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PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has avoided directly answering whether she could live off $35 a day, only stating it would be "incredibly tough".
Under changes to the welfare payment scheme, the majority of the 84,000 single parents who receive parenting payments will be moved to the Newstart Allowance when their youngest child turns eight.
Families Minister Jenny Macklin angered welfare groups earlier this week by claiming she could live on Newstart payments of $246 a week - or about $35 a day - while defending cuts to single parents' benefits.
When faced with the same question on Saturday, Ms Gillard didn't directly respond to whether she could live on $35 a day.
"Of course it would be incredibly tough to be out of work and to be trying to work your way through on a Newstart payment ... the thing you would want most is a job," Ms Gillard told ABC News 24.
Ms Gillard said she had not spoken to Ms Macklin about her comments, which have angered single mothers around Australia.
"No, I haven't. Jenny Macklin is a fantastic minister doing an amazing job," she said.
Housing Minister Brendan O'Connor told ABC News 24 the Senate had inquired about the matter and the government would fully consider the report and its findings.
"But we need to properly consider this. There are very significant financial and fiscal implications of increasing income and we need to consider all of those matters," he said.
"The worst thing we could possibly do for not only the parents but for their children is to leave them indefinitely unemployed so that the children grow up in jobless households. That would be a tragedy, and our focus will always be on ensuring people find work."
While Ms Gillard declined to be drawn into any comments about increasing the Newstart payment, both the Australian Greens and the coalition on Saturday indicated moves to do so.
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert announced she would move legislation to increase the allowance by $50 a week.
"This $50 increase will bring it closer to the aged pension and will provide people with a bit of extra support," she told reporters in Melbourne.
Senator Siewert said the increase, which would cost around $2 billion a year, could be funded by reverting to the mining tax as it was first proposed.
When parliament resumes, Mr Bandt and Senator Siewert will attempt to live on $35 a day for a week.
Senator Siewert dismissed criticism from Mr O'Connor, who called the move "patronising".
"At least by trying to survive for a week even, it gives me a feel what people are living day in, day out," she said.
Opposition families spokesman Kevin Andrews told the Weekend Australian he would support an increase in spending on training to help the unemployed get back to work.
"If Newstart is increased, it should not be a long-term entitlement without concerted efforts on the part of the recipient to find work," he said.
"The coalition, should we be elected to office, will need to look at the books and determine what is possible and appropriate."
Originally published as Newstart $35 a day incredibly tough: PM


text: Which part of "kidnapping a people and rob them" is pragmatic and ethical? One political entity forces its will upon another. Happened numerous times in history and the word for this is imperialism. No idea where you are from but on my continent we got rid of this one nations attacks another BS after WWII and we are better off because of it. Leading war, violating the sovereignty of another nation and the freedom and dignity of its people, is evil and so is warmongering, advocating such crimes.

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Simmons to begin rehab assignment Monday
By Mark Bowman and Teddy Cahill / MLB.com
Simmons will begin his rehab stint Monday with Double-A Mississippi in the final game of their season. He will then move to low Class A Rome on Wednesday before heading to high Class A Lynchburg. Rome and Lynchburg will both be playing in the playoffs when Simmons joins them.
Simmons opened the season with Mississippi before getting called up May 31. He played 33 games with Atlanta before he got hurt, hitting .296 with a .452 slugging percentage.
Simmons said he's looking forward to playing one more time with his old teammates.
"See all the guys again, that's really cool," he said. "It'll be fun."
The Braves haven't mapped out exactly when Simmons will return to Atlanta, but manager Fredi Gonzalez said the best-case scenario would be next weekend for the Braves' series against the Mets.
"Hopefully we get at least three games, hopefully they don't get eliminated," Gonzalez said. "If everything looks good, no setbacks, hopefully, maybe next weekend."
Simmons said he understands he has to get game experience after missing two months, but will be ready whenever the Braves give him the call.
"I guess I've got to play to see how I'm doing and what it's like to hit in the game and field ground balls," Simmons said. "I feel like I can play now."
Gonzalez opts to sit Uggla with Hamels on mound
ATLANTA -- Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez stuck with his plan when he opted not to give Dan Uggla a chance to improve his troubling career statistics against the Phillies' Cole Hamels on Sunday. At the same time, he quickly learned that Uggla did not agree with this decision.
Uggla voiced his displeasure to Gonzalez before batting practice on Sunday afternoon. A short time later, he explained his position in a professional manner.
"I hit a two-run homer off [Hamels] in the last game last year to put us up," Uggla said. "It's not a numbers thing for me, especially in September. It doesn't make any sense to me at all. ... Nobody agrees with not playing. It's just because I know what I can do, especially in September when I've been there before in big-game situations, especially last year. It's frustrating, to say the least."
As Hamels was making a three-inning postseason tuneup on the final day of the 2011 season, Uggla drilled a two-run homer off his nemesis. Still, he's batting just .145 (8-for-55) with two home runs in his career against the veteran left-hander.
With that in mind, Gonzalez stuck with his plan to spend the rest of this season picking spots when he might play Uggla, who is batting .152 with a .276 slugging percentage in his past 73 games. The Braves' manager also shuffled Sunday's lineup by replacing Jason Heyward in the lineup's third spot with Chipper Jones. This is something he could continue to do when opposing teams are starting left-handers.
Heyward has earned the opportunity to hit in the third spot, batting .293 with 18 home runs and a .990 OPS in 80 games since June 2. But against left-handed pitchers during that span, Heyward is batting .225 with four home runs and a .630 OPS. Against right-handers, he has batted .349 with 14 homers and a 1.099 OPS.
Chipper: Braves must keep consistent approach
ATLANTA -- Chipper Jones seemed to be waiting for somebody to ask him if he was planning to call a team meeting to address the skid the Braves have endured over the past two weeks. It did not take him long to confirm that was not on his agenda.
"Trust me, when I feel like something needs to be said, I say it," Jones said. "That's my job. I don't need to say anything right now. I'm not going to harp on the past. I'm not going to harp on yesterday and I'm not going to harp on tomorrow. We show up. We play the game as well as we can today and let the chips fall where they may. Any other approach other than that is not a good thing."
The Braves entered Sunday having lost 10 of their previous 14 games. Still, Jones is among those from the baseball world who seem to believe team meetings can cause more harm than good.
"We are mindless numbskulls," Jones said. "We need to think as little as possible. We're routine-oriented and regimented. Any break in that makes us start thinking. That's when bad [stuff] starts happening."
Baker happy last-minute deal landed him in Atlanta
ATLANTA -- When the Tigers designated Jeff Baker for assignment Friday afternoon, it began a nervous few hours for the 31-year old utility player. With midnight on Aug. 31 approaching fast, he knew he had only a few hours to latch on with another team if he was to be eligible for its playoff roster.
So when Baker learned he had been traded to the Braves just a few hours later, he was more than pleasantly surprised.
"When I found out I was coming here, I was really excited," Baker said. "A team that's leading the Wild Card, and on top of that, a class organization."
Baker entered Sunday's finale with the Phillies hitting .253 with a .406 slugging percentage in 70 games between the Cubs, Tigers and Braves this season. He made his Braves debut in Saturday's 5-1 loss, striking out against left-hander Cliff Lee in the seventh inning.
Manager Fredi Gonzalez will likely continue to deploy Baker in a similar role the rest of the season. Baker, a right-handed hitter, is a career .298 hitter against left-handers and can play all four corner positions, as well as second base.
"I'm ready for anything, and I've always been that way," Baker said. "I'm not really expecting anything, and whatever happens, happens."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. Teddy Cahill is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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can you list all your addons, is there additional stuff that you have.
if you update every other addon you have find them at wowinterface.com it will work.
can you list all your addons, is there additional stuff that you have.
if you update every other addon you have find them at wowinterface.com it will work.
the addons i have are Questhelper ,AuctioneerSuite,dugis guide viewer,DugisGuide horde,carbonite,cartographer,lightheadand tom tom
sorry and the talent guide which has all been put in the right folders
have updated all addons but still it doesnt work please help cant even get co-ordinates to finish quests
all my addons are not working tried them all one by one , deleted the whole addons folder content and then downloaded them again questhelper ,1-80 lvling guide, guide viewer,auctioneersuite and talent guide but nothing is working the arrow for the guide shows up but its grey and no info appears got the guide to show up but there was no individual guides to load
Are you running wow on a private server?
are you trying to view a horde guide using an alliance character?
can you please take a screenshot of your addons folder, your addons directory, the error you see in game.
I'm having a issue loading the guide, the box is blank. I use many addon's so I disabled everything except your guide and tomtom just to make sure (can I say wow loaded very fast) and got the same results with none of the guides being displayed. I deleted both of those folders and started over downloading it again and putting those in with the same results.
Please Dugi help me, as my guild mate might actually win our race to 80.
Thanks for any assistance you can give.
Ohh, can we say Noob, thank you Dugi, I think getting the data files will fix me up. Sorry for wasting your time.


text: I'm sure this has been brought up in some capacity before, but is there any sort of human action that goes into a player get DQ'd? Or is it just the computer scoring system that decides?? I ask this, because of one instance about a year and a half ago during our 4.0 men's adult league season. Here is the back story: There were 3 teams vying for the local title. There is my team, the Champs, (Team A), the runner-up (Team B), and the 3rd place team (Team C). About 2/3rds of the way through the season, Team C was already out of contention. The captains of Teams C and B had never gotten along, and that year, Team B ended up with a self-rater on the team. This guy was good and was undefeated at that point. None of the scores were blowouts, but some of the players on Team C, including the captain, swear they saw him tanking games on purpose. This got Team C's captain pretty angry. So anyways, one evening, Team A had a match against the 4th place team, while Teams B and C were playing their final regular season match. Randomly there was a local official out there watching the self-rater play. He wasn't officiating the match, but kept alternating viewpoints between right next to court and from the bleachers two courts away. It was kind of sketchy, I thought. This official was also friends with the captain of Team C. The very next day, the self-rater was DQ'd. One of Team B's matches reversed to a loss, and we (Team A) finished Team B off two days later in our final regular season match. I just thought this event was kind of weird, and a little sketchy, so I thought I'd ask the question. Thanks, Jakes


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Ben Parfitt: ''Third parties, as well as Sony itself, must take responsibility for elevating the PlayStation Vita out of its current rut.
That's the opinion of Sony's CFO, executive VP and corporate executive officer Masaru Kato, who told investors (as reported by Seeking Alpha): "One thing clear for us that in terms of profitability – we have to do a better job in promoting the PlayStation Vita mobile product.''
There you go Sony. Sounds like a good idea.
They should just drop the price to $200 even and take the loss and allow anything to release on it. Even though the 3DS has a few core games, they still have hundreds of crap that kids love and that is what makes the game sell. The Vita needs PONYZ and Wreck it Ralph. This is a core system, but they really need to flood this system and get it out there. I love the Vita and I do not want to see it fail.
@NukaCola: That is probably the worst thing Sony could do. The Vita isn't supposed to be a 3DS clone or a Nintendo mirror. The way to ensure long term success is to carve your own place in the market, not piggyback on Nintendo because without Nintendo's first party titles it would still fail. People buy Nintendo products for their rehashed first party titles.
Oh yea letme see, uhm..... The 3DS is a videogame Handheld device, Vita is a Videogame handheld device.......but they have nothing to do with each other?
And Sony of all publishers have only just realised that? I don't buy it.
This has been apparent for months and it's the reason I still don't have a Vita, I can understand a lot of people are quite happy with the current library but it's not nearly varied enough to entice myself let alone many more Vita adopters.
I was expecting a lot more interesting and original IP's hitting the Vita, but for the most part it has ports of popular PS3 franchises that I personally don't care for.
Im a niche gamer... I know that, but handhelds are where the niche market is supposed to thrive yet there are very little of them on the Vita right now.
"Niche gamer" lol thats how we call black people in my country
"Niches" lol i haven't heard that word in a decade and btw our black people is not that delicate like in the US that get mad if u use the N word o whatever word u use in the US. I'm not making fun of nobody ok
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Maybe Sony should ask Nintendo for some great and innovative games for Vita. Lol
Sony: We Must Ask Third Parties To Make More Attractive Vita Games
Publishers: Sony should of made the PS Vita with a Cell Phone feature and more people would buy it thus making it more Attractive to make games for.
@ 4.1m that is just NOT worth a publishers time!
Apple Samsung Nokia and HTC EACH sale 4m cell phones a month thus making Android and iOS games a more profitable investment than the PS Vita!
Only a Cell phone feature can save the PS Vita, other than that the PS Vita although a great platform, is dead in the water!
They just figured this out? Duh Sony.
The only thing that can save Sony handheld right now is a relaunch.
Kill the VITA brand and release the PSP2 and add 3D, not sure why Sony did not push for 3D in the first place since they were pushing 3D hard pm the PS3.
Also why kill the PSP brand and call in VITA, that a horrible name for a handheld.
The other day a friend of mine who is not a hardcore gamer asked when Sony was going to release the PSP2 and I told her that Sony already did but its called the VITA and she looked at me like I had snot on my nose.
Maybe you did have snot on your nose ? PSP sucks compared to the Vita.
"We Must Pay Third Parties To Make More Attractive Vita Games" Fixed
Since that the only way its going to happen.
For Japan: buy a MH title. MHV: Monster Hunter Vita. Just put the offer on the table. Capcom will bite, they'll upscale all the MH1/2/3/4/G assets, reskin some monsters and have it ready for you by fall 2013.
For NA: drop the price, build or include 8 GB storage. NA is the strongest Vita market so whatever they're doing seems to be working best here. NA also needs more Japanese games, since there are actually tonnes of them in the East, only none that are localized.
Hell yeah, MH will blow up sales in Japan...
I have been dying for a MH game on the Vita. One of the biggest reasons I got it was because I saw MH being played on it.
I think Nintendo have exclusivity for MH for three years.
And while at it how about dropping the price to $199.99 and 32 gb memory for $49.99? sounds like a good idea to me.
i want to see unreal engine 4 in 4k running on vita in 120fps .
why the disagrees?
why not?
i dont see any reason why someone would decline in disagreeing or be accepting to it. it is there. WE WILL USE IT! :)
@count lol! i dont "expect it, i wanted to see it lol.
It's an unrealistic statement.
It's one thing to be hopeful about something, it's another to be ridiculous.
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LOL! Good one, man!
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....wait....you're serious? 4K on that screen?
How old are you? I see you making some strange/naive/child-like comments on n4g lately...
OFC it would be awesome to see it on Vita but we are not in heaven lol..... sorry, but thats not possible at all. The most expensive PC (OCed CPU, GTX 670-GTX 690 or SLI and quad SLI etc) can do 4K with good FPS but thats too expensive(not sure about UE4 because it isnt released yet).
You know what? Vita does not need 4K resolution because Vita has a small screen (much smaller than TV), even 1080p would be a overkill, 1080p is recommended for 22-24" screens official but ofc 1080p and 4K/UHD is going to look better on smaller screens. You need to think more realistic....
Here, list of real time rendering resolutions for Sony/MS/Nintendo desktop HD consoles (Vita included too):
That's impossible considering the Vitas screen is only a quarter HD, a quarter of a quarter of 4K. So your hopes are founded in dreams.
I didnt disagree or agree but I did laugh for sure you made my day
How about making PS Mobile available in more countries?
first of all, why the hell wouldnt they ask in the first place?
make a ps4 bundle that includes the vita for like $150 more, with a memory card (32gb) and like 3 games installed on the unit
demonstrate the vita as a ps4 controller on feb 20th
this is the ONLY way you are going to sell these things fast
no one is intrested in handhelds anymore (personally i am, i own a ds and will get a vita, but the general public can care less about handhelds)
phones and tablets, the vita is neither, a bundle is the only way out of this for you sony, trust me.
Where did this idea of turning the Vita into a controller come from? Because that's one pricy controller.
It would be an optional controller, not the standard one that comes in the box.
I don't like the idea of using handhelds as controllers in general.
Sixaxis > Vita
as a conroller
it needs way more games
and indeed... read the article
don't forget to drop the prices of those memory cards!
Hope this means even greater PS Vita games to come.
it took you a year to figure this out?
If you ask me, if you are going to make "ports" then make full ports. I don't care if it visually isn't up to par with the console version, if the game is fun who cares.
That way we can have more cross save features, and above all else let Vita owners play the same online game.
Sony should keep all their Vita port studios, and make a deal with third parties. Sony can make the game on Vita, keep enough profits to pay the studio and marketing, then the third party keeps the rest. Sony will make profits by selling more Vita's, and third parties make money for not doing anything really.
Whenever you're ready guys. I got a whole heap of games that need finishing before I can clear some space on my vitas memory anyway, still it'd be nice to be told there's a gta, resident evil, dead rising, fallout (especially), motorstorm, or metal gear on the horizon. I can dream...
So now third party should bear the burden of Sony bad business decisions?
It was about time, however until i dont see Sony taking action i wont believe them.
Im a Sony fan but they left much to be desired with the Vita.
Genius! Jesus Christ it took leadership this long to figure it out? Bunch of morons
They need more RPGs and a gta developed by rock star. Also they need to stop worrying about the gimmicky controls of the vita. There's no need to do a zorro-like swipe on the screen to cut through a piece of hanging fabric. I'd prefer games that were made for the vita and hold off on the HD REMAKES like ninja gaiden sigma plus. Vita needs a solid, original rpg!
Sony needs more studios exclusive to vita and offer third party corps. To develop their games using their exclusive devs for the vita, similar to what they do (with cod) but they need to do it in a bigger scale.
Use sony London to make a GTA vita, need for speed, use sony japon to make FF vita, resident evil, demons souls use new devs to help third party to make their ip for the vita in a cheap way without bothering them!
Why did they destroyed Zipper team?
They could have made a better COD by now for the vita, a better resistance, a battlefield 3 vita.
And also make Infamous, a real Jak 4, a Real Ratchet, God of War that has some connectivity with the real God of War 4, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts,Medievil 3, Ape Escape HD Remake, Legend of the Dragoon...
More Jrpgs or the handheld will die...
Theres plenty of JRPGs, the only problems is localization :L
Doesn't sound like a price drop. Though it seems like they would have better bundles to add to the value.
Everyone needs to remember the 16GB psp cards were almost 100 buck with tax for the 1st 18months of their life cycle, until they were getting used in many other Sony products(camera, video camera, etc) and then other companies started making them, then there price went down
Nobody wants to remember that. They wanna seem like Sony's being "mean" with the memory card prices, as if no other memory format has been expensive at launch.
Would I like for it to be cheaper? Hell yeah. I don't wanna drop a hundred to get a 32GB card.
But am I gonna whine about it every five minutes like it never happened before? Nope.
I want more games; I'm a gamer, though. I always do. I'm not stupid enough to look at the current library, however, and say there's nothing there. And I can't really understand why developers aren't jumping at the chance to develop for such a powerful handheld.
Sony's fault is continuing support of the PSP in Japan, so 3rd party devs continue to make games on it rather than the Vita. This is not the case on what happened with Nintendo, when the 3DS was announced almost all support for the DS stopped and then completely ceased after the 3DS was launched.
Sony should do the same and give incentives to 3rd party devs to make games on the Vita. The successor should not be held back by its predecessor.
PSP support fell apart when they found out how easy they are to hack. People were pirating like crazy with them and all the third party support dropped out because of it. Without the thirdparty support consoles dont survive very well.
But that is not the case in Japan where the PSP is still enjoying support from 3rd party developers. The PSP became popular because of 3rd party games from Japan, a lot of JRPGs to be precise.
Sony really needs to get those Japanese developers on the Vita because even multiplatform games are still being released on the PSP and not on the PSV in the Land of the Rising Sun.
I sense great changes for the ps vita now that Sony is recognizing 2 of its major problems, 3rd party support AND marketing. Come on Kaz you can do it!
Why is everyone always crying about the price of the vita? People drop 600-1000 dollars everyday on Ipads and no one sheads a tear but ask 250 bucks for the most advanced gaming handheld made and its like your asking people to give up their first born.
More on topic I do agree some good software is whats really going to push the vita off the shelves and they def need better advertising. However some great titles are slated to come out this year. As long as we dont get any more sloppy slapped together games like CODdeclassified and actually get some games that show the hardware off is what will get people excited to own one.
no way really sony? you realize that now? Hey here is an idea how about a battlefield on vita, mass effect, gran turismo and saints row or grand theft auto
This is how Valkyria Chronciles ended up on the damn PSP.
Vita $50 trade in at gs lol
Mine sits here running old psp games. that is about it. worst investment ever and sadly they are going to make it a ps4 buddy type system. I dont want ps4 lol so im stuck with something that as of a yr has nothing that interests me. time will tell
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Storage auctions involve risk, mainly because you don't know exactly what you are buying. Would-be buyers must bid on the entire contents of a rental unit based on a brief glimpse inside.
Here are seven tips to help avoid wasting time and money, courtesy of Storagetreasures.com.
1. Call ahead to confirm the auction. Auctions are often canceled if the owner of the merchandise shows up to pay his overdue rent.
2. Bring cash. Many storage facilities do not accept checks or credit cards. Units sell for anywhere from $25 to $1,000 or more. In Southern California, a typical price is $400.
3. Start slowly. Experts recommend watching numerous auctions before you make your first bid. Observing will give you a better sense of what units are worth.
4. Only bid on what you see. Diamonds and gold are sometimes hidden in drawers and jewelry boxes, but don't count on it.
5. Be prepared to move the goods. Facilities require that you empty out the unit right away—often within 24 hours. Have a truck available, especially if you're bidding on larger units.
6. Be an expert seller. Buying is only half of the job, arguably the least-important half. Knowing what merchandise is worth and where it is best sold is critical.
7. Watch for signs and red flags. Dust can be an indicator of valuables—someone was willing to store the unit for a long while. Brand-name boxes can be a good sign, unless there are too many of them. They might have been planted to drive up the auction price.
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at chapter 599 p.2 why all of them dont have leaf forehead protector? does it means they are not yet genin? they will attend the academy entrance exam for genin level.
from chapter 599 page 4 - 11 ---> they have now leaf head protector it means that they are genin that wants to become chunin. Kakashi passed at age 6 and obito also age 6 who failed to become a chunin. During their time if a genin failed to become a chunin at chunin exam does it mean that he will return to the academy? with these we can say that obito study again at the academy until he reach 9 and graduated. Then after 2 years he passed the chunin exam and he was 11 at that time(at page 12). After 2 years again when they are 13 at chapter 599 p.13 they plan to give kakashi a gift.
to summarize by their age;
5 years old -------> they are both studying at ninja academy and graduated
6-12 years old ---> kakashi was at chunin level ninja
6-9 years old -----> obito was sent back to academy to train and graduate
9-11 years old ---> obito wait for chunin exam and passed at age 11
after 2 years at age 13 ----> obito and kakashi do mission at kannabi bridge
so kakashi and obito have same age.
obito graduated 2 times at the academy :shrug: possible?yes


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Heath Bell: Long-tossing with greatness
Padres reliever enjoys the company of veteran pitchers
I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to pitch on the same staff with two future Hall of Famers -- Greg Maddux and Trevor Hoffman -- this season. I've gotten the opportunity to pitch with guys like Pedro Martinez, Tom Glavine and Billy Wagner in the past, but I've learned a lot from Greg and Trevor this season.
Greg, who has now moved on to the Dodgers, just knows how to pitch. He sometimes, like all of us, goes out there without his best stuff on a given day, but he knows the hitters so well and he knows their tendencies so well that it hardly matters.
I've had many conversations with Greg, and it's always neat when he points things out. It really makes me think. He's great at knowing a hitter's swing. He knows when they're going to pull the ball, when they're going to the opposite field. A pitcher can learn about that swing, and that's something he really helped me with while he was with the Padres.
Off the field, Greg's a great guy, too. Everybody knows how much he loves to golf, but he also likes to have a lot of fun when he's around his teammates. When you factor in his stature -- what he's done and for how long he has done it -- that's a great boost to any club. You might think that a veteran with his credentials might not get too involved with the young guys, but that's not the case. He will play golf with you, and he will rag you, so you better be able to take it. He's totally different than what you would normally expect of a veteran superstar.
Trevor, of course, has more than 500 saves. When he reached the 500-save plateau last year, I felt fortunate to have pitched the seventh inning of that game. That was a great honor for me. To think of a number like 500 saves really blows my mind because I didn't think anyone would reach that. People thought Lee Smith might hold that mark forever, but here came Trevor. Now, 600 is the next step, and he's within reach next year if he decides to keep going.
Off the field, Trevor is very laid-back. He enjoys the game of baseball and he enjoys competing. But he's the ultimate San Diegan who loves to hang out at the beach. I've been to his beach house, and we've played some volleyball, which he loves to do. He's also a great presence for the younger guys because he'll not only talk baseball with you, but he'll talk about life with you.
I remember one night this season we talked out in the bullpen for three straight innings, and we didn't mention baseball once. We talked about our families, mostly.
My time and work here with Trevor and Greg in San Diego this season aren't going to get me into the Hall of Fame, but I definitely think that it's made me a better pitcher. They're both very approachable, they will both have fun with you, and they will also teach you a lot. It's great that older guys look after the younger guys in baseball.
I hope to play as long as they have. That's my plan. I would love to pitch into my 40s and help some young players along the way.
Heath Bell, a native of nearby Oceanside, Calif., has pitched for the local Padres the last two years after spending his first three seasons with the Mets. He's enjoyed a solid 2008 season so far, posting a 6-5 record with a 3.09 ERA in 60 games. Last year he appeared in a career-high 81 contests and posted a 2.02 ERA, leading big league relievers in innings (93.2) and strikeouts (102).
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My teaching calendar begins each year with a focus on basic principles of growth through discipline. In fact, a recent year began with two Wednesday evenings (before a near full house) outlining the Word's wisdom, ways and joys in the discovering of 10 basic disciplines of New Testament living. "The 10 Disciplines of the Disciple" focused on the importance of each and on a pathway of application.
I believe wise leaders will not only pursue discipline in their own lives, but will also answer the call to cultivate the same grace (not laws) in others. To help point the way, let me provide a grid of the fundamental disciplines with a summary of the principle behind each point of discipleship. As you use it, consider measuring your present response, and then set your course--to teach and to live--to deepen in the power of the disciplined life.
I hope this proves a helpful "launching pad" toward putting believers "into orbit" around the Sun of Righteousness--Jesus Himself. He's the One who calls us to discipleship. And He's the One who will help us make disciples!
1. Committing to hear God's voice. Jesus said, "'My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me'" (John 10:27, NKJV).
Principle: To read and study God's Word is to lay the foundation for all understanding and growth. However, the Bible is a living Word that has not been given to us solely for information, analysis and education. God wants to speak to each one of His children, to teach and correct, to lead and direct, to keep and protect.
For this to take place vitally and ongoingly, the believer needs to learn to hear the "word" within the Word--to receive the prophetic intent of the Holy Spirit breathing truth into our hearts in order to transform our lives.
2. Living in the power of water baptism. "'Thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness'" (Matt. 3:15).
Principle: Jesus' command to all who receive His life-gift of salvation is that they be baptized in water--a call to experience a dynamic, not merely to observe a duty. To obey is a point of entrance into a river-like pathway of submission to the lordship of Christ, committing to pursue discipleship as one "dead unto sin but alive to God" through the power of the Holy Spirit.
3. Receiving the resources of the Lord's Table. "'Take, eat; this is My body ... Drink ... all of you'" (Matt. 26:26-27).
Principle: The observance of the Lord's table is a practice that frames the centerpiece of Christian faith--the cross--and a priority that focuses on the central Person of our worship, Jesus our Savior. To participate with understanding is to transcend mere tradition and to open to the present dynamic the Holy Spirit will bring where the living Word and living worship converge to release the power of Christ's presence at His table.
4. Continuing in the spirit of forgiveness. In the parable of the unforgiving servant, the master says, "'I forgave you ... Should you not also have had compassion?'" (Matt. 18:32-33).
Principle: The forgiveness of sin given freely to us in Christ through His atoning death and justifying work opens a fountainhead of grace that flows to us without measure. That same measure of graciousness is a summons to every believer, saying, "Freely you have received, freely give"--a call that cannot remain unanswered except at the expense of blockage, bondage and withering of soul.
5. Feeding on the Word of God. "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God'" (Matt. 4:4).
Principle: Persistence on a daily pathway, progressing through the Bible, though beset by distraction and schedule irregularity, is not only essential--it can be joyous! God's Word is the ever-available supernatural source for faith, wisdom, growth and freedom in Christ, and there is no substitute for its power to nurture, counsel and sustain.
6. Maintaining integrity of heart. "'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God'" (Matt. 5:8).
Principle: Contrary to the ideas of Western intellectualism, God is not known via the mind but via the heart. Our intelligence may deduce things about Him, and our minds study realities revealed by Him, but God is ultimately known in Person and in intimacy by those who seek Him with all their hearts.
Once He is met and known, advancement on the path to maturity and personal effectiveness is realized in the fullest way only as a discipline of purity and totality of heart-yieldedness, and vulnerability to the Holy Spirit is maintained in humility and childlikeness.
7. Abiding in the fullness of the Holy Spirit. "'He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water'" (John 7:38).
Principle: Nothing in the believer's life is more essential to his or her becoming a daily, fully empowered replication and representative of Jesus Christ than being and keeping filled with the Holy Spirit. From Pentecost until our Lord's return, the church's commission is to receive "power from on high," "do business till I come," "go into all the world" and to experience "the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs" (Luke 24:49; 19:13; Mark 16:15-20).
The full mandate is only possible through being baptized in the Holy Spirit (see Acts 1:5-8; 2:1-4) and continually being freshly filled with His love and power (see Rom. 5:6; Acts 4:8, 7:55, 13:52; Eph. 5:18-20).
8. Living a life of submission. "'If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me'" (Matt. 16:24).
Principle: As disciples of Jesus, we have been called to the One, "who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but ... taking the very nature of a servant ... he humbled himself and became obedient to ... even death on a cross" (Phil. 2:6-8, NIV).
The pathway of biblical surrender is not only to yield to Christ as Lord, but also to follow Him as the Servant who "did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many" (Matt. 20:28, NKJV).
9. The practice of solitude. "In the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed" (Mark 1:35).
Principle: The disciple must learn the wisdom and the habit of regularly experiencing both the private, personal presence of God and the benefit of personal time and space away from life's daily demands. Without it, life and service will become a blur, producing discouragement, distraction or defeat. With it, life is regularly being recharged with energy and spiritual dynamic.
10. Pursuing the life of a worshiper. "'The hour is coming ... when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him'" (John 4:23).
Principle: Worship is the ultimate priority of every believer, not only because God is worthy of our worship, but also because it is His designed means to arrange His entry into our personal world as well as those circumstances where His sovereign workings have placed us.
Worship is the capstone to the 10 primary disciplines because it opens the doorway to God's superintendency and supernatural presence and power as the governing influence and the purifying element in all life issues. Worship is also the pathway into prayer--the all-encompassing discipline--and is prayer's essential point of entry to the Father and of faith in His almightiness.
Prayer: The overarching discipline. It is fully intentional that prayer is not listed in the 10 basic disciplines. This is certainly not because it is optional or unimportant, but because it is so central to the actuation of all disciplines and the pursuit of all of a disciple's life that it would seem misleading to place it within the list.
Prayer in all its forms spreads out to overarch the structures of the disciplines. It is both the roof and the skylight, just as the Word of God provides the footings and the foundation. But it is different from the reading and study of God's Word in the scope of the variety of exercises available and the dimensions of depth that may be realized. Because prayer moves beyond the comprehensible at times, it opens that which is "above all that we ask or think" (Eph. 3:20).
Worship, exaltation, adoration, thanksgiving and praise join with confession, repentance, petition, supplication, intercession and warfare. Prayer in its manifold expressions forms an indescribable spectrum of wonder in our approach to, seeking of, growing in, asking of and knowing God.
Ultimately, intimacy in knowing God through prayer transcends all the possibilities of insight in discovering God through His Word. This in no way minimizes the essential wisdom of studying and growing in the Word. It is simply an honest and needed acknowledgment--the deepest knowledge of God is never acquired through the human mind but by the human spirit. Thus, prayer becomes the school where all we would know, learn, live and apply of the Lord and His ways is initiated in our lives to become incarnated in our living.
Take inventory. Begin it thoughtfully in God's presence, and grow in it prayerfully by His Spirit's power.
Jack Hayford is chancellor of The King's College and Seminary in Van Nuys, California, and author of many books, including the newly released Sharpening Your Leading Edge (www.charismahouse.com), from which this column is adapted.
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Community Board 11 approved a variance that would shift parking at the former Scobee Diner site.
The variance, which moves the parking lot to the back of the property, will improve safety, said Matt Carmody, a traffic engineer for new owner Lion Bee Equities. He said otherwise, drivers would have to back on to Northern Boulevard when leaving the popular eatery, thus holding up traffic and leading to accidents.
The variance will also convert some parking spaces in a residential zone to commercial spots. There will be 17 parking spaces in the new lot, including one handicapped space.
Scobee's shut down two years ago when restaurant owners failed to reach agreement on purchasing the 252-29 Northern Boulevard property from the landowners.
Lion Bee Equities, a Great Neck-based company, has proposed transforming the site into a CitiBank on the first floor and a dentist's office on the second.
The CitiBank would include a drive-thru ATM with a Little Neck Parkway entrance. Drivers would exit onto Northern Boulevard.
The community board's Little Neck Land Use Committee originally told the developer to bring back a plan without a drive-thru ATM. But board members said removing the ATM turned out to be a non-starter.
Residents and some board members are worried the plan will turn Little Neck Parkway into a heavily congested area.
Vivien Lenk, who lives two blocks from the site, said the current plan could pose safety risks at the busy intersection with cars coming in and out.
"It's really an accident, or many accidents, waiting to happen," she said.
The board voted 24-18 to approve the variance on June 10.


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March 5, 2009
Crepusculo: Sneak-peek of back of Twilight DVD Cover Art
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Here's a translation if anybody wants or needs (or cares :P) it:ReplyDelete
"Bella Swan has always been different. When her mother marries for the second time, Bella decides to move to live with her father in a hidden and shady town called Forks. Here she meets Edward Cullen, who iss intelligent, attractive and above all, mysterious. Edward rapidly captures Bella's attention. But a dark secret lies hidden within the Cullen family: they live apart from others, have perfect physical features, have supernatural strength, and a thirst that is difficult to slake... Bella soon discovers the terrible truth: Edward and his family are vampires. But Bella cannot fight against her feelings: she is irrevocably in love with Edward."
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - A woman who was found shot to death inside her Orange County home, while her toddler was unharmed in another room, was identified Monday by deputies.
Jorgete Acarie, 43, was found in a bedroom with multiple gunshot wounds around 5:30 a.m. Sunday. An alarm at the home at 8500 Forest Run Lane alerted authorities, who found the victim's 2-year-old son safe inside the house.
The Department of Children and Family Services was called to the home to check on the child who has been placed in protective custody.
According to records, Orange County deputies were called out to the house 56 times for domestic purposes.
Lawyer Eben Self has represented Acarie over the last few years in a legal battle between Acaria and her ex-boyfriend over child custody. Local 6 has learned that Acarie went to file a restraining order on Friday night but she got there five minutes after the police office closed.
"I really couldn't believe it, although part of me had predicted that something like this would happen," Self told Local 6. Self said Acarie told him her ex-boyfriend was becoming more violent and abusive and had tried to file the order.
'It was very very bad," Self said describing the relationship between Acarie and her ex-boyfriend. "On a scale of one to ten this is one of those that was probably in the eight range. It just was a constant every day occurrence and it had gotten very bad."
Records show there has been two restraining orders over Acarie and her ex-boyfriend. Deputies haven't released if Acarie's boyfriend is a person of interest or a suspect. They say the child is physically safe.
Harbor House of Central Florida said others in Central Florida who are faced with a similar safety concern can contact their 24-hour hotline number, 407-886-2856.
Anyone with information about the homicide is asked to call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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It would take a math wizard to calculate the precise odds of the hand fate has dealt the Costello family.
After their first child, Landon, was born with a rare and incurable breathing disorder, Mark and Brandy Costello underwent extensive genetic testing and counseling.
"I couldn't watch another child go through what Landon went through," Brandy said. Finally, doctors concluded that Landon's disability was spontaneous — meaning that it wasn't inherited — so they had a second child.
Cullen was in perfect health: "He came out 10 pounds and screaming," Brandy says.
Relieved and overjoyed, they had a third. Carter, born less than a year later, seemed healthy too.
But at two months, Carter began to flop like a rag doll. His diagnosis was devastating: a progressive, incurable neuromuscular disease. The condition is entirely unrelated to his big brother's.
Mark, a Carrollton police officer, and Brandy are young parents, not yet 30. Their day-to-day existence carries more risk, fear and sacrifice than most of us can comprehend.
Landon, now 7, has never taken a breath on his own. He has congenital central hypoventilation syndrome, which means his brain cannot signal his body to breathe. Most of the time, he depends on a ventilator attached to a tracheal tube to stay alive. His condition, complicated by a related syndrome of epilepsy and digestive dysfunction, is so rare he is one of a handful of children to survive infancy. He has already exceeded his life expectancy by several years.
"He's in uncharted territory," Brandy said.
Sweet Carter, who has the most severe known form of spinal muscular atrophy, loses his battle by a few millimeters every day. He cannot move, eat, cough or swallow. His skeleton is so brittle and thin that he has suffered several broken bones; it takes two medically trained people to change his diaper without injuring him. Like Landon, he depends on a ventilator.
Carter's life expectancy is two years. This week, he turned 19 months.
And with that sobering preamble, I have to tell you that the Costello home is a happy place.
I expected a sad, subdued, hospital-like atmosphere. Who wouldn't?
But their Plano home pulses with the energy and occasional chaos of family existence. Landon is freed from the ventilator for a few hours a day by pacemakers implanted in his diaphragm that force his lungs to function; they're powered by a battery in a small backpack.
He ran to show off his miniature monster truck collection — "I love them," he confided — while Cullen, 2, tried to wriggle in on the truck-display action, and an excited puppy raced underfoot.
And Carter, whose body is failing him, is a bright and expressive toddler. He can still smile, for now. His eyes are his main portals of communication.
He stares with interest at visitors, and with familiar joy at his parents, grandmother and brothers. He answers questions by blinking, virtually the only voluntary motor responses he has left: "Do you want a story?" No. "Do you want to watch Mickey Mouse?" Yes! He's crazy about Mickey Mouse.
This is their parents' gift: that the boys have the closest approximation to a normal childhood possible in their cruelly constrained circumstances.
It demands a lot of effort, money and hard fighting. The Costellos have never had a family vacation, and rarely travel farther than the park or supermarket. Medical emergencies are so common they have an established protocol. They call an ambulance for transport to the closest hospital for some crises. For others, they drive directly to the specialized care available at Children's Medical Center in Dallas.
The home — one level, no carpeting, with a special room built to hold medical supplies — includes Mark, Brandy, the three boys and Mark's mom, Evelyn. There's a full-time day nurse, and another at night. Various therapists come and go.
Because of the infection risk, the kids are indoors 90 to 95 percent of the time. In perfect weather, they can run short errands — after loading up ventilator carts, compressed oxygen, emergency supplies and wheelchairs in the family's overburdened minivan.
Recently — after yet another hard-won insurance battle — the family was able to purchase a special motorized wheelchair for Carter that keeps him at an optimal angle for breathing while stabilizing his compromised bones and muscles. It weighs 400 pounds and has a footprint about the size of a twin bed. It won't fit, with everything else the family requires, inside any passenger vehicle on the market.
The Costello Family Dream Vehicle is a commercial delivery truck, the type used by UPS. Outfitted for their highly specialized needs, the cost would run between $84,000 and $87,000.
Their insurance carriers wouldn't even read the letters from the boys' neurologist and orthopedist saying the truck is a medical necessity if they are ever going to take a vacation, visit relatives, or take in a Rangers game. (Mark, a college pitcher, once tried out for the Cincinnati Reds).
So the Carrollton Police Department — which numbers only about 160 members — is working to raise funds. A website — gofundme.com /22hs5k — has, incredibly, raised about $32,000 in a few weeks.
"Mark's our brother," said CPD narcotics Sgt. Mike Losack. "He's our co-worker, and he needs our help."
Losack said many department members never realized the extent of the Costello boys' disabilities. Even in his own family, Mark is famously quiet — Brandy does most of the talking — and he says even less on the job, where he works night patrol.
"Mark won't tell you they need something," Losack said. "He's not refusing it, but he's not going to ask."
The extended police family, Losack said, wants badly to help. Last year, when Carter and Landon spent more than a month in the hospital, officers and their spouses brought meals, offered company, ran errands. They have asked their own churches to help with the truck fund.
The Costello family, Losack said, "goes through more trials in a day than most of us do in a lifetime.
"There's not a single one of us that can solve this for them," he said. "But we want to help."
I know what he means. Visiting the Costellos was a privilege, a firsthand look at what the powerful alchemy of love and determination can accomplish.
Mark and Brandy are smart people. They know the prognosis for their two sick sons is poor.
"We hope and we pray," Brandy said. "And as long as my kids show me they're happy, then we're doing something right."


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They come in the shape of cup cakes, which again adds to the funness of this little gift! why not add a little sparkle to someones life... weather young or old, add a little funness into someones life! they will love this gift, which is only inhanced by the fact that this little cup cake lip gloss is the fact that its dirt cheep! so go ahead, dig deep and make somes smile today!
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Naughty But Nice lipglosses are cute novelty lipglosses available from such varied places as Play and Debenhams. I actually received a set for Christmas from my dad's cousin: I was really impressed with his choice of present as he's a middle-aged batchelor with no children! My lipglosses came in a pretty little plastic box designed to look like a girly basket. On the bottom of the box there is a list of ingredients, which is slightly different for each lipgloss so I won't list them all here. The glosses have a shelf life of 24 months and each one is 1.6g. The product is made by Natural Products Ltd, and there is a website: www.npw.co.uk. A pack of 4 glosses costs around £5.
My pack contained 4 little glosses, each in the shape of a cupcake: raspberry cream tart, strawberry cream tart, cream tart and chocolate cream puff. The first and the last are brown and smell vaguely of chocolate, the middle two smell slightly of vanilla. You get a really small amount of gloss - you are definitely paying for the packaging here.
So far, I have used up the chocolate cream puff and have moved on to the cream puff. The gloss itself isn't that bad. It is fairly easy to get out of the pot, and quite sticky, but the stickyness is what helps keep it on your lips, so it lasts quite a while. It actually feels fairly moisturising, though not to the extent of Vaseline or 'proper' lip balm like Carmex or Lush.
I keep these little pots in my room as I prefer to use them in the flat, saving my proper lip balm for use outside when my lips are at risk of being chapped. I don't think these are a substitute for 'real' lip balm, but they're great for a novelty gift. I think they are especially good for teenagers or children: they are suitable for ages 3 and up. I think little girls would love these, perhaps in a Christmas stocking!
I've washed out the case of the lip balm I've used up. I'm sure I can find a use for it - it would be such a shame to throw it away. It would make an ideal storage pot for, erm, one earring, a tablet, or an emergency Smartie...
These cupcake lip glosses are absolutely adorable, but its whats inside which really counts. The size of the cakes really does not resemble the amount inside. They aren't particularly good quality either as they dont tend to stay on your lips for long, i believe your much better off with Vaseline or a chap stick, but obviously the novelty factor does not have to same effect than if you bought the 'naughty but nice lip gloss set'. There is a certain age limit to these though, i'd only recommend buying these for girls up to the age of around 14, when novelty is all they are after. However any older and i doubt they would appreciate these. They are perfect for stocking fillers, small birthday presents and for showing off to your friends but at the end of the day your only really paying for the cake packaging rather than the substance.
This is possibly the best Secret Santa present I've ever received! Was given a pack of 4 different 'cupcakes' but my favourite has to be the chocolate one with the sprinkles on top. It's a clear gloss with a little bit of sparkle in it to make your lips really shiny. I also really liked the smell although it doesn't linger for very long. The only problem I had with these is that I found them quite difficult to get the product out of, I had to dip my baby finger in to get a good amount out. Maybe my fingertips are just too fat? :(
The gloss stays put for a reasonable amount of time as long as you don't eat or drink otherwise I've found it does come off quite easily which is disappointing.
Overall I really like these cupcakes and they look lovely in my make-up bag which has led to lots of random ladies in bathrooms asking me where I got them!
Me and my friends did secret santa last christmas and I recieved the little box of 4 lip glosses, I aren't sure if you can buy them in a set bigger than 4 but I know you can get them individually, I think they are a nice little gift idea.
The container: The look of the container is the best bit about this product and they are a good novelty gift! However, it's near impossible to open it just with your fingers you need to get your nail under to pop it up, as the container is hinged you don't risk the lid flying off though so I suppose it's a good idea and I know i can just chuck it in my bag without being worried about everything getting glossy. They certainly do look good enough to eat! I got 2 plain cupcakes with a strawberry on top and some pink swirly stuff on the other and 2 chocolate cupcakes one with multi- coloured sprinkles and the other one with cream and a rasberry, which I thought was a good combination. I will say that even from the outside they are very small! They definately look bigger on the pictures and if I had personally bought this off the internet I would of been dissappointed. They do look very nice though!
Price: I aren't sure where mine were from but I've seen the set of 4 on play.com for £4.99 which is quite good as you don't have to pay P&P from them either so a great little stocking filler. They also have them on amazon but with P&P the price goes up and they aren't really worth it, £4.99 is about right if not a little over- priced. I have seen a few on counters in shops where it's about £1.99 for 1 which is expensive compared to the box of 4.
Lip Gloss: The only thing I can liken this lip gloss to is the type you find in a little girl's first make- up set. It is very sticky, on your lips and hands. so you have to wash your hands after putting it on, not good if you just want a quick gloss refresh, the good thing about this though is that it does stay on your lips for quite a long time. I didn't think they smelt of different cupcakes but they are meant to, they did smell quite sweet but very synthetic. The 4 lip glosses have different colours but this goes to clear when spread on your lips so you can hardly tell there is any colour and this is a little disappointing.
Overall: I would definately recommend this for a little gift, the product does seem like it is intended for younger girls but the name "Naughty but Nice" doesn't really show that they are. The lip gloss isn't very high quality but it's a nice little novelty and they have definately concentrated more on the outside than the inside. They are nice to look at though and people often tell me how cute they think they look, only worth the money if you pay less than a fiver!
The first thing i noticed about these lipglosses was how utterly adorable they are! And.. How absolutely tiny they are. The cupcake theme must be there to distract how little product there actually is inside the gorgeous little tub. They weigh 4g each and measure at around a shockingly tiny 3cm in diameter!
There are 4 scents; Cream tart, Strawberry cream, Raspberry cream and Chocolate tart. The packs available have one of each scent in, which each has a different 'cupcake' topping to identify them. I love how they are so miniature that they fit into your pockets, never mind your bag, but i would like more product for the money!
To be honest, i haven't seen them anywhere in stores but if anywhere it'd probably be Superdrug or Boots. I bought mine from Play.com, a pack of four lip glosses for a fiver! It'd be worth the money if they were larger packs, but i think we are probably paying for the decoration.
They are lovely for a novelty item, but not for people with an addiction to using lip glosses every day!
I brought this as a present for my daughter as her friend has a couple and she really liked the look of them. She is 13.
They came in a set of 4 which I got from Play.com for £6 which I thought was Ok because a standard lipgloss is about £3.
When they arrived I was surprised at how small they were - a little larger than a 10p piece. They are very cute though, each one made to look like a tiny little cup cake. Each lip gloss was wrapped seperatly so could be given as presents individually, but as they came so nicely gift boxed I decided not to split them.
Howver, they are not particularly gloosy or very long lasting.My daughter carries them in her pocket when she goes out and uses them as a lip balm rather than a gloss. She has to reapply them regularly as they sink into her lips very quickly. At most, the only benefit is that they keep her lips hydrated and protected for short periods of time. An expensive lip balm! They might look pretty, but in reality they are pretty useless at the job they were designed for!
I've read a couple of reviews on here about this Naughty But Nice lipgloss so when I noticed a pack of 4 on play.com for £4.99 I decided to use part of a voucher for them because they look so cute.
When they arrived I was surprised at how small they are, they look nice in a clear plastic box and I reckon they'd make a nice present especially for a young girl. They are all shaped like different cupcakes, I don't know if each box is the same but mine had one that looked like a chocolate cupcake with a cherry on top, one had pink icing and sprinkles, one had light purple icing and what looks like a purple coffee bean and the other had like a swirly pink top. Cute is the only word for them! lol
The lip gloss inside them isn't very good and has got a very cheap feel to it, it deffo goes best over lipstick because then it uses the colour to help make your lips glossy. If you use it on bare lips the gloss will be there when you first apply it but it disappears quickly.
This is a novelty item that doesn't work.... but I don't care because they look so good. I've lined them up on my make up shelf and use them now and again but I'm never impressed with them, it's just mega cheap lipgloss in a wicked looking pot! The lipgloss has got quite a nice texture, like I said it's got a cheap feel to it but isn't majorly greasy or heavy like I thought it would be.
I gave my sister 2 of them and she loves them, she thinks she's the business with her little pot of lipgloss that looks like a cupcake and hasn't noticed that by the time she leaves the house it's faded! lol
Recommended..... for looking so cute but NOT for the quality of the lipgloss!
How cute are these? Obviously, If you have a sweet tooth, these attract the eye. ideal for your bedroom cabinet, and perfect for showing off, these look like a great buy, and you wouldn't be wrong.
These flip open to reveal lip tints that come out in various shades, more on that later. Scent wise- expect an old school sweet shop, saccharine and enough of the scent of tate and lyle to send an ant into a coma.
As a word of warning, if your expecting the best of both worlds, cute packaging and a product that works, then this may not be the best bet.
These look fab, open easily and contain a fair amount of lipgloss, so they do last a fair am ount of time. Get them for christmas and your likely to still be applying long into April.
However the colours are a little insipid, in otherwords, they don't stain enough to last a very long time.
It's hard to review a taste, but if you've ever swallowed cheap lipgloss, it does have a strange plasticy tang.
These have the same. A bit like kiddy lipgloss, or a free lipstick in Shout magazine. A bit cheap, vinyl like, and not enough for a day of looking kissable, mores the pity.
They smell good to me, but then I need a product to have 99999.9999% sugar content to appeal.
Smell wise- yummy.
Looks- 10/10
Longevity- 10/10
Taste- c'mon, we all swallow it somehow- just as eyes gobble up eyeliner- 7/10
Stain and colour- 4/10
Looks and not much in the way of brains, these make a cute gift, but I wouldn't seek them out for myself.
For the first time ever I had a job for Christmas just gone so that means I had to go through my first ever "Secret Santa" task. Now I don't really know anything about the girl I was given to buy for but I figured you cant go wrong with an item of make-up or bath salts or something lol. Now we were given a £5 limit because I assume people are broke so I thought it would be really hard to find a nice gift for a fiver or less. But that's when my mom found these and suggested that I bought these for my colleague and because they looked so pretty I bought myself a set to.
Cost & Availability:
I paid exactly £5 for these from play.com so I thought that was a great price for these cute cupcakes. I think these can be purchased on other sites like amazon but they are a lot more expensive due to postage costs so play is your best bet.
The Packaging:
First let me say OMG. These little cupcakes are sooo much smaller in real life than they appear to be on online images. Each cake is around the size of a 10p coin so they are proper tiny. I started worrying at this point that the girl I had bought them for would think I was a cheapskate but I set those worries aside because they are so pretty.
I personally got the set that contains 4 "cupcakes" but I think you can get sets with more in them. The four cakes were all in very different styles: a pale coloured one with a strawberry on the top, a chocolate cake with a raspberry on the top, another chocolate cake with a swirl of cream in the middle & another paler cake with red and white swirls on the top. These look good enough to eat and are really cute so I think a great stocking filler for a daughter or sister or any woman in your life that likes cute, girly gifts.
The Lip Gloss:
Now Ive read that all these different glosses are meant to have a different smell e.g one will smell like chocolate and one will smell of toffee. But when I came to smell them I couldn't really detect any distinctive smell they just smelt quite synthetic and all of them smelt exactly the same.
Putting the lip gloss on was pretty easy (opening the "cake" was a lot harder though, they have gone for design over ease thats for sure.) I found I didnt need a lot to cover my whole lips and it felt quite moisturising and soft when I applied it. This gloss doesnt have any of that horrible greasy texture but it does give you lips a nice, clear shimmer.
I found this gloss which is actually more like a lip balm in my opinion lasted on my lips for around 4 hours which I thought was pretty good so no complaints there from me.
I was disappointed that they all smelt the same and all transferred onto your lips clear because I was hoping they would all give me a slightly different look, but sadly that didnt happen.
Did She Like It?
Luckily she did. I was worried that because they were so tiny I would look like a cheapskate but their cute design and packaging made them a huge hit. The funny thing is whoever my secret Santa was bought me exactly the same thing so they are clearly a big hit with the female population. =]
Overall Opinion:
The makers of these "glosses" have certainly concentrated on the design more than anything else. They are worth buying for the packaging alone but anyone who is expecting these glosses to heal dry lips or make your lips more plumped up are going to be disappointed because they will not do that. They are a nice little gift for someone for their birthday or Christmas but I wont be rushing out to re-stock up on mine when they run out because they aren't really that special.
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I adore all things in cute packaging and waste a lot of money on them! These caught my eye immediately and the first thought that came in to my head was what great little extras as birthday gifts! Cute little lip glosses in huge but cute packaging. I proceeded to save the rest but use one just to see what the actual product (the lip gloss!) not the packaging was like. Cheap is not the word!- but then I had to admit that this product is all about the packaging- I still keep mine in my bag just for the cute factor rather than because I actually use it as a product. They have put a smile on everyone's faces and although not practical are a fun item. I'd advise anyone looking to buy these to gift them and see the smiles! Nobody I've given them to has had anything bad to say about them and neither do I! Just don't expect a fabulous lip gloss though seriously! The balm itself can be drying and doesn't actually do much for the lips, it does have a slight chemical smell to it though which isn't very appealing. In addition, the balm is of a hard consistency and you do have to poke it a lot to get product out, so this isn't something which would last very long either.
I have a slight love of Cupcakes, there's no shame in admitting that. I'll buy almost anything if it's Cupcake shaped, or Cupcake patterned, it doesn't really take much. Which is most likely why, when Christmas 2008 came around my room was suddenly filled with all things cupcaked. One set of which, were these stupidly cute lipglosses by 'Naughty by Nice'
:: The Product ::
Naughty but Nice's Lipglosses are a typical gimmicky product. The sets of four scented lipglosses come in their own little type of cupcake to suit the scented lipgloss inside.
The Scents? Cream tart, Strawberry cream, Raspberry cream and Chocolate tart.
Although it is pretty hard to tell them a part, you just get the typical synthetic smell from each pot. The only real difference between the 4 lipglosses at the colours. You get 2 different shades of Brown, a Peach colour and a light Pink, but these are very lowly pigmented and hardly add any colour to your lips.
The product itself is a very sticky substance and feels quite stiff on your lips. A tiny pro of this is that it wears on your lips for quite some time but a bigger con is it wears just as long on the finger you used to apply it, so make sure you have tissues or hand wipes handy when you apply.
:: The (seriously cute) Packaging ::
The only really redeeming quality of this product is the packaging. All together now - Awwh!
As I mentioned above each lipgloss comes in it's own type of cupcake. These are titchy little things, measuring little over 1in high and 1in across on the widest part. They'll look seriously cute on your dresser or (like me) all lined up in a pretty row on your desk at work.
The cupcake opens at the top of the bun case, using a little push up clip to open and it's held on by a - not very sturdy - bent plastic hinge. The top of the Cupcake, although completely scrummy looking, is completely cosmetic as all the lipgloss sits in the bun case.
:: Over All ::
This is a cute idea, and after a year or so of being on the market it's still selling well, but I feel it could be so much better with a bit more time, effort, and money put into it. The lipgloss is pretty poor - the type you'd expect in a kids makeup set - and the packaging on one of the cupcakes broke as soon as I touched it. Also, although I think the cases are hand painted half of the Strawberry on my Strawberry Cream cupcake is left unpainted. I know you must be thinking 'It's just a gimmick product, and pretty cheap at that' but I've seen places selling these sets for £8 and I think it's money down the drain.
I only still have these 4 (I managed to superglue the broken one back together!) because my Boyfriend bought them for me, if I'd paid for them myself I would have binned them a long time ago.
I'd only really recommend these for little girls who are starting to get fascinated by their Mums makeup, they'll love the cupcake packaging and won't feel let down by the poor quality of lipgloss inside.
You can buy the set of 4 for £4.99 at Play.com which is the cheapest I've found online.
**This Review is also on Ciao under the same Username**
I love cupcakes. Eating them, of course, but also anything decorated with them. I have cupcake magnets on my fridge, a cupcake soap in my bathroom. I have coveted the cupcake tea towels in Primarni and the cupcake work surface savers in Lakeland . And, right now, on my desk at work, I have a cupcake lip gloss, a birthday present from my sister who understands and endorses this obsession.
The lip gloss is only small and looks like a bite-sized baby next to my other lip balm, a normal-sized tub. It is debatable whether it even is a cupcake, since by Nigella's definition its domed top marks it out as a fairy cake, really, but that's just being pedantic. There are various designs available in the set, but I have the chocolate sprinkle one whose plastic shell is moulded into a brown cupcake case with the hinged lid designed to look like a mound of dark chocolate frosting with colourful sprinkles. It looks good enough to eat though were it made to be eaten it would provide barely one bite of gooey, chocolate goodness, it's so tiny.
The design is very much about fashion over function - it is quite fiddly to get the lid to lift since it clicks down so tightly, and it does require your nails to unfasten it unless you want to graze your thumb trying to push it open. Once open, the surface area of the gloss is also small - as an adult using this you are really limited to applying it with your little finger, or with a brush (not provided) if you happen to have one lying around. The shape does have one non-aesthetic advantage though: because the lid clamps down so tightly it is a safe one to throw in a handbag without the worry that the lid will fall open and it will start to collect bottom-of-the-bag fluff. Plus, because it is such a unique shape, it's quite easy to locate in a dark bag without having to pull out every other beauty item or pen looking for a standard stick of lip balm.
Inside, there is a very small amount of lip gloss - the sort of quantity you would get in a child's toy 'beauty' set. The lip gloss has a non-descript sweet smell that is slightly synthetic and is hard to pin down except to say the one thing it doesn't smell of is chocolate. Looking at the lip gloss, I see lots of silver sparkle in between the brown paste. Luckily, this is slightly deceptive, because though it may look like that in the pot, it doesn't translate to your lips in the same way. While it has a very, very slight colour to it if you test it by rubbing it on a sheet of white paper, on your lips it disappears into a clear, colourless gloss that has just the slightest hint of glittery sparkle to it. The gloss is also quite sticky, and even after rubbing it thoroughly on your lips you have to be careful to wipe your fingers (or risk lip-glossing your keyboard). That said, it stays well on your lips because of this stickiness, and I can generally feel it for 30 minutes or so, unlike other brands which slide straight off the second you take a sip of water or even lick your lips.
This is a gag gift rather than a serious beauty product, and so I don't expect it to offer miracles. It doesn't sooth dry lips, or plump them up, or anything like that, but at the same time it doesn't make them any worse. In other words, since it makes no promises of this nature, it literally does what it says on the very pretty tin. I think it will last me a long time because it's not so good I want to use it all day every day - that's what Vaseline is for. But, it really is quite cute to look at and brightens my day when it catches my eye. As Joey in Friends once said, when the package is this pretty, nobody cares what's inside.
These lip glosses can be bought online, but I've also seen them in various small gift shops, usually near the till point. At about £1.50 they're inexpensive and just the right size for a stocking filler or something to put in a cracker if you make your own. I wouldn't pay any more for one, especially since I use mine more as a desk ornament than anything else, but to give as a small gift to someone, or to treat yourself, they are really cute.
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This set is very versatile and comes with many designs to create your own projects or complement a design. I was new to this art field when I bought this strip die, so I didn't know what to expect. However, now that I've created a few projects I would recommend moving towards thinlits dies. Using these strips is very limiting - you have to crank the whole thing through even if you only want the three berries. I find thinlits more versatile than Bigz or Strip Dies because you can choose exactly what you want to cut out. Otherwise, this set products many great items, including various sizes.
Item arrived very timely, well packaged and exactly what I expected.
Anything Tim Holtz is fantastic.
Could use in many ways.
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Virgin adoring the Child with the young St John the Baptist
BOTTICELLI, Alessandro (1447 - 1510)
Media: oil on board
Size: 86.4 cm
Acquired: 1952; Bequest; Gwendoline Davies
Accession Number: NMW A 241
Collection: The Davies Sisters Collection
Mary kneels in adoration of the infant Christ. To her right, John the Baptist stands, holding his crook and a ribbon. John the Baptist is included as the forerunner of Christ linking the Old and New Testaments and as a patron Saint of Florence. The picture's round shape – tondo - is probably derived from the shape of 'birth trays', painted plates traditionally presented to a mother after childbirth. These were frequently decorated with pictures of the Virgin. Botticelli was one of the most sought after painters in late fifteenth-century Florence. Several versions of this composition exist, including one in the National Gallery, London. Although it is of very high quality, this work was probably painted by an assistant.


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The case is led by plaintiffs Martin Vogel and Kenneth Mahoney,
who are seeking class action status. They
stated that the aforementioned plaintiffs and board members William V. Campbell, Millard S. Drexler, Arthur D. Levinson, and
Jerome B. York filed false financial statements, concealing millions in
executive perks through backdated stock grants.
Apple already acknowledged that such practices did indeed occur. It said
that there were "accounting irregularities" between 1997 and 2001,
according to a 2006 report. It acknowledged that some of the funds in question
went to Jobs, but "it was subsequently
canceled and resulted in no financial gain to the CEO."
Apple has been subject to numerous
government investigations due to its questionable accounting.
After Apple's admission in 2006, the stock price dropped 14 percent, a loss of
over $7B USD to shareholders. The
shareholders filing suit hope to regain this money from Apple.
The report in question came in December 2006.
In it, Apple said that it would be forced
to rework its financial results to include an additional non-cash
stock-based compensation expense of $84 million after tax [$105 million
pretax], including $4 million and $7 million in fiscal years 2006 and 2005,
respectively. However, despite the ongoing
irregularities, Apple said it found no irregular grants after Dec. 31, 2002.
The plaintiff's complaint weighs in at a hefty 105-pages. It basically
accuses Apple of knowing what it was doing and intentionally acting in a way
that could damage shareholders. It charges, "The defendants knew that options were not granted on the dates
that were disclosed to shareholders and falsified the company's records to
create the appearance of illegality, and thus bear direct responsibility for
their actions. Here, Jobs and the Individual
Defendants clearly appreciated the fraudulent nature of their conduct."
Jobs, a controversial figurehead of the tech industry,
has received many "instant paper profit[s]" according to the complaint. The first it says was $20,325,000 when, on Dec. 18, 2001, thanks to 7.5 million Apple shares in a stock option grant dated back to
Oct. 19, 2001. The second was an even bigger 10
million-share option grant in January 2000 resulting in $83,762,000 for Jobs. The first, it says was not even
recorded in Apple's books, while neither were disclosed to shareholders.
Apple would not comment formally on the allegations.
Owen Pell of New York law firm White & Case said the case offers up little new in the way of fraud
allegations. Most of the matters in question have already been widely
reported. The case may be a tough one for the plaintiffs, he said, as
they must prove that the drop in stock price corresponded to the admission from
"Loss causation is not necessarily obvious on
the face of the complaint in terms of the plaintiffs adequately pleading the
link between the news of Apple's income restatement and the stock drop. Apple may be able to point readily to other news, either about
the company or the market in general, that coincides with market movements,"
said Mr. Pell.
Mr. Pell added that Apple can elect either to put the suit on hold while
pending lawsuits are resolved or more likely apply to have it dismissed.
If the plaintiffs can't offer up sufficient evidence of causation, the case is
likely headed to the legal graveyard.
Gary S. Graifman, a partner in the firm of Kantrowitz, Goldhamer &
Graifman, P.C. and one of the plaintiff's attorneys, argues that his clients
have a very strong case. He stated, "I think
the timing of the drop in the stock and the [Apple] announcements would speak
for itself and demonstrate that there is causation."
Pertinent to the case is the April 2007 filing and
simultaneous settlement of U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission charges against former Apple
CFO Anderson. According to the SEC, Mr. Anderson should have noticed Apple general counsel Heinen's fraudulent backdating activity
and may have cast a blind eye to it. Mr.
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admitting or denying the allegations in the commission's complaint," agreeing to pay a $150,000 penalty,
agree to an injunction on further security law violations, and to return $3.49M
USD in stock options.
Past private efforts to sue Apple for stock options violations have been
largely fruitless. The New York City
Employees Retirement System filed a similar suit, but this May U.S. District Court Jeremy Fogel said that the group could not
sue Apple. He said they couldn't prove that Apple's actions had caused
the pension fund harm. He advised them to join a separate
stock-options lawsuit currently in progress. The results of that suit
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