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...depressed almond prices to 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...
...hadn’t actually sung the song for a year or two (or five...not since ’61?). And the more I tried to sing, the less I knew, and the sorer I got. All I could do was loll there, dead in the water like some windless sloop. But didn’t I have a right to these words? To get to sing them like everybody else?I looked right, past Daddy (warbling away), and saw the pew stuffed to its end. So I looked left. It was full but not crammed.And then, over...
...earlier age, when sources of clean water were more scarce and precious, all men, women, and children drank wine and beer at every meal. The first miracle of Christianity, indeed, was the transformation of water into wine. This powerful and pleasant elixir, truly a precondition of civilization, deserves to be appreciated and used responsibly and appropriately...
...they might still be willing to spring for their favorite restaurant’s seared hanger steak with a glass of red wine.Considering that the Square’s eateries are part of an industry that depends almost entirely on disposable income, they have been keeping their heads above water in the economic recession. Owners reported a few dips and changes in business patterns, but overall, they remain optimistic.Business on Tuesday and Wednesday nights—never a restaurant’s money-making time—has been in decline. Some eateries said that diners have been spending less...
...tempting - of all the many attractions in this southwestern Chinese city, the river is its greatest. The view from the bank stretches out over not the mephitic, litter-strewn depths that often characterize China's urban rivers, but water whose clarity is as arresting as its chilliness. (See pictures of Shanghai...