Businesses and organizations that don’t make their websites, applications, communication channels, physical locations, and online working environments accessible, risk alienating large populations of customers and potential employees. According to the CDC’s U.S. disability figures, 5.9% of Americans (about 19.5 million people) are “deaf or have serious difficulty hearing” and 4.6% […]
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Robert De Niro’s New Caribbean Getaway
Photo credit: Courtesy JR From Town & Country “I like the word inn,” says Robert De Niro about what will, over the next three years, arise on 391 acres along the sandy shores of Barbuda. And though it might be difficult to imagine the award-winning actor behind the young Vito […]
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Lower Burrell family keeps Italian nativity scene tradition alive, new pieces added yearly
TribLIVE’s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. 23 minutes ago An Italian Christmas tradition encompassing a couple generations continues in a Lower Burrell household. For at least six weeks out of the year, retired cabinet maker Pat Pesce […]
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3 Fancy Colored Heart-Shaped Diamonds At Sotheby’s Jewelry Auction
Three heart-shaped fancy colored diamonds at Sotheby’s New York Magnificent Jewels auction Sotheby’s Fancy colored diamonds make up the top five lots for Sotheby’s New York Magnificent Jewels auction to be held December 9. In keeping with the holiday spirit, three of these diamonds boast heart shapes. The live sale […]
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A nurse’s plea: An intensive care unit nurse details COVID-19’s realities [column] | Columnists
What is it going to take? When will people get the message? When will people understand and listen? I’ve stopped posting on social media about COVID-19 because it feels like so many people aren’t listening, and it is like banging your head on a wall. But I see so many […]
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Google gives 1,000 computers to CPS students on South, West sides
Millions of youth nationwide Monday embark on Computer Science Education Week — with its “Hour of Code” shared by 1 billion young students globally. Left behind will be many Chicago Public Schools students learning from home during a pandemic shining a harsh spotlight on the digital divide. “I was going […]
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Why I Had A Proposal-Style Photo Shoot To Celebrate Paying Off My Student Loans
I vow to give you a debt-free life. I vow to not define you by how much money you have in the bank. I vow to stick to a budget. I vow to build generational wealth. I vow to build a life of financial wholeness. I vow to be content […]
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The looming eviction crisis – CBS News
It is deeply ingrained among our most enduring clichés: “There’s no place like home.” “Home is where the heart is.” “A man’s home is his castle.” So, what happens when a family is evicted from their home? “It’s catastrophic,” said Matthew Desmond, a sociology professor at Princeton University. These days, […]
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Nordstrom Tries New Ideas And Becomes A Shining Star Of The Holiday Season
The Nordstrom store at Maryland’s Towson Town Center is fully decorated for the holidays on December … [+] 3, 2020. Michael Lisicky Coronavirus has certainly changed the way merchants sell and customers shop. As COVID infection rates soar, retailers, large and small, fear anticipated mandatory closures during this ever-important selling […]
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Trump’s Parting Gift To Biden: An Even Worse Catastrophe In Yemen
Video credit: Skye Fitzgerald, director, Spin Film As one of its final foreign policy acts in office, the Trump administration could take a step that would push millions of people in Yemen into starvation and prolong that country’s civil war. And President-elect Joe Biden would find it extremely difficult to […]
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New York Doctors Know How Bad the Pandemic Can Get
On Tuesday night, one of my co-residents did 17 emergency intubations. Upon running to respond to yet another intubation page, she was horrified to see that the patient was one of our supervising physicians. Today, one of our surgeons was intubated. Off duty in my Upper West Side apartment, I […]
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Make-A-Flake snowflake patterns so you can create your own at home
Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about IndyStar’s Make-a-Flake week 2, from an artist who tells stories through cut paper Indianapolis artists use Make-A-Flake to help you create your own at home during the pandemic and the holidays. Post to Facebook Sent! […]
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Remembering 50 years of ‘Masterpiece,’ and a mom’s love for British drama [Unscripted column] | Food + Living
When I was in high school in the 1970s, I remember wandering into the living room while my mother was watching some TV show filled with gowns, starched maid uniforms, white gloves and British accents. I wish I could say I was instantly captivated by the comings and goings of […]
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Gardening gift ideas from NMSU Cooperative Extension
Marisa Y. Thompson, Southwest Yard and Garden Published 3:03 a.m. MT Dec. 6, 2020 CLOSE In a recent NMSU Cooperative Extension “Ready, Set, GROW!” webinar on holiday gift giving, Bernalillo County Extension Agent Sara Moran described how she makes handcrafted soaps decorated with materials from the garden, like rose petals […]
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COVID-19 hitting Latinos hard nationwide, but what’s the story in Lancaster County? | Local News
Ismael Melendez sympathizes with those who have lost a loved one to COVID-19. He knows the feeling all too well. “My cousin died from COVID in Delaware, leaving three children and a husband behind,” Melendez said. “It was heart-wrenching. No one could visit her before she died or be with […]
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Winter salad ideas with chicory greens and citrus fruit | Food + Living
Although we may think of the winter solstice as the darkest day of the year, it’s these next few weeks that truly plumb the depths. Personally, I cannot wait for that moment in the sky on Dec. 21 when the sun is as low as it can go, marking the […]
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Abolish anti-Blackness: Hair and racism in South Africa | South Africa
In September, popular South African health and beauty retailer Clicks sparked widespread anger after publishing an advertisement that reinforced Eurocentric beauty standards in a country still suffering the effects of its painful racist past. The online advertisement, commissioned by TRESemme, a haircare brand under Unilever, portrayed photos of Black women […]
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Best Sofa Fabrics for Winter
A sofa is one of the most used pieces of furniture in a household. It is the center of entertainment, relaxation and some couches can be converted to an extra bed. You need your sofa to be comfortable and inviting to your guests. When hunting for sofa upholstery fabrics some […]