These days, the expectation at U.S. restaurants that diners will tip their servers is a key part of the culinary economy: tips subsidize a server or bartender’s salary at the vast majority of the nearly 650,000 restaurants in the country. But tipping wasn’t always part of the U.S. dining landscape — and scholars who have studied its origins point out that its oft-debated role in the modern economy isn’t the only thing potentially troubling about tips.

Frank Thewes is used to hearing from people who wake up on the wrong side of bed because of their partner’s sleeping habits—but who don’t want to move into separate rooms. He was one of them, once. “It can be highly symbolic for somebody to consider a sleep divorce,” says Thewes, a couples therapist in Princeton, N.J. “For a lot of people, that’s scary territory, so they want to avoid it.

College is a proven path to higher career earnings. A bachelor's degree alone can increase your lifetime earnings by as much as $630,000 to $900,000 or more. With this in mind, many parents are hyper-focused on their kids attending college and finding a lucrative career. However, the average cost of college in the U.S. is $36,436 per year, including books, supplies, and daily living expenses. Saving for college is key to avoiding debt and having student loan payments that impact your children’s future finances.

In essence weaves especially do not need curling wands/iron/straighteners everytime as most times the heatless bendy rollers can do all trick,leaving the curls tight or loose or in any way they are desired. Bendy rollers do not get enough credit, they are featured as bendy foam hair rollers that can be used without heat- which gives it an edge as heat shouldn't be applied to weaves and hair at the barest minimum.

The 45-year-old resident of Sheffield Lake in the Midwestern state of Ohio called authorities Thursday after the 5' 6" (1.67 meters) long snake she had rescued tightened its grip around her body and began biting her nose. "I've never heard of this before," an amazed phone operator says as the woman relates her predicament in a terrified voice. "He's got my nose and he's around my waste," the victim says as the reptile continues its attack, adding: "

Forget wrinkles. Botox is now being used to treat migraines, depression, twitching eyes, overactive bladders, sweaty palms and more. Some call it a marvel of medicine; others caution the risks are still unknown. Inside the exploding business and strange science of Botox During a recent therapy session, one of Dr. Norman Rosenthal’s regulars said he was considering suicide. It wasn’t the first time the patient had entertained the thought, and even though he was on antidepressants and always kept up with his appointments, Rosenthal, a licensed psychiatrist with a private practice in North Bethesda, Md.

Katy has been surrounded by rumors that she’s had a lot of plastic surgery for years. According to online gossip, Katy has had a boob job, nose job, and chin surgery, among other things—but Katy says it’s just not true. "I haven't had any," she told Refinery29 in a new interview promoting her new makeup launch with CoverGirl. That doesn’t mean she hasn’t taken full advantage of her dermatologist—she just says she’s never actually been under the knife.

THE NEW STAR WARS I bought your Star Wars issue for my 11-year-old son [CINEMA, April 26] and greatly enjoyed listening to him announce over breakfast the latest news and trivia about Episode I–The Phantom Menace. As a parent, I am happy to take him to see this film–not just for the dazzling special effects or the exciting story but because the Star Wars saga celebrates free will and contains lessons about persistence, faith and the necessity of hope.

It was a night in mid-April that I fell asleep to the phrase this is too hard pinging through my brain, and they were the first words to cross my mind when I opened my eyes the next morning. I texted my sisters: “Remember the easy days when it was JUST a baby and cancer???” I pulled myself out of bed, plopped heavily into my wheelchair and stared in the mirror with my fingers splayed across my growing belly.

Three decades ago, Southern Baptist pastor Gary Chapman published The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate. It was an instant and enduring hit: Book sales were four times higher than his publisher predicted at the time, and millions of copies have now been sold. In that book—and the many he’s written since on the same topic—Chapman posits that we each have a primary love language, or a preference for the way we receive and express love: words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, quality time, or physical touch.