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Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butters have made quite a splash in the USA, and even before it's official launch this month, there were many, many ladies talking about it's amazing formula.
The Colorburst Lip Butters come in a whopping 20 shades, and are a combination of lip balm and tinted colour. It contains mango, shea and coconut butter and is made to boost hydration in the lips. Oh and I really like the snazzy packaging!
I was sent my choice of 5 colours to test, and I went for Creamsicle, a nude light cream, Peach Parfait (as worn by Emma Stone in main visual) a warm golden peach, Cupcake a sheer baby pink, Gumdrops a blue based pink violet and Red Velvet, a deep burgundy type wine red. Just for some variation!
As mentioned earlier, the colour range is HUGE! 20 shades is a lot to pick from at launch.
I think all of the colours are quite nice. I have heard there are some quite frosty looking shades but I am really happy with my choice! It's not often a tinted balm has so many colours:
Sometimes tinted balms are too sheer – I don't think these are intensely pigmented (they're not supposed to be) but they certainly are buildable.
Here are the colours with ONE swatch only. I don't know about you but I don't like to layer on too much lip colour as I find it looks quite unnatural:
The selling of this product has to be the texture. What is the texture like? It's quite unusual and not like many others I have tried! More on that later.
Now let's have a better look at the lip swatches.
Lip Butter in Creamsicle:
This is as expected VERY nude looking, for that subtle beige lip. I have to be careful with lips like this as too much looks cakey. Otherwise it is what it says on the tin although it very much masks out whatever your natural lip colour is.
Lip Butter in Peach Parfait:
This is an interesting shade because it isn't really a peach, or what I would call a peach. It's warmer than a peach, like the skin of a hairy peach if you picked out the very darkest reddish-orange shade on it's skin. It's also infused with tons of gold micro sparkles which is very pretty. I have this on my desk and can't stop applying it!
Lip Butter in Cupcake:
This is a cool toned baby pink. It reminds me of the shades I am in to at the moment, really cool pink hues. It is quite nice, I think on the wrong day it might be a bit too light for me if I apply too much.
Lip Butter in Gumdrop:
Cupcake and Gumdrop have similarities, what I will say is that Gumdrop has more of a blue/lavender base to it and is more pigmented. It's more retro than Cupcake I guess, and I like this fun shade a lot.
Lip Butter in Red Velvet:
I felt obliged to pick something deeper and pigmented as my final choice. It didn't look like my kind of red in the tube (I like orange reds) but it works very well on and can be worn sheer or as quite a rich warm red.
The texture of these is yummy. It is buttery? Well no, because butters are a bit slimy and greasy, these aren't. They aren't firm or hard, but they aren't overly squishy. They have a slight stickiness to them, sort of a glidey feel too but it feels like a good layer is always left on your lips.
When I do lip swatches I have a feeling of dread because I know they dry my lips so much. When I swatched these; nada. Minimal disruption because they are so hydrating. They feel lovely on dry lips like mine and genuinely like a lip balm, because some tinted balms let's face it, are neither good balms or lip colours. These feel like they do both jobs very nicely.
There has been so much hype over these I wasn't sure if it was just hysteria over an average product. Whilst I'm not saying that you will die without these, they are a very very very nice product indeed. My lips are peeling off so much with this dry weather, a lip colour that leaves a nice hue and deeply moisturises too kills two birds with one stone.
Do I want moarrr colours? Yes! Greedy I know, but YES!
These are out in the US and will be released in the UK shortly – afraid I don't have a confirmed date for you.
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As I lay on the sofa yesterday morning with a wicked MS headache, sick to my stomach, vision amuck, and pain radiating from my spine, I came to an interesting observation. I had to wonder if J.K. Rowling's experience with her mother's MS might have colored (at least a bit of) her wildly successful Harry Potter series of books.
In trying to find words to describe to Caryn — a MASSIVE fancier of the Potty Boy — what I was feeling, as I lay immobilized by my status, I came to realize that what I was feeling was how some of Rowling's characters described the "Dementors of Azkaban."
"It felt as if all the happiness had gone from the world," says one semi-magical woman after a run-in with the creatures.
"It was like I'd never be cheerful again," says sidekick Ron Weasley of his first encounter with a Dementor.
That was it exactly!
Sometimes that is how multiple sclerosis can make me feel. It can be (and yesterday certainly was — to the point that I was unable to even write a couple of hundred words to post) as if I am not only being smothered with a blanket of pain or weakness or whatever symptom du jour, but also that it won't get better.
These Dementors are said to feed on our happiness. Says one of the professors teaching young Mr. Potter to defend himself from the dark arts:
"Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air around them... Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the Dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself...soulless and evil. You will be left with nothing but the worst experiences of your life."
Non-magical folk cannot see Dementors in the books, but even they can feel the depressive effects of the creatures; not unlike how those who do not have MS but live with us can feel when we are slipping under the influences of our disease.
The only thing which can exorcise these evil creatures from one's life is to draw upon the happiest thoughts we can muster and focus that positive energy on ridding them from our premises.
See the correlation yet?
Ms. Rowling knew the effects that multiple sclerosis can have on a dear family member. From under my blanket of disease yesterday, I feel as if she may have drawn upon her mother's experiences (or at least the writer's understanding of them) and created a purely evil villain.
By day's end — as I write these words — I am feeling a bit better physically. I am, however, feeling quite a lot better with yet another way to describe how multiple sclerosis can sometimes make me feel. Now I just need to remember that I will be "cheerful again," at some point, if I just give my body and mind a chance to be still and focus on the good in life.
By the way, we posted the "Unspeakable Bits" blog on MS & Sex on Valentine's Day. Have a read and leave a comment.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
Don't forget that you can also follow me via my Life With MS Facebook page and on Twitter. Check out our bi-monthly blog I'm doing for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of the United Kingdom, A Yank's Life With MS, as well as our very special new monthly blog for the National MS Society.

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David A. Utter / WebProNews: Yahoo Could Give European Search To Google
Alexander van Elsas / Alexander van Elsas's Weblog …: Big brother is watching me
Ina Fried / CNET News.com: Yahoo still searching for alternatives
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org: Yahoo's Options: Still No One
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Decision Time For Yahoo — The dust is settling on Microsoft's $31 per share offer to acquire Yahoo, and the options left open to the company are fairly well understood at this point. There will almost certainly be no White Knight or other buyout offer coming to the table - the sorry state of the debt markets is assuring that.
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The Microhoo! hoo-hah — Microsoft's controversial bid for Yahoo! — THE "last day at work" video circulated by Bill Gates is trying to be funny, but for unintentional laugh-till-you-cry comedy, there is no beating the legendary effort by Mr Gates's chief executive, Steve Ballmer.
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Cade Metz / The Register:
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Cream of mushroom soup has been a favorite of mine as long as I can remember. Of course when we were growing up it was Campbell's and it came in a can.
But even as an 8 year old I took great pride in heating my own soup, and discovered for myself how much better it was if you added milk instead of water, and how important it was to slowly add the milk while stirring so it wouldn't form clumps.
As a grown-up I still love mushroom soup, and happily make it from scratch using lots of fresh mushrooms, shallots, garlic, chicken stock and cream. Many people add a dash of sherry or nutmeg to mushroom soup.
I discovered a tip from a chef friend that just a little tarragon will help bring out the flavor of the mushrooms, so we've added a little dried tarragon to the soup base. Not everyone has this herb though, you can easily substitute thyme (or put in a dash of nutmeg).
How to make cream of mushroom soup
Our recipe calls for a couple pounds of cremini or button mushrooms. Either will do, though I think cremini (young portobello mushrooms) are a little tastier.
We also recommend adding a handful of fresh shiitake mushrooms to the soup. Even though they are more expensive than regular mushrooms, their flavor is much more intense and deepens the rich flavor of this soup.
- 4 Tbsp olive oil
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 2 pounds (900 g) cremini (or button) mushrooms, cleaned, roughly chopped or sliced 1/8-inch thick
- Small handful of shiitake mushrooms (chopped)
- 3/4 cup minced shallots (6 ounces, 170 g)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced (3 teaspoons)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3/4 teaspoon dried tarragon
- 4 cups (1 liter) chicken stock (or vegetable stock for vegetarian option)
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (more or less to taste)
1 Sauté the mushrooms: Heat olive oil on medium high heat in a 5-6 quart thick-bottomed pot. When the oil is hot, swirl in the butter. Once the butter has melted, add the mushrooms, stir to coat with the olive oil and butter.
Cook the mushrooms on medium high heat until they are lightly browned and have released most of their water, about 10 minutes.
Remove 1 cup of the cooked mushrooms from the pot and set aside (they will be added back in later).
2 Add shallots, garlic: Reduce heat to medium. Add the minced shallots and the garlic to the pot, stir to combine, cook for about a minute.
3 Add salt, tarragon, stock: Add the salt, dried tarragon, and the stock to the pot. Increase the heat to medium high, bring to a simmer and cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
4 Purée soup: Using an immersion blender or working in batches with a standing blender, purée the soup until smooth.
Then return to the pot. (If the soup is too thick for you, add some water or more stock to thin the soup to the desired level of thickness.)
5 Stir in cream and reserved mushrooms: Whisk the cream into the soup and add the black pepper. Adjust salt and pepper to taste. Stir in the reserved cooked mushrooms.


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NFL to penalize Broncos 15 yards for Mile High Salute? That's stupid
Saluting illegal? Saluting unsportsmanlike? It could soon be in the NFL (No Fun League).
The Mile High Salute is as much a part of Broncos football lore as the stadium crowd chanting "IN-COM-PLETE!" after the defense hurries a visiting quarterback into an errant throw. And the Mile High Salute, done through the years and done best by Terrell Davis, might be one of the classiest touchdown celebrations in football.
But the league wants to crack down on excessive celebrations. And saluting is on the no-no list. A Mile High Salute would be penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct. Really? Watch me and Peter Burns and Oren Lomena of Mile High Sports Radio express our "outrage" at the stupid rule.


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March 2009—As employers adjust to the increasing numbers of older workers in the workforce, they are working to make the workplace more inclusive, with equal treatment and opportunities for all aged workers. An important step in this process is the examination of all factors that are affecting older workers as they seek a place in the changing workplace. Recent studies have shown that older women workers face a particular disadvantage; older women workers face higher percentages of underemployment and "tend to live in households with lower family incomes than their male counterparts."
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Editor's note: Campbell Brown anchors CNN's "Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull" at 8 p.m. ET Mondays through Fridays. She delivered this commentary during the "Cutting through the Bull" segment of Friday night's broadcast.
CNN's Campbell Brown says Wall Street's bigwigs should realize that real Americans are bailing them out.
(CNN) -- How tone-deaf are the titans of Wall Street? It is amazing to me that many of these companies that the federal government (and that means we, the taxpayers) are bailing out right now. I still just don't get it.
I was shocked this week to hear about the big insurance company AIG sending its top executives on a $90,000 English hunting trip at the exact time that Americans are forking over $123 billion to keep that company afloat. How does this happen?
Well, AIG explained it this way: This was an annual event to thank its customers, planned long before the government bailout. So what? You couldn't cancel? The deposit was non-refundable?
What makes this so ridiculous is that AIG is a repeat offender. A couple of weeks earlier, AIG spent a small fortune, more than $440,000, on a lavish California retreat that included spa treatments and golf outings. The White House called it despicable. Watch CNN's Campbell Brown state her case »
What does it take for these guys to get it? Apparently in AIG's case, it took New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo threatening to file charges against the company and its executives. Only then did AIG see the light.
The company now says it regrets that that hunting trip wasn't canceled, and they've opted to put all their future lavish getaways on hold until the financial crisis sorts itself out.
Note to the tone-deaf Wall Street titans: This is not about you losing your vacation home or you having to give up your private jet and fly commercial. This is about real life and real people. And it's real people who are saving your skin right now. You should be so grateful.
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text: Friday, August 23, 2013 National Registry on Patient Outcomes Moves Forward APTA plans to have a national registry of physical therapy patient outcomes ready for widespread use by 2015, as health care requirements for quality reporting and outcomes reporting increasingly dictate payment for services. APTA says the registry will be an organized system to collect uniform data on patient outcomes that can offer clinical guidance to promote best practices; provide a reporting mechanism that meets regulatory requirements; generate benchmarking quality reports at the individual, clinic, regional, and national levels; and collect data to advance research, inform policy, and contribute to emerging payment models. At the same time, the data collected will demonstrate the value of physical therapist practice and its impact on patients and clients. The APTA Board of Directors at its meeting last week enthusiastically reaffirmed its stance that the national registry is a top priority. The board voted to proceed with ongoing efforts toward the registry, further clarifying its purpose, structure, and scope. Concerning the sustainability of such a huge undertaking, in terms of financial investment and time commitments by staff and members, the Board agreed that a business plan will be developed by the December 2013 board meeting based on the premise that the registry will be self-sustainable within 10 years. A new National Registry webpage includes a video dispatch that followed the board's deliberations; APTA will post updates and further information on the registry there as they become available. To view the entire discussion that led to the board's decision on the registry, and to see all of the open proceedings from the August meeting, visit APTA's livestream page, where video of the meeting is archived. Comments why reinvent the wheel if something like FOTO could be utilized? Posted by David Quint -> =FUZEF on 8/23/2013 4:33 PM Does this mean we get to document on this registry plus functional G-codes? That does not sound efficient. Posted by Richard Stout on 8/23/2013 7:18 PM I am using FOTO. It seems like FOTO is already functional and operational and that the registry would duplicate it's function. I suspect FOTO would be happy to cooperate with the APTA instead of reinventing the wheel. Also, FOTOs database would give headstart on outcomes data. For Medicare we also have G codes for outcomes. Is the concept to have mulitple systems and drown us in even more paperwork or "electronic work"? When does the priority revert to patient contact time with a PT, rather than paperwork? Are we headed for a day when aides and PTAs do treatment and PTs do evals and paperwork? Posted by Debra Layne on 8/24/2013 6:46 PM FOTO already has 5 million+ patient episodes which allows sophisticated risk-adjusted benchmarking for clinicians and providers. Public reporting of clinican outcomes are also underway. There are over 90 published peer review journal articles supporting both FOTO's clinical utility and the science behind FOTO measures. I agree with previous emails regarding APTA's national registry plan - why reinvent the wheel? Posted by Mark Werneke on 8/26/2013 7:28 AM The recent Medicare fee schedule rule outlines the role of professional societies to establish registries. APTA's primary business partner for the development of the national registry, Quintiles Outcome (Outcome Sciences), will help determine the best approach for data integration, aggregation, and compliance with government standards, but the goal is for the registry to collect data from numerous existing databases. APTA hopes to have multiple partners in this endeavor and has already had preliminary conversations with several groups, including FOTO. Posted by News Now Staff on 8/26/2013 1:39 PM Al Amato and Ben Johnson from FOTO should be on your task force for sure. Both are PT's and pioneers in this space. These guys way ahead of the curve in terms of Outcomes and Satisfaction in the space of Physical Therapy. We have been a client of FOTO for years and it is a very valuable tool. Posted by Grant Koster on 8/26/2013 4:02 PM KISS method please - Keep it Simple and Smart. Posted by Sharon Justice on 8/26/2013 6:43 PM I agree with not reinventing the wheel and using our resources wisely. What are we willing to spend on this when other outcomes tools are already up, running, and easy to use. My only other comment is I have used Foto and it isn't nearly as easy to use as weboutcomes. Take a look at its website for details and compare. It's the better wheel! Posted by David Ellis on 8/28/2013 10:12 PM


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Jacksonville awarded $450K in defense grants
Gov. Rick Scott announces military grants across state
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Gov. Rick Scott on Monday announced the 2012-13 Florida Defense Support Task Force grants totaling $2.6 million.
The grants have been awarded to 10 projects that serve to protect military installations and grow jobs and opportunities across the state, including the city of Jacksonville and the Florida 8(a) Alliance in Jacksonville.
"The military has a strong presence in Florida, which means jobs and opportunities for Florida families," Scott said. "With numerous bases across Florida, nearly 100,000 men and women who serve in active and reserve duty are living in the Sunshine State. These $2.6 million in grants will enhance relationships between Florida communities and the military to ensure we're doing the best job possible in working with our nation's armed services."
Scott said the grants will strengthen Florida's bases ahead of any potential Department of Defense realignment or closure actions, thereby protecting more than $60 billion in economic impact, and the more than 686,181 jobs that the defense industry annually brings to Florida.
The city of Jacksonville will receive two grants totaling $450,000. The funding will allow Jacksonville officials to continue protecting local military installations by constructing an explosive ordinance disposal bunker at Jacksonville Air National Guard Base and establishing a maritime research and development capability at Naval Station Mayport.
Additionally, the Florida 8(a) Alliance, based in Jacksonville, will receive $100,000 to assist veteran-owned and defense industry small businesses across Florida.
"These investments are critical to supporting military jobs and further establishing Jacksonville as a major hub for aircraft basing," Scott said. "This $450,000 investment will support the creation of a bunker for disposing of explosives, support research and development efforts and veteran-owned businesses for the Jacksonville community. No doubt, these projects make Jacksonville even more important for our nation's military."
"These grants represent a vote of confidence in the collaborative efforts between City Hall and the military and veterans community in Jacksonville," Mayor Alvin Brown said. "I'm pleased to work with Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Defense Support Task Force to enhance Jacksonville's role as one of America's great military and veteran cities. This is a remarkable opportunity not only to strengthen our part in national security, but promote jobs and economic development at both the local and state levels."
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