...tend to be patriotic, waving the flag whenever possible. A Cancer's good memory is the basis for stories told around the dinner table, and don't be surprised if these folks get emotional about things. Those born under this sign wear their heart on their sleeve, which is just fine by them. The mascot of Cancer is the Crab, and much like this shelled little critter, Cancers are quick to retreat into their shells if it suits their mood. No wonder these folks are called crabby! For Cancer, it's not that big of a deal, though, since they consider this 'shell' a second home (and they do love home). The flip side of this hiding is that shell-bound Crabs are often quite moody. Further, in keeping with their difficulty in sharing their innermost feelings, it can become a Herculean task to pry a Crab out of its secret hiding place. What to do? Give the Crab time -- eventually these folks will come out to play again. When they do, they'll be the first to say so, in keeping with the Cardinal Quality attached to this sign. It's said that Crabs are first to laugh and first to cry, so you can bet they'll fill you in. That shell, by the way, isn't the only tough thing about Crabs. These folks are tenacious and strong-willed and like to get their...
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...While I was reading about Agroterrorism, I thought back to the old children's cartoon, Pinky and the Brain and it always starts the same with Pinky asking brain "what are we going to do tonight?" and Brain always replies, "Same thing we do every night, try to take over the world." Now, if in one of the episodes, Pinky and the Brain had attacked the agricultural infrastructure, they would have accomplished their goals of world domination. Agriculture in the United States is a trillion dollar industry as well as being a major player in the exporting of goods which amounted to 68 billion in 2006 alone.(Olson, Dean. 2012. Argoterrorism: Threats to America’s economy and food supply. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 81) This makes for a very appealing...
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... We are here to tell you about the stone crab and its merits as a food dish in your restaurant. The stone crab it's not only tasty and versatile, it is sustainable. Stone crabs can be bought per pound from Crosby seafood in Charleston. Averagely, whole stone crab prices stay around twelve-fifteen dollars per pound. Prices per pound of claws are much higher, and can be purchased at upwards of thirty or forty dollars. Phone Crosby's seafood at (843) 577-3531. According to Monterey Seafood Watch, (http://www.seafoodwatch.org/) stone crabs in the Atlantic are sustainable, and maintain a healthy population. The stone crab claws are the most sought after part. Described as, all meat, tender but still a little firm,...
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...Barbara Kingsolver focuses her lens on the natural world. The memoir Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is the author’s testament to the power of locally grown foods. In Prodigal Summer, the Appalachian wilderness is as much a character as are the human protagonists. In her essay “High Tide in Tucson,” she recognizes that as humans we are part of the animal kingdom and that we have a natural responsibility to connect to what is most basic about our nature in order to persevere. Characteristic of Kingsolver’s writing, she draws readers in with superb imagery. Before touching upon theme, she tells a story – one of a hermit crab that has taken an unlikely journey to the desert. Her character isn’t just an ordinary hermit crab but “an outlaw against nature” with “red stiletto legs splayed in all directions.” Her words “outlawed” and “splayed” emphasize the crab’s foreignness. The crab is a transplant in the desert, much as the author is. She says: “When I was twenty-two, I donned the shell of a tiny...
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...In the United States, the company is currently considered as one of the largest seafood businesses and the most renowned brand for crab products associated with the Maryland roots. Phillips Foods Inc. operates fourteen manufacturing sites in total: one is in Baltimore and the others are located overseas. The company consists of three business units: 1. Restaurant division including both eight full service restaurants in Baltimore and growing franchises of the East Coast. 2. Foodservice product unit mainly targeting to various restaurants and other foodservice institutions. 3. Retail products division making both direct and indirect sales to grocery stores and other retail food merchants. Its products include refrigerated crab meat, crab dip, frozen appetizers, frozen crab cakes, assorted frozen seafood, a line of frozen Asian-inspired products, and a line of seasonings and cocktail ad tartar sauces. King crab, “synonymous with the raw, rugged beauty of Alaska”, is one of the most important launches of the Phillips Foods Inc. Phillips’ latest innovation was pasteurization of king crab product with the same fresh quality. Phillips Foods Inc. is launching this product in two phases. In phase one they will target food service buyers and in the second phase it will be launched in two markets; food retailers and wholesale distributors. The King Crab product comes in different packaging – one design targeted to restaurant and institutional foodservice markets and one devised for...
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...Environmental Center is located just of A1A and Sheridan St; it’s a great way to escape the hectic world without the need of driving for extensive hours. The 1,400-acre coastal mangrove (up) is home to numerous plants and animals such as fiddler crabs, mangrove crabs and snapping shrimp. White ibis, great blue heron, yellow-crowned night herons, roseate spoonbills, ospreys and kingfishers hunt the shallow waters of West Lake. There is also an exhibit hall featuring a 3,500-gallon aquarium. Without a doubt this is one of the few places on which man has actually helped. Mangroves have been set aside to provide habitat for many creatures, Mangrove leaves, trunks and branches fall into the water and are transformed into detritus, which is the basis of an elaborate food chain. Mangroves provide protected habitat, breeding grounds and nursery areas to many terrestrial and marine animals. Mangroves also provide shoreline protection from wind, waves and floods and this would’ve been wiped out many years ago if it wasn’t thanks to man. Although I live in south Florida this was the first time I saw a crab EVER (previous page). And it wasn’t only one or a couple; once you were able to spot the first one then all of a sudden all you can see was a crab all over the place. I think the Anne Kolb Environmental Center provides a great home for many animals and unlike other environmental centers there is very few “human contact” with the environment, the only structures have been built is the “bridge”...
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...its wonderful oysters and steaks, Fezzo’s is always a favorite for many. The location attracts many tourists also. It is right by the I-10 West exit. Many people come from around the country to try Cajun cuisine, and Fezzo’s fixes that desire for many. Fezzo’s has wonderful food and service, but some of the prices are too expensive. One main reason people go is because of the wonderful food. Fezzo’s serves a variety of food. One of the things it is known for is of course their steaks. This steak is not like anyone one has have ever had before. It is very tender and juicy. The meat is so tender that one does not even need a knife to cut the steak. One could also order the wonderful crab cakes. These crab cakes are stuffed with real crab meat and sautéed onions and bell peppers. These delicious crab cakes will have your mouth melting for more. Fezzo’s also has a variety of salads such as, the chef salad, the grilled or fried shrimp salad, and the grilled or fried seafood salad which one can add the fresh crabmeat on top of the salad if you would like. One can also try their famous, homemade bread pudding. This mouth-drooling desert is loved by many people who come to the restaurant. This might just make you melt with how hot and this desert is. The delicious food is not always what people keep coming back for. A lot of people come for the wonderful service. The waiters and waitresses always have a smile on their face. They always seem to enjoy their jobs. The wait staff is very...
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...A crab meat processing company is located in a small town on the eastern shore of Maryland is a family business that supplies crabmeat to various restaurants in the city. The business is headed by John Smith, the president and the stockholder of the company. He has primary responsibility of receiving orders from customers and overseeing the crabmeat production process. Aside from those, he also takes charge of opening mails, signingams and inputting them into General Ledger program. At the end of the month, she analyzes the company’s trial balance and open balances in accounts payable and accounts receivable. Tommy Smith, the son of John and Susan, is the company’s shipping manager. Aside from handling shipping activities, he helps John is overseeing the production of crabmeat. The company also hires and office worker, Debbie Jones. Her parents have been friends with Smiths for more than ten years. She began working for the company 6 months before the theft and upon graduation from high school, she began working full time. As an office worker, Debbie is mainly responsible for billing customers by entering sales data into accounts receivable program and recording the receipt of cash and checks which she also enters in the same program. She shares a lot of responsibilities with Susan such as preparing bank deposit Whodunit? Causal Analysis for Counterexamples - Electrical ... www.ece.vt.edu/chaowang/.../Wang06Whodunit.p... Hubara kining panira A whodunit, for “who done...
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...Deep in the canyons of Studio 5 several weeks ago, the cast of ABC’s hit series “Modern Family” was busy filming an episode. As crew members huddled around the monitors, Cam, the portly, gay Mr. Dad portrayed by Eric Stonestreet, learned some bad news. His partner, Mitchell, had failed to mail out invitations to a fund-raiser in their home that night. Cam had ordered the crab cakes and rented the harps, but he had no guests. “Get me Mitchell!” Cam shouted to his nephew, Luke. What followed was a high-tech version of “Who’s on First?” Luke doesn’t know Mitchell’s number. Cam grabs the phone and presses speed dial. Mitchell lets the call go to voice mail. Luke doesn’t know how to press redial. Cam snatches the receiver and gets twisted in his headset. We’ve had five back-and-forths in 10 seconds and still nobody has managed to communicate. Shakespeare used mistaken identities to flummox his lovers. “Modern Family” uses dropped Skype connections. In the last two years, “Modern Family” has ridden timely premises like this to surging viewership and six Emmys, including outstanding comedy series. In a rare concurrence, the darling of the critics is one of the highest rated comedies on television, and is the 20th rated show over all this season. This unusual success for a family comedy raises questions: What aspects of contemporary life has it tapped into? What does “Modern Family” say about modern families? From the beginning, the creators Steve Levitan and Christopher...
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...Professor Williams English 1113 24 September 2014 Friday Night Crab Legs As we walk into the Island View casino, I immediately feel excited with all the action. Slot machines are ringing and buzzing all around me. As far as the eye can see, people are enjoying their wins and cursing their losses. I am not a big gambler, but who can resist all the lights flashing and sounds filling your ears. “Just $20.00,” I say as I grab for my wallet. I carefully and strategically choose a machine that catches my eye, and calls my name. I can feel the adrenaline and anticipation as I sit down. Wow, this is amazing; the Sun and Moon machine is my favorite. I greet an older woman sitting in the next seat; she smells of Skin So Soft, cigarettes, and bourbon. Her name is Ms. Jean, and she is a very sweet woman. Ms. Jean has a ring full of diamonds on every finger. I watch the points on my machine go up and down, just like my emotions when I win a little and then lose it again. Tonight is not my night. I am ready to eat; that is in fact, what I came here to do. Crab legs, oh yeah, the mouth-watering and juicy crab legs. As always, there is a line, so we wait and people watch. Young, old, short, and tall, all types of people come for the Friday night crab legs. As we wait, there is chitter-chatter filling the air. I see servers scurry from table to table with drinks and wet wipes. Patrons have plates overflowing with crab and shrimp, and I can already taste and smell the boiling seafood....
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...Imagine a place where you can sit on the beach as the waves roll in; the smell of the sea and fresh fish cooking in the distance at a nearby restaurant. A place where you can experience a thrill of blasting over the sand dunes at high speeds in a buggy, visit aquariums, and see wildlife up close. Imagine a place of relaxation, watching the whales migrate across the ocean. A place like this can only be one of a kind, the Oregon coast. The Oregon coast would be a great place to spend a vacation, it’s inexpensive and relaxing. So how much would it cost to go to the Oregon coast? What kinds of attractions would one be able to see? Is there stuff for the kids to do as well as adults? What kind of food do you get to eat when you go to the cost? These are all great questions that you ask yourself before planning a trip anywhere. When planning a trip you will want to figure out what the area has to offer. This will give you a sense of where you what to go and when. I enjoy the thrill of adventure and enjoy traveling to places. I have never been to the Oregon coast, so I decided to plan a trip there and find out what attractions they have to offer me. By googling “the Oregon Coast” the first website that I came across was the “Oregon Coast Visitors Association” link (Oregon Coast Visitors Association, 2008). This website’s home page displayed a slide show of pictures of the coast and a map that you are able to click on different areas to find out more information. I clicked...
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...a crucial source of food to larger, more familiar aquatic organisms such as fish and whales. The common jellyfish feeds by collecting medusa, plankton and mollusks with its mucus bell nematocyst-laden tentacles and bringing the prey into its body for digestion. They are found throughout most of the world’s oceans. They do not have respiratory parts such as gills, lungs, or trachea. It is a small organism, so it respires by diffusing oxygen from water though the thin membrane covering its body. It is probably rare for these to live more than about six months in the wild. The hermit crab species have long, spirally curved abdomens, which are soft. The abdomen is protected from predators by a salvaged empty seashell carries by the hermit crab, into which its whole body can retract. As the crab grows in size, it has to find a larger shell and abandon the previous one. If the hermit crab cannot find a well-fitting shell, it will most likely be eaten. Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea. They are marine animals with leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad. Sea cucumbers are scavengers found on the sea floor worldwide. They all have an endoskeleton just below the skin. They catch collagen that forms their body wall. This can be loosed and tightened at will, and if the animal wants to squeeze through a small gap, it can...
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...Subject: Audience Analysis for How to Eat Maryland Blue Crabs The purpose of this memo is to describe and analyze the primary, secondary and tertiary audience for the “Maryland Blue Crabs-How to Pick ‘Em and Eat ‘Em” instruction manual. Summary: The target audience for the instruction manual will be categorized in three groups; primary, secondary and tertiary. The primary audience is intended to be people who have never “picked” or eaten a Maryland Blue Crab. The secondary audience consists of people that may be familiar with eating crabs but are only interested in the technique being taught. The tertiary audience would consist of people whom are not necessarily looking to pick up the manual and eat crabs but may look at the manual simply in passing. Primary Audience: This audience will be individuals who are new to or visiting Maryland that has an interest in eating this Chesapeake Bay delicacy. Tourists, new Maryland residents or other individuals from the area that have a newly developed interest in crabs are grouped in this category. Tourists are individuals who are not from this area and are likely to be visiting or passing through Maryland. New residents are also part of the prime audience along with current residents of Maryland both who have decided to enjoy what is such a big tradition of the state. With Maryland designating the blue crab as the State Crustation, when individuals visit, “picking crabs” is on the top of the list for “things to do”. The...
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...Ÿ It had been the best year ever for oysters, however many of the tongers and dredgers hadn’t gone far enough up the bay for the winter, as they usually did for the last ten years. Ÿ Early spring the time all watermen dreamed of a great season to come. Ÿ Captain grant the watermen the author went out with said,“ don’t mind going out in this weather, catching some crabs.”(pg.264) Ÿ Part way through the season he brought his boat home, like a number of the other watermen who found better conditions in Tangier Sound. Ÿ The price for oysters had remained around five dollars a bushel. Ÿ Captain Grant was talking about how he wanted a better and easier life for his boys, “bricklaying that’s a good start, easy enough to learn, the pay is good and you don’t need a whole lot of equipment.” Sometimes he thought about it himself, to tell the truth. “ But here I am out on the water again, if we just caught one or two, be alright.”(pg.266) Ÿ As far as anybody could tell, the early season was not going very well. Early year more and more crabbers were working late into autumn, and Grant figured that had to mean the old crabs would be scarce the following springs. Ÿ Bait was sky high at $5 three quarter of a bushel, and the diesel fuel had climbed to over forty cents a gallon. Ÿ Chesapeake watermen are excellent mechanics, but they...
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...Crab Migrations Many species, including crabs, undergo long-distance migrations in order to release offspring in areas favorable for proper early development. The risks associated with migrating can be costly, including acquiring and allocating energy for both migration and oogenesis (egg development) and increased predatory risk. Two of the most spectacular migrations of crabs are blue crab migration at Chesapeake Bay and red crab migration Chrismas Island. However, blue and red crabs choose different strategies (e.g. timing, route, mechanisms) in order to successfully complete migration and maximize survival of offspring. At Chesapeake Bay, blue crab mating typically occurs from May to October in lower salinity areas of the Chesapeake Bay. After mating, males remain in these lower salinity areas. However, because blue crab larvae require high salinities for proper development, females will begin moving south to the spawning grounds near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and near-shore coastal areas. Periods of peak spawning (larval release) along the Mid-Atlantic Bight have typically been documented from late July through August. After spawning, many females use flood tides to return to the lower estuary, where they may produce subsequent broods, but do not move back into lower salinity zones. Some mature females may also move into near-shore and offshore coastal waters after spawning. The Chesapeake Bay is a large estuary and for many crabs the distance between mating areas...
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