VSS Enterprise on captive carry flight.
(1) To quote Jean-Luc Picard, "Let history never forget the name…ENTERPRISE!" Virgin Galactic announced on March 22 that VSS Enterprise has completed her inaugural captive carry flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport.
"[You may ask] why I'm still wearing this Starfleet uniform," he said. "It's to get you to actually listen to this important message, that affects how our community and marriages such as ours are viewed by this nation. Be counted!""This is the first time in history the census is counting marriages like ours," said Altman.
(4) Langford's quite right, every fan will enjoy reading Graham Charnock's Corflu Cobalt Report. One hilarious line after another. Mostly safe for work. What isn't safe is for me to admit which lines made me laugh hardest.
(5) Letters of Note has posted two letters from Lewis Carroll apologizing with all the charm at his disposal for failing to arrange a railway ticket on time.
P.S. I must tell you candidly that the whole of this letter is a hoax, and that my real reason was—to be able to make you a nice little portable present. Friends suggested a corkscrew, a work-box, or a harmonium: but, as I cleverly remarked, "These are all very well in their way, but you can only use them sometimes—whereas a railway ticket is always handy!" Have I chosen well?
The recent death of actor Peter Graves reminds me of a story line for a revived Mission: Impossible series idea Bob Short told me about many years ago, long before the Australian-filmed Mission: Impossible revival series or the current movie series.
Update 3/26/2010: Corrected Virgin Galactic link as recommended in David Klaus' comment.
Anyone interested in a detailed account of the FAAn Awards voting can get a report by clicking here (PDF file). My wholehearted thanks to the Corflu Cobalt committee for posting it so promptly.
A total of 43 fans cast votes this year. Nearly all of the races were competitive, however, the most dramatic outcome was in the Best Artist category where Steve Stiles edged Dan Steffan by a single point.
D West was chosen Past President of FWA for 2009.
The 2011 Corflu will take place in Sunnyvale, California early in February. Chris Garcia and crew will host it at the Domain Hotel.
The first issue of Corflu's daily newsletter The Cobalt Bomb is already online here. I thought its most helpful item was a notice to members hanging out in the bar that there was another bar open in the programme room.
Radio Play: The Adventures of Pat and the Electric Motorman – A 'radio play' performed live at Corflu Cobalt, 20th March 2010. Written by the InTheBar mailing list.
Corflu is happening in Winchester, England this weekend.
Well, at least the Banquet — the GoH's table gets first shot at the buffet.
Corflu Cobalt begins March 19 in Winchester, England. If you can't make it in person drop by the Virtual Consuite and follow the main program. Opening Ceremonies begin at 8:30 p.m. local time (20:30 GMT, 16:30 EDT, 13:30 PDT).
The entire weekend schedule is listed here.
Corflu Cobalt is not far away and the committee is reminding everyone that Saturday, March 12 is the deadline to vote in the Fanzine Activity Achievement (FAAn) Awards.
You do not need a membership in Corflu Cobalt to vote. Anyone with the necessary knowledge of the people and their work is eligible.
Use the 2010 FAAn Awards ballot or send an e-mail. Corflu chair Rob Jackson says, "Anyone who feels suitably qualified to vote can e-mail their votes, just as a list and not necessarily on the ballot form itself, to Mike Meara, FAAn Awards Administrator, at: cobaltfaan@corflu,org .
Corflu Cobalt is on the horizon. It begins March 19 in Winchester, England. The latest Progress Report shows a prolific number of well-known fanzine fans from both sides of the Pond have attending memberships. Just the chance to be in the same room as some of those historic figures ought to be all the reason anyone would need to go.
With the aid of a login/password provided by the hotel I managed to get the Ustream system to broadcast a nice view of the main convention hall. Peter Sullivan watched as I panned the camera around taking in scenes of chairs, tables, the floor and occasionally Mary, the Duty Manager, waving from behind the bar. Later Pat Charnock joined the test so we know the broadcast can be received in at least two places!
Another item of interest in the PR is a several-paragraphs-long explanation of why this year's Corflu committee is tinkering (yet again) with the GoH tradition.
Corflu is among the rare conventions that lay great stress on the egalitarianism of fans. How it handles the GoH-ship is one example. While Midwestcon, another proudly egalitarian convention, makes a point of having no GoH, Corflu goes to the other extreme and makes selecting the GoH a tortuous paroxysm of democracy.
On the first day of Corflu the committee produces a hat containing paper slips with the names of all eligible members. Whoever's name is picked from the hat becomes the GoH. The only reason a member's name will not be in the hat is if he or she has been GoH at some past Corflu (and already suffered) — or the member has followed the time-honored custom of bribing the committee to tear up the slip with his or her name (usually $20 US, this year 10 UKP).
In most years the GoH gave a speech at the Sunday banquet, a real stand-and-deliver moment. Last year's Corflu was a pleasant exception — Andy Hooper took advantage of the opportunity of being on the Seattle committee to try and make the proceeding a little more humane. He allowed people to reject being GoH if their name was picked, and one or two people did before someone acquiesced to the dreaded honor.
Now I read that Corflu Cobalt is determined to restore the old regime, up to a point. The selected GoH will have to do something — whether it's writing for the daily newzine, performing or speaking at the banquet.
The choice is yours – but given this extra flexibility, we don't think it is quite right to say "Er, no thanks," on the night as was allowed last year in Seattle.
The other privilege open to the GoH is that his or her table will have the honour of being the first in the queue to the Banquet buffet. As fans are not known for their lack of appetite, this could be quite a significant privilege.
True that. They may be onto something.
Another highlight of Corflu Cobalt will be the announcement of the 2010 Fan Activity Achievement (FAAn) Award winners. Deadline for voting is 24:00 GMT on Saturday March 13, 2010. There will be no voting during Corflu.
The last line in the progress report gives the local number to call for Dominos Pizza. Literary scholars will be studying its hidden meanings for years to come. Certainly no one could seriously hope the announcement will make people forget the international reputation of British cuisine. If they'd given the number of an Indian restaurant that delivers, that would have been be different.


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The new website was developed by ThreeSixtyEight, a Baton Rouge-based marketing and branding agency, along with direction from Geocent's marketing team and contributions from Geocent's Enterprise Technology Solutions and Aerospace and Defense Engineering business units. Together, they created a unified, missions-focused message that highlights Geocent's impact on our warfighters, service to our veterans, deep space exploration, infrastructure security, and cloud technologies.
The all-new Geocent.com provides visitors with ongoing dynamic content such as up-to-date information on Geocent projects and innovations, blogs and white papers written by Geocent's thought-leaders and industry experts, as well as up-to-date information on Geocent' s contract vehicles and core competencies. For those visitors seeking a career opportunity, Geocent' s Careers page features the company's latest benefit information and training and development initiatives. The new site also highlights Geocent's culture and its support of the communities where employees live and work.
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The website comes with a fresh branding image for Geocent, which has been seen across its social platforms in the past few months. This updated identity is helping distinguish Geocent with a unified brand message of innovation and focus on the employees and clients that contribute to world-changing missions.
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DPR Korea 3-2 Australia: Aussie Under-19s produce promising display but then throw away Asian Under-19 final
Photo: North Korea players help Jong Il Gwan (No. 16) celebrate his hat-trick and winning goal [Photo courtesy of World Sports Group]
Australia threw away the final of the Asian Football Confederation Under-19 title this morning [Australia Eastern Summer Time] when they lost 3-2 to North Korea at the Zibo Sports Centre Stadium in China.
In the last minute of the match, goalkeeper Mark Birighitti dropped an easy cross straight to the feet of Jong Il Gwan, who chipped the ball into an empty net to complete his hat-trick and give his side the title.
Australia had trailed to a 10th-minute opener by Il Gwan, who picked the ball up in midfield after an Australian error, and beat three defenders before firing home from close range.
Australia fought back in style, with Matthew Leckie on the right and Tommy Oar on the left causing havoc in the North Korean rearguard with their scintillating runs and dangerous crosses.
The Australians were excellent and much more pleasing on the eye than the senior Socceroos and in the 19th minute they almost equalised when Mustafa Amini had a chance, but his effort flew over the bar.
The excellent Kerem Bulut equalised for Australia in the 25th minute when he headed home Oar's precise left-wing cross.
Four minutes later, and with Australia displaying outstanding technique and team play, Bulut put them ahead. Oar made an amazing run down the inside-left channel and beat three defenders before having his shot blocked by the North Korea keeper. The ball fell perfectly for Bulut, who stroked it home.
But, instead of pressing home their advantage, Australia relaxed and gave away the initiative.
North Korea coach Yun Jong-su threw caution to the wind and, in a sign of desperation, brought on all three of his substitutes in the space of five minutes, between the 33rd and 38th minute marks.
The bold move paid off, however, as Il Gwan equalised two minutes before the interval. Australia again lost possession in midfield and Daniel Bowles allowed Il Gwan to race past him down the left and score from 11 metres with a shot that went under Dylan McGowan and bounced past Birighitti and into the net.
Australia should have regained the lead in the 68th minute when Oar played the ball wide to the right to set up Amini, but he somehow blazed wide.
In the 75th minute, Bulut should have hit the target from Oar's left-wing cross, but the striker headed wide.
Two controversial substitutions by Australia coach Jan Versleijen then helped seal Australia's fate.
In the 78th minute, he took off Terry Antonis and brought on Rhyan Grant, who could not do a thing right for the remainder of the match. A minute after coming on, his first pass conceded possession to North Korea, who mounted a dangerous attack that could have resulted in a goal.
With 9 minutes remaining, Versleijen replaced the hard-working goalscorer Bulut with Sunderland's Matthew Fletcher and with that went any chance Australia might have had of taking the game into extra-time.
In the final minute came Birighitti's fatal blunder and one of the two players in the game who had scored twice to set the match alight and were on for a hat-trick did just that. The other, of course, had departed the arena.
Earlier this year, the Matildas had won Australia's first-ever international trophy by beating North Korea 3-2.
The Australian Under-19 men's team were unable to repeat the performance against opponents from the same country, but they showed that several of their players who are active in Europe and the A-League may be worth a chance in Holger Osieck's senior Socceroos.
Posted by Walter at 1:02 AM
Late Night Viewer said...
A really exciting and excellent match. The Young Socceroos looked so much better than the senior Socceroos with their team play. Oar and Bulut were outstanding and they, together with a couple of others including Leckie, would be worth a chance in the senior Socceroos. I do hope that Holger Osieck will consider them for the senior squad.
Where does Bulut play his club football??
That was a great game for the neutral. Unfortunately most of us who are reading this report aren't!!!
I was surprised about Versleijen substituting Bulut too. The latter looks to be a good prospect. His appearance certainly makes him conspicuous.
Decentric
u/19 games are completley different standard than Senior Internationals but I'm sure we will see Leckie and Oar feature in the next Socceroos squads.
Anonymous 7.43am, he plays for Czech club FK Mlada Boleslav but was originally in the Sydney FC youth side and also with the AIS. Here is the Wikipedia entry for him:
"Bulut was signed to the youth team of Sydney FC from NSWIS in 2008 for the 2008-09 A-League National Youth League scoring his first goal in a 2-1 win against Adelaide United on October 11, 2008[1]. Bulut would only score three goals in the season before spending 2009 with the AIS. Bulut returned to Sydney for the 2009–10 A-League National Youth League season[1]. He was immediately picked up as one of the brightest and most talented players in Australia, and it was rumored early on that he would either be signed by Sydney FC to the senior team, but was also linked with clubs in Spain, and Turkey. He scored 13 goals in 27 appearances for the Youth Team, but Sydney failed to reach the finals. He immediately went on trial with several clubs in Europe, including FK Mladá Boleslav after recommendations from Sydney FC senior manager Vítězslav Lavička."
Ben Kantarovski was Australia's best player by far!
Cool. calm and collected in possesion, fantasic passing and imposing in defense. The new socceroos holding midfielder for me.
A leader on and off the pitch too, it is easy to see why he was given the captain's armband.
Kanta was head and shoulder above everyone.
Agree the performance was easy on the eye. There were mitigating circumstances though. Essentially the Koreans played a half press. This enabled Australia to be able to build up slowly from midfield and the team looked composed on a number of occasions.
Australia's 4-3-3 looked good and for the most part they controlled the game. Kantarovski distributed well and was able to play some superb eye of the needle passes, but he was afforded much more time on the ball than the senior Socceroos have been by Paraguuay, Slovenia, Poland etc, in the last few senior friendlies.
Sitting back, defending deeper and half pressing can always assist defenders to look good in building up from the back. What was pleasing was the ability of Australia to break down the Korean defence in the attacking third.
Bulut provided considerable off the ball movement. Leckie's pace was worrying the H Korean defence.
Oar was able to beat his two defenders on occasions too.
I think Australia deserved to win. They were the better side and controlled more of the game.
Casual Obsever
Craig Foster and Francis Awaritife praised the performance of the young Socceroos in this final compared to the under 20s foray at the last World Cup. I feel like on previous occasions they are sometimes impetuous and quick to comment. They don't place enough weighting on the nature of the opposition.
One thing to keep in mind is the quality of the opposition. North Korea is not of the same quality of some of the opponents of the last World Cup. Last night Australia had more time to play.
Young players are also becoming more familiar with Versleijen's Dutch system. Mark Birighitti claimed that Verseijen's predecessors were basically inept. He contended that Versleijen really taught them how to play possession football for the first time and that it was a lot more interesting for the players.
In the last World Cup the Australian juniors were making a statement about how football should be played. They just weren't as good on the execution against high calibre opposition.
Anonymous 11.40 am
Agree with you that Kantarovski was our best player. The Australian media didn't seem to agree with us though!!
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Q: Can "this" be null in C# virtual methods? What happens with the rest of instance methods? I was curious if there is a way for this to be null in a virtual method in C#. I assume it is not possible. I saw that in existing code, during a code review and I would like to be 100% sure to comment for its removal, but I would like some confirmation and some more context from the community. Is it the case that this != null in any non-static / instance method? Otherwise it would have been a null pointer exception right? I was thinking of extension methods and such or any C# feature that I could possibly be not familiar with coming from years of Java.

A: It's not possible to do this in normal C# (i.e. calling a method or property in a normal way), regardless of whether the method is virtual or not.
For non-virtual methods, you can create a delegate from an open instance method, effectively treating the instance method as a static method with a first parameter with the target type. You can invoke that delegate with a null argument, and observe this == null in the method.
For a virtual method, you'd have to call the method non-virtually - which can happen with a call such as base.Foo(...)... but I'm not sure whether there's any way of making that sort of non-virtual call with a null argument. The delegate approach definitely doesn't work here.
Demo code:
using System;

class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Action<Test> foo = (Action<Test>)
            Delegate.CreateDelegate(typeof(Action<Test>), typeof(Test).GetMethod("Foo"));
        foo(null); // Prints Weird
        Action<Test> bar = (Action<Test>)
            Delegate.CreateDelegate(typeof(Action<Test>), typeof(Test).GetMethod("Bar"));

        bar(null); // Throws
    }

    public void Foo()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(this == null ? "Weird" : "Normal");
    }

    public virtual void Bar()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(this == null ? "Weird" : "Normal");
    }
}

A: It's not possible for this to be null in a virtual call. If you have a null reference then you don't have an instance of an object, and if you don't have an instance of an object then it's not possible to get the type of the object to determine which virtual method to call.
In an non-virtual method this can't be null either, but that's because the compiler won't let you make the call, it would be theoretically possible to make the call. You can call an extension method on a null reference though, which will make the this parameter null.
Similarly, it's theoretically possible to make a non-virtual call to a virtual method, using a null reference. Specifying the exact method, and using reflection it might be possible to get around the limitations in the compiler and call the method with a null reference.

A: Not possible directly in C# code (unless you generate dynamic code with Reflection.Emit or similar techniques) but by using directly IL code it is possible to call a virtual method and having the this == null.
Take this code:
using System;

public class C {
    public virtual void M() {
        Console.WriteLine("Inside the method M. this == null: {0}", this == null);
    }
}

public class Program {
    public static void Main(string[] pars)
    {
        C obj = null;
        obj.M();
    }
}

save it to testnull.cs. From a Visual Studio command prompt, do:

csc.exe testnull.cs
ildasm.exe testnull.exe /out:testnull.il

then look in the testnull.il to this line of code:
callvirt   instance void C::M()

and change it to:
call   instance void C::M()

and save.

ilasm.exe testnull.il /out:testnull2.exe

now try running it:

testnull2.exe

and you'll get:

Inside the method M. this == null: True

if you want, the full il code is:
//  Microsoft (R) .NET Framework IL Disassembler.  Version 4.0.30319.33440
//  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

// Metadata version: v4.0.30319
.assembly extern mscorlib
{
  .publickeytoken = (B7 7A 5C 56 19 34 E0 89 )                         // .z\V.4..
  .ver 4:0:0:0
}
.assembly testnull
{
  .custom instance void [mscorlib]System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilationRelaxationsAttribute::.ctor(int32) = ( 01 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 )
  .custom instance void [mscorlib]System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute::.ctor() = ( 01 00 01 00 54 02 16 57 72 61 70 4E 6F 6E 45 78   // ....T..WrapNonEx
                                                                                63 65 70 74 69 6F 6E 54 68 72 6F 77 73 01 )       // ceptionThrows.
  .hash algorithm 0x00008004
  .ver 0:0:0:0
}
.module testnull.exe
// MVID: {D8510E3B-5C38-40B9-A5A2-7DAE75DE1642}
.imagebase 0x00400000
.file alignment 0x00000200
.stackreserve 0x00100000
.subsystem 0x0003       // WINDOWS_CUI
.corflags 0x00000001    //  ILONLY
// Image base: 0x00300000

// =============== CLASS MEMBERS DECLARATION ===================

.class public auto ansi beforefieldinit C
       extends [mscorlib]System.Object
{
  .method public hidebysig newslot virtual
          instance void  M() cil managed
  {
    // Code size       22 (0x16)
    .maxstack  8
    IL_0000:  nop
    IL_0001:  ldstr      "Inside the method M. this == null: {0}"
    IL_0006:  ldarg.0
    IL_0007:  ldnull
    IL_0008:  ceq
    IL_000a:  box        [mscorlib]System.Boolean
    IL_000f:  call       void [mscorlib]System.Console::WriteLine(string,
                                                                  object)
    IL_0014:  nop
    IL_0015:  ret
  } // end of method C::M

  .method public hidebysig specialname rtspecialname
          instance void  .ctor() cil managed
  {
    // Code size       7 (0x7)
    .maxstack  8
    IL_0000:  ldarg.0
    IL_0001:  call       instance void [mscorlib]System.Object::.ctor()
    IL_0006:  ret
  } // end of method C::.ctor

} // end of class C

.class public auto ansi beforefieldinit Program
       extends [mscorlib]System.Object
{
  .method public hidebysig static void  Main(string[] pars) cil managed
  {
    .entrypoint
    // Code size       11 (0xb)
    .maxstack  1
    .locals init (class C V_0)
    IL_0000:  nop
    IL_0001:  ldnull
    IL_0002:  stloc.0
    IL_0003:  ldloc.0
    IL_0004:  call   instance void C::M()
    IL_0009:  nop
    IL_000a:  ret
  } // end of method Program::Main

  .method public hidebysig specialname rtspecialname
          instance void  .ctor() cil managed
  {
    // Code size       7 (0x7)
    .maxstack  8
    IL_0000:  ldarg.0
    IL_0001:  call       instance void [mscorlib]System.Object::.ctor()
    IL_0006:  ret
  } // end of method Program::.ctor

} // end of class Program

// =============================================================

// *********** DISASSEMBLY COMPLETE ***********************
// WARNING: Created Win32 resource file testnull.res

Note that the code that must be written in IL code is the calling code (the code that does the call), not the called code (the virtual method that is called).
In the initial versions of the C# compiler (probably internal pre-alpha versions of C# 1.0... the change I'm speaking here was done at the end of 1999, while C# 1.0 was released in 2002), Microsoft programmers tried to sometimes generate call methods instead of callvirt methods (call calls don't do null checks, while callvirt calls do it), but after discovering that it was possible to make a call to an instance method having a this == null, they decided for always using callvirt for instance methods (see here).

A: It is actually possible for this to be null in an instance method.
Here is a short LINQPad program that demonstrates:
void Main()
{
    var method = typeof(Test).GetMethod("Method");

    var d = new DynamicMethod("xx", typeof(void), new Type[0]);
    var il = d.GetILGenerator();
    il.Emit(OpCodes.Ldnull);
    il.Emit(OpCodes.Call, method);
    il.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);

    var a = (Action)d.CreateDelegate(typeof(Action));
    a();
}

public class Test
{
    public void Method()
    {
        this.Dump();
    }
}

Output:
null

Basically I make the call directly to the method with a null-reference on the stack. I doubt the C# compiler will actually create code like this but since it is possible, it can happen.
Now as for the rest:

*

*To make a virtual call, you need to go through the virtual method table, you need an instance for this, so no, this cannot be null in a virtual method

*An extension method is a static method, and static methods don't have a this to begin with.

I tested the above code with a virtual method as well and got this exception when calling a():

VerificationException
  Operation could destabilize the runtime.

A: It's not standard C# but, further to the answers from Lasse and Jon, with a bit of IL-fiddling you can make a non-virtual call (to either virtual or non-virtual methods) passing a null this:
using System;
using System.Reflection.Emit;

class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        CallWithNullThis("Foo");
        CallWithNullThis("Bar");
    }

    static void CallWithNullThis(string methodName)
    {
        var mi = typeof(Test).GetMethod(methodName);

        // make Test the owner type to avoid VerificationException
        var dm = new DynamicMethod("$", typeof(void), Type.EmptyTypes, typeof(Test));
        var il = dm.GetILGenerator();
        il.Emit(OpCodes.Ldnull);
        il.Emit(OpCodes.Call, mi);
        il.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);

        var action = (Action)dm.CreateDelegate(typeof(Action));
        action();
    }

    public void Foo()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(this == null ? "Weird" : "Normal");
    }

    public virtual void Bar()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(this == null ? "Weird" : "Normal");
    }
}

A: This is an odd question, really.
A virtual method is an instance method, so this is an instace of an object.

You cannot use the virtual modifier with the static, abstract, private, or override modifiers.

MSDN: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9fkccyh4.aspx

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import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

// ResultMask is the mask of possible results.
type ResultMask Result

const emptyResultMask = ResultMask(0)

// EmptyResultMask returns empty result set.
func EmptyResultMask() ResultMask {
	return emptyResultMask
}

// NewResultMask constructs new instance from the mask given.
func NewResultMask(mask Result) ResultMask {
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}

// IsMasked tests if the result is masked.
func (mask ResultMask) IsMasked(result Result) bool {
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}

// IsEmpty returns true if no result is masked.
func (mask ResultMask) IsEmpty() bool {
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}

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}

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Kathryn Clarke Albright currently teaches in the Foundation Program in the School of Architecture + Design at Virginia Tech. She has taught various levels of undergraduate students; she currently works with the Chicago Studio as an option in the 4th-year of the architecture program and teaches a 1st-year design lab in the fall and spring semesters. Her research focuses on the multiple scales of the urban condition that includes work with the Blacksburg Farmers Market.
In 2007 she received the College of Architecture & Urban Studies Excellence in Outreach Award, proceeded by the 2005 University's Excellence in Teaching Award, the 2000 College of Architecture & Urban Studies' Certificate for Teaching Excellence and the 1998 Community Design Assistance Center's Certificate for Outstanding Public Service. Chicago Studio was awarded a 2005 NCARB Prize for creative integration of architectural education and practice in the academy.
From 1986 to 1993 she practiced in San Francisco as a partner with Solomon, Inc. focusing on urban design and various scales of residential projects. In 1994 she received a Master of Design Studies from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. From 1995 to 2000 Dunay + Albright Architects completed several local projects including the Design Guidelines for Blacksburg's Downtown Historic District. In 2001 she founded Friends of the Farmers Market in Blacksburg, Virginia and led the efforts to Market Square Park and five timber-framed pavilions completed in 2009.


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part of the course Heritage Under Threat.
and associated topics such as poverty and ethics.
it a whole set of connected, but also different questions and issues.
Ownership of cultural property is an important issue.
cultural heritage is dependent on the question who's heritage is it.
Who's responsible for maintaining a site?
Who needs to pay to prevent site degradations?
But also who is eligible both ethically and lawfully to make profit from heritage?
should we relay the responsibility to local communities?
How do local ownership and universal ownership contradict each other?
For example, when we see collections held outside of the countries of origin.
For example, the famous Parthenon marbles on this picture.
the most important institutions, laws, and treaties connected to this theme.
And the ethical and political issues attached to cultural heritage.
anecdotes from various case studies.
focus first on the issue of community ownership.


War-time entertainer and national treasure, Dame Vera Lynn has just been announced as the first-ever female ambassador for SSAFA.
Dame Vera was a hugely popular singer and entertainer during WW2 and recorded some of the most emblematic songs of the period including We'll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover. She travelled around the world during this time, entertaining British troops and helping to boost morale oversees. Dame Vera was awarded the title of 'Forces Sweetheart' by the service men and women of war-time Britain and was recently made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in the Queen's Birthday Honours.


We are officially in the thick of summer! It is hot, hot, hot and when it's like this, we try our best to cook everything outside on the grill so that we don't heat up the house! I'm sure many of you can relate! So, with that in mind, I wanted to make a dish that was easy to make, yet so bold and flavorful that even my husband, who had declared himself "not a fan of shrimp" would become a believer!
Sweet, succulent shrimp is marinated in a bath of cilantro, Thai basil, garlic and Ponzu; grilled over a hot flame, then topped off with a sweet and spicy nectarine chutney! It's a perfect summer meal–light, flavorful and kicked up with just enough spice to keep things exciting! If you've never had Ponzu before, you must give it a try. It is a Japanese condiment that is made from vinegar, lemon juice and sudachi, a Japanese citrus fruit. It has a light citrusy flavor that really compliments the shrimp; plus, the ponzu doesn't "cook" the shrimp the way that adding fresh lemon or lime juice would. It's easy to find in the Asian or Ethnic food aisle in the grocery store.
For the marinade, I used about half of a bunch of cilantro that I bought at the grocery store. You don't even have to remove the stems, just wash it well and toss it into the food processor. I chose Thai basil for its peppery flavor and because it's growing like crazy and taking over my herb barrel! Sweet basil will work just as well. Because I like things on the spicy side, I used a whole Serrano chili pepper, seeds and membranes included. If you want a milder marinade, discard the seeds and membranes, or simply use half of the pepper. This marinade is also very versatile! I've used it on both chicken and pork with delicious results! In addition, the chutney makes a wonderful companion to seafood, chicken and pork! It's so delicious, you'll want to eat it by itself!
Place 2 cloves of garlic in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the chopping blade. Pulse until the garlic is minced finely. Add the cilantro, basil and Serrano pepper and pulse until everything is finely chopped. Add the oil, agave syrup, salt and pepper and puree until smooth. In a medium bowl, pour the marinade over the shrimp and stir to coat. Allow the shrimp to marinate for no more than 30 minutes. While the shrimp is marinating preheat the grill on high to 450 degrees. Be sure to oil the grill grates with canola oil.
In a small saucepan, combine the chopped nectarines, Serrano pepper, onion, ginger, garlic, brown sugar, salt, pepper and lime juice. Over medium low heat, cook until the sugar has dissolved completely and the mixture comes to a slow simmer, about 10 minutes. I started with one teaspoon of brown sugar. Add a little more sugar if your nectarines aren't very sweet. Remove from the heat and stir in the chopped cilantro.
Thread the marinated shrimp onto the skewers. Sprinkle with a little more salt and pepper, then place on the hot grill. Allow the shrimp to cook undisturbed for 2 minutes, then flip them and grill the other side for 2 minutes more. Top the shrimp with a generous spoonful of the chutney.
After many years of using bamboo skewers for grilling, I finally bought some inexpensive metal skewers and I am so happy I did–they are so much easier to work with. If you do use bamboo skewers, be sure to soak the skewers in water for at least 30 minutes before grilling to prevent burning.
This dish was such a hit and it received rave reviews from my "not a shrimp fan" husband!
This looks delicious! Thank you for including the link for ponzu. I didn't know what it was. I love fruit salsas with seafood!
I'm glad it was helpful! I love fruit salsas as well! This one is a definite keeper and it works with so many different proteins!
Seriously Tracey? This looks so freakin' amazing! I love love love cilantro. This would definitely make the perfect summer dinner.
Christine we use cilantro so much because we love it too! It was a great light lunch for us! Glad you liked it!
Wow!! This is beautiful! Your food is blowing my mind.


Oh, we just LOVE when new and exciting celebrity genital combinations are revealed, don't you?
While he is not dating his childhood crush Sandra Bullock per se, a source close to the actor tells E! News that the two share a mutual attraction and are in the early stages of getting to know each other.
Well played, you crazy kids. We're a little surprised the "source" is coming from his side, but then again, Sandy is EXCEEDINGLY good at tightly controlling her image and the story the press tells about her.


This coming Friday and Saturday (February 27 and 28) the GAA's Annual Congress will take place at the Slieve Russell Hotel in Co. Cavan. This year's Congress will see Uachtaráin-Tofa Aogán Ó Fearghail officially succeed Liam Ó Néill as GAA President, becoming the 38th President of the GAA and the first Cavan man to take on the role.
This proposal seeks to increase the diameter size of the sliotar to 85-88mm (from 69-72mm) and the mass to 150-160grams (from 110-120grams). If adopted, this proposal would reduce the travel distance of a sliotar to take into account the advances made in the manufacture of both sliotars and particularly hurleys in recent times.
This motion seeks a slight change to the rules regarding the referee's report as it is applied and used in hearings, making it more difficult to overturn the findings of the referee's report.
As this year's Congress is a 'playing rule change Congress', many of the motions are related to that. Motions come from a variety of sources; clubs and county boards have forwarded motions, and there are also motions this year from the 2020 Hurling Committee, the Minor Review Committee, the Rules Advisory Committee and from Ard Chomhairle itself.


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There are several different ways of dealing with rubbish without fly tipping it.
A bulky waste collection is a service offered by the Council (undertaken by Enterprise Managed Services) which allows for the collection of large and bulky items of household furniture and large appliances from domestic / residential properties.
You might not want it but someone around the corner might.
Food waste is collected weekly in Daventry District on the same day as your other waste and recycling.


I leave tomorrow to go visit these kids in Guatemala.
I'm part of a non-profit that supports a school on the railroad tracks of Guatemala city. The children aren't allowed to go to the public schools because they live on the tracks. So some volunteers got together and started a school for the children. We will be there for the 7 yr. Anniversary of the school.
We have an adopt-a-teacher program (making sure the teacher's receive some salary, so they can continue to teach the kids). We're taking down a ton of donations/school supplies. Even in the economy that we're in, people are still willing to give to those even less fortunate. For that I am grateful. The kids and the teachers will steal your heart…I promise! If you're interested in helping or taking a trip down, please visit our website Friends of Guatemala.
Awwww – that is fantastic! So nice to read things like this!!!
This is wonderful, every child deserves to have an education regardless of their circumstances. I use to be a teacher and I am so thankful that so many have a heart for children.
What a wonderful cause! I traveled to Jamaica on a mission trip as a teen and it was eye opening to see how poverty is rampant in such beautiful places. Prayers for a safe trip! I'll check out the link!
What a wonderful mission. We adopted our son from Guatemala 8 years ago. So scary to think of the life he might have had. God bless you and the children.
Ah – this is amzing. what a opportunity that you had.


Episode 111 – DC's Sexual Identity Crisis | Heck Yeah Comics!
Welcome to another episode of the Heck Yeah Comics! Podcast with your hosts David and Nick! In this episode we look into the future of the X-Men, prepare for another fight between Marvel's heroes, and do our yearly check-up with Batman. Stay tuned for all this, and more!
What movie has captured the feeling of comic books the best?
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Submatik are a Drum & Bass duo hailing from Hamburg (Germany). Each member contributes with their own unique talents that not only complement each other, but help to create the distinct sound that makes them so recognisable.
Oscar Oomens energetic and wide productions harmonise with Philip Dakowitz personal taste of production and wicked melodies creating the diverse and clean sound of this rising team.
The last years have been incredible so far with Submatik being on the bill of sell out gigs such as Liquicity Antwerp or the Laundry Day Festival, as well as having the pleasure of playing alongside some of the biggest names in the scene such as Camo & Krooked, Pendulum, Sigma, Culture Shock, Murdock and Maduk to name but a few.
It's going to be a big future for this rising duo. With some ground breaking tracks in the pipeline, Submatik are a talented collective whose passion for creating exceptional music will ensure that they leave their mark on the Drum & Bass community.
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From Dune to Rashmi Rocket, What to Watch in October on OTT
With Shiddat and Sardar Udham, brothers Sunny and Vicky Kaushal both have a movie of their own in October 2021. Vicky plays the titular freedom fighter who assassinated a British officer in Sardar Udham, coming October 16 to Amazon Prime Video. And in Shiddat, Sunny is trying to woo Radhika Madan, available October 1 on Disney+ Hotstar Multiplex. Meanwhile, Taapsee Pannu is fighting the athletics authorities in Rashmi Rocket, out October 15 on Zee5. Emraan Hashmi's horror remake Dybbuk is also expected in October on Amazon Prime Video. And lastly, Dhruv Sehgal and Mithila Palkar return for Little Things season 4, premiering October 15 on Netflix.
Internationally, we have the return of Tom Hardy and his alien symbiote in Venom: Let There Be Carnage, available only in cinemas. Venom: Let There Be Carnage releases October 15 in India. There's also the big-budgeted sci-fi epic Dune, releasing October 22 in cinemas, and on HBO Max (only in the US). The third season of Succession — an HBO series oft compared to Game of Thrones — begins October 18 on Disney+ Hotstar. Zack Snyder's zombie heist movie Army of the Dead is getting a Europe-set bank heist prequel in Army of Thieves, rolling in October 29 on Netflix.
And at the start of the month, Jake Gyllenhaal stars in an American remake of a Danish movie. The Guilty is available October 1 on Netflix. Elsewhere, we've the animated Netflix epic Maya and the Three on October 22, and Issa Rae with Insecure season 5 starting October 25 on Disney+ Hotstar.
On October 7, Prime Video will offer a Malayalam-language remake of Andhadhun with Bhramam. Apple TV+ has the bilingual sitcom Acapulco (October 8) and the critically-acclaimed documentary The Velvet Underground (October 15).
Netflix has three returning series in On My Block season 4 (October 4), You season 3 (October 15), and Locke & Key season 2 (October 22). Plus, a new offering in Maid about a single mother (Margaret Qualley, from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) trying to escape an abusive relationship. Maid arrives October 1 on Netflix.
Voot Select has a bunch of new offerings, including CSI: Vegas (October 7) that's a sequel to long-running CSI, haunted house sitcom Ghosts (October 8), and cult favourite remake 4400 (October 26). And lastly, Nancy Drew begins its third season October 9 on Voot Select.
With that, here's our October 2021 guide to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Zee5, HBO Max, Voot Select, and the cinemas.
When: October 1
Where: Netflix
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this American remake of this 2018 Danish movie about one day of a police officer (Gyllenhaal) demoted to working at an emergency call centre which turns out to be a lot more eventful than he could have anticipated, after he gets a call from a kidnapped woman. The 2018 Danish movie was a terrific exercise in minimalism — drawing much tension from its limited setting — and it'd be interesting to see if director Antoine Fuqua and screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto can deliver that too.
Where: Disney+ Hotstar
Sunny Kaushal (The Forgotten Army), Radhika Madan (Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota), Mohit Raina (Mumbai Diaries 26/11) and Diana Penty (Cocktail) star in this romantic drama that chronicles two parallel stories — one with Kaushal and Madan, and the other with Raina and Penty — from Jannat director Kunal Deshmukh. Delayed a year due to COVID-19, Shiddat skips cinemas for a streaming debut.
When: October 14
Where: Voot Select
Kate Beckinsale plays discredited journalist Beth Baker who tries to resurrect her career by proving the innocence of a young African-American mother (Jules Latimer) serving a life sentence for murder. But pardon my straightforward description — this isn't a dark drama. It's in fact a dark comedy.
Geoff Stults, Tiya Sircar, Alanna Ubach, Laurie Davidson, and Andre Hyland also star. Dead to Me writer Rebecca Addelman is behind this half-hour 10-episode series. Two Guilty Party episodes drop at premiere, followed by weekly instalments.
Following a grown-up third season, creator and star Dhruv Sehgal is aiming to go out on a high with his millennial couple series. The fourth and final season of Little Things finds Dhruv Vats (Dhruv Sehgal) and Kavya Kulkarni (Mithila Palkar) making the tricky transition from young love to a more mature relationship. That means navigating questions around commitment, health, ambition and family, and in doing so, being as honest and intimate with each other as they've been in the past.
All Little Things season 4 episodes will be available at once on release date.
Rashmi Rocket
Where: Zee5
Taapsee Pannu plays a serial-winning track athlete who finds herself embroiled in a legal battle with the country's athletic federation after it bans her over a nonsensical hyperandrogenism policy. For anyone who knows anything about Indian athletics, it's clear that national champion and LGBTQ+ activist Dutee Chand is a huge inspiration for this film. The Rashmi Rocket trailer doesn't outright acknowledge it, opting for the more generic "inspired by the struggles of several female athletes."
Priyanshu Painyuli, Abhishek Banerjee, Shweta Tripathi, and Supriya Pathak also star. Akarsh Khurana (Karwaan) directs off a screenplay by Aniruddha Guha (Malang) and Kanika Dhillon (Haseen Dillruba).
When: October 1 (USA), October 14 (India)
Where: Cinemas
Given the all-out horribleness of the first film — aptly summarised by its own dialogue, "like a turd in the wind" — you would imagine that a sequel would never happen. But thanks to the $856.1 million (about Rs. 6,350 crores) that Venom garnered at the box office, Tom Hardy and his alien symbiote are back. They are joined by Woody Harrelson's serial killer Cletus Kasady, who appeared in Venom's end credits, with Hardy's investigative reporter Eddie Brock drawn to Kasady.
Drawn too close apparently, as Kasady takes a bite out of Brock — and ends up with his symbiote Carnage. Michelle Williams and Reid Scott also return from the original. Naomie Harris joins as Kasady's love interest and the superpowered Shriek, while Stephen Graham plays a detective trying to solve the Kasady cases. Andy Serkis directs Venom: Let There Be Carnage.
Watch the Final Trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu
Tom Hardy in Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Photo Credit: Jay Maidment/Sony Pictures
Sardar Udham
Where: Amazon Prime Video
Vicky Kaushal plays freedom fighter Udham Singh who took revenge for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre by travelling to London 21 years later and assassinating Michael O'Dwyer, Punjab's then-lieutenant governor. Madras Cafe and Gulabo Sitabo director Shoojit Sircar is at the helm, of what seems like will be an expansive recount of Indo-British relations at that time.
Sardar Udham was shot in India, the UK, Russia, Germany, and Ireland. Delayed over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it's finally now ended up a streaming exclusive with Amazon.
The 2020 Emmy best-drama winner returns after two years — delayed thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — with its third season that brings in Alexander Skarsgård as techbro Lukas Matsson, Adrien Brody as billionaire activist investor Josh Aaronson, Sanaa Lathan as high-profile lawyer Lisa Arthur, and Linda Edmond as White House aide Michelle-Anne Vanderhoven among others.
Of course, the question on everyone's lips is what's going to happen to the Roys. The dramatic second season ended with all-out drama, as Kendall (Jeremy Strong) got his groove back and threw his father Logan (Brian Cox) under the bus. And if the trailer is anything to go by, Succession season 3 is not going to be short on more drama. Nine episodes of it (instead of 10, thanks to COVID-19 again).
One episode each week until December 13.
Where: Cinemas + HBO Max
Thirty-seven years since the first feature adaptation by David Lynch, Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve give us his take on what's been frequently described as an unfilmable sci-fi epic novel. He's assembled a terrific ensemble cast for what it's worth, with Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem, and Jason Momoa part of the proceedings.
Villeneuve — and Dune fans — really need the first film to succeed because this is not a complete story. The Dune director has frequently spoken about Dune: Part Two, from how its existence depends on Dune's performance to Zendaya taking over as protagonist in the sequel. Will we actually get to see it? Time will tell. But for now, we can finally take in Dune: Part One. Available in cinemas in India and the US, and also on HBO Max (for the first month) in the US.
Watch the Final Dune Trailer in English and Hindi
Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac in Dune
Photo Credit: Chia Bella James/Warner Bros.
Where: Apple TV+
X-Men veteran Simon Kinberg and Hunters creator David Weil are behind this $200-million alien invasion series that follows an ensemble cast — Sam Neill, Shamier Anderson, Golshifteh Farahani, Firas Nassar, Shiori Kutsuna, Tara Moayedi, and Daisuke Tsuji — scattered across the globe. Naturally, Invasion was filmed across the globe too, including New York, Morocco, Manchester, and Japan.
Three Invasion episodes debut upon premiere, with the remaining seven following weekly thereafter.
Emmy-winner and The Book of Life director Jorge R. Gutiérrez offers a nine-part animated fantasy series that draws on Mesoamerica mythology, soap operas, and The Wizard of Oz. It's set pre-conquest, before Spain invaded the Aztec Empire in the 16th century.
In it, the titular fifteen-year-old princess (Zoe Saldaña) enlists the help of a Caribbean wizard, an albino archer, and a giant barbarian from the mountains to fulfil a prophecy and put an end to a war that has erupted between the humans and the Gods.
Gabriel Iglesias, Stephanie Beatriz, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Alfred Molina, Allen Maldonado, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Rosie Perez, Queen Latifah, Wyclef Jean, and Rita Moreno also lend their voice talents.
Maya and the Three is a four-and-a-half-hour epic divided into nine episodes, available to binge at once.
Netflix's Quest for World Domination Includes a Diversity in Animation
Co-creator, star and writer Issa Rae is set to bid goodbye to her comedy-drama series, as its characters — played by Rae, Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis, Natasha Rothwell, Amanda Seales, and Courtney Taylor — evaluate their relationships, both new and old, in an effort to figure out who and what comes with them in this next phase of their lives. The fifth and final season of Insecure will run for 10 episodes, wrapping up post-Christmas on December 27.
Six years before the events of Zack Snyder's zombie heist movie Army of the Dead at the start of the zombie apocalypse, Matthias Schweighöfer's German safecracker Ludwig Dieter is hired by a mysterious woman (Nathalie Emmanuel, from Fast & Furious 9) for a series of safecracking heists. Think of it as The Italian Job while a zombie threat grows globally. That's how Snyder and director Schweighöfer pitched it to Netflix too.
Guz Khan, Ruby O. Fee, Stuart Martin, Jonathan Cohen, Noemie Nakai, John Bubniak, and Peter Simonischek also star. Hans Zimmer collaborated on the background score.
Watch the Army of Thieves Trailer
Matthias Schweighöfer in Army of Thieves
Photo Credit: Stanislav Honzik/Netflix
When: October TBA
Emraan Hashmi stars in the lead of this Hindi-language remake of the 2017 Malayalam-language supernatural horror Ezra — which in itself was a remake of the 2012 American movie The Possession — about a couple caught up with a haunted dybbuk box. (The real dybbuk story is part Jewish mythology and part eBay selling tactic, the stuff that Internet dreams are made of.)
Darshana Banik, Pranay Ranjan, Manav Kaul, Denzil Smith, Vipin Sharma, Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues, and Nikita Dutta also star. Ezra writer-director Jay Krishnan returns in both capacities.
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Rhino poaching is the most pressing issue facing Nepal's wildlife today. With rhino populations shrunk by about a third since 2000, commission members of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) in Nepal submitted a petition to the Environment Conservation Committee of the Nepalese House of Representatives on 12 January 2007 to prompt immediate action in favour of Nepal's rhinos.
Nepal 's one-horned rhinoceros population has declined from a population of 612 individuals in 2000 to only 405 today, with poaching being the main reason for this decline - at least 124 rhinos have been killed by poachers. While the country is fighting to boost the threatened rhino population, coupled with addressing the post-conflict recovery measures, the government, conservation organizations and civil society have been exploring several ways and means to support the conservation of this pachyderm Rhinoceros unicornis listed as "endangered" on the IUCN Red List.
To help respond to this crisis, on 10 January 2007 IUCN Nepal brought together members and experts to provide the Government of Nepal with sound scientific know-how and policy advice on how to address the rhino issues in Nepal. A total of 25 experts and core conservationists participated in the interaction programme.
Forming a high level parliamentary committee to assess the ground reality of what? Number of rhinos surviving? Reasons for poaching?
Meanwhile, in a bid to contain rhino poaching, IUCN Nepal handed over the much needed field gears and equipment to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation required for the mobilization of their protection staff. A total of 10 units of tents, 30 sleeping bags and 30 mattresses were handed over for its immediate action in Chitwan National Park. IUCN Nepal also plans to hand over such field gears for rhino protection and monitoring in Bardia National Park and Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve.


A big thankyou for compiling and making available for download the latest version of PHP x64 VC9 edition for Windows.
One issue I see is that the file libmysql.dll will need to be copied to a folder thats included in the "PATH" variable like \windows or \windows\system32 or the mysql extension will not load.
Are you able to supply the php_mysql.dll extension file that was compiled against mysqlnt as a seperate download here.
And here is the php_mysql.dll extension compiled with mysqlnd. I have "C:\php" in the "PATH" variable so it wasn't an issue for me.
Thank's a lot for providing this version of PHP. A question: Do you have or can you point me to the related DLL-files for php_mssql?
Here, try this extension (php_dblib.dll). Its the same as the php_mssql.dll extension but compiled with the FreeTDS library instead of the one provided with Microsoft SQL Server.
Is this the non thread safe version?
No, this is the thread safe version. I did not compile the non thread safe version.
is it possible to get a NTS version compiled? I am setting up our new win 2008R2 server for Joomla to be installed (production company web server) & I don't have much experience with IIS, from what i have read the NTS version of php is more responsive (in fastCGI mode). I am a bit confused as to the best way to setup php in Win 2008R2 server as it is 64bit, can you recommend the best way to go about getting php up & running so that it is fast & reliable?
Sure I can compile the NTS version. But it really shouldn't be used for production. I recommend that you use the official 32 bit PHP binaries for production. You can run it in fastcgi mode or use the php5isapi.dll. Here is a tutorial on how to use the 32 bit php5isapi.dll with 64 bit IIS.
Great work with compiling this stuff. You don't happen to have a matching memcache.dll compiled and ready? Would be super. I used this version of memcached http://www.urielkatz.com/archive/detail/memcached-64-bit-windows/ but I guess it doesn't matter as long as I have the php extension working.
I owe you a big case of your favorite beer/other preferred beverage. Spent hours trying to find why php would refuse to access the mysql database. Making sure localhost was mapped to 127.0.0.1 in hosts and the ipv6 reference was NOT mapped made it work. Thanks!
I don't use memcache so I didn't compile memcache.dll. But if the version from that site is working fine, I don't see any reason to compile it again myself.
I finally understand why my Wamp server does not work properly on my brand new windows 7 64 bits… I chased around for notice of incompatibility, but found nothing.
Your explanation on localhost stuff was a revelation for me!. I effectively have this Host mentionned everywhere in my PHP code.
If you have a mirror, I'd love to get it and start using! Great work on the Apache build as well. Have you thought about zipping all of these files as one?
The mediafire link is working fine for me at the moment. But I created a mirror anyway.
Yet another thank you for a job well done. But …. (there always has to be one doesn't there!) is there any chance of compiling a version of php_apc? I can find various x86 versions on the 'net but absolutly nothing for a 64 bit version.
I tried to compile APC but failed. Some incompatibilities in the code prevents a 64 bit version to be compiled successfully. But I was able to compile latest version of eAccelerator successfully. Here it is http://www.mediafire.com/file/jx1mjnfnmnv/eAccelerator.dll .
Man, thanks a lot for that – I've been struggling for hours and already suspected myself to be a bit stupid. I've built many apache / php / mysql installations before, but had never thought of the hosts file. You saved my day. Thanks!
Thanks a lot for compiling and publishing this package and for all the tips, posted here.
please compile PHP 5.2.13 and PHP 5.3.2 non thread safe version. Please, urgently needed.
Here is the non thread safe version of PHP 5.3.2 – http://www.mediafire.com/file/2vwuwzzzxmm/php-5.3.2-nts-Win32-VC9-x64.zip . Unfortunately, I do not have time to compile PHP 5.2.13 at the moment.
Why do you need them so urgently anyway? If you need them for production use, then I recommend that you use the official 32 bit binaries available at php.net.
Spend, but wincache does not support x64 php, is there any x64 wincache?
i'am use intel xeon cpu,is not amd..
There is no harm in using 32 bit PHP with 64 bit iis.
Those instructions in your zip file were excellent, thanks.
Windows 2K8 R2 is only x64 and we need to have WAMP in Full x64.
It is incomprehensible that there are no official compilations.
Can you tell me where is the php5isapi.dll ??
but on Internet is nothing, if you should help me thanks, I'll wait you answer.
Thanks a lot for the compilation. This is really helpful and definitely for the others as well. Thank you again for sharing!


Jonathan O'Driscoll (30) of Coolcower House, Macroom was charged with assault causing harm to Christy O'Callaghan (73) at Sleaveen East, Macroom on 21 March.
O'Driscoll, who is originally from Dan Corkery Place in the town, appeared before a special sitting of Bantry District Court today where he was charged with the offence.
Detective Garda Alan O 'Sullivan gave evidence of arrest, charge and caution in the case.
He told the court that the accused replied "I'm sorry" when the charge was put to him after caution.
Solicitor Flor Murphy said that his client was seeking bail on the charge.
However, Garda Inspector Eamon Brady said that gardaí were objecting to bail arising out of the seriousness of the charge against the accused.
Judge Con O'Leary refused bail in the case.
He remanded O'Driscoll in custody to appear again at Bantry District Court on Thursday.
O'Callaghan was sleeping in his van near Fitzgerald's Funeral Home in the town when he was assaulted.
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These biscuits are another favorite at our house. My husband especially loves these and requests them all of the time. They are great with soups, or as a quick alternative to rolls if you are short on time.
Stir together flour, baking powder, salt and garlic powder. Cut in the 4 tablespoons of butter with a pastry blender until butter is pea sized. Quickly stir in milk and cheese just until blended. About 20 stirs.
Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Brush with melted butter.


Stacey was curled up on the couch in the common room. She had her arms wrapped together on the arm and her head gently resting against them. Her legs were folded under her; she was alseep.
The voices she had been hearing lately usually didn`t shut up long enough for stacey to get a good night`s sleep. And she wasn`t that great at keeping her block that strong when she was trying to sleep. But for some reason, the voices had become unusually silent. Stacey fell asleep as soon as she curled up in front of the fire. She had been alseep for hours, and it was late at night. She was even still in her school uniform.
Suddenly, about midnight, Stacey bolted into an upright position. She clutched the back of the couch. She shook her head; there was a voice in her head. It wasn`t just any voice, it was the voice. the one that had given her nightmares and horrible visions for months now.
Her breathing became heavy as her vision became clouded. Stacey screamed, and she didn`t know how, but that brought her back into counciousness. Her eyes were jet balck and she jumped up. She grunted as she slammed her back against the wall. She slowly slid down until she was sitting. Her eyes had become slightly grey.
Stacey yelled and grabbed her left wrist with a tight grip, her nails digging into her skin. Her eyes slipped back to black and her vison was slowly fading.
"Stacey!" Ginny was kneeling down next to the girl, ripping her arms apart to stop her from digging her nails into her skin. She held tightly to the child's arms, shaking her almost violently.
When she saw that yelling wasn't working, Ginny delivered a nice slap across the girl's face. Then, she closed her own eyes and forced the intruding voice away from Stacey's mind, pushing heavily. She opened her eyes again, still keeping a tight grip on Stacey's arms as she knelt next to her.
It was hard keeping that presence at bay. Especially in her present condition. Pregnancy did little for her powers, and Ginny was now three months along. She struggled to keep a hold of her psychic presence as well as her physical one.
"Stacey, can you hear me?"
Stacey gasped when she felt the sting from Ginny`s strike. She was still breathing heavily as she nodded slowly. She could hear Ginny, but barely, and she could still feel the presence of... something.
Her eyes had shot into a light grey as she became consious, but they were slowly fading to black. She fought against Ginny`s grip, desperately trying to get her arms free. Whatever had happened had put her in a state of shock.
She found Ginny`s eyes and stared at them, trying somehow to communicate anything. For some reason, she couldn`t speak.
Her eyes shot black and she turned her head so her left cheek was pressed against the wall. She let out a growling sound that came from her throat as her hands tensed. The tendons in her neck stood out and her face was becoming pale.
"Sh.it." Ginny managed to mutter as she held Stacey down.
In a desperate attempt, Ginny let go of all her other mental responsibilities. She dropped all other blocks that she used. Including her own. She let go of each student's mental barrier, let go of every mental barrier she had. Except one.
Her son's. She kept Cody's.
Now she sent a surge against that presence that wanted Stacey so very much so. Now it wasn't hard, now she forced it away, engulfing herself and Stacey in a protective mental area. She gripped Stacey's arms hard, hard enough to leave bruises.
"Stacey, you need to stop struggling, or I will lose control."
Her voice came out rough, angry almost.
She couldn't continue to hold Stacey down and concentrate mentally.
Her body was made for this.
Stacey gasped as she felt Ginny to to push the presence away. She let her arms go limp so she wouldn`t be forcing against Ginny. Her breathing was still heavy and fast. Her eyes were grey, but they were fading into black.
Stacey bit her lower lip and tightly closed her eyes. Her vision was still limited, but she was getting a horrible pain between her eyes. She let out a noise that was a cross between a growl and a moan.
She pushed her back flat against the wall and clenched her hands into fists as they started to tremble. Her eyes became black suddenly and her hands tensed. Stacey dug her nails into her palms, trying some way to fight the force that was trying to over-take her.
"Stacey, you need to fight this. You need to push it away, because in another moment, I'm going to force it away. At least for now. I need you to push as hard as you can, ok?"
Ginny closed her eyes, focusing her energy upon her psychic self. A trick she had learned long ago. Easily, she left her own mind and went to Stacey's. There was a dark presence engulfing the girl's mind, something thick and black and hard to get through.
Ginny pushed through. It didn't want her.
Since the thing was so dark, Ginny used light to push it away. Happiness, shining, relaxed, bubbles, balloons, everything that made people smile suddenly filled Stacey's mind. Ginny worked quickly, filling as much space as possible. It began to push away at the dark thing.
Stacey's mind began to lighten up. It was hard work for Ginny alone though.
Not only that, her body was in an almost catatonic state. If Stacey chose that moment to strike out, she would be hit. And possibly hurt.
She was, after all, pregnant.
Lavy leaned up against the common room door and pushed up against it with her back. She had fifteen books in her arms, all for other students who were having trouble with some of their classes. She had every intention of leaving the books to the way side and teaching them by actually doing the spells they were trying to learn. The book were for show.
The door swung open and Lavy might had missed Ginny and Stacey in the corner if Stacey hadn't been moaning. She dropped the book at once and sprinted over to them. She would have asked what was wrong but she already knew. She placed her hand on Ginny's shoulder and began letting her energy flow into Ginny to help Stacey.
Stacey gasped again and her eyes flew open, suddenly bright blue. Her breathing got a little softer as she thought of happy things. The sea, popcorn, fall, and chocolate. She nodded to Ginny, trying to let her know that she had heard her and she was trying to help. She still found that she couldn`t speak.
Her wrists hurt painfully all of a sudden and her shoulder throbed. She sensed the force getting weaker, but she couldn`t see very clearly.
Lavy added her own thoughts to Ginny's, driving the force away faster. Things like the first brush with love or the way you felt on your birthday. With both Ginny and Lavy working at the presence, it was all but completely driven out within a minute.
Lavy placed her free hand on Stacey's forhead. She could feel that the presence was trying to hold onto Stacey by harming her body so Lavy let the own defences down enough to allow all soothing feeling fill Stacey's body and the pain she felt almost intently became only an uncomfortable numbing sensation.
Stacey let out a long, low breath and her back relaxed. She could feel a lot of the pain go away, what was left just became something to be unconcerned about. Something in the backround. Her arm and legs relaxed as she thought of anything happy she could.
She opened her eyes a little more to find that she could see a little better. She found she could cough, which she did. "Ginny, let go." She whispered in a soft voice.
Ginny opened one eye, smiling slightly.
"You think I'm stupid?" She asked, joking softly. She let go of Stacey's arms and slowly stood up.
She nodded at Lavy, still holding her own barriers in place. Without she or Lavy, Stacye would be totally unprotected. Just as Ginny wasn't able to hold the presence away by herself, nor was Lavy.
"Thanks Lavy. My powers are restricted at the moment."
She tried to make light of a worrysome situation.
"I know," Lavy looked at her baby bump, "You shoudl sit down, Gin. I don't want you to fall down."
Ginny waved Lavy off lightly, smiling.
But she wasn't. Lavy was only taking precautions, and she nor Stacey could see how Ginny's hands were shaking slowly. Or how her skin was a tad paler than usual. Somehow, she managed to stand upright, facing Stacey with a smile on her face.
She was a trained soldier still.
She wouldn't budge until the danger was obliterated.
"Stacye, we have to take your mind offline for a bit if we are going to fix this...." She paused, "We'll have to take it from your soul and put it back so that it'll seem different. That'll buy us a month to find out whats going on."
Stacey rubbed her wrists where Ginny had been holding them. The pain was starteing to come now. Her arms ached like someone had tried to rip them off. She looked up at Ginny.
"What do you mean?" She asked in a concerned voice, "What are you going to do? Take my mind... out of my body?" Her voice quivered slightly. She slowly stood up, but leaned her back against the wall. She held onto her left wrist gently; that ne hurt more than the other for some reason. "How long?" She asked, suddenly her voice was just a mere whisper.


Do you remember your first visit to Santa? Its a magical tradition that children of all ages enjoy — usually. This holiday season your child can experience the magic at Biltmore Square Mall.
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Undergraduate honoured with University prize for CQT project
Computer science student Nguyen Truong Duy won award for his research with Stephanie Wehner's group on quantum entanglement
Computer science student Nguyen Truong Duy won a prize for his research with Stephanie Wehner's group on quantum entanglement.
Nguyen Truong Duy once watched a television documentary about quantum physics. With just that background, the undergraduate from the NUS School of Computing applied for a research project at CQT. His work on the project has now won him an NUS Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize (OURP); it has also been submitted to a journal.
No more than 15 students university-wide receive the OURP each year, and Duy joins an illustrious collection of CQT student researchers to receive the honour. They are Jeysthur Ang (also 2012-13), Le Phuc Thinh (2010-11), Thiang Guo Chuan (2009-10) and Cai Yongqin Raymond (2008-09). Duy was supervised by CQT PI Stephanie Wehner and the others by either Berge Englert or Valerio Scarani.
Stephanie had advertised the project "Computing Bounds on Bell Inequalities" through the School of Computing's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. Duy applied because a BBC program had sparked his interest in quantum physics. He spent part of his third academic year on the research.
Bell inequalities are a measure of quantum entanglement between two systems. In the work submitted for publication, Duy worked with Stephanie and CQT Research Fellow Matthew McKague to analyse the effect of introducing entanglement between elements in a classical control circuit. Specifically, they showed that entangling linear controllers in a circuit could improve their overall performance compared to a situation without quantum entanglement. "This is the first ever paper on how quantum entanglement forms a useful resource in a classical control circuit," says Stephanie. The paper is currently available as a preprint: "Entanglement improves classical control" arXiv:1307.1569.
"Stephanie and Matthew were very clear at explaining things and very enthusiastic in supporting me," says Duy. For his prize he wins S$2000 and a certificate.
CQT welcomes committed, talented undergraduates from all Singapore and international universities to apply for internships and research projects. Interested students should make enquiries directly to the Principal Investigator(s) in their area(s) of interest.


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Memory Forest at Hollywood Forever
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