It was fall 2019 and Dua Lipa, the London-based pop singer, was having a rare moment of self-doubt. She had just scrubbed her Instagram clean, 21st-century pop-star code for symbolic rebirth, and was readying to release “Don’t Start Now,” the first single from her second record, Future Nostalgia. The follow-up […]
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Creating space: Cutchogue guild fosters art in the community
The old Penny-Crawford farmhouse, next to the post office on Main Road in Cutchogue, is easy to drive past as you wind your way through the North Fork countryside — although the sign out front might catch your eye as you go by. Inside, visitors are stopped in their tracks […]
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Family Fun: Celebrate 2020 by creating your own Christmas ornaments
For some families, decorating the tree is a walk down memory lane. There are ornaments brought home from travels, made by little hands at school and purchased to commemorate occasions or accomplishments (baby’s first Christmas or a new house, perhaps). Maybe there’s a shark or three because sharks are a […]
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Salesforce: Creating opportunities for people with disabilities is crucial for business success
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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New fundraiser puts professional Carnival artists to work creating “house floats”
With Mardi Gras parades canceled and different for 2021, unemployed or struggling float builders and artists can benefit from a new idea from the Krewe of Red Beans NEW ORLEANS — A Carnival krewe which raised more than a million dollars to support the city’s restaurants, health care workers and […]
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Cath Kidston on creating charming rooms
Cath Kidston (right) advises to accessorise with lots of colour (Getty for Cath Kidston) Designer Cath Kidston is known as “The Queen of Print”. With a background in interior design and styling, Kidston founded her brand in 1993 and made it a global name selling home furnishings and fashion products. […]
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Designer knows as ‘The Nester’ gives advice on creating a cozy space
For 12 years Myquillyn Smith, known online as “The Nester,” has inspired homeowners to rearrange their rooms to be more welcoming. Smith is a self-taught design-school dropout who took a week-long course so she could be a certified home stager and redesigner. Her newest book is “Welcome Home: A Cozy […]
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Five Steps To Creating An Email That Converts
Marketing Director at Sunshine Group, developing and guiding promotion strategies for the company’s brands. getty I’ve already shared some thoughts about winning email subject lines, and today it’s time to talk about the message itself — how it can motivate a subscriber to take the action you’re counting on. A 2019 […]
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Downers Grove Girl Scout wins National Gold Award for creating sex assault database
A middle school friend’s “sexual assault crisis” and the lasting and traumatic effects it had on the girl inspired Therese Malinowski of Downers Grove to make a difference. “That’s what made me passionate about sexual assault,” says Malinowski, 18, who will receive the Girl Scouts’ highest national honor tonight in […]
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Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, is creating a new model for its stores.
By Kelly Tyko USA Today | Erie Times-News A trip to Walmart might soon remind you of shopping on the retailer’s app. Walmart unveiled a reimagined store design last week rolling out to 200 locations this fiscal year, which ends in early 2021, and 1,000 by next fiscal year that officials said will create […]