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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Therapy dogs travel 800 miles to comfort Highland Park residents after mass shooting - CBS Chicago

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By Steven Graves
July 8, 2022 / 6:32 PM / CBS Chicago
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (CBS) - Healing from Highland Park's tragedy will no doubt take a lot of time, but there are people determined to overcome obstacles to assist.
As CBS 2's Steven Graves told us, one group persevered to bring some canine comfort.
Help with trauma after Monday's mass shooting is coming in many forms. And in this tale, not even travel woes from 800 miles away, could stop the four-legged companions from coming here.
Lilo, 1, was the smallest but clearly most curious dog of the bunch.
One interaction, though, can't help but put a smile on your face. She and two other therapy dogs are doing just that for healthcare workers. On Friday, they were at Swedish Hospital in Chicago.
"The dogs are there. We're just kind of the other end of the leash," said Cory Silvo, a volunteer with Crisis Response Canines.
They also stopped at North Shore University Health System where colleagues treated or knew someone who took care of gunshot victims after Highland Park's July 4th parade shooting.
"It's not just people who saw things happen," Silvo said. "It's not just people who were at the event. It's everybody in this community. Everybody's affected."
Silvo knows the feeling well. Her group traveled from New Jersey to Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York, both scenes of recent mass shootings.
So, there was no hesitation trying to come to Highland Park, despite some challenges.
"We intended on flying out, but it didn't work out," she said.
With their flight cancelled, they went to the rental car checkout counter, put Lilo and the gang in a van. Their two-hour flight turned into a more than 12-hour drive.
They made it Wednesday morning to vigils, other hospitals and a memorial, all to put more smiles on people's faces.
"People start to pet these dogs and they open up after they said they don't want to talk about what happened," Silvo said.
Call it canine comfort, that seems to be unmatched.
"Travel time, that's nothing compared to what this community's been through," Silvo said. "It's about helping people."
All of the work is volunteer. The hope is to never have to respond in this type of situation again.
The group visited three memorials in Highland Park and five hospitals before driving back to the East Coast on Friday.
Steven Graves is a Multimedia Reporter for CBS2 Chicago who joined the team in September 2019.
First published on July 8, 2022 / 5:19 PM
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Monday, September 12, 2022

ISFD 3rd Annual INNOVATION + DESIGN Competition Taps Home Furnishings Experts as Judges - Furniture World

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The International Society of Furniture Designers (ISFD) has assembled a panel of highly qualified professionals to review and evaluate the extremely competitive INNOVATION + DESIGN 2022 maker/designer entries. This furniture industry sponsored juried competition is designed to acknowledge professional designers who make their own product and the next generation of serious woodworking students who are anticipating a career in the custom wood and related home furnishings industries.
“We would like to thank and recognize this year’s esteemed panel of judges for using their industry expertise to review the INNOVATION + DESIGN 2022 entries to select our finalists and winners,” stated John Conrad, executive director of ISFD. “Our knowledgeable judges offer a combined 210+ years of home furnishings experience covering upholstery and case good furniture design, interior design, engineering, product development, and product manufacturing. With that said, after being selected as a finalist and winner the designers and students will know that their outstanding work has been evaluated and deemed as the best in that category.”
The 2022 INNOVATION + DESIGN judges are:
The INNOVATION + DESIGN competition will culminate with the announcement of the winners at the “Meet the Designers” awards celebration held at 401 W. English on the Campus of Congdon Yards in High Point, on Thursday, September 22 at 7 pm.
Following the awards celebration, the INNOVATION + DESIGN winners’ and finalists’ projects will be on display Thursdays and Fridays from 3-7 pm and Saturdays noon-7 pm at 401 W. English until October 26. Here, the designs will be viewed by thousands of citizens living in the Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem, North Carolina area as well as industry veterans and High Point Market attendees. On October 22 from 3-6 pm, ISFD will host a reception where industry executives, designers and merchants will be on hand to review the finalists’ projects for potential production opportunities. All are welcome to attend.
As an added benefit, this year’s finalists will be interviewed for the international podcast, Design Between the Lines, and the winners will be featured in industry publications. Category winners will also receive cash prizes ranging from $250-$1000. Best of show winners will receive Congdon Yards Generator gift cards to work on any project of their choice.
“Also, the finalists’ projects will be uniquely photographed by more than 25 area photographers participating in the INNOVATION + DESIGN’s photographic competition and voted on by the exhibition visitors. These People’s Choice photography winners will be announced at a live celebration co-hosted with Theater Art Galleries (TAG) on October 13^th from 5-7 pm also at 401W. English,” Conrad concluded.
INNOVATION + DESIGN 2022 is supported by ISFD, and partners: International Market Centers, High Point Market Authority, Furniture Today, Congdon Yards, Alderman Company, Phillips Collection, Bienenstock Furniture Library, IFDA, Theatre Art Galleries, HPXD, The Earl and Kathryn Congdon Family Foundation and Visit High Point.

About The International Society of Furniture Designers
ISFD is an association advocating for outstanding design and the furniture designers whose creativity drives the industry’s engine. They seek to elevate the role of design and designer through networking, mentorship and professional development opportunities, and continuously promote, advance and support the profession of furniture design and its positive impact.
With professional and student members around the world and across the country, their diverse professional membership specializes in residential and contract furnishings and accessories. More information about ISFD and their awards programs, please visit their website, ISFD.org. You can also follow them on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Fall air travel season shaping up as less crowded than summer, but just as fraught - Marketplace

If you’ve traveled at all this summer, especially by air, then you know it’s been kinda crazy out there. The travel industry scrambled to ramp up again just as Americans scrambled to finally go on vacation or visit family after two years of hunkering down at home — only to be greeted with packed terminals and flights, delays and cancellations.
So, with Labor Day weekend almost behind us, what’s in store for the fall travel season?
Some delays and other frustrations are likely to continue well into the fall, said Lindsey Roeschke at research firm Morning Consult. That’s because the industry’s still seeking workers to fill its ranks.
But at least the crowds may thin as high prices tamp down demand.
“Everything is more expensive and will likely continue to be more expensive because airlines are cutting back on routes,” she said.
While people are less worried these days about catching COVID on a plane or train, anxieties about travel still run pretty high, according to travel risk consultant Dan Richards.
“When they leave their house, there’s just a level of uncertainty that I think wasn’t there before. And this goes for whether they’re going to the grocery store or going on vacation halfway around the world.”
Until recently, travelers’ No. 1 concern was whether they could get their money back if a trip was interrupted or canceled. Now, it’s whether they have access to emergency medical and evacuation services — for anything from illness to civil unrest.
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Sunday, September 11, 2022

Financial management course gives pros the tools they need to run a business - Construction Dive

The course aims to target “accidental” professionals, said Jonny Finity, senior content manager at Levelset.
The term refers to people in the construction industry whose job includes financial and accounting tasks, but who do not possess formal training or education in those subjects. That’s a norm in the construction industry, especially for small businesses, said Finity.
About 83% of construction businesses in the U.S. have fewer than 10 employees, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Small construction companies frequently turn to family or friends to run the office, do bookkeeping and perform general accounting tasks, without particular concern for their level of financial education or training, said Finity.
ZipRecruiter shows around 8,600 open jobs for construction office managers, and almost none require a bachelor’s degree in any field. About 58% of women in construction agreed with the statement “I studied or received training that prepared me for my current job,” according to a 2021 Levelset survey.
That sparked the idea to bring on Steven J. Peterson, licensed professional engineer and professor of construction management at Weber State University, to teach the financial management course for construction professionals. Most accounting books, for example, do not cover the unique aspects of accounting specifically for the construction industry, such as long term contracts, retention and progress payments, to name a few, said Peterson.
Major takeaways from the course include how to understand a construction company’s financial statements, including the unique differences between what you would see in a traditional statement and in construction, said Peterson. That includes different terminology and categorizations, and being able to determine whether a client is really creditworthy.
“I want to teach people to take a look at a construction statement, and be able to take those human characteristics into account, look at the financial ratios and be able to interpret the health of a company like a doctor would report tests and interpret your health,” said Peterson. “We’re gearing this towards the accidental professional because the entry barriers in the field have dropped significantly.”
About 200 students have signed up for the class already, said Finity. Students can complete the class at their own pace, with an average completion time of just three to five hours.
“We’re taking what has been used widely by universities to train the next generation of construction leaders,” said Peterson. “We’re taking about a quarter of that course, condensed it down from about four weeks to this three to five hour course, to develop, prepare and give people a introduction to that topic.”
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