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Looking for a resource on leading lines in photography for your photo compositions? Read below for different ways to set up your composition and avoiding two common mistakes when leading lines.
As the name suggests, leading lines refers to a composition technique that directs the attention of the viewer through lines that lead them to the main subject in an image.
Roadways come to mind when thinking of leading lines; there isn't much difference between the two, only that roadways and paths direct our attention toward a vanishing point compared to a line where the focus is to lead our attention toward our main subject.
Here are a few man-made objects that can serve as leading line in photography:
If you're in a nature setting, you can use rivers, shorelines, trees, cliffs and rocks to great effect alongside incorporating various angles that compliment leading lines.
There are two ways that you can go wrong when you use leading lines in your composition to direct focus to your main subject. The first is not having a subject to lead focus to (seems explanatory, right?). It's important to have purpose when setting up your composition. Not having any subject to direct attention to detracts from the technique for leading lines in your photos.
The second mistake is to not placing emphasis on specific lines. There are many different lines that lead that we can make use of in any photo shoot. It's all about finding the right one and avoiding others that might serve only to distract your viewer.
There are many ways to set up your composition when leading lines. You can position a strong line that leads from the foreground to the background, creating depth and perspective.
Another method is to place your subject at the center of your line convergence to add more emphasis and important to that subject.
Instead of converging, you can set your subject at the end of your lines to give a sort of visual journey from start to finish. You can even perform a circular composition to keep the viewer's focus within the frame.
Additionally, you can make use of different kinds of lines to produce various results in your composition.
These are great for shooting nature and relaxing photos, especially if you can achieve the sunburst effect as the sun sets on the horizon behind an object or the natural landscape.
These kinds of lines produce a more authoritative effect for your subject in the photo.
Winding pathways are an example of this as they draw the attention of a reader through a photo. Again, you can place your subject at the end of the line to produce more of a natural flow.
Waves of a beachhead are a good example of curved lines and can be used to great effect in nature photos. I made great use of this in my photos of New Mexico and Colorado during my dealership visits in July.
Again, these lines produce a sense of importance because the focus a viewer's attention to a single point in the photograph.
You should be careful when using intersecting lines in your composition. They can be used to great effect but can also serve to confuse or distract the viewer.
For this week's challenge I decided to hit up the nature trails and see what I could find. There wasn't anything crazy that caught my eye, but I shot a few photos during my walk that I'm happy with.
I didn't account for the tree density causing an almost overcast effect despite it being bright and sunny during golden hour, or that the nature trail was directly within the woods. One of my biggest challenges didn't have anything to do with camera settings or composition, but rather the 100,000 mosquitos that took every opportunity to swarm me the minute I stopped walking to shoot.
This forced me to set up my shoot quickly and continue walking or risk getting eaten alive. It didn't matter much as I now have 40 mosquito bites on my arms alone, but I was aiming to hit a bridge juncture in the nature trail for a better demonstration of leading lines in my photo.
After spending nearly an hour walking I finally stumbled across the bridge that I wanted. This is where I really got eaten alive as I laid down flat on the gravel to get the angle I wanted for the bridge. It turned out great, but my arms still haven't forgiven me for spending three minutes setting up and attempting to hold still as a dozen mosquitos landed on me.
Although I shot multiple photos, I'm sticking with just the edits for the bridge (I consider it to be the best shot that I took). Here are my edits:
As you can see I didn't do much for this shot. I wanted to saturate the photo just a smidge to provide more depth and color. I also played with the clarity as I normally do in all my photos.
One thing that I want to mention regarding the other photos that I shot is performing color selection and reducing the saturation to make other aspects of the subject stand out. My intent was to draw more attention to the subject or viewing points in the photos, but I'll leave that up for your interpretation!


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'Wake up, America': New trailer for The Handmaid's Tale season three drops
Fans have had their first glimpse at the next season of the gripping drama and (spoiler alert) things appear even bleaker this time around.
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The Handmaid's Tale season three trailer
The first look at season three of The Handmaid's Tale has dropped during the Super Bowl and (spoiler alert) things seem like they will remain pretty bleak in Gilead.
While the trailer is brief, a narrator announces "it's morning again in America" alongside shots of women going to work and newborn babies in Gilead.
But the scene suddenly changes with an explosion and the arrival of June (Elizabeth Moss), who interrupts the narrator to say: "Wake up America, morning's over."
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The trailer pays tribute to US president Ronald Reagan's famous It's Morning in America presidential campaign ads.
The TV spots aired in 1984, the same year George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 — which has often been compared to The Handmaid's Tale — is set.
The Handmaid's Tale will return in 2019. Source: Hulu.
It's expected to air in April
Last year's The Handmaid's Tale ended on a cliffhanger that frustrated viewers, with June deciding at the last minute not to flee to Canada with her newborn daughter Nicole.
Instead June decided to stay in Gilead to try to save her daughter Hannah, in a decision some viewers claimed was done only to prolong the show.
While an air date for season three hasn't been announced, Hulu is expected to release it in April, the same month season one and two premiered on the US streaming service.
It's likely new episodes of The Handmaid's Tale will be fast-tracked to Australia, with SBS airing season two just hours after the US.


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My new laptop display wont work. Original problem occured with intermittent flickering when lid was moved. This I put down to bad display cable and ignored (bad idea in hindsight). Display finally flickered , had a white cloud and then black. Laptop boots up fine and backlight turns on when it's supposed to but screen remains blank. Works perfectly through external monitor. I then replaced the display cable with no change. Replaced display with brand new identical and no change. I tried hooking it up with an old 14" display (mine is 17") and sure enough i could make out my background on display (image was dark but no backlight on as cables were different).
I'm stumped now to what my problem could be and if anyone has an idea I greatly appreciate it.
Sorry, bad description. The display is new, not the laptop. I've had laptop for about 19 months.


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"Oh, to be a roaming, there, aboot the gloaming....."
Remember when they used words like that? Well, I don't either, but I remember people reading them to me, and they sounded real; in the moment; vital.
The years slipped away, and became someone else's now, fifty years ago, with a different haircut.
Not as easy, then, with feelings; not as easy, then, with lives; not as easy, then.
Funny thing, that word: easy.
"Easy come; easy go."
"Easy like a Sunday Morning."
"Easy enough for you to say."
"Oh, she's...." (cough) " Easy." (That last worse than death, in some quarters. They wore gloves, had perfect darts where their breasts fit in, swished when ogled at(probably where the males who do it, learned it - both swish and ogle, to be sensitive - in thoughtful retrospect), and had murderous beauty routines and murderous instincts, when their date cancelled. Both led to Valium, later in life.
"Easy enough to get."
"Easy, breezy, highly attractive." (Not to be sued. Easy to be sued, dammit, even when attempting flattery, which is often mistaken for inaccurate plagarism, instead of brief reference.) Easy, my ass. See above murderous beauty routine. Most gene combinations "blew", as they say - somewhat indelicately. You got at least one zit, and did not look or act nicely during menstrual cramps. This last you never discussed. Or skipped gym because of it, risking potential embarassment to prove your toughness in a hideous, ballooning jumper designed to make you look astoundingly like a human showercap. Imagine my amazement when I discovered that the plant holders in the dollar store were actually mini shower caps, complete with elastic around the edges, and flower designs. Swear to God. "Shit: those people love their flowers", she thinks to herself, seeing the "made in China" label. I mean, shower caps for your plants....is there a name for that, that isn't anthropomorphic, or insulting, in a language I have not yet learned to swear in, with both gusto, and a certain polite hesitance?
Ah, too easy, I expect. Now I have twenty seven shower caps, in sizes far too small to fit any known head, but my God, all my plants will never, ever ruin my furniture, and may also become doctors one day....
Just like that! (Wink.)
At moments like these I realize how sensitive people in every part of this world are, when you understand them.
Also, when you eat food you're not used to, don't throw up, and compliment them on how unique it is, unless it's eyeballs, which really are both an acquired taste,
and only available in season, unless you want to get asked for
Your license. And they'll know if you lie. Eat tapioca next time, and don't be a Hero.
Easy stuff.
Sometimes it's the poetry of the idea - and a lot easier, too, on
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At a recent McShin meeting Tim asked to hear from family members affected by the disease of addiction. This caught my ear, perhaps because I didn't realize that those in recovery at The McShin Foundation were actually interested in what it might be like for us, the family members of an addict. Usually when we attend the Wednesday night meetings, the meeting is centered on the addict. The agenda includes their program, their schedule, their activities and their community involvement. As I considered this request it occurred to me that writing about my experience might be just what I needed to jump-start my own personal recovery. To be truthful, it needs a major overhaul not just a simple jump-start.
I have not been actively working my program for probably seven to eight years although the disease has been in our family for well over a decade. I became complacent, as did the addict in my life. We all thought we had beaten the disease and could move ahead with our lives. But just like any life-long disease, we must remain vigilant and actively manage our lives. Recovery is not a solution to a temporary problem, but a lifetime commitment to those who want the best for themselves and their loved ones.
When I arrived at McShin I was sad, depleted and angry. I had been down this road before, yet here I was again. I was sad for my daughter and what addiction was doing to her. I was angry with myself for ignoring the red flags and the awful feeling that was always in my gut. And, I was exhausted after living in a codependent, unhealthy relationship with my adult child. Addiction was destroying our family and our lives had become unmanageable.
Bob met us in the church parking lot just as he promised he would when I had called him the day before. He was genuine and he was kind and there was no judging. I noticed he had a slight limp, yet he eagerly jumped up to meet us and take us up two flights of stairs to meet Erin. Although she was trying to eat lunch at her desk at 2:30 in the afternoon, she pushed it aside and immediately focused on how she could help us.
I began to feel more at ease as Erin smiled, listened and shared some of her past experience as an addict. She demonstrated what life could be like in active recovery. During our meeting, she effortlessly managed probably a half dozen interruptions by others needing her attention. Her confidence and positive behavior were refreshing to witness. Bob re-joined us later that afternoon and accompanied us on a tour of the women's housing. There we met Christina, the house leader at Del Rose. She was beaming with pride and showed off her house as if it were her own. She was incredibly supportive and welcoming to us as we learned a little more about the McShin philosophy and the people who lived and worked there. By the end of the day our daughter had decided to take a chance on McShin, and we did as well.
In so far as being a "family member" or a "loved one" there are many of us, just as there are many of you. We love you and we know you love us. Addiction profoundly changed all of our lives, but like you we get to choose how we will live with the disease going forward. There is no doubt in my mind that this is a family disease. Addiction is powerful and it is deadly. It destroys lives and causes us all to do things we never imagined. It is elusive and cunning, and just as it fooled you into believing it was a solution to your pain, it fooled us into believing we could fix you. We were both fooled.
After almost two months of being back in a recovery program I can share my feelings with others. I've learned that I need others in recovery to help me on this journey. I cannot do it alone and I cannot ever become comfortable or complacent with this disease again. I imagine the support groups as a big safety net, there to catch me and lift me back up if I am unsteady or feeling unsure in my decisions. If I find myself getting wrapped up in trying to rescue others, I know it is time to step back and ask for help. I have come to accept my powerlessness and I have asked for God's help. I am not remorseful, nor am I overly hopeful.
The sadness and the anger have subsided and I am beginning to feel a little more sure-footed as I continue to listen and learn more about this disease. I understand that recovery is a lifetime commitment and only I am responsible for my program. I also humbly accept that I can manage only my life, one day at a time and with God's help. This is my program and I am responsible for getting the most out of it. I am still learning and I grateful.
I choose to no longer see you as a child, but as the adult that you have become. I choose to no longer believe that I can cure your disease or solve your problems. McShin is an opportunity for us. It is a huge opportunity for anyone who has decided to choose living over dying. At The McShin Foundation there are people who have walked in our shoes and found their way out of the darkness. They have more experience; more wisdom, and more joy in their lives because they have chosen a lifestyle of recovery. It is by God's Grace, we are all still here.


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List 2: My top 25 favorite songs of the first half of 2011
So far 2011 has been pretty varied with the music that's been coming out (with both Nana and Minorin releasing contrasting singles, and the introduction of Morning Musume's 9th generation); but, overall, the first half of 2011 has presented us … Continue reading
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Review: Morning Musume — Only you
Morning Musume's 46th single, 「Only you」 , was released yesterday much to my excitement. I have been waiting for this since it was announced, and let me just say this single does not dissapoint…unless you were hoping for more 9th … Continue reading
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Review: Berryz Koubou — 愛の弾丸 (Ai no Dangan)
Berryz Koubou released their 26th single 「愛の弾丸 (Ai no Dangan)」 yesterday, June 8. This is actually a pretty great single overall: A-side is pretty good, and the B-side is even better. The PV is interesting, but it just feels weird … Continue reading
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Chihara Minori 7/6 new single 「Planet patrol」
The title of Minorin's 12th single has been revealed: 「Planet patrol」. The single is to be releases on July 6, 2011, and I have high expectations for it–it has to live up to 「Defection」 after all. With a name like … Continue reading
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List 1: my top 50 Mizuki Nana songs 6/2011
So I decided to post my favorite and most constantly changing list: my top fifty favorite Mizuki Nana songs. Making a top one hundred would simply be too difficult, and as much as this one seems to keep changing, the … Continue reading
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Not long ago, only a few people could afford a cell phone. But today, even a kid who can barely talk, knows how to operate it. We are so engrossed in the unique numerous apps that we do not bother thinking about effect of them on our lives and environment. There is no denying that they connect us to the world where everything is advancing in glimpse of seconds, but have we ever considered the impacts of these wireless phones on the surroundings we live in? The aim of my writing is neither to go in depth of calculating carbon footprint of entire life cycle of mobile phone nor to address the issue of e-waste management. Rather, the prime focus is to make people conscious about their contribution for achieving global goals, by considering climate action as their key priority.
According to an estimate of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the number of mobile subscribers, in Pakistan, was 63.16 million in the year 2007, and the number escalated to 139.76 million in 2017. Most recent statistics confirm that up till August 2017, the total number of cellular subscribers reached up to 139.97 million. It is projected that the number of subscribers would reach to almost 157 million by year 2020, but, more can be anticipated. Moreover, tele density has reached to 71.81 % in 2017, as compared to 44.06 % in 2006-07.
Every time we intend to call, text or look for the updates on social networking apps, we add to the global carbon footprint. The amount of green house gases emitted, by using mobile phones, can be assessed as equivalent to emissions of millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide, annually.
Furthermore, the power consumption during the charging of phone is linked to global climate as well, as we heavily rely on fossil fuels for energy generation. The average power consumed in charging a mobile phone is between 3.68 watts, as per summary provided by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. However, if a mobile phone is completely charged but the charger remains plugged in, the power consumption declines to 2.24 watts.
In case, you are in a rush and without turning off the power of the charger you unplug your mobile phone, then the charger is going to consume 0.26 watts of power supply. Now as far as annual calculations are concerned, you can imagine the energy consumption and cost of charging a cell phone. Hence, more energy demand means more utilization of fossil fuels, and increased emission of green house gases.
We are believers of the fact that we cannot take initiative on our own unless supported by some government or private organisation. But, this must not be the case. We should strive, even if the impact seems insignificant at the start, the collective action is certainly going to make it ever lasting. So next time when you charge your mobile phone, consider its impact on environment!


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Symbols of beauty and elegance since ancient Greece, swans are considered untouchable to most people. The idea of killing a swan for food likely fills you with revulsion and the moral indignation usually reserved for domesticated animals, like cats or dogs.
We're not so squeamish about chicken, turkey, pigeon, or goose; even emu regularly appears on menus at quirky burger restaurants. In general, we eat a bunch of intelligent, adorable animals, so what separates the species treated with reverence from the ones fried and eaten from a bucket? Where's the cygnet combo-meal? Where's my swan McNuggets?
If the reaction of my friends when I mentioned I was writing this article is anything to go by, there is an overwhelming resistance to the idea of eating swan. The idea is so universally repugnant that accusations of swan theft and consumption have been used as slurs against Eastern European immigrants in the U.K. by right wing newspapers, even if the reports were complete nonsense.
According to food historian Ivan Day, it has not always been frowned upon to eat our long-necked feathered friends. A harrowing recipe from the Victorian Handbook for Housewives recommended not only eating swan, but fattening up cygnets from birth to be consumed as teenagers. "This splendid dish, worthy of a prince's table, [is] a capital and magnificent Christmas dish," the 1870 journal claims. The recipe suggests removing cygnets from their parents, fattening them up with grass and barley, then roasting them on a spit, garnished with turnips decoratively carved into tiny swans. A 1300 French cookbook, Le Viandier, includes a recipe for roast swan, while a 1685 cookbook used in 17th century England and colonial era America recommends a "swan pye" as a course in a festive banquet.
It was fairly common for the aristocracy to chow down on swan for centuries — including the Royal Family. This leads me on to the first explanation anyone could muster: We don't eat swan because the Queen owns them (and she's the only one who's allowed to eat one).
This sounds like utter horseshit, but it is technically true. Swans used to belong almost exclusively to the monarchy and landed gentry. In 1482, the monarchy introduced a law that prohibited the keeping of swans to anyone other than the wealthy or the Royal Family, so none of us peasants could get our grubby forks on them. The birds were marked, or "upped" on their beaks to denote which family they belonged to and all mute swans without an upping were automatically drafted into the Queen's swan army.
Food historian Samantha Bilton explained that unlike wild animals that belong to nobody beside Mother Nature, the possession of swans criminalized their meat: "If a peasant were to kill one [a swan] on a noble's land he would effectively have been poaching and committing a crime, which in turn would have merited a severe punishment." Once the aristocracy got bored of overblown banquets serving swan and animals shoved up other animals, they fell quickly out of favour. It's no longer considered treason to eat them, but swans — and all wild birds — are considered a protected species, so in the U.K. it's still illegal to chow down on one.
Bilton hypothesized that aside from trendsetting Lords and Ladies, another reason why swan meat never caught on was due to them being hard to cook. She explained that swans "had a reputation for being 'fishy' unless killed when fairly young after being fattened on oats," which certainly fits with the horrific Handbook for Housewives recipe. The emergence of tastier, uglier and cheaper birds like guinea fowl and turkey in the 16th century also helped swan slide off out of the human food chain, she said.
While this might explain why we don't eat swan in a practical sense, it doesn't explain why they are afforded this deity-like level of admiration. Unlike the U.K., in the US it's perfectly legal to hunt swan if you have the right permits — but people still don't eat them.
Recently, I went to the park and spent half an hour watching ducklings waddling around their mother; it was a nice afternoon. I've also eaten duck smothered in hoisin sauce and stuffed into wraps, which was also a nice afternoon. This cognitive dissonance is something all meat eaters share — it's how we justify eating living things by deceiving ourselves, sometimes without realising it.
To understand why this is, I spoke to Dr Steve Loughnan, Professor of Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. In 2014 he wrote The Psychology of Eating Animals, a research paper that sought to explain why we take one species for a walk and another attends bovine university — a concept called the "meat paradox."
The meat paradox is our mind's way of being able to coo over cute dogs on Instagram while enjoying a plate of buffalo wings. Meat eaters falsely attribute lesser intelligence to animals that society has categorized as "food animals" — cows, pigs, chickens, etc. We give higher intelligence and moral worth to animals in non-food categories, allowing us to love them instead of slaughtering them. The study revealed that participants who had recently consumed meat were more likely to rate the intelligence of "food animals" as lower than those who had not, theoretically to kid ourselves into feeling less guilty about eating them.
Loughnan explained that "biologically, there is obviously not much difference between a swan and, say, a duck or a goose. The line which says one is edible and one is not is thus arbitrary — ducks and geese belong to the 'food' category and swans belong to the 'wildlife' category."
On the subject of swans, the categorization away from "food animal" was performed for us by England's historic nobility and carried over to the US through colonization, which explains our modern unease around eating them. Certain Native American communities in the U.S. hunted and ate swans before the influence of Western colonisers — mainly trumpeter swans indigenous to North America. Kathleen Wall, colonial food expert at Plimouth Planation, explained that most recipes for swan were carried over from England, rather than created in the US. As the practice of eating swans was held for the nobility, swan consumption failed to catch on with new settlers, failing off the map long before it did in the UK. A 1637 publication The New English Canaan stated that swan meat wasn't popular: "the flesh is not much demand of the inhabitants."
The image of a lonely swan, searching fruitlessly for its butchered partner would surely make even the most obnoxious "bacon is my personality" meat-bro think twice.
I caught up with Hal Herzog, psychology professor at Western Carolina University and author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard To Think Straight About Animals. He explained that this categorization shift by the rich has filtered down into mainstream culture — and culture ultimately dictates what we eat, and why. "In Muslim and Hindu nations, dogs are not eaten because they are despised and considered 'unclean,'" he gave as an example. "In Western cultures, dogs are not eaten because they are loved."
That said, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that attitudes towards eating this untouchable species could change. A few years ago, Modern Farmer broached the idea of reintroducing swans to the menu as a method of reducing thousands of rampaging birds in Michigan and New York. This may sound like a severe solution, but mute swans are notorious for disrupting the ecosystems and habitats of fellow wild birds, not to mention aggression against humans.
Herzog explained how quickly the rules around animal consumption can shift: "The example I use in my book is water buffalo, which went from tabooed to edible among the Tharu people in Nepal over a mere decade." In the U.S., the influence of Japanese cuisine and culture has seen "the rapid transformation of raw fish from disgusting to a delicacy, in roughly one generation."
Loughnan also believes that changes from one category to another are possible, and that these boundaries have shifted before: "Horses, for example, used to be tools, entertainment, and food in the U.K., whereas today they are strictly entertainment." While food animals can change category, Loughnan was less convinced that swan could ever re-enter our dinner tables: "It seems to be the most powerful global trend is towards meat-replacements…I think it's unlikely we'll start eating swans any time soon." If culinary predictions are to be believed, it's more likely we'll be adding insects to the food category in the future before swans, as if we're chowing down on protein blocks aboard the Snowpiercer.
Finding a chef who'd be prepared to even talk about cooking swan proved difficult, with radio silence or polite refusal from restaurants across Washington D.C., New York, and Australia. I finally managed to speak to a chef at Marrow in Detroit, who explained that even if the demand for swan was there, it's unlikely she'd cook it: "[it's] less to do with culture and more to do with practicality and flavor. Animals like swans that produce few eggs (less than 10 a year)... [they] are far less practical than chickens or rabbits which reproduce often and with little rearing after the fact. And if swan is anything like goose, the meat is probably a bit greasy and tough."
Perhaps one of the prevailing reasons swans escape the butcher's knife is simply aesthetics — they are beautiful, elegant creatures, a lot prettier to look at than your average chicken. Swans are also one of the only animals that mate for life (or, at least, a very long time). The image of a lonely swan, searching fruitlessly for its butchered partner would surely make even the most obnoxious "bacon is my personality" meat-bro think twice.
Would I eat a swan? I'd like to say no, but it's impossible to truly know. If attitudes shifted, the meat paradox within my weak and impressionable brain might kick in, and I'd end up wolfing down oat-stuffed cygnet before I knew what hit me, heartbroken swans be damned.


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Pope Benedict XVI offered Mass ad orientem this morning, in the Pauline Chapel at the apostolic palace. The Holy Father offered the Holy Sacrafice of the Mass for members of the International Theological Commission. In his homily the Pope warned the theologians against taking undue pride in their scholarly work. He noted that many renowned thinkers have been "unable to see the mystery in itself, the central nucleus: that Christ truly was the Son of God." By contrast, he pointed out, simple believers like St. Therese of Lisieux and St. Damian of Molokai have plumbed the depths of the faith; they were "little people who were also wise." The Pontiff cited the attitude of St. Paul, who "became blind and thus truly came to see."
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If you've ever lived in Boston, it's probably one of your favorite places in the world. It's certainly one of the most unique. Ask ten people what they love about Boston and you'll get ten different answers. Boston's quirky; it's the One Man Band guy playing oldies but goodies on Newbury Street and grown men quacking on duck boats. Boston's historic: The Kennedy's! The infamous Boston Tea Party! The Freedom Trail! Boston is sports paradise: if you want to eat, sleep, and breathe sports (warning: it smells like Fenway Franks), this is the place to do it. And of course, Boston's wicked smart; there are over 50 colleges & universities in the Greater Boston area, including Harvard and MIT. It has the art, food, and nightlife of a big city, with the friendliness and heart of a small town. Boston is one of a kind – just ask that One Man Band guy.
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- Two new species and a new genus of Cerambycidae are described from South America: Cotyclytus arriagadai sp. nov., from Bolivia; and Lembu dieguezi, gen. nov., sp. nov., from Paraguay. Orthomegas irroratus (Lameere, 1915) is redescribed, based on the second and third known specimens, and its distribution is expanded to include Ecuador. The male of Jamesia fuscofasciata Dillon and Dillon, 1952 is described and illustrated for the fi rst time, and the distribution of the species is expanded to Peru. Thirty-two new country records (twelve for Paraguay, fi fteen for Peru, two for Ecuador, three for Bolivia) and one new province record (Argentina) are presented.


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Diet and nutrition are huge determining factors in overall health, well-being, and in the success or failure of a training program. If what you're putting into your body isn't in line, you're just not going to get the results that you want.
As important as they are, diet and nutrition are very tricky. Whatever question you have will generate a million different responses on Google, a million different opinions depending on who you ask, and will leave you more confused about things than when you initially started doing your research.
I'm going to attempt to make things a little simpler for you.
Here are answers to 4 of the most commonly asked questions about nutrition. The answers come from Marie Spano.
Spano is a sports dietician for the Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Braves, she works with NFL, PGA, and NHL athletes through her company (Spano Sports Nutrition Consulting, LLC), she's a regular guest on CNN, NBC, ABC, Fox, and CBS, she's the co-editor of a major exercise and sport nutrition journal (NSCA's Guide to Exercise and Sport Nutrition), and she's a freelance journalist.
All this to say… Spano really knows her shit. The answers to these questions come from a talk she gave at a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) event.
For weight loss, which should I pay more attention to, calories or macros?
We all know what it means to count calories – you look at the nutritional information on the back of whatever you're eating and add together the total calories of everything that you've eaten over the course of a day.
Counting macros is a little different. Macros is short for macronutrients – your fat, protein, and carbohydrates. These are nutrients required in relatively large amounts by the body (hence, "macro").
Within the weight loss community, there are two views regarding which is more important for weight loss: counting your calories or counting your relative intake of fat, protein, and carbohydrate ("counting your macros").
With regard to this question, Spano says there is no real definitive answer. The research is split.
And, in her opinion, which one you pay attention to doesn't matter all that much. The more important thing for weight loss is adherence.
So, do whatever you're more comfortable with as long as you're going to stick with it for the long haul.
Counting calories has the advantage of being easier to keep track of. But, there are some things you should keep in mind in terms of your macros.
For one thing, make sure you're getting enough protein. Enough protein in your diet is going to ensure your muscle is spared while you're in a calorie deficit and it'll make sure you can actually gain lean muscle mass while you lose weight.
How do you maximize weight loss and avoid getting stuck?
The first thing you need to learn about to answer this question is a little thing called metabolic compensation.
It's a biological phenomenon that describes how your metabolism changes as you gain or lose weight. And it's quite simple. It says that if you lose weight your metabolism slows. If you gain weight, your metabolism increases.
This makes sense if you think about it. Smaller bodies require less energy and less calories to live or move around during exercise. Bigger bodies require more work to move around, thus they'll burn more calories supplying the energy to do so.
To maximize weight loss and avoid a plateau, you need to account for metabolic compensation. You need to consistently adjust your caloric needs as your body weight changes.
Other strategies Spano mentions for maximizing weight loss include transitioning to better food sources, putting yourself in environments conducive of good choices, and dealing with life factors that have nothing to do with nutrition or diet.
Better food sources, such as those high in fiber with very little processing, will contribute less calories to your intake than food sources that are highly processed.
Things like nuts are more difficult to digest and they aren't completely broken down before they are passed from the body. That means that if you eat a serving of nuts that contains 100 calories, your body may only absorb 80.
Processed foods, on the other hand, are almost completely absorbed. You intake 100 calories of a McDonalds' cheeseburger and your body is going to absorb all 100 of those calories.
Good environments for weight loss and healthy eating mean surrounding yourself with other people that are making healthy choices as well. It's much harder to maintain your discipline when you're eating a salad and a huge plate of nachos are being passed in front of your face.
The last point is the most important: life factors that have nothing to do with nutrition.
People don't just eat because they're hungry. When asked why people fall off a good run of healthy eating, the most common responses have to do with things like divorce, I lost my job, things aren't going well for me right now, etc.
These unfortunate life things have to be dealt with first if you want any chance at success with weight loss.
How do you maximize weight gain?
Gaining muscle is a lot simpler. Cover your basic nutritional requirements to make sure you're healthy and your body is getting everything that it needs. Then, maximize your caloric intake by eating calorie dense foods.
What are two changes I could make right now that will have the biggest impact for me?
Drink enough water and get enough sleep.
The vast majority of us are walking around in some state of dehydration. Even short-term dehydration is associated with:
- Memory impairments
- Moodiness and anxiety
- Fatigue
- Lower motivation
- Attention deficit
- Decreased athletic performance
If you're dehydrated you can't perform as well in the gym, which means your going to burn less calories and make less muscle gain. And when you have all of the cognition deficits, you're not going to make the right choices when it comes to your diet.
We are also chronically under slept. Sleep, like dehydration, is also associated with a ton of mental and physical performance deficits. Plus, we rely more on things like coffee and food to keep us going when we have no energy.
These are answers to the most common nutrition questions out there; hopefully you find them helpful.
If you'd like to learn more, contact me. I'd love to help you out.
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MD's 2018 CHINA OPEN THOUGHTS - SIMMERING SELBY
A new venue, a new format, a new trophy and a new massively increased prize pot, but there was a very familiar winner of last week's China Open.
I reckon a lot of us guessed Mark Selby would be back soon, especially given the time of the year. After a winter of discontent for the World Number 1, Selby sprung into life in Beijing to defend and secure a third China Open title and bank a rather handsome £225,000 winners kitty.
Having won the tournament in 2015 and 2017 (he withdrew from it in 2016), Selby has won 21 consecutive matches in this competition – the longest running overseas event on the professional circuit.
Selby once again showed his matchplay powers and pedigree, claiming 51 frames in seven matches across seven days. The hike in frames doesn't seem a problem for 'Iron Man Mark'; he has now chalked up 13 multi-session match victories in a row. The last person to defeat him over distance was Ding Junhui during the final of the 2016 Shanghai Masters - a loss Selby has made up for multiple times since.
He excels over the longer distance and makes the transition so effortlessly – he doesn't talk about it being a problem. Compare that to Ronnie O'Sullivan, who in the past made public the demons he experienced over such races.
I believe Selby now has a peak-Hendry like status in these types of fixtures. Opponents of his know they have a very big, intimidating mountain to climb. As well as being so mentally tough, Selby also appears physically fit, a distinct advantage that I feel is often overlooked for the 'Marathon of the Mind'.
A severe workout looks like ideal preparation for the defending World Champion who is aiming to deposit a fourth title in five years at the Crucible. Everyone has taken note, including bookmakers – Selby's three closest rivals in the odds (O'Sullivan, Trump and Higgins) were nowhere to be seen at the business end in Beijing.
After a dreadful first half of the season, both on and off the table, it is great to see Barry Hawkins once again competing for major honours.
Whilst he'll likely be disappointed about the deciding result to Selby, his run in China would be his second final in as many months after being ousted by John Higgins in a high-quality encounter at the Welsh Open.
Ever since winning his maiden ranker at the Australian Open in 2012, Hawkins has been so stable and consistent, he has comfortably been an established Top 16 member for the last five years now. Looking at his record after that triumph in Bendigo, Hawkins has reached at least the Semi-Finals of 15 ranking events. He was the 2016 Masters Runner-Up too.
Despite missing out on the Players Championship and the chance to defend his World Grand Prix title, I understand that the prize money Hawkins accumulated in the last few weeks has actually put him in the top 16 of the one year list – quite a turnaround. It also elevates any longer term worries he may have had about his elite ranking after that dip in results this campaign.
He may not be as prolific as Selby, but Hawkins is as hard as nails with an excellent temperament. Looking towards the Crucible he can be buoyed by a very impressive recent record there that has seen him reach at least the Semi-Finals in four of the last five years. In 2016 he also made the Quarter-Finals after eliminating O'Sullivan during a deciding frame in the Last 16.
After a relative lull in maximum making on the professional circuit, three were made in the space of nine days.
The spurt started with Luca Brecel's maiden max at the unique Championship League. Behind closed doors, the Belgian's effort banked him just £500.
This was followed up by O'Sullivan's fourteenth career 147 and Stuart Bingham's fourth - made on successive days at the China Open.
Because the last 147 made at a ranking event was Cao Yupeng's during December's Scottish Open (Martin Gould had one at the CL in January, though), the rollover pot was up to a rather tasty £35,000. With a highest break prize of £7,000 on offer in China, the total purse was £42,000 (no wonder 'The Rocket' went for this one) - a sum shared equally between Ronnie and Stuart.
The rollover situation was similar to last year's edition of the event when Trump collected a sizeable pot. I'm not saying I didn't want one made in China, but it would have been nice to see an additional chest of treasure up for grabs at the World Championship - a substantial bonus amongst an already glittering array of prizes.
However, Barry Hearn teased us on Twitter by saying something could be lined up in regards the prize for a 147 at the Crucible. I'm not sure it will be the £147,000 (£1,000 a point) that was on offer back in the day, but it sounds like Mr. Hearn has a nice surprise up his sleeve for the players. It makes commercial sense for the ante to be raised for perfection at Sheffield - it would be a piece of history around forever.
Watch this space.
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Gilligan on the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain (you can see him in the distance, lying down refusing to get off the summit, luckily after a few minutes he decided to join me after a bit)
Gilligan hiking the white trail on Sugarloaf Mountian.
Enjoying a creme filled donut last week before the George Washington Birthday Marathon (the breakfast of champions!)
After Gilligan and I reached the summit, I continued on and as I got close to the car, I ran into a friend (and former colleague, Feng Z. from when I worked at FDA-CDER...the Drug approval center, i.e., same place my husband currently works). After learning she was just starting her hike, I decided it would be more fun to hike with company then drop Gilligan back at the car and do hill training alone. So I hiked an additional 5 mile loop with her. I think by the end Gilligan was really regretting coming along for this outing because I think at the end of our ~4 mile loop he had enough hiking, a 9 mile hike was WAY more then he bargained for. But I had a really nice time. It was a beautiful day for a hike and Feng is very good company. Hopefully I will be able to hike with her in the future (now that I am really confident with my marathoning ability, I can easily hike pretty far on Saturday then run a marathon on Sunday).
Sunday I made plans to meet up with my sister to go the Adventure Travel EXPO in downtown DC. When I walked Gilligan in the morning about 7 a.m., it was cloudy but moderately warm (38 degree's is what weather.com). About 2 hours later as I was getting ready to leave, it had gotten markedly colder and started snowing pretty heavily. Luckily my trip to DC involved a short car-ride to the Metro, then a climate controlled ~1 hour ride to DC. Cindy and I met up a little before the EXPO started, grabbed a coffee and ate some yummy donuts (from Sat) that I was sharing. In fact my sister ended up eating only 1/2 her donut because at some point she mumbled something about it being too sweet (she's clearly nuts!) so I got 1.5 donuts. Life is good!
We then went into the EXPO and walked around for about 2.5 hours. I think Cindy is looking for idea's about trips she is planning to go on with friends (Fiji this coming May) and in the far distant future (after she retires from the Air Force in a few years). I think she also was looking for information about Belize (I forget why). The EXPO I think was geared towards people looking for guided travel idea's both in America and Abroad. There were a few booths about local (PA, MD, VA) and less local area's including state and national parks (Utah, Alaska). I picked up a few brochures and lots of freebies (lip balms with SPF, band aids, bottle openers, carribiners were among items I cannot have too many!).
After we finished wandering the EXPO, Cindy took my goodie bag home with her so I could run around DC. I ran up and down the Mall from the Museum of Natural History to the Lincoln Memorial and then back to the Botanic Garden right next to the US Capitol. I believe this is a 4 mile run. It was really windy and I did run a bit aimlessly so this took jog me about 1.25 hours. Ultimately I ended my jog at the Botanic Garden which I spent about 1 hour inside enjoying the various plants, flowers and folliage as well as the various exhibit rooms (desert-which is hot and dry, jungle-which is hot and humid and other exhibits including some pretty spring flowers such as hyacinths-which smell really good, daffodils, orchids, azalea's and other pretty smelling and looking flowers and bushes. The Botanic Garden was a nice way to end a day trip to DC and a nice way to end my weekend.


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My cakes and other baking creations. I haven't come up with any of my own recipes yet, but hope to start playing around with different ideas. For now I am sticking with recipe cards, recipe books, and the internet. As of now I will only be sharing pictures. Hopefully soon I can start sharing recipes. If you are too busy to make your own baked goods and would like to purchase some or would like a specialty cake feel free to contact me through comments or email.
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I love your train cake and would like to do one for my son. Can I ask you a few questions regarding the construction of the cake?
a) Did you use wooden dowels to support the cakes?
b) usually a cake cardboard is required for each level, did you also place each cake on a cardboard between layers?
c) And how did you manage to cover with fondant and carve a spiral out of the cake?
Hope you can help me with the above questions. Thank you and have a nice day!
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Thank you! Oh geeze I made this cake over a year ago. I will do my best to try to explain what I did....as much as I can remember
I did use wooden dowels. I put them in both layers of the cake. I always go overboard on the dowels. I also used the cardboard.
Ok, I'm going to try to do a step by step with as much as I can remember...
1. fill your bottom cake and then carve. (I used parts of this tutorial to help me do the spiral. http://cakecentral.com/tutorial/how-to-carve-a-spiral-cake
after I carved I put the dowels in
2. put your top cake on a cardboard disk and fill. then place the top cake on the bottom cake. line it up and cut the next spiral.
3. take the cakes apart.
4. crumb coat the bottom cakes and the top cakes (stiffen in fridge)
5. cover both tiers (separately with fondant)
6. slap some butter cream on top of the fondant of the bottom cake and place the top cake (you could probably go without the cardboard...(I think I used cardboard but maybe I removed it when I was carving, I honestly don't remember)
Now you can decorate it.
I hope I answered your questions and didn't confuse you even more. If you have anymore questions I will do my best to answer :)
I would love to see how yours turns out :)
Hi Kristin,Delete
I really appreciate you taking the time to reply, it really means a lot to me.
Actually I saw the tutorial page on cakecentral before chancing upon your website. But I couldn't visualize what the lady did with the cut-out portion of the spiral. It seemed that she didn't throw it away but transplant it further down the cake. But that is not my biggest concern, cos I can just do a simple steep slope that spirals down all the way.
I do have some more questions to clarify though;
1) when you say "fill" your bottom cake, what do you mean?
2)when you cover both tiers separately with fondant, do you also take the spiral apart and cover it separately, then stick it back, or was the spiral part of the lower cake tier? Wouldn't it be difficult to cover with fondant since it was not a regular shaped thing?
3)how long can the fondant cake last? do you put in the fridge? I need to figure out how long in advance I need to make the cake, since it is gonna take me a lot of work.
4) what kind of buttercream frosting did you use?
I have never done a fondant covered cake before, though I have made a fondant train topper with cargo trains on top of a cake crumbcoated with swiss meringue buttercream. Mine was a very modest train cake done last year.
Thanks again for answering my queries =)
Fill... I just meant your filling... whether it be buttercream or whatever you want..ReplyDelete
I left the spiral together. So if you look at the picture I attached the bottom level is actually 4 cakes. I filled each layer with my buttercream and then put it together to be 4 high. Then I cut the spiral. After cutting the spiral I dirty iced or crumb coat whatever you want to call it :)
I then did the same with the top layer (which was also 4 cakes).
Then I took the top layer (top 4) off the bottom and covered in fondant. You will cover it as if it was a regular shape cake and gently smooth it down with your hands and fingers to make it smooth over the slope. You just want to make sure you have more than enough fondant that way you cover the entire thing. It's not as hard as it seems. The fondant is pliable enough that going over the slope isn't very difficult. What's nice about this cake too, is if your fondant cracks or rips it's normally at the top edge of the cake and you can just put grass there to cover any imperfections.
I DON'T put my covered (in fondant) cake in the fridge!! It can begin to taste like whatever is in the fridge and I don't know how to regulate the temperature enough to make sure the colors don't run or fade. I just do these for fun and normally always do the decorating the night before the cake is needed.
I always make the cakes early. You can make them and cover them in plastic wrap and or a ziplock bag and put in the fridge until you are ready for them. (They are also easier to cut when cold). You can make the buttercream in advance if you want. I like to make it right when I'm going to put it on the cake though otherwise you have to cream it again to get it soft and spreadable and I feel like that takes just as long as if I was doing all of it right then and there.
I use the ( I think) Wiltons buttercream recipe but I alter it a bit.
Yields 3 cups
1/2 tsp clear vanilla extract
1/2 tsp butter flavor
2 tbls milk
1/2 cup veg. shortening
1/2 cup butter
1 tbls meringue powder
1lb (appx 4 cups) powdered sugar
sift sugar and powder into large bowl set aside
cream shortening, butter, flavorings and milk
gradually add the dry
I also make my own mini marshmallow fondant. (you might already have a recipe..but...)
16oz white mini marshmallows
2-5 tbls water (I normally go with 3 1/2)
2lbs powdered sugar (I normally sift this)
shortening to grease your countertop and hands
place mm in a large microwave safe bowl. add 3 1/2 tbls water. microwave for 30 seconds stir and continue 30 seconds and stir until it is melted. add powdered sugar. I mix it in the bowl until the bowl overflows or I can't use a spoon to mix it anymore. Then I dump it on a greased counter with the remainder of the sugar and knead until the right consistency. Make sure your hands are well greased. I keep the shortening close and reapply to the counter and my hands.
Your train is awesome!
*I can't figure out how to post the picture here ...
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! You really inspire me to do this train cake! I am initially not quite convinced that I will be able to pull this off, but with your detailed step-by-step instructions, I am gonna give it a go this weekend!Delete
I have not done my own marshmallow fondant before, and I usually buy ready-made roll fondant from the cake supplies store. I was thinking hard how much I would need for such a big cake, but if I can do it my own, then I don't have to buy the fondants in huge quantities.
Is the marshmallow recipe more than enough for the cake of this size? Can I make the fondant in advance and keep it covered and kept in a cool place (not the fridge)?
I've never purchased store bought fondant. I've heard that the mini marshmallow fondant tastes better. I personally don't eat the fondant.Delete
No it definitely is not enough fondant. I think I made 3 batches. Yes, you can make the fondant ahead of time. I normally make it then lightly coat it shortening and wrap with plastic wrap and or zip lock bag then put it in the FRIDGE. (I just don't put my completely decorated cake in...I'm not sure if you can, but I've heard it has to be regulated ... I don't know)
You can dye it ahead of time too. I like to dye it and let it sit in the fridge over night, it deepens the color. If you do color it and put it in the fridge make sure you coat it well with shortening otherwise it will dry out.
I'm sure it will turn out great.
Kristin, Thanks for your prompt reply!Delete
I will go buy the marshmallow and other stuffs tomorrow and start work on the fondant. Will keep you updated :)
Hi Kristin,Delete
If I run out of icing sugar, can i use castor sugar and grind it in food processor to form powdered sugar, is it the same?
I can't find to seem to find plain white marshmallows here, they are all coloured (pink and white). Do you have another fondant recipe that doesn't require marshmallows?
Sorry for bugging you all the time...
Hi Kristin,ReplyDelete
Just to update you on my train cake. This is it.
I used ready-made marshmallow fondant and buttercream. I didn't get to do the winding slope as I was short of time, and too overwhelmed by the technicalities. In fact I had problems draping the fondant, it tore at a few places, had to use stick cookies to disguise the imperfections.
But this is truly a learning experience, I really must thank you for sharing your experience with me! The winding slope will probably be a project for next year!


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