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Supporters said it was necessary to keep the city from cutting back on officers and services during tough fiscal times. Opponents thought there were better ways to get the needed funds than seeking a tax hike.
Frank Pietro, Atwater police chief and interim city manager, said that by September the city should begin seeing the first allotments from the projected annual $1.3 million the measure is expected to generate.
Pietro hopes the money also will put three or four more officers on the street by January or February. He pointed out the department's already down 10 officers.
If the tax hadn't passed, Pietro said, it would have greatly affected Atwater's quality of life, in terms of being able to adequately provide public safety services. "I am extremely happy that the city of Atwater supported (Measure H). Even though it just passed by a small amount, it still passed," he said.
The California State Board of Equalization released a notice last week reminding businesses and consumers about the new tax. According to the board notice, retailers generally must apply Atwater's new tax rate if they operate outside the city, but are engaged in business there and sell merchandise for use in the city.
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Pre-packaged or frozen...may as well stay home – This chain has degraded from once "homemade" food to cheap packaged gravies and frozen, cheap food that you may as well make at home. The steaks are still good (but getting smaller it seems). I guess you get what you pay for.
Service is decent, but nothing special. They need to learn how to carry plates and glasses without sticking their fingers in the "food" area.
it's so so – there are several locations in the valley. the service is all about the same at each of them - average. i think a prerequisite of being a server is having a 'doo whackadoo' hair style. when ordering the steak and eggs breakfast the steak is always cooked to death. order it rare and you have a ghost of a chance it being edible. they don't have low-cholestrol eggs products. interesting clientele to say the least. i had the fish and chips here once and it was actually pretty good. the fish part was cooked from frozen but that was to be expected and is actually preferred in most restaurants in utah.
We like Jim's pancakes a lot better than... – The best review that I can give comes from the words of my kids..."We like Jim's pancakes a lot better than [insert the name of a large international pancake maker]! The service is great, and always prompt. Food is good and there's always plenty of it.
Pancakes as big as soccer balls but bland! – We went to Jim's family restaurant on December 4 2005. I had the pancakes and my parents had the breakfast specials. The food was not expensive and there was a lot of it but it was very bland. The food had no taste. It was like food you would get in a rest home where there is very little salt or other things in the food which may be harmful to the senior citizens. If you want a lot of food with no taste at a great price jim's is for you. BLAND! BLAND! BLAND! YUK!
No thanks! – A big no thank you to Jim's. Yes, Jim's is a franchise and yes, the food is cheap in every sense of the word. I don't like being served by wizened bar fly types who lean on the table and tell you their life's story in all the gory detail nor do I like to eat the cheapest food imaginable.
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this is the place – jim is like an uncle to me and i love his restraunts me and my family has been going there since i was little! i love jim's and i recommend it to EVERYONE!!!
Good (and cheap) coffee-shop grub, with some Greek specialties thrown in. – The Scene
Your typical Denny's-style coffee shop. Ask to sit out front by the window--the back room is a little claustrophobic. On weekend mornings, most of the patrons look like they just straggled out of bed: it's that casual.
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Don't think you're going to get fancy here--this is good, honest food at terrific prices. Breakfast is the star and it's served all the time. The Greek Omelete (ham, onion, tomatoes, cheddar and feta) and Jim's Breakfast (cheese-covered home fries, two meats--sausage, bacon or ham--three eggs and toast or pancakes) are guilty-pleasure gut-busters. Lunch and dinner aren't for the calorie-conscious, either. All the big entrees come with soup and salad, along with either potatoes or spaghetti. Go for something Greek (either pork or chicken souvlaki) or the diner stand-by--country-fried steak.
Good food and it's not a franchise! – I've been going to Jim's at lunchtime for years. The food is reasonaby priced. Service is prompt...the food is consistently good....and the wait staff is always friendly...even the cashiers! Ask for Rula....she's our favorite server!
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WIMBLEDON, England — Andy Murray didn't lose a set in the first four rounds here, playing up to his No. 2 seeding and the legacy of Fred Perry, the last British man to win the Wimbledon men's singles title. But as the light faded on Centre Court on Wednesday and a nation's sports fans held their collective breath, Murray found himself fighting to stay in the tournament.
Beset by a barrage of strong serves and aggressive play by unseeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, Murray lost the first two sets before a fretful crowd. Verdasco, a left-hander ranked 54th in the world, never let Murray establish a comfortable rhythm.
"It was a tough situation," Murray said. "The second set was a bad set of tennis for me. I was up, 3-1, and then made some bad mistakes, poor choices on the court."
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Murray lost that set but retrenched in the third after resolving to be more patient. "I just managed to turn it 'round," he said, the understatement of the fortnight after a 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 comeback launched him into the semifinals Friday.
He will face No. 24 Jerzy Janowicz of Poland, who became that country's first Grand Slam men's semifinalist by defeating compatriot Lukasz Kubot, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4. "Right now, I'm the most happy person in the world," said Janowicz, who cried and embraced Kubot at the net before exchanging shirts with him.
"This is really big thing for me. This is what I was waiting for. This is what I was dreaming about."
There was little drama in top-seeded Novak Djokovic's 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-3 victory over No. 7 Tomas Berdych, which sent the supple Serb to his 13th consecutive Grand Slam semifinal appearance. The other quarterfinal produced the tournament's daily upset as Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina earned his first Wimbledon semifinal berth and a matchup against Djokovic, whom he defeated in the bronze-medal match a year ago at the London Olympics.
Del Potro, the No. 8 seed here, had hyperextended his knee last week and fell spectacularly during the first game Wednesday against No. 4 David Ferrer of Spain. After treatment that included what he jokingly called "magic pills" — anti-inflammatory medication — Del Potro won two service breaks in the first set and pounded out an emotional 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory over Ferrer, also in pain from a previous ankle injury.
"I just started the match and many things come to my mind, many bad things," Del Potro said. "But I try to be positive and play unbelievable tennis. I was lucky because I did everything good."
Merely "good" won't be sufficient against 2011 Wimbledon winner Djokovic, who was down two breaks and 3-0 in the second set Wednesday before he broke back in the fourth, sixth and final games to maintain his streak of not losing a set in this tournament.
"I will need to be 100% or 110% against him," Del Potro said. "He's the No. 1. He's a former champion here. …But if I'm OK, if I do everything good to be ready for my next match, I will be excited to play against him."
Djokovic, grunting softly on almost every point, fired 16 aces in defeating Berdych for the 14th time in 16 meetings. Berdych won their previous meeting on grass, in the 2010 Wimbledon semifinals.
Djokovic had plenty of good things to say about Del Potro.
"He struggled with injuries in the last few years, but every time he comes back, he comes back very strong because he just has this talent, and qualities as a player," Djokovic said. "He's very tall, so he uses that serve as a powerful weapon. And of course [his] forehand, that is his signature shot.
"It's semifinals, so everything is open, on the table, and we both want to win."
Murray said it took him time to adjust to Verdasco's serve and ability to dictate points with his forehand.
"The more times you're in those positions and the more times you can come back," Murray said, "you understand the way you need to think and the way you need to sort of negotiate your way through the last few sets. I did a good job with that.
"Sometimes it can be easy to get back to two sets all. The fifth set, the final set, often the guy who won the first two comes back and wins that one. It's normally the toughest set of the three to win.
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Washington mother talks about how only marriage can protect her daughter's family
Postedon Sep 24, 2012 at 02:45 pm
On Friday, Washington United for Marriage, the coalition working to uphold the freedom to marry in the state, began airing its second television advertisement to tell voters in the state why marriage matters to same-sex couples.
VIDEOS: Why marriage matters in Maine, Minnesota, and Washington
Postedon Sep 21, 2012 at 04:30 pm
People across Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington state are having conversations about why marriage matters, inspired by the courageous personal stories featured in a groundbreaking set of new educational broadcast ads.
200 leaders representing communities of color endorse marriage in Washington
Postedon Sep 20, 2012 at 12:33 pm
This week, Washington United for Marriage, the broad coalition of organizations and advocates working to uphold the freedom to marry in Washington, announced that nearly 200 organizations and leaders representing communities of color in the state are voicing their fervent support for marriage for same-sex couples.
Expedia supports the freedom to marry in Washington
Postedon Sep 04, 2012 at 02:00 pm
Today, travel company Expedia announced their support for Washington's Referendum 74, the ballot measure to uphold the freedom to marry throughout the state. They're now the latest of dozens of businesses to speak out in support of the state's marriage law.
Unions and labor activists support the freedom to marry in Washington state
Postedon Aug 30, 2012 at 04:45 pm
This week, Washington United for Marriage, the coalition working to uphold the freedom to marry at the ballot in Washington state, celebrated Unions Week by heralding the essential support that Referendum 74 has received from unions and labor organizations.
Small businesses in Washington stand up for the freedom to marry
Postedon Aug 23, 2012 at 12:15 pm
This week, Washington United for Marriage announced that 327 small businesses from across the state are standing up in support of marriage for same-sex couples - and that its new Small Business Captain program, would help to engage them to work toward a big November victory.
T-Mobile endorses Referendum 74 in Washington State
Postedon Aug 20, 2012 at 03:00 pm
On Monday, T-Mobile became the latest major business to officially endorse the freedom to marry and call for the passage of Referendum 74 in Washington State.
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Postedon Aug 15, 2012 at 01:34 pm
Donate to Washington United for Marriage between now and August 31st and Freedom to Marry will double your donation, up to $500,000.
'Win More States Fund' reaches $3 million goal for investment in state campaigns
Postedon Aug 13, 2012 at 09:30 am
This week, Freedom to Marry matched its initial 2012 goal of raising and investing $3 million in three battleground states where marriage will appear on the ballot in November. The organization will continue working to raise funds for these campaigns, which need more than $10 million in order to secure wins.
Why marriage matters for Rev. Gib Rossing, his wife Beth, and their son Jonathan
Postedon Aug 07, 2012 at 11:00 am
Why Marriage Matters Washington, a project from the Pride Foundation and Freedom to Marry, released their second video in their public information campaign focused on heightening support for the freedom to marry in Washington state. The new ad features a reverend and his wife talking about why they want their son, Jonathan, to be able to marry his long-term partner Ryan.


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BOSTON, Feb. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Global Tablet shipments reached 227 million units in 2013, meaning the Tablet platform out-shipped the Mobile PC for the first time ever.
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In the latest research from Strategy Analytics Tablet & Touchscreen Strategies (TTS) service, global Tablet sales reached 227 million units in 2013(1). Strategy Analytics estimates global Mobile PC shipments reached 182 million (2) for the same period, meaning that in 2013 the Tablet platform overtook the Mobile PC in global shipment volume.
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Peter King, Director of Tablets at Strategy Analytics, said "The global Tablet market experienced another high-growth year in 2013, with shipments up 33 percent. Tablets continue to resonate with consumers through their ease of use, convenience, and increasing versatility."
Eric Smith, Analyst - Connected Home Devices (CHD) at Strategy Analytics, said "The Mobile PC continues to face strong competition from the Tablet, but new form factors such as 2-in-1s are a clear sign of fight back from the PC industry."
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Thanks to the generosity of the Reach for the Stars campaign donors, you can experience the all-new Carr-Fles Planetarium, West Michigan's only free planetarium, on the Muskegon Community College campus.
- Features: State-of-the-art digital projection, sound and lighting systems. An all-new library of shows. Modern theater seating. New domed ceiling.
- Admission: Free and open to the public.
- Showtimes: 7 p.m.
- When: Tuesdays and Thursdays, September through June
- Location: Room 135, Muskegon Community College, 221 S. Quarterline Rd., Muskegon, MI
- Parking: Free
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2013-14 Planetarium Shows
IBEX: The Interstellar Boundary Mission
August 27 - October 31, 2013
This planetarium sky show explores the exciting IBEX space mission which seeks to answer the question where does the solar system end and interstellar space begin. This is an ongoing mission with new results every day. This visually impressive program reviews are knowledge of our place in the universe before IBEX, the mission objectives, and some preliminary results. The sky show will be followed by a brief tour of the night sky.
This is a 40-minute presentation.
Christmas Show: Mystery of the Christmas Star
November 5 – December 12, 2013
Anyone who has read the Bible has learned of the glory and the wonder of the "Star" that declared the birth of Jesus Christ. Yet, it seems few people of that time, including King Herod's court astronomers, were aware of the star's appearance. What was the "Star" referred to in scripture? "Mystery of the Christmas Star" investigates possible dates for the sighting of the "Star," and looks at significant astronomical events visible in the sky in those time frames. See which of the "sky signs" was remarkable enough to have caused the Wise Men to travel over 600 miles through the desert from Babylon to Bethlehem. The program will be followed by a brief tour of the current night sky, using the planetarium.
This is a 35-minute presentation.
January 14 – February 20, and March 4 - April 10, 2014
This impressive sky show takes the planetarium visitor on a tour of past and present super volcanoes on Earth which have changed the course of Earth's history or will impact the future. The program leaves the Earth and explores some of the super volcanoes found elsewhere in the solar system. This program will be followed by a brief tour of the night sky.
This is a 40-minute presentation.
Two Small Pieces of Glass
April 15 – April 24, and May 13 - June 12, 2014
This sky show explores the amazing telescope, from its historical origin, to the great initial discoveries with its use, to the Hubble Space telescope and other latest ventures. During its 400 year history, the telescope has allowed us to quite literally discover the universe. This program will be followed by a brief tour of the night sky.
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A record-setting typhoon has slammed into the Philippines with winds nearly 190 mph, sending people running for their lives.
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Typhoon Haiyan, a category-five storm, reportedly brought waves as high as 19 feet. Trees have been uprooted. And more than 750,000 residents have been forced from their homes.
On Friday, FOX 29's Shawnette Wilson stopped by Olde St. Augustine Church in Old City Philadelphia, where they have a large number of Pilipino parishioners.
A church leader said during last Sunday's service they started taking up a collection for members who have family in the Philippines. The video coming in from there illustrates just how difficult a recovery that will be.
Aerial images show why Haiyan is being called the strongest typhoon on record to make landfall. Flooding is so severe that neighborhoods look like the oceans as everything washes away.
Winds up to 190 mph hurled debris from the ground to the air. Trees are down everywhere, even on top of cars, halting relief efforts.
Video from the Philipines shows damaging winds blowing out windows in homes and buildings, which is the reason many people moved to safer ground in shelters ahead of the storm.
Others tried but failed to secure their homes.
Power lines are destroyed and phone lines remain down.
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Cubed yams and sliced onions are tossed in olive oil and cumin and baked for a delicious side dish.
Submitted by KATEYLOU
Carbs: 31.9g | Fat: 7.1g | Fiber: 4.8g | Protein: 2.1g | Calories: 195.5
Very Good 4.1/5
(30 ratings)
Vegetarian Indian Dish
Submitted by NEWSTAMPINADDIC
Carbs: 24.8g | Fat: 4.3g | Fiber: 6.9g | Protein: 4.9g | Calories: 148.5
Very Good 4.3/5
(26 ratings)
Indian spices add zest to this traditional vegetarian dish.
Submitted by LOTUS737
Carbs: 22g | Fat: 4.7g | Fiber: 6.9g | Protein: 6.6g | Calories: 159.4
(Classic lamb curry called as Rogan Josh, easy to make and healthy low fat dish)
Submitted by PSDAHRI
Carbs: 11.7g | Fat: 14.4g | Fiber: 2.4g | Protein: 28.2g | Calories: 290.3
Very Good 4.7/5
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Delicious and slightly spicy beef curry with a definite coconut flavor. This easy recipe is the perfect use of a crock pot!
Submitted by POLARG
Carbs: 8.2g | Fat: 13.4g | Fiber: 1.2g | Protein: 25.7g | Calories: 253.2
Very Good 4.5/5
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Submitted by KIERAE
Carbs: 10.3g | Fat: 15.6g | Fiber: 1.5g | Protein: 18.5g | Calories: 251.3
Very Good 4.0/5
(1 rating)
Slight variation of Indian dish recipe found here on Spark.
Submitted by KINI08
Carbs: 24.7g | Fat: 22.3g | Fiber: 8.1g | Protein: 25.2g | Calories: 394.4
Good 3.0/5
(2 ratings)
You can prepare this recipe with pork or beef; adjust the seasonings to taste (cooking times remain the same).
Submitted by KIERAE
Carbs: 6.4g | Fat: 17.6g | Fiber: 1.4g | Protein: 31.5g | Calories: 314.4
Very Good 4.7/5
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This recipe is a modified Keema, or ground meat casserole dish, with extra garam masala and other ingredients, especially spices, added. Don't add more spices! AFTER you've eaten your first serving, you'll have a good idea of the heat level of the spices already in this keema.
Submitted by HEALTHYNOW4ME
Carbs: 21g | Fat: 17.8g | Fiber: 2.6g | Protein: 19.1g | Calories: 319.4
Slow cookers aren't just for meat! This is a tasty, affordable one-pot vegetarian meal that's filling and perfect for your slow cooker.
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 30.5g | Fat: 3.8g | Fiber: 8.2g | Protein: 7g | Calories: 183.6
Very Good 4.6/5
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Carbs: 53.9g | Fat: 2.4g | Fiber: 4.8g | Protein: 8.4g | Calories: 271.6
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Well, Makhani apparently means butter. But this has no butter. It's very low cal and tasty though. Found this on recipezaar - recipe by Charishma Ramchandani. Wanted to share here because it's so healthy!
Submitted by SNARFULA
Carbs: 26.4g | Fat: 4.1g | Fiber: 7.3g | Protein: 6.8g | Calories: 158.3
This is a delicious and easy Pakistani recipe
Submitted by QUILTBUGJ
Carbs: 12g | Fat: 7g | Fiber: 2.7g | Protein: 22.5g | Calories: 199.2
Very Good 4.0/5
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Found here: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Spicy-Beef-Curry-Stew-for-the-Slow-Cooker/Detail.aspx Slightly edited to remove some calories / fat and be a little more convenient.
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I have just bought my laptop system last week, and flash player is already reloaded in my win 7 system.
but i was having problems while visiting certain websites, IE indicate that i did not have a flash player, but when i follow IE's suggested step to install flash player, it will shows that the system already have the flash player. this same problem happen the same in Firefox as well!!! i have been trying to uninstall and reinstall for the pass few days, but the problem still there!!
Please advise!!!!!
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Close all browser windows and run the uninstaller
Restart Windows
Delete all remaining files and folders located in the following directories. (tip: copy and paste these paths into the path bar in a Windows Explorer window)
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Sunday May 19, 2013 at 2:00pm
Downtown Indianapolis Canal
Its time to lace up your sneakers and collect pledges from friends, neighbors and family members, and come on down to the Downtown Indianapolis Canal to participate in the 2013 Walking for Dreams event on Sunday, May 19, 2013 with Step Off at 2:00 p.m.. NAMI Indianapolis is again one of several charities who are benefiting from this highly successful event! Joining us again this year are our friends from NAMI Kokomo and NAMI Delaware County!
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Enrique Wilson is not one of those hitters. In fact, Wilson looks forward to the opportunity to
face the Red Sox ace, who will take the mound on Saturday in Game 3 of the American
League Championship Series.
"I wouldn't say that," said Wilson, flashing a quick smile at the thought. "He's the best pitcher
in the game and I have a lot of respect for him. He plays hard and he likes to win."
Wilson, who has not played in any of the Yankees' six postseason games, will start at third
base in place of Aaron Boone. The decision was a no-brainer for Torre, as Wilson is 7-for-8
with four doubles and a walk against Martinez this season.
"You don't ask questions like that," Torre said when asked why Wilson has had such success
against Martinez. "I don't have a reason for it. My past experience as a player, there are just
certain pitchers that, for some reason, when it comes out of your hand, you can read it. I'm
certainly happy that we have Enrique and he seems to enjoy playing against him."
"There's no secret. It just happens," Wilson said. "I don't overswing, I just try to make contact.
I've been like that my whole career."
"With a lineup this deep, you can overlook a guy sometimes," said Roger Clemens, who will
start against Martinez in Game 3. "They can lay in the weeds real quiet and come up in
certain situations to hurt you. Over the years I've had guys that were just tough outs for me,
guys that are either good situational hitters or just good contact hitters that you are not going
to strike out and you just have to approach it that way."
According to Wilson, there is no other pitcher in the game that he feels as comfortable against.
That's very odd, considering that seven Yankees regulars have averages lower than .250
against the right-hander.
"There's always situations like that in baseball, where guys own certain pitchers," said Derek
Jeter, whose career average against Martinez is .239. "That's just how this game goes."
"I'm sure if you look up every great pitcher in this game, I'm sure there's one guy that wears
him out," said Jason Giambi, who is just 7-for-39 (.179) against Pedro. "It becomes mental
after a while, like, 'Oh man, this guy again?' The hitter, on the other hand, feels invincible."
"Teach me," Matsui said in English. "Teach me how to hit Pedro."
Wilson laughed, saying once again that he doesn't have any secret formula for solving
"I just tell them to be aggressive, try to put the ball in play and don't overswing," Wilson said.
"That's my advice."
In their last meeting, Martinez beat the Yankees, 9-3. As he eased his way through the
Yankees' lineup, the one batter he couldn't solve was Wilson, who doubled in both of his
at-bats. After the second double, Martinez couldn't help but to laugh.
"The last outing was comical," Torre said. "Everything Pedro threw up there, it got to the point
where Pedro was smiling and tipped his hat."
Will Wilson continue his recent string of success on Saturday? It's hard to tell, but he's
certainly excited about getting the opportunity.
"I like facing a guy like Pedro," Wilson said. "It makes me more aggressive at the plate, makes
me do better because I know it's going to be tough to do well against him. He's so good."
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NEWTOWN — Steve George had used that whiteboard to diagram his plays. He had used it to draw X's and O's to score on Oxford. He had used it to draws X's and O's to defend against Masuk.
He never dreamed he would use that whiteboard in his classroom to address the president of the United States.
George thought he knew disappointment the night of Nov. 28 when Norwich Free Academy came into Blue and Gold Stadium and hammered his previously unbeaten Newtown football team 63-21 in the state Class LL playoffs.
"We had to face a lot of adversity in the last couple weeks, losing [injured senior two-way star] Dan Hebert," George told reporters after the game. "But it's a special group of kids."
If he only knew what adversity would lie ahead for his town …
George got a phone call from the high school on Dec. 15, a day after the unimaginable happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The Secret Service had arrived, and he was needed to clear some cars his technology class had been working on from the school parking lot.
After removing the cars, George went into his classroom that Saturday. Desks had been removed. Cable had been brought in, AT&T was setting up phone lines.
"We kind of put two and two together," George said.
His classroom would be a staging area the following night for President Barack Obama's speech to the nation during the interfaith vigil for 26 innocent victims. In that classroom, amid the grief and all the confusion, George and fellow teacher Bobby Pattison decided to leave a simple message on that whiteboard.
"Dear President Obama, the Newtown community is so thankful that you are coming to help us heal. In times of adversity it is reassuring to know that we have a strong leader to help us recover."
George signed it. Pattison signed. And there their words stood in a room that doubles as George's football team meeting room. The words stood there among pictures of the Nighthawks' season, stood on the whiteboard next to a test where one of his technology students had scored a 100. George likes to do that. He hangs excellence on the whiteboard to set an example for his students.
Sure, Steve George and Bobby Pattison hoped the president would see their message. They didn't expect a reply.
Obama would deliver a powerful yet caring and compassionate message that Sunday night, telling Newtown, "You are not alone." Yet he also told a nation, as the audience inside Newtown High School wept, we must do better in protecting our children from harm. He closed by reading the first names of the 26 victims at the school and said, "God has called them all home. For those of us who remain, let us find the strength to carry on and make our country worthy of their memory."
There are little memories among great tragedies, too, that can be long remembered. There are little moments that can carry a lasting and symbolic message. Obama would leave one of those, too. Yes, Steve George and Bobby Pattison hoped the president would see their message. They never expected this.
"You're in our thoughts and prayers," Obama wrote on that whiteboard. The president signed it, with that big, round O. That whiteboard had seen O's like that to scheme against Masuk, but never one that ended in "bama." For good measure, the president did the darnedest thing. He signed that perfect test paper, too — he recognized that example of Newtown excellence.
"In a tough, tough time," George said, "it put a little smile on your face."
The Secret Service had blocked off his section of the high school, so George wasn't the first person to see the message. Principal Charles Dumais sent George a picture. George tweeted it. From that tweet, newspaper stories and Internet stories of that whiteboard message spread. The little shared moment on that whiteboard made a lot of people smile in a tough, tough time.
"I was at the vigil when he spoke," George said. "Yes, he's the president, but as a speaker I heard a caring father who wanted to console the people in Newtown, who acknowledged our suffering and pain. Yet he said it in a way you would you say to your kids or to one of your friends when something terrible happened to them. There was genuine care.
"And that's what I saw in his message, too. It wasn't a superior speaking to an inferior. It was more of equal thing, like a dad talking to another dad. 'I understand what you guys are going through.' He has young kids. I have young kids. It's all I have been able to think about when I go home and pick mine up at school. I think that's what all of us parents feel."
George would send another tweet two days later, and that photo, too, would find its way to various television outlets. It was a photo of a Victor Cruz visiting with the family of Jack Pinto. The first-grader had been a big Giants fan, a big Cruz fan, and Jack would be buried in a Cruz jersey. The Giants wide receiver paid tribute to Jack last week by writing "My Hero" on his cleats. The care and respect Cruz would show will not be soon forgotten in Connecticut. Given his tweet, I figured George had been there when Cruz visited one day after Jack's funeral. I figured wrong.


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Bullish traders are piling into Forest Oil as the stock tries to bounce at its July lows.
OptionMonster's trade scanners yesterday detected heavy buying in the December 8 calls, which totaled more than 4,200 contracts compared with previous open interest of just 105. Almost all the trades priced for $0.10.
Those buyers locked in an $8 entry price in the oil stock for the next 4 1/2 weeks. The calls stand to generate big leverage if the shares rally, but will expire worthless if the stock doesn't move.
Forest Oil shares fell 1.19 percent to $6.62 yesterday, but came off its lows as the calls hit. Last week, the shares held the same $6 level where they bottomed over the summer, which could be leading some traders to believe that the stock is ready to rebound.
Total option volume was 9 times greater than average in the session, with calls outnumbering puts by more than 7 to 1.
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Grist Responds to The Economist
About a month ago, The Economist published an article that essentially read "People who believe in Organic Foods, Fair trade Practices and the Local Food Movements are stupidheads". In their article, they take several swipes at the ideas of 'Ethical Shopping', including citing Norman Bourlaug -
Perhaps the most eminent critic of organic farming is Norman Borlaug, the father of the "green revolutionˮ, winner of the Nobel peace prize and an outspoken advocate of the use of synthetic fertilisers to increase crop yields. He claims the idea that organic farming is better for the environment is "ridiculousˮ because organic farming produces lower yields and therefore requires more land under cultivation to produce the same amount of food. Thanks to synthetic fertilisers, Mr Borlaug points out, global cereal production tripled between 1950 and 2000, but the amount of land used increased by only 10%. Using traditional techniques such as crop rotation, compost and manure to supply the soil with nitrogen and other minerals would have required a tripling of the area under cultivation. The more intensively you farm, Mr Borlaug contends, the more room you have left for rainforest.
Tom Philpott responds to the piece (and Mr. Bourlaug) in his most recent post over at Grist.
Borlaug's efforts have incited bitter controversy in agricultural and social-policy circles, but you'd never know that from The Economist, which cites him without question to support the notion that conventional farming delivers higher yields than organic. "The more intensively you farm, Mr. Borlaug contends, the more room you have left for rainforest," The Economist states, with an air of "case closed."
But is chemical-dependent farming really more productive than organic? Samuel Fromartz, author of Organic Inc., debunked that claim in a recent comment on Gristmill. Fromartz points out that chemical farming may churn out more food per acre under ideal conditions, but over the long term — including drought periods — the yield difference dwindles. Moreover, pummeling the soil with chemicals may eventually sap land of any productivity at all. As Fromartz points out, India — which bought Borlaug's Green Revolution package wholesale, and is often cited as one of the effort's great successes — is now experiencing a severe soil- and water-depletion crisis.
When the initial Economist article came out, I ignored it for a variety of reasons , but primarily because it was the Christmas Season and I did not wish to engage in a topic which would knock over my Holiday Spirit (a nice rummed egg nog). But now that Mr. Philpott has returned to the discussion, I'd like to add my two pesos.
To me, The Economist's basic argument is that food choices are an "either/or" proposition. Either traditional "industrial" food is better for society or "organic/fair trade/local" is. And since they've shown in the article that those who opt for the latter are spitting in the wind, that leaves "industrial" food as the better option.
Which, as many folks have shown over the past four decades, is a crock. All three of the movements cited in the Economist article seek to right the wrongs inflicted by the industrial food complex. Whether these movements are effective or not isn't really the point, because if it is found that a process is not working as planned, new options will be tried and implemented. What won't happen is someone saying "Oh well, Fair Trade doesn't seem to be working, so let's go back to the old model".
What we're seeing played out in these movements is the idea of food distribution evolution, not that of corporate competition. But it seems that the capitalists in the audience don't see it that way. What they have either forgotten or chosen to ignore is that there's a notable percentage of consumers who no longer trust the industrial model. And trust that is lost is almost impossible to regain.
Regardless of what I think, go read Mr. Philpott's response, as he has better statistics and information to refute some of the specifics of The Economist piece.


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Ubuntu 10.04 Restores Google Search
The final version of Ubuntu Linux will restore Google as the default search engine in Firefox.
Rick Spencer, engineering manager for desktops at Canonical, made it official on the Ubuntu developer list. He had announced earlier in the year that Ubuntu was moving to Yahoo! as the default search engine in Firefox and began instituting it in the Lucid Lynx milestone releases. Recently, Spencer made the announcement that Lucid is scrapping the idea and going back to Google as the default search engine for the final freeze on April 15.
Spencer's announcement isn't terribly clear about the motivation behind the flip-flop, but that the "underlying circumstances can change unpredictably." In any case, the flip-flop will be transparent to most Ubuntu users upgrading from 9.10 to 10.04. Unless they were part of the development cycle for Lucid, they won't have to get used to a different default search engine, says Spencer.
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Kate Moss, Rita Ora and Harry Styles were among the star names at the 2013 British Fashion Awards.
One Direction singer Harry was presented with the British Style Award by three-time winner Alexa Chung.
He played it safe in an all-black outfit, letting the female guests light up the red carpet at the London Coliseum.
Rita looked Hot Right Now in a metallic Vivienne Westwood dress and Christian Louboutin heels, as she posed with supermodel Kate, who received a special recognition gong from the British Fashion Council for her 25-year long career and continued influence in the industry.
"Oh Moss the Boss how I love U!," the singer tweeted.
Model and actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was red-hot in a striking red and black Antonio Berardi suit.
Iron Man star Gwyneth Paltrow, who presented the international designer of the year award to Miuccia Prada, plumped for a plum and black dress by Prada, while Sienna - who gave Christopher Bailey the trophy for British brand - picked a show-stopping green dress by Burberry as she arrived arm-in-arm with fiance Tom Sturridge .
Winners included Christopher Kane, who was given the prestigious womenswear designer of the year accolade, Burberry - who won designer brand of the year and menswear designer of the year - and Edie Campbell, who was crowned model of the year ahead of Cara Delevingne, who won the prize in 2012.
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DescriçãoThis is the first Nintendo DS emulator for Android with a dynarec. Right now the NDS emulator is in beta so there are many bugs and it runs slow. However, I'll try and update it frequently so it gets much better!
What I've been working on
Right now, the emulator emulates both CPUs on a single thread. First it emulates the ARM9 CPU for a while, then emulates the ARM9 CPU for a while. The problem is that switching between emulating the two is extremely slow, since I basically have to flush all the registers into memory and then reload them. I've been trying to emulate the CPUs on separate threads, but right now, there's two problems. Syncing the threads is way too slow. On the interpreter, which I'm using since it's much easier to debug, multithreading basically gives no performance improvement. I'm pretty sure this is caused by a bug in my code, since there's literally no possible way to write this faster. I'm using a spinlock, and using a bigger time slice causes certain images on the screen to flash, since the graphics hardware isn't being update enough. The other problem is that exophase's dynarec isn't exactly built for multiple threads. Each thread needs its own separate copy of each data structure, but the dynarec has global variables everywhere. I'm thinking of literally copy-pasting the code. So basically, if you didn't understand any of that, I've been rewriting a lot of code, and at least, in theory, it should give a big speed boost.
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Do not use save states as long term saves. Use in game saves instead. There is no guarantee that save states will work in later updates. In game saves will work. If someone emails me complaining that save states are broken in a later update, I'll just laugh and delete it.
Please email me if you have any problems. I can't really fix bugs if you just post a 1 star review saying it's bad.
Other functions to be added
How to play?
Save your roms in the SD card and launch Dsoid. You will see a black screen showing the stuff in your device. This is the built in file explorer. Use the file explorer to navigate to your roms and select a rom to start playing! The touch button at the middle top of your screen enable/disable on screen control buttons. Refer to the FAQ should you have questions.
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'SiCKO' Premieres on Skid Row
By Rev. Andrew J. Bales, President of the Union Rescue Mission
How often does a big time Hollywood Movie premiere on Skid Row? Never in anyone's memory, until last night! It started out as a wild idea to shut down one of the toughest streets in America and show the movie, Sicko, to some of the folks who were featured in the movie, but would not likely have an opportunity to walk a red carpet or even see this powerful film in theaters, and huge-hearted filmmaker Michael Moore made it all happen just outside the back doors of Union Rescue Mission.
We closed the streets down at 4:00 P.M.; men began building a platform and back drop for a 37 foot Screen. It was a bit windy so our Mission staff weaved together several tarps as a wind break. 600 chairs were set up in a theater setting on the street, and a magnificent projector and deck were brought in by the Weinstein Company, and what seemed impossible happened.
San Julian St. became a walk-in theater! Michael Moore personally came to salute these folks who live a tough life on the streets. I introduced Michael as a man who shared with the House Judiciary Committee that his motivation for making this film about healthcare came word for word from the book of Matthew, chapter 25. Matthew 25:31-46 (ESV):
34 Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'
37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?
39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?'
40 And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
The crowd went wild with enthusiasm that Michael Moore himself came to greet them and share words of wisdom with them. I thanked Michael later -- just before he rushed off for another event -- telling him that he had brought a night of joy to folks that really live in what only can be described as "hell" on earth. More than that, he affirmed them and their dignity as people of great importance. Throughout the movie I heard their hearty amen's to the injustice that they have experienced first hand in America. Folks have been thanking me for acting as a host throughout the day.
Thank you, Michael, for making this once-in-a-lifetime event possible! Thank you, most of all, for speaking up for justice for folks who until now, have not had a voice.
Andy B.
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Long silks may be bad news
By TOM J. BECHMAN
A farmer once told me what a bad day felt like. The PTO went out on the tractor running the auger, the engine blew in the tractor running the grinder, and a bin fan belt chewed itself up — all before 7 a.m."Now that's a bad day — I just went home and started over," the farmer says. "It turned out to be an expensive day, too."
That's how you may feel if you wind up in a hot, dry pocket and find early-planted corn growing silks, but little else. It may turn out to be an expensive year.
Members of the Indiana Certified Crop Adviser panel that provides answers for Crops Corner explain what can happen.
"Corn silks will continue to grow if they haven't been pollinated," says Bryan Overstreet, CCA and Extension educator in Jasper and Pulaski counties. "Due to hot and dry weather, your corn pollen didn't fall while the silks were present. Or it's possible pollen was killed. If the pollen's already been shed, there's little that you can do."
Steve Dlugosz, CCA, a crops consultant for Harvestland Co-op in eastern Indiana, says it sounds like male and female portions of plants missed the "nick." "Due to natural variability, the whole field usually sheds pollen for up to two weeks," he notes. Individual tassels generally shed pollen for two to three days before silks emerge, and then for about seven days.
"Silks can emerge late on some plants, due to extreme stress, possibly missing this extended period of pollen shed. There's not much anyone can do about it," Dlugosz says.
Better news
Betsy Bower, CCA, agronomist with Ceres Solutions, Terre Haute, says that with genetic improvements of more drought-resistant hybrids, silk growth is more robust. That's especially true if it's not dry. Bob Nielsen at Purdue University reported finding abnormally long silks last year under cool, moist conditions.
"The abnormally long silks could be due to the hybrid," Bower says. "In extreme cases it could be caused by missing the nick between pollen shed and silk emergence. Tassel emergence and pollen shed take precedence over silk elongation when resources are limited. In severely dry conditions, plants may have enough reserves for tassels to emerge and pollen to shed, but not enough reserves for silks to elongate.
"With improved genetics missing the nick is very uncommon," she says.
Shake and bake: You're cooking if the silks fall off the ear. If they remain attached, the ear isn't fertilized.
Try 'shake test' for pollination
Elongated silk growth doesn't always mean that silks didn't get pollinated with today's newer hybrids, notes Betsy Bower, Terre Haute. She suggests doing a pollination test before you panic and conclude pollen came out and disappeared before silks emerged, all due to weather stress.
Bob Nielsen of Purdue University has perfected what he calls the "shake test" to determine pollination. Bryan Overstreet, an Extension ag educator in Jasper and Pulaski counties, explains: "Remove husks and gently shake the ear. Silks will break off from pollinated kernels."
If silks remain attached to the ears, that's when you're in jeopardy of having a very bad day. It usually means ovules weren't fertilized.
That can happen if pollen was long gone when silks emerged.
This article published in the July, 2010 edition of INDIANA PRAIRIE FARMER.
All rights reserved. Copyright Farm Progress Cos. 2010.


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Jamie McDonnell will look to regain a world title -- or something close to one, anyway -- on May 31 at Wembley Stadium.
Juergen Braehmer faces Marcus Oliveira in Germany for today's BoxNation/ARD main event, while Leonard Bundu travels to London to face Lee Purdy on Sky Sports.
The Froch-Groves card hasn't exactly been competitive as we approach the main event, with all the favored fighters completely dominating their bouts thus far.
Carl Froch takes on George Groves in the main event this afternoon from Manchester. BLH will be here with round-by-round coverage.
Catch up on fights you missed the past weekend. Countries highlighted in this recap include the USA, UK, Argentina, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Germany, and Mexico.
An IBF bantamweight title fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Jamie McDonnell is scheduled to go to purse bid on Tuesday.
British bantamweight standout Jamie McDonnell moved one step closer to a world title shot with a dominant win today over Darwin Zamora.
Kell Brook faces Hector Saldivia in today's Sky Sports main event from Sheffield, the headline bout of a tripleheader.
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Last year's National League MVP was caught up in a failed drug test scandal only to have his 50-game suspension overturned because of a technicality. Drama.
And then there's the clubhouse atmosphere at Fenway Park where Red Sox players have become accustomed to fried chicken parties, beer during games and video games. More drama.
What happened to the good old days of baseball where tobacco, Crackerjacks, an occasional amphetamine, and strong-headed pitchers with huge mustaches ruled the game? I don't know what's going on with baseball these days but I feel America's pastime is becoming more of a made-for-TV reality show.
It seemed like baseball had turned the corner by stomping out banned substances with its harsh drug policy. It seemed like the days of the 70-plus homerun season for a single player had gone away and the game was back in the hands of pitchers. Baseball was back from the depths of the Steroid Era. It was back until last year's NL MVP Ryan Braun was caught with high levels of testosterone in his urine. According to The Los Angeles Times, the pee sample taken from Braun last October reportedly showed the highest levels of testosterone baseball's steroid cops have ever seen. For violating its drug policy, Braun, who had already received the MVP award, was suspended for the first 50 games of this season.
Of course, the sucker that I am, I somehow bought into what Braun and others were saying in his defense. Apparently he had some sort of medical condition and the high levels of testosterone were a result of medication he was taking. There was a suggestion that his condition was private and that somehow baseball would let him off the hook once they understood his condition. He seemed to be an innocent man. He was getting the raw end of baseball's drug policy.
So when it came out last week that Braun's suspension was overturned for the first time in baseball history, thanks to a three-member appeals panel, I wasn't surprised. He'd made his case and they understood his so-called medical condition. As I read further into it though, he wasn't let off the hook for a condition, he was simply let off the hook because of a technicality related to the handling of his piss.
Apparently, according to The Times, the urine sample was not delivered to the testing facility in a timely manner. Whoever was in charge of this (reportedly an official who's done it many times) couldn't get a Fed Ex office that would ship it immediately, so he took it home and waited a couple of days to send it.
Even though the seal on the sample was intact and the extra day or so didn't change the sample, it was still enough of a technicality to get Braun off his 50-game suspension. There was no good reason for him to be let off the hook. No condition, no good excuse. After reading all of that, I decided I was no longer in Braun's camp. I think he's a doping scoundrel who got away with using performance-enhancing substances just as baseball was righting itself. He's a fake. I no longer like him. For all of us waiting on a good reason for his high testosterone levels, this outcome was crap.
What's worse, now that Braun found a way out of his suspension, he opens the door to both past and future substance abusers. You better believe there are young players looking at his case and thinking they too can get away with using. Frankly, it seemed too easy.
In a press conference, Braun told reporters he no longer wants to talk about the situation and won't answer any questions about the specifics of just why he had so much testosterone in his system. He's not holding any more press conferences until spring training games begin. This is a prologue to the upcoming trials of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. Major League Baseball is apparently not out of the Steroid Era just yet.
Meanwhile, up in Boston, in a somewhat more humorous situation, things are changing for those who liked to party while playing for the Sox. Last week, Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine announced a new policy that bans beer from the clubhouse and bans the consumption of beer on the last leg of road trips. At the end of last season, beer drinking by starting pitchers during games they weren't pitching in became a hot issue because the team seemed to lack the desire to play well into the postseason.
"I think it's a PR move," said former Boston Manager Terry Francona, who allowed the beer drinking on his watch, on ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning show. "I think if a guy wants a beer, he can probably get one. You know, its kind of an old rule…If your coach in football says no hard liquor on the plane – I mean, you serve beer and wine – somebody's going to sneak liquor on the plane."
To me, this is as good as it gets. Because of a terrible end-of-season performance last year, a bunch of grown men are being forbidden to drink a beer after a game. I'm no professional athlete and I never have been, but even I can tell you that the rule isn't going to work. If a guy wants a beer after a long day on the field, he's going to have a beer…and he should have a beer. Baseball can't even effectively ban steroids and performance enhancing drugs. Do the Red Sox actually think they'll be able to put an end to beer drinking?
What I want to know is what the Red Sox intend to do about all the fried chicken eating going on in the clubhouse. Consider a fried chicken ban? I would. Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz aren't getting any skinnier.
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Justin Fuente was named the 23rd head coach of the Tigers program in a press conference held in the Penny Hardaway Athletics Hall of Fame on the Memphis campus on Dec. 8, 2011.
Fuente takes on his first head coaching stint after serving five seasons on Gary Patterson's staff at TCU from 2007-11. Fuente joined the TCU football coaching staff in February of 2007 as running backs coach and was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in February of 2009. As part of his promotion, he moved to coaching the Horned Frogs quarterbacks.
Fuente set 11 school records at Murray State, including total offense and passing yards in a game and season. In 1999, he was the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Offensive Player of the Year and a Walter Payton Award finalist, given annually to the nation's top player in Division I-AA. Fuente is a 1999 graduate of Murray State.
In his first year as the Tigers' Head Football Coach, Fuente's team achieved milestones as well. The Tigers won the last three conference games to finish .500 in Conference USA. In route to winning more conference games than the previous three seasons combined, the offense improved from an average of 243 yrds per game to 327. Meanwhile, the Defense also had a stellar year in finishing first in total Defense in Conference USA games. Lastly, the Special teams lead the conference in Kickoff coverage as well.
Now in his second year as the Head Football Coach, we look forward to many more milestones and records being broken in years to come.


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Explore Minnesota Tourism, the state's tourism promotion office, is launching its spring/summer marketing campaign today promoting "More to Explore" in a series of new television ads featuring images of a variety of fun Minnesota travel activities. The research-based campaign is an evolution of the "More" theme introduced two years ago, and features new video portraying "More to Catch," "More to Spin," "More to Rock" and other variations that convey that message that there's "More to Explore" in Minnesota.
"There's a bright outlook for the travel business this summer, as the economy continues to recover" said John Edman, director of Explore Minnesota Tourism. "Consumers are eager to get out and travel more, and the new ads position Minnesota as a destination that offers what they're looking for."
A study of last year's advertising campaign found that for every dollar invested in state tourism marketing by Minnesota, $84 are spent by travelers here in the state, representing a significant return on investment. "Consumers who are inspired by advertising to travel in Minnesota spend money while they're here, and that benefits communities across the state," explained Edman.
Market research recently conducted for Explore Minnesota Tourism directed the campaign toward families looking for outdoor adventures and spontaneous getaways, and travelers who prefer vibrant cities and their cultural attractions and entertainment. This new, targeted campaign is aimed at those who are most interested in what Minnesota has to offer. The visual imagery is designed to expand consumer perceptions of the state and to appeal to the travel aspirations of target audiences.
The television ads will run through July in the Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, Des Moines, Winnipeg and Twin Cities markets. The ads will also run in the Austin, Duluth, Fargo-Moorhead, Mankato and Rochester areas, and during televised broadcasts of Twins games. The television advertising is supplemented by online, mobile and email marketing in the upper Midwest, and radio advertising on many Minnesota stations. A new interactive feature beginning in May will allow visitors to the state travel website and Facebook page to create their own short video from scenes from the TV spots, and will include a sweepstakes.
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Roswell >Attractions > Chattahoochee Nature Ctr
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one of the special benefits associated with living in roswell w/ kids – I'm really glad to have and support the Chattahooche Nature Center. My kids enjoy the activities there, and especially the night time events during Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
Very reasonable prices for the experience delivered to the kids.
Another reason why Roswell is such a nice community.
If your idea of communing with nature is a walk in the park, this is the place for you. – Overview
Located on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, the Nature Center is home to a variety of woodland and wetland critters--waterfowl, birds of prey, reptiles. You might even spot a beaver or otter rippling through a pond. Injured owls, hawks, raccoons and other animals are brought here for rehabilitation and eventual return to the wild. Short interpretative hiking trails and a scenic river boardwalk let you spend as little as an hour or most of the day in the wilds of this natural habitat without really roughing it.
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