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Nguyễn Đức Vân, một "Người xứ Nghệ"
Tiêu Dao Bảo Cự và "Mảnh trời xanh trên thung lũng"
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Qingsong Wang
Night revels of the intellectuals
Interview with the Chinese photographer Wang Qingsong
Mai Chi thực hiện
Mai Chi: Dear Qingsong, your early oil paintings make a very strong impression. They show closed-up heads and bodies wrapped in transparent plastics. The faces are deformed, probably because of pain and fear. These people seem to be struggling in despair. Can you tell us more about these paintings?
Wang Qingsong: The series of oil paintings with figures wrapped up in plastics and deformed were created from 1995 to 1997. At that time, I was at a state of frequent mobility. Police often came to the artist village to check and keep on alert on artists in fear of sabotage. I had to move for five times a year. So I felt each person was very fragile. People can see what is going on outside and feel terrified to go out. Therefore these figures in my paintings express my fear and pain like a diary. Yes, you are right in saying that the figures are struggling in despair and fear.
Faces, 1995-97
Mai Chi: Please tell us more about the Chinese artist community in Beijing at that time? Was the artist village you mentioned the legendary artist colony Yuan Ming Yuan? How did the artist village come to existence, and how did it change over time? Was it true that the status of artists in the Chinese society in that period was very low? (I heard the joke in China that once a police man asked a prostitute if there are artists among her clients, she got angry and said "Do you think I am such a low person?")
Wang Qingsong: I am talking about the legendary artist colony Yuan Ming Yuan. At the beginning, only some musicians, poets and painters dwelled in that village. But later on due to its influence and vicinity to Peking University, many people were attracted there. It did change a lot over time. After 1992, the society changed and many people went for commerce. There appeared self-employment. So many artists seeking for freedom and low rent came to Yuan Ming Yuan which gathered more artists with time going on. By 1995, there would be around 100 artists, one-fourth of the houses were taken over by artists of all varieties. There was only one public telephone in the beginning which later developed into over 10 public phone booths. There were more restaurants going up soon. Hence the rent increased a lot. 99% could not make a living by selling art pieces. The joke you mentioned was interesting which I heard too because many artists were very poor. Therefore a low spirit spread around artists which evoked anger and disagreement sometimes even fights.
In addition, due to its close vicinity to important universities such as Peking University and Tsinghua University, the government was very sensitive to its influence. In 1995 a world level conference on women was held. The government dispersed artists saying they were unstable factors. Now this area disappeared completely and reconstructed into a public park.
I stayed in Yuan Ming Yuan from 1993 to 1995. After 1995, artists were dispersed all over Beijing, including Shang Yuan, Tong Xian, Hai Dian and etc.
Mai Chi: Today Chinese art is very present in the international art scene. For example, the list of participating artists of the Venice Biennale this year is full of artists and projects coming from China. So how do you judge the process of Chinese art getting popular in the West? Has Chinese contemporary art became more complex, more diverse, or has it just became fashionable now and would be out of fashion when the attention of the West would turn to another country or region in a few years? Your photograph "The Art Express Bus" doesn't make the impression that the art journey from China to the world is a joyful one. It looks like a trip of poor peasants going to a New Economy Zone.
The Art Express, 2002
Wang Qingsong: Yes, there has been a close attention to Chinese contemporary art since 1993 when Chinese artists first entered Venice Biennale. At that time, many people predicted that such attention would not last for five years. The attention would somehow dim off gradually. It would be like the same situation as attention put on former Soviet Union artists. After one decade, we have seen more Chinese artists selected into several terms of Venice Biennale. China has become an element in the grand dinner table of world art. Everyone wants to become the main dish on the dinner table. At present, Chinese artists are nothing but a small cold dish. Even if it is disappointed for the large majority of Chinese artists, still a small percent of artists become richer and richer. This Euro-centric global attitude held by western critics and curators results in participation of Chinese artists at the very beginning. From the perspective of nowaday, the attention has been moving on to artists in South America, Africa, etc. due to their exotic cultural preferences and social instability. Maybe China will never lose its flavour of socialism which is still the last communist base in the world after the former Soviet Union collapsed. Accordingly, the west is very curious to learn what is going on in this land. Therefore, I cannot even predict whether such an attention will stop if socialist structure in China pertains for a longer time. Maybe after 50 years, China with its fundamental structure unchanged still attracts world attention on its contemporary art. In contrast, no Westerners are concerned about the changes in former Soviet Union at present because it is of no interest to do any further research into a country which shares similarities in social structure as in the west.
My work "Art Express" shows that Chinese art is basically relying upon the west for survival and outside stimulation. This work includes a signpost with directors to a lot of international biennales. The heavy smoke and crowds predict an uncertain future plus two buses going from China to the world crash against each other. I always think there is a relationship of being used and using others between Chinese artists and westerners.
Mai Chi: How are artists perceived by the Chinese public and the government today? In Vietnam today, if artists express themselves in the media, they sound like pop stars. In the suburb of HanoI a new, super rich artist community is taking shape: large ranches, big villas, huge ceramic collections, etc. Is the picture similar in China?
Wang Qingsong: Chinese public and government start to give attention to Chinese artists or even in a subversive term, artists are used to create commercial values by the government. For example, in ShanghaI and Beijing Biennale, the government is involved in organization of such international biennales, inviting world-level curators and participating artists. Setting up Chinese Pavilion in Sao Paulo and Venice is the policy evolved from its focus on cultural diplomacy which replaces sports diplomacy China applied years ago. I think China wants to set up its own official contemporary art by participation in the world art. Of course this manner is very awkward since it is very unprofessional.
Actually the public have no idea or even refuse to learn about what is contemporary art. They are more concerned with who makes the largest amount of money and who tops on the music records. In fact, Beijing, like Hanoi, creates many artists billionaires who build their grand villas with huge acre land to show off their success and position. Of course, their success comes from foreign interests and attention.
Mai Chi: Your oil painting period was from 1995 to 1997, a fairly short period. What kind of work did you do before 1995? And with the paintings, you did find international attention, having some international exhibitions, in London, in Singapore, so what was the reason you decided to move into photography, a not traditional media in China, in 1997?
Wang Qingsong: Before 1995, I was also working on canvas, painting unimportant figures in their familiar surroundings, such as a man having his haircut in a barbershop, a butcher in his work and etc. Later on, I painted very traditional Chinese chubby boys onto silk velvet, trying to revolutionize some motifs onto special Chinese fabric. I have been found international attention by participating in some significant international exhibitions before 1998. By the end of 1996, I was trying on putting images onto shining and gaudy backgrounds to realize my idea to critique upon the mindless pursuit for commercial success through computer manipulation. I did not consider my test of new way of expression as photography at the very beginning. In 1998, I was still printing my works onto shiny and glossy paper in an attempt to reflect what people are thinking and doing everyday like a clear mirror. It was not until 2000 when I started to recognize my works could be printed onto Kodak paper as photographic works. So my decision to move into photography comes a long way. Right now, I have been working on photography with many supportive techniques, like digital scanning, printing and production.
Mai Chi: As your early works appeared around 1998, you were seen as one of the spokesmen of Gaudy Art, a term coined by the critic Li Xianting. Gaudy Art uses an artistic language typified by irony, parody and imitation to create over-the-top kitsch. As a blend of Chinese Political Pop and Cynical Realism, Gaudy Art certainly brought Chinese art to the world. However, the movement was relatively short-lived and was also criticized. Looking back, how do you personally see the Gaudy Art trend now?
Requesting Buddha Series no. 1, 180x110cm, 1999
Wang Qingsong: The rise of Gaudy Art resulted from the quick rush for commerce and development. The term coined by Li Xianting refers to the low and wild sentiment of getting-rich peasants, totally different from the bourgeoisie taste in the west. So I think it is very important that this trend would be brought to the art world. It still affects many art works by different artists. The reason that it was criticized so much was due to many factors which I understand. Firstly, it is in conflict with elite culture which took gaudy art as too much vernacular and even garbage. Secondly, many people cannot take it since gaudy art is reflecting the reality which many people disagree with. Now looking back, it is not important whether to praise or to criticize. For me, what is important for each artist is how to develop his own art; it does not matter whether to go on with gaudy art or not. So from today's perspective, it is beneficial for each artist who goes into maturity after experiencing with the earlier stages of experiment with gaudy art. I hope I could go further on with my future artworks. No doubt I will not dispense completely with gaudy art. I will only further this concept continuously.
Mai Chi: One of your major works is "Night Revels of Lao Li" (2000) which is based on the famous historical painting "Night Revels of Han Xizai" (Post-Tang Dynasty) by Gu Hongzhong. Could you tell us how this idea came to your mind and how "Night Revels of Lao Li" was created?
Night Revels of Lao Li, 120 x 960cm, 2000
Night Revels of Han Xizai, Post-Tang Dynasty, 33 x 281cm, Traditional painting, Gu Hongzhong
Wang Qingsong: Yes, "Night Revels of Lao Li" (2000) is based on the famous historical painting "Night Revels of Han Xizai" (Post-Tang Dynasty) by Gu Hongzhong. The original painting showed the cultural and social status quo of the post-Tang Dynasty when intellectual would like to contribute their energy and talents into the dilapidated country. However, this idea could not be adopted by the Emperor who was worried about being ovethrown.
After so many years in Chinese history, I find no change in the destinies of intellectuals in China. Nowadays, as long as one makes a huge amount of money, be it a businessman or an intellectual who writes or creates something enlightening, he will be highly regarded. The attitude towards intellectual is directed by material gains rather than their function for cultural enlightenment. Therefore my works "Night Revel of Lao Li" depicts the fact that there is no way for intellectuals to do something for the government except to make fun and enjoy themselves in private. On the surface, it is very joyful that there are guests, parties, and funs. After the feast is over and guests are gone, the intellectual feels very sad. He wants to show people his superficial excitement underneath buries his deep worries and disappointment with the government.
This work was shot five sections telling separate stories of inviting and treating guests in one night, receiving the guests, dinner party, dancing and singing, frivolous with girls, seeing off the guests. I shot each section and combine them together through computer technique. This scroll photograph was shot in a large photo studio about 300 square meters and one huge light hovering over all the models in one scene.
Mai Chi: Who are the women in your photographs?
Wang Qingsong: The women in my photographs are models in many art academies in Beijing. Basically I select the models based on their images and bodies which must have interesting features that audience can read different minute details. They don't need to look beautiful and slim as fashion models. I am very happy with the models in my photographs. You can see the new work "China Mansion" where there are more interesting models.
China Mansion, 2003
Mai Chi: So in the China Mansion the guests - famous images created by Ingres, Monet, Man Ray, etc.- had taking place, sitting or lying beside bonsais, Chinese furniture, Chinese scroll pictures… These fundamental icons of the Western art have materialized themselves in form of ordinary Chinese women, just like girls in a Karaoke bar. Are you being ironic about the high-culture of the West, or is it your desire to blend the Western culture in a harmonical way into the Chinese contemporary life?
Wang Qingsong: I think you are right in saying that I am being ironic about the high culture of the West. The idea to trigger me to make this new work comes from the reality in present China. It summarizes my perception into the Chinese social reality in its opening-up program. Over the last two decades, China has been enthusiastic about inviting foreign experts in economy, technology, architecture and culture to give support and guidance in Chinese modernization strive. These foreign specialists help create many opportunities and bring many advanced thoughts for China. However, they manufacture many uncertain ideas. Due to such a quick inflow and outflow of advanced concepts, Chinese people are confused about what are right and what are wrong sometimes.
"China Mansion" is a scroll photograph that situates the scene in a typical Chinese styled home. In this five-scene photograph, I invite foreign guests played by female models in art, including honourable figures in paintings/photographs by Ingres, Courbet, Manet, Gauguin, Yves Klein, Jones, Boucher, Rembrandt, Rubens, David, Renoir, Man Ray, etc and etc. They are specially invited in my "Chinese family". I want to make them communicate each other across centuries and cultures and create certain relationships between themselves as well as with China. It seems these guests pose conflict with Chinese home.
Mai Chi: Many of your photographs, like "Bath House" (2000) show modern Chinese life as a flawless picture offering endless pleasure: flowers, smiles and Coca-Cola. Do you see yourself as a moralist raising his voice in a society where people are amusing themselves to death?
Bath House, 2000
Wang Qingsong: As an artist, I think I should sound an alarm to people who are immersed in superfical satisfaction of material gains. While we are mindlessly pursuing for fortune accumulation, we are losing sense of what life is really like. I hope my photographic works will bring awareness to people in dreams.
Mai Chi: What are your plans for the future?
Wang Qingsong: I will keep hold of what is going on in China to narrate my interpretations of the ongoing stories in present China. I will continue to work with photography which might later be developed into video works.
Mai Chi: Thank you for the interview.
Wang Qingsong, born 1966, graduated from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Sichuan, China.
Currently lives and works in Beijing.
www.wangqingsong.com
Golden Future - Photography by Wang Qingsong, Galerie LOFT, Paris, France. Wang Qingsong Photographic Works Exhibition, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy. Wang Qingsong Photography, Foundation Oriente, Macao, China. Satirizing the times, Pingyao Intenrational Photography Festival, Shanxi Province, China.
Glorious Life- The Photographs of Wang Qingsong. Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing.
Wang Qingsong Painting Exhibition. Chinese Contemporary, London, UK.
China Art Now - Out of the Red, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Italy. Fashion and Style, The Museum Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia. Prague Biennale 1, Czech Republic. Noorderlicht 2003 Photofestival --- Global Detail, Groningen, the Netherlands. Mois de La Photo Montreal --- Now, Images of Present Time, Montreal, Canada.
Run, Jump, Climb and Walk, East Modern Art Center, Beijing. Money and Value/The Last Taboo, Basel, Switzerland. Special Projects, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA. Let's go! The Art Museum of China Millennium Monument, Beijing. Chinese Modernity, Museum of the Foundation Armando Alvares Penteado, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Paris-Pekin, Espace Cardin, Paris, France.
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Experiment with salt marsh construction near Delfzijl successful
Home / News / Experiment with salt marsh construction near Delfzijl successful
Salt marshes were created on the coast of Delfzijl in 2018. A section has been used as a trial location for salt marsh development. Researchers from EcoShape studied the salt marsh for two years to learn more about the construction and development of salt marshes. The results of this trial can be used worldwide on sediment-rich coasts to enhance coastal protection and biodiversity.
The research focused on the change in the height of the marsh surface due to sediment accretion, wave attenuation and the development of biodiversity on the salt marsh. The findings are positive. The vegetation is developing rapidly and model studies based on the current observations show that the height of waves passing through the salt marsh can be reduced by up to 60 percent.
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Marconi salt marsh from above in November 2020
Matching sea level rise
Salt marshes are valuable nature areas and, with their rich vegetation, they act as natural breakwaters. Because salt marshes capture sediment, they can rise in line with the sea level. In addition, salt marshes capture CO2 and improve water quality. Encouraging the development of salt marshes is an example of Building with Nature.
Presence of sediment important
The 15-hectare test location was split up into eight sections which varied in terms of the percentage of sediment in the ground and the sowing of samphire. It emerged from the study that there is virtually no difference between the sections with 20 and 50 percent sediment in the ground. In sections with only 5 percent sediment, little vegetation grew.
Sowing samphire
Sowing samphire had an effect in the first year only. Project leader Petra Dankers: "It is striking that there is now just as much vegetation in places where no samphire was sown. Sowing vegetation helped in the beginning but the effect was negligible after two years. In the meantime, 28 plant species have been found. That demonstrates that the wind and currents deliver enough seeds naturally."
Research reports and book
The research reports are now available on the EcoShape webpage of Salt marsh development Marconi Delfzijl (linked below). The salt marsh also serves as a case in the recently published book 'Building with Nature – Creating, Implementing and Upscaling Nature-based Solutions'.
The research is part of the Marconi Buitendijks project, a joint project of the provincial authority of Groningen, the municipal authority of Delfzijl and the programme EemsDollard2050. The EcoShape partners Wageningen Marine Research, Royal HaskoningDHV, Arcadis and Deltares conducted the study. The Wadden Fund is a major financier.
Visit our project page for more information on the Marconi salt marsh project.
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"Windows portable app maker: launcher(s), runtime, and interface designed to help you run non-portable applications in a portable manner."
I'm certain someone on the site who has experience with it could put something together better than that. Any takers?
Hope redllar and crownixx are doing OK. Thank you, guys!
Is JauntePE still relevant in Windows 8/10?
I haven't used JauntePE in so long. Been mostly using yaP.
I still use some jauntized apps on my win 10 and they work fine.
JauntePE are only compatible to make 16 and 32 bit software portable.
I wish a 64-bit compatible version whould come soon, but the project has stopped.


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Contao Full Background Images
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This extension provides multiple variants of having full background images for a Contao Open Source CMS based website:

* Single full background image with fade in
* Randomized full background image with fade in
* Multiple full background images with fade in and fade to change images
* Subpages can inherit settings from a parent page
* Mobile ready (phone & tablet)

Documentation
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The entry point of the documentation can be found in the file `resources/doc/index.md`

[Read the documentation for master/2.x.x](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/blob/master/resources/doc/index.md)

[Read the documentation for v1.x.x](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/blob/v1.5.0-beta/resources/doc/index.md)

Upgrade Notes
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* Bugfix release (Disabled Contao autoloading) **[2.0.1](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/2.0.1)**
* Rewrite release (Complete rewrite) **[2.0.0](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/2.0.0)**
* Feature release (Fixed issues with missing viewport tag) **[v1.4.0](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.4.0)**
* Bugfix release (See [#21](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/issues/21) & [#22](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/issues/22)) **[v1.3.2](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.3.2)**
* Bugfix release (Bugfix assets .htaccess) **[v1.3.1](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.3.1)**
* Feature release (Added more options) **[v1.3.0](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.3.0)**
* Update release (Updated composer.json) **[v1.2.1](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.2.1)**
* Feature release (Added navigation feature, see [#11](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/issues/11)) **[v1.2.0](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.2.0)**
* Feature release ([Theme+](https://github.com/bit3/contao-theme-plus) LazyLoad compatible) **[v1.1.0](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.1.0)**
* Update release (Updated composer.json) **[v1.0.7](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.0.7)**
* Bugfix release (Bugfix orientation) **[v1.0.6](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.0.6)**
* Bugfix release (Bugfix sorting, see [#16](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/issues/16)) **[v1.0.5](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.0.5)**
* Bugfix release (Bugfix composer.json) **[v1.0.4](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.0.4)**
* Bugfix release (Bugfix templates) **[v1.0.3](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.0.3)**
* Bugfix release (Translations and path fixes) **[v1.0.2](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.0.2)**
* Bugfix release (See [#12](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/issues/12) & [#13](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/issues/13)) **[v1.0.1](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.0.1)**
* First feature complete version **[v1.0.0](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/releases/tag/v1.0.0)**

Update from v1.x.x to 2.x.x
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It's NOT possible to update from v1.x.x to 2.x.x without any data loss. Backup your database before updating!

Compatibility
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This extension requires the Contao Open Source CMS at version 3.2.0 or higher and works in all modern browsers (Internet Explorer 8+).

Contao extension repository
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* German extension repository: [full-background-images DE](https://contao.org/de/extension-list/view/full-background-images.de.html)
* English extension repository: [full-background-images EN](https://contao.org/en/extension-list/view/full-background-images.en.html)

License
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Reporting an issue or a feature request
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Issues and feature requests are tracked in the [Github issue tracker](https://github.com/1up-lab/contao-full-background-images/issues).

When reporting a bug, it may be a good idea to reproduce it in the demo project
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Integrate sensual movement into your workout
About S Factor
Sheila Kelley's S Factor integrates strength and flexibility training with graceful, sensual movement. The workout was designed to achieve health benefits, including physical fitness and stress reduction, as well as to cultivate sensuality, self-confidence and a positive body image.
Sheila Kelley, actress, writer and producer founded the movement called S Factor. A passionate mother of two, Sheila built this movement from the ground up, starting in her home office, where she held small classes for friends and fellow moms. It has since evolved into a worldwide trend, with studios in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Encino, Orange County, Houston and Chicago. With plans in the works for locations in Miami, Dallas and Atlanta.
Sheila Kelley will be in SF for an Open House on Friday, July 25th from 6pm to 9pm. Everyone will have the opportunity to meet Sheila Kelley, meet our teachers, talk to students, see demonstrations of this incredible movement, raffle prices including a complimentary session for a new student and a silent auction.
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Q: Adding Progress Bar during RPC I want to add a progress bar during a gwt-rpc call which shows the percentage of the task completed.Anyone who can help me with a piece of code for the same?
Also I load videos into my client side from the war directory and they take a while.Therefore if I try to play them  sometimes the browser goes unresponsive(probably because entire part hasnt loaded) .Is there a way to determine (and hence show the user) when the videos are completely loaded?

A: There's a progress bar widget in the gwt-incubator project. However, most of your GWT-RPC calls should be really fast, so I can't imagine the progress bar will have time to appear. Furthermore, there's no way that I know of to get the progress of your GWT-RPC call, you'd have to manually code that feature on the server side.
For example, if you're running a long job, you could create another GWT-RPC call that calls every 30 seconds to find out the status of the running job and updates the progress bar accordingly.
However, for regular GWT-RPC calls, you're best bet is some kind of "loading..." notification. It shouldn't be around for long and is easy to code.
As for your second question, that's not the best way to display video. When you just dump the video file to the user, the user will be required to have that video codec on hand and will be forced to wait until the video has fully downloaded. A better way to display video is either:

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*Some kind of Flash player that'll stream the video.

*An HTML 5  tag that'll only work in modern browsers.

Hope that helps.

A: If you have always just one RPC call for each of your actions, it is not a good idea to use progress bar. Because you have to do extra effort in server side for this which will be far more complex than what actually you want to do.
You can use progress bar, if you have more than one RPC on one action. For example if you have 4 RPC calls, you can add 25% to progress bar after each one is completed. This will also allow you to lock the screen after all calls will be successfully finished and specifically know which RPC call is failed from client side according to current percentage and related description of the percentage.

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Las Vegas is known for gambling and bright lights. It's a place where you can let loose with very few repercussions. But there is more to do than just gambling in Vegas. Here are some unique activities that are available at two Las Vegas casinos.
While it's not the first casino you think of when you think about the Vegas strip, the Excalibur is one of the unique casinos in Vegas based on its Arthurian theme. The real draw to this casino is its shows.
One of the best family themed shows in Las Vegas is at the Excalibur. The Tournament of Kings is a medieval jousting tournament held in the 925 seat King Arthur's theatre.
Guests are served a banquet where they eat medieval style, meaning no utensils, while being entertained with a show featuring 32 cast members, 12 breeds of horses, and some of the best action in all of Vegas.
For the ladies in Vegas who would rather not play casino games, the other huge draw at the Excalibur is "Thunder Down Under." Thunder Down Under is the Excalibur's all-male cabaret show. The show moved to the Excalibur in 2001 and has the honor of being Vegas' best all-male strip show.
Nestled on downtown's Fremont Street, Binoins is one of the more storied casino's in all of Las Vegas. Many of you have heard stories about Jack and Benny Binion as well as the Millions won and lost at roulette. While not as glitzy as some of the other casinos, there are still some unique attractions here that visitors to Vegas should check out at least once.
First, Binions has resurrected a popular old tradition. Anyone who visits Binions has the opportunity to have their picture taken with $1 Million in cash money. Granted, the cash is under lock and key, but the picture is free and is a great memento from your visit.
Also, the Fremont Street Experience is something that must be seen at least one. A giant canopy covers the section of Fremont Street directly beside Binions and every night there is an amazing light and music show held every half hour from dusk until Midnight.
When the show is not running, there are other activities along Fremont street that include live vendors, live music, and more.


Are you tired of going for same old job every single day, being under excessive amounts of stress and at the end of the day not getting enough credit or a handsome pay for all your efforts? Sometimes, it is true that however much you work hard, you don't get that promotion you deserve or the raise you were waiting for. Being employed is actually a good thing. But certain individuals are not really made to sit behind a desk and a computer and work all day, stuck at the same place. They look for challenge, competition and self-satisfaction; they like to be felt important. If you're this type of an individual, you probably are the "business man" material.
Becoming an entrepreneur or a businessman or even a self-employed individual is not really an easy task. It is undoubtedly riskier, tiring and requires an awful lot of commitment. Yet it definitely is highly rewarding and satisfying if the right methods are practiced and finances are well controlled. Here are a few basics that any individual eager to start a business has to keep in mind.
Firstly you got to acquire some substantial knowledge regarding the industry or the field you are about to enter. You need to be well updated about the competition prevailing in the market, the substitutes available, what are the barriers to entry and threats from new entrants. Next step is to determine goals and objectives of your business. You need to thoroughly analyze the potential customers and select a target market to cater. For example, if you are planning on opening a food outlet, what kind of individuals do you hope to impress and attract? Is it a fast food outlet for the middle-class or is it a high-end, dine-in restaurant for the upper class.
After the prime concerns are dealt with, next comes the most difficult task. That is to obtain finances and to invest them in the wisest manner. Most banks today are keen on providing finances for the SME sector. It is very important to prepare budgets. Planning ahead as how to use your money and minimize wastage is crucial. It is important to note that hiring an accountant, a finance manager, or even seeking the services of a fit out company for the company's interior design Bangalore is never an additional cost.
Once the industry analysis, the planning and finding the required finances is done, the next step is to select a location, build up a place to carry out your business and to get started. Some businesses do not necessarily need a location. For online sales companies, a location could be a small apartment. But for certain businesses, location and layout is most important. To design the interior you could always get the service of a fit out company.
It could be costly, yet a fine look will always add value for your business. Therefore getting the assistance of such interior design company in Dubai cannot be seen as an additional cost.


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Rancho Cordova is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States which incorporated in 2003. It is part of the Sacramento Metropolitan Area..House centipedes revel in Rancho Cordova's environment. Though these pests don't harm humans, they can certainly scare them.
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In London, the Palace of Westminster was rebuilt in the mid-1800s following a fire. Now, in the 21st century, it needs renovations. The stonework is falling apart, roofs are leaking and the plumbing is failing.
There are five possible solutions to this problem. The cheapest would cost 3.5 billion pounds, but the MPs would have to move out for six years. The most expensive solution would cost 5.7 billion pounds and take 32 years to complete.
Difficult words: renovation (when you work on something and make it nice again), MP (a member of parliament).


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The pages here tell the story of ways that people have raised money for Africa Greater Life Mission UK.
If you have a story of how you have supported AGLMUK in achieving its mission please send it (with photos if available) to the Trustees. Your stories will help to inspire and encourage others to do the same.
AGLMUK rents the community charity shop in Llandrindod Wells for one week most years and sells goods of various descriptions that are donated by very many people. If you would be interested in helping out at the shop or have items that you would like to donate please get in touch.
The Mothers' Union at Holy Trinity Church, Llandrindod has held frugal lunches in support of Bulabakulu. These have been very well supported, very much enjoyed and very successful in raising funds.
For over ten years Kenilworth School has been holding its "Africa Week". It is their biggest event of the year and has raised thousands of pounds for African charities. AGLMUK has benefitted with donations over several years and is extremely grateful to the students and staff for their mammoth efforts.


Giver's Gain: A philosophy based on the law of reciprocity.
Giver's Gain is a phrase we often hear during BNI chapter meetings and events. In the context of networking groups, people who adopt this philosophy dedicate themselves to giving business to their fellow networkers rather than making their foremost concern getting business for themselves. And in doing so, other people naturally become eager to repay their kindness by sending them business in return. Givers Gain is a great way to live life in general and it is a standard which we can all apply to our daily lives. Giver's Gain is also a corner stone of the BNI Business Builders chapter here in Western PA. This chapter is filled with givers. It is reflected in every area of their lives – from work, to volunteering, to how they spend their money, etc. Last week I was able to chat with member Alan Laick to learn more about this heartfelt chapter.
But more than anything, this group truly bonds over giving back to their community. They often spend the first 3-5 minutes of every chapter meeting discussing outside community projects they are involved with. They are extremely proud of and find fulfillment in helping out every opportunity they come across.
Business Builders have helped out with and run a number of charitable events in Western Pennsylvania. Their resident fitness professional recently held a 5K. The event was to help raise awareness and funds for a domestic abuse group in the area. Chapter members volunteered to help out on the administrative/planning side of the event. While others volunteered to physically run the 5K with friends and family.
They have also coordinated and been involved with car cruises, golf outings, toy drives, and other fundraisers.
Yet of all the philanthropy work they do, no project stands out quite like "A Night to Remember" (ANTR). ANTR is a formal evening of dinner, dancing, and friendship. Special needs guests have the opportunity to be salon pampered and driven to the event via limousine! They then have the chance to walk a red carpet, get their photos taken, and enjoy dinner and dancing with friends, family, caregivers, and buddies!
For more information on ANTR, click here!
Some of the businesses in the chapter helped to sponsor the event. Sponsorship is crucial to the ANTR event as it is entirely FREE for those in attendance. Guests are able to choose from a wide variety of dresses at the ANTR dress shop. Not to mention the option of free tux rentals! ANTR also has a team of hair and make-up professionals ready to help guests feel their most fabulous! And again, they do all this for free!
So Go Check Out The Chapter!
For more information on the Business Builders group, visit their Facebook page. Here you can see highlights of speaker presentations, BNI blogs, videos, learn about events, and more! And for more information about BNI and to find a chapter to visit, simply click here.


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1. Cook chopped bacon in a frying pan over medium heat for about 8 minutes, until golden brown.
2. Remove bacon from pan using slotted spoon and set aside.
3. Add onion to pan and sauté about 6 minutes until translucent.
4. Meanwhile, rinse and dry chard thoroughly; slice the stems thinly and coarse chop the leaves.
5. Add pear, chard and vinegar to pan with onions; cover and cook for an additional 8 minutes until tender.
6. Top with bacon and serve!
This photo and recipe was shared by Amy Palanjian.
You could use any dry white wine or stock in this recipe, but I happened to have an open bottle of dry Resiling in the fridge. It went really well with the apples and rosemary, yet was mellow enough for the palate of our toddler.
1. Preheat the oven to 450 F. Place the pork in an oven-going pan or baking dish (I used a cast iron skillet) and cover and surround with the garlic, apples, onions, salt, and pepper. Cook for 15 minutes then lower heat to 325 F.
2. Pour 1/2 cup of wine over the pork and cook until a meat thermometer reads 140-150 F (about 35-60 minutes depending on the size of the roast and whether or not it has a bone). Check it every 15 minutes and baste with the liquid from the bottom of the pan, adding more if the pan becomes dry.
3. When its reached the proper temperature, remove from oven, tent with foil, and let stand for 5-10 minutes before serving.
Try pears or even dried apricots for the apples.
Shallot would work in place of the onions.
You could add more garlic and even hot pepper if that's to your liking.
70 pounds of a whole hog purchase was prepared by a friend of the bride with a Uruguayan style barbeque. Susan DeBlieck was excited to have it be the focal point of their wedding feast. The photos were taken by Andrea Altman, photographer.


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A ESCADA
A ESCADA is a ladder and a board. Together these elements come into balance, as can be seen in the suggestions images. Once the delicate balance between the ladder and the board is understood, it naturally becomes an open toy, allowing other elements to come into play and make it more complicated. There are no limits. We invite you to use any other object as a counterweight, for example: keys, a glass full of water, changing the board for a spoon or an egg, placing another ladder… these are just a few ideas. The interesting thing about the game is that each player can discover for himself the physical forces that serve to keep the ladder in balance.
CÍRCULO is a game that involves a very simple mechanical force, pressure, but the results, always surprising, seem haphazard. The circular ring is placed on a table, and different pieces will be put inside without any order or position. Then, the combination is pressed turning the screw. The pieces are moved by the pressure until they fit and the screw stops. When lifting the ring, it may happen that some parts fall down; those which remain inside will form figures that will surprise us.
CUBO CONNECT
The cube, an orthogonal parallelepipedic prism of six equal sides, is inextricably linked, from the time of the very first civilizations, to open, inhabitable spaces. For such a simple, sparse and symmetrical shape to achieve any sort of expressiveness there must be some irregularity involved or some relationship with its surroundings.
EL BALANCÍN
This game is based on two of the oldest and most basic play activities known: stacking and balancing. People have been playing with these elements since the dawn of time. Both possibilities - standing up or falling over - can be equally exciting.
This forest, resembling a bookshelf, includes a wide variety of woods and is made up of 51 pieces, each engraved with the name of the tree that it came from. The games are limited editions, as they come from the remains of trees that we, together with numerous friends and collaborators, have collected and preserved over time, with a wish to extend their lives. This means that when the wood from one particular tree has been used up, we carry on with that of another tree, making each set and series truly unique.
EL FUNAMBULISTA
The tightrope walker balances over the precipice, risking life and limb as he walks over the thinnest of threads. They are not actors; rather, they relive what is essentially their life away from the wire. We are all tightrope walkers, though some more than others. Whether we are aware of it or not, we are all balanced on the edge. That is what they are trying to tell us.
EL NOTAS
Is it an inanimate object or is there something in it that gives it life? Could it be that he reminds us of the messenger boy, the newspaper vendor, the shoeshine or the apprentice of any number of jobs – one who depends on his arms and legs to carry out these menial jobs in order to scrape by? Where does our sympathy for an object come from? Where do our emotions spring from -weak and subtle as they may be – where if not from the emotions of life itself and the spirit that animates it?
Objects that we are drawn to – personal adornments, ornaments in general, a feathered embroidery, a necklace, a capital, an eave… - are more often than not imitations of models found in nature: a flower's petals, a plant's leaves, a bird's plumage…We're struck not only by the beautiful colors of these objects but also by the arrangement of their different elements. When we take objects that are seemingly identical and try to create something new with them we have no choice but to subject ourselves to the laws of physics, letting them guide us in our effort to create something that will mirror the beauty and harmony that exist in nature.
LAS ESCALERAS
Ladders are the symbol of paradise lost, of that unattainable paradise. They seduce us because with them we can climb to the heights, much as we did in our previous life as primates. Climbing, forever upwards: it seems an aspiration in itself. Fruit, hanging from branches that are out of reach.
LAS ESCUADRAS
The vertex, the common point at which two lines converge – or diverge – , is a primordial element in the graphic representation of all kinds of phenomena. It is first and foremost a graphic symbol, one that in its essence is the synthesis of an event. It marks the point where a road separates, where two rivers come together, where one plane ends and another begins, a change of direction, a fold, a dilemma posed by two possibilities, the branching out of growth and evolution, the cross-linking of a plane, the planar deconstruction of a volume, an itinerary for logical reasoning, computational structure, algorhythmic formulation…
LAS SILLAS
3 Models to choose: - Wooden case lined paper: 15 chairs / 29 chairs - Small packaging 15 chairs These are chairs that can be piled up, stacked, left scattered on the floor or grouped into random shapes of difficult equilibrium. But whatever we do with them, this game lets us play with the most primitive rules, those of a child trying to challenge himself and to dare balance itself by stacking objects using the freest of artistic expression.
The game of the arches could also be called the game of strokes. Each piece is a line that can make drawings in the air, i.e. three-dimensional drawings. Drawing lines in the air and marveling at the forms that are created, pushing the boundaries of balance, interpreting the unexpected abstract and figurative forms that emerge... this is what the game consists of.
LOS BANCOS
Every object contains within itself its own archetype, a link to the time and the world to which it belonged. An old school desk can carry us back in time, evoking countless personal recollections while bringing to life the emotions associated with that particular period of our lives. In the same way, what is today the latest model of a cell phone will, with the passage of time, come to remind us of these days and of the world that created and used it. Objects serve to tell the story - and the history - of the people and the society in which they existed.
LOS TABURETES
3 Models to choose: - Wooden caser: 12 stools / 20 stools - Black wooden case lined paper: 20 stools Our spine is the schematic representation of a tree trunk. Its function is that of sustaining and supporting, but its ultimate reason for being is to hold up its branches, which in turn carry leaves, blossoms and fruit.
Could these trunks have once belonged to a cherry tree, with its shimmering red leaves? Or to an elegant birch tree, nestled close to a mountain stream? In either case, happy little creatures would have been found skittering about under their branches, which would have undoubtedly provided shade for more than one weary, long-forgotten traveler.
The triangle is the polygon with the fewest number of sides that can be made with straight lines. It is also the most elementary polygon, the primary polygonal unit, the proto-cell with which we can cover an entire flat surface and form all other possible geometric figures.
Nirvana is a game. In this game, it is possible to experience how the force of gravity participates in balance. It allows us to observe surprising compositions by playing with the disparate relationships between weight/volume and weight/position. We do not realize that in our body the same physical laws are taking place. We suggest you to experiment with any alternative object to the spinning top as a counterweight to the arch. We provide some suggestions...
PÁJARO CARPINTERO ARCO
The bird slides down the string tapping on the wood. Its movements and the continuous tapping remembers those of the woodpecker.
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