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For Mr. Leung, making proper stemware is all about mastering geometry—the angles plus lines of the goblet select how the wine develops as it sits inside the glass, plus it can influence the way the wine pours onto the tongue, which in turn can affect taste.

There’s small room left on the table when sommelier Gon Leung at Cepage restaurant in Hong Kong lays out the nine kinds of wine glasses in his stock. The stemware is made from a blend of crystal plus glass—100% crystal goblets are thought about more valuable by some, but we’re also heavy.

A side note: When pouring wine, stop at just below the ‘belly’ — the widest part of the glass, says Mr. Leung. ‘The smaller the pour, the better.’ More room in the glass means it ‘breathes’ better, too.

‘Your sweet receptors are at the tip of your tongue; bitterness is detected at the back of your throat; plus the sides pick up the acidity,’ explains Mr. Leung, adding that goblets are not only for holding wine, but are an essential ‘ingredient’ in its enjoyment. Here’s his advice on what kind of wine to pour in what glass.

Young Champagne glass: The long shape of the flute minimizes surface area plus helps preserve the bubbles longer.

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Grand Champagne glass: Meant for older vintages of Champagne, the slightly larger glass gently ‘decants’ the Champagne plus lets it breathe.

Standard white-wine glass: Use this for lighter white wines, such as Riesling, Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc, which all emit fresh plus fruity aromas. The bouquet, though aromatic, can dissipate quickly, so the tall ‘nose’—the distance from the widest part of the glass to the rim—acts as a highway that directs the scents out of the glass straight to your nose as you tip the goblet toward you.

Chardonnay glass: Chardonnay, a more complex plus stronger-tasting white wine, needs a wide bowl-shaped glass so it can mellow plus the air can circulate. Viognier, plus a heavier-tasting white wine, is better served in this sort of goblet.

Young Burgundy glass: This glass was made for Pinot Noir. The slightly larger shape plus diameter—compared with a white-wine glass—allows the tannins in the red wine to breathe, which softens its acidity so it’s less hard to swallow. To preserve the gentler aromas of the Pinot Noir, the glass has a wider belly, which traps the air inside.

Old Burgundy glass: The slightly taller nose of this glass keeps the aromas trapped in or ‘protected’ for a small longer, as older Burgundies are more fragile plus less ‘lively.’

Young Bordeaux glass: Cabernet Sauvignon (a main grape used in Bordeaux) is high in tannins. The larger glass bowl, by providing more air for the wine to breathe, softens them. Help it along by swirling your glass.

Dessert wine glass: The outward bend of the lip directs the wine to the tip of the tongue, where the sweet receptors are, so accentuating the wine’s sweetness, says Mr. Leung.

Old Bordeaux glass: A bigger glass is ideal for older reds that need to be ‘woken up after a long sleep,’ says Mr. Leung. This glass is also ideal for a Shiraz, which is less fruity than some different kinds of red wine plus has heavy spice aromas.

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Ronaldo’s statement was in response to a hypothetical question regarding who in Europe he believes would be best with Corinthians.

Ronaldo said that Adriano, also known as the Emperor, a nickname given to him while playing for Italy’s Internazionale, has the perfect profile of a Corinthians player. He highlighted Adriano’s characteristics of a warrior and someone who is able to overcome obstacles.

Adriano currently plays for Roma. Despite his dismal performance with the team, the possibility of him transferring back to Brazil next season is unlikely. However, Ronaldo was a key member of Corinthians’ successful signing of midfielder Roberto Carlos in 2010.

would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day.

Don’t worry about who doesn’t like you, who has more money, or who’s doing what. Instead, let’s cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us. Let’s think about what God has blessed us with, and what we are doing each day to promote ourselves mentally, physically, emotionally.

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute…look at it and really see it … live it … and never give it back.

The hurricane’s punishing rain continued to pound Haiti even as the storm churned away from Hispaniola.

As of 8 p.m. ET, the storm’s center was about 135 miles (220 kilometers) east of Guantanamo, Cuba, and about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Great Inagua island in the Bahamas, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.

Earlier Friday, Tomas had passed within about 140 miles (230 kilometers) of Port-au-Prince.

In the westernmost tip of Haiti, which juts into the Caribbean Sea and is closest to the hurricane, there were reports from the town of Jeremie of destroyed houses, downed trees and flooded rivers, said Francois Desruisseaux, an emergency team leader with CARE in Haiti.

Also, he said, CARE workers near the coastal city of Leogane reported the area has been inundated with several feet of water. Downtown streets turned into rivers, said Desruisseaux.

Tomas was also felt in Port-au-Prince, the nation’s capital, but the worst of the storm appeared to have passed there after rain pounded the city overnight. By Friday afternoon, rain had stopped falling. It started again in fits and spurts later.

“We were expecting something perhaps a little larger, but it’s still quite significant,” Desruisseaux said about Hurricane Tomas, adding that rescue teams throughout Haiti are still working to assess the damage. “In the capital so far, we’ve been relatively lucky, all things considered.”

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The threat of ongoing rain remains real, as does the possibility of the spread of waterborne diseases, Desruisseaux said.

Relief worker Roseann Dennery of Samaritan’s Purse was near Cabaret, about 20 miles north of Port-au-Prince, on Friday morning, touring camps that hold some of the 1 million people left homeless by January’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake, which killed some 250,000 people.
We must protect our own.

Fall, as we’ve all known since we were little, is the season of change and transitions. Students get new classmates in school. Leaves change color. Summer flip-flops are traded in for chocolate-brown boots. The weather gets cooler and crisper, which may mean less iced coffee and more hot soy lattes. Good-bye summer barbeques. Hello apple picking. Who’s ready for fall?

Seasons are not meant to be static, and neither are people. We are at our best when we are open to new ideas, flexible to life’s curves, and willing to get out of our own comfort zones. Here are ten ideas to shake up our usual routines all for the better.

1. Change your attitude about something you currently don’t like. So you can’t stand your know-it-all coworker. He’s not going to quit anytime soon, and neither are you. Rather than constantly bitching to your spouse about how your workmate drives you up the wall, try approaching his next one-sided rambles with some sympathy and understanding. Or that terrible traffic you have to endure every morning—maybe some good audiobooks will actually make you thankful that you’re stuck in the car for over forty minutes.

2. Change up the people you are surrounded by. It’s great to have your posse of close-knit friends. But it’s important to always have opportunities to meet new people, encounter new personalities (however difficult), and get intimidated as hell by people who are half your age and really kicking ass at life. So check out new community events, strike up conversations with strangers, ask a lot of questions, and continue to build new relationships among your social contacts.

3. Change your eating habits; try new recipes, new world cuisines, new ingredients, and new local supermarkets. Have your eating habits fallen into a predictable pattern of casseroles, hamburgers, and iceberg lettuce salads? My favorite way to change up my eating habits is to visit a health-food or produce store that I’ve never visited before; this has introduced me to new ingredients such as nutritional yeast, kale, rice paper, seitan, and more.

4. Change your usual interests and hobbies. Of course, this is why it’s so important to change up the people you’re surrounded by; meeting interesting people is one of the best ways to expose yourself to fields of interest you may have otherwise never encountered or thought of learning about. Another easy way to change up your usual interests and hobbies is to browse magazines at your local bookstore.

5. Change your style. No, you don’t have to buy a whole new wardrobe to do this. It can be a matter of combining tops and bottoms in unusual ways, doing jewelry swaps with your girlfriends, or simply being a little more daring with your colors of eye shadow, lipstick, and nail polish.

6. Change your home environment. That painting you’ve been meaning to hang up for the last few months? Do it. And while you’re at it, unclutter your unwanted stuff and donate it to charity. Add a potted basil plant and some freshly cut gerberas, while you’re at it. Home environments need new energy, too.

7. Change what is stagnant about your work. Hate your job? In the wrong field? Quit. Love your job but getting bored? Challenge yourself, ask for bigger projects, change your attitude, do something. Just don’t do the same thing you’ve been doing for the last few months or years that’s been making you bored in the first place.

8. Change the usual routines you do with your loved one. Is it always pizza and movie night with your darling? How about taking a road trip along the coast? Or going on a grueling nature hike at five in the morning to catch the sunrise? Weekend trapeze classes? Don’t get me wrong—I’m all for letting it all hang loose in the name of love, but don’t forget to do the adventurous stuff that is best experienced with your favorite partner in crime.

9. Change your hang-outs. Oh, yes, we love it when we’ve become so familiar with that coffee and doughnut shop down the street that the owner knows our name and it’s even permanently engraved in a special chair by the window. But it won’t kill you to drive an extra mile beyond your normal radius to check out some new cafés, restaurants, supermarkets, bookstores, and other neighborhood hangouts and discover other hidden gems in your town.

10. Change something that has become easy for you. You used to be a couch potato, and now those five-mile runs are as easy as pie for you; add another mile. Getting bored with your yoga class? Step it up with a more advanced level. And that goal of writing in your journal every day that has become so second nature? Maybe it’s time to start submitting some of those writings to publications and become a published writer.

Variety is the spice of life, especially during this time of the year. Spice it up.