Day Four - Chiggers - Branson, Missouri, United States
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Summer 2008 Roadtrip
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Richard Branson Might Expand Virgin Healthcare Services In London's Polyclinics
VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Although it has confirmed having an "informal meeting" with British billionaire Sir Richard Branson, Camden Primary Care Trust has denied that Sir Richard's company planned to launch a private bid to run a new polyclinic in the borough. According to a Gulf Times report, Virgin Healthcare has shown interest working with GPs to help develop more integrated services for patients.
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Thinking made Easy (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Richard Branson succeeded as an entrepreneur using theory because he believed that this was the best strategy to get the attention and confidence of the public consumers. Branson realized that gone were the days when employees worked on their desks for eight hours a day. Today’s employees want to become...
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Dr Branson is ready to see you now......
Neil Clark (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
From today's Sunday Express, via The Campaign for Public Ownership : VIRGIN tycoon Sir Richard Branson is being courted by health chiefs planning to privatise hospital casualty units. Tens of thousands of patients walking into Accident and Emergency departments could be treated by the private sector in sweeping reforms of the NHS. Billionaire Branson and his 26-year-old daughter Holly, who recently...
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Day Two - Branson, Missouri, United States
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
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24-Hour Room Service: Kasbah Tamadot, Morocco
Morocco Travel Information (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
10 years ago, when Sir Richard Branson was in Marrakech preparing for one of his ballooning stunts, his mother Eve came across a pink, turreted castle in the foothills of Morocco's High Atlas mountains. She fell in love with this romantic folly, built less than a century ago, and persuaded her son to add it to his collection of hotels and islands. Sir Richardbought the building and a nearby warehouse,...
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Space tourism: New mothership to be unveiled Monday
Bakersfield.com Latest news (Free subscription) | yesterday
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson and other dignitaries will roll out WhiteKnightTwo, the mothership that will take a commercial vehicle into space, at the Mojave Air and Space Port on Monday.
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2008 AirVenture Oshkosh: See the greatest aviation celebration
iTWire - Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The largest annual U.S. air show is being held July 28-August 3, 2008, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The high-flying event features Harrison Ford, John Travolta, Sir Richard Branson, Burt Ratan, NASA...
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Delta Air Lines cuts Cincinnati-Springfield
Cheapflights.com Flight News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Delta Air Lines will end its three daily flights between Springfield and Cincinnati on August 31, officials at Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF) have announced. Kent Boyd, spokesman for Springfield-Branson, said the airport learned of the decision last week. He said...
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Day 11 - Missouri Misery - Rolla, Missouri, United States
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Jump to the full entry & travel map Rolla, Missouri, United States Today we went only a short distance before the Jeep started overheating. We stopped in Branson and they said that everything was ok, it was an air bubble in the radiator. About an hour later, the heat gauge went off the charts again. We pulled over and let it cool down and limped to the next town, Rolla; and...
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Heather Mills’ publicist quits: Heather’s “an impossible woman”
Fametastic (Free subscription) | yesterday
Heather Mills‘ publicist has quit after calling the former model “an impossible person” to work with. Michele Elyzabeth issued a statement to Extra yesterday about her decision, explaining: “After working for Heather Mills for four years, I have decided to cease representing her. Since her divorce has become final, in my opinion, Heather has become an [...]
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On returning
Journey of Cross and Quill (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The Defending Your Faith Family Conference in Branson, Missouri this year was phenomenal. For four days we were blessed to hear from Ken Ham of (Answers in Genesis, Doug Phillips of Vision Forum, and Voddie Baucham of Voddie Baucham Ministries. I say blessed because it is indefinitely true that we as a couple and as [...]
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Feeling the Numbers
AssortedStuff (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Which price is better: $29.99 or $30? Most people, if they take the time to think, would say the two are pretty much the same. However, in an interesting article at the BBC, marketing researchers say that shoppers make those price comparisons emotionally rather than logically. One theory is consumers just aren’t up to the maths. Dr Jane [...]
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Key makes rich list
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
One of the stories today is that John Key has made the NBR rich list - just. They estimate his wealth at $50 million, which is what most people have been estimating for the last few years. I don’t do the politics of envy, but I will admit to a passing pang of envy as I [...]
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Economy affecting travel, voting
Tahlequah Daily Press--Features (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
July 24, 2008 10:13 amEconomy affecting travel, votingFrom fly fishing and horse sales to entertaining children this summer, gas prices are taking a bite out of budgets.By RENEE FITEJennifer Butler, of Tahlequah, and Jamie Bonifant, of Fort Gibson, were playing with their children at the Murrell Home Saturday evening because it has a creek, and it’s convenient.They like going to the Tulsa Zoo, but...
