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Dado is Korean for “way of tea” and the shop offers patrons plenty of ways to steep themselves in tea-knowledge. Except for water, tea rivals milk as the world’s most ancient beverage. Legend has it that Emperor Shen Nung (2727 BC) discovered tea when a fortuitous leaf fell into water that his servants were boiling for drinking. All of the different varieties of loose-leaf tea—green, oodong, black, pü ‘erh—come from a single plant, Camellia sinesnis. Each...
...dollar costs, meanwhile, will be pretty steep. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) last week estimated it would cost $9 billion to $13 billion to deploy forces, $6billion to $9 billion a month to prosecute the war and then $5 billion to $7 billion to transport GIs back home. Add a peacekeeping mission that the CBO estimates would cost $1 billion to $4 billion a month, and the total for three months of combat plus five years of occupation would be $272 billion...
...will have seen bears come down to the river to feast on the migrating fish. You might even have heard or spotted the resident wolf pack that roams the valley, apparently unconcerned about anglers in silly chest waders dropping in from the sky. Steep cliffs rise on each side of the river to snowcapped peaks and glaciers. The only sounds are of a waterfall spilling snowmelt into the river, the buzzing of insects in the afternoon sun--and the screaming of your reel when a big coho takes the streamer and tears off downriver, trailing 100 yards of line...
What's the catch? Well, the price is steep: air fare from your hometown to Prince Rupert, B.C., (about $600 round trip from Atlanta), plus about $3,950 for everything else involved in three days of fishing. Logistics include a two-hour flight from Vancouver to Prince Rupert, followed by a 40-minute hop by floatplane to the fishing lodge. The weather (especially fog) is unpredictable along the coast, so be prepared for delays...
...shows what a steep mountain Gore would have to climb,” Kravetz said...