Recreation is the employment of time in a non-profitable way, in many ways also a therapeutic refreshment of one's body or mind. While leisure is more likely a form of entertainment or rest, recreation is active and participatory, but in a refreshing and diverting manner. As people in the world's wealthier regions lead increasingly sedentary life styles, the need for recreation has grown. The rise of so called active vacations exemplify this.

Recreation, play, and fun are not the preserve of humans; nearly all creatures indulge in this to some extent. Play is essential for the development of skills, the most basic of which are motor skills in young creatures.

The choice of hours for recreation is for employees restricted by the requirements of, and agreements with, the employer (working time), and for students restricted by school hours. For people with their own business it is also restricted by the requirements of the work, such as the opening hours of the business based on wishes of customers, laws, and customs.

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NYT > Dining & Wine

The Minimalist: A New Spin Cycle for the Common Dip
By MARK BITTMAN Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:55:29 -0000
If you substitute “thick purée” for “dip,” the options are limitless — like this one, made from peas, mint and Parmesan.
Field Report: Home Sweet (Urban) Homestead
By CHRISTINE MUHLKE Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:32:48 -0000
A new kind of preservation society attends a D.I.Y. dinner party in Oakland.
Street Farmer
By ELIZABETH ROYTE Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:33:50 -0000
Can Will Allen make the inner city the next front in the good-food movement?
In the Garden: Grow Yourself a Six-Pack
By ANNE RAVER Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:44:26 -0000
Ben Granger, an owner of a Brooklyn shop that specializes in beers, planted hop vines so he could make his own home brew. But you don’t have to make beer to enjoy the beauty of those dramatic leaves.
Turf War at the Hot Dog Cart
By JULIA MOSKIN Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:50:23 -0000
A new wave of upscale food trucks, offering everything from artisanal ice cream to vegan tacos, has sparked a street vendors’ food fight.
The Perfect Burger and All Its Parts
By JANE SIGAL Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:45:14 -0000
Interviews with 30 chefs provided dozens of burger-making lessons for the home cook that aren’t terribly difficult and don’t cost much money. And it all yielded the ideal burger.

YBW News

Revolutionary eco-ship design
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:37:27 -0000
Plans have been revealed for a revolutionary new breed of eco-friendly cargo ships.
Shoretalk: This Week's Programme Now Online
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:17:28 -0000
In his final report from the Volvo Ocean Race 08-09, Guy Swindells looks back at the race with the three top placed skippers
Coastguard praises crew rescued from boat fire
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:47:26 -0000
Flare caught attention of rescue services as fire spread quickly

RSS - Hot Flashes Climbing News

Two New Routes in Alaska Range
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:58:00 -0500
7/02/09 - British climbers James Clapham and Gavin Pike climbed new routes on Peak 11,300' and Mt. Church in the Ruth Gorge area of the Alaska Range.
12 Year Old Girl Climbs 5.13c/d
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:20:00 -0500
7/02/09 - Zhenja Kazbekova, a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl, has climbed New Kenigsberg (8a+/8b or 5.13c/d) at the Krasny Kamen or “Red Stone” sector, in Crimea, southern Ukraine. This would make her the youngest girl redpoint a route of this grade.
Honnold, Leary Climb Salathé Wall in 4:55
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:45:00 -0500
7/01/09 - Alex Honnold and Sean Leary have climbed the Salathé Wall on Yosemite's El Capitan in a record 4 hours and 55 minutes. After that, in the scorching heat, the pair ran up the Nose in 7 hours.

Planenews Aviation News Portal

Drink Guinness, Win a Space Flight.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:04:17 -0400
Belly up to the space bar boys. The dark beer masters are serving up a wild contest that will let two lucky people ride for free aboard the suborbital Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spacecraft...
World's Only Flying Pitcairn PA-18 Arrives in Oshkosh.
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:11:55 -0400
Around this time last year, Jack and Kate Tiffany, of Spring Hill, Ohio, Jim Hammond, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, and the crew of Leading Edge Restorations were anticipating the flight of the recently restored Pitcairn PA-18 Autogiro to Oshkosh for AirVenture 2008. However, the rotor blades were significantly damaged during testing about a week prior to Oshkosh and the flight had to be called off...
Marines Fly First MV-22 Osprey MEDEVAC.
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:11:28 -0400
The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit made history June 25 when it used two MV-22B Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced) to conduct a ship-to-shore emergency medical evacuation of a Sailor from the USS Bataan...

msnbc.com: Pet health

Poll: Americans consider pets family
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:50:16 -0000
Susan Jacobs and her companion Kingston both like chicken and collards, chilling on the couch and riding in her convertible with the breeze tussling his curly black hair.
Dogs being trained to sniff out diabetes
Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:29:30 -0000
Dogs are being trained in Britain as potential life-savers to warn diabetic owners when their blood sugar levels fall to dangerously low levels.
Couple pleads guilty in toxic pet food case
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:54:12 -0000
A Las Vegas-based company and its owners have pleaded guilty to distributing a tainted ingredient used to make pet food that killed potentially thousands of animals.

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