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I call it a "savvy" guide to Podcasting, because once you finish reading it you will be "more savvy than the average bear" (with a nod to Yogi Bear) on everything related to Podcasting!

A Blip or a Movement? While I was writing this series during a period that starting in late 2005, and much of 2006, a number of Wall Street and venture capital types began to weigh in on Podcasting as a blip in the business and entertainment culture, versus a true movement of change. I, and many others who have been at the forefront of past technology shifts, strongly disagree with this view. I remember being on the launch team of an e-commerce Web site in 1995 and then going to business seminars in 1996 where various business and financial opinion leaders were stating emphatically that online shopping would not take off, and cited the example that women preferred to lay on the couch and dog-ear pages in fashion catalogs — which could not be done online.

Johanna Foods Expands CHEP Program to Yogurt Lines

FLEMINGTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Johanna Foods, a state-of-the-art food manufacturer, has announced that it is transporting its line of yogurt products on pallets from CHEP, the global leader in equipment pooling, effective immediately. The company's popular La Yogurt and Sabor Latino yogurt lines are being shipped on CHEP pallets to supermarkets, warehouse club stores, convenience stores, wholesalers, dairy distributors, and independent grocery store organizations across the country. Johanna Foods, which also manufactures products for numerous leading retailers and brands, has been using CHEP pallets for its beverage business since 2005.

Johanna's decision to use CHEP pallets for the shipment of yogurt was made following validation of the pooling system at CHEP's Innovation Center in Orlando.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Q4 2006 Earnings Call Transcript

Good morning and welcome to the Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia fourth quarter 2006 earnings conference call and webcast. (Operator Instructions) At this time, it is my pleasure to introduce Howard Hochhauser, Chief Financial Officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Sir, you may begin when ready.

Before turning the call over to Susan, let me remind you that our discussions will contain forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 as amended.

'Scouting for Food' drive begins Saturday

Hundreds of Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts in Lake County, including troops and packs in Grayslake, Gurnee, Lake Villa, Libertyville and Lindenhurst, will be doing their part to help needy families beginning Saturday during the "Scouting for Food" drive.

Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will be delivering plastic food collection bags to front doors of homes throughout Lake County and northern Cook County and will collect the filled bags on March 10. Residents are encouraged to place canned goods and other nonperishable food in the bags.

Sunset Food stores and the Northern Illinois Food Bank are again partnering with the Boy Scouts in this effort. Sunset Foods is providing 120,000 bags for the Scouts to deliver to homes and is also using these bags in stores to encourage shoppers to participate.

PostScripts: Notes from the food world

When making cornbread or cornsticks in a cast-iron skillet or cornstick pan, the most efficient procedure is to preheat the iron pan in the oven. Cornmeal batters are usually baked in a very hot oven, 425 degrees or hotter. First, grease the pan by placing a tablespoon of bacon drippings straight from the fridge (or solid shortening) into the skillet. Or divide the fat among individual cornstick molds in a cast iron pan. Then place the pan in the oven. As the oven heats to a high temperature with both coils red-hot, the pan will be ready, too. By the time the batter's mixed, the pan will be hot and the fat inside melted. Just swirl the pan to distribute the fat, then pour in the batter and bake as the recipe directs.