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Oct 15, 2026 - Lifestyle

Dr. April Lavette Jones, director of strategic innovation and distance social work education at Alabama A&M University, will receive the CSWE Distinguished Recent Contributions to Social Work Education Award. This national honor recognizes her significant achievements in advancing social work education. The award ceremony is scheduled for October 25, 2026, during the CSWE Annual Conference in Atlanta. The post Award Recognizes Dr. April Lavette Jones for Social Work Education Leadership appeared first on Grit Daily News.

Oct 15, 2026 - Lifestyle

After losing a few stone, Abdeen now likes to plan his meals ahead, but Claire says he is taking the joy out of going to restaurants. Whose argument carries more weight? You decide• Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become a jurorI want him to be more spur-of-the-moment because that will improve my dining experience Continue reading...

Oct 15, 2026 - Lifestyle

An umami-packed dish for when you need a flavour hit in a hurryHere is a simple, practical recipe that I trust will be useful to many who don’t have the time for lengthy kitchen preparations. Boil the spaghetti as usual, drain it, and toss it with a little butter and parmesan. Then, for four, take a spoonful of meat extract and dissolve it in a small saucepan with just a few drops of boiling water. Pour the meat extract over the pasta, stir and serve. You will be pleasantly surprised by the exquisite flavour the pasta acquires – achieved with such a negligible investment of time.This is a roughly word-for-word translation of an Italian recipe for spaghetti con l’estratto di carne (spaghetti with meat extract). It is another dish from Ada Boni’s Il Talismano della Felicità (The Talisman of Happiness), which was published in English for the first time last month and, according to the food writer and editor Angela Frenda, is “still considered one of the most precise and accurate of all cookbooks”. Continue reading...

Oct 15, 2026 - Lifestyle

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?Every now and again the Thursday quiz gets overexcited and goes off piste. Celebrity Traitors has been so omnipresent in the UK that the idea of doing questions based on awkward rhymes around it became overpowering. It is still the same old mix of topical news, general knowledge and pop culture questions, and there are no spoilers. You don’t even have to have watched the show. But if you’ve ever wanted to watch someone struggle to rhyme a question with Romesh Ranganathan, now is your chance. Allons-y!The Thursday news quiz, no 269 – Celebrity Traitors special Continue reading...

Oct 15, 2026 - Lifestyle

Independent hotels are becoming a more attractive business proposition, even though they enter into what seems like an extremely competitive market. How can a small hotel startup even hope to compete with massive chains like Hilton, Marriott, or IHG? Ironically, it’s the smallness of an independent hotel that can be its biggest USP: travelers want […] The post What to Cover in a Business Plan for a Hotel Startup appeared first on Grit Daily News.