Leonardo, chef

Leonardo was a mad chef. He enjoyed kitchen contraptions, of his own designs; but, how would it run? “By wind or by water? By cogs and by cranks? By oxen or by peasant-power?”  In the late 1490s, most things ran via peasant-power.
Assassin’s  Creed did a good job shaping my image of Leonardo; I don’t see him as an old man anymore.  Leonardo in the game loves a puzzle, old language and of course, puzzles buried n old language. This blog  post on The Kitchen Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci , HarperCollins Publishers; First Edition edition (April 1, 1987), has also informed that image.

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Miami-Dade demographic data

US Census released American Community Survey, 2005-2009 data set that gives a snapshot of the American population.  The Herald  reported on the data for Miami-Dade and Broward.

Some interesting facts:

  • Miami-Dade’s population about 2.5 million.
  • 61 % Hispanics, 20 % Blacks, the rest being mostly white non-Hispanics.
  • Median family income : $39,000 – Blacks, $45,000 – Hispanics, $84,000 – White; $62,000 – US

via Miami-Dade is rich, poor, polarized and getting better educated – Miami-Dade – MiamiHerald.com.