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At the Muskoka Conservancy we believe in working with our community to create and support a vibrant Muskoka that honours the traditions of the community and protects our natural spaces.
We work with an amazing group of volunteers, landowners, and supporters to protect our legendary landscape through acquisition, private land stewardship, and community outreach and education. While the name "Muskoka Conservancy" may be new, we have over 25 years of success in our community.
About Us
In January 2013 the Muskoka Conservancy was born out of the amalgamation of the Muskoka Heritage Foundation and Muskoka Heritage Trust. While our name has changed, our mission is the same – "To nurture, conserve, and protect Muskoka's natural and built heritage for future generations!"
We protect 33 properties throughout Muskoka which accounts for more than 1,800 acres and over 34,000 ft of sensitive shoreline. These properties are protected through direct ownership or through conservation easements. For more information on our protected lands go to to our Protected Properties page.
We all have our reasons for loving Muskoka. Whether it is the wild call of the loon in the evening, the silent mist on the lake, or a casual hike in the woods, Muskoka inspires us to consider the natural world around us and to connect with the generations that came before. In order to help protect environment and traditions of Muskoka we need the support of all those who love to be here, whether for the day, a month, the summer, or the rest of your life. As you wander through our website we hope you will find some inspiration as to how you can join us in our goal. The opportunities are endless – become a member, donate, volunteer at an event, join a committee, sign up for one of our workshops, etc.
Don't be shy! If you would like more information about our programs or if you are looking for a way to contribute, we want to hear from you!
Upcoming Events
Shoreline Stewardship Program
November 19th – Canada Geese – Shoreline Stewardship Workshop, Bracebridge
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Add new dimension to your devotions! The world's best-loved Bible translation is brought to life in this powerful word-for-word narration by renowned British dramatist Alexander Scourby.Dozens of additional voices, sound effects, and background music create added impact as you listen at home, in the car, or while exercising. 59 digitally remastered stereo CDs in an attractive black carrying case.
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"Why can I not be who I am?"
Reblogging cause today was full of frankenfeels.
I went to see an Encore Screening of Frankenstein at the Richmond Curzon last night with Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature and Johnny Lee Miller as Victor…and wow. So glad I bought tickets, just wish I could have seen it live, it was amazing - Benedict definitely proved what a brilliant actor he is. I loved how Nick Dear and Danny Boyle made it focus upon the creature, as in many productions he loses the voice Mary Shelley gave him. When I read Frankenstein for English this year I definitely felt sympathy for the monster, something which Benedict was able to evoke very strongly. I just want to see it again now, would definitely have been interesting to see Johnny as the creature too, partly for the chance to see the Gingerbatch's luscious curls ;)
Incredibly tempted to do a painting of the Creaturebatch now, so watch this space haha
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Scientist Spotlight
Discover how science works alongside the pros at Scientist Spotlight. This program, always held on the first Saturday most months and at other times when we can, features local scientists who will share their work with you through hands-on activities and conversation. Learn how scientists detect cancer-causing genes, estimate fish populations, investigate the geology of Mars, and more.
Upcoming 2013 Scientist Spotlight dates: August 3, September 7, October 5, December 7.
Scientist Spotlight for October 5, 2013
Morning (11 a.m.–2 p.m.):
In Ackerley Family Exhibit Gallery:
Christina Owen, "The Birds and the Bees"
formerly with the Department of Biology, University of Washington
Plants have evolved special shapes and colorings to attract different pollinators. Be a scientist and find out how flowers attract birds or bees.
Julie Malakie, "Trash or Treasure? How Archaeologists Learn about the Past"
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington
Experience how archaeologists put together small pieces of evidence to solve large puzzles of how people lived in the past.
Katie Adamson, "33.3 Million People Are HIV+: What Can Be Done?"
Nursing Program, University of Washington – Tacoma
Is it better to try to treat people who are sick with a disease or to prevent them from getting sick in the first place?
Denise McKelvey, "Sound in the Sea"
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
How can you count fish underwater? With sound, of course! Discover how to use sound echoes to find and count schools of fish in the ocean.
Orr Asheburg, "How Birds Give Us Flu"
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Discover how tiny changes in the DNA of viruses can help a virus infect a new species. Can you help discover the mutations?
Soyeon Lippman, "What Tools do Bacteria Need to Survive?"
UW School of Medicine
Can you be the researcher and find out what strategies bacteria use to survive in different places?
Nick Weber, "Be A Scientist! How Would You Stop Disease?"
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Explore how scientists are designing new ways to stop a virus from getting you sick. How would you create a strategy to stop disease?
In The Studio:
Terri Gilbert, "Exploring the Genetics in Your Brain"
Allen Institute for Brain Science
How do researchers put together a 3-D map of the human brain, one slice at a time?
Aiva Ievins, "Spinal Cord Injuries"
Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of Washington
How can computers help to restore nervous system function after a spinal cord injury
Afternoon (2–5 p.m.):
In Ackerley Family Exhibit Gallery:
Bethany Stackhouse, "Growing Monsters: Discovering How Bacteria Evolve Antibiotic Resistance"
School of Medicine, UW
Discover if bacteria is resistant or not as you sequence DNA and "treat" a lung infection with antibiotics.
Ruth Hall Sedlak, "Virus Hunting in the Human Body"
UW Molecular Virology Lab
Learn how your doctor uses DNA to diagnoses disease in your body.
Jill Johnsen, "Inheritance and Blood Type"
Puget Sound Blood Center Research Institute/UW Medicine
Explore how you inherit your blood type and how it influences your immune system.
Eric Kunze, "The Influence of Polar Seas on the Global Ocean"
Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington
Challenge your understanding of the deep oceans by exploring how temperature and salt influence ocean circulation. Where does the water in the deep ocean come from?
Cody Schlenker, "Solar Power From Paints and Plastics?"
UW Department of Chemistry
Explore the connections between light, energy and heat. See how chemists can collect solar power from new materials.
Sonia Singhal, "The Changing Faces of Disease"
Department of Biology, UW
As tiny organisms like bacteria evolve, they can develop new ways to survive certain conditions. Explore how these changes effect a population of bacteria, and what that means for your health.
In The Studio:
Angela Katsuyama, "How Does Sleep Affect Your Health?"
University of Washington, Department of Biology
Explore how different types and amounts of sleep can impact your overall health.
Tammy Stawicki, "Save a Hair Cell, Save Your Hearing"
Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington
Can you design a strategy to protect hair cells from drugs that might be dangerous to them?
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SMF Development > Feature Requests
Subscriptions with permissions - loyalty reward for certain groups
To set up a loyalty program you really need subscriptions that have the same access permissions as most other things in SMF.
If I want to reward 1 year members with cheaper subscription prices I cant do it at the moment without it showing to everyone else. Of course ... people try and subscribe if there are lower prices, regardless of whether they are entitled to it or not - need group permissions to access certain subscription options for loyal members.
Arantor Beeblebrox the First:
Well, this was raised on Github, https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/issues/269 - where I outlined much the same requirement as you did, but apparently that's not what's needed.
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03/09/2013 - user4345025Bought a Single Family home in 2012 for approximately $175K in Rowlett, TX.
As an out of state investor, I rely heavily on the experience and professionalism of the people I work with. Pam has shown to be an outstanding resource for the Dallas/Fort Worth market, both in purchasing properties ( I have worked with Pam on over 3 houses), as well as her company managing the properties that I have purchased. I could not more highly recommend Pam due to her knowledge of the market (purchasing houses and rentals) and excellent follow during all of the steps of our transactions.
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Pam will produce results like no other. She has both sold and managed rental properties for me, and does so with credibility, integrity, and great efficiency. I have worked with other professionals in the area, and no one has produced the results I need as quickly as Pam. I am pleased to recommend her.
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Our experience with Pam and her office staff was amazing. They know the Dallas/Fort Worth area so well and were helpful in helping us find our first property. She was quick to find us exactly what we wanted and handling every detail. Definitely a great experience. I will be recommending her to everyone I know.
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Pam Blanco and her team provide excellent service in research and purchasing a home to placing a tenant and managing the properties. Highly recommend!
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Photos by Gerald Zugmann
The bulldozing and defacing of landmark 20th-century modernist homes in Los Angeles has recently become a sadistic art form. First, a well-heeled buyer puts up hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars to buy a legendary R.M. Schindler, Richard Neutra or Gregory Ain. Next, usually with the casual cruelty of an idle investor, though occasionally with the heavy head of a cash-strapped caretaker, the owner engages a wrecking crew. Sometimes the destruction begins and ends before anyone takes notice. That's how Neutra's Maslon House, built in 1962 in Rancho Mirage, disappeared in March 2002 — after a Minnesota couple paid $2.45 million to acquire the property, flattening it less than a month later. Schindler's 1928 Wolfe House, perched vertiginously on a cliff on Catalina Island, was yanked down a few months before — following years of neglect — when new owners declared it too much of a fixer-upper and decreed they'd build a new home "in the spirit of Schindler." One of Ain's innovative homes in a postwar Mar Vista development, intended as inexpensive yet livable spaces, was irreparably defaced by an unscrupulous owner intent on evading the April 2002 deadline for a city-declared prohibition on making changes to any of the 52 houses.
Then last August the owners of R.M. Schindler's seminal Kings Road house, which the architect built for himself in 1922, learned that the property to the south — a large, two-story colonial — had been sold to developers with plans to build as many as 23 townhouses. Suddenly, it seemed, the Schindler House, placed on the World Monument Fund's 2002 "Most Endangered" list, would be surrounded. It was feared that the house would be sandwiched between the existing condo complex to the north (a circa-1981 concrete-and-stucco crate) and a new, imposing structure to the south. Schindler's splendid vision of indoor and outdoor spaces being transparent and very nearly interchangeable had already been diminished by the obstruction of vistas and by the heft of neighboring apartment buildings and condos. Razing 825 N. Kings Road, which sits unobtrusively toward the front of its double-deep lot, and replacing it with a structure that went lot-line to lot-line might confine the spirit of Schindler's great experiment to a dark crevasse.
Images of paradiseThat prospect — real or imagined — led the MAK Center, the Viennese art-and-architecture foundation that runs the Schindler House, to launch "Preserving Schindler's Paradise," what it called an "invitational" to architects to envision alternatives to developing the parcel. Kimberli Meyer, MAK's Los Angeles director, wrote that they were "seeking strategic as well as practical solutions to find a cultivated way out of this forbidding situation." Frank Gehry agreed to help judge the entries; and this month the submissions from 22 architectural teams, including Zaha Hadid in London, known for her deconstructionist buildings; Michael Rotondi, who headed the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) for 10 years; and Eric Owen Moss, whose form-bending buildings dot the industrial Hayden Tract in Culver City, came in. In August, 10 of the jury's favorites will be exhibited.
There are some intriguing ideas among the entries — ranging from a convertible membrane roof that mimics the foothills' topography once readily visible from Kings Road to a parkland composed of tilted landscapes that are a riff on Schindler's changing roof heights and striated concrete-and-redwood walls — but the exercise seems to be operating almost exclusively in the hopeful sphere of unabashed prodding, not least because it was never within the realm of possibility that the MAK would come up with the $3 million to buy out the developers' stake in the 100-by-200-foot parcel next door. What was delivered on paper, or CD-ROM, will remain there. "We can't do very much about it — the developer has every lawful right," Meyer says. "But as a center for art and architecture we have a right to ask architects, 'What would you do?'"
But the MAK invitational, as those at the center on Kings Road readily admit, has run up against another reality: The developers have hired Lorcan O'Herlihy, an architect who began his career in New York with I.M. Pei and Steven Holl, and has since established himself as one of L.A.'s best practitioners following in the modernist tradition of Schindler and Neutra. O'Herlihy, 43, uses crisp geometry, glass and wood to produce homes whose design consists of a play of simple forms and airy materials — allowing light in at every available opportunity, an homage to Schindler's mastery of the ineffable quality of L.A. sunshine.
And so, with O'Herlihy drawing the new project, the question arises: Is the Schindler House being threatened by the proposed development, or will its deeper cultural resonance be broadened with the addition, next door, of a respectful, modernist-inspired piece of architecture?
One thing is clear. "Preserving Schindler's Paradise" and Lorcan O'Herlihy are working on two parallel, non-intersecting sets of plans — although as Judith Sheine, a member of the board of Friends of the Schindler House, puts it, both projects raise similar questions about "what our attitudes should be toward architectural monuments." This is as much a question for O'Herlihy as it is for MAK. "What's so difficult for some of us is we understand reality, and we don't want to upset the developer and O'Herlihy because they are trying to make a good-faith effort," says Sheine, who is on the panel of judges. "But the competition is trying to make a bigger point. If the competition causes us to think about the way we do historical preservation in L.A. — not just the buildings, but the context — we will have accomplished a lot."


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This month, VFXWorld continues a series of six excerpts of the Course Technology book Maya Plugin Power, which will give VFXWorld readers to learn how to take advantage of the myriad of plugins available to Maya users.
There are a fun set of useful Maya plugins from a company called ticket01. One of these tools is called Seamour. It helps to create a variety of stitching effects on a surface. This beats the hell out of a bump map when real geometric detail is needed. Here is a look at creating seam stitching.
Check out Course Technology site [1] for additional information and files.
You can certainly save a lot of time with this plugin compared to a weak workaround. SmartDuplicate is handy and gets the job done. It is simple, powerful, and supports the duplication of multiple instances with different object types all at the same time. Let's look at another plugin from Ticket01 that has similar characteristics as Wire and SmartDuplicate but has a more narrow niche application. It's called Seamour.
Stitching With Seamour
Seamour, which may or may not be the combination of the words seam and amour, or a love affair with seams, creates stitching geometry. This plugin performs a tiresome function that you rarely see modeled but is a nifty addition to a model, giving it a new level of realism. Let's use Seamour to generate some stitchery.
On the companion DVD in the Chapter 9 folder is a scene called stitches_1.mb. The loaded file should look similar to Figure 1. A quick render will make it look like Figure 2. Installing Seamour is simple. Executing the installer program is easy and is no fuss. After installation, make sure the plugin is loaded and recognized by Maya. This can be done by going to the top of the screen in the Maya menus and selecting Window > Setting/Preferences > Plug-in Manager. Make sure that both the Loaded and Auto load boxes are selected next to Seamour.mll. There should now be a Ticket menu at the tope of the screen. If you have installed Wire and SmartDuplicate, they will be present in the Ticket menu as well.
Seamour creates a shelf that is very helpful for accessing the tools. Your interface may not have the tool shelf open. This can be accomplished from the Maya menus. Select Display > UI Elements > Shelf, as shown in Figure 3. The Seamour shelf should appear.
Open the shelf to reveal the various Seamour tool icons, as shown in Figure 4.
Making a seam straight down the middle of our cloth is quite easy. It's best to do this in wireframe mode in the top orthogonal view. Follow these steps for a quick and easy seam.
Mark Jennings Smith is a seasoned artist, animator and writer residing in Beverly Hills, CA. Smith has been fascinated by CG since 1972, when at age 10 a chance encounter with the first coin-op Pong changed his life. His interest in the entertainment field led Smith and a partner to establish Digital Drama in 1994, which focused on computer-generated imagery, animation, digital painting and special digital visual effects. Digital Drama designed the digital film effects and animation for companies such as Universal Pictures, Trimark Pictures, Fox Home Ent., HBO and Showtime. Smith has contributed to several books and magazines, including a chapter in Maya: Secrets of the Pros. He also created cover art for the book and a variety of other titles in the 3D arena. He served as the technical editor for Mastering Maya Complete 2 as well as consulted and beta-tested dozens of software packages. Smith has also taught visual effects and computer animation using Maya at New York University.
[1] http://www.courseptr.com/ptr_detail.cfm?group=Animation/Graphics&isbn=978-1-58450-530-3


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Pork and Hominy Stew
Cost per serving: $1.58
Hominy is a delicious, grainy (and very budget-friendly!) ingredient that adds heft to any meal. Here it's paired with pork
shoulder in a sauce made with canned tomatoes and―would you believe it?―a bottle of beer.
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Whats everyone brewing right now?
Im working on a recipe for a big hoppy IPA, going to try some new hops out as well. Should be exciting!
Any suggestions?!?!
I have a Dead Guy Ale clone, a blonde ale that is going into a keg today. and HB 51 a hoppy pale ale that is in the 2nd.... What are you looking for a suggestion for?
well i put together a reciepe, ill post it a bit later.
I was looking to venture away from kits and begin making my own MAD CRAZY CONCOCTIONS
I have a blonde ale going right now - it'll take about a month to get to the level where I want it.
Just finished my "Bitter Bastard IPA" named it after i tasted it.....yah prb could use some more malt in this, but i think it is tasty
I have a traditional brown ale bottle conditioning right now and IIPA dry hopping in secondary. Both were partial mashes that I basically ripped off from the net but made adjustments according to my available ingredients.
Just brewed a dark ale with copius amounts of Amarillo and a Cerveza with Casgade and Cluster
have a english pale using East Kent and Styrian Golding, finished with some Williamette for aromatics. brown sugar for that classic EP taste. been going for almost 3 months, patience is a virtue!
Just kegged my Super Citrus American Wheat (dry hopped with a lot of citra, columbus, armarillo, lemon verbena, sweet orange peel) so refreshing...then I have a trippel and blackberry oud bruin as well
Fuck, I'm balls deep in cog neuro science for grad school...but on break I'm brewing myself retarded... robust espresso chocolate porter just in time for the snow, light american wheat beer with belg extras (trying to convert my roommate), a blonde, some mead, a czech pils, maybe a dark lager or two...ooo maybe some hallucinogenic lager...50 gallons of mash for absinthe...like i said a retarded amount of brewing...and snowboarding
Have a Festina Peche' clone and my P.H.P IPA in primary right now.....
Working on a vanilla porter right now. Had one the other day 2 weeks after bottling. It's very good, but I wanted more vanilla. I'm going to give it some more time to condition.
Very Nice.....just kegged both the beers mentioned above.....now time to wait with the Festina Peche' clone....about 4-6 months to get funky....
IPA will be done in about 5 days and ready to drink...
Did you buy a kit for the Vanilla Porter or build the recipe yourself?
I built the recipe myself. Waiting a full month after bottling really made a difference. It's the best one I've done yet!
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Flights to Miami
Flights to Miami from the UK
There are direct cheap flights to Miami from the UK. Flights to Florida land at Miami International Airport, located eight miles (13km) northwest of downtown Miami.
How long is the flight to Miami from the UK?
The flight time from London to Miami is roughly ten hours.
Which airlines fly to Miami from the UK?
KLM has flights to Miami from London City, London Heathrow,
London Gatwick, Bristol, Cardiff, Durham Tees Valley, Exeter,
Glasgow, Humberside, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, Norwich and
Lufthansa offers flights to Miami from London Gatwick, London City,
Manchester, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Inverness, Jersey,
Newcastle and Newquay.
American Airlines has Miami flights from London City, Newcastle,
Glasgow and London Gatwick.
Swiss flies to Miami from London Heathrow, London City and
Virgin Atlantic has flights to Miami from London Heathrow,
Manchester and Edinburgh.
British Airways offers Miami flights from Manchester, Aberdeen,
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Jersey and Newcastle.
Continental has flights to Miami from Belfast.
Delta offers flights to Miami from Cardiff, Durham Tees Valley,
Humberside, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool and Norwich.
Air France flies to Miami from Manchester and Bristol.
Alitalia has flights to Miami from London Gatwick.
Air Berlin offers flights to Miami from London Stansted, Jersey and
Or alternatively compare cheap flights to Miami at Just The Flight.
Airports in Miami
Miami International Airport(MIA)
The airport is located nine miles (15km) west of central Miami.
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International(FLL)
The airport is located 25 miles (40km) north of Miami and five miles (8km) from the beaches of Fort Lauderdale.


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Exporting Jobs, Importing Cheese
July 30, 2012 - 1:56pm | by sarah-begleyThe issues that come up during presidential elections involve food, directly or indirectly, more often than it would seem at first glance. For starters, there's the obvious stuff: the morality of Bloomberg's soda tax, the Broccoli Argument against Obamacare, and the question of extending expensive farm subsidies, to name a few. But questions of food are embedded in many other issues as well. You can't talk about food politics without talking about regulation of businesses small and large, environmentalism, and even states' rights (think of California's foie gras ban).
A Simple Summer Treat
July 2, 2012 - 2:29pm | by sarah-begleySometimes the best dishes are the least complex.
I laughed reading a line in an Ina Garten interview in the New York Times yesterday: speaking of her preferred weekend lunches, she said, "I don't like fancy food." It's a funny thing for a food professional to say, but it makes sense: as she instructs in her "Back to Basics" series, simple food, prepared well, surpasses extravagant dishes executed without expertise.
American (Cheese) in Paris
June 5, 2012 - 2:31pm | by sarah-begleyIn case you had any doubts about the colonizing reach of American food culture, rest assured that it's alive and well. Food trucks, those nomadic quasi-restaurants that have roamed streets from Manhattan to West LA in recent years, have now arrived in Paris. A front-page article in the New York Times yesterday documented the newfound popularity of food trucks in the City of Light, which are run primarily by American chefs and serve primarily American food. As Julia Moskin wrote, "Among young Parisians, there is currently no greater praise for cuisine than 'très Brooklyn,' a term that signifies a particularly cool combination of informality, creativity and quality."
Cheese and the Cost of Healthy Food
May 22, 2012 - 2:53pm | by sarah-begley"Not everyone can afford to eat well": this has been the rebuttal to health-food-enthusiasts in general (and locavores in particular) ever since the rise of writers like Michael Pollan. The argument goes that it costs more to buy healthy produce than a Big Mac. In the past, economists have compared the prices of these foods by the amount of calories they offer. Recently, however, the FDA conducted a study comparing food costs not only calorically, but also by price per edible weight and price per average amount eaten. The results? According to the latter two methods, "grains, vegetables, fruits, and dairy foods are less expensive than most protein foods and less healthy foods."


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From America's Test Kitchen Season 12: Soup and Bread from Scratch
Why this recipe works:
We found ways to bump up the whole-wheat flour amount called for in our Whole-Wheat Sandwich Bread recipe: We substituted protein-rich bread flour for the all-purpose flour and soaked it overnight in a combination of milk and wheat germ. We used a biga (a combination of flour, water, and… read more
We found ways to bump up the whole-wheat flour amount called for in our Whole-Wheat Sandwich Bread recipe: We substituted protein-rich bread flour for the all-purpose flour and soaked it overnight in a combination of milk and wheat germ. We used a biga (a combination of flour, water, and yeast), which we left overnight in the refrigerator, to develop a full range of unique flavors in our bread. Three final tweaks gave our Whole-Wheat Sandwich Bread even more character: using honey instead of white sugar, cutting back on the fat, and swapping some of the butter for vegetable oil.
lessMakes two 9 by 5-inch loaves
You can hand-knead the dough, but we've found that it's easy to add too much flour during the kneading stage, resulting in a slightly tougher loaf. Wheat germ is usually found either in the baking aisle near the flours or with hot cereals such as oatmeal. Leftover bread can be wrapped in a double layer of plastic wrap and stored at room temperature for 3 days. To freeze the bread for up to 1 month, wrap it with an additional layer of aluminum foil.
- 2 cups (11 ounces) bread flour
- 1 cup (8 ounces) warm water (100-110 degrees)
- 1/2 teaspoon instant or rapid-rise yeast
- 3 cups (16 1/2 ounces) whole-wheat flour, plus extra for kneading
- 1/2 cup wheat germ (see note)
- 2 cups (16 ounces) whole milk
- 1/4 cup honey
- 4 teaspoons table salt
- 2 tablespoons instant or rapid-rise yeast
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Bread flour for work surface
1. For the Biga: Combine bread flour, water, and yeast in large bowl and stir with wooden spoon until uniform mass forms and no dry flour remains, about 1 minute. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature (70 degrees) overnight (at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours).
2. For the Soaker: Combine whole-wheat flour, wheat germ, and milk in large bowl and stir with wooden spoon until shaggy mass forms, about 1 minute. Turn out dough onto lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Return soaker to bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight (at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours).
3. For the Dough: Tear soaker apart into 1-inch pieces and place in bowl of stand mixer fitted with dough hook. Add biga, honey, salt, yeast, butter, and oil. Mix on low speed until cohesive mass starts to form, about 2 minutes. Increase speed to medium and knead until dough is smooth and elastic, 8 to 10 minutes. Turn out dough onto lightly floured counter and knead 1 minute. Shape dough into ball and place in lightly greased container. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and allow to rise at room temperature 45 minutes.
4. Gently press down on center of dough to deflate. Holding edge of dough with fingertips, fold partially risen dough over itself by gently lifting and folding edge of dough toward middle. Turn bowl 90 degrees; fold again. Turn bowl and fold dough 6 more times (total of 8 folds). Cover and allow to rise at room -temperature until doubled in volume, about 45 minutes.
5. Adjust oven racks to middle and lowest positions, place baking stone on middle rack, and heat oven to 400 degrees. Spray two 81/2 by 41/2-inch loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray. Transfer dough to well-floured counter and divide into 2 pieces. Working with 1 ball of dough at a time, pat each into 8 by 17-inch rectangle. With short side facing you, roll dough toward you into firm cylinder, keeping roll taut by tucking it under itself as you go. Turn loaf seam side up and pinch it closed. Place loaf seam side down in prepared loaf pan, pressing gently into corners. Repeat with second ball of dough. Cover loaves loosely with plastic wrap and allow to rise at room temperature until almost doubled in size, 60 to 90 minutes (top of loaves should rise about 1 inch over lip of pan).
6. Place empty loaf pan or other heatproof pan on bottom oven rack and bring 2 cups water to boil on stovetop. Using sharp serrated knife or single-edge razor blade, make one ¼-inch-deep slash lengthwise down center of each loaf. Pour boiling water into empty loaf pan in oven and set loaves on baking stone. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Bake until crust is dark brown and internal temperature registers 200 degrees on instant-read thermometer, 40 to 50 minutes, rotating loaves 180 degrees and side to side halfway through baking.
7. Transfer pans to wire rack and let cool 5 minutes. Remove loaves from pans, return to rack, and cool to room temperature, about 2 hours.
Whole-Wheat Extremes
Whole-wheat sandwich breads typically fall into one of two categories: squishy, Wonder Bread-like loaves or rock solid specimens that are dense enough to support a brick.
Soaking Wheat for Better Bread
When developing the recipe for whole-wheat bread, our goal was to cram as much whole wheat into the dough as possible to create a seriously wheaty sandwich loaf. Fifty percent whole wheat wasn't enough to get us to this goal—but any more and the bread got too heavy and developed off-flavors. Would giving the whole-wheat flour a long soak before creating the final dough allow us to bump up its amount?
The Experiment
We baked two loaves, each with a 60:40 ratio of whole wheat to refined bread flour. We soaked the whole-wheat flour in the first batch overnight in the milk from our recipe before combining it with the other ingredients. In the second batch, we didn't give the whole-wheat flour any special treatment and proceeded with the recipe as usual.
The Results
The texture and flavor of the bread made with the soaked flour was markedly better than that of the loaf in which we didn't soak the whole wheat.
The Explanation
Soaking has a twofold effect on the final loaf. First, it dulls the flour's hard, fibrous bran, blunting its ability to disrupt gluten development and produce a denser crumb. Soaking also activates enzymes in the flour that convert some of the starches into sugars, thereby sweetening the bran's natural bitterness. The technique allowed us to pack our bread with roughly 50 percent more whole wheat than most recipes call for and still create a loaf with earthy-sweet flavor and a soft yet hearty crumb.


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Thought I'd provide an update for everyone regarding my detox. It has now lasted around a month, and over this period of time I've experienced intense waves of both diarrhea and constipation, both going in 3-4 day cycles. I've also had quite a bit of bloating, pimples breaking out on my face and body odor. It's interesting as in this time I've noticed that one of my severely receded gums that was once black is healing very quickly and turning back to pink. I really have no idea what this all means.
I've also gained 10+lbs of who knows what. My definition has disappeared and I have a very bloated, flabby look. Cellulite has returned on the backs of my thighs, and I can not fit into the majority of my pants and shorts. It's a bit concerning.
I've had constant indigestion and I've decided after a long month of digestive pain and discomfort to get a colonic. I'm going to hold out for a couple more weeks, but if this constipation/diarrhea cycle continues I really have to do something about it. I'm not usually an advocate for unnatural processes like this, but I'm becoming a little desperate at this point. Only around 30-50% of my usual excreted waste is coming out on any given day. I believe that this is cause for concern.
Please, if anyone has any insight on what could be happening, or any advice it would be greatly appreciated. Nothing has changed with my food intake, exercise, sun, or sleep patterns. I'm eating mostly mono meals and plenty of fresh local produce.
Hey everyone,
Just to provide a bit of background I recently started eating overt-free for the summer. I've been eating simple fruits and veggies for 10 days now. I did this last summer and experienced a wonderful feeling of lightness and an increase in energy and endurance.
In the first few days my digestion did some cleaning and I had already started to feel the benefits. I also had a white coated tongue for the first 5-6 days. Today, however, is a different story. I woke up and drank my usual litre of water and had a banana/date smoothie. For the rest of the day I had absolutely no desire to eat which is quite rare for me. I ate a few oranges at lunch and felt full immediately. Around 4pm I decided that I should probably eat something as I would be riding my bike to my Spanish lesson. I consumed a very small green smoothie, somewhere around 400 calories worth.
I usually consume 3000 calories per day but I could barely get the food down today. Within the last hour or so I've been experiencing some pretty intense pain in the region of my large intestine. I had a two very dark and flaky bowel movements that were quite uncomfortable. I feel extremely dehydrated so I've been drinking a lot of water to help the process along. Also within the last hour I've experienced a large amount of water retention, bloating and gas. I've had a few similar experiences in the past while my digestive system was cleansing but never before with this pain. It feels very similar to the pain from my monthly flow while I was eating a SAD diet.
Has anyone else experienced this before? I feel uneasy when there's pain and I don't understand the reason for it.
Well, what ever was or is happening then at least you are fine now. So that is what is important. Interesting that you felt peaceful. Much more positive then being traumatized. I have heard that before that people have felt peaceful around death and the dying.
I was only talking about my liver as an example of connection between our organs and the brain and how it can affect each other.
The reason I responded in the beginning was that I felt that my theory about the Myelin Sheath was coming from my intuition rather then some preconceived idea or opinion. So I felt obligated to respond and I am learning to listen to the language of intuition, that is the language of the soul.
Anyway, I have said what I needed to say. What ever might be right or not.
Thanks Godwin,
I appreciate everyone's input and I'm glad that you posted!
'Tarah's detox in review' by Shell :D
Tarah stopped eating overt fats as was her usual routine.
A few days later Tarah started experiencing strange symptoms, including at different times, intense waves of both diarrhea and constipation, bloating (10+ pound weight gain), pimples, body odor, dry skin, cellulite, white coated tongue, dehydration (she had to increase her water intake), unusual bowel movements and pain in the digestive area.
Tarah said that she has a history of digestive problems. Others posted that they and others have experienced flare ups with symptoms similar to hers after following 811 100% for some time and with a history of digestive problems.
During this same time Tarah experienced one of her severely receded gums healing very quickly and turning back to pink and felt like she was cleaning out for the first few days.
Tarah was unable to take the time to get extra rest during this time and actually got less rest than she normally would (sleep deprived) for at least part of this detox phase which may have exacerbated and prolonged things. Ideally when someone experiences an injury, illness or stress, they need to get extra rest.
After reintroducing overt fats, (almonds still under 10% of calories) the symptoms began to disappear over the next few days.
After a few days another very strange thing happened. After some intense romantic activity ;) she immediately started having hallucinations and other symptoms. Here is what she said:
"Ryan and I went for a walk in the forest and I started to see colours and shapes pulsing. This lasted for 5 minutes or so and I had trouble walking. It was like I was seeing through Ryan while walking. Many different shapes and colours were in my vision.
I started to feel like my mind was jumbled up afterwards. I couldn't make sentences and I had trouble grasping simple concepts. This has lasted over two hours and I just started being able to talk coherently. I have a painful headache and I feel like I've taken some sort of hallucinogenic drop or something...Which of course I haven't."
I thought Brad Abrahams response was very interesting:
"Tarah what you describe is a progression of a classic migraine headache. I still suffer from these every 3-6 months. The visual disturbance is called an "aura". The big migraine triggers for me are dehydration, lack of sleep, or stress. Heavy detoxing has also caused it (after a fast). I don't think you are genetically pre-dispositioned to migraines like many sufferers, so I think it's your bodies reaction to some acute physical imbalance. I suggest lots of water, extra rest and sleep, and avoiding bright light for 24 hours or so. The aftershocks can last a day or two. Hope you feel better :)"
It seems that going overt fat free gave the body the energy and a cue to start a deep cleaning and the reintroduction of overts stopped it and that the last strange episode was due to some accumulated toxins still present from the deep cleaning. I think Tarah did fantastic sticking to her diet and health routine throughout all of this. Many people would have freaked out one way or another. ;)
I find these kinds of stories so fascinating! Thanks again Tarah for sharing and everyone else as well for their input! Gotta love 30BAD! :)
You remember better than I :D
Love it Shell! I'm willing to experience another detox in the future, trying overt free again. I'm glad it stopped, even if overt fats weren't the best idea.
Interesting that I said "Hallucinogenic drop". Didn't catch that. I may have still been slightly out of it writing that.
Ednshell, nice video. Thanks.
I like the one he made about dates.
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Acknowledging the public's preoccupation with the unfolding H1N1 pandemic, Gallo said, "Don't forget we have a known problem…a known deadly epidemic." Some 175,000 people die from AIDS every month—about the same number of lives claimed by the 2004 Asian tsunami, he told the audience gathered at the National Press Club in Washington.
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HIV's ability to hide out in the host cell's genetic material, a phenomenon called "latent infection," is also a major barrier to finding a cure, according to virologist Michael Emerman of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. But developing drugs that could either stimulate the immune system to attack these latently infected cells, or prompt the cells to begin churning out viruses so the immune system spots and attacks them, might help get around this problem, he notes.
For his part, Montagnier, president of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention, said, "We are not dead in AIDS research." The virus continues spreading and we still have no vaccine or cure, he added.
Gallo's and Montagnier's joint appearance comes less than a year after Montagnier and his colleague Françoise Barré-Sinoussi from the Pasteur Institute in Paris received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of HIV. Many saw the Nobel Assembly's omission of Gallo as an outright snub, as he is commonly considered the co-discoverer of HIV alongside Montagnier. The French team was the first to isolate the virus, but it was Gallo who established the link between HIV and AIDS.
Gallo and Montagnier seem to have put the past aside. "I was surprised; I was disappointed" about the Nobel, Gallo said over the phone, as he and Montagnier drove to lunch together after the news conference. But, he said, "We are friends and we are colleagues that discuss things with some regularity." Chiming in from the background, Montagnier said that he was not in the position to challenge the Nobel committee's position.
The duo has published several articles explaining their complimentary contributions to HIV research – including a 1988 Scientific American piece in which they wrote, "contributions from our laboratories in roughly equal proportions-had demonstrated that the cause of AIDS is a new human retrovirus."
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I for one, don't think that a vaccine or treatment to neutralize those infected with HIV is going to appear anytime soon. Like diabetes, cancer and certain other diseases, it has become a source of significant revenue whose eradication would severely negatively impact both the major pharmaceutical companies who sell the medications and the public health officials who have made administrative careers from HIV; and once retired, astonishingly frequently join the aforementioned pharmaceutical companies for significant salaries.
Moreover, in the US at least, HIV currently occupies an ecological and economic niche largely in what some have characterized as "disposable populations"-- sexual minorities without civil rights condemned by State tolerated and often support interpretation of Divine Fiat, poor Blacks, and "morally reprehensible" IV drug addicts. And despite some occasional theatrics, none of these populations have the power to break the economic desirability of sustaining the status quo.
Additionally, prestige driven health research--such as the race for a polio vaccine and insulin--has historically not be a motivation in sexually transmitted maladies. Syphilis was never a battle between a bacterium and man, but rather a battle between man and society. Noticeably, when the US had a unique epidemiological opportunity about a decade ago to eradicate syphilis for the grand sum of $15M, it was not forth coming from the US government or from any private group. Several anthropological studies on syphilis--perhaps the best paradigm for HIV--have indicated that penicillin was not recommended for its cure until 1947-- long after the drug was used for numerous other infections. Indeed, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was deemed so important by the then, USPublic Health--forerunner of the CDC which was founded by the some of the same men--that it ran until 1972 and didn't treat the infects. Only then was the "scientific importance" of watching people die of syphilis stopped because of a news lead and the subsequent lack of faith in the institution, rendering it void.
Given these facts, I rather think that the min. $50,000 + per annum, per infectee of HIV, to which the ancillary costs of drug toxicities such as cardio IM & liver/internal organ failure from endless chemotherapies, will continue to generate increasing hospital and medical revenues over the next decades, indicate to me that neither a vaccine nor blocker for HIV is desirable at this time in a profit based system such as the US.
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Want to get down to a significant meeting will take place this week the Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets with the President Obama the White House.
But this amid pressure in Washington over what to do about the war in Afghanistan.
We're now learning that it's a possibility.
That zero American troops is an option on the table after 2014.
But about that KT McFarland are Fox's national security analyst with me here have anything good morning she was a -- that was made this week.
Is that a possibility.
I think what's happening is -- the administration's trying to signal Karzai before the meeting and they're saying.
Wake up.
You gotta get your act together because we're leaving and we might -- nobody behind so you come together is is it a real possibility idea just how you do it's not just -- negotiating ploy I think part of some negotiating -- but I think the other part -- this administration wants out of Afghanistan remember this is the war.
Of necessity but it hasn't gone very well.
If you've got an incoming secretary of defense -- on the record.
As saying the war in Afghanistan was a mistake badly handled.
You got huge pressures for budget cuts and defense cuts that the administration is going to go along with and probably more to come.
Yeah I think Afghanistan as a place where they want to get out of there wanna get out of quickly they want to get out of without looking bad that they want out.
This could be a twelve month.
Move twelve to eighteen months from now don't have to -- -- -- made.
But what about the sacrifice.
What about the blood and treasure that's -- that country this -- -- -- leave behind.
If you consider the possibility.
-- Qaeda set up shop once they could do it again.
-- they definitely the set up shop again.
I look at Afghanistan is like a three legged stool and he did all three legs to have it work he needed military victory on the battlefield on military gave us those victories but there were two other -- -- that store there was a diplomatic way.
Our civilian leadership needed to go to the pakistanis and say shut that border.
Clean out those safe havens where -- Taliban go refuel and come back to fight again.
And the third -- for external item that still has the Karzai government is a corrupt and incompetent leader has failed to.
Motivate his people and hold his country together questions on that and with regard to Karzai does he want us to leave.
Or does he think his country can survive without us there.
Well the question is this Karzai I think he can -- pocket without us there could you know Karzai I think has an exit strategy plan.
How long is he going to survive.
If his country is torn apart in a multi party civil war will his military remain faithful to him in the light.
Taliban coming in his military is largely -- made up of different tribes from the northern -- Will they stay -- will they be effective.
I think that the problem everybody foresees and you could see it coming.
Where is that when we leave Afghanistan.
A lot of things are gonna happen our military leaves our ability to protect the civilian population that we are leaving behind including -- on civilian.
Ngo aid workers.
But then the final thing is will they be able to have -- -- that country together and I think that's a huge quite.
So Leon Panetta whose eggs in the administrations had 9000 troops should be left behind.
And -- we'll see whether or not that's the case for your point is well taken.
Put pressure on Karzai to get this police and his army together but if you can't do it in time you're leaving a mess behind purely an acute stress and remember we have thousands -- -- civilian workers their hospital workers schoolteachers.
Who's gonna protect them actually.
Thank you -- we'll watch it -- you McFarland big meeting at the end of this because -- -- Martha what's next.
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