This is a great addition to my sous vide stuff.
It works great, simple design.
Great idea, but the execution is not as good as i'd like. It is nice that the rack is adjustable, but the tolerances are a tad wide and the sections fall out a bit easy. That said, it is a nice size and i like that it comes apart and stores easily. Dishwasher cleaning is a plus too.
Expensive, but worth it if you sous vide.
Long live sous vide cooking. Nice addition to the gadget guy's kitchen.
Bought this ahead, to be paired with the paragon induction cooktop i pledged from ingiegogo. Or i could use this when i sous vide using a pot i have at home.
Good device for our sous vide adventures.
For the price its hard to justify. However it does work well once you know that you have to make sure the pins go through both holes on the bottom otherwise the "walls" are floppy. Other then that i am pretty happy with it.
I have an anova precision immersible sv cooker and this rack works great with it. This is very handy when cooking foods that have a tendency to float; like green beans. I like that you can adjust the distance between the racks so you can make it as tight or loose as needed. I've used it a few times and have no complaints.
As i learn to cook sous vide i find new ways to use this tool. I love the versatility, from keeping stacks seperated as they cook to having a roast off the floor of the container. I have also started using them with my dutch oven for deep frying. It's stainless steel, if i over cook it i did something really wrong. Since spring is on us here where i am, i was thinking about how i could use them on the grill,.
Four stars just because of the price.
Never really minded the bags floating loose but onc i see thus baby i was hooked. The rack holds multiple bags in a nice upright position. When doing veggies like eggplant, the escaping gases go right to the top of the bag and can be released easily. Holds three medium sized bags comfortably. Have been using it a lot, no rust at all, but it also never goes into the dishwasher, etc. A little pricey for what it is, but recommended.
Compact (it folds) customizerable well built.
Makes sous vide of several steaks easy.
Works well but a bit overpricd.
Works well, but it's smaller than i thought.
For the price its hard to justify. However it does work well once you know that you have to make sure the pins go through both holes on the bottom otherwise the 'walls' are floppy. Other then that i am pretty happy with it.
It's perfect, exactually what i wanted. I love how you can adjust it to fit different thicknesses.
A little small after i bought a bigger sous vide kettle, but works great.
Beautiful, good quality and ideal size.
I ordered this teapot and was so excited about it… until i unpacked it and then used it. (i purchased this tea kettle – like i do most things – after first reading the reviews. ) well… i must have gotten a different pot than the first reviewer did. The pot is not a heavy stainless steel at all… nor did it whistle when the water boiled. We let the water boil for a full minute, giving the pot a chance to catch on – but, sadly, it never did. I am only giving this a '3' at the moment because i have not yet made and tasted the tea from it. If that is as disappointing as the experience has been thus far, this pot will be headed back to where it came from… and, quick. I have been a very satisfied customer of amazon for several years now and am usually not disappointed… but, this is definitely a first. I'll post more later after i have made the tea and tasted it.
Good quality kettle but disappointed in the sound of the whistle. Sounds like an air raid siren. Also, pour spout lid is a pain, but needed to make whistle work. Great for all types of stoves.
CLASSIC STYLE KETTLE – Alpine Cuisine's capsule base teakettle teapot fashions a contemporary-classic striking style and lends with a variety of appreciate features.
HEAVY-GUAGE STAINLESS STEEL – The kettle is constructed of quality heavy-gauge tempered stainless steel.
CONVENIENT HANDLE & SPOUT – The kettle's side resting ergonomic cool touch handle provides comfortable handling and provides a steady controlled pour with its contour gooseneck spout.
HARMONIC WHISTLE LID – Helpful features during boiling includes a spray preventing spout lid, harmonic whistle from the top lid and compatibility with electric, gas and induction heat sources.
BOILING CAPACITY – Can hold up to maximum volume 2.7 liter of liquid. Good enough for home and office usage.
, Pretty good quality for the price.
Perfect for keeping a batch of beef rib and poultry bones for heating in water to make broth for feeding outdoor dogs.
We are using them for our coffee cupping lab and they work great.
The cutest tea kettle i have ever purchased. That cute hermonica sound it made when the water boils won me over.
Tea kettlethe tea kettle arrived as stated and was packaged well. I love the wide mouth and the movable handle which allows for easy filling and cleaning. I would recommend tea kettle and seller.
Much nicer than the last one i bought. I'm glad i spent the extra money for it.
I was sceptical before purchasing this kettle. I found complaints about the kettle not whistling. I'm glad i took the decision to buy this thing. It is very nice and well built.
Perfect size for tea drinkers.
Ive used this for a few weeks now, and no sign of rust or anything deterioration. Handle stands up nice, and the kettle itself is nice and heavy. It is made in china so i had my reservations at first, but it turns out to be a nice kettle. The whistle literally sounds like a harmonica.
Update:for induction cooks, please see the comment to this review. Apparently, there are two different kettles being shipped from this product listing. The one i got was highly magnetic and worked perfectly for induction. The one that the commenter received was not, and did not work for induction. Original review:i just bought this kettle to use on a new induction cooktop. It works exceptionally well for that. The base is thick, heavy and fully magnetic. It's well-balanced and pours a very clean stream either fast or slow; so it's perfect for filling a thermos. The whistle is a low harmonica and not too loud. The kettle weighs about 2 ¼ pounds empty.
This is a solid, quality tea kettle. It fits nicely on any stove top and has a good whistle.
This is the second zojirushi water heater. My first one lasted for more than 10 years. It was still working fine, but i decided to get a new one and donated the first one to goodwill. I am very happy with zojirushi and making very good use of it.
I've had mine for over 6 years and it has served me well. But recently, i noticed tiny rust spots on the bottom of the pot and more noticeably along the edge where the lid makes contact. I'm not sure if i want to get another zojirushi; it's pricey and some of their products are made in china rather than in japan.
I didn't even really need one of these damn things but bought it anyway and love it. It's solidly built, well engineered, and in general, just the sort of well-thought-out product that the japanese are famous for. It ain't cheap, but imho, if it lasts five years, i would consider it a very reasonable price/value tradeoff. The only minor complaint is that the time to boil the full load (3 liters) from room temperature is a little excessive — 27 minutes. I think they should have tim allened it ("more power") to speed up the "boil" mode. Keep the cat away from the steam vent.
Returned tiger brand bought from costco. Wonderful to have all year round, easy to use and clean, definitely a must have for asian household.
Great hot pot. Perfect size foe one person.
Micro computerized temperature control system, multiple temperature settings and reboil mode. Non-stick interior and removable magnetic power cord.
This is the 3rd zojirushi i purchased. I purchased one for myself 7years ago and it is still working nonstop. I like it so much that i got one for my older daughter 4 years ago. Now my younger daughter has her own family so i gave her one also. It definitely deserve a 5-star rating.
Like many other reviewers, i'm somewhat of a tea connoisseur. Having the correct temperature is so important to making proper tea, and this machine has made that simple. I also don't have the greatest water where i live, so when i have made tea using water from my kettle, the result frequently had a type of film on it. Since i have received the dispensing pot, my tea is perfectly clear and delicious every time. The ease and simplicity has also encouraged me to drink more tea in a day–which is great for my health. I'm hoping that this lasts as long for me as it has for others. At first, i thought that this was a little frivolous, but if you value having a perfect cup of tea each time, then it's completely worth it.
I am completely satisfied with the product. This is my second zojirushi pot.
Doesn't steam as much as older models.
I was like, if the wife wants another appliance to put on the overcrowded kitchen counter for her birthday, fine. Good hubby will get her what she wants, even if it's only hot water. But guess who uses it all day every day?.Makes my instant coffee (hey, i love starbucks too but what i need in the morning is a jolt, not an experience) even more instant. It even makes it taste better, though don't ask me how. Must be magic, but it's true. And now i can readily consume delicious oceans of the latest health food fad — cocoa. Put powder in cup, add water and a pinch of stevia, stir, and get happy and healthy at the same time. Here's to a cool appliance and a clever wife :).
It took a little longer then expected but once it arrived i was so happy.
This electric pot lets me have coffee or tea any time of the day.
For quickly getting a cup of black tea or french-press coffee (195°), green tea (175°) and yerba mate, rooibos or fruit/herbal tea (208°), this machine can't be beat, especially as it exists for 3, 4, and 5 liters of water. (being single, i have the smallest version, but in a tea shop that i frequent they use the 5 liter with good effect). It is, however, only for cups, or french presses that fit underneath the spout. It keeps the water at three temperature levels depending on what you set, and has a reboil-button, when you add water without emptying the pot first, it reboils automatically. Its normal position is 195°f which lessens the danger of bad burns (if you use it as directed that danger is nonexistent, but the preset temperature level – that you can change to 208° or 175° – is an additional safety device). If you want to brew a whole pot of tea or coffee, however, you need a traditional water heater, as you cannot pour water out of this, only use the spout. So five stars for a nifty device for grabbing cups of tea or coffee in a hurry and through the whole day (and night).
Instant hot water dispensers are very common in the japanese community, of which i am a 4th generation member. My parents have one and i used to use it every time i was home, but thought it a bit overkill for a single person. I finally bought one a few years ago because i became obsessed with loose green tea, which must be brewed at a specific temperature (165 to 170 degrees). Now i am into fresh ground organic coffee, where water should be between 190 – 205 degrees. Having the exact water temperature instead of steaming / boiling water from a kettle is one key factor in getting one of these. Now i have a family of 4, and we use this dispenser every day for coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon and night. When our girls were infants, the hot water helped to warm a cold bottle of formula, or pour some hot water into a container to defrost some frozen pumped milk. The only frustration is when we forget to fill it with filtered water the night before so our morning routine is unfettered. We love this dispenser, if you think you will not use it, think again.
I recently purchased the zojirushi cd-lcc30 micom 3. 0-liter electric dispensing pot at amazon when the had $25 off $125 purchase in kitchen special. That was the best purchase i have made at amazon. I am very satisfied with the unit. I use it daily before and after work , when i need some hot soup, maybe with noodles. It is ready whenever my baby needs hot milk, was her spoon or whatever she needs. I know this unit will be dependable for at least 10+ years. Do yourself a favor and purchase this unit with free shipping.
This is an excellent hot water pot. I love having hot water any time of day or night available. I use it for tea, noodles, warming up bottles, or when recipes call for hot water, etc. I have used it every day for seven years. Only recently have some rusty spots started developing in the interior liner. I am not sure why as i haven't used anything harsh to clean inside or anything. I just opened it one day and there they were. I am going to continue to use it until i believe it is compromising the integrity of the liner. When i order a new one, it will be another zojirushi.
I own the jojirushi rice maker and have used it for years and i love it. I wanted to buy an electric kettle for making "perfect" green tea at 170-175 degrees. I looked at all the electric kettles and most had some fatal flaw like scaling or failure to keep a constant temperature. Then i found the jojirushi line of water heaters. I just got the cd-lcc30 today but i was very disappointed by something that was a little misleading in their product description. The product description talks about keeping water at 175 degree, perfect for "green tea. " by that description i assumed that it would heat the water up to that temperature and keep it there like other electric kettles do. It heats the water to either 208 or 195 degrees and then you then have to wait for the the water to manually cool down to 175 before it will "hold" it at that temperature. That wait can, according to the manual, take up to an hour and a half in a 68 degree room.
This is the best electric dispensing pot i ever had. Portable, light, user friendly, easy to clean.
It's now going on 2016 and i've had one of these zojirushi water heaters since mid 2008. It's been plugged in and heating virtually continuously over that period with no issues at all. In addition to it's durability, it is very easy to use (dispense and refill). I use it every morning to quickly make coffee with my french press and to have on-demand hot water for making tea in the afternoon. The heater allows for the perfect start to every morning if the first thing you do is have a cup of coffee (well, maybe the second thing your do). Another (5 star) review states it takes 27 minutes to boil water when refilling. My experience is that it takes about 10 minutes. The 3 liter volume suits my needs well as it allows me to have my fill of coffee in the morning and a cup of tea in the afternoon. I typically top-off the water level before retiring at night. The heater has paid for itself many times over in the time saved in waiting to boil water from scratch each and every time i might need using a stove-top kettle.
It works quickly and well and allows me to make several pots of tea w/o refilling and reheating. I have only two minor quibbles: it takes up a lot of space on the counter and it has no on/off switch. Neither is a reason to not buy this product.
I used the hot pot while visiting my relatives in japan, knowing how well they pay attention to energy saving products, i decided to purchase one myself. I find the product to be the perfect fit for tea drinkers and coffee press users. Not bad for the occasional ramen noodles in a cup.
I use this for more than just tea, defrosting frozen veggies, making broth, a few drops on a sponge for cleaning, this thing is the greatest.
I drink a fair amount of tea, and so this 3 liter size water pot is perfect for myself. I typically only refill it once a day, at night before i go to bed. It has a 7 hour delay timer that i use so that i have hot water as soon as i get up. I use the hottest water setting that maintains the temperature at 208 degrees f. It heats up relatively quickly if it's left at 195 degrees or at 175 degrees to save electricity, but i'm impatient and don't like to wait. I also use it for hot chocolate, apple cider, ramen, you name it. It is very easy to refill thanks to the removable cover and removable power cord. The cord attaches magnetically, which makes plugging and unplugging incredibly easy. I do have to turn the pot around so the back is facing me when i open the cover and remove it to refill the water. If i don't, the steam hits me on the wrist when i open it, and since i keep it on the hottest setting, the steam is scalding.
Great value, easy to clean, and the base unit can be put in the dishwasher to sterilize it. Powerful enough for essential oil blends and soap making. I prefer to have one for my "projects" separate from the one i use for food.
Have only used it once to puree watermelon but it worked fine. This is my first immersion blender so i don't have anything to compare it with. But i think it will work just fine for what i need it for.
I like that it is so high powered and will get the job done. It works just as well as my sons $50 one.
I purchased this stick blender to replace another one from a different manufacturer for soap making. The quality isn't bad, but the finish will get messed up if you touch the un-stainless part with raw soap batter. I don't believe it is going to hold up for the purpose it was purchased it for.
BETTER BLENDING: Ergonomic soft silk-touch rubberized handle with simple push button dual speed control is the prefect one hand mixer for a variety of kitchen blending task from blending dips to mixing cake batter, crush frozen fruit for smoothies and more!
DISHWASHER SAFE: Blade detaches with just a twist, making cleanup as easy as 1-2-3, and detachable parts are dishwasher safe, making this stick blender as easy to clean as it is to use. Make sure not to immerse the cord in water.
I ordered this to make my smoothies every morning. I was using a bullet type of blender and it was so noisy and i had to have it on for bit of time. It always woke up my husband. I found this and i could not believe how quiet and powerful it was.He doesn't hear it at all in the morning anymore – and i only have to use it for 30 seconds or so.
The motor got extremely hot after using for 5 minutes. I had to rest it for 20 minutes or so before i could continue making my homemade lotion. I'm just concerned that the motor may blow soon and it's my first time using it.
I had been wanting an immersion blender for some time but didn't want to spend a great deal of money. I have even used it on mashed potatoes which doesn't make them perfect but certainly pretty darn good for everyday. I use it all the time on soups and even to whip up my coffee and cream for a treat. Iced coffees tastes better than what i would pay extra for if a barista made them. This was a perfect choice for me.
When i opened the box i was surprised at how long the blender was. After using it for the first time now i know why. The length was great for blending up nom nom paleo's instant pot autum mash in my 8-quart ip. Didn't get the motor housing dirty at all. I love the smooth handle and the ease of removing the shaft for cleaning. Can't eat to use this for mayo.
It was a little awkward at first because i had never used anything like it. I thought it would be heavy and cumbersome, but after a couple of tries it got easier. I think it has a good amount of power, which worked well for my soups. I look forward to experimenting more with it.
Works great for softer foods, but if you need it for a bigger job, than i would recommend buying a more powerful hand blender. It seemed to get pretty hot while i was using it for broccoli soup.
I use it to mix my protein powder and milk in my (20 oz. Using the shaker bottle always left 'chunks' that i learned to just swallow down. I have had this blender for about 1. And i am sorry i did not get it sooner. It gives me a protein shake that is like a milk shake- no lumps. I am still practicing with it. I can almost see me mixing up batter to bake a cake, etc.
I use this most weekdays for my smoothie lunches. It is less powerful than the one i had for 10 years that finally died. When i blend frozen fruit, the blender tends to get warm to the touch.
Only used this blender a couple times and clean up is easy. So far it works as advertised.
Got this for my daughter and she loves it – yay. She uses it every day to whip up her eggs and then her energy drink. Awesome and highly recommend – by the way, i have one too (diff color) and i love mine too.
I've just used it to make smoothies. My hands are very arthritic but i have no trouble with it.
It whips egg whites well but that's it. I have tiny hands and it was hard for me to grip.
I use it to make soap – it is fantastic for this purpose – stainless steel blades are imperative – reasonably priced as well. Overall, perfect tool for what i need.
I bought this because i wanted something more powerful than the standard 150-200 watt hand blender, and it works fine after a few weeks, despite a number of 1-star reviews. However, do not expect it to be a real replacement for a regular blender. I am not sure any hand blender will do that.
Edited: it appears as though my first blender was broken. Chefman reached out and sent me another. I wasn't sure the second was working any better at first, but after a few uses it is doing a great job. It's almost like it needed some time to warm up?.It's quiet, so it doesn't seem powerful, but it's getting the job done. Thank you, chefmannot sure why this got such great reviews. It's just so weak:( i can't think of any task it would be good for. I might as well have whisked my smoothie. (she says as she spoons it into her mouth and chews.
I use it for bulletproof coffee.
Works nicely, not as powerful as previous hand blenders i've had. That said, it is by far the easiest to clean; which i believe will result in longer life. I can prevent the rust that ultimately led to the demise of my earlier models.
This item came one day earlier than expected and i couldn't be happier. When i took it out of the box i was so happy to see how beautiful it was and was even happier after i used it. It's soft to hold, has two speeds and is stainless, so very easy to clean. Did i mention it comes apart so you don't have to handle the whole thing while washing it?. Thank you for making such a smart, beautiful, and reasonably priced hand blender.
Easy to travel with and works good. Doesn't do ice but works great for shakes and smoothies. I have added a few ice cubes and it did okay but do not put too much ice in it.
The Duronic BL3 blender is the perfect solution for you to take out a fresh drink with the flavours you like everyday to your places of work, study, gym or even in the home.
Designed to increase blending control with a push down operation so you can easily decide which consistency your drink turns out to be. With an efficient and powerful motor you can easily crush ice and make a smooth textured drink.
Dishwasher safe parts (except motor unit). Click on images to see size diagram.
I took a chance on this little blender because my daughter was blending things 2-3 times per day (and i was the one who kept cleaning full-size blender after full-size blender – yes, we have three of 'em). This device is super-easy to use and super-easy to clean. With that said, it's not a vitamix and it's not a blendtec. It's just a simple, decent blender that does a good job of blending protein powder and bananas and ice and such. If there's too much frozen stuff in it, you'll need to wait a little while for it to thaw so that it can handle circulating semi-frozen items through a cylinder. If things get stuck, just pick it up, shake it, and then try blending again. One thing that helps to think through is that the blender will be inverted when it's time to blend, so don't put dry ingredients in the bottom of the jar (because they'll stay there). Add dry ingredients to the top of the jar (when filling it) so that when it's inverted, the dry ingredients will be touching the blender blade. Here's the recipe i use that works great in this blender. It blends beautifully and the texture is reminiscent of a chocolate milkshake:1 small or medium bananaabout 3/4 cup almond milkabout 1 cup crushed ice2-4 tbsp almond butter1 heaping scoop of chocolate protein powderokay, i get that it's not a chocolate milkshake, but it sure feels like i'm cheating and eating a chocolate milkshake when i make one of these yummy treatsthere are two clear, durable containers that come with the blender (don't be fooled by the red liquid in the picture), two pleasant drinking lids, and one blending blade.
This blender is quick and handy and is more sturdy all around than i anticipated. I've been using this for almost 2 weeks now and use it every day. It blends very well and fast. It comes with an infuser in one of the bottles (there are two bottles) which i don't have much use for, but i'm sure others do. The blender only has one setting if you were wondering, but that setting can annihilate just about anything you put in it (although i'm sure there is a limit). Overall, very pleased and impressed. Will update if anything changes. Note: i did see reviews complaining about smells that come from the motor as if it's burning out, but i do smell the same smell from just about any other blender.
Been a really great blender!
Bought this for my mom as a mother's day gift and she loves it. She uses it everyday for her protein shakes. Great power, fairly quiet in the blender realm of noise level, and just small enough to leave on the counter without being in the way.
So far i have used it everyday to blend frozen fruits and it worked out great.
Bought this for my wife's birthday a month ago. She uses it at least once per day, usually twice. It's been fantastic, and, most importantly, my wife loves it.
I absolutely love this blender. I use it everyday to make protein healthy shakes. Takes 20 secs and it makes my shakes perfect every time .
. It truly is perfect for on the go.
I've been looking for a smoothie, but i never the right one till i came across this one. For the price it's worth it. It's easy to manage i just put my ingredients in there, blend them and then i'm on my way to go.
I kick start my day with a protein shake. This setup makes it so simple.
First personal blender i have had but i like it so far. I make shakes with frozen fruit, milk and protein powder. I like the 2 bottles it comes with.
Good product, worked as advertised. I've had this item for a few months using it two or three times per week, plenty of power. Would have given it 5 stars although need to use it more in order to ensure it being a sturdy product. I did have a big name unit that claimed to be the best and did not last as long as it should have; so the big test is yet to come.
Received today and had to test it out, so i chopped bananas and strawberries. Added 8oz container of banana strawberry yogurt. Threw in some granola cereal, added milk capped it tight, gave it a few good shakes, added more milk to the fill line and blended all. Strawberries and banana pulverized, granola cereal non existent and the taste, very good.
It's a great personal blender. Used it every morning and it was easy to clean. I lose the cups so if anyone knows how to get replacement ones that would help. Honestly if this product was still available i'd just repurchase it.
Works very well, makes smoothies with good texture, chops up ice well. The 2 drink containers are very handy.
Can be a little loud but gets the job done. Does well with ice cubes and frozen fruits.
Wao is wonderful and easy to use.
I've been making spinach + banana smoothies every day this week. Does not like anything frozen and is not joking about that in the directions. Twice i had to dump the contents in a bowl and microwave. Does not like thick liquids, i. You'll need to add water when making a smoothie with yogurt.
To clear a couple of things up. Mine came with a us plug so it plugs into a standard 120 outlet (listing states uk plug). It came with 2 clear bottles not 1 red and 1 clear. Mine came with a removable fruit infuser in one of the bottles and two lids. Soon after opening package and washing everything i made a smoothie. Filled the bottle with strawberries frozen blueberries and milk and it took less than 10 seconds to blend everything. I normally use my kitchenaid blender to make smoothies, this was much faster, easier and did as good of a job. Can't compare it to one of the expensive smoothie makers because i've never used them but i don't know how they could do any better. The bottles each hold about 20 ounces at the max fill line. Very easy to use and did not leak a drop.
We got this for our dad for christmas and it was to replace our old coffee maker. It brews very quickly and quietly and doesn't leak.
No extra 'features', just durable and easily cleaned and makes great coffee. No silly foil packets or plastic containers to create waste and cost a fortune. Makes simple, straight-forward pot of coffee. Gets used two to five times a day, average of three. The previous ones have lasted us for three or so years of that kind of (ab)use. This one is actually a replacement for one that had a slow leak from the water reservoir. Promptly replaced by amazon. All of our previous coffee makers suffered deteriorating hot plates. Since they are similar to an electric stove heating element i am not surprised.
Six years old, still makin' coffee.
Excellent product and meets all expectations for coffee maker. A definite buy for quality product and price.
I bought another one like this but by a different manufacturer (the same mr. The failure was likely because coffee overflowed out of the reservoir on a number of occasions and dripped on, around and under the hot plate. The old one just stopped one day, and didn't heat water or the hot plate. I believe this was entirely my fault for repeatedly not placing the pot under the brewer. When i needed to buy another one i purchased the same model but now produced by a different manufacturer. If you have low cabinets you will have to pull it out from under them to pour the water into the back reservoir as you need a good 21 inches above your counter-top to fully open the top cover. It's not a big hassle but some people may not like this idea. I have 24 inches and still pull it out to fill the reservoir as the pot needs another few inches of space to fully empty on the reservoir fill, a total of about 24 inches of vertical free space or so.
Mr. Coffee DW13-RB 12-Cup Switch Coffeemaker, Black : I brew tea for my office during the cold months. This very basic and inexpensive machine actually works best for my purpose. Without the auto shut-off feature, my tea pot stays hot all day. I would not trade this for another machine costing 5 times more.
A perfectly great coffeemaker for $16, if you don't mind no timer function. We use it at bluffton church where a timer is completely unnecessary.
I purchased this for my office and every one seems pleased with both the ease of use and the coffee it produces.
June 2016 update: well, after 4 years, 2 months, the coffee maker stopped working. Do i want products i purchase to last forever?.Am i disappointed in this purchase?. For approximately 1500 days (excluded 3 weeks for vacations), in an area with very hard water, and often keeping it on 8 hours or so to have coffee throughout the day, i what i got out of it for. I am now purchasing another of the same model to replace it. I wish those of you who also purchase it success with yours. ********************************we used the earlier version of this coffee make for several years, and then gave it away when we received a keurig as a gift.
Arrived on time, works great, no complaints. A basic coffee maker that does the job.
I bought this used from amazon warehouse deals at a considerable savings. It looked new when it arrived. I cleaned it and then started a pot of coffee. I don't need or want extras like clocks and timers and lights. I haven't had it long so i can't speak to longevity, but so far i am very happy with it.
I generally leave the coffee pot on all day and night so i drink a lot of coffee. I like this maker very much the only problem i find is in pouring from the pot. It always seems to spill on the counter. I thought it was just me but it happens to anyone who pours a cup. Some times it works without a mess but most times not. I've tried various techniques at pouring but can't get it consistently. Same thing with my last pot (same maker) but the one before this was ok.
For a single person living alone, it's perfect for me. It does not have the bells and whistles of more advanced makers, but if you just want to brew coffee first thing in the morning, it's perfect for that.
This is our third dw13 at home and we have one at work, too. It just makes good coffee every time and keeps it just right for drinking.
I bought this for my office. I have a hamilton beach brewstation at home, this pot keeps the coffee at a much higher temperature, which is good for using refrigerated creamers/milk. No frills, just simple, hot coffee.
Does not have an auto-shut off though.
This is the second time i have ordered this coffee maker. We wore the first one out so it was time to replace. The order arrived before the date given by amazon. If it is still available, i will order again when this one wears out on us too.
At first i thought this was a great simple maker for the price. However, it has a tendency to brew too quickly which forces the grounds to go over the filter sometimes. I have heard this from other owners. It only lasted five months, but i live close to a service center and the company sent me a new one in two weeks. While i was waiting for the replacement i decided to buy a hamilton beach 12 cup which is very similar. It uses a cone grind holder which seems to make a smoother and mellower cup of coffee. It is slightly slower and does not overflow the grounds. Both makers do not have a two hour timer off, but i prefer this since i drink from the pot all day long. Some reviewers say they forget to turn it off, but when you take that last cup, just turn it off. The other thing i preferred about the mr. Coffee was the switch was in front which made it easier to see and use the on/off light.
I have used many different coffee makers over the years and mr. Coffee in just the one for me. This model is simple with no fancy gadgets.
All these words describe this coffee maker well. I still have it and it works every single day.
Simple coffee maker, no bells and whistles. If you are not looking for auto brew settings, can reasonably rely on manual shut off, this will brew coffee just as well as its pricier counterparts. After having issues with my $100+ cuisinart grind and brew, it just seemed silly to spend a bunch on features i really didn't need.
Very simple – on and off button with green indicator light.
I do think it is starting to grow old already. However, i use it multiple times a day, so maybe i am just wearing it out already. Brews at speed comparable to other models. Stays very hot for about two hours. The only setback is that this doesn't have auto-shutoff after two hours (for those like me that sometimes forget about the leftover coffee). It doesn't quite say this, but i have been able to pick up the carafe and pour a cup (sneak a cup) and it just kind of holds in the filter, like a sensor, until i place the carafe back on the hot plate.
I replaced the one that i had just like it. I am constantly amazed at how easy and quick, things come from amazon. Its the only way to shop, who can go without your coffee pot for more than two days?.
Mr. Coffee DW13-RB 12-Cup Switch Coffeemaker, Black : If you want a basic coffeemaker this is a good one. No automatic shutoff, just on/off switch.
This coffeemaker is just as it was advertised and we use it every day. It does not have lots of bells and whistles but we just want something that makes coffee and keeps it warm. It replaces an expensive coffeemaker which finally wore out and we like this so much better.
This is a fine, no fuss coffee maker. Since there's always something we can find wrong with a product, you can't just drop the grind basket in. You have to place it just right. Time makes that easier, since you realize it has to go in that way.
Bought this to replace the same model that i've had for years. I make coffee in it every morning and have no complaints. No bells & whistles, but i don't need them — just the caffeine.
Does what it says on the box. No frills, nothing fancy, but it makes coffee and in the morning, that's all you need.
If you're looking for an inexpensive, no frlls coffee maker, this item is an ideal choice. No clock, no gadgets or gizmos. It makes it's full capacity (12 cups) in only a few minutes. The power cord is very short however,so it needs to be located close to an outlet (unless you have an extension cordhandy). This item is dependable and very easy to use. A good product at a goodprice. If you're shopping for something basic and easy to use, you can't gowrong with this.
This new coffee maker suddenly makes me realize the full potential in the coffee i have been brewing in my old coffee maker all these years. This coffee maker makes a huge improvement in taste.
It cooks really fast and it looks really awesome and above all, it is made of bpa-free plastic. This food steamer is pretty expensive though, but it is worth it. The only disadvantage i found was the size of baskets. They are smaller than they look on photo.
Well, for an item that cost me over one hundred dollars i expected it to be much quitter. Ihave had much cheaper steamers and they were much quitter.
This is my second one because i couldn't find just the baskets but i love this steamer. Easy to use, and holds a good amount of food for 3 tiers. And this black color looks amazing. My first one was white and stained easily.
Fantastic machine saves time when cooking multiple vegetables. I also cook meat and fish which tastes better than baking/grilling.
I purchased mine through home shopping on tv. Loved it the cleanup was quick the appliance was neat and the meal two or three vegetables plus meat or fish complete with a sauce or rub was ready to eat most times in twenty minutes. But the steamer died about three days past warranty. I mean just stopped steaming. I am ocd about following descaling and cleaning of tubes and nozzles on my kitchen appliances. I did all the maintenance as suggested and still it died just like the rice cooker and the fryer i bought with this chefs name on it. I'm disappointed in quality of the appliance. I know you pay more for endorsed products.
Very nice, very easy, food comes out delicious.
Steaming is now a snap!
This is a replacement for an earlier version that i'd had for five years. Since i could not purchase a replacement tier, i bought a new set. I love the fact that this model easily fits on the counter and easily clears the cabinets. The tower is just the right height. I use this steamer almost every day. It is one of the best purchases i've ever made. Asparagus comes out perfect at 5 min.
I'm a lover of this product. I can fill it with three layers of vegies and enjoy for days.
Best steamer i have ever had – easy to use and easy cleanup.
Works well, fiddly to put together,bulky to store as it does does not pack down well.
Loved this machine initially – i've used it a couple times a week for about 6 mos. The cover has stress cracks and the ier containers have turned a cloudy, pale yellow. I've cleaned it with vinegar water as recommended several times without any change. The white painted numbers on the dial have disappeared – obviously the quality of the plastic – although bpa is not what i had hoped – not a very good buy.
This is by far the best steamer i have bought . I love the way it is designed to make it stackable so you can have choice on on two or three tiers to use at once. I have cooked whole meals in in it and so convenient. The easy storage take little room. I highly recommend the wolgang puck steamer.
The capacity is perfect to serve a full meal of protein and two veggies for two to four people. It is very easy to clean, and cooks quickly and evenly. I purchased a warehouse return, and it was as if new. I use it several times a week now.
It steams everything so quickly and easily. Yesterday i steamed chicken breasts for the first time – to use in soup. Followed the guidelines in instruction manual and chicken was perfect. Vegetables are done in no time. Cleaning is simple, and mine is not noisy.
This steamer has changed my life through my diet. I love the easiness of cooking meals, and the wide variety of veggies i'm now eating way more of than i ever have. This is the second steamer i've used, and my only complaint is that with time the baskets develop stress cracks which will eventually crack the baskets in half. To be expected with how much use goes into them but i can't find where to buy replacement baskets, or it would have received 5 stars.
I have been steaming my vegetables for years with the traditional store bought steamer. This steamer steams my vegetables in a 1/4 of the time of my old steamer. Love love love this steamer. I wish i had known about this steamer years ago. Its easy to clean, easy to refill the water. No regrets and i would buy this again in a heart beat.
A great product and a ton of things that can be made with this.


The world's first 5G smartphone just launched. But there are no 5G networks to use it at this moment.
Called the Moto Z3, the new smartphone from Motorpla will be 5G-upgradeable with the help of a new 5G Moto Mod that will be available to buyers later this year. In other words, it's about a modular phone and this was the launch of the world's first "5G-upgradeable" smartphone. Motorola partnered with Verizon to launch the phone, and the press release notes that Verizon will be the first to deliver 5G residential broadband service later this year, in four markets, including Houston, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and a city that hasn't been decided.
Moto Z3 will offer a 6-inch Super AMOLED screen with 2160 x 1080 resolution, Snapdragon 835 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, microSD support, dual 12-megapixel rear cameras, 8-megapixel selfie camera, 3,000 mAh battery with TurboPower charging support, fingerprint sensor, USB-C connectivity, and Android 8.1 Oreo. No headphone jack, but dongle converter included in the box. Google Lens integrated into the camera. The Moto Z3 has magnetic Mod attachments and gesture navigation with a single slider button. The new phone will be available exclusively via Verizon on August 16th for $480, or $20 per month for 24 months. 5G is crucial because it's the next generation of fast data that will make phones upload and download an order of magnitude faster than the fastest 4G LTE networks today. This is about downloading 90 Spotify songs in 10 seconds, at up to 5 gigabits per second.


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Activist arrests: Why does the state want to undermine Dalit dignity, equality?
The equality and dignity of Dalits remain undermined. It is in this light that Maharashtra police is trying to implicate those activists who have stood their ground to help these marginalised groups
PTI Photo
Ram Puniyani
Published: 20 Sep 2018, 8:53 AM
The violence in Bhima-Koregaon is still reverberating. We recall that on January 1, thousands of Dalits returning from Bhima Koregaon were beaten up. In that context the names of Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide cropped up as the instigators of violence. The probe is on.
In the context of this, earlier five activists, Mahesh Raut, Rona Wilson, Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen and Sudhir Dhawale, working for issues related to Adivasis and dalits were arrested. Now in the month of September there was an attempt to arrest Gautam Navlakha, Sudha Bhardwaj, Varvara Rao, Vernon Gonslaves and Arun Ferreira were arrested while houses of Anand Teltumde and many others were raided. The charge as per police version is that all these activists were behind Bhima Koregaon violence, in the organising of Elgar Parishad, where inflammatory speeches were delivered, leading to violence.
In a surreal manner the police have succeeded in producing a letter 'unearthing the conspiracy' to kill the Prime Minster Narendra Modi. Interestingly the attempt to arrest these activists was halted due to the intervention of Supreme Court, which gave a sort of dressing down to the police, telling them that arresting these activists is like doing away with the safety valve of our democracy. These activists have been put under house arrest till further hearing.
Aakar Patel, Executive Director of Amnesty International, said "This is not the first time that activists working on Dalit and Adivasi rights have been arrested with little evidence. The government should protect people's rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly instead of creating an atmosphere of fear."
Now European Union has taken a note of these arbitrary arrests by police and has condemned these arrests and raids. It is due to actions of state like this that India has been named as one of the offenders for 'alarming' level of harsh reprisals and intimidation against those who cooperate with the UN on human rights issues.
The Supreme Court has been forthright in doubting the police action and prevented its attempt to arrest these activists and raid the houses of others. This phenomenon of reprisals against Human rights defenders is very disturbing and also points to the direction in which the present government's Hindu nationalist agenda is leading the country.
In Bhima-Koregaon, the blame is being put on Elgar Parishad speeches. While most of these activists have nothing to do with organising of Elgar Parishad, Retired Supreme Court Judge PB Sawant and Retired Justice Kolse Patil have stated that they were the Conveners of this meeting. So the question does arise as to why these activists have been arrested. It seems the major goal of this Government, guided by Hindutva agenda is to label every dissent as anti-national, at the same time to suppress all attempts are on to snub those who are trying to help Dalits assert their dignity and help demand their rights.
Let's remember that with this government coming to power the dalit assertion has been targeted all through. Starting with banning of Periyar Ambedkar study circle (IIT Madras) they went on to target the Ambedkar Students Association in Hyderabad Central University leading to institutional murder of Rohith Vemula. In the aftermath of Vemula's suicide, massive upsurge of dalits all over the country did give rise to a dalit movement, with other social groups chipping in for support.
As the Hindutva agenda of the Holy Cow-Beef unfolded with the targeting of Muslim community, an unexpected parallel to this came up in the form of four Dalit youth being stripped and beaten mercilessly. All over the country the discontent of Dalits started getting polarised in the form of agitations launched by another Dalit young man, Jignesh Mevani, who successfully organised the protests around cow issue, to emerge as a powerful voice of Dalits. He has tried to combine the Dalit identity and dignity with issue of land, which is the core problem of Dalits in the country.
The present political agenda has tried to push the Muslim minorities into second class citizenship by picking up issues like Ram Temple, Cow-Beef, Love Jihad and Ghar Wapasi (Reconversion into Hinduism). Labeling Muslims and Christians as foreigners and in particular Muslims as anti National has been the plank of their politics.
As far as Dalits are concerned, RSS combine has been doing multiple things to co-opt them into their fold. The first major attempt has been that of Samajik Samrasta Manch, (Social Harmony Forum) where the central theme has been to promote harmony between different castes, as RSS propagates that caste inequality is due to the Muslim invaders who tried to convert, leading to caste inequality.
This has been backed up by social engineering where attempts have been made to co-opt Dalits and even Adivasis into the ideology which hides inequality. Also many a Dalit leaders like Ramvilas Paswan, Ramdas Athwaley and Udit Raj have been lured into the posts of power to get their support for Hindu nationalism. At cultural level they have modulated historical icons like Suhel Dev, as great Hindu warriors standing against the foreigners, the Muslims.
Still the rebellion is spilling out; the unrest of Dalits is on the streets. The question of equality and dignity of Dalits remains undermined. It is in this light that Maharashtra police is desperately trying to implicate those activists/scholars who have stood their ground to help bring up the movement of rights for these marginalised groups. And so this attempts to implicate them with a conference, which was convened by two retired judges. The alert citizens like Romila Thapar have done a yeomen service in invoking the Supreme Court to save the democratic ethos by stopping the reckless police action. Supreme Court has yet again proved that it can protect the rights of the marginalized sections.
Arun Ferreira
Gautam Navlakha
Aakar Patel
Sudha Bharadwaj
Rona Wilson
arrest of Dalit activists
Anand Teltumbde
Mahesh Raut
Bhima Koregaon Clash
Varvara Rao
Vernon Gonslaves
Romilla Thapad
Elgar Paraishad
Justice Kolte Patil

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I first met R Gopalakrishnan when he was the district collector of Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh. This was in the 1980s when India was in the throes of a crippling drought. Jhabua looked like a moonscape—nothing but arid and thirsty land and desperate people. Anil Agarwal had gone there for a meeting of tribal groups, fighting for their rights over forestland. I had accompanied him. I have memories of the highest official in the district, Gopal, (as he was known to friends) coming to the gram sabha—the village assembly—sitting among us and hearing out people patiently. I cannot recall what he said, but I do remember his intent interest in the matter of land alienation and poverty.
Then a few years ago, while working in Delhi for the mission on drinking water he came often to meet Anil. They discussed how they could turn around this programme to provide water in all villages—looking particularly at the issue of governance so that water assets would be in the hands of communities. When he went on a study leave, he told Anil that he would look further at how concepts outlined in our book, Towards Green Villages, which argued that environmental regeneration was about rights and democracy, could be implemented on the ground.
Back in his home cadre in Madhya Pradesh and as a powerful secretary to the then chief minister, he played a crucial role in crafting new social and environmental programmes. Those were heady days. Anil and I returned to Jhabua in the mid-1990s to find barren hills being planted, protected and green. But it was not only that the watershed programme was a success. What was important was the innovation in governance, which connected fragmented bureaucracies and integrated the adjoining forestland with the water harvesting structure. This was also the time when the state deliberately worked on providing access to education (and not building schools) through an imaginative right to education scheme.
By 1999-2000, state expenditure on social services was almost 40 per cent of the plan budget and enrolment was up to 90 per cent. It made structural changes in the way bureaucracies conducted business by giving constitutional powers to the gram sabha, and so enabling it to become an instrument of local power. All in all this was a fascinating period of the practice of development.
In the 2003 state elections when the Digvijay Singh government lost, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley had said this was because it was NGO-style—it spent more on social development, education and health—and not on roads or electricity. Without defending potholes, I would say that it is clear that development is often much more than what is easily visible. It is about building a strong foundation for livelihood and economic security by investing in people (through literacy and health programmes). And it is about building the rights-based enabling framework for action and governance in every village—constructing small footholds that become big steps into a better future. In most cases, development is doing what is the most obvious.
This is what Gopal was so good at. He worked in the laboratory of development and he used every possible experiment to see what would work best. And if it did not work, he would work at it again to find that right lever of change, or that right twist of an idea to push again. He never gave up.
For him, the aim was to make administration work. The key was to find innovative stroke of the pen reforms—as he loved to say—to make delivery possible.
This is why when he joined the Prime Minister's Office in 2005 he worked on everything from the tribal rights bill to the rehabilitation bill and the innovation council. He pushed, he prodded, and he worked his way through the system. He never gave up on the system. For me, it is his kind of members of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) who make power good. He also understood that the system needed all the help and more often, the ideas of the outside. He never hesitated to bring in what many would think are disagreeable voices into government. He believed in fermenting knowledge, but most of all, he believed that statecraft was about using this knowledge for deliberately designed action.
His death is a blow—for his friends like me who cherished his ideas, enthusiasm and his kindness. But his loss is a loss to all of us. In him we have lost a great practitioner of the belief that development can work for good. He will be badly missed.
I cannot but agree with Sunita Narain on Gopal. He was innovative with an extraordinary ability to turn policy into a 'tear wiper'. He made Anil's vison of green villages his passion. He conjured Bharat Nirman, the Education Guarantee Act and passionately defended them from its carping critics.
He could enthrall anyone in a conversation on development with a quote from Soren Kierkegaard thrown in.
I once remember a peer who succeeded him in one of his positions in GOI telling me that he rarely wrote notes on files. I thought this was a compliment! He engineered implementable ideas and ideas have no place in Secretariat files. It was only as a Joint Secretary/ Additional Secretary in PMO or as a CM's Principal Secretary that he was able to give shape to his off line creations. This explains why he was so different from many of us and why he will be missed for a very long time.


A 10-year-old boy was decapitated as he rode a 168-foot tall waterslide at a waterpark in Kansas Sunday.
The boy was decapitated on the "Verruckt" raft ride at the Schlitterbahn WaterPark in Kansas City, Kansas.
The boy was in a raft with two women who were not related to him when he was killed. The women were treated for facial injuries.
The Guinness World Records has certified the ride as the tallest in the world.
At least two people who recently rode on "Verruckt" — German for "insane" — have said the nylon shoulder straps came loose during the ride. It is not clear at this time if the straps played any role in the boy's death.
The park said Tuesday that "Verruckt" will be closed for the rest of the season.
"Verruckt" riders sit in multi-person rafts that begin with a steep drop, followed by a surge up a second hill before a 50-foot descent to a finishing pool. Each "Verruckt" rider must be at least 54 inches tall, and the combined body weight of the riders on each raft is limited to 400 to 550 pounds.
Riders are harnessed in with two nylon seatbelt-like straps — one that crosses the rider's lap, the other stretching diagonally like a car shoulder seat belt. Each strap is held in place by long Velcro-style straps. Riders also hang on to ropes inside the raft.
Schlitterbahn in Kansas City has been sued for negligence at least three times, all in 2014, although none of those legal actions involved the waterslide.
Water parks, for the most part, provide fun and entertainment to thousands of people a day. However, they are sometimes the scene of serious accidents, like slip, trip and falls and drownings. As this case shows, people can be injured or tragically killed at water parks.
When water park accidents happen, injury victims and their families can be left to deal with extensive medical treatments, long and painful recovers, and even wrongful death.
If you or a loved one was injured in a water park accident or suffered harm on a water slide, our Florida Water Park Accident Lawyers at Whittel & Melton can help. Call us today at 866-608-5529 or contact us online to learn how we can assist with your claim.


The Next 15 Minutes is now IN STOCK and available for purchase. I think I'll go over to my local bookseller (or two or three) and just gaze at it on the shelf.
In case you're still on the fence, and aren't sure if you want to buy the book, have I mentioned that Ingrid Backstrom wrote the foreward? Or that the book opens with a scene of me throwing explosives out of a helicopter.
So get out there and buy the book already.
This must be so exciting for you, congrats and cheers to your future success.
Congratulations! Hope you won't forget us 'little people'.
Congratulations to you! The feeling of being published must be amazing.
I finished the book. Definitely a 5 star story. Kim, you reached so deep to write it, to live it. I'm filled with respect and admiration.
Vicki! Thank you. I'm glad you liked the book. At times it wasn't easy to write, but it took on a life of its own. Plus, reliving the ordeal actually helped cement the lessons I'd learned.
Bought the book last night and read it in one sitting. Very good writing and emotionally honest.
When I see you at the ski hill I'm always going to look at you and John differently now because you've given me a glimpse of your inner lives.
Wow Chris. You read it in one sitting? That has to be a record. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for commenting here. To think my book is actually getting out there in the world and touching people is quite remarkable. Can't wait for the snow to fly.
I've been following along on your blog, and I'd LOVE to offer something over on your piece of internet real estate. Congratulations on your upcoming publication. I'm telling you. It's almost surreal.
Can't wait to chat with you. E-mail me at kathyjenkins@hotmail.com and lets discuss a possible lesson! A big CONGRATS to YOU!
congratulations! going to try to find in my local bookstore or order when I get home. can't wait to read. in the meantime, arrivaderci from glorious Italy!


Having recently joined the ranks of the unemployed, I am now facing interviewers' questions, and it genuinely makes me wish for a general regulation of the entire process.
One of the items listed on my CV is a project I completed for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (ushmm.org), describing the personal stories and experiences of Holocaust victims and survivors. While I am fully prepared to discuss this project and the role I played in it, what I was not prepared for during my last interview was the interviewer first asking me if I was Muslim and, on receiving an answer in the affirmative, wanting to know how my conscience allowed me to take on this project and complete it. I declined to comment on this and took my leave right there and then.
This is just an example to illustrate the lines that need to be drawn between what can and should be asked during the interview process, and what interviewers need to stay clear of. Job interviews should focus solely on the professional information listed in the candidate's CV. Questions regarding one's age or marital status does not usually affect one's ability to perform the job at hand. If, say I apply for a teaching position at a school, where a commitment of at least one academic year is required, one would understand if my marriage plans were discussed to evaluate whether or not there was a chance that I would run off before that time. In all other circumstances, there is no need to ask whether or not I am married, or plan to have children in the near future.
There are several other subjects that should be considered taboo during an interview. Generally, even questions regarding one's family background and place of origin should also be off-limits. But again there are exceptions in which your place of origin or the language you speak may affect your ability to carry out the job. With my work as an Urdu translator, I am often asked what my first language is by prospective employers. Because this a pre-requisite for the position, I entertain and answer the question. Otherwise, I simply refuse to answer. It may cost me the position, but is it really worth working for an organization in which the decision to hire me depends on whether or not I speak some XYZ-regional language?
In First World countries, regulation exists to prevent personal questions being asked by interviewers, and while it is too much to expect that such regulations will be developed and enforced in Pakistan, the least interviewers should do is abstain from such questions. If they do not, candidates should avoid answering them. A subtle way of doing this would be to inquire about the intent behind the question itself, and try to address this intent rather than directly answering the question. Instead of, for example, directly stating your marital status or how many children you may have, assure the interviewer that your personal responsibilities do not have any bearing on your salary expectations, or that they will not interfere with your commitment to the job, as the case may be.
One handy CV tip that all job seekers are advised to follow is never to mention any personal information on their CV. Such information includes, but is not limited to, age and date of birth, CNIC numbers, religion, marital status, languages spoken and understood and fathers name. Candidates should not give potential employers any chance to base their hiring decisions on anything except purely professional reasons.


Ten succinct insights on change that shape how HR professionals become change champions.
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In a world of increasing change, complexity, and competitiveness, there has never been a greater need to help HR professionals identify what it means to contribute more fully, effectively, and insightfully.
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Being an effective HR professional is not just knowing the body of knowledge that defines the profession but being able to apply that knowledge to business challenges. HR effectiveness matters more than ever because leaders of business and not-for-profit leaders have increasingly recognized the importance of individual abilities (talent), organization capabilities (culture), and leadership as key to the success of their organizations. Originally prepared for publication in HR Magazine UK.
HR professionals should be the corporate thought leaders in framing the HR strategy through which the people and organization may be positioned to create competitive advantage.
Article originally written for publication in Employment Relationship today.
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Departments > Health Services > Preventive Medicine > Falls Prevention
Debora Rippel
Office of Health Education
William J. Lindsay Complex
725 Veteran's Highway, Bldg. C016
Hauppauge, New York 11788
FAX: (631)-853-2958 Debora.Rippel@suffolkcountyny.gov
Message from the Commissioner of Suffolk County Department of Health Services:
James L. Tomarken, MD, MPH, MBA, MSW:
The Suffolk County Department of Health Services through the Division of Preventive Medicine has partnered with the New York State Department of Health to implement evidence-based community fall prevention programs that serve older adults. Our programs reach all regions of the county utilizing different resources and partnerships that provide falls prevention programming in Suffolk County communities. These programs are Staying Independent for Life, a two hour falls and injury prevention seminar for senior citizens, and Tai Chi for Arthritis provided in partnership with the Suffolk County YMCA. Between 2010 and 2016 these programs collectively reached over 11,000 senior citizen residents to teach them about how to prevent falls in the home and live independently.
Suffolk County is proud to be one of three counties in New York State selected by the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Injury Prevention in 2010 to implement comprehensive health education programs that focus on senior citizen health. Since 2010 Suffolk County Division of Preventive Medicine did not shy from the challenge of working toward preventing falls among the senior citizen population. In June 2015 The efforts of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services was recognized focusing on senior citizen fall prevention programs and was awarded the 2015 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACo) for its innovation in addressing this important public health issue.
The Suffolk County Fall Prevention Program for Senior Citizens is a model example of how county government can coordinate services with hospital systems, providers, and community based organizations to best serve its citizens utilizing support from New York State and maximizing limited resources. The long term goal of the fall prevention initiative in Suffolk County is to work with residents, providers and community organizations to support these groups in developing their own fall prevention programs guaranteeing the sustainability of the mission of educating the greatest number of senior citizens about the dangers associated with falls throughout the county.
Welcome to this website about how to protect yourself, your community or your patients from the dangers of fall related injuries.
James L. Tomarken, MD, MPH, MBA, MSW
Suffolk County Dept. of Health Commissioner
Why think about falls?
Falls are the leading cause of unintentional injury and deaths for senior citizens living in New York State. More than one in three over 65 years of age fall each year. Half of the senior citizen population are hospitalized due to a fall, and end up in a nursing home or rehabilitation center.
Note: Program is not only for people 65 and older; you can also be under 65 and still attend a falls prevention program. Research has indicated persons as young as age 50 who participate in preventive injury prevention activities increase their likely hood of staying healthy and staying independent as they grow older.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Census, between 2012 and 2050, "the United States will experience considerable growth in its older population. In 2050, the population aged 65 and over is projected to be 83.7 million, almost double its population of 43.1 million in 2012."
According to the Center for Disease Control:
16% of older adults in U.S. have fallen at least one time in the past three months.
31% of older adults in the U.S. sustained an injury that resulted in a visit to a primary care provider.
In 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Census reports that the senior citizen is 14.9% of the total population in Suffolk County, New York.
As of 2014, there are approximately 450,000 senior citizens who live in Suffolk County.
In 2013, Suffolk County ambulance call data identifies 17% calls for EMT service was due to a falls related injury in Suffolk County, New York.
Recognizing the rapid increase in the senior citizen population and their needs related to injury prevention, Suffolk County Department of Health Services through the Division of Preventive Medicine implemented different falls prevention programs to meet this increasing public health need.
Our falls prevention programs are specifically designed for people who are:
At risk of falling
Have a fear of falling
Who have fallen one or more times
Staying Independent for Life
Staying Independent for Life is a comprehensive two-hour falls and injury prevention seminar developed by Suffolk County Department of Health Services. This program, which targets senior citizens, covers risk factors and risk reduction strategies for falls. This workshop focuses on major issues concerning falls prevention.
Safe footwear
Importance of annual vision exams
Medication review
Home hazards (assessments and modification)
Strength and balance exercises
Staying Independent for Life gives participants guidance about voicing concerns with health providers, care givers and other members of their community.
This program is led by a health professional from the Suffolk County Department of Health Services.
Click here to see a calendar of upcoming Staying Independent for Life programs in your community!
Send us an email for more information about the Staying Independent for Life Program.
Tai Chi: For Arthritis and Fall Prevention
Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention is a falls prevention program that uses the principles and movements of Tai Chi in helping senior citizens improve their balance and increase their confidence in doing everyday activities.
Classes are led by a trained/certified instructor; the class meets twice a week, 60 minutes for 8 weeks.
This evidence- based program is proven to reduce falls and improve fitness and is designed for older adults who are interested in improving balance, flexibility and strength. Participants will learn:
Balance Skills
Proper Body Alignment
Coordinated Tai Chi movements
During each class core balance exercises are introduced and practiced. Exercises focus on stimulating musculoskeletal and sensory systems via self-initiated movements such as body weight shifting, unilateral weight-bearing, trunk rotation, ankle sways and coordinated eye-head-hand movements.
Click here to see a calendar of upcoming Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance programs in your community!
Send us an email for more information about the Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance Program.
The process of aging doesn't have to be difficult, but by being part of the Suffolk County prevention programs, you can stand on your own, be responsible, and do what is best for you.
Division of Preventive Medicine
The Division of Preventive Medicine offers three education programs that address falls and falls prevention to help senior citizens live healthy and independent lives Staying Independent for Life is a 2 hour falls prevention workshop that covers risk factors and fall reduction strategies Stepping On is a 7 week program that helps senior citizens develop specific knowledge and skills to prevent falls in community setting Tai Chi for Arthritis is a falls prevention program that uses the principles of Tai Chi movement to help seniors improve their balance.
Seniors Learn How To Reduce Falls At
Suffolk County's Falls Prevention Program.
Injury Prevention Committee
Recognizing the public health need for falls prevention, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services in 2009 began working with community partners from local agencies, hospitals, colleges and organizations to create an Injury Prevention Committee, the first of its kind in New York State.
Dominican Sisters Family Health Services
Eastern Long Island Hospital
Gentiva Home Health
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital
North Shore LIJ-Health System
Peconic Bay Medical Center
Retired Senior and Volunteer Program
St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center
St. Charles Rehabilitation Hospital
Stony Brook University Medical center
Suffolk County Department of Health Services
Suffolk County Office for Aging
YMCA of Long Island
St. Catherine of Siena Hospital
Huntington Hospital
St. Charles Hospital
Lindenhurst Eye Physicians & Surgeons, P.C
Up-coming Falls Prevention Programs
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Q: Connecting to WPA2 network from console How can I connect to a WPA2 Encrypted Network from the Terminal/Console?
I've wanted to remove the whole x-window system and use a Terminal based system only to free up any available memory and process list(s), but the only way to I have to connect to my ESSID network right now is via the Network Manager.
One other thing of note is that the wpa-supplicant is currently not working for my Zydas USB card.

A: You can use cli to networkmanager called cnetworkmanager or wicd which also has command line utility and gtk is just optional. I think wicd uses wpa_supplicant.

A: This works, if you can keep X around, but just don't want to use it, and want your system to connect to wireless without starting X.
Start X and use nm-applet to conncet to your wireless. Then bring up context menu of nm-applet and choose Edit connections. Choose Wirelless tab, select your connection and Edit. Now mark the Available to all users checkbox. Authorize this action with your password and Save.
Now after reboot your system should automatically connect to the wireless without logging into X.

A: You could install a lightweight window manager like LXDE.
if you want to connect to a wifi network without graphical environment
you should learn about the iwconfig and iwlist and then
use the iw wlan0 connect command to connect to your wifi network.

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The Peached Tortilla in Austin, Texas, serves a Citrus Compound Butter as part of its bread service, flavored with lemon, lime and orange juice and zest. Fried shallots add a savory crunch.
Chefs have been exploring the true genius of compound butters for a while now, leveraging butter's magical ability to enrich and lengthen flavor experience while carrying trending flavors flawlessly.
They are easy to pull together, require little skill or time, and provide an operator with a custom-created ingredient that can elevate anything from baked goods to meat-centric entrées, pastas and desserts. Today, the opportunity is around modernizing compound butters, adding intriguing, sometimes unexpected, ingredients.
Modern compound butters can be your next great back-of-house tool—not only versatile enough to work across all menu parts, but easy enough to create using cost-effective ingredients.
Operators can leverage the "housemade" macro trend to their advantage with little effort, and can showcase trending flavors, like gochujang, honey or guajillo.
Americans will continue their love affair with all things hot and spicy, supported by an ever-widening variety of options from domestic hot sauces to world-cuisine ingredients. Compound butters highlight the flavor while moderating the heat to make it less of a sweat-fest and more of a complex flavor experience.
New heat-based ingredients do come in a range of intensity, but butter can help augment the flavor profile while dialing back on the actual heat. Adding spicy flavor to butter not only makes it easier to add to an array of dishes, it also opens up its potential acceptance among customers interested in experiencing the latest hot (literally and figuratively) ingredient without concerns about the pain and suffering it might cause.
Some of the most on-trend ingredients are the sweet, syrupy result of natural ingredients. From sorghum syrup to honey, maple and molasses, these syrups are often limited to toppings for waffles and pancakes. When used to create sweet compound butters, they can expand to other breakfast and dessert items, as well as more savory applications and unique dish experiences.
There's no question that sweet syrups are popular, but they can be messy when offered front-of-house. Use back-of-house and they are often perceived as limited in their application. Given the intriguing nature of compound butters and their infinitely easier-to-use format, these syrups can more effectively suit far broader applications.
Consumers are increasingly comfortable with a variety of flavors from Asia—such as Korean or Japanese—and are interested in experimenting. While truly authentic fare may be too far outside the comfort zone of many, butters incorporating Asian flavors from miso to gochujang can create a safe way to experiment with a trend that continues to shape American eating.
For many operators not focused on cuisine from these two culinary hotbeds, incorporating Korean and Japanese flavors can be challenging. Creating a compound butter using trending flavors and applying that butter to a familiar application creates an approachable but on-trend option.
Though Asian cuisine trends have enjoyed a great deal of the spotlight in the last few years, several other global cuisines have been or are poised to influence American dining in the coming years. From Turkish to Israeli to Brazilian, up-and-coming world cuisines can combine with the blank slate that is butter to help convey global flavors—think herbs, spice blends and sauces.
—The Painted Burro, Somerville, Mass.
Despite the availability of a variety of global cuisines in urban areas, much of the rest of the country has yet to experience or have any significant understanding of these cuisines. As a result, many of the flavors and ingredients are unfamiliar. Compound butters featuring these flavors in either authentic or mash-up applications help introduce these global flavors to a broader audience, yielding a first-to-market edge.
Wines, beers and spirits are increasingly used in a variety of applications to impart flavor and create a more adult-focused experience for diners. These same flavors can be used to create rich and complex compound butters that make adding these liquid flavors to dishes far easier than managing bottles in a kitchen.
—Taco Republic, Kansas City, Kan.
Incorporating spirits into dishes enables an operator to capitalize on their popularity beyond the bar menu. Compound butters elevate the perception of infusing spirits, making it more unique and more upscale, while preserving both the flavor and, to some degree, the alcohol in that spirit, if the butter isn't heated after incorporation.
With their changes from delicate to deep or floral to woodsy, herbs allow operators to create unique, seasonal options. Butter isn't the only carrier for these flavors, but can help an operator preserve the flavors for use through the season and beyond.
—Coyote Cafe, Santa Fe, N.M.
Parsley and butter have been a classic combination used broadly across the industry. While its popularity is still strong, both operators and patrons are ready for new herbal adventures. Herbs, like produce, allow for seasonal updates to the menu. Compound butters let operators not only create interesting and customized butters but help them preserve fresh herbs, making them more cost effective and certainly more flavorful than dried.
Fruit can be challenging to incorporate into dairy, with the risk of curdling always close at hand, but fruit-based compound butters are far easier to work with and create delicious spreads and toppings that can help sweeten a savory dish or create a more complex sweet option.
Though vegetables have dominated the produce-forward innovation movement, fruits have their own flavor profiles to offer to a variety of sweet and savory dishes. Compound butters preserve those flavors and create visually impactful garnishes.
It's true that nuts have their own butter category, but that doesn't mean they are opposed to working with others. Nuts incorporated into dairy butters create a flavor experience that leverages the richness of both ingredients while being bolder than either on its own. Paired further with other flavors, compound butters featuring nuts have a welcome place across the menu.
Nut butters create their own impact, but nuts in dairy butter play on both the savory and the sweet as well as the rich elements of both. When combined with other flavors such as citrus, spices and herbs, nut compound butters elevate dishes in flavor, texture and health benefits.
By now, anyone in the industry knows vegetables are enjoying a focus hitherto relegated to vegetarian restaurants. In the spirit of veg-forward menu innovation, butters incorporating vegetables, from deep green to ruby red, have given vegetables a new platform from which to transform menu items.
—Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar, Glen Mills, Pa.
—Max a Mia, Avon, Conn.
There is virtually nothing that vegetable-centric elements can do wrong given the current environment of culinary innovation. Adding vegetables to butter leverages the veg-centric trend while boosting the perceived healthfulness of an ingredient formerly viewed as solely indulgent. When those vegetables are grilled, roasted, smoked or otherwise well prepared, the resulting butter—in both flavor and visual impact—is even more intriguing.
Whatever tastes good with butter—which is nearly everything—will taste good in butter. Though many compound butters focus on spices, herbs and produce, proteins—from seafood and poultry to foie gras and pâté—can create butters with a distinctly high-end perception for premium signature dishes.
—City Limits Diner, White Plains, N.Y.
It can be difficult for an operator to add multiple proteins to a dish in a cost-effective way—and in a way that creates a value proposition for the customer. Too much means lost margins and too little may create patron dissatisfaction. Adding proteins to compound butters, however, creates the premium feel that multiple proteins in a dish evoke, but without the expectation of specific portion sizes.


After two years, with the involvement of the judicial organs, many details of the ICBC "ticket" case, which once stirred a stir for a while, gradually emerged.
In August 2016, the 21st Century Economic Report reported the fraud case exclusively (see the first edition of 21st Century Economic Report, August 12, 2016, "The First Billion Risk Events of Tickets: True and False Inter-industry Account Suspicion"). Illegal elements used false materials and official seals to open Henan I in Langfang Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank. Jiaozuo China Travel Bank, a commercial bank in Jiaocheng, has issued 2 billion yuan of tickets by way of agent access to ICBC's ticket system. When these tickets were issued, a number of enterprises were used as drawers, the agent bank was ICBC, and the acceptance bank was Jiaozuo China Travel Bank. Finally, these tickets were discounted by Hengfeng Bank and other institutions, and finally the funds flowed into several private enterprises.
The controversial focus of the case is as follows: first, Jiaozuo China Travel Bank claimed that the ticket was not issued by the bank, which was an industry account opened by the illegal elements in the name of the bank; second, whether the opening of the same business is in compliance with the regulations and whether ICBC checks the authenticity of the bank in accordance with the regulations; third, Hengfeng Bank and other institutions finally. Discount, actually bear a loss of about 2 billion yuan, how to claim?
Economic reporters in the 21st century have learned from many sources that Cui Mou, Qui Mou and Zhang Mou, who have committed fraud, have been prosecuted by Shanghai prosecutors on charges of bill fraud and have held two hearings, but have not yet been sentenced. However, a civil judgment of the first instance of labor disputes published on the Chinese Judgment Documents website reveals more details of the case. The document shows that Zhao Mou, general manager of China Travel Bank's security department, was dismissed and terminated the labor contract by the bank due to irregularities in lending offices and serious dereliction of duty.
Businessmen responded at the time: "When the agencies that opened the proxy access account came to Jiaozuo for audit, the so-called"fake employees"received them in the office building of China Travel Bank. At the same time, in order to confirm further, the agency also dialed the fixed telephone reserved by Jiaozuo China Travel Bank in other local banks. As a result, it not only dialed but also gave a positive answer to the inquiry.
The 21st Century Economic Reporter learned that criminals had cheated ICBC inspectors by borrowing the office of Zhao Mou, General Manager of the Security Department of Jiaozuo China Travel Bank and playing the chairman of China Travel Bank. Moreover, a suspected criminal has been a member of the China Travel bank.
According to a source, according to prosecution charges, Cui Mou, Qui Mou, Zhang Mou in 2016, in the name of helping others to finance, fake Jiaozuo China Travel Bank access to the central bank electronic commercial draft system, and in the name of Jiaozuo China Travel Bank, falsely accept electronic bank acceptance drafts issued by pre-colluded enterprises, and then falsely accept them. The bank will transfer the discount to other banks and swindle the discount fund.
A person familiar with the situation said that Qui Mou was a former employee of CITIC Bank in Jiaozuo, so he was familiar with the bill business and CITIC Bank in Jiaozuo. Zhang Mou also had banking experience.
In June and July 2016, Cui Mou, Qui Mou, Zhang Mou and others forged Jiaozuo China Travel Bank certificates and other materials, forged the name of Jiaozuo China Travel Bank and signed an agent access agreement with Zhengzhou Branch of ICBC Bills Business Department. Subsequently, Cui Mou and Zhang Mou, together with the enterprise leader Hu Mou, submitted forged Jiaozuo China Travel Bank business license, financial license and other documents to the Langfang Development Zone Branch of ICBC, and hired Li Mou in the borrowed office, fake Jiaozuo China Travel Bank legal representative, deceived the door-to-door verification of ICBC account openers. Gong set up interbank account in Langfang branch of ICBC and opened an electronic bill agency interface.
Subsequently, the "Jiaozuo China Travel bank" account was used to issue bills to enterprises with financing needs. "Financing entrepreneurs Huang Mou and others did not know these bills intermediaries before, they were introduced through friends," said the person familiar with the situation.
From July 25 to 28, 2016, Cui Mou, Zhang Mou, Hu Mou and others, in a hotel in Langfang City, Hebei Province, issued an electronic bill of exchange without capital guarantee between the affiliated enterprises under the owner Huang Mou, Hu Mou or controlled by them, and then faked it in the name of Jiaozuo Travel Bank. False acceptance, discounting, issued 40 electronic bills of exchange totaling 2 billion yuan. Later, Cui Mou and Zhang Mou, through bill intermediaries, went to Hengfeng Bank Shanghai Branch and Xingtai Bank for rediscount. After deducting the relevant handling fees, they cheated over 1.9 billion yuan of the rediscount funds.
The above-mentioned insiders told 21st century economic reporters that the so-called "Jiaozuo China Travel Bank" discount is false, and the real gold and silver is Hengfeng Bank.
After obtaining the above-mentioned transfer discount funds, under the arrangement of Cui Mou and others, more than 400 million yuan was transferred to the bank account actually controlled by Hu Mou, and more than 1.4 billion yuan was transferred to the enterprise bank account actually controlled by Huang Mou. After receiving the money, Huang allocated more than 500 million yuan to three enterprises in Henan Province at the request of Cui Mou, and then Cui Mou disposed of more than 140 million yuan from three enterprises in Henan Province.
According to the prosecution's accusation, during this period, a total Commission of more than 187 million yuan was transferred from the financiers Hu Mou, Huang Mou and three Henan enterprises to the bank account actually controlled by Cui Mou. Among them, he got 50 million yuan, and Zhang got 44 million yuan.
The key to the success of this fraud lies in whether ICBC has fulfilled its obligation to verify and whether there are inadequate management of staff, materials and seals in Jiaozuo China Travel Bank.
Jiaozuo China Travel Bank has previously declared that "by forging our bank's passport and seal, illegal elements fraudulently open inter-bank accounts in other banking financial institutions in the name of our bank, and illegally handle the business of issuing and issuing invoices."
In an August 2016 response to 21st Century Economic Reporters, ICBC insiders said: "When the agencies that opened the proxy access account came to Jiaozuo for audit, these so-called"fake employees"were hosted in the office building of China Travel Bank."
The reception in the office of the bank building has undoubtedly facilitated wrongful acts.
The aforementioned labor dispute judgment shows that on the morning of July 14, 2016, Zheng Mou, a retired staff member of Jiaozuo China Travel Bank, borrowed the office from Zhao Mou, general manager of the Ministry of Defence, and said that he would go to Zhao Mou's office for tea at noon. Zhao worked in the bank for about 30 years. During his tenure as General Manager of the Security Department of Jiaozuo China Travel Bank, there was an office area of about 20 square meters on the 9th floor of 909 room of the bank's building office. Zhao Mou left the office after work at noon that day and left the key to the security guard, arranging to lend the office to Zheng Mou for use at noon. Later, instead of going to Zhaomou's office on the 9th floor, 909, Zhengmou took the office key from the security office and led other people to the office, using forged seals and looking for someone to impersonate the chairman of China Travel Bank, to carry out the fraud of the ticket.
After the incident, Zhao was dismissed and released from the labor contract for serious dereliction of duty and malpractice.
The reason given by Jiaozuo China Travel Bank is that the act of lending office provides great convenience for criminal suspects to commit criminal activities and is the necessary condition for the implementation of the whole criminal activities. Zhao's lending to the independent office of the brigade bank is an act of malpractice. As the general manager of the security department, Zhao Mu should strictly abide by the management regulations of financial institutions. He should strengthen the management and education of security personnel. He should register and verify the non-normal working hours of outsiders and properly keep his office keys, while he willfully lends his office to them. Criminals do not examine foreign personnel, which is a serious dereliction of duty. "
Zhao's serious dereliction of duty and malpractice caused great losses to China Travel bank. After the fraud case, China Travel Bank received a request from Hengfeng Bank for payment of 2 billion yuan.


We simply declare a class using the "class" keyword followed by the name of the class, in our case it's called Vehicle.
Trust me this is one of those fancy words you hear in programming, what this simply means is creating objects from predefined classes. in other words, using the class you created.
Line 7 simply adds a new method or a member function called "move". Notice the use of back ticks in Line 8 ", we skip the usual string delimiter "" and use a new Es6 feature called Template literals, this gives you the ability to interpret variables and expressions within strings. Head over to line 14 and we call the method on a instance of the class.
Line 3 calls the constructor method and passes three parameters "name", "wheels" and "ability." Looking at the Plane class, "ability" is the functionality unique to the plane class and basically sums up the term "extending a class".
As you already know, the job of a constructor is to wire up (calling it bootstrapping also works) the details of a class, but here is where it gets interesting, Line 4 uses a new keyword called "super". Think of this as a contract, terms and conditions blah blah blah, when extending a class, the moment you call the constructor, you must reference the constructor of the class you are extending, in our case we use the keyword "super". So what is basically happening on Line 4 is, The Plane class is about wiring up itself, The plane class constructor goes through the parameters passed to it and says, "Hey Vehicle class! I believe the variables "name" and "wheels" belong to you, could you set it up for me? here you go!". Remember "ability" belongs to the Plane class and not the Vehicle class so it doesn't bother passing it up to the Vehicle class. Instead it sets it up on Line 5.
When extending a method or member function of a class, you simply use the same method name and change the functionality. In our case, Line 8-9 logs a different message that is unique to the Pane class. There, you all caught up!
That pretty much sums up ES6 classes for this tutorial, for the sake of reference, below is the completed class code base.


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