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Have you been forced to take unpaid vacation?
We’re reading about workers around the country who have been forced to take unpaid vacations as a cost-saving move in both private and public organizations.
Has that happened to you?
These moves amount to temporary layoffs that are certainly better than eliminating staff. But they also amount to pay cuts that some workers are ill-equipped to handle.
Slightly more than 1 in 10 unemployed workers Read the rest of this entry »

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DELHI: School blues during winter is still a few days away, as most schools in
the Capital, following Delhi Public School (DPS), extended their winter
vacation. The cold wave made school authorities, be it the Municipal Corporation
of Delhi (MCD), the Delhi government, the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) or
the private schools, reschedule their reopening dates of the ongoing winter
vacations.
Said Chandra Bhusan Kumar, director, department Read the rest of this entry »

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Mr. Obama goes to Washington.
With brand new, and extremely positive,
that his transition is more than weathering criticism from the left and the right, President-elect Barack Obama's Hawaiian sojourn is at its end.
It's that bittersweet time for Obama, a time that we all know, in between the end of the vacation and the renewal of work.
Obama had what appears to have been a lovely working vacation in his native Hawaii, our Pacific paradise Read the rest of this entry »

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KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday bid his native Hawaii "aloha" after a 12-day vacation.
Obama, wife Michelle and their two young daughters flew to Chicago where they are expected to arrive early Friday.
The Obamas planned to go on to Washington this weekend where the president-elect was expected to meet Monday with congressional leaders to talk about the economy and the legislative agenda generally, according Read the rest of this entry »

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    So it is New Years eve and all though the house,,,,,,,, Ok Ok ,, Used that one last week and this is not Ground Hog day. So what does one remember on a night like tonight? Well lets look back to this past year and remember the wonderful time that we had as a family. As our family is getting older and our children are no longer children but young adults as our daughter has graduated college and continues to look for full time employment, as Read the rest of this entry »

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Andrea Ruesch has made this trip before.
And come February, she will be making it again.
You could say Ruesch is hooked on helping and the proof might be found in her willingness to give up her vacation time to assist those truly in need of help.
Jackson County’s 4-H program coordinator and a group of four or five friends from the Montevideo area are heading to Mississippi again this February to take part in a Habitat for Humanity project.
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KAILUA, Hawaii — When Barack Obama vacationed on Oahu as a presidential candidate in August, he was seen all over the island: playing basketball at his alma mater, eating shave ice with his daughters, bodysurfing in the Pacific, touring the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor and trekking to a scenic overlook atop windward peaks.
But this month, returning to his former home as president-elect, Obama has gone from Hawaii's tourist in chief to its hermit Read the rest of this entry »

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B.J. Pelkey spent last summer playing hockey in Australia and scuba diving along the Great Barrier Reef. It was the best of both worlds for the Knoxville Ice Bears forward.
He worked on keeping his game sharp, finishing second in the league in scoring. The 25-year-old Pelkey also took in as many of the Down Under sights as possible.
The former Lake Superior State University standout, who scored 22 goals for the Ice Bears on their way to the President's Read the rest of this entry »

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Even though the weather was a bit warmer Thursday, some are thinking about a winter getaway.
Unfortunately, especially in these economic times, it can be tough to plan a vacation on a tight budget.
CBS 2's Consumer Reporter Kirstin Cole has some incredible bargain destinations.
"Part of, I think, [why I travel is] the variety, and then just being able to see how other people live," traveler Silvana Clark said.
With money so tight for many, Read the rest of this entry »

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Hotel rooms are often impersonal and cold and do not really make you feel at home. You have just one room at your disposal and just a TV for company. Nevertheless, by seeking vacation rentals Vienna situated among the available holiday apartments, you will have a rewarding vacation in a very intimate setting that resembles your home. You get all the comforts you need in 2-room apartments fully equipped with TV, books and a working kitchen for all Read the rest of this entry »

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