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The Bank of England targets it, Germans have an inherent fear of it, pension payments are tied to it and the Great Recession and weak wage growth have turned it into a "cost of living crisis" and election slogan.
However, for ordinary people, the impact of inflation is felt in their wallets because price rises erode the spending power of households.
This week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will publish its latest estimate of inflation. Price changes of almost a thousand items from a loaf of bread to the price of a stamp are recorded and condensed into a few numbers that tell you how much the cost of living has gone up.
The current rate of inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index (CPI) is 1.9pc, while the retail prices index measure was 2.6pc in June. CPI, the Government's preferred measure, does not include housing costs such as mortgage interest payments, while the retail prices index (RPI) is no longer classed as a national statistic because it fails to meet international standards, even though many pay deals and rail fare increases are linked to this measure.
Trying to estimate the impact of price rises for all 65m people living in Britain is a gargantuan task, and the accuracy of data has come under attack. Some sceptics just don't believe the numbers, others accuse the Government of making them up, while many think the methodology is flawed.
But ask any of the hundreds of people charged with collecting the inflation data each month, and they'll tell you a very different story.
Brenda Cleaver is one of them. She's worked for TNS, the research organisation that supplies Britain's statistics office with inflation data, for 37 years – 20 of which have been spent supervising some of the 300 "collectors" responsible for gathering prices. For two days each month, workers in 141 towns and cities across Britain trawl hundreds of shelves and clothing racks, manually recording about 120,000 prices from Britain's high streets.
"Most people who do it love it," she says. "When people start, it's hard because they go into shops where they don't know where anything is, so they have to find their way around. When I interview people for a job, I always tell them, the first month you do it, you're going to go home with an aching back and aching feet because it's hard work."
The ONS also employs 17 staff to collect the prices of about 70,000 items sold online, by email and over the phone. These central staff are also responsible for verifying and double-checking the data.
Cleaver is holding an iPAQ, a small device that all collectors use to record price changes. It looks outdated, though staff are being trained to use a new device that looks a bit like an iPad mini. But as Cleaver highlights, technology has come a long way since TNS was awarded the contract in 1994. Before this, Jobcentre staff were responsible for collecting inflation data – using pen and paper.
Being meticulous, accurate and above all reliable are essential qualities for the job. Unlike other data the ONS collect, such as retail sales and construction output figures, the collectors get one window each month to record all price changes. Otherwise, they don't count.
Of course, things aren't always in stock. Sometimes they're on sale, or discontinued, which means collectors are unable to compare price changes.
If the item is not an exact match, it is assigned an "indicator code". These 10 codes are used by the ONS to examine trends that will ultimately affect the overall inflation rate. For example, out of the 119,001 prices collected in March, almost 9,000 were classed as "comparable items". This means the exact item on their list was out of stock, but rather than exclude it from the data, the collector chose a similar item of the same price but a slightly different style, such as boys' jeans with different stitching. A further 9,000 items were on sale, according to the ONS, while about 5,000 – mostly food items – were classed as temporarily out of stock.
All big price changes must be reported to TNS's central office, and relayed back to the ONS.
If the size of an item changes, but the price stays the same, this is also noted – as was highlighted in October 2012, when the ONS noticed that chocolate bars were shrinking. In a statement, it said "a number of confectionery products have reduced in size", and treated this as a price increase in the CPI and RPI because consumers were getting less for their money.
There really is a code for everything. "There was one occasion where someone went to the jewellers just after they'd been robbed," says Cleaver. "In that case they weren't able to get into the shop that month, so they put a "T" for "temporarily unavailable".
She repeatedly refers to the collectors as "my girls", so it's no surprise to learn that the majority of people who do this job work are women. "In the main, 75pc of the people that we've got are female, but we do have men as well. One of the 34 collectors I supervise is an ex-bank manager. Otherwise it's probably more younger people and those who don't need to work. Two days a month isn't too demanding on your time, and it fits in with other things. Many have young children for example."
They're also experienced, and very loyal. Two of Cleaver's staff have been with the company since 1994.
She also says the majority of collectors are more aware of the impact of the work they do on the Bank of England's interest rate decisions than you might think.
"When I take on someone new, it's a point that I make at the interview. That it's only two days a month, or three days a month, but it is a very important job, because it involves things that affect all our lives in some way or another."
The quality of each collector's work is monitored on a regular basis, and supervisors such as Cleaver accompany staff about twice a year.
The ONS also conducts regular reviews of its basket of goods, designed to reflect the spending habits of the average consumer. Every year, new items enter the basket, while others are removed. This year, honey and canvas shoes made the list, while DVD recorders were axed.
Despite this rigorous process, many people still feel that the price rises reflected in the official inflation rate do not truly represent the challenges facing Britain's hard-pressed households.
The ONS assigns a weighting to each spending category when calculating inflation. Food has an 11pc weighting, while housing (CPI includes rents, but not mortgage interest payments) and utility bills have a weighting of 13pc, according to the CPI gauge. Using RPI weightings, housing accounts for 25pc of the index (Source: ONS)
Andrew Haldane, the Bank of England's chief economist, recently revealed that the Bank had held further talks with the Treasury about switching Britain's official inflation measure from CPI to a more "useful" gauge of price rises.
Getting it right is tricky, as last week showed. The CPIH index, which includes a form of housing costs, was introduced in March 2013 and had been touted as a future price stability benchmark for the Bank of England. However, it has been downgraded to experimental status because a review of the data found price rises using this measure were too low.
Derek Bird, head of prices at the ONS, says the move was just part of maintaining its rigorous standards. "CPI is one of the highest quality indicators that we produce. So, is it fit for purpose? Yes. It's accurate and meets the needs of the Monetary Policy Committee [when they decide on whether to raise interest rates]. "I accept that [it's not perfect], but what we're trying to do when we publish the figure each month is give a flavour of what's pushing inflation up, and holding it back. What we don't – and can't – do as an office is produce an indicator that's relevant for every single individual or even every single household."
As the basket evolves, so does the relevance of the data. That's why the UK Statistics Authority, which oversees the ONS, has commissioned Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, to decide if current inflation data really are fit for purpose.
Depending on Johnson's findings, it could kick-start an overhaul of how price rises are measured.
"The Johnson review will be looking at if a household expenditure indicator, a cost of living indicator, or a cost of goods measure is better suited for measuring inflation, and whether we should be producing different types of measures for different households or sectors of society," says Bird.
While Johnson is due to report his findings before the end of the year, Bird insists that any move to change how prices are measured will not be hasty. "[If changes are needed], some of them we can implement quickly, while some would require time for planning, implementation and testing. What the ONS isn't in the business of doing is making quick changes to inflation indices [that might upset] financial markets. Any change will be well thought through [so] they can see what it looks like before it's introduced as a primary measure."
But what about Cleaver? Does the veteran price collector believe the figures published by the ONS are accurate?
"Yes," she says. "Sometimes, you do see a pattern of price rises. When I go round and see the price of
Corn Flakes, I think, oh, they've gone up this month. A few years ago, it seemed like everything was going up – biscuits, cakes, the lot. And that did seem unusual. But I think prices are fairly stable at the moment."


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Who Uses This Software?
retail, education, health care, real estate, travel, it services
Average Ratings42 Reviews
Ease of Use
Customer Service
Product Details
Starting Price$29.00/month/user
Free DemoYes
DeploymentCloud, SaaS, Web
Mobile - Android Native
Mobile - iOS Native
Live Online
In Person
24/7 (Live Rep)
Vendor Details
- HappyFox
- www.happyfox.com/
- Founded 2012
- United States
About HappyFox
HappyFox is a web based customer support software hosted on the cloud. It helps to track and manage all customer support requests across multiple channels like email, chats, social media and phone in a centralized ticket support system. Integration with other web apps like CRM, live-chats, voice and bug tracking apps makes it practical help desk. Similar customer support queries can be handled using canned actions and smart rules to automate responses. Community forums help customers connect.
HappyFox Features
- Blended Call Center
- Call Logging
- Call Recording
- Call Routing
- Call Scripting
- Campaign Management
- Escalation Management
- Inbound Call Center
- IVR / Voice Recognition
- Knowledge Base
- Live Chat
- Manual Dialer
- Outbound Call Center
- Predictive Dialer
- Premise-Based Call Center
- Progressive Dialer
- Quality Management
- Queue Manager
- Virtual Call Center
HappyFox Reviews Recently Reviewed!
The Best of the Best
Likely Extremely
Pros: User-Friendly Layout
Highly Customization
Internal Ticket Tracer
Ticket Reports
SAML Login
Knowledge Base
Overall good product but with hidden gotchas
Likely Extremely
Pros: Nothing in particular jumps out at us. It is no different than most other products in the same category. It has the same basic features as the big names.
Cons: Does not support daylight savings time. In order for your time/date stamps to look right when viewing tickets, every user has to adjust their personal time zone. Since we are Eastern, that meant we had to select Atlantic during DST. Then when it switches back, we need to remember to go in and change it back to EST. No plans from them to address this bug.
We disposed of several older SLAs (no tickets ever tripped them). They still show up in the report when you export the SLA data. They show as inactive but why? They were removed and there is no data associated with them.
Staff Name tag. This one is rich... on a Notification to the caller (New or Reply), it inserts the name of the agent making the update or writing the ticket. On a notification to staff (New or Reply), it shows the name of the person the notice went to. Why on earth would I need to see my name when it comes to me? It doesn't work in Smart Rules either. It only adds a name when you "Assign" the ticket to someone and it is the assigned to, not the agent writing the update.
Support has been great, but the product has so many holes in it, we really can't use it right. We have been using it for 8 months and we are not seeing any cost benefit because we have to spend so much time working around bugs, beating reports into submission, or reviewing tickets to check field values since you can't limit who can enter some data.
Overall: We have a place to store tickets. That is it. We are not seeing the full benefits of a good ticketing system because it lacks so many simple features.
HappyFox is an easy to use software and allows you to customize everything.
Likely Extremely
Pros: Customization is by far the best part about the software. You can create smart rules to automate your service tasks to save you time. There are so many options to change tickets to allow extra information to be included. Their service team is good and always has the answers to our questions.
Saves us hours every day
Likely Extremely
Pros: Quick and simple setup. Love the cannned responses. Great knowledge base feature
Cons: Can't think of any
Overall: As with most support requests they tend to be repetitive. HappyFox enabled us to create canned responses which saves so much time. Also their knowledge base software enables the customer to find answers to common questions without having to contact us directly.
Review from David (Allura)
Likely Extremely
Comments: Great tool to keep the status of our print projects updated. easy to use. easy access.
Cons: I wish we could have a more robust mobile app for my employees in production. They don't have workstations. Rene mentioned to me that you are working a new app. can't wait to see it. :)
Comments: We have had a most unfortunately experience with Happyfox, We contacted them as their product suited our requirements. About us: We own 3 sales based businesses and are share holders major in another 2, now Happyfox do not know that we own several businesses, nor do they know that we are looking for a platform to roll out across the entire brand. Having a platform like happyfox is an imperative part of owning a sales based business. We contacted Happyfox regarding implementing Desk and Chat for our the two directors in one of our businesses. We sent a business email outlining research, potential opportunities for both businesses and also a implementation strategy for rolling out happyfox. Response: 10 days later, we received a generic email, that was a response from the head of sales that clearly hadn't read our email. 10 days later, now for a communication platform alarm bells are RINGING. If any of our consultants in anyone of our businesses responded to a potential client 10 days after the initial enquire, I would most definitely say they are not cut out for sales. Not only was the response incredibly late, the response itself as mentioned was generic and a completely erratic response offering a free trial. Which would be great usually, however we clearly put together a implementation plan for the HEAD of sales to read through. As a potential new client, you are left under valued, like your just another sale. We contacted the head of sales and requested the details of whom we could lodge a complaint to. As a business owner we grow as a business when someone leaves negative feedback. Its an imperative part of development that you dont want to hear, but when someones offering constructive feedback our ears as owners are open. Its an area we can potentially improve so the issue doesn't arise. Or if it does, then a action plan is in place. So instead of responding to our FB message, direct email, email to support and even a LinkenIn message that have chosen to completely ignore us.
Pros: Great looking product Good website Good information
Cons: Bad customer service Ridiculous email response times Failure to have a negative feedback process in place Happyfox treat you like your just another sale Undervalue you as a customer Generic responses Impersonal service (When you actually receive it) Mail track is a wonderful tool which enables you to know when someone reads your email. If you are going to read it, respond.
Recommendations to other buyers: There are plenty of companies offering the same services. I STRONGLY suggest going with a company that values their clients more.
More Like SadFox
Likely Extremely
Pros: Support for team emails.
Cons: Emails didn't seem to always send and receive correctly.
Overall: We never quite understood how to use HappyFox to our advantage. Emails would reach customers as gibberish, and it was confusing overall.
We really loved HappyFox
Comments: We used only a basic account for HappyFox, but couldn't speak more highly of it's features. We mainly used the knowledge-base to explain to customers how to work with the product we were building.
Good Tool to Work on
Likely Extremely
Comments: HappyFox is a cloud-based help desk and customer support application. We have been using HappyFox since 2 years now and we are very pleased with it. It save us so much time in the sense that most customers ask the same questions over and over again. Its ticket support system really helps in solving customers¿ issues very quickly. It also has a built-in knowledge base, end-user support portal, and community forum. Overall this is a very good tool to have and can be recommended also.
Pros: It has a intuitive interface that helps users concentrate on incoming requests. It is highly customizable with robust automation. It provides a multi-channel ticketing system. It automates tickets for speedy processing It has a Knowledge base for future references (FAQ) It also helps in Report generation of historical ticketing data
Cons: I wish that more users were available at the lower level plans. The program also has needs time to learn and thus it has a steep learning curve.
Definitely the Best
Likely Extremely
Comments: Have been using this for quite a few time and definitely the best one. It has eased of all my trouble top accumulate tickets from all sources. This software easily gives all the tickets raised from various sources like email, social media, phone call, chat,website widgets and everything. Love it.
Pros: Intuitive interface that helps focus on incoming requests Highly customizable
Cons: It creates a ticket of every email sent to the mail id, irrespective of their authenticity.
Outstanding Help desk software at an attractive price
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to use, economic, full featured, integrates with Magento
Cons: Nothing
Overall: We spent some time a year ago looking at helpdesk software to replace the enormously complicated Kayako that we had been supplied with as part of a system rewrite. We use Magento and have multiple ecommerce stores with multiple sales/support operators. We sell live plants and support issues can sometimes be quite technical at which point staff are involved whose first skills are not with computers and software. Training them on HappyFox was quick and easy to the point where we use it internally as well as in customer facing work.
HappyFox is easy to use and full featured and has become such a part of our business that working without it is now inconceivable. In terms of functionality I would put it at being pretty close to Zendesk Enterprise in terms of functionality, but at a fraction of the price. Integration with Magento was a snip and the level of automation available has meant we have fewer support staff dealing with more cases as we grow.
All round Happy Fox has been an out and out success with us and on the rare occasions where we have asked for support, it has been quick and effective.
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Comments: Customer support and responsiveness is top notch. Software can improve on usability aspects like a new gen software
Great Team
Comments: Great service and great team..... & Good tool to use....
Thanks for your support and keep up the great work....
Awesome ticketing management system software
Likely Extremely
Pros: the ease of use
cost efficient
great features
flexibility for development new features
great support
outstanding up time
Cons: NA
Overall: I had major issues in my support unit , and I was searching for solution , I came across different platforms , and finally we decided that Happy fox is the way to go for several reasons (ease of use , cost effective , great support team , outstanding up time for the tool )
Recommendations to other buyers: NA
Easy to use
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to use for novice.
Cons: Nothing
Overall: I was searching for a system to help us tie up lots of loose ends, our manual system was letting us down, I give happy fox a trial and found it to be very straight forward and easy to use, before we switched over we had over a hundred help desk issues, which only took a few weeks to handle the back log and manage our daily flow of help desk requests, to put it simply it's been the best software I have come across, it ticks all the boxes for us every day.
Recommendations to other buyers: It's great !
Great service and great product
Likely Extremely
Pros: User friendly
Highly customizable
Great customer support
Overall: We have been using happyfox past 2 years. We love the product and the customer service is absolutely fantastic!!!
Great Product, Great connect and overall very smooth experience.
Likely Extremely
Comments: Great Product, Great connect and overall very smooth experience right from initial discussion till closure of deal. very trivial implementation duration, overall usability is very good.
LandQwest Loves Happy Fox
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Comments: Happy Fox has brought tremendous organization, visibility and collaboration to our organization. The marketing department has increased efficiency and communication with their clients, and priorities are consistently maintained. We even have a way to avoid delayed productivity as a result of any turnover, and love the reporting functions!
Great helpdesk product with integrated knowledgebase
Comments: The fact that HappyFox includes a comprehensive knowledgebase that can be made available to customers sets it apart from the majority of other helpdesk systems.
Customer support
Likely Extremely
Comments: We are happy with happyfox. It is a good tool to give relayble support to our customers. Hope to receive soon new functions.
Helpful software
Likely Extremely
Pros: This is very easy and simple to use
set up automated responses is quite easy
Cons: Honestly none I can think of.
Overall: HappyFox offers a customer service support solution and an excellent user interface which is easy to use and intuitive along with its features and configuration options that can help manage both internal and external help desks. HappyFox came as a complete solution for maintaining an easy and customizable knowledge base and ticketing system. There is always a help service available. HappyFox came as an ideal resolution for maintaining a straightforward and customizable knowledge domain and ticketing system. I use it mostly to open and manage our ticket for our customers. This is very easy and simple to use, and our clients are impressed with how easy it is to use and to see their tickets. We have also rolled this out to bigger clients. Email communications are automatically tagged to tickets.The most effective half is that it had all the specified options that we tend to were searching for, has good rules that facilitate work simply. You can set up automated responses, and ticket forms are customizable. Great software and its app is helpful and great.
Recommendations to other buyers: umm no, but will recommend it, since it have improved my work, it will improve yours too.
Managing Support E-Mails for big events
Comments: We are using the Happyfox Helpdesk for almost a year now and are very satisfied with it.
It is really easy to use and we had set it up within a few hours. It is very customizable and has an awesome support team for all the questions we had.
Great software
Comments: We have been using this software for more then 3 years now and i can say that it works great. We use it mostly to open and manage our ticket for our customers.
Very Happy with HappyFox
Likely Extremely
Pros: Easy to use and very versatile in terms of third party integrations.
Cons: I wish that more users were available at the lower level plans. The program also has a bit of a steep learning curve.
Recommendations to other buyers: Think about the types of integrations you want for your support system (e.g., social media, etc.) and the amount of support agents you will have.
Simple yet powerful
Likely Extremely
Pros: HappyFox provides a simplistic and easily customizable help desk solution with a variety of powerful 3rd-party integrations. They've focused heavily on the core product for refined, and well layered communication.
Cons: If you require advanced time tracking, project management, or RMM integration this product may not be for you.
Recommendations to other buyers: I recommend looking into the 3rd-party integrations to add to the core value of this product if you find a missing piece.
A Simple but elegant HelpDesk Solution
Likely Extremely
Pros: The product is entirely web-based. However, it's still possible to respond to tickets via email. Replies to ticket emails automatically get delivered to the appropriate person. Any number of automatic responses can be set up to streamline self help articles and assign tickets to certain technicians. Round robin auto-assignment ensures that every ticket that hits the help desk has an owner. Categories can be set up to create buckets for different types of problems. Smart Rules are extremely useful and allow various actions to be preformed based on the contents of messages and age of tickets.
Cons: Functionality can be lacking, but I haven't found a problem I haven't been able to solve in a more round about way. I do wish more in-depth reporting could be done. What is there, is useful, but I wouldn't mind being able to customize it more.
Recommendations to other buyers: Make sure it suits how you use a helpdesk. When I arrived at my company, there was no help desk software. Everyone was used to responding to emails to solve problems. It was very unorganized. However, I took this into consideration when I was searching for a help desk software. Happy Fox let all of our users respond to and even close tickets right from their email. This eliminated the need to us the application in order to be effective. Overall adoption has been very high. Additionally, our end users are much more satisfied with response times and quality of help.
One Stop solution for IT Support
Comments: I am using the Popular Plan. The best part is that it had all the required features that we were looking for, has smart rules that help me work easily. Generating reports cannot be more simple. appreciable TAT by the Happyfox support team.
Pros: Generating reports cannot be more simple. appreciable TAT by the Happyfox support team.
Cons: Nothing in specific.....................
Easy to use and complete
Comments: Nice and easy to use software. Lots of features and customizations. Makes handling support issues a lot easier.
Als fast and capable support from HappyFox.
Happy to use HappyFox APP
Comments: I love using the HappyFox app, help me manage all It calls and solved them in order
Pros: very intuitive
Cons: First log in is slow
Adding HappyFox to our existing small business SaaS chest.
Comments: We've just started a 30 day trial with HappyFox, and we are already loving it. We are sure that we would add HappyFox to our existing SaaS apps that helps us manage our business.
A Simple And Clutter Free Help Desk Software
Comments: We've been using Happyfox for the past two months and it has greatly helped us,
1) Remove the clutter of the company mail box.
2) Queries are assigned to the right categories ( support , sales, marketing )
3) Escalation notification has helped us to be on top of urgent queries that needs attention.
Clean and simple customer support system
Comments: HappyFox came as a perfect solution for maintaining a simple and customizable knowledge base and ticketing system. Their team was very helpful in the whole process. They will definitely be taking over the customer support domain as a top player in future.
Pros: Easy, Convenient, Customizable, Neat interface.
Revolutionized Support For Us
Comments: Before HappyFox, we used email inbox as our "support system", and boy was it clunky, confusing, easy to lose track of requests, and a time waster. HappyFox is just as simple for our clients as sending to our individual email was, but with huge happiness gains all around. Much order. So efficiency Less confuse. SUCH WOW!
Pros: ¿ Simple ¿ Just works! ¿ Powerful reporting / sorting options to let you get an idea of where everything stands ¿ Great integrations ¿ HappyFox's own support team helpful and quick to response
Cons: ¿ Can be sluggish load-time wise ¿ There are some minor UI inconveniences at times, such as having to type in the ticket ID when relating two tickets vs being able to search by name and select that way.
Efficient, Complete and Easy to Use
Comments: Last year, we began to search for a solution that could help us in Help Desk service to legacy systems. After many "trials" we elect HappyFox. It was a perfect solution for our scenario with multiple customers, multiple systems & modules, and many users. Ease of use, lower transition time and easy training! This tool deserves the stars!
Pros: Front-end clean, Easy to use for staff members and end-users. Always improving with good upgrades.
Cons: More customizable reports
Great Solution Packed with Easy of Use Configuration Options
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Cons: Non at this time
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During the ongoing El Vado Motel saga, I've been struck by Albuquerque residents' willingness to fight to preserve this historic property on Route 66.
That's because their energies are fueled by regret.
A little background: The Alvarado was one of the fabled Fred Harvey Houses that served railroad passengers. According to the Albuquerque Convention and Visitors' Bureau:
The Hotel Alvarado opened here in 1902. It had something for everyone: shaded portals, bell towers, fountains, immaculate rooms, employees in starched black and white, a coffee shop, newsstand, barber shop and more—a fairy tale place. The Indian and Mexican Rooms were filled with museum quality Native arts and crafts, opening a previously untapped market for the public and for the craftspeople. Native Americans created jewelry and blankets on site, and visitors could watch them weave their magic.
Here is an article that announces the christening of the Alvarado. Here is a three-page Acrobat file of a vintage Alvarado pamphlet. The Harvey Houses were partly designed by Mary Jane Colter; it was unsual at the time for anyone to hire a woman architect. Numerous images of the Alvarado can be seen here.
The Alvarado fell into disrepair and was torn down on Feb. 13, 1970. Here is an article about the demolition.
… "Too little, too late" seems to have been the key to the Alvarado's demise. During the first half of the month of February, many efforts were made to halt demolition, but not enough people–and more importantly, not enough money — came forward. Instead, Albuquerqueans flocked down to salvage what they could for their own homes: candelabras, tile, works of art, chairs, etc. And thus, arguably, the physical soul of this city was destroyed, and its gaping scar — a desolate parking lot — remains to this day.
A replica of Alvarado eventually was built, but it paled in comparison. The destruction of one of Albuquerque's most famous buildings fueled greater efforts at preservation. I'm certain it stung the city even more to see another Harvey House on Route 66, La Posada in Winslow, Ariz., restored to its former glory.
When I've talked to preservationists in the Albuquerque region, I've heard the refrain: "Remember the Alvarado!" Now you know why.


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Obama Vows to Get Congressional Approval for Syria Action
With Vice President Joe Biden at his side, President Obama promised in a Rose Garden address that he would seek authorization from Congress to strike at Syria.
Obama said inaction against the regime of Bashar al-Assad "risks making a mockery of the global prohibition on the use of chemical weapons."
"It endangers our friends and our partners along Syria's borders, including Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq. It could lead to escalating use of chemical weapons, or their proliferation to terrorist groups who would do our people harm. In a world with many dangers, this menace must be confronted."
"After careful deliberation, I have decided that the United States should take military action against Syrian regime targets," said Obama.
He added that he's "confident we can hold the Assad regime accountable for their use of chemical weapons, deter this kind of behavior, and degrade their capacity to carry it out."
"The chairman of the Joint Chiefs has informed me that we are prepared to strike whenever we choose. Moreover, the chairman has indicated to me that our capacity to execute this mission is not time-sensitive; it will be effective tomorrow, or next week, or one month from now. And I'm prepared to give that order."
But, he continued, "mindful that I'm president of the world's oldest constitutional democracy... I will seek authorization for the use of force from the American people's representatives in Congress."
There's no indication that Congress will return earlier than Sept. 9, though, to begin considering such an authorization.
Obama said he'd spoken today with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to discuss bringing the issue to the floor after recess.
He lamented that the UN Security Council is "completely paralyzed and unwilling to hold Assad accountable."
"I know that the country will be stronger if we take this course and our actions will be more effective," Obama continued, saying the congressional leaders "agreed it is the right thing to do for our democracy."
The president said it's a tough crossroads the country faces, but "I wasn't elected to avoid hard decisions."
"We cannot raise our children in a world where we will not follow through on the things we say, the accords we sign, the values that define us," Obama said. "...We will insist that an atrocity committed with chemical weapons is not simply investigated, it must be confronted."


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have been on BroadBand for a month now, and have Mcafee AV v 7 and Mcafee Firewall v4 installed. All auto updates are enabled and seems to be doin it's stuff.
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To my knowledge, i have never been near the Kazaa site ( though there is a possibility my daughter may have tried )
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I have never been accused of bombarding people's mailboxes with too many newsletters or blog posts. In this day and age when we are supposed to be digitally connected 24/7, I am a social media party pooper. It isn't that I don't love seeing what others do on Facebook – in fact, the connection it brings with people around the world is what I love most about it. But otherwise, I prefer tinkering in my kitchen, teaching, engaging with a live audience, or otherwise doing the real stuff my work involves, rather than reporting to the world about what I'm up to every ten minutes. On the home front, my kids have berated me over the years for not snapping […]Read More
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No, I don't just make cheese. I began my culinary journey long before I was anointed the Queen of Vegan Cheese. I relish making all sorts of fancy things. And I make everything from scratch. Really from scratch. Even the things you would normally buy at the store, I generally make from scratch. Take vanilla. Why spend $15 for a little bottle when you can make a quart from some leftover vodka and some vanilla beans? Leftover vodka? I don't know about your house, but at mine there's always some hanging around after a party. And fear not the price of vanilla beans. Buy grade B in bulk online (on Amazon, or a host of vanilla sites), and you'll be in the vanilla business […]Read More
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I can't wait until next Christmas. With New Year's around the bend, the holidays are about over, and the most glorious dessert I had all season is all gone. Lucky I took a few photos of it before it disappeared. I have been baking yule logs for years, but this year, I tried a new approach that yielded spectacular results. It's a challenge to create a vegan spongecake that rolls up beautifully, as it is usually eggs that provide the architectural structure that allows for the rolling while maintaining a lightness and airiness. I've been baking vegan meringues all year, and decided to apply that principle to a sponge roll. Likewise, I wanted a filling and frosting that would be light yet […]Read More
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Last year's Christmas Pudding (Miniature version) set aflame Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to start planning what to eat for Christmas. Yes, the cookies will be baked, but what I get excited about is pudding. Good old Christmas pudding. Not just lore from A Christmas Carol, Christmas Pudding is a rich and indescribably delicious dessert ("pudding" simply means "dessert" in the British vernacular). The indescribable part refers to trying to explain it to folks who have never had it — most people envision the dreaded fruitcake of yore when they hear that it's made from bread crumbs, raisins and other dried fruit. And then you mention the suet. Yes, lovely suet — rendered beef fat. Mmm…yum. "No, thanks," is the […]Read More


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Great great job!
The quilt is great, I would use it both directions. The back looks very modern, now days the back is almost as much fun as the front. I to have experienced the "transformation" towards the end. Thats why I call quilts magic.
Love that feeling of accomplishment...wish I could get my act together to feel it! LOL
Your quilt is beautiful on both sides. Great job.
Lovely, great job and thank you for sharing
Have a Blessed day
Love the green. What a pop color!!
Who woulda thought that those colours would end up looking so fabulous. Love, love your quilt. Tks for sharing.
Dance like no one is watching
I go through the same thing - love the fabric, hate the blocks, love the quilt, hate the borders. End up loving the quilt when completed. We are weird!!!
Wow - I am impressed, especially with your determination to finish everything before you start something new.
Thank you so much for the pictures, I love paisley prints......
I think it's a very pretty quilt, love paisleys!
Live and let live!
Love the colour combinations. Congrates on the decision to finish all the otehr quilttops. I need inspiration on that one!
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ROA Decoder Pins 1937 & 1940Pair of goldtone metal decoder pins - Radio Orphan Annie show. 1937 pin: 2" diameter and nearly flat with attached safety-pin-style clasp on the back. 'ROA' mark in the center. Inner dial marked with numbers and the outer area has letters. Functional. Some tarnish/wear. 1940 pin: 1 1/2" diameter and 1/2" thick including the safety-pin latch. Features an Eagle, an American flag and crest/shield & USA. Numbers and letters on the edges of the front and back sections. The back is marked '1940 Official Number 94127 ROA'. Some wear/scratches. Customer Promise FREE SHIPPING to Continental United States only. Please ask for a shipping quote to Alaska and Hawaii. Actual shipping cost only. No extra fees. If the shipping cost is less than what you paid we will refund the difference. We are happy to combine shipping on multiple items. We ship within 24 hours. If you pay by 3:00 we usually ship same day. Careful packaging is a priority. Our returns policy is simple. If you are not satisfied for any reason just return the item to us within 30 days and we will give you a full refund. If we made a mistake we will even refund shipping cost. Satisfaction is guaranteed. Our goal is to earn a FIVE STAR RATING in every category. We will do whatever it takes to make sure you ... read more


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Atlas of Productive Ageing
The Atlas of Productive Ageing provides regional statistics on the population, health, finance, housing and activity of Australians aged 50+. The data are available by state and local government area, along with a step-by-step guide to using the Atlas.
Australian clinical trials
Provides reliable and up-to-date information and advice about clinical trials in Australia for the public, researchers and industry.
Bladder and Bowel Website
The Department of Health website provides information and advice on the prevention and management of bladder control and bowel problems. It also provides information on continence health promotion, early intervention and support for consumers, their families and carers, as well as health professionals, service providers and researchers.
Cancer Learning
The Cancer Learning online hub is an initiative of Cancer Australia. The Cancer Learning hub is designed for use by all health professionals involved in providing cancer care: clinical practitioners, both specialist and non-specialist; administrators; and educators.
Provides links to the BreastScreen Australia program; the National Cervical Screening Program; and the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. Provides up to date information on breast, cervical and bowel cancer, the programs and where to get extra information.
Closing the Gap – Tackling Indigenous Chronic Disease
The Indigenous Chronic Disease Package is part of the Australian Government's response to closing the gap in Indigenous health outcomes. It aims to provide support to the health sector and better access to health care by Indigenous Australians.
CSIRO wellbeing plan for kids
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Drinking Nightmare
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E-health will enhance the way information is exchanged, shared and managed in the Australian health sector. Australians will be able to check their medical history online through the introduction of personally controlled electronic health records, which will boost patient safety, improve health care delivery, and cut waste and duplication.
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Food and Health Dialogue
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HealthInsite health and wellbeing area links to topic pages on issues that affect your health, such as fitness, nutrition, mental health and drugs, as well as information on health-related issues, such as health insurance and the health system, legal issues and biotechnology. Healthinsite provides links to some of Australia's most authoritative health organisations and their websites.
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Department of Health and Ageing page linking to various sources of statistical information. includes ageing and aged care statistics, general practice statistics, health statistics, and medicare statistics.
Youth health
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Left unchecked, macrofouling can reduce cooling efficiency by up to 30%, leading to greater pollution and carbon emissions
Chlorine, whether from gas cylinders, hypochlorite or electrochlorination, is a widely used disinfectant for controlling the growth of marine organisms in industrial cooling systems. Surprisingly, chlorine is relatively ineffective at high pH's, and much of the actual disinfection is carried out instead by displaced bromine which is also present in the seawater. Chlorine Dioxide is effective at high pH levels and can successfully tackle zebra mollusc problems in pipework.
Many operators have turned to Chlorine Dioxide for their seawater treatment and macrofouling control requirements. Chlorine Dioxide applications for seawater can improve energy efficiency in cooling water systems and reduce the environmental impact from chlorinated by-products, associated with chlorine disinfectants.
As chlorine gas and hypochlorite treatments are increasingly decommissioned due to security, handling and logistics concerns; electrochlorination is often promoted as a potential alternative treatment. However, the power costs and depreciation / maintenance costs of seawater electrochlorination systems is often considerably higher than the equivalent Chlorine Dioxide approach, which offers a more effective biocidal treatment with minimal environmental impact.
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Glad to be the first one on your site
great work and poetry, keep it up
Looking forward to more of your creative work
Nice book, very much enjoyed reading it.
Sits proudly on our living room shelves 🙂
Keep up the good work, and write more stimulating books for us!
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Hey Salimah!
Glad to be the 2nd person to leave a comment on your site. 🙂
I'm glad you're putting your poetry up on the web. I hope you'll be able to reach more people with it this way.
And I'm also glad you shared your book with me. It's great, both in terms of the poetry it contains, and in terms of the gift that it is. Thanks.
En tout cas, à bientôt.
Hi, Salimah!
It's great to see your wonderful poetry, and congratulations on having your works collected in a book! The academy couldn't hold you back from being published 🙂
I look forward to keeping up with your latest creative works that reflect the amazing life you're living!
Hey Salimah
Excellent work. Looking forward to more of your work.
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Hey Salimah! Great creative poems and the recent scholarly publications!
I love YOU!
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Ten free books on Wattpad that you must read!
If you're a bookworm and have never heard of Wattpad then you must have been living under a rock! It is the biggest online book portal and when I say millions, I mean there are millions of free books available from all genres.
Here are a few handpicked favourites from that vast media.
- The Mischievous Mrs Maxfield
For those who love humour and romance this is one of the best books out there. It's quite a surprise that the book hasn't hit the bestsellers list yet.
- Storm and Silence
Another brilliant book set in the pre-historic times. The brave heroine will be found endearing to everyone reading it.
- Virtue and Vice
From the same author as from 'The Mischievous Mrs Maxfield' this too follows a similar plotline of billionaire meets poor orphan. But the story is much more than just another billionaire story found on Wattpad.
- The Alpha Meets The Rogue
Well this list wouldn't be complete without a werewolf story in the mix. Vampires and werewolves are all the hype now and honestly? This is one of the best supernatural story in the lot.
- A Penny's Worth of Affection
Another historical romance and definitely an all-time personal favourite. When Penny's brother falls in love with the most notorious duke's fiancé, things will end tragically unless she can convince the duke otherwise.
- In 27 Days
Another supernatural story. A death of a classmate shocks everyone, especially Hadley. How can she say no when Death offers her a chance to go back 27 days and convince Archer, to not kill himself.
- The Office Curve
A book that finally addresses body insecurity? Why haven't you read it already?
- The Other CEO
By now it is obvious that millionaire/billionaire stories are the most popular in this list and not just the list but in Wattpad in general. After 50 Shades of Grey everyone wants their own Mr Grey. Definitely a much much better book than that though.
- The Bro Code
A humour is a much needed inclusion in the list. We all know the bro code and how boys like to follow them like the bible. What happens when what Nick wants doesn't break not one or two but 4 of the code?
- Escorting the Brute
The story is about Mallory Taylor who is an escort. It's her story while she encounters a new client, who is a brute of a man.
These are just a few of the many good books available. If you haven't done it yet, download the app and read them. If you haven't read them yet add them to your library. After a while perhaps a new list could be made.
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We support organizations involved in environmental or social projects through sponsorship or donations. By focusing on projects with long-term aims and benefits, we seek to promote social and ecological sustainability and prosperity.
At NT-ware we also believe sustainability should begin locally and should be promoted through our daily working procedures so we support local school projects, sports clubs and other not for profit organizations. Below we describe our most recent activities.
Kinder in Not (Children in Distress)
In an effort to provide children with a good start in life and an opportunity to have a proper education the association Kinder in Not offers financial support to families on a low income, purchasing materials such as workbooks, writing equipment, sportswear and pocket calculators.
They provide learning aids and materials and tutoring. Kinder in Not also promotes public education and training by means of exhibitions and lectures.
Kinderzukunft (Children's Future)
The Kinderzukunft Foundation has been providing sustained help for children in need since 1988. The Foundation oversees numerous global projects and they have their own childrens villages in Guatemala, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The villages provide the children with a secure home, vital basic healthcare and a well-founded school and vocational training so that they can look forward to a life without poverty.
Friedensdorf International (Peace Village International)
Friedensdorf International provides help for injured and ill children from war-torn places and areas of conflict. The children are brought to Europe for medical care and treatment then, following rehabilitation, are returned to their home and families. Local Peace Villages, health stations, hospitals and rehabilitation centers ensure that children can also receive medical care within their home country so they can remain near to their families.
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Help Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe e.V. (Helping people help themselves)
Help is committed to people in need, often caused by natural disasters and political conflicts. Following the principle of helping people help themselves they provide immediate aid and support to enable people to reconstruct their living environment sustainably.
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OsnaBRÜCKE e.V.
OsnaBRÜCKE builds bridges between those who are able to provide help and those who need assistance in the region of Osnabrück. Support is focused on children and youth projects by initiating and funding joint events and activities to open new perspectives for the participants.
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Supported Projects in the Past:
- Osnabrücker Kindertafel
- Save the Children
- Terre des Hommes
- Maya Childcare Trust
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
- Relief campaign by the Red Cross for North-Eastern Japan
- Médecins Sans Frontière (MSF)
- Lichtbrücke (Bridge of Light)
- Various local projects and activities


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Kia Ora Assalaam alaikum Ayubowan Annyong haseyo Dobar dan Ni hau ma Konnichiwa Talofa Namaste Malo e lelei Bula Kia Orana. Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners Using ELLP as a pathway to NS. Key Messages.
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Assalaam alaikum
Annyong haseyo
Dobar dan
Ni hau ma
Malo e lelei
Kia Orana
Using ELLP as a pathway to NS
'As language is central to learning and English is the medium for most learning in the New Zealand Curriculum, the importance of literacy [and language]in English cannot be overstated' (NZC page 16).
What are the implications for reporting in plain language?
The ELLP provides a nationally consistent set of progressions for teachers to use to:
The ELLP has 6 components: Introduction; Years 1-4; Years 5-8; Years 9-13; Facilitation Manual; DVD
(ELLP Introduction, P2)
a learner has?
(The English Language Learning Progressions, p3)
Guidelines for English Language Learners in Years 1 to 4
Students working within Foundation and Stage 1 of the ELLP may
be tracked, monitored, and reported on to parents using the ELLP
rather than National Standards for a period of up to two years.
Guidelines for English Language Learners in Years 5 to 8
Students working within Foundation, Stage 1, or Stage 2 of the
ELLP, may be tracked, monitored, and reported on using the
ELLP rather than the National Standards for a period up to
three years.
Li Ling was born in China and speaks Mandarin
at home. She has just started school in New Zealand
in Year 3 and is working at Foundation Stage in
Writing and Reading.
Li Ling can be tracked, monitored, and reported
on in reference to the ELLP for:
• 2 years while in Years 1-4
• 1 year while in Years 5-8 if she is still working at Stage 2 or below.
Where would you place the writing samples of these students?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Students who are new learners of English or coming
into an English-medium environment for the first time
need explicit and extensive teaching of English
vocabulary, word forms, sentence and text structures,
and language uses.
(New Zealand Curriculum, 2007, P16)
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We're striving to be focused for 40 minutes
For anyone who follows Coach P on twitter or knows her at all, you know she is big on motivation and inspiration. Recently, we got an essay from an anonymous 12-year old who watches us play. In it he wrote, "To someone who is great, there is no such thing as the best. The only thing is to be better tomorrow than you were today."
Buying into that is probably one of the most important things for any team to do to reach its potential. For us, the month of January was one of growing toward the maturity to commit to that approach and the consistency to do it all the time.
We started conference action with some strong play, were challenged on the road a few times, and buckled down in our preparation and practices. We took a painful loss to UConn in Storrs toward the end of the month, our first loss of the year. That defeat was disappointing, but it also was representative of something we've struggled with all year: playing only 20 minutes of good basketball, not 40.
Since then, we have rebounded for some strong performances at home against Miami, and most recently at our cross-town rivals, North Carolina in Chapel Hill. But we still have struggled to play how we want to for an entire game.
As we get closer and closer to the end of the conference regular season, we are striving to become the team we can and need to be, one that is relentless and focused for 40 minutes. That is our goal: to be better tomorrow than we are today.
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Here's some tips to stay conscience of:
- Hot water in the garbage disposal: Instead of hot water use cold water. Hot water melts fat and grease which eventually leads to clogged drains and mechanical damages.
- Overfilling the freezer: It can cause the air vents to get blocked and overtax the condenser leading to a burnout.
- Not cleaning spills in the oven: It's normal for spills to happen, what's not normal is when the oven isn't baking things as it normally should. Not cleaning spills in the oven affects the heating coils thus not heating/baking foods properly.
- Sharp objects in the dishwasher: If you're placing knives in the dishwasher make sure to have the sharp end point up in the cutlery basket. By not doing this the knives create dinging marks on the racks which removes the coating causing it to rust. And that rust stains the dishware and the only way to solve this is by replacing the dishwasher.
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REDICEC – the Network of Chilean researchers in Canada- organized a webinar on mobility of knowledge and mechanisms of retribution at the end of September (see details here). As many emerging economies, Chile has developed an international program of postgraduate fellowships that funds masters, doctorate and postdoctorate fellowships in world class universities. Roxana Chiappa, PhD candidate in higher education and one …Read More
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Daily Report – Day 3 – Wednesday, March 25
"What actions could you take tomorrow as administrators to point us in a new direction for graduate education?" – Forces and Forms III Early Career Researchers, March 25, 2009 Just as the weather warmed up today, so did the pace and intensity of action-oriented discussion about key issues in doctoral education worldwide. The day started with constructive challenges in the …Read More
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Today snow alternated with sunshine. Inside, a flurry of comments, ideas and recommendations from workshop participants brightened the topic du jour: internationalization and inequality in doctoral education. By Friday, participants will finalize new policy recommendations and action steps about this topic and others. The day started with a progress report from the hard-working, 14-member Task Force One. They asked all …Read More
Daily Report – Day 1 – Monday, March 23
"At Kassel, we move from analysis to action —we're going public." Sixty representatives from six continents met today in Kassel, Germany to position doctoral education as a more powerful force for addressing the world's challenges. Despite cold rain outside, warmth and collegiality characterized interactions between attendees, some of whom had not seen each other since the previous Forces and Forces …Read More
CIRGE has recently completed two reports from the findings of the Social Science PhDs – Five + Years Out survey. The second is our series of reports spotlighting the main issues is on "Professional Development for PhD Students: Do They Really Need It?" This analysis distinguishes between the PhD completion skills normally acquired in completing PhD research (critical thinking, data …Read More
Just published – the first in a series of spotlights on hot issues in doctoral education, this report focuses on the potential for gender equality in careers of social science doctorate holders using findings from Social Science PhDs—Five+ Years Out, CIRGE's most recent national survey. Click here to view the reportRead More
Guest lectures, Monday June 10, noon
Monday, June 10, two Australian scholars, Dr. Catherine Manathunga, University of Queensland, Dr. Margaret Kiley, National Australian University, Canberra, will present their current research on doctoral education at 12:00 noon at the Graduate School conference room, Communication Building.Read More
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A lot of things happened in 2016: We saw the continual phasing out of Flash marking its definitive end; we saw Virtual Reality gain more market share & gain greater ground; and to most certainly no one's joy, we began to feel the ripple-like effect of changes made to Visa's chargeback policies and regulations.
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Scientists Slowly Reintroducing Small Group Of Normal, Well-Adjusted Humans Into Society
ITHACA, NY—In an ambitious attempt to revive a population long considered to be on the brink of extinction, scientists announced Friday they have slowly begun to reintroduce normal, well-adjusted human beings back into society.
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How to Make Delicious, Healthy Homemade Potato Chips With a Microwave!
Introduction: How to Make Delicious, Healthy Homemade Potato Chips With a Microwave!
Looking for a healthy, low-fat, easy, and delicious alternative to store-bought fried potato chips? Look no further!
Step 1: What You Need
1 Potato
1 Microwave-safe plate
1 Microwave
Flavoring (Optional)
Step 2: Cut the Potato
Cut the potato into thin slices, as thin or as thick as you'd like.
Using a vegetable or cheese slicer (often found on a side of a cheese grater) works well.
The thinner the slice, the more quickly it will cook and the crispier it will be.
Step 3: Lay Potato Slices on Plate
Arrange the potato slices on the plate with the thinner slices on the outside and the thicker slices on the inside. This will provide for more even cooking.
Step 4: Add Flavoring
Add any desired flavoring. I have tried salt, salt and vinegar, cayenne pepper, seasoned salt, and garlic powder.
Step 5: Nuke It.
Put the plate in the center of your microwave and set it for five minutes. (cooking time will vary depending on how many chips you are making and the thickness of the slices)
Step 6: Watch the Chips
You have to watch the chips as they cook, because cooking time varies greatly. The chips are done when brown spots develop and they become crispy. Cook them as long or as little as you like to change the degree of crispy-ness.
Step 7: Enjoy!
Enjoy the chips and feel good in the fact that you are eating a low-fat, healthy alternative to traditional potato chips.
If you want to add cheese of any kind, do it in the last half-minute of the process. Don't overcook it. For an 1000W microwave lamp running at 100% power:
slice of cheddar, gouda, emmentaler: 10s
farmhouse cheeses, very fat, but somewhat dry, lightly astringent: 20-30s
extra-dry cheese like italian Parmesan: 30s-1minute -> this is your best bet!
Don't microwave blue-green cheeses. Nasty. Most should be eaten cold.
You may have some success with light white cheeses such as Brie, Camembert, certain regional varieties. Greek feta is not a good idea either.
Avoid factory-melt cheeses. They use various potassium salts which still linger. Microwaving them further transforms the composition of the cheese, making it unsuitable for eating, if not toxic.
Hello!! I got ur book on my i-phone yesterday and I tried this recipe from that book. It is a good recipe but Chips stick to the plate after I take them out of Microwave after 5 minutes of cooking. Please suggest some way to get rid off this problem. I directly placed the chips on Microwave plate coz I was not sure the plates I have are Microwave safe or not as We usually use stove and microwave is only to use when gas is not available.
i had that same problem. what i did was put a tiny bit of spray on olive oil and/or butter. i also microwaved mine for about 3 minutes instead.
hahahah .. we too started making papadums that way and then took it 100 steps further with the Papadum Express tray!
Nice one, nonetheless :))
So one of my chips started sparking but I threw it out and then everything went fine. Also, mine stuck to the paper as well. Not only is this a good snack but it also helps steam any old food off your micro wave!
how do potatoes spark? i geuse it's one of earths unsolved mysteries. speaking of wich, i watched animal planet the other day. they had video evidence of "the missing link!" otherwise known as big foot. he murdered a guy trying to shoot a forest ranger. they also found video evidence of a ver large lizard thing. it has infectionous bateria in its mouth. the guy in it was eaten alive. he had a wife/girlfriend. a moment of silence....................... okay, i know that was WAY off topic. but come on, thats some intresting stuff.
I'm thinking it could be any sort of metal bit embedded in the potato,from iron ore bits(my construction magnet picks up all sorts of small stones where we live(IL,near St. Louis)),to a piece of rust from a civil war relic,to even an old piece of foil that had been tilled under years before.If it was small enough,and situated within a slice,it might not be seen.BTW,professional wrestling is REAL!!!,and NONE of the towing/repo shows are staged,my wife said so,lol.Just kidding about the shows,but that's my theory on the sparks,and I'm sticking to it!
you have reason too, they found ancient cave paintings of it in the dino era. And at the end of that time only creatures that could go underground or underwater survived that um... apocalypse. and it definitely wasn't a water dweller, nor could it dig underground...
... so it would have died out.
You also have to take into consideration that people were a lot shorter than they are now, and that anything that looked huge back then isnt really that large, compared to our height. :)
actually, those are made up videos based on the myths/ evidence of those creatures; it says so in the show.
I make my chips using a plastic mesh that is for cooking oven chips..
works a treat without sticking.
Does this work with other vegetables, or do they just turn mushy. Really trying to figure out how to cook or dehydrate veggies that makes them more snackable.
HEY i used the same paper plate as you with Yukon golds but mine still stuck to the plate! Help! i even tried greasing the paper plate a bit with olive oil i also tried this with a glass plate same thing happened it took ALOT of effort to pry them off. heellpp!
As was mentioned, either, use baking paper, sprinkle plate w/ any salt, tony's, sea etc, or And spray plate w/ Pam,, Don't open door les you gt a fire till done, you"ll know by looking, toaster oven works great too, just needy to flip,
I tried this and i didnt get too good results, but i think i know why, you are using a paper plate which is absorbing the moisture, and i didnt get brown spots at any stage.
Nice chips! I made two modifications to your 'ible. First, I used a KitchenAid mixer attachment to slice the potatoes. This made many more chips and made them much thinner. Second, I sprayed the plate with Pam so the chips wouldn't stick. Works like a charm!
You can put the salt on the plate first - then place slices on the solt
the salt grains will keep it from sticking to the plate. and the slices waight will make the salt stick..
best chips evarrrrr
ok? i be a pirate ??? anyway good chips all those who are having trouble use baking paper works everytime
I have tried it!, very cool and delicious. But my potatoes were sticked to the plate, so I used this structure made of sticks, and that was the result: http://s884.photobucket.com/albums/ac46/ebsct/ http://s884.photobucket.com/albums/ac46/ebsct/?action=view¤t=P7310004.jpg http://s884.photobucket.com/albums/ac46/ebsct/?action=view¤t=P7310001.jpg
Damn!! I wasn't watch for two seconds and then BOOM, not explosion boom but emphasis boom, 2 of them were burnt, but the rest were perfect.. I guess I'll give those ones to my brother
Ok so I had to take the thin ones off the plate after 6 minutes (they smell like Mickey d's fries) and I put the thicker ones back in for 3? Minutes. Mm they taste good
Ommnomnomnom this is delish... But I haven't even tried them yet. Great instruct able, mine are still in the microvave but they are taking more than five mintutes.. ( though I have to admit I'm not very good at cutting) I can't wait to try them! I used salt and olive oil
To all the folks out there that mistakenly believe the potato is unhealthy:
potato nutrition label
Thats almost twice the potassium as a banana, nearly half your daily intake of Vitamin C, a fair source of fiber, B vitamins and magnesium. At only a tenth of your recommended daily intake of carbs and a twentieth your intake of calories it's comparable to a mid sized whole wheat pita pocket without all the fat and sodium. The potato gets a bad rep from being overly processed and garnished. A baked potato with a little salt is quite healthy by itself, slather on the butter, sour cream, bacon bits and cheese and it becomes a heart attack waiting to happen. Thats not the potatos fault.
slather on the butter, sour cream, bacon bits and cheese and it becomes a heart attack waiting to happen.
yeah,its not the potatoes fault,it just got a reputation for being un-healthy
and i think,even rotten ones can be planted and can grow a new plant,right?
starch is not bad for you. carbohydrates are fuel. without fuel your body doesn't function properly.
yeah. it's not the potatoe that's unhealthy, but all that grease. potatoe chips have LOTS of grease. lays chips have so much, i get a headache if i eat to much. pringles are my FAVORITE chip brand. they have no grease.
i realize that this is post was made a long time ago, but... if you're eating pringles and thinking they have no grease... 1 oz of original pringles (that's 14 chips) has 11 grams of fat. 1 oz of lays classic potato chips has 10 grams of fat. perhaps it's something else in the lays that's giving you a headache. :)


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About a week ago (last Friday) Maddy was in a bad car accident. All told, she survived it quite well. She's a very strong person. Mad was shaken up, to be sure, but doesn't appear to be physically hurt in a serious way.
Since then we've continued on with a very hectic schedule and have tried to make the best of things. That partially explains my absence from the blogosphere. I've kept up with the HealthFellow columns but lacked the mental or physical will to update things here.
A few positive highlights from this week:
Last night I made some fresh, wild caught scallops (pan-seared) in a lemon butter and white wine sauce. I served them with some homemade garlic-Parmesan mashed cauliflower. Mad told me it was one of her favorite meals ever. What sweet music to my ears! :)
I couldn't find much in the way of healthy, LC prepared foods at Whole Foods Market yesterday evening. So I spoke to the butcher and got some basic advice about how to make chicken wings at home (in the oven). It's good to have snack options on the days we're not on the road. Mad also gave the wings a big thumbs up. :) Sometimes you've got to be resourceful in order to stay on plan and to save a buck or two.
I wrote a couple columns this past week that deal with low carb issues on the HealthFellow site. I love spreading the good word about low carb living in an honest and non-pushy kind of way. I hope I'm succeeding in doing that.
Speaking of blogging ... I've tried to stop by and touch base on most of your menu-blogs as well. I'm not the most organized person but my intention is certainly to stay in touch as best as I can. This isn't a strong suit for me. It never has been. But I'm trying to change that.
I hope you all have a productive and/or restful weekend. Today we're both doing some work. Tomorrow, we'll mostly try to rest and recover. Fingers crossed. :)
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The Massachusetts company SolarOne, a manufacturer and distributor of solar-powered city and building lights, has acquired Boise-based Inovus Solar.
Inovus was founded in the former business incubator The Water Cooler in 2007 and has been selling solar-powered street lights since 2008.
Inovus' nine employees will stay on with SolarOne and the new partnership between the companies will help the Boise solar company to sell into new markets around the world — specifically the Middle East, said Nic Kawaguchi, director of marketing at Inovus.
SolarOne was interested in acquiring Inovus because it will expand the company's offerings, said Moneer Azzam, CEO of SolarOne, in an announcement of the deal Feb. 16.
Inovus' products are more expensive because they have larger battery capacity and architectural flourishes, whereas SolarOne's products are built more for industrial scale and are cheaper per unit, Kawaguchi said.
"We got introduced to them by a vendor we had in common and our chief technology officer met with their vice president of sales and marketing at a trade show and they just had a lot of strengths and weaknesses that aligned with our company," Kawaguchi said. "For example, they sell a lot of product overseas, specifically in the Middle East, and we have always wanted to get into those markets."
"We will both be able to offer a wider breadth of products to our customers through this," he said.
The size of the combined companies is about 20 people. SolarOne will now have offices in Needham, Mass. and Boise.