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There are four steps involved :

1- the product barcode is scanned virtually and the reader high lights the code with a red laser beam.

1- the black code, on the product, absorbs the red light. The white bar code, on the product reflects it.

3- the reflections( white codes) are read and a signal is sent to decoder. The decoder converts the bars to a binary numeric code then into a decimal code.

4- A processor compares the input decimal code to decimal codes in a database where it identifies the product.

Basically there are three parts to the digital camera:

1- input sensor that replaced film.

2.binary processor that converts the analog sensor site signals to digital signals.

3- a microprocessor compresses and stores the digital onto a memory card in a JPG or TIFF format which can be displayed and edited on a digital computer.

General a computer has an input device , a processor which does arithmetic and logic calculations, temporary memory for calculations , long term memory and output device(s). Natural there will be a power supply needed.

Kate and I went on an adventure to explore the realm of baking and cooking.

There were two events that standout; one funny and one serious but creative.

Kate’s purest side with humor:

 We were baking  biscotti which is known as a biscuit in Italy. 

First  I need to tell you  the responsibility of each of us, I supplied the recipe ( from my wife’s sisters) and she followed the recipe plus cleaned up afterwards.

The recipe calls for the forming of two batter logs and baking them three different  times with two different oven temperatures.

The last two steps required the cutting of the loaves around ¾ of an inch thick. The ¾ inch width was essential for Kate!

Then the   slices had to be placed on a side, in no particular order,  before putting them back in the oven.

She decided to line the slices in a military order. I thought I would speed the process by helping her place the slices on their side. I was quickly chastised in military fashion for lining the slices up in no particular order!

Kate’s creative side:

My daughter, Lisa, wrote a recipe for hummus. She wasn’t able to get the right consistency of the mix.

Kate to the rescue!! She decided to use two cans of chick peas rather than one. 

One she drained the fluid  and one she did not.

After mixing all the ingredients lisa was asked to comment on the taste and consistency which she claimed was just right.

When asked what she did, kate responded by claiming she  thought it was a  good idea to double the recipe and draining one can!.

Q.E.D.

The cook

The first week living together, after the marriage ceremony , the job responsibilities were ;my bride cleaned the house( or apartment) except for the bathroom(s) which were my cleaning domain.

I made breakfast. Carole always cooked dinner and we shared cooking lunch during the weekends and vacation days.

I always, happily ,washed pots and pans after all meals!

On special occasions I made the dinner lasagna. I took care of cooking the turkey, on others!

Never once was she interested in grilling anything; that was my domain, which I wasn’t thrilled about. I never mastered grilling, especially steak and chicken!

I should have noticed one of Carole’s weaknesses after the three weeding showers she had. Only one offered practical gifts like cook books( she loved all three of them) , a rolling pin, cookware, storage containers and anything else of use in the kitchen.

God love her but my aunt Marie, on my mom’s side of the family,  figured out that Carole didn’t know how to cook. While Cooking Certain meals, later in our marriage,  Carole noted that her mom wouldn’t let near the stove because She was left handed. 

My aunt had one of her three daughters( Helen) host the final shower.

Carole loved Italian American food. We had that twice a  week; order pizza on Friday and cook pasta on Monday or Tuesday night. Ragu sause had to be warmed up and pasta was different every week. Once in a while she made meatballs, but so did I. She had a recipe for the meatballs.

There came a time when I lost my job.

My bride in her own way offered me the house cleaning or the cooking job. I took the cooking one. Why the cooking job? I knew everything she liked to eat and I fealt I could easily cook what I liked  for the same meal.

Since that fateful day, Carole never cooked another thing, except to heat water for her Lipton tea! That stopped when her dementia became more obvious to her.

With all the signs she exuded during her cooking career, I am convinced she disliked cooking.

However I know she did like to bake apple pie and make cookies using her cookies shooter. She went thru two of them. Any pans or cooking tools she bought or recommended for me?

I rarely served string beans!

Some animals that give gifts are spiders, squid, snails, and birds. Most the gifts are traded among species are during mating or courtship.

Fire flies makes males fertilize female eggs with protein and nutrition, since they don’t eat as adults.

Crows have known to give gifts to humans.

The best known bathing culture is that of ancient room

The early modern culture would cleanse themselves with cloths and changed their shirts often. They believed that a bath caused toxins to enter the skin’s pores

Clean: A history of personal hygiene and purity was written by Virginia Sarah Smith.

Believed that all matter is made of indivisible particles- atoms.

Wrote a book on nature that could have been bought by any one in Ancient Greece.

The mind is above the soul.