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Syria has angrily denied US charges it harboured Saddam or members of his family or that it has any knowledge top former Iraqi leaders might have taken refuge in the neighbouring state during or since the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam.
The New York Times, citing government officials, said the renewed belief that Saddam survived missile strikes during the war stemmed from intercepted discussions between members of Saddam's intelligence service.
The intercepts indicated Saddam was alive and needed to be protected, the newspaper said.
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.
The comments came as growing evidence of Saddam's huge hoards of money and valuables continued to emerge. A Swiss newspaper claimed he stashed a fortune worth more than 1.13 billion Swiss francs ($1.28 billion) in banks in the financial capital, Zurich.
The business weekly Cash said the hoard included 300 kilograms of gold bars, with a market value of SFR4.5 million.
Meanwhile, US soldiers have spoken of the amazing riches they uncovered on Wednesday near Saddam's home town, Tikrit.
"It sure is a big stash of money," Captain Brad Boyd said as he told of how nearly $US8.4 million ($12.5 million) came to be sitting on a sideboard in the presidential palace at Tikrit.
Captain Boyd said his patrol unearthed the cash and large quantities of jewellery behind a farmhouse five kilometres south-east of Tikrit.
"We saw this plot of land," he said. "You could see it had been dug over recently. We were going to wait until sunrise to search it but one of the corporals felt his foot sink into the ground."
A shovel was produced and, after a cursory dig, a box was hauled from the earth. "That's when we found 200,000 Iraq dinar [about $250] and lots of US dollars - like thousands of dollars, but not ridiculous amounts," Captain Boyd said.
It was only when the troops brought in their mine detector that things started to get "ridiculous".
Within the hour a second, unlocked box was exhumed from the plot. "We just saw all that money right there," Captain Boyd said. "It was like 'wow!'. We knew we had something big. After that it was like an Easter egg hunt."
There was no need to count the money as a note had been left saying "$US4 million". Several of the stacks of $US100,000 were in their original plastic coverings, bearing the legend "New York Series 01".
A second tin trunk was soon unearthed containing another $US4 million.
Captain Boyd said the find raised unanswered questions, not least who the money had belonged to. An elderly farmer denied it was his, pointing out that he would not be living with eight sheep outside Tikrit had he known of its existence. Captain Boyd believed him.
The likely answer emerged from the soil some hours later, hidden among the contents of several plastic food boxes, each sealed with tape.
Inside each were enormous quantities of jewellery wrapped in tissue paper, diamond-encrusted watches and a box full of rings with rubies and emeralds the size of a man's fingernail.
As the troops sifted through the jewellery they found an ID card with the 30-year-old photograph of a familiar face attached: Saddam's first wife, Sajida.
The 576 pieces, many of which looked as if they could have been designed by Saddam's interior decorator, were on display yesterday: pearls the size of marbles, thick gold-rope bracelets, and chokers and brooches dripping with diamonds.
Several of Captain Boyd's female colleagues - watched over by a soldier with a machine gun - could not resist trying on a few items.
So what will happen to this little pile of loot, a tiny fraction of the billions stolen by Saddam and his family?
"Hard to say for sure right now," said Captain Boyd. "But I guess it goes back to the Iraqi people."
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Melrose so modestly says he is proud to be a part of the team that played a "small part" in the team's history. "I'm just glad that team that I had in '93 had a small part — with Gretzky and Robitaille and all the great players we had on that team — it sort of laid the groundwork and showed everyone that you can win in the south and the sunny areas."
Melrose has been known to always rave about the Kings. As a coach for the Kings, he's known the struggle to have people take hockey in Southern California seriously. Every year he speaks highly about them when other networks won't. He predicts them to win the Stanley Cup when other stations and commentators lean towards other teams, and that's a big plus for the Kings to have someone out there like Melrose to throw their name in the rink. Justin Williams of the Kings said it best after game 7 in Chicago that they want to be known as a serious team, not just that team in Los Angeles where you go to have fun and get a tan, they want to be known as the great team that they are.
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Levy added that it takes success to get that kind of reaction. "Success, that gets people into the game, and that's how you really, really develop a long?term fan base. Obviously winning takes care of the rest. But you should see the reaction people have, still to Barry. '93, that's 21 years ago, that's a long time, but people have long and fond memories of Barry."
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A man identified as Jason Todd Davis committed suicide Tuesday as Rutherford and Wilson County deputies tried to apprehend the defendant at his Rutherford County home.
Davis was charged with sexual battery of a minor under the age of 13 and failed to show up for Wilson County Circuit Court.
A defendant wanted on a child sex abuse charge took his own life when federal marshals and Rutherford and Wilson County deputies tried to apprehend him Tuesday at his Rutherford County home, Sheriff Robert Arnold said. Rutherford County Detective Chuck Thomas, who is assigned to the U.S. Marshals Task Force, said he, three Wilson County deputies and two U.S. Marshals responded Tuesday to the Anderson Avenue home where they attempted to serve a warrant on the defendant.
He was charged and actually fixing to go to trial that day, Wilson County Sheriff Robert Bryan said. As they were going into the door they heard a gunshot coming from the bedroom in the rear position of the house.
Davis was found with a gunshot wound, lying on his back and holding a rifle. Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services paramedics and supervisors with the U.S. Marshals were contacted. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating as a routine matter.
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Results from the Nov. 6 election will be certified and provisional ballots counted and the results released during the Wilson County Election Commission meeting to be held at 3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 16, at the Election Commission office.
The provisional ballots are especially important in the Lebanon Special School District race with only nine votes separating longtime Board of Education member Steve Jones and retired educator Johnie Payton. Unofficial results showed Jones with 4,585 votes to Paytons 4,576 votes.
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It was determined Friday at the meeting of the Wilson County Election Commission Provisional Counting Board that Steve Jones will stay as the elected board member of the Lebanon Special School District. Jones had trumped fellow candidate Johnie Payton in the Nov. 6 election by just nine votes when unofficial results were released. The closeness of the race left many to wonder if the provisional ballots would sway these results.
Administrator of Elections Phillip Warren said today that each candidate had the same number of votes in the provisional ballots counted. They each had seven, he said.
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The Wilson Post
Proposed statewide judicial redistricting plans could have a heavy impact on Wilson County.
Judge John Wooten, who currently serves five counties, including Wilson, said that he does not know where the proposed plan is at the state legislature, but that the idea has been floated around for the past five years. I found out at a judicial conference in October, he said, adding that he saw the maps that would increase his area to eight counties. The map that I saw came out of the Lieutenant Governors office.
Wooten said the proposal would reduce the number of Tennessees judicial districts from 31 to 29 leaving Rutherford, Montgomery, Washington, Williamson and Wilson Counties as their own districts. You would now have 12 counties that would be stand-alone districts, Wooten said. The 15th district, which I now serve, would stretch from Macon all the way down to Coffee County that is Macon, Jackson, Smith, Trousdale, DeKalb, Cannon and Warren.
If the proposed plan comes to fruition, Judge C.K. Smith would bear the soul responsibility of serving Wilson County, taking him out of Trousdale, Smith, Macon and Jackson. I am a Wilson Countian and I feel good about Wilson County. It will leave me in Wilson County by myself, he explained. I love my rural counties and it suits me to keep them all, but whatever they do I will live with it.
Wooten hopes the redraw will leave his counties the same. I enjoy traveling to all five counties that I serve. I think that there are a lot of other people who think along those lines, he said.
One of them is Judge Clara Byrd who said she believes the current proposal would do a disservice to our district.
We currently have five counties and under that proposal we would lose one of our judges. It would probably be Judge Wooten, she said, adding that service and cost could be an issue. Everybody works well together. Im afraid that the small counties like Trousdale and Jackson would not get the service they need.
Everybody works well together. I enjoy serving all five of my counties and I would hate to lose four of them. I just think it is going to be a tremendous economic burden when our state doesnt have the money for it. They would have to hire new public defenders, new district attorneys there would be a new judgeship. Nobody has really given us all of the information about it.
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Dyson Heppell did not breach his suspension when he used social media to promote an Essendon sponsor, the AFL says.
The star midfielder, who will miss this season as one of 34 current and past Essendon players found guilty of an anti-doping charge, tweeted on Monday he would attend a local car launch for Kia, one of Essendon's major sponsors.
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Abele has the courage of his convictions
I'm trying to figure out why it is that I like Chris Abele, since we couldn't be more different.
He's rich and I'm not. He's cute and I'm not (nobody ever called me cute). He's smart and I'm not all that smart. He loves Shakespeare and I don't always get it. He wears suits, I wear jeans and sweats. He's kind of new to Wisconsin politics, I ran occasionally with Bill Proxmire.
Polar opposites, right? But there is something awfully attractive about our County Executive and I think I've got it figured out.
Unlike almost every office holder I've ever known, Abele says what he means and means what he says. Or, put another way, I think he has the courage of his convictions.
I don't always agree with him. Firing Sue Black was a stupid move and smacked of jealousy and a little bit of ego jingling. But it's his county and he gets to do what he wants.
But I don't agree with my wife with all the time, and I still love her. That's kind of how it is with Abele.
For example, take his latest budget he has sent to the band of Mensa mavens on the Milwaukee County Board.
Taxes don't go up. Employees, who have been belittled and sullied by association with previous administrations, are getting a little more money and some overdue recognition.
And Abele is continuing to chip into the guns-drawn empire of Sheriff David Clarke. The County Exec and Mayor Tom Barrett have come up with a plan to have the Milwaukee Police Department and police departments in suburban communities begin to take over responsibility for some of the things now allegedly done by the sheriff. The county is going to kick in money for the transfer.
Clarke, proving once again that his belligerence and arrogance know no bounds, declared that no matter what the county or city does he's not going to abide by it. He'll keep on doing what he always does.
Clarke, who never met a higher office he didn't want, never tires of telling everyone he is a constitutional officer and should be treated as such. The problem is, of course, that he doesn't control his own purse strings. He's got to get his money from somewhere and that somewhere is Milwaukee County government.
So, if Clarke wants to get some new cowboy hats or bigger belt buckles or a new pair of Tony Lama's, or more horses he's got to have the money in his budget. And Abele doesn't seem inclined to give it to him.
Clarke is going to the mat on this one, appearing on Sykes and Belling and telling his tale of woe to sympathetic ears.
I've got an idea.
I think we should change the state constitution and get rid of the sheriff. If there is one thing that seems to duplicate something other departments do, it's the sheriff. We could hire prison guards for the jail and some armed officers for bailiffs. Let the Milwaukee and suburban police departments handle crime, since they're a lot better at it anyhow. And be done with it.
But any move like that would send Clarke into even more of a tizzy and he might trample us with his horse brigade.
fetlarpo | Oct. 8, 2012 at 5:48 p.m. (report)
The public won't vote him out so we need to find another way to get rid of Clark. Sounds a bit racist to me.
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So basically, the title of your article should be "Why I hate Sheriff Clarke" or "Begel vs. Clarke." I find it funny that you claim to like someone who says what they mean, and means what they say but yet hate the very person in Milwaukee County politics who espouses that on a daily basis. You can't get more blunt and honest than Clarke. I'm sorry that you don't like his style or approach but he's doing exactly what you purport to like.
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ALVA, Okla. – The men's and women's rodeo teams had a great showing while hosting the Annual Ranger Rodeo at the Woods County Fairgrounds, with the men's team taking the crown, while the women took second place.
The Ranger men won the event by 80 points, scoring 595 points. Trenton Johnson finished up in second in the men's all-around with 180 points.
Northwestern's men took 1st and 2nd place in bareback riding and in steer wrestling. In bareback, Chancy Lovinggood won the event, while Cody Burkholder was right behind for a second place finish. Kody Woodward won the steer wrestling event, while Johnson came in second place.
Clay Cudmore finished sixth in bull riding, while Jordan Sanders took eighth place in team roping as a header.
Paul Tierney and Dawson McMaster placed in tie down roping, with Tierney receiving fourth and McMaster being awarded seventh.
Also in team roping, Tanner Braden took home first as a heeler while pairing with Ryan VonAhn of Southeastern Oklahoma State. Johnson finished in 8th place as he was paired with Sanders.
The Ranger women were 50 points off of the leader Southwestern Oklahoma State for second place in the rodeo.
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Currently Kody Woodward leads the Central Plains Region in steer wrestling with 260 points, while Benzie is the leader in breakaway roping with 290 points.
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Disappointed in RCI: Rhapsody of the Seas Cruise Review by Asho777
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Destination: South Pacific
Embarkation: Other
The journey, with Royal Caribbean, Rhapsody of the Seas, started with our local travel agent, where we booked the cruise, and the booking included 8 people. I looked over the decks on the Royal Caribbean, Rhapsody of the Seas liner, and decided to go with the interior stateroom category M, on Deck 8. It appeared to be large, with plenty of room, more about the room later. The travel agent from the start had great difficulty in answering our questions, we are still, until this day, unsure if this was their problem or RCI problem!
When we booked the cruise all 4 groups of 2 people received a $200 on board credit. We asked for this in writing, so that we had no issues after our cruise, but again this was never received. As expected 5 days into the cruise we checked at the perser's desk,aboard the ship, and we needed to More fight them to get the credit put on out on board statement. The service personnel, were helpful but the fact that our travel agent, after the ship ring them, was not very civil with them, did not help the situation. I also asked for travel tags from both the travel agent and RC Australia, directly. I finally got them, they were just plan blue pieces of sticky paper, nothing on them. I printed off my own tags and that all worked fine. I was unable to print off the tags for two of our group so when we arrived at the pier they needed to line up fill out the tags, attach them to their bags before they handed them to the baggage handlers. Now how hard is it, for RCI, to send each passenger their our luggage tags so they can attach them to their bags before they even leave their homes. This way there are no hold ups at the pier??
Our room on the Rhapsody of the Seas, was small, even though the RCI site, and brochures, showed it different. In fact they show them with a double seated lounge, but it was not! We were unable to get to either side of our bed as the single seated lounge and TV cupboard was hard up against the base of the bed. So to get to the draws that were up the top end of the bed, both my wife and I, needed to sit on the base of the bed roll onto our backs, rotate on our backs, throw our legs over our heads and to the side to get to our draws. I want go into the issues about getting out of bed during the night to go to the toilet!!
I wish there was no TV and then we would not have been frustrated by the fact that American TV must get a thrill out of playing Television shows from the start, for about 5 minutes, then nothing, except continue this on and on and on after the relentless display of American advertisement. Did I tell you that 98% of the passengers were from Australia!
The shower was so small that if you dropped the soap you needed to turn off the shower, open the curtain get out of the show bent over, get your soap off the floor, get back in shut the curtain, and turn the shower back on. How hard was it to drop your soup? Not very, as the only soap holder had 1/2" gaps, so every time you put the soap back into the holder, guess what!! The first time I dropped the soap I did try to retrieve it, but my bum hit the back wall and through me out of the shower, through the curtain and onto the toilet, so I learnt fast on that one!
The closet to hold our cloths was very small, that we used the few small draws that were available to house allot of our cloths. Did I tell you that we had draws at the head of out bed! To get our undies and socks and shorts, remember, and in this order, SIT-ROLL BACK-ROTATE ON BACK-SIT UP, and your at your draws. Of course to get back to the bottom of the bed, to get dressed, just do the same but in reverse. You do get to be good at it!! Thank you Royal Caribbean for these exercises!!
If you need a fridge, bad luck just an ice-bucket filled full of ice, so if you need to keep any thing larger then a Mars Bar in size, cold, forget it!
I took my Laptop, due to work commitments. After finding out how to connect to the ships WiFi, the next trick is to ensure that you continually get a statement from the Perser's desk to refund the amount that you have just spent on the WiFi. I paid for a package, and the system kept on charging me for both my package and again at full price, so I was charged twice, so be aware of this, as I was told that the on board IT guys were told about the problem, but I was never told what the problem actually was.
On to the food, dining was good and service at night was excellent, thanks go out the Auston and Jing, Li for this, they are a credit to RCI. COFFEE or to be more pacific the regular coffee from the machines and served at the dinning tables, OMG, what is it that they are using and calling coffee. I once was under my car, draining my oil sump, and got some of the oil in my mouth, and guess what, you got it, the same consistency and taste, as the Royal Caribbean coffee. The captain informed us that they were unable to supply use with instant coffee in satchels, as they were under contract to Seattles Best coffee company, and they had not yet developed an instant coffee. So a word of advise if you love your coffee take and container of coffee on board with you, if they find it, and take it from you, it is worth the risk. Also the temperature of the coffee was cold a good amount of the time, and I was sure we were travelling the Pacific, not in Alaska.
The entertainment at night, well the showtime crew were poor, but the other acts were good. Again does Royal Caribbean understand that 98% of the passengers on board are Australian, very American Cabaret style. Some people may lick it but it was not for me.
Do not sit at the back of the Tenders as they go ashore, they run on diesel and you will cough and cough until you arrive to your destination. The tours we selected were great, the blue hole and waterfall being the best. RC, in my opinion did not have enough water at the Islands as I often seen that they had no water available because they had run out.
My age is 50 years, the majority of passengers were around this age but there were allot that were older. Now I would not say that I think myself as a stick in the mud, but some of the snooty older passengers, made occasions very uncomfortable. Why don't people like this stay in their own homes and grace their own mirrors with their sour puss faces?
The cruise director, the only thing I can say is that she tried to hard. Comedy was not her, so when she tried to be funny, I felt sorry for her. One thing she hard a very nice voice, so maybe she should replace the showtime crew.
So in my opinion, and that is all this is, the best part of my cruise experience with Royal Caribbean, was the initial excitement the day before we got on board the Rhapsody of the Seas, the when we disembarked at the end. The bit in between was only a fair experience. They need to have some experienced Australians show them how to do things on board a cruise ship to suit the tastes of the majority of Australians! Less
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Joseph Zirkle, a long-time resident of Kingston, reached his milestone 95th birthday July 17.
Known as Joe to many, he was born the seventh child in the seventh month in 1917 to George and Clara Zirkle.
A graduate of Tusculum College, Zirkle and Jessie Craw were married in 1939 in New Orleans, where they lived for four years while he was employed by Aetna Insurance.
When the country entered World War II, Zirkle answered his country's call to service and joined the U.S. Navy.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in Roane County on July 20 on Hwy. 27 at the Morgan County line.
The checkpoint will take place from 10 to 11 p.m.
Recognizing the danger presented to the public by intoxicated drivers, troopers will concentrate their efforts on vehicles being operated by intoxicated drivers.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol has found these sobriety checkpoints to be an effective means of enforcing DUI laws of Tennessee while ensuring the protection of all motorists.
With its distinctive appearance and flavor, wild rice is one of the more popular gourmét foods.
We must give full credit for this delectable treat to the Indians, especially the Chippewa and the Ojibway.
These Midwestern tribes who used wild rice as a staple food.
They valued it so highly that they waged tribal wars for control of Minnesota's lakes in which the wild rice grew.
The Chippewa name for wild rice is manonim, which means good berry.
Roane County Director of Schools Gary Aytes said former Harriman High School basketball coach Jeff King resigned from the school system on Monday.
"He sent an email, and we are now waiting on a hard copy," Aytes said.
Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton said his office is investigating whether King had an inappropriate relationship with a student. A young woman was charged with burglary recently at his Sweetwater home.
King had been a teacher and the boys basketball coach at Harriman High School.
School board members, like anyone holding a job, can use a refreshing every now and then.
"It's like anything else," Roane County Board of Education member Everett Massengill said. "You get a little bit worn out sometimes, but you just regenerate and come back. That's what I hope to do the next four years."
Massengill is running for re-election. He faces Tammy Lyle in the District 7 race.
"We'll just leave it up to the people, and I'm content with whatever they decide," Lyle said.
Blair Volunteer Fire Department Chief Clarence Nelson expressed frustration about the lack of action on his community's ISO review back in February. Fast forward five months, and Nelson is still waiting.
"We're waiting on ISO," said Howie Rose, director of the Roane County Office of Emergency Services. "We've done all we can."
The issue of Blair's ISO review came up at last week's Roane County Fire Board meeting.
Roane County property assessor candidate David Morgan has been accused of staging an incident to get some publicity.
"What he said happened did not happen," said Rick Cantrell, a local resident who was around when Morgan claimed he was threatened by incumbent Property Assessor Teresa Kirkham.
"It was staged," Cantrell said.
Candidates and their supporters gathered near the Roane County Courthouse on Friday for the start of early voting.
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Gallaher Road Sewer Project, Version 2.0, can finally continue, Kingston City Coucil members learned at the July 10 full council session.
At the evening's subsequent water board meeting, council authorized a $49,400 contract with Vaughn & Melton Engineers to design sewer lines along the west side of Gallaher Road — one of the phases of the continuing plan.
Eight people were arrested after authorities discovered a meth lab South of the River on Saturday.
A 3-year-old child was at the residence, according to the Roane County Sheriff's Office incident report.
Jennifer Mathieu, 27; Courtney Brackins, 23; Sonya Hutson, 41; Rebecca Webb, 28; Matthew Weaver, 26; Clarence Cook, 30; Levi Burnum, 31; and Kerry Ivey, 30, are charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, child endangerment and manufacturing a controlled substance.
A long-awaited break in an East Tennessee dry spell meant numerous wrecks across the region.
One tractor-trailer accidents last week stopped interstate traffic eastbound on Interstate 40 in Roane County and other accidents that took westbound traffic to a crawl.
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Olivier Messiaen's interests in mathematics, color, and birdsong combined with his devout Christian faith created an individual musical style which has greatly influenced other composers of the 20th century.
Through performances and lectures, Brown Symposium XXII at Southwestern University, Ratios and Radiance, Feathers and Faith: The Music of Olivier Messiaen, will examine the works of the French composer who lived from 1908 until 1992.
The Brown Symposium is presented by Southwestern University on an annual basis. Open to the public without charge, the symposium is funded through an endowment established by The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, Texas, for professorships at the University.
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Just prior to the Toledo Bend Bassmaster Elite Series tournament, I made a stop in Gulf Shores, Ala., to spend a few days with the people at Anglers Resource (AR). They're the North American distributors for Fuji rod components and one of my key sponsors.
The plan was to combine a little business with pleasure.
This past year, AR introduced a couple of revolutionary products: Fuji's new TORZITE guide rings and a unique line of high-end rod blanks called Point Blank. According to AR's marketing director, Jim Ising, TORZITE is a proprietary material that's less abrasive, stronger and lighter than SiC, which has long been the industry standard for ceramic guides. Now with TORZITE, they're planning to raise the bar considerably.
The concept behind Point Blank is equally innovative. By combining a super thin wall construction with a radical taper, the blanks are amazingly light, yet strong. In fact, they are easily the lightest blanks I've ever held.
To see how these new products would perform in the field, Ising and I planned to put them to work on some oversized bass … sea bass, that is, also known as redfish or red drum.
Although I've caught countless redfish in my life, most have come by sight fishing in super shallow, gin-clear water. As I would soon learn, that would not be the case on this trip.
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Located at the western tip of Gulf Shores is a long underwater shoal called the Dixey Bar — a world renowned angling destination for giant redfish. The area is also quite scenic. With its sugar sand beaches, emerald green waters and rows of colorful beach cottages, it's a setting any Chamber of Commerce would be proud to promote.
As we exited the mouth of Mobile Bay, we were greeted by stiff winds and choppy seas. Near the beach were packs of porpoise engaged in an all-out feeding frenzy. Schools of mullet showered the surface in an effort to escape. The show was entertaining, but porpoise don't eat jigs, so we headed farther from shore in hopes of finding our target species.
The fishing started out slow. Due to a strong sea breeze and a falling tide, the water clarity was less than desirable. But we persevered and eventually got our first bite.
I'd caught bull reds before but it had been a while, and the power of that first fish quickly reminded me that I was a long way from boat-flipping 2-pounders on my local lake.
After a brutal, 10-minute battle, I finally pulled the big red boatside. It easily exceeded 40 inches in length, and its girth, too, was impressive. A few quick pics later, we released the fish and moved back to the bar for another drift.
Using a jig of my own design (a 1/4-ounce Hildebrandt Drum Roller), we dragged the miniature swimbaits against an undertow in less than 4 feet of water. Almost instantly, our rods doubled over. That's when things got really fun!
Picture this: Two grown men in a small bay boat, bouncing around in a 2-foot chop on a slippery deck, drags singing while lines are crossing.
You get the idea.
By the time we got our fish to the boat, we could see they looked like litter mates — both the same size and really big!
This same scenario played out several more times — to the point that we both became exhausted. That's when we decided to call it a day and head in for a late lunch.
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To its credit, the TORZITE material easily handled the scorching runs of each fish tugging against 15-pound braid. The blanks performed flawlessly, as well. When you're fighting 35-pound fish on bass-size tackle, that's asking a lot. And after witnessing how these new products performed, I can't wait to spread the word at this year's ICAST show.
Sanctioned by ASA, ICAST is an annual event where manufacturers showcase their newest products. Buyers, reps, media and even many of the pros attend. It's a week-long event creating tremendous buzz and anticipation for all who attend, and those companies who do their homework usually find it hugely rewarding.
Next time I'll tell you about a unique opportunity for vendors to demonstrate their newest products ahead of the show in a unique outdoor venue. 'Til then, stay tuned!


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Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum on Sunday accused President Obama of being a "sore winner" in his dealings with Republicans.
"That's the problem with this administration. They don't — they're not very gracious winners. And I always said, you know, there's one thing worse than a sore loser, and that's a sore winner. And the president's a sore winner," Santorum told me during our Powerhouse Roundtable on "This Week." "He could get something done on deficits and entitlements, but he's got to move his people to do that, instead of forcing Republicans always to come his way. And that's the problem."
He also said there is real opportunity to achieve bi-partisan immigration reform.
"I think the Republicans are ready to do something on immigration. And, I mean, you saw Marco Rubio's plan, which is pretty—pretty far down the road, looks a lot like what President Bush put forward four years ago," Santorum said. "Yes, they're willing to do it. But they're not willing to give the president everything he wants, because I think they believe the rule of law still matters in this country."
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The 'START", US-Russian Nuclear Arms Treaty,
SHOULD NEVER Be Ratified IN ITS PRESENT
Few, if any, experts
are willing to argue that the
But the provisions of the treaty signed earlier this year by Presidents Barak Obama and Dmitry Medvedev also degrade and impair our other national security capabilities and measures as they might affect our ability to respond to a crisis in the Middle East or in the Korean Peninsula or in the Taiwan Strait.
Given the sorry state of current Russian military strategic
capability, we can reasonably ask: Is not this treaty, in essence and practical
effect, a unilateral disarmament exercise by the
After the health care legislation disaster, we face a parallel "adopt-on-trust" event on the national security front. We are saddled with a bloated and expensive mess on the domestic side because opposition was outmaneuvered and legislative hearings were avoided. In the December rush, we face the prospect of replicating that disaster on the national defense side. Surely this can be prevented.
You can read the full text of the treaty at this link: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/140035.pdf
I have included some relevant treaty language below.
This treaty is not "just"
between the
Limits on Aircraft
Among the red flags that leap off the page. There are limitations on the size, replacement and basing of our so called "heavy bomber" fleet, whether these aircraft are used to carry nuclear or conventional weapons.
"Each Party shall reduce and limit its ... heavy bomber nuclear armaments, so that ... the aggregate numbers... do not exceed:
"(c) 800, for deployed and non-deployed ICBM launchers, deployed and non-deployed SLBM launchers, and deployed and non-deployed heavy bombers.
"(c) Existing types of heavy bombers ... for the
52H, B-IB, and B-2A....
Note: Those bombers are also needed for conventional weapons.
Especially note the unique value of the B-1B bomber:
"The B-1B is a multi-role, long-range bomber, capable of flying intercontinental missions without refueling, then penetrating present and predicted sophisticated enemy defenses. It can perform a variety of missions, including that of a conventional weapons carrier for theater operations. Through 1991, the B-1 was dedicated to the nuclear deterrence role as part of the single integrated operational plan (SIOP)"
"The B-1B's electronic jamming equipment, infrared countermeasures, radar location and warning systems complement its low-radar cross-section and form an integrated defense system for the aircraft."
Note that the Stealth bomber is included:
"The B-2 is a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber capable of penetrating sophisticated and dense air-defense shields. It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000ft, with a range of more than 6,000nm unrefuelled and over 10,000nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours.
"Its distinctive profile comes from
the unique 'flying wing' construction. The leading edges of the wings are
angled at 33° and the trailing edge has a double-W shape. It is manufactured at
the Northrop Grumman facilities in
This treaty on its face imposes a single-basket aggregate limit for all designated missile launchers and "heavy" bombers of 800 units, such that our bomber aircraft inventory would be limited to the sum of 800 minus our entire missile launcher inventory.
It is clear from other treaty language that the restrictions apply to all such weapon-carrying aircraft, including planes carrying low yield tactical bombs and bunker-busting bombs so long as they are nuclear.
Basing Restrictions
Basing restrictions for US listed bombers are draconian under this treaty, and include:
(a) No joint basing with nuclear missiles;
(b) No deployment at all unless on a
(c) No
strategic weapons deployment (planes included) outside
Test Aircraft Limits
Eventually we will need to develop new planes or test replacements, but a treaty restriction will get in the way:
"Each Party shall limit the number of test heavy
bombers to no more than ten."
One would think that ratification would now be delayed
in light of the residual distrust of the president engendered by his poorly
vetted heath care juggernaut, his ambivalence about defending
Sixty seven votes will be needed.
Article. VI.
Clause 2: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
Some Highlights
Article II
1. Each Party shall reduce and limit its ICBMs and ICBM launchers, SLBMs and SLBM launchers, heavy bombers, ICBM warheads, SLBM warheads, and heavy bomber nuclear armaments, so that seven years after entry into force of this Treaty and thereafter, the aggregate numbers, as counted in accordance with Article III of this Treaty, do not exceed:
(a) 700, for deployed ICBMs, deployed SLBMs, and deployed heavy bombers;
(b) 1550, for warheads on deployed ICBMs, warheads on deployed SLBMs, and nuclear warheads counted for deployed heavy bombers;
(c) 800, for deployed and non-deployed ICBM launchers, deployed and non-deployed SLBM launchers, and deployed and non-deployed heavy bombers.
(c) Existing types of heavy bombers are:
(i) for
Article IV
1. Each Party shall base:
(a) deployed launchers of ICBMs only at ICBM bases;
(b) deployed heavy bombers only at air bases.
7. Each Party shall limit the number of test heavy
bombers to no more than ten.
8. Each Party shall base test heavy bombers only at heavy bomber flight test centers. Non-deployed heavy bombers other than test heavy bombers shall be located only at repair facilities or production facilities for heavy bombers.
9. Each Party shall not carry out at an air base joint basing of heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments and heavy bombers equipped for non-nuclear armaments, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties.
Article XIII
To ensure the viability and effectiveness of this Treaty, each Party shall not assume any international obligations or undertakings that would conflict with its provisions. The Parties shall not transfer strategic offensive arms subject to this Treaty to third parties. The Parties shall hold consultations within the framework of the Bilateral Consultative Commission in order to resolve any ambiguities that may arise in this regard. This provision shall not apply to any patterns of cooperation, including obligations, in the area of strategic offensive arms, existing at the time of signature of this Treaty, between a Party and a third State.
11. Strategic offensive arms subject to this Treaty shall not be based outside the national territory of each Party. The obligations provided for in this paragraph shall not affect the Parties' rights in accordance with generally recognized principles and rules of international law relating to the passage of submarines or flights of aircraft, or relating to visits of submarines to ports of third States. Heavy bombers may be temporarily located outside the national territory, notification of which shall be provided in accordance with Part Four of the Protocol to this Treaty.
2. This Treaty shall remain in force for 10 years unless it is superseded earlier by a subsequent agreement on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms. If either Party raises the issue of extension of this Treaty, the Parties shall jointly consider the matter. If the Parties decide to extend this Treaty, it will be extended for a period of no more than five years unless it is superseded earlier by a subsequent agreement on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.
3. Each Party shall, in exercising its national sovereignty, have the right to withdraw from this Treaty if it decides that extraordinary events related to the subject matter of this Treaty have jeopardized its supreme interests. It shall give notice of its decision to the other Party. Such notice shall contain a statement of the extraordinary events the notifying Party regards as having jeopardized its supreme interests.*
This Treaty shall terminate three months from the date of receipt by the other Party of the aforementioned notice, unless the notice specifies a later date.
* COMMENT: Note how differently this part scans when there are substantial doubts about the national security resolve of the current president. Are you reassured?


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The free will debate is one of those issues that feels a bit worn out to me; it seems no one is saying anything new. But people can say old things in new, more interesting ways. Social psychologist Roy F. Baumeister has done that. He's written an excellent article in Slate, in which he argues both that we have free will and that our ability to make choices does not violate any laws of nature. That's a fairly unpopular thing to say these days. By doing so, Baumeister is going against the current … [Read more...]
What the D.C. Chase Has to Do With How We Act in Church Tomorrow
Thursday, 34-year-old Miriam Carey drove her car into the White House fence. She then tried to ram into other structures and failed. When she tried to make a u-turn to continue her driving bonanza, police opened fire on her car. Initial reports of gunshots fired, Congress on lockdown, and injured Secret Service agents led us to believe that she was also shooting. This obscured an uncomfortable fact: she was unarmed.With a fuller picture of the story, there is no indication of failure of … [Read more...]
Here Is Some Dating Advice You Should Follow from New Girl
Single people are probably tired of getting dating advice from married people like me, because, well, we're married, and what do married people know about dating in 2013? Unless we count "dating your wife," a phrase that not only makes you sound like a pastor with hipster glasses and perfect stubble, but also feels a little bit like cheating. The good kind, though.And admittedly, I'm not the best person to dish out dating advice. I can literally count the amount of dates I went on in high sch … [Read more...]
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- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
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San Francisco, CA -- On Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center and National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) will host a press conference spotlighting the alarming growth in new HIV infections among Asian and Pacific Islander (A&PI) women. The press conference, commemorating the 7th annual National A&PI HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, features a panel discussion with personal stories from women living with HIV and the presentation of new HIV and STD data trends affecting A&PI women.
While HIV is still seen as a men's issue, the disease continues to rise unchecked among A&PIs and A&PI women in particular. Recent analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that A&PIs have the highest rate of increase in new HIV infections in the nation, the only statistically significant growth among any racial or ethnic group, and yet two-thirds of A&PIs have never been tested for HIV. The rate of increase for A&PI women is actually higher than that of A&PI men, but the misconception that A&PIs are not at risk for HIV persists--even among healthcare providers who discourage A&PIs from getting tested. In fact, a recent study by Dr. Hahm indicates that A&PI women are less likely than other ethnic groups to be offered an HIV test in OB/GYN settings.
A number of factors contribute to the HIV risk for A&PI women, including a lack of targeted HIV prevention information for women, unequal power dynamics in sexual relationships, biological differences and the fact that a woman's HIV risk is often indirect. A woman's HIV risk is her partner's HIV risk and many women in monogamous relationships are shocked when they test positive. Contrary to popular belief, the vast majority of A&PI women living with HIV got it through heterosexual contact (86%).
"By 2050, A&PIs will represent about 11% of the US population," says Lance Toma, executive director of A&PI Wellness Center. "We could be facing a public health disaster if we fail to address the rise in HIV and STD infections in our communities now."
Panelists include Dr. Hyeouk Chris Hahm, a leading researcher on A&PI women's sexual health from Boston University; Naina Khanna, a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) and a woman living with HIV; and Jaimie Callahan, an HIV community advocate from Hawai'i, who is also living with HIV. The panel will be moderated by Priyanka Singha, the 2009-2010 Miss India USA and co-host of the popular Sony Entertainment Television talk show, Andaaz.
The press conference will take place at 10:00 am on Tuesday, May 17th at the San Francisco Public Library's Koret Auditorium (100 Larkin Street, San Francisco). For more information about the event, please contact David Stupplebeen at 415-292-3420 ext. 361 or email@example.com. Speakers will be available for comment after the press conference.
About Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center (A&PI Wellness Center)
About National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF)
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April 29, 2013
On topics ranging from antibiotic resistance and homelessness to Brahms and Vin Scully, seniors in the University Honors Program will share their original research with the campus community and public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 30 through May 4 in the Rotary Club of Fullerton Room of the Pollak Library and the Academic Senate chambers in Titan Shops.
A free presentation Friday, May 17, will feature theatre arts major Jeffrey Han giving a one-person show about a young man's struggle growing up in two different cultures while trying to find his identity. Han's performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Room 117 of the Clayes Performing Arts Center. Additional information is available from Susan Jacobsen or Maryellen Diotte.


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Reason number 43,769 why I hate winter: my uvula is all swollen from the dry air! Screws up my voice!
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Been singing informally for about 3 years. 2 years in a band, then I joined the Navy choir in Texas when I was going through Corps school and absolutely loved it. To this day I'm a little unsure still as to whether I'm a bass or Tenor 2. My range is very inconsistent for some reason..
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On Tuesday's "Today" show NBC's Michael Okwu declared hugging is all the rage now that President Obama, AKA "The Hugger-in-Chief," has replaced handshakes with hugs. Al Roker introduced the Okwu story as he pondered: "With the uncertain economy and shrinking 401(k)s we could all use a little hug, even President Obama, "The Hugger-in-Chief." Early in the piece Okwu threw it to NBC News presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin who analyzed: "I would rank him, way at the top, in the pantheon of presidential huggers."
The following are teasers and then the relevant portion of the Okwu story as it was aired on the April 7, "Today" show:
ANN CURRY: Coming up next President Obama has been coined "The Hugger-In-Chief," but should we all embrace the greeting?
AL ROKER: Then a little bit later on, over on his overseas trip the President may have been all smiles and handshakes but he's beginning to be known as the "Hugger-in-Chief," in fact. We're gonna take a look at that and see what it all means. Ah, nothing, nothing wrong with a nice hug.
ROKER: With the uncertain economy and shrinking 401(k)s we could all use a little hug, even President Obama, "The Hugger-in-Chief." From the White House to the workplace handshakes are out, hugs are in. NBC's Michael Okwu explains.
SERGEANT AT ARMS: The President of the United States!
MICHAEL OKWU: Whether it's navigating Capitol Hill, presenting his Cabinet or connecting with regular Americans you get the sense with President Obama, that right along with those coat sleeves in the Oval Office, the stiff handshake has been vetoed. The hug is in.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Maybe it is a good thing!
OKWU: So much so, Time magazine is hailing him as the "Hugger-in-Chief."
[On screen headline: "Hugger-In-Chief, Is The Hug The New Handshake?"]
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN, NBC NEWS HISTORIAN: I would rank him, way at the top, in the pantheon of presidential huggers.
OKWU: Of course Clinton could embrace, well, a village, but that was with an inspired handshake. LBJ got close, but hardly cuddly. The bear in Obama might be explained by the fact that he's from a less formal generation, or it just might be a sign of the times.
GOODWIN: People feel that need to be reached out to, especially when times are tough.


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