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Small Business
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In Search of the Sweet Life: Trekking the World in the Name of Pastry

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Kindra Foster
February 06, 2017

Angela Garbacz has trotted the globe to find the world’s best food and has the stamps on her passport to prove it.

She’s enjoyed life-changing buckwheat pancakes in Reykjavík, visited a specialized temperature-controlled cake decorating kitchen at the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong, and discovered a boutique in Amsterdam that served only perfect little chocolate cookies with white chocolate ganache centers.

These types...

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Travel
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Solo Travel: Wanderlust for One

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Kindra Foster
January 09, 2017

Imagine: you step off a train in a small French town. The station doesn’t have internet access and you don’t have a place to stay. As the sun begins to set, you’re forced to walk down the cobbled streets, hoping a tattered-looking hotel spotted in the distance will have a bed for you.

For globetrotters like Catherine Sypal, this type of open-ended adventure with no guarantees is the appeal of traveling alone.

Sypal...

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People
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Peace, Love, and Joy Huber: Cancer Patient Squashes Sadness with Travel

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Kindra Foster
January 02, 2017

No one plans on getting cancer, especially in their 30s, but for Nebraska businesswoman and songwriter Joy Huber, fate had other plans.

After her diagnosis, Huber began treatment and was determined not to let her spirit break, but chemotherapy left her feeling exhausted and sick.

“When you get the diagnosis, you’re terrified,” Huber said. She adds that cancer patients often don’t have the time or energy to find...

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Food
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Delicious Food, Warm Welcome — and Locksmith Services

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Kindra Foster
November 10, 2016

Carmel by the Sea: Mediterranean Restaurant

When I stumbled into the genial world of Mediterranean Restaurant on a charming street in Carmel by the Sea, California, I was flustered.

I realized about five steps away from my Jeep that had I locked the keys inside. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do about that, so I decided to just sit down, have a good meal, complete a scheduled phone interview — and...

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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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Small Business
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Mexican Entrepreneur and Opera Tenor Starts Over

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Kindra Foster
August 20, 2016

Juan Miguel Lopez was a successful entrepreneur from a family of entrepreneurs in Mexico. He owned a bar, a nightclub and two restaurants in Leon, Guanajuato State. He was also an opera tenor, director of art conservation programs, and a TV show host supporting the preservation of Mexican traditions.

Then 9/11 happened. After the terrorist attacks on the United States, the U.S. tightened trade restrictions on many countries,...

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Startups
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From Nebraska Omaha Collaborative: When Startup Culture Meets Nebraska Nice

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Kindra Foster
August 04, 2016

The Omaha Startup Collaborative puts a premium on informal spaces where members can work together away from their offices

In a 100-year-old building that once brought together grain traders, the Omaha Startup Collaborative brings together knowledge traders, such as the developers at Crumb. The innovative startup company, one of 67 Collaborative members, lets doctors see...

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Startups
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With This App, When Your City Goes to the Dogs, It’s a Good Thing

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Kindra Foster
July 09, 2016

Mycity.dog is coming to yourcity.now. The site that started life two years ago as Omaha.dog, an online list of local dog-friendly businesses, places and events, has been upgraded for national use. 

“The new site has advanced filtering,” says co-founder and web developer Jeannie North. “You can search by categories and geolocation on your mobile device and it will show you the dog-friendly businesses around you.”

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Business
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IBM Kenexa Recruitment Department In Lincoln, Nebraska, Houses Employment Branding Machine for International Brands

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Kindra Foster
June 13, 2016

Mary Kate Gulick is creative director of employment branding within the recruitment division of IBM Kenexa in Lincoln, Nebraska. She loves what she does, because she gets to help match people with jobs where they will thrive. The company, in turn, saves money and time by hiring people who are a good fit and therefore more likely to stay and accomplish great things. That’s what employment branding is all about.

“Hiring the wrong...

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Local
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Skate for Change: The Enthusiastic, Unorganized Charity of Nebraska Millennials

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Kindra Foster
June 01, 2016

The perceived high work ethic and associated integrity of Nebraskans has been showing up in interesting ways for the state’s millennials (people reaching young adulthood around the year 2000). Although young Nebraskans participate in charities of all kinds, some are noticing a trend in “unofficial” charity taking place.

One example is the Skate for Change movement, which began in western Nebraska with one skater and has expanded...

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