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NOT SO LONG ago, intellectuals seemed to be the most picked-on weaklings in the school yard of American politics. When George Wallace ran for president in 1972, he blamed "pointy-headed intellectuals" for everything from rising crime and changing sexual mores to busing and the stalemate in Vietnam. Vice President Spiro Agnew had exploited the same theme in 1970 when he attacked the country's "effete corps of impudent snobs," those "nattering nabobs of negativism" who opposed the Nixon administration. Two decades earlier the vocabulary was different but the mood was similar.


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The Bruins headed into the third period against the Penguins leading 2-0, but ended up giving up the advantage and eventually fell 3-2. The B's now hold a 17-4-3 record and are sitting in fourth in the Eastern Conference.
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Edit: This movie did not move forward with Mischa or Drake Bell.
Movie crews are shooting in West Michigan this week, as for the next four weeks, filmmakers will be shooting a horror-thriller set in Augusta's famous Barn Theater.
The film is titled Cawdor, and it's being directed by Battle Creek native Phil Wurtzel.
He was inspired to write the screenplay while shooting a documentary about the Barn Theater a couple of years ago.
You might recognize some of the leading actors–Cary Elwes, from "The Princess Bride," Drake Bell, from the TV show "Drake and Josh," and Mischa Barton from TV's "The OC."
But the rest of the cast and crew will be from West Michigan.
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The Barn Theater is going to see some more action after the summer season: Sriel Films Production Co. is going to be using the space to shoot an independent film called "Cawdor."Phil Wurtzel, owner of Battle Creek Rentals, is the writer, director and producer of this tale of psychological terror. He made a documentary about the Barn Theatre a couple of years ago. There will be Barnies working onscreen and on the crew for "Cawdor."
Wurtzel is joined by Larry Lee of California as producer. The two made another movie in the area called "Chameleon" back in 1998.
Lee said the story takes place in the fictional town of Cawdor, Mich. A disgraced Broadway director has been reduced to directing a summer stock theater for juvenile delinquents. He decides to put on a production of "Macbeth," also known as the cursed play. Things start to go wrong and a girl called Vivian, the lead character, isn't sure if there are supernatural things going on or if she is going insane.
"It's kind of a roundabout homage, not only to Orson Welles, and him doing 'Macbeth' as the first Shakespeare ever presented on film, which was a pretty big deal back in the '40s when he did it," Lee said. "But this is also an homage to Roman Polanski, and a film he did with Catherine Deneuve back in 1964 called 'Repulsion.' And that's really what we try to do in our films is reference back to the classics …and just try to bring back that style and that sense into the current film market and what's going on."
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Sophia Brown wins Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 Linkage Awards
Leighton Levy, Star Writer
Singer Sophia Brown is delighted and honoured at being awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Linkage Awards, held in Bronx, New York, Saturday, May 3.
The reggae singer was also nominated for two other awards and performed during the ceremony that recognises the talents of disc jockeys and entertainers in the reggae and dancehall industry.
Brown was nominated alongside luminaries such as Lady Saw and Tessanne Chin for the award of Female Recording Artiste of the Year, as well as Female Vocalist of the Year, respectively. Though she didn't win, Brown was thrilled.
"I'm so excited," she said after collecting her award that recognised her contribution to reggae music for more than two decades.
"It's been a long time coming. Working in the industry for so many years, to be honoured for that, is something that I have waited for. I have been nominated for so many awards over the years and never won but, as they say, the race is not for the swift but for those who can go the distance, and I have proven, over time, that I can definitely do that."
The singer, who recently released the single, Touch Me, also extended gratitude to all who helped her achieve her career goals.
"I want to thank the Musicmecka team for never giving up on me; my family who saw me at my best and also in moments when I was at my lowest, but were always there to cheer me on. my fans, thank you for your continuous support."
She also thanked media for continuous support. "Media houses, how could I ever forget you. thank you, all so much, I truly appreciate all the support over the years."
Brown, who recently recorded a single, We're Lovers, with Los Angeles-based artiste Black Ice, is set to shoot a music video for the single before embarking on a month-long tour of the United States.
Dubbed the 'Catch Me if You Can Tour', the singer will perform at cities including Los Angeles, San Diego, New Orleans and Chicago.
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Soo a friend let me ride her horse at a show today, it was my first time entering an actual class. I had been to shows before but only done clear round & handy pony etc. but today I done the 'Ridden cobs' class on Paddy.
He's a welsh section D, 21 years old & was used as a driving stallion until he was 12. He was sooo well behaved, he usually has a habit of bolting but today he was actually kinda lazy lol we didnt get placed unfortunately, but ohwell it was fun anyway :)
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xandros is the continuation of corel3, the easiest debian
distro....check out the awesome screenshot ....
looks super easy for windoze newbies to learn linux
on without being scared off
Hopefully something good will come out of this.
I don't know about you, but screenshots of Linux distros are absolutely of no interest to me. What interests me are things like:
- what are tools written in? Are they safe from possible exploits?
- when a service can be exploited, how fast do these guys respond and how easy is it to install the patch/new version?
- Is the system kept small, clean and lean (à la OpenBSD)
The fact that the default wallpaper is blue and that KDE is the default wm is of no interest.
GnuVince, those things are especially useful to know if someone wants the Xandros Server (although, of course, they're good qualities in any OS'es).
With a desktop OS I'm more interested in knowing what end-user programs it has, how good the support is, how easy it is to install, and is it usable out of the box or does the user need to tinker with the OS a few hours before he can do anything useful with it.
And it is pretty interesting to know what the default wm is. The new users installing a Linux system for the first time don't know how to change the default wm so it's better to let them start with a desktop that has a decent default configuration and is easy to use. A Xandros Desktop with wm2 as it's default wm? Hmm, that would be interesting.
I agree with the screenshots thing, though. They don't prove anything. Any Linux distro can be made looking like any other. Besides, if those "awesome screenshots" there are showing the default theme of Xandros Linux, shame on them... even my SuSE's default KDE theme looked better! :P
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Besides, if those "awesome screenshots" there are showing the default theme of Xandros Linux, shame on them... even my SuSE's default KDE theme looked better! :P
hell, even a newly compiled and installed KDE from source looks better than that
I've seen some discussion about xandros being involved with Lindows; With the reputation Lindows has gotten, I'm not too confident in xandros.
That's too bad; I agree with capybara about Corel; it was an easy install, perfect for windows users to get an introduction to Linux; that's where I started.
I like the fact that they worked hard to tie KDE more deeply into the system, fx. the work they put into USB is awesome.
Well, from a purely "looks" point of view, I rather like this. I am partial to the MS Windows look and feel- I have my SuSE KDE setup to look and work much like MS Windows. Makes it easier to bounce back and forth between the two OSs and would be helpful for new users coming over from MS.
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The South African National Association for the Visual Arts
SANAVA is the oldest, constitutionally established, most representative, national non-governmental association for the promotion of the visual arts in South Africa, its origin dating back to 1851 when the Cape Fine Arts Society (CFAS) was established.
Over the years, the Society has grown to become a national body of artists and lovers of the visual arts. The organisation proved its resilience despite several war-time situations and challenges of an economic, financial, social and political nature. Several name changes were due to follow: in 1871 it became the South African Fine Arts Association (SAFAA), in 1945 the South African Association of Arts (SAAA), and in 1998 the South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA). Despite the name changes, the Association basically retained the same objectives as reflected in the original Constitution, that of promoting the visual arts in its widest context. One of SANAVA's major objectives concerning the development of artists relates to the administration of three fully equipped artists' studios, in the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France. These were acquired during the early 1990s in terms of an occupational rights agreement, valid till 2060.
SANAVA is an overall administrative body, serving autonomous branches and affiliated organisations (art galleries, museums, educational institutions and corporate bodies providing for the promotion of the visual arts) country-wide. Presently, the Association comprises 25 autonomous branches and 27 affiliated museums, galleries, academic institutions and corporate bodies, each of them promoting the visual arts in its own way. Its Constitution does not allow for individual artists directly to become members of the national association. They have to be members of a branch that is a member of the national body.
The National Association is registered with the Department of Social Development as a Non Government Organisation (NGO) and with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) as a Public Benefit Organisation (PBO). It is the South African member of the International Association of Art (IAA) with head office in Paris, France, which is recognised as a NGO in official relations with UNESCO
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The South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA) urges artists to enter South Africa's longest running art competition, L'Atelier.
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You can become involved with SANAVA either as an individual member of an existing branch of your choice or as an affiliate of the National Association. There is no regional consideration involved if you should wish to join a branch, although practical considerations would be advisable.
With regard to applying for membership, branches all have there own procedures to be followed. Becoming a member of a branch automatically renders you membership of SANAVA. In the case e.g. of a gallery applying for direct membership of SANAVA, there are no application forms to be completed; a deposit of the annual affiliation fee of R500 serves as only formality except for the necessity to approach SANAVA beforehand about such eventuality and informing the Association about the name of the affiliate and particulars of the relevant contact person (postal, telephone, fax and email addresses).
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Sanava: A member of the IAA
The South African Association of Arts (SAAA), earlier name of the South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA), was a founding member of the International Association of Art (IAA)/Association Internationale des Arts Plastiques (AIAP). The IAA is a non-governmental world body run by and for visual artists in every medium, style and tradition. It was founded in 1954 under the auspices of UNESCO. Artists from countries worldwide are represented by their national committees. At the 1st General Assembly of the IAA, held in Venice from 28 September to 3 October 1954, the SAAA was represented by an established visual artist, Walter Battiss. He was elected as a member of the organisation's first Executive Committee, together with representatives from Brazil, USA, Yugoslavia, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Japan and Sweden.
The principal objectives of the IAA are:
- to stimulate international co-operation, free from any aesthetic, political or other bias, among artists of all countries;
- to improve the economic and social position of artists at the international level, and to defend their material and moral rights; and
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Joe Jonas Answers Fan Questions
Becca RitchieBecca Ritchie claims she's from Mystic Falls, but really, she lives in Atlanta where humidity is her greatest foe. She loves comic books, blue nail polish and Jonathan Taylor Thomas circa 1995. She frequents Twitter to dish about CW shows, and when she's not blogging, she reads too many YA and NA books. She's an Amazon Bestselling Author of the Addicted series, a New Adult Romance. Follow her on Twitter @Becca_Ritchie.
No wonder fans adore Joe Jonas. The one-third Jonas Brother and current mentor on CW's The Next answers fan questions through twitter videos. If you haven't seen The Next yet, I suggest giving it a shot. While it seems like any other singing competition, there's a huge twist. The mentors literally jump in the lives of aspiring musicians. In the first episode, Joe tags along on a babysitting gig. Can you imagine being a kid and looked after by your favorite idol? As a child, I would have pulled my pigtails out if Johnathan Taylor Thomas watched over me for a night.
Click on the links in each tweet for Joe's answers to the fan questions!
"If you could add a fifth judge to The Next who would it be?"
twitvid.com/X6RFC - @ilmintz8 #tweetmejoe #thenext @CW_network—
joe jonas (@joejonas) August 24, 2012
"What's [your] favorite memory of doing The Next?" Spoiler: it involves underwear!
twitvid.com/BVF3P - @NinaGxo #tweetmejoe @CW_network—
joe jonas (@joejonas) August 24, 2012
"What have you eaten on The Next?" A bizarre but hilarious question that has an equally amusing answer.
twitvid.com/189LY - @Andrearjc #tweetmejoe #thenext @CW_network—
joe jonas (@joejonas) August 24, 2012
So there you have it. Have you been watching The Next? It's refreshing to see a singing competition that focuses more on the singer rather than the judges/mentors/famous-people-sitting-in-big-chairs.


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Kimchee Days, or, Stoned-cold Warriors—A Novel
by Timothy V. Gatto, 368 pages, $15.95, ISBN 978-0-9819891-4-3
Millions of men served in the Army during the Cold War—many inside major American cities—in ARADCOM (Army Air Defense Command). Until recently, one of the Army's best kept secrets was that the men in the Nike-Hercules system were in charge of nuclear missiles ready to knock down fleets of Soviet planes or ICBMs should they attempt to attack the U.S. To those inside ARADCOM, though, the even better-kept secret was the one about duty in Korea—a country where anything went and where the officers and senior NCOs shut themselves away to wait for their 13 months to be over, leaving the business of running nuclear facilities to the lower enlisted men. You could almost say that duty in Korea was duty in a place where the inmates were running the asylum. Kimchee Days is about life in a Nike-Hercules battery near Inchon in the early 1970s, a part of the Korean Air Defense Artillery—or the ADA, which the men usually called "A Different Army." In its way, the book embraces the spirit of the 1970s, along with the lives, loves—and many other things—that came with that time. Welcome to the asylum.
The important thing to me that your book made me remember was that my friends & fellow soldiers that I worked & lived with every day were really a part of me. . . . Thank you very much for writing this book—Marc Bowen, a Nike-Hercules veteran.
Please write a sequel, I would really like to read it. . . [What ever] happened to Fred the guard dog?—Cliff Harmon, a Nike-Hercules veteran.
First thing I've read all the way thru in a long time—A Hawk missiles veteran.
Let me know when your book hits the stands, would love to have a copy—John Coles, a Nike-Hercules veteran.
I've read Kimchee Days three times—and with every reading I've laughed as hard as I did the time before—Malcolm Reiner, a non-veteran
About Timothy V. Gatto
Tim Gatto was born in 1950 and enlisted in the Army in 1968. The Vietnam War began shaping and changing his ideas about American foreign policy, and, still serving, he joined the protest movement. Later, after witnessing the fraudulent run-up to the Iraq war engineered by the Bush administration, he became a highly active and increasingly popular online writer. In 2009, he published From Complicity to Contempt, a lively and uniquely revealing selection of his writings through 2006. Tim lives in South Carolina, "a liberal in one of the reddest states in the country." Kimchee Days is his first novel.
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The City of Portland, Bureau of Development Services is offering its Fall 2010 Landlord Training Program: Keeping Rental Property Safe and Free of Illegal Activity. These classes work to build on a foundation of partnership between property owners, tenants, and city agencies to create safe communities and residences. These Fall trainings are made available by funding received from the Portland Police Bureau.
The Bureau of Development Services partners with the Portland Police Bureau and other City offices to provide current, effective information on property management to ensure safe, crime free rental properties. Presentations are made by Housing Inspectors, Crime Prevention Specialists, and Police Bureau Neighborhood Response Team Officers. These City staff are also available at the trainings to answer attendees' questions. Useful information from other City Bureaus, government agencies, and non-profit organizations with an interest in the rental industry will also be available at the trainings.
Topics covered in the 8-hour training sessions include: property management to prevent crime or loss of investment value, best practices in applicant screening, signs of dishonest applicants, rental agreements, ongoing management and resident relations, crisis resolution/eviction, and partnering with police/crime prevention specialists/housing inspectors.
Facilitated by Campbell DeLong Resources, Inc., over 14,900 landlords have attended the City of Portland's program in the 20 years it has been offered. The City has received overwhelming positive responses from attendees. Landlords who have taken the course state they feel more confident in their ability to screen applicants, recognize signs of illegal activity, and take action or deal with problem tenant behaviors when they arise.
Over 550 cities and counties across the nation have adopted this program, and it has been nationally recognized through the U.S. Department of Justice for its unique benefits.
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Steve-O Dishes on 'Dancing With the Stars' Predictions and 'Jackass 4'
Last year, 'Jackass 3-D' raked in more than $100 million at the box office, proving that being a "professional idiot" (as Steve-O calls it) still pays off.
Here, he opens up to us about why he did 'Dancing With the Stars' and who he thinks will win this season. He also talks about performing stunts sober for the first time and whether there might be a 'Jackass 4.'
AOL TV: Why did you sign up for 'Dancing With the Stars'?
Steve-O: At that point, I had kind of been minding my own business for a whole year, just focusing on sobriety, and it just seemed like a safe, wholesome family show. I was living in a halfway house, and all my rehearsals were just down the road, so I never had to travel. Those were my reasons for doing it: It was a safe environment, right down the road.
Going into the show, did you think you had a chance of winning?
I wasn't so delusional that I ever thought that I had a chance of winning. I just figured I was gonna give it my best, you know? I never thought I was gonna win, but I wasn't ready to be as bad as I was. [Laughs]
Still, you wound up being the season's underdog and hanging in there for six weeks. What was the experience like overall?
It was really uncomfortable, but I'm glad I did it. It still really makes me kinda sentimental, and makes me feel really good. At that time, I was so new to sobriety and so unsure of myself. I still had major issues with guilt, shame and remorse for a lot of stuff I had done that I wasn't proud of, and I was having a lot of trouble forgiving myself for that stuff. But having all that support and love that came through in the votes, it really meant a lot to me.
Do you have any insight into who might win this season?
Well, I'm really good friends with Mike Catherwood. So, of course, he was my favorite. Now I can only operate with a second favorite: Hines Ward. It doesn't seem like he has any pre-existing dancing ability, but he's clearly trying and he has a good attitude about it. He has a good smile and makes it look fun. I'm not discounting Kirstie Alley or Ralph Macchio at all, but Hines is someone I really enjoy watching.
Was filming 'Jackass 3-D' the first time you had done stunts sober?
Yeah, it was my first time filming 'Jackass' sober. It was so important for me to prove to myself, and the world, that I still had that in me. I really felt like I had something to prove -- and that was that sobriety hadn't turned me into a boring, lame sissy and hadn't robbed me of my personality. In one sense, though, I was more dreading doing the stunts than I ever did before, because I knew what was going on. Being sober doesn't make doing crazy stunts any easier, but I was more eager than ever to be doing them because I felt like I had so much to prove.
Will there be a 'Jackass 4'?
There's a strong argument for quitting while you're ahead, especially when we've pushed our luck as much as we have. But, at the same time, we genuinely love doing it. And it's popular; it does really well. I think there's an equally strong argument for not doing it as there is for doing it. Which argument will win out remains to be seen. I just know that I haven't gotten any phone calls about it.
You've written a book, which comes out this summer. What's the premise and how did you come up with it?
It's a memoir called 'Professional Idiot,' and it's not a flattering story at all. It starts off when I was locked up in jail in Orlando in 1996 for my second drunk driving arrest. While I was in there, I had my front teeth broken. I had been kicked out of my house. I had no job, no money, no nothing and I was in jail. My life was just an absolute disaster at that point.
But while in jail, I got my hands on some notebook paper and started writing my memoir. [Laughs] The very first thing I wrote was: "They call me Steve-O. I'm thinking about switching back to Steve Glover because now I've kinda begun a career and I don't know if I want a nickname when I'm famous." I thought it was a great place to start the book because, as I finished scrawling out these handwritten pages, I was passing them over to the prisoner on the bunk next to me and all these inmates started reading them. It was pretty hilarious because, as anyone would tell you, if you wind up in jail, it's probably best to mind your own business. But I was incapable of following that advice. I needed all those other inmates to not only pay attention to me, but to read these ridiculous stories I was writing. That's how it's been my whole life.
Over the past few years, you've been an outspoken vegan and PETA activist. How did you get involved in that lifestyle?
Very shortly before I got sober, I became pescatarian [a vegetarian who eats fish]. That was really inspired by crazy hallucinations and voices I was hearing as a result of all the drugs I was doing. It all lead me to believe that I was gonna somehow be punished for the suffering I caused to animals. So, initially, I was motivated purely by fear of being punished in some other realm or some other life. Then, in sobriety, it occurred to me that being driven by fear is not really the way I want to live my life. I changed my perspective on everything and arrived at the conclusion that I'm a happier person if I'm more compassionate in my lifestyle, so I stopped eating fish and eggs, and bought a carton of soy milk, and I've been vegan ever since. I feel better mentally, physically and spiritually. It's absolutely bettered every area of my life. There's no question about that.


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Restaurant Critic Review: Stuart's Chef's Table uses local ingredients, has intimate setting
The Chef's Table
Cuisine: Fine dining
Daytime hours: 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday
Dinner Hours: 5:30-10 p.m Thursday-Saturday
Address: 2313 S.E. Ocean Boulevard, Stuart
Phone: 772-287-5599
Alcohol: Beer & wine
Handicapped access: Yes
A multi-course dinner featuring fine local ingredients is a special thing. Add to the experience a knowledgeable sommelier like Pierre Uteschill, and the dinner becomes an education as well as an indulgence.
I had the immeasurable pleasure of enjoying this type of meal in an intimate setting with friends, right in Stuart.
Chefs Adam Fatigate and Katie Fatigate recently opened the doors to The Chef's Table for dinner.
All the times I attempted to visit the restaurant for lunch and found the doors closed for catering only built the place up to seem mysterious. They might as well have put up a velvet rope and had a line of people waiting out front.
I couldn't help feel like I was partaking in something exclusive when I sat down in the cozy dining room, a warm space that can accommodate just a handful of lucky tables each evening.
Every week, the chef crafts a new menu using seasonal ingredients. It's a prix fix dinner, with three courses for $45, and a wine pairing for each course for an additional $25 per person. The chef's tasting includes five courses for $65.
To start out, we were brought some Prosecco and an amuse-bouche in the form of a tiny crabcake.
For the first course, my guest chose the foie gras. So smooth and airy that one could focus entirely on the flavor, it was an ethereal treat served over discs of buttery brioche.
Another hit was the crudo — raw salmon served four ways. We were told this is how the Italians do sashimi, and it was garnished with toasted almonds, Meyer lemon and sea salt.
Next, two pasta dishes. Papardelle with braised wild boar and sweet apricots provided a wonderful combination of flavors. The other dish contained sea urchin and crab meat and was paired with Verdicchio — crisp, dry white wine from the Marche region of Italy.
The Scottish salmon was cooked to perfection, just so crispy on the outside, and served with a risotto that contained mussels, lobster and shrimp.
The duck also was very good, the meat juicy and leaning toward the rare side, which was nice.
For dessert, a glass of tawny port accompanied my cheese plate featuring aged Gouda, soft ripe Robiola, and compotes.
Our party of four was impressed with the remarkable level of attention and service we received. I highly recommend checking out this new restaurant.
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Cloud Insights from Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Client & Mobility
I'm not going to try and set this video up – it speaks for itself.
Suffice it to say that it's a very interesting (and unexpectedly hilarious) look at what the Building Clouds team has done to make migrating from VMware to Hyper-V (and Azure) very fast and very easy.
You can read more about the Migration Automation Toolkit (MAT) here.
please put something together for Xenserver :-)
But it is like Magic! Very Nice indeed and definatly an effective way of doing it. Though I have a hard time believing the conversion since I can not convert a vhdx thin to vhdx fixed in hyper v 2012 or 2012 r2 without it failing.
This video was hilarious. Hey, Powershell expert! What are the extra few lines you would add to shift to Azure? Also, do you have a blog anywhere guys?
But then you are stuck with HyperV and Azure. I'd like more choice
Great for that 1.5% pf customers looking to move off VMware to Hyperv who actualy have NetApp. Also, what do they do about replacing all the management tools, people skills, corporate processes? No doubt its cool, but it's also very light on for real world details.
This is really useful now when more and more migrate to Hyper-V from Vmware
Works exactly the same the other way around if you want your test&dev Hyper-V machines to run on your production VMware environment :D
Thanks for the feedback and the questions. I bet I can get Migration Mark and our PowerShell expert to personally answer some of these questions....
@Bill Giles - Actually our friends at NetApp claim to have 60% penetration in VMware environments, even if they are boasting a little, it's still a good amount. I'd also be willing to bet you a mango smoothie that more than 1.5% of VMware users are looking to migrate, especially when they get a look at their ELA renewal.
For real world details, might I suggest you download the MAT and have a look at the install and usage guide, it details the cmdlets and the functions used in considerable detail.
@Stephen Owen - The PowerShell is on its way! Look for a blog post series focused on Automating Hybrid Clouds with Windows Azure and PowerShell' over at our blog: http://aka.ms/BuildingClouds
Direct link to the intro post of this blog series: http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/11/14/automation-automating-hybrid-clouds-with-windows-azure-and-powershell-part-1-introduction-and-table-of-contents.aspx
@Wesley Kirkland - Comparing vhdx thin to fixed conversion and a NetApp conversion is like comparing apples and Applebees (similar sounding but not much else). The technology used to convert or 'shift' VMs between formats is provided by NetApp and it takes advantage of their WAFL (Write Anywhere File layout) technology. It doesn't even use additional space (which is really crazy) and it's the storage device that performs the conversion (as opposed to a Windows server). So the good news is, this shares nothing in common with the way Windows 2012 converts between thin and fixed formats. Sorry to hear those vhdx conversions aren't working out for you though, maybe give support a call if they keep giving fits.
Hi Mark,
As the primary inventor of shift, I have to say I love the video. keep up the good work!
thats put me in a VERY FESTIVE mood! well done team - brilliant!


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Lots of work going on in new Bremerton tapas loungeMay 24th, 2011 by adice
As I was walking around downtown Bremerton late last week, I caught this site of Toro, the tapas (small plate) and martini lounge that's slated to open this summer. The restaurant is the work of Bremerton businessman Carlos Jara.
By the looks of it, Jara isn't just cleaning and moving into the former Badda Boom Badda Bing/Fillipi's space on Pacific Avenue. He's gutted the space for what looks like a full remodel, uncovering a tongue-and-groove ceiling, and based on a few photos from the lounge's Facebook page, the color scheme will include some sexy reds, blacks and grays.
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Hilary Lutz (Shelby, N.C.) and Emily Jones (Leonardtown, Md.) each recorded a victory in singles play for the Lees-McRae College women's tennis team on Saturday afternoon, as Coker College defeated the Bobcats by a 7-2 tally in Conference Carolinas action.
Cobras blank LMC Men, 9-0
The Coker College men's tennis team swept both singles and doubles play en route to a 9-0 victory over visiting Lees-McRae College in Conference Carolinas action on Saturday afternoon.
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Crescenta Valley 4, Hoover 1: With first place in the Pacific League at stake, the Crescenta Valley High boys' soccer team got a strong second half effort that featured a pair of successful penalty kicks from Erick Trejo.
"We had to work for it," said Crescenta Valley Coach Grant Clark, whose team has won three league titles in a row. "We talked at halftime about wanting to put Hoover under pressure and make them make mistakes.
"We worked hard in the second half and were able to take control."
Trejo scored on penalty kicks in the 48th and 58th minutes.
Hoover (2-8-4, 1-8-2) opened the scoring in the 29th minute on a successful penalty kick by Artin Almary. Matthew Bracht tied it at 1 when he headed in a corner kick by Pablo Sotillo in the 36th minute.
"I'm satisfied with the way we played in the first half," Hoover Coach Kevin Cadenas said. "It was a good half for us.
"I was disappointed with the way we played in the second half. We had a complete breakdown. CV wanted it more in the second half."
Loyola 1, St. Francis 0: Golden Knights Coach Glen Appels saw his team control most of its Mission League match against visiting Loyola on Wednesday. Unfortunately for St. Francis, it couldn't overcome a bad break early in the contest.
Loyola, ranked No. 3 in Division I, scored on a throw-in that St. Francis goalkeeper Luca Coppola tried to stop by jumping. However, the ball glanced off his fingertips and landed just inside the post in the fifth minute.
"It was a tough play and Luca tried to grab it," said Appels, whose team dropped to 6-8-6, 4-4-2 in league for third place. "He did everything he could.
"We controlled the second half and had some great scoring chances at the end. I feel bad for the guys because they played well and deserved better."
Glendale 3, Burbank 2: The Nitros picked up a Pacific League home win Wednesday. Glendale improved to 8-10-2, 3-7-1 in league.
Crescenta Valley 7, Hoover 0: Sierra Rhoads had two goals and two assists Wednesday, as Crescenta Valley maintained first place in the Pacific League.
The Falcons (13-3-1, 10-1 in league) also got a goal and two assists from Ani Hemelians, two goals from Katie Callister, two assists from Rachel Bird and a goal each from Lisa Kang and Whitley Boller.
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Instead, he found that the shy, awkward Kara he'd known from high school had blossomed into a genuine beauty with a big heart and courage to spare — qualities he learned to value when danger followed him to town and only Kara stood between his son and certain death. Suddenly love didn't seem like such a scary prospect after all.


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|Accession Numbers: G6218 (EcoCyc), b0366, ECK0363
Synonyms: yaiQ, ssiB
Component of: taurine ABC transporter (extended summary available)
TauB is the ATP-binding component of the taurine ABC transporter.
Gene Citations: [vanderPloeg96, Kwon05]
Locations: cytosol, inner membrane
|Map Position: [385,431 -> 386,198] (8.31 centisomes, 30°)
|Length: 768 bp / 255 aa
Molecular Weight of Polypeptide: 28.297 kD (from nucleotide sequence)
Unification Links: ASAP:ABE-0001259 , EchoBASE:EB3084 , EcoGene:EG13299 , EcoliWiki:b0366 , ModBase:Q47538 , OU-Microarray:b0366 , PortEco:tauB , PR:PRO_000024034 , Pride:Q47538 , Protein Model Portal:Q47538 , RefSeq:NP_414900 , RegulonDB:G6218 , SMR:Q47538 , String:511145.b0366 , Swiss-Model:Q47538 , UniProt:Q47538
Relationship Links: InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR003439 , InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR003593 , InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR015859 , InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR017871 , InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR027417 , Pfam:IN-FAMILY:PF00005 , Prosite:IN-FAMILY:PS00211 , Prosite:IN-FAMILY:PS50893 , Prosite:IN-FAMILY:PS51250 , Smart:IN-FAMILY:SM00382
In Paralogous Gene Group: 23 (75 members)
GO Terms:
|Biological Process:
|GO:0010438 - cellular response to sulfur starvation
GO:0006810 - transport [UniProtGOA11a]
GO:0008152 - metabolic process [UniProtGOA11a, GOA01a]
GO:0015734 - taurine transport [GOA06, GOA01a]
GO:0015837 - amine transport [GOA06, GOA01, GOA01a]
|Molecular Function:
|GO:0000166 - nucleotide binding
GO:0005524 - ATP binding [UniProtGOA11a, GOA06, GOA01a]
GO:0015411 - taurine-transporting ATPase activity [GOA06, GOA01, GOA01a]
GO:0016787 - hydrolase activity [UniProtGOA11a]
GO:0016887 - ATPase activity [GOA01a]
|Cellular Component:
|GO:0005829 - cytosol
GO:0005886 - plasma membrane [UniProtGOA11, UniProtGOA11a]
GO:0016020 - membrane [UniProtGOA11a, GOA01a]
GO:0043190 - ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter complex [GOA06]
|MultiFun Terms:
|metabolism → carbon utilization → amines
|metabolism → metabolism of other compounds → sulfur metabolism
|transport → Channel-type Transporters → Pyrophosphate Bond (ATP; GTP; P2) Hydrolysis-driven Active Transporters → The ATP-binding Cassette (ABC) Superfamily + ABC-type Uptake Permeases → ABC superfamily ATP binding cytoplasmic component
Essentiality data for tauB knockouts:
|Growth Medium
|Growth Observations
|LB enriched
|Yes [Gerdes03, Comment 1]
|LB Lennox
|Yes [Baba06, Comment 2]
|M9 medium with 1% glycerol
|Yes [Joyce06, Comment 3]
|MOPS medium with 0.4% glucose
|Yes [Baba06, Comment 2]
Yes [Feist07, Comment 4]
Subunit of: taurine ABC transporter
Synonyms: TauA/TauB/TauC ABC transporter
Subunit composition of
taurine ABC transporter = [TauA][TauC]2[TauB]2
taurine ABC transporter - periplasmic binding protein = TauA (summary available)
taurine ABC transporter - membrane subunit = TauC (summary available)
taurine ABC transporter - ATP binding subunit = TauB (summary available)
The TauABC transporter belongs to the ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) superfamily [Wu95], and is believed to be responsible for taurine uptake in E. coli [vanderPloeg96]. E. coli rely on organosulfur compounds such as taurine as sources of sulfur when the level of inorganic sulfate available in the invironment is low [vanderPloeg96]. Disruption of the tauABC genes resulted in the loss of the ability to utilize taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonate) as a source of sulfur but did not affect the utilization of a range of other aliphatic sulfonates as sulfur sources. Taurine utilization was restored when the tauABC mutants were complemented with a clone of the tauABC locus [vanderPloeg96]. TauA contains a N-terminal signal sequence, indicating that it is probably located in the periplasm, and therefore may function as the substrate binding component of the ABC transporter [vanderPloeg96]. TauC is the membrane component of the TauABC taurine ABC transporter [vanderPloeg96]. Membrane topology predictions using experimentally determined C terminus locations indicate that TauC has 6 transmembrane helices and the C-terminus is located in the cytoplasm [Rapp04]. TauB and TauC show strong sequence similarities to ATP-binding components and membrane components, respectively, of other members of the ABC superfamily [vanderPloeg96]. Expression of tauABC is induced by sulfate starvation, and analysis of LacZ fusions showed that the tauABC operon is repressed by the presence of sulfur containing compounds, such as sulfate, cysteine, cystine, ethanesulfonate, and lanthionine [vanderPloeg96].
Deletions of tau transporter genes resulted in loss of the ability to utilize taurine, 3-aminopropanesulfonate, octanesulfonate, and decanesulfonate [Eichhorn00]. Deletions of tau transporter genes in addition to ssu transporter genes resulted in loss of ability to utilize PIPES, 2-(4-pyridyl)ethanesulfonate, isethionate, 1,3-dioxo-isoindolineethansulfonate, 3-aminopropanesulfonate, butanesulfonate and pentanesulfonate [Eichhorn00].
Enzymatic reaction of: taurine ABC transporter
Synonyms: transport of taurine
EC Number: 188.8.131.52
|Feature Class
|2 -> 229
|34 -> 41
Gene Local Context (not to scale):
Transcription Unit:
Markus Krummenacker on Tue Oct 14, 1997:
Gene object created from Blattner lab Genbank (v. M52) entry.
Baba06: Baba T, Ara T, Hasegawa M, Takai Y, Okumura Y, Baba M, Datsenko KA, Tomita M, Wanner BL, Mori H (2006). "Construction of Escherichia coli K-12 in-frame, single-gene knockout mutants: the Keio collection." Mol Syst Biol 2;2006.0008. PMID: 16738554
DiazMejia09: Diaz-Mejia JJ, Babu M, Emili A (2009). "Computational and experimental approaches to chart the Escherichia coli cell-envelope-associated proteome and interactome." FEMS Microbiol Rev 33(1);66-97. PMID: 19054114
Eichhorn00: Eichhorn E, van der Ploeg JR, Leisinger T (2000). "Deletion analysis of the Escherichia coli taurine and alkanesulfonate transport systems." J Bacteriol 182(10);2687-95. PMID: 10781534
Feist07: Feist AM, Henry CS, Reed JL, Krummenacker M, Joyce AR, Karp PD, Broadbelt LJ, Hatzimanikatis V, Palsson BO (2007). "A genome-scale metabolic reconstruction for Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 that accounts for 1260 ORFs and thermodynamic information." Mol Syst Biol 3;121. PMID: 17593909
Gerdes03: Gerdes SY, Scholle MD, Campbell JW, Balazsi G, Ravasz E, Daugherty MD, Somera AL, Kyrpides NC, Anderson I, Gelfand MS, Bhattacharya A, Kapatral V, D'Souza M, Baev MV, Grechkin Y, Mseeh F, Fonstein MY, Overbeek R, Barabasi AL, Oltvai ZN, Osterman AL (2003). "Experimental determination and system level analysis of essential genes in Escherichia coli MG1655." J Bacteriol 185(19);5673-84. PMID: 13129938
GOA01: GOA, MGI (2001). "Gene Ontology annotation based on Enzyme Commission mapping." Genomics 74;121-128.
GOA01a: GOA, DDB, FB, MGI, ZFIN (2001). "Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms."
GOA06: GOA, SIB (2006). "Electronic Gene Ontology annotations created by transferring manual GO annotations between orthologous microbial proteins."
Joyce06: Joyce AR, Reed JL, White A, Edwards R, Osterman A, Baba T, Mori H, Lesely SA, Palsson BO, Agarwalla S (2006). "Experimental and computational assessment of conditionally essential genes in Escherichia coli." J Bacteriol 188(23);8259-71. PMID: 17012394
Kwon05: Kwon O, Druce-Hoffman M, Meganathan R (2005). "Regulation of the Ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q) Biosynthetic Genes ubiCA in Escherichia coli." Curr Microbiol 50(4);180-9. PMID: 15902464
Rapp04: Rapp M, Drew D, Daley DO, Nilsson J, Carvalho T, Melen K, De Gier JW, Von Heijne G (2004). "Experimentally based topology models for E. coli inner membrane proteins." Protein Sci 13(4);937-45. PMID: 15044727
UniProt09: UniProt Consortium (2009). "UniProt version 15.8 released on 2009-10-01 00:00:00." Database.
UniProt10: UniProt Consortium (2010). "UniProt version 2010-07 released on 2010-06-15 00:00:00." Database.
UniProtGOA11: UniProt-GOA (2011). "Gene Ontology annotation based on the manual assignment of UniProtKB Subcellular Location terms in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries."
UniProtGOA11a: UniProt-GOA (2011). "Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries."
vanderPloeg96: van der Ploeg JR, Weiss MA, Saller E, Nashimoto H, Saito N, Kertesz MA, Leisinger T (1996). "Identification of sulfate starvation-regulated genes in Escherichia coli: a gene cluster involved in the utilization of taurine as a sulfur source." J Bacteriol 1996;178(18);5438-46. PMID: 8808933
Wu95: Wu LF, Mandrand-Berthelot MA (1995). "A family of homologous substrate-binding proteins with a broad range of substrate specificity and dissimilar biological functions." Biochimie 1995;77(9);744-50. PMID: 8789466
vanderPloeg97: van der Ploeg JR, Iwanicka-Nowicka R, Kertesz MA, Leisinger T, Hryniewicz MM (1997). "Involvement of CysB and Cbl regulatory proteins in expression of the tauABCD operon and other sulfate starvation-inducible genes in Escherichia coli." J Bacteriol 179(24);7671-8. PMID: 9401024
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Companion forum thread to:An Ultralighter Paddles on the Dark Side: Packrafting a Remote Canyon "Heavy" Style
Okay, let me first qualify myself.Life long backpacker (since I was 6), 20 years of paddling (Whitewater and Touring as a guide), Backpackinglight subscriber.I pay money for BACKPACKING information here. If I want paddling information- especially raft supported padding- I can get that for free.I certainly don't mind these Pacrafting articles if they were free and not replacing content I am paying for- but it's not.Really, really thinking about not reupping my subscription because I do not feel what I am paying for.
Chris - what content is it replacing?? How do you know that the author would have posted a "true backpacking" article instead? Maybe you can guide us to the (free) articles that talk about pacrafting, including a through discussion of the lightweight backpacking gear that can be used on these trips. That would be great.S.
In contrast to the previous user's comments, I think I'm on the other end of the spectrum. Nothing was removed to allow this to exist on the site. As long as it maintains the course, every article is new content as long as it isn't redundant. It isn't replacing anything. It's adding. Personally, I see it as a bonus over what I was expecting to get in my subscription. These articles are about people experiencing ultralight water travel AND/OR their ultralight terrestrial travel. I think it's a good combo. I can't speak for anyone else, but on behalf of this single subscriber, keep 'em coming!
The fledgling packrafting community absolutely needs the shot in the arm that BPL is attempting to offer it. This point is made plainly by the general lack of forum discussion about packrafting, which is NOT, I conjecture, for a lack of interest or enthusiasm among UL backpacking enthusiasts.New BPL Packrafting forum, for those who missed the announcement:http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/display_forum?forum=56
Edited by blister-free on 06/25/2008 11:38:48 MDT.
Amazing how just a few months ago you were ecstatic with these articles. Somebody find me that LNT youtube link?Christopher Kuzmich post from February below:Wow on 02/29/2008 22:36:28 MST As a lightweight backpacker, mountaineer and former kayak guide, all I can say is WOW!!!!One of the best articles I have read here. It opens up some ideas that have been in the back of my head.I look forward to more Alpaka Packrafting Articles- hopefully some about the New Zealand trip that predates this one. I may have to add an Alpaka to my fleet.Thanks,Christo
Edited by jshann on 06/25/2008 15:16:49 MDT.
I have to agree with the fact that this is a backpacking, and not packrafting, magazine. I agree that packrafting content should be free content. Paying for something you didn't intend to pay for is not necessarily cool with everyone. (I personally don't care either way, but I can see that in principle people could be offended.)However, in light of the previous comments made by the user in question, I believe I smell a troll. :PThat being said, great article. Definitely shows a different side to the same old ultralight story. Food for thought.
Edited by ahugenerd on 06/25/2008 11:34:39 MDT.
Honestly,I am bit sick and tired of people complaining about not getting "what they paid for". Do I find all articles useful?No. Do all of them interest me? No. Hey, make some constructive criticism and write to BPL about specific stuff that you would like to see. Or cancel your membership if you are so unhappy about it. And be a bit less selfish.
Some personal opinions on packrafting coverage at BPL:1. There's much valuable information on BPL's website, far more than enough to make my subscription worthwhile.2. If there's something that doesn't interest me, I don't have to read it -- nor do I resent its availability since it usually has some relevance to lightweight backpacking.3. Having read BPL from long before there were any forums enriching the content and sometimes trying to tell BPL how to run its site better, I've observed a variety of topics sprout from the "trunk" of the lightweight packing "tree" that is BPL's core. Fishing is one example; another is paragliding. Oh, my error. No paragliding . . . yet.4. As one of BPL's "tree sprouts" de jour, packrafting is seemingly clearly relevant to backpacking (after all, it's called "pack" rafting), but even specifically relevant to lightweight backcountry travel where there's a desire or need to go across water without resort to either swimming or praying for the ability to levitate -- hence, equipment and techniques covered focus on rafts that are ultralite.Seems kind of unreasonable to demand that BPL "hit the bulls eye" of each and every subscriber's own personal interests with every topic BPL covers.So, how about including a little bit on paragliding? May come in handy when one's pack raft arrives at a waterfall.JRS
This is entertainment. People seem to lose site of that. The content is relevant: Outdoor, wilderness, self-reliant, light-weight approach, self-propelled travel. To each his own. I am actually thinking about renewing my membership based on this content. I requested the book for father's day, and I am truly exited about learning and integrating this (new to me) form of travel into my outdoor recreation.After two years of membership, and plenty of gear intense study...I am relatively done with gear obsession. I have what I like...and do not see monumental shifts with gear that necessitate premium content research. I enjoy checking the boards to see what people are up to and into, but not much more beyond that.Now, I am thinking I may need additional gear if I want to get into this sport. Great! But if you don't...don't. Do you need to do anything more than not renew your membership??? If you think BPL is missing their opportunity, start your own, ultra light weight backpacking site that is exclusively that.
On another note,I've tried to get together a group a few times for backpacking in unique places and for people to meet other BPL'ers.The first was hours of work to get everything scheduled and a date set.There were 10-12 interested and what I thought was going to be at least 5 people going turned into 2.Next attempt everybody whipped out, even after several people saying they were interested.I still went and it was great.Now that summers here I will try for strike 3 sometime soon, but it's starting to feel like all but a few here are not willing to move from there chairs writing forums and actually go backpacking.This is supposed to inspire you to go out and give it a try.If you're not even going to get off your but and go backpacking then why not shift the interest into something that may be more enticing to the ones who want to try it???
Maybe you should start a new thread for that entitled "all BPLers are lazy butts". I am sure that will motivate others to join you on future trips. Don't forget to call their mothers lazy butts as well.
Hey, I'll go backpacking with anyone, so long as it's within a decent distance from where I live (ie: On the island of Newfoundland, Canada). Considering I don't know of any BPL newfoundlanders, I think I'll have to pass up most of your invites. :)On another note, and more on topic, I feel it is important to say that I really do enjoy these packraft articles. They are appropriate in the "light" sense of backpacking 'light' and may even fit in with the 'backpacking' side of things.So long as the articles deal with the outdoors in some way, shape or forms, I really couldn't care less what they are about. However, I can see how other people might get flustered about that. It really boils down to a simple question: What does BPL, as a magazine, want to be? Does it want to be the ultralighter's version of Backpacker magazine? Or does it want to be more like Frommer's Outdoor magazine? Or something else.As I previously stated, I'll be happy as a clam either way, but I do know that some people won't and as such the editors should make a decision, make it very clear and stick to it. Just my 0.02$ CAD.
Edited by ahugenerd on 06/25/2008 16:08:03 MDT.
I will concede that Carol's article didn't hit our mission squarely on, but that had nothing to do with her being in a packraft, it had to do with the wine, the easy chairs, and the support ;)But I will tell you that packrafting has been (since our first article about it in 2004), is, and will continue to be, part of our core mission:"Backpacking Light promotes multi-day, self-sufficient ("backpackable"), backcountry, multi-day travel in lightweight style."The "packrafting heavy" emphasis in the past few weeks has been related primarily to the simultaneous launch of the Packrafting Book by Roman Dial, which provides some excellent insight into backcountry travel in a packraft, in the context of both being on the water, and walking with a boat in your pack.
Edited by ryan on 06/25/2008 16:28:28 MDT.
First time I've been called a troll, although I guess it's a matter of perspective. Let me say it is not not my intent. I do admit I came off a bit hotheaded about it- but that is my intial reaction.Excited about Packrafting? Yes. I still want to get one to supplement my Sevylor Trailboat and my WW Kayak. There are some potential descents in the Sierra that would be a heck of alot more possible in Packrafts than in hardshells.Do I see a dropoff in other content? Yes. Perhaps that's just temporary or coincidence. I sure wouldn't expect snowshoe articles right now. But the fact is, since I wrote my initial support about Packrafting, it seems to be every other article.Like paying for a "shot in the arm" for packrafting when I paid for BackpackingLight? NoSee the relevance for an article about a raft supported trip in the "pay for" section of this site? Definately not.Just my take. Sorry to ruffle feathers.Christo
I'll have to side with Christo on this one. I'm fairly new to this site and BPL. I paid a fee to get information about Lightweight Backpacking. I want to get all the information about it I can. When the packraft article came out a few weeks ago I read part of it and then started looking/googling for a raft I could carry backpacking (instead of a float tube so I don't have to bring waders and all the other stuff). There was maybe one cheap (not well made) at a reasonable weight I found. Yes, the article spurred me to look further. But I didn't need to see a barrage of articles about rafting- I want Lightweight Backpacking INFO! This is the time of year I would like to get it to (I guess I'd like it all year)Maybe I'll just have to wade through the minutia to get the nuggets that this site is known for.BTW- (not to hijack) does anyone know where I can get a sub 4 lb super good backpackable raft for a reasonable price?
Edited by bestbuilder on 06/25/2008 17:40:58 MDT.
The bottom line is that a packraft is a piece of backpacking equipment. It fits either in or on a backpack, and can be carried as part of an overall system of lightweight equipment and techniques that facilitates a journey on foot. In this sense, a packraft is no different from a lightweight tent, sleeping bag, or the latest pair of freakishly lightweight trekking poles. When the discussion turns to the finer details of lightweight single-wall tent construction and ventilation concerns, we recognize that the tangent, however abstruse and exotic, is a spin-off of generalized camping techniques, and that camping is related to backpacking. How is a discussion of reverse ferrying technique for packrafters any different, when that packraft can reach the far shore of the river, and can be quickly deflated and stowed in the backpack just like a tent when breaking camp? And onward we hike...
Edited by blister-free on 06/25/2008 18:33:12 MDT.
Yeah, what he said!Amen, Brett!
As a BPL member I do not mind the recent attention given to packrafting, I can elect to read or not read these articles when they are posted. Having said that if this site was called PRL (PackRafting Light) instead of BPL I would never had signed on. I much prefer articles focused on backpacking gear, technique and adventure/trip reports as they relate to backpacking light and ultralight.Having nearly drowned in the "narrows" of Oregon's Grande Ronde river in my early twenties I have no burning desire to tempt fate a second time when it comes to white water rapids.
Edited by thomdarrah on 06/26/2008 07:25:47 MDT.
Brett Tucker said: "The bottom line is that a packraft is a piece of backpacking equipment."---I'll have to disagree here. If/when you bring a packraft on a trip, the focus of your trip will be quite different. Tents, poles, etc are centered around walking and the necessities that come with that (eating, sleeping). Also, the cost to buy an alpacka setup are well over what it costs to get into backpacking. Many people cant see dropping $1500+ to get into paddling a pigmy raft (tongue in cheek here).That said, I do find the articles interesting, yet also agree with the dissenting opinions. Backpacking is the reason why I joined and if packrafting content is displacing backpacking content, I feel thats a valid concern.
Edited by HechoEnDetroit on 06/26/2008 07:32:12 MDT.
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Launch of "Roll the Dice", a video promoting Europe as a tourism destination Publicat la data de: 17/11/2013, Ultima actualizare: 11/11/2013
"We wanted to portray Europe as one big playground ready to be discovered, highlighting the unknown, the feeling of exploration, of fun and discovery" say the filmakers
Ever wanted to go on an unknown journey to discover amazing and unexpected things every step of the way? Come to Europe, throw a pair of dice and see where the adventure takes you. The film shows the journey of two young people through Europe as they roll the dice at every step to determine where thy will go next.
The film made by two young filmmakers, Benoît Detalle and Marija Jacimovic was presented at the World Travel Market in London.
It was commissioned by the European Travel Commission and the European Commission and produced by Screen South following a competition entitled EuroShorts, on the theme " Europe - A Never Ending Journey".
The winning team received € 20,000 and first clas InterRail passes to travel through Europe and produce their short film.


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MUST SEE GOLAZO That Has Saved Mexico's World Cup Chances, For Now [VIDEO]
Mexico had held the lead for most of their match against Panama before giving up a goal late in the second half.
Just when all hope was lost for a the Mexican National Team and a very pathetic crowd that was on hand in the Azteca… THIS happened.
And this is why it is called "the beautiful game."
(Courtesy of YouTube)
(Courtesy of YouTube)
(Courtesy of YouTube)