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Just got the update
#126 2017-03-21 01:29:05
#127 2017-03-21 02:48:57
On the eyes-free list, a couple of people are reporting issues with swiping past parts of interface at times - they seem to get stuck on a button, when they're pretty sure there are more lowr/further down, but, the one other issue someone has is on their pixel phone, seems like the video ads cover the whole screen, meaning there's no way for them to hit a back button on-screen, to revert back to game after a video ad has finished?
Means they seem to have to allow talkback to start up again, to use it's gesture to implement back, since the video ad seems to be taking up the full screen, and is thus blocking normal back buttons, etc.?
#128 2017-03-21 02:58:13
I can't seem to get past the add when its done playing on my phone
#129 2017-03-21 04:42:31
So I've just updated the game, and now It doesn't start for me...
#130 2017-03-21 04:57:34
Hi blindza,
Thanks for pointing me towards the eyes free board. I replied to the posts there.
To summarize it here as well:
- there is a bug we found today that makes certain parts of the interface invisible when the game progress is reset. We're already working on a fix and there'll be an update soon. Until then, the app need as to be closed and restarted.
- we get no say in where the close buttons on the ads are. That's why TalkBack needs to be resumed. But they can usually be found via Touch Explore or swiping. Swipes may need to be down instead of right, because ads often times silently put the phone in landscape mode. Close buttons are sometimes labeled L or I instead of a proper label. This is unfortunately out of our hands. One person suggested to instead use the usually very easy to find "Go to the store button" and then exit back from there.
The soft keys for home and back at the bottom of the screen are only hidden, not disabled (again, we really have no control over what the ads do here). With TalkBack on, swipe up from the bottom of the screen with two fingers to bring them back for a few seconds.
I wish there was an easier way, but we really can't in any way influence what ads are doing with the screen. We also can't get rid of the ads, because it's the only way to earn any money from the game and make more games.
We're currently discussing a buyout option, where you can activate boosts without ads after buying an in-app purchase. It really wasn't our original plan and we only started considering it now, after some people told is they'd rather pay than watch ads, or there are no ads available in their country. We haven't decided on this yet, though. We wanted to keep the game free of in-app purchases, but of course we can see how it actually might make sense to offer an alternative.
#131 2017-03-21 05:06:51
Hi Michelle - just 'saw' your replies on list as well - thanks.
#132 2017-03-21 05:26:31
So I've just updated the game, and now It doesn't start for me...
Hi amerikranian,
A few people have reported this now. It seems to be completely random. All over sudden it will start working again. We're going to start digging into this tomorrow.
At the moment we have not clear way to reproduce it yet. It happens randomly at some point, not just because of the update.
We're looking for more information. If anyone has noticed anything that could help us, please let me know.
#133 2017-03-21 08:38:57
I found the update just now,
I can see the aad new sslot button, and the game works a lot better for me and i am using an iphone 5s.
Thankyou, and keep up the good work.
never give up on what ever you are doing.
#134 2017-03-21 09:45:32
Wow Michel, You are prety bad for my sleep pathern. I saw the update around midnight, downloaded it and i played for some time. It works very good on my iPhone 7. thanks a lot for making this game. I quite like it.
Greetz mike
or follow @mikeschippernl on twitter
#135 2017-03-21 09:50:21
Firstly, my wife absolutely loves your game . It's one of the few games she can play due to injuries that prevent typing for extended periods of time. She was wondering if you might consider adding a bakery and a potter in a future release.
I also think I've found a bug. When I restarted the game for the first time, I had a quest to sell 1000 ladders for an increase in lumberyard product sale price. I unlocked ladder for some reason before restarting, I guess to spend all of my cash. However, when my wife restarted, she had two other quests, to sell 5000 logs for cheaper lumberyard expansion and to sell 1000 timber. Did I somehow miss out on these two quests by unlocking ladder before I should have?
Thanks. This game is pretty neat even though I'm not usually into crafting.
#136 2017-03-21 10:50:14
@Mikrima, I just picked up the game again this morning having seen the updates and I'm loving what I'm seeing, from the production slot to the improved vo sensativity, great job, indeedd I will admit I was slightly waiting on this update to finish a quest .
Now that the general accessibility bugs seem to be getting fixed,I'll be interested to try the game out and look at the gameplay.
For example one thing that occurs to me is at the moment while you produce a lot of products, there is only one place to sell them, ie, the city. it would be cool if there was another merchant to check or chances of finding better deals, or perhaps even randomly generated orders that you could decide to fill or not.
For example someone turns up and says "I am building a new wall around my village, I need 100 timber and will pay you 1000 gold"
Now the canny player will know that is less than the average sale prices so will not take that deal, however at another point you might get the same order but an offer of 2000 gold, which is obviously a much better idea.
This would require people to be far more awre of the value of things and calculate as traders, and of course would mean having something different to tangle with when you opened the ap sinse if the orders were created new each day with some randomness in the amounts required, people would get a different experience with the gamme other than dynamic growth we have now.
Just some thoughts, then again as I said I've not got as far yet so it is entirely possible this, or something like it is already in the game anyway.
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)
#137 2017-03-21 11:06:47
I am using android 7.0 and I will try without internet conection and I will restart my phone later because I am at school.
My skype is Angel If you want to talk with me.
And please, give me a tumbsup, it makes me happy to see one.
Angel Productions, the producer of nothing :)
#138 2017-03-21 16:30:02
So here is a little more on the problem. It started happening around two days ago, Somewhere around 10 PM CDT. I try to open the game, and it just didn't want to start. I was off the Internet at that point. So I thought it might be the problem. Yesterday, I got online, and I tried to open it again. it worked. so I thought my problems were solved. However at 9 PM it happened again. The game just wouldn't open. This morning I tried again, still the same result.
#139 2017-03-21 16:43:03
I think we need to be able to stop production as well. Or can we?
#140 2017-03-21 18:02:24
post 139, Why?
#141 2017-03-21 18:12:53 (edited by burak 2017-03-21 18:14:10)
For more stratejic adjustment of products. What if I want only grains in my storage and don't have the time to wait for automation of other products to end?
#142 2017-03-21 18:22:01
If you don't have the time to wait, close the app and come back later or sell off whatever you don't want when it stops producing. I don't see why stopping production is necessary at all.
#143 2017-03-21 19:20:44
When I restarted the game for the first time, I had a quest to sell 1000 ladders for an increase in lumberyard product sale price. I unlocked ladder for some reason before restarting, I guess to spend all of my cash. However, when my wife restarted, she had two other quests, to sell 5000 logs for cheaper lumberyard expansion and to sell 1000 timber. Did I somehow miss out on these two quests by unlocking ladder before I should have?
Hi David,
no, you are not missing out on any quests. The quests are randomly selected when you reset your progress, because you can always only have a maximum number of 6 quests at the same time. Since you had the ladder unlocked, the requirements for that quests were met and by chance it was selected. On your next restart, if you finished any quests, you might get the quests for logs and timber to fill those empty quest slots.
#144 2017-03-21 19:25:41
... it would be cool if there was another merchant to check or chances of finding better deals, or perhaps even randomly generated orders that you could decide to fill or not.
That is a pretty neat idea, we'll put it on our idea list and discuss it for one of the bigger updates in the future.
The game already let's you build out your own personal estate, which is basically your homestead. That requires different construction materials for each step of the construction - for example logs and timber in the beginning. Later it will need more difficult to craft items. Building out your estate isn't just for fun - each level that you build out will give you a 10% bonus on your overall storage space, which is very valuable. This bonus will stay with you even through a game reset. Just like the princess, the estate is not reset along with the game progress when you claim your quest rewards.
#145 2017-03-21 19:30:24
@Dragos and @amerikranian
We have encountered this problem too, that the app closes immediately again at start. We've been spending today working on this, but are having trouble reproducing it reliably. Like you said, it is random. All over sudden it will work, then it will not work, then it will work again. We're currently starting the game 100 times an hour in the hopes that it will fail to load. As you can guess, if you actively want it to crash, it won't...
I'll keep you posted.
#146 2017-03-21 19:34:40
For me does not crash but I restarted the phone and I tried with the internet off but nothing.
And please, give me a tumbsup, it makes me happy to see one.
Angel Productions, the producer of nothing :)
#147 2017-03-21 20:47:30
I've also grabbed the update from the IOS app store, and it works as expected on my iPhone 7.
This game is absolutely addicting. Just wow... The game deserves so much attention...
I'm not very far in the game yet, but I look very much forward to see what I can unlock in the future. If possible, I would be interested to translate the game into danish in the future. The game have deserved to be translated into as many languages as possible, because it is awesome...
So, what do you unlock when you restart the game and keep playing it over and over again? I'm sorry, I don't get this... Do you unlock new quests or other things?
If you like the post, then please give it a thumps up.
Feel free to contact me privately if you have something in mind. If you do so, then please send me a mail instead of using the private message on the forum, since I don't check those very often.
Happy gaming... :D
#148 2017-03-21 22:09:16
I have an iOS device. and since the update to CraftingKingdom yesterday, I can finally play it on my iPhone 7. I love it so much, I stayed up almost all night last night playing. Awesome work. I even got my sighted wife hooked. She saw me playing and was like. "Ok, You got me." Again, very awesome work.
#149 2017-03-21 22:42:24
Mikrima, why won't we trade devices? it will close all those 100 times.
#150 2017-03-21 22:57:30
So, what do you unlock when you restart the game and keep playing it over and over again? I'm sorry, I don't get this... Do you unlock new quests or other things?
Hi SLJ,
you have a list of quests which you can find in the castle. They ask you to do various things, such as sell 1000 logs, automate 10 buildings and the like. When completed, they give you permanent rewards, for example higher sale prices, cheaper storage cost, producing faster and so on.
But there is a catch. To claim those quest rewards you need to reset your progress and start over. Of course, the next time you will get ahead a lot faster, since you now produce faster, earn more money from the same products and so on.
When you reset, you also get new quests. Every quest you complete is replaced with a new quest. You can never have more than 6 quests at a time.
Without restarting every now and then you'll likely never be able to make enough gold coins to afford the later, more expensive production locations, or to build out your estate all the way.
It's important to know that resetting your progress will not reset the quests themselves, the quest rewards you have already received, nor the estate or the princess.


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In a Q&A with the Sidekick maker Danger's CEO, Financial Times asks him about what he's got in his pocket. Surprisingly, Hank Nothaft tells.
A prototype of the next Sidekick (mobile-cum-internet device). It's thinner and less wide but has a bigger keyboard. Now I no longer keep it on a belt, I'm always losing it. I was known as the "absent-minded professor" as a student.
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Progress had been postponed because of concerns that the South Lido Beach park building was too expensive.
It turns out Sarasota County is not getting the platinum package for new bathrooms at South Lido Beach park after all.
In fact, the bathroom building itself accounts for less than half the project's $1.3 million price tag, county commissioners were told Wednesday.
County leaders concluded the project is not the gold-plated boondoggle some suspected, but left them complaining about personnel costs that helped inflate the budget.
Construction on the bathrooms will begin within 30 days and should wrap up by December following a 3-1 vote in favor of the project. Commission Chairwoman Carolyn Mason was absent because of illness.
Last week commissioners described the project as "over the top" and at least two said they planned to vote it down. The cost seemed out of proportion to the building's size, they said.
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In voting against the project, Commissioner Christine Robinson said she wanted to see a more detailed analysis of these costs.
Part of the issue stems from a new accounting method for how certain county workers are paid. Commissioners approved the plan to free up money from other areas of the budget, but it is driving up construction costs.
Two expenses stuck out: $97,805 to pay a private construction management firm to supervise the contractor and $181,952 to pay the salaries of county employees.
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She just wants less money to go toward staff salaries on future construction projects. She and Barbetta suggested fewer county employees at project meetings.
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I was driving this morning when I heard Bob Murphy's call: "He struck him out. He struck him out. The Mets win the World Series."
It was a chilly Monday night. The Giants were at home to the Redskins, but the real show in town was Game 7 of the 1986 World Series. Game 7's are usually always a gem, and this was no different, as for the second straight game the Mets rallied to beat the Red Sox.
Everybody remembers Game 6 for the Bill Buckner play, and the conventional wisdom was the Boston would be devastated and fold like a cheap tent. Not so.
A rainout Sunday gave the Red Sox another day to get over the lost and give Bruce Hurst another day of rest. What people forget was the Red Sox taking an early 3-0 lead on Rich Gedman's homer.
But, the Mets scored three in the sixth and seventh, and two more in the eighth to put away Boston, 8-5.
It was after this game when The New York Times' George Vecsey became the first to mention a Babe Ruth curse. He didn't phrase it, "the curse of the Bambino," but he was the first to associate a curse with the Red Sox.
This was a Mets' team full of brass and it was supposed to win a string of World Series, but it never happened. Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry had drug problems, Mike Scioscia's homer off Gooden in the 1988 NLCS derailed the Mets that season, Len Dykstra was traded and the team started to unravel.
What was going to be a dynasty never happened and the Mets wouldn't reach the World Series until 2000 when they were beaten in five games by the Yankees.
Even so, Murphy's call was the soundtrack for Jesse Orosco striking out Marty Barrett for the game's final out. Orosco throwing his glove in the air and falling to his knees as he was mobbed by his teammates has been one of baseball's most enduring images since.
There was no middle-of-the-road with the 86 Mets. You either loved them or hated them. That was the year I moved to New York from Ohio and started following the Mets. They were a cocky bunch which I didn't like at first, but they grew on me. I loved how Keith Hernandez and Lenny Dykstra played, and grew to admire Gooden's dominance. Strawberry, I remember, was a player you couldn't take your eyes off when he came to the plate. After hitting the scoreboard clock in St. Louis, with every at-bat you wondered how far he'd hit the ball.
Some would say this was the Mets' last great moment, but I dispute that with their pennant run in 2000 and Mike Piazza's homer after 9-11. The Piazza homer, Endy Chavez's catch and Carlos Beltran taking a called third strike to end the 2006 NLCS all provided enduring images.
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2011-12 Baseball Review (6-13-2012)
We went to Vero Beach, Florida for our spring trip and went 3-7 in our 10 games played.
We placed 4th in the conderence with a record of 6-12.
We were seeded 10th in the region seeding. We went 0-1 in the play in game against Highland.
We had five players selected for Academic All-Conference.
We had two players selected for Academic All-American.
We had one player selected on the All-Conference Team, Evan Davis. He was also selected for the 2nd team All-Region.
Head Coach
Rene Valdez
Assistant Coaches
Noel Aponte
Eric McDermott


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Easy recipe and directions for making Giant Bubbles. Kids can make these easy giant bubble blowers and then create the biggest bubbles ever. A fun summer day activity, actually this is a perfect outdoor activity when the kids are having a party or you are having a family picnic with lots of kids in attendance. Fun for parents too!
Items needed:
- Plastic Straws
- Cotton String
- Liquid Dishwashing Soap
- Liquid Glycerin (found at Walmart with first aid creams or hand creams/ or crafts stores with cake decorating supplies)
- Water
- Pan / container (such as a 9x13 inch Cake pan)
By Sharon Pierce McCullough
- Mix together:
- 1/2 cup Dishwashing Soap
- 1/2 cup Glycerin
- 4 1/2 cups Water
- Mix bubble solution and set aside. The longer the solution sets, the better the bubbles.
- For each bubble blower, cut two straws to a 6 inch length. Cut a 36 in. piece of string and thread through both straw pieces. Tie end and then slide end into the middle of one of the straws. You can adjust the blower size by making the length of string shorter or longer before tying ends.
- Pour Bubble solution into a low, wide container and then, holding the blower by both straw sections, dip the blower into the solution, keeping string taut. String needs to be completely soaked before the giant bubbles form.
- Remove blower from solution carefully and then, holding the blower sideways, move the blower to the right or left, pulling through the air.
- Leftover solution can be kept in a jar and used for another day.
Hints: Blow bubbles on days that are not windy and for the biggest, best bubbles, blow on a slightly humid day.


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|2012-09-17, 14:13
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Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
Whenever I go to Chinese (or other Asian) restaurants, I never see a potato in sight, not on the menu, or on my plate. Likewise, I never see anything involving potatoes in any of my Asian cookbooks.
As a proud potato loving Irishman, I have to ask those here with far better knowledge of Asian cuisine then I... why no love for the King of Root Vegetables?
|2012-09-17, 16:29
|Link #503
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 35
For example:
-Japanese Curry - usually made with potato, carrots, onions and a protein
-Japanese Croquets - It's like mash potato that's flash fried, sometimes has additional filling
For Chinese food I definitely feel like I see potato less, but I still see it served in small chunks in soups (boiled) or in stir-fry dishes (boiled or shredded and deep fried). I do feel like I see another starchy root vegetable more -- Taro.
|2012-09-17, 16:34
|Link #504
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Dai Korai Teikoku
Koreans also use a lot of potatoes in their cooking. It's west of Korea/Manchuria/Japan that potatoes are less common.
Basically, the most popular "Asian" food are either west of the potato realm, or is focused on food that most natives don't eat on a regular basis at home (especially Japanese cuisine).
|2012-09-17, 16:58
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Join Date: May 2011
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|2012-09-17, 18:04
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Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
I've been experimenting with stir frying potatoes, but the last time I tried it, it was a bit of a wash (They took longer then I expected to cook...)
|2012-09-17, 20:20
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New England
Age: 35
I've heard of people softening them up by boiling them before pan frying them. I've heard of people doing that before making home fries. You could look it up online. I believe you don't fully cook them in water, just soften them up.
|2012-09-17, 20:30
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Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
|2012-09-17, 20:32
|Link #510
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 35
For a psuedo-Chinese recipe that my mother used to make sometimes:
-Take 2-3 white potatoes, slice them somewhat thin like thick potato chips
-Soak them in water so they don't oxidize
-Pan-fry the potato slices until cooked through and slightly crispy on the outside
-Set it aside on a napkin covered tray to absorb oil and keep it crispy
-Take ground pork and saute it until cooked through
-Add in a decent amount of soy sauce, with a bit of sesame oil, sugar, salt, oyster sauce, vinegar and garlic to add flavour to make a chunky, chili-style meat sauce
-Add on top of the potato and serve all of this on top of rice
Yes.. A dish with pan-fried crispy potatoes ontop of rice! It reminds me of an asian style poutine with rice
|2012-09-18, 01:49
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Hiding Under Your Bed
Join Date: May 2008
And, yes, if you were to try to stir-fry a potato straight from its gloriously raw state...it would take a long, long time.
Nuke a potato for a few minutes (time varies on strength of microwave). Slice up. Throw in pan with hot oil. Salt and garlic and paprika. Light cheese on top. Fry 'till cheese melts. Yum.
Edit: As far as asian dishes with potatoes, there are plenty. As has been mentioned, the potato is practically the centerpoint of Japanese Curry. Here's a fantastic start for your Japanese Curry adventure. Once you've mastered this basic curry, you can then experiment with other ingredients.
Even though it says 6-8 servings, if you have a 4-person family, I'd double the recipe. Also, as in most dishes, large cubes of potatoes are better than small cubes. Especially when you let the dish sit overnight to let the potatoes really suck up flavor from the rest of the dish.
|2012-09-18, 12:12
|Link #513
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 35
As for my cooking.. I found some recipes, but it looks like we may be doing a big gigantic dinner out with cocktails at my friend's place afterwards.. So who knows if it's still on?
I was going to do pan-seared lightly salted sea scallops on a bed of wilted watercress as an appetizer and broiled lobsters as the main course -- and yes, I'm a novice (novice is being kind) chef but.. Go big or go home, right?
|2012-09-18, 23:06
|Link #514
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New England
Age: 35
So you haven't had much practice with your cooking skills? It could be risky to try to take a leap of faith. If you go for it, I'm sure you can get some good advice and tips online; on websites and in this thread. I bet the poster Synaesthetic could give you some good advice on your planned meal, she has held a job as a cook for something like 4 or 5 years in the past. If you actually go for it, just read up on everything you'd need to do for the meal and make sure you really wanna have a go at it. For example, even the liquid butter you would have for the lobster takes some work. You don't just simply melt butter.
It is called clarified butter. You can make your own: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJx6mHXKmNs
Or buy some: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...arified+butter
I don't know if the stuff you buy is as good as the stuff you make yourself. As far as I know, I've never had the jarred stuff. Any time I've had lobster, it has been at a good New England seafood restaurant, and I don't expect any of those to use the jarred stuff.
Here is a site giving guidelines on broiling lobster tails in an oven. http://www.ehow.com/how_5030747_broi...ails-oven.html
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|2012-09-22, 17:57
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Vietnamese French Fries
Vietnamese cuisine has a dish, Thịt Bò Xào Khoai Tây (Beef and French Fried Potatoes).
The French introduced potatoes (which originated in South America) and French fries (yeah, I know, "French" fries originated in Belgium) into Vietnam.
I've cooked Thịt Bò Xào Khoai Tây myself.
|2012-09-23, 15:45
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Beef arrozcaldo...essentially the Filipino version of congee
I tried doing the beef version first. Did the chicken version when my sister got sick. I prefer the chicken version.
Mince up some garlic...I usually do about four cloves. Toss it in a pot in some cooking oil. Slice up some onions and put that in the pot. Cut up some ginger and toss that in as well. Put in a bouillon cube (chicken or beef depending on which meat you'll be using) and mash it up with what you have in your pot. Add the meat in there. Once your meat is cooked through, add the water. Then you add your uncooked rice. The rice will cook in pot and after some time it should get to that porridge texture. You can always add more water if you don't like it too thick.
For the chicken version you can also add hard boiled eggs in it. When you serve it, add in the sliced green onions and some saffron powder. And there you go. Some Filipino comfort food for you, or something nice to enjoy when the weather gets cold.
|2012-09-24, 08:58
|Link #517
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 35
1) Seared Scallops on wilted watercress with panchetta
2) Broiled lobster, seared ribeye and steamed asparagus
As for the butter.. I just melted butter. The recipe called for it that way too, strangely enough. The recipe for the lobster said: "serve with melted unsalted butter and lemon wedges"
My only hiccups were related to the rock lobster, the shell on top was too hard to cut without shattering, so I had to open it up from underneath.. which detached some of the shell lining which was very bitter!
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|2012-09-24, 10:15
|Link #518
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New England
Age: 35
Looks like things turned out pretty well. Sorry about using the term "leap of faith", I just meant that it was kind of an ambitious meal if you hadn't had much experience with cooking. But looking at those pics, it looks like things turned out pretty well. Did the dinner go over really nicely? Was she happy and appreciative of the meal you made?
|2012-09-24, 17:00
|Link #519
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 35
^ Thanks. "Leap of faith" is how I'd call it too since I really don't cook very much at all, but as I said, "Go big or go home", that's my motto!
It was a lot of work though.. Even though cooking times were relatively short, and the prep time minimal for these dishes.. I think I'm just not experienced enough to breeze through it, so it required more "mental energy" than I would have otherwise thought.
|2012-09-24, 19:59
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New England
Age: 35
I'm not a great cook, but I'm fairly decent (perhaps that is putting it a bit modestly, too), and I know that gaining more experience with cooking over an extended period of time has certainly helped me progress as a cook. It also helps that I have a knack for cooking. That knack for cooking helps me get a little boost and helps me learn new things a bit quicker. One thing I'm not particularly good at is grilling meats on a grill. I'm alright at it, but I just don't have a knack for it. I'm going to guess the same for baking. I haven't really delved into that, so I don't know for sure.
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On starships or starbases, the chief engineering officer (often shortened to chief engineer) is in charge of all engineers and engineering duties.
The chief engineer's duties range from making the duty shift roster for engineering personnel to advising the captain on possible solutions for certain technical problems. In general the chief engineer is an officer with enough experience in his or her own field of expertise and with seniority over the rest of the engineers. A chief engineer is also a member of the senior staff and accountable for the overall performance of the vessel.
In the context of engineering, the chief engineer may be seen giving orders to persons who would ordinarily outrank him in other contexts, e.g., the second officer. For example, Data regularly takes orders from Geordi La Forge in engineering contexts, even though as the second officer Data outranks Geordi in absolute terms. (TNG)
The captain of a Starfleet starship has the prerogative to appoint someone to the post of chief engineer even if he or she does not have the seniority which normally would apply to this function. Persons with vast experience and engineering knowledge but no appropriate Starfleet rank could be appointed as chief engineer in this manner. (VOY: "Parallax")
Some noted chief engineers in Starfleet history were:
- Commander Charles Tucker III of Enterprise NX-01
- Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander) Paul Stamets of the USS Discovery
- Lieutenant Commander (later Commander, and later Captain) Montgomery Scott of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)
- Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander) Geordi La Forge of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) and the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
- Senior Chief Petty Officer Miles O'Brien of the USS Defiant, also chief of operations of Deep Space 9
- Lieutenant junior grade B'Elanna Torres of the USS Voyager
The Starfleet of the alternate reality established in 2233 by the temporal incursion of the Romulan Nero had one note worthy chief engineer:
- Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
List of chief engineers Edit
- Named
- Argyle
- Bjorn Bensen
- Velara Base (2364)
- Pavel Chekov
- Joseph
- Donald Kaplan
- Kelby
- Joshua Kelly
- Geordi La Forge
- Logan
- USS Enterprise-D (2364)
- Leland T. Lynch
- USS Enterprise-D (2364)
- Sarah MacDougal
- USS Enterprise-D (2364)
- Nog
- Miles O'Brien
- USS Defiant (2371-2375)
- USS Defiant (2375)
- Olson
- Reginod
- Mondor (2365)
- Jacques Romaine
- Posting unknown
- Montgomery Scott
- Montgomery Scott (alternate reality)
- USS Enterprise (2258-2263)
- USS Franklin (2263)
- USS Enterprise-A (2260s)
- Solin
- B'Elanna Torres
- Val Jean (2371)
- USS Voyager (2371-2378)
- Charles Tucker III
- Enterprise NX-01 (2151-2161)
- Columbia NX-02 (2154)
- Vanderberg
- Unnamed
Appendices Edit
Background information Edit
Argyle appeared to have replaced Sarah MacDougal as Chief Engineer and was apparently replaced himself by Lieutenant Logan prior to TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom", who was in turn seemingly replaced by Leland Lynch by TNG: "Skin of Evil". However, Commander William T. Riker's line in "Where No One Has Gone Before" that engineering matters were overseen by "one of our chief engineers, in this case, [Mr.] Argyle" seems to imply that the ship had more than one chief engineering officer at the time. Therefore, it is possible that MacDougal and Argyle both served as chief engineer simultaneously. This practice of having more than one chief engineer seems to have come to an end by 2365, when Geordi La Forge became the sole chief engineer of the Enterprise. It is also however possible that the term chief engineers actually applied to the most senior engineers (Possibly the three most senior as typically three shifts will be run in a day so there would have to be at least three engineers who would run the department during their own shifts) however chief engineer was still an individual position in its own regard. This multiple application of titles has been seen before with regard to the title of Commanding Officer, which can be used to apply to the single position of the highest ranking officer in command of a starship or starbase or also to the person whom one directly reports to in the chain of command or in a department.
Apocryphal chief engineers Edit
- Xin Ra-Havreii
- Vorik
- USS Voyager (Voyager relaunch)
- Kirayoshi O'Brien
- USS Enterprise-F in Star Trek Online
External links Edit
- Chief engineer at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works


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Paying attention to the competition keep your club in top form.
When student artists are learning their craft, they study the masters. They spend hours in countless museums noting how Picasso fragmented his images, or the use of the color yellow in a Van Gogh. They also visit each other's exhibitions to see what the other artists in their community are up to.
The same truth applies to business. Running a business successfully is an art form. And in order to be a master of your craft, you need to look outside your own club doors, and study your competition.
"This is an unbelievably important article," says Kirk Galiani of Gold's Gym International. "You'd be amazed how little many of the owners really know about the competition."
Considering the amount of small businesses (including clubs) that close within the first two years of operation (according to the most recent statistics from the American Institute of Small Business, 590,000 new small businesses were started in 1999. At the same time, 530,000 closed), maybe this fact is not so amazing after all.
"I would say less than 50 percent of the owners have visited their competition in the past year," Galiani continues. "This is the equivalent of a pro football team not having viewed films on the competition before they play them."
So, if you do visit your competition on a regular basis, keep doing it. And, if you don't, then you'd better start. And while you're visiting, keep in mind the following:
Club owners need to visit their competition, but so should the management, sales people, and other key personnel. "Every new staff member that comes to work here visits the other clubs," says Dan Horan, co-owner of the Hatfield Athletic Club in Hatfield, PA, and a board member of the Delaware Valley Alliance of Health & Sportsclubs.
"I always visit clubs on a regular basis," Horan continues. "Anytime I'm near a club I have to jump out of the car and go see it." In Horan's case, this works out to be about once a week.
"My goal is to eventually visit every club in the country," he says.
But visiting another club is more than just a sight-seeing tour. You need to be evaluating the staff, the energy, the atmosphere, the pricing, the equipment, the programs — see what the clubs are doing better than you, or learn from their mistakes. Visiting another club is an invaluable educational tool.
"Knowledge is power, information is power," explains Horan.
Club owners need to understand how to compete with the competition. It's not all about price. "Price is always a factor in the health club industry, just like in any other industry, but price is not the only thing that customers look at," Galiani says.
In fact, clubs that operate by running price wars with their competition are just hurting themselves, and the industry in general, in the end. "Nobody really wins in a price war. There are two losers," says Galiani. "But you do have to be competitively priced] with a club that is similar to yours."
According to Horan, "Should you compete with your competitors based on price? Absolutely not. How should you compete? On service."
"I am the highest priced club in my market. When I was only a couple of dollars more than my competition, it was honestly a harder sell."
His philosophy on raising his club's dues was so he could appeal to the non "gym rat" portion of the population. These are the customers that don't base their decisions on joining a club based on price, but, rather on what the club has to offer.
"[The customers] are not going to leave on price because they didn't join on price," Horan rationalizes.
Understand your competitions' membership base, and separate your club by appealing to a different niche market. Let's face it, only 10 percent of the population currently belongs to a gym. Club owners need to think outside of the box so that they can target portions of the leftover 90 percent. "You can't be all things to all people," Horan says.
Agrees Galiani, "I see too many clubs that try to be everything to everybody. Basically, in my opinion — especially in a compact market — you need to have a niche."
But this is not always a hard-and-fast rule, he says. "In smaller markets, you want to be a little broader, because there is not as much of a customer base."
As an example of niche marketing in the face of a competitor with more clout, Galiani explains a situation in which a large YMCA was opening up just a few miles from their 30,000-square-foot club. This new YMCA was 70,000 square feet, had four different locker rooms, a large pool, day care, soccer field, and a basketball court. "They had everything," Galiani says.
So, in order to compete with this very family-oriented club, Galiani's club decided to narrow their focus into appealing to those members that "didn't want to go to a Y and have a lot of kids running around," Galiani says knowingly after analyzing the competition.
"We decided to go after the age 20 to 40 people who wanted to go to a gym, work out, and be seen a little bit." They also did some basic remodeling and added a day care component to capture the members with children that may have opted for the Y for their children's services.
"When the Y did open, yes we did lose some members," Galiani continues. "But we've since stabilized and now are starting to get more members than before."
Better business budgeting for a better bottom line.
It's hard to get where you're going if you don't know where you are. This is why travelers carry maps. And for any good business the same is true. But in this case that map is the company's budget.
Sure we all know the meaning of the word budget — a systematic plan for the expenditure of a usually fixed resource, such as money or time, during a given period — but do we really know what a budget means?
"A budget really is an exercise in planning that gives you the opportunity to think through all the events that you can expect to occur during the year," says Steve Schwartz, president and CEO of Tennis Corp. of America (TCA). "Once you and your staff have figured out these possible events, you then need to decide a plan of action and execute it."
Budget for success. The first thing that must be figured out is what type of budget will work best for your situation, according to many experts.
"Budgeting is different for clubs based on a number of factors, such as if it is a new facility or an existing one," says Doug Ribley, director of fitness & wellness, Akron General Health Systems. "It is decidedly different working from a history or not."
Ribley adds that it is possible to put a sound budget together for either scenario, but both take a little work and a lot of estimating.
"A new facility, you have to build the budget on assumptions and industry statistics leading to line items being based on good guesses," he says. "But there is enough research and budgeting is enough of a science that you can come very close regardless."
When it comes for budgeting existing clubs, Schwartz says that there are two ways to look at it, at least.
"When setting a budget you can either set a conservative one or one that stretches the goal," he explains. "The more realistic one is easier to achieve, while the second one can be an effective tool; if you achieve your goals you'll be ecstatic, and if not you'll still probably be happy."
One drawback to an overly ambitious budget, according to Schwartz, is that it can backfire in an institutional setting. "Somewhere along the line, someone will rely on those numbers," he says. "And, they will be very unhappy if they are not met — even if the results are still good compared to a more realistic budget."
Know your numbers. The key to building a solid budget is having a solid foundation of information whether it is from industry statistics or your facility's own history.
"You need to quantify the numbers for your business," says Schwartz. "Looking at the last few years can help those making out the budget to see what as helped them reach current goals and then reach the ultimate objective of the organization for the new period."
But to quantify your budgetary decisions you need to know what has worked — or not worked — in the past, then build on that knowledge figuring for the future.
"It is vital that you collect good data and keep good records," advises Ribley, noting that that goes for both departmental and overall budgeting. "That way you can go back and look at the history of your business so you can look ahead and help you make educated guesses for the next year or whatever period of time you are budgeting for."
Plan for the unplanned. Despite meticulous record keeping, analysis of data, and a look at historical information things happen that you may not have accounted for or planned on such as maintenance expenses, insurance and utility price changes. Additionally, the effects of the overall economic climate can impact both the revenue and expense sides of the budgetary ledger. These unexpected and often uncontrollable factors are what make sticking to a budget is its most challenging and its most important.
One way to beat the unexpected is to plan for it. "You should always put in a contingency for problems that may arise," says Schwartz. "The one thing you can always expect is the unexpected. Problems always arise."
Ribley says that while the unexpected will occur you need to plan for things you can account for like new programming, inflation, staffing needs, etc., while sticking to your budget in the tough times.
"You really have to set a budget and stick to it no matter what may happen," says Ribley. "The management team must meet and think of creative ways to handle the problems or unexpected shifts the best they can within the constraints of the budget."
What to watch when visiting your competition
1. Pricing
2. Services
3. Cleanliness
3. Programming
4. Equipment
5. Club layout
6. Club design
7. Club membership
8. Club size
9. Club's exposure to the main road
10. The sales program


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Apr 17,2009
Central Oregon Viewing Report 4/15/09
by ODFW
Prineville Area
Resident ducks and geese are to pairing up in preparation for nesting along the Crooked River and Prineville Reservoir Wildlife Management Area which is home to a variety of shorebirds and nesting birds of prey. The access road along the north side of Prineville Reservoir through the area opens for motorized access on April 15 and offers great opportunities for viewing, hiking and camping.
Directions to the wildlife area: From Prineville, take Paulina Highway 1.7 miles. Turn right onto Juniper Canyon Road at the Prineville Reservoir State Park sign. Take Juniper Canyon Road 12.5 miles to Prineville Reservoir State Park. Access to the wildlife area is a primitive dirt road in the northeast corner of the state park. Visitors also may continue southeast along Paulina Highway for 15 miles (from Prineville) and turn right at the bottom of the hill after passing Eagle Rock near milepost 14 onto the signed wildlife area primitive roadway. For more information, visit ODFW's Web site.
The Dalles
Spring is here, and neotropical migrants are right behind it. This is a great time of year to take a hike in the Columbia River gorge. The gorge is host to many migrant songbirds in the spring, as well as a great place to find wildflowers and other wildlife. The Mosier Twin Tunnels provides a great hard surface trail to avoid the spring mud. For more information visit Oregon State Parks Web site.
The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center is now hosting a raptor interpretive program on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays except holidays. Visitors will get to see the Center's Bald Eagle up close and personal, as well as learn about other raptors in the program. For more information on the raptor program.
White River Wildlife Area
Elk are still near the feed sites on the area. The best viewing opportunity is generally found in and around the headquarters of the wildlife area or from the view site off of the 48 road.
Visitors to the area can see a wide variety of birds, including Lewis' Woodpeckers, Cooper's hawks and pileated woodpecker's. Deer are using the feeders throughout the area. Visitors are asked to maintain some distance between themselves and wintering deer to reduce disturbance to the animals.
From The Dalles, travel 34 miles south on Hwy. 197 to the blinking light at Tygh Valley. Turn right into Tygh Valley and follow the signs to Wamic on Wamic Market Road. Continue straight ahead on Dodson Road rather than follow the sharp curve. Continue on Dodson Road through three 90-degree turns. Turn left on the gravel road 1/4 mile past the last curve, and continue 1-1/2 miles to the cattleguard and area signs. The wildlife area headquarters is located 1/2 mile past the cattleguard. For more information, visit ODFW Web site.
Lower Deschutes Wildlife Area
Many different species frequent the Deschutes Canyon at this time of year with opportunities to view a wide variety of waterbirds, passerines, deer and bighorn sheep. Bighorn sheep are a common site in the canyon. One of the most popular spots to view Bighorn rams is across the river from Jones campground, along the Mack's canyon access road.


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The Tecumseh High School boys swimming and diving team took third place at Saturday's SMISL Relays hosted by Milan. Adrian placed fourth at the six-team event.
Chelsea finished first with 592, well ahead of second-place Milan at 398. Tecumseh scored 396, followed by Adrian (234), Monroe (160) and Bedford (26).
Tecumseh had two second-place finishes and three third-place finishes. The 600 freestyle team (Mattew Haeussler, Bryant Hagemann, Jacob Schaedler) finished second in 6:01.01, and the 200 freestyle over/under team (Dylan Coleman, Schaedler, Hagemann, Haeussler) placed second in 1:46.94. Third places were posted by the 300 medley team (Haeussler, Schaedler, Jared Russell) in 3:05.30, the 300 butterfly team (Alex Gilbert, Nathan Roberts, Coleman, Russell) in 3:08.96 and the 300 backstroke team (Coleman, Russell, Haeussler, Gilbert) in 3:01.94.
Tecumseh scored fourth-places finishes by the 700 freestyle team (Mitchell Lindsay, Andrew Waite, Hagemann, Collin Eberle) in 7:04.81 and the 500 freestyle team (Alex McDowell, Coleman, Hagemann, Brandon Russell) in 4:44.91. Ray Vigo laced fourth in the diving with a score of 339.60.
Finishing fifth for the Indians were the 200 freestyle team (Clinton Olberg, Riley Moore, Eberle, Gilbert) in 1:54.60 and the 300 breaststroke team (Brandon Russell, Jared Russell, Olberg, Gilbert) in 3:43.55.
Khayman Jones took second in diving for Adrian with a score of 378.70. Jeff Miller placed third with 351.95.
The Maples also recorded three fifth-place times: the 200 medley team (Ian Moran, Dylan Rose, Nathan Fischer, Riley Perez) in 1:59.93; the 300 backstroke team (Aneudy Hernandez, Moran, Devin Daniels, Isaac Cox) in 3:22.88; and the 300 butterfly team (Rose, Fischer, Sage Lane, Cox) in 3:57.17.
Tecumseh swimmers 3rd, Adrian 4th in SMISL Relays
The Tecumseh High School boys swimming and diving team took third place at Saturday's SMISL Relays hosted by Milan. Adrian placed fourth at the six-team event.


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WBU professor learns much about education, culture at Oxford
PLAINVIEW – Jo Beth DeSoto traveled to England to share her wisdom with scholars in like fields. She came back with valuable knowledge about education and a few valuable lessons about international travel: Bring good walking shoes. Bring warm clothes. Don't take a shower in the morning.
DeSoto, associate professor of education at Wayland Baptist University, returned Saturday from a week in England, where she participated in the Oxford Round Table, a scholarly assembly attended by invitation only. This year's Round Table dealt with teaching English as a second language and teaching multiple languages. DeSoto received an invitation to attend after submitting an abstract for a paper on teaching students to read who are non-English speakers and in special education. Specializing in special education at WBU, DeSoto had a unique perspective on the language issue during the Round Table.
One of 60 professors from around the world who attended the Round Table, DeSoto said she learned much on the professional level about bilingual education and specific strategies for teaching multiple languages, as well as textbooks and other resources that are helpful in the field. She did say, however, that she was a bit intimidated.
"I felt like I was really small compared to these people," DeSoto said. "Most of them spoke several languages and had several doctorates."
DeSoto said she felt confident in her subject area, though, and said the connections made on the trip were invaluable for her as well as the university. Since the Round Table group represented 46 different countries, many of them gave her good tips on recruiting students from their regions.
The Round Table format featured daily presentations by participants, followed by discussion and debate among the group. At times, DeSoto noted, the other scholars could be harsh on the presenter, but the exchange of ideas and resources was valuable in future writing and research as well as in classroom application.
DeSoto said she was surprised to see the difference in how each country handles educational issues.
"Special education is not viewed the same in other countries," she noted. "We make a lot of concessions here for students who have learning difficulties. In other countries, they often just take them out of the education system and teach them a trade."
Culturally, the trip was just as educational for DeSoto, though she had made a trip to Oxford four years ago for another conference. She learned that stereotypes of her homeland were still rampant, with most participants shocked that Texans can live with rattlesnakes and other critters nearby. They were also surprised to see a woman teaching at a Baptist school, believing Baptists only allow men to teach.
DeSoto learned that England is not a sunny, tropical vacation spot… at least not in March. The temperature stayed between 10 and 20 degrees all week, she noted, with snow on the ground and overcast skies for the most part. That made for some challenges.
"They walk everywhere at Oxford, and the entire campus covers 45 square miles. We had a 45-minute walk every day from the place we slept to the meeting hall on campus, in the snow and cold," she said, adding it didn't get much better inside. "They keep all the buildings about 50 degrees because it's too expensive to heat those old castles. I wore several layers and a coat all day long, and I learned not to take a shower in the morning because the room was just too cold."
DeSoto said she was glad to be able to see the students in session while at Oxford, though the view was quite different from the American university tradition.
"The men wear suits and ties to class and the girls wear dresses or skirts. There were no piercings, tattoos, midriffs showing or anything," she noted. "The students tell you they are 'reading' a certain subject because that's what they do – a lot of reading and independent work – then they meet with their professors once or twice a week and discuss the reading. There are some lectures but not as many."
DeSoto is preparing a presentation for the Wayland faculty to share what she learned at Oxford. Her original article will be printed in an upcoming edition of the Oxford Journal and a copy will be in the Wayland library. She said she'd like to return for another Round Table in the future if possible and appreciated the opportunity.
"Talk about being in the middle of the world of academia," she mused. "It's really an honor to be there, and it was a feather in Wayland's cap for me to be there representing the university."


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According to the United States Department of Agriculture, grains account for more than half of the calories consumed by people in developing countries. Yet, over the last few decades, grain production has been narrowed to only a limited number of varieties – wheat, for example, has over 200,000 varieties, yet only a few genetic lines are being used. Such dependence on a limited number of crops has proven problematic, especially because of rising food prices, climate change, and health concerns.
Today, Nourishing the Planet highlights five grains which are not yet as well known, but provide promising alternatives.
1. Amaranth
Both a grain and a green, amaranth was once as fundamental to the Central and South American diet as corn and beans. Yet after the height of its cultivation during the Aztec civilization, this food has largely disappeared. Now, the non-governmental organization Alternativas y Procesos de Participación Social (Alternatives and Projects for Civil Society) has organized over 1,100 Mexican families in the effort to recover this valuable crop.
Although the plant is beautiful, with brilliantly colored flowers and large green leaves, it is also extremely hardy and able to survive in very arid conditions. Amaranth is highly nutritious, with high fiber and protein content, as well as lysine, an essential amino acid which most cereal crops lack. The plant is extremely versatile – it can be eaten as a vegetable, dried and used as a spice, or turned into a gluten-free flour. The leaves of amaranth are also edible, and possess higher levels of iron than spinach, and toasted amaranth seeds are often used to make traditional sweet foods.
The native Mexicans from over sixty farming villages working with the Alternativas cooperatives have integrated amaranth into their cropping system, and have banded together to begin producing amaranth food products. Rising levels in both production and demand for this nutritious crop are promising for both local people's incomes and the health of people worldwide.
2. Dista Rice
In Madagascar, rice accounts for about 70 percent of the diet for small farmers, and plays an important part in religious and ritual activities. There are many different types of rice, but one variety, a pale pink grain discovered in only 2000, has become wildly popular and provides great potential for local Malagasy farmers.
The Dista rice, named after the farmer who first discovered and cultivated it, is very rich in vitamins and produces consistently high yields. Malagasy farmers have also been using System of Rice Intensification (SRI) methods to further increase their harvests. SRI, which was developed in Madagascar in the 1980s, helps farmers to grow stronger and higher-yielding crops while using less water, fertilizers and pesticides. As harvests have increased to 8-10 tons of rice per hectare (about 2.5 acres) for farmers using the SRI methods, more than 200 farmers have organized into cooperatives to sell their rice and raise money to purchase equipment.
According to Slow Food International, demand for Dista rice is now equal to that of native or imported white rice. As Malagasy farmers continue to improve their production and increase harvests, they are able to improve both their lives and their environment.
To learn more about SRI and Dista rice, see "Madagascar's 'Magic Rice '- Dista Rice."
3. Freekeh
Freekeh (also known as farik) is a type of wheat which is harvested prematurely and roasted. It is very nutritious, with high fiber and protein content, as well as rich in nutrients such as calcium and iron. Freekeh is used in a number of dishes across the Middle East, and is beginning to see an emergence in Western markets as well.
Freekeh is a specialty of the Jabal 'Amel region of Lebanon, where the seeds have been passed down within families for generations. A combination of the area's unique soil composition and processing methods gives the green cereal its characteristic toasted aroma. Freekeh production in Jabal 'Amel is now being threatened however by large quantities of industrially produced freekeh from Syria and by subsidies from the Lebanese government for tobacco cultivation.
In an inspiring program, Slow Food Beirut, Oxfam Italia, and the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity have partnered together to revive the production of freekeh in its native region, while also helping to improve the living conditions for the citizens of Jabal 'Amel. This area was particularly hard hit during conflict in 2006. By working with the remaining local producers, this project aims to establish sustainable and successful freekeh production in the region, which can also improve the livelihoods of the local farmers.
Red fife wheat was first introduced to the country in 1842, when a farmer from Glasgow sent some seeds to his friend in Ontario. Its adaptability to extreme weather and the Canadian cold allowed it to flourish, and within twenty years, the wheat was being grown across Canada.
Over time, the popularity of the wheat diminished, as farmers shifted towards growing hybrids of the Red Fife by the 1920s.
This changed in 1988, when Sharon Rempel, an environmental activist who was working at the time to recreate the wheat crops being grown during the 1880s at The Keremos Grist Mill historical site, received a pound of Red Fife seeds from a plant breeder. After planting half of the seeds in the heritage wheat garden at The Keremos Grist Mill, the benefits of the variety quickly gained attention.
Besides being very adaptable to a wide range of growing conditions, including the arctic cold of the Canadian plains, Red Fife is very productive without requiring high inputs of chemicals, and its flour has become very popular among bakers, who value it for its high quality and strong taste, perfect for making sourdough bread. Since being reintroduced, nearly 1 million pounds of Red Fife was harvested in Canada in 2007, from that original one pound of seeds in 1988.
Although millet is only beginning to enter Western food markets, it is already a central part of diets in Africa and Asia. Finger millet, an indigenous variety which originated in the highlands of Ethiopia and Uganda and then spread to India and South Asia approximately 4,000 years ago, is one of the most widely cultivated varieties, and one of the most nutritious grains of the world's major cereal crops.
Nearly 4.5 million tons of finger millet is produced annually, which provides important nutrients to people across East Africa and South Asia. Millet is high in starch and iron, and its proteins are easily digested.
Millet survives well in dry areas and its grain is resistant to rot and insects, making it an important crop in food security strategies of many poor farming communities. It is very labor-intensive to harvest, and policymakers have recently snubbed it as a "poor person's crop," leading to a decline in production. It is currently undergoing a resurgence, however, as yields in India have increased by 50 percent in the past 50 years and acreage is increasing in Nepal by 8 percent annually. In Kenya, millet sells for twice the price of sorghum and maize, and half of all cropland in Uganda is currently dedicated to millet production.
As awareness of this important crop and its nutritional value increase, farmers in other dry areas of the world may also be able to start cultivating it, holding great promise in helping to feed the world's population.
To read more on finger millet, see "Finger Millet: A Once and Future Staple."
Jenna Banning is a research in tern with the Nourishing the Planet project.


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Cisco Cloud: a Chance to Capture Your Moment at the Games
By Ian Symes, Director of Marketing, Cisco UK and Ireland
Throughout the Games, just steps away from the Olympic Stadium, crowds have gathered around CiscoCloud, our interactive digital installation at the heart of the Olympic Park.
The installation is positioned opposite the Arcelor Mittal Orbit and is made up of five interactive pods which use 3D image technology to capture visitors' faces, and create their Olympic 'GamesFace2012' using London 2012 images sourced from the web.
CiscoCloud was created to help enhance visitors' experience of the Games and also to celebrate our role as the official network infrastructure supporter to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The installation creates a 3D ten second digital moving image, mapping out each person's face using pre-populated Olympic imagery from the web. The image, or 'GamesFace', is then shown live on big screens in the Olympic Park, while each visitor will also be able to view and share their image online.
London 2012 is a once in a life time experience for Britain and we are very pleased to help the public capture their special moment and create a lasting memory of their day at the Olympic Park. We also recognise that the Olympic fever spreads beyond the Olympic Park which is why we opened up the experience to those who are unable to visit the Olympic Park.
By logging onto the GamesFace2012 site, users can create their own moving image from the comfort of their home. GamesFaces created both online and at the Olympic site can then be shared over Facebook and Twitter.
The CiscoCloud and 'GamesFace2012' are not only helping London to celebrate the Games, but it will live on as a time capsule after the Olympic and Paralympic games — capturing and saving the many faces of those who visit the CiscoCloud this summer.
This is not only a brilliant opportunity to have fun and share your Olympic experience with your friends via social media, but your chance to capture a piece of British history.
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Republic Services Ops Supervisor Landfill in Roosevelt, Washington
About Us
Republic Services is an industry leader in U.S. recycling and non-hazardous solid waste. Through our subsidiaries, Republic's collection companies, recycling centers, transfer stations, and landfills focus on providing effective solutions to make proper waste disposal effortless for our 14 million customers. We'll handle it from here., our brand promise, lets customers know they can count on Republic to provide a superior experience while fostering a sustainable Blue Planet for future generations to enjoy a cleaner, safer and healthier world. Why Work with Us Our Company cannot thrive without great people devoted to serving customers, the community and the planet. We hire the best people to make Republic a great place to work. We are focused on attracting talented individuals across professions who are as committed to serving customers and the planet as we are. We strive to create a workplace that's meaningful and rewarding to our 33,000 employees. That's why we are proud to be recognized as Best Large Employer by Forbes, World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere, and Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2018 Corporate Equality Index.
Job Description
Within a division, the Operations Supervisor – Landfill is responsible for supervising a team of Lead Operators, Operators and/or General Laborers who contribute to the efficient operation of the landfill. The Operations Supervisor – Landfill is responsible for ensuring that fill sequencing plans are adhered to, density goals are achieved and that the landfill is operated in a manner consistent with the stipulated applicable permit. The Operations Supervisor works with the Operations Manager and General Manager to implement tactical initiatives to drive functional excellence and budget achievement. The Operations Supervisor ensures adherence to all accident prevention programs and leads operations to ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, operating, regulatory, accounting, ethics and other standards. Responsibilities include the execution and delivery of Safety, Customer Experience, and Efficiency while supporting a culture of employee engagement.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Able to direct large staff.
• Is process-oriented and results-oriented in setting and pursuing aggressive goals, demonstrating a strong commitment to organizational success and marshaling resources to accomplish goals and objectives.
• Demonstrated problem-solving, analytical, critical-thinking and decision-making skills.
• Is collaborative; builds and works with teams.
• Creative thinker who challenges conventional solutions.
• Demonstrates and promotes ethical behavior.
• Has strong leadership skills and proven judgment of talent, with an emphasis on hiring and developing high performance teams.
Preferred Qualifications
• Minimum of 1 year of lead or supervisory experience.
• Participation in the Company's management trainee program.
• Bachelor's degree in a business related field.
• Experience in labor relations.
• State certification as required by regulation for landfill supervision.
Principal Responsibilities
• Understand and provider leadership to achieve and communicate about safety goals and objectives.
• Work to remove unsafe conditions or situations from or related to the landfill.
• Partner with the maintenance department to ensure all equipment remains in working order and in compliance with safety standards.
• Oversee effective safety and accident prevention programs to ensure all reasonable actions are taken to prevent accidents and injuries; ensure a safe and productive work environment for all employees; implement and maintain and effective loss control and safety program.
• Engage assigned employees in active participation to instill a culture of safety by demonstration of a personal commitment to safe operations and active personal outreach to operational employees. Customer Experience
• Provide service to all customers that meets or exceeds customer expectations with regard to the entire customer experience.
• Resolve unusual service requests, equipment breakdowns and schedule changes with timely communications to all stakeholders.
• Interact with customers to solve and rectify any issues and improve the overall customer experience.
• Serve as a positive representative of the Company to drive customer satisfaction and loyalty to the Company. Efficiency
• Establish productivity goals where needed; ensure adherence to operating standards; and manage labor hours and disposal expenses per established and agreed plans.
• Execute other operational plans to help achieve or exceed the division's budgeted goals.
• Understand, support and execute service delivery while actively supporting maintenance and the operational role in fleet quality and maintenance. Employee Engagement
• Create a collaborative, communicative team environment and drive employee engagement with the Company.
• Build and develop talent on the team, understand employees' career goals and provide coaching to get employees ready for advancement with the Company.
• Perform other job related duties as needed or assigned. The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required by personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.
• High school diploma or G.E.D.
Rewarding Compensation and Benefits
Eligible employees can elect to participate in:
• Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
• Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employee discount programs.
• 401(k) plan with a generous company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
Republic Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.


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