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5 Things Customers Should Know
If I could somehow share my knowledge and embed it into the heads of our regular customers, here's what I would want them to know:
You Need Each Other. Every game "department" is needed for the survival of our store and for us to continue to offer services such as play space. As much as groups like to throw scorn on each other, all of them are needed for us to do what we do. What we would like to see is a little more mutual respect, even if it's grudging respect. Myself and my staff need a little more of this too.
The Customer is Always Right. Our goal is superior, exquisite customer satisfaction. If you think we've slipped, let us know. Sometimes we screw up or let standards slide if we're stressed or extremely busy. It happens. Call us on it. Remind us we're not being exquisite. Sometimes we have to say no for various reasons, but it should be a consistent no, rather than an "I'm busy, buzz off" kind of no.
The Caveat (No Customer is Indispensable). The caveat to the customer is always right is that no customer is indispensable. Rarely, we'll need to "fire" a customer when they become overly demanding out of a sense of self-importance. This is extremely rare, but it happens. Our number one customer bought a little less than 1% of our total sales this year, a tremendous number, but by no means critical for our survival. At the same time, it means we can generally treat customers with an equal level of respect.
No Game is Indispensable. I suppose that's something for manufacturers to understand. Although there are a couple companies that we would be foolish to cut off, there is not a single game that can make or break us. That's something to remember if we don't seem to be providing the full support you think we should. Sometimes it doesn't make sense for us. If you're a store owner with a make or break product line, I'll tell you now I think it's a weakness.
Nobody is Getting Rich. Well, that's not entirely true. The shareholders of UPS and our property owner are probably getting rich off us, but we're certainly not. At the end of the day, we do this out of an irrational love of the hobby. Anybody successful in the game trade is fully capable of generating great wealth doing something else.
Posted by Gary Ray at Monday, December 28, 2009
How Sales Are Different
Holiday sales have been strong for us this year, with a 15% increase from last December to date. Similar stories have been reported across the country, with talk of holiday sales returning to normal. I think that's an incomplete analysis, however. Sales for us are higher, but the shopping patterns are far different than in the past. What we see are more shoppers spending money with us, but they're far more discerning than in previous years. Remember that "flight to quality" discussion when it came to role-playing games? It went mainstream.
The best example of this is with board game sales. In the past, customers tended to buy several games, usually what I would call a "first tier" game, and maybe another that's off the beaten path. We had this interesting pattern of top tier games selling "X" quantities, second tier games selling half of X and tertiary games selling half of that number. It was a waterfall of sorts and we ordered stock this year accordingly.
Since the October banking collapse last year, however, customers have learned recessionary shopping and changed their habits. But why not last year? Although we were still in a recession last December, the habits hadn't been developed. People either stopped shopping entirely, or shopped normally.
So the new shopping pattern finds more customers buying board games, since they've become more popular (they're excellent values), but buying only "top tier" games. We have a huge spike in the sales of these games, while secondary and tertiary games don't sell at all. Not even a little. Huh. We've been thinking about this from various angles as well. Perhaps we're influencing the experiment?
We've got much better staffing this season, with a dedicated person always available during busy periods to hand sell games, especially board games. This extra attention is of great benefit to the customer because we can direct them to appropriate games based on their criteria. Most people want to engage these games, but don't know where to start.
We've wondered if informing the customer actually spikes sales. Well, I know they do, but the question is how much of a spike. The alternative is a customer freed up to buy what looks good based on the box description, or most likely, without assistance, nothing at all. We certainly don't think that's the best method, nor do we want to be dishonest and sell based on stock levels.
Finally, I compared notes with other game retailers and several found similar patterns of "flight to quality." So I'm thinking it wasn't just us, but a fundamental change in mainstream retail that we're just experiencing now. Of course, mainstream stores have been suffering through it and gauging customers for a year now. In the long run, Despite very strong board game sales, I think what we'll be seeing is less selection at the store as our large board game inventory is pruned based on this "flight to quality." Some games can still rely on informed hobbyists with diverse tastes, but many others will need to go as that hobby market is saturated. It's just the new normal.
Finca's our best selling board game this season. It was a Spiel des Jahres runner up and featured game in the San Francisco Chronicle (we don't find SdJ winner Dominion "muggle' appropriate). It made many "geek" lists this year and is touted as one of this years best "gateway" or "bridge" games for new players.
Posted by Gary Ray at Sunday, December 20, 2009
Three Stages of Christmas Shopping
We're just now leaving the first stage of Christmas shopping, the most enjoyable time of the year when it comes to dealing with the general public (aka "muggles"). Here are the three stages:
Grateful. This first stage finds us dealing with happy customers, grateful for our existence. They've got plenty of time and have chosen to support a local store with their purchase. They've done some research, but want to verify their newfound knowledge by talking with helpful staff. We often chat for long periods about the various merits of board games or how to start a Warhammer 40K army. It's how I wish the store operated all the time.
Resentful. This is the stage in which customers are getting a bit desperate. They've missed the cheap or free shipping from online sources. They've either started shopping late, or have come down to the bottom of their list. The bottom is where they put us, and they would rather not talk to us at all, unless their frustration has lead them to a dead end. Often they want games that are long out of print, hot games that sold out in November, or crazy products that you can only find online or from custom websites. They didn't procrastinate as much as shopped for crazy uncle Joey, who pushes cardboard or paints lead, last. They generally want quick explanations, or perhaps quick picks from written lists. It's a bit stressful for staff.
Desperate. Resentfulness turns to desperation as customers will not only treat staff poorly, but will tell us the saga they've gone through over the past week or so to get their product from some other source, not us. During the resentful stage, I begin hearing sob stories about Amazon screwing people over, or being out of stock on one of our best selling items. During the desperate phase, it becomes our fault, as if there's a brick and mortar conspiracy to make them pay full price by sucking up all the online inventory. They're unhappy we're not in a proper shopping place, like a mall. The desperate customers shut down product explanations quickly and don't want a lot of chit chat. Often they'll take a recommendation without an explanation, the only time of year this happens. It's probably good we don't have a lot of interaction, because their true colors tend to rub staff the wrong way.
Now that's the reality of the situation. But how can you move people back up the through the stages? How do you make a desperate customer only a bit resentful, or a resentful one grateful? How do you get a grateful customer to rave to all their friends?
Posted by Gary Ray at Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Optimal Game Store Size (Math Hard)
This is the month that game store owners have delusions of grandeur. December is a month of feast for most, while we worry about famine the rest of the time. Holiday sales are a pleasant drug with exhausting after effects. Strong sales have me thinking about the future. What do I want to do next? New fixtures? Maybe. Renovate my landlords bathrooms? Uh, no. One obvious expansion for my business is more inventory.*
I have a theory. It goes something like this: There is a certain inventory level of games after which point you have diminishing returns. There are only so many games in circulation, desired by a local community. After this point, you begin to see a decline in inventory movement, as the less desirable inventory sells less often, dragging down your average.
Diminishing returns assumes there's a performance baseline, and for the sake of argument, we'll say it's a modest three turns of inventory. My magic number for when you have diminishing returns is about $200,000 of inventory (retail), which should develop about $600,000/year in sales, using those three turns as a guideline. This is the optimal store size, provided you have a large enough community to support it. Any bigger than this and your inventory is under performing. Any lower than this and you have room for expansion.
If you have less than that amount of inventory, and most game stores do (probably less than half that), you can aspire to get more inventory and be comfortable knowing you have a future of strong sales. However, if you buy more than this magical point in space, you're bringing in under-performing inventory, and accepting that you'll have lower turns with a modest increase in sales. This concept is important because it sets an upper limit of efficiency on a game store. I'm not there yet, for sure, but it says that if you want to go beyond that magic number, you will be less efficient. The alternative is to buck the trend and turbo charge your turns, but that's another story.
This efficiency formula puts an upper limit on game store performance, which is how one might go about considering a second store, or some other form of expansion. Every retail niche probably has this magical formula, the "good" inventory value based on the accepted average turns. To be fair, most stores don't have the population base to support these level of sales, and my guess is most open a second store because they tap out their population base, rather than their inventory dollars.
*When my delusions wear off, I'll be using holiday funds to pay off expansion debt.
The Board Game Market (last piece of pie)
The world of board games is exciting and dynamic, without a clear market leader. But is that really true? Read on. This chart accounts for the 800 titles in our store, but I think you can do some extrapolation to the game trade. I find this is the most interesting chart yet. We're not dealing with game systems here, we're dealing with individual games, judged on their own merits. Refreshing.
A company like Z-Man Games can come out of nowhere and start pumping out big hits. Individual games like Blokus or Apples to Apples, can be a force to be reckoned with (most of the sales for Mattel). A company can survive on a single game or game franchise. Niche players can succeed, unlike with most other game segments.
You might be tempted to divide the market thinner, in hopes of seeing a clear leader. It's what I suggested when I found that Nike had 11% of the shoe market, but 46% of the athletic shoe niche. Perhaps a Euro game and American style game chart would be more helpful. I know if I ran a board game company, I would attempt such division to get a grasp of my role in the marketplace. What can you see in the chart (besides tasty pie)?
Posted by Gary Ray at Thursday, December 10, 2009
Google of Games (More Pie)
The "unassailable position" I talked about with Google, the iPod, and Microsoft Windows belongs to Magic: The Gathering in the game world. There is nothing quite like it, except for maybe Chessex dice. At least that's what I see with our own statistics. It's painful, and damn expensive for me, to watch company after company throw themselves against the CCG wall in vain. In the store, we have an entire sub-culture of CCG wall throwers who hope in vain to find the Next Game. I tried to add more data to see if I could show Magic as a leader, and not an unassailable winner, but nothing changed except the names at the bottom of the heap. Magic wins.
This is why I was (eventually) happy to see the Living Card Game model from Fantasy Flight Games. Stop banging your head against the CCG wall, the Magic wall, and create good games, sensibly distributed. You don't get to swing for the fence in the LCG model, but that means you don't necessarily strike out when you lose. Road kill from a year ago for us includes: Chaotic, Dinosaur Kings, and the last six card games listed here.
Posted by Gary Ray at Wednesday, December 09, 2009
More Pie for You (Miniatures)
Miniature game sales for us are down about 4% from a year ago. Again, we have a mature market with Warhammer 40K the clear leader. I would like to say there's a renaissance of new miniature games, but these are mostly curious games that play at the margins. Malifaux is sure to be a big hit (on the margins) in the next year, but for us it will probably just replace Infinity or another game. We'll also be dropping Lord of the Rings, which saw a short lived rally when the War of the Ring book was released. Firestorm Armada will likely pick up steam, only to dislodge Uncharted Seas. I don't want to play down these great games as games, they're just not terribly relevant from a sales perspective. What we need here, are new miniature players, which seem hard to come by.
New miniature players will be our focus for early 2010, as we implement a "little generals" league for kids. We'll be introducing them to the miniature gaming hobby through Warhammer 40K, and hopefully creating a time slot for them to play regularly. One of our failings as a game store is in the development of new gamers. The philosophy of "If you build it, they will come," is pretty good for a new store, but I think store owners needs to quickly find ways to engage the community.
The Living Role Playing Game
The RPG market place is changing, transitioning from a print based model and trying to survive with a dwindling customer base. Print books are easy to steal, with the perception that role-playing book piracy is rampant. Selling print books is also hit and miss because of the nature of traditional role-playing games. With three to five players for every game master, player books, on the surface, sell three to five times better, making game master books less profitable. What actually happens is more complex, as there's often one guy who buys most of the books while the group borrows them. That guy is often the game master, the person with the most invested in the game. Trying to appeal to both markets in one supplemental book just makes for a bad book, so what to do?
The Living Role-Playing Game
Fantasy Flight Games has taken good games with broken distribution models and made them successful. They created the "living card game" or LCG, for The Game of Thrones, Call of Cthulhu and, created from the ground up to be an LCG, Warhammer Invasion. The CCG model only serves a few market leaders, while other companies attempt to eek out a living and not lose their shirt. The RPG industry, some would say, is broken. It serves a handful of top tier publishers, while everyone else has to keep their day job. It struggles with relevancy, competition from a compelling online RPG experience, theft of intellectual property and the inability to attract their target audience.
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd edition, I think, is an attempt at a living role-playing game (LRPG). Gone are the book purchases that appeal to a segment of a tiny segment. Instead we have card packs, tokens and even special dice that aren't easily replicated, yet are very easy to expand the rules of the game. Much of the content of the cards in WFRP could have been placed in a rulebook instead, but that wasn't the intention. Easy expansion means easy rules changes and, most likely, more favorable sales. Want more spells or powers, forget books, sell a small pack of cards that every group will buy.
The premise, I think, is that there is always going to be that one guy who buys the stuff. The enigma of the starter box supports this. It's a box that has limited value for a player, but the players need it to play. At $100, it's unlikely more than one person in a group will buy it. It's aimed at that one guy. This is like the trade-off with the LCG model. In the LCG model, your sales will be far lower than a CCG model, but the publishing risks are far less and the efficiency in the system is much higher for retailers and distributors. FFG is accepting that the one guy will drive the sales of this game, and everyone else is not their target audience, except in driving that one guy to make the purchase.
The other method of creating a living role-playing game is the Wizards of the Coast way. You create quality online tools that are essential to play, that may even come very close to replacing the book model entirely. It's a fine line, as game publishers desire a print channel, so you don't want to eliminate brick and mortar (or even online) sales entirely, at least until electronic commerce is at parity with brick and mortar. The online model also seems to capture a lot of players, but again, there seems to be a lot of groups with one guy using the online service for the group.
The goal here in both models is to have a steady stream of income, with less volatile sales patterns. Cash flow is king, and the living role-playing game should provide steady cash. The down side is that only big companies can play this game. It takes a lot of resources to print cards and card stock efficiently, which is why we have a more mature market in board games rather than the free for all, kitchen table publishers in the RPG trade. The same is true with online tools, which require infrastructure and expertise that are out of reach of even the second tier RPG publishers.
The New Dog Fears the Long Tail
For another day, the methods and reasons for publishers to kill off what has gone before. Why do they need to destroy, contractually limit or otherwise impede previous versions of their game? Is the player base that small? The almost irrational fear of piracy seems to indicate that. Is there no way for these games to live together? Can you force a customer to move on to a new version of an entertainment product? Not shown on my RPG chart of last week were sales of 2nd and 3rd edition used RPG products in our store. Each of these easily outsells second tier publishers.
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November sales were shockingly good for us, 34% higher than last year. This was lead by collectible card games, board games and role-playing games. Those are the kinds of numbers you expect in year two of a store, not year six. Talking with other retailers, they also saw a big increase. The reason is clear if you experienced the economic free fall of 2008.
Last year, the nation had just witnessed the collapse of our financial system. Everyone was holding their breath in November, staying home under the covers. A 34% increase from near Armageddon level sales isn't a lot to crow about. Still, we're up about 12% from 2008, showing that perhaps game stores are counter-cyclical after all. Just don't expect to reap the rewards during boom times. I'll replace my "think inside the box" slogan with "slow and steady wins the race."
If the recession is over, small business survivors have hopefully learned some lessons from it. I've learned when to expand my business and when to hunker down. I've learned how to tighten my belt, while still investing in what's important, like staff. I've learned the value of money, and the danger of relying on banks and creditors, who don't understand the ebbs and flows of my business. Cash is king, as cheap credit will be hard to come by for some time. That bodes ill for an economy that's powered by small business.
I'm not sure how small businesses will grow in the future. Like cholesterol, there's good debt and bad debt. Bad debt is an oppressive drag created out of desperation, like financing your groceries. Good debt is an investment in the future, like a home purchase or student loans. Our business has cheap debt from our move and expansion that we're paying off, but any new debt, necessary for expansion, is far too expensive or non-existent.
That means our business and many others, will need cash to expand, which is not how it's supposed to work. That will require a much longer period before we can grow; both the pay down (which is normal) and the saving up (which is not). This lack of credit is why you're hearing all the talk about a very slow economic recovery. Slow and steady will have to win the race, at least until there's money to fuel the economic engine.


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This month Kaylee Castillo, LMT owner of Mandala Mountain Massage Therapy has joined Uncharted Waters. Kaylee has practiced in Pierce County now for 4 years, and has 8 years of experience in Massage Therapy. In 2010, I attended Everest College's massage therapy program in Bremerton, WA. I was drawn to the profession by the idea of being able to help people with mobility and better body function. Massage quickly taught me about compassion, about mindfulness, about self care and the importance of touch. In 2012, I attended a certification course for Contemporary Cupping Therapy to further increase the therapeutic affects of the massage I provide. I have a background in fitness instruction which deepens my understanding of the movement of the body.
I spent the first 7 years of my massage career working in a clinical setting under chiropractors. I have experience treating injuries as well as working with clients to achieve relaxation and mobility goals. In early 2018 I began using CHABA(canabis health and beauty aid) products to increase the benefits of my treatments. To find out more about the products and services I provide see the My Services section of my website.
I chose the name of my business by incorporating the mindful symbol of the mandala, which is used across religions and spiritual practices as a symbol of wholeness and the representation of the universe; and the mountains which like the mandala remind us that we are but a small piece of the vast landscape of the earth. I find my peace in the outdoors and I believe this carries over through my name, logo and hands on practice.


The R357 road from Ballinasloe, Co. Galway to Cloghan, Co. Offaly crosses the River Shannon at Shannonbridge on the sixteen-arch masonry road bridge completed in 1757. Before the bridge approaches on the western side of the river the road runs through the Tete-de-pont or bridge defences which were constructed during the Napoleonic Wars.
Google Earth view of the Shannonbridge artillery fort showing the main redoubt with the ramp in front of it, the Ballinasloe road running along side it entering the fort just in front of the fortified Barrack Block.
The defences were designed to delay a military force apparoaching from the west from crossing the River Shannon to the eastern side. The defences take the form of an elongated triangle with blunted western end, consisting of a sub-rectangular redoubt in front of a wedge-shaped enclosure and connected to it with a pair of diverging stone walls. The redoubt was completed in 1810, the barack Block in 1814 and the rest of the defences in 1817. This was at the same time as the reconstruction of Athlone Castle. The bridgehead fortification is of great historic significance and is thought to be unique within Ireland and Britain. The site is a Recorded Monument No. RO056-016--- but has been highligted on the National Monuments Service Map Viewer for delisting from the Record.
View of the Shannonbridge artillery fort barrack block from the Ballinasloe road. Three guns situated on the roof of the building.
The western artillery redoubt has a glacis slope and dry moat faced in stone on all sides. It is on a rise overlooking the road and had 4 guns on traversing platforms. To the west in front of the redoubt the ground has been cleared and turned into a ramp sloping toward the redoubt, providing the artillery with a designed killing zone. The redoubt is connected to the rest of the fort with high stone walls, that are glacis or sloping to the north. The enclosure to the east is wedge-shaped with the widest part resting on the river bank. On the southern side is a fortified Barrack Block with emplacements for 3 guns on the roof that had a field of fire directly down the Ballinasloe road. In front of the Barrack Block the road turns north though what was a gated entrance into the fort and the approaches to the bridge. On the north flank of the fortifications was a small arms battery for musketry defence, symmetrical with the barrack block. The barrack block is now in use as a restaurant.
The Tete-de-pont was supported with additional fortified batteries situated on Lamb Island in the river behind it and on the eastern bank of the river south of the bridge.
Google maps image of the location of Shannonbridge artillery fort.


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Sacramento, California metal unit Conducting From The Grave will release a new, self-titled album on October 1st. The effort was entirely funded by fans via a Kickstarter campaign (which raised over $15,000 within a month) and will be the band's first self-released effort (they were previously on the Sumerian Records roster).
Today we're pleased to premiere a track from the album titled "The Rise." Have a listen, then be sure to order the album or follow them on Facebook. Here you go:
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Fish and fish products exported to Guatemala require a Guatemala Export Health Certificate.
Neither facility registration for Guatemala, nor USDC Approved Establishment status is required to obtain certification.
The following hormones are prohibited for use in all fish products: dienoestrol, diethylstilboestrol, hexoestrol and oestradiol.
Fish products exported to Hong Kong cannot contain preservatives or antioxidants unless specified in the following table.
As a country which has signed the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement, Iceland has adopted the certification and import requirements in place for the European Union (EU). Consult the European Union certification requirements for certification of product exported to Iceland.
Note: A current listing of the Border Inspection Posts (Box 1.16) for Iceland is not readily available. Exporters should ensure through their buyer/importer that the correct Border Inspection Post is listed.
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is an intergovernmental organization set up for the promotion of free trade and economic integration to the benefit of its four Member States: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.
Guidance on the completion of the model health certificate for imports of fishery products intended for human consumption to EFTA countries.
The following guidance is provided to assist with the completion of the model health certificate for imports of fishery products intended for human consumption as laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005(1) as amended.
It incorporates the notes for guidance listed on the certificate itself and the explanatory notes found in Commission Decision 2007/240/EC (2).
In addition, guidance has been obtained from the texts of the international standard- setting body Codex Alimentarius. In the Guidelines for Design, Production, Issuance and Use of Generic Official Certificates (CAC/GL 38-2001(3) issued by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (4), replacement certificates are foreseen for certain administrative corrections or if the certificates were lost or damaged.
All certification should be done via the NOAA SIP online certificate system. Only as an option when the system is down or unavailable, a PDF version is used. The directions below are guidance for both the system completion and the PDF certification for information required in fields located on the documents.
Certifying officers must verify that all firms that handled, processed or stored the product and its ingredients are listed as current approved shippers to the E.U.
The certificate must be issued before the consignment to which it relates leaves the control of the competent authority of the country of dispatch. Therefore the health certificate must be issued after all the products in the consignment have been produced but before the consignment leaves the country, ideally when the product leaves the dispatch establishment.
The original version of the certificate must accompany consignments on entry into EFTA country (original signature of an authorized officer, the name in capital letters, the qualification and title, and original stamp of the competent authority).
The EFTA countries have elected to use the EU model health certificate with public and animal health attestations. All intentions of the attestations must be met including Approved Facility listings and raw material sourcing requirements.
A Health Certificate for fishery products intended for human consumption exported to the Republic of Indonesia is required for each consignment. Exporters should contact the issuing authority for United States, USDC NOAA Seafood Inspection Program, prior to export to make arrangements to obtain certification.
Israel has elected to use the EU model health certificate with public and animal health attestations. All intentions of the attestations must be met including Approved Facility listings and raw material sourcing requirements. Israel is not a participant of the Veterinary Equivalence Agreement between the US and EU, therefore all product exported to Israel requires physical inspection.
If the product is produced in a USDC HACCP QMP facility a Lot inspection is not required. All documentation verification must still be done for each consignment.
If the product is produced in a USDC resident inspection facility physical consignment by consignment inspection is required prior to certification.
All firms requesting an export certificate must be listed as an Approved Establishment in the USDC Seafood Inspection Program. All consignments must have been produced in an Approved Facility, have a USDC SIP Lot inspection and a USDC SIP Export Health certificate unique to the product and shipment.
The original version of the certificate must accompany consignments on entry into the Israel (original signature of an authorized officer, the name in capital letters, the qualification and title, and original stamp of the competent authority).
Labels for fish products must include, in both Hebrew and English, the name of the product, the name of the fish from which the product was prepared, the name and address of the producer, the name and address of the importer, and the word "KOSHER" if the owner or importer is in possession of a certificate from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, or the words "NOT KOSHER" if the producer or importer is not in possession of such a certificate.
All manufactured and processed foods must be labelled with nutritional information according to guidelines set by the Israeli Health Ministry. Unprocessed fish is exempt from this requirement. Exporters should consult with their importers for further details concerning Israeli labeling requirements.
Canned fish is subject to product specifications under the processed-food law.
Processed fishery products are subject to labeling and marking requirements. Every container of processed food must bear a code showing the date on which the food was packed, the process batch, the name of the processor and the place in which it was processed. Common names must be used in reference to spices, flavorings and colorings, as well as quantity, by weight or volume, of food ingredients. Letters used in labeling should be a prescribed size in relation to the size of the container.
Specifically for cooked Crab, US or foreign harvested consignments must be certified by lot inspection or processed under an approved Quality Management Program. These consignments must be accompanied by either a US Catch/Origin or a Non US catch/Origin certificate issued by the USDC Seafood Inspection Program. Shippers of foreign sourced product are required to provide valid documentation from country of origin to receive certification.
All fishery products must, before entering Kenya, be lot inspected for health and quality conditions and must be accompanied by an Export Health Certificate proving this inspection has been undertaken.
Beginning April 9, 2017 Live farmed aquatic animals, frozen/chilled Abalone, frozen/chilled Oyster's require a Health Certificate. Normal inspection procedures apply to these fishery products, e.g. lot inspection, in-plant inspection or a current HACCP QMP system.
Beginning April 1, 2018 Live wild aquatic animals and frozen/chilled shrimp require a Health Certificate. Normal inspection procedures apply to these fishery products, e.g. lot inspection, in-plant inspection or a current HACCP QMP system.
All other fresh/frozen products do not require a certificate; however, ROK does have a pre- registration requirement. For normal (non-by-product) fishery products: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety: MFDS requires mandatory pre-registration process for overseas manufacturing facilities via MFDS system (https://impfood.mfds.go.kr/) by either an importer or an exporter 7 days before the import declaration.
The Republic of Korea (ROK) requires Export Health Certificates for by-products including frozen cod heads, tuna heads, southern hake heads, visceral by-products such as edible fish roe, Pollock entrails, hard roe and the nidamental gland of squid.
ROK also requires that U.S. exporters be on a list of approved facilities. Facilities shipping fisheries by-products to ROK must be Approved Establishments in the Seafood Inspection Program and must appear on the ROK Approved Shippers List. If you are interested in being placed on the ROK Approved Shippers List please contact Consumer Safety Officer HQ staff at Jenny.Stephenson@noaa.gov or 301-427-8307.
United Sates registered establishments must be approved for export to the European Union (EU) and must be on the list of United States establishments approved to export fish and seafood products to the European Union.
Internet sites for information on exports to Macedonia: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management and Agency for Food and Veterinary Macedonia.
Each shipment of fish and seafood products exported to Malaysia must be accompanied by Export Health certificate and Certificate of Origin.
All labels on prepackaged products (excluding bulk) must appear in Spanish and must be at least the same size as those in other languages.
The expiry date of prepackaged products must be indicated with the words "Expiry date_____" "Expiry_____ " or "Exp. date_____" followed by the corresponding date.
the statement "Refrigerate at a maximum of 4°C" or "Keep refrigerated".
the statement "Do not re-freeze once product has been defrosted"
the code number to identify the product, manufacturing date (year/month/day) and lot number.
Exporters should consult with their importers for further details concerning Mexican labeling requirements.
lot number, day/month and year processed.
Food in lead-soldered cans is not permitted.
have a salt (NaCl) content of 20% or more (minimum of 20% NaCl) based on the wet weight of the product.
Salted fish which does not meet this standard may be further tested for microbiological contaminants and if found to be unsatisfactory, could be rejected.
Each shipment of fish and seafood products exported to Mexico must be accompanied by Export Health certificate and Commodity Specific Certificate of Origin.
Fishery products must be in compliance with the requirements of the sanitary regulations of the European Union.


I may be alone, but I'm actually rather enjoying the Great British Bake Off since it moved channels. Those commercial breaks offer the chance for a top up of tea, or after dinner 'little something'. Whilst the technical challenges get more obscure each season, the 'signature' bakes and showstoppers offer new inspiration, and this week's 'spice' theme was right up my street. In fact, if I have a signature bake of my own, it's probably the cake I made for a GBBO-themed competition a few years ago: the pumpkin & cardamom cake. I'm a sucker for cardamom.
I've reinvented it several times: using sweet potato, or as cupcakes; but until now my little girl couldn't eat it as it relied on eggs. My egg-replacer experiments failed so I needed to go back to the drawing board and use an egg-free recipe as the basis (from Ms Cupcake), tweaking until I got the result I wanted. I'm finally happy, so here it is: Carly's Signature Bake. Simpler than it looks, but more sophisticated than the cloying sweetness of imported 'pumpkin spice'. Perfect for your vegan friends, ideal for after a leaf-kicking walk. I really enjoyed the bitter notes of dark chocolate ganache with this, but it would be equally lovely with a cream cheese icing or whipped coconut if that's your thing.
Finely grate the pumpkin and orange zest, and squeeze out as much liquid as you can with a clean cloth.
In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, sugars, baking powder and cardamom.
Add the milk, oil & vanilla extract until just combined.
Finally stir through the pumpkin & orange zest.
Divide the mix equally between the tins and bake for 20-25 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the ganache: heat the soya milk in a pan until just boiling, then transfer to a bowl. Add the chocolate and stir until melted then allow to cool (in the fridge if you prefer it spreadable rather than pourable.
To decorate: trim the cakes to make them flat if needed, then sandwich with the ganache. Top with dried edible petals to decorate.


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Some Gave All: Sergeant Gareth Thursby and Private Thomas Wroe
Sergeant Gareth Thursby and Private Thomas Wroe killed in Afghanistan
It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Sergeant Gareth Thursby and Private Thomas Wroe, both of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (3 YORKS), were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 15 September 2012.
The two men were shot and fatally wounded by a rogue Afghan Local Policeman in Checkpoint Tora in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.
Both men served proudly and in the highest traditions of The Yorkshire Regiment. They will never be forgotten.
Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond said:
"I was saddened to hear of this cowardly act by a man wearing an Afghan Local Police uniform, which has taken the lives of two brave British soldiers.
"All of our thoughts are with the families of Sergeant Gareth Thursby and Private Thomas Wroe. They gave their lives protecting Britain's national security, helping to make sure that Afghanistan never again becomes a haven for international terrorism."
Sergeant Gareth Thursby
[Picture: via MOD]
Sergeant Gareth Thursby, 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment
Sergeant Gareth David Thursby was born on the 21 September 1982. He attended South Craven School in Skipton before joining the British Army on 3 August 1999. After completing his training in early 2000, he joined 1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment. His first deployment was to Kosovo in 2003 followed by Iraq in 2005. He passed the Section Commander's Battle Course to qualify for a posting to the Army Training Regiment in Pirbright as an instructor. Subsequently, he returned to 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment as a section commander. In October 2010 he was promoted to sergeant and assumed his role as a platoon sergeant in Alma Company.
Sergeant Thursby was deeply respected by all that worked with him and all that knew him. His professionalism and strength of character were his hallmark, as was his commitment to his men. His unswerving loyalty, moral courage and sense of duty were an example to all. He was 29 years old and is survived by his wife, Louise, and two children, Joshua and Ruby.
Sgt Thursby's wife, Louise, paid the following tribute to him:
"Gareth was the love of my life. He was an amazing husband and father, happy, full of life and kind hearted with a passion for his work and family. He was brave, hardworking, a loving husband who was a devoted father to his children. Our Hero."
Private Thomas James Wroe
Private Thomas James Wroe, 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment Private Thomas James Wroe was born in Huddersfield on 27th June 1994. He joined the British Army on 5th September 2010 and attended the Army Foundation College at Harrogate. On 11 November 2011 he completed his training and joined 3 YORKS. He was assigned to 3 Platoon, Alma Company as a Rifleman and completed demanding pre-deployment training, including qualifying as a Team Medic. Private Wroe spent several weeks working and training with the Battalion Rear Operations Group in the United Kingdom until he turned 18 years, deploying to join the rest of his Company on Operation HERRICK 16 on 1 July 2012.
Private Wroe was an outstanding example of a Yorkshire Regiment soldier. Even in the short time he had been with his Company he had shown himself to be enthusiastic, articulate and highly capable. He followed a strong family tradition of service in the Battalion and already had aspirations to attend a Junior Non-Commissioned Officer cadre. His quick witted sense of humour made him popular with all. Private Wroe was 18 years old and is survived by his parents, Michael and Claire and sister Demi, from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.
Thomas's family paid this tribute:
"Our son Thomas was a brave young soldier, who is loved by his family, girlfriend and friends. We can't believe you have been taken so soon from us. You will always be in our hearts for ever and ever. You would light up the room with your smile and bubbly personality. Our world will be a duller place without you. We are so proud of you son, on all you achieved and we are grateful for every special thing you gave us. We will always love you Tom."...
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Requesting a Summer and/or Saturday Meal Waiver
Nutrition Services Division Management Bulletin
Purpose: Action Required, Beneficial Information
To: Public School Districts
County Offices of Education Number: NSD-SNP-03-2013
Attention: Superintendents
Food Service Directors Date: February 2013
Subject: Requesting a Summer School Meal Waiver and/or a Saturday School Meal Waiver
Reference: Assembly Bill 2555 (2012); California Education Code sections 33050, 49548, 49550, and 49556; and Management Bulletin NSD-SNP-19-2012
Supersedes: Management Bulletins NSD-SNP-01-2007 and NSD-SNP-07-2012
This management bulletin (MB) provides school districts and county superintendents of schools the forms and information necessary to request a waiver of California Education Code (EC) Section 49550 for summer and/or Saturday school sessions.
Important Change to Waiver Deadlines
Assembly Bill 2555, chaptered on September 19, 2012, amended EC Section 49548 to require that local educational agencies submit their waiver requests no later than 60 days prior to the last State Board of Education (SBE) meeting that occurs prior to the commencement of a district or county office of education's (COE) summer school session. This amendment took effect on January 1, 2013. Previously, requests for a waiver to EC Section 49550 were due no later than 30 days prior to the last SBE meeting that occurs prior to the commencement of a district or COE's summer school session.
Waiver History
Public schools must meet one of three conditions in order to receive approval to waive the requirement to provide a meal during summer school sessions as specified in EC Section 49550. The conditions are detailed later in this MB.
The deadline for submitting summer meal waiver requests to the California Department of Education (CDE) this year is March 8, 2018 [Note: the preceding deadline is no longer applicable]. However, early submission of waiver requests will allow the Nutrition Services Division to provide an optimal level of technical assistance to requestors and, in the case of a denial, permits the district/county sufficient time to plan for summer meal preparation.
EC Section 49550 requires that public school districts and COEs "maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall provide for each needy pupil one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each school day..." EC Section 49552 defines a needy child as one meeting federal eligibility criteria for free or reduced-price meals. This requirement extends to summer school and Saturday classes. The meal can be breakfast or lunch, and it must meet the federal meal pattern requirements.
Schools providing meals during summer and/or Saturday school that are participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) or School Breakfast Program (SBP) must make meals available to all students in attendance. These schools are eligible to receive reimbursement for qualifying meals under the NSLP or SBP. Schools that have a State Meal Program agreement receive reimbursement only for meals served to needy pupils.
School Meal Options
In order to meet the meal requirement of EC Section 49550, schools may serve breakfast or lunch to summer and/or Saturday school students. Districts that serve breakfast at summer and/or Saturday school site(s) are in compliance with EC Section 49550 and a waiver is not necessary. If the summer and/or Saturday school site(s) is not approved for the SBP, the district may submit a revised School Nutrition Programs (SNP) site application online in the Child Nutrition Information and Payment System (CNIPS) to add the site(s) to the district's SBP agreement. If the district does not participate in the SBP and wishes to apply, please contact your SNP analyst. You can find your analyst in the SNP County Caseload (Form ID Caseload) list, located in the Download Forms section in the CNIPS.
Districts may also participate in the Seamless Summer (SSO) in order to meet the meal requirement of EC Section 49550 for summer schools. This federal option allows schools participating in the SSO to serve meals free of charge to all summer school students as well as other community children. To qualify for the SSO, the school must be in a community where at least 50 percent of the children are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals and the summer meal service is open to community children. All meals served can be claimed as free meals and reimbursed at the free rate under the NSLP. For more information about this option, please contact your SNP analyst.
Summer School Meal Waiver Criteria
School sites operating a summer school session may be granted a waiver if they meet one of the following three conditions:
Condition One
Elementary schools shall be granted a waiver if a Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) site is available within one-half mile of the school site. Middle schools, junior high schools, and high schools shall be granted a waiver if an SFSP site is available within one mile of the school site. Additionally, one of the following conditions must exist:
The hours of operation of the SFSP site commence no later than one-half hour after the completion of the summer school session day.
The hours of operation of the SFSP site conclude no earlier than one hour after the completion of the summer school session day.
For purposes of this section of law, "'elementary school' means a public school that maintains kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 8, inclusive."
All condition one waiver requests must be accompanied by a Condition One form, which can be downloaded from the CDE Attachment for Waivers web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/lr/wr/attachments.asp.
Condition Two
Schools shall be granted a waiver if serving meals during the summer school session would result in a financial loss to the school district, documented in a financial analysis performed by the school district, in an amount equal to one-third of the net cash resources as defined in Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 210.2, which, for purposes of this section of law, shall exclude funds that are encumbered. If there are no net cash resources, the financial loss must be equal to the operating costs of one month as averaged over the summer school sessions.
NOTE: The financial analysis must include a projection of future meal program participation based on either of the following:
The meal service period beginning after the commencement of the summer school session day and concluding before the completion of the summer school session day. In other words, districts must project profit or loss based on serving a breakfast or a lunch during school hours and not before or after the school day.
The school site operating as an open SSO or an SFSP site, and providing adequate notification thereof, including flyers and banners, in order to fulfill community needs under the SSO or SFSP.
All condition two waiver requests must be accompanied by a Condition Two worksheet, which can be downloaded from the CDE Attachment for Waivers web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/lr/wr/attachments.asp.
Condition Three
Summer school sites that operate two hours or less, including breaks and recess, shall be granted a waiver.
All waiver requestors must submit the Summer Meal Waiver Request Supplemental Form, which can be downloaded from the CDE Attachment for Waivers web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/lr/wr/attachments.asp. A school district must submit waiver requests using the CDE's Waiver Request web page at https://www2.cde.ca.gov/waiverweb/logon.aspx. All required attachments should be completed and then uploaded to the online waiver request system.
Districts may be required to provide additional supporting documentation for each school site operating a summer school session depending on the qualifying waiver condition. It is important to note that a school district operating multiple summer school sessions may be approved for one or more but not all summer school sites. In the event that a waiver request is denied for some sites, the school district will be required to provide meals to students participating in summer school at those sites.
In the event that a school district or county superintendent of schools has failed to comply with the provisions of this article, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall certify such noncompliance to the Attorney General (EC Section 49556). The Attorney General shall conduct such investigations as necessary to document the noncompliance.
Saturday School Meal Waiver Criteria
The SBE also grants Saturday school meal waivers if two of the following criteria exist:
The Saturday school session is less than four hours in duration and is completed by noon, allowing pupils to go home during the lunch period.
Less than 10 percent of the needy pupils attending the Saturday school session are at the school site for more than three hours per day.
The Saturday school site does not have proper refrigeration facilities to enable meals to be prepared on Friday and served on Saturday.
Serving meals during the Saturday school session would result in a financial loss to the school district, documented by the district, in an amount equal to one-third of the food service's net cash resources.
Items A, B, and C above apply to individual school sites operating a Saturday school program. Item D applies to the school district.
All Saturday school meal waiver requestors must submit their requests using the CDE's Waiver Request web page at https://www2.cde.ca.gov/waiverweb/logon.aspx. In addition, requesting districts must submit the Saturday School Meal Waiver Request Supplemental Form, which may be requested by email at waiver@cde.ca.gov. It is important to note that a school district operating multiple Saturday school sessions may be approved for one or more Saturday school sites but not receive a waiver for all Saturday school sites. In the event that the waiver request is denied for some sites, the school district will be required to provide meals to students participating in Saturday school at those sites.
Saturday school meal waiver requests must be submitted via the online system no later than two months prior to the starting date of the Saturday school session.
California Department of Education Calendar for Submission of Saturday School Waiver Requests
The School Board of Education (SBE) schedule is located on the CDE SBE Schedule web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/mt/st/.
A Saturday school waiver that is granted for two consecutive years remains in effect permanently, provided the information contained in the original request has not changed. Examples of such changes are sites starting new Saturday programs or sites removed from existing Saturday programs.
Before making a recommendation, the CDE may send requests for additional documentation depending upon the condition or criteria under which each site is attempting to qualify.
The CDE Waiver Office will notify the school district of the SBE scheduled hearing date. The letter will also give the CDE's recommendation for each site's waiver request. If the CDE recommends denial of the request, the district will have the right to either withdraw the waiver and provide the meals or attend the SBE meeting to present a response to the CDE's recommendation.
The SBE will notify the school district of the waiver's final disposition by mail following the hearing.
For information on the receipt or hearing date of your waiver request, or assistance with the online waiver request system, please contact the CDE Waiver Office by phone at 916-319-0824 or by email at waiver@cde.ca.gov.
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From THE CCHS ARCHIVES: Redbank Furnace, "Caldwell's Atlas of Clarion County", 1877
~ Text from "The History of Clarion County" by A.J. Davis, 1887:
~ Red Bank Furnace, situated at the junction of Redbank Creek with the Allegheny River, is the only exclusively coke furnace ever operated in the county. It was built in 1859 by McCullough and Reynolds. When running at its full capacity, it produced one hundred and sixty five (165) tons of iron per week, and employed from three hundred and fifty to four hundred and fifty men, including miners and cokers. It used the native carbonate ores dug from the surrounding hills, and also that brought from the Lawsonham and Sligo diggings.
The coke works were situated at the top of the hill. The coal for this and for Sarah Furnace was mined from the Freeport Upper coal contained in the summits overlooking the river above Brady's Bend, and was coked in open hives at the pit mouth. There were twenty four of these hives equivalent to about one hundred and fifty ovens.
An inclined plane reached from the furnace to a point on the feriferous limestone, two hundred and fifty five feet above the railroad station. From the plane head a narrow gauge railroad, laid with sixteen pound rails, ran off in opposite directions along the outcrop of the ore. One branch ran up to the coke pits and coal banks, a distance of nearly two miles. The hills around are terraced by the enormous masses of shale removed in mining the ore.
In 1878 the furnace began making coke in the ovens at the base of the hill. Forty two ovens were erected. Since December, 1883, the furnace has been out of blast. It blew out for repairs, and owing to the low price of iron, and its inability to compete under such prices with larger furnaces and those mining ore at less expense, it has not resumed.
In November, 1886, the furnace owners again began the manufacture of coke, mining at present the lower vein of coal, known as the Catfish vein, averaging three and a half to four feet in thickness. The coal and coke are shipped mainly to Buffalo and Rochester. Two hundred tons of coal and forty tons of coke are shipped daily from the works. One hundred and thirty men are employed at present.
In 1865 the firm became Reynolds and Moorehead. In 1878 the owners were Alexander Reynolds's sons, and since 1881 the company has been known as David and John D. Reynolds. Four thousand tons of pig iron are yet stored in the furnace yard, waiting an opportunity for a favorable sale.
In connection with the furnace is a company store, managed since 1859 by David Reynolds, who, since 1867, has been superintendent of the entire plant The company owns houses sufficient to accommodate about one hundred families. Formerly there were more, but many have become ruinous. About fifteen hundred acres of land, containing quite a field of ore, as yet untouched, are in possession of the company.
Just previous to going out of blast, the furnace was most active.
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Characterization of adaptation by morphology in a planar biological network of plasmodial slime mold
Masateru Ito*, Riki Okamoto, Atsuko Takamatsu
School of Advanced Science and Engineering
Growth processes of a planar biological network of plasmodium of a true slime mold, Physarum polycephalum, were analyzed quantitatively. The plasmodium forms a transportation network through which protoplasm conveys nutrients, oxygen, and cellular organelles similarly to blood in a mammalian vascular network. To analyze the network structure, vertices were defined at tube bifurcation points. Then edges were defined for the tubes connecting both end vertices. Morphological analysis was attempted along with conventional topological analysis, revealing that the growth process of the plasmodial network structure depends on environmental conditions. In an attractive condition, the network is a polygonal lattice with more than six edges per vertex at the early stage and the hexagonal lattice at a later stage. Through all growing stages, the tube structure was not highly developed but an unstructured protoplasmic thin sheet was dominantly formed. The network size is small. In contrast, in the repulsive condition, the network is a mixture of polygonal lattice and tree-graph. More specifically, the polygonal lattice has more than six edges per vertex in the early stage, then a tree-graph structure is added to the lattice network at a later stage. The thick tube structure was highly developed. The network size, in the meaning of Euclidean distance but not topological one, grows considerably. Finally, the biological meaning of the environment-dependent network structure in the plasmodium is discussed.
Published - 2011 Jul 1
Physarum polycephalum
Transportation network
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Ito, M., Okamoto, R., & Takamatsu, A. (2011). Characterization of adaptation by morphology in a planar biological network of plasmodial slime mold. journal of the physical society of japan, 80(7), [074801]. https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.80.074801
Characterization of adaptation by morphology in a planar biological network of plasmodial slime mold. / Ito, Masateru; Okamoto, Riki; Takamatsu, Atsuko.
In: journal of the physical society of japan, Vol. 80, No. 7, 074801, 01.07.2011.
Ito, M, Okamoto, R & Takamatsu, A 2011, 'Characterization of adaptation by morphology in a planar biological network of plasmodial slime mold', journal of the physical society of japan, vol. 80, no. 7, 074801. https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.80.074801
Ito M, Okamoto R, Takamatsu A. Characterization of adaptation by morphology in a planar biological network of plasmodial slime mold. journal of the physical society of japan. 2011 Jul 1;80(7). 074801. https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.80.074801
Ito, Masateru ; Okamoto, Riki ; Takamatsu, Atsuko. / Characterization of adaptation by morphology in a planar biological network of plasmodial slime mold. In: journal of the physical society of japan. 2011 ; Vol. 80, No. 7.
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El área es protegida por la Unesco como biosfera, y su importancia como un destino ecoturístico es el factor principal. Las islas están ambas deshabitadas. Las islas son parte del municipio de La Paz.

Biodiversidad
De acuerdo al Sistema Nacional de Información sobre Biodiversidad de la Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) en el Parque Nacional Zona marina del Archipiélago de Espíritu Santo habitan más de 1,300 especies de plantas y animales de las cuales 50 se encuentra dentro de alguna categoría de riesgo de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-059  y 12 son exóticas. ,

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First of all, I'd just like to point out that in the pictures I'm using a standard muffin tin, only because it's all I have currently. I lightly grease my muffin tins to make it easier to turn out the biscuits, but ideally you could use either parchment muffin cups or a silicone muffin pan instead, thus making the biscuits 100% oil free. I still need to invest in some silicone bakeware and parchment paper muffin cups, so for the moment, I'm still using my old tins.
So, prep your muffin tin, by either greasing it lightly, or lining it with parchment muffin cups, and preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, oregano, basil, and salt. Whisk until combined.
Melt the honey, and combine with the plant milk, whisking until combined.
Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients, and stir to combine. I know there's a whisk in this picture, but I actually find it easier to use a large spoon at the point instead, as the mixture is quite thick and tends to gum up the whisk. Spoon the batter evenly into a standard muffin tin, filling all 12 cups.
Bake your biscuits for 15-18 minutes or until the tops are lightly browned. Remove from the oven. If you used muffin cups for your biscuits, you can transfer them to a cooling rack right away. Otherwise, I like to let them sit for a couple of minutes first before transferring them. You may want to loosen around the edges of each biscuit with a butter knife to help get them out of the tin.
Serve warm with your favourite soup, or try one of my favourites!
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, and line muffin tins with parchment paper muffin cups, or use silicone bakeware.
2. In a medium sized mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, oregano, basil, and salt until well combined.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together melted honey and plant milk until well combined.
4. Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and stir with a spoon until combined.
5. Spoon batter evenly into 12 muffin cups and bake for 15-18 minutes, or until the tops of the biscuits are slightly browned.
6. Remove from oven and transfer to a cooling rack.
7. Serve warm with your favourite soup.
* If you are vegan and do not eat honey, sub with pure maple syrup.
** I use unsweetened almond milk.


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