text:
Americans are getting their best pay raise in years as Obama leaves office
It keeps happening. After, a long period of stagnant wages, U.S. paychecks are looking peppier.
Wages for all employees rose 2.9 percent in 2016, according to the December jobs report released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as the economy produced 156,000 new jobs in the month. That's the 75th straight month of positive job growth, the longest such stretch on record.
While the wage gain wasn't massive. (It was probably less than 1 percent if you factor in inflation, which nobody, except economists, does.) Still, the non-inflation adjusted 2.9 percent increase in wages in December is the biggest jump in more than seven years. Yay.
If you think of the economy in terms of the sterile interplay of supply and demand, the rise in wages is a logical outgrowth of the improvement in the U.S. job market in recent years.
Since the unemployment rate peaked at 10 percent in October 2009, unemployment has clawed slowly lower. It was 4.7 percent in December.
As unemployment declines, it effectively shrinks the supply of labor. Which, all else equal, raises the price of labor. The price of labor is what we call "wages."
But if there's one good thing about the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States, it's that it has put an end to the notion that economics is a sterile interplay of supply and demand. As Trump shows with every micromanaging tweet castigating some company for a capital expenditure decision, economics is always intertwined with politics.
And when it comes to wage economics. Politics matters, a lot. In fact, there's been a broad-based, bipartisan political push in over the last year to raise wages. In 2016, minimum wages increased for 16 states. On Election Day, four states—including hard-right states like Arizona—voted to boost the minimum wage. And this year, some 19 states boosted minimum wages as of Jan. 1, raising the paycheck of millions of workers.
The federal minimum wage hasn't risen since 2009. But under Obama, the federal government can pull a lot of other levers to help nudge pay upwards. For instance in 2014, the Obama administration raised the minimum wage for federal government contractors to $10.10. Such government pay increases can be important in setting baseline pay elsewhere. A federal judge recently blocked a separate Obama administration effort to boost overtime pay.
It's impossible to say how much political nudging and economic improvement is responsible for raising wages. The important thing is that it's happening. For instance Wal-mart boosted pay for over a 1 million of its workers in 2016. Target also boosted its pay levels. As did JPMorgan Chase.
Nobody really knows what Trump's position on *the minimum wage* is. His statements on the topic have been the usual, mind-fogging mix of vagueness and inconsistency.
But it's fair to say that the incoming Trump administration—chock-a-block with billionaires—will have a fairly different view toward wage growth than the Obama administration.


text:
30% off any other vendorBalenciaga Neck Scarf Foulard Women
Neck Scarf Foulard Women Balenciaga Composition: 85% Modal, 15% Silk
Balenciaga Neck Scarf Foulard Women
Neck Scarf Foulard Women Balenciaga Composition: 85% Modal, 15% Silk
Balenciaga Printed Modal And Silk-blend Scarf - Red
Balenciaga's red scarf is printed with a web address in bold black lettering - type it into your address bar to receive a fortune message from the label. Made in Italy from soft modal and silk-blend, this lightweight accessory is finished with frayed edges. Loop it around the neck or tie it onto a favorite tote.
Balenciaga Intarsia Cashmere Scarf - Red
Balenciaga's intarsia scarf is monogrammed with the brand's logo and the address of its atelier in Paris - home to decades of heritage and revolutionary design. This enveloping piece has been made in Italy and is spun from the finest cashmere. Wear yours draped over one shoulder or wrapped around the neck.
Balenciaga Striped Silk-twill Scarf - Red
The skinny scarf remains a key accessory this season. Made in Italy from lustrous silk-twill, Balenciaga's version is patterned with bold red and white stripes. Wear yours knotted at the neck.
Balenciaga Women's URL-Print Silk Twill Scarf
Made in Italy, Balenciaga's scarf is crafted of red logo-pattern silk twill jacquard bordered with black URL lettering. Self-fringed edges. 34"/86cm square (approximately). Available in Red/Black. 100% silk. Dry clean. Made in Italy.;SILK

subset: commoncrawl


text:
19 Dec 2006
Professors Honored with Prestigious Musicology Awards
The town's name itself "Baden-Baden" (named after Count Baden) sounds already enticing. Built against the old railway station, its Festspielhaus programs the biggest stars in opera for Germany's largest auditorium. A Mecca for music lovers, this festival house doesn't have its own ensemble, but through its generous sponsoring brings the great productions to the dreamy idylle.
[Eastman School of Music, 19 December 2006]
DecemberTwo University of Rochester and Eastman School of Music professors have received prestigious awards from the American Musicological Society. Honey Meconi was named a recipient of the Noah Greenberg Award and Ralph P. Locke received the H. Colin Slim Award at the organization's recent annual meeting.


text:
Popular Now
Popular Now
Popular Now
Popular Now
01803 865913
+44 1803 865913
By: Louise Taraglia and Anne Waugh
209 pages, Col illus, figs, tabs
First textbook to explain this subject in an easily understood way. Explains veterinary physiological concepts in relation to underlying anatomical stuctures. Clinical examples link theory to practice. Explains the underlying anatomical structure of the animal, then explores the physiology of all the body systems.
There are currently no reviews for this product. Be the first to review this product!
Your orders support book donation projects
The packaging of both books was superb and they are in pristine condition. Thank you again for the service.
Search and browse over 110,000 wildlife and science products
Multi-currency. Secure worldwide shipping
Wildlife, science and conservation since 1985


text:
Nebraska: Can Your Corn Crop Survive Flooding?
Rainfall Sunday night totaled more than 5 inches in parts of south central and eastern Nebraska. Soils became saturated, resulting in flooding and ponding. Other areas of Nebraska's corn growing area need rain.
According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Nebraska Crops Progress and Condition Report, 77% of the state's corn had been planted as of May 11, with 18% having emerged.
- Smaller seedlings are more susceptible than larger seedlings.
- The effect of standing water on germinating seeds is not well known.
- Some hybrids will probably respond better than others, yet differentiating among poor and good hybrids is not possible due to limited data.
- A germinating seed is a living organism and as such requires oxygen to survive.
- In flooded soil conditions, the oxygen supply will become depleted within approximately 48 hours.
- Cool air temperatures help to increase the possibility of survival.
- Yet, we would not expect survival of germinating seeds to be greater than that of young plants; they should not be expected to survive more than four days.
Assess Survival
After the waters recede, confirm plant survival by examining the color of the growing point of the seedlings if present. The radicle (root) and coleoptile (shoot) should appear white or cream colored. Seeds could be cut in half to determine if turgor pressure is still present. If the seed is extremely soft and does not hold form, it probably will not survive. Surviving plants will resume growth within three to five days after the water recedes.
Replant Considerations
A decision to replant should be made only after assessing stands and considering the economics of replanting or converting the acreage to soybean or another crop. For example, corn planted prior to May 15-25 may yield about 87% of corn that was already planted at 35,000 plants per acre if diseases and insects do not affect the replanted seed or seedling. On the other hand, a stand of 20,000 plants per acre planted before May 15 that survived flooding could yield about 85% of corn planted the same time that has 35,000 plants per acre. Replanting in this example may be hard to justify.
If stands are extremely poor, consider replanting; be aware though that conditions can quickly change with several good days of weather.
For more information check the full article here.
Trump Proposed $38 Bln Cuts to Farm Safety Net – Not Counting USDA Cuts – DTN
The Trump administration is proposing dramatic cuts to the farm safety net in the president's first budget plan being delivered to Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The plan proposes tighter caps


text:
"Interesting and exciting work, and continuing opportunities to grow."
- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
I have been working at Noblis full-time (More than 10 years)
Great work, interesting and nice people, and many opportunities!
We have many sites and you'll need to make an active effort to connect.
Advice to Management
Keep adjusting our business approach to conform to the changing economy and environment.
Helpful (1)
I worked at Noblis as an intern (Less than a year)
Positive, fun culture
Great manager
Weekly activities/speakers
Great coordinator
Tasks can get monotonous
Clients can be difficult
Advice to Management
Attempt to create collaboration across departments so that unnecessary repetition does not occur
Continue to promote the internship program
Helpful (1)
I have been working at Noblis full-time (More than 5 years)
Technical leaders have a decent amount of freedom. The company allows reasonably flexible work hours. The cafeteria at headquarters is nice.
The company leadership is gradually changing the culture to emphasize a for-profit mindset, yet the company retains its non-profit status. The roots of the company originate within the FFRDC world, so there is an academic sort of heritage that is gradually disappearing.
Advice to Management
Abandon the non profit status and overhaul compensation model.


text:
Crystal Cut Glass Val St. Lambert stemmed Hock Wine Goblet for your consideration. This is the ever popular Berncastel pattern. Ca. 1930's.
Condition: This is a pre-owned wine glass and there are some signs of light use. Light bottom wear and a few very fine light scratches on the bowl and one pin point nick on one point of the faceted hexagon stem collar just under the bowl. I have tried to picture it in the fourth picture. I wasn't too successful but you might be able to see it. No other damage to note. There is a tiny bubble at the top edge of one of the fan points.
The wine is 7-1/8" tall with a 2-5/8" opening and the base is 3-1/8" OD.
Thanks for looking.
Offering a VARIETY of vintage collectibles. More to come! Many nice items under $50!
We accept Paypal Payments, Money Orders, and Personal Checks. PayPal can process your Credit Card and NOW, PAYPAL CREDIT!


text:
- Johnny Staccato (10 pics) ... Piano Player
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning over six decades, Williams has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scores in cinematic history, including Jaws, the Star Wars series, Superman, the Indiana Jones series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, and the first three Harry Potter films. Williams has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974, composing music for the majority of his feature films.
UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture alumni<\/list>,
American male classical composers<\/list> and
Male film score composers<\/list>."}}
Posted by elvisdreamer 8 hours ago
Posted by Jodie Juneau 1 day ago
Posted by Jodie Juneau 1 day ago
Posted by cen ben 1 day ago


text:
These fuss-free gluten-free mini cheesecakes are perfect for parties or potlucks and couldn't be any easier to make!
I really love cheesecake. Like really love it. But you won't find a single recipe for a full-sized cheesecake on my blog because I rarely find myself with a reason to make 16 servings of cheesecake.
If I made a cheesecake without a real purpose or some place to send it, I'd eat a copious amount, get sad and then make something else to help me get over my grief. It's a vicious cycle. With these gluten-free mini cheesecakes, you get everything you could want from a cheesecake but with built-in portion control! Eat one or two and freeze the rest.
Read the rest of Gluten-Free Mini Cheesecakes (294 words)
© Erin for My Baking Addiction, 2015. |
Permalink |
9 comments |
Add to
Post tags: Berries, Cheesecake, Gluten Free, Mini, summer
Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh
It's not exactly a physical fight, but you'll sure be fighting for your share
Central Jail Restaurant in Bangalore, India, is capitalizing on incarceration with fine dining in mind
You may be surprised by some of the countries on the list, but numbers don't lie


text:
Jobs in Mastin Moor
Email me jobs like this
Management Accountant
Posted 17 May by Randstad Financial and Professional
Recruitment Consultant
Posted Yesterday by Listen Recruitment ltd New
Experienced Commercial Account Handler
Posted 17 May by Nixon Allen Limited
Maintenance Engineer
Posted 17 May by Jobwise plc
General Foreman- Water Treatment
Posted 17 May by We Are SSG
Commercial Insurance Account Handler
Posted Yesterday by Cameron James Featured New
Credit Control
Posted 17 May by CRA Consulting
Conveyancing Legal Assistant
Sales Executive
Posted 17 May by Ethero
Care Worker
Posted Yesterday by Fosse Healthcare Featured New
Welfare Paralegal - Court of Protection
Posted 17 May by 360 Recruitment
Email me jobs like this
Care and Costs Legal Secretary
Posted 17 May by CRA Consulting
Customer Service Coordinator (German)
Posted 5 May by French Selection UK
Criminal Duty Solicitor
Private Client Solicitor
Experienced Sales Executive
Posted 17 May by Just Recruitment Solutions Limited
Occupational Health Manager - Fire Service
Posted Yesterday by CHM Featured New
Execuutive Fee Earner /Recruitment Consultant
Posted Yesterday by Listen Recruitment ltd New
Posted 17 May by Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Residential Conveyancing Paralegal
Posted 17 May by Sacco Mann
Senior Accountant Practice
Posted 17 May by Elevation Recruitment Group
Practice Manager Accountancy Firm
Posted 17 May by Elevation Recruitment Group
Full Time Telemarketer/Administrator
Posted 9 May by Workflow Imaging Systems Limited Featured
Sign in to create your email job alert.
Replace a saved search
Replace a saved search
Shortlisted job limit
You have reached your limit of 100 shortlisted jobs. To save more, please delete some of your existing shortlisted jobs. View shortlisted jobs


text:
This property has been removed by the agent. It may be let or temporarily removed from the market
4 bedroom terraced house to rent218 Walthall Street, Crewe, Cheshire CW2
£675 pcm| £156 pw fees apply
Property Description
Letting information:
|Added on Rightmove:
|16 November 2016 (189 days ago)
Key features
- Four bedrooms
- Reception room
- Large kitchen
- Fully furnished
- Off nantwich Road
- Yard to the rear
Full descriptionThis three/ four bedroom property is located conveniently for the town centre and Natwich Road facilities.
The property comprises of:
* Three / four bedrooms
* Good sized kitchen and lounge
* Upstairs bathroom
* Rear courtyard
* Fully furnished
* Double glazed and central heated
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)
To view this media, please visit the on-line version of this page at www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-45487632.html
Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) graphs
Map & Street View
View in fullscreenView in fullscreen
Street View is unavailable in this location
Disclaimer - Administration fees may apply when renting a property in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. For more details, please contact the agent.
Property reference WALTH218. The information displayed about this property comprises a property advertisement. Rightmove.co.uk makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the advertisement or any linked or associated information, and Rightmove has no control over the content. This property advertisement does not constitute property particulars. The information is provided and maintained by Homeworld Property, Crewe.
Please refer to our Renting Guides for further information on how to safely rent a property.
Map data ©OpenStreetMap contributors.


text:
emerald vintage engagement rings
Emerald Shaped Engagement Rings – The High Class : Emerald Vintage Engagement Rings
An emerald shape is often used for processing diamonds and other pgems. Products made with diamonds and treated emerald-cut, are more accessible for the consumer than decorations with other cut types. The thing is that the octagon is not as fashionable as, for example, the cut "Princess" and round shape. The classic emerald cut owns a rectangular shape, but now gems with a square emerald cut are becoming increasingly popular.
Here is fundamental info on Emerald Vintage Engagement Rings. We have the greatest resources for Emerald Vintage Engagement Rings. Check it out for yourself! You can acquire Emerald Vintage Engagement Rings guide and read the latest Emerald Shaped Engagement Rings – The High Class in here.


text:
Q & A: Lili Taylor and Minka Kelly Talk 'Almost Human', How They Got Their Roles and Imagination
Lili: Imagination is "one of the fuels for an actor"
Q & A: J.J. Abrams Talks 'Almost Human', the Cast and 'Star Wars'
J.J.: "I think that this show has a level of humor that is distinct from what we've done"
Filmography: Lili Taylor
Lili Taylor next stars opposite James Franco in Stephen Elliott's Cherry; and with Mickey Rourke and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Hany Abu-Assad's The Courier.
Tony Nominee Corey Hawkins on His Nearly-Disastrous Juilliard Audition
"I remember thinking, 'I want to go to Juilliard, I want that structure and I want that rigor and that classical foundation.'" - Corey Hawkins
Josh McDermitt: "I moved to LA a little later in my life than when most people move and I feel like I'm better for it."
"You have wins, you have losses. You have to remain positive, that's probably the biggest challenge; to not get yourself down." - Josh McDermitt on Acting
Tracy Letts on Turning Down Acting Work: "It's not worth doing work that I'm not proud of"
"I'm in a weird and enviable position in that, because of my playwriting, I don't have to do anything as an actor I don't want to do." - Tracy Letts
Elisabeth Moss on 'The Handmaid's Tale' and Doing Television When Actors Weren't "Supposed" to Do Television
"I still get excited when I get offered stuff. Like, a part of me thinks, They think I can do it! That's awesome!" - Elisabeth Moss
Dennis Quaid on Discovering Acting and His Early Career
"I discovered that acting was really a study of human behavior; what made people tick. And that fascinated me, and still fascinates me." - Dennis Quaid


text:
Ratings based on 2,607 Verified Reviews
4.3 Room cleanliness
4.1 Service & staff
4.2 Room comfort
4.1 Hotel condition
Expedia Verified Reviews
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Houston
Nice contemporary hotel close to shopping.Posted Apr 2, 2017
Really enjoyed the hotel coziness. You can't go wrong for any occasion.
Comment from Hotel Management
Apr 6, 2017 by Mark Noyes, General Manager of Hotel Derek, Hotel Management
We totally agree, Charles! Whether you're looking for some corporate digs, a weekend away, or just a quick cocktail – Hotel Derek is the place to see and be seen!
by A verified traveler from p
Watch your shins they will bleed!Posted Apr 2, 2017
The hotel Derek used to be a icon in Houston. Unfortunately it has gone down hill. The bar is dead. There is low energy in the hotel. The staff does their job. That's it. The bed is poorly designed so u hit your shins walking past (see pic) I left with bruises and cuts on both legs. In addition, my wife and I both booked a room there on the same day on accident and they didn't care at all land wouldn't work with us even though we were both there with friends 3 days. Why? They clearly need the money.
Comment from Hotel Management
Apr 6, 2017 by Mark Noyes, General Manager of Hotel Derek, Hotel Management
Ask Hagen, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with – we are here and we do care! I assure you the energy within the lobby and bar is typical abuzz, so I am not sure how to comment on that piece. Our platform beds have a very low profile design to complement the modern, sleek feel within our guestrooms – while we love them we are sorry to hear that you bumps your chins. We desperately need a second chance to have you back and to roll out the red carpet. Will you please reach out the next time your travels bring you back to Houston? Thank you for sharing your feedback with us – its valuable to our team.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Houston
Weekend RetreatPosted Mar 31, 2017
The overall hotel is beautiful. That staff was perfect. They allowed me the pleasure to checkin early and gave me room with spectacular views overlooking 610 freeway toward the Galleria Mall. The vallet secvice is a must! They were very helpful an knowledgeable about the in and outs of the city! This is by far my favorite hotel in the city, the location, the views, the service...... I'm from Houston and I recommend this hotel to all my friends and family!
by A verified traveler
Too loudPosted Mar 28, 2017
From decoration to music, everything was too loud. Beds were not comfortable and towels were bad quality. Service and staff was good.
Comment from Hotel Management
Apr 3, 2017 by Mark Noyes, General Manager of Hotel Derek, Hotel Management
Hey Jetsetter – so sorry that you didn't like our jams or our style – we're definitely not your traditional hotel! I'm thrilled that our staff was able to assist and accommodate during your stay however. We would love the opportunity to welcome you back during your next HTown visit!
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Charleston, SC
Great weekend stay!Posted Mar 27, 2017
Don't let the phone staff detour you from booking. The phone staff seems unprofessional and uninformed for the rate this hotel charges, it was very frustrating getting consistent and accurate information from the folks who answer the phone, but the staff upon arrival and check-in are totally different. Glad I kept the reservation after bad phone experiences.
Comment from Hotel Management
Apr 3, 2017 by Mark Noyes, General Manager of Hotel Derek, Hotel Management
So glad you enjoyed your weekend at Hotel Derek, Rhonda! I'm thrilled that our Guest Services Team were able to assist you upon your arrival, although I'm disappointed with your experience before you arrived. This will be addressed and will be used as a training topic for our team in the future. I thank you for your patience and not letting your negative experience affect your whole stay. I wish all our guests are as nice as you Rhonda! We can't wait to welcome you back for another HTown visit soon!
by A verified traveler from Austin
So not worth the price, even on Expedia.Posted Mar 22, 2017
Pros: Location.
Cons: Everything seemed old and outdated, carpet in terrible condition, didn't seem well upkept.
Location: Near the Galleria off of 610, lots of things to do.
Room had light bulbs that didn't work, remote for the TV that didn't work and a broken sink. Beds were very worn in and the room's temperature was difficult to control at a comfortable setting. There were hardly any people there and very few cars in the garage, that should have been a give away. Will not be staying there again, don't waste your money.
by A verified traveler
Posted Mar 21, 2017
My husband and I stayed one night to celebrate our anniversary. The staff members were sweet and helpful and upgraded our room. The room was a bit outdated though and didn't feel clean. We found the previous guests' dirty clothes hanging in the bathroom. The bathtub did not have a plug to take a bath. We called and asked for one and waited an hour but no one came. After returning from dinner, we asked again and were told an engineer would come immediately to fix it. Thirty minutes later we were still waiting.. On our anniversary. Much later, someone finally came. Although we had high hopes for our stay, it fell short.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Houston, TX
Great Birthday!Posted Mar 19, 2017
Great overall customer service!! Spent my birthday weekend here! Room was very spacious! Nice price! Clean! Thanks for a great bday weekend!
Comment from Hotel Management
Mar 30, 2017 by Mark Noyes, General Manger , Hotel Management
Happy belated birthday from all of us at Hotel Derek, Cardo! So glad you chose us to help celebrate your special occasion – we can't wait to do it again next year!
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Great hotel, bad luck with the bedPosted Mar 16, 2017
I have stayed in this hotel several times and I think is great, but this time we had bad luck with the bed, I think it was a old mattress.
Comment from Hotel Management
Apr 1, 2017 by Mark Noyes, General Manager of Hotel Derek, Hotel Management
Hey Jetsetter, thanks for your kind comments on Hotel Derek and I'm thrilled you've been a returning loyal guests! You know the thing with beds – each person has their own particular style, preference, etc so I apologize this one didn't seem to be 'the one' for you. Next time, if your bed is too soft or hard or not just right, reach out to our guest service and they can bring you a plethora of pillows to ensure you get your beauty rest! We would love to welcome you back during your next HTown visit!
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from NY
Hip and Trendy HotelPosted Mar 15, 2017
Trendy hotel . Good vibe . Starbucks inside . Rooms are clean and have plenty of space !
Comment from Hotel Management
Mar 30, 2017 by Mark Noyes, General Manager of Hotel Derek, Hotel Management
A big Texas thank you for your awesome review of Hotel Derek! Thanks for the kind comments on our hip & happening vibe and our convenient full service Starbucks in our restaurant. Don't wait too long to visit us again – we miss you already!


text:
Staybridge Suites Columbia-Hwy 63 & I-70
Welcome to Staybridge Suites Near HWY 63 & I-70 in Columbia - MO
Conveniently situated near the University of Missouri - Staybridge Suites Columbia - HWY 63 & I-70 is in close proximity to both the University of Missouri Women and Children's Hospital. This newly renovated, pet friendly,upscale extended stay Columbia hotel provides easy access to the area's most important attractions and businesses.
Ideally located near downtown Columbia Missouri this extended stay hotel is near the city's best shopping - dining and recreation. Located within eight miles of our Columbia accommodations travelers can tour or attend events at the University of Missouri or explore Rock Bridge Memorial State Park.
In Columbia for an extended stay on business? Corporate guests of our convenient Columbia - MO hotel appreciate our lodgings near businesses such as Dana Corporation, MFA and State Farm. In order to best accommodate our guests' meeting needs - the Staybridge Suites Columbia offers a flexible conference room as well as a 24-hour Business Center and free high-speed Internet access.
During your stay we hope you will take advantage of our Columbia hotel's complimentary services. A daily breakfast buffet - evening Socials - Fitness Room - Pantry - indoor pool/spa - library and guest self-laundry facilities are available and free of charge. We invite you to check out our excellent Columbia - MO hotel rates as you start planning your trip today.
Quick Info
- Check In: 3:00 PM
- Check Out: 12:00 PM
- Minimum Check-In Age: 21
- Late Check Out Available
- Parking: Free
- Print Fact sheet
- Chat Online
- Important Update
Hotel Highlights
- On-site Guest Self-Laundry Facilities
- Complimentary Breakfast Buffet
- Standard Wireless Internet service is free for all members
- On-Site Fitness Center Available
Guest Reviews
Overall Experience
Staff and the GM are wonderful.
May 23, 2017
Staff and the GM are wonderful. I did enjoy my stay at the Staybridg in Colombia
good stay
May 23, 2017
Love this hotel. Close to my son's doctors office
Accommodating service and comfortable room
May 20, 2017
Staff was helpful and our room very comfortable.location was convenient to Mizzou's campus and in a lovely area.
Wonderful stay
May 17, 2017
I travel for both business as well as relaxation. If a Staybridge Suites is available, it is usually my first choice. This one in Columbia HWY-63


text:
25 March 2009,
London, South Kensington
Price realised GBP 2,250
Estimate GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500
TWO HANGING LAMPS, 1950s
enamelled metal and brass
39in. (99cm.) and 37in. (94cm.) drop respectively (2)
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Hong Kong +852 2760 1766
Shanghai +86 21 6355 1766
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
From applique and back splats to veneering and wingbacks, an essential glossary of furniture terms
New York architect Peter Pennoyer on what he loves about this mid-century table by a brilliant Danish designer


text:
Janulka Janulik Kolesarova
Viac nápadov od Janulka Janulik
Exactly how I want to train vines for my front garden. Need the handyman to build this... I don't have time!
Divide a living space with a bookcase // The perfect idea for open living and dining rooms.
A victorious Bjorn Borg in Fila in 1979. - TownandCountryMag.com
Small Pantry Organization Makeover Before & After #worldmarkettribe #ad
Nice way to create separation between living room and dining room
small apartment


text:
41 Valentine's Day Crafts: Valentine's Day Cards, Gifts, and More
Bonus: Get our newsletter & special offers for free. We will not share or sell your email address. View our Privacy Policy
Latest Comments
"What an easy way to create a classy design for the sophisticated decorator that wants something elegant and simple. I love this idea for any room of the home. You can use them for the holidays or to decorate a spare bedroom for the winter on a budget. What a fun way to spend little and make a big impact."
"My all time favorites are the and dye but lately it's been these iron on appliques on t-shirts that am into. They are the easiest crafts on this list."
"This is exactly what I need for this cold months ahead. I will try using a chunky yarn and hope it looks as amazing as this one does."
"I love that I know the basic stitches in the pattern. I probably need to learn the V stitch but it's worth it. It looks so elegant."
Candy Jar for You and Me
By: DecoArt
We are adding the craft to your Craft Projects.
The project was added to your Craft Projects.
Click here to view your Craft Projects.
Create a cute candy jar to share with your sweetie on Valentine's day or Sweetest day. In only six easy steps you can have this jar filled with delicious little candies.
DecoArt Americana Gloss Enamels
- DAG01 - White
- DAG67 - Black
- DAG265 - Tuscan Red
- Foam plate
- 3/4" masking tape
- Clear contact paper (adhesive)
- Scissors
- Ruler
- 6-3/4" X 4-3/8" glass canister with metal lid, Hobby Lobby #853820
Remove all stickers or labels from surfaces before painting.
Draw 1 3/4" and 2" hearts onto clear adhesive paper and cut out shapes.
Use masking tape to mark off 4 1/2" wide area on front of jar, aligning tape with bottom and top edge below rim; press edges down securely.
Refer to photo for position and adhere heart shapes to jar inside of masked area; press edges down securely.
Use pouncer and Tuscan Red to stamp layer of paint over inner edges of tape and over hearts to cover masked area with paint. Let dry and carefully remove heart stencils and tape.
Use round brush and Black to write "U" and "Me" on hearts; let dry.
- Use end of brush handle dipped in White to dot over Tuscan Red area; let dry.
Tags / Related Topics
Your Recently Viewed Projects
Images from other crafters
Love these projects? Get MORE delivered to your Inbox – FREE Click Here!
Report Inappropriate Comment
Are you sure you would like to report this comment? It will be flagged for our moderators to take action.
Thank you for taking the time to improve the content on our site.
Something worth saving?
- SAVE all your favorite crafts
- ADD personal notes
- QUICKLY reference your crafts
Free eBooks
- 11 Crochet Shawl Patterns: Crochet Poncho Patterns, Free Easy Crochet Patterns and More
- 12 Knitted Scarf Patterns: Fabulous Free Knitting Patterns for Beginners
- 14 Free Crochet Patterns for Babies and Toddlers
- 16 Free Crochet Hat Patterns, Scarves, and Gloves
- 22 Free Crochet Patterns: Afghan Patterns, Crochet Hats, and More
- 24 Quick and Easy Knitting Patterns
- 7 Adult Coloring Pages
- 8 Free Apron Sewing Patterns
- Easy Lace Knitting Patterns
- Quick & Easy Decoupage: 12 Fabulous Mod Podge Projects for Your Home
Our Newest Projects & Articles
- Best Yarn for Blankets
- Japanese Creations
- Japanese Creations Chigiri-e Washi Paper Art Kits
- Turn Broken Flip Flops into DIY Stamps
- Gorgeous DIY Button Bracelets
- Dancing Sheep Basket
- Bib and Burp Cloth
- Crochet Coasters for Beginners
- Wood Burning Guide for Beginners
- Retro Round Ripple Pillow


text:
Recent News
Red Hat Sharpens DevOps Focus with Codenvy Deal
May 25, 2017
LinkedIn Spearheads Common Server Effort
May 24, 2017
Chef Expands App Automation Tools
May 23, 2017
ContributorsDoug BlackManaging EditorJohn RussellEditorial DirectorGeorge LeopoldSenior EditorTiffany TraderSenior EditorAlex WoodieContributing EditorSteve ConwayIDC
Upcoming Events
Open Source Summit Japan 2017May 31 - June 2
Spark Summit 2017June 5 - June 7
Cloud Expo East 2017June 6 - June 8
Big Data at Cloud Expo East 2017June 6 - June 8
Security of Things World 2017June 12 @ 8:00 am - June 13 @ 5:00 pm
Author Archives: George Leopold
Red Hat Sharpens DevOps Focus with Codenvy Deal
May 25th, 2017 (0)Red Hat has acquired another DevOps startup, this one focused on cloud-native development tools for container-based applications. The company announced this week it is acquiring Codenvy, which was founded in 2013 to develop an enterprise version of the open ...
LinkedIn Spearheads Common Server Effort
May 24th, 2017 (0)A standards effort driven by LinkedIn that seeks to "redefine" future datacenter infrastructure will initially focus on a common form factor for servers, according to the founding members. Along with LinkedIn, which was acquired by Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT) last ...
Chef Expands App Automation Tools
May 23rd, 2017 (0)The shift to cloud-native platforms and faster delivery of distributed applications via containers is driving efforts to automate not only app development but also management of hybrid infrastructure and compliance requirements. With that in mind, DevOps specialist Chef released ...
Virtual 'Workplace' Aims to Speed Fed Cloud
May 22nd, 2017 (0)As the federal government struggles to make the transition to the cloud, lessons learned during the relatively smooth transfer executed by U.S. intelligence agencies are slowly being applied to sprawling bureaucracies like the Defense Department. In an attempt to ...
WannaCry Lingers, Cyber Analyst Warns
May 19th, 2017 (0)One week after a ransomware attack cut a swathe across Europe and China, a range of after-action analyses have emerged as to how the exploit unfolded and how the perpetrators leveraged recently hacked National Security Agency tools. The latest ...
Software Emerges as Economic Force
May 18th, 2017 (0)If it is true that "software is eating the world," then cloud software appears to have the most voracious appetite, according to a new industry report that estimates software technology generates $1.4 trillion in economic value and represents nearly ...
IBM, D-Wave Report Quantum Computing Advances
May 17th, 2017 (0)IBM said this week it has built and tested a pair of quantum computing processors, including a prototype of a commercial version. That progress follows an announcement earlier this week that commercial quantum computer developer D-Wave Systems has garnered ...
IBM-Nutanix Deal Moves Power Servers to Datacenters
May 16th, 2017 (0)Targeting AI, machine learning and other big data workloads, IBM and Nutanix will join forces to deliver the enterprise cloud vendor's software via Power servers. The deal is Nutanix's first non-Intel x86 offering, and is aimed at bringing software-defined ...
Multi-Cloud Network Targets Bottlenecks
May 15th, 2017 (0)As the embrace of multi-cloud strategies gathers steam and enterprises struggle to decide how to spread IT assets across the cloud and their own datacenters, new tools are emerging to help connect multi- and hybrid cloud installations. Market watchers ...
Nvidia's 'GPU Cloud' Adopts Containers for AI Development
May 11th, 2017 (0)GPU powerhouse Nvidia's entry into the cloud market is differentiated from public cloud leaders by its focus on delivering development tools for training artificial intelligence models and running AI workloads using application containers. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the ...


text:
CNN Russia expert says RT was alone in not covering James Comey's Trump testimony. Jake Tapper notes Fox News wasn't, either.
The public testimony of FBI Director James Comey in Monday's House Intelligence Committee hearings was "rather bad news" for President Trump, CNN's Jake Tapper said Monday afternoon, and he asked the two conservative members of his panel — former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and Mary Katherine Ham — if there was any good news for Trump. Santorum said yes, kind of. "I think the good news is that Comey went out and announced there is an investigation," he said, so Trump and his Republican allies "can start putting pressure externally to get this thing moving" to its conclusion. Ham agreed and argued that the White House should be focusing on its actual good news, the Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
Tapper got some views from former Hillary Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon and Bloomberg White House correspondent Margaret Talev, then turned to CNN senior international correspondent Clarissa Ward. Russian President Vladimir Putin is "somebody who likes to meddle in elections and enjoys sowing chaos in the electoral process in liberal democracies throughout the world," he said, so isn't Putin just really "enjoying this, one way or another? The American political system is in disarray."
Ward half-agreed. "I think up to a certain point he was kind of enjoying it, he was enjoying the ambiguity of it, the possibility that he could have thrown the election in the most powerful, important, consequential country in the world — that certainly spoke to his ego," she said. "But what was noticeable today, while every single news channel pretty much in the world — and I'm talking globally, Sky News, BBC, Al Jazeera — one news channel that very noticeably did not take today's hearing was Russia Today, and I do think you are starting to see now the beginning of what we might call a 'conscious uncoupling' of the Kremlin and the Trump administration."
"Russia Today wasn't covering it this afternoon," Tapper said. "Also, when I looked up, Fox News wasn't covering it, they were covering the Gorsuch hearings."
.@RickSantorum: Now that FBI disclosed investigation, needs to quickly work to conclude https://t.co/UWpixOKFsE #TheLead
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 20, 2017
"An interesting observation," Tapper said dryly, if slightly immodestly. Peter Weber
Saffie Rose Roussos, 8, thought to be the youngest victim of the suicide bombing at the Manchester Arena that killed 22 people on Monday night, is being remembered as a "simply beautiful little girl in every aspect of the word."
8-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos was one of the first victims identified in the Manchester concert attack #RIP https://t.co/uH79AQkBzv pic.twitter.com/7wkbNNC5ub
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) May 23, 2017
Chris Upton, head teacher at Tarleton Community Primary School, told The Washington Post in an email that Roussos was "loved by everyone and her warmth and kindness will be remembered fondly. Saffie was quiet and unassuming with a creative flair." Roussos, a resident of Leyland, was at the Ariana Grande concert with her mother, Lisa, and older sister, Ashlee, who were both injured by shrapnel. They were all separated in the chaos following the explosion, and it wasn't until Tuesday morning that Saffie's death was confirmed by police. Catherine Garcia
A controversial quip Stephen Colbert made on the May 1 Late Show was not so obscene that it warranted a fine, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday.
During his opening monologue, Colbert joked that "the only thing [Trump's] mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin's cock holster." Colbert's mouth was blurred and his words were bleeped out of the broadcast, but, Variety reports, the FCC was still flooded with thousands of complaints — some saying he was disrespectful of the president, others arguing it was a homophobic remark.
The FCC investigates all complaints, and when asked for an update, the commission said in a statement that "consistent with standard operating procedure, the FCC's Enforcement Bureau has reviewed the complaints and the material that was the subject of these complaints. The bureau has concluded that there was nothing actionable under the FCC's rules." Catherine Garcia
During a phone call in late April, President Trump congratulated Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on doing an "unbelievable job" in his bloody war on drugs, a leaked transcript of the conversation obtained by The Intercept and Rappler shows.
The White House described the April 29 call as a "very friendly conversation," with the leaders discussing the threat posed by North Korea and drugs in the Philippines. The transcript — produced by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs and later authenticated by top officials in the agency — begins with pleasantries, then Trump launches into his praise of Duterte. "Many countries have the problem" of drugs, he said. "We have a problem, but what a great job you are doing." Duterte thanked him, adding, "This is the scourge of my nation now and I have to do something to preserve the Filipino nation." Trump said that unlike a "previous president," he understood.
Police in the Philippines have killed more than 7,000 suspected drug dealers and users and vigilante squads have added to the death toll, while Duterte himself has said he'd "be happy to slaughter" his country's drug users. "To endorse Duterte is to endorse a man who advocates mass murder and who has admitted to killing people himself," John Sifton, Asia advocacy director for Human Rights Watch, told The Intercept. "Endorsing his methods is a celebration of the death of the poor and vulnerable."
Trump and Duterte also discussed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with Duterte calling him "not stable" and "a madman." Trump said he hopes "China solves the problem" of North Korea, but if they don't, "we will do it." The call ended with Trump urging Duterte to visit him in the Oval Office "anytime you want to come," and a final word of encouragement: "Keep up [the] good work, you are doing an amazing job." You can read the entire transcript, which has several typographical errors, here. Catherine Garcia
Senate Intelligence Committee leaders are responding to former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's refusal to hand over documents related to its Russia investigation by issuing subpoenas to two of his businesses.
Rather than comply with an earlier subpoena from the committee in its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign, Flynn on Monday invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. "While we disagree with Gen. Flynn's lawyers' interpretation of taking the Fifth ... it's even more clear that a business does not have a right to take the Fifth," Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the panel's vice chairman, told reporters Tuesday.
Flynn, a foreign policy adviser to Trump during the campaign, was only national security adviser for a short amount of time, forced to resign just weeks after the inauguration when it came to light that he misled Vice President Mike Pence about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. Catherine Garcia
President Trump is expected to retain Marc Kasowitz as his personal attorney to represent him in the investigation, led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign, people close to Trump and Kasowitz told ABC News on Tuesday.
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP has represented Trump in the restructuring of his business debt and defamation cases, and the firm's website says Kasowitz has worked with Trump "on a wide range of litigation matters for over 15 years." The firm also employs Joe Lieberman, reportedly Trump's top choice for FBI director, as a senior counsel. The White House has not responded to ABC News' request for comment. Catherine Garcia
Sean Hannity's network has retracted a story about the 2016 death of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, and Rich's parents have written an appeal for people to "stop politicizing" their son's murder, but the Fox News host is refusing to back down.
"I am not Fox.com or FoxNews.com," Hannity said on his radio show Tuesday. "I retracted nothing." The Hannity host made his comments after Fox News retracted its story from May 16, which alleged that Rich had been in contact with WikiLeaks before he was shot and killed; police say he was likely murdered during a botched robbery. There is no evidence that shows Rich's death was related to WikiLeaks releasing stolen DNC material, and following outrage from the public and Rich's family, Fox News said the story "was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting. Upon appropriate review, the article was found not to meet those standards and has since been removed."
Hannity, whose executive producer received a letter from the Rich family asking that the show stop peddling a false narrative, said he has an "agenda to get to the truth. I'm not saying I have answers yet, but I'm digging deep, and I have a lot more information than all of you do at this point." He also said that people who are "accusing me of pushing a conspiracy theory, you are the biggest hypocrites in the entire world."
Not long after Hannity's outburst, The Washington Post published an op-ed written by Mary and Joel Rich under the headline: "We're Seth Rich's parents. Stop politicizing our son's murder." The conspiracy theories being pushed regarding their son's death are "baseless" and "unspeakably cruel," they wrote, and "the amount of pain and anguish this has caused us is unbearable. With every conspiratorial flare-up, we are forced to relive Seth's murder and a small piece of us dies as more of Seth's memory is torn away from us." Catherine Garcia
The U.K. has increased its terrorist threat level to the highest possible "critical" for the first time in a decade, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Tuesday. The designation means a terror attack is considered "imminent" and allows for military personnel to be deployed instead of police officers at public events.
The decision comes after a lone male suicide bomber detonated an explosive Monday night near the Manchester Arena in England, where the singer Ariana Grande was performing. At least 22 people were killed and 59 injured in the blast. "The work undertaken throughout the day has revealed that it is a possibility that we cannot ignore, that there is a wider group of individuals linked to this attack," May said.
Police identified 22-year-old Salman Abedi as the bomber, and the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack over social media. Police on Tuesday also arrested a 23-year-old man in Manchester in connection with the attack. Becca Stanek


text:
52945 Latrobe Lane,La Quinta CA, 92253
5 beds , 5 Full/1 Half baths
4,244 sq. ft
Status: Active
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties
(760) 323-5000
Last Updated: 5/23/2017 1:21 PM
Description for 52945 Latrobe Lane La Quinta, CA 92253
Some words will not translate correctly. By using this feature, you accept this risk and agree to release Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and its franchisees from any claims or damages resulting from incorrect translation.
Some words will not translate correctly. By using this feature, you accept this risk and agree to release Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and its franchisees from any claims or damages resulting from incorrect translation.
Listing Information
The Tradition
Room Information
Master Suite
Gas Dryer Hookup, Dryer Connection, Hookups in Laundry Room
Interior Features
Garbage Disposal, Refrigerator, Freezer, Exhaust Fan/Hood, Dishwasher, Dryer, Washer
Forced Air
Great Room, Fire Pit, Outdoor Fireplace, Gas Burning, Master Bedroom
Guard At Gate
Exterior / Lot Features
3 Garage Spaces, 3 Parking Spaces,
Stucco, Stone
Spanish Clay Tile
Gunite, In-ground, Gas Heated
In Ground, Gunite
GolfCourse, Mountain, Panoramic
BBQ, Custom Built
Financial Considerations
Inside AccessTM
Current market conditions for 52945 Latrobe Lane
Active Market Trends
Source:MLS DATA
Median list price$615,000
Days on market119
Properties for sale1,228
Sold Market Trends
Source:MLS DATA
Median sold price$450,000
Sales to list price96.4%
Properties sold496
Median sq ft price$210
Arrows indicate 90 day trend
Listing Price History for 52945 Latrobe Lane
La Quinta Real Estate
La Quinta is located in California. La Quinta, California 92253 has population of40,476.
The median household income in La Quinta, California 92253 is $71,074. The median household income for the surrounding county is $56,592 compared to the national median of $53,482. The median age of people living in La Quinta 92253 is 45.3 years.
Loading nearby sales and history ...
Ask a Question?
My Drive Time
Enter your work address to view actual drive times with traffic for this property
Here is the weekday INRIX Drive Time from this property to .
When you register, you will receive ...
Weekday drive times
Plus all these great features
Register or login today to take advantage of Drive Time
Nearby homes for sale
Inside AccessTM
La Quinta Real Estate
Nearby Communities


text:
May 3rd, 2017 — Another camp for a homeless person this time under the Granville Street Bridge at Beach Avenue.
Homeless on Beach Avenue
April 29th, 2017 — Camp for homeless person on Beach Avenue under the Granville Street Bridge.
Homeless on Quebec Street
November 20th, 2016 — Shelter for a homeless person west of Quebec Street just east of Terminal Avenue.
Homeless in Thornton Park
November 24th, 2016 — Shelter for a homeless person in Thornton Park.
Homeless in Pacific Spirit Park
April 21st, 2017 — Homeless shelter in Pacific Spirit Park.


text:
Keith Peterson
- NLETTERS: Mad Mom says think before you vote for an MLA this fallnunatsiaqonline.ca
- NNEWS: Nunavut privazy czar says job applicants have right to see referencesnunatsiaqonline.ca
- NNEWS: What you read on Nunatsiaqonline.ca from April 23 to April 30nunatsiaqonline.caIqaluit , Cambridge Bay , Clyde River , Canada , Gjoa Haven
- NNEWS: Nunavut communities say "yes" to beer-wine storenunatsiaqonline.caAware , Iqaluit , Cambridge Bay , Nunavut
- NNEWS: In beer-wine votes, two Nunavut hamlets ponder big changesnunatsiaqonline.caIqaluit , Lower Austria , Aware , Rockland , Rankin Inlet
- NNEWS: Elections Nunavut to hold beer-wine store votes May 1 in CamBay, Rankinnunatsiaqonline.caCanada , Rockland , Iqaluit , Nunavut , Cambridge Bay
- NNEWS: Liberal government's 2017 budget leaves Nunavut waiting for detailsnunatsiaqonline.ca
- NNEWS: Photo: Alcohol harm reduction campaign rolled out in Cambridge Baynunatsiaqonline.caRankin Inlet , Baker Lake , Cape Dorset , Iqaluit , Aware
- NNEWS: Nunavut justice minister releases crime prevention strategynunatsiaqonline.ca
- NNEWS: Nunavut government approves funding for Kugaaruk portables, new school designnunatsiaqonline.caCambridge Bay , Winnipeg , Kugaaruk , Nunavut
- Nunavut Protects Transgender Rights In Unanimous Votehuffingtonpost.ca
- NNEWS: Nunavut MLAs vote to enshrine transgender rightsnunatsiaqonline.ca
- NNEWS: Nunavut MLAs ask how beer-wine store will affect nearby hamletsnunatsiaqonline.ca
- NNEWS: Nunavut's lack of funds keeps Iqaluit hydro dam in long-term limbonunatsiaqonline.ca
- NNEWS: Iqaluit planning committee approves beer-wine store worknunatsiaqonline.ca
- NNEWS: Civilian police oversight review won't become public: Nunavut justice ministernunatsiaqonline.caOttawa , Canada , Cape Dorset , Iqaluit , Nunavut
- NNEWS: Nunavut smokers beware: the Tobacco Tax is about to risenunatsiaqonline.ca
- 'Vast' wealth: Nunavut at a crossroads when it comes to untapped mineral richesbusiness.financialpost.com
- NNEWS: Finance minister accuses Nunavut MLA of using "alternate facts"nunatsiaqonline.caHappy Valley , Apex , Montreal , Iqaluit , Nunavut
- 2 detained after standoff at Homewood apartment releasedal.com
Frequent names
Newstral's extraction of names of people and organisations from the world's news is completely automated. If you do not want your name to appear here, please contact us. We will be happy to look at your request.


text:
Paget's Information Day
21st September 2017 - Manchester
Venue: St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FZ. St Thomas Centre is within easy reach of Manchester city centre and Piccadilly station.
Time: 09:30 – 15:30 To book download the: Manchester Paget's Booking Form
Who is the event for?
The event is for people with Paget's disease, their carers, family members, health professionals, researchers and scientists.
How do I book?
If you would like to attend please complete the booking form and return to the office as soon as possible. Final information will be sent to you approximately two weeks prior to the event.
Topics and Speakers
If you have been to one of our Information Days before you will know that they are very informative. Topics to be discussed will include what Paget's disease is, the management of the condition and Paget's research. There will also be plenty of time for questions from the audience.
Confirmed speakers include Professor Terry O'Neill, Dr Mike Stone, Dr Anna Daroszewska, Dr Rob Layfield, Dr Carla Burrell, and the 2017 winner of the Sir Julian Paget Student Research Bursary, who will present details of their research project.
If you require further information about the day please call us on 0161 799 4646.
The venue
The event is taking place at the St Thomas Centre, Manchester. The Centre is a renovated Grade 2 listed Georgian church - the third oldest church in Manchester. The building is home to the Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation who manage the ground floor conference centre. St Thomas Centre is within easy reach of Manchester city centre and Piccadilly station. Please note there is very limited parking. Travelling to the venue by public transport may be preferable.
You will find the agenda here when it is available. Please note there is very limited parking. Travelling to the venue by public transport may be preferable.
The Paget's Association's AGM
A small section of the day will be given to the Annual General Meeting. This is your opportunity to find out all that has been happening at the Association in the last twelve months.
You can use the Contact form to enquire or register your interest in an event.
Educational Events and Centre of Excellence Award Ceremonies
Why not come along to a Paget's educational event organised by a Centre of Excellence? The event will include presentation of the Paget's Association Centre of Excellence award by Professor Roger Francis. Details will be published on this website when they are available.
You can book a free place or register your interest in an event by using the Contact form or by telephoning 0161 799 4646.


text: Prathap Prathap is 33 years old male from Pinner, . He is interested in meet new people. 33, male, London Likes: 2x Facebook profile Who s/he liked? Send message Favorite May she/he ask you for a date? Never Maybe Sure Relationship: ShowSexuality: ShowHeight: ShowWeight: ShowBody type: ShowEye color: ShowHair color: ShowLiving: ShowKids: ShowSmoking: ShowDrinking: Show Report photo Sign up to see all photos Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest Similar users Troy 30, Miami 59 MedicalMeat Chris 34, Bethlehem 41 Adam 36, Grafton 76 Bj 32, Washington 89 Donnie 30, Houston 59 Brandon Osborn 33, Detroit 63 colby monkewicz 33, Osage Beach 76 Tone 30, Los Angeles 43 Josh 31, Apopka 60


text:
Ryan Smyth
Edmonton Oilers
This day in Oilers history, Oct. 8, 1996: Ryan Smyth scores first career hat-trickRyan Smyth scores three times — twice on Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Felix Potvin and once into an empty net — for the first of his five career hat-tricks. The ...
Edmonton Oilers
Ex-Edmonton Oilers captain Shawn Horcoff retires, joins Detroit Red Wings as head of player developmentFormer Oilers' captain Shawn Horcoff retires and is now Detroit's head of player development
Ryan Smyth buys stake in AJHL team, discussing role with OilersRyan Smyth would like to get into player development with the Oilers as he enters his second year of retirement
Edmonton Oilers
Oilers notes: Top Finns at NHL draft different, but both have offensive upsideBUFFALO, N.Y. — Vancouver Canucks GM Jim Benning, who has no dog in the fight as to whether he'll draft Patrik Laine or fellow Finn Jesse Puljujarvi Friday because he's got the No.
Edmonton Oilers
Romancing of Milan Lucic by teams including the Edmonton Oilers will start soonWould Milan Lucic be the right piece to ride shotgun alongside Connor McDavid if Oilers can sign the free-agent?
Edmonton Oilers
Dan Barnes: There will be echoes of 2006 when Rexall Place empties out on WednesdayThe Oilers owned April. From 1983 through 1992, they compiled an amazing record of 71-24 in playoff games during a month that bulged with post-season promise. April was all about ...
Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers great Ryan Smyth can't walk away from the game, still plays senior hockey ...Ryan Smyth has great memories of his time at Rexall Place but he wasn't at Oilers game Friday because he's still playing senior hockey
Dan Barnes: Former Oilers' stand-out Ryan Smyth is getting back into the gameNobody kept it simpler than Ryan Smyth for 18 seasons as a player with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings. It was always about ...
Journal hockey writers recount top 15 Rexall Place memoriesJournal hockey writers Joanne Ireland, Jim Matheson and John MacKinnon have been at Rexall Place — formerly Northlands Colesium and Skyreach Centre — for probably more hockey games and practices ...
Cult of Hockey
Should the Edmonton Oilers have pushed for another season from Ryan Smyth?2013-14 Edmonton Oilers in Review: Ryan Smyth The most recent Oilers campaign featured very few high points; in fact in most respects the phrase "dismal failure" sums things up nicely.


text:
There are no items in your cart at this time.
Enter your email address below and we will notify you when this product is back in stock.
Step in style with these flower-shaped ball-of-foot cushions and go from working all day to dancing the night away! Virtually invisible in all of your shoes, Tip Toes help prevent calluses from forming, protect bones and tissue, and cushion the sensitive ball-of-foot area. Try them with your hosiery to stop runs and prevent slipping and sliding.
Sign up to receive new arrival, sale & special event info from us.
Note: we do not share your personal information with anyone. Period.
"You are awesome and know how to make a customer happy! Superb service! Thank you"
©2017 Footwear etc.. All Rights Reserved. For any questions or assistance call 1-800-720-0572.


text:
La Zenia Irish Pubs
Discover Irish pubs in La Zenia, by viewing our convenient google map of La Zenia and its Irish bar related services, facility and business postings for the La Zenia area of Alicante.
Locate a Irish Pub in La Zenia Spain
La Zenia Irish Pubs: Hunting for Irish pubs in La Zenia, Alicante, Spain? We may be in a position to help you. Our map shows Irish pubs near to La Zenia and the adjacent areas. When in search of a La Zenia Irish pub you might find this webpage rather useful.
You could possibly furthermore pinpoint Los Dolses Irish pubs, Villamartin Irish pubs, La Rioja Irish pubs, Zeniamar Irish pubs, Orihuela Costa Irish pubs, San Jose Irish pubs, Villacosta Irish pubs, Cabo Roig Irish pubs, Zenia Golf Irish pubs, La Zenia Boulevard Irish pubs, Colinas de la Zenia Irish pubs, Flamenca Beach Irish pubs.
Anytime you would like to identify facilities or businesses in La Zenia on the Costa Blanca don't hesitate to check out our web site.
Locate even more stuff close to La Zenia Alicante:
- Long Term Rentals in and Close to La Zenia
- Newspapers in and Close to La Zenia
- Aerial Fitters in and Around La Zenia
- Lawyers in and Near La Zenia
- Restaurants in and Near La Zenia
- Post Offices in and Around La Zenia
- Go Karting in and Near La Zenia
- Estate Agents in and Around La Zenia
- Beauty Salons in and Close to La Zenia


text:
Central PA Newborn & Children's Photographer
I had so many favorites from Declan's session it was hard to choose just a few to share.
« More of Maxon
Beauty »
show hide 1 comment
[…] What a difference two years can make! […]
Your email is never published or shared. Required fields are marked *
Name *
Email *
All Images are Copyright of Anne Katherine 2008-2011 | ProPhoto WordPress Blog | Designed by Photos By Rikki
I am currently not accepting any new clients at this time


text:
Very REAL Mexican food. Not a luxury restaurant by any means but if you want Mexican culture in the St Louis area, this is a place you must go. There is your beef and chicken , and there is also cow's head and tongue. Don't...More
1 - 10 of 10 reviews
Very REAL Mexican food. Not a luxury restaurant by any means but if you want Mexican culture in the St Louis area, this is a place you must go. There is your beef and chicken , and there is also cow's head and tongue. Don't...More
Made a stop for a dinner with my girlfriend and really enjoyed the food. I had some chicken and al pastor tacos. Seriously good and fresh tasting. We both indulged in a nice sized margaritas before dinner and munched on some chips and salsa until...More
Everything we had was great and the prices are very responsible. The fajitas where amazing and the homemade chips and salsa where on point.
This is a little, no-frills mexican restaurant, but the food is excellent. It is very authentic too, not the American version of Mexican food, but the real deal.
My disappointing experience at a Mexican restaurant last month had me eating at my favorites in August and not trying any new ones. St. Louis has enough great ones that it's hard to be loyal to just one. I knew I had to slow down...More
Nothing fancy about this place (e.g. items served on paper plates) but boy was everything tasty! There is both a Spanish and English menu, so you know this place is authentic. The chips and salsa were tasty, and my main entrée of chicken, chorizo, and...More
The tongue tacos were great, this was my first time eating tongue. Fish tacos were equally as good. But the tinga was fantastic and this was also a first. I highly recommend this "hole in the wall".
I love hole in the wall restaurants that provide authentic homemade food. This place makes their own salsa, chips and cooks their carnitas nice and long. It's comparable to Taqueria Durango on page ave. My wife and I ate it so fast, we didn't get...More
Not sure what to expect when I first pulled into a parking place in front of La Tejana on Lindbergh Blvd just south of the Whitehall turn-around. Once inside , my apprehension was put aside. Clean and Friendly. Good service/Great food. I had the Carne...More
La Tejana Taqueria doesn't look like much, being half liquor store in a strip mall on Lindbergh in St. Ann, but don't let that stop you. The service was great, the staff was very friendly, and - most importantly - the tacos are excellent! We...More


text:
I'm here in Listowel, Ireland thinking about thanks and possessed of a sublime gratitude. Last night, my daughter and nephew sang in my sister's living room, and Beth shared it on my Facebook wall. It was the next best thing to being there. After nine ...
Click here to read this mailing online.
Here is a sample subscription for
Leslie F. Miller
" - 5 new articles
Irish Folk Songs (Part 1 of ?)
My daughter is a great person. I admire ...
maybe someday you
the cupcake exception
in the attic
More Recent Articles
Irish Folk Songs (Part 1 of ?)
I'm here in Listowel, Ireland thinking about thanks and possessed of a sublime gratitude. Last night, my daughter and nephew sang in my sister's living room, and Beth shared it on my Facebook wall. It was the next best thing to being there. After nine days away, and especially on the holiday named for the gratitude we all possess but lose sight of sometimes, I ached for home.
But my Thanksgiving was extraordinary, even by tourist standards. I awoke at 8:00 and cooked scrambled eggs and salmon for me and Carol, my perfect housemate for these two weeks in Listowel, and finished gluing my mosaic. At 3:30, I walked over to Mike the Pies, a well-respected music venue and pub, where I got to watch a Mannequin Challenge reboot—and
see it filmed for live TV
, meet the journalist and crew, talk to the bar patrons, and introduce myself to the band I am supposed to be shooting the next day.
An older Irishman sitting with friends tells me to smile, which I don't tolerate well. I have been smiling and standing all afternoon and am just trying to comfort my back, which has ached from sunup to sunup since the start of my journey. I oblige with an exaggerated grin but joke about not smiling because I'm an American unhappy with the direction of my country. This leads to a good political discussion about the Electoral College and gives me a chance to accentuate the positive attributes of Hillary Clinton with the man, who doesn't like either candidate but says that our election of Donald Trump has made us the laughingstock of the world. Before we part, I snap a photo of him.
Carol and I have a quiet pizza dinner in the apartment, take-away from the always-crowded pizzeria next door (it needs sauce but is otherwise pizza) before heading back to Mike the Pies, where the band Wyvern Lingo is set to perform.
Random Mannequin Challenge participants
A few of the same patrons are still at the bar. One of them, an Englishman, is a Trump and Brexit supporter (they seem to go hand-in-hand); the other is an older Irishman drinking Coors Light with ice. Carol and I speak with the group, which includes the Englishman's wife, for a long time, laughing uproariously at times, sharing stories about ourselves, and generally enjoying each other's company (I thought). We talk about geography and distance, favorite books and authors, English television shows, weather, politics—typical pub fare.
The Englishman says that he's found all Americans to be either Irish or Italian, wants to know if that's true.
Because of who I am, I do what my mother might have advised against: I tell the man that I'm neither Irish nor Italian. "I'm Jewish," I say.
"I don't like Jews," says the Irishman.
His English friend rebukes him sharply in an instant, then implores him: "Tell her why. Tell her." He turns to me and says, "He doesn't like Jews because he was in the IRA, and they used to buy arms from Palestinians." Whatever. I'm not having it. Whether you're seven or seventy, you're getting schooled.
"Were we not just having a lovely talk?," I ask him. "Did we not enjoy each other's company and conversation this afternoon?" More than anger or sadness, I feel wounded, and I'm nervous, but not on the verge of tears. "I don't know how you can say that," I tell him. Carol [admits, confesses, comes clean about] her Judaism, too.
He says, "I'll tell you why I don't like the Jews." He sits quietly for minutes. "I'll tell you why." He can't think of a reason. At least he can't say it. And he doesn't. More rebukes from his friend follow. (The Englishman's wife just shakes her head from time to time.)
"What a conversation killer that was!" I exclaim. "I guess it's a good time to announce that I have cancer." No one seems to hear me (for those who don't know me, I do have cancer, but just a little), and the subject is no longer the horrible Jews.
A little while later, the Irishman asks if I believe in god. I have to laugh because I'm about to disappoint him yet again. He takes my hand and smooths it with his finger. "Are you blessing me?" I ask, laughing. He says, "Something like it." He tells me that when something bad happens to me, like when I'm old and get sick, I'll remember that thing he just did, and I'll know that God will take care of me and keep me from harm.
I consider this his apology, his way of making amends. That's at least how I'm going to think of it.
Hatred is a complicated concept. It's a dislike beyond revulsion. Holding people in contempt because they have a god or a skin color or a language or a body that's different from our own is almost always a question of preconceived ideas rather than experiences. How is it that we are taught to hate through words but taught to love through experience? I guess that's the pussy of an answer, isn't it? That we meet hate with love? I can't do that, either.
Wendell Berry wrote the following poem with a dedication to his granddaughters, who'd visited the Holocaust Museum on the day Yitzhak Rabin was buried:
Now you know the worst
we humans have to know
about ourselves, and I am sorry,
for I know that you will be afraid.
To those of our bodies given
without pity to be burned, I know
there is no answer
but loving one another,
even our enemies, and this is hard.
But remember:
when a man of war becomes a man of peace,
he gives a light, divine
Karen Cowley—vocals, bass, keys
though it is also human.
When a man of peace is killed
by a man of war, he gives a light.
You do not have to walk in darkness.
If you will have the courage for love,
you may walk in light. It will be
the light of those who have suffered
for peace. It will be
your light.
While I don't stand fully in that light, I know that Carol and I have made a small difference tonight when both the Englishman and the Irishman tell us they hope to run into us again before we leave Listowel for good.
Saoirse Duane—vocals and guitar
But we are here at Mike the Pies for the music from a talented trio called Wyvern Lingo. I'd first heard of them a few months ago while I was looking up the solo work of people who have been associated with Hozier, whose first album is probably the best thing recorded in the last 20 years. When I learned that I would be coming to Ireland, I looked into the bands that would be playing and was shocked to learn that Wyvern Lingo would be in the very town where I was staying, and on Thanksgiving night. I literally jumped up and down in the kitchen when I discovered it, then wrote to Aidan, the bar's owner, begging for tickets, then wrote to Carol to tell her she had Thanksgiving plans whether she liked it or not.
And she loved it. We loved it.
Caoimhe Barry—vocals and drums
We are still high from the singing angels who are otherwise known as Karen, Saoirse (say SIR-sha), and Caoimhe (say QUEE-va). For a little over an hour, they perform most of their own songs plus three covers, which include an Alt-J mashup, Prince's "When Doves Cry," and Joni Mitchell's "The River," which finally does me in. Something is bound to make me cry this trip besides getting clunked on the head with my comb in the shower.
Since I'm here to be an "artist" of some sort, my goal with this trip was to make art—to write, to mosaic, and to shoot. I especially wanted to hone my portrait skills, so I had messaged the band before coming to Listowel to see if they could accommodate me.
(Aside: I know what you're thinking: I thought you don't work for free. Correct. Something of value must be traded for something of value, usually product for money. This is, for me, an equal trade.)
After the show, I make plans to meet the women by the church in the square, and I buy two CDs and a t-shirt, which I wear to bed. I sleep and dream that I am singing.
I am.
Check out their acapella version of their song "Used" from last night.
Email to a friend
My daughter is a great person. I admire ...
My daughter is a great person. I admire her for many reasons, her breathtaking beauty the least of them. She is kind. She is concerned. She is conscientious. She recycles.
As a little girl, she used to plug worms back into the ground so they wouldn't burn to death on the sidewalk. I used to call her Serena Bambina, Worm Saver, and drew pictures of her with a W on her chest.
When she was a young teen, she would see homeless people as we drove her to school or School of Rock, and she would make us roll down the window so that she could give someone her own money, out of her own wallet.
Last night, she was shocked and upset. She has felt a little panicked all day today, and she asked me what she could do now. So I gave her a few ideas—start a club at school, make pamphlets, spread information so that people know the email addresses and phone numbers of their senators and representatives. But the thing I think she should do is the thing she does best: write. (And when the song comes, you can bet I'll post it here. And then I will ask you to buy it for a dollar, which will go to Planned Parenthood. They will need it.)
As for me: I make a relatively good living. I have health insurance. I am beyond childbearing years. I am white. I am straight. I live in the city. I came from parents who had nothing at first but became well off. My husband and I are both college educated and have no college loan debt (I have two master's degrees, and my husband has one in legal and ethical studies, plus bachelor's degrees in history, philosophy, and education.) My daughter is at college on a scholarship and will have no debt, either.
I do not need special healthcare from my government. I don't need an abortion (but I did twice and was lucky enough to be able to get them). I am not worried about being sent back to another country. I am already married to a man, so I don't have to worry about the freedom to marry a woman.
I voted so that
could have these things. I voted because what I enjoy as a citizen should be
to enjoy. I voted for
. Because
should get to decide to marry the person you love, and
should get to decide how to handle your own healthcare. And
should get to escape poverty and terrorism and pursue the American dream, you being our tired, our poor, our huddled masses.
The three of us proudly voted for Hillary Clinton, and we did it early because we couldn't wait to do it, and we celebrated with sushi afterward. In four years, I would vote for her again. In eight.
As a family and on our own, we looked into Secretary Clinton's record (her real, actual, true, factual record, in case you're wondering) because we are grownups, and when someone tells us something, we check it out for ourselves. It's our
to do that, to inform ourselves, rather than to take the competition's word for it. (Seriously, do you take Coke's word for why Pepsi isn't good, or do you taste them for yourself and decide?) We know how Hillary Clinton investigated private schools as a law student to see whether they discriminated against black people. We know that she was the first employee of the Children's Defense Fund, which was started to help disadvantaged children. We know that she has spent her entire life and career trying to help other people, especially women, children, and minorities. She has supported the LGBT community, women's rights, and human rights around the world. She expanded the Family Medical Leave Act. She graduated from Yale Law School at a time when few women did that. And she won a fucking
You know that parable about the squirrel who eats all his nuts while another squirrel stores them away, and then it's winter, and the squirrel who ate his nuts is starving, but the other squirrel has all of his nuts saved up, and he ain't sharing? That's not a true scenario.
squirrels store their nuts. But some squirrels don't get as many because they don't have the same opportunities. (People still do not get to see apartments because their voices "sound black" when they call.) Some squirrels just don't have the same opportunities. It's in my best interest to share. And it makes me feel good to help someone.
In this election, as in every election, I voted for
people. I voted for black people—for a black man to not get shot while doing his job protecting an autistic white man who is having a meltdown. I voted for my daughter to be able to marry a woman if she is in love. I voted for your neighbor to have affordable health insurance. I voted so that the veterans panhandling at the JFX and Cold Spring Lane could have some nuts.
I'm going to cry for a long time. I'm sad. I'm frustrated. I'm worried. I'm afraid for our future, about the messages we send to our daughters. I'm worried about the messages we're sending our sons!
But I'm not shrinking. And I will ALWAYS live by the motto that I espouse here and there and everywhere: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" (That's Rabbi Hillel, who also implored us to follow the Golden Rule:
"That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole
; the rest is the explanation; go and learn."
That is the whole bible, too—the whole Koran (Qur'an).
The Golden Rule is the foundation of almost every religion on earth
Friends, let's do something good. Let's do something useful. Many of us remember eight miserable years under George W. Bush. We know how that felt, and it's going to be harder this time. We can't let that stop us. So as soon as we're finished grieving, let those poems and colors and notes flow, flow like the liquid analgesics many of us will need for a few more weeks.
Email to a friend
maybe someday you
"Suck Voice" illustration by Jennifer Sarah Blakeslee
The worst part about mental illness is not simply
it. It's not the waking up some mornings in such a state that you wonder if you can get out of bed or, if you can, make it to the end of the day. It's not unplanned crying or the deprivation of lasting joy, nor your aiming for, yet always missing, cloud 9. It's not the heaviness or feelings of uselessness and inadequacy or the fear that someone will discover you to be the fraud you just know you are. It's embarrassing that you continue to do what you do.
embarrassing. At least today.
The worst part about mental illness is not others' misunderstandings about it. It's not their quizzical stares or musings or third degree about your great job, your talented children, your loving friends, your comfortable home, your talents and skills, all of which form one tour de force of a life, so how dare you? It's not even their presumption that you're somehow
for all these magnificent gifts, that if you just woke up and recognized every morning how goddamned lucky you are, the despair would melt away. It's not that as you write this, you know they just want to shake you or slap you or, best, snap you out of it. (Snap. Snap.) Nope, sorry.
The worst part about mental illness is not all the memes about positivity that blame you every day for not being able to make lemonade out of all the lemons, primarily because there are no lemons (see above), and life is beautiful. Sorry, all of you attitude-is-everything believers. Attitude is only everything when there's nothing else in the way of it. It's why some people who get cancer are cheerful and positive and others aren't. That's who they are. It's a pretty lucky way to be born (cheerful and positive; nothing lucky about cancer).
The worst part about mental illness is not that you know what to do about it but can't summon the energy to do it. That sleep eludes you. That elusive sleep leads to poor choices and bad habits and eating for serotonin and energy, which leads to weight gain, which leads to sluggishness, which leads to lethargy. That waking up at 4:45 after 4 hours and 45 minutes of sleep can, if you struggle with depression, kick the whole day's ass.
The worst part about mental illness is not anything that happens to
, frankly, because you can take care of yourself. You know that tomorrow or the next day, you can stop swimming and take a breath that doesn't choke. After all these years, you have some coping skills. You know there's a bird called hope who might yet perch at your sill. Could be tomorrow. Could even be this afternoon, when the sun suddenly comes out, giving you enough energy to pick yourself off the floor.
No, the worst part about mental illness is passing it on to your children.
First, there's the guilt: that driving a mile back to the house when she was three to make sure you turned the stove off (you did; you always did) or locked the door (you did; you always did) set a bad example for your child. That those times she saw you crying or heard you weeping in your room at night or pacing the floors in the morning's loneliest hours when she was four or six or twelve were indelible. That your worry about money or crime or time or work was so palpable that she soaked it in and
the disease. Guilt, even, that you had a child at all.
And then there's the worst part about the worst part about mental illness, which is knowing that your child is suffering. Knowing that someone you love is in despair is hard enough, but when it's your own kid, it is like a balloon trying to rescue an anchor or an anchor trying to rescue a balloon. It can't go anywhere, but it can still pop.
A person who doesn't understand that despair is no luckier. That person can look at her child with that quizzical expression (you have
, dear! What is your life
?), missing the gravity of it, a blessing and a curse. But a young person's hopelessness is a
. Because young people have not learned, like you have learned, that hope
perch at your sill, even come in and crap on your head, bringing such good fortune that it will be enough to make you keep that window open.
Not only do so many young people not know about this thing with feathers, but they don't even open their blinds, which is, I have learned, the simplest thing you can do physically to alter the direction of a day. (It doesn't work alone, but sun can sneak in, literally and metaphorically.)
So when my daughter and I argue, it's in the back of my mind. When she apologizes to me, it's in the back of my mind. When we leave her home, it's in the back of my mind. When she takes the car, it's in the back of my mind. When I don't see her come home at night, it's in the back of my mind. And when I wake up at 5:45 a.m. to discover that she has not yet been to sleep, it's on my mind.
Once you know what it feels like to be in a very bad place, you know what it's like for someone else to be in a very bad place. And sometimes—this is the worst of the worst of the worst part—they don't tell you.
One day, your daughter is the captain of the volleyball team and a straight-A student, and the next day, you are calling 911. I know too many (one is too many, and I know more) parents who have come home to find their children unwell in a way they never knew was possible and that cannot ever be forgotten. Those children can be the hardest to save.
Though I've had it all my life, I was formally diagnosed with "high-functioning depression" shortly after I had my daughter. It's characterized by over-achievement in the face of serious anxiety, OCD, depression, or other mental illness. My daughter,
a talented songwriter and musician
, has it, too. (Read more about it, please, here:
"The Danger of High-Functioning Depression as Told by a College Student."
It's why I go into my daughter's room in the morning and open her blinds. She complains every time, but if she wants them closed, she has to get up to close them. It's why some days I
her (as much as one can make an 18-year-old woman) go outside or start the day with something other than sugar. She is a new person and doesn't know yet that these habits will help her when she is 40 and 50 and 70. Living should be, soon, an unbreakable habit.
Why am I telling you this? It's not because I want your sympathy. I never want that. I don't want pity or sorrow or a shoulder or even empathy (though empathy's not a bad thing to have for others' circumstances). I tell you about it because I want you to know, and I want that knowledge to lead to understanding. Eventually, I want you to stop believing that the only problem depressed people have is ingratitude or a bad attitude or that they can overcome their own misery by smiling more (because even if all the science in the world says that it helps, depression is an impediment).
But I'm not sure I want you to let us off the hook entirely, either. Sometimes we do need to let some of that shit go, and if you tell us that with some accompanying bad jokes and good puns and laughter and friendship, we might.
And a pep talk every now and again can't hurt.
No matter what you're going through in your life, the best thing I can wish for you is that you have someone to open the blinds, even when you think you don't want to let any light in. I will be that for you. You be that for me.
Why wasn't my daughter in bed asleep after coming home from her friend's house after I was already asleep, after having texted me a sincere apology for our misunderstanding earlier in the evening before she left? She was recording this, "On the Shoulders of Giants (Maybe Someday You)." I sat listening to it at 5:15 a.m., tears streaming down my face and landing on my lap with a splash.
The last time she stayed up all night, she recorded this, called "Leather Jacket Art."
Just not, please, with a meme. Enough with the memes already.
Email to a friend
the cupcake exception
I haven't seen myself naked in 13 years.
I exaggerate. It's only been about three years since I took a gander at my own naked reflection. When I emerge from the shower, I'm already tightly wrapped in a towel that I swear keeps shrinking in the wash. In the morning, I avert my eyes when I pass a mirror until most of my clothes are on. And when I finally do look, it's to make sure that the only skin showing is below my elbow or (barely) above my cleavage.
I don't know what made me stand naked in the hallway before the full-length mirror today. Maybe I needed extra motivation for the diet that starts tomorrow. Maybe I felt it would discourage me from eating that extra biscuit at brunch. Or maybe Aliza Worthington's
complicated feelings about her weight
inspired me to take new stock of my stockiness and really deal with it.
ca. 2003, after a 30-mile bike ride.
I thought I was fat.
Aliza's struggle with her weight and body shape mimics my own. My husband says I've had a poor body image since we met more than 30 years ago. And that's because—excepting a year at 34 and two years at 40—I've had a poor body for three decades.
At 52, it's not only fat, but my body doesn't even get me from here to there very well. At least two of my spinal discs are blown; my toes tingle, and my balance is compromised. Now I'm winded walking up the stairs, too. Being fat is uncomfortable and unhealthy. But that's not to say this is all about health. It's vanity, too. My current wardrobe consists of a closet full of elastic-waist skirts (a friend wisely calls them "crotchless yoga pants"), t-shirts from Target, and cardigan sweaters, seven of them black. My
wardrobe—the expensive boutique pants in size 6 and pretty sweaters and tank tops and trim suits—is packed away under the attic eaves for when I can wear those things again.
And I am
that I will wear them again. Because believing that I won't means I'm stuck with this body forever. And even if it's not the worst thing in the world, it's not acceptable. I don't even
to accept it. I might as well start wearing sweatshirts with cats on them.
2006: I called this one "jelly belly."
A minute ago, I stopped writing to answer the front door. It was my neighbor, Anne, with a box of four homemade cupcakes. I am eating mine now—because of tomorrow's diet. I would like to think of that cupcake as the exception, but it's not. And nearly every person I know who
has gained weight believes in the cupcake exception, believes she eats a relatively good diet, free of fast foods and extra calories, despite the half bottles of wine on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays; the extra servings of smoked almonds; the dressing she dips her salad in, rather than pours on it, even though she uses it all anyway.
And that's why I believe in diets, still, after all these years. Diets themselves
work. Whether you reach the calorie deficit by Atkins or Weight Watchers or Paleo or Beachbody doesn't matter as long as it's something you can stick with for the six weeks it'll take you to stop hating the skinny bitches who always sit at your table when you go out for dinner. For the six weeks it'll take you to get used to what eating right feels like, you just need to suck it up by not swallowing every morsel in your path. Which means when Anne knocks on the door with a box of homemade cupcakes, you say thanks and give them to the skinny bitches who always live in your house.
It's not that diets don't work. It's that
2014: The cupcake exception.
If it were that easy, however, my closet would be full of size-six boutique clothing, and I'd be able to find the Christmas ornaments under the eaves. But to blame diets for my own inability to adhere to them is to abandon all responsibility for the extra 20 pounds—and, worse, all hope for removing them. In my case, this is
fault. Even if it's not about blame, it
about cause and effect. And though a few events might have had a hand in the expansion of my rear cargo space, the stress of my job or my father's death or whatever else may be bothering me was not relieved by eating—or drinking—my anger or sadness. (And menopause sees to it that the damage isn't undone easily.)
Some people advocate for making peace with our fat. I'm not that evolved. Besides, you haven't seen me naked. This morning, after I recovered from the shock of it, I picked myself up off the floor, put some ice on my head, and put on my fancy crotchless yoga pants, Target t-shirt, and black cardigan in the dark. Then I went to brunch with some women I hadn't seen since high school and ate the extra biscuit.
Because—you know. Tomorrow. I wish I could say it will be the last time I diet, that I'll never again succumb to the power of cake, that I'll never sneak a peppermint patty in the car, that I won't cave in to the desire to enjoy an IPA every day after work. And I'm fine with that. But what I'm not fine with is spending the rest of my life uncomfortable in elastic-waist clothing when there's a chance, however slim, that I can be uncomfortable in a pair of size 8 skinny jeans.
Email to a friend
in the attic
I'm not a hoarder. I'm a
. Hoarders take in
the cats. They hold onto
the magazines and newspapers and mail. Savers keep the things with sentimental value. Hoarders stack their piles in the way of life—high towers of precariously perched magazines, too-tall bundles of mail, each folded and returned to its envelope, all of it claiming surface and volume. Savers put their keepsakes in plastic boxes in the attic. Hoarders keep things out of fear; savers keep them out of love.
Still, I've saved too much. I have enough ornaments for three Christmas trees; Halloween costumes that, while I made them myself, fit no one; original boxes from cameras and computers I no longer have; hat after hat after hat; a sewing machine I don't know how to use; a serger machine, ditto; leftover copies of the magazine I used to publish; 72 VHS tapes we'll never watch; box after box of point-and-shoot photos, five pictures worth looking at again; lighted garland and a lighted wreath we've never used and will never use; a yellow Boby trolley with a set of clogged Rapidographs and black-from-use Staedtler erasers; boxes full of books that were never unpacked when we moved here 20 years ago; dry-rotted duffel bags.
And then there's the paperwork. Even if you save
you?), you have a few years worth of documents, tax returns, and bill receipts. I have more: papers and designs from high school and college (my favorite: a font I designed, the example and title a reference to The Cars, with an A+ from Ed Smith, an art teacher who died a decade ago), clever or meaningful correspondences, birthday and congratulations cards with sentiments so lovely they probably made me cry, acceptance and rejection letters, press clippings from the times I was in the news or in the band. One of my favorite saved things: a letter to my daughter's first-grade teacher informing her that I will not enforce the use of the
D'Nealian k
. It was a funny letter, but the school did not laugh. Instead, I got a
Until recently, all of this "savings" was hidden under the eaves, in the cabinets we'd had built for this very thing. But the gems are spilling, and I'm worried that they'll come crashing through the floor and kill me in my sleep. So I am sifting through, sorting out the permanent keepers from the things that can go, like tax returns from 1997 and business receipts from a venture that failed in 2006.
In holding on and discarding, I've learned three things.
1. I was always bold. Among my high-school papers is a comparison of Dracula to Vlad the Impaler: "A Tale of Two Sickies." The pair of "bloody" holes punched in the upper corner was my mother's idea, but I wasn't afraid. There's also a rhyming poem—for tenth grade English—called "or maybe an aspirin," which ends with the line, "or maybe a good fuck," as if I had known what that even meant.
2. I am a good friend. Sometimes I wonder why people like me, and I still don't know the answer. But if I had any doubts, words people put inside these hundreds of cards should dispel them. I could take away from this the fact that I
good friends. But how can you consistently have wonderful people surrounding and supporting you, saying
extraordinary things about you, unless you're good to them? More proof: breakup letters I'd written to two old friends I felt had wronged me. They are better friends than ever now.
3. I am an optimist. This one might sound like a stretch, but there's no other way to explain it. I have saved, for at least a dozen years—some much longer—clothing in size 6 and 8. OK, yes. I admit it. The size 10s are up there, too, now.
I'm sentimental. It's true. But I can count the times, this one included, that I've looked at those cards in the last sixteen years on one finger. So most of them are in the box of our five-year-old iMac, where I've stuffed 50 pounds of papers for recycling. But I kept a few of them and a few of my school papers. And yes, I kept all the clothes, too. You never know.
Email to a friend
More Recent Articles
writing: the latest territory dispute in the battle of the sexes?
open Letter to the lady who reserved twelve feet of beachfront property by placing two chairs ten feet apart
on being super
The Tree—or Why the Jewish Girls Should Handle the Decorations
the ABCs of gratitude: a thank-you note to my life
You Might Like
Click here to safely unsubscribe
from "Leslie F. Miller."
Click here to view mailing archives
here to change your preferences
, or
here to subscribe
© FeedBlitz™ - Email Contact and Social Media Marketing Automation |
| firstname.lastname@example.com |
Terms of Service


text:
You missed it This great deal for Victorian Chimney Service is over. But don't despair, we've got more great deals every day.
Related Deals That You May Like
Aeration and Seeding for Entire Lawn
Montgomery County$400$99
Sunrise Studios
3 Video-to-DVD Transfers or $50 Toward Transfers
Montgomery County$60$19.99
Metro Gutter
Gutter and Roofing Installation + Repair Services
Montgomery County$140$69
The Mosquito Authority Baltimore
Mosquito Barrier Treatments
Montgomery County$125$39
Victorian Chimney Service
Fireplace or Gas Furnace Chimney Cleaning & Inspection or Dryer Vent Cleaning
It may not take half a day to sweep a chimney like it did in Victorian times, but your modern fireplace still requires annual cleaning. Let this trusted family-owned-and-operated company with a an A-plus rating from the BBB help you out:
• $65 ($199 value) for a fireplace or gas furnace chimney cleaning and inspection
• $65 ($150 value) for a dryer vent cleaning to help reduce risk of fire
• Fireplace techs remove creosote and soot and identify hazards like carbon monoxide
Victorian Chimney's Website
PAID VALUE EXPIRES ON May 30, 2022
PROMOTIONAL VALUE EXPIRES ON January 24, 2014
service area
Service area includes a 25-mile radius from zip code 20895
Find out if you are eligible for service by entering your zip code below.
merchant will service you!
merchant out of area