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Kraybill told me the churches next year will rule on the use of Rollerblades, which the Amish of Lancaster are increasingly getting into via another loophole, involving rules on rubber wheels for transportation. This, I think, could be a boon for Lancaster tourism. Sure, handcrafted furniture and farm-fresh produce is nice, but if I'm driving all the way to Pennsylvania, I want to see bearded men in eight-piece suits blading around while chatting on their cellies. Kraybill also said Wal-Mart is poised to come to the Buck, a new local shopping center. Should its proposal...
Evers and his Amsterdam-based staff share their discoveries via trendwatching.com, a free online digest of the freshest, most interesting trends that's tracked by in-the-know marketers, retailers, designers and consumers worldwide. Evers' Springspotters network, one of several global trend-tracking alliances, has more than doubled in size since last year, when there were just 2,500 volunteers. Today the spotters, ages 17 to 70, send information from more than 70 countries. They do it partly for the small rewards, like key-ring cameras, that they can earn but mostly for the street cred that comes with...
...government has tried to assist Amtrak’s bid to provide this travel need, but fares offered by the beleaguered passenger train service remain distressingly high. For travel times of over four hours, standard round-trip tickets between Boston and New York cost around $110, and for service via the crown jewel of the Amtrak network—namely, the “high-speed” Acela train—these prices rise to over $200 for trips that last only an hour less. JetBlue, on the other hand, offers round-trip tickets ranging from...
...America," says Parton, "then we really had to have somebody that could clear it for us." So despite Parton's "healthy suspicion" of major labels, Memphis struck a deal with Sony BMG, and this month, Thunder, Lightning, Strike was reissued with extra tracks in Europe and released, via Columbia, in the U.S. So has life changed for Parton and his bandmates? Well, they've given up their day jobs to concentrate on teamwork. "We were all running out of days off," says Bell, the laconic bassist, a former draftsman for an engineering firm. "We were turning down shows and just...
Media heavyweights gathered last night at the Institute of Politics to pay tribute to the legacy of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his pop-political magazine, “George.” President Clinton and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined via satellite in a discussion on the relationship between culture, politics, and media. As audience members presented their tickets to the lotteried event, they were greeted by images of former George covers. Photographs of George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and a belly button bearing Cindy Crawford flashed across the big screen, which soon broadcast Clinton speaking live from Chappaqua...