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Karen Ponischil
Creating fiber art through quilting allows Karen to stretch her artistic talents with all the possibilities of fabric while also enjoying the calming, meditative effects of stitching. "I love to capture moments in time—a flower at the height of its bloom or the split second when an animal is still."
In 2001, she discovered art quilting. It was a hobby until 2013 when she decided to leave the advertising industry and become a full-time fiber artist and quilter. Karen creates quilts using wholecloth painting or raw edge appliqué. She then thread paints the quilt to bring it to life. Her quilts have been juried into local and national quilt shows. She also enjoy lecturing and teaching her techniques to other sewing enthusiasts.
Karen is a native Southerner who lives in North Carolina with her husband and three kitty cats. She love old movies, a glass of good wine, spending time in the mountains, and exploring new restaurants. She also love spending as much time in her studio as possible creating quilts!
WEBSITE: http://karenponischil.com/
EMAIL: email@example.com
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Thursday, January 28, 2016
Pushing the boundaries: paintings and art quilts
My husband and I were in New York a couple of weeks ago for a BIG culture blitz that included 4 plays, 1 opera, and 6 museums (and lots of good meals).
Our museum hopping took us from mechanical toys and superheroes at the New York Historical Society ...
|model train refreshment cart (photo: D. Langsam)
|Picasso's Head of a Woman (photo: D. Langsam)
...to the Picasso sculpture exhibit at MOMA.
|Picasso's The Bathers (photo: D. Langsam)
But a major highlight was the Frank Stella Retrospective at the Whitney Museum (now in a magnificent new meatpacking district building at the end of the NYC High Line).
|photo: http://whitney.org)
Who can argue with the rare opportunity to see so many of Stella's works, outstandingly displayed, in one incredibly beautiful exhibit space?
|Installation view of Frank Stella: A Retrospective (October 30, 2015—February 7, 2016). © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph by Ronald AmstutzAdd caption
Or with a terrific audio tour (accessible online) that's made all the better because it includes a totally unpretentious and unassuming Frank Stella thoughtfully discussing his art?
But what really struck me was how much of Stella's journey involved re-imagining traditional views of painting. Hmmm...sounds an awful lot like the art quilters I know and the ever evolving art quilt genre.
Here are some examples:
--- I thought of Rayna Gilman and her "Cinderella Quilts" when I saw Stella's Delta.
|Frank Stella (b.1936), Delta, 1958. Enamel on canvas, 85 3/8 × 97 in. (216.9 × 246.4 cm). Private collection. © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
But the black paint didn't entirely obliterate the underlying shapes. And bits of color peeking through lent nuanced tones that intrigued him. Ultimately, the piece inspired him to purposely create his "black painting" series of work.
Rayna has her own way of dealing with "it's not working for me" items (see her blog post for details). In her case, it's ugly or old or unsuccessful blocks and UFO's.
|an "unloved" stepsister block (photo: Rayna Gilman)
Her solution: get out a rotary cutter. She boldly slices and dices and recombines the pieces with new materials to transform them, Cinderella-style, into something new, fresh, and exciting....
|Finished Cinderella quilt (photo: Rayna Gilman)
Rayna's working in a different medium - but really, the artistic process is the same...
--- Another example: at some point Stella doesn't want to force his colorful, hard-edged, geometric paintings into the traditional confines of squares and rectangles; his solution...cut the canvas to fit his vision.
|Frank Stella (b.1936), Empress of India, 1965. © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY. . © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Sound familiar? For hundreds of years, a "proper" quilt would have been defined as rectangular or square. Not so much these days...quilts come in all manner of shapes. Vicki Pignatelli's dream catcher is just one great example:
|"Dreamcatcher" (photo: Vicki Pignatelli)
--- And one final example:
In the 1970's and 80's Stella, literally, took his art into new dimensions. No longer content to paint on flat surfaces, he begins to "build" his paintings out into 3 dimensional space by using using felt and wood to project out portions of his canvases...
|Jarmolince III (Frank Stella): front and side view (photo: D. Langsam)
...and then continues on to produce even more pronounced sculptural "paintings" using all sorts of supportive elements:
|Installation view of Frank Stella: A Retrospective (October 30, 2015—February 7, 2016). © 2015 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph by Ronald Amstutz
For quilters, this isn't exactly new...if you stitch through 2 layers of fabric and batting, there's going to be some 3 dimensionality. Add some beads or trapunto and the effect is heightened (pun intended).
That being said, there are many quilt artists who are pushing themselves and their quilts even further into the 3rd dimension.
Among the many, I'm thinking about Diane Savona and her extraordinary "strata" series in which objects are sewn between the layers of the quilt sandwich.
|Sewing Strata by Diane Savona (photo: Diane Savona)
|Naomi S. Adams Diamonds: "The Future of Quilting" Award @ 2010 IQF (photo: Naomi S. Adams)
|Diane Núñez Cross Section: Quilt Surface Design Symposium Award of Excellence @ 2015 Quilt National (phono: Diane Núñez)
I'm not enough of a visionary to know where art quilts and quilting will be in ten years. But I left the Whitney knowing this: we're all -- individually or collectively, as painters or sculptors or fiber artists -- pushing some very similar boundaries on our artistic journeys.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
"What Was I Thinking?"
I confess......I have a stash of "what was I thinking?" fabric (hereafter referred to as "WWITF"). It's not a huge stash, although I guess that depends on how you measure a stash. Still, it's large enough to haunt me.
The WWITF's are neatly folded on my shelves...a sure sign that they haven't been used. And I imagine their plaintive cries of "Take me!" as I root around through piles of neighboring batiks.
The "whimsical" WWITF's are delightful in their colorful, light-hearted cheeriness -- like this one of exuberant crows dancing around cherries on a sunny yellow background.
It was an optimistic, wishful thinking purchase -- probably made on a cold, gray winter day. The thought process may have gone something like this: "I love so-and-so's whimsical work. Her pieces are charming and funky and fun. And look at this fabric, it's funky and fun; exactly the type of fabric that might inspire me to unleash my own inner whimsy."
Well, maybe not...the fabric is still charming, but it hasn't unleashed my inner whimsy - at least not over the past 2 or 3 years.
What it has unleashed is a desire to do something with the fabric. So, here they are...some funky, and hopefully fun, whimsical (and easy) potholders.
There are plenty of YouTube tutorials for making potholders, but the lack of a binding attracted me to this one. I really don't know who originated the design -- if anyone does, please contact me and I'll happily give credit.
These particular pieces finish off to a little more than 7"x7" -- but you can really make them any size that works for you.
I started each potholder with the following 8"x8" materials:
- 2 squares of black fabric (I didn't have enough WWITF to use here, so I went with black - but, by all means...rock it out with the WWITF if you have enough)
- 1 square of white flannel
- 1 square of the Insul-Bright (an insulating material by The Warm Company)
I layered them in the order shown above and sewed 2 diagonal seams (top left corner to bottom right; top right corner to bottom left). An 1/8" seam was sewn around the perimeter.
For each potholder, I cut 2 squares of the WWITF along with 2 squares of solid fabric to coordinate with the dancing crows. (2 squares of the red fabric for one of them, 2 squares of green for the other...as before, all of the squares measure 8"x8")
The fabrics were folded in half (into rectangles)...
...positioned in a basketweave pattern on the prepared sandwich of fabric and insulating material...
...and then butted up against each other (note, the folded edges are oriented towards the center / the raw edges towards the outside):
If you make a little handle, you can fold back the "woven" rectangles and position the handle in the corner. The raw edge should be oriented towards the corner (to be caught in the final quarter inch seam allowance). The folded end of handle is oriented towards the middle. Leave off the handle and you have a choice between calling your creation a handle-less potholder or a whimsical hot-pad!
In the photo below, we're halfway through the little inside-out maneuver and you can see the handle as it's being revealed (not so easy to get a photo to illustrate -- but once you've made the item, it will be obvious).
My "friends" -- a trusty turning tool and a chopstick -- helped complete the turning process. A little push here and a little smoothing there and VOILA (!) ...
...one less whimsical WWITF in the stash -- and a holiday gift to boot.
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Thursday, December 3, 2015
Quilt = Jigsaw = Diversion
For those who are looking for an excuse to avoid the tasks on your current "to-do" list...
The Quilt Show has recently posted quilts by three "Fiber Art Options" members as lovely little online jigsaw puzzles.
My jigsaw comes from a piece called Urban Renewal 2: Visiting the Old Neighborhood.
(Spoiler Alert: If you're someone who likes to do jigsaws without looking at the box cover ahead of time, then DON'T look at the photo below -- or glance quickly and forget!)
The quilt was inspired by the Brooklyn neighborhood of my childhood. And the style was inspired by a Valerie Goodwin workshop taken several years ago. (BTW: Valerie, an architect by profession, is an extremely creative and talented artist and teacher).
Now here's where the decision-making comes in.... If you just need a quick break from the "to-do" list - choose the 36 "non-rotating" piece puzzle; but if you really want a massive diversion - one that could keep you safely away from house-cleaning (or rotating your tires, or writing your end-of-year business summaries) for hours - then the 289 "rotating" piece puzzle should be just your cup of tea.
And, if you still haven't had enough, you can check out the jigsaw made from Susan Brubaker Knapp's Fancy Fish quilt or Susan Lenz's Only Child quilt jigsaw. Best yet, your could do all three (in the 289-300 "rotating" piece format); you might not come up for air until after New Year's!
And don't worry, feel free to blame me...although I won't come to your house to do the cleaning, I'll be happy to take psychic responsibility for diverting your attention away from those pesky "to-do" list jobs in favor of a little low stress fun.
The Quilt Show has recently posted quilts by three "Fiber Art Options" members as lovely little online jigsaw puzzles.
My jigsaw comes from a piece called Urban Renewal 2: Visiting the Old Neighborhood.
(Spoiler Alert: If you're someone who likes to do jigsaws without looking at the box cover ahead of time, then DON'T look at the photo below -- or glance quickly and forget!)
|Urban Renewal 2: Visiting the Old Neighborhood
The quilt was inspired by the Brooklyn neighborhood of my childhood. And the style was inspired by a Valerie Goodwin workshop taken several years ago. (BTW: Valerie, an architect by profession, is an extremely creative and talented artist and teacher).
Now here's where the decision-making comes in.... If you just need a quick break from the "to-do" list - choose the 36 "non-rotating" piece puzzle; but if you really want a massive diversion - one that could keep you safely away from house-cleaning (or rotating your tires, or writing your end-of-year business summaries) for hours - then the 289 "rotating" piece puzzle should be just your cup of tea.
And, if you still haven't had enough, you can check out the jigsaw made from Susan Brubaker Knapp's Fancy Fish quilt or Susan Lenz's Only Child quilt jigsaw. Best yet, your could do all three (in the 289-300 "rotating" piece format); you might not come up for air until after New Year's!
And don't worry, feel free to blame me...although I won't come to your house to do the cleaning, I'll be happy to take psychic responsibility for diverting your attention away from those pesky "to-do" list jobs in favor of a little low stress fun.
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Monday, November 16, 2015
The Quilt Show: Behind the Scenes (and a link to the show!)
There are two parts to this post.
Part 1. The "Cut to the Chase" section
Part 2. The "I'd Like a Behind the Scenes Glimpse of a 'Quilt Show' Podcast Taping" section
Part 1: For the "Cut to the Chase" Folks:
The segment I taped for "The Quilt Show" is currently being aired. Normally, the podcast is only available to those with paid subscriptions. But, the nice people at "The Quilt Show" send their guests a link to share with friends and family.
The show is #1710 (Conquering Abstract Fears)...and you can watch it by clicking below:
(Note: this free link is only active until November 22, 2015)
I appear in the last segment of the show, talking about my photomosaic quilts. I am lucky enough to be preceded by two extremely talented women: Libby Lehman and Lyric Kinard. Their segments are wonderfully inspiring and exciting. Feel free to share this with whomever!
Part 2: For the "I'd Like a Behind the Scenes Glimpse of a 'Quilt Show' Podcast Taping" Folks:
It didn't begin on "a dark and stormy night," but rather on a lovely, cool sunny morning in the mountains of North Carolina.
We taped on location: at the Governor's "Western Residence" in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina. It's a home that serves as a Gubernatorial retreat - but when it's empty, it can be rented for other functions...our good luck.
The residence itself is rather lodge-like...not pretentious or over-the-top lavish; as a NC taxpayer, I was relieved. It's cozy and comfortable, and has a lovely view. We all fantasized about squatters' rights, but Alex Anderson was definitely ready to move in.
The residence itself is rather lodge-like...not pretentious or over-the-top lavish; as a NC taxpayer, I was relieved. It's cozy and comfortable, and has a lovely view. We all fantasized about squatters' rights, but Alex Anderson was definitely ready to move in.
|Governor's Western Residence: Outside View
|Inside the Residence: Alex Anderson and Lilo Bowman (Logistics Manager for The Quilt Show)
On scene were hosts Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, producer Shelly Heesacker, logistics manager Lilo Bowman, Quilt Show photographer Greg Chase, and Alex's husband John (who manages and coordinates the Quilt Show's business and technology tasks).
The regular "Quilt Show" studio film crew didn't travel to North Carolina...so there were also three local stringers doing sound and videography.
The regular "Quilt Show" studio film crew didn't travel to North Carolina...so there were also three local stringers doing sound and videography.
We arrived to the launch of Ricky's new drone in the clearing behind the residence and to much "boys-with-their-toys" ribbing from Alex and the crew.
But Ricky may have gotten the last laugh: the drone videos of the setting turned out to be incredibly impressive in their color, clarity, and coolness factor (and they were aired as part of a trailer for the show).
|"Official" Quilt Show Drone piloted by Ricky Tims
Folks wear street make-up (or not) and wardrobe guidelines are simple: no white or busy print tops; go for solid, bright colors (Alex had a small suitcase with casual tops that she could coordinate with guests' outfits). I was eternally grateful for the heads up from producer Shelly Heesacker on hand close-ups; it gave me time to get my nails in I-don't-have-to-hang-my-head-in-total-shame shape for the taping.
Guests meet with Alex, Ricky, and Shelly right before a segment is taped. Shelly outlines the segment information and nitty-gritty details are ironed out...how the segment will begin and end, who'll interview, how the hosts will participate in demo's, and so-on.
|l to r: Shelly Heesacker (producer), Alex Anderson, Lyric Kinard - going over details for Lyric's segments
Taping for our episode took place on the patio...with Lyric leading the way:
|Lyric with her quilts on the patio
|Lyric making final preparations for her segment; John Anderson in the background
|Camera and sound crews set up on the patio; Alex Anderson in foreground
Those who know Lyric won't be surprised by her terrific segments. She's a wonderful teacher, with lots of experience on camera...and it shows.
And then my turn....
|My photomosaic quilts set up for taping
|A reminder for the hosts: the guest's name and the gist of the interview taped to video equipment
|Right before taping...talking about my upcoming segment with Ricky Tims
1. No taping is without its challenges...
At 8:00 AM, the setting on the patio was idyllic: cool temperature, lush greenery; birds chirping in the background, leaves rustling in the breeze .
By 10:00, a different story: still air, hot and muggy (plus heat from the lights); the whir of leaf blowers and the screeching of chainsaws.
We stopped multiple times to wait for a pause in leaf blowing or to reshoot a section drowned out by the chainsaws. And we also stopped for little "blotting" sessions. (confession: I turn red and "glow" on my face when I get hot...so those pauses were mostly mine; I gave up on my hair...which began to look poodle-like.)
2. It's all about the people...and they were warm, welcoming, and wonderful. What you see on air with Alex and Ricky is exactly how they come across in person. And the folks surrounding them (Shelly, Lilo, Gregory, and John) are equally gracious, helpful, and encouraging.
A quick story: I followed Lyric's very professional taping and felt a little nervous as Ricky and I were about to start mine. I turned to him and joked "Well, now it's time for amateur night at the Roxy." He turned to me, looked me straight in the eye and pointed to himself, "If you look like an amateur, then it's my fault...just follow my lead and you'll do great." What a gracious thing to say.
3. When I was first approached about doing the segment, I had long conversations with the show's extraordinary producer, Shelly Heesacker. At one point she asked me this: "What would YOU like to get out of this...do you want to do more trunk shows and lectures, have more commissions?"
I gave it a lot of thought. Trunk shows, lecture gigs/teaching, and commissions would certainly be lovely. However, what I REALLY wanted was the adventure of being on the show, getting my own behind the scenes view of the people and the process, and having some good stories to remember and tell.
Mission Accomplished....
|Alex, Debbie, and Ricky: It was a wonderful adventure
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
Of Websites and "Quilt Show"s
However, now it's been done and the new website is online:
So what kicked me into action?
It all began last spring with a message asking whether I'd be interested in taping a segment for "The Quilt Show," a podcast hosted by Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson. I had some lovely telephone chats with Shelly Heesacker, a fascinating and fun woman who's the producer of the show. And in July, I found myself discussing my photomosaic quilts and taping a segment for the show on the patio of the Governor's Residence in the mountains of North Carolina.
So the time has come...the podcast began this week ( #1710: Conquering Abstract Fears) and I'm honored to be in wonderful company:
|Lyric Kinard and Debbie Langsam (photo: Gregory Case / The Quilt Show)
Plus the show starts out with a visit to Libby Lehman - a much loved internationally renowned quilt artist, author, and teacher - who shows her spirit as she continues to recover from a devastating brain aneurysm and stroke.
|Libby Lehman ( Photo: Melissa Phillip, Staff / Houston Chronicle)
Next week I'll post about the "excellent adventure" of taping and I'll also have a link that will allow anyone to view the program free of charge from November 15th through the 22nd.
But as for today...it's now official. After hours and hours and hours and hours of work (especially from my tech-guru husband Joal Fischer). I actually have a new website!
BTW: I insisted that Joal give himself credit for doing so much to make the site a reality...and he did. Those who know Joal's quirky sense of humor won't be surprised by what appears on the credit line of the home page: Created by Good Looking Spouse Productions.
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
"Fancy Goldfish"
|"Fancy Goldfish" (copyright 2015) by Susan Brubaker Knapp
It is based on my sketches of goldfish, and wholecloth painted. After quilting around all the scales, and the details on the goldfish, I quilted lots of water currents and bubbles in the background. But I wasn't entirely pleased with it, so I rubbed some purple-blue shimmery paint on the bubbles, which made them stand out a lot more.
It was very tricky getting good photos of this piece. I had to shoot it five times – at different times of day today – to get the photos in this post. Some of the shots were too washed out, some were too flat. The photos here are pretty true to color, and I'm pleased with how the texture of the quilting shows.
To see photos of this piece in progress, visit my blog here.
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November 23, 2020
Gilead Sciences to Present at the 3rd Annual Evercore ISI HealthCONx Conference on Wednesday, December 2, 2020
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How to become a football coach
You can get into this job through:
- a university course
- a college course
- an apprenticeship
- volunteering
- specialist courses run by a professional body
You could study for a foundation degree or a degree in subjects like:
- football coaching and development
- coaching science
There are also undergraduate and postgraduate courses that combine football coaching with subjects like:
- sports business
- management
- talent development
It may help you to also complete an online introductory course offered by the Football Association (FA) like:
Entry requirements
You'll usually need:
- 2 to 3 A levels, or equivalent, for a degree
- a degree in a relevant subject for postgraduate study
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You could do a college course, which will help you to get started. Relevant subjects include:
- Level 2 Award in Coaching Game Based Football
- Level 3 Diploma in Sport
- Level 3 Diploma in Coaching Sports
You'll need to check if your course includes the FA Coaching Awards, or if you need to take these separately.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements for these courses vary.
More Information
You could do a sport community activator coach intermediate apprenticeship or a sports coach higher apprenticeship.
These typically take 18 months to complete as a mix of workplace learning and study.
Entry requirements
You'll usually need:
- some GCSEs, usually including English and maths, or equivalent, for an intermediate apprenticeship
- 4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) and A levels, or equivalent, for a higher or degree apprenticeship
More Information
You could start as a volunteer at your local amateur football club.
This will help to build up your experience and could lead into training for professional coaching qualifications.
Other Routes
You can do coaching qualifications offered by The Football Association.
Qualifications start at introductory level and go all the way up to the Level 5 UEFA Pro Licence for the professional game.
Contact your local County Football Association to get more details about courses.
More Information
Career tips
You'll need some footballing ability so that you can demonstrate skills and techniques when coaching. Getting experience of working with players from a variety of backgrounds and abilities is also useful.
Salaries for coaches in English professional football are much higher than those working in education, the community and for smaller football clubs.
Further information
You can find out more about a career in coaching through The Football Association and UK Coaching.


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Romans used to call the ages before that the fabulous age; but the times after that they called the historical age. And from about that time to the coming of Christ, we have undoubted accounts in profane history of the principal events; accounts that wonderfully agree with the many prophecies that relate to those times.
Thus the great God who disposes all things, took care to give an historical account of things from the beginning of the world, through all those former ages concerning which profane history is silent; and ceased not till he came to those ages in which profane history related things with some certainty. And concerning those times he gives us abundant account in prophecy, that by comparing profane history with those prophecies, we might see the agreement.
2. This last period of the Old Testament seems to bave been remarkably distinguished from all others by great revolutions among the nations of the earth, to make way for the kingdom of Christ. The time now drawing nigh, wherein Christ, the great King and Saviour of the world, was to come, great and mighty were the changes that were brought to pass in order to it. The way had been preparing for the coming of Christ from the fall of man, through all the foregoing periods; but now, the time drawing nigh, things began to ripen apace for his coming; and therefore divine providence now wrought wonderfully. The greatest revolutions that any history has recorded, since the flood, fell out in this period. Almost all the nations far and near, within the knowledge of the Jews, were overturned again and again. All lands were in their turns subdued, captivated, and as it were emptied, and turned upside down, and that most of them repeatedly, in this period; agreeable to that prophecy, Is. xxiv. 1. Behold the Lord maketh the earth empty; he maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
This began with God's visible church, in their captivity by the king of Babylon. And then the cup from them went round to all other nations, agreeable to what God revealed to the prophet Jeremiah, xxv. 15-27. Here special respect seems to be had to the great revolutions in the times of the Babylonish empire. But after that there were three general overturnings before Christ came, in the succession of the three great monarchies of the world, after the Babylonish empire. The king of Babylon is represented in scripture as overturning the world: but after that, the Babylonish empire was overthrown by Cyrus, who founded the Persian empire in the room of it; which was of much greater extent than the Babylonish empire in its greatest glory. Thus the world was overturned the second time. And then, the Persian
empire was overthrown by Alexander, and the Grecian set up, which was still of much greater extent than the Persian. And thus there was a general overturning of the world a third time. After that, the Grecian empire was overthrown by the Romans, and the Roman empire was established; which vastly exceeded all the foregoing empires in power and extent of dominion. And so the world was overturned the fourth time.
These several monarchies, and the great revolutions of the world under them, are abundantly spoken of in the prophecies of Daniel. They are represented in Nebuchadnezzar's image of gold, silver, brass, and iron, and Daniel's interpretation of it, (Dan. ii.) in the vision of the four beasts, and the angel's interpretation of it, (Dan. vii.) And the succession of the Persian and Grecian monarchies is more particularly represented in the 8th chapter, in Daniel's vision of the ram and the he-goat, and again in the 11th chapter.
Beside these four general overturnings, the world was kept in a constant tumult between whiles; and indeed in a continual convulsion through this whole period. Before, the face of the earth was comparatively in quietness; though there were many great wars among the nations, yet we read of no such mighty and universal convulsions and overturnings as there were in this period. The nations of the world, most of them, had long remained on their lees, without being emptied from vessel to vessel, as is said of Moab, Jer. xlviii. 11. Now these great overturnings were because the time of the great Messiah drew nigh. That they were to prepare the way for Christ's coming, is evident by scripture, particularly by Ezek. xxi. 27. I will overturn, overturn, overturn it, and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is, and I will give it him. The prophet, by repeating the word overturn three times, has respect to three overturnings, as in the Revelation, viii. 13. The repetition of the word woe three times, signifies three distinct woes; as appears by what follows, ix. 12. One woe is past; and xi. 14. The second woe is past, and behold the third woe cometh quickly.
It must be noted, that the prophet Ezekiel prophesied in the time of the Babylonish captivity; and therefore there were three great and general overturnings to come after this prophecy, before Christ came; the first by the Persians, the second by the Grecians, the third by the Romans; and then Christ, whose right it was to take the diadem, and reign, should come. Here these great overturnings are evidently spoken of as preparatory to the coming and kingdom of Christ. But to understand the words aright, we must note the particular expression, "I will overturn, overturn, overturn it," i. e. the diadem and crown of Israel, or the supreme
temporal dominion over God's visible people. This God said should be no more, i. e. the crown should be taken off, and the diadem removed, as it is said in the foregoing verse. The supreme power over Israel should be no more in the royal line of David, to which it properly belonged, but should be removed away, and given to others, and overturned from one to another; first the supreme power over Israel should be in the hands of the Persians; then it should be overturned, and be in the hands of the Grecians; and then it should be overturned again, and come into the hands of the Romans, and be no more in the line of David, till that very person should come who was the son of David, whose proper right it was, and then God would give it to him.
That those great shakings and revolutions of the nations of the world, were all to prepare the way for Christ's coming, and setting up his kingdom in the world, is further manifest by Haggai ii. 6, 7. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land: and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. And again, ver. 21-23. It is evident by this, that these great revolu tions and shakings of the nations, whereby the thrones of kingdoms and their armies were overthrown, and every one came down by the sword of his brother, were to prepare the way for the coming of him who is the desire of all nations.
The great changes and troubles that have sometimes been in the visible church of Christ, (Rev. xi. 2,) are compared to the church's being in travail to bring forth Christ; so these great troubles and mighty revolutions, were, as it were, the world's being in travail to bring forth the Son of God. The apostle, in the 8th of Romans, represents the whole creation as groaning and travailing in pain together until now, to bring forth the liberty and manifestation of the children of God. So the world, as it were, travailed in pain, and was in continual convulsions, for several hundred years together, to bring forth the first-born child, and the only begotten Son of God. And those mighty revolutions were as so many pangs and throes in order to it. The world being so long a time kept in a state of war and bloodshed, prepared the way for the coming of the Prince of peace, as it showed the great need the world stood in of such a prince, to deliver the world from its miseries.
It pleased God to order it in his providence, that earthly power and dominion should be raised to its greatest height, and appear in its utmost glory, in those four great monarchies that succeeded one another, and that every one should be greater and more glorious than the preceding, before he set
up the kingdom of his Son. By this it appeared how much more glorious his spiritual kingdom was than the most glorious temporal kingdom. The strength and glory of Satan's kingdom in these four mighty monarchies, appeared in its greatest height for, being the monarchies of the Heathen world, the strength of them was the strength of Satan's kingdom. God suffered Satan's kingdom to rise to so great a height of power and magnificence before his Son came to overthrow it, in order to prepare the way for the more glorious triumph of his Son. Goliath must have on all his splendid armour when the stripling David comes against him with a sling and a stone for the greater glory of David's victory. God suffered one of those great monarchies to subdue another, and erect itself on the others' ruins, appearing still in greater strength, and the last to be the strongest and mightiest of all; that so Christ, in overthrowing that, might as it were overthrow them all at once. The stone cut out of the mountain without hands, is represented as destroying the whole image, the gold, the silver, the brass, the iron, and the clay; so that all became as the chaff of the summer threshing-floor.
These mighty empires were suffered thus to overthrow the world, and destroy one another. And though their power was so great, yet they could not uphold themselves, but fell one after another, and came to nothing; even the last of them, which was the strongest, and had swallowed up the earth. It pleased God thus to show in them the instability and vanity of all earthly power and greatness; which served as a foil to set forth the glory of the kingdom of his Son, which never shall be destroyed, Dan. ii. 44. In the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces, and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. So greatly does this kingdom differ from all those kingdoms: they vanish away, and are left to other people; but this shall not be so left, but shall stand for ever. God suffered the devil to do his utmost, and to establish his interest, by setting up the greatest, strongest, and most glorious kingdoms in the world, before the despised Jesus overthrew him and his empire. Christ came into the world to bring down the high things of Satan's kingdom, that the hand of the Lord might be on every one that is proud and lofty, and every high tower, and every lofty mountain; as the prophet Isaiah says, chap. ii. 12, &c. And therefore these things were suffered to rise very high, that Christ might appear so much the more glorious in being above them. Thus wonderfully did the great and wise governor of the world prepare the way for the erecting of the glorious kingdom of his beloved son Jesus.
3. Another thing for which this last space of time before Christ was particularly remarkable, was the wonderful preservation of the church through all those overturnings. The preservation of the church was on some accounts more remarkable through this period, than through any of the foregoing. It was very wonderful that the church, which now was so weak, and in so low a state, and mostly subject to the dominion of Heathen monarchics, should be preserved for five or six bundred years together, while the world was so often overturned, and the earth was rent in pieces, and made so often empty and waste, and the inhabitants of it came down so often every one by the sword of his brother. I say, it was wonderful that the church in its weak and low state, being but a little handful of men, should be preserved in all these great convulsions; especially considering that the land of Judea, the chief place of the church's residence, lay in the midst of the contending parties, was very much the seat of war amongst them, and was often over-run and subdued. It was sometimes in the hands of one people, and sometimes another, and very much the object of the envy and hatred of all heathen nations. It was often almost ruined by them, often great multitudes of its inhabitants being slain, and the land in a great measure depopulated; and those who had them in their power, often intended the utter destruction of the whole nation. Yet they were upheld; they were preserved in their captivity in Babylon, in all the dangers they passed through under the kings of Persia, in the much greater dangers under the empire of the Greeks, and afterwards when the world was trodden down by the Romans.
Their preservation through this period was also peculiarly remarkable, in that we never read of the church suffering persecution in any former period in any measure to such a degree as they did in this, under Antiochus Epiphanes, of which more afterwards. This wonderful preservation of the church through all these overturnings of the world, gives light and confirmation to what we read in the beginning of the 46th Psalm: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar, and be troubled; though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Thus I have taken notice of some general things wherein this last period of the Old Testament times was distinguished. I come now to consider how the work of redemption was carried on in particulars.
I. The first thing that here offers, is the captivity of the Jews into Babylon. This was a great dispensation of provi


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Numerical analysis of a relaxed variational model of hysteresis in two-phase solids
Carsten Carstensen and Petr Plechac
Contact the author: Please use for correspondence this email.
Submission date: 10. Dec. 2000
Pages: 20
published in: ESAIM / Mathematical modelling and numerical analysis, 35 (2001) 5, p. 865-878
MSC-Numbers: 65N30, 73C05
Keywords and phrases: variational problem, phase transitions, elasticity, hysteresis, a-priori error estimates, a-posteriori estimates, adaptive algorithms, non-convex minimization, microstructure
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This paper presents the numerical analysis for a variational formulation of rate-independent phase transformations in elastic solids due to Mielke et al. The new model itself suggests an implicit time-discretization which is combined with the finite element method in space. A priori error estimates are established for the quasioptimal spatial approximation of the stress field within one time-step. A posteriori error estimates motivate an adaptive mesh-refining algorithm for efficient discretization. The proposed scheme enables numerical simulations which show that the model allows for hysteresis.


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Stars of the recent UK & Ireland tour of "The Commitments" and West End performers, Amy and Leah Penston together with their exceptionally talented mother Naoimh Penston, all fresh from their recent appearance on TG4's "Réalta agus Gaolta", are set to perform "An Evening With The Penstons", Thursday 27th September in The Woodenbridge Hotel, Avoca, Co Wicklow at 8pm.
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In this LoCO Video Report we take you to Requa, where the Klamath River meets the Pacific Ocean.
Dozens gathered there over the weekend to welcome around 50 teens and their mentors from the Klamath Basin and Patagonia, Chile, who were wrapping up a three-week journey on the Klamath River that started at Crater Lake.
A traditional Yurok song filled the air as a fleet of kayaks, canoes and rafts came from a distance. The river flowed with grace and the landscape was breathtaking. The crowd embraced the powerful moment and cheered with excitement when the watercraft hit shore.
It's all part of Ríos to Rivers, a non-profit organization that aims to empower youth through exchange, experience and education. This trip they connected youth from the Klamath Basin — which includes members of the Klamath, Karuk, Hoopa and Yurok tribes — and Patagonia, Chile, who are seeking to understand their watersheds, the threats they face and how to protect them.
"This is really an opportunity for them to grow as spokespeople and be able to be more effective stewards and find their voice," said Rios to Rivers founder and executive director Weston Boyles. "And I think that's so critical because there's so many environmental crisises that we face today, and the youth are the answer."
Rios to Rivers teamed up these two regions because of their similar struggles of battling corporations that operate hydroelectric dams.
John-Luke Gensaw is a Requa native and media director for Ancestral Guard. He's only 19 years old, and he, like many, has seen the dams impact on the river.
"So I thought it was a time to put down my boat and start fighting for the river because for generations it brought my people life and happiness," he says. "And if that dies —traditionally we believe if that if the fish go, our traditions follow right after it, so I think it's important in this generation seven that we fight for what we have."
And the fight to un-dam the Klamath River has been long, complicated, and controversial. But after years of persistence, four hydroelectric dams are slated to be removed in 2020 — the largest dam removal in history.
Unfortunately, as one river moves toward liberation, many others around the world become the next target of new dam construction.
The Chilean participants say that five dams have been proposed along their country's most pristine rivers. And although there's been a massive resistance by the citizens, which has put things on hold, companies standby awaiting for the opportunity to move forward.
This experience has provided them insight. They not only learned about the dams and visited them, but about fisheries, water quality, water allocation, food security and the cultural traditions of Klamath Basin tribes.
"People need to be connected, we need to know the history of different towns," said Chilean volunteer, Consuelo Endrade. "I think if we know the stories of other people in other territories than we can be able to share our goals of how we want to live and fight for it."
The exchange was made possible through fundraising and support from Klamath Riverkeeper, the Warrior Institute out of Hoopa, Ancestral Guard, various tribes and many others. Chilean actress and activist Juanita Ringling even joined in the effort.
Then, in February 2018, the Klamath Basin youth will travel to Chile to explore the rivers of Patagonia, and learn about Chilean culture. Rios to Rivers Founder Weston Boyles and his colleagues are even making a film about these youths love for their rivers.
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The Macalope hates to harp on …
Wait, wait, let's just stop right there, because we know that's not true. You know it, the Macalope knows it, and crazy Larry who yells political statements at the Red Box outside of Bartells knows it.
What the horny one was going to say is that he hates to harp on the rantings of one John C. Dvorak, but what he really means is he knows that some readers are bored with reading about Dvorak's crazy bananas theory of the week. Or, in this case, his theory last week, which has stuck in the Macalope's craw like last year's salt lick.
Seriously, would it kill Macworld to put out a new salt lick? This one hasn't tasted the same since Jim Dalrymple used it. Tastes like stale Heineken and beard hair.
Anyway, the terms of his contract with Macworld are not really salient to the point that the Macalope's trying to make, which is that John Dvorak is nuttier than a catering company run by squirrels.
On Saturday, the Macalope lamented the ludicrous nature of Dvorak suggesting that Apple needs to switch to a quarterly release schedule for iPhones. (And while Dvorak didn't come out and say it, he probably thinks the company should do the same for iPads and MacBooks and iMacs and iPod socks.)
The Macalope sarcastically noted how going from one iPhone release to four might be a bit of a stretch on Apple's capacity, but reading a piece today by Matt Buchanan, he realized it's more than that.
The problem with Android devices is that the next one's always just around the corner. Buchanan's point is more that the one really good one is always just around the corner, and if you just hang on then Godot will deliver it right to you on your park bench.
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With Android, you can look at what's available and say, "Oh, that one wasn't quite what I was hoping for. Maybe I'll wait another three months for the one that has 3D or a 6-inch screen or comes in pink or makes its own blender mayonnaise." And maybe that's great for Android customers. Maybe not. But it's not really good business advice to the company that makes distinctive phones that last and which don't have to compete on the feature du jour.
Yeah, yeah, the Macalope just pretended John Dvorak was trying to hand out good business advice. Maybe he should just go lie down.
[Editor's Note: In addition to being a mythical beast, the Macalope is not an employee of Macworld. As a result, the Macalope is always free to criticize any media organization. Even ours.]


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As the practice of iPhone Photography becomes more and more prevalent--with vintage and simulated artistic effects dominating the scene, it's a wonder where the integrity of authentic composition has gone? These days everyone and their significant other is either keeping a diary of their iPhone images on-line or proactively taking measures into their own hands--automatically delivering live photo updates on Twitter, Facebook, and or Flickr. With photo logging, it's easy to record everything we do nowadays--since most of us carry a handy phone that just so happens to have a camera, and that also happens to be connected to the web. And so the question remains: is our society beginning to suffer from ingesting and digesting a fake reflection of the environment?
As a result: our photographs have become more of a photographer and audience centric trend--often leading to the relationship between the photo-taker and its subject or scenery to get lost in the translation. Photos are exploited and reduced to, "look how cool my pictures are"--exhibitionism at best, and hyperactive uploads at worst. Little do we realize that Photoshop techniques, cropping and digital zoom apps, as well as applications that dictate atmosphere effects, inevitably reduce the authenticity of our vision and in turn, distort our original perspective on what's happened.
Squeezed Orange a mobile application startup based in NYC, focusing on enhancing smart phone capabilities, has ran the opposite direction when it comes to photo app development. Recently releasing ComposePix: an app that strives to bring us back to the basic rules of photography--it refocuses the mobile camera user to utilize the "rule of the 3rds," (see the dotted lines on the image above). The app is designed to guide us frame our composition--letting us have the opportunity to come up with our own bona fide vision, rather than hiding behind the extravagance of some trendsetting photo application.
Erez Abittan the Founder of Squeezed Orange, looks back to the likes of Henry Cartier Bresson to inspire him in creating ComposePix: "Like most legends from the golden age of photojournalism, Bresson took pride in showcasing his compositions which were bolstered by the liseré noir," (the black framing around the photos). Back then, it was still all about the framework and the timing, which revealed ones talent as a serious photographer. When asked what the difference is between the iPhone Camera and ComposePix, the photographer in the developer answered, "The iPhone Camera is great, but I think its screen lacks the composition guides that we find in SLR cameras, this may seem like a minute detail, but framing a picture is at the heart of photogaphy."
Below are some examples of Cartier Bresson's famous compositions captured on film:
ComposePix also has the "swipe to preview" feature so you can review the composition with one swipe.
Abittan originally developed the application for himself to use as his own photo app tool--with the motivation to preserve photography standards for his own collection. But in the process, he decided to make it available to the public so more people could have the option to have more of an authentic stamp within their image layout. "I am always thrilled when users reach me to offer comments and feedbacks because I built this app for them as much as I built it for myself."
Squeezed Orange offers ComposePix for a free download: Go HERE. You may also reach Erez Abittan at ComposePix (at) Squeezed Orange.com for any inquiries about his current and upcomming projects.
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Cypriot Wineries: Part 1
Reading Time: [est_time] We were pleasantly surprised with our recent tasting trip throughout Cyprus. As we mentioned in a previous article, over the course of two weeks, we tasted more than 200 wines from 30 different producers.
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We were pleasantly surprised with our recent tasting trip throughout Cyprus. As we mentioned in a previous article, over the course of two weeks, we tasted more than 200 wines from 30 different producers. For most of the trip, we were on the road visiting two or three producers each day.
It was surprising to see a hotbed of young, winemaking talent churning out some solid juice. There is no shortage of good wine being made on the island. By our count, at least 20 producers are making at least one interesting wine. These producers in listed in part one of Cypriot Wineries are producing several good wines across their portfolios and a few standouts.
Tsangarides Winery
One of the two wineries in Cyprus with organically certified vineyards. It is a brand new winery, established in 2005, producing about 200,000 bottles per year. Tsangarides estate vineyards are certified organic but they also buy grapes from other local farmers, like most producers in Cyprus.
Tsangarides was the first winery that we visited in Cyprus that impressed us with their entire portfolio. The winery is beautiful and secluded in a tiny village called Lemona. From the al fresco seating area, you can see down the Troodos mountains and into a beautiful valley.
The proprietor Angelos is working hard to plant more vineyards so he can be a fully certified organic winery. Some of the wines we tasted need more bottle aging before they are released but all were of good quality. Of all the examples we tasted in Cyprus, Tsangarides is one of only two producers making solid Chardonnay. Their unoaked Chardonnay won a silver medal at the 2016 Decanter competition.
The Wines
The wines here have impressive minerality and depth. The depth and concentration of Tsangarides' estate "Organic" line of white wines really distinguishes them from other producers on the island. For all the talk of Shiraz/Syrah doing well on Cyrpus, many have disappointed us. The Tsangarides Shiraz is the exception, it is excellent. The wine shows fruit, balance, and restraint. It's worth taking the picturesque drive from Paphos to visit this winery.
Exotic Wine Travel's Picks
- Tsangarides Xinisteri Organic 2016
Notes of pine, white flower, minerals, grass, smoke, and pineapple. Wine with an oily body, finishes with lemon, high quality and intense. The acidity is corrected like all Xynisteri dry wines in Cyprus. It was perhaps the most mineral driven Xynisteri wine we came across. 4.1/5
Have you come across a wine grape variety that doesn't seem to make a single bad wine? We think we have now. The Cypriot variety Xinisteri is known to make fresh, fruity, light-bodied white that should be consumed within a year after its vintage. Even the most basic, homemade Xinisteri wine has been decent to us–quite aromatic and easy-drinking even if it is thin and light bodied. The problem is that the name Xinisteri translates to "no acid", and almost all Cypriot winemakers have to add tartaric acid to balance things out in Xinisteri wine. On a similar note, the Tsangarides Xinisteri is quite a stand-out to us. It is more mineraly than fresh-fruity. The notes of pine, white flower, freshly cut grass, pear, and fruit oil draw us in repeatedly! 🍷Follow us on Facebook (exotic wine travel) for more wine education, travel fun, and of course the upcoming full episode of this preview! 🍷#CyprusInYourHeart #CypriotWine #VisitCyprus
- Tsangarides Shiraz 2010
This smells like a Barossa Shiraz with blackberry, pepper, graphite. Rich, full, and tangy with ripe and easy-going tannins. This is rich and delicious, spicy and with a long finish. Aged in used oak barrels for over 6 months. This is the only wine that has a different label from the rest of the Tsangarides portfolio. Labels of Shiraz are made by commissioned, local artists and add a certain "fun-factor" to the wine. 4.2/5
Zambartas Winery
Possibly the most respected man in the Cypriot wine industry is the late Akis Zambartas. He was the chief enologist and managing director of KEO, the largest winery on the island before starting his own label in 2006. Akis Zambartas even has a special section dedicated to him in Hugh Johnson's Pocket Guide to Wines 2016. Akis studied and helped revive over 12 native Cypriot varieties.
Akis' son Marcos went to Adelaide to study winemaking. Marcos chose Southern Australian to study wine because he felt the climate was similar to Cyprus. He now heads up the winemaking and production of Zambartas Winery. The winery is at its capacity, producing 85,000 bottles of wine per year from mostly contracted grape growers.
The new winery was built in 2007 and it feels like a home when walking inside. There are wonderful views and an inviting fireplace next to a large collection of wine books. The winery is located downstair, it is spotless and well organized. A table for tasting overlooks the cellar.
The winery is in the Agios Amvrosios village which is an interesting drive in itself. Around the area are barren terraces as far as the eye can see. Most of these vines were pulled after the market for cheap bulk wine dried up with the fall of the Soviet Union. The area makes for a beautiful drive but is a "vineyard graveyard."
The Wines
Zambartas wines are clean, well-made, and feel very "New World." This isn't a bad thing, the wines have balance and explosive flavors. All of the wines will benefit from extended time in the bottle. Due to the high demand for their wines, it tastes like the wines are released a tad early. Fans of Australian Shiraz will feel right at home with their Shiraz-Lefkada blends.
Exotic Wine Travel's Picks
- Zambartas Xynisteri Single Vineyard 2015
The vineyard is 950 meters above the sea and the vines are 28-years-old. About 60% of the wine is fermented and aged in new French Oak for 5 months. This has a beautiful nose with vanilla, yogurt, lemon, creamy, lime. Nice mouthfeel, the wine really sings on the palate. It flows very nicely and the finish is nice with good oak integration. 4.0/5
- Zambartas Lefkada – Shiraz 2013
One year in French and American oak barrels. Beautiful nose of black pepper, earth, violets, blackberry, and black plum. The wine has nice weight on the palate with ripe, chewy tannins. This is some serious stuff, the Lefkada adds a new dimension of flavor to the Shiraz. 4.2/5
You can read Cypriot Wineries: Part Two in the coming weeks.
Disclosure: The Cyprus Tourism Organisation provided us with flights, hotel accommodation, a car rental, and a few meals. Parts of our stay were sponsored by The Annabelle Hotel (Paphos) and Saint Elena Hotel (Larnaca). A few wineries provided us tasting samples, but most of them simply gave us their time. The opinions of the wines are our own and we were under no obligation to give favorable reviews.


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Semolina flour (durum flour) was something that eluded me. It felt almost unattainable. I bought a number of bags of fine semolina thinking that they were durum flour. For some reasons, every time I saw fine semolina, I kept thinking that I had found what I had been searching for, durum flour, and kept forgetting that I already had few bags sitting in the pantry.
See, it was confusing as I had never seen semolina flour before and I thought that there was no such thing in Australia. A search on Wikipedia made it even more confusing as it stated that semolina comes from durum wheat. Hence, I convinced myself (and my workmate who also wished to make semolina sandwich bread) that fine semolina was durum flour.
Until, a member of The Fresh Loaf website pointed out to me that fine semolina was not durum flour. Fine semolina is gritty and white. Durum flour is yellow and has flour-like consistency (very very fine).
|Fine semolina on left and durum flour on the right
I finally came across durum flour at Italian grocer/pizzeria where we had lunch a week earlier (the quest was over J). I was very excited and could hardly keep myself together. I felt like a kid with a new toy to play with, a new flour to try with bread making. The flour was imported from Italy and packaged as "Semola". There is no English on the package and I had to make a guess if it was durum flour. Part of the bag was transparent, so I could see that the flour was yellowish as a confirmation that it was it! Yaay, DURUM FLOUR!
|Durum flour I found at an Italian grocer in Mornington Peninsula
I made few semolina breads from Hamelman's Bread cookbook several times using fine semolina even though the recipe called for durum flour. Fine semolina worked fine in those recipes, the loaves turned out nicely. However, I wouldn't know what the differences durum flour would make to those breads if it was used instead of fine semolina. I'll have to try it to find out, but not today. Today is the day for Pugliese (pronounced pool-yee-ay-zee).
Pugliese is a rustic bread from the town called Pulgia in the south of Italy. It is usually made with durum flour, wheat flour and mashed potato. The bread resembles ciabatta but it is made with durum flour instead of all wheat flour. My flour mixture was 40% durum flour and 60% wheat flour (in baker's percentage and taking into account the wheat flour in biga built).
This recipe contained large amount of liquid. The hydration is 77% (amount of liquid against the total flour in the recipe) plus more liquid from mashed potato. The real hydration level could very well be around 85% if taking into account water that mashed potato contributes to the dough.
This is the first time I worked with such wet and slack dough. The real hydration (amount of liquid against the total flour in the recipe) could be close to 90% as I put twice the amount of potato into the dough (200 g or about 20% of total flour). It was a challenge to work with and fascinating at the same time. The dough started off as a pancake-like texture, which was impossible to knead. I had to employ the stretch-and-fold in the bowl technique to strengthen the dough structure. It was amazing to see how the dough structure was changing after each stretch-and-fold. It started become stronger, more elastic and more cohesive. It is a true wonder of wheat and makes bread making so fascinating.
|The sructure chaged from slack and pancake-like structure to strong well developed dough
It was nice bread with moist, tender and chewy crumbs, which could be the result of potato and high level of liquid in the recipe. The crumb reminds me of a crumpet with its the taste, texture and colours. It got distinctive aroma of durum, which is different from wheat. The bread flavours also developed the next day. I quite like this bread and would love to try making them with sourdough starter instead of commercial yeast, which I believe could produce better and more complex flavour.
Pugliese Recipe
adapted from Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart
Makes 2 large loaves
Overall Formula
Baker's Percentage
Bread flour
560 g
Durum flour
374 g
16 g
Instant yeast
10 g
716 g
Mashed potato
114 g
1.83 kg
Note: I broke down Biga recipe into ingredients in Baker's Percentage so that I know the true hydration ratio for the bread.
Biga Ingredients
Bread Flour 366 g
Instant Yeast 4 g (1 heap teaspoon)
Water 246 g
Total 616 g
Note: Biga is approx 34% of total dough weight.
Final dough Ingredients
Biga 616 g
Fancy durum flour 374 g
Bread flour 194 g
Salt 16 g
Instant yeast 6 g (2 teaspoons)
Water 470 g
Mashed potatoes 114 g
Note: Peter Rienhart suggested the combination of durum flour and bread flour at the ratio of your choice. He suggested 50-50. However, when taking into consideration the biga, if using 50-50 combination, durum flour percentage would fall to 30% in the overall formula. My durum flour/bread flour combination in the final dough is 65-35 (durum-bread flour).
Making biga (a day in advance)
Stir together the flour and yeast. Add water and stir until everything comes together and makes a coarse ball. Knead for 4 -6 minutes by hand or mix on medium speed for 4 mins. The dough will be soft and pliable, not sticky.
Leave the dough ferment for at room temp for 2 to 4 hours or until it nearly doubles in size.
Remove the dough from the bowl and knead it lightly to degas and return it to the bowl, covering the bowl with plastic wrap. Place the bowl in the refrigerator overnight.
Making final dough
Remove the biga from the fridge 1 hour before making the dough. Cut it into about 10 small pieces with a pastry scraper or a serrated knife. Cover with a towel or plastic wrap and let sit for 1 hours to take off the chill.
Stir together the flour, salt and yeast in a 4-quart mixing bowl (or in a bowl of an electric mixer). Add the biga pieces, mashed potatoes, and 1 cup of the water. Using a large metal spoon (or on low speed with the paddle attachment), mix until the ingredients form a wet, sticky ball. If there is still some loose flour, add the additional water as needed and continue to mix.
If you are mixing by hand, repeatedly dip one of your hand or the metal spoon into cold water and use it, much like a dough hook, to work the dough vigorously into a smooth mass while rotating the bowl in a circular motion with the other hand. Reverse the circular motion a few times to develop the gluten further. Do this for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and the ingredients are evenly distributed. If you are using an electric mixer, switch to the dough hook and mix on medium speed for 4 -5 mins, or for as long it take to create a smooth, sticky dough. The dough should clear the sides of the bowl but stick to the bottom of the bowl. If the dough is still very sticky against the sides of the bowl, sprinkle in a little more flour (either type) until it clears the sides. Don't be alarmed if the dough seems very sticky. The wetter it is, the better the final bread will be.
Let it rest for 30 minutes in the bowl covered with plastic bag. Do stretch-and-fold in the bowl every 30 minutes during the three-hour fermentation.
To do S&F in the bowl, dip your hand in water, lifting the dough up and fold into itself, rotating the bowl, and continue with the lifting and folding, until you complete the whole round. Using a dough scraper, gently turn the dough upside down so that the seams will now be underneath.
Generously dust the counter with flour. Remove the plastic bag and, with hands and a bowl scraper dipped in flour, transfer the dough to the counter, taking care not to degas the dough any more than necessary. With a metal pastry scraper that has been dipped into flour, or a serrated knife dusted with flour, divide the dough into 2 pieces. Again dipping your hands into flour, gently shape the dough pieces into two boules.
Gently transfer the dough, seam side up, into proofing bowls (make sure you dust the proofing bowl with lots of flour to prevent it from sticking as these are relatively wet dough). If the seam opens up, pinch it closed. Mist the top of the dough with spray oil and cover the bowls plastic bag or tea towels.
Proof at room temperature for 60 to 90 minutes, or until the dough has expanded to about 1 1/2 times its original size.
Preheat oven to highest temperature.
Proof at room temperature for 60 to 90 minutes, or until the dough has expanded to about 1 1/2 times its original size.
Preheat oven to highest temperature.
Bake at 250C for the first 5 minutes. Baking with steam for the first 15 minutes.
Reduce temperature to 230C and bake for further 35 – 40 minutes until they are well browned. Turn the loaves half-way through baking for even baking.
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Does it seem a little early for me to be saying "Happy Holidays"? Well, with the holidays and a very busy time of year approaching, I want to give you the early gift of understanding how tension can develop in one's body and two simple Somatic movements to help you prepare for and release the tension that this beautiful time of year can sometimes bring to one's body.
Green Lights and Red Lights of the holidays make me also think of three innate reflexes the body responds to stress with – Red Light Reflex, Green Light Reflex and the Trauma Reflex. These reflexes can cause involuntary muscle tension (Sensory Motor Amnesia) if the brain can no longer access the voluntary control of the muscle to release the tension. I will also share two Somatic movements to release muscle tension.
Red Light Reflex
So, you've begun the process of thinking about your to do list for the upcoming holidays. So much to do… Perhaps you've begun to type or write your annual Christmas letter. How are your neck, shoulders and the space between your shoulder blades feeling after sitting a while at the computer? The Red Light Reflex is a natural way the body responds to stress, anxiety or fear (freeze or flight response) and these days it also happens as we sit in our cars in traffic, in front of our computers typing or reading emails, and more. We hunch a little forward with our head, neck and shoulders and tuck our pelvis under, tightening and shortening our front line of muscles. Can you feel it? I know I've been there!
Green Light Reflex
You've completed your to do list and now it's time to put it into action (fight response). We are determined to get it all done! This call to action can also be felt when someone calls our name, when the phone rings, when the alarm goes off in the morning. Our lower back arches, our shoulders come back, our pelvis is tilted. We have now tightened and shortened our back line of muscles.
Trauma Reflex
We've made it out the door to the mall and the shopping begins. Do you carry your purchases slung over one shoulder? The Trauma Reflex occurs when our body responds to a recurring stress on one side of our body. It could be recovering from knee or hip surgery, a slip on the ice, using the mouse at the computer, carrying a child on the same hip. The muscles along one side of your body are now tightened and shortened.
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The wonderful news is that we can re-educate our brain to voluntarily release the muscle tension that builds up from day to day through Somatics and SomaYoga.
Let's break down the word Somatics. Soma is a Greek word meaning the living body. The Soma is you, the living body. You can feel the internal sensations present in your body. We sometimes lose that ability to be aware of the sensations of chronic tension – the brain begins to read it as a baseline and not a level of tension. Somatics helps us to feel these sensations through pandiculation (contract, lengthen, relax) of the chronically tense or painful muscles. When we focus on the sensations of pandiculating the specific muscles involved in the Green Light, Red Light or Trauma Reflex we are able to re-educate the brain and release the Sensory Motor Amnesia and the tension and pain that are present with it.
Below is a Somatic exercise for you to practice to release the shortened and tight muscles of the front and back lines of your body. Parts 2 and 3 are to be done very slowly to allow your brain the time to sense the pandiculation (contract, lengthen, relax) of the movement in order to release the muscles.
1. Soma Sensing (lay on your back on your yoga mat with your hands slightly out from your side, palms up, legs extended)
- What do you sense – head, shoulders, hands, lower back, feet? Side to side?
2. Arch & Relax
- Lay on your back with your knees bent, feet flat on the floor. Slowly roll your pelvis forward so that your tailbone becomes closer to the mat and front of your hipbones closer to the sky. Notice your lower back begin to arch. Allow your brain to sense the muscles along your spine contract as your lower back arches. Slowly roll your pelvis in the opposite direction and sense how the muscles along your spine lengthen with this movement until they are completely relaxed and your spine is in neutral. Repeat this movement three to five times.
3. Flatten & Relax
- Lay on your back with your knees bent, feet flat on the floor. Slowly roll your pelvis so that your pubic bone becomes closer to your rib cage. Feel how contracted your front line of muscles become as your lower back flattens into the mat. Slowly lengthen the muscles along your front line to neutral and relax. Repeat this movement three to five times.
4. Arch & Flatten
- Lay on your back with your knees bent, feet flat on the floor. Slowly roll your pelvis forward so that your tailbone becomes closer to the mat and your hipbones closer to the sky. Allow your brain to sense the muscles along your spine contract as your lower back arches. Slowly roll your pelvis in the opposite direction and sense how the muscles along your spine lengthen with this movement until they are completely relaxed and your spine is in neutral. Take a lovely breath here. Sense into slowly contracting your abdominal muscles as your lower back presses into the mat. Slowly lengthen your abdominal muscles to return to neutral and relax. Repeat this movement five times.
5. Soma Sensing (1 above)
- what do you notice now – head, shoulders, hands, lower back, feet? Side to side?
Yes, you can release tension this easily! Incredible, isn't it? The movements are so very gentle and have such a positive affect on the body. That is why I truly love the practice of Somatics and SomaYoga, feeling the difference in my own body and sharing the knowledge to help people release tension and pain in their own body.


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So my move away from the seaside didn't last long.
Don't judge me, because even in the throes of winter, Camps Bay is an absolute treat.
Today's foodie escapade took us to: La Parada Del Mar.
You can never go wrong with a taste adventure, and La Parada Del Mar eloquently delivers a tapas dining experience coveted to indecisive foodies like myself. In keeping with the Spanish influence of the tapas menu, La Parada "has focused on fresh South African ingredients to create dishes which are not only delicious but picture perfect in presentation." (Martin Senekal, Head Chef of La Parada.)
I used the visit to La Parada Del Mar, to catch up with an old friend in an idyllic setting. Waitrons brave the chill coming from the sea, to greet the restaurants arrivals; and their warm professionalism, is a consistent attribute to pride themselves on.
I ambitiously wanted to sit on the deck, snuggled close to the heaters while I looked over at the churning Atlantic ocean…but eventually I had to resign myself to the Greek to Spanish-like interior of the restaurant.
…and then we proceeded to gorge ourselves on their large tapas selection.
My Meal
We left no dish untasted once they arrived. Deliberation may have taken 15 minutes and several stomach growls, but we eventually settled on choices guided by our helpful waiter.
First to the table was the Champinones Al Ajillo, Spanish Garlic Mushrooms with poached duck egg, truffle oil, pecorino, chives, and toasted bread.
I think I'm really starting to vibe with mushrooms. They seem to garnish every plate I dive into, in Cape Town eateries. I really enjoyed this dish once the egg yolk oozed over everything. The truffle oil and chives created perfect taste symmetry when one chews the entire Al Ajillo concoction together.
With my favorite seafood, Calamari, not available this day, I eagerly chose Marinated Prawns with Gremolata and lemon. Honestly? So good.
I've had better, but that's purely due to the fact that my mum is the one that makes those ones.
I will definitely be returning to have a plateful more of these marinated prawns, come summer though!
Hearty is what we go for in winter, and La Parada Del Mar has a Roasted Pork Belly to make your tummy happy with comfort.
The Pork belly is made with a mix of rosemary roasted apple sauce, smoked paprika and honey glaze, pickling onions, and pork crackling. Tapa portion sizes make this rich and wholesome, incredibly well-made roast, one of the best choices when dining here.
I didn't want to disappoint my omniscient mother, so I ensured my Sunday lunch had some healthiness beyond the aforementioned tapas ingredients.
Enter, the Honey and Thyme Roasted Butternut, with strained yogurt and toasted pumpkin seeds, which I dream of being able to make one day. I would kind of come to love vegetables if I could have a plateful of this butternut.
Not to be forgotten, was a serving of Patatas A Lo Pobre, known as Spanish poor man's potatoes. The potatoes were not bland; they were soft but firm, and seasoned with the slightest bit of herbs, which accentuated the overall simple dish.
Churros with salted dark chocolate dipping sauce, are awesome! So fatty. So yumm!
The Baked Vanilla Bean Cheese Cake, served cutely in a jar with Blackberry mousse, meringue, and lemon powder, is a tart, well-executed sweet dessert everyone is almost likely to savor like a religious experience.
A solid dining option for the day time. Don't rush the experience. Enjoy the simplicity of the restaurant, and the complexity of its tapas taste adventure.
I'm really liking this spot guys. It get's an 9/10.
What about the health nuts & vegetarians?
The winter food menu at La Parada Del Mar is healthy in its ingredient choices, but not too accommodating for the vegetarians.
…atleast you have salad, and like 2 other non-meaty main dishes to choose from.
What of the drinks & booze?
They know how to make cocktails folks. You don't have to send your weak drink back, and get additionally charged for them to make it the way it was always meant to taste.
I went in on the alcohol and the non-alcoholic drinks. The hot chocolate warmed my soul, and the cocktail sent me on a mini Spanish vacation. Really well done.
*P.S: There are soft drinks, juice and water for the non-boozers.
La Parada Del Mar get's an all-round 9/10.
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35 Victoria Rd, Camps Bay, Cape Town, 8005
Monday – Sunday: 8am – 2am
Tel: (+27)21 286 2106
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