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Dense and rich but also incredibly complex, long and elegant, this is a momumental Côte-Rôtie. It's darkly fruited and superripe, yet doesn't lose its essential sense of terroir, remaining marked by scents of pepper and espresso to go with the chocolate and cassis fruit. Velvety in texture, this is the one of Guigal's 2003 Côte-Rôties that demands a few years of…— J.C. (9/1/2007)
This is breathtaking stuff, incredibly complex on the nose, where it features hints of vanilla, clove, cinnamon, cassis, pepper and asphalt. It would be a wine to sit and smell all day if it weren't so delicious to taste. Rich waves of cassis fruit cascade over the palate without losing complexity, buffered by incredibly supple tannins. The virtually endless finish…— J.C. (9/1/2007)
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This plain black tea blows Lipton away. Its flavor is just better. Yes its a plain, cheap black tea, but compared to its competitors (Lipton) its no contest.
This makes a good Iced Tea as well.
If your looking for a fancy, high quality tea…this is not your tea. If your looking for a plain cup, nothing special, this is a good choice.
It also comes with a free ceramic sea animal figure! (Its a limited time promotion….very silly)
Yep, we're there. It's so hot and humid I don't care about any tea characteristic other than COLD. This is an acceptable cold Mason jar steep when you don't care about being finicky and are putting away cold drinks by the gallon. Red Rose in general is a little less acidic than U.S. counterparts; the decaf version is milder still.
Score another modest win for this Cheapster Steepster…a good long steep in a cup with two plentifully leafy sprigs from the chocolate mint plant. It was rich and tasty—not York Peppermint Patties, mind you, but you didn't have to think to hard to get the chocolate. The Red Rose made a good, unassertive base. I'm going to be a rebel and press the "Yes, I would recommend" button.
I'm going to buy a chocolate mint plant this weekend just so I can do this. I have a few decaffeinated teas lying around that aren't that appealing, but a bit of mint might help them out.
Cortisone shot in a shoulder with a messed up rotator cuff. Doc said a possible side effect might be a little insomnia tonight. Right now, I'm so beat, I can't see how that can possibly be an issue…but as a precaution, I've been off caffeine all afternoon.
Sun tea'd a quart of this poor, undervalued, unloved bagged baby with a generous helping of sprigs from our applemint plant. (Me. Not killing plants. People who know me should be laughing in disbelief by now :) It was absolutely fine.
ah, I hope it helps. I want some cortisone shots with my shoulder problems but Dr says none until August at the earliest.
K S … we think the magic is the pots. Stuff we put in our ground is doomed. I have a flower bed by the front sidewalk that kills marigolds and zinnias.
TB…insomnia confirmed, but typical morning pain wasn't there. It's a temporary fix; I need to pretend I'm an invalid for a couple of weeks to promote healing. Life without shoulders the weekend we move elderly dad back to the farm. Ought to be interesting :)
Oh, no! I am sorry! Rest, and baby that sore spot. I had a cortisone shot once. I wrote outlandish, horrible expensive-to-implement business proposals for my boss (thank goodness, I never gave them to him) and ate EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!!!!
Dr. didn't recommend a sling, but it is hard not to instinctively use it. (I'm a lefty, but do most "chores" right handed.) Have moved mouse to left side and am propping with a pillow at my work desk. We'll see how that works.
I'm a lefty too. I also do many things right handed. My wife had surgery on both shoulders (different times) for torn rotator cuff. Cortisone did not help her at all. Hoping better for you but with what you have going on at the moment that sounds not so likely. Sorry for the pain. If it is any consolation my wife recovered very quickly both times after surgery. As for the ground – hey that's what happens when you build over a nuclear dump site ;)
This has gotten very little love so far (poor scruffy stray kitten left at the pound), so I will take it home with me and love it. Less dishwater taste than most unflavored black decaf teas; no distinct stand-out flavor characteristics, but it's decent hot leaf juice with a little sweetness. No, it's not top-of-the-heap, but I haven't found an unflavored decaf black that is. Have you?
This is one of the few black teas that I absolutely cannot drink hot. But that's okay! This tea has such a pleasant bitterness and dusky flavour that it is perfect as an iced tea in the morning before breakfast to get one's palate working and woken up. I also enjoy it with just a touch of lemon juice and honey in the evening.
I was given a sample of the Blackcurrant Raspberry flavor to try:
You know, there aren't nearly enough blackcurrant flavored things available in America. I guess we Americans like our sweet flavors, and blackcurrants are more tart and less sugary than strawberries or blackberries. But when blended with raspberry flavoring, as it is in Red Rose Tea's new water enhancer, the blackcurrant has a rich sweetness that is very pleasant. This almost like real tea, but it's definitely a doctored flavor, like the drinker added several lumps of sugar before passing the cup to you. Well, cane sugar is the second ingredient, so no surprise there. Still, that distinctive black tea flavor is definitely there. It'll do in a pinch when I want instant ice tea, but brewing proper tea leaves will always taste better with stronger, more naturalistic flavors.
Flavors: Berries
I was surprised by how much I liked this for a cheap grocery store tea. It really does taste like a cake, but not too overwhelming. I would absolutely recommend, and I think I might have to look at a few more options from this brand for my teabag needs.
I'm almost done, I swear!
Anyway, I picked up a few bags of this at the New York Coffee & Tea Festival, and it is one of two grocery store teabags I found at the festival I liked.
At first, though, I found this tea way too sweet. I don't taste much tea, but the more I drink it, the more I like it. It is a very sweet tea, but it is interesting. It's very cake like and also quite lemon. The lemon flavor also manages to taste like lemon without tasting like cleaner or soap, which is lovely.
This is a decaf tea, and I have been drinking it at night. I'll miss it then, as this is my last bag. I have no idea where I can actually buy this tea. It's a Canadian brand, and I haven't seen it around. If I do, I'll probably grab a box. It's not life changing, but it's quite pleasant.
I received this tea in my Uni VoxBox from Influenster, and I got the Black Tea one. The thing about it that I didn't like was that on the bottle it says to do one squirt per 8 oz and that is too much. I don't think I would have bought this if I didn't try it beforehand, but maybe I'll try the earl grey one because I love earl grey tea.
I was pleasantly surprised by this tea. I tasted a sample of it and took a bag home from the recent New York Coffee & Tea Festival. By the packaging and fact that it is a grocery store brand, I was not expecting to like it at all, but I did!
The smell is absolutely divine, like a a rich lemon. The taste is actually quite complex and well balanced. I could almost literally taste a nice zingy slice of lemon meringue pie while sipping, including the crust, filling, and even creamy topping. This is quite a unique tea and goes well as a "tea time" or dessert tea, but it is not too sweet to deter me from drinking it at other times of the day.
Flavors: Coconut, Cream, Lemon Zest, Vanilla
As part of an on-going search for a truly good peach tea, I experimented with this one. The peach is strong at first but is quickly replaced a chemical flavor with sweetness to cover it up. Unfortunately the chemical almost dusty sensation continues in a prolonged aftertaste. It is evident that a peach flavoring agent is used rather than any actual dried fruits. Worst of all, there is no 'cobbler' to be found. No brown sugar, something to imitate the buttery dough, no sign of it. The hibiscus is ineffective at best, you can barely detect it over the chemical flavor.
Flavors: Peach
2/6/14 Evening cup. 2 teabags/12oz/180F/3min. Some days, all you want to do is throw a bag on a string into a cup of water and microwave it. This is a peach flavored tea for those days. I get the peach, but not the cobbler. It probably has hibiscus in it. At this moment on this day, it's a good cup of tea.
caveats: other people on other days in other moments may not show this tea well.
My go-to grocery store tea bag tea. Need a huge jug of iced tea for a picnic of non-tea-people? Red Rose to the rescue! Need half a cup of "strong black tea" for a recipe? Red Rose to the rescue! Need cold wet teabags to put on my eyes when hungover? Red Rose to the rescue! Need an acceptable basic black teabag for any purpose? Red Rose is probably the answer.
Plus, the big box comes with a cute little collectible figurine in it! Find a rare one, and an avid collecter will take it off your hands in a heartbeat, making each box a fun little "will this pay for itself" lottery.
Although I enjoy tea in both loose and bagged forms, I never thought I would buy Red Rose. I tried the regular Red Rose before, and it was pretty bad. Colored hot water seems to be as descriptive as I can get. Well, when I saw the Canadian Breakfast version at the supermarket, the name kinda grabbed my interest and I thought I should try it. When I opened the package, I was actually surprised with the amount of tea in each bag, and I liked that because I like my bagged teas to be strong. After it finished steeping, the colour of the liquor was a dark red, and it seemed only promising. After I added milk and sugar as I always do with bagged teas, I took a sip and was met with nothing but disappointment. The flavour is seriously lacking in strength, and whatever you can still taste is pretty one-dimensional. It was a sad letdown. It ain't a Canadian Breakfast, but more like a watered-down English Breakfast.
Despite the packaging, which will put you under the assumption almost instantly that this will be a very bad and low quality tea, it's quite the opposite for me. The very vibrant orange flavor coupled with the delicious cardamon and cinnamon really will make you wish you were watching the sun setting on a warm summer day. Perfect for setting the mood for that time of day I'd imagine. Really liked this tea overall, it smells really good too xP
ahh would love to try this! orange, cardamom & cinnamon sound delicious together. love cardamom. i quite like Red Rose & given that it's such a cheap tea (i got a box of 110 bags for $2.49!) you would think it might be horrendous, but i so totally enjoy it and am not ashamed! ;p i just have the regular black tea (i think it's a generic orange pekoe, although somehow it tastes pleasant to me, i dunno, call me crazy..) oh yea & their Cinnamon Streusel, tho slightly artificial tasting, is extremely decadent and true to description. the aroma is heavenly!
You know that tea you get because it's familiar and you don't have to think about how long to steep it or how hot the water has to be and all that good jazz? Well, Red Rose Original is that tea for me. I can't mess it up no matter how hard I try and it makes me feel good.
I grew up with my grandma drinking Red Rose, she collected the figurines and would always make a pot when I was growing up, I never drank it but she loved it, when my grandma passed a few years ago, I picked up a box of Red Rose for nostaliga's sake. Lo and behold, my love affair begin.
Red Rose original is really nothing special, it's your basic bagged black tea that you get at the grocery store. It's comparable to a Lipton and that kind of thing.
HOWEVER, it is my favorite tea, I always buy new teas but find myself going back to my reliable Red Rose, I boil my water throw a tea bag and a slice of lemon into the mug, pour hot water over it and let it steep for who knows how long, mostly 5 minutes, and you're good to go.
In conclusion: It's a pretty average black tea that for me is the best. It's familiar, it's delicious and it's a big hug in a cup.


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1) female equivalent of a swuzzle stick. 2) a woman who is obsessed with all aspects of her physical appearance to the point it is absolutely ridiculous.
They are most commonly seen in California and New York. Regardless of they admit it or not, they enjoy plastic surgery and anything that requires altering their looks for the "better".
3) someone who has had so much plastic surgery that they look plastic and stiff.
They are most commonly seen in California and New York. Regardless of they admit it or not, they enjoy plastic surgery and anything that requires altering their looks for the "better".
3) someone who has had so much plastic surgery that they look plastic and stiff.
Katie is suck a swizzle stick. I swear this woman is so obsessed with her looks and her weight. She's had so much work done that she looks like a piece of plastic.
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the use of ones cock head to stimulate the pussy by way of sparatic motion concentrated mainly in the clitoral region.
My cousin danny was kinda with this chick and he swizzle sticked her. But then his brother, my cousin joe swizzle sticked the shit out of her. She loved it but she wouldnt let him creap the head in.
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the male penis
also used for pimps and man whores
also used for pimps and man whores
He's swizzle stick was so big.
by Bo March 18, 2005
A prank to pull on your friends at a bar or restaurant. When they go to the bathroom, take their drink, and dip your penis in it and stir the drink. Put the drink back where it was and after they come back and finish it, you tell them it was a swizzle stick.
I was at Denny's the other day and I saw Shawn give Alex a swizzle stick. It was funny and gross.
by Joseph Schneider October 03, 2007
the sneaky act of stirring a friends drink by dipping your penis into the glass and stirring whilst their drink is unattended and then proceeding to watch them consume the tainted the beverage
when Tom swizzle sticked Kane's beverare, he had no idea he was drinking a beverage tainted with penis
by swizzlicious March 16, 2011
to rub ones penis all over an object.
"If V weren't so cool, i'd go and swizzlestick her desk next chance i had."
by booger74 April 20, 2009
Named for their association with their male counterpart the SWIZZLECAP, the SWIZZLESTICK is a common variety of female seen in trendy clubs, overpriced restaurants and suburban shopping malls worldwide. Instantly recognizable by her utterly conformist grooming habits, the early 21st century SWIZZLESTICK usually wears her straightened hair in a ponytail, dresses in non-threatening colors like beige and tan, and very possibly owns a pair of furry boots. Known for their exceptionally irritating voices, even a small gathering of SWIZZLESTICKS in a shop or restaurant can sometimes result in earaches, nausea and crippling migraines for bystanders within a 30 foot radius. Perhaps the most prized characteristic of SWIZZLESTICKS is how easily they can be replaced: if a SWIZZLECAP gets dumped by his SWIZZLESTICK girlfriend, he knows he need only visit his neighborhood sports bar to find an near-exact replica of her.
My last boyfriend wasn't interested in dating a woman with a brain or a real personality. After me, he hooked up with some SWIZZLESTICK.
by Dr. Clare Cunliffe January 01, 2006
chemically laced cigarette - cigarette dipped in formaldahyde, crack residues, pcp, etc
"the swizzle stick burned with a strange white flame when i ignited it and took a drag."
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It won't turn any naysayers into lovers but, Final Fantasy X is still a great RPG and thanks to a slew of visual and audio upgrades the best example of how to make a HD re-master. Well done Square Enix.
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"In the last year (and especially since the Olympics) we've seen all our sports increase in popularity and netball continues to be one of the highest demand for us. So much so we've opened seven new leagues in the last year and will be opening three more in the coming season."
Go Mammoth currently organise two mixed netball leagues (http://www.gomammoth.co.uk/
"When we first ran the mixed leagues we weren't sure how it would go down with the men or the ladies but the leagues have been really well received and the level of play is great. Who knows, in the future we might be running men's only leagues."
In the past year Netball has been enjoying an increase in popularity in the UK amongst young professionals. Media coverage ranging from Radio 1 coverage to ITV's "The Only Way is Essex," has brought the sport firmly into the public eye. This is despite it narrowly failing to make the cut for the summer's Olympic games.
Go Mammoth has conducted research through Facebook on the popularity of Netball in the UK. They had some surprising findings:
● More than 270,000 people list netball as a hobby.
● More than half of netball players are aged between 18 and 40.
● Just under a quarter of these are men, and almost half are single and heterosexual.
● 85% of male players in the UK are based in England.
● 7000 of these male players are located in London.
As the interest in men's netball continues to grow, the sport itself will continue to evolve. This can only be good news for its players and for those looking to take up a fun sport that will get them fit too.
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If you like eggplants and Indian food, this recipe is definitely for you. This spiced and smoky Baigan ka Bharta is bangin'…. yup, I went there. I couldn't resist… the play on words was way too tempting. It's true though – this recipe is fabulously tasty.
When you think of "Indian cuisine" – Baingan ka Bharta is high on the list. While the recipe varies by region, many Indian restaurants tend to serve Punjabi Baigan ka Bharta, one of the most popular ways of making this dish. Baingan means eggplant and Bharta is a mixture of mashed vegetables. Combine the two and you've got an Indian mashed eggplant dish. It tastes better than it sounds.
To make this popular Punjabi dish, you first have to "smoke" your eggplants. Some old school folks (like my parents) do this by turning on the stove and cooking the eggplant right over the flame. You can certainly do this over a direct flame or on a grill – just cook until the skin is nice and charred. I prefer using my oven (less chance of me burning my fingers). Heat your oven to 500 degrees, make a few slits in your eggplant and rub it with oil. Bake for 40 minutes, flipping it over halfway then broil for five minutes. See step 3? That's what you get when you peel the eggplant.
Doing this infuses the eggplant with a wonderful smoky flavor. Mix the smoky eggplant with the spiced tomato masala and eat it with Paleo Chapati or Paleo Naan. It's also great served over Basmati rice or spaghetti squash. Baingan ka Bharta can be served as a side dish or as your main meal.
There's actually a world record for cooking the largest amount of Baingan ka Bharta: 750 pounds. It was done as a protest against a bill that would introduce genetically modified eggplants to India. Protestors delivered a plate of bharta to the Prime Minister's house along with a note saying if the bill passed, this would be the last GM free bharta he'd eat – no word on whether he ate it (prob not). They gave the rest away to orphanages and to others in need in Delhi. This happened back in 2011. In case you're interested – there's currently a moratorium on genetically modified eggplant in India, but the debate continues.
Anyway, back to this tasty, smoky and savory Baingan ka Bharta – if you like eggplant, you will love this.
- 2 large eggplants
- 4 tablespoons avocado oil, divided
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 large white onion, finely chopped
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 1-inch knob ginger, minced
- 1-2 Serrano pepper, minced (adjust according to preference)
- 2 teaspoons coriander powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 3 medium tomatoes, diced
- small handful cilantro, chopped
- Preheat oven to 500°F.
- Make four slits in each eggplant and then apply 2 tablespoons of oil over both of the eggplants. Place them on baking sheet and then roast in the oven for 40 minutes, flipping halfway.
- Turn the heat up to a broil for 5 minutes, then remove the eggplants from the oven.
- Allow the eggplant to cool, then remove the skin and chop the flesh. Set aside for now.
- While the eggplant is cooking, add 2 tablespoons of oil in a saute pan over medium heat. Then add cumin seeds.
- Once the cumin seeds begin to splutter, add onions and saute for 10-15 minutes or until the onions turn golden brown.
- Add the garlic, ginger, Serrano pepper and spices.Stir fry for a minute and then add tomatoes. Cover the pan with a lid and cook for 10 minutes.
- Remove lid and stir-fry for another five minutes.
- Stir in the cooked eggplant and cook for another 5 minutes. Garnish with cilantro and serve.


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"At present, all low-lying bridges remain under [the] watchful eye of emergency services, and will be closed if a potentially [dangerous] or disastrous situation is detected," Tshwane Emergency Services spokesman Johan Pieterse said.
Flooding had been reported along the Hennops River, which runs through Centurion, and the situation was being monitored.
"Members of the public are urged to stay vigilant, especially near low-lying bridges, until the situation normalises," he said.
Residents were also urged to keep their children away from open water, including rivers and ponds.
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It was 15 minutes into Dib's break and he found himself running down a crowed street with three bags on each arm. The bags weren't that heavy, it was getting passed all the humans that slowed Dib down.
Dib's eyes sparkled with relief as the McMeaty's sign came into view but by that time the young adult needed to catch his breath.
"Sh-shit...I'm s-sooo late!" Dib gasped as he used his knees as a rest for his arms. The human's heart was beating fast, he was sweating like never before and worst of all, he was worried about Zim.
Dib still had time! In fact, he didn't have to go to work until he wanted today because he was out on errands.
Dib stood up again and ran to McMeaty's, the 20 year old was fond of all the running he did as a boy. It was funny because once again, Dib was running after his one and only alien.
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January 7, 2010
Top basketball player collapses in game
Ryan Harrow, the No. 24 ranked player nationally by Rivals.com, collapsed in the waning moments of Tuesday's nights game between nationally ranked Alpharetta (Ga.) Milton and Marietta (Ga.) Walton.
the report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Harrow was unresponsive for 20 minutes while the training staff was attending to him.
The report says Walton conceded the game, which they were trailing 75-54, and Harrow was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for dehydration.
As of Wednesday morning, the newspaper reported Harrow was alert and had been released from the hospital but was not expected to return to action this weekend.
Harrow had previously been treated for dehydration during a tournament last weekend, the report said.
"It's always scary when a kid goes down," Walton coach Joe Goydish told the paper. "He fell out and we couldn't really revive him and had to call paramedics. We were scared. But his vital signs were good [while Harrow was unresponsive]. He was exhausted."
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What the House will look like if the Democrats win.
11:00 PM, Nov 6, 2006 • By IRWIN M. STELZER
THEY SAY THAT ECONOMIC FORECASTERS were invented to make weather forecasters look good. To that I might add that political forecasters were invented to make economic forecasters look good. So it is with considerable trepidation that I build this week's column on a political forecast: When the polls close tonight, Americans will have given the Democrats the 15 net seats they need to control the House of Representatives. If that does happen, and the only thing that can prevent it is a massive turnout by the Republican base, the changes in the political and economic environment will be far from trivial.
President Bush's approval rating on his handling of the economy has gone from 39 percent in June to 46 percent now. But the Iraq war still tops voters' concerns, and by 52 percent to 37 percent they express a preference for a Democratic-controlled Congress, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll.
Businessmen, who have hedged their bets by contributing to both parties, will notice the difference when Democrats assume the chairs of the powerful congressional committees because they can issue subpoenas, compel testimony under oath (creating the danger of perjury indictments), and conduct the sort of public hearings that make it onto the evening news. Investors who have been pouring money into shares might find it disconcerting if the indexes turn down because John Conyers, who would take over the House Judiciary Committee, launches the impeachment proceedings he has been promising. True, Nancy Pelosi, the San Francisco Democrat who will become Speaker of the House (and third in line for the presidency) has said she won't approve of such a move, but she is not exactly the sort to stand between an insistent Conyers and his heart's desire.
Then there is Charlie Rangel, the elegantly-tailored, smooth-talking congressman who has represented the black constituency of Harlem for 36 years. Rangel is an engaging sort--it is almost impossible not to like him--who will use the chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee to see to it that the Bush tax cuts are unraveled as rapidly as possible and that any tax breaks available are funneled to low-earners. Whether he will make good on Democratic promises to introduce some restraint into congressional spending remains to be seen, but it is certain that he will look far less favorably on requests from the Pentagon for money to fund the war in Iraq, and to upgrade America's military.
His let's-spend-less-in-Iraq attitude will be buttressed by Henry Waxman, the California congressman who will get the chair the Government Reform Committee as a reward for his 32 years in the House. Waxman plans extensive hearings on what he sees as excessive profiteering by contractors engaged in rebuilding efforts in Iraq and the area hit by Hurricane Katrina. In addition, anyone holding shares in oil or pharmaceutical companies will have a new risk: Waxman promises to go after what he considers to be the obscene profits made by these companies. Note: love him or hate him, everyone concedes that Waxman is very good at what he does. He is the business community's nightmare.
John Dingell, dubbed "Dean of the House" because of over 50 years of service there, will take over the Energy and Commerce Committee. (Declaration of interest: He is an old friend and a colleague in some past legislative battles.) Dingell knows the oil and utility industries better than most of those industries' executives, is an old-line regulator but no lefty rabble-rouser, and has over the years protected the automobile industry in his native Michigan from the most dangerous onslaughts of the environmental lobby. If you worry that the reaction to the Stern report on global warming is more than slightly hysterical, Dingell is your man: He might, just might, prove a useful brake on some of the more hare-brained efforts to force uneconomic change on the auto manufacturers.
Of interest to investors abroad is the fact that Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank will inherit the Financial Services committee. The good news is that Frank understands that the regulators have to ease up on their application of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) if New York is to compete successfully as a financial center. The bad news is that he is attracted by the notion of a supra-national financial regulator to bring uniformity to the regulatory regimes governing the global markets for securities and financial services.


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When starting truck when it is cold or warm, it does not switch off of high idle. When driving for awhile it still does not switch off, once you put it in park it is still on high idle at about 1200rpm. I clean the carburator and idle control valve and it still does not change anything.
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Above mentioned truck won't go into fast idle anymore.. takes about 15 minutes to warm up vs 5 minutes before. nothing changed other than a mechanic changed the float cuz it was ...
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Keihin 2 bbl carb.' ED07G' I would like to know how to adjust carb during cold start to have it idle at 2000 rpms. The electric choke and diaphram choke I believe is functional (opens...
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LOS ANGELES — You'd think every day is a great one for Jared Leto, but the last two have been pretty ridiculously amazing even by his standards.
On Sunday, he and his [artist id="1231235″]30 Seconds to Mars[/artist] bandmates hosted "The Summit," an impromptu gathering of fans at Hollywood's Avalon club … that just so happened to draw roughly 1,000 supporters from all over the U.S. and Europe (a number that's even more impressive considering the band announced details of the meet-up last week).
Then, on Monday, he took to 30STM's MySpace Celebrity page to field questions from nearly 700,000 friends (presumably those who couldn't make it to "The Summit") in a live video chat. And he invited MTV News to his L.A. home to watch it all happen.
While we'll have more on 30STM in the coming days, we figured we'd get to the past 48 hours first.
"[The] MySpace live chat was something of a beautiful disaster," Leto chuckled. "It was, at moments, really fun and incredibly, uh, awkward, but that always makes for something entertaining. There were some facial-hair questions. … I think it was [gesturing to ultra-hirsute bandmates Shannon Leto and Tomo Miličević] Che Guevara and Elvis Costello sitting to my right."
"I get the hint, alright," Miličević laughed, tugging at his beard. "I get it."
As for "The Summit," well, the band couldn't have been happier. Originally dreamed up by Leto as a way to include the band's (exceedingly, insanely) loyal fans in the making of their new album , it turned into something more: a legitimate experiment in recording and crowd-control, with 30STM using the audience as a musical instrument. Leto swore all participants to secrecy, but he decided to spill some of the details to us.
" 'The Summit' … was an experiment in our recording process, and we were just trying to think of ways that we could deepen the connection between ourselves and our family of fans around the world," Leto explained. "We do that often, and think of ways to break the boundary. And we thought, 'How great would it be to invite the world to come and be a part of the next 30 Seconds to Mars album?'
"There were some things [we tried] that were left-field sound experiments — using the group, the collective, as a musical instrument," he continued. "We did everything from percussive expression to whispering to things that were a little bit more familiar, like inviting the 1,000 people that were there to sing the chorus of a song. And those people who were a part of it all will be a part of the next 30 Seconds to Mars album. … It was quite simply one of the best things we've done as a band."
And just when will fans be able to hear their handiwork? Well, Leto wouldn't divulge that information, but he did say that there's going to be plenty of room for those percussive expressions on the new record … because, in a move befitting an album they've been laboring on for a year now, it's a long player.
"The longest song on there is, like, eight minutes. The shortest, probably five. … I don't think we have one under five, that's for sure," he said. "I think we do a really good job at just chasing the feeling, the core of the song, and allowing the song the ability or right to go where it leads us, where it wants to go. The song dictates that, and we've been working on this collection of songs for 12 months, so we know them pretty well."


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By Rob Howland, Senior Buyer at Pure Hockey
My father-in-law, a Vietnam Air Force Veteran, was lying in a hospital bed dying. For the 17 years that I knew him, I saw Richard Grenier suffer from what he believed was over-exposure to Agent Orange. His circulation system was failing him and both of his legs were amputated. He had multiple surgeries to try to sustain blood flow to his extremities, but ultimately there was nothing left to do. What would crush the spirit of many men didn't crush him, though. He always had a smile on his face and was SO good to my kids. It was sad to see this man decline from being an avid golfer so someone who couldn't do much at all.


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An update from Young Shakespeare Workshop and Message from Josh!
Happy November!!!
It is with great pleasure that we share an update from a group we have worked with over the years from the Seattle area known as the Young Shakespeare Workshop. The Find Your Light Foundation made a donation to the Young Shakespeareans Workshop in the amount of $3,000 at the end of 2013. This money was put entirely into an after-school performance project at Cleveland High School in Seattle (a low-income public high school which has no theatre department). The project began in October 2013 and concluded in May of 2014. The Not As You Like It project was centered on Shakespeare's As You Like It. After making some cuts to the text and adding some additional creative layers, a grand performance was seasoned and ready to be shared with an audience; with the help of Find Your Light and some outside grants, these students were able to collaborate an incredible 143 times for rehearsals and preparations before their final production.
A Message From Josh:
I am so happy that this unusual and inspiring adaptation of such a great play was made possible by FYL and YSW. It's the collaborations like this that make out of the box creative thinking a reality and I look forward to hearing about what you cook up next!!
Below are some of the comments received from the teacher and the actors!
From Catalin:
I'm a junior in high school and I had a wonderful experience with the Young Shakespeare workshop… I was really scared that I wouldn't do well on stage but after being with the crew and our amazing coach Darren, things started to really settle down and went easy… This program is one of the best… I had a wonderful experience with the Young Shakespeare Workshop.
From Darren Lay, actor, teacher, and director of young students:
The project Not As You Like It was centered on Shakespeare's As You Like It. We imagined a young woman in a psychiatric ward imagining herself as Celia from Shakespeare's As You Like It. She in turn imagined that Celia had not in fact escaped to the Forest of Arden but was captured with Rosalind, her best friend and banished cousin. She further imagined that Rosalind had been executed as was threatened and that Celia, the daughter of the Duke, was then institutionalized. Our patient imagined herself as Celia imagining what would have happened if she and Rosalind had escaped.
Our version began with a single wedding dress eerily suspended at the center of a darkened bare stage. As music plays, the dress rises up revealing the young patient striding forward from behind it to the front edge of the stage where she slams down a large book (a complete works of Shakespeare) abruptly halting the music and begins the play with Rosalind's line "Love is merely a madness, and I tell you deserves as well a dark house, and a whip, as madmen do…"
We are very proud of how the project turned out, and we thank FYL so much for making it possible, without your gift of support it would simply not have happened.
From Brittany:
Being a part of the Young Shakespeare Workshop's production of Not As You like It was an experience I will cherish forever… I learned so much about Shakespeare and word play through this time. Peradventure is now one of my favorite words! I learned what it meant to take normal reactions and moments and make them huge! That definitely pushed me out of my comfort zone and I'm really glad it did because it showed me a side of myself I never knew I had. This experience reminded me how much I love acting and introduced me to another big love of mine and that is putting a production together and watching (or being a part of it) it all come together. I'm so thankful for this experience. I love the people I got to work with, they were amazing and an amazing support system especially during some hard times; I'm glad I now call them friends. I am so thankful for the experience because I not only grew as an actor and learned more about the art. But it created great friends for me and helped shape parts of myself that of course makes me the person I am today.
Detailed Project Summary From YSW:
Not As You Like It was a one-hour (perfect for in-class performances) "deconstruction" of Shakespeare's As You Like It… A student suggested an idea which became the framing device for our project which proved actually very revealing of the text and creatively satisfying. This was to build on the idea of disguise and layers of identity, already complicated enough in the original play, by constructing our cut and presentation of the text as seen through the perspective of a patient in a mental institution who imagines herself as Celia from As You Like It–but as a Celia that is caught in her escape to the Forest of Arden and in turn herself institutionalized (her cousin and best friend Rosalind executed as an enemy of the state) and is now imagining what might have happened had she been successful in running away to Arden.
Artistically, we were able to achieve one of the highest levels of excellence in performance with our veteranperformers as well as our newcomers. Three performances were given during the school day and one evening performance open to the public, family, friends, and parents. Cast members were very excited and of course somewhat terrified…
From Ally:
I had the best time of my life in the Young Shakespeare Workshop. I love Shakespeare with all of me and I would want to always be a part of it. Thanks a lot for the experiences…
Young Shakespeare Workshop, for sharing in this success! Your work and dedication is inspiring!!! To learn more about the Young Shakespeare Workshop or to discover ways you can help, click HERE!
The Motto of the Hobart Shakespeareans is "There Are No Short Cuts".
Josh and Find Your Light are sending a huge thank you to all those who participated in the birthday auction. Its success far exceeded our expectation, our gratitude is beyond measure. Know that your generous gift is helping to change lives. The motto of the Hobart Shakespeareans is "there are no short cuts". The dedication of these children, third, fourh and fifth graders at Hobart Elementary school, was evident last week when we attended their performance of Shakespeare's Cymbeline. The play, with musical interludes was pure magic!!!!! There are lessons to be learned from them, if you haven't done so, check out hobartshakespeareans.org. Thanks to your support, arts education and importantly the life lessons for success participation in the arts bring are alive and well in Mr. Esquiths classroom!
Josh's Birthday Auction is in Progress!
Josh Groban's birthday is in a few days! In honor of Josh's bday, Grobanites for Charity are hosting an auction and donating all funds to Find Your Light Foundation to benefit Hobart Shakespeareans in Los Angeles!!!
Check out the auction and check out the incredible Hobart Shakespeareans program. As always, thank you for your support!!


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Where did the English laird family come from? What is the English laird family crest and coat of arms? When did the laird family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the laird family history?
Although the name, laird, appeared in many references, from time to time, the surname was shown with the spellings Laird, Lairde and others.
First found in Berwickshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
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Gradually becoming disenchanted with life in Ireland many of these uprooted families sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships often arrived with only 60 to 70% of their original passenger list, many dying of cholera, typhoid, dysentery or small pox. In North America, some of the first immigrants who could be considered kinsmen of the laird family name laird, or who bore a variation of the surname were
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When he isn't busy playing ping-pong with Nick Jonas, it looks like Bieber might be hard at work with Ed Sheeran. Tuesday night, Bieber's manager Scooter Braun tweeted about Sheeran being in the studio with him the same night that Bieber happened to be working on the January 29 album release .
While there hasn't been any confirmation that Sheeran is helping Bieber out, Braun did share a photo of Sheeran by his laptop with the message, "Hashtag just saying." Sheeran later repeated Braun's message on his own Twitteraccount.
"I love tweeting people right next to me @edsheeran @ToriKelly hashtag just saying. And yes… I have no talent…why am I here," Braun wrote. "Not gonna lie. There is magic in the studio tonight. Truly honored to be here. Now back to the jokes."
A Sheeran/Bieber collaboration wouldn't be that out of the question. They have crossed paths on the Jingle Ball circuit this holiday season, and Sheeran has already penned hits for huge pop stars like One Direction and Taylor Swift.
While he may be working with the Biebs on his January album release, a collaboration with pals 1D and Swift doesn't look to be in the cards for the red-headed Brit. On Wednesday (December 19), he called into Ryan Seacrest's radio show and he shared, "I don't think you will [hear a collaboration with One Direction and Swift]. I hope not anyway, 'cause we all do such different things. I find that collaborations sometimes are overly forced and they're not supposed to work. You should only collaborate if a collaboration makes sense."
He noted that he did collaborate with Swift on her record because he says because it "made sense." And when asked if anything romantic ever brewed between the two of them while they were working on tracks for Red, he shared, "I'm a professional guy. I'm a very professional guy."
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Don't set a midnight deadline to evict Occupy Wall Street protesters — it will only give a crowd of demonstrators time to form. Don't set ultimatums because it will encourage violent protesters to break it. Fence off the parks after an eviction so protesters can't reoccupy it.
As concerns over safety and sanitation grew at the encampments over the last month, officials from nearly 40 cities turned to each other on conference calls, sharing what worked and what hasn't as they grappled with the leaderless movement.
In one case, the calls became group therapy sessions.
While riot police sweeping through tent cities in Portland, Ore., Oakland, Calif. and New York City over the last several days may suggest a coordinated effort, authorities and a group that organized the calls say they were a coincidence.
"It was completely spontaneous," said Chuck Wexler, director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a national police group that organized calls on Oct. 11 and Nov. 4. Among the issues discussed: safety, traffic and the fierceness of demonstrations in each city.
"This was an attempt to get insight on what other departments were doing," he said.
From Atlanta to Washington, D.C., officials talked about how authorities could make camps safe for protesters and the community. Officials also learned about the kinds of problems they could expect from cities with larger and more established protest encampments.
In Portland, for example, protests were initially peaceful gatherings. Then the city's large number of homeless people moved in, transforming the camp into an open-air treatment center for drug addiction and mental illness.
On Oct. 11, just five days after protesters set up camp, police chiefs who had been dealing with the encampments for weeks warned that the homeless will be attracted to the food, shelter and medical care the camps offered.
There were more tidbits, including the midnight deadline.
City police did exactly that when they evicted protesters during the day from two downtown parks over the weekend. Officers came armed with pepper spray, bean-bag rounds and stun guns, but didn't need to deploy them.
One protester says he was injured when he fell and police dragged him from the scene.
Going in at midnight "would have been a confrontation that really wasn't necessary," police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson said.
It was advice that came after the Oakland, Calif., protest was shut down Oct. 25 in a confrontation that turned violent. One protester, Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen, was badly injured.
In that city, where protesters' encampment was peacefully removed on Monday, city officials took part in strategy sessions with other big cities dealing with similar demonstrations.
Interim Police Chief Howard Jordan said he participated in a call organized by Wexler's group and has talked with officials in the New York police department's civil disturbance unit and high-ranking police officials in San Francisco.
He said a theme was how the atmosphere at the camps had shifted from a haven for peaceful protest to one for criminal behavior.
"Some chiefs had been tolerant of the progressive movement, but that all changed when the criminal element showed up," Jordan said. "As police, you can't allow anything that foster criminal activities in any city."
Jordan said that he and other police brass and city officials began planning last week for officers to remove the camp outside City Hall for a second time after collecting enough evidence that gang activity and an open-air drug market had emerged at the park.
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