Archive for June 26th, 2007
The Eureka Reporter: When it comes to maternity clothing, Humboldt County has little to offer. While the area boasts many specialty women’s clothing shops, few cater to the small but ever-present expectant-mothers niche. In response, Humboldt County resident Holly Johnson has taken matters into her own hands. Johnson is the proud owner of Expectations, a [...]
Farmington Daily Times: Kathy Yates had spent 16 years at home, raising her daughter, when her world was turned upside down and she was forced to find work to help support her and daughter, Aubrey. “After 16 years as a stay-at-home mom, I found myself needing to make a living for myself and my daughter,” [...]
Outstanding Predictions From Experts
From Sowpub Forum “Man will never reach the moon, regardless of all future scientific advances.” – Dr. Lee DeForest, Father of Radio & Grandfather of Television. “The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives.” – Admiral William Leahy, US Atomic Bomb Project Manhattan “There is no likelihood man can ever [...]
Camp Invention Encourages Creativity
Daily Press & Argus: Future scientists and inventors dropped marbles down water pipe insulation sleeves transformed into roller coasters, dodged acid rain on Planet Zack and assembled inventions at Hornung Elementary School. School is out, but Camp Invention took over the Genoa Township school and brought it to life with students scurrying from one project [...]
How To Keep Up Appearances While Working At Home
Telecommuting? Don’t want to be considered just another one of those lazy work at home people? It’s easy to start looking stupid while telecommuting. Here are ten tips to save face while working from home. Here’s how to keep up appearances. From the Bing Blog Hi there. Itâs Friday afternoon and I thought I would [...]
LifeHack: I want to talk about how you can fall asleep no matter where you are. This is useful for napping in airports, couches, or at your desk if need be. The trick is the use sleep MP3’s such as these. They are essentially MP3’s that play white noise for the duration of the nap, [...]
Entrepreneur Daily: Businesses who sell to Gen X and Gen Y may want to check out this sample from the Cassandra Report Vital Stats Issue. The lifestyle study identifies the spending patterns, online behavior and technology adoption of consumers ranging from 14 to 34 years of age based on a survey of 900 respondents that [...]
Money Magazine: Sandy Ip is still a little stunned at what hard work it is to build a business. She sounds almost apologetic as she tallies up her first jewelry line’s sales: $45,000 in eight months. “Not great, I know,” she says. Then again, founding a jewelry firm was not what she expected to do [...]
Mom’s Invention Keeps Pants In Place
The Journal News: Stylish women everywhere, take note: Leslie Wilkins has the cure for the fashion affliction known as “plumber’s butt.” Perhaps you’ve experienced this horror. Those low-cut pants seem OK when you leave the house, without a trace of underwear or tushie-cleavage visible. But by the day’s end, you’re doing the dreaded tug-and-pull, yanking [...]
