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Silverlight is a graphical toolkit for providing advanced visual displays and animation in web pages, using C# ASP .NET. The Silverlight API contains a flexible list of graph and chart controls, used for visualizing a vast array of data. As the Silverlight graph and chart controls are highly flexible, they provide the ability to apply custom styles and effects, changing the appearance of standard chart, graph, and grid controls.
In this tutorial, we'll walk through creating a C# ASP .NET Silverlight web application for visualizing financial stock market data. Our Silverlight graph will display dividend amounts paid for a specific stock, equity, or bond over time. Our graphs will actually model a similar style to the Google Analytics chart display, providing an easy and modern way to view financial data. The dividend data will be retrieved using a WCF Windows Communication Foundation web service, which in turn, utilizes a strategy design pattern for reading data.
Silverlight Chart Visualizing Stock Dividends
Starting Off with Some Silverlight XAML
Before getting into the details behind retrieving stock market financial data, we'll focus on developing the Silverlight graph user-interface in C# ASP .NET. Silverlight graphs are fairly easy to implement and quite powerful for styling. The Silverlight API provides a large amount of flexibility for styling the grid, graph, and controls to achieve a particular look and feel. To get started, we'll need to define several libraries in our initial UserControl tag.
<UserControl x:Class="DividendGraph.MainPage"
mc:Ignorable="d" xmlns:chartingToolkit="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization.Charting;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization.Toolkit" xmlns:dataInput="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Data.Input" Height="300" Width="668" xmlns:charting="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization.Charting;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization.Toolkit"
In the above XAML code for our Silverlight graph, we've included the DataVisualization Charting controls. This allows us to access specific properties of the Silverlight graph charts, in order to apply custom styling. In particular, since we'll be attempting to style similar to the Google Analytics graph, we'll need to define the custom styles.
Silverlight Graph Custom Styling
The custom styles for the Silverlight graph can be defined as follows:
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<Style x:Key="GPolylineStyle" TargetType="Polyline">
<Setter Property="StrokeThickness" Value="5"/>
<Style x:Key="GLineDataPointStyle" TargetType="charting:LineDataPoint">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#0077CC" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="White"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="2"/>
<Setter Property="IsTabStop" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="12"/>
<Setter Property="Width" Value="12"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<ControlTemplate TargetType="charting:LineDataPoint">
<Grid x:Name="Root" Opacity="1">
<StackPanel Margin="2,2,2,2">
<ContentControl Content="{TemplateBinding IndependentValue}" />
<ContentControl Content="{TemplateBinding DependentValue}" />
<Ellipse StrokeThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Stroke="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}"/>
<Style x:Key="GAxisStyle" TargetType="charting:Axis">
<Setter Property="Grid.Row">
<Style TargetType="Line">
<Setter Property="Stroke" Value="Red"/>
<Style x:Key="GChart" TargetType="charting:Chart">
<Setter Property="PlotAreaStyle">
<Style TargetType="Grid">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="White" />
<Style x:Name="HiddenLegendLayout" TargetType="datavis:Legend">
<Setter Property="Width" Value="0" />
<Setter Property="Height" Value="0" />
The above XAML Silverlight code provides the custom styling required for our desired look and feel. The Silverlight graph custom styling includes setting the size of the marker points, hiding the graph legend, setting graph line thickness, colors, data point styles, and axis styles. With the Silverlight custom styles defined, we can apply them as follows:
<RowDefinition Height="25"/>
<RowDefinition Height="35"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<dataInput:Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Height="24" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,12,0,0" Name="lblTicker" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="100" Content="Ticker Symbol" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="txtTicker" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="82" Margin="12,7,0,0" TextChanged="txtTicker_TextChanged" />
<chartingToolkit:Chart Style="{StaticResource GChart}" Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" x:Name="ctlChart" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="200" Width="650" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Background="White" LegendStyle="{StaticResource HiddenLegendLayout}">
<charting:DateTimeAxis Orientation="X" ShowGridLines="True"
IntervalType="Months" Interval="6"
Style="{StaticResource GAxisStyle}" />
<charting:LinearAxis Orientation="Y"
Style="{StaticResource GAxisStyle}" />
<chartingToolkit:LineSeries Title="Dividends" Background="White" IsSelectionEnabled="True" PolylineStyle="{StaticResource GPolylineStyle}" DataPointStyle="{StaticResource GLineDataPointStyle}" DependentValuePath="Price" IndependentValuePath="Date" />
<CheckBox Content="Use Test Data" Grid.Row="1" Height="18" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="100,7,0,0" Name="chkTestData" VerticalAlignment="Top" Checked="chkTestData_Checked" />
In the above code, we're using a Silverlight Grid layout control to handle placement of the graph and associated controls. We've provided a Label and a TextBox for the user to enter a stock market equity symbol, in order to obtain historical dividend information. We'll actually tie an event to the TextBox to automatically retrieve financial data upon keypress and update the Silverlight graph accordingly.
The above code also contains the main Silverlight chartingToolkit definition. The chartingToolkit contains a child graph control for a LineSeries graph. We'll be drawing financial dividend data using the LineSeries graph with the custom style applied. Note how each Silverlight graph control contains styling definitions within StaticResource tags. This allows Silverlight to apply styling to specific properties of the graph and chart controls.
Notice we've also included a checkbox at the bottom of the Silverlight control, which will allow the user to toggle between displaying actual stock and bond dividend historical prices or to provide sample test data. We'll manage the logic for retrieving the data using a strategy design pattern.
Plotting Data to a Silverlight Graph
Plotting data to the Silverlight graph control can be done programmatically by accessing the index of the chart control and setting the ItemsSource property with the data to be displayed.
LineSeries ctlGraph = (LineSeries)ctlChart.Series[0];
ctlGraph.ItemsSource = usrData;
In the above code sample, our XAML code defines a Silverlight chart named ctlChart. The chart defines a single LineSeries graph, accessible at index 0. By populating the ctlGraph.ItemsSource property, we can set the data to be plotted on the Silverlight graph and refresh the control.
As our C# ASP .NET web application will be utilizing a WCF web service to retrieve data for displaying within the graph, we'll need to setup the associated wiring to call the WCF web service and bind the Silverlight graph.
Setting the Stage for WCF with a Simple Type Library
Before plotting data on the Silverlight graph, we'll need to first obtain the data. We'll start by defining two simple types to represent the Dividend and Time-Range information for visualizing stock market data. Since the Silverlight project will be directly referencing the types, we'll need to define our type library project as a light-weight Silverlight class library, which links with a limited set of the .NET runtime, optimized for Silverlight. A Silverlight class library can be added within the Visual Studio .NET solution by selecting Add, New Project, Silverlight Class Library.
The Dividend class is a simple type for holding the date and price of a stock or bond historical dividend.
public class Dividend
public DateTime Date { get; set; }
public Decimal Price { get; set; }
public Dividend()
public Dividend(DateTime date, Decimal price)
Date = date;
Price = price;
The Range class is a type for holding the time range information, associated with retrieving financial information from the remote, Yahoo financial data, web service.
public class Range
public int StartMonth { get; set; }
public int StartYear { get; set; }
public int EndMonth { get; set; }
public int EndYear { get; set; }
public Range()
public Range(int startMonth, int startYear, int endMonth, int endYear)
StartMonth = startMonth;
StartYear = startYear;
EndMonth = endMonth;
EndYear = endYear;
With the Silverlight class library for types defined, we can begin implementing the backend C# ASP .NET web application for actually retrieving Wall Street data.
Unit-Testable Charting with Silverlight and WCF
We'll be designing our C# ASP .NET Silverlight web application with a WCF web service for retrieving data. Stock market dividend financial data will actually be retrieved using a remote Yahoo web service. However, in addition to pulling live stock market data, we'll also provide a unit-testable module, which will return artificial stock market data, simulating an actual call to a remote web service. By taking advantage of this dual design, we can provide a unit-testable interface and easier development of our Silverlight WCF web application.
Is It a Strategy or Repository Pattern
To implement the design for pulling stock market data, we'll use the strategy design pattern in a familiar repository style method. We'll define the interface, as follows:
public interface IRepository
Dividend GetById(string ticker);
Dividend GetByMonth(string ticker, int month, int year);
List<Dividend> GetByRange(string ticker, Range range);
The design is a strategy pattern by nature, as we can utilize the interface to implement multiple concrete classes (one for actual stock market data read via the remote web service and a second for simulated financial data). Our interface defines three Get methods, similar to a repository design, although no Set methods. While we can refer to the concrete classes as repositories, they're actually strategy implementations by intention.
Class YahooRepository
public class YahooRepository : IRepository
private Stream GetURLStream(string strURL)
System.Net.WebRequest objRequest;
System.Net.WebResponse objResponse = null;
Stream objStreamReceive;
objRequest = System.Net.WebRequest.Create(strURL);
objRequest.Timeout = 5000;
// objRequest.Proxy = new WebProxy("my.proxyserver.com", 8080);
// objRequest.Proxy.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
objResponse = objRequest.GetResponse();
objStreamReceive = objResponse.GetResponseStream();
return objStreamReceive;
if (objResponse != null)
We begin the concrete implementation for retrieving stock market data via the Yahoo web service by defining a GetURLStream method. This allows us to download a CSV file for parsing historical financial data. For corporate and enterprise environments behind proxy servers, the WebRequest object can be enhanced to provide the Proxy and Proxy.Credentials properties. When setting the proxy server information, instantiate a new WebProxy object, with the proxy server address and port. Next provide the Proxy Credentials object, which consists of a proxy server username and password. All requests through the WebRequest object will utilize the proxy server.
private Dividend ParseDividendFromCSV(string line)
Dividend dividend = new Dividend();
// Parse dividend information: XXXX-XX-XX,X.XXX
char[] seps = new char[] { ',' };
string[] parts = line.Split(seps);
if (parts.Length == 2)
dividend.Date = DateTime.Parse(parts[0]);
dividend.Price = Decimal.Parse(parts[1]);
return dividend;
return null;
We provide a method, ParseDividendFromCSV, for the actual parsing of the CSV data. We'll stick with a basic solution for parsing the CSV data, using a comma-delimited parse method. We can then read the data and dividend price information for each line in the CSV file.
#region IRepository Members
public Dividend GetById(string ticker)
return GetByMonth(ticker, DateTime.Now.Month, DateTime.Now.Year);
public Dividend GetByMonth(string ticker, int month, int year)
Dividend dividend = new Dividend();
// Format the URL to read stock data from service.
string url = _url;
url += ticker;
url += "&a=" + month + "&b=1&c=" + year + "&d=" + month + "&e=" + DateTime.DaysInMonth(year, month) + "&f=" + year + "&g=v";
// Read the data from the stream.
using (Stream stream = GetURLStream(url))
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
// Skip header line.
// Parse the dividend.
dividend = ParseDividendFromCSV(reader.ReadLine());
return dividend;
public List<Dividend> GetByRange(string ticker, Range range)
List<Dividend> dividendList = new List<Dividend>();
// ...
return dividendList;
Finally, we complete the implementation of IRepository by providing the three Get methods. We assemble the required URL for retrieving stock market dividend data and parse the resulting downloaded CSV file. We then populate a Dividend class library type for returning through the WCF web service and plotting on the Silverlight graph.
Class TestRepository
While we've implemented the remote web service repository for retrieving stock market and bond dividend information, we'll also want to implement a unit-testable TestRepository, for simulating financial data. A test repository can be defined as follows:
public class TestRepository : IRepository
private Random _random;
public TestRepository()
_random = new Random((int)DateTime.Now.Ticks);
#region IRepository Members
public Types.Dividend GetById(string ticker)
return new Dividend(DateTime.Now, (Decimal)_random.NextDouble());
public Types.Dividend GetByMonth(string ticker, int month, int year)
return new Dividend(DateTime.Parse(month + "-1-" + year), (Decimal)_random.NextDouble());
public List<Types.Dividend> GetByRange(string ticker, Types.Range range)
List<Dividend> dividendList = new List<Dividend>();
// Simulate data from endDate to startDate.
DateTime startDate = new DateTime(range.StartYear, range.StartMonth, 1);
DateTime endDate = new DateTime(range.EndYear, range.EndMonth, 1);
TimeSpan span = endDate - startDate;
while (span.Days > 0)
DateTime currentDate = endDate - span;
dividendList.Add(new Dividend(currentDate, (Decimal)_random.NextDouble()));
// Reduce the span difference, incrementing the date.
span -= TimeSpan.FromDays(30);
return dividendList;
In the above code, we've used a random number generator, seeded with a DateTime ticks value, in order to generate simulated stock market data. We've implemented the same three Get methods, required by the IRepository interface, which allows us to return data in the same format to the WCF web service.
Note, in the GetByRange method, we utilize a C# .NET TimeSpan object to control looping through each month within the specified range of DateTime objects and generate associated stock market dividend financial data. Since the majority of dividends are less than $1 in value, we generate a random Double value. Just as with the YahooRepository, the TestRepository data can be returned via the WCF web service and plotted on the Silverlight graph for visualization.
Creating a Little WCF
To keep things simple, we'll create a WCF web service within the same project as our Silverlight hosted web page project. This allows for easier security binding, as there is no need to cross domains or application boundaries. Both the Silverlight web control and the WCF web service will run under the same C# ASP .NET web project and web server port (ie., Cassini web port). However, if your WCF service will be hosted in a separate application or project within the solution (on its own web server port or IIS virtual directory), you'll need to provide the following security policy XML files, accessible in the same directory as the WCF service (or wwwroot):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<allow-from http-request-headers="*">
<domain uri="*"/>
<resource path="/" include-subpaths="true"/>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM "http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">
<allow-http-request-headers-from domain="*" headers="*"/>
We can continue by defining the WCF web service interface, as follows:
public interface IDividendService
List<Dividend> GetDividends(string ticker, bool useTestData);
We'll define our WCF web service contract to contain a single method, GetDividends, for retrieving the dividend information. This method will, in turn, call our repository library to obtain the actual information.
public class DividendService : IDividendService
#region IDividendService Members
public List<Dividend> GetDividends(string ticker, bool useTestData)
// Get dividends for the past 5 years.
DateTime startDate = DateTime.Now - TimeSpan.FromDays(1825);
Range range = new Range(startDate.Month, startDate.Year, DateTime.Now.Month, DateTime.Now.Year);
// Select the actual web repository or a test repository.
IRepository repository = GetRepository(useTestData);
// Make the call to get the dividends.
return repository.GetByRange(ticker, range);
private IRepository GetRepository(bool useTestData)
IRepository repository = null;
// If using test data, use the TestRepository. // Otherwise, use the actual web repository.
if (useTestData)
repository = new TestRepository();
repository = new YahooRepository();
return repository;
In the above code, we've implemented our WCF web service from the IDividendService interface. We provide the body of the GetDividends method to prepare a date range to include 5 years from the present date. We then call the repository's GetByRange method to return the requested stock market dividend data.
Note in the above code, we provide a GetRepository helper method, which utilizes the useTestData boolean (set in the Silverlight checkbox next to the graph), to return actual or simulated stock market data. The checkbox value is passed to the WCF web service as a parameter in the calling method. If the boolean flag is true, we instantiate a TestRepository; if the boolean is false, we instantiate a YahooRepository, thus implementing the strategy pattern design.
With our WCF web service completed, we can fully make calls to the web service and retrieve resulting XML. We can now connect the WCF web service to our Silverlight project and obtain data for plotting on the graph.
Wiring Silverlight with WCF
We'll begin by adding a Service Reference from our WCF web service project to our Silverlight graph project. This can be done by right-clicking the Service Reference folder and selecting Add Service Reference. Click the Discover button to locate local WCF web services in the solution. Locate the DividendService for selection and click the Advanced button. We'll need to specify the collection type used within the application, which in our case, will be System.Collections.Generic.List. Once the service reference is added, we can instantiate the service within our Silverlight project, as follows:
private LineSeries _ctlGraph;
private DividendServiceClient _dividendService = new DividendServiceClient();
public MainPage()
// Setup an event callback for the web service completed method.// We'll populate the UI upon this event.
_dividendService.GetDividendsCompleted += new EventHandler<GetDividendsCompletedEventArgs>(_dividendService_GetDividendsCompleted);
// Initialize a ticker symbol.
txtTicker.Text = "BAC";
// Populate the Silverlight graph chart.
In the above code, we've added an instantiation of the WCF web service, which will retrieve financial dividend historical data from the Yahoo stock market web service, using C# ASP .NET. We've also added an event handler for the asynchronous WCF method GetDividendsCompleted, which occurs upon completion of retrieving financial data. We'll actually bind and refresh the Silverlight grid within this event handler.
In addition to event handling, we'll initialize the stock market ticker symbol TextBox to "BAC" and display default dividend prices for this equity.
void _dividendService_GetDividendsCompleted(object sender, GetDividendsCompletedEventArgs e)
// Web service method callback event.
_ctlGraph = (LineSeries)ctlChart.Series[0];
_ctlGraph.ItemsSource = e.Result;
The above code handles the GetDividendsCompleted event, which is called after the asynchronous WCF web service call has completed. Within this event handler, we'll populate the Silverlight graph data source to update the chart.
private void txtTicker_TextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs e)
// When the ticker text has changed and has 3 characters,// update the Silverlight graph chart.
if (txtTicker.Text.Length == 3)
We've also provided an event handler for the TextChanged event on the Silverlight TextBox control. When the user enters a string of 3 characters, we'll automatically update the Silverlight graph with stock market dividend information for the entered stock symbol. Of course, this logic could be enhanced to allow for variable-range stock symbols.
private void chkTestData_Checked(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
private void BindGraph()
_dividendService.GetDividendsAsync(txtTicker.Text, chkTestData.IsChecked.GetValueOrDefault());
The remaining methods in the Silverlight server-side code handle re-painting the graph when the test checkbox is changed and calling the WCF web service method. You can download the source code to the project here. Be sure to set the Startup Project to be DividendGraph.Web, in order for the Silverlight web application host and WCF service to run (right-click DividendGraph.Web and select Set As Startup Project).
Example Display for Test Repository
The C# ASP .NET Silverlight API provides a large amount of flexibility in styling the chart and graphing controls for advanced visual displays. By coupling the Silverlight graph with WCF web service capability, C# ASP .NET web applications can visualize and display a vast array of data, including stock market financial information and historical dividend data. Utilizing a separation of layers between the user interface and data layer, web application design can help facilitate TDD test-driven development and help provide a more robust and scalable web application solution.
About the Author
This article was written by Kory Becker, founder and chief developer of Primary Objects, a software and web application development company. You can contact Primary Objects regarding your software development needs at http://www.primaryobjects.com


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|October 15 2012, 01:35 PM
Rear Admiral
Location: Shangri-La
While it's not up there with the best episodes, I enjoyed this one because it did present a moral dilemma but did so without the life and death planet/civilization level consequences. Yet these were very real consequences and life altering to the people directly involved.
Certainly Sisko correctly identified that Rugal was the victim of Dukat's little scheme and that he was the villain of this. But really you could make an argument and a very convincing one, for both sides of this case.
Kotran Pa'Dar certainly has every right to want his son back. I don't think anyone could deny that and he was as much of a victim of Dukat's scheming as Rugal was.
Proka has an equally convincing claim to the boy having raised him as his own.
Yet when you ask what's best for Rugal, the answer isn't very clear. He's been raised with Bajorian beliefs and a very clear prejudice towards Cardassians and likely has been and would be victim to that racism on Bajor. Even Ziyal would later point out that the Bajorians never fully accepted her there. Yet on the other hand it's also the only life he knows and going back to his biological father would literally be sending him away to live with strangers.
Ultimately I think Sisko made the right choice, but this is a hard one to say the least. Rugal's quite literally trapped between two worlds and cultures. Picard had a similar choice with Jono and the Talarians in Suddenly Human, but chose the opposite of what Sisko did. Then again Sisko didn't have Gul Dukat threatening war over the issue either.
"I was never a Star Trek fan." J.J. Abrams
|October 15 2012, 07:19 PM
Vice Admiral
Location: Cardăsa Terăm--Nerys Ghemor
Re: Rugal
Personally, I consider Proka to have been a psychological abuser. Those claims were never satisfactorily put to rest on the show--only physical abuse was ruled out. But a child does NOT bite someone, at 12 years old, without being seriously disturbed. And judging from the attitudes Rugal had internalized, I think that he was indeed hearing such talk at home as well as in public.
I did not approve of sending him back to a totalitarian regime where he would likely end up victimized if not even killed by the Obsidian Order. Sending a child back into such a society after he/she has known a freer society is in and of itself abusive.
Looked at this way, both options suck (staying with Proka or going to Cardassia), since there's pretty much a 100% chance of abuse, either in the home or outside of it.
That's what raises the third option. Look at Kotan Pa'Dar. That man was desperate to have his son back, and I think he would've done anything to be reunited permanently with Rugal. I think he was even desperate enough that he would've accepted a voluntary exile to either Bajoran or Federation space (and Bajoran space could include the less racist DS9, if the Bajorans were to lay down a stipulation that he had to stay in their territory--not to mention it would make enforcing a restraining order against Proka easier).
Of course, that would mean Dukat would get his political victory, in at least some sense. But the winner (or as close as possible in this situation) would be Rugal, and that would be the most important thing.
Rugal would have to adjust to Pa'Dar, who struck me as unconditionally loving, even when Rugal was hateful to him (I do not think Proka knew how to love in that way!), BUT he would not be totally wrenched out of his culture and environment. Another good stipulation would be perhaps to require that Pa'Dar be tolerant of Rugal's religion and not interfere with Rugal going to temple services. But, again, I suspect Pa'Dar would've been willing, based on what we saw. Getting his son back seemed to be paramountin his mind.
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|October 15 2012, 10:24 PM
Vice Admiral
Location: ...But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete, when I wore a younger man's clothes.
Re: Rugal
Rugal has a very anti-Cardassian perspective; he thinks Cardassians are something to be feared and hated. It's equally clear that he acquired this attitude from his adoptive father (Proka) and other Bajorans in his adoptive family and community. It's also clear that as far as Proka is concerned - and as far as Rugal himself is concerned - Rugal is a Bajoran. And while Proka's attitude toward Cardassians is not an enlightened one - unlike characters such as Kira, and somewhat ironically given his love for his adoptive child, he doesn't seem to learn that "Cardassian Union policy" is not "Cardassians the race" - the perspective is an understandable one. Not one I believe to be healthy or justified, but certainly (sadly) expected given what Bajor has suffered.
What the Proka-or-Pa'Dar dillemma means to Rugal's future, other than the obvious, is determining whether the issue of his status as a Cardassian is going to be forced out into the light. Hence the episode's title, I suppose. One of the problems here in determining what's best for Rugal is whether more long-term damage would be caused by forcing a confrontation of his Cardassian nature now, or allowing it to be buried for the foreseeable future. If his health and happiness is the primary concern - and Sisko identifies that it is - then the question becomes, should Rugal be made to confront what his upbrigining has clearly tried to shove under the carpet; namely, that he has grey skin and ridges and is, however you look at it, and in some ways at least, a Cardassian. Nerys Ghemor has already provided a possible answer that avoids reducing this to a zero-sum game, wherein he has to be either a Cardassian on Cardassia or go back to being a Bajoran on Bajor who is almost certainly going to suffer ongoing self-esteem issues and possible abuse due to his race. Indeed, Nerys' answer lets him remain a member of Bajoran culture in the safety of Bajoran space while placing him with a Cardassian parent who can hopefully let him build a healthier perspective on his race and, when he's ready, allow exploration of Cardassian heritage. I think she's pointed to the better solution, but since the episode didn't explore that, the question seems to be - throw Rugal in at the deep end of Cardassian identity or let him go back to denying it (and maybe - probably - dealing with shame over it?)
Uprooting him from Bajor and placing him among people he's been taught to hate - and making it clear that he is now considered one of them - is going to be destructive to him in the short term...but long-term, the case can definitely be made that it's the better choice. If it was his Bajoran family who taught him, explicitly or not, that being Cardassian is a bad thing, then the fault lies there. It'll be hard, but perhaps in the sense that forcing someone through withdrawal rather than letting them continue using a health-destroying drug is hard. Confronting that pain is better than the alternative.
So, staying on Bajor is the far less traumatizing choice...but that's short-term thinking only. After all, Rugal might be suffering considerable damage from his adoptive father's attitude even if Proka isn't being knowingly abusive. Proka can genuinely love Rugal and intend no harm, but the boy must understand himself to be Cardassian on some level. If Cardassians are bad...well, he's a Bajoran, yes, but looking in the mirror it's pretty clear that he has grey skin and ridges. Surely part of him, acknowledged or not, is going to be picking up the message that there's something inherently evil about him that he has to fight or overcome? And on top of that, he's being denied the ability to openly explore part of his heritage, because even if he came to embrace his Cardassian blood even partially, he'd have no opportunity to comfortably explore it.
I think that viewing Rugal's situation on Bajor as abusive doesn't have to mean we see Proka as anything other than well-meaning and loving. Children and adolescents can be seriously damaged regardless of intent, and without malice. It's that, I think, above all, that makes child abuse and allegations of it so difficult.
We are all the sum of our tears. Too little and the ground is not fertile, and nothing can grow there. Too much, and the best of us is washed away.
Last edited by Deranged Nasat; October 15 2012 at 10:35 PM.
|October 15 2012, 10:52 PM
Rear Admiral
Location: The Black Country, England
Re: Rugal
Soon oh soon the light, Pass within and soothe this endless night, And wait here for you, Our reason to be here...
|October 16 2012, 03:42 AM
Rear Admiral
Location: On the run.
Re: Rugal
|October 23 2012, 04:46 AM
Location: Montgomery County, State of Maryland
Re: Rugal
Democratic socialism is the hope of human freedom.
|October 23 2012, 08:25 PM
Vice Admiral
Location: Sacramento, CA
Re: Rugal
One Day I hope to be the Man my Cat thinks I am
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|October 25 2012, 03:51 AM
Vice Admiral
Location: Cardăsa Terăm--Nerys Ghemor
Re: Rugal
Are you a Cardassian fan, citizen? Prove your loyalty--check out my fanfic universe, Star Trek: Sigils and Unions. Or keep the faith on my AU Cardassia, Sigils and Unions: Catacombs of Oralius!
|October 25 2012, 04:11 AM
Location: Gul Re'jal is suspecting she's on the wrong space station
Re: Rugal
The problem is that in the episode no one really bothered to check why Rugal hated all Cardassians. Was it because of what he saw them doing, or was it because he was told they were evil. Or perhaps a mix of both.
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|October 25 2012, 04:34 AM
Location: Montgomery County, State of Maryland
Re: Rugal
Democratic socialism is the hope of human freedom.
|October 25 2012, 10:39 PM
Vice Admiral
Location: Sacramento, CA
Re: Rugal
Thanks Sci and Gul Spook, that was exactly what I was getting at, a chld wouldn't know the distinction (Heck even many adults who have been through only a single trauma at the hands of a certain race/ethnicity are just as likely to hate the whole lot of them as they are to be rational and realize not all of them are like that, let alone being through an entire years long war/occupation)
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2009–current Doctor of Visual Arts (by research)—Griffith University
2004 Master of Design (by research)—Monash University
1991 Bachelor of Art (Graphic Design)—Swinburne University
1990 Diploma of Art (Graphic Design)—Swinburne Institute of Technology.
Solo Exhibitions and Installations
2014 'Postcards from Rome'—Whitebox Gallery, Gold Coast
2013 'Here's to the Curious'—Google Zeitgeist Conference, Arizona
2012 'Typographically Speaking'—One-Way Street Party. Surfer's Paradise Festival
2012 'Goodbye Helvetica'—T-space Gallery, Gold Coast
2004 'Visualising Steampunk'—The Foundry Gallery, North Fitzroy
Group Exhibitions
2014 'Stereotype: New Directions in Typography'—BSA Space, Boston
2013 'Read, Watch, Discover'—collaboration with Jack Tierney @ Design Montage Relaunch, Woolloongabba
2013 'Ampersans'—Cambus Wallace, Nobby Beach
2013 'Foxtrot'—Scooters Gallery, Kirra
2013 'Threesome'—collaboration with Studio Oblong and Thea Skelsey @ Design Kids, Brisbane
2013 'We Heart Music'—Crown Studios, Burleigh
2013 'Alt Design Summit'—Alt Gallery, Utah
2012 'Dexhibition'—Skate Deck charity fundraiser, GCIT Coomera Campus
2012 'Launch Show'—Darkmoon pop-up art space, Burleigh Heads
2012 'Beautiful Bitmaps'—UPPERCASE Gallery. Calgary, Canada
2012 'We Heart One Way'—One-Way Street Party. Surfer's Paradise Festival
2012 'AGDA Poster annual finalists'—Gallery of Australian Design, Canberra
2012 'Colour Wheel'—87Artzone, Upper Coomera
2012 'Speaking to the Individual—District 01 Gallery, Sydney
2012 'We Heart Numbers'—Rabbit Hole Gallery, Brisbane
2012 'Square One'—Bleeding Heart Gallery, Brisbane
2012 'Seven w/Another 4'—collaboration with Ryan Walsh @ Substation No. 4, Brisbane
2011 'We Heart Holidays'—Kerbside, Brisbane
2011 'Paste Modernism 3'—Cockatoo Island, Sydney
2011 'Shared Vision… Wspólna Wizja…'—exhibition series, Poland
2011 'AGDA Poster annual finalists'—Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2011 'We Heart Winter'—White Box Gallery, Gold Coast
2011 'We Heart Home'—Home Exhibition, Brisbane
2011 'Flat White Spaces'—Bermuda Point, Varsity Lakes
2011 'The Art of the Book'—Robina City Gallery, Robina
2011 'We Heart Paper'—White Box Gallery, Gold Coast
2009 'Samoobsluha: self service'—Lightspace Gallery, Brisbane
2005 'Children's Book Week'—Customs House Gallery, Warrnambool
2004 'Performance'—The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2004 'Visualising Steampunk'—Monash University Faculty Gallery, Caulfield
2003 'Sustainable Living'—Federation Square, Melbourne
2002 'Dimensional Illustrations'—Dromkeen Museum, Victoria
2001 'Put Yourself in the Picture'—Chapel off Chapel Gallery, South Yarra.
Research Publications List
Falla, D 2014, 'Postcards from Rome', Finesse Press, Byron Bay (typography research publication—full text)
Falla, D 2013, 'Tactile Typography in the New Aesthetic' Studio Research Issue #1, Octivium Press, Brisbane (chapter)
Dutcher 2012, 'You Are So Loved' Chronicle Books, San Francisco, USA (works included)
MAGMA 2012, 'Bright! – Typography between Illustration and Art' DAAB Media, Cologne, Germany (works included)
Falla, D 2012, 'Goodbye Helvetica', Finesse Press, Byron Bay (typography research publication—full text)
Hade 2012, 'Choi's Package' Choi's Gallery Publishing, Shanghai (works included)
Whittle, S, 2012, 'Needlecraft Style Directory' RotoVision SA (works included)
Bridger, E 2011, 'Shared Vision… Wspólna Wizja…' exhibition catalogue (works included)
QCA Gold Coast 2011, 'Gold Coast Creative: vol. 2' Sanctuary Cove Publishing, Gold Coast (works included)
Falla, D 2011, 'Things We Have Learned In Our Life So Far', Finesse Press, Byron Bay (typography research publication—editor and chapter)
Fischel, C and Gardner, B, 2011 'LogoLounge Master Library' Rockport Publishers (works included)
Dr Grymm, 2011, '1000 Steampunk Creations', Quarry Books (works included)
Falla, D 2010, 'Visualising Steampunk', LAP Publishing, Germany (masters research publication—full text)
ed. Falla, D and Faulkner, H 2010, 'Comfortable Shoes Only', Finesse Press, Byron Bay (student photography research publication—editor and chapter)
Falla, D 2009, 'The {tague} project', Finesse Press, Byron Bay (public art research publication—full text)
Falla, D 2001, 'Looking Better in Print', Tertiary Press, Melbourne. (280-page textbook on desktop publishing—full text)
Falla, D and Miller, C 1994, 'Woodlore', Omnibus Books, South Australia. (Award-winning children's book made from wooden illustrations).
Commissioned illustrations for over 30 children's books. Publishers include: Macmillan, Pearson, Rigby, HarperCollins, Allen & Unwin, Five Mile Press, Nelson and Weldon Owen.
Artist Features
2014 +81 magazine
2013 Collective magazine (Typism)
2013 Gold Coast Creative magazine (Typism)
2012 Novum magazine
2012 Digital Arts magazine
2012 Raw Ink magazine
2012 Artflow magazine
2012 Artbox magazine
2011 Gold Coast Creative magazine
2011 Winter For Elbows online magazine
Select Awards and Scholarships
2012 ACUADS—Winner Distinguished Teaching Award
2012 QANTM Create Awards—Shortlisted twice
2012 Semi-Permanent Poster competition—Highly Commended
2012 Arts Queensland Career Development Grant—Recipient
2012 UAP Brisbane Public Art Project—Invited to tender
2012 Griffith IEIS travel grant—to attend Masters workshop in Rome
2012 Dulux Colour Awards—Shortlisted
2012 Griffith AEL group research grant—Election survey
2011 AGDA Poster Annual—Finalist
2010 Women in Technology Awards—Shortlisted Candidate
2010 Work selected to appear in '1000 Steampunk Collection' and 'The Design Federation Annual'
2010 Q2 program for innovation—nominated
2007 DG Portfolio magazine—Double-page spread in 'textures' section (Visualising Steampunk)
2005 Digital Media World Digital Imaging Awards—Second Place (Pedal Dress)
2001–2003 Monash Postgraduate Fellowship for Masters study (Visualising Steampunk)
2001 Arts Council of Australia—Grant for picture book creators (Jump, Baby!)
2000 Australian Publishers Association Design Awards—Shortlisted (Night Owl)
1996 The New York Dimensional Illustrators Awards—Bronze Medal (Weather or Not)
1995 CBC, Book of the Year Awards—Honour Book (Woodlore)
1996 The New York Dimensional Illustrators Awards—Bronze Medal (Woodlore).
Artist Representation
Creasenso Talent Agency in France
Art to Art online gallery.
Other Activities/Affiliations
2013 Organiser and plenary Speaker at TYPISM Conference 2013
2013 Masters Program Reviewer for Monash University
2013 Member of Industry Advisory Committee for Martin College Brisbane
2013 MC at '7×7′ number 4, 5, and 6 for DIA Gold Coast
2012 Masters Program Reviewer for Monash University
2012 MC at '7×7′ number 3 for DIA Gold Coast
2012 Speaker at the Pallazzo delle Esposizione (Palaexpo), Rome, Italy
2012 Participated in School of Visual Arts (SVA) Masters of Typography program, Rome, Italy
2012 Coordinated QCA design students projects, including: Griffith 1K Innovation Challenge Awards winners
2012 Tactile Typography workshop for QCA Gold Coast 'Experience Day'
2012 Guest Speaker at 'The Salon Night' for Community hArt.
2012 Program reviewer for GCIT
2012 Guest Speaker at GCIT
2012 Guest Speaker at Martin College
2012 Speaker at '7×7 Youngbloods' for DIA Gold Coast
2011–2013 Founding member of the 'We Heart' Collective
2011–2012 Open Day, First-year Camp, and Graduation participant for QCA Gold Coast
2011–2012 Author for Gold Coast Creative magazine
2010–2012 Contributing writer to Desktop Magazine
2009–2012 Current member of the DIA
2009–2012 On the board of the Design Federation
2011 Invited stakeholder in the master-planning stages of the Cold Coast Cultural Precinct development
2008–2011 Ongoing writing and delivery of short courses on a variety of subjects for Griffith Enterprise
2010 Poster presented on 'Work Integrated Learning (WIL) at QCA Gold Coast, Griffith University', as part of the 'INTED Teaching and Technology conference' in Valencia, Spain
2009 Guest lecturer at the SMAANZ annual PhD conference held at Bond University
2009 Accompanied QCA design and photography students on overseas study tour to Prague for three weeks. Undertook my own "tague" project as part of DVA research
2008–2010 Coordinated QCA design students projects, including: Highlights exhibition at Gold Coast City Council Chambers, Gold Coast Creative graduate catalogue, Studiotown graduate catalogue, Mediamorphosis graduate catalogue, Southern Cross Packaging Awards winners, Sierra Grand sculpture installations, Stir.org projects for social change, Kiva.org projects for social change.
2006–2008 Guest lecturer at the Sustainable Tourism Centre for Research annual PhD conferences
2000–2003 Guest lecturer at the Vis.Com annual conferences
2000–2002 Vice President of the Illustrators Association of Australia
1996–2002 Society of Book Illustrators (SOBI) founding member.
Research Interests
Steampunk A sub-genre of Science Fiction, where the technology is made visible and supposes that other more 'magical technologies were available in a Victorian age of steam. My Masters research investigated a visual aesthetic for Steampunk, and was recently published by LAP Publishing and is currently available for sale on Amazon.
Tactile Typography I am interested in exploring the interplay between tactile and digital image making and seeing how pre-digital technologies and crafts can be reinterpreted using modern graphic design techniques and software, especially with regards to typography.
Work Integrated Learning Because of my position within Liveworm Gold Coast and also my involvement with Community Design and convening Industry Project, building relationships—between our students and the wider community—has become an intrinsic part of my role at QCA Gold Coast. I have a proud record of finding our students employment and successfully coaching them through the transition between student and emerging professional, as well as managing projects through Liveworm, such as the Kombumerri Project, The Southern Cross Packaging Awards and the Gold Coast Creative Publication. I recently gave a paper at the INTED conference in Spain about the success of our WIL program at QCA Gold Coast.
Select Graphic Design Commissions
Australian Pterygium Centre—Brochure and folder design
Sydney Aquarium—3D installation
Pacific Fair shopping centre—two exhibition designs
Australian Conservation Foundation—catalogues, labels and merchandising
Coca Cola—signage
Hungry Jacks—signage and in-store promotions
Select Illustration and Typography commissions
Doubleday Books—Pin and String book cover
Columbia Law School—Magazine cover and inside feature illustrations
The Loom Apartments—Pin and String logo for Sydney development branding
WIRED Magazine—Pin and String logo for May 2012 issue
Brownbook Magazine—Pin and String logo and map of the Middle East
National Heart Foundation—Christmas cards
SuperFunds Magazine—14 bi-monthly editorial illustrations
Dulux—Fairy Paint labels
The Met—'Water and Wetlands commemorative tram"
Big Sister—complete Christmas packaging range
Red Hot Chili Peppers—poster.
Work Experience
2005–current Design and Program Convenor: Griffith University (QCA)
(Bachelors of Visual/Digital Media, Bachelor of Digital Design, Bachelor of Design) Responsible for: writing courses, creating briefs, writing and delivering lectures, ongoing assessment and tutoring into Graphic Design 1, 2 and 3, Digital Imaging, Digital Environments, Applied Digital Design, Industry Project, Typography 1 and 2, CDP 1 and Community Design subjects, as well as supervising the industry work placements. Creative Director of Liveworm Gold Coast—a creative incubator for third year and honors Graphic Design, 3D Design and Digital Design students, that primarily involves building creative community partnerships. Re-writing the entire program to be AQF compliant.
2005–current Creative director: Moonsail Design
Responsible for: day-to-day running of typographic design studio. Taking design commissions from briefing to completion. Client services, branding strategies, marketing, graphic design, typography, web design, finished art, and print specifying.
2005–2009 Creative director: D'signart Creations—Gold Coast branding agency
Responsible for: creative direction of three graphic designers and seven sign-writers. Taking design commissions from briefing to completion. Client services, branding strategies, marketing, graphic design, signage, typography, web design, finished art and print specifying. Also responsible for networking and the generation of new business.
2005–2009 Multimedia and Cultural Studies lecturer: Central Queensland University (CQU)
Responsible for: teaching digital imaging, web design, animation, multimedia theory, web programming, advanced video production, 3D modeling, narrative structures, cultural industries, essay writing. Specifically: Maya, After Effects, Director, ImageReady, Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop.
1995–2005 Creative director: Small Hours Studio
Responsible for: day-to-day running of graphic design studio. Over 400 design and illustration commissions (see attached list). Taking design commissions from briefing to completion. Client services, branding strategies, marketing, graphic design, typography, web design, finished art and print specifying.
2001–2004 Design lecturer: School of Multimedia Systems—Monash University
(Bachelor of Multimedia Systems) Responsible for: restructuring the first year design and visual communication syllabus. Writing and presenting 26 weekly lectures to over 100 first year degree students, every year.
2001–2004 Design lecturer: Swinburne TAFE
(Cert III in Multimedia, Cert II in Electronic Publishing, Cert IV in Desktop Publishing) Responsible for: web design, digital video, non-linear editing and structuring desktop publishing courses based on my textbook: Looking Better in Print.
1991–2004 Illustrator and designer: Small Hours Studio
Dominique Falla is also known as the "Tactile Typographer" due to the specific nature of her art practice. She has explored a diversity of different techniques and media over the years and has recently settled into creating typographic pieces for exhibition, using different tactile media.
Originally from Melbourne, Dominique now divides her time between the Gold Coast and Byron Bay, and her artistic career spans more than 20 years as a graphic designer, illustrator, artist, author and university lecturer.
Dominique has lectured at various educational institutions, and given papers at various conferences including the Queensland College of Art, Central Queensland University, Kingscliff TAFE, Swinburne TAFE, Monash University, SMAANZ conference in Melbourne, INTED Conference in Valencia, SPAIN and 7×7 DIA talk on the Gold Coast.
Dominique has had features in art and review publications including: +81, Novum Magazine, Gold Coast Creative, Twofold, ArtBox Magazine, Winter For Elbows and The Herald Sun. She also writes for Desktop Magazine and the Design Federation and has authored several creative publications, including: 'The {Tague} Project', 'Looking Better in Print', 'Goodbye Helvetica' and 'Postcards from Rome'.


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Sale went into the game, with an impressive run of form against the home side with Sharks having won three of their last four games, and in their most recent visit to Adams Park with a 33-30 win in the LV= Cup back in February 2013. On the other hand, Wasps were looking to bounce back following four straight defeats in all competitions.
Joe Carlisle kicked the game off, kicking towards to Dreams Stand in the bright sunshine that was in Wycombe.
The early stage of the game was dominated by Sale, who had the majority of the possession but did nothing of note with it.
After 7mins, Nick Macleod went down after a late tackle by Wasps scrum-half Joe Simpson following a high kick in the air. After consulting the TMO, referee Dean Richards gave the scrum-half a yellow card. Macleod left the pitch for a concussion check-up and Danny Cipriani came on to replace him. Cipriani's first action was to kick for goal from the halfway line, and he got it. It was 0-3 to Sale.
Sale seemed to gain a lot of confidence from taking the lead and they managed to put together a good move on the right wing involving Mark Jennings and Daniel Braid, before the ball being passed out to Cipriani who put a clever kick through towards the left hand touchline in the Wasps 22, but Tommy Bell saw it out of play.
Soon after, Sale scored the first try of the game, thanks to a good break from Mark Cueto on the left wing, who chipped the ball through, Andrea Masi failed to gather on the loose ball, and David Seymour took full advantage of it and picked it up and ran into the 22. He passed it to captain Dan Braid who was by his side and he ran over the try line. Danny Cipriani converted to make the scores 0-10 after 13mins.
Wasps seemed to spark into life soon after this, and had some good periods of possession and they did attack well. The Sharks defence put some huge hits in, but they were too eager at one ruck and were penalised for being offside. Joe Carlisle stepped up and he got the kick. That made the scores 3-10 after 19mins.
Wasps attacked once again after kick off, and yet again, Sale's defence was penalised for being offside. Joe Carlisle kicked again for the posts and he got it. It was 6-10 after 21 minutes now.
Since Joe Simpson re-entered the field of play, the home side looked a totally different proposition and after they mauled the ball on 10m, the ball was passed wide and Ashley Johnson thought he had scored a try, but referee Dean Richards said he was held up and awarded a penalty to Wasps. He warned Sale captain Dan Braid, as Joe Carlisle kicked over the penalty to make the score 9-10 after 25minutes.
The Sharks fought back and following a charge down kick from James Gaskell and David Seymour picked up on the loose ball. The Sharks had the scent for their second try of the game and they attacked. The ball was spread wide through the hands of Ostrikov, Braid and Brady into the hands of David Seymour who was pushed into touch.
The Sharks had the ascendency heading into the last 10 minutes, dominating proceedings and territory but Wasps defended well and forced the Sharks to hold on to the ball. Another promising position had gone for the visiting side.
Both sides tried to attack in the later stages but the scores remained the same as they headed into the break.
Danny Cipriani kicked off the second half, with the sun in the London Wasp's faces.
Wasps attacked from the off, and they put some good phases of rugby together, however the Sharks defence stood strong and forced the knock on.
The Sharks eventually are penalised as Johnny Leota was penalised for not releasing the tackler in the ruck and Joe Carlisle went for the posts. He got the kick, which made the scores 12-10 after 47minutes.
Wasps extended their lead soon after, following a high kick from Danny Cipriani, which was gathered by Ashley Johnson, he offloaded to William Helu who passed to Joe Simpson on his inside, who put the after burners on and went over and scored the try. Carlisle missed the conversion to make the scores 17-10 after 50 minutes.
Sharks fought back and scored a try of their own following some absolute magical work from Danny Cipriani on the left wing, who dummied and passed it to Johnny Leota who buried his way over. Cipriani did miss the conversion though. The score was 17-15 after 54minutes.
Sale managed to get a penalty from a scrum and Cipriani went for the posts. He got the kick which made the scores 17-18 after 61minutes.
It was a closely fought battle in the next stage of the game, and Sale applied the pressure at the lineout and the scrum. It was too close to call at that stage.
Following a driving maul, which Wasps managed to steal from the Sharks, the home side went up field and attacked and were soon rewarded as referee Dean Richards penalised Sale on halfway on 67 minutes. Andy Goode stepped up to take the kick, but he missed it as it drifted to the left of the posts.
James Gaskell made a superb break, running directly into the Wasps 22. He tried to sidestep Tommy Bell but he brought Gaskell down, but Sale had the forward momentum, and tried to get the next score. Tom Arscott almost went over the try line following a great step off the right wing, and from the next ruck, the ball was held up.
A 5m scrum was awarded to Sale and they put huge pressure on the Wasps pack and the home side were penalised. Captain Braid opted for another scrum; however Wasps turned over the ball and cleared their ranks.
Sale soon gathered the ball up, and gained a penalty as Wasps were penalised. Danny Cipriani went to go for goal and he got it. This made the scores 17-21 with 77minutes played.
Despite Wasps having most of the possession and territory towards the end of the match, the Sharks defence managed to stay strong and held out for a great victory - their third succesive Avivav Premiership victory away from home on the trot.
Sharks Tom Arscott, Tom Brady, Jonny Leota, Mark Jennings, Mark Cueto, Nick Macleod, Will Cliff, Ross Harrison, Tommy Taylor, Henry Thomas, Andrei Ostrikov, Michael Paterson, Dan Braid, David Seymour, James Gaskell
Replacements Marc Jones (on for Taylor 46mins), Eifion Lewis Roberts (on for Harrison 46mins), Vadim Cobilas (on for Thomas 46mins), Jonathan Mills (on for Ostrikov 46 mins), Mark Easter (on for Gaskell 77mins), Nathan Fowles, Danny Cipriani (on for Macleod 7mins), Sammy Tuitupou (on for Jennings 46 mins)
Scoring sequence (Sharks first) 3-0, 8-0, 10-0, 10-3,10-6, 10-9, HT 10-12, 10-17, 15-17, 18-17, 21-17
|London Wasps Score Card
|Joe Simpson
|Joe Carlisle
|Sale Sharks Score Card
|Danny Cipriani
|Dan Braid
|Johnny Leota


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Gisele Bundchen in Black Orchid Cut Off Denim Shorts
Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady were seen taking their children, Vivian, Benjamin and John, to the park with their dog in Boston, Massachusetts a couple of days ago.
Gisele wore a pair of Black Orchid denim cut off shorts with a simple tank top and some sandals for the day. I think this is the perfect choice of outfit to be running around after kids in while it's hot. It's easy and casual and it looks like it would keep you cool. Buy Black Orchid online at Revolve Clothing.
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Gisele Bundchen in Black Orchid Floral Print Skinny Jeans
Spotted while leaving lunch with a friend, Gisele Bundchen wore a pair of Black Orchid skinny jeans with floral print with a sheer white blouse. As of late, it seems as though we've seen less celebrities out in printed denim styles.
It seems as though trends are shifting back to focusing more on washes or detailed elements like shredding or color-blocking. Although Gisele's style is pretty classic and she doesn't try too many wild trends, but I could see her trying out a pair of overalls like we've seen so many models wearing lately.
Gisele Bundchen in AG Adriano Goldschmied The Legging in White
Gisele Bundchen was photographed after leaving a friend's house wearing a pair of AG Adriano Goldschmied The Legging jeans in white. We haven't seen too many celebrities out in white jeans lately but I love white jeans in the winter. I think they look really fresh compared to the darker colors we see during cooler months.
I also love how Gisele paired these with a neutral colored sweater and shoes. I think the all neutral color pallet looks really chic, even if she is wearing Uggs! You can buy AG Adriano Goldschmied online from AGjeans.com.
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Brad Pitt: Jennifer Aniston Isn't Dull, But I Was
Maybe Brad's not so bad after all.
During a recent interview with Parade, Brad Pitt revealed he had trouble "trying to pretend" his marriage to Jennifer Aniston was "something it wasn't."
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But the Moneyball actor, 47, tells Us Weekly in a statement that he didn't mean to dis his ex, whom he left for Angelina Jolie in 2005.
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"It grieves me that this was interpreted this way. Jen is an incredibly giving, loving, and hilarious woman who remains my friend," Pitt tells Us. "It is an important relationship I value greatly. The point I was trying to make is not that Jen was dull, but that I was becoming dull to myself -- and that, I am responsible for."
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During the Parade interview, the actor also raved about Jolie, 36, the mother of his six children. "One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom," Pitt gushed. "Oh, man, I'm so happy to have her."