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March 2010 Blog Posts (29)

Advice for Job Seekers

Over the past couple of years I flitted around trying to find a job that fit for me after working for years at the same company. I left the job because I felt like I wouldn't be able to reach my full potential and took a position that I thought would help bring me to that potential; however, the corporate environment wasn't a fit for my personality.

I then tried a new job where the environment was a great fit for me, but again, the actual work did not help me grow, and the…

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Added by Tambra Ostrander on March 31, 2010 at 3:22pm — No Comments

Are you living LYF to the Fullest!!!!!

Friends,

Are you living LYF to the fullest. It's all about LYFbrands. It’s free to join and enter Sponsor ID: msarnold. Create your own ID and get your friends, coworkers, family to join under you. Get in now because it’s going to be huge. Soft launch is set for the end of April 2010 in Santa Monica and products will be ready for purchase the first of May. CEO is Michael Han and other big…

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Added by Mike Arnold on March 31, 2010 at 10:46am — No Comments

Here is a great article on how the Infinite Banking concept works, also called Private Equity Banking - enjoy!

Or Private Equity Banking....

Infinite Banking – How it Works

By Gary Vande Linde…

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Added by Bonita K Bell-Andersen on March 31, 2010 at 6:03am — No Comments

Let's talk about it ... discussion comments versus wall comments

First an awesome welcome to newcomers and anyone stopping by to read this blog.

As a moderator of a couple of the communities here on LaunchpadINW, I posed a question to other moderators about the exchange of communication difference in the comments area, the discussion area, and here on a blog.

There is a lot of wonderful sharing in the discussion areas, unfortunately there is no way for the one who posted the discussion to know if someone visited the discussion or if the… Continue

Added by Jurene Mason on March 30, 2010 at 10:05am — 2 Comments

Students Bring Justice for Fraud Victims

Gonzaga Accounting Students to Bring Justice for Fraud Victims

By Colleen Mallon with contributions from Sara…

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Added by Colleen M. Fox on March 30, 2010 at 9:36am — No Comments

Try a New Wine

Give yourself a treat and go try a new wine! 2007 Anelare Saint Helena "Syrah" 100% Syrah grapes aged 22months mmmm

Added by Rebecca Templeton on March 29, 2010 at 1:29pm — No Comments

Kids Art Expression

Today, I spent the afternoon with local children who were creating art to be auctioned at Auntie's Bookstore on First Friday (4/2). It was so wonderful to see the kids having such a great time creating their masterpieces. All proceeds we receive on First Friday will be used to benefit Shaw Middle School's art program. It was an incredible site to see local kids helping local kids!

Added by Maria LaSeur on March 28, 2010 at 9:32pm — No Comments

happy day Sunny

Oh how wonderfull ,..... Stella phoned and will be bringing "Sunny" my sun conure home to day.

What a wonderful honest person.

Sunny will be back at work modeling for me, being the star he is ment to be.

Look for his likeness this Fall in paintings and cards.

Perhaps a poster or two.

Added by Raynell Cook on March 25, 2010 at 3:36pm — No Comments

Sella and the bird

Last night Stella Evans and her companion found and saved my sun conure from a cold night out and perhaps breakfast with a hawk or other preditor. Finding my Sunny on the balcony of Stellas apartment they took him in. Thank you, Thank you.

I will be going up to the Evans apartment to bring my little sweetheart home this afternoon.

Spokanimal and the Spokane police tell me many animals owners and finders end up in court over such things. I was shocked to say the least…

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Added by Raynell Cook on March 24, 2010 at 3:47pm — No Comments

Spokane gets some positive, national publicity

I thought others might find this interesting and exciting!

Spokane was listed in the top 5 on MSNBC's list of "Real Estate Steals in Fun and Affordable Markets!" (seen on the today show, march 22, 2010; you can view it on todayshow.com)

Spokane is 14th of all US cities in the Money Magazine's list of "Best Places to Buy Now!" (Posted on cnnmoney.com, March 22, 2010)

Although…

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Added by Dave Tafs on March 24, 2010 at 2:04pm — 7 Comments

Spokane's Vino! A Wine Shop

Let's connect on Facebook www.facebook.com/drinknectar

Does your wine shop provide a unique wine of the month club, special membership discount, quality guarantee, unique stock, and weekly tasting and educational events? No? You must be shopping somewhere other than Spokane’s Vino! A Wine Shop.

Running away from the bureaucratic world in the 80’s John Allen ventured into…

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Added by Josh Wade on March 22, 2010 at 9:58pm — No Comments

One World Registers in Inlander Best of Poll

Congratulations to One World Cafe for being voted Spokane's 3rd best vegetarian restaurant in the Inlander. What an accomplishment for a grassroots venture with no advertising budget, not located in downtown Spokane, and not being your typical restaurant. Thank you to all those who voted for us. And here's to making it even better new year.

Added by Mark E. Mayers on March 22, 2010 at 3:45pm — No Comments

how does my garden grow and other mportant things

All of the seeds are up now. It looks like a 7-Eleven in my living room. At least at night. I had to purchase another shelving system from Costco and 10 more lights and light bulbs. The herbs and peppers are growing by leaps and bounds, especially the ones under lights in the house. We are starting to fill the pots for transplanting which I anticipate will be a week or less. I'ts amazing how fast they grow.

Today was absolutely gorgeous and I had to spend half…

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Added by Elizabeth Casteel on March 19, 2010 at 5:42pm — No Comments

Are you the one that will choose to make a difference?

A blog from my past...

February 3, 2008 - Sunday

One can make a difference - Are you the one?

There are so many options one can choose in life.

You can choose to focus on your self pursuit and not look around until what you want is accomplished.

You can choose to focus on projects in your life and not look around until they have reached their goal.

You can choose to… Continue

Added by Jurene Mason on March 18, 2010 at 4:00am — No Comments

Celebrating 100 Posts and Featured in Spokesman Review

For a mere four month’s DrinkNectar.com has been a labor of love for me. Birthed out of a desire to brand a future Spokane business the blog has morphed and grown into an extension of my passion for coffee and wine. While today may not match the longevity recently celebrated by a twitter friend and wine blogger @Lenndevours of the… Continue

Added by Josh Wade on March 17, 2010 at 1:41pm — No Comments

Calling All LaunchPad INW Members: The Hey Google, Pick Spokane Project Needs Your Support!

If you have not heard Google has launched a new initiative to pick a few cities to test their broadband fiber program and Spokane has launched a campaign to help make the case.

I believe if Spokane were to be selected this would be a great marketing message for our city and we at LaunchPad INW are offering the City of Spokane our site as a possible "local" test application for this project.

Please read the following post from Marlene Feist, Communications Director, City of… Continue

Added by Bill Kalivas on March 17, 2010 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

HSSA Seeks Your Support for SSB 6727. Write or Call Today Rep. Ross Hunter, Chair, House Finance Committee

The Health Sciences & Services Authority (HSSA) of Spokane County has attempted through SB 6727, sponsored by Sen. Chris Marr, to make three minor technical changes to the legislation that authorized HSSA in 2007. There is no fiscal impact from these changes, and they will allow the HSSA's Board to operate more efficiently. The bill made it through the Senate thanks to Sen. Marr's leadership, and was passed out of the House Economic & Community Development & Trade Committee and on… Continue

Added by Susan Ashe on March 17, 2010 at 10:17am — No Comments

Hey Google, Pick Spokane

I just posted some photos I took yesterday in the park with people holding our "Hey Google, Pick Spokane" sign. The City of Spokane, along with partners Greater Spokane Incorporated, Avista Corp, tw telecom, Greenstone Homes, and yes, LaunchPad, are working hard to complete our application to Google for the Fiber for Communities project.

This project would involve installing fiber to the home, creating Internet connection speeds around 100 times faster than what's available…

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Added by Marlene Feist on March 17, 2010 at 9:09am — No Comments

What I am up to these days

It's tomato time of the year again. All of my 6000 seeds are germinating. My herbs and peppers are growing by leaps and bounds and the work never ends. Yesterday I started preparing the trays of soil to transplant the tomatoes. I uploaded the website with all my current offerings yesterday, although I am still working on the herb and pepper pages.…

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Added by Elizabeth Casteel on March 17, 2010 at 7:01am — 2 Comments

Use "The Power of 2" at Launchpad's Networking Event, This Thursday

The Launchpad Real Estate Community Event is approaching this Thursday, March 18.

Details are here: http://www.launchpadinw.com/events/real-estate-community-event

If you are at all like me, whenever you attend a community event, two questions pop into your mind:

1. How to “work the room” for networking success?

2. Who are the most important people to meet that…

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Added by Janet Bartman on March 15, 2010 at 8:00pm — 5 Comments