Times are tough in this economic recession and sometimes a job isn’t enough, so people are looking for quick ways to earn extra cash.

Between updating your photos on MySpace, messaging Grandma on Facebook and Tweeting your latest political opinion, you may have bitten off more than you can chew.
 
MySpace, Facebook and Twitter are just three examples of the booming business of “social networking.” This buzzphrase has become more than just that, it’s an undeniably growing entity.

Walking into the First Baptist soup kitchen on Cortez is like walking into a hug: warm, hospitable and friendly. 
 
The strong fragrance of kitchen cleaner pervades the air and stings your nose for a couple minutes until you get used to it.

When Russell walks down the street, no one notices, but that’s his job.
Sitting in his chair, he could be just about anyone.  A man of average build in his early 50’s, he dresses casually and keeps his hair relatively short.
Russell is a private investigator and to protect himself and his business he has chosen only to give his first name.  Yes, PI’s do exist outside of Hollywood and no, they don’t constantly carry a magnifying glass.

Its skin is 1,400 coasters from breweries across the world. Its blood is Liquid Amber and Petrified Porter, along with the six other tap beers brewed in-house.
Inside, on a Friday or Saturday night, it is coursing with life: with the locals of Prescott, AZ, with tourists and with staff.

Currently there are about 23.3 million surviving veterans in this country, ranging from World War I all the way to the current Iraqi conflict.
 
This number keeps increasing.  According to Ame Callahan, Volunteer Services and Public Affairs Manager of the Prescott Veteran’s Hospital, they provide aid to more than 20,000 veterans in the northern Arizona area alone. 

The Italian architect Paolo Soleri began the creation of Arcosanti in 1970. 
Soleri also has a similar site outside of Scottsdale, called Cosanti and he resided for a time at the famous Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture at Taliesin West in Arizona. 
 
Soleri’s idea was to build an urban habitat where architecture and ecology could work together as one integral process; where people could live, work and have access to all their needs within one convenient location. 

Sitting down at a computer in the Library, or anywhere else on campus, is a bigger luxury than many may realize. 
Behind the scenes at Yavapai College there are many people and man hours that go into keeping campus computers usable. The Prescott campus alone is home to 1,047 computers, according to Bob Lynch the chief financial officer for Yavapai College

The movie industry is a continuously evolving business.
New advances in how movies are shown continue to be made, while the prices of marketing, production, tickets and every other measurable cost constantly fluctuate. 

The United States capital is an amazing plethora of monuments, memorials, museums and historic landmarks. I assumed that seven full days there would surely allow me plenty of time to see all of the city’s wonders.
 
After experiencing gourmet dishes in the country’s finest restaurants, collections of the oldest artifacts in the nation and statues of the greatest leaders and thinkers in our history, it occurred to me that I had only scratched the surface.