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...upside to living near pirate-infested waters: good fishing. In recent years, the illegal commercial trawlers that would loot the oceans off the Somalian coastline have stayed away due to the threat of hijacking. That's leaving local fishermen in Somalia and northern Kenya with outsize catches--red snapper, barracuda and oranda have all reportedly returned in large numbers--and, as a result, higher incomes and a better quality of life...
...Although it's not technically written in Alaska, this blog has been one of Sarah Barracuda's biggest boosters for more than a year. Launched by Adam Brickley when he was a University of Colorado student in February 2007, it was created to urge the McCain campaign to pick Palin as a running mate. Brickley, who attended the Republican National Convention, got a personal phone call from the Palins the day that news of her candidacy broke...
...journalism major from the University of Idaho, Palin started her political career in 1992 as a Wasilla city councilor. She was elected to the first of her two terms as mayor in 1996, and earned a reputation as "Sarah Barracuda" -- also her nickname as a feisty point guard on her high school basketball team -- for taking on entrenched bureaucrats. After running a strong race for lieutenant governor as an unknown in 2002, she made her mark on Alaska politics as a commissioner of a state oil and gas commission, when she tried to expose GOP officials with improper ties...
...Italian descent, chef Walter Andreini worked his way across Asia before ending up at this stylish venue, tel: (66-77) 425-085. The fine-dining restaurant of a resort of the same name, Zazen serves fusion cuisine, imaginatively presented and using mostly organic ingredients. Try the five-spice barracuda with rosti and sesame cream, or macadamia-crusted chicken skewers with cumin and yogurt...
Hillman seems glad to leave Washington's battles behind. An avid surfer who grew up catching waves on the Jersey Shore, he recently passed up a trip with friends to the Bahamas because he had too much work. Besides, there were barracuda in the Bahamian waters, he jokes--"kinda like...