| R Family Vacations and Family Pride Announce Business/Education Partnership | | Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:12:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | R Family Vacations and Family Pride Coalition today have announced a special collaboration to bring R Families' unique style of family entertainment to family week from July 28th - August 4th, 2007, in Provincetown, MA. In addition, Family Pride will become the exclusive education providers on issues affecting gay and lesbian families on all R Family Vacation cruises. This groundbreaking collaboration will provide the best in entertainment and education to the thousands of families that participate in these unique vacations for gay and lesbian families. In its 12th year, family week 2007 will be held from July 28th - August 4th, 2007, and anticipates over 500 gay and lesbian families in attendance. R Family Vacations will bring their expertise in Gay and Lesbian family entertainment by creating family themed events including beach bonfires, picnics, dances, carnivals, a pirate dinner, as well as R Family's own R- aMAHzing Race.... | |
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| | | Myrtle ready for a facelift | | Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 1:14:06 PM by Blog57 Team | | MYRTLEBEACH, S.C. -- The adage "what's old is new again" rings as true as the ocean tide these days along the Grand Strand. From the transformation of a legendary motel into a first-class resort at Sea Island on the Beach, to tantalizing redevelopment possibilities at the former Pavilion site in the city centre, Myrtle Beach is borrowing on its past to forge a fun-filled future. SIZZLING As the sunset on a sizzling South Carolina summer, a cornerstone of area tourism faded into the history books, as Myrtle Beach Pavilion hosted its farewell fling. The summer time amusement park was forsaken as part of a wide-ranging plan to revitalize the city's dingy downtown boardwalk area by effectively creating a year-round tourism draw. Exactly what will materialize (there have been rumours of a Disney-style park and condos) has yet to be determined.... | |
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| | | Two Real Estate Forces Team Up to Re-Energize Sluggish Market | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:16:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEWPORT BEACH, CA (PRWEB) November 14, 2006 -- The continued cooling of the real estate market has made many agents sit back and wonder what it will take to attract and motivate buyers. We've heard about the gimmicks and giveaways such as vacations and cars, but it is the real estate agents willing to shift the paradigm and embrace alternative marketing strategies that will thrive in the current climate. .... | |
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| | | Hunting for great pizza in LA | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:30:29 PM by Blog57 Team | | Editors note: Ed LaDou often is called the father of California-style pizza. As the first pizza maker at Spago, Wolfgang Pucks celebrated Los Angeles restaurant, LaDou created some 200 recipes for what once was viewed as avant garde pizza. The wide array of fresh ingredients Puck brought in daily from farmers markets formed LaDous artists palate, and his Austrian-born boss encouraged him to paint as he saw fit. (Read also, Who's who: Ed LaDou.) .... | |
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| | | Commentary: Explaining the use of tax dollars | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:36:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | Dear Tourist: We here at the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau would like to welcome you to our little corner of paradise, and to one of our many fine hotels. We know you are eager to go out and explore our lovely community, but please take a moment to read this letter. .... | |
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| | | 20 Percent Dip Seen In CEO Departures From Last Month | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:28:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK -- Another 122 corporate chief executives left their jobs last month -- down nearly 20 percent from a record-setting 152 departures the month before. Challenger, Gray and Christmas, the outplacement firm that tracks CEO departures, said 1,234 CEO changes have occurred so far this year, 11 percent more than in 2005. The company says with just two months to go, the pace of turnover virtually guarantees that the year-end total will surpass last year's record 1,322 CEO changes. Corporate heads leave for a variety of reasons, including retirement or moves to other companies. But Challenger, Gray and Christmas points out that in October, seven left their posts because of the options backdating scandal. Since January 2005, 11 CEOs have resigned or have been forced to leave.... | |
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| | | Start date for 2007-2008 school year remains a mystery in Palm Beach County | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 11:35:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | Circle the afternoon of June 1, 2007, as the official start of a long summer break for Palm Beach County students. But that's where the certainty ends, as the calendar for the next school year mostly remains a mystery. The first day of school will be either Aug. 20 or Aug. 22 because of a new state law that bars school from starting more than 14 days before Labor Day. It'll be the latest opening for county public schools in at least a decade. That means family vacations can run deeper into August, kids have more time for out-of-state camps and schools may save money on utility bills. "A lot of parents are really happy about the late start," said Jackie Martin, a mother of three who serves on a committee of parents, administrators and teachers drafting the 2007-2008 school calendar.... | |
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| | | Local tourism budget gets boost from state | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 1:25:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | State tourism officials have agreed to match the $100,000 raised by the Brunswick County Tourism Development Authority, leaving a budget of $200,000 to promote spring and fall golfing vacations in Brunswick County. The multi-media campaign to attract visitors is the first regionally and seasonally targeted effort using matching funds, county officials announced Tuesday. "Brunswick County has long been known for outstanding golf," said Kemp Causey, the tourism authority’s chairman, adding "but people tend to weave golf into family vacations during the summer, or play our courses while staying elsewhere in the spring and fall. This campaign is about getting golfers to plan their entire golf vacation in North Carolina’s Brunswick Islands." While extending the lucrative vacation season beyond summer to include the "shoulder seasons" of spring and fall, golfers also tend to spend well while playing.... | |
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| | | The American Workaholic | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:15:40 AM by Blog57 Team | | P eak vacation season is officially over. So begins the return of the working masses to the daily grind. But many of us aren't trudging back to work well-rested from a couple of weeks of lying on the beach. Increasingly, Americans loaded with work are forgoing their vacation time and clocking more hours on the job, widening the disparity between the U.S. and other countries, where vacations are mandatory and often stretch to a month of idle bliss. .... | |
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| | | LegacyMode Provides Aftermarket Software Support for Oracle Applications | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 3:15:34 PM by Blog57 Team | | Laguna Beach, CA (PRWEB) October 23, 2006 -- LegacyMode, LLC today announced it is extending its flagship offering, LegacyMode for PeopleSoft, to the entire Oracle Application product portfolio including Oracle's own E-Business Suite. Citing strong demand in the PeopleSoft market, LegacyMode will now provide patches, fixes, regulatory updates, and general software support and maintenance services to the entire Oracle Applications product set. .... | |
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