“JetBlue launches $19 sale to Baltimore - Boston Globe” plus 4 more |
- JetBlue launches $19 sale to Baltimore - Boston Globe
- Overbooked kids? Nah, it’s parents who stress - MSNBC
- Marin bracing for the highway from hell - San Francisco Gate
- More Business - San Francisco Gate
- Jobs top priority list as Gov. Perdue, Crisco lead two-week trip to ... - MSN Money
| JetBlue launches $19 sale to Baltimore - Boston Globe Posted: 02 Sep 2009 10:30 AM PDT Tom Scocca is going to hate this. To introduce its new Boston-to-Baltimore service, JetBlue is holding a one-day sale today during which travelers can purchase $19 flights to Baltimore and back for travel between Sept. 9 and Nov. 18. Suddenly, that three-game series between the Red Sox and Orioles at Camden Yards Sept. 18-20 seems even more enticing, doesnt it? Well, heres the catch: The fare is available on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays only, and of course, taxes and fees apply. However, at last check, the Monday $19 fares the weekend of the Sox series had already been sold out. So, if you plan on traveling to the Baltimore area any time over the next two months, you may want to act fast. |
| Overbooked kids? Nah, it’s parents who stress - MSNBC Posted: 02 Sep 2009 10:30 AM PDT No need to worry about frazzled kids cramming ballet lessons, soccer practice, Girl Scout meetings and piano recitals into their schedules come the new school year. Turns out, most kids are fine. It's the parents, who bear the burden of shuttling kids from one activity to another and feel the pressure to see their children succeed, who might actually be the ones on overload. Contrary to popular belief that many children today are stressed out by overscheduled lives, recent research suggests that a heavy load of structured activities is actually beneficial for children, according Sandra L. Hofferth, director of the Maryland Population Research Center at the University of Maryland at College Park and author of a study titled "The 'Hurried' Child: Myth vs. Reality." "We found that the very active children were thriving emotionally," said Hofferth, a family science professor. "In contrast, children who had the fewest activities were the most withdrawn, socially immature and had the lowest self-esteem." Her research, published last month as a book chapter in "Life Balance: Multidisciplinary Theories and Research," followed children ages 9 to 12. Only one in four kids met the criteria of hurried — three or more activities or more than four hours devoted in a two-day period, Hofferth found. The vast majority of kids — 58 percent — were balanced, meaning they were pursuing only one or two activities, and 17 percent were involved in no activities. The research relied on nationally representative data as well as time diaries and interviews with parents and kids. Although supported by additional studies that show most American youth lead balanced lives, Hofferth's findings are not without controversy. In the last two decades, many experts have lamented children's lack of time for free play. And in 2006, the American Academy of Pediatrics cautioned that a hurried lifestyle contributes to stress and anxiety in children and could lead to depression. Parents need down time, too The 38-year-old Redwood City, Calif., woman is the mother of Chloe, 6, and Beckett, 3. Last spring, her daughter was enrolled in gymnastics, swimming, Girl Scouts, Spanish class and softball. "Once I started to get the second kid into the mix, I thought, each of the kids can handle what they're doing, but I can't handle what they're doing!" she said. "I really found myself getting really stressed." What's significant isn't the number of activities but rather how much stress they cause for the kids and the parents, said William Doherty, professor of family social science at the University of Minnesota. "A lot of parents feel under a tremendous time pressure from work and taking care of kids and taking care of the house," he said. These days, everything revolves around kids and their schedules, but it's important to look at who else is affected by a child's activities, Doherty said. It's OK to keep your child off a traveling soccer team, for example, if you value family togetherness time on the weekends. Parents need down time, too. "We live in an age of hyper-parenting when parents feel guilty about asking kids to make the smallest sacrifice for the good of the family," he said. Setting limits "You have to talk these things through with your kids," she said. "But then you have to look at this on a piece of paper and think, do I want to be doing all of these activities at one time?" Foster, 43, looks for activities close to home or tries to sign her kids up for programs at the same time. She used to drive several miles in heavy traffic to take her daughter to a gymnastics class until she decided that was "crazy." Now, instead of shuttling her children to piano lessons, a teacher comes to their house. Foster also tries to make sure her kids have a couple of days a week when they can come home from school and just hang out in their rooms. "It's nice to keep things as simple as possible," she said. Suzanne Strong of Redmond, Wash., cherishes the weeks when her kids have nothing going on. The 37-year-old mom limits her two children, Romeal, 12, and Paloma, 10, to just one activity at a time. "We don't really enjoy running around in the evening after we're done with our day," said Strong, who works part time as a photographer and graphic designer. Romeal, who will play soccer this fall, says the rule at his house is "school first, activity second." While he says he sometimes thinks he might like to add another activity, he understands his parent's one-activity-at-a-time rule. "Three would be too much," he said. "Two would be OK."  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Marin bracing for the highway from hell - San Francisco Gate Posted: 02 Sep 2009 10:22 AM PDT Marin bracing for the highway from hell
If the news reports and warnings are correct, anyone traveling through Marin County on 101 from Thursday, September 3 at 8 p.m. through Tuesday, September 8 until 5 a.m., will encounter massive traffic delays. That's because the Bay Bridge will be closed to traffic, so that Caltrans crews can remove a 300-foot chunk of the bridge roadway--which weighs 3,300 tons--and replace it with a heavier piece (check out animation below). It's all part of the Bay Bridge construction project. Because taking the Golden Gate Bridge is the shortest route alternative for many East Bay drivers going into SF, expect them to flood into Marin, even though it's a holiday weekend. Drivers do have some options. Everyone should check the traffic maps on 511 often, consider taking the Golden Gate Ferry which will expand service, or maybe just stay off the roads and wait the whole thing out. Here's an animation of what Caltrans expects to do this coming weekend-
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| More Business - San Francisco Gate Posted: 02 Sep 2009 10:15 AM PDT The Dallas-based discount carrier said Wednesday that for an extra $10 each way Southwest passengers can automatically reserve a boarding position prior to general check-in. That would allow those customers to begin boarding the plane after certain elite fliers, who don't have to pay add-on fees for early boarding privileges. Unlike other carriers, Southwest does not offer assigned seating. The new offering, which can be purchased up to 25 hours prior to the scheduled departure time of the customer's flight, was available for purchase starting Wednesday for travel beginning Thursday.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Jobs top priority list as Gov. Perdue, Crisco lead two-week trip to ... - MSN Money Posted: 02 Sep 2009 10:22 AM PDT Jeff Drew Gov. Beverly Perdue and North Carolina N.C. Secretary of Commerce Keith Crisco will lead a state delegation on a two-week Asian trip in October that will seek to drum up more business for the Tar Heel State from two of its largest trading partners: China and Japan. The North Carolina contingent, which also will include a handful of state government staffers and an assortment of state business leaders. will focus on recruiting Chinese and Japanese businesses to set up or expand operations in North Carolina. "This trip is about bringing jobs and investment to North Carolina," said Crisco, who has made more than a dozen business trips to China over the past 25 years. "Japan and China share our keen interest in the fast-growing pharmaceutical, biotechnology, energy and automotive sectors, and we will hold at least 20 meetings with current and prospective clients in those sectors, as well as three business-recruitment seminars." The state expects to spend about $82,000 in taxpayer money to cover travel expenses, hold seminars, entertain clients and fulfill duties involved in the staging annual joint meeting of the 33rd Japan-U.S. Southeast Association and the Southeast-Japan Association – which will be held in Tokyo this year after being held in Raleigh a year ago. An additional $90,000 in expenses will be covered by economic development allies of the state, and state officials say they are trying to lure more private investment in the trip, which would further reduce the state's costs in one of the toughest budget years in North Carolina history. Crisco and the governor will be accompanied by Don Hobart, deputy chief of staff and senior adviser for business and economic affairs, as well as three Commerce staff: Jean Davis, director of International Trade; Steve Brantley, Commerce's Asia economic developer; and David Rhoades, Commerce's marketing director, who will manage the SEUS event for the state. North Carolina's Asia trade/investment representatives in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai will help coordinate the trip and client meetings. Representatives of North Carolina businesses, nonprofits and local and regional economic development agencies will travel with, or join the group for events in various cities, at no cost to the state. In China, the Research Triangle Park-based Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences and the North Carolina Center for International Understanding will participate in business seminars focused on the life sciences sector, a key target for state economic developers. China and Japan both have strong business ties to North Carolina. Chinese-owned computer maker Lenovo bases its official world headquarters in Morrisville. Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corp. in Charlotte and GE Hitachi in Wilmington recently announced expansions totaling more than $708 million and 1,000 net jobs, expanding the already sizable presence of Japanese companies in North Carolina. Japan ranked as the state's fourth-largest trading partner in 2008, when the country imported $1.7 billion worth of North Carolina products. More than 150 Japanese company provide 18,000 jobs for North Carolinas. China ranks behind only Canada on the list of countries that do the most trade with North Carolina. The country imported $1.9 billion work at North Carolina goods in 2008 – a 250 percent increase in three years. A dozen Chinese companies have North Carolina operations, which employ 2,500 people in the state. Copyright 2009 bizjournals.com  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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