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Category: Anxiety
These Experts Have Finally Ended The Debate On How To Make The Perfect Cup Of Tea
The milk goes in first, according to the British Standards Institute.
1. The British Standards Institute has long considered itself the authority on tea preparation.
It especially has strong opinions on a topic that divides tea drinkers of the world like few others: whether the milk goes in before or after pouring.
2. And its definitive answer to the question is: milk goes in first.
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According to the BSI’s wonderfully-titled report, “Preparation Of A Liquor Of Tea For Use In Sensory Tests”, first published in 1980, a panel of experts ruled that the milk-first rule was the best practice “in order to avoid scalding the milk”.
5. Furthermore, the BSI report issued some specific guidelines for making the ideal cuppa.
It’s best to make tea in a pot “of white porcelain or glazed earthenware, with its edge partly serrated and provided with a lid, the skirt of which fits loosely inside the pot.”
There should be 2g of tea for every 100ml poured into the pot, and it should be filled to within 4-6mm of the brim.
6. By rights, you should then let the tea brew for six minutes before pouring.
But if you insist on clinging to your tea first/milk second ways, it’s not a total calami-tea: just make sure the tea is brewed at a temperature of 65-80 °C.
7. Well tea lovers, what do you think?
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- Tea first, then milk. I’m not an animal!
- Milk first, then tea. I’m not a barbarian!
These Experts Have Finally Ended The Debate On How To Make The Perfect Cup Of Tea
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![‘Says it all’: Bam! President Stompy Foot, meet veteran’s stomping boot [pic]](https://effectsofanxiety.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/14382281307611-obama-cone-finger1.jpg){kind=small}
‘Says it all’: Bam! President Stompy Foot, meet veteran’s stomping boot [pic]
http://twitter.com/#!/Kudzu81/status/389550520953995264
Super fierce patriotic fist pump! Bam-tastic.
Thank you for your service, sir. Thank you also for your continued service to and love for this country.
http://twitter.com/#!/Jan4USA/status/389555225419214848It really does. Enough said: That photo absolutely says it all.
Related:
Barrycades back up at WWII Memorial: Not for long? Wounded warrior to ‘head there shortly’
Snit fit redux: Barrycades ordered back up at WWII Memorial; A simple suggestion [pics]
Nutshelled! Check out what our veterans think of the Barrycades [pics]
‘Could not be said better!’ Compare heroic patriot to President Stompy Foot [pic]
Valor: Another wounded warrior carried Barrycades; Searcy: ‘Best damn tweet ever!’ [pics]
‘Wow … just wow’: Wounded patriot is poignant reminder at Million Vets March [pics]
Media mostly AWOL from ‘Million Vets March’ story, with one glaring exception
Powerful photo from Million Vets March sums up ‘American spirit’
Perfection! Check out sign on Barrycade transported by vets to White House [pic]
‘Shut down the White House!’ Million Vets March protests outside the Spite House [pics]
‘Awesome!’ Veterans remove Barrycades from memorials, transport to White House [pics]
Spite House sparks brilliant new name for Mt. Rushmore: Check out this shirt at Million Vets March
‘It belongs to the people!’ Sarah Palin and Sens. Cruz, Lee address Million Vets March [pics]
#1MVetMarch: Barrycades down! Spite House barricades no match for Million Vets March [photos]
‘Fight like a girl!’ Sarah Palin to attend Million Vets March; Haters gotta hate
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/10/14/says-it-all-bam-president-stompy-foot-meet-veterans-stomping-boot-pic/
First World Problems
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What I realized when I selected “Add to People” to add a new contact on my phone
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First World issues
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War veteran reunited with dog after media, Schumer spotlight
http://twitter.com/#!/AnnVanderlaan/status/182210362035277826
Thank you to the 21k+ who signed my petition to reunite Corporal Leavey w/Sergeant Rex – it made all the difference pic.twitter.com/CgUyCGzV
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 20, 2012
Here’s the report from LoHud:
There were no tearful embraces Monday evening, but as former Marine Cpl. Megan Leavey stood beside the man who advocated on her behalf, she was relieved to know her partner Rex would live out his days in peace.
“I’m just so happy that I can be the one to take care of him because really, he has taken care of me in so many different situations that it’s my pleasure,” Leavey said. “I just can’t wait for him to retire now and relax and be a pet and live the good life.”
Leavey and Rex, the military service dog who was standing with her when an improvised explosive device was detonated near them outside of Ramadi, Iraq, in September 2006, are expected to officially be reunited in a matter of days.
On Monday, Rex remained at Camp Pendleton, Calif., where officials with the Marines are completing the paperwork necessary for the adoption.
Officials with the Air Force, the military branch responsible for training military work dogs, have already signed off on the adoption, officials said.
The imminent reunion was announced in the office of Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on Monday evening. Leavey is in the process of booking a flight to California to pick Rex up.
Yay for Sgt. Rex and Corporal Leavey. SHE GETS TO ADOPT THIS PRECIOUS SENIOR CANINE SOLDER!! Dear Ms. Sherman:… http://t.co/GB7PHT7B
— BBAWC (@BBAWC) March 20, 2012
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/03/20/war-veteran-reunited-with-dog-after-media-schumer-spotlight/
No, the VA isn’t arbitrarily disarming veterans
http://twitter.com/#!/jerryrscuba/status/304635134680899584
According to Michael Connelly at Red Flag News, the Department of Veterans Affairs is arbitrarily depriving veterans of their right to own guns:
How would you feel if you received a letter from the U.S. Government informing you that because of a physical or mental condition that the government says you have it is proposing to rule that you are incompetent to handle your own financial affairs? Suppose that letter also stated that the government is going to appoint a stranger to handle your affairs for you at your expense? That would certainly be scary enough but it gets worse.
What if that letter also stated: “A determination of incompetency will prohibit you from purchasing, possessing, receiving, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. If you knowingly violate any of these prohibitions, you may be fined, imprisoned, or both pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, Pub.L.No. 103-159, as implemented at 18, United States Code 924(a)(2).”?
That makes is sound like something right from a documentary on a tyrannical dictatorship somewhere in the world. Yet, as I write this I have a copy of such a letter right in front of me. It is being sent by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of America’s heroes. In my capacity as Executive Director of the United States Justice Foundation (USJF) I have been contacted by some of these veterans and the stories I am getting are appalling.
Many Second Amendment supporters are understandably alarmed:
VETERANS OF AMERICA: The Communists in DC Are Taking Your Gun Ownership Rights Away. thegatewaypundit.com/2013/02/shock-…Thank you for your service.
— FloridaJayhawk (@FloridaJayhawk) February 22, 2013
Obama to veterans: thanks for your service, but if you try to buy a gun, I’ll fine you and throw you in jail. thegatewaypundit.com/2013/02/shock-…
— Razor (@hale_razor) February 22, 2013
Exposed: Obama’s Ployto Disarm Veterans! #Obamas DeputizedDoctors to Label Veterans Mentally Unfit to Own a Gun!
— Southern With Sass (@LilSouthernSass) February 21, 2013
#VeteransAffairs to hundreds of #veterans: You are prohibited from purchasing / owning #firearms: tavernkeepers.com/va-sends-lette… #NRA #gunrights #VA
— Tavern Barkeep (@TavernBarkeep) February 22, 2013
FEDS SEND LETTER TO VETS REVOKING GUN RIGHTS:thegatewaypundit.com/2013/02/shock-…#tcot
— Dennis (@Dennis_Hostetlr) February 22, 2013
Is #Obama trying to deny 2nd Amendment rights – starting with veterans… tinyurl.com/avuxdta …or not? tinyurl.com/abv39sv
— Mike Murray (@emmeffemm) February 22, 2013
VETERANS receive letters from VA PROHIBITING OWNERSHIP or PURCHASE of FIREARMS!!! #GUN #TeaParty @nra @tedcruz thegatewaypundit.com/2013/02/shock-…
— Jim Chookagian (@nf3l) February 22, 2013
But the alarm over the VA letter seems to be unwarranted. In a post entitled, “Don’t beleive the hype on the VA letter summarily denying vets gun rights,” conservative blogger Bob Owens (who supports Second Amendment rights) debunks the rumors:
I have no idea who Michael Connelly is, but I can tell you this: his story is misleading at best, and purposeful fear-mongering at worst.
Connelly lays this out in such a way that the average person reading this gets the impression that the VA is arbitrarily sending letters to unsuspecting veterans that they’ve lost their 2nd Amendment rights because someone in far away Washington summarily checked a box on a whim. It is portrayed as a bolt from the blue, affecting a large percentage of veterans.
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This [provision doesn’t apply] to someone just because they went into combat, or if they have some level of PTSD, or if they have a head injury. This generally applies to folks that are seriously mentally compromised.
Milblogger John Lilyea has a similar take:
The letter, despite the breathless reporting by this lawyer dude at the [Red Flag News] blog, explains to the veteran to whom the letter is addressed how to avoid being ruled incompetent.
By the way, I looked up the cite from 18 USC 942(a)(2) which merely refers to 18 USC 922(a)(6) which, in turn says you can’t lie when you buy a gun – so all of that legal crap doesn’t say anything we don’t know and it has nothing to do with being a mentally incapacitated veteran.
But, basically, what the letter doesn’t say is that the VA is disarming veterans arbitrarily. Don’t let this letter be the reason you don’t go to the VA to get the treatment you need and earned.
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/02/22/no-the-va-isnt-arbitrarily-disarming-veterans/
Was just watching an action movie and realized that I always did this
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fast and furious.
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