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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Be Cool/Elephant Walk" Be Cool - Phew, it's hot outside! How are Sally and Nick going to stay cool? Cat suggests that they should visit some friends in the Dizzle-dazzle Desert to learn how to keep cool. They learn that some animals are light coloured, some stay out of the sun, and some, like Tommy the coolest toad around, just mooove sloooow. Nick and Sally take their advice, but Cat has an even better idea - run through a sprinkler! Elephant Walk - When building a toy construction set, Nick and Sally wonder if there's such thing as a one-thing-does-it-all tool. D
9:00 am
Super Why! "The Emperor's New Clothes" Littlest Pig is very embarrassed. Jill wants him to wear a bucket on his head for their game, and he feels just plain silly! The Super Readers dive into the tale of The Emperor's New Clothes and meet an Emperor who doesn't want to look ridiculous either! Trouble is, his clothes seem to be invisible, and there's nothing sillier than a parade in your underwear! Educational Objectives: To learn about communicating feelings, follow the alphabet, practice spelling skills and use the power to read to change the story. D
9:30 am
Dinosaur Train "Dinosaur Big City, Pt. 3/Dinosaur Big City, Pt. 4" Dinosaur Big City Part III - The Dinosaur Train arrives in Laramidia, the Dinosaur Big City, and Buddy and the Pteranodon family explore the crowded "dinosaur metropolis." At the Theropod Convention, our kids reunite with Annie Tyrannosaurus and her parents Dolores and Boris, and they all meet the multi-horned mayor, Mayor Kosmoceratops! Dinosaur Big City Part IV - Buddy and Tiny help King Cryolophosaurus overcome his fear of performing in front of his biggest audience ever, and he wows a large dinosaur audience when he sings his new song, "Whole Lotta Theropods" at the Theropod Convention in Laramidia, the Dinosaur Big City. D
10:00 am
Sesame Street "Inspected By 4" Leela, Telly and Elmo are folding clothes in the Laundromat when Inspector 4, Judah Friedlander, comes along to inspect for things that are in groups of four. Inspector 4 can't find four of anything and threatens to shut down the Laundromat! Luckily, Elmo suggests counting the bottles of fabric softener. Time to count! 1,2,3,4! There are four bottles of fabric softener. D
11:00 am
Sid The Science Kid "The Big Cheese!" While surfing the Internet on the computer with his Mom, Sid finds a funny picture showing that the moon is made of green, glowing, cheese! Sid thinks this is amazing, and when he goes to school, he relays his newfound moon information to his friends, who are equally enthralled. When they tell Susie what they learned, Susie explains something very important-not everything you find on the computer is true! And someone that really understands that notion is visiting today, it's Gabriela's Mom! Dr. Rosalinda Cordova is a marine biologist so she does lots of research on the computer, but it's not the only thing she uses. She tells the kids that when she does research, she reads books at the library, makes observations, asks experts, and looks at websites with good information. D
11:30 am
WordWorld "A String's The Thing/J-J-Jelly" A String's the Thing - After Duck accidentally turns on Frog's new cake frosting machine, the WordFriends must find the right "ing" word to stop it from covering WordWorld in delicious frosting. J-J-Jelly - Pig asks Bear and Sheep to help him make jars for the jelly pumping from his jelly machine. However, when they aren't able to make jars fast enough, the kitchen quickly begins filling up with the purple, oozy treat! Only by working together are the friends able to find a way to contain all of the jiggling jelly. D
12:00 pm
Caillou "Caillou The Builder" Caillou the Road Builder - There's been a big storm and the playschool yard is littered with branches and other debris. The children all pitch in to help clean up the playground . When Caillou and his friends, Leo and Clementine, finish their cleanup duties they decide to build a road through the sandlot. D
12:30 pm
Barney & Friends "The Reluctant Dragon, A Fairy Tale Adventure" Barney teaches that you can't tell from the outside what someone might be like on the inside. He does this by telling a story about a dragon that wasn't at all what others thought she was. The villagers were afraid of her, but it turns out, she wasn't scary at all. D
1:00 pm
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Be Cool/Elephant Walk" Be Cool - Phew, it's hot outside! How are Sally and Nick going to stay cool? Cat suggests that they should visit some friends in the Dizzle-dazzle Desert to learn how to keep cool. They learn that some animals are light coloured, some stay out of the sun, and some, like Tommy the coolest toad around, just mooove sloooow. Nick and Sally take their advice, but Cat has an even better idea - run through a sprinkler! Elephant Walk - When building a toy construction set, Nick and Sally wonder if there's such thing as a one-thing-does-it-all tool. D
1:30 pm
Zoboomafoo "Grow, Zoboo, Grow" The Kratt Brothers are taking care of a human baby and a baby red kangaroo, and Zoboo wants to help the two babies grow. Martin and Chris show Zoboomafoo that all creatures grow, but to do so they need rest, food and play.G
2:00 pm
Curious George "Feeling Antsy/Maple Monkey Madness" Feeling Antsy - George loves starting the day off with a big breakfast, but more food lands on the floor than in his mouth. As George cleans up his mess, he spots an army of ants, something the Man with the Yellow Hat warned his messy monkey about. With some help from his friend Hundley, can a monkey and dog come up with a plan to get rid of the unwelcome houseguests or does George have hundreds of new roommates? Maple Monkey Madness - George pours the last drop of maple syrup on his pancakes, leaving the Man with the Yellow Hat with a dry stack of flapjacks. D
2:30 pm
Martha Speaks "Virtually Martha/Martha Vs. Robot" Virtually Martha - While playing with Alice's laptop computer, Martha accidentally hits the wrong button and gets zapped inside! Martha vs. Robot - Alice's family gets a robotic pet called Dynamo who can do everything a real dog can do and help you with your math homework.G
3:00 pm
The Electric Company "Revenge of the Zeros" Upset about their score of zero points in the banana sculpture contest, Danny and Annie decide to ruin Paul the Gorilla's banana festival party that is being held at The Electric Diner. The Electric Company catches on, and does everything they can to stop the pranksters and save the party and preserve Paul's sanity. D
3:30 pm
WordGirl "Victoria Best/Showdown at the Secret Spaceship Hideout" Victoria Best - New student (and villain) Victoria Best wins all but one of the trophies at the school assembly. When Becky's trophy goes missing, WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face come up with a contest that will thwart Victoria's evil trophy stealing plans. Showdown at the Super Secret Spaceship Hideout - During the latest encounter between WordGirl and Dr. Two Brains, Two-Brains hits himself with his snooze-ray. D
4:00 pm
Wild Kratts "Kerhonk" When Martin's and Chris' Creature Power Suits unexpectedly get jammed in Proboscis monkey mode and the top monkey of the troop is injured protecting a youngster from a crocodile, the Kratt brothers find themselves stepping into the injured monkey's role. While Aviva nurses the monkey back to health, Chris and Martin must keep the troop together and soon discover the important communication function of the proboscis monkeys strangest feature - his huge, droopy, bulbous nose! They uncover some of the different methods animals utilize to communicate important information to each other. D
4:30 pm
Cyberchase "Of All The Luck" The kids go to Hacker's hideout and use logic to free the Ten Lucky Charms that he has collected.G
5:00 pm
Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Birds Are Handy!" Ruff's rockstar cousin Ruf Rufman wants to record songbirds on his next album. So Ruff sends Emmie and Rubye to meet with field biologists from the Teton Science Schools in Wyoming to work with songbirds in the field. He also sends Marc and Shreya to meet with a hand model due to a misunderstanding between the word "Hands" and the name "Hans. D
5:30 pm
Nightly Business Report Sell in May and walk away? Some Wall Street investors are saying not so fast, New York Correspondent Suzanne Pratt has the latest on stocks. News Corp. gets a slap in the face as Rupert Murdoch gets told he's not fit to run the company. D
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PBS NewsHour President Obama's speech from Afghanistan and guest analysts. D
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Land Girls With evidence of an unidentified sympathizer in the village, sadistic Sgt. Tucker tries to find the culprit. When he gets Esther to screen the girls' mail, he discovers Nancy's secret. When Annie realizes that Bea is pregnant, she sets out to convince the American soldier to do the right thing.G
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Jesse Owens: American Experience Track star Jesse Owens comes into the stadium angry at the racial slurs and insults hurled at him and his Negro teammates at the 1936 Olympics by Hitler and other German leaders. The anger helps spur his performance to four Olympic gold medals, and two world records. This profile follows Owens from his school years through the Olympics and his return home to anonymity and racial segregation in the United States.G
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Frontline "Money, Power and Wall Street, Hour 3 & 4" The conclusion turns the spotlight on the inner workings of global high finance, still shrouded in secrecy and laden with risk, while no effective regulatory reform has emerged despite worldwide popular anger. FRONTLINE interviews leading bankers and officials on how big banks developed, how they crashed and whether practices continue that contributed to an economic nosedive. Part 2 of 2G
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I admit it! We architects are notoriously bad business people. For instance, we are at the bottom of salary surveys comparing other professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and yes, even engineers. For some reason, we are not good at collecting and, when we collect, not particularly good at pricing our services. I know this problem continues based on many online discussions I take part in and local roundtables with other architects. I have been principal of my own design firm for 22 years and still have "business issues".
Part of the problem is that architects get into this profession for the love of the work and not initially for the money. We love designing buildings and spaces and drawing by hand or by computer and having clients ogle our work and tell us what wonderful solutions we have devised and how we will make their life better. Really feeds the ego.
However, those same enthusiastic and devoted clients suddenly stop worshipping once they see our fee proposal, or if we are working by the hour, our first invoice. Then we get "It can't possibly take that much time to do such simple work", "I could do that", "I could get the same work from an unlicensed draftsman", "You can't be serious", "I'll have to think about it", or "Maybe I'll get some other proposals to compare". But you want that project and so you drop your fee or agree to some arrangement that in the end results in you losing money but, after all, you get your building built and they get to reap their investment at your expense. Satisfying?
I have been to many design firm business management seminars where they talk about the "value of your services" and how you should sell yourself, but for most of us, these lessons don't last long and we fall right back into the same rutt. I will keep going to those seminars to remind myself what I should be doing. At the very least there are a few simple business lessons I have learned and try to apply and I hope they will be of some value to other design professionals. Here are my top four business reminders…
You don't have to be math wiz, which many architects are not, to figure out what you need to charge for your services. There are so many types of fees such as stipulated or lump sum, hourly rates, percentage of construction cost, per square foot of building, per sheet of drawing, and the dart throw. Regardless of how you want to present your fee, you need to know what that represents and whether it is adequate to keep you and your business alive. Here is what I do and see if something like this works for you.
At this time I have five employees and a 1,500 square foot office on Main Street, of course. I have to know what all my costs are for operating the business so I add up the annual total for rent, electricity, heat, all insurances, licenses, magazine subscriptions, professional association memberships, employee benefits (including vacation time),paper (architects use a lot), printer ink (same), other office supplies, software and upgrades, computers and upgrades, telephones, internet service, website hosting, gas and anything else that is a predictable business expense. If I don't have an exact amount for an item from a previous year to use then I estimate. I also include half of my time and all of my secretary's time as non-billable and, therefore, part of this overall overhead expense. The total annual expenses are then divided by the total number of billable hours for me and my employees to arrive at a cost per hour above payroll. At present that amount is about $25 per hour.
So now I know that for every hour of work in the office, besides payroll, I must charge at least $25 per hour to break even or cover expenses. Now we get to the issue of profit. Some projects you might estimate high, some low, and some just right, but you need cushion for more lows, investment in growing your business, bonuses for jobs well done and money for rainy days, weeks or months. I have used 30% profit over expenses as a fair amount to cover this.
So my equation for arriving at the hourly charges for my office personnel is:
Hourly rate = [ hourly pay + $25 ] x 1.3
Now all I have to do is make sure I budget my project time accurately and all will be well.
The other trick is to have enough projects to fill up the hours so that the overhead gets paid and some profit is made. But that is another subject, marketing, and will have to wait for another article.
You may start out on a very friendly relationship with a prospective client and everything looks perfect for the future. When you get that giddy feeling do a reality check. Misunderstandings and disappointments of either party go with the territory and happen much more frequently if you do not put it in writing.
Whether you use standard industry contract documents or write you own, make sure you provide your client with a proposal or agreement that clearly outlines your understanding of the project and its objectives, what services you will provide to achieve the desired result, how much those services will cost, how long it will take you, when you want to be paid, what you will or won't do if you don't get paid, and what other services are not included and cost more if it turns out they are needed.
As the project goes along be sure to document by letter, memo or emails any decisions that are made, changes that occur, or events that affect the out come of the project. If anything happens that will have some affect on the terms of your agreement, put it in writing and have it agreed to by your client as soon as possible. Hesitation will cost you.
This may seem pretty obvious so why bring it up? Because so many of us wait or put off sending invoices until it is too late to get paid in full. Have we already passed milestones in the project? Have we already given the client final drawings with which to get permits or build? Have we waited until we no longer have any leverage left with which to get paid when we need the money?
It is important to include in our proposals or agreements a list of incremental payments that the client should expect to pay at the time that certain milestones in their project are achieved. I have told my clients "You need me to do many things such as design, meet deadlines, help you sort through options, help you get permits, contractors, and complete the project. I only need two things from you- decisions and checks." It really is that simple and helps them see that for all the demands the client may put on me it is very reasonable for them to simply pay me at the agreed upon times.
I make sure I get paid a modest retainer before I start work, which shows the client's good faith, and I require successive payments when I complete certain phases or important tasks. Invoices are due and payable upon receipt, not 30 days and not 15 days. As an architect the most important leverage I possess is that all invoicing must be paid in full before I will hand the client signed and sealed drawings for a building permit. If during construction I am needed to sign off on draws from the lender or to contractors, my final bill must be paid before I hand over my last signature. These conditions are not surprises to the client because they were down in writing in advance in our agreement.
Even if you are a sole proprietor working by yourself it is in your best interests to keep good records on how much time you spend on each project. When that project is complete and before you put the files away, review what you originally budgeted and what you actually spent. If you made money, well, you should have. If you did not, immediately figure out why and make sure you adjust your future budgets or determine how to accomplish the job more efficiently in the same time.
Even though I love to tinker with drawings, research new products and techniques, run around trying to please clients, and take photos of jobs, I have to discipline myself to buckle down once in a while to take care of business. After all my family must come first and I do the work I love first and foremost to take care of them. I am blessed that I can do work that I love. What I do is called architecture and it is the art of shaping spaces but, underneath that, it must be a business, too.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. — A former Augusta, Maine, man probably will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury here on Thursday found him guilty of the first-degree murder of a Maine couple because of a drug dispute.
The jury deliberated more than five hours before finding Robby Beasley guilty on all counts, including two murder charges. The verdict was announced just after 5 p.m. Eastern time.
Beasley, 32, also was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm and special allegations of committing multiple murders in the first or second degree, committing the offense with the intent to inflict great bodily injury and use of a firearm.
Beasley's grandmother, Charlotte Beasley, of Richmond, was at work Thursday night when she learned of the verdict.
"He told me he wasn't guilty," she said in an interview. "For two years he's told me he's innocent, and I believed him."
Beasley faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. He's scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 8, according to The Record-Bee newspaper in California.
According to authorities, Beasley killed Frank and Yvette Maddox, of Augusta, on Jan. 22, 2010, alongside Morgan Valley Road and near Lower Lake.
Beasley did not take the stand during the trial. His co-defendant in the case, former Gardiner Area High School wrestling standout Elijah Bae McKay, 30, did testify. McKay grew up with Beasley in Maine and helped him start in the marijuana growing trade in California.
The prosecution claimed Beasley killed the Maddoxes after they stole some of his marijuana.
McKay so far has not been scheduled for trial, although he faces the same charges and is alleged to have provided Beasley with the 9 mm handgun he used to shoot the Maddoxes and helped destroy evidence afterward.
McKay's grandfather, Clarence McKay, who lives in Maine, declined to comment on Beasley's conviction late Thursday.
Charlotte Beasley said she had hoped to go to California for the trial but was unable to pay for the trip.
She said her grandson has continued to assure her of his innocence throughout the two-plus years he has been in custody in Clear Lake, Calif. She said she has prayed for him every day.
"He said, 'Nana, I don't need your prayers because I'm innocent,'" she said.
Drugs and murder
The verdict on Thursday concluded the 14th day of the trial, which began in mid-November.
Beasley's attorney, Stephen Carter, on Wednesday questioned two final witnesses — former sheriff's detective Tom Andrews and detective Frank Walsh — before closing arguments started.
Carter focused on McKay in his closing arguments, suggesting that it was McKay, and not Beasley, who murdered the couple.
Beasley, believing the Maddoxes had broken into his Lower Lake apartment and stolen marijuana, allegedly tricked the couple into driving him down the remote road, where he shot them.
McKay testified that Beasley had planned to scare the couple into admitting that they had stolen his marijuana, but that the confrontation deteriorated and that after shooting at their feet, and shooting Frank Maddox in the leg, Beasley shot both of them in the head.
After Judge Andrew Blum read jury instructions, prosecutor Art Grothe moved into closing arguments by reviewing the charges against Beasley, explaining to jurors the process of considering the charges, and how to understand malice and the deliberative process on Beasley's part.
In most trials, at least a few points are in dispute. In this case, he said, the only point of dispute between the prosecution and defense is whether Beasley killed the Maddoxes.
Grothe said McKay brought Beasley from Maine and set him up in marijuana growing. Beasley, in the fall of 2009, invited the Maddoxes to California, where they began working in McKay's grow operation on Morgan Valley Road.
"In short order, they start causing trouble with the other trimmers" in that operation, Grothe said.
When McKay returned from a fall fishing trip, he told Beasley to get the Maddoxes out of the operation because they were causing trouble. Beasley then had the couple work for him, and they stayed at his Lower Lake apartment, where some of his growing operation was taking place.
At the end of 2009, the couple was involved in a domestic dispute and there were concerns that the police would be called, Grothe said. McKay again warned Beasley about the Maddoxes, who he said were a risk to their operation.
Beasley kicked the Maddoxes out in December 2009. They moved in with Elvin Sikes, who allowed them to use a spare bedroom. About that time, someone broke into Beasley's Lower Lake apartment, and Grothe said Beasley concluded that it was the couple, based in part on a small footprint that he believed was Yvette Maddox's.
'I'm going to hell'
McKay gave Beasley the gun to protect himself from getting ripped off, Grothe said.
Beasley then began talking about killing and burying the couple. McKay suggested that he scare the couple instead, Grothe said.
Grothe said McKay's attitude was that Beasley had made a mess of killing the couple and that he needed to clean it up himself.
When McKay went to pick Beasley up from Morgan Valley Road, Grothe said Beasley's first words to him were, "I'm going to hell." Grothe said Beasley continued obsessing, and was worrying about killing the wrong people.
Beasley's girlfriend, Kim Van Horn, testified that she visited him in the Lake County Jail, where he wrote on his hand, "Did they find the gun?" Grothe said Beasley assured McKay no one would ever find it.
On the night of the murders, Beasley went to Walmart to buy new cellphones, boxer shorts and Armor All wipes. Surveillance cameras showed him wearing a black leather jacket McKay had given him.
Grothe showed a chart of cellphone calls and texts that showed a flurry of calls between Beasley and McKay after 6:30 p.m. on the day of the murder. It was sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., Grothe argued, that the Maddoxes were killed.
Carter, Beasley's attorney, said McKay could have killed the Maddoxes.
"I assert to you that there is absolutely another reasonable explanation" than Beasley's having committed the murders, he said.
Carter said McKay lied in his testimony more than once, pointing to inconsistencies in his statements about where he kept an unregistered 9 mm handgun, which he had said he kept both in the marijuana garden and in his home.
"He lied to you, absolutely lied to you," Carter told the jury.
Grothe said the Maddoxes were executed brutally in a dispute about 3 pounds of marijuana. "They were killed by their friend, Robby Beasley," he said.
In his rebuttal, Grothe said the jury needed to look at the evidence, not "wild theories" unsupported by the evidence.
He said minor inconsistencies in testimony because of the fact that nearly three years have elapsed — and peoples' memories aren't foolproof after that time — are to be expected.
Back in Maine, Beasley's heartbroken grandmother struggles to hold onto the hope that her grandson has been convicted wrongly.
"I don't know what I believe," she said. "I know I want to believe he wouldn't do such a thing. I don't want to believe anyone would do such a thing."
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Ushering in a new term of sorts today is this new article from Nick Lo on the Zend Developer Zone talking about the Zend Framework and the "New Hybrid Designer":
While a good sense of aesthetics is important, it does not in itself directly equate to a well designed product. This is particularly true with web design, as a recent Web 2.0 Expo session entitled "The New Hybrid Designer" put it; "modern web design requires the coding savviness of a developer coupled with the aesthetics and user awareness of a designer".
The idea behind the article is to propose a simple setup of the Zend Framework that developers can use as the powerful system that it is and the designers can get into and understand how to use (things like building forms and templating the site). He touches on a few topics including the MVC pattern the Framework follows, security in the application and the "pretty URLs" that it allows.


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Mary Virginia Smith, 88, of Stroudsburg, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2013, surrounded by her family at VNA Hospice House, East Stroudsburg. She was the wife of the late Harold G. Smith, who died June 23, 1998.
Born Nov. 15, 1924, in East Stroudsburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Mabel (Smith) Brundle. She was a resident of Monroe County for most of her life.
Mary was a member of Branham Tabernacle, Jeffersonville, Ind.
She was a talented artist and loved to paint oil paintings of local scenery.
She worked at the former Wyckoff's Department Store in Stroudsburg and also worked at the former Ronson Lighter Corp., when it was in East Stroudsburg. She also helped her husband with their business of remodeling old homes, Harold G. Smith Contracting.
Mary is survived by her daughter, Virginia C. Siptroth-Meyers, and her husband, James L., of Stroudsburg; her grandchildren: Susan R. Meyers of Cresco, Steven F. Siptroth and his wife, Diane, of Bartonsville, and Sarah L. Woolf of Stroudsburg; her great-grandchildren: Joseph Meyers, David Meyers, Ryan Blakeslee, Isaac Woolf, D'Asia Woolf and Benjamin Siptroth; and six great-great-grandchildren: Hannah, Adriana, Collin, Logan, Audrina and James.
She is also survived by her sisters, Ann Sacher of Jeffersonville, Ind., and Jeanette Reto of East Bangor.
Mary was predeceased by her granddaughter, Tammy Ann Siptroth, and her great-grandson, Michael Meyers Jr.
There will be a viewing from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at Thomas Funeral Home, 401 N. Fifth St., Stroudsburg. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, May 3, at the funeral home.
Burial will follow at Keller's Cherry Valley Cemetery, Stroud Township.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the family in care of Thomas Funeral Home, 401 N. Fifth St., Stroudsburg PA 18360.
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San and Dan are in the final three. Per Phil.
Wait a minute... Phil, you damn teased there! NEL!(Said "final three" to Sam and Dan and then says NEL to Brian and Ericka. The hell?)
Quote from: Mandoli on November 22, 2009, 08:23:42 PMSan and Dan are in the final three. Per Phil.No, he said if they make the final three, who don't they want with them.
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BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Worldwide Business Research (WBR) has invited PRO Unlimited's Senior Vice President of Product Development, Ted Sergott to deliver opening remarks at the ProcureCon Indirect East Conference this February 12 in Charlotte, NC.
A recognized technology industry trailblazer, Ted will share his unique perspectives on how indirect procurement executives must successfully leverage social, mobile, cloud and big-data intelligence to remain competitive. Ted is a visionary leader, responsible for PRO's world-class and purely vendor neutral SaaS-based Vendor Management System (VMS) platform called WAND X.
The conference, which takes place in Charlotte, NC from February 11-13, brings together global experts, highly regarded speakers, and indirect procurement executives from across the country to network and share best practices in indirect procurement.
About PRO Unlimited, Inc.
PRO Unlimited, Inc. delivers a full range of services to address indirect procurement, management and compliance issues related to contingent (non-employee) workers (i.e., independent contractors, consultants, temps and freelancers). PRO pioneered the concept of purely vendor-neutral contingent workforce management in the early 90's and now works with some of America's largest and most prestigious companies. As part of its total solution, the company offers services such as e-procurement of contingent labor, 1099 consulting and audit support, as well as third-party payroll. PRO hosts its own VMS application, WAND X, currently utilized in the U.S. and abroad. PRO Unlimited, Inc. is based in Boca Raton, FL, with offices worldwide. For additional information, please visit our website www.prounlimited.com or call toll-free at (800) 291-1099.


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Miranda Kerr: Flynn Loves Hip Hop!
Miranda Kerr carries her cutie pie son Flynn through Sydney Airport on Saturday (December 3) in Sydney, Australia.
Flynn was wearing a pair of shoes that read "Never Mind About the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols," which was the title of the Sex Pistols' album! So cute!
Earlier in the week, Miranda, 28, appeared on The Chelsea Lately Show!
"[Flynn] loves hip hop. When I had him in my stomach, I'd play music and sometimes I'd put on hip hop and dance around," Miranda said. "So now I put hip hop on and he shakes his head and gets into it."


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Specialty crop producers across Texas will reap the rewards of another round of funding from a USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program designed to promote and develop Texas-grown specialty crops including produce, fruits, nuts, olives, grapes and other native food crops.
The $1.8 million grant will be administered through the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) and represents the second such grant in three years designed to boost specialty crop awareness and production in Texas.
"The specialty crop funding will further improve the ability of Texas consumers to access food grown right here in Texas while giving Texas farmers access to the tools and resources needed to grow their businesses and improve the quality of their crops," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples said.
According to Staples, specialty crops, as defined by the grant, include fruits and vegetables, dried fruits, tree nuts, horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture. Texas ranks among the nation's leaders in the production of many specialty crops, including citrus, onions, watermelons, pecans, and grapes.
Staples says 26 projects were selected to participate in this latest USDA Specialty Crop grant including funds to a Texas A&M (Kingsville) program to help prevent the spread of HLB (citrus greening disease) in Texas through containment measures; a Texas AgriLife Extension Service pecan screening nursery for cotton root rot resistance; funds for research and development of a rapid growth, grower-friendly field method for diagnosis of citrus greening disease and the development of simplified methods for screening of psyllids and plant tissues for HLB and Zebra Chip pathogens; and a second year of funding for alternative commercialization for specialty crops promoting stone fruit and pecans by targeting high value markets oriented to human health.
In addition, the grant funds will be used to partner with Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association to establish a series of grape-growing workshops, partner with Texas Olive Oil Council to enhance consumers' and growers' awareness of Texas olives, and to partner with the Texas State Florists' Association to increase awareness of local Texas florists through a high school design competition, and increase promotion and sales of local flower shops through increased media coverage.
Also benefiting from the grant are a number of food-to-farm consumer markets, including the Brownsville Community Garden, the Dallas Farmer's Market and the San Antonio Herb Market.
Texas Tech University will receive additional funding through the grant in support of its program to improve management practices for olive (Olea Europaea L.) oil production. The University of Houston will receive funds in support of a program to develop food safety "Best Practices" videos and workbooks for small farmers in Texas, and the Texas Wine & Grape Growers Association is being funded to stage continuing education programs for growers through a series of workshops.
Funds are being awarded to agencies and organizations who applied for inclusion in this year's round of USDA block grant funding. Interested applicants were invited to submit their programs for consideration to the TDA based upon the following criteria:
- Projects must demonstrate that they enhance the competitiveness of Texas' specialty crop industry.
- Project funds may only be used for activities benefiting specialty crops.
- Projects must benefit more than one individual, institution or organization. Grant funds will not be awarded for projects that directly benefit or provide a profit to a single organization, institution or individual.
The Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 authorized USDA to help states enhance specialty crop competitiveness. The 26 selected projects specialize in several key areas, including: improved food safety; increased development of the specialty crops industry; increased marketing and promotion of Texas-grown produce; increased promotion and consumer awareness of the nutritional benefits of produce consumption; and increased protection of Texas specialty crops from plant pests and diseases.


text: My 11 month old son has been EBF and won't eat or even put any food in his mouth. I have tried to puree, steam & give him whole fruits and veggies. He doesn't want any part of it. He also will not take a bottle or sippy cup. My pedi said to "force feed" him at 9 months so that he didn't develop texture adversion, but I didn't do that. My supply is fine and its keeping him satisfied but he is nursing every 2 hours still and my nipples are extremely sore from his teeth. Has anyone else has a child that didn't eat food until this late of age??


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As has been noted in a previous column, Reb Elimelech – like the Baal Shem Tov before him – asserted that pessimism and depression cause sin and spiritual apathy. Repentance (yes, even repentance!) that causes depression and sadness distances the Holy Presence.
Joy is absolutely essential for Jewish life. And although Reb Elimelech was determined to infuse all Jews with a state of simcha, he was especially concerned over the plight of orphans, and devoted special energy to arrange marriages for them.
The Baal Shem Tov was thoroughly foreign to the concept of evil. Indeed, when a despairing father inquired, "What shall I do with my son? He is so wicked!" the Baal Shem Tov, who shunned reprimands, characteristically counseled, "Love him all the more!"
This was a lesson that Reb Elimelech incorporated and would find essential in dealing with the unschooled and non-observant masses. Like those that preceded him, Reb Elimelech viewed his mission to be the spiritual elevation of the people – whether or not they were affiliated with chassidus.
The chassidic masters (Reb Elimelech is the perfect example) never remained cloistered in their homes or in the synagogues. They went out to the people and implored them to repent. "One cannot arrive at the proper and complete service of the Lord," instructed Reb Elimelech, "without a guide that will direct toward the path to faith."
Reb Elimelech championed emunah temimah (pure belief) above everything in the service of God. Like his predecessors, he focused on the importance of emunas tzaddikim (trusting the righteous) and what the responsibilities of a rebbe are. Namely, to raise the spiritual level of the masses who are mired in the pits of poverty – both materially and spiritually. It is the job of the leader to never seclude himself from the world and to be located among his people, so that he can hear their troubles and ease their burdens.
Reb Elimelech explained that some people serve the Almighty and perform good deeds under the impression that they are doing the Lord a favor, and accordingly deserve a reward. A consequence of this perverted thinking is that people need not work on themselves because they are assumedly good, benevolent individuals.
To counteract this mindset Reb Elimelech encouraged that before performing a mitzvah one should recite: "ha'reini oseh zos l'shem yichud kudsha b'rich hu u'shechintei, la'asos nachas ruach l'borei olami – I am engaging in this deed for the sake of the Almighty, so that I may cause pleasure to my Maker."
For the very same reason he felt that serving God must be anchored in deep, not superficial, Torah learning. This includes Gemara with Rashi, Tosafos and the meforshim, and Shulchan Aruch and the poskim. Learning in depth and with diligence frees one from egotistical thoughts and cleanses the soul.
He instructed, "One should arise and pray, 'May it be Thy will that my learning will motivate me to act with proper character and Torah knowledge. Spare me from interruption – even the slightest little disruption.' "
Among Reb Elimelech's rules were: A Jew should guard himself against hating any of his folk, except for the wicked for whom no excuse can be found. He should not engage in any conversation at all before prayer, as it is a hindrance to concentration during davening.
One should speak gently to all men and see to it that one's clothes are always clean.
Reb Elimelech pointed out four customs of zehirus (caution) that have becomes pillars of chassidus:
I) From the moment people arise in the morning, they must quickly wash their hands and accept upon themselves the yoke of Heaven. Their very first steps must be with sanctity and purity, and this will set the tone for the rest of the day.
II) "Chassidus," as mentioned in the Gemara, means not walking four cubits with an uncovered head, and to live with the awareness of what the yarmulke symbolizes – namely that there is a Ruler above.
III) "Purity of the Home" mandates a staunch religious education for boys and girls so that tradition is never in jeopardy of being abandoned.
IV) One must learn Torah in order to observe and fulfill the commandments. Even those who are not enrolled in a yeshiva are obligated to learn on a steady basis, each and every day.


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Meet Marie LeBaron of Make and Takes
Name: Marie LeBaron
Location: Seattle, WA
Online home: Make and Takes
Kids: 3rd grade boy, 1st grade girl, and preschool girl
If you're a crafty type, then it's more than likely that you've already heard of Marie LeBaron and her site, Make and Takes. We've featured plenty of her clever crafts here, like this snowman kit or these St. Patrick's Day rainbow pots. Marie's site offers a wealth of crafts, DIY projects, recipes and family ideas that could keep you busy for years.
Marie started her blog as a place where she could organize all her craft project and share a few "make and takes"--easy projects that produce a fun end product. Over the years, her readership has grown along with her content, and she now features work from contributors as well as reader-submitted projects. You are guaranteed to find something you like, whether it be an easy recipe, a great holiday craft or even advice on common parenting issues.
Marie's endeavors have led to an exciting new opportunity, and her first book, Make and Takes for Kids: 50 crafts throughout the year, is coming out imminently. Read on to find out more about what makes Marie tick!
When did you start blogging and why?
I started almost 5 years ago. I'm a former teacher and had lots of ideas over the years and a blog seemed like a perfect place to put them all in one handy place!
Your site has grown immensely over the years. Did you expect to find the large online community that now follows you faithfully?
I was just like anyone who starts a blog, happy to get that one comment, even if it's from Mom! So it's been fun to have my blog continue to grow and have so many faithful readers. My community is good to me!
You're coming out with a book very soon! What was the most difficult part of writing it? What was the most fulfilling?
The whole process of book writing has been incredibly fulfilling. It's something I've been wanting to do for years, even before the blog. From start to finish it was an adventure. I'd have to say the most difficult part of it all were the deadlines. I was in the middle of running a home and blog, and getting ready to move. So the hardest part was making time to sit down to actually do it. But once I did, the crafting and writing went smoothly and came naturally.
Do you come from a crafty family, or have your experiences in early childhood education and teaching inspired your creativity?
I do come from a very creative family. Most all of my siblings are crafty, as well as my mother. She's an amazing seamstress. But I would also have to say that I developed more of a crafty side through my early childhood education.
Where do you go on the internet for inspiration?
Right now Pinterest is one of my favorite for ideas. There are so many creative people out there. I'll often do a search for something, like Halloween, and after viewing some of the sites featured, ideas of my own will pop into my head or I'll be reminded of a material or supply I haven't crafted with in a while.
What's the best piece of parenting advice anyone has ever given you?
To take time every night before bed and talk with each of my kids, asking them about their day. I think it helps them feel validated and know that I care. It also helps open up a conversation to anything they might be extra excited or worried about.
Thanks, Marie! Readers, be sure to check out all the amazing projects and ideas over at Make and Takes.
(Images: Marie LeBaron)
Since our inception, we have loved hearing from all of our readers as well as reaching out to several in the blog community. You are mothers, fathers, wives, husbands all writing about your families, style and what makes you tick. To continue fostering this great blogging community, we'll now begin featuring close-ups of our favorite family and design blogs as part of our "Big Blog Family."


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CHICAGO — Since announcing in March that it might file for bankruptcy, Bally Total Fitness has continued to make headlines.
On April 26, Bally said that it was informed by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that its common stock would be suspended. The NYSE formally delisted Bally's stock before the market opened on May 2. The stock, which closed at 68 cents on May 2, is now quoted on the Pink Sheets electronic quotation service. The NYSE indicated that its delisting of Bally's stock was a result of Bally's failure to satisfy the NYSE's continued listing standards, including minimum market capitalization and minimum average share price requirements. Also, the NYSE considered Bally's failure to timely file its 2006 annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission and its stated liquidity position.
The day before the delisting announcement, Bally agreed to sell its 16 Toronto, Canada, facilities to Extreme Fitness Inc., which is acquiring six of the clubs, and GoodLife Fitness Centres Inc., which is acquiring the remaining 10 clubs. The properties include nine Sports Clubs of Canada and seven Bally Total Fitness clubs. Terms of the transactions, including lease negotiations, were not disclosed.
The sale of the 16 Canadian clubs is part of Bally's strategy to divest non-core assets to focus on the core Bally brand and operations in the United States. Proceeds from the transactions are estimated to be approximately $16.6 million ($19.6 million Canadian) and will be available to support operations.
GoodLife Fitness, founded in 1979, has grown into the largest group of fitness clubs in Canada with more than 300,000 members. The company plans to have 151 locations by December.
Extreme Fitness, founded in 1995, already has six clubs in the Greater Toronto area and approximately 45,000 members. The acquisition not only doubles the number of Extreme Fitness facilities in Greater Toronto, but it also increases memberships by more than 30 percent.
Bally also announced that it had negotiated the form of limited waiver and forbearance arrangements with holders of its 10½ percent senior notes due in 2011 and its 9⅞ percent senior subordinated notes due this year. The forbearance agreement under Bally's senior secured credit facility required that forbearance arrangements be in place with respect to each series of notes by May 14.
In a separate story, a federal judge in California ordered Bally to pay $24,000 to a Sikh man who sued when the company denied him a job after asking if he was Muslim, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said.
According to a report in the Fresno (CA) Bee, Sukdev "Devin" Singh Dhaliwal applied for a sales job with one of Bally's five Fresno fitness centers in 2004. An interviewer from Bally asked Dhaliwal, who was born and raised in California, about his religious and ethnic background. Bally then denied Dhaliwal a job and hired non-Sikh, non-Indian applicants with less experience, according to the commission.
The newspaper also reported that under the consent decree, Bally must pay Dhaliwal $24,000 in damages and provide training in equal opportunity hiring practices to managers at its Fresno locations.


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MONTREAL — Gerald Wallace is the most senior member of the Celtics, with 12 years of NBA experience on his resume. So when the veteran swingman speaks, his words carry weight in the locker room.
And Wallace was not at all happy with how his team played in a 104-89 preseason loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Bell Centre Sunday, a game that was part of the NBA Canada series.
It was the Celtics' sixth loss in seven preseason games. They have one exhibition game left, Wednesday against Brooklyn at TD Garden, and their regular season opens Oct. 30 against the Raptors in Toronto.
"We're not playing with effort," Wallace said as he sat in his locker, one of the last in the room before the Celtics boarded their charter flight back to Boston. "Guys are out there being selfish. The opponent is giving it their all, regardless of how the night is going.
"[Sunday], we ran into another team that just wanted the game more than we did, and they came out and played like it. We had some good spurts, but when it came down to it, they were determined to win the game, and we weren't."
Can effort be taught — or instilled?
"Listen, I mean, veteran, rookie, whatever you want to call it, I was always taught, you can't teach effort," said Wallace, who scored a game-high 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting in 26 minutes while also tallying 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 rebounds.
"You can't teach somebody how to give effort. That's easy. They've got that or they don't. The main thing about it is, either you want to win or you don't want to win. Effort isn't something you can learn or teach or give somebody or encourage somebody.
"When we step out on the basketball court, we get paid to do this. We're professionals. So our main thing is, you should want to go out every night and win. It shouldn't be a question of the effort. You're going to miss shots, you're going to turn the ball over, things aren't going to go your way, but it shouldn't be because you're not playing hard or you're not giving your all."
The Celtics are learning a new system under rookie coach Brad Stevens, and he and the players recently have noted that, despite the losses, it is still the preseason, a period for adjustment and growth.
But according to Wallace, they no longer can use the word "preseason" as an excuse.
"You know what, the first couple games, you can say that," Wallace said. "Right now, you can't say that. We've got one more preseason game before this thing really starts up. If guys really think they can just wait until the Toronto game to be able to turn the switch on, it's not that easy in this league. You've got to start building yourself off and get some momentum going into it. We're not doing it right now."
Wallace added, "We're playing teams and we're concentrating on it being 'preseason.' We're trying to make an excuse. We're playing lackadaisical. These teams are coming out wanting to win and get better. Right now, we're not doing that. We're just going through the motions, it seems like, without effort. We can't afford to do that."
Jeff Green, who had 12 points off the bench , agreed and said the effort wasn't there.
"We need to focus a little bit more now, treat this next game, these next couple practices, as the regular season, because I think it's too late to blame the whole 'working out kinks' statement that we've been making for these past couple games," Green said. "At this point, we know what to do. We know our offense. We've just got to go out there and play. We can't come into this thinking, 'It's preseason, we can [play half-heartedly].
"We've got to be ready to play. Teams are getting geared up for the regular season. We can't allow ourselves to feed into it just being preseason."
Stevens wasn't as critical in his postgame comments, though he did point out a glaring issue his team has had lately: not finishing games. The Celtics trailed by 9 entering the fourth quarter and then fell behind by more than 20.
The Timberwolves were led by All-Star forward Kevin Love, who had a game-high 22 points and added nine rebounds.
"I thought we competed, again, until a certain point," Stevens said.Baxter Holmes can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @BaxterHolmes.


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About Tigger
The filters may well be opt-out but given the recent revelations on global surveillance who in their right mind is going to tick the box that says 'YES - I do want access to extremist content'
'And these are your reasons, my lord?'
'Do you think I have others?' said Lord Vetinari. 'My motives, as ever, are entirely transparent.'
Hughnon reflected that 'entirely transparent' meant either that you could see right through them or that you couldn't see them at all.


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OTTAWA—Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney kept borrowing costs unchanged Tuesday but used his rate announcement to warn debt-burdened consumers that today's low interest settings won't last too much longer.
Citing a precarious world economic outlook, the central bank held its trend-setting overnight interest rate at 1 per cent in an effort to sustain Canada's rebound from the global recession.
But Carney took the opportunity to alert Canadian consumers, businesses and financial markets that he will "eventually" have to take steps to drive up borrowing costs to slow inflation.
Above form the Toronto Star..
Is it just me, or are the rest of you getting a bit tired of Carney. He sounds like a parent who keeps telling his kid that if the kid doesn't smarten up, he will take away his allowance. Meanwhile the kid has gone from truancy to breaking windows and finally using hard drugs and all the while mummy Carney is standing there wagging his finger and threatening to..do something!
Meanwhile it is savers that are getting the beating. 1% rates when inflation is well over 2%. so what to do. Put it in high dividend stocks like YLO and lose 50% of your money in a year? Or buy bank stocks and hope for the best?
..or better still just spend the danged stuff and borrow more to spend. But be careful, Carney may, possibly, inevitably do something..
..Just do it- or shut up.


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NH man clocked going 106 mph on Interstate 91 in Vt.
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police say they clocked a New Hampshire man going 106 mph on Interstate 91 in Brattleboro.
Police say 49-year-old Scott W. Samson of Spofford, N.H., was driving a 2011 Porsche Carerra Turbo when he was stopped for speeding Thursday morning.
He's been cited to appear in court on charges of excessive speed and negligent operation.


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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, will run against Wyoming's senior U.S. senator in next year's Republican primary, her campaign said Tuesday.
Her announcement is a political challenge unlike anything Wyoming has seen for years, maybe decades.
Republicans in the state rarely challenge incumbents of their own party in national office. All three members of the state's congressional delegation and all statewide elected officials are Republican.
Liz Cheney, 46, is the elder of the two Cheney daughters. Married with five children, she was a resident of Virginia until recently.
She and her husband bought a home last year in the posh northwest Wyoming community of Jackson Hole.
"I am running because I know, as a mother and a patriot, we can no longer afford simply to go along to get along. We can't continue business as usual in Washington," Cheney said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Sen. Mike Enzi on Tuesday announced his bid for a fourth term. He made the announcement more than six months earlier in the political cycle than he has in the past.
Enzi said he would continue to "do the job I was already elected to do."
"Working behind the scenes — this is what I have been doing since I was elected and this is what needs to be done," he said by email through a spokesman.
Enzi immediately won the endorsement of colleagues in the Senate, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
"Our support will be there for Mike," said the committee's chairman, Republican Sen. Jerry Moran.
The race promises to be hard-fought. Enzi has had few serious Democratic challengers — much less Republican ones — since he was first elected to the Senate in 1996. He remains well-liked around the state as an affable former shoe salesman and mayor of the coal-mining city of Gillette.
Enzi takes pride in keeping a lower profile and remaining much less partisan than most of his colleagues. He often refers to his "80-20" rule — that opposing parties usually can agree on 80 percent of the details of any given issue — as a model for Republicans and Democrats to work together.
He handily won re-election in 2008 with more than 75 percent of the vote.
Cheney's interest in the seat has been an open secret for months, dating back at least to last year's purchase of a home in Wilson, a community in Jackson Hole, that was listed for $1.9 million.
She appeared onstage with her father at last year's state Republican Party convention. It was Dick Cheney's first public appearance since he underwent a heart transplant, and father and daughter have been working on a book together.
Since then, Liz Cheney has made frequent appearances at county-level Republican events in virtually every corner of the state. She also has been in the national public eye as a Fox News political commentator.
The news release from her campaign did not specify why she decided to challenge a fellow Republican, nor did it offer any direct criticism of Enzi. She did not immediately return a telephone call requesting comment.
A Wyoming political veteran, Chris Rothfuss, said her candidacy may be a sign of the divisions that have roiled the national Republican Party for several years, with GOP officeholders being challenged from within their own party if they are seen as too willing to compromise with Democrats.
The Democratic state lawmaker, who lost to Enzi in 2008, said Liz Cheney's challenge reflects "everything that's wrong" with partisanship in national politics.
"Mike's being attacked in this election because he's been traditionally willing to compromise and reach across the aisle in a manner that's unpopular with the partisan culture," he said.
"I would also say that the reason that Liz Cheney is running out of Wyoming rather than what in effect would be her home state of Virginia is because we're basically seen as a much cheaper option in trying to obtain a Senate seat. Obviously, it's an attempt to leverage her name recognition," said Rothfuss, a chemical engineer.
The Cheneys are well-established as a family with Wyoming roots — an important qualification for anybody seeking major office in the state. Dick Cheney held the state's lone congressional seat in the 1970s and 1980s before he moved up the political ladder.
While Liz Cheney was born in Madison, Wis., her announcement release pointed out that the Cheney family has roots that go back more than 100 years in Wyoming.
Ahead of Tuesday's announcements, Enzi has refused to be critical of the prospect of a Cheney challenge. He said Liz Cheney earlier told him she would run if he chose not to seek re-election in 2014.
"I'm not going to comment on her," Enzi said. "My job is to do what the people of Wyoming expect me to do."
In a show of unity, he and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., walked off the Senate floor together Tuesday. Barrasso praised Enzi as his "friend and mentor."
Cheney's challenge of Enzi promises to make many Wyoming Republicans uncomfortable because they will be forced into choosing between two popular figures.
Former Wyoming Sen. Al Simpson, an often frank and witty observer of state and national politics, said Tuesday he couldn't comment on what the race would mean for the Wyoming Republican Party.
"Right now, I have nothing to say at all except one thing, I deeply care about both of them, and that's all I have to say," said Simpson, a Republican.
Cheney holds a law degree from the University of Chicago and has worked as a lawyer for the State Department and the Agency for International Development.


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by Mike Todd
To get from his place to mine, my buddy Gimp needs to hop on the PA Turnpike for about two exits. I am referring to Gimp by his nickname, which he's had for 10 years, in part to protect his identity, and in part because I can't for the life of me remember his real name. That is, of course, the mark of a quality nickname, though still short of the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a nickname, which is to get the person's mother to start using it.
Gimp has been a tough sell in this regard, perhaps because his mother has seen "Pulp Fiction," but I think we're getting close to sealing the deal with Eyeball's mom. On Gimp's first visit here, he called from the turnpike and said, "Was I supposed to do something at that toll booth? There was nobody there to take my money. I just drove right through."
"Do you have EZ-Pass?" I asked him.
"No. But I purposely didn't go through the EZ-Pass lane," he said.
"Was there a ticket hanging out of the machine?" I asked.
"A ticket?" he said, as if I'd just asked him something completely off topic, like the best way to make tartar sauce from scratch or how to train a cat to flush the toilet.
"Dude, did you just get on the turnpike without taking a ticket?" I asked. There was silence on the other end.
Gimp is still holding out on getting an EZ-Pass, a device that could have averted the situation altogether. I can certainly respect his obstinacy. I used to pride myself on going through the full-service lane at toll booths. I thought EZ-Pass was for people who had so lost perspective on life that they thought they couldn't afford the extra few seconds to interact, however briefly, with an actual human being. A grumpy, wrong-change-giving human being, but a human being nonetheless.
I'd do the same thing at gas stations, never using pay-at-the-pump, instead hoofing it inside to pay the cashier. Besides allowing for one more small personal interaction instead of dealing with a machine, it helped to keep me up-to-date with the latest trends in beef jerky flavoring. Teriyaki's doing big things.
But eventually I got to thinking how many toll booth attendants did I invite to my wedding? How many gas station cashiers leave messages on my voicemail saying only, "Dude, call me back," knowing that I can tell from their voice who called? Despite many years of interacting with toll booth attendants and gas station cashiers, I had not made lasting relationships with any of them, prompting me to rethink all the time I'd been wasting by not just surrendering to the Matrix and letting the machines win.
Besides, if you were to make the attempt to start a relationship with a toll booth attendant, here's probably how that would go:
•Toll Booth Attendant: Seventy-five cents, please.
•You: You look like a nice person. Want to come camping with me?
•Toll Booth Attendant: Seventy-five cents, please. You're holding up the line.
•You: Forget about all of them for a moment. Let's get to know each other. I could be the "exact change" you need in your life.
•Toll Booth Attendant: I'm calling the cops.
So it's probably just as well to zip on through in the EZ-Pass lane, as Gimp should be doing by now. That day on the phone, I said, "You might as well turn around and drive to Ohio, man, because you're about to pay like you did."
"No way," he said. "I'll be able to sweet talk 'em."
When he finally showed up at my place, I asked Gimp how much the trip had ended up costing him. He didn't want to talk about it. The turnpike had really taken its toll on him.


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Fallout from the ongoing News Corp. phone-hacking scandal in Britain now includes a promise from company founder Rupert Murdoch to usher in a new era of ethics. The announcement came late Tuesday in a letter to all employees.
Such promises are both expected and necessary in the wake of any ethical breach by a media outlet and an important first step to regaining public trust, say experts. What will matter now is how serious Murdoch and his deputies are about enforcing them and keeping them up to date.
"Most newsrooms are in a constant process of updating and revising their codes of behavior, if for no other reason than to keep them abreast of changes in the media landscape," says Kelly McBride, senior faculty for ethics, reporting, and writing at The Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank in St. Petersburg, Fla.
For example, just a week ago, the Associated Press updated and reissued new guidelines on how reporters should use social media.
Mr. Murdoch's plan is a good start, agrees Ronald Hanser, president of the public-relations firm, Hanser and Associates, in an e-mail. But News Corp.'s "new standards" will hardly be groundbreaking for the industry. "I see no need for other media in North America to change journalistic codes," he says.
By contrast, Murdoch's son, James, told British Parliament on Tuesday that News Corp. does need to "think more forcefully and thoughtfully about our journalistic ethics."
The real question, say media watchers, is what impact a new set of codes will actually have.
Media reports about the allegations against News Corp. suggest that the standards "can only go up," says Elizabeth Mehren, journalism professor at Boston University, by e-mail.
Communicating these new standards is one step, she says, "but it will be interesting to see what kind of enforcement measures Murdoch and his staff are talking about, and how exactly they intend to put them into action."
Requests for comment on the proposed News Corp. codes received no response from both The Wall Street journal and Fox News Channel, two News Corp.-owned media outlets. Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, has a publicly published code of ethics, one considered by many to be among the strictest in the industry. The company was taken over in 2007 by News Corp.
History shows that a scandal can propel valuable housecleaning and industrywide progress, says Ms. McBride.
In 2003, The New York Times found itself embroiled in a front-page scandal over plagiarism and fabrication charges regarding the work of staff reporter Jayson Blair. In response, the paper undertook a thorough review of its ethical policies and made significant changes, McBride says. This self-searching triggered in-house examinations at small and large newspapers all over the country, she adds.
When it comes to a sustained cultural shift, as may be needed within segments of the News Corp. empire, long-term follow-through is the key to genuine change, notes McBride.
"There has to be a continual reinforcement process from middle and top managers on down," she says, including such things as "finding daily teachable moments during the reporting and editing process."
Again, she adds, The New York Times followed up with ongoing training to solidify the new standards.
Former CBS newsman Larry Kane, who has now turned his hand to writing fiction ("Death by Deadline"), vouches for the value of sustained follow-through.
The top CBS brass brought what they called "the blue book," or its code of ethics, to life in a variety of ways. "We did a lot of mock situations," he says, including potentially tricky ethical decisions that "really clarified what the codes mean in practice, not just in a little book."
Note: A list of news organizations' ethics policies can be found at the Project for Excellence in Journalism.


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Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick: Hawaiian Family Vacation!
Kevin Bacon shows off his shirtless self as he walks to his towel after diving in the ocean on Saturday (December 31) in Hawaii.
The 53-year-old actor was joined on the beach by his wife Kyra Sedgwick, 46, who showed off her svelte figure in a two toned bikini! The couple also brought along their kids Travis and Sosie.
Kyra's hit show The Closer is set for its final season this summer. Kyra has won numerous awards for her portrayal of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson.
Meanwhile, Kevin has been filming for his next movie R.I.P.D. up in Boston, Mass. The flick also stars Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges.


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Seville's Massive Gothic Cathedral — Go Here
For well-traveled souls who've seen one too many European cathedrals in their lifetime, it can be easy to dismiss them as old news. The massive Catedral de Santa María de la Sede in Seville, Spain isn't just another old church, though. It happens to be the largest Gothic cathedral on the planet, and the third largest church in the world. If you're a fan of impressive architecture, this one is hard to beat.
If you're still not impressed, you might like to know that the remains of the tragic Genovese explorer Christopher Columbus (maybe you've heard of him) are enshrined here, as well. Poor Chris didn't get a lot of rest after his death; his carcass was shuttled around the Caribbean for quite some time before eventually making its way back to Spain—not on its own, mind you. This isn't a zombie tale.
Controversy abounded as to the veracity of the claim that his bones were actually kept within Seville's Cathedral, but after some clever DNA sleuth work proved that the bones enshrined in the cathedral were most likely his, it seems the 'Admiral of the Open Sea' found a place to repose at last, long after his last sea voyage had ended.
Second only in size to St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City and the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, in Brazil, the Seville Cathedral is a striking work of human architecture and engineering. It was built on the site of the Grand Almohad Mosque, in order to show off the wealth of Seville during the pinnacle of this city's power.
Within the church you'll find the largest central nave in Spain, Columbus's tomb, tons of gold décor, amazing stained-glass windows and an impressive Gothic altarpiece. Outside the cathedral, you can gaze up in wonder at the Moorish minaret, which was preserved and turned into the soaring La Giralda bell tower, or wander through the oasis of the "Patio de los Naranjos" (orange tree courtyard), another holdover from Moorish times.
(Note: This is not a photo of the KKK; they are jerks. We explain below.)
Apart from the Cathedral, Seville itself is a great city to wander around, especially at night. The streets are full of happy (drunk) people, tapas and wine bars, and a nightlife that doesn't seem to quit. If you plan your visit during the Easter Season (Semana Santa), you'll get to experience the city in all of its traditional glory. Just don't get put off by the thousands of hooded figures roaming through the streets. At first glance, they might look like American Clan members, but their hoods and gowns have nothing to do with the American South. These hooded getups signify religious austerity, not racial prejudices.
During Eastertime—or any time, for that matter—this city knows how to party. You'll get to experience the best of both worlds, which means a mixture of Old World culture, along with some wild nights out on the town.


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Like Risse Racing's previously released Mork Mount, Strata's iBikeMount allows you to easily attach an iPod nano to your bike's handlebars. A lever clamp is used to secure the nano upwards or downwards, based on your preference; the unit's open, hard plastic and foam design contrasts with the Mork Mount's metal and rubber band approach.
Editors' Note: iLounge only reviews products in "final" form, but many companies now change their offerings - sometimes several times - after our reviews have been published. This iLounge article provides more information on this practice, known as revving.


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Christians may pretend to think that we atheists are all "this" close to committing rape and murder, but the fact is we don't commit rape and murder, any more than they do.
When people ask "why should atheists be moral?", that is a misleading question. They should really ask, why ARE atheists moral? [Why do they hardly commit rape and murder at all ...?]
Good question. Why.
Why do you, personally, always try and do the right thing? Why do you, personally, sometimes do the wrong thing? Do you go against your own moral code?
Christians seem to spend a lot of time agonising over moral issues. I think that is great. We do the same thing here on Think Atheist. Both Christians and atheists explicitly feature the study of morality as part of their belief systems. I think it's fair to say that the two groups are roughly equal in moral standards and behaviour.
I'm not looking for theories about society or stuff Richard Dawkins says or anything like that. I just want to hear about your personal experiences of yourself. I'm hoping some patterns might emerge. After all, we're all human beings, and there's only a limited number of reasons why we do things.
The reasons I try and do the right thing are probably that: I want a clean conscience and an orderly life. I don't want to s*** in my own bed. I think I derive confidence from feeling I'm doing the right thing morally. I feel empathy for other people and don't want to hurt them unnecessarily. If I love someone, I'll move heaven and Earth for them. If I have a strong belief that something is right, I will aim to uphold that belief.
I would go against some of my normal moral beliefs if I thought it was justified and wouldn't cause too much trouble. There would have to be a very good reason - beyond just getting my end away, for example.
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I am as moral as one can be - but they are my morals, not xian morals. I have shacked up with a bloke for 23 years - not married - a xian would see me as very immoral - and I am very proud of the fact that I am not married. When I see 'many' xians cheating on spouses, then going to church, I feel sick. I am really black and white about many things - a lie is a lie is a lie. The many charletans like Ted Haggard having a homosexual 'affair' for three years, whilst being married and having children. Like the pope covering up pedophilia ad nauseam. The list goes on.
I am more of a puritan than the majority of xians - but I also don't care, none of my business, what anybody does in their private life, as long as nobody is hurt. I have a lousy memory, and know I would forget when I lied :) so I don't.
I am totally and absolutely loyal - until crossed, and I have been by an ex, and also by so called good xians, and it always puts me on the back foot. I have a tendency to believe what someone tells me.
I don't have dark conniving thoughts - therefore have been told - Geez, you are naive'. Nah, just too honest for my own good.
Result - if someone says they are xian - I run.
I also have an immaculate conscience, and sleep really well at night.
Maybe I am just too lazy to be that conniving and manipulating - it must be exhausting :D
@ Suzanne - thanks for replying. This actually is a very serious project, even though I'm not doing a brilliant job of it so far. I want to discover the commonest reasons why people behave like good people, without having to be told to by a religion. Let's face it - that's not a good reason in itself. There must be more to it than that. I suspect that we are not crediting (say) Christians with enough sophistication. I would guess that atheists' reasons and Christians' reasons boil down to the same things in the end - the only difference being that Christians agonize over this subject hard, and atheists tend not to worry about it too much. That's why Christians have a lot to contribute to the subject, if they are doing it right, which they often do.
So, perhaps I could classify your reasons for behaving well, as follows:
1 It's less effort than being bad.
2 You want a peaceful conscience and a quiet night's sleep.
3 You're straightforward with people and don't play games.
4 You're loyal and possibly too willing to believe well of people.
5 You care about your behaviour, and hold yourself to high moral standards.
Thank you Suzanne.
I don't actually 'care' about my behavior, it just 'is'.
I really, really don't play games
I don't have an inflated ego, or care about proving myself. People have had the audacity to call me arrogant :D
I hate, detest, loath hypocrites.
I don't 'want' a peaceful conscience etc. - that is just the result of who I am.
My morals are certainly different to a religious person - they would class me as a big sinner :D
Xians hate being found out when they have been hypocritical. They are the ones that have no trouble looking you in the eye and lying.
I am only loyal if they deserve it, and that includes my children.
Cross me, and I will cut you off in the blink of any eye.
Suzanne is always a pleasure to read your answers
And ill ditto everything she said because i couldnt have said it better.
Thank you kind Sir- just don't cross me :D and don't worry, you could have said it better.
I think behavior is innate - religion or not - which is why one gets good xians, they are good people, 'cause that is who they are, and then there are the hypocrites, who are cheats and liars anyway - it is just that they are the ones who hide what they actually are behind cloth, cross and bible or qua-ran or whatever. What xians consider is a sin, I don't, and I consider the bible one long sin. There are things in the bible that would not have entered my head. If one can't read out any part of the bible to a child - there is something dramatically wrong. When Jehovah Witness come to my door, I ask what certain passages mean - what is their interpretation of it. Gets them every time :D
I believe in determinism, so I think people do what it is in their nature to do. I rationalize that I do good because there's never a good reason for doing bad, but basically, like everyone, I just do what I do without analyzing what I do very much. As a determinist, there wouldn't be much point to that.
Hi Simon,
I just thought I'd highlight that some of these points are not reasons for being moral in and of themselves; rather they are demonstrations of existing morality. By today's standards, points 3 and 4 simply express that you already are moral, and as such they give no reason, but simply state a fact. Points 1, 2 and 5, on the other hand, are reasons, and therefore should be treated as such.
Just thought I'd let you know, as it's important if you are planning on constructing some kind of argument.
that's fine - I'm just collecting data, I'm not sure if there is an argument to be constructed. Possibly your point comes down to the age-old question, how can people be compelled to behave well? Atheists already behave well. So - why do they?
Compelled? I don't know that they can. After all, isn't that what religions try to do? We know how well that works!
But encouraged to behave well? Simple: education. Teach them to actually think rationally, independently, and critically, and more often than not, they behave better.
It seems that the more rigid the authority, the more unquestioning the obedience, the worse the behavior. And remember, religion isn't the only authority in our culture, but it goes hand in hand with the entire consumerist package. Opiate of the masses and all....
I think you've probably hit on the point of the whole question. We all need to know how to think for ourselves, because every situation is different.
There is a rationale behind being moral and being an atheist. Firstly, it is in the medium and long term interests of humans to be such as it fosters a secure society which is a priority for MOST people. We are much like all animals in that respect; we may fight regularly, but ultimately we protect one another and form cohesive packs for security against other species/tribes. I suspect, although obviously I can't be sure, that cooperation, which is akin to morality, is an evolutionary development, and possibly an imperative to some degree.
On a higher level, and secondly, human intelligence and rationality would encourage this kind of societal development since it promotes commerce and successful economic growth, which in the long term is likely to bring to each person greater wealth, and a superior standard of living, than they could otherwise accumulate through theft etc. (theft etc. importantly carries risk and foments chaos which is unappealing to creatures with rational minds).
Granted most of these are likely to occur at an unconscious level, so we still can't really explain why we, as conscious creatures, act in such a way. Nevertheless it offers and explanation, of sorts...
# cooperation, which is akin to morality, is an evolutionary development,
Tom - apparently, you're right. Groups whose members co-operate amongst themselves do better than unco-operative groups. So the individuals in the co-operative groups survive better.
I like your other points too, I haven't thought about those yet. (I'm not kissing you though.) I'll save your comment as material.


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The [archlinuxfr] repo will break your system. Stop mentioning it unless it's a warning not to use it. And don't remove my warning about it from the top. --sincerely, #archlinux
- I've moved the warning to the installation section and removed the mention of archlinuxfr from the tip, since the introduction had become too bloated with notes and warnings. -- Kynikos 04:53, 2 April 2012 (EDT)
- I just see this section, I did the modification before. But to clarify, packages in [archlinuxfr] does not have the same name in the officials repos, and the breakage introduced by the rebuild of libpng/tiff was one package (cairo-xcb) which has been upgraded 1 day after. Tuxce 07:03, 2 April 2012 (EDT)
Regarding general opinion on yaourt
A great deal of people still ask for yaourt support, even though more recent helpers have less issues that outright break installing from AUR, and less problems that degrade performance. Maybe the article should reflect what is actually happening; people are pointing towards others like packer and bauerbill. Dres 23:13, 26 January 2010 (EST)
- I wasn't the person who removed your comment about Yaourt being unmaintained, but the most recent changelog is on 17 Aur 2009. That seems pretty recent to me.
I don't think it's a good idea to add information about other AUR helpers on the Yaourt page. The Yaourt page should only give information about Yaourt. If we add information about Packer or Bauerbill then it will just look like we are advertising another AUR helper. :P
It's strange how new Arch Linux users seem to just "know" that they should use Yaourt. It happened to me: I have been using Arch Linux for less than a year, and when I wanted to start using the AUR, I used Yaourt. The funny thing is, I don't even remember where I learned that I should use Yaourt.
I think as people start moving away from suggesting Yaourt in the wiki documentation and in the Arch Linux forums, people will begin to use other AUR helpers. The best thing is when people use the best program for the job they want to do, even if it is Yaourt. ;) drcouzelis 17:17, 12 March 2010 (EST)
- There are many AUR helpers, and times change. We are now in 2012 and Yaourt is still maintained and works with the latest pacman 4. They have a support forum on archlinuxfr (the devs answer both in French and English). This is not the case for many other helpers. There used to be a time where many people were spreading rumours about the fact Yaourt was unmaintained, and this was at best uninformed or at worst looked like a smear campaign. Sometimes yaourt has indeed upgrading problems (cross dependencies between pacman, package-query and yaourt), but people who use the AUR and any AUR helper should know they may encounter such issues and should be able to repair them. I think people should stop posting uninformed comments about Yaourt because it is very convenient and reliable for many, and let people use the tools they want without spreading FUD. --zeb 06:03, 9 March 2012 (EST)
Prefer yaourt-git ?
I'm kinda intrigued by this line, I am using the "normal" yaourt from the AUR and do not seems to have any trouble, what kind of features are broken ? Is there a risk for my system if I keep using this "broken" yaourt ?
I can see that the last edit was late january 2010, almost a century in computing :) Is it still true ?
- I've not seen any problems either, nor has anybody else that I know use Yaourt daily. However, on the AUR page, there are comments about it having problems with the latest AUR, though the comments don't go into detail. Since the last release was in May 2009, if the bug was in place in january, that still hasn't changed. It probably would be good to find the exact problem, and say, "Yaourt release has broken feature foo-bar, use Yaourt git if you need this..." Pierre Monteux 10:37, 13 March 2010 (EST)
tmpfs usage
As I understand, Yaourt uses /tmp when building from the AUR; however, I've run into one particularily large package (planeshift) that requires more than what's available in /tmp (with a GB of memory, my /tmp is just over 500 MB).
planeshift required about 2.5GB (at least on my system) allocated to /tmp to install; so I had to edit /etc/fstab and increase the amount allocated to /tmp (I increased it to 4 GB). After doing so, I rebooted, installed my package, rebooted again, reset fstab to its original values and finally rebooted a third time (sorry if all that rebooting is noob).
I think it'd be nice for this to be documented more clearly as this may (and is likely to complete beginners) seem to prevent the installation of bulky packages via Yaourt (well, any package whose download/build takes up > 1/2 of their memory by default.
Panth0r 01:54, 29 November 2011 (EST)
I just added this to troubleshooting (without looking at this), I don't understand why you didn't do that in the first place...
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When it comes to delays of game, Illinois powerbrokers make the St. Louis Rams look like lightweights.
Sure, the Rams blew chance after chance to win Sunday's game against the 49ers – including allowing a delay of game penalty to wipe out a game-winning field goal and force things into overtime.
But that was just one day.
Springfield's elite have been doing it now for decades.
Note we didn't say Democrats here, although that blame will be coming in a few more paragraphs. No, despite a heavily Democratic-influenced Legislature, the Republicans could push the issue but have done little more than shout what not to do.
The result has been for Illinois to fall deeper in the chasm of a $90 billion pension debt with no acceptable ideas on how to climb out.
Acceptable is the key word, because there are options. Some are bad, some are worse.
One that is being pushed by House kingpin Mike Madigan is to shift most of the cost of teacher pensions from the state to the local school districts. The move is widely seen as deadly to smaller and poorer downstate schools.
Another idea has been to cut some of the pensions – just slice promised benefits with little apology. But that talk has raised the ire of the unions and seemed to have little traction.
For one thing, these are powerful unions whose cages are being rattled. For another, these unions have powerful political friends in high places who get thousands in donations from them. For another, pity the lawmaker who tries to take them on.
But wait.
It looks as though Gov. Pat Quinn could be putting the same Lame Duck Surprise on the menu as he did when he pushed through an 11th-hour massive income tax hike. Through the strength of legislators who had been already voted out of office and had just weeks left, Quinn was able to power through a plan that otherwise surely would have suffered a painful death.
About three dozen of the state's 177 lawmakers either lost their re-election bids or are retiring before the new session starts Jan. 9. That means the largest lame duck gathering in a decade will be in the state Capitol when the Legislature is in session again starting Nov. 27.
Could it work again? Could Lawmaker A, who was voted out of office Nov. 6, vote in favor of whatever the governor hopes to push through (and, for some, getting a cushy state job after leaving office)?
Sure it could. Now more than ever.


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Jim Lahey's No Knead Baguette Recipe (Stecca)
I'm thrilled to share that I'm featured on Oprah's Holiday website along with some other fantastic bloggers and good friends like Gluten Free Girl & The Chef, Kalyn's Kitchen, Stephanie O'Dea, Jennifer Perillo and Fuji Mama!
I'm a lazy lazy baker.
My oven never gets sweet action unless I've got someone else to help me along in the kitchen — my kids even are forced to bake their own birthday cake. So much for winning Mom of the Year award, eh?
And this is exactly why I love this No Knead Baguette recipe and other No Knead breads like the No Knead Sticky Pecan Caramel Cinnamon Rolls (beware…I just gained 2 pounds saying that out loud), No Knead Pizza Dough: Pear and Gorgonzola Flatbread with Baby Arugula, No Knead Nutella and Hazelnut Challah. A couple years ago, when Andrew was 4 years old, he even made the original No Knead Bread (if he can do it, you can do it)
First things first…you've gotta mix the dough the night before. Or at least 10 hours, up to 18 hours (though secretly I've let it go 24 hours…see I told you I'm a lazy lazy baker!)
Mix together bread flour, salt, sugar, yeast, water. This is the night before and the boys are making bread in their PJ's. Nathan wanted me to send along a message, "please don't make fun of my pajamas or my Mom will kick yer butt."
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it sit at room temperature for 10-18 hours. But wait. It's winter. Your "room temperature" might be different that mine. If your house is cold, put the bowl in the warm spot. Or you could let the dough hang out for 24 hours to give the chilly yeast more time to do its magic.
And if your house is REALLY cold, put the dang bowl under your covers and cuddle with it 😉
Once you've let it hang for 10-18 hours, scrape the dough out on your floured counter. Wet your hands and fold the dough over a couple of times to shape it into a flattened ball. Wet hands prevents the dough from sticking to your hands.
Set the dough ball seam side down, tuck the edges and seams under.
Brush dough with olive oil, cover loosely and let rise for 1-2 hours. So hey, that red towel? Bad idea. Even though I dusted with flour, it still stuck.
Divide the dough into 4 equal parts.
The dough should be soft 'n stretchy. Stretch each dough ball into a long, thin baguette.
Place each baguette on a nicely oiled baking sheet and embed some goodies in each one.
Brush with olive oil. Actually, it was more like drizzle and dab the olive oil.
Sprinkle generously with salt. Go easy on the olive one – olives are salty already.
My favorite one was the tomato, so I made 2 of those.
Send 'em to the oven to bake for 15-25 minutes 500F. If your oven doesn't go that high, crank it up as high as you can and add a couple more minutes to baking time.
Eat right away…the salt on the bread will make the bread soft once it cools down. If you're not eating right away, you can pop 'em back into the oven for a few minutes right before serving to crisp up again.
Of course, you can cheat and instead of making your own dough, just go to the store and get a fresh pizza dough ball at your supermarket (usually refrigerated in the bakery department) and stretch them out into thin baguettes. Now that's way lazy. I like it.
More Recipes to Explore
No Knead Pizza Dough: Pear and Gorgonzola Flatbread with Baby Arugula and Shaved Parmesan (Steamy Kitchen)
No Knead Bread: so easy a 4-yr old can make it! (Steamy Kitchen)
No-Knead Nutella and Roasted Hazelnut Challah (Steamy Kitchen)
No-Knead Sticky Pecan Caramel Cinnamon Rolls (Steamy Kitchen)
Tear Away Cheese Bread (Food Network)
Peasant Bread (YummyHealthyEasy.com)
No Knead Baguette Recipe - Jim Lahey's Recipe
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Recipe from My Bread: The Revolutionary No-Work, No-Knead Method by Jim Lahey. If you want to keep the baguettes plain, just skip the step of embedding the garlic, olives and cherry tomatoes.
1/2 teaspoon table salt
3/4 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon instant or other active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups (350 grams) cool 55-65F water
additional flour for dusting
20 pieces of the any combination of following: whole garlic cloves, whole olives, halved cherry tomatoes
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3/4 teaspoon coarse sea salt or kosher salt
1. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, table salt, sugar and yeast. Add the water and, using a wooden spoon, mix until you have a wet, sticky dough, about 30 seconds. Cover the bowl and let sit at room temperature until the surface is dotted with bubbles and the dough is more than doubled in size, 10 to 18 hours (24 hours if you have a cold cold home.)
2. When the first rise is complete, generously dust a work surface with flour. Use a bowl scraper or rubber spatula to scrape the dough out of the bowl in one piece. Fold the dough over itself to her three times and gently shape it into a somewhat flattened ball. Brush the surface of the dough with some of the olive oil and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon of the coarse salt (which will gradually dissolve on the surface).
3. Grab a large bowl (large enough to hold the dough when it doubles in size. you could also use a large pot) and brush the insides of the bowl with olive oil. Gently place the dough, seam side down into the bowl. Cover bowl with a towel. Place in a warm draft free spot to rise for 1 to 2 hours. The dough is ready when it is almost doubled. If you gently poke it with your finger, it should hold the impression. If it springs back, let it rise for another 15 minutes.
4. Half an hour before the end of the second rise, pre-heat the oven to 500F, with a rack in the center. Oil a 13" x 18" x 1" baking sheet.
5. Cut the dough into quarters. Gently stretch each piece evenly into a long, thin, baguette shape approximately the length of the pan. Place on the pan, leaving about 1 inch between the loaves. Embed the garlic cloves, olives or cherry tomatoes into the loaves, about five pieces per loaf. Drizzle, tab or brush olive oil on each loaf. Sprinkle sea salt or kosher salt over each loaf, remember to go light on the olive loaf since the olives are salty.
6. Bake For 15 to 25 minutes, until the crust is golden brown. Cool on a pan for five minutes, then use a spatula to transfer the baguette to a rack to cool thoroughly.
Note: The baguette may become a bit soggy in just a few hours because of the salt on the surface. If that happens, reheat the loaves in a hot oven until crisp.


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Intensive English Program (IEP)
The IEP program at UIS supports speakers of other languages with:
- courses that are taught by expert faculty using modern methods
- individualized attention in small class sizes
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- extracurricular activities that build friendships and a sense of community
- easy transition to UIS degree programs
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The University of Illinois Springfield is a small public institution located in one of the most historical cities in Illinois. Because of our size we are able to focus on building a community between teachers and learners.
Springfield, IL
Springfield, the state capital of Illinois, is also the state's fifth largest city. It is located between the metropolitan areas of Chicago and St. Louis. The 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln launched his political career from Springfield.
Visitors (and students during their free time) can discover the city by:
- touring the Old State Capitol Plaza
- exploring the many Abraham Lincoln sites
- wandering through the famous Dana-Thomas House
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