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A population-based association study of glutamate decarboxylase 1 as a candidate gene for autism
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Linkage studies, genome-wide scans and screening of possible candidate genes suggest that chromosome 2q31 may harbour one or more susceptibility genes for autism. The glutamate decarboxylase gene 1 (GAD1) located within chromosome 2q31 encodes the enzyme, GAD67, catalyzing the production of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) from glutamate. Numerous independent findings have suggested the GABAergic system to be involved in autism. The present study investigates a Danish population-based, case-control sample of 444 subjects with childhood autism and 444 controls. Nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) comprising the GAD1 gene and the microsatellite marker D2S2381 were examined for association with autism. We found no association between childhood autism and any single marker or 2–5 marker haplotypes. However, a rare nine-marker haplotype was associated with childhood autism. We cannot exclude neither GAD1 as a susceptibility gene nor the possibility of another susceptibility gene for autism to be located on chromosome 2q31.
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- A population-based association study of glutamate decarboxylase 1 as a candidate gene for autism
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Journal of Neural Transmission
Volume 116, Issue 3 , pp 381-388
- Cover Date
- 2009-03-01
- 10.1007/s00702-008-0142-4
- Print ISSN
- 0300-9564
- Online ISSN
- 1435-1463
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Autism
- Association
- 2q31
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- Henriette Nørmølle Buttenschøn (1)
- Marlene Briciet Lauritsen (1) (2)
- Agata El Daoud (1)
- Mads Hollegaard (2) (3) (4)
- Meta Jorgensen (5)
- Kristine Tvedegaard (2)
- David Hougaard (3)
- Anders Børglum (1) (6)
- Poul Thorsen (2)
- Ole Mors (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Centre for Psychiatric Research, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
- 2. Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, NANEA, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
- 3. Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 4. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- 5. Psychiatric Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
- 6. Institute of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark


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David Rivera's Office Tries and Fails to Remove Scandals from Wikipedia
On March 16 at 6:40 p.m. someone with the Wikipedia handle "Lmveiga" took to Rivera's entry and deleted a summary of Rivera's legislative career, which includes stints in the Florida House and Senate before being sworn into into the U.S. House earlier this year, and replaced it with a list of Rivera's "legislative accomplishments" that was pulled word-for-word from Rivera's campaign website.
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On today's show, Ashley and Rich discuss Anime Expo 2014, a very odd toilet exhibition at a Japanese museum, and Marvel's cool new promo for "Guardians of the Galaxy."
Ceatec is Japan's largest consumer electronics show, and always a good glimpse into the future. It's also a great place to see some crazy robots on display. Here are some of our favorites.
We can't decide if we love or hate this hybrid standing-slash-treadmill desk. Sure, it's in the shape of a gigantic hamster wheel, and you'll be the laughingstock of your office... but doesn't it also seem kind of fun?
On today's show, we get a good laugh out of the human hamster wheel that's also a standing desk, squeal like tweens over Tokyo Game Show trailers, and marvel at the brilliance of a "bruise suit" created to help Paralympians identify potential injuries.
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I'll admit up front that I was already a fan of Julia Gartrell's work before I went to see her current show at the Scrap Exchange's Green Gallery. I first encountered her at the Made in the USA show in 2009 with a piece titled You Too Are Involved. The piece was intricate and participatory; and ultimately doomed to break apart because of that. Getting to watch the object of so many hours of planning and labor collapse into a tangled dirty mess made the experience all the more memorable.
So it was with interest that I watched Gartrell's "Mundane Machines" doing their pointless work at the Scrap Exchange. The destruction was of a much slower type in the pieces on display than You Too Are Involved, but perhaps more hypnotizing because of it. Two "machines" in particular interested me. The first looks like a spinning wheel, with a large, self propelled wheel on one end that slowly pulls string from a spool on the other end. In the middle, the string runs underneath a tall, skinny chunk of wax. The point at which the string slides along the wax is lit with a bulb, helping it to slowly slice upward through the heated, softened wax. When I was there the string had advanced only an inch or so upwards, of course making me wonder how long it would take to complete it's task, and whether the spool or the wax would run out first. The second machine brought in the participatory aspect by presenting a trio of suspended wooden tennis racquets that could be used by pulling on a rope, making them swat like a fly swatter. Each racquet is paired with a balled up piece of cloth coated in colored chalk, which can be batted into a piece of paper on the wall. It's sounds complicated to write it out, but it's really very simple; yank a cord, swing a racquet and a puff of dust floats off the wall. The maddening thing about it is that the dust doesn't particularly like to cling to the paper. If you succeed in making an interesting mark, the next swat is just as likely to erase it. As an art making device, it is particularly futile, which I suspect is the intention.
As for the "Modified Multiples" in the show's title, the most dramatic is a suspended arrangement of eyeglasses that are each zip-tied to another one in a floating row of thin wire frames and glass lenses. The effect is of a giant floating millipede with the spiky ends of the zip-ties poking out sideways and acting as legs, while the body is made of mostly empty space and glass.
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One of the really neat ways you can use Google Maps is to send GPS data directly into it so that you can view your current location real-time. This article will show you how to programmatically access the data returned by your built-in GPS receiver and then send the data to Google Maps. Using Eclipse, create a new Android project and name it GPS.java. To use GPS functionality in your Android application, you'll need to add the ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission to the AndroidManifest.xml file: Developers Can Now Access Locations of 250 Million Phones Across U.S. Carriers.
Location Labs today announced a "Universal Location Service" platform that aggregates locations of phones across carriers for developers and centralizes privacy management for end-users.
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Yeah, y'all know him. He's Miami's ole-school pimp. The one with the limp. It's that Cuban-American chico, DJ Laz. The 37-year-old music producer and morning radio-show host has been representing the 305's signature booty bass sound since 1990, when it first busted out on the scene. Like the Miami Dolphins, DJ Laz is a venerable franchise, maintaining a steady level of success throughout his career, even if his Latin-infused 808-heavy tracks will never garner critical acclaim. He has also been a main fixture at Power 96 for the past two decades, from his days throwing it down on the turntables for rush-hour music mixes to his current gig hosting the radio station's morning show. But local superstardom hasn't gone to Lazaro Mendez's head. That's because he understands what it's like to overcome adversity. Laz was born with a disabling muscular disorder in his legs that required 17 surgeries. Every year, he hosts a marathon session in which he regularly raises more than $50,000 for Radio Lollipop, a nonprofit children's agency. This past January, he raised a separate $50,000 in just five hours to help a couple pay for the funeral services of their three children killed in a car accident. His ability to raise tens of thousands of dollars for charitable causes from his listeners is a testament to Laz's popularity and his adoration for the citizens of his hometown.


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I don't know about you, but anytime I wrap a gift it seems there is always a useless strip or wrapping paper left over. And around Christmas? Don't even ask how many…What do you do?
Try making a wreath – this one is basically just one long strip of wrapping paper, folded accordion style. Once I had all of it folded, I cut it in half and glued them end to end (pretty sides up). Once you have on super long accordion, glue the edges to each other to make a circle.
Next cut out a piece of cardstock that is just slightly smaller around than your accordion circle (use a paper plate if that is what you have handy). Use a nice big cup to trace a circle in the center and cut it out.
Take your wrapping paper accordion circle and arrange it on the cardstock – you don't want to see the cardstock behind it. Trim the cardstock a bit if you need to.
Now we glue! Here is the only slightly tricky part: you will glue the accordion to its cardstock back one side at a time (to illustrate – imagine a cross in the center, you would glue each point, one at a time.) Just lift up the folded part, add a 1 inch dab of hot glue, and arrange the folds – this makes sure they look even. I imagine if you use a quick dry craft glue, it would work just as well and the gluing may be simpler, but you'll need to wait overnight before you hang it. If you read this site often, you know I'm an instant results kind of girl…for me, hot glue it is!
I also like to hot glue a bow on the bottom. You can glue on pretty much anything you like as long as it isn't too heavy.
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No burials until Spring
The rough winter is causing a grave problem in Derry, New Hampshire.
Cemetery officials have called off burials until the spring.
"Our people are exhausted," said Town Administrator John Anderson.
Anderson said the decision to halt burials at the town operated Forest Hill Cemetery was out of concern for public safety because in Derry, the same crews that dig the graves also plow the streets.
"It's more important to us to keep the roads open and sidewalks open, hose are our first priorities," said Anderson. "If we had the personnel we would absolutely keep doing it."
Call it another sign of an extraordinary winter, but not an extraordinary decision.
Derry in fact is one of just a small handful of New Hampshire towns that operates year-round burials.
Most Granite State cemeteries simply close because the process in winter conditions can be overwhelming.
"You've got to spring two people free, go over and clear a plot off, jackhammer two feet of frost out of the way, dig the rest of the hole, put the vault in the ground - it's not a five minute project," said Anderson.
Though while crews prepare for another few inches to clear off countless roads and 38 miles of sidewalks, Derry's departed will have to lay and wait for an early spring.
"We're looking at a month of not being able to bury folks, but we have cold storage like all cemeteries in New England do" said Anderson.
The Forest Hill Cemetery does remain open.
If you have a loved one you'd like to visit, the main avenue through the cemetery is plowed.


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Until George Bush's friends at Enron began overcharging California for energy (because Pete Wilson, the former Republican governor, signed a law that deregulated energy in California and required all energy companies participating in the program to sell off their power plants which the Texans bought up and then shut down to create a monopoly (the city of Pasadena said No Way and managed to have cheap energy during the whole Enron ripoff)), Gray Davis had a SURPLUS in the California treasury and had increased funding to California schools.
Aside from prison terms for a few Bush supporters, the other logical solution to California's fiscal woes was Davis's suggestion, higher taxes, exactly what the groper is doing now, except of course he's taxing the education of California's 20-something air heads rather than the obscenely wealthy Bush supporters.
There is little likelihood that Republican Paraguayan economic theory will ever produce anything more robust than the Paraguayan economy it is based on; remember, the post-Vietnam economic slump didn't end until the Clinton administration. The first round of supply-side mumbo-jumbo just gave us the first Reagan-Bush deficit.
A vote was called DURING Gray Davis's term as governor of California. The vote, to determine if the people of california wanted a new governor, because Davis did such a piss-poor job during his term. Not only was he voted out, he was voted out by a landslide....and for those of you whom do not know, California is at least 70% Liberal. His very own voting base, outsted him (which makes me think...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm he must have done something seriously wrong?).
Secondly, an energy shortage is because THERE ISN'T ENOUGH POWER BEING GENERATED IN THE FIRST PLACE. If he had a "surplus" of money, why the hell didn't he invest in power plants for an exploding population???? This could be done in several ways I.E. tax incentives etc. The internet boom created [b]plenty[/b] of taxable wealth in california, Obviously it has been mismanaged from the get-go.
I just don't understand your mentality as to "obscenely wealthy Bush supporters." Soros, Kennedy's, Heinz, Rockerfeller. Give me a break. Both sides have wealth.
If the taxation system were completely [b]fair[/b], everyone would pay $5,000 a year to enjoy the US's systems and protection. Ok, obviously not going to work as there are lazy people that don't take advantage of all the LUXURIES, like free high school, a free society, plenty of inexpensive property (those of you in Europe will probably understand that more). They decide they can live off of the government, while spending their lives doing NOTHING. I will not support this in any way. My brother and sister have chosen this path. I see what they do, and its nothing. Don't expect a handout from someone whom has devoted his hard work, devotion, and time to someone whom has done NOTHING.
The second option would be to make everyone pay a flat tax of 15% of all their income/capital gains etc. This would be the second MOST FAIR option. But no, in the US, we impose an exponietial trend. The more you make, the exponientially more you will pay. So when Bush said everyone gets a .15% break on their taxes, the liberals said "no fair, the rich get a tax break". Yes it means a larger portion of money will be saved by big money makers, but are they not americans too? did they not work their tails off to get where they are in this world? Did they not create jobs, and new sectors? Lets punish the rich cause they are sucessfull. Even if I win the MO Powerball at $177 million tonight, I will be damned if I become worthless. I will still finish my thesis...I will still find a job. I want to make an impact on this world in a positive way.
The wealthy are wealthy because of a reason. MOST did it by legal means. Not all BIG business is CROOKED AND ROTTEN. Most are wealthy because of HARD work and a good idea. Everyone can work hard, but not everyone is born into a free society. Read the Bio of Jack Taylor, founder of Enterprize Rent-a-Car. He is worth $3,000,000,000. He started with next to nothing, served on the USS Enterprise. There couldn't be a nicer more caring guy. And just think about it, I bet for every 10$ he's worth, he's created a job for someone(directly, and indirectly). Think of all the jobs the Heinz family has created, all starting from catsup (catch-up, the tomatoe based sauce). Big business is not the enemy. Crooked people all over the world are the enemy(N. Korea, Iran, Sudan, Tyco, Global Crossing, Enron, Adelphia, etc).
Look, I'm a darwinist in the sense of "survival of the fittest". In america, everyone is created equal. Everyone has the same opprotunities. No I didn't go to a private school, nor did I go to a private college, and I did just fine. You can blab all the more you want about economic theory, but its like this. If you want something, work for it, and don't whine about it. There is a reason 50% of african americans, 40% of latin americans, and 20%? white americans won't graduate from high school. Guess what, I don't want to pay for their poor life choices when they come asking for welfare. I've already invested plenty of money into their failed education. As for what its worth, they aren't the fittest. Frankly they are just passing on poor genes and poor work ethic to their kids. 200 years ago, no we'll say 80 years ago, they would have starved during the depression. If you can't take care of yourself and your not mentally and physically handicap, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU. The weak of the pack are not being weeded out. Yes I'm heartless, but frankly you get AIDS from sleeping around, thats your poor life choice.
I'm not wishing death upon anyone, I'm just telling it how it is. Most people lack motivation in the US. I think death would motive 99% of the unmotivated. You have to think "I can", instead of "I've been cheated".
Look, your preaching to the choir as far as taxes go. I think its stupid my monthly stipend is taxed by the government, then by the state, then by Social Security etc. Then I go to spend my hard earned money, and its taxed again by the means of sales tax. If instead I decide to invest my taxed income in say a car or a house, thats assessed a yearly tax called "personal property tax" ON TOP OF THE SALES TAX (7%). A house's tax around here runs $800 to $3000 a YEAR. Finally if I decide to give some of my wealth to my children in the future, IT WILL BE TAXED again by the inhereitance tax. Ridiculous.
The reason that power plants were not built was because the "deregulation" law did not allow power distributors in California to build or own power plants and the power plant owners lived in Texas and made more money if those plants didn't operate because they then could sell energy to California at artifically inflated prices, and Gray Davis couldn't break the law. What the groper championed was a bond issue, that is, he put the deficit on the credit, and the same thing will happen to California that would happen to you if you tried to pay off huge bills with your credit card without serious retrenchment. No, I don't like the idea of paying double my auto registration fees, but the fees were reduced during the Clinton boom, and now that we're in a Bush recession restoring the full fees made more sense that borrowing more money to pay existing debts. Sometimes grownups have to forego gratification for the right thing.
If you think California is seventy percent liberal, you probably also think Baby Bush is a conservative; California is incredibly conservative, why else would they create such lunacies as Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Prop 13, and mandatory prison expenditures--yes that's right, the legislature can cut back on school lunches and teacher salaries, but payments to prison guards are mandated by law and cannot be changed!
For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. Baby Bush is this year's version.
As a true Darwinian it must offend you deeply that a C-minus student with a serious substance abuse problem could make it into Yale and grad school (where's the survival of the fittest there?), could flake out of National Guard training without paying the consequences of such irresponsible behavior, that Secret Service employees are looking after Jenna and Barbara rather than letting them self-destruct, or that the administration is so deeply committed to "fundamentalist Christian values," which is intellectual chaff of the highest order, but none of this pertains to chemistry, so let's give it a rest.
Well, I wished the thread to cut off but I want to resume it now! The problem of power plants had brought us back to the Chemistry issues!!! :roll:
I think it is a good thing to sometimes discuss a little politics on this site -
because chemists usually have a very scientific education,
are unaware of wider political issues,
and then work for highly dubious multinational agri-petro-chemical-military conglomerates,
most of which are hell-bent on exploitation, armageddon and environmental catastrophe generally. (You know, little things like that lol )
If more scientists had their eyes opened to the things that their work facilitates, the planet would be a much nicer place to live for many billions of its inhabitants.
10 billion will be the maximum hold of planet earth and we have 6.5 billion already. We must have science and politics bundled together talking in order to find a safe solution for this crisis which will come in a few hundred years.
Who guessed 10 billion then?
And how much did they get paid to guess that?
Did they do it at a conference in the Bahamas...? lol
shouldn't Bush be Soros's role model? Drugs, education and still became president? BTW- thats what I figured with the power plants. Sucks to live out there eh?
I think we can both agree, I don't care for my leaders being lead by christian or any religious beliefs. Religion just causes problems and wars. I went to Catholic grad school K-8th grade. I know what they force feed people. The only decent religions exist in asia, where its more of a philosophy on how to live your life as a good person and respecting elders, and not worship some supreme creator (I think the creator is entropy, but what do I know), whom gives you guidance. Sorry chief, I'm guided by common sense and knowledge. Moral issues don't belong in government, as everyone has their own feelings on the issue.
Don't worry about the whole energy problem, as soon you'll have a generation unit similar in size and shape to a furnace. It will house a 3.5 kW solid oxide fuel cell generator which will give off 1.5 kW of hot water as a byproduct at 60% efficency from natural gas.
First of all I think the earth is capable of more than 10 billion people. Second of all, nature always finds a way to "clense itself" from overpopultion. Black Plague in europe long ago, and now AIDS in africa and India (though india won't admit it). Just imagine an Ebola outbreak in Hong Kong. Millions gone in a blink of the eye.
By the way, in the US, there are maybe 4 scientist in congress (out of 1000 of people). EVERYONE is a stupid lawyer. [b] Now wonder we can sue McDonald's for $30 million cause I dropped hot coffee on myself. Or a drug company for $100,000,000 cause my heart stopped as I was one of the .0001% that had a unforseen complications with a drug.[/b]


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I've had multiple questions about getting a run of "Mini-Gyutos" made by Butch. It would be a smaller order, but I'd be up for it if we can get some real interest. I'm thinking 6.5-7", with a heel height of approximately 45mm. Butch and I were thinking about doing these (or at least tossed the idea around), and today alone, I got three emails asking if it might be possible.
Long story short: it is very possible. What steel (as in stainless or carbon) would you prefer? What length might be best? I use mine all the time and it is 170mm, in carbon. Here's a pic of what we're talking about here. It is the template, as it were.
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This sloth is a simple cut and paste paper craft that is fun for children to make.
Sloths are one of my favorite animals. They're slow moving, funny-looking little fellows who are just as likely to be hanging upside down as standing right side up.
One of the most interesting things about sloths is that they are "homes". Because they're so slow (nobody falls off), they make great moving apartment buildings for lots of other
creatures including beetles, cockroaches, moths and fungus. Very cool (but this does mean that no matter how cute they are, I don't really want to hug a sloth -- ick)
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Local Area Attractions
Ober Gatlinburg is a ski resort and amusement park with a German cuisine restaurant and indoor skating rink.
Gatlinburg is a great step-off point for downhill snow skiing, rafting Class IV whitewater, golf, and fishing in hundreds of miles of streams. Explore Gatlinburg's unique museums, craftsmen fair, miniature golf courses and motion simulators. Enjoy go karts or bumper cars, a world-class aquarium, haunted houses, or ride the sky lift up the mountain. Everywhere you turn, you'll find plenty of things to do in Gatlinburg.
The Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail provides you with a glimpse of nearly everything the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has to see. The self-guided driving trail is a six-mile loop with numerous trailheads along the way. A short, easy trail along this loop is to Grotto Falls. The trailhead is about 1.5 miles into your drive which originates in the heart of downtown Gatlinburg.
Dollywood's Splash Country
Enjoy a day with your family in one of America's most beautiful water adventure parks. Experience 25 acres of fun including 16 thrilling water slides, 2 interactive children's areas, a 25,000 sq. ft. wave pool plus a lazy river. Open Memorial Day through Labor Day. Visit Dollywood's Splash Country online for more information.
Old Mill
This Smoky Mountain landmark still functions as it did when it was built in 1830, daily grinding thousands of pounds of grains with every turn of its giant water-powered wheel. The area surrounding the Old Mill is now known as Old Mill Square including an award winning restaurant, pottery, sculptures and old fashioned candy. Visit the Old Mill online for more information.
Smoky Mountain Car Museum
Reservations: 865-453-3433
Open for its 44th season, the car museum features Hank Williams, Jr.'s Silver Dollar Car along with the one used by James Bond, "007" in movies like "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball". The museum features a Historic Gas Pump Globe display. The museum is open from May through October.
Track Family Recreation Center
The Track Family Recreation Center is your family headquarters for fun! Our action-packed recreation center features everything from the ultimate in go-cart tracks, like our Wild Woody three-tiered go-kart/roller coaster hybrid, to big fun for little tykes at Kids Country. Challenge your friends to miniature golf at Gator Golf and splash 'em on Blaster Boats. Test your courage at our bungee jumping tower and fly high at the new SkyFlyer! See our website for 10% OFF and FREE shipping!
Veteran's Memorial Museum
Honoring our nation's veterans and their struggle for freedom, the museum displays exhibits covering World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam and more. Look for the full-size World War II P-51 Mustang.
Comedy Barn Theater
Reservations: 865-428-5222/800-295-2844
The Comedy Barn is America's funniest family variety show and guarantees a night of 1,000 laughs. We feature nationally known clean comedians, magicians, jugglers, ventriloquists and fun barnyard animal acts. Great music, too! This show is suitable for the entire family and is packed with fun, laughter, music and magic.
Country Tonite
Country Tonite is the hottest ticket in town for family entertainment. This full-scale production located in a 1500 seat multi-million dollar theatre offers a high-energy variety show with spectacular singing and dancing, hilarious comedy, heartwarming gospel, patriotic and more. From great country classics to today's top 40 country hits. Country Tonite has something for everyone!
Dixie Stampede
This action-packed dinner and show features 32 magnificent horses, beautiful southern belles, gallant heroes, incredible feats of horsemanship, and a stand to-your-feet patriotic finale. All this fun and excitement while enjoying a fabulous four-course feast. Visit the Dixie Stampede online for more information.
The Great Smoky Mountains
The Great Smoky Mountains - named for the smoke like blue-mist haze that surrounds them, is the picturesque backdrop of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Discover 500 thousand acres of Southern Appalachian wilderness on one of the oldest uplands on earth! The Smoky Mountains are 95 percent forest - home to diverse wildlife, breathtaking streams, waterfalls and flowering plants. It's no wonder millions flock to this natural wonder every year!
Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the crest of the Smoky Mountains, providing a unique experience for visitors. Entrance to the park is free and it's open year round. Smoky Mountains National Park provides 800 miles of trails for hiking and exploration. Newfound Gap Road, or US 441, is the main drive through Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Start your 26-mile cruise at the Sugarland Visitor Center in Tennessee traveling through to Oconoluftee Visitors Center in North Carolina. There are plenty of sightseeing and photo opportunities along the scenic routes.
While you're at the park, you must visit Cades Cove. (Leave your swimsuit; it's not that kind of cove!) The term "cove," in this neck of the woods, refers to a flat valley area between mountains or ridges. This area was a settlement for over a hundred years. Rich in history and wildlife, enjoy an 11-mile drive on Cades Cove Loop Road or one of the many walking tours available. Take the Old State Hwy. west off US 441 to this narrow, one-lane road. Drive carefully and enjoy the scenery!
Its outlet mall central in Pigeon Forge, which means you can't leave without at least one shopping bag. We offer discount shopping at more than 200 stores on everything under the sun, including designer clothes, athletic wear, luggage, home furnishings, crystal, china, tools, toys and more. And if you're looking for unique gift ideas, you'll love our selection of pottery, handmade quilts and other arts and crafts at dozens of specialty stores. Pigeon Forge is also home to Bell Tower Square, the South's largest year-round Christmas village. Come see why our town has been voted one of the top shopping destinations in the Southeast.
What to Do In Pigeon Forge
Speaking of a fun family vacation spot, check out Pigeon Forge with more than 40 attractions located along the city's Parkway. From miniature golf, go-carts and bumper boats to water rides, laser games and even an indoor skydiving simulator. You can rest assured that your family won't run out of things to do. Even history is fun on a Pigeon Forge family vacation with entertaining and educational exhibits, Dinosaur Walk Museum, Elvis Museum, Veterans Memorial Museum and the Smoky Mountain Car Museum. In addition to the fun-filled attractions, Pigeon Forge is home to music, magic and variety, making Pigeon Forge one of the best family vacation spots around. The city's theaters present all styles of music, high-energy dancing and magical illusions. You'll see amazing horsemanship, racing ostriches, mind-reading-pigs, fire-eaters, jugglers and the best Elvis impersonator this side of Graceland! You'll find all of this and more on the stages of Pigeon Forge, where the theaters are dedicated to presenting wholesome family entertainment. There's something for everyone. Don't miss a single moment of the fun. Experience a Pigeon Forge family vacation!
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Douglas Lake is located in the foothills northeast of Sevierville, attracting nearly two million visitors a year. Surrounded by mountains and rolling hills, Douglas Lake offers a variety of activities year-round such as boating, swimming and fishing. Fish species include bass, crappie and minnow. Birdwatchers enjoy the fall migration of shore birds, wading birds, and other waterfowl that flock to Douglas from late July to early October.
The Memorial Riverwalk Trail is a one-mile path along the west branch of the Little Pigeon River in Sevierville.
Foothills Parkway Attractions
The Foothills Parkway is a scenic highway planned back in the 1930s. Following the crest of Chilhowee Mountain, the Scenic Foothills Parkway West begins at U.S. 321, and travels to the Chilhowee Reservoir.
Chilhowee Mountain traces the line of the Great Smokies Fault, the tectonic plate that created these mountains in volcanic upheavals millions of years ago. Fossils are missing from most of the area rocks because these mountains formed before hard-bodied plants and animals developed.
Look Rock is an off-the-beaten path destination just off the Parkway. The observation ledge looks out across the valley to Gregory Bald on the right and Thunderhead on the left. The 1.2-mile trail leads to an even more commanding view from a lookout tower atop the mountain.
Chilhowee Lake lies at the end of the Foothills Parkway in the western corner of the Park. Ideal for fishing, this mountain lake contains trout, bass, crappie and bluegill. Canoeing is also a popular activity.
Golfing in the Great Smoky Mountains is reminiscent of the Scottish Highlands where the game originated 200 years ago. This magnificent setting attracts golfers drawn by our scenic beauty and pleasant four-season climate, but the primary attraction to mountain golf are lush fairways, sprawling bent grass greens, cool breezes, and a gently undulating terrain. Nearly 20 golf courses are located nearby.
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
www.nps.gov/grsm/ Named for the smoke like blue-mist haze that surrounds them. Discover 500 thousand acres of Southern Appalachian wilderness. The Smoky Mountains are 95 percent forest, where diverse wildlife, beautiful streams, waterfalls and flowering plants live.


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Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq
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Kurdistan markets itself as "The Other Iraq" to businesses and tourists, and right now, antiquities-obsessed travelers are following hot trails to the region's numerous important archaeological sites. Highlights include Neanderthal graves in Shanidar Cave near the Great Zab River; the 7,000-year-old Neolithic village of Jarno; Assyrian bull reliefs carved into the Bavian Gorge; St. Matthew's Monastery on Mount Macqloub; and holy places of the Yezidi, an ancient Kurdish sect blending elements of Christianity, Islam, and Indo-Iranian religions.
Know the backstory:
The Kurdish region of Iraq has remained peaceful amid the current unrest elsewhere in Iraq and the Middle East, in part because the region was declared a self-ruled "federal entity" under the 2005 Iraqi constitution. Kurdistan was spared the brunt of the 2003 U.S. invasion and the ShiaSunni violence of the south, but the region suffered greatly during the IranIraq War in the 1980s, when Saddam Hussein's forces used chemical weapons on the Kurdish people, destroyed 2,000 villages, and killed nearly 60,000 people.
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The Maryland-size region is easily accessible by air from Dubai, but a fully developed modern infrastructurenotably, international ATMs and sufficient public restroomsis still in the works. Tourist visas for 10-day stays are issued at the Turkish border and Erbil International Airport. Opened in January 2011 in the ancient city of Erbil, the Erbil Rotana, Kurdistan's first five-star hotel, has reliable Internet, a heated outdoor pool, five restaurants, and a spa. Two more luxury hotels, the Divan Erbil and Le Royal Park, are due to open in the Kurdish capital by the end of 2011.
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Brad's Raw Foods is in search of an experienced Quality Assurance Manager to join our team. This position will oversee, direct and manage the quality control function, working with R&D and cross-functional teams to ensure highly disciplined compliance with products and process quality parameters and standards.
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So you guys are also thinking what I am thinking right. Nargis Fakhri, yes the same girl who wore cardigans over churidaars in her debut film 'Rockstar' is the new fashion diva in town. The lady is leaving no stones unturned to dress up to a T. But she really needs to change it up as most of the times she is seen donning sheath dresses, a little boring though safe.
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