| Girl-group get-togethers to plan for 2008
Many women have a love-hate relationship with Sex and the City. It was a great show but it spawned so many horrible things: New York bus tours that stopped at, among other show-specific sites, the store where Charlotte bought her "Rabbit Pearl" vibrator; sassy single-girl dating columnists; and online quizzes to determine which character you are. So when the Sex and the City movie was announced, we wearily resigned ourselves to the onslaught of more articles on what the fab four were wearing; if the on-set photos of Carrie in a wedding dress were a real part of the plot or just a dream sequence; and on the cultural impact of the series we just can't seem to get away from. We'd love to say enough already, but who's kidding who? Come May 30, we'll be in line for the movie with everyone else. Spice Girls The reunion tour! .
Bachelor dropped from auction after sexuality questions
A Christchurch real estate agent dumped from a charity bachelor auction after organisers heard he was gay has complained to the Human Rights Commission. The Press reported Rodney Lingham, 27, of Christchurch, had been invited to be one of 20 men auctioned to raise funds for the Bone Marrow Cancer Trust last November. The prize involved an evening out with the man. But Mr Lingham, was asked to pull out after the organiser's husband was told he was gay. "In this day and age you wouldn't expect it to be a problem. The bachelor auction was just a fun night out for everybody," he told the newspaper. "And even if he has heard it from somebody else, where's the proof? He never asked me directly." Mr Lingham would not confirm whether he was gay.
Human Resource Professionals Respond To Flu Season
You sound terrible. Go home." A new survey about flu in the workplace shows that 33 percent of organizations send employees home if they come to work sick. Just over one in 10 offer telecommuting options for workers who are ill but ask to work from home.
The 2008 Flu Prevention in the Workplace Survey from the Society for Human Resource Management provides a snapshot of how human resource professionals are responding to the flu season.
While most of them (59 percent) say their companies offer free flu vaccine to employees, other options are reported. Eighteen percent of companies encourage employees to get a flu shot offsite and 10 percent will pay for it. Nineteen percent offer shots onsite, but at employees' expense. Three percent do the same, but subsidize part of the cost.
Who'll make the cut for Shark's second round?
SYDNEY'S jet-set are keeping a close eye on the letterbox, with invitations expected any day now for what promises to be the wedding of 2008 when golfing legend Greg Norman and tennis great Chris Evert tie the knot. Names expected on the guest list include Norman's pals Lleyton and Bec Hewitt, James and Erica Packer and Russell Crowe and his wife, Danielle Spencer. Other "good mates" shaping up as likely contenders for the nuptials include former US presidents George Bush snr and Bill Clinton (they feature among the photos decorating the walls of Norman's Florida office), the News Corporation boss, Rupert Murdoch, and former corporate heavyweights and Norman's business "mentors" Ted Kunkel (ex-Foster's boss) and Jack Welch (the former boss of General Electric).
Finnish prime minister sues over love-life book
Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen is suing the publisher of a book his former girlfriend wrote about their relationship, including steamy sauna scenes. He says he and his family have suffered and is seeking damages. The case opened Friday in the Helsinki District Court. Vanhanen is claiming $1,450 in damages from the publisher, but has made no financial claims against the author. Prosecutors are also demanding $73,000 from the Etukeno publisher and $10,200 from Susan Ruusunen, the author, for financial gains made from allegedly illegally revealing and spreading private information. Both have denied the charges. .
Gen Me: No more self-centred than you
It's all about them and the older ones are soaking up al the CPP funds and the health care dollars too. Which most of them never paid into. There will be nothing left when I get to retirement (approximately 90 years old based on my current RRSP investment portfolio) and certainly less than nothing by the time you retire. Am I bitter? Sometimes, but it's just not worth it. The more things change the more they stay the same. Older folks will always resent and be critical of the younger generations - it's because you're young and we're not. We were young once though and some of us can even remember how great it was. Enjoy it while it lasts. Posted 29/01/08 at 10:50 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Is Hillary Due for a Comeback?
But the Wisconsin polling data tell a different story. Scott Rasmussen shows Obama leading Clinton by only 47 to 43 percent. This is similar to Strategic Vision's Wisconsin survey, which shows Obama ahead 45 to 41 percent. Wisconsin's population is 6 percent black and 3 percent Hispanic. How can Clinton be doing so much better here than she did in Maryland and Virginia? One reason is that there are smaller percentages of black voters in these states. Another, probably more important, reason is that the white Democratic primary voters are different. In Maryland and Virginia, they tended to be quite upscale and on the young side, especially in the big suburban counties outside Washington, D.C. In Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, they're much more downscale. At a time when Clinton and Obama are essentially tied in national polls, it stands to reason that if Obama is ahead in states like Maryland and Virginia, Clinton will be ahead in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Scheme to shut A&Es strongly criticised in review
Labour got a 67 seat maj. for receiving the lowest level of percentage of vote yet for a winning party. Democracy shouldn't begin and end at the ballot box. Obviously, though, some Unionist supporters would love that to be the case. Yes, lets keep our eyes on the polls. .
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