Author: Peter N. Shelton

The annual welcome party hosted by Dime on Friday, July 26, attracted a lively crowd of attendees from established institutions, reflecting the growing interest in connecting with New York City’s Gen Z community. The event, held at a private location in downtown Manhattan, provided a platform for Dime to facilitate interactions between innovative brands and the next generation of consumers, showcasing their commitment to fostering meaningful connections in the marketing landscape. Dime, a marketing-tech platform that helps companies target the Gen Z market, curated an evening that highlighted their unique approach to brand activations. By leveraging its robust ambassador community,…

BullRush Trading Competitions, a company dedicated to gamified trading, announces the launch of its new interactive trading competition platform.  This new platform engages players’ fantasy trading skills and knowledge through a series of competitions, challenges, and tournaments. Fantasy sports gaming interest has increased globally over recent years, with Mondor Intelligence estimating its market value to be about $32 billion in 2024. Merging fantasy sports with trading games only exemplifies BullRush’s innovative prowess in creating valuable and exciting user experiences. The leaders at BullRush also expect to redefine trading education through competition. As anticipation builds around the popularity of the project,…

JACKSONVILLE, FL, February 5, 2025 – – The LionHeart Family Institute has expressed concerns about mounting pressures on researchers who explore controversial topics in child health and family studies. According to the organization, several academics have recently faced professional challenges—ranging from temporary suspensions to heightened scrutiny—for conducting research that questions mainstream academic perspectives on gender identity, child psychology, and related fields. Temporary Suspensions and Increased Scrutiny Over the past week, three professors from prominent universities have been placed on temporary leave. The professors’ work, according to LionHeart, focused on examining how family values and religious beliefs shape child development and…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is on the verge of introducing significant changes to nationwide rules governing recurring subscription programs. After publishing a notice of proposed action last year, the FTC is now in the process of reviewing public comments, with the goal of finalizing the updated rule soon. The new regulation is expected to set a high bar for subscription services, requiring clearer disclosure, simplified cancellation processes, and annual renewal reminders. Once adopted, the rule will mandate that businesses provide in advertorials clear and conspicuous disclosure of the material terms of subscription agreements, implement a “double opt-out” option for…

Small Towns We love PHOTOGRAPHY BY CALEB CONDIT AND REBECCA NORDEN 12 Small Towns Around KC to Visit This Fall Autumn is the best time of the year here in the lower Midwest, where the days stay warm almost into November and the nights start getting a little crisp. Make time for a short weekend trip, somewhere life moves a little slower. Here’s our guide to a dozen cute small towns within a short drive of KC that are rich in history and charm and have just enough—but not too much—to keep you entertained. Weston Hospitality WESTON, MO. | POPULATION…

When the French colonized Vietnam in the late nineteenth century, they could not comprehend a diet without their precious baguette, fine cheeses and coffee. Wheat was imported so that the French could enjoy their casse-croûte—a baguette served with cold cuts, butter, cheese and rich goose liver pâté. And as it has been throughout history, food became a weapon of colonialism and white supremacy: Vietnamese people could generally not afford the expensive French imports, which were poorly suited to the climate anyway. (And just as the colonists had little interest in local foodstuffs, they deemed their cuisine too refined for the…

For designing duo Janna Coglizer and Megan Shepherd, the Covid lockdown was a defining moment. Stuck at home, these corporate world co-workers and good friends concluded it was time to recalibrate. “Covid was a reset for both of us,” Coglizer says. Working from home without the office buzz, Coglizer was left with just her work and the realization that it was the people she worked with who made her professional work life interesting. She thought, ‘This is what I do?’ Coglizer wanted to do work that she felt more passionate about. Her longtime friend Shepherd, who worked for the same…

Smoke Clears Plowboys Barbeque closed both of its locations in mid-August as co-owners Todd Johns and Audrey Johns pivoted to a booming business in rubs and sauces. “We made the decision, the decision wasn’t made for us, and that felt good to us,” Todd says. “We’re finishing in a way that feels good. It feels good to end on our own terms.” Plowboys opened its first location in Blue Springs in 2013 and followed up with a downtown location in 2015 and a franchise in Nebraska. They also opened and closed a location in Overland Park, which is now Buck…

A clean, fresh-face look is in, especially during these humid days when nobody has time to sweat off a face full of foundation. That means getting your skin regimen locked down is key, and it can be difficult to know which products and procedures are best for your skin just by looking at the surface. A deeper look at your face can tell you which areas to treat—pores, wrinkles or brown spots—and how to treat them. Ashlee Campbell, a medical aesthetician at Plaza Aesthetics and Wellness, is used to looking at faces and coming up with targeted skincare plans and…

A soaring cathedral ceiling and a wall punctuated by a large stained-glass window make this Brookside living room feel as if it were originally a church, not a cozy family home. The grand living room is just one of many unique and quirky architectural features that made Janette Yost confident the late-Jazz Age Tudor revival would be the perfect canvas for her eclectic design style. “I really love old homes and the base they create to add modern touches and come up with a design that is both familiar and unfamiliar,” says Yost, who was handed the 1928 home’s original…