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To buy or not to buy... a bread machine.
- sequins Sep 23, 2006 10:14 PM
I'd like to start making bread. A neighbor of mine is all excited about her bread machine, although what I've sampled of its output hasn't been impressive. Still, maybe good recipes well followed will turn out better in a bread machine than by hand? There are like-new used breadmakers out there that are pretty cheap, so price isn't a prohibitive factor for me. But, since I wouldn't want to make more than two loaves a month, time isn't enough of a persuasive factor, either. So, apart from the convenience, are there compelling reasons for me to get one of these things? Thanks!
re: Winemark
Do you find yourself making bread sans machine now? -- or have you stopped making bread altogether?
re: sequins
I make tons of bread. Sometimes I can get lazy and use my Kitchenaid to get things started but shaping and final kneading are part of the organic process I enjoy.
Addendum: the kinds of breads I'd mainly like would probably be 1) sourdough, 2) olive, 3) oatmeal, 4) rice bread, 5) sweet-potato / pumpkin / zucchini bread, and 6) assorted loaves with fruits / nuts in them.
Please don't bother. Do you have a food processor? I "knead" my bread in the FP and then do everthing else the traditional way. comes out much better; bread machine bread has no relationship to reall good bread. I of course typically only do this on the weekend, but there's no comparison.
re: DGresh
What kind of FP do you have? There is very few FP capable kneading bread and lasting for any length of time.
re: RShea78
On cooking shows I have watched as well as food show reviews of equipment, food processors made by Cuisinart and KitchenAid (the 11 cup and larger capacity size) rated more favorably than the less expensive models made by other companies.
re: RShea78
I do pizza dough almost once a week in my 11-cup Cuisenart (with a dough setting) for over a year now (and the FP is a bit older than that) without any problems knock on wood!
re: firecooked
My husband has burned out two heavy duty Kitchen Aid Mixers in the past 5 years. We currently have a Bosch and although it does very well with bread dough, it's just too big to be of use for anything else.
We were given a bread machine as a gift 10 years ago and it ended up just being a gateway drug. We gave it away less than a year later - we never really cared for the bread it produced and my husband was bound and determined to learn to do better.
For about a 3 year period, we were purchasing flour in 100 lb bags. (then my husband started traveling for work...sigh, paradise lost)
Both my sisters love their bread machines. So we ended up with one for a wedding gift. After about 4 or 5 loaves, we put it away. Finally (after 5 years of dust collecting) we sold it at a garage sale.
The problems are these. The bread isn't that good. You have no control over the shape of your loaf (If you cook it in the machine as well). It goes stale really really quickly. And it takes away from the fun of it.
You'd be better off putting the money towards a kitchen aid.
re: Davwud
I just bought a dough whisk. It may very well put my kitchenaid out of commission, for bread at least. It takes a little muscle, but it really works the dough. Plus it brings together quick breads like magic.
re: amkirkland
What is a dough whisk?
re: Winemark
basically three strong metal loops at the end of a stick. I know they can be found at www.bakerscatalogue.com, but they also have them for less at kitchen stores. Mine was $7.
re: amkirkland
I thought it sounded more modern. I will stick with my KA
re: amkirkland
I use this whisk too. Once the flour absorbs all the moisture and rests for a few minutes, I finish kneading by hand. Simple, effective & easy to clean up versus the hassle of wrangling a Kitchen Aid or a bread machine.
To answer the OP, I think the preset operating times / temperatures / volume of the bread machines limits you to certain types of popular bread styles that it's designed to bake. As long as you're sticking to those styles, you'd get some use out of it.
re: Professor Salt
I've seen that flat whisk demonstrated for mixing bread dough. It's quite an impressive thing for mixing up a single loaf and rinsing clean in a flash.
Just as a point of information, I have to take exception to what some think are limitations of bread machines. I ignore the limitations on mine all the time. Of course, I am only mixing and proofing my doughs; not baking. I regularly exceed the 3 cups of flour that the manufacturer recommends for my 1 1/2# machine but when I go to 5 or 6 cups or more I tend to stand over the dough and tweek the flour/water ratio with the top open. I also reach in with a flexible silicone spatula and redirect the dough if I feel like it. But it really isn't necessary other than to keep down the amount of flour flying out when the top's open.
I also do 8-cup doughs in the machine, but when I do I proof in food storage tubs with snap on lids that are available in wholesale grocers and restaurant supply stores or in the Bakers' Catalogue.
I use my machine for filled breads, sourdoughs, whole grains, sweet doughs and god-knows-what-else. I'm not sure what else there is that I haven't been able to do. What's more, my ancient machine only has a single mixing blade at the bottom. I bet the newer double blade machines can go to town!
These machines can really perform and there really isn't any reason not to let them. The trick is to think of them as tools to mix, ferment and proof and then you can do a lot more with them than the manufacturers acknowledge. Meanwhile, they're timing the phases and providing a proofing chamber at the appropriate temperature while you do any number of the other things that modern life demands.
Another thing worth noting is that when the Dough Cycle dings that it's done and you're not there, it's no big deal to turn the machine back on a second Dough Cycle and shape it later. No tragedy at all. All that's happened is that you made the ferment richer and more dense in flavor.
Finally — and this won't be for everyone — I don't even bother cleaning out the bread machine if I haven't been doing a dough with eggs or a lot of milk that can spoil (a little milk has been OK). I leave the tiny bits of water, flour and yeast that remain as a tiny dried boost for my next loaf. This is NOT something I'd ever consider doing with my mixer that has many other jobs to do. But wild yeasts begin to grow within the chamber and a machine that's regularly used actually performs better because it's a richer environment.
A bread machine isn't for everyone but no one should sell them short until they see what they can do.
re: rainey
I wanted to add that the key is to think of the bread machine as letting you do "remote" bread that doesn't take up your time not "fast" bread. You don't ever, ever, ever want "fast" bread. Bread with flavor and texture is *slow* bread — even bread that takes days.
I think people are disappointed when they follow the manufacturers' instructions for making dough quickly.
re: rainey
I saw what mine could do and wasn't impressed.
re: Davwud
I felt the same way until I started using levains and baking in my oven on a stone. Nevertheless, everyone decides for themselves and that's exactly as it should be. ; >
re: rainey
I remember a number of years ago Julia Child had a woman who wrote a book about the bread machine on her show. The woman made a lot of differenct breads, but in the end La Julia said she only used hers to mix the dough and did the final kneading, shaping and baking by hand.
re: Professor Salt
Exactly, the whisk is perfect if you're making enough bread for a 25 year old single guy rather than five kids.
I got one for a wedding gift 9 years ago. I used it a lot the first 2 years. I haven't used it in the last 5 years. I will be using it soon to maek some pizza dough, which I have neevr done before.
I guess I'd say it was really fun to play with- if I had the money to blow I would get it if I were you. If you stop using it after a while just sale it in a garage sale.
I bought my first breadmaker about 20 years ago. It made a small chimney shaped loaf. Within 6 months I had given that to a friend who lived alone with her small daughter and bought a newer machine that made a 1 1/2# conventional-shaped loaf. I've used that machine ever since. I once had to have the motherboard replaced during an interval when the only machines available returned to that vertical shape.
I take my breadmaker and slowcooker on skiiing trips with me so that we return cold and beat up to a hot casserole and the smell of freshly baked bread. OTOH, that's the *only* time I ever bake in the machine.
You will be so much happier with what you get if you use your machine to mix up and ferment your levains, to mix and knead your dough and then do the first proof. Then you want to hand-form your loaves and bake them on a stone in your oven. You'll get great, consistent, almost effort-free dough and great bread. And you can use any recipe at all. I even do a special dough at Christmas that uses 6 cups of flour in my 1 1/2# machine!
If you're not yet an experienced bread maker I highly recommend "Rustic European Breads from Your Breadmaker" by Linda West Eckhardt and Diana Collingsworth Butt to get you started right. When you see how you and your machine can *rock* bread, you'll be ready to do *anything*!
OTOH, as others are suggesting, depending on how much dough you're making at any moment, you can do dough by hand, in a stand mixer or with a food processor. I just know that, personally, I make bread much more *often* because of my bread machine.
re: rainey
I still say put the money towards a Kitchen Aid. You're basically buying a tool to half make bread. Other than doing that, what do you have?? With the KA, you can make all kinds of things.
I will agree that for a cottage, ski lodge or as situation where you can set it in the morning with your crock pot and come home later to a meal and warm bread, it can be a very useful thing. But I still think you're better off just making it yourself.
I'm sure you love yours like my sisters do. But as far as this thread goes, by my count, you're one in five.
re: Davwud
You're absolutely right — if I were deciding between a stand mixer and a bread machine I'd go with the KA every single time. There's no comparison between their comparative versatility.
I'm fortunate to have both and I use and value them both.
You're also right that I have the minority opinion but I think some of that is that people don't necessarily know how to make the most of bread machines because bread machine *manufacturers* don't know how to make the most of them. Neither do most bread machine cookbook authors (as though any recipe that's written for one method won't work equally well however you mix your dough). But West and Butts do! And when I learned what they knew I started making really wonderful bread on a regular basis.
re: rainey
I think Rainey and I are long lost twins.
I seldom make bread to finality in the machine, but I do use the machine to take it through first rising.
In a kitchen that has huge south facing windows, I deal with temperature fluctuations that are hellish on rising bread from scratch.
This way, the initial risings are a success.
And I do use it for pizza dough all the time.
(Mine sits next to my KA mixer and my Cuisinart. Because of the controlled rise, it is my first choice for bread. And on cold days, the loaf of bread goes into the bread machine for its final rise, because the fit is good.
re: shallots
I guess I'm a triplet with you two--I've had my Panasonic for years and bought a second one on eBay very cheap--I use it the same way you both do, to mix and proof the dough, and I bought the second one because I've auctioned off a challah-making class for a charity event, and it came in very handy in preparing for the class. The Best Bread Machine Book has a killer challah recipe, as well as other recipes that are quite good. If you don't have to spend much for it, and want a time-saving device for some fun bread making, I don't think you can beat a bread machine. However, I agree with the others, that you rarely want to bake in it (except a challah loaf that I let go to bake and used in a strata.)
I use my ancient bread machine all the time. It took a couple of times before I figured it out but it was simple mistakes I made. I use the oatmeal bread machine recipe and the pizza dough recipe in my book. I also use the quick 2 3/4 hrs cycle and find I like the loaf better. Breakfast is sometimes bread baked with the timer so we wake up to the smell of bread baking. I'd be glad to post both recipes. I would like to add that I bake all the time. I often do a regular rise bread that I knead with my kitchen aid. The trick to loving your bread machine is to have it easily available. When I redid my kitchen I designed a baking center where I could store my bread maker and kitchen aid at counter level.
re: birdie
Could be. I never put mine away. But then I use it every week.
You really need to try slow rise bread and pre-ferments, though. Even if you bake them in the bread machine. Both slow rise and a levain will give your bread so much more flavor.
I'm not surprised to see a lot of discussion on this topic. Breadmaking is something that people get passionate about, with good reason. Obivously, it's not a simple yes-or-no question. It depends.
I used to run a bakery. We made all kinds of bread, including crusty European-style loaves that we baked in a big deck oven. That kind of baking--and eating--is a wonderful thing, and the bread machine won't do it. You must shape the loaves by hand and bake them on stones or tiles.
I no longer bake professionally. Sometimes at home I undertake the involved process of making crusty loaves, and it is lots of fun when time allows. Often, however, we just need a loaf for sandwiches and toast. We just want good, tasty, and heathful bread for everyday use. And that is where the bread machine comes in handy.
We've had one for five years. I use it once or twice a week. It's very quick and easy--I can measure out the ingredients for a moist whole wheat loaf, slightly sweetened with molasses, or a rich white milk bread in probably five minutes, turn on the machine, and have fresh bread in three hours or so. And there is almost no cleanup.
As working parents with an infant daughter, this machine suits our lifestyle even more than ever. The bread machine is what it is, nothing more nor less. And if it meets your needs, by all means get one. They're not expensive, relatively. Our Breadman Ultimate has lasted five years, though we did have to replace the pan once.
BTW, we also have a Kitchenaid mixer, which I use when I have time for a breadmaking project. The two machines are quite different. One is not a substitute for the other. I like having both.
One tip for using the bread machine: always add a tablespoon of gluten--the floury, powdery kind.
re: seefood
Do you use the gluten even if you have used bread flour?
re: birdie
Yes--always. I'm not sure why, but in the bread machine it makes a noticeable difference.
re: seefood
I like the Hodgson Mills products. I use the Honey Whole Wheat bread mix, and it comes out fine. Why would I want to use gluten for a heavier type bread that comes out with decent texture consistency (it was neither overly dense nor airy). What does the extra gluten do?
(Here's the list of ingredients on the box ...
Stone gound, whole grain, hard spring wheat flour, stone groun, whole grain, shite sheat flour, unleached, enriched flour, dried honey, vital wheat gluten, soy flour, salt, vitamin C. Of course, oil and yeast is also added to this mix by the user.)
The bread I have made has been good. Granted, it doesn't have the crispy authentic crust as oven baked bread, but it beats most of the commercial bread sold in supermarkets.
re: seefood
Hey! Can I ask for some advice? I'm always trying to get good steam in my oven for the bread's crust. I'm thinking of the Kitchen Aid Steam Assist oven but I can't find anyone who's used it.
Know anything about it? Or, alternatively, what's the best method of getting steam in the oven cavity. I'm tired of opening the door and letting the heat drop and putting a skillet of hot water just gums up the oven's electronics and rusts skillets with only limited effect on the crust.
Use your breadmaker to do a sponge the day before you're going to make your bread. You can ferment it in the bread machine and then just add the rest of the ingredients the next day. Pull off a hunk of old dough before you let it bake to use in your next loaf. Your bread machine dough will have so much more flavor. And your pre-ferments keep wonderfully in the bread machine pan without any attention at all.
re: rainey
I just put a baking pan full of water on a lower shelf before I turn the oven on to warm up. By the time I put the shaped and risen loaf in the oven, it's full of steam. And it keeps steaming during the early bake.
re: yayadave
Maybe I just have bad luck but that's roughly what I do (I heat a cast iron skillet with the oven and pour in already boiling water with the dough). I have totally wrecked the electronics in a Thermador oven. I think the oven cavity should have been insulated enough to prevent that. But it didn't work out like that. First the clock that governed the self-cleaning cycle went. Now I completely can't turn the oven on.
...and I never got that sourdough crust that cracks when it begins to cool after being removed from the oven.
I'm redoing the kitchen and replacing the oven anyway. I don't have room for a commercial steam injection oven. I was hoping the KA Steam Assist would be a good approximation. At least I hope I can hold them responsible if the steam and electronics don't integrate properly. And then I hope for that *perfect* crust.
re: rainey
It doesn't seem like it would matter from what you say, but I just put a pan of water in when I turn it on. I don't know that I get the "right" crust, but it's definitely different. I think you're right, though, it shouldn't wreck your oven.
re: rainey
I do what yayadave describes. I don't use a cast iron pan either--doesn't that ruin the seasoning on the pan? I just use a cheap cake pan. Maybe I've just been lucky, but I've not had any oven failure problems.
I'm not familiar with this Kitchenaid product, so I can't really help with that, other than to say that I am generally skeptical of kitchen gadgets. A lot of them just end up cluttering up your kitchen and your life. But who knows--this might be one of the rare good ones.
BTW, I don't think anyone is ever going to be able to exactly duplicate in the typical home overn the kind of crustiness you can get in a commercial deck oven. The massive stone decks and the robust steam is probably not possible to mimic, as far as I know. But you can come close enough.
Good luck!
re: seefood
Yeah. Besides the moisture, there's the clay tile part of the equation. It won't quite be artisanal bakery, but it can be pretty good and make ya' proud.
Your previous answer about the bread machine was spot on. In fact, I ran down stairs and brought mine up and whipped up a loaf yesterday afternoon.
re: yayadave
You mean starting with a sponge and/or using old dough. Yes! It makes soooo much difference.
Get a copy of "Rustic European Breads from Your Breadmaker" even if it's a library copy and see what fantastic bread you can get from these machines when you use them as "dough" makers and shape and bake in the oven on a stone.
re: seefood
I'm sure the seasoning on this pan is wrecked but I only use it for breadmaking.
The steam assist feature isn't a typical gadget. It's a built in feature of the oven where a reservoir fed manually from the front panel delivers steam directly into the oven cavity during the baking cycle without the need to open a door. The oven also has some sort of programmed "proofing" cycle. But I do that in my breadmaker.
I don't own a bread machine and don't intent to get one. I've never liked the bread that came out from a machine. The bread tend to be very dense. They lack the texture you find in artisan bread.
I only use it to make the dough. My family really like cinnamon buns so I make the dough in the machine, roll it out and keep it in the fridge overnight. I bake it the next morning, after letting it come to room temp. I only use it for that and occasional yeast rolls. It also takes up space so think about that, in addition to the cost. If I didn't have a basement to keep it in, I would give it away.
I am learning so much here, and (for better, not worse) have by no means arrived at a decision. Thanks for such thorough responses and please keep them coming!
Can you borrow hers for a few days and try it out? If that's a possibility I'll give you one recipe to try. It will make a French country loaf with great flavor and keeping qualities.
You'll need a pizza stone or some quarry tile. You'll make a sponge one day and the bread dough the next. Each session will take you about 10 minutes. On the second day you'll spend 15 minutes or so forming your boule and give it an hour and a half to rise then bake it for about an hour. Maybe you'll want to make two smaller boules and give one to your neighbor when you return her machine.
Then maybe you'll have a clear idea whether you want a breadmaker or not.
I remember my breadmaker days...
We were given one as a gift. I don't remember the brand. We had it from 2001-2004 and used it about 6 times during that period. 3 times it didn't work and the other three times it was novel and convenient. I am pretty good at following directions, but it seemed like sometimes it would only partially mix the dough, leaving the bread inedible and weird. I like making bread by hand when I have the time and when I'm in a rush I make quickie beer bread, so I gave the bread machine away to a neighbor when we moved away.
Bread machines are great--I've used them since 1997. But, the bread ends up having a steamed, bland quality, no matter how different or unusual the ingredients.
I recently switched to a Bosch mixer, and have been thrilled with the results. Dough is mixed in about 3 minutes.
Now, please note, you will have the annoyance of waiting for that dough to rise, twice. Technically you could make machine-made dough, but you still need to let the dough rise again in the pan at the end of the machine's cycle, so you're saving only one step.
Bread machine recommendations:
1. Get a Zojirushi BBX20, which has a longish (ca. 8 1/2 inches) pan. Try and buy from a local dealer. I've had bad luck with Amazon.
2. If you use the machine's baking cycle, do this when the bread is done:
Put the finished loaf in a 450-degree oven. Use a baking stone if you have one, or a cookie sheet. Spray the loaf lightly with water, and bake for additional 10 minutes. Spray with water again, and bake another 10 minutes. Produces incredible, delicious crusty bread.
I grew up with a Great Grandmother who owned a Brooklyn bakery...she turned her nose up at anything not made by hand.
We've used and used up six bread machines. I think the first one ran nearly 200..and now you can buy one for 30! Home models got our teen baking. The features of "set it and forget it" appealed to us. We tried different flours, different add ins and really learned to enjoy and expand on what we were doing as breadmakers the "old fashioned way" plus lots of great machine bread recipes are avail now.
With artisian breads avail at nearly every mini mall, we could easily skip the steps at home but we like the process, the results and the fun of bread baking w/our without a machine.
My advice..at today's prices you could drop more for a toaster. If you like bread, want to try different variations knowing that the loaf you create will cost more than the loaf you can buy...then by all means give it a whirl!
I'm reviving this sort-of-old thread, to which I contributed back in September, in the B.B.L.B. era--that is, Before Bittman-Lahey Bread. Back then, as I wrote, I used my bread machine fairly regularly.
Since the no-knead recipe hit, I haven't used the machine, and in fact recently relegated it to our storage room (aka junk room). Not that it is junk; it is just that the Bittman-Lahey bread is so good, and so easy--we are spoiled! I make it at least twice a week.
BTW, to me the beauty of the recipe is not that it doesn't require kneading. I don't dislike kneading. Rather, it is the overall ease of production, and--most of all--the result: the crusty, rustic type of bread that was previously very difficult to produce in the home kitchen. The covered pot, in conjunction with the high moisture content of the dough, are what makes this so remarkable.
You don't need one. Get a big bowl, one of those cool mixing things someone described upstream (I think I need one of those; there's only so much you can do with just a fork), a bench scraper, a timer and a good bread recipe or two. Bread making is a meditative task. You can't meditate with a machine. I think this world needs more slowing down and meditating, so if you agree, make your bread by hand and knead it yourself.
I know this is an older post, but I've been thinking about getting a bread maker. There's a few by Breadman, I've heard good things about. I'm tired of buying the whole wheat bread in stores for my children's lunches. I thought if I made my own in one of these it would be a more healthy way to go. We go through a lot of bread each week. Any one have good results to report?
re: michele cindy
Save your money on the bread machine and buy a copy of Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads (or his Bread Baker's Apprentice). You can make really, really good bread with minimal tools and effort. It just takes a little advance planning, but not a whole lot of active work. He describes each step in great detail and practically foolproof instructions. I'd buy a mixer capable of kneading dough before I'd buy a breadmaker. I made excellent, crispy-crusted, open-crumbed ciabatta using his "Apprentice" recipe....it was very easy, and I'm looking forward to the whole wheat ciabatta in the Whole Grains book.
I love mine...bought a DAK years ago - the one that looks like R2D2. I don't use it much because I have a tendency to eat waaaay too much bread that it produces. I have to use a degree of self-restraint in that respect.
Unlike many bread makers, I don't like the labor of making bread by hand.
My favorite breads that it makes are just plain bread and also a peanut butter chocolate chip bread
re: Jimmy Buffet
I agree with you. I'm looking for something super easy. The thought of any labor involved in bread making overwhelms me. I'd like a machine where I just pop the ingredients into it, and it does EVERYTHING so there is no mixing, waiting for yeast to do whatever it does etc. Per my original post my main motivation for getting one is to just give the kids a more nutritious bread then store bought for their lunches, and snacks. For me, if I want a really good artisan bread, right now, between work and taking care of the kids, I'd rather go to the local shop then try to make it own my own. One of these days when I have a bit more time I will attempt true bread making.
re: michele cindy
Don't know how you feel about this but real bargains in breadmakers can be found in thrift shops. Ditto hot air corn poppers for roasting your own coffee but thats another thread...
We got one when we got married. We had a tiny kitchen in our apartment so it made zero sense, since no place to put it (returned for lots of other goodies). We have a bigger kitchen now, but still hae a hard time justifying the counter space.
The CW on bread machines is that they are kind of pointless for baking bread, but do a really nice job getting the basic ingredients mixed, kneaded and proofed (i.e. take dough out and bake in oven). With the no-knead recipes out there (just google the NYT video/article), that part looks kinda pointless.
I retired my bread machine without ever making a really worthwhile loaf. There is a better way though to make excellent bread. Google "almost no knead bread." That should link you to a page from the excellent Cooks Illustrated magazine (America's Test Kitchen on TV). I have made bread this way repeatedly and it works very well. The bread is created over two days but requires little effort from the baker.
I got one as a gft and NEVER use it. Though I do bake and when I make bread I make it by hand so I can form it into long baguette loaves. I know you can start the process in the machine, but I dont. IMO, if you are going to buy something that takes up room, get a Kitchenaid stand mixer or a Cuisinart FP. I use my FP several times a week. If I were to only have one kitchen thing with a plug besides the fridge and stove, this would be it.
Aw, just do it the old fashioned way! Baking bread is fun. Kneading is fun. Mixing is fun. Who needs another appliance on the counter-top? Go to breadtopia.com and try the "almost no-knead" recipes. I made whole wheat bread twice last week, and everybody said it was the best bread they'd ever had. My work time? Maybe 1/2 hour total. The rising takes hours and hours, but you can mix up a batch before bed, let it rise over night, and bake in the morning or even later in the afternoon. It's amazingly good. I made the recipe using beer and vinegar, which gave the loaves a very sourdough-y, rich taste and texture.
re: LadyCook61
I have a bread machine & use it very infrequently, but when I do it's usually a miserable day outside & I crave the smell/taste of fresh bread in the house. I used to make a lot of bread "by hand", but at this stage in my life, I would really rather dump everything in the machine, hit the button, then go off to my sewing room and work on a quilt while the machine does all the bready work. My husband is also looking for ways to avoid carbs, so I'm kind of guilted into not baking so much.
A few years ago, we had a particularly snowy winter, and a family with 5 young girls moved in down the street. I lent them my machine for about a month & they had a blast baking away the winter.
The major down-side to a bread machine is that it has a big footprint. Tough to store, and very easy to forget when you have it stashed away in the only closet where it fits.
For what it's worth, King Arthur Flour feels that a bread machine does a better job of kneading and proofing the bread than can be done with any other appliance or by hand. I make challah every Friday, and always make the dough in the bread machine. I have a lot to do, and it lets me walk away. I like the bread machine because it lets me make a very wet dough, which I find makes better bread, without the difficulties of kneading it. I watch it start to mix, so that I can add flour or water to get the right texture, then let it do its thing (whether making challah or any other bread). I always do the last punch down, brief knead, shaping, and baking in the oven (on a stone). The problem I find with Bittman's bread and its variants is that I have to plan ahead and start the bread the day before, and be around at the right intervals. That turns that kind of bread making (which I also do) into a weekend project for a lazy day. During the week, if I want bread, I use the bread machine. It's critical to find recipes that are not only good, but good for your brand of machine. Different recipes work in different machines, and you have to try them to find out. I make a great pumpernickel in my machine (baked in the oven), which does its thing while I make a bean soup or something to go with it for a weeknight dinner.
re: flowergarden129
Would you share the recipe you use for bread-machine challah?
I'll also respond to this now-old thread. I use my bread maker mostly for pizza dough but it's great for that. We do not have really ANY available counter space to roll out dough or leave it while it rises, etc. so it's been great for that.
I have enjoyed the bread I've made in it but I find it's just as cheap and more tasty to buy from a local baker who also doesn't use any gunk in it, just real, whole ingredients, and it's better than what I could make in the machine. I do not have the time or space to make bread regularly at home.


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(#) LoveDoesntWantMe 2011-09-09 05:14:43 PMThis is soo good! So sad but good. I'm still reading but I had to stop and review so that I don't cry.
=/ Hospital scenes are always so sad.


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TORRANCE, Calif. - LEDtronics, an LED packaging manufacturer, has launched a Web site (www.SurplusLED.com) highlighting its surplus LEDs (light emitting diodes) and LED products.
According to the company, SurplusLED.com is designed to appeal to purchasing agents and government procurement officials seeking to access the benefits and features of LED technology while looking to "stretch their budgets in today's lean economic environment."
The inventory changes daily and includes a number of products from LEDtronics' offerings of LED lamps and bulbs for based applications, PC boards, displays, and discrete LEDs.
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URL: http://www.entrepreneur.com/answer/222322You need to work out what your numbers are on the expense side first, then determine what you bring in terms of value to the table to price your services accordingly. Since you are in the consultancy category, you should aim for fairly high margins, and you should be able to achieve them as there are typically very manageable overheads for this type of business.
Now, what do I mean by "high"? Can you get a 75 percent or 85 percent margin on your services? Work out the numbers and see if you can, and that should give you a good base point to start from.
A couple things to consider: How much of your time will be actual paid work versus proposal writing, planning and more? In general, if you're looking at 2,000 working hours per year, a good 40 percent to 50 percent of that time can be eroded by non-billable administrative duties. This is why you should consider the costs of a good administrative or personal assistant to do the paper work that won't be earning you any fees.
Also, find ways to get out of the "paid by the hour" mentality common to this category. Can you offer workshops or seminars where you can leverage your time to consult or teach eight or 10 customers instead of a one-on-one model? Can you offer a "back-end" of books, CDs or DVDs or other materials to create additional income streams?
Once you see there are ways to generate consultancy revenues outside of hourly fees, you can get very creative and innovative in how you deliver your services. Talk to people in industries and categories other than your own to see how others work their fees and generate revenues.
Just remember to find ways to maintain your margins, and don't discount just to get clients on your roster. In general, if you have a good value proposition, you can charge any amount you wish, and you'll be working with a better level of customer than if you rely on a discount or lower fee model.
Related: How to Formulate A Premium Pricing Strategy
Related: Three Ways to Raise Prices Without Losing Customers
Related: How to Find the Pricing Sweet Spot
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I pulled the trigger. I just ordered the curtains that have been at the top of my textile covet list for the last however many years. After much hemming and hawing they will be mine in about 5-7 business days. So what if I don't have a couch?
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
I am very excited to start riding a bike again... I've had a few over my lifetime. I took the training wheels off my yellow banana seat nearly thirty years ago. My next ride was a folding road bike for cruising the mean streets of England, then a big girl ten speed, the requisite 90's mountain bike for my native foothills, and of course "Hula Girl", my beloved beach cruiser while at school in Davis. Since then bikes have solely become vacation transportation for me. Having lived in the Oakland Hills for so long I haven't owned my own, opting to hoof it instead. I found this Windsor Town Bike via Say Yes To Hoboken and immediately fell in love with the way it looked (the price is right too). I just need a stylish rucksack and helmet to complete the look.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Summer Reading
Our new house has this built-in bookcase that houses all of our children's books, dog-eared paperbacks, board games, and puzzles. It's located in our family room with wainscotted walls and plush carpet looking out onto the greenery of the backyard. In this space you feel as though you are on vacation somewhere meant for napping and losing yourself in a good book.
Today when we were in town running errands we found a nifty little toy shop with a mechanical toy horse out front (love you Petaluma). After a 25 cent ride, we popped our heads in and I picked up this book review pad for kids. My hope is that this new space will encourage spontaneous reading and keep the new found kindergarten skills fresh through the dog days of summer.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Away We Go...
When we moved to our Montclair house 4 years ago Jasper was 2 years old, and to help him understand where his new place would be we nicknamed it "The Bunny House", because of the tacky, now sentimental cement rabbit adornment on the front steps. We kept it in it's place for him and at some point it mysteriously gained a little bunny friend. If you've read this blog before, you know that lawn art is not really my taste, but when making the move from Oakland to Petaluma this past weekend, I put a little something in the backyard outside the guest cottage to remind us of home.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Farmers Market Week: Lemony Orzo Salad with Spring Pea and Mint
Today was Jasper's birthday and we celebrated with a BBQ by the pool. I made an orzo salad with fresh peas and mint from the farmers market, dressed in a garlic-lemon vinaigrette...
Lemony Orzo Salad
12 oz dried orzo
1 cup fresh peas (about 1/2 lb)
2 cups water
3 sprigs mint
4 tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 lemons, juiced
1 teaspoon cracked sea salt
1 tsp lemon zest
6 oz crumbled feta
Prepare the orzo according to package, rinse and strain with cool water. Put orzo in a large mixing bowl. While it cools completely, shuck the peas. In a medium sauce pan, bring the water to a boil, add peas and lower heat to a simmer for 3 minutes. Strain and rinse with cool water, add to the orzo. Prepare the vinaigrette by combining the olive oil, garlic,lemon juice and sea salt. Whisk until emulsified. Pour over orzo and peas, add mint, zest, feta and toss until combined.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Farmers Market Week: Hail Cesar!
One of my favorite restaurants in the Bay Area is located right next door to one of it's most famous, Chez Panisse, maybe you've heard of it? With it's common table, Spanish small plates, and extensive wine list, Cesar is more my speed. My favorite dish is their padron peppers. About one out of ten is very spicy, the others are mild a full flavored. A healthy dose of olive oil and cracked sea salt make them irresistible. I get them every time they are available at our Farmer's Market. Tonight we made them on the grill, which was a first and it worked beautifully. Here's the recipe...
Padron Peppers
1 lb of padron peppers
3 tbsp olive oil
Sea Salt
Heat olive oil in a cast iron or all clad skillet over medium high heat. Add peppers, saute for 10 minutes until the skins are browned and shriveled. Crack sea salt to taste and serve immediately.
Best. Recipe. Ever.
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Farmers Market Week: Potato-Corn Chowder
I found some beautiful white corn at our Farmer's Market over the weekend. I plan on using it for an unbelievably delicious chowder that my friend Heather made the last time I was at her house. She gave me a copy of the recipe which is from Fields of Greens vegetarian cookbook. The sweetness of the chowder comes from the corn stock that you'll make ahead of time. The recipe calls for 1 tablespoon of butter which I'm omitting because of Jasper's dairy allergy, rendering my version vegan. I'm excited to serve this tonight as it'll just be me and the boys and corn and potatoes are their favorites.
Potato-Corn Chowder
from Fields of Greens
7 cups corn stock (see recipe below)
5 ears of corn, shaved, about 5 cups
1 lb of new or white rose potatoes cut into cubes
Salt and white pepper
2 bay leaves
1 tbsp unsalted butter (I'm subbing with extra olive oil)
1/2 tbsp olive oil
1 large yellow onion, diced
1/4 tsp dried basil
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 celery rib, diced
1/4 cup dry white wine
2 tbsp chopped fresh basil
Make the stock and keep it warm over low heat
Set aside 2 cups of shaved corn, then place the rest in a soup pot with half the potatoes and 2 cups of stock, 1/2 tsp of salt, and a few pinches of white pepper. Bring the potatoes and corn to a boil, then reduce the heat, cover and simmer until the potatoes begin to break apart, 20-30 minutes. Puree the corn and potatoes with 1-2 cups stock in a blender or food processor, then pass the puree through a food mill. Return the puree to the soup pot, add 3 cups of stock and the bay leaves, and cook over low heat.
Heat the butter and olive oil in a sauce pan, add the onions, dried herbs, 1/2 tsp salt, and a pinch of white pepper. Saute over medium heat for 5-7 minutes, until the onions are soft. Add the garlic, celery, reserved dice potatoes, and reserved corn. Saute until the vegetables are tender, another 7-8 minutes, then add the wine and cook for 1 or 2 minutes, until the pan is almost dry.
Stir the sauteed vegetables into the corn and potato puree and add salt and pepper to taste. Cook the soup over low heat for 20 minutes. Stir in the basil just before serving.
Makes 8-9 cups
Corn Stock
Shaved corn cobs, broken into halves or thirds
1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
1 medium-size potato, sliced
1 celery rib, sliced
5 parsley sprigs, coarsely chopped
5 garlic cloves, in their skin, crushed with the side of a knife blade
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp peppercorns
9 cups cold water
Combine all of the ingredients in a stockpot. Bring the stock to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour. Pour the stock through a strainer, press as much liquid as you can from the vegetables, and discard them.
Makes about 7 cups
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Sunday, June 17, 2012
Muppet of a Man
We threw our final bash in Oakland this weekend with a Muppet Movie Night to celebrate Jasper's 6th birthday and to say our farewells to our friends and neighbors. I invited his entire Kindergarten class and his teacher so it was a full, albeit empty house. The kids enjoyed Oakland's finest, Lanesplitter pizza, cherries, frozen grapes, and lemonade out on the deck, followed by a chocolate Muppet cake and red velvet woopie pies. I set up some play space for the younger guests including a Swedish Chef kitchen. We managed to get about half of them to sit down and watch "THE MUPPETS" projected onto our living room wall, the other half, including the the birthday boy spent the remainder of the party playing out back in our hilly yard of trees and rocks. I had to apply several band aids and Jasper got a half dozen mosquito bites, but everyone had a great time. The favors were little sacks of red licorice sealed with Kid Made Modern multicolored tape; on the back of the sacks I stuck an address label for our new house in Petaluma and encouraged the kids to send him a letter this summer.
We leave town on Friday! This morning we took our final trip to our Farmer's Market and picked up a bounty of early summer produce. Since my glue gun is packed, this week I will write up my favorite recipes featuring summer squash, corn, fresh peas and padrone peppers.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
The Source
I finally stopped by Urban Home, a warehouse style mid century modern focused consignment store in Berkeley. We had a leather chair left over from garage sale that was too valuable to donate, but couldn't stick around for a craiglist sale. This is the place to go for vintage lamps, dining tables and accent chairs by Knoll, Eames and Noguchi, all in very good condition. They also had an art room with paintings and wall sculpture by C. Jere which I will be visiting after we make our move next week. Bay Area readers, this is a must visit.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Pen to Paper
8 years ago today I tied the knot with my main man Adam. He was the perfect combination of football player and poet, and as my roommate's older brother he was totally off limits which made him irresistible. We started writing each other letters when he lived in San Francisco and I was still at school in Davis. When I was cleaning out our garage for our upcoming move to Petaluma, I found a box of correspondence, replete with Bob Dylan lyrics. I'm glad I met him when I was young enough to need to make him a mix tape to really tell him how I felt. I'm glad I was old enough to have suffered through my first broken heart. I'm glad his sister is now my sister.
Every year in June our anniversary takes a back seat to graduation (he's a high school administrator) and our son's birthday. We usually have to celebrate later in the month. This year is no exception. Falling on a Tuesday, our house full of boxes and a distinct lack of babysitting prospects we're trying to steal away a few hours this evening to see the new Wes Anderson film "Moonrise Kingdom" about young love and letter writing. We got married just as weddings were starting to take on themes, and I wanted ours to feel like the inside of a Wes Anderson movie. We played a lot of Mark Mothersbaugh during the cocktail hour and I had my brother- in-law illustrate the assets of our invitations with hand drawn maps and pictures of the venues. We were cheeky with our vows. Adam asked me to promise to give him wild haired children. We flew to Paris for our honeymoon. It feels like a movie when I think back on it
Now we're on to our next adventure, two wild haired kids in tow...
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Rotate Your Art
|west elm display
I gathered the materials and made a 4x4 version which we'll put in the kids playroom over their art space when we move. I varied the heights on the clips to accommodate taller pieces and used several strands of bakers twine braided friendship bracelet style with a loop at the top to create a colorful pop on the unpainted wood; this helped to keep the board more flush with the wall when hung than rope. The board would also look great painted, chalkboard a paint could be an option, as you could write above the piece and the black would pop against the wall. Here's how I did it:
1 4x4 cut of plywood
9 Bully Clips (sourced from Blick)
9 short nuts and bolts
Bakers twine or thin cord
Measure out the placement on your board. I left a 1" space at the top of the board to accommodate the clip and marked 17" from the top edge (creating 16" of space for art), 12" inches in from the side for my first mark, 12" apart for each clip. The second row another 16" down and the third row at 12" from the bottom. I drilled the holes and attached the bulldog clips. Measuring 1" in from each corner I drilled 4 more holes to attach the twine. I then cut 12X 9' strands of twine, stringing 6 strands on each side, braiding the ends and tying into a loop knot at the top of the board for hanging.
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Friday, June 8, 2012
Making It Home
|Courtesy of Apartment Therapy
My favorite family homes embrace the silliness of childhood, give everyone a space to play and celebrate the small things. I love the idea of drawing on the walls. Wouldn't it be fun to hopscotch your way into a house or gaze at tongue-in-cheek illustrations of viewfinders and gumball machines while eating your Sunday pancakes?
|Hopsotch Rug, CB2
|Kevin Tong Illustration
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
He's Crafty!
Father's Day is coming up and it has me thinking. In this DIY-craftster blogging bubble I write in, I don't run across too many dudes. When I look at pictures from Altitude Design Summit I see a lot of bangs and loose knot buns. That's why Joel Henriques is so especially cool. He's a dad, designer and blogger. He put out his book "Made To Play" last September, which features his original paper projects and DIY toys and his work making paper cities is just amazing.
I stumbled upon his Father's Day recommendations on Etsy's blog today and I thought I'd share some of them with you. Click here for the full article...
[Clockwise from top left: Recycled skateboard bench by deckstool; Suburbs wooden blocks set by fidoodle; Retro magazine rack from bellalulu; Pendleton cot from Indianvsindian; Exotic hardwood pocketknife by WoodRecycled; Vintage Royal Copenhagen 'Totem' vase from forHANDSandEYES; Turkish Kilim pillow cover from sukan.]
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The Axe
It's Spirit Week at school and today is "career day" meant for adorable little children to dress up like doctors and fire fighters. Jasper decided that he wanted to be a rock star. This is probably a red flag.
Last night around 9 o'clock I remembered that I needed to make him a guitar. You are looking at "The Silver Legacy". He and I made one of these together a long time ago when it was a featured project in Real Simple Family. I'll recap my current version:
Gather your stuff...
You will need:
1 small shoe box
4 large, wide rubberbands
1 cardboard tube (from gift wrap)
Aluminum foil
Washi tape (Kid Made Modern from Target in the pic)
Circle stickers
Clear packing tape
A marker
An X-ACTO knife or some scissors
- I started by covering the entire shoebox in foil. I sealed the lid with packing tape.
- Trace around the cardboard tube on one end of the box, below the lid. Make two intersecting cuts across the circle, like a plus sign.
- On the box top, trace a large circle and cut out.
- Insert the cardboard tube into the incision. My tube got a little squished going through the hole, and I trimmed it with scissors through the opening on the box top.
- Cover the entire box with clear tape to protect it.
- Carefully stretch the rubberbands around the box
- Secure the strings on either end with some washi tape, cover with packing tape.
- Decorate the tube with marker, stickers and more tape. I also covered with clear tape to secure the stickers.
Now it's time to rock.
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Adventures in Moving
Sorry for such inconsistent posting last week. I'm knee deep in boxes and our moving sale was a real time sucker, but by all accounts a big success. I learned a thing or two about organizing a multi-family sale, including keeping the numbers straight. Here are my top 5 tips...
1. Location, Location, Location. I was the one who initiated the idea of the sale, and presumably had the most to sell, but I live on a hilly switch back road off the beaten path. My sister-in-law has a sprawling front lawn on a main thoroughfare. Just like any sales operation, foot traffic boosts sales. We were very busy throughout the day.
2. Advertise and promote. In addition to posting signs on the house and around town, I created a Craigslist ad which listed a lot of the items we'd be selling. I used images of nicer pieces as a teaser and created a photobucket album for the furniture and higher value pieces. I also cross promoted by creating individual ads for furniture pieces, listing the link to the moving sale in the ad. I used facebook to reach out to my friends (with the ad) and encouraged people to share the information. Oh, and since I have one, I posted on my blog. I was able to pre-sell several things before the day of the sale.
3. Organize the group. Weeks before the sale, I asked the participating families to make a list of their items and to take pictures of furniture/ antiques. I assigned each family a color to tag their items with. Having everything tagged in advance made set up and sales a lot easier. The day of the sale, I used a book with color-coded columns to jot down each sale. At the end of the day we were only $13 off (we had more money than reported sales), which was pretty amazing.
4. Rent a truck. We opted to rent a small moving truck for transport and storage of our items the day before the sale. This made set up a breeze in the pre-dawn, caffeine deprived morning, Early Birds breathing down our necks. We were able to deliver large pieces locally, which aided in sales, and at the end of the day we packed up all the unsold items and took them to Goodwill. Split across 5 families, it was well worth the small cost. U-haul has great deals.
5. Have a central bank. Per suggestion, I wore a bag all day that contained our change, held the book, and our bank. All money flowed through me, and therefore all sales were reported to me. If I had a particularly large, co-mingled order I had one person run the calculator and another record the sales by color, while I went through each piece. Our customers were so into it they started to help calling out "$5 on blue", "$2 on yellow".
For our bank I took out $270
$10 in quarters
$50 in ones
$100 in fives
$50 in tens
$60 in twenties (to break an early $100 bill)
With all that, there are so many other things to consider, like how to organize display, how to price things (to sell) and how many pizzas to order for lunch. I was able to snag a couple of painting of Paris and book about birds and a kettle smoker before they hit the sales floor and I made a dent in my moving costs, so I'd say the day was a real winner. Now excuse me while I fall asleep in my coffee.
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Tailly is situated in the Cote d'Or (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 43 km from Dijon, the department capital. (General information: Tailly is 279 km from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Chalon-sur-Saone at 21 km and Nuits-Saint-Georges at 22 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tailly. Note that all distances shown are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater.
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Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Tailly and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the map below.
Most beautiful villages in France (see also beautiful French villages) Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (30km)
Churches or other religious monuments Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (6km); Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (39km); Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (45km); Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (45km); Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (56km)
Remarkable gardens Parc et jardins du château de Sully (26km); Abbaye de la Bussière (28km); Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (32km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé) (see also historical French towns) Chalon-sur-Saone (20km); Autun (40km); Dijon (43km); Tournus (46km)
Sites of natural beauty Cirque du Bout du Monde (13km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie) Beaune (7km); Quetigny (44km)
Commune: Tailly
Canton: Beaune-Sud
Arrondissement: Beaune
Department: Cote d'Or
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 21190
from Dijon (prefecture): 43 km
from Paris: 279 km
from Calais: 492 km
from Nice: 411 km
from Bordeaux: 479 km
from Strasbourg: 283 km
Tailly is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors drive from one of the channel ports such as Calais or Dunkirk, a drive of about 6 hours, or fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car. For driving distances to Tailly from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tailly): Auxey-Duresses, Bligny-les-Beaune, Chaudenay, Corcelles-les-Arts, Corpeau, Demigny, Ebaty, Levernois, Merceuil, Meursault, Montagny-les-Beaune, Monthelie, Pommard, Puligny-Montrachet and Volnay.
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UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center members Dori Pekmezi, Ph.D., and Gareth Dutton, Ph.D., have been awarded a 2011 Charles Barkley Health Disparities Research Awards from the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center.
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Dr. Pekmezi, assistant professor in the UAB School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, won for her project "Feasibility / Acceptability of Using Interactive Internet Technology to Promote Physical Activity in Latinas."
Dr. Dutton, associate professor in the UAB School of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, project is "An Obesity-Prevention Program for African-American Female High-School Students."
Research awards provide $30,000 each toward their pilot research projects focused on health disparities in minority populations.
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The Charles Barkley Health Disparities Fund was established with the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC) in 2003. Its' goal is to administer competitively awarded financial support to UAB faculty and other community associates who focus on outreach, educational, and investigative programs related to diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, stroke, and cancer.
Mr. Barkley, a Leeds native and former Auburn University and NBA basketball player, established the fund after speaking at the initial MHRC Conference in April 2003.
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El Paso, Texas (KDBC) — UPDATE: El Paso firefighters said a house fire in east El Paso was caused by cleaning supplies that ignited in the garage. As we reported, the fire broke out at a home along the 1400 block of Lasso Rock Drive.
The family smelled smoke and immediately evacuated. The damages are estimated at 50 thousand dollars. Fire officials said this fire is a good reminder to keep flammable cleaning supplies in a cool dry place.
An East El Paso family is without a place to sleep tonight after a fire ripped through their garage this morning in the 14 hundred block of Lasso Rock Drive.
More than 10 units and 24 firefighters responded to the incident. The family says it was a shocking morning for them as large flames and heavy smoke filled their home.
"I can't really say much about it right now because it really hasn't hit me yet so I don't really know I'm just happy that my family is safe," resident Joshua Pollen said.
Pollen said that because everything happened so fast they were only able to save themselves.
"I'm very surprised and I thank my military training for this because I have a lot of emergency reactions and I just got all my family out the first thing I found out and I'm just glad they're all ok," Pollen added.
More than 20 firefighters responded to the fire that initiated in the house garage, according to fire department officials the cause is still under investigation but the house is now uninhabitable.
"There was an extension in to the house and there was substantial damage done to the rest of the house with fire and smoke,"
And the family will now have to search for a new home.
"We are going to do what we can I've contacted my military officials ahead of me and hopefully they can help us out and we're going to go from there,"
Fire department officials said the Red Cross was also called to assist the family in finding a place to stay tonight.


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Levi's Donates $100,000 and 3,700 Hours to Local Community
In case you ever doubted that your favorite pair of Levi's were built tough, consider this: nearly 1,000 Levi Strauss & Co. employees shoveled, planted, and generally got muddy on Wednesday for their 14th annual Community Day – and every single one them were in tried and true blue jeans.
Community Day is Levi's global day of giving back to the Bay Area – their home for the last 160 years. This year empoyees donated their time to three different campaigns: PAWS – where employees shampood the four-legged friends of those living with HIV/AIDS, Black Rock Arts Foundation – where employees sewed bags made out of recycled denim for four local charities, and La Cocina – where employees lend their business expertise to help low-income food entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their businesses.
Chip Bergh, CEO of Levi Strauss & Co., and fellow LS&Co. colleagues helped prepare Coit Tower for next week's grand re-opening by mulching and weeding the surrounding area. Photo: Eurydice Thomas
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Robert Rodriguez never expected there to be a "Machete" movie, let alone two.
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Rodriguez said he had the idea for "Machete" back when he was making his first movie, the low-budget Mexican vigilante drama "El Mariachi" (which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival 20 years ago, in case you weren't feeling old today).
It percolated at the back of his mind until he made a trailer for the nonexistent film as part of "Grindhouse," the throwback B-movie double feature he made with Quentin Tarantino.
That's when the fans, Rodriguez said, practically demanded a "Machete" movie. "People came up to Danny and said, 'You should be doing that as a feature,'" Rodriguez said.
So they decided to make one, for little money and a probable fate on a DVD shelf somewhere. Then some big-name actors — such as Robert DeNiro, Don Johnson and Jessica Alba — signed on.
"It turned into a much bigger film," Rodriguez said.
At the end of "Machete," Rodriguez threw in a joke reference to a sequel, called "Machete Kills."
"I thought this could easily be a series if we had the wherewithal to make it," he said, adding that he even talked about a third installment, "Machete Kills Again," as a joke.
Again, the fans wanted more. So thus was born "Machete Kills," which expands the Trejo character's range from beyond the U.S./Mexican border to the White House and ultimately into outer space.
" 'Machete' is very much my 'First Blood,' " said Rodriguez, making comparisons to the Sylvester Stallone classic. "He looks like a vagrant, but he's really a highly trained mercenary."
"Machete Kills," Rodriguez said, is more like "Rambo." "It's a much more elevated production," he said. "We wanted to go James Bond with it."
And, like the first film, which co-starred Lindsay Lohan (as a nun!), the sequel features stars with checkered pasts: Charlie Sheen (billed under his given name, Carlos Estevez), Mel Gibson and an armored car designed by car-customizer (and former Mr. Sandra Bullock) Jesse James.
"That's why we call it Troublemaker Studios," Rodriguez joked.
Rodriguez said those stars delighted in playing against type: Sheen played the president, and Gibson is an industrial supervillain plotting to repopulate the planet with an army of super clones.
At one point, when filming with Gibson, Rodriguez rewrote the script on the fly to allow Gibson's character to ride in the Jesse James armored car — as an homage to Gibson's star-making role in "The Road Warrior."
"I said, 'Screw the logic,' " Rodriguez said — in what could be his motto for making "Machete."
Take, for example, those clones. Rodriguez wrote them in after filming a fight scene between Trejo and Chilean martial-arts master Marko Zaror. "I said, 'I'm gonna find a way in the script to make him clone-able. So Danny can fight him again,' " Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez also populates his cast with some sexy women, including Amber Heard, Sofia Vergara and Lady Gaga. He also gives a featured spot to Alexa Vega, whom Rodriguez has known since she was 11 and starring in the first "Spy Kids" movie. (She's been in all four.)
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The spring wheat yield was figured at 37.7 bushels/acre based on a survey of 346 fields, and the durum yield was pegged at 23.7 bushels/acre on 58 inspected fields. Eighteen winter wheat fields were also surveyed over the 3-day tour with yield forecast at 43.0 bushels/acre.
The crop tour's estimate was announced Thursday afternoon at the Northern Crops Institute in Fargo following three days of more than 50 tour participants surveying 422 fields across North Dakota and the edges of neighboring Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota.
Carrol Duerr, tour participant and manager of the Colfax Farmers Elevator in Colfax, N.D., said he was impressed with the numbers that the tour came out with.
"I think they're really positive for the inventory that will be available for the market," Duerr said, adding that with the forecast on yield holding nearly steady with last year, production would be up due to the increase in acres planted to wheat and durum. National Agricultural Statistics Service estimates 8.595 million acres in North Dakota were planted to wheat and durum this year, up from 8.405 million last year.
Crop conditions as reported NASS's Crop Progress report earlier this week showed the North Dakota spring crop in overall worse shape than last year with 54 percent of the spring crop rated good-to-excellent, compared to 82 percent good-to-excellent for the corresponding week last year. More than half of the topsoil moisture in the the state is rated short-to-very short, according to the latest North Dakota Crop, Livestock & Weather Report.
Tour participants also said quality could be an issue due to the expected small harvests in the west. Due to the ongoing dryness and the lack of subsoil moisture, wheat plants will produce smaller kernels that will ultimately have low test weights and will be undesirable for flour millers.
"If the flour extraction is too low, some wheat will certainly get used for livestock feed," Duerr said.
North Dakota is the largest producer of both hard spring and durum wheat in the U.S., and last year produced a total of 300.1 million bushels, surpassing Kansas as the largest all-wheat producer in the U.S.
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intent.putExtra("org.openintents.extra.TITLE", "Please select a folder");
intent.putExtra("org.openintents.extra.BUTTON_TEXT", "Use this folder");
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First of sorry to post comment of the PICK_FILE here due to no comment option is available in the PICK_FILE section.
To open a file stored in the sdcard i used following code,
first I have added follwing ACTION string variable,
public static final String ACTION_PICK_FILE = "org.openintents.action.PICK_FILE";
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German climbers Dorothea Karalus, Mona Christof and Sarah Seeger have been climbing well on the granite boulders of Ticino.
All three of them managed to climb boulders of 8A in the last few weeks.
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"We spent funny days figuring out many great boulder problems and solving them in real teamwork. Inspired and motivated by what was possible for the others, all of us could send some hard problems. Doro climbed 'Sun Ichiban', 'Dreams are full of maybes', 'Frank's wild years' and 'Marilyn Monroe'; Mona sent the wonderful 'Pamplemousse'; and I could tick 'Sun Ichiban', 'Pamplemousse' and 'Dreams are full of maybes' (all 8A).
Fortunately, some projects still remain undone, so there are definitely more great girlie bouldering days to come. A presto, ragazze!"
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Florists around the country were having the best business day ever...
Yep... It was Valentine's Day!!
I can't tell you how much I love this holiday (Dating or not), and the things that go with it. It's the one day a year OFFICIALLY dedicated to going above and beyond to express the romantic feeling's you have for someone.
Sidenote: I believe love should be shared 365days/yr.
I love Valentine's Day.
I love to Eat Out.
But, I DON'T love the two together.
I've learned to skip the Valentine's dinner for 3 maddening reasons:
1. City restaurants either don't take reservations that night or you have to book at least a month in advance. Seeing as how it's almost impossible for me to decide where I would like to eat more than two weeks in advanced reservations are not really an option.
2. Without reservations, there is the daunting task of actually getting a table at a nice establishment. You're talking about AT LEAST a 3-4hr wait for a table at an above average place eg Cheesecake Factory. God Forbid I Have To Do Such A Thing...lol
3. Even if your lucky enough to have reservations or get a table (after an hour long wait) the food, the service or a combination of the two, ends up being craptastic because the restaurant is packed , the kitchen is backed up or they found away to fit in 20 tables when clearly the building was designed for 15. We are talking, elbow wars with the couple on either side of you.
No. Unless he made the plans WELL in advanced, I would prefer other things... maybe a special made dinner and a romantic movie. Another solution, valentine's lunch or dinner the night before.
Now that this is out of the way... Back to the REAL post (Guilty Smile):
I decided to go with the double play, Valentine's lunch... the day before. We decided on the city and the time but WHERE & WHAT to eat was the big ticket question. Mr.Beaux asked for the restaurant of choice and two hours to the fact, I still did not know where I wanted to go. Finally, as travel time approached I realized I was in the mood for Thai. So where were we setting out to?....LEMONGRASS!!... I had the pleasure of dining there before (1.5 years ago for a friends Birthday) so I knew the food was good *Insert Stomach Growl Here*. Yep, this was where I wanted to go. After setting the GPS, we started the journey. We arrived at our destination in a little under 30mins, found a choice parking spot and hopped out the car.
As we approached the door, though the windows were very tinted, I could see the inside was dimly lit...
Mr.Beaux, the obvious gentleman side stepped and opened the restaurant door. I took one step in and my jaw dropped *Insert loud thud*.
No. People did not jump out and shout surprise... The place was a ghost town...
Not only were there NO people in the restaurant. There were NO chairs, NO tables, or any type of furniture. I didn't even see a light (it was the sun shining in from a back window that gave the place its soft and haunting glow.
Mr. Beaux, two steps behind me took a step in *Insert Gasp*. I was speechless for about 5secs and even after finding my voice, my vocabulary was limited to "O.M.G."
For fear of being seen or ambushed by a squating vagabond I rushed to the car. Mr.Beaux just shook his head. In the safety of the car, I finally let out a whooping laugh. I begged him not to tell anyone..even though I knew I'd be writing about it sooner or later. It was the most surprising, funny and embarassing experience of the year and were still only in the 1st quarter. LOL
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Men that go down best.
A collection of our 'greatest hits', men who have proved popular with both you, our followers, and with us.
This post is in celebration of our blog reaching 100 followers! We would also like to thank you all very much for following us, you are all awesome and have impeccable taste. Well done you!
Louise and Christine x


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NT2670 EXAM Study Guide Jeopardy style study guide 1. What is Mail User Agent (MUA)? E-mail is typically created and sent using an e-mail client program, such as Microsoft Outlook or Eudora, called a __________. 2. What is Schema Master? The two forest-wide FSMO roles that must be present on a single DC in the forest are the Domain Naming Master and the __________. 3. What is Mailbox? Unlike other Exchange servers within your Exchange Organization, servers that host the ______ role cannot communicate directly with Active Directory. 4. What is Connectors? To relay e-mail within your organization and across the Internet, your Hub and Edge role servers must have __________ that specify how to send and receive e-mail. 5. What is POP3? __________ protocol is designed to download e-mail from an e-mail server to a client for viewing 6. What is Servers and Clients? Two basic types of computers that can be on an enterprise network are: 7. What is Site?... View Full Document