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Coverings 2022 Online Registration Open
The online portal for Coverings 2022 event registration and hotel bookings has officially opened, starting in October.
Attendees of the tile-and- stone event, taking place on April 5-8, 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, have begun sign- ing up for exhibit passes and lodging.
Also online, Coverings is also accepting submis- sions for the 2022 Coverings Installation and Design (CID) Awards and nominations for the 2022 Rock Star Awards through December 17, 2021.
Key advantages to registering online and in advance include preliminary notices of popular programs, special promotions, product sneak peeks, and other opportunities only available with early registration.
“Las Vegas embodies the exciting work-meets-play atti- tude everyone is ready for, and we are excited to give Coverings’ attendees the best of both worlds in business and leisure,” said Jennifer Hoff, president of Taffy Event Strategies, the manage- ment company for Coverings. “Coverings 2022 exhibitors and attendees will be able to learn, explore, network, and build business at the foremost tile and natural stone event during the day, and experience some of the best dining and entertainment the world has to offer at night.”
Coverings’ show manage- ment is currently planning for a creative and strategic lineup of product displays, a global exhibit hall, networking events, and robust educational opportunities, including CEUs through sessions, demonstra- tions, live interviews, and much more.
Rhode Island Rednecks DO Exist
false distress message to the Coast Guard,” according to the civil complaint, and “caused the Coast Guard to attempt to save lives and property when no help was needed.”
The men borrowed a flare gun and flares, set out on the water in a small skiff, and fired three flares when they thought they could be seen by people at their friend’s wedding reception, prosecutors said.
Phillips and Foster recorded their ill-conceived stunt to post on social media, prosecutors said.
People who saw the flares reported them to the New Shoreham harbormaster, who in turn alerted the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard deployed a boat and two helicopters for the fruitless search and rescue mission.
A uthorities say two Rhode Island men touched off a needless and expensive ocean search-and-rescue effort when they fired maritime distress flares to celebrate a friend’s wedding. The two men have agreed to pay $5,000 each to settle the case, federal prosecu-
tors said.
The Coast Guard and the town of New Shoreham spent more than $100,000 combined respond- ing to the flares off Block Island on June 6, 2020, when there was no one in distress, accord- ing to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Providence.
Perry Phillips, 31, and Benjamin Foster, 33, “knowingly and willfully communicated a
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