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Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010) A Fish Pool in the Mountain City
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Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010)
A Fish Pool in the Mountain City
Oil on canvas, framed
Signed Tu in Chinese
Dated 1987
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse
With the Hefner Galleries' label on the reverse
105cm x 78cm (41¼in x 30½in).
An American private collector, purchased at Hefner Galleries, New York, in 1989
By descent to the present owner
Liu Pusheng, Cai Peixing eds.
Chinese Modern and Contemporary Paintings: Wu Guanzhong
, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, 1996, pp.162-163.
Shui Tianzhong, Wang Hua eds.
The Complete Works of Wu Guanzhong,
Volume 3, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, Changsha, 2007, pp.226-227.
吳冠中 山城鱼池 油彩畫布 木框 一九八七年作
簽名:荼 一九八七
背面簽名:吳冠中 山居 1987
Wu Guanzhong's 'A Fish Pool in the Mountain City', or 'Mountain Village', is a masterful representation of the artist's proficiency in working with oil on canvas while simultaneously showcasing his ability to embrace the deepest roots of the Chinese landscape painting tradition. Painted later in his career at the age of 68, this composition bears witness to the fact that from his youth he studied European and Chinese painting techniques together, producing a fluent merger of the two traditions. As a member of the second generation of twentieth century Chinese artists trained in Europe, Wu Guanzhong was among several talents who experimented with oils on canvas to regenerate traditional Chinese painting following his three-year academic training in Paris. Unlike his teacher Lin Fengmian (1900-1991), Wu Guanzhong continued to paint both in oils as well as the more traditional media of ink and paper for most of his career.
Painted in 1987, this canvas was one of a select group of oil paintings created after the artist returned to Beijing. Inspired by trips to Jiangnan and India earlier in the year, these compositions were frequently based on sketches created during his journeys. In his essay 'Hua Zhi' the seminal seventeenth century master artist and theorist Dong Qichang (1555-1636) stated his oft repeated dictum that in order to paint a landscape, an artist should read ten thousand volumes and travel ten thousand miles. Wu Guanzhong remained an ardent traveller in his later years, not only returning to Europe, but also visiting the Chinese countryside. These sojourns would be the source for some of his best-loved and most important paintings, exemplified by the current lot.
Working in the oil medium allowed Wu Guanzhong to capture the scenic realism while conveying an understanding of late nineteenth century European innovations. Despite a minimal palette of color, daring streaks of russet and green, and touches of pink, baby blue and crimson pepper the blue-grey hills. While not the colors normally found on the palette of a Chinese landscape painter, the vivid tones enliven the canvas. This heterodox approach is perhaps a nodding reference to his close study of Modernist masters such as Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) and Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), who used color in a similar manner. Taking advantage of the effect of oil on canvas, Wu Guanzhong's brushwork is a fascinating study in this painting. The short horizontal streaks that compose the whitewashed facades of the Jiangnan buildings contrast with the organic build-up of strokes that come together to form the foreground rockery. The oil paint's texture reveals the motion of the brush, retaining the artist's spontaneity.
The unusually large canvas, twice the height of a majority of his works in oil from this period, mimics the proportions of a traditional Chinese hanging scroll. This tall format allows Wu Guanzhong to channel Fan Kuan (active 990-1030) and the great masters of early Northern Song dynasty monumental landscape painting. With a towering central peak flanked by less dramatic mountains, the improbably sharp drop-offs and steep inclines of the mountains heightens the vertical power of the composition. The frontal perspective unified by the mountain endows the scene with a serene and balanced mood. As the flowing lines suggesting the mountains' forms can be interpreted as calligraphic, the black contours of the houses' roofs are reminiscent of the character for people (人), reiterating that the structures at the foot of the high mountains are the domain of humanity. While maintaining the literati ideal of capturing the form-likeness of the scene through the use of abstract, calligraphically inspired brush work, Wu Guanzhong revives one of the most hallowed traditions in Chinese landscape painting.
The timeless spirit of Wu Guanzhong's 'A Fish Pool in the Mountain City' evinces the continuing relevance of the words of tenth century theoretician and painter Guo Xi (ca. 1020-1090) who wrote "In painting a landscape one attends first to the great mountain, which is called the host peak. Once the host is fixed, one may proceed with the secondary mountains, near and far, large and small. In its domination of the entire region, the host is like a ruler among his subjects, a master among servants."
By connecting with the oldest traditions, philosophy and aesthetics of the Chinese landscape painting genre Wu Guanzhong reinforces the unbreakable bond with the past that Chinese landscape painters have relied upon for centuries. While painted a mere twenty-five years ago, this painting stands importantly in the long history of Chinese painting. Relying simultaneously on China's natural scenery and its unrivaled artistic heritage, Wu Guanzhong creates a personal yet 'national' expression through the medium of oil on canvas.
〈山城鱼池〉(別名〈山村鱼池〉或〈山居 〉)展現吳冠中不僅在油畫方面造詣深厚,同時也深根於中國山水畫傳統。此作品在他藝術生涯後期於六十八歲完成,顯示自少年時期同時耕耘於中西繪畫兩方園圃的收獲,使他能水陸兼程,自由駕馭,讓油彩和水墨兩者相生相依。身為二十世紀第二代留學歐洲的中國藝術家成員,吳冠中在他赴巴黎學習三年後,同其他藝術家嘗試以油彩畫布探求國畫的革新。但有別於恩師林風眠(1900-1991),吳冠中在他大半職業生涯中為油彩和水墨都離不開的兩棲藝術家。
此畫創作於1987年,為吳冠中返回北京後的精選油畫作品之一。這些作品靈感來自那年先前到江南和印度飽遊飫看後的速寫構圖。明代書畫巨擘董其昌(1555-1636)的繪畫理論〈畫旨〉一文中,有句名言「讀萬卷書,行萬里路」,流頌至今 ; 吳冠中至晚年仍外出寫生,不僅重遊歐洲,還遍歷中國鄉間。如此拍品,他最為重要和最被人推崇的作品均來自天南地北的搜奇攬勝和尋幽探秘。
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[Jeff Yu] Yeah, I think with the 'empty message type' in 'SwitchAction' will be a little bit confused, it seems to me like the default branch for 'SwitchAction'.
The above are snippets from the design discussion page for Process Governance.
The issue here is that the path associated with the switch case that has no message type is going to be triggered based on an internally evaluated condition (i.e. when all quotes have been received).
If we don't include an entry for this path in the root 'SwitchAction', then we need to have a different way of defining that this path is a part of the top level stateless behaviour.
In the case of paths triggered by the receipt of a message, then these are documented in this root SwitchAction. The current (version 3) of the worked example on the wiki deals with the non-message triggered path by also including it in the top level SwitchAction - but as Jeff points out, this is confusing because there is no associated message type (or indication what the event is that will trigger the path).
Another approach may be to mark the specific service descriptor in some way? Would prefer not to add another action type for this - wonder whether the relevant "service" element could have an appropriate attribute?
<service category="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker" name="ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__7" trigger="internal" > <listeners> <jms-listener busidref="busId8" maxThreads="1" name="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker-ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__7"/> </listeners> <actions> <action class="org.jboss.soa.overlord.jbossesb.actions.stateless.SendMessageAction"> <property name="operation" value="makeEnquiry"/> <property name="messageType" value="quoteList"/> <property name="clientRole" value="Buyer"/> </action> </actions> </service>
where 'trigger' attribute indicates the source of the event that will invoke this service descriptor - either internal or external (default). Could use a different attribute name/value.
But not sure how higher level Graphical Editors would be able to deal with this?
Also is there a more appropriate name that 'SwitchAction', for an action that is essentially routing messages based on their type?
1. Re: Representing paths triggered by non-observable eventsMark Little Feb 6, 2009 12:14 PM (in response to Gary Brown)
Can you explain why you would prefer to not add another type? I was thinking about:
<property name="paths"> <case service-category="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker" service-name="ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__1"> <message type="enquiry"/> </case> <case service-category="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker" service-name="ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__4"> <message type="quote"/> </case> <case service-category="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker" service-name="ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__7"> <message type="__timeout" value="10000"/> </case> <case service-category="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker" service-name="ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__8"> <message type="buy"/> </case> <case service-category="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker" service-name="ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__9"> <message type="CreditCheckOk"/> </case> <case service-category="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker" service-name="ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__10"> <message type="bookingReference"/> </case> <case service-category="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker" service-name="ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__11"> <message type="CreditCheckInvalid"/> </case> <case service-category="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker" service-name="ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__12"> <message type="cancel"/> </case> </property>
which would flag that Broker__7 is triggered after a timeout of 10000 units. The aim would be to turn all events into messages, even if only at the abstract level.
2. Re: Representing paths triggered by non-observable eventsGary Brown Feb 6, 2009 12:34 PM (in response to Gary Brown)
I was thinking about that type of approach, which is why I had left the entry in the top level SwitchAction in the examples I had generated.
The issue is that in some cases (possibly most) the trigger condition may not be something that can be expressed - as in your example where it is based on a timeout.
For example, in the example referenced on the Process Governance design discussion page, the trigger event is an internally evaluated conditon that determines when all of the async responses are received back from the suppliers that have been contacted.
I don't think we want to complicate the 'stateless' notation by trying to express this type of condition in an observable way, so the question is how should we document this, to make it clear that this SwitchAction path is triggered by such a non-observable event.
It may be just a case of adding a description field, e.g.
<case service-category="..." service-name="..." > <event description="When all supplier quotes have been received" /> </case>
Is this acceptable? I think the main point is we need to distinguish this type of path from ones triggered by message types, as in the current (version 3) of the example, it looks like the message type simply has been forgotten.
3. Re: Representing paths triggered by non-observable eventsJeff Yu Feb 9, 2009 5:07 AM (in response to Gary Brown)
The proposed approach, which is using '<event...>' tag seems good to me.
4. Re: Representing paths triggered by non-observable eventsMark Little Feb 9, 2009 6:43 AM (in response to Gary Brown)
Yes, let's go with the event approach. We can always revisit later if necessary.
5. Re: Representing paths triggered by non-observable eventsGary Brown Feb 9, 2009 3:01 PM (in response to Gary Brown)
Version 4 of the example now includes:
<case service-category="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker" service-name="ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__4"> <message type="quote"/> </case> <case service-category="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker" service-name="ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__7"> <event description="Event trigger to send quoteList message type(s)"/> </case> <case service-category="org.pi4soa.esbbroker.esbbroker" service-name="ESBBrokerProcess_Broker__8"> <message type="buy"/> </case>


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Patrick J. Maher '78 has been elected as Section Representative to the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas. Mr. Maher previously served as the Chair of the State Bar's Council of Section Chairs for the last two years, and Chair of the State Bar's Labor and Employment Law Section in 2010. He is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law and a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Law.
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World-famous soccer athlete and champion of girls' health, Brandi Chastain '91 will give the 163rd undergraduate commencement address on June 14. Chastain's selection to give the commencement address memorializes the 50th anniversary of women's athletics at Santa Clara, which the University celebrates this year.
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Rosanna Guadagno Loewald '94 and her husband, Tonio Loewald, welcomed twin girls, Romilly Jane and Jaelle Marie in March 2008. Rosanna and her family are moving to Dallas, Texas, where Rosanna has accepted a tenured position as an associate professor of Emerging Media and Communication and an associate professor of Psychology at the University of Texas, Dallas.
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Forty years of travel have taught Sunny Coady '65 the benefits of getting out of the house.
A lifelong New Englander, Coady has traveled to Greece, India, Bhutan, Thailand (four times), Brazil, Italy (14 times), and New Zealand. She's sailed, too, in the South Pacific archipelago of Tonga, and all over the Caribbean. Once she spent a vacation at home—and didn't like it at all.
"When you're out there," she said, "stuff happens."
Like what? Crossing paths with Colby classmates, like in New Zealand where she met Martha Child Ash '67, who then worked in Waitomo. An invitation, while sailing with friends, to get involved with Easter Seals. A serendipitous encounter in Cornwall with the Lord Nelson, a tall ship designed to sail with teams of able-bodied and disabled people. Coady eventually helped arrange events on the ship for Easter Seals when the vessel came to Boston.
Not bad, for someone whose prognosis as an infant was that she would never sit or walk.
Before birth, Coady had spina bifida, a condition that causes a hole to form in the spine during early pregnancy, leaving part of the spinal cord exposed and causing various disabilities. Coady's spine, however, closed before she born, leaving her with a severe case of scoliosis instead.
Her parents, who named her Alison, took in the doctors' prognosis and nicknamed their baby girl Sunny, thinking she needed something cheery in her life.
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Coady did walk and sit, and much more. Growing up in Canton, Mass., Coady wore leg braces yet felt like a normal kid, she remembers, and didn't understand why she was chosen last for dodge ball. She did seventh grade at home, however, recovering from surgery that rebuilt a deformed leg. For much of her young life she wore body braces, including a year in high school when she had to wear a brace that extended to her chin.
Mayflower Hill posed no physical challenges for Coady, an art history major with a minor in mathematics. But socially, she felt left out and was quite shy. She stuck it out and, with encouragement from Nancy Winslow Harwood '65 (still a close friend), blossomed and flourished. A successful 33-year career at New England Telephone and Nynex (now Verizon), followed.
For many years Coady struggled, she says, with appearing more physically challenged than she was. Over time she realized that this perception could be helpful. "I was getting more comfortable with being seen as disabled, even though I'm not," Coady said, adding, "I could be useful to somebody." That's when she began volunteering with Easter Seals.
A national organization founded in 1919, Easter Seals provides services to people with disabilities to help them lead productive lives. Coady served on Easter Seals committees for several years before her election in 1983 to the Massachusetts board. In addition she now serves on the national board and is engaged with fundraising and governance.
"I feel connected to the people and connected in a way that will give them an example of the kinds of things they can do," she said of her interactions with people with disabilities.
Able-bodied and people with disabilities have more in common than meets the eye, and Coady exemplifies those commonalities. Her attitude and lifestyle inspire others, while she, in turn, learns from them. "I learned from a young disabled person that, even if you don't do the thing you want to do," she said, "you're going to learn from that."
Coady, who never married or had children, is retired and lives in New London, N.H., near her sister Shelby Coady Blunt '72; brothers Brad '67 and Jeff '69 also live in New England. Coady staves off disability by staying healthy and active—her inextinguishable spirit keeps her buoyant. "I'm not disabled yet. Maybe one day, but not yet," she said.
Coady's latest adventure? In October she set out for a trip that included sailing in the Seychelles and a safari in South Africa, far away from home.
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By DANIEL KANY
To say the least, 2011 was a colorful year for art in Maine. Yet despite all of the good and even great exhibitions and happenings in the arts, it was a year that will live in infamy.
"Rocky Projection at Sea" by Edward Hopper, from the Hopper exhibition at Bowdoin College
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As a critic, I prefer to write about art and its relation to the general viewing public rather than about people or institutions, but 2011's intrigues and achievements deserve a place setting for historical perspective.
In some ways, the most important aspect of 2011 is the least notable: Maine's plethora of excellent galleries and museums produced strong and worthy shows in spades. And despite our economically desiccated times, not only did the best galleries thrive, but several new spaces opened up, as well.
My favorite new gallery is Rose Contemporary in Portland. It blends Maine's cutting edge with a heavy dose of New York City's most up-to-date talent. I am also particularly interested in the Flat Iron Gallery, which shows many of my favorite Maine craft artists, including glassblower Ben Coombs and ceramicist Benjamin Lambert.
The most exciting development on Congress Street, however, is Space's new gallery dedicated to visual arts.
The best phoenix story belongs to the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Under the leadership of Suzette McAvoy, CMCA went from teetering on the edge of existence to producing some of the most handsome and interesting shows in the state.
When Addison Woolley Gallery moved to Washington Avenue, I thought there was no way it could survive. Yet, it has thrived. Moreover, with Bruce Brown organizing the shows there through March, it's not to be missed. Brown is the best-informed and most enthusiastic curator of Maine contemporary art.
Maine now has three national caliber museums: the Portland Museum of Art, the Colby College Museum of Art and the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. All three have had recent major expansions and their collections are world class. So it's no surprise they produced the most important exhibitions of 2011.
The most beloved show of the year, and with good reason, was "Edward Hopper's Maine" at Bowdoin. Anyone who saw it won't forget it.
It takes a couple of years for most major shows to gestate, and so 2012 likely will reveal the Bowdoin Museum's new stripes under director Kevin Salatino, who arrived in 2009, and curator Joachim Homann. Salatino has an international vision and maybe the most effervescent intellect in the state, so my eyes are on Bowdoin to take the lead while Colby is mostly closed for an expansion and Mark Bessire, who moved over from Bates, creates new footing for the PMA -- especially with the departure of curator Tom Dennenberg for the Shelburne Museum in Vermont.
The exhibition I thought was the most important was John Marin at the PMA because Marin was so crucial to American art and so thoroughly misunderstood and undervalued in Maine. Unfortunately, Marin -- once voted the most popular artist in America -- is no longer sufficiently appreciated because his work is complex, elusive, and based largely in a response to cubism, which is also difficult and largely misunderstood. Yet despite the strong works and the handsome installation, the curator for that show blew the chance to explain and de-mystify Marin's work to Maine and national audiences.
Colby curator Sharon Corwin knocked one out of the park with "American Modern," featuring the photography of Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, and Margaret Bourke-White. Not only was it a great show, but Corwin's scholarship made it one of the most important photography exhibitions of 2011 anywhere in the country. Unfortunately, we're going to have to wait until 2013 for the museum to open the new wing designed by Frederick Fisher, a great architect who has already proven his mettle at Colby.
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To call Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson a bright spot would be an understatement.
The record-breaking wide out continues to heroically illuminate an otherwise shadowy season for his teammates and fans.
"It's amazing what he did," said offensive guard Rob Sims following Saturday's loss to the Atlanta Falcons, in which Johnson shattered Hall of Fame receiver Jerry Rice's illustrious mark for most receiving yards in a single season. "I'm watching the best to ever do it. This guy is on my team, he's had dinner at my house. Little stuff like that is stuff I'll take away from the game."
Standing under the dark cloud of losing is a painful circumstance for any competitor but Johnson provided his teammates with a point of pride during the team's latest loss.
With 11 catches for 225 yards, the man called "Megatron" Rice's mark, a record that stood for 17 years and was set when Johnson was just 10 years old.
Johnson now has 1,892 yards on the year with another game to play, keeping hope alive for the league's first 2,000 yard receiving season. The team will play division rival Chicago on Sunday in the season finale.
"How many games in a row has he hit 100?," asked Sims attempting to illustrate the chances of Johnson reaching the double-millennium mark. "He'll get it."
As the spotlight focuses on Johnson, he continues to defer to his teammates. Each player on the offense is attempting to distance themselves from the record as they encourage Johnson to take credit for the accomplishment but that is something that he won't do.
He addressed the team after the game.
"You know Calvin, he didn't say a whole lot," said quarterback Matthew Stafford. "But he told us he appreciated our hard work and our help to help get him there and he thought it was a team thing just exactly what you would think Calvin Johnson would say is what he said and I'm just proud to be associated with him."
This is nothing new for the sixth-year superstar. He has always harbored a team-first mindset and been eager to share his individual accomplishments.
After a prolific 2011, Johnson was named to the NFC's Pro Bowl squad. Johnson – due to injury – did not participate in the game but still made the trip down to Hawaii for the associated festivities. However, he did not go alone, he chartered a private jet and brought his fellow receivers with him – including special teamers and practice squad players.
"It's actually uncommon; you'd think that somebody like that (would act differently) - his personally doesn't fit him," said receiver Kassim Osgood. "His personality is more of a special team's kind of person. He's a people person, he's humble, he's a jokester, he has a good time, comes into work and works hard. He's fun to be around. I'm happy to see somebody like that be able to get a record like that because he is deserving."
Still, despite Johnson's willingness to share his magical moments, the Lions are faced with the reality of a 4-11 record. Improving in the won/loss department is where Johnson will be most valuable going forward.
"His best is yet to come," said head coach Jim Schwartz. "Where he's going to lead this team, the best is yet to come."
The 27-year old Johnson is more interested in team victories than individual stats and he will do everything in his power to elevate this team from its current darkness, which is fitting.
Consider that Johnson's place on the Lions is forged from the darkness of a 3-13 season in 2006, enabling the team to select him with the second overall pick.
Two years later, during his sophomore campaign, Johnson enjoyed a breakout season (78 catches for 1,331 yards and 12 touchdowns). Johnson's success came despite a carousel of career backups throwing him the ball and was the only consolation for a 0-16 season.
After that season, the Lions drafted Stafford and the two have worked closely together since.
Stafford's rookie year was in 2009 and Johnson has shown improvements in both yard and reception totals each year.
"(The Record is) half (Stafford's) too," said Johnson. "He's the one delivering me the ball every week. When we both stay healthy man, we can do some special things out there."
Johnson has already accomplished "special things" – he set or tied at least four NFL records on Saturday – but won't be satisfied until he brings the Lions to the promise land.
Johnson has caught 483 balls – including 54 touchdowns - in his relatively brief career. It would appear as if the Lions couldn't be in more secure hands going forward.
Detroit's 2012 bright spot offers the team hope for a bright future.
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Frontierville is a problem. First I will detail the hardward and software, then the problem:
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The entire system is up to date, including all browsers, as of March 28th 2012.
Flash Player 220.127.116.11
Frontierville prompts the user to grant permission to store data on the computer, but does not accept mouse input. Clicking these buttons does not produce a result. Permission has ALREADY been granted – allowed via the Flash Player System Settings Preference Pane, as detailed in previous threads.
I have granted permission to YouTube.com and the Flash Player does gain access to the camera, and videos will play on the site.
The only problem that remains is Frontierville, which you may know is accessed via Facebook.
Other things that I have tried include:
Reinstalling the Flash Player
Checking for system updates (installing any remaining)
Updating the browsers
Rebooting (repeatedly)
Deleting the browsers' caches via Flash Player Preference Pane and through each browser's own utility
Cleaning the entire system's caches via Cache Out X.app and CCleaner.app
On my Mac Pro – running Mac OS 10.6.8 and updated fully – Frontierville DOES work in every browser I attempt, as do the other sites.
This problem remains unsolved and because the other threads from Apple and Adobe have not worked I have launched this thread. I would very much appreciate any advice.
Thank you.
The mouse click issue with the settings panel is a known issue, and something we're working with Apple to resolve.
When you go into the Flash Player control panel, in System Preferences, what are the local storage settings options set to? If not already set, can you change the option to "Allow sites to save information on this computer"?
If you go to the Global Storage Settings panel, can you set the slider all the way to the right (to either "10mb" or "unlimited") to see if that makes a difference?
Thanks again Chris.
I followed the link and changed it to unlimited and it made no difference. I went through some of the other settings to allow the sites that have making requests, also with no effect.
Do you have any more tricks up those sleeves?
Thanks again.
The other things that come to mind are 1) try using the tab key to change the focus of the settings dialog that appears when you play Frontierville and click space/return when the focus shifts to the Allow button. Or 2) try a clean install, making sure to delete the folders listed out in the FAQ. Then, after installing and before going to Facebook, go to the Global Storage Settings panel again and change the space to unlimited.
Hello Chris
Well, it seems that we are at the end of the possibile solutions because I did not get different results after following your instructions in your last post.
This is all taking place on my mother's iMac so that she can play that Frontierville game. Yesterday she went to Zynga to get help from them directly because we fear that there may be no solution from Adobe. I have submitted the content of this thread to Zynga for their input.
Thank you
Thanks for the update Lance. Please let me know what Zynga has to say. I'm surprised that you are still getting this dialog with the slider set to unlimited. I've tried to reproduce this with frontierville but haven't seen the dialog appear on my Mac.
Hello Chris
I hope you enjoyed your weekend – my mother was really hoping to have played this weekend, lol.
Here is the response from Zynga:
I understand you adobe settings are not allowing you to play the Pioneer Trail.
-- Please clear your Flash Cache. How to clear flash cache: - Go to:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/se ttings_manager07.html
- Select the "Delete all sites" button. This will clear old information that your computer may be storing
-- You may also need to give Flash Player permission to store information on your computer. Click the Global Storage Settings (second tab) and set it to at least have 100KB of storage (more the better) Also the sections named "Allow Third-Party Flash Content to store data on your computer" and "Store common Flash Components to reduce download times" must have a checkmark on them. If these two are not enabled, Flash Player won't allow the game to download properly. Another way to improve the game loading is to allow the game to store even more data in the computer to verify if this is enabled you can click on the second-to-last tab named "Website Storage Settings Panel", you will have Faster Loading enabled when it is set to "Unlimited".
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So, after following these instructions and clicking the DELETE ALL SITES BUTTON, I have discovered that a preference is not being stored (screenshot):
This slider does NOT remember where I set it, so it stays at zero. There is no save button so I can only set it, then navigate away, then return. That's when I see the setting is not remembered.
Strangely, it is working now. Again, the only thing that I did different this time was delete all sites, as described above.
Interesting. I'll have to see why the native control panel didn't do the same thing. I'm glad to hear you got this working though!


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Darcy Merriweather is Enchanted Village's newest resident Wishcrafter—a witch who can grant wishes for others. But as Darcy prepares a celebration for a magical florist, she discovers that every rose has its thorns…
When magical florist Harriette Harkette decides to throw a lavish eightieth birthday party for herself, she hires Darcy's Aunt Ve's personal concierge service, As You Wish, to plan the soiree. But turning eighty isn't all Harriette is celebrating—the Floracrafter has recently created the midnight black Witching Hour rose, the first all-natural rose of that color.
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RENO – As a way to prevent bullying and the negative effects it has on the region's youth, Flip the Script, a statewide anti-bullying initiative, has partnered with the Reno Aces. The partnership encourages northern Nevadans to join the fight against bullying through participation in community activities and education. The partnership kicks off on Monday when the Reno Aces host a "Flip the Script Day in the Park."
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