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© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Identification and Creation
Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Under the Coco Palm
Former Title: Under the Cocoanut Palm
Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper
38 x 53.8 cm (14 15/16 x 21 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
Signed: black crayon, l.r.: Winslow Homer 1898
inscription: verso, black crayon: Mr. H. W. Stevens / with compliments of / W. Homer
inscription: verso, graphite: 25823
inscription: verso, graphite: [encircled:] 51465
inscription: verso, blue crayon: C5240
watermark: J. Whatm[an]
exhibition label: mount?, paper: Reserved for loan to Akron, Mar. 25 1969 to May 11 1969 (3/5/68 H.G.B.) [noted by Yale University Art Gallery]
exhibition label: mount?, paper: No. S.L. 59.36.3
Winslow Homer, gift; to Henry Wingate Stevens, Portland, ME, 1901, sold [through M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 1920] [1]; to Fogg Art Museum, 1920
[1] A note in the curatorial file explains the reason for the sale: "sold to put his son through medical school."
Acquisition and Rights
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund
European and American Art
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Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition, exh. cat., Portland Society of Art (Maine) (Portland, ME, 1905), cat. 9
Portland Society of Art, exh. cat., L.D.M. Sweat Memorial Art Museum (Portland, ME, 1911-1912), cat. 2
Thirty-sixth Exhibition of Oils and Watercolors, exh. cat., L.D.M. Sweat Memorial Art Museum (Portland, ME, 1911), cat. 108
Walter H. Siple, "The Opening Exhibition", Arts (July 1927), vol. XII, no. 1, pp. 33-39, reproduced p. 39
"Traveling Exhibition of American Paintings", Parnassus, College Art Association of America (New York, NY, 1930 (December)), vol. 2, no. 8, p.7, pg. 7
M. A. Banks, The Exhibition of Homer Watercolors, Bulletin of The Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI, April 1931), vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 23-26, pg. 26
Theodore Bolton, "Water Colors by Homer: Critique and Catalogue", Fine Arts (formerly known as The Antiquarian) (April 1932), pp. 16-20+, reproduced
Ann Hamilton Sayre, "Centennial of Homer Watercolors", Art News (January 25, 1936), pp.5-6, 12, pg. 6, repro.
Alan Burroughs, Limners and Likenesses: Three Centuries of American Painting, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), p. 196
Charles R. Henschel, Winslow Homer 1836-1910: Loan Exhibition of Water Colours Commemorating the Centenary of His Birth, exh. cat., M. Knoedler & Co. (New York, 1936), cat. 15
Lloyd Goodrich, Winslow Homer Centenary Exhibition, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, 1936), cat. 75
Winslow Homer: Water Colors, Prints and Drawings, exh. cat., Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, MA, 1936), reproduced, p. 23
George Henry Lovett Smith, "The Grasp of the Moment," with checklist for Winslow Homer exhibition, Concert Bulletin for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra (Boston, 1937)
Forbes Watson, Winslow Homer, Crown Publishers Inc. (New York, 1942), pg. 70, repro.
Second Annual Exhibition Catalogue, exh. cat., Ogunquit Museum of American Art (Ogunquit, ME, 1954), cat. 18
Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, 1958), no. 163, p. 98
Lloyd Goodrich, Winslow Homer, George Braziller, Inc. (New York, NY, 1959), pl. 79
Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1959), no. 137, reproduced p. 80
Hereward Lester Cooke, "The Development of Winslow Homer's Water-Color Technique", The Art Quarterly, The Art Quarterly (Summer 1961), vol. XXIV, no. 2, pp. 169-94, pp. 169-194; ill. p. 187, fig. 16
Albert Ten Eyck Gardner, Winslow Homer, American Artist: His World and His Work, C. N. Potter (New York, NY, 1961), p. 250, reproduced p. 164
James Thomas Flexner, The World of Winslow Homer, 1836 - 1910, Time-Life Books (New York, NY, 1966), p. 130, reproduced in color
Philip C. Beam, Winslow Homer at Prout's Neck, Little, Brown & Company (Boston, MA, 1966), pp. 218, 263
Winslow Homer's Sub-Tropical America, exh. cat., Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL, 1968), pg. 12, cat. 39
Graham Reynolds, A Concise History of Watercolours, Thames & Hudson (London, England, 1971), reproduced in b/w p. 159, plate 120
John Wilmerding, Winslow Homer, Praeger Publishers (New York, NY, 1972), p. 175, plate 5-12
Lloyd Goodrich, Winslow Homer, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY, 1973), cat. 150, 122, repro.
Patti Hannaway, Winslow Homer in the Tropics, Westover Publishing Company (Richmond, VA, 1973), pp. 222 - 223, plate 41
Mary Ann Tighe and Elizabeth E. Lang, Art America, McGraw-Hill Book Company (New York, NY, 1977)
Gordon Hendricks, The Life and Work of Winslow Homer, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), CL-275, p. 298
Helen A. Cooper, Winslow Homer Watercolors, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art/Yale University Press (Washington, D.C. and New Haven, CT, 1986), pp. 210, 212, 255; reproduced in color fig. 201
"Stevens Gift of Winslow Homer Letters", Between the Lions [Bowdoin College Museum of Art Newsletter], Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, ME, Spring 1989), Vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1-2, p. 2, ill.
Christopher Reed, "The Artist and the Other: The Work of Winslow Homer", Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin, Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT, Spring 1989), pp. 68-79, p. 75, fig. 8
Stevens Gift of Winslow Homer Letters, Between the Lions, Bowdoin College Museum of Art (1989 (Spring)), 9, no. 1, pg. 2, repro.
Kate F. Jennings, Winslow Homer, Crescent Books (New York, NY, 1990), no. 79, reproduced
Alexander Nemerov, Frederic Remington and Turn-of-the-Century America, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT, 1995), p. 36; reproduced in b/w p. 38, fig. 24
Miles Unger, The Watercolors of Winslow Homer, W. W. Norton & Company (New York, 2001), pg. 222, repro. 188-89
Lloyd Goodrich and Abigail Booth Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer, Spanierman Gallery (New York, 2005-2014), vol. 5, p. 270, no. 1664, repr. p. 270
Robert M. Poole, "Hidden Depths", Smithsonian (May 2008), vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 86-95, repr. pp. 92-93
Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 177, cat. 135, ill.
Martha Tedeschi and Kristi Dahm, Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press (Chicago, 2008), pp. 180, 183, fig. 11 (p. 182)
Gabrielle Townsend, Winslow Homer Aquarelles, Bibliothèque de l'Image (Paris, France, 2011), repr. pp. 7, 42
Ethan Lasser, "The Artist as Journalist", The Magazine Antiques (November/December 2019), pp. 86-93, pp. 92-93, repr. p. 92 as fig. 9
Colleen Walsh, "The Artist as Witness", The Harvard Gazette (September 13, 2019), e-journal, repr., https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/09/winslow-homers-work-as-civil-war-art-correspondent-focus-of-eyewitness-exhibit-at-harvard/, accessed September 17, 2019
Murray Whyte, [review:] "Harvard Rethinks Winslow Homer's Civil War Legacy with Provocative 'Eyewitness' Show", The Boston Globe (October 3, 2019)
Exposition d'Art Américain John S. Sargent, R. A., Dodge MacKnight, Winslow Homer, Paul Manship, Association Franco-Américaine d'Expositions, Paris, 05/18/1923 - 06/25/1923
Water Colors by Winslow Homer, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 09/09/1923 - 10/26/1923
Exhibition of Water Colors by Winslow Homer, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/06/1931 - 03/01/1931
Unidentified Exhibition, Princeton University, 1931, Princeton University, Princeton, 12/28/1931 - 02/01/1932
Water Colors by Winslow Homer, 1836 - 1910, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1932 - 06/15/1932
A Century of Progress Art Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 06/01/1933 - 11/01/1933
Century of Progress Art Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 05/01/1934 - 11/10/1934
Unidentified Exhibition, Lawrence College, 1935, Lawrence University, Appleton, 03/01/1935 - 04/30/1935
Unidentified Exhibition, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1935, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, 10/14/1935 - 11/16/1935
Winslow Homer, 1836 - 1910: Loan Exhibition of Watercolors Commemorating the Centenary of his Birth, Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, 01/20/1936 - 02/08/1936
Paintings and Drawings by Winslow Homer, 1836 - 1910, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/01/1936 - 06/30/1986
Winslow Homer: Water Colors, Prints and Drawings, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 09/24/1936 - 10/25/1936; Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, 10/31/1936 - 11/30/1936; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 12/15/1936 - 01/15/1937; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, 01/30/1937 - 02/28/1937
[Winslow Homer exhibition], Symphony Hall, Boston, 01/01/1937 - 12/31/1937
Unidentified Watercolor Exhibition, Winchester Art Association, 1940, Winchester Art Association, Winchester, 11/29/1939 - 12/31/1939
Watercolors by Winslow Homer, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/09/1944 - 11/01/1944
Masters of American Watercolor, Wellesley College Museum of Art, Wellesley, 10/18/1949 - 11/20/1949
Unidentified Exhibition, Cambridge Trust Company, 1951, Cambridge Trust Company, Cambridge, 10/29/1951 - 11/23/1951
Water Colors, Drawings, and Wood Engravings by Winslow Homer from the Collections of Eight East Coast Museums, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, 02/03/1952 - 02/24/1952
Second Annual Exhibition, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, 07/01/1954 - 09/12/1954
The Art of Winslow Homer, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 11/01/1954 - 11/21/1954; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, 12/01/1954 - 12/21/1954
American Paintings from the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Symphony Hall, Boston, 02/21/1958 - 03/15/1958
Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 11/23/1958 - 01/04/1959; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 01/29/1959 - 03/08/1959; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 03/26/1959 - 05/03/1959
Watercolors by Winslow Homer, 1836 - 1910, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 07/07/1966 - 08/28/1966
Winslow Homer, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 04/03/1973 - 06/24/1973; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 07/03/1973 - 08/15/1973; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 09/08/1973 - 10/21/1973
Winslow Homer Watercolors, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 03/02/1986 - 05/11/1986; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 06/06/1986 - 07/27/1986; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 09/11/1986 - 11/02/1986
Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 02/16/2008 - 05/11/2008
Winslow Homer: Eyewitness, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/05/2020
This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Canada Holds on to Lead after Third Round
By btsay
Brooke Henderson and Brittany Marchand combined for 9-under-par 135 as Canada held off defending champion Republic of Korea and maintained a two-stroke lead through 54 holes at the 2014 Women's World Amateur Team Championship at Karuizawa 72 Golf East.
(left to right): Augusta James, captain Liz Hoffman, Brooke Henderson and Brittany Marchand of Canada, at the conclusion of the third round at the 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy at Karuizawa 72 Golf East in Karuizawa, Japan on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. (Copyright USGA/Steven Gibbons)
Augusta James, captain Liz Hoffman, Brooke Henderson and Brittany Marchand of Canada, at the conclusion of the third round[/caption]
"We had some super-solid play out there," said Canadian captain Liz Hoffman. "But, we left a few shots out there. We were focused and had a strong start."
Henderson, 16, No. 2 in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking™ (WWAGR), fired a 6-under-par 66 and Marchand, 22, added a 69 to give the Canadians a three-round total of 23-under-par 409, second-best in history. Augusta James shot a non-counting 72.
"It is awesome to play with such skilled players who push you to the next level," said Henderson, who won a Canadian women's professional event in 2012 at age 14. "We are excited to be in the position we are in at such a great golf course in Japan."
The round was suspended because of dangerous weather at 3:27 p.m. with only Canada, Japan and Korea still on the course. Play resumed at 5:16 p.m., following a delay of one hour and 39 minutes.
"There was some great competition out there," Marchand said of playing with the Koreans and Japanese. "We pushed them and they pushed us."
Two-time defending champion Korea received a 66 from Hye-Jin Choi and a 68 from Gyeol Park to pass Japan and finish in second position at 21-under 411.
Even with a completely new squad from the 2010 and 2012 winners, Korea is attempting to become the first team to capture three consecutive Espirito Santo Trophy competitions since the USA in 1980, 1982 and 1984.
"We tried hard and we putted better today and our irons were very good," said Korean captain Se-Hoon Chang. "It will be really interesting tomorrow. This event has such good players. We hope to defend the trophy, but you never know."
Korea's third-round 134 ties for the lowest in WWATC annals and was matched by Australia.
The Australians climbed to fourth place at 16-under 416 fueled by Minjee Lee's bogey-free 8-under-par 64, which is the 2014 WWATC's lowest individual score and the second-best in history. Teammate Su Oh posted a 70.
Host Japan is third, six strokes behind Canada at 415. Spain is fifth at 417 and Denmark and USA are tied for 6th after 8-under rounds of 136 at 418. Germany and Sweden share 8th place at 419 and England and Mexico are tied for 10th at 420.
"I holed more putts today than I did the last two days," said Lee, who tied for 22nd at the 2014 U.S. Women's Open. "I wasn't hitting it close but if it was inside 15 feet, I usually made it."
"She was superb but you could see it coming," said Australian captain Matt Cutler of Lee, who is No. 1 in the WWAGR™ and the winner of the 2014 Mark H. McCormack Medal. "It's an amazing round. She was flawless today."
He was realistic about his team's chances of overtaking the leaders.
"Our target is to go lower than we did today. We don't want to put a number on it," said Cutler. "Whoever is going to win is going to be playing well."
"Our goal today was to go as low as possible," said Lee, "Tomorrow, we will just have to play our best to see if we can catch up. That's all we can do."
The Women's World Amateur Team Championship is a biennial international amateur competition conducted by the International Golf Federation (IGF), which comprises 137 national governing bodies in 131 countries. The competition, which is being held for the 26th time, is rotated among three geographic zones: Asia-Pacific, Americas and Europe-Africa.
This year's event is hosted by the Japan Golf Association. The teams play for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The IGF is the international federation for golf for the International Olympic Committee and will conduct the Olympic golf competition in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. In each round, the total of the two lowest scores from each team constitutes the team score for the round. The four-day (72-hole) total is the team's score for the championship.
Poland's Nastasia Kossacky scored a hole-in-one on the 138-yard seventh hole on the Iriyama Course en route to a 4-under-par 68.
For the final round, the top half of team scoring will play the Iriyama Course and the other half will play Oshitate.
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Les Miserables: Interview with Oscar Director Tom Hooper
December 1, 2012 by EmanuelLevy
Fittingly, the stars were aligned during the search for a director.
The director, Tom Hooper, sought out the project even before the astonishing global success of his Oscar-winning The King's Speech was generally released. When Hooper heard that Nicholson, with whom he was working on another project, was also crafting an adaptation of Les Misérables, he felt ready to tackle it.
Hooper says: "A light bulb went off in my head. I thought it a really interesting idea." Hooper had not seen the show but knew the music well and was intrigued by the period in which it was set. He wasted no time in going to see the musical. "I saw it on a very hot day in August. There were those three or four moments where the nerves in my spine were set on fire, and it was extraordinarily emotional. I was struck by how unbelievably addictive the melodies were. Having seen it once, I could not get them out of my head. Claude-Michel had tapped into something very deep with the melodies, their patterns, the structures and the motifs."
Hooper met with Hayward, who was still Working Title Films' head of production. "It was one of those great serendipitous moments that Tom came to see us just at the time Nicholson had delivered the script," she says. "He read it, loved it and knew he wanted to do it."
Agrees Fellner: "Tom Hooper was our first choice. He was the only director to whom we ever gave the screenplay, and from the moment he signed on, it has been a thrilling ride. He is passionate, obsessive in the detail, incredibly hard-working and deeply committed."
Hooper reflects that he was drawn to the material on many levels: "One of the things that was so exciting about doing The King's Speech was the emotion it provoked in audiences around the world. It made me very much want to make my next film with a subject that would provoke even stronger emotions." Moved to tears while reading Nicholson's script on a flight from London to Los Angeles, Hooper knew that he had found his next film. "With the combination of how the musical made me feel and the effect the screenplay had on me, I thought there was an amazing opportunity to work in a very emotional way. I was drawn to the combination of this extraordinary story and the transcendence and pull of the music."
In spite of the powerful material they were inheriting, the filmmakers needed to go back to the story's original source to fill in some of the gaps that appear seamless on the stage but would not be invisible on the screen. Says Hayward: "The book has been a great inspiration for Tom. It was a deceptively difficult adaptation, and whenever we encountered problems, we went back to the book and the answers were there. Bringing in some of the great story elements to fill the gaps without affecting the overall architecture and integrity of the score has been one of the most enjoyable challenges as we embarked upon the adaptation."
Hooper concurs: "It's a colossal and masterful work, and it was a great joy to have an excuse to read it and go back to it in adapting the material. The musical has been interpreted in a unique way for film. It's something Cameron, Claude-Michel and Alain all empowered me to do from the beginning. They didn't just want a filmed musical; they wanted me to reinterpret it to make it work for film. That's one of the things that has been so exciting. Claude-Michel's music is so brilliant and Alain and Herbie's lyrics so strong that they have allowed for that interpretation. There is tremendous elasticity in the work, and like all great literature, the language allows you to play with the meaning and the pace."
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The first draft of the screenplay that Nicholson wrote was divided into dialogue interspersed with songs. Shares Hooper: "All the new story material that Bill had come up with and the story material I wanted to add from the book, Bill wrote in the form of spoken dialogue. Yet, the musical itself is through-sung. After a great deal of thought and reflection, I decided that I wanted to honor the musical's through-sung form. I wanted to create an alternate reality on film where people communicate through song. So at that point, we welcomed the musical's original creative team—Claude Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil and Herbie Kretzmer—into the process of creating the screenplay as we asked them to write entirely new lyrics and create a new musical structure and a new song ["Suddenly"] inspired by the spoken dialogue Bill had written. It was a hugely exciting moment where we re-created the original conditions of the musical's creation in order to interpret it newly on film."
There was another major attraction for Hooper when he considered a filmic adaptation of a fully through-sung musical. He explains: "I wanted to take a risk and do something very different in a different genre. From the beginning, what excited me was the idea of doing it live. I don't think I would have done it if it turned out not to be possible to direct the film live, because no matter how good the synchronization is of actors singing to playback, an audience can tell that there's something unreal about it. It doesn't feel connected to what is going on the screen."
With Hooper's passionate assurance that the actors would sing live, Mackintosh had no doubts that they'd discovered the right director for the job. He comments: "The only way you can make this music work is by capturing it in the moment. That was one of the first things Tom said when he gave me the reasons why he wanted to do this. Plus, he loved the Les Misérables of it. With most of the other directors I've talked to over the years, they'd say, 'I know how to do this song or that song; what I don't know how to do is have Les Misérables sing.' But that is what Victor Hugo's novel is about; it's about all of us, not just the story of Jean Valjean and Javert. I knew the moment Tom had grasped that, that this actually was the person who was going to find his own way of making the story and actually putting us all to work."
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Chippenham Town Vice-Presidents Package – 2022/23 season
Published: 21 April 2022 at 2:00pm
Following the announcement of our Season Ticket packages for the forthcoming 2022/23 Vanarama National League South campaign, we are delighted as a club to announce the return of our Vice Presidents Package for the upcoming season. With the development of the new bar area situated at the Sheldon End, many will be aware that the "old bar" was transformed into our new Matchday VP Lounge. Jane and the team do a fantastic job up there of taking care of our VP's with a fantastic two course meal (Main and Dessert), half time tea and coffee with a selection of homemade fresh cakes and refreshments available with your meal both alcoholic and non-alcoholic.
Vice Presidents are also entitled to a Matchday Programme, a Matchday Parking Space in The Thornbury Surfacing Car Park adjacent to the stadium and entrance to every fixture in the Vanarama National League South.
With 24 sides in the National League South this season, there are going to be 23 games in total for the 2022/23 season. Chippenham Town F.C have announced there will be NO INCREASE on price for this package for the upcoming season and have priced this very competitively at only £750!!
In simple terms this means you will receive:
Entry to every home game in the National League South
Matchday Programme for every home game in the National League South
Designated Car Parking Space
A fabulous Two-Course Meal in the newly renovated VP Lounge (With Drinks)
Half-Time Tea and Coffee Wonderful Homemade Cakes and Biscuits
FOR JUST £32.60 PER GAME!!!
To put this in value terms, a CTFC Adult would pay £14 per home game. With the VP Package including entry for only a mere £18.60 more than you would pay for entrance, you would receive all the above benefits and after sampling more than a few of those meals myself, they are restaurant quality and made to perfection by our very own Jane Blackmore and Elaine Nelson.
So get in touch, become a CTFC Vice President for the 2022/23 season and let your club take care of your matchday experience. For more information or to purchase your VP Package for the following season please contact Simon Lawrence on commercial@chippenhamtown.com or Tina Hemmings on community@chippenhamtown.com and we will happily assist you.
Yours in Sport,
Simon Lawrence
CTFC Commercial Manager
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MATCH TICKETS: Hungerford Town vs Chippenham Town, National League South, Saturday 28th January 2023
MATCH TICKETS: Braintree Town vs Chippenham Town, National League South, Thursday 29th December 2022
MATCH TICKETS: Bath City vs Chippenham Town, National League South, Monday 26th December 2022
MATCH TICKETS: Torquay United vs Chippenham Town, Isuzu FA Trophy Third Round, Tuesday 20th December 2022


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use sys;
use bullet_vector3::BulletVector3;
use collision::collision_shapes::Shape;
use mint::{Vector3, Vector4};

#[repr(u8)]
pub enum ActivationState {
    /// Means active so that the object having the state could be moved in a step simulation.
    /// This is the "normal" state for an object to be in.
    /// Use btCollisionObject::activate() to activate an object,
    /// not btCollisionObject::setActivationState(ACTIVATE_TAG),
    /// or it may get disabled again right away, as the deactivation timer has not been reset.
    ActiveTag = 1,
    /// Makes a body active forever, used for something like a player-controlled object.
    DisableDeactivation = 4,
    /// Making a body deactivated forever.
    DisableSimulation = 5,
    /// Means the body, and it's island, are asleep, since Bullet sleeps objects per-island. You probably don't want or need to set this one manually.
    IslandSleeping = 2,
    /// Means that it's an active object trying to fall asleep,
    /// and Bullet is keeping an eye on its velocity for the next few frames
    /// to see if it's a good candidate.
    /// You probably don't want or need to set this one manually.
    WantsDeactivation = 3,
}

pub struct RigidBody {
    rigid_body: Box<sys::btRigidBody>,
    shape: Box<Shape>,
    motion_state: Box<sys::btDefaultMotionState>,
    construction_info: Box<sys::btRigidBody_btRigidBodyConstructionInfo>,
}

impl RigidBody {
    pub fn new<T1: Into<Vector3<f64>>, T2: Into<Vector3<f64>>, T3: Into<Vector4<f64>>>(
        mass: f64,
        inertia: T1,
        shape: Shape,
        translation: T2,
        orientation: T3,
    ) -> RigidBody {
        let mut inertia: BulletVector3 = inertia.into().into();
        let shape_box = Box::new(shape);
        let translation: BulletVector3 = translation.into().into();
        let orientation: [f64; 4] = orientation.into().into();
        let transform = unsafe {
            sys::btTransform::new1(
                &orientation as *const _ as *const _,
                &translation as *const _ as *const _,
            )
        };
        let mut motion_state_box = Box::new(unsafe {
            sys::btDefaultMotionState::new(&transform as *const _, sys::btTransform::getIdentity())
        });

        let construction_info_box = Box::new(unsafe {
            sys::btRigidBody_btRigidBodyConstructionInfo::new(
                mass,
                &mut *motion_state_box as *mut _ as *mut _,
                shape_box.as_ptr(),
                inertia.0.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _,
            )
        });
        RigidBody {
            rigid_body: Box::new(unsafe {
                sys::btRigidBody::new(&*construction_info_box as *const _)
            }),
            shape: shape_box,
            motion_state: motion_state_box,
            construction_info: construction_info_box,
        }
    }

    pub(crate) unsafe fn motion_state_ptr(&self) -> *mut sys::btDefaultMotionState {
        &*self.motion_state as *const _ as *mut _
    }

    pub(crate) unsafe fn as_ptr(&self) -> *mut sys::btRigidBody {
        &*self.rigid_body as *const _ as *mut _
    }
}

impl Drop for RigidBody {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        unsafe {
            ::sys::btMotionState_btMotionState_destructor(
                &mut *self.motion_state as *mut _ as *mut _,
            );
            ::sys::btRigidBody_btRigidBody_destructor(&mut *self.rigid_body as *mut _);
        }
    }
}

#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct RigidBodyHandle {
    pub(in dynamics) ptr: *mut sys::btRigidBody,
    motion_state: *mut sys::btDefaultMotionState,
    temp_transform: sys::btTransform,
}

impl RigidBodyHandle {
    pub fn new(ptr: *mut sys::btRigidBody, motion_state: *mut sys::btDefaultMotionState) -> Self {
        let temp_transform = unsafe { sys::btTransform::new() };

        RigidBodyHandle {
            ptr,
            motion_state,
            temp_transform,
        }
    }
    pub fn set_restitution(&mut self, restitution: f64) {
        unsafe {
            sys::btCollisionObject_setRestitution(self.ptr as *mut _, restitution);
        }
    }

    pub fn set_mass(&mut self, mass: f64) {
        unsafe {
            let shape = sys::btRigidBody_getCollisionShape(self.ptr);
            let mut inertia: [f64; 4] = ::std::mem::uninitialized();
            let shape_type = sys::btCollisionShape_getShapeType(shape as * mut _) as u32;

            match shape_type {
                sys::BroadphaseNativeTypes_STATIC_PLANE_PROXYTYPE => {
                    sys::btStaticPlaneShape_calculateLocalInertia(
                        shape as *mut _,
                        mass,
                        inertia.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _,
                    );
                },
                sys::BroadphaseNativeTypes_BOX_SHAPE_PROXYTYPE => {

                    sys::btBoxShape_calculateLocalInertia(
                        shape as *mut _,
                        mass,
                        inertia.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _,
                    );
                },
                sys::BroadphaseNativeTypes_CAPSULE_SHAPE_PROXYTYPE => {

                    sys::btCapsuleShape_calculateLocalInertia(
                        shape as *mut _,
                        mass,
                        inertia.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _,
                    );
                },
                sys::BroadphaseNativeTypes_CONVEX_HULL_SHAPE_PROXYTYPE => {
                    sys::btPolyhedralConvexShape_calculateLocalInertia(
                        shape as *mut _,
                        mass,
                        inertia.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _,
                    );
                },
                sys::BroadphaseNativeTypes_COMPOUND_SHAPE_PROXYTYPE => {
                    sys::btCompoundShape_calculateLocalInertia(
                        shape as *mut _,
                        mass,
                        inertia.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _,
                    );
                },
                _ => {
                    unimplemented!()
                }
            }

            sys::btRigidBody_setMassProps(self.ptr as *mut _, mass, inertia.as_ptr() as *const _);
            sys::btRigidBody_updateInertiaTensor(self.ptr as *mut _);
        }
    }

    pub fn set_friction(&mut self, friction: f64) {
        unsafe {
            sys::btCollisionObject_setFriction(self.ptr as *mut _, friction);
        }
    }

    pub fn set_gravity<T: Into<Vector3<f64>>>(&mut self, gravity: T) {
        let gravity: BulletVector3 = gravity.into().into();
        unsafe {
            sys::btRigidBody_setGravity(self.ptr, gravity.0.as_ptr() as *const _);
        }
    }

    pub fn set_angular_factor<T: Into<Vector3<f64>>>(&mut self, angular_factor: T) {
        let angular_factor: BulletVector3 = angular_factor.into().into();
        unsafe {
            sys::btRigidBody_setAngularFactor(self.ptr, angular_factor.0.as_ptr() as *const _);
        }
    }

    pub fn set_sleeping_thresholds(&mut self, linear: f64, angular: f64) {
        unsafe { sys::btRigidBody_setSleepingThresholds(self.ptr, linear, angular) }
    }

    pub fn set_activation_state(&mut self, activation_state: ActivationState) {
        unsafe {
            sys::btCollisionObject_setActivationState(self.ptr as *mut _, activation_state as i32)
        }
    }

    pub fn apply_central_impulse<T: Into<Vector3<f64>>>(&mut self, impulse: T) {
        let impulse: BulletVector3 = impulse.into().into();
        unsafe {
            sys::btRigidBody_applyCentralImpulse(self.ptr, impulse.0.as_ptr() as *const _);
        }
    }

    pub fn get_linear_velocity(&self) -> Vector3<f64> {
        let velocity = unsafe { sys::btRigidBody_getLinearVelocity(self.ptr) };

        ::bullet_vector3::vector_from_slice(unsafe {
            ::std::slice::from_raw_parts(velocity as *const _, 4)
        })
    }

    /// Override velocity vector.
    pub fn reset_linear_velocity<T>(&mut self, velocity: T)
    where
        T: Into<Vector3<f64>>,
    {
        let velocity: BulletVector3 = velocity.into().into();
        unsafe {
            sys::btRigidBody_setLinearVelocity(self.ptr, velocity.0.as_ptr() as *const _);
        }
    }

    /// Override position vector and rotation quaternion.
    pub fn reset_position_and_orientation<T, T1>(&mut self, position: T, orientation: T1)
    where
        T: Into<Vector3<f64>>,
        T1: Into<Vector4<f64>>,
    {
        let orientation: [f64; 4] = orientation.into().into();
        let position: BulletVector3 = position.into().into();
        let transform = unsafe {
            sys::btTransform::new1(
                &orientation as *const _ as *const _,
                &position as *const _ as *const _,
            )
        };

        unsafe {
            sys::btDefaultMotionState_setWorldTransform(
                &*self.motion_state as *const _ as *mut _,
                &transform as *const _ as *const _,
            );
        }

        unsafe { (*self.ptr)._base.m_worldTransform = transform };
    }

    /// Get position in world space and orientation quaternion
    pub fn get_world_position_and_orientation(&self) -> (Vector3<f64>, Vector4<f64>) {
        unsafe {
            sys::btDefaultMotionState_getWorldTransform(
                &*self.motion_state as *const _ as *mut _,
                &self.temp_transform as *const _ as *mut _,
            );
        }
        let origin = unsafe { self.temp_transform.getOrigin1().as_ref().unwrap() };

        let rotation = unsafe { self.temp_transform.getRotation() };

        (
            ::bullet_vector3::vector_from_slice(&origin.m_floats[0..3]),
            ::bullet_vector3::vector4_from_slice(&rotation._base.m_floats),
        )
    }

    /// Place data on heap as a box and set to rigid body as user pointer
    pub fn set_user_data<T: 'static>(&mut self, data: T) {
        let data_box = Box::new(data);
        unsafe {
            sys::btCollisionObject_setUserPointer(
                self.ptr as *mut _,
                Box::into_raw(data_box) as *mut _,
            )
        };
    }

    /// Get data from rigidbody's user pointer
    /// Getting data from body without previously setted data is fine.
    /// Getting wrong typed data is unsafe and will cause mem::transmute to wrong pointer type.
    pub unsafe fn get_user_data<T: 'static>(&self) -> Option<&T> {
        let pointer = sys::btCollisionObject_getUserPointer(self.ptr as *mut _);
        let pointer: *const T = ::std::mem::transmute(pointer);
        return pointer.as_ref();
    }

    /// Set user index. This will not be used in bullet and this is not related to user_data.
    pub fn set_user_index(&mut self, index: i32) {
        unsafe { sys::btCollisionObject_setUserIndex(self.ptr as *mut _, index) };
    }

    /// Get previously setted user index
    /// If index was not set - will return "-1"
    pub fn get_user_index(&self) -> i32 {
        unsafe { sys::btCollisionObject_getUserIndex(self.ptr as *mut _) }
    }

    /// Was that rigid_body removed with DynamicsWorld::remove_body()
    /// Probably may return true also for any not-added bodys
    pub fn removed(&self) -> bool {
        unsafe { (*self.ptr)._base.m_worldArrayIndex == -1 }
    }

    pub unsafe fn ptr(&mut self) -> *mut sys::btRigidBody {
        self.ptr
    }
}


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Broadway Toyota Presents New 2014 Toyota Sienna
Created: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 18:06
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Broadway Toyota presented The Dreaming Zebra Foundation with a new 2014 Toyota Sienna as part of Toyota's 2013 100 Cars for Good program. The keys were handed over to the organization's leaders during a short ceremony at the dealership.
The Dreaming Zebra® Foundation selected the Sienna, a versatile 8-passenger minivan, to help transport art and music supplies to "low-income schools, art therapy programs, and nonprofit organizations serving children in the community.
Toyota's 100 Cars for Good is a national philanthropy program, in which the automaker gave away 100 cars to 100 nonprofits over the course of 50 days in 2013. Winners were selected each day through public voting on Facebook. 100 Cars for Good is the first initiative that directly engages the public to determine how Toyota's philanthropic donations are awarded. Complete information is available at www.100carsforgood.com. Thank you to everyone who voted, cared and helped Dreaming Zebra® succeed in winning our new van!
About Toyota's 100 Cars for Good Program
Toyota's 100 Cars for Good program awards 100 vehicles over the course of 50 days to 100 deserving nonprofit organizations based on votes from the public. During the voting phase, five organizations are profiled each day on Toyota's Facebook page, and voters can select two organizations they feel will do the most good with new Toyota vehicles. Voters are able to place two votes per day, each day, over the course of the program at www.100carsforgood.com
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Évrecy er en kommune i Calvados departementet i Basse-Normandie regionen i det nordvestlige Frankrig.

Seværdigheder
 Kloster fra tiden før normannerne
 Kirke fra 13. – 15. århundrede, som er optaget i den supllerende liste over historiske monumenter i Frankrig.

Eksterne kilder/henvisninger

 Borgmesterkontorets hjemmeside
 Évrecy på l'Institut géographique national

Byer i Calvados

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Sayyida Ahad bint Abdullah bin Hamad Al Busaidiyah (; born 4 April 1970) is the wife of the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq.

Early life
She is the daughter of Sayyid Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Busaidi, a former Undersecretary for Justice in the Ministry of Justice, Awqaf, and Islamic Affairs and former Governor of Musandam.

Her sister Sayyida Rawdah bint Abdullah is married to Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq, the brother of the Sultan of Oman, and their daughter Sayyida Meyyan is married to the Crown Prince Sayyid Theyazin on 11 November 2021 in Mazay Hall of Al Alam Palace.

She has a degree in Sociology.

Marriage and children
Sayyida Ahad bint Abdullah and her husband, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, have four children:

 Crown Prince Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham (born 21 August 1990).
 Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham (born 1995).
 Sayyida Thuraya bint Haitham.
 Sayyida Omaima bint Haitham.

Title and style
Ahad is styled: "Her Highness The Honourable Lady Sayyida Ahad Bint Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Busaidiyah".

References

Al Said dynasty
Omani royalty
Living people
1970 births


As regular readers will know, I'm something a rather fanatical user of an application called Quicksilver. I use it every day to access files, addresses and play MP3 files, launch applications, do quick calculations and look up the definition of words. However, there are things that even the mighty Quicksilver can't do easily, and in my quest to automate all of the irritating repetitive tasks that we end up doing on our computers, I turned to QuicKeys. In fact, I've had various versions of QuicKeys around since version 1, but I stopped using it at some point. At the time, I was using it mainly to launch files and folders, but Quicksilver provided a much more flexible and elegant way to accomplish that.
With the latest versions, I've started to use it in earnest again for tasks like switching network locations, SMTP servers and even replacing or adding to keyboard shortcuts. I know that in Panther you can edit the keyboard shortcuts for any application via the System Preferences, but in my experience it is clunky and only works when it feels like it. Using QuicKeys is easier and more reliable, and you can even add shortcuts for actions which would usually be done using the mouse. For example, I'm currently trying out Mozilla Thunderbird as an email client. It's excellent in many ways, but there are no keyboard shortcuts for selecting the inbox, sent mail box or the junk mail box, for example. Using mouse click recording, I was able to set up keyboard shortcuts to simulate clicking on a mailbox in the mailbox list. I've also got little macros to do things like exchange two adjacent characters. Cocoa applications have a shortcut for this (Control-T, I think), but now that I have a QuicKeys shortcut bound to Control-T, I can get the same behaviour in all applications.
There's one particularly useful feature of the latest version that eventually persuaded me to upgrade. You can set buttons or keys on 'devices' (mice, keyboards and joysticks) to be the triggers for shortcuts. I've got a Logitech MX900 bluetooth mouse which I love, but without installing the buggy Logitech drivers there's poor support for the plethora of extra buttons it provides (the left and right buttons and the scroll wheel work fine without drivers). If I plug in the base unit via USB, the utility USBOverdrive does a great job of allowing you to remap those buttons. However, this seems like a bit of a fiddle; I got a bluetooth mouse to get rid of the cables. The developer of USBOverdrive — Alessandro Levi Montalcini — is planning to add bluetooth support, but has understandably been side-tracked by much more important matters. Anyway, I discovered that QuicKeys X3 lets you access the extra buttons on the MX900 and assign them to shortcuts. This means that I can map the forward and back buttons on the side of the mouse to forward and back in my browser and the Finder, the window button on the top to the Show Desktop Exposé command, and even get the scroll wheel working in those few applications that don't support a scroll wheel. Because you can set the scope of any shortcuts to limit them to particular applications (or particular parts of applications), you can even get the buttons to do different things in different applications.


Fresh, light and bursting with bold flavors! This Crunchy Thai Cucumber Salad is a little sweet, a little spicy and a whole lot of good!
I had my first experience using fish sauce you guys. I've always been a little nervous to use it for fear of using too much and having a fishy tasting dish. I'm not sure what I was expecting when I opened the bottle and took a sniff, but I can't lie, it wasn't pleasant. There was some definite funk in the smell and I almost considered not using in this Crunchy Thai Cucumber Salad. But the majority of Thai recipes call for some amount of fish sauce, so I decided to just go with it and see what happened.
The end result was actually incredibly delicious or I wouldn't be sharing this recipe with you. That pungent funky fish smell that hit me in the face when I opened the bottle wasn't detectable in the salad, thank God!
So why add it to this cucumber salad in the first place? This liquid umami adds a signature flavor that is present in many Asian dishes. It's boldness adds an unmistakeable flavor to meats, vegetables and noodles. Because it's fermented the flavor becomes extra intense, so when using it use it with a light hand. Trust me you want to break out the measuring spoons for this stuff, don't just pour it in unless of course you enjoy the flavor of fermented fish.
To balance out the intense flavor of the fish sauce in the vinaigrette for this Crunchy Thai Cucumber Salad there is also lime zest and juice, rice vinegar, garlic powder and honey for sweetness. Once this simple but flavorful dressing is whisked together it's poured all over thinly sliced English cucumbers, red onions, chopped cilantro and a jalapeño for some heat. The final component making this salad extra crunchy are roasted peanuts. Sprinkle the peanuts on just before serving to ensure that they don't get soft because nobody likes a soggy wet nut in their salad. The salad is best eaten the day it is made, but I did enjoy leftovers for lunch the next day although the salad had lost some of it's crunch. This salad is rich with flavor, refreshing and perfect to go alongside your next meal!
In a large bowl toss together all of the salad ingredients.
In a glass measuring cup or small bowl whisk together the vinaigrette.
The salad is best eaten the day it is made to prevent the peanuts from becoming soft.
This sounds amazing! I love the Thai flavors!
I LOVE that you paired the cucumber salad with Thai flavors, Danae! This looks soo good!
Such a fresh flavored salad!


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Nogales International is a newspaper, based in Nogales, Arizona, United States, founded in 1925. It is published on Tuesdays and Fridays and is a division of Wick Communications. Nogales is located on the  U.S.–Mexico border. It is 60 miles south of Tucson, Arizona, and 150 miles south of Phoenix, Arizona. The International also publishes The Weekly Bulletin in Sonoita.

Nogales International reports on issues affecting residents of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, including  Nogales, Rio Rico,  Tumacacori,  Tubac,  Amado,  Patagonia,  Sonoita and  Elgin. Articles about issues and activities in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, are also published.

References

External links
 Nogales International
 The Weekly Bulletin
 Wick Communications

Newspapers published in Arizona
Nogales, Arizona
Twin cities

Publications established in 1925


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Pinocchio, un cœur de bois (Pinocchio) est un téléfilm italo-britannique en deux parties, réalisé par Alberto Sironi en 2008 et diffusé en 2009 sur la Rai Uno.

Résumé

C'est dans un village de Toscane que l'histoire d'un écrivain se réalise par magie : en effet, le pantin de bois, réalisé par le vieux menuisier Geppetto, devient vivant par l'entremise de la fée. Afin de gagner un véritable cœur, Pinocchio devra agir pour le bien. Geppetto découvre la naïveté de l'enfant dès les premières sorties.

Dans la deuxième partie, Pinocchio se retrouve loin de son village natal et rencontre des brigands et d'autres inconnus. Pendant ce temps, Geppetto, qui est persuadé que son fils a fugué par la mer, construit un bateau pour partir à sa recherche. De retour au village, Pinocchio se retrouve seul et finit par suivre Lucignolo au pays des jouets...

Fiche technique
 Titre : Pinocchio, un cœur de bois
 Titre original :
 Durée : 179 minutes (2 parties)

Distribution
Robbie Kay : Pinocchio
Alessandro Gassman : Carlo Collodi
Violante Placido : la fée Turchina
Margherita Buy : Maestrina
Thomas Sangster : Lucignolo (Crapule)
Luciana Littizzetto : le grillon parlant
Joss Ackland : Maestro Ciliegia (Maître Cerise)
Domenico Balsamo : Tamburino
Toni Bertorelli, doublée par Jimmy Hibbert  : le Renard
Biancamaria D'Amato : Elisa (comme Bianca D'Amato)
Francesco Pannofino, doublée par Rupert Degas  : le Chat
Maurizio Donadoni : Mangiafuoco
Bob Hoskins  : Geppetto
Steven Kynman : Harlequin

Article connexe
 Adaptations de Pinocchio au cinéma et à la télévision

Lien externe

Adaptation d'un roman italien à la télévision
Adaptation de Pinocchio à la télévision
Téléfilm britannique des années 2000
Téléfilm italien des années 2000
Téléfilm se déroulant en Italie
Téléfilm diffusé en 2009
Téléfilm diffusé en deux parties


Dr. Keith Holland and others involved with excavating the Civil War steamboat, the Maple Leaf, discuss the importance of recovering the tons of personal effects which went down on April 1, 1864. Some of the recovered artifacts are shown.
Footage of artifacts retrieved from the Maple Leaf.
Raw footage of the diving crew as St. Johns Archaeological Expeditions Inc. (SJAEI) enters the Maple Leaf cargo hold.


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Q: Can this be considered as a simple form of Dependency Injection? While re-factoring a project with the objective of not making it dependent on a concrete type but an abstraction of it I've been faced to the issue that I would need to add a reference to a project which I didn't want to.
So I've sketched the following piece of code which works pretty well :
Usage :
// Old line of code that directly referenced AudioStream
// AudioStream = new AudioStream(value);

// New code that tries to find a concrete implementation of IAudioStream
var type = typeof(IAudioStream);
var implementation = TryFindImplementation<IAudioStream>();
if (implementation == null)
    throw new InvalidOperationException(
        "Could not find an implementation of " + type.Name);
var instance = Activator.CreateInstance(implementation, value);
AudioStream = (IAudioStream)instance;

Method that tries to find a concrete implementation:
private static Type TryFindImplementation<T>()
{
    return (
        from assembly in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
        from type in assembly.GetTypes()
        where typeof(T).IsAssignableFrom(type)
        where type != typeof(T)
        select type)
        .FirstOrDefault();
}

Can this piece of code considered as a very simple form of Dependency Injection ?

A: No. This is not simple, it's quite advanced. The simple way would be passing AudioStream into the method as a parameter.
Your code can be considered as a simple dependency injection framework - and in my opinion there are enough of them and you don't need to write your own.

A: No, that's not Dependency Injection.
Instead, consider injecting either the IAudioStream dependency, or a factory thereof, into your client code.
public class AudioStreamClient
{
    private readonly IAudioStream audioStream;

    public AudiStreamClient(IAudioStream audioStream)
    {
        this.audioStream = audioStream;
    }

    public void DoStuff()
    {
        // use this.audioStream here...
    }
}

Alternatively, if you need a new instance of IAudioStream every time DoStuff executes, consider injecting an Abstract Factory instead.
However, be mindful that this might be a Leaky Abstraction, and a better alternative is to create an Adapter that manages the object's lifetime for you.

A: It looks like a limited Service Locator implementation. Activator.CreateInstance will throw an exception if there is no default constructor for the type you are trying to instantiate. Any decent container can handle this functionality and you could use constructor injection for all of your types.
If you can't or don't want to use an DI container, make sure that it's tested well.

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Home Uncategorized Thousands Flee Isolated Eritrea to Escape Life of Conscription and Poverty!!
Thousands Flee Isolated Eritrea to Escape Life of Conscription and Poverty!!
By mdrebahri -
ADI-HARUSH CAMP, Ethiopia - A woman prays beside an Orthodox Church located inside Adi-Harush Camp at dawn. Ethiopia hosts tens of thousands Eritrean refugees, many of whom spend only a few months at camps like Adi-Harush before pursuing the long and perilous route to Europe via Sudan and Libya. (Nichole Sobecki for The Wall Street Journal)
An Eritrean woman prays at dawn beside an Orthodox Church at Adi-Harush refugee camp in Ethiopia.
Issayas Afeworki Dictatorship Fuels RefugeeCrisis.
By Matina Stevis and Joe Parkinson | Photos by Nichole Sobecki
ASMARA, Eritrea—On a cool March evening soon after his 16th birthday, Binyam Abraham waited until his mother and young siblings were sleeping and slipped away to begin the long trek toward Eritrea's southern border.
With his father trapped in open-ended military service that would soon snare him, too, Binyam walked for 19 hours without food or water to reach Ethiopia. He made a choice 5,000 of his countrymen make each month, by a United Nations estimate: to flee Eritrea and brave the world's deadliest migrant trail, across the Sahara and the Mediterranean to Europe.
They leave behind one of the world's fastest-emptying nations: a country of about 4.5 million on the Horn of Africa, governed by a secretive dictatorship accused of human-rights violations that is playing an outsize role in the biggest global migration crisis since World War II.
Eritrean women gather water at a community point in Adi-Harush Camp, one of the refugee camps in Ethiopia where people fleeing Eritrea stay, for months or sometimes years, before paying smugglers to take them to Europe.
"I didn't tell my mother before I left, but I didn't have a choice," Binyam said, sitting in a mud-brick shack at Adi-Harush, a refugee camp in the foothills of Ethiopia's Simien Mountains that has become ground zero for Eritrea's exodus. Flanked by five young friends, all planning to brave the same dangerous journey, he said: "I have to go to Europe so I can help my family."
Attention is focused, amid the intensifying migration crisis, on Syrians fleeing civil war and making a dramatic run to Europe. Yet by some measures, the exodus from the smaller Eritrea is more extreme. From the start of 2012 to the middle of this year, 1 in 50 Eritreans sought asylum in Europe, nearly twice the ratio of Syrians, based on data from the European Union statistical service Eurostat.
The U.N. estimates that 400,000 Eritreans—9% of the population—have fled in recent years, not counting those who died or were stranded en route.
On the rickety smuggling boats crossing the Mediterranean, Eritreans comfortably outnumber other nationalities. More than a quarter of the 132,000 migrants arriving in Italy between January and September were Eritreans, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Eritreans accounted for a majority of the 3,000 people who have drowned in the Mediterranean this year, humanitarian agencies say.
Despite this toll, emigration here is accelerating. The number of Eritreans seeking asylum in Europe quadrupled from 2011 to 46,000 last year. The exodus is catapulting the African country to the center of a divisive EU debate over which nations' migrants should be granted refugee status, as the bloc struggles to respond to the wave from Syria.
The Eritreans flee one of the world's most isolated nations, governed under emergency rule since a war with Ethiopia in 1998. Eritrea earlier fought a 30-year struggle for independence from Ethiopia, which is 20 times its size.
This David-and-Goliath dynamic has spurred Eritrea to maintain a state of emergency for 17 years, officials in Asmara said—suspending political, economic and social progress for the sake of national security.
An Eritrean woman and her young son outside their hut in Adi-Harush refugee camp in Ethiopia, a country that hosts tens of thousands of Eritreans who have fled their harsh and poor country and hope to make the journey to Europe.
A June U.N. report accused the regime, led by former rebel commander Isaias Afewerki, of "crimes against humanity" targeting its own population, including torture, mass surveillance and indefinite military conscription that amounts to a form of slavery. The government said the report, based on interviews done outside the country, was biased and false.
Eritrea is also under U.N. sanctions on a charge of supporting al Qaeda-linked terrorism in Somalia. In Eritrea, which is evenly split between Christians and Muslims, the government denies the charge.
Eritreans have been welcomed as refugees by EU governments since the 1980s, when they were fighting for independence against a Communist government in Ethiopia, according to the International Organization for Migration. But EU officials and migration experts say that now, Europe's visceral debate over migration is pushing governments to reconsider that stance.
African asylum seekers are already being sidelined, say migration policy makers from the U.N. and other organizations.
"While Syrians are fleeing an obviously terrible and documented civil war, Eritreans are fleeing abuses which to the rest of the world are largely invisible because of the regime's secretiveness," said Kristina Touzenis, head of the of the Migration Law Unit of the International Organization for Migration, or IOM.
In some countries, a policy shift has begun. The U.K. in the second quarter of this year cut the number of Eritrean asylum seekers accepted to 29% of applicants from 77% in the previous quarter.
The secrecy of Eritrea's government, which expelled foreign correspondents in 2008, makes it difficult to document forces behind the exodus.
Seen on a rare trip by a Wall Street Journal reporter to Asmara—Eritrea's showpiece capital famed for the fading grandeur of its Italian architecture—the slow pace of life contrasted with the region's buzzing and chaotic metropolises. Residents gathered at cafes or loitered under modernist facades. Staples like milk were in short supply.
Refugees from Eritrea staying at Adi-Harush camp in Ethiopia and other such camps use their smartphones to stay in touch with their families back home and with friends along the smuggling trail to Europe.
Eritrean officials say asylum seekers exaggerate hardships and leave because Europeans grant them refugee status. "If people feel that if you get to Europe asylum is easy, that's a pull factor," said Information Minister Yemane Ghebre Meskel.
Indefinite conscription and isolation are necessary, he said, because the country remains effectively at war with Ethiopia, which he said occupies Eritrean territory in violation of a U.N.-sponsored peace agreement. Ethiopia denies that any land it controls belongs to Eritrea.
Eritreans abroad say they are pushed to leave by conscription that enlists every man and woman in the military during their last year of high school. Last week, 10 Eritrean soccer players who were in Botswana for a match defected there. Some Eritrean refugees fled to Israel through the Sinai Desert until Israel erected a fence there. This week, an Eritrean man was killed in Israel when attacked by a mob who mistook him for an assailant at an earlier bus-stop attack.
Teenagers are inducted at the Sawa military base, get four months of training, then take an exam that determines whether they are put in active service or allowed to continue their education as reservists. Around two-thirds are immediately mobilized as soldiers. But all remain conscripts, often for decades. They are locked in a system that pays a monthly stipend of 500 nakfa, about $10 on the black market, and forbidden to leave the country.
Eritrean officials said they are in the process of introducing a pay scale that better rewards educated and more experienced conscripts.
"A lot of our population, especially the young, were forced to be engaged in the defense of the country rather than in the productive sector," said Hagos Ghebrehiwet, the ruling party economics chief. "Our land is occupied, and the international community is not doing anything."
Officials say the exodus has one upside for the impoverished nation: hard currency. Money from the expanding diaspora provides a badly needed boost to the economy.
In late September, dozens of emigrants who had secured citizenship and livelihoods in Europe, offering protection from the Eritrean regime's policies, were sipping macchiatos at Asmara's Cinema Roma cafe, preparing to return to Northern European capitals after vacationing with family. The appearance of a leisurely pace of life in Asmara contrasts to testimonies of abuse, especially in more remote and hard-to-reach areas.
On one cafe table, a 70-year-old Eritrean visiting from Stockholm drank coffee with his 17-year-old nephew from Asmara. They declined to give their names, saying they were "just ordinary Eritreans," but the youth said he wanted to be a doctor and had plans to join a relative who is a surgeon in Germany. Inside the grand hall of the Cinema, a 1930s bar served Negroni cocktails to a group of young women, impeccably manicured, who spoke among themselves in German.
The IOM says the presence of wealthier migrant relatives spurs the exodus by reinforcing the notion that emigration is a path to freedom and wealth.
"It's a dilemma for the government," Mr. Ghebre Meskel said: "On the one hand, they come up with whatever stories they like to obtain asylum. But they support their families, there are remittances."
A hundred miles south, some of the 113,000 refugees waiting in refugee camps at the start of their journeys to Europe said they felt little choice but to flee.
In Adi-Harush camp, a patchwork of concrete huts and muddy tracks in a mountainous region, more than 20 residents spoke of their hope to escape Eritrea's conscription and its economic and social breakdown. The camp is a staging ground for the trek to Europe, but refugees here have yet to confront the rigors of the journey ahead.
In the huts, groups gather to plot travel plans and track friends' progress on cellphones. Several times a week, crowds pay a few cents to squeeze into corrugated steel shacks to watch one aspirational image of the prosperity of Europe on TV: the English soccer league.
Refugees say the camp houses a sophisticated network of Eritrean and Ethiopian smugglers who can organize journeys if residents have the money.
Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/eritreans-flee-conscription-and-poverty-adding-to-the-migrant-crisis-in-europe-1445391364
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A new licensing agreement with Universal Studios Japan has given Figurama the green light to create a lifelike depiction of the "Hellsing Ultimate" anime storyline. Employed by the mysterious Hellsing Organization, Alucard is a ferocious hunter of paranormal foes who delights in torturing enemies with his extensive arsenal of supernatural abilities.
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STARS WEEKLY (WEEK 26)
Texas Plays Final Three-in-Three of the Regular Season
2012-13 Record: 39-17-5-6, 89 points (18-9-2-5 Home, 21-8-3-1 Road), First Place – South Division
Week 25 Recap:
The Stars are closing in on becoming first team in the Western Conference to clinch a spot in the 2013 Calder Cup Playoffs. Texas began its week 25 action with a wild 7-6 overtime win over the Houston Aeros last Tuesday night at Toyota Center. It was the sixth and final regular season trip to Houston for the Stars and there was plenty of offense between two teams known for their exceptional defense. After Jason Zucker gave the Aeros an early 1-0 lead, Justin Dowling and Matt Fraser scored to put Texas on top 2-1 after one period. Maxime Fortunus and Reilly Smith sandwiched goals around a Steven Kampfer strike for Houston as the Stars carried a comfortable 4-2 lead into the final 20 minutes. That two-goal lead disintegrated in the first five minutes of the third period. Justin Fontaine scored just 3:28 into the frame and Brett Bulmer scored on a penalty shot two minutes later to tie the game The Aeros took a 5-4 lead at 11:11 on a goal by David McIntyre, but Dowling responded with his second goal of the night to tie the game at five. Just 55 seconds after Dowling's goal, Tyler Sloan gave Texas a 6-5 lead, but, with their goaltender pulled for an extra attacker, Houston's Mikael Granlund tied the game in the final minute of regulation. At 3:17 of overtime Dowling executed a magnificent cross-crease pass to set up Alex Chiasson's game-winning goal.
Texas returned to the Cedar Park Center on Saturday to face the Midwest Division-leading Grand Rapids Griffins for the fourth and final time of the 2012-13 regular season. For the 41st time in 67 games this year the Stars allowed the first goal as Jan Mursak put the Griffins in the lead at 14:16 of the first period. The lead lasted all of 87 seconds before Justin Dowling fired home his own rebound to tie the game. In the dying moments of the first period Texas pulled ahead 2-1 when Colton Sceviour raced down the right wing and centered the puck to Travis Morin right at the top of the crease. Morin redirected the pass into the top left corner of the net with just 7.4 seconds left in the period for his eighth goal of the year. After a scoreless second period, leading scorer Matt Fraser notched his AHL-leading 33rd goal of the season when he beat Grand Rapids goaltender Petr Mrazek at 13:37 of the third period. The goal was also Fraser's league-leading 17th power play goal and it gave the Stars a 3-1 lead. Texas rookie Jack Campbell turned in his finest performance of the season with a stellar 42-save effort, a career-high, to record his 16th win of the year.
Week 26 Preview:
The NHL trade deadline made quite an impact this week for both the Dallas Stars and the Texas Stars. On Tuesday Dallas traded away forwards Jaromir Jagr (Boston) and Derek Roy (Vancouver), both of whom will be unrestricted free agents this summer, and also dealt young forward Tomas Vincour (Colorado). In exchange for the three players, the Stars received both draft picks and young prospects. Additionally, Dallas made a slew of roster moves on Tuesday and Wednesday, rearranging its roster to accommodate the trades and the NHL rules which dictated which players will be eligible to be sent back to Texas for the AHL playoffs. After the dust had settled, Dallas had recalled forwards Tom Wandell, Matt Fraser and Alex Chiasson, while sending down forwards Francis Wathier, Toby Petersen, and Reilly Smith and defenseman Jordie Benn, Kevin Connauton and Cameron Gaunce to Texas. Dallas also assigned highly touted draft pick Brett Ritchie (RW) to the AHL Stars and Texas signed forwards Brock Montgomery and Curtis McKenzie (LW) to amateur tryout contracts (ATO). Due to new NHL rules this season that do not allow NHL teams to send players down to their AHL affiliate if they were not on the AHL roster when the NHL trade deadline passed, Dallas made two paper transactions on Wednesday, sending Fraser and Chiasson down to Texas before the 2:00 p.m. CT deadline and then calling them back up shortly after so they could play for Dallas that night in Anaheim.
This week the Stars will play their final three-in-three weekend of the 2012-13 season. Texas will finish their current three-game home stand with contests on Friday April 5th against the Oklahoma City Barons and Saturday, April 6th against the Hamilton Bulldogs. The Stars will then hit the road on Sunday, April 7th for a 3:30 p.m. game against the San Antonio Rampage at AT&T Center. Friday night's game begins at 7:30 p.m. and it is another Texas Lottery Lucky Section Night, a $3 Beer Night and the fifth Texas Stars Player Magnet Giveaway. Saturday's game is slated for a 7:00 p.m. faceoff and features another Family Four Pack Night and the Stars Car Windshield Sun Shade Giveaway.
Left wing Reilly Smith (12-17-29) ranks sixth on the team in points and is on a five-game assist and point streak, with eight points (2 goals, 6 assists) and a +9 rating during that span. Center Justin Dowling is tied for the team lead in game-winning goals (4), is tied for third in goals and has four points (3 goals, 1 assist) and a +4 rating in his last two games. Center Taylor Vause (4-13-17) has five points (2 goals, 3 assists) and a +2 rating in his last three games. Defenseman Jamie Oleksiak (6-25-31) leads the team in plus-minus (+20), is tied for second in assists, ranks fifth in points and has five points (3 goals, 2 assists) and a +2 rating in his last five games.
Week 26 Schedule:
(All games are broadcast LIVE over the Internet at www.TexasStarsHockey.com and the free Radio tab of www.ahllive.com and can be viewed via internet pay-per-view video on www.ahllive.com. All times listed in Central Time)
Friday, April 5 – 7:30 p.m. – Cedar Park Center – Cedar Park, TX
vs. Oklahoma City Barons (33-23-2-8, 76 pts.)
Fourth Place, South Division
• Team Notes: The Barons are deeply engaged in a fierce eight-team battle for the final four playoff spots in the Western Conference. Oklahoma City currently sits in fourth place in the South Division and in seventh in the Conference, but have the most games (10) remaining of any team in the AHL. The Barons are on a five-game point streak (4-0-0-1) and have going 6-2-0-2 in their last 10 games. Oklahoma City has won three-straight games and has out-scored its opponents 15-6 during the streak. Forward Anton Lander posted a stunning six-point game (3 goals, 3 assists) last Saturday (March 30th) at Rockford and was named the AHL's Player of the Week for Week 25. Texas is 4-6-0-1 against Oklahoma City this season and Friday's contest with the 12th and final meeting between the two clubs in the 2012-13 regular season. After playing the Stars on Friday night, the Barons will return home for a two-game weekend series with the Chicago Wolves. The two-game set against Chicago could be a crucial weekend for both teams' playoff aspirations.
• Leading Scorer: Mark Arcobello (C) – 56 points (20 goals, 36 assists) and an Even rating in 64 GP.
• Leading Goaltender: Yann Danis (G) – 2.83 GAA, 0.905 save pct., 20-14-5, 0 SO in 39 GP.
• Who's Hot: LW Toni Rajala (11-23-34) ranks fourth on the team in assists, is tied for fourth in points and has eight points (2 goals, 6 assists) and a +7 rating in his last five games. LW Teemu Hartikainen (13-19-32) ranks sixth on the team in points and has five points (2 goals, 3 assists) and a +5 rating in his last two games. D Brandon Davidson (2-3-5) is on a three-game point streak with three points (2 goals, 1 assist) and a +5 rating during that span. RW Jonathan Cheechoo (10-15-25) is on a two-game goal streak and has four points (2 goals, 2 assists) and a +2 rating in his last five games.
Saturday, April 6 – 7:00 p.m. – Cedar Park Center – Cedar Park, TX
vs. Hamilton Bulldogs (26-35-1-5, 58 pts.)
Fifth Place, North Division
• Team Notes: Hamilton ranks 15th in the Western Conference and has the lowest point total in the AHL. The Bulldogs are 2-7-0-0 in their last night games as they head to Texas. Hamilton began its four-game South Division road trip on Tuesday with a 4-1 loss at Oklahoma City. The Bulldogs will play the Texas Triangle this weekend, traveling to San Antonio on Friday, to Texas on Saturday and to Houston on Sunday. Saturday's game is the second and final meeting of the regular season between Texas and Hamilton. The Bulldogs beat the Stars 2-1 at Copps Coliseum on February 9th. The Stars led 1-0 and then scored on its own net from the other end of the ice during a delayed penalty. Hamilton rookie defenseman Greg Pateryn broke the tie late in the third period to win the game. Texas is 1-4-1-1 all-time vs. the Bulldogs. The Stars have never beat Hamilton at Cedar Park Center, going 0-1-1-1 in three prior games.
• Leading Scorer: Gabriel Dumont (C) – 31 points (16 goals, 15 assists) and -2 in 55 GP.
• Leading Goaltender: Dustin Tokarski (G) – 2.27 GAA, 0.913 save pct., 23-14-4, 6 SO in 45 GP.
• Who's Hot: RW Alex Belzile (2-4-6) has six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in his first six games since joining Hamilton. C Joey Tenute (8-13-21) ranks sixth on the team in points and has four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in his last five games. D Jarred Tinordi (2-11-13) has two assists in his last two games. C Louis Leblanc (9-7-16) is fourth on the team in goals and has three assists in his last three games.
Sunday, April 7 – 3:30 p.m. – AT&T Center – San Antonio, TX
@ San Antonio Rampage (29-31-1-6, 65 pts.)
Fifth Place, South Division
• Team Notes: Sunday's matchup in San Antonio will be the first of three games between the Rampage and Stars in 10 days, all at AT&T Center. Texas is 7-0-1-1 this season against San Antonio, taking 16 of a possible 18 points, a 0.889 point percentage. The Rampage play at Houston on Thursday night, then host Hamilton on Friday night before finishing off their week by hosting the Stars. San Antonio is currently in 14th place in the Western Conference and sits 10 points behind the final playoff spot with nine games left in their season schedule. Heading into this week's action the Rampage are 2-5-0-1 in their last eight games.
• Leading Scorer: Jon Rheault (RW) – 41 points (20 goals, 21 assists) and -4 in 58 GP.
• Leading Goaltender: Dov Grumet-Morris (G) – 2.92 GAA, 0.910 save pct., 12-16-4, 2 SO in 35 GP.
• Who's Hot: RW Jack Combs (10-12-22) has eight points (5 goals, 3 assists) and a +4 rating in nine games with San Antonio since being traded from Bridgeport; he has four points (3 goals, 1 assist) and a +2 rating in his last three games. RW Jon Rheault (20-21-41) leads the team in goals and points, ranks second in assists and has three goals in his last four games. D Zach Miskovic (5-9-14) has three points (1 goal, 2 assists) in his last four games.
Week 25 Game Results:
March 26, 2013 Texas 7 @ Houston 6 – OT
March 30, 2013 Grand Rapids 1 @ Texas 3
Stars Player of the Week: (Week 25)
Justin Dowling – LW – #10 2 GP, 4 Points (3 G, 1 A), +4, 0 PIMs
Texas Stars center Justin Dowling continued his strong AHL season by posting four points (3 goals, 1 assist) and a massive plus-four rating in two games in Week 25. The Cochrane, Alberta native began the week with a stellar three-point effort by scoring two goals and recording the game-winning assist as he set up Alex Chiasson's overtime-winner on Tuesday at Houston. Dowling followed up his big game against the Aeros with his 13th goal of the season on Saturday, sparking a 3-1 come-from-behind win over the high-powered Grand Rapids Griffins at Cedar Park Center. Since joining Texas in mid-January, Dowling has been averaging close to a point-per-game, recording 22 points (13 goals, 9 assists) in 29 games. He is currently tied for the team lead in game-winning goals (4), ranks second in shooting percentage (17.3%) and is tied for third in goals (13).
Stars Quick Hits:
• FRANCHISE LEADER – LW Matt Fraser scored his AHL-leading 33rd goal during Saturday's 3-1 win over Grand Rapids. The third period strike was also his league-leading 17th power play goal and it was his 70th career AHL goal in his 135th career AHL game. The Red Deer, Alberta native has become the Texas Stars all-time leader in goals, while Colton Sceviour (64), Travis Morin (63), Francis Wathier (59) and Greg Rallo (46) round out the Top Five.
• CAREER-HIGH – G Jack Campbell set a career mark by making 42 saves on 43 shots in Saturday's 3-1 win over Grand Rapids. It was the most saves by the rookie from Port Huron, Michigan in his young pro career and it was also the most saves and shots faced by a Texas goaltender during the 2012-13 season. The Stars club record for most saves in one game is 44; a feat accomplished three times, twice by Brent Krahn and once by Tyler Beskorowany.
• ANOTHER CENTURY MARK – Just three games after LW Matt Fraser recorded his 100th career professional point, the Stars leading scorer notched his 100th career AHL point with his 32nd goal of the year Tuesday night at Houston. Fraser has 101 points (70 goals, 31 assists) in 137 career AHL games and is averaging 0.74 points per game at the AHL level.
• COMEBACK KIDS – Texas has posted an incredible 20-15-5-1 record when allowing the first goal this season, including falling behind in both games of Week 25 and coming back to win both. The Stars have allowed the first goal in 41 of their 67 games (61.2%) and yet they still have the most points in the AHL.
• MILESTONE GAME – Left wing Mike Hedden played in his 250th career pro game on Saturday vs. Grand Rapids. The Dunnville, Ontario native has 146 points (80 goals, 66 assists) and 248 penalty minutes over his four-year pro career, including 127 career AHL games.
• FRANCHISE FIRST – The Texas Stars allowed their first ever road penalty shot goal on Tuesday at Houston. Aeros forward Brett Bulmer scored at 5:14 of the third period in a game that was eventually won by the Stars 7-6. The penalty shot goal was the first allowed by Texas away from Cedar Park Center in its four-year history. It was the third penalty shot goal allowed by the Stars in club history and just the second road penalty shot attempt. Texas has allowed three penalty shot goals on seven all-time penalty shots against. The Stars have never scored a penalty shot goal away on the road.
• HOLDING THE LEAD – Texas has a record of 28-0-0-1 this season when leading after two periods of play. The Stars are one of just three AHL teams without a regulation or overtime loss when leading after forty minutes of play, sharing the distinction with Norfolk (19-0-0-1) and Albany (19-0-0-2).
• ANOTHER FIRST – Rookie right wing Alex Chiasson made his NHL debut with Dallas on Wednesday night against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center. The St. Augustin, Quebec native is the 14th player this season to play games for both Texas and Dallas. The others are Cody Eakin, Antoine Roussel, Reilly Smith, Jordie Benn, Brenden Dillon, Jamie Oleksiak, Colton Sceviour, Matt Fraser, Toby Petersen, Francis Wathier, Tom Wandell, Richard Bachman and Cristopher Nilstorp.
• APPROACHING STARS MILESTONES: D Mike Commodore needs 1 assist for his 150th career pro assist. LW Luke Gazdic is 2 GP away from his 250th career AHL game. D Gord Baldwin needs 3 GP to reach his 350th pro game. C Justin Dowling is 2 points away from his 100th career pro point. C Travis Morin needs 3 points for his 200th career AHL point and 3 assists for his 250th career pro assist. C Toby Petersen needs 4 points for his 450th career pro point. LW Mike Hedden is 4 points shy of his 150th pro point. D Maxime Fortunus is 1 goal away from his 50th career AHL goal and 8 GP away from his 700th pro game.
Stars Week 25 & 26 Transactions
April 3 – DELETE – Alex Chiasson (RW) – Recalled from loan by Dallas (NHL).
April 3 – DELETE – Matt Fraser (LW) – Recalled from loan by Dallas (NHL).
April 3 – ADD – Colton Sceviour (RW) – Returned on loan from Dallas (NHL).
April 3 – ADD – Curtis McKenzie (LW) – Signed to ATO.
April 3 – ADD – Jordie Benn (D) – Returned on loan from Dallas (NHL).
April 3 – ADD – Matt Fraser (LW) – Returned on loan from Dallas (NHL).
April 3 – ADD – Alex Chiasson (RW) – Returned on loan from Dallas (NHL).
April 2 – ADD – Bretton Cameron (RW) – Signed to SPC.
April 2 – DELETE – Bretton Cameron (RW) – Released from PTO.
April 2 – ADD – Brock Montgomery (RW) – Signed to ATO.
April 2 – ADD – Cameron Gaunce (D) – Loaned from Dallas (NHL).
April 2 – DELETE – Colton Sceviour (RW) – Recalled from loan by Dallas (NHL).
April 2 – ADD – Francis Wathier (LW) – Returned on loan from Dallas (NHL).
April 2 – ADD – Kevin Connauton (D) – Loaned from Dallas (NHL).
April 2 – ADD – Reilly Smith (LW) – Returned on loan from Dallas (NHL).
April 2 – DELETE – Tom Wandell (C) – Recalled from loan by Dallas (NHL).
April 2 – DELETE – Tomas Vincour (RW) – Recalled from loan by Dallas (NHL) and traded to Colorado (NHL).
April 2 – ADD – Tomas Vincour (RW) – Returned on loan from Dallas (NHL).
April 1 – ADD – Brett Ritchie (RW) – Reassigned by Dallas (NHL) from Niagara (OHL).
April 1 – DELETE – Francis Wathier (LW) – Recalled from loan by Dallas (NHL).
April 1 – DELETE – Hubert Labrie (D) – Reassigned by Dallas (NHL) to Idaho (ECHL).
April 1 – DELETE – Josh Robinson (G) – Returned on loan to Idaho (ECHL).
April 1 – ADD – Toby Petersen (C) – Returned on loan from Dallas (NHL).
March 30 – DELETE – Toby Petersen (C) – Recalled from loan by Dallas (NHL).
March 27 – DELETE – Reilly Smith (LW) – Recalled from loan by Dallas (NHL).
March 26 – DELETE – Austin Fyten (LW) – Released from PTO, returned to Idaho (ECHL).
March 26 – ADD – Joe Morrow (D) – Loaned from Dallas (NHL).
March 26 – ADD – Reilly Smith (LW) – Returned on loan by Dallas (NHL).
Texas Stars Team Leaders:
Games Played: Toby Petersen (65)
Goals: Matt Fraser (33)
Assists: Colton Sceviour (26)
Points: Matt Fraser (46)
Plus/Minus: Jamie Oleksiak (+20)
Penalty Minutes: Antoine Roussel (107)
Power Play Goals: Matt Fraser (17)
Short Handed Goals: Colton Sceviour (4)
Game-Winning Goals: Justin Dowling & Colton Sceviour (4)
Shots: Matt Fraser (182)
Shooting Percentage: Matt Fraser (18.1%)
Saves: Cristopher Nilstorp (723)
Wins: Cristopher Nilstorp (18)
GAA: Cristopher Nilstorp (2.27)
Save Percentage: Richard Bachman (0.920)
Shutouts: Cristopher Nilstorp (4)
The Texas Stars continue their three-game home stand on Friday April 5th against the Oklahoma City Barons for a 7:30 p.m. faceoff at Cedar Park Center. Friday's game against the Barons is another Texas Lottery Lucky Section Night, a $3 Beer Night and the fifth Texas Stars Player Magnet Giveaway. 2013-14 Season Tickets are now on sale. Put your deposit for 2013-14 season tickets and receive priority for both Texas Stars 2013 Calder Cup playoff tickets and 2013-14 season seat selection. For more information on Texas Stars season tickets call (512) GO-STARS (467-8277) or visit www.TexasStarsHockey.com.


Allan MacGregor has a post today talking about a handy tool he uses in his development to have multiple versions of PHP running side-by-side: PHPFarm.
If you have been working with PHP for a while, chances are that you have come across with a project, extension or script that requires to be tested on multiple PHP versions, for simple CLI scripts this seems easy enough but what happens when you are working with complex applications, developing for frameworks or multiple versions of them? [...] This setup can quickly become cumbersome and it is not easily scalable. [...] Getting multiple PHP versions running side by side can be challenging and over the year devs have released multiple solutions like PHPEnv or the new , personally I use PHPFarm.
He walks you through the installation and configuration of the tool. He also shows you how to get a few different versions of PHP installed, including custom configuration files. He also includes a bit at the end of the post about getting it all to work with Apache (via mod_fastcgi and some custom configuration changes).
On the Leaseweb Labs blog there's a recent post looking at using the POC framework to work with flexible output caching. The tool makes it easy to create a new object and push cache content into it, automatically caching the data to sources like the file system, a Redis instance or a MongoDB database.
Last year at the Symfony conference in Paris I have heard a really good quote: "There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things" - Phil Karlton. I agree with it and it gave me a boost to keep evolving the concept.
He includes an introduction to the caching features of the framework complete with sample code showing first how to cache to the default file system and a more complex example that uses unique caches and page blacklists. Other features planned for the caching tool include edge-side includes, using Twig for templating and statistics recorded to a database.
On his blog today Shameer Chamal has a new post about a framework he's recently developed an appreciation for (he calls it "awesome" in fact) - Kohana.
In this article we will discuss some important features of Kohana, a promising and the sexiest community driven php framework. This article is pretty basic and intended to instigate those who are still not familiar with this framework. One of the problem with this framework is the lack of well organized documentation. Anyway there are many useful resources available and I have mentioned some of them at the end of this article.
He talks about some of the things he likes best about the framework including its HMVC (hierarchical Model view controller) support allowing you to cascade files down, allowing overrides at any level (good illustration here). He also talks about the scalability it offers and how, because of the HMVC functionality, you can split things up into interchangeable parts that can be pulled in based on the situation. Other features briefly mentioned include easy configuration, security and the exception handling and profiling.
Adam Jensen has written up a new article today on how you can use the Zend_Auth component of the Zend Framework to authenticate your users in a few different ways based on a strategy selected.
For this example, we're going to allow our users to authenticate in one of multiple ways: e.g., against a database table, against an LDAP server, or by OpenID . Zend_Auth already provides the necessary authentication adapters, so what we'll be concerned with here is how to implement all three systems without ending up in an FSUC situation.
He defines the code for the basic controller and a simple view that allows the user to select how they want to log in - email/password, username/password or OpenID. The model does all of the heavy lifting by letting the controller set the authentication type (strategy) and pulling in the correct Zend_Form instance along with its validation rules. Code is also included for the model and each of these.
Chris Hartjes continues his series looking at converting over legacy applications into a CakePHP environment with this third part, a focus on what can be one of the hardest parts - separating out business logic and presentation logic.
Anyway, onto other matters. As you saw in parts 1 and 2, a bug part in having a successful transition from legacy app to CakePHP is having an environment that is well suited to the use of a framework. Having laid out the groundwork for that switchover, it's time to talk about the part of a refactoring or porting that is most difficult: separating your business logic from your display logic.
He talks about fat models, skinny controllers and flexible views with some code to illustrate each. This method makes the models do most of the work while the controllers are more of a go-between for them and the views. The views, then, are pliable enough to work with whatever data might be thrown at them.
In a new blog post today Evert Pot shares some of his thoughts on integrating the Zend implementation of the OpenID protocol, Zend_OpenId, into his application.
He mentions some of both sides of the argument - (the good) the flexibility of the library to work with different backend storage methods and (the bad) the requirements it has for the Zend Framework sessions system for authentication.
In an effort to breathe as much life into an old bit of software he was having to update, Harry Roberts worked up a list of things that he sees can make things a bit more "programmer friendly" when it comes to using classes, methods and interfaces in your code.
The "Doc Comments" is pretty obvious, but some of the others need a bit more explaining. Being flexible with your parameters is more about requiring the least from a developer, "entry contracts" being the restrictions to let the developer know what you're expecting and refactoring commonly used functionality into a easy, single point of contact.
Last we checked, PHP IS a framework.
According to Akash Mehta in this new post on the SitePoint PHP blog, all of the frameworks out there aren't really needed because "last we checked, PHP IS a framework".
Now, consider the "average" PHP frameworks. They help you handle request data, manage your output, control app flow - essentially, extending PHP's inbuilt functionality. They are, therefore, PHP frameworks on the PHP framework. PHP provides a vast array (pardon the pun) of functionality out of the box. But when you want to do things your way, it gets out of the way, and this is really important when building anything beyond a simple database frontend.
He suggests that PHP is a "half framework" on its own, providing quick an easy methods and functionality to build up applications. He gives an example of Twitter (and really, who isn't picking on them these days) and how it probably could have avoided a lot of the issues it is seeing if it had gone with something a bit more efficient and flexible.
Be sure to check out the comments for some other great opinions from the community.


Clusterone today announced the close of a $2 million funding round to help data scientists and businesses automate and optimize infrastructure management necessary to deploy AI systems and carry out machine learning workflows.
The platform can operate with both on-premise servers and popular public cloud computing platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Clusterone is made particularly to take infrastructure management responsibilities out of the hands of IT teams so they can focus on making AI models instead of basic DevOps tasks.
Using the latest software and up-to-date containers and intelligent tracking of resource utilization and things like spot instances can help businesses significantly reduce their cloud computing costs, CEO and cofounder Mohsen Hejrati told VentureBeat in a phone interview.
The platform acts as middleware and is especially geared for businesses that have yet to determine if their AI should operate from on-premise servers or in the cloud, he said.
The Clusterone platform allows users to utilize anywhere from a single node to distributed learning across dozens of processing units to train and deploy AI models.
In addition to DevOps management, Clusterone wants to be a single platform for machine learning teams within companies to collaborate or work on selecting the best AI models and data collection approaches possible.
Clusterone is one of a short list of companies to participate in the Allen Institute for AI Incubator, which branched off from the AI research institute in January 2017. In addition to working with early-stage companies, the incubator works with large corporations, and operates a residency program for talented technologists.
Hiring highly paid talent and having them manage your server infrastructure is a waste of their time and talent, sort of like making LeBron James mop the court before a basketball game, Allen Institute incubator director Jacob Colker told VentureBeat in a phone interview.
Other startups that took part in the incubator include Xnor.ai and Kitt.ai, which was acquired by Baidu in 2017.
The Allen AI Institute was founded four years ago by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen and Oren Etzioni to explore things like bringing common-sense intelligence to deep learning. Since then, the institute has published about 175 research papers.
Clusterone was founded in October 2016 and is based in Seattle. The company has 18 employees and offices in San Francisco, Toronto, Canada, and Gdansk, Poland.


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Belarus received four new Russian Yak-130 combat and training aircraft
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November 23 at the airfield in Lida (Grodno region) took place the solemn events dedicated to the awarding of the personnel of the 116th assault airbase four new Russian combat training aircraft Yak-130, reported naviny.by.
Oleg Dvigalev, Chief of the Air Force and Air Defense Command of the Belarusian army, presented the logbooks for the aircraft to the air base technicians. The officer remarked that the acquisition of another four Yak-130 aircraft will allow Belarusian pilots and cadets to further improve their skills of flying 4++ generation aircraft. It was the second batch of the Yak-130 aircraft transferred to the Belarusian army. The first batch of four Yak-130 aircraft was handed over in 2015. In addition to making piloting training plans the aircraft will allow practicing combat operations.
Yak-130 is classified as a light attack aircraft. This is why plans have been made to use these aircraft as part of the exercises that will be held in 2016-2017 and will involve other units of the Belarusian army. The aircraft are supposed to provide aerial support to troops on the ground, for instance, by helping to block illegally armed groups.
According to Belarus Air Force and Air Defense Forces commander major general Oleg Dvigalev, the country has signed two contracts to acquire Russian Yakolev Yak-130 Mitten trainer / strike aircraft, the BelTA news agency reported.
The new Yak-130s are expected to replace the entire Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatross in Belorussian service by 2020.
Around 12 L-39ZA aircraft are operated by the Belarusian Air Force's 1/12 Training Squadron for different stages of pilot training.
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