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The duck and taxes
I so agree with Anthony Manousos' view on your obnoxious duck comic strip, Mallard Fillmore by Bruce Tinsley on the Opinion Page.
There was a strip a couple days ago in which Mallard mentioned that cutting taxes never hurts anyone. What a pea brain.
Does he not remember when Clinton was in office with taxes in place we were paying down the debt and running a surplus?
When the Republicans came into office and cut taxes and ran up the debt as they have done so often, our great country went into a tailspin.
The whole country was hurt from that policy. Again, I thank Mr. Manousos. My observations are the same. Mallard is offensive.
Judith Herman
Baldwin Park
Just like Greece?
President Obama stated "the best is yet to come." Give us some specifics sir, instead of just the same old talk.
Look at what is happening to Greece. Same philosophy. High taxes, spending more than they take in and it caught up with them. We are heading in the same direction.
Al Contarino
Limits to evolution
Letter writer David Quintero ("Biblical biology, Nov. 4) criticizes Georgia Republican Paul Brown for his comments concerning evolution.
As usual, the pro-scientific view is to broad-brush evolution, rather than focusing on evolution of the species, which is where biblical proponents draw their line in the sand.
There are serious limits to the evolutionary theory, which is why bananas don't grow on rose bushes and why today's monkeys are not tomorrow's humans.
Let's not forget its a scientific fact that bumblebees can't fly, as their wings are too small to support the bee's bulky weight and non-aerodynamic form.
However, bumblebees can't read such scientific reports, so in their ignorance and naivete, they just ... fly! We need to recognize that science often alters its "facts" via additional discovery, while the Bible consistently remains the same.
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Water Temperature: .Water Clarity: StainedSeas: CalmWeather: Mostly sunny with air temperatures about 90. Very little wind until the tide change, then a building SE wind.Fishing_for: FlukeBoat: Grateful Dadcaptain: Jeff Samuel
Jason & I were invited out on my friend's Jeff's boat. Also along was another friend larry. Original plan was to head out to Ambrose Channel where there has been a good fluke bite the past few days. Unfortunately, we had some battery issues at the dock and decided not to take the chance of being caught with a dead battery that far out. So plan B was put into effect-which was basically to hit various spots in the bay and go as far east as the Knoll. Started off by the Keyport #1 can, which only yielded 2 sea robins for myself and a short fluke for Jason. Moved over to the #18 can in the Reach (where there countless pods of adult bunker but nothing harassing them), we had had hits right away but no hook ups. Few more drifts in the area also came up fishless. Next stop was the Knoll where we drifted from the single stick northwest ward. A bunch of sea robins with some short fluke in the fluke. Repeated the same drift a few times with Larry losing what appeared to be a nice fish due to a bad knot. I kept getting small taps but no hook ups until I finally caught the culprit(s)-a small porgy. Jason hooked into a solid fish and finally put a keeper aboard, a nice 22" #4.25 fluke. Made one last drift by the TC buoy where a few more short fluke and sea robins were landed before the SE wind started to kick up and make for too fast a drift. Back at the dock by 1:15.
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Lois Henning and Lisa Harris admire some of the 150 articles on display at the Lincoln Museum Community Room Art Exhibit. The exhibit will be on display through Sept. 25. For viewing you may see the LaRue County Chamber of Commerce or the Museum staff. A reception will be held 2-4 p.m. Sept. 22.
Kentucky has the third-highest childhood obesity rate in the country and the seventh-highest rate in adult obesity, Trust for America's Health 'F as in Fat' report shows. Sixty percent of Kentucky women and 80 percent of men living in the state are either overweight or obese.
Air Force Airman Matthew R. Baker graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Capt. Mark Turner relieved Capt. Stephen Pachuta as commanding officer of U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka during a change of command ceremony Jul. 27.
The reception was at the Admiral Arleigh A. Burke Commissioned Officers Mess, Admiralty Room, Benny Decker Theater, Yokosuka, Japan.
Turner arrived from Naval Hospital Bremerton, Washington where he served as executive officer from July 2010 to July 2012.
Capt. Turner, his wife Sybil and children Charles and Grace, were graciously welcomed and accepted.
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Retirement planning is important for all individuals. You can think of retirement savings plan as a three-legged stool, with each of the legs being one source of retirement income. Last week's column covered the first leg, Social Security.
Hodgenville Mayor Terry Cruse will guest host the Quicksie 98.3 "Greg & Hollie in the Morning Show" Sept. 7.
Radio personality Hollie Sexton will be on vacation; her co-host Greg Milby came up with the idea "to make Friday a mayor's day."
Cruse will guest host with Milby 6-7 a.m. Elizabethtown Mayor Tim Walker will be on air 7-8 a.m.; Vine Grove Mayor Blake Proffitt has been invited to sit in 8-9 a.m.; and Radcliff Mayor J.J. Duvall will be on 9-10 a.m.
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Hollywood Home Rented to Stars for Sale
For sale: $2.495 million
In Los Angeles, real estate often stays in the celebrity family. If one celeb lives in a home, chances are another will follow suit.
Such is the case with an English-style home in Hollywood Hills. The charming house has been rented by a number of stars over the years, starting with The Beatles.
"It was a rental house for a long time," current owner Mike Clifford said. "When The Beatles played the Hollywood Bowl at the height of their fame, they stayed in the house. David Hockney lived in the home for a couple of years and gave my neighbor a painting."
Musician Meat Loaf and author Casey Johnson, daughter of Johnson & Johnson's co-founder, also reportedly leased the home.
The former owner was a Hollywood socialite, and through her, stars discovered the 1939-built home for themselves.
Of course, most of the home's rental history is hearsay — stories passed from owner to owner and neighbor to neighbor — as rental agreements and lease records aren't kept by the county.
The Beatles reportedly stayed in the mid 1960s, followed by artist Hockney in the 1980s.
"Hockney was best friends with my neighbor, who told me that he [Hockney] physically painted the bottom of my pool, and then it was subsequently covered over by the owner at the time," Clifford said. "Another story that's kind of funny: The former owner of my house used to sunbathe nude by the pool. The house next door used to be owned by Bert Reynolds, and he used to watch her sunbathe."
Clifford bought the 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath home in 2004, saying he loved the light-filled spaces and architecture, unusual for an area dominated by Spanish-style homes. He lived in the home for a year and a half before he, too, rented it out.
Now that the market is better and he's spending most of his time in New York, Clifford has decided to sell the home, but he admits that he's sad to let it go.
"It's a special place," he said.
Listing agent Richard Klug of Sotheby's International Realty said an offer has been accepted for the home, but until the deal goes through, it will remain on the Hollywood Hills real estate market.
Related items from Zillow Blog:
- Bob Hope's Iconic Lautner Home for Sale
- House of the Week: Olympian Ian Thorpe's Home, Once Occupied by John Lennon
- House of the Week: Los Angeles' Petal House
Erika Riggs, a real estate writer for Zillow Blog, covers celebrity real estate, unusual properties and home design trends. Read more of her work here.


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Investigators: Elderly Woman's Home Invaded Two Weeks Before Murder
It's a murder that's shocked the surrounding community and left neighbors with many unanswered questions.
"My wife said look, somebody killed Martha," said David Grove, a neighbor who lives across the street from Martha.
Grove says he is in shock after finding his neighbor dead in her home on
"I looked and seen it and it just shocked me, and I told them not to touch anything and at that point, the daughter was hysterical," said Grove.
Investigators say there were no signs of forced entry, but just two weeks ago, Martha's back door was kicked in by an intruder who then took off with her purse. Authorities are still trying to figure out if anything was stolen from Martha's this time.
"She had been the victim of a breaking-and-entering only two weeks ago," said Sgt. Ted Snyder of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department. "And there had been reports that this particular neighborhood had possible break-ins over the last couple of weeks. We are exploring those cases now."
Neighbors say Martha had been living alone ever since her husband died about a year ago. They say they never thought something like this would happen in their neighborhood.
"I'm very on edge," said Yvette Taylor, who lives a few houses down from the victim. "I'm home a lot during the day and you just don't feel safe in your own neighborhood. That poor woman to have had to gone through anything so violent. I'm praying for her family and just hope they can find resolution and catch whoever did something so horrific."
Many who knew the victim are now left with the haunting question: Why would someone want to kill Martha?
"That's the shock of the whole thing. I have no idea," said Grove.
The Berkeley County Sheriff's Department says the autopsy is scheduled for Monday morning. They are asking for the public's help in their search to find the person responsible for this crime. If you have information, call (304)-267-7000 or Crime Solvers at (304)-267-4999.


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Happy Music Monday! Join us now, as we race into… THE FUTUREturetureturetureture! A great many songs in modern music are secretly about science fiction. Today Scott's picked five that he likes the best, and hopes you can throw a few more his way in the comments. Now strap yourselves in, because we're headed out into the stars. Three. Two. One. Ignition. LIFT OFF!
Blue Oyster Cult - Veteran Of The Psychic Wars
Co-written by no less than author Michael Moorcock, this sad story of the survivor of a maddening future war carries the plodding step of the soldier under grinding guitar and icy keyboard. Can't you just hear the starships overhead? To say nothing of those initials that are near and dear to any Wooter's heart.
Four more sci-fi classics inside. We're turning on the hyperspace engines now. We'll see you after the jump.
As always, remember our Spotify playlist will be featuring a great selection from last week's Music Monday comments. The theme of the mix this time is Summertime Songs and it'll be a mix you can enjoy for a few more months. But before you start reminiscing, check out our current Music Monday, right now.
Name one other song that deals with Special Relativity. Name ONE song. Because of the skiffly feel, lots of people (including me) assumed this song was set in 1939, but NOPE. It's a '39 far in the future, when people can go faster than the speed of light, experience time dilation, and return home far younger than their children and friends. The moral of this song? Never, ever doubt a man who is both a rock star and an astrophysics professor.
Between the hand and the mind is the heart. Sound familiar? Janelle Monae is pretty open that her story of a time-traveling android draws from sci-fi classic Metropolis. But it's not just a simple cover. This mix of synth and funk and beats and Sesame Street and, like, everything makes this Afrofuturistic sci-fi pretty awesome.
Mike Batt - Love Makes You Crazy
It really doesn't get more '80s than the line Before the seventh war, there used to be a thing that they called love, right? Mike Batt isn't what anyone would call a superstar, but the staccato chorus of Future Guy doing a PSA against love is worth a nod. Also take note of this video, Tennant fans, because this is how Doctor Who is SUPPOSED to look.
Yes, every teen boy who loves guitar has passed through their Rush phase, and the opening notes of Red Barchetta mix mellow with rockin' in a way that only Canadians can manage. But listen close to the lyrics, and you'll see the secret: this song takes place in a world where the oil companies have lost out to a government who sends policemen after sports cars! And if THAT'S not sci-fi, what is?
You know there's more out there. Scott knows there's more out there. So fill our comments with songs that are actually Sci-Fi stories and let's all tour the galaxy together, huh? And, as always, Space Station Turntable.fm room is therefore the regular Music Monday enjoyment, if you care to dock. Also, let us just remind you: some images come from the corresponding Wikipedia page and are here under fair use.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by 2Tough4You, Jan 27, 2009.
A 1979 Piston throw back warm up. Shirt. Not the jersey........... It's tight!
Less then I should have.
Got a Joe Dumars road blue. ...a Grant Hill home jersey from the teal years. ...a Ben Wallace home #3. ...a Sheed home white. ...a Sheed Trailblazers away red that I got on sale. ...and a Rasheed Wallace, Hawks away jersey that I had custom-made at one of those licensed jersey stores at the mall to celebrate his one-game career with ATL prior coming to Detroit and winning a championship belt in '04.
I had a Grant Hill Jersey.
I had a Hill jersey about 12 years ago. Gave it to a friend. Paid a premium for a non-teal jersey, it was in the classic red, white and blue.
This is why you are a crap fantasy baseball G.M. You cannot distinguish between a pitcher and a catcher. Anyhow, leave me alone. I wasn't talking to you and this is supposed to be a friendly forum. Jackass.
I used to have home Rodman and home Mahorn jerseys, but I have them away when I got a little bigger. Wish I still had them. I have a blue Ben Wallace that I got in 2003.
Except I am now showing (tummy) like most old men get...
I only got a Wallace #36 away jersey. Although I will say it's only cause i got into basketball around 3 years ago and where I live a lot of 'fans' follow either the LA Lakers or Chicago bulls.. I chose the Pistons as I don't usually 'follow the crowd'.
Same thing I got (away blue). i'm very superstitious about when i wear it though.
Grant Hill - Teal Ben Wallace - Thunderbolt Throwback My daughter has a Ben road blue, and a Chauncey road blue. We don't have any current Pistons.:( I will probably pick up a Stuckey swingman when the NBA actually realizes he is popular enough to have one.
I'm surprised the organization hasn't yet decided to implement some wacky uniform colors for the rebuild.
I have no jerseys. I used to have a Hammer Time T-shirt from the 89 ship but it faded so bad it went in the rag bag years ago. Still have my 04 ship T-shirt but it *ahem* shrank so bad that it doesn't fit anymore.
I have a Prince- Road Blue Swingman jersey. I stopped buying jerseys. Players move around too much and the NBA and these companies have gotten out of control with the prices. It costs less that $10 bucks to make these things in some sweat shop somewhere, but they charge the fans big bucks. I also have a couple Pistons pull over jackets , a Pistons polo shirts and a Mitchell & Ness Wool Detroit Pistons Letterman jacket in the Pistons road blue with Detroit in cursive script written across the front.
That would be cool bro.
Haha... most LA "fans" are fickle. I can definitely believe the Bulls following because the Lakers weren't anything to write home about in the early to late 90's.
I have a tayshaun road blue swingman. I got it from the shop inside the palace out around section 226. They were only $70 and everything was 40% off so it only cost me $40. They had like every player, swingman jerseys there.
I own a Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince jerseys; both are the road blues.
Hey, It was brought to my attention that a couple people thought I was serious here. I was NOT in the least bit serious. I think most people realize that I give a hard time to the people I get along with the best. And they usually return the favor. I'm much worse in the real world...trust me on that. If I don't get on your case it is either because I just don't know you that well, or I don't know how sensitive you might be, or because I just don't like you very much.
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Eight homeowners have abandoned exclusive Auckland leasehold properties to the Cornwall Park Trust Board.
John Clark, board chairman, said eight properties reverted to the board after 94 leases came up for renewal in 2005, ending ground rent deals set 21 years previously when Auckland values were far lower.
"Of those 94, 73 have renewed, 13 are about to be completed and eight declined to renew," he said of the contentious situation where annual ground rents at 110 Greenlane and One Tree Hill properties start from about $30,000 a year but are said by upset locals to be skyrocketing up to $90,000 a year.
All eight homeowners are thought to have walked off the properties, unable to pay massive new rents.
Details have only emerged of one of the eight: High Court documents showed lessee Yong Xin Chen forfeited 21 Maungakiekie Ave when her ground rent shot from $8300 to $73,750. Even though she left, the board won judgment for $348,284 in backdated ground rent, renovations, auctioning and legal fees.
The board is increasingly being forced into being a landlord rather than lessor as people forfeit their homes.
But Clark said most lessees had renewed under the new terms and the process had generally gone well.
"It's taken a long while but that's primarily because we've had three court actions and a lot of tenants," he said referring to 2008-2011 High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court action which the lessees ultimately lost.
"Once the court proceedings were commenced, they didn't want to continue with the renewal process until the court process was completed."
The board won't say how much it is charging for each property, except that under the trust deed, lessees must pay 5 per cent of the property's value annually, reviewed every 21 years.
Angry lessees decrying punishingly high ground rents point to the vacant site at 46 Maungakiekie Ave, arguably the area's most exclusive street, where a house fell into such disrepair that it had to be demolished. All sale attempts have failed on the property, valued at $1,060,000 in 2011. Residents are worried the empty-section malaise could spread.
Tony Larsen, board finance and administration manager, said attempts to sell leases on seven forfeited properties had so far failed.
"We have seven ex-lease rental properties, two of which are currently being repaired and reinstated to be able to rent out. These properties reverted to the trust board when the lessees did not renew their lease. The lease was auctioned as required under the lease and did not sell," Larsen said.
But the board is now proposing lease changes. Adrienne Young-Cooper, board member and town planner, said: "We're all agreeing we need to modernise the lease."
Leasehold properties throughout New Zealand - particularly Auckland - had been studied and reviewed and it seems a seven-year term could be offered.
"We are very much in the process and don't have any firm proposals," she said. "We started from the position that we need to look at the leases to improve their attractiveness to both lessees and lessor. Our lease is not exactly the same as any other lease. A number of the leases had seven-year rental reviews," she said, referring to lease deals which either charge market rent or 7 per cent of of a property's value.
"Five per cent is the lowest of all the fixed rental factors and 21 years is the longest that anybody has with respect to rent renewal period."
Her family home in Renown Ave off Wheturangi Rd was leasehold to the board but freeholded years before she bought.
"When I came on the trust board, there was a firm policy in place not to freehold and that hasn't changed. There had been a small window in the 1980s of when freehold was offered," she said.
Sam Lotu-Iiga, Maungakiekie MP, said he hoped the leases could be changed and wants the board and the lessees to talk about the issues.
Clark said changes could be negotiated with individual lessees.
Cornwall Park Trust Board
*Owns 110 Greenlane/One Tree Hill properties.
*Auckland Council (July 2011) valuation total $103.8 million.
*Charges 5 per cent of a property's value in leasehold fees annually.
*Ground rent reviewed every 21 years under Glasgow lease.
*Board now considering changes to lease structure.
*Ground rent might be reviewed on much shorter terms in future.


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Ball, Joseph A., Mikkola, Kalle M. and Sasane, Amol (2005) State-space formulas for the Nehari-Takagi problem for nonexponentially stable infinite-dimensional systems. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 44 (2). pp. 531-563. ISSN 0363-0129
We obtain state-space formulas for the solution of the Nehari--Takagi/suboptimal Hankel norm approximation problem for infinite-dimensional systems with a nonexponentially stable generator, via the method of J-spectral factorization. We make key use of a purely frequency-domain solution of the problem.
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The rougarou (alternatively spelled as roux-ga-roux, rugaroo, or rugaru) is a legendary creature in Laurentian French communities linked to European notions of the werewolf.
The stories of the creature known as a rougarou are as diverse as the spelling of its name, though they are all connected to francophone cultures through a common derived belief in the loup-garou (French pronunciation: [lu ɡaˈʁu], /ˈluː ɡəˈruː/). Loup is French for wolf, and garou (from Frankish garulf, cognate with English werewolf) is a man who transforms into an animal.
American folklore[edit]
Rougarou represents a variant pronunciation and spelling of the original French loup-garou.[1] According to Barry Jean Ancelet, an academic expert on Cajun folklore and professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in America, the tale of the rougarou is a common legend across French Louisiana[citation needed]. Both words are used interchangeably in southern Louisiana. Some people call the monster rougarou; others refer to it as the loup-garou.
The rougarou legend has been spread for many generations, either directly from French settlers to Louisiana (New France) or via the French Canadian immigrants centuries ago.
In the Cajun legends, the creature is said to prowl the swamps around Acadiana and Greater New Orleans, and possibly the fields or forests of the regions[citation needed]. The rougarou most often is described as a creature with a human body and the head of a wolf or dog, similar to the werewolf legend.
Often the story-telling has been used to inspire fear and obedience. One such example is stories that have been told by elders to persuade Cajun children to behave. According to another variation, the wolf-like beast will hunt down and kill Catholics who do not follow the rules of Lent[citation needed]. This coincides with the French Catholic loup-garou stories, according to which the method for turning into a werewolf is to break Lent seven years in a row[citation needed].
A common blood sucking legend says that the rougarou is under the spell for 101 days. After that time, the curse is transferred from person to person when the rougarou draws another human's blood. During that day the creature returns to human form. Although acting sickly, the human refrains from telling others of the situation for fear of being killed.[2]
Other stories range from the rougarou as a rabbit to the rougarou being derived from witchcraft. In the latter claim, only a witch can make a rougarou—either by turning into a wolf herself, or by cursing others with lycanthropy.[3]
Native American/First Nation folklore[edit]
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The creature, spelled rugaru, derives from Native American/First Nation legends, though there is some dispute. Such folklore versions of the rugaru vary from being mild bigfoot (sasquatch) creatures to cannibalistic Native American or Native Canadian wendigos. Some dispute the connection between these folktales and the francophone rugaru.
As is the norm with legends transmitted by oral tradition, stories often contradict one another. The stories of the wendigo vary by tribe and region, but the most common cause of the change is typically related to cannibalism.
A modified example, not in the original wendigo legends, is that if a person sees a rugaru, that person will be transformed into one. Thereafter, the unfortunate victim will be doomed to wander in the form of this monster. That rugaru story bears some resemblance to a Native American version of the wendigo legend related in a short story by Algernon Blackwood. In Blackwood's fictional adaptation of the legend, seeing a wendigo causes one to turn into a wendigo.
It is important to note that rugaru is not a native Ojibwe word, it is in fact, a word in the Métis language Michif meaning "Werewolf". This explains the striking similarity to the French word for werewolf, loup garou.[4]
It's possible the Turtle Mountain Ojibwa or Chippewa in North Dakota in America picked up the French name for "hairy human-like being" from the influence of French Canadian trappers and missionaries with whom they had extensive dealings. Somehow that term also had been referenced to their neighbors' stories of bigfoot.[5]
Author Peter Matthiessen argues that the rugaru is a separate legend from that of the cannibal-like giant wendigo. While the wendigo is feared, he notes that the rugaru is seen as sacred and in tune with Mother Earth, somewhat like bigfoot legends are today.[6]
Though identified with bigfoot, there is little evidence in the indigenous folklore that it is meant to refer the same or a similar creature.
In popular culture[edit]
The rougarou are the main shifter creatures in Olivia Leighton's "The Quarter" paranormal romance series.
The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans in America has an exhibit on the rougarou and features a life-sized mannequin of what the rougarou might look like.
Rougarou is also the title of an online literary journal published out of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
The NBA team formerly known as the New Orleans Hornets filed for several new name trademarks among which was the Rougarous.[7]
The Rougarou Fest is a festival that celebrates the folklore of the Louisiana bayous. It takes place on the last Saturday in October in Houma, Louisiana.
Dr John's song, "Loop Garoo," was released in 1970. This includes his standard voodoo references, but also seems to refer explicitly to alligator hunting. This same usage was reflected in Swamp People (season 4, episode 24), when the hunters capture a giant gator referred to by locals as rugaroo.
It was probably first heard on television, pronounced as "Lougarog," in the 1970s TV-movie "Moon of the Wolf," starring David Janssen and Barbara Rush.[citation needed]
The creature is featured in an episode of Cajun Justice, an AE Television show. A camp owner alerted authorities and video taped what he suspected to be a Rougarou in the weeds behind his camp.[8]
The rougarou was featured in the Destination America show Monsters and Mysteries in America.
Haven season 4 episode 11, a rougarou is the suspect in some horrific murders featuring hearts being eaten straight out of the victims' chests.
Supernatural Season 4 Episode 4, Metamorphosis, features a rougarou (spelled "rugaru") is the monster-of-the-week. In this the rugaru is passed down through the family, they appear as normal humans until the age of 30, the 'changing' begins as extreme hunger, they eat everything they can get their hands on. Then they move on to raw meat, until finally they get a taste of human flesh and change into a rugaru. It is also said that if they never eat human flesh, then they never change, although the alternative is to live on raw meat. Season 9, Episode 7, Bad Boys, reveals that, in 1995,John Winchester hunted rugarus in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains.
The legend of the rougarou plays a prominent role in the History Channel television series Cryptid: The Swamp Beast. An unknown creature has been mutilating and killing animals and perhaps humans in southern Louisiana; some locals attribute the attacks to a rougarou.[9]
The novel Hagridden by Samuel Snoek-Brown features heavy usage of the Cajun version of the rougarou.[10]
The Strange Angels book series by Lili St. Crow has a main character, Graves, who is a loup-garou.
In the book Fool Moon (The Dresden Files) by Jim Butcher, a loup-garou (an alternative spelling of rougarou) is the main monster.
In late 2014, Cedar Point theme park in Sandusky, Ohio announced plans to renovate the existing Mantis roller coaster into "Rougarou" for the 2015 season.[11]
In Robert Asprin's Griffen McCandles series the main character lives in New Orleans and among the many creatures he has to deal with on a regular basis are some loup-garou.
The 2015 short film Atchafalaya centers around a game warden searching in a Louisiana swamp for a missing person who is hinted to have been taken by a loup-garou. The creature is only vaguely seen in the film with a head resembling a bear.[12][13]
In Pascalle Lepas' webcomic Wilde Life, the main character and his friends are warned about the rougarou by a witch, who says that if you see one you will become one. The rougarou then hunts him and his friend, a werewolf, through the woods.
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Putting up additional insulation in the attic
Hello to all, my first post here so please be gentle :) We are closing on our first home end of March and one of the inspection items that came up was that the inspector suggested we add some additional R-19 insulation in the attic to what is already there. I am pretty sure I will be going with fiberglass insulation as its what's already there but am not sure if it is faced or not. If it is then I would like to purchas unfaced insulation in order to add but found it hard to find an R-19 insulation that is unfaced. Do you guys know if it would be ok to purchase lets say faced R-19 insulation and rip off the vapour barrier from what I have in the attic now or the new one in order to eliminate one of the vapour barriers? I do know that it needs to face towards the living space. If there is no current barrier I imagine I would just need to lift current insulation and put the new one on the bottom. I live in northern NJ. Thanks for the help.
If it were my home i would blow insulation right on top of what is already there. The cool thing with blown insulation is you can control what the r value is based upon how much you blow in
Certainteed makes R25 unfaced fiberglass batts. Bought a bunch,enough for 2 small homes, last summer when one of the big box stores had a real good sale going on, 15"x 18' was $6. Our attic is very short so rolling back batt instead of belly crawling though blown was the only way it was getting done. It made a noticable difference in the heating.
If you blow fiberglass over the existing batts, it will not affect the r-value due to compression... For storage, the r-value per inch will be the same, so it wont make any difference that way either. If you insist on making it more difficult, then go with the batting, but find unfaced. I'd also HIGHLY recommend air sealing prior to adding insulation.
update. Ok I did google some info on it and I guess I know what you are talking about, great idea by the way. Perhaps you can enlighten me on another subject. The attic in the house is ventilated and in one spot there is a big vent that I guess opens to circulate the hot air out of the house at certain times. Is there a way to insulate that if I was to keep it off ? I assume I can not insulate otherwise as I would not be able to move air, but uninsulated isnt that a big air leak ? there is really not much there to stop air from traveling up or down.
I totally agree with HomeSealed...
Air seal all penetrations, chases, electrical boxes, fans, recessed lighting, wall joints, etc. properly using acoustical sealant, foam, fire caulk, EPS inserts, drywall and the right items.
There are lots of articles and read lots about it. Install vent channels and fill the space under the vent channel carefully with EPS to prevent circumvention of the channel through your additional insulation.
Once all your air sealing is done, verify your b-vent (if you have it) shielding is high enough to protect the additional insulation from contact.
I'd then blow in extra. I've never heard complaints of additional compression, that sounds like something a guy at a hardware store would come up with and tell you. :D
Batts have holes no matter how well you try to get it right. Blow in, cellulose or fiberglass, both reduce that issue.
I guess it depends where you live, but here in Canada - few people use the unconditioned attic for storage as a commonplace thing, but I wouldn't recommend it all the same anywhere. Every item you put in there will be subject to the hard ends of the spectrum of winter's chill and summers heat - along with variations in moisture. I know there is a price on space though in today's world - so I understand your interest also.
Personally, I prefer cellulose, but either will work in your application. I only suggested fg because you were concerned about the weight. Blown FG is intended almost exclusively for attics (although there are some new products that can be dense-packed) . FG is actually not very dusty at all. There is less dust than cellulose during installation, and afterward, neither produces much... You probably are not going to want to roll around in it very often anyway. If you need attic storage, build a platform so that you are not disturbing it everytime you go up there.
On the fan, if you have an exhaust fan venting the conditioned air of your home into the attic, that is bad. That needs to be ducted to the exterior.
A few years ago my neighbor added a lot of fiberglass blow-in insulation to his attic. The reason I know this is because there is a small window in their attic that faces my driveway. After he added it, there was about 10"-12" of it up against the lower half of that window. Every year it settled and I saw less and less of it. Now I don't see any of it.
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Examiner – "Ohioans were dazzled by a bright flash of blue light in the night sky on September 27, 2013, in southern Ohio around 11:30 p.m., eastern standard time. Could it have been a meteorite or a satellite predicted to crash to earth on Friday?
A fireball reportedly hit near a home in northern Adams County, Ohio, a few miles outside the city of Peebles causing a house fire. Those reports are unconfirmed. The six alarm fire left fireman battling the blaze into the early hours of the morning. It is unknown at this time if the residents made it out safely.
A neighbor said the meteor crossed over the city and hit near the Locust Grove Cemetery just four miles from the Great Serpent Effigy Mound…
Update: As of the morning of September 28, 2013, a home outside of Peebles, Ohio, in the Locust Grove area of Adams County burned to the ground last night, the two residents of the home, an elderly couple, Jane and Lyle Lambert, died as a result of smoke inhalation. The fire is believed to be caused from the meteor or pieces of the heated meteor that hit the home." Read more.
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Welcome to Copenhagen and ICANN 58! This meeting kicks-off what will assuredly be a busy and productive 2017. The Business Constituency (BC), per usual, remains actively involved in ICANN's policy-making processes. Already in 2017, as of this writing, the BC has commented on four separate items affecting the ICANN community, including ICANN's anti-harassment policy. And the BC intends to continue to be the voice of business users at ICANN throughout the year.
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ESPN College GameDay was in Knoxville in September.
BRISTOL, Conn. -- Led by Knoxville, three Tennessee cities are ranked among the top 10 in terms of highest-metered markets watching ESPN's college football. Knoxville ranks third (4.6), Nashville is ninth (3.3) and Memphis (3.1).
The home market of the Vols jumped from 10th to third this season. Knoxville had the largest jump from 2011, as the rating increased 53 percent from 4.6 to 3.0.
Here is a full look at ESPN's information regarding college football rankings.
Top 10 Markets for 20121. Birmingham, Ala. - 8.9
2. Greenville, S.C. - 4.7
3. Knoxville, Tenn. - 4.6
4. New Orleans, La. - 3.7
5T. Jacksonville, Fla. - 3.6
5T. Columbus, Ohio - 3.6
7. Atlanta, Ga. - 3.5
8. Oklahoma City, Okla. - 3.4
9. Nashville, Tenn. - 3.3
10T. Memphis, Tenn. - 3.1
10T. Austin, Texas - 3.1
The Vols were a fixture on national television in 2012 and did their part to make the TV ratings meter jump. UT played in six games on the ESPN family of networks.
The Tennessee-Florida football game was the most-watched college football game for the week of Sept. 15. ESPN's broadcast led all games with 5,076,000 total viewers for Florida's 37-20 victory over the Vols. The game garnered a rating of 30.1 in Knoxville, meaning nearly one in every three homes in the area were tuned into the Vols football game.
On Aug. 31, ESPNU averaged 1,491,000 viewers (based on a 1.3 rating and 945,000 households) for its telecast of Tennessee beating NC State, 35-21, making it the network's most-viewed college football game ever.
ESPN's prime time telecast of Alabama at Tennessee was the second most-viewed night game on Oct. 20. The game averaged 4,223,000 viewers on a 2.5 US rating (2.9 coverage rating).
Tennessee's game at South Carolina on Oct. 27 aired on ESPN, earning a 3.0 rating which was the third-highest rated college football game that day and the highest-rated game in the Noon window.
Additionally, the Tennessee at Georgia game on CBS on Sept. 29 recorded a national rating of 2.9 with a 7 share. The viewing audience was 4.682 million which marked the second-most viewed college football game of the weekend behind Ohio State-Michigan State on ABC. In Knoxville, the Vols-Georgia game drew a 26.8 rating and a 47 share, meaning 47 percent of televisions in the market were tuned in to the game.


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July/August 2014
27 , Issue
Phase 1 Clinical Trial on the Effect of Palatal Brushing on Denture Stomatitis
Marla Kabawat, DDS, MSc/Raphael F. de Souza, DDS, PhD/Maur�cio M. Badar�, DDS, MSc/Louis de Koninck, DMD, MSc, FRCD(c)/Jean Barbeau, BSc, MSc, PhD/Pierre Rompr�, MSc/Elham Emami, DDS, MSc, PhD
Purpose: This study aimed to assess the efficacy of palatal brushing in the treatment
of denture stomatitis. Materials and Methods: After screening 143 individuals with
a potential diagnosis of denture stomatitis, 48 patients (mean age: 66.0 � 11.2 years)
were enrolled in a two-center phase 1 clinical trial with a one-group pretest/posttest
design. The intervention of interest was manual palatal brushing after each meal and
before bedtime. Clinical and microbiologic examinations were performed at baseline
and 1 and 3 months after treatment. Additional data were obtained using a validated
questionnaire. The primary and secondary outcomes were the remission of denture
stomatitis and diminution of Candida colony-forming units (CFUs), respectively.
Descriptive and nonparametric statistical tests were conducted to analyze the data.
Results: At the 3-month follow-up, denture stomatitis was completely cured in
10.4% of the participants, and 70.8% of denture wearers showed improvement in the
clinical signs of denture stomatitis. There was a significant reduction in the area and
severity of the palatal inflammation (P < .0001). The effect size ranged from medium
to large (0.34 to 0.54) depending on the classification used for the diagnosis of
denture stomatitis. A significant reduction in the number of Candida CFUs isolated
from the palatal mucosa and dentures (P ≤ .05) was observed. Conclusions:
The results of this study suggest that palatal brushing is an effective treatment of
denture stomatitis. Int J Prosthodont 2014;27:311�319. doi: 10.11607/ijp.3844
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Over the next two days, we'll count down the best moments from the 2013-14 Carolina basketball season. These aren't necessarily the best games or the biggest wins, but what came to mind when we thought about the most memorable moments from this season. We'll have numbers ten through six today, and then we'll follow up tomorrow with numbers five through one.
We want to hear your favorites, too, so tweet them to us.
10. Team trip to Basketball Hall of Fame
There's just something about walking through the Basketball Hall of Fame after hours with the Tar Heels, with an actual Basketball Hall of Famer as the tour guide-head coach Roy Williams-that sticks in your memory.
This trip, which came before the team traveled to Uncasville, Conn., for the Tip Off Classic, was a fun one, because it gave the players the chance to act like kids with the interactive exhibits and marvel at how, as Joel James said, "Coach Williams doesn't age!" while watching his Hall of Fame acceptance speech.
But some meaningful moments happened here, too. This was the trip when Williams pulled Marcus Paige aside in front of the Bob Cousy Award and explained Carolina's history with the award (Raymond Felton, Ty Lawson and Kendall Marshall are all past winners) and Paige's potential to join their company. Flash forward four months: Paige is one of six finalists and should be a frontrunner for the award next year.
9. Wade Moody gets biscuits
The Tar Heels broke the 100-point mark just once this year, and Wade Moody made sure it was memorable. The senior guard pumped in a three-pointer with 4:36 left, then handed out an assist to Nate Britt, then fired in another three-pointer with 2:06 remaining to bring home the biscuits in a 105-72 rout of the Deacons.
Bonus: this game also included the Tar Heels wearing some very sharp throwback jerseys.
8. Pitt stripeout/alums return
One of the highlights of the home season occurs when the NBA All-Star Break falls on the same weekend with a home basketball game. That was the case this season, so fans with tickets to see the Carolina-Pitt game also got a glimpse of Kendall Marshall, Sean May and Tyler Hansbrough, all of whom attended the narrow 75-71 win over the Panthers.
To add to the atmosphere, the nationally televised game also included the first-ever Smith Center stripeout, which was extremely well executed and looked terrific on TV.
7. Tar Heels brave winter storm, beat Jackets
I'm never gonna forget this
— Marcus Paige (@marcuspaige5) January 29, 2014
Carolina usually tries to travel as late as possible on the day before a road game to ensure players can attend all classes and the team can practice at the Smith Center. That's what they did on Jan. 28, but by the time practice was finished in Chapel Hill, conditions were deteriorating in Atlanta, where the Tar Heels were supposed to play at Georgia Tech on Jan. 29.
The plane trip from RDU to Atlanta turned out to be the easy part. With the bus unable to pick them up from the airport because of icy conditions, players and coaches had to haul their gear to the MARTA station, take the mass transit system as close as possible to the hotel, and then walk somewhere between four and eight blocks (depending on who is telling the story) through the ice to the hotel.
Oh--and Carolina won the game, taking a 78-65 decision in the team's first road ACC victory of the season.
6. Defeating the defending champs
Maybe now you'll say that you always knew the Tar Heels had a chance against Louisville. The reality, though, is that in mid-November Carolina was coming off struggling against Holy Cross and losing at home to Belmont. The next opponent, after a win over Richmond, was No. 3 Louisville in the Tip Off Classic title game.
It turned into the first showcase for what the Tar Heels could be. Marcus Paige scored 32 points, Kennedy Meeks had a robust 13 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, and Brice Johnson added 13 in a 93-84 win. Twelve different Tar Heels played and ten of them scored.


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Which apps did you try ? Have you tried "USB Host Diagnostics" ? Which firmwares are you running ? In case of the SII, make sure you are running the latest Android 4.x firmware (there are some 2.x firmwares that work, but there's not really a list which ones). Not sure about the Tab2, from what I know about every firmware should pretty much work, so that could hardly be the problem ... Just guessing here, really.
I did try USB Host Diagnostics along with another USB storage app, Helicon and a RAW image viewer. I'm running 4.1.1 on the Tab and 4.0.4 on the SII. None of them detected the cameras. I guess I was just trying to determine if there was a step I was overlooking, like needing to install some specific driver package or something but it sounds like you're saying it should work out of the box on current firmware. Could it be that every one of my cables and all of the connectors I tried are insufficient? Because if so, that's really frustrating. Could someone who has this working point me to a connecter/cable combo that they know for a fact works? Is there any other steps I may have missed while troubleshooting to isolate the problem?
The app was working great earlier when I first used it on my GS3 and connect it to my Canon 550D. Somehow, after a couple of times I unplug and plug in the cable the camera seems to show 'lagging' state with [Busy] Signal and earlier today I can't get seem to get it working as it always stuck with the [Busy] signal now everytime I plug in the cable to GS3.
Anyone have the same prob or fix on this? I believe this is 550Ds prob, or i dunno.
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I already have the application running with no problem with a Samsung Galaxy Note tablet with USB cable, but i wonder if there's any way to have more freedom using this application and the WFT-E5 on the Canon camera..
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For different reasons, recycling obsolete electronics and stainless steel scrap each pose money-losing scenarios to the uninitiated, according to presenters at a session titled "A World of Opportunity" at the 2014 Middle East Metals Recycling Conference.
Speaker Steven Art of Belgium-based Umicore Precious Metals Refining described the electronic scrap stream as "highly diverse" but noted that within that diverse stream can be found precious metals as well as another stream of rare metals that, when grouped together, go by several different names.
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Anshul Gupta of UAE-based PGI Group gave an overview of the global stainless steel scrap market, which has been stuck in a trough for several years. Gupta said nickel pig iron produced in China and made from ores imported from nearby nations has greatly reduced China's demand for stainless steel scrap.
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Nov 24, 2012 at 9:54 am #1296374
Nate BoyerBPL Member
Is this such a thing? Do people do this? Or do you need to carry two separate coats?
Right now I have a go lite windbreaker and a frog toggs rain coat.Nov 24, 2012 at 10:00 am #1930695
Ken T.BPL Member
If there is any chance of moisture I take my rain jacket. A windbreaker when skies are clear for the whole trip. I almost always pack a rain jacket, but hardly ever a windproof only layer.
Edit. I don't own a windshirt as I have found them of no use for my hiking locale/ style, whatnot. But it does rain 60-100" around here. Also wearing any type of jacket or midlayer while actually hiking means that it is below freezing. None of them breath well enough for this sweat factory. I go with the warm and damp crowd. I don't expect to stay dry.
I'm also too cheap to spend the money on Event, and will choose something more durable as it is my only rain jacket for work, home and away. This time around it is a Pat. Torrentshell jacket. Wetted through after I wore it the first day in heavy rain for 45 minutes, So it's crap. But the price was good. If I rip it at work I won't be broken hearted.
Dry Ducks- too fragile for any off trail travel, but remain a popular choice.Nov 24, 2012 at 10:04 am #1930696
Michael DukeMember
Almost all, if not all, rain jackets block the wind. The difference is breathabilty. A waterproof layer typically does not breath nearly as well as a wind proof layer. Wind shirts are not waterproof, so they do not stop extended rain.Nov 24, 2012 at 11:53 am #1930717
Eric BlumensaadtBPL Member
@danepackerLocale: Mojave Desert
Ken, usually it's the other way around, using a WPB parka for wind protection.
A really breathable rain parka is needed, however. My GTX PacLite would barely qualify due to low breathability, but my REI Kimtah eVent parks does it very well here in the mountains of Nevada and the Sierra Nevada of California.
I definitely would not try to substitute a wind shirt for a rain parka, regardless of how good the DWR on the windshirt. Sooner or later it WILL soak through in long rain and that's dangerous.
Maybe SOMEDAY we'll actually be able to buy "Never Wet" spray. Then, yes, it may be possible to substitute a windshirt for a rain parka.
BTW, be sure your windshirt can fit over your vest or insulating jacket if you're not taking a rain parka.Nov 24, 2012 at 12:43 pm #1930736
Ben CBPL Member
@alexdrewreedLocale: Kentucky
I really don't think ANY WPB will work as a windshirt. You just can't hike in any WPB without sweating way too much. At 2-4 oz, the windshirt is well worth it to create a comfortable temperature range while hiking and keeping sweat down.Nov 24, 2012 at 1:23 pm #1930741
Stephen MBPL Member
@stephen-mLocale: Way up North
I agree with Ben on this, I will only put on my waterproof when it starts bucketing down rain or the wind is at a mental speed.Nov 24, 2012 at 2:10 pm #1930747
Tom KirchnerBPL Member
@ouzelLocale: Pacific Northwest/Sierra
"Right now I have a go lite windbreaker and a frog toggs rain coat."
That is a pretty good combination for most 3 season backpacking situations. You've covered your bases. The only exception I can think of is off trail hiking, where the Frog Toggs would not hold up well.Nov 24, 2012 at 2:13 pm #1930748
Dale WambaughBPL Member
@dwambaughLocale: Pacific Northwest
As others said, not yet. Your windshirt/DriDucks combo is probably one of the lightest for the expense. The DriDucks jacket is a good CYA rain shell when you aren't using it much (or bushwhacking) but want the protection.
Windshirts work in an UL clothing set because they are so light and compact— and they breathe. If you have a windshirt and fleecy mid-layer, you have a deconstructed jacket that can be worn as shell or lining or both together. You can wear the mid-layer with your rain shell too.Nov 24, 2012 at 5:57 pm #1930790
Max DiltheySpectator
@mdiltheyLocale: MaxTheCyclist.com
I've been impressed with the Marmot Super Mica, and I'm not alone; Backpacker.com had it as an editor's choice at some point, I believe.
It's a raincoat, but it's so thin and the material is so… intriguing, I find it doesn't heat up like other raincoats I've used in the past. It breathes very well, but the nature of the material seems to cut the wind. My experience may be different from your own, but I have been very happy to have this item serve both roles.
I will say, however, you get about 30 minutes in the rain before it wets out. I use raincoats to fix my tent, not hike in. if it downpours, I count on Merino Wool to keep me warm when wet or I get out of the rain and underneath a tree.
My rain system is also not yet perfect, though…Nov 24, 2012 at 7:36 pm #1930807
I would just like to offer the suggestion of the "ZPacks waterproof breathable cuben fiber rain jacket as a viable rain and wind jacket.
I have two articles on this jacket (initial review and follow up thoughts) and I should probably write another one here soon.
Here are a couple of the more interesting parts I wrote:
Over 90% of hikers do not hike a 500 miles a year. Of the remaining 10% less than half of them do over 2000 miles a year. Those rare few in the 1-5% of hikers that do more, the vast majority of them that I have talked to have had very few items that have gotten used for 2000+ miles have durability issues, and typically it is socks and shoes, nothing more, and they are the two things we expect to not last that far. As most triple crowner can testify too, the use of rain gear on the big-three trails is typically less than 2% of the 8000+ miles. You really going to be wearing your *rain jacket* for 2600 miles? Stop and think about that.
and within my follow-up article:
So with this in mind we need to ask ourselves, is the weight of a 10+ ounces rain jacket really worth carrying? I say no. If I can hike any of the long distance trails in the USA and typically encounter less than 20 days of rain, why would I carry twice the amount of dead weight when I need too. For me, being able to save 5 ounces off a largely dead-weight item such as a rain jacket, that is an amazingly exciting aspect.
and here I guess really summarizes things:
As I see it this jacket has the ability to perform four duties:
First, it has the ability to be the finest rain jacket I have ever put on.
Second, it has the ability to be an additional layer of clothing for when it gets cold at night, put it on and it can help trap a bit of heat – I do not yet know how much of a difference it will make, it is breathable after all.
Third, it can be used as a quasi-beak on your tarp if you find that rain starts coming in at an angle – it is waterproof after all, and is wide enough to cover just about any solo tarp end that is in winter mode.
Fourth, because of the fact that it breaths so well I will no longer be taking my most beloved MontBell Tachyon Anorak wind jacket which goes with me on every hike – so that right there saves me 65 grams (2.29 ounces) which in the end means I will be saving 12 grams (0.42 ounces) off my total pack weight (65 for Tachyon + 82 for previous rain jacket = 147, than minus 135 for this jacket, results in a savings of 12 grams)
Anyway, just another potential piece of gear to consider in your quest.Nov 25, 2012 at 9:14 am #1930910
Alpo KuusistoBPL Member
Paramo combination: Summit Hoodie fleece + Fuera Ascent wind breaker would combine to make practically waterproof, or let's say rainproof combination.
BPL article of Paramo:
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/paramo_clothing.htmlNov 25, 2012 at 5:15 pm #1931022
Ross BleakneyBPL Member
@rossbleakneyLocale: Cascades
I've used a Propore jacket/pants as a wind shirt and it worked fine. The biggest problem was that I used the Propore as a bug suit. For regular hiking, I usually hike in a T-Shirt, so I don't need anything. For hanging out around on top a mountain (which is where I usually get the most wind) the Propore works fine (since I'm not doing much). But around camp, when the bugs are biting, the Propore kept them off, but I was much more sweaty than if I had brought the wind clothes. Wind clothes are a luxury, but a very nice (and relatively light) one.Nov 26, 2012 at 11:01 am #1931211
Brian LewisMember
@brianleLocale: Pacific NW
Last year I used my OR Helium jacket in this dual role, and it worked okay. Certainly not as nice as a dedicated windshirt in conditions when a windshirt is better, and of course not the best rain jacket in the world for all conditions, but it was a weight-saving compromise, and worked fine for me for about 5 months of continuous hiking (CDT) in all sorts of conditions.
I think part of making such a compromise is being content with your gear choice when you're sweating a little too much for the gear or are getting a little more wet through your jacket than is ideal (but perhaps already wet inside anyway). I.e., it's much about expectations, not just about what the gear delivers per se. It always boils down to whether the weight (and perhaps bulk and fiddle factor) saving is worth the gear compromise. For that trip, I felt that it was for me.
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Vijayakanth decides to fulfill MGR's dream
MGR had given Tamil film industry one of its all time box office hits Ulagam Sutrum Valiban on 1973. This movie can still manage to garner profits if it is put on re-run. Back then, right after finishing the filming of the movie, MGR had decided to make a sequel of it. He had also gone on to announce the title of the movie Kizhakku Africavil Raju. In fact, it is also said that he had gone location hunting in Africa.
But unfortunately, the movie was not made as MGR got busier with his political career. Finally, in 1977, when he became Tamil Nadu"s Chief Minister, he voluntarily retired from film making thus putting an end to the idea of Kizhakku Africavil Raju.
Now, after more than three decades Captain Vijaykanth has decided to make Kizhakku Africavil Raju himself. The actor is currently busy acting and directing Virudhagiri, which is to release later this year. Once he is done with it, he will start working on Kizhakku Africavil Raju from the scratch.
It is now almost a trend in Tamil film industry to repeat MGR film titles and remix his song. Now, we guess we will get to see some remakes of MGR films as well.