Checkpoints in Diablo 3 function similar to respawn points in FPS games. Players who die appear back at the last checkpoint they reached, usually at the stairs that they took to reach the current level, or the closest chokepoint that separates two outdoor levels.
Checkpoints visible on the map from BlizzCon 2009 snippet of Act II.
Checkpoints are not spots on the ground that must be clicked, like waypoints. They aren't visible in the game at all, until your character passes through one, at which point a "checkpoint reached" title pops with flashing graphics.
Checkpoints are designed to save players time and effort when they die, allowing their character to quickly rejoin the party and continue the battle. Players restart at the last checkpoint they passed through, fully equipped and recovered in health. Checkpoints are common enough that a character seldom requires more than a minute to run from one to the site of their death.
In Cellar of the Damned - After killing Haedrig's wife, Mira.
Just outside Tristram at the end of the bridge into The Weeping Hollow.
Just beyond the gates of the Cemetery of the Forsaken.
Inside the entrance to the Chancellor's Tomb - Just after you have killed Manglemaw.
After returning the crown to Haedrig in Tristram.
Inside the entrance of The Royal Crypts.
Just before entering the Ornate Door to the Crypt of the Skeleton King.
After killing the Skeleton King.
Returning to Tristram with the Stranger.
After speaking with Cain about the Stranger.
End of the bridge from Cemetery of the Forsaken into Fields of Misery.
Outside entrance to Khazra Den.
After handing in the sword shard to Deckard Cain.
As you approach the slope up from Fields of Misery to The Old Mill.
After activating the Waypoint just before the Drowned Temple after talking to the Scoundrel.
Just across the bridge that Alaric raises for you from the Drowned Temple to The Festering Woods.
Just inside the entrance of Warrior's Rest and Crypt of the Ancients.
Just back across the bridge from The Festering Woods to the Drowned Temple once you have collected the Beacons.
After entering the Drowned Temple.
After killing the unique brothers in the Drowned Temple.
After returning to Tristram with the sword shard.
Just outside, and just inside, the entrance of the Caverns of Araneae.
As you approach the Chamber of Queen Araneae.
Once you have found Karyna's Lost Wagon.
Once you've opened the Khazra Barricade.
As your approach Leoric's Hunting Grounds in the Northern Highlands.
At the Iron Gates to Leoric's Manor Courtyard.
After you've killed Maghda's minions in the Manor.


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Q: d3.geo: Path vs. Projection Currently, I am trying to learn how to use the d3.js API for geospatial mapping, but I am having trouble understanding how each part of the visualization works.  What is the difference between a path and a projection?
My current understanding is that the d3.geo.path is the coordinates I would use to create the shape I desire, and the projection is more along the lines of a layer I project onto my svg object.  However, I am confused as to what it means to have a default projection (which in the case of d3.geo.path is albersUSA.
Furthering on this question, do I need my own json files for d3.json in order to create the shapes I so desire?  So in the case of the United States map, would I need to find all the coordinates online and store them in a json file before I can create a proper path object?
Any help is appreciated.  Thanks!

A: A projection takes world coordinates (for example something like 20 degrees north, 5 degrees south) and converts them to map coordinates (for example 200 pixels to the right, 10 pixels down). A path takes these map coordinates and connects them such that you get a line (or series of lines). The projection is a conversion function, whereas the path takes care of the actual drawing. The coordinates are given by data that you pass to these functions.
There are examples on the D3 website for drawing specific "shapes", i.e. countries or world maps. You can use the JSON in these examples for your own purposes. If you want to show specific points or shapes that you can't find data for elsewhere, you'll have to provide your own JSON.

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Though not as big as Manhattan's gargantuan, multi-floor Midtown Comics, Comic Relief rivals its neighborhood booksellers — Pegasus and Moe's, (the latter of which it was modeled after) — in size, but with one crucial difference: There's pictures on nearly every page. And we're not just talking DC and Marvel, tights-wearing super-dudes (though they're here, too). Just like at a more traditional indie megastore, there's books of every type, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Maus and National Book Critics Circle-nominated Fun Home, to underground demigods Hernandez and Crumb and new heroes like Julie Doucet and Jeffrey Brown (and all the Clowes and Kochalkas in between); from non-superhero series like Local and Strangers in Paradise to fantasy epics like Neil Gaiman's Sandman series; from manga to erotica; and well, basically, everything else that falls into that magical, long undervalued space between prose and cinema. Sadly, the store's cofounder and longtime proprietor, Rory Root, died this May at the age of fifty. But he did live long enough to see the rest of the world catch up to his vision — that one day comics would be considered a form of art.


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DC SALES: Bat-Books for March 2017
Time to take a look at March sales for DC's Batman family of regular comic books. For an overview of the month, and DC's victory over Marvel, see here. And for the fine print on what all these numbers mean and how they are calculated, look to the bottom of this page, fanboy!
Overall, the Bat-books are doing fine, holding down seven of the Top 20 issues for the month. When 35 percent of the Top 20 is tied to a single character, I guess you've got the darling of the medium in your stable. So, let's take a closer look at the numbers and see what we can learn. This month, I'll also link to recent DC Comics News reviews for the titles in questions, so you can check out b0oks you see here that you may not be reading. Maybe YOU can help drive those numbers up!
DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE ($5.99)
12/2001: (1) Dark Knight Strikes Again #1 — 187,376
02/2002: (1) Dark Knight Strikes Again #3— 184,327
12/2015: (1) Dark Knight III #1 — 440,234 [+8,865]
12/2015: (2) Dark Knight III #2 — 158,188 (-64.1%) [+10,4o2]
02/2016: (1) Dark Knight III #3 — 146,044 (-7.7%) [+4,621]
04/2016: (3) Dark Knight III #4 — 143,055 (-2.0%)
06/2016: (6) Dark Knight III #5 — 139,919 (-2.2%) [+18,525]
12/2016: (3) Dark Knight III #7 — 119,114 (-10.9%)
Okay, so let me admit, I haven't been reading this one myself. I felt so burned on DK2, which I thought was basically the Plan 9 of comic books, that I have assiduously shunned this book as my form of lingering protest. So, I really have no idea what it is about. The attrition has certainly picked up pace, though. I imagine the large layover between issues can't be helping any in that regard.
DC Comics News reviewer Steven Brown gave #8 a laudable 4 out of 5 DC Bullets, calling it, "a great read if you've been following the series as a whole."
BATMAN ($2.99)
03/2007: (17) Batman #664 — 80,492
09/2011: (1) Batman #1* — 188,410
05/2016: (4) Batman #52 — 102,197
06/2016: (3) Batman: Rebirth #1* — 199,807 [+9,479]
07/2016: (3) Batman #2* — 177,105 (-36.8%)
07/2016: (5) Batman #3* — 168,939 (-4.9%)
09/2016: (1) Batman #6 — 138,853 (-2.3%)
11/2016: (1) Batman #10 — 120,901 (-4.1%)
02/2017: (3) Batman #17 — 99,637 (-2.4%)
DC's premier title still be kicking it, yo! There's a reason the Diamond Sales Index, which serves as the source code for these sales estimates, lists everything as a percentage of sales on this title. Myself, I bailed at #18. I just didn't feel like I was getting a complete reading experience in which issue, as it seemed a lot more was going on in writer Tom King's brain that was making it onto the page.
But I am clearly an outlier in my opinion. Steven Brown found #19 worthy of 5 Bullets, calling it "pure action throughout."
ALL-STAR BATMAN ($4.99)
08/2016: (2) All-Star Batman #1* — 289,348
09/2016: (2) All-Star Batman #2*— 137,748 (-52.4%)
10/2016: (9) All-Star Batman #3* — 106,905 (-22.4%)
11/2016: (4) All-Star Batman #4 — 99,064 (-15.8%)
12/2016: (10) All-Star Batman #5 — 87,422 (-11.8%)
01/2017: (6) All-Star Batman #6 — 84,296 (-3.6%)
I dumped this series at #7, mainly because of the $5 price tag. I just didn't feel I was getting enough story per issue for that entry fee. It appears from the numbers I may not be the only one who feels the same way, or at least not the only one bailing out, and it's never a good sign when monthly attrition climbs above 5 percent.
But what do I know? In his review of #8, Derek McNeil awarded ASB 4 Bullets, saying, "The main story was great as always, and the backup storyline is back on track."
DETECTIVE COMICS ($2.99)
03/2007: (41) Detective #830 — 52,393
09/2011: (6) Detective #1 — 103,392
05/2016: (33) Detective #52 — 43,961
06/2016: (13) Detective #934* — 96,581 [+15,075]
06/2016: (16) Detective #935* — 94,015 (-2.7%) [+9,548]
07/2016: (16) Detective #936* — 100,626 (+7.0%)
07/2016: (22) Detective #937* — 92,172 (-8.4%)
09/2016: (17) Detective #940 — 80,897 (-0.7%)
09/2016: (12) Detective #941 — 82,953 (+2.5%)
We're normally not thrown too awful much by monthly attrition that's up around 2 percent per month. So, those are amazingly small drops for the March issues. Moreover we've actually seen a few upticks here and there since the relaunch. Sure, this sells about half of what Batman does, but an argument can be made that, in terms of consistency, which is one thing the bean counters really like to see, it's 'Tec that's the real winner.
Konrad Secord-Reitz gave the most recent issues (#954) 3.5 Bullets, calling it "exciting" and "powerful."
BATWOMAN ($2.99)
11/2010: (27) Batwoman #0 — 43,891
03/2015: (155) Batwoman #40 — 13,827
02/2017: (21) Batwoman: Rebirth #1* — 52,650
03/2017: (19) Batwoman #1* — 54,849
Batwoman repeats what to me seems an odd quirk, with the #1 issue outselling the Rebirth #1. In most cases, the Rebirth title sets up the status quo, so you'd think that issue would be requisite reading before diving into the new series. Yet retailers have seemed pretty consistent in presuming many of their customers will skip the Rebirth introduction and start buying at the "proper" #1. Batwoman starts well enough, just inside the Top 20, but we generally expect retailer orders on a #2 to drop about 35 percent. That would drop sales to somewhere around 35,750 and, for March at least, would have placed it at #60 on the sales chart. Take off another 15 percent for #3, and 5-7 percent, each, for #4 and #5, and this will likely settle in around 26,900 before it levels out at standard attrition of 2 percent per month. that would land it just inside the Top 100, with question marks already in the air regarding long-term survival, sad to say, although the previous series dropped all the way to 13,827 in sales before it got the ax. Hopefully, the numbers will turn out better than I am predicting, based on industry averages.
Tiffany Khelfa liked #1, giving it 4 DC Bullets and saying it "did very well with giving just the right amount of information," and calling the artwork "phenomenal."
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: REBIRTH ($2.99)
02/2017: (9) JLA: Rebirth #1* — 73,397
02/2017: (4) JLA #1* — 93,494
03/2017: (21) JLA #2* — 53,349 (-42.9%)
03/2017: (25) JLA #3* — 48,504 (-9.1%)
As I noted last time out, I'm considering this a Bat-book, at least for now, finding it somewhat akin to Batman and the Outsiders in terms of its raison d'etre. The drop at #2 is a bit larger than might normally be expected, although the falloff to #3 less so. Because of the Bat-centric nature of this title, I'm not comparing it to previous incarnations of the JLA. My expectation, frankly, is that as sales fall off, new members will be brought in, with at least one "fan favorite" always in the mix. So, we might expect Lobo to go out and Deathstroke to come in, for example, regardless of how little sense that might make. We might even see a spell with Harley on the roster. We'll have to wait and see if I'm right.
Issue #4 of this series is already out. Steven Brown liked it enough to give it a 4 Bullet rating. It was, he said, "a great read that's full of action and the dialogue between characters is awesome."
SUPER SONS ($2.99)
02/2107: (5) Super Sons #1* — 90,345
03/2107: (30) Super Sons #2* — 47,021 (-48.0%)
That also is a mighty steep drop. Which is too bad, because I personally LOVE this book. Frankly, it may be my favorite title being published right now by DC.
But don't take my word for it, Konrad Secord-Reitz gave #2 a full 5 Bullet rating. It was, he said, "fantastic."
NIGHTWING ($2.99)
03/2007: (71) Nightwing #130 — 31,786
09/2011: (21) Nightwing #1 — 62,717
04/2014: (38) Nightwing #30 — 43,932
07/2014: (8) Greyson #1 — 81,433
05/2016: (75) Greyson #20 — 23,762
07/2016: (6) Nightwing: Rebirth #1* — 127,848
07/2016: (9) Nightwing #1* — 114,787
08/2016: (14) Nightwing #2* — 93,131 (-18.9%)
09/2016: (26) Nightwing #5 — 69,938 (+8.9%)
10/2016: (28) Nightwing #6 — 69,246 (-1.0%)
10/2016: (42) Nightwing #7 — 58,402 (-15.7%)
12/2016: (39) Nightwing #10 — 49,436 (-6.7%)
02/2017: (36) Nightwing #14 — 44,656 (+0.4%)
I don't know why, I've just never warmed to Dick. I liked him well enough as a Titan, but have never followed any of his solo series more than sporadically. If it were me, I'd give him a young female protege codenamed Flamebird and give him a whole, "trying to be a better father" vibe that might resonate with his middle-aged fanboy fanbase.
Derek McNeil reviewed #18 and gave it 3.5 Bullets, applauding in particular the "great chemistry between Dick and Damian." He was kinder than I would have been. I found the issue so full of exposition I couldn't even finish it.
BATMAN BEYOND ($2.99)
01/1999: (85) Batman Beyond #1 — 27,920
06/1999: (110) Batman Beyond #6 — 23,029
09/1999: (107) Batman Beyond#1 — 27,984
08/2001: (146) Batman Beyond #24 — 12,732
06/2010: (51) Batman Beyond#1 — 35,113
09/2016: (27) Batman Beyond: Rebirth #1* — 67,929
10/2016: (39) Batman Beyond #1* — 60,537
11/2016: (62) Batman Beyond #2 — 41,313 (-31.8%)
01/2017: (92) Batman Beyond #4 — 29,767 (-9.6%)
Having never watched the cartoon show — I'm old enough that I have trouble finding cartoons if they don't air Saturday mornings on one of the Big Three networks (Editor's note: for our younger or uninitiated fans, the Big Three are ABC, CBS, and NBC) — I've never really felt an urge to try this title. The attrition seen so far is not glaringly unusual. The only problem is, we're less than 10k away from where the title got canceled last time out. So, it may be a waiting game on this one's life expectancy. I don't expect DC will let this fall as far as Vol. 2 did in 2001, but we'll see.
Derek McNeil liked #5, the most recent reviewed here at DCN, enough to give it 3.5 Bullets. He said the book "is looking a lot like the classic version again," which I'm guessing is a good thing.
BATGIRL ($2.99)
09/2011: (29) Batgirl #0 — 50,441
05/2016: (70) Batgirl #52 — 26,492
07/2016: (20) Batgirl #1* — 96,177
08/2016: (46) Batgirl #2* — 62,374 (-35.1%)
10/2016: (69) Batgirl #4 — 40,778 (-13.0%)
01/2017: (97) Batgirl #7 — 28,712 (-8.3%)
03/2017: (110) Batgirl Annual #1 ($4.99) — 22,344
Already below where the New 52 run closed out, so things don't look great for Babs. Maybe DC can salvage this by having The Mighty Joss come in to pen a few issues as he works out ideas for his big-screen Batgirl movie.
Sean Blumenshine gave #9 a 4-Bullet rating, calling it "a solid issue" with "great" artwork. He was even kinder to the annual, giving it 5 Bullets and saying, "The writing in both stories is top notch with wonderful dialogue and interesting plots."
BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY ($2.99)
11/1998: (70) Birds of Prey #1 — 33,934
02/2009: (90) Birds of Prey #127 — 21,420
08/2011: (80) Birds of Prey #15 — 26,043
08/2014: (145) Birds of Prey #30 — 15,397
07/2016: (17) Batgirl & TBOP: Rebirth #1* — 99,151
08/2016: (30) Batgirl & TBOP #1* — 75,892 (-23.5%)
10/2016: (72) Batgirl & TBOP #3 — 40,041 (-18.6%)
01/2017: (103) Batgirl & TBOP #6 — 26,618 (-7.7%)
02/2017: (95) Batgirl & TBOP #7 — 24,466 (-8.1%)
The Birds is another title I just never got into. No particular reason. It's just that ya can't buy everything, and I was never able to find anything I wanted to cut from my pull list anytime this series, or one of its limited series or one-shot specials, hit the Previews catalog.
The Batgirl-led version is on a pretty steep downward trajectory compared to the average title and is still losing more orders per month that I'd be comfortable with.
Issue #9 is out and Matthew Lloyd gave it 5 DC Bullets out of 5, saying "it only looks to get better."
BATMAN/TMNT ADVENTURES ($3.99) [IDW]
11/2016: (14) Batman/TMNT Adv #1* — 75,974 [+6,135]
12/2016: (65) Batman/TMNT Adv #2* — 38,524 (-49.2%)
03/2017: (107) Batman/TMNT Adv #5* — 22,616 (-9.3%)
One more issue to go, at least as far as the sales charts go. It's already on stands, however, and Konrad Secord-Reitz wasn't impressed, giving the DC/IDW collaboration a mere 2 Bullets. "The villains were dealt with very quickly and there is an anticlimactic feeling to this final issue," he said.
Still, despite the heady dropoff in sales, this did well enough, as did the prior series, that I'm sure we'll see a third run. If the tend holds it will be yet another version of Batman and the Turtles. Would you buy a Frank Miller version? Dark Knight/TMNT Returns, anyone?
BATMAN '66 MEETS WONDER WOMAN '77 ($3.99) [Dynamite]
06/2014: (66) Batman 66/Green Hornet #1 — 32,983
11/2014: (111) Batman 66/Green Hornet #6 — 20,534
12/2015: (148) Batman 66/Man from U.N.C.L.E. 77 #1 — 17,363
07/2016: (161) Batman 66/Steed & Mrs. Peel #1 — 13,921
01/2017: (200) Batman 66/Steed & Mrs. Peel #6 — 8,675
01/2017: (112) Batman 66/WW 77 #1 — 23,687
02/2017: (156) Batman 66/WW 77 #2 — 14,484 (-38.9%)
03/2017: (170) Batman 66/WW 77 #3 — 13,277 (-8.3%)
I'm enjoying this series, but, golly, those are icky sales, numbers, I think. I don't see that DCN has had a review since the debut issue, but Sean Blumenshine gave that 5 Bullets calling it "an excellent issue," and saying, "the concept is just too cool."
This run looks like it will finish better than the last one, although probably below the two before that. Can we expect more of these Batman 66 Meets . . . series? I expect so, as these seem to be fairly decent numbers from Dynamite's perspective. But who should he team up with? Much depends on licensing ability, of course. But I'd probably buy in for . . . Meets Superman '52. And, if we look at the 1966 television schedule for potential team-ups, I might could be persuaded to try . . . Meets The Monkees, . . . On Gilligan's Island, . . . Gets Bewitched, or even, . . . Meets the Beverly Hillbillies. Of course, the best bet would've been . . . Meets I Spy, but I'm guessing Bill Cosby's current P.R. problems preclude that as a possibility.
GOTHAM ACADEMY: SECOND SEMESTER ($2.99)
10/2014: (58) Gotham Academy #1 — 43,338
05/2016: (159) Gotham Academy #18 — 12,410
09/2016: (106) Gotham Academy S2 #1 — 21,765
10/2016: (167) Gotham Academy S2 #2 — 13,856 (-36.3%)
12/2016: (191) Gotham Academy S2 #4 — 9,751 (-20.7%)
01/2017: (197) Gotham Academy S2 #5 — 9,453 (-3.1%)
Honestly, I can't imagine why DC is still publishing this, or what could be keeping it alive, unless TPB sales are just through the roof.
Tiffany Khelfa reviewed #6, giving it 4.5 Bullets and saying, "Overall, this issue was great."
So there you have it. Those are the bat-numbers for March 2017. Now the fine print:
Sales estimates are calculated by two sources, comichron.com, and ICv2.com.
Diamond Distribution, the monopoly behemoth which enjoys exclusive contracts with most of the major comic book publishers, does not release actual sales data. It does, however, publish what it calls a Diamond Index which gives us all an idea of how each title is doing relative to others by ranking with a number that is the percentage of sales of that month's Batman comic. But we fans want more that that. So, Comichron and ICv2, working together from sources within the industry, calculate issues sold by using the Diamond Index to extrapolate from books which they happen to know the actual sales.
Now, here's the thing — when we say "actual sales," what we mean is not sales to fans like you and me. We're talking non-returnable sales by Diamond to North American comic book specialty shops. It does not include sales through Diamond to the U.K. and elsewhere, or sales outside of Diamond, via newsstands and other distribution streams. Nor does it include subsequent re-orders filled by Diamond, unless those secondary sales were high enough for the issue to crack the Top 300 a second time.
Still, the numbers are thought to represent about 80-90 percent of total sales — but again, sales to shops, not to customers. A lot of these books could be sitting on shelves unsold. So, another way of looking at this list is to see it as retailer expectation on initial customer demand. Or, instead of interpreting it as how many copies an issue sold, I like to think of these numbers as the minimum number we can expect to see floating around the back issue market.
The listings above include the month of sale, the rank that month among Diamond's Top 300 comics (in terms of unit sales), the sales number, and the percentage up or down from the previous issue. Sometimes you'll see a secondary sales number given in brackets. Those are reorders that charted after the first month's order from retailers.
Oh, and one final caveat. When you see an asterisk (*) next to a sales number, that book was returnable. Thus, Comichron and ICv2 both have subtracted 10 percent from their calculated sales to account for probable returns from retailers to Diamond, because, again, the number we're trying to get at is how many copies have entered the market.
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Who was that masked man? Not Green Lantern, apparently
TIME BUBBLES: Wonder Woman, fit to be tied for the first time, 75 years ago this week
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La chiesa di Santa Caterina, in neerlandese: Sint-Katharinakerk, è il principale luogo di culto cattolico della città fiamminga di Hoogstraten, in Belgio.

La torre, con i suoi 104,70 metri d'altezza, è la terza, in mattoni, più alta d'Europa dopo quelle della collegiata di San Martino
di Landshut e della chiesa di Nostra Signora a Bruges.

Storia e descrizione

Nel luogo sorgeva già una piccola chiesa romanica che venne ricostruita in stile gotico fra il XIII e il XIV secolo, e di nuovo dopo l'incendio del 1442. Il 18 novembre 1525, Antoon I van Lalaing e Elisabeth van Culemborg, conti di Hoogstraten, che commissionarono la costruzione di una nuova, grande chiesa, l'attuale. Il progetto venne affidato a Rombout II Keldermans, che concepì un grande edificio a cinque navate con cappelle laterali continue, sull'esempio della chiesa di Brou a Bourg-en-Bresse. Tuttavia, questi piani vennero via via rivisti e ridotti a una chiesa a tre navate, più economica. I lavori, probabilmente, si fermarono tra il 1534 e il 1535 per ragioni finanziarie, infatti nonostante la scelta di un mattone locale come materiale da costruzione, la difficile consegna delle pietre bianche in arenaria causò ripetutamente ritardi nel cantiere. La chiesa fu consacrata il 5 ottobre 1544; e la torre fu completata solo nel 1546. A quel tempo si costruirono il municipio, il Castello e il monastero delle clarisse.

Alla fine della seconda guerra mondiale, il 23 ottobre 1944, la torre fu fatta saltare dall'esercito tedesco, in quanto ritenuta possibile punto di avvistamento per gli alleati. Nella sua caduta, la torre distrusse la navata centrale e l'annesso municipio. Rimanevano in piedi solo la parte del coro e le colonne e gli archi della navata centrale. Tuttavia, la maggior parte delle vetrate era stata conservata, dal 1941, nella cripta sepolcrale di Nicola-Leopoldo di Salm-Salm, sotto l'edificio. Il 29 marzo 1945 la chiesa fu colpita una seconda volta da una bomba, che danneggiò il coro.

La torre e la chiesa sono stati ricostruiti a partire dal 1951, secondo il progetto originale, sotto la direzione degli architetti Jozef-Louis Stynen e Pol Berger. La fase finale dei lavori fu completata il 1º giugno 1958.

Opere d'arte
 Pulpito, opera tardo-barocca eseguita da Theodoor Verhaeghen nel 1735;
 Stalli gotici del coro con immagini degli apostoli e dei santi, realizzati da Albrecht Gelmens fra il 1532 e il 1548;
 Polittico di San Giuseppe, opera fiamminga del XV secolo;
 Tomba di Nicola Leopoldo di Salm-Salm, opera rococò di Cornelis van Dael, 1765;
 Tomba di Antoon I van Lalaing e di sua moglie, opera rinascimentale in marmo e alabastro del 1527-29, di Jan Mone;
 Arazzi dei Santi protettori dei Conti, del 1540;
 Messaggio a Maria, tavola di Jan-Erasmus Quellinus, 1688;
 Assunzione della Vergine, di Jan-Erasmus Quellinus, 1704;

Vetrate
La chiesa ha un'importante collezione di vetrate forse disegnate da Bernard van Orley. Nell'abside, sopra l'altare, le sette finestre raffigurano i Sette Sacramenti, vennero realizzate da Antonis Eversione nel 1531-33. Sopra il presbiterio sono sei finestre con personaggi storici eseguite da Claes Mathysen e Mathys Claes tra il 1528 e il 1571, e nella navata laterale nord è la vetrata dell'Ultima Cena, del 1532-35, attribuita a Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Le vetrate vennero radicalmente restaurate tra il 1841 e il 1890 da J.B. Capronnier.

Dimensioni

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Voci correlate
 Gotico brabantino
 Rombout II Keldermans
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Case Note: Whitley v Aldi Stores [2017] QDC 50
Last week the District Court of Queensland in Brisbane handed down a decision in Whitley v Aldi Stores [2017] QDC 50 which concerned a checkout worker who allegedly suffered a left wrist ganglion injury whilst scanning a 4kg bag of dog food.
On Easter Saturday 2013, Mrs Nicola Whitley was working at a checkout register at an Aldi store in North Lakes, Queensland. Her claim was that as she was pulling a 4kg bag of dry dog food (the bag) across the conveyor belt for scanning she felt a sharp pain in her left wrist. As a result of this incident Mrs Whitley suffered a left wrist ganglion injury (a type of soft tissue cyst).
Mrs Whitley brought a personal injuries claim against Aldi in negligence, breach of duty of care and breach of her employment contract. She claimed damages in the sum of $332,794.29 plus interest.
Mrs Whitley alleged that the bag of dog food was not on Aldi's Price Look-Up lists (PLU) which meant that she had to manually scan the bag. The PLU list was designed to enable operators like Mrs Whitley to scan heavy items by entering a code rather than manually lifting them up to the scanner. This ground of liability failed because Mrs Whitley's injury was not caused by an absence of a PLU code but rather the alleged defective manual handling system by Aldi.
The paddle technique involved operators placing a hand behind the product on the conveyor belt and pushing it towards the scanner. Mrs Whitley said that she didn't use the technique because the bag was too heavy to be pushed across and she could not reach to the far end of the bag. No evidence was run to this effect. When asked whether the size of the step up meant that the bag could not pass across along the conveyor belt, Mrs Whitley said that the 'step up had a very strong edge' and that if you did not lift and drag the bag along, the bag could have easily split open. The Court rejected this assertion because expert evidence was that the step up was only about 0.5mm high and this would not have stopped the bag from moving across the conveyor belt. Thus both the paddle technique and step up grounds were also unsuccessful.
Therefore Mrs Whitley's claim against Aldi in negligence was not made out.
In any event the Court went on to consider issues of causation and quantum. The Court accepted the evidence given by experts that Mrs Whitley's ganglion injury could have been sustained by natural occurrence, the workplace incident or an earlier wrist fracture. Therefore on the balance of probabilities Mrs Whitley could not establish that her ganglion injury had been sustained as a result of the workplace incident. If Mrs Whitley had been able to establish liability the Court would have awarded her a total sum of $14,465.00.
In this case the conveyor belt could have transferred the heavy bag to the scanner without Mrs Whitley's lifting of the bag in her own strength. Therefore her injury could not be said to have been caused by a breach of Aldi's duty of care. In addition there were a number of instances where she could have sustained her ganglion injury. She had a previous wrist fracture and expert evidence was given that she could have sustained the injury from a natural occurrence. Therefore it was difficult for her to establish on the balance of probabilities that the injury had been caused by the workplace incident.
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A Babylon's Fall Demo Will Hit Steam After Launch In March
By DAMN OS on February 13, 2022
Babylon's Fall
Upcoming hack-and-slash cooperative RPG Babylon's Fall will get one of those demos that's actually a free trial that lets you carry progress forward into the proper game. It'll come to Steam in late March, says Platinum on Japanese games site GamesTalk. The demo for the PS4/PS5 version, however, will pop up in late February.
Unfortunately, Babylon's Fall will release on March 3rd. Yes, that's before you're getting a demo. You'll have to wait if you want to try before you buy, which is probably something we would have recommended you do anyways.
Babylon's Fall is a solo or cooperative online multiplayer game for up to four people. It's a hack-and-slash RPG with gameplay that Platinum has described as "fluid." It's also Platinum's first live-service game, with plans for regular new content after release. You can know that's true because it'll have both free and paid-for Battle Passes—the first season is called "Eternal Tower." It's a bit confusing, but the paid-for premium Battle Pass will actually be free during the first season.
The demo version will have support for up to four players, just like the live version.
You can find Babylon's Fall on Steam, where it will release on March 3rd.
Good spot, VGC.
Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.
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2 x Suicides suspended from corners of 3rd tier.
Individual suicides did not have safety harnesses. Due to the testing we did on the hooks and suspendees. We were confident in the strength of the hooks as well as the skin of the suspendees. There were no signs of skin tearing at all during individual testing, and no signs of weakness on the hooks themselves.
We will post these results later when our formal recorded breaking tests are complete, but for all intensive purposes we were happy that the larger hooks could easily hold 200kg each and that the smaller hooks could hold at least 80kg – 100kg each.
Our heaviest individual was 100kg and spreading his weight over 2 large hooks proved sufficient. This meant the rest were safe enough on the 2 hooks as well.
The lotus was a different story. Initially we used wire cable to make it more adjustable. But the catches we used to hold the cable in place let the cable slip in places. So we opted to use traditional line instead to minimize that risk.
So we sought out the strongest thinnest line we could find, which happened to be kite surfing line with a breaking strength of 400kg. We encountered one hiccup while testing the line; every knot we tried even multiple knots would slip through; because of the way the line was braided it made it very slippery.
We approached the company that sold it to us to find out what knot would hold, they in turn approached kite surfers and found out that the only way to do it was to splice the line, creating a loop at the top and then sewing the spliced line down in place down the center.
This worked brilliantly during testing, the line and most importantly the stitching handled at least 200kg, which we were happy with. We added a second safety measure by individually attaching each hook and line to the rig, so that if by any chance any single line gave way, the others would pick up the strain. We did this because we knew that if the line would fail anywhere, it would be the stitching.
It was for this reason that we added a 3rd safety feature to the lotus. This is why you see a slack webbing strap going down to a hook plate which is attached directly to the hooks in Debbie's back. This was so that if any of the smaller hooks or lines failed, she had the safety of a suicide suspension to fall into, which we already knew could hold that kind of weight and force.
All the rigging was put together by JSP – J-Sound Productions, a company that specializes in sound and stage rigging for big festivals and events. This aluminum rigging can handle many metric tons of weight, also all support cables and strapping (webbing) were construction grade, so also able to handle many tons each.
We created and used 2 types of hooks. The entire system made of 316L Surgical Steel. Yes the pin included. This is one of the reasons why we had to do so much weight testing leading up to the suspension. All of the rig plates were steel as well. The only 3 rig plates that were aluminum were the bottom 3. The larger hooks have a gape of 50mm. The pin itself was 5mm thick and tapered near the ends to fit inside of a 3.2mm needle or 8ga needle, which we imported.
We also fabricated needle&bar pushers to make the piercing/stretch up quicker, and to give us, Svend and I, more control during piercing. The hooks and pins were made either by Svend himself or under his supervision, as he has a background and years of experience in working with metals and fabrication. The smaller hooks have a gape of 25mm. The pins were 3.2mm thick and tapered to fit inside of a 12ga needle, also imported.
When it came to the design of the hooks, Svend and I sat looking at all of the Gilson style hook designs out there at the time and drew elements that we felt were good and most effective, yet aesthetically pleasing. Using a "new" piece of equipment called a twisted d-shackle, it allowed us to hard rig the hooks directly to the rig plate without using any kite line. This made the assembly on the rig quick, eliminating another point of failure and speeding up the attachment to the rig.
The Human Chandelier idea is credited to both Pendeo and the organizer of the Cool Inc. Tattoo Expo, Royston Chapman.
As far as the preparation for the suspendees goes, the selection begun after we had our first open day suspension meeting where we suspended everybody that volunteered for the project. A lot of these people were first timers and we knew we wouldn't have the time to deal with anybody passing out while the rig was fully extended. It would take too much time to get to the suspendee by bringing the entire rig down. So we carefully selected the people that suspended the best and were most comfortable with on the hooks.
We put our strongest suspendees on the top tier, as they would be there the longest. And so forth regarding the other tiers. You'll notice in the videos and pics, that we opted to put the first 2 tiers up, while we had the 3rd tier off to the side on some scaffolding. This was so that we could string the lotus up while the other guys found their "groove", just in case anyone on the top 2 tiers weren't doing too well.
We then brought the 2 tiers over to the 3rd tier we did the lotus on and attached the remaining 4 cables to that tier and slowly guided it up through the scaffolding.
We then took the rig back over to the center and picked up the remaining 2 suspendees, which we attached to the corners of the 3rd tier but much lower to not obscure anyone's view of the lotus center piece.
The approximate time up from start to finish was approximately 45minutes, with the lotus being up there for approximately 25minutes. Pendeo would just like to thank everyone who was involved in the suspension; you all helped us make this possible. And we mean the suspension community worldwide as well, without your continued support and evolution for this art form, we wouldn't have been able to draw on the right inspiration for the choices we made throughout this experience.


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EU H2020 project no 101004291
PIL tests
The AURORA Project demonstrates the capabilities of the QGen Code Generator and associated tools (GNU GPL or alternative similar licensing Conditions).
The Processor-in-the-loop (PIL) campaign aims to verify the floating-point tolerance of the autogenerated code and the performance evaluation of the CPU on the target environment (processor). The IO module of TSIM3 simulator was designed and implemented to enable access to the input and output files that are needed by each test.
PIL tests were derived/ported from the original SIL (software-in-the-loop) tests generated by QGen Debugger (runs on host/Linux x86-64) to run on target – emulated (by TSIM) processor (LEON2).
This video illustrates the process of preparing and executing PIL tests. The differences between execution on the host and target can be compared. A total of 276 tests were executed where all tests passed.
QGen/TASTE case study
A case study on QGen/TASTE integration has been added to the TASTE wiki.
QGen/TASTE integration wiki
GitHub Repository of Case Study models
QGEN/TASTE Workshop
During the QGEN/TASTE workshop organised in May/22, we have shared and discussed several stimulating topics regarding interoperability and integration of modelling languages.
How does SW modelling work with TASTE? How the integration of Simulink and QGenwas implemented and adapted?
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The project has achieved the first two phases of the planning: Specification and Requirements Gathering and Technology Demonstration Design.
The requirements for the technology demonstrator, including performance against the baseline EUCLID were specified, as well as the definition of modelling standards for space AOCS and GNC (Guidance Navigation and Control) SW. The code generation with QGen from the demonstration model were performed. The Model-in-the-loop test phase allowed us to ensure AOCS functionality and requirements are satisfied. Moreover, the SW-in-the-loop tests provided a good performance and no numerical discrepancies.
AURORA also provides the definition of an Autocoded Flight Software Life-cycle process based on QGen. In this period, the workflow and standards involved in the Model-in-the-loop process were defined, supported by AURORA modelling guidelines and the definition of the Models Unitary Integration and performance test campaign.
An analysis on trends for SW architecture design using AUTOSAR, NASA cFS and SAVOIR were carried out. The result is compiled in the Component-Based Interface (CBI) Requirements Specification. The Technical Architecture Design and the Interface Specification describe the AURORA solution. Components are designed using TASTE SpaceCreator.
The code generation tool-chain is integrated into the TASTE framework (https://taste.tools/), the ESA development environment dedicated to embedded real-time software. In this period, AURORA has re-used and improved on the existing QGen templates; tests and integration with SpaceCreator were carried out. Currently, a branch in TASTE repository with all modifications is accepted.
The Technology Readiness Assessment Plan has been prepared for the Demonstration Viability Assessment that allows AURORA to go for a target TRL-6.
An AURORA project news was published by SENER internal and social channels and the project visual identity (Project logo and documentation templates) were developed. Some abstracts have been submitted; the notification of acceptance will come in this year.
The Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of results is prepared including the Identification of Key Exploitation Result ensuring an added value with respect to Individual Business objectives. The definition of the exploitation steps is considering: Involved partners, Audience adapted to the result, Role for dissemination and Dissemination tools and channels.


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Is Project Tiger director transferred?
Tigers get a new playmate ...
M B Maramkal, TNN 16 July 2009, 10:52pm IST
MYSORE: After withdrawing the order banning vehicle movement through the Bandipur Tiger Sanctuary, the government has now allegedly transferred the tiger project director.
The sudden transfer of Rajiv Gandhi National park DCF Vijaymohan Raj has raised doubts about seriousness of the government towards the tiger conservation projects. Though the government has not come out with the transfer order, but has asked the officer to go on leave. He was given the DCF post a fortnight ago.
Crux of the matter is wildlife DCF Mysore division Yatishkumar, who is junior to him and held the additional charge of the park, is allegedly behind the transfer as he wants to play a key role in implementation of a multi-crore tribal relocation plan, reportedly worked out by him. As per the norm, the post of DCF of the national park should be given to an IFS-cadre officer and Yatishkumar is a non-IFS officer.
However, denying the allegations, Yatishkumar said he is the last person to indulge in such a activity. After the success of the relocation plan in Bhadra project, the Centre came forward to fund the tribal relocation. Under the new plan, each family relocated from the park gets a financial aid of Rs 10 lakh against the earlier proposal of Rs 1 lakh. "I have succeeded in persuading more than 100 tribal families to accept the plan and seven of them have relocated themselves after directly accepting Rs 10 lakh from the government," he said.
"If another officer implements it it is well and good and I will have more time to spend with my family," he said, adding he had suggested Vijaymohan Raj to continue in the post.
When contacted, Raj said: "I am ill and I have sought permission from PCCF to go on leave. My going on leave has nothing to with the tribal rehabilitation plan."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-City-Mysore-Is-Project-Tiger-director-transferred/articleshow/4785666.cms
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