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The 14 percent unemployment rate in San Bernardino County has taken a heavy toll on families, businesses and communities. But an often overlooked source of revenue for our county is that generated by our California desert national parks. Since the beginning of the recession in 2008, Americans may have curtailed plans for international travel, but tourism has actually increased at Joshua Tree National Park from 1.3 million visits in 2008 to 1.4 million in 2010. I recently toured Joshua Tree National Park and had an opportunity to meet local business owners and residents," said Board of Supervisors Chair Josie Gonzales. "This incredible resource draws people from all over the world. The park creates economic synergy for local businesses that support the growing tourism industry in our de...
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Let me conclude by telling-speaking about responsibility, I do think one of the interesting things that's happening in America is we are ushering in a period of personal responsibility, which stands in stark contrast to kind of an old culture which said, "If it feels good, do it," and "If you've got a problem, blame somebody else." People in the country are beginning to understand that there is a-you're responsible for loving your children.
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[...] many critics read the characterization of the city as a reflection of the period's economic history: the increasing globalization of the national economy with respect to the Pacific Rim, especially LA, and the widespread "Yellow Peril" fear of a Japanese corporate invasion. In history books, he's the kind of cop who used to call black men 'niggers.' This exchange establishes Bryant and Deckard as stock figures of twentieth-century Civil Rights narratives: the Southern redneck cop and the cynical but nonracist white one. [...] by 1992, the film has excised all of its direct references to black people despite its reliance on traditional African American themes.
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Now, every night I read letters and e-mails sent to me from people across America, ordinary folks, people who share their hopes and their hardships, their faith in this country, their frustration with what's happened in this economy. I hear from small-business owners worried about making payroll and keeping their doors open. I hear from mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, who've seen one or two or more family members out of work. The toughest letters are in children's handwriting.
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With the exception of manufacturing, the primary sector of the local economy that is "holding its own with no significant job losses," the Northeast Kingdom is "suffering from a slowdown in the economy and gas prices," according to Patterson. In St. Johnsbury at the industrial park, Worth Mountain from Middlebury recently purchased NSA, a company that employs 250 people and supplies country home products such as garden carts and metal parts. The Newport City Renaissance Corp was founded in 2007 and in the past year has had four working committees, as well as working with colleagues in the Eastern Townships to establish Lake Memphremagog as a tourist destination.
