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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A Good Appetite: One-Pot French Onion Soup
By MELISSA CLARK Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:25:08 -0000
To make french onion soup at home, skip those individual bowls, layer the croutons and cheese directly into the soup pot, and just broil the whole thing.
City Kitchen: Spicy Chicken Wings for the Super Bowl or Chinese New Year
By DAVID TANIS Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:00:18 -0000
Spicy chicken wings, crisp and succulent, work for both the Super Bowl or the Chinese New Year.
Choice Tables: Sorry to Disappoint, but I Ate Well in Berlin
By FRANK BRUNI Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:08:49 -0000
People told me not to bother with food in Berlin. These four restaurants prove them wrong.
Pickled Vegetables (Giardiniera) Are Easy to Make
By CATHY BARROW Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:33:56 -0000
The crunchy pickled vegetables called giardiniera can be varied to suit your own taste.
Diner’s Journal: For Super Bowl, JoeDough and No. 7 Sub Go the Extra Yard
By FLORENCE FABRICANT Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:37:25 -0000
Two new sandwich shops in New York are selling six-foot heroes for Super Bowl Sunday.
Eat: Reasons to Root for the Underdogs of Vegetables
By MARK BITTMAN Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:09:59 -0000
Reasons to root for the underdogs of vegetables.

YBW News

Contessa 26 to have first national championship
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:24:07 -0000
Hosted by Lymington Town SC in September
US boat washes up in Spain
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:02:00 -0000
A US registered boat has washed up across the Atlantic three years after the crew were flung out
Antigua Sailing Week announces official charity
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:24:00 -0000
Local youth sailing programme chosen

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Remarkable Alpinist Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:00 -0500
1/27/12 - French climber Robert Paragot will be the fourth recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award presented at the annual Piolets d'Or festivities in Chamonix, France, and Courmayeur, Italy, in March.
Kennedy and Kruk on Cerro Torre: In Their Own Words
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:54:00 -0500
1/26/12 - Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk recently completed a "fair means" ascent of the southeast ridge of Cerro Torre (aka the Compressor Route); the pair climbed without using any of Cesare Maestri's controversial bolts.
German Woman Climbs First V12
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:41:00 -0500
1/25/12 - German climber Sarah Seeger has climbed her first V12 with Kalte Sophie, in the Frankenjura.

Planenews Aviation News

Honeymoon Horror: Newlyweds Among Five Killed in Fiery Helicopter Crash on Scenic Hawaiian Island.
gil Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:49:47 -0000
Two nuclear engineers were killed on their honeymoon when their helicopter crashed and exploded into flames while they flew over the scenic Hawaiian island of Molokai.
Quest Plans First Helicopter Built in Emirates With Ukraine Help.
gil Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:45:25 -0000
Quest Helicopters plans to sell the first helicopters manufactured in the United Arab Emirates in about three years, and aims to sign up customers at the Dubai Airs show, an executive said.
Australian Airline Rents iPads in Flight.
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