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I made some more progress today, I finally sorted out the leak that has been plaguing me for a couple of weeks now. It was the fresh water inlet to the boiler. The leak was on the top of the connector and it was spraying upwards hitting the base of the boiler, rolling towards the back before dropping down. This made it appear that it was something under the boiler. I spent about 2 hour stripping the whole thing down to find this out. Sods law.
I got the shelves built for for the bedroom above the gas locker box. I now have somewhere to put my clothes other than stacked a metre high in the wardrobe.
I re-routed the shower waste pipe so that I can close the doors which means the bus is going to be a little warmer tonight.
I sanded and applied the second to last coat of varnish on the doors that separate the living area from the drivers area. I will give it a very light sand tomorrow and apply the final coat.
Fitted the toilet roll holder, shaving mirror and towel rail. They will need to come back down when I line the wash area of the bathroom though.
The list of jobs to do is getting shorter now and it is really only the big jobs that I need to save up for now. The list for tomorrow looks like this.
- Tidy Bus and sweep out.
- Install junction box for lights and connect kitchen light properly.
- Gas cabinet vents
- Fit monitor bracket and devise a method of securing monitor for travel.
- lower the computer desk by 5 inches. (little bit too high to use at the moment)
- Make cover for Bus service panel.
- Get some sticks like sh&t and make rails for blinds.
- Fit bolt to front door.
- Order sliding door mechanism for kitchen doors
- make trim for kitchen doors and bedroom doors.
The last job is a case of cutting some wood into strips about 2″ wide by 1″ high. Cutting rebate along the length that the ply panels can slot into and routing a profile on the front. I will make 2mtr long strips of this that I can just cut to size and mitre when I know the size of the doors.
Once the sliding door kit has arrived I will be able to see the depth and height of said fittings and fit out the carcass for the kitchen. The doors will just be a case of cutting the lengths of wood in previous paragraph to size, mitring them and cutting some 5mm wood to size. Bit of glue and nail gun to hold them together. I reckon the doors will take about 2 hours to finish off and mount.


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If you have been following the shape up challenge then you know that we have already talked a little bit about protein in this post. But today, we are going talk more in depth about protein- what it does, the benefits of it, and what foods you should be eating to get the most protein.
A little background…
When you get in a good workout your muscles undergo quite the challenge. Whenever you do any type of resistance training, not just lifting weights, aerobic exercise too, your body begins to build muscles.
The first thing that happens is your muscle tears. Sounds terrible doesn't it? But it's true. Resistance workouts cause tiny microscopic tears on your muscle. The more resistance training you do the bigger the tear will be and as a result you will feel more sore after the workout..
So What does protein do?
After your resistance workout the repair process begins and continues for 1-3 days. Protein is the nutrient that repairs those torn muscles. Muscles are made up of proteins so when the muscle tears additional protein comes in and rebuilds it. As a result, not only is the tear in the muscle fixed but the muscle has now grown.
Protein does not only help in building and rebuilding muscles but, when needed, it helps rebuild any tissue in your body. So if you get a cut can you guess what is involved in helping the skin grow back together and heal that cut? You guessed it, protein.
The benefits don't stop there!
In addition to what we talked about a second ago, protein also helps the immune system to function properly so that we can fight off sickness. So if you are finding yourself sick all the time, try up-ing your daily dosage of protein.
Not only that, protein also gives you stronger healthy looking hair, skin, and nails. And honestly, who doesn't want that? Right?
Another awesome benefit of protein is that it takes more energy for the body to process protein than it does to process carbs so it is much less likely that protein will convert to fat when you consume it.
How many legs does it have?
There are a lot of foods that will give you a good source of protein. Some of these foods include eggs, nuts, beans, whole grains, and milk.
Most people know that meat is probably the best way to get protein. But how do you know which meats are the best source of protein? A fun rule to remember is that the fewer amount of legs the animal has, the better. So fish is the best source of protein (0 legs), chicken is next on the list (2 legs), and then come other meats like beef, pork, etc (all with 4 legs). Any meat will give you protein but this is a good way to remember how to get the healthiest protein that you can in your diet.
Hopefully reading this article has helped you to understand a little more about why protein is so important. This week I want to challenge you to focus on the amount of protein you are consuming and make a conscious effort to get enough of it in your everyday diet. Try it and let us know how it goes!


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Be careful how you speak of others.
That sounds like the start of a stern lecture, so let me word that another way. Take care to think through what you say when you speak of others.
It doesn't matter whether they are living or dead. The more negatively you speak of others, the more negative the reflection on you.
This stuff is called dirt for a reason.
I've always marveled at the interest of others have of drama not on the stage. Soap Operas, Reality TV, and a host of other things suck people in. This in addition to the drama we find ourselves facing on a daily basis. Speaking poorly of others only feeds that beast. How much is enough?
If you wish to speak of someone in a way that might warn others about their behavior, then consider the trust but verify approach. It carries more weight than muckraking. An example I'll share involves a referral. I was asked by a stunt coordinator about an individual she wanted to hire. The stunt side of the Film and Live Show entertainment business is different from the acting side. Where actors have to audition, stunt performers typically get their work through relationships and referrals. I was honest with her. I told her this particular performer had presented performance challenges on a previous project, and that I had to chase her for several weeks to get her info for a production I was coordinating, which ultimately opted not to hire her. It would have been easy to say, "the kid is lazy, immature, and unreliable" but there was a better way.
Find the better way.
A word when spoken is a bird taking wing for flight forever. The things you say you cannot undo, you cannot change, and you cannot take back.
This past week found me remembering my brother's birthday, gone five years, and marking the passing of two people close to me. That qualifies as a pretty crappy trifecta in my book.
Neither who jumped ship this week was perfect, but both were worthy of stories that make us smile. In the one case, an old friend from my Rocky Horror days in the 80's (and part of the then-famous Wild and Untamed Things) passed away after a lengthy battle with mental and physical health issues. At the memorial, my dear friend Jack and I both determined that stories to make people laugh was the order of the day. The Matriarch from my mother's side of the family also shuffled her mortal coil. Her story to share (since I was and am still not ready to grieve openly) involved her walking up besides me, in the midst of a group of people we both knew, and rubbed my belly…as she looked at me and said, "Say it, honey. Lower and faster." and then she walked away, laughing hysterically. In a rare case, I was left speechless.
When we are saddened by loss, someone more callous might observe and say, "boo hoo, people die." That is not in the least bit mature, and we should not be those people. Nor should we pay any attention to those who demonstrate such ignorant temerity.
Speak well of others, living or dead, no matter how much the temptation to do otherwise. It's better to be the better person than to live with regret because you said something in haste. Similarly, look for every opportunity to speak well and positively of those you know and those you love. Finding and extolling the good in others brings out the good in ourselves.
That's how we should immortalize others; this, no doubt, is how we ourselves would want to be remembered.
That's how we should immortalize others; this, no doubt, is how we ourselves would want to be remembered.
Speaking of remembering, remember to call someone you love and remind them of how important they are to you.
Do it now. Go ahead. I'll wait.


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Numb Chucks
Numb Chucks is a Canadian animated comedy series written for television and starring two half-witted but big-hearted woodchuck brothers called Dilweed and Fungus who believe it is their task to use their very limited kung-fu skills to protect the inhabitants of their town Ding-a-Ling Springs. They are inspired and guided by a kung-fu video of Woodchuck Morris the brothers ordered off of television one night. The martial arts training video Dilweed and Fungus use as their guide is called The Way of The Chuck, which is a parody of famous martial artist and actor Chuck Norris' The Way of the Dragon. Woodchuck Morris, the host of the video, is an homage to Chuck Norris himself. As a result of the show's considerable success a mobile game called Chuck Fu was released at the start of 2015 on both iTunes and Google Play.


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Sports Logo Design
Entertainment and sports industry is overcrowded, with more and more groups and teams coming up recently. Without a carefully crafted sports logo design, many are on the brink of being unrecognizable by a visual alone. A logo design for this industry needs to be eye-catchy, with flashy colors, and remarkably stylized graphics, to be able to reach out the fans.
A sports logo design is to be used on stadium billboards, uniforms, tickets, websites, social media, and licensed merchandise, among many other. Also, there is no one-rule for getting the logo design right. While most would prefer to have an ultra modern logo with special effects and highlights, an old-school logo with a throwback glimpse of past tradition on particular sport would work just fine with younger fan base.
Sport branding is quite an old discipline, and it is today it is ever more important for sport entities to distinguish themselves from the others. A logo is one such factor over which the sports entities connect with their customers. Some factors worth considering are:
- The logo design should demand attention from all stakeholders – players, fans, media, and sponsors, and appeal to them all.
- It should represent the spirit of the game in some form – through the sport's history, important landmark, achievement, etc. to have an emotional connect with the audience.
- The design should be scalable and versatile – easy to use on multiple applications and backgrounds without any impact on the quality.
- The logo should be easily differentiated from other competitors in the industry, to avoid any mistaken identity.
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The Living Dead & The Living God
Christ and the Ancestors in a Changing Africa (Klaus Nurnberger author).
Ancestor veneration is practised widely in mainline churches in Africa, Asia and Latin America, usually in secret. Let us remove the stigma, bring it into the open and respond creatively to the spiritual needs of those concerned. The author listens to African traditional spirituality, the biblical witness, the Reformation, modernity and the future of humankind. What do they say? What could be a well-founded theological response?.
'The prime value of the book lies in its magisterial analysis of African traditional spirituality and the unequivocal responses from both the Old and New Testaments, the Reformation and modernity. Never before has the impact of past orientation and the assumed role of ancestral spirits been confronted with such rigour, clarity and candour.' (Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, RC Diocese of Johannesburg).
'This book engages themes which few have had the courage to confront. The very fact of considering four traditions together suggests a dialogical path seldom explored.' (Prof Tinyiko Maluleke, Unisa).
'Hardly anybody has placed the discussion on ancestors in the wider contexts of modernity, postmodernity and globalism in such an arresting and challenging manner.' (Prof Inus Daneel, University of Chicago).
'The publication will open a fresh debate on the issue based on views that are now coming from the entire theological discourse in South Africa, the region and the continent.' (Dean Dr Mogomme Masoga, ELCSA, Pretoria).
'The author takes great effort to clarify his thoughts and express them lucidly, making it easy for his readers to respond without obscurantism.' (Prof Jesse Mugambi, University of Nairobi). Klaus Nurnberger is Professor Emeritus, Fellow and Senior Research Associate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
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In a desperate attempt to bolster his falling popularity and fill his dwindling coffers the ex Lion Man will be hosting an event in a city in middle England later this week.
No doubt a number of his UK Facebook fans, which are largely made up of blinkered acolytes and frustrated housewives will make the effort to attend and purchase signed photographs, DVD's and the like.
One would like think that Craig Busch would use the event to make, at last, a public apology over the declawing of the Big Cats at Zion Wildlife Park and explain honestly and clearly that he had not been involved in any conservation programme. The bonus would be if the money raised by this event was donated to the fund to repair the damage done by the declawing.
If the intention is to raise money to get 'his' park back then I believe he is pissing in the wind. No serious zoo would ever back him in such an undertaking.
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Growing Kamias and Its Many Uses
Kamias (Averrhoa bilimbi) is a mall tree growing 5 to 12 meters high. Leaves are pinnate, 20-60 cm long, with hairy rachis and leaflets. Leaflets are opposite, 10 to 17 pairs, oblong, 5 to 10 cm in length. Flowers, about 1.5 cm long, and slightly fragrant. Fruit, green and edible, about 4 cm long, subcylindric with 5 obscure, broad, rounded, longitudinal lobes.
In Malaysia, it is called belimbing asam; in Indonesia, it is belimbing besu; in Thailand, it is taling pling, or kaling pring. To the French it is carambolier bilimbi, or cornichon des Indes. Filipinos generally call it kamias but there are about a dozen other native names.
- Origin and Distribution – Perhaps a native of the Moluccas, the bilimbi is cultivated throughout Indonesia; is cultivated and semi-wild everywhere in the Philippines; is much grown in Ceylon and Burma. It is very common in Thailand, Malaya and Singapore; frequent in gardens across the plains of India, and has run wild in all the warmest areas of that country.
- Varieties – Kamias are all much the same wherever they are grown, but P.J. Wester reported that a form with sweet fruits had been discovered in the Philippines.
- Climate – Kamias is a tropical species, it needs protection from cold and wind. Ideally, rainfall should be rather evenly distributed throughout most of the year but there should be a 2- to 3-month dry season. The tree makes slow growth in shady or semi-shady situations. It should be in full sun.
- Soil – While kamias does best in rich, moist, but well-drained soil, it grows and fruits quite well on sand or limestone.
- Propagation – Most efforts at grafting and budding have not been rewarding, though Wester had success in shield-budding, utilizing non-petioled, ripe, brown budwood cut 1 1/2 to 2 in (3.8-5 cm) long. Air-layering has been practiced in Indonesia for many years. However, the tree is more widely grown from seed. Kamias trees are vigorous and receive no special horticultural attention. It has been suggested that they would respond well to whatever cultural treatment.
- Harvesting and Keeping Quality – The fruits are picked by hand, singly or in clusters. They need gentle handling because of the thin skin. They cannot be kept on hand for more than a few days.
- Parts utilized – Whole plant.
- Properties – Considered antibacterial, astringent, antiscorbutic, febrifuge, antidiabetic, stomachic, refrigerant.
- Season, Harvesting and Keeping Quality – The tree begins to flower about February and then blooms and fruits more or less continuously until December. The fruits are picked by hand, singly or in clusters. They need gentle handling because of the thin skin. They cannot be kept on hand for more than a few days.
- Pests and Diseases – No pests or diseases have been reported specifically for the bilimbi.
Food Uses
Kamias is generally regarded as too acid for eating raw, but in Costa Rica, the green, uncooked fruits are prepared as a relish which is served with rice and beans. Sometimes it is an accompaniment for fish and meat. Ripe fruits are frequently added to curries in the Far East. They yield 44.2% juice having a pH of 4.47, and the juice is popular for making cooling beverages on the order of lemonade.
To reduce acidity, it may be first pricked and soaked in water overnight, or soaked in salted water for a shorter time; then it is boiled with much sugar to make a jam or an acid jelly. Half-ripe fruits are salted, set out in the sun, and pickled in brine and can be thus kept for 3 months. A quicker pickle is made by putting the fruits and salt into boiling water. This product can be kept only 4 to 5 days.
The flowers are sometimes preserved with sugar.
Food Value Per 100 g of Edible Portion*
- Moisture 94.2-94.7 g
- Protein 0.61 g
- Fiber 0.6g
- Ash 0.31-0.40 g
- Calcium 3.4 mg
- Phosphorus 11.1 mg
- Iron 1.01 mg
- Carotene 0.035 mg
- Thiamine 0.010 mg
- Riboflavin 0.026 mg
- Niacin 0.302 mg
- Ascorbic Acid 15.5 mg
*According to analyses of fruits studied in Nicaragua and the Philippines.
Other Uses
Fruit: Very acid kamias are employed to clean the blade of a kris (dagger), and they serve as mordants in the preparation of an orange dye for silk fabrics. Kamias juice, because of its oxalic acid content, is useful for bleaching stains from the hands and rust from white cloth, and also tarnish from brass.
Wood: The wood is white, soft but tough, even-grained, and weighs 35 lbs/cu ft. It is seldom available for carpentry.
Medicinal Uses: In the Philippines, the leaves are applied as a paste or poulticed on itches, swellings of mumps and rheumatism, and on skin eruptions. Elsewhere, they are applied on bites of poisonous creatures. Malayans take the leaves fresh or fermented as a treatment for venereal disease. A leaf infusion is a remedy for coughs and is taken after childbirth as a tonic. A leaf decoction is taken to relieve rectal inflammation. A flower infusion is said to be effective against coughs and thrush.
In Java, the fruits combined with pepper are eaten to cause sweating when people are feeling "under the weather". A paste of pickled kamias is smeared all over the body to hasten recovery after a fever. The fruit conserve is administered as a treatment for coughs, beri-beri and biliousness. A syrup prepared from the fruit is taken as a cure for fever and inflammation and to stop rectal bleeding and alleviate internal hemorrhoids.
Traditional Uses "Folkloric Uses"
- Skin diseases, especially with pruritus: Reduce the leaves to a paste and apply tolerably warm to areas of affected skin.
- Post-partum and rectal inflammation: Infusion of leaves.
- Mumps, acne, and localized rheumatic complaints: Paste of leaves applied to affected areas.
- Warm paste of leaves also used for pruritus.
- Cough and thrush: Infusion of flowers, 40 grams to a pint of boiling water, 4 glasses of tea daily.
- Fever: Fruit as a cooling drink.
- The fruit has been used for a variety of maladies: beriberi, cough, prevention of scurvy.
- Infusion of leaves also drank as a protective tonic after childbirth.
- In Malaysia, leaves are used for venereal diseases.
- In Indonesia, leaves used for boils, diabetes, mumps, fever.
- In French Guyana, fruit decoction or syrup use for hepatitis, diarrhea, fever and other inflammatory conditions.
- Because of high oxalic acid content, fruit used to remove stains from clothing and for washing hands, removing rust and stains from metal blades.
- Effects of Averrhoa bilimbi leaf extract on blood glucose and lipids in streptozotocin-diabetic rats: Study showed that AB extract has hypoglycemic, hypotriglyceridemic, anti-lipid peroxidative and anti-atherogenic properties in STZ-diabetic rats.
- Antioxidant And Antimicrobial Activities Of Averrhoa carambola L. Fruits: The scavenging of NO by the extract was dependent on concentration and stage of ripening. Extracts showed antimicrobial activity against E coli, Salmonella typhi, staph aureus and bacillus cereus.
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Alan Cross
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Alan Cross is a Canadian radio broadcaster and a writer on music.[1] Based in Toronto, Ontario, he is best known nationally and internationally as host of the syndicated radio series The Ongoing History of New Music, The Secret History of Rock and ExploreMusic.
Originally from the small prairie town of Stonewall, Manitoba,[2] Cross began his radio career with the University of Winnipeg's campus radio station, CKUW, in 1980. He subsequently joined radio stations in Selkirk, Kenora and Brandon before returning to Winnipeg's CHIQ. He then joined CFNY on October 3, 1986 as an overnight announcer. Cross had always wanted to work at CFNY and says on his website that he had, "first heard about [CFNY] through Rush's "Spirit of Radio" when I was still in high school and remember thinking to myself 'Wouldn't it be cool to work there one day?'"[3]
In 1989, Cross became the station's afternoon drive time host. The following year, he moved to the 10 a.m.-2 p.m. slot; in 1993, he returned to afternoon drive and remained there until 2001. Beginning in February 1993, he also became host of The Ongoing History of New Music.
Cross left CFNY in 2001 to become program director of CJXY in Hamilton, where he oversaw the station's frequency switch to become Y108. During this time he continued to host The Ongoing History of New Music. He subsequently returned to CFNY as program director in mid-January 2004, remaining in that role until moving to Corus Entertainment's interactive media division, Splice Media (now called Corus Interactive and Integrated Solutions), in 2008 to launch the ExploreMusic project — although CFNY still aired The Ongoing History of New Music until 2011. He also hosted the television program ExploreMusic on aux.tv.
Cross was fired from Corus Entertainment in early July 2011, after the company restructured their online content department. In an interview with the Toronto Star, Cross said that there was no ill will between himself and Corus. Cross' departure effectively brought an end to The Ongoing History of New Music, because Corus Entertainment owned the show. He then began working on a different show, The Secret History of Rock, for Astral Media. In 2013, he also joined Rock95 Broadcasting's new CIND-FM as a music consultant and part-time on-air personality.[4]
In the fall of 2014, he returned to CFNY and relaunched The Ongoing History of New Music,[1] as well as a new weekday programming feature called Adventures in Vinyl.
Cross is married to Mary Ellen Beninger, a journalist who has been associated with the Toronto radio stations CFNY, CFTR and CHFI.[2] Beninger has also published novels under the pen name Emme Cross.
The Secret History of Rock[edit | hide all | hide | edit source]
The Secret History of Rock is the syndicated radio program that Alan Cross hosts, writes, and produces. The show is similar to Cross' old syndicated show, The Ongoing History of New Music, in that Cross will provide information on a topic and then play music from a band that is related to the topic that he is talking about.
Unlike The Ongoing History of New Music, Cross rarely does entire episodes dedicated to one band. Rather he will discuss in depth about a few bands, and how they relate to the larger music world. The Secret History of Rock also differs from The Ongoing History of New Music in that it is a two-hour program instead of one hour, and there is focus on classic alternative rock.
Cross begins every episode of The Secret History of Rock by telling the listener a "secret" they may not have known before. These secrets range from the life span of a CD to how gondolas are made. These facts are things that Cross finds interesting, and the purpose of this intro is to end with the tag "so there's a secret about (blank), and here are some secrets of rock. Each episode also ends with Cross listing off what he calls "useless information." He warns the listener that he is not responsible for what they do with this information, but he hopes that they use it wisely.
A Journal of Musical Things[edit | hide | edit source]
AJournalofMusicalThings.com is the website owned and operated by Alan Cross. Cross uses this website as his main platform to communicate to the world. On the site people can stream The Secret History of Rock on demand, contact Cross, and read his blog posts.
The posts that Cross makes range in content, from links to new music, to interesting articles that he has read on other music websites. In these posts Cross is normally opinionated and gives his views openly. Cross is especially critical of the current status of radio stations and culture. He often comments that companies will need to make great changes if they are to stay competitive with online streaming services.
Cross uses his website to help promote new music. He takes music submissions, and posts songs that he likes, or thinks are worth listening to. The mission statement of AJournalofMusicalThings.com is "[f]iltering what's happening in music to save you time, money and effort."[5]
Live appearances[edit | hide | edit source]
Cross has made a variety of public speaking appearances. These public speaking events usually involve him being a keynote speaker on a topic. Cross has given speeches at university graduations, and music festivals. Cross has presented, and participated in panel discussions at Canadian Music Week, and helped judge CILV-FM's 2012 Big Money Shot Battle of the Bands contest. Cross can be booked for public speaking events at his website.
Books[edit | hide | edit source]
- The Alternative Music Almanac (1995)
- The Making of Pretty Hate Machine and The Downward Spiral (1996)
- Over the Edge: The Revolution and Evolution of New Rock (1997)
- 20th Century Rock and Roll: Alternative Rock (2000)
- The History of Alternative Rock, volumes 1-4 (audio book series) (editorial and research by Nathalia Ribeiro)
Television[edit | hide | edit source]
Cross was the host and quizmaster, for one year, of a regional broadcast of Reach For the Top. The show was broadcast on CHCH-TV in Hamilton during the 1990/91 school year and included teams from Hamilton, Niagara, Toronto, Peel & Halton. Ancaster High and Vocational School was the winner of the tournament in that year.
References[edit | hide | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Alan Cross hired back by Edge 102.1". Toronto Star, July 17, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Radio sweethearts share a love of tunes and travel". Post City, January 2013.
- ↑ http://www.alancross.ca/about-me/
- ↑ "Alan Cross joins Indie 88.1 as station readies to air". BlogTO, May 24, 2013.
- ↑ http://AJournalofMusicalThings.com
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In recent years, it has become hard not to come across the word sustainability in both professional and personal life. For those of you in the architecture and interior design business, you likely hear this word daily. And there is good reason for that. Architects especially have the responsibility and opportunity to bring sustainable solutions to market for both the planet and the people inhabiting the spaces they create.
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Theo van Doesburg's Rhythm of a Russian Dance was completed in June 1918. Through the use of only rectangles and simple colors, Doesburg is painting in his newly developed style named De Stijl which exemplifies the abstract style. The rectangles appear to be roughly sketched without use of a ruler, but painted in with care. Doesburg only uses primary colors in his piece in order to allow the piece to be in its simplest form.
When Doesburg founded the De Stijl movement, he wanted to deconstruct painting down to the simple shapes and colors. Rhythm of a Russian Dance reflects this ideal. In a series of rough breakdowns, Doesburg was able to simplify the figure to the basic level. By reducing paintings down to the simplest level, Doesburg is trying to remove art from the elitist stature and break away from old fashioned art forms such as still life and portraits. All across Europe and Russia there was an aura of change not only in art, but also politically and economically. The old- fashioned ways of painting were ostracized and instead replaced by unconventional methods of representing the image. De Stijl took the rather extreme approach of breaking down an image into its simplest parts and colors, namely rectangles and the primary colors. The De Stijl movement is similar to the other art movements of the time that focused more on to represent an image instead of focusing on the details.
The rectangles appear to be relatively straight, but on closer examination one can see the free-drawn nature of the lines. The four colors used for the rectangles are black, blue, red, and yellow and there seems to be no distinct pattern to a rectangle's color. There is also an inconsistency of the intensity of the colors. This can especially be seen with the red and yellow rectangles which at times seem pink and pale yellow respectively. By reducing the colors to their simplest form Van Doesburg is able "to express the ideal spirituality of harmony and order…[with] pure abstraction and simplicity."[1]
The rectangles are used vertically and horizontally to portray the Russian dancer. Overall, the rectangles provide an outline for the figure that has been broken down into the simplest form. There are no diagonal rectangles, generally used to represent movement, so the dancer appears to be stationary. As Nancy J. Troy points out, by not allowing the rectangles to intersect, van Doesburg created a active interplay between the dancer and his environment.[2] The horizontal rectangles are used represent the different levels of the body such as the waist and the neck. The vertical rectangles are used to represent height. The vertical rectangles often end adjacent to horizontal rectangle therefore connecting the different levels of the person.
The background shading for the work is composed with two simple colors, white and grey. The white area is found in the center of the painting whereas the grey is on the outside. Closer examination shows the white is always cut off at the end of a rectangle suggesting the white area represents the figure whereas the grey represents the background the where figure is imposed. The lines separating the white from the grey area are distinct and exact suggesting Doesburg carefully painted these sections in order to bring out the figure in the center of the piece. Overall, the contrast between the white and grey sections enables the figure to be seen much more clearly.
Rhythm of a Russian Dance successfully displays a figure by incorporating horizontal and vertical rectangles to display the height and different levels of the body while using a white and grey shading to further highlight the figure. The piece fits into the De Stijl style of simple shapes and colors and helps characterize the change taking place in European and Russian art during this time period.
Mendez, Adrian. "Modern Art Encyclopedia." Last modified Spring 2011. Accessed March 2, 2012. http://www.gd.drake.edu/spring2011/amendez/modartencyclopedia/destijl.html.
Troy, Nancy, "Figures of Dance in De Stijl," The Art Bulletin 66, no. 4 (1984): 648, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3050479
[1] Nancy Troy, "Figures of Dance in De Stijl," The Art Bulletin 66, no. 4 (1984): 648, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3050479
[2] Adrian Mendez, "De Stijl," Modern Art Encyclopedia, 2011, http://www.gd.drake.edu/spring2011/amendez/modartencyclopedia/destijl.html.


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Editor's note: Wondering what's happening in the classroom at Colgate? Here's a real-time glimpse into academic life on campus — a syllabus from a course underway this semester.
FMST 352 "Horror" and the American Horror Film
Kevin Wynter, visiting assistant professor of Film & Media Studies
TR 2:45–4:00, 105 Little Hall
Course description:
This course examines some the key factors that have contributed to the horror genre's capacity to maintain its continued viability in popular culture across a wide range of media including graphic novels, video art, and interactive gaming.
Beginning with the modern period of the American horror film and then expanding beyond its physical and ideological borders, this course is designed to encourage students to challenge the ideas that have become associated with the term "horror," and to consider whether some other term or terms may be better suited to describe the types of feelings horror films and related forms of media actually inspire.
The following questions will be considered: What is horror? Do horror-genre films truly inspire horror or are we, as participants, moved by some other affect or response? Is it possible to locate cinematic representations of horror and its experience outside of the horror genre?
Course readings include Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen, Mark Seltzer's Serial Killers: Death and Life in America's Wound Culture, and various articles.
Key assignments/activities:
Coursework includes keeping a nightmare journal, in which students are asked to describe an "especially potent nightmare" that they have had and to consider it in relation to horror films screened in class. The class also requires students to present on class readings and write a short essay about Watchmen. The final paper, meant to take into account all that was explored over the course of semester, has the option of taking the shape of a video essay.
Class format:
In addition to weekly meetings, there is a film screening on Thursday nights, 7–10 p.m. Students are expected to complete all reading assignments and come to class prepared to raise points of interest or difficulty. Attendance and class participation are crucial and will be taken into consideration when calculating the final grade.
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After taking this course, you will never look at horror movies the same way. One of the learning goals I propose is to try to distinguish feelings of terror from feelings of horror, and to interrogate how horror movies really make us feel. What students soon come to learn is that the feeling of horror is not confined to the genre conventions they have become familiar with, but can be found with more intensity in films outside of the horror genre.
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bush·el 1(bo͝osh′əl)
1. Abbr. bu.
a. A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in dry measure and equal to 4 pecks, 2,150.42 cubic inches, or 35.24 liters.
b. A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in dry and liquid measure and equal to 2,219.36 cubic inches or 36.37 liters.
2. A container with the capacity of a bushel.
3. Informal A large amount; a great deal: We have bushels of time, so relax.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman bussel, variant of Old French boissiel, from boisse, one sixth of a bushel, of Celtic origin.]
bush·el 2(bo͝osh′əl)
tr.v. bush·eled, bush·el·ing, bush·els or bush·elled or bush·el·ling
To alter or mend (clothing).
[Probably from German bosseln, to do odd jobs, alteration (perhaps influenced by bosseln, to emboss) of basteln, to rig up, mend, probably from Bast, bast fiber (used to make rope), from Middle High German bast, from Old High German.]
bush′el·er, bush′el·ler n.
bush′el·man (-mən) n.
1. (Units) (formerly) a Brit unit of dry or liquid measure equal to 8 Imperial gallons. 1 Imperial bushel is equivalent to 0.036 37 cubic metres
2. (Units) a US unit of dry measure equal to 64 US pints. 1 US bushel is equivalent to 0.035 24 cubic metres
3. a container with a capacity equal to either of these quantities
4. informal US a large amount; great deal
5. hide one's light under a bushel to conceal one's abilities or good qualities
[C14: from Old French boissel, from boisse one sixth of a bushel, of Gaulish origin]
vb, -els, -elling, -elled, -els, -eling or -eled
(Knitting & Sewing) (tr) US to alter or mend (a garment)
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1. a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, the U.S. bushel being equal to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters, and the British imperial bushel being equal to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters Abbr.: bu., bush.
2. a container of this capacity.
3. a unit of weight equal to the weight of a bushel of a given commodity.
4. a large, unspecified amount or number: a bushel of kisses.
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v.t. -eled, -el•ing (esp. Brit.) -elled, el•ling.
to alter or repair.
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Bushelloosely, a large quantity or number.
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Past participle: busheled/bushelled
Gerund: busheling/bushelling
(bu) A measure of dry volume. In the US, 1 bu = 8 gal (64 US pt); in the UK, 1 bu = 8 gal (64 UK pt). The measures are not to be confused: 1.03 US bu = 1 UK bu.
A measure of volume and usually considered four pecks (eight gallons). However, in the days when bushels and pecks were commonly used, U.S. dry measure, U.S. liquid measure, and British Imperial liquid and dry measure were all likely to be encountered. As an example of how these different standards can affect calculations, consider the old saying "a pint is a pound the world around." At the beginning of the twenty-first century, if one weighed a pint of water from a kitchen measuring cup, it would be found to weigh quite close to one pound. Since a bushel contains eight gallons, or sixty-four pints, then a bushel of water should weigh around sixty-four pounds, which is about what a cubic foot of water weighs. One would then conclude that the volume of a bushel is about one cubic foot. However, a bushel is really a dry measure and contains 2150.42 cubic inches (1.24 cubic feet). The "pint is a pound" assumes a liquid measure in which a pint is one-eighth of a wine, or U.S. liquid gallon, and contains 28.875 cubic inches, whereas a dry measure pint contains 33.6 cubic inches.
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4th in the series, I looked at Animated, which is the library that handles the animations of React Native (if I understood correctly) but that's also made available for React.
For once, it has a proper tutorial, that's progressive and much easier to understand than the other libraires I've reviewed so far. Kudos to Animated for that ! Not only is it easier to follow, it's also much longer. I didn't even get to finish it all, but I had to reach some pretty interesting examples !
So what could I do with it ?
Well I'm not entirely sure. I could do some simple things probably if I used Animated in a project but for more complex transitions I'm not entirely sure how things would work together.
I tried to go through as much of the docs as I could, so I might have missed something important, right now I feel like I'm close to understanding how it works but not quite there yet.
From what I could tell though, Animated seems like one of the libraries that can actually do almost any kind of animation, though the ability to sequence things feels a bit complex… Many things are built in but I couldn't figure out how to define durations… Similar to React Motion… Weird trend…
There's a lot to read, but I don't have much to say. I'm sure Animated is a very good solution but I'll have to spend a lot more time figuring out how to use it to know really how good it is, but it's among the libraries I'm most interested in so far !


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Medibloc said Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with PolicyPal Network to build a platform that can invigorate insurance products and create a medical information ecosystem.
MediBloc is a patient-centered healthcare platform based on block-chain technology. The company's platform stores integrated medical information such as the patient's medical record and lifelog, and provides the data to doctors when visiting medical institutions.
Also, researchers can use Medibloc's platform to collect medical data regardless of country or region.
PolicyPal, launched in 2016, is an insurance application that utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence. The company later launched the PolicyPal Network, which combines block-chain technology. The company plans to use the technology to lower insurance barriers and solve the overall security-related problems of encryption assets for the financially underprivileged.
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- 1⁄3 cup sliced green onion tops
- 4 cups cooked long-grain white rice
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 hr 15 min
Peel and devein the shrimp; reserve the shells.
Combine the shells, sliced onion (the white parts of the green onions are fine for this purpose), and water in a saucepan.
Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook 15 to 20 minutes. Meanwhile, place the shrimp in a bowl, sprinkle with half the kosher salt, let stand 1 minute, then cover with cold water.
Drain, rinse, repeat, and let drain in a colander.
Combine the black pepper, white pepper, paprika, and cayenne.
Melt the butter in a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. When it just begins to brown, add the onion, celery, and bell pepper.
Cook, stirring frequently, until the onion begins to brown.
Add the garlic, dried herbs, and 1 teaspoon of the pepper blend.
Cook 1 minute, then stir in the flour.
Cook, stirring and scraping the pan constantly, until the flour begins to darken.
Strain the shrimp stock into a heatproof container and add 2 cups to the skillet along with the salt.
Reduce the heat and cook, stirring, until the sauce settles down to a simmer.
Taste for seasoning and adjust if necessary with more salt or more of the pepper blend.
Add the shrimp to the skillet, cover, and cook over low heat, stirring once or twice, until the shrimp are opaque, 7 to 10 minutes.
Stir in the green onion tops and serve over rice.
Serves 4 people
If using live crawfish, boil them in plain salted water or with spices as in Shrimp Boil, and when cool peel the tails. Use the heads and tail shells to flavor the broth, and taste the sauce before adding any salt. Add the meat (or cooked meat if you buy it that way) to the finished sauce just to reheat.
I'm not really sure about the chemistry here, but I think the salt-leaching process in the first step washes away some of the broken-down proteins on the surface of the shrimp; because the shrimp are salted very briefly, only a tiny bit of salt soaks into the meat. However it works, I find it really improves the flavor and texture, especially of frozen shrimp.
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Pale lager, Märzen, or not-too-hoppy amber ale.
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Op-Ed, "Two years of Obamacare and 'We're still trying to find out what's in it.'" – John Vinci at Americans for Limited GovernmentMonday, March 26th, 2012
By John Vinci — Today is the second anniversary of the passage of Obamacare. And by our count there are now over one hundred Obamacare regulatory implementation documents that span over 10,000 pages and contain nearly 2.5 million words.[1] You'd think that 2.5 million words would be enough to tell us exactly how Obamacare will work and operate.
Not so, says Governor Gary Herbert of Utah.
We still don't know
Utah was proud of the market-based healthcare reforms it had made prior to Obamacare. It was one of two states to have implemented an insurance exchange before Obamacare.
But now Utah is working hard to figure out how their reforms will work within the context of Obamacare.
Last fall, Gov. Herbert's administration sent a 58-page document to the Obama Administration outlining questions that Utah still has about how Obamacare will be implemented at the state level. Herbert said that even the Obama Administration's newly released 1,039 pages of regulations within the prior week, "still don't answer the questions we've been asking."[2] (more…)


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From architect Thomas Hastings' "Tower of Jewels" and its 100,000 sparkling cut-glass ornaments to William Merchant's Pacific House, a new exhibit opening at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design library salutes two San Francisco celebrations of the last century, the Panama Pacific International Exposition and the Golden Gate International Exposition.
"Exceptional Expositions" offers enlightening and entertaining visual displays borrowed from CED's Environmental Design Archives to illustrate the planning, designing and experience of the beaux-arts Pan Pacific fair of 1915, where the Bernard Maybeck-designed Palace of Fine Arts still stands, and the 1939 Golden Gate extravaganza held on Treasure Island.
Assembled to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal, the PPIE depicted San Francisco as being in the center of trade in the Pacific, underscoring the city's rise from the rubble and ash of the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Likewise, the Golden Gate exposition deliberately situated San Francisco at the heart of Pacific trade, as well as culture. But Andrew Shanken, a Berkeley professor of architecture and author of a new book, Into the Void Pacific, says that despite the event's professed profound connections to both Latin America and Asia, the resulting display reflected "a blithe melting pot of Pacific cultures." In his book, Shanken says that there were pockets of architectural coherence in the GGIE's layout of official fair palaces, courts and other structures, but no overarching ideological point. Yet, he lauds its landscape as an "encyclopedia of Pacific flora."
The exhibit in the CED library in Wurster Hall will be open Sept. 8-Dec. 16.
The college also will be the site of a Thursday, Sept. 17, lecture, reception and silent auction of digitized prints of materials donated to the College of Environmental Design Archives, but that are not part of the archive collection, and photos by Jason Miller and Cris Benton. The 6-7 p.m. lecture in Wurster Hall, Room 112, will feature presentations by architectural historian and CED alumnus Dan Gregory and Shanken. Tickets are $10 per person, or free for Berkeley students with campus ID.
A 7-8:30 p.m. reception and silent auction costs $100 per person, with proceeds supporting the Environmental Design Archives.


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媲美薇兒.麥克德米(Val McDermid)與黎安.莫瑞亞蒂(Liane Moriarty)的新人小說家作品。
「The Hidden Legacy是最好的一種神祕小說,冷酷且吸引人的故事,秘密中藏著秘密,人類的需求與薄弱的意志,在字裡行間強烈地透露著。這是一本很難讓人放下的故事,它也讓人難忘。」- Alison MacLeod (以Unexploded提名布克獎)
Ellen Sutherland剛離了婚,帶著兩個小孩,忙於工作與生活,承受了極大的壓力。當她受邀至Cheltenham聆聽一個老婦的遺囑時,她完全不期待這趟旅行會有什麼收穫。但是當她聽完遺囑後,除了震驚,已找不出其他的詞來形容她的感受,因為這個叫做Eudora Nash的老婦,留給Ellen一個可以扭轉人生的遺產:一棟價值不斐的漂亮小屋。
ONCE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T FORGET Ellen has received a life-changing inheritance. If only she knew who had left it to her ...1966. A horrifying crime at a secondary school, with devastating consequences for all involved. 2008.
A life-changing gift, if only the recipient can work out why ...Recently divorced and with two young children, Ellen Sutherland is up to her elbows in professional and personal stress. When she's invited to travel all the way to Cheltenham to hear the content of an old woman's will, she's far from convinced the journey will be worthwhile. But when she arrives, the news is astounding. Eudora Nash has left Ellen a beautiful cottage worth an amount of money that could turn her life around.
There's just one problem - Ellen has never even heard of Eudora Nash. Her curiosity piqued, Ellen and her friend Kate travel to the West Country in search of answers. But they are not the only ones interested in the cottage, and Ellen little imagines how much she has to learn about her past ...A powerful and suspenseful tale that has been compared to Val McDermid and Liane Moriarty PRAISE FOR THE HIDDEN LEGACY 'The Hidden Legacy is the best kind of mystery novel, a cool and compelling story of secrets within secrets, all delivered to the page with a powerful sense of human need and frailty. It's a story that's hard to put down - and hard to forget.' Alison MacLeod, Booker-longlisted author of Unexploded 'I was gripped from page one by GJ Minett's debut thriller.
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Setting up an 'Add-in Depot' makes it easy to administer a collection of self-updating JMP add-ins. In this example, the Depot is nothing more than a folder containing:
In a typical case, the add-in depot will reside on a server folder where add-in users have read access.The metadata file is a JMP table that stores information about each add-in in the depot. In this example, we will use it to check when the add-in was most recently published.If the add-in is current when the user runs it, the add-in will run without fanfare. However, if the user attempts to run an outdated version of the add-in, he or she will receive a prompt to install the new version:If the user clicks "Cancel", the present addin will run. If he or she clicks "OK" the update will install automatically, overwriting the outdated version. In this example, the user is informed of the install and prompted to re-run the addin:
Self-updating JMP add-ins: a step-by-step example.
Note that we have not yet published the add-in, as we have yet to change the publish date in the metadata file. To see this, from the JMP menu select Add-Ins >> Hello World (or whatever you entered as the menu item text) and the "Hello World" window will appear as before.
Hi, this sounds very useful. Unfortunately it didn´t work for me (it was all fine until the last point f.).
Is it possible that something (Root? Folder?) in the "File Metadata.jmp" has to be changed?
There was a naming issue in my case. I was able to fix the issue by setting the following names identical:
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There's a drawer in my kitchen that is full of bathing suits. Allow me to explain.
I'm not a "store-shoes-in-the-oven" kind of girl but, especially in this city, we're all a little tight on space. When I moved into my apartment, the tiny sliver of a drawer below my sink just screamed out to me, "swimwear should live here," and so they moved in too. For the most part, I forget that they are there, neatly folded and begging for sun. But, every few months, I'll go looking for that bigger wooden spoon or extra-side-towel, and open the drawer to find my bikinis and one-pieces glaring up at me like a tin of unwrapped sardines. I always get a good laugh, which seems reason enough to keep them in the spot, before closing things back up until the next time.
Many of my favorite seasonal recipes have that "bathing suits in a drawer" feeling. Out of context, they aren't in my regular kitchen rotation nor am I all that interested in eating them. But then, when their season arrives, they are perfectly fitting and all I can think about. If only all swimsuits were so kind.
Brussels sprouts are my favorite of the fall side-dishes. Roasted, pan-fried, steamed or even shredded and raw, I cook Brussels sprouts constantly from now through the holidays, at which point I retire them until the following year. And while these vegetables used to be dubbed as the low point of any table, restaurants and Internet recipes alike have played to their strengths in the past few years, allowing all of that negative hype to be forgotten.
I can think of a dozen ways I prepare this dish, but this recipe happens to be an easy crowd-pleaser. First you steam them for a few minutes in a pot and then finish them for a few more minutes on the stove. There are two very important steps in this particular recipe: get your pan VERY hot and then (after adding the sprouts) step away from the stove. This will not be easy. You will want to prod and poke your pan, an action that will not allow your vegetables to brown properly and for the vegetable's natural sugars to develop. So step back and wash your cutting board or dry some dishes.
On top of being delicious and easy to make, Brussels sprouts are an excellent source of fiber and vitamins A, C and E. They have also been shown to reduce inflammation and support digestive health.
Caramelized Brussels Sprouts
Serves 4
2 pounds Brussels sprouts, washed and ends trimmed
1 clove garlic, gently crushed
Healthy glug of olive oil
salt and red-pepper flakes, to taste
1 lemon, cut into wedges, for serving
1. Place a steamer basket in a pot of shallow boiling water, add sprouts and cover, about 7-8 minutes. (note: you could also blanch the sprouts in a large pot of salted boiling water for roughly the same amount of time if you don't have a basket). Remove from heat when just fork-tender, allow to cool and slice in half, lengthwise.
2. In a large pan, heat olive oil, making sure it doesn't begin to smoke. Add garlic and a large pinch of red pepper flakes for a minute, until garlic is soft and fragrant.
3. Remove garlic from pan and add Brussels sprouts (you may have to do this in batches), cut side down, and a good pinch of salt. Step away from the pan as sprouts brown, about 4-5 minutes. Use tongs to flip sprouts and allow other side to brown, about 2-3 minutes.
4. Plate and sprinkle with coarse salt and extra red pepper, if you like. Serve with lemon wedges.
Mallory Stuchin, a native Manhattanite, is the food editor for joonbug.com. She is also a natural foods chef and has worked for Mario Batali. Her writing has previously been featured in The New York Observer, Glamour and Maxim, as well as other publications in New York and Los Angeles. Mallory has also studied Ashtanga yoga in Mysore, India and has taught classes at PURE Yoga and New York University. You can follow her on Twitter @malstuch.


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Aerobic Exercise Better Than Weight Lifting to Burn Fat
Now that the festive season is here, everybody wants to look their best and shed off those unwanted extra pounds at the earliest. While crash dieting and similar options are always available, there is nothing more effective than moving your body to some good beats. A new research suggests that aerobic training is the best mode of exercise for burning fat.
The study by Duke researchers compared aerobic training, resistance training, and a combination of the two before concluding their study.
Aerobic exercise, which includes walking, running, and swimming, is a better way to lose weight, while recent guidelines suggest that even resistance training like weight lifting may also prove helpful with weight loss by increasing a person's resting metabolic rate.
While research has shown benefits of resistance training for improving glucose control, its effectiveness for weight-loss and fat burning has been inconclusive.
"Given that approximately two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight due to excess body fat, we want to offer clear, evidence-based exercise recommendations that will truly help people lose weight and body fat," said Leslie H. Willis, MS, an exercise physiologist at Duke Medicine and the study's lead author.
For the study, the researchers recruited 234 overweight or obese adults and randomly assigned them to one of three exercise training groups: resistance training (three days per week of weight lifting, three sets per day, 8-12 repetitions per set), aerobic training (approximately 12 miles per week), or aerobic plus resistance training (three days a week, three set per day, 8-12 repetitions per set for resistance training, plus approximately 12 miles per week of aerobic exercise), according to Medical Xpress.
The researchers supervised the exercise sessions to make sure participants put in their best to exercising.
At the end of the exercise regimen, the researchers found that the groups which did aerobic training and aerobic plus resistance training lost more weight than those who did just resistance training.
The group that trained in resistance training group in fact gained weight due to an increase in lean body mass, the report said.
Aerobic training was found to be a more effective way of losing weight because the aerobic exercise group spent an average of 133 minutes per week training and lost weight, while the resistance training group spent approximately 180 minutes without even losing any weight.
The group which did both dedicated double the time and commitment when compared to any other group and provided a mixed result. The participants in this group apparently lost weight and fat mass, but did not significantly reduce body mass nor fat mass over aerobic training alone.
This group showed the maximum decrease in waist circumference, may be because of the time they spent exercising.
"No one type of exercise will be best for every health benefit," Willis added.
"However, it might be time to reconsider the conventional wisdom that resistance training alone can induce changes in body mass or fat mass due to an increase in metabolism, as our study found no change."
"Balancing time commitments against health benefits, our study suggests that aerobic exercise is the best option for reducing fat mass and body mass," said Cris A. Slentz, PhD, a Duke exercise physiologist and study co-author. "It's not that resistance training isn't good for you; it's just not very good at burning fat."
The study appears on Dec. 15, 2012, in the Journal of Applied Physiology.
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