text: To Our Clients and Friends Memorandum friedfrank.com Copyright © 2015 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 06/04/15 A Delaware Limited Liability Partnership 1 The Supreme Court Rules That Bankruptcy Judges May Adjudicate Stern Claims with the Parties' Knowing and Voluntary Consent On May 26, 2015, the Supreme Court in Wellness International Network v. Sharif held that it is not unconstitutional for a bankruptcy court to exercise the judicial power of the United States to adjudicate Stern claims on the basis of a litigant's express or implied consent.1 Background Article III of the Constitution provides that "[t]he judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish" and requires that the judges on such courts enjoy life tenure and protection against compensation reduction. Congress has in turn established 94 District Courts and 13 Courts of Appeals, composed of life-tenured judges. To ensure the integrity and independence of the Judiciary, the Court has "long recognized that, in general, Congress may not withdraw from the Article III courts any 'matter which, from its nature, is the subject of a suit at the common law, or in equity, or in admiralty.'"2 Congress has also authorized the appointment of bankruptcy and magistrate judges, who are not life-tenured and therefore are not Article III judges, to assist Article III courts in their work. In 1982, the Supreme Court In Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipeline Co., 3 held that it is unconstitutional for a bankruptcy judge to adjudicate a state law breach of contracts action that a debtor in possession commenced against a nondebtor party because the defendant was entitled to have an Article III judge decide the matter. In response to that decision, Congress enacted section 157 of title 28, a statute that lists certain "core" proceedings that arise under the Bankruptcy Code or arise in a bankruptcy case, and which provides that bankruptcy judges may decide such matters. In contrast, the statute provides that in non-core proceedings, which are those that are only "related to" the bankruptcy case, bankruptcy judges may hear such proceedings but may only submit recommendations of findings of fact and conclusions of law to the district court unless the parties consent to the bankruptcy judge deciding the matter. In 2011, in Stern v. Marshall, the Court surprised the bankruptcy community by holding that it was unconstitutional for a bankruptcy judge to adjudicate the common law counterclaim for 1 Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd., v. Sharif, 575 U.S. __ (2015). Five Justices joined in a majority opinion, one concurred, and three dissented. 2 Stern v. Marshall, 564 U.S. __, __ (2011) (slip op., at 18). 3 458 U.S. 50 (1982) (plurality opinion). Fried Frank Client Memorandum 2 tortious interference asserted by a debtor against a creditor that filed a claim in the bankruptcy case because only an Article III court has the power to decide such a matter, despite the fact that 28 U.S.C. § 157 lists counterclaims asserted against a creditor as a "core proceeding."4 The Court reasoned that such counterclaim involved adjudication of a "private right," not a "public right," and, therefore, only an Article III life-tenured district court judge can adjudicate it. The Court held that by including counterclaims in the list of core proceedings, Congress improperly vested the bankruptcy court with the "judicial Power of the United States," which is reserved for Article III judges. Claims that are listed in the statute as "core," but which the bankruptcy court lacks constitutional power to decide, are commonly referred to as "Stern claims." Following Stern, courts were divided on whether under Article III a bankruptcy court could adjudicate Stern claims with the consent of the parties. A number of courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,5 have held that Article III permits bankruptcy courts to adjudicate Stern claims if the parties have consented, as it is a "private right" that is subject to waiver. The United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth,6 Sixth7 and Seventh Circuits,8 however, have held that a bankruptcy court cannot adjudicate Stern claims even with the parties' consent. Lower Court Proceedings In Wellness, Richard Sharif filed a petition under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code seeking to discharge a debt he owed petitioners, Wellness International Network, Ltd., and its owners (collectively, "Wellness"). Wellness filed an adversary complaint against the chapter 7 trustee administering Sharif's bankruptcy estate seeking, among other things, a declaratory judgment from the bankruptcy court that a trust Sharif claimed to be administering was in fact Sharif's alter ego, and that its assets were his personal property and part of his bankruptcy estate. In his answer, Sharif admitted that the adversary proceeding was a "core proceeding" under 28 U.S.C. § 157(b) and sought from the bankruptcy court a judgment in his favor on all five counts of Wellness' complaint, including the alter ego count based on state law. Sharif repeatedly ignored Wellness' discovery requests and other litigation obligations, which resulted in the bankruptcy court's entry of a default judgment for Wellness. Sharif appealed and six weeks before Sharif filed his opening brief in the district court, the Supreme Court decided Stern. Sharif did not cite to Stern in his opening brief, but instead moved for leave to file a supplemental brief based on the Seventh Circuit's decision in In re Ortiz, 9 a decision that had been recently issued interpreting Stern. The district court denied Sharif's motion for supplemental briefing as untimely and affirmed the bankruptcy court's entry of a default judgment. The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the bankruptcy court's entry of a default judgment. The Seventh Circuit stated that while Sharif's objection based on Stern would typically "not [be] preserved because he waited too long to assert it," such rule did not apply here because Sharif's argument concerned "the allocation of authority between the bankruptcy courts and the 4 Stern, 564 U.S. at __ (slip op., at 2). 5 In re Bellingham Ins. Agency, Inc., 702 F.3d 553, 566-70 (9th Cir. 2012). 6 Frazin v. Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., (In re Frazin), 732 F.3d 313 (5th Cir. 2013). 7 Waldman v. Stone, 698 F.3d 910, 917-18 (6th Cir. 2012) (not waivable), cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 1604 (2013). 8 Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif, 727 F.3d 751 (7th Cir. 2013), cert. granted in part, 134 S. Ct. 2901 (2014). 9 665 F.3d 906 (7th Cir. 2011). Fried Frank Client Memorandum 3 district courts" under Article III and this "implicate[d] structural interests."10 The Seventh Circuit concluded that based on separation-of-powers considerations, "a litigant may not waive" a Stern objection. The Seventh Circuit then turned to the merits of Sharif's contentions and concluded that Wellness' alter ego claim is a "Stern claim" and therefore ruled that the bankruptcy court lacked constitutional authority to enter a judgment on such claim. The Supreme Court granted Wellness' petition for certiorari as to two questions: (i) whether the Seventh Circuit erred in determining that Wellness' claim was a Stern claim; and (ii) whether allowing bankruptcy courts to decide Stern claims with the consent of the parties would be constitutional under Article III and, if so, whether implied consent based on a litigant's conduct is sufficient to satisfy Article III. Supreme Court Analysis of the Consent Issue The Supreme Court noted in a footnote that because it concluded that the Bankruptcy Court could validly enter judgment on Wellness' claim with the parties' consent, it would not express a view on the first issue of whether Wellness' claim is a Stern claim. The Court's decision focused exclusively on whether Article III allows bankruptcy courts to adjudicate Stern claims on the basis of litigant consent, and if so, whether implied consent based on a litigant's conduct is sufficient to satisfy Article III. The Court started its analysis by stating that the question in this case was whether allowing bankruptcy courts to decide Stern claims by consent would impermissibly threaten the institutional integrity of the Judicial Branch and concluded that it would not. The Court reasoned that bankruptcy judges are under sufficient control by Article III courts in that they are appointed and subject to removal by Article III judges, serve as judicial officers of the United States district court, and constitute a unit of the district court. The Court also noted that "bankruptcy courts possess no free-floating authority to decide claims traditionally heard by Article III courts" and "their ability to resolve such matters is limited to 'a narrow class of common law claims as an incident to the bankruptcy courts' primary, and unchallenged, adjudicative function.'"11 "So long as those [bankruptcy] judges are subject to control of the Article III courts, their work poses no threat to the separation of powers."12 Therefore, it is constitutional for bankruptcy courts to adjudicate Stern claims with the knowing and voluntary consent of the parties. Implied Consent Sufficient for Bankruptcy Court Adjudication Finally, the Court addressed and rejected Sharif's contention that "to the extent litigants may validly consent to adjudication by a bankruptcy court, such consent must be express."13 The Court explained that nothing in the Constitution or the relevant statute, 28 U.S.C. § 157, mandates express consent. Moreover, the requirement of express consent would be "in great tension" with the Supreme Court's decision in Roell v. Withrow, 14 which held that parties can waive their right to an Article III judge in the context of a magistrate proceeding based on "actions rather than words."15 The Court concluded that the 10 727 F.3d at 767. 11 Wellness, 575 U.S. at __ (slip op. at 13) (quoting Schor, 478 U.S. at 855). 12 Id. (slip op. at 15). 13 Wellness, 575 U.S. at __ (slip op. at 18). 14 538 U.S. 580 (2003). 15 Id. at 589, 590. Fried Frank Client Memorandum 4 "implied consent standard articulated in Roell supplies the appropriate rule for adjudications by bankruptcy courts under § 157."16 The Court noted that "Roell makes clear that the key inquiry is whether "the litigant or counsel was made aware of the need for consent and the right to refuse it, and still voluntarily appeared to try the case" before the non-Article III adjudicator.17 Conclusion The Supreme Court's decision in Wellness v. Sharif removes any doubt that bankruptcy courts have the constitutional power to adjudicate Stern claims with the knowing and voluntary express or implied consent of the parties. Although the Court focused on Stern claims (claims designated in the statute as "core" but which bankruptcy courts lack the constitutional power to adjudicate), its reasoning also leaves no doubt that section 157(c)(2), which provides for adjudication of non-core proceedings with consent of the parties, is constitutional as well. Despite its holding regarding the sufficiency of implied consent, the Court commented in a footnote that it is "good practice for courts to seek express statements of consent or nonconsent" and that "[s]tatutes or judicial rules may require express consent where the Constitution does not."18 In particular, the Court referred to Rules 7008 and 7012(b) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, which require pleadings in adversary proceedings to allege that the proceeding is core or non-core and, if non-core, that the pleader does or does not consent to entry of final orders or judgments by the bankruptcy judge. Rule 7012(b) also provides that "[i]n non-core proceedings final orders and judgments shall not be entered on the bankruptcy judge's order except with the express consent of the parties." Therefore, despite the Court's decision in Wellness recognizing implied consent as sufficient for constitutional purposes, express consent is required with respect to non-core proceedings. Although, on its face, Rule 7012(b) does not apply to Stern claims, which are listed in the statute as core, the Supreme Court held in another case decided last year, Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Arkison,19 that "[t]he statute permits Stern claims to proceed as non-core within the meaning of §157(c)." Though it is less than clear, it could be argued that Rule 7012(b) applies to Stern claims and, therefore, such claims may be adjudicated only with the express consent of the parties. The Court's decision in Wellness also leaves unanswered the question of what conduct constitutes knowing and voluntary implied consent. Given this uncertainty, parties who wish to preserve the right to adjudication of Stern claims by an Article III judge and withhold consent to entry of final orders or judgments by the bankruptcy judge should expressly state their lack of consent as early as possible in the proceeding, clearly stating that any participation by them in the proceeding in the bankruptcy court is only to enable the bankruptcy judge to hear the matter so that it can submit proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law to the district court subject to de novo review. * * * 16 Wellness, 575 U.S. at __ (slip op. at 19). 17 Id. 18 Id. n.13. 19 573 U.S. __ (2014) (slip op. at 9). Fried Frank Client Memorandum New York Washington, DC London Paris Frankfurt Hong Kong Shanghai friedfrank.com 5 This memorandum is not intended to provide legal advice, and no legal or business decision should be based on its contents. 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Liberal Democrats are skeptical about President Obama's decision to appoint a senior official from the Clinton administration to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
They suspect Jacob "Jack" Lew may share an affection for market-driven reforms they say were too popular among Clinton's staff and that he would support cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
Grijalva called Lew a market-driven reformer and said there was a market-driven philosophy during the Clinton administration.
Lew served as director and deputy director of OMB under Clinton. His nomination to fill the OBM director role for Obama is expected to win Senate approval.
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), the other co-chairman of the Progressive Caucus, said she would liked to have seen Obama pick a director who was expressly committed to preserving government programs designed to help the poor and middle class.
"I was not crazy about him," Woolsey said of Lew. "I would like someone who would reach beyond the markets to humans."
The concerns come in anticipation of recommendations from the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, a special panel Obama created by executive order to reduce federal deficits. The recommendations are due Dec. 1.
Obama gave the panel a broad mandate to cut entitlement spending and raise taxes when he formed it, declaring "everything has to be on the table."
Liberals are worried the commission will propose cuts to Social Security and Medicare, which could suggest partial privatization of both programs to reduce costs.
Lew could have significant influence over the recommendations of the fiscal commission and how they are implemented. As OMB director, Lew would be in charge of the president's budget and many spending decisions.
Liberal lawmakers aren't criticizing Lew's record so much as expressing wariness about his long tenure in the Clinton administration.
He served as special assistant to Clinton in 1993 and 1994, helped design the AmeriCorps program and worked on the failed effort to pass healthcare reform.
He went on to hold various positions at OMB, including the jobs of deputy director and director, under Clinton.
Lew also was a member of the Clinton negotiating team that reached a bipartisan agreement to balance the budget.
The Clinton administration's view of entitlement programs has come under new scrutiny by liberals in recent days.
Liberal bloggers have picked up on reporting in a book published two years ago that discussed the negotiations between the Clinton administration and former House Republican Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) to cut Social Security costs.
Negotiators explored a proposal to allow Social Security to invest funds in the stock market, a proposal reminiscent of a plan championed by President George W. Bush. Author Steven Gillon chronicled the talks in his book The Pact.
Adding more fuel to liberals' concerns, Gillon reported that former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles served as the liaison between Clinton and Gingrich.
The revelation has become newly relevant because Obama appointed Bowles to serve as co-chairman of the federal debt commission.
Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus met with Bowles and the Republican co-chairman, Alan Simpson, on Wednesday to air their concerns.
Liberal leaders such as Grijalva fear the commission will attempt to reduce the deficit by proposing deep cuts to entitlements and social welfare programs that would affect the poor disproportionately.
"We're concerned they're only looking at solutions for entitlements," Grijalva said.
Liberals told Bowles and Simpson they need to take into account the distributive effect of entitlement cuts and how they might affect minorities, the poor and the middle class.
Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, a liberal advocacy group, said Lew's nomination gives lawmakers a chance to press the Obama administration on entitlement reform.
Hickey said Senate confirmation hearings would provide a "good opportunity for Lew to say there's no need to cut Social Security to reduce the deficit."
Hickey said Lew should also speak out against healthcare vouchers and cuts in Medicare benefits.
"There's a concern on the Hill that the fiscal commission is going in the wrong direction," Hickey said.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over healthcare, said the criticisms of Lew were "unfair."
"I have a great deal of confidence in Jack LewJacob (Jack) Joseph LewSenator demands answers from DOJ on Russia bribery probe Koskinen's role in the ObamaCare bailout another reason Trump must terminate him The debt limit is the nation's appendix — get rid of it MORE," he said.
Gary Bass, executive director of OMB Watch, said Lew "is not a market-forces guy" and could not recall Lew supporting entitlement cuts or privatization of Social Security during his tenure at OMB.
But Bass said liberals are smart to be wary.
"The pressure will be on Jack Lew to make spending cuts," he said. "There's every reason for the progressive community to resist."
Bass cited two policies promoted during the Clinton administration that could prompt concern among liberal lawmakers.
One was the Reinventing Government initiative headed by Vice President Al GoreAl GoreOvernight Energy: Trump officials defend fossil fuels, nuclear at UN climate summit | Dems commit to Paris goals | Ex-EPA lawyers slam 'sue and settle' policy Al Gore: A new president in 2020 could keep US in Paris agreement Ron Klain: 'It's not even going to be that close' MORE. The program was first envisioned as an effort to improve government efficiency but eventually became focused on ways to cut government, Bass said.
Clinton was also a fan of micro-enterprise financing programs that built partnerships with business to improve social welfare in disadvantaged communities. Bass cited it as an example of market-driven reform favored under the Clinton administration.
Mike Lux, the CEO of Progressive Strategies, a political consulting firm, who worked with Lew on Clinton's healthcare team, said liberals could trust Lew.
"He's a very solid and very thoughtful guy who cared about working with progressives," said Lux.
"I worked with him directly on healthcare issues and budget issues," said Lux. "He always tried to do it in ways that were better for the poor and middle-class people."
Lux also argued that many liberals support micro-enterprise financing as a way to help the poor.

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Gabriella, the sound-weaver – also lovingly called 'the Songbird' by many friends – has a background in psychotherapy, gardening, farming as well as music. She has been co-running a small retreat-and healing centre in the north of Scotland for a number of years 1998-2001 where she developed her sound-healing work, inspired and guided by the mystery-school of Nature which surrounded her.
In 2002 she lived and worked on the island of Iona, where she received many songs and inspirations and began to offer healing sound concerts and meditations, through which she received invitations all over the world.
She has since travelled extensively through Europe and the Americas following invitations to bring her healing music and vibrations to different parts of the planet. Gabriella gives healing sound-weaving Concerts, runs sound-healing workshops, co-facilitates vibrational healing workshops and retreats as well as transformational journeys and pilgrimages to sacred sacred sites working with sound and Nature.
Gabriella also works with sacred stone setting in gardens and farms to raise the vibration and health of the landscape .It is her aim to create sacred space wherever she goes, honour the Earth as a living Being, live in integrity, raise consciousness and vibration through bringing awareness and love to neglected, split-of and hurt parts of our individual and collective psyche to allow healing and alignment into wholeness, through which we may live in greater harmony with ourselves, each other and the Earth and live our highest expression of who we can be as humans on this beautiful Earth.
'Through a remarkably gifted voice, stirring cello, hand-crafted singing bowls and a host of other sound tools, Gabriella meets you precisely where you are at. She welcomes you with the sweetest love and most intuitive caring into your personalized healing process'. Feedback by colleague Adam Gainsburgh – Astrologer
Gabriella herself is a very finely tuned instrument – she has been described as being like an ear and a voice with heart. ' Heather Cowen
Listen to Gabriella's story about how her work was inspired – an excerpt of her interview with Healing Fountain Show: Gabriella talking about her journey and work
See here the full Radio interview at the beginning of 2013 about Gabriella's story and work including songs and sound- tracks: (sadly the live sound meditation about 52 mins into the show is very distorted, so you might skip the 15 mins and fast forward…)
My Story
Growing up in the 60ies and 70ies in Germany as the child of a generation who was still traumatised by the war and all its losses and destruction as well as the collective guilt carried by the national psyche laid the first seed towards my search and work for peace.
In my search for meaning upon leaving school I first entered the world of bio-dynamic farming to make a deeper relationship with the Earth, with the cycles of nature and our embeddedness in the universe in relation to planets, stars, sun and moon… and many other subtle energy factors that in modern urban life were not part of the collective consciousness.
My path then led me to England and via the exploration of the human psyche, deep emotional and psychotherapeutic healing work (through studying process orientated psychology). I came to deep insights and understanding while working within the mental health sector and continuing my own individual healing work, learning how each of us is both part of the collective 'Dream' and creates realities.
Looking for the creative expression of the deep insights I returned to music and yet found myself strangely 'out of place' at music college. Inspiration got stirred when we worked on a project to create site-specific music. I found myself drawn to sit under a big Yew tree – allowing it's energy and spirit to play through me. That's when I felt whole and happy.
Through several beautiful co-incidences and synchronicities which I followed beyond the boundaries of my identity (which I will elaborate at some time in a longer piece of writing) I found myself moving to Scotland in the late 90ies following an invitation to join a small initiative and community.
This move allowed me to develop and step into a new aspect of myself: My initiative was to grow and create a garden for the small retreat and healing centre in co-operation with the nature spirits and devas. This was such a joyful task – even with all the challenges it presented – and I was taught so much in this co-creative venture. I created music for the garden and the land and played some of the experiences I had when taking visitors to beautiful places.
One day we had an amazing encounter with a rainbow spirit in a waterfall who told my friend the creation story from the point of view of the nature spirits and we decided to go deeper into the experience though the sound. As I was playing, I could hear the music change and open the veils for us to move into another dimension.
We both had the sense of being welcomed and asked whether we are willing to commit to working with Nature and speaking for the Earth on an even stronger and deeper level. We both agreed.
The following day as I drove along the valley to visit the local town for provisions, one of the mountains was staring at me in such a way that I was moved to stop the car and get out. (I am so glad I did, because how often do we ignore these little nudges and brush them of in our business?). I had never before seen the mountain look at me and so – following the experience from the night before – was moved to ask: 'What can I do for you?' I felt the answer more than I heard it: 'play for us'.
Not knowing whether that meant 'now' or' later' or 'in general', I turned around, took my cello into the woods and started playing. I felt the whole wood joining in to the sound, the music, the singing.
After this I began to receive and write songs from Nature and the Earth for us as humans to help our remembering of our connectedness with the web of life. I also found that the sounds I was playing and singing were changing – allowing more subtle dimensions to vibrate and weave through them , as the overtones increased and the voice refined. They were able to open veils and trigger deep remembering for people who heard them. Visitors started having catalytic and healing experiences facilitated by the sound.
Our community had started a charitable organisation 'World finance Initiative' with the aim to create more peace by using finance in ways that are inspired by care, love, sharing and giving to heal the wounds created by the current financial system that separates, divides and encourages destruction and exploitation of natural resources and people.
We ran the retreat centre on the principles of World Finance Initiative, inviting people to come and enjoy the gifts we were sharing and invite them to share their flow with us and care for the centre and our needs.
This was a powerful experiment with much learning, which contributed to evolve the work and vision of World Finance Initiative to become a powerful tool and creative force for social change and the finding of new solutions for a world economy based on true and sustainable values. www.yescarefist.com
Founder and inspiritor Louis Bohtlingk developed a workshop ' the mystery of money', which helps people to access new places in themselves in relationship to the world of money and its true role of serving life rather than enslaving life. He also recently completed a book in co-authorship with Hazel Henderson of 'Ethical Markets' called 'Daring to Care' offering steps to solutions out of the crisis that our current financial system has moved us into. www.carefirstworld.com
Our project in Scotland which provided such wonderful training ground, found a natural end, when many of us were called to other ventures, where we each deepened and refined our individual gifts and strengths – always with the knowing that we would come back together again at the right timing for the next level of a community project.
In the beginning of the new millennium my journey took me to the Island of Iona, where my dreams showed me that all the strands of my life would join together and go out from and where I needed to share the music that was pouring through me more and more. I saw the nature spirits of the island in dreams ask me to sing the songs I had received and walk the land.
I found a way to share music that was more and more co-created with the beings of nature and the circle of all beings – as I saw that more and more wanted to contribute in the weaving of harmonies that assisted sounds and frequencies and music to be created that would not only assist humans who heard it to access a deeper part of their own remembering of their essence, Source and connectedness, but also weave vibrational fields of coherence and co-operation that allowed harmonic frequency shifts towards greater harmony to be made on many subtle levels. Only much later was I shown how much was able to happen through the weaving of those subtle vibrational fields of coherent harmonic frequency.—
This really propelled me to my next level of work and play, as from sharing my music in this special place of pilgrimage, I received invitations to many places in the world to share the songs and inspirational healing music and sounds.
I started travelling as a peace troubadour – following invitations… On my journeys I met beautiful people who invited me to collaborate and deepen the work both with the nature spirits, with healing sounds, with shifting energy fields and many other beautiful impulses, out of which many workshops, journeys to power places, pilgrimages, sound healing concerts and many more adventures have evolved and are still evolving ..
A book about the adventures of the collaboration with beings from many different subtle dimensions and the work done that way is probably waiting to be written at some future date.
Meanwhile the adventures still happen so thick and fast that writing is not the first priority.
Through the focus honing in on the forging of alchemical vessels through which the vibrational fields of new harmonious collaborations can be anchored in physical material form I am drawn back to a long held dream that we co-create land-based communities where we live in harmony and co-operation with all of life.
My Goal:
My main focus and purpose has become to weave energies, vibrations and strands of consciousness into coherent fields of vibrational harmony within which everyone, every being, every atom and every cell can reach their next highest level of existence, manifestation and expression.
Through the modalities of sound weaving, sound alchemy through forging new vibrational instruments, pilgrimages into nature, facilitating co-operation and deeper connectedness with nature, the earth and the unseen realms to co-operate and co-create with them (which holds much potential for us in terms of restoring and healing the many unbalances we have created in the natural world and our own body mind systems) I hope to facilitate alignment and fine tuning to our own Source frequency. (See the work of Tom Kenyon for scientific research on the affects and potentials of vibrational field.s http://tomkenyon.com/)
Also through uprighting and setting stones , creating labyrinths that take us to our center and forging instruments, which through their alchemical creation process can anchor and ground vibrational fields of expanded and evolutionary consciousness and can assist individuals to forge their own vibrational tuning tool I hope to assist in the evoltionary process of us humans awakening to our true potential to become galactic citizens able and required to remember our responsibility and joy to step up as creators and co-creators of worlds and realities.
I wish to create a sustainable living Earth – in co-creation with all the elements and beings of nature and all who are joining this resonant field. Can we step out of judgement into the awareness of who we truly are as creators and infinite beings who create with every thought, emotion and action and embrace the joy of being magnificent beings with infinite possibilities?


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Why I care about making breakthroughs happen: I believe that every child has the right to a great education and a successful future. I am passionate about helping students break through the obstacles that they face and reach the goals that they can and will achieve.


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January 11th Monthly catch up and discussions on what is coming up
20:00 onwards The Red Bar & Lounge, Dorking
This is an informal meet to talk about what we do in Transition Dorking and also plan ahead. Some items which we already do on top of the projects we have are:
January – Wassail at the orchard
Proposed date for the AGM, 18th April – anyone know a speaker we could approach?
June – The Big Lunch – social picnic in an area of Dorking
October – Juicing; cardboard play
If you have an idea you would like to persue, come along and between we we can discuss ways to make it happen.
All welcome to come on Monday. If you can't come and want something raised, please say.
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Sometimes they do listen… and remember
Sometimes in the moment of any particular weekend, doubts of my effectiveness and usefulness creep in. Sometimes as I'm finding difficulty making a connection as I'm teaching or the kids seem to be very distracted, I really wonder what I could have done to have avoided this situation. Fortunately, I carry with me a certain knowledge that has given me confidence in these moments of self-doubt. This knowledge is something my children's pastor passed on to me as I was beginning my role as a children's pastor. Mr. Randy, who in my mind wrote the book on children's ministry, shared how on many occasions he would sit in his car long after church let out and just weep. He'd weep over why the kids didn't connect, why they were so distracted or why they totally missed the point. Hearing this from the man who shaped much of who I am as a believer and a pastor has helped me deal with the weekends I'd like to do-over. Now, when faced with tough weekends, I still mourn the lost connections and missed points. But instead of over-internalizing, I make note of what I can try to do better and then move on facing the new week ahead. Ultimately, I was obedient in my calling to teach and I did what was expected of me to share. I have to trust...Read More


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Who's the member I want to look like the most within our group?
"Umji's way of talking!"
"Umji's youth?"
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Review and Giveaway: Kettle & Fire Bone BrothApril 25, 2017
For several months I've been religiously making bone broth. It's easy. So when Kettle & Fire offered to send me a couple boxes of their product, I wasn't sure I needed it.
I generally think homemade is best. But…this stuff is made with real bones. It's organic. Grass fed.
As with pre-washed salad greens, I decided to welcome this shortcut into my kitchen with open arms.
So here's an honest review of the pros and cons of buying bone broth in a box versus wrangling chicken carcasses yourself.
See, even as I write that I understand more and more why this was a worthwhile experiment…
Read all the way to the end to enter to win your own box of Kettle & Fire chicken and beef broth!
Let's start with the ingredient lists, shall we?
Theirs: Chicken Bone Broth (Filtered Water, Organic Chicken Bones, Organic Apple Cider Vinegar), Chicken Broth, Organic Celery, Organic Roasted Poblano Pepper, Organic Green Pepper, Organic Onion, Organic Carrots, Organic Garlic, Organic Scallions, Organic Tomato Puree, Organic Herbs (Parsley, Thyme, Rosemary, Basil, Bay Leaves) Organic Spices, Organic Black Pepper, Sea Salt
Mine: Probably-usually-but-not-always-organic chicken bones, apple cider vinegar, celery, carrot, onion, garlic, sea salt
That's it. Who's got time to find bay leaves in the back of the pantry or roast a poblano pepper?
So far, Kettle & Fire is winning.
How about looks and taste?
Theirs: Dark and clear. Very good. Easy to drink straight, tasty in soups. More salty than I'm used to but not overly so.
Mine: Light color, shiny with fat. Satisfying and hearty but less complex flavor.
I should note that Kettle & Fire broth has 0 grams of fat listed on the label. They're skimming the fat off (which most people do) but I generally keep mine.
Nutritional value?
Theirs: Listed on the label.
Mine: Can only guess.
If you want to know how many grams of protein you're eating, it's a lot easier when you've got a printed label. I can only guess what's in my broth. Though I guarantee there is more fat, I can't say anything about protein or iron with certainty.
So what's the verdict?
Guys, it's good. And it has some amazing packaging that keeps it shelf stable until you're ready to use it. (Just this morning I had to dump a quart of my own broth that had gone bad in the fridge. Oy.)
I only share brands that I believe in and use myself and Kettle & Fire definitely makes the cut. So if you laugh at the idea of making homemade bone broth or you just want a shortcut…
Yes. Go for it. You can use code FINDYOURBALANCE20 for a 20% off discount until 12/31/17. Also, if you sign up for their subscription service it's quite a bit less expensive. I go through a lot of broth so it makes sense.
Click here to give Kettle & Fire a shot
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The other day I got into a bus going to church, walked to the back of the bus and sat down. Was about to drift into my own thoughts when I started having a strange feeling I couldn't place, there was something not quite right about the bus!
I tried to place my finger on it - looked to the left, right and front at the other passengers talking animatedly; listening in on their conversations I felt a little more uncomfortable.
Suddenly, I couldn't take it any more, 'Is this bus going to church?' I asked desperately
'No, we're going to school', the teenage girl beside me replied.
I scrambled out of the bus - I had blended in with a group of teenagers going to school on a similar bus to the one I was to take to church!
According to a study conducted at Duke University's School of Medicine and centre for Ageing, the younger you look on the outside is a reflection of the state of ageing of your organs(biological ageing) - the older your biological age, the older you look.
For most adults, ageing on the inside proceeds at same rate with that on the outside, but your genes and where you stay may make you develop signs of ageing faster.
The study was done on 1000 people monitored from their birth in the early 70s till they were 38 years old. At 38 they had tests for kidney, liver function, blood pressure etc. It was discovered that at 38, some of them had a biological ageing of 58 year olds! While some (the youthful ones) had stopped getting older just as if their biological age was paused.
In essence those that had a biological age of 58 were looking much older than their peers and this was reflected in their organs.
So it might no longer be a compliment when people say you look older than your peers.
Are you team younger looking (like me) or team older looking?
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Allen & Overy (A&O) missed out on advising Italian bank UniCredito on its €15bn (£9.95bn) merger with Germany's HypoVereinsbank because the global firm was unable to staff the deal with Italian-speaking partners.
Although A&O has established offices in Italy and Germany, Italy's second-largest bank instructed Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to advise on the largest-ever cross-border merger because the latter firm fielded an Italian-speaking, German-based partner.
One well-placed source said: "A&O would like to have got the deal. Freshfields got it because UniCredito had a prior relationship with a Freshfields partner who speaks Italian."
The move is a blow for A&O, because the firm has been trying to strengthen its relationship with UniCredito ever since it won the Milan-based bank as a new client.
A&O won its first work for UniCredito earlier this year, advising on its acquisition of a stake in Turkey's Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi (The Lawyer 21 March).
London corporate partner Pervez Akhtar, who manages the UniCredito relationship, denied a snub. "This is just a one-off," he said. "We've still got an excellent relationship and expect to handle more work for them in the future."


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Selling what people WANT and NEED, but not what they have to be DESPERATE for
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Do you pass on the name of the locksmith who got you back into your car, unless a friend is locked out of theirs?
How often are you nearby when a friend is in an emergency situation that you've also been in?
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No, I haven't been locked out of my car recently, but returning from a little Independence Day fun last week, I ran out of some crucial supplies.
It doesn't matter what the supplies were. We stopped at a small store that carried what we needed, got the supplies, and went on our way. That got me thinking about emergencies of various kinds, and your small business:
Emergency products or services just don't scale.
If it ain't broke…
If you have to wait 'til something's broke or used up for customers to need you, or
if the customer you think you should target is so cheap that they'll stay in a holding pattern until an emergency arises,
…then you just can't achieve viral or exponential growth.
Slow, steady growth, maybe, but not a steep, viral growth curve.*
Causing your own stall?
Even if you really delivered and your customers had a great Experience with you, there's no reason for them to tell friends, when they know their friends are not in the emergency situation—and the excitement about buying from you is forgotten as quickly as the urgent need fades.
Think carefully about what you sell and how you present it to potential buyers.
It's possible that you've stalled your own growth by making it seem as if you're the guy to know in an emergency—and to call, ONLY in an emergency.
In that case, you have two choices:
Expand on your expertise: change or add to what you sell so that there are related, non-emergency products or services in your line as well;
Change your presentation (website copywriting, brochures, ads, in-person sales) to show how what you offer can be just as useful when purchased before an emergency (or maybe even better, if it can save money or prevent some disaster by being purchased earlier).
What's the difference between "customers who know they have a want or a need" and "customers who are having an emergency" in your business?
How can you find more of the first group, in order to grow your sales and word-of-mouth referrals?
Grow and be well,
Kelly Erickson
*Unless—there's always an unless—unless you've found a large, untapped market of people in this emergency-need situation with no current solution available.**
**Not very likely.
4 Responses to "Emergencies Don't Scale"
The question, "What's the difference between customers who know they have a want or a need and customers who are having an emergency in your business?" is an important one to ponder. Any proactive business developer must identify customers needs and ways to address them before they ever experience an emergency.
I'm laughing at the idea of a book emergency.
"My god! We're out of reading material! I need a book, stat!!!"
Thanks for your comment and welcome to Maximum Customer Experience!
Unless you're on a plane without individual headsets, and they're about to run AirBud IV: Dog Days Return on the big screen… then, it's an emergency. My god!!
Most home services companies fall into this category. Think of Pest Control, Lawn Treatment, Carpet Cleaning, Roofing, Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC companies. They deal with this challenge every day. The key is when they do deliver a great customer experience, they need to hit their happy client up to write an online review immediately. That way when someone does have an emergency and performs a search on Google or looks to Yelp, they'll see the positive reviews for that business. Undoubtedly this will influence their decision.
Funny enough, even B2B tech firms have a similar challenge. The pain has to be so strong that the prospect is willing to take action and prioritize the purchase of a solution above other priorities. You could say there almost needs to be an emergency before they will buy; seldom will they buy because of what's perceived as moderate pain.


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2017 Top Recruit Winter Escape
Jul 06 - Jan 05
Ages 13-18
Meeting Dates
From Jul 07, 2016 to Jan 06, 2017
About This Activity
2017 Top Recruit Winter Escape (Jan 6-8, 2017 in Naples, FL)
THIS IS AN INVITATION ONLY EVENT for freshman (2020), sophomore (2019) and junior (2018) high school players.
Cost: $1,145 ($1,045 if registered and paid in full by August 1st)
Uniform Fee: $75 (if you do not already have a full New Heights uniform)
Payment can be made by check or credit card. Payment by credit card will incur a $10.00 processing fee.
Includes: 4 practices, tournament, coaching and administrative fees, t-shirt
Top Recruit: January 6-8, 2015 (Naples, FL)
Practice Location: Kozak Sports, Randolph, NJ
Tentative practice dates: Sunday morning, December 4, 11, 18 and the evening of January 2 or 3
Practice Times: TBD base on team
IMPORTANT: This is an invitation only event. Please do not register for this event if you have not been invited to play by the club or our Head Coach Ahmed Elmaghraby.
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Walsall FC captain Andy Butler wanted by Bradford
Walsall captain Andy Butler is in demand after Capital One Cup heroes Bradford City made an enquiry for the Saddlers skipper.
The League Two side reportedly had a bid turned down for the 29-year-old, who is out-of-contract at the end of the season.
But the Express & Star understands Butler was the subject of an enquiry by the Bantams before they signed former Norwich defender Michael Nelson from Kilmarnock.
Bantams chief Phil Parkinson, who takes his side to Villa on Tuesday with a 3-1 lead in the Capital One Cup semi-final, moved for 32-year-old Nelson in a £30,000 switch instead.
Butler will make his 100th league appearance for the Saddlers against Bournemouth tomorrow and has been a key player since signing on a free in 2010.
He made his debut in a 3-0 defeat at Bournemouth but helped Walsall to the Great Escape in 2011 and then skippered them to safety last season.
He has scored 11 goals in 111 appearances for the Saddlers, who have won five of their last six games in League One.
Butler, who has scored two goals in 31 games this season, has helped Walsall keep three straight home clean sheets and wants more tomorrow.
He said: "They say strikers win games and defences win championships. We have got a good squad here and people are vying for positions.
"If someone makes a mistake or the gaffer wants a change then someone comes in and wants to prove themselves. The lads who have come in have made it their own.
"Paul Downing has been brilliant since he's come in, he's waited for his turn and then grabbed it with both hands.
"If you get your back four or five organised then the rest can enjoy their football."
Goals from Febian Brandy, Downing and James Baxendale saw them win 3-1 at Preston on Sunday and move to 12th.
The Saddlers have powered away from the bottom four and are closing in on the recognised safety target of 50 points.
They sit on 38 points and are just five adrift of the play-offs.
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Events @ Dragonfly Books
Welcome to the event offerings at Dragonfly Books. If you are interested in scheduling an event, contact our Events Coordinator using our Event Request Form.
Greer Macallister: GIRL IN DISGUISE Author Talk
Date: Tuesday, April 11
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Dragonfly Books
Cost: Free!
Everyone is invited to join Dragonfly Books with author Greer Macallister as she talks about her new book Girl in Disguise on Tuesday, April 11 at 7:00 pm at Dragonfly Books.
Dragonfly Books is pleased to announce the return visit of bestselling author Greer Macallister with her new book Girl in Disguise. Inspired by the true story of Kate Warne, the first female private detective in America, Girl in Disguise follows the detective's rise during one of the nation's times of crisis, bringing to life a fiercely independent woman whose forgotten triumphs helped sway the fate of the country.
Macallister will be featured at two events on Tuesday, April 11. At 5:00 pm, Macallister will join the Happy Hour Book Club at Decorah Public Library to discuss Girl in Disguise (Sourcebooks 2017). At 7:00 pm Macallister will give an author talk at Dragonfly Books. Both events are free and open to the public.
With no money and no husband, Kate Warne finds herself with few choices. The streets of 1856 Chicago offer a desperate widow mostly trouble and ruin -- unless that widow has a knack for manipulation and an unusually quick mind. In a bold move that no other woman has tried, Kate convinces the legendary Allan Pinkerton to hire her as a detective.
Battling criminals and coworkers alike, Kate immerses herself in the dangerous life of an operative. But is the woman she's becoming -- capable of any and all lies, swapping identities like dresses -- the true Kate? Or has the real disguise been the good girl she always thought she was?
Macallister's spirited new novel will take readers on a thrill ride full of cunning, suspense, and action.
Raised in the Midwest, Greer Macallister is a poet, short story writer, playwright, and novelist. Her plays have been performed at American University, where she earned her MFA in creative writing. Her debut novel, The Magician's Lie, was a USA Today bestseller, an Indie Next pick, and a Target Book Club selection. It has been optioned for film by Jessica Chastain's Freckle Films.
If you find that you can't make it to the events but would still like to purchase one of Macallister's books, just give Dragonfly Books a call at 563-382-4275. One of the Dragonfly Books staff will be glad to reserve a book and have it autographed for you.
This event is sponsored by Dragonfly Books at 112 W. Water St., Decorah, and the Decorah Public Library. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information about the Happy Hour Book Club, please call the Decorah Public Library at 563-382-3717. To learn more about this and other events at Dragonfly Books, please visit www.dragonflybooks.com, or contact us at email@example.com or 563-382-4275.
From the USA Today Bestselling author of The Magician's Lie
"A Spunky Spy Saga." -- NPR Books
"Macallister is becoming a leading voice in strong, female-driven historical fiction. Exciting, frightening, and unspeakably moving..."--Erika Robuck, bestselling author of Hemingways's Girl
A USA Today Bestseller
" A] well-paced, evocative, and adventurous historical novel..."--Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review
"This is a book in which storylines twist, spiral and come together again in an ending as explosive as a poof of smoke from your chimney...or a top hat." -- Oprah.com


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Unedited- be gentle
The story is of one man displaced from what he knows new job no friends no family losing his job and having to make do in a strange place with no EXISTING support structure or money.
Chapter 1
There was nothing especially striking about Matthew Jones. He was a competent middle manager at a dull office complex where boring people do boring things. So it's somewhat surprising that when he saw the ad on Craigslist for a new career half the country away, he actually sent his resume.
He had found the ad quite by accident, by hitting the get lucky button on a Google search for something completely unrelated. But the job sounded interesting and Matthew's recent divorce had left him nothing in the area- besides bills.
The company replied enthusiastically enough that Matthew spent some time on Priceline, and was soon jetting to New York for an interview. Something about the woman doing the interview struck him as very phony, but not so much as a to scare him off from the job she offered.
A month later found him installed at a desk in New York doing almost the same job he had before with a different letterhead and logo on his card. It cost all his savings to move the meager possessions his ex wife had left him to a one-bedroom efficiency apartment on the outskirts of the city- more Bronx than Yonkers. But, in his mind, he was starting over.
The prices in New York were much, much more than they had been in his old town, but he had expected that, it was all of the new taxes and extra fees he wasn't prepared for. Luckily he had sold his car, figuring to rely on public transportation in the city, before he had left so he had a swiftly dwindling slight reserve.
Chapter 2
When the New York County Sheriffs department showed up at his new office with a no-nonsense look and began putting everything into boxes and escorting the workers into a small room for questioning, Matthew knew that his job was over. Whether or not the company was still opening tomorrow, he sure wasn't going to be there.
It turns out he had nothing to say in the matter because after escorting all the employees out, including the upper management team in handcuffs, the Sheriff's Department placed a very large padlock on the door along with a bright yellow piece of paper that warned of dire consequences for trying to enter the property.
Matthew went the next day to try and file for unemployment, and was told that it would not be happening. He was not sure whether or not the woman who was helping him was right but he was so frustrated that he merely went home and searched the Internet for news on his company's demise. He found that they had serious tax issues and that either the city, the state. the US government, or some combination had seized their accounts and that there was mention of fraud as well with pending lawsuits from more than one client.
Although it was just past noon, Matthew opened himself a beer, plopped down on the couch, and tried to work out what he should do. He had $200 left in the bank, a check coming from the company (may be) for two weeks work, and some cold takeout in his refrigerator. The only upside was he was low enough on the totem pole that he didn't have to leave his office in new jewelry furnished by the Sheriff's Department like his phony speaking boss.
Matthew figured Craigslist got him into this mess maybe it could get him out. And he began looking for jobs. There weren't many. But, he began sending his resume around.
Chapter 3
They say in New York City it takes one month per $10,000 desired to find a job. So, if you want a job that pays $50,000 per year it will average you five months to find it. $200 and some old Lucky Dragon Mushu were not going to last him five months, so Matthew signed up for food stamps.
The $200 a month food stamp allowance didn't seem like much but it was better than starvation or dumpster diving in his mind so he gladly took his new food stamp debit card to the local grocery store to see what could be done.
The prices at the grocery store for the food that he normally ate would have eaten his month-long budget in less than a week so he bought a can of ravioli for the night and left the store nearly empty-handed and two dollars down on his budget.
At this point Matthew wished his folks were still around, but that wasnt going to happen, so he went to the library to use a computer without having to go all the way back home. When he got online to look up how to make $200 last month he found a wealth of information.
Things on frugality, making do, reusing, and much much more. A whole new world begin to appear for Matthews eyes. He found a wealth of knowledge had never been taught. There were whole aisles of groceries that he had never been down. He learned he could spend four dollars on a loaf of bread or four dollars on a bag of flour and get many loves for the price of one. Because he had never baked before, that led to getting a book on baking where he learned he didn't need a bread pan, but, merely a piece of stone or tile. Since this was the very first day of his frugality, he decided to move slowly so that he didn't waste his meager resources quickly. The first step, he decided, would be baking bread. For no other reason than it was the first item on a list on the web. He started out of the library armed with a printout of basic bread making instructions that read something like this:
6 Cups all purpose flour or bread flour
2 cups lukewarm water
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon yeast
Mix all ingredients in bowl until too stiff to stir with a spoon, continue to mix with hand folding into the center of the bowl and pressing down with the heel of your hand until a smooth and consistent dough is formed. Cover bowl with towel until the dough has doubled in size. Cut the dough lump in half, and form into either round loaves or oblong; or place each lump in greased 8 loaf pan. Bake in pre-heated 400° oven for 15 to 20 min. or until crust is golden brown and bread sounds hollow when thumped on the bottom.
This was the simplest recipe he could find, and it seemed that even he could muddle his way through this. He began the 20-block walk home. On his way he passed a hardware store that specialized in redoing kitchens and baths, and offered condo owners and ambitious renters free classes in how to use the materials they sold.
Not wanting to have to buy pans with his meager cash he decided to go into the hardware store and see what stones sold for. He walked over to the tile section and saw many different kinds of tiles and stones for sale. An older gentleman with an apron on came over to talk to him and see if he could help.
May I help you find something? The gentleman asked Matthew with a smile.
Actually, maybe you can, I am in uncharted waters. Matthew replied.
Story of my life working in a hardware store! The man chuckled. Let's see if we can get through this together. Tell me what you broke, and we'll get it fixed before she sees it.
Matthew snorted well, I didn't break anything at least. I'm interested in trying to bake on stone. I read about it on the Internet, but you have so many different kinds of stone and tile here that I don't even know where to start. And I'm on a tight tight budget.
two tights" the man nodded gotcha! My wife uses a pizza stone we got from Williams and Sonoma for $700 billion so I have seen them, but I'm not a baker so let's just use common sense.
None of this is common to me! Matthew stated where should we begin?
Well, the stone she has is a natural stone but I suppose a terra-cotta tile would work as well they're both very similar. But since you're going to be cooking on it, and we don't know what these tiles are glazed with exactly since they are decorative and not culinary let's try to use a stone, so we don't we do not poison you. With this he walked over to one of the aisles that were filled with boxes of varying sizes each with its own samples outside.
Together they looked over the various stone squares until they found a box of light color, brown stone tiles. Well, these are a light color so I don't think they'll hold the heat too much and scorch the bottoms of whatever your baking. But there are also no flaws in them, flaws may be pretty but they're usually a separate kind of stone and may heat up at a different rate, which would probably break your stone. Why don't you just take one and let me know how it works out maybe I'll start selling them here individually for an increased amount as Baker's Stones
Are you sure, Matthew asked.
Sure am! Said the man. Individual stones are only a couple of dollars, and if I can mark them up by selling them as baking stones it's worth it may since I don't have to do the experimenting. You just make sure you come back here and tell me how works. If it doesn't,we will try a different one. Listen, I know that to two tights in a budget is really five tights! And this might help out both of us
Well you're right there! Matthew said extending his hand. And thank you. My name is Matthew and I will definitely let you know what I learned about our patented, handy-dandy baking stones.
Ben Johnson. The man said shaking Matthews hand. And if I were you, what I would do is wash that stone well, then heat it in your oven at its lowest temperature for several hours before I tried baking on it at high heat.
Why is that? Not that I doubt you, I'm just wondering. Matthew inquired.
Well, stones are porous. And when you wash the stone to get off any manufacturing residues- hint, hint, you're going to be introducing water into all those pores. So, if you were to boil that water quickly by baking something at high heat, that water would turn to steam and maybe break that stone, possibly quite violently and break your oven window, or do some other damage. Don't want you suing me over a piece of tile! Mr. Johnson laughed.
Makes sense to me. Matthew said. How will I know when it's done?
Heck if I know! Mr. Johnson said. I would just give it a few hours. Maybe just turning the heat up a little bit here and there. Who knows? Your the experimenter.
Great, I am glad that my oven does not have a window! Matthew smiled and waved over his shoulder as he headed to the grocery store with his stone tile in his hands.
In New York no one looks at you funny no matter what you carry, so no one looked askance at Matthew for walking through the city carrying the 2 ft.² piece of stone.
When he got to the grocery store, a clerk asked him to leave the stone by the door, which Matthew gratefully did, Then he went to baking aisle and was amazed at the selection of different baking flours available. His first inclination was to just grab the cheapest bag and call it a day luckily an old woman took pity on him and said do you need some help Hun?
I'll sure take some. Matthew said trying not to look too relieved.
Well then I will give it to you rather than seeing your picture in the obituaries because you brought home rice flour instead of whole wheat. She smiled that is assuming you're buying this for someone other than yourself.
Well, the one I have to answer to is myself for now. But, I sure would like some help anyway. Who would have thought there were so many different kinds of flour available. Matt answered her with a grin.
Differing flour bakes different things. What are you trying to bake? She asked.
Well, to begin with bread, and then maybe some cookies? He replied.
Are you asking me or telling me? She replied with a smile. Because I sure don't know what you're going to make.
Well you said different flour bakes different things, can I use one flour to bake both bread and cookies? He asked.
Sounds like you want an all-purpose flour she replied. You should get an unbleached flour, and unbrominated. That is much better for you than the overly processed stuff. And there is no real taste difference to most folks. If you were just baking bread, I would have suggested a bread flour, also known as a high gluten flour.
She pointed to a bag of flour on the bottom shelf in a 10-pound bag, and said that is the brand that I use and I get the 10 pound bag because it's a lot more for the money. You see it's four dollars for a 5-pound bag and the 10-pound bag is only a $1. 50 more that is a huge savings. I have to pay attention to those things because I'm on a fixed income.
You're right! That's a big difference. Since I intend to be baking for a while now maybe I should just get the 10 pound bag. Matthew said. I guess I should just get a big bag of everything I need.
Not so fast. The woman said you have to do the math. It's not always a better deal for the bigger container. The store manager knows that people think that way and sometimes the better deals in the smaller container. Especially when it's a perishable item once the container is opened.
Tricky! Matthew said.
Hey, they are just trying to make a living. It's not their fault if people are too lazy to do basic math in order to save money. It amazes me when I see people I know are minimum wage workers wasting two or three dollars on a single product when I know they had to work half an hour or so for the difference. When I was younger we paid attention to those things, we had to. So young man, what else is on your list?
Salt, sugar, and yeast. Matthew stated.
Sounds about right for bread, she said but I would add a teaspoon to a tablespoon of olive oil to whatever recipe you're making.
Why do you recommend that? Matthew asked.
Well, homemade bread has no preservatives. By adding oil most specifically olive oil, you will get another day or two before the bread goes stale without significantly changing the recipe. Not that one cant use the bread once it's stale, croutons, bread pudding, French toast, and my favorite twice baked bread are all delicious uses for stale homemade bread.
Okay, olive oil it is. But what are bread pudding and twice baked bread? And by the way thank you for all this information, I hope you don't charge by the hour! Matthew said with a grin.
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Ouch!! Matthew said.
Just kidding! She smiled the twice baked bread is simply using stale bread which has been crushed as part of the recipes flour. It makes the bread really moist on the inside and extra crunchy on the outside. The bread pudding is a mixture of bread and eggs and nutmeg and Brandy that is baked as a dessert. They're both quite good as well as being thrifty.
I will have to look up recipes for both of them when I get home on the Internet. Matthew said.
Well if you're on the Internet I can just e-mail you my recipes if you like. My kids always seemed to like them. If you have a pen I will write my e-mail address down for you. She said with a smile.
I don't have a pen but I have a business card with my personal e-mail address on it. Matthew said I'm surprised you're willing to give out your e-mail address in today's day and age and with all the things that have been going on,. Mrs..?. Matthew said.
Jane. And if society gets so bad as to make me worry about helping someone with something as simple as a recipe, I would head for the hills! She said and began walking up the aisle pocketing his card. Here is your yeast she said handing him a jar of dried yeast.
I'm kind of on a budget, I need to check the prices. Matthew said with an embarrassed grin.
Aren't we all! She replied but this is another one of those deals like the baking flour, the packets have 3 tablespoons of yeast and for a dollar 50 more you can get the jar which has much much more. Of course, you can use a little of this yeast to start your own sourdough starter, but sourdough isn't good for everything."
The salt and olive oil proceeded much the same. Matthew learned the difference between kosher, sea, iodized, table, and pearled salt. He ended up with iodized AND kosher in his cart. In the olive oil department he learned that extra virgin cost much more than pomace. Pomace oil was cheaper than blended olive oil, and was usually 100% olive oil, while blended was often a mixture of olive and soy or vegetable oils. He nearly moaned when he saw the price of the oil- on sale at $14.00- but he figured he could make 96 batches of bread with it and it seemed more reasonable.
Jane promised him to send recipes along directly, and Matthew went home to ply his newfound hobby.
Chapter 4
Since It was still early in the day Matthew started by rinsing the stone off in his bathtub and scrubbing it with water and a Scotchbrite dish sponge. He didnt use soap because he wasnt sure about the soaps residue affecting flavor if it were to get trapped in the infamous pores. He then dried it off well with his bath towel and put it in the oven set to 200 degrees. That done, he got out a mixing bowl and mixed his bread ingredients up in it. While at the Library, he had seen lots of instructions on kneading and not kneading. He decided to use the method his recipe called for-It seemed a good compromise.
When he had reached the point where the wooden spoon wasnt working so well any more, he reached in with his hand and began folding the mix into the center of the bowl from the outside. After his fingers pulled the mix into the center he would push it down with the heel of his hand and turn the bowl a couple of inches, repeating the fold each time. In a matter of a couple of minutes he was rewarded with a smooth elastic dough. It was no where near the ten minutes of continuous kneading some experts maintained was minimum. But a little more than the No knead methods. He covered his dough with a dish towel and set it atop the stove to rise.
He peaked in the oven and saw that there were no more little puddles on his stone so he said what the heck and turned the oven up to 300. Then he hit the internet to see what else he could find on stones for baking. He found that he could just leave the stones in the oven, They would make the preheat times for some recipes longer, but would provide more even cooking, and allow him to shut off his oven earlier and let the food continue cooking- that meant he didnt have to find a place to store a stone in his little kitchen area- that was a plus.
He also read he shouldnt clean the stones with soap and water- or oven cleaner. Instead he could just scrape them off and they would become more and more non-stick with use. If they ever got too bad he cold wipe them with a damp cloth, or cook them by themselves at his ovens hottest temperature for a while and everything would just burn off. No dishes- another plus.
Looking at his watch he saw an hour had passed so he went to the kitchen to find his dough risen nicely. He checked the stone and his oven read 300 with no stone issues. And as it wasnt sizzling, he turned his oven to 500 to preheat the stone for baking.
He turned the dough out onto the counter- which he had lightly dusted with flour. Using a steak knife he cut the dough into two chunks. One he made long and skinny like French bread, the other just kind of round-ish and flat. He laid his towel over them and let them rise till his oven sounded its buzzer- letting him know the preheat was done. He tossed his loves into the oven- nearly singing his eyeballs in the process- good lesson he thought let the initial blast of heat out before jamming your head in! He dusted the stone with a little flour which instantly browned with a slight burned smell. Placing the two loaves on the stone, he shut the door, set his buzzer, and waited.
Fifteen minutes is no time at all for some things, but waiting for bread- t might as well be a million years. About halfway through- the smell of baking bread hit his stomach like a sledgehammer. It was all he could do to wait for the buzzer before opening the door.
He could not believe how good it smelled when he put his bread on the counter to cool. He decided to eat some right away, and let the other one cool. And learned another valuable lesson. 500 degrees is hot- and bread out of the oven is the temperature of the oven. Sucking in air around the bite of bread that was so hot it was bringing tears to his eyes, he still could taste the fresh bread taste that only someone who has eaten it straight from the oven can understand. At that moment he decided he would never not bake his own bread again- no matter how much money he had. The first loaf was gone, as was his day.
Matthew wrapped the remaining loaf in the dishtowel and went to bed, chuckling to himself about eating only bread and water- and thinking that was just fine with him.


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