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The Best Crawfish Boil Recipes
by Daniel Travers
There's potatoes, corn on the cob, and of course crawfish, but beyond that every Cajun cook has a cherished recipe for a crawfish boil. To invite some friends over to test out different recipes, send out some crawfish boil invitations, order some crawfish and cover the picnic table with newspapers.
Remember that deep fry turkey cooker that's lurking in the back of the kitchen closet? That is exactly what you need for a crawfish boil. The large pot with a tight fitting lid will be perfect. You will also need a wire basket insert to remove the crawfish and vegetables after they are cooked. The whole assembly sits on a propane burner. You will also need a large tub or ice chest (the one that the crawfish are shipped in is perfect), or a couple of bags of ice. A stirring paddle or long-handled spoon is useful too.
The best crawfish boil recipe starts with friends and family. The more the merrier. Add three to five pounds of fresh, live crawfish for each guest. CajunCrawfish.com ships them in 30 pound bags, which they say will serve ten people or two Cajuns. You will also need:
fresh mushrooms
4 lemons
3 lbs. Fruge's original seafood boil
8 small onions
8 small potatoes
8 ears of corn
a head of fresh garlic
Many New Orleans cooks recommend Zataran's crab boil, which comes in dry and liquid forms. If you are a DIY cook, Alton Brown has a recipe for crawfish spice mix, or if you just want to make it easy… and extra delicious, use the seasoning that comes with your crawfish order (it's cajuncrawfish.com's special blend). If you're a foodie and want to mix your own… grind 1 tablespoon each of whole black peppercorns and whole coriander seeds, 2 tablespoons whole cloves and 1 ½ tablespoons whole allspice in a spice grinder. Mix ground spices together with 4 tablespoons cayenne pepper, 2 tablespoons garlic powder, 2 tablespoons paprika, and 1 tablespoon each of onion powder, dried thyme, dried oregano, dry mustard, dried dill weed, plus 6 crumbled bay leaves. Add the spice mix and 1 pound of kosher salt to 5 gallons of boiling water for the crab boil. This is enough spice to boil 10 pounds of crawfish. If using cajuncrawfish.com spice, use 1 bag per 10 lbs. of crawfish.
Add 5 gallons of water to the pot for each 10 pounds of crawfish. When the water boils, add half of the spice mix. Add the potatoes, corn, onions and garlic to the pot and cover. If you are adding andouille sausage, this is the time to add it, too. Let cook for ten minutes, then add the crawfish and replace the cover. Ed the Crawfish Master at the Cajun Crawfish Company says to watch for steam to escape from under the lid. When this happens, turn off the gas.
You can remove the basket from the pot and transfer the crawfish to an ice chest. Add one third of the crawfish to the chest, sprinkle with spice mix; add another third of the crawfish, sprinkle with spice mix, and then add the rest of the crawfish and sprinkle with more spices. You can also add two bags of ice to the pot instead of removing the crawfish. The ice will cool them down and they will sink to the bottom and absorb more spices.
No matter how you choose to spice your crawfish boil, it is served by dumping the crawfish and vegetables on a newspaper-covered table. Provide some melted butter and plenty of napkins! … melted butter is not necessary, they are delicious by themselves, but to each there own. Try them a variety of ways… always good.
Prices soar because due to the cold
Crawfish prices soar after cold spell
"A lot of guys weren't able to go out for crawfish due to the cold and that's affecting the price," Donnaud said. "We were able to fill our orders for the Super Bowl, but we didn't have as many calls as usual due to the price."
Super Bowl weekend is usually one of the peak consumption times in the parish. Last week, The Seafood Pot was selling a pound of live crawfish for $5. Last year at this time, a pound was selling for $2.49.
"We dropped the price today (Tuesday) to $4.75 and it usually drops once a week," Donnaud said. "Warmer weather should get the price down, but it really depends on the catch."
Willie Hebert, of Hebert's Seafood in Boutte, had a similar problem Super Bowl weekend. Though Hebert was able to meet the demand, the high price cut into the amount of business he usually has.
"The supply has been somewhat limited," he said. "We were selling a pound (of live crawfish) for $4.69 and then the cold front before the Super Bowl increased the price to $5 a pound."
Like Donnaud, Hebert expects the price of crawfish to drop soon, even though the weather is not cooperating.
"We had another cold front come through Sunday night, so we will see," he said.
Though the size of crawfish has been small for a few weeks, both seafood vendors say they are getting bigger crustaceans this week than they were in the past.
"We had some smaller stuff before this week, but the crawfish we are getting this week is nice," Donnaud said.
February 7, 2014
by Kari Beal
Crawfish season delayed, but critter fans don't fret just yet
The cold weather is taking its toll on a Louisiana delicacy. Farmers tell us crawfish are hiding from the cold, and that means less on our plates. The big question now: when will the mudbugs be back? Turns out Mother Nature is the deciding factor.
"I have never seen it this bad," says Stephen Minvielle, the Director of the Louisiana Crawfish Research and Promotion Board and Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Association. "In the past years, you get one or two cold days, but not extended weeks on and on like this."
Minvielle picked up his traps this morning and had five crawfish at most in a trap. On a 70 degree day, he'll see about 50. He said a combination of freezing rain and low temperatures are putting a halt on this season's harvest.
"When it sleets like this it's like taking warm water in a glass and pouring cold water into it. It's going to change the temperature a bit or quite a bit," said Minvielle.
He said research shows sleet causes water temperatures to drop 50 percent faster than cold air flowing over the water. This means the juicy, red critters we all love stay deep underground, hiding for the weather.
"They slow down dramatically," said Minvielle. "We can bait them and sing to them, but they're not going to get in the traps."
He said the cold weather is also a concern for crawfish babies who are trying to grow. Usually it takes 90 days for a baby crawfish to grow to medium size, but in the cold it can take twice as long.
However, there is still hope. Minvielle said it's been a good rain season. If temperatures warm up by the start of peak crawfish season, which is usually the end of February, our anxious fingers and hungry mouths can still dig into a steamy Cajun feast.
January 29, 2014
Checking our ponds today, we discovered that they were all frozen over. Check it out.
January 27, 2014
Schools are closing again tomorrow for two days due to another ice/snow/sleet storm coming our way tonight. The good news is that we are seeing a few crawfish… the bad news is that shipping avenues are closed to any live product right now. Hopefully at the end of the week we might be able to get a few out, will keep everyone posted as soon as I know anything. Make sure you are on the email list to be notified (www.cajuncrawfish.com). For SuperBowl, you might want to try Whole Cooked Crawfish, a great alternative. You cook it the same way without the issues we are having due to the freeze. I suggest you order early to account for any shipping delays. Cooked Crawfish will stay fresh for weeks as long as they are on ice… which we have no shortage of.
January 24, 2014
Much to the delight of our children, we have a snow day… in Louisiana! The crawfish on the other hand are not thrilled. The ponds are frozen over and we have snow on the ground. Even Southwest Airlines posted a note that they will not ship any "live product"… "seafood to plants" until further notice.
So crawfish lovers out there, pray for warmer weather! We will keep you updated.
January 23, 2014
The 2014 crawfish season is off to a very slow start. Due to extreme weather conditions, the crawfish who determine when the season actually starts have buried themselves down. January usually starts off the boiling season, but not so this year. We have started catching a limited supply, and we will keep you posted as we catch. We will be selling last minute (as they are caught) on a first-come first-serve basis through an email system. So make sure you are on our "crawfish update" mailing list.
New Construction Under Way
The rain (which is good for crawfish) has finally stopped and Tropical Storm Karen is just a memory, so it's back to finishing up with the addition. When finished, we will have an additional 2400 square feet. We are looking forward to the breathing room, it's been a little tight lately.
Rice: All Hands on Deck
The rice is tall and ready to cut. All hands are on deck. On a farm, all ages can help.
The stalks have been providing shade from the heat for our new crawfish that are being hatched right now.
Combines harvest the upper one-third to one-half of the rice stalk, and then separate the grain from the stalk. The straw is blown back into the fields, while the grain is collected in a large hopper behind the combine.
When the rice harvest is complete, crawfish will again take center stage. Preparations will be made to begin re-flooding the rice fields so the crawfish burrowed beneath them will come out with their babies and begin feeding on the recently cut rice stubble.


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THE danger for South Africa is that we are in competition with everyone in the world of biotechnology, says Janice Limson, head of Rhodes University's biotechnology unit. "But the thing with innovation is that a hit can come from anywhere."
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She notes that developing biomedical technologies is difficult without a medical school. "But there is scope for fundamental research which can be readily applied," she says.
Tebello Nyokong, director of the Nanotechnology Innovation Centre hosted by the university, was once Dr Limson's PhD supervisor. She is not concerned that her centre is so far from the nearest medical school: "We are not dealing with patients, so it is okay with me. The government does not allow researchers to touch patients."
Prof Nyokong — one of the top scientists in South Africa and winner of the 2009 L'Oreal-Unesco award for women in science — is working on a cancer treatment which is activated by light.
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After ten rounds of play in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association the league table is starting to solidify as the conference tournament picture is becoming clearer.
Calvin became the first team to secure a bid to the first ever MIAA Tournament and Olivet has a chance to lock up a spot this Saturday. Meanwhile Trine and Hope are battling for the third spot in the league, and a chance to avoid the league champion in the conference semi-finals. In the second tier of the league teams like Albion and Adrian are hoping a late season push and some other results that go there where will see them into the postseason tournament.
Here is a recap of Round 10 of MIAA play:
Calvin 2-0 Kalamazoo
Junior midfielder Chris Nance doubled for the Knights in a 2-0 home win. Sophomore midfielder Zach Willis crossed in a pass that Nance finished in the second minute to put Calvin up 1-0 in a match the featured the first and last place teams in the league. Nance converted a penalty in the 23rd to put Calvin up 2-0 and secure the three points at home for the Grand Rapids side. The goal marked the Warren De LaSalle alum's fifth of the year. Junior goalkeeper Michael Dolan from Casco made four saves for the Knights to record his sixth clean-sheet of the season. Calvin dominated play outshooting Kalamazoo 26-8 and forcing Kalamazoo sophomore goalkeeper Grant Carey to make nine saves on the night. The result completes the season sweep for Calvin as the Knights defeated the Hornets 2-0 in Kalamazoo on Sept. 24. With the win Calvin improves to 8-1-1 in the MIAA while Kalamazoo falls to 2-8 in league play. With 25 points the Knights become to first team to clinch a spot in the conference tournament.
Olivet 1-0 Alma
A goal in the 28th minute from Grand Rapids native sophomore midfielder Fred Smyser was enough for Olivet to defeat Alma 1-0 and for the Comets to keep pace with Calvin for the league lead. Sophomore midfielder Adam Wright slipped a ball into the box for Smyser to finish for his third goal of the year. West Bloomfield native freshman goalkeeper Alex Lang made three saves for Olivet to record the clean-sheet. Even though the Comets could only score one goal, Olivet controlled play outshooting Alma 29-7 and not conceding a corner kick in the match. Alma sophomore goalkeeper Graham Wallace kept the Fighting Scots in the match recording 16 saves to give Alma a chance to take away points from the match. The win completes the season sweep for the Comets who won on Sept. 24 at Alma by another 1-0 margin. With the win Olivet remains in second with a 7-3 record while Alma falls to 2-7-1 in the conference. Olivet is now a win away for mathematically securing a spot in the MIAA tournament.
Hope 1-0 Trine
Hope vaulted past Trine in the MIAA standings on Wednesday as the Flying Dutchmen defeated the Thunder 1-0 thanks to junior midfielder Jeffery Ekdom's goal in the 24th minute. The Holland native scored his second goal of the year off an assist from freshmen midfielder and East Kentwood native Tarwo Konbloa for his third assist of the season. Senior goalkeeper and co-captain Logan Neil made five saves for the Dutch to record the clean sheet, his fourth of the year. The game was an even affair as Trine outshot Hope 12-9 and both teams put five shots on target. The result is a critical one for Hope who is in a tight race with Trine for third in the league. In September the two schools played to a scoreless draw in Angola, IN. With the win Hope is now even with Trine with 19 points, but the Flying Dutchmen hold the advantage in goal differential. Both schools now are 6-3-1 in league play and currently hold the final two spots to the conference tournament.
Albion 1-0 Adrian
A header by freshmen defender Charlie Micunek in the 71st minute off a corner kick was enough for Albion to defeat their southern Michigan rivals Adrian by a score of 1-0. After a stalemate in the first half that saw both teams record four shots, Micunek scored his first goal of the season off a corner kick from Ann Arbor native freshman defender Caio Orofino with 19 minutes remaining in regulation. Senior goalkeeper Brian Greathouse made two saves for the Dearborn native's fifth clean-sheet of the season. Adrian freshman goalkeeper Zack Zeka made four saves for the Bulldogs, who were outshot by the Britons 10-7 in the match. Albion swept the season series as the Britons defeated the Bulldogs 2-0 in Albion on Sept. 24. Albion is now 4-6 in the MIAA and trail seven points behind Trine and Hope for the final post-season spot with four games remaining. Adrian is now 3-7 in the league.
MIAA Standings after Round Ten
# 24 Calvin 8-1-1 25 points
Olivet 7-3-0 21 points
Hope 6-3-1 19 points
Trine 6-3-1 19 points
Albion 4-6-0 12 points
Adrian 3-7-0 9 points
Alma 2-7-1 7 points
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i assure you my aikido is aikido, and is not flawed by my sensei's and i don't think it is possible to loose it... it is also never possible to learn too much, nor is the effort too much to spend... look at Osensei his aikido changed throughout his life so which is the 'real' aikido... the answer is it is all aikido... ultimately aikido encompasses all martial arts and techniques as takemusu aiki means infinite creativity of waza... my sensei's would never say 'no you can't teach that' unless i was teaching it wrong! you can never do the 'same' ikkyo twice any more than you can step on the same piece of water twice... the stream never stops flowing...
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Domonic Brown glided over first base while the remnants of a nearly empty stadium jumped in shock. He pounded his red Phillies helmet with his right fist. He smashed 27 homers in 2013; the first one of 2014 did not arrive until his 52d plate appearance, and what a moment it was.
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your Easter buckets are great! My daughter wants me to make her one, they seems fairly easy to make thanks to your directions! Thanks.
She added "they are so sweet!"
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Really cute. Would love for you to link them up to Craftastic Monday!
LOVE these little guys! Their ears just kill me. Definitely the cutest Easter baskets I've seen in a long time.
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sorry it's taken me for-evah to comment…crazy days over here.
sure wish i could of hung out with you all over the weekend.
thanks for linking up to the FLING!
This is a FANTASTIC project. Great idea! I would be delighted if you would link this to my VIP party today! http://designergarden.blogspot.com/2011/03/vip-party-6.html
I love this! I'd love for you to link up at Inspire Me Mondays @ Singing Three Little Birds.
These canvas Easter buckets are adorable!! I'm linking them up to my Easter craft post!! So cute!! 🙂
Congratulations, amazing tutorial, you are so creative!!!
All the best ; )
I'd love it if you'd link up these "positively splendid" bunnies on my new Tuesday Time Out Link Party!
First of all, thanks for sharing this pattern with us, cause i could do MY canvas bunny easter bucket!
I live in brazil and i had to change some things (that i´d never heard about!)
but it works, as you can see on my blog: http://nascalenha.blogspot.com/2011/03/balde-coelho-fiz-hoje-tarde-de-tecido.html
I saw the tutorial last week, and i was so excited to make it cause i thought it´s so cute!
i almost forgot to say: i linked your post on my blog, ok?!
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I am a fashion/ textile designer and mother of six children.
Over time I have designed and knitted as well as sewn hundreds of items of baby and childrens clothing.
I am a designer specializing in innovative and practical children's wear that is timeless and understated.
Sewing, knitting and designing for babies and children gives me special joy and freedom to be playful, nostalgic and quirky.
I prefer natural yarns and fabrics as these don't just feel and look good, they also perform very well when used for children's garments.
My belief is that children's wear should be fun, practical and comfortable as well as easy to care for.
I am a highly creative person and there are a lot of artists, designers as well as dressmakers in my family and my great grandfather who was as a sewing machine engineer...
Nothing quite compares with making something for your little one yourself.
I encourage everyone with the urge to have a go.
It's fun and a lot easier than you think!
One of my daughters knitted a very simple blanket for her baby brother when she was 10 years old. It is by no means perfect but it has become a very special prized possession that both her and her brother will cherish for years to come.
Empower yourself and have a go!
A Retro Style Baby Girl Hat in two tones with stylish front gathers and moss stitch bow.
Keep your little girl warm this winter with this adorable retro style bow hat!
This pattern comes in three sizes to fit babies 3,6 and 12 months.
Hat circumference is about 40,45,48 cm or 16,18,19 inches.
You will need knitting needles in 3mm or US2 as well as 50 g/75g main colour and 25 g contrast colour wool.
I used soft warm 3 ply pink and light pink baby yarn or other fingering weight wool.
This Instant Download Pattern is a flat pattern and easy to knit.
30 st and 42 rows make a 10 cm or 4" square using 3mm or US3 needles and stockinette st.


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An international team of scientists report finding 57 genomic regions that are frequently gained or lost in human lung tumors. Among these results from their effort to map genetic changes underlying the disease are 40 regions previously unassociated with lung cancer, they add.
The effort, known as the Tumor Sequencing Project (TSP), studied more than 500 tumor specimens from lung cancer patients. The regions of genomic aberration were reportedly identified with tools including a computational method called GISTIC and techniques for visualizing SNP data developed by some of the collaborators.
The researchers say that they uncovered 57 genomic changes that occur frequently in lung cancer patients. Of these, only about 15 are linked to genes previously known to be involved in lung cancer.
The most common abnormality involves a region on chromosome 14 that encompasses two genes, neither of which had been previously associated with cancer, report the researchers. Through additional studies in cancer cells, the team found that one of the genes, NKX2.1, influences cancer cell growth. The NKX2.1 gene normally acts as a master regulator in a group of cells lining alveoli. They also report finding that NKX2.1 is essential for the survival of lung cancer cell lines that express the gene.
The second phase of the TSP, now underway, will examine the same lung tumor samples analyzed in the first phase, but at an even greater level of genetic detail, the research team notes. They will characterize small changes in the genetic code of several hundred human genes that are already implicated in other cancers, or more generally, in cell growth.
TSP involves three genome centers and five cancer centers: Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center, The Broad Institute, and Washington University in St. Louis, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, University of Michigan, and Washington University.
The study appeared in the November 4 advance online issue of Nature.
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JOY will have to come clean on their IMM purchase fiasco before anyone would touch them with a ten foot pole.
How about a straight answer from Joy Global on the acquisition price tag of $1.4 Billion for IMM?
Caterpillar closed the purchase of ERA Mining Machinery Ltd and its subsidiary Siwei, China's fourth-largest maker of hydraulic roof supports, last June, paying HK$5.06 billion, or $653.4 million. ERA had been publicly traded in Hong Kong, doing business through Siwei, which is known for making equipment to support roofs in mines.
A member of the Caterpillar board during the course of the Siwei deal told Reuters the board was distracted at the time by a larger transaction and paid relatively little attention to the Siwei acquisition.
"It came as a complete surprise to us," the former board member said of the fraud, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation. "It was presented to us as a pretty straightforward transaction. It's a shame. It should have been investigated further."


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Jonathan Pinson has resigned from South Carolina State Universitys Board of Trustees, the fourth member to step down in less than a year.
University spokeswoman Ashley Elliott said Pinson announced Friday that he was leaving the board so he could spend more time with his family. Pinson previously served as the boards chairman, but he stepped down from that position in February. He said at the time that he wanted to spend more time on his business, but he continued to serve as a trustee.
Walter Tobin, the current chairman of the board of the states only public historically black university, said two of the four board members who stepped down have been replaced. New to the board are Dennis Nielsen and Jackie Epps.
Two of the boards 13 seats now remain open. Tobin wasnt certain Wednesday when replacements would be selected.
Trustees Walter Johnson and Matthew Richardson resigned in April. In a joint resignation letter, they said they no longer believed the board could reform itself or effectively govern. The letter was written to Gov. Nikki Haley, S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell and John Courson, president pro-tem of the S.C. Senate.
Board member Lancelot Wright resigned in May.
The board members resignations came amid other severe problems at the Orangeburg university last year, including the firing of eight high-level employees; the resignation of the president; and an unspecified criminal investigation.
The nature and results of that investigation still have not been released.
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BOCA RATON, FL (March 21, 2011) – Florida Atlantic University will host the following events:
FAU's Harriet L. Wilkes
Honors College to Host Open House
The open house will take place on Saturday, March 26, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., at FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter. For directions, more information or to R.S.V.P., contact the admissions office at 561-799-8646 or 1-800-920-8705, or visit www.honorscollege.edu .
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Kyle Prescott conducts this concert, as the ensemble performs Mozart's masterwork for 13 winds.
FAU's Department of Sociology Presents the Film 'The Elephant Man'
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"The Elephant Man" is a film about a deformed 19 th century Londoner. This movie is a part of the Sociocinema Thinking Film Series, which runs through Tuesday, April 12.
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McCUTCHENVILLE - Water and air continue to be tested in McCutchenville as officials investigate a gasoline leak they believe originated at the village's Clark station.
Dean Henry, Seneca County's public information officer, said Sunday that crews are awaiting water sample results.
Private contractors, under the direction of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, conducted routine testing of groundwater sources near the origin of the leak, according to a release.
Henry said it was his understanding that crews expect to have final water testing done this week.
"The preliminaries were all negative for the water. There's no evidence of any contamination of water," he said.
Officials learned of the gasoline leak Wednesday afternoon. Gasoline, according to the release, was escaping from an underground storage tank and infiltrated the storm water system.
Crews have not been able to confirm whether it is a sudden leak or has been occurring for a while, Henry said.
"They just don't know," he said.
Henry said air testing may continue for a while. Two homes still are showing readings for benzene, and crews are convinced the readings are resulting from gas coming from tile, he said.
Residents of the two homes are displaced.
"That's voluntary. There's not (a) forced evacuation," Henry said.
He said crews dug a trench on the gas station property, and the dirt coming out of it was "hot," meaning it is contaminated, and stained. Apparently, the staining is evidence of long-term exposure, he said.
Crews received permission to dig on the grounds of the former McCutchenville school building. Henry said they found terra cotta tile coming from the gas station area and were able to detect chemicals.
"They're testing for benzene and (volatile organic compounds)," he said.
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Oden and Irene Linger celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on June 5.
They were married on June 5, 1947, in Franklin, Pa.
In the early years of their marriage, they lived in Buckhannon, staying close by to their parents. That is where they started their family of five children, four boys and one girl, Roger Lee, Steven Michael, Richard Daniel, William Oden and Debra O'Denise. They also have numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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They moved to Maryland in hopes of more opportunities while raising their family. Both had careers as managers, Mr. Linger at Ford Motor Co. and Mrs. Linger at Safeway Stores.
Mr. Linger is a part-time preacher at churches in the Elkins area, and Mrs. Linger tends to the house and garden.
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The Amarillo Dillas landed five players on the West Division for the 2002 Central Baseball League All-Star Game that will be held in San Angelo July 9.
The 34-player team was released Friday, and the Dillas tied for the most West Division players with Edinburg.
The format at Colts Stadium will feature the West Division vs. the East Division.
West-leading Amarillo will be represented by catcher Shawn Hughes, first baseman Derek Henderson, second baseman Mike Hardge, starting pitcher Mike Smith and reliever Kris Sutton.
"Anytime you are named to an all-star team it's an honor," said Dillas veteran Henderson, who leads Amarillo in batting with a .315 average and 35 RBIs.
Hardge is hitting .306 and seven home runs rank him tied for third in the league. Hughes, the league's 2000 most valuable player, is one of the top defensive catchers in the CBL.
Smith (5-2, 3.30 ERA), the league's all-time strikeout leader, is the ace of the Dillas staff and tied for second in the CBL for most wins at five.
Amarillo closer Sutton (2-0, 2.42 ERA) owns a team-high eight saves ranking him tied for second with two others in the CBL.
Former Amarillo Dillas stars Jorge Alvarez and Vince Moore also made the all-star team.
Alexandria's Alvarez is the designated hitter for the East and ripping up the league with his 16 home runs and 56 runs batted in. Moore is an outfielder on the West team representing Edinburg.
Each of the eight CBL clubs received one manager vote and one vote by the media.
The Globe-News did not vote.
2002 CBL All-Star Team
West Division
Manager: Chad Tredaway, Edinburg.
Catcher: Shawn Hughes, Amarillo. First base - Derek Henderson, Amarillo. Second base - Mike Hardge, Amarillo. Shortstop - Joel Fuentes, Rio Grande Valley. Third base - John Ballon, Rio Grande Valley. Outfielders - Vince Moore, Edinburg; Greg Strickland, Edinburg; Mike Kirkpatrick, San Angelo. Designated hitter - Malvin Matos, San Angelo.
Pitchers: Mike Smith, Amarillo; Kris Sutton, Amarillo; Antwoine Anderson, San Angelo; Pedro Cervantes, Edinburg; Scott Green, Edinburg; Alex Guzman, Rio Grande Valley; Gilbert Landestoy Jr., San Angelo; Randy Williams, Edinburg.
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Manager: John O'Brien, Alexandria.
Catcher: Jerry Valdez, Alexandria. First base - Joe Dusan, Alexandria. Second base - Robert Hewes, Alexandria. Shortstop - Terence Green, Springfield/Ozark. Third base - Preston Harriman, Springfield/Ozark. Outfielders - Ryan Rothe, Alexandria; Juan Moreno, Jackson; Jim Essian Jr., Springfield/Ozark. Designated hitter - Jorge Alvarez, Alexandria.
Pitchers: Matt Dill, Springfield/Ozark; Russ Hebert, Jackson; Chad Massengale, Alexandria; Brandon Mozley, Springfield/Ozark; Shawn Onley, Fort Worth; Brandon Parker, Jackson; Rick Powalski, Fort Worth; Matt Vincent, Jackson.
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It's important to put a face to a disease. When a disease has a face, it is harder to ignore. It makes the search for more adequate treatment a priority. And when a disease like HIV has a face, it make the fight for a cure that much more important. That's why we asked several HIV-positive New Yorkers to share with us intimate moments and places from their daily lives. In a country where HIV is no longer thought of as a death sentence, how does the disease still affect their day-to-day lives? Do positive New Yorkers still fight discrimination? Stigma? Hate?
By boldly allowing us to reveal their status and showcase their lives—as countless activists and leaders have done before them—we hope they can remind New York of HIV's ever-present reality and continue to stress to our community the importance of safe sex, sexual education, access to adequate treatment and funding for research. HIV might not always equal death anymore, but it has still changed the lives of these New Yorkers forever.
Todd V. Lamb
At 9th Avenue Saloon. "What never ceases to amaze me is that no matter how much progress and change we see with HIV, how much stays the same. Last Saturday, I was having a couple drinks at my favorite bar and an attractive guy was chatting me up. We talked for about an hour and it looked like we were going to leave together. Then he asked me my status and I told him I am HIV positive, he told me he is negative. We chatted a few minutes longer, then he excused himself to go to the bathroom and didn't come back. This happens a lot and I am not mad at the guy because he has every right to be uncomfortable with being with a man who is HIV positive. I was man enough to look him in the eye and be honest about my status, in return, I deserved him to be man enough to look me in the eye and tell me that was a deal breaker."
Jay Connor
At Chelsea Piers. "After finding out I was positive I would go to the piers and stare out into the water while listening to my music in order to calm myself. I could let all my thoughts run wild and by the time I leave I'd feel a little bit better."
Daniel Logan
At Times Square. "Since coming out about my status I've learned to live honest and openly about everything in life. This place is a reminder of how I used to sweat the small things, but since being diagnosed, I've learned I have bigger things to worry about than the small stuff."
Miguel Angel Cruz
At The Highline. "As an artist I see beauty in everything and I think that HIV is just a small part of the big picture that is Miguel Angel Cruz. If people without HIV can understand that, they can understand my relation to The Highline and its never-ending, ever-changing beauty."
In reading Todd V. Lamb's story, I have to say that he let that guy off easy to some degree. For I got over the stigma of HIV early on after my coming out as an HIV negative man (http://menofcolor.blogs.com/moc_blog/2011/01/solving-enigmas-from-the-st...). In 2012, there is no excuse for this or any other guy's need to make HIV a "deal breaker", except for a desire to feel sexually superior. If they do so, then they show themselves to actually be WORST off than the HIV+ person, by being INTELLECTUALLY INFERIOR.
In 2012, with HIV, ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is just that - IGNORANCE.
I think in the case of Todd V. Lamb, it shouldn't matter if he was positive or not. The fact of the matter is that if you're going to be going home with someone, you need to ASSUME that they are positive. What if Todd said he was negative? Then I'm sure the other guy would have obliged. It's so silly. People should be having safe sex anyway. No ifs, ands, or buts.
On a second note, the other guy was incredibly rude. Be a man and express yourself through words. Say what you mean and don't run away. Everyone deserves to be treated with common courtesy and respect.
This is an excellent idea for a full feature article, but it's nothing more than sound bites. As a reader very interested in this topic, I want to hear more from each of these men and their experiences and lives. Cudos to each one of them for being honest and allowing Next to feature them, but Next - you've missed a real opportunity for a meaningful piece here.


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When several members of a team can reach the same goal in the same event, it is both a blessing and a curse for those competing.
The Amarillo High girls track team has the rarity of five girls having cleared at least five feet in the high jump this season, which is likely envied by the rest of the schools participating in the District 3-4A meet starting today at Randall. And that's good news to AHS coach Jay Hufstedler.
"It's the most depth I've ever seen in the high jump in 30 years of coaching," Hufstedler said. "It's a lot of depth for any event."
That junior Samantha Nolan has cleared 5 feet, 6 inches this season and senior Christian Cagle has gone 5-4 says plenty about that depth, and both figure to be serious contenders in Friday's event, starting at 11:30 a.m. But it also says something about that depth that it won't allow certain jumpers to compete.
District rules state only three athletes per school can compete in the same event. That means while junior Nikki Tweet will join Nolan and Cagle as part of the AHS high jump contingent, senior Shannon Flowers, who was fourth in last year's district meet (behind second place Cagle and third place Nolan) won't compete in the varsity meet.
She'll jump in the junior varsity event with freshman Jewel Goodfellow (who has also cleared 5-0) and senior Darian Wieck.
Competing against each other in practice might be as big a challenge as any competition they'll get in meets, especially since they've been teammates for at least the last couple of years.
"I've been jumping 5-4 since my freshman year," said Nolan, who cleared 5-6 at the Amarillo Relays Meet of Champions.
"You know you can do better if you've been doing it for two years. Everyone was as excited as I was to clear that height."
It's been easy for the jumpers to keep track of each other over the last two years since they're around each other almost every day. Each one provides something of a gauge for the others.
As such, it's been a happy convergence of talent and some good fortune which has produced stellar results.
"I don't necessarily think it's luck," Cagle said. "We all want to succeed and all work hard together."
Cagle is evidence of how the jumpers have developed the past few years, in some cases moving from other events or even other sports, as she started as a gymnast and took up pole vaulting. Nolan and Tweet both played for Amarillo High's state championship volleyball team last fall.
Skyler Walden, in his sixth year as a jumping coach at AHS, has found a way to bring all these disparate threads together into a successful unit.
"It's been a different group of girls,"
Walden said.
"Christian became a pole vaulter but I knew she could have good form in the high jump after all those years of gymnastics. Shannon's worked her tail off to be a good high jumper, and Samantha and Nikki are really the only other ones doing other sports."
Tweet, who's cleared 5-2, qualified as Amarillo High's third jumper for the district meet.
She knew if she succeeded with her fellow jumpers that she could be a successful competitor in meets.
"Every day you're jumping against your teammates," Tweet said. "You have to earn your spot. It pushes you a lot."
Of course, no two jumpers are created equally. Each one has different standards to reach, and the criteria is established in practice.
Hitting a goal in workouts by one jumper doesn't go unrecognized by the rest.
"When we're out here in practice and one of us gets it, that makes everybody else want to hit that goal, too," Flowers said.
Flowers won't be able to duplicate her fourth place finish in last year's meet, and that's a testament to the talent Amarillo High brings to the high jump this year.
"We expect the event to do really well because it's overall our strongest event," Hufstedler said.


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Thirteen states, including Virginia, were eligible to participate in Phase II of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officer (ASTHO) Social Distancing Law Project. This consisted of a Legal Consultation Meeting (LCM) to bring together legal counsel, law enforcement experts, state and local agencies, judges, and other relevant stakeholders such as community leaders and businesses to address legal issues related to public health emergencies such as an influenza pandemic.
The focus of the meeting was to address the legal issues around the core legal concerns of social distancing and outbreak response (e.g., restriction of movement such as isolation or quarantine, closure of public places, curfew, mass prophylaxis, inter-jurisdictional and interagency cooperation, and federal orders).
Practical considerations (e.g., staffing shortages, limited detention space, etc.) were also considered in that they may impact legal options (e.g., curfew laws might exist, but a limited law enforcement capacity to enforce these laws affects the utility of this tool in some situations). Other legal issues, such as the ability to compel individuals to fulfill essential roles, the ability to alter standards of care, and issues related to closure of schools were considered important issues that would need to be covered at a later date.
The results of the Virginia Social Distancing Legal Consultation Meeting, held on October 9, 2007 in Richmond, Virginia, including the materials used to support the meeting, are provided.
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Skip to comments.THE EDITOR'S COLUMN: America, what is happening here?
Posted on 06/12/2011 11:04:21 PM PDT by Nachum
HERES a story that is so screwy it sounds like a script from The Simpsons, but its real, and its about our federal government at work. Thats what makes it so scary.
At 6 a.m. last Tuesday, a good citizen, Kenneth Wright of Stockton, Calif., was awakened by the clamor of about 15 armed SWAT team members breaking through the front door of his house.
Wearing only his boxer shorts as he came downstairs, Wright was grabbed by the neck and put down on his lawn with an officers knee on his back.
His kids, ages 3, 7, and 11 were terrified. Wright, confused and upset, was handcuffed, stuffed into the back of a hot police cruiser and held there for six hours while the agents searched his home.
Whats going on here?
The commandos were armed agents of really the U.S. Department of Education. And they bashed their way into his house and held him and his children while they apparently searched for evidence of alleged student loan fraud involving Wrights estranged wife.
Amazing. Alarming.
Why does the U.S. Department of Education need a SWAT squad? And why would they need to bash their way into an ordinary persons house and terrorize everyone there at 6 a.m., just to look for student loan paperwork?
Those are good questions for the uber-bureaucrat who requested the search warrant, one Special Agent Howard Nance of the Education Departments Office of the Inspector General.
But Nance isnt answering questions. And his Education Gestapo is refusing public requests to explain themselves, citing an ongoing criminal investigation.
Unbelievable. Now faceless bureaucrats can tear up the Fourth Amendment and bash their way into your house brandishing heavy weapons in search of paperwork. And they refuse to explain themselves.
Your papers had better be in order, citizen.
Back in March 2010, I was puzzled to read an obscure account of the Department of Education seeking to buy a couple dozen short-barreled shotguns. Now we know what that was about.
Other unlikely federal bureaucracies have their own armed agents, too, including the Small Business Administration and even the Railroad Retirement Board, according to Quin Hillyer, writing in the Freedom Line Blog at the Center for Individual Freedom, based in Alexandria, Va.
Dealing with government bureaucrats is bad enough, but Americans are really in danger when the bureaucrats can send gunmen to break down your door for any stupid reason they can get a deranged judge to sign off on, as Kenneth Wright and his kids discovered this past week.
Theres no reason for these agencies to have their own little armies. And theres even less reason for those agents to confront citizens with deadly weapons. Somebody is going to get killed, if for no other reason than negligent handling of those firearms. Check out the YouTube video of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agent who shot himself in the foot while telling a classroom audience he was the only one in the room qualified to handle the pistol he was holding. Now imagine 15 jumpy, macho Education Department commandos with loaded shotguns milling around in your living room.
Apparently all these bureaucratic armed squads in the Executive branch of government have their roots in a law adopted in 1978 setting up Inspector General offices. Shame on Congress for not thinking that one through. Now Congress needs to undo that damage.
Similarly, President Obama needs to tell the Department of Education and all the other oddball armed Inspector General units in his Executive Branch to stand down and turn in their guns before they hurt somebody.
Obama might be a little gun-shy right now, though. Thats because tomorrow, Republican Congressman Darrell Issa of California is to open a congressional hearing into the Project Gunrunner Operation Fast and Furious scandal that has barely made the national news yet.
Thats the scandal in which the U.S. Department of Justice led by Obama crony Eric Holder has been stonewalling congressional inquiries into why the Justice Departments Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) allowed hundreds of firearms to be purchased illegally in the U.S. and taken into Mexico supposedly for tracking to narco-gangsters, and how some of those guns the ATF lost track of turned up in connection with the murders of two U.S. agents and who knows how many Mexican citizens.
Whistleblowers indicate that the OK for this insanity went high up into the Justice Department. How could such a dangerous international operation get started without approval of the attorney general or the White House?
And how could anyone who is competent and in their right mind, possibly allow such a ridiculous and potentially deadly scheme to go ahead?
So far, Obama has said only that he and Holder did not authorize the Gunrunner Fast and Furious scheme, which falls short of saying they knew nothing about it.
The answers Rep. Issa is seeking could be, well, explosive.
Meanwhile, make sure not to fudge your college loan paperwork, lest you get a rude awakening at the end of a Department of Education shotgun.
America, what is happening here?
Tom Skoch is editor of The Morning Journal and www.MorningJournal.com, where his Tell the Editor blog appears. He is on Twitter as MJ_Tom_Skoch and can be contacted by e-mail at email@example.com.
Tell everyone you know about this.
It is interesting, that the 60s generation that accused the "establishment" of being fascist, violent pigs, has morphed into what they always accused others.
Fascism tends to that over time.
And the worst part of it is that we have allowed this kind of thing to happen. Love the song reference.
Date, November 910, 1938.
Kristallnacht, also to referred to as the Night of Broken Glass, and also Reichskristallnacht
Anyone who does not see what is coming, must be out of their minds.
There are only a few things which can hold a large region together under a central government.
1) Common culture. (gone)
2) Common religion (forbidden)
3) Common good. (declining, and will get worse as solvent states are compelled to pay for the bankrupt)
4) Common language (declining quickly)
5) Brute force and terror (escalating, but subject to "kinetic nullification" and a declining treasury)
In passing, the Soviet Union was principally organized to be held intact by #5; it was designed for that very purpose. Even there, even with an unarmed, less skilled, less wealthy and generally more acquiescent population, the Soviet Union imploded during its first serious challenge by the people. Because the government was bankrupt, and did not pay its military or law enforcement, those organizations remained in barracks at the time of the Kremlin's dire need. How much better will the Pustule on the Potomac fare, when the statues of Lenin and Dzerzhinsky were pulled off of their plinths in Moscow itself by an UNARMED people?
Am I wrong?
Nazi ping
Pretty much every department, agency, bureau and sub-department of the Federal government has police forces, including SWAT teams.
What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
This is how fascism works. It's exactly what America voted for in 2008.
Just like the deadly incident in Pima County AZ, this isn`t about an actual search for evidence and arrest of an accused criminal. This is about instilling fear and submission into the hearts of Americans.
The government thugs make no attempt to hide the fact this happened. Conversely, they want us to see it, know it, fear it, and tell others about it. Government terror is proving to be a highly effective tool for bringing the populace to heel. Notice no one is talking anymore about what occurred in AZ? Similarly, there will be no outrage about this either. Remember all the demonstrations against the Bush Administration? Aside from those gatherings organized by the TEA Parties, where is the outrage about this and other abuses by the current regime?
Americans, like others under authoritarian regimes, are quickly learning to lower their eyes and stay quiet when told. Perhaps, as in the former Soviet Union, a watchful and repressive government gives them a feeling of security.
Not good.
Did anybody else find it odd that the guy was featured on ABC news - ABC NEWS - and said something along the lines: let this be a lesson, pay your student loans, take care of your credit. ABC featured this quote prominently in their coverage.
Something about that makes me wonder if this wasn't a little drama that was staged for the viewing American public... an incentivizer maybe.
While I understand the need to move quickly to prevent the destruction of evidence, this is a job for two US Marshals, not a separate DOE SWAT team. Disturbing.
Don't worry. freedomwarrior998 can explain why this is all ok.
He did it on a previous thread on this subject but I — not having the high mental caliber of freedomwarrior998 — forget all his reasons.
freedomwarrior998, could you please explain again why this is all ok and how it is we're all getting upset over nothing? (Because I must confess, reading this once again makes me very, very upsted.)
I apologize for my inability to remember all the great thoughts you previously posted on this subject — on why there's nothing wrong here, why it's not really a SWAT raid, and why we're all getting upset over nothing — and I would dearly love to be re-illuminated by them.
Thanks in advance for your troubles.
Something I hadn't thought of before, these 15 jackbooted thugs for the department of Education had to be flown in in. the DOE better not have a LEO force nationwide.
How much did this cost for a nice little raid in Stockton? Tens of thousands of dollars? how much was defrauded?
Remember, everyone arrested is guilty. LEOs never make mistakes. all alleged perps are scum, even if they have no record.
There should be a "/sarc" at the end of this but I lack the proper Orwellian mindset. Paging Mr Kafka, will Mr Kafka please pick up the white courtesy phone?
Police state.
From the earlier, original article:
1) NO the DOE doesn't have a nationwide force. They had one local cop with them to 'make it legal' (or seem legal). And fwiw, the local cop didn't get involved in the raid, he stayed outside.
2) Yes they had to be flown in. Prolly on Gubmint owned Lear Jet type 'business' plane. (as seen on tv shows NCIS or Criminal Minds)
yes — you are wrong. See you in 2012 to check!
Remember, everyone arrested is guilty. LEOs never make mistakes. all alleged perps are scum, even if they have no record.And according to freedomwarrior998 on another thread (sorry for not forgetting this, freedomdude, but you really, really ticked me off on that other thread and I'd love to see you come on this one and try posting your tripe here), the "perp" in this case is a "fraudster", which I guess makes it all ok.
Frankly, I don't care if you get "ticked" or not. The fact is, there was no SWAT team. The lying media how desperately ran with the sensationalist version of the story has now confirmed that. So this columnist is lying right from the start.
Second, according to the statement released by OIG, he was not handcuffed, and the children were not held against their will. So unless you were there and can provide proof, all you have are the ramblings of a liar. Since we already know that the first version of the story that this liar has put out there has been retracted (because it was a lie) then give me one reason to believe any other version of events he offers.
You can stamp your feet like a petulant child and tell me how ticked you are if you like, but you will get no other response from me, especially since you don't have a right to demand anything of me. Here is how it is... no matter how "ticked" you get, unless you can provide proof of the sequence of events, then you don't have a leg to stand on, and this is just more Alex Jones tinfoil nonsense that you just want to believe so you will deny reality to believe it. So go back to telling us about "Satanists at Bohemian Grove, Lizard People, evil Jews controlling the banks, FEMA teams, concentration camps, black helicopters, and SWAT boogeymen."
Since there is no way to rationally communicate with folks who want to believe that black helicopters are after them, I'll not even try. Post away. You aren't going to get anything further from me in this thread, even if it makes you "really, really, really, ticked."
had = has
Thanks. He might actually be ok (says the DOE should be disbanded) but he just got a hair up his butt on this one and won't let go. I think he's honestly convinced that "there's nothing to see here".
Oh, well. I'm getting ready to watch tonights debate while holding my dinner down watching The Willard and The Newt and am moving on from this issue... for now.
(BTW, Viva Las Vegas. I used to live there.)
I'm looking forward to the day I can say the same thing!
I like Nevada alright but Vegas leaves much to be desired.
Say, is the debate on CNN, do you know what time?
I think they're idiots to agreeing to debate on the Commie News Network, but there you have it.
Nah, he'll wait to see if he gets re-elected first. Conservatives would openly rebel if 0bama tried to pull such a stunt before the 2012 elections...
That is what we call a 'goad'.
Nope. Not biting 'dude'.
Looks like its on at 5:00 Pacific....just for irony, I thing I'll order some chink food for delivery.
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Push is now on to revive mothballed sugar industry
Published 04/07/2013 | 05:00
HAS the sugar industry's day come again? A decision in Brussels last week to end sugar-beet quotas in the EU by 2017 will bring machinations to a head over whether Ireland kick-starts its sugar industry again.
Many of the 3,500 sugar beet growers that took almost €60m in compensation from the EU in return for exiting the sector in 2006, still rue the day that the industry decided to opt for the easy money.
Ever since, sugar prices have rocketed to record highs, farmers have struggled to maintain healthy crop rotations and Ireland Inc forks out about €150m a year on imported sugar.
Prof Jimmy Burke of UCD's crop science department agrees. "We should never have exited. It was simply a wrong decision."
Prof Burke has been involved in studies on how to restart the industry. They centre on finding a suitable site for a new €350m plant, funded by a combination of farmer-growers and bank debt. But does such an investment make sense?
Greencore was the company that was in charge of sugar processing in Ireland when the sector was shut down. Its CEO, Patrick Coveney, recently said that there would never be another sugar industry here.
"Sugar yields in Ireland are awful relative to Britain and France," he said.
However, Dave Barry of beet seed suppliers Goldcrop maintains that good Irish growers would be well able to match the average yields achieved in Britain and Scandinavia.
Michael Hoey, who founded vegetable and ready-meal processor Country Crest with his brother 20 years ago, has led a group called BEET Ireland which has invested over €100,000 to study the viability of a new sugar factory.
"The country needs a sugar plant to guarantee sugar supplies for all the food manufacturers based here. Otherwise we could lose them," claims Mr Hoey.
"We have spent a lot of time looking at all the possibilities. We already have 1,100 expressions of interest from farmers prepared to invest a minimum of €25,000 each to buy shares in a plant that would be capable of producing 250,000 tonnes of sugar a year."
But former Irish Sugar boss Chris Comerford says it is highly unlikely that farmers will actually pony up enough money when push comes to shove.
He heads up a separate body called the Irish Sugar Biorefinery Group, which, as the name suggests, believes a plant that can produce both sugar and bioethanol will need outside investment.
"Farmers don't have the cash, and if they did, they would sooner invest it in land than a potentially risky venture like this," said Mr Comerford.
Mr Hoey insists that his group has already secured commitments for five-year deals with banks on behalf of growers, with tax breaks built in to sweeten the deal.
"It would be easy to get a multinational in and sell this down the river," he says. "But that would be a loss to the country and the growers."
County councils are also sold on the idea, with Cork, Carlow, Waterford and Kilkenny all reported to be actively lining up suitable sites.
With a growing cost of €30/t of beet, farmers would need €40/t to return €600/ha. But this price could be as high as €50/t with current refined sugar prices of €750/t according to Prof Burke.
But how long will this prices hold? "This is a big imponderable at the moment," says Prof Burke.
"We need a minimum refined-sugar price of €500/t. If increased supplies collapsed prices, the fact is that the British growers could probably stay in business even at a price of €400/t.
"And remember that the big processors all over Europe have made monstrous profits over the last six years. They've very deep pockets now and probably little or no debt."
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This is the first entry in a new column reminiscing on my adolescent movie crushes, in which I explore my memories of the objects of my obsession. Join me.
Sometime in the early '90s, my young adolescent existence went from nerdy and tomboyish to boy-crazy, nerdy and tomboyish. Once it happened, I started noticing cute boys everywhere and I found that my girl friends did, too. We would have sleepovers and hang outs and talk for hours about the objects of our obsessions, pick which ones were our favorites (making sure to choose diplomatically, in case two girls picked the Justins and nobody picked the Lances), and replay particularly swoon-worthy scenes in our heads (i.e. "Remember that time Jonathan pretended to be a girl to get on the soccer team!?"). Only these boys weren't the cootie-carrying classmates we went to school with; they were the dreamy, pretty, charismatic nice boys the likes of which could only be found in fantasy land. These were our movie crushes.
To kick-off this new column celebrating our collective childhood movie crushes, I'm taking it back to the first onscreen boy that ever made my heart beat with (innocent!) romantic palpitations. (Check out Jessica Barnes' Michael Biehn post for a much more respectably nerdy first crush.) The year was 1992, his name was Michael Treanor, and he was one of the young stars of a major motion picture that had girls the world over swooning while simultaneously asking their parents to sign up for karate lessons: 3 Ninjas.
My Movie Crush: Samuel "Rocky" Douglass in 3 Ninjas (1992)
Played By: Michael Treanor
For those who've forgotten (or sadly, never knew) the joy of 3 Ninjas -- directed by Jon Turteltaub (While You Were Sleeping, National Treasure) -- here's the gist: A trio of young American boys (Michael Treanor, Max Elliott Slade, and Chad Power) learn martial arts and ninjitsu from their Japanese grandfather (Victor Wong), which comes in handy when an evil arms dealer threatens their family. They are given "ninja" names that reflect their personalities: The eldest (Treanor) is called Rocky, because he's strong and "cool as granite rock"; the middle child (Slade) is named Colt, because he's fast and free-spirited; and the littlest (Power) is called Tum-Tum, because he likes to eat. Plenty of PG-rated martial arts and family-friendly intrigue ensue, and three increasingly mediocre sequels follow (1994's 3 Ninjas Kick Back, 1995's 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up, and 1998's 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain).
In many ways, 3 Ninjas was the perfect puberty-inducing movie for fifth-grade me. It indulged both my tomboy interest in ninjas with my burgeoning interest in boys, a winning combination that would resurface years later in Sidekicks, starring Jonathan Brandis and Chuck Norris. Like Daniel-San, these kids looked the part while jumping in the air karate-chopping and roundhouse-kicking their way through armies of bad guys. Unlike the Karate Kid movies, 3 Ninjas never got too real for its younger demographic, so the idea of three young children fighting grown men while never getting hurt never seemed out of the realm of possibility. (It also taught us kids the secret to "lighting up" any villain, no matter how big and scary they are: kick 'em in the nuts!)
Within the world of 3 Ninjas, Michael Treanor's Rocky was a natural number one crush for many young girls. The quintessential idealistic leader, Rocky bore the burden of keeping his brothers in line and clashed often with the impetuous Colt, who was the Raphael to Rocky's Leonardo, the hot headed brother and de facto bad boy of the 3 Ninjas (naturally, this earned Colt his own fan base). You were either a Rocky girl or a Colt girl, and I chose Rocky. (It should be noted that in later sequels Max Elliott Slade turned into quite a looker and Michael Treanor left the series, at which point my allegiance changed.)
Treanor, 13-years-old when 3 Ninjas debuted, played Rocky with a fresh-scrubbed, clear-eyed honesty and one heckuva smile. It helped that cinematographer Richard Michelak shot his preteen actors in the dreamiest light possible (he also lensed White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II, AKA White Wolves: The One With Mark-Paul Gosselaar). And that Rocky protected his little brothers and never gave up, even when all seemed lost. When Colt wanted to karate chop the mean kids at school, who was the voice of reason who calmed him down? Rocky. When idiot surfer-kidnappers invaded the boys' house, who came up with the plan to take them down, Home Alone-style? Rocky did. Most of all, I loved Treanor because he rocked a dreamy, short on the sides/long in the front early '90s hairdo that stayed perfectly coiffed even when Rocky ninja-jumped ten feet into the air to dunk on a pair of bullies in a basketball game to win his girlfriend's bicycle back!
Which brings me to the bane of my eleven-year-old existence: Rocky's girlfriend, Emily.
Emily (played by Kate Sargeant) was a neighborhood girl and Rocky's love interest in the first 3 Ninjas film. She and Rocky exchanged coy smiles and constructed a tin can telephone between their houses so they could talk late at night. Emily rode her girly pink bicycle around town only to lose it to a couple of bullies, prompting the aforementioned plotline in which Rocky used his ninja skills to win her stolen bike back. She's also the reason the boys got kidnapped by a trio of bumbling surfer dudes. She was whiny and useless, and in my reductive fifth grade cattiness, I didn't like her face. So deep was my distaste for Rocky's undeserving love interest that the sound of Colt and Tum-Tum chanting "Rocky loves Em-ily, Rocky loves Em-ily" echoed throughout my nightmares. I hated Emily.
In hindsight, Emily's obvious unworthiness stemmed from my own disbelief that Rocky – beautiful, smart, and skilled in the ways of the ninja – would choose such a lump to make eyes at. It was clear to me that she was completely and unquestionably wrong for him, while I, on the other hand, would be an ideal match. For that matter, I felt similar rancor for the girly love interests in most movies with adolescent male protagonists; I related more to the heroes than the wimpy girls who won their hearts. To some degree, I wanted to simultaneously be the Rocky and to hold his hand, and I never for a second considered wussy, useless Emily to be my role model. Unfortunately for young girls in the '80s and '90s, there were a whole lot of Emilys in the movies. Where were the movies about young girl ninjas saving cute boys from neighborhood bullies?
Where Is He Now?
After filming the first 3 Ninjas movie and its sequel, 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up, Treanor fell off the face of the earth and never acted again. On the other hand, Kate Sargeant apparently went on to study film and acting and works in the entertainment industry, and I no longer hate her face.
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On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 14:20:07 +0200 (MEST)
Mikael Pettersson
> What I don't agree with is the logic itself:
> - You only catch altstack overflow caused by the kernel pushing
> a sigframe. You don't catch overflow caused by the user-space
> signal handler pushing its own stack frame after the sigframe.
> - SUSv3 specifies the effect of altstack overflow as "undefined".
> - The overflow problem can be solved in user-space: allocate the
> altstack with mmap(), then mprotect() the lowest page to prevent
> accesses to it. Any overflow into it, by the kernel's signal
> delivery code or by the user-space signal handler, will be caught.
> So this patch gets a NAK from me.
I can understand what you say, but a program which meets this problem
cannot be debugged ;(
gdb just shows infinit loop of function frames and origignal signal frame
which includes the most important information is overwritten.
Ah yes, user's sigaltstack setup is bad if this happens, but I can't ask
novice programmers to take care of "please verify the page next to
sigaltstack is not mapped or protected." such a thing is not written in man(2)
page of sigaltstack now.
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Christopher Ray Donald, 22, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd., with the Rev. Bob Miller, pastor of South Georgia Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Donald was born Sept. 26, 1981, in Amarillo, and graduated from Randall High School in 2000. He loved to work on sports cars and with computers.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Donald of Amarillo; three sisters, Sandra Jean Keeble of Reno, Nev., Deborah Lynn Heitz of Wichita, Kan., and Kathleen Suzanne Escobedo of Irving; a brother, Samuel William Donald Jr. of Stafford; and his grandmother, Olene Brown of McLean.
Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 15, 2003
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