Cut this out and keep it! You might be needing it in January
by Helen LindsayTakeaway Review: Spice Fusion, Bamber Bridge
The most wonderfully expensive time of the year is, it’s safe to say, now in full swing. And if you’re not looking to save a few quid here and there now, if you’re anything like me, you certainly will be by the end of all this seasonal silliness.
But if beans on toast again is too much to bear, check your pockets for some change, have a whip round and treat yourself to a Christmas curry from Spice Fusion.
Another one of those you only hear about when their menu drops on your doormat, Significant Other tells me Spice Fusion used to be a different establishment which was not exactly one our favourites and received something of a roasting on these here pages.
New people or just a new name? There was only one way to find out.
Strangely absent on Just Eat - and stranger still having no website - it wasn’t just the telephone bells that were ringing as we phoned through our order. But it arrived, neatly packed and smelling delicious well within the quoted time.
Having no inclination whatsoever to dissect their really quite extensive menu of curries, burgers, kebabs and pizzas plus dozens of sides, breads and sundries, we had been super lazy and opted for a set meal for two. And at just £16.50 for a popadum and chutneys each, seekh kebab, onion bhajis, salad, chicken bhuna, chicken tikka masala, pilau rice and a nan bread, there wasn’t much less in it than we usually order. Bargain!
So the box had been ticked for quantity, that just left the quality to come up to scratch. And while it may not be the finest we’ve ever had it certainly wasn’t the worst.
The popadoms, not exactly super fresh, still had plenty of that delicate crunchiness and the accompanying three chutneys were tasty and zingy.
And the starters didn’t disappoint either - the bhaji’s were crispy on the outside, soft and sweet on the inside and the seekh kebab was lean, meaty and dotted with fresh herbs. The salad, something I’m always a little wary of with takeaway curries, was cool, fresh and crisp.
As for the curries themselves, both had plenty of tender chicken but were lacking in vegetables and heat - in both flavour and temperature. The bhuna was our favourite of the two with plenty of rich, tasty sauce but the tikka masala resembled something more like a red korma with a too sweet, slightly coconutty taste.
But ultimately it was a pretty good curry for a bargain price. An affordable antidote to those January blues.
7/10
316 Station Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston PR5 6EH. Tel: 01772 337744
Five More To Try
The Titash Tandoori
316 Station Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston PR5 6EH. Tel: 01772 337744
Lalveena
43 Cann Bridge Street, Higher Walton, PR5 4DJ. Tel: 01772 698999
Diyab Ocean
3 Chorley Road, Walton-le-Dale, Preston PR5 4JA. Tel: 01772 258800
Food 2 Go
3 Alder Drive, Hoghton, Preston PR5 0AD. Tel: 01254 852002
Naga
Bolton Road, Abbey Village, Chorley. PR6 8DA. Tel: 01254 832894


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#include <SG_FFBCmd.h>
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| SG_FFBCmd (std::vector< int > ffbLevels) | |
| Create a new Force-Feedback Command, with levels for each finger stored in an int[5] array. More... | |
| SG_FFBCmd (int thumb, int index, int middle, int ring, int pinky) | |
| SG_FFBCmd (Finger finger, int level) | |
| Create a new Force-Feedback command, with only one finger being activated. More... | |
| ~SG_FFBCmd () | |
| Basic Destructor More... | |
| SG_FFBCmd | Merge (SG_FFBCmd other) |
| Merge this finger command with another, taking the maximum value between the two. More... | |
| virtual SG_FFBCmd | Copy () |
| Public Member Functions inherited from SGCore::Haptics::SG_FingerCmd | |
| ~SG_FingerCmd () | |
| virtual std::vector< int > | GetLevels () |
| virtual int | GetLevel (int finger) |
| virtual void | SetLevel (int finger, int value) |
| virtual bool | Equals (SG_FingerCmd other) |
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| static const SG_FFBCmd | off = SG_FFBCmd(0, 0, 0, 0, 0) |
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| int | Validate (int value) override |
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| SG_FFBCmd () | |
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| static int | ffbMin = 0 |
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| static int | ffbMax = 100 |
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| Protected Attributes inherited from SGCore::Haptics::SG_FingerCmd | |
| std::vector< int > | levels |
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A command that turns off all force feedback on the Sense Glove.


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Before 05-Dec-19 12:00 AM
blackjok3r10-Apr-19 08:44 AM
But I think AMD has pretty much the same things anyway
Exile1310-Apr-19 10:39 AM
yo! i have a question about editing a tech related description for HC, would you look at a few sentences and tell me if they are correct?
jl777c10-Apr-19 10:40 AM
HC ?
Exile1310-Apr-19 10:40 AM
HempCoin
jl777c10-Apr-19 10:41 AM
THC
phm8710-Apr-19 10:48 AM
@blackjok3r about opensource hardware, I heard about IBM POWER and discussed it with a friend. I will ask him a link but he told me that it is not cheap (3.5k for a small dev station) and specs are limited (but it may be enough for some AC). Opensource hardware is an interesting subject. Whatever I also like AMD, their chips are not opensource
blackjok3r10-Apr-19 10:48 AM
Yeah I have looked into that also, looks promising but cost is ridiculous at this time.
For notary node, I just went with the largest server I could get my hands on that dont have any "management engine" things ... Athlon64s dont include any hardware back door that I know of.. BUt they also lack modern instuctions so are extremly slow at some tasks... Hoever 4x12 cores, is still decent, even if power sots a bit mroe hardware cost upfront offset this for a few years at least.
phm8710-Apr-19 11:19 AM
I heard about some ARM chips that are opensource but I don't think that a coin/AC can run on one of these. I have the same idea about AMD (no known backdoor included) but as AMD chips are closed source and as backdoors are not known before being revealed, I cannot thrust AMD at 100%
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(Sorry to spam this chan. We will move if the discussion continues)
Hegelian10-Apr-19 03:11 PM
@blackjok3r so what do you suggest?
blackjok3r10-Apr-19 03:12 PM
me... Im the last person u should ask for advice
Mark8110-Apr-19 05:44 PM
What is realistic maximum amount of blockchains that one notarynode can handle and run?
Mark8110-Apr-19 05:52 PM
I believe that running multiple blockhains in parallel is quite resource intensive.
ComputerGenie 👴👴👴10-Apr-19 05:53 PM
it currently takes ~28GB of RAM to run the list of assetchains
jl777c10-Apr-19 05:54 PM
with the latest improvements, the limit is simply how many fit on a single node. so the question becomes what is that number (about 100?) and how many systems can a single operator handle
Mark8110-Apr-19 06:00 PM
Btc is biggest by blockchain size if ethereum is not counted (who nuthead is even downloading full?). How much blockcain size affects to resources or does it these days?
CHMEX10-Apr-19 06:01 PM
ripple ( if that counts as a blockchain) is like 50 times of BTC
jl777c10-Apr-19 06:01 PM
there is no genesis block to early blocks for XRP
Mark8110-Apr-19 06:02 PM
It crossed to my mind too but its ripple
jl777c10-Apr-19 06:02 PM
by definition not a blockchain
I think RAM usage will be the bottleneck
Mark8110-Apr-19 06:03 PM
What part clients keep in memory from blochains? Full blockchain or part of it?
jl777c10-Apr-19 06:10 PM
only part, but usually 500MB to 1GB
so it adds up with 100 chains
Mark8110-Apr-19 06:46 PM
Hmmm... What if there would be tier1 and tier2 level notarizations? Current notarynode network would hold tier 1 level. Tier2 level would be free for public and would have its own chain for notarizations. And it is of course notarized by tier 1. This way market and coin communities would have chance to choose between both options. Run their own notary service or outsource this to tier 1. I dont know if this makes any sense or not.
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jl777c10-Apr-19 06:52 PM
kmdlabs already enables this
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mrimando10-Apr-19 11:51 PM
@jl777c Hi Sir good Day?! can I send you a DM?
CrisF11-Apr-19 12:24 AM
Hi @Mark81, For 'Tier 2 Notary Node Network' see https://kmdlabs.com/main-cluster/ and https://kmdlabs.com/notary-node/. #kmdlabs for questions.(edited)
jl777c11-Apr-19 05:27 AM
@mrimando plz just ask here, dont ask me about any marketing program you might have. i will answer technical questions, i dont do marketing purchases
mrimando11-Apr-19 05:51 AM
@jl777c nope Sir it's not about Marketing. I just saw this at our channel.
If you're interested in being a mod for this channel please DM me. From Sir Benohanlon at #filipino . @jl777c
I can invite you Sir to where I mod turning 6 months this May if you would love to take a visit
jl777c11-Apr-19 06:01 AM
i dont speak filipino, not sure what you want me to do
mrimando11-Apr-19 06:03 AM
Oh to apply as as filipino mod Sir as Sir bennohanlon said. @jl777c with experience in moding :: It's okay Sir I can speak in English.
jl777c11-Apr-19 06:04 AM
i am not the one to manage the discord mods... actually i dont even know who that would be
mrimando11-Apr-19 06:07 AM
Will DM Sir Ben Sir as what he have said? would that be fair? @jl777c
jl777c11-Apr-19 06:09 AM
plz talk to @SHossain and leave me out of discord management issues, thanks
mrimando11-Apr-19 06:50 AM
@jl777c Thank You buddy!
crumb11-Apr-19 08:34 AM
@jl777c do you know what is the snapshot block for VOTE2019?
jl777c11-Apr-19 08:34 AM
no, kolo is election master
crumb11-Apr-19 08:34 AM
ok, thanks
Acura11-Apr-19 08:50 AM
14th april i think @crumb
crumb11-Apr-19 08:57 AM
yes @Acura , this date is in all the announcements, but there are many timezones
knowing snapshot block or UTC timestamp helps
jorian11-Apr-19 03:48 PM
sir ben sir!
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Shinzo Abe12-Apr-19 01:23 AM
@jl777c do you think AWS will play a big role in the future
jl777c12-Apr-19 05:29 AM
yes
TwilightPunkster K6412-Apr-19 05:42 PM
@Shinzo Abe it already is playing a big role, because at Komodore64, AWS is our weapon of choice.
Shinzo Abe16-Apr-19 03:40 PM
@jl777c when creating a decentralized exchange would you do order book based trades where miners can front run the orders that are streamed on the order book..or do you fundamnetally like p2p swaps without an order book like say air swap is doing?
jl777c16-Apr-19 03:53 PM
i did minerless orderbooks 4 years ago and that is the same basic design mm2 has
if there are no miners mining the bid/asks they cant front run
also it wont cost a txfee for every change in bid or ask or cancel that you do. that alone almost makes mined onchain orderbooks DOA
Mark8116-Apr-19 04:10 PM
What is komodo on-demand-block assetchain blocktimes?
jl777c16-Apr-19 04:11 PM
is this a trick question?
you just asked how much time between tx in the mempool
Mark8116-Apr-19 04:13 PM
No. I am just wondering what is minimum time between blocks.
Does assetchains wait before posting new block if last one was second ago.
jl777c16-Apr-19 04:15 PM
it uses the diff adjustment and for a chain that is long dormant it would have faster blocks at first, but if there is a period of regular blocks, the diff will slow things down
Mark8116-Apr-19 04:18 PM
So there is way to set maxinum period for blocktimes?
CHMEX16-Apr-19 04:19 PM
an example is KOIN koin.explorer.dexstats.info no block for about 3130 minutes
jl777c16-Apr-19 04:19 PM
the max is very hard to set as if there is a lot of hashrate and it disappears, then what is the biggest differnce in hashrate before and after
ok, so if 100% of all equihash miners are on a chain and then disappear and then we end up with just a single z9 mini...
that seems a pretty extreme case, but it goes from 3000 Msols to 0.01 Msols or 300000x normal so it seems worst case is about 300000 minutes between blocks
Mark8116-Apr-19 04:21 PM
I understand on demand feature but where i am getting is that period where transactions are constantly flowing in --> time then between blocks.
jl777c16-Apr-19 04:22 PM
it will end up at one minute blocks
assuming constant hashrate
Mark8116-Apr-19 04:23 PM
How hard would it be create variable blocktime for case when blockchain is needed ie. for games doing their things what ever it mught be?
jl777c16-Apr-19 04:25 PM
it is not easy to just set a blocktime, but it could be approximated
Mark8116-Apr-19 04:26 PM
In this case it would make blockchain more useful since transactions would propagate more faster when needed.
jl777c16-Apr-19 04:28 PM
maybe an on demand chain with a faster blocktime
Mark8116-Apr-19 04:28 PM
It could based into transaction amounts for certain period with blocktimes.
Faster blocktime would help.
Since it won't be problem with on demand blocks.
Shinzo Abe17-Apr-19 12:38 PM
@jl777c are minerless orderbooks less secure cause of the lack of mining incentive ?
which AWS skills do you think are going to be the most 'on demand" in the financial/blockchain space?(edited)
jl777c17-Apr-19 12:47 PM
well the mining incentive doesnt make them secure, the opposite, it allows frontrunning, etc.
so not sure the question makes sense without more specific details
the prices are broadcast via multiple relay nodes to all the nodes in the network
each node verifies all price quotes via the signature and utxo
it is not as if a node can be confused into swapping at a bad price
like any network, a ddos attack would flood the network, but that is an annoyance/disruption, not a direct loss of funds
also the relay nodes would be run by holders of the DEX coin, which incentivizes them to make sure the orders are relayed
allbits17-Apr-19 01:58 PM
Does the CRYPTO asset also benefit (in KMD) from chains that notarize to KMD?
jl777c17-Apr-19 02:02 PM
yes, but the economic value us much smaller than the BTC value, ie 50 BTC vs 50 KMD
i guess it is 50 KMD * number of chains though...
ok, so it might add up
allbits17-Apr-19 02:25 PM
It might ;)
costa243917-Apr-19 04:13 PM
"also the relay nodes would be run by holders of the DEX coin, which incentivizes them to make sure the orders are relayed"
can you detail this, the asset dex holders? or the exchange currencies?
Thanks
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gcharang17-Apr-19 05:11 PM
the more successful trades there are, the greater revs the DEX holders get. so they are motivated to run the relay nodes, so that orders propagate throughout the network
costa243917-Apr-19 09:41 PM
Oh! I understand, Thanks to both of you!
ŁATOSHI18-Apr-19 03:11 AM
Did your buy order hits !!!the 100 btc worth of KMD vai otc .
jl777c18-Apr-19 06:37 AM
it was completed a few days ago
jorian18-Apr-19 06:43 AM
i remember you had to ask for buyers a long time, just a couple of weeks ago
now it's within days
Cryptoon18-Apr-19 07:26 AM
I think jl first mentioned the 50btc order 2 weeks ago or so though
Mark8118-Apr-19 05:11 PM
What are your thoughts of market that might come around for yearly airdropped vote coins?
Can you see future where large holders can have secondary market for their voting powers like in income portion of notary node mined coins?


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Guest lesson I've given twice in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 for a graduate XML class in the UAlbany Information Science program. Here I tried to get the class to understand how to make use of their XML data in mass, and how that can inform them how to better structure their data in the first place.
Simple For/Return:
for $player in doc("national.xml")/LEAGUE/PLAYER
return $player
Declare variable in prolog:
declare variable $xml := doc (‘national.xml');
Let
let $qualify := 500
Return player names in order of AB
order by $player/AB descending
difference between integers and strings
order by $player/NAME
Which players led the league in SO?
order by number($player/SO) descending
Return players with over 500 AB
where $player/AB > 500
where $player/AB >= $qualify
(: comments :)
How many players play in the league?
let $number := count($xml/LEAGUE/PLAYER)
return $number
How many home runs were his last season?
let $number := sum($xml/LEAGUE/PLAYER)
return $number
Return the names of players who hit more than 25 home runs
for $player in doc("national.xml")/LEAGUE/PLAYER
return
if ($player/HR >= 25)
then $player/NAME
else ()
Need a root node just like an XML file
for $player in doc("national.xml")/LEAGUE/PLAYER
let $qualify := 500
where $player/AB > $qualify
order by number($player/AVG) descending
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<batter>
<name>{$player/NAME}</name>
<average>{$player/AVG}</average>
</batter>
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* return only the data not nodes
<name>{data($player/NAME)}</name>
<average>{data($player/AVG)}</average>
```
Return with one element per batter
<batter avg="{data($player/AVG)}">{data($player/NAME)}</batter>
}</leaders>
Return a list of AVG leaders but disqualify players wh * hit 25 or more HR
```
for $player in doc("national.xml")/LEAGUE/PLAYER
let $qualify := 500
where $player/AB > $qualify
order by number($player/AVG) descending
return
if ($player/HR >= 25)
then <batter avg="DISQUALIFIED">{data($player/NAME)}</batter>
else <batter avg="{data($player/AVG)}">{data($player/NAME)}</batter>
}</leaders>
```
Let’s not show the disqualified players at all ()
Return an HTML table of qualified leaders(AB<500) that lists: NAME, AVG, HR, SO/BB, WAR sort by SO/BB
xquery version "3.0";
declare variable $xml := collection('baseball');

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="table.css"/>

Name
AVG
HR
K/BB
WAR

{
for $player in $xml/LEAGUE/PLAYER
let $qualify := 100
where $player/AB > $qualify
let $k := $player/SO
let $walk := $player/BB
let $ktowalk := $walk div $k
order by $ktowalk descending
return

{data($player/NAME)}
{data($player/AVG)}
{data($player/HR)}
{data($ktowalk)}
{data($player/WAR)}

}


Overview
It goes without saying that Kumar Sangakkara is arguably one of the finest cricketers that modern day cricket has seen . The finesse in his batting cannot be matched by anyone . Coupled with a great cricketing brain , he is a sort of cricketer that any team would love to have in its ranks.
Early Life
Having been able to don the national colours in badminton and tennis at an early age , Kumar's hunger for success was quite prominent . Cricket was no exception for him . A handy knock of 156 not out against a touring Zimbabwe A side helped him to secure a place in the Sri Lankan team . Since then there's been no looking back . He has made numerous records his own over the past two decades.
His Cricketing Journey
Kumar Sangakkara has been described by many as to be one of the most polished batsmen in cricket . Technically sound and well gifted , he has numerous batting records across all formats of the game . He holds the record of being the top run scorer for Sri Lanka in ODIs and second overall , only behind Sachin Tendulkar . A more-than-able wicketkeeper , he holds the record for most dismissals in ODIs . In Tests , he is currently the fifth highest run getter of all time.
If all these weren't enough to place his name alongside the all time greats , then surely his feats of being the fastest to 8000,9000,10000,11000,12000 Test runs are . He has been a regular member of the ICC Test and ODI Team of the Year , featuring six and three times respectively over the past decade . He has also pocketed the ICC Cricketer of the Year (2012) , ICC Test Cricketer of the Year (2012) & ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year (2011,2013) . He is one of the two cricketers to have won the Wisden Leading Cricketer of the Year (2011,2015).
High Point
The high point of Sanga's career was winning the 2014 ICC T20 World Cup in Bangladesh . The disappointment of final losses in 4 consecutive major ICC Tournaments notwithstanding , Kumar Sangakkara led the island nation to its first major title since the 1996 World Cup win . His 'Man of the Match' performance of 52 unbeaten runs was an icing on the cake.
MCC Spirit of Cricket Speech , 2011 :In 2011 , Sangakkara became the only active cricketer and youngest person till date to deliver the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's . The speech was widely praised in the cricketing community . His speech focused mainly on the problems stalling the growth of Sri Lankan cricket . It has also been widely regarded as "the most important speech in cricket history" .
There can be little doubt that he is one of the most exceptional cricketers that the modern day game has seen . His retirement puts an end to arguably the finest generation of batsmen that cricket will ever see , notable among those being Sachin Tendulkar , Ricky Ponting , Mahela Jayawardene , Rahul Dravid and Brian Lara . His name will surely be mentioned among the echelons of cricketing greats for years to come.


Zach Whitman, CDO
we have a new data dissemination platform that will streamline
data dissemination processes and tools
why are we doing this?
not open
not centralized
not extensible
not responsive
not sustainable
managing the transition
so how do we get ahead of the curve?
| User cluster | Map needs/preferences | Table needs/preferences |
|---|---|---|
| Green | Likes the option for interactive maps, but still want source data/developer resources page | Not interested in tables |
| Lime | Map is a nice to have, but not what they’re looking for; may explore a map if easy to use | Uses tables, downloads and removes extraneous info |
| Yellow | Maps with downloadable shapefiles would be useful | Uses tables, downloads and removes extraneous info. Needs customizable tables |
| Orange | No strong need for maps | Needs customizable tables |
| Blue | Likes ability to view color coded map with their boundary of interest outlined, along side raw number, with comparison to similar places | Not interested in tables, but may contain the answer MOE, median, mean, terms like “imputed” not helpful Will copy down info needed from tables manually |
user feedback
user feedback shapes the product as we build it.
how are we approaching this?
we work iteratively
we release code every 40 days
we communicate as much as possible
we try to manage expectations
we take every comment we receive seriously*
so what does this thing look like?
defect/performance tuning
usability refinements
search improvements
table enhancements
map enhancements
developer experience
defect/performance tuning
lighter footprint
cleaner state handling
no runaway scripts
table display issues
usability refinements
improved download experience
cleaner geography navigation
more pseudogeos
mobile experience
search refinements
improved entity recognition
relevancy improvements
improved disambiguation
synonym generation and related
contextual awareness
table enhancements
row/column freezing
sorting/multi-column sort
lazy loading
excel export
copy/paste to excel
improved full table layout/display
cell wrapping
map enhancements
search integration
geography+data export (geojson/shapefile/kml)
image export
geocoder
vintage comparisons
label controls
user-loaded shapes
developer experience
documented API services
data query builder
API status information
published pattern library
package integration with python and R
what will be delivered for 1-year
what will not be all there
thank you


BOSSA NOVA
Reviewed by Harvey Karten Sony Pictures Classics Director: Bruno Barreto Writer: Alexandre Machado, Fernanda Young, novel "Miss Simpson" by Sergio Sant'Anna Cast: Amy Irving, Antonio Fagundes, Alexandre Borges, Debora Bloch, Drica Moraes, Giovanna Antonelli, Rogerio Cardoso, Sergio Loroza, Favio Sao Thiago, Alberto De Mendoza, Pedro Cardoso, Stephen Toboloswky, Kazuo Matsui
Contrary to the opinion of just about everyone in the 16-28 prime movie audience, people over 40 enjoy romance. When attachments are lacking, they may cover up their loneliness to themselves and the outside world, but rest assured that they need love in our lives like everyone else. Among the features that make "Bossa Nova" such a marvelous treat is that the principal characters are over 40, the amorous adventures of their youthful supporting actors communicating erotic charges considerably less than those of the leading personalities. Filmed by Bruno Barreto Rio, one of the world's most charming cities, "Bossa Nova" recalls that director's best known "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands," made in 1978 and starring the sultry Sonia Braga as a woman torn between giving herself to her dead, irresponsible husband who returns regularly to earth or to the bore who has become her new spouse.
Though not as rich in fantasy as "Dona Flor," "Bossa Nova" departs occasionally from the roundelay of mistaken identities and fluctuating love affairs to take flight, as when leading man Antonio Fagundes in the role of Cariocan lawyer Pedro Paulo imagines herself dancing Fred-Astaire style with the woman who has caught him on the rebound, Mary Ann (Amy Irving--who is the real-life wife of the director).
Utilizing an adaptation of the novel "Miss Simpson" by Sergio Sant'Anna by screenwriters Alexandre Machado and Fernanda Young, director Barreto juggles a fine cast of actors in the diverse roles of people of various ages and cultures whose actions veer from the wacky to the tender, from bewildered to centered, as courtships cross lines feverishly under the hot sun of the Portuguese-speaking country.
At the heart of the story is a widowed American, Mary Ann (Amy Irving), a former air hostess whose pilot husband had drowned two years previously. Perhaps taking seriously the adage that a woman over 40 has as much chance for marriage as she has of winning the lottery, she has written romance out of her life as she teaches English to a boisterous lot of Rio's denizens in a well-appointed private language school. Her teaching brings her into contact with Nadine (Drica Moraes), a computer buff who has been enjoying a virtual romance with an American who calls himself Gary (Stephen Tobolowski)--allegedly a loft-living Soho artist with hair down to his waist. On one fortuitous day she shares an elevator with Pedro Paulo (Fagundes), who becomes smitten with her and signs up for one of her classes (though he already speaks English well). Pedro Paulo is on the rebound after his wife Tania (Debora Bloch) left him for a Japanese tai-chi instructor (Kazuo Matsui), but Pedro Paulo has competition from the brash soccer player, Acacio (Alexandre Borges), who has just been bought out by a British team.
When Acacio turns his attentions to Pedro Paulo's bright but mercenary legal intern Sharon (Giovanna Antonelli), Sharon must decide whether to shift her allegiance from the sweet fellow who has been courting her, Roberto (Pedro Cardoso), who is Pedro Paulo's half brother.
It's small world after all. As is typical in merry-go- roundelays, a group of strangers ultimately find that somehow they are all connected, and in the final scene, after some comical incidents of mistaken identity, all players get the mates whom they merit. A hospital room makes the madcap resolution a fitting conclusion to a romance that is more mature, more complex, and with more real atmosphere than the typical Hollywood production featuring bubbleheaded 20- somethings. Antonio Carlos Jobim's bossa nova soundtrack adds zip to the proceedings while the entire package serves as remarkable free advertising for the Government of Brazil Department of Tourism.
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Interface for the application context.
Default constructor
public Void ApplicationContext()
Provides access to configuration.
public IConfiguration Configuration { get; set; }
The application context.
public ApplicationContext Current { get; set; }
Collection of factories contained in this application context.
public ICollection<IObjectFactory> Factories { get; }
A dictionary that holds objects of any kind.
public IDictionary<String, Object> Items { get; }
Collection of packages contained in this application context.
public ICollection<IPackage> Packages { get; }
Finds out if the application context contains a factory of the given name.
public Boolean ContainsFactory(name)
true if the object factory exists or false otherwise.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | The name of the object factory to verify. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullOrEmptyException | Thrown when the name is null or empty. |
Finds out if the application context contains an object of the given name.
public Boolean ContainsObject(name)
true if the application context contains the object or false if not.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | The name of the object to verify. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullOrEmptyException | Thrown when the name is null or empty. |
Finds out if the application context contains an object of the given Type.
public Boolean ContainsObject(objectType)
true if the application context contains the object or false if not.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| objectType | Type | The Type of the object to verify. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | Thrown when objectType is null. |
Find out if the application context contains a package of the given name.
public Boolean ContainsPackage(name)
true if the application context contains the software package or false if not.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | The name of the package to verify. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullOrEmptyException | Thrown when the name is null or empty. |
Performs application specific clean up.
public Void Dispose()
Retrieves the object factory of the given name.
public IObjectFactory GetFactory(name)
The IObjectFactory of the given name.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | The name of the object factory to retrive. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullOrEmptyException | Thrown when the name is null or empty. |
| NoSuchFactoryException | Thown when the specify object factory does not exists. |
Retrieves an initialized instance of the object for the given type
public GetObject<T>()
Retrieves an initialized instance of the object for the given type
public GetObject<T>(args)
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| args | Object[] | Constructor arguments. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| NoSuchObjectException | Thrown when the Factory does not contains the required object. |
Retrieves an initialized instance of the object of the given name.
public Object GetObject(name)
The object of the given name.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | The name of the object to retrieve. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullOrEmptyException | Thrown when name is null or empty. |
| NoSuchObjectException | Thrown when there is not object of the given name. |
Retrieves an initialized instance of the object of the given name throwing an exception only id specified.
public Object GetObject(name, thrown)
The object of the given name.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | The name of the object to retrieve. |
| thrown | Boolean | true if an exception should be thrown or false if null should be returned. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullOrEmptyException | Thrown when name is null or empty. |
| NoSuchObjectException | Thrown when there is not object of the given name. |
Retrieves an initialized instance of the object for the given name, passing the arguments to the object constructor.
public Object GetObject(name, args)
The context object.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | The name of the object to retrive. |
| args | Object[] | The arguments to pass to the constructor. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullOrEmptyException | Thrown when name is null or empty. |
| NoSuchObjectException | Thrown when there is not object of the given name. |
Retrives an initialized instance of the object of the given name only if it is of the given Type.
public Object GetObject(name, requiredType)
The object of the given name.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | The name of the object to retrive. |
| requiredType | Type | The required Type of the object. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullOrEmptyException | Thrown when name is null or empty. |
| NoSuchObjectException | Thrown when there is not object of the given name. |
| ObjectNotOfRequiredTypeException | Thrown the the object is not of the required type. |
Retrieves an initialized instance of the first object of objectType type.
public Object GetObject(objectType)
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| objectType | Type | The exact type of the object to retrive. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | Thrown when objectType is null. |
| NoSuchObjectException | Thrown when there is no objects of the required object. |
Retrieves an initialized instance of the first object of objectType type.
public Object GetObject(objectType, args)
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| objectType | Type | The exact type of the object to retrive. |
| args | Object[] | Constructor arguments. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | Thrown when objectType is null. |
| NoSuchObjectException | Thrown when there is no objects of the required object. |
Get a list of objects that are assignable from type
public IEnumerable GetObjectsAssignableFrom<T>()
A list of objects assignable from type
Get a list of objects that are assignable from type.
public IEnumerable<Object> GetObjectsAssignableFrom(type)
A list of objects assignable from type type.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| type | Type | The type that the objects are assignable from. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | Thrown when type is null. |
Retrieves a list of initialized context object that are assignable from type type.
public IEnumerable<Object> GetObjectsOfContextAssignableFrom(type)
A list of objects assignable from type.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| type | Type | The type that the objects are asignable from. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | Thrown when type is null. |
Retrieves a list of initialized context object that are assignable from type
public IEnumerable GetObjectsOfContextAssignableFrom<T>()
A list of objects assignable from type
Retrieves the software package of the given name.
public IPackage GetPackage(name)
The software package of the given name.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | The name of the package to retrives. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullOrEmptyException | Thrown when name is null or empty. |
| NoSuchPackageException | Thown the the required package does not exists. |
Retrives the Type of the object of the given name.
public Type GetType(name)
The Type of the context object.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | The name of the object to retrive it's type. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullOrEmptyException | Thrown when name is null or empty. |
| NoSuchObjectException | Thrown when there is not object of the given name. |
Inject into the object o the dependencies of an object named name.
public Void InjectDependencies(name, o)
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | The name of the object to get it's dependencies. |
| o | Object | The object where to inject the dependencies. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullOrEmptyException | Thrown when name is null or empty. |
| ArgumentNullException | Thrown when o is null. |
| NoSuchObjectException | Thrown when there is not object of the given name. |
Finds out if the object of the given name is a singleton.
public Boolean IsSingleton(name)
true if the object is a singleton or false if not.
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| name | String | The name of the object to verify. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullOrEmptyException | Thrown when name is null or empty. |
| NoSuchObjectException | Thrown when there is not object of the given name. |
Adds the specified IObjectFactory to the factory list.
public Void RegisterFactory(factory)
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| factory | IObjectFactory | The factory to add to the application context. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | Thown when factory is null. |
| ContextConfigurationException | Thown when a factory with the same name already exists. |
Adds the specified software package to the packages list.
public Void RegisterPackage(package)
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| package | IPackage | The package to add to the application context. |
| Type | Summary |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | Thown when the argument package is null. |
| ContextConfigurationException | Thrown when package configuration is invalid. |
Returns a textual representation of the object.
public String ToString()
In this document


AMD Launches Star Wars Fallen Order Ready 19.11.2 Drivers
by Mike SandersToday (November 15th just in case you were wondering) marks the release of the highly-anticipated Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. In terms of gaming releases, although I haven’t played it myself yet, so far it seems that people are more than a little impressed with the game and particularly its (very unusual these days) total focus on a single-player campaign. I know, hard to believe that an EA release is being well received on launch, right?
If you were, therefore, planning on giving this a go later, then it’s important (presuming you’re a PC gamer) to have the latest drivers! Well, the good news is that in preparation for the release, AMD has launched the latest Adrenalin 19.11.2 drivers with game-ready optimization for the latest Star Wars release.
AMD Radeon Adrenalin 2019 19.11.2
So, what do the latest drivers do? Well, in a nutshell, they provide optimization for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Yep, that’s pretty much about it. The official update notes read as follows:
SUPPORT FOR –
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order™
FIXED ISSUES
- Some specific map areas or cities in Player Unknown’s: Battlegrounds™ may intermittently experience stutter or performance drops.
KNOWN ISSUES
- Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products may intermittently experience loss of display or video signal during gameplay.
- Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products may experience stutter in some games at 1080p and low game settings.
- Performance Metrics Overlay may cause stutter or screen flashing on some applications.
- Toggling HDR may cause system instability during gaming when Radeon ReLive is enabled.
- AMD Radeon VII may experience elevated memory clocks at idle or on desktop.
- Performance Metrics Overlay may report incorrect VRAM utilization.
- Invoking Radeon Overlay may cause games to lose focus or become minimized when HDR is enabled within Windows®.
Where Can I Get Them?
As always, if you have the AMD Adrenalin app already installed on your PC, a quick check should prompt you to download the latest version. A relatively important factor if you are planning on playing some Star Wars later and want it to run as well as possible with your AMD GPU.
If, however, it’s not prompting you to update to 19.11.2, then you download the latest drivers (and learn more about them) via the link here!
What do you think? Have you started playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order? If so, what do you think about it so far? – Let us know in the comments!


Chapter 7 Visualization
7.1 Maps and GIS
GIS: Geographic Information System
Readings:
Bivand, Pebesma, and Gómez-Rubio (2013)
http://www.spatialecology.com/beyer/assets/Beyer_Introduction_to_geospatial_analysis_in_R.pdf
7.1.1 Longitudes, latitudes and CRS
Reading: https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~frazier/RSpatialGuides/OverviewCoordinateReferenceSystems.pdf
CRS: Coordinate Reference System
EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset: structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations (http://www.epsg-registry.org/)
7.1.2 Vector data and shapefiles
7.1.3 Raster data
7.1.4 Backends
<IP_ADDRESS> GDAL
GDAL: Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
<IP_ADDRESS> GEOS
GEOS: Geometry Engine - Open Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JTS_Topology_Suite#Applications_Using_GEOS
7.1.5 R as a GIS: packages
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sp/
<IP_ADDRESS> rgdal
rgdal
: Bindings for the ‘Geospatial’ Data Abstraction Library
Provides bindings to the ‘Geospatial’ Data Abstraction Library (‘GDAL’) (>= 1.6.3) and access to projection/transformation operations from the ‘PROJ.4’ library. The ‘GDAL’ and ‘PROJ.4’ libraries are external to the package, and, when installing the package from source, must be correctly installed first. Both ‘GDAL’ raster and ‘OGR’ vector map data can be imported into R, and ‘GDAL’ raster data and ‘OGR’ vector data exported. Use is made of classes defined in the ‘sp’ package. Windows and Mac Intel OS X binaries (including ‘GDAL’, ‘PROJ.4’ and ‘Expat’) are provided on ‘CRAN’.
<IP_ADDRESS> rgeos
rgeos
: Interface to Geometry Engine - Open Source (‘GEOS’)
Interface to Geometry Engine - Open Source (‘GEOS’) using the C ‘API’ for topology operations on geometries. The ‘GEOS’ library is external to the package, and, when installing the package from source, must be correctly installed first. Windows and Mac Intel OS X binaries are provided on ‘CRAN’.
<IP_ADDRESS> proj4
proj4
: A simple interface to the PROJ.4 cartographic projections library
A simple interface to lat/long projection and datum transformation of the PROJ.4 cartographic projections library. It allows transformation of geographic coordinates from one projection and/or datum to another.
<IP_ADDRESS> sf
sf
: Simple Features for R
Support for simple features, a standardized way to encode spatial vector data. Binds to GDAL for reading and writing data, to GEOS for geometrical operations, and to Proj.4 for projection conversions and datum transformations.
<IP_ADDRESS> sp
sp
: Classes and Methods for Spatial Data
Classes and methods for spatial data; the classes document where the spatial location information resides, for 2D or 3D data. Utility functions are provided, e.g. for plotting data as maps, spatial selection, as well as methods for retrieving coordinates, for subsetting, print, summary, etc.
<IP_ADDRESS> ggmap
ggmap
: Spatial Visualization with ggplot2
A collection of functions to visualize spatial data and models on top of static maps from various online sources (e.g Google Maps and Stamen Maps). It includes tools common to those tasks, including functions for geolocation and routing.
<IP_ADDRESS> leaflet
leaflet
: Create Interactive Web Maps with the JavaScript ‘Leaflet’ Library
Create and customize interactive maps using the ‘Leaflet’ JavaScript library and the ‘htmlwidgets’ package. These maps can be used directly from the R console, from ‘RStudio’, in Shiny apps and R Markdown documents.
7.1.6 Example
US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu6TiwvjPLs
Europe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYqsa5EvFe4
Power plants and air pollution monitors
https://github.com/datasciencelabs/data/blob/master/powerplants.csv
https://github.com/datasciencelabs/data/blob/master/pm25.csv
power_plants <- read.csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datasciencelabs/data/master/powerplants.csv")[, -1]
names(power_plants)[4] <- "so2"
pm25 <- read.csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datasciencelabs/data/master/pm25.csv")[, -1]
names(pm25)[4] <- "pm"
library(ggmap)
## Loading required package: ggplot2
map <- get_map("US", zoom = 4)
## Map from URL : http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=US&zoom=4&size=640x640&scale=2&maptype=terrain&language=en-EN&sensor=false
## Information from URL : http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=US&sensor=false
p <- ggmap(map) +
geom_point(data = power_plants, aes(x = lon1, y = lat1, alpha = so2), size = 5) +
geom_point(data = pm25, aes(x = lon2, y = lat2), color = "red")
p
## Warning: Removed 1 rows containing missing values (geom_point).
## Warning: Removed 37 rows containing missing values (geom_point).
<IP_ADDRESS> Spatial objects
power_plants
and pm25
are data frames. ggmap
“guessed” how they should be displayed.
class(power_plants)
## [1] "data.frame"
class(pm25)
## [1] "data.frame"
We can convert data frames into spatial objects. plot
is still “guessing” the CRS.
library(sp)
spm25 <- pm25
coordinates(spm25) <- ~lon2 + lat2
class(spm25)
## [1] "SpatialPointsDataFrame"
## attr(,"package")
## [1] "sp"
plot(spm25)
library(proj4)
proj4string(spm25)
## [1] NA
proj4string(spm25) <- CRS("+init=epsg:4269") # for most federal agencies NAD83 (EPSG:4269)
proj4string(spm25)
## [1] "+init=epsg:4269 +proj=longlat +datum=NAD83 +no_defs +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0"
plot(spm25)
head(spm25)
## coordinates id2 pm
## 1 (-86.815, 33.55306) 01073-0023 26.44084
## 2 (-86.92417, 33.49972) 01073-2003 21.65607
## 3 (-86.77944, 33.58556) 01073-6003 28.02234
## 4 (-86.79639, 33.56528) 01073-6004 29.56994
## 5 (-88.08753, 30.76994) 01097-0003 18.82726
## 6 (-149.8246, 61.20586) 02020-0018 14.00546
head(spTransform(spm25, CRS("+init=epsg:3857")), 3) # Mercator: Google map
## coordinates id2 pm
## 1 (-9664202, 3968945) 01073-0023 26.44084
## 2 (-9676354, 3961823) 01073-2003 21.65607
## 3 (-9660244, 3973287) 01073-6003 28.02234
plot(spTransform(spm25, CRS("+init=epsg:3857")))
<IP_ADDRESS> Spatial operations
spm25[1, ]
## coordinates id2 pm
## 1 (-86.815, 33.55306) 01073-0023 26.44084
spm25[2, ]
## coordinates id2 pm
## 2 (-86.92417, 33.49972) 01073-2003 21.65607
p1 <- spm25[1, ]
p2 <- spm25[2, ]
spDistsN1(p1, p2, longlat=TRUE) # longlat TRUE to get km
## [1] 11.74021
# m <- spDists(p1, spm25, longlat=TRUE) # to get all pairwise distances
Let’s check: http://www.tytai.com/gmap/distance/.
library(spdep)
## Warning: package 'spdep' was built under R version 3.4.3
## Loading required package: Matrix
## Loading required package: spData
## Warning: package 'spData' was built under R version 3.4.3
##
## Attaching package: 'spData'
## The following objects are masked _by_ '.GlobalEnv':
##
## x, y
kn <- knn2nb(knearneigh(spm25, k = 5))
## Warning in knearneigh(spm25, k = 5): knearneigh: identical points found
kn[1] # 3 4 304 306 308
## [[1]]
## [1] 3 4 304 306 308
pm25[unlist(kn[1]), ]
## id2 lat2 lon2 pm
## 3 01073-6003 33.58556 -86.77944 28.02234
## 4 01073-6004 33.56528 -86.79639 29.56994
## 304 01073-0023 33.55306 -86.81500 21.98295
## 306 01073-6002 33.57833 -86.77389 12.35746
## 308 01073-6004 33.56528 -86.79639 28.51129
<IP_ADDRESS> Polygons
In which states are the PM2.5 monitors?
library(tigris)
library(raster)
s <- states(cb = TRUE, year = 2010)
shapefile(s, "~/Dropbox/Data17/census/census.shp")
library(raster)
s <- shapefile("~/Dropbox/Data17/census/census.shp")
sort(unique(s@data$NAME))
## [1] "Alabama" "Alaska" "Arizona"
## [4] "Arkansas" "California" "Colorado"
## [7] "Connecticut" "Delaware" "District of Columbia"
## [10] "Florida" "Georgia" "Hawaii"
## [13] "Idaho" "Illinois" "Indiana"
## [16] "Iowa" "Kansas" "Kentucky"
## [19] "Louisiana" "Maine" "Maryland"
## [22] "Massachusetts" "Michigan" "Minnesota"
## [25] "Mississippi" "Missouri" "Montana"
## [28] "Nebraska" "Nevada" "New Hampshire"
## [31] "New Jersey" "New Mexico" "New York"
## [34] "North Carolina" "North Dakota" "Ohio"
## [37] "Oklahoma" "Oregon" "Pennsylvania"
## [40] "Puerto Rico" "Rhode Island" "South Carolina"
## [43] "South Dakota" "Tennessee" "Texas"
## [46] "Utah" "Vermont" "Virginia"
## [49] "Washington" "West Virginia" "Wisconsin"
## [52] "Wyoming"
s <- subset(s, ! NAME %in% c("Alaska", "Hawaii", "Puerto Rico"))
plot(s)
proj4string(s)
## [1] "+proj=longlat +datum=NAD83 +no_defs +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0"
proj4string(spm25)
## [1] "+init=epsg:4269 +proj=longlat +datum=NAD83 +no_defs +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0"
spm25proj <- spTransform(spm25, proj4string(s))
proj4string(spm25proj)
## [1] "+proj=longlat +datum=NAD83 +no_defs +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0"
o <- over(spm25proj, s)
odf <- data.frame(spm25@data , o)
head(odf)
## id2 pm GEO_ID STATE NAME LSAD CENSUSAREA
## 1 01073-0023 26.44084 0400000US01 01 Alabama <NA> 50645.33
## 2 01073-2003 21.65607 0400000US01 01 Alabama <NA> 50645.33
## 3 01073-6003 28.02234 0400000US01 01 Alabama <NA> 50645.33
## 4 01073-6004 29.56994 0400000US01 01 Alabama <NA> 50645.33
## 5 01097-0003 18.82726 0400000US01 01 Alabama <NA> 50645.33
## 6 02020-0018 14.00546 <NA> <NA> <NA> <NA> NA
<IP_ADDRESS> Rasters
Let’s get temperature data.
library(raster)
temperatures <- getData("worldclim", var = "tmean", res = 10)
tmp_aug <- temperatures[[8]] # select August
plot(tmp_aug)
tmp_aug_state <- extract(tmp_aug, s, fun = mean, na.rm = TRUE, df = TRUE)
## Warning in .local(x, y, ...): Transforming SpatialPolygons to the CRS of
## the Raster
head(cbind(s@data$NAME, 0.1 * tmp_aug_state)) # 0.1 to get back to C
## s@data$NAME ID tmean8
## 1 Maine 0.1 17.50541
## 2 Massachusetts 0.2 20.11750
## 3 Michigan 0.3 18.97676
## 4 Montana 0.4 17.77345
## 5 Nevada 0.5 20.37820
## 6 New Jersey 0.6 22.40779
# tmp_aug_pp <- extract(tmp_aug, spm25, fun = mean, na.rm = TRUE, df = TRUE)
7.1.7 From sp
to sf
7.2 Principles of visualization
Guest lecture (James Honaker)
References
Bivand, Roger, Edzer J. Pebesma, and Virgilio Gómez-Rubio. 2013. Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R - Second Edition. Vol. 10. Use R! Springer.


Implements Figueiredo EM algorithm for adaptive sparsity (Jeffreys prior) (see Figueiredo, M.A.T.; , "Adaptive sparseness for supervised learning," Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on , vol.25, no.9, pp. 1150- 1159, Sept. 2003) and Wong algorithm for adaptively sparse gaussian geometric models (see Wong, Eleanor, Suyash Awate, and P. Thomas Fletcher. "Adaptive Sparsity in Gaussian Graphical Models." In Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-13), pp. 311-319. 2013.)
| Version: | 1.6 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 3.0.2) |
| Imports: | MASS, Matrix, Rcpp |
| LinkingTo: | Rcpp (≥ 0.12.13), RcppArmadillo (≥ 0.2.0) |
| Published: | 2018-08-20 |
| Author: | Kristen Zygmunt, Eleanor Wong, Tom Fletcher |
| Maintainer: | Kris Campbell <kris at sci.utah.edu> |
| License: | LGPL (≥ 3.0) |
| NeedsCompilation: | yes |
| CRAN checks: | AdaptiveSparsity results |
| Reference manual: | AdaptiveSparsity.pdf |
| Package source: | AdaptiveSparsity_1.6.tar.gz |
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| Old sources: | AdaptiveSparsity archive |
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Now we use an updated dataset. In the chart, there is now a lot of data in a small space, so that we can hardly see any differences. We now want to be able to select and enlarge this area. We can do this with the Brush-function of d3:
With d3.brushX() we define, that we want to brush only in the X direction, with .extent() we define the area, that is brushable. And the "end"-event is fired, when the cursor-button is released.
After defining this, we have to call this created brush and bind it to our diagram. So far we only have a selection, but we have not yet defined what should happen with this selection. We want to adapt the domain of the x-Axis to the region selected by the brush. Take a look:
The first thing is: We take a look at the event fired. We want two different behaviours: If we have a selection, then the graph should be adjusted to the selection, if we have a double click, the view should jump back to the starting position. This is what we check with if(!extent)
Then we have to bind the new scale to the axis with axis.call(axisX), and also move the fruits to the new position. This is what we have:
Now it is not easy and inutitive to understand how the graph changes. We want to change that in the next step: with transitions.


Trainer charged in ex-Patriot’s dog’s death pleads guilty
WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) - A Rhode Island dog trainer who was caring for the beloved pet of former New England Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo when the animal died has pleaded guilty to related charges.
The Sun Chronicle reports that 42-year-old Amelia Ferreira, of Cranston, was sentenced Tuesday in Massachusetts to 18 months of probation after pleading guilty to obstructing justice.
Ferreira was caring for Knox, Mayo’s 5-year-old English bulldog, at her home in June 2018 when the dog died. Instead of telling Mayo of the death, she hid his remains and reported Knox missing.

She was not charged with causing the dog’s death, which was undetermined.
She called herself a “coward” for not being honest about the death.
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For the mincemeat, mix all of the mincemeat ingredients together in a large bowl, using your hands, until well combined.
Transfer the mixture to a saucepan and heat over a very low heat for 3-5 hours, stirring occasionally, or until it has reduced to a thick, dark paste.
Meanwhile, for the shortcrust pastry, sift the flour into a large mixing bowl. Add the butter or margarine cubes, then rub them into the flour using your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Gradually add the water, a tablespoon at a time, stirring well until the mixture comes together as a stiff dough.
Turn out the pastry onto a lightly floured work surface and knead well until smooth and elastic.
Roll out the pastry onto a lightly floured work surface to a 1cm/½in thickness. Using an upturned bowl, cut 8-10 discs from the pastry. Reserve the remaining pastry.
Place a coffee mug into the centre of each pastry disc and draw the sides of the pastry up against the mug, overlapping the edges, to form free-standing pastry cases.
Divide the mincemeat evenly among the pastry cases.
Roll out the remaining pastry onto a lightly floured work surface. Using the same mug as before, cut 8-10 discs from the pastry to create 'lids'.
Place one pastry 'lid' on top of each pie, tucking the edges into the pastry case. Pinch the pastry together well to prevent the filling from leaking out during baking. Using a sharp knife, cut a cross into the top of each pastry lid to allow the steam to escape.
In a bowl, mix together the milk and sugar until the sugar has dissolved. Brush the top of each pie with this mixture.
Place the mince pies onto a baking tray. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, or until the pastry is crisp and golden-brown.
Remove the mince pies from the oven and cool on a wire rack.


Student whose parents died of heart attacks has CPR idea
EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah (AP) - A Utah high school student who lost both her parents to heart attacks has been nominated for a prestigious scholarship on the strength of her idea for a CPR-assistance device.
Kennedy Hall’s idea is to create a device that fits over a person’s nose and mouth and do artificial breaths for a person, the Daily Herald in Provo reports.
Hall said a machine like she’s envisioning might have helped her parents, who died after a lack of oxygen caused brain damage.
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“Many people have the basic idea of CPR, but don’t know what they are doing,” Hall said.
She said her parents’ deaths made her hyper aware of what’s going on around her and prompted her to think about ideas to help others.
“If a device like this had been made at the time, I am wondering how much of a difference it would have made for them, if they would still be here, or how much of a bigger chance that they would have had,” Hall said. “So if something like this was created, it would make a huge difference, I think, in the CPR world and in the medical world.”
Hall is a senior at Cedar Valley High School in Eagle Mountain. She was chosen as the school’s nominee for the Career and Technical Education Presidential Scholarship Award.
She hopes to attend Utah State University and become a trauma surgeon.
Brigitte Reall, a specialist at the school’s Career and Technical Education program, said she is impressed by Hall’s strength after losing both of her parents.
“She wants to help, to turn it around and make awareness of these issues that we have with CPR,” Reall said.
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Rocco Baldelli of Minnesota Twins wins AL Manager of the Year award
NEW YORK (AP) - Rocco Baldelli of Minnesota Twins wins AL Manager of the Year award.
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by Curtis Edmonds --<EMAIL_ADDRESS>In a Hollywood culture that tries again and again to (in William Goldman's words) to recapture past magic, Toy Story 2 was, perhaps, inevitable. Few movies have been as magical, as original, as groundbreaking as the first Toy Story. The sheer technical wizardry of John Lasseter and the Pixar team, the sterling voice talent, the inimitable Randy Newman soundtrack, the charm of the characters and the sheer ingenuity of the story combined to create a truly astonishing piece of work.
And, of course, Toy Story was a truly profitable piece of work, all but guaranteeing a sequel. And as a sequel, Toy Story 2 labors under some disadvantages. The first Toy Story sent a high standard for technical excellence that the sequel must equal or better. The audience would expect to see new things, meaning that much more of the story would have to take place outside of Andy's room. New characters would have to appear, including a new villain. The Buzz Lightyear character -- whose grandiose, deluded personality was so central to the first movie -- would have to be reexamined. The friendship between Buzz and Woody the Cowboy would have to be as interesting as their rivalry was. And so forth.
Toy Story 2 tries very hard to overcome these disadvantages and generally succeds. On a technical level, the movie is an overwhelming success. The "sets" (for want of a better word) are nothing short of spectacular, especially in the final action sequences. Trees spread in green canopies, with every leaf digitally rendered. A scene where Woody must navigate a minefield of cheese doodles shows every doodle in astonishing detail. One scene, where the toys use a remote control to click through an infinity of cable channels, practically begs for close frame-by-frame analysis. The wizards at Pixar have done it again.
As far as the characterization goes, Toy Story is fortunate to have a large ensemble cast of familiar voice talent that needs little introduction. (The first Toy Story had a wide range of toys doing many different things; the sequel has fewer toys doing more things, which more or less evens out.) Even the villains are familiar, with Wayne Knight voicing the geeky toy collector, and Kelsey Grammer reprising his Sideshow Bob role from "The Simpsons". The only real new character is Joan Cusack as a spunky cowgirl with a heart of gold -- who has the movie's heartrending moment, complete with the superlative voice of Sarah McLachlan.singing "When She Loved Me". (Which should finally get Randy Newman an Oscar, by the way, and it's about time, too.)
Tom Hanks has the lead role of Woody the Cowboy, and it's hard enough imagining anyone doing a better job. Hanks has taken so many serious roles lately that having him play a role that reminds of the comic, childish side he sow famously showcased in Big is a real treat. (Hanks even gets to sing "You've Got A Friend in Me" from the first movie.) Tim Allen has the less showy role this time, but the story allows him to relapse into the old Buzz Lightyear persona from time to time, which is a hoot.
The problem with Toy Story 2, however, is that it doesn't have the same interplay between Hanks and Allen that was the source for much of the humor in the original movie. To compensate, Toy Story 2 is packed instead with references and allusions to other movies. Sometimes this works. The Jurassic Park reference is a scream, and there's a combined reference to The Empire Strikes Back and Field of Dreams that's very funny. Sometimes it doesn't work. The whole last half of the movie, at times, plays like a retread of the first two Die Hard movies. Overall, the pop-culture references are neat, and they serve to keep parents interested (in much the same way that Robin WIlliams did in Aladdin). But the constant gags seem to indicate a lack of trust in the Toy Story source material, and a lack of originality in the storytelling.
The ultimate question with Toy Story 2, I suppose, is whether it succeeds in its mission to recapture the past magic of the orginal. It succeeds spectacularly on the technical side -- a a credit to Team Pixar and their technological bag of tricks. However, the story of Toy Story 2 isn't as strong (though it has its compensations). Toy Story 2 isn't a great, groundbreaking picture by any means, but it does its best to cultivate the ground broken by Toy Story, and that is enough.
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The Android 1.6 platform introduces new features for users and developers. This page provides an overview of some new features and technologies.
New User Features
Quick Search Box
New Camera/Camcorder UI
Battery Usage Indicator
Quick Search Box for Android
Android 1.6 includes a redesigned search framework that provides a quick, effective, and consistent way for users to search across multiple sources—such as browser bookmarks & history, contacts, and the web—directly from the home screen.
The system constantly learns which search results are more relevant based on what is clicked. So popular contacts or apps that have previously been picked will bubble up to the top when a user types the first few letters of a relevant query.
The search framework also provides developers a way to easily expose relevant content from their applications in Quick Search Box.
Camera, Camcorder, and Gallery
An updated user interface provides an integrated camera, camcorder, and gallery experience. Users can quickly toggle between still and video capture modes. Additionally, the gallery enables users to select multiple photos for deletion.
Android 1.6 also provides a much faster camera experience. Compared to the previous release, launching the camera is now 39% faster, and there is a 28% improvement in the time from completing one shot to the next.
VPN, 802.1x
A new Virtual Private Network (VPN) control panel in Settings allows users to configure and connect to the following types of VPNs:
- L2TP/IPSEC pre-shared key based VPN
- L2TP/IPsec certificate based VPN
- L2TP only VPN
- PPTP only VPN
Battery usage indicator
A new battery usage screen lets users see which apps and services are consuming battery power. If the user determines that a particular service or application is using too much power, they can take action to save the battery by adjusting settings, stopping the application, or uninstalling the application.
Accessibility
Users will be able to download new accessibility services built on the new accessibility framework and enable them in Settings.
Google Play Updates
New Google Play UI
For devices with Google Play, the latest version improves the overall user experience and makes it easier for users to discover great apps and games from developers.
- At the homescreen, users can choose among Apps, Games, and Downloads.
- Inside a category, users can explore titles that are Top paid, Top free, and Just in.
- For each title, users can now see screenshots submitted by developers in addition to reviews from other users.
New Platform Technologies
Expanded Search Framework
The Android search framework has been redesigned and expanded to provide third-party applications the opportunity to surface content from their applications in Quick Search Box, the global search tool. To do this, developers will need to make their app "searchable" and provide suggestions in response to user queries. To enable application search suggestions, users simply select each application from which they'd like to receive suggestions, under Searchable items in the Search settings.
Text-to-speech engine
Android 1.6 features a multi-lingual speech synthesis engine called Pico. It allows any Android application to "speak" a string of text with an accent that matches the language. The engine supports the following languages: English (American and British accents), French, Italian, German and Spanish. If you're using a T-Mobile G1 or Dream device, you'll need to download the SpeechSynthesis Data Installer from Google Play, which includes the "voices" needed by the text-to-speech engine.
Gestures
A new gestures framework provides application developers with a framework for creating, storing, loading, and recognizing gestures and associating them with specific actions.
Developers can use the new GestureBuilder tool included in the Android 1.6 SDK to generate libraries of gestures to include with their application.
Accessibility
Android 1.6 provides a new accessibility framework. With this framework, developers can create accessibility plugins that respond to user input, such as making a sound when a new window is shown, vibrating when navigating to the top of a list, and providing spoken feedback.
Expanded support for screen densities and resolutions
Android 1.6 adds screen support that enables applications to be rendered properly on different display resolutions and densities. Developers can also specify the types of screens supported by their application.
Telephony support for CDMA
Android 1.6 includes support for CDMA in the telephony stack.
New version of OpenCore
Android 1.6 includes the updated OpenCore 2 media engine, which has:
- Support for OpenMAX encoders
- Support for additional audio codecs in AuthorEngine
- Improved buffering model supports shared buffers allocated in the decoder
2.6.29 Linux kernel
Android 1.6 upgrades the Linux kernel from 2.6.27 to 2.6.29.
New Framework APIs
For a detailed overview of new APIs, see the Version Notes. For a complete report of all API changes, see the API Differences Report.


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Essex lorry driver pleads guilty to assisting illegal immigration
by Rachael KennedyA 25-year-old lorry driver charged with manslaughter over the discovery of 39 bodies in the back of his vehicle container has pleaded guilty to assisting illegal immigration and acquiring criminal property.
Maurice "Mo" Robinson, from Northern Ireland, did not enter a plea for his other 41 charges, which include 39 of manslaughter.
He appeared for the court hearing on Monday via a video link from Belmarsh Prison in London, where he has been detained.
There is currently no date for a trial scheduled; however, Robinson is next due to appear in court in mid-December.
The 39 victims, all Vietnamese nationals, were found in the back of a refrigerated lorry container in an industrial park in Essex in October.
Robinson is among three people who have been arrested in Ireland and the UK, and several other arrests have been made in Vietnam.
Three others have been released on bail pending further investigation in the case.
It is a case that has since brought a spotlight to human trafficking cases across Europe, with several reported since the grisly discovery.
Last week, more than a dozen migrants were found in the back of a lorry aboard a ferry travelling from France to Ireland.
The migrants were all described by authorities to be in "good health", and undertook medical assessments upon arrival in Ireland.


Why Pipe when you can Pick?
brew update; brew install fpp; fpp
PathPicker accepts a wide range of input -- output from git commands, grep results, searches -- pretty much anything.
After parsing the input, PathPicker presents you with a nice UI to select which files you're interested in. After that you can open them in your favorite editor or execute arbitrary commands.
Besides opening files in your editor, PathPicker also allows you to execute arbitrary commands with the selected files.
You can use your selection to add files to version control, change permissions, scp, delete -- pretty much whatever you want!
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This module creates the grid information needed for the SWIM netCDF climate input module for regular and rotated grids. The lon-lat grid size is set via the res argument (default is 0.5 degree). An arbitrary grid can be defined by parsing it to grid and the -d flag.
m.swim.climate subbasins=subbasins grid=halfdg_grid res=0.5 gridfilepath=project/input/subbasin_climate_grid.csv
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On-loan Turay strikes as Djurgarden snatch Swedish league title
STOCKHOLM: A goal by Sierra Leonean striker Mohamed Buya Turay completed a superb comeback from two goals down as Djurgarden won the Allsvenskan league title with a 2-2 draw away to Norrkoping on a dramatic final day of the Swedish season on Saturday.
The Stockholm side finished on 66 points after 30 games to claim the Lennart Johansson trophy, one ahead of Malmo FF who finished second on goal difference ahead of Hammarby.
With thousands of their fans making the 160-kilometre journey to the final game of the season, Djurgarden, needing only a point to take the title, quickly fell two goals behind, while Malmo took the lead away to Orebro to put themselves in the driving seat.
Djurgarden reduced the deficit early in the second half through Jesper Karlstrom before Turay fired home a superb first-time finish from Emir Kujovic's pass in the 65th minute to seal the club's first title since 2005.
"It's normal for me, it's normal to score goals," Turay said as his side celebrated in the dressing room. "It's about confidence, believing in your team, believing in yourself, and this is what happens."
The 24-year-old Turay, on loan from Belgian side Sint-Truidense, finished the season as the league's top scorer with 15 goals.
Playing his last league game for the club where he is considered a cult hero, 37-year-old Malmo striker Markus Rosenberg scored twice as his side thrashed Orebro 5-0 to secure second place, while Hammarby beat Hacken 4-1 at home.
AFC Eskilstuna and GIF Sundsvall were both relegated after losing to Falkenberg and AIK respectively, while Kalmar FF finished third from bottom and face a playoff against the third-placed team in the second-tier Superettan.
(Reporting by Philip O'Connor; editing by Tony Lawrence)


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Dolphins will attend Colin Kaepernick workout
by Adam ZielonkaThe Miami Dolphins may be on an unexpected two-game winning streak, but they’re still one of the worst teams in football with no quarterback of the future on their roster. So it might not be a surprise that they’d do their due diligence on Colin Kaepernick.
Dolphins coach Brian Flores said the team will send someone to Kaepernick’s workout Saturday in Atlanta.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Dolphins are the first team publicly known to be sending a representative to Kaepernick’s workout, which was announced Tuesday. The NFL arranged the workout rather than Kaepernick’s camp, ESPN reported.
Kaepernick’s people also reportedly took issue with the fact that the NFL scheduled the workout for a Saturday, when many teams are traveling to their Sunday games, as opposed to a Tuesday, the day most NFL workouts generally take place.
The 32-year-old quarterback has not played in the league since 2016 when he began kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice.
The Dolphins’ quarterbacks are Ryan Fitzpatrick, who turns 37 this month, and second-year player Josh Rosen, who was acquired from Arizona during last year’s draft. Many believed Miami to be tanking this season to obtain an ideal draft position and draft a future franchise quarterback.
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| Module | ActionController::Helpers::ClassMethods |
| In: |
vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/helpers.rb
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The Rails framework provides a large number of helpers for working with assets, dates, forms, numbers and Active Record objects, to name a few. These helpers are available to all templates by default.
In addition to using the standard template helpers provided in the Rails framework, creating custom helpers to extract complicated logic or reusable functionality is strongly encouraged. By default, the controller will include a helper whose name matches that of the controller, e.g., MyController will automatically include MyHelper.
Additional helpers can be specified using the helper class method in ActionController::Base or any controller which inherits from it.
The to_s method from the Time class can be wrapped in a helper method to display a custom message if the Time object is blank:
module FormattedTimeHelper def format_time(time, format=:long, blank_message=" ") time.blank? ? blank_message : time.to_s(format) end end
FormattedTimeHelper can now be included in a controller, using the helper class method:
class EventsController < ActionController::Base helper FormattedTimeHelper def index @events = Event.find(:all) end end
Then, in any view rendered by EventController, the format_time method can be called:
<% @events.each do |event| -%> <p> <% format_time(event.time, :short, "N/A") %> | <%= event.name %> </p> <% end -%>
Finally, assuming we have two event instances, one which has a time and one which does not, the output might look like this:
23 Aug 11:30 | Carolina Railhawks Soccer Match N/A | Carolina Railhaws Training Workshop
The helper class method can take a series of helper module names, a block, or both.
When the argument is a string or symbol, the method will provide the "_helper" suffix, require the file and include the module in the template class. The second form illustrates how to include custom helpers when working with namespaced controllers, or other cases where the file containing the helper definition is not in one of Rails’ standard load paths:
helper :foo # => requires 'foo_helper' and includes FooHelper helper 'resources/foo' # => requires 'resources/foo_helper' and includes Resources::FooHelper
When the argument is a module it will be included directly in the template class.
helper FooHelper # => includes FooHelper
When the argument is the symbol :all, the controller will include all helpers from app/helpers/**/*.rb under RAILS_ROOT.
helper :all
Additionally, the helper class method can receive and evaluate a block, making the methods defined available to the template.
# One line helper { def hello() "Hello, world!" end } # Multi-line helper do def foo(bar) "#{bar} is the very best" end end
Finally, all the above styles can be mixed together, and the helper method can be invoked with a mix of symbols, strings, modules and blocks.
helper(:three, BlindHelper) { def mice() 'mice' end }
# File vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/helpers.rb, line 110 110: def helper(*args, &block) 111: args.flatten.each do |arg| 112: case arg 113: when Module 114: add_template_helper(arg) 115: when :all 116: helper(all_application_helpers) 117: when String, Symbol 118: file_name = arg.to_s.underscore + '_helper' 119: class_name = file_name.camelize 120: 121: begin 122: require_dependency(file_name) 123: rescue LoadError => load_error 124: requiree = / -- (.*?)(\.rb)?$/.match(load_error.message).to_a[1] 125: if requiree == file_name 126: msg = "Missing helper file helpers/#{file_name}.rb" 127: raise LoadError.new(msg).copy_blame!(load_error) 128: else 129: raise 130: end 131: end 132: 133: add_template_helper(class_name.constantize) 134: else 135: raise ArgumentError, "helper expects String, Symbol, or Module argument (was: #{args.inspect})" 136: end 137: end 138: 139: # Evaluate block in template class if given. 140: master_helper_module.module_eval(&block) if block_given? 141: end
Declares helper accessors for controller attributes. For example, the following adds new name and name= instance methods to a controller and makes them available to the view:
helper_attr :name attr_accessor :name
# File vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/helpers.rb, line 175 175: def helper_attr(*attrs) 176: attrs.flatten.each { |attr| helper_method(attr, "#{attr}=") } 177: end
Declare a controller method as a helper. For example, the following makes the current_user controller method available to the view:
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base helper_method :current_user, :logged_in? def current_user @current_user ||= User.find_by_id(session[:user]) end def logged_in? current_user != nil end end
In a view:
<% if logged_in? -%>Welcome, <%= current_user.name %><% end -%>
# File vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/helpers.rb, line 159 159: def helper_method(*methods) 160: methods.flatten.each do |method| 161: master_helper_module.module_eval "def \#{method}(*args, &block)\ncontroller.send(%(\#{method}), *args, &block)\nend\n" 162: end 163: end
Provides a proxy to access helpers methods from outside the view.
# File vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/helpers.rb, line 180 180: def helpers 181: unless @helper_proxy 182: @helper_proxy = ActionView::Base.new 183: @helper_proxy.extend master_helper_module 184: else 185: @helper_proxy 186: end 187: end


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- Andouille chicken porchetta ham hock, venison spare ribs frankfurter filet mignon.
- Shoulder pastrami tongue fatback short ribs picanha. Meatball ribeye flank, chicken picanha salami ball tip. Tenderloin doner beef ribs pastrami, bacon chuck cow.
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- Kevin rump meatloaf ball tip sausage brisket boudin bacon.
- Andouille chicken porchetta ham hock, venison spare ribs frankfurter filet mignon.
- Shoulder pastrami tongue fatback short ribs picanha. Meatball ribeye flank, chicken picanha salami ball tip. Tenderloin doner beef ribs pastrami, bacon chuck cow.