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It'll take a lot of planning on their part, but the Duggar Family of the TLC series "18 and Counting" plans to visit Pigeon Forge and Dollywood next month. They'll be part of the annual Dolly Parton parade and shoot segments of their show while on vacation.
The ever-expanding Duggar family will be visiting May 5 -9 to "explore" Dollywood and shoot an episode of their show.
Pigeon Forge Mayor Keith Whaley invited the reality TV family; They will be traveling 750 miles from their hometown of Springdale, Ark., to participate in the upcoming Dolly Parton Homecoming Parade on May 8.
The Duggar family trip to Pigeon Forge will be featured in a summer episode of "18 Kids and Counting," which airs on TLC Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Each episode chronicles the lives of an Arkansas couple, Jim Bob and Michele Duggar, and their 18 natural-born children, who range in age from four months to 21 years. The family includes two sets of twins. For more information, visit TLC.com.
Details of Parton's float are a secret, but the Duggars will participate with an honorary float the City of Pigeon Forge has crafted for them.
In days leading up to and after the parade, the family will visit many Parkway attractions during their five-day stay, including seeing several live comedy and musical theaters, going to Zorb, the mountain-side free-fall inside a gigantic ball.
There have been several cartoonists' caricatures this year of President Barack Obama disguised as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, complete with hat, glasses, wide grin and cigarette with holder.
Most of these appropriately involve comparisons about FDR's response to the Great Depression of the 1930s and Obama's response to the current recession.
One caricature that also might be appropriate will be available for cartoonists if the president decides to visit East Tennessee Sept. 2 to help commemorate Roosevelt's dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican and advocate of the Smokies, said he intends to extend an invitation to Obama. "I'm going to personally encourage him to come," Alexander said.
U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., a Knoxville Republican, said he has mentioned the idea to Obama's congressional liaisons.
If Obama accepts the planned invitation, he will be only the second sitting president to visit the Smokies. We hope Alexander and Duncan extend the invitation, and we hope Obama accepts. The park is a treasure for our region certainly but as well for the entire country as the most visited national park in the U.S.
Meanwhile, Alexander has an elevated platform for his advocacy of the famous park in our midst. A Maryville resident, Alexander already had developed a reputation as the Smokies' biggest booster.
Recently, he became the top Republican on the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, the panel in charge of funding for all national parks.
Alexander, who lives on the edge of the park and often sees its wildlife up close, said he sought the position primarily to make certain the park received its share of federal funding and to help the park confront some specific problems, such as the blight that is killing the park's hemlock trees and the dirty air that renders it difficult for people to view the mountains.
"Ten million people a year don't drive to East Tennessee to see the smog," Alexander said. "They come to see the blue haze that gave the Smoky Mountains its name."
Duncan and Tennessee U.S. Sen. Bob Corker also count themselves friends of the Smokies. Corker hiked in the mountains when he was a student at the University of Tennessee.
In fact, Corker was hiking up Mount LeConte with former Senate Majority Leader and Tennessean Bill Frist one summer when Frist convinced him to run for his Senate seat, which he won in a close race in 2006.
Corker said he believes some additional federal funding is in the works for the Smokies, citing former President George W. Bush's initiative to increase federal funding for all national parks through 2016. Duncan believes the Smokies funding also has improved in recent years.
Alexander, Corker and Duncan are in a good position to help safeguard the park's funding, and we hope they can convince Obama to make a presidential visit to the park in September. It will mean recognition at the top level of government of the park's importance.
"These deeper, personalized experiences will challenge our guests and often, fulfill lifelong dreams," added Bell.
The hour-long program will include up to five zip-line treks ranging in length from 100 to nearly 1,000 feet. There will also be a 100-foot long swinging bridge perched above the trees. Each zip-line is an elevated and inclined wire from which a pulley and a seating apparatus are suspended allowing the guest to move between two points via gravity.
Fliers will launch from a perch above the park's region called Wilderness Pass and soar to Dollywood's famed triple spiral-looping roller coaster, Tennessee Tornado, and beyond. One trail takes adventurers breathtakingly close to Eagle Mountain Sanctuary. After a brief hike, the adventurers will zip above Craftsman's Valley, home to Dollywood's talented artisans, and back to the same point where their adventure began. Each SkyZip tour offers a distinctive adventure with a theme.
As part of Dollywood's celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the tour will also provide an environmental and historical tour of undeveloped and unspoiled property surrounding Dollywood hosted by specially trained adventure guides. The new SkyZip is powered by Hawaii-based Skyline Eco-Adventures. In addition to park admission, an additional fee is required to experience SkyZip.


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A new life modell
Enthusiastic members of the vegetarian colony discovered the Monte Verità above Ascona at the beginning of the 20th century and saw it as the location for their utopian vision of a different world. On it they founded a colony which set the goal of a simple life, "free marriage" and a nature-loving lifestyle to maintain. On Monte Verità new life models were rehearsed and the place became an Epitome of the early «alternative-lifestyle». So founded by idealistic naturalists and vegetarians, the Monte Verità is still a place of encounter and philosophy today. You can hike in the footsteps of this former colony on guided tours through the park.
For lovers of Historic Hotels
Enthusiastic members of the vegetarian colony discovered the Monte Verità above Ascona at the beginning of the 20th century and saw it as the location for their utopian vision of a different world. Baron von der Heidt developed the building as a cultural centre in 1926. Thanks to renovations, the architectural and ideological influences of this building's 100-year history shine in new splendour in a balance between rationality and imagination today.
Certified by ICOMOS
Historic Hotel of the year 2013
Inspiring Meeting HotelsBuilt in the Bauhaus style, this hotel located high above Lake Maggiore was completely refurbished in 2008. It offers a modern auditorium for 120 persons and various event rooms that combine ambience with functionality. Japanese tea house with ceremonies for meditation breaks. A former swimming pool in the park has been put to new use as an open-air stage. A stimulating mix of design, history, architecture and ecology.
Programme of fringe activities:
- Walks in Bellinzona
- Discover the Verzasca Valley and Locarno
- Excursion to the Brissago Islands
- Tea Ceremonies
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Sala Eranos
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Sala Gioia
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Sala Mandala
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Sala Pioda
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Sala Von der Heydt
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Spazio Piscina (open air)
175 m2
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- - Radio in all rooms
- - Telephone in all rooms
- - Room with bathroom
- - Tennis courts
- - Especially quiet rooms
- - Non-smoking hotel
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Especially quiet location
- - Garden/parking facilities
- - Historical building
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- - Non-smoking tables
- - Snack restaurant
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- - Bar
- - Separate parking spots belonging to establishment
- - Pets allowed
- - conferences/seminars
- - Meeting room
- - Hikers
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Reach Locarno In order to reach the Monte Verità Centre in Ascona, whether you fly or travel by train from within Europe, you must first get to Locarno, the closest railway station to Ascona. Visit the National Railway's website (SBB), insert the starting station and the arrival station (TO: Locarno) to get all the informations about the possible connections. From Locarno to Monte Verità Once in Locarno, you can reach Monte Verità as follows: Public bus Bus Nr. 1 from Locarno railway station to Ascona (stop Ascona Posta) and then Bus Nr. 5 ("Buxi") from Ascona to Monte Verità. Duration: 15-20 minutes for Line Nr 1. + 8 minutes for Line Nr. 5. Cost: 2.20 CHF for one way ticket from Locarno to Ascona + 2.00 CHF for a one way ticket of the Buxi from Ascona to Monte Verità Schedules: Line Nr. 1 and Line Nr. 5.

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6 Reduce child mortality
Where we are?
TARGET 9. Reduce by 4 times, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
Difficult toachieve
Achievable with more effort
*Fully achieved
Mongolia recorded a decline in under-five mortality rate from 97.2 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990 to 18.9 in 2012. In terms of the actual number of infant deaths, there has been remarkable decline of 76.1 percent from 4,789 deaths in 1990 to 1,143 in 2012.
Despite the remarkable overall decline over the last 22 years, the under-five mortality rate is higher than the national average in 11 aimags and the infant mortality rate is higher than the national average in nine aimags. This suggests a need to ensure uniform access to health care across the country.
The main causes of high under-five mortality rate are neonatal disorders, respiratory diseases, child injures, and poor provision of pediatricians in aimags and their low skills, lack of parental knowledge in looking after infants and under-developed infrastructure.
The coverage of infants immunized against measles has been above 90 percent throughout the past decade indicating that overall infants have good access to health services.
Thus, Mongolia has achieved the target of 4 times reduction in under-five mortality rate by 2012.
For more information: Full report
Source: MDG indicator's database, NSC
The 8 Millennium Development Goals
- 1 Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
- 2 Achieve universal primary education
- 3 Promote gender equality and empower women
- 4 Reduce child mortality
- 5 Improve maternal health
- 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- 7 Ensure environmental sustainability
- 8 Develop a global partnership for development
Mongolia specific 9th Goal
Strengthen human rights and foster democratic governance
Targets for MDG4
- Target 9: Reduce by 4 times, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate


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It's Presidents' Day And Mr. Macky, the reading specialist, actually expects A.J. and his friends to read stuff about the presidents Not only that, but he lives in a log cabin and thinks he's Abraham Lincoln Is he for real?
About the Author
Dan Gutman has always been a baseball fanatic. He played in Little League as a kid, and one of the first magazine articles he ever sold explained the science behind the spitball, the scuffball, and corked bats. When he thought about the T206 Honus Wagner the most valuable baseball card in the world he began to write honus & me, his first Baseball Card Adventure.
Dan is also the author of the New York Times bestselling Genius Files series, as well as the internationally bestselling My Weird School series.
Jim Paillot lives in Arizona (another weird place) with his weird wife and two weird children. Isn't that weird?


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Linux - freezes computer when I attempt to login with the chrome extenstion.
With Chrome on Fedora (19 & 20), when I click to login with my google account (through the chrome extenstion) it freezes the computer. I end up cold booting. when I restart the machine, and launch chrome again, the todoist extension is logged in.
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Hi John,
Are you 100% sure it's when ONLY when using Todoist? Does it occur when doing anything else? What other extensions do you have installed with Chrome?
Try clearing the cache and offline data for Chrome (for Todoist) and try again.
Yes - every time. I run fedora on a few different machines, and it always crashes when I try to login with my google account. This is using the todoist chrome plugin.
Hello John,
Please tell me - are you using the latest version of Chrome and does it only happen in our extension or also when you try to log in through Chrome directly at https://todoist.com ?
Best regards,
Yes -- latest version of Chrome -- and only with the extension. When I login directly it's fine. with the externsion, when I select login in with google account, i see it authenticate -- it throws up a window, that ends up behind the main todist window (i think the message saying I successfully logged in), and then it freezes. Not just Chrome, but everything on the computer. I can't select anything, or click to shut down. I have to cold boot it. This happens on my desktop (lenovo) and laptop (dell).. they both are running Fedora 20, but this happened to me on 19 as well.
when I do start the computer back up after the freeze, and launch Chrome -- the Chrome extension is logged into my account, and I can use it.
As Brendon asked earlier, did you ever experience such issue with any other extension that supports Google Login? Did it ever freeze when you've authorized Google on any other site than Todoist? Does your browser accept third-party cookies and doesn't have any popup blockers?
Best regards,
No I do not experience it with any other extensions. My browser accepts third-party cookies, and i do not have any pop-up blockers. It's all pretty much straight out of the box install - nothing unique or out of the ordinary installed or configured.
Unfortunately, we're unsure what is causing this :-( We couldn't reproduce it so far on any Windows PC or Mac. We don't have Linux at hand right now, but if we'll get the opportunity to test it on Linux, we'll let you know. Sorry for the inconvenience.
For now, as a workaround, please log in directly at todoist.com go to Settings -> Account, use "Edit" next to "Password" and set a manual password for your account. Now, you'll be able to log in manually without Google through the extension.
Best regards,
Just an update -- I've changed distro's to Ubuntu, and the problem does not occur. Seem s to be isolated to Fedora.
Yeap, I`m using ubuntu - all fine


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I have been wondering if my double cable release for my Canon Auto Bellows would work for my RB67's MLU. So far no success. Though I might be doing something wrong. I would like to use MLU for sharper photographs.
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I have been wondering if my double cable release for my Canon Auto Bellows would work for my RB67's MLU. So far no success. Though I might be doing something wrong. I would like to use MLU for sharper photographs.
you don't really need a double cable release, just put the lens in M mode (MLU) and screw a release into the lens. fire the body, wait a few seconds and use the cable release to fire the shutter.
I don't know why I didn't think of that. Thanks!
personally, I think its a very nice shot. The lower contrast and slightly blown out highlights help give it an "airy" feeling.
but then again, I like lower contrast ;).
but I will agree its not the sharpest shot overall though. most people who would look at it would see two young girls in a nice photograph, they probably wouldn't see the softness.
I recently purchased a "well used" RB 90mm C lens to go with the "well used" 50mm C lens that came with the "well used" RB67 body, back and WLF that I purchased earlier this year.
This set of equipment isn't pretty, and some of the functions are clearly quite worn (e.g. the pop-up magnifier in the WLF is hard to pop up).
The lenses though seem to resolve incredible amounts of detail, and the contrast is very consistent.
As to contrast - looks OK, it's just that the shot is a 1/2 stop or so overexposed. It would have been better to stop down to more properly expose the background and use a reflector to light the girls' faces. I have taken to carrying a small collapsible reflector with me. Windshield sun screens make a very cost-effective reflector, they twist up the same way the photographic reflectors do.
Nickolas, I was going to say something similar to this - but for me, it's the eyes. The point of focus is not on the eyes which I think makes a difference. If you can, find a copy of Barry Thornton's "Edge of Darkness" I'm sure there are similar test, but all you have to do is print out or make a white board with vertical lines on it. On the center line, draw > < one on top, one on bottom, so you know which line is the center one. Then set up the camera at a known - read that Measured, distance. Set the card or board up so the center line is at that distance and inclined with one end closer to you and the other further away. Then focus the camera on the center line, develop the negs, make a print from them. The lines, being something like 1cm apart, will tell you if your point of focus on your camera is on, long or short. From there you can adjust the camera or your focus, whichever one you want. It did wonders for helping me understand why I was getting 'slightly off' photos for a while. Since doing this, I did shim the screen and now I tend to get pretty sharp images.
All my C's were fantastic, lost my 90 C :'(, still got and use my 180C and 65C, love them, they're brilliant.
Inspect the lens elements by holding up to light, see if any has an oily coating or something etc, that can be easy to miss.
I had an RB with a 180 and a 90, both non-c lenses and loved them, no problems------but sold it to move into LF, which brings me to my next thought------last I checked,the RB and its lenses are a MF camera system-----this is the LF forum. Just a curious observation.
Its common for many new to the RB67 to forget or not know about the floating optical adjustment on many of the RB lenses. Without adjusting the floating element at the front of the lens to compensate for the distance of the subject many RB lenses will be soft to those unfamiliar with the RB system who forget to adjust the lens. Properly adjusted it will be sharp, assuming everything is in focus. You must adjust the floating element for each subject at varrying distances.


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It's no secret that the Cleveland Browns had one of the worst offensives in franchise history in 2011.
Getting an offensive playmaker in Thursday's NFL Draft is imperative.
Selecting Trent Richardson would go a long way in improving the Browns' O.
Richardson is the best offensive player in the draft after quarterbacks Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III.
And since both will be gone when the Browns pick fourth Thursday night, Richardson is the man the Browns should draft.
Richardson is a home-run hitter and can take the ball the distance at any given time at any point on the field.
The Browns need an electrifiying player on offense and Richardson fits the bill.
Last season, Richardson became Alabama's full-time starter for the first time, carrying the ball 283 times for 1,679 yards and 21 touchdowns to break Mark Ingram's single-season school record.
Richardson is an efficient blocker and excellent pass catcher, who had another 338 yards and three touchdowns receiving last season. He was the only offense in the BCS Championship game, scoring the lone touchdown, a 34-yarder, in the Crimson Tide's 21-0 victory over LSU.
Although the Browns need a drastic update at wide receiver, the drafter is deeper with wide receivers and a wideout can be had with the 23rd pick.
Therefore, Richardson is the logical pick.
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March 31, 2010 The math teacher who inspired the movie Stand and Deliver died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. Jaime Escalante may not have become a household name after the film, but he possessed an enduring gift: He could inspire, cajole, even taunt troubled kids to see themselves not as they were, but as they could be.
March 31, 2010 An increasing number of schools are using e-mail to let anxious high school seniors know if they were granted admission. David Hautanen, director of admissions at Northeastern University, discusses the transition to e-acceptance letters.
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March 31, 2010 The Bolivian-born math teacher who surprised the education establishment by teaching students in a tough Los Angeles high school to master calculus and other higher math courses has died. Jaime Escalante was 79. His inspiring story gained fame in the 1988 film Stand and Deliver but in later years he struggled to duplicate his earlier successes.
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Hotsos Symposium Speaker – Toon Koppelaars
Toon Koppelaars is a returning Hotsos Symposium presenter.
Toon Koppelaars is a long-time Oracle technology user, having used the Oracle database and tools software since 1987 (Oracle verion 4). During this time, he has been involved in application development (terminal/host in the early days, GUI client/server later on, and J2EE nowadays), as well as database administration.
Toon's special interest areas include: the Oracle Optimizer (SQL tuning), technical application architectures (from a performance and maintainability perspective), and the specification and implementation of data integrity rules (aka business rules). He is a frequent speaker at Hotsos Symposia, ODTUG, UKOUG and the Dutch Oracle User Group.
Together with Lex de Haan, he has co-authored "Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals" (Apress, June 2007).
In 2007, Mr. Koppelaars decided to go independent and founded his own company RuleGen B.V. (www.rulegen.com).
Toon is an Oracle Ace.
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Session 1: "Triggers Considered Harmful", Considered Harmful
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Session 1: "Triggers Considered Harmful", Considered Harmful — When Oracle7 came out in the early nineties, next to stored PL/SQL, support for table triggers was a radical new feature of the DBMS. Developers who started using them immediately discovered the "mutating" and "constraining" table errors; both still today poorly understood restrictions imposed upon the use of row-triggers. And it wasn't until years later that we discovered that triggers are to be "considered harmful". For various reasons:
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- Their serious impact on performance of DML statements
- Their use to implement certain functionality is flawed.
An Oracle database evangelist (and many of his disciples) uses the reasons above to abolish the use of triggers alltogether, with which we disagree. In this presentation, we will give a top-down overview of why developers use table triggers; we'll introduce use cases of triggers and demonstrate them with examples. Per use case, we'll explain the issues that triggers have. The use cases include implementing data integrity constraints (other than the ones which can be dealt with declaratively); a use case that will be explored in more detail, and a use case where we think that the general consensus of "triggers considered harmful", is to be considered harmful.
Session 2: Thinking Clearly in SQL
The relational data model is based on mathematics, more specifically, on a blend of set theory and logic. We'll give an overview of this formal language and demonstrate how crisply one can think and specify correct application behavior using this mathematical language. This is of no surprise since set theory and logic were developed by studying human reasoning. SQL, on the other hand, is the end result of many discussions between members of a standards committee. It lacks concepts that are available to us in set theory and logic, which causes our inability to implement the formally specified expressions into SQL directly. But, mathematics offers us rewrite rules, that is, provably correct transformations, which we can employ to create correct SQL from formal expressions. We'll introduce you to the most common rewrite rules and demonstrate them with ample examples.
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Two men who were nabbed at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) for being in possession of ganja were remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court until Friday as police verify their addresses.
Charged with possession of, conspiracy to export, dealing in and taking steps to export ganja is Omar Edwards and Haitian-born Racky Rhoden.
The Crown alleges that on December 30 at the NMIA, Rhoden was attempting to board an Interstel flight destined for Curacao, purporting that he was travelling to the Caribbean island for medical reasons.
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Rhoden, who claimed to have suffered injury during an accident months ago, was confined to a motorised wheelchair and needed the help of Edwards to push him around. While at the airport, Rhoden's luggage was searched by the police, but nothing incriminating was discovered.
The wheelchair was then searched and 11 plastic parcels, allegedly containing vegetable matter, were discovered. Both men were subsequently arrested and charged.
The men are to return to court on Friday, at which point it is expected that the police will produce an address for the accused.
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excellent cookies. Instead making gingerbread cut outs (ran out of time), I made round balls and press them down a little. Made great round cookies. Next time I'm going to add more ginger. This recipe will be added to the all time favorite list.flag if inappropriate
Love these cookies. Don't understand why people are having so much trouble making them. You do have to set aside a lot of time, but I found the dough very easy to work with. I did make some subs: I didn't have enough molasses, so subbed in some brown sugar to make up for it. Also, used all butter, no shortening, and I added more spices plus a few grinds of black pepper for an extra kick. You need to keep chilling the dough and important not to roll out too thin as other reviewers have mentioned. These disappeared almost as soon as I made them!flag if inappropriate
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I found this makes the closest thing to pfeffernusse I've been able to make. I was tired of crunchy gingerbreads, and tried this; the second try I perfected them. I added 1.5 times the spices, and added some nutmeg and allspice (couldn't tell ya the exact amounts, just dashed it in). I didn't bother with the rolling and chilling; just make small balls, pop onto the cookie sheet and flatten slightly (should still be thick and round) and bake for about 15 minutes (I found it took longer simply because they were quite a bit thicker than if I'd rolled them). They are a little on the dry side, being cakey rather than chewy (as I'd at first expected) but I dipped them topside down in the icing and sprinkled with red and green sugar crystals; the result is very much like German pfeffer nusse you find in the stores. I'll be proud to serve these to my grandparents on Christmas Eve. Everybody at work gave them rave reviews, as well, and my room mate is giving me evil glares for leaving cooling racks of pure temptation in the kitchen.flag if inappropriate
I made this recipe for my daughter's 6th birthday party yesterday. I definitely benefited from the many other reviews that came before me and had outstanding results. Many previous bakers reported that the cookies were bland, so I doubled the spices (cinnamon, ginger, all spice). Others described the process as unbearable. I rolled the dough out to about 1/4" which is quite thick. I cut the cookie with the gingerbread man, and leaving the cookie cutter on the dough I turned the wax paper up and slightly over. When the cookie was clearly separated from the surrounding dough I took the cookie in the cutter straight to the baking sheet. It worked beautifully and my husband even remarked at how neat the whole process was. He remembers flour all over the kitchen when his mother made them growing up. There does come a point when the dough is a little too soft and sticky to do this easily, at which point I popped it in the freezer for a few minutes to firm it up. But the results were wonderful, the house smelled fantastick and the kids couldn't stop eating them. Highly recommended.flag if inappropriate
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(Mountain Home) – Two people are in critical condition after falling off of a bluff on Tuesday afternoon.
Baxter County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a 911 call around 5:18 PM at Bidwell Point Park on Lake Norfork, just north of the Highway 101 bridge. First responders from the Gamaliel Fire Department along with ambulance personnel from Baxter Regional Medical Center responded to the scene.
Due to the remote location and severe injuries to the two subjects, identified as 44-year-old Vernon Henson and 49-year-old Elaine Royer of Mountain Home, both subjects were transported by the Gamaliel Fire Department Rescue Boat to a nearby location. They were then air-lifted by Air Evac Lifeteam to Mercy Hospital in Springfield.
The initial investigation, including accounts from eye witnesses, indicates the two subjects were going to jump from the bluff into Lake Norfork, fell approximately 35 feet and were found about 12 feet from the water's edge.
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Team Jorts: Inside a RAGBRAI party bus (with video)
RAGBRAI riders come to Iowa for the pastoral scenery. They come for the pie. They come for the party. And some of them come for the jorts.
That's short for jean shorts, and it's part of the uniform for Team Jorts, a group of bicyclists who join together from around the country each year to ride across Iowa. The team is based in Des Moines and is the brainchild of Jason Waite, 33, and his high school buddy, Stephen Dudley. They were looking for a way to stay fit and have fun, and what better way than to ride across Iowa, making the trip into a moving party?
Team Jorts will soon embark on its fifth year of RAGBRAI, and team members will fly in from Washington, D.C., Miami, Denver, Alaska and Chicago.
Waite is readying his bus, which will act as a team hub during the overnight stops along the way. The bus is customized solely with RAGBRAI in mind, and it even features a rooftop party patio.
"It's a little island up on top of a bus," Waite said. "We've got music and people have fun."
The bus is wired for stereo and has USB ports to charge mobile phones. A freezer keeps the team's snacks and beer cold, and an RV-style bathroom is installed in the back. Shelves in the back provide a space for each rider to store his or her tote containing personal items for the trip. "You know where your tote is in the shelving system and it allows the bus to stay somewhat organized," Waite said.
On the roof, colorful umbrellas create a shaded space for lawn chairs and a cooler or two. Team Jorts is sponsored by an Anheuser-Busch distributor in Cedar Rapids, which provides the team with cases of beer for the evenings after the ride. The team traditionally throws a party at the halfway point. "We just give out beer," Waite said. "Our whole goal is to meet people. That's what we want to be known for."
Waite said it's important to him and the other Iowa-based team members to support an event that takes place "right in your own backyard."
And the jorts?
It started out as a joke among friends. "It's a lifestyle," Waite said. Much of the team remembers a time in the late '80s and early '90s when jean shorts were a popular choice, especially for men. He said it brings to mind "the guy who's outside relaxing, mowing his lawn in his jorts. It's a funny thing."
The team's official kit includes specially made bike shorts created to look like denim. The jersey looks like the top half of a tuxedo, complete with red bowtie.
"You can't resist a man in a tuxedo," Waite said.
When RAGBRAI rolls across Iowa starting Sunday through July 27, Team Jorts will be cruising along with it, bringing friends back together and proving jorts never go out of style.


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She was born Aug 23, 1923, in Hartsville, S.C., to the Rev. Claude and Mattie Campbell. She attended North Greenville Junior College and the University of South Carolina. Her first husband, the Rev. James Norris Johnson of Wagener, S.C., passed away in 1946. Claudia later married Marion Mitchell Rector of Greer, S.C. She lived and worked for many years in Aiken, S.C., where she served as kindergarten director at First Baptist Church in that city. In 1974, she and her husband moved to Florence, S.C., where they served at Bethea Baptist Home. In 1979, they accepted positions at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School and remained there until their retirement in 1992.
Preceded in death by both husbands, she is survived by: her five children, Dwain and wife Cheryl Johnson of Irmo, S.C., Jim and wife Tensie Campbell of Rabun Gap, and Charleston, S.C., Pamela Kerr of St. Simons Island, Marion "Skip" Rector of Charleston and Mary Claudette and husband Mike Kingery of Clayton; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Services were held Saturday at Clayton First United Methodist Church with officiating by the Rev. Jeannie Chapman.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations in Claudia's name be sent to: Meals on Wheels at the Rabun County Senior Center, 2832 Old Highway 441 S., Tiger, GA 30576.
Beck Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. An online guestbook is available at www.beckfuneralhome.com.


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The right to use force against an unjust aggressor. This right is present when certain conditions are fulfilled, namely: 1. recourse to civil authority would be impossible. The common good demands that as a rule the State alone uses physical compulsion, for if any private citizen could at will employ force in defending his or her rights, the peace and order of the community would be disturbed; 2. the attack must be actual or immediately imminent; it is wrong to use deadly weapons before the attack, since there is graave danger that such force might be used against an innocent person; nor is it permissible to use such weapons after the attack is over, for then the defense is too late and the act of possible killing would constitute revenge; 3. the attack must be unjust, which really means that it is not provoked; aggression, therefore, is not justified; 4. the force employed must be proportionate to the loss threatened and must not exceed what is necessary; killing is not allowed if wounding would be sufficient for proper defense; wounding is not permitted if disarming the adversary or summoning help would be enough.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014
LAST Wednesday, we had the ritual in the Catholic Church of the priest tracing ashes on the forehead in the form of a cross. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day season of Lent, which culminates on Easter Sunday. The cross on the forehead reminds the faithful of the mortality of man. Indeed we are mortal beings; we don't live forever in this world.
Tomorrow, you may die and your family will bury your dead body 6 feet under the ground. When they exhume you, after some time, they will find only some bones left and the rest is dust. That is all that is left over of you. They may put some flowers on your grave, and on All Soul's Day, they may visit your tomb, say some prayers and they may shed some tears. That is all what is left of you in this world.
This may sound rather pessimistic but that is the reality for most of us. However, the time of Lent can be a time of optimism for us if we take the advice of the Catholic Bishops. Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle came out with a pastoral statement. "This Lenten season, Christ invites all, but especially the laity, to oppose degrading and dehumanizing poverty and to embrace humanizing and sanctifying poverty. In other words, Christ invites us to imitate his example." During this time of Lent, we are invited to practice material poverty by taking up a simple life style and works of mercy and justice, to attend to the poor and aim for an economy of inclusion. That means that aside from material poverty we must exercise also a moral poverty, by strengthening our resolve to practice solidarity with the neglected and to denounce injustice and all forms of radical inequality.
The 40-day season of Lent reminds us also of the Exodus story in the Old Testament. The Israelites were liberated from a life of slavery in Egypt and after 40 years they occupied the Promised Land. That was a journey of 40 years through the dessert, a journey with many obstacles and temptations. It was a long struggle for them to enter the Promised Land.
The Exodus story is symbolic for the struggle of the poor to liberate themselves from poverty and slavery, by uniting with each other in a spirit of cooperation and solidarity. All of us lay people in the Church must involve ourselves in that struggle.
I like to inspire the members of my family to involve themselves also in that struggle for liberation of the poor and oppressed. Two of them are already working in a volunteer program of community development here in Mindanao. They sacrifice their time for others instead of wasting their time with playing video games or using the cell phone 24 hours a day. I am proud of them. If I can inspire my family to have that attitude in life, then I am ready to die tomorrow and hopefully they will always remember me for that.
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Making a strong argument for the philosophy of "give the world half a season, then wait months and months, then give them a little more," the mid-season premiere of The Walking Dead outdid the season premiere setting another record for the show, cable, and presumably, the universe with 12.3 million viewers, up from 10.9 million at the onset of the season.
The show isn't just performing well when benchmarked to cable, but its draw with viewers 18-49 is outperforming network fare like Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, and other shows that are far worse and don't feature zombie epidemics as plot points.
This development leads us to the conclusion that a show on cable will not always underperform compared to those on networks, provided that the cable show has zombies. Always bet on the show with zombies, even if it's a webisode on McSweeney's or something.
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Kasal Notches a Career Record for the Second Day in a Row
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AZUSA, Calif. – Jackie Kasal went right to the front on Friday and never looked back.
The DePaul sophomore standout won the women's 800-meter run at the Bryan Clay Invitational Track and Field Meet hosted by Azusa Pacific in a career-best time of 2:12.73.
That performance qualified Kasal for the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in the 800 meters.
This latest success came 24 hours after Kasal eclipsed her personal record in the 3000m steeplechase by nearly 10 seconds at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays in nearby Walnut, Calif.
"She had a great trip out West," said DePaul track and field coach Dave Dopek. "Jackie went wire-to-wire on Friday and finished strong with another PR.
"Coming on the heels of her performance at Mt. SAC, this bodes well for Jackie as we head into the Drake Relays next week and the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in two weeks.
"Two PRs in back-to-back meets is a very good accomplishment."
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In 1985, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards committee for Local and Metropolitan Networks published standards for LANs. These standards start with the number 802. The standard for Ethernet is 802.3. The IEEE wanted to make sure that its standards were compatible with those of the International Standards Organization (ISO) and OSI model. To ensure compatibility, the IEEE 802.3 standards had to address the needs of Layer 1 and the lower portion of Layer 2 of the OSI model. As a result, some small modifications to the original Ethernet standard were made in 802.3.
Ethernet at Layer 1 involves signals, bit streams that travel on the media, physical components that put signals on media, and various topologies. Ethernet Layer 1 performs a key role in the communication that takes place between devices, but each of its functions has limitations.
The MAC sublayer is concerned with the physical components that will be used to communicate the information and prepares the data for transmission over the media..
The Ethernet MAC sublayer has two primary responsibilities:
The Logical Link Control (LLC) sublayer remains relatively independent of the physical equipment that will be used for the communication process.
The LLC sublayer takes the network protocol data, which is typically an IPv4 packet, and adds control information to help deliver the packet to the destination node. Layer 2 communicates with the upper layers through LLC.
The success of Ethernet is due to the following factors:
MAC Address Structure
The MAC address value is a direct result of IEEE-enforced rules for vendors to ensure globally unique addresses for each Ethernet device. The rules established by IEEE require any vendor that sells Ethernet devices to register with IEEE. The IEEE assigns the vendor a 3-byte code, called the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI).
IEEE requires a vendor to follow two simple rules:
All MAC addresses assigned to a NIC or other Ethernet device must use that vendor's assigned OUI as the first 3 bytes.
All MAC addresses with the same OUI must be assigned a unique value (vendor code or serial number) in the last 3 bytes.
Hexadecimal Numbering
Hexadecimal ("Hex") is a convenient way to represent binary values. Just as decimal is a base ten numbering system and binary is base two, hexadecimal is a base sixteen system.
The base 16 numbering system uses the numbers 0 to 9 and the letters A to F. The figure shows the equivalent decimal, binary, and hexadecimal values for binary 0000 to 1111. It is easier for us to express a value as a single hexadecimal digit than as four bits.
The Network layer address enables the packet to be forwarded toward its destination.
The Data Link layer address enables the packet to be carried by the local media across each segment.
Ethernet uses Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) to detect and handle collisions and manage the resumption of communications.
Carrier Sense
In the CSMA/CD access method, all network devices that have messages to send must listen before transmitting.
If a device detects a signal from another device, it will wait for a specified amount of time before attempting to transmit.
When there is no traffic detected, a device will transmit its message. While this transmission is occurring, the device continues to listen for traffic or collisions on the LAN. After the message is sent, the device returns to its default listening mode.
If the distance between devices is such that the latency of one device's signals means that signals are not detected by a second device, the second device may start to transmit, too. The media now has two devices transmitting their signals at the same time. Their messages will propagate across the media until they encounter each other. At that point, the signals mix and the message is destroyed. Although the messages are corrupted, the jumble of remaining signals continues to propagate across the media.
Collision Detection
When a device is in listening mode, it can detect when a collision occurs on the shared media. The detection of a collision is made possible because all devices can detect an increase in the amplitude of the signal above the normal level.
Once a collision occurs, the other devices in listening mode - as well as all the transmitting devices - will detect the increase in the signal amplitude. Once detected, every device transmitting will continue to transmit to ensure that all devices on the network detect the collision.
Jam Signal and Random Backoff
Once the collision is detected by the transmitting devices, they send out a jamming signal. This jamming signal is used to notify the other devices of a collision, so that they will invoke a backoff algorithm. This backoff algorithm causes all devices to stop transmitting for a random amount of time, which allows the collision signals to subside.
After the delay has expired on a device, the device goes back into the "listening before transmit" mode. A random backoff period ensures that the devices that were involved in the collision do not try to send their traffic again at the same time, which would cause the whole process to repeat. But, this also means that a third device may transmit before either of the two involved in the original collision have a chance to re-transmit.
A collision domain is also referred to as a network segment. Hubs and repeaters therefore have the effect of increasing the size of the collision domain.
Ethernet in PHYSICAL Layer
Switches allow the segmentation of the LAN into separate collision domains. Each port of the switch represents a separate collision domain and provides the full media bandwidth to the node or nodes connected on that port. With fewer nodes in each collision domain, there is an increase in the average bandwidth available to each node, and collisions are reduced.
Advantages of Switches over HUBS
In a LAN where all nodes are connected directly to the switch, the throughput of the network increases dramatically. The three primary reasons for this increase are:
Switch Operation
To accomplish their purpose, Ethernet LAN switches use five basic operations:
The MAC table must be populated with MAC addresses and their corresponding ports. The Learning process allows these mappings to be dynamically acquired during normal operation.
As each frame enters the switch, the switch examines the source MAC address. Using a lookup procedure, the switch determines if the table already contains an entry for that MAC address. If no entry exists, the switch creates a new entry in the MAC table using the source MAC address and pairs the address with the port on which the entry arrived. The switch now can use this mapping to forward frames to this node.
The entries in the MAC table acquired by the Learning process are time stamped. This timestamp is used as a means for removing old entries in the MAC table. After an entry in the MAC table is made, a procedure begins a countdown, using the timestamp as the beginning value. After the value reaches 0, the entry in the table will be refreshed when the switch next receives a frame from that node on the same port.
If the switch does not know to which port to send a frame because the destination MAC address is not in the MAC table, the switch sends the frame to all ports except the port on which the frame arrived. The process of sending a frame to all segments is known as flooding. The switch does not forward the frame to the port on which it arrived because any destination on that segment will have already received the frame. Flooding is also used for frames sent to the broadcast MAC address.
Selective Forwarding
Selective forwarding is the process of examining a frame's destination MAC address and forwarding it out the appropriate port. This is the central function of the switch. When a frame from a node arrives at the switch for which the switch has already learned the MAC address, this address is matched to an entry in the MAC table and the frame is forwarded to the corresponding port. Instead of flooding the frame to all ports, the switch sends the frame to the destination node via its nominated port. This action is called forwarding.
In some cases, a frame is not forwarded. This process is called frame filtering. One use of filtering has already been described: a switch does not forward a frame to the same port on which it arrived. A switch will also drop a corrupt frame. If a frame fails a CRC check, the frame is dropped. An additional reason for filtering a frame is security. A switch has security settings for blocking frames to and/or from selective MAC addresses or specific ports.
The ARP protocol provides two basic functions:
Proxy ARP
There are circumstances under which a host might send an ARP request seeking to map an IPv4 address outside of the range of the local network. In these cases, the device sends ARP requests for IPv4 addresses not on the local network instead of requesting the MAC address associated with the IPv4 address of the gateway. To provide a MAC address for these hosts, a router interface may use a proxy ARP to respond on behalf of these remote hosts. This means that the ARP cache of the requesting device will contain the MAC address of the gateway mapped to any IP addresses not on the local network. Using proxy ARP, a router interface acts as if it is the host with the IPv4 address requested by the ARP request. By "faking" its identity, the router accepts responsibility for routing packets to the "real" destination.
Security concerns regarding ARP
In some cases, the use of ARP can lead to a potential security risk. ARP spoofing, or ARP poisoning, is a technique used by an attacker to inject the wrong MAC address association into a network by issuing fake ARP requests. An attacker forges the MAC address of a device and then frames can be sent to the wrong destination.
Manually configuring static ARP associations is one way to prevent ARP spoofing. Authorized MAC addresses can be configured on some network devices to restrict network access to only those devices listed.
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The park is awesome , but spoilt by the constant aircraft noise , we came home a day early as we could not stand the noise anymore ......we had a cabin for dogs as we took ours , but it was full of dog hair when we got there , the staff were very good and came the same day to hoover it , it would also be helpful if there was at least a carpet sweeper in the cabin so we could keep it clean while staying there , by the end of the week I was living with dog hairs from our dog , I do not live with dog hairs at home , and would liked to have been able to clean them ....My husband went to do some fishing , but the island lake is over run with weeds and cannot be fished ..and the rudd lake has only 6 pegs as the rest are private , so I would NOT recommend this for a fishing holiday .......however for water sports and children play areas and amazing walks it is a great park , just take ear plugs .
Our 'lodge' was really very lovely and the location was perfect for us - away from the main areas and nestled in some trees. We had a great weekend but felt we would not be likely to return, as the park was too big and a little overcrowded for us, and we could not be sure to be placed in such a quiet spot again. Also, we found the food on site to be very overpriced (compared to the Chinese takeaway in Tattershall) and pretty much inedible. We had a takeaway on one night and I ended up throwing mine away as it wasn't cooked.
So many things damaged or broken in chalet when we arrived. Shower door wouldn't close properly, tap in shower room broken, blind on patio doors badly damaged part missing completely so no privacy, toilet seat not fitted correctly, no working light in hallway. Mattresses very uncomfortable. On the plus side lodge was clean, lounge furniture comfortable and site overall suited our needs but we did not use this any of facilities.
accommodation was brilliant ,fishing lakes not very good as full of weed ,we left the camp to fish at some nearby lakes and caught some lovly fish
Although the lodge was very nice, spacious and facilities ok, we felt it needed a deep clean. There were lots of cobwebs around the windows and skirting boards which sadly let the lodge down.
The pool area was nice however the shower/locker/changing rooms were horrendous, there was mud all over the floor and this was not just a one off, it was each day. I understand people walking in with outdoor shoes on will have caused this but at no point was there a staff member cleaning it. For the size of the place, either more than one pool is needed, or a renovation to make the pool bigger, it was very chaotic and overcrowded.
We have a lovely and enjoyable time. The park was beautiful with plenty to do. We love how dog friendly it was. We will definitely be returning to the park next year
The log cabin was very nice ,plenty of room. The only downside to the location is the aircraft noise.
Nice lodge ,except the double bed, was the most uncomfortable bed I have ever sleeped in, location wasn't ideal next to the camping but we had a relaxing time .
On arrival we were presented with men erecting a new caravan next to ours so had to wait, the ones language was disgusting and we had three young children with us who are not used to hearing words like that.
Caravan ok but could have had a better clean,....
Not enough crockery for 6 people.
Club prices very expensive, over £4.00 for Guiness I only pay £3.30 at my local Golf Club.
Kids arcade a rip off too, pound a time then you loose money in machine.
On leaving the park and handing the keys in, the men who were swearing before
were taking a new caravan somewhere else pulling it by a tractor, once again the larger man with beard was swearing terribly and there were lots of people about aswell as staff. I commented on him to a member of staff who didnt even answer me. ..
I feel sorry for the person who has bought this new caravan as they dtopped it 3 times, and im afraid i wouldnt have been pleased..........
Not a good place for us will not recommend........................ce
Had a brill week with the kids . Everyone there was friendly and I would go back again
Terrible caravan, toilet seat broken, reported but not replaced, fridge smelt of fish, dirty and stained furnishing, I book at least 3 or 4 times a year with hoseasons and cannot believe they even have this accommodation on their website, if I was a first time customer I would never book with them again. Very bad for your reputation.
A lovely park with numerous lakes, ducks and geese on your doorstep! Lovely views from the upper bar over a lake and plenty to do in the area without having to go too far.
We would definitely visit again, however, we felt that the pool could have been bigger considering the size of the site (it was always full) as could the beach area, which is lovely for the children. Also, both of these facilities could do with longer opening times - the beach seems to close long before the sun disappears, which we thought was a shame.
The outdoor theatre is a great idea and seemed very popular. There are the usual entertainment evenings and amusement areas, also play areas. Again, there could have been a couple of play areas for the size of the camp but all in all we thought it was lovely.
The holiday park was in a lovely setting but it was spoiled by too many campers! It would have been nice to have some green space for children to play but this was used to cram as many tents on as possible!
The pool was lovely as were the spa facilities, although it was a bit of a bun fight in the mornings to try and get a swim as so many others also wanted to use the pool.
The staff were terrific but there wasn't enough of them. They could have done with an extra pair of hands first thing at the activity booking desk as the queue was out of the door. Also food from the bar was very slow in coming one evening although we were compensated for that.
Upstairs bar was a lovely place to relax but not open throughout the whole day unlike downstairs which was disgusting with dirty carpets, chairs and tables.
Activities were good although you had to get to reception early to book, a lot of people disappointed that activities sold out quickly, maybe more staff = more activities?
Caravan was as expected for the price we paid, cheap and cheerful. Pub next door was amazing, we went 3 times!!!! Would consider coming back at a quieter time of year.
Most uncomfortable dirty place we have ever stayed in....
This place is amazing!! We are definitely going back next year.