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Every profound, self-respecting tea connoisseur has a collection consistent of several teas, where each type is brewed depending on time of the day, occasion, company or just the mood. Typically such a collection of teas includes:
- Teas for breakfast
- Afternoon teas
- Evening teas
In addition, during each occassion, several varieties of teas can be served.
Tea for breakfast - This tea should invigorate and tone the body and mind. The taste of this drink should be rich and strong. In addition, tea for breakfast is often served with muffins, scones, sweet breads, therefore it should be perfectly balanced with flavors. The most popular teas for breakfast are:
English Breakfast Black Tea Blend with a marvellously dark infusion and malty spiciness, best when slightly sweetened with a dash of milk or cream.
Irish Breakfast Black Tea Blend with a deep dark infusion and character spice. A definite "must have" for each tea lover.
Afternoon tea - Such a beverage is usually drank after a good lunch without milk or sugar, so it will help digestion and vigilance. The selection of afternoon tea should be approached with particular care because this social beverage prompts friendly conversations. If we generalize the basic properties and characteristics of mid-day tea, then the tea will have the following form:
Not too strong, must have a rich flavor, with exquisite and delicate aroma, but the main thing it is understandable and enjoyable not only for the host, but also for every guest. The most popular afternoon teas:
Earl Grey ( black or green tea blend) lightly flavored with fine bergamot oil that forms a harmonious basis for the popular, fruity, hot drink.
Caramel Black Tea Blend comes up to the highest expectations with its tempting creamy caramel pieces and the sweet, full caramel flavor with an unforgettable vanilla note.
Cinnamon Roll Black Tea Blend with perfectly balanced taste of expressive cinnamon flavor. Quite simple and perfect.
Jasmine Green Tea with intense bouquet of jasmine and delicate taste.
Oolong, White tea, Green tea…pure and flavored, regular and decafeinated… The list of choices are endless, the world of tea is infinite!
Evening tea - This tea is usually chosen using special blends, which include different varieties of teas, they are mostly with little or no caffeine content, not very strong and have a pleasant, delicate taste and aroma. Rooibos, Honeybush, Ayurvedic, Herbal and Fruit blends are the most popular evening teas. Evening teas offer soothing aroma and taste to relax the body and mind for a better night sleep.
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Loose Tea | Preparation
According to "urban legend", iced tea was discovered accidentally by an enterprising Englishman Richard Blechynden who had come all the way from Calcutta, India to represent teas from the Far East at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Not meeting with much success in the stifling heat, Mr. Blechynden poured the tea over ice and met with a near instant success. However, the oldest printed recipes for iced tea were published in 1870. Russian tea with sugar and lemon slices was fashionable in the USA and served in hotels in 1860th under the name "tea a la Russe" both hot and cold.
America is unique in its tea consumption habits. In the United States over 85% of the tea is consumed as an iced beverage. Iced tea has gained wide spread popularity as an alternative to carbonated soft drinks being an attribute of a healthy life style. This refreshing drink is traditionally served sweetened or unsweetened with lemon slice over ice cubes in a tall glass. Black tea is the classic ingredient used to make iced tea. With incredible offers on the market today for black and green teas, Rooibos, blended teas, ayurvedic, flavored, herbal and fruit teas, try to find your preferred beverage by experimenting with such a variety. For iced tea to have consistent strengths from start to finish, use ice cubes made from leftover tea.
Here are three ways for making perfect iced tea:
Hot Water Method
Boil water. Steep your favorite tea with double the amount of loose leaf. Strain prepared drink to remove the tea leaves. Sweeten with sugar or honey if desired. Pour the strained tea into a pitcher with ice cubes. Serve in a tall glasses filed with additional ice cubes, garnish with a lemon slice and a spring of fresh mint.
Cold Water Method
This method is the best to achieve a crystal clear drink result. Fill a large pitcher with cold water and loose leaf tea (8 teaspoons of tea per 4 cups of water), let it chill overnight. Strain the mixture to remove tea leaves. Sweeten with sugar syrup if desired. Serve and enjoy.
Sugar syrup: combine equal amounts of water and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to boil and simmer until clear, about 7 minutes. Cool and store in refrigerator. You may add lemon zest to the mixture while boiling, proceed as directed, discard the zest and enjoy lemon sugar syrup with your favorite iced tea!
Sun Tea
"Sun tea" is tea brewed by being left to steep in the sunlight. In a glass jar, combine water and loose leaf tea (8 teaspoons of tea per 4 cups of water). Place the jar in a warm, sunny location for 3-4 hours. Strain the mixture to remove tea leaves. Sweeten with sugar syrup if desired. Chill in refrigerator. Serve and enjoy!
There are also lots of different variations of iced tea. Common modifications to the traditional recipe include adding fresh fruit, flavored syrups, cranberry or orange juice, sparkling water and even champagne to make a delicious tea drink. Bubble tea is very popular in Taiwan and worth to try on a hot summer day as an exotic desert. A strong black tea sweetened with condensed milk and served cold with large tapioca pearls. Great low calorie desert that quenches your thirst! The possibilities for making a unique and refreshing glass of iced tea are virtually countless. Experiment and enjoy your summer!
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Fruit tea is a healthy, delicious and cheap alternative to all soft drinks and is available in many different flavors. Within recent decades, a fruit tea boom developed and now, most tea shops are carrying a large assortment of delicate fruit blends. These teas have a great calming and restorative effect, contain no caffeine and can be consumed at any time of the day. The versatility of fruit tea blends took over a big population of consumers, including children and the elderly. Hot or Iced, fruit tea is a real treat!
Typically, fruit teas are prepared on the basis of several components which include apple pieces, hibiscus blossoms and rose hips that characterize the body of the blend. Two of the most popular award winning compositions of fruit teas, are based on citrus fruits and apple & cinnamon. All ingredients can be grouped in the following way: dried, freeze-dried, blossoms, peels, herbs, spices, powder and nuts. What so special about a fruit tea? First of all, it should be noted that most fruits and leaves of fruit trees do not lose their beneficial properties in a dried form. Thus, fruit teas offer a great opportunity to get a complete set of vitamins and mineral substances in every cup of tea. Freshly harvested, the raw fruits are frozen and freeze-dried in vacuum chambers. Hereby, the ice is directly turned into steam via a slow heating process and extracted from the cells. Form, color, size and consistency remain unchanged, and the opened cell structures allow a quick immersion in water. This process is especially favorable to all ingredients such as vitamins, minerals and aromas. No additives are used so that the outer appearance and a natural taste are optimally preserved. The fruit tastes are good as it was originally picked! Fruit tea blends are very refreshing and a good way to quench a thirst. Our recommendation is to start with Turkish Apple with Vitamin C. Pure freshness!
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Over the long centuries of isolation from the rest of the world, in Japan appeared amazing things: ikebana, bonsai, origami, sumo, kabuki, mange and much more. It is logical to assume that in respect of Japan, tea is not so simple either.
Green tea is very popular drink in the world today, but the Japanese consume tea in quite a peculiar way, starting with the production of special teas and ending with particular traditions of tea drinking. Japanese tea ceremonies (Sado or also known as Chanoyu) cannot be described in gastronomical terms. This is an art of contemplation and meditation, a way to achieve harmony with the world and cognize knowledge of the laws of the universe. Even leaving aside the complexity of a Japanese tea ceremony, we can tell you a lot about the kinds of traditional Japanese teas and its consumption.The first thing that catches the eye, when studying the varieties of Japanese teas, is that they are all green and non-fermented. There are not that many types of Japanese traditional teas and they are all very unique. Their individual characteristics are not similar against each other, nor anything else in the world. The names of Japanese teas are fascinating: Matcha, Sencha, Genmaicha, Gyokuro, Hojicha, Bancha, Usucha, Kamairicha, Kabusecha, Tamaryokucha and Kukicha. Most of these products cannot be found on the shelves of tea shops outside of Japan. The most popular exception is Sencha and Bancha - the easiest tea to prepare with traditional green tea taste. Sencha literally means "roasted tea", a basic Japanese tea and the basis of which many other varieties of Japanese teas are developed. In fact, Sencha is a plain green tea that does not require special knowledge and skills to prepare. Most Japanese green teas are steamed at first to prevent oxidation, then rolled, shaped, dried and finally fired to preserve and add flavor. All lovers of green tea will admire its lightly grassy note. As any tea, Sencha could be a high quality and poor, we should not draw any conclusions about this tea when tasting Sencha of incomprehensible production. Good quality Sencha consists of a flat and long delicate tea leaves with distinctive fragrant of fresh green grass. Even high-graded Sencha contains a large amount of powder or tea dust. When brewed, Sencha gives a very bright infusion with a lively green color, traditionally served in transparent or white cups. The aroma and taste of Sencha are soft, both fresh and slightly sweet and velvety. Sencha tea infusion includes a large amounts of caffeine, vitamins C and B2. This tea invigorates the mind and body.
Preparing Sencha is a simple process, even thou the first attempt may fail, don't be discouraged: warm teapot, put tea leaves in, cover with water remembering that water should not be boiling, and steep for a while ... However, it is impossible to give universal recommendations about the amount of dry tea leaves, water temperature and time of infusion, since the quality of tea and water are always different. Made with hard water tea is not as good because of its active substances that cannot dissolve fully. For green teas (all teas in general) there is a tip: the more delicate tea and softer water, the lower the water temperature should be and less time of infusion. Sencha tea leaves must not steep longer than 2-3 minutes. This means that the entire teapot tea should be poured into cups or into a separate container no later than in 3 minutes. If over steeped, the tea will be bitter, if under steeped the taste will be watery. Sencha is the only Japanese tea that almost does not change the taste and aroma in the second and subsequent brewing. Other Japanese teas are inconceivable to brew a few times without losing the taste. The first of each new brewing is recommended to take one heaping tea spoon per 6oz serving of tea and infuse for 2 to 3 minutes. If the taste and aroma seem to be weak, hold the second brew a little longer, but next time increase the amount of tea. An indicator of properly brewed Sencha is bubbly foam. If not, that means that the water is too hot, cold, hard or the tea leaves are not the best quality. Tea Gyokuro (also known as "precious dew" or "jade drops") is a higher grade expensive tea, which is cultivated in a special way. Gyokuro is different from Sencha because it grows under the shade for about two weeks prior to the harvesting period that aims to reduce amount of Catechin in leaves, therefore the bitterness in tea infusion. This fine tea is very rich in aromatic oils, vitamins, minerals, caffeine and other useful and pleasant elements. Splendid Gyokuro is also called "King of tea" and "Tea of genius" because it cheers up (raises) the spirit and stimulates the thinking. The taste and aroma of Gyokuro is similar to Sencha but with light almost imperceptible nuances. Color of dry tea leaves vary from bright green to golden-brown depending on the terrain and weather during the growth and harvest. Tea merchants will recommend a unique method of brewing for Gyokuro which differs from any other tea brewing techniques. Gyokuro tea leaves are typically steeped at low temperature 150 to 165 F for 1 to 2 minutes. Since the temperature of water is low, pre-heating the pot and cups in order to maintain the warmth of tea would be recommended as well. If the water used is too hot, it will destroy the magnificence of taste and aroma. Matcha is a fine-powder with the consistency resembling talc green tea used in Japanese tea ceremonies and cooking. Matcha is the most difficult Japanese tea to prepare according to traditional techniques and requires specific skills. It was invented in China in the tenth century and was introduced to Japan only in the twelfth century. Being forgotten at home, powdered tea has become a cultural asset of Japan. Matcha is made from Tencha that has very similar cultivation process to Gyokuro. The process of covering tea bushes from direct sun light before harvesting enriches the tea leaves of amino acids and makes it sweeter. Gathered and processed tea lives with removed stems and veins undergo grinding procedure by millstones. Matcha is a premium quality and has a sweet taste with a deep flavor.
During a Japanese tea ceremony, Matcha powder frothes up into a foam with bamboo whisk and a small amount of water. The advantage of this type of tea is the fact that all substances contained in tea leaves are delivered into the human body completely - in the form of an opaque beverage. Matcha is a concentrate of tea leafs. The taste of this tea is very fresh, but slightly bitter. Matcha can be combined with other types of tea adding freshness to taste and aroma. Lower quality grades of Matcha can be added to various dishes of rice, noodles and tempura to chocolate, ice-cream and traditional Japanese sweets. Tamaryokucha is a high-quality Japanese green tea. To make it, tea leaves are steamed or fried. Tamaryokucha is rich in vitamins and contains little caffeine. This tea has a berry-like flavor with an almond aftertaste and citrus-grassy distinctive aroma. Genmaicha is a combination of Sencha with roasted brown rice. This mixture gives a turbid light brown color of infusion and well pronounced rice flavor with hints of sunflower seeds and fish. Taste-wise, Genmaicha resembles soup, after the tea is drunk, you can eat the rice. This drink-dish is a great alternative to dinner or lunch for those who are on a diet. Japanese drink Genmaicha to subside the feeling of hunger without burdening the stomach. This tea contains a large amount of vitamin B1 and a small amount of caffeine. Hojicha is a roasted tea that is set apart from other Japanese teas. This tea is made from Sencha which is roasted in a porcelain pot over charcoal at high temperature. Tea leaves of Hojicha tea ate brown and shiny with a dominating roasted flavor. Hojicha steeps by conventional infusion for less than a minute. Color of the infusions resembles weakly brewed black tea. Hojicha does not have subtle nuances of aroma and taste. This is a simple tea to quench the thirst or drink during the meal. Because of the process of roasting Hojicha, the amount of caffeine decreases, this tea can be served after the evening meal and/or before going to sleep.Other Japanese green teas that are characterized as low quality Sencha are Bancha and Kukicha. These uncomplicated teas are made from big crude leaves, stems, stalks and twigs. These types of Japanese teas are collected at the end of the season and are considered as lower grade. Bancha and Kukicha are the simplest and cheapest of Japanese teas and are used for daily consumption of liquid for Macrobiotic Diet, the dietary regimen that is based primarily on grains and plants. This macrobiotic way of eating is very popular in Japan. There are twenty two grades of Bancha. Kukicha can be added to juice for children's consumption.
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New Promotion Encourages Customers to Become Fans of ESP Emporium on Facebook, Offers Fans a Chance to Win a Three-Month "Tea of the Month" Package
Chicago, IL – February 23, 2010 – ESP Emporium, purveyors of specialty and loose leaf teas have announced a new, limited time Facebook promotion that encourages friends and customers to join their social fan base.
The promotion, which begins on March 1, 2010, offers Facebook users who become fans of ESP Emporium a chance to win a three-month membership to their very popular "Tea of the Month" club; each month, for three months, winners will receive 50 grams of two different varieties of specialty tea – (a total of 100 grams of tea). "Tea is a very 'social' experience that is very much a part of North American cultures - much like the different types of social networks that have become so popular in recent years" said Steve Popec, co-owner of ESP Emporium. "Our customers must be noticing a trend at this point, with our Twitter promotion last month, and now an incentive to follow us on Facebook. We pride ourselves on offering specialty teas and products that reflect and complement the social aspects of our cultures, both internationally and within North America, and want to expand the social nature of our relationship with our customers".
"Much of our decision to launch this promotion is based on the overwhelming interest we've seen in our 'Send A Cup Of Tea' application, which embraces the social elements of both Facebook and the variety of tea we offer, by allowing users to pass along a virtual cup of tea to their friends and family" said Popec. "Many of the promotions we'll be running in the very near future will further involve Facebook, as it's an easy way for us to reach out to our customers and fans, to foster the community that we feel our products have created".
The Facebook Tea of the Month contest is limited to residents of the United States, and only the first 25,000 entrants/fans will be eligible. Current Facebook users who became "fans" of ESP Emporium's Facebook page prior to the launch of the Tea of the Month contest will also be eligible to win. Winners will be drawn at random, each time a 5,000-fan milestone is reached. Once 25,000 entrants have become fans, monthly draws will be held until August, 31, 2010.For more information about this announcement, please visit www.ESPemporium.com, or contact Steve Popec at 1-866-810-1818.###About ESP Emporium ESP Emporium is a flourishing tea company offering an assortment of premium loose teas and tea-related accessories in the USA. Grown globally, their tea selection includes black teas, green teas, half fermented teas, flavored teas, fruit tea blends, Rooibos tea, herbal teas and more. About the 'Send a Cup of Tea' Facebook ApplicationThe 'Send a Cup of Tea' Application enables Facebook users to select from 30 different blends of tea, which virtually represent the loose tea and specialty teas offered by ESP Emporium, which can be sent to users listed on their (users) Facebook friends list.
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If you like experimenting with food and drinks and are very fond of tea, or if because of health conditions you are limited in the consumption of black tea and coffee, we recommend you to try Rooibos tea. There is still a lot of controversy regarding its name. Yet it is wise to call this Rooibos or Rooibos tea, because is the closest in sound to Afrikaans - one of the languages, mainly spoken in Southern Africa. In translation, this word means "red bush". This product was popular in Southern Africa for generations and is now consumed all over the world. Thanks to its healing properties Rooibos is also called the elixir of the Bushmen. This tea is made from young shoots that are cut, finely shredded, and then spread on a flat surface for about eight hours. During this time, Rooibos undergoes a process of natural fermentation that produces reddish -brown color and enhances the flavor. Then, the tea leaves subjected to final drying in a special machine, pasteurized and packaged. Un-oxidized green Rooibos is also produced by method similar to production of green tea, but due to more demanding production process is more expensive than red Rooibos. Good quality Rooibos can be determined by the uniformity and brightness of color. Tea should be light and crumbly, needles are long and even.
Rooibos tea can be excellently improved with most household decorations. For instance, mallow or sunflower blossoms are beautifully set off against the thin, rust-brown needle-like leaf. Rooibos is becoming very popular in Western countries especially among health-conscious consumers due to its lack of caffeine and tannic acid. Rooibos is safe for people that suffer from high blood pressure. This tea is a healthy beverage choice for the kids. Rooibos contains a high level of antioxidants. Many experts believe that due to these properties Rooibos is quite possible to use even in baby food. Generally, with regard to the process of brewing, Rooibos tea is completely unpretentious. Unlike many other exotic types of tea, Rooibos steeps with boiling water and drink is ready in 8-10 minutes after brewing. This tea does not become bitter when steeped longer, moreover, tea leaves can be steeped multiply times. Rooibos Tea - it's just a real storehouse of vitamins (E, R, A, C) and other nutrients (copper, iron, calcium, zinc). Moreover, copper and vitamin C are responsible for the most effective absorption of iron in the human body. Rooibos tea is highly recommended to vegetarians. But of course you should not totally rely on Rooibos, if you want to fully satisfy the needs of your body's iron. Some doctors advise to use Rooibos as an antidepressant. It assists well with nervous tension, fatigue and headaches, allergies and digestive disorders. Since it contained glucose, tea is not only a great thirst quencher, but also wonderful soother.
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A relative pronoun comesat the beginning of a relative clause. A relative clause is a subordinate clause that tells us more about the noun in the main clause. The relative clause comes immediately after the noun. Relative pronouns are that, which, who, whom, whose, whatever, whichever, whoever, whomever, etc. That and which refer to animals and things. That may also refer to people. We use the relative pronouns who and whom for people, and whose for people and things.
In the above sentence, the relative pronoun is that and it introduces the relative clause (in bold). 'I know the dog' is the main clause. The relative clause that bit my cat tells us something about the noun dog. We use that and which in almost the same way as we use who, but they refer to things, not people. There is a difference in using which and who. After which, we can use a verb, a pronoun or a noun. After who, we usually use a verb.
We use who as a relative pronoun to refer to people. In the last sentence, who refers to man which is a noun in the main clause, and it begins the relative clause who is my dad's best friend. We can use who to join two sentences.
We use whom to make a statement about human beings. It is used in place of who (a) when it is the object of a verb or (b) when it comes after a preposition. (a) The man whom they caught was sent to prison. We use whose to show possession or relationship for both people and things.

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Why does the 'Pipe detect the smell of mackerel here?
The cops say David Bachmann was an inveterate hoochie monger who loved to sample his own wares, while Michelle was the business' talent recruiter, interviewing potential escorts in her Mercedes while parked at a Boca Raton gas station. The daily papers were full of stories about how none of the Bachmanns' neighbors in their gated Laurel Pointe community ever suspected the couple of being in good grief such a sordid occupation.
But were the Bachmanns any different from hundreds of other pimps and procurers operating in South Florida? Not from what Tailpipe hears.
"They operated the way most escort services operate nowadays," says one sex-business entrepreneur who knows the Bachmanns. "They got a website, ran newspaper ads, then sat in front of a computer and booked the girls."
The case does raise a batch of questions (one of which, by the way, is why a blond hottie like Michelle would have married a dude who resembles Chris Farley's older, less-fit brother) about the Boca cops and the nature of the escort business. Since this is way outside Tailpipe's range of expertise, he turned to the publisher of Pynk Pages, whose nom de plume is Jim Ironman (though in previous incarnations, he has identified himself as Ralph Teetor). Pynk Pages is South Florida's Consumer Reports for information about adult stores, massage parlors, escort services, and general all-around whoring tips.
Yeah, Ironman says, he's familiar with the Bachmann empire. "They're a typical bait-and-switch operation that preys on tourists," he says. He's not talking about visitors who come here to deep-sea fish. "The organization that this rascal ran advertised 100 percent in print magazines. He always ran pictures of women who didn't work for him and frequently had never worked for him. So when the victim" that would be the john "calls up, he'll tell them anything to make the sale. And the girl who shows up has only an accidental relationship to the person in the picture."
The switcheroo is no sin worthy of a Better Business Bureau complaint, says Tailpipe's pimp acquaintance. "It always happens," our friendly pimp says. "A guy sees a blond, blue-eyed girl with big titties. She's not available, so they send someone else. It's the guy's choice whether he wants the girl to stay or not. Most of the time it's, 'You're here already. I'll do you. '"
The usual scenario in an escort bust, the pimp says, is that one of the escorts feels wronged by her employers and drops a dime (or 35 cents nowadays, if you can find a public phone). "They must have pissed off one of their girls, who told the police they were running a service out of their house," he says.
That brings us to the police investigation. Two and a half years? Laughable, Ironman says. "The only person who couldn't manage to put these guys out of business in a one-day investigation is Inspector Clouseau."
Sex for hire is a big part of the South Florida economy. Shut all the escort services down and there would be an audible hiccup in the gross national product, local businessmen say. As Ironman sees it, there's a delicate balance between the letter of the law and the pressing demands of a tourist economy. "The reality is, so long as these guys don't generate complaints, they're providing a service to the tourists," he says. "They're good for business."
Adds the pimp: "Letting an investigation go on for three years that's just wasting the taxpayer's money."
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There are plenty of drifters along America's asphalt arteries but not many with their own fliers. "I am known as the PEACEWALKER," reads the 812-by-11-inch sheet that Mike Oren has been carrying along on what he says was his walk from Californy to Gotham. About 18 months ago, the rangy 51-year-old was working at a Las Vegas golf course, mostly marking time until his 60th birthday when his bartender's union pension would kick in. Then Oren saw on CNN the story of Carlos Arredondo, the Hollywood, Florida, father who torched himself and the van of the Marines who notified him of his son's death in Iraq. Oren then began a journey to protest the Iraq War from the terminal point of old Route 66 in San Bernardino, California. When the 'Pipe ran into Oren, fresh off a night's sleep on Fort Lauderdale Beach, the flannel-clad pilgrim didn't realize he was but ten miles from Arredondo's old home.
"I've been walking through red states the whole way," Oren said. "I've found Republicans are very supportive. They say, 'I don't agree with what you're saying, but our troops in past wars gave you the right to say it. '"


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Mar 25th 2009 7:50PM Rogue - with respect, not really. I can Google "climate change" and get all sorts of data.
You made a claim that Arena Junkies has a consensus. It makes sense there would at least be a few threads on the topic. I'm just asking for a couple of them so I can see where you are getting that. (I couldn't find any in the Gladiator section, but I don't generally search for that topic.)
Who knows, maybe you can teach me something.
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Mar 25th 2009 4:51PM "It is consensus, clearly reached, that rogues are among the least survivable class. "
Could you link to the consensus please?
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Mar 25th 2009 4:13PM I love how, when a rogue clicks his Vanish button fast enough to avoid a deathcoil, it is called "rogues showcasing their skill".
And, when a non-rogue clicks his AoE button fast enough to catch a rogue Vanishing, it is called getting "gibbed by n00bs with lucky hits".
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Mar 25th 2009 2:01PM I found this a nice article to read to get a rogue perspective on things. However, a lot of went in circles and doesn't make a lot of sense.
You state, "Rogues are still able to defeat our traditional opponents. Most casters, and many physical damage dealers will fall when ambushed from stealth.." Then you bemoan the lack of caster defenses you have. It's not enough that "most" fall, you need all of them to?
You state, "While our ability to evade damage has been part of our class' definition, it has reached the point where we can no longer be balanced around the idea of using our cooldowns to survive." Then you request buffs to your cooldowns. Do you want all these skillful cooldowns or not?
The reason your survivability is down is because Arena is filled to the brim with DKs and Paladins. These classes give everyone trouble. In BC, rogues could pretty much control every situation. Because of burst and "balancing", the torch has passed to another class.
Sorry. At least you have all that skill that everyone widely agrees you have.


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Barclay's group finance director Chris Lucas is retiring after six years in the role, along with the bank's group general counsel Mark Harding in the wake of a series of scandals, including rigging of benchmark interest rates.
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"While it has undoubtedly been the most eventful period during which anyone could have occupied a role such as mine, I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge," Lucas said.
"However, I think now is the appropriate time, as we start the implementation of the Transform programme, to begin my retirement from my role on the Board and Executive Committee, and to pass the mantle on to a successor."
A court released documents in late January naming Lucas and 24 other present and former executives of Barclay's as parties to a 290 million pound settlement over LIBOR rigging, although it is stressed not all those named were said to be directly involved in rigging the benchmark.
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Yikes! During part one of the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion Lauren Manzo got in a heated argument with Teresa Giudice about her lap band surgery.
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Can you put me in the picture about the World Cup Football Match? We walk on the garden path.Speak louder��please.It is no use learning without thinking.Her family are all music lovers.The play may begin at any moment.The play may begin at any moment.Good job!Aren't you concerned about it? Are you sure you can come by at nine?
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So to go under the knife for weight loss at the age of 23 is apparently a cardinal sin but going under for bigger boobs, a better nose, or even fuller lips are ok. I didn't see anyone pointing out to Teresa that it is "lazy" to have hair extensions, fake a** boobs, and fake nails. No she "works" sooo hard to wait for her hair and nails grow and be proud of what god gave. No lets just attack the 24 year old for making a very hard decision to be healthier and stop the onset of obesity. Great choice of a role model, pick the one that acts like a three year who is having a tantrum by overturning a table.
Teresa was RUDE and out of line, but that's nothing new. However, I always thought of the lap band surgery as an EXTREME MEASURE for people who are MORBIDLY OBESE and every other weight loss strategy has failed, and without losing significant weight their life is in danger. I never thought of lap band surgery as an option for people with under 100 pounds to lose. I suppose it is Lauren's choice, but seems extreme.
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I weight 165lbs…I'm 23 and I'm exercising less than two hours a day and no dieting and I'm losing weight…its slow but i am. i think a young lady with no kids at her age should exercise even if the weight is coming off slowly. surgery is the easy way out. its not like she is extremely over weight. I'm not a fan of any of these shows but i have 2 agree with Teresa. lap band surgery is not that easy to maintain…it's twice as hard than if you exercise
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Lauren is lazy! Someone her age, should be able to shed the weight real quickly. If she claims to work out for 2 hours and then also do kickboxing, then something is wrong. She took the easy way out and I believe the pressure of being a "celebrity" plus her mothers jabs on her weight caused her to take other measures. My belief is that she's probably gonna take other measures once she notices that the Lapband only works if she maintains a good eating habit and excercises.
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Mark, R u insane??? She tried dieting and exercising. Some people just can't loose the normal way. I worked with a girl as beautiful inside and outside as Lauren but she just could not loose the weight. She had the surgery and now is looking and feeling great. Keeping it off too. So just SHUT UP. You are obviously Teresa's ghost writter.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Olive Garden announced the next phase of its ongoing transformation by "cutting ties" with the restaurant's familiar team member uniforms and debuting contemporary, all-black dress standards for its more than 50,000 hosts and servers across the country. The new look replaces the white button-down shirts and colorful ties, which Olive Garden service teams have worn for the past 30 years, and is part of the brand's efforts to deliver an enhanced in-restaurant dining experience for its guests.
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In addition to new team member dress standards, Olive Garden recently rolled out a new menu design for both lunch and dinner that better reflects the brand's new positioning. Olive Garden also has expanded the value and variety it offers guests at lunch with a new menu section featuring Calzones and Italian Panini sandwiches, all served with unlimited homemade soup or garden-fresh salad and breadsticks, starting at $6.95. The new offerings include a Four Cheese Calzone, Chicken Alfredo Calzone, Pizzaiola Calzone, Chicken Parmigiana Sandwich and Shrimp Scampi Fritta Sandwich (classic or spicy). The sandwiches are available in whole or half sandwich portions. Last fall, Olive Garden announced the most significant transformation in the restaurant's history that began with an evolved brand positioning, a new advertising campaign, a new Lighter Italian Fare menu section and new Porta Vita signature wines. As part of the transformation, the brand will continue to roll out new menu and service enhancements to provide more variety, choice and value for its guests.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Yippee. I think I'm depressed again. I don't even feel much like typing.
Write that opera, or start something new. I know depression can cause apathy, but sometimes doing something helps.
If it's any consolation, I feel like shit as well... But that's because I drank a little bit TOO much last night.
Anyway, care to expand upon as to why you are depressed?
If my mood is a stock, I certianly wouldn't buy it. I concur with Merric, start doing something and you'll feel better.
At the end of the day, what matters is not what you have, but who you have become.
exercise helps, it releases endorphins (*resists urge to quote legally blonde*), chocolate helps, ummm...get hugs?
i mean, these are minimal things, but it's a step i guess...
so for those of you falling in love
keep it kind, keep it good, keep it right
throw yourself in the midst of danger
and keep one eye open at night.
--"Elephants" Rachel Yamagata
I'm sending hugs. :) Those always seem to help me. And, well, I've been feeling apathetic too, so maybe it's in the air. :P Do something. Write! Sing! Paint! Create. That kind of thing. Whatever you like!


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Winner of the best first feature at Cannes last year, Pablo Giorgelli's minimalist, gentle road movie traverses 900 miles, from Asunción, Paraguay-- where terse, middle-aged truck driver Rubén (Germán de Silva) picks up Jacinta (Hebe Duarte) and her five-month-old baby girl, Anahí-- to Buenos Aires, where the unmarried mother hopes to start anew. Although confined mainly to the cab of Rubén's vehicle, Las Acacias is generous and expansive, subtly registering how these three strangers eventually become at ease with and grow attached to one another. Even with its initial long stretches of silence, the film never feels clinical or cold, but rather compassionate and curious. Despite the quiet in the cab, save for Anahí's babbling and occasional fussing, this trio is exceptional company, with first-time performer Duarte as loose and charismatic as stage-and-screen veteran de Silva. "I'm in no hurry," Jacinta assures Rubén at one point; though never languorous, neither is this lovely film. Watching this taciturn man grow close to mother and child-- close enough that he experiences twinges of jealousy and abandonment toward the end of Las Acacias-- is one of the most satisfying spectacles in a movie this year, a time-lapse of emotions rendered perfectly.
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text: U.S. Capitol gets official Christmas treeBy Paul Courson, CNNUpdated 2:07 PM ET, Mon November 26, 2012Story highlights73-foot Colorado evergreen dates to the 1930sThe arrival completes a 21-day, 5,000-mile journey from the White River National ForestWorkers will place ornaments from Coloradans and will string energy-conserving lights on itCapitol tradition dates to 1964, and the tree's illumination is set for December 4The official Christmas tree of the U.S. Capitol arrived Monday and will be illuminated at a ceremony on December 4.Dozens of tourists, Capitol Hill staffers and news crews watched the tree's arrival along with Stephen Ayers, the Capitol architect. "My job is to officially accept the Capitol Christmas Tree on behalf of the Congress," he said.U.S. Capitol crews using a crane hoisted the 73-foot Englemann spruce from a flatbed truck and prepared it for display on the West Lawn.Once the tree is mounted, U.S. Capitol workers will place ornaments crafted and donated by Coloradans and will string energy-conserving LED-type lights on it.Ayers said House Speaker John Boehner will preside over the tree's illumination at 5 p.m. on December 4.The arrival completes a 21-day, 5,000-mile journey from Colorado's White River National Forest, where the tree was selected from among many giant evergreens about 40 miles outside the town of Meeker.Experts believe the tree was just a sapling during World War II and dates to the late 1930s.After the tree was cut on November 2 and carefully placed on the flatbed tractor-trailer, it made a tour on its eastbound trip to the District of Columbia, with stops in about a dozen states.A man portraying Santa Claus accompanied the tree the entire way. "One thing we've learned is the smaller the town, the bigger the reception," he told CNN. "The bigger the town, the less reception. They're all too busy doing something else."The man, who identified himself as Gerald Morris from the tree's hometown of Meeker, Colorado, said he's been playing Santa Claus for 56 years.The U.S. Capitol's Christmas tree dates to 1964, when then-House Speaker John McCormack helped plant a live evergreen on the West Lawn, calling it "The People's Tree." Unfortunately, the tree failed to thrive, and in the years since, the U.S. Forest Service has provided a cut tree that's at least 65 feet tall.This marks the third time the chosen tree has come from Colorado.More from usDrivers in Kentucky on move again after hours stranded on interstatesGeorgia police officer killed in 'ambush' Ferguson police chief mum on federal reportPowered by Livefyre


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Broadband stimulus details separating likely winners, losers
The so-called 'broadband stimulus chill' is thawing as the federal government's recently released guidelines shed more light on how broadband stimulus funds will be applied.
In its second-quarter earnings report today, broadband equipment vendor Adtran (NASDAQ: ADTN) said small rural telcos were continuing to free up spending that had been frozen in the first quarter as they puzzled over which plans could coincide with stimulus bids. (The company made similar comments in April, though a rival, Occam Networks, cited the stimulus chill as it cut 10% of its staff in May.)
One group of broadband stimulus hopefuls that has been in large part swept out of the running by the specifics of the plan is individual municipalities of any size. Though the stimulus plan stoked broad interest from municipalities earlier this year, many of them have been frustrated by the program's preference for "underserved areas," which the government has defined as areas where at least half of all households lack broadband, where fewer than 40% of households subscribe to broadband, or where no service provider advertises broadband transmission speeds of at least 3 Mb/s.
Those rules sent the city of Northfield, Minnesota, for example, which had hoped to secure stimulus funds, back to the drawing board in its efforts to finance its plans. Melissa Reeder, Northfield's information technology director, told the local press, "Honestly, I don't think there's a single Minnesota city that would qualify.�
She wasn't alone in expressing those views. Steve Ferguson, chief information officer of the city of San Jose, Calif., told the press, "I have a fire station that I could use fiber to, but it's in the middle of downtown San Jose…[The 'underserved' imperative] makes any attempt for stimulus money in an urban city a virtual impossibility."
Smaller towns are likely to continue to apply for stimulus funds, but many of them are likely to pool their efforts into state-based bids, as states play a unique role in the stimulus process.
Earlier this week, consultants at Telecom Pragmatics argued that the biggest beneficiaries of broadband stimulus funds will be large construction firms, which will help build the networks, along with fiber and equipment suppliers — particularly Corning, the largest fiber supplier (which also makes a business out of installing its own product) and Calix, whose private ownership will allow it the margin flexibility to take market share (in fact, Calix recently bulked up its sales staff specificially to take advantage of the stimulus opportunity).
During its earnings call today, Adtran's Chief Executive Officer Tom Stanton pointed out that most of the company's telco customers expecting stimulus funds are, in accordance with the plan's goals, planning to apply them to "incremental builds" — projects the carriers wouldn't have done on their own. And as as this year will see just one of three waves of stimulus funding, Stanton said, "We don't expect a strong stimulus uptick in '09."


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When we last left off, our scrawny protagonist with a malfunctioning weapon was mysteriously teleported to ... well, somewhere. Episode two answers that question and more, such as, "why does it smell like bacon?" Episode three marks the return of the unhelpful customer service rep. Say what you will about Shadowrun, but it has certainly set the stage for a great machinima series.
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A maulvi spoke in the mosque. After his speech he said, "All those who want to go to heaven, please stand up." Everyone except Mulla Nasruddin stood up. The maulvi was a little perplexed. When everyone sat down again, the maulvi said, "Now please stand up all those who want to go to hell." No one stood up, and Mulla still remained seated. Then the maulvi said, "Mulla, what do you want? Don't you want to go anywhere?"
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The Mulla is a more honest person. If all the people who stood up knew that a bus was actually waiting outside, they would sit down again. They want to express their desire to go to heaven, but not yet. Who wants to go to heaven right now? Right now, there is plenty left to do in this world. You have plans, you have ambitions. Your dreams haven't been shattered yet. Right now, your dreams are spread out like rainbows - tremendous rainbow bridges are there. Right now, you can see mirages on the distant horizon. Right now, you think, "We are almost there. We have nearly arrived. However far it may be to Delhi, it is not really that far. It seems we are very close - we have almost reached it. We are about to arrive. Two more steps, or four more steps.we will soon be there. A little more hard work, a little more toil, a little more waiting.." Your mind continues to tell you these things.
Your interest is in the world. But when you look at the faces of the worldly people, it begins to seem improbable that you will ever get what you are desiring because none of them seem to have got what they wanted. Then you look at the holy men, at the sages - it seems that they may have found what they wanted.peaceful, blissful.but your experience within you says, "Not yet, not right now; search a little more. Who knows, I might be able to find what no one else has ever found."
One of the most basic things about the mind is that it always tells you that you may be an exception. Although no one else ever got what he wanted, does this prove that you also won't get what you want? One rule about the mind is that it always exempts you. It says, "You may be different." Everyone dies, the earth is a graveyard, someone dies every day, but your mind still says to you, "It is others who die. That doesn't mean that you will die. Have you died yet? When did you die? Have you ever seen yourself dead? Maybe you won't die!"