Small Business Development Center gets rave reviews for free advice, helps clients land $5.88 million in loans
SANTA CRUZ – Mina Feuerhaken, 27, opened her own business, Nut Kreations, with husband Brody, last year, and since then, they’ve created four jobs. Jo Minola, 58, opened Moda Bellissima, a fashion boutique for women, in September, leveraging her experience as a buyer. Ben Vickery, 29, and his wife Nikya Stone Smith, 28, opened Ben’s [...]
Lobbying & Influence
By Kate Ackley Roll Call Staff Feb. 27, 2012, Midnight Republican lobbyist Ari Storch found himself in a conundrum common to practically everyone on K Street: What to do about the political conventions this summer? As Beltway insiders know, these quadrennial affairs can offer lobbyists and their clients an unparalleled opportunity to schmooze with political [...]
Toby: the sorority report
Given the comic potential of sibling rivalry, it’s remarkable how few acts in comedy history have been brothers and sisters. The Marx Brothers? Their fraternity wasn’t part of the shtick. The Chuckle Brothers? Let’s not go there. It’s a huge gap in the market – into which sisters Sarah and Lizzie Daykin have stepped, with an [...]
Underutilized & Surprising "Tender" Perennials – PerishableNews
by Aris Horticultural Services Posted: Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 3:06PM EST If you live in the south or southwest U.S., you may find using certain perennials in your zone 7, 8 or 9 garden a bit of a challenge. If you live in more northern climes, you might not be familiar with the unique [...]
Linkin Park Announces A Thousand Suns North American Tour Dates
Linkin Park has announced the dates for their a Thousand Suns North American tour, which kicks off January 20 in Sunrise, FL and concludes February 26 in Denver, CO. In their first tour in nearly three years, Linkin Park will be supported by Pendulum and Does It Offend you, Yeah? and The Prodigy. Tickets will [...]
‘It’s the NHS, stupid,’ Lib Dem leadership told
The Liberal Democrat leadership has been warned that it needs to wake up to the fact that “it’s the NHS, stupid” amid accusations that it is backing a “Tory plan” to drive through “the biggest upheaval in the NHS in its history”. Andrew George, a Liberal Democrat MP and member of the Commons health select [...]
Kate Walsh joins Emma Watson in ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ — EXCLUSIVE
Image Credit: Alexandra Wyman/WireImage.com Kate Walsh is joining Emma Watson and Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief) in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, EW has learned exclusively. Walsh will play a smart, Midwestern mother concerned about her shy high school freshman son (Lerman), who is befriended by a party-happy high school [...]
TVOvermind – TV That Controls You
TV on DVD || By Sam McPherson || Filed April 27th, 2011 With grandiose titles like Life and Planet Earth, BBC’s documentary imprint certainly looks like it wants to be the king of documentaries, and perhaps deservedly so. They’ve tackled huge topics with beautiful cinematography. “Definitive” is the adjective that comes to mind.now, with their [...]
Hooked On Twitter « aonorato247
The updated list is in for the top 27 newspapers on Twitter. the list is updated by The Wrap and is based off of a previous list created last fall by the blog Journalistics. Overall, every single newspaper experienced substantial growth in followers. according to the list, the new York Times dominates the chart with [...]
Ink & Prose: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Product Description: Standing on the fringes of life… offers a unique perspective. but there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: the Perks of being a Wallflower. [...]