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Big News at Cook for Your Life!
Written by Cook for Your Life Staff
Last Updated on November 3, 2020 October 24, 2019
I am very proud to announce that in July 2019 the Cook for Your Life website became part of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
This is an exciting yet bittersweet moment for me. The Cook for Your Life website is my baby, but it is time to let go. I am no spring chicken and am eager to step back from the day-to-day running of the non-profit and website. An alliance with Fred Hutch — one of the world's leading cancer research centers — allows me to do this in the best, most constructive way possible.
Fred Hutch is a great fit for Cook for Your Life and our missions are aligned. Established more than 40 years ago, Fred Hutch is home to world-renowned scientists, including three Nobel Laureates, who have revolutionized the prevention, detection, and treatment of many cancers and other diseases. The Hutch has also given strong emphasis to oncology nutrition. It's been a pioneer in promoting healthy lifestyles to improve outcomes for cancer patients, including those treated at its clinical care partner, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, or SCCA. These elements of the Hutch's work will allow Cook for Your Life to stay true to our mission to teach healthy cooking to people touched by cancer, something that is very important to me. Better yet, Cook for Your Life will come under the wing of my longtime friend and colleague, Dr. Heather Greenlee.
Dr. Greenlee directs SCCA's Integrative Medicine Program and is an associate member of Fred Hutch's Public Health Sciences Division (working within its longtime Cancer Prevention Program) and its Clinical Research Division. She is also a faculty member of the Division of Medical Oncology at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on how to best help cancer survivors make healthy lifestyle choices. Dr. Greenlee and I have been working together for more than 10 years, since Cook for Your Life's early days, testing and evaluating Cook for Your Life's Spanish language programming through two National Institutes of Health-funded studies. She understands the nuts and bolts of what makes Cook for Your Life work. She also loves good food and is a great cook!
Having spent the past 12 years growing Cook for Your Life from its humble beginnings as a free, hands-on cooking course for a smattering of breast cancer patients in New York City to a free bilingual website helping millions of people all over the world, I am fully aware of Cook for Your Life's potential. But I'm also aware of the limitations that come with being a small nonprofit. By partnering with Fred Hutch we will be able to make important contributions to research in cancer prevention and survivorship and become a leading resource for evidence-based culinary and nutrition information.
I want Cook for Your Life to grow, to continue to serve. And as hard as it's going to be for me personally, this move will accomplish that goal. It will give us the resources to look to the future and grow our online presence in exciting new ways that will positively impact the health and well-being of those affected by cancer. And although I'll no longer be running the non-profit, I will still be a part of this community as a Founder and Health Cooking Advocate, making contributions in the form of recipes, blog posts, videos, and other exciting new content. I hope you too will continue to be a part of our community by subscribing to our new Cook for Your Life at Fred Hutch newsletters and following us on social media.
Together with Fred Hutch, I know we will be able to serve you, our community, better than ever with the high-quality recipes and nutrition information you've come to expect from us.
Cook for Your Life is in great hands and it is going to be a beautiful thing.
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There are many misconceptions about nutrition and cancer in widespread media. By using current scientific literature, plus recommendations of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the American Institute for Cancer Research, the National Cancer Institute, and the American Cancer Society, our Registered Dietitian, Kate Ueland, MS, RD, and our team of editors work to help our readers discern truth from myth.
The statements on this blog are not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any disease. Always consult your physician or registered dietitian for specific medical advice.
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I recently went to the wonderful Missouri Botanical Garden here in St Louis. It is always an inspirational visit for a St Louis web designer.
As beautiful as all the flowers and foliage were, the glass sculptures of Dale Chihuly took center stage. The garden currently features a custom-designed exhibition which is dramatically installed within the natural landscapes.
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It's safe to say we're not always honest—sometimes we lie. Let's at least be honest about that. And on top of that, we usually excuse these lies by maintaining that we don't lie about the big things, just those little white lies. Whether it's about that sweater your grandma sent you, that text message you "forgot" to respond to, or the real reason you were out "sick" at work last week, we can exercise and excuse our dishonesty in small ways each day. What's so bad about that?
The problem is that our motivation for lying about anything—big or small—comes down to two wrong beliefs and conflicting values.
1 // A desire to protect others.
2 // A desire to protect ourselves.
On the surface, neither of these desires seems to be that bad, especially the desire to protect others from hurt feelings, disappointment, or worse. However, when we submit to these desires instead of what God says is best, we're disobedient.
Honesty and kindness aren't enemies. If you've ever said a white lie to a friend, your spouse, or your child then you likely felt that the values of honesty and kindness were at odds with one another. Despite this feeling, honesty and kindness are not enemies—they're inextricably linked. When we sacrifice honesty, we're usually just being nice or polite and sacrificing that other person's long-term good for short-term salve.
Jesus was honest with him because he loved him—not in spite of his love for this misguided man.
It may take some time to practice and probably a few opportunities to ask for forgiveness, but you can be honest and kind. It may feel harsh, to be honest, but this is the real way to be kind—by desiring someone else's long-term good even if it isn't what they want and it requires more from us. If we're the kind of people who step into difficult conversations with honesty and grace, then people will learn that they can trust us no matter what.
The second reason feels less noble than the first, but it's unlikely that we ever lie without this as an underlying motivation: We don't want to incur the consequences that honesty could bring. This means we don't fully trust what Jesus told us: the way of truth is a path of freedom.
Sure, in the short term, we may avoid some small difficulty, but in the long term, we're setting ourselves up for even greater trouble. Why? Because we aren't just choosing a single lie; we're choosing a path to live by, a path of darkness that serves oneself instead of others.
John warns in his epistle, "If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin." Honesty puts us on the path of light where there's real intimacy with God and one another. Don't let your fear get in the way of those gifts.
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The wind is wild, and weird, and wonderful—and I've been thinking about it more than usual. Maybe it's because I've driven through Limon several times in the last month. Maybe it's because my hair is getting thinner, and every little gust seems to whistle across my scalp. Or maybe it's because I'm from Oklahoma, and the wind is in my soul.
I was five when I first heard the tornado siren and understood what it was trying to say. Coincidentally, I had also just watched the "Wizard of Oz". Thus, as my father hurried us down the rickety, wooden stairs to the basement—down where the smells of clay, and mildew, and furnace dust mingled with my childhood fears—I was certain our home would soon be relocated, far away in some phantasmic world. To my surprise, when the sickening, green clouds had come and gone, we were still living on 39th Street.
If, however, one lives in Oklahoma long enough, he eventually understands not all tornados pass by so politely. On the afternoon of May 20, 2013, a monstrous EF5 struck Moore, Oklahoma, (a few miles east of the neighborhood in which I grew up), with peak winds estimated at 210 mph. It killed 24 people and injured 377 others. None of them made it to their basements. Nothing presumed immovable was left standing. Nobody but the weatherman saw it coming. And he was underground when it hit.
It seems odd to me that the wind can be so destructive on one day, and so peaceful the next. Sometimes it skips out of the Rocky Mountains and pushes the boats around Chatfield Lake for an afternoon. Other times it rips those same boats right off their moorings and sends them hurtling away into the Whitecaps. And occasionally, the wind is nowhere to be found. The only sure thing one knows about the wind is that it cannot be controlled.
I want to speak with you now about a different kind of wind––a kind the Bible refers to as the Holy Spirit.
Now, in the same way the Bible refers to the other members of the Trinity with pronouns and titles we can understand, (i.e. "He", "Him", "Father", "Son", etc.), the Spirit is also meant to be understood and experienced personally. Nevertheless, like the wind, the Holy Spirit is often taken for granted––until, that is, our lives are adrift on a dead-calm sea, and we need a little help to get somewhere. Like the wind, the Holy Spirit does whatever He wishes, whenever He wishes it, and without our consultation. He is the very breath in our lungs… the Comforter sent to help us… the author of the Holy Bible… the God of the universe actually living inside believers. Why then, I wonder, do we ignore Him? Worse––why do we resist Him?
Over the next few posts, I'm going to talk about ways a Christian man can engage with this mighty wind—particularly in the areas of work, play, creativity, and relationships. If you've ever imagined there was something more to this thing we call, "Christianity", I hope you'll read this blog and let it enrich your life. Or—to put it more simply—I hope your little sailboat will find itself lifted up onto the swells beneath you, and transported at such new and exhilarating speeds that your life will never be the same.
Consider this blog post as the tornado siren––and your response to it as vital.
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Coveting and avarice were so strong, these members were in active disagreement with one another. While James could have been speaking metaphorically about killing, it wouldn't be uncharacteristic of human beings to resort to murder over one thing or another. But James doesn't just condemn their behavior; he identifies what causes the lack they're experiencing: a deficit of prayer and a surplus of selfish motives.
is not without this caveat of motivation. Put simply, the motivation for our prayers are so important, it can affect whether we receive what we're requesting from God. It's not just what we pray that's important, but why we pray.
1 // Am I asking for this to increase my comfort level?
2 // Am I asking for this to impress other people?
3 // Do I desire this thing more than I desire knowing God himself?
4 // Do most my prayers focus on myself and my family only?
5 // Does the thing I'm asking for increase my "kingdom" or God's kingdom?
As we individually pray with right motives—like loving our neighbor instead of ourselves, expanding God's kingdom instead of our own, seeking reconciliation instead of revenge—collectively we'll become a people who pursue God and take care of one another.
What If You Asked Jesus What to Do?
We can be honest with each other. Most of us consult our virtual calendars to determine our plans more often than we consult Jesus. Probably too many of our prayers involve asking God for his stamp of approval on our plans instead of asking what His will is so that we can help make it happen here on earth. In our fast-paced lives, we'd probably have to pencil God's plans in weeks from now to even find space of him on our calendar. Even if that's not true of you too, you likely still feel like the demands of the world—personal, work, family and more—and ever filling the spare spaces you do create to pursue Jesus.
Instead of our five, ten, and fifteen-year business and personal development plans, Jesus taught his followers to pray for today—for this day's bread. In the same spirit, what would happen if we woke up each day and asked him, "Jesus, what do you want me to do today?" The answers might surprise you.
Like the Apostle Paul who was stopped in his own mission and redirected to join God's mission, if you ask God what he wants you to do, it's going to be part of his mission to the world. This doesn't mean you'll quit your day-job, but that you'll see every opportunity and ever interaction with people as a chance to share the Gospel and expand God's kingdom here on earth.
Jesus' self-sacrifice on the cross and throughout his ministry shows us what he thought of others: people are to be loved and served. If we pursue our own plans, people can become obstacles in the way of our goals or leverage to help us achieve what we want. However, as we pursue Jesus' plans, he will reshape our view of people because he'll ask us to serve and to love through our actions and words like he did.
Maybe you'd be prompted to stop and talk with your neighbor for longer than you planned. Or, you might be directed to a different career choice—not to the one that makes the most money, but that will enable you to meet more people who don't know Jesus. When we ask Jesus what He wants and pray for God's will to be done, we'll often need to lay down our plans to embrace the better plan he has for us instead.
Follow Jesus, do what he says, and you'll become more like him. It's surprisingly simple in concept, but admittedly more difficult in practice. It's like the strength you gain from exercising—if you want to be stronger, you work out. If you want to be more like Jesus, you won't just will yourself into transformation—you start with doing what he says.


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Policy and charging integration
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Users offloaded to Wi-Fi
Keep the Control
Operators need to set policies to control and optionally charge offloaded users. With Enea Aptilo Wi-Fi SMP, it is possible to do so without back-hauling the traffic to the mobile core. Learn more about our Mobile Data Offloading solution.
Applying Polices
Billing Methods
Applying Policies from Mobile Core via Intelligent Lookups
It is possible – via our ServiceGlue functionality – to intelligently map different policy decisions implemented at the mobile operator to the corresponding parameters in the Wi-Fi network. Policy decisions can be looked up from any database at the mobile operator that supports SOAP/XML, LDAP, or RADIUS.
Policy decisions can include:
Allowed locations for access
Volume/time limitations
Prepaid or postpaid
For instance, a subscriber's service level data can be retrieved from the CRM system and mapped to Quality of Service (QoS) parameters in the Wi-Fi network. With Enea Aptilo SMP, the mobile operator can control the user experience even for locally offloaded traffic without having to backhaul traffic to the mobile core, which is a common scenario in the 3GPP architecture.
Applying Policies from the Mobile Core via Diameter Gx Interface
Mobile operators may have an existing PCRF for handling policy and charging decisions. These decisions are then communicated via the Diameter Gx interface to the packet gateway node (GGSN / P-GW / DPI nodes), which enforces the policies in the mobile network.
In Enea's mobile data offloading solution, the policies from the PCRF are retrieved via the Diameter Gx interface and intelligently converted (via the Aptilo ServiceGlue mapping functionality) to the corresponding parameters in the Wi-Fi network to the extent of the capabilities of the specific Wi-Fi network.
The same principles applies for the 5G architecture with the PCF function.
The policy converter in our solution is designed also to enable mapping and translation of policies to the specific attributes from vendors such as Aruba, Cisco and Ruckus utilizing their proprietary QoS control.
Examples of advanced QoS features are the Enea Aptilo SMP Automatic Bandwidth Balancer function where all available bandwidth is evenly distributed among active user sessions, or Aptilo Dynamic Bandwidth Throttling where a user gets a "bucket" of data and bandwidth is automatically and gradually throttled down as the "bucket" is consumed.
Applying policies from the Aptilo Service Management Platform
An alternative solution to the PCRF/PCF is to provision policies for the Wi-Fi sessions directly in the service management system for the Wi-Fi service. This have its merits as these systems typically understand Wi-Fi policies better than the standard PCRF/PCF. The Enea Aptilo SMP (software) and SMP-S (service on AWS), features a built-in Wi-Fi policy manager which has been proven in large-scale Wi-Fi deployments globally. Mobile operators can provision it with policies for the Wi-Fi users via one of our APIs or manually via GUI. It is also possible to combine this with the optional pre-integrated prepaid and captive portal functionality.
User billing in the Wi-Fi network
Depending on the business model, the mobile operator may want to bill users in the Wi-Fi network or deny access if their prepaid accounts are depleted.
Prepaid billing
For prepaid billing, the Enea Aptilo SMP optional built-in prepaid system can check out quota (credits, time, and/or Mb) from the mobile operator's prepaid system (PPS). This can be done via our Quota Provider API or Diameter Gy. Usage is then reported back to the prepaid system. Alternatively, our solution can act independently from the mobile core as the prepaid system for Wi-Fi usage and get top-up via integration with the mobile operator's self-care portal.
Postpaid billing
For postpaid billing, Aptilo's Mobile Data Offloading solution can send Charging Data Records (CDRs) and accounting data to the mobile operator's billing system via Aptilo's native billing interface or through the Diameter Gz interface.
Full Integration with Mobile Core through Diameter
The Enea Aptilo SMP SIM Authentication function, the Diameter conversion functionality, and/or Aptilo ServiceGlue work in concert to provide a mobile data offloading experience that is seamless not only for the subscriber but for the mobile core as well. Policies can be retrieved from different sources via the Diameter Gx and then be translated to the corresponding parameters and mechanisms in the Wi-Fi network.
With Aptilo's Diameter conversion functionality, operators can transparently control and charge for services via standard Diameter (Gx, Gy and Gz) interfaces in the Wi-Fi network with the same mechanisms that they are using in the cellular network. These can still be differentiated for Wi-Fi usage.
Wi-Fi Usage Statistics to Facilitate Roaming
Even if the end-users are not billed for the service, usage still needs to be monitored for mediation and rating with roaming partners and to understand user behavior and how much data traffic has been offloaded from the cellular networks.
We have deployment experience with WBA OpenRoaming and all leading global roaming partners such as Boingo and iPass.

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"Sequence Analysis of Search Terms" by Nicholas Ackley Paganetti, Xiaoren Yang et al.
This project was done in correspondence with Demandware. The project is about analyzing consumer behavior on merchandise websites through a large data set provided by Demandware, and developing tools to produce meaningful results for use in several analytical purposes. The data used was related to consumer searches on the merchandise sites that Demandware has collected over several years, and several other statistics about the user's experience on the site. This information was explored in three ways: analyzing single, sequence of search terms and the connection between a single search term and product. The results are presented with both a Graphical User Interface and Application Programming Interface to be used for demonstration and development purposes.


We've had a busy week here at Run Away Realty with three (3) closings! Woo-hoo!
It's great news for us, of course, but mostly it's the most wonderful news for our buyers and sellers.
And today we closed on not one, but TWO condos at the beautiful ocean front Las Casitas complex!
We are thrilled to have been able to help these buyers make Puerto Morelos their home and of course grateful to our sellers for placing their trust in us to sell the properties.


Deepening its links in Latin America, the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) minted a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) for student exchanges with Universidad de Chile — Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (IEI).
Among the oldest postgraduate centers in Latin America, IEI emphasizes interdisciplinary analysis of topics such as international law, international relations, political science, history and the international economy.
It's the perfect pairing for GPS's specialties in the Pacific region, as well as its strengths in quantitative analysis, explained Dorotea López Giral, assistant professor of international economics and commercial policy at Universidad de Chile.
GPS Assistant Professor Gordon McCord, who oversaw the MOU's creation, views the new partnership not just as an adventurous means for students to fulfill curriculum requirements, but as a juncture to make an authentic impact, globally.
This MOU is the second to come to fruition under McCord's watch and one in a likelihood of more student exchange programs between GPS and Latin American institutions.
In addition to its partnership with IEI, GPS has an existing MOU with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
The notion for these student exchange programs was set in motion during a GPS faculty trip to Chile two years ago. Coordinated by McCord and attended by Professors Tai Ming Cheung, Ruixue Jia and Barry Naughton, that visit to Chile in 2015 showcased the ways in which GPS's expertise in Asia is advantageous to scholars in Chile, given the country's reliance on China as a trading partner.
Echoing Reyes' remarks, McCord added that both Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and IEI are good fits for GPS students from a curricular viewpoint and particularly for those in the School's Latin America track.
"Chile, specifically, is an interesting country because it's had the region's most successful economic model over the last 30 years," McCord said, and gave a nod to IEI's faculty expertise on areas such as trade and international affairs.
On the flip side, he said, students in Chile who participate in student exchanges with GPS stand to gain more than a regional expertise from the School. There also are opportunities to hone their analytical skills, including in research design and spatial analysis, plus an understanding of how science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields coincide with policy.
Not one to pigeonhole the possibilities, McCord concluded that students from all Latin American countries could benefit from being at GPS and vice versa.
Incoming GPS students interested in student exchange programs in Latin America can contact Assistant Professor Gordon McCord for details.


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Chen, Hung
Research Topic 1:
Locating Maximum of a Nonlinear Regression Surface
Chu, Shu-Jane; Huang, Wen-Jang; Chen, Hung
A study of asymptotic distributions of concomitants of certain order statistics.
Statist. Sinica 9 (1999), no. 3, 811--830. (download pdf file)
Chen, Hung; Huang, Mong-Na Lo; Huang, Wen-Jang
Estimation of the location of the maximum of a regression function using extreme
order statistics.
J. Multivariate Anal. 57 (1996), no. 2, 191--214. (download pdf file)
Summary: "We consider the problem of approximating the location, x0 Î C, of a maximum
of a regression function q(x) under certain weak assumptions on q. Here C is a bounded
interval in R. A specific algorithm considered in this paper is as follows. Taking a random
sample X1 ,..., Xn from a distribution over C, we have (Xi,Yi), where Yi is the outcome of
a noisy measurement of q(Xi). Arrange the Yi's in nondecreasing order and take the average
of the r Xi's which are associated with the r largest order statistics of Yi. This average, \hat{x0},
is then used as an estimate of x0. The utility of such an algorithm with fixed r is evaluated
in this paper. To be specific, the convergence rates of \hat{x0} to x0 are derived. Those rates
will depend on the right tail of the noise distribution and the shape of q(·) near x0."
Lower rate of convergence for locating a maximum of a function.
Ann. Statist. 16 (1988), no. 3, 1330--1334. (download pdf file)
p>1 is an odd number, F is a class of functions on [-1,1], containing a sufficiently rich
subclass of functions f with |f(p)| ≦ 1; for f Î F, let c(f ) be a point of global maximum
of f . {g(·,x,t): x Î [-1,1], t Î R} is a family of probability densities whose second-order
derivatives with respect to t satisfy some boundedness conditions. A design D associates
with each f in F two sequences {Xn} and {Yn} of random variables such that the conditional
distribution of Xn given the past does not depend on f and that of Yn is given by g(·,Xn,f (Xn)).
As estimates of c(f ), sequences {Tn} are considered with each Tn a function of Xn and Yn.
The following result is proved: For every h Î (0,1) there is a c>0 such that, for all n and
every design D and estimate {Tn},
inff P(| Tn - c(f)| ≦ cn-(p-1)/(2p)) >= h.
Research Topic 2: curreent research interest
Incomplete Covariate Regression
Chen, Yi-Hau; Chen, Hung
Incomplete covariates data in generalized linear models.
J. Statist. Plann. Inference 79 (1999), no. 2, 247--258. (download pdf file)
A unified approach to regression analysis under double sampling design.
J. Royal Statist. Society Ser. B 62 (2000), 449--460. ( download PostScript file)
Chen, Hung; Tseng, Chien-Cheng
A study on conditional mean imputation method for missing covariate in linear regression models.
manuscript (2000). ( download PostScript file)
Semiparametric Regression Models
Chen, Hung and Co-authors
Term Structure of Continuous-Time Interest Rates.
A Very Preliminary Manuscript (download PostScript file for co-authors)
Asymptotically efficient estimation in semiparametric generalized linear models.
Summary: "We use the method of maximum likelihood and regression splines to derive
estimates of the parametric and nonparametric components of semiparametric generalized
linear models. The resulting estimators of both components are shown to be consistent.
Also, the asymptotic theory For the estimator of the parametric component is derived,
indicating that the parametric component can be estimated efficiently without
undersmoothing the nonparametric component."
Chen, Hung; Shiau, Jyh Jen Horng
Data-driven efficient estimators for a partially linear model.
Ann. Statist. 22 (1994), no. 1, 211--237. (download pdf file)
The authors showed [J. Statist. Plann. Inference 27 (1991), no. 2, 187--201] that a two-stage
spline smoothing method and the partial regression method lead to efficient estimators for
the parametric component of a partially linear model when the smoothing parameter tends to
zero at an appropriate rate. In this paper, they study the asymptotic behavior of these estimators
when the smoothing parameter is chosen either by the generalized cross validation (GCV)
method or by the Mallows CL criterion. Under some regularity conditions, the estimated
parametric component is asymptotically normal with the usual parametric rate of convergence
for both spline estimation methods.
Chen, Hung; Chen, Keh-Wei
Selection of the splined variables and convergence rates in a partial spline model.
Canad. J. Statist. 19 (1991), no. 3, 323--339. (download pdf file)
This paper belongs to a relatively new stream of works concerning inference in semiparametric
models, i.e., observations are made according to the scheme
(i) Y= m(X) + e, where Y Î R is the dependent variable, X Î Rd is the independent (vector)
variable, e is an unobservable noise with mean 0 and finite variance. A data set
{(yi,xli,...,xdi), 1 ≦ i ≦ n} is then used to determine the unknown regression function m(·).
The authors assume the following semiparametric model for m(·):
(ii) m(X)=WT·b+ q(Z), where X=(Xl,...,Xd)T is partitioned as X=(WT,ZT)T.
In (ii), q(·) denotes an unknown smooth function, while b is the vector of unknown
constant parameters. In the general framework of (ii), the authors consider the problem of
estimating not only q and b , but the statistician also aims to decide how to partition the vector X
into subvectors W and Z. More precisely, let A be a subset of {1,2,...,d} and let XA and ZA
denote column vectors with those Xi, i Î A, and Xi, i Ï A, respectively. Now, the problem
is to "recover" the proper subset of A, the vector bA and the function q(ZA) in the model
(iii) Y=WATbA+ q(ZA)+ e. The estimation procedure proposed in the paper can be summarized
(1) For a given index set A, a tensor product polynomial spline with degree n and with Kn|A| knots
is used to approximate q(ZA), where |A| denotes the cardinality of A.
(2) The method of least squares (LSM) is used to fit the function WAT·bA + q(ZA) to the data.
Note that, when q(ZA) is approximated as in Step 1, LSM involves d- |A| +(Kn + n)|A|
parameters.
(3) The structural parameters (n, Kn) are determined through an adjusted sum of squares,
which is derived from the principle of unbiased risk estimate (the FPE criterion proposed
by Akaike is used at this step).
(4) The index set is found as the set A for which the adjusted residual sums of squares
is a minimum.
Under suitable regularity conditions, which are too technical to be described here in detail,
the following results are proved in the paper:
(a) The estimator obtained by applying the above steps attains the optimal convergence rate
in the sense of Stone.
(b) If A0 denotes the correct index set, which selects independent variables in (iii), while
Ậ is the corresponding set obtained by the proposed method, then
P{Ậ =A0} to 1 as n tends to infinity.
Chen, Hung; Shiau, Jyh-Jen Horng
A two-stage spline smoothing method for partially linear models.
Summary: "Rice (1986) showed that the partial spline estimate of the parametric component
in a semiparametric regression model is generally biased and it is necessary to undersmooth
the nonparametric component to force the bias to be negligible with respect to the standard
error. We propose a two-stage spline smoothing method for estimating the parametric and nonparametric components in a semiparametric model. By appropriately choosing rates for
the smoothing parameters, we show that the parametric component can be estimated at the parametric rate with the new estimate without undersmoothing the nonparametric component.
We also show that the same result holds for the partial regression estimate proposed independently by Denby (1986) and Speckman (1988).
Asymptotic normality results for the parametric component are also shown for both estimates.
Furthermore, we associate these estimates with Wellner's (1986) efficient scores methods."
Convergence rates for parametric components in a partly linear model.
A regression model with random explanatory variables which is partly nonlinear is
considered. Let y be the real response function, x be a k-dimensional random variable, and
t be a one-dimensional random variable. Then y = x'b+ g(t)+e, where b is an unknown
k-dimensional parameter vector, g is an unknown function from a given class of real
smooth functions, and e is an unobservable random error having mean zero and variance
s2. The aim is to estimate b and g on the basis of data (yi, xi, ti), i=1,...,n.
Least squares estimation is considered, where piecewise polynomials ĝ are used to
estimate g. Under some assumptions on the degree of smoothness of g, on the distribution
of t, and on the conditional distribution of x given t, the author studies the asymptotic
behaviour of the least squares estimators. One of the results establishes convergence in
distribution of n1/2(\hat{b} - b) to the normal distribution with mean zero and covariance
matrix s2 Sd-1, where S is the difference of covariance(x) and covariance of E(x| t).
Polynomial splines and nonparametric regression.
J. Nonparametr. Statist. 1 (1991), no. 1-2, 143--156. (download pdf file)
Summary: "Let (X,Y) Î [0,1]d R be a random vector and let the conditional
distribution of Y given X= x have mean q( x) and satisfy a suitable moment condition.
It is assumed that the density function of X is bounded away from zero and infinity on
[0,1]d. Suppose that q(x) is known to be a general d-dimensional smooth function of x only.
Consider an estimator of q having the form of a polynomial spline with simple knots at
equally spaced grids over [0,1]d, where the coefficients are determined by the method of
least squares based on a random sample of size n from the distribution of (X,Y). It is shown
that this estimator achieves the optimal rates of convergence for nonparametric regression estimation as defined by C. J. Stone [Ann. Statist. 10 (1982), no. 4, 1040--1053] under L2 norm
and sup norm, respectively."
Estimation of a projection-pursuit type regression model.
Summary: "Since the pioneering work of Friedman and Stuetzle in 1981, projection-pursuit
algorithms have attracted increasing attention. This is mainly due to their potential for
overcoming or reducing difficulties arising in nonparametric regression models associated with
the so-called curse of dimensionality---that is, the amount of data required to avoid an
unacceptably large variance increasing rapidly with dimensionality. Subsequent work has, however, uncovered a dependence on dimensionality for projection-pursuit regression models. Here we propose a projection-pursuit-type estimation scheme, with two additional constraints imposed, for which the rate of convergence of the estimator is shown to be independent of the dimensionality. Let ( X,Y) be a random vector such that X = (X1,...,Xd)T ranges over Rd. The conditional mean of Y given X= x is assumed to be the sum of no more than d general smooth functions of biT x, where bi Î Sd-1, the unit sphere in Rd centered at the origin. A least-squares polynomial spline and the final prediction error criterion are used to fit the model to a random sample of size n from the distribution of (X,Y). Under appropriate conditions, the rate of convergence of the proposed estimator is independent of d."


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That presumption is scheduled to sunset on May 1, but under the bill, it would not expire until Dec. 31, 2021.
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The bill was passed 102-28 Thursday and now moves to the Senate, where Sen. Jeff Howe (R-Rockville) is the sponsor.
"This legislation has done its job, it's been under budget and it needs to continue," Wolgamott said.
In April 2020, the House passed the original presumption bill to offer protection for certain employees who fell with COVID-19.
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In quantum mechanics, negativity is a measure of quantum entanglement which is easy to compute. It is a measure deriving from the PPT criterion for separability. It has shown to be an entanglement monotone and hence a proper measure of entanglement.

Definition
The negativity  of a subsystem  can be defined in terms of a density matrix  as:

where:
 is the partial transpose of  with respect to subsystem
 is the trace norm or the sum of the singular values of the operator .

An alternative and equivalent definition is the absolute sum of the negative eigenvalues of :

where  are all of the eigenvalues.

Properties

 Is a convex function of :

 Is an entanglement monotone:

where  is an arbitrary LOCC operation over

Logarithmic negativity
The logarithmic negativity is an entanglement measure which is easily computable and an upper bound to the distillable entanglement.
It is defined as

where  is the partial transpose operation and  denotes the trace norm.

It relates to the negativity as follows:

Properties

The logarithmic negativity
 can be zero even if the state is entangled (if the state is PPT entangled).
 does not reduce to the entropy of entanglement on pure states like most other entanglement measures.
 is additive on tensor products:
 is not asymptotically continuous. That means that for a sequence of bipartite Hilbert spaces  (typically with increasing dimension) we can have a sequence of quantum states  which converges to  (typically with increasing ) in the trace distance, but the sequence  does not converge to .
 is an upper bound to the distillable entanglement

References
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Bishops United Against Gun Violence is a group of about 70 Episcopal bishops who have come together to find ways to reduce levels of gun violence and to advocate for legislation that save lives. At the 78th General Convention they held a prayerful procession through the streets of Salt Lake City called "Claiming Common Ground Against Gun Violence". I participated and became aware of this effort.
I remember hearing the testimonies of people whose lives had been changed and marked by gun violence. I remember, especially, hearing a mother sharing about her daughter dying of gunshot wounds lying next to her as victims of random violence. She said, "I would watch stories on TV about people suffering because of gun violence and didn't think it was something I wanted to be involved in because I knew it wasn't going to happen to me," which is something I have thought before.
Last month, I was invited to sing at the "Unholy Trinity: the Intersection of Racism, Poverty and Gun Violence" Conference in Chicago. During that time, I was struck by the keynote speakers, liturgy, workshops, music, Bible study, and breakout sessions which all pointed to the need for awareness and action.
One of my favorite moments came with the Rev. Julian DeShazier who is also hip hop artist, J.Kwest. He invited the assembly, of which only a few of us were people of color, to clap along with one of his songs. After a little laughter and joking about clapping on one and three he said, "Don't feel the spirit when you clap, feel the beat and clap then!" This reminds me that often, we try to make excuses for not taking action.
We may say, "I feel the Spirit telling me to pray" and neglect to feel the beat – the reality, what is happening around us – that is telling us to act. It is so much easier to not get involved because we fear confrontation or ridicule or losing friends. As we took to the streets of Hyde Park on Friday evening, to publicly say we are Christians and because of that we are united against gun violence, all the speeches, songs, and workshops came together.
I took all that I had learned in the past two days and was armed with a renewed sense of advocacy, a deep feeling of community, and disarming love. We stopped traffic, and people couldn't help but stop, listen, and take pictures of the 30 bishops, and the rest of the priests and laity holding crosses, chanting, singing, and drums giving us the beat. That beat that we often neglect to listen to, that beat that could be a heart, that beat that could be the Spirit leading us into a life of publicly, boldly, and courageously declaring that there needs to be a change and it must begin with us.


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What is the Color Temperature and why is it important?
What is the Contrast level of a led billboard?
What is the Definition of a LED display?
What is the IP rate (acronym of ingress protection) and what does it measure?
What is the Modular System?
What is the Pitch (or "dot pitch" or "pixel pitch")?
What is a led screen Refresh Rate and why is important?
What is the Resolution of a led display?
What is the Viewing Angle of a led wall?
What is the Virtual Pixel Technology?
What is Variable Message Sign or VMS?
Where can I find the Spare Parts for my led screen?
Why is the Pure White created with LEDs of 3 colors?
Of course, yes. Thanks to the Euro Display's modular design and state-of-the-art technology, there are no limits in shape, dimensions and definition. The only difference is the cost. That is the reason why Euro Display always suggests its customers to optimize the screen's size following the recommendations of our technical department.
Of course yes. LED displays have their main application field in the live video visualization during concerts, sports events and TV shows (only later such an advanced technology entered the advertising field too). For the video visualization it is important to be aware of the fact that, to obtain a satisfactory quality of the images, it is necessary to utilize a display with a minimum resolution of 192 x 128 pixels. Euro Display's digital billboards function as huge monitors and they are able to visualize in real-time anything is visualized on the PC monitor, from the mouse cursor to a video downloaded from internet, from the icons on the desktop to a DVD or a live performance.
No. Alphanumerical signs can visualize text, numbers and several pre-edited icons. Some models are provided with a simple graphic editor that allows you to create your own customized icons. In order to visualize fixed and moving images, the best product is a LED screen.
Not on a single screen. On electronic billboards, LEDs are mounted on a support called printed circuit and they are fixed on one single side. To see the images on both sides it is necessary to have two screens, standing one against the other by the rear side.
From a general point of view the difference between indoor and outdoor screens are the following:
Resolution: as the outdoor screens are usually watched from greater distances, they do not need the highest resolution (from great distance the human eye do not discriminate small details anyways). The cost due to the big dimensions is therefore compensated by the lower resolution needed to provide a good image quality.
IP level and cooling system: outdoor screens are treated with a particular "tropicalization" technique that grants an excellent resistance to water, salty air and corrosive intrusions typical of the outdoor installations. Moreover a particular forced-ventilation system guarantees that the temperature inside the module remains constant and does not pass the critical levels.
Against-sun and against-vandalism protection system: outdoor LED billboards are provided of a special protection system that has the double function of protecting the screens from the sun (increasing the contrast levels and obtaining a better image) and from vandalism acts.
Brightness: the outdoor usage requires high brightness components in order to be visible from greater distances and most of all to contrast the direct sunlight.
The difference is the optimal viewing distance. The LED maxi screen with an higher definition (therefore a the smaller pitch and a greater number of LEDs per m2) has an higher image's quality, ideal even for short viewing distance. The screen with a lower definition (therefore with a bigger pitch and a smaller number of LEDs per m2) has a lower image's quality, ideal for greater viewing distance.
It is important to clarify that the definition is determined by the LED screen's viewing distance once it will be installed: if a maxi screen will be observed from 300 meters, it doesn't need an high definition because of a biological reason: the human eye can not discriminate small details from larger distances anyways. On the other side, a maxi screen observed from 30 meters needs a higher definition because from such a short distance the human eye is able to recognize even small details.
To provide a comparison, in the table below are represented two hypothetical screens of the same dimensions but with different definition: the first (fig. 1) has a higher definition and is therefore ideal even for short viewing distances. The second one (fig. 2) has a lower definition and it is ideal for greater viewing distances. To better understand the "viewing distance" concept, please look at the pictures from few centimeters and then from 3 meters: even if the images have a different definition, if observed from 3 meters distance, they seem to have the same quality.
SMD is the acronym of Surface Mounting Device and it is the new frontier of the electronic visualization technology: the revolution created by the SMD technology is represented by the miniaturization of all the electronic components, LEDs included. The SMD components are mounted on the surface of the electronic board, without passing through it as any other electronic component utilizing the former technology, called PHT (acronym of "Plating Through Holes").
The SMD TOP LED is therefore mounted on the external part of the board (without the anode and cathode passing through holes), as described in the image below (proportions are real): LEDs utilizing the SMD technology are different from the PHT LEDs for another important characteristic: thanks to the miniaturization indeed it is possible to put 3 LEDs of different colors within the same case (as in the picture on the top-right), resulting in a three colors LED.
The possibility to visualize three colors at the same time (Red, Green and Blue) on a single LED allow to create digital billboards with an even smaller pitch (the distance between pixels) therefore resulting in a higher resolution and quality image.
To guarantee 100.000 hours lifetime, LED producers state clearly two fundamental conditions that must be met, the internal temperature and the power intensity. These measures have different values depending on LED type, but to provide a limit of comparison we can say that:
the LED internal temperature must be below 120 °C (measured in a 25°C environment)
the power must be below 20 mA If both these conditions are met, the LED producer guarantees that after 100.000 hours (about 11 years always turned on) the LED brightness will be reduced by 50% of the initial value.
Being aware of the importance of these parameters, during the years Euro Display invested in technological solutions able to manage automatically and keep constant both these values with a series of devices and controls as:
a special forced ventilation electronic system,
specific chip that manage every single LED,
a special system of heat sinks.
Most probably, yes. In most of the European and American countries though, its not difficult to get this permission. In most cases it is enough to present a plan for the installation of the electronic billboard (taking into account the environmental impact) and simply paying the related "public installation" fee which is usually paid yearly.
Most probably, yes. But in most cases if you already have a normal pharmacy cross (a neon or a unlit one) you already have the required permission.
The final cost of a LED billboard depends on two main factors:
The resolution (meaning the total number of LEDs present on each square meter)
The size of the maxi screen (meaning the number of square meters needed to create the screen)
Because of the great variability of both these factors depending on the customer's needs, it is impossible to determine in advance the cost of a LED maxi screen. To provide a term of comparison though, we can say that the PRICE OF EACH SQUARE METER of a maxi screen, is included between the cost of a scooter and a the cost of a powerful motorbike, depending on the resolution required.
As a consequence, the total cost of a maxi screen can be calculated multipling the cost of a single square meter by the total number of square meters needed.
In the LED video wall field, usually the bigger is the screen, the better: big size maxi screens have a higher number of vertical and horizontal pixels. Higher is the number of pixels available, higher is the screen's definition and therefore better is the image quality. Obviously, the larger the screen the greater the cost.
The LED consumption depends on the Manufacturer, on the color and on the power that we supply to the diode. As indication we can say that a LED consumption is between 15 and 100 ma (milliampere) and its power can vary from 0,1 and 1 Watt.
The minimum and maximum viewing distances of a LED screen are measured depending on two fundamental characteristics of the screen: the pixel pitch and the screen's dimension.
the minimum distance is calculated converting into meters the pixel pitch. For example, a maxi screen with 10mm pitch has a minimum viewing distance of 10 meters, while a 20mm pitch screen has a minimum viewing distance of 20 meters.
the maximum distance instead, depends on the screen's dimension and it can be calculated multiplying x10 and converting into meters the number of maxi-screen's square meters. For example a 4x3 meters (=12sq) can be viewed from 120 meters distance.
While talking about maximum distance, there are two concepts to clarify, "readability" and "visibility". "Readability" identifies the distance within the images broadcasted on the maxi screen are readable, thus clearly recognizable. "Visibility" identifies the distance within the images showed are able to attract the human eye's attention, even if the images are not perfectly identifiable. The visibility of a digital billboard is usually the double of its readability (in our former example: readability 120 meters = visibility 240 meters). Regarding the written texts, the readability depends on the fonts' size.
Generally, it is possible to say that every centimeter can be read from about 5-meter distance. For example, 10 cms texts can be read from about 50 meters.
Color's levels are the touches that any color can have. In the LED visualization field are kept into consideration the color's levels of the three primary colors: Red, Green and Blue. The number of color's levels define the number of touches needed to pass from the lowest level (turned off) to the highest (lighted at maximum power). It is obvious that higher are the number of touches available, higher is the quality and the naturalness of the visualized image.
LED is the acronym of Light Emitting Diode and it is a semiconductor that emits visible light when electricity pass through it. The emission of light depends on electrons flowing between anode and cathode and the color of the visual emission (that can be Red, Green, Blue, Amber, White…) depends on the material utilized.
By definition, the pixel is the "luminous dot" present on every LED device, from the simple alphanumerical Single Line display to FullColor maxi screens. This luminous dot can be formed by 1 or more LEDs depending on dimensions and features of the device. For example, on a small-size Single Line display, the pixel is formed by 1 single LED while on the king-size model the pixel can be formed by 20 LEDs. In some products, the pixel can be composed by up to 36 LEDs.
Displays utilizing a 8 bit technology, that degrades the image during the video elaboration phase, are able to visualize 256 color's levels for each of the three primary colors. This means that are able to visualize 256 x 256 x 256 = 16,8 millions colors in total. Euro Display's maxi-screens instead utilize a 16 bit technology for each color that allows to manage the video without altering the quality in a perceptible way (so the human eye does not notice it). After this elaboration (called Gamma Correction) it is possible to visualize 65.000 color's levels for each of the three primary colors. This means that it is possible to visualize on your electronic billboard 65.000 x 65.000 x 65.000 = 280 trillions colors in total.
LED billboards are installed with different carrying structure depending on the applications. They can be installed on:
on the side of a building or structure
on streestanding feet
on a pole
on goal post structure
hanging (for indoor applications)
As an international convention defined by the CIE (International Commission of Illumination) states, while evaluating the properties of any source of light, it is used a measure that it takes into account their chromatic content. Such measure of reference is called "color's temperature" and it is expressed in Kelvin degrees (°K).
Low levels of color's temperature correspond to color's tones stretching out to the red, while high levels correspond to color's tones stretching out to the blue. In LED maxi-screen is fundamental to keep constant this measure to visualize high quality and naturalness pictures. Euro Display's LED video walls are provided with an electronic system of colors' equalization that manage these parameters automatically, depending on the environmental brightness, in order to obtain always a constant color's temperature both at days and nights.
It's the difference between the light emitted by the display and the environmental light reflected by the screen's surface. Minor is the light reflected, higher is the contrast and therefore the cleanliness and naturalness of the images. To increase the contrast Euro Display's LED screens are provided with particular anti-reflex flyers that split the light and reflect it in different directions, increasing the visibility of the screen even in direct Sun light.
The "definition" is the number of vertical and horizontal pixels that are on the entire digital billboard. For example, some standard definitions are 96x64 pixels (=low definition); 256x192 pixels (=medium definition): 640x480 pixels (=high definition). The definition is therefore related to the pixel pitch, the distance between the pixels.
To simplify and clarify the terminology, it is possible to say that the RESOLUTION is referred to the single module, while the DEFINITION is referred to the entire screen, once that all modules have been mounted.
The IP rate identifies the Ingress Protection against humidity and dust. The IP level is described by 2 two figures: the first one is referred to the protection level against dust, the second against water. The Ingress Protection level is an international standard and it is utilized to measure the waterproof ness of any electronic products. Devices with a higher IP level keep the internal components safe and clean.
Euro Display's electronic billboards guarantee a IP65, the highest reachable in the LED visualization field. In the table below are summarized the different IP levels and their description.
It is a system that allows to build LED billboards of big dimensions mounting together several base-modules, depending on thee customer's specific needs. Euro Display's base modules have different sizes, depending on the application.
These modules are fixed together with a Dual-Lock system and the perfect alignment of the pixels is guaranteed by an auto-centering system that avoids the awful conjunction lines. Euro Display's modular system offer huge vantages: it allows an easy transportation and a simple mounting procedure, it permits an easy maintenance, doesn't put any limit in shape, size and resolution and moreover allows the future upgradeability of the LED video wall.
The pitch of a LED screen defines the distance between the pixels, expressed in millimeters. This fundamental measure determines the characteristics and the performances of a LED maxi screens: the pitch indeed is a defining factor of a screen's viewing distance:
The smaller is the pitch, the shorter is the minimum viewing distance, the higher is the total number of pixels present on the screen (and therefore higher is the screen's cost per area).
The bigger is the pitch, the longer is the minimum viewing distance, the lower is the total number of pixels present on the digital billboard (and therefore lower is the screen's cost per area) The pixel pitch therefore determines the LEDs density, which is usually called Resolution. It is important to notice that while reducing the pixel pitch, the LED density increase exponentially: for example, reducing the pitch by the 50% on the number of pixels grow of 4 times.
The refresh rate indicates the number of times that the image refreshes every second. For example, a PC monitor has a refresh rate of 72 Hertz (Hz) and therefore refresh all the pixels of the electronic billboard, from top to bottom, 72 times every second. The refresh rate is fundamental because determines the image's quality: if it is too low, the human eye can see a flicker that causes headache and eye's damages.
To provide a comparison, most of the TV monitors have a refresh rate of 50Hz and only few products of the last generation have a 100Hz refresh rate. Euro Display's screens have a 240 Hz refresh rate, which is almost triple of the most advanced cathode tube technologies. This measure is ulterior prove of Euro Displays' quality and state-of-the-art technology, result of years of research in the laboratories and on the field.
The resolution is nothing else but the number of pixels present on each square meter. The resolution is therefore opposite proportional to the pixel pitch: smaller is the distance between two pixels, higher is the resolution (because on the surface of the LED billboard is present an higher number of LEDs).
For example a 20 mm pitch screen has a resolution of 2304 pixels: this measure is obtained dividing the total length of a single module (975 mm) by the pixel pitch (in this case 20 mm) resulting in the number of pixels on a single line: 975:20 = 48 pixels. Multiplying the number of pixels present on a single line by the total number of lines the result is the total number of pixels present on the screen's surface, also called Resolution. In our example, 48 x 48 = 2304 pixel in total. Given this formula, it is possible to calculate that a 30 mm pitch screen has a resolution of 1024 pixel per module, while a 10 mm pitch screen has a resolution of 9216 pixels per module. It is important to notice that reducing of only few millimeters the pixel pitch, the LED density (and therefore the resolution) increase exponentially.
Remember: Smaller is the pitch » Shorter is the minimum viewing distance » Higher is the total number of pixels present on the LED video wall » Higher is the quality image » Higher is the screen's cost per area.
The visibility angle of a screen is by convention the angle within which the brightness of a display is equal to the 50% of the frontal luminosity.
For example, a LED screen with 5000 NIT frontal luminosity (NIT = millicandels/sq) has a visibility angle equal to the angle by which the brightness is reduced to 2500 NIT. This visibility angle can vary depending on the LED and the technical features of the display.
The Virtual Pixel is a technology of image management that allows visualizing pictures of a definition higher than the physical one, thanks to a technique called "pixel interpolation". Euro Display's Virtual Pixel technology is able to control every single LED: this particular and exclusive screen management feature allows overlying every single pixel to the next one, creating a so-called "virtual pixel" (a pixel that does not exist but is perceptible by the human eye).
The digital billboard's definition is one of the characteristics that define images' quality and naturalness: higher is the resolution, higher is the picture's quality. Euro Display's maxi-screens with virtual pixel technology can visualize images with a definition four times higher than the physical definition of the display; therefore, images are more detailed and realistic.
LED Displays, Digital Signage, Dynamic Displays, electronic billboards are all different names for the VMS (Variable Message Signs). VMS are generally used to broadcast visual communications (messages) consisting of text, graphics, video and/or audio.
For each LED billboard, Euro Display provides a number of spare parts sufficient to cover the ageing due to the normal usage, without any cost for the customer. Moreover, if it is the case, any reparation made within the warranty period will be totally free.
Because the human eye has three types of receptors for the vision during the day and each one of them correspond to a primary color. Any other color is the result of the simultaneous stimulation of these three types of receptors, after a phenomenon called addition synthesis (that mix the chromatic components captured by the eye). The mix of the three primary colors, in different percentages, therefore generates each color. The color of reference, the pure white, is obtainable mixing the primary colors in the percentage of about 50% green, 30% red and 20% blue Euro Display's technology allows, varying these values, to obtain 280 billion colors. This huge palette is guarantee of a superior image quality and unbeatable visualization capacity.
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The 9 Best Mortar and Pestles of 2022
By Katherine Stinson
What is a mortar and pestle exactly and what is its purpose? It's a set of tools that date back to the Stone Age that helps crushing products into a fine powder. Mortar and pestles are mainly used for cooking nowadays, but the two-piece set could be used to prep ingredients for a science experiment.
#Grit Daily's Top Picks
So if you're looking to add a vintage set of kitchen tools to your home setup, a mortar and pestle is a fun touch.
If you're in a hurry, here's our top 3 quick picks for the best mortar and pestles of 2022
ChefSofi Mortar and Pestle Set
Gorilla Grip Original Mortar and Pestle Set
Granite Mortar and Pestle by HiCoup
Selecting a Top Notch Mortar and Pestle Set That's Right For You
Finding the right mortar and pestle set shouldn't be difficult. What really matters is what you're looking to get out of your new mortar and pestle set. Do you want something that makes a nice centerpiece for your kitchen but doesn't have to actually crush spices that well to a fine powder?
Here are some things to consider before purchasing a mortar and pestle set.
The size: A lot of mortar and pestle sets have a certain cup capacity. Would you prefer a 2 cup or 3 cup capacity? Some even have a 4 cup capacity.
The material: Mortar and pestles are actually made from similar materials that make up your kitchen countertop. Try a granite set or marble or even a porcelain set. Match it to your countertop for a clean and sleek kitchen setup.
Dishwasher safe: Can you wash your new set in the dishwasher or do you have to do it the old fashioned way? The question is convenience.
The main things to remember before clicking "Buy Now" are the mortar and pestle's cup capacity and the material. Everything else isn't exactly necessary but keep in mind certain factors like color and convenience.
The 9 Best Mortar and Pestle Sets of 2022
There are a multitude of mortar and pestle sets available for purchase from every store imaginable. Here are the top-rated mortar and pestle picks that won't break the bank and will make a nice addition to your kitchen.
The ChefSofi mortar and pestle set is top-ranked for a reason. With over 10,000 reviews, a sleek unpolished grey granite look, and a decent price this is without a doubt the best mortar and pestle set. This product set comes with a free virtual cookbook, a self-adhesive anti-scratch protection pad and more.
The ChefSofi set is really well priced for the quality you get in return.
Versatility – You can make everything from guacamole, pesto, curry paste, chimichurri and so much more. This isn't just for smashing spices!
Reviews are mostly positive, with many praising the kit for being even more high quality than they imagined. One reviewer said it was a good investment if you use spices in daily cooking.
Other reviewers praised the customer service from the seller
More than one reviewer said that their kit arrived with cracks or a broken pestle
The unpolished granite option was not for everyone (One reviewer said they thought the unpolished granite was too porous and rough.)
This is not dishwasher safe
The Gorilla Grip original mortar and pestle set is also made from 100 percent unpolished granite and comes in a small, medium, or large size. The small size holds 1.5 cups, the medium holds 2 cups, and the large holds 4 cups total. The Gorilla Grip set also comes decently priced and has generally positive reviews.
Comes with an optional foam bottom so you don't have to worry about scratching your kitchen countertop
The variety of sizes is a nice touch. Helps you narrow down what size you need based on what you want to use the mortar and pestle set for.
The reviews praised the product for being good quality, and one reviewer said it helped her make more natural items like turmeric tea.
Not dishwasher friendly
One reviewer said the pestle was too short compared to the size of the mortar
Several reviewers noted the pestle snapped after a few uses
This is the first highly-rated mortar and pestle set with a different look. The HiCoup set touts that it is non-porous and is easy to clean. Reviewers praised this mortar and pestle set for being sturdy and easy to use. The set also has a rough matte texture and an extra deep sloped shape that helps keep ingredients in the center of the mortar.
The price is under 30 dollars
The seller seems very responsive to customer questions
Most of the nearly 3,000 reviews are positive, with many reviewers saying how wowed they were by the product
This is the most expensive mortar and pestle set mentioned so far on this list
Some reviewers said it was too heavy and did feel porous to them
Some reviewers said their set was chipped upon arrival
Laevo Marble Mortar and Pestle Set
The Laevo mortar and pestle set is the first non-granite option on the list, and has a sleek and polished design. Laevo says it has the only reversible mortar and pestle on the market, which allows the user to separate the flavors and smells for more versatility. This set is eco-friendly and has a risk-free warranty for peace of mind after purchasing.
This sleek marble set is less than fifty dollars
Comes with a silicone lid/mat and spoon for no extra cost.
Holds up to 2.1 cups of material
It weighs 6.45 pounds, so it's quite sturdy.
This set has a 4.8 rating out of 1,189 reviews.
The white marble looks very aesthetically pleasing
This set is eco-friendly
This is the most expensive set on the list so far
One recent reviewer said it didn't hold up after only a few uses
One reviewer noted it chipped/cracked easily
Sagler Marble Grey Mortar and Pestle Set
This beautiful mortar and pestle set from Sagler is the least expensive product on this list so far, but still remains a good quality purchase. The interior is unpolished and rough, which allows for better grinding. This is the lightest set on the list, weighing in at 1.35 pounds. The Sagler set has a 4.7 rating out of 3,775 reviews.
This set is less than fifteen dollars.
This set is smaller and more lightweight, making it ideal for smaller kitchen setups like in an apartment complex.
Reviewers said this was a great buy for small grinding needs.
Several reviewers said that the marble dust came off of the product when they tried to use it
This is a small mortar and pestle set, and isn't suitable for making larger menu items like guacamole
Another reviewer noted the set was very fragile and broke after one use
Tera 18/8 Stainless Steel Mortar and Pestle With Brush
The Tera Stainless Steel mortar and pestle set is one of the rare genuine stainless steel options on this list. The genuine stainless steel material means that this set won't rust, and the Tera set is also BPA-free. Anyone who purchases this set will also get a translucent lid with a built in hole for the pestle so you can crush spices without fear of making a mess.
Easy to clean and made with genuine stainless steel so the set won't rust like imitation stainless steel.
The price is reasonable for the quality
The padded bottom of the mortar keeps it sturdy on any countertop
The set has a 4.7 rating out of 6,428 global reviews
Reviewers praised this set as "excellent," and a "kitchen necessity."
It's not as visually pleasing as the other options on the list
One reviewer said it worked well for medicine but wasn't really a good food grinder
One reviewer said it looked nice but it really only held about 1 cup of liquid at max.
Vasconia 4-Cup Granite Molcajete Mortar and Pestle
In terms of visuals, this Molcajete mortar and pestle set from Vasconia is a winner. As the company says in the notes for the product, this would make a great centerpiece for serving chips and salsa during a party for example. This set weighs about 8.9 pounds total and has a 4-cup capacity with a smooth interior for the mortar.
This set has a 4.7 rating out of 3,301 reviews
Reviewers praised the visual appeal and the set's versatility
For the size and look, the price tag is not bad at all
One reviewer said it was great for grinding spices or making salsa
Not dishwasher safe
One reviewer said it wasn't a traditional Mexican Molcajete made from basalt, but was rather made with unpolished granite. She noted that granite is smoother than basalt, so if other buyers were looking for a traditional Molcajete this wasn't it
It's not a lightweight set, so not ideal for purchasers who just have small things to grind and mash
Gramercy Kitchen Company Marble Mortar and Pestle Set
The Gramercy Kitchen Company mortar and pestle set is currently the number one new release in mortar and pestle sets. The sleek marble look is accompanied with a non-skid protective pad to keep your countertop from getting scratched, a complementary garlic peeler, and also a downloadable recipe guide. The Gramercy set has a 1.5 cup capacity with a longer pestle to make grinding and masking products easy and painless for the purchaser.
The marble look is really pretty and makes a nice countertop piece
The extra accessories are nice especially for the relatively low price
All of the reviews so far are positive with one reviewer saying it makes a great addition to any kitchen
The sturdiness of the product was also praised by reviewers
The product is relatively new so there are less than 20 reviews
It's not dishwasher safe
The reviews are good so far with a 5 star rating, but there's only 14 reviews
The Cooler Kitchen Store EZ-Grip Silicone and Porcelain Mortar and Pestle Set
For the person interested in purchasing a mortar and pestle set that doesn't require a lot of pre-prep time and clean up after must buy this Cooler Kitchen Store Mortar and Pestle set. Made from porcelain with an EZ-grip handle, this set is dishwasher safe and comes with a break-free base for extra ease of use.
This is the only dishwasher safe set on the list
Definitely designed for ease, no need to pre-season this set like the other granite and marble sets
Reviewers praised its durability, its ease of use with one reviewer saying it really helped them crush their medications and didn't make their arthritic hands feel any discomfort
Comes in white/black or red
The price is pretty good for a dishwasher safe set
Some reviewers said the base broke easily after trying to grind or crush something
Not the best product if you're going for the more traditional mortar and pestle look (this is a more modern design)
The main question to ask when purchasing a mortar and pestle set is this: Are you looking for a classic, vintage mortar and pestle look or something more modern? All of the granite and marble sets on this list require the user to season the set before even starting to use it.
This is to ensure the interior is prepped for use. If you don't want a product that requires pre-prep and hand washing consider the porcelain set. It's all about personal preference and getting the most for your money!
Other Kitchen Items to Consider
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The Top 6 Over the Sink Dish Racks of 2022
The Best Cookbooks To Give This Holiday Season
We hope you enjoy these products! But keep in mind, Grit Daily might take a small commission on the items recommended here—but that doesn't mean we don't believe in them. We only recommend products that we would buy or use ourselves, so don't be wary of our suggestions.
Katherine Stinson is an award-winning journalist and Staff Reporter at Grit Daily News, where she covers Texas and Southern states' startup and entrepreneurship news. Based in San Antonio, Texas, she also contributes to ScreenRant, Outlander TV News, and San Antonio Magazine.


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Q: Rails - create a record with nested attribute I'm receiving a request in the format:
{
  recipe_translations: [{
      "lang": "en",
      "name": "wow",
      "value": "test"
    }]
}

The Recipe:
class Recipe < ApplicationRecord
  has_many :recipe_translations, dependent: :destroy
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :recipe_translations
end

The controller:
class RecipesController < ApplicationController
  def create
    recipe = Recipe.new(recipe_params)
  end

  def recipe_params
    # whitelist params
    params.permit(recipe_translations: %i[lang name value])
  end

end

Obviously, something is very wrong but not sure what. The error I'm getting is:
#<ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch: RecipeTranslation(#69020) expected, got {\"lang\"=>\"en\", \"name\"=>\"wow\", \"value\"=>\"test\"} which is an instance of ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess(#52480)>

A: You can use:
def recipe_params
   params.fetch(:recipe_translations, {}).permit(%w[lang name value])
end

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