C L E A N S L A T E founder Nicole Connolly has always had a love for fragrance, gorgeous products, design and creativity, as well as an obsession with candles. And turning her passions into a business has worked well, and we love her paraben-free, vegan, hand-poured candles.
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Why Christmas Eve might just be better than the 25th.
.and Lindsay Woods gives everything you need to make it cosy and perfect
The Gather candle available online at www.cleanslate .ie from €19
Sat, 19 Dec, 2020 - 08:00
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This is it! The home stretch! The grand culmination of your efforts these past few weeks in organising your version of festive cheer and shenanigans!
You did it…we all did it.
Trundling towards the finish line, somewhat bedraggled and uncertain, but arriving there nonetheless. Now, is the time to enjoy the fruits of your labour. To cosy up and hibernate, to relish the season and exhale that small contented sigh. To allow us hope and the good fortune of looking forward whilst reflecting upon the year that broke us and made us in equal measure.
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions woodruff: it was day two for gay marriage at the supreme court. at issue: whether legally married same-sex couples can be denied federal benefits. good evening, i m judy woodruff. suarez: and i m ray suarez on the newshour tonight. we excerpt today s argunts, get analysis from marcia coyle and have our own debate on the defense of marriage act. woodruff: then, two takes on engaging disadvantaged students: first, the story of high school teachers in new york city, using hip hop music and a famous rapper to teach science. i lost my passion for science, so when i came here and everything, i was, like, oh, i m going to bomb it, definitely. but now that they re mixing it up with music, i feel like i can get an a-plus. suarezand jeffrey brown examines a udy showing the most selective universities are falling short in recruiting high-achieving applicants, who are poor. we are failing at the elite colleges if we do
known as the doma , it prevents same sex couples from collecting federal marriage-related benefits, even if they ve been legally married by a state. the principal in today s case, edie windsor of new york, married thea spyer, in 2007. we lived together for 40 years, we were engaged with a circle diamond pin because i wouldn t wear a ring because i was still in the closet, okay. i am today an out lesbian, okay, who just sued the united states of america, which is kind of overwhelming for me. reporter: spyer died in 2009 and left her estate to windsor, but the marriage was not recognized under federal law, so windsor faced the full estate tax burden $360,000. windsor challenged doma and won in the lower courts. the obama administration then declined to defend the law further. with that, house republican leaders intervened, asking the supreme court to uphold doma. today, even some who support the law said they d favor legal rights for same-sex couples, but not actual marri
woman. known as the doma , it prevents same sex couples from collecting federal marriage-related benefits, even if they ve been legally married by a state. the principal in today s case, edie windsor of new york, married thea spyer, in 2007. we lived together for 40 years, we were engaged with a circle diamond pin because i wouldn t wear a ring because i was still in the closet, okay. i am today an out lesbian, okay, who just sued the united states of america, which is kind of overwhelming for me. reporter: spyer died in 2009 and left her estate to windsor, but the marriage was not recognized under federal law, so windsor faced the full estate tax burden $360,000. windsor challenged doma and won in the lower courts. the obama administration then declined to defend the law further. with that, house republican leaders intervened, asking the supreme court to uphold doma. today, even some who support the law said they d favor legal rights for same-sex couples, but not actua