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Friday, May 3, 2013
Travel & Leisure Blog's: Salient Features Of Panguitch Cabins For ...
By Kenny Eliason
With several lakes, national parks and great outdoors, Utah has carved a vacation niche for itself. People from all walks of life come to this area to ski, relax, fish and generally, to enjoy nature. The Panguitch Lake is well known for its trout and many fishermen make this place their preferred destination. Panguitch cabins for rent are available to cater for this influx of visitors.The most expensive cottages are located near the shores of the lake. The ones which are located farther inland are less expensive. Size also determines the price chargeable to these cottages. A cabin with more bedrooms will definitely cost more than one with less. Many have indoor bathrooms and toilets, although some will have outdoor facilities. To avoid getting a rude shock, always enquire before settling on one.
Most of these lodges have big, sparsely equipped kitchens. Fridges, ovens and cookers are standard. Dishwashers may or may not be available so enquiring before making a choice is important. As food is usually not provided, renters should carry their own food and cook it in the facility.
Before traveling, people should make a budget and take stock of how much money they are willing to spend on specific items. In accommodation for example, lakefront cottages will cost more than those farther inland. Luxury lakeside rentals will cost even more than others around the lake. How much money one is willing to spend on accommodation will determine the kind of cabin to choose.
For people used to oily and unhealthy fast foods consumed at jaw breaking speeds, here is finally a chance to slow down and actually taste food. Cook at leisure in your own kitchen and enjoy meals on the patio overlooking the lake. The graceful sunrises and romantic sunsets kissing the waters are a balm to worn spirits.
For the outdoor and nature lover, the Panguitch cabins for rent are the best choice. They offer peace and tranquility. Renters live a basic life away from the luxury of modern living.
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Music City mourns country legend George Jones
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ? For a guy who sang so many sad songs, George Jones left behind a lot of laughs.
There was more humor than sadness at Jones' funeral Thursday at the Grand Ole Opry House as thousands gathered in Nashville ? some arriving hours before sunrise ? to pay their respects to the man whose voice has defined country music for more than half a century.
Friend after friend related stories of Jones' kindness, his love for his widow, Nancy, who's credited with helping him survive his personal demons later in life, and the funny little moments that will stick with them always.
Barbara Mandrell remembered the kindnesses he gave a scared 13-year-old girl just getting her start in the business. Former first lady Laura Bush remembered dumping quarter after quarter into the jukebox to hear "The Race Is On." Wynonna Judd remembered his perfect hair and his friendship. And Vince Gill remembered the man who gave him the nickname "Sweet Pea," a moniker he wasn't sure he liked at first but now treasures.
"The great thing is every time someone calls me Sweet Pea, I'll get to think about him," Gill said before earning a standing ovation for his rendition of "Go Rest High on That Mountain" with Patty Loveless.
The nearly 3-hour memorial was attended by several major country stars and political figures. Nancy Jones sat flanked by Bush and Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam spoke, as did former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. CBS host Bob Schieffer recalled a 2009 interview with Jones where the singer's true personality seemed to show through.
"I came away feeling his whole life was a surprise to him and he never quite believed any of it," Schieffer said.
Each of the stars who performed had a personal connection to Jones. Randy Travis, who was anointed a traditional country voice by Jones, sang "Amazing Grace," a song Jones had once put his own personal stamp upon.
"When I heard him do this song, it literally gave me chills," Travis said.
Paisley remembered Jones allowing him to house his first horse on the Jones family farm and the visits the two would have, then sang "Me & Jesus." Kid Rock asked Nancy Jones to imagine Jones was actually singing as he performed "Best of Me," before checking himself to the delight of the crowd.
"I know that's a huge (leap of) imagination," Kid Rock said with an embarrassed smile. "Unshaven, long-haired confused country hip-hop rock 'n' roller trying to sing George Jones."
But it may have been Charlie Daniels who summed up Jones best in a long, beautifully rendered tribute. He noted Jones was probably the most imitated country singer of all time.
"George Jones' voice was a rowdy Saturday night uproar at a back-street beer joint, the heartbroken wail of the one who wakes up to find the other side of the bed empty, the far-off lonesome whistle of the midnight train, the look in the eyes of a young bride as that ring is placed on her finger, the memories of a half-asleep old man dreaming about the good old days," Daniels said. "Lost love, lost innocence, good and bad memories, and experiences that are just too much for a human being to deal with. He sang for us all, the non-stop partiers, the guys who are alone and the girl done wrong, the puppy lovers, the extrovert, the introvert and the guy at the end of the bar who never seems to go home ... George had a song for everybody."
The funeral was broadcast live on cable music television channels CMT and GAC and ? in a nod to simpler times when Jones was at his biggest ? on all local television networks.
The Beaumont, Texas, native was in the midst of a farewell tour that was to have wrapped up with an all-star salute in November in Nashville when he died. He postponed two performances two weeks ago and entered the hospital with a fever and irregular blood pressure. He'd been ill off and on over the previous year.
Jones' pure, matchless baritone defined the sound of country music for a half century, and his death brought universal reaction from the music community and fans. Known for hits like "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes," ''White Lightning" and "He Stopped Loving Her Today," which Alan Jackson used to close the memorial, Jones had No. 1s in four decades from the 1950s to the 1980s and "Possum" remained a popular figure in Music City until his death.
"Brother George taught us how to sing with a broken heart," Gill said.
Paisley said even though Jones has passed on, his legacy is still there, ready to inspire. He urged young viewers who might be tuning in to check out Jones' music.
"You must be thinking, 'Boy, they're making a ruckus,'" Paisley said. "I would encourage you if you don't know him, go find him now. Go buy his records and see what all this ruckus is about because it's worth it."
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/music-city-mourns-country-legend-george-jones-092652443.html
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Why Obama won't talk so much about drug war on Mexico trip
President Obama travels to Mexico Thursday with a bilateral agenda that no longer screams ?drug war? as its No. 1 item.
But if narcotrafficking and security issues seem to have given way to trade, Western Hemisphere energy development, and regional prosperity on the list of items Mr. Obama and his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Pe?a Nieto, will discuss Thursday, that doesn?t mean the drug war is a thing of the past, experts say.
It just means the two countries agree it?s time to talk about drugs and drug trade-related violence less.
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Instead, experts add, the lower profile the two leaders give to drug trafficking and Mexico?s related violence reflects Mr. Pe?a Nieto?s effort to downplay his nation?s battle with drug cartels in favor of his reform agenda ? and Obama?s own desires to change the narrative of the bilateral relationship.
?Pe?a Nieto has been putting the emphasis on economic issues and his reforms, and not so much on narcotrafficking, levels of violence, and the security agenda,? says Jorge Chabat, an expert in US-Mexico security issues at CIDE, a social sciences research and teaching institution in Mexico City.
?The US is still very interested in Mexican stability, but basically Obama has decided that not talking about the violence and talking more about economic progress will help legitimize Pe?a Nieto, and will help Mexican stability,? Mr. Chabat says. ?Both countries are still very interested in what continues to be a very big problem,? he adds, ?they?ve just agreed to talk about it less.?
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In discussing Obama?s trip, White House officials concur that the president sees his three days of travel to Mexico and Costa Rica as an opportunity to shift the focus of the US-Mexico ? and indeed the US-Americas ? relationships beyond security and drug-trade issues.
?We very much want to broaden the focus of the relationship beyond security to encompass the economic potential,? says Ben Rhodes, White House deputy national security adviser for strategic communications. Noting Mexico?s ?tremendous economic growth in recent years,? he says both presidents want to put their emphasis on enhancing that growth ?to create jobs and economic opportunity on both sides of the border.?
One reason Obama is making this trip now, Mr. Rhodes says, is that the president saw the moment ? Obama beginning a second term, Pe?a Nieto having just taken office in December ? as an opportunity to recast and deepen US relations with Mexico and other southern neighbors.
Pe?a Nieto replaced President Felipe Calderon, who launched a ferocious fight with Mexico?s powerful drug cartels shortly after taking office in December 2006. Mr. Calderon?s war challenged the cartels and netted some top traffickers ? but at the cost of tremendous violence that resulted in more than 70,000 deaths.
Pe?a Nieto came into office pledging to reduce the violence, and to put more emphasis on reforms to improve Mexico?s judicial system, reduce legendary police corruption, and streamline the anti-drug trafficking fight through better coordination among the country?s various security forces.
Some of the announced changes have caused ripples of concern north of the border ? Pe?a Nieto has decided that all cooperation with US law enforcement agencies should be channeled through Mexico?s Interior Ministry, which is responsible for all internal security issues.
Some Drug Enforcement Agency officials have said privately they worry that order could disrupt their work with their Mexican counterparts. But Obama says that, while he wants to hear from Pe?a Nieto what he intends from such changes, his initial understanding is that the Mexican leader is primarily aiming for better coordinated and more efficient domestic security efforts.
?Some of the issues that he?s talking about really had to do with refinements and improvements in terms of how Mexican authorities work with each other, how they coordinate more effectively, and it has less to do with how they?re dealing with us,? Obama said at a press conference Tuesday.
The new Mexican leader?s ?streamlining? of law enforcement efforts has a lot to do with domestic considerations and very little to do with cooperation with the US, CIDE?s Chabat says. Already under President Calderon US-Mexico counternarcotics cooperation had shifted from the provision of antitrafficking vehicles and related supplies to ?institution-building,? he says.
What is different, Chabat adds, is that for political reasons Pe?a Nieto will be less public than his two predecessors about US-Mexico security cooperation.
?Calderon and [Vicente] Fox,? the last two presidents who hailed from the conservative National Action Party (PAN), ?were very open about cooperation with US security agencies,? he says. But Pe?a Nieto faces different political pressures, he says.
Pe?a Nieto ?will continue cooperation with the US in a very important way,? Chabat says. But he notes that the new president hails from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled Mexico for 70 years (until 2000) with a veneer of proud independence from American influence. As a result, he says, Pe?a Nieto ?will think it?s important to maintain some rhetorical distance from the US to protect himself from the ultra-nationalists.?
Mexican authorities have started to trumpet what they say is a drop-off in violence and drug-war deaths since Pe?a Nieto took office. But some Mexican human rights groups and outside organizations like the Washington Office on Latin America say that the reduction in violence is exaggerated and limited to a few states, and that rights abuses continue at high levels.
Chabat says no one expects Mexico?s high levels of violence to fall off rapidly, or for the new government to abandon the war on drugs. And in that context of continuity, he says it?s understandable that Obama and Pe?a Nieto would look to change the narrative of US-Mexico relations to something more positive.
Citing such ?positives? as Mexico?s recent impressive economic growth and a decade of poverty reduction across much of Latin America, some experts say Obama is broadening the spectrum of US interests in its southern neighbors at the right time.
Expanding the US agenda ?offers the administration an opportunity to put together different elements that could make this relationship new, contemporary, and make people excited about the US and the region in a way that hasn?t been done in the past,? says Carl Meacham, director of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
Referring to Mexico as ?the current darling of international economists,? Chabat says it makes sense for Obama to focus on the positive, even if the drug war is not about to go away.
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Apple expands SSD options for configure-to-order iMacs
If you're in the market for a new iMac and you value raw speed over storage capacity, you may be interested in a recent change at Apple's online store. Apple is offering new storage options for iMac buyers interested in configuring their systems with Solid State Drives (SSDs), according to Eric Slivka at MacRumors. Now Apple will configure 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMacs with 256GB and 512GB SSDs. You'll add $300 or $600 to the cost of your machine, respectively.
This is particularly good news for 21.5-inch iMac customers, who up until now have been limited to two choices: either a 1TB SATA hard disk drive, or a 1TB "Fusion" drive that mixes 128GB of SSD storage and a conventional hard disk together to improve performance. Going pure SSD should speed things up even further.
Apple continues to offer a 768GB SSD as a $900 option on the 27-inch iMac, but the other two SSD sizes allow users with tighter purse strings to jump on the SSD bandwagon without paying such a heavy premium.
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Officials say threatened FAA towers to remain open
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has assured lawmakers the Obama administration will prevent the closure of 149 small airport towers as well as end furloughs of air traffic controllers nationwide as a result of legislation passed by Congress, according to officials involved in negotiations on the bill.
The disclosure came as senators sought signatures on a letter to LaHood saying that that their support of the legislation "was based on the understanding that the contract towers would be fully funded." In all, 149 towers are ticketed for possible closure beginning June 15 as the FAA carries out its share of the $85 billion in across-the-board budget cuts that took effect in March at numerous federal agencies.
The letter said the towers, which are staffed by employees under contract to the FAA, are a "vital public safety and economic development asset for dozens of communities - many of them rural - in every corner of the country." It was circulated by Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
The developments coincided with congressional passage during the day of a follow-up bill that fixed a stenographic error in legislation that cleared late last week. It was designed to give LaHood flexibility to shift up to $253 million among various accounts to "prevent reduced operations and staffing of the FAA," but the original measure lacked the letter "s'' on the word "accounts."
President Barack Obama is expected to sign the bill quickly.
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the senior Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, said he met with LaHood on Thursday and spoke with him again the following day about the legislation. "I think his expectation is there is enough money and enough flexibility for him to" keep the towers open and end the furloughs of FAA employees, the South Dakotan said in a telephone interview.
"I would expect him to address that based on the discussions that took place."
He added that when he and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W. Va., met last week with LaHood and FAA administration Michael Huerta, "it was understood they would take care of both of those issues if we gave them the money." Other officials said LaHood had provided similar assurances, although they spoke on condition of anonymity because they lacked authority to be quoted by name.
Justin Nisly, a spokesman for LaHood, had no immediate comment. The Transportation Department has not yet announced how it will use the flexibility provided in the legislation.
The impetus for the legislation was private pressure from the airlines whose business was disrupted by air traffic furloughs, coupled with public outrage from travelers who were forced to endure delays.
But political calculations also figured into a mini-drama that resulted in the bill's passage late last week, as Obama and Republicans continue to blame one another for the inconveniences caused by across-the-board spending cuts.
The White House abruptly retreated under pressure last Wednesday when it indicated it would accept an easing of the FAA cuts while leaving the balance of the $85 billion in reductions unchanged. Given lengthy political struggle surrounding across-the-board cuts, the issue was sensitive enough so that when Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine and Mark Udall, D-Colo., initially proposed legislation that explicitly said the measure would assure the towers remain open, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., objected, according to several officials briefed on the discussions.
The wording was altered to drop the explicit reference, although the flexibility to keep the towers open was retained. It was not clear whether Reid insisted on his own behalf, as a proxy for other Democrats, or on behalf of the White House. But it was not the first time the leader has become involved in a struggle over the fate of the towers.
When the Senate was debating a different measure earlier in the year, he quietly prevented Moran from gaining a vote on a stand-alone proposal to keep the towers open.
A spokesman for Reid was not immediately available to comment.
Huerta testified recently that the cost of cancelling FAA furloughs would be $220 million through Sept. 30, leaving about $33 million in freed-up funding to maintain the towers. He also said the agency is working with about 50 communities and airport operators in hopes of arranging alternative funding.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/officials-threatened-faa-towers-remain-open-203307176.html
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Feed Wrangler: A Great iOS Reader Replacement for a Price
While yes, the grieving process takes time, if you're still too busy bemoaning the imminent death of your beloved Google Reader
What does it do?
Lets you import your RSS feed from Google Reader, or if you're looking for a new beginning, you can pick and choose which specific lists you'd like to bring in to your new, Reader-less life. From there, you'll get four main screens: unread, all, starred, and Smart Streams. The last follows in the vein of Apple's Smart Playlists, and puts together feeds whichever search terms or already existing feeds you'd like.
Why do we like it?
Convenience is front and center here. The web app lets you manage your lists and browse your feeds when desktop access is available. Plus, for 1Password users, an icon is flawlessly integrated into the start screen, so all it takes is a single tap and you're in browsing headlines. And unlike with many mobile-based reader apps out there, Feed Wrangler doesn't skimp on functionality for screen space. It manages to give you just as much power (star, mark as read, mark all as read, sharing, etc.) as you enjoy in Google Reader while keeping a simple, clean layout that doesn't detract from your experience. Of course, you'll have to REALLY be someone who uses an RSS reader to validate the high price. Everyone else can download the sample version for free and get a glimpse of how the other side lives.
Feed Wrangler, Download this app for: iOS, Free/$19
The Best: Smart Streams
The Worst: Pricey
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Gunmen surround Libyan justice ministry
By Ghaith Shennib and Jessica Donati
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Armed groups in pick-up trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns and rocket-launchers surrounded Libya's justice ministry Tuesday to press demands for former aides to deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi to be barred from senior government posts.
Tensions between the government and armed militias has been rising since authorities began a campaign to dislodge the gunmen from strongholds in the capital Tripoli to tackle lawlessness menacing Libya's democratic transition since Gaddafi's demise.
Gunmen first ringed the foreign ministry on Sunday and have targeted other state buildings, aiming to paralyze government until legislation banning those who once served under Gaddafi, who was overthrown and killed in a 2011 uprising, is adopted.
The unrest spurred the General National Congress to postpone its next sitting, scheduled for Tuesday, to Sunday. A spokesman said this would give lawmakers time to consider legislation that protesters were clamoring for.
"This is definitely an attempt to impose their agenda on the political process. It's not massively out of character - we have seen this before - but it is definitely a worrying trend," said a Western diplomat in Tripoli.
The justice ministry was surrounded by gunmen occupying the roads outside the building with around 20 pickup trucks, including one with Grad missiles positioned at the gates.
The minister and his staff later left the building at the insistence of the armed group, one of the gunmen told Reuters.
The legislation demanded by militia groups who played a pivotal role in the anti-Gaddafi revolt could potentially blacklist several long-serving ministers, the congress chairman and Prime Minister Ali Zeidan himself.
WEAK GOVERNMENT
Efforts to enact such a law have been hobbled by wrangling within the legislature and many Libyans are losing patience with the national assembly's haplessness.
About 100 people gathered in Tripoli's Martyrs Square on Tuesday to voice their support for the legislation, shouting, "Oh, martyrs, your blood will not go in vain", referring to those who died fighting to topple Gaddafi.
Demonstrators calling for the legislation to be passed said the government, so weak that big swathes of the vast oil-producing desert country are beyond central authority, would fall if it did not yield to their demands.
"If they don't pass the political isolation law, we will protest here and topple the government," said Faisal Alaqsa.
Demonstrators carried wooden coffins wrapped in flags and photographs of those who had died in the 2011 revolution as a reminder of its human cost. "This government is disappointing because it has not done anything to sack people from the former regime," said Khalid Sharif, one of the coffin bearers.
A rival demonstration in support of the transitional government was initially planned for Tuesday afternoon but it was unclear whether it would go ahead.
The build-up in armed protests this week has increased fears of a security breakdown in Tripoli and prompted the German embassy to suspend some activities. Protesters have also unsuccessfully tried to storm the interior ministry.
The U.N. Support Mission in Libya said it was monitoring the siege of state institutions and urged Libyans to resolve their differences through dialogue and abide by principles of democracy and rule of law that had driven the uprising.
(Reporting by Ghaith Shennib and Jessica Donati; Writing by Jessica Donati; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gunmen-surround-libyan-justice-ministry-105602345.html
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