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Agatha Christie, Murder Is Easy Episode 1 of 3
by Agatha Christie
Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson
1. Ex-policeman Luke Fitzwilliam doesn't believe little old Miss Pinkerton when she tells him that she's off to Scotland Yard to report a serial killer on the loose in her quiet English village. But he's soon forced to reconsider.
Luke ..... Patrick Baladi
Bridget ..... Lydia Leonard
Lord Whitfield ..... Michael Cochrane
Miss Waynflete ..... Marcia Warren
Miss Pinkerton ..... Marlene Sidaway
Billy Bones/Rivers ..... Patrick Brennan
Reverend Wake ..... Thomas Wheatley
Rose ..... Lizzy Watts
Abbott ..... Paul Stonehouse
Ellsworthy ..... Ben Crowe
Dr Thomas ..... Will Howard
Major Horton ..... Robert Blythe
Technical presentation was by Anne Bunting and Robin Warren
Directed by Mary Peate
Murder is Easy is another of Joy Wilkinson's fresh new dramatisations of Agatha Christie novels for Radio Four. Previously she has adapted Crooked House, Endless Night, Towards Zero, And Then There Were None and Sparkling Cyanide.
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Look Who's Trying Triathlons
This sounds like a fun way to spend a morning: Swim half a mile, dash out of the water and jump on your bicycle, bike 24 miles, then jump off and run another six miles. Why? Because you can.
We're talking about triathlon, a sporting event that combines swimming, biking, and running -- from the shorter "sprint" and "Olympic" distance triathlons, up to the brutal "Ironman," in which competitors swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, then run a marathon. Triathlon has exploded in popularity over the past 10 years -- novice participation in the sport has increased 94% since 1994, according to the national sanctioning body USA Triathlon, and next year more than 40,000 athletes will compete in some 700 sanctioned races.
If you watch a triathlon, you'll probably notice something. The competitors aren't all lean, buff, hardbody types. You'll see white-haired grandfathers, middle-aged moms, and a fair number of people who look as if the furthest distance they run is from the couch to the fridge. And as they approach the finish line, at least one athletic-looking guy will be eating the dust of at least one sweet-looking grandmother.
Endurance for Everyone?
Why does triathlon appeal to such a wide range of people -- many of them people you might not think of as "traditional" athletes, and many who have never thought of themselves as athletes before?
In part, says Margaret Hawkins, who manages the American Association of Retired Persons' "Tri-Umph" triathlon series for people over 50, it's the combination of sports. Putting swimming, biking, and running together means that you don't have to do one sport to exhaustion -- and in the time it takes to train for a marathon, people who can't imagine themselves running over 26 miles straight can cross-train and be ready for a middle-distance triathlon.
Tri-Umph, which began last year with six triathlons across the country, is sponsoring 15 races this year. Although most participants are in their 50s, a substantial chunk -- up to 30% in some areas -- are between ages 60 and 74. In addition to the benefits of cross-training, Hawkins says older athletes, and probably younger people of a less athletic bent as well, are drawn to triathlon because it calls on mental strength as much as physical.
"I think mental endurance and focus really play a role," she says. "It's not that they're streaking out to be the best runner, swimmer, or cyclist -- they're just determined to keep going. We even have participants walking the run course, but they're still competing and finishing."
"The goal for most participants in triathlon is not to beat the pack," agrees Fred Apple, MD, medical director of clinical laboratories at Hennepin County Medical Center. "You might have an individual person you compete against, and try to pass them at the finish line, but the competition is based on your personal record. Everyone's got their own personal best, and everyone's competing with themselves."
The world record for a particular triathlon might be two hours -- but if you finish in five hours this year and four hours, 58 minutes next year, that's an enormous achievement. "The goal is to endure and maintain, and the sense of accomplishment is tremendous," says Apple, who is also professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at the University of Minnesota.
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The Broadway musical based on the Hollywood box office hit "Shrek" is being performed in Herriman.
Salt Lake City (ABC 4 Utah) -- What better way to get ready for Christmas than with a classic musical? We're talking about White Christmas and it's being performed in Lehi. A few members of the cast dropped by Good Morning Utah to give a sneak peak of the show.
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11. Two E-Learning Conferences 2nd and 3rd April 09
The Learning Technologies Group at Oxford University Computing Services is pleased to announce its eighth annual one-day conference on educational technologies and the thirteenth Beyond event.
- Are you supporting students and staff in developing their use of new technology?
- Are you responsible for designing IT skills training in your institution?
- Are you interested in institutional approaches to open content, podcasting and educational video online?
Then these events will be in the interest of you.
11.1. Shock of Digital Literacy 2nd April
Academic literacy and the challenge of new technologies.
Speakers include:
- Lynne O'Brien, Director of Instructional Technology at Duke University, USA
- Miles Metcalfe, Head of IT Research and Development at Ravensbourne College
- Josie Fraser, ALT Learning Technologist of the Year 2008
11.2. Beyond Walls 3rd April
An opportunity to discuss issues surrounding the growth and expansion of institutional audio-visual work with experts from the field of multimedia and educational video. Come and hear regular podcasting experts , the work of STEEPLE, a JISC funded collaboration to disseminate from experience, and OPEN CAST, an international collaboration providing tools for improving efficiency in media production and publishing.
Expert presenters include:
- Peter Scott, KMi Director, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University
- Nigel Warburton - www.philosophybites.com
- Bjoern Hassler, Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies, University of Cambridge
- Peter Robinson, Learning Technologies Group, Oxford University
- Ben Hawkridge, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University
Papers at this conference will:
- Describe the new skills and knowledge required by students and staff in the digital age;
- Explore the challenges that the use of digital technologies brings to the design of teaching and learning activities;
- Offer new approaches and strategies for digital literacy skills training;
- Explore the impact that the use of these new technologies has on motivation, participation and differentiation;
- Highlight research in new areas of literacy such as digital storytelling, media literacy, interaction and collaboration skills.
Session topics include:
- "New Channels to New Learners: Podcasting and the Open University on iTunesU"
- "Podcasting Philosophy Bytes"
- "Can you hear me now? How to get your videos into UK secondary education"
- "The challenges and opportunities in podcasting at a research university"
These conferences usually fill quite fast so early booking is recommended. Information about local accommodation for those who wish to attend on both days is available on our website.
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It's his fourth shot, another chance at breaking the cycle and escaping the one thing that has had a hold on him, most of his adult life.
"It's crazy that you had to take everything from me for me to even attempt this again," said Cole of Warren.
For the past 11 years, the man we will only identify as Cole has been battling addiction. He was just 17 when he first experimented with opiates, a hobby that eventually led him to heroin. And it's that drug he let gain physical and mental over him a fourth time.
"There is no off switch in our minds and that's the part of it that's scary because I still have that mind today. The drugs aren't in my system necessarily, but I still have that mindset which sponsorship and the 12 steps are to help me slow that mind down a little bit," Cole said.
As Cole works toward sobriety, he banks on the support of his sponsor, Chad Wiltrout, who knows what it takes to stay sober. He spent nearly 30 years battling addiction after getting hooked on opiates after a knee surgery.
"Until I finally came to an emotional internal bottom within myself and didn't want to, didn't want to continue living the way I was living, didn't want to live period that's when I was truly at the point where I would have did anything I had to do to change my life," Wiltrout said.
He chose to enter detox and go on to formal treatment at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, which is where he works today.
With more than 40 months of sobriety under his belt, Chad knows the importance of staying engaged in recovery, even after formal treatment ends. However, it's something most people don't understand or choose not to care about. More than 90% of opiate users, who complete formal treatment, end up relapsing.
"We've run so long on just self and doing our own thing we still think we can do that. Even though running on our own ideas got us in a big mess, we do need many people and many different outlets that are available," Wiltrout said.
A reality Cole now understands as he enters his third month of sobriety. With formal treatment under his belt, and Chad by his side as he works the 12 step program recovery program, Cole is cautiously optimistic about what the future holds.
"I know that it's a struggle because that's the way it has to be today and that's ok and I am ok with that, you know, I have to work a little bit harder. I've got to put a little bit more effort into putting my life back together and it gives me more motivation not to go back to that," Cole said.
Once a person is committed to changing their lives, there are several paths they can take. Detox is usually the first step in the recovery process. Residential treatment programs are available. Length of stays can vary at those facilities between 21 days and 90 days. Individuals often then complete intensive outpatient programs and Aftercare. There are also 12 step programs for people to engage in.
The Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic recently began offering recovery coaching services. Recovery coaches are peer mediators who help individuals overcome barriers to long-term sobriety. You can call Neil Kennedy at 330-744-1181 to learn more. Recovery coaching services are being made available at The Sahara Club II in Warren on Fridays from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.


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April 26th, 2013
You wouldn't know that the picture above is of an 800-room resort. I was in the Dominican Republic last week, a "destination" for a family wedding. I took this shot early morning, before people started moving like sleepwalkers towards the cavernous hall where breakfast was being served. This was one of those all-inclusive spots where you pay for flights, meals, and drinks in advance, and then show up with nothing but money for tips for the staff. It seems as if the whole world partakes of these vacation spots. The 800 rooms were fully booked and there was absolutely no chance of getting a late check out because plane loads of tourists were lining up to check in while we were thinking of shaking the sand out of our suitcases.
The whole time I was there I thought of the late great American novelists David Foster Wallace and his famous essay, "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again." Wallace went on a one-week cruise ship and ended up describing the "supposedly fun" experience as utterly despair-inducing. I can't say I was really ever in despair in the DR but Wallace's account of the cruise was uncannily similar to the all-inclusive experience. In a word, that experience is marked by excess—excess of food, drink, sun, beach, sloth, people, you name it. It's hard to complain when you're steps away from a stunning white sandy beach in the middle of a chilly Canadian April, but then it's hard not to reflect on this strange construct of a vacation, one in which almost all decisions have been taken away from you. Perhaps it is that very fact that's so appealing to so many. After slogging it out in the work-a-day world, it's probably comforting to many people to not have to think about what the next moment might bring. Everything has been arranged and ordered for indulgence, from the native jungle to the buffet lines. To parasail or not to parasail: that really is the only question.
The picture above shows just how well manicured that jungle forest has become. One can only imagine the labour involved in sectioning out such a large parcel of land for human habitation—villas and walkways and pools, gardens and restaurants, all carved out of a very wild landscape. The resort planners saved a swath of the original natural environment and put up signs informing the vacationers that there was a "natural conservatory" on the premises. So it is that nature has become part of the spectacle for the ambulatory tourist. One day a couple of guys were roaming around one of the gajillion pools with a camera and a large boa constrictor. They were intent on draping the snake around the necks of the eager and fearless and taking some well composed tourist pictures. They found a remarkably high number of willing participants, especially little kids whose parents encouraged them to smile for the camera: nature at once personified and commodified.
Every morning upon walking out of our villa and moving towards the breakfast lines I felt as if I were on some large movie set—or, worse, a compound of zombies. We were all white, sleepy, self-satisfied, and way too many were grossly overweight. A bottomless supply of piña coladas didn't help. Haiti, destitute and still recovering from the effects of the earthquake, was just on the other side of the island, so close and yet so different. I wondered: did Sean Penn ever come over to the DR to clean up and escape the rubble of Port-au-Prince?
It's interesting how despite one's best efforts it's difficult not feeling like an elitist snob. Large crowds of obese automatons can do that to you. I am sure the tourism trade is doing good and necessary things for the island economy, but is this really the best way our civilization has of spending some hard-earned downtime?
The wedding, by the way, was lovely.
Dr. Noreen Golfman is Professor of English and Dean of Graduate Studies. Her post secondary education included study at McGill, University of Alberta, and University of Western Ontario. She has been teaching and writing in the areas of Canadian literature and film studies for most of her career. She is the president of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, founding director of the annual St. John's International Women's Film Festival, and director of the MUN Cinema Series. Dr. Golfman's blog 'Postcards From the Edge' will be updated every Thursday.


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Following the success of the Tideway Race to the Founders Arms, another race down the Thames is planned for Saturday, 21st August. This time the destination is the Festival Hall where there is a sandy beach. The start time is 12.30; low water at London Bridge is 15.23; the estimated time of return to the club is 18.00. Although refreshments are available at the Festival Hall, there is no riverside pub. Cold drinks will be available for sale but you are advised to bring your own picnic.
This is an addition to the sailing programme and, because of the time of high water, there will be no sailing at Hammersmith. This is a fun event and an ideal opportunity to see London from a different perspective. Make a note in your diary and book a boat now.
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MMA Gifs – Jon Jones Elbows Rashad Evans – UFC 145.
At least Machida was able to finish Rashad.
Am I the only person who thinks this fight looked set up.
Yes, you're the only one.
Can't believe how flat footed Jones walks around the octagon. Surprised no one's been able to exploit that.
Totally set up. Jon Jones knew exactly how hard to hit Rashad without knocking him out with multiple elbow and Rashad knew exactly how hard to take it to the face so that he would get massive bruises while almost knocking out…Wait…that's f****** stupid.
Yes Randy Couture you are the only one who thinks the fight was set up. Stop smoking pot and get out of your Mom's basement you waste of life. I'm sure Rashad faked the huge hematoma over his eye too. I love this site, but the absolute stupidest people post here.
@lando…that's a pretty retarded remark. Jones was able to finish machida, and "ko faced" him just like machida did to rashad.
I do not think the fight was set up at all. I do think that Jones had the ability finish the fight but he just didn't pull the trigger. I think after Evan's landed a couple right hooks Jones became too hesitant to really open up with combinations for fear of the counter right hook.
just hope Jon is not turning into GSP and start playing it safe all the time. Jon could have finished that fight IMO
Another MMA conspiracy wacko.Only an ignorant idiot who never did any kind of combat sport in his life would think that was set up.The same kind of person who probably thinks Kimbo's last fight wasn't a dive.
lol @ Randy Couture… you're dumb kid. You're just mad cause your boy Evans lost. and cut down on the crack makes you paranoid
man goes the distance for the first time in 3 years and now he's playing it safe … i think it was more about him over respecting rashad and not really wanting to hurt him … at the press conference he had nothing but good things to say about Evans despite all the s*** rashad had sad about him … its not unlike georges st pierres first fight with matt hughes where he didn't perform up to standards because he was fighting his hero
Take it as a compliment, Jones. When a dufus says its fixed, it's 'cause you make it look easy.
Great elbows..multiple elbows, he also did a jumping side kick to the leg during the fight… Being unpredictable and strong=BEAST!
Anybody else see the Ali footwork Jones pulled in the 4th (I think it was the 4th). That encompassed everything that I don't like about this guy. As far as Jones's fight game goes he's a beast and nobody can deny that he is skilled, but his personality bugs the sh** out of me! He used the vintage Ali dance around the ring footwork to continue on the comparisons between himself and Ali. So after the fight the media would suck his nuts for being like Ali. The interviews where he quotes him, the cover photo shoot for UFC magazine, all of it. If the dude is going to have his own legacy he needs to be him original and be his own f****** person. You don't see Kobe quoting MJ, that's why Kobe is my favorite active athlete because he is 100% original. He detests any comparisons to any great before him, and that's why he will be an all time great. Jones won't, he's superficial and he is on borrowed time until he figures that out.
Lol, too funny.
"At least Machida was able to finish Rashad."
"Am I the only person who thinks this fight looked set up."
@Coldshot is that you typing?
And now I'm reading on mmafighting.com that Hendo is also questioning Jones being genuine.
WTF? Same tagline as before with Rashad? Hendo is a tough old guy but seriously, he is the next threat to Jones at 205?
Here is my first thought on this fight … Jones beat shogun like a red-headed step-child…Hendo and Shogun had a tired old man fight and Hendo got the decision.
lol, I like MMA but the pecking order or supposed next top contender in the UFC is pure s***.
great fight, great fighters. Rashad had a good showing but it's just not enough to dethrone Bones. I think Bones will finish Hendo, should be fun to watch.
Nice elbow… surprised he didn't follow up and try to finish… definetely wary of Sugar's right hand.
@Atheist Basturd- I don't think pot would make someone say something as ridiculous as Randy's remarks. I think Genghis Khan is closer- he's got to be smoking crack.
jones leaves himself so wide open.someone will exploit that.
Thats a crazy elbow strike move. Aioki tried the same move on Eddie Alvarez the same weekend but the difference is Aioki doesn't have that 84″ reach advantage
@Lando at least Jon bones jones finished Lyoto Machida
@atheist- What does smoking pot have to do with some fool who thinks the fight was set up? I just don't see the correlation.
i don't know if it was setup, but i also had some suspicion. as if, Jones was going easy on Rashad.. No judo throws, ground and pound.. very few spin elbows and hands.. hmm. Not sure..
Forrest (Leap Frog) Griffin vs Rampage was a fixed fight…Jones vs Rashad, was not fixed. If you can't see this, stay off the pipe. Uncle Dana should ask Jones to step up to Heavyweight like he asked Ace and Spider to step up to LHW. At least for a couple fights, he cleaned out the entire f****** division!
I find this .GIF very hard to m********* to.
Machida dominated Jones the entire first round, landing many strikes, while Jones landed none. Jones just got a lucky choke in.
@ Lando
A lucky choke? Seriously?
MMA guys need to start to train actual MARTIAL ARTS and not just combat sports like kickboxing/boxing where 99% of the time the taller guy with more reach completely dominates like this. If Evans knew anything about covering his center line and basic trapping he wouldn't get hit like that and would have known what to do when monkey arms started grabbing his wrists before popping him
You all know so much more than both those fighters, you should all go pro and show them how its done.


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"On a Monday, it is raining. Tuesday, it's still raining. And by Wednesday, a reprieve."
Hurricane Isaac, shown here in the form of Ashlee Simpson, is currently approaching Florida, but the convention will go on. RNC communications director Sean Spicer told CNN this morning, "There's no such thing as canceling."
I imagine that being said as Jerry Goldsmith's score to Rudy swells in the background, just before a high school football team reacts to Spicer's optimism with thunderous applause, and they all run back onto the field to score the winning touchdown.
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Could years of construction noise, dust, and inconvinience be finally at an end for Kenny, Windom, Tangletown and Lynnhurst residents around the 54th and Lyndale intersection? The Lyndale Avenue Bridge is set to open to traffic on-schedule, following a ribbon-cutting at 1 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 15.
"In 1997, residents from the 10 neighborhoods along this corridor developed a vision for a 21st century Lyndale Avenue that connected the neighborhoods, was safe for pedestrians and vehicles, and restored the grandeur of the avenue. Completion of this project is the realization of their vision," said Hennepin County Commissioner Gail Dorfman in a written statement emailed to reporters on Tuesday. "Lyndale Avenue is now not just a transportation corridor, but a destination."
Dorfman's rhetoric appears to be coming true already. Blooma Yoga, a pre- and postnatal yoga studio, is relocating from Edina to a portion of the former Hollywood Video space at the corner of 53rd Street and Lyndale Avenue South. St. Paul frozen yogurt shop Freestyle Yogurt is set to open a new location in a different portion of the old Boulevard Theater building in March of 2013. Owners of both businesses told Patch that they picked the locations partly because of the enhancements included in the Lyndale reconstruction project.
Enhancements include:
- Reducing the roadway from a total of four lanes to one in each direction, plus turn lanes.
- Adding center medians with trees and ornamental grasses.
- Widening the sidewalks from 14 feet to 17 feet and striping the crosswalks.
- Placing pedestrian-level lighting along the corridor.
Some work—described by Dorfman's statement as "minimal"—will continue through November, but the road and bridge will remain open at all times.
The bridge's reopening will be celebrated on Oct. 20 with a block party organized by the Nicollet-East Harriet Business Association, who worked with the county to help businesses weather the construction-caused disruption.
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Can anyone tell me if pistacchios grow in the Canberra region (I live in Murrumbateman) and if so what type of environment they like ie soil, sunny/shade etc. I have read that they like cold winters and hot summers (which I thought sounded like us!) but hadn't heard of anyone growing them. Also where is the best place to get them?
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We went into town today to spend some gift certificates we got for Christmas on some new cutlery. I've been wanting this for when we moved into our house, because the cutlery that we had was all mismatched and lumped together out of at least five different sets. And I don't know about the stuff that Husband had when we moved in together, but the stuff I had was almost all something I had inherited from my parents when moving away from home. I wanted cutlery that actually matched and that I had had from new. Cutlery doesn't really wear out, so it doesn't get replaced naturally unless you make the decision yourself to replace it. It took a little convincing of Husband, but eventually he conceeded my point. I think the last little stretch of convincing wasn't actually me, but the fact that he saw for himself that it was a little annoying to not be able to set a table for six with matching things. It looks haphazard and like you're not really making an effort.
Anyway, on our way there we passed a small shop that sold tea, coffee and fancy chocolate. It was actually because they had a sign outside saying they carried AC Perchs teas that we decided to go in and have a look. There were only six or seven ACP teas to choose from, though, and none of them particularly interesting, but they also had several ones of this brand. It's completely new to me, but apparently it's a Scandinavian company. The tea is sold in 100g packages which came in a very attractive-looking wooden caddy. I really like wood as a material, I find it very decorative. Even better, they had this one which is a single farm Chinese black from the Hubei province. I think we all know what I'm like with Chinese black, and an interestingly new-to-me one at that!
I dithered a bit, because it was 95kr for one, but in the end I succumbed to temptation, part of which was the tea itself and part of it being caddy-lust. I wanted that caddy. I wanted it!
Turns out, however, that the caddy was also untreated wood on the inside, which meant I wouldn't be able to wash it when the leaves were used. I had hoped that it might be a metal or just a plastic container clad in wood, but alas. After a lot of thinking, weighing of options and considering the matter, I decided to just pour the tea in and find a different use for the caddy after it was gone, only to have to transfer it to a proper metal tin shortly after when it transpired that the lid didn't actually seal properly anymore when it wasn't held in place by the plastic wrapping.
So verdict on the caddy, highly attractive and equally as useless. Out with that, then. I can't even use it for something else when I can't put the lid on.
The tea itself seems to be a paradox. At the first sip, it's suprisingly bitter. Not over-leafed-bitter. Not over-steeped-bitter. It's bitter because it just is.
But it's a Chinese black! I hear you protest. Those are never bitter!
I know! And it's not just the bitterness. It gets worse.
Worse? Gosh!
In addition to this seemingly naturally occurring bitterness, it's really a fairly light flavour. Oh, it's pretty strong and full-bodied, yes, but it gives me a sort of light and springy-bouncy impression, the sort that is the exact opposite of bitter.
I'm not sure how this is possible. Mutually exclusive flavour profiles in equal measure. Paradox tea. Does that mean the whole tin is in danger of unmaking itself? I had better drink it fast, then.
It does bring to mind something I saw on the discussion boards, though, about how organic teas tended to be more bitter than ordinary teas because of uh… because of Reasons. I can't even remember who said it either now. Look at me with my source material all in order. :p
As it cools more and I drink more, though, I discover something about that bitterness. The bitter pinch of it slowly fades and it becomes a sort of old wood-y, burnt toast-y kind of coal-y thing. It tastes old. Not old as in 'these leaves must be several years old!', but old as in the very concept of age.
At the first sip, with the paradoxical bitterness, I was a little disappointed, because I paid an arm and a leg for this and I had already been thwarted by the attractive-looking but totally useless caddy, but now that I've been nursing this cup for a while, I've decided that I actually really very much like it. It feels like it would be a good first aid tea. You know, the kind of tea you drink when everything seems to be against you and the world as such can go jump off a cliff. It's much in the same family as life-giving tea.
I should be surprised if there wasn't a second steep in this.
Indeed there is. The flavour profile is exactly the same as before, if a smidge milder, in the second steep. Very rarely have I come across teas where it was worth the effort to attempt a third steep when brewing them Western style, but this is one where I definitely feel like it's worth it to at least give it a go.
It may have cost a small fortune and it may have come with a useless caddy, but I feel I am actually getting value for money with this. It's a little out of my way to go back to that shop, but I want to try some of the other teas from NUET now, so I'll probably do it. (I'll just know not to expect anything from the caddy)


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I mean...how many real deal wifey material types really got slutted out like that though? Most of the "Can't say no" hoes were hoes for a reason. I thought about this and I honestly don't know any real "reformed sluts".
Hypothetically if I knew in advance that a gangload of niggas smashed her I'd honestly probably stay away from falling for her. Not so much because of her past, but because the odds are she still got that "be a hoe gene" and she's just trying to repress it.


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Surprise Hossa scratch part of NHL injury culture
By Jimmy Golen
The Associated PressFirst published Jun 18 2013 08:38AM
Boston • Marian Hossa is one of the Chicago Blackhawks' top scorers, with three game-winning goals already this postseason.
And then, suddenly, he wasn't in the lineup for a team that needed all the scoring it can get.
Hossa's surprise scratch from Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals — and the one-word explanation, "upper," for the part of his body that was injured — is part of a long-running cat-and-mouse game NHL teams play on the theory that any information about injuries is a competitive disadvantage.
"I think that's self-explanatory," said Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville, declining to explain why he declined to explain the secrecy surrounding Hossa's injury.
Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots from the depleted Blackhawks to help the Bruins win 2-0 on Monday night and move two wins from their second Stanley Cup title in three seasons. Game 4 is Wednesday night in Boston before the series returns to Chicago for a fifth game.
Hossa is expected to play in Game 4, Quenneville allowed, but only after making clear that "I'm not going to get into exactly what the injury is or where it occurred."
"It's sort of a secret society in the hockey world and in the injury world," Blackhawks forward Dave Bolland said. "You don't want other teams having any injury information at all."
Asked if he had seen Hossa or had a chance to talk to him, Bolland said, "I don't know."
You don't know if you've seen him or talked to him?
"I don't know if I've seen him," Bolland repeated with a sly smile.
Hossa's mysterious injury may have been a turning point in Game 3, but it is hardly unusual in the secretive world of hockey injuries. Players and coaches say they just don't talk about what's hurting, partly because they don't want to seem weak in a sport where they hit each other for a living.
But mostly, they don't want let the other team know where to aim.
"If I'm going out to battle and I have an injury to any part of my body, I don't want the other side to know what it is," Bruins forward Shawn Thornton said.
Injury information can also help the opponent strategize. Quenneville was so concerned about giving the Bruins advance notice of even a few minutes that he didn't let substitute Ben Smith skate in the warm-up even though there was a chance he would need to play.
"I just didn't want to tip our hand that there's something going on," the coach said.


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SAN ANTONIO -- The Tim Duncan era isn't over yet.
The San Antonio Spurs announced Wednesday that they had re-signed Duncan, bringing back the 36-year-old forward for at least a 16th season. Terms were not disclosed, though Yahoo Sports cited anonymous sources in reporting it was a three-year, $36 million deal.
The first overall pick in the 1997 draft, Duncan in 15 seasons has led the Spurs to nine division titles and the playoffs every year, including four NBA championships. The Spurs are 830-352 in the regular season during his tenure, the highest winning percentage over any 15-year span in NBA history, and Duncan has two league MVP awards to go along with three NBA Finals MVP honours.
"Tim Duncan has established himself as one of the best players in NBA history," coach Gregg Popovich said. "He is an unselfish superstar who loves to compete and has only one goal when he steps on the court -- to do whatever it takes to help his team win. We are all thrilled that he'll spend his entire career as a San Antonio Spur."
Duncan, a 13-time All-Star, has averaged 20.3 points, 11.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.22 blocks per game over his career.
The Spurs have other questions headed into the off-season.
Tony Parker has apparently healed from a bizarre eye injury in time to play for France in the Summer Olympics. He got a shard of glass in his eye, damaging his cornea, during a New York City night club fight involving Chris Brown and members of hip-hop star Drake's entourage.
The 30-year-old Parker has two years remaining on a $50 million contract. He is coming off averaging 18.3 points and a career-high 7.7 assists.
Manu Ginobili is also in London this summer playing for his native Argentina, a moonlighting stint that always makes the Spurs anxious because of the 34-year-old playmaker's propensity for injury.
The Spurs lost in the playoffs to Oklahoma City, blowing a 2-0 lead. They don't have many glaring needs, with the bulk of the roster on track to return.
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I never dreamt I'd be standing in the same room with you today, Norman
It was purely a last minute mother and daughter date
It turned out to be one of the most nostalgic afternoons of my life
Here you were in little Dayton
Your artwork had completely redecorated the walls of my hometown
You showed us an era when innocence was golden
It had value
A reward was a piece of chocolate pie and a smile
Fun was a picnic lunch, going fishing, or swimming at the water hole
Disappointment was sneaking through father's bureau drawers
and discovering he was Santa Claus
What about the policeman chatting with the little boy at the ice cream parlor
Or the class writing Happy Birthday to Miss Jones in chalk
You were my favorite artist, illustrator, poet, and friend, Norman…
Those were the days
Where has the innocence gone?
By Gwendolen Rix
Written for Tracie Indigo Dreamweaver's Contest ~Where in the World?~
and Brian Strand's "Up to 16 Lines" Contest
Dedicated with delight to my youngest daughter, Mika. What a great day we had!


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How Will This Deal Affect the Healthcare Industry?
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Franklin, Tennessee-based Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH) is on the cusp of picking up an attractive prize in its favored healthcare niche. According to reports, the company will pay about $4 billion in cash and assume nearly as much debt to merge with Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA). The combination will create a sizable healthcare system that could be better-positioned to compete in the rapidly changing U.S. healthcare landscape more »
Which of these Companies is Ready for Inpatient Influx?
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Health care providers are positioned to make major profits in the years ahead due to changes on several fronts, including ObamaCare, an improving economy and an aging baby boom. These companies haven't experienced the type of uptake they were expecting so far this year, and this could be because health care reform doesn't really kick in until next year, when patients will be able to enjoy medical coverage more »
Ready for Obamacare, Hospital Chains Join Forces
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With the Affordable Care Act set to take effect, hospitals are scrambling to buy up rivals that complement their businesses. One of the latest mergers involves Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA) and Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH). Community Health Systems, or CHS, is a leading operator of general acute care hospitals with more than 135 hospitals in 29 states and about 20,000 beds. Health Management runs 71 hospitals in more »
Should Investors Participate in This Hospital Operator Acquisition?
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More wellness care should mean lower patient counts. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are pushing automation for best practices, and checklists for operations, aiming to lower re-admission rates. Mistakes will no longer be tolerated, financially. While bringing more people into the pool will reduce the number of uninsured whose care must be accounted for more »
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This Tiger Cub Hedge Fund Manager's Low P/E Ratio Stock Picks
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It's been some time since Tiger Cub Lee Ainslie's Maverick Capital filed its 13F for the first quarter of 2013, disclosing many of its long equity positions as of the end of March. However, we believe that there are still a couple ways for investors to make use of 13F filings.
For one, we've found that it's possible to use 13Fs to develop investing strategies; the more »
Companies Look to Profit From Changes in the Healthcare Industry
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And more change is in the air, as hospitals merge and change their business models to stop the runaway more »
Billionaire Bruce Kovner's Caxton Associates' Inexpensive Picks
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Why Is This Buyout a Sign of Things to Come?
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In a sign that the healthcare industry may be on the cusp of a broad wave of consolidation, Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) recently announced that it would buy hospital company Vanguard Health Systems (NYSE: VHS) in a deal with an aggregate value of $4.3 billion. The all-cash transaction would represent one of the largest health system mergers in recent memory and could pave the way for additional moves by more »
Billionaire David Tepper's Cheap Stock Picks
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Eminence Capital Is Wagging Its Tail Over This Stock
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Ricky Sandler's Eminence Capital reported a position of 4.8 million shares in VCA Antech (NASDAQ: WOOF), which operates animal hospitals and veterinary research laboratories, in a recent 13G filed with the SEC. This gives the fund 5.4% of the company's total shares outstanding. Since we track quarterly 13F filings from hedge funds as part of our work developing investment strategies (for example, the most popular small more »
Billionaire John Paulson's Cheap Stock Picks
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Paulson & Co., the hedge fund managed by billionaire John Paulson has been struggling in recent times due to large positions in gold and gold miners. We have gone through the fund's most recent 13F filing for the first quarter of 2013; we track these quarterly filings, which disclose many of a hedge fund's long equity positions as of the end of the quarter, in our database with the more »
Billionaire Julian Robertson's Top Stock Picks
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We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors, including legendary investor Julian Robertson (formerly of Tiger Management). We've found that the information included in 13Fs can be useful in developing investment strategies (for example, the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds earn an average excess return of 18 percentage points per year), and of course it can also be useful to more »
Capital Structure Is the Most Important Difference Between Two Great Hospitals
By Ted Cooper - June 24, 2013 | Tickers: HCA, LPNT, THC
Obamacare has completely changed the economics of many companies in the health care industry. If it is successfully implemented, scores of previously uninsured or under-insured patients will become profitable for institutions that once lost money on these customers.
No other health care institutions will benefit more from an increased ability to pay than hospitals. Hospitals have long set aside provisions for uncollectible receivables from patients that were unlikely to pay more »
Hospital Stocks Have a Murky Prognosis
By Bob Chandler - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: CYH, HCA, HMA, THC
The future for hospital stocks is uncertain. Though the stock price of operators like Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA), Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH), HCA Holdings (NYSE: HCA), and Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) have risen anywhere from 75% to more than doubling since their 2012 lows, their recent first quarter results weren't very inspiring.
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How to Pick the Right Hospital Holding Company
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One of the unfortunate realities of running a hospital has been the inability to collect full payment from uninsured patients. The moral, and in some cases legal, obligation of hospitals to treat uninsured patients has long been a drag on profitability for the industry, but that is about to change.
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A New Survery Will Boost These Medical Device Companies
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Video: Day of Caring a Force for Good in the Greater Seacoast
"The only thing that can't come down is the monkey!"
Pati Frew-Waters, Executive Director of Seacoast Family Promise in Stratham, dashes to the middle of the room and explains to the onlookers. The funny-looking stuffed monkey, she says, represents not only levity for kids who are in a heavy situation, but also structure. You can look at the monkey but you can't take him down. Those are the rules. And like any home, you have to follow the rules.
It's an anecdote that helps Frew-Waters educate new people about the work being done at Seacoast Family Promise, a shelter that leverages a network of faith communities to provide temporary housing for homeless families. The audience in this instance was a group of 11 volunteers from Lindt & Sprungli, gathered to help scrub, wash, paint, dust, weed and trim for the annual United Way Day of Caring.


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I have upograded to WP 3.3.1 so I guess I should have know better than to install the Buddypress Multi-Group Remove plugin – however I though I would report the error message I get after Activating the plugin – it is
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Playlist for the Best of SXSW
All the cool kids are saying that South By South West is the new Coachella. Of course none of them are actually there. They're saying that while smoking their cigarillos in Washington Square. "Shoulda gone man." Then they relent and say, "Whatever, I guess LA isn't that bad." Don't feel bad. We didn't go either. But we did get a nice little round up of the best acts and their best tunes. It's like a little festival on your screen. YAY!
Hangin On by Class Actress: Throwback to the shmaltzy dance tunes of Whitney Houston's heyday, mixed with a little LCD electro backing. Shake it up, and you got "Hangin' On." This is a Brooklyn-based band, so keep a look out for upcoming shows.
Alex by Girls: A little Tom Petty riffing here, but the angst of up and coming rock God Chris Owens, is enough to sell the track. Turn off the lights. Light a candle. You'll see the future.
Schism of the mind by New Build: Saw this band of LCD and Hot Chip grads last week at Mercury Lounge. They killed it. This track is just the right amount of dance weed vibing.
Runawayby Imperial Teen: For the 90's child you gotta appreciate the frenetic weirdness of this song. For the hipsters, well the band sounds a whole lot like Los Campesinos, so dig on that chickadee.
I Owe You One by Lights: Mad girly song, but the recording doesn't translate the mesmerizing performance the Canadian based Lights gives in a live show. Think of that girl you first had a crush on with all your heart. Then think of her singing this song. Lights.
Teenage Kicks by Bonfire Nights: Yeah, the track has been covered to death, and, yes, Nouvelle Vague is probably the best cover of it ever, but this one plays to the empty melancholy of Teenage Kicks. We all got ours when we were sixteen, and then we all got dropped. This cover captures that in a sort of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, kind of way.
Life Boats by Soft Swells: Check them out now before it won't be cool to say you like them anymore. These kiddies are onto something. Catchy goddamned track that makes you wanna wave yoru arms back and forth over and over and over and…
Outside the City by Young Galaxy: New wavey digs on this tune. The androgynous voice goes leagues and adds a confusingly sexy lilt to the group.
Muscle Cars by Wussy: Anyone who names their song "Muscle Cars," will make my top ten any day. The band has a sort of Pixies meets The Cure thing going on. Man-woman back-forth where-here. Groovy.
Outside the City by The War On Drugs: Bob Dylan? The Twilight Singers? Husky voice and rhythm guitar. DO IT.
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Like the rich Scalamandri fabrics she favors, Dara Joys MINE TO TAKE is yet another multi-textured installment in her Matrix of Destiny series. As with the previous two installments, Knight of a Trillion Stars and Rejar, MINE TO TAKE tells "its own individual love story so that the book stands on its own." But as a part of the series, it is "connected to others by the plots, characters, references and conundrums throughout."
"MINE TO TAKE is a study of power as seen throughout the different eyes of each of the characters, how it affects their realities and shapes their individual stories." It also is the story of Gian Ren, Guardian of the Mist, a powerful Familiar whose disappearance was remarked upon towards the end of Rejar, and Jenise, a heroine who comes from the nomadic Frensi, and finds herself caught in the center of her step-uncles web of deceit and terror to gain control of the non-Alliance world of Ganakari.
Like all of Daras Matrix books, MINE TO TAKE is yet another action-packed science fiction adventure full of intense, sensual emotion and energy. She likes to think of these books as "pulp" science-fiction, as fun to read as they are to write.
When Dara set out to write her first book, she says, "I just wrote the book that I wanted to write"a science fiction love story. "I have always read science fiction. My mother introduced me to it when I was very young. And later, she introduced me to romance. I always believed the readership of one could cross over to the other."
But as the response to her contemporary romance High Energy has proven, Daras breadth as a writer goes beyond a single category of romance. For instance, Rejar, the second installment in the Matrix series, and Tonight or Never present her own versions of the Regency romance. And all of Daras work has left her readers clamoring for more.
It is this aspect which tickles Dara the most. "The most wonderful gift I receive from my readers is to know that they read my words and react to them the very way I intended I feel like I have an incredible connection with my readers." Its a connection she revels in at book signings where she has an opportunity to meet her readers in person. She also marvels at the diversity of the romance genre. "Its amazing how large the readership really is and how there is room for almost everything."
Amazing, too, is the response to her booksin particular, to the Matrix of Destiny series. But although she loves the fact that she has been welcomed to "the sisterhood" of romance readers and writers with wide open arms, she also sometimes yearns for the things she did before writing overtook so much of her life, like attending the WorldCom science fiction convention, which her heroine Deana Jones attends at the beginning of Knight of a Trillion Stars.
As a science fiction fan, she couldnt help but love Teresa Wentzlers needlework designs, which often feature fantasy themes. Several of Wentzlers kits are part of the over 100 needlework kits that are "just waiting for me to get to them," Dara says.
"My mother recently passed away and I loved doing needlework pieces for her. Her favorite was one with a flower and twig design on it that at the time was sort of above my abilities and had the wording 'A Mothers Love Lasts Forever.' She often mentioned how much she treasured that particular piece, so when I dedicated MINE TO TAKE to her, I used similar wording for my dedication."
Other creative pursuits include painting and "just about any kind of decoupage," as well as quilting and fabric sculpture. "I love Scalamadris fabrics, and sometimes just go to a fabric store to drool and lose myself." This love comes through in a scene from MINE TO TAKE where she describes the multifaceted variety of fabric textures in Gians house.
Her creative pursuits also surfaced in Knight of a Trillion Stars where Deana is explaining her crochet to a baffled LorginThis is a granny square. You make zillions of these, then sew them all together to make an afghan. I hate the sewing part. Once, I made a giant granny square so I wouldnt have to sew anything together. Dara laughingly owns up to the experience as one of her own. "I thought I had finally discovered a better mousetrap."
With each new book release, Daras writing crosses the terrain of the romance genre and in some cases creates new pathways for readers of other genres to enter infor instance, an increasing number of male sci-fi readers are picking up her books. "I hope that in some way I have opened a doorway for writers, and shown that your readers will follow you if they like your writing."
Having proven fairly conclusively that such a loyal following can exist, Dara has also shown that we have much to learn from each other, writer and reader alike. As Yaniff points out in MINE TO TAKE, "Remember that learning is like breathingonce we cease, we are no longer of this plane."
Write to Dara c/o Leisure Books, 276 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10001.
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Elle Decor:What's Hot
January and February are notoriously thin months in terms of magazines, and this month Elle Decor is no exception…kind of underwhelming. Even the What's Hot! page seems, well, lukewarm.
The hand made Jenny Chandelier from Oly ($1850) is interesting, although not quite our cup of tea.
We like Carl Martinez' rock crystal hardware, although at $325-$745, we are not sure what dresser is willing to play second fiddle to its drawer pulls.
The Python plates from Kiln Design Studio are funny but for some reason we are a little grossed out by them and not sure if we'd be able to eat anything off of the python design without being freaked out.
We always liked the Nambe brushed metal bowls and the new glass bedside decanter ($75) is quite lovely.
You can go on line to see the rest of what the magazine considers hot! here.
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Agreed. Flipped through both Elle Decor and Met Home in about 5 mins each, and then tossed them both in the recycling bin...
Enrique- I agree completely I was so bored with looking at all the ads that I really didnt see any design.
Well there was one thing that I saw that I have to share.
My friend Shannon has a wonderful lighting line called Moth Design. www.mothdesign.com
Her new table lamp is featured in Elle Decor on page 98- its the twiggy plaster lamp with the Lucite base.
Its pretty cool...
OMG, Turquoise. What a HOT tip on your friend's pieces at Moth Design! My copy of Elle Decor is long gone, so I clicked over to her site. I am drooling over the Danny Sconce, Twiggy Floor Lamp (in green) and Lizard Brooch Chandelier. So. So. Good.
PS Got the new Domino in the mail last night. And this issue seemed to hold my attention longer than the current Elle Decor and Met Home. Lots of good stuff this month.
Enrique...you already got your copy of Domino???
It better be in my mail box today!!
Oh and thanks for checking out my friends site... its pretty cool stuff!
I can't even handle seeing the snake plates here - I think I'd need therapy after trying to actually eat off one (big time fear of snakes).
Enrique - I was pleased with the latest Domino, too. So far, so good for a new mag. I also picked up the recent Budget Decor (Budget Decorating? I forget the exact title but Maxwell has a q&a column in it) which has some promise.
I checked out your friend's site and all I can say is that I was STUNNED by the beauty of her creations! My jaw actually dropped! I'm sure you're a very proud friend indeed.


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Will Smith Signs On For 'The Legend Of Cain'
Will Smith is about to play a "Legend" of Biblical proportions.
The "I Am Legend" actor will play the title role in "The Legend of Cain," based on the Biblical story of brothers Cain and Abel, the star's rep reportedly confirmed to Entertainment Weekly.
Like "I Am Legend," however, the upcoming film will incorporate "a vampiric twist," according to Deadline. In the Bible, Cain kills his brother, Abel, and is marked by God and sent to wander th earth — a more villainous role than Will's usual heroic parts.
The star's own Overbrook Entertainment will produce the film.
Before he takes on the Old Testament, Will will reprise his role as Agent J in "Men In Black 3," which begins production this summer. The film is currently slated for a summer 2012 release.
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