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What Price Jeter?
Let's put aside for a second the premise that Derek Jeter believes he should be baseball's second-highest paid player after a season in which he batted .241 against right handed pitchers. Let's not address what it must look like in that higher plane of consciousness in which a team should pay a man $25 million a year through his 42nd birthday not because he is performing at that a supreme level of production, but out of loyalty and recognition of past greatness, and because he deserves to make nearly as much as Alex Rodriguez does.
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As a Yankee fan I'm more ticked off by the comments by Cashman not by what the Yankees are offering. Cashman and the Steinbrenners have shown that they do not put a value on loyalty to the organization–ask Joe Torre about that. Cashman saying that Jeter was free to test the market was the height of disrespect (an overused word in sports but not here) to Jeter and embarrassing. Work out something in private with the face of your organization.
Jeter has never embarrassed the Yankees with affairs or PEDs. He's come to play every day and doesn't complain. They need each other more than Cashman thinks.
Keith, I am a Dodger fan and wish a pox on the Yankees' house. But I'm a bit cynical about all this, and a bit disappointed in you. Why? Let's think. Who put out this information? Clearly, the Yankees. Why? Let's think. Possibly to embarrass Jeter and make him look greedy. Why? Let's think. Dickering with Jeter in this way makes the Yankees look a bit, indeed, disloyal and disrespectful when they have paid so much for A-Rod, who never has delivered in the clutch in the way Jeter did, and when they low-balled Joe Torre in hopes of making him not come back.
Further, wasn't one of the publications to report this the Daily News, where Bill Madden wrote a biography of Steinbrenner? Sorry, Keith, but I'm suspicious of all this, and I am surprised that you are not more suspicious. Please do not fall into the trap of letting your access to your favorite club color your judgment.
They offer the guy 15-mill to play a season of baseball and you guys say the Yankees are embarrassing the guy? Hell, for 15 mill they can publicly shame me. I'll take all of that kind of embarrassment I can get, thank you very much.
$15,000,001 a year. Please excuse my profound naivete, but what does the $1.00 represent? Is it some sort of bargaining chip?
What I think is interesting (and may I state that I am an avowed Yankee hater but I do like Derek Jeter and always have) is Yankee fans who feel the Yankees "owe" Jeter almost whatever he is asking for by mentioning all of the intangible things he does for the team. I agree that he puts butts in the seats to a certain extent, but butts in seats are not wins, and if Jeter's numbers continue to decline as they surely will, the Yankees will have only more fans in the seats booing that much more when Jeter continues to struggle against right hand pitching.
I think that someone might be tempted to overpay a teeny bit for Jeter for that clubhouse leadership, but that to my mind I'm not sure you can plop him down in a new city and expect him to just become some sort of clubhouse Yoda with a hot bat.
I will continue to watch this negotiation with interest.
As someone who hates the Yankees, I totally understand where Jeter is coming from with his contract demands and I won't criticize him at all.
I mean, think about it. You ask most guys who they would rather date between Jessica Alba, Mariah Carey, Jessica Biel, Scarlett Johansson or Minka Kelly, and what's going to happen?
You'll get a variety of responses and debates. Somebody will pick the girl with the prettiest face, another guy will go for the one with the biggest rack. Someone else will choose the one that seems like she'd be the craziest in bed. The point is there is no wrong answer, and everyone will be happy with their pick.
Derek Jeter, on the other hand, would answer, "I pick ALL OF THEM, plus the entire Victoria's Secret model registry."
This guy left reality at the train station a long time ago and the two have not kept in touch.
Well said. Jeter has been overrated for years. I understand the Yankees needing to overpay for what he used to be and what he means to the city/club but I believe they've done that already. He's not worth anywhere near what they are offering and Jeter should be glad to get the offer.
I would love to see the Reds take a shot at Jeter. Granted, I don't think they have anywhere near $15 million/per, but they have a young team that would really benefit from his leadership. The Reds are also the last team to have a player/manager, and he could eventually step into that role. Come on, Cincinnati! Give Jeter a call.
I have been a loyal Yankee fan all my life, 29 years, and a huge Jeter fan. That being said, I think 15 mil a year is fair considering the intangibles he brings to the team. I don't think he could get more than 12 mil a year from anyone else. The only room I see for negotiation is to offer a 4 year deal for 60 mil.
I seriously doubt that the Astros will bid on Jeter. First, they appear to be reasonably set up the middle with Barmes and Keppinger, along with Manzella as a back-up (et al.). Second, the Astros already are burdened with their own overpriced contract with Carlos Lee, who probably will be shifted to first base because of his declining defensive skills in left field; the last thing they need is a middle infielder with declining defensive skills (I'm still trying to figure out how Jeter won the Gold Glove; I have better range than he does, and I have two bad knees, two bad feet, and rotator cuff damage in the throwing shoulder causing me to throw like a girl). Lastly, the Astros are up for sale; there is no way that Drayton McLane would be able to find a buyer for the club if he signs Jeter at anything higher than what he is currently paying for a shortstop (which certainly is far less than $15 million per year).
Here's the deal: Derek Jeter, the 37 year old SS is worth $8m tops. The other $7m is for Derek Jeter, the Yankee icon. In other words, at this time and place $15m/yr is a fair offer. Using past bad deals as an argument for giving the Yankee captain what would amount to a blank check is empty hero worship at best; lunacy at worst. Jeter has been amply compensated for his tenure as a great Yankee–to the tune of just over $200m–and should acknowledge as much. As a Yankee fan I'd like to see him reach the 3,000 hits milestone and finish out his playing days as a Yankee, but for Jeter–or anyone else, for that matter–to believe he currently deserves $20m/yr is ludicrous. Generally speaking, I have rarely, if ever, taken the side of a team over that of a player but this is one instance where I feel the player in question needs to wake up and realize his true worth.
I'm pretty sure another Yankee great of recent vintage–namely, Mr. Bernie Williams–would've appreciated an offer under these circumstances. Any offer, as a matter of fact.
And the longer these negotiations are dragged out, the worse Jeter looks, IMHO. Let's hope he doesn't become the Brett Favre of baseball. Remember him? The guy who just a few years ago could do no wrong; the living embodiment of his sport. How did things work out for him?
Jeter getting $15M per year for 3 years is a steal for Jeter. I don't get the Yankee icon deserves stuff at all. Jeter has made, what, around $200M for great services rendered during his career. I understand Hal Steinbrenner's thinking. The old days of the Yankees bidding against themselves in negotiations are over. George might have given Jeter what he wants. But not the 2 sons. Intangibles? Great in the clubhouse? I think production on the field is 98% of what really matters. Jeter might be a great teammate. A good ambassador for the Yankees, but $15M per year? I don't think that is smart business. … Even Babe Ruth didn't end his career with the Yankees. Finally, I can see no other MLB team that is going to best the Yankees extremely generous offer on the table.
Did the Yankees bid on Tsuyoshi Nishioka? Doing so could have shown Jeter they would be willing to go a different direction. Then, if they managed to get a deal done with Jeter during their 30-day window with Nishioka, Nishioka would arguably have gone back on the market. Otherwise, he would be a pretty expensive utility infielder. I'm surprised the Twins put in the winning bid for Nishioka, and that the winning bid was only (it seems low to me, at least) $5.3 million. If the Yankees didn't try too hard for Nishioka, it almost seems getting a deal done with Jeter is a foregone conclusion. Perhaps both sides are merely enjoying every last drop of the press coverage surrounding Jeter's contract for one last time.
Unfortunately the Cardinals ARE looking for ****. Unfortunate because what they need is a 2nd baseman. I wouldn't take Jeter for either position.
I guess I should have spelled out shortstop. Didn't know SS was a bad word. 🙂


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Mitt Romney's not a prosecutor, but at Tuesday's debate he seemed to be setting up Barack Obama for a courtroom-like gotcha moment, trying to catch the president in an embarrassing contradiction regarding his public comments about the recent terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Instead, by bungling the facts and relying on right-wing misinformation, it was Romney who was crowned the loser of the tense debate showdown.
The semantics dispute centered on how long it took Obama to refer to the deadly attack as an act of terror.
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The day after the attack, Governor, I stood in the Rose Garden, and I told the American people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror.
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I want to make sure we get that for the record, because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror.
Debate moderator Candy Crowley pointed out what other journalists did last night, that Obama mentioned "acts of terror" while addressing the Benghazi attack in the Rose Garden on September 12, the day after Americans were killed in Libya.
And for the record, the next day Obama said the same thing: "I want people around the world to hear me: To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished.
So how could the Republican candidate be so misinformed about what Obama had said about the attack on Americans? And why did Romney cling to the false claim that the president had refused to call it an act of terror?
Short answer: Fox News.
As Erik Wemple at the Washington Post noted, in a deeply ironic twist it appears Romney was a victim of conservative misinformation on the topic of Benghazi. "Romney revealed that perhaps he'd spent some time inside a coverage bubble on the Benghazi story," Wemple wrote. "In the words of one onlooker, he " [c]onfused conservative spin for the truth."
During the debate, the Republican candidate relied on bogus, right-wing media talking points about Benghazi (scandal! cover-up!), instead of the facts. Sounding like a Fox host, Romney insisted the president had refused the call the attack an act of terror. Sounding like a Fox host, Romney tried to call out Obama's Benghazi lie. Except it was Romney who had the facts wrong and who badly botched the debate showdown, coming across as misinformed.
The episode confirmed the perils Romney faces while running as the Fox News Candidate. Married to the conservative media and all their bogus claims and conspiracies, Romney runs the risk of coming across as badly out of touch with the truth, the way he did last night.
As I previously noted, the problem for Romney is that he apparently believes the misinformation the GOP Noise Machine churns out on an hourly and daily basis. Or at least he pretends to believe it and then goes out and campaigns on the falsehoods. Politically, that's fine for when Romney's addressing partisan crowds of Republican voters. But at a nationally televised presidential debate, with a moderator willing to set facts straight, repeating far-right misinformation carries with it inherent risks, as Romney discovered.
To be fair, Romney's debate misstep wasn't just the fault of Fox News. It was the fault of the entire conservative media movement, which has been peddling the same lie for four weeks that Obama refused to call the Benghazi assault an act of terror.
• Why Won't Obama Call Libya Attacks Terrorism? [National Review Online]
• (I Repeat!) Obama Did Not Call Benghazi Attack Terrorism on Sep. 12 [Breitbart.com]
• No, Obama Didn't Call Benghazi "Act of Terror" in Speech [Commentary]
Even after the debate, the far-right press claimed up was down with regards to Obama's "acts of terror" comments, insisting that the president wasn't referring to Benghazi specifically. At Newsbusters, Matthew Sheffield conceded Obama had used the word "terror" on September 12, but argued that's not what Obama really meant by "terror" because the context wasn't clear regarding his comments the day after the Benghazi assault.
It wasn't apparent Obama's September 12 "terror" comments were about Benghazi? Obama appeared in the Rose Garden that day for one reason only: to address the Benghazi attack. Everything he said in the Rose Garden on September 12 was in the context of the previous day's assault in Libya.
Still, if you understand what an obsessively anti-Obama story the Libya assault has become in the conservative press, it's no wonder Romney got the details wrong last night.
In preparation for next week's final debate, Romney might want to spend a little less time consuming conservative media and more time focusing on the facts.


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Because Mitt Romney has repeatedly said he would not criticize President Obama or U.S. foreign policy while abroad, it has been unclear what he would say in Israel to separate himself from current policy. "Because I'm on foreign soil," Romney told CBS, "I don't want to be creating new foreign policy for my country or in any way to distance myself from the foreign policy of our nation."
Yet Romney's remarks in Jerusalem today challenged the president indirectly at least three times. First, Romney said "It is a deeply moving experience to be in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel." That sentence was presumably meant to create a contrast with the refusal of the White House spokesman, Jay Carney, to say last week what the capital of Israel is. This is of course the State Department view as well. As someone who has dealt with this issue while serving in the U.S. government, I have always found it odd that administration after administration calls this a "final status issue." At worst for Israel, a return to the 1949 armistice lines would leave Israel in full control of west Jerusalem, where its government institutions are located: the Knesset, courts, ministries, and prime minister's office. Whatever the disposition or division of the Old City, the Palestinian claim does not involve west Jerusalem. It is therefore bizarre that we refuse to acknowledge Jerusalem as Israel's capital, even if we feel obliged to say that the final borders of the city remain to be negotiated or that parts of the city are also claimed by Palestinians for the capital of an eventual Palestinian state.
Second, Romney carefully took on the administration's claim that military-to-military relations have never been better and that American security assistance to Israel has never been higher. Romney stated that "standing by Israel does not mean with military and intelligence cooperation alone. We cannot stand silent as those who seek to undermine Israel, voice their criticisms. And we certainly should not join in that criticism. Diplomatic distance in public between our nations emboldens Israel's adversaries." Here Romney did not deny that security relations are very good, but argued that looking at the numbers does not give a full picture of American support for, or failure to support, Israel. This harks back to George W. Bush's desire that there be no "daylight" between the two governments and President Obama's view that such a stance impedes progress toward peace.
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Flourless Sprouted Whole Wheat Bread
Traditional flour is ground endosperm powder which is the result of the flour mill removing most of the hard pieces and hence, nutrition from the wheat berry. I'm a huge fan of whole sprouted grains because they're more flavorful and contain significantly more nutrients than bread made with traditional flour. This Flourless Sprouted Whole Wheat Bread recipe utilizes sprouted wheat berries that are then ground into a purée. This requires a substantially hardy food processor. If you're not sure if your food processor is powerful enough, look on the bottom. It should say at least 6.5 Amps or "6.5 A".
This bread was difficult to design due to the nature of the wheat berry. This hardy seed contains the germ which is the heart and soul of the seed. The germ is the embryo of the plant in its dormant state. It's is accompanied by the starchy endosperm which acts as fuel for the germ when it sprouts or germinates. This package is encased in a firm fibrous shell called the bran. This protects the seed kind of like an egg shell protects an egg.
The science of sprouting wheat berries and making them into breadIn order to make bread from wheat berries, the wheat berries need to be softened so they can later be ground into a powder. Soaking the berries then allowing them to germinate for a couple days softens the berries. The germination step also has the advantage of releasing more nutrients as the seed prepares to become a plant. But what causes the germ to turn into a sprout and grow? During the soaking of the berries, enzymes called amylases in the bran layer become active and start to infiltrate the starch granules in the endosperm. Starches are made up of complex sugars which are made up of strings of glucose molecules. The amylases break the glucose molecules off of the starches into smaller groups of sugars consisting of one, two and three glucose molecules. Think of the amylase molecules cutting Fruit Loops off of a Fruit Loops necklace so they're smaller and easier for you to eat. Like us eating Fruit Loops, the germ happens to love these small sugars so it begins to grow and the seed continues to soften. This germination step assists leavening in breads because yeast also prefers glucose for it to function optimally.
Note: This is why some bakers, including yours truly, love storing bread doughs in the refrigerator overnight. It gives the amylases time to do their work while the cold temperatures keep the yeast dormant. The excess sugars in the dough and the increased amylase activity generates a more flavorful loaf with more yeast activity.
Once the seeds have sprouted to no more than ¾ the length of the grain, they're ground. The best way to do this is with a flour mill. I didn't want to disservice vegan bakers by instructing them to buy home flour mills that cost up to hundreds of dollars just to make flourless sprouted breads. There must be a better way to easily enjoy this uinique style of bread. If you do splurge on a home flour mill, you'll be rewarded with considerably fluffier and lighter bread. I settled on using a food processor to grind the wheat berries into a purée which results in an extremely dense, hearty loaf with chunks of wheat berries. I only recommend making this bread if you adore whole wheat breads. If you have a plush, soft spot for fluffy white breads I advise you to avoid this recipe.
As the endosperm hydrates, proteins contained within it called glutenin and gliadin unravel. Kneading, rest time or both contribute to the binding of these proteins into gluten. Gluten is a high protein, pliable rubbery mass that holds the bread together and acts like a net to trap rising C02 bubbles given off by the yeast.
Once the berries have been puréed, salt is kneaded in. This salt has a slight protective effect which lessens the chances that pathogenic microbes growing in the dough before the amylases can get their start. The dough is then left to rise and proof in a bread pan just as with normal flour-based bread.
The problem with bran husksThere is a reason there is a flour milling industry that's been considerably successful during the last several hundred years. The wheat berry doesn't lend itself well to the breads we know and love. The bran layer is the main culprit here due to how it cuts through the dough, severing critical gluten bonds as it's kneaded. The bran also acts as a barrier which blocks glutenin and gliadin from even getting the chance to join in the first place. Talk about a missed opportunity. Since these gluten bonds aren't able to be fully developed the bread is unable to hold the rising C02 coming off the yeast and the loaf results in a powdery brick.
In the course of developing this recipe I actually gave up at one point due to the amount of loaves I was producing that resembled fireplace sawdust wax logs. Maybe I could market these in cold climates and start a whole new industry? The flavor also wasn't interesting enough to justify the several days of preparation time. Finally, the bread crumbled while being sliced. The gluten just wasn't able to make strong enough bonds to hold the loaf together.
Still having some wheat berries in my pantry, I decided to give it another go. After I ground the soaked and sprouted wheat berries I had to step out before kneading in the yeast and other ingredients so I gathered the wheat berry purée into a ball and placed it in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for a few days. When I finally got around to making the bread I noticed it was rising while being baked! And the taste. The taste! The bread was like sourdough bread but didn't involve using a the traditional sourdough starter. Why was this happening?
My Eureka! bread momentIt turns out that leaving the wheat berry purée to sit and rest or ripen was the missing link for this bread. During ripening a couple things happen. The stiff bran husk gets a chance to hydrate and soften considerably. This softening allows them to become flexible to the point of where they don't inhibit gluten development like they used to. The other miracle that happens during ripening is flavor development. As the wheat berries are sprouting out in the open, as the amylases are converting much of the starches in the germ to sugars, the wheat berries are also getting inoculated by natural airborne yeasts and bacterias such as Lactobacillus. When the wheat berry purée is allowed to rest, these bacterias and yeasts consume the sugars and impart flavors such as lactic acid as byproducts. This flavor development is exactly what happens in wild yeast starters involved in sourdough bread baking.
This bread is unique in that it rises extremely slowly. This is due to the bran husks creating tiny channels that allow the yeast's C02 to escape. Once I discovered the results after the ripening of the wheat berry purée I was able to refine my methods and develop the recipe below.
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Flourless Sprouted Whole Wheat Bread Recipe
1) Soak the wheat berriesSoak the wheat berries for 18 to 24 hours. Drain then sprout the wheat berries, rinsing 2 to 3 times per day until the sprout is no more than ¾ the length of the grain. This should take about 24 to 36 hours and will vary depending on the temperature and humidity of your kitchen. If the berries sprout and you don't have time to proceed to Step 2, place them in the refrigerator to slow their sprouting rate down. Here's more information on sprouting grains.
2) Process the wheat berries and allow them to ripen
3) Add the yeast and knead the doughTransfer the wheat berry purée to a clean counter, sprinkle the dry yeast over it and knead for no less than 20 minutes. The knead is lengthy to ensure as much glutenin and gliadin, as possible is drawn out of the wheat kernels and activated into gluten. It also allows the yeast to hydrate, become active and disperse into the dough. It's fascinating to see how the gluten develops throughout the kneading process here! Towards the end of the knead you'll start seeing extremely long strands of gluten develop.
4) Allow the yeast to get activeTransfer the dough to a medium mixing bowl and form it into a ball. Cover the bowl with a plastic bag and let it sit for about 1 ½ hours. This dough will not rise considerably because the bran husks create tiny channels that allow the yeast's C02 gas to escape instead of contribute to leavening. Most of the leavening in this bread is done during the proofing stage which is the second rise after it has been placed in a loaf pan.
5) Allow the bread to riseForm the dough into a lightly oiled loaf pan, cover it with a plastic bag and and let it sit for about another 1 ½ to 3 hours. A loaf pan is essential here. This dough is too moist to bake in a freeform hearth style and will flatten considerably if baked in this manner. This is the part where your bread will do most of its leavening. This process will take longer due to the weight of the dough and the dough not being completely airtight due to the wheat berry and bran particles.
6) Bake to perfectionAbout 45 minutes before you're going to bake the bread, Preheat your oven to 350F (177C). Bake until the internal temperature of the bread measured with an instant-read thermometer registers 180 to 190F (77 to 82C). If you don't have a thermometer, this is about 60 to 65 minutes. Remove from the pan when cooled completely. I recommend slicing this bread and storing it in a plastic freezer bag in the freezer. Stored this way it will keep for several months. This recipe makes one loaf of Flourless Sprouted Whole Wheat Bread.
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Great! lots of work but worth it. Just overcoked it a bit. I should have checked at the 45 or 50 minute mark .
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It looks like you may not be tending this thread any longer. Which would be a shame because it's awesome! I am about to try making sprouted rye bread. After reading this I decided I will add some gluten flour to my Rye sprouts. I'm wondering if you have more insights since your response to a commenter (years! ago) :
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Hi Eatibledotca!
I actually have been working on a pumpernickel rye bread similar to this on and off for awhile. It doesn't currently work for me due to the lack of gluten. Rye contains a starchy, gelatinous compound called pentosans which can aid in binding to a certain degree, but they can quickly become over activated and turn the dough into a gooey mess. Adding gluten flour would probably be a workable solution in this case. I'm looking into ditching the added yeast in future batches of the rye version and just having a dense, sour loaf like true German pumpernickel bread in the future. I'll email you my recipe notes on this bread so you can experiment with it!
Regarding this Flourless Sprouted Wheat recipe, I'm also looking into a possible wild yeasting of a portion of the dough then combining it with the rest of the dough to have a truly wild fermentation that leavens a little more aggressively. In this case, the wild yeasted dough would be "fed" fresh dough and embark on a more powerful leaven. Currently, I think the initial bulk dough rest/fermentation is inhibiting the added yeast, making it rather ineffective. Let me know if you find out any tricks! I'm always looking to make my recipes as good as they can possibly be.
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Fantastic instructions - I love all the detail about how to make it. Am just onto my second batch of bread to be made....but I found when I had ground up the sprouted wheat grains and formed it ready for kneading, (after letting it sit for 24hours) it really was too moist to knead at all. Is it ok to add a bit of whole wheat standard flour to facilitate kneading.....or it not, why is my dough too moist. Thanks a million......
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I have just made my second loaf with your recipe and it is much better than I expected. I really struggled with the kneeding because my dough hook in the mixer kept pushing the dough to the edge. The dough although damp was not wet enough to fall back into the bowl and so for 30mins I was constantly pushing the dough back against the hook.
Have you tried any no kneeding approaches to your recipe?
How would you scale up your receipe for 3 to 6 loaves? Am I right in assuming that the only items to change from a pro-rata chage are the salt and yeast?
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Thank you!
A few months ago I sprouted my own wheat berries and tried to grind them up and make bread but couldn't find any recipes using freshly sprouted berries - they all called for dried sprouted grains. The bread turned out ok but I am not a professional baker so I knew It could have been better. I decided to try it again anyhow but was so happy when I stumbled upon your recipe and guidance! I'm going to try it again and knead it and let it rise a lot longer this time.
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After sprouting the wheat berries and using my food processor, the result is so gooey/sticky that kneading is impossible, so I simply stirred the mixture. Did I perhaps sprout the berries too long? Any ideas?
I just made this bread and my whole (extremely picky eaters) family loved it, and I already started sprouting the next batch of wheat.
I was just wondering, how much calories contains the whole bread or 100g of it, or whatever measure of it.
Hi, I just started experimenting with sour dough and wanted to know more about sprouted grain bread, this is where I came across your site. Could I use the sour dough culture instead of yeast? if yes would it be the usual 200 grams I add to a standard sour dough and would I add before or after grinding?
Appreciate your advice, thanks.
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I'm trying this right now, and I noticed the ground up seeds staring to rise while ripening, no yeast added yet. It smells just fine, but I'm wondering if this is just sourdough developing. You never said anything about the dough rising at this stage.
I am looking forward to trying this! Is it possible to swap out wheat berries with spelt?
I have yet to try leaving the dough out overnight. I will try that next time. I'm thinking that I would not put yeast in the dough if I'm leaving it out or it will ruin the batch. Perhaps a very small amount of yeast or add the yeast the following day....
You can buy sprouted wheat flour, but as with all flours, once it is ground the nutrients dissipate very quickly. I sprout and grind as I need it. Sprouted wheat flour is different from non sprouted. It requires much less kneading. The way to tell is take a small amount of dough (marble size) and stretch it out. You should be able to stretch it out with your fingers until it is very thin. When you hold it up to the light you can see through it. Thats when you stop kneading. It will also be very sticky.
Thank you for all the details explaining the nutritional value of the sprouted wheat. And, for your specific directions about how long to knead and rise. This would explain why my first loaf turned out like a brick. Instead of sprouting my own wheat berries can I just use Sprouted Whole Hard Wheat Flour? Thanks.
I sprout my wheat the same as you, then I dehydrate 2/3 of it in a dehydrator overnight. I then grind in into flour. The other 1/3 I use the water that I would use to make the bread with, and whip it into a batter in my Vita-Mix. I add flour, honey, salt, yeast, gelatin (1 tsp per loaf. It hold the bread together and is very healthful.) I then knead it into a dough in my Blend Tec for about 4 minutes. Put it into bread pans, let it rise until double and bake for 35 mins at 325. Awesome!
I am going to try leaving the yeast out overnight while the dough ripens to see if I can get the sourdough taste..
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Today I tried this using sprouted rye berries that I ground in my omega juicer and let set out for 24 hours in a container with lid, then I add yeast, malted barley and caraway seeds. I let rise for 1 hour and then panned it and let it set for another 3 hours and I am baking it now at 350 for about 55 min. I also did not kneed it for 20 min only until the caraway, yeast and malted barley were mixed in well. maybe abut 10 min. I will let you know the results with pictures when I am ready to take it out of the pan.
Well the flavor was amazing the texture on the other had ....middle was "gummy" outside hard and cooking it at that temp and time was over cooked. I will continue to work on it. I think next time I am going to try it in the dehydrator I will make it like a flat bread.
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Just what I've been looking for. This bread is hearty and was easy to make... Even though it takes several days. I sprouted 4 cups of red wheat berries in Sproutamo sprouting system...extremely simple, no rinsing.used a meat grinder attachment to my old oester kitchen center. Then stored one day at room temp... Wonderful sour dough flavor! Kneaded with dough hooks for 20 minutes. Let rise in two small bread pans four hours. Baked one hour at 350F. Thanks for this excellent description of making a flourless sprouted grain bread!
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...hi, i hope this question doesn't sound too silly, but i'm new to this....is the size of the bread pan important, and will i bake it in the pan?...thanks so much....Lindsay..:)
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grinding the wheat
I have made sprouted grain many times while living in Alaska. To grind the sprouted grain, I took the filter screen out of my champion juicer and put in the blank. It comes out sort of hamburger like. Just about what you want for baking, then form into loaves and I usually bake all day at about 105 to preserve the enzymes, in Arizona I would just put it in the sun in the morning and turn it over about noon ,and it was ready to eat by the end of the day. I made a lot of Essene bread doing this. Never tried letting it sit overnight but will give that a try soon. I will give this a try in my solar oven too.
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WIll this recipe work if I skip adding the yeast? Thanks!
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At what point do you add the Yeast???
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Whole Grain Rye?
Hey Mattie- am super pumped to try this
I'm also curious to make a whole grain Rye loaf with rye berries. Aside from the fact that rye has a lower gluten content than flour, I can't think of any reason it wouldn't work. I'll likely try adding a smidge of vital wheat gluten to the rye to bind it together.
Have you got any experience making a whole grain rye loaf? Would love any pearls of wisdom you may have go share.
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Instead of blasting the berries in a food processor you should get a bench top mincer/meat grinder works a treat and you don't end up with whole berries in your bread...
I have tried this twice now and I have a couple questions... The first time I (like the other reviewer) sprouted them too long, as I just came across the recipe. I had a very very liquidy mixture also. I followed all the steps anyway, and basically had a flat bread that had incredible flavor. So I tried again, only sprouting for as long as you advised. Same problem.
So my questions - my wheat berries are the lighter variety (soft, I think)... not the dark brown yours are. Could this be part of it? Also, could I dry the sprouted berries for a while and see if that leads to a puree that can actually be molded (instead of being a wet mess)?
I'm so interested to get this right as the soured flavor is absolutely mindblowing! And thank you for the wonderful post - so detailed and interesting!
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I let the wheat berries sprout for about 4-5 days. I am on step 4 right now and the mixture is very liquidity. Is it alright to use these wheat berries or do I need to make a new batch?
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This was so easy and so delicious. I've tried other Sprouted bread recipes before that I believe were over complicated and came out to dense or bland in flavor. Allowing the dough to sour for a day I think was key. Can't wait to try it again. Perhaps I'll try it with some sprouted Rye incorporated or maybe with some cinnamon and raisins. This Recipe is a definite Keeper


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Half of all people diagnosed with Sjogren's also have another autoimmune disorder such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or scleroderma.
Sjogren's syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes the destruction of moisture-producing glands, particularly in the eyes and mouth.
About four million Americans live with Sjogren's syndrome, according to the Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation (SSF).
About 9 out of 10 people with the condition are women, and people of nearly all races and ethnicities get the condition.
Causes of Sjogren's Syndrome
While it's not known exactly what causes Sjogren's syndrome, a combination of the following may be to blame:
- Abnormal immune response
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- Environment (although the exact environmental factors aren't known)
Sjogren's syndrome (named after Henrik Sjogren, a Swedish eye doctor who first described the condition) occurs when your white blood cells attack moisture-producing glands, such as those that produce saliva and tears.
This results in insufficient moisture production in those glands.
The eyes and mouth are most commonly affected, but the bowel and other organs can be, too.
Signs and Symptoms of Sjogrens Syndrome
Half of all people diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome also have another autoimmune connective-tissue disorder, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or scleroderma, according to the SSF.
Symptoms of Sjogren's can remain steady or get worse. On rare occasions, symptoms may stop for a period of time and then return.
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Eye care: To treat dry eyes, your doctor may recommend artificial tears, which can be bought over the counter and used regularly, especially if you're in a dry environment.
If you have extremely dry eyes, prescription gel drops are available.
You may also be a candidate for a minor surgery in which tiny devices called punctal plugs are inserted into your tear ducts.
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Exercise: While getting adequate sleep and rest is important, exercising can also help with fatigue, pain, and flexibility issues.
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We use our intuition all the time without realising it, we may even call it 'a gut feeling' but we have all experienced that sense of 'knowing'. It is us however who decide whether or not to develop our gifts further. Commonly, Psychics will tell you that they were 'guided' by spirit or the universe to follow a spiritual path; this is an innate part of who Psychics are. .
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NEA Steps Up Pressure on Excise Tax
"Tax the millionaires, not teachers and bus drivers," says Eskelsen
By Tim Walker
Thursday, December 10, 2009 -- With the U.S. Senate hunkered down in intense negotiations over its version of health insurance overhaul, the National Education Association is joining other labor organizations in ratcheting up the campaign against one of the bill's key financing provisions: the excise tax on higher cost health plans.
At a Thursday rally on Capitol Hill, NEA Vice-President Lily Eskelsen called the measure a tax on the middle-class that would penalize people who have the quality health care that all Americas should be afforded. Eskelsen stood by other labor leaders and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to support Sanders' amendment to strip the tax from the Senate bill.
"We are in favor of health care reform," Eskelsen told the crowd, "but the hemorrhaging middle class should not have to foot the bill. We should tax the millionaires, not teachers and bus drivers."
NEA analyzed the effect the excise tax would have on a variety of large and small health plans, covering a total of 300,000 educators in 14 states, and determined that the tax would result in drastic reductions in health benefits, even eliminating entire classes of coverage. These findings are reinforced by a recent independent survey
of health plan sponsors by the Mercer consulting firm. According to the report, nearly two-thirds of employers, jockeying to avoid paying the tax, would opt to cut covered benefits.
In addition, arguments for the excise tax, say NEA policy analysts, are built on faulty assumptions - namely that reductions in benefits would be offset by salary increases, made possible by realized savings.
NEA argues that the assertion that state and local government employers will favor higher salaries over lower deficits, especially during a time of severe budget restraints, is not realistic. Indeed, the Mercer survey found that only 16 percent of employers said they would convert their savings into higher pay for employees.
"Even in the best of times, it's hard to convince employers to offer salary increases when they are demanding benefit give-backs," explains Barbara Keshishian, president of the 200,000-member New Jersey Education Association. "In this economic climate, that's nothing but a pipe dream."
Beyond the debilitating effect the excise tax would have on health benefits, NEA says the tax is simply bad policy. The contention that it will help reduce health care costs is based on the flawed premise that generous benefits are fueling higher premiums. A new report published in Health Affairs, however, pinned the blame on the cost of delivering care and other factors. According to the report, "only 3.7 percent of variation in the costs of family coverage can be explained by benefit design."
While issues such as the public option and abortion have dominated the direction of the health care debate (on Tuesday night, Senate leaders reached a deal that might resolve the impasse over the public option), NEA and other labor organizations hope the Sanders amendment will help push the excise tax to the forefront. As the process enters its final weeks, the challenge is making key lawmakers fully aware of the tax's ramifications - not to mention, according to polling, how unpopular it is with the general public.
"I'm a teacher and I give tests," Eskelsen said on Thursday. "The Senate is facing a very high stakes test. The wrong answer is to penalize working families."


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CBS Daytime Presents "As The World Turns" Boot Camp, Which Comes To Life
In The Form Of A Soap Opera Reality Show
This summer, eight young hopefuls go through weeks of challenges and drama at AS THE WORLD TURNS boot camp to fulfill their dreams of becoming that show's next big star. INTURN is an original web-based reality show where the ultimate prize is a 13-week contract role on the CBS Daytime drama AS THE WORLD TURNS. INTURN debuts Monday, July 17 on innertube on CBS.com.
Internet users can watch a new episode of INTURN on innertube three days a week for eight weeks. Each episode will be approximately three to five minutes long with a total of 24 episodes. The series will follow eight participants as they move into a loft in Brooklyn, N.Y. and undergo a series of challenges, such as screen tests, cold readings and awkward prop challenges that will ultimately lead to five contestants being voted out by a group of judges.
The three remaining contestants will be written into the show as "characters" on AS THE WORLD TURNS. Viewers across America will then have a chance to vote online for their favorite "character" (one of the three finalists), ultimately selecting the newest cast member on AS THE WORLD TURNS.
AS THE WORLD TURNS actors involved include Trent Dawson ("Henry Coleman"), Michael Park ("Jack Snyder"), Colleen Zenk Pinter ("Barbara Ryan"), Terri Colombino ("Katie Peretti"), Paul Leyden ("Simon Frasier"), Van Hansis ("Luke Snyder"), Alexandra Chando ("Maddie Coleman"), Zach Roerig ("Casey Hughes"), Marie Wilson ("Meg Snyder"), Ellen Dolan ("Margo Hughes"), Scott Holmes ("Tom Hughes") and Jesse Lee Soffer ("Will Munson"). They will act as judges, participate in challenges or offer advice.
Following are the eight InTurns, listed in alphabetical order, who will compete for the 13-week role:
Javier Armenteros, 25
Hometown: Miami
Occupation: Actor
Alex Charak, 18
Hometown: Roslyn Heights, N.Y.
Occupation: Student
Geneva Hyman, 21
Hometown: Hartsville, S.C
Occupation: Recent college grad
Janal Montagna, 19
Hometown: Plymouth, Mass.
Occupation: Student
Ian Novick, 23
Hometown: Hayama, Japan
Occupation: Actor, Model, Waiter
Megan O'Keefe, 21
Hometown: Villa Hills, Ky.
Occupation: Bartender/Actress
Justin Stiver, 20
Hometown: Germantown, Ohio
Occupation: Student
Marjorie Thomas, 24
Hometown: West Palm Beach, Fla.
Occupation: Administrative Assistant/Actor
INTURN was conceived as a companion show to AS THE WORLD TURNS and is executive produced by Christopher Goutman, also executive producer of the daytime drama.
AS THE WORLD TURNS, a Procter & Gamble Production, tapes in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is broadcast on the CBS Television Network (check local listings). Christopher Goutman is the executive producer and Jean Passanante is the head writer.
CBS's innertube, a new, advertising-supported broadband channel, offers a wide range of free entertainment programming to Internet users and can be accessed through CBS.com. Innertube features a line-up of original series produced expressly for the Internet, as well as new shows that are companions to popular CBS brands.


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Wilks Enterprise sold to Spectro Scientific in private equity backed deal
Spectro Scientific, a leading US developer and manufacturer of analytical tools and software for the industrial performance fluids market, has purchased Wilks Enterprise Inc. for an undisclosed sum.
Wilks, based in Norwalk, Conn. and established in 1995, specializes in the development and manufacture of mid-infrared (mid-IR) application specific analyzers that are used for biofuel, petrochemical, environmental, quality control, manufacturing and ambient air monitoring measurement.
Brian Mitchell, president and CEO of Spectro Scientific said: "We are excited to have Wilks Enterprise become part of Spectro as we continue to build a global leadership position in the industrial fluids analysis market," "Wilks has built an excellent position and reputation in its core markets with portable, rugged and easy to operate instruments. Combining this with Spectro's extended resources and channel reach gives us optimism in projecting significant future growth from the Wilks platform."
Sandra Wilks Rintoul, president of Wilks Enterprise said: "Both Spectro and Wilks have excellent synergy between their product lines, industries served, and the shared goal of providing rugged, easy-to-use analysers. We are excited by the prospect of additional resources that will help bring new products and applications to market."


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NY's Stony Brook U to honor actor Alan Alda
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) -- New York's Stony Brook University is paying tribute to Emmy Award-winner Alan Alda.
The actor will be honored next month for his work as a founding member of the university's Center for Communicating Science. It works to enhance the understanding of science.
Alda is slated to be the guest of honor at a fund-raising gala the university is holding in New York City on April 24.
Alda is best known for his starring role in the 1970s sitcom "M(asterisk)A(asterisk)S(asterisk)H," but he has long had an interest in science. He's the host of the PBS series "Scientific American Frontiers."
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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The oil-related sanctions imposed on Iran could add at least 20 percent to market prices for crude oil, the International Monetary Fund warned.
Iran has threatened to choke off key oil-shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz as sanctions pressure from Western countries increases. The U.S. and European governments say Iran is working on the technology needed for a nuclear weapon, an allegation Tehran denies.
The IMF, in a note to delegates from the Group of 20 gathered at the Davos World Economic Forum, said sanctions on Iran would cut 1.5 million barrels of oil per day from world markets and greatly affect prices.
"A halt of Iran's exports to OECD economies without offset from other sources would likely trigger an initial oil price increase of around 20 -30 percent, with other producers or emergency stock releases likely providing some offset over time," the IMF warned, The Daily Telegraph newspaper in London reported.
Oil traded near the $100 per barrel mark in recent trading. Prices last year escalated because of the NATO offensive in oil-rich Libya, prompting the International Energy Agency to call on member states to release oil from strategic reserves.
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Fact: 100% of all wiki syntax is converted to html before it is displayed in the browser. — Preceding unsigned comment added by User:Citizenkeys (talk • contribs) 07:27, 19 February 2011
- That may be true. However, there is no need for humans to edit wiki pages using HTML. I must say, I love that we're having this discussion on the Talk:Diversity page! Using HTML on wikis is a rare kind of diversity which I do not think Noisebridge should tolerate. 184.108.40.206 07:44, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
As a part of one of the groups this page targets, I think this is dumb. Lists of attributes to not discriminate against are for companies and governments, not collectives like Noisebridge. It's impossible to make the list complete, inevitably suggesting that we exclude unlisted groups that are, in fact, welcome. It also suggests there's a specific non-discrimination rule when most discrimination is really just a form of not being excellent. I didn't feel unwelcome in the space before. Publishing this list just reminds me of the politicization of this sort of issue outside of Noisebridge, which I'd rather avoid. Especially annoying is the line about dogs, which seems very self-serving given the author. It also suggests that welcoming people and their pets are of approximately equal importance. --18.104.22.168 02:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
- As a white male, I feel this page necessary given the percent of white males that routinely occupy our physical space. The "hackerspaces" Wikipedia article itself alludes to a previous dispute about whether hackerspaces are "inclusive" or "exclusive". The final consensus was hackerspaces are generally inclusive. The Diversity page is a direct attempt at specifically making everybody feel welcome at Noisebridge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by User:Citizenkeys (talk • contribs)
- Adding an "other" category does not make people who fall under it feel welcome. It actually says, "You're so marginal, we're not even including you on the list of marginalized groups we've prepared." What Wikipedia says about general hackerspace disputes is irrelevant to the Noisebridge wiki. Also, the dumb line about your dog is still obnoxiously cute or offensive; take your pick. --184.108.40.206 03:38, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
What is the point of this page?[edit]
I'm not sure why this page is necessary, and I also know a couple people who would prefer dogs not be brought to Noisebridge, so the line about the dogs is misleading.
Also, putting women and minorities in the same category as dogs is offensive.
I see the point about women and minorities in the same category as dogs, which is why dogs were on its own paragraph instead of on the list of people welcome.
...But I drop this issue and my points about why this page needs to exist. I need to do a better job of picking my battles. --Patrick