Susan Masaracchia-Roberts

To keep pace with consumer interests,with the help of current technology, augmented reality is an attempt by retailers to help consumers choose products in a different, user-friendly way.

Some retailers are attracting traffic by incorporating an additional business within their confines. This article shows how two furniture stores are offering unique traffic builders -- one including a bar and another a book store.

As it was being written, this article reflects the impact the Affordable Care Act would most likely have on retail employers.

Women-focused Web sites provide mostly fashion and beauty advice, but nothing about caring for their cars. This event provided solid information for women on how to choose a car, take care of it, and buy insurance wisely, as well as provide local and national resources for their information.

While many North Shore residents pass these historic family farms, most may not know of the history they hold - from a farm founded by the creator of Chicago's "L" system and others, Elawa, Hawthorn Mellody and Wagner Farms have their own tales.

With its proud Italian workman background, few know the tale of how opera jump started opera in Chicago.

Former gang-bangers and felons work with the community to diffuse gang violence. A community rally shows community how this group, CeaseFire, can help them accomplish their goal.

Few would ever guess that homelessness abounds in Chicago's affluent norhtern suburbs, however there is a growing population among the vast wealth that exists in that area.

As part of their journey from average to great, more than 80 adult volunteer leaders from the Northeast Illinois Council of the Boy Scouts of America attended a local recent Wood Badge ceremony. One of the Boy Scout edicts for the 21st century is to obtain an education. Wood Badge leadership training uses corporate-style leadership theories and applies them to the methods of Scouting.

Before becoming a quaint European-style marketplace, Lake Forest's Market Square resembled an old West mining town. The North Shore's now affluent Plaza del Lago had a much shadier past as a lawless place for visitors to have fun - no holds barred. They are the first of America's shopping centers.

The Lucille Ball characterization of an administrative assistant flies in the face today's office needs and realities. The article was written for PenPal, the newsletter the company publishes for its customers - office administrators and professionals - in honor of national administrative professionals week.

This newsletter is sent to health health care professionals quarterly to help them appropriately identify and treat COPD. The articles I wrote are examples of how the COPD alliance of medical professionals helps colleagues work together to more effectively provide effective care to patients and help others avoid acquiring COPD.

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