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...Obama this week urged the world's top economies to adopt aggressive, America-sized spending programs. "It's very important to make sure that other countries are moving in the same direction, because the global economy is all tied together," he said. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...half their peak; many growers will be lucky to break even this year. Meanwhile, a drought led Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency on Feb. 27. Some almond farmers didn't even rent bees this year, figuring they wouldn't have enough water to irrigate their trees all summer. Ironically, it's been rainy around Hughson, cutting hours for active pollination short. This area's almond crop may suffer. Regardless, growers have few choices. "I'm in it for the long haul," says Jim Hudelson, a fifth-generation Hughson almond farmer. "When you become a tree farmer...
...brutally honest language concerning sex—discharge, lubricants: words that demystify and de-stigmatize the realities of intercourse—was betrayed by this metaphorical notion of protection. His instructions to “wrap it up” because my canine lover could be barking up another tree may have been nothing more than a misguided attempt to speak in 20-something vernacular, but it reveals a more disturbing mode of approaching heterosexuality...
There's a lot to digest there, so here's a recap. Jesus can be found: • On a grilled cheese sandwich • On a potato chip • On a window pane • On a pancake • On a piece of burnt toast • On a tree trunk • On a Cheeto • On a waffle • On a spoon • On a frying pan • On a cinnamon roll • On a danish (this may be the same as the aforementioned cinnamon roll. Unclear) • On a fish stick • On a cat • On a moth...
...arranged to have the Cobbe painting subjected to a battery of scientific tests - tree-ring-dating to determine the age of the wood panel, X-ray examination at the Hamilton-Kerr Institute at Cambridge University and infrared reflectography. The tests produced convincing evidence that the panel dated from around 1610 and was the source for the Folger painting, among others. Wells is now sure of it. "I don't think anyone who sees [the Cobbe painting] would doubt this is the original," he says. "It's a much livelier painting, a much more alert face, a more intelligent and sympathetic...