| Northern Europe's Christmas markets highlight river tour | | Posted Sunday, February 04, 2007 3:05:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | Decorated half-timbered stalls crowd streets with lights and pine boughs. Locals and tourists munch their way through town enjoying cakes, sausage, mulled wine, baked apples and other regional goodies, while outdoor musicians perform impromptu concerts. What's the big event? The "Christmas markets" phenomenon, from the end of November through Christmas Eve, in cities throughout Europe. The earliest such market took place in Dresden in 1434, when villagers came to buy their holiday birds and roasts on Christmas Eve. Some years later, through the city's generosity, free gluhwein (mulled wine) and stollen (Christmas cake) were distributed to the poor at the annual event. No freebies today -- only euros, please -- but there's something to fit everyone's budget at the colorful markets.... | |
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| | | Outdoor Retailer Winter Market (Saturday Edition | | Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 1:08:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | Greetings from Salt Lake City!!! Its Saturday morning and Im sitting just inside the Salt Palace convention center, waiting for the evil looking security folks to let me through to see all of the cool gear! Grrrr!!! Daniel and Helette havent shown up yet, or they are here and are registering for the show. Ill catch up with them later. Ive got a couple of appointments first thing this morning, but then I have a bit of free time before I catch up with David at the Mammut booth! Unlike the last show, I do not have appointments at every available second, so I hope to do some more window shopping at this show- just sort of check out more random booths! I love the energy at this show- Ive already bumped into a couple of friendly faces, and despite the viscous cold (it was 12F when I got here last night, and I think it might be colder than that this morning), everyone seems very excited about the upcoming show.... | |
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| | | Eddie Bauer CEO to benefit in sale | | Posted Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:18:25 PM by Blog57 Team | | The chief executive of Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc., which has lost $275 million this year, stands to receive a $10 million payout once the venerable Redmond-based outdoor clothing company is sold. Fabian Mnsson, who has been criticized for selling the company on the cheap and for losing much of its value, also would be reimbursed for expenses related to relocating back to Sweden, the sale of his U.S. home and the purchase of a new home in Sweden. .... | |
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| | | Top 2 Benetton executives quit after clash | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 1:10:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | MILAN: Benetton's chief executive, Silvano Cassano, resigned unexpectedly Monday, a move the company attributed to a clash over expansion plans between the executive and the Benetton family, which owns two-thirds of the largest Italian clothing manufacturer. The chief financial officer also resigned for "personal reasons," the company said. The resignation of Cassano "is about two different visions," Mara Di Giorgio, Benetton's head of investor relations, said during a conference call with analysts. Benetton, which also reported an increase in third-quarter profit and sales, said that the resignation of its top two executives were unrelated and that successors would be found before May. .... | |
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| | | Outdoor retailers put in two tents' worth | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:10:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | Clothing meant for more than just wearing - and the first mountaineering tent to stand up on its own without poles - are among innovations on display at the Outdoor Retailer trade show here. These days, outerwear isn't just worn, it does something - it can keep you toasty with battery-powered heating coils, fight body odor, require less washing or glow with luminescence. The semiannual Outdoor Retailer show, held in Salt Lake City in October, had 724 U.S. manufacturers displaying goods for retailers from around the world. The show featured the latest advances in apparel and gear and would make an avid consumer drool, but the public wasn't allowed inside and manufacturers took only bulk orders for sale. Here's a look at some of the latest outdoor gear and clothing.... | |
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| | | Business People | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 11:42:18 AM by Blog57 Team | | Jack Ballesteros has joined Clear Channel Outdoor El Paso, representing the company's portfolio of Out of Home Advertising products. Clear Channel Outdoor is the world's largest outdoor advertising company. Ballesteros has extensive experience in the local television sales market and expertise in local, regional and national advertising campaigns. Mounce, Green Mark Walker, a partner at Mounce, Green, Myers, Safi & Galatzan PC in the General Civil Litigation Section, will preside over the University of Texas School of Law's 30th annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference recently in Austin. The conference, sponsored by the law school, provides definitive updates, effective practice strategies and advocacy tools for litigation attorneys, and is one of the region's premier litigation conferences.... | |
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| | | College students homeless after fire | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:31:17 AM by Blog57 Team | | RALEIGH -- Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused an early morning fire at the Ivy Chase Apartments near Gorman Street. They say it started on an outdoor porch. The damage left 18 people homeless, most of them students from N.C. State and Wake Tech. There was fire dropping down so we had to turn around to go out the side door that's how we got out like that, said fire victim Zach Landon. It was a scary night for Landon, a freshman at Wake Tech. He was awakened by his roommate who smelled smoke. He came and got me at first, Landon continued. I thought it was a funny joke. .... | |
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| | | Cabela's Plans Grand Opening Events November 17-26, 2006 | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 11:26:21 AM by Blog57 Team | | Cabela's, the World's Foremost Outfitter of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, is planning its Grand Opening activities November 17-26, 2006 at its new 128,000-square-foot, large-format superstore in La Vista, Neb., just south of Omaha. The 10-day festivities will feature celebrities and hunting and fishing experts sharing stories and advice. Special guests attending the Grand Opening will include hunting and fishing authorities, expert dog trainers, wild game chefs, authors and wildlife artists. Also attending are Cabela's founders Dick and Mary Cabela, who will sign their book, "Two Hearts; One Passion." Grand Opening giveaways and special prices on clothing and merchandise will also be offered. Customers can enter drawings to win an 8-day Yukon moose hunt, a 10-day African safari, a 3-day pheasant hunt in South Dakota, a trip to the 2007 Iditarod, and a trip to meet NASCAR's Kasey Kahne at a 2007 race.... | |
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| | | Common and a Star-Studded Cast Rock 'Peace Love Gap' in Gap's New Holiday Marketing Campaign | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:13:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | This holiday season, Gap introduces a new advertising campaign featuring an eclectic cast of celebrities wearing one of Gap's most iconic clothing items -- the hoodie. An evolution of Gap's commitment to changing the world through the global launch of Gap (PRODUCT) RED, this new campaign focuses on the importance of spreading peace and love this holiday season. It is also about reflecting and celebrating the holiday spirit with the ones you love. Gap's holiday print campaign showcases heartfelt images shot by acclaimed photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. The ads capture the mood of the season while emphasizing the importance of being with the ones you love. For the campaign shoot, a diverse group of talented personalities was photographed with someone near and dear to them.... | |
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| | | Tepee classroom | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:23:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | DECATUR - Temperatures dipped to 25 degrees overnight Thursday, but "Indian Ed" - Ed Bradbury of Westervelt - spent the night in his tepee on the front lawn at South Shores School."It's really warm in there with the fire," said his wife, Colleen Bradbury, who didn't share the tepee on Thursday but has slept in it many times. "It's so cool to look up through the smoke hole and see the stars."On Friday, the Bradburys and the tepee provided South Shores students with a hands-on kickoff to the school's unit on the origins of Thanksgiving. In the weeks leading up to the holiday, every class will study those origins, but Jeanene Edrington's fourth grade will get a special treat, thanks to her student teacher, Mindy Neff.Neff's student teaching will end the first week of December, and she wanted to go out with a bang.... | |
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