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desloratadine (generic name)
Neoclarityn (brand name)
It helps to relieve sneezing, runny nose, and itchy, watery eyes
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What is this medicine?DESLORATADINE (des lor AT a deen) is an antihistamine. It helps to relieve sneezing, runny nose, and itchy, watery eyes. This medicine is used to treat or prevent symptoms of allergies. It is also used to treat itchy skin rash and hives.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Follow the directions on your prescription label. You may take this medicine with food or on an empty stomach. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take it more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed. This medicine has been used in children as young as 12 years.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor or health care professional for checks on your progress. Tell your doctor if your symptoms do not improve.
You may get drowsy or dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. Do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. This reduces the risk of dizzy or fainting spells. Alcohol may interfere with the effect of this medicine. Avoid alcoholic drinks.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
Store between 2 and 25 degrees C (36 and 77 degrees F). Never store above 86 degrees F (30 degrees C). Protect from moisture. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.


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End-of-life care presents health care professionals as well as patients and family members with many challenges and dilemmas. Education in the holistic and integrative care of individuals at the end of life builds on and expands professional competencies and brings healing and transformation.
The Certificate in End-of-Life Issues represents a specialization in the field of caring for those who are experiencing a terminal illness. It is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of individuals who work with dying patients by providing a multidisciplinary educational experience.
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This certificate program provides you with the knowledge and skills to effectively meet the needs of individuals who are experiencing chronic, terminal illnesses through a wide range of professional career paths. There are opportunities in nursing, teaching, administration, and research that focus on the needs and interests of these patients. These opportunities also exist within government programs and agencies; public and private institutions that provide health, education, and social services; research centers; special interest groups; colleges and universities; and corporate human resources divisions.
This certificate is relevant for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, licensed vocational or practical nurses, nursing assistants, social workers, occupational therapists, recreation therapists, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, administrators, psychologists, personal care assistants, volunteers, physicians, chiropractors, clergy, physical fitness professionals, adult children of aging parents, and individuals currently working with or planning to work with the terminally ill.
Note: All healthcare providers are responsible for checking the "Accreditation" list to determine if this course awards contact hours for their profession.
The Certificate in End of Life Care consists of the following eight courses.
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Expiration Date: 06/30/2019
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How does it work? Once a session starts, two lessons will be released each week, for the six-week duration of your course. You will have access to all previously released lessons until the course ends.
Keep in mind that the interactive discussion area for each lesson automatically closes 2 weeks after each lesson is released, so you're encouraged to complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.
The Final Exam will be released on the same day as the last lesson. Once the Final Exam has been released, you will have 2 weeks plus 10 days to complete the Final and finish any remaining lessons in your course. No further extensions can be provided beyond these 10 days.
End-of-life care presents health care professionals with many ethical challenges and dilemmas. Understanding ethical theories and ethical principles can provide a foundation for decision making. The goal of this course is to provide health care professionals with the tools necessary to make ethical decisions when providing care for patients at the end of their lives. Key ethical issues related to end-of-life care, including advance directives, euthanasia, medical futility, do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders, pain management, terminal hydration, organ donation, and considerations for the neonatal and pediatric patient are examined. In addition, guidelines for dealing with ethical dilemmas are also provided.
Using a multidisciplinary team approach, the primary goals of hospice and palliative care are to provide symptom control, psychosocial and spiritual care, and optimal quality of life. The role of hospice and palliative care is rapidly expanding due to a better understanding of end-of-life issues by health care professionals. The goal of this course is to provide nurses and health care professionals with an overview of end-of-life issues in hospice and palliative care, including the specific characteristics of hospice and palliative care and the similarities and differences in hospice and palliative care for both adults and children.
Pain assessment and management are especially important for high-quality end-of-life care. To provide quality care to individuals at this stage of their lives, health care practitioners must be particularly skilled at assessing pain, understanding misconceptions of pain management, addressing cultural issues in pain management, and providing effective pain therapies. The goal of this course is to provide health care providers with an overview of pain assessment and management for patients of all ages during their end-of-life care, including cultural considerations and pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management techniques.
For health care professionals to provide compassionate, quality care to patients at the end of life, they must understand the many changes the patient undergoes. Holistic end-of-life care provides relief, comfort, and support whenever possible. It involves a comprehensive approach to the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual aspects of the individual. The goal of this course is to examine one specific aspect of holistic end-of-life care: the physiologic changes in body systems associated with the end of life. Guidelines for the care of specific physical symptoms at the end of life will also be presented.
The dying experience is a profound, individual experience. The experience of loss and grief are as individual and unique as the persons involved. During this time, people often raise questions about the meaning of life. The goal of this course is to provide health care professionals with an understanding of the spiritual, psychological, social, and physical aspects of the dying experience; the nature of care and the needs of the dying; supportive aspects of care for the dying; the grieving process; healing from grief and loss; and cultural differences in response to death and grief.
At the end of life, attitudes about the loss of a loved one profoundly affect how both a dying person and his or her family and friends address the dying and the grieving processes. Diverse populations in the United States provide health-care professionals with tremendous opportunities to bridge cultural gaps and learn about different values and religious and spiritual belief systems. The goal of this course is to provide an overview of specific cultural influences at the end of life for African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indian/Alaskan Natives, and Muslim Americans, including the impact of religion and spirituality on funeral and burial practices and the challenges for health-care professionals to become culturally competent with end-of-life care.
The death of a child is a devastating event with long-lasting effects on family, friends, and health care providers. While pediatric death rates in the United States have declined in the last century, pediatric death remains a critical health care issue. Often parents and children do not receive the care they deserve and require during this challenging time. The goal of this course is to examine the epidemiology of pediatric death; differentiate between hospice, palliative, and end-of-life care; explain important elements of symptom management; discuss factors relating to caring for parents and a dying child; explain facets of spiritual care of a dying child; and explore future directions for pediatric palliative care.
Caregivers are individuals who provide care to an individual who needs assistance. Caregivers can be professionals but are often unpaid individuals who support a loved one through an illness or the last phase of life. The experience can be immensely gratifying and rewarding as well as challenging and stressful. By anticipating the demands of end-of-life, caregiving can shift the journey to one in which support focuses on acceptance and healing. The goal of this course is to review family and caregiver issues, explain patient rights and the ethical principles of caregiving, examine behavioral, nutritional, and safety issues of caregiving, and explore integrative health methods of supporting caregiver well-being.
The gift of organ donation is the gift of life. However, the gap between those who need an organ or tissue donation and the number of donations available is wide and growing. Health care providers need to understand the issues surrounding organ and tissue donation and recovery so they can effectively support the needs of donor families and donor recipients. The goal of this course is for the learner to provide an overview of the complex and challenging issues surrounding organ and tissue donation and recovery, including methods of compassionately and effectively supporting the family during the process.
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I found this course not only informative for the type of work I am going into, but very informative regarding personal healing that has taken place over the past decade, due to some personal losses I have experienced. Thank you for this class. I have enjoyed learning the material.
This has been a very interesting and emotional journey for me. I really had to get in touch with my own loss of family and how I think of death. I have started using some of the ideas with my mother-in-law who is 93 years old, especially the journals and going through her doll collection. Thank you for the inspiration of your work.
I am a nurse and I am interested in hospice care. I found this course very helpful. Thank you!
I found this course informative for the type of work I am going into. It's also very informative regarding personal healing that has taken place over the past decade, due to some personal losses I have experienced. Thank you for this class. I have enjoyed learning the material.
This course provided useful, concise, practical information to all those working with the dying and their families. Although I am retired, I continue to volunteer assisting the terminally ill with their journey. Particularly interesting was the information regarding cultural differences and how to work with those who have different ideologies, beliefs, religions and values.
I will have a better understanding of my feelings toward the dying process and be more understanding about what is taking place and how others view and approach the topic.
Always knowing that this is a time of hardship for the patient and the family, and I was always most attentive to both the personal needs of the patient and the family, I feel that my understanding of the process is far more meaningful now that I have had this class. It is a dying process that most health professionals don't understand, or take the time to understand. I will recommend this class to all my associates, I enjoyed it very much.
I am very pleased and satisfied with this course, it was very interesting. It will help me in my own life and in my job too. I will recommend it to others caregivers who want to learn more about this interesting topic.
I have never taken an online class before and really enjoyed this one. I have done hospice as a volunteer for about ten years and this class was full of information. Thank you for sharing it.
I am a skeptic about online courses but the subject matter is of great interest. I have been very surprised at the deep thought and challenging questions the exams provided. I actually learned a lot through the class.
This class was extremely interesting to me, and also helped me to understand that two years after the death of a loved one, it is normal to still be grieving. It helped me better understand my own grief process, and that of my children. Thank you for that.
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OLYMPIA — December 20, 2012 — A new data warehouse system that will help inform education decisions from the school level to the state level is now online, Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn announced today.
Currently, data is collected for two main reasons: to comply with state and federal laws, and to determine how much money schools and districts receive. The new system, K-12 Data and Reports, will collect smaller data sets and begin a shift toward using data to better inform decisions at all levels.
Dorn praised another benefit of the new system: transparency. "We have a lot of data on our Web site," Dorn said, "but this new system will be able to bring it all together in a way that makes sense to the average person."
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(Slow Roasted Tomato Hummus was updated September 2012 with better photos and step-by-step instructions.)
Slow Roasted Tomato Hummus
1/2 cup slow roasted tomatoes
(or use scant 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes and a little water)
1 can (15.5 oz.) garbanzo beans (also called chickpeas)
2 T garlic puree (or less if you're not a huge garlic fan)
1/4 cup tahini sauce
2-3 T fresh lemon juice (start with 2 T and taste)
2 T olive oil, plus more for drizzling on finished hummus if desired
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp. sea salt, or to taste
Optional: Sumac for sprinkling on finished hummus
(You will need a food processor to make this successfully. There are many good brands, but I love my Cuisinart Food Processor DLC 10.)
Drain garbanzo beans into colander, then rinse well with cold water until no more foam appears. Leave beans in colander to continue draining.
In bowl of food processor fitted with steel blade, place tomatoes and garlic. Process about 30 seconds, or slightly longer for sun-dried tomatoes. Add drained beans, process about 1-2 minutes, until beans and tomatoes are completely blended together.
Add tahini sauce, 2 T lemon juice, olive oil, and half the water and process 30 seconds to one minute more, until all ingredients are well blended. Check the thickness and see if you want to use the other 2 tablespoons of water. Taste to decide whether to add more lemon juice and salt, add if desired and process a few seconds more.
This will keep in the refrigerator for several weeks if it's in a container with a tight lid. Serve with pita bread, lavash, crackers, celery sticks, carrots, or red pepper strips.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Hummus is not suitable for low-carb diets except in very small amounts, but beans are actually acceptable for all phases of the South Beach Diet, and they're great for other low-glycemic diets as well.
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I have used this hotel for years, more than I can remember to be honest because growing up I was always at Manchester Arena and now it has more theatres and is not bad for me to get to.
This hotel was very run down but as of I think it was around April for this hotel is now sporting a very nice overhaul. This is one of the hotels they have done a good job with.
The hotel is situated on Blackfriars street and over looks the river on one side, it is literally 1 minutes walk to the main shopping area and about 3 to the Arndale shopping centre yet the street it is on is pretty quiet and I yet to have had a sleep bothered by outside noise even with open windows.
This hotel now sports the lavish new beds as well as the new look curtains, however they have not bothered to change the carpets in the rooms and some are patched up. Still they have new shower curtains, the bathrooms have been refreshed and the rooms given a fresh coat of paint.
The bar area has been given a total make over, with a new carpet and eating area. I have eaten there a few times and the staff have always done what they can to help me, one night when I was fancying a chip butty they even gave me some bread to make one with when they do not sell it.
I think one of the things I like most about this hotel is that no matter how large it is I have never been bothered by people making a noise nor cleaners on the morning cleaning other rooms so the rooms must be fairly well sound proofed unlike many of the newer built ones.
Sadly they have not updated the televisions in all of these rooms and there are still a number of televisions who I can not believe are still running, you remember the kind with the huge backs on them. They also have many remotes that are so dirty and really should be thrown out.
Regarding size all of the rooms at this hotel are a nice spacious size and have decent sized windows for fresh light. I have never been in a badly cleaned room either.
This hotel has retained the baths in all rooms rather than some showers.
Around five years ago I persuaded my anty to help me plan a trip to see the Dancing On Ice tour. This was our first time planning it ourselves as my mum usually does that but we wanted to surprise her for her birthday.
After deciding which dates were most convenient for us we chose to go to Manchester, where we had never been before. I am so glad we chose to go to Manchester as I love it their and now go back regularly for shopping and shows.
We decided to stay at the Travelodge Manchester Central as it was close to where we needed to go. When we arrived at Manchester airport we took a taxi to the hotel which usually costs around £20. This taxi went to the wrong Travelodge which apparently they get confused about a lot but the staff at the desk kindly came and explained this to the taxi driver and he took us to the right one straight away.
When we arrived at the Travelodge we checked in and left our bags in the hotel whilst we went to the shops as our room wasn't ready yet. When we returned, our room was a basic room with a bathroom, beds and a tv and little else but that was what we paid for. We had a triple room which had one double bed and a sofa bed. The tv had freeview channels and there was a kettle, three cups and tea and coffee.
The bathroom was small but still with room to move and had a bath and shower which was sometimes hard to keep at the right temperature.
Within a five minute walk is the high street and Arndale Centre with loads of shops and restaurants and the MEN arena (what we needed).
When we were ready to go to the MEN that evening we asked the lady at the desk for directions. She was very helpful and printed a map off for us and wrote on directions. We had this ready to use but we soon noticed we could follow the crowds of people going in the same direction.
After leaving the MEN arena that evening we had difficulties getting back to the hotel as we left with the crowds and ended up out a different door than we went in. We got back eventually though.
As the hotel is in the city centre it is quite noisy at night and throughout the night we could hear clubs, sirens, cars and people.
The following morning when we left the room for breakfast we could smell burnt toast but as we got to the breakfast room it was fine and all laid out ready for you to help yourself.
The staff kindly ordered a taxi for the airport.
On our last trip to Manchester when we stayed in this same hotel we arrived just after ten and asked to check in. This particular member of staff would not let us check in as the check in time was midday. As she wouldn't take our suitcases either, we sat in the reception for two hours.
At twelve o clock exactly she checked us in. She claimed she couldn't check us in earlier as there were no rooms ready. Those cleaners must have been super speedy to clean the entire building in less than two hours. There would have been a room somewhere but she chose to be awkward.
We still use this for short stays but prefer other cheap brand hotels instead.
Well firstly i will say how i travel the length of the country for work and i have stayed in more Travelodges than i care to remember. Nothing compares to my horrid experience in Preston Central, however i wasnt very pleased with this one. The positives however were the fact that it was so central, just about a 10 minute walk to the main shopping centre (sorry i have forgotton its name) where you can pick up clothes, food etc. Very handy. The negatives were when i finally found it, after struggling with the one way system for an hour, was the price of the car park! If you are staying more than one night please do not bring a car if you can help it, the ticket officers seemed to love it down there. It was extremely noisy, but not from the exterior. People staying in the Travelodge seemed to have no care for anyone else but themselves. It was busy however. Another negative is the lifts, the doors only opened when they wanted. My final negative about this place is its always a high cost, more than any other central usually - even London - and the inside needs a massive revamp. It was so old, grimey and cold that i actually didnt spend much time here at all and hopefully never will. All in all if you get it for a cheap price, staying one night while you party hard then thats probably a great hotel for you, however if you are staying on business or with a family its probably best to avoid.
My partner and I had been invited to a wedding in Wales and as I am living in Scotland and my partner in The Netherlands we thought we thought that it would be easiest to meet in Manchester and then drive down to Wales the following morning for the wedding.
We had originally booked a different hotel but after having some trouble with them we decided to cancel it and book somewhere else.
As it was only for one night and we were paying a small fortune to stay in Wales the next night we decided to book in to the Travelodge Manchester Central. I had received an email from Travelodge a few days prior to us booking it that said they were having a sale on and rooms were available for £15. Of course when I went to the website to book there were no sale rooms to be found and I had to pay £58 for our double room which still isn't so bad for a hotel room in the city centre I suppose.
The Manchester Travelodge Central is located on Blackfirars Street which is just off Deansgate. Anyone familiar with Manchester will have no problems finding it but even for those people who don't have a clue it is pretty easy to find. It is about a ten minute walk from Piccadilly train station and you just need to walk in a straight line through the city centre shopping district and it is just a couple of minutes from Selfridges.
The building it is in is pretty ugly and looks like some office block from communist Russia but it's what on the inside that counts and for the money it is a pretty decent hotel. Disabled guests will have no problem with access as there is a large entrance with a wheelchair friendly path to the door and the doors inside all seemed to be wide. The reception area is like all travelodges I have stayed in before and has the reception desk with some seating and then the bar and restaurant area further down.
We arrived late afternoon on a Friday so there were a few people waiting to check in so we decided to brave the self-service check in machines that were beside the reception desk.
The last time I stayed at a Travelodge I tried using the self-service machine but it was a complete disaster and wouldn't work properly that we had to eventually use the reception desk. This time it was a breeze and we managed to check-in in under a minute and the machine gave us our key and room number meaning that we could bypass the reception queue.
The doors to the lifts and stairs which take you to the rooms is always locked at Travelodge's and you need your room key for access which is something that I like especially as they always seem to have a minimum of staff at them.
There are two lifts which I found to be quite large and speedy so we never had to wait for more than a few seconds for them to arrive.
Our room was on the third floor and I was pleasantly surprised when we opened our door as it was huge and much bigger than any other Travelodge I have stayed in. In the room there is the basics such as the bed, desk, TV, wardrobe and a couch. There was also a kettle with tea and coffee making facilities which for a budget hotel is always appreciated.
The bathroom could really have done with some refurbishment but it was clean and there was even some soap in it. Towels were also sparse but there was a couple more along with another pillow in the wardrobe.
There was nothing special about the room other than its size but it was clean and comfortable which is all that can be expected from budget accommodation.
The room was quite hot and one thing that did irritate me about the room was that it had those stupid little child catches on the windows to stop people throwing themselves out of them. These are one of my pet hates especially as they only open a couple of inches and it is hard to get any fresh air in the room with them. Luckily the heating was from an electric radiator with a plug so we just unplugged it and the room got to a more comfortable temperature pretty quickly.
Because we were both so tired we decided to brave it and try the restaurant downstairs. The menu is on the small side but there is the usual burgers, pasta etc. I ordered a cheese burger and my partner the steak and ale pudding. Service was atrocious as you have to order at the bar and but we sat for about 20 minutes before we even saw the girl who looked after the bar. Once ordered we took a table and sat and waited for our food. After about 25 minutes the girl came over to tell us that unfortunately the steak and ale pie was no longer available. I was furious as I couldn't understand why it had taken so long for them to let us know. I would have just cancelled but I was hungry and couldn't be bothered looking for somewhere else to eat. We changed the order to two cheeseburgers and when the food finally arrived it was a lot better and more plentiful than I had expected. The prices weren't bad either and although I forget exactly how much everything was it was under £15 for the two burgers and two cokes.
After our meal we decided to get an early night and I'm not sure if it was because the bed was comfortable or because we were so tired but I had a great night's sleep. I did get woken up a couple of times with drunk people going to their rooms but when you stay at a Travelodge on a weekend night this is to be expected and it wasn't as bad as I had feared it was going to be.
The traffic on the road outside was also quite heavy in the morning so if you are a very light sleeper then this probably isn't the best hotel for you to stay in.
When we left in the morning check-out was just as quick and painless as check-in had been and all we had to do was drop off our key in the key slot and we didn't even have to see the receptionist which is just as well as we didn't see hide nor hair of one.
The Travelodge Manchester Central was absolutely fine for the money we paid for it. There is certainly nothing luxurious about it but it does offer good value clean and comfortable accommodation in a central location.
When sales are on for Travelodges and Premier inns I always find myself checking places out to see how cheap we can get a weekend away. Which is how we found ourselves driving to Manchester on Friday straight from school and work.
I booked the two nights back at the end of October for middle of January. I paid just over £80 for a family room with breakfast included. As I booked online the breakfasts were £6.50 per adult per day(children eat free). The price for booking breakfast online has now increased to £6.65. It tells you online that sometimes saver rooms are cheaper if you book each night separately. (This is what I did). Rooms that are booked as sale or saver rooms can be cancelled but you will not be refunded - so no point cancelling.
Book in is from 3pm and check out up to 12pm, unless you pay an extra £10 for early check in/late check out.
What I didn't realise when I booked this was that parking had to be paid for. I never book anywhere if I have to pay for parking as something cheap suddenly becomes more expensive. It was too late when I realised but the website said it was £7.50 for 24 hours and it had 50 spaces.
The Travelodge is situated on Blackfriars Street which is as the name suggests is quite central for things in Manchester.
We arrived at about 5 O'clock and drove into the small seedy underground car park, and spotted a few spaces at the far end. It was a good job there was a few spaces as if it had been the one I don't think we would have got the car into the space. There was little room for manoever, I would like to blame it on the way the supports were placed but it was also the gap in the middle of the cars (you know the space you drive in from and use to drive out of the space). Luckily my husband reversed into the space but it was still very difficult to get out of the space the next day, even smaller cars were having trouble that had parked in the same part of the car park.
We went to pay at the pay and display machine and put the £7.50 in and we got until 12 mid day (this is not 24 hours to me).
Once we had paid and displayed we took the lift up to the reception on the ground floor. This was open plan with the bar and restaurant. As the receptionist was on the telephone someone else came to help and told me I could book in using a machine which was just to the side. I needed to put my booking reference in and the machine spat out our breakfast vouchers and the room number. It did this for the first night as I had made separate bookings. I was told I would have to speak to the receptionist in the morning to sort it out so we could keep the same room.
As it was weekend breakfast was served between 8am and 11am, in the week it is served between 7am and 10am.
So we went back to the lifts to go to our room there were 7 floors, ours was on the 4th. There was only one lift that was being used as the other lift had a chair keeping the door open so I popped in to have a look why it wasn't being used. There was tape across where there should have been buttons for the ground floor (reception) and the first floor.
We got to the room with the card that we had been given to open the door and opened it. As we walked in the couch (that was to become a bed) was the first thing we saw, and the wardrobe at the end of that; to the left slightly was the bathroom which contained bath with overhead shower, toilet and sink. Further round we saw the double bed and after some space at the end was the dressing table with a wall mirror, plug sockets, kettle and tea and coffee making stuff. At the other end of the dressing table was a small television.
The couch became one bed and there was a pull out matress from underneath. Now I know with travelodges you have to make the extra beds up but I did expect to have the sheets and quilts there to do it. Instead I had to go back down to reception with my eldest and ask for a sheet, quilt and pillows (so as I had to ask I got a couple of extra pillows).
The room was clean but the walls were a bit dirty and in need of a refurb as was the bathroom. The seal around the bath was black in places (ugh). There was no chair in the room just the couch which we made up more or less straight away. The television was too small to be as far away as it was and they should get some bigger ones in.
We didn't eat in the restaurant but they had the usual things pizza, burger, chips etc. The eating area (for breakfast as well) was just small tables that seat 4 with 4 chairs around and spread from the bar to quite near the reception. It didn't really look like a restaurant at all.
We went down for breakfast on the first morning and nobody asked for our passes so we just chose a table and went to see what was on offer. It was the usual little boxes of cereal, scrambled egg, beans. tomato, sausage, bacon and make your own toast. There was also croissants and blueberry muffins. To drink there was fresh orange, apple juice, water, tea and coffee.
I did find that the tables were not really big enough to have a nice family breakfast, we were forever moving plates and glasses etc to make room for the toast or cups of tea.
The breakfast tasted nice enough, and it wasn't busy so there was no rush.
When we had finished we went to reception to ask them to sort the room out for the 2nd night and the receptionist said she had already done it - which was good, but I had to ask if we needed breakfast passes.
As it was raining we decided to take the car out, we had thought we could leave it there but was told we would have to pay again at 12 miday and didn't really see the point in hanging around (we might have done if it was fine). So this is where we saw a small car struggling to get out of a space with someone guiding them and we did about a 58 point turn to get out. Luckily when we got back there was a space at the other end of the carpark where people were parked at an angle so we managed to reverse into that which made it a lot easier when we were leaving.
So would I recommend this - well not if you were driving as it makes it more expensive but if you didn't need to park a car and got a sale room then yes but don't expect a nice new hotel. It needs a lick of paint and the seals checking on the bath.
Would I go again no because of the car park. You have to pay to park and it is the worst car park for space that I have ever used.
I was attending my friends hen party and this was the hotel of choice.
It has a great central location and we found the shops were pretty much on your doorstep and the main pub area is only a short walk. There is also a great range of restraunts just round the corner.
As for the hotel I would say it was def over priced for the state of repair it was in. I understand central hotels are always higher priced and more used but I would have expected better. It was certaintly not how the advertise it on the tv.
I looked at 3 rooms as there were a group of us staying and all could have done with a good coat of paint. In our room the shower had a leak which meant when you used the shower water sprayed out the shower head straight over the shower curtain and soaked the bathroom floor. Bit of a health and safety issue there.
In all 3 rooms the water took ages to walm up in the showers. In all rooms the bed sheet were full of dust when you shook them - not appealing when you are going to be sleeping in the bed.
The one room smelt suspiciously of smoke though all rooms are supposed to be no smoking.
In the other room there was the most gigantic spider you have ever seen in residence and the room it self just looked plain grubby.
When we enquired about room service we were told they did not do this despite there being room service menus in all the rooms. We then went to enquire at the bar for food. People who had ordered food over half an hour ago were still waiting and it was not busy and the food was not difficult (pizza, chips, burger etc). Hence to say we went out to eat.
On the plus side the rooms are very spacious and it has a very central location. It is also a cheap taxi ride from the train station (approx £5).
Overall I would not recommend this hotel to anyone until it has had a refurb.
Earlier this year I found myself in need of a hotel in central Manchester, as my daughter's 2009 Christmas present was a trip the Manchester Evening News Arena to see Miley Cyrus in concert.
A friend in the US sent me the presale code but much to my dismay many hotels around the arena were already full on the date of the concert despite tickets going on sale a good six months before.
I really wanted a hotel within a short walking distance from the Arena which wasn't going to break the bank so once again I found myself on the Travelodge website, and managed to secure a booking at the Manchester Central hotel for £32 per night. Had I not had the presale code for tickets and had to wait for the tickets to go on general sale I would have been looking at prices of at least double what I paid.
~~The Location~~
The hotel is centrally located on Blackfriars Street in the Deansgate area of the city. It was easy to find coming in from the M60 off the A56 and is also close to the M602 motorway. The Arndale Centre is just a five minute walk away, and Manchester Victoria station is about a ten minute walk. Piccadilly station is about 20 minutes walk.
~~My Experience~~
I booked a family room for this trip because my sister was travelling with us, although due to a friend's bereavement she ended up only staying one night of our booked two night stay.
The Travelodge website states the hotel has a car park which costs £7.50 for 24 hours stay which is reasonable for the city centre, but when I arrived at the hotel the car park was full. There is an NCP car park next door so I had to use that instead - and at £15.30 for 24 hours this stuck in my craw a little.
We arrived at reception around 2.45 pm to be met by a huge queue of people checking in - clearly I was not the only person to consider this hotel after securing concert tickets for Miley Cyrus. As a result there were a lot of young children, the vast majority of them girls, staying at the hotel.
Check in was quick and efficient and using the room key card to access the lift area we headed up to our room.
I have stayed in a lot of Travelodges and one thing you learn quickly about them is they are not all created equal, with some being far better than others. I am pleased to say this was one of the better ones.
Our family room was particularly spacious - I have been in some which have been a bit of a tight squeeze so I do worry sometimes but there was plenty of room in this one.
The sofa bed was unmade and there were only three pillows in the room, but at least there were towels for all three guests in the room when we arrived. There was a sheet and duvet for the sofa bed available in the exposed wardrobe area so beloved of the Travelodge chain.
The bed was a typical Travelodge bed - just about bearable but not a patch on anything you will get from any other hotel chain. I've said it before and I'll say it again - these cheap beds the Travelodge use are pretty uncomfortable and not good enough to guarantee a good night's sleep. I know the rooms can be had for a cheap price but for full price you don't really get value for money due to these poor beds.
The bathroom was pleasant and the shower was particularly good - it was powerful and the hot water came on immediately. My daughter had a bath and this wasn't quite as successful as the bath is only a three quarter size tub meaning it's too short to luxuriate much in.
A downside about having a large room was the fact it was quite cold and the bog standard electric wall heater you find in Travelodges was as inefficient at heating the room as ever. I ended up having to leave the heater on for the entire duration of my stay which seemed wasteful - but we were staying in the midst of the cold snap and needed it.
There was an LCD TV on the desk along with a kettle and some instant coffee and teabags. The TV only had the five terrestial channels and a handful of Freeview ones. There was one chair and that was that.
Maid service was perfunctory - we had had a drink in the bar area after the concert on our first night and my sister and I took our drinks up to our room to finish them before bed. The glasses were not removed when the maid cleaned our room the next day which I found disappointing.
We ended up running out of toilet paper in the room because an empty roll wasn't replaced with a full one - instead a half used one was put up.
There was also a leak from the toilet which I discovered the morning of our departure - it was only minor but it led to a puddle on the bathroom floor.
I also struggled to get spare pillows - I headed down to get some about an hour after checking in (my fault I suppose for not requesting them at check-in!) and could only get two.
My biggest gripe about this hotel is the car park however. Despite it being a hotel car park, it is open to the public - meaning the canny visitor to the city can quite legally park there so long as they pay and display. In light of the fact it is less than half the price to use this small car park as opposed to the NCP one next door, you can and will struggle to park here.
I was able to move my car to the hotel park on my second day of our stay but if you are driving to this hotel be prepared to have to use the NCP car park and pay the much higher tariff there.
As I have been disappointed so often with the food in Travelodges I didn't sample either breakfast or dinner here so I cannot comment on it, but bar service was rather slow in the evening after we got back from the concert with large queues forming and only one member of staff serving guests.
If I ever find myself back in Manchester for a concert at the MEN Arena I would consider this hotel but only because of the fact it's only a short walk to and from there. I would also be loathe to pay the rack rate of £75 per night for such an uncomfortable bed so it would have to be on offer.
All in all however it's worth considering if you are staying in Manchester on a budget and need to have a city centre location.
General Info
The deansgate travelodge is brilliantly located in the very centre of Manchester, making it popular with people going to the city for events or for shopping trips.
It is part of the massive travelodge chain who have been offering overnight accomodation for travellers for about 10 years.
My experience
My experience of the Manchester City travelodge is a fairly good one. In i believe that you get exactly what you pay for.
We booked the trip the day before we left to see Jason Manford, we had not, at first, planned to stay over, but decided we would considering the cheapness that we could get it for.
We booked in, online, for a mere 8 pounds each (there were 4 of us), and set off the next day to the hotel.
The reception area was clean and tidy, and even fairly modern. The lifts were not working but we are all 19, so that did not really bother us. It could have been a problem for an older traveller though.
On arrival at the room, the key card did not work, which was irritating, as we had to nip back down 4 flights of stairs, to renew the code, and then we headed back up.
Eventually we got into the room, and i was pleasantly surprised. It was massive, slightly dated, but clean. For £36 you really could not argue with the standard of the hotel.
However, we then went on a hunt for the 4th bed. This was disappointing, it pulled out from underneath the sofa, which was not even a sofa bed, and was basically a mattress on the floor.
Again, this did not really matter for a group of 19 year olds used to roughing it in student accomodation, but those with a little more discernable taste may have been offended.
The bathroom was clean, and functional, and could not really been any better than it was apart from a needed refurb, however this was a theme throughout the hotel.
On returning from the gig we felt safe and secure when approaching our room, which is always a nice touch in a hotel of this nature. We got inside, the two lucky lads settled down in the proper bed, whilst I roughed it on the sofa and my mate took the floor bed. Horrid.
Surprisingly we all had a fairly good nights sleep, but did not choose to take advantage of the breakfast at the slightly extortionate price of £7.50. We headed into Manchester, where there were plenty of deals to be had.
Check out was just as smooth as check in, a case of handing over the card and anyway we went.
Overall i would probably recommend this hotel despite its shortcomings. If your just looking for somewhere to literally lay your head, then it does the job perfectly, and does offer great value for money.
The central location is handy, meaning that you arent far away from any of Manchester's sights at anytime.
Overall, a good hotel.
It's been so long since my partner and I went to Manchester that, when we got tickets to see The Killers (woohoo!) at the MEN Arena last week, we decided to make a trip of it and stay over, so we could do some shopping and - more importantly - sample the local food and drink!
Anyone who has booked concert tickets recently will know that, by the time you've added all the 'hidden costs' on, you've spent a fortune, so we were looking for somewhere cheap and conveniently located and I have to say, we definitely found that.
- How did we find it?-
After trawling through all the usual hotel websites, I stumbled across an advert offering rooms for £19 at Travelodge. This isn't the price we paid for the room (it was actually £35), but it certainly got my attention. After heading to www.travelodge.co.uk and searching for hotels in Manchester, I was given a series of suitable options. There are a couple of options in the city centre but we finally settled on this one because it suited our needs best (close to the MEN, close to the Arndale centre and the nightlife on Deansgate and cheap parking).
The website is easy to navigate and tells you everything you need to know about the hotel you've chosen, its facilities and what's close-by.
-Getting there-
*By car - the directions we printed off the internet couldn't have been easier to follow; head for the M60 Ring Road (North and East), leave at J17 and follow the A56 all the way into the city centre (passing the MEN Arena and The Lowry Centre) and then turn right onto Blackfriars Street et voila! It's the big, grey, imposing building on the right hand side! It was a painless trip considering what it can be like travelling into Manchester.
*By Train - According to the website, Victoria Station is a quarter of a mile away and Piccadilly is half a mile away. Victoria Station is obviously the better choice and is about three minutes walk, even for a slow-coach like me!
This is one of the main reasons we chose this hotel over the others. It has an underground car-park that is run on behalf of the hotel by an external company. It has about 50 (very badly marked out) spaces, although we were advised to get there at 3pm on the dot to guarantee a space, which turned out to be good advice. If you arrive after 3pm, you get 24hrs parking for £7.50, or it's about £1.50 per hour.
If there are no spaces available here, there is a NCP car-park next door that is about £15 for 24 hours.
-Where is it?-
As the name of the hotel suggests, it is very centrally located. It is more or less on the crossroads of Deansgate (where you'll find copious amounts of restaurants and bars) and St Mary's St (which is where you'll find the main shopping street including the Arndale Centre).
It took us about five minutes to walk to the MEN Arena and the Palace and Royal Exchange Theatres and the G-Mex are all within walking distance. The Museum of Science and Industry is about half a mile from the hotel
-What do you get for the price?-
The truthful answer is not a lot, but the Travelodge make no pretence about this being the reason why their prices are so low. They give you a room from 3pm to midday the following day and you can pay for any extras you want, including earlier check-in (£10), later check-out (£10), breakfast (£5.99 online or £7.50 at check-in, per person). We didn't take any of these options, so can't comment on the value for money, but considering there are so many places to eat in the vicinity; I would think you could get a better deal elsewhere.
-The rooms-
The rooms are basic, but contain everything you need. They have a double bed, en-suite bathroom, dressing table, coffee making facilities, a TV and wardrobe and shelf space. They are spacious, clean and comfortable.
The beds are extremely soft and bouncy, which sounds nice but actually makes sleeping quite difficult - every movement makes you wake up feeling a little sea-sick! My other half (who admittedly is a light sleeper) spent most of the night awake as a result.
The showers are super powerful, which makes a nice change in a hotel.
The TV has a selection of English TV and radio channels, including news, sport and entertainment (ITV I think).
There are a couple of things to bear in mind though. Like I said, the Travelodge keeps their prices low by removing all the 'frills', so don't expect to find toiletries (other than one mini bar of soap), a hair-dryer, an iron or even a phone! We were also only supplied with one hand towel and one bath towel, so I would recommend asking for another at reception when you check-in to avoid problems when you get out of the shower and find nothing to dry yourself with!
You can ask at reception as well for a hair-dryer, iron, and extra pillows (which you'll probably need).
-Other facilities-
*24-hour reception with efficient and friendly staff.
*2 lifts that go to all floors, although very sporadically!
*Wi-Fi - you need to buy a voucher (which can be purchased on-line when booking), which is valid for twelve months. Prices are £5 for an hour, £10 for a day, £20 for a week and £30 for a month.
*ATM machine on the wall outside.
*A bar cafe serving evening meals (Brewers Fayre sort of standard by the looks of the menu) and drinks.
*Vending machines, offering hot and cold drinks, snacks, ice-creams and travel essentials.
*Meeting rooms.
*Lounge area.
-My opinion-
Overall, I would say that we definitely got what we paid for and, for the price, you couldn't ask for a better location. I would recommend the Travelodge to anyone, although that recommendation would come with a warning attached; don't expect luxury and bring everything you'll need!
I have stayed in the Manchester Central Travelodge on numerous occasions. The fact I have been back more than once would to me say that this is acceptable accommodation for me!
The Travelodge is a budget hotel chain, cheap and cheerful in my eyes. The Manchester central Travelodge is no different to the rest of them.
What makes the Manchester Central Travelodge stand out for me is the location. A stones throw from Dean's Gate (a street of bars and clubs) and a very short walk from Manchester's main shopping area. What else could a girl want!!
I would say that the location is the best feature here; the rooms at the Travelodge are basic but spacious. The bedrooms that I have stayed in have a double bed, sofa bed, en-suite bathroom, tv and tea and coffee making facilities. The hotel also has a restaurant and bar - which I've never used.
This Travelodge also has limited car parking facilities, each time I have stayed there I have been lucky enough to have a space. I think the parking costs us approx £7 a night.
I've seen many deals for this Travelodge for as little as £19 a night, this is an absolute bargain! Due to the fab location you won't be spending much time in your room.
I stayed at this hotel for a one night stay after a night out as it was one of my friends birthday, he booked two rooms for us.
Its about a 5 minute walk from the centre of town and its very close to the arndale shopping centre. Its about a 10minute walk from Piccadilly station. The hotel is located right by the manchester evening news arena so its also near victoria station.
The hotel is based on about 6 floor and has two lifts, it also has a resturant located on the bottom floor, prices were decent, very good for a hotel resturant.
I didnt experience the reception as i didnt check us in. I just went straight up to the hotel room. We had two rooms, so i went in both rooms. One bedroom was alot better, it had 2 sofa's and a double bed. The other room only had 1 sofa. The rooms of course like every other travelodge are basic and clean. Its all you need for 1nights kip. It had LCD tv and tea and coffee facitities. The bathroom is one room was horrible, had a lump of hair down the sinkhole, so it started filling up. So i used the other one in the other room. The rooms are well worth the money, but they need a update!
Overall its a great place to stay in manchester, Its far more easier if you get the train in. If you drive you have to pay about a tenner for parking. But i parked for free all the way down in oxford street, its only 80p for the bus.So wasent so bad.
It was a comfy night sleep and worth the money.
A few weeks before Christmas we got tickets to see Rick Astley play at the Lowry Theatre in Salford Quays, near Manchester. Last year we did the same and stayed in a hotel near to the theatre. This was convenient in terms of getting to and from the Lowry Centre, but the downside was that there was little else for us to do before the concert. This year we decided to stay in the centre of Manchester and get the tram to the concert. We marked out a few decent pubs on the map and had a quick shufty on the old t'internet for a hotel in the vicinity. The watchwords were cheap, central and hopefully cheerful ~ the emphasis being on CHEAP!
We looked on the Travelodge website and found a hotel called the Manchester Central. That seemed to meet the "central" criteria! There was also an offer for £26 per night per room. That seemed to meet the "cheap" criteria! A few clicks and we were in. The hotel can be found on Blackfriars Street, around five minutes walk from Victoria Train Station and about 15 minutes from Piccadilly Station. As we couldn't check in until 3pm we went from Piccadilly to a couple of pubs en route (having lunch and a few drinks as we went) aiming to arrive at the hotel at the right time to avoid hanging round.
We ended up approaching the hotel from the city centre so came up along North along Deansgate (from the direction of the Town Hall) and when we reached the junction between St. Mary's Gate and Blackfriars Street we headed left over the bridge and found the Travelodge a short distance up there on the right. It was pretty easy to find and was quite a large building that even I found difficult to miss!
If you are going there by car there is a free car park, but spaces are limited. If you can't get a space there is a pay and display car park in Market Street that costs around £10 for 24 hours. If you want to get a tram from the train stations you will still have to walk a little way. We walked from St. Peter's tram stop, but it was probably closer to Moseley Street.
As I said, we booked online and got a special offer on the rooms. You can book via the link at http://www.travelodge.co.uk/find_a_hotel/hotel/hotel_id/153/ManchesterCentral and, at the moment there are also some £10 rooms available (usual room price seems to be £45 per room per night). There is a choice of either double, twin or family rooms.
From the outside the Manchester Central could be any Travelodge in any town or city. A large several storey building, not very attractive to look at and a bit featureless. From the inside the Manchester Central could also be any Travelodge in any town or city! You enter through a foyer into the large reception area. In this big room there is the reception, leading to the bar and the dining room, with another door which opens onto the lift and stairs to the bedrooms. All this is quite modern but also a little lacking in the homeliness department!
This was easy, if a little on the late side. As we had booked online we just provided a printout of the booking reference number and we were in. The lady on the desk was helpful and friendly, explaining when we should check out by and offering us the option to book breakfast for the following morning. As this would be £6.50 each and there was a Wetherspoons close by offering a huge (and I mean huge) breakfast for £3.49 we declined.
Check out has to be by midday on the day of departure, but we would be leaving much earlier for our train home. Again check out was painless ~ especially so because we had paid in advance and hadn't run up any further bills. All we needed to do was hand in our card keys and leave.
Once we had managed to get a lift (only one of the two rather inadequate lifts was working and this one was full of staff and laundry) we went up to our room on the third floor. We were pleasantly surprised to find a good sized, bright and airy room. There was a king sized bed with a modern and clean duvet cover. The bed also had four pillows ~ a bonus as usually there is only one thin pillow, resulting in a bad neck and a not very comfy night's rest.
All Travelodge rooms are pretty much identical and have a couple of bed side tables, a dressing table, a chair (sometimes two), telephone and TV (although getting the remote control to work was an art in itself). There was also a bit of information about the hotel ~ meal times, menu, room service prices and the like, as well as a little doofer that you could pay by for movies if you wanted. Alun was also happy to see there was a kettle and tea and coffee making facilities in the room ~ the nice lady on Reception was also happy to provide extra milk and coffee when we asked.
The bathroom was also of a good size and had a bath with (ancient) shower attachment. I was disappointed that the shower head couldn't detach to make hair washing easy and that there was no hairdryer in the room, or any toiletries (aside from a miniscule tablet of soap and a toilet roll). It was clean though, if a little on the old fashioned side.
As with a lot of this type of hotel rooms there seemed an awful lot of light switches ~ I think we finally mastered the secret code of which ones to press in which order to get all the lights to switch off to go to sleep!
The hotel also has a few facilities that we didn't use. These were the Bar Café, a Meeting Room, a Cash Point (very useful if you are running low and need to pay the £6.50 for breakfast), internet access and a vending machine with a few snacks and drinks. We also noticed that there was a choice of smoking and non-smoking rooms and a number of rooms that had been adapted for wheelchair users and those with mobility problems ~ it's to hope that both lifts are normally working though.
Travelodges are by no means my favourite places to stay, but they are certainly better than a lot of the grubby hotels and Guest Houses I have stayed in. For £26 a night it was very good value and was comfortable, clean and had enough facilities for a couple of nights stay. The Manchester Central, though not as central as the name implied, was in a good location (the Arndale shopping centre and the railway stations aren't too far away) and was just what we were expecting it to be. DON'T expect five star accommodation and luxury, but DO expect a pleasant night's stay.
Travelodge Manchester Central Hotel
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Tel: 0870 191 1659
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http://www.travelodge.co.uk/travelodge/ location.php?hotel_id=153
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Easy M&M Treats
These little guys remind me of Christmas growing up. We always made them. They're the perfect combination of salty and sweet and are the perfect bite-size.
These treats would also be great for any other occasion. Pink or blue M&Ms for a baby shower, orange and black for Halloween, red and blue for Forth of July. I highly recommend making this a two-man job. It will make things go a lot smoother.
Easy M&M Treats (by ME!)
1 1-lb bag of mini-pretzels
2 big bag of M&Ms
2 packages of Almond Bark
Line 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper. Lie pretzels (flat side down) on the waxed paper. They can be very close to each other.
Melt almond bark in the microwave according to the directions on the package. Using a spoon, scoop some of the melted almond bark into the holes of the pretzels. Before it starts to set, put 3 M&Ms into the melted almond bark. This is where it helps to have an extra set of hands. Usually I pour the melted almond bark while Hubby puts the M&Ms in.
When the sheet is full, put it in the freezer or outside to let the almond bark set.
2 Responses to "Easy M&M Treats"
Seriously how cute are these? They looks awesome!
This is a good idea! I make the same kind of idea but with hershey's kisses. If you are able to get the square pretzels (snyders makes them… their shape is called butter snaps or something like that) you top them with a hershey kiss. Then you pop them in the oven on 200 degrees for a few minutes. You will know they are done when the chocolate looks shiny. After that, you can either press down the kiss a bit to join it with the pretzel, or top the pretzel with another pretzel to make a pretzel and chocolate sandwich. They are yummy and super easy! 🙂


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Robert Griffin III really doesn't like Mike Shanahan's plan for his safe and sound return to the field for the Washington Redskins this season. That's not carelessly putting words in his mouth: his exact words Monday were, "No, I don't like it."
Imagine how much Griffin would have hated being taken out of that wild-card playoff game against Seattle seven months ago.
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Except that imagining it is all we can do. Because at that time—with Griffin's right knee appearing worse on every snap, the game getting away from the Redskins and the adrenaline and emotions flowing all over FedEx Field, including through the quarterback and head coach–Shanahan abdicated his position as head coach.
He let Griffin have his way—let him convince him that he would not and should not take a seat for his own good and the team's … and soon blew out the ligaments that led us to Monday's drama at training camp.
A brief summary of said drama (excluding, on purpose, any discussion of the quarterback's new hairstyle): Griffin wants to play a preseason game. Shanahan says there is "no possibility" of that. Griffin wants to play in the season opener. Shanahan says he wants that, too, "but if there is a setback, we'll have to adjust accordingly."
Don't expect Griffin to let up.
And pray that Shanahan doesn't give in.
Whatever has passed between Shanahan and Griffin since that gruesome night in January, the two have only hinted at. As part of his state-of-my-knee manifesto, Griffin repeated that bygones were bygones.
"Yeah, I mean, we've ironed that out," he said. "There's definitely a trust there. He's expressed regret. Everybody had a little error in what happened in that situation. We've addressed it. We've moved on. This is part of the moving-on process."
This is part of the moving-on process, too: Griffin is going to lobby to cut the cautious rehab plan short every chance he gets. He's done it pretty much every week of training camp thus far.
His rationale Monday was borderline comical. The big reason he dislikes the approach, he said, was that it was "fixed" and "predetermined" without his input, or "without any aspect of how I'm doing personally with my knee."
Once again, RG3: your input on how your knee was doing in that playoff game is what got you here in the first place.
That, and Shanahan's decision to let you coach yourself.
This, Shanahan made clear, will not be a replay of that.
"That's my job, not to necessarily do what he likes but to do what's the best thing for him and this organization," Shanahan said.
Oh, now that's your job?
It's fair, understandable and admirable, in a way, to see Griffin fight the team's restraints this hard. It's reminiscent of Michael Jordan's public standoff with the Bulls more than a quarter-century ago when he had a stress fracture in his foot and a burning desire to ignore the team's medical expertise and go back to playing. Jordan won, and it's part of what made him Jordan.
No, it's not blasphemy to speak his name in connection with RG3's. If you don't see a lot of the same personality traits–mostly for better, occasionally for worst, at least in this small sample–it's because you're trying hard not to look.
This is a monumental clash of wills. There's nothing wrong with a Shanahan-esque coaching ego planting its feet against an RG3's level quarterbacking-leadership ego.
In fact, it's usually more fun to see the player ego win. Often, it's the stuff that legends are made of—fighting through pain and adversity and what not.
But not in this case, because the last time Griffin's ego won, his right ACL lost. So did Shanahan's credibility and authority, too.
The short-term and long-term health of a player of Griffin's magnitude and importance to the franchise has to be the only winner. Shanahan forgot that. Maybe that's what had to be worked out between them.
But Shanahan needs to win this, and not give in to the moment and the quarterback's force of nature as he did last time.
On Monday, he refused to budge, even when the evidence piled up that, just maybe, RG3's miraculous recovery had jumped another level.
Griffin raised the stakes in their staredown. Shanahan glared right back.
He just did it seven months too late.
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DETROIT - The Tigers will "Pink out the Park" on Wednesday during their game against the Indians to honor breast cancer survivors.
A special pregame ceremony will feature representatives from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and survivors.
The event also supports breast cancer awareness.
The first 10,000 fans to enter the ballpark will receive a special pink rally towel, courtesy of Kroger, according to a press release.
Comerica Park will also feature pink decorations throughout the ballpark and all fans attending the game are encouraged to wear their pink in honor of "Pink out the Park".
The game starts at 7:05 p.m
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Long Island dogs competing at the Westminster 2013 Dog Show
It's always nice to be able to root for hometown heroes, and the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show features a number of Long Island canines. Meet some of the competitors.
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OCZs' 3-in-1 SD
Subject: Storage | April 12, 2007 - 03:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Phoronix has posted a review of the new 3 in 1 SD memory card, the Trifecta. Not only does it work as a normal SD card as well as a microSD card, it will also plug into a USB port, so you don't even need a card reader. Find out how well they implemented the USB compatibility in the full review.
"Whether you're a professional photographer or just a digital camera enthusiast, the last thing you want to run into when
traveling or just away from home is forgetting or losing your memory card reader, but with OCZ's latest product you no
longer need to worry. The OCZ Trifecta is a memory card that complies with Secure Digital specifications but can be
inserted into any USB 2.0 port. If a Secure Digital memory card that can be inserted into a normal USB port is not enough,
the OCZ Trifecta is also a microSD card! In this review we will explore the OCZ Trifecta Secure Digital 1GB as we look at
how it works and seeing how it can function as a normal memory card."
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Meet the Dean
Dan Butin, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education & Social Policy
Associate Professor
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Courses Taught
EDU 2110 Foundations & Principles of Education
ED 690G Community Engagement: Theory and Practice
Dan Butin is an Associate Professor and the Founding Dean of the School of Education & Social Policy at Merrimack College.
He is the author and editor of more than sixty academic publications, including the books Service‐Learning in Theory and Practice: The Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education (2010), which won the 2010 Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational Studies Association; Service‐Learning and Social Justice Education (2008); and Teaching Social Foundations of Education (2005). Prior to working in higher education, Dr. Butin was a middle school math and science teacher and the chief financial officer of Teach for America. He received his Ph.D. in Social Foundations of Education from the University of Virginia; a M.A. in Liberal Education from St. John's College; and a B.S. in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Butin's research focuses on issues of educator preparation & policy and community engagement. He has published book chapters, journal articles, book reviews, and policy papers in a wide range of academic and general audience publications, including the Philosophy of Education Yearbook, Equity & Excellence in Education, International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Journal of College and Character, Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Journal of Philosophy of Education, The Review of Higher Education, Teachers College Record, and Educational Researcher. Dr. Butin has been an invited and keynote speaker at national and international conferences and events on issues of social justice education, service‐learning, and campus‐community partnerships.
Dr. Butin currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Northeast Regional Readiness Center and sits on three subcommittees: Early Childhood; Communities of Practice; and College Readiness. He is also the Executive Director for the Center for an Engaged Democracy, a research center and action hub for developing, coordinating, and supporting academic programs focused on community engagement.


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Fall is officially upon us (and in some parts of the country, winter has already reared its head). And what that's meant to me has been more knitting. I just finished a poncho for my 2 year old and am nearly done with a cowl for myself. Leg warmers for my teenager and scarves and hats for my son and husband are swirling in my head. With knitting so much on my mind, I've really been in the mood to read Rachael Herron's Cyrpress Hollow series - and the newest, Wishes and Stitches, is just out! Today Rachael reports on the National Reading Group Month that she participated in this past month at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, CA.
There isn't anything like a book to draw people together. You can be sharing a train car with a person who looks nothing like you (she might wear a different kind of clothing, and do her hair differently; she might be a different race or age) but if she is reading your favorite book, she is a friend. There's that lovely moment of recognition when a beloved book comes up in conversation: "Oh, you love that, too? Yes, I knew I liked you."
Reading groups celebrate books, and even more, they celebrate the communal aspect of reading. We read books at the same time and then get together to talk about them. It isn't important whether we loved or hated the book in question; the important thing is that we come together.
Last Sunday, a collection of people joined together at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, California, to celebrate National Reading Group Month (sponsored by the Women's National Book Association). I was lucky enough to get to read and sign my books along with fellow author Thad Nodine.
And the great thing? At first glance, you wouldn't think Thad and I had much in common. His novel is about a blind man making a journey across the country. My novels and nonfiction have knitting as the background music.
But as we read aloud, it became apparent that he and I write about the same thing: human connection. And while we were doing it, we were connecting to the listeners in the chairs arranged before us. At one point, I swear Thad was climbing over the chain link fence he was describing in his passage and at another point, the whole room was roaring as I described evading airport security while clutching my spinning wheel.
We were all together in one room, thinking about and listening to the written word. People had come to hear him, or they'd come to hear me, but they left having made a connection with both of us, and it was a lovely, gorgeous thing. It was an afternoon I am proud to have been part of, and it further affirmed my respect for the reading group as a useful tool of our community.
Browse inside Wishes and Stitches and check out the reading group guide. Visit Rachael Herron's website to learn more about her Cypress Hollow Yarn series, and follow and friend her on Twitter and Facebook.


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I thought I'd share an experience that I have just had.
I settled down to do my normal mindfulness meditation. When I meditate I usually experience a definite moment; a point in time before which my mind has the usual chatter and after which my mind is still enough that I can concentrate on my breathing without mental perturbation. It is after this moment that I have often felt 'physical' sensations of pleasure. All angst seems to drop away and it happens suddenly (all the while I try not to become fixated or attached to that mental state and continue focusing on my breathing). I usually meditate in 30 minute slots; I'm usually too busy to commit more time. I use a discreet alarm to inform me when the 30 minutes is up.
In my past experiences I have always felt as though that moment in time, described above, happens right near the end of the 30 minute sitting with perhaps 5 minutes or so to maintain the focus before the alarm sounds. Obviously I have no way of knowing how long for sure it would usually take. Today was no exception. I passed that moment in time and continued and, on reflection, it felt like 25 minutes or so had passed. Just then, my phone loudly and obnoxiously rang. I usually put it on silent mode but had forgotten. The sudden loud noise startled me. When I looked at the clock, just 15 minutes had passed since I started the sitting.
What this suggests to me is that the early period of my sitting seems to drag, feeling like it is taking far longer than it really is (perhaps twice as long), yet the latter period of my sitting flies by in what seems like just moments. Presumably I'm not breathing more slowly, and I'm still being mindful of the breathing (but without numerically counting the breaths at that stage). Certainly I do not fall asleep, yet the time in the latter part of my sitting seems to progress far quicker than the early part.
Had I not received the phone call, I'd not have found this out. There isn't really anything I can do with the information. It doesn't affect anything and I don't really need advice about it. I just thought I'd share.


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Little Big Town, 'Pontoon' Keeps Summer Fun Afloat
Little Big Town has been having a blast with one of this summer's biggest hits. "Pontoon," the lead single from their upcoming album, Tornado, has just become the quartet's first Top 10 single since 2010's "Little White Church" and the season-perfect tune has quickly become a crowd-pleaser during their live shows.
"Who would have thought a song about motor boating at this point in our career would cause such a ruckus?" the group's Karen Fairchild said after a recent performance in New York (quote via Billboard).
"We knew it was special when we cut it," adds Kimberly Schlapman. "The timing of it has been so great. We're on the road with Rascal Flatts so everybody's really beginning to hear it now because it's getting played more and more. Every show is more fun because of it."
"People want to have fun," Karen notes. "That's the main thing: people want to have a good time. So if you're making a playlist and you're going out to the lake for the weekend or the beach, I think it just fits people's lives right now."
Although they were all immediately drawn to it when they heard the demo sung by co-writer Natalie Hemby (who penned the tune with Luke Laird and Barry Dean), Karen recalls how unusual it was to hear.
"First of all, who's ever written a song about a pontoon?" she explains. "Never heard that. But having a chick sing it? I don't know. There's something weird about the delivery when we heard Natalie sing it. And so we thought, 'This song is cool. It sounds like something country fans will really love if they could get a chance to hear it.'"
It's also something everyone in the group (which also includes Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet) could relate to easily.
"We thought it was primarily a thing of growing up in the south but we found out that Michigan has the largest pontoon boat population." Phillip tells The Boot. "In my little neck of the woods in northeast Arkansas, we had some lakes and everyone would go pontoon boating. That's what you did. You'd get your cooler full of beer and go out. It was very chill. You weren't going out to ski on a ski boat. You were intending to drive really slow and putz around and drink and have fun. Then, eventually you'd stop and jump off and swim. It's definitely a fond memory for us growing up."
Little Big Town's fifth album, Tornado, is set for release on Sept. 11.
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SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown has a message for the rest of the world: the joke's over.
After several years of seemingly intractable budget deficits that made California a punch line among states and had pundits suggesting it was ungovernable, Brown used his 2013 State of the State speech on Thursday to proclaim the state's renewal with authority.
"Against those who take pleasure, singing of our demise, California did the impossible," Brown said in a speech to the state Legislature.
Brown and state lawmakers entered 2013 facing a markedly different future than in prior years when, maligned by seemingly intractable budget woes, the state faced persistent deficit forecasts that peaked at $27 billion.
But with steep cuts and a temporary package of tax increases passed overwhelmingly by voters last November -- a vote that avoided even steeper trigger cuts targeted at education funding -- the state's books are now balanced.
Brown's speech was long on broad policy aims but short on specifics. He heartily backed high-speed rail and warned of over-legislating, calling on the lawmakers to be cautious in passing new laws and to loosen educational mandates.
"I prefer to trust our teachers, who are in the classroom each day doing the real work, lighting fires in each mind," Brown said.
The governor's biggest applause came when he spoke of college tuition. Noting declining community college enrollment and the difficulty students have finding needed classes, Brown nonetheless decried tuition increases.
"I will not let the students become the default financiers of our colleges and universities," Brown said.
While he did warn the Legislature about climate change -- "Tipping points can be reached before we even know we passed them," Brown intoned -- the governor did endorse changes to the state's seminal California Environmental Quality Act.
The idea is sure to be controversial, particularly around environmentally friendly Santa Cruz. With the 1970 law often criticized as an impediment to development, Legislature flirted with altering it last year before quickly backing away from the idea.
Lawmakers appear poised to try again. Locally, CEQA is the vehicle through which the city of Santa Cruz is doing a comprehensive review of a proposed desalination plant, and it has been used as the basis of lawsuits, including over the expansion of Highway 1, for example.
Santa Cruz environmental attorney Gary Patton is a longtime defender of CEQA, which he praised for requiring governments to consider proposals and public input carefully, and to make changes needed to protect the environment.
Patton also represents two groups of clients using CEQA to battle the state's push for high-speed rail linking Northern and Southern California, a top Brown priority. With powerful interests lined up behind it and Sacramento Republicans marginalized, Patton's clients might be the only major obstacle to the plan.
Patton said Brown's desire to go after CEQA has more to do than just clearing the way for high-speed rail, which could lose funding if it cannot meet certain deadlines. He said Brown's dislike of the law goes back to his days as Oakland's mayor, with Brown once saying he hasn't met a CEQA exemption he doesn't like.
"He is very arrogant. He thinks he's smarter than everybody else," Patton said. "He doesn't want to go through the process of having other people criticize, and then having to take account of their criticism."
Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scotts Valley, heard Brown's speech firsthand.
"I think he's got absolutely some right to crow a bit," Stone said. "Being able to put together a balanced budget for the first time in a long, long time, there's a sense of hope and reinvestment."
But as an avowed environmentalist, Stone sounded lukewarm about changes to CEQA. Acknowledging there could be tweaks, he defended the law's core provisions.
"If we start throwing away all the public participation pieces, for example, that's not good," Stone said. "That's not going to be healthy."
Brown also warned about pumping more money into programs that took cuts during the state's austere years. But many were programs for the disabled, elderly and disadvantaged, and as chair of the Assembly's Human Services Committee, Stone said he wants to look at how the programs could be designed to maximize the benefit to Californians.
"A lot of those programs have been cut by billions over the years, and there's not a sense yet of where we go next," Stone said.
Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, praised Brown's speech.
"Although my district is still struggling with high unemployment and searching for viable economic development solutions, at least we can see the light at the end of the tunnel with new investments in K-12 education, higher education and health care," Alejo said.
But Brown sought changes to another of those economic development tools — the state's Enterprise Zone program, which uses tax incentives to spur private investment. One zone in the city of Watsonville recently expired, but Salinas still has one of the 45 around the state.
"I look forward to working with the governor to improve the program, but keeping it is an important tool for economic development and job creation for communities that need it the most," Alejo said.
Sen. Bill Monning, D-Carmel, said the upcoming session will pose a special challenge on the health care front, as the state braces for a huge Medicaid expansion in 2014 and the October rollout of California Health Benefit Exchange. Brown called for a special legislative session to deal with those issues.
Monning also said he was heartened to hear Brown announce a new K-12 funding formula for disadvantaged schools. Monning said those new funds likely would be distributed based on demographics, including the number of English learners and free and reduced lunches at schools. That would seem to indicate more funding for Central Coast schools, where there are large numbers of children of immigrants.
"I think that's a fair assumption," Monning said. "One of my questions will be, 'Is that formula just for the (school) district, or is it passed through the district for the specific schools?'"
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