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"Fine, I'm fine," he said, laughing at her worried expression. "The healers gave me a clean bill of health. I have to report to the Jedi Temple soon, but I had to come by first and show you this."
He had kept his right arm tucked carefully behind his back, out of her sight. Now, with a flourish that could not quite disguise his shyness, he swept it out and offered it for her inspection.
The last time she had seen him, more than a week ago, his arm had ended just above where his elbow should have been, in a heavily bandaged stump. Now a shining construction of metal bones and wire tendons completed it, five articulated fingers opening and closing as he turned it under her gaze, looking anxiously into her face to gauge her reaction.
She kept her head bowed, studying it. How could she let him see that her first, instinctive response was one of aversion, even revulsion? Her heart ached that his strong, graceful, sensitive hand was gone, replaced by this thing that looked far more like it belonged on C-3PO than attached to her beloved Anakin.
She knew that this feeling would pass. It was a part of him now, and for the sake of their love for each other she must learn to accept it. It would not even be difficult. Did she not have extensive training and experience in learning to accept the strange, the foreign, the alien? It was one of her greatest gifts. She knew what she had to do. She had been educated from a very young age that familiarity cast out fear, that knowledge defeated prejudice. She must learn this new part of Anakin, as she was learning every other part of him, until in her mind and heart he was whole.
It was not in Padmé's nature to put off a difficult or unpleasant task, and Anakin was still looking at her. So she reached out and tentatively took his prosthetic hand in hers. She cradled it in one hand and stroked it delicately with the fingertips of the other. Curiosity flared in her. She traced the wired connections, puzzling out how it was constructed, wondering how it functioned.
"It's top-of-the-line technology," Anakin boasted. "It's got all the latest features." Enthusiasm grew in his voice. "They attached it last week, and I've been in training ever since to learn to use it. Look." He rotated the wrist and took her hand in it, the metal fingers closing with just the right firmness as he solemnly shook her hand. Then he released her and waved it in front of her, putting elbow and wrist through their full range of motion. "It's very strong, too. Much stronger than my other hand was. Watch." He reached up and hooked the fingertips over the doorframe, then flexed it, lifting himself off the ground. Then he lowered himself and without warning wrapped his left arm tight around her waist, and lifted both of them up into the air.
"Anakin!" Padmé protested, laughing.
He set her gently down and grinned at her. "I really like it. I think it will work out very well."
"I'm glad, Ani." Padmé meant it with all her heart. He had faced the loss of his arm stoically, never complaining about what she knew must be great pain, never giving any outward sign that the maiming of his body affected him very deeply. Only occasionally she had caught him looking down where his hand should be, a lost, confused expression on his face. "I'm so glad you're happy with it. So, tell me all about it." She drew him down to sit beside her on the couch. "I want to know how it works, how it's made, what it feels like – everything."
"Well, it's fully cybernetic." Anakin pushed up his sleeve and showed her the place where metal met flesh. "It's bonded directly to the bone, and has full connections to all muscles and nerves. So I can do anything with it I could before." He shot a diffident glance at her. "I could have chosen one with a synthskin covering, but that would have sacrificed a lot of function. And it would have felt… fake, somehow. Like I was lying about what I am, now."
"What you are?" Padmé tried to understand what he meant, using all her diplomat's skill to put herself in his place, to see through his eyes. He was still so new to her, after all, constantly surprising her with revelations of unexpected facets of his personality.
"Well, nobody will say it to my face, of course, but I can tell from the way they look at me. Jedi, mostly. They think it makes me less than human. Part machine."
She was indignant on his behalf. "That's ridiculous!"
"It doesn't really bother me that much. It's mostly people who never liked me anyway. And I've always had an affinity for machines. They're a lot easier to understand than people. As long as the people who really matter don't feel that way. Chancellor Palpatine, Obi-Wan, you…"
"Of course not. No one who cares about you could think such a horrible thing."
"I'm glad to see we agree. Now, what else do you want to know? Ask me anything."
She studied it a moment more. "Isn't it kind of awkward?"
"It was at first. But they've had me doing hours of practice every day. They said it will keep getting easier as I get more used to it. Here, hold still." He reached out toward her shoulder, his brow furrowed in an expression of intense concentration. "But it's already almost…" His words came in distracted clusters, as he focused on his task. "…But not quite exactly… like using… my real… hand." Padmé felt a gentle pinch, and Anakin grinned triumphantly as he displayed a single strand of her long brown hair, held neatly between thumb and forefinger.
Padmé returned his smile, and reached again to catch his hand in hers. She stroked it with more confidence this time. "It has nerve connections? So you can feel with it?"
"Yes." He studied her hands moving along it. "Not as well as before," he admitted. His grin flashed. "I already have ideas for a few modifications I want to make to help it work even better."
"Can you feel this?" she asked, clasping it and squeezing gently.
"Yes." He smiled at her.
"What about this?" she asked playfully, running her hands in a long sensual stroke from shoulder to fingertips. Already she was much more comfortable looking at it and touching it. She knew she was past the most difficult part of adjusting, and that she would be able in time to forget there was even anything strange about it. He was still her Anakin, and always would be.
"Yes." His smile had faded, and his eyes focused intently on her hands.
"And this?" She lifted it to her cheek and pressed it there, cold and hard between her fingers and her face.
"Yes…" he whispered. He closed his eyes, and reached out with his left hand also, placing it on her other cheek, and cupped her face between flesh and metal. For a long moment he held them there, and she could feel the fingers of both hands tighten, pressing into her skin. He turned his face to the side, away from her, and she could see the muscles in his face working, pressing his lips tightly together and squeezing his eyes shut. His hands dropped to his lap, and balled into fists.
"Ani, what's wrong? Anakin?" He shook his head, unable to speak or even look at her as he fought to keep control.
She watched him, feeling helpless. She knew he needed her comfort, but had no idea how to give it to him. Finally, she reached out and took his prosthetic hand in hers. Gently opening the curled fingers, she raised it to her lips and kissed the center of his palm.
Suddenly his control snapped in a great, shuddering sob, and he was in her arms, head cradled on her chest. She tightened her arms around him as his body was wracked with the grief of his loss. Feeling more helpless than ever, she still knew, instinctively, that she was providing the only thing he needed, the only thing that could be any comfort to him at all. Words could only fall as meaningless platitudes, pats or caresses or kisses would only deny the enormity of his sorrow. But the strong, sure support of her arms and body provided an anchor for him while the storm raged.
Among the sobs she could make out a few ragged words. "My arm… my hand… it's gone… forever…" As his shaking subsided, his voice dropped to a bleak, despondent whisper. "I'll never be whole again…"
Tears swam in her eyes, and she bowed her head over his, the truth of his despair stabbing her heart with shared pain.
Eventually he quieted, and lay still in her embrace a long time. Then he stirred, and pulled away from her, turning his head aside and scrubbing at his eyes with the left sleeve of his tunic, his right arm hanging limply. He did not quite meet her eyes as he rose and gestured toward the door. "I'm sorry. I've really got to go; they're probably already wondering where I am at the Temple…"
She rose, too, and placed herself between him and the exit. "Anakin, stop."
He still wouldn't look at her. "I have to go."
"I know you do." But she wouldn't let him leave like this, his embarrassment and shame a barrier between them. What did it mean to love someone, anyway, if not to be there for each other through the depths of their grief, to trust each other with the nakedness of their hearts as well as their bodies?
She grabbed both his hands, snatching the artificial one before he could pull it away, and held them tightly in hers, one warm, one cold. She stared up at him until, reluctantly, he met her gaze.
"Anakin, I love you. All of you. Just as you are. Nothing can change that." She pulled him toward her, placing his hands behind her back, and then releasing them to wrap hers around his neck. "Now hug me," she demanded imperiously, and he complied, slowly tightening first his left arm, then his right, pressing her to him.
"That's more like it." She ran her fingers through the spiky softness of his hair, grasping the one long braid behind his ear and pulling his head down to hers. "You are whole in my heart," she whispered into his ear, before turning to meet his kiss, at first hesitant, then eager.
The breathless grin on Anakin's face when they finally drew apart rewarded her. His arms remained tight around her. "Now go," she said, laughing, giving his chest a gentle shove.
He complied, releasing her and turning toward the door. "Chancellor Palpatine says the council will let me escort you back to Naboo. Have you made the arrangements?"
"Yes. Everything is ready."
"Good." Their eyes glowed at each other in anticipation of the secret ceremony that would seal their bond, joining them forever as husband and wife.
She released the security and opened the door for him, checking to make sure the corridor remained empty. As he made his way toward the lift, he paused, turned back, and fixed her with his burning gaze.
"Padmé, only you can make me whole."
Then he was gone.
She shivered a little, for it struck her suddenly how heavy a burden of responsibility his words had placed on her. But she had never feared responsibility, so she turned back to her preparations for their departure for Naboo, savoring the sweet memory of his kiss, and both his arms embracing her.


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Hello all,
My Name is Michelle and I am new here. The past few weeks I have taken a shine to baking, especially yeast breads. I started making fresh pizza dough a while back but never did find the perfect recipe. I have searched thru many websites and tried more recipes than I can count. I started to become intrested in make some yeast rolls for a WV pepperoni roll craving of my husbands. Found a few ok recipes for yeast rolls but stumbled upon an italian bread recipe that I kinda liked. Then I hit buttermilk biscuits. We don't have a panera bread here like in FL and I had some asiago cheese I needed to use so I went in search of a copy cat panera bread asiago cheeese bagel recipe. That's when I found The Fresh loaf. I read in awe thru the handbook and started making a sourdough starter and some poolish. I have tried my hand first at a ciabatta. amazing! then today I made some asiago rolls, to die for. now I have a ocuple bagettes in the oven! I am amazed by the whole process and enjoying learning as I go. Plus my family is pretty happy about it too!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4360127411_4a5d0ae67f_m.jpg here's some pictures of my fun in the kitchen
This bread is inspired by a Japanses baking book (translated into Chinese since I don't read Japanese at all):《日本人气面包店天然酵母的美味面包物语》.Japan has a very exciting and innovative artisan bread baking scene, which heavily influences Taiwan, Hongkong, and most recently China. I am originally from China (live in Texas now), still keep a baking blog in Chinese (http://blog.sina.com.cn/txfarmerying), and am pretty closely connected to the ever growing Chinese baking community, so I am lucky enough to have access to some Japanese/Chinese bread baking books/resources.
This bread is interesting in that it combines the classic lean sourdough bread and Asian style sweet buns in an unique way (typical of Japanese baking, which is very inventive and exciting). On the outside, it's a very typical sourdough baguette dough, on the inside, a sweet paste filling is first wrapped in a crepe, then wrapped in the dough, the bun is then baked on stone with steam just like a lean sourdough bread. In each bite, you get 3 different texture and flavor layered together: crusty and chewy baguette, soft crepe dough, then melt in your mouth sweet filling, unlike anything I've tried before! Since the recipes in the book are from a big-ish bakery in Japan, it's not practical to follow it in my US home kitchen, so I simply took the concept, and used my own formulas for the components, with satisfactory results.
First, make the crepes, the following formula makes 6 to 7 crepes in my 10 inch pan, I only needed 2 for the buns, ate the rest with some nutella and bananas.
cake flour, 90g
eggs, 2
sugar, 10g
milk, 180ML
butter, 30g, melted
- mix everything together, cover and rest at room temperature for 1 hour or more, pour 1/4cup of mixture into a lightly oiled pan, fry on both sides until done.
Now the buns, the dough is a typical baguette dough @ about 70% hydration, the following forumla makes only 4 buns (each around 140g), mostly because it's the last bit of my chestnut paste.
starter, 85g (100% hydration)
instant yeast, 1/4tsp
salt, 4.7g
bread flour, 190g
water, 120g
chestnut paste (lightly sweetened), 120g
bittersweet chocolate, 40g, chopped (I used baking chocolate pieces)
crepes, 2 (from recipe above)
- mix starter, flour, water, autolyse for 30min
- add salt and yeast, knead until gluten starts to develope. 3 minutes in my KA at medium speed.
- cover and fermentate at room temperature for 2.5 hours, with S&F at 30, 60, and 90 minutes. dough is very elastic and beautiful by the third fold, though still pretty wet.
- divide into 4 parts, each about 100g. round and rest for 20 minutes.
- take HALF of the crepe, wrap 30g of chestnut paste and 10g of chocolate inside
- take a piece of dough, press flat, and wrap the filled crepe inside, seal the seam, roll into a small batard
- slash on top, take care not of cut the crepe layer
- proof for 1.5 hour @ room temperature
- bake on stone with steam, 450F, 30 minutes. I preheated to 550F, decreased to 450F after steaming. At 10 minutes, I took out the steam pan.
Makes a great snack or dessert. There are a lot more innovative recipes in that book, can't wait to try more. My last white wine chestnut sourdough also uses the same ingredients, yet it tastes vastly different from this bread, very interesting.
Hello! I am new. I love this site! So many brilliant bread tips! In the few weeks I have lurked (my first encounter was in looking for a Kaiser Roll recipe)--I found Floyd's, made and loved it! I stuck around a bit longer in search of something else: pizza dough. Found Floyd's post on that, too. Loved it. Purchased the Bread Baker's Apprentice last week. I just made Peter Reinhart's Ciabatta yesterday. I know I am behind the curve on that one--the book having been published a while ago--but new to me! There was flour everywhere! But the crust, from the look of it and from what I've seen so far, seems to have baked up perfectly. My house smelled so good while it baked. I'm no professional baker by any stretch, but can honestly say, it was some of the finest bread I've ever had. I also have: The Bread Bible by Beth Hensperger and Healthy Bread in Five Minutes A Day (made roasted garlic potato bread from it) very good. I'm having trouble getting a photo to load to accompany this post. Sorry! But I have ciabatta pics on my blog! http://veganthyme.blogspot.com.
I've been looking at this formula for a couple of weeks now. The mix of rye and whole wheat looks so darn inviting! Even the starter is 50/50. Finally, I get the chance to bake it!
This poor loaf was doomed from the start. I was so excited about this formula. To begin with, I had to retard the starter because I needed more than 12 hours (more like 24) between the last build and starting my final dough. So, I did as the book says and added salt, put it in a cool place. (outdoors) Ok, so it was nicely domed and looks good at this point, we're doing fine.
Next, I can't get to the final dough until 5pm rather than first thing in the morning as originally planned. So, it's actually more like 30 some odd hours for the poor starter. But, it's still looking pretty good at this point. I start final dough, look at recipe and count hours. Looks like I'll be baking at 10pm so maybe I'll just put it in the fridge or outside until morning.
Nope, last sentence in the recipe says "this dough does not lend itself to overnight retardation".
This must be the first bread I've ever made that "doesn't lend itself to overnight retardation. Oh well, 11pm is about my bedtime so that's fine. I can still do this. Onward we go. My third fold is 30 minutes late (on an every 40 minute schedule) because I have a 7pm meeting. Dough is looking really nice, goes from unbelievably extensible on 2nd fold to nice and strong but still stretchy on the third fold. Hasn't risen much though, hmmm.
9pm, still hasn't risen much and it should have already been shaped? Hmm, not too sure about this. I go ahead and give it a preshape, make it into a boule. Put upside down in a steel bowl, covered with plastic. 10pm, no rise. I'm not baking it this way! I would be baking a brick! Ok, now what? Stay up until it rises? The phrase "this does not lend itself to overnight rise" keeps going off in my head!!
Finally, at 11pm I take a "drop dead" look to make the final decision. It does not look ready. It's going to have to rise overnight. My life is not revolving around this loaf of bread! I stick it outside the door to the RV on a table. Should be about 45 degrees tonight, it will be totally "retarded" by morning.
Wake up and it looks very nice, ready to bake! Yeah!! Now, bought new pizza stone for the camper oven last week. I've had some problems with it. Burned a couple of loaves of Eric's Fav Rye but I moved the stone up to the next shelf so I think I have that solved. Last nights pizza was "so, so" but I think maybe the oven didn't preheat long enough. Now I'm going to try putting a loaf directly on the stone for the first time ever. I put the corn meal on the peel. Carefully shape my loaf into a nice "torpedo". Slash with the best slashes I've ever made. I even garnish with some poppy seeds. This is looking really good. My fanciest loaf ever. (except my braided Finnish pulla) Getting excited now!
I open oven, put peel in. Loaf sticks. Grab pastry knife. Push loaf. It squishes up. Folds over. Plops onto stone in a squished up mound. I try to unsquish the mound and push farther into the oven but it's stuck to the stone. Oh no!! Well, Maybe best thing is to leave it until it drys out and unsticks?
Mist oven for steam, close door. Open door to check. Bread has stuck to the door. Crap! Peel parts of bread off of door, try to push loaf back a little bit farther by squishing with pastry knife again.
Alright, nothing I can do now but wait and bake. 30 minutes later, I smell burned bread. I check and have a perfectly scorched loaf, insides are 170 degrees. I flip the loaf over and turn the oven off.
After about 50 minutes, bring the loaf out. Cut off the bottom with a bread knife. How sad! But, let me tell you that this bread tastes so good! The best sourdough I've ever made. I'm glad I didn't retard it any longer as it would have been too sour but as it is, perfection! Very chewy crust, dense but big holes. Complex flavor.
This will be my "go to" everday bread from now on. Eric's Fav Rye will be our sandwich bread and Hamelman's Oatmeal Cinnamon bread is the one I will make for my husband's treat. I will use this mixed flour bread to practice, work on technique. What a nice bread!
Now, about that stone. I think it's going to have to go. It's just too big for my little tiny oven. Back to the old cookie sheet solution until we're back in the house. I think I'll try pizzas on the grill this weekend sometime. For now, I'm already building starter for two more of these mixed flour miches to take to my parent's house on Saturday. Scheduling when I will build/bake these will be a challenge as I'm working a 12 hour shift tomorrow. Why does work always have to get in the way of our important hobbies?
I am totally exhausted after packing and cleaning my house for the last three weeks in anticipation of perspective renters coming to look at it on Saturday....I can see the light end of the tunnel with my fingers crossed. One more day of cleaning and then a quick trimming of my sleeping garden and I can get to the real business at hand, taxes, getting a plane ticket, studying French, once again packing and of course, the weekly bread fix!
I want to really thank all the people at FreshLoaf for making this site what it is, a place to learn and exchange ideas about the one thing that brings us all together... the passion for flour, water and salt!
This weeks bread, MC's Gerard Rubaud Miche ala Shiao-Ping is probably the tastiest bread that I have made in my limited baking experience. I used to be a by the book Loafer, but that has all changed since I became aware of the talented baker here at The FreshLoaf and out in the Blogosphere who have expanded my knowledge and comfort zone. The Gerard Rubaud Miche with a whopping 80% hydration had me second guessing myself the whole time, talk about comfort zone! Will it come together or will it remain the blob that came from the deep lagoon? I have tried several of Shiao-Ping's recent posts, so a wet dough was nothing new and I should of realized it would come together in the end. I followed her basic methodology with a few variations. I used a KA for a quick mix to get the dough into shape for a autolyse and poured it into wood bin to develop the structure with 5 sets of stretch and folds. At this point I thought the dough would yield to a good gentle shaping...but it had other plans! At this point I just laughed...looking down into the bin and said "You want to be difficult do you?" and remained calm. I had to remember that is was 80% hydration after all and to be patient. In the back of my mind I remembered a comment that MC made to Shiao-Ping about the way Gerard treats wet doughs....so I turned out the dough onto a floured surface and did several more gentle full S+Fs at 10' intervals and that was the ticket! The rest of the process was uneventful, after an overnight rest in the frig., they went into a hot oven with plenty of steam. When they came out of the oven they began to sing and crackle...and oh.... the smells. I watched the crumb shrink as the loaves cooled and the crackel pattern become more prominent like a crackle glaze pattern on a fine celandine porcelain vase. The taste was nutty, creamy and moist with a slight tang to the mouth. This is definitely one that will become a favorite.
Thank you Gerard, MC and Shiao-Ping for this wonderful bread.
"Heavenly....your bread put my head in the clouds..."
This is being sent to Susan@YeastSpotting
A lot of TFLoafers have been doing pizza's. Hopefully you are like me and never tire of pizza photos : ) It must be the weather. It rained so hard water ran inside my WFO and now I can't fire it up until it dries out. I learned my lesson. Not all storms are the same. So from now on the oven front gets covered for storms. It just makes me want pizza even more not being able to fire it up.
The very thinned crusted pizza's where made with the Neo Neapolitan pizza dough recipe from P. Reinhart's 'American Pie' I like this recipe because at least for me it can be shaped for either a thin or thick crust. I used ADY instead of IADY and that helps the dough to stretch nicely or become a little more extensible. I make up several pizza balls and freeze them for quick night pizza dinners.
I made a white sauce that was very delicious. It was made with heavy cream, cream cheese, fresh basil, EVOO, sea salt-pinch and garlic. Then the pizza's where topped with the sauce, mozzarella, parmesean, jumbo chopped fresh raw shrimp, fresh lemon thyme leaves, lemon wedge and a lemon thyme stem for garnish. The pizza's where baked on stones at 550F in a pre-heated 50 minutes oven. My husband said the pizza's where very delicious and he loved the sauce. I almost didn't get the photos.
Joey Boy, checking out the fresh Lemon Thyme!
Placed upon a perforated pan to keep
crisp while being sliced.
Super thin crust.
Crumb of the Crown : )
Has anyone tried to rec reate this delicious sounding bread. After adding all the ingredients the dough has the consistency of fudge. Stretching and folding does not seem possible. HELP! Herb
A few days ago I made Lavash Crackers from Reinhart's Bread Bakers Apprentice.
Anyone that owns this book has likely paged past the photos of these great crackers and has felt compelled to make them. I've made them a few times before and always enjoy them as they make a great snack or tool for dipping into a variety of items. Common toppings I use are sesame seeds, poppy seeds, chili powder and caraway. I've tried both breaking these into pieces and cutting them before cooking as I did this time around. I've typically brushed these with an egg wash before applying the toppings though this time I followed Reinharts direction and brushed with water. I decided I prefer the egg wash as it provides a better looking deep golden finished look. You can make these easily in an evening and try a lot of different toppings. Consider giving them a try if you haven't yet!
Inspired by Susan's post on her sesame sourdough I recently made my own attempt. I admit it isn't as pretty as hers but the taste is great and the crumb is also to my liking. Follow the above link to Susan's blog for details if you are interested in the formula. I followed her formula pretty closely. My ferment was approximately 20 hours. The only other thing is that I am in so much of a habit of creating steam by adding ice to the cast iron lid on my lower oven rack I completely forgot I was going to try the 'magic bowl' method until I took the loaf out of the oven and noticed the bowl sitting on the counter, ready to be used. So much for mise en place! Here are a couple pics of my version:
My first time baking a recipe from Hamelman's Bread. I was a little bit intimidated, especially since I've had mediocre results with the few BBA recipes I've tried, and that's widely regarded as the better intro book for the home baker. I'm fairly certain that my lack of success stemmed, not from a problem in the recipes or instructions, but from mistakes that I made due to being totally distracted by all of the gorgeous photographs. And subbing ingredients. I get in more trouble that way...
In any case, after reading through the first part of Hamelman's book, and poring over the instructions a few times, I did manage to successfully follow the recipe. The only thing I did differently was to swap out cracked wheat for flax seeds, since I didn't feel like running to the store for one measly ingredient. Flax seeds were on the list of acceptable substitutions, so really, I as good as followed the recipe, right? That's what I'm telling myself.
This was also the inauguration of my kitchen scale as a baking assistant. It has been my faithful weight-loss tool for a number of months. I have no idea why it took me so long to use it for this second purpose, as it was an almost magical experience, not having to add an extra cup of flour, or half cup of water, to get my dough the correct consistency. Everything came together in a dough that was a bit tacky, but still very manageable, and I didn't have to tinker with it at all. I feel like I never want to measure by volume again.
I made two 1.5 lb loaves: One round loaf to practice my slashing (I am getting better, ever so slowly), and one pan loaf, because sandwiches rock my world. The approximately 1 lb of dough left I used to make a smaller loaf, which I took in to work. My coworkers happily devoured it, so I guess it turned out just fine.
The loaves didn't rise quite as much as I expected. I'm not sure if that's because I didn't develop the gluten enough, didn't proof long enough, or if I just had unrealistic expectations for this kind of loaf. In any case, the texture was not at all off-putting or brick-like, and the flavor was excellent. The last few times I've made non-sourdough bread, I was disappointed by the flat flavors that I got, but there was no such problem with this loaf. I happily ate a slice of it plain, and then made a killer tuna salad sandwich with it. I loved the little pops of texture that the grains contributed, and the crackly, toasty crust.
(Please pardon my taken-with-a-cellphone photographs.)
I still have a lot to learn, but for now I'm content, because this is some of the best bread that I've made to date. Although if anyone has suggestions that might help make my next batch even better, I'm all ears!


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The authors of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 have taken a stand against requiring direct recording electronic voting machines to generate a voter-verified paper record.
In a letter released last month to other members of Congress, Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Reps. Robert Ney (R-Ohio) and Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) wrote that legislation proposing an amendment to HAVA is ill-advised.
"Not only are such proposals premature, but they would undermine essential HAVA provisions, such as the disability and language minority access requirements, and could result in more, rather than less, voter disenfranchisement and error," the letter states.
The act's authors anticipated concerns about security, so HAVA calls for the creation of a Technical Guidelines Development Committee to help develop standards for security, the detection of fraud and the protection of voter privacy, the letter states.
Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) proposed amending HAVA last year to require, among other things, that any voting machine must produce a paper record of the vote. The bill has attracted co-sponsors but is still before the House Administration Committee, which Ney heads.
"The security of voting technology is a nonpartisan issue," the letter states. "We encourage you to allow HAVA to be implemented as enacted and provide those who are charged with ensuring the security of voting systems the time and flexibility needed to get the job done effectively."
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A Message from our MCRA President
I'm so excited and honored to serve as president of the Mississippi Court Reporters Association for the upcoming year. It has been a wonderful experience to serve as vice president and president elect under Melinda Bowers and Sheila McKinney. Aside from having the privilege of their tutelage and working alongside them for the past two years, I now also have the privilege of calling them friends. I never cease to be impressed by their willingness to give without consideration of self. As this year's president, I will strive to follow their examples of outstanding service to the association.
Becoming involved with MCRA is one of the best pathways down which God has led me. I have learned so much, not to mention all of the wonderful memories I've made and friends I will cherish always.
As is obvious by the fact that we have just celebrated MCRA's 50th birthday, we have a very successful organization, an organization of which to be proud. This is in no small part due to the volunteers who dedicate their time to make sure the needs of our members are served. Our CE Committee works tirelessly throughout the year to find exciting and interesting new programs and speakers to bring to our members at the conventions every year. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your prior and continued service. I would also request that you encourage other members who might not be involved to become involved.
I'm very excited about everything we have planned for the upcoming year, and I would love to see more member involvement. Whether you have a lot of time or just a little time to dedicate, there is always a place for everyone. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me or any member of our board with any questions, comments, or concerns. Contact information for us is provided on our website at mscra.com.
Once again, I am truly honored to have this opportunity to serve as president of MCRA. I look forward to hearing from the members and seeing you all at our upcoming seminars.
Professionalism Measured by Excellence and Ethics.
— Becky Lynn Logan, RPR, CCR
MCRA President, 2016-2017
Volunteer service is sometimes a thankless job. For the second time in its 50-year history, MCRA has established an award that will be presented to an outstanding MCRA member who has demonstrated unwavering loyalty to this association and profession, demonstrated outstanding leadership, dedication, service, and commitment to MCRA, and for tackling the challenges in the court reporting profession thus allowing court reporters of Mississippi the opportunity to shine and prosper.
The Kay Ferguson Award is in honor of the Late Kay Ferguson who was instrumental in the development and growth of MCRA as well as other areas of Mississippi Court Reporting
Ms. Kay worked in the Mississippi State Courts for 48 years, with 13 years with the Mississippi Workmen's Compensation and the rest of the time with the Mississippi Chancery Court with Judge Joe Stennett and Judge Stuart Robinson. She was a Chairman with the NSRA (which is now NCRA), an MCRA Committee member, Vice-President, and President. She was a native of Crystal Springs, MS; graduated from high school there; and received her BS Degree from Mississippi College for Women in 1955.
Ms. Kay was very active in MCRA. She produced printed newsletters to the association – this was way before computers, email, text messages, and Web sites. She was active in the 1976 legislative efforts to get a pay raise for officials. They were trying to get a boost to $14,000 a year from the ceiling stipend of $9,600. Every chance she could, Ms. Kay would encourage the MCRA members to join the National Association. NSRA answered Kay's call for assistance on some things, and Kay thought it would be really something if all MCRA members were also NSRA members – to be the first state to show such support in return.
In 1974, Ms. Kay was asked by Mississippi Governor Bill Waller to serve Mississippi in the capacity of Commissioner on the Mississippi Criminal Justice Standards Commission. This Commission had the tasks of studying the criminal justice system and its effect on crime rates as well as a few other tasks. Kay also received correspondence from Lieutenant Governor Gandy and Governor-Elect Finch on various topics, including speaking to MCRA members at conventions.
Also in 1974, Ms. Kay was extensively involved as a member of the Task Force of an In-Depth Study of Court Reporter Practices in Mississippi. She was also a key player in the establishment of the court reporting program at Ole Miss. She along with a few others traveled to Temple University to visit their court reporting program as well as held meetings at Ole Miss with Deans, professors, and key people from Chicago and Philadelphia.
In a letter dated July 17, 1975, from James M. Pierce, Courts Specialist, in the Division of Law Enforcement Assistance of the Office of the Governor, stated, "If this matter is successfully concluded, I feel that all of the court reporters as well as court personnel in general, owe you a beer or a medal or something for your acute interest and for your leadership in getting something started in this field that can result in a much improved court reporting system and a much improved overall court system."
Ms. Kay is no longer with us. She passed away in December of 2012. I only wish I knew her and about her achievements sooner so I could thank her in person for everything she has done for us, and definitely buy her a beer during what her generation called "The Attitude Adjustment Hour" – or what we call Happy Hour now.
I'm very proud of MCRA for establishing this award. This year's Kay Ferguson Award goes to a reporter who has been reporting for 28 years and has been an MCRA member for 27 of those years. This leader was Co-chair of the CE Committee from 1998-2000, Committee Chair from 2000-2003, VP 2003-2004, 2004-2005 President Elect, 2005-2006 President, 2005 she served on the the MJC Search Committee, 2012-2016 CE Committee Chair, and she has been a mentor to students for so long we couldn't calculate that!!
We could never say thank-you enough to this year's recipient.
It is my absolute honor to award the highest honor given to an MCRA member, the Kay Ferguson Award, to an awesome behind-the-scenes HUGE contributor of our association…..Ms. Theresa Lumley.
Congratulations to Rick Barry of Meridian, Elected President-Elect of The Mississippi Bar. Rick's term as President-Elect will begin at the conclusion of the 2016 Annual Meeting held in July.
Photo: MCRA President Melinda Bowers presents MBA President-Elect Rick Barry with a cake.
Join MCRA at Easely Amused for an abstract painting of our steno keyboard Thursday, October 22nd, 2015, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The class accommodates 40 artists; so reserve your spot ASAP, as we're sure these seats will go fast. Once we have 40, we'll start a waiting list to fill any cancellations. Your spot is secure once we receive your $40 class fee.
The fastest method to reserve your spot is through our online store here –> mscra.com/store/. Once there, click on "general payment" and pay $40.
*** Bring your wine; we'll have the cheese and grapes! ***
For Ridgeland location, please visit easelyamused.com or MCRA's Upcoming Events section on our home page.
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