Farmers markets link growers, public
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- Farmers markets link growers, public
- Anguilla: the secret is out. Sailboat racing is in on the little…
- Chesapeake Bay’s Northern Neck.(The Coastal Region)
- Hitting close to home: cable divisions turn to local VOD as weapon in…
- January offers fresh opening
Farmers markets link growers, public
East Valley Tribune – Jan 1, 2005
” Growers like Rogers are becoming scarce. As urbanization pushes many farmers out of the Valley, fewer people participate in the markets, Logan said. Ten years ago, some markets would have 12 growers selling home-grown produce. Now, the same markets attract eight to 10 farmers. “About five years ago, I wasnt even sure if we were going to have farmers markets,” she said. Many markets have started to sell crafts alongside produce to draw in more customers. And while the crafts do bring in additional revenue, Logan said she hopes markets one day will focus exclusively on produce again.
Anguilla: the secret is out. Sailboat racing is in on the little…
Free with registration – BOAT/U.S. Magazine – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 1, 2005
Sailboat racing is in on the little-known Caribbean island of Anguilla, so much so that it is considered by many locals as the national sport. (DESTINATION) –> COPYRIGHT 2005 Boat Owners Association Anguillans, from government leaders to the average Joe, are convinced that their home-grown brand of boatbuilding and competitive sailing sets them apart from their Caribbean neighbors. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What also sets this island apart are some of the most beautiful powder-white sand beaches to be found anywhere. Many of the island’s 33 beaches are nearly as uncrowded and pristine today as they were 13 years ago when my wife and I first set foot ashore at Blowing Point, a short ferry ride from the bustling harbor town of Marigot on nearby St. You also won’t find any 747s landing here, tee-shirts hawked at five for $10 on every street corner or cruise ships disgorging thousands of passengers at a time.
Chesapeake Bay’s Northern Neck.(The Coastal Region)
Free with registration – Virginia Handbook – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 1, 2005
The peninsula has retained all its old-world appeal. This is a place where the charm and quality of everyday country life leaves a lasting impression. Its bustling county fairs and town market days, local arts, crafts and music, seafood fresh from the waters of the rivers and bay, home-grown produce, friendly people, and fresh sea air make a visit here one you will never forget. Touring Take your time on a tour of Virginia’s Northern Neck. Rush it and you’ll miss the little things–the tiny corner shops and cafes, the coves and bays and the small local museums. If you arrive on the peninsula from Washington or Baltimore, you can follow the loop road, routes 3, 202, and 360 paralleling the Potomac from Oak Grove through Montross to Burgess. From Burgess, take Route 200 along the Chesapeake Bay to Kilmarnock, then turn west and follow Route 3 up the Rappahannock through Lancaster, Farnham and Warsaw, back to Montross.
Hitting close to home: cable divisions turn to local VOD as weapon in…
Free with registration – CED – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 1, 2005
(Broadband: business and news perspective)(video on demand ) –> COPYRIGHT 2005 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US) There is nothing like home cooking, and now cable operators are finding out that is true for their video-on-demand service offerings. A new strategy in cable’s battle with satellite competitors is to go local with VOD content. While supplying this homegrown, community-generated content on VOD servers does mean retooling local origination operations and some equipment purchases, the systems that have tried this new on-demand variant say they are getting strong response from their communities-strong enough in some cases to consider expanding the operation to include more content and perhaps advertising support. One of the first systems to venture into local on-demand content is Time Warner Cable’s Southeastern Wisconsin system. The brainchild of then-division President Carol Hevey, the free Wisconsin On Demand service launched to digital subs in fall 2003…
The brainchild of then-division President Carol Hevey, the free Wisconsin On Demand service launched to digital subs in fall 2003. The Wisconsin On Demand channel was placed within its 26 other free on-demand channels from cable programmers such as Oxygen, Court TV and the Cartoon Network. It started with about 90 hours of content, and has grown to about 105 hours. If there were such a thing as ratings for the free on-demand content, the local channel would be a big winner. As of late November, the local on-demand channel had attracted about 400,000 hits in 2004. “We have been number one or number two for most of the year–which is remarkable,” says Bev Greenberg, vice president of public affairs for Time Warner Cable of Southeastern Wisconsin. The local programming content ranges from a lineup of high-school sports to a rock talent contest Time Warner Southeastern Wisconsin developed.
January offers fresh opening
ic Birmingham.co.uk – Jan 1, 2005
As a defender to partner Mellberg, it might be worth O’Leary looking at Djimi Traore of Liverpool. Here is a player who is left-sided, passes well, can play at left back, and has legs that seem to go right up to his armpits. If Villa want to be taken seriously, they have to buy the best players possible while still developing a system whereby the home-grown players are given every appropriate chance to make the first-team squad. And only when O’Leary strikes a balance between the two will his relationship with Doug Ellis be described as beneficial to the club. At least West Bromwich Albion boast something that resembles harmony, now that the divisive Gary Megson era has ended. Robson and Albion are probably right for each other. Whether the timing of their marriage was right is another matter entirely.