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Movie review: Ocean's 8
And welcome back to the sporadic AF movie reviews. Ocean's 8 is the topic for today.
IMDb summary: Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's yearly Met Gala.
Ocean's 8 – a spin-off of the original trilogy rather than its reboot (this is no Ghostbusters) – was written by the director of the film Gary Ross and Olivia Milch (she is writing a Barbie movie next, don't know how to react to that). There was a lot to like in the script. To begin with, I liked how this action film was kept feminine with the focus on the MetGala and diamonds. A decision to make women steal diamonds might be seen as playing into stereotypes. However, I'd argue that by keeping a feminine focus, Ocean's 8 fights the stereotype that strong women, especially female action stars, have to be masculine. Some of them might be masculine, while others might prefer femininity (or a mixture of the two). And Ocean's 8 showcases that by having a variety of women of different colors/shapes/sizes/styles as the core characters. While the character development isn't plentiful, there is enough of it to make each character necessary and at least a tiny bit interesting.
Additionally, while Ocean's 8 stands on the shoulders of the original Ocean's trilogy, it doesn't lean on them too hard, meaning that one can go into this movie not knowing anything of the first 3 films and completely get the plot of this one. As I wasn't a fan of the original films, I also didn't mind some of the developments/reveals about the original characters in this film (some fans might actually be legitimately annoyed by them). Personally, my main problem with this movie was its structure. I loved the first two acts – the pre-heist set-up and the actual heist. However, I feel like the whole 3rd act, rather than being a big finale, was a boring wrap-up that dragged immensely. The investigation and the reveals felt both rushed and like the movie was overstaying its welcome.
Gary Ross (of the first Hunger Games film and Free State of Jones) directed Ocean's 8, while Steven Soderbergh – the director behind Ocean's 11,12, and 13 – stayed on as a producer. I thought that Ross handled the material well, the narrative made sense and was intense for the most part. Pacing had some issues, especially the pacing of the aforementioned third act. The glitz and the glamours of the MetGala were realized accurately.
Undeniably, the best part about Ocean's 8 was its cast: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna, and Helena Bonham Carter. I adored the female solidarity and friendship on display. Cate Blanchett (Thor 3, Cinderella, Carol) was my absolute favorite – I loved her character's outfits, charisma, and just effortless coolness. I also enjoyed seeing Hathaway (Alice 2) playing the gossip sites' version of herself. I also loved seeing Bullock, back on screen in a lead role as I feel I haven't seen her in a big movie in ages (since Gravity). Kaling (A Wrinkle in Time) and Paulson (The Post) were also really fun to see. I loved the uber contemporary vibes that Awkwafina brought to the film and I loved seeing Rihanna actually having a character to play rather than just being there to look pretty (*cough, cough*, Valerian. BTW, I've been to her concert some years before and wrote about that). Bonham Carter (Suffragette) was also good in the film, though I feel like she played her typical, slightly awkward and over-the-top type of a personality.
Ocean's 8 also featured some cool celebrity cameos, some neat cameos by the original cast, and a short appearance by James Corden (Peter Rabbit), who is always a delight to see.
In short, Ocean's 8 was a great all-female thriller. It might not please everyone, but then again, why does it have too?
Trailer: Ocean's 8 trailer
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Movie review: Interstellar
On Monday, I went to see Interstellar – the newest film by the genius Christopher Nolan and this is going to be my review. Sorry that it comes out 4 days later than it should have – my PC crashed once again. SPOILERS AHEAD.
IMDb Summary: A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in an attempt to find a potentially habitable planet that will sustain humanity.
First of all, let's begin by saying that I knew almost absolutely nothing about the film before going to see it. I have watched the trailer but deliberately didn't read any of the reviews or articles about it. Only piece of information I had was that this was a Nolan movie and that was enough for me to get excited. Moreover, I enjoyed last year's Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity (you cannot not talk about Gravity when talking about Interstellar; everybody will compare them because they came out so close to each other). I also wanted to see if McConaissance is continuing and was curious, whether this was Anne Hathaway's role that will finally stop all the hate she is getting.
As I have previously said and you have already probably known if you live on this Earth and go on the Internet regularly, this movie is directed by Christopher Nolan. I called him genius in my introduction because I really admire his work, The Dark Knight is a peak of superhero movies and simply a masterpiece, Inception is a psychological mystical thriller that questions reality and Interstellar is a bit of both. It has the ability to question people's existence like Inception and also an emotional impact of The Dark Knight. I really want to watch other, older Nolan movies, like Memento, Following, and Insomnia. He is probably the only director that big studious trust with huge amounts of money (Interstellar has cost $165 million) and a lot of creative freedom. This movie is an original idea in a reboot, sequel and spin-off world. I hope that this Warner Bros-Nolan relationship will continue because it has been working great so far.
Matthew McConaughey was amazing in his role as Cooper. The McConaissance continues. I hope he will receive at least an Oscar nomination. While I might think that the whole movie won't get a Best Picture nomination (more about that later) he definitely deserves another Best Actor nomination and/ or another win (however, the competition is really strong this year – actually, it is getting stronger every year). The reason why I believe he should be nominated is that he sold the emotional connection between the father and daughter. You were really rooting for him to come back to his family. His scenes in space while piloting a ship or crashing one were also really well acted and believable.
Anne Hathaway's character Brand wasn't my favorite in the film and you know why? Because she just reminded me so much of Sandra Bullock. They both even look kind of the same. And I didn't really understand some of her decisions when they were in space, they seemed a bit stupid. Although, her character was right in the end: They should have gone to the third planet because that one was survivable. I love Anne as an actress (even did a whole post about her), but they could have casted someone else instead of her.
Mackenzie Foy, who you might remember as Renesmee from Twilight saga, was really good in her role as young Murph. She sold the other part of the father- daughter relationship and I believe that she will go far as an actress. Jessica Chaistan who played the adult Murph was also really good; I could believe that Foy could grow up looking someone like Chaistan, so good casting of that role. I wasn't familiar with Chaistan's work before but I really want to know more about her and to watch more of her work – she got me hooked.
Michael Caine wasn't a particularly likeable character and I didn't really connect with him much. He wasn't used enough as in his other recent film – Stonehearst Asylum (review).
TARS voiced by Bill Irwin was such a likeable robot, I loved his humor.
Wes Bentley was quite good in his role as well but, when SPOILER they killed him off, I wasn't really surprised. They definitely weren't planning to kill off Oscar winners or fan boy favorites in the first hour of a 3 hour film.
Murph's science partner/ love interest (?) was also a so-so character; he kind of appeared out of nowhere two hours into the film. He was played by Topher Grace and, after googling him, I had found out that he was Murph's husband,.
Cooper's son played by "the other Affleck" (Casey Affleck) was also an undeveloped character. It seemed that his father forgot all about him or even didn't care much in the first place.
Matt Damon as Doctor Mann was really good in his role but his intention were unclear to me.
Addressing the longevity of the film, it didn't seem too long for me because I was really engaged in the story. However, I do believe that the first two hours felt quite disconnected from the final act.
The film tried to connect 2 different plotlines: family drama and astronomy/end of the world crisis. I believe that they really succeed for the bigger part of the film. At first, they started with a family story that quite coincidentally turned into a space odyssey. Then they moved to a science fiction part of the film and exposed the viewers to a tremendous amount of real scientific facts about the universe. But then, the movie kind of lost it for me because it ventured into mystical and supernatural territory. Everybody, who has seen the movie, knows which part I am talking about. While I do love physics and astronomy and believe that people will be able to understand dimensions and space-time as physical elements and will reach huge scientific heights someday, I couldn't wrap my head around it at that very moment. I had the same problems with Luc Besson's Lucy with Scarlet Johansson. Do you remember the scene where she is transferring her brain, which is working 100 percent, into a computer? And that computer turns into…. I don't even know how to describe it. But in both cases, I felt that the ending was too detached, too unrealistic and too unimaginable for a human mind and even a bit illogical. And the concluding idea that love is the most powerful and, moreover, a quantifiable element tried to turn movie back to a family drama storyline but didn't succeed. It sounds like I am nitpicking the movie but I actually really liked it and I am only thinking how Nolan could have made it even better. I had the same problem with another Nolan movie The Prestige
– the mivie was so grounded and the ending was completely out of the ordinary. Still, it's a great film that messed my mind up (in a good way.)
I don't have a favorite scene of the film because there were just so many great ones both visually and story wise; I do have a favorite scientific part of the motion picture – relativity theory. The running of time and different speeds of it fascinate me. I like to imagine that people will learn how to manipulate time and that we will learn how to live forever by travelling to places were time runs slower.
The visuals of the space were breathtaking and that flying thought the wormhole scene was one of the most beautiful shot scenes I have ever seen. They also did an amazing job with Earth's scenes and really established it as a horrible place to live.
I loved the musical score of the film by Hans Zimmer. It was even more memorable for me than Inception's dunnnnn (Inception sound effect).
All in all, I had a great time watching this film, though some people didn't like it as much (it has the lowest score of all Nolan movies on Rotten Tomatoes and critics aren't super nice – that's why I think it won't get a Best Picture nomination). Personally, it appealed to me with the portrayal of unbreakable bond between father and daughter because I have a strong relationship with my dad. It satisfied the nerd side of me with the whole scientific stuff and once again made me believe in humanity and showed that we can go far as a species if we just work hard. I had issues with a few actors but the great performances of McConaughey and Chaistan as well as Foy made up for all the problems. Lastly, while the conclusion of the story was unbelievable and a bit insane, I really do hope that we will find a way to achieve inter-dimensional communication one day.
Trailer: Interstellar trailer
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Фиат CANSA FC.12 је италијански вишенаменски авион направљен уочи Другог светског рата.

Пројектовање и развој

Са појавом нове генерације ловачких авиона, нискокрилаца с увлачећим стајним трапом, затвореном кабином и брзином која су се кретале око 500 km/h изнедрио се проблем школовања пилота јер су се у саставу ратног ваздухопловства налазили авиони за основну и прелазну обуку који су били знатно спорији у односу на нове авионе великих брзина. Италија је у то време водила колонијалне ратове а спремала се и за будући светски рат па су јој били неопходни пилоти и то у великом броју, што је захтевало велики број школских авиона а за то је био неопходан новац. Поред тога долази до транформације авио индустрије која од дрвених конструкција авиона прелази на металне што проузрокује вишак столарске радне снаге а мањак радника металне струке. Исто се то дешава и са материјалом за градњу авиона, јавља се вишак материјала дрвне индустрије а мањак челика и легура лаких метала. Имајући све ово у виду стручњаци из CANSA су дошли на идеју да направе авион за прелазну обуку пилота ловаца који би био мешовите конструкције а користио све елементе и опрему која се производила за авионе "прве линије".

Тако је настао пројект авиона са именом FC.12 (Fiat-CANSA) а главни пројектант је био инжењер Ђакомо Мосо (Giacomo Mosso). Овај авион је замишљен као једномоторни нискокрилни моноплан са тандемским распоредом седишта пилота и настрешницом затвореним кокпитима, дуплим камандама и увлачећим стајним трапом у току лета. Са технолошког аспекта, акценат је стављен на ниску цену, лакоћу производње, коришћење како лако доступних домаћих материјала и радне снаге, тако и низ компоненти произведених авиона - Фиат CR.32 и ИМАМ Rо.37.

Технички опис
Труп је од кљуна до задње ивице крила направљен од челичних цеви, задњи део трупа је од дрвета. Мотор је прекривен дуралуминијумским лимом а остатак трупа је прекривен лакираном шперплочом. Кљун авиона (мотор, систем за хлађење и капотажа) су потпуно исти као код авиона Фиат CR.32. Кокпити пилота и кадета су опремљени дуплим командама и стандардним инструментима за одређивање параметара лета и управљање мотором. Оба кокпита су прекривена заједничком настрешницом од плексигласа са два засебна отвора (врата) који се отварају на горе са леве на десну страну. Положај кокпита обезбеђује добру прегледност и пилоту и инструктору при полетању и слетању авиона. Предвиђена је инсталација примопредајне радио станице. У Трупу авиона је смештен резервоар за гориво капацитета 420 литара.

Погонска група је иста као код ловца Фиат CR.32. Мотор Фиат А.30 RA bis снаге 600 KS, са металном двокраком елисом променљивог корака са подесивим лопатицама на тлу. Проверен и поуздан мотор А.30 RA bis даје предности у одржавању и преласку са авиона CR.32 и Rо.37. Поред тога, ови мотори су имали низ других предности: релативно мала потрошња горива и компактан систем хлађења.

Крила су била конзолна, самоносећа, трапезног облика са заобљеним крајем. Конструкције од пуног дрвета са две рамењаче, аеродинамичким кочницама и облогом од шперплоче. Елерони и закрилци су са дрвеним плаштом. На местима где су предвиђене ноге стајног трапа са доње сране крила налазе се подкрилне облоге.

Репне површине се састоје од фиксних стабилизатора (вертикални и хоризонтални) и кормила дубине и правца. Њихова конструкција је као и крила дрвена а облога од дрвене лепенке.

Стајни трап: Ноге станог трапа су причвршћене за предњу рамењачу крила, опремљене хидрауличним амортизерима. За време лета се увлаче у подкрилне облоге ротирањем за 90 степени уназад. Точкови су опремљени кочницама. Окретни задњи точак се не увлачити у труп авиона за време лета.

Наоружање

Верзије
Непостоје верзије овог авиона с обзиром да је направљен свега један прототип авиона Фиат CANSA FC.12.

Оперативно коришћење
Прототип FC.12 је завршен крајем 1939. године, а први пробни лет је обављен 16. октобра 1940. Комисија ваздухопловства је закључила да је авион много бољи него што је то потребно за школску обуку пилота па је одлучено да се за обуку пилота ловаце користе авиони Фиат CR.32 који су повучени са "прве линије" јер су замењени модернијим авионима. Са друге стране конкурентски авиони са снагама мотора око 200 KS су постизали брзине не као FC.12 али за школску обуку довољне, па је то била економичнија варијанта у експлоатацији.

Пошто је током испитивања закључено да је FC.12 робусан и снажан авион и да одлично подноси оптерећења при обрушавању у CANSA су одлучили да од школског ловачког авиона направе школски авион за школу обрушавања. Модификација је обухватила: ваздушне кочнице на крилима, четири подвесна носача бомби од 50 кг и четири напред фиксна тешка митраљеза Бреда од 12,7 мм уместо једног.

Опет су уследела исцрпна тестирања авиона, који је добио позитивне оцене али се војни врх није изјашњавао. Фирма је авион регистровала цивилним ознакама I-TUFF и користила га за демонстрационе летове и приказ Мусолинијевим гостима али до комецијализације није дошло па тиме ни до серијске производње. Постепено је на авион пао заборав а у ратним временима је и нестао.

Земље које су користиле авион

Види још
 Фиат CR.32
 Фиат G.8
 Јаковљев УТ-2
 Икарус ММ-2
 Nardi FN.305

Референце

Литература
 Thompson, Jonathan (1963). Italian Civil and Military Aircraft 1930-1945. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers, Inc. pp. 47–9.

Спољашње везе

 https://www.valka.cz/Fiat-FC-12-t60185
 http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other2/fc12.html
 https://kripkit.com/fiat-cansa-f-c-12/
 https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/KleinBernhard/6209.htm
 http://www.italiankits.it/doratifc12.html
 http://avia-museum.narod.ru/italy/fiat_fc-12.html
 https://war-book.ru/cansa-fc-12-uchebno-trenirovochnyj-samolet/

Ловачки авиони
Школски авиони
Италијански авиони
Фиат авиони
Авиони Другог светског рата
Војни авиони 1940—1949.

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If I type this into the terminal:
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>>> subprocess.Popen('firefox')

This is returned:
<subprocess.Popen object at 0xb76c080c>
>>> nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 55
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 56
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 59
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 58
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 -  Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30

It doesn't return back to the python terminal: >>>
I am new to python on linux -- can anyone show me what am I doing wrong? Thanks.
EDIT:
For anyone interested in fixing this, I solved the immediate issue this way:
from subprocess import PIPE,Popen
Popen('firefox',stdout=PIPE,stderr=PIPE)

A: Not the best way to open a browser.  Maybe try this instead:
import webbrowser
webbrowser.open("http://www.stackoverflow.com/")

By the way, it has returned back to your python terminal, I can see that in the output.  There has been some chatter on stdout or stderr from the process, which may have overwritten the >>> prompt, but if you press Enter a few times you will probably find you're still at the REPL.

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NYPD Work Slowdown Results in Massive Drop in Arrests
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There has been a dramatic drop in arrests in New York City after the police union leaders called for an NYPD work "slowdown." According to the New York Post, arrests are down 66% overall, drug arrests are down by 84%, and summons and tickets for minor offenses are down by a mind-blowing 94% since last year.
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In the wake of the shootings of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu on December 20, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and the police unions called for the slowdown, which the Post now equates to a work stoppage. The unions are upset over what they perceive to be anti-police rhetoric by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and the slowdown is said to be an organized protest. It began the week beginning with December 22, two days after the Ramos and Liu shooting. The Post obtained the figures and compared that week to the corresponding week from a year ago.
This afternoon, Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bratton are holding an emergency summit with the leaders of New York's five police unions to try to mend a rift between the city's administration and police rank-and file.
The PBA and the unions have told their members that their safety comes first and not to make an arrests unless they are "absolutely necessary." Police sources have told the Post that it is these safety measures that are behind the plummet in low-level policing activity. However, the same sources have told the Post that some cops are staging their own work slowdowns as a form of protest over de Blasio's response to a grand jury's decision not to indict the police involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner in Staten Island.
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Q: Maximizing a pool's length A math project I am doing asks the following:
Blammo is to be fired at ground level with a muzzle velocity of $35$ m/s over a flaming wall that is $15$ m high and a ground level shark pool. The pool will be made as long as possible. Determine the length of the pool, how far to place the cannon from the wall, and what elevation angle to use to ensure that Blammo clears the pool.
$y(x)=tan(a)x-(x^2)((.004)/((cos(a))^2))$ represents the trajectory of Blammo, where a=the elevation angle. Initially I thought using a $45$ degree elevation angle would result in the longest pool length, but I forgot that the pool length was blammo's horizontal distance (which can be modeled as $125sin(2a))$ minus the distance from the flaming wall to the cannon. I graphed Blammos trajectory and $y=15$, and the first place they intersect is how far the cannon is from the flaming wall. Anyhow, after testing other elevation angles, I found the the one that would give the longest pool length (not the longest total distance of Blammo) was around $49$ degrees. How can I find the exact angle? Do I need to use optimization somehow? Is there an equation I can set up?
Edit: here's a link to the problem, scroll down to the end for the shark trick with a picture : http://srvd.grupoa.com.br/uploads/imagensExtra/legado/A/ANTON_Howard/Calculo_10ed_VolI/Lib/Web_Projects/Web%20Projects%20-%20Expanding%20the%20Calculus%20Horizon/ch12.pdf

A: The straightforward approach is that you have the equation of the parabola
$$y = x\tan{\alpha} - \frac{0.004x^2}{\cos^2{\alpha}}$$
for any given elevation angle $\alpha.$
There are two points of interest on this parabola: $P_W,$ the first point at which $y = 15$ (where Blammo would clear the wall) and $P_N,$ the last point at which $y = 0$ (the point where Blammo must land in the net).
Each of these points has an $x$-coordinate.
The values of these $x$-coordinates will depend on several assumptions and parameters of the equations, but the only thing among all those assumptions and parameters that can very is $\alpha$, so we can write the coordinates as functions of $\alpha$;
we can call them $x_W(\alpha)$ and $x_N(\alpha).$
Then the length of the shark pool is also a function of $\alpha,$ namely,
$$\text{length of pool} = f(\alpha) = x_W(\alpha) - x_N(\alpha).$$
Your job is to find $\alpha$ that maximizes $f(\alpha),$ and then arrange the cannon, wall, net and pool according to the dimensions given by $x_W(\alpha)$ and $x_N(\alpha).$

There are a alternative methods, though I suspect the ones I give below are not what would be expected, and they might make the person who grades your project work harder than they expected to figure out whether your answer is valid.
One alternative (which may or may not be easier) is to use a bit of knowledge of the physics of parabolic trajectories, namely that the total energy is constant and is the sum of potential energy (which can be written $mgy$) and kinetic energy (which can be written $\frac12mv^2$), from which we find that the velocity at any point is a function of the $y$-coordinate alone, independent of $\alpha.$
If $v = 35$ at $y=0$ then the velocity at $y = 15$ is the solution for $v_1$ in
$$ 9.8 \cdot 15 + \tfrac12 v_1^2 = \tfrac12 (35^2).$$
If you view the setup of the cannon and wall as a way to (in effect) launch Blammo from the top of the wall at some angle $\alpha_1,$ you can apply the formulas for maximum range of a projectile launched from a height above ground level;
see https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/23186/maximum-range-of-a-projectile-launched-from-an-elevation.
One formula gives you the maximum length of the pool; another formula gives you $\alpha_1.$
You can then use $\alpha_1$ and $v_1$ to find the horizontal velocity
$v_1 \cos(\alpha_1),$ then use the fact that the horizontal velocity is constant,
that is, $v \cos(\alpha) = v_1 \cos(\alpha_1),$ to find $\alpha.$
Then you can find the total distance from the muzzle to the net, and from this and the known length of the pool you can get the distance from the muzzle to the wall.
You probably have not gotten the formula for maximum range of a projectile fired from a height above ground level at this point in your studies, however, so you would have to prove the formula in order to use it.
If you have proved the formula for maximum range of a projectile fired from a height above ground level, I think an even simpler alternative solution method is to work backwards from the net. The trajectory that maximizes the length of the pool in the given problem setup is the same as the trajectory that maximizes the length of the pool when you swap the positions of the cannon and net, that is, you launch Blammo from the right end of the pool at velocity $35$ m/s so he just clears the wall on the left end and lands in the net on the other side of the wall.
For that problem, assume the top of the wall is "ground level" and apply the formula for maximum range of a projectile fired from a height above ground level, using the height $-15,$ that is, the projectile is fired from below ground level.
(The same formula still works in this case, and your proof of the formula should have shown that fact.)
From this you get the length of the pool and the elevation angle $\alpha,$
and can solve for the other results.


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Music in Society Asking Whether Term Paper
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..it has to affect people in predictable ways regardless of particular circumstances" (Linton pp). However, music, says Linton isn't like that because one listener might hear the opening E-minor chorus of the St. Matthew Passion and become grief stricken, while someone else might become bored, and another might find that piece incomprehensible (Linton pp). According to Linton, listening to a particular kind of music does not throw listeners into a trance any more than heavy metal music turns its listeners into sociopaths (Linton pp).
However, even Linton back-stepped a bit when he revealed that there was one area of life in which music apparently had the ability to affect people's behavior, grocery shopping (Linton pp)! Several studies reveal that faster paced music tends to make American shoppers walk down the aisles more quickly than slower paced music (Linton pp).
Apparently Holloway believes that society can be transformed by the cultivation of the right kind of music, just as Plato believed a return to the older kind of music would be instrumental in reinstating the ancient virtues, while Linton believes this is just not going to happen, period (Linton pp).
Would Woody Guthrie have become a legend had it not been for the social circumstances of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl Era? Would Louis Armstrong have become such a monumental musical figure had he gown up in Pulaski, Tennessee rather than New Orleans? Would the Beatles have produced 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' without the inspiration of previous artists and their own personal quests?
Muses may inspire through whispers to the psyche, however, it seems that music reflects the social culture of its time. And although the performers of music may influence society, especially younger generations, with modes of dress and style, the music itself is influenced and shaped by society and culture.
Without the Dust Bowl Era, Woody Guthrie would not have written those particular songs. Without the rich jazz culture of New Orleans, Louis Armstrong might have become a potato farmer in Pulaski. And without the decades of pop music influence, the Beatles might have never have been. Therefore, it seems that music is shaped by society and society is shaped by people.
Music. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=music
Society. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=society
Linton, Michael. "The Politics of Music.'
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Q: Data level Authorization filter in ASP.Net MVC Entity Framework application I was looking for a data level Authorization filter in my ASP.Net MVC 4 Application.
We are using Entity Framework for Data access.
The application need to display all the data but should restrict the access to certain fields in a table based on the user roles.
eg: TASK table
{
int Id,
string TaskName,
DateTime StartDate,
DateTime EndDate
}
This whole data will be displayed to all the users and users have the options to edit the fields also. But should restrict the edit options like as follows
Role Admin can edit all the fields
Role Manager can Edit TaskName but cannot edit StartDate and EndDate
Role Users cannot Edit any of the fields
All these edit will be calling the Edit action in the TaskController.
How can I implement the functionality in my application.

A: You might try Postsharp. PostSharp allows you to design custom attributes for injecting boilerplate code at compile-time. It should be possible to use it for scenarios such as your example. I've used it for exception handling, logging, caching, & security. It can be applied to any layer or framework.
See, "Securing Fields and Properties" in the following illustrated example:
http://www.sharpcrafters.com/solutions/authorization
Hope it helps.

A: This is not EF, another ORM, but might help to see how it can be done - full source code is here.
Autorization subsystem is explained here.
It does what you need - row-level, up-to-column granularity, role-based authorization.

A: Sounds like what you are after is a true 'business' object that is smart and contains authorization at the property level not just at the method level.   I would suggest using CSLA.NET and create your business object model with smart objects.  This gives you that feature as well as a bunch of others.

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This whole data will be displayed to all the users and users have the options to edit the fields also. But should restrict the edit options

Instead of a single Edit action in Task controller

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*create a specific action for each unique field set allowed to be edited

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*Edit(TaskName, StartDate, EndDate) for Admin

*Edit(TaskName) for Manager

*no Edit action for User, since ther are not allowed to change any fields

*use authorization per action


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The banjo, with the fiddle, is a mainstay of American old-time music. The five- string banjo has been used in classical music since before the turn of the 20th.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Taylor Shuck is multi-instrumentalist in folk, bluegrass and jazz music. After studying classical guitar at Western Kentucky University, he now focuses on his primary instrument, the.
The classic banjo is a fretted instrument fitted with five nylon strings tuned to G C G B D. (Note: this is the normal tuning for the classic banjo) The instrument is.
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As you can see by the track listing, this banjo player has even eclipsed Bela Fleck in handling a variety of classical music on the lowly banjo. Bullard was originally kicked out of Virginia's.
Like Bela Fleck or Tony Trischka, but less esoteric, bluegrass veteran Scott Vestal uses the banjo on his self-produced Millennia to locate and create connections between bluegrass, jazz, funk, rock.
Founded in 1972, Elderly Instruments started as a small store with a handful of instruments. Over 40 years later, we've grown into one of the world's most respected sellers.
Feb 15, 2017. The banjo is typically reserved for folksy country songs, but the instrument can be pretty versatile (even if it still totally sounds like it should be.
He's a bluegrass banjo wizard who played with the highest echelon of performers in that style of music and later branched out to become an innovator of jazz, classical and world music, with more multi.
The last time I heard banjo was in summer camp," one middle-aged classical-music fan was overheard saying at Alice Tully Hall on Tuesday night. That element of surprise was all in the name of good.
Mark Sylvester's second CD, New Music for Banjo (2009), is a collection of original classical compositions for solo banjo and banjo in small chamber ensembles.
Welcome to Wards Music's website. Wards is Northland's longest established music business and has been operating for over 30 years. While being a member of NZ's largest musical instrument retail chain, Wards is locally owned and operated.
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Dec 11, 2012. Bela Fleck plays his own banjo concerto with The Cleveland Orchestra and Giancarlo Guerrero; also music by Adams, Copland and Gershwin.
"Indian classical music wasn't stadium oriented with people going nuts. Recently touring as a super trio with banjo genius Bela Fleck and classical double bassist Edgar Meyer, last month Hussain.
and when other people start profiting off of the act of creating music, what does that do to the soul? What does that do to your spirit? NS: This project Our Native Daughters, it's beautiful and.
A flier notes that Bullard, a classical banjoist, will appear "with violin, cello and piano in a program guaranteed to delight anyone who once considered the banjo only a simple folk instrument. John.
According to Fleck, there will likely be a touch of bluegrass and roots but also a lot of jazz, classical music, African, Dixieland and "some very old banjo music" — to name a few possibilities. "I'll.
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Special guest is singer/songwriter Langhorne Slim & The Law on guitar, banjo and. Mexican classical guitar duo, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, blend metal, jazz and Hispanic roots music in their.
Bow N' Banjo plays many different styles of music ranging from classical to bluegrass to modern pop favorites, as well as their own originals. From artists as.
Patrick Flannagan, professor of music and director of choral activities at King. staples including Christianity and bluegrass — as addition to classical piano. "I played banjo when I was 13," said.
Results 1 – 48 of 532. Get the best deal for Banjo Contemporary Sheet Music & Song Books from. the instrument actually lends itself very well to classical music!
Guest artists include the Grammy Award-winning Steep Canyon Rangers, the bluegrass band best known for its collaborations with comedian and banjo player Steve Martin; the unique chamber music ensemble.
Guest artists include Grammy Award-winning Steep Canyon Rangers, the bluegrass band best known for its collaborations with comedian and banjo player Steve Martin; the unique chamber music ensemble.
This "Banjo Sonata" project explores two themes. First, a sonata is a classical music form that has three-movements and is often performed by a solo instrument.


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WASHINGTON: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today sought another chance for himself to lead the social media giant after acknowledging mistakes that were committed by his company which shared information of its users with a third-party.
Embroiled in a massive data breach following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook on Wednesday said data of about 87 million people, mostly in the US, may have been improperly shared with London-based political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica.
Mr Zuckerberg admitted to lapses and asked for another chance to lead the company.
"This a huge mistake. It's my mistake," Mark Zuckerberg said, taking the blame for the massive data breach.
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"Not that I am aware of... Nobody has been fired because of this scandal," he said when asked if the board has asked him to step down in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Mr Zuckerberg said the scandal has not created much dents into its business.
Responding to a question, Mr Zuckerberg said it will take years for Facebook to fix the problem.
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Mark Zuckerberg, who co-founded the company in 2004, is scheduled to testify before a Congressional committee on data breach next week.


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What Will My Insurance Cover For A Skilled Nursing Facility Stay?
When it comes time to make a major healthcare decision, one of the first questions is what will my health insurance cover? In this post, we explain some of the basics of insurance coverage for skilled nursing facilities.
Click here to connect with a care expert to find out which skilled nursing facilities near you are part of your insurance network.
Medicare Part A will pay for up to 100 days of skilled nursing care in a licensed skilled nursing facility as long as the patient had a qualifying 3-day inpatient hospital stay and the skilled services you receive in the nursing home are related to that hospitalization. The actual amount of days that Medicare Part A will cover in a skilled nursing facility is primarily determined by the patient's attending physician.
If a patient qualifies for Medicare Part A skilled nursing coverage, then Medicare covers all costs for the skilled nursing facility stay for the first 20 days. Starting on day 21 of a skilled nursing stay, the patient is then responsible for a co-payment for the remainder of the stay, up to 100 days.
Although a co-payment is necessary for stays extended to 21 or more days, many commercial insurance Medicare Supplemental policies (also known as "Medigap" policies) will usually cover some or all of the co-payment costs. If a patient does not have such co-payment coverage but qualifies for Medicaid, then Medicaid may pay for the co-payment. If an individual does not have insurance or Medicaid coverage for the co-payment, they will be directly responsible for the co-payment.
Patients who are covered under a Medicare Advantage Plan instead of the traditional Medicare plan will have policies and coverage very similar to the Medicare coverage policies described above.
These plans vary widely in their coverage and policies for skilled nursing facilities. The majority of plans typically provide some sort of coverage for short stays in post-acute care / skilled nursing facilities if the services are necessary following a hospital stay. Private insurance companies will typically only pay for skilled nursing services for providers that are considered "in-network." Some policies will cover services from providers that are "out-of-network," but they usually do not cover as much of the cost and can leave patients with additional out-of-pocket costs. That's why it's so important for patients to check if a skilled nursing facility is part of their insurance network. This is the first step in determining insurance coverage and costs and should be factored into any search for skilled nursing facilities.
Learn more about insurance networks here.
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Q: knockoutjs if and ifnot bindings are not working properly when used inside a template I'm using the following template with knockout js

                <input type="button" data-bind="if: ($parent.IsFVL || $parent.AllowChat || $root.Me().AllowChatMonitoring), value: ID, click: SelectVisit" />	...

and calling/initiating the template like this

Also I've double checked the value of "$root.Me().AllowChatMonitoring" is true but both the input[type=button] and the span both are rendering. What could I be missing?

A: Because you're combining multiple properties into the if and ifnot, you need to evaluate them. Try this (assuming that IsFVL, AllowChat and AllowChatMonitoring are all observable - they must be):
<input type="button" data-bind="if: ($parent.IsFVL() || $parent.AllowChat() || $root.Me().AllowChatMonitoring()), value: ID, click: SelectVisit" />	...

What was actually happening before is that it was comparing 3 functions, not the return values of the functions.

A: You shouldn't use $parent when accessing IsFVL, AllowChat, etc. Try to update your template to the follow:
<input type="button" data-bind="if: (IsFVL || AllowChat || $root.Me().AllowChatMonitoring), value: ID, click: SelectVisit" />

If this will not help, create a fiddle with your problem.


Which coaching has best study material for general studies?
Preparing General Studies requires two sides: 1st static portion of syllabus and 2nd current affairs.
Current affairs are easily covered by The Hindu and Pratiyogita Drapan etc.
But for most of the static portions of general studies papers, standard books are not sufficient as most of them cover very less topics. So, we need fodder, static portion to understand such topics.
Can someone suggest which coaching institute's material is good enough for static portion of general studies (mains exam)?
Vajiram or VisionIAS or Khan's study group or which one? Please suggest and what would be the cost?
GS1 ==> no need of any notes. All topics can be covered with std reference textbooks.
GS2 ==> found visionias supplementary notes good. But, ARCs, Puncchi, LAxmikant, New Horizons of Public Admin are much better. No idea about IR.
GS3 ==> Sriram good for Economics along with visionias material. For env studies ==> Shankarias (~270 pages). For Security ==> IDSA, ARCs, Puncchi. No idea about coaching notes.
GS4 ==> Lexicon by Chronicle IAS academy. Also, SK Mishra's notes (~400 pages) are good after that.
visionias notes ==> ~1200 pages (all GS). Their notes are good for GS2 and for some parts of GS3. GS4 notes are not that useful. Lexicon is better.
Sriram ==> ~400 pages good for economics.
Vajiram/==> have not used them.
KSG ==> not used them.
I think you should visit insightsonindia also. See what they suggest. Their sources are also good. Consider every thing and then decide which material to refer.


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Nederlandse personen met de naam Nijhoff
A.H. Nijhoff (1897-1971), pseudoniem van Antoinetta Hendrika (Nettie) Wind
Agnes Caroline Catharine Nijhoff, politica en bestuurder
Christian Wilhelm Nijhoff (1861-1916), architect
Dolf Nijhoff (1914-1945), verzetsstrijder
Georgette Hagedoorn (1910-1995), echtgenote van Martinus Nijhoff, dichter
Isaac Anne Nijhoff (1795-1863), uitgever
Jacob Nijhoff (1723-1794), uitgever
Jacob Louis Nijhoff (1782-1844), predikant
Loudi Nijhoff (1900-1995), actrice
Martinus Nijhoff (1826-1894), uitgever
Martinus Nijhoff (1894-1953), dichter
Paulus Nijhoff (1756-1832), uitgever
Paulus Nijhoff (1821-1867), uitgever
Peter Nijhoff (1934-2007), natuurbeschermer
Wouter Nijhoff (1866-1947), uitgever
Wouter Nijhoff (1895-1977), uitgever

Prijs
Martinus Nijhoff Vertaalprijs, prijs voor een vertaling van een literair werk uit of naar het Nederlands

Zie ook
Nijhof
Erwin Nyhoff (1972), Nederlands singer-songwriter
Nederlandse of Vlaamse achternaam


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No, it's not just you: The coronavirus pandemic may be eroding driving skills, AAA says
Cars wait in line Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com
Even though there may be fewer drivers on the roads because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it doesn't necessarily mean it's safer to travel.
With many people obeying the governor's stay-at-home order, AAA spokesperson Jana Tidwell said it's possible their driving skills and awareness could suffer.
"I think many people may be out of practice," she said. "We often joke that it's as easy as riding a bike, ... you can just get back on, but most of us haven't driven on a daily basis for over two months."
The lack of traffic might also lead more people to drift off during their journey, she said.
"Traffic can be a calming mechanism," Tidwell said. "When there are multiple vehicles on the road, they tend to drive around the same speed. When you're one of very few drivers on the road, it can be very easy to become distracted and not realize how fast you're going. And, before you realize, you're far exceeding the speed limit."
Pennsylvania Turnpike officials agree that some drivers are failing to remember basic rules of the road.
More: Fewer drivers but more speeding happening on Pa. Turnpike, with some racing at '100 mph or greater'
"Many who are driving are forgetting their safe-driving behaviors," PA Turnpike CEO Mark Compton said. "Motorists are driving at excessive speeds, and using their cellphones more frequently and for longer periods of time."
However, John Ryan, an insurance agent at State Farm in Scranton, said he believes it's unclear if people's driving skills have become compromised.
"I think it's too early to tell whether they are forgetting techniques," he said. "We've only had about 10 accidents in the past two months and we've had 30 to 40 in past years during that time. I think people are still weary about going places."
Driving instructor Gino Tempesta of Dunmore said the time away from the wheel likely will have a bigger affect on newer drivers.
"If they go two or three months without driving, they are going to lose some skills," he said. "The more practice you get, the better you become."
Tempesta added the absence doesn't just affect new teen drivers, but also adults in their 30s and 40s who are new to driving. "Even at that age, if you take two or three months off, it's tough coming back," he said.


Cookie Monster wants your children to cut down on his namesake treats and start snacking on baby carrots and clementines instead.
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the children's TV show, and the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) have partnered to create Eat Brighter, an initiative aimed at curbing childhood obesity. Sunkist, one of the country's largest citrus brands, joins the effort in late October, launching a line of navel oranges and mandarins in Sesame Street-themed packaging.
"We are particularly excited to be a part of this initiative with PMA and Sesame Workshop because it offers our industry the opportunity to join together to, hopefully, spur greater change than any one of our companies could effect on their own," said Kevin Fiori, vice president of sales and marketing for Sunkist.
The goal of the initiative is to compete with producers of cookies and chips by deploying the same marketing strategies these foods use. Sesame Workshop will license characters such as Big Bird, Elmo and Cookie Monster to fruit and vegetable suppliers free of charge for two years. Such deals would usually be worth millions of dollars to Sesame Workshop, according to Putnam, who is on the task force that designed the program.
"We know that telling people to eat healthier doesn't work, but inspiring them emotively and using some of the tactics of the junk food industry … is a much more successful strategy," said Todd Putnam, chief commercial officer of Bolthouse Farms, another produce supplier signed up to use the Sesame Street brand on its packaging.
The initiative was announced in October 2013 and the first products hit the shelves earlier this year. In the late spring, East Coast Fresh, a produce packager and distributor in Maryland, introduced pre-cut fruits and vegetables labeled with Sesame Street characters. Bolthouse Farms will be launching Eat Brighter-branded baby carrots in January 2015.
So far, about 25 companies have signed the licensing agreement to use Sesame Street branding on their products.
There is strong evidence that the marketing of food to children is effective, though questions remain as to whether these strategies will work as well for fruits and vegetables as they do for chips and cookies.
"The best evidence we have that it's working is that companies spend $1.6bn every year on food marketing to children," said Jennifer Harris, director of marketing initiatives at Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity.
The science seems to back up these marketing practices. A 2009 study at Yale found that exposure to food advertising during television viewing makes children eat up to 45% more snack food compared to children who did not watch ads. Harris also points to other research that has shown that branding food makes children believe it tastes better. The use of characters in marketing has been shown to increase the appeal of fruits and vegetables and junk food alike.
However, using character-based marketing to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption may be more challenging than using similar tactics to promote sugary and salty snacks. Although studies have indicated the character branding works on both produce and less healthy snacks, that effect wasn't as strong for the healthier foods, she said.
Putnam is confident that obstacle can be overcome, he said, pointing to research that suggests children can adapt to new foods in as few as five exposures.
Is all advertising to children bad?
For some critics, however, the question of whether the initiative will be effective is secondary to whether these tactics should be used at all.
Children already live in an advertising-saturated world, argues Josh Golin, associate director of the Boston-based Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. They don't need another campaign urging them to respond positively to characters and emotional pleas, especially when these techniques are more often used to sell unhealthy foods, he said.
Brian Wilcox, a professor of psychology at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, draws a distinction between the sort of marketing the Eat Brighter campaign employs and advertising in which characters deliver a direct pitch. Such advertising depends on young children's inability to distinguish promotional media from entertainment or information, he noted. Including a character's image on fruit or vegetable packaging, however, creates a positive emotional association in pursuit of a healthy behavior.
Putnam recognizes the concerns people might have about targeting children with commercial messages. But he argues that the health problems caused by childhood obesity are worrisome enough that all available tools should be used to combat them. Using marketing to promote healthy foods is not the only answer, he said, but is an important part of tackling the issue.
This story originally appeared on TheGuardian.com on October 4, 2014. Click here to see story and a poll about marketing to children.


Farmers throughout the Central West region are being relieved of paying registration charges for their heavy vehicles, and will receive partial refunds from previous years.
The NSW Government says the initiative is designed to relieve farmers throughout regional New South Wales from some of the stress they are enduring through the current drought.
"We know what farmers really need is rain, but this initiative goes that little bit further to ease the situation they find themselves in," the Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight Melinda Pavey said.
Farmers will not be required to pay registration fees from 1 July 2018 until 30 June 2020 for their heavy vehicles.
They will still need to pay for their compulsory third party (CTP) insurance, personalised plates and relevant vehicle checks.
Partial refunds will be provided on previous heavy vehicle registration charges from the past three years, saving primary producers an average of $2,094.
"I recognise that for farmers struggling right now the refunds will be important to give them some cash flow. Many are feeding stock and water is becoming more expensive, with freight costs quickly piling up," the minister said.


Well, it's been an exciting morning watching the Twitter frenzy over the Balloon Boy, who it turns out, isn't a Balloon Boy. At least, I'm hoping not. I hope we hear later today that him and his punk brother decided to prank their parents for not letting them watch a late movie or something. That would sure be a heck of a lot better than the alternative. I'll take almost losing Buddy in Sears over thinking my son was in a helium balloon I stupidly left in my backyard any day.
As many of you may know, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so in honor of that, I present my 399th bento.
I got the idea for this the other day as I was experimenting with usuyaki tamago sheets. I was practicing making some for Bento 400 and ending up thinking this one up. It came out just how I wanted it to, hooray!
Since making a bento with a pink ribbon on it doesn't really do much, I'd like to take this a little further by offering to donate $0.25 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure for every comment made on this blog posting. (One comment per person.) I'd love to get at least a hundred comments, so please spread the word! I'll take entries until the end of the month.
I wish I could make it more, but we just got word of a 5% paycut/furloughs. Ouch.
I actually had to make two omelets this morning because my first one bought a one-way ticket on the Fail Plane to Sucksville. I used a whole beaten egg and added one drop of red food coloring. This left me with a great, thick omelet and I was quite amazed at myself for not screwing it up. The only problem was it was freaking ORANGE. Damned yolk. I cracked yet another egg and this time used only the egg white.
After I beat it and strained it in a sieve, I didn't have much egg, so I thought one drop might be too much. I put the drop of food coloring on my finger and let some of it drip off, then dipped my finger in (it was clean!) the egg whites to add the color. I then added about 1/2 a teaspoon of potato starch and some water. I'd read about making these egg sheets somewhere online after seeing them in a Japanese bento book and the recipes said to use potato starch or cornstarch. I've since found that potato starch is much better than cornstarch. I'm in love with the stuff!!
I heated a pan on medium heat, then added oil, then lowered the heat down to 2. The omelet with the yolk in it was much thicker and hardier than the egg white one, but the color combo turned out just right for the color I wanted and in the end, the thinner omelet made it easier to make the ribbon stick without having to hold it down with a piece of raw spaghetti.
The ribbon rests on top of a brown rice musubi wrapped in nori. The food around it consists of the rest of yesterday's salmon, Okinawan sweet potato, asparagus, a grape tomato, and some mandarin orange slices. I thought the ribbon turned out quite nicely. It was easy to make, so if you want to give it a try, please do!
In other news, I've got some food that I tried out from Asian Food Grocer. The Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program gave us $30 to spend and it's a good thing because their shipping prices to Hawaii are ridiculous. I stated as much and I guess I made them feel bad because my order arrived with some complimentary tea cups. Those things were so heavy that the shipping ended up even more than what I paid.
I bought four items including udon noodles, zaru soba noodles, memmi sauce, and ume paste. The Memmi sauce is something I hadn't even heard of until a few months ago from a bento buddy of mine in Japan. I saw it on Amazon and then when this Tastemaker thing came along I thought I would finally try it out.
Of course, I found it at Foodland over the weekend. Figures.
Memmi is called "mentsuyu" in Japan and it's a noodle soup base that you dilute with water to make soup for your udon, soba, somen, or for tempura sauce. I've used it for both the udon and the zarusoba so far and am totally loving the taste.
Here we have a rather unglamorous photo of my udon, which I ate for breakfast yesterday. It's supposed to have a lot more soup in it, obviously, but I found myself feeling rather stingy, so I only made half the broth I made the first time. As a result, my kake udon looks like a bowl of noodles with no broth. I can assure you it was quite yummy though. I haven't used the ume paste yet, though I probably could have put some into my musubi this morning. I tasted a bit of it and it's wonderful! I loooove ume.


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