I am going to Vegas in the middle of August for my 23rd birthday. I’ve done some research for rooms around the time of your birthday in August. If you travel midweek, including your birthday, the rates drop drastically. Obviously, if you roll like the Palms you wouldn’t be caught dead at the Gold Coast (only $59 on the 23rd and they have flat screen TVs and decent soaps! They have rooms for $90/night on your birthday; I would opt for the nicer room at $120. Other than off peak, midweek dates, does anyone have any tips for staying at the Palms for under $150/night? read more

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Ritz says the paper pays five dedicated "blogumists" — bloggers who write weekly columns — at a standard industry rate. The same rules apply for a blogger as for any freelance writer — tight copy, in-depth knowledge of the subject, and consistent, on-time delivery will increase the chances of a media brand wanting your head on its totem poll. As ad spend moves online — last year UK advertisers spent £2bn online, just ahead of the £1,9bn spent on newspaper ads — bloggers are hoping that some will come their way. And as they become more business savvy, it becomes likely that their brands will become more valuable — after all, marketing is pretty much the same whether it is getting people to read your blog or buy your newspaper. To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here . AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations , plus more than 200 other sources , who are responsible for their own reporting and views. read more

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Over the weekend of June 17, executives at Bear Stearns scrambled to avert the collapse of two hedge funds. In the midst of the turmoil, Richard Marin, the head of the Bear unit that ran the troubled funds, âstole awayâ from the âcrisis-hedge-fund-salvation-workaholic weekendâ to see the new Kevin Costner thriller âMr. Marin wrote in a review he posted that day on his blog, Whim of Iron , a site that is now locked. Marinâs blog â” offer some insight into Bearâs response to the near collapse of the funds, says The New York Times. On June 23, he posted an entry saying he had spent two weeks âtrying to defend Sparta against the Persian hordes of Wall Street. Marin told The Times that the blog was personal, it did post pictures of him at Bear Stearns events and it included his corporate e-mail address. read more

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Time Warner plans to launch test of overhauled news portal, drawing influences from uncluttered design of popular blogs. Time Warner plans to launch a test of its overhauled news portal on Tuesday, drawing influences from the uncluttered design of popular Internet blogs. The online division of the world’s largest media company said it aimed to keep readers returning and to introduce a new generation of media consumers to the site by offering more interactive features such as polls and voting features and user-created news on one page. Even as top news site Yahoo News’ traffic rose 8 percent to 33. The right column is occupied by wire feeds from major news sources from the Associated Press, ABC News, CBS News, and others. read more

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He opened a live stream of the Royals’ radio broadcast on his computer. The conversation continued well after the Cardinals beat the Royals in a 7-6, 14-inning heartbreaker, with the same intensity, anger, sadness and disbelief that you’d hear at a bar. Bell has once again a never-before-seen batting order, the 67th of the season,” McDonald’s scroll of text became a cyber bar room where fans followed the action and swapped opinions. Thousands of these blogs belong to sports fans and sportswriters, ranging from sites such as Deadspin. read more

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Go to Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Comment is free blog Newsblog Sport blog Arts & entertainment blog Podcasts In pictures ———————- Archive search Arts and entertainment Books Business EducationGuardian. Tony Blair got what he wanted, although the real winner was probably Nicolas Sarkozy, who managed to water down the principle of undistorted competition - somewhat to the paper’s distress. The UK’s laws cannot be challenged by the charter on fundamental rights, the paper notes, but even this opt-out may not be legally enforceable. Then the EU can focus more attention on the more pressing issues on the agenda, such as energy security, climate change and relations with Russia. The Herald Tribune says this is a “messy, compromise treaty” which will enable some countries to “forge ahead with more integration” while others lag behind. The post was written by Ros Taylor . read more

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The FTC released information to promote its view that Whole Foods is trying to get a stranglehold on the organic market by acquiring Wild Oats. In the spirit of competition, why shouldn’t Whole Foods want to buy Wild Oats if the price is right — and, at the same time, block the possibility that a conventional grocer might snap up a pure-play rival? Wild Oats may be a “super-natural” pure play, but it also hasn’t been firing on all cylinders lately — another relevant point that appears to have been forgotten in all of the FTC ruckus. Yet Mackey’s honest communication — which includes what appears to be very real ire — may very well make him a hero to some, since the public seems so frustrated with regulators, and the specter of corruption, these days. Some of us may feel confident about Whole Foods as a long-term investment, but a messy skirmish with regulators — and judging by Mackey’s comments, “messy” might be an understatement, since the fightin’ words are flying — probably adds a degree of negativity and uncertainty for some people. read more

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Topping the list of words most likely to make web users ‘wince, shudder or want to bang your head on the keyboard’ was folksonomy, a term for a web classification system. British pollsters YouGov questioned 2,091 adults earlier this month for the poll commissioned by the Lulu Blooker Prize, a literary award for books, which released the results in a statement. Earlier this month, the growing use of words inspired by cyberspace was highlighted when the Collins English Dictionary announced that a string of them would be included in their ninth edition. These included ‘me-media’, a term for personal content websites such as Facebook, and ‘godcast’, a religious service which has been converted to an MP3 format. The dictionary’s compilers monitor the use of English through a 2. How’s a skull for an ashtray? read more

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Rags to Riches blog debuts on NTRA. A special blog that will allow fans to ask trainer Todd Pletcher and his team about Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Rags to Riches is now available on the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s website, www. Multiple Grade 1 winner Rags to Riches gained national acclaim when she became the first filly in 102 years to win the final leg of the Triple Crown on June 9 at Belmont Park. The blog will feature twice weekly updates from the Pletcher stable about Rags to Riches, and will also include a photo gallery, videos of her 2007 stakes races, and biographical information. read more

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