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Do you remember when all the kids were on Facebook and the parents ended up opening accounts so they could monitor what was going on? Now Facebook has become the old people's social media platform …
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It doesn’t take much for a young and attractive woman in a male-dominated trade to stand out on social media. Particularly if they are willing to put themselves out there as Annabel Anderson …
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The NTCA Technical Committee has come up with three different methods for premounting mosaics. These three methods will be included in the next edition of the NTCA Reference Manual. A High School …
An old building once owned by Kodak, the film and camera company, was being renovated in Rochester, New York. But tearing down an ordinary wall revealed a surprise! An old tile mosaic mural from …
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2022 Coverings gets a thumbs up Overall, I think most that attended the 2022 Coverings Show in Las Vegas Nevada would agree that the attendance was a little low compared to pre-pandemic …
Winter is Coming This last month, a squiggly line on a chart crossed another line on the same chart and now the economy is screwed. You don't have to know what a yield curve is. You don't need …
Here are the Coverings 2022 award winners. Tile Person of the Year Dirk Sullivan, of Hawthorne Tile in Portland, OR If you know Dirk, the only question you have is "What took so …
The New York Times, which recently bought the new viral word-game Wordle, is being accused of making the game harder, trolling millennials, and being too obscure. Case in point: this tile-related …
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Check your website in two quick steps You know that sense of pride that you felt when your business website went live? Yeah, me too. It's like your business is taking a big step and becoming …
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The new Consumer Education Committee (CEC) is trying to change that. This new committee is a joint venture involving the NTCA, CTEF, TCNA, and some industry manufacturing companies. The CEC is …
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