Carleton Varney
Special to the Daily News
Over the years, my staff and I have been fortunate enough to create interiors for hotel resorts on many islands, including Oahu and Maui in Hawaii, as well as the Caribbean’s St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, Dominica, Anguilla and St. Martin.
And I have to admit, I love island decorating and I love those faraway places. Just the mention of St. Tropez, for instance, gets me dreaming about places with sandy names such as Tetiaroa, the late Marlon Brando’s island sanctuary.
As a child, I remember going to the Paramount Theatre in Lynn, Massachusetts, with my sister, Vivian, to see Betty Grable and Victor Mature in the 20th Century Fox film “Song of the Islands.” And of course, who could forget Dorothy Lamour in her sarongs for the “Road to …” films with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, which always fascinated me with their exotic settings far across the seas.
Thinking Differently About Thinking Differently
By Jacqueline Ferguson, certified diversity executive and Head of Content & Programming for The Diversity Movement
Organizations are investing in understanding, measuring and benchmarking the positive impacts of diversity and inclusion to the culture and the bottom line of their business. But only recently has neurodiversity been explored as fostering innovation, problem solving and creativity in business rather than being regarded as a disadvantage. In fact, about 1 in 8 people have some form of neurodiversity.
People with dyslexia possess many strengths due to the unique way in which their brains process stimuli, including language.
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Dyslexia is a common form of neurodivergence. This neurological difference has nothing to do with intelligence; it simply describes a different kind of cognitive processing. People with dyslexia possess many strengths due to the unique way in which their brains process stimuli, including lan
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March 2, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. A Charlotte woman is defying the odds. She’s a cancer survivor, and recently opened her own business during the pandemic.
Julie Logan is known as the ‘Popcorn Lady’. Last month, during the pandemic, she opened her own business in Steele Creek, called “Popcorn Heaven”.
But, 17 years ago owning her business was just a dream. Back then, Logan was fighting for her life after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“It’s just by the grace of God that 17 years later, I’m here to tell my story, to be a testament of somebody else, but then, to open this business as a survivor, that’s nothing but God,” says Logan.
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The $130,000 annual increase in insurance costs would be higher if Highland Park had not joined with three other suburbs to pool liability insurance, according to its insurance broker. (City of Highland Park)
HIGHLAND PARK, IL Highland Park s municipal insurance costs will increase by about 22 percent next year, but the increase would be even greater had the city not joined a liability pool with other three other suburban communities last year.
The city s insurance premiums and administrative costs are estimated to rise by $131,000 in 2021 to more than $730,000, according to a package approved unanimously Monday by the City Council.
Highland Park joined Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village and Hoffman Estates in forming the Suburban Liability Insurance Pool, or SLIP, which took effect in 2019. The pooled plan gives municipalities broader coverage, lower fixed costs and the ability to retain underwriting profits that would otherwise go to insurance carriers, according to Finan