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Taylor Farms posts another recall for salad products with undeclared allergens
By Coral Beach on May 14, 2019
A Texas subsidiary of California's Taylor Farms is recalling more than a half ton of H.E.B. brand salads because they do not comply with federal law requiring that seafood, a known allergen, be declared on food labels.
The specific seafood involved is anchovies, which are an ingredient in the company's chicken Caesar salad, according to a recall notice posted today by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. It is at least the seventh recall by Taylor Farms operations in the past two years, with at least five recalls filed with the FSIS and the Food and Drug Administration for undeclared allergens in salad products.
Today's recall involves chicken Caesar salads distributed by Taylor Farms Texas Inc. of Dallas. The problem was discovered by a retailer when the mislabeled products were being unpacked so they could be stocked on store shelves.
Taylor Farms' officials reported the ready-to-eat chicken Caesar salad was produced on May 8. All of the recalled salads have the establishment number "EST. P-34733" printed inside the USDA mark of inspection on their labels. Other identifying information consumers can use to determine whether they have the recalled salads in their homes include:
"H.E.B. SHAKE, RATTLE & BOWL CAESAR SALAD with CHICKEN"
9.75 oz. clear plastic packages
"BEST BY" date of MAY 18 2019
Taylor Farms officials reported the company shipped the salads to retailers in Texas. As of the posting of the recall notice, no illnesses or adverse reactions had been confirmed in connection with the implicated salads.
"Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase," according to the recall notice on the USDA's website.
Consumers with questions about the recall can contact Kelsey Adams, quality analyst at Taylor Farms Texas Inc., at 214-565-4847.
Taylor Fresh Foods is an American-based producer of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. It was founded by Fresh Express founder and former CEO Bruce Taylor in 1995.
Recalls posted since 2017 involving Taylor Farms products include:
Taylor Farms TX, Inc. Recalls Chicken Products Due To Misbranding And Undeclared Allergens — 3 months ago
Taylor Farms Northwest LLC Recalls Pork Carnitas Bowl Products due to Possible Salmonella and Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination In Tomatillos — 7 months ago
Taylor Farms Northwest LLC Recalls Ready-To-Eat Meatloaf Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens — 9 months ago
Taylor Farms Illinois Inc. Recalls Beef and Pork Meatloaf Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens — 9 months ago
Taylor Farms Florida Recalls Salad with Chicken Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens — October 2017
Taylor Farms Retail Inc. of Salinas, CA, Recalls Coleslaw Kits Due To Undeclared Milk Allergen — Company announcement Aug. 7, 2017; FDA publish date May 7, 2019
Taylor Farms establishments, in Dallas, TX, and Tracy, CA, Taylor Farms Recalls Chicken and Pork Salad Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination — February 2017
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Tags: chicken salad, FDA, FSIS, HEB Grocery Co., packaged salads, ready-to-eat salads, Taylor Farms, USDA


For any project, it's typical to conduct assessment and evaluation of tools before acquiring licenses and putting them into use.
Below I'm sharing evaluation matrix composed based on my review of accessibility requirements.
Provide alternatives for time-based media. NOTE: If the audio or video is designated as an alternative to web content (e.g., an audio or sign language version of a web page, for example), then the web content itself serves as the alternative.
I also added "collateral value" categories typically offered by accessibility checking tools, and closely related to Accessibility Testing.
One response to "Accessibility Testing – Evaluation of Tools"
For all products – I wouldn't waste time visually testing for spelling – but rather recommend making use of the Locale files, and MS-Word and other tools holding spellers to find most failures at once.
Then in case someone did not use the locale file – we may find residues during normal testing – but at least we will waste much less time on seeking, reporting each item and manipulating vast number of minor bugs.


You won't find hostility here against a claim there's no God or there's no proof of God. You won't be proselytized, either. Frankforum encourages controversy on all topics.
I happened across a conversation on an R.B. Thieme video that I found interesting (while testing some things in Linux on an unrelated note).
Well, actually Thieme teaches that outer darkness and wailing/gnashing are hell and Lake of Fire. It's in the 1969 Basics, and comes up when he teaches 1965 Matthew. But as you maybe haven't heard him say that yet, you wouldn't know.


On Saturday 15th March come along to a grand auction from Gift '92, a Guild Initiative for Furniture Trust. Viewing from 9am.
Donations for the auction are accepted from Friday 14th March from 4.30pm to 6pm at the venue.
Proceeds in aid of Gift92, a small charity based in Preston which supports over 500 local families in real need each year.
They are a registered Charity, established in Guild year 1992 for the relief of poverty in the Preston area. The charity was set up to collect donated items of furniture and household effects and to deliver such items to needy and disadvantaged people primarily within a ten mile radius of Preston.
Contact 01772 716572 for more information. A furniture collection warehouse is open from 9am to 12.30pm Monday to Friday.


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If Denno commits suicide today, you will flock with condolence messages, Bahati tells gospel artistes
Bahati is indeed fed up with fellow gospel artistes.
He has even shut down his record label EMB.
You all remember when Bahati announced to the public that he was signing Denno to his record label?
Well, he did that and even featured him on his reality show, bought him a car and helped him come beck to the industry. Anyway that is according to what was put infront of our eyes.
Speaking exclusively to Classic 105, Denno said he could never thank Bahati enough.
"It felt like a dream only to realise it was real. My wife was also very happy about the news," he said.
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"I feel very good and I can never forget this good deed. I call Bahati my destiny helper. I will never forget that he is the one who got me out of using matatus."
Before buying the car, Bahati had inquired from Denno on how he moves around.
Bahati bought a car for Denno
Denno said he used public means, which was very challenging.
"Sometimes you agree to meet someone but you stay so much in traffic and the other person can't understand your predicament," he said.
It was a good thing.
Well, while announcing the closing down of EMB, Bahati called out the industry for fakeness and claimed that most of them only show up when someone is dead.
"I took in Denno when he was in the verge of losing it, a position where he did not see the value of life.
Denno came back and there were times I lack and I bought him a car, but none of these guys in the gospel industry posted or shared his music, none."
Bahati added that if he commits suicide, they will flock.
"Even before, none of them called him to check on him. This is the gospel industry we have.
They think that if they post his music, its like they will be making me rich," he said.
Gospel artistes don't agree in the name of God, they only agree to bring down Bahati.
He said that he has released Denno from the record label but will continue supporting him as a friend.
"I want to also release Denno so you can support him when he is not under me," he said.
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Travis Crittenden enters his sixth season as an assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Kansas City Chiefs after spending the 2012 season in the same capacity for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Prior to entering the NFL, he served as the director of football operations and general manager of Competitive Edge Sports in Atlanta, Ga., where he led professional athletes through offseason training and also prepared collegiate football players for the NFL Combine and pro days, in addition to working with several international and US Olympic athletes.
While at CES, Crittenden worked in partnership with Methodist Hospital Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Houston, Texas, to research various methods of development in human performance. Additionally, Crittenden worked with Methodist to develop programs in "closing the loop" which are designed to shorten the time between the point when an athlete is medically cleared to participate in activities to the point where they are physically at their best and ready for competition, thus reducing risk of re-injury and decline in performance.
He was also a co-founder at Speedworx Sports. As co-founder, Crittenden worked with partners to research and develop better ways to produce sports performance training equipment based on what he learned in his years working with athletes, as well as time spent personally as an athlete. Together, Crittenden and his team produced an extensive line of equipment that is widely used in all sports for maximizing athletes potential as well as rehabilitation.
Crittenden spent three seasons (2009-11) as a defensive line coach and speed development coach for Stephenville (Texas) High School. During that time, the Yellow Jackets compiled a 28-12 record and reached the Texas State quarterfinals twice.
He played football at Fork Union Military Academy (1999) before finishing his collegiate career at Virginia Military Institute (2000-03), and he went on to play four seasons (2004-07) in the AFL at both defensive end and fullback. At VMI, he majored in psychology and education and minored in English. He competed in track and field, throwing the shot put, discus, hammer and 35lb weight.
Crittenden collaborated with fellow colleagues at CES to write and publish a book titled "Football Training Like the Pros," as well as the nationally accredited "Movement Over Speed Resistance Reaction" also known as "MORR" Certification.
Education: Virginia Military Institute (B.A. 2003).
Family: Wife - Laura; son - Roman.


Learn to Nordic Walk…and turn every walk into a workout!
Learn to Nordic Walk – the full body workout that provides fast results. Here I'd like to tell you a little bit more about the fastest growing sport in the UK and how Sara and John, members at Train Together, found their experience.
Nordic Walking has grown into a popular way for people of all ages and fitness levels to gain fitness, tone up, lose weight and improve their health. Unlike when trekking or rambling, Nordic Walking poles are planted behind you in order to propel you along. This engages the upper body and makes you feel lighter on your feet, which has four major advantages.
You use 90% of your major muscles so your upper body gets toned as well as your legs and backside!
You can get the most out of even a fairly short walk!
At the beginning of July John (74) and Sara (21..twice) started the first Learn To Nordic Walk course organised from Train Together.
In week 1 we learnt how to hold, lift and plant the poles in order to give us balance and support whilst also propelling us forwards. From walking with two legs, we turned into quadrupeds and this allowed us to activate and work out the major muscle groups of our upper body whilst also making our walking flow much easier. Being an outdoor activity we were also able to take in the scenery of the Lancaster canal.
In week 2 we had a quick refresher of what we had learnt in the first session and then we progressed to using the poles for some hill work. It is equally possible to walk on the flat grass or tarmac, as it is to walk up inclined gravel or bark laden tracks in the Lake District. The key is a good upright posture, and a fluid arm swing. So, here in Lancaster we headed out on the urban paths behind the Industrial Estate and up to Williamson Park.
In week 3 we set off along the Lancaster canal in the direction of Aldcliffe. There was a bit of action as a Coastguard helicopter landed close by on the other side of the canal near the hospital. Within 15-20 minutes we had escaped the concrete jungle and were able to test our ability to work with the poles through the gears and get a bit of a sweat on. With good technique as well as desire and determination the poles can be used to get a really beneficial full body (and mind) workout. Out of town our senses were stimulated by the sun on our faces, the sound of birdsong in our ears, and even seeing some Alpaca roaming around a random field.
To complete the course in Week 4 we decided to explore the Lancaster canal in the other direction out of town. Within 5 minutes we came to a spot with a fantastic view over the city towards the Castle. From here we strode out almost as far as the golf club and the Aqueduct. 30 minutes out, 30 minutes back, this was definitely more than a normal walk on two feet.
Nordic Walking is something I have always wanted to try. I do a lot of walking day to day and I wanted to get more out of my daily routine. So I jumped at the chance to try the taster session when I got the email from Train Together, I enjoyed it so much, I immediately signed up for the 4 week course.
Matt is incredibly passionate about Nordic Walking and it shows in his teaching. No question is too daft and Matt is always encouraging you to check form and posture while walking so you know you are minimising risk of injury and keeping pressure off your joints.
When we were first given the poles to walk with I couldn't understand how this would aid weight loss or be classed as a workout. How wrong was I!! My heart rate monitor showed over 250 calories burned in less than 30 minutes and my arms and shoulders ached like I had been lifting weights!
Walking day to day with children, you tend to look down a lot looking for hazards, but with Nordic you are encouraged to look up and look ahead, the poles really help with this and it's amazing how much you miss when you are looking down.
Over the last 4 weeks we have attempted all types of terrain and we have discovered parts of Lancaster that I didn't know existed! Thanks to Matt's patient tuition, I am walking taller and I have purchased my own set of poles and I'm planning lots of walks.


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UP Man Abducts 6-Year-old, Shoots Self in Panic as Police Catch up
He was taken to a hospital but he had succumbed to his injuries. The boy escaped unhurt and was rescued by the police.
Published: May 22, 2019 3:50 PM IST
Edited by Smriti Sinha EmailFollow
Prayagraj: A man, who had allegedly kidnapped a six-year-old, shot himself on spotting police after him. The accused, Sanjay Yadav, later succumbed to his injuries. Also Read - Oops! Wife Catches Husband Having Dosa With Girlfriend in Car, Takes Them to The Police Station
The boy Yadav had abducted was the son his former employer. Yadav had abducted the boy from his school on Tuesday. "The accused Sanjay Yadav had kidnapped the boy from his school's gymnastic hall, which is in the Civil Lines area of Prayagraj. He then called the minor's family and demanded a ransom of Rs 3 crore," police said. Also Read - Big Benefit For 6 Lakh Home Buyers in UP, PM Announces Rs 2691 Crore Under PMAY-G | Details Here
The family registered a complaint with the police, following which a manhunt was initiated. Reports said police tracked the suspect to Bhadohi. On seeing the cops, Yadav panicked and shot himself. Also Read - UP Govt Lifts Ban On Entry of Poultry Products, Says Chicken, Eggs Not Dangerous if Cooked at 70°C
Last Saturday, six people were arrested for kidnapping the managing director of a Mumbai-based marine engineering company. The 64-year-old was held hostage in Delhi. The accused, including four women, had abducted the MD and held him for a ransom of Rs 30 lakh at a house in Laxmi Nagar.
A probe was launched, as soon as the matter was brought to the attention of the police.
According to a leading daily, the victim had checked into a five-star hotel in the national capital last Thursday. A close examination of the CCTV footage from the hotel revealed that the man was honey-trapped by the accused women.
The footage showed the victim leave the hotel in a car. That helped the police swing into action. When the ransom call came with the demand for Rs 30 lakh for the release of the man, the phone number was tapped and put into surveillance.
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Published Date: May 22, 2019 3:50 PM IST


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Alicia Austin PT, CSCS – Physical Therapist
Alicia graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.S. in Exercise and Sport Sciences. She earned her M.S. in Physical Therapy from the Arizona School of Health Sciences (AT Still University) in 2000. During her professional career, she has had the opportunity to work closely with orthopedic surgeons to gain an extensive knowledge of post-surgical rehabilitation. Alicia is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. She is also certified as a Mat I Pilates Instructor through PHI Pilates. She has had the honor of being a past presenter at the state Athletic Trainer's Convention. Her presentation was about integrating Pilates into the athletic training room. Her most recent accomplishment has been becoming a Certified Kinesio® Taping Practitioner (CKTP) as well as becoming certified in Dry Needling through the American Dry Needling Institute. Alicia is a native of Arizona and enjoys spending time with her family. She has a young son and enjoys watching college basketball, reading, and golfing.
Carlos Ramirez, COTA – Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
Carlos moved from California to Arizona in 2005 and was hired at Desert Hand Therapy shortly thereafter. Prior to moving into therapy, Carlos was certified as a Licensed Massage Therapist in CA. While at DHT, Carlos earned his Associate degree in Applied Science for Occupational Therapy Assistant. Since then, he has dedicated his career to the treatment and rehabilitation of the upper extremity while being mentored by several Certified Hand Therapists. He has worked with therapists at our Chandler, Mesa, Scottsdale, Cofco and Clarendon offices. He has a particular interest in tendon injuries and pursuing further continuing education in modalities, such as kinesiotaping. He is currently in the process of pursing his Masters Degree of Occupational Therapy. Carlos is actively involved in daily managerial duties at the Clarendon clinic when not treating patients.
Carlos, his wife, and 3 boys enjoy outdoor activities which include riding bicyles, soccer, football, and going to the zoo. They live in Mesa.
Chris Reynolds, PT, MHS, CHT
Chris received his Bachelor of Applied Sciences Degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Michigan in 1979. He moved to Phoenix one year later to begin his career in hand therapy and has been part of a growing profession ever since. He worked for a group of hand surgeons and hand therapists for 17 years and helped lay the groundwork for this burgeoning specialty. During this period Chris authored several chapters in Rehabilitation of the Hand and a number of other publications, while giving over 100 talks and presentations nationally and locally. He became a Certified Hand Therapist in 1991, and received his Masters of Health Science Degree from the University of Indianapolis in 1994.
In 1997 Chris started Desert Hand Therapy and has been the Director ever since, establishing 10 clinics in the Valley of the Sun. He continues to see a full caseload of patients finding immense joy in helping patients with injured upper extremities regain motion, strength and function. He recently patented a continuous passive motion machine for the elbow and is working on a new brace/splint combination for injured hands and wrists. Through the years Chris has had the pleasure of mentoring individuals who have expressed an interest in entering the field of hand therapy.
Chris served on the Board of the American Society of Hand Therapy and has been an item writer for the Certification examination. He is a member of the APTA, AZPTA, and ASHT.
When Chris is not at work he enjoys his involvement with his church, participating in sports of all kinds, and spending time with his "little brother" through Valley Big Brothers and Sisters. He particularly enjoys family vacations with his wife Laure, daughter Jessica and son Chase.
Diana Rivera, PTA
Diana is a native of Tucson, Arizona and Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. She joined the staff of Desert Hand Therapy as a Tech in 2001. While on staff at DHT, she received her BS in Kinesiology from Arizona State University in 2008 and then went on to earn her Associates Degree in Physical Therapy Assisting from Whatcom Community College in Bellingham, WA in 2017.
Over the years, Diana has worked with and been mentored by many of the therapists at DHT but has worked exclusively alongside DHT's Director, Chris Reynolds, for the last 16 years.
She is bilingual, fluent in both English and Spanish and is a skilled custom splint fabricator.


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Liz Heldens, showrunner of US drama The Passage, discusses the two-year journey to bring the Fox series to screen, adapting one of her favourite books and finding the balance between character and a furious blend of science fiction, thriller and the supernatural.
It must have been fate. When writer-producer Liz Heldens signed a deal to link up with 20th Century Fox Television in 2016, her first meeting saw her sit down with the studio's development team to find out what they were working on. What she didn't expect to hear was that they had picked up the rights to Justin Cronin's book trilogy The Passage – a novel she describes as "one of my favourite books ever," having read it three years earlier.
With Heldens signing on to develop the project as showrunner, a pilot was subsequently ordered that year. And though it missed out on a pick-up in 2017, Fox backed script rewrites and some reshoots before giving the series the green light last May. The Passage finally debuted in the US on Monday, and has been rolled out on various Fox channels around the world.
Liz Heldens
Heldens came to the project as a fan, having loved the first book. She "devoured" the second and even went to buy the third before Cronin had finished writing it. "So I was geeking out about the book before I knew Fox had it," she says. "When they mentioned the book, I just jumped on it."
Described as an expansive, character-driven thriller, the story focuses on Project Noah, a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to a cure for all disease – but also has the potential to wipe out the human race.
When a young girl, Amy (played by Saniyya Sidney), is chosen to be the next test subject, a federal agent (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is tasked with bringing her in. But he ultimately chooses to ignore his orders and protect her at any cost, even as Project Noah's work threatens to unleash an unimaginable vampiric apocalypse.
A brief synopsis fails to do justice to the vast, far-reaching story of The Passage, which goes into the backstory of the discovery of the virus and reveals how a number of patients had been tested – with variously monstrous results – before scientists decided a child subject would offer the best chance of creating a successful serum, leading to the decision to send Gosselaar's agent Brad Wolgast to pick up Amy.
Helden's original take was to tell the story in two timelines, owing to the fact the book features a big time jump. "So we shot that and it was great, but it was just a lot for a 43-minute network TV show. It was too much information to take in and it felt too big and unwieldy," she explains of the decision to reshoot the pilot. "So we sat down with the network. Everyone loved Mark's part, but the show felt too big and sprawling. I went back and reimagined Project Noah with the intention to give the scientists the same dimensions as the other characters and find out why they were doing what they were doing. That was the mission statement going into The Passage 2.0."
What makes The Passage stand out from other US network dramas is its melting pot of genres – from crime and thriller elements to sci-fi, horror and the supernatural. Each of these are very much present in the first episode, but in a way that manages not to seem shoehorned into a broadcast hour.
Part of that is down to the focus on the characters at the heart of the story, from Brad and Amy's burgeoning father-daughter-esque relationship to the way those involved in Project Noah are humanised beyond their 'evil corporate villain' exteriors.
Saniyya Signey and Mark Paul Gosselaar in The Passage
"What I like about the way we are doing it now is the focus on character, and that's what I do well," the former Friday Night Lights, Deception and The Orville writer says. "That's what broadcast can do really well – it lets you take time to get to know characters at the heart of Project Noah as well as Brad and Amy." That also goes for the 'Virals,' the vampire-like creatures Heldens calls "the true bad guys," which are being housed at the secret facility and about which viewers will learn more through flashbacks.
Heldens praises Cronin's "wonderful" source material, which provides plot tentpoles that are also used in the series and acts as a blueprint for Brad and Amy's relationship. "Telling the story from their point of view was a natural focus for the piece," she says, revealing that ideas for a TV adaptation began spinning in her mind as soon as she read the book, with the 10-episode first season based on just part of Cronin's first tome and ending with a "huge cliffhanger."
In the writers room, the showrunner knew she would use flashbacks to explore the past lives of some of the characters, with fans of the book among those hired to write the scripts. "Then we got into the room and I like to just talk about characters for a while," Heldens says. "Who are Brad and Clark [Richards, a Project Noah scientist played by Vincent Piazza]? What's the thing they're most afraid of? What do you want to see?
"Then the first episode ends in a car chase. So I knew the first scene of episode two would be in the middle of the car chase. Justin had things that needed to happen so we put markers on the board. It's really fun storytelling to do."
The drama is based on Justin Cronin's book trilogy
One of the biggest challenges was keeping the characters realistic and relatable in a world that hosts vampiric creatures that are hungry for blood. "It's kind of crazy but we try hard to keep characters grounded and play it for real," Heldens says. "Reading Justin's book, you really feel like this could happen."
Filming on the series, which is produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox Television, took place in Atlanta, where a writer would be on set for every episode, with Heldens there at the beginning and at the end of shooting. Everyone in the writers room was given a script, with Heldens taking a pass on everything. "Sometimes I take a pass with the writer sitting in my office or I sit with senior staff and we talk about it," she reveals. "I like to give notes if there's time. It's pretty collaborative; I like to hear everyone's opinion. It was a good group of people."
During development and then into production, however, particular focus was placed on what the monsters would look like. The showrunner reveals that while the Virals are truly terrifying creatures in Cronin's book, she wanted them to retain some of their humanity in the series. "That's a change we did for TV. We wanted to be able to see the human being in there and see the character they once were," she explains. "The Virals don't speak but that person has to convey things with their eyes." Practical make-up was used to create the look, with visual effects coming into play to show the Virals changing from their human state to reveal the monster within.
Having learned her trade under Jason Katims on series such as Boston Legal and Friday Night Lights, and with support from producing director Jason Ensler, Heldens says she has been able to go about the complex role of being a showrunner with the same sense of calm and joy as Katims, whose more recent work includes Parenthood and The Path. "I just allowed everyone to do their creative best – and I get addicted to deadlines. I like it all," she says.
It's been a long road for Heldens but with The Passage finally on air more than two years after it first scored a pilot order, she concludes: "I'm just really super happy that it's out in the world."
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Though Comic Con is over, we haven't forgotten about it yet! In honor of the recent Comic Con 2015 in San Diego, here is a list of apps and games for your inner geek's guilty pleasures!
Collect 7 balls to pass each level!
Discover, share and add to your knowledge. It is so easy to get lost in a Wikia reading about your favorite characters.
Captain America can't do it alone and needs your help! Leveling up will unlock new characters with new abilities.
Engage in battle across multiple worlds, all tailored for each Superstar's alter-ego, fully rendered in 3D.
You can unite the greatest heroes from all corners of the Marvel Universe for the epic battle that will decide the fate of all realities.
Create your own worlds and games starring over 60 of your favorite Marvel and Disney characters.
Speaking of injustice…. Here is the newly released Suicide Squad trailer recently released in case you missed it at Comic Con!


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TcpProtocol The TcpProtocol interface enables to plug different application level protocols on a TcpConnector.
AbstractTcpSocketFactory Creates a client socket using the socket address extracted from the endpoint.
ExceptionReturnTcpMessageReceiver Extends TcpMessageReceiver providing managing of protocol error conditions.
LocalSocketTcpMessageDispatcher LocalSocketTcpMessageDispatcher will send transformed Mule events over TCP.
PollingTcpConnector PollingTcpMessageReceiver acts as a polling TCP connector.
PollingTcpMessageReceiver PollingTcpMessageReceiver acts like a TCP client polling for new messages.
TcpConnector TcpConnector can bind or sent to a given TCP port on a given host.
TcpInputStream The TcpMessageDispatcher and the TcpMessageReceiver use this class as the input parameter to the read() method on the TcpProtocol interface.
TcpMessageDispatcher Send transformed Mule events over TCP.
TcpMessageReceiver TcpMessageReceiver acts like a TCP server to receive socket requests.
TcpMessageRequester Request transformed Mule events from TCP.
TcpSocketKey This is used to adapt an endpoint so that it can be used as a key for sockets.


with components that are pre-cut there's no measuring or cutting. When receiving this 10 x 16 Cypress storage shed kit you can start assembling right away with no special tools or skills needed. And additional storage in your home by adding 160 ft.² of storage in your backyard. Uncluttered your home and garage in take back the space. By placing your tools and gardening tools in a large dry wood shed.
This 10 x 16 Cypress shed is specifically designed for the do-it-yourself homeowner that is looking to save a little money and installing their own storage shed kit. You can add options such as windows and a floor kit. Smart panel sheeting is primed and ready for paint.
Trusses: 2 x 4 Pine 24" on center. Trusses come partially assembled with pre-cut gussets.
Optional Shed Pre-cut Kit Standard floor system comes with 2x4 treated floor joists spaced 16" on center and 5/8" OSB (oriented strand board) flooring.


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Roots, Country, and Rockabilly!
02/15/20 Otto's Shrunken Head New York, NY
12/31/19 The Driskill Hotel Austin, TX
12/21/19 Riley's Tavern New Braunfels, TX
12/05/19 Ray Benson's Roadhouse ABIA Austin, TX
10/19/19 Central Market North Lamar Austin, TX
10/11/19 Skinny Dennis Brooklyn, NY
09/14/19 Craft Pride Austin, TX
07/07/19 The Lonesome Rose San Antonio, TX
07/04/19 C-Boy's Heart & Soul Austin, TX
05/27/19 Sam's Burger Joint San Antonio, TX
02/05/19 Pecan Springs Ranch Austin, TX
01/26/19 Tio Leo's San Diego, CA
01/25/19 Yost Santa Ana, CA
01/12/19 Bang Bang Bar San Antonio, TX
09/11/18 Whole Foods Market Austin, TX
09/08/18 Luckenbach Fredericksburg
08/18/18 The Point Casino and Hotel Kingston, WA
07/28/18 Cafe Mueller Austin, TX
05/25/18 Floore's Country Store Helotes, TX
03/17/18 Giddy-Ups Austin, TX
02/11/18 Ballarat Beat Ballarat, VIC
02/11/18 Fast Eddie's Moorabbin, VIC
02/10/18 Lefty's Music Hall Brisbane, QLD
02/09/18 Gaslight Tavern Adelaide, SA
02/08/18 Rock Lily Sydney, NSW
10/23/17 Continental Club Austin, TX
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08/19/17 Alamo Drafthouse Mueller Austin, TX
08/11/17 Evangeline Cafe Austin, TX
08/06/17 Rock n Roll Town Weekender Enniscorthy
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07/30/17 Old Pier Tavern Burnham
07/29/17 The Green Note London
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07/27/17 The Frog and Frigate Southampton
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When we last saw Lara Croft, she was growing out of being a victim. A victim of fate, of other people's aggression, of her own uninspired previous playable incarnations. She's still growing, but she's different now.
For most of Rise of the Tomb Raider, the second installment of a rebooted Tomb Raider series, Lara Croft doesn't go around being scared. She still faces down overwhelming odds, grapples with doubt, and absorbs a ton of trauma. The newest iteration of the iconic video game heroine displays less fumbly panic than she did in 2013's Tomb Raider. There are more moments of steely determination and fewer moments where she pauses to psych herself up. She knows what she's capable of—she hasn't forgotten that one time she wiped out a supernatural army, climbed a mountain, and took down a sun god. It feels like she's grown.
That feeling of growth is a key factor in this sequel. For Rise of the Tomb Raider to succeed, it needs to convince players that Lara has matured, but that she still has more growing to do. Yet the changes in a new installment can't be too radical, lest this Lara become unrecognizable to old and new fans.
Rise of the Tomb Raider tells the story of young Lara Croft, alone in a dangerous place, exploring ruins, solving puzzles, and shooting lots of guys with flaming arrows. It combines hunter/gatherer elements—where you need to scavenge for the stuff you need to survive or make weapons—with a mix of melee and ranged combat with pickaxes, guns or a bow and arrow.
Rise opens yet again with Lara searching for proof of a time-lost civilization. This time, however, her motivations come from a deeply personal place. Before he died, Lara's father was on a quest to find the Divine Source—an artifact said to grant eternal life—and the apocryphal Prophet who performed miracles with its power. Lara's continuation of his work is directly linked to her desire to restore respectability to the Croft name—her father's name. Her travels take her to a snow-swept mountain range in Siberia where she comes into conflict with a mysterious organization named Trinity, whose paramilitary goons are also looking for the Divine Source. Hello, cannon fodder.
Crystal Dynamics' latest effort at a Tomb Raider game benefits from smartly imagining the psychological underpinnings of both its heroes and villains. Just as Lara is trying to contend with her father's legacy, the main bad guy's thirst for power is likewise driven by very personal reasons. There are moments that you feel like you're fighting against a screwed-up worldview and not just a bunch of artificially-intelligent mannequins.
Rise of the Tomb Raider tweaks the gameplay formula established in its 2013 predecessor. There's a new crafting system that has Lara constantly foraging for resources that she can use to make ammo, equipment or bandages. Once she has enough resources, she can craft what she needs on the go. The player holds down the left bumper and can craft, mid-action. So, collecting deathcap mushrooms lets her make poison arrows that release a fatal gas. Similarly, other new craftable items increase the ability to silently skulk through encounters if you want. If loud, messy combat engagement is your thing, then you can quickly turn bottles and cans into molotovs and hand grenades.
Lara's newly improved abilities are a direct reflection of how much effort you put into exploring the gameworld. As her skills increase, her ability to spot resources and read the world gets more powerful. Lara buffs her mastery of ancient languages by finding murals and improves her arsenal and equipment by amassing exotic animal hides. Other combat upgrades let you pull off feats like multiple headshots at once with the bow. The way that ROTTR's mechanics are structured feeds into the overall sense of growing or maturing.
Aside from its opening chapters, Rise of the Tomb Raider is set around the geothermal valley in Siberia where Lara and Trinity have tracked the Divine Source. It's a gorgeously layered landscape that feels more like an open world than the terrain of the 2013 game. Whether snowy or lushly green, the terrain feels alive, teeming with plant-based resources or animals to stalk (or flee). Aside from scads of posthumous testimonials about the history of its events and fiction, the game also teases players with optional tombs. The entrances to these tombs are secreted away and you'll need to apply some extra effort to even find them. Once you find these tombs, you'll be faced with a single physics-based environmental puzzle—familiar to longtime Tomb Raider fans. But you'll need to navigate through various section of the tombs to trigger various elements necessary to their solution. As a result, they wind up feeling bigger and more significant.
The game's also got side missions—given to you by actual in-world quest-givers—that grant you new tools/weapons, like a lock pick and crafting tool. You can also use in-game currency to obtain some of these weapons and equipment from the supply shack that opens up in the first third of the game.
Editor's Note: We've refreshed this review for 2016 to coincide with the release of the game on PC. In the time between when we first reviewed it last November and now, we've revised our approach to reviews and removed YES/NO recommendations from our summary cards. The card above is one of the new ones; you can view the game's original "YES" card here.
This is an enjoyable sequel and the reason it's very fun is because it feels upgraded in nearly every way. When I tried for stealthier approaches in the 2013 Tomb Raider, the results felt haphazard. In this game, I was able to plan and execute better, thanks to a plethora of options that let you blind or poison enemies from afar. The feeling of being a cunning predator was a welcome change for me, especially after enduring the emotional rawness of the last Tomb Raider. Another thing I liked about Rise of the Tomb Raider is how it constantly rewards your curiosity. If you head to a seemingly innocuous cliff or stop and take in your surroundings with Lara's survival instinct, you'll almost always find a resource or collectible waiting for you. I leaned hard on Lara's survival instinct because Rise of the Tomb Raider is the kind of game where I didn't want to miss a thing.
I played Rise of the Tomb Raider much like I did its predecessor: almost exclusively with the bow and arrow and as stealthily as my patience would allow. This time around, however, I didn't feel like a trembly twentysomething, scared of every shadow. I felt more like a hunter and explorer, systematically taking down enemies and challenges. That said, I didn't like having to unlock the same suite of weapons as in the last game. Lara knew how to counter enemies and perform quick stealth kills in the last game—why should she have to re-learn it now?
Unlike the Tomb Raider game from two years ago, Rise doesn't have any competitive multiplayer. Instead, it offers another gambit geared to entice players to keep returning to the game. The Expeditions feature lets you play remixed chunks of the story campaign in one of four modes—Chapter Replay, Chapter Replay Elite, Score Attack or Remnant Resistance.
So, a Lobotomy challenge tasks players to notch five headshots with the bow and arrow and using a Big Head card on enemies swells their craniums makes their torsos and limbs more resistant to damage. The credits you earn in Expeditions can be used to buy more card packs for increased variability in the missions you create. I enjoyed the handful of Expeditions missions I took on and the feature feels like a clever way of re-jiggering the work that's already in the game.
Rise of the Tomb Raider's greatest success is in how it encourages exploration, which in turn makes you feel more connected to its fictional world. Every hapless corpse in the frozen Russian wastes is a reminder that Lara's moving through a place that's killed many others. As I played, she came across as increasingly gifted, with enough spirit and ingenuity to find ways to see herself through to the other side. This Lara isn't a wide-eyed newcomer, nor is she a flinty veteran. She's somewhere in between. Rise of the Tomb Raider makes me want to follow her where she goes next.
For a second opinion, check out the TAY Review over at our reader-run blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves.


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Fifteen years and three days ago, Apple announced it was going to purchase a little company called NeXT. Fifteen years on, we can still find references to the humble beginnings of OS X, NeXTSTEP, in Apple's latest and greatest OS.
It would be pretty funny if the whole "wearable iPod nano watch" thing has taken off and caused Apple to consider an entirely new lineup of devices that are eminently wearable. What better way of introducing ubiquitous computing to the masses?
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If you are married to, or a friend of, someone who enjoys playing slot machines, you know that such people must tolerate you. If your companion or friend plays other games or they are in fact non-players, they have to show great patience if you enjoy significant time at the machines. If they like or love you, they better be patient and understanding.
Avid slot players are not like other players. They are serious pursuers of machines that are hot or at least promising.
If you are a slot junky or slotaholic who enjoys many hours trying to beat the RNGs of this, that or all machines, those who wait for you to finish play may have a long wait indeed. They must, in short, tolerate your play.
How does Papa Lipsky, her husband of 35 years, feel about his wife's slot mania?
But there is a third alternative. Take Benny and Birdie (those are their nicknames), longtime players dating back to the late 1970s.
Benny: "So here is how we play. We give each other $100 each on our first machine. After we both put through that $100 we see if we are ahead –"
Birdie: "Or only a little behind –"
I do not advocate long playing sessions. I also enjoy doing other things when I am at a casino and/or casino destination. But that's just me. I can understand players who just want to play and play and play some more.
But if you love someone who loves slots, then it might be best if you love slots too.
Frank Scoblete's latest books are I Am a Dice Controller: Inside the World of Advantage-Play Craps, Confessions of a Wayward Catholic, Slot Conquest and I Am a Card Counter. Available from Amazon.com, Kindle, Barnes and Noble, and at bookstores. Visit Frank's web site at frankscoblete.com.


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Ni Wen-ya (; ur. 2 marca 1905 w Luoqing w prow. Zhejiang, zm. 3 czerwca 2006 w Tajpej) – tajwański polityk.

Ukończył studia na Columbia University. W 1947 roku wybrany deputowanym do Yuanu Ustawodawczego z ojczystej prowincji Zhejiang.

Działacz Kuomintangu, w latach 1972–1988 pełnił funkcję przewodniczącego Yuanu Ustawodawczego. Organ ten, obecnie spełniający rolę parlamentu, do lat 90. XX wieku składał się w większości z członków dożywotnich i pracował nad przygotowaniem ustaw przedkładanych Zgromadzeniu Narodowemu.

Przypisy

Chińscy politycy
Tajwańscy politycy
Tajwańscy stulatkowie
Chińscy stulatkowie
Urodzeni w 1901
Zmarli w 2006

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Gobha's all-weather hat is the little-black dress of cycling wear -- a garment fit for any and every occasion. Whether you're on your way to a fund-raising cocktail with green-minded bike-commuting activists, going on a weekend spin with well-equipped century-riders, joining a hammer-fest with your bike racing buddies, or sipping latte's with a crew of fixie-fashionistas, the Gobha hat will help you fit in.
Under ordinary circumstances, belonging to one of these in-crowds involves filling one's closet with a particular type of clothing. A typical commuter gearhead will have pants designed to perform well during a 25-minute bike commute while being comfortable and good looking for 8 hours at the office – concerns that don't interest the recreational cyclist. Her closet is filled with high-performance Lycra wear she'll change out of as soon as the ride is done.
A Gobha reversible all-weather hat, however, goes in all these closets. Bicycling hats of the Gobha style are an urban fashion signifier, yet derive their silhouette from European bike-racing wear. That means a fixie-fashionista, who haunts coffee shops flaunting a single-speed bicycle, $300 selvedge jeans and an exclusive-graphic-design-sporting t-shirt, will, if he's in the know, wear one piece of performance sportswear – a Belgian-style cap. And we happen to make the best ones available in the hip San Francisco Mission/SoMa District borderlands.
Typical non-cyclist outdoors people, meanwhile, might own a closet filled with unrelated items such fly-fishing vests, or yachting shoes, backpacking boots, or cross-country skis. Each of these sportspeople would be well served with a Gobha hat, however, because of our product's unique ability to keep out the rain and wind, wick sweat to keep wearers dry and not overly warm, and otherwise regulate outdoor-sports body temperature better than any other garment they own.
She owns three up-to-the moment bicycles worth $3000 or so each, each equipped with fashionable bent-wood fenders, hand-welded racks, and an assortment of colorful panniers that double as shopping bags and briefcases. She also owns a wardrobe of specialty urban cycling gear such as $180 Swrve soft-shell pants with $45 locally-made pedalpanties underneath, a $120 Chrome zip sweater over an $80 Outlier shirt, $25 Smartwool socks and $350.00 Sidi ratchet-buckle cycling shoes.
These possessions don't reflect wealth, but rather carefully curated taste. This is part of a set of values that includes being concerned about global warming and her personal role in it, and it entails engaging with her husband, with friends, and professional colleagues in topics such as urban design and green business practices.
These types of cyclists are part of a social and civil engineering movement chronicled in books such as Jeff Mapes' recent "Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists are Changing American Cities." And they're part of a virtuous cycle in which cities are hitching their prospects to attract America's young intelligentsia by building cycling infrastructure, and more and more previously car-bound people join what's becoming seen as a coming cultural shift.
The Gobha reversible cycling cap is tailored for this crowd. It's designed to allow a bike commuter to survive a 20-minute squall without getting her hair wet, or leave home in freezing weather, and warm up without breaking a sweat. More than any garment a customer such as Mia could own, the Gobha product will help keep her arriving by bike at a client site dry, comfortable, and looking good.
These customers appreciate the unique fashionable tailoring, the Gobha one-of-a-kind cross pattern, and commuter-gearhead luxury taste signifiers such as Merino wool, Schoeller soft-shell fabric, and 1960s Belgium cycling hat styling.
Emmaus Pennsylvania Magazine editor Bill Strickland is an obsessive cyclist who considers "cyclist" an apt descriptor of his personality, values, and achievements. He might also add physique, and other biophysical performance measures. Bill owns many thousands of dollars worth of bicycles, bicycling clothing and accessories. But it's not likely he'd ever run into Mia day to day. When Bill gets up at 6 a.m. and begins putting bicycling clothing on, he's not preparing for a trip for the office, but for a workout designed to nudge the watts per kilogram his bike-riding body can produce closer to his magical goal of 5.1.
In the spring Bill packs his kit-bag and loads his bike on the car to drive to century rides – 100-mile catered events where one might find 3000 people each of whom will bring along a bicycle, clothes and accessories costing more than $6000. In the fall, he might ride a few races in a muddy bicycle-racing sport called cyclocross, which calls for owning multiple sets of $4000 wheel, each mounted with hand-made bike tires that cost $150 each.
In February, Strickland wrote an online column for Bicycling Magazine about why our product is the best available for his tribe.
One layer is water-repellent, windproof Schoeller fabric; the other is Merino wool. I've started long rides in 37-degree rainstorms with the Schoeller side out to stay dry, pulled the cap off while pedaling, turned it inside-out and ridden comfortably with the wool side out once the deluge stops, flipped up the lining that covers the ears and back of the head when the sun came fully out from the clouds, then switched back to water-resistant mode as gloom and rain came on again — ideal temperature management throughout a five-plus-hour ride that varied by more than twenty degrees in conditions from sideways cannon-blasts of near-hail to eye-squinting sun.
I don't know why this one works so well. I'd expected the Schoeller layer to trap sweat when it was turned inside and lay against my head. But somehow it breathes or wicks or performs whatever the latest performance nomenclature is.
The Bill Stricklands of the world care about performance, looks and quality. But their dresser doesn't necessarily contain urban-cycling-wear-style brands such as Swrve and Chrome. It's stuffed with Euro-styled racing wear, consisting of $250.00-apiece cycling shorts and jerseys, and $450.00-apiece jackets and leggings, made by companies such as Capo, Castelli and Assos.
Gobha products appeal to this taste for high-performance garments, as described in Strickland's column. And it fits their notion of what bicycling clothing should look like, with a European bike-racer style cut, modified to fit and perform much better than traditional cycling garments do.


As spring approaches, all manner of free food becomes available. I took my son along to Stoke Park Estate in Bristol where local guide, Steve England, was running a morning foraging course to show what was on offer!
Hoping to inspire my son, and also to come away with a bag of goodies, we headed over to the Cameron Centre in Lockleaze, just on on edge of the estate and where we met with the rest of the group. My son being three years old was the youngest and I did wonder whether he would actually eat anything, but full of excitement, and after a warm welcome from Steve, we headed on to the estate.
Steve stopped us and explained that he would keep things simple for us as foraging can get fairly in depth, especially when it came to fungi. So we would be looking and tasting a few very simple and easy things to find.
After being handed a few bags to store our foraged goodies we set out looking for our first meal, Crows garlic! Steve showed us what we were looking for and soon enough we started to find it everywhere. My son soon filled our bag up, and it amazed me as we actually have it in our garden! Next stop was below the bows of a birch tree where Steve had a strange set up of bottles strapped to the trees with small wooden plugs dripping birch sap in to them. I had heard about this before and was keen to try this, but to my surprise not as much as my son! He gulped it down like it was a fizzy drink! I drank my share and I can only describe if as a soft, sweet water. Very nice and easy to drink. Apparently, this drink can only be collected for a few months, just before the leaves appear on the tree. The water is sucked up through the tree, drawing all of the nutrients from the ground, filtering it through the trunk, and producing a bounty of mineral high sap. Steve also drove home the importance of plugging the tree afterwards to avoid damage and make the foraging sustainable.
We headed in to the woods looking for wild garlic next and whilst there, Steve showed us the benefits to eating the fresh budding leaves on a hawthorn tree. My son was in there again, picking of new shoots and eating away. I was quite impressed. Some of this was down to Steve's confidence in what he was saying and showing us leading up to it.
After gathering a nice bag of wild garlic we sought out Ground Elder, apparently a weed brought over by the Romans, but probably my favourite find of the day. After returning home, this was the one thing I found went with every meal as a fresh salad leaf.
The whole experience had been very educational, great fun and we came away with food! My son was asleep in the car on the way home, tired from all of the excitement, and on waking up asked when we could do it again!


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Note that for HFI the resulting pointing model cannot easily be directly compared to a physical/optical model: in particular, it includes a phase shift in the scan direction from the convolution and deconvolution of the detector transfer function, which is complex in the Fourier domain (see {{BibCite|planck2013-p03c}} {{P2013|7}} ). This phase shift was not measured during normal operations, but a short campaign during which the spacecraft was spun at a higher rate will be used to determine these offsets in future date releases. Comparison with the initial optical model indicates that the in-scan change due to this phase shift is of the order of 1 arcminute. Note also that aberration is corrected in all observations.
The final pointing model is measured to be better than 2 arcsecond rms in the co-scan and cross-scan directions averaged over ten-day periods, as shown below. Note that there are larger hourly drifts of up to 10 arcseconds due to interference from the radiometer electronics box assembly (REBA) as discussed more fully in {{BibCite|planck2013-p03}} {{P2013|6}}).
Prior to modeling of systematic changes in the Planck pointing, we find secular drifts of order one arcminute over the course of the nominal mission. We monitor this by making point-source catalogs based on single Planck surveys, only counting those objects which are observed over the course of less than seven days (this limits us to observations away from the ecliptic poles where Planck's observing strategy is highly cross-linked). We cross-match these catalog positions to the known IRAS point-source catalog {{BibCite|Lingyu2009}} and average the deviations in ten-day blocks (the individual measurements are shown as lighter points; error bars assume equal weighting for all points, but the results are not sensitive to any imposed S/N cutoff):
The profiles and locations of the beams are determined from the four observations of Jupiter listed in Table 1. Details are given in {{BibCite|planck2013-p02d}}.
The origin of the focal plane is the optical line of sight defined in {{BibCite|tauber2010b}}. In the LFI RIMO, the beam centres are given by four numbers, $\theta_{\mathrm uv}$, $\phi_{\mathrm uv}$, $\psi_{\mathrm uv}$, and $\psi_{\mathrm pol}$. Only $\theta_{\mathrm uv}$ and $\phi_{\mathrm uv}$, which are the beam pointing in spherical coordinates referred to the line of sight, can be determined with Jupiter observations. The polarization orientation of the beams, defined by $\psi_{\mathrm uv} + \psi_{\mathrm pol}$, is not estimated from flight data but is derived from main beam simulations based on ground measurements.
single scan. Results are reported, with errors, in {{BibCite|planck2013-p02d}}. In addition, the beams are stacked in pairs (J1J2 and J3J4) and all together (J1J2J3J4) in order to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the measurements. Before the stacking, each beam is artificially repointed along the direction given by the arithmetic average of the centre of each beam to be stacked. Then a fit is performed again on the stacked beams and the resulting parameters recorded. For single scans it has been found that there is an agreement within 2 arcsec in the pointing direction between J1 and J2. The same agreement occurs between J3 and J4. In contrast, a 15 arcsec systematic deviation of the beam centre was detected when comparing J1J2 to J3J4. Figure below shows the reconstructed beam positions and
errors in the line-of-sight frame magnified by a factor of 100. The shift is evident for the 70 GHz beams, as well as in all
the J1J2 and J3J4 stacked beam centres. The change in the location has been found mainly in the scan direction (i.e., $v$-coordinate). To account for this pointing shift, we apply two pointing solutions for LFI. The first focal plane calibration is valid from OD91 to OD540 and is based on the J1J2 beam pointing determination. The second calibration is valid from OD541 to OD563 and is based on the J3J4 beam


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He is credited with working with the following: Snake Davis, Peter White, Light of the World, Gabrielle, Lonnie Liston Smith, Acoustic Alchemy, Dave Koz, Nelly Furtado, Jim Diamond, Ronnie Laws, Heatwave (band), Mica Paris, Fatboy Slim, Jeff Kashiwa and Tony Hadley.

After seven years with the successful contemporary jazz group Acoustic Alchemy, Felix left the band to pursue a solo career. His first album, Funky Underground: Vol 1 was released in 2007.

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Minneapolis, MN — After the death of Eric Garner in 2014 shook the nation, the phrase "I can't breathe" has become a chilling symbol for violence doled out at the hands of the state. TFTP has reported on multiple instances in which entirely peaceful and often innocent people have muttered those words just before police officers squeeze the last bit of life from their bodies. Tragically, as the video below shows us, this is still happening.
Monday night, police officers in Minneapolis responded to a call over an alleged "forgery in progress." When cops arrived, they found a man, who appeared to be in his 40s — who "fit the description."
"Officers were advised that the suspect was sitting on top of a blue car and appeared to be under the influence," the police statement said. "Two officers arrived and located the suspect, a male believed to be in his 40s, in his car. He was ordered to step from his car.
"After he got out, he physically resisted officers. Officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and noted he appeared to be suffering medical distress. Officers called for an ambulance."
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The man died soon after, the statement said, adding, "At no time were weapons of any type used by anyone involved in this incident. … Body worn cameras were on and activated during this incident."
As the disturbing video shows, the above description by police leaves out many details. The man, who had only fit the description of a forgery suspect was thrown to the ground by police and held under a police officer's knee for five minutes. Five minutes with a knee on his neck.
"My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts. … (I need) water or something. Please. Please. I can't breathe, officer. … I cannot breathe. I cannot breathe." That was followed by more groaning and as the last moments of life left this man's body, officers did not help him up or remove the knee from his neck.
In an ongoing commentary captured in the video taken by Darnella Frazier, a male onlooker says, "That's bulls—t, Bro. You're stopping his breathing right there, Bro. Get him off the ground, Bro. You're being a bum right now."
"They kept telling us 'if he can talk he can't breathe,"' Frazier wrote on Facebook. Sadly, the cops were wrong.
After watching the incident unfold and realizing that the officers could've gotten the man in the car in all this time, an onlooker makes a disturbing observation. The cops appear to be enjoying treating this man like this.
The man says the officer is "enjoying that. He's a bum, bro. You could have put him in the car by now. He's not resisting arrest or nothing. You're enjoying it. Look at you. Your body language – you bum. You know that's bogus right now."
The female onlooker repeatedly urges the officers to check the subject's pulse. "He's not responsive right now," a bystander says. "He's not moving."
After kneeling on the man's neck for five minutes, an ambulance arrives and takes the man away. But he was already dead.
"You just really killed that man, Bro," the male onlooker says.
According to CBS news, the FBI has since been called in to investigate and the officers involved have been suspended.
Before the video surfaced, police claimed on their website that the man died after a "medical incident." Apparently, holding a cop's knee on a man's neck until he goes unconscious and dies, is a "medical incident."
After the video began to go viral on Tuesday, Mayor Jacob Frey responded with anger in a passionate Facebook post:
Being Black in America should not be a death sentence.
For five minutes, we watched a white officer press his knee into a Black man's neck. Five minutes.
When you hear someone calling for help, you're supposed to help. This officer failed in the most basic, human sense. What happened on Chicago and 38th last night is awful. It was traumatic. It serves as a reminder of how far we have to go.
For the better part of the night, I've been trying to find the words to describe what happened.
All I keep coming back to is this: this man should not have died.
What we saw is horrible. Completely and utterly messed up.
The man's life matters. He matters.
He was someone's son. Someone's family member. Someone's friend.
He was a human being and his life mattered.
Whatever the investigation reveals, it does not change the simple truth, he should still be with us this morning.
I believe what I saw and what I saw is wrong on every level.
This does not reflect the values Chief Arradondo has worked tirelessly to fulfill.
To our Black community, to the family: I'm so sorry.
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Equality NC, Freedom to Marry, and 12 other Southern statewide and regional organizations today launched a $1 million multi-state campaign to build majority support for marriage in the South. The new effort, called Southerners for the Freedom to Marry, will include significant field and media work over the next year in partnership with supportive organizations across the region. Bipartisan co-chairs across the region include civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who kicked off the campaign in a web ad; U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA); and George W. Bush advisor Mark McKinnon from Texas.
"Our investment in the South comes at a pivotal time in the marriage movement," said Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry. "The South is home to hundreds of thousands of loving, committed same-sex couples – and to a majority of the nearly 50 federal marriage cases now underway in courts across the country. Our new campaign will give voice to the many in the region now ready to move forward, including clergy, business leaders, conservatives, and family members, to show that all of America is ready for the freedom to marry."
"Equality NC is proud to join Freedom to Marry and our friends at Southern equality organizations all across the South to do the critical work of moving our region and state forward on marriage equality," said Chris Sgro, Executive Director. "In the fight for equality, no state or region should be left behind."
Despite growing support in the South, Southern states continue to discriminate against the more than 200,000 couples and their families who make the region their home. According to 2010 Census Bureau data, same-sex couples raising children are more common in the South than in any other region of the country. A recent poll of registered Southern voters showed that support for the freedom to marry in the region is now evenly split.
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Граведона () — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Ломбардия, подчиняется административному центру Комо.

Население составляет 2779 человек, плотность населения составляет 436 чел./км². Занимает площадь 6 км². Почтовый индекс — 22015. Телефонный код — 0344.

Покровителем населённого пункта считается San Vincenzo.

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Граведона является одним из самых важных художественных центров озера Комо. Основанный в предроманский период, городок был преуспевающей коммуной в средние века и союзником Милана во время десятилетней войны. В XVI веке Граведона была столицей Трех Главных Приходов озера Комо, затем пeрешла во владение к Толомео Галлио, сумела сохранить определенную автономию даже под господством Висконти и Сфорца. Особой гордостью Граведоны было ювелирное искусство, особенно благодаря семье Сергрегори. Экономика городка в прошлом основывалась на рыболовстве, земледелии и скотоводстве. Сегодня Граведона - это важный коммерческий центр и летний курорт.

Достопримечательности
Среди достопримечательностей Граведоны следует отметить дворец Кардинала Толомео Галлио (Palazzo Galio), строгой и в то же время элегантной архитектуры, спроектированный Пеллегрини в конце XVI века. Среди гор Граведоны живописная дорога поднимается до Ливио (Livio), 665 м. над ур. м., через Пельо (Peglio), где находится приходская церковь, украшенная знаменитыми произведениями искусства, включая картины фламандских мастеров и школы Гуэрчино. Из Ливио берет начало тропа, ведущая к приюту Комо на 1790 м. над ур. м. на берегу озера Даренго (Darengo).

Самым знаменитым памятником в Граведоне является церковь Santa Maria del Tiglio, первоначально баптистерий (V век), превращенный в романскую церковь между 1150 и 1175 гг., отделанную белым и серым мрамором с элементами северной архитектуры. Следует также упомянуть церковь Св. Винсента (San Vincenzo), построенную около 1050 года на месте бывшей часовни пятого века, восстановленную в семнадцатом и восемнадцатом веках. До наших дней от древней постройки сохранился склеп и две надписи шестого века.


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Who doesn't love pizza? We've compiled a list of vegetarian-friendly pizzas right here in Colombo!
Giovanni's is hands down the best pizza place in town. Having tried all of their vegetarian options, the Four Cheese pizza (Rs. 1400) is by far the best one. You get Mozzarella, Gouda, Homemade Cheese and Blue Cheese as your four cheeses. It's also quite large, enough for 2 or 3 people. We also recommend the Tutta Verdura (Rs. 1350) which has 9 different veggies! It does taste a little too salty because of all the cheese, but in no way messes up the flavor. Kavindu (our other office vegetarian) also suggests the Margherita if you don't mind a bit of tomato!
Domenico's Popeye's Dream (Rs. 1400) comes with just mozzarella, spinach, mushrooms and white cheese. The entire pizza is dripping with cheese. The spinach is fresh and they've drizzled cream on top. If that doesn't make you drool, nothing will. Unless you're vegan.
We recommend the Vegetariano (9" Rs. 1200, 12" Rs. 1600) which include mushrooms, black olives, bell peppers, onions, artichokes & mozzarella. It's got all the veggies that make a great pizza, so give it a go. It's actually worth making the trip to Nawala.
Rocco's Pizza Di Patate (Rs. 1000 for 9" and Rs. 1350 for 14") with sliced potatoes, caramelized onions, rosemary, and mozzarella is one of their most popular vegetarian pizzas. If you're in the area, drop by for a slice, or three.
Pizza Hut's small pizza is still ridiculously small and while it might be enough for one person, I still don't think it's worth the money. However, their Medium and Large options will give you your money's worth. Their vegetarian options aren't as flavoursome as their meat ones, except for the Paneer Tikka Masala (Rs. 1710 L), which is my personal favourite! That amount of cheese is bad for you but I don't care. There's a generous amount of paneer and melted cheese in each slice giving you that strong Indian flavour without overshadowing the normal pizza flavour.
What stands out in the Belmio menu is the Make Your Own Pizza (appx. Rs. 1200 for a 9"). Starting with a Margherita base (Rs 650 for 9" and Rs 900 for 13") they give you a choice of 10 veggies to choose from, including artichoke, bell pepper, black olives, capsicum, eggplant, fresh tomato, jalapenos, mushrooms, onions, and spinach. In addition, you get ricotta, parmesan and/or blue cheese. Each topping has a separate rate for 9" and 13". With so much choice and quality, Belmio's is probably one of the best choices on this list!
The Vegetable Sarata (Rs. 900) is a Sri Lankan favourite because of its spiciness. It comes with a generous topping of mushroom, capsicum, onions, black olives and mozzarella.
Domino's Garden Fresh Delight (Rs. 1040 - M) is topped with fresh onions, crispy peppers, mushrooms, jalapenos, corn and herbs it's literally a vegetable garden in there. It tastes so good! Especially after you sprinkle some of their chili flakes and oregano.
The smallest stall in the food court of Majestic City has the biggest queue. Their Vegetable Pizza (Rs. 170) is just as good as anything you'd find there. One slice will fill you right up.
We loved their Pizza Buffalo Caprese (Rs. 1200) which comes with a tomato base, buffalo cheese with oregano and basil. However, with Harpo's it's best dine-in rather than order because they take ages to deliver, and you'd most likely get a cold pizza, which is the worst! Plus their locations (both in Nugegoda and their upscale spot at Bayleaf) are both pretty and worth visiting!
ODEL, Alexandra Place, Colombo 07.
Oro has some great veggie pizzas. Their most popular is the DOC (Rs. 2000) which is fresh buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes and basil. Although a bit on the pricier side, they serve some authentic Neapolitan (from Naples in Italy) pizzas. We also recommend the San Carlo (Rs. 2100) which is a white pizza with fresh mozzarella, grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, basil and white truffle oil.
There you have it. Some really good vegetarian pizzas for any pizza lover really, not just vegetarians.


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