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The Rotary Club of Belfast was founded in 1911 and Chartered No.67 in 1913. We were the first club to have been formed in the UK. Our first meeting was held on 24 July 1911 and a vibrant club has been in continuous existence since. We have just completed our Centenary year full details of which can be found throughout this website.
A short History of the Club, a List of Presidents and Secretaries, Council, Service Chairs and Committees are detailed on this website.
Current Office Bearers are:
Office Bearers 2010-2011 |
President | Alan Rundle |
Immediate Past President | Adrian Kerr | |
President Elect | Ken Morrison | |
Vice President | Ronnie McLean |
Honorary Secretary | Rosemary Simpson | |
Honorary Treasurer | Ivan McMinn |
We are always delighted to welcome guests from the world of Rotary.
The Club meets normally on Mondays, except Public Holidays, at the Europa Hotel, Belfast at 12.45pm for 1:00pm to 2:00pm.
It is now also possible to attend an evening meeting on Thursday nights in the RadissonBLU Hotel, Belfast at 6:00pm to 7:00pm.
All details can be found on the Meetings page.
We have fun!
We are a dynamic Club of male and female members with a wide variety of ages and backgrounds. We are members of Rotary because we enjoy being members of Rotary - giving Service above Self whilst having fun!
The enormous sense of achievement we experience doing something really worthwhile, even if it is in just one of the many areas we are involved in, is matched only by the enormous amount of fun we have! |
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Our International President Sakuji Tanaka has given us our theme for the year Peace through Service stating that: "Peace, in all of the ways that we can understand it, is a real goal and a realistic goal for Rotary, Peace is not something that can only be achieved through agreements, by governments, or through heroic struggles. It is something that we can find and that we can achieve, every day and in many simple ways.
Peace has different meanings for different people, no definition is right, and no definition is wrong, however we use the word, this is what peace means for us. No matter how we use, or understand the word, Rotary can help us to achieve it.
Becoming a Rotarian broadened my understanding of the world. After joining the Rotary Club of Yashio, in 1975, I began to realize his life's purpose was not to make more money, but to be useful to other people. I realized that by helping others, even in the simplest of ways, I could help to build peace.
The Japanese tradition of putting the needs of society above the needs of the individual helped my country rebuild after the tsunami and earthquake in March. This is a lesson that I think the whole world can learn from, in a positive way. When we see the needs of others as more important than our own needs -- when we focus our energies on a shared goal that is for the good of all -- this changes everything. It changes our priorities in a completely fundamental way. And it changes how we understand the idea of peace.
In Rotary, our business is not profit. Our business is peace. Our reward is not financial, but the happiness and satisfaction of seeing a better, more peaceful world, one that we have achieved through our own efforts."
Affiliated Clubs
Rotaract | Inner Wheel | Probus |
The Rotaract, Inner Wheel and Probus Clubs were initially sponsored by The Rotary Club of Belfast and are now run autonomously. It is hoped to form a new Interact Club. Further details can be seen here.


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Thank you for your interest in AHA housing. AHA housing is created for people of low income. Like all nonprofit developers, we use income ranges defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Please note that income requirements may vary from property to property and are subject to change. Opportunities to rent our apartments come from new properties which we develop and from vacancies which arise in our existing housing. To the right is the list of properties accepting applications at this time. You can download all application material from each property page. In addition, it is advisable to review the Eligibility Criteria that apply to all our properties (click here to download the document). This site updates regularly as vacancies arise or new housing is developed. If we cannot meet your housing needs, we recommend that you contact The Housing Help-Link at (800) 273-6222 for emergency housing referrals and Eden I & R at 211 (yes, 211 is all you need to dial) for a range of housing resources.
We maintain waiting lists for all of our properties so that as units become vacant we have a ready list of interested applicants. Please note that we cannot predict how long anyone will be on the waiting list before housing becomes available. If you would like clarification regarding our application process, you can call the main office at 510-649-8500 x10.
Each of our properties requires a seperate application, so please be sure to get an application for each individual property that you are interested in.
Please note that these applications are on our website in pdf format readable by Adobe Reader. If you cannot read these files, you can download the free reader software from Adobe. If you prefer, we can mail you applications. Please call the main office (see above) and state your address and which applications you would like to receive.

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November 19, 2009
12:26 PM EDTOne striking aspect of President Obama's visit to China is the excitement it has generated at all social levels throughout the country. Rather than being seen as a dry, political event with little relationship to ordinary people's lives – as such events often are perceived – President Obama's trip here has energized Chinese and foreign residents alike.
Beijing is a city of intellectuals, artists, and scholars, with a lively and active arts scene. While the large establishment-supported (and state controlled) "arts industry" flourishes, so too do hundreds of small informal gatherings of artists creating things of beauty for art's sake.
As the President arrived at Beijing's airport, miles away, in Beijing's old city center, in a tiny private theater in a small hutong (alleyway) not far from the Forbidden City, some of Beijing's top artists celebrated his arrival in a unique way.
Three months ago, the critics denied that the Recovery Act was making any jobs. Today, everyone – including the critics - can see those jobs for themselves on Recovery.gov. Now that the evidence has proven them wrong, they are left to cast doubts about just how many jobs were made and where. But for all of the attempts to distract and distort from the program's progress, these reports – directly from the recipients of Recovery Act dollars - make one thing indisputably clear: the Recovery Act is now responsible for supporting at least one million jobs across the country.
It's time to keep the critics honest. Here are some of the misleading things you may have been hearing about how we are tracking our progress supporting jobs through the Recovery Act – and the truth behind them:
FICTION: The reports recipients of Recovery Act funds filed are riddled with errors.
FACT: More than 130,000 reports were collected from recipients who were required to fill out 99 different data fields – that's over 12 million pieces of information collected directly from those putting the funds to work. Much has been made of incorrectly coded Congressional Districts, but that issue – which the Recovery Board has already fixed – affected about 1 percent of reports. And other potential over or under-counts of jobs you may have seen highlighted in the media amount to less than 5 percent of all reports.FICTION: The Administration is misleading people about where Recovery Act money is going.
FACT: The reports you see on Recovery.gov were filed by over 130,000 recipients of Recovery Act dollars and they were responsible for inputting the information – including their Congressional District. We don't expect that these recipients – many of which are small community organizations or businesses - will do this perfectly the first time out of the gate, but we do take our role reviewing the reports very seriously and continue to work with the recipients to improve the accuracy of their reports. The fact is, though, that the errors you are seeing are simply typos or basic human error.FICTION: The jobs that were listed in non-existent Congressional Districts were not real.
FACT: The jobs and related projects listed are legitimate – they were just coded in the wrong Congressional District. The Recovery Board moved quickly to correct the coding and posting error – but before that happened, the public was still able to click through to find the address of the recipient and confirm their correct Congressional District on their own.FICTION: The Administration has failed to meet expectations it set for the quality of data it would collect.
FACT: From the beginning, even before the data was collected, Administration officials said repeatedly that they did not expect the initial reports to be perfect, but certainly expected them to provide an unprecedented and largely accurate look at the Recovery Act at work – and they do. We will continue to collect this information every three months and we expect the data we collect to get sharper and more precise each time we do it.FICTION: These errors mean that none of the reports and related jobs numbers can be trusted.
FACT: Overall, less than 5 percent of the reports have been identified as potential over or under-counts of jobs. That is a lower possible revision rate than most long-standing, widely-accepted government economic indicators. Take for example:- Payroll Employment, 2008: Original Average Monthly Decline – 157,000, Revised Average Monthly Decline –230,000, 46 percent lower than original
Independent economist Mark Zandi said it best:
- "Well, these numbers are [verified]. The 600,000-plus estimates from the administration come from recipients of the stimulus aid. And, so, we know for sure that these jobs are for real. Now, of course, it doesn't count all of the other jobs created by the tax cuts and other elements of the stimulus. That is much more difficult to count, at least directly. But the 600,000-plus, that's numbers that are counted directly and accurate... All of the statistics that we get on the economy that the government collects are based on surveys and samples, similar to the one that was conducted here. So, I think they are using the same approaches and techniques in constructing these estimates then -- that we use for constructing all kinds of estimates to try to get a gauge of where the economy is." [Newshour, 10/30/09]
FICTION: The jobs numbers are already lower than expected – and this lack of credibility just makes the case for the job impact of the Recovery Act even weaker.
FACT: In fact, economists say that, because the reports cover less than half of the money put to work so far and only direct jobs, they point to a job impact of at least double what was reported. So even if reports totaled only 500,000 jobs – not the over 600,000 reported – it would still confirm Administration and independent estimates of over 1 million jobs.
But don't take our word for it. Here is what economist John Irons, who is testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Recovery Act jobs today, had to say:- "New data from recipients of grants, loans, and contracts made under the Recovery Act count about 650,000 new jobs created or retained to date, one of the strongest signs yet that the Recovery Act has led to significant job creation. The data, which reflect a fraction of all the Recovery Act investments made to date, are consistent with other estimates of jobs creation showing that between 1.1 and 1.5 million jobs have been created or preserved as a result of the stimulus package to date. It follows recent news that the economy as a whole grew by a 3.5% annual rate in the third quarter, another indication that the Recovery Act has provided a much needed spark to the economy." [Economic Policy Institute, 10/30/09]
FICTION: The Administration already had to remove 60,000 inaccurate jobs from the website – who knows what other inaccurate items they've posted that should come down.
FACT: The Administration worked with the Recovery Board to have 60,000 over-counted jobs removed from the list before it was ever posted on Recovery.gov in order to dramatically increase accuracy pre-posting. Items flagged as possible over or under reports since the data was posted on Recovery.gov are a fraction of this size, indicating the vast majority of errors were caught before then.Liz Oxhorn is Recovery Act Communications Director
This is take two for our sign off from Korea video with Speechwriter Jon Favreau. The first attempt was at the final event of the President's trip across Asia, a rally with our troops at Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea.
Things start to speed up towards the end of a long journey like this as everyone anticipates going home. We were in the middle of setting up the computer to show you the President shaking hands on the rope line of hanger 635 when the call came to load Air Force One. Being left behind at an event and wandering the streets of Tokyo is one thing, being left behind on a tarmac 6945 miles from home is quite another.
But while booking it back to the plane at top speed, we couldn't resist giving it another stab before scaling the steps to the safety of the "bubble" once more.
We hope to get in a couple more updates from the air before wheels down at Andrews Air Force Base tomorrow night.
Arun Chaudhary is the official White House videographer
There is a palpable sense of excitement among the staff as we mill around the lobby of the St. Regis Hotel, eagerly awaiting the return of the motorcade. Once we load in, it's straight to that most Chinese of tourist attractions, the Great Wall of China. Folks look ready to go. Everyone is in warm clothes and sensible shoes, heeding the warnings of those already at the site in Badaling.
It's been a long couple of days for everyone here in Beijing, but the fact that we've been in one place for more than a day, has meant that folks have been able to get out a little more to see this amazing city, eat some food, see some sights. Everyone is enjoying a little something in Beijing.
Most importantly, people have had time to purchase an answer to that age-old question: "What did you bring me from your trip?"
Last weekend I had the opportunity to visit my alma mater, Cornell University, to speak at the annual Net Impact Conference. The conference brought together students and professionals from around the U.S. interested in sustainable enterprise and environmental stewardship, and allowed participants to share best practices and discuss new initiatives to advance global sustainability through entrepreneurship and innovation.
While at Cornell, I had the opportunity to check out the Cornell Fuel Cell Institute and the Energy Materials Center, a U.S. Department of Energy designated Energy Frontier Research Center. Héctor Abruña, the director of the Center presented some of their fascinating advances in fuel cell technology and told me about Cornell's partnerships with major companies to develop efficient, high-performance batteries and fuel cells for industry and consumer products. These technologies have an amazing potential to revolutionize our transportation and energy sectors.
Needless to say, I really appreciated the opportunity to get a back-stage tour of the University's fuel cell labs and enjoyed being back on campus. Research universities all over the U.S. are doing groundbreaking work in developing clean energy technology and training the next generation of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs.
Nancy Sutley is the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
November 18, 2009
11:24 PM EDTWe all know that creating jobs is more important than counting jobs. But when misinterpreting the count casts doubt on their creation, it is worth talking about the count. Two aspects in particular worth discussing are how recipients create jobs before receiving money, and why some awards don't yet show jobs.
Some critics have raised questions about jobs being reported as created or saved without any money been spent by the recipient. They ask, "How could this happen?"
In many cases we would expect to see job creation before a recipient receives or spends money. For example, sometimes states are not able to pay State Fiscal Stabilization funds to school districts right away. However, knowledge that these funds are on the way have allowed many school districts to retain teachers that they would otherwise cut. When districts know they can count on the money, they can keep teachers on the job. And this isn't just a hypothetical example. It's a real, tangible example of what you would see in Connecticut. You can check it out online here.
There are countless other examples, not only in education. Sometimes you see this in transportation programs, where the government only pays out money only after a reimbursement request is submitted. So, a contractor could have hired hundreds of people, and built an entire stretch of road before receiving a dime. If you believed what the critics say, you may think there's no way these jobs could exist—that someone cooked the books, or entered wrong data. But you'd be wrong. You see this accelerated job creation in our science spending as well – for example, in South Carolina where a $591,000 grant to a research foundation allowed that foundation to keep two people hired as a result. How much money had the foundation received? None, but they know it's coming, so they planned ahead.
Some critics point to the opposite sort of report: many awards that show money being spent, but no jobs being created. Let's see why this is not a cause for concern.
Many recipients got their money at the very end of the reporting period, and simply hadn't yet hired anyone before the period ended. Several awards (literally billions of dollars worth) were awarded just before the close of the reporting period. You can see this yourself if you look at many of the NIH awards on Recovery.gov. Will a large number of these awards create jobs soon? Yes! Take an NIH grant received by a university in Pennsylvania for $2.7 million. This grant was awarded on 9/30/2009—literally the last day before reports had to be prepared. So it's no surprise that this university got funds, but hasn't yet hired. The fact that these awards show money received but no jobs created isn't bad news— it's telling us that the best is yet to come.
Many recipients are just starting work on their awards, and explicitly say so in their reports. Awards of billions of dollars show the same. When filing reports, recipients were able to comment on how complete their project is: zero percent, less than fifty percent, more than fifty percent, or complete. A zero job award may not mean the same thing if it is also not yet started—and there are many of these. One simply has to look. Take this example: a police department in North Carolina received almost $500,000 but had reported no jobs. Their project status shows less than 50% complete. A simple reading of the description would paint a fuller picture: "Although no jobs have yet been created, 4 Crime Analysts will be hired in October. We had started the hiring process at the end of September."
And don't forget: many recipients are creating jobs, but they're just not the types of jobs that get reported on. Nevertheless, they can be seen across the reports: reports on science equipment ordered, on construction material bought, on cars bought. These things create jobs... just not reported on jobs. Some non reported jobs are even more obvious: one recipient in Georgia states "Although they are not included in our direct hire FTE calculations... more than 1,000 staff augmentation subcontract workers have been added to our site ARRA workforce." Again, non-reported on jobs can be spotted across reports from every corner of the country.
Sure, at the end of the day people may wish every report was audited. But of course, that can't be done—funds were not provided to hire auditors, not to mention that that would have been a waste of needed funds. Instead, the reports are online for everyone to see. All people have to do is look.
G. Edward DeSeve is Special Advisor to the President, Assistant to the Vice President and Special Advisor to the OMB Director for Implementation of the Recovery Act
November 18, 2009
06:14 PM EDTVeterans Day serves as a reminder to not only honor America's men in uniform, but also the women—the mothers, sisters, daughters, and grandmothers who, throughout history, broke barriers and endured hardships to serve our country. Today at the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama, along with Blue Star Mom Dr. Jill Biden, welcomed some of those women in celebration of their bravery and commitment to protecting our freedoms:
In this room alone, we have the first female four star general. We have the first woman in the Navy to be promoted to Master Chief. The first woman in the Army Reserve to be promoted to the general officer rank. We have the first woman in the Army to receive the Expert Field Medical Badge. We have the first African American woman to serve as Chief Nurse at Walter Reed Hospital. And so many more "firsts" and "onlys" -- and that's the result of your hard work and your courage and your persistence.
But we know these achievements aren't yours alone. That's something that Jill and I have talked about, we've learned more about over the course of this year, because we know that service doesn't just end with the person wearing the uniform. You all know that. We know that our servicemen and women's sacrifices are their families' sacrifices as well. And many of you have spouses, partners, children, parents who stood by you and encouraged you and prayed for you every step of the way. And this day is their day too, as far as we're concerned. So let's take a moment to recognize those members of our families who supported you in your service as well. (Applause.)
The First Lady continued, praising them not only for the good they've done, but for the good they have inspired in others:
But I hope you all know that your service -- that your legacy is more than just your own service. I hope that you know that your legacy will be measured in the service of every woman who follows in the trails that you've blazed -- every woman who benefits from your daring and determination. It will be measured in the inspiration that you provide to our daughters and our granddaughters -- and to our sons and our grandsons as well.
Because of you, when young women wonder how high they can rise in our military, they can look at General Ann Dunwoody and her four hard earned stars. That can see that, it's real. When they ask what kind of jobs they can do, they can look to women like all of you who've played just about every kind of role imaginable. And when they ask whether they can cut it -- whether they have what it takes to succeed -- all they have to do is to look at your lives, to look into your lives and to look at the careers that you've developed that inspire us all.
Today the Department of Labor announced nearly $55 million in grants to help workers, many in underserved communities, find jobs in expanding green industries.
As a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, these grants reflect the administration's long-term commitment to fostering both immediate economic growth and a clean energy future. It's an investment that will help American workers do well, while doing good.
The recipients of today's grants will strengthen the capacity to provide training opportunities, support the collection and dissemination of invaluable state labor market information, and most importantly, help individuals acquire green jobs.
Of the grants announced, $48.8 million focus on collecting and disseminating labor market information, which will enable job seekers to connect with green job banks and help to ensure that workers find employment after completing training. State workforce agencies will be able to work together as part of a consortium to collect information and create a regional, multi-state or national impact.
In addition, $5.8 million in grants have been awarded to increase the capacity of 62 current Labor Department grant recipients to provide training opportunities specifically focused on jobs in expanding green industries.
These grants aren't just more money to the same players. They reflect my commitment, that of the Department of Labor and that of this administration to ensure that help finds those who need it most. Many of these training grants are targeted at traditionally underserved communities, including American Indians, women, at-risk youth, and farm workers.
As a result, programs like Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Employment for Women (ANEW) in Western Washington State will be able to provide training and certificate programs in green industries to women who are low-income, unemployed, at-risk youth, or our female veterans.
These investments are part of nearly $500 million in Recovery Act money for green jobs grants designed to promote economic growth. Over the next several months the Department of Labor will release funding for an additional three green grant award categories.
I encourage you all to visit www.doleta.gov for information on the recipients of the current grants as well as information about upcoming grant opportunities.
It is time for America to seize the opportunity of a clean energy economy, and American workers must lead this green revolution. That is why we are investing these dollars here at home in American jobs and American innovation. By making strategic choices now, we will restore our country's role as a global leader in the clean energy industry.
Hilda Solis is the Secretary of Labor
Today we concluded a weeklong trip to Asia. In our closing meeting with President Obama and Chinese Premier Wen, leaders of our two countries reiterated their commitments to renew old alliances and forge new partnerships.
Throughout the past week, we have made strides toward our goal of strengthening U.S. leadership and economic competitiveness in the region and making progress on issues that matter to the American people and leveraging that progress into job creation at home.
From a trade perspective, the steps we've taken in Asia will benefit businesses and workers across the American economy – ranchers, farmers, manufacturers, and creative industries all have a future in U.S. trade with Asia.
As companies across the spectrum look for a way forward out of these difficult economic times, we're asking them to take a second look at trade. Because engaging new customers abroad can create jobs at home.
President Obama began his trip to Asia by making an announcement in Tokyo that the United States will engage with the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This will be done in close consultation with the United States Congress and with stakeholders at home. This is an exciting opportunity for the United States to engage with some of the fastest growing economies in the world as well as providing the opportunity to address gaps in our current agreements, and to set the standard for 21st-century trade agreements going forward.
November 18, 2009
04:00 PM EDTTo help keep communities healthy during the flu season, the Health and Human Services (HHS) Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships (Partnerships Center) led by Alexia Kelley and with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released an H1N1 Flu guide specifically targeted to help community and faith-based organizations. Flu season is in full swing, and communities are finding innovative ways to spread awareness through community outreach programs. Here are just a few examples.
- Johnson County in Kansas recently posted an entry on its county blog about the release of the new HHS H1N1 Flu guide alongside helpful links of how local organizations can prepare for flu and other emergencies and disasters.
- To help combat flu in their area, the Health Department of Lexington-Fayette County in Kentucky created flu outreach response teams, also known as "Lex Flu Crews." Armed with flu knowledge and prevention handout materials, the "Flu Crews" have reached out to over 800 businesses and 300 faith-based organizations by hosting meetings and flu-education sessions to help prevent the spread of both seasonal and H1N1 flu.
- In San Francisco, Emily Hughes of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is having trouble holding on to copies, saying, "The guides are flying out of our office."
- Also in California, Community Action Partnerships of San Bernardino County tell us that the guide has been crucial to helping local organizations during flu season.
The H1N1 Flu guide, which is also available in Spanish online, provides specific action steps that community and faith-based organizations can take to help keep communities healthy during flu season, including:
- Communicating important information about flu;
- Supporting vaccination efforts;
- Linking vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations to vital information and resources; and
- Expanding and adjusting organizational activities to help people stay healthy.
We encourage folks to check out the guide, and let us know how we can support local organizations that are helping to keep communities healthy.
Joshua DuBois is the Director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
I was honored to be a part of President Obama's trip to China this week. We made important progress strengthening our partnership with China on clean energy – a partnership that will create jobs in the United States.
President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao announced a series of steps the two countries are taking in this area. Let me highlight three:
First, the two Presidents announced the establishment of the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center to facilitate joint work by teams of scientists and engineers from both countries. I signed the Protocol formally establishing the Center with my Chinese counterparts. China and the U.S. are committing $150 million in public and private funding to the center over five years, split evenly between the two countries.
This afternoon, the First Lady will celebrate women in the military—watch live as she welcomes approximately 130 WWII veterans, current servicewomen, and wounded warriors to the White House.
Also dropping by is Dr. Jill Biden, a lifelong and strong supporter of veterans, along with Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General James Cartwright, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and their wives, and other senior military and administration officials.
UPDATE: This event has now concluded.
November 18, 2009
12:10 PM EDTThe Department of Health and Human Services' Know What to Do about the Flu webcast series continues today with a special segment focused on diabetes. If you or a loved one have diabetes, join this live event to learn about the possible risk of complications from H1N1 flu and what you can do to stay healthy this flu season.
Today's experts panelists will discuss how flu can affect people with diabetes and answer your questions live during the event. Participants include:
- Dr. Beth Bell, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Director for Science, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
- Ann Albright, PhD, RD, Director, Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Visit Flu.gov to watch the webcast live at 1 pm or learn more about flu and diabetes.
It's no secret that institutions of all stripes focus their communications on certain messages day to day. We thought it would all be a little more open and transparent if we went ahead and published what our focus will be for the day, along with any related articles, documents, or reports.
Supporting letter: 20 Leading Economists Write to President Obama, 11/17/09
Talking Points: Economists Say Reform Will Strengthen America's Fiscal Health
- Yesterday, a group of 20 leading economists wrote a letter to the President confirming that measures that are included in the Senate Finance Committee legislation and that they hope to see considered on the senate floor "will reduce long-term deficits, improve the quality of care, and put the nation on a firm fiscal footing."
- The measures, they say, will "help transform the health care system from delivering too much care, to a system that consistently delivers higher-quality, high-value care."
- The economists lauded the following key measures:
- A fee on insurance companies offering high-premium plans — which would create a strong incentive for more efficient plans that would help reduce the growth of premiums.
- Establishing a Medicare commission — which would develop and submit proposals to Congress aimed at extending the solvency of Medicare, slowing Medicare cost growth, and improving the quality of care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries.
- Reforms in the delivery system to ensure that patients receive high-quality, high-value care.
- And, as the President has insisted from the beginning, the legislation does not add a dime to the deficit.
All day today Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Small Business Administrator Karen G. Mills will convene a forum on small business financing issues for a range of key stakeholders including policymakers, lenders, and small business owners to explore new ideas and strategies for expanding access to financing for small businesses. The event, which the President called for last month, is part of a larger effort to help small businesses grow, create new jobs, and contribute to our economic recovery and to challenge the private sector to increase lending to small businesses.
[UPDATE: This event has now concluded]
Also take a couple minutes to watch a special video walking with Small Business Administrator Karen G. Mills through the course of a day:
One of the hallmark tactics from opponents of health insurance reform has been to grab onto any convenient piece of information and twist it into some misguided attack on reform, no matter how unrelated it may actually be. The hope appears to be that some media outlet will give them unchecked airtime under the banner of covering the "controversy." Today they're going back to that playbook again, and Fox News obliges them with the headline "Critics See Health Care Rationing Behind New Mammography Recommendations." The story refers to new recommendations from the independent U.S. Preventive Services Task Force:
"Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill are blasting new guidelines from a government task force that recommends against routine mammographies for women under 50, questioning whether they are tantamount to health care 'rationing' in the fight against the No. 2 cancer killer in U.S. women."
There's only one problem: the recommendations of this task force would actually be used to provide access to effective preventive services for free or at low-cost. The USPTF would have no power to deny insurance coverage in any way. The line of attack is actually somewhat ironic, because one of the guiding principles of reform from the very beginning in March has been to invest in significantly increased effective preventive care, something these "critics" never seemed to care much about over the past 8 months.
Just so there's no ambiguity, here are the answers to about every question you (or "critics") might have on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force:
Will Medicare now stop paying for breast cancer mammography for women because of this recommendation?
Women who are currently getting mammograms under Medicare will continue to be able to get them. There are no plans to change that. The law states that in order to change Medicare coverage of mammograms a formal rule making process must be undertaken and that is not happening.
Isn't this the first step toward denying coverage for mammograms?
No. The Task force is an independent panel of experts in prevention and primary care that evaluates available evidence and makes recommendations about effective clinical preventive services based on scientific information. Under the health insurance reform legislation, the USPTF would have no power to deny insurance coverage in any way. Their recommendations would be used in health reform to identify effective clinical preventive services.
How will this recommendation affect private health insurance coverage?
The Task Force does not address insurance coverage and payment issues; it focuses on the science of the clinical services it evaluates. Each insurance company is different and makes its own coverage decisions. The Task Force recognizes that clinical and policy decisions involve more consideration that this body of evidence alone. Clinicians and policymakers should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or situation.
Tommy Thompson said the Task Force recommendations were the official position of the U.S. Government. Is that your position?
We have tremendous respect for the Task Force and the work they have done. They are an independent scientific body that makes recommendations based on scientific evidence; however they do not set official policy for the federal government. Under health reform, their recommendations would be used to identify preventive services that must be provided for little or no cost.
Won't the USPSTF be used to ration care under health reform?
Absolutely not. The USPSTF, an independent task force made up of some of the nation's top doctors and scientists provides science-based recommendations regarding the most effective preventive, treatment and screening services. The Task Force's recommendations would be used to help determine the types of services that must be provided for at little or no cost and the Task Force would have no power to deny insurance coverage in any way..
What do these recommendations mean for the current health reform bills?
While the bills are still being drafted and debated in Congress, health insurance reform legislation generally calls for the Task Force's recommendations to help determine the types of preventive services that must be provided for little or no cost. The recommendations alone cannot be used to deny treatment.
Since September 21st, hundreds of students across the country responded to the President's call to take greater responsibility for their education by creating videos explaining why education is important. In less than two months, students submitted more than 600 video entries.
In their entries, students talked about the goals they had for their future and the steps they would take to meet them. The submissions came from students from diverse economic, social and ethnic backgrounds, and the content ranged from music videos to short skits. The common theme in all of these videos was the understanding that education was the key to success.
Secretary Arne Duncan recorded a message thanking all the students who submitted videos:
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The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Communications and Outreach has carefully reviewed each submission and narrowed the submissions down to 10 finalists based on creativity, strength and originality of content, and ability to inspire. These videos are now available for voting at www.youtube.com/Iamwhatilearn.
Voting for the videos runs from November 16th to December 4th. The three videos with the most votes at the end of this period will each win a $1,000 prize issued by the U.S. Department of Education.
Eddie Lee is Confidential Assistant in the Office of Communications and Outreach at the Department of Education
After a warm welcome in Beijing's historic Great Hall of the People, President Obama and President Hu sat down to discuss the many overlapping issues facing both nations, including China's growing economy and its effect on the US and the rest of the world and the exciting education reforms happening in each country:
PRESIDENT OBAMA: As we both affirmed, the United States and China have a great many mutual interests. And after 30 years of bilateral relations, I think it's fair to say that our two governments have continued to move forward in a way that can bring even greater cooperation in the future.And I want to reaffirm the fact that the American people are interested in stronger relations with the people of China, and that the more that we can encourage people-to-people exchanges that are consistent with the discussions that we're having at the government level, the more that China and the United States will be able to work cooperatively on a whole range of issues -- both economic issues, security issues, and global issues that are in the interest not just of our two nations but the entire world.One topic of particular interest to both leaders is a joint initiative towards clean energy, and President Obama and President Hu introduced a far-reaching package of measures to strengthen cooperation between the United States and China on clean energy. An abridged version of the measures is below, and the full version is available here:
The U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center will facilitate joint research and development of clean energy technologies by teams of scientists and engineers from the United States and China, as well as serve as a clearinghouse to help researchers in each country.
The U.S.-China Electric Vehicles Initiative will include joint standards development, demonstration projects in more than a dozen cities, technical roadmapping and public education projects, all aimed at eventual deployment of electric vehicles to reduce oil dependence.
The U.S. China Energy Efficiency Action Plan will allow the two countries to work together to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, industrial facilities, and consumer appliances, culminating with an annual U.S.-China Energy Efficiency Forum, rotating between the two countries.
The U.S. China Renewable Energy Partnership will facilitate development of roadmaps for wide-spread renewable energy deployment. A new Advanced Grid Working Group made up of American and Chinese developers and strategists will help plan for grid modernization in both countries, and a new U.S.-China Renewable Energy Forum will be held annually, rotating between the two countries.
A 21st Century Coal Initiative, for which the two Presidents pledged to promote cooperation on cleaner uses of coal, will include large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects.
A Shale Gas Initiative, will allow the U.S. and China to use experience gained in the United States to assess China's shale gas potential, promote environmentally-sustainable development of shale gas resources, conduct joint technical studies to accelerate development of shale gas resources in China, and promote shale gas investment in China through the U.S.-China Oil and Gas Industry Forum, study tours, and workshops.
The U.S. China Energy Cooperation Program will leverage private sector resources for project development work in China across a broad array of clean energy projects, to the benefit of both nations.
Read more about the President's historic 10-day trip to Asia here.
November 17, 2009
01:51 PM EDTWhen dealing with official state visits, things come in pairs. The leaders hold joint press conferences. The limousines in the motorcades fly the flags of both nations on the hood. The staff sit in equal numbers at the table, each opposite his or her equivalent in the other country's delegation. Even the official photographers are paired together. Where one is allowed to go, the other will expect to follow.
For Pete Souza, director of the White House Photo Office (and my boss), it is a matter of professional courtesy and collegial camaraderie.
In this update Pete tells us some of the other trials and tribulations of shooting on the road. And he has one more surprising pair: though this is President Obama's first trip to China, it is Pete's second state visit. He was here as one of President Reagan's official photographers in 1984 and shared with us some of the differences he has noticed over the decades in this vibrant city.
He also shared some of the lens lengths he uses but don't be fooled, it takes more than a certain type of lens to capture a great photo.
Here are some pictures from the trip so far:
Arun Chaudhary is the official White House videographer
November 17, 2009
12:24 PM EDTIt's been over a week since we first arrived in Asia. First, we traveled to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Singapore, and now we have joined President Obama in Beijing, China. We have come to this important region to engage our counterparts to strengthen our economic relationships, further open Asian markets to American exports and create well-paid jobs at home.
The 21 countries that make up APEC account for some 61 percent of American exports, and traveling today through the streets of Beijing, it's not hard to see why.
There's a frenetic pace in Asia's big cities, with construction cranes an ever present part of the cities' skylines.
This growth is good news for the people of Asia who have found exciting new opportunities in these cities. But it's also promising news for the workers, small businesspeople, ranchers and farmers of the United States, because selling our goods and services to these markets can put scores of Americans back to work and get our economy growing again.
And that is fundamentally why we are here this week. We're trying to open up markets for American products and ensure that our businesses are able to compete on a level playing field in the global economy.
During our time in Asia, we've been meeting with various ministers from Asian governments as well as representatives of the American business community like the U.S.-China Business Council and the American Chamber of Commerce in China.
We are also taking the opportunity on this trip to talk about recent trade disputes and how such disputes are ultimately a healthy part of a mature trading relationship.
The United States is the most open major economy in the world and the Administration is committed to ensuring our borders will remain open to the world's products.
But that commitment will be met by a renewed focus on doing more to enable U.S. companies to compete in foreign markets.
Ultimately, that will be good for everyone. U.S. technology and know-how can be of great benefit to countries throughout Asia. For example, as countries like China strive to reach ambitious clean energy and efficiency targets, they will depend on expertise of U.S. firms with a proven record of success in these areas.
This year, we have already made great progress in creating a freer, fairer trade environment with Asia. When we were in China a few weeks ago, our Chinese ministerial counterparts pledged to open up their markets to U.S. wind turbine producers and lifted a needless non-science based ban on the import of U.S. pork.
They also promised significant strides towards protecting the intellectual property of American companies operating within their borders and steps to ensure a more level playing field in China's government procurement market.
These are important steps that will be good both for the creation of America jobs and the continuance of Chinese growth. And we are seeking to build on the positive momentum this week.
As President Obama recently said "power in the 21st century is no longer a zero-sum game; one country's success need not come at the expense of another."
There is a lot to be gained from cooperation between Asia and the United States, and we are excited to be playing our part to move things forward.
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How conservatives lie about government
From Social Security hysteria to "Obamacare" madness, right-wing propaganda is increasingly divorced from reality
By Michael LindTopics: Republican Party, 2012 Elections, News, Politics News
One benefit of the prolonged campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has been the revelation that most of the 20 or 30 percent of Americans who describe themselves as conservatives live in a fantasy world. In their imaginations, Barack Obama, a centrist Democrat with roots in Eisenhower Republicanism rather than Rooseveltian liberalism, is a radical figure trying to take America down the path of "European socialism." The signature healthcare reform of Obama and the Democratic Congress, modeled on Mitt Romney's insurance-friendly Massachusetts healthcare program and closely resembling a proposal by the right-wing Heritage Foundation, is described as "statist," "socialist" or "fascist" (as though Hitler came to power with the goal of providing subsidies to private health insurance companies).
How can otherwise sane people believe such lunacy? The answer is that members of the right-wing counterculture are brainwashed — that is the only appropriate term — by the apocalyptic propaganda ground out constantly by the conservative media establishment. A perfect example is a recent essay by Philip Klein, a senior editorial writer of the Washington Examiner, the right-wing newspaper owned by the billionaire Philip Anshutz: "The Welfare State Is Destroying America."
Klein begins, typically, with the fall from grace of America under the sinister Franklin Roosevelt, who presided over the establishment of Social Security: "But Roosevelt was dead wrong that the program would help the nation avoid deep debt. Social Security and the entitlement programs that followed its legacy of seeking to protect citizens from the 'hazards and vicissitudes of life,' turned out to be fiscal disasters."
In the real world, of course, today's national debt has nothing to do with Social Security, whose trust fund has a surplus that will last for decades, with the precise date of the trust fund's exhaustion depending on the rate of general economic growth. True, the federal government has to raise the tax revenue to repay the money it borrowed from the trust fund — but then, the federal government has to repay all of its creditors, domestic and foreign. What's wrong with that?
As if to concede that there is no Social Security crisis in the near future, Klein engages in three intellectually dishonest maneuvers typical of right-wing propagandists. First, he talks about medium-term and long-term problems as though they were present-day emergencies. Second, he blurs the distinction between Social Security's long-term fiscal challenges, which are minor, and those caused by rising healthcare costs, in order to make Social Security seem worse off than it is in reality. Third, he implies that "the growing debt burden" of the United States is primarily caused by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, ignoring tax cuts, wars and the effects of a near-depression:
With health care costs rising and the population aging, America's welfare-state obligations are bringing the country to its financial knees. If left unchecked, the growing debt burden will not only trigger runaway inflation and stifling taxes, but it will also threaten national security.
By now readers of the Washington Examiner must assume that Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson deliberately designed Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to be paid for by federal borrowing. Why shouldn't Klein's audience leap to that false conclusion? After all, Klein has not mentioned the funding streams that pay for these programs: payroll taxes (Social Security), payroll taxes and general revenues (Medicare) and general revenues (Medicaid).
If Klein were honest with his readers, he would point out that the main causes of federal deficits in the last generation have been the Reagan and Bush tax cuts, plus the fiscal aftereffects of the Great Recession, in the form of falling tax revenues and increased spending on unemployment insurance and stimulus programs. But that would distract from the false impression that Klein is seeking to convey.
So far in this classic of polemical literature, "The Welfare State Is Destroying America," Philip Klein has relied solely on rhetoric. In the next few paragraphs he uses a few numbers, all of which have been cherry-picked to paint a picture of imminent national economic collapse, and all of which are misleading.
Here is misleading argument No. 1:
Spending on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare alone currently account for 46 percent — or nearly half of — federal spending, excluding interest payments. Over the next 25 years, that percentage will explode to 66 percent, or close to two-thirds, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Ooh, scary! These numbers may frighten readers, but they are meaningless. The only number that conceivably would matter would be the overall federal-state-local spending as a share of GDP, which in the U.S. is well below the average for industrial democracies that are just as competitive and prosperous. Saying that the share of federal spending that is devoted to Social Security and healthcare spending will grow over 25 years from 46 to 66 percent does not support Klein's case that the welfare state will "destroy" America. These are just irrelevant numbers, thrown out to impress the ignorant reader of the Washington Examiner.
Misleading argument No. 2 follows:
Numbers associated with the nation's debt crisis are almost too staggering to comprehend. Last month, total U.S. debt surpassed $15 trillion. But a recent analysis by Boston University economics professor Laurence Kotlikoff found that when long-term entitlement obligations are considered, the true fiscal gap is $211 trillion.
What Klein fails to point out is that Kotlikoff's calculation for unfunded entitlement obligations is for the period between now and infinity. Even if Kotlikoff and Klein used the briefer time span of, say, 2012-2100, there would be no cause for alarm, because nobody is going to present the federal government with a check for advance payment of all projected entitlement payments in the remainder of the 21st century, due tomorrow. In other words, saying the U.S. has a "fiscal gap" is like saying that you are in danger of bankruptcy from a "personal fiscal gap," because you could not pay off the entire house or car mortgage today. As long as you can make the installment payments at a reasonable interest rate, you, like the nation, are fine.
The abstract "fiscal gap" arises almost entirely from the minor projected shortfall of payroll tax funding for Social Security and, more important, from the estimated out-of-control growth of healthcare costs in decades to come. Change the variables, by means of new taxes for Social Security, benefit cuts or control of excessive costs in the U.S. medical industry, and the Big Scary Fiscal Gap disappears or shrinks dramatically, depriving right-wing hacks and left-wing deficit hawks of a club used to beat Social Security and Medicare.
Does Klein tell his readers this? Of course not. He's just throwing out scary-sounding statistics to stampede the yahoos.
On to misleading argument No. 3:
Greece, with an economy 1/50th the size of the U.S., is threatening the economic standing of the rest of Europe because of its growing debt burden, which hit 143 percent of its gross domestic product in 2010.
The U.S. is on pace to match that dubious distinction in under 20 years, according to the CBO, and to soar to 716 percent by 2080. Sustaining such debt would require raising marginal tax rates to as high as 88 percent, the CBO has told The Washington Examiner.
Shame on the CBO for misleading the public in this way. The experts of the CBO know perfectly well that the United States is never going to have a national debt of 716 percent of GDP or marginal tax rates of 88 percent. Long before anything like these absurd numbers were reached, policies would be changed to cut costs in medical spending. Long-term projections like these are just scary stories told to frighten the public into fiscal sobriety, in the same spirit that a parent would tell an overweight child that if she or he kept eating, then according to a straight-line computer projection, by the age of 40 she or he would weigh 23 tons.
As it happens, the CBO's own rigorous work undercuts the apocalyptic narrative set forth by conservatives like Philip Klein. Here, from a CBO report of a few years back (the long-term projections have not significantly changed), is Box 2, "The Effect of the Aging of the Population on Spending on Medicare and Medicaid."
This one graph disproves practically everything American conservatives say about the alleged unaffordability of entitlements. Note that the aging of the American population alone would only raise the share of GDP spent on Medicare and Medicaid slightly between now and 2082. The projected increase is almost entirely the result of excess cost growth in America's dysfunctional medical-industrial sector and has next to nothing to do with aging. Now look at Figure 4, "Projected Spending on Health Care as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product."
Observe that the cancerous growth of healthcare costs occurs chiefly in private sector healthcare spending — not in Medicare and Medicaid. In other words, the cost problem is one of the entire U.S. medical industry, private and public alike. It is not a problem caused by "entitlements."
Debating the solutions would take us too far from the subject, although it should be noted that most other countries control healthcare costs by means of "all-payer regulation" — that is, government-imposed price controls — not by means of market competition, the right's unrealistic panacea, which no other nation uses, for the reason that simple market economics does not work in the healthcare sector. For the purposes of this discussion, it is sufficient to reproduce a final chart from the CBO report, Figure 5, "Federal Spending for Medicare and Medicaid as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product Under Different Assumptions About Excess Cost Growth."
Note that if the excess cost growth problem is solved, then the nightmare scenario never materializes, either in the near future or the distant future. Indeed, in the last few years, partly because of the loss of employer-based healthcare by the unemployed, and partly because of reforms in medical provision, healthcare cost growth in the U.S. has slowed. If that trend continues, then conservatives will no longer be able to claim that healthcare in general (not just Medicare and Medicaid) will eat up half the economy in 2082. The right will have to use other arguments to discredit Social Security and Medicare, like the hoary old claim that these programs are fascist or communist — an argument that has never persuaded the growing number of American voters who depend on Social Security and Medicare for their retirements and for protecting their physical health.
Philip Klein concludes his Op-Ed about how the welfare state is destroying America with further nonsense (you can't claim he isn't consistent). Reciting yet another right-wing myth, Klein asserts that because of Social Security and Medicare, the bond markets in general and the Chinese government in particular will stop lending America money and interest rates will skyrocket, destroying the American economy, yadda yadda yadda:
Just this past August, Standard and Poor's downgraded U.S. debt for the first time in American history. Once bond holders abandon America, the nation will either have to dramatically cut spending, raise taxes steeply, or print money to buy up the debt — which would trigger massive inflation.
Where has he been since last August? Even a senior editorial writer at the Washington Examiner should be aware that the downgrading of America's credit rating was followed by a rush of money into American bonds, not out of them, in defiance of the predictions of the deficit hawks. Evidently the bond markets think America is the world's safe haven and are not terribly worried about long-term American entitlement costs.
The growing debt burden is also a national security risk, because it reduces America's leverage against nations such as China, which owns a substantial amount of U.S. debt. And the fiscal crunch will force devastating cuts to our military — far beyond anything contemplated today.
Somebody should tell Klein that China's export-oriented growth model depends on keeping its currency undervalued and accumulating dollars, which it then uses to buy dollar-denominated debt like U.S. Treasury bonds. If China revalued its currency, it would stop buying bonds to the detriment of its industries and to the benefit of many American exporters. If this were to happen, the U.S. deficit would shrink and we would need less external financing. Hurrah! In the long run there doubtless will be increases in U.S. interest rates, but they are unlikely to come about for the reasons that Klein and other apocalyptics on the right predict.
As for the Pentagon, the chief threat to the future of the U.S. military is neither the American welfare state nor the Chinese financial authorities, but the conservative wing of the Republican Party, which prefers round after round of tax cuts for the rich to the taxes that would permit the U.S. to fund both an adequate military and an affordable welfare state.
Klein concludes inescapably:
Thus, the conclusion is inescapable that, if America doesn't end the welfare state as we have known it since 1935, it will end America as we know it today.
It may seem cruel to pick on Philip Klein, who is, after all, simply one of many minor hacks in the right-wing media machine controlled by billionaires like Anshutz and the Koch brothers. But it is worth reading the right's propaganda now and then, just to find out how it is that so many of our conservative fellow citizens can have been so deceived.
Michael Lind is the author of Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States and co-founder of the New America Foundation. More Michael Lind.
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Lip Treatments -Unlisted Brand - Lanolips - Lip Ointment
xAysha 3/16/2012 10:03:00 AM
LOVE this..im a lip balm addict (just check my reviews and ul see just how true that is lol). the pic i uploaded..as u can see the original is the most used lol, it has more "slip" than the others, melts more easily on the lips..the coloured ones are slightly thicker and harder to spread, and the lemonaid has an oilyness to it although has the most gawjus fine shimmer. all lovely & very moisturising n natural, long lasting, makes lips look plumper & healthy. will definately buy again x
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Lip Treatments -Unlisted Brand - Lanolips- Lip Ointment Rose
xAysha 3/16/2012 9:57:00 AM
the pic i uploaded, Rose is the last 1 on the right :) i was hoping these would be more pigmented but they are clear, (apart from sunshine that shows up a little bit). it is SO so moisturising, in a way no other lipbalms are, it really sinks in and makes ur lips look plump & healthy, theyre long lasting & natural :) it smells of hardly anything, if u really sniff it it has a natural yummy grapeseed oil/shea butter scent. the original lanolips is slightly more slippery/melts easier and has No scent atall. the lemonaid one has the most gorgeous shimmer, but doesnt feel as moisturising, its still lovely but it melts thinner on the lips and abit oily/ the packaging of them could be better. i think theyre expensive but the paint comes off the lid within a few days of use which makes them look cheap/old x
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Lips -Tokyo Milk - Bon Bon Lip Balm - Let Them Eat Cake - No. 093
xAysha 1/18/2011 7:23:00 PM
the box & jar is SO nice love the lil pictures & glitter & kissing tips :) smells amazing like vanilla sponge, goes on very lightly no stickiness atall, moisturising but i prefer something abit thicker x i got this in cherry bomb tooo yummyy
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Lip Treatments -Unlisted Brand - Rose & Co. Apothecary. Rose Petal Salve
xAysha 1/9/2011 5:30:00 PM
bought this coz i use Smith's Rosebud Salve alot, (the original, strawberry, brambleberry rose & mocha rose they are all amazing btw) and have abit of a lip balm obsession so i saw this & had to have it. i have the Rose & Co Vanilla scented one lovely tin & ok smell but abit oily & wears off too quickly, im glad the Rose Petal one is alot different, its not as oily & thin-seems like theres less vaseline which is good, feels creamy, smells like real roses (the smith's kind smells abit of rose but its more of an old fashioned baby powdery smell so very different but still nice) its a lilac/light pink colour in the tin but clear on lips, not too shiny on just a nice sheen! :) i dont like the taste though as u can imagine roses dont taste so good, tastes perfumy & floral x
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Lip Treatments -Smith's Rosebud Salve - Brambleberry Rose lip balm
xAysha 12/28/2010 11:13:00 AM
i have 4 rosebud balms/salves now, mocha rose is my favourite (See my reviews for others), this one smells nice but its strong, a fake berry childlike jam smell, i cant smell any honey or vanilla which is a shame. no tint on my lips atall, moisturises ok but pretty mundane really. expected more. i love the tin though, im not a germ freak so doesnt bother me about "contamination"
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Lip Treatments -Smith's Rosebud Salve - Smith's Rosebud Salve
xAysha 12/26/2010 1:19:00 PM
feels and moisturises similar vaseline nothing special, the mocha rose version, & strawberry are ALOT better. to me it smells of baby powder and grannies perfume, not sweet rose or even rose water which i was expecting (and i lovee that kinda smell), my mum smelt it and sed eugh it smells horrible like boot polish lol. no tint goes on clear. wil stick to the others but will use this up under eyes, dry patches etc. x see my other reviews for the rest (i have 4) UPDATE- seem to be reaching for this alot more, for some reason the scent seems different than it first did, i can detect the rose & its sweeter :S doesnt stay on long but makes my lips reallyy soft
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Lip Treatments -eos - Lip Balm Sphere - Summer Fruit
xAysha 11/24/2010 7:22:00 AM
im a complete lip product addict lol balms glosses lipstick everythingg, i love the packaging of this, the feel of it on my lips is ok but i expected more, it smells fruity but abit chemically, but that must just be me coz my boyfriend loves it n says it smells and tastes of fruitella sweets. it wears of pretty quickly, i like it enough to try more and keep using it though! the lemon one smells & feels better-see my review(and has spf15) i want the honeydew next think my bfs ordered me it for xmas :D update: the honeydew is my favourite smell! soo yummy, the texture of the lemon is nicer though its creamier x
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Lipstick -L'Oreal - Infallible Lip Color Stars Collection in Beyonce (red)
xAysha 10/15/2010 8:00:00 AM
i got 3 of these for £15 online after seeing amazing youtube reviews-not available over here yet. its a nice colour and i uploaded a pic of me wearing it YES it is very bright lol guys stop and stare and say WOW wen they see me wearing this lol it gets their attention like crazy :S anywayy.. its nice enough, easy to apply if ur careful, its necessary to let it dry the full 2mins and then apply the lipbalm to stop it cracking n feeling tight. but i have full lips and it comes off on the middle of my lips where my top & bottom meet BADLY even if i apply it and keep my mouth open for 5mins to let it fully dry, everytime i looked in the mirror it had come off there. also when applying the balm throughout the day, bits flake off onto the balm stick so it literally takes patches of the lip product off with it and with such a bright colour its really noticeable, reapplying over the top to touch it up in the patches is hard too coz it goes kinda flakey not a good look, and its too hard to scrub it all off & start again when ur out! btw id only had it on about an hour when it started to do this and i hadnt kissed anyone or eaten/drank, and i dont have chapped or dry or flakey lips ATALL. not that impressed but i still wear it sometimes, and have to deal with the bad lookin touch ups. although only when im out shopping etc. and wont be talking up close or coming in close contact with people face 2 face coz they wud be able to see the flakes!! :(
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Lip Treatments -Smith's Rosebud Salve - Smith's Strawberry Lip Balm
xAysha 10/15/2010 7:48:00 AM
I bought this after buying and LOVING the Mocha Rose one-see my review on that for more info :) i love the tin its really cute gold with strawberrys decorating it, on opening the tin its a peachy pink colour and it smells like a strawberry Chapstick (its a nice smell but personally i thought the scent would be better as its alot more expensive at over £5 but i guess u get much more!). its more waxy/less greasy than the Mocha Rose, like u need to rub ur finger onto it more to get more product whereas the Mocha Rose has more of a vaseline/jellybalm like texture, it feels moisturising but, i havent got chapped lips atall or senstive skin an i notice it stings a tiny bit on the edge of my lips and makes them pinker & abit plumper which is good but i imagine if u had chapped lips it would sting bad! i wish it was tinted but it goes on clear. i definately prefer the mocha rose, i hate the smell of coffee but it doesnt smell of that to me! but if u (somehow) dont like the smell of hot chocolate and warm sugar then go for this one :) UPDATE: i use this ALOT now! it makes my lips really soft, doesnt sting anymore, i still prefer the more "jelly" like texture of the Mocha Rose but i find myself reaching for this one allll the time, loses a lippy as it could stay on longer and taste like it smells/have spf!! ordered the brambleberry rose & original salve so look out 4 my reviews on those :D
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Lip Treatments -Smith's Rosebud Salve - Mocha Rose Lip Balm
xAysha 9/29/2010 6:50:00 PM
some might say this is expensive fancy vaseline.. i guess it kind of is but i still love it, its alot more moisturising too, vaseline doesnt have shea butter or essential oils! i got it for £4 from ebay. it smells like chocolate, vanilla, and slight coffee (i dont really like coffee but this is a sweet yummy scent) my boyfriend said it smelt of hot chocolate and Starbucks lol, it feels basically like the Lip Therapy Vaseline in the tins but i think its more "jelly" like, less oily and stays on longer. it looks a deep peachy pink but goes on clear. the tin colour/design is SO gorgeous. 4 lippys as it is kind of expensive (& no spf), seein as it has such a simple ingredient list..see my review on the strawberry kind, brambleberry rose & original rose salve :)x
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Gels/Soaps -LUSH - I should Coco Soap [DISCONTINUED]
xAysha 6/9/2010 1:50:00 PM
got this in the sweetie soap stack with hiwtk & rockstar.. looks SO good, babypink with desiccated coconut.. smells like plastic very very slight coconut, didnt lather, only used it once n it stayed in a box since then!! x
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Lipstick -E.L.F. - Mineral Lipstick in Runway Pink
xAysha 5/11/2010 3:05:00 PM
i love this colour on me! ive got Party Pink too but thats too bright/reddish for me, and i tried 'GOSH's' Darling but it doesnt go well with my skintone atall, and NYX strawberry milk is ok but its too bright i found myself dabbing on a tiny bit n blending it in for a tint insted of wearing it like normal lipstick. but this is like a light nude dusky pink its gorgeous and really brightens/lights up my face without being over the top, i like wearin it with a subtle winged/cat eye look (liquid liner), i applied it earlier on the train without a mirror just like u would with a balm, and when i did look in the mirror it looked perfect which i love about it. it doesnt dry my lips out atall, its silky & weightless (can barely feel it on the lips). was goin to take off one lippy as the staying power isnt great.. but as its so easy to apply, easy to get hold of and cheap, ill let it off :) the pic above is of me wearing it with some clear lipbalm on top x
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Cleansers -Unlisted Brand - Oil Cleansing Method OCM
xAysha 5/8/2010 2:26:00 PM
i read about this on acne.org, then did ALOT of research, decided it sounded amazing soo i bought fresh organic oils after readin which oils are good 2 use (castor, jojoba & hazelnut). i did exactly what the sites say to do, an used a new clean facecloth everyday, using it to steam atleast 3-4 times to make sure all the dirt & oil was off my face, my face was glowing and felt soo smooth. i didnt change anything else in my routine apart from this. i did it every nite for about 3 days then i noticed blackheads appearing round my nose! (luckily a face mask got rid of them) but i didnt relise it was the OCM causing it so i carried on, i now have 3 discusting cystic pimples on my chin, and about 15 of these weird white spots (not white heads-they dont have pus in them they look like a black head but they're white?) all on my chin. ive never had anything like this in my life so its obviously this method. i had clearish skin (apart from 1-2 pimples once a month..) i just wanted this method to close my pores abit more, as i heard its really good for that. but instead it seriously fcuked up my skin. ive stopped using it and gone back to using my LUSH cleanser. the cystic pimples will not go, ive tried everything, 1 of them went down n nearly disapeared but now its back?!
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Scrubs -Queen Helene - Oatmeal N' Honey Natural Facial Scrub
xAysha 3/31/2010 1:26:00 PM
This is really cheap for the amount you get! it smells yummy, like porridge with honey on (obviously lol) makes me wanna taste it!.. not sure why some people hate the smell! the 'bits' in it are really small and fine so it exfoliates REALLY well, so much better than st. ives. i use it like twice a week an it leave skin really smooth, glowing and minimizes my pores a little, also helps with blackheads (i dont have any anymore, but thats not just thanks to this mask). the smell stays on ur skin a little an my boyfriend loves that before bed lol x
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Gels/Soaps -LUSH - Vanilla in the Mist
xAysha 3/27/2010 1:11:00 PM
I liked the sound of this soap and it smells ok but the coffee scent overpowers the vanilla too much its not a good look smelling like a coffee shop!! i liked the smell of it a lil bit, until my boyfriend walked in while i was showering and said "you smell horrible!" he's never said anything like that before he usually loves all the stuff i use so it must of been bad lol! also it covers ur body in a yellow tint, it watches off unnoticably on me coz im quite tan but it mite leave a stain on pale skin? and the HUNDREDS of tiny vanilla seeds get all over u 2 x
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