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Bark at The K event set for October 3
In conjunction with MetroPet Magazine, the Royals are hosting the second annual Bark at The K event at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, October 3 when the Royals close out the 2010 season with a 1:10 p.m. matinee against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Proceeds from the event benefit the Greater Kansas City Humane Society, Half Way Home Pet Adoptions and Wayside Waifs. All three charities will offer adoptions during the event.
A limited number of ticket packages for Bark at The K are available for purchase at www.royals.com/bark. A Bark at The K ticket package includes two tickets (one human ticket and one canine ticket), a Royals dog bowl (pictured above), and a donation to the designated charities. Fans may purchase a ticket package for $25 as well as additional human tickets for $15 each (maximum six additional tickets). Additional ticket purchases also include a donation to the designated charities. Seats will be located in Field Box sections 107-109 and Field Plaza sections 206-209.
Bark at The K begins when the gates open at 11:30 a.m., and all Bark at The K tickets must be purchased in advance by Friday, October 1. Tickets may be picked up on the day of the event only at a special "Bark at The K" will call table located outside of Gate A at Kauffman Stadium beginning at 11:00 a.m. No tickets will be mailed or available for pickup in advance.
Discounted group tickets of 20 or more may be purchased by calling (816) 504-4390. Season Ticket Holders that already have game tickets may contact the club's Ticket Service staff at (816) 504-4040 – option 3 or email@example.com for more information on purchasing package items.
A dog park will be set up outside Gate A for the event. Each dog in attendance must have a canine ticket and be accompanied by an "owner." Fans with two or more dogs must have an additional "owner" accompanying the additional canine. Fans purchasing a Bark at The K package must agree to terms of a waiver on www.royals.com/bark and will also be asked to sign a waiver prior to entering the event.
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Day 16: Purge Your Pantry
If you plan to eat healthy don't tempt yourself with unhealthy items lurking in the pantry. Get a garbage bag and start tossing. You can donate unopened items. Check the first three ingredients and toss the food if any of the first ingredients are sugar or they end in "ose" or "ol."
If it ends in "ose" it is an added sugar full of empty calories. Exceptions are naturally occurring sugars in milk and fructose found in fruit and vegetables.
If it ends in "ol" theses are sugar alcohols chemically different from regular sugars- meaning they can be included in products labeled "sugar-free." While sugar alcohols are lower in calories, they can be just as fattening when consumed in large quantities.
Day 17: Pledge to never be Hungry!
You don't have to starve yourself to lose weight or stay thin. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Eating small meals and snacks every couple of hours will keep you feeling satisfied and keep your metabolism churning. So make sure you have snacks prepared for the week. Here are some low calorie, pre-packaged, and nutritious snacks for people on the go. You can find all of these online and they all come in single serving packs so you don't over indulge. Just throw them in your bag and go!
-Crum Creek Mills Soy Nut Mix- pumpkin and sunflowers seeds with raisins and chocolate
-Justin's Nut Butter- just squeeze a single-size portion of honey peanut butter with a banana
-Blue Diamond Almonds- a handful of almonds laced with wasabi and soy sauce or barbecued
-Cat Cora's Kitchen/ Gaea Olive Snack Pack- This is a great snack when you need something different for your tastebuds. Plump olives in peppy flavors including oregano, chili, and pepper.
Day 18: Take the Right Pills
There are so many vitamins and supplements out there it's hard to navigate the health isle these days. Three pills good for almost anyone are: a multivitamin, calcium with magnesium, and vitamin D. A recent discovery that seems to work for my low back pain? Willow bark! It contains salicin, and anti-inflammatory agent that's similar to the active ingredient in aspirin.
Day 19: Pass the Popcorn!
I love popcorn so much I received a popcorn maker twice as a gift. Air popping is best, but if you don't have one at home you can buy a bag of air-popped popcorn at almost any store now, OR- check this out- put a quarter cup of kernels in a paper lunch bag and fold over the top. Microwave on high for about 2 minutes or until the kernels stop popping. Then coat the popcorn with cooking spray and sprinkle on cinnamon or garlic salt and you have a 90-100 calorie snack of 3 cups of popcorn. The same as just 9 potato chips.

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19 comments:
- brookie said...
We always make these when we go camping and my mother inlaw could never remember what to call them so she innocently starting calling them "banana hammocks". The name has stuck! Try them with cut in half Rolos. It is to die for.
- August 10, 2010 at 6:04 AM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
Ha-Ha!! I love it -- Banana Hammocks! : )
- August 10, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- Montessori For Learning said...
How yummy! My son loves bananas, but is getting tired of the same old way I fix them... this is going to be a definite plan this weekend!
- August 10, 2010 at 9:21 AM
- Deanna said...
Sounds like a fantastic after school snack...we will definitely try it!
- August 10, 2010 at 9:52 AM
- jen at paintcutpaste.com said...
oooh, and it's gluten free! i'm so all over this one! yum! thanks for the sweet idea!
- August 10, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Rebecca said...
Um... WOW!
- August 10, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- Amy said...
I've done this camping, but never thought to do it with the grill or in the oven at home. I will have to try it. I bet the kids will love it!
- August 10, 2010 at 6:20 PM
- Julie Bagamary said...
YUM - never heard of this but YUM!!
- August 10, 2010 at 7:53 PM
- Jennifer said...
Oh MY! This is a must try!!! Yummy my mouth is watering just looking at these pictures. I also love to cut up banana, drizzle with honey and then microwaver for a few seconds...mmmmm
- August 10, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- Amie Plumley said...
I totally remember making them as a girl scout - great memory! I'm also thinking I could make these in my classroom - right?
- August 10, 2010 at 9:54 PM
- Phyl said...
OMG These sound HEAVENLY!
The other night, by a campfire, my 21 year old son invented a new twist on the s'more. He put peanut butter on the graham cracker, stuck on some sliced bananas, put the toasted marshmallow on top, then added the chocolate and the other graham cracker. YUM. Must have been 1000 calories, but he's so skinny he could eat a whole bunch of them!
- August 10, 2010 at 10:06 PM
- Bending Birches said...
sounds delish! thanks for sharing!
- August 10, 2010 at 10:35 PM
- Lindsay said...
I first learned how to mae these way back in my Girl Scout days around the campfire. We called them Banana Boats. Still one of my favorites!
- August 10, 2010 at 11:28 PM
- Michelle said...
I recently received a blog award and wanted to pass it along to you! You blog has been a wonderful source of creativity and fun for my four year old daughter and myself. Thank you for your posts!
- August 11, 2010 at 12:35 AM
- VeggieThoughts said...
I absolutely love your blog! I'm a SAHM too, and also have a background in art (music). I just started a brand new blog about starting to become green myself, and it's definitely not been easy, but I'm up to the challenge! I look forward to reading more!
- August 11, 2010 at 3:36 PM
- Laura said...
We are definitely trying this one!!! And I am laughing at the leaving the grill on overnight and leaking all the gas out - been there, done that!
- August 11, 2010 at 10:33 PM
- Hannah said...
I made these a few weeks ago and they were a huge it! I found the recipe in a newspaper insert while waiting at a car dealership. It had suggested making these while camping, but I think they're just as fun to do at home!
- August 12, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- Lindsay said...
Mouth is watering over here! Hmm do I have everything to make these for dessert tonight ;-)
- August 12, 2010 at 4:03 PM
- Val in the Rose Garden said...
That looks amazing! We will have to try that as we have everything left over from S'mores from our camping trip. Thanks for the inspiration today. I have been really sick so it helps a lot to have kid friendly ideas right now. <3
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News from the medical industry shows that the American Medical Association or AMA is working with private health insurers to lower the rates of medical billing errors within the American healthcare system. For a while now, the AMA has been talking about a collaborative effort to make medical billing more efficient, and it seems that this initiative is starting to pay off, according to this year's National Health Insurers Report Card, an annual report released by the AMA to document national trends.
Overall Error Rates for Medical Claims
The new report shows inaccuracies for private health insurer payments dropping from nearly 20% in 2011 to just under 10% in 2012. The AMA claims that this 50% reduction has saved the industry over $8 billion, and that there's a lot more potential for improvement. In a press release this month, AMA Board Chairman Robert M. Wah is quoted as saying that first-time accuracy in medical claim payments "saves precious healthcare dollars and frees physicians from needless administrative tasks" – that's the idea behind these sorts of efforts to increase accuracy. These improvements help physician offices manage revenue cycles, while they also help you to understand your financial responsibility and contribute to greater transparency in the healthcare market.
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The National Health Insurer Report Card also provide some other assessments of this year's trends within the medical industry. While the report shows improved response times for medical claim payments, and indicates greater transparency by health insurance companies, it also shows that medical claim denials are now on the rise. The AMA sites a prior decline between 2008 and 2011 that was reversed this year with an increase of nearly 70%. This increase, according to the AMA report, was across the board, as all major insurers declined many more claims than they had the previous year. Denials will be an issue that third party medical advocates and others will continue to evaluate in order to make sure that you are getting a fair shake when it comes to your healthcare costs.
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Sharapova was appearing in her third straight WTA final, having lost to Serena
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Li fell to 7-10 all-time in finals, including 1-2 this year. She won the
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"With the spring season right around the corner, now is the perfect time to consider planting a garden of your own or combining efforts with others to establish a community garden," said Melissa Stewart, extension specialist for agriculture and natural resources. "Community gardens are wonderful for uniting residents to work together toward achieving a common goal."
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Access to decent, safe, and affordable housing remains a tremendous challenge for adults with severe mental illnesses. Unfortunately, in virtually every part of the United States people with severe mental illnesses struggle to find good-quality housing they can afford. Many people with the most severe and disabling mental illnesses also need access to appropriate services and supports so that they can successfully live in community-based housing, which promotes their independence and dignity.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and many state and local agencies responsible for administering our nation's affordable-housing system do little to alleviate this struggle to access community-based housing and supports. Historically, HUD has made little effort to understand the real implications and bitter reality of recent federal housing policies -- policies that have reduced the federally subsidized housing units available to people with severe mental illnesses and other disabilities.
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Current housing policies were enacted by Congress in 1992 and 1996 to permit public and assisted-housing providers to designate housing as "elderly only." People with disabilities and their advocates understand that Congress must replace the hundreds of thousands of units of federally subsidized housing no longer available to people with disabilities, including people with severe mental illnesses.
HUD has also failed to preserve and adequately fund the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities program, which was designed to provide housing and supports to people with severe disabilities. But for the efforts of a few leaders in Congress, an increasing number of adults with severe mental illnesses would continue to live at home with aging parents or in substandard housing.
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In 2000, Congress also maintained funding for homeless-assistance programs under the McKinney-Vento Act at $1.02 billion and established a new $90-million account to ensure that all expiring rent subsidies under the Shelter Plus Care program are renewed in future years.
Shelter Plus Care (part of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) is a critical resource for helping states and communities fund permanent housing and supportive services for homeless individuals with severe mental illnesses. This new account at HUD will ensure that formerly homeless tenants in Shelter Plus Care housing will not be at risk of losing their housing.
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NAMI supports HUD programs that finance permanent housing and public mental heath programs that fund supportive services to assist formerly homeless tenants in these settings.
Finally, NAMI continues to work with allies in the disability community to oppose legislative proposals intended to scale back the existing protections in the Fair Housing Act that bar discriminatory zoning and the land-use policies that restrict placement of group homes and shared living arrangements in the community.


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May 31, 2016
Jackson school officials say the current structure of their alternative school may not be appropriate for expelled students. A new program gives these students another alternative, while fostering a safe school environment.
Jackson Public schools are creating a safe school for expelled students. The school will be held at night starting on March 1. School officials say there will be about five students attending these classes.
They say it's just one more way to keep the school and community safe. The principal of Jackson High Schools says when these students are off the streets everyone is safer.
This change goes along with other first year changes for the high school. This year, the high school closed the campus for lunch, made students wear ID badges and installed 60 cameras throughout the school.
Last school year, Jackson High had 769 suspensions and three expulsions.
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Hey BSHP -
You're right, I'm looking at the masshshockey.com "women's overall" rankings. I agree that both Belmont & Walpole s/b ranked higher. I think Jim Clarke may be from Duxbury; if you read his ranking criteria and then look at the cupcake schedule that Duxbury and their D2 opponents play (looks like he is taking advantage of a "adjustments" component of rankings formula and giving it some heavy weighting!). Go Pats!


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Can you please come back to
Can you please come back to new zealand! You have so many fans! :)
What happened with Mike's
What happened with Mike's photos? Has he sttopped using Instagram? :(
Well! You guys are just
Well! You guys are just awesome! You know well how to entertain even the fags around the world! Your true fans have great expetations and you always prove yourself! Just please tell me if you really read all this! I mean if you do, I would be the happiest motherfucker around cause I love you and billie joe!
#TakeCare! (y)
I want nothing more than to
I want nothing more than to know the real lyrics to Sweet Children and Strangeland. Your link on Google claims there are lyrics on this site but I can't seem to find them. It's probably really obvious but is there anyway someone can tell me how to locate the lyrics on the site. or just give me the official lyrics to both of those songs.
When is GreenDay coming to
When is GreenDay coming to England!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When will Green Day come to
When will Green Day come to Indonesia?
Hi! When is ''like sunday
Hi! When is ''like sunday like rain'' coming out?
I love GreenDay.com but I
I love GreenDay.com but I thing you should get stuff shiped over to the UK because evry thing I want to buy i can not because its only in America. So basicly you can order stuff and have it shiped over to the UK!
hello everyone! can someone
hello everyone! can someone tell when the "like sunday like rain" will be released?
I have read that anybody
I have read that anybody knows it yet, but I don't know if it's going to be released in Europe... :( I think that this website will tell us everything about the film!
Kisses from Spain :D
thnxs for replying to me.:) i
thnxs for replying to me.:) i think nobody knows about the movie because they are filming it now. we will learn when the trailer comes out.
goodbye from greece :)
Hey im propably one of your
Hey im propably one of your youngest members and i waswondering when you were having a concert in the area of Chicago. I am a HUGE fan and your my favorite band. In fact i acctually drew you guys each person took a day if you would like to see it ill be happy to show you. Thanks for being awesome and never stop even if my dad says so. <3
- Christina
Hi there, I´m writing from
Hi there, I´m writing from Brazil willing to attend to Greed Day Concert overseas between June 20th to 21st and from July 15th to 25th. When will you make public Green Day Concert agenda for June & July? My daughter is a huge fan and I´m planning to surprise her for her 15th anniversary. Thanks !!!
Congratulations on 20 years
Congratulations on 20 years anniversay Dookie. Just read the article in RS, great stuff. As good as as Dookie is, Warning is probably my favorite. Saw you guys at Temple last year, come back soon!
Hi!! Today it's my 18
Hi!! Today it's my 18 birthday! And do you know which has been my favourite present? A drawing of Green Day! One of my friends has done it for me, and I started crying when she gave it to me at school. My Maths teacher came and told me ''Are you OK?'' XD Thanks for being my favourite music band <3
to billie joe armstrong you
to billie joe armstrong you are my idol even through im only 13 i want to start a band just like yours you are my favorite out of the band members and i devote my life and soul to your music you are very great your friend holly keep on rocking
Happy Fucking Birthday Billie
Happy Fucking Birthday Billie Joe Mexico Love´s U Mother Fucker ! I Love You !
Well , this is my first time
Well , this is my first time on GreenDay.com , and i just sign up today . I dont know if you guys will ever read this but well , first off Happy Birthday Billie Joe , your my #1 idol , a man who teached me what punk is all about . Its about doing things your own way . Your my idol when it comes to not caring what everyone else thinks , you and along the other band members of Green Day teached me that its all about being who you are and not letting others tell me what to do or what to be . Im my own person thanks to you .Your history is well reflected on your music and i think that shows amazing talent . You made me learned the true meaning of music , and being a true punk rocker . Your a legend , and amazing and talented musician and songwritter , Green Day honestly isnt just ay ordinary band for me , not a band that makes crappy hardcore records that dont make sense , you guys make songs that inspire people . What really showed me is that I cant change the wind but i can set my sails . I hope one day i get to meet Green Day in person , and go to my first Green Day concert . I have so much respect for you guys , Thank You .
Amazing and welcome! :D
Amazing and welcome! :D
Why do you all have such a
Why do you all have such a good speech?)))
Happy Birthday Billie-Joe
Happy Birthday Billie-Joe hope you had a fab day
Blessings forever too you
H x
Happy birthday , much
Happy birthday , much success to you always!!! 1000 kisses and come back soon to Brazil.
Happy birthday Billie!! Two
Happy birthday Billie!! Two years ago since I met you!! Oh my God, and now you are 42 XD
I hope you will have an awesome day with your family and friends, and never forget what I'm going to tell you: be happy, stay strong and the most important thing, continue doing this and playing music. I don't know if you know it, but with this job you are helping millions of people all around the world to smile in their bad moments, to overcome their diseases, and, why not, to have reasons to continue living. And they are not the only reasons, there are millions!! Every idiot has their own reason to smile when they see you. Mine are endless. Rage and love from Spain: <3
RAQUEL (Rachel in English XD)
You said so fucking good!
You said so fucking good!
Thanks! :'3
Thanks! :'3
Please come to SEYCHELLES! :3
Please come to SEYCHELLES! :3 No musicians ever come here! It would be so cool if you'd come here :3 please! xoxo
Happy Birthday Mr. Billie Joe
Happy Birthday Mr. Billie Joe Armstrong!!!! Wish you all the best and thank you for all the great times we all have with your Band.......Love you and keep on rockin
Feliz cumpleaños Billie Joe!
Feliz cumpleaños Billie Joe! desde aca en Venezuela te mando felicitaciones y espero puedas View this Mensaje y bueno me encantaria ver a Green Day algun dia en concierto ... espero paSES cumpleaños súper ONU, desde de aqui te mando mil felicidades! TE AMO! <3
So, I don't know if you will
So, I don't know if you will read my message or not but I'll write it all the same. So: Hello, my name's Héloïse, I'm French (sorry for the English mistakes) ans I'm 15. I know Green Day since I was 8 but I really began to enjoy it only one year ago. The 9th December 2012 exactly (happy birthday Tré). And it was a revelation. This band is just FUCKIN' AWESOME !!! I crazy about you, you're always there in my mind no matter how I feel. I don't know how I did to live without you all this time. D'you know my bigger dream ?? MEET BILLIE JOE !!!! My best Xmas present is a t-shirt where Billie's singing. I wear it all the time, I can't sleep without it ^^ (I know, I'm a baby). I love you and I will give my heart and soul in order to make you come in France. all lot of kisssssses from France, I hope my wishes will come true....


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First look at AFC champion Baltimore Ravens
How they got here
The Ravens defense got healthy at the right time with inside linebacker Ray Lewis, outside linebacker Terrell Suggs and strong safety Bernard Pollard all back for the postseason. But it was the offense that overcame the brink of elimination two weeks ago in Denver. With less than 45 seconds left in regulation, Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco hit wide receiver Jacoby Jones on a game-tying 70-yard touchdown in Denver. Baltimore won in double-overtime, pushing them to the conference championship game. The defense held New England scoreless in the second half, and Flacco stayed hot to advance the Ravens to the Super Bowl.
What they like to do on offense
New offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell has done a nice job of mixing things up, getting running backs Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce involved behind fullback Vonta Leach, a true lead blocker. With wide receivers Torrey Smith and Jones stretching the field and more targets like wide receiver Anquan Boldin and tight end Dennis Pitta working more underneath, this is a dynamic group when Flacco is rolling, as he's been.
What they like to do on defense
It's all about being physical and forcing turnovers. No play was more indicative of that than when Pollard forced a fourth-quarter fumble on Patriots running back Stevan Ridley last week, which ultimately led to a touchdown that made it a two-score game. Baltimore has forced eight turnovers in three postseason games. The 2.7 average leads all playoff teams.
Three players to watch on offense
Joe Flacco, QB: A strong playoff run continued against the Patriots when Flacco outperformed Tom Brady, pushing his totals to eight touchdowns with no interceptions. He's averaged 16.7 yards per completion, the first playoff quarterback to average that many yards while attempting at least 30 passes a game since Doug Flutie averaged 17.1 yards with the 1998 Bills.
Bryant McKinnie, OT: The left tackle will draw 49ers defensive end Justin Smith and outside linebacker Aldon Smith. San Francisco's entire front seven will be a challenge for an offensive line that has done a good job protecting Flacco in the playoffs, allowing only four sacks with five other quarterback hits.
Bernard Pierce, RB: Rice is obviously the workhorse in the backfield, but Pierce has been a successful change of pace. Over the past seven games, the rookie third-round pick from Temple has rushed for the same number of first downs — 17 — as Rice and averaged 6.0 yards per carry. Rice averaged 4.2 yards in that same span.
Three players to watch on defense
Ray Lewis, LB: It's not just imminent retirement that makes the linebacker an obvious watch here. It's the fact the Ravens defense has been on the field an inordinate 271 snaps during these three playoff games, and following a 10-game absence, the 37-year-old has yet to miss one.
Ed Reed, S: There is no question who Colin Kaepernick's favorite target is. Since the 49ers quarterback was named the starter in Week 11, wide receiver Michael Crabtree has been targeted on 84 passes. Tight end Vernon Davis is the closest on the team with 34 targets. Reed will be anticipating action to Crabtree all game.
Pernell McPhee, DE: Quietly, the second-year defensive end is having a strong postseason. He deflected a pair of passes in the conference title game and added three quarterback hurries. He and all of the team's edge players will have to do a good job containing the athleticism of Kaepernick, who can bend a corner if outside contain breaks.
The Ravens can win if they …
Baltimore knows the recipe. It's brought a physicality on defense and efficiency on offense, forcing eight turnovers while committing three. The success has masked some deficiencies elsewhere, like a defense that has failed to consistently get off the field on third down. In two games, the San Francisco offense has a 52.6 percent third-down rate with just two giveaways. Baltimore must win the turnover battle.


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In this article I will describe a technique with Tivoli Federated Identity Manager for including attributes in an single sign-on (SSO) assertion that come from a business application at runtime. This example will be in the context of IDP-initiated SAML 1.1 SSO using WebSEAL as the point of contact but the pattern is not restricted to that protocol. Typically when performing SSO from an identity provider to a service provider the attributes included in the assertion come from the user's credential (identity attributes) or are looked up from a user registry or database in an identity mapping rule written in Javascript or Java at the IDP. On more than one occasion now I've been asked how to include attributes in an SSO assertion that may only be know to, generated by or discovered by a business app at runtime within the context of the current user session. A trivial example that we will use in this demonstration is to include the session id of the application server that the business app is running on. I know this is fairly useless data, but it is a piece of data known only at runtime to the business app itself.
One way that this could be approached is to create a database and from the business app store the data to be included in the SAML assertion in the database, keyed on the userid. Then the mapping rule used at TFIM during SSO operations can lookup the database based on the userid (which is available during SSO). There are two issues with this approach. First, the database management is an overhead that requires lifecycle management, but more importantly the user id is not unique to the business application session - if the web access system permits a user to have more than one active session then the userid is not unique enough to use as a key.
To solve the database issue we will instead make use of a TFIM trust chain, and in that chain use an API available to TFIM mapping rules to store data in a distributed cache available to the TFIM WebSphere cluster. To solve the cache key problem we will use the WebSEAL session id which is contained within an attribute of the user's TAM credential and can be made available to both the business application and the TFIM mapping module used in SSO operations. Pictorially the solution looks like this:
The sequence is:
- 1. The application decides SSO is to be initiated and the SAML assertion must include business attributes that the application knows.
- 2. The application calls a custom chain at the TFIM STS sending an STSUniversalUser (a simple XML token) which contains the user's current WebSEAL session ID and the attributes to remember.
- 3. The mapping rule in the custom chain calls the TFIM utility function IDMappingExtUtils.getIDMappingExtCache().put(key, data, lifetime) to store the attributes for a short period (say 20 seconds). The cache entry lifetime need only be short since the business app is now going to redirect directly to TFIM where the entry will be read again and after that it is no longer needed.
- 4. The business application redirects the user's browser to the standard TFIM IDP-initiated SSO URL for the federation and partner in use.
- 5. TFIM is invoked to perform SSO which in turns calls the TFIM STS to build the SAML assertion.
- 6. A TFIM mapping rule configured for the federation or partner has access to the WebSEAL session ID from the STSUU generated as part of the SSO operation and retrieves the attributes from the cache using IDMappingExtUtils.getIDMappingExtCache().get(key). These attributes are used to populate the SAML assertion's AttributeList.
- 7. SSO is triggered to the partner in the normal fashion (e.g. browser-POST or browser-artifact).
Solution Components
To help you implement this scenario I have provided a few downloadable source code examples including:
Configuring and Testing the Scenario
You should create a custom STS chain in TFIM with structure:
- STSUU(validate)
- Map(use the first mapping rule listed above)
- STSUU(issue)
Other properties of the custom chain should look like those shown in this picture (they must match the configuration for the STS client built into the demo business app):
Your SAML partner configuration should use the second javascript mapping rule shown in the example above.
The way I tested this scenario was to install the example business app on the same WebSphere server as TFIM - but this is absolutely not a requirement. Be sure to modify the configuration properties at the top of the index.jsp file contained in the application to match your environment including the connection properties to your TFIM server, and the SSO URL for triggering SSO to your SAML partner.
You also to ensure that the business application (index.jsp in the sample ear) received the tagvalue_user_session_id attribute from the TAM credential as a HTTP header. To do this I used the following TAM administration command:
pdadmin> object modify /WebSEAL/your_webseal_object/your_junction set attribute HTTP-Tag-Value user_session_id=user_session_id
Note that in the above command your_webseal_object should be for the WebSEAL server in your environment. Do "object list /WebSEAL" if you don't know what it is. Also your_junction should be the junction to the WebSphere running the business application (this could be the /FIM junction for example if the EAR is running on the TFIM server like it was when I tested the scenario).
The result of running the scenario is that the SAML assertion generated as part of the SSO to the partner included the business attributes that the index.jsp puts into the STSUU before calling the TFIM STS.
And, as I wrap up this article, I just thought of some other techniques if your business app is not behind WebSEAL and doesn't have access to the user_session_id. You could easily generate your own "lookup key" in the business app instead of using the WebSEAL session id, then include that key in the TARGET parameter of the redirect to the TFIM SSO URL. This will be available to your TFIM IDP mapping rule in the STSUU as well, and you could unmarshall the query string and extract the lookup key from there. There are lots of options - you just have to keep thinking!


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I have just had the following email generated for one of my staff, I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on this as I can't seem to find a resolve on the internet
Thankyou in advance.
This e-mail was generated for technical support purposes.
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If Lucca would have had an average day, the Clones would have won. I guess he kept the streak alive?
Lucca chokes
he is HOT or he is COLD, no average with him. Also he didn't have many open shots, partly due to him and partly due to the offense of standing around.
I'm sorry, we're a better team with Boozer on the floor in place of Staiger. Our comeback in the second half came with Lucca on the bench. Boozer plays physical, gets rebounds, gives the team energy by flying all over the court - all the thing Lucca does not. He runs around on the court like he's 50 years old.
We got very little from DG, Peterson, and Lucca. I refuse to put a lot of blame on Lucca for this one. Sure, he didn't play well but he wasn't alone.
Originally Posted by Drive4cy
We got very little from DG, Peterson, and Lucca. I refuse to put a lot of blame on Lucca for this one. Sure, he didn't play well but he wasn't alone.
I agree, you can't blame just one guy for this loss. If Petey could guard Collins, if DG didn't have as many turnovers, if if if...
Not a whole lot of open looks at all for Lucca. KU is not a team that he will generally get a lot of points with since they don't collapse as much down low. Big reason for CB going for 42. Too many other things that didn't go well to pin this on Lucca.
Exaggeration is a BILLION times worse than understating.
Lucca looked like he was gimping a little bit and his leg was a tad tender. They had him stifled most of the game.
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It was both Lucca and DG. We needed better days out of both.
Originally Posted by CrossCyed
It was both Lucca and DG. We needed better days out of both.
I agree. BTW, is the team coached to give shot-fakes??? Morningstar was up on Lucca so tight, all he would have had to do was give a few shot-fakes and Morningstar would have been up in the air, and Lucca could have driven right by for a shorter jump shot...
The only people you can't blame are Brackins and Vanderbeken. Everyone else needed to step up and didn't.
Maybe I'm ignorant, but I still can't figure out why Bryan starts every game. He's really not much of an offensive threat. In my opinion, we don't need more people who are outside threats. I think we are really missing someone who is a threat to drive, like Stinson was.
He was awful today
Originally Posted by cyclonemaniac7
Maybe I'm ignorant, but I still can't figure out why Bryan starts every game.
Maybe because he has heart. Really, outside of Petersen and Brackins, who else on our team looks desperate to win?
Originally Posted by Tornado man
Maybe because he has heart. Really, outside of Petersen and Brackins, who else on our team looks desperate to win?
I agree that Petersen showed heart. I hate to see people ripping on him because he always plays hard and rebounds very well for his size. He would be fine if he was asked to do what he can do.
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I need someone to rep Linden for me from another thread, he's a boss.
Originally Posted by CycloneRulzzz
Nice close in the troll thread Linden. You are the Mariano Rivera of CF. We just hit Enter Sandman and Linden comes in takes care of business.
The problem with Lucca today was that he was forcing up shots.. as if it was his duty to shoot a 3 if the ball came to him. He's had some awesome nights, but he's gotta plant his feet and square up if he wants to be in any way consistent. The fact that he can occasionally hit those hard 3's is nice, but nobody will be that consistent out there if they're forcing it with someone in their face.
What he needs to learn from today, is to take advantage of people noticing him. Do a fake, take a step to the left or right.. something.
The other problem is that, when Lucca get's passed the ball, nobody drives. Somebody is going to run out to guard him, because God forbid if he's open. That'll most likely leave space in the middle where somebody needs to drive, so that Lucca can shot-fake, and then toss the ball inside.
Yes, Lucca was stone cold today and sometimes that happens, but certainly a lot better decisions could have been made in terms of shot choice. (Also, Lucca wasn't exactly alone in this.. although it was about half and half with other people either being ice cold and their shots looking horrific -- Hamilton -- or taking inappropriate 3's or otherwise heavily contested jump shots. )
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Community Thanksgiving
(Le Mars) -- Thanksgiving is a time to offer our blessings. Tradition dictates that we celebrate by feasting on turkey, stuffing, potatoes, side dishes, and a variety of desserts, that often includes pumpkin pie.
Several volunteers from local churches are busy preparing for the Community Thanksgiving meal which will be served from the Rejoice Church Thursday between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Donna Britcher cooridinates the project.
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Britcher says it takes about one hundred volunteers in order to feed the expected 700 plus people. Britcher says the Community Thanksgiving started seven years ago, with the idea to offer a Thanksgiving meal to those that have no family, or to shut-ins, but she says it has expanded.
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The meal is free of charge. If you would like a Thanksgiving meal delivered to your home, simply call the Rejoice Church at 548-4430.
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This memorandum is part of a continuing series of human rights reportsprepared by the staff of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
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Helsinki Commission materials related to Armenia
Numerous international documents, including those adopted by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), establish freedom of expression as a fundamental right. The right to free speech, however, is not absolute. Consistent with international law, certain kinds of speech, such as obscenity, may be prohibited or regulated. When governments restrict speech, however, those restrictions must be consistent with their international obligations and commitments; for example, the restrictions must be necessary in a democratic country and proscribed by law.
Criminal defamation and "insult" laws are often defended as necessary to prevent alleged abuses of freedom of expression. They are not, however, consistent with OSCE norms and their use constitutes an infringement on the fundamental right to free speech.
Criminal Defamation Laws
All individuals, including public officials, have a legitimate right to protect their reputations if untruthful statements have been made about them. Untrue statements which damage a person's reputation constitute defamation. Oral defamation is known as slander; defamation in writing or other permanent forms such as film is libel. In some instances, criminal codes make defamation of public officials, the nation, or government organs a discreet offense, as distinct from defamation of a person.
Truthful statements--as well as unverifiable statements of opinion--are not legally actionable as defamation. Indeed, the European Court of Human Rights has held that public officials must tolerate a greater degree of criticism than private individuals: "The limits of acceptable criticism are accordingly wider as regards a politician as such than as regards a private individual. Unlike the latter, the former inevitably and knowingly lays himself open to close scrutiny of his every word and deed by both journalists and the public at large, and he must consequently display a greater degree of tolerance." (Lingens v. Austria, Eur. Ct. H.R., 1986.)
Criminal defamation laws are those which establish criminal sanctions for defamation. Those sanctions may include imprisonment, fines, and prohibitions on writing. Individuals convicted of defamation in a criminal proceeding and sentenced to suspended prison terms may be subjected to the threat of immediate imprisonment if, for example, they violate an order not to publish. The existence of a criminal record may also have other social and legal consequences. In a criminal defamation case, state law enforcement agents (police and prosecutors)--using taxpayer money--investigate and prosecute the alleged defamation on behalf of the complainant.
It is sometimes argued that criminal defamation laws are necessary to achieve the legitimate goal of providing the victims of defamation with redress. But general laws against libel and slander, embodied in civil codes, provide private persons as well as public officials the opportunity to seek redress, including damages, for alleged defamation. In such cases, the plaintiff and defendant stand in court as equals. Accordingly, specific criminal laws prohibiting defamation are unnecessary.
"Insult" Laws
"Insult" laws make offending the "honor and dignity" of public officials (e.g., the President), government offices (e.g., the Constitutional Court), national institutions, and/or the "state" itself punishable. Unlike defamation laws, truth is not a defense to a charge of insult. Accordingly, insult laws are often used to punish the utterance of truthful statements, as well as opinions, satire, invective, and even humor.
Although insult laws and criminal defamation laws both punish speech, significant differences exist between them. Defamation laws are intended to provide a remedy against false assertions of fact. Truthful statements, as well as opinion, are not actionable. The use of civil laws to punish defamation is permissible under international free speech norms. The use of criminal sanctions to punish defamation, however, chills free speech, is subject to abuse (through the use of state law enforcement agents), and is inconsistent with international norms. In contrast, recourse to any insult law, whether embodied in a civil or a criminal code, is inconsistent with international norms.
Their Use Today
At one time, almost all OSCE countries had criminal defamation and insult laws. Over time, these laws have been repealed, invalidated by courts, or fallen into disuse in many OSCE participating States. Unfortunately, many criminal codes contained multiple articles punishing defamation and insult. Thus, even when parliaments and courts have acted, they have sometimes failed to remove all legal prohibitions against insult or all criminal sanctions for defamation. In communist countries and other anti-democratic regimes, such laws are often used to target political opponents of the government.
Today, when insult and criminal defamation laws are used, they are most often used to punish mere criticism of government policies or public officials, to stifle political discussion, and to squelch news and discussion that governments would rather avoid. It is relatively rare for a private individual (someone who is not a public official, elected representative, or person of means and influence) to persuade law enforcement representatives to use the tax dollars of the public to protect their reputations. In some OSCE countries, such laws are still used systematically to punish political opponents of the regime. Even in countries where these laws have fallen into a long period of disuse, it is not unheard of for an overzealous prosecutor to revive them for seemingly political purposes.
The International Context
Numerous non-governmental organizations have taken strong positions against criminal defamation and insult laws. These include Amnesty International; Article 19; the Committee to Protect Journalists; national non-governmental Helsinki committees such as the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Croatian Helsinki Committee, Greek Helsinki Committee, Romanian Helsinki Committee, and Slovak Helsinki Committee; the International Helsinki Federation; The World Press Freedom Committee; Norwegian Forum for Freedom of Expression; national chapters of PEN; and Reporters Sans Frontières.
Moreover, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and the Organization of American States Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression issued a joint statement in February 2000 which included the following conclusions, based on relevant international norms:
Finally, the United States Department of State regularly reports on cases where criminal defamation or insult laws have been used in its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and, at OSCE meetings, has frequently called for the repeal of such laws in recent years.
Criminal Defamation and Insult Laws in Armenia
Since Armenia gained independence in 1991, there have been mixed developments regarding freedom of speech and a free press. There is no outright censorship in Armenia and a plurality of views can be found in the press. Nevertheless, there are reasons for concern.
In April 2002, for example, two independent television stations, Noyan Tapan and A1+, had their broadcasting licenses revoked in what was widely seen as a politically motivated move. Subsequent efforts to renew those licenses have failed; as recently as October 13, 2003, A1+ was turned down again. In October 2002, independent journalist Mark Grigorian--then preparing an investigative report on the 1999 terrorist attack in the Parliament which resulted in eight deaths--was himself the victim of a grenade attack (which he survived). In December 2002, Tigran Nagdalian, Chairman of the National Public Television Board, was murdered. In April 2003, journalist Mger Galechian was seriously beaten after the newspaper for which he worked, Chorrord Ishkanutyun, ran an article critical of the head of Armenia's National Security Services. Journalists were also the victims of harassment and intimidation during presidential elections in 2003. On September 27, 2003, Gayone Mukoyan, editor-in-chief of Yerevan's Or newspaper, was beaten.
In addition, in February 2002 the government released a draft law on mass media which, according to Freedom House, would "require journalists to pay for interviews with officials and create a government agency to 'monitor' the media."[2] Although the bill's worst elements have been removed, journalists still view the pending draft as inadequate. In September 2003, the National Press Club in Yerevan organized demonstrations outside the Armenia parliament against the draft law.
The use of criminal defamation or insult laws in Armenia does not appear to be the regime's first line of defense against the opposition. Nevertheless, it is a tool that public leaders have been consistently willing to use against their critics. In 2000, for example, Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of the Yerevan-based opposition newspaper Aykakan Zhamanak was charged with insult and given a suspended sentence. Charges were brought against poet Dzanik Adamyan in 2002 as well as against Dzhema Saakyan (who reportedly typed the poems on a typewriter), but the charges were dropped after Adamyan spent two months in prison and Saakyan spent a few days in the custody of police. Pashinyan was charged again with insult in April 2002; those charges were eventually dropped.
On April 18, 2003, the National Assembly adopted Armenia's first post-Soviet penal code. That bill was signed into law by the president on April 30, 2003. Unfortunately, the new penal code effectively renumbered, but did not repeal, those articles criminalizing defamation and insult.
On June 19, 2003, Ambassador Roy Reeve, Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, sent an open letter to Artur Bagdasaryan, the newly elected Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia. (The letter was also signed by members of the informal Media Legislation Working Group including representatives of the Embassies of the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Italy, Romania, Poland and ten representatives of non-governmental organizations.[3]) The writers called for the decriminalization of defamation and insult and further criticized the fact that the code envisions greater penalties for insult of government officials than for ordinary citizens. According to the regular report to the OSCE Permanent Council submitted on July 31, 2003, by Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Duve also wrote to the Armenian Foreign Minister expressing concern regarding this matter.
The views of OSCE officials, non-governmental organizations, and members of Yerevan's diplomatic community have met with mixed reactions. On the one hand, Parliamentary Speaker Artur Bagdasaryan pledged that parliament would review the criminal code. On the other hand, Parliament Deputy Speaker Tigran Torosian initially rejected these views as "interference in Armenia's internal affairs."[4] In fact, the 1991 OSCE Moscow Document, accepted by Armenia when it joined the OSCE in 1992, explicitly states that the OSCE participating States "categorically and irrevocably declare that the commitments undertaken in the field of the human dimension of the [OSCE] are matters of direct and legitimate concern to all participating States and do not belong exclusively to the internal affairs of the State concerned."
Meanwhile, Manvel Grigorian, one of the drafters of the new penal code, responded by arguing that defamation is a criminal offense in all other member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (i.e., those countries which, like Armenia, inherited a communist penal code) as well as some countries like Germany.
While it is true that other post-Soviet countries have failed to repeal their communist-era criminal defamation and insult laws, the clear trend in post-communist Central Europe--where democratic reform is generally more advanced--is to decriminalize defamation and abolish insult laws. This incremental process[5] continues to move in a singular direction: criminal defamation and insult laws have been repealed or struck down (in whole or in part) in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. In May 2003, the Romanian Government proposed a new penal code with sweeping and positive changes to the current provisions on insult and defamation; that draft is before the parliament. Countries like Germany--longtime members of the Council of Europe--have already had their criminal defamation or insult laws somewhat "neutralized" through the European Court of Human Right's case law. Those countries where the implementation of an archaic criminal defamation or insult law contradicts the European Court's evolving and elevating norms pay a price--literally--for doing so.[6]
Relevant Armenia Laws
The articles of the Armenian penal code which are not consistent with Armenia's freely undertaken OSCE commitments include:
Article 135. Libel.
Article 136. Insult.
Article 318. Insulting a Representative of the Authorities.
1. See: "Statement Regarding Key Issues and Challenges in Freedom of Expression," agreed by Santiago Canton, OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and Abid Hussain, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, February 2000, www.article19.org. See also: "Insult Laws: An Insult to Press Freedom," published by The World Press Freedom Committee, www.wpfc.org.
2. Freedom House, Nations in Transit 2003 (www.freedomhouse.org).
3. The non-governmental organizations were: the Eurasia Foundation, the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Armenia, the London-based Article 19, ABA/CEELI, the Yerevan Press Club; the Association of Investigative Journalists, Internews, ProMedia, Media Law Institute, and Caucasus Media Institute. The full text of the letter is at: http://www.osce.org/news/generate. pf.php3?news_id=3358.
4. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Newsline, 23 June 2003 (www.rferl.org).
5. The abolition of criminal defamation and insult laws has been achieved both through the adoption of new penal codes and through high court rulings striking down laws deemed inconsistent with the national constitution and/or international law. In most Central European countries, this process has resulted in a gradual diminishing of the numbers of articles in the penal code that punish defamation or insult.
6. It is nowhere argued that Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms prohibited criminal defamation or insult laws at the time of its adoption in 1950. Indeed, Article 10 of the European Convention is frequently decried by free speech advocates as the most restrictive free speech provision of any of the major international agreements on human rights. Many of the first countries to join the Council of Europe had criminal defamation or insult laws at the time they ratified the Convention.
Nevertheless, since 1950, the cases of the European Court on Human Rights demonstrate evolving concepts of free speech (concepts most clearly articulated by the OAS, UN and OSCE Special Rapporteurs quoted in the first part of this report). Thus, while the Court has never ruled that a criminal defamation or insult law is per se in violation of the European Convention, the actual implementation of such a law runs a substantial risk of being found to violate the Convention. In 2002, for example, France was required to pay 4,096.46 Euros to a plaintiff who had been charged with insulting a foreign head of state (the King of Morocco). That same year, Finland was required to pay 8,400 Euros to a plaintiff who had been charged with criminal defamation (with 13 percent interest on the pecuniary damages and 11 percent interest on non-pecuniary damages). As a consequence of this judicial trend--and perhaps an increasing understanding of the civil alternatives to criminal prosecution for defamation--such laws are increasingly viewed as anachronisms.
The United States Helsinki Commission, an independent federal agency, by law monitors and encourages progress in implementing provisions of the Helsinki Accords. The Commission, created in 1976, is composed of nine Senators, nine Representatives and one official each from the Departments of State, Defense and Commerce.
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City Guide : SalzburgSalzburg, the fourth largest city of Austria, is also the capital city of the state with the same name. The city, which was founded on the banks of Salzach River and at the foot of the Alps, gets its name from the salt deposits that used to the be the source of income at the time. Salzburg, which neighbors the German state of Bavaria, is located 270 km west of Vienna.
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The first thing for you to do is to go up to the Hohensalzburg Fortress by the funicular railway. Let us point out the Hohensalzburg Fortress is one of the most well-preserved fortresses from the Middle Ages in Europe. The view from the Festungsberg Mountain is unparalleled; the city that is shaped with churches to the north and the Alps to the south form a spectacular view.
After the Second World War, Salzburg attained a more significant position in terms of commerce. However, touristic activity has always been more determinative. What boosted tourism is stated to be 'the Sound of Music" which was released in 1964.
Structures from the Middle Ages and public squares of varying sizes in the Baroque architectural style form a magical city atmosphere from a fairytale. The Hohensalzburg Fortress is situated at a place that overlooks the city. The historical city center known as Altstadt and the Hohensalzburg Fortress are located in the western part of the city called Salzachufer today. The region that can be described as "the New Salzburg" has expanded on the right side of the river with train and bus stations, and neighborhoods.
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Museums, Public Squares, Historical Locations, Monuments
The city, which is the birth place of the famous classical music composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, welcomes thousands of classical music lovers at the Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele) that is organized every year. Therefore, tourism comes first in the life of the city, as the number one determinant factor.
The house where one of the greatest names in classical music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was born called Mozarts Geburtshaus or Hagenauer Haus is among the primary spots to visit. The house where the genius composer was born in 1756, still stands in perfect condition today.
Rupertinum is one of the places worth visiting in the city, as its museum of modern art. The art gallery called Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, located right next door, can be seen as a complementary art location.
The palaces called Mirabell, Aigen, Leopoldskron, Johannes, Fransis, and Arenberg, and the street tunnels of Austria are other monumental structures to be visited.
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Salzburg, which was known as Juvavum in the beginning, was located on one of the most important trade routes of the Roman Empire. This settlement, which was heavily affected by the Gothic Invasions, was rebuilt in the place known as the historical city center today, in 696. Salzburg, which was governed by bishops starting from those times, has always been known as a place of religious significance. With the building of churches, palaces, and fortresses in the Baroque style, it has obtained its magnificent current appearance.
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The lake region that is famous for its viev called Salzkammergut, Salzburg's source of clean water as the cleanest lake of the country called Lake Fuschlsee, the lakes located north of the city, Basilica Maria Plain and Liefering Parish (Pfarrkirche St. Martin Liefering), Kleßheim Palace, and Untersberg and Gaisberg mountain regions are only some of the nearby places you can visit.
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The traditional cuisine of the region can be described as a combination of Bavarian and Austrian dishes. The Austrian Cuisine is relatively more colorful and various; containing Bohemian tastes, Hungarian spices, and Mediterranean influences.
Salzburg is a very fortunate city, in terms of places to dine. You can find many restaurants that can be deemed first class. Modest atmospheres, large portions, tall glasses, and traditional dishes -all of which keep the traditions of Central Europe alive- are definitely present here.
Salzburg is filled with stores that offer not only global brands, but also lines by the designers of the city. In this respect; although it is not a city of fashion, it has a unique shopping tradition of its own. Figurines, handcrafted items, and clothes carry the Alpine tradition in one way or another. The most well-known examples of the traditional clothing that are Trachten and Lederhosen clothes, are some of the most popular souvenir items to buy from Salzburg. We must certainly add the candy and chocolate called "Mozartkugeln."
If you get the chance to see the markets called Christkindlmarkt (Christmas Market) that are set up in 3 public squares every year before Christmas, you are very lucky. The markets, which are set up in Domplatz, Kapitelplatz, and Residenzplatz are in service from November until the new year. Various items, from winter clothing to foods unique to the area, are available for sale in the marketplaces.
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