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In the most unexpected news of the… Geez, I dunno, year maybe? Werner Herzog, the acclaimed director of Grizzly Man, Aguirre: The Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo has been cast as the villain in One Shot, the new thriller starring Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall and Rosamund Pike. The film, written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie and based on the novel by Lee Child, is about Jack Reacher (Cruise), a man investigating a string of murders by a mysterious sniper. The casting is 100% fitting, since Herzog himself was once shot by a sniper in the middle of a BBC interview… and kept doing the interview anyway.
Herzog may be most famous as a director, but this will hardly be his first time in front of the camera. He's appeared in Harmony Korine's Julien Donkey Boy, Vincent Ward's What Dreams May Come, a recent episode of The Simpsons and, perhaps most memorably, as a fictionalized version of himself in the mockumentary Incident at Loch Ness, in which he is besieged by the legendary monster while shooting a documentary about its "myth."
Werner Herzog is also famous for pulling Joaquin Phoenix out of a car wreck and challenging then-film student Errol Morris (now acclaimed documentarian) that if Morris made a documentary about a pet cemetery, he would eat his own shoe. Morris made the film, called Gates of Heaven, and Herzog actually ate his own shoe, as documented in Les Blank's movie, Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, which you can watch right here.
In other words, One Shot just became a "Must See."

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27 pri 2013
Presidential Election as a Political Action – Or not?
14 jan 2013
I'm Back
22 dhj 2010
Daddy, I got a job!
I managed to grow up, get higher education in prestigious universities, live a life conforming to principles I find reasonable, and find a job. I'm a freelance translator and media professional, doing business with many individuals, groups and companies. This is a lovely job with a good payment.
After a while of working, I've got a circle of friends whose occupations and preoccupations are somehow similar to those of mine. To keep ourselves up to minute and offer best services we can deliver, we practice many things, including surfing the web, reading news here and there, spending a good time on weblogs and social networks, attending conferences and meetings, etc. Even we have our hobbies related to the job we do. Watching movies, reading novels, participating in social events which have something to do with culture and media and taking photos are some of our leisure time activities. In sum, people who belong to this circle have a lot in common in terms of what they do.
My friends and I share a similar background, as well. We are from middle class, somehow traditional families. Our fathers, now retired, had been employed in state-run companies and organizations, working a certain number of hours a month to get a somehow fixed compensation. This latter issue plays a significant role in their definition of work and their perception of proper job.
Let's recall their jobs. Their working hours were fixed, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the case of my father who worked for Iranian Telecommunication Company. They had to carry out some predefined tasks which were determined by the boss. In other words, they were paid for doing what they were ordered to do. They never had the chance to run a business, to get to know the dynamics and forces of the market, to take risks.
And they had a permanent and almost fixed source of income which was risk-free and payable in the end of each and every month. In fact, the state-run economy of Iran in last decades made many people swear by almost risk-free status of employment in public companies. To them, the sense of security brought about by this type of working was very desirable, very true.
And they used to separate work from hobbies, job from the life. To them, whatever tasks which could directly lead to an income would be considered job, and other things were nothing but hobbies and leisure time activities. In that model of public economy, when the employee needed to learn a new method or technology, he/she was paid by the boss to do so. Hence, "taking time and even paying some money to learn something new which might probably lead to an income" could be just a secondary occupation, not the primary one.
However, above characteristics may not apply to doing business in free market. And in the case of what my friends and I do, none of them actually applies to our career.
Such differences are not problematic per se. The problem arises when the past generation judges us upon his preferred standards. Our fathers never try to understand that to work doesn't necessarily mean going to office every morning. (In fact, I can stay in my own room and work and make a nice income.) To our fathers, taking working time to surf the web or participating in social events is a waste of time, while to us, i.e. idea-sellers of the information age, this is an investment and real work. To them, watching movies is a leisure time work, while we consider it a work-related practice.
Given above differences, my father believes that I'm not doing my best, that I'm lazy, that I've not yet found a real job. Sometimes I wanna yell, "Daddy, I got a job, believe me!"
22 nën 2010
Tech Effects, Iranian Style
- Technology is more than a noun – it's a lifestyle!
A lot is said about the effects of technology on our lives. Such effects can be positive or negative, simple or complicated, superficial or profound. The technology is not per se neutral for it intrinsically encourages some special ways of doing things. In my opinion, however, there is no such a thing as good/bad technology because new technologies usually affect our lives in many diverse ways, some of which may be indeed very good while others might be very problematic. The effect's spectrum gets even wider should various applications developed for a certain technology be considered.
There are numerous examples to cite here, ranging from two centuries old inventions such as Steam Engine to Information-Age phenomena such as World Wide Web. Take, for example, Email. On the plus side, it is cheap, saves time, allows us to make frequent contacts with the people we love and value, and to make it green, it saves tons of trees and fuels every day! On the negative side, it increases the possibility of (mutual) misunderstanding, replaces face-to-face encounters which are (were?) a richer form of communication, contributes to obesity and laziness, increases our exposure to unwanted messages, and even opens the door to new crimes and illegal actions.
By the above, I surely didn't mean to share with you something new or extraordinary. BTW, above paragraphs was a review. Now I would like to turn my and your attention to a more nuanced aspect of technology's effects: local characteristics of the effects of global technologies. Or put it slightly differently, recall the title: "Tech Effects, Iranian-Style."
As it's self-evident, in such a debate no one can cover all technologies, much less all of their effects. Hence, I would like to focus on a profound effect of Cell Phones: how cell phones helped establish new norms and practices of Privacy. To demonstrate this effect of cell phones on Iranian lifestyle, we first need to know how life used to be before Cell Phone Age.
When I was a teenager, private room was a luxury privilege. (For the first 15 years of my life, my family used to move every year. Some years, I had a semi private room, enjoying solitude during the night but sharing the room with other family members during the day. In other years, I had to completely share the room with another family member.) Another example: I usually had a personal commode. However, it was not that personal: my parents frequently took a look at it, often out of my sight, "just to make sure that everything is OK." It was kind of a preemptive monitoring, even if there were no sign of threat. BTW, that was a common characteristic of many parents in that period. Diaries had a similar fate as personal commode. Even though I personally didn't use to write diaries whatever the reason, I'm almost sure that if I did, it would have been subject to unwritten, non-negotiable rule of "preemptive monitoring."
While these facts surely had something to do with common parental worries, there was another element in them as well. Intimacy and love had a special meaning for parents: the mental arena and most of the physical world should be shared by all members of the family. If it didn't happen, they would feel as if they were outsiders.
This "your private space makes me feel as if I'm outsider" was a general behavioral rule of that period, not only applicable to parent-child relations but also relevant to peers' relations. Moreover, "I need some privacy" was often interpreted as "I want to do some bad things." The rationale for this was very simplistic: if what you want to do is not 'bad,' you can do it publicly.
All above facts and analysis converge on one simple point: privacy was not recognized, acknowledged and respected.
Over time, many factors helped transform that situation. In my opinion, Cell Phones played an important role in this regard. When cell phone technology entered Iran, it was an expensive option. To make a comparison, consider that while acquiring a mobile phone subscription would cost around US$ 1,000 just ten years ago, nowadays a prepaid subscription costs only US$ 5. Therefore, in recent years, many Iranians have found Cell Phone affordable and consequently got used to it.
However, the cell phone technology didn't come alone; rather, a new lifestyle accompanied it. The lifestyle associated with Cell Phone Age may be analyzed in terms of its features. First of all, it has made communications easier and more personal. While family members used to share just one landline phone, today each one of them has his/her own cell phone. Moreover, one can easily define with whom he/she wants to exchange calls and messages. And he/she can easily hide his/her contacts, making them his/her private asset.
In addition to easier communication, cell phone has many built-in features such as calendar, alarm clock, cameras, games and GPS services, each one of which has impacted our culture in its own unique way. What matters in regards to our discussion is portable memory and interface (Bluetooth technology) that allows easy file sharing. In second place after contacts, this feature made cell phones much more personal. One may record or save various files on his/her cell phone, classify them, and define several levels of privacy for those want to access classified files. In some ways, cell phone memories can reflect much of the personality of the owner.
In sum, personal services of the cell phone technology and almost absolute control of the user over it has made some privacy out of it.
As an increasing number of people turned to cell phone and took advantage of its personal features, they better learnt that each person needs his/her privacy be recognized, acknowledged and respected. And in this way, I believe, cell phone technology contributed a lot to the emergence of modern values and norms of privacy.
Cell Phone and its privacy-related effect is just an example to show how profound the effects of new technologies can be. In fact, many other technologies imported to Iran deserve close look to reveal their hidden socio-cultural aspects.
In the end, I would like to emphasize an important point. Even though new technologies "encourage some special ways of doing things" and can introduce a new lifestyle to the society, we have our ways to adapt the technology to our needs and expectations. As George McRobie nicely put it, "The choice of technology, whether for a rich or a poor country, is probably the most important decision to be made."
P.S. Title of this post is borrowed from Divorce, Italian Style, a 1961 movie. Subtitle is borrowed from William Arthur Ward who once said, "Love is more than a noun – it is a verb." Many other things are borrowed from many other people. Big thanks to them all.
26 tet 2010
Slavery Mall in Israel
"In an evident case of promoting indecency and moral corruption in Zionist society, women are displayed for sale in Israel's chain stores... According to Haaretz, each woman has a label that includes her age, weight, dimensions and country of origin. Following pictures shed some light on modern slavery in Israel, the country which claims to be a democracy."
Then, some photos of the store, along with 'Slavery Mall in Israel' caption, were provided to make the whole story even more striking.
Being sure that something should be wrong with the story, I checked the web. A simple search in Google made it clear: "the display was part of an installation by the Working Group Against the Trafficking of Women, part of a widespread campaign."
I criticized the fallacy in my Persian weblog and sent an SMS to a friend close to Rajanews administrators, asking them to hire qualified gatekeepers for their website. Several other people made fun of Rajanews as well. Consequently, the page was removed from Rajanews website. (Its cached version is still available in Google, copies of it are available here and here, and to get an impression of its impact, check Persian webpages that reported it).
According to Rajanews, original website that reported the fake story was either Mashreghnews or Qodsna. Given the frank, unambiguous article published in Haaretz, I can hardly imagine that this case could be a simple misunderstanding. Rather, it's fair to believe that the original news editor/translator distorted the story, assuming that no one would ever dare to find the truth. Such a bitter fact that awkward distortion of the truth is still considered a suitable instrument to manipulate the minds of the audience.
Second implication of the event, however, is far more important. Many Iranians had visited the page, found the story to be consistent with their preconceived perception of the Jewish state, thus related to it and cached it in their long term memory as another indication of Israel's brutality and corruption. The Israeli society I knew, however, could not be this wild and obscene. That is why I doubted the originality of the story, while many other people, even the educated and the elite, did not even give it a second thought. In other words, average Iranian perception of Israel is far different from the objective truth. Unfortunately, the same point arguably applies to the Israeli side as well.
Opposing or disagreeing with another country is one thing, hating it for non-existent causes is a far different thing. Put it slightly differently, there is a knowledge gap that needs be bridged. When, how and by whom? It's a difficult yet critically important question.


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Travolta, Schwarzenegger movies added to Toronto film fest line-up
TORONTO — Movies starring Kristen Wiig, Morgan Freeman, John Travolta, Diane Keaton, Dustin Hoffman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Josh Hutcherson and Adam Sandler have been added to the line-up at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Organizers announced Tuesday that Wiig's dark comedy Welcome to Me and Simon Pegg's Kill Me Three Times will have their world premieres at the festival.
Also debuting is Boychoir with Hoffman and Kathy Bates; Escobar: Paradise Lost with Benicio Del Toro and Hutcherson; The Forger with Travolta and Toronto's Christopher Plummer; and Ruth & Alex with Freeman and Keaton.
Keira Knightley and Sam Rockwell will showcase Laggies at TIFF and Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin will be at the festival for Maggie.
Also screening are Sandler's The Cobbler and Mark Ruffalo in Infinitely Polar Bear as well as new films starring Mia Wasikowska, Paul Giamatti, Rhys Ifans, Ezra Miller, Danny Glover, Ray Liotta and Marion Cotillard.
TIFF runs Sept. 4-14.
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Evernote offers two-step authentication to 'everyone'
Over the course of 2013 we have seen many services adding a two-step authentication to their sign-in options, though most leave the decision of enabling it up to the individual customer. Now, the popular note-taking service Evernote, which works across both mobile and web platforms, has joined in the movement.
This is not entirely new -- the company first announced the availability back in May, but only gave the option to Premium and Business level customers, leaving the rest of the user-base without the extra security.
"We take the security of your data very seriously. Several months ago, we introduced two-step verification along with several other security features. Today, we're opening two-step verification up to everyone", announces Andrew Sinkov.
The catch is that free customers will need to use a third-party authenticator, such as the one made by Google, while Premium customers can opt to simply receive a text message with the necessary code.
Interested parties will need to head to the Evernote web site, login to their account and head to the security section. Here you will find the new option right below those for changing email and password.
The company also points out, "One very important thing to note. As part of the set up process, you will be given a set of one-time codes to use in the event that you are unable to access your phone. Don't keep these codes in Evernote since you'll need them when you don't have access to your Evernote account".
While this level of security is seen by many customers as just a hassle, it only takes being bitten once for most to learn a valuable lesson.


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|Jump to:
|Lower taxonomic level
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|Outer lip of the aperture with a sharp tooth slightly below the middle (smaller specimens may, however, lack the tooth); with interrupted dark spiral bands (uncommon north of California) (picture)
|Acanthina spirata
(Blainville, 1832)
|Outer lip of aperture without a sharp tooth (picture ); without interruped dark spiral bands
|Axial sculpture consisting of frilly lamellae (picture); spiral sculpture (which may be obscured by the lamellae) consisting of 1 or 2 prominent ridges on each whorl (height up to 10 cm) (picture )
|Nucella lamellosa
(Gmelin, 1791)
|Axial sculpture, if noticeable, cosisting either of broad ribs or low wrinkles; spiral sculpture consisting either of 1 or 2 prominent ridges on each whorl, or of numerous closely spaced ridges
|Spiral sculpture consisting of 1 or 2 prominent ridges on each whorl (but the lower part of the body whorl usually has several smaller ridges), the whorls flattened between the ridges and the sutures, thus appearing angled; height up to about 10 cm. [Specimens that fit under this choice are typical of situations where currents are strong or where there is considerable wave action--in which case the axial lamellae may not be present]. (picture)
|Nucella lamellosa
(Gmelin, 1791)
|Spiral sculpture consisting of closely spaced ridges (in some specimens of Nucella emarginata, however, the ridges are obscure); height rarely exceeding 3 cm
|Spiral ridges generally of 2 sizes, the smaller ones alternating with the larger ones; whorls not separated from one another by a deep groove (picture)
|Spiral ridges generally of nearly equal size; whorls usually separated from one another by a deep groove
|Nucella canaliculata
(Duclos, 1832)
|Shell relatively thin; width of the aperture about half the diameter of the shell (not likely to be found south of the northern part of Vancouver Island)
|Nucella lima
(Gmelin, 1791)
|Shell relatively thick, the thickness being especially noticeable on the outer lip of the aperture; width of aperture (the actual opening) less than half the diameter of the shell (interior of aperture often purplish brown; common) (picture)
|Nucella emarginata
(Deshayes, 1839)
Acanthina spirata
Nucella canaliculata
Nucella lamellosa
Nucella emarginata


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Toronto FC announced Thursday the club has selected Emery Welshman with the sixteenth overall pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.
Prior to selecting Welshman, Toronto FC made two trades. The first deal with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC where the Reds acquired the tenth overall pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft along with allocation money in exchange for the fourth overall pick. Toronto then sent the tenth overall pick to the Seattle Sounders FC for the sixteenth overall pick and allocation money.
"Emery is a superior athlete with a great deal of potential," said Toronto FC President and General Manager Kevin Payne. "He's strong and fast and has the ability to support the team out wide or up front.
"We're very pleased with the outcome of today's SuperDraft for Toronto FC. We accomplished what we set out to do."
Welshman, 21, spent the past two seasons at Oregon State, appearing in 35 games for the Beavers, scoring 13 goals and adding 11 assists. He was named to the First Team All-Pac 12 team in 2011 and in 2012 and led the Pac-12 Conference in goals scored in 2012.
Prior to joining the Beavers, Welshman began his collegiate career at Siena College. He made 35 appearances, scoring 19 goals and adding six assists for the Saints. In 2010 he was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year as well as leading the conference in goals scored. Prior to his collegiate career, Welshman played his youth soccer with the Sigma Elite Training Centre program
Toronto FC will open its 2013 Major League Soccer preseason Saturday, January 19 in Toronto.
Toronto Takes Welshman
Toronto FC announced Thursday the club has selected Emery Welshman with the sixteenth overall pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.


text: Hey guys, As Mark's line is expanding from shoes to clothing & accessories, I figured he deserved his own thread. We'll kick things off with three new styles and a crucial re-stock of our best-selling Navy/Tan Saddle shoe. I posted them below. As always, these are leather lined, made of full-grain leather or suede, and benchmade in Northamptonshire, UK. Huge photos and full descriptions are available at the shop links. Also, after several months of selling these, we can confidently advise our customers to size down one half from their normal dress shoe size. The fit is comparable to the Alden Barrie & Tru-Balance last. Feel free to PM or call me with any questions. Captoe Boot Brown Suede: $325 Crepe Sole Chukka boot in Waxy Brown Cowhide: $365 Field Boot in Black Waxy Cowhide: $395 Navy/Tan Saddle Shoe: $295


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Lily Collins goes graphic
Lily Collins' hairstylist has revealed the inspiration behind the star's slicked back style at the Los Angeles premiere of her latest film.
The 24-year-old actress wowed at the Los Angeles premiere of new movie The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones earlier this week. Lily wore a daring Cushnie et Ochs frock which featured on-trend cut-outs around her waist and décolletage.
The beauty's hairstylist Mara Roszak has revealed the inspiration behind the star's pinned-back 'do.
"Lily wore an incredible leather structured dress," Mara explained to Beauty High. "I knew I wanted the hair to have a graphic feel with lots of shine."
To create the slicked back style Mara began by sectioning Lily's hair "deep to the side" and applied Leonor Greyl Mousse au Lotus Volumatrice before "blow drying the hair straight."
She then flat ironed the star's tresses to create an "extra sleek" look before applying Leonor Greyl Éclat Naturel to "tame flyaways and give an extra boost of shine".
The sides of Lily's hair were slicked back with gel before being pinned back from the sides, with the back section left down.
To complete the look and "give it hold", Mara finished with a spritz of hairspray.
Lily teamed her red carpet look with ivory Giuseppe Zanotti pumps and H. Stern jewels, while her make-up was kept vampy and dramatic.
The brunette star - who is famed for her statement eyebrows - kept her eye make-up smokey in hues of brown and champagne, while her lips were given a hint of sex appeal with a slick of dark berry colour.
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Thousands of shelter pets need a forever home
This Wednesday, April 30th, is National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day. And there are plenty of pets in shelters around here looking for a forever home every day of the year.
"The biggest shelter myth is that all of our animals are found stray and may be difficult to transition to family life," said Jim Keller, operations manager at Homeward Pet Adoption Center in Woodinville. "But many of the animals that come into shelters are surrendered by families in our communities that can just no longer provide for that cat or dog and that animal can often fit right into the next family."
There are thousands of dogs and cats in Washington state without homes. The cat overpopulation problem is out of control.
"Many shelters are currently overflowing with adult cats in need of homes and especially with kitten season just around the corner, when the shelters will be full of litters of younger kittens." It's really crucial that these guys from the young adults to the senior cats get their chance to get noticed and get adopted," Keller told me.
As someone who has two shelter pets in the family - Casey the cat and our dog Sam - they're the best.
More Info:
Shelter Pet Myths Debunked
Your New Dog: Preparing for a New Pet in Your Home


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ISLAMABAD: The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved two credits totaling $220 million for urban and rural development in Punjab.
The $150 million Punjab Cities Governance Improvement Project is aimed at realizing the growth potential of five largest cities of the province through strengthening systems for improved planning, resource management and accountability.
The additional financing of $70 million for Punjab Land Records Management and Information Systems Project is meant for further strengthening and expanding better service delivery of land record management throughout the province.
Punjab is leading the way in fusing together the rural and urban development agenda, said Rachid Benmessaoud, World Bank Country Director for Pakistan. Improved management of land records bolsters existing and potential landholders confidence, especially the small holders who are the most vulnerable, and attracts investment in the sector.
Improved planning, resource management, and accountability in larger cities of the province will turn them into true engines of growth, improving quality of life for citizens and reducing poverty, he added. The project will also improve Punjab's capacity to respond to emergency situations.
Lahore, the capital of Punjab is currently home to about 8 million people. The province has four other cities with populations in excess of one million, namely Faisalabad (3 million), Gujranwala and Rawalpindi (2 million each), and Multan (1.7 million).
Collectively, about half of the urban population in Punjab is concentrated in these five cities. In addition, three other large cities (Sialkot, Bahawalpur and Sargodha) are poised to cross the one-million mark.
The largest component of Punjab Cities Project is annual performance grants to cities who meet targets in seven governance areas, said Raja Rehan Arshad, World Bank Task Team Leader for the project.
To qualify for performance grants, participating cities will be assessed each year for meeting the targets in resource planning, procurement, reporting of flow of funds between City District Governments and city entities, revenue collection, service delivery planning, public disclosure, access to information, and accountability for effective and transparent feedback and grievance redress mechanism.
The other two components of the project support the cities and province through technical assistance and capacity building to achieve governance related targets and enhancement in revenue, and preparedness for rapid response to a natural disaster, emergency, and/or catastrophic event as needed.
Making land rights secure, reducing the potential for disputes and enabling an improved investment climate have been prioritized at the highest levels of the Government of Punjab.
The Punjab Land Records Management and Information Systems Project support the government's vision to move to a title- based system of land registration.
This will entail further institutional, legal and policy changes, as well as continued investment in human resource development, information systems, and improvement in the available data bases on land. As a key first phase in this long-term program, the provincial government is focusing on modernization of the land records system.
The additional financing for the project will allow the government to complete this first phase throughout the province.
Improving the land records service delivery of the province of Punjab will contribute to long-lasting tenure security and more efficient functioning of land markets, said Edward Cook, World Bank Task Team Leader for the project.
It will also establish a basis for fuller integration of information associated with rights in land.
The four components of the project deal with institutional capacity building and changes in business processes, development and establishment of the automated land records system, stakeholder outreach and operation of the new system, as well as system monitoring and evaluation and project management.


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I decided to dye my hair today, not just my usual black dye but a full out color change. First I had to bleach it, which takes forever! I left the tips black and the rest faded from pale blond to dark brown, then the dye application. I am currently the owner of cobalt to black ombre hair, it looks pretty cool. The annoying part is of course my bathtub is the most porous thing in existence and is also blue, so I need to get some heavy scrubbing on after I go to the store for the proper supplies. Usually I am all for the 'no chemicals' approach to house cleaning, but there are sometimes when you just need a bottle of bleach.
If you have ever strolled through a supermarket in the US's tea and coffee aisle you have probably seen a box of Vanilla Chai by Bigelow Tea. Created from black tea, spices, natural and artificial flavoring. I tend to avoid teas with artificial flavoring because I find that they taste fake so I do not have the highest hopes for this little teabag. The aroma of the teabag is very sweet, strong creamy vanilla notes with underlying spices. It smells quite warm and like vanilla fudge. The aroma is rich and very sweet, good if you have a sweet tooth.
The aroma of the steeped tea is very intensely creamy vanilla, like vanilla ice cream with a dusting of spices and an extremely delicate hint of malt. The aroma reminds me of the vanilla non-dairy creamer for coffee that you find in the same section of the grocery store this tea is in. I don't hate that aroma, in fact I have been known to just drink creamers on occasion, but it is not an aroma I want to associate with tea.
Adding cream and a touch of sugar since this is a chai makes the tea taste like vanilla cream and a touch of nuttiness and the most delicate hint of spices. Not surprisingly the tea tastes like the non-dairy vanilla creamer that it smelled like, but with a hint of spice and black tea malt. This tea isn't terrible, if I was at a restaurant and was given a mug of this instead of Lipton (cringe) I would be thrilled, but I do not see myself seeking this out of my own volition.
For photos and blog: http://ramblingbutterflythoughts.blogspot.com/2014/02/bigelow-tea-vanilla-chai-tea-review.html
Flavors: Vanilla
For a moment there I thought you were going to use this tea as bleach ;D
Also, I have always thought that Bigelow teas have the most hideous packages and packets when it comes to graphic design… or even simple color-coordination ;)
For a moment there I thought you were going to use this tea as bleach ;D
Also, I have always thought that Bigelow teas have the most hideous packages and packets when it comes to graphic design… or even simple color-coordination ;)


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TEL AVIV (Sep. 17)
Mrs. Paula Ben-Gurion, wife of the former Premier, underwent emergency surgery yesterday after being rushed to the Beersheba hospital from the Ben-Gurion retreat at Sde Boker.
Mrs. Ben-Gurion, who is 72 complained of abdominal pains and, after examination at the hospital, was operated on. Her condition improved during the night and the hospital reported her today as being "out of danger; "


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Dubai, UAE, United Arab Emirates, 2010/04/19 - With both the Government and private entities investing significantly in oil and gas facilities, process industries, and power generation in the Middle East.
With both the Government and private entities investing significantly in oil and gas facilities, process industries, and power generation in the Middle East, the market for gas turbine maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services has opened up considerably. As a corollary, there has been substantial demand for their MRO services in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (energy.frost.com), Middle East (GCC) Gas Turbine Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Services Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $250.0 million in 2008 and estimates this to reach $350.0 million in 2013.
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Discussion in 'The National Football League' started by Wolf, May 8, 2010.
A little loss of depth, but will probably not be noticable to outsiders
they took him a round earlier than expected but he the talent to play in this league. I never wish for injurys even to divisional foes, hope he can recover fully.
These guys work hard you know so neither do I.
Colts can handle losing anyone except # 18 and they'll have someone step up in their place without skipping a beat.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer team in the AFC...
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[Plugin: AddThis] Poor Documentation
The documentation for the plugin is non-existant and gives no clues on how to use the very chaotic documentation on the addthis website.
I want the following services as 16×16 icons, no counter.
How do I configure the plugin to do this?
Twitter, FB, Delicious, Pinterest, G+, Stumble Upon, LinkedIn, email, addthis
So far I have used
Services / Build your own
and I get google plus, with a counter, a 49 x 24 Pinterest button, and all of the rest are 16 x 16
Please, please, please provide consistent documentation on how to use AddThis. It is a nightmare.
Advanced / addthis_config values: (json format)
how exactly do I format this? Full JavaScript notation with braces?
Secondly, in the plugin admin,
Enter a comma-separated list of service codes
links to http://addthis.com/services
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I have a certain fondness for quirky hotels, especially ones that I can afford to stay in. That's why I couldn't resist when Casa de Sezim Hotel popped up in my search for a hotel near Guimarães, the 2012 European Capital of Culture and the 'birthplace of Portugal'.
Casa de Sezim is a mansion which has been in the same family since it was given to Afonso Martins in 1376 in recognition of his work and loyalty. Afonso's family was no stranger to grandeur; one of his ancestors, Dom João de Freitas, used to hang out with the first ever king of Portugal, Dom Afonso Henriques.
It's believed that Dom Afonso 1 was born in Guimarães, which is one of the reasons the city is dubbed the 'birthplace of Portugal'. The other explanation is that it played a strategic role in the events that led to the formation of Portugal as an independent country. Either way, Guimarães is deservedly proud of its history and well worth a visit. The well-preserved medieval buildings and narrow streets of its historical centre have earned it UNESCO World Heritage status.
Although Guimarães has plenty of hotels and attractions, I'm excited about staying in a country house that's loaded with family history and artefacts.
Turning off the tarmac road is like stepping back in time. Centuries-old trees line the curved driveway that leads to the pink-walled complex of this ancestral home. I imagine myself in a horse-drawn carriage as I drive through the elaborate stone gateway into a square courtyard.
I may not greeted by a flurry of servants dressed in black and white, ready to take my luggage, but I do receive a warm welcome and a guided tour from José, part of the family that owns Casa de Sezim.
This isn't just a place to eat and sleep; you need to allow time to explore the building and the grounds. I start with the series of living rooms that run into one another along the entire side of the mansion. The walls are covered with detailed scenes from India, America, the Netherlands and other countries. All of them hand-painted onto sheets of wallpaper that have stood the test of time with resiliently bright colours and relatively little damage.
The artist responsible for the India wallpapers had never even visited the country. He read books and filled in any gaps with his imagination to produce some remarkably realistic images.
One of my favourite scenes is in the Dutch room where whoever used to sit at the heavy wooden desk overlooking the gardens could also distract himself with a jolly depiction of a man being bounced into the air from a sheet held by a group of friends. It reminds me of the childhood birthday tradition of 'the bumps'.
Each of the living rooms is filled with family pictures that span centuries. Portraits done in oils hang on the walls providing glimpses of the stately home's former inhabitants and a record of changing fashions over the years. Family members from previous centuries are lucky if there is just one painting of themselves. Not like the most recent generations whose brightly coloured photographs dominate every flat surface, documenting weddings, family get-togethers and holidays.
José tells me to come back in the summer when the hammocks are out on the long veranda and the swimming pool in the gardens is up and running. It's an old house and the gaps under the heavy wooden external doors are unforgiving in the winter. It must cost a fortune to keep the bedrooms so toasty.
Talking of toasty, the room below the bedrooms is a treat in itself. Two very comfy sofas surround the gigantic open fireplace, making it a perfectly cosy place to relax with a drink from the honesty bar. Although the ancestral home has been converted into a hotel, the family's main business is now wine production and it's hard to imagine a better place to sample it.
However, this time, I'm here for the opening ceremony of the European Capital of Culture in Guimarães and I take a rain check on the wine so that I can manage the winding drive back up the hill in the dark. Imagine my delight, then, when I check out and José hands me a complimentary bottle to tempt me to come back. I don't need any persuasion, I love this place.
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|2004-2005 UAF Catalog
School of Education
B.A., Post-Baccalaureate Licensures, M.Ed., Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Degrees
Minimum Requirements for M.Ed.: 30 credits;
UAF serves students from all of Alaska as well as from other states and nations. It is particularly committed to enhancing the educational opportunities for Alaska's rural and Native populations.
Through its rural campuses, the university is responsive to local and regional needs, including open educational access to its programs. Special strengths exist in the use of educational technology which provides distance delivery of selected programs to many areas of the state.
UAF education programs prepare educators to work in urban and rural Alaska and to work with multicultural and minority students, especially Alaska Native students.
The School of Education offers a master of education, and post baccalaureate course work and internship experiences preparing candidates for Alaska state licensure in teaching (Type A).
The UAF School of Education is approved by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development to recommend its students for Alaska licensure as elementary and secondary teachers and school counselors. Education programs include programs offered on the Fairbanks campus and through the branch campus centers. School of Education faculty are located at the Fairbanks campus and at several branch campuses in keeping with the school's commitment to preparing educators for rural Alaska. Courses are available on-site and by distance delivery through the Kuskokwim (Bethel), Bristol Bay (Dillingham and Naknek), Interior-Aleutians (Unalaska and rural education centers throughout the Interior), Chukchi (Kotzebue) and Northwest (Nome) campuses, as well as on the Fairbanks campus. Faculty research in cross-cultural studies, curriculum and instruction, language and literacy, and small rural schools, support the mission of the School of Education.
Priority for enrollment in field-based courses is given to rural students formally admitted to degree and licensure programs. All inquiries should be addressed to one of the rural campuses or to the School of Education's Student Services Office.
UAF education programs are approved by the Alaska State Board of Education as meeting National Association for State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) standards. For information about these programs contact the Student Services Office in the UAF School of Education, or contact the rural faculty at the nearest campus.
As of December 1, 1998, the state of Alaska requires that all initial applicants for a regular Type A certificate provide evidence of passing Alaska qualifying scores on the Praxis I; Academic Skills Assessment including the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) and/or the Computer-Based Academic Skills Assessment (CBT).
The state of Alaska requires the completion of 3 credits of approved course work in Alaska Studies and 3 credits in multicultural or cross-cultural education in order to receive an initial five-year teaching license. A two-year provisional license can be obtained without meeting this requirement. Contact the School of Education's Student Services Office for a current list of approved courses.
Elementary Post-Baccalaureate Licensure Program
Offered through the Elementary Teacher Education Partnership (ETEP) program in Fairbanks and through the Rural Educator Preparation Partnership (REPP) program through distance delivery, the elementary teacher post-baccalaureate program is an intensive, year-long program designed to provide students with the course work and internship experience necessary to meet the Alaska Teacher Standards and be eligible for licensure as an elementary teacher in Alaska. This classroom-based program is built upon the principle of partnershipa cooperative effort between interns, mentor teachers, and university faculty partners. Students have the option of completing the program at the undergraduate or graduate level.
Students choosing the graduate option begin the program in the summer with a 9-credit block of courses. Students who complete the undergraduate courses ED 110, 201, 330, 410, and EDSE 482 can use these to fulfill the summer requirements. During the academic year of the school district, all students complete two semesters of integrated university courses and internship.
At the end of the school year, if students have successfully met all of the program requirements, they will be eligible to apply for an Alaska Type A Elementary License. Students who have completed the Alaska Studies and the Multicultural Education/Cross-Cultural Communication courses required by the Alaska Department of Education will be eligible for a five-year license. Others will be eligible for a two-year provisional license.
Elementary applicants who apply as graduate-level licensure students may choose to complete this licensure program as part of the M.Ed. degree in Curriculum and Instruction. However, application to the M.Ed. degree program should be made at the beginning of elementary post-baccalaureate course work to avoid losing credits for the M.Ed. degree. (See M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction option requirements.)
Admission and Application Information
It is recommended that students submit applications before December 15 to provide time to complete prerequisites if necessary. Applications will be reviewed as submitted. Deadline is March 1.
Admission includes meeting both UAF graduate admissions requirements and the School of Education admissions requirements.
Submit the following directly to the UAF Office of Admissions with a copy to the School of Education:
Submit the following information directly to the School of Education:
Program Requirements
Secondary Post-Baccalaureate Licensure Program with M.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction Option
Offered in Fairbanks or by distance delivery through the Rural Educator Preparation Partnership Program (REPP), this is an intensive, classroom-based secondary licensure program (33 credits) that prepares post-baccalaureate candidates for secondary (grades 7-12) teaching positions. The program is specifically designed to prepare candidates to teach in multicultural settings in Alaska. Content that addresses multicultural issues in general, and Alaska rural issues in particular, is contained specifically in EDSC 657, Multicultural Education and School-Community Relations, and is a fundamental component of the course work within the program. In a year when funding is available, a rural practicum is required of all secondary candidates completing their program. Upon request and successful completion of a yearlong internship, course work and state of Alaska licensure requirements, candidates are recommended for a teaching license. Candidates who have completed a state of Alaska approved Alaska studies course will be eligible for a five-year Type A license. Others will be eligible for a two-year Type A provisional license. The program is accredited by NASDTEC and under NASDTEC standards until 2006.
Candidates who apply as graduate applicants may simultaneously pursue teacher licensure and the M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction degree. Significant additional course work will be required. (See requirements for M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction secondary option.)
Admissions Process and Requirements
Admission to the graduate level secondary post-baccalaureate licensure program with M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction option for secondary education candidates includes meeting requirements of the UAF Graduate School and the School of Education. Graduate candidates will take five of the licensure courses at the graduate (600) level.
Submit the following information directly to UAF Office of Admission
Submit the following information directly to the School of Education
Application Review Process
Applications are due on March 1 and are reviewed thereafter for admission in the summer semester. Applications of outstanding candidates may be considered through spring semester. A candidate may be admitted, not admitted, or admitted with stipulations. Stipulations are specified when additional development in particular area(s) is needed before beginning a secondary post-baccalaureate program.
The UAF School of Education coordinates the review and evaluation of the candidate's qualifications, professional experiences and academic performance with appropriate academic departments based on the contents of his/her application. The secondary post-baccalaureate program is a selective teacher education program. A comprehensive system including more than one measure is used to assess the personal characteristics, communication skills, and basic skills proficiency of candidates preparing to teach. Multiple assessment measures include a review of transcripts, content area strengths and/or Praxis II scores, personal statement and/or writing proficiency exams, Praxis I and/or GRE exam scores, and letters of reference. A personal interview will be required as part of the admission process.
Upon Acceptance to the Program
The School of Education has a systematic procedure for monitoring the progress of education students from admission through completion of their professional education program to determine if they should continue the program, be advanced to the secondary teaching internship, and eventually be recommended for a teaching license. In assessing candidate progress in knowledge, skills and disposition, faculty will review grades, observations, faculty recommendations, demonstrated academic competence, and recommendations from the appropriate professionals in the schools. Systematic approaches are used to assist education candidates who are making unsatisfactory progress in their programs, but still maintain potential for successful completion.
Specific criteria for entry to the secondary teaching intern-ship are:
Program Requirements
*Candidates must take the section or course that corresponds with their major teaching content areas.
Students may earn an M.Ed. in one of three areas of specialization: Cross-Cultural Education, Curriculum and Instruction, or Language and Literacy. Licensed teachers who wish to add on to their Type A License an endorsement in Bilingual/Multicultural Education, Early Childhood Education, Native Language Education, Reading, or World Language Education, as part of their M.Ed program of study will need to contact the Coordinator of Graduate Programs in the School of Education for specific course requirements.
Admission requirements
Applications will be reviewed on March 1 and October 1 for admission in the following semester. Faculty may vote to admit, not admit or admit with stipulations. Stipulations are specified when additional development in particular areas is needed before beginning a graduate degree program.
Minimum requirements for admission to the M.Ed. program are:
Complete the following application procedures for the UAF Graduate School:
Degree requirements
* Completion of course satisfies requirement for synthesizing paper.
M.Ed. DegreeCurriculum and InstructionElementary Option
Following completion of the year-long, post-baccalaureate elementary licensure program, students can pursue an M.Ed. degree in Curriculum and Instruction. Courses are available through UAF by distance delivery and on the Fairbanks campus. Students can enroll in courses throughout the year. Licensure and the master's degree requirements must be met within seven years.
Students who have completed an undergraduate general education minor Option A as part of their licensure program must complete additional graduate level course work to receive a master's degree. Please contact the School of Education Student Services Office for additional information.
M.Ed. DegreeCurriculum and InstructionSecondary Option
Following the completion of the year-long secondary post-baccalaureate licensure program, students can pursue an M.Ed. degree in Curriculum and Instruction if they choose to do so. Fifteen graduate credits from the secondary post-baccalaureate licensure program can be used to meet the M.Ed. degree Curriculum and Instruction requirements. Courses are available through UAF by distance-delivery and on the Fairbanks campus. Students can enroll in courses during summer and academic years. Program requirements must be met within seven years.
*At least 30 credits must be at the 600-level
Guidance and Counseling M.Ed. degree
Students may earn an M.Ed. degree in guidance and counseling. Refer to the guidance and counseling program section of this catalog for more information.
Master of Education in Language and Literacy with K-12 Reading Endorsement
Program Requirements
K-12 Reading Endorsement Only
Special Education Endorsement and M.Ed. Degree
The University of Alaska Anchorage's Statewide Special Education Program offers a 24 credit Special Education Endorsement and a 24 credit M.Ed. in General Special Education or Early Childhood Special Education. UAA serves as the academic home base for this program with faculty members located on all three main University of Alaska campuses. Many courses will be offered both by distance delivery and on campus to provide candidates multiple options for meeting the requirements.
Note: Students must complete an application to the Special Education Program. For further information, please contact the UAA Special Education Program in Anchorage or the UA Special Education program coordinator office on the UAF campus.
Note: For descriptions of UAA courses, see current University of Alaska Anchorage catalog.
Type B License
A new UA systemwide Type B License program for those seeking school administrative licensure has been developed as a cooperative effort across the three campuses, with UAA serving as the academic home base for the program. Based on the current Alaska standards for school administrators, the program will include 4 core courses (3 credits each) and an academic year (2 semesters) internship/seminar for an additional 12 credits. The courses will be offered by distance education and on campus according to a rotating schedule (see note below), so as to provide candidates from various circumstances (rural, urban, full-time, part-time) multiple options for meeting the prerequisites and completing different components of the program in an appropriate sequence and a reasonable time frame.
Program Requirements
* Prerequisites are ED A637 (UAA) and ED A640 (UAA).
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Degree
Students wishing to further their education beyond a master of education degree may pursue an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree. For more information, refer to the program section on Interdisciplinary StudiesPh.D. degree.
Title II Mandated Annual Report on Teacher Education
Total number of teacher preparation students enrolled during 2001-2002: 224
Number or students in programs of supervised student teaching academic year 2001-2002: 97
Total number of supervising faculty during 2001-2002: Seven appointed full-time faculty in professional education; two appointed part-time faculty in professional education and full-time in the institutuion; 11 appointed part-time faculty not otherwisde employed by the institution.
Total number of supervising faculty: 20
The ratio of student teachers/interns to supervising faculty was 4.9
The number of hours per week required of student participation in supervised student teaching in these programs was: 32-40 hours. The total number of weeks of supervised student teaching required is 12-18.The total number of hours required is 480-576 hours. (first number = student teachers; second number = interns)
Information about state approval or accreditation of teacher preparation programs:
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"A Gift-Bear for the King"
Presented by Actors for Children's Theatre
WHEN: 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Alban Arts Center, 65 Olde Main St., St. Albans
INFO: 304-721-8896 or www.albanartscenter.com
By Bill Lynch
Staff writer
On Saturday, the Alban Arts Center welcomes "A Gift-Bear For The King," an interactive children's show about a talented bear who is sent as a gift for a king, travels far, makes friends and has some adventures along the way.
The center's thriving drama program won't be presenting it, though. Instead, it's the first show this year the Alban is bringing in from outside of the area.
Adam Bryan, the Alban's director and manager, said attracting outside theater and arts companies has always been part of his vision for the theater.
"Well, first and foremost, we're a venue, and we try to offer ourselves up to other artists and artistic organizations," he said. "We've always rented out the space to people, but now we've gained some recognition and respect for our theater, and we've been able to attract some other groups to us."
For the Alban, that means more money flowing in, but Bryan said it's much more than that.
"It just gives people more opportunity to see some really great shows," he said.
Bryan said when he began planning the Alban's calendar months ago, he envisioned an alternating schedule.
"I wanted 12 productions over the year," he said. "In my mind, I saw us doing six productions on our own and then bringing somebody else in every other month."
It hasn't worked out that way.
"So far, it's looking like we'll have at least 13 productions," he said. "We're still working on scheduling, but it's not as even as I would have liked. Sometimes we have two or three different shows in the same month."
He's not complaining, tahough.
Some of these outside shows are local groups like Leah Turley's Appalachian Arts Collective or the Children's Theatre of Charleston — groups and people Bryan has worked with previously. Saturday's performances are being put on by Actors for Children's Theatre, a group from Flatwoods, Kentucky.
"A Gift-Bear for the King," which is based on Carl Memling's book and is recommended for children in pre-school through fourth grade, fits with some of the children's theater productions the Alban has done in the past. However, Bryan said it's not the only type of theater the Alban is getting calls about.
"I like to think we're open for just about anything," he said, then added, "As long as it fits in with our mission as a community theater. We don't want to bring in anything that's going to scare people off."
Even though children's theater isn't the only kind of out-of-area production that's drawing interest, it does seem like it's in the majority.
"But that's just because there's more children's theater stuff on tour right now," Bryan said.
The Alban would like to attract more outside productions, but Bryan said that depends on whether fans of local, live theater are willing to get involved and buy tickets.
"You just have to support stuff you don't know," he said.
Some, Bryan said, might be reluctant to give a visiting theater group a try because they don't know anybody in the cast, aren't familiar with the company or feel like they need to stick with only local performers.
The Alban is just trying to offer more, and the payoff for supporting outside performances is that it encourages other groups to take a chance on making The Alban a stop on their tour.
The bottom line, Bryan said, is "we're just trying to bring in some quality productions."
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As if those previous two funky clips of the A-Team gang escaping from capture by falling down in a tank wasn't enough (those clips included below), the studio has released
six eight more clips (via Yahoo! and IGN) to get you jazzed up for next week, when Joe Carnahan's big-screen remake of "The A-Team" blasts into theaters. These five new clips aren't nearly as ludicrous or awesome as those falling tank clips, but they're still very cool, especially the Murdock ones. Copley is fantastic in the role, and honestly, I can't tell if the character is crazy or a genius, or if he just really, really needs a hug.
A colorful team of former Special Forces soldiers — Colonel Hannibal Smith, Lt. Templeton "Face" Peck, B.A. Baracus, and "Howling Mad" Murdock — are framed for a crime they did not commit. Branded as war criminals, they escape from military prison and go rogue as soldiers of fortune, utilizing their unique talents in an attempt to clear their names and find the true culprit. "If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire… The A-Team."
Starring Bradley Cooper, Liam Neeson, Jessica Biel, Sharlto Copley, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Gerald McRaney, Maury Sterling, Yul Vazquez, Terry Chen, and directed by Joe Carnahan.
There is no plan B June 11, 2010.
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The Lao People's Democratic Republic is currently experiencing rapid economic development, marked by growth rates of around 8 per cent and a steady increase in per capita income. However, a quarter of the population still lives below the national poverty line, meaning that Laos continues to be classified among the world's least developed countries. The Lao Government has set itself an ambitious target: to change the country's development status by 2020. As part of Lao-German development cooperation, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is assisting the Lao Government to achieve this goal.
GIZ has been working in Laos since 1993 and currently has around 170 national personnel and 70 international experts in the country, including seconded employees, development workers and CIM integrated experts. It is implementing a large number of projects in two priority areas.
- Rural development
Around two thirds of the Lao people live in rural regions. GIZ's approach combines land management and integrated local development planning with climate change mitigation, promotion of environmental awareness, and sustainable resource management.
- Sustainable economic development
In view of Laos' rapid economic growth, GIZ focuses primarily on vocational training, market integration and microfinance.
GIZ is also involved in regional projects, such as a programme of cooperation with the Mekong River Commission and the Fit for School programme.
GIZ's main commissioning party in Laos is the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), but it also implements projects on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB). It has a close working relationship with KfW Development Bank and cooperates with other development partners in Laos, including the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), AustralinAid and MMG/Lane Xang Minerals Ltd.
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If you have a rat or mouse problem in your house, then you've probably looked for ways to get rid of those pesky creatures. An easy way to do so is by using a product known as the Rat Zapper. The products come with a 100 percent money-back guarantee and is a more humane way of killing the rodents.
There are two types of Rat Zapper products: the Rat Zapper Classic and the Rat Zapper Ultra. The Rat Zapper Classic works on two AA batteries and provides 10 kills (or 30 kills when used with a set of lithium batteries). The Rat Zapper Ultra is slightly larger and works with four C batteries. The larger version also comes with remote tracking, which lets you check the machine by looking for a flashing light. It eliminates the need to get your hands dirty crawling under cabinets to check traps.
Buy Direct
The manufacturer behind the Rat Zapper is a company called AgriZap. AgriZap has its own website where you can buy the Rat Zapper and the company's entire line of products. The website offers both types of Rat Zappers and the batteries the company recommends for the products. You can also purchase other products to kill rodents in your house such as the Rat Nest for catching rodents outside. The company offers free shipping on all orders in the continental United States.
Buy Online
The Rat Zapper is also available from many online retailers, including Rat Mouse Zapper and Rat Zapper Online, while Gempler's and Northern Tool and Equipment are examples of featured online dealers.
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SDSU women seek 6th straight conference title
Aaron Johnston has made the most of playing in the Summit League Championships.
The South Dakota State University women's head basketball coach has led his team to a 15-0 record in the conference tournament in the last five years, earning an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament each year since 2009.
Heading into the the Summit League Championships, which kicks off today at the Sioux Falls Arena, the Jackrabbits are the top seed and received a bye in the opening round. SDSU will play the winner of No. 4 University of South Dakota and No. 5 Western Illinois University in the semifinal round at noon Monday. USD (16-13, 7-7 SL) and WIU (14-15, 6-8 SL) face off at noon Sunday.
Johnston and his team are not thinking about making a sixth trip to the national tournament, instead they are taking it one game at a time.
"We've just got to win the next game. That's always the approach we take," he said. "We go into it to win that first game and take it game by game. We want to put our best basketball forward and win that next game."
Mitchell native and SDSU freshman Kerri Young said the team knows the expectation is high from what SDSU has accomplished in the past.
"People expect us to be so good every year, but every year is different," said Young, who earned the Summit League's Sixth Woman of the Year award and was named to the league's All-Newcomer list Thursday. "It's exciting to be with a group of girls who've been through all of that. Coming in not having that success has made me work hard and it's an honor to play with these girls."
The expectation is there from SDSU's loyal fans who travel around the country to watch the Jackrabbits. Though in this tournament, those in blue and yellow only need to to travel a short distance.
"If there's 5,000 people down there, 4,500 of them are SDSU fans," Johnston said of the Summit League Championships. "So it's a home-court advantage because our fans travel and go to the games and a lot of the other women's teams don't get that kind of fan support. It is an advantage, but only if you play well."
The Jackrabbits have done just that in the past five years and have strung together a 22-8 regular-season record and are 13-1 in the conference. SDSU is on a five-game win streak and finished the season winning 13 of its last 14 games — with the loss coming to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis on the road. IUPUI is the No. 2 seed in the tournament.
"These last few games have helped us gain momentum going into the tournament," Young said. "We've been working hard and it's nice to get an extra day of practice with the bye."
SDSU has been led by Megan Wayteshek and Steph Paluch offensively this season, averaging 11.3 and 10 points per game, respectively. Young boasts the fourth-best scoring average for the Jackrabbits with eight points per game.
"Kerri is having a great year and we're really pleased with her development in every way," Johnston said. "She's continuing to be a better defensive player at this level, which takes some time. She's understanding where she needs to score and be aggressive in our offense and has really been a great spark for us off the bench all year long."
SDSU men hoping to defend title
The Jackrabbit men head into the tournament as the No. 3 seed, opening against No. 6 Western Illinois at 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the Sioux Falls Arena.
SDSU has won the conference tournament for two straight years and looks to knock off No. 1 North Dakota State and No. 2 Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne down the road.
SDSU comes into the tournament with an 18-11 overall record and 10-4 in conference play. Its four Summit League losses this year came at the hands of IPFW, University of Nebraska-Omaha, and twice to NDSU.
The USD men (12-17, 6-8 SL) are the fifth seed and open tournament play against No. 4 University of Denver at 6 p.m. Sunday.


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Blood tests could detect breast cancer 'years in advance', new study claims
Blood tests could help predict a woman's likeliness of developing breast cancer years before the disease is diagnosed, according to new research.
A study by scientists at the Imperial College London, which was detailed in the journal Cancer Research, highlighted that the test could detect a 'genetic switch' which doubles women's breast cancer risk.
Over the course of the research, the team studied blood samples from around 1,380 women, almost half of whom went on to develop breast cancer.
It was noted that there was a strong link between breast cancer risk and the molecular modification of the ATM gene via a chemical effect known as methylation.
Women who showed signs of methylation affecting the ATM gene were twice as likely to develop breast cancer than those who did not.
Dr James Flanagan, of Imperial College London, who led the new research, said: 'We know that genetic variation contributes to a person's risk of disease.
'With this new study we can now also say that epigenetic variation, or differences in how genes are modified, also has a role.'
He added that it is hoped further work will reveal more genes which contribute to a person's risk of cancer, helping to diagnose the disease earlier.
Figures from the NHS show that about 46,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK each year.