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When Does a Restaurant Become an Essential Business? These owners bristle at the notion that they’re a luxury By Melissa McCart Photo: Fieldtrip USA These three restaurant owners pivoted like everyone else trying to survive the economic wallop of the pandemic, but rather than switch from a sit-down spot to a takeout model, adding groceries, or selling takeaway booze to stay afloat, they assessed how the pandemic was affecting their business and employees — and looked to their commu...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: February 9, 2021 Elaine Mattson Don’t you just love it when something you do anyway proves to be pretty good for you? Red wine? Dark chocolate? Reading before bed! With information gathered from the Mayo Clinic and Sussex University studies. Reading before bed is definitely one of the best habits you can have. It not only betters your sleep quality but also positively influences the day’s activities. Reading can help you relax. There’s a reason snuggling up wit...

Word Barn Maker Series fills pandemic time with creativity Portsmouth Herald EXETER – The Word Barn has created a virtual Makers Series for the month of February that will offer the public access to a variety of workshops and sessions presented by local, regional, and international instructors and artists. Workshops will span a variety of topics from playwriting to mixology, bird watching to fermentation, visible mending to creating a layered soup stock. Instructors include Pulitzer Prize nom...

10 New Books We Recommend This Week Feb. 4, 2021 It’s rare for a self-help book to crack our list of recommended titles. But Ron Lieber’s guide to the financial side of higher education, “The Price You Pay for College,” made the cut for a couple of reasons. First, on the face of it, it’s an impressively thorough and genuinely useful manual for people staring up the sheer cliff of college tuition payments. (I am one.) Second, and more relevant for an audience of general readers, it als...

Read It and Reap: Pandemic spurs thirst for books By Ann Connery Frantz With a scarce supply of compliments for 2020, one can at least enjoy that book sales increased. People haven’t stopped reading, buying and borrowing books. Stores and libraries have kept up through online innovation and special services for readers. In Lancaster, for example, library borrowers agree to pick their selection up on the front porch at a certain time. Read, a library-friendly website, recommends reserving thes...

In a year with few upsides, people have been exercising dormant muscles within themselves, plunging in with the newfound zeal of the beginner

NTT DATA Technology Foresight 2021 Released TOKYO, Japan - January 28, 2021 - NTT DATA today released NTT DATA Technology Foresight 2021, a compilation of future technology trends that the company believes will have a significant impact on society and business. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Technology Foresights first publication. NTT DATA Technology Foresight analyzes the ramifications of developing technologies on society and business over the next three to ten years. In particular,...

Why Learning a New Skill Is So Good for You Despite your age or how busy you think you are, introducing yourself to a new skill is one of the most life-enhancing things you can do. ( Photo: poison_dv/iStock) As it turns out, being a grown-up novice offers all kinds of surprising benefits. Just ask journalist Tom Vanderbilt, who spent a year attempting to pick up a variety of challenging skills, from surfing to singing to drawing. Ultimately, he didn�...

Now that chilly weather has certainly set in, you may be spending more time at home hunkering down and hibernating, cooking and reading more. I know I have been. Here

Beginners by Tom Vanderbilt: Gain new mindset from learning CNN 1/11/2021 © Shutterstock Learning a new hobby or skill can help you create a fresh mindset. Midway through his mission to learn chess, Tom Vanderbilt found himself facing off against an 8-year-old child. Vanderbilt had a successful writing career, a college degree and decades of real-world experience. The kid, though, had superior skills. Vanderbilt lost in a few dozen moves. Defeat, however, couldnt dampen Vanderbilts enth...