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By M. Scott Morris/NEMS Daily Journal
The fishing hasn't been as good as Jerry Massa would like this year, but it hasn't been all bad.
"Yesterday, I caught a really nice crappie," the 70-year-old Belden resident said, while standing on the shores of Trace Lake. "I've had a lot of success out here in previous years. So far, not this year."
Like any good fisherman, Massa is willing to be patient. He's a habitual visitor to Trace State Park. Even if the fish remain standoffish, he'll probably keep returning.
"My wife and I come out here every day. It's so close, about 10 minutes away," Massa said. "She walks seven or eight miles every day at the park."
"Every day" was a slight exaggeration. Storm clouds were rolling in from the west, promising thunderstorms on a recent Monday. Massa made his regular fishing trip, but his wife stayed home on a relatively slow day at Trace State Park, located nine miles west of Tupelo just off Highway 6.
"Our busiest times are holidays and whenever school's out," said Donald Campbell, 48, park manager. "During spring break we filled up our overflow area and had to turn people away. They weren't happy about that."
Tombigbee Valley Water Authority began planning the park in the 1960s with a specific goal in mind. The lake provides flood control for the surrounding area.
"We still draw it down every year for the winter rains," Campbell said. "We lower the levels three to five feet."
That helps the fishing by forcing the lake's bass, crappie, catfish and bream closer together.
"The bigger fish can feed off the smaller fish more easily, allowing them to get bigger," Campbell said.
That's good news for fishermen like Massa, but the park features other attractions.
There are 52 RV hookups, as well as primitive camping sites and rental cabins and cottages on the lake. Some 30 miles of trails serve hikers, horseback riders and mountain bikers, as well as dirt bike and ATV riders. There's also a disc golf course.
"We have 1,980 land acres and 565 lake acres," Campbell said.
From the Parkway
The park draws a steady supply of visitors from the Natchez Trace Parkway, though there has been confusion over the years.
People tend to call it Natchez Trace State Park, and the lake has been known as Natchez Trace Lake.
But there's a Natchez State Park in Natchez, so it's Trace Lake at Trace State Park, if you please.
"Just drop the 'Natchez' from this park," Campbell said.
John and Darla Eaton of Wilsonville, Ore., are traveling the country in their RV. He had two great-grandfathers who fought in the Civil War, so he decided to include a trip along the Natchez Trace.
"We stopped at an information booth and met a couple. They said this is a great place, well maintained," Eaton, 68, said. "They were right about that. We're glad we stopped."
The same storms that kept Massa's wife at home kept the Eatons at the park for an extra day.
"He wanted to see the automobile museum in Tupelo," Darla Eaton, 66, said.
Not that someone has to leave the park to go sight-seeing, especially if you enjoy wildlife.
"You can watch and see deer – four or six or eight at a time. It's not just a single deer," Massa said. "It's a beautiful place."
Last year, a pair of bald eagles mated and had an offspring. They nested above the park's levee, Campbell said.
"They are fun to watch, especially when you've got ducks on the lake," he said. "They dive after them. You can see all the ducks go under water. In a few seconds, here comes the eagle after them."
There haven't been any sightings of the eagles this year, but the park has foxes, raccoons and skunks that usually prowl around the place.
"Years ago, when I worked here as a ranger, we had a skunk that used to get in the women's bathroom and used the trash can to sleep," Campbell said. "We always had complaints. It never sprayed anyone, but it sure would scare the heck out of them."
He was quick to mention that there haven't been any recent skunk sightings in the ladies' room.
An unexpected stop
Lynwood and Jannette Mercer of Oakland, Tenn., were heading home from Grenada and decided to wait out the storms at the park. It was their first visit, and he was impressed.
"This is the only place I've seen that allows you to back up your RV to the lake and still have a sewer hookup," Mercer, 74, said.
His wife had other concerns and didn't get the answer she was looking for.
"You're the park guy," Jannette Mercer, 69, said to Campbell.
He nodded.
"What kind of fish are they catching here?" she said.
"They've caught some bass," he said.
"Oh, we don't like bass. We like crappie," she said.
Campbell should've had a little talk with Massa, who'd caught that crappie on the previous day.
The park manager could be forgiven for the oversight. There are plenty of other duties to keep Campbell and his staff busy, but it's up to biologists from the Private John Allen National Fish Hatchery in Tupelo to take care of the lake and keep it stocked with fish.
Besides, Campbell isn't as dedicated to fishing as Massa and the Mercers.
"If they're biting good, I'll be out there," he said with a shake of his head. "If not, I haven't got the patience for it."
Plan Your Trip
TRACE STATE PARK is located nine miles west of Tupelo. Turn north off Highway 6 onto Faulkner Road and follow the brown signs.
• Cabin rentals range from $70 to $85 a night, depending on the day of the week. Reservations for any cabin, camping site or RV slot can be made up to two years in advance.
• The day-use entrance fee is $3 per vehicle up to six people, and fishing is $5 per person with a $2 discount for seniors and people with disabilities. Those younger than 16 fish for free.
• For more information, visit www.mdwfp.com or call (662) 489-2958.


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The Senior Thesis Exhibition, featuring the work of WCSU graduating art students, will be on display from noon to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays from Wednesday, April 24, through Monday, June 6, in The Higgins Gallery in Higgins Annex. The exhibition and reception will be free and open to the public.
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When the RNC issued a safety advisory earlier today about suspicious activity in some northeast Avalon communities it wasn't meant to alarm people, says the force's media relations officer.
The news release said over the past several days the RNC has received complaints from residents who have reported seeing an older male or males driving around neighbourhoods and trying to lure children into their vehicle by offering them a ride or candy.
RNC Const. Steve Curnew told The Telegram this afternoon there were three such complaints.
"We received one from the Goulds, one in Mount Pearl and another in the west end of the city," he said.
They were received Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
"We're not trying to alarm people, it's more of a safety advisory to let children and parents know there have been complaints and to be aware," said Curnew.
He said officers don't have full descriptions of the suspects or the vehicle which makes the investigation that much more difficult.
Curnew said if residents suspect there is a suspicious vehicle lurking around their neighbourhood to get the make, model, colour and licence plate of the vehicle or a good description of the person driving.
"We just want to give people a heads up now that the nice weather is here and children are out playing," he said.
The RNC is continuing to investigate the complaints.
(Earlier story)
RNC investigating reports of children approached in suspicious manner
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) is warning parents and children on the Northeast Avalon that it has received reports that an older man or male drivers have been attempting to lure children into vehicles by offering them a ride or candy.
The RNC said in a news release, several complaints of this nature have been received over the past several days.
Police are continuing to investigate these reports and the RNC encourages citizens if they suspect any suspicious activity in their area to do the following:
• Parents should be aware of who is in their neighborhood and report suspicious activity
and people to the RNC;
• Attempt to get the make, model, color and licence plate of the suspicious vehicle or a good description of the suspicious person;
• Teach young children their full name, address and a parent or guardian's phone number;
• Discuss safety regularly with your children, so they are comfortable with these issues and know what to do;
• Teach your children that a stranger is anyone they do not know, and that even someone who is friendly is a stranger;
• Make sure your child knows never to enter the house or car of a stranger and, when they are home, never to let a stranger into the house;
• Tell your child it is ok to be rude to a stranger, it is ok not to answer and is better not to speak to them.
The RNC also reminds parents to be aware of who is in their neighborhoods and report any suspicious activity and people to the RNC.


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B.C. Taxpayers Feel Pain of Politicians Going Green
Jordan Bateman | Posted 02.16.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Regional politicians seem more concerned than ever with looking green — all while sucking more green out of taxpayers' pockets. Whether it is the $783 million sewage treatment plant in Greater Victoria, the $450 million waste incinerator in Metro Vancouver or the $3 billion subway line to Vancouver's University of British Columbia campus, these projects are nowhere near as environmentally green as politicians claim them to be.


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"THE Federals have had another licking, Nell," said my father, in an exultant tone next morning, as I entered the dining‐room in my usual elegant morning négligé (and very négligé it was), and with my hands full of dear old‐fashioned flowers, dark claret‐coloured double gillyflowers, great heavy heads of lilac, and bottles of colour.
"Have they?" said I. "Brutes! I'm so glad." We were great politicians, my father and I, and I could have stood a very stiff examination in the battles of the American war. If I had been left to myself I do not think I should have cared very much whether the Confederates conjugated the active or passive voice of the verb to "whip." I should have listened with equal indifference to the "tall doin's" of page: 52 Abolitionists or Secessionists; but I was truly thankful for any subject of public interest which could rouse my father from his melancholy, and moreover I loved him so entirely that what interested him, interested me too, of necessity. There is no relationship so delightful as that between father and daughter when at its best. Some thought of this kind ran through my head as I sat eating my porridge, and occasionally glancing at my father, whose dear old head was half buried between two sheets of the Times. It prompted me to say,
"Papa, I sometimes feel inclined to wish that Dolly would never come back, that she would live always with those Graftons, who seem to appreciate her so much more than you and I do."
"You should not say that, Nell," said my father from the banks of the Potomac; but his rebuke was of the very mildest description.
"Why should not I say so, if I feel it?—you and I are so happy together, aren't we, daddy?"
"Yes, very happy," answered my page: 53 father; but even as he spoke he sighed.
Sighs are the gales that blow us to heaven, I sometimes think; they breathe unconscious weariness of the "here," and longing for the "there."
"I should like," pursued I, "things always to be just as they are now; you and I living here together, for ever and ever and ever, with our pigs and our chickens and our cabbages, only we'd have no money matters, and nobody to bully us."
"Your wants are nearly as few as Diogenes, Nell; indeed you haven't included a tub in your list of indispensables."
"You're my only indispensable, dad!"
"Poor little lass! you'll think differently some day when you've got a husband and children, and I'm dead and gone."
"When you're dead and gone," said I decisively, "I shall be dead and gone too, for I could not bear to live without you;" and I really believed it.
"Nonsense, child," said my father, smiling. "Did you ever see a stone thrown into the pond? there's a great page: 54 splash, and a few circles on the water, and that's about all, isn't it? Well, when I die there'll be a great splash of tears and hullaballooing, and a few circles of tender recollections, and then the surface will smooth itself over, and it'll be all right again."
I was so overcome by this affecting metaphor, that a piece of porridge stuck in my weasand and all but choked me.
"Like the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day," said my father over to himself, reflectively, leaning his head on his hand, "that's about our tether, Nell; wet pocket‐handkerchiefs, and long faces for a day, and then somebody new springs up, and fills up our vacant hole in this odd ant‐hill, and we're jostled away into the limbo where so many better and wiser have been bundled before us."
I am soft‐hearted—easily moved to tears. I was blubbering gently behind the tea‐kettle now.
"Crying, Nell!" says my father, roused from his reverie by my sniffs. "Come, child, I'm not dead yet; wait till my page: 55 coffin is ordered before you set to making lamentations over me."
"You're ve‐ve‐ry d‐d‐is‐agreeable," said I, with moist indignation. "I've a great mind never to say anything to you again. You're always bothering about dying. I wish to heaven there was not such a word in the dictionary."
"If there was not it would be a very terrible world, Nell," replied my father, gravely; "every man with Cain's curse upon his brow."
"Do let us talk of something else," cried I, peevishly. "I hate such moping sort of subjects."
"By all means; something gay and festive. The party last night, for instance," said the author of my being, ironically.
"It was not so bad as I expected," returned I, brightening up, and eradicating the moisture from my eyes with my knuckles.
"How did you get on with all those fine ladies?" inquired my father, kindly.
"Middling," said I, "I did not care much about them; I liked the men better. page: 56 If I went into society, I should like to go to parties where there were no women, only men."
"That is a sentiment that I think I should keep for home use, my dear, if I were you."
"Should you? Well, perhaps so; but women are so prying and censorious. All the time you are talking to them you feel sure that they are criticising the sit of your tucker, and calculating how much a yard your dress cost. Now, if you're only pretty and pleasant, indeed, even if you're not either (I mentally classed myself under this latter head), men are good‐natured, and take you as they find you, and make the best of you."
My father did not dispute my position.
"Talking of men," said he, "that Sir Hugh Lancaster seems to be a very nice young fellow; he and I had a great deal of talk together."
"Do you mean that little black man you introduced to me?" inquired I, contemptuously. "Young fellow, indeed! Well, if he's a young fellow, Methuselah was rather juvenile than otherwise."page: 57
My father sipped his coffee reflectively.
"Poor Methuselah," said he; "nine hundred and sixty‐six years he had of it, hadn't he? How sick he must have been of the eternal millround—seed‐time and harvest, summer and winter coming back near a thousand times, to find him hanging on still!"
I had nothing to suggest on the subject of the patriarch, so I held my peace.
"Did he do nothing worth recording all those ten centuries?" went on my father musingly, "that we're told of him only that he was born, and begat sons and daughters, and died."
"You've wandered some way from Sir What's‐his‐name, pa," said I, recalling my parent's spirit from the realm of barren speculations whither it had travelled.
"I'll come back to him, my dear, if you wish; only I don't think I know much more about him than I do about his prototype, Methuselah!"
"And to my thinking he's hardly more interesting," added I; with which scant courtesy I dismissed the worthy baronet page: 58 from my conversation and my thoughts.
Her name, I may mention incidentally, was not Honora, but it would spoil a very lovely line to introduce her real cognomen of Dorothy into it, so I have ceded to the necessity which makes Anthony White appear for ever as Anthony Blue on his tombstone.
Devoted as I was to my father, I could not always be with him; sometimes he preferred his own society and that of his books to mine, found more solace for his vexations in epigrammatic French essayists and German metaphysicians, whose rhapsodies about the beautiful and the sublime I could make neither head nor tail of, to my girlish cackle. Sometimes, but more rarely, he took long solitary rides about his heavily mortgaged farms on a sedate old cob, with a docked tail and hogged mane, who, like his master, had seen page: 60 better days. The soft May wind, and the invitations of the garrulous blackbirds and thrushes, had tempted him to set forth on such a ride one evening after tea, two days after my introduction to society. Consequently I Was thrown on my own resources, and rather short of a job I was.
"I may as well garden a bit," I said to myself; "it will pass the time, and oh! how slow it is going now, even though I did put on all the clocks half an hour." So I fetched a pair of gardening gloves and a little mat, knelt down on the latter, and set to digging, and raking, and page: 63 weeding with a will. It is pleasant to feel one's self useful, and doing some good in one's generation, and I, being ordinarily anything but a busy bee, found that to be laudably industrious was a new and delightful sensation. And as I grubbed, and watered, and scuffled, I ran over in my mind all the little incidents of my late dissipation, composed smart answers and brilliant repartees, which I might have made and had not at various points of my conversation with the gray‐eyed stranger, and wondered, for the twentieth time, what he could have meant by staring at me as he had done under the gaslight in the hall. "Could he have thought me pretty?" I asked myself at last, being unable to find any other explanation for that long eager gaze, the remembrance of which still stirred my silly little soul in the newest, queerest, joyfullest fashion.
At this preposterous suggestion I raised myself from my stooping attitude, dropped my trowel, and pushed back the flapping wide‐leafed hat from my hot forehead. "Impossible!" said I. "Pretty, indeed! page: 64 after what Dolly said, and Dolly's a good judge, ill‐natured as she is! Nothing more unlikely. Certainly, living such a secluded life makes one magnify trifles, make mountains of molehills. I'm afraid, my good girl, that you are a sad fool!" These last words I spoke aloud, little thinking that I had any other auditors than the columbines and the damask roses which I had been tying up. Judge then of my surprise when my self‐complimenting remark found itself answered. Somebody close at my elbow said, "Are you? I should not have thought it." I started as if a bullet had hit me, sprang to my feet, and confronted the object of my conjectures. There he stood, tall and straight, and strong as a young oak, on the gravel walk, between the prim box edgings, smiling broadly at my discomfiture.
"I'm sorry you have such a poor opinion of yourself," he continued, maliciously enjoying my confusion.
I made no answer to this remark, but struggled violently to compose myself, and to recollect how much I had said aloud; whether only the last clause of my sen‐ sentence page: 65 tence, which was comparatively harmless, or enough to have disgraced me for ever.
"Won't you ask me how I am? Won't you shake hands with me this evening, Miss Lestrange?" inquired my tormentor, resuming his gravity.
"I'm afraid I cannot," responded I, laughing constrainedly, holding up my hands in their earthy coverings to show him.
"I have no objection whatever to a little dirt; it's rather wholesome than otherwise, and I have tender reminiscences of the dirt pies of my youth."
I drew off my gauntlet with precipitation, and laid my hand (a long slim member) in his.
"It was rather cool of me, coming in here without anybody inviting me?" he asked, detaining my not unwilling, though rather embarrassed fingers, holding them as if he had forgotten all about them, and looking down (for though I was rather a tall girl, beside him I was small and short enough) at me.
"Oh no!" said I, "it did not matter at all, only you startled me rather."page: 66
"Did I? I'm so sorry; but you see I was just toddling about that field over there, in the most pitiable state, when I caught sight of some one (I felt sure it was you) burrowing in the ground, and I could not resist the temptation of coming to speak to you; a friendly human shape is a sight not to be despised in this desolate country. I could not throw away such a chance."
"Could not you?"
"Could not you?" said he, repeating my words rather reproachfully. "So that's all you've got to say to me? Why are you so hard, and cold, and stiff?"
"I don't mean to be," said I, naïvely, and I did not.
At this juncture my hat fell off the back of my head, and he had to release my hand to pick it up. Having restored my headpiece, he resumed—
"Why were you so cross the other night?"
"I was not cross."
"Yes, you were; very cross. I never saw any one much crosser. I could not conceive how I had vexed you; I asked page: 67 myself a dozen times after you were gone, What can I have said to make that young lady so angry with me? only I'm afraid I did not say that young lady."
"What did you say?" asked I, with female inquisitiveness.
"Never mind what I said. I did not call you by your name, for I did not know what it was, nor don't now; would you mind telling me what it is?"
"Nell! Nell! I like it; but were you christened Nell?"
"No‐o‐o," said I, dubiously. "I suppose not; I suppose I was christened Ellinor, but nobody but the servants ever call me so. What's your name?"
"Richard what?"
"Richard Harold."
"Richard Harold what?"
"Oh! you mean what's my surname? M'Gregor. I thought you knew that."
"No, I did not," said I.
Pretty names, I remarked to myself; but I like Olaf better; it's much more descriptive. I knelt down on my mat, page: 68 and prepared to resume my gardening. But Richard Harold M'Gregor remonstrated.
"Please don't do any more of that horrid rooting and scraping," said he, seizing my trowel, and holding it high out of my reach; "you have made yourself quite hot already. Do come and sit down on that stone bench, and talk a bit; have pity on a poor fellow who is dying for someone to exchange ideas with."
"I have nothing to say," responded I; but I complied with his request, without any demur, and sat down on the old bench with the little green mosses and lichens in the crevices of the cracked stone, while he stretched his lazy length at my feet.
"And so you spend your life in this queer old garden, do you?" inquired he, looking round, and taking a comprehensive survey of our roses, and cabbages and gooseberry bushes; all growing in friendly proximity.
"Yes," said I, "here, and in the house, and among the chickens."
"Rather dreary work, isn't it?" asked page: 69 he, thinking, I fancy, what a contrast his own existence was to mine.
"I don't find it so," said I.
"In fact, you like it better than any other kind of life, I suppose."
"I never tried any other, so I cannot tell," responded I, sagely. "I should not like any life away from papa."
"You're very fond of him, then?" he asked; and I fancied I heard him mutter something like "lucky old beggar," under his breath.
"I should think so," replied I, emphatically.
"You cannot fancy ever being fonder of any one else, I suppose?" he inquired, pulling a blade of grass, and biting it.
"No‐o‐o, I think not," I answered, cautiously.
"I wish I had anybody to love me like that," said he, looking wistfully up in my face.
Of course he meant some sister, or mother, or friend, and of course I took it so; but innocent as my heart was, my detestable cheeks thought it necessary to hang out their ever ready flame signals page: 70 again, giving me completely the air of having misunderstood his meaning, and being in the expectation of hearing him in his next sentence request the gift of my valuable affections. He was charitable; looked away, and ate more grass. Having given my cheeks time to cool, he looked round again.
"I think you and I should get on together," said he; "don't you?"
I nodded my head. "I think so," I said, nibbling a daisy stalk.
"Shall we make a solemn league and covenant? shall we settle to be friends henceforth and for ever?" he asked.
I was rather taken aback by such suddenness of action.
"I don't know about that," I said, hesitatingly; "it would be rather awkward if, after having taken me for your friend, you found I was not so nice as you thought me."
I took it for granted, in my innocence, that he did think me nice. He laughed.
"Not so nice as I thought—eh?" said he.
"Well, I don't think I mind running the page: 71 risk if you'll do as much for me. Life is too short to waste in preliminaries."
"It is short," said I, sententiously.
"Horribly short!" replied he, with a sigh; "and if I like you and you like me, as I hope you do. Do you, by‐the‐bye?"
He raised himself on his elbow till his face was on a level with my knee, and awaited my answer.
"Yes, I do," I said, slowly, "what I know of you, at least—that is not much."
"Give me your hand, then, to seal our contract."
I felt rather flustered by the rapid strides our acquaintance had made within the last ten minutes; but I gave him my hand, and as I did so, my father, my adored papa, appeared round the corner. As he caught sight of the pretty tableau vivant we had kindly got up in his garden to surprise him, he looked extremely astonished and considerably displeased. Nor was the poor man much to blame, I think, finding his favourite daughter sitting in the dusk of the evening with a man, whom, to his certain knowledge, she had seen but twice before in her life, lying at her page: 72 feet and clasping her hand, apparently unforbidden. It is rather a truism to say that things that occur seldom impress us a great deal more than things that occur frequently. If there were a thunderstorm or an earthquake every day we should think nothing of those catastrophes. It was so very tardy that my father was angry with me that I was in a state of proportionable awe and wholesome fear when such a contretemps did arise. I snatched away my hand and jumped up.
"Papa's coming," I gasped.
Mr., or as I afterwards heard he was, Major M'Gregor, did not appear much discomfited. He raised himself from his reclining posture, and went to meet my father. The latter on his part raised his hat very stiffly, and said, with a polite elaboration and distinctness which I thought very unnecessary, "How do you do, Sir? This is a most unexpected pleasure. May I take the liberty of asking your name?"
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A tissue of fibs! listened to by me, with open‐mouthed, wide‐eyed amazement. Could my hero tell lies? My father did not seem mollified. He said "Humph!" very gruffly, planted himself in the middle of the path between me and the stranger, and looked ostentatiously at his watch, as much as to say, "When is the fellow thinking of taking himself off?"
The fellow took the broad hint. "I'm detaining you," he said, politely; and after turning to me, and saying, with a fund of amusement in his face, "I hope you won't forget Mrs. Coxe's message," he again lifted his hat and walked away.
Papa and I followed slowly in his wake, I quaking, yet angry. My father was the first to speak.
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I felt disposed to weep, till he came to the word sprawling; that obnoxious dissyllable made me choke back my indignant tears.
"What was he doing with your hand?" pursued my father, still more severely.
"I'm sure I don't know," stammered I. "I suppose he was going to bid me good‐bye."
I really had not strength of mind to reveal the truth and expose the folly I had been guilty of, with regard to that most absurd proposition of friendship.
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Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, is one of the Republican frontrunners for President in 2012. Romney meets all the requirements of a top republican competitor with the exception of a major sticking point—universal health care.
Through Romney's leadership as governor in 2003, the state passed a universal health care system that is comparable to Obama care.
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a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on May 12, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
This is the great irony. Obamacare and the individual mandate originated in Republican think-tank circles. Web Link They backed away from it when a Democrat started pushing for it! But the bottom line is that everyone ages and age brings greater health care needs. Can't get more universal than that.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 13, 2011 at 7:31 am
Do you really believe that the monstrosity that Pelosi/Reid championed through Congress has other than a slight resemblance to the testimony in your WebLink? There are many "good ideas" that are compromised during our convoluted political process, and I believe that "Obamacare" is a perfect example.
Romney knows he made a mistake with healthcare, and if he wants to be President, he's going to have to admit it, explain what went wrong, and what he should have done differently. Romneycare is a failed program, and Obamacare will soon follow.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on May 13, 2011 at 8:42 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Obamacare _originated_ from it. That isn't to say that Obamacare or the system outlined in the weblink is good. The individual mandate is a central and defining feature though, and was challenged in court. The Heritage Foundation may have backed away from it for perfectly legitimate reasons, but the fact remains that the Democrats ran with an idea that finds its origins in right-wing think-tanks. Maybe the Democrats were thinking that such a move would lead to bipartisan support.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 13, 2011 at 11:16 am
I think Romney should remind the GOP that Medicare is essentially "Obamacare" for the older folks. If the republicans are not okay with universal healthcare for all, young adults and kids included, why would they be in favor of keeping Medicare?
The GOP is hypocritical because on the one hand they criticize universal healthcare and on the other, they rally the seniors with fears that "Obamacare" (universal healthcare) will threaten Mediare! (don't they get it? Medicare is universal healthcare for seniors!!!)
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 13, 2011 at 1:06 pm
"Romney knows he made a mistake with healthcare"
Are your sure about that. Doesn't seem like he is apologizing to me.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 13, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Romney "apologizing" for the healthcare plan and admitting it was a failure are two entirely different animals. (When's the last time you heard any politician apologize for making a mistake - except for extramarital affairs?) Romney will have to address the healthcare issue and I'm curious how he's going to handle it. If he thinks he can sweep it aside or ignore it, he's wrong.
I'm not against Romney, as I think he's qualified to be President. I also have every confidence that he can do a better job at reviving our economy than the current administration.
Thanks for listening..!!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 13, 2011 at 9:52 pm
I'll agree that he's more qualified than Obama, but I don't think he's going to be able to shake this one. Sounds to me like he's sticking to his guns and calling it a success. We'll have to see how it plays out.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 13, 2011 at 10:06 pm
35 year licensed health provider here. Ill effects of Obama "care" are already being implemented on so many levels and so much propaganda about the benefits. And to make matters worse, its smothering medical innovation yet failing on every level to decrease costs. Do your research. Be informed. That's the best, most honest advice I can give anyone who asks my opinion.
a resident of Jensen Tract
on May 13, 2011 at 10:06 pm
There all better then Obambi. My pick is Palin or Trump. We need truth in our White House.
a resident of another community
on May 14, 2011 at 11:04 am
Romney made a decission for a single state, a judgement call by a governor.
Obama, on the other hand, is making decissions for states that should be made by each individual state not the federal government.
a resident of Downtown
on May 14, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Last time I looked, it was Congress that passed the affordable health care act. But I guess it feels better criticizing the, um, 'decissions' of a black man in the White house. I too like that nice looking white man from mormanland.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 14, 2011 at 2:07 pm
James: do you really process information in your head like that after reading the post above yours? WOW.......................etc
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 14, 2011 at 10:39 pm
Gov Romney vetoed several parts of the bill, BUT his Mass. Legislature OVER-RODE his veto. It's not as simple as you try to make it sound. Both sides just want to trash him, because they fear him with all his turn-around experience, clearly the most educated, most talented, and most experienced on either side. It should have been Romney last time, and we would be living in a very different world. Huckster Huckabee screwed up the early Iowa caucus last time...So glad he's not going to screw up history this time. Just hope the clowns and crazies stay home, and remember we're choosing a President !
a resident of another community
on May 16, 2011 at 10:34 am
Romney like Obama, did not implement his healthcare plan all by himself. All the legislative bodies that make up our government should be examined. I think individuals should be contacting their state officials to make their voices more heard. I think we as a whole have become very complacent and have let big government take over.
a resident of another community
on May 16, 2011 at 10:41 am
Romney has all of the qualifications, including the "politicians hair". It will be interesting to see how he handles the healthcare issues at hand. And as far as needing Palin and Trump in the white house as Rep. Red says, already seen the movie "Dumb and Dumber". No thanks.
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Poppers for coho!!
Great stuff, Had some good luck with Poppers about 8 years ago and have been fishing them ever since in circumstances. As to how perfect they have to be I'm a liitle reluctant to sign off on that one. A fellow club member of mine came up to fish with me for a week some years ago, I told him to either tie up some poopers or buy some, he could find none for sale in the usual hauntsd of Beelevue and Sea Tac so. The mother of invention he bought what he figured just might "get by" he showed up in Sitka with three packages of "Aero Flyus from Forks. they worked very well we caught dozens of Coho in the salt water on these "poopers" a reel education this salt water fly fishing is.
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Popper Tying
Thanks for posting the location of the photos. One note for those that are tying. I no longer snell the stinger. I tie in a doubled over piece of leader to make a loop for the hook. It's doubled the strength and it lets you change hooks when they break or rust.
Jared for a visual reference check out Lelands instructions here:
|I've seen them at Concord Outfitters and Blue NOrthern Trading Co., Rod Builder's Workshop, and will bet Fly Rod & Reel in Marlboro has them as well (ask Rich S.).
Thanks Leland --
now the question is will I have time to find the dinks and time to tie some before my trip....
|Leland Miyawaki
The Miyawaki Beach Popper
Here are the tying instructions. If you have any questions, let me know.
The popper head, which technically, is a slider, is called a Dink Component and is made by Edgewater Fishing Products in Clearfield, Utah. The other materials are grizzly hackle, Holographic Flash, Krystal Flash and polar bear.
The fly is a two-hook setup. The front hook is only there to be held in the vise and hold the materials. I use Mustad 3407 or 34007 hooks. I use as small a hook as possible, preferably #6, in front to keep the weight down. The hook point above the bend will be cut off when we are finished. The trailing hook, or stinger, is a #4 and I use a #4 Dink Component up front
1. Take a #6 Mustad 3407 (or 34007) and secure it in the vise. Dont sweat pinching down the barb, it wont matter.
2. Attach your tying thread. Its OK to use a fat thread like 3/0 or G. The color doesnt matter as its going to get covered anyway. Dont worry about keeping the wraps thin and pretty it all helps hold the popper on later. And dont come to close to the bend (see step #14).
3. Take a #4 hook and pinch down the barb, bend the eye up and push two ends of a 5" length of 25 pound Maxima through it and pull the hook through the loop. This is the business end or stinger.
4. Leave the hook to trail about 1 1/2 to 2 inches. Keep the hook point up. Tie all the way down and back up the shank.
5. Now, heres the important part: Double the two tag-ends back over on itself and wrap it all the way back to the bend and back up. This will keep the stinger tight to the hook and wont pull out when the big boys hit.
6. Trim off the excess mono.
7. Tie in two grizzly hackles (back to back). They should be a tad longer than the stinger.
8. Tie in some Holographic Flash. Vary the length. Keep it scraggly.
9. Tie in a few strands of Krystal Flash. Mixed Colors will do. They should be a touch longer than both the hackle and Holographic Flash. I think they imitate bubbles.
10. Tie in a small clump of white polar bear. Keep the materials sparse. Were not tying a herring imitation here.
11. Whip finish.
12. Smear head cement all over and around the tied down materials on the shank.
13. Jam a Dink Component over the shank with the pointy end forward.
14. Take the fly out of the vise and trim away the hook point all the way up past the bend. Dont cut into the materials, or youll be tying this little puppy over again.
I fish the popper on a dryline with a 12' leader tapered to 2x. I retrieve it with a two-handed retrieve giving it short little jerks. Vary your speed with slow, medium and fast strips. Try them all. I prefer a two-handed retrieve because I can do all the different speeds while pulling steadily and I am able to use a strong strip set to bury the hook in the hard salmon jaws.
Keep an eye on your fly because this type of fishing is totally visual. Look for following fish. If you arent watching, youll miss all the fun of fishing on top.
If you get a follow, first, try not to swallow your heart, then strip faster, or slow down, pop it, or change the direction with your rod tip. If the fish hits but doesnt stick, play dead then give the fly a twitch or two, or retrieve twice as fast with short fast strokes, or change directions anything to provoke the fish into taking the fly. This is what makes surface popper fishing for salmon or searun cutthroat so much fun. They are are predatory and aggressive and will always come to the fly. Your job is to make them want to eat the popper by manipulating your rod and line. Make your fly act like a wounded fish that is trying to escape becoming a main course.
Always retrieve your fly all the way in. Just before you pick it up, stop and make a quick change of direction with your rod tip. Sometimes, fish follow the fly without showing themselves. If a fish boils, drag the fly across the water parallel to the water with the rod tip. That should do the trick.
Leland --
have never tried a popper for Salmon...will be in BC in a few weeks, and would love to give it a try...are you tying a generic popper? If not, would you be willing to share the recipe? My popper of choice these days here in the northeast is normally a gurgler...plan on tying some smaller versions of those....probably, chartreuse, yellow and pink.
I'm Impressed
This happening at Seiku wouldn't amaze me, but it's sure impressive when you can get into that kind of fishing in central Puget Sound.
I'm attributing it to having a boat and a very knowledgable guy at the helm (and probably a little of Leland's Popper Mojo )
Sounds like a lot of Coho headed our way this year - better get tying!
You're killin' me! I miss those days out on the Straits and Sound fly fishing in the ocean for chromer salmon. After seeing DoubleSpey's demo of your popper, I can't wait til the next chance I get to try 'em.
I look forward to another Hefferweissen and good chow at the Pyramid ale house with you but this time it's gonna have to be when the Mariners are in town! It's torture being across the street from Safeco without a game going on.
Keep us posted as the salmon move into the sound.
|Leland Miyawaki
Puget Sound Salmon
As some of you know, I have been fishing from the beaches of Puget Sound for quite a few years for searun cutthroat and salmon. At this moment, we're all looking for the resident fish to show up along our central and southern beaches.
I jump-started it by going out with a friend and guide, Capt. Keith Robbins, last week and, most recently, yesterday morning.
We didn't catch any sizeable kings, but we caught over 50 salmon between us. Many coho were in the 4-5 pound range. I caught all mine on a #4 popper. I sometimes had two and three fish slashing at it all the way to the boat.
It was an awesome morning!
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A charming little apartment in a quiet neighborhood. When I arrived the shutters didn't work, but after a phone call this was immediately fixed. The apartment was clean when I arrived, but there was no cleaning service during my stay. I would have appreciated some more towels. But apart from these minor inconveniences I loved the place and I will certainly come back.
We had a wonderful time in Jerusalem in the appartement of Amir. The appartement is nice and also the neighbourhood. We had a car and put it a few blocks away, where there was free parking. We were eating at night at from Gaza to Berlin. Very nice. We also enjoyed music from the neighbours on the opposite side. They stopped at ten, so don't worry. And we had icecreams down the street in rocking chairs. The trees were smelling and blossomming. Everything beuatiful! Bernie en Joram de Bie.
We (couple) of 11 October to October 21 in a very nice, clean and well located apartment been Amir. Everything worked fine and the air conditioning was wonderful. When the light in the bathroom was broken, was 1 email enough and was razed. We have a super holiday in a super apartment had!
Wij (echtpaar) zijn van 11 okt. tot 21 okt. in een ontzettend leuk, schoon en goed gelegen appartement geweest van Amir. Alles werkte prima en de airco was heerlijk. Toen het licht in de badkamer kapot ging, was 1 e-mail genoeg en werd het gelijk gemaakt. We hebben een super vakantie in een super appartement gehad!
Nice and complete flat. Very good location. 30 minutes walk to Old city and 4 minutes walk to some nice little bars. I recommend the place!
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JACKSON — A leading proponent of charter schools may be joining the state Board of Education.
House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, said Monday he's appointing Joel Bomgar to the board, pending Senate confirmation.
Bomgar is founder and CEO of Bomgar Corp. of Ridgeland, which offers remote technical computer support to companies, governments and universities. He also heads Better Education for Mississippi, a group of Republican-linked business leaders pushing for a widened charter schools law.
"I think it's the most important thing we've got to get right in Mississippi," said Bomgar, a 33-year-old Jackson resident who was home-schooled before attending and graduating from Belhaven University.
Gunn said Bomgar is the only person who approached him about joining the board.
"He contacted me and he said he wanted to be on the board," Gunn said. "I know he has a passion for education and I thought he would be a legitimate pick."
Bomgar would replace Martha "Jackie" Murphy, whose term expires at June's end. If confirmed, Bomgar's term would begin July 1 and run through June 30, 2022. Members are unpaid.
Murphy, of Rienzi, was appointed by former House Speaker Billy McCoy, a Democrat.
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Though Bomgar supports charter schools, plans now being considered by the Legislature would create a separate board to authorize and oversee such schools. That means he might have little influence over such schools as a member of the Board of Education.
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Bomgar said he's not joining the board with any particular aims or agenda.
"I'm still trying to figure that out. There's a lot I know and a lot I don't know," he said. "What do we need to do differently than we're doing today?"
Bomgar and his company gave $10,000 to Republican candidates in the 2011 state election, mainly to House candidates, according to records compiled by the National Institute on Money in State Politics.


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In the third quarter of Sunday's game against the Toronto Raptors, Manu Ginobili used a little sleight of hand to get by DeMar DeRozan in the open court. Seemingly trapped against the sideline, Ginobili tossed his dribble through DeRozan's legs, darted around the Raptor guard, and went on his way to earn an and-one finish off of a Kyle Lowry blocking foul. It was a fabulous play, and emblematic of the kind of creativity that makes Ginobili such a treasure.
There was just one tiny little problem: Ginobili's sly ball-handling was apparently so effective that it duped NBA official Leroy Richardson out of calling a pretty clear violation. With DeRozan standing a mere foot and a half from the sideline, Ginobili's only path around him was to violate the court's side boundary. That in itself isn't a violation, but reclaiming one's dribble after going out of bounds certainly is. The NBA's 2011-12 Case Book actually outlines just such a scenario as a rule clarification:
When dribbling, Player A1 steps out-of-bounds but is not in contact with the ball. He then returns inbounds and continues his dribble. Is this legal or illegal?Not even much room for debate here; this is as cut and dry as it gets, with the NBA offering a very clear precedent on this exact kind of play. That said, there's still enough uncertainty (among fans, and apparently among referees) to pull off such a move at full speed mid-game, provided that there isn't time for the game's officials to deliberation. So kudos, Manu -- you got away with this one, and netted a hell of a highlight in the process.
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Dr Paul Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) devises a plan to extract revenge on his employers, the owners of a cosmetics company, who he believes have exploited him and become rich as the result of a product he created. Concocting a new aftershave (!), he offers it to the sons of his employers and then releases an electrically enlarged bat, trained to hone in on the distinct aftershave (!!), and slaughter its wearer. The series of mysterious deaths sparks the interest of roving reporter Johnny Layton (David O'Brien) and his loyal sidekick and photographer, One-Shot McGuire. The two set out to investigate the murders and put a stop to the diabolical mastermind orchestrating them, before they too become victims of the 'death-diving' giant bat.
The Devil Bat was produced by PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation), one of the more modest production studios of Hollywood's 'Poverty Row.' PRC produced mainly low budget B-movies, particularly horror films, westerns and melodramas.
The film comprises of scenes in which Lugosi dips stuff in lotions, stirs potions, cackles evilly to himself, hangs a bat on a coat hanger and through the power of cross-fade editing, enlarges stock-footage bats to gigantic proportions. He then persuades his various victims, the shockingly dim sons of his employers, to try out his new aftershave; before releasing his giant death-bat to track them down and rip out their throats. Repeat, ad-nauseam. This all goes according to plan, strangely enough, until our intrepid reporter Layton catches a whiff of something sinister and jumps on the case. He and his sidekick, One-Shot McGuire, bulk out the rest of the story as they try to solve the case. In one scene they attempt to drum up some interest in the sensational story by faking a photo of a giant bat. Cue montage of spinning newspaper headlines. They are rumbled by a giant bat-expert on the local radio station however, when said expert examines the photo and notices a 'made-in-Japan' label on the fake bat…
The Devil Bat is one of the many poverty row films that Bela Lugosi starred in during the downward spiral his career experienced after the international success of Dracula. The film is competently made, and whilst neither really good nor really bad, hovers somewhere in the beige department and proves to be an entertaining if somewhat forgettable experience. Which is perfectly fine. The tragic actor obviously relished playing the oddly sympathetic, yet utterly cuckoo Dr Carruthers, and delivers his lines with the sort of fiendish aplomb we know and love him for. Unfortunately, once the murder investigation begins, Lugosi doesn't feature onscreen much, but when he does, he exudes all the charm, dark elegance and over-zealous eyebrow-acting you would expect him to. We are also privy to his inner monologues, as he bitterly waxes lyrical about his disdain and disgust for his employers, who he believes have paid him a measly amount of money for his contribution to their cosmetics company. This serves to vaguely flesh out an otherwise typical 'mad-doctor' character and imbue him with the faintest touch of pathos.
Director, Jean Yarbrough - who would later go on to direct the likes of King of the Zombies, She-Wolf of London and several episodes of The Addams Family – handles his duties with rudimentary competence. The film is overtly silly, yet highly enjoyable, and often wanders into bizarre comedic territory – intentional and indeed otherwise. The only moments of genuine creepiness come as the bat is released from its attic dwelling-place and, as some day-for-night stock footage of a large bat flying past the same trees over and over again plays out, the bat omits a chilling scream that proves genuinely unnerving. The scenes featuring the bat 'death-diving' its victims have to be seen to be believed. Never before have such a gaggle of stiff-upper-lipped young men waved their arms around so much while a giant rubber bat falls on them from above. Great stuff.
A random and pretty irrelevant exchange between Johnny Layton and his boss reveals that Johnny is a bachelor, who 'took a girl out once' but didn't think much of it. Now, this might be the wine talking, or my over-active 'sub-textual' readings of cheap B-movies, but I could swear there was the mildest hint of 'queer' subtext lurking in this aspect of the story. Adding credence to my hypothesis is the fact that Layton doesn't get together with the film's token female character Mary Heath (Suzanne Kaaren), the daughter of one of Carruther's employers. In fact, I found myself wondering what this character was for. She doesn't appear to do much in the film except narrowly avoid falling victim to Carruther's hair-brained revenge ploy when she decides to not wear some new perfume that mysteriously appears on her dresser. Character such as her's usually only appeared as a love interest for the All-American protagonist or to be rescued by him. Or both. She performs neither function. And whilst this might be refreshing had she actually served some other relevance to the plot, alas, she does not. At the film's climax, she and Johnny hug each other platonically (as opposed to the usual stiff embrace of 40's era B-movie lovers) and just as it seems he might give her a playful punch in the arm, the end titles roll. Let's not forget the handsome but dim sons of the company owners; all single, all immaculately groomed and preened and unable to say no to a splash of exotic cologne. All visit the similarly single creator of colognes and perfumes, Carruthers, who lavishes them with gifts of top of the range man-scent – albeit so he can dispatch his trained killer bat to rip their delicate throats out. No? Ok, must be the wine talking. Moving swiftly on. Some viewers may very well recognise David O'Brien from his roles in such classics as Spooks Run Wild (also starring Lugosi) and Reefer Madness – he's the guy who implores Mae to play her piano 'faster! Faster!' and orders her to 'Bring me some reefers!'
The Devil Bat is in the same league as the likes of The Vampire Bat, though it doesn't seem to take itself so seriously. Whilst thoroughly ludicrous, it is also pretty solid entertainment and, at a skimpy 72 minutes, far from outstays its welcome. It is best enjoyed on a Sunday afternoon whilst draped across your couch, surrounded by the remnants of the night before. Endearing hokum.


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Great vid, kept getting better every time I watched it. Thanks for the vid and thanks
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Like I said, I am just getting back into the org so I don't have anything new. My latest is
but any of my vids could use an opinion.
Thanks alot, that's one hell of an opinion you left me. I'll do my best to return the favor
And no prob, the band needs more attention. It's not fair that they're opening for Taylor Swift (should be the other way around if you ask me ;P).
Looking forward to that release you hinted at, and I'll leave my op for this one later this week (probably not till the weekend though since I have a paper due Friday).


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...are these figures accurate? And if so, how could the Wisconsin voters have waited so long to correct this situation? I don't see where these protesters have a leg to stand on. And the entire nation, that isn't viewing the Wisconsin budget problem through the eyes of a unionist, can now see this has nothing to do with the kids. What a joke.
The UNIONS UBBER ALLES!!! How can it be viewed any other way?
2010 Wisconsin Teacher Actual Wages - Wisc Govt wages expose
Mercy..........I am in the wrong business. If I move to Wisconsin I can be a garbage man, make up to $160K a year and you guys have to pay for my retirement. What a deal.......Sort of slaps a lot of engineers. How can you justify going to college.............
ATTACHED: This is the official excel DPI database of teachers wages by school district. Look up your own district !!!
The current budget repair bill would have them paying about 5.8% towards their own retirement....right now, we the taxpayer, pays 100% of their generous retirement, and most of us pay 100% of our own retirement too.
AVERAGE WAGE AND BENEFITS (remember this is for about 9 or 10 months of workfor teachers)
Milwaukee $86,297
Elmbrook $91,065
Germantown $83,818
Hartland Arrwhd $90,285 (highest teacher was $122,952-lowest was $64,942)
Men Falls $81,099
West Bend $82,153
Waukesha $92,902
Sussex $82,956
Mequon $95,297
Kettle Mor $87,676
Muskego $91,341
Arrowhead - Bus Mng - Kopecky - $169,525
Arrowhead - Principal - Wieczorek - $152,519
Grmtwn - Asst Princ - Dave Towers - $123,222
Elmbrk - Burliegh Elemetary - Principal Zahn- $142,315 (for a primary school!!)
Madison - Asst Principal - McGrath - $127,835
UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN STAFF (2009) (salary alone):
Michael Knetter - Prof of Bus - $327,828
Carolyn Martin -Chancellor Mad- $437,000
Hector Deluca - Prof of Nutritional Science - $254,877 (really??)
(source:Madison.com -as the UW removed salaries from being posted online in 2007- why if they are so low?)
How about some other "public servant job" ??? What do they make?
Madison Garbage men (2009) (salary only):
Garbageman, Mr. Nelson earned $159,258 in 2009, including $109,892 in overtime and other pay. Garbageman, Greg Tatman, who earned $125,598 7 Madison garbage men made over $100,000 30 Madison garbage men made over $70,000
MILWAUKEE CITY BUS DRIVERS (salary only):
136 Drivers made more than $70,000
54 Drivers made more than $80,000
18 Drivers made more than $90,000
8 Drivers made more than $100,000
Top Driver made $117,000
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This "bushwacking", or "stalking" are just silly names for ways people go about turkey hunting. It has been done since man started hunting. Why the hostility in every post? I can't stand when people have to cheapshot their way through and can't explain their thought process on the situation. Stop the non-sense. We all have different methods we implement to tag birds or get the thrill out of a hunt, whether or not a bird is tagged. Not everyone has the same thoughts on these certain methods, but have respect. You aren't always going to agree or be agreed with, so just have respect and you will get the same back. -Kevin


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Robert Sor Klinmee vs Famai Sit Boonrue 2011
- Written by Dave Walsh
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A couple of days ago, one of our fighters fought at Rajadamnern. It was his third outing there, with him going 1 and 1 in his first two bouts there, and he put on a good showing.
I've embedded the video from the Sor Klinmee Youtube channel. Subscribe to the channel for updates from the gym. Sudsakorn and Ekapapop – not to be confused with Ekapon, though the three are friends – will be fighting in France, and there are fights at Theprasit, Rajadamnern, and Lumpini almost every week. Ekapop is doing a four man tournament at 72 kg in France this month.
Robert is in the red corner, Famai the blue. The bout was contested at 45 kg, or 99 lb.
It looked particularly bad for Famai in the first round as Robert was successfully unsettling him with elbows and even scored a couple of what looked to be flash knockdowns. Robert stopped pressing forward, smartly, I think, in the first to save energy for the later rounds. It looked more even for Famai after the first, but he remained tentative and stayed a step behind in the fight.
Robert ended up winning by referee stoppage in the fourth. The referee can stop the fight if he feels one fighter is being outclassed or is not fighting back.
After the fight was over, the people from the gym surprised me by saying Robert's fight was "mei swei," or not beautiful. In my eyes, Robert had completely dominated his opponent and therefore had fought correctly.
Apparently, winning isn't the only overriding concern as it tends to be in the Western sporting mentality. It's important to win, but one should try to win well. This has a payoff in making a fighter better in the long run and more popular with audiences which is important when careers span one to two hundred fights and pay is disbursed over tens of fights instead of in lucrative single contracts.
They criticized Robert's juking in the later rounds as he feinted and bounced before throwing kicks and said they would would have preferred to see more fluid and powerful technique, in what is considered a beautiful style like Sam-A Tor Rattanakiat's or Nong-O Sit-Or's.
They were, of course, pleased that he won.
When I showed the video to Tappaya back at the gym, he had a different take on it. He'd heard on the phone that Robert had not fought beautifully, so he perhaps came in with different expectations, but his take was that Famai had spoiled Robert's game by being completely outmatched. Tappaya explained that Robert is a good counterfighter with elbows, but he dominated Famai in the opening rounds and basically shut him down so there was nothing to counter. The fight was "Okay" in his book.
From a Western perspective, beating an opponent by outclassing him is pretty sweet. The people at the gym have seen enough fights they're able to look past temporary victories to see what substance makes for lasting success. And for those who criticize the recent performances of Dominick Cruz and Clay Guida, it may be nice to know there's a fight culture that would wholeheartedly agree.
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Gamers will once again have the chance to go head-to-head with the best virtual footballers from around the world in an attempt to secure a precious Grand Final spot. The winner of each Live Qualification Event will progress to the FIWC12 Grand Final. All information regarding venues, dates and the registration process will be made available under the Live Tournaments section of the dedicated FIFA Interactive World Cup 2012 tournament section on fifa.com/interactiveworldcup.
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Family: Cupressaceae, Cypress view all from this family
Description Evergreen shrub or small tree, tall with a spreading crown that is often broader than it is tall. Foliage produced in dense, short flat sprays (unlike most other California cypresses, which do not have flattened sprays), bright glaucous gray-green in color, with a strong spicy-resinous scent. Leaves scale-like, 1-2 mm long with an acute apex, and a conspicuous white resin gland on the center of the leaf. Young seedlings produce needle-like leaves up to 10 mm long in their first year.
The seed cones are oblong-ovoid to cuboid, 15-25 mm long and 13-20 mm broad, with six (rarely four or eight) scales, each scale bearing a prominent umbo; they are strongly serotinous, not opening to release the seeds until the parent tree is killed by wildfire. This enables heavy seed release to colonize bare, fire-cleared ground. The pollen cones are 3-4 mm long, and release their pollen in the fall.
Dimensions Height: 3–12 metres (9.8–39 ft), rarely to 17 metres (56 f)
Diameter: 0.3 m (1 ft).
Habitat Mountains, Scrub, shrub & brushlands.
Range California.
Discussion Cupressus macnabiana is one of the most widely distributed of all the native California cypresses.