Travel
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Sure Beats Boiling and Bandana Straining!

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Kindra Foster
October 19, 2016

LifeStraw® Filtering Water Bottle Beats Boiling and Bandana Straining!

Before my son Edward and I headed up the trail west of Leadville, Colorado, we did our research. The pathway through Holy Cross Wilderness would take us across two streams that could be knee-deep, although it was fallish rather than springish, so the snows had already melted and run down the mountain. Even with the streams in their seasonally-depleted state,...

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Local
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Neighborhood Activists Pressure the City of Seattle

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Patricia Vaccarino
October 17, 2016

From Seattle 

Neighborhood Activists Pressure the City of Seattle to Do the Right Thing

In a city choked by the heavy artillery of cranes and construction crews, two Seattle residents are taking a stand in their own Queen Anne neighborhood. Jack and Louise Locke are the voice of reason during the great Seattle construction boom. They want to stop the rezoning of a single family...

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Food
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Still Green After All These Years

Matt Robinson
October 07, 2016

From Boston: Still Green After All These Years

Veteran chef/owner Jim Solomon remains true to his causes

As any foodie knows, restaurant trends come and go…and so do restaurants! That is why longevity of any kind is remarkable. In order to stay current, however, many chefs and owners feel the need to change things up in order to ride the prevailing (and often fickle) tides of customer desire...

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Business
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Energy in the workplace

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Ron Flavin
October 07, 2016

 

When most people hear the word energy in relation to workspaces, terms such as energy usage or energy efficiency typically come to mind. But for a growing number of businesses, architects and space designers, discussions about workspace energy focus on the degree to which it represents a healthy, sustainable, vibrant and productive working environment.  Today, when architects and planners design workspaces,...

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Entertainment
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Funny Energy

PR for People Team
October 04, 2016

Funny Energy

By PR for People News Team

Who The F*@K is Jeffrey Gurian??? Comedy Writer, Comic, Producer, Host, and Author, Jeffrey Gurian is up to a lot of things these days. His new book “Man Robs Bank With His Chin...

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Books
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Recalculating: 97+ Experts on Driving Small Business Growth

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Barbara McMichael
October 04, 2016

PR for People® Reviews:  BOOKS: By Barbara Lloyd McMichael

SPECIAL REVIEW!

Recalculating: 97+ Experts on Driving Small Business Growth – curated by Joann M. Laing

Information Strategies Inc. – 336 pp - $

A business plan is considered a basic building block of any company, but in today’s fast-changing business climate, it’s essential to be nimble, too. With that in mind, the...

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Politics
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Weed is not Green Energy

PR for People Team
October 02, 2016

From Seattle

Weed is not Green Energy

Using marijuana for fun and relaxation or to aid healing for a medical condition is an issue as private as the decision to drink alcohol. It’s nobody’s business but your own. Marijuana use only gets fraught with complication when someone under the influence drives a car, operates heavy machinery or engages in every day activity that requires good...

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Entertainment
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My Very Own If/Then | THE BROADWAY BEAT

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Oliver Roth
September 30, 2016

THEATER: My Very Own If/Then  THE BROADWAY BEAT

Last year, Idina Menzel (Frozen, Wicked) starred in a musical called If/Then, a show about the little choices we make every day, which, if decided differently, would have a massive effect on our lives.  We all have If/Then moments, whether we are conscious of them or not.  I was all set for a career in Marketing & Advertising when a few If/Then...

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