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11 Orange County Companies That Have Appeared On “Shark Tank”

Locker BoardCity: San ClementeEpisode: Season 9 Episode 1The Deal: Sir Richard Branson invested $65,000 for a 20% stakeThe Company: When founder Carson Kropfl couldn’t fit a regular skateboard into his middle school locker, he invented one that would. lockerboard.netEarthlogCity: Huntington BeachEpisode: Season 6 Episode 10The Deal: Lori Greiner invested $160,000 for a 35% stakeThe Company: Earthlog makes fire logs that are scented and clean burning. The logs are produced using non-toxic, recycled materials such as paper and wax, which allows them to burn cleaner and produce more heat. earthlog.comOrigAudioCity: Fountain ValleyEpisode: Season 2 Episode 7The Deal: Robert Herjavec invested $150,000 for a 15% stakeThe Company: Founded by Jason Lucash and Mike Szymczak, OrigAudio is a consumer audio business that produces innovative devices such as the Rock-It, a device that can turn almost any surface into a speaker. origaudio.comPolarProCity: Costa MesaEpisode: Season 7 Episode 8The Deal: Mark Cuban and Robert Herjavec invested $1 million for a 20% stakeThe Company: PolarPro creates attachable filters to ensure high-quality pictures and videos on devices such as the GoPro. polarprofilters.comShark WheelCity: Lake ForestEpisode: Season 6 Episode 29The Deal: Mark Cuban, Kevin O’Leary, and Nick Woodman invested $225,000 for a 7.5% stake, plus 10% royalty until $500,000 is returnedThe Company: The Shark Wheel is a skateboard wheel that is said to have less rolling resistance while offering a faster ride, as well as more traction on various terrain. sharkwheel.comGuardian BikeCity: IrvineEpisode: Season 8 Episode 21The Deal: Mark Cuban invested $500,000 for a 15% stakeThe Company: Guardian Bike sells itself as one of the world’s safest bikes for children. Using a braking system known as SureStop, the ... http://www.orangecoast.com/stuff-we-love/11-orange-county-companies-that-have-appeared-on-shark-tank/

Visitors offer prayers, flowers after Branson duck boat tragedy

Table Rock Lake during a storm Thursday. Holloman said Ride the Ducks is one of their favorite things to do when visiting Branson. They are staying in a nearby hotel and were standing on the balcony last night, looking at the tourist attraction, when they heard the news. "Tears just started flowing," Holloman said. "I didn’t know any of the victims. It’s just tragic." Holloman and Sanders said they have never felt scared on Ride the Ducks and recall being told by operators that they could put on a life jacket if they wanted. "We never felt unsafe on the Ducks. It’s always laughter. It’s always fun," he said. Trump tweetsabout duck boat capsizing near Branson: 'Such a tragedy' Holloman and Sanders placed white fresh flowers on the vehicles and prayed. "We just want to show our respect to the families, their friends and to the whole city of Branson," Holloman said, adding he hopes the families can find peace and comfort. Gayla and Bob Reeves of Kansas City brought their four granddaughters to Ride The Ducks Friday to lay flowers by the front of the business. ... https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/07/20/visitors-offer-prayers-flowers-after-branson-duck-boat-tragedy/806891002/

Flowers for strangers: Branson mourns those lost in duck boat tragedy

BRANSON — Friday morning started with a single flower laid on each car left overnight at Ride the Ducks Branson, which owns the duck boat that departed Thursday for a tour that ended fatally when the vessel sank in a storm. By the end of the night, the hoods of two remaining cars were overfilled with flowers, with space left only the tops of the vehicles and on the ground around them for folks to add to the collection. Surrounding a vehicle shared by two of the victims, hundreds gathered Friday night to pay their respects and come together as a family to mourn those lost Thursday night after the amphibious duck boat was caught in a strong thunderstorm and capsized on Table Rock Lake. The accident killed 17 people. The majority of the people laying down flowers and paying their respects during a quiet ... https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/07/21/branson-vigil-duck-boat-accident/810280002/

The Crystal Fish, Gifts of Distinction - 417mag

Looking for the perfect gift? Linda Cherry, co-owner of Branson gift boutique The Crystal Fish, Gifts of Distinction, has a few ideas.by Lillian Stone Photos by Kevin O’RileyDISCLAIMER: The information in this article was fact checked and accurate at press time, but 417 Magazine cannot guarantee its accuracy indefinitely.Lifelong friends and co-owners Linda Cherry and Rosemary Knaust mix national names with local finds in The Crystal Fish, Gifts of Distinction.The Crystal Fish, gifts of distinction490 Branson Landing Blvd., Ste. 301, Branson 417-335-8236, thecrystalfish.comOpen Mon.–Thurs., 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Fri.–Sat., 10 a.m.–7 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.–5 p.m.For a chronic impulse buyer like myself, walking into The Crystal Fish, Gifts of Distinction is an exercise in restraint. A prominent Swarovski display sparkles with classic and limited-edition crystal collections along one wall. A few feet away, shelves overflow with vibrant Vera Bradley prints. The boutique is bursting with well-known national brands, to be sure—but it’s the Ozarks influen... http://www.417mag.com/417-Magazine/August-2016/The-Crystal-Fish-Gifts-of-Distinction/

Women live longer in homes with lots of green plants around - SeniorJournal.com

NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov.  Seniors may find reverse mortgagea good investment option…"Reverse Mortgages - the  Investment that Grows"writes industry leader Michael Branson, CEO, All Reverse Mortgage"Are you losing money in your portfolio? So many are. I received a call from a borrower for whom I closed a reverse mortgage  less than a year ago. She wanted to thank me again and let me know that the reverse mortgage saved her." Read more in Senior JournalRelated Health News from Senior Journal ArchivesLongevity benefits go to elderly women who have regular mammogramsimg border="1" src="http://seniorjournal.com/images/Symbols/Health/BreastExamOlderWom... http://seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Health/2016/20160415_Women-%2520live-longer.htm

Meet your neighborhood florist, Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers - St. Louis Magazine

Karen “Mimo” Davis was a 31-year-old social worker, living in New York City, when her mother and stepfather asked her to look after their greenhouse in Missouri—and the property’s 132 rosebushes—while they honeymooned. “I fell in love with horticulture,” says Davis. Within the year, she left New York and bought a farm in Ashland, Missouri, where she began growing and selling flowers. (In 2008, Davis earned a master’s degree in horticulture.) In 2012, Davis and her then-partner (now wife), Miranda Duschack, got word of a greenhouse for sale in Dutchtown. Feeling adventurous, they bought the greenhouse—designed by Lord & Burnham in the ’50s—with an acre of land, eventually acquiring eight more plots that were once the site of Held’s Florist, a flower farm, dating back to the 1800s. Today, the farmstead is known as Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers, where more than 70 varieties of flowers are grown. “We’re in the heart of the city,” says Davis. “Few people get to connect with farming, and [our shop] gives them the opportunity.” ... https://www.stlmag.com/design/urban-buds-flowers/

These Flowers Spring Back After Being Smooshed - Science Friday

One of the authors of this study, Nathan Muchhala, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Missouri in St. Louis, joins Science Friday to discuss the unique properties of flowers. He discusses flowers’ amazing resilience, as well as how plants and pollinators are responding to fewer people out and about. See more flower species that can bounce back!Dactylorhiza fuchsii that had been tethered bounces back. Credit: W. Scott ArmbrusterFloral reorientation in Stylidium ciliatum. (Left) Normal orientation. (Right) Floral reorientation two days after tethered horizontally. Credit: W. Scott ArmbrusterExamples of floral orientation and symmetry. (Top) Tricyrtis formosana (Liliaceae), a species with upwards-facing flowers with radial symmetry; (Bottom Left) Dephinium glaucum (Ranunculaceae), a species with laterally oriented flowers with bilaterally symmetrical calyces and corollas, but with essentially radially symmetrical androecia and gynoecia at the centre; (Bottom Right) Chamerion angustifolium (Onagraceae), a species with laterally oriented flowers with radially symmetrical calyces and quasi-bisymmetric corollas; the pendent androecia and gynoecia are bilaterally symmetrical or asymmetric. Credit: W. Scott ArmbrusterPelargonium sp. reorienting. Credit: W. Scott ArmbrusterFurther ReadingRead the full study in the journal New Phytologist. Find out what’s happening on Science Friday…on Thursday. Subscribe to our preview newsletter. label style="display: none !... https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/flowers-bounce/

Paul Burrell says wife cried over gay wedding revelation - Stock Daily Dish

S in Chester since 2010, having previously spent 22 years working for Lloyds Bank.They were also pictured together on Facebook at the Blackberry Creek Retreat Bed & Breakfast, during a holiday in Missouri, US, in 2014, two years before Mr Burrell‘s divorce.The couple were not at home today – and Mr Burrell was not at his florists, his staff said.Mr Burrell has always refused to discuss his sexuality despite a 2002 expose in which an Australian man claimed they had enjoyed a three-year relationship in the early 1980s before he married Maria.However, a source close to the former butler has revealed that he confided in his special friend, Princess Diana.They told the Sun: ‘Paul‘s friends and family all know but for a long time he kept it a closely guarded secret.‘He did share it with Diana while he worked with her because they were so close.‘But at the time she was the only woman he felt he could tell.‘Mr Burrell and his wife announced their divorce just months ago, but it is believed that they had been living separately for some time before they split up.While he decided to stay in Cheshire, Maria now lives in a luxury home in Florida.Burrell now runs his florist, Paul Burrell Flowers, close to where the family used to live in the village of Farndon.Last month he was pictured taking flowers inside the store and serving customers. Although he is not thought to work there on a day-to-day basis. Paul and Maria Burrell met while they were both working at Buckingham Palace, with Maria serving as the Duke of Edinburgh‘s maid, and married in 1984.An established tradition suggested one of them should give up their job with the Royal Family, but the Queen made an exception for them, allowing both to remain in Royal service.Mr Burrell started working for Diana four years later and went on to become one of her most trusted members of staff.He joined Prince Charles and Diana at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire in 1987 and remained there until her death in 1997.Mr Burrell then made millions from a series of books about his life with the princess and from appearing on reality shows such as I‘m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.How William and Harry blasted Burrell‘s ‘betrayal‘ of their mum Princes William and Harry attacked former royal butler Paul Burrell for his ‘cold and overt betrayal‘ of their mother.In a 2003 statement unprecedented for its strength of feeling, William, then 21 and also speaking on behalf of his younger brother, showed his deep pain at Mr Burrell‘s revelations in his tell-all book.The Princes said the late Diana, Princess of Wales, would have been ‘mortified‘ at his actions if she were alive today.They called on him to put an end to his disclosures.Mr Burrell, who worked for the Princess, made a series of claims including one that Diana feared for her life and spoke of a plot to tamper with the brakes of her car.Prince William said in the statement released by Clarence House: ‘We cannot believe that Paul who was entrusted with so much could abuse his position in such a cold and overt betrayal.‘It is not only deeply painful for the two of us but also for everyone else affected and it would mortify our mother if she were alive today and, if we might say so, we feel we are more able to speak for our mother than Paul‘.In the international bestseller he c... https://stockdailydish.com/paul-burrell-says-wife-cried-over-gay-wedding-revelation/

A funeral director for the community - Dallas Voice

He also began taking mortuary classes at Missouri Southern.Then he moved to Dallas and began classes at the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service on South Buckner Boulevard and did much of his practical work at Sparkman-Hillcrest to earn his associates in applied science.He met LaFleur 16 years ago. LaFleur was is in retail and isn’t a funeral director. They met at JR.’s.“We stared at each other from across the room,” Lewis said. So one day he finally walked up to LaFleur and said, “Are we going to just stare at each other across the room or are you going to ask me out?”LaFleur gave him his email address. Lewis went right home and sent LaFleur a message and the email bounced. LaFleur insists it was an honest mistake.They met up at JR.’s again the next week, exchanged phone numbers and made a date to see each other the following weekend. Lewis said they ate dinner, watched a movie but he left, and they didn’t see each other for another four years.LaFleur was diagnosed with cancer and then he left for Louisiana to take care of his mother. When he returned to Dallas, they met up again on MySpace and have been together ever since.A few years ago, Lewis, who’s a member of the Turtle Creek Chorale, was talking to another member, who is also a funeral director, about how hard it was working for a funeral home owned by a large corporation.“I still want my own place,” he said.“I know a place in Ferris for sale,” the other member told him.A year passed before he decided to at least check out Ferris. The funeral home was still for sale, so on a Sunday morning, he drove to Ferris just to take a look even though he knew the place wouldn’t be open.As he was driving through town, though, he noticed signs for an open house. He decided to stop in and maybe get a feel for the town from the real estate agent.She asked what he was looking for in a house, and he said he was actually interested in Green Funeral Home that was for sale but stopped by the open house to get some information about Ferris from someone local. The agent told him her father owned the funeral home, and she called her dad and arranged for Lewis to meet him.Six months later, Lewis and LaFleur were in the funeral business.Their goal, LaFleur said, is to outgrow the current building within five years. “That means we have four years left,” Lewis said.While Ferris is growing quickly — 150 homes are already under construction on the west side of I-45, and T. Boone Pickens’ widow owns a ranch on the east side of the highway that she plans to develop — the couple knows they can’t rely on business just from the Ferris area.So, Lewis said, anyone was welcome to come to Ferri... https://dallasvoice.com/a-funeral-director-for-the-community/