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Dan St. Germain discusses his feelings about being single, living in New York City, the Connecticut Muffin chain and Evan Williams whiskey.
Facebook does not help that.
I went on FacebookSaturday morning
and I woke upto the most triumphant
Facebook status updatesof all time.
It was, like, "me and Jennyare getting married.
I'm the luckiest guyin the world."
"Just got my master'sin art history;
I'm finally gonna workat the museum."
And then I've got to tryto keep up, you know?
And I'm, like...
(sighs) foundan interesting rock
on the way to the liquor store.
Got through a whole nightwithout crying,
and then I've got to like ittwo hours later
'cause nobody else will.
I'm a manic-depressive.A lot of people ask me
oh, does that meanyou get sad sometimes?
I'm, like,I don't get mood swings.
I get full-blown emotionalmonster truck events.
Where it's, like:
This weekendat Dan's Depression--
his thoughtsof the one who got away
go up againsthis dreams of becoming
a major league baseball player.
Who wins? Who cares,'cause Dan can't (bleep),
he's on Lexapropro, pro, pro, pro, pro, pro...
(laughter, scattered applause)
I, uh, haven't been doingso well, recently.
Recently, uh, single.Not doing so great.
Uh, my body is not a wonderland.
It is a pet cemetery. Uh...
Couple days ago,I was at this coffee shop
and I gotthis girl's phone number.
And I was, like, oh, great,I got me a wife, uh, and...
ten minutes later, she comesback into the coffee shop
and asks for herphone number back.
I swear to God.
And in that situation,I mean, you got to give
the girl her number back, right?
You can't be, like,oh, (sighs) you want...
(sighs) you want you...you want your number back.
You... you want...you want... your number back.
Well, too late now, bitch!
I'm gon' be calling you
all the time.
If I press my earto the receiver close enough,
I can hear your fear-- blagh!
But, folks, it gets worse,
because I reach into my pocketto get her phone number,
and instead of pulling outher phone number,
I pull out a loose condom...
that flies out of my handand hits her in the chest...
which is the creepiestHail Mary pass in history.
Like, hey, you sure youdon't want to (bleep)?
The only thingthat would've been creepier
is if I took a condom out ofone pocket, and then, like,
a possum out of the other.
And I was, like,he gets to watch.
(bleep) you.
(laughter, applause)
My least favorite new food chainis Connecticut Muffin.
I don't know if you guyshave heard of it.
I don't know how they came upwith that name.
It's, like, you know what wegotta do is sell these muffins.
Tell everybodythey're from Connecticut,
land of the muffin.
Like, Connecticut Muffin soundslike what a rich person uses
instead of the word (bleep),you know.
"She's a real Connecticutmuffin, that one."
You couldn't make ConnecticutMuffin bad-ass if you tried.
Like, Connecticut Muffinsprawls across the TV screen
in flames and then Ted Nugent
kicks through and starts (bleep)a blueberry muffin
on a Confederate flag,and he's, like:
"The South shall rise again!
"Along with this muffin top.
"Connecticut Muffin, eat one
or we'll Connecti-- (bleep)your (bleep) dicks off."
You know, they saybehind every strong man
there's a strong woman.
Uh, well, behindevery (bleep) up,
there's a best friend saying,"Go for it, bro."
I, uh, I went
to go see my friend warm upa TV studio audience.
We've all seen somebody warm up
a TV studio audience--they do a lot of stuff like,
"Are you guys readyto laugh tonight?"
And you have to laugh and clapbecause you're terrified
about what's gonna happenif you don't.
My friend's like,"You ready to laugh tonight?"
I'm like... (whoops)
You know, not listening--he's like,
"Ready to have fun?"
I'm like, "Yeah, whatever."
And I thought the next thinghe was gonna say was,
"Well, let's start the show."
But what he said was,
"Look at this-- we got twolittle kids in the front row."
And me not listening,I just went...
So I looked like a pedophile
who thought it wascompletely cool
to be a pedophile in public.
I'm like,"Let's touch on these kids."
"This Dora needs exploring,"um...
Um, uh...
Only the creepiest people clapfor that.
Uh... (laughs)
I'm trying to be less creepy.
I was thinking of getting ridof the beard,
but I've had the beard
for so long that at this point,
it makes the decisions for me--you know?
I'm like, "I'm just gonna takea little bit off the bottom."
It's like, "What the hellyou doing, boy?"
I'm like, "Listen, beard, you'vecost me a lot of job interviews.
You've cost me a lotof first dates."
"You think you're the only onewho sacrificed, goddamn it?
"I've made sacrifices for you.
"What keeps cheese steaks meatfrom falling
"on your dress shirts
"when you're too high to notice?
"What keeps criminalsfrom robbing you on the street
"at night because they thinkyou're already homeless?
I do."
have you ever noticed that
it is justunattractive couples that have
great "how we met" stories?
It's never attractive couples.
You ask an attractive couplehow they met and it's like,
"Well, uh, we were at a barand of course."
Uh, but you ask an unattractive
couple how they metand it's like,
"Well, I-I was waiting on a lineat the EPCOT Center
"and she asked to borrow oneof my cheese fries
"I keep in my fanny packat all times, and
"I gave her one and here we areback at the EPCOT Center.
"She's the apple of my eye!"
Because the other eyeis missing.
My favorite drink wasEvan Williams whiskey.
I don't know if anyone here'sever had Evan Williams before,
but I sum it up like this:
Imagine all the other hardliquors and cocktails
having an early eveninghappy hour.
A late afternoon soiree,if you would.
Uh, Evan Williamswould be the drink
that shows up drunkand uninvited.
It's like, "Jim Beam!I'm so glad you could make it.
Come in, come in."
(posh accent): "Oh, thank you,Jack Daniels.
"Yes, it's been...it's been so difficult
"with-with the kidsand work and all, and...
"Dear God!
Is that Evan Williams?"
Make way forthe Mayor of (bleep)town!
Hey, Sugar Tits!
How about tossing a pity (bleep)old Evan Williams' way?
"My name isn't Sugar Tits.
"It's Barcardi Limón.
And I find you..."
"A little less talking,
"a lot more pity (bleep),pity (bleep).
"I'm gonna make your butthole
look like Seal's cheeks."
"Evan Williams,you are making a scene."
"Look at me.
"I'm Maker's Mark.
"I think I'm a big deal'cause I'm a sippin' whiskey.
"With a college education.
"Well, sip on my dick,
"you Ivy League, Good Will Hunting mother(bleep).
Sip sippy cup
on my University of PhoenixOnline freedom rod!"
(applause, whooping)
"Evan. Evan.
What are you running from?"
"The police!
I stole a copy of Space Jam."
"No, Evan.
What are youreally running from?"
"I'm running from myself.
♪ In the arms of the angel
♪ Far away from here...
"What happens in Vegasstays in Vegas.
"What happens in Atlantic Cityfollows you home
and accuses you of rape."
"Someone call Evan Williamsa cab,
and someone get him to stop(bleep) my wife's purse."
"I don't need to ride a cab,
"I'm already riding Coach.Ha-ha!
"Purse pun while I (bleep) one.
"High-five! No?
"(Bleep) your wife's makeup,
"Princess Diana inside job,free Sandusky,
clear minds, full hearts,can't lose, Texas forever."


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At BVU since 2003
Brian Lenzmeier's website
Degrees Held
B.A., St. John's University
Ph.D., Colorado State
Works published
Zhou, B.O., S.-S. Wang, X.-H. Fu, W. Dang, Y. Zhang, B.A. Lenzmeier and J.-Q. Zhou. (2010)
Histone H4 lysine 12 acetylation regulates telomere dynamics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Submitted for publication -in peer review - Huang,Y.C., S.F. Tseng, H.J. Tsai, B.A. Lenzmeier and S.C. Teng. (2010)
Direct Interaction between Utp8p and Utp9p Contributes to rRNA Processing in budding yeast. Biochem Biophys Res Commun.in press - Zhou, J., B.O. Zhou, B.A. Lenzmeier and J.-Q. Zhou (2009).
Histone Deacetylase Rpd3 antagonizes Sir2-dependent silent chromatin propagation. Nucl. Acids Res. 37(11): p. 3699-3713. - Ivessa, A.S., B.A. Lenzmeier, J.B. Bessler, L.K. Goudsouzian, S. Schnakenberg, and V.A. Zakian. (2003)
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae helicase Rrm3p Facilitates Replication Past Non-Histone Protein-DNA Complexes. Molecular Cell 12: 1525-1536. - Lenzmeier, B.A., and C.H. Freudenreich. (2003)
Trinucleotide Repeat Instability: A Hairpin Curve at the Crossroads of Replication, Recombination and Repair. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 100: 7-24. - Lenzmeier, B.A., E.E. Baird, P.B. Dervan, and J.K. Nyborg. (1999).
The Tax Protein-DNA interaction is Essential for HTLV-I Transactivation in vitro. J. Mol. Biol. 291: 731-744. Lenzmeier, B.A., and J.K. Nyborg. (1999).
Molecular Mechanisms of Viral Transcription and Cellular Deregulation Associated with the HTLV-I Tax Protein. Gene Ther. Mol. Biol. 3: 327-345. Lenzmeier, B. A., H. A. Giebler, and J. K. Nyborg. (1998).
Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type-I Tax Requires Direct Access to DNA for Recruitment of CREB Binding Protein to the Viral Promoter. Mol. Cell. Biol. 18: 721-731. Lenzmeier, B. A., and J. K. Nyborg. (1997).
In Vitro Transcription of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type I is RNA Polymerase II Dependent. J. Virol. 71: 2577-2580.
2009: Recipient of the Buena Vista University George Wythe Award for Teaching Excellence
2005: Co-PI for National Science Foundation MRI Grant for a confocal microscope ($310,000)
2000-2002: American Cancer Society Post-Doctoral Fellowship ? 1997-1998: Colorado Institute for Research in Biotechnology Fellowship
1996-1997: Preecha Kownin Memorial Award for outstanding graduate research
1995-1996: Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year, CSU College of Natural Sciences
International Experience
Collaborates with scientists at the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at the Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences in Shanghai, China.
I have ongoing research collaborations with colleagues in Taiwan and China.


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Skip to comments.Subway Stabbing Victim Can't Sue NYPD For Failing To Save Him(feet away, no duty to protect0
Posted on 08/03/2013 6:54:14 AM PDT by marktwain
A man who was brutally stabbed by Brooklyn subway slasher Maksim Gelman two years ago had his negligence case against the city dismissed in court yesterday, despite the fact that two transit officers had locked themselves in a motorman's car only a few feet from him at the time of the attack.
Gelman stabbed Joseph Lozito in the face, neck, hands and head on an uptown 3 train in February 2011, after fatally stabbing four people and injuring three others in a 28-hour period. Lozito, a father of two and an avid martial arts fan, was able to tackle Gelman and hold him down, and Gelman was eventually arrested by the transit officers. Lozito sued the city, arguing that the police officers had locked themselves in the conductor's car and failed to come to his aid in time.
The city, meanwhile, claimed that the NYPD had no "special duty" to intervene at the time, and that they were in the motorman's car because they believed Gelman had a gun. And Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chan has sided with the city, noting that there was no evidence the cops were aware Lozito was in danger at the time.
(Excerpt) Read more at gothamist.com ...
Does not compute.
They were chickensh!t cowards. Wonder if they'll find some excuse to file for "disability" when it comes time to collect their pension benefits.
If the constitution guarantees the right to life, and the people the society hires to protect you have no obligation to protect you then you should have the right to do so with any weapon you have.
The transit officers were not trained to do any differently. They may also have gotten their signals crossed.
If you think the homicide rate is high now, wait until Barry and the 'RATS ban guns.
Perhaps the greatest value of this decision is to have something printed to stick up ... er, insert ... no, that's not it ... roll up and hit a liberal on the nose when they say you don't need a gun, just call a cop.
Cops are mostly cowards and tnis is news?
Yes, most people do not know that the police have no obligation to protect you. Once they understand that, it changes their view about owning weapons.
Actually, the homicide rate now is very nearly at an all-time low, essentially the same as it was in 1956, and poised to go even lower,.
Kansas passed a law that you can't put those no gun signs on the building unless there is armed security in the building. I like that law.
If they have no duty to protect, then, WHAT EXACTLY is their duty?
Revenue enhancement?
Well he should have Stood His Ground.
Too bad he wasn't attacked by a German Shepherd, he may have gotten some help that way.
We don't need the Constitution to have a right to life. It should acknowledge it, but it doesn't grant it or guarantee it.
Yep. Plus NYC basically bans law abiding citizens from owning a gun to defend themselves.
Yep. You are a slave.
"If they have no duty to protect, then, WHAT EXACTLY is their duty?
Revenue enhancement?"
You hit the nail squarely on the head sir.
I couldn't find a shorter summary.
Effect of the Law New York's Good Samaritan law carves out specific circumstances when an individual shall not be held liable for ordinary negligence in attempting to render medical assistance. Instead, they will only be held liable in cases of gross negligence. Gross Negligence Simply put, negligence is a failure to exercise ordinary care. Gross negligence means a failure to use even slight care, or is conduct that is so careless as to show complete disregard for the rights and safety of others. When it Applies The law isn't found in one centralized part, but rather integrated into various provisions of the NY Public Health Law and the NY Education Law. Importantly, New York's Good Samaritan law is limited to medical treatment or assistance. The heart of the law is found in Pub. Health Law §3000-a, which provides in part: Any person who voluntarily and without expectation of monetary compensation renders first aid or emergency treatment at the scene of an accident or other emergency outside a hospital, doctor's office or any other place having proper and necessary medical equipment, to a person who is unconscious, ill, or injured, shall not be liable for damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by such person or for damages for the death of such person alleged to have occurred by reason of an act or omission in the rendering of such emergency treatment unless it is established that such injuries were or such death was caused by gross negligence on the part of such person.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1564360
But don't protect yourself. That's a felony.
Their duty is to ENFORCE the law. If in doing that they provide some sort of protection, that's a bonus! The 1981 'Warren vs DC' court decision established that police have a duty to provide 'protection' to the collective community but are under NO legal obligation to provide protection to individual 'free' citizens. I believe that is why there has been no successful legal action brought by a 'free' citizen against a policemen, a police department, a city, a county, a state, or any government agency on the basis of 'Failure to Protect'.
The city, meanwhile, claimed that the NYPD had no "special duty" to intervene at the time, and that they were in the motorman's car because they believed Gelman had a gun.
And if Joseph Lozito had used a firearm instead, the coward cops would have been out of that motorman's car in a heartbeat to arrest him.
Oh, *THAT* makes it ALL better.
Gaw-damned cowards.
Yep. You are a slave.
Unless you are a member of the elite. A rock star or a Donald Trump or Howard Stern. Then You may protect yourself.
Heaven be thanked the citizen didn't have a gun: the poor criminal could have been injured or even killed.
Well, they can draw chalk outlines around the victims' bodies.
He should sue Bloomberg for unconstitutionally infringing on his 2nd amendment right to defend himself.
When seconds count, the police are only minutes....errr..FEET...away.
In the Police States of America, cops exist to collect taxes from motorists and to crush your pets to death when they raid your home over unpaid jaywalking tickets.
He should screamed: "He's a fare dodger!!!"
22 NYPD Officers Show Up to Arrest a Single Fare Dodger on New York Subway!
If they had no evidence that the victim was in danger, why were they locked in the cab?
I recommend that New Yorkers print a copy of this ruling and carry it with them as their Concealed Carry Permit.
I used to recommend carry a copy of the Bill of Rights or the Second Amendment, but the cops and courts don't seem to recognize those anymore.
Even in Chicago?
I am willing to donate to a fund for Lazio to advertise the cowardice of these officers.
Then how come if an LEO orders me to assist him and I don't I can be charged and prosecuted?
The modest Lozito told us the cops and the EMTs were the real heroes.
"I am alive because of the police," he said.
Yes, Gelman's from the the Ukraine, but local to me, there was a Russian that was a nuisance. Mental, alcoholic, and a two-fisted smoker, he'd be alternating cigarettes while drunkenly meandering his way across one of the main drags.
BTB, didn't Al Sharpton sue NYC (NYPD) for failing to protect him during one of his rabble-rousing/community-organizing marches? A resident of the targeted neighborhood stabbed Sharpton.
I remember a photo of an greasy, but alert Sharpton being loaded into an ambulance with a [forgetten] caption of how much he took the city for.
I was perplexed as to why he was able to do that.
No duty to protect? Then what are we paying them for?
"No duty to protect? Then what are we paying them for?"
Not duty to protect *you*. They have a duty to protect "society at large", which translated means "follow orders and protect the government".
Nowhere have I seen a court mention that they have a duty to protect the Constitution, which they take an oath to do.
This is why I laugh at those supposed "rugged individualists" on this site. The rationale for these cases rises from the individualism forming one of the premises of the Common Law.
The Civil Law imposes a duty to help one in peril or injured.
I happen to personally believe that an armed policeman should be required to come to the aid of a victim of a crime where possible
Just talking about national rate.
That some cities are going up but the national rate remains low, just means that other areas are even safer.
"This is why I laugh at those supposed "rugged individualists" on this site. The rationale for these cases rises from the individualism forming one of the premises of the Common Law."
I think it is much simpler. If the court ruled that the police had a duty to protect individuals, they could be sued for every crime that occurs. It would rapidly bankrupt the State.
I do not know of any government anywhere that allows police to be sued because an individual was the victim of a crime, unless the police had a "special duty" such as being assigned to guard someone, and then egregiously failed in that "special duty".
"...The city, meanwhile, claimed that the NYPD had no "special duty" to intervene at the time,..."
Let that sink in folks. It doesn't matter to them if you're attacked by some feral animal and die.
THE POLICE - you know, those "To Serve And Protect" heroes - have "No Special Duty To Intervene" - their words.
Demand your right to carry, and don't stop pushing until they acquiesce. If the legislators don't listen, remove them at every election cycle.
Law-abiding Gun owners put up with more infringement on our basic CIVIL, HUMAN, and CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS than ANY other group in this country.
How these people view your right to defend yourself is the litmus test for how they view ALL of your rights.
New York's Sullivan Law must go.
If the libtards go after Stand Your Ground in other states, we need to go after the Sullivan Law in NYC, and other no-issue states, like New Jersey.
"...Not duty to protect *you*. They have a duty to protect society at large, which translated means follow orders and protect the government...."
But...the rationale we always hear the left whining about is that "you don't need to carry a gun; that's what the POLICE are for..."
Throw their own words back in their faces.
Their job is to draw the chalk line around your corpse and then fill out the necessary paperwork in triplicate.
The only person responsible for your safety is you. You are the First Responder.
I submit that if ANY one of those four people that this feral piece of sh*t "Maksim Gelman" murdered had had a gun, there wouldn't be four dead and one stabbed. He'd be bleeding out on the subway floor and saving NY taxpayers a ton of money.
Bernard Goetz had it right back in the day.
To Protect and Serve ... myself!
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Exactly what it says on the tin, type out what the stupidest/ funniest thing someones ever said to you ONLINE (xbox live, online games etc counts)...
If swearing or foul language is used, be responsible and put it as a spoiler as well please =D
I'll start:
Spoiler!On Xbox live, Halo 2
Me: Woo, 50 kills 13 deaths, i did pretty well eh?
Mate: yeah man, i got 46 kills and 6 deaths though...
Random American: Wht don't you British fags grow some Goddamn balls??
Mate: What??
Me: Because if i grew more balls i'd have 4, and i'd be a freak of nature now wouldn't i??
Random American: No.. wai*interrupted*
Me: WHAT!? So you're saying you think it's NORMAL for a guy to have 4 testicles??
Another Random American, sounded about 10: Whats a tetsicle? Is it some sort of ice cream??
Random American: ARE YOU TAKING THE PISS OUTTA BE YOU DUMBASS BRIT!? IF IT WASN'T FOR US, YOU'D BE GERMANY NUMBER 3!
Mate: Wheres Germany number 2?
Random American: Are you stupid? It's Russia retard!
Me:.....*slaps head*


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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Critical
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 1.9.10, 2.0, 2.0.4, 2.1.1, 2.2
Component/s: SCORM
Environment:Tested under windows using XAMPP and web host. All databases were MySQL.
Testing Instructions:
Please, test this under all branches!
Turn the SCORM debugger on so you can manually pass values into SCORM:
In the text field for "select data model element to get or set" enter:
in the value to set field enter:
Hit the LMSSetValue() button
In the text field for "select data model element to get or set" enter:
in the value to set field enter:
Hit the LMSSetValue() button
In the text field for "select data model element to get or set" enter:
in the value to set field enter:
Hit the LMSSetValue() button
In the text field for "select data model element to get or set" enter:
in the value to set field enter:
Hit the LMSSetValue() button
now hit the LMSCommit() button
- now check the results of the above
go to the reports page of the SCORM - in the basic report it lists all the users who have submitted data and the number of "attempts" - (note attempt number is NOT the number of times a user has entered a SCORM) - click on the attempt number and on the following page click on "track details" - Check to make sure The "id" and "result" sub-elements will are written for interaction 0 and interaction 1.Please, test this under all branches! Turn the SCORM debugger on so you can manually pass values into SCORM: In the text field for "select data model element to get or set" enter: cmi.interactions_0.id in the value to set field enter: SC_0200_a Hit the LMSSetValue() button In the text field for "select data model element to get or set" enter: cmi.interactions_0.result in the value to set field enter: wrong Hit the LMSSetValue() button In the text field for "select data model element to get or set" enter: cmi.interactions_1.id in the value to set field enter: SC_0210_a Hit the LMSSetValue() button In the text field for "select data model element to get or set" enter: cmi.interactions_1.result in the value to set field enter: wrong Hit the LMSSetValue() button now hit the LMSCommit() button now check the results of the above go to the reports page of the SCORM - in the basic report it lists all the users who have submitted data and the number of "attempts" - (note attempt number is NOT the number of times a user has entered a SCORM) - click on the attempt number and on the following page click on "track details" - Check to make sure The "id" and "result" sub-elements will are written for interaction 0 and interaction 1.
Affected Branches:MOODLE_19_STABLE, MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE
Fixed Branches:MOODLE_19_STABLE, MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_21_STABLE
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Hi All,
it could be related with the patch proposal done in
Lacking of spare time now, I hope to take a look at it next week... not sure about both relation and spare time.
thanks Matteo - I've got my head down doing 2.0 conversion work and won't get to it until the new year!
Having seen this myself, let me know if there's anything I can do to assist/test.
Just run through this with the patch from
taken out and the issue where the multiple interactions only have the first recorded fully is no longer happening. Looking at the code in the scorm_12.js_php file for the CollectData() function, there were two instances where the default value was being set. The patch only had one defined, so I changed it to be the same as in patch MDL-21761 and everything still looked to be working as I would expect. MDL-21761
if ((typeof eval('datamodel["'+elementmodel+'"].defaultvalue')) != "undefined") {
if (eval('datamodel["'+elementmodel+'"].defaultvalue') != data[property] || eval('typeof(datamodel["'+elementmodel+'"].defaultvalue)') != typeof(data[property])) {
datastring += elementstring;
} else {
datastring += elementstring;
// eval('datamodel["'+elementmodel+'"].defaultvalue=data[property];');
All of the interactions are now being recorded in the mdl_scorm_scoes_track database. As I don't know what the original issue was for this patch, I cannot check to see if this will re-introduce it.
It's not related with the patch proposal in
MDL-21761 but with the related commit:
$ git diff b6ec0e79401db7^..b6ec0e79401db7
or https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/b6ec0e79401db7.
Derick comment is in the direction of promoting the patch proposal against the final commit.
I can create some test cases using the Diagnostic SCO for both
MDL-25757 and MDL-21761 but... not in the next weeks due to the lacking of spare time.
How's this issue progressing? At present Moodle is not SCORM 1.2 compliant becuase of this issue, and considing that it's been a known issue for 8 months now it would be great to see this fixed.
Hi Evan,
it's in the list - just a matter of finding the time to do it - 95% of my SCORM work is done as a volunteer - so sometimes it can take a bit of time...
I'll definitely have this resolved before 2.2 release - but that's still a while off - it will happen earlier if someone else provides a patch that solves it and doesn't cause any other issues - so it needs someone to spend time doing a lot of QA/testing.
This has been integrated, thanks! Testing feedback will be welcome!
What level of effort is required for the testing? I'd like to see the issue resolved and would be willing to help, if I can spare enough time.
Hi Tim,
here's the info on the testing process:
basically this involves verifying that the patch has fixed the issue - as you need to look at the db to verify the patch has fixed the issue you will need to install a new version of Moodle based on the integration branch mentioned on the testing page.
Hi Dan,
It's great to see some activity on this issue, thanks a lot.
Unfortunatley I don't believe that the patch you've submitted for testing will fully solve the problem.
By removing the eval call in /mod/scorm/datamodels/scorm_12.js.php on line 581 you've only fixed the bug for data model elements that don't have a default value.
Your patch will solve the issue for elements like 'cmi.interactions.n.result' because it doesn't define a default value, but it will not work for elements like 'cmi.objectives.n.score.raw' that does define a default value (even though it's defined to be the empty string).
Consequently you also need to remove the corresponding eval function call on line 577. Please see the patch I uploaded to
To reproduce the bug with your patch applied:
LMSInitialize("", "")
LMSSetValue("cmi.objectives_0.id", "objective_a")
LMSSetValue("cmi.objectives_0.score.raw", "1")
LMSSetValue("cmi.objectives_1.id", "objective_b")
LMSSetValue("cmi.objectives_1.score.raw", "1")
Commit("", "")
The raw score for 'objective_b' is not saved.
arg... ok... well problem with reverting that is we end up with the bug reported on
MDL-21761 - so if anyone else wants to volunteer their time to suggest a fix for this that doesn't cause MDL-21761 to be a problem feel free! - I'm unlikely to have time to do it this week..
NOTE TO INTEGRATOR/TESTERS - this bug should still pass and be included in the integration as it still provides a partial fix - thanks.
Hmmm... arg indeed!
I hadn't considered the problem of trying to reset a value back to its default, where that default has an actual value because the user is resuming an attempt.
So to summarise the problem in this issue:
When the code identifies during a call to LMSCommit() that a non-default value has been set for a field it updates the internal reference for that field's default value to match the value that has been set. Consequently when LMSCommit() is called again it only sends values that have change since the last call.
However the object used by the API to store the default values (datamodel) uses the 'n' style notation (e.g. cmi.interactions.n.result) and not the number style notation (e.g. cmi.interactions.1.result) so all data model elements with an "n" in their name are considered the same. If you then try and commit the same value for two elements with the same name but different values for "n" it considers the value for the second commit to be for the same element and as the value for the first commit, and as the values are equal it doesn't save the second commit.
Consequently what needs to happen is for the datamodel object to track changes for "n" sytle elements by explicitly referencing the actual value of "n" (e.g. datamodel[cmi.objectives_0.score.raw]).
This is achieved by checking if an index exists in the da
Please see the revised patch which I've attached, which fixes this issue without breaking the fix for
Hi Evan - thanks for the patch! - I'm going to get this bug rejected for this week and try to review it again next week..
Ideally I'd like a few others to test your patch before I commit it too - Matteo/Howard?
I'm rejecting this by Dan's request.
I've reverted the commits in the 4 branches...ciao
Any update on this issue?
We just realized we are hit with this issue (fairly majorly, if you ask me). I'm shocked to see it's been a known issue for 10 months with no resolution.
You do know that most of us volunteer our time right?
but a patch has been provided and I've asked for more people to test it and confirm it fixes the problem and doesn't introduce other issues - no-one has done that yet! - perhaps you are volunteering to test?
Volunteers or not, for a product the size and scope of Moodle to have a major known issue that (per the comments) keeps getting kicked down the road for almost a year yet still advertises itself as SCORM compliant is unacceptable in my book. Sorry if that offends you.
I will test this and report back. I don't have much choice...this is a showstopper and has already resulted in lost data.
But without volunteers, both testing and building, a product the size and scope of Moodle would either not see the light of day or cost the earth. BTW, It advertises 'support' for SCORM 1.2 and compliant for version 1.9.5
I'm not arguing the need for volunteers. However, I also don't accept "volunteer" as an equivalent to immunity.
Today, I set up a copy of our production server, installed 1.9.14, and finally installed this patch. Our SCORM courses appear to run without issue. Without the patch, I was not getting, say, interactions/responses past the first one where there were several of the same choice in a row. With it, I now see all details. I don't notice any other issues.
I don't know much about the conflicting issue 21761 mentioned above, so I cannot vouch for that one. However, it does appear to resolve 25757 with no adverse effects noted.
thanks for providing info on your test results - I'll take another look at this in the next few weeks and look at pushing it into the latest code.
FYI - SCORM in Moodle 1.9Stable and 2.0Stable passes all the ADL SCORM 1.2 tests for compliance(at least they did last time I ran them) - as Russell mentioned the only version that is "certified" is Moodle 1.9.5 - we don't submit each version to ADL for certification. So - afaik the "advertisment" you are referring to is correct.
I don't think anyone is asking for immunity - I know I'm not and as "Official SCORM maintainer" I know many areas of SCORM need a massive amount of work - I've even managed to secure small amounts of funding to work on specific areas but there's still a lot more to go. I have spent a massive amount of volunteer time on SCORM and I don't really care if you think the amount of time I have to contribute is unacceptable, especially on a bug that I have asked for people to test and no-one has responded. In fact - I get more e-mails/correspondence about the lack of SCORM 2004 support than I have had anyone talk about this particular bug.
I have a great appreciation to all the volunteers in the community that help - without them SCORM would not be a feature in Moodle at all. We've also had 2 GSOC students working on SCORM recently - one of which was focusing on a way for us to automate the ADL tests so we can ensure each weekly release doesn't introduce any regressions causing the ADL tests to fail.
In any case - if you really want full SCORM certification/compliance in Moodle you are welcome to install Rusticis SCORM cloud which works well with Moodle and has full certification.
Thanks for your contribution.
Hi David,
I can appreciate your frustration with this bug. I was was pretty alarmed myself when I discovered that we'd been losing data on one of our production sites. However, the lack of votes for this issue suggests that there really aren't a lot of affected people out there. Aside from you and I, no one is really clamouring for this to get fixed.
As someone who benefits from Moodle's open source license the best way to contribute back to the community is to create patches for bugs like this (if you're able) or to test patches offered by others.
To that end, your testing is appreciated. Having made the patch I'd like to see it integrated, but without volunteer testers that will not happen.
This morning, I applied 1.9.14 as well as this patch to our production Moodle sites. Naturally, I'll be watching this closely over the next several days for signs of problems. If I see anything, I'll report back.
I think I'm mainly happy with this patch - only issue is that it really needs a few more in-line comments in the code to explain what it's doing - Evan - any chance you would like to do this? - the more comments the better! - also, if you'd like to get full credit for the patch rather than just in the comment of the commit you could do this:
create a new git branch (ideally based on Moodle's master branch) somewhere that I can see - (github.com is good) - then commit the fix to that branch as a single commit - I can then cherry-pick/merge your change and keep the "author" tag as yourself.
Evan - do you want to push this into a git repo so you get credit for the commits? - otherwise I'll do it later this week myself.
Hi Dan, nah I don't care about the credit. Just happy to be of help. I was planning on adding those comments you requested but I've been off sick and then returned snowed under with other work. Will try to get to it today.
cool - if you could add comments that would be awesome! - will submit for integration as soon as that comes through!
NOTE TO INTEGRATOR - surprisingly the patch on master cherry-picks cleanly to all branches (including 1.9) - feel free to cherry-pick if easier.
Integrated (19, 20, 21 and master) by cherry-picking, thanks Dan, Evan @ Co!
(PS: Note that 1.9 is officially unsupported since some months ago. I just integrated this there because it seemed important for some people. Generally we won't be backporting anything, but security fixes, to 1.9).
And this has landed upstream, just on time for the upcoming new releases week. Thanks for it!


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Jim DeMint tells Rush Limbaugh how to fix GOP, tweaks Boehner By: Kevin Cirilli December 6, 2012 01:38 PM EST
In an interview on Rush Limbaughs radio show on Thursday, retiring Sen. Jim DeMint offered his take for how to get the Republican party back on track - and he joked about dumping House Speaker John Boehner.
DeMints resignation as South Carolina senator sent shock waves through the Beltway earlier in the day, when the tea party leader announced he was leaving the Senate to become Heritage Foundation president.
I think its safe to say that [House Speaker John] Boehner is not forcing either of you guys out, right? Limbaugh asked DeMint and now-former Heritage Foundation president Ed Feulner, according to audio by The Right Scoop.
Quipped DeMint: It might work a little bit the other way, Rush.
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After spending most of life in advertising and marketing and research, I know that we can do a whole lot better job of convincing the American people winning their hearts and souls and if we do that, then were going to be more effective inside of Congress and more effective at election time, DeMint told Limbaugh,
DeMint said that Republicans should be looking at what they can do as opposed to only criticizing those across the aisle, such as Reid (D-Nev.).
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
He also praised Harry Reid and said "he wasn't the problem." Yuck-o.
Yes I caught that! He and Reid are close friends! That said it all for me!
Remember Orin Hatch often bragged that his very best friend was Ted Kennedy.
Yeah, I heard that too. Nice to know DeMint considers the descructive traitor Reid a friend. I turned off the radio after those statements.
This just shows they are all members of the Good ole boys club.
Harry Reid belongs in one of these over the Potomac River.
In my opinion ,the Republicrat party is disintegration before our eyes.If they cave or kick the can they are as good as history. I firmly believe that the Tea Party will become an actual party and will beat republicans who are gutless in red state races in 2014. Demint is well positioned now for 2016. We will miss him in the short term.
>>> He also praised Harry Reid and said he wasnt the problem.
Ummm... Heritage Foundation President?
And the Heritage Foundation want's money I presume?
Not a good way to get it.
Not from me.
535 of those are needed.
+ 2 more.
We have to have more Conservative voters, in order to win more elections, then we can have a Conservative-controlled Senate and House and enact more Conservative laws (and kill the other kind).
It's really that simple.
Right now we need men who have marketing and communications skills like Jim DeMint helping to get more Conservative voters. Until we do that, we can't do the rest.
And, I can't believe people are getting suckered into trashing a good man because of a throwaway line about Harry Reid.
The minute DeMint mentioned Reid without adding, "...that slimy whore-house piece of smelly Obamastuff..." I turned Rush off.
Sorry, Reid is slime.
Always was, always will be.
And anyone who claims to be his friend is not someone I wish to associate with. I'll miss DeMint in the senate, but I'm afraid that institution is not respectable...and has not been respectable in a long time.
The Heritage Foundation is nothing but a money machine....remember William Bennett & Big Rock Mountain Candy conservative Jack Kemp setting up a "consevative think tank" in D.C. to pump money out of the sheep so Billy Bennett could spend 10 million dollars feeding slot machines in Vegas...
I can definitely see DeMint and Reid having a pleasant drink together.
The thing is:
If it came right down to it, I'm sure that Harry Reid would stick a knife in the back of his good friend Jim DeMint -- if Harry felt he had "a good reason".
And I suspect that Jim DeMint might put friendship above all else, and absolutely refuse to ever stick a knife in the back of his good friend Harry Reid.
The Republicans don't get it. The friendship is fake -- it just goes one way.
What will be the tipping point and the "Santelli Rant / Moment" that does it.
I suspect the beltway knows it.
Dr Bennett in the Mornings is a bit of a plugged in Rino and the other morning said something to the effect don't throw the party out yet and it really caught my ear. IMHO they know it too, It sucks to be them and us all, because when it happens we will be in the dessert for probably at least 8 yrs IMHO....
Go here on Demint : http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2966202/posts?page=36#36
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Reid is the kind of "friend" that although he will stick a knife in your kidney, he will only twist it once before he pulls it out.
DeMint said that he is good friends with Harry Reid, ah, the world turned upside down. Don't agree with his resigning four years into his term, a guy like DeMint is more important in the Senate than at the Heritage Foundation of which I am a member. I think the Republicans are in full retreat and that's akin to cowardice, IMHO.
Years ago, the Iron Sheik and Hacksaw Jim Duggan were arrested for pot possession. It seems they were driving around together, "having a good time." At the time of the arrest, they were supposed to be mortal enemies.
>> How to fix GOP...
I like Jim, but don't always agree with him.
As Rush keeps pointing out, they get seduced by the beltway culture. DeMint is an ad man--he made his fortune selling himself.
Nope....just saying that Bennett & Kemp just ran the same kind of SCAM that the Heritage Fiundation & Cato & all the rest of these founfations run. Problem was Billy & Jack were just sloppy is all so it was easier to see where the money goes.
The Senate "good ol' boys' club". Harry Reid is a dirty little birdie who would stick a virtual shiv in DeMint's back first chance he got. It's okay to treat others the way you want to be treated; but, of course, Dhimmicrats play for keeps and don't follow this teaching. IF I behaved the way Obama and the Dhimmicrats behave, I'd WANT someone to bust my balloon of smugness and set me straight. So, that's where I aim to place my efforts.
It shouldn't be a joke...we NEED to DUMP Boehner!!
Man, the liberal seminar commentators were on that article faster than white on rice. Read the comments. They are all exactly the same, just like the liberal C-Span callers.
IMO, DeMint knows it's going to hit the fan and everyone remotely associated with D.C. is going to get hammered - Republicans and Democrats alike. He also knows that it's too late to stop the train from going off the tracks. By 2016, people will be so angry and disgusted at the partisan bickering and continued economic decline that they will be in a "throw the bums out" mood.
He's distancing himself now to raise money and stature for a run in 2016. He wants to be the go to idea man for the next four years. Being a minority within a minority in the boring U.S. Senate will not garner him near the exposure that this post will. I wish him all the best.
This statement bolstering arguments democrats and republicans are one and the same. Reid and DeMint being close friends. Pelosi sitting with Gingrich; Christie embracing Obama, etc.
Weaning myself off AM talk shows quite a bit. Maybe Bohner needs another golf game with Obama to get his talking points straight? Reading about this stuff is bad enough. Verifying it on talk radio is mind boggling.
he wasnt the problem.
That was certainly a WTF moment if there ever was one. How does one consider someone like HR who is actively trying to destroy the American way of life(not the "free stuff" way of life), a friend?
Senators always refer to each other as 'good friends'. It's like a mobster saying 'he's a good fellow' to another mobster about another mobster.
Maybe we all need to email the Heritage Foundation and tell them how we feel. DeMint acted like a jerk on Rush's show today.
That is entertainment and only affect those that choose to participate in the fraud.
The Government uses the same tactic but they have the power to force your participation.
I used to wonder how the German people could have ever gone over that cliff, now I know.
That is Senate decorum, doesnt mean they should share hot tubs.
Pretty much all I need to see..........
Give me 4 examples of Dim Senators giving massages to Pubbies?
Well, we're halfway there now.
Jim is great guy, but just because he is friends with Harry Reid doesn't mean he is not a conservative. I have a number of friends and FAMILY who we cannot talk politics with (or religions, sometimes), and that doesn't mean that I feel they are less than human, or something. I worked well with colleagues, I disagreed with. It doesn't need to make you enemies.
I am so over the E-GOP is isn't even funny.
Jim is great guy, but just because he is friends with Harry Reid doesn't mean he is not a conservative. I have a number of friends and FAMILY who we cannot talk politics with (or religions, sometimes), and that doesn't mean that I feel they are less than human, or something. I worked well with colleagues, I disagreed with. It doesn't need to make you enemies.
Oh, come on. Harry Reid is a freak who is lowering every standard we Americans hold dear. DeMint embarrassed himself today.
I just cannot understand why pubbies won't call a ratz a ratz.
DemoKaRatz, like that weasel dingy harry, need to be bludgeoned with the most obscene and vulgar language available. And they need that done aggressively and on a daily basis. And let the Baghdad Bob's of the MSM have bricks and cows come out their butts till they pass out.
It's what THEY (ratz) do to stupid pubbies day in and day out.
Pubbies have weak bladders, they pee themselves anytime a mean thought goes through their air heads.
Gelding Boehner's pee comes out his eyes.
Sounds silly, but not renewing my Heritage Foundation membership because of his comment that Harry Ried was a friend of his. I've dumped my liberal friends ... He should have some the same. For those of us in SC, please write the gov's office asking her to appoint Tim Scott as DeMints comservative replacement.
DeMint is getting out of Dodge. DC is FUBAR. Every person for themselves. Secession is the only way out.
Two of the conservative movement's brightest stars — Sarah Palin and Jim DeMint — quit in the middle of their terms. Such a waste of talent. Such a loss for the country.
Their reasons for leaving powerful jobs are weak and phony and inexplicable. Few positions are more influential than governor or senator. Yet they quit.
I agree. I am guessing DeMint sees that the party is about to end so he got out. Maybe talks with others helped him reach a decision.
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While staying at the home of his second cousin, Amy, and her husband, Joseph Nield, Lambert painted this familiar scene on the family property. He depicted their blonde-haired, rosy-cheeked daughter, Grace, minding a herd of goats in a clearing among gum trees near a 'chock-and-log' fence. The location is within a mile of their homestead, Meryon, in the Warren District in the central west of New South Wales.
Lambert's carefree, if slightly sentimental, pastoral is sharply focused in the centre and blurred at the edges, suggestive of a misty heat haze on a summer afternoon. The background frieze of eucalypts is decorative. He used a tonalist grey-blue and brown-ochre palette, with strong purple shadows.
This painting was Lambert's first oil painting of consequence and his first public success. It was purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales at the New South Wales Society of Artists exhibition in 1896, for £21. On 4 September 1896 the Sydney Morning Herald called Lambert 'a promising young artist' with 'his first recognised success', and on 12 September 1896 the Sydney Mail described the painting as 'a happy little picture'.
The painting was included in the 'Exhibition of Australian art in London', held at the Grafton Galleries, London, from 2 April to 7 May 1898.
The subject resembles those which other Australian artists painted in the 1880s and 1890s: identifiably Australian scenes. The child in the bush was a popular theme in Australian art in the 1890s; but whereas some artists presented the frightening aspects of the bush and showed a child lost in it, Lambert was comfortable in the outback and conveyed a harmonious relationship between the young girl and the surrounding bush. He visualised the freedom of childhood and the natural sensuousness of a child immersed in nature.


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A bridge towards peace; the will of fire still endures!
Rokudaime Hokage, Rokudaime Rikudou Sennin Uzumaki Naruto
Haha funny chapter
love the whey zorro,sanji in nami and brook where imagening those snowman funny
haha loved luffy's appereance
did i see it wrong or can tashigi use smokers DF ability ?
^She can.
Must say I really enjoyed this chapter, Luffy just doesn't give two fucks about stealth. And we finally figure out what happened to the other 3.
Aggravate, Anger, and Piss off
Methinks Law should've done his research before he tapped Luffy for an alliance partner. While you're busy sneaking in the back and, you know, actually devising a strategy, Luffy is crashing through the front door and louldy announcing every secret battle plan he was ever told!
Also, I knew Zorro's incessant drinking would save them all someday! So psyched to see how they will deal with "Slime". Zoro can use Haki. Namanji should be able to use Haki, too (since it comes from the user's spirit, and that's what's in Nami's body), and Brook...come back to me on that one. I want to see the monster duo + 1 take down what appears to be the other big bad in this arc!!!
Proud (and confused) subscriber of Shonen Jump Alpha.
I wanna see how the samurai fight in his full form.
seems that slime monster didn't get affected by akainu vs aoukiji's fight
damn, got an exam over a few minutes.. I will read the new chapter afterwards :(
Cannot wait.
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One of the most prominent figures in the middle decades of the 20th century is the concerned photographer. A belief in photojournalism's role in shaping history was promoted by people like Edward Steichen whose exhibition The family of man traversed the globe and was seen by millions. Heroes such as W. Eugene Smith were still working in the 1970s – in 1971 he was in Minamata, Japan documenting mercury poisoning – earning him a beating by thugs hired by the company responsible.
Carol Jerrems 'Bobbi Sykes, Black Moratorium, Sydney, '72' 1972 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Gift of Mrs Joy Jerrems 1981 © Ken Jerrems and the Estate of Lance Jerrems
Carol Jerrems was very clear, right from her art school days at Prahran, that she would make what she termed 'pure photography' and that she would never work commercially. Like many others of her generation she turned away from photographing external news-worthy events. And yet a strong moral imperative to do good in the world underpinned her whole practice and is reflected over and over in the statements she made about her work. Each of us is given a choice to drop out or help change society: 'My main interest in photographic art, as in living, she wrote, 'is giving (learning and sharing) This society is sick and I must help to change it'. She championed the cause of the underdog and wanted to push the boundaries – her own and those of society.
Carol Jerrems 'Wendy Saddington' 1973 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Purchased 1976 © Ken Jerrems and the Estate of Lance Jerrems
Carol Jerrems 'Mozart Street' 1975 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Gift of the Philip Morris Arts Grant 1982 © Ken Jerrems and the Estate of Lance Jerrems
Driven and dedicated to her craft, Jerrems' thought intuitively but deeply about it. The photographs do not always lend themselves to simple analysis. And yet what makes viewers connect with them is this great sense of empathy and this great desire that Jerrems had to connect: 'I don't want to exploit people. I care about them. I'd like to help them if I could, through my photographs'. In many of the great portraits there is an intense relationship that occurs between Jerrems and her subjects, with the result that the sitters become almost mythic, more than themselves.
Carol Jerrems 'Lynn [Gailey]' 1976 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Gift of the Philip Morris Arts Grant 1982 © Ken Jerrems and the Estate of Lance Jerrems
Carol Jerrems photographic artist is on display in the Project Gallery until 28 January 2013.
This is a friendly reminder that Sydney Long: the Spirit of the land and Divine worlds: Indian painting both close on 11 November.
Writing for the Canberra Times, Sasha Grishin described the Sydney Long exhibition as 'compulsory viewing' and as 'a once in a lifetime exhibition: the definitive Sydney Long experience!' Well-received by audiences, this is the first major survey of Long's work in over 30 years and is accompanied by a scholarly catalogue written by the exhibition's curator, Dr Anna Gray.
Tickets can still be purchased through Ticketek or at the NGA front desk.
Rajasthan, India 'Festival of the Cattle [Gopashtami] shrine hanging [pichhavai]' 19th century National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Acquired with the assistance of the Masterpieces for the Nation Fund 2007
Sydney Long 'By tranquil waters' 1894 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, purchased 1894
Divine worlds features masterpieces of Indian painting from the national collection and showcases many works that have never been on display before. A highlight of the public events has been the conservation talk series, which gave listeners insight into the painstaking work performed by our conservators to prepare fragile works for display.
For remaining events associated with the exhibitions please see our online calendar.
Don't miss the opportunity to experience these two unique exhibitions.
Our upcoming summer exhibition Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris & the Moulin Rouge is already proving extremely popular with our Members opening party on 14 December already booked out. If you didn't manage to get tickets for the opening we still have places available for our Curator's dinner to be held on 22 February 2013.
Members Acquisition Fund
We recently launched the annual Members Acquisition Fund for 2012-13. This year's selection is Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's stunning lithograph Divan Japonais 1893, which was featured in the spring edition of Artonview.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 'Divan Japonais' 1893 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Purchased with the assistance of the Members Acquisition Fund 2012
This poster, with its radical design and featuring one of Toulouse-Lautrec's favourite models, will be an important addition to the national art collection and will also feature in the Gallery's forthcoming summer exhibition, Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris & the Moulin Rouge, on display from 14 December 2012 to 2 April 2013.
As a NGA Member, you would have received a letter from the Director, Ron Radford together with a brochure and donation form for Divan Japonais inviting you to help us acquire this significant work. If you would like to support this campaign you can also donate online.
It's not long now until Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris & the Moulin Rouge opens on 14 December.
The exhibition will have timed half hour sessions. To ensure your preferred day and time to visit, book tickets now through Ticketek or phone 132 849.
A full list of events accompanying Toulouse-Lautrec will be released in the summer calendar on 1 December. Here is a peak at one of the highlights:
Promenade of lights
Free community event
Friday 8 March 6.00 pm until late
Take an evening stroll along a lamp-lined boulevard at the National Gallery of
Australia and be transported to the lively Parisian street life of the Belle Epoque. See your own lamp creations light as you enjoy live music and performance,
art-making activities, French-inspired refreshments and a late‑night opening of
the exhibition, as well as a screening of the romantic Woody Allen film Midnight
in Paris at 9.30 pm.
Free | Gallery forecourt, street Café, main foyer and James O Fairfax Theatre
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 'Jane Avril' 1899 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, The Poynton Bequest 2011
Buy a ticket to the major summer exhibition Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris & the Moulin Rouge online at Ticketek and enter the draw for a chance to WIN A RENAULT MEGANE HATCH courtesy of Rolfe-Renault Canberra*
The competition will be drawn after the exhibition closes (2 April 2013).
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On 12 October 1982 the Queen opened the National Gallery of Australia (then named the Australian National Gallery). In a National Press Club Address coinciding with the Gallery's 30th anniversary, Director Ron Radford reflected on our beginnings and revealed his vision for the future.
The Gallery's founding document–the Lindsay Report of 1966–outlined a collecting policy that would 'complement, not compete with, the long-established State galleries,' with a focus on contemporary international art, 20th century European and American art, and art of the Asia–Pacific region. Dr. Radford noted that while the NGA is 'the youngest national gallery in the world,' today it has the largest and most valuable art collection in Australia, comprised of over 165,000 works and valued at $4.7 billion.
Turning towards the future, Dr. Radford revealed the Gallery's aspirations to increase public access to the collections through digital initiatives and greatly expanded display areas. At the heart of the new strategic vision is Stage Two: The Centre for Australian Art, which will feature spacious galleries on the main floor dedicated to the art of non-Indigenous Australia, display storage, 'state-of-the-art education facilities including new lecture rooms, activity rooms and viewing rooms,an expanded children's gallery, and the Gallery's relocated Research Library and artists' archive.'
Concluding his address, the Director asserted that The Centre for Australian Art is 'a definitive statement by a proud nation celebrating its sophisticated culture.'
A big thank you to everyone who has made the last 30 years so memorable. In celebration of this milestone, we've dug up some archival photos of the Gallery in its early days. Enjoy!
Architectural impression of Stage 2 Modern Australian galleries
National Press Club President Laurie Wilson and NGA Director Ron Radford at the National Press Club Address
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with Chairman of Council, Gordon Darling greets guests on opening night, 12 October 1982
Fireworks over Lake Burley Griffin opening night, 12 October 1982. L-R: National Gallery, High Court of Australia
The Hon. E. Gough Whitlam views Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles 1952
View of the Sculpture Garden, 1982
Installation of Henry Moore's Hill arches 1973 at the eastern side of the Marsh Pond, 1982
(banner image) The Gallery building photographed following landscaping of the Sculpture Garden and installation of sculptures in 1982
At present Albert Tucker's powerful series Images of modern evil, painted in the 1940s, is shown in the space usually occupied by the Ned Kelly series. Claire Capel-Stanley, Intern, Australian Painting and Sculpture post-1920 takes the opportunity to explore how sketching informed Tucker's painting practice.
Cinema is an important theme in Albert Tucker's Images of modern evil series. For Tucker, the cinema was not only popular entertainment in wartime Melbourne, but a place where external and internal realities merged. In cinema, time was frozen into an endless present. Image of modern evil 9 1944 shows the film screen as a stage for an unfolding theatre of the mind. A small pencil and ink study Study for painting "Image of modern evil 9" [recto] 1944 gives us an insight into the development of the painting.
Tucker used sketches to guide the construction of his paintings. In this sketch, he not only worked out the composition, but described colours to be used. In the painting process these colour ideas were transformed and simplified. Where the sketch suggests that the mouth of one figure should be green, in the painting both are rendered a bright, visceral red. The 'crimson carpet', becomes a swirling molten lake, lit, as noted in the sketch, with orange lights.
Albert Tucker 'Image of modern evil 9' 1944 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Gift of the artist 1981
© Barbara Tucker courtesy Barbara Tucker
The cinema carpet was an indelible image for Tucker. He remembered the impression in an interview with James Gleeson in 1979, remarking 'I got this light effect going on in the carpet and all of a sudden I had this double reality.' Tucker used sketches to distil visual ideas, which were further concentrated in the painting process.
The sketch also reveals background details which are absent from the painting. A clock and a door marked 'exit' appear as powerful reminders of mortality. Interestingly, Tucker added hands to the clock pointing at several minutes to midnight as he worked on the painting. In the final state, these elements are completely subsumed in darkness, perhaps not so much removed as covered by thick blue shadow. The poetic empty screen is allowed to become the focus, centring our attention on a fearful drama we are yet to watch unfold.
(image at left) Albert Tucker 'Study for painting "Image of modern evil 9"
[recto]' 1944 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Purchased 1979
© Barbara Tucker courtesy Barbara Tucker
Painters continued to work in an Abstract Expressionist style into the 1960s and 1970s, long after new tendencies such as Pop and Minimalism became dominant modes. The artists associated with Colour-field painting and the second-generation Abstract Expressionists increasingly exploited the qualities of paint. Their canvases are emphatically flat, or are made to achieve an 'overall' effect.
Abstract Expressionism was more than an American phenomenon, and the impact of influential painters was felt beyond the United States. Works by Australians such as Tony Tuckson and Peter Upward reveal how these artists developed in related ways. In his evocative and beautiful Watery c.1960, Tuckson spreads layers of pale paint and then 'writes' across the surface. Upward's large, expressive gestures — his paint thickened with medium — seem to defy materiality and speak instead of calligraphy, jazz and poetry. By using enamel, artists such as Ralph Balson and Michael Taylor develop layer upon layer of thread-like paint.
Ralph Balson 'Matter painting 1960' 1960 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Purchased 1969 © Ralph Balson Estate
Tony Tuckson 'Watery' c.1960 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Gift of Margaret Tuckson 2002 © Tony Tuckson. Licensed by Viscopy
The drawings, lithographs and collages on display here emphasise how artists exploit gesture and mark-making across a range of mediums. Willem de Kooning continued to refer to the human body throughout his long career. Glimpses of the figure remain, even in the 1980s, when he adopted a white ground for his marks, which seem to glide over the surface.
Abstract Expressionism is on display in the Orde Poynton Gallery until 20 January 2013 and the International galleries until 24 February 2013. Tours of the exhibition run daily at 2pm (meet in the Main Foyer).
Thank you
The National Gallery of Australia Foundation's Masterpieces for the Nation Fund 2012 was celebrated in September with a special event hosted by Director Ron Radford. Donors were invited to view the magnificent and important bark painting by renowned Arnhem Land artist Yirawala, Kundaagi – Red plains kangaroo 1962 which was acquired with their support.
If you would like to make a donation to the fund please click here or contact firstname.lastname@example.com or 02 6240 6408 for more information about giving.
Donors to the Masterpieces for the Nation Fund 2012 Von Harrington, Em.Prof. Ian Falconer AO and Mrs Elinor Swan with Kelli Cole, Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art (second from right) and Jacqueline Chlanda, Curatorial Assistant, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art (second from left).
Yirawala 'Kundaagi–Red Plains Kangaroo' 1962 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Masterpieces for the Nation Fund 2012 © the estate of the artist licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency
Donors David and Pamela Jupp, Rosemary Dupont and Art Groothuis with Kundaagi – red plains kangaroo 1962
Novotel Canberra is the accommodation partner and proud supporter of the National Gallery of Australia�s Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris & the Moulin Rouge exhibition.
Novotel Canberra is offering a special overnight accommodation package* for Toulouse-Lautrec which includes one night�s accommodation, buffet breakfast and untimed tickets to the exhibition for two people. Package from $189 per room per night. Click here for more information or to make a booking.
*Valid for stays at Novotel Canberra only between 14 December 2012 and 2 April 2013 inclusive. Click here for full terms and conditions.
Join us for our annual Christmas shopping night exclusive to NGA members.
Get your Christmas shopping done early with a glass of champagne and enjoy a 20% discount on all purchases (excluding already reduced items).
Thursday 22 November 5.15 pm
The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn Gift: Red Case: Myths and Rituals and Yellow Case: Form, Space and Design | The Burke Museum and Historic Precinct, Beechworth VIC, 16 October – 13 November 2012
South Australia
Fred Williams: Infinite horizons | Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide SA, 31 August –
4 November 2012
The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn Gift: 1888 Melbourne Cup | State Library of South Australia, Adelaide SA, 26 October – 18 December 2012
Gilbert Riedelbauch 'Double bowl' 2000 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn Gift: Blue Case – Technology | Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Bundaberg QLD, 9 October – 8 November 2012
The Gallery recently created a Pinterest page and we invite you to join us in this new social media adventure.
What is Pinterest?
Pinterest is a social network that functions as a virtual pinboard, allowing you to organise and share your favourite things on the web. Users can create theme-based image collections such as events, interests and hobbies. You can also browse pinboards created by other people, a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests.
Why follow us?
The Gallery's Pinterest page allows us to present virtual, shareable versions of exhibitions and collections, as well as photos from events and behind-the-scenes, so you can see what really goes on at your national gallery.
Pinterest allows users to preview pieces of art or events online and share your favourite pieces by re-pinning them onto your own boards. We also encourage audience engagement by posting your comments on pinned items, allowing you to critique the Gallery's collections and exhibitions, for example.
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