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Building Philadelphia’s start-up generation
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Jen Leary, saving the pets from disaster when the humans are safe
Ask a 5-year-old what they want to be when they grow up, and the answer is often fireman or princess. Most of us leave those fantasies be ...
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Turning around the health care crisis, one student at a time
What if there was an outbreak of a deadly virus and not enough physicians to stop the epidemic? If this sounds like a futuristic horror f ...
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Better late than never, NJ jazz musician finds his true instrument is his own voice
Most musicians discover the one instrument that will become their trademark early in their careers. Benny Goodman’s clarinet. Gene ...
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Philly ‘shark tank’ a matchmaker for startups and angel funding
On a recent morning, an aspiring entrepreneur stood before a panel of angel investors. He had 10 minutes to convince them that his concep ...
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One woman’s message to Philly seniors: Stay sexy
Sex is probably the one subject you don’t bring up with your parents, but it’s the main topic of conversation when Theresa Cl ...
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Doc from Pa. filmmaker gives voice to trauma of first responders
The Emmy, tucked in a dark corner of Melody Vision Studio in Plymouth Meeting, is an ...
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Bucks County’s Natalie Kaye on relaunching a career and making a difference
Some people retire to Florida. Others retire to care for grandchildren or to travel the world. When Natalie Kaye of Newtown retired from ...
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Philly priest uses fiction to break Catholic Church’s ‘wall of silence’
It’s Father Paul F. Morrissey’s duty, as an Augustinian priest, to help relieve the pain and suffering of others. But what if ...
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Julie Angel finds healing and peace, gently down the stream
Julie Angel (her real name) is a healer. She has made a career out of helping people conquer long-held fears, get in touch with deeply bu ...
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Mt. Airy elder-activist says you’re never to old to change the world
Many Baby Boomers worry if their adult children and grandchildren will be financially secure after they’re gone. Lynne Iser, a Mt. ...
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Orlando Haddad finds Philly’s bossa nova beat
Blame it on the Beatles. That’s how Brazilian-born musician and composer Orlando Haddad, 61, explains his leap from Beethoven to ro ...
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