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If a pollster rings up today and asks us what we think of the Tea Party and the newer Occupy Wall Street movement, many of us would say that they are different groups entirely, maybe even polar opposites.
Some of us might go on to say that the Tea Party is a right-wing movement, giving a more boots-on-the-ground boost of energy to Republicans but also giving the GOP establishment a bad case of heebie jee-bie anxiety lest the rightest right Tea Partiers scare independent voters directly into the Democratic fold. Some of us might also say that Occupy Wall Street is a liberal movement, well intentioned but risking damage to American free enterprise with a credo and goals so amorphous that not even the die-hard adherents camping out all over American are able to articulate them.
Some of us might well be wrong.
The Tea Party mopped up for Republicans in the 2010 off year elections, changing the balance of power in Congress and in state legislatures across the land.
Enter Occupy Wall Street carrying signs saying "Eat the Rich" and attacking the excesses of American Big Business, the financial institutions and their practices which drove us smack into the Great Recession from which we have yet to thoroughly emerge. Its Democratic leaning mes-sage says that the rich must pay their fair share of taxes, at least in the same percentages as middle-class teachers, policemen, fire fighters, and mom and pop businesses. You and I may be counting our pennies, but Forbes recent release of the 10 highest-paid CEOs in the nation shows that some people need not worry at all. Someone I have never heard of, John Hammergren of McKesson, a health care conglomerate, will bring home the top paycheck this year at a cool $161,000,000. Everyone's favorite polo enthusiast, Ralph Lauren, comes in a somewhat distant second, bringing home $66,700,000 worth of bacon this year. It is hard for people out of work and maybe even for some diehard free-enterprisers to make sense of those numbers, but they are kerosene on the flames for Occupy Wall Street.
So, can we expect our television screens to be covered by Tea Partiers and Wall Street Occupiers yelling at each other every second between now and Election Day 2012?
I suspect not as much as one might think, because while their political leanings may indeed tilt in opposite directions, both movements were birthed by the same tired mother.
Both were born of economic frustration and alienation from society at large. President Obama spoke about this to ABC News on his visit to North Carolina last month.
Millions of Americans do feel that way, even those of us who are neither Tea Partiers nor Occupy Wall Streeters.
For several months now, I have been explor-ing different eras of American history, particu-larly our Civil War and World Wars I and II, pondering what events and movements gave rise to massive societal change. My own generation initiated tremendous change during the 1960s, although this Baby Boomer certainly did not grasp the magnitude of change and its repercussions at the time.
Could it be that the Tea Partiers and Occupy Wall Street are the advance guard of a larger movement that will demand reform of both gov-ernment and business? Are we witnessing the first stretches and stirrings of the tiger of change of the Precious Jewels' generation, a tiger that will sweep away the old and tired and replace them with something yet to be formed?
No one knows the answers to those questions, but 2012 and the elec-tions next fall will certainly reveal clues. As unscientific as this may be, I sense significant change not unlike what I experienced earlier in my life forming at this later stage of my journey.
Photo: No one knows the answers to those questions, but 2012 and the elections next fall will certainly reveal clues.


Speak Into My Good Eye Breaking Rad: Pop Francis Drops New Single Ahead Of Wake Up! ...Or, How Am I Supposed To Review This?
When his holiness reaches down from the Vatican and graces your inbox with a new single ("Por que sufren los Ninos"), apparently your mind starts to race and the thought of just passing on it altogether is considered.
Because, well, what if it's bad?
Is that a review a good Catholic boy can write?
My mother reads this site…my family…my friends and loved ones.
How would they react if I was to suddenly trash the music of a man who wants nothing more to spread his message of love and compassion toward the many suffering children of the world?
And what if it's exceptional?
What if all the components of an incredible piece of music exist on this track and are coupled with the most moving of lyrical poetry from this incredible figure…and I undersell it?
Either way Christmas dinner is going to filled with a lot of awkward pauses, long stares, and evil eyes (we're Italian).
So, in an effort to avoid either of these most uncomfortable situations I'll just leave Pope's latest offering below for your consumption, and you can draw your own conclusions about Francis' universally important missive, and it's acoustic guitar backing and haunting choir vocal accompaniment.
NOTE: "Por que sufren los Ninos" is part of Pope Francis' forthcoming full length collection Wake Up!, which is scheduled to drop on Nov. 27th via San Paolo Multimedia. Pre-order it here.


I am a man, who hides his feelings.
But I don't think I can keep from revealing.
All the things inside of me that are out of control.
So Lord, I'm letting go.
There was a time things didn't matter.
Reason and rhyme where second nature.
It was all a big fasod I have come to know.
So, Lord I'm letting go.
I am calling.!  Are you hearing?
I am falling!  Come and catch me!
Come I want to put my trust in you and you alone.
And Lord I'm letting go.


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Q: Why I have no warning when not all execution path in a function is returning the type hinted expression? I have the following function definition:
def my_func(value: int) -> int:
    if value > 10:
        return value + 1
    # return value (suppose, this is what I forgot here)

Many times I forgot the final return statement (in more complex cases) which causing the function accidentally return with None causing run-time error.
For this function definition PyCharm code inspection (all settings default) does not give any warnings. I would expect the inspection to discover, if there are execution paths which do not return with the type hinted function return type.
What am I missing?

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WhatsApp | List of mobile phones that will be left without the application | Android | Smart phones | blacklist | Applications | United States | Spain | Mexico | nda | nnni | sports game
Martin Woolridge 5 months ago 4 min read
The WhatsApp Keep making changes to your mobile app. Currently you can actually use Communities, a space where you can chat with more than 512 people at the same time, and you're also expected to be able to hide 'Internet'.
However, like every month, Meta announces that some mobile phones will no longer exist The WhatsApp Because they have an old operating system. Will your mobile phone be affected? Review the following list and check it out now.
Look: Guide to find out if someone has logged into your WhatsApp account
List of Android phones that will remain without WhatsApp
Caterpillar Cat B15
Wiko Five Five
Wiko Dark Night
ZTE Grand S Flex
ZTE V956 – UMi X2
Faea F1
ZTE Grand X Quad v987.0
ZTE Grand Memo
LG Optimus L5II
How to find out what operating system your Android CELL phone has
The first thing will be to enter your cell phone settings.
Then go to the part that says Update.
In this section, you can review not only your latest operating system, but also the personalization layer.
In the event that an update is pending, it is best to install it.
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So you can restore your WhatsApp backup on another ANDROID cell phone
First, check it out The WhatsApp You have no pending updates.
Now, open the app and tap on the three vertical dots icon present in the top right corner.
Several options will be displayed, go to "Settings" > "Chats" > "Backup" > "Save".
Wait for the process to finish, it may take a few minutes.
Proceed to uninstall The WhatsApp On the old cell phone, and on the new one, install the messaging application.
Remember to put your SIM card in the new device you will be using. Open the app and follow the steps to register your account.
Why can't you see the last WHATSAPP connection time
There are several reasons why you cannot see the time of your partner's last WhatsApp connection.
One of them is that he decided to hide it from everyone.
For that, you have to go to Settings, Account, Privacy and Hide for all recent connection times.
Another reason is that he did not schedule your appointment on WhatsApp.
Just tell him to register your number and you are good to go.
Also, this person may have removed you from their contacts.
As a last resort, he may have blocked you or switched phones.
Always remember to keep in touch with him to avoid bad times.
Use this WhatsApp trick only as long as you know the real reasons for hiding the last connection time.
What does "GPI" mean in WhatsApp
The word "gpi" has the same structure as "XD" or "xoxo".
Although it is not an acronym defined by the Royal Spanish Academy, you can use it to memorize words.
"Gpi" means "Thank you for inviting".
You can use it when you discover that a group of your friends has been invited to a meeting, but you haven't.
It is also useful in expressing disagreement with a fact.
In the case of the output you've accepted, you can also use "gpi" as a form of thanks.
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What is "ALV" for adults who send through WhatsApp
This abbreviation is used in countries as diverse as Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Argentina and has become popular in Spain. As we said before, it is a vulgarity to express it Something is bothering you and you don't care; However, it's very strange for adults 45 and over to send "ALV", because they're not trying to insult you, they simply gave it its own meaning like the veteran "XD", a laughing face that older people think means "by God".
What is "ALV" for adults? It's simple, it means "I love you" also "Oh lovi u", which translates into Spanish would be "I love you" or "I love you", although it sounds funny, older people give you affection when they send you this abbreviation, quite contrary to its true meaning. It's not the only one, although in a minority, others use it to try to sum up the phrase: "I love life."
What does "report" mean in WhatsApp and when is it used
Often times blocking is not enough if we don't want someone to bother us on WhatsApp.
This is why there is a "report" button.
This can be found by clicking on the three dots in the top corner of the conversation and then clicking on "More".
"Report" is the most extreme way to say that this person is bothering you.
When you report someone on WhatsApp, the chat will be automatically sent to the application database.
Specifically, it will be the last 5 messages the other person sent you.
At that time, WhatsApp will evaluate your reporting request.
In case something malicious is found, WhatsApp will take action on the matter such as deleting this account or simply suspending it for violating its usage policies.
So keep that in mind if this is a case of blocking or reporting someone.
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Q: Javascript private fields: why "#" instead of "_"? Why Javascript decided to go with "#" (hash) prefix for private fields, instead of the traditional convention "_" (underscore) we see in other languages?
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Kasubi tombs to be completed by end of 2016
Vote your leaders wisely, Museveni urges...
Museveni ignored my advice to retire in 2016...
By Jeff Andrew Lule
Added 9th January 2016 07:59 PM
It is now coming to eight years since the tombs were torched in 2009
THE Katikiro of Buganda Peter Charles Mayiga has said that the reconstruction work on Kasubi Tombs will be completed by the end of 2016.
"I want to assure our people and all Ugandans that the works are in high gear and we hope to be complete it in December this year," he added. Mayiga said this during his monthly inspection of the tombs to check its progress.
However, the Ministry of Tourism also pledged to give more support towards the completion of the main house "Muzibu Azala Mpanga" at the tombs.
It is now coming to eight years since the tombs were torched in 2009, leaving some of the historical objects destroyed and damaged.
The tombs house the remains of four fallen Buganda kings including Daniel Mwanga II, Mutesa I, Edward Mutesa II and Daudi Chwa.
Rose Mwanja, the commissioner in charge of museums and monuments at the ministry, said they are already lobbying for another sh1bn to help in the completion of the historical site.
"We are going to present our proposal to cabinet".
Mwanja said initially they had budgeted sh4.5bn for the reconstruction of the house but realized it was an underestimate.
"Of course, government had already contributed sh2bn, but we realized it was not enough given the nature of work. Government pledged to reconstruct this site," she added.
Mwanja said contributions from Katikiro's 'etoffali' drives were used to do other projects and components.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) also provided firefighting equipment, a water tank reservoir and automatic canon firefighting kits among other equipment worth over sh1bn.
Mwanja said having been gazetted as a national and world historical monument, government remains a key player to make sure that the site is restored and maintained.
"It is also government which requested UNESCO to list the site as a World Heritage Site. It was listed because of its uniqueness. This site had been constructed purely with botanical materials," she added.
Without mentioning any amount, Mwanja said out of the many cultural sites in the country, Kasubi tombs generated more of the visitors in the country because of its uniqueness.
The Kingdom finance minister, Waggwa Nsibirwa, in November last year disclosed to the Kingdom assembly (Lukiiko) that they had managed to raise over sh8bn from 'etoffali' fundraising drives between August 31, 2104 and October 10, 2015.
The funds were used to construct Kasubi Tombs' perimeter wall, constructing houses and water among others works.
John Kiyimba Freeman, the chairman Buganda Twezimbe, said they used sh2.3bn to construct the perimeter wall covering 63acres among other activities. UNESCO recognised Kasubi tombs as a World Heritage Site in 1999.
Kasubi tombs were handed over to Buganda Kingdom after President Yoweri Museveni reinstituted cultural institutions in 1993, after 27 years of abolishment.
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Welcome to the Moms Panel! Me and a few of my fellow "Moms" ran the Princess 1/2 Marathon this past March, and it truly was the experience of a lifetime!
A qualifying run is not required to register for this event, however if you do not have a proof of time you will be placed in the last corral. You can see the requirements by clicking HERE and scrolling down.
Now I will give you a bit of advice, if you do intend finishing within 2:45 I would highly recommend running a qualifying race to get that proof of time. This was my first 1/2 marathon, so I was in the final corral - at the back of the pack. I spent a lot of time dodging in and out of other participants and it did a number on my knees (not to mention my time). There were more than 11,000 participants that finished this race, many of them were walkers - so being in the last corral really left a lot of traffic ahead of me to contend with.


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If you're a University of Utah faculty member, staff member, or student doing research on IT-related topics, Gartner Research resources are available for you to use at no charge. Gartner, Inc. is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. Additionally, faculty and staff may request complimentary meetings with Gartner consultants on IT-related topics. Log into the Gartner site using your uNID and CIS password.
FALL BREAK
The university has fall break Monday, Oct. 12-Friday, Oct. 16. Enjoy your time off!
DALAI LAMA CANCELS VISIT TO U
The University of Utah was notified by the Office of Tibet in Washington D.C. in a statement that "the Dalai Lama arrived in the United States earlier this week for a medical evaluation. Upon completion of the evaluation, the doctors have advised that His Holiness take complete rest. As a result, His Holiness will be returning to India next week and will not be able to visit the United States next month. We deeply regret cancellation of the visit."
Anyone who purchased tickets online will be refunded automatically within seven-10 days. For those who purchased tickets in-person with check or cash, please contact ticket office to verify your contact information to ensure you receive your refund. 801- 581-UTIX.
The university community and the Utah Tibet Foundation wish the Dalai Lama a speedy recovery.
5TH ANNUAL STUDENT VETERAN OF THE YEAR: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Deadline: Midnight, Oct. 15
U student veterans will recognize one of their own for outstanding military service, academic performance and community involvement this Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2015. Student veterans can be nominated by faculty, staff or fellow students, and there is no maximum number of nominations; the more the merrier. Nomination forms and eligibility requirements can be found online at veteranscenter.utah.edu. For more information, contact the Veterans Support Center at 801-587-7722 or vetcenter@sa.utah.edu.
U-MATCH
U-Match is connecting the university community to seek, provide and trade one-on-one child care needs. New for this fall is a simplified electronic application that can be accessed via the home page at childcare.utah.edu. Those interested can register using their uNID as "looking for a babysitter or nanny" and/or "willing to babysit or nanny." Once logged in, users can search the growing registry of babysitters and nannies.
"We're starting to see traffic increase as more students, faculty and staff understand the benefit of this service — especially for parents needing irregular care hours or in-home care," says Virginia DeSpain, project coordinator for the U's Child Care and Family Resources office.
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Having a food processor amongst your kitchen appliances is the one of the best things you can do for yourself and your family. With a quality food processor at your disposal, cooking up storm can be a daily affair without breaking a sweat.
This is because the repetitive vegetable cutting and chopping, flour kneading, nut grinding involved in ingredients preparation can now be tackled using a food processor that will have your ingredients ready in a snap. No elbow grease needed there!
The question however to answer is; what would be the best one to buy when there are so many of them out there? Read on to find out the best offerings as we delve into our top five selection of the best food processors in the market today.
Cuisinart has become a trusted brand that a great number of households are more than happy to have. Their quality and practical kitchens appliances are not just popular, they are preferred. The Cuisinart DFP-14BCNY 14-Cup Food Processor is heavy duty and the phrase workhorse is apt when describing this food processor because of its resilience. It also has the ability to make all manner of cooking prep work a breeze.
For instance, if you love to prepare meals that involve dough, you will probably agree that kneading dough manually for a meal of 10 people can be quite a task as you exert yourself physically to pound, knead and squeeze the dough to compliance. With this food processor kneading the same amount dough or even more will literally take only a few minutes and you achieve the exact consistency you are looking for.
The feed tube is an important part of a food processor for safety reasons. It protects your fingers as you slide in ingredients that you need chopped, sliced or ground. In this machine the tube is conveniently extra wide to allow whole fruits among other sizeable foods to be passed through. It also means that you don't have to bother with cutting of ingredients before you slip them through. Two fairly sized onion bulbs will comfortably slip through together side by side with a lot of ease. This tells you that all ingredients you can think up can be inserted through the tube with little to no regard for size.
The 720 watt motor will whir away anything you need prepped from chopping whole fruits, vegetables, kneading dough, grinding nuts, shredding cheese or shredding meats.
When it comes to food processing, size does matter. With this particular food processor the 14 bowl capacity really works to your favor if you have a big family or you are one for inviting friends and family over for the weekend as you cook up a storm.
One obvious benefit of a good quality food processor such as this one, is how it empowers you to turn an ordinary meal into something marvelous in terms of what you do with simple everyday ingredients to add flavor and garnish to a dish. As a matter of fact, it allows you to use some ingredients that you never thought possible or simply steered away from because of the prep work involved.
The blades on this Cuisinart product are stainless steel and are truly a work horse. They can slice easily through simple ingredients such garlic and veggies but they are strong enough to work a batch of dough to just the way you need it.
The versatility of this food processor is remarkable. It can accomplish chopping, slicing, pureeing, kneading, emulsifying and mixing dough with surprising ease.
This appliance does not only make your food processing prep work easier but it also looks great on your kitchen counter and does not hog all your counter space. The brushed stainless steel exterior and makes for easy cleaning, ensures durability as well as a sleek look that complements the decor of your kitchen.
The Cuisinart food processor, ticks off all the right boxes from elegance and durability to large capacity and power. If you are looking for a quality food processing appliance at an affordable price, it is hard to beat this one.
In terms of features such as capacity and power, the Breville BFP800XL takes it to another level. The company behind this kitchen appliance is Breville, an Australian company that has been in existence for more than 8 decades. In those 80 plus years of making and perfecting kitchen appliances it has provided kitchens worldwide with quality products so it is no wonder this food processor is something special.
The design is quite funky and would look great on your kitchen counter. At first glance it gives the impression that whoever owns such a food processor must be very serious about whipping up delicious meals. The sous chef comes in three colors to choose from that best complement your kitchen. These are stainless steel, black sesame, cranberry red.
The Breville BFP800XL gives you the ability of turning ordinary recipes like pizzas to tantalizing dishes and it also allows you to now use ingredients that you would not give much thought to such as fruits, cheeses, shredded meats and so much more.
Its construction features a die- cast metal base for stability and a plastic bowl that is both easy to clean and durable.
The Breville sous chef tube feed has been made extra wide. With a diameter of 5.5″ inches you can now easily fit different types of ingredients with ease without having to do too much cutting before you feed them to the food processor.
The Breville Sous Chef boasts of 24 different cutting settings that can be used across a set of 5 discs and 3 S-shaped serrated stainless steel blades. The cutting options range from a paper thin 0.3mm to a chunky thickness of 8.0mm.
The powerful motor that drives the discs and blades is 1200 watt. This is more than adequate power for light or heavy duty use. This appliance comes with 2 bowls. One is a mini bowl accommodating 2.5 cups when making smaller meals, while the other bowl has the capacity to accommodate a whopping 16 cups. It can be used for huge families, parties and even restaurants.
With this high powered motor, chopping, shredding, pureeing and kneading have never been easier. Thanks to the invention of such a food processor, you no longer have to slave away over meal prep and can now create more time to enjoy sumptuous meals with your family.
Safety is always a key aspect in any kitchen appliance. The Breville BFP800XL ensures that the machine does not run unless the bowl, lid and pusher are firmly locked in place. Liquid ingredients are also locked in with the help of silicone seal that prevents any leakage.
The Sous Chef comes with 8 high precision tools to enable you to be efficient and precise in your food processing. Amongst these tools are an LCD display and a timer.
If your cooking needs in terms of quantities and frequency require some awesome power and a heavy duty food processor, then you and the sous chef will get along just fine. Consumers deem it expensive for a food processor, but if you look at the quality, features and customer reviews in terms of performance, then you will see why it costs as much. In our opinion, the durability and consistent performance absolutely justify the cost.
The Braun FP3020 is one quality food processor you cannot afford to miss out on especially if you are on a budget. The old adage that says "cheap is expensive" would be wrong in the case of this appliance. This is simply because it provides value for money and affords you the luxury of a functional, durable and practical food processor without having to break the bank. It keeps it simple and with all the basics plus additional features and functions that you will find useful.
The design is a little bit unconventional, but this is for a good reason. Whereas the conventional design would dictate just a base with a motor and a mounted bowl with a feed tube, the Braun FP3020 has all that and an extension for juicing on the side, how cool is that? You have got a food processor and juicer, side by side all wrapped up in one appliance. You would think that this inclusion would make the food processor bulkier and heavier but this is not the case. The Braun has a compact fit and looks pretty nice and neat on your kitchen counter without taking up too much space.
The Braun packs a heavy duty 600 watt DC motor that has sufficient power for all your kitchen needs. It also comes equipped with stainless steel discs as well as blades and boasts of a 7 speed setting. These ensure all your regular ingredient prep is made easier and faster including kneading dough, whisking, grating, dicing, chopping, pureeing and so forth.
The processor's silent operation technology is amazingly quiet despite chopping or kneading away with great efficiency. This is a welcome addition in comparison to other processors that would not allow you to have a conversation while chopping because of the merciless unyielding din they generate.
The bowl is made of durable polycarbonate (plastic) that holds 12 cups of any given ingredients and 9 cups of water. With different speed setting to choose from, you can set the processor from 300 revolution for soft items such as onions to 2000 revolutions per minute which makes fine blending such as making sauces and dips seem like a breeze.
Safety is paramount and the appliance will not allow you to operate it unless the lid is secured properly in place.
Sometimes it's not even a budget issue, you might just be in need of a quality processor that is not loaded with too many features that you may not have need for and which is properly sized for to suit you petite kitchen. With the Braun food processor, not only do you get a good price, but all the basic functions that you would need and then some. Features such as silent technology when in operation and high powered heavy duty motor at 600 watts as well as different speeds settings, throw in a juicer in there make it stand out. For its category, it is hard to beat the Braun FP3020 on performance, power, durability and price.
The Ninja BL770 Mega food processor is something special because of its unparalleled multi use abilities. Instead of cluttering your kitchen with 3 to 4 appliances such as a juicer, blender and food processor, get the Ninja and have all three in one. This is precisely why the Ninja has the word "kitchen system" appended to it, because it can do so much.
To be honest, the appliance at first looks intimidating, with several bowls and a pitcher as well as other additional pieces. You can easily get the impression that assembly will be a headache. But it is not the case. Having anticipated this assumption among many potential customers, Ninja has plenty of videos on their website that take you through the paces in order to see how to optimize this remarkable appliance. It also comes with a manual to help get you acquainted with all the configurations that the Ninja has to offer.
Once you get in the swing of things, you will be glad you have this appliance in your kitchen. It helps keeps your kitchen tidy because all the parts not in immediate use can be stored in the cabinets and reached for with ease when needed.
Many consumers have taken the trouble to write glowing remarks about this product because it is such a powerhouse. The motor packs a whopping 1500 watts. This means all you're chopping, dough making, dicing, pureeing, blending and so forth can be done in no time. 2 pounds of dough can be mixed in a mere 30 seconds.
The food bowl can hold up to 8 cups of food to be processed comfortably. For convenience, it also comes with a mini bowl for smaller portions such as when prepping for a solo meal.
Equipped with 'total crushing technology' the blender can pretty much pulverize any ingredients in a matter of seconds including ice cubes. You can use the pitcher to serve large portions of smoothies or a single cup when you are solo.
If you have frequent juicing, blending and food processing needs, then this machine is a savior on your kitchen space and convenience as opposed to buying and working three separate appliances. The high powered 1500 watts is more than enough to power through any ingredient without getting ruined for many years to come. Special kitchen needs require special appliances and it does not get any better than the Ninja to take care of all your kitchen food processing needs for healthier meals.
The Black and Decker brand is well known for smart durable kitchen appliances. With this beauty of a kitchen appliance you might want to retire your chopping board because you won't be needing it. The BLACK+DECKER FP6010 is amazing at cutting, shredding, dicing, kneading dough and blending in snap.
It comes equipped with a powerful 800 watt motor that more than accommodates all your food prep needs. It also comes with S blades, disc blades and a dough blade that covers all your food prep work making things easy and saving you loads of time. The discs and blades allow you to dice ingredients up to 8mm and be set externally for thinner slicing for 1-5 mm for stellar food presentations.
The feed tube is extra-large and able to accommodate whole fruits and all manner of cooking or salad ingredients without you having to do much chopping in terms of prepping the ingredients for the processor.
The bowl capacity is 11 cups for prep work of larger meals, while there is a provision of mini bowl to help you choose an appropriate sized bowl that correspond to the size of ingredients you need to prep.
Black and decker is an outstanding brand with a proven track record in making reliable kitchen appliances. The BLACK+DECKER FP6010 is a solid purchase for a quality, durable and consistent results. Your food processing has just been made easier by this affordable quality food processor.
A food processor simply makes your life easier in the kitchen and enables you to turn ordinary meals into sumptuous feasts without overly having to exert yourself. Here's what to look for when considering buying a food processor.
Power – This is simply the wattage of the motor that drives the machine. You could argue that the motor is the engine of a food processor and needs to be powerful to yield required results. Depending on your processing needs, anywhere between 600 watts to 1500 watts like in the product reviews above would be suitable. It is worth pointing out that the higher the power in a food processor the higher the cost.
Convenience – is an important aspect which can be met by paying close attention to the features that the appliance has, such as a mini bowl for solo preps and a larger bowl for bigger meals. Food processors that have multiple functions such as blending and juicing can be very beneficial if they fit you're cooking requirements as they save you a pretty penny and counter space when you do not have to buy such appliances separately.
You can now make recipes that you would not touch before, for example those that require shredded meat and so forth.
Food processors came into the picture around the 1960's when a gentleman called Robert Coupe introduced this amazing machine. Since then, many a households have clearly realized there is so much to gain by having a quality food processor in the kitchen.
The reviews for the Cuisinart DFP-14BCNY are amazing, but is it easy to clean, because no one seems to touch on that aspect?
The parts are dish washer friendly and are also easy to clean manually. However, it has been noted by consumers that dish wash cleaning, especially if you have hard water can result in corroding the bowl locking mechanism such that it jams. Replacing it is possible but is not exactly a cheap proposition. Manual washing is better and not all that difficult with the help of a little soap. It's a small price to pay compared to coughing out dollars for a replacement.
Is the Breville BFP800XL Sous Chef noisy with all that motor power?
No it's not. Consumers love extra wide feed tube, because it allows you to process large batches of food at a time. Surprisingly no matter how much you load the bowl, the induction motor whirs away with remarkable power to get the job done in a few blinks. The only noise you might hear is from the contents in the bowl being chopped to smithereens but not a sound from the motor. Impressive!
What country is the Braun FP3020 made in?
What exactly comes with the Ninja Mega system?
Can the BLACK+DECKER FP6010 dice soft items such as fruits?
Yes, this device is able to dice fruits such as apples, strawberries, green beans, and so forth to perfect 8mm cubes for professional food presentations.
Thanks to affordable food processing options, a food processor in your kitchen is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Although many people may have varied food processing need in the kitchens, depending on whether it is a commercial establishment or your household kitchen, the need to process food in a snap and save on time and effort applies to both settings.
With a food processor, you can stop slaving over meals and begin to enjoy your cooking experiences together with your family. It is time to start whipping delicious meals effortlessly.


Do you have a special event coming up where you want to look and feel really special?
Diana can help you complete your look for any special occasion. Whether it's a graduation, formal, engagement party, a special birthday, your anniversary or maybe it's race day, Diana will ensure that you look your best with natural, long lasting makeup.


I Bought a Fancy Rose Quartz Facial Roller... Does It Work?
I recently caved in and convinced myself I should order a rose quartz facial roller. I can't deny that I mostly did it because it looks really pretty, but I'm also working on making major improvements as I pave my path in the world of wellness (so it wasn't completely in vain). But, if I'm paying $45 for something it had better work wonders on my face.
Upon impact, the roller feels cool to the touch as you gently glide the stone across your skin. The first time I used the roller after cleansing and moisturizing my face, I swore that my skin was sparkling. For the past two months, I have been putting my face to the test to see if this roller enhances my life in some shape or form — is it all mental or would there actually be physical changes, as well?
Herbivore claims that their facial rollers improve blood circulation and skin tone, elasticity of the skin, promote lymphatic drainage, reduce puffiness, wrinkles and dark under eye circles, eliminate toxins, and tighten and reduce pore size. After consulting several medical professionals, I was able to confirm that all of this is true. Gina Pulisciano, an aesthetician and founder of Alchemy Holistics, uses a rose quartz facial roller when she gives clients facial treatments. While she has noticed that it reduces redness, improves skin tone and drains the lymphs, she does stress that these are only temporary results.
"The benefits are the most noticeable when used as part of a full facial service," she explains. "For example, you can't just roll some rose quartz on your face and expect miracles. It's not going to improve the elasticity of the skin or reduce wrinkles."
RealSelf contributor Dr. Michele Green agrees that the benefits are mostly short-lived. "These benefits would be minimal and short term as there is no scientific proof that the crystal has any chemical properties which can achieve these results long term," she says. "The design of the rollers and its natural coldness if refrigerated can achieve these benefits short term in my opinion."
In general, the size of your pores is constantly in flux. Pulisciano points out that rose quartz can shrink pores because of its natural cooling stone properties. She adds, "I think it's more about the luxury of rolling a rose quartz stone over your face, and if it makes you feel good, why not?"
Kathleen Lisson, a certified lymphedema therapist in San Diego, CA and author of Swollen, Bloated and Puffy, recommends facial rollers to her clients to reduce swelling. "If refrigerated, the rollers provide a small amount of relief from swelling in the same way that an ice cube facial would, but with less mess," she says. "The main way face rollers help the lymphatic system is when they are used to stretch facial skin in the direction of lymph nodes in front of the ears."
Of course, none of this works if you're not doing it properly. Lisson recommends "rolling the face from the center of the face in an outward direction" until the skin stretches. I typically use the rose quartz facial roller after I go through my night time skin care routine which includes a handful of facial oils and helps them submerge deeper into the skin. If I'm not in a rush in the morning, I'll also take a few extra minutes to use the smaller end of the roller around my eyes to reduce puffiness.
So has Herbivore's rose quartz facial roller actually made a difference in my life? I truly believe so. The texture of my skin has never been this consistently smooth. I have been battling acne for years and it tends to get worse when I'm on my period, but ever since I started using the facial roller I haven't been cursed with any horrific cysts on my cheek. While I don't suffer from anxiety, I do feel like it has helped with reducing the amount of tension that I subconsciously hold in my face. As far as self-love is concerned, that continues to be a work in progress!
If the rose quartz is a little too pricey for you, Herbivore also carries a jade facial roller for $25.
Fat and All That: Why Do People Hate the F Word?


With this gloomy drizzle engulfing us today, I'd like everyone to remember that the warm months are just around the corner (or tomorrow, with a brief 75 degree break from the cooling!). That being said, we live in a state that's pretty big on self sustaining–and there will be plenty of sun coming to start your own potted garden!
Don't think you have a green thumb, or maybe not enough space to grow your own vegetables? Think again! Below is a link to the easiest veggies to grow in a pot–all you need is sunlight and a reminder on your phone to beep at you when they need a watering. Imagine picking some fresh green beans off your own vine, pairing it with a cherry tomato, and patting yourself on the back for a job well done and a healthy snack.
Need a guidebook? Browse through Container Gardening for Dummies, available online in our ebrary.


I can't recall exactly where I heard about the fad diet proposed by Dr. Peter Gott. His plan is simple: eliminate all milled grains and added sugars from your diet, and safely lose 1-2 lbs every week. For added bonus, be sure to exercise and watch your portions. Presto! Weight loss!
Now, dieting and weight loss are not really subjects I know anything about. What little I do know is that when the Romgi and I started eating more fresh foods, cutting down the amount of processed foods we ate, and trying to get a good balance of nutrients, we felt great. Sadly, we didn't keep it up very long, but while we did, eating was fun — and so was cooking. There seemed to be more options for what we could eat, because there are thousands upon thousands of recipes that use basics like chicken, spinach, herbs, etc. Salads are a great side dish, a light dessert once a week is heavenly, and life in general is getting better and better.
So I ask you. Why would you eliminate flour from your diet? Maybe it's just me, but I really don't think flour is the bad guy here. Personally, I love bread. Krista gets extra rolls from her catering job and I eat six at a time. Yeah, I know, that isn't moderation. But think for a minute. Isn't the key to every successful diet finding the right combination of exercise, smaller portions, and healthy food? People have been eating milled grains for centuries, right, and they've been ok so far! The bigger problem is that as Americans we have little or no self-control; sure, trying to eliminate all flour and sugar from your diet will test your self-control, but I fully believe that it is much healthier to form eating habits that seek for balance. "No flour, no sugar" is an extreme, and I don't particularly like extremes (except for some gospel ones: All people will be resurrected, for example).
That about finishes my tirade. I'm going to go eat some pizza now.
Oh, and here's the link to Dr. Gott's revolutionary book.
I think that crazy diets like this really only show that it really doesn't matter what you eat, as long as you eat in moderation and exercise you can lose weight. I think it also shows that people like to have strict rules about things. We don't want to hear "eat less and exercise" we want to hear "don't eat carbs!" or "don't eat anything with flour and sugar" because those things are much more confining and definite.


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More on NDM-1
One of the frustrations of being a working journalist and a blogger is that, when a big blog-story breaks, you're likely already to be working on something else. And so it is, unfortunately, with NDM-1: I'm on a magazine assignment and will be off interviewing people when I should be blogging.
(This s a great time to recommend that, for any breaking infectious disease news, you follow Crof at H5N1 (@crof) and Michael Coston at Avian Flu Diary (@Fla_Medic), who are dedicated, thoughtful, nimble and smart.)
Since I last posted, there's been lots of additional coverage of the "Indian superbug." Much of it, blog and media, is just echo chamber cannibalizing of the earliest reports (including but certainly not only mine), but there are some important new developments worth noting, which I'll list below.
There are also some important points that are getting lost in the echo-chamber bounce: First, it is not correct to say that every person who acquired this was seeking cheap medical care or engaged in medical tourism; a few of them were treated on an emergency basis while traveling, and a few have no apparent healthcare tie. So this is not a situation of people seeking to save money and, as some commenters seem to be suggesting, receiving their karmic payback. (C'mon: Seriously?) Second, it is also not correct to say that every case of this has been linked to a hospital — it's quite clear in the Lancet ID paper that in South Asia, a number of the cases were community infections. So it is not just a case of hospitals that are dirty or have poor infection control (which by the way is a problem in the US as well, right?); NDM-1 is already a community bug, which will make detection and defense much more complex.
OK, curated list:
First, if you're interested in more from me, CNBC asked me to write up a piece about NDM-1, which ran Thursday; and Friday morning I was on the WNYC-FM (and nationally syndicated) radio show The Takeaway.
Second, the list of potential victims of NDM-1 is growing. Most of them have survived, so marking their cases is really a way of measuring the resistance factor's previously undetected spread:
The UK has released a new statement, updating its earlier warning, and says it has found "around 50" cases carrying NDM-1, an update from the Lancet ID paper. (Side note: This statement, and the earlier warnings, came from the UK's Health Protection Agency. The UK has just announced that it will be shutting down that agency in a cost-cutting measure. Great timing.)
The government of Hong Kong has announced that it has seen one case of NDM-1, but the patient recovered.
Canada has disclosed that it has had two cases, not the one mentioned in the Lancet ID editorial, in two different provinces.
Australia says that it has had three cases scattered across the country.
Belgium has announced one death.
And finally — sadly but probably not surprisingly — India is objecting to the stigma of being characterized as the source of NDM-1. The study's first author has disassociated himself from the paper and members of the government are claiming a "pharma conspiracy." Medical tourism has become a significant industry in India, and it is true some of these reports cast doubt on its safety. But still, I find this reaction disappointing.
Evading the stigma of an emerging disease is not a new impulse: Recall how the government of China suppressed for 6 months the news of the start of the SARS epidemic. They did not stop the epidemic, of course — it eventually sicked more than 8000 people across the globe and killed about 775 — but their suppression of the details of its spread kept other jurisdictions from mounting a defense in time. From my teaching gigs in Hong Kong I can testify how much bitterness endures in Hong Kong over this.
China's actions in 2002-03 led to the enactment of the new International Health Regulations by the WHO, which specify that, because expanding epidemics take no notice of borders, it is inappropriate for any government to attempt to impede the free flow of information about their spread. India is a signatory to the IHRs.
I am not suggesting that India is attempting any suppression of news about NDM-1 — there's no evidence of that — but the volatile language being used does concern me. I acknowledge that India is an extremely open society, with degrees of political expression that can sound surprising from this distance. But let's hope the government takes its commitment to the IHRs as seriously as any signatory should.
Posted by Maryn McKenna at 12:03 PM
Labels: Australia, Belgium, Canada, IHR, India, NDM-1, UK
Jan Henderson said...
Maryn – I loved your book and really appreciate the clarity and timeliness of your blog posts.
The LA Times is reporting ( http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-superbug-20100813,0,2420404.story) that the news on NDM-1 is overblown. But what really surprised me in their article was this – after mentioning two older antibiotics (colistin and Tygacil), they say: "Pharmaceutical companies are also developing a number of other new antibiotics, a market that is currently viewed as potentially lucrative."
The "potentially lucrative" part goes against everything I've read. I was wondering if that agrees with what you know. It would be good news if it's true.
Maryn McKenna said...
Jan - thanks for visiting and for the nice note! Regarding the LATimes story: I too find that puzzling and would like ot know what it is based on. Mind you, there are certainly some companies that find the field lucrative enough to stay in in - for instance, Cubist, who make daptomycin. (The story of the development of daptomycin is told in Superbug the book.) And it is also true that there are small biotechs working on new compounds and hoping for the big score. But overall, there are fewer companies making antibiotics than there used to be, which is why we are in the dry-pipeline situation we now are in, particularly for Gram-negatives.
Dear Maryn,
Can you please explain the difference between VRE and enterrococcus with NDM-1?
I also want to compliment you on the LA times article - you write so well, for so many audiences!
Michele Bruer RN, MSN, MTS
shilpa said...
This looks like media hype on the name of India...and it's disgusting but not surprising.
On the road this week, and a reading rec
New CDC flu numbers: This may not go well
Friday comic relief
NDM-1: The World Health Organization warns governm...
NDM-1: The early warnings
NDM-1: Novel, global, complex and a serious threat
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Unintended consequences: C. diff death after exten...
Must-read: Scientopia, a new science-blog collective
Update: The French case — not MRSA but so interesting


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Bella Agossou (árabe: بيلا أجوسو) es una actriz beninesa de cine español.

Carrera
Agossou comenzó su carrera en Benín como actriz de teatro con su compañía, creada y desarrollada por ella, "Sonangnon". Sin embargo, tras 4 años de crearla, se trasladó a España en 2002. Luego aprendió catalán y castellano para seguir una carrera como actriz. Protagonizó la película Un cuento de Navidad como una inmigrante ilegal.

Más tarde, interpretó papeles aclamados por la crítica en varias películas africanas e internacionales como Los Nuestros, Moranetta, Un cuento de Nadal y Palmeras en la nieve. El 13 de julio de 2017, presentó a la prensa una tienda llamada "NOK".

En 2020 participó en los largometrajes Black Beach y Adú, las cuales fueron galardonadas con varios premios cinematográficos.

Filmografía

Cine

Series de televisión

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Enlaces externos

 Quand Bella Agossou révèle le Bénin Outre-mer

Actrices de España
Actores de Benín

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This part of IEC 60950 applies to information technology equipment intended to be installed in an OUTDOOR LOCATION. The requirements for OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT also apply, where relevant, to empty OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES supplied for housing information technology equipment to be installed in an OUTDOOR LOCATION. Each installation may have particular requirements. Some examples are given in 4.2. In addition, requirements for protection of the OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT against the effects of direct lightning strikes are not covered by the standard. For information on this subject, see IEC 61024-1.


Earlier this year Al Jazeera released the "Palestine Papers" -- nearly 1,700 files of documents authored by Palestinian negotiators and advisors, memorializing a decade of Israeli/Palestinian peace talks. Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East has carefully reviewed the Palestine Papers, including those documents concerning the comprehensive peace offer Israeli Prime Minister ("PM") Ehud Olmert made in 2008.
There has been a good deal of "hype" and sensationalism surrounding the media coverage of the Palestine Papers. Therefore, it is important for the public to read the documents for themselves when making any assessment of the course of the actual negotiations.
Some news reports and articles about the Palestine Papers have "fail[ed] to differentiate between official positions and explorations or polemical rhetoric during the course of negotiations . . ." as former chief Palestinian negotiator Dr. Saeb Erekat wrote in a recent article. In the words of Dr. Erekat, the "Palestine papers" have not revealed a single official agreement or document that offers concessions." (Id.) We agree.
In spite of claims by some commentators that there were "far reaching proposals" on each side, the Palestine Papers indicate that Palestinian Authority ("P.A.") President Mahmoud Abbas did not make a counter-offer to Olmert's "package offer" and so ultimately the possibility of a final status agreement in 2008 was allowed to die.


Paul Gambaccini is a respected writer, broadcaster, knowledge on music, and is quite a presence on Radio 2. However, he holds nothing back when it comes to opinions on his colleagues, particularly when they hit the headlines over potential wrongdoings.
Back when the Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross saga was ongoing, Gambaccini was quick to suggest the pair of them should be taken off air permanently. He had a case of "I told you so," suggesting that hiring Brand in the first place was just asking for trouble.
Now, with the row over Chris Moyles's Auschwitz comments, Gambaccini wants to see another DJ get his marching orders.
Gambaccini was lecturing at Oxford University when he made the speech regarding Moyles, but aimed a lot of his misgivings towards the people behind the scenes.
The BBC have admitted that Moyles has been spoken to about the comments, and they regret any hurt caused by his words. According to Gambaccini this simply isn't enough.
I thought Gambaccini was on Jonathan Ross's side in the affair? I may have misremembered.
Paul and Jonathan own or owned a Comics shop at one point I'm pretty sure.


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Лари́са Го́лік (, 30 квітня 1958) — українська художниця та ілюстраторка. З 1997 року живе і працює в Кельні (Німеччина).

Творчість
Її численні виставки в Кельні, Дюссельдорфі, Леверкузені, Кемпені та багатьох інших населених пунктах представляють її сюрреалістичні полотна, створені головним чином олійними і акриловими фарбами.

Крім картин її руками створено безліч копій таких старих шедеврів, як роботи Августа Маке, Яна Рутгерша Ніваеля, Еміля Фолькерса, а також Сальвадора Г. Ольмедо або Домінго Альвареса.

До розмаїття робіт Лариси Голік входять і лаковані мініатюри: пофарбовані шкатулки, настінні тарелі і великодні яйця в стилі давньоруських майстрів.

Ілюстрації
Її основна робота останніми роками полягає в ілюструванні дитячих книжок, які публікуються у різних видавництвах. Серед цих виданих книжок є такі:
 «Дивні події в розваленому будинку» Георга M. Геріша
 «Ключ для Тіма», Біргіт Ріхтер
 «Абраксмата» Андреа Баннерт
 «Місячні пригоди» Георга Геріша
 «Канатна дорога на Місяць» Петера Горна
 та близько 10 літературних проектів і навчальних гуртків для занять у дитячих садках і початкових школах

У написаних Рене Кламером радіо-п'єсах, обкладинки дисків з якими проілюструвала Лариса Голик, грають, зокрема і такі відомі німецькі актори, як Юрген Доміан і Гелла фон Зіннен.

Книжки
Лариса Голик видала 2005 року дитячу книжку «Пригоди Соні» (ISBN 3936577897). З нею вона мала успіх на різних літературних читаннях і презентаціях. Включений у неї літературний проект використовується у деяких початкових школах як навчальний матеріал.

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Посилання
 Офіційний сайт Лариси Голик

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Українські художники
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Embodee's CTO Accepts Second Academy Award
George Borshukov, flanked by co-winners Kim Libreri and Dan Piponi, thanks Academy
We're raising our glasses to company CTO George Borshukov. On Feb. 7, he received more recognition for his visual effect breakthroughs for the movie industry–his second Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Achievement.
"I haven't been in the industry for 10 years," he told the audience at a dinner awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, California. "It's so incredible that the Academy does the research…to look at these technologies and recognize them. It's truly amazing."
As we wrote in a news release last week, George and two former colleagues, Dan Piponi and Kim Libreri, were honored for developing Universal Capture, which enabled creating realistic virtual human faces of actors for the first time. The work, used in the two sequels to The Matrix, later inspired or contributed to development of other systems used in many movies and video games.
Embodee's vivid 3D rendering of apparel and footwear isn't the same technology that George helped to develop for Hollywood. But like Universal Capture for the movies, the company's ground-breaking visual effects wizardry that he and our tech team created is enabling the apparel and footwear industries to do what they could never do before.


Fire Chief Ian Baikie said that in 2014 and 2015, two fire department funds ran deficits and are on pace to do so again this year.
The Fire Protection and Suppression Overtime account, which pays for career firefighters' overtime in the event of an emergency callout and for sickness and vacation coverage, has been significantly under budgeted.
In 2014, city council allotted $83,576 to the account but the actual value rang in at $176,271.
In 2015, $93,606 was approved while the actual value was $193,064 and this year, council approved a budget of $93,606 and the projected actual value is $195,000.
The fire department's Fire Technical Services Contracted Service, which primarily funds auxiliary firefighters' training times, has also been running a deficit. In 2014, council budgeted $66,806 for that fund, with actual values coming in at $83,110 at year's end.
In 2015, a $75,000 budget was approved, with actual values ending up at $108,913. And this year, $75,000 was approved for the fund, with projected actual values sitting at $105,000.
At Monday's council meeting, those numbers were before council, which was not pleased with what it was seeing.
Mayor Andy Adams said the situation is troubling.
City Manager Deborah Sargent said the intent was to provide additional information to city council of a structural adjustment to the base budget, which will contain an increase to the fire department and be presented to council during December's financial plan deliberations for consideration. Sargent said council will also be able to look at the entire budget for the fire department at that time.
Baikie said the fund related to career staff overtime has been "significantly overspent in the previous three to five years" because of increasing entitlement costs.
He said the entitlement increases driving the need for overtime coverage include an extra vacation day negotiated in 2009, the addition of the Family Day holiday, vacation entitlements increasing as the department's staff, on average, have more years of service, and increased sick leaves associated with an aging work force.
The training fund for auxiliary firefighters has been overspent due to a number of factors, Baikie said.
One, is that the number of auxiliaries has risen from fewer than 40 in 2010 to 60.
Secondly, the average years of service has decreased from 10 years to five.
In order to meet actual values for the two funds running deficits, city staff is suggesting council this year allocate $195,000 to the Fire Protection and Suppression Overtime fund (a $101,394 increase) and $105,000 to the Fire Technical and Services Contracted Services (a $30,000 increase).
Baikie stressed that those actual cost increases do not represent an increase in service levels.
"To maintain existing service levels in a changing environment, these costs are required," he said.
"Staff have worked to manage costs within the overall fire department budget, but these two accounts persist year over year exceeding budget.
Council will debate its 10-year Financial Plan in less than two weeks.
No decisions related to the 2017 budget, including a potential tax increase, will be made until council begins its financial planning meetings which are scheduled for Dec. 5 to 7 at City Hall.


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The century of cinema
September 7, 2014 October 20, 2014 Anton TarasenkoLeave a comment
A brief elaboration on rating systems discussed before. Since mass voting creates a skewed distribution and uses only a fraction of the scale, web services typically should avoid simple aggregation of votes.
For example, here's IMDb's famous Top 250 distributed by release decade:
The top is biased in favor of recent movies. Not least because voters themselves represent a young audience.
Compare it with film distribution from less known aggregator TSPDT:
Best films here have a normal distribution around the 1970s.
Which rating is better? Ideally, a rating system must minimize the difference between the ratings you see before and set after watching a movie. It works better when ratings can be conditioned on your preferences. (The recommender systems have the same goal, and that's what the Netflix competition was about.)
TSPDT is based on opinions by critics, and the IMDb accepts anyone's vote. Clearly, critics spend more time on comparing and evaluating cinema. But their tastes deviate from those of the public, and their ratings may be only second-best predictors of your own rating.
In politics, the role of authoritative recommenders typically belongs to journalists. And as Gentzkow et al. notice in "Competition and Ideological Diversity," people prefer like-minded newspapers. So, both journalists and critics have access only to like-minded subsets of population. And being informed helps a little in guiding others in choosing politicians and movies, unless you recommend something your reader already agree with.
But information remains an important dimension in any voting. Banerjee and Duflo, "Under the Thumb of History?", survey papers showing that voters choose other candidates when they have more information. In that sense, critics may improve everyone else's choices.
The problem may be not in information and preferences themselves, but in poor matching between experts and the public with similar preferences. Web services then may focus on improving this matching as far as they have access to both groups. Their recommender systems may advise products, but it makes sense to advise specific experts. Ratings in that case shouldn't be taken literally. They're only the mean of matching experts and subgroups of the public on issues they agree with each other.
Pitfalls of rating systems
A few years ago, YouTube changed its rating mechanism from five-star rating to upvote–downvote system. And it makes sense after you look at the typical distribution of ratings:
In most cases, users set either 1 or 5. That's not very informationally efficient, but it's the fact that users were reluctant to rate videos across the entire scale.
This J-shaped distribution creates problems because the mean here makes no sense. When a website reports an average rating of 3.0, it means one of two things. Either one person rated the video at 1 and another one at 5. Or both rated it at 3, which is almost never the case.
In an economy guided by ratings, the difference between these two interpretations is large and unpleasant. Since no one rates stuff around the mean, a decision based on this mean is uninformed. In the end, you watch something that you'd later rate at 1 or 5, not 3. It's like you'd ordered a steak and the waiter brought you sushi.
The worse thing about this risk is that it's implicit. Users look at ratings to reduce the risk of making a wrong choice, but instead they gamble between 1 and 5. Fortunately, the ratings aren't entirely random. They're conditioned on the stuff we observe, like gender, age, and interests. The means then may start working. Just check if those 1s and 5s were set by distinct demographic groups.
Of course, it's now about hundreds of 1s and 5s, because the degrees of freedom go down with each factor we get into the equation. How to get more ratings?
The solution is exactly what YouTube did: replace a five-star scale with a binary choice. Users don't like investing time in thinking about the proper rating, so thumbs up or down helps with decision fatigue.
More ratings allow computing the means for subgroups of users. These subratings become more relevant for those who search stuff by its rating. Though YouTube didn't make customized ratings yet, that's an option for many web services relying on user feedback.
While Uber and Fiverr can improve their rating systems by reducing it to binary choices, a scale is still a good choice for, say, IMDb. When you watch a movie for two hours, you try to rate it better than YouTube's typical three minutes. And then multiple peaks emerge for controversial movies:
You have the mean and median near to each other in a sort of Poisson distribution. The other two peaks are around radical 1 and 10. So, you need more than two grades on a scale.
Conventional hits have the YouTube pattern though:
Which again looks like the Poisson distribution with the disproportionate number of 1s.
In the end, a good rating system has to balance between the desirable number of votes and the size of the scale.


Abstract : Modeling natural elements such as trees in a plausible way, while offering simple and rapid user control, is a challenge. This paper presents a method based on a new structure from silhouettes paradigm. We claim that sketching the silhouettes of foliage at multiple scales is quicker and more intuitive for a user than having to sketch each branch of a tree. This choice allows us to incorporate botanical knowledge, enabling us to infer branches that connect in a plausible way to their parent branch and have a correct distribution in 3D. We illustrate these ideas by presenting a seamless sketch-based interface, used for sketching foliage silhouettes from the scale of an entire tree to the scale of a leaf. Each sketch serves for inferring both the branches at that level and construction lines to serve as support for sub-silhouette refinement. When the user finally zooms out, the style inferred for the branching systems he has refined (in terms of branch density, angle, length distribution and shape) is duplicated to the unspecified branching systems at the same level. Meanwhile, knowledge from botany is again used for extending the branch distribution to 3D, resulting in a full, plausible 3D tree that fits the user-sketched contours. As our results show, this system can be of interest to both experts and novice users. While experts can fully specify all parts of a tree and over-sketch specific branches if required, any user can design a basic 3D tree in one or two minutes, as easily as sketching it with paper and pen.


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Of those who have experienced a similar type of malfunction, can you describe what the diagnosis was that caused the problem please? My malfunction are the vertical lines in the LCD screen. The closeup view displays what appears to be a star shaped point of contact, similar to what I have experienced with a rock chip in an auto windshield. To the touch, I cannot feel any cracks, as it appears that the outer layer of the screen is not glass, but some form of soft plastic.
You not only broke your screen, but you may have broken this forum.
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Turmoil in Myanmar: what's going on?
Why would a military that already held most of the strings of power carry out an apparently unnecessary seizure of power?
Lalkar writers
Anti-coup protests show no sign on abating on the streets of Burma.
On 1 February 2021, the government led by Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown in a military coup. It is hard, however, to make sense of this coup as the civilian government in Myanmar (Burma) was really only a figleaf behind which stood continuing military control of the country.
One Burmese commentator wrote: "This coup doesn't make sense. The Tatmadaw [the Burmese military] and its members, with the exception of a few top leaders, were free to do as they pleased. War crimes and atrocities against ethnic and religious minorities had continued under the National League for Democracy government.
"They still controlled every weapon in the country through their continued control of the military, police, and other security authorities. Tatmadaw MPs and military-aligned party MPs created a voting block in parliament that was guaranteed to veto any changes to the constitution. Military owned and aligned companies were still free to do business nationally and with international partners.
"To top it all off, the Aung San Suu Kyi-led government, not the military, received most of the international condemnation for everything that was wrong in Myanmar. To do a coup under these circumstances is stupid … So this coup is a surprise though it is not shocking. It's also stupid." (Myanmar: The stupid coup by Aye Min Thant, The News Lens, 2 February 2021)
The Times confirms this view: "What is happening is not a coup d'etat in the conventional sense. The military already pulls the strings in the country. It already is the etat. The generals drafted the current constitution, which guarantees that officers automatically pick up 25 percent of the seats in parliament." (The Times view on the Burma coup: Burmese Daze, 2 February 2021)
The puzzle explained
What appears to explain matters is that "Like many hard-working and ambitious men, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Burma's self-appointed military dictator, dreaded retirement.
"After a decade as the commander-in-chief of the Burmese armed forces, the Tatmadaw, he was due to step down on his 65th birthday in July — and he had more reasons than most for trepidation.
"He had already been placed under sanctions by the United States for his responsibility in the murderous ethnic cleansing of more than 700,000 Rohingya muslims. Several international courts, including the International Court of Justice in the Hague, are considering his criminal responsibility in what many regard as a genocide.
"Stripped of his position, he could have been vulnerable to investigation of his family's business interests and faced questions about how a simple soldier became so wealthy." (Min Aung Hlaing's secret motive for Burma coup by Richard Lloyd Parry, The Times, 1 February 2021)
Min Aung Hlaing's business interests
And in fact the vast extent of the business interests of the general and his various family members scream loudly of corruption, suggesting that he had a great deal to lose if the question were pursued as soon as he stepped down from his post at the head of the Burmese military.
The campaign group Justice for Myanmar has given details of these vast business interests: "Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has ultimate authority over Myanmar's two military conglomerates – Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) and Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL)," the group noted.
"MEC and MEHL are reportedly invested in Myanmar's commercial port activity, container depots, jade and ruby mining, real estate, construction and other lucrative sectors."
Min Aung Hlaing's son, Aung Pyae Sone, operates a "medical supply business, A&M Mahar, sells Food and Drug Administration clearances and brokers imports, as well as trading and marketing pharmaceuticals and medical technology," the statement said.
Aung Pyae Sone also owns Azura Beach resort, which promotes itself as the 'largest resort in Chaung Tha', a seaside area in the Ayeyarwady region popular with Yangon elites.
Sky One Construction was granted permission a few years ago to build a resort on 22.22 acres of land leased from the government. The company is owned by Aung Pyae Sone.
"Aung Pyae Sone's wife, Myo Yadanar Htaik is also in business, including as a director of Nyein Chan Pyae Sone Manufacturing & Trading Company with her husband.
"Min Aung Hlaing's daughter, Khin Thiri Thet Mon, owns Seventh Sense, a media production business that makes big-budget films and has exclusive contracts with Nay Toe and Wut Hmone Shwe Yi," the statement said. The list of the family's holdings is impressive, to say the least!
With so much to lose if investigations uncover the corruption on which such wealth must necessarily be based, the general "set his heart on a retirement job that would continue to protect him: the leadership of Burma's civilian government as well as its armed forces. It was this, according to foreign observers in Burma, that led to the coup and to his self-proclamation as national leader.
"The problem was that the post was occupied, by Aung San Suu Kyi … so Min Aung Hlaing placed his hopes in the general election held in Burma last November.
"In her five years running the government, Suu Kyi, he calculated, had failed to transform the impoverished lives of most Burmese citizens. But her immense popularity held out — he was genuinely shocked, those who have met him report, when his own Union Solidarity and Development party won fewer than 10 percent of votes.
"He then pursued a dual approach — claiming that the election had been fraudulent, and negotiating behind the scenes with Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) for a job in her government.
"According to diplomats, she offered him the job of vice-president, which he refused. He began dropping hints that if power was not given to him he would seize it." The rest is now history. (Richard Lloyd Parry, op cit)
The role of Russia and China
China and Russia vetoed a United Nations security council resolution condemning the coup – which presumably would have paved the way for imperialist sanctions that would just as much be directed against their interests as those of the Burmese military and people, but they did support a motion calling for Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government to be restored.
There are those among the oppressed people of Burma who believe that international sanctions are desirable, that imperialism would altruistically come to rescue them from the grip of the hated military. This puts us in mind of the following of Aesop's fables: The Rabbit, the Weasel, and the Cat:
While a rabbit was absent from his hole one day, a weasel took possession of it. On the rabbit's return, seeing the weasel's nose sticking out, he said: You must leave this hole immediately. There is only room for one, and it has always belonged to me and my fathers before me.
The more reason that you should give it up now, said the weasel, and leave its possession to me. As they could not settle the dispute, they agreed to leave the question of ownership to a wise old cat, to whom they went without much ado.
I am deaf, said the cat; put your noses close to my ears. No sooner had they done so, than she clapped a paw upon each of them, and killed them both.
Moral: The strong are apt to settle questions to their own advantage.
Substitute the Burmese people for the rabbit, the military for the weasel, and the cat for imperialism and Aesop's lesson from 2,500 years ago is more than clear.
China has been criticised for trading with 'the military' and not imposing sanctions despite the government's lamentable behaviour towards the Rohingya. However, China's foreign policy has long been to deal with whoever is effectively in power in any country, on the principle that it is for the people of that country to settle the question of who is to lead them, and absolutely not for any foreign power to decide, including China.
In any event, singling out China avoids the reality that the entire 'international community' has continued dealing with Burma's government, notwithstanding the proliferation of ringing condemnations.
"China remains Myanmar's largest trading partner, [but] its biggest foreign investor last year was Singapore. Japan, south Korea and Thailand have also poured money into the country, making it much less isolated than it was during the decades of military rule.
"Japan joined the United States and other Group of 7 nations in condemning the coup, but it appears unlikely to support new sanctions against Myanmar's military rulers." (In geopolitical struggle over Myanmar, China has an edge by Steven Lee Myers and Hannah Beech, New York Times, 5 February 2021)
Moreover, although today attempts are being made to paint China as being hand-in-glove with the military, China's relationship with the military has tended always to be somewhat problematic as China at one time was supplying armaments to various Burmese guerrillas from Burma's oppressed minorities and the Burmese military has always disliked it. China did, however, have excellent relations with Aung San Suu Kyi.
As the New York Times article points out: "As western sanctions hurt Myanmar's economy in the 1990s, the military began to plan economic liberalisations that would free it from dependence on China's largess, and it has defied its powerful neighbour in recent years," so China focused on "closer political ties with Ms Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy. As Myanmar's civilian leader, Ms Aung San Suu Kyi visited China more than any other foreign country.
"Mr Xi went to Myanmar in January of last year — his last foreign trip before the coronavirus pandemic froze most travel — and signed a flurry of agreements, including railroad and port projects that are part of China's Belt and Road programme to expand its economic corridors to the Indian Ocean.
"The fates of such projects are now shrouded in uncertainty."
It is obvious, one would have thought, that China is not going to be best pleased about the coup that has taken place. However, bearing in mind that imperialism, especially US imperialism, is committed to the view that China is an enemy whose growth must be halted, whose Belt and Road initiative must be scuppered as far as possible, which must be edged out of every market and every strategic territory in order to advance the interests of imperialism in the name of 'democracy', as well as the fact that China shares a border with Burma, it is readily apparent why China would not be leaping on the sanctions bandwagon.
The Burmese masses resist
In the meantime, it would appear that the Burmese people are taking advantage of the generals' stupidity to take to the streets in massive protests demanding the restoration of the civilian government and respect for the election result. Their demands are being backed by countrywide strikes, including by thousands of public-sector employees.
The Economist reports: "Thousands of public-sector workers, from at least 245 districts and 21 ministries, are on strike, according to Kim Jolliffe, an analyst. Government offices are deserted. So too are classrooms. Many public hospitals have in effect shut." (A boycott by bureaucrats is undermining the coup in Myanmar, 20 February 2021)
It seems that for now the military is stopping short of unleashing the full force of its capacity for violence, with relatively little use, for instance, of live bullets in their guns. It is possible that this indicates unwillingness on the part of ordinary soldiers to turn on their compatriots.
At this moment in time, it seems likely that the military is going to have to start making considerable concessions if it is not to see its grip over the country prised rudely open.
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