Think & Ask - As the corporate culture now assumes you are available 24x7 with tech tools in hand, this major shift blurs all lines between what is work and leisure time. Beyond.com suggests though that this balance can only be achieved through a partnership with
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News in brief
Chicago Tribune - TRAVEL TRENDS: Leisure trips and travel spending are expected to continue modest growth through 2008, but travel preferences are changing, according to the Travel Industry Association's annual forecast. Travel spending by domestic and international
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Gest to spend Christmas in hospital
Western Telegraph - I'm A Celebrity star David Gest has postponed his forthcoming tour and will spend Christmas in hospital, his spokeswoman said. The 54-year-old was taken ill on Wednesday with chest pains and respiratory problems. He continues to be treated in a
Source: www.westerntelegraph.co.uk
Ramsay reveals ideal Christmas gift
Western Telegraph - Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay revealed what is at the top of his Christmas wish list this year - a set of floodlights. The Michelin Star cook, an ex-footballer, has asked for the lights for the football pitch in his back garden. Father-of-four Ramsay
Source: www.westerntelegraph.co.uk
Mad dashes and big price slashes
Chicago Tribune - Retailers have a rare opportunity this weekend to bounce back from a dismal holiday shopping season, thanks to the calendar. Christmas falls on a Tuesday, and this three-day stretch leading up to the holiday means most consumers will be off work
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US hotels to get Bhagvad Gita
Times of India - In a hotel room where one has more leisure time, one can get inspiration and insights from browsing through a copy of the Gita." But the VHP is yet to choose a specific Gita translation or commentary for placement, Narang said. VHP's America
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Kathy aims to make wishes come true
Western Telegraph - Kathy Hilton, mother of famous daughters Paris and Nicky, is putting a pair of Mel Gibson's jeans, Dean Martin's golf club and Tom Cruise's autographed Ray-Ban shades up for sale. She has collected these and two dozen other items from her famous
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If you build it
Register-Guard - As The Register-Guard’s Diane Dietz recently reported, Dallas-based consultants Conventions Sports & Leisure based its break-even budget scenario on the new arena hosting as many as 28 concerts or family shows per year. That’s in addition to 46
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Md. jobless rate falls
Baltimore Sun - Leisure and hospitality employers increased their job rolls by 7,200, while the education and health services sector added 6,800 jobs. The other sectors showing significant gains were government - up 5,500 jobs - and construction, which added 3,700
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Fake vintners selling fraud by the bottle
Chicago Tribune - So much for "in vino veritas," that famous old Roman proverb about there being truth in wine. A counterfeit scare is souring the refined world of serious wine collectors, a well-heeled niche that prides itself on sophisticated taste and
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'Sweeney Todd' (Tim Burton directs, Johnny Depp stars) -- 3 1/2 stars
Chicago Tribune - It's not the volume of the blood that distinguishes "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" from every other film this year. The shocker is the context. Movie audiences aren't used to seeing throats slit while the leading character sings a
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Sci-fi classic 'as popular as ever'
Western Telegraph - George Lucas, a little-known director from Modesto, California, released a sci-fi movie with a relatively small budget of 11 million dollars in 1977. The movie, a classic tale of good versus evil, was surprisingly successful, and 30 years on it has
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Jamie Lynn Spears pregnant
Chicago Tribune - NEW YORK - Another Spears baby is reportedly on the way -- and it's not Britney's. Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old "Zoey 101" star and sister of Britney Spears, told OK! magazine that she's pregnant and that the father is her boyfriend, Casey
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November Jobless Rate in Polk 4.6%
The Ledger - Sectors with the most job growth in November included education and health services, local government, financial activities, and leisure and hospitality industries. Professional and business services - normally a strong segment for job growth - shed
Source: www.theledger.com
Destination Taiwan
Taipei Times - The development and growth of hotels over the past 20 years shows that many people see Taiwan not only as a destination for doing business but also for leisure. In 1997, there were two million [people coming to Taiwan]. By 2006, there were 3.6
Source: www.taipeitimes.com
'Charlie Wilson's War' (starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts) -- 2
Chicago Tribune - Something doesn't smell right with "Charlie Wilson's War." I'm not particularly concerned with the specific facts it has left out of its telling. But what has been left in feels compromised and dodgy. The film glides along on the polish provided by
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CSO deftly glides into the holiday spirit
Chicago Tribune - Thursday night brought the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's final subscription program before Christmas, and the auditorium was appropriately dressed in wreaths, ribbons and garlands. The relatively lightweight program conducted by Ludovic Morlot suited
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New color for Bulls palette
Chicago Tribune - WASHINGTON - Forget the soft hands, nice shooting touch, ability to take up space in the post and passing proficiency. Want the real reason teammates wore wide smiles for Aaron Gray's surprising emergence in Wednesday night's victory over the Wizards
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Model visits Cuban housing project
Western Telegraph - British supermodel Naomi Campbell has visited a new housing project for oil refinery workers in Cuba. Cuban news agency Prensa Latina said the Streatham-born model chatted with a young married couple who will live in one of 100 small, white houses
Source: www.westerntelegraph.co.uk
Franklin County band of brothers returns to big time
Roanoke Times - At least 50 of the audience were Clark family members, said Scott Martin, Franklin County director of tourism and leisure. The rooms exploded with applause as show host Dominic Bowden announced the brothers' victory. So did a conference room inside the
Source: www.roanoke.com
Singer Watson to have radiotherapy
Western Telegraph - Opera singer Russell Watson is gearing himself up for a course of radiotherapy after a life-saving brain operation. The performer, who underwent three hours of surgery in October to remove a tumour, said he will be having intensive treatment for five
Source: www.westerntelegraph.co.uk
European leisure sector's LBO, M&A risks set to be lower in 2008 - S&P
CNBC - MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said the leveraged buyout (LBO) and merger and acquisition risk in the European leisure sector look set to be lower in 2008 than in 2007 owing to tighter credit conditions. The ratings
Source: www.cnbc.com
U. of I. puts VIPs at front of the line
Chicago Tribune - When tickets to the Rose Bowl went on sale to the public, they sold out in half an hour. But a bevy of public officials and donors who hold the University of Illinois' purse strings managed to get to the head of the line, and trustees -- including
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4-year-old girl fatally hit by passing vehicle's mirror
Chicago Tribune - A 4-year-old girl was killed this evening when the side-view mirror of a passing vehicle struck her in the head on Chicago's West Side, police said. At about 6:25 p.m., the girl was hit while crossing the street in the 400 block of North Cicero
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Derek Davison
Daily Telegraph - In Brussels, together with the managing director of Sterling Airways of Denmark, Davison set up an association to represent the EU leisure airlines. He was elected president of this organisation, which adopted the name International Air Carrier
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