24 July 2011

louisiana hunters killed more ducks than any other state in 2010

by bob marshall, new orleans times-picayune

excerpt:

If you're a Louisiana duck hunter who had a poor season last year, you were probably hunting in the wrong place.

According to harvest figures released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Louisiana hunters killed more than 2.7 million ducks last year, more than any other state and more than all the ducks killed in either the Atlantic or Central flyways.
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The coming waterfowl season is shaping up to be promising as well... ~ read more
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    23 July 2011

    singer amy winehouse joins the 27 club

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    singer amy winehouse, "the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead saturday in her london home, police said. she was 27" .

    winehouse, joins the ranks of janis joplin, jimi hendrix, jim morrison, kurt cobain, mia zapata and many other musicians who all died aged 27.
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    amy winehouse memorial at find-a-grave
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    21 July 2011

    the time we met edwin edwards

    flashback to tuesday, 14 november 1978, and a god & country rally held at an alexandria, la. church-school.

    the only part of the rally that we can really remember is the part at the end of the governors speech. he remarked that when he attended events like these, he usually has some excuse ready so that immediately after his speech he could leave.

    however, he informed the crowd to much applause, that since he was having such a good time, he wasnt going to do that to us, he was going to stay until the end and he did.

    if the governor comes to alexandria on his book signing tour we plan to bring that annual to show him to ask if he remembers the rally and if so, hopefully get a few minutes of his recollection of it on video.

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    governor edwards was 51 years old in that photo. notice who got first billing on the sign.
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    concerned officials: from left: dr. don chelette, edgar hathorn, jock scott, ned randolph, unknown, dave treen, l.b. henry, unknown woman
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    rainbow over ruby-kolin rapides parish la

    shortly past 7:00 pm, we caught the tail-end of this rainbow formed over the ruby-wise and kolin communities of rapides parish, louisiana.

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    And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

    And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

    And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

    And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

    I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
    And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

    And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

    And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.~ genesis chapter 9 verses 8 - 16 kjv

    As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about.

    This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. ~ ezekiel chapter 1 verse 28 kjv

    And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. ~ revelation chapter 4 verse 3 kjv

    And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: ~ revelation chapter 10 verse 1 kjv

    how a good attorney gets over depression


    link to video watch/download page

    denny crain as portrayed by william shatner
    "boston legal" season 2 episode 18 shock and oww!
    original air date 07 march 2006
    complete boston legal episodes are available to watch free at tvland.com/shows/boston-legal

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    20 July 2011

    alexandria police department officer shoots man on post oak boulevard

    News Release
    Date: July 20, 2011

    Alexandria Police Department Shooting

    Earlier this afternoon, an Alexandria Police Department Officer was involved in a shooting.

    The shooting occurred around 1:20 pm on Post Oak Boulevard in Alexandria, LA. Officers were dispatched to the scene after APD received several calls regarding a man walking in the street carrying a gun.

    Once officers arrived, they observed the man, identified as Shel Randal Bohannon (W/M 42 yrs) of 723 Post Oak Boulevard, Alexandria, LA, walking in the street holding a shotgun.

    Officers immediately began giving loud verbal commands for Bohannon to drop the weapon, but he refused to comply with the officers’ commands.

    Then, Bohannon fired a shot into the air and he pointed the shotgun at the officers. Because of Bohannon’s actions, an officer fired his service weapon at Bohannon striking him in the upper leg.

    Bohannon was transported to Rapides General Hospital. He is listed in moderate/severe condition at this time.

    The Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations/Alexandria Field Office responded to the scene at the request of the Alexandria Police Department to investigate the incident.

    An investigation is ongoing at this time.

    Contact:
    S/T Scott Moreau
    Louisiana State Police
    Troop E Public Affairs
    Office: (318) 769-9USA (872)
    www.lsp.org
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    alexandria police involved in 'incident;' information scarce
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    UPDATE: 21 july 2011 gannett/the town talk: armed with shotgun, alexandria man wounded by police
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    UPDATE-2: via: twitter @kalbtv5 | apd officer shoots gunman
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    usa vs bagdasarian "shoot the nig" case

    USA vs Bagdasarian 19july2011!09!50529

    california ninth circuit appeals court reverse convictions under, 18 U.S.C. § 879(a)(3), which makes it a crime to

    “knowingly and willfully threaten [ ] to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon . . . a major candidate for the office of President or Vice President, or a member of the immediate family of such candidate.”
    this is a fascinating opinion and well worth the read. what the court is saying here is that "to those familiar with american political history, none of this should have come as a surprise;" you cant send an internet message board troll to jail for being ... well ... an internet message board troll.
    On October 22, 2008, when Barack Obama’s election was looking more and more likely, Bagdasarian, under the username “californiaradial,” joined a “Yahoo! Finance — American International Group” message board, on which members of the public posted messages concerning financial matters, AIG, and other topics.

    At 1:15 am on the day that he joined, Bagdasarian posted the following statement on the message board:

    “Re: Obama fk the niggar, he will have a 50 cal in the head soon.”

    about twenty minutes later, he posted another statement on the same message board:

    “shoot the nig country fkd for another 4 years+, what nig has done ANYTHING right???? long term???? never in history, except sambos.” ~ opinion page 5
    the opinion runs to page 20 and from there to page 34, judge wardlaw, in a long bleeding-heart liberal rant that'll surely get the violins tuned up and the tears flowing, opined that she would have affirmed the conviction.
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    vid: young alligators up close


    echo and tango (we cant tell them apart) seem to be getting on well over this hot dry louisiana summer;

    here our little predators are learning to work together to formulate a joint plan of attack.

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    19 July 2011

    jim brown in plagiarism controversy

    see: "Oversights or plagiarism? Jim Brown’s mea culpas don’t add up" by mark moseley at the lens.

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    christie clark rejoins cast of days of our lives

    "family reunion"
    christie clark (carrie brady) and patrick muldoon (austin reed) have rejoined the cast of nbc's daytime soap opera, "days of our lives".

    they have already started filming scenes together and are very excited to be back on the show ms. clark just announced from her official blog.

    their first scenes are scheduled to air from 26 september 2011.
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    UPDATE twitter: @christie__clark

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    18 July 2011

    tweet from space

    via: twitter @astro_aggie

    click picture to enlargephoto by: michael e. fossum, nasa astronaut

    My first Twit from space! Pict I took tonight - Atlantis packed for home.
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    space shuttle atlantis is scheduled to land for the final time at the kennedy space center at 4:46 4:56 am cdt, thursday, 21 july 2011.
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    nasa.gov
    sts-135
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