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Capella is the brightest star we see at night of the same spectral type, or color, as our daytime star, the sun.
Like our sun, Capella appears as a yellow or golden star. It is the brightest yellow star visible in our sky – much bigger and brighter than our sun in absolute terms, but of course much farther away, about 42 light-years in contrast to the sun's 8 light-minutes. Follow the links below to learn more about Capella.
How to find Capella in the night sky.
Capella in history and mythology.
Science of star Capella. Like so many stars that appear single to the eye, Capella actually consists of two stars. Capella A and Capella B, as they're called, are similar to each other, both roughly 10 times the sun's diameter. They emit about 80 and 50 times more overall light than the sun, respectively. Another component to this system, a binary of small red stars, orbits about a light-year away.
Capella A and B are both yellow giant stars at the end of their normal lifetimes. Each being more than two and a half times more massive than the sun, the two components of Capella likely are also younger. This is because more massive stars have higher internal pressures, which causes them to burn their nuclear fuel faster and to have shorter lifespans. The stars of Capella are in a transitional period from the smaller, hotter stars they once were, to the cooler and larger red giants they must ultimately become in their final phase. However, for now, their surface temperatures are similar to that of the sun, and so they share its spectral type of G.
The two stars we see as Capella mark the 6th brightest star in our sky. Astronomers measure the combined magnitude of this system as 0.08.
How to find Capella in the night sky. From mid-latitudes of the U.S. and Europe, Capella is far enough to the north to be seen at some time of the night all year round. For us in the Northern Hemisphere, it's best in winter, when you'll find golden Capella high overhead before bedtime.
Capella is the brightest star in a five-sided star pattern, which we know as the constellation Auriga the Charioteer. Capella is the Latin word for 'nanny goat,' and this lovely star is often called the Goat Star.
Here is the key to knowing you've found Capella. Near it, you'll find a tiny asterism – a noticeable pattern on the sky's dome – consisting of three fainter stars. This little triangle of stars is called the Kids, and it makes Capella instantly recognizable.
The star El Nath originally was part of the constellation Auriga, too. Now El Nath marks the tip of one of horns of the constellation Taurus the Bull. Still, including El Nath, you can see a large misshapen pentagon of stars in Capella's part of the sky. The shape is difficult to reconcile with the idea of a man driving a chariot, but it is a noticeable pattern and easy to find.
Some people use the Big Dipper to locate Capella. The two bowl stars – Megrez and Dubhe – more or less point toward Capella. It's a long hop, though, in the direction opposite of the Big Dipper handle.
Capella in history and mythology. For such a large constellation with such a bright star, the mythology of Auriga and Capella is sparse. The constellation has been associated with the Greek sea god Posideon (the Roman god Neptune). Other stories say Auriga represents Erichthonius, the ancient lame king of Athens who invented the horse-drawn chariot.
Auriga seems to have been associated with shepherds and flocks, so the title of nanny goat — or 'she goat' — for Capella is reasonable. However, neither Capella nor its constellation Auriga figures prominently in any major mythological stories from Greek or Roman culture.
Richard Hinkley Allen, in his famed Star Names, says that the ancient Arabs called the star Capella by a name that meant 'The Driver' and implies that this star was seen as a shepherd driving a flock across the sky. The flock might have been the nearby star cluster Pleiades, although – instead of sheep or goats – early Arabian stargazers saw this pattern composed of camels. Capella was also apparently important in ancient Egypt. It appears on the Denderah Zodiac as a mummified cat.
Interestingly, in China, Capella and four other stars of Auriga were known as the Five Chariots. The other four stars are Beta, Theta, Kappa and Gamma (El Nath, which is now Beta Tauri).
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Bottom line: We see Capella as the brightest star in the constellation Auriga the Charioteer. How to find Capella, a word about the science of this star, and its role in history and mythology.
Capella's position is RA: 5h 16m 41.4s, Dec: +45° 59′ 53″.
Larry Sessions has written many favorite posts in EarthSky's Tonight area. He's a former planetarium director in Little Rock, Fort Worth and Denver and an adjunct faculty member at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He's a longtime member of NASA's Solar System Ambassadors program. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including Space.com, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy and Rolling Stone. His small book on world star lore, Constellations, was published by Running Press.


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A young prince decided to make his way in the world and his father offers him a choice of two precious objects - a ripe apple or a solid block of gold. The prince chooses the gold and it is openly placed into a box which the prince carries with him.
After a long journey, the prince finds himself in a desert; the block of gold is getting heavier and heavier and he begins to wish he'd chosen the apple. He opens the box to throw away the useless block of gold...and finds, miraculously, that it has changed into the apple!
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Judy Maxwell Home: Joan Cusack's Chicago Shop of Fun Curiosities
Specialty: Home store totally focused on fun and quirky items
Price Range: ($) Budget to ($$$) High-End
It's hard to classify Judy Maxwell Home. It's kind of a gift shop but it's also a house of curiosities. It's an art gallery where you can also pick up a lifesize talking Power Ranger. Oh, and you might run into owner Joan Cusack, too.
Before going into Judy Maxwell I knew just two things about it. It's named after Barbra Steisand's character in What's Up, Doc? and it's owned by actress Joan Cusack. A friend mentioned to me that she went in a few weeks ago and was delighted by the fun and unique items carried there. And, ok, she was also more than a little tickled to meet Joan while she was there.
I didn't get the chance to meet Joan, but I, too, was delighted by the shop's eclectic offerings. From the large scale popsicle paintings to the lifesize Power Ranger, there are definitely items in the 'who would buy this and how could they afford it' category. But then I started to look more closely at the smaller pieces and that's where the fun really starts. I'm talking books that have been carved out to look like rocks and umbrellas with sword handles. Everyday items that have been given fun touches.
So if I did have to classify the store I would simply call it a funshop. It's the kind of store that reminds you to take life a little less seriously and just have some damned fun.
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I love, love, love cats and even I am going to say that this cat is probably pretty annoying… although obviously still adorable. He/she (I'm not sure which!) introduces an entirely new way to knock on doors that I've never really seen before. My cat usually just barges in, even when I thought my door was closed. Or if she can't do that, she just scratches and meows. But now I kind of wish she did this. It may be annoying, but it is also really cool… and would totally get my attention every time. Check it out and make sure you try this the next time you knock on a door (if you don't mind weird stares).
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Bruce embarks on astonishing swim
BRUCE Bredner is proving the old saying 'you're only as old as you feel' as he embarks on an adventure that is nothing short of astonishing.
At 74, he is about to fly to Fiji to swim between several islands.
Billed as a 'Fiji Swim Safari', Mr Bredner will spend seven days swimming an average of 3km per day in what he describes as an experience that "will be better than a normal holiday".
"I can't help myself, I just love swimming," Mr Bredner said.
A very familiar face at the Woolgoolga Pool and at beaches across the Northern Beaches, Mr Bredner swims almost daily whether it be in the pool, at Woolgoolga Beach or out at Red Rock.
He has previously swum long distances in England, Scotland, Ireland and Honolulu, as well as at rivers and beaches right across Australia.
"I used to cycle and run but I've had two hip replacements, a knee done and also a shoulder so I stick to swimming now.
"It's something I've always just loved, since I was a kid."
He has also been an active member of the Woolgoolga Surf Life Saving Club.
During his trip he will be swimming to local reefs within the Yasawa Islands with a bit of sightseeing mixed in. The least he will swim in a day is 1.5km, the most a whopping 4.2km.
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Volume 17, Number 47 | April 15 21, 2005
Downtown Express photos by Bonnie Rosenstock
Professor Jaroslaw Leshko, guest curator of the Ukrainian Museums Archipenko show, and Frances Archipenko Gray, widow of the artist, standing next to Torso in Space (1936), courtesy of the Whitney Museum. In the background is Woman (Metal Lady) (1923), courtesy of Yale University Art Gallery, and on the right, Reclining (1922), Frances Archipenko Gray Collection, Bearsville, NY.
New Ukrainian Museum casts new light on Archipenko
By Bonnie Rosenstock
With its inaugural exhibition, Alexander Archipenko: Vision and Continuity, the Ukrainian Museum, which opened its new home at 222 E. Sixth St. in the East Village on Sun., April 3, has reintroduced its most brilliant star to the viewing public.
In 1920, they wrote that in painting there is Picasso. In sculpture, there is Archipenko, said Professor Jaroslaw Leshko, guest curator and professor emeritus of Art at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. The exhibition affords visitors an opportunity to explore and experience the creative breadth and sheer beauty of the art of one of the 20th centurys most influential and innovative sculptors.
While Picasso is a household name, even though the Ukrainian-born Archipenko (1887-1964) lived and worked in the United States for 40 years, he is known only to the cognoscenti. However, this exhibition, the first-ever comprehensive retrospective of his work in New York City (in 1970, MOMA had an exhibit of his Paris years), should rightfully restore the prolific Archipenko to the pantheon of modernism giants. The exhibit consists of 65 sculptures and sculpto-paintings, the majority of which come from the collection of Frances Archipenko Gray, the artists widow and president of the Archipenko Foundation.
Other works come from a number of private collections and museums.
Professor Leshko, who wrote the excellent explanatory panels in English and Ukrainian that accompany the show, has organized the exhibition around four dominant rubrics, or sections, which showcase Archipenkos innovative genius and experiments with the human figure.
He put in place the concept of construction in a very public and progressive way, stated Leshko. His most important formal introduction into the history of modernism is the idea of translating the most volumetric part of the body [the torso or the head]. You punch it through a hole, so you can literally put your hand through a sculptural figure. It had never been done before and caused a great sensation at the time [around 1914].
While Professor Leshko organized the themes, what pieces to show and what went where, it was left to the architectural firm Morris Sato Studio to design the installation. Michael Morris and Yoshiko Sato are graduates of Cooper Union and have lived and worked together in the East Village for almost 20 years. They have built and exhibited countless architectural projects in the U.S., Japan and Europe. However, they were excited about the challenges of working on their first fine art exhibition, especially in their own backyard.
Archipenko did a lot of drawing on how he thought his artwork should be seen, said Morris. His lighting was part of it, but I dont think he ever presented them that way, partly because of the technology and because he wasnt involved with his own exhibitions. We tried to honor that by creating lighting environments in addition to the physical environment that would be appropriate to the content behind the work, Morris said.
Lighting is nowhere more paramount than in Form and Space. This theme is the only one set in an enclosed space. (The two-floor exhibit affords ample space to view most of the sculptures from all angles.) In a muted room, a series of sculptures, on a raised white platform and mounted on Plexiglas posts, are dramatically lit from above and below. The effect is that of a bizarre forest of vertical concave/convex forms. Volume and void transference, or the substitution of a void for a head or a torso, is Archipenkos most radical innovation, explains Professor Leshko.
Content Into Form explores various themes relating to the human spirit: the world of entertainment (Boxers, Dancers), religion (Adam and Eve, Ascension), historical figures (Cleopatra, Queen of Sheba) and the mother-and-child motif, to name a few. Two photographs of Médrano I and Médrano II represent his experiments with kinetics. (The Cirque Médrano also fascinated Picasso.) Morris and Sato have created a three-dimensional computerized animated interpretation of the lost free-standing M-I, with the right arm holding a ball, which is projected onto a wall. (M-II, at the Guggenheim Museum, is too fragile to travel.) It was credited as being one of the first sculptures by a Western artist that had a moving part. But even in the 21st century, there are still hiccups, acknowledges Morris. There were a couple of misdimensions that the person who interpreted the drawing put into the computer, so we had to fix them by hand, he said with a laugh.
Walking and not walking is the predominant theme of Motion and Stasis, and a highlight is the motorized Dance from 1912-13. It turns so slowly that its barely discernible, so its a surprise when it appears in a different position. In the 1920s, Archipenko, invented the now-lost Archipentura, the notion of the moving painting, which employed Venetian blind-like slots, so that when he moved them, a new figure would appear on the surface of the machine. In this section is also The Ray, a static, iconic figure influenced by Archipenkos historic past, from Ukraine and the Byzantine tradition, explains Leshko, and is an interesting counterpoint to Médrano.
Archipenko was constantly incorporating new processes and materials, like plastic, bakelite and formica, which Construction, Materials, Colors examines. Architectural Figure is a wonderful example of his reintroduction of painted wood and terra cotta into sculptural forms. In Bather and Woman with Fan, his sculpto-painting, a merging of painting and sculpture, is evident.
In 1923, Archipenko moved to the United States. Six years later, he purchased a stone quarry in Bearsville, N.Y., near Woodstock, which became the site of his home, studio and art school. Four years before his death in 1964, he married Francis Gray, one of his students, who has established the Archipenko Foundation. Its main mission is to encourage scholarship and the exhibition of Archipenkos work, most of which is warehoused Upstate.
For Gray, this exhibit is revisiting a lot of things the foundation is trying to bring forth, especially for young people, she said. What I like so much about this particular venue is that its close to Cooper Union and a whole population of artists and art historians that are going to look at it with a fresh eye.
Public programs, including a lecture series, a symposium and gallery talks, will accompany the exhibition. An illustrated 180-page bilingual catalogue, written by Professor Leshko, is available for purchase, as well as educational material for teachers, students and families. The exhibition will run until Sept. 4 and will then travel to the Elvehjem Museum in Madison, Wis. (March 31 to July 30, 2006) and to Smith College of Art in Northampton, Mass. (Sept. 16 to Dec. 3, 2006). The Ukrainian Museum building, an awesome $9-million, 25,000-sq.-ft. three-story brick-and-glass structure, represents the culmination of a decade-long project that has finally come to fruition, thanks in large measure to the overwhelming support of Ukrainian communities across the country. It is designed by Ukrainian-American George Sawicki, a 1968 graduate of Pratt Institutes New York City School of Architecture, whose firm Sawicki Tarella Architecture + Design, P.C. is located in Soho. The gracious building includes spacious galleries, a state-of-the-art collections storage facility, an auditorium, a library, a gift shop and a cafe.
In its cramped headquarters on Second Ave. between 12th and 13th Sts. since 1976, the museums extensive collections of Ukrainian folk art, fine art and photographic/documentary archives couldnt be adequately displayed. These treasures will continue to serve as the major sources for program development, while the museum takes its place among the citys major cultural institutions.
The Ukrainian Museum, 222 E. Sixth St., between Second and Third Aves. Hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone: 212-228-0110. Entrance fees: $8 for adults; $6 for students and seniors; children under 12 free, accompanied by a parent.
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The 2008 Meeting of States Parties was held in the Palais des Nations from 1 to 5 December 2008. It was chaired by Ambassador Georgi Avramchev of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In accordance with the decision of the Sixth Review Conference, the Meeting of States Parties considered the work of the Meeting of Experts to discuss, and promote common understanding and effective action on:
1. National, regional and international measures to improve biosafety and biosecurity, including laboratory safety and security of pathogens and toxins.
2. Oversight, education, awareness raising, and adoption and/or development of codes of conduct with the aim of preventing misuse in the context of advances in bio-science and bio-technology research with the potential of use for purposes prohibited by the Convention.
Report of the Meeting
The report of the Meeting of States Parties was adopted on Friday 5 December 2008 by consensus:
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BWC/MSP/2008/1 Provisional Agenda for the Meeting of States Parties
BWC/MSP/2008/2 Provisional Programme of Work for the Meeting of States Parties
BWC/MSP/2008/3 Report of the Implementation Support Unit - Submitted by the Implementation Support Unit
BWC/MSP/2008/4 Report of the Chairman on Universalization Activities - Submitted by the Chairman
BWC/MSP/2008/5 Report of the Meeting of States Parties
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Underrated -- Seattle Seahawks
Maybe the Seahawks have been labeled with the stigma of benefiting from "that" officiating call, but teams still seem to be overlooking their defense and the whole team in general. For them to be seated behind a Dallas Cowboys team they easily handled at home is a little puzzling, to say the least. The old adage goes that defense wins championships, and, if that is still the case, the Seahawks' defense alone should put them closer to the top 10.
Through five weeks of the season, you would be extremely hard pressed to find a single average player on that defense, never mind a bad one. They are led by the most ferocious sub package defensive line (four players with 10 or more pressures) in the entire NFL (sorry, Giants fans, your pass-rushers haven't shown up yet this season) and a set of defensive backs who can bully opposing wide receivers and throw off the timing of any passing game (Seattle's corners are allowing only 0.88 yards per coverage snap, best in the league). Cap that off with a three-down linebacker pairing of K.J. Wright and Leroy Hill that is equally comfortable covering as playing run defense and you have a defense that asks very little of its offense.
Given that this is an elite defense, it must be the offense that has the analysts doubting and underrating the team.
Certainly, Seattle's 17.2 points per game average doesn't inspire confidence, but the performances and the way in which the Seahawks play suggest they are good enough to win a lot of games being carried by their defense. They have a pair of tailbacks who break tackles for fun (30 missed tackles forced on 130 carries by Marshawn Lynch and Robert Turbin leads the league by some margin) and do a lot of work driving defenders to maximize the yardage they are given on every single carry (Lynch is tied for seventh in yards after contact per attempt). Meanwhile, out wide, the pairing of Sidney Rice and Golden Tate is just starting to come to life after a lackluster start to give Russell Wilson the help he needs. Against Carolina, the two combined to catch every ball thrown their way for 98 yards and a touchdown. Wilson must improve, but, with a top-three defense and those weapons, are the Seahawks really a middle-of-the-road team?
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This page recognizes the truths of Lakota culture based on knowledge Lakota ancestors passed along to the people.
Oral Tradition
One of the most important aspects of Lakota culture is the oral tradition. Through this tradition, the knowledge of the creator has been passed on even into today's generation. The elders told our history orally. The wintertime was an especially good time for the stories to be told. The stories were told over and over again every year so that they would not be forgotten. Lakota history was also written on winter counts, which was a pictorial account of the year. However a lot of the winter counts were destroyed by the advancing efforts of European settlers.
Early History
When Lakota people first came on to the earth, they came by the way of the Black Hills. The story of how we came on this earth says that the first people that arrived on earth were tricked by Inktomi. This trickery was a punishment for not listening to the creator; these first people were turned into the buffalo. They were told that they would serve as food and shelter for human beings. When the earth was ready for humans, the Lakota emerged from the Black Hills. At that time they were told by the creator to hunt the Buffalo.
Since this time, Lakota people and their ancestors always hunted the buffalo. European history traces Lakota people to have lived in the woodlands of Minnesota as of the year 1650. It's said that the Lakota were woodland people that became expert buffalo hunters in as little as fifty years(Hassrick, p. 64). The Lakota people weren't originally woodland people, which is why they are referred to as the prairie dwellers.
History has been distorted by European settlers because of cultural misunderstandings. It was an effort to destroy the pride of a strong society and assimilate Lakota people to live like Europeans. If the buffalo were always migrating, then it is possible that the Lakota people were always moving across the country, constantly entering new territory and making allies as well as enemies.
Utilizing Bison
The buffalo were significant for Lakota culture, because it provided the people with everything they needed. Food, shelter, and tools could be made from the animal's giant body. The tipis that people lived in were made from many buffalo hides sewn together. In the winter, some people moved into wigwams made of bark to prevent their tipis from rotting.
Hunting buffalo was a community affair. Before Lakota people had horses, running buffalo over a cliff was one of the ways that buffalo were killed. To accomplish this people would surround the buffalo, while someone disguised as a buffalo would lead them to a cliff. The buffalo were chased over the edge and the fall would kill them. This method would was a great way to obtain lot's of meat at once (Hassrick, p.200-201).
The diet of Lakota people consisted mostly of meat. Lakota people were hunter and gathers. They never farmed for food. The fruits and vegetables in their diet were found already grown or received from trading with other tribes. Lakota people used dogs dragging a travois to help carry back berries and other fruits and vegetables they uncovered.
Utilizing Dogs
The dog was an important animal that helped the daily lives of the Lakota people. Before the horse, the dog had the burden of dragging the travois's that Lakota people used to move from place to place. Dogs were trained to be good watchdogs, and bark at strange things. Puppies were used in ceremonies, and eaten as a delicacy.
The horses' effect on Lakota Culture
When Lakota people started to gain horses, they became a powerful force on the prairie. With horses, Lakota people could cover more territory, and control more territory. Horses became a type of currency. Whenever someone needed services from another tribal member, the asking price was usually a horse. Giving away horses was a great way of honoring loved ones.
Horse stealing was one way to obtain wealth. Lakota people would sneak into enemy camps, and steal the best horses. First they would observe the horses and then try to steal the strongest and fastest horses. These horses were usually signified by special paint markings or a feather tied in the horses' hair. Also, young men would sneak off at night and form war parties to steal horses. They did this because they wanted to prove themselves as warriors. Of course parents would worry about their children, but at the same time they were also proud of their young warriors.
When a Lakota man wanted to marry, he would usually have to pay a dowry. In order to obtain a very prestigious woman, the dowry might be as much as one hundred horses. If a man wanted prove his worth, he might enlist the help of friends and family to obtain the horses for the dowry.
Women were well respected in Lakota culture. History has depicted natives as savages because some men had plural marriages. However, the truth is, men had many wives because there were women that needed to be taken care of. The way Lakota society was structured demanded that everyone should be taken care of. Men depended on women, and women depended on men for survival.
Unfortunately, war is a very real part of life, and the Lakota people were warriors. Living on the prairie was very hard and there were always other tribes trying to gain wealth and territory to survive, just like the Lakota were trying to survive. History has painted Native Americans to be bloodthirsty savages that had no compassion for taking another man's life. This is a false assumption because Lakota men would paint their face before going into battle. This was an effort to hide their identity from the creator, because they knew taking another man's life is wrong.
Lakota people had many different warrior societies within the tribe. The societies acted as the military and police for the people. It was an honor to be invited into one of these societies. It could also mean death because of what was expected of you once you joined a society. For example, someone might be staked to the ground, and be expected to stay in one place while engaged in battle unless someone cut him free.
Warriors received prestige from their war record. A warrior obtained an impressive war record by counting coup. A coup was obtained by getting close to a hostile enemy and touching them without killing them. The warrior would use a coup stick, or some other battle paraphernalia. The coup had to be witnessed by someone, so that the claim could be verified.
The entire way of life for Lakota people was in balance with nature. Lakota people were not wasteful. They never took more than what nature could restore. Even the structure of the people was in balance. If some one was in need, there was always some one willing to give. In Lakota culture, generosity was an admirable trait. Hoarding more property then needed was looked down upon.
Lakota religion and spirituality was also an important factor that kept the peoples minds and bodies strong. Their sacred ceremonies helped keep them in balance. Sweat lodges were used to cleanse and purify the body and soul. The sweat lodge was created by forming long wooden poles into a dome. Buffalo hides were used to make an airtight seal, covering the dome. There was an alter made a few feet from the door, which usually consisted of a buffalo skull mounted on a small mound. Also rocks would be heated in a fire pit in front of the lodge until they were glowing. When the rocks were ready, they were placed inside of the lodge, where a hole was dug in the middle.
Once the rocks were inside, the door would be shut and the people inside would pray and sing. Water was poured onto the rocks, which created steam that would cleanse the people inside. The steam that came off of the rocks is believed to be the breath of the creator. The rocks are the oldest things on earth, and when they are heated, they come back to life.
Lakota people also use the sacred pipe for prayer. It was the White Buffalo Calf Woman who brought the pipe to the Lakota people. The story begins when two warriors were out scouting and saw a woman in the distance. When they approached the woman, one of the warriors decided he wanted to capture her. Because he disrespected this sacred woman he was mysteriously reduced to bones. The mysterious woman told the other warrior to return to his camp and tell the people to prepare for her arrival.
When the White Buffalo Calf Woman came to the people, she taught them sacred ceremonies and gave them the White Buffalo Calf pipe to pray with. The people were told to make replicas of the pipe, which is what they used for prayer and ceremonies.
The vision quest is also an important religious ceremony. The vision quest was used as rite of passage for young men. Some one that undertook the vision quest would have to pray on hill for as long as four days and nights, without food or water. The individual would have to maintain a state of mental awareness while praying, and try their best not to fall asleep. It was important, because during this time they might receive a vision that would bring insight to themselves and their people.
The Sundance was one of the most important religious ceremonies for the Lakota people. During Sundance time, the people would come together in a large camp. Many things would have to be prepared in order to hold a Sundance. A cotton wood tree was prepared and placed in the middle of the circle where the dance would be held. The Sun dancers would pierce their bodies and drag skulls as a form of self-sacrifice. These sacrifices were made as a way to honor the creator, and bring balance to the people.
History of Language
One of the most important aspects of Lakota culture is the language. However when European settlers came and placed Indian children into boarding schools, the children had been banned from speaking their own language. The language is important because it presents another way of thinking and understanding.
Introduction of New Cultures
Today there are many disagreements about Lakota culture and religion. For instance, the introduction of Christianity and other world religions has caused many people to receive aspects of Lakota culture as taboo. Alcoholism and the distortion of history has left the Lakota nation in disarray.
Hassrick, R.B. (1964) The Sioux: life and customs of a warrior society. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.


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Luis Suarez will not be investigated for an apparent stamp on Zenit defender Tomas Hubocan in Liverpool's clash with the Russians in the Europa League last week.
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Born in Orangeburg, South Carolina on March 24, 1938, little Don watched his older siblings' gospel group, The Cherry Keys. "My sister used to sing high, so I would try to sing 'em high like she did 'cause I wanted to sing in the group," he says. Bertha's high-flying vocals later inspired Covay's practice of double-tracking a falsetto on his records. Don's family moved to Washington, D.C., and Covay joined the doo-wopping Rainbows in his teens. They scored a 1955 East Coast hit with Mary Lee. Don went solo in '57, inspired by a flamboyant rock and roller. "I saw Little Richard, and that was the end," he says. "I came back and I put curls in my hair!" Billed as Pretty Boy and backed by Richard's Upsetters, Don's Bip Bop Bip for Atlantic was his solo debut.
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Court Says Broadcasters Can't Use Copyright To Block Commercial Skipping
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Fox immediately appealed, and Dish has won big yet again with this latest ruling, which is a huge victory for common sense. The court makes a number of important findings, nearly all of them good and sensible. To be specific, the nature of this ruling was over whether or not the broadcasters could get an injunction to block Dish from offering this technology while the case was ongoing, but the court rejected it, saying that the broadcasters "did not demonstrate a likelihood of success." This means the full trial can still go forward, but the technology can still be offered during that trial. However, the fact that both the district court and the appeals court have clearly stated that they don't see a likelihood of the broadcasters succeeding shows that the broadcasters are likely to be wasting a lot of time and money only to lose.
The key point in this case: skipping commercials is not copyright infringement. For years, Hollywood has tried to claim that skipping commercials is a form of copyright infringement. All the way back in 2002, a TV exec claimed that skipping commercials was a "theft" (even merely going to the bathroom during a commercial). A couple years later they even tried to get Congress to pass a law explicitly banning commercial skipping (sponsored by Orrin Hatch, of course). Without that, they've just been pretending that commercial skipping must be illegal. In court, the TV networks have argued that anything that hurts their business model must be illegal.
Thankfully, the court laughs at this argument, as it should. Among other things, it notes that since the broadcaster doesn't even hold the copyright on the commercial, the commercial skipping issue isn't their copyright issue at all. Furthermore, because it's already been established (thank you Betamax case) that recording a show for the purpose of time shifting is perfectly legal fair use, then removing the commercials from such a show is also fair use:
Yet, as the district court held, commercial-skipping does not implicate Fox's copyright interest because Fox owns the copyrights to the television programs, not to the ads aired in the commercial breaks. If recording an entire copyrighted program is a fair use, the fact that viewers do not watch the ads not copyrighted by Fox cannot transform the recording into a copyright violation. Indeed, a recording made with PrimeTime Anytime still includes commercials; AutoHop simply skips those recorded commercials unless a viewer manually rewinds or fast-forwards into a commercial break. Thus, any analysis of the market harm should exclude consideration of AutoHop because ad-skipping does not implicate Fox's copyright interests.To get to this point, the court reinforces two other important rulings: obviously, the Sony Betamax ruling, which it cites repeatedly to remind the broadcasters that recording shows for time shifting is perfectly legal. While this ruling is well known, recent cases have been trying to chip away at that ruling, so having the court reaffirm some key aspects of that ruling is definitely very important. Perhaps more important, is that the court reaffirms the famed Cablevision case, that said a remote DVR is not infringing in part because the recording is done at the user's discretion. That ruling is from the Second Circuit, and just recently we've seen some maximalists trying to argue that pretty much every other circuit would disagree with that ruling. Except... here the Ninth Circuit seems to have no problem with it.
In this case, the district court determined that Fox had demonstrated ownership of the copyrights of some of the shows. The court then focused on who made the copies of Fox programs using PrimeTime Anytime: Dish or its customers. The district court noted that the Second Circuit had considered a similar question in Cartoon Network LP v. CSC Holdings, Inc. ("Cablevision"), 536 F.3d 121 (2d Cir. 2008). The Second Circuit concluded that Cablevision's remote-storage DVR system did not directly infringe the plaintiffs' copyrights. Unlike a typical DVR system, in which a customer's remote sends signals to the set-top box in her home, users of Cablevision's remote-storage DVR system sent signals to Cablevision's central facility, where a copy of the program the viewer selected was created and stored on Cablevision's central servers. Id. at 125, 130. The question was "who made this copy" – the viewer or Cablevision? Id. at 130. The Second Circuit held that much like a VCR user makes the copy, so did the Cablevision customer.Looks like other courts aren't quite so down on the Cablevision ruling after all...
[....] The district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that Fox had not established a likelihood of success on this claim. Infringement of the reproduction right requires "copying by the defendant," Kelly, 336 F.3d at 817 (emphasis added), which comprises a requirement that the defendant cause the copying. See Cablevision, 536 F.3d at 130 (explaining that direct infringement claim turned on "who made" the copies). Fox argues that because Dish participates in the operation of PrimeTime Anytime on a daily basis, Dish made the copies, either alone or concurrently with its users. However, operating a system used to make copies at the user's command does not mean that the system operator, rather than the user, caused copies to be made. Here, Dish's program creates the copy only in response to the user's command. Therefore, the district court did not err in concluding that the user, not Dish, makes the copy.
The appeals court also does a full fair use analysis (given the above) and finds that there's a very strong fair use argument by Dish. It basically follows the Betamax ruling, noting that home recording and time shifting are noncommercial uses and covered by fair use. On the fourth factor -- the question on the "impact of the market," the court points out that the only real "impact" would be because of the commercial skipping, and as already established, Fox has no copyright interest in the commercials.
However, the record before the district court establishes that the market harm that Fox and its amici allege results from the automatic commercial-skipping, not the recording of programs through PrimeTime Anytime. Indeed, Fox often charges no additional license fees for providers to offer Fox's licensed video on demand, so long as providers disable fast-forwarding. This indicates that the ease of skipping commercials, rather than the on-demand availability of Fox programs, causes any market harm. And as we have discussed, the commercialskipping does not implicate any copyright interest.There was, also, a slightly lesser issue of whether or not this whole setup violates Dish's contract with Fox, and once again, the court sides with the district court's ruling. It basically notes that part of the contract claim is really no different than the copyright claim, and they already explained why that's bogus. The other contract claims fall aside based on similar arguments.
There's also a much more narrow issue of whether or not the "quality assurance" copies that Dish makes for itself (to test if the commercial skipping is working properly) violates the contract. This was the one point where the district court sorta kinda went against Dish (and why Fox ridiculously declared victory when the original ruling came out). Here, again, the court rules very narrowly that these copies might infringe on Fox's copyright, but that there's no irreparable harm from those recordings, since they're just used for quality assurance.
Basically, this is yet another complete win for Dish, with the appeals court confirming everything the district court had to say, and highlighting the importance of both the Betamax ruling and the Cablevision ruling in ensuring that basic innovations like the VCR, DVR and the Dish AuthoHopper can continue to advance the public's enjoyment of television content.


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Do Fish Feel Pain?
Yes, argues biologist Victoria Braithwaite in her new book, Do Fish Feel Pain? These important findings reinforce my chapter on The Darwinian Problem of Evil for The Christian Delusion. What did animals do to deserve their pain? I argue that it doesn't matter one whit whether humans inflict this pain on them or whether God did. There can be no moral justification for it at all, none. I also consider whether these animals, all of them, will be compensated in heaven for their sufferings, as some Christians have affirmed. All you need to do is imagine what a heaven would be like with fish in it, for example, and you can see the silliness of the whole concept. Besides, merely compensating creatures for their sufferings cannot morally justify their sufferings, otherwise we could justify torturing any sentient being by simply compensating them afterward.


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The sculpture of the Apollo Belvedere "'is the consummation of the best that nature, art, and the human mind can produce,' said J.J. Winckelman in 1755. From the day it was discovered, sometime late in the fifteenth century, until well into the nineteenth, the Apollo Belvedere evoked the praise of artists, poets, and the learned world, and the admiration of a long succession of ladies and gentlemen who came to Rome on the grand tour. It is a Roman copy of Hadrianic date...The god, nimble of body and light of foot, seems to float into our purview...Apollo's action cannot be connected with any mythological event; opinion prevails that the god of light and prophecy here manifests himself to his worshipers as through an epiphany, in all his radiance and beauty. Opinion holds also that the original statue was probably made about 320 by Leochares, an Athenian and a sculptor at the court of Alexander the Great" (Havelock, 124).
Thomas Carlyle brings the Apollo Belvedere into his discussion of glorifying artwork in "Hudson's Statue." He builds his own view of the statue in his mind and mockingly calls it "the new Apollo Belvedere." Carlyle sarcastically praises the wealthy patrons for their funding the building of these statues, claiming these men hold no real sentiment for the honored subjects. The reference to this established and revered work from Hellenistic times makes Carlyle's point all the stronger by contrasting a representative of great art with the meaningless statue of Hudson he sees in the near future. He talks of the new Apollo Belvedere as an atrocity against the fabric of the inspiring art of the past.
He continues in this passage, "Allah Ilallah, there is still one God, you see, in England." Here, the writer uses the Apollo Belvedere as a reflection on society's worship of statues. Throughout his essay, Carlyle speaks of gods of several different religions such as Vishnu, the Hindu god, Loki and Odin, Norse gods, and, above, the Moslem name for God, Allah. In a sense, he likens statues to gods, giving rise to questions about the nature of this one God of which he speaks. Perhaps Carlyle fears the loss of true religious passion and devout worship of true heroes to the false statues erected of figures such as Hudson. At any rate, the Apollo Belvedere serves as the author's image of the classical and honorable form of art that these new statues undermine.
Havelock. Hellenistic Art. New York Graphic Society: Greenwich, Conn., 1970.
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A nice gift from my dealership
I got these headphones from a local dealership for leasing my car (nice treat). The quality of the headphone is wonderful and they look like a piece of art. The cord is a bit flimsy but I have had no issue with it and it can be replaced easily if needed. Sound is very good but a headphone amp is recommended to truly get the them to shine. I gave them 4 stars because they do not sound as good as they look.
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Before 1800, travel to the interior was perilous and limited. Close scientific observation of animals and plants was difficult, and many early depictions of African species were flawed. But as interest in scientific accuracy grew, and more ambitious journeys became possible, explorers diligently illustrated Africa's natural world.
Careful observation of live animals helped natural scientists to discover the minute differences between species and shed inaccurate assumptions. In addition to drawings, explorers sent back specimens — live animals whenever possible — to be studied at home. These creatures often ended up in menageries of exotic animals (precursors to the modern zoo) belonging to the nobility funding the expeditions.


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That is the complete reason of the dart, to be read in Muellerbook, page 93.
How dare they do that! It is in bad taste.
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Posted 20 September 2011 - 01:51 PM
That is the complete reason of the dart, to be read in Muellerbook, page 93.
Posted 20 September 2011 - 04:39 PM
I am no master tailor. And I have much to learn. However, I learned under a master tailor who in turn learned under another Master tailor. I was taught to draft patterns with an extended front dart. I was told that this helps with a full chest and a trimmed hip. It is not only for a real "bespoke" look but rather for me it is tradition. Luigi Gallo who learned under Angelo Litrico and who cuts 300 plus garments a year still uses the extended front dart. I know plenty of great tailors who use one and plenty who do not. I also, see no logical need for a side body but I would never put down those who use it as being illogical. In fact I have seen great work done with the use of side bodies. I think it is just poor taste to post a thread in this manner. I will cut my next coat with an extended dart tomorrow in keeping with the tradition my maestro set before me. But that is my aesthetic want.
Posted 20 September 2011 - 04:49 PM
Posted 20 September 2011 - 05:05 PM
Exactly, and the more the trade is "dumbed down" by cutting a garment exactly the same way every time for every figure, the worse off the trade will be. Looking at the fit of some of today,s
garments that are cut in this fashion, i would say the trade is moving backwards, not forward.
The more knowledge you USE the better the craftsman.
Posted 20 September 2011 - 05:39 PM
Is this comment directed at me, A.A. Whife or the editors of OSZ? Everything said in this thread is just a simplified version of what Whife and OSZ published in 1949 - were you even born then?
As for me, I test out all of these cutting techniques, often for garments to be made up in the shop. Fortunately, the owner of the shop is someone very critical of tailors who just do things they way they were taught as an apprentice 50 years without any attempt to experiment with new cutting methods or adapt to fashion. Over many decade he has seen many tailors from Italy have their business fail because they were stuck cutting the same old boxy cut from the 1950s over and over.
Posted 20 September 2011 - 06:03 PM
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Posted 20 September 2011 - 06:53 PM
This is just another thread on moving darts around the hip area, why not put them in the back waist like the ladies, to control the widest part of the hip girth, ie the backside and also more room over the blades ? - because it would not look right, too feminine. Also the reason why many male customers would not have back shoulder darts.
Posted 20 September 2011 - 10:49 PM
It's possible it should be regarded as part of the post war aesthetic of the honest open display of modernist construction. Don't hide the supporting steel I beams*, don't hide the concrete slabs. Let the people see what holds the building up and don't distract them with non-functional decoration.
Posted 20 September 2011 - 10:58 PM
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Posted 20 September 2011 - 11:51 PM
BTW I should mention that the objection to having a front dart extending down the front is something that A.A. Whife states in the 1950s (A First Course, T&C):
Obviously, Whife is in "poor taste" to demonstrate that you can get around this issue by hiding the extended front dart off at the side. It is odd that he mentions that customers object to the extended front dart only with plain cloth design. You will get more distortion of pattern matching on a patterned design.
The equally "poor taste" Viennese article (in OSZ, 1949) states that you should only leave the extended front dart going down the front if you have patch pockets:
The OSZ authors say (and I agree with them) that if your coat doesn't have patch pockets, you should move the extended seam off to the side to hide it, which becomes doubly important if the cloth is a large check.
Posted 21 September 2011 - 12:00 AM
How dare they do that! It is in bad taste.
Edited by Der Zuschneider, 21 September 2011 - 12:02 AM.
Posted 21 September 2011 - 12:06 AM
Posted 21 September 2011 - 12:12 AM
Why is this poor taste?
Posted 21 September 2011 - 12:25 AM
There is precisely zero technical reason to build a timepiece like this in our age.
I think the extended front dart has a role in modern tailoring because it is a feature than can single out a coat as bespoke. Bespoke garments are luxury products, and a major reason luxury products get bought is to signal status.
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text: 12 Best Practices for Resistant Weeds July 17, 2013 07:48 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email The following information is a Web Extra from the pages of Farm Journal. It corresponds with the article "Make Your Weeds Queasy." You can find the article in Farm Journal's 2013 Seed Guide. The Weed Science Society of America recently published a report with the following 12 best management practices for targeting resistant weeds: Understand the biology of the weeds present. Use a diversified approach toward weed management focused on preventing weed seed production and reducing the number of weed seed in the soil seedbank. Plant into weed-free fields and then keep fields as weed free as possible. Plant weed-free crop seed. Scout fields routinely. Use multiple herbicide mechanisms of action (MOAs) that are effective against the most troublesome weeds or those most prone to herbicide resistance. Apply the labeled herbicide rate at recommended weed sizes. Emphasize cultural practices that suppress weeds by using crop competitiveness. Use mechanical and biological management practices where appropriate. Prevent field-to-field and within-field movement of weed seed or vegetative propagules. Manage weed seed at harvest and after harvest to prevent a buildup of the weed seedbank. Prevent an influx of weeds into the field by managing field borders. More Weed Seed Control Tips In addition to tillage and herbicides, other basic practices can help farmers manage weed seeds. They include: Identify the weeds in your field and know their weaknesses. Are they dioecious (as with waterhemp, whose male plants make pollen and female plants make seeds) or monoescious (as with giant ragweed, whose plants contain both male and female flowers)? What growing conditions allow them to thrive? Pigweeds require a lot of light to germinate, for example, so maintaining a good stand of corn or beans can limit the sun's ability to penetrate the canopy. In general, bigger weed seeds remain viable in the soil longer than smaller seeds. Explore the edges of your fields and identify ways to keep weed seeds from moving in from the outside. Consider how weather conditions can help or hurt your weed seedbanks. For example, fields left unattended during the drought of 2012 allowed weeds to flourish. Routine field management can limit the seed population in your soil so it doesn't get out of control. Choose chemicals wisely. Translocated herbicides can be a good choice during post-harvest applications because they move through the weed and attack the root system, where the plant stores much of the food it makes through photosynthesis. Avoid spreading manure collected from livestock that have consumed feed grains that have not been cleaned. Consider composting animal manure and carefully sourcing feed. Resistance problems, particularly with Palmer amaranth, can be expedited with careless spreading, creating the risk that crop acreage will be put out of production. Back to news


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Vox Communications Adds P2PCash To Its Mobile Wallet Initiatives
Feb 13, 2013, 09:02 ET
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pervasip Corp.'s (OTCQB: PVSP) wholly-owned subsidiary, Vox Communications, a cloud-based voice and video communications solutions, apps and services provider, has signed a contract with P2PCash that allows P2PCash to sell Vox's VoIP service in the form of "BitMinutes." When consumers buy BitMinutes from P2PCash, they can use any phone in the U.S. or Canada to make low cost calls by dialing into the VoX VoIP platform via an 800 number.
This access is open to any phone, including mobile phones, without an application involved. A subscriber signs up for BitMinutes from P2PCash, sets up their account and dials with BitMinutes to save money on calling any U.S. or Canadian number.
VoX's Chief Information Officer, Mark Richards, noted, "We believe in the concept of BitMinutes. This new contract with P2P adds to our continued efforts to partner with multiple mobile wallet companies and find creative ways to bring customers to our VoIP platform. In this particular instance, the target audience is not an Android app user or an iPhone app user. Instead, it is everyone with a landline or mobile phone that wants to save money on the calling rates offered by their incumbent carrier, whether it be a wireless carrier, cable company or other VoIP company."
"In our industry, we sometimes refer to this calling technique as pinless dialing," continued Richards. The P2P subscribers sign up for a P2P account and their phone number is passed to the VoX platform instantly allowing them to dial into an 800 number to make inexpensive VoIP calls from any phone, even from another VoIP provider."
P2PCash's President and CEO, Tom Meredith, added, "We are excited to work with VoX. We have found that the VoX platform offers significant flexibility and superb voice quality. We believe it will be a great fit with our innovative marketing techniques that include sweepstakes and gaming, so that we can attract a variety of subscribers to VoX, who ordinarily may not notice all the money they can save by using the VoX VoIP service. We are also pleased to note that we believe we will work with VoX, at a later date, with various avenues of enhanced content, which will help us to attract additional customers to the VoX network."
The P2PCash website can be viewed here: http://p2pcash.com/
Open a BitMinutes account here: http://www.bitminutes.com/
About VoX Communications:
VoX Communications delivers VoIP and video telephone service anywhere in the world that has a stable broadband connection. It recently entered the mobile VoIP services and applications arena so that its VoIP can utilize any 3G/4G or WiFi connection. VoX differentiates itself through a unique combination of high quality voice services, flexible back-office capabilities and automated provisioning systems that enable a quick turn-up for app users who are looking for a second mobile phone line or low-cost international calling, without using any voice-plan minutes from their mobile phone carrier. It offers a feature-rich, low-cost, high-quality alternative to traditional wireless phone services. For more information, please visit www.voxcorp.net.
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Two day whole-wheat desem + Hybrid sandwich loaf
I am awake far earlier than I would like to be. As I start to write this it is still dark outside and the cool air carries the feint song of only the earliest of the early birds. I too am an early bird. Yesterday was my final day at work so I am still a mix of emotions. Feelings of relief, apprehension, sadness, excitement and plain old scared stiff flood over me with little notice and catch me completely unaware … but enough about this … from change comes opportunity. Everything will work out!
To take some time to recuperate Nat and I are about to enjoy a small break from the rat race and plan to spend it lazing by a pool and walking on beaches at sunset. It has been so long since we have had any kind of real holiday it may take us a day or two to remember how to relax.
Before we head away I like to make sure we have a few loaves stocked in the freezer to make the transition from holiday bliss back to reality a little easier—something wholesome to return home to. The whole-wheat 'desem' (100% whole-wheat sourdough) I baked this week was inspired from a few different sources and incorporates some new processes for me.
Janet Cook and I often discuss our desem starter maintenance and one of the techniques that Janet uses with her whole-grain baking is retarding the dough during bulk fermentation. Now I have always been a bit of a 'retarding shaped loaves' kind of guy as I am normally a bit of a control freak during a dough's bulk ferment period, so it was going to be a big step for me to change this habit.
The push to try this new method came with some email correspondence I had with Dave Miller of Miller's Bakehouse regarding the schedule he uses with his whole-grain baking. Dave bakes with freshly milled flour and uses it when 'it's wriggling with life' so I was curious how he incorporated this into his schedule. The answer is by utilising a long cold bulk ferment. This way Dave can split the bake over two days. The first day is spent milling and mixing and the second is shaping and baking. A highly hydrated dough that is kept cool also makes shaping easier and the final proofing is less likely to run away from him on warmer days.
So I formulated my timelines and set about tempering some biodynamic wheat grains from Four Leaf Milling. Just a word of warning to those who want to temper their wheat in a plastic tub by shaking around the added water. HOLD THE LID ON TIGHT! … dear oh dear, I am still finding wheat grains in corners of our kitchen from a little tempering accident that may have occurred.
I milled the flour in one pass with a slightly coarser setting than I normally use, all the while stirring the new flour to cool it as quickly as possible. I then set about mixing. Since I was going to use a long cold bulk ferment I couldn't see any benefit using a extended autolyse so I kept that within an hour before I added the desem starter and mixed the dough thoroughly. I allowed the dough an hour on the bench before giving it a stretch-and-fold and placing it in the fridge overnight for 12 hours.
One part of this I have neglected to mention so far is the starter builds. I am using the same time and temperatures for the starter builds as in my previous miche bake. Namely two very short warm builds—the starter was doubling in three hours.
Two day whole-wheat desem (4 x 1000g)
Total dough weight
Total flour
Total water
Total salt
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Final desem starter build – 3 hrs 25-26°C
Freshly milled organic wheat flour
Final dough - 25°C
Desem starter
Freshly milled organic wheat flour
- Mix final desem starter and leave to ferment for 3 hours at 26°C
- Mill flour and allow to cool to room temperature before mixing with water (hold back 100 grams of water) and autolyse for a one hour.
- Add starter to autolyse then knead (French fold) 5 mins. Return the dough to a bowl and add salt and remaining 100 grams of water and squeeze through bread to incorporate (dough will separate then come back together smoothly) then knead a further 10 mins.
- Bulk ferment for one hour at room temperature. Stretch-and-fold after one hour and place in a fridge at 4°C for 12 hours.
- Remove from fridge and allow an hour at room temperature.
- Divide. Preshape. Bench rest 30 mins. Shape.
- Final proof was for 1.5 hours at 24°C
- Bake in a preheated oven at 250°C for 10 mins with steam then reduce temperature to 200°C and bake for a further 30 mins.
I won't lie to you, I was a little apprehensive about what state I would find the dough in the following morning. But during the night the dough had developed nicely and had not skinned or over-proofed. The dough then spent some time on the kitchen bench while we enjoyed our breakfast. Shaping the cool dough was effortless and it wasn't to long before it was ready for baking.
The first thing I was surprised about was the sweetness to this bread. I had imagined that after an extended fermentation albeit at cool temperatures, that the bread would have had more unwanted tang than was present. This was a revelation to me. The second thing I noticed was the warm caramel flavours in the crust. The bread was packed with deep full flavours. The coarse flour inhibited the crumb a little but it was not gummy or heavy. Perfect for morning toast or a bed for scrambled eggs.
Fresh flour hybrid sandwich loaf = Fail
I have spent some time reading Owen Simmons 'Book of bread' and have enjoyed learning about the intricacies of the English and Scottish bread traditions. So much so that I have been experimenting with the idea of a hybrid sandwich loaf. I have a picture in my mind of a soft yeasted high top bread with the added complexity of some sourdough. After some tasty success using white flour I tried a version using freshly milled flour sifted down to a creamy soft colour … and made some of the yuckiest, awful bread I have made in a long, long time :)
I didn't like the flavour, the texture, the crumb or the aroma. I am still trying to piece together how a yeasted straight dough with a small amount of added sourdough using a short process created such a foul beast of a loaf. The final loaf looks great, and the dough felt really nice but when it came time to slice I could tell the rubbery crumb was not going to be pleasant eating. Sour, chewy and rubbery. A completely different bread to a version I made earlier in the week using white flour. Perhaps I am just to accustomed to eating highly flavoured french style hearth breads using high extraction flours and was disappointed with this. I am still unsure, but at least it will be good enough for toast.
Anyhow, I have bags to fill, chores to finish and a car to pack. I'll see you all in a few days!


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Here's a question you've never heard before: Did tonight's episode of Toddlers & Tiaras go too far? Ha! Obviously I was kidding, because clearly you've heard that question a time or two or eighty bazillion before. But this time, the question is truly legit. Because tonight we met young pageant pro Jordan (who, at 9 years old, isn't exactly what I'd call a toddler). Jordan is a cute, spunky redhead with a closet of sparkly runway wear -- but don't let that fool you. Jordan, who calls herself "a tomboy on the inside and a pageant girl on the outside," has a few decidedly un-ladylike quirks. Un-humanlike, even. Oh hell, I'm just gonna come out and say it: THE KID LIKES TO EAT WORMS.
"Delicious worms," as she calls them -- fresh from the dirt, still a-wigglin' and everything. And naturally, this being a reality show, Jordan indulges in her favorite snack right on camera, which is even more stomach-turning to witness than you might imagine. Sheesh, and that particular critter wasn't even up to par, according to Jordan:
"The one worm that I ate when I was fishing with my dad was better. That one had pee in it."
I guess that's what we get, people. We dared to judge Mama June for serving Honey Boo Boo plate after heaping plate of 'sketti, and now look! Hell, sketti's some high class eats compared to URINE-FILLED WORMS! Why why why why does her mom allow this to happen?!?! Although I will say this much for Jordan's mom -- the woman is clearly grossed out by her daughter's nasty habit. Not grossed out enough to decide against sharing the footage with America, but at least she's not dropping the worms into Jordan's mouth like a mama bird or something. (Oh god, please don't tell me I just gave TLC any ideas for future episodes!)
Do you think tonight's episode of Toddlers & Tiaras went too far?
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Notch Comes Up With New Plan To Settle Trademark Dispute: Quake 3 Battle
from the ah,-if-only-all-legal-disputes-were-handled-this-way dept
Well, now he's decided to offer an "alternative settlement" technique. Rather than, say, trying arbitration or mediation, Notch is offering to settle this over a Quake 3 match. Seriously:
Remember that scene in Game of Thrones where Tyrion chose a trial by battle in the Eyrie? Well, let's do that instead!Now wouldn't that be fun?
I challenge Bethesda to a game of Quake 3. Three of our best warriors against three of your best warriors. We select one level, you select the other, we randomize the order. 20 minute matches, highest total frag count per team across both levels wins.
If we win, you drop the lawsuit.
If you win, we will change the name of Scrolls to something you're fine with.


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Old-Fashioned Punch and Cider-Rum Punch (Recipe)
Festive drinks for the holidays: Recipes for old-fashioned punch, and sophisticated quaffs for non-drinkers
It's the boozy party season, and for the semi-boozy party we're throwing, we're making punch. By that, I mean a concoction Dickens would recognize as a drink rather than the sherbetted, sweet kid's stuff it has devolved into. Punch has long been eclipsed by fancy cocktails, but done right it's the ideal party drink. As the scholarly mixologist David Wondrich points out in his wonderfully readable book, Punch: The Delights and Dangers of the Flowing Bowl, it's much more than a bowl-sized cocktail. And, as it's meant to be somewhat watered down and served in small glasses, everyone can slowly sip for hours without getting plastered.
Here's one of Wondrich's recipes for a warm punch that's easy to make, and smells like Christmas.
Old-Fashioned Punch
- Peel of 6 lemons, cut in ½-inch spirals with a vegetable peeler
- 1 large lemon, sliced thin (discard ends and seeds)
- 1 cup Turbinado sugar ("Sugar in the Raw")
- 1 750-ml bottle of Bols Genever (Dutch gin)
- Spice mix: 2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg to 1 tsp each of fresh-ground allspice and cloves
- 1 quart of boiling water
- In a heatproof bowl, muddle the lemon peels and sugar together and let sit for a couple of hours.
- Muddle again, add a cup of the boiling water and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Fish out the lemon peels.
- Add the genever and stir.
- Transfer to a crock-pot or heat-resistant bowl, add 24 ounces of boiling water and the lemon slices.
- Gradually add a teaspoon or two of the spice mix, to taste.
Wondrich's suggested proportions for punch are: "One of sour, one of sweet, four of strong and six of weak," so you can use that formula to experiment with rum, brandy or whatever suits you.
Here's a less potent blend, for a crowd:
Cider-Rum Punch
- 16 cups apple cider
- 2 apples, thinly sliced
- 2 oranges, thinly sliced
- 3 or 4 cinnamon sticks
- 2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced thin
- 4 cups dark rum
- Combine everything except the rum in a large pot and bring to a boil.
- Simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer to a punch boil.
- Stir in the rum.
Let's not forget the designated drivers, non-drinkers, or anybody who's hoping to make it to January 1 with their liver intact. The apple-cider punch above is almost as good without the rum, and the ginger gives it a zing. Non-alcoholic ginger wines, like Rochester or Nickleby's, have the same appeal, and they're more grown-up and enjoyable than ginger ale. (Stone's Original ginger wine is the delicious, boozy version, by the way.) Ginger beers, especially those from Jamaica, are good too.
Faux cocktails made with seltzer or sparkling water and fruit juices, fruit syrups, or flavored bitters are far more festive than sugary sodas — and they're better for you, too. Our friend Chris makes a delicious mocktail with seltzer and pomegranate juice with a dash of Rose's lime juice — it's full of antioxidants, and our antioxidant level is probably depleted about now.
For a faux champagne for non-drinkers to toast the New Year, mix roughly equal amounts of chilled club soda, white grape juice and ginger ale. Champagne it ain't, but it's bubbly, it tastes good, and it won't give you a hangover.
Cheers! Salut! Happy holidays!
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Chic and Compostable Partyware
Holidays mean family, friends, and parties that celebrate all the love (and food) of the season. And parties mean... dishes. Lots of dishes. When your big dinner parties call for more than a few place settings from your cupboard, disposable dinnerware is convenient, simple, and now — even sustainable. These elegant pieces are a far cry from cheap (and wasteful) plastic goods, and they dress up a table quite nicely.
Bamboo Studio: The company carries disposable bamboo wares for every type of party in hard-to-find shapes, whether you need a ramekin, wine plate, boat, coaster or cone. The products are made from bamboo sheath, a protective covering found on newly emerging bamboo plants. As the bamboo matures, the sheath falls to the ground and is collected, cleaned, laminated and pressed into shape, all without harsh chemicals.
Bamboo Cups: For a matching tabletop, you can add these stylish and self-insulating cups made from renewable bamboo. Although they are fairly pricey for being compostable cups, their durability allows them to be fully reusable — and ready for the next party.
EaternalPlates: This extensive line of biodegradable plates is made from naturally fallen palm leaves, so no trees are ever cut in the manufacturing process. Each plate features distinctive and natural grain patterns of the areca leaf sheath used in producing it. The plates are leak-proof, resistant to heat and cold, and are so sturdy that they can be rinsed and reused three or four times before going into your compost bin.
Earthen: Canada-based Earthen also makes compostable dinnerware from fallen palm leaves. The dried leaf sheath of the areca palm is a renewable raw material that resembles a thin sheet of wood after being processed into Earthen wares. This makes the products tough enough to withstand hot food and liquids while still feeling comfortable in your hand.
Tapioca Fiberware: For a more colorful affair, this line comes in a handful of pretty shades, all dyed using natural pigments. The unique tableware is made from allergen-free fibers of tapioca and starch. These sustainable materials are so sturdy that they can be put in the oven and microwave — even rinsed and reused multiple times before being tossed in the home compost.
Ecoware: Complete your place setting with biodegradable wooden cutlery from Ecoware. It's not only fully compostable, it's also made from FSC-certified birch wood so strong, the company even claims the knife will cut steak. Big points over flimsy plastic! Ecoware's manufacturing is completely sustainable with no chemicals, additives or coatings, and the materials are sourced from replanted trees in farmed forests.
Birchware: Another line of 100% birch wood cutlery with no dyes, bleaches or glazes. Birchware will completely biodegrade in less than 60 days in a home compost bin.
Paper Straws: For serving up punch — in more ways than one — paper straws now come in a dizzying array of colors and patterns to match any party theme you can possibly dream up. They're made in the USA using biodegradable paper and FDA-approved ink, and compost at home in just a few short months.
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• Wash Your Outdoor Dinnerware? No, Compost It!
• Disposable Dinnerware: 9 Alternatives to Plastic
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I'm asked to keep a lookout all the time for new Nathan Fillion photos. So here he is yesterday on the set of Castle, with fellow Canadian co-star Stana Katic, getting his makeup done, preparing to shoot new scenes.
Don't be mad, I don't watch the show. But I hear it's good. He's good. Always. And… well… that's all I can squeeze out of this post. Just the photos then, cool?
Update: the photo agency labelled these as Stana Katic. People are yelling at me that it's not. So I guess it's not.
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