| The sport comes first on Sweden's exciting and beautiful slopes
Swedish skiing resorts are probably among the very few in Europe (and perhaps in the world) where people actually come to ski. Most other European winter sports centers — Italian or French Alps, for instance — are nothing more than open-air runways for showing off the latest trends in winter fashion. So if you are tired of the snow vanity fair — those glamorous overpriced resorts where the crème de la crème with their pocket-sized dogs in expensive outfits spend time before the après-ski scene sipping hot chocolate and gossiping — come to Sweden. Yes, as in the land of Volvo, IKEA and Ingmar Bergman. The Swedes keep their Christmas lights glowing until the end of February, since it gets dark really early in winter. Even though my trip to the Swedish mountains took place in the middle of January, I felt as though I was in a Christmas fairytale as we drove north from Stockholm, passing the snow-covered tiny houses with traditional Advent candles shining in each window.
My Machberes
Der Blatt, the Yiddish weekly published by the Satmar community, reported that Theodore Kheel, renowned nonagenarian labor mediator and philanthropist, has contributed $100,000 to the Institute for Rational Urban Mobility for a study to make the New York City Subway System free. If more people would use mass transit, traffic congestion would be radically reduced. .
Holy Spirit holding church fundraiser
Wantage, N.J. � Looking for something fun to do on a cold, winter's day? Want to spend some money on things that will really get some use and benefit a local church?Loren Chwan of Warwick is chairing the Cabin Fever fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Holy Spirit Orthodox Church in Wantage from 1:30 to 5 p.m.Seven home-based businesses will be on hand to demonstrate and sell their wares. Those vendors, all of whom are making donations to the church based on their profits, include Avon, Party Lite candles, Smudges Tole Painting, RG Clay Creations Jewelry, Icons by Valentina, Pampered Chef, and Rubber Stamping by the Creative Corner."There will be specials and drawings for a door prize at each booth," said Chwan, "So come and enjoy the afternoon."The Holy Spirit Orthodox Church is located at 102 Route 284 in Wantage.Holy Spirit Orthodox Mission was established in 1988 as an outreach mission of Holy Trinity Church located in Randolph, N.J.
Cancel Christmas
As I sat at another Christmas meal eating a bird cooked in a bird cooked in another bird (a creation deemed by my politically depressing grandpa as "very homosexual"), I realised that I came home from the clouded �rear� hole of Britain known as Southampton with desires of obtaining a Christmas spirit.
Yet again it was crushed, I had been broken and felt it was high time I stood up from this feast of gravy and fat and said: "I have no interest in any of your conversations and have suspicions whether any of you do", and scarper. There would be many reasons for this tantrum, not just because the last time I reached the cheese round I had a nightmare that Britain�s population of sheepdogs had been kidnapped and were being smuggled out of the country on the Eurostar, though they looked like they were living it up so maybe they deserve a break, or were in fact responsible for their revolt and just blamed it on the terrorists to get the farmers off their back.
Yankee Candle says $1.6 billion sale to private equity group complete
DEERFIELD, Mass. Yankee Candle says its one-point-six (b) billion dollar sale to private equity group Madison Dearborn Partners is complete. The deal was announced in October. Shareholders of the Deerfield-based candle maker approved the takeover in late January. The company's stock will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange before the start of trading tomorrow. Yankee officials have said the sale will NOT result in any layoffs or store closings. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. .
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