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Wal-Mart's online grocery ordering and curbside pickup service started in North Texas Thursday.
Last week, the retailer announced Dallas, Houston and San Antonio would be getting the service.
I keep thinking back to what groceries did for Wal-Mart's discount store business back in the 1990s and early 2000s when the Supercenter was driving its rapid sales growth.
Today, more than half of Wal-Mart's sales are from its grocery aisles.
Only 3 percent of its total sales are online. Is grocery going to be Wal-Mart's advantage over Amazon.com, which has moved into groceries in a couple of markets with AmazonFresh?
It's going to take years to find out. In tests of its online/curbside grocery service in Denver, Wal-Mart said it attracted new customers.


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By Capt. Thomas Cieslak/16th MP Bde. PAODecember 3, 2010
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - It's a chilling thought; an armed co-worker who comes to work ready to kill, sits in a car packed with chemicals and explosives in a crowded parking, ready to destroy everything and everyone around it. What should you do' What will you do'
Employees at the U.S. Army Special Operations Command headquarters recently faced this scenario in an unannounced force protection exercise designed to test the workforce's reaction to deadly scenarios.
"The majority of the workers reacted very well," said Thomas Nelson, installation force protection officer with Fort Bragg's Directorate of Emergency Services. "Most sheltered in place, locked doors, called in report to 911 what they saw and heard. Those who were curious and looked down hallways were shot. Those who froze and got caught in the open were shot."
The active shooter scenario was the first large scale exercise of its kind held in the highly secured building. It was the result of close cooperation between USASOC's force protection managers and Fort Bragg garrisons force protection cell and first responder.
"USASOC wrote the scenario and acted as the control group while the garrison's force protection team added the realism by providing role players, observer and controllers and safeties," said Don Mollett, who works with Nelson. "This realism forced the worker to react to what they would see in real life. There was someone walking through the building shooting blanks at people, security forces reacted, doors closed, law enforcement teams entered the building and medical teams reacted. You need this realism to gauge how people would react ... "
This exercise also validated USASOC headquarters' force protection standard operating procedures and training. Classes held weeks prior to the exercise taught the workers what to do, when and how to exit the building, who to call and what to report.
"The reports were critical on helping law enforcement agencies enter, identify, locate and neutralize the shooter," Nelson added. "Numerous employees and the security forces inside the building called Fort Bragg's 911 Center and kept first responders abreast of what was happening."
Once the shooter was killed and law enforcement agencies identified him, it was discovered that his car was missing. An all points bulletin was sent out to military and civilian law enforcement agencies to locate the car. A Fort Bragg MP patrol located the vehicle and reported it.
"When the car was inspected the MPs found explosives and chemicals packed throughout it," said Dean DeMark, Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear, Explosives program manager at DES. "We used the Times Square bombing incident for this scenario. This allowed us to coordinate the tactics and procedures of Explosive Ordinance Disposal and Fort Bragg Fire Department's HAZMAT teams in neutralizing the threat."
Coordination between Fort Bragg elements, said Demark, would be key to accomplishing the mission and keeping residents safe.
"For the exercise, as we would if this were real-world incidents, we used our Giant Voice system to quickly let people on post know what was happening and what they should do to stay safe. We used our AM radio station, AM 1700 to also keep people informed and our six electronic flashing signs located near our major access control points. The more we use these, the more people will become accustomed to turning to them for information."
By training to protect those who protect America, Fort Bragg's Military Police and Directorate of Emergency Services stand ready to respond to any situation.

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Not an other dig at a man down
I don't mean to kick Arsena when he is down and frankly my naivity finds some hope and a little respect in some of his recent statement and behavior. My brain tells me this might just be lip service that he won't back up.
Is it me or is Arsena tacticaly a bit slow? I have noticed on many occasions that great managers react fast during a game. SAF moving Schools up or down the pitch as soon as he realizes a flaw, Moureen substituting in the first half etc etc.
We all must have felt after 55 - 60 minutes that something wasn't right whith our game, in fact Arsena admitted he was concerned before Wigan scored yet he acted too late and without imagination IMO.
I am not saying my suggestion would have won but i am suggesting Arsene some times seems to read the game correct but yet takes no action.
It was clear that when RvP came on against Spurs the team got a lift both in threat and energy. I was hoping he would bring RvP on for the whole of the 2nd half but at least whne it became clear the team started to lose the ball and focus with 30 minutes to go. Bringing RvP on could have boosted morale sine he is a winner and perfectionist which seems to raise the game of other players. It would have also meant thet Wigan had to be more carefull going forward since RvP finds the open man quicker and more acuratly then any other player on our team.
What is the point in bring him on after 90 minutes? Our best defense is to try to play on the oponents half - when we are the better team - to bring on more defending type players like Eboue only crowds the space in front of our own goal.
There have been many occasions this season where I have wondered about Wengers tactical skills and ability to sub at the right tinme perhaps it stems from he lienciency (spl?) towards his players perhpas it stmes from his desire to analyse before acting which is not possible intra-game. But what ever the reason I wish he would trust his reads and act sooner and smarter.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
i would have sent him on anyway in the 80th minute because wigan were all over us (it hurts even to write that) but if you at yahoo they scored the 2-2 on the 89th minute and he could have saved for the city game cant blame arsene there as arsenal could WE see them going down neither could he.
Eric Cantona Eric Cantona Apr 20, 2010 00:29 Flag
What is Pat Rice's role at Arsenal? Is he just the ultimate 'yes' man, another Phil Neal, or does he actually do anything?
Whenever you see the Arsenal bench, Rice is just sitting there emotionless whilst Whinger is chewing himself up.
Whinger actually looks quite ill to me; would he last another 4 years of this?
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Apart from your blatant (yet very poor) wind up you're actually quite right. Pat Rice does seem to go along with AW's wishes. As does most of the coaching staff and board. Whoever is our defense coach (I have honestly no idea) should be sacked.
In my earlier post yesterday I brought up the same issue of RVP coming on too late. Eboue for Rosicky was the one tactical error AW made. Rosicky had a great game yesterday albeit as a DM!! He threw in some great tackles and won most of them and he kept possession. He just needs those couple of goals or a brilliant assist or two to get him going full throttle.
I can assume AW wanted to keep RVP fresh and "unharmed" for the City clash. And remember all the great tactics count for nothing when the personnel don't respond to them.
First goal is so chronic for the current Arsenal defence that it beggars belief that it keeps happening! It usually occurs on the left side but this time it was the opposite. And the third goal was also a failure of Clichy to close down Nzogbia. AW can teach as much tactics as he wants, he can do nothing when his team fails him!
That brings us back to same problem, our team not rising to the challenge. The quality of Sagna and Clichy is beyond doubt, but Sagna's recent inability when going forward and Clichy's inconsistency in defence is costing us dear.
Remember apart from Silvestre the other three CBs Sol, TV and Gallas have done a great job so far. We have been exposed because our fullbacks have not been up to their usual high standard. And our goalkeeping has been the worst in the top 4, maybe even in the whole league!
Our next season will be well decided by which GK we are going to have between the sticks and who is going to stand next to TV apart from Sol. (I expect and hope he stays, what a back up to have!) Because with Rosicky and AA not going to the world cup, these two will be fresh as daisies and can really give the team a kick start we need. I fear Fab and RVP will be pretty wasted as one can expect their teams to go far.
Somewhere I heard we might go for Gary Cahill from Bolton. Now that would be one hell of a signing if it materialises. We need another CB, maybe one of our young turks being promoted. Get another DM cover for Song and with Chamakh coming we have a good shot again.
But all will boil down in the end to the mentality of the team. They have to up their games in crucial ties. We have failed to do so (miserably) in the last two season. All the best players count for nothing if the team doesn't have some character and nerve to fall back upon!
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Rosicky favoured position is middle centre basically right next to cesc. hence the tackling. he is not wing man never was but he gets on with it. bloody good player.
outlaws, you are right in the fact that these players must share in the blame for this poor performance.
I have said for years that one of the risks of fielding young teams who han no chance of winning big games but then congratulating them on pl;aying good football IMO has helped create a generation of 'losers' and I don't say this lightly.
You and I both know that winning AND losing are habit forming.Look at Man U, these guys walk around as if winning is their birth right and more often then not they 'will' the ball in the net and the longer the game goes on at 0-0 the more one tends to think they will be the only winner.
With our team we seem to fail to deliver in the big games the worst part being NOT that we lose them but that we don't play up to our ability.
Everton and Spurs both have had killer runs like we did when played Villa - Man U - Chelsea - Liverpool and even Everton did better then we did in their killer run and with all respect to them they are technically not better but they have the fighters instinct as do Spurs (sorry to say).
I am not sure if this can be fixed easily but IF AW does as you suggest by bringing in a sort of new spin (keeper - CD -DM - striker) this might go a long way to give this team a new feel provided this spine has experience. Chamack is very young.
Marintii, this is has been going on for years. AW always subs in the late mins of the games when we lead. If we are chasing the game, 70th mins substitution would be very early for AW already. U wont see AW subs a player earlier than 60mins unless he's injured.
As for yesterday match, he waited until we got behind then made the right subs (RVP) on 90th min but then it's way way too late.
He has too much blind faith and confident in the team and we hardly see any change in tactics anymore (except for Walcott). This is very obvious when we face the top 4 teams, AW do not have any other plan B, alwasys stick to plan A until the final whistle is blowed.
As for yesterday game, i do not blame Fabianski as any goalie would be nerveous having Silvestre defending in front of him. I blame Diaby. Where the heck was him in second half? He should be subs instead of Rosicky!
Maybe Wenger is a closet Holland fan - assuming Van Persie was fit, thats they only explanation I can think of as to why he was not sent on earlier to finish the job.
Huge huge mistake from the manager
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I am a holland fan too but I think RvP could have done with a few minutes to get back into game rythm.


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DA says more investigation needed into MU allegations
A prosecutor said Friday she has reviewed the case of an alleged sexual assault by student athletes at Marquette University and returned it to Milwaukee police for further investigation.
Milwaukee Assistant District Attorney Erin Karshen said she expects to make a decision on whether to issue charges in mid-May. She declined to comment further on her review, which was done Friday.
A student reported being sexually assaulted by four male students at a party on the Marquette campus in October, but the case was not brought to Milwaukee police until March 22.
The university's Department of Public Safety, which does not have arrest powers, conducted an investigation during which the alleged victim declined to take the case to Milwaukee police, a university spokeswoman said this week. Officials determined that the students were not responsible for any assault, she said.


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Lauderdale County has become the latest in the state to institute a court specifically to deal with drug crimes. The new drug court will be introduced to the public next week.
Drug and alcohol abuse are often the underlying reasons behind why many crimes are committed, and this court hopes to deal with that issue.
It will be presided over by County Court Judge Vel Young, who has been appointed a special circuit court judge by senior 10th Circuit Judge Robert Bailey.
"It is a 3-year program where they enter the program very much like probation. However, the first step in front of the court is that they will do what is called a non-adjudicated plea," said Young. "They'll plead guilty but their adjudication will be withheld . At that time they will enter the drug court and if they successfully complete the 3-year program within the court then the conviction will not appear on their record."
The first participant entered the drug court system last week. It's expected to be able to accommodate about 75 people at one time.


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Published: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
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Until now, the Midnight Studio at Flat Rock Playhouse has been a behind-the-scenes performance time shared by actors and apprentices.
For the first time the Flat Rock Playhouse will share the Best of Midnight Studio, its beloved variety showcase, with the public at 9 p.m. Monday at the Playhouse.
Flat Rock Playhouses Midnight Studio is similar in style to Saturday Night Live and has become an ongoing, playhouse tradition.
At Midnight Studio, actors from Flat Rock Playhouses company gather after work late at night after the curtain closes on a play or musical to entertain each other. The actors and technical staff perform a mixture of skits, spoofs, serious scene work, songs and monologues or improv games. All of the acts are self-chosen and independently rehearsed.
The evening will feature a host who guides the entertainment. Sometimes the evenings have a theme with a silly framework that provides a steady through-line and encourages creative improv.
Admission is $5 cash only at the door. The concession stand will open at 8 p.m. and the doors of the auditorium will open at 8:15 p.m.
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I taste an excellent range of flavors from this tea. There is a nice nuttiness at first and then a grassy vegetal flavor with a sweetness that comes on at the end. One of my favorite green teas I have tried, and overall a rich and complex tea.
While it is not the best Phoenix Mountain Dan Cong I've had, it's still quite tasty. The flavor is nice and isn't bitter or astringent. The taste started off subtly flowery, and its not until the end that you detect the almost smoked-woody flavor.
Sipdown, 134. I actually sipped this one down the other day but completely forgot to log it!
I do like this one a lot, in part because the jasmine is so inobtrusive. Sometimes you don't want to be drinking a bouquet of flowers (for many of you that is all of the time, but for me it is only sometimes). This is light and fresh and green, with some sweet snap pea notes to it. The kind of jasmine green I would want for an everyday jasmine tea, if my stash ever got low enough that I needed such a thing. Glad to have gotten a chance to try this sample! Thanks Teavivre!
I drank the second of three sample pouches of this one today. It was quite tasty; the jasmine is certainly present but not super strong, letting the bi luo chun shine a bit as well. I'm quite pleased with this one for an everyday jasmine green type of tea, and one that has a bit more interest than a more generic jasmine green.
Thank you so much to Angel and Teavivre for sending me samples of this tea. I am always intrigued when a jasmine tea is on an unusual green base… actually I'm not sure what base jasmine greens usually are, but they aren't usually specified. But this one is! It was cool that the leaf was kind of half-rolled, almost like an oolong.
This was quite a nice jasmine green tea, with perhaps a bit more oomph from the green tea than a regular jasmine green. Bi luo chun is often kind of green-beany, and it comes through a little. This is less sweet than some other jasmine greens and lacks the honeysuckle notes. But that's not to say the jasmine is light! It's quite robust, it's just matched by the green flavor of the tea as well. I definitely look forward to trying this one again, maybe in close comparison with some other jasmine greens.
I, uh, decided to dump the whole packet in my timolino and cold steep all afternoon, but when I was ready to drink it, it was not steeped enough and was too weak. I knew I shoulda used a bit of hot water at the bottom first.
Oh well, this one is gone, but not forgotten. I do still like it, but I like the strawberry oolong best.
This is one of the new teas from Teavivre that is flavoured, but not a straight floral flavour. I was a little weary of this one because of my sensitivity to florals, but I was assured that the jasmine was understated in this blend so I opted to give it a try in addition to the Strawberry Oolong.
The dry leaf of this is tightly rolled in dragon pearl fashion, and smells so so so fragrant like peach nectar.
Steeped, the brew is less intense juicy peach, but rather subtle juicy peach. Any hint of jasmine is blended into the background with the green tea base and is not really distinguishable individually.
I suspect I will get a few nice cups from the leaves, and moreover, I think that this will make a really good cold steep and bring the peach out more in the same way it does for the strawberry in the Strawberry Oolong.
Many grateful thanks to Angel at Teavivre for encouraging me to try this one, even though the jasmine scared me.
First of all, a big thanks to Angel at teavivre for this free sample!! I had to try this tea this morning, it's going to be a beautiful day so I wanted a beautiful smelling tea lol. This one fits the bill, a gorgeous jasmine scent wafted up from my sample pack. I used about half of the pack. I made a few cups gaiwan style with about 15 second steeps. The resulting tea is a very light yellow, and after two cups, the pearls haven't opened up too much.
As for the flavor, this is superb. Very light, real jasmine present, and fresh. Reminds me of a dewy spring morning! I'm going to make a few more cups for myself and the boyfriend, oh and my kitty is finally getting used to the kettle noise hehe he's not as worried by it :)
I've reviewed this one before, but it has been a while, and I think I'm smarter about raw pu-erh now. This one is still for sale on Teavivre.com after a couple years! I'm going to keep the steeps at a strict 30 seconds each time. Also, I only used a half of a sample (the steep before I used the entire pouch). Half the sample is still a pretty large piece! I'm also waiting much longer after boiling to steep. I've found to my tastes, raw pu-erh tastes better when cooler. So with almost everything in the parameters different this time, I think that justifies another tasting note.
The dry fragrance of the cake is actually surprisingly like root beer, or the sarsaparilla aspect of it anyway (last time I said something like cloves, but it is obviously sarsaparilla to me now). The flavor is very smooth, a little like the sarsaparilla I mentioned but also sweet. I'm not sure if it reminds me of bamboo or sugarcane, as I don't know much about either anyway. The flavor is excellent for a raw pu-erh though! The leaves haven't unraveled much, even with a longer rinse. By the second steep, it has unraveled more. The flavor is almost exactly like the first cup. For some reason, the first steeps of raw pu-erh always have an extra special something to them. The third steep is delicious too and seems to get more of a bright fruit flavor. I have tamed the raw pu-erh steeps — no more bitter or too tough flavor! Last time it mostly tasted like wood chips after the first steep. I won't oversteep sheng anymore – very happy about that! I would definitely buy this one and the Fengqing Zhuan Cha Raw Pu-erh Brick 2005 to stock up on sheng teas.
Steep #1 // 20 minutes after boiling // rinse // 30 second steep
Steep #2 // 20 minutes after boiling // 30 seconds
Steep #3 // 20 minutes after boiling // 30 seconds
Another generous sample (recent) from Teavivre… thanks so much! I'm so amazed that Teavivre's packages get to the US so fast from China. This sample pouch had a chunk of the edge of a pu-erh cake. I haven't had any pu-erh that is actually from a giant cake yet, so that's fun. The leaves are mostly black with a few golden twists… which is fitting since this tea is from Yunnan. The fragrance of the dry leaves are very unique… it reminds me of something familiar, maybe cloves?
Steep #1// A few minutes after boiling // 30 seconds //
The flavor is sweet and what it reminds me of most is apple or chamomile. I certainly haven't had a pu-erh like this before! I don't think I'd even guess it was a pu-erh in a blind taste test. I'd probably guess chamomile. A bit like cedar too. It's very intriguing.
Steep #2// A few minutes after boiling // 1 min //
The flavor here is tougher than last time. I think the chamomile/apple flavor is mostly gone to be left with the usual light pu-erh. But I think 1 min was a bit too long. I should have went for 45 seconds. The flavor is a little bit too tangy and even more like cedar. I think I might like the darker/ tougher pu-erhs better somehow. But this one is still very good.
Steep#3 // Just boiled // 65 seconds //
I probably shouldn't have steeped it this long again. The flavor is much the same again. I'm not sure I know enough about pu-erh to say much about this one, or even if it should taste the way I'm tasting it. I think next time note to self: Steep 30 seconds each time, since I liked the first cup the best: not so tangy and woody (though I guess that makes sense since these are leaves.)
Another good one from Teavivre, but I don't think I've tried enough pu-erh to be an expert yet. I certainly don't love pu-erh as much as my delicious black teas though.
haha well 2 years ago when CHAroma tasted this she did. not. like it.
(but yes that was 2 years ago)
but as a puerh goes, for me, there isn't really anything to dislike here. it's just not thrilling is all. it's a fine, average puerh.
okay okay it might kinda be boring. but not bad bad.
if it blossoms later, like on the 6th steeping or something, i'll let you know….
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This versatile and flavourful black satisfies plain or with milk. The aroma wafting around the teapot catches the nose immediately. The amber brown liquor is lighter than to be expected from the black leaves, but it is not short on flavour. Taken black, it has a pleasant, malty sweetness that is free of astringency and does not dry the palate. To get a satisfying dark brew when taking with milk, it is necessary to make it stronger, but the splendidly full-bodied, almost syrupy flavour of molasses, malt and caramel is delightfully heady and aromatic.
If you enjoy Chinese black teas, you must try this one! Open the packet and inhale deeply – hay, cocoa, malt , maybe a little fruit. Smells delicious.
I used less than boiling water, as suggested by Teavivre in their brewing instructions – 2 tsp in 8 oz of water. Flavorful for 4 steeps (1m, 2m, 2.5m, 3m). The tea soup is a rich brown and it tastes fantastic. I cannot wait to serve this to guests. I'll definitely be keeping this one on hand!
I've been putting off trying my pu erh teas for a time when I can sit and relax. The first time I tried this one I could not get it to taste right. This time I steeped it for 1.30 at 212. degrees. Much better :3 It is sweet with a lovely floral note. The sweetness almost reminds me of peach or apple. It still has a soft earthy taste to it. I'm happy I chose this one today. Very relaxing.
So I tried making this in my gaiwan last night and apparently failed miserably. I followed steeping instructions on the website but no matter how I tried steeping it it had a horrible bitter chemical flavor. Does anyone know why? I'm completely puzzled…. :(
Hello KallieBoo,
Our this raw pu-erh tea cake is made by the tea buds and leaves from Yunnan large-leaf tea trees. The process of making this kind of raw puerh cake is totally manually and without any chemical material.
The bitter taste of tea is caused by the component of catechin in tea leaves. The catechin in large-leaf tea trees is usually more than other tea tress. The tea cakes made by the material which contains more tea buds will be bitter than other teas because of the high containing of catechin.
The bitterness often can be divided into several situations.
1. You feel bitterness once the tea liquor into your mouth, but a quick enjoyable aftertaste sweetness will come to your tongue and even throat. This is a good sign for high quality raw pu-erh teas.
2. You feel bitterness from the beginning of the drink to the end without any aftertaste sweetness or astringency. This kind of tea will be a little poor quality that the fist situation.
3. The bad one is for the feeling of bitterness with astringency
For the bitter chemical flavor you mentioned, I think it may because you are not accustomed to the natural bitterness of the raw pu-erh tea which then you mistaken as chemical flavor. If this kind of bitterness is not quite acceptable by you at the beginning. I suggest you shorten the brewing time, at the first few infusions you can quickly pour out the tea liquor in a few seconds after you pour the boiling water to the tea. In this quick brewing way the bitterness may be a little decreased.
The bitterness of raw pu-erh tea may be not quite acceptable for the raw pu-erh beginners. However, many pu-erh tea lovers love this kind of bitterness and sweet aftertaste after some time of adjustment period.
After more than 7 years of natural oxidation, the sweetness aftertaste of this pu-erh tea is quite obvious. I believe you will also love this kind of pu-erh tea once you are used to it.
Here are also some other tea lovers reviews for this teas:
My very first keemun was Teavivre's Keemun #1, and it is still one of my favorite teas. I have been looking forward to trying its "big brother". I was curious because it seemed to be quite inexpensive compared to other Hao Ya teas I have recently tried.
This tea's nose has much less smoke than #1, but there are hints of chocolate. It seems very refined and elegant, but less powerful than I would like. The taste is also a bit on the weak side, but pleasant; without a hint of bitterness.
The tea really comes into its own in the finish. It opens up and shows both power and complexity. There is still a lot of flavor a full minute after I swallow. This long finish seems to help the taste build up: each sip seemed stronger than the first, so that by the end of the cup, I can't really complain about the lack of power.
I gave this pretty much the same rating as the Keemun #1 but they are very different teas. This one is more subtle but lacks the smoke and power that I've come to look for in Keemun teas.
woops over leafed! but not oversteeped, and still good. whew.
kinda average milk oolong in my inexperienced opinion.
or i could be distracted by downloading fic and learning how to use twitter.
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These tea leaves are the strangest leaves I've ever seen. They look more like those seaweed snacks that are becoming super popular these days. I put them all in my test tube steeper vertically and they went almost all the way to the top. The tea itself was pretty good. I got a few good steeps out of it, but it wasn't anything too crazy.
this is my favorite so far! i love a nice jasmine tea. this is flavored with peach extract so not overwhelmingly peach but it plays nicely with the jasmine
i steeped for 2 minutes. the pearls werent able to completely unfurl so i will try a second steeping to see how it will affect the flavor
I'm always scared to try peach anything, same with cherry. I love fresh peaches (and cherries), but dried and/or artificial flavors hardly ever compare and are often an affront to my taste buds. It's good to hear that it's not overwhelming.
one of my favorite teas is fruta bomba from teavana. its a green with peach in it (and other things). they use real fruit and its a lovely flavor. not overwhelming. on the other hand, teavanas sakura allure is a green that has real cherries and its such a strong cherry flavor that the tea isnt even green, its dark red. i love cherries also, that one is so strong i typically like to ice it to thin it out some


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The Arab Spring constitutes perhaps the most far-reaching political and economic transition since the end of communism in Europe. For too long, the economic aspirations of the people in the region, especially young people, have been ignored by leaders in Arab countries and abroad. Competing views as to how best to meet these aspirations are now being debated in the region. The outcome will shape Arab societies for generations to come. The authors of this book argue that significant economic reforms must accompany the major political transitions that are underway. Although each country has a different economic structure and history and must make its own way forward, there are spill-overs from trade and investment linkages, the contagion of news cycles, interaction of people and sharing of expectations that are too great to ignore. Some common foundation of the new Arab economies is needed. Towards that end, this volume addresses four central challenges of economic reform in the Arab world. First, with two-thirds of the population under the age of 30, the disproportionate burdens of unemployment and poor education can no longer be heaped on youth. Second, while some government policies may have improved the living standards of Arab citizens in the past, they have also entrenched cronies, enriched a small elite, and become unaffordable. Third, if Arab economies are to compete in the 21st century they cannot depend solely on oil and gas money, remittances, and tourism, but will require active, independent private sectors. And finally, the relative isolation of Arab economies--both from each other and from the world--must end. Rather than providing specific lists of recommendations, this book sets forth a set of guidelines and priorities for reformers who will begin creating new opportunities for youth, rebuilding the institutions of the state, diversifying the private sector, and cooperating with each other and integrating with the world economy.
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OXCGN's Tomb Raider Review
A Survivor is Reborn
by Daniel Geikowski
©2013 Daniel Geikowski
Rebooting a game is risky business.
On one hand, a game is usually rebooted due to a decline in popularity of a franchise, where a fresh start and new perspective is required. Therefore, various changes and mechanics are implemented, sometimes with characters being overhauled in order to generate new interest in the series.
On the other hand however, altering much of the core themes, characters or mechanics can have disastrous effects. Developers risk damaging their product even further and possibly losing the last remnants of an audience they were so desperate to retain.
Time is also a factor on the popularity of a franchise. As time goes on, and more entries are released, it is only a matter of time before fans begin to lose interest due to stale or overused mechanics, bland characters, and cliched storylines.
The latest entry into the franchise, simply titled Tomb Raider, aims to reboot the ailing series, detailing the beginnings of the young Lara Croft.
And it succeeds.
Developer Crystal Dynamics, along with publisher Square Enix, have injected the once popular Tomb Raider series with new life.
Tomb Raider successfully reappropriates the franchise for a new generation of gamers thanks to updated mechanics, along with two very important things: a believable main character and a well-told story.
Setting Out
As previously stated, Tomb Raider acts as an origin story, detailing the beginnings of Lara Croft, who is fresh out of university.
Lara is determined to 'make her mark' on the world, in order to separate herself from her famous father, Richard Croft. Lara is the student of Dr. Whitman, a celebrity archaeologist, who is attempting to find the lost civilisation of Yamatai in order to gain further popularity.
On board the ship Endurance, Lara is certain that the lost nation is situated somewhere within the Dragon's Triangle, a dangerous region where numerous ships and aircraft go missing during violent storms.
Much to Dr. Whitman's disgust, the team decide to trust Lara's instincts, and head into the Triangle.
In typical fashion, the ship is hammered by a violent storm, causing it to split into two pieces. Lara manages to abandon ship before washing up on shore.
It's not long before she is knocked unconscious by an unknown enemy, waking up in an undisclosed cave that's littered with graphic rituals and sacrificial offerings.
Lara manages to free herself, venturing out into the unforgiving wilderness of the island.
A Survivor Is Born
It's here that Lara's story really begins.
It's more than a story of a group of shipwrecked survivors battling enemies in an attempt to escape an unknown island. It's a story about how dire situations can change one's character.
Tomb Raider tells the story of Lara Croft's evolution from a naive, frightened woman into a self-sustained, hardened survivor.
It's a tale that can be appreciated in various ways, by various gamers.
It's an empowering tale for women, highlighting equality for males and females alike. It goes to show that anyone has the ability to adapt and survive deadly situations, regardless of gender.
Crystal Dynamics have managed to create a narrative that doesn't force a radical feminist agenda onto players. The whole male versus female train of thought is so outdated; Lara is a role model to males and females alike.
During promotion, Crystal Dynamics came under fire from outraged parties which felt parts of the game portrayed acts of Lara suffering sexual abuse.
Playing though the campaign, the moment in question was blown entirely out of context, and in actual fact plays a pivotal part in engaging Lara's survival instincts going forward.
It's a tale about character, not gender.
Overall, it's a thoroughly enjoyable story, with various objectives keeping players' interest in the narrative. The most engaging aspect of the narrative, however, is watching Lara constantly overcome obstacles, challenging her inner character in her transformation into a true survivor.
While Tomb Raider is a reboot for the series, it doesn't fall into the trap of a 'gritty, realistic' reboot that occurs in so many games and movies nowadays.
Sure, Lara as well as other characters are far more relateable and realistic, but the narrative itself retains supernatural elements that the series is so well known for.
The story itself is well-paced and quite lengthy. There was one point in the game where I was certain I was nearing the end, only to be thrown a curve ball, and continued to play for another three to four hours.
Paradise Lost?
The campaign never feels like it's dragging along, as there are many varied environments for players to traverse.
Whether it's a rainy forest, an ancient windswept temple, a shipwrecked beach, or a mountain-top village, these varied environments help maintain player interest throughout the game.
There is a nice balance between the natural and man-made environments as well. Forests and mountains are broken up with visits to wartime bunkers, research facilities, and rickety shantytowns.
Each area has it's own unique feel, and provides many challenges and puzzles for players to overcome.
There are even multiple routes to take in order to reach an objective, although there is not really much incentive to play through again in order to take a different path.
Even the underground caverns and tombs maintain a nice sense of variety, each being littered with both man-made salvage, ancient statues, some even contain corpses and rivers of blood.
Each of these areas have various Camp Sites, which allows Lara to rest, spend skill points, upgrade gear, and most importantly allows players to save their progress.
Specific sites even allow players to fast travel to previously visited locations, in order to collect items, salvage parts, complete challenges or solve one of Tomb Raider's many puzzles.
Jack of All Trades
Tomb Raider maintains a focus on exploration and traversal, but this time around features a greater emphasis on combat.
The gameplay style has and will continue to draw comparisons to the Uncharted series, and while we can argue that Uncharted learned from Tomb Raider, this current entry is a totally different animal.
Tomb Raider has a more serious underlying tone, successfully portraying Lara as a typical, relateable everywoman, whereas Nathan Drake is constantly giving wisecracks, blowing things up, and seemingly bumbling his way through events.
More than that, Tomb Raider manages to produce a healthy balance of exploration, action, combat and puzzle solving.
Much like the title suggests, there are plenty of tombs to raid, none of which have anything to do with current objectives. They're there purely for exploration purposes.
Many puzzles are required to be completed throughout the campaign, and some actually require some serious thought. Puzzles are one of the hardest things to get right in game design, as you've constantly got to challenge the player without going overboard.
Crystal Dynamics have maintained a steady learning curve of puzzles, most incorporated newly-acquired items in order to complete. Puzzles slowly grow to require multiple items to complete, and feel satisfying once the player has navigated them.
It's not all puzzle-solving, though, as Tomb Raider gets the blood pumping with action.
Lara constantly gets smashed by her surroundings.
Whether it's running across a crumbling bridge, running through a burning building, falling down slopes and waterfalls, Lara takes it all in her stride.
It helps further solidify to the audience that Lara's exploring an ancient place, and enemies aren't the only thing that can kill her. Some of the more graphic deaths will come from the environment. Being crushed and stabbed by rocks… you know, all of the good stuff.
Speaking of enemies, Tomb Raider features a variety of enemies who want to violently end Lara Croft's life.
The most common enemy is the Solarii, a group of murderous individuals who have been trapped on the island for years, driving them to complete heinous acts in order to survive.
Another group of enemies is also present, but I won't mention them to keep this review spoiler-free.
There are also some wildlife that like to attack Lara, with wolves hunting her early on.
It's a shame though, as I always fondly remember wildlife being a constant threat in previous entries, and would like to have seen a more present and constant threat from wolves, bears, snakes, etc.
The human enemies come in various types, ranging from brawlers, scouts, basic riflemen, as well as explosive experts. There are even the powerful tank enemies that are always a joy to take down.
Combat does feel really visceral in the early stages, with Lara frantically trying to survive, whereas over time, combat becomes somewhat trivial, as Lara becomes more adept, with a couple of exceptions.
Combat felt a bit repetitive at times, and in my opinion is the weakest link compared to the puzzle-solving and action sequences.
Like many action games, A.I. plays a major factor in the overall challenge and enjoyment. Sadly, the A.I. insisted on rushing toward me, eager to receive an arrow to the face. A rare negative on what is overall an enjoyable package.
The Warrior's Path
In order to survive the perilous journey, Lara's going to need some weapons to defend herself with.
Much like some recently-released games, the bow and arrow takes stage front and center in Lara Croft's arsenal. However, in Tomb Raider, it's used for more than just killing, but also solving puzzles, making it more diverse than other titles offering the use of a bow.
The bow, along with other weapons available to Lara, are able to be upgraded at camp sites. However, specific parts are required to be found in salvage heaps littered across the island, forcing players to head off the beaten track.
Salvage is needed to upgrade all weapon components, and functions as the currency used in Tomb Raider. It can not only be found in crates across the island, but Lara can also pick it up from dead enemies and wildlife.
Along the way, specific arrow types are unlocked, along with specific items.
Players are able to get access to fire arrows, explosive arrows, reinforced arrows, as well as rope arrows. Rope arrows open up new avenues of gameplay, allowing players to form bridges to previously inaccessible areas. Not only do these arrows assist in combat, but puzzles as well.
The pacing of the acquirement of new items is well-spaced, as players aren't being crammed with new gear at the beginning.
Once players have strengthened their gear, or unlocked a specific item, they are able to travel back to previous areas, in order to complete puzzles that were impossible to do at that point in time.
Other weapons available to Lara include the a pistol, shotgun and assault rifle. These are pretty stock-standard weapons that required upgrading before I felt any real need to constantly use them. The bow, on the other hand, proved consistently useful throughout the campaign.
What about Lara's signature dual pistols I hear you ask? Do not fret fellow gamer, they even make an appearance.
While killing things is fun, it's not all for nothing. Killing enemies, along with collecting items, rewards players with Experience Points (XP).
Upon earning enough XP, Lara gains a Skill Point, which allows her to unlock a new skill while resting at any one of the many camp sites littered throughout the game.
Skills are divided into three sets, being Survivor, Hunter and Brawler.
Survivor relates to movement, item scavenging, and increased XP gain. Hunter upgrades Lara's ammo capacity and effectiveness with certain weapons. Brawler focuses on melee combat, countering and finishing moves.
The skills tie in really well with the overarching narrative.
In the beginning, with Lara starting out, she is very limited combat/survival-wise. However, as she develops into a hardened survivor, her skills and capabilities also increase, becoming a strong and formidable character.
Hidden Treasure
In addition to the main campaign, Tomb Raider also has a wealth of side content to keep players busy.
Apart from going around and collecting salvage, various types of collectibles can be found. These range from artifacts such as masks, figurines and coins, to numerous GPS locators and journals left around by the Endurance crew and previous island inhabitants.
These journals do a great job of providing a substantial backstory to Tomb Raider, even offering a greater insight into the Endurance crew Lara has been stranded on the island with. Even though some of the characters are quite cliche, they are all solidly voice acted.
In conjunction with a pile of collectibles to find, each area has specific challenges to complete.
These are fairly simple, mainly tasking the player to look in obscure and out-of-reach areas. Most challenges will consist of destroying totems, effigies, or posters, or unearthing burial ruins and other dusty things.
While they are nothing special, completing these challenges reward players with bonus XP, thus enticing them to undertake them in order to boost their skills. Completing these challenges and collecting these items also unlock character models and concept art, for those artistically-interested gamers out there.
Also, it wouldn't be Tomb Raider without more tombs to explore, so Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix have given players optional tombs to navigate through.
These tombs each consist of multiple puzzle mechanics that players have learned and utilized in the surrounding area, and require a bit of thought, along with some fairly quick reaction times. Completing these tombs rewards players with large XP bonuses, weapon parts, and salvage.
It's here where Tomb Raider shines, as players are able to freely explore and traverse the various terrain without any fear of repeated combat.
Stunning Vista
In short, Tomb Raider looks nothing short of fantastic.
The game has received a high level of visual polish, from the detail shown in each character, to the beautiful environments showcased throughout.
By far the most visually impressive aspect is Lara herself. The hero of the series has undergone some drastic visual changes since the original Tomb Raider, and her current design reflects a more realistic character.
Lara looks fantastic, going through multiple visual changes as she progresses through her journey, gaining cuts and scratches, only to be patched up with makeshift bandages. By the end of the journey, Lara well and truly looks as if she has gone to hell and back.
To be honest, all character models are well-detailed, from the shabby Solarii, to the creases in Roth's faces, to the detail in Jonah's tattoo.
As previously stated, the vast majority of the voice acting is well delivered, Lara especially. You can really feel her pain as she bangs and crashes into and through many of the island's obstacles.
The game's various levels look and feel top-notch, packing plenty of variety. Players won't get sick of the many tombs and caverns seen within the game, as they pack plenty of artifacts which differentiates them from the others.
After spending some time within the bowels of the Earth, players are greeted with a gorgeous open vista, whether that be a lost village, and ancient temple, or dense forest. The areas are well situated and spaced, giving players a breath of fresh air every so often.
The game's weapons sound very solid and meaty, matching the screams of the enemies Lara uses them on.
Overall, there was hardly any negatives to point out in terms of visual or audio components. Although I experienced no graphical or audio hiccups, I did view a weird glitch where all the characters froze in one cutscene.
Survival of The Fittest
After the 10-12 hours it takes players to make their way through the enjoyable singleplayer campaign, Tomb Raider contains a multiplayer offering waiting in the wings.
Multiplayer offers four different game modes: Free-for-All, Team Deathmatch, Rescue and Cry For Help.
Multiplayer casts players as characters from one of two factions, either the Survivors of the Endurance or the violent Solarii.
Free-for-All and Team Deathmatch are pretty much self explanatory, and are your run-of-the-mill versus modes.
Rescue, however, tasks the Survivors to go around and collect Medical Supplies, and return them to a capture point, all the while evading the Solarii, who attempt to kill them.
Cry For Help also tasks the Survivors with activating emergency radio beacons, while aiming to prevent the Solarii from stealing their precious batteries.
While there is nothing new or groundbreaking here, there is some fun to be had.
It's your typical multiplayer foray, with the shining light being level traversal. The various maps allow players to jump and climb walls and ledges, in order to take up positions above enemies, in order to eliminate them with the bow unawares.
Players can also use ropes to quickly traverse open areas, or close the gap between themselves and an enemy, before driving a climbing axe through their skull.
It's a well implemented mechanic, which ties into the aesthetics of the single player experience, preventing it from being a stale, bland multiplayer inclusion.
That being said though, overall I felt that the multiplayer was an unnecessary inclusion.
Sure, it's an attempt to become an overall package and provide longevity, but it seems as if multiplayer modes are being tacked on to every franchise nowadays.
I'm not saying the multiplayer offering was horrible, just that I felt that it did not receive the same level of focus and dedication compared to the single player campaign. It felt like a basic multiplayer offering.
It might be the times changing in the business of video games, but for me personally, Tomb Raider has always been a singleplayer game, focusing on a large, epic narrative.
If Crystal Dynamics were so committed on including multiplayer, why not incorporate it into the narrative, giving it its very own storyline, much like co-op in Far Cry 3?
A New Hero
Overall, Tomb Raider is a fantastic game.
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have done a superb job of taking a once popular but ailing franchise, and rebooting it for fans new and old to enjoy.
Tomb Raider should be used as an example of how to successfully rejuvenate a series that has become stale and seemingly lost its way.
Gamers from various backgrounds will find something to enjoy in Tomb Raider.
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