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‘American Pickers’ Season 2 premiere on History Channel
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The Unity Day Celebration was something specialUnity is the quality or state of being made one.
The event was the brainchild of Treva Gordon, the Founder and Publisher of the Convenient Shopper an advertising supported bi-monthly magazine. However, during the evenings ceremonies Clarksville Mayor Johnny Piper announced that Unity Day would be officially recognized by the City each year. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | 0 comments
TDOT and THP Prepare for 2010 BonnarooMore than 80,000 expected in Manchester area for ninth annual music and arts festival
As Manchester prepares to welcome the multitude of visitors to their city, the Tennessee Department of Transportation and Tennessee Highway Patrol do some preparing of their own by gearing up for the extra traffic expected in the area resulting from Bonnaroo attendees. With 80,000 festival-goers converging at an old farm site in Coffee County, the area in and around Manchester always sees much heavier traffic throughout the festival. TDOT and the THP are working closely with the City of Manchester Police Department, the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department and festival promoters to keep traffic moving on I-24 while also getting Bonnaroonies to their destinations. The agencies and festival promoters have worked throughout the year on a plan to efficiently handle traffic during the festival. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | 0 comments
House passes budget focused on Tennessee ValuesBudget restores program to protect infants and creates framework for job growth
“This budget successfully protects our priorities of public education, saving and creating jobs and protecting our most vulnerable citizens,” Pitts said. “Even in lean economic times, we created a small business opportunity fund to help small businesses across our state, provided vital services for our most vulnerable babies, gives desperately needed support to our farmers and helps thousands of Tennesseans who suffered catastrophic damage during the May floods. Those are the priorities our citizens expect from their lawmakers.” «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | 0 comments
U.S. Teens’ Hectic summer schedules could create barrier to prioritizing Healthy HabitsDuring June National Acne Awareness Month, Experts Advise Parents to Help Teens Focus on Health and Well-Being, Limit Summertime Stress and Get on Track with Proper Skin-Care Regimen
![]() Michele Borba “Summer used to be a time for teens to catch a breather and wind down from the stressful school year, but these days, a typical teen’s summer ‘break’ is not so lazy and hazy,” said Michele Borba, Ph.D., best-selling author of The Big Book of Parenting Solutions, a leading parenting expert and noted educational psychologist. “While summer activities such as internships, first jobs, camp and summer school are rewarding and beneficial overall, they can also lead to stressed, overscheduled teens, which can be detrimental to teens’ mental and physical health. This summer, I urge parents to help their teens find time to slow down a bit and address any health and wellness issues such as acne management, diet and exercise, so that teens are refreshed and ready for the new school year ahead.” «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | 0 comments
Lawmakers wrapping up 2010 legislative session approve legislation to protect seniors from abuseEffort to create a Cabinet-level Department on Aging fails
As the 2010 legislative session wound toward a close, lawmakers unanimously approved a bill seeking to protect seniors and others from abuse by health care providers. The Senate sent the governor the Elderly and Disabled Adults Protection Act (SB2297/HB2284) on a 27-0 vote on Thursday. ![]() The Tennessee Senate «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | 1 Comment »
Amazon’s Kindle tops Consumer Reports E-Book Reader ratingsJuly Issue Features Ratings of Nine Models; Review of the Apple iPad as an E-Book Reader
Consumer Reports testers recently put nine e-book readers through comprehensive lab tests. Amazon’s Kindle, $260.00, and its super-sized sibling, the Kindle DX, $490.00, had crisper, more readable type than any other model in the Ratings and slightly better than the Apple iPad, whose e-reading capabilities were assessed but excluded from the Ratings (see below). The Kindles were among the fastest at refreshing and turning pages. For most users, the lower-priced Kindle is a better choice than the DX because of its lighter weight and smaller size, unless extra real estate is needed for reading content such as e-textbooks. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | 0 comments
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