The End of Harry Potter-Out July 31

The news is out. The final Harry Potter book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,"will be released at midnight July 21 this year.

J.K. Rowling and her British and U.S. publishers, Bloomsbury and Scholastic Inc. announced this today. Rowling will end the magical saga of the famous boy wizard ten years and a few hundred million book sales after the first Harry Potter book,

The news set off a booking frenzy. Almost instantly, like the waving of a magic wand, "Deathly Hallows" topped the bestseller lists on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.Oprah's book selection, Sidney Poitier's "The Measure of a Man" sank into second place.
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Sleep--The New Bottled Water?

An article in the New York Times discribes Yelo a new salon on West 57th Street that sells anxious New Yorkers the promise of a brief but cocooning sleep.

Is it likely that a business in selling sleep could thrive?

Yelo 's model is seven private chambers that can be rented for 20- to 40-minute naps. Twenty minute naps cost $12.Each hexagonal pod has a beige leather recliner, dimmed lighting, a soporific soundtrack and a blanket of Nepalese cashmere. Clients may also book reflexology treatments, designed to lull the body to sleep, for their hands or feet starting at $65.

"Sleep is the new bottled water. Although it can be had free, it is increasingly being marketed as an upscale amenity. Nationwide, sales of prescription sleeping medications reached about $3 billion in the first nine months of last year, according to IMS Health, a healthcare research firm. That does not include the more than $20 billion spent on nocturnal accouterments like pillowtop mattresses, adjustable beds, hypoallergenic pillows, white-noise machines and monogrammed cashmere pajamas."--according to a quote from the article.

Read the Full Article and decide whether selling sleepis a great idea