Only 2420 today.

@ Blurf: the rice is distributed via the United Nations World Food Programme. They could be just using the UN logo to scam people, but they have been around over a year now. One would have thought that, if a scam operation, they would have been buried under UN lawyers by now.
And besides, what is the worst that can happen: you end up learning a few new words. :)

@ Luke:

It works! Thanks (check out the new sig!)

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Another 3200.

@ Luke: how does the visual link trick in your sig work?


[edit] Please don't tell me that I am the only one who occasionally cheats and reaches for the Oxford English Dictionary! :)

You must be the only one who occasionally cheats and reaches for the Oxford English Dictionary!

The rest of us switch to a different browser window/tab and Google it. :-)

LOL! I've done that a few times... mostly to have a brief glimpse at the hard words on level 60. I've never actually achieved it though... coz' after level 55 or so even Google can't help you... and it's a very inefficient way for actually donating...

EDIT: congrats Kenzie... looks good!

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- Luke.

@ Blurf: the rice is distributed via the United Nations World Food Programme. They could be just using the UN logo to scam people, but they have been around over a year now. One would have thought that, if a scam operation, they would have been buried under UN lawyers by now.
And besides, what is the worst that can happen: you end up learning a few new words. :)

Thx Kenzie....I'm going to try to do a bunch this weekend. Really can't do it from work

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Luke another 6000 grains donated, via french and math.

@ all participants. Since Luke is not feeling well, maybe we should post our running totals here. 42.400 here so far.

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Luke another 6000 grains donated, via french and math.

@ all participants. Since Luke is not feeling well, maybe we should post our running totals here. 42.400 here so far.

Thanks Uli... It's tapering off a bit... just a medium/mild headache now while still feeling dizzy and nauseous... I've just gotta' take it slow for a bit.

No need to keep stats unless you want to... I'm cooking up a batch of statistics now.. I'll release them at 7:00:00 UTC, 3 hours away... Thank you for your help and donations, Uli! Much appreciated.

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Good to know you are getting better. I will fiddle with sig add tomorrow, while cooking and giving more grains.

Looking forward to the stats.

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You have now donated
1600 grains of rice.

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You have now donated
3600 grains of rice

No Google involved and only made it to level 45.

You have now donated
5000 grains of rice.

Total to date is 33,300

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Just some interesting facts about rice...

Did You Know?

1. Rice is the staple food for two-thirds of the world's population. The simple grain has been a popular life-sustaining food for thousands of years because it is nutritious, versatile, economical, easy to prepare and tastes good!
2. Rice is a complex carbohydrate. Humans need complex carbohydrates in their diet because they fuel the body. Complex carbohydrates are stored in muscles and released as energy as needed.
3. Rice protein, when compared to that of other grains, is considered one of the highest quality proteins. It has all eight of the essential amino acids, necessary building blocks for strong muscles. Rice is also a good source of other essential nutrients -- thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, phosphorus, iron and potassium. Rice contains no fat, no cholesterol and no sodium. This along with being nonallergenic and gluten free, makes rice especially well suited for persons with special dietary needs.
4. Rice offers versatility unsurpassed by an other food. It can be made part of any meal in recipes for soups, salads, main dishes and desserts.
5. In Asia rice is considered sacred. In Japan there are shrines to the god of rice.
6. Honda means "main rice field." Toyota means " bountiful rice field."
7. Arkansas is the largest rice producing state in the U. S.
8. Rice can be indefinitely cropped in irrigated fields. Some rice fields are believed to have been continously cropped for more than 2,000 years.
9. There are over 29,000 grains of rice in one pound (based on long grain white rice).
10. In Japan, rice grains are affectionately called "little buddhas," to encourage children to eat rice for the rest of their lives.
11. The Greek poet, Sophocles, in 495 BC mentioned rice in the Tragedies.
12. Louis Armstrong signed his autograph "Red Beans and Ricely Yours..."
13. In China, the typical greeting is "Have you had your rice today?" The typical answer is "Yes."
14. In India, it is said the grains of rice should be like two brothers: close but not stuck together.
15. In Thailand when you call your family to a meal you say, "Eat Rice."
16. The Japan word for cooked rice is the same as the word for meal.


Of particular note is #9......
There are over 29,000 grains of rice in one pound (based on long grain white rice).

Sooooo....it takes a lotta clicks to accumulate a few pounds of rice, my friends...let's keep at it.

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Folks you now have another 18 minutes for you to donate and be counted in today's detailed statistics... all donations past 7:45 UTC will be counted in tomorrows donation totals.

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- Luke.

Well, on that note....the kitties submit another 3000 grains.....a few more nibbles.

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2040 from Magenta and me.

Thank you both, Mark & Monday...

Donations to be included in today's stats are now locked, all further donations will be included in tomorrows stats...
Stats for today will be announced in 15 minutes

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- Luke.

You have now donated
4000 grains of rice.

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You have now donated
2200 grains of rice.

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My, my, my! In the last 2 days, we have doubled our donation total... it now sits at 274,880 grains! Well done everybody... I believe we truly can beat a mil!

Here's another round of Detailed Statistics:
Luke................................8,000 grains (2.91%) 2 day increase 2,000 grains
msattler...........................28,480 grains (10.36%) 2 day increase 7,440 grains
Leaps-from-shadows............1,000 grains (0.36%)
Stealth Eagle...................36,700 grains (13.35%) 2 day increase 10,600 grains
Dirk Villarreal Wittich.........3,140 grains (1.15%)
Andy Worth......................13,780 grains (5.01%)
Dr. CETI...........................2,300 grains (0.83%)
Monday..........................3,840 grains (1.39%)
Mike..............................8,620 grains (3.13%) 2 day increase 4,600 grains
Labbie............................1,000 grains (0.36%)
Carlos............................500 grains (0.18%)
JDWhale.........................29,200 grains (10.62%) 2 day increase 10,500 grains
Rudy..............................4,800 grains (1.74%)
Pawly.............................200 grains (0.07%)
Matthew Love...................6,020 grains (2.19%)
Uli..................................42,400 grains (15.42%) 2 day increase 40,000 grains
KenzieB.........................23,620 grains (8.59%)
AriZonaMoon....................5,100 grains (1.85%)
DaveSun...........................14,420 grains (5.24%)
candorchasma...................20,020 grains (7.28%)
Gary Charpentier...............4,000 grains (1.45%)
John Galt 007....................3,300 grains (1.20%)
John McCallum.................3,480 grains (1.26%)
TimeLord04.......................1,000 grains (0.36%)
Blurf.................................860 grains (0.31%)
Mumps.............................3,600 grains (1.30%)

Total Grains Donated: 274,880 grains
Grain Donation Rate: 36.655 grains per minute

Mean Total Donation: 10,572 grains
Donation Range: 42,200 grains

Biggest total donation: Uli with 42,400 grains
Biggest single donation: Uli with 25,000 grains

SETI donation is 0.0005264979609819797% of all total FreeRice donations!

Let's do this SETI...

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- Luke.

Sounds good.......but do you realize by the estimated grains/pound that I posted earlier....
This is only 9.47 pounds of rice.......dry weight.....how far will that go?

The kitties kick in all their nibbles....and will continue......

Just wanted to let folks here realize that it takes a lotta grains to feed the hungry......

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600 more and I am tired.

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Sounds good.......but do you realize by the estimated grains/pound that I posted earlier....
This is only 9.47 pounds of rice.......dry weight.....how far will that go?

The kitties kick in all their nibbles....and will continue......

Just wanted to let folks here realize that it takes a lotta grains to feed the hungry......

And it take a lot of crunching to find ET. Still, here we are. ;)

Same thing. Economics of scale.

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