INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Perhaps the simplest of all wind monitoring devices is a tassel or piece of string. Tie a lightweight string or tassel to an object and let it dangle. As the wind blows, the string or tassel will blow right along with it. The wind is blowing in the direction that the tassel points. You can make devices, such as an anemometer, to measure wind direction. These can be simple homemade devices, or complex precision tools. Either way, the anemometer cups the wind and spins, indicating both the direction and intensity of the wind. A wind sock is a device that has one large opening attached to a pole or base. The opening on the other end is much narrower. As the wind blows through the sock, it will turn to point in the direction that the wind is blowing. A weather vane is designed to point directly into the wind. One side of the weather vane will be a narrow, pointed end (usually resembling the tip of an arrow). The other end is made wider to catch the wind. As the wind blows, you can see the arrow point directly into the wind. You must put the weather vane on a sturdy base or pole.

SUMMARY: Tie tassels to an object. Make an anemometer. Hang a wind sock. Install a weather vane.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You will need one package of dry yeast, 4 cups of flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbs sugar, 1 tbs melted shortening, 1 cups of water, vegetable oil for frying, and your preferred topping. Use the entire package of yeast and stir in the 1 cups of water, allowing five minutes for the two to sit so the yeast can react. Use warm water to mix with the yeast, instead of cold (which can slow the process) or hot (which can kill the yeast). Sopapillas are created when the yeast forms gas and causes the inside of the pastry to puff up into a bubble. Melt the shortening before adding it to the yeast mixture, and stir well. Traditional sopapillas are made with lard instead of shortening, although this is rarely used now. Feel free to use real lard if you have access to the ingredient. If you don't have shortening, you can substitute it for butter. Slowly pour each into the mixture as you stir slowly, fully incorporating each ingredient into the dough. . Remove the dough from your bowl and knead it with your hands until it is very smooth. Place it in a greased dish and allow it to sit for around one hour or until it has doubled in size. Punch it down to remove the gas build up from the yeast, and roll the dough to be about of an inch thick. Start by making the dough into a large rectangle, and then cutting along the diagonals to form small triangles. Try to keep them less than three inches wide on their longest side. Fill a pot or pan with enough cooking oil to cover the sopapilla completely. It needs to reach about 400 degrees to be hot enough to fry the dough. Fry multiple sopapillas at once to quicken the time it takes to make them all. This should take about one minute per side, but the time is variable so watch them carefully. Place them on paper towels over a wire rack to drain off excess oil. Traditional toppings include cinnamon and sugar with honey, but powdered sugar, chocolate, and caramel are all delicious on top as well.

SUMMARY: Gather your ingredients. Mix the dry yeast and water. Add in the shortening and sugar. Mix in the flour and salt. Knead the dough Wait for the dough to rise. Roll out the dough. Cut the dough into triangles. Heat your oil. Place the dough in the hot oil. Wait for each side to turn golden brown. Remove from the sopapillas from the oil. Add your toppings and enjoy!

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: When you are doing lymphatic massage, you want to make sure that you don't press too hard. The lymphatic vessels are located right under the skin, so if you press too hard, you are going to go deeper than the vessels. Press down enough so that your fingers are not sliding over your skin, but make sure that you can't feel anything beneath the skin. You may feel like this is too light, especially if you are used to deeper tissue massages. You may be used to giving or receiving massages where you glide along the skin. A lymphatic massage needs to stimulate the lymphatic vessels, which are elastic and attached to the skin. You need to lightly stretch your skin to massage them. The direction of your stretch of the skin is important. You should stretch the skin in the direction that the lymph flows naturally. You want to help stimulate the natural flow. If you stretch the skin the wrong way, you are doing nothing. The lymph flow goes towards your trunk and heart. Make sure to take your fingers off the skin after each stretch. If you move your fingers back and forth, you are just moving the lymph and not helping to drain it. As you massage the lymph vessels, you should go slow. The normal rhythm of their flow is slow, so try to take around three seconds to perform each stretch of the skin. Release and wait for a few seconds before beginning again.

SUMMARY:
Use a light touch. Stretch the skin instead of moving along it. Massage with the normal lymph flow. Use the correct rhythm.