text:
I often find myself buying Rimmel make up products, especially when it comes to face products such as foundations and powders along with mascaras. They have some of the best quality and cheapest make up products which can be bought in most local make up shops such as boots and Superdrug. I have recently been trying their lip products out as I recently noticed I had never paid them that much attention. I was drawn towards these lipsticks as I have seen countless adverts on the tv and on signs about this lipstick. It is apparently great so I decided to try it out for myself. The cost of this lipstick is reasonable especially for the amount of product you get for your money. Unlike mac, Rimmel lipsticks are easy to afford for most people even younger people who are just beggining to wear make up. When I first began wearing make up I wore Rimmel products.
I really like this line of lipsticks despite the fact they are linked to a celebrity. I would have preferred in these were simply by Rimmel as I would be just as likely to try it out. I own two of their Kaye moss lipsticks. I am pretty sure all of their lipsticks have the same packaging like this with the slanted top with the same formulation. Kate moss has her own line for Rimmel and she had matte lipsticks which I have not tried. I tend to go for satin finish lipsticks rather than matte ones as they look more natural. These lipsticks are amazing and come in lots of different colours, I really love the variety of shades available. They have a lot of great basic, everyday pink colours and bright pinks too. They also have a bright red which is this one of course, it is a very good collection in my opinion. The reason I rated this a 3/5 is because I love the actual product and other colours available I am just not a big fan of the red one as red lipsticks do not look great on me.
I'm really not a fan of celebrity endorsement of beauty products. In fact, I am someone who would go out of my way to avoid choosing a product that has a celebrity's picture or name on the branding, so it's with some embarrassment that I admit that my current favourite lipstick is from this collection and has the name 'Kate' and a little love heart on the lid. I have, however, long been a fan of Rimmel's range of colours, and so will just have to live with the fact that they've teamed these lipsticks up with Kate Moss!
Finding a true red lipstick is harder than it should be. I've purchased many lipsticks over the years, only to find when I get home that the shade is a bit too orange, pink or brown when it's actually applied. It's amazing how much the colour can vary when you put lipstick on. I remember reading years ago that when Robert Smith of The Cure heard that his favourite red lipstick was being discontinued, he bought a whole box of lipsticks, and I can relate to that. It's a pain when you find the right shade and then can't buy it again.
My current lipstick is shade 01 in the Kate Moss Lasting Finish collection, which is a proper red. It's not too bright and has just the right intensity of colour for me. I admire those who can slick some lipstick on and get it right while hardly even looking in a mirror, but I use a lipstick brush to apply mine. To fix the lipstick in place, I apply Rimmel's Lipstick Lock on top of the colour.
Lasting Finish Lipstick is reputed to last for up to eight hours. While this could possibly be achieved if you didn't eat or drink in that time, I find that some of mine does inevitably come off on cups or glasses or when eating food. I tend to add a bit more lipstick after eating or drinking, just to repair the bits that have worn off, but all in all this is not a bad lipstick for staying in place. I also find that this lipstick doesn't 'bleed' outside of the line of your lips, which is an issue I've had with other lipsticks.
I tend to buy these two at a time, just in case they get discontinued and I have to find a new shade again. At 5.49GBP and often on special deals, this is a good value lipstick, if you can cope with the celebrity logo.
This is a great little product for its price! Lovely matte red packaging to reflect the type of lipstick. These lipsticks aren't as drying as expected. As long as you prime your lips the lipstick goes on smoothly and hides some of the lines you get without a base. The product has a nice smell, not like the crayon smell you often get from 'cheap' brands.
I bought this product in shade 101. The colour in the tube does not match your lips once on but it's still a lovely colour, like a soft barbie pink colour. I'd happily buy this product in other shades if I found somewhere that stocks enough of them. That seemed to be my only trouble. Overall a nice cheap matte lippy for those who don't want to splash out on the MAC versions!
I definatly will be trying out more from this matte collection!
I've recently found myself with a craving for red lipstick. Usually I only use lip gloss but the last time I was perusing my local Morrison's makeup aisle I found myself stood at the lipstick section surveying the different red lipsticks on offer. I'd heard of the Kate Moss collection which has been a part of Rimmel for years so I thought this would be a good place to start, assured it would be good quality. I chose 01 from the collection which is a very bright, vibrant red colour. There is also an array of other colours from pale pinks to peach to purple tones that all looked very attractive also.
The lipstick comes in a black tube with the Kate signature on the tube. It is a sleek and small design that would fit easily in your purse. The cap stays on firmly but is also easy to pull off and use. As is the case with most lipsticks you twist the base to push the lipstick upwards and I think this is also really easy to do. Coverage is excellent. The colour is vibrant across my lips and is fairly easy to apply. The angle of the lipstick is a bit steep at first so I find myself missing my actual lips from time to time and have stained around the lips a little which can be annoying as I then tend to wash it all off and start again. So long as you're being careful however, this is only a time-to-time thing and can easily be avoided. After having used it a few times this eventually went away though as the angle softened.
It stays on the lips for hours. I only ever retouch a little if I've eaten or drank something and the colour has worn off slightly, but mostly it stays very firmly in place. The red loses its vibrancy somewhat later into the day if you are planning on wearing it all day and so if you want to maintain that I would recommend a quick touch up which I tend to do also, but this is also very quick and easy and so is hardly a complaint.
Removing is a little difficult I find as it tends to stain my lips when I wipe it away. This isn't that annoying unless I then want to wear a much lighter colour on my lips as they remain a nice looking pale red after having removed. I'm sure if I were a little more vigourous and used a remover in addition this wouldn't be an issue however.
I would recommend this lipstick as it is exactly what you want from a cosmetic product. It is very bright and attractive looking, and is a nice shade of red that stays bright for a few hours. The brightness does tend to fade in my experience, but only as the day wears on and after hours of use. The price is £5.50 or around there, although I have seen it at £6.00. This is a little expensive for people such as myself who only wear makeup infrequently, but it has lasted me a long time and I have got a fair bit of usage out of it when required. I bought it from the supermarket but it also available in Boots and Superdrug and so is easy to pick up and purchase.
Kate's collaboration with Rimmel London started in 2001. In 2011 Kate created and launched, with great success, her premier Kate Moss for Rimmel lipstick range, since then followed up by a number of equally successful collections. Always bang on trend in both colour and finish, she brings to Rimmel something that only she could create.
The 1st Lipstick collection created by Kate Moss is her High intensity colour range that lasts for up to 8 hours. The formula is infused with Black Diamonds, and reflects light. It captues all the flair, edge and timelessness of Kate's unique look.
The lipstick range is avaliable in 9 different colours.
This range can be found in most chemists and supermarkets for around 6GBP. I bought my one from Boots just before Christmas and it cost me 5.49GBP
I love Rimmel as a brand and my old red lipstick had totally ran out. leading up to Christmas with many parties and family events I needed some more of my signature lippy. The one I had before was from Rimmel and it was of good quality and lasted ages so I headed straight for the Rimmel range in Boots.
I choose the Kate Moss range because I liked the deepness of the red and also the promise of 8 hours staying power. I dont like to keep reapplying all the time.
The lipstick I have is identical to the picture above. I like the feel of the tube and its thin enough to hold easily, however with it being black it is a bit of a pain in the neck to find in my handbag sometimes as it doesn't stand out!
The lipstick has a lid that clicks on, to hold it in place and you move the lipstick up and down by twisting the bottom. It moves very easily and glides up and down without sticking at all. The lipstick glides onto lips easily and at first shows a little colour but as the lipstick warms up against the skin the colour melts onto my lips nicely. It does stain the skin a little if you go too far over the lips, but not massively so its ok, I have to say when I first got the lipstick I hated the angle of the slope on the lippy and found it hard to put on my lips, but I wore down the point and after that it was a much better shape to fit my lips which made it easier and with no mistakes on my skin.
I have to say it does last a long time, especially if you blot the lips on tissue and then apply a top powder to it. It lasts many hours, I can go whole parties without reapplying. However the brightness of the red does fade, which some people would be ok with but I like a shocking bright red..... So I choose to reapply. If it was another colour I wouldn't and it would last the advertised 8 hours.
Taking it off I use a normal make up remover wipe which removes all traces of the lipstick and doesn't leave any residue or patchy colour on my lips at all.
A great lipstick, with a wide variety of colours in the range. It lives up to the promise of 8 hours wear and doesn't smudge. I like the easiness of applying the product and I think for the price its a great buy that will last me a long time. The only bad thing I can say is it keeps getting lost in my massive handbag (most girls can relate !!) but I do know that they have bought out a matte version of this range (that I plan on buying) and its a red case so will be easier to see.
Great product from Rimmel..... and maybe I will look like Kate Moss now? = P
4.5 out of 5 stars but I cant do the .5 so its a 4!
Highly recommended and I will be buying again.
Thanks for reading.
Kate Moss by Rimmel lipsticks are available from most departments stores, supermarkets and chemists so is very easy to get hold of and is usually in stock with at least a good selection of colours to chose from.
Usually available for £5-6 and has often been seen on offer in boots 3 for 2 deals do good price if you can get it in the deals .
I really liked the packaging which was probably the main reason I bought it . It was simple a Matt black tube with a glossy black inner tube, slanted lid with Kate Moss's signature down the side in a nice contrasting red colour so overall very sexy looking.
I was quite disappointed when putting this lipstick on ad it did not look the same colour on as it did in the tube . I bought a bright red 50s scarlet style colour but when I put it on it looked more pinky purple that red. It was also very dry and Matt looking which made my lips look rough and thinner and would deffinitly be no good for anyone a bit older .
The lipstick also did not last very well at all, I tried a few times trying to give it as long as possible to dry before drinking anything but even after waiting over half an hour as soon as I sipped my drink the lipstick would come straight off.
Overall I would not recommend this lipstick as it is not long lasting doesn't look good on and isn't true to the tube colour so stay away .
When Kate Moss launched her first lipstick collection in September 2011, I got a feeling these lipsticks were going to be Kate Moss' Topshop collection, over-priced and not the best designed.
When I went into a Superdrug store one day, the first thing I saw when I walked into the store was this lipstick, I had a feeling that they were going to be similar to other Rimmel London lipsticks, but with a higher price. The good thing about this lipstick collection was that there is a color for every skin tone and they have lipsticks designed for Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer. The first collection was designed for Autumn/Winter, so the first color I chose in the range was 01 which was a bold, vamp, red classic lipstick. The price was actually affordable which I was surprised by, £5.99 (but I got a little discount as I was a student at the time I bought my first one) I tried it on the next day after I bought it, and the color was unbelievable and was exactly the color that Kate Moss was advertising. The color was so bold and strong it also looked like that you were wearing lip liner as well as lipstick! The best about the 01 red Kate Moss lipstick is that it actually lasted the whole day and you didn't need to re-apply, maybe once if the color started to fade (even when it fades it still has a strong color that makes your lips stand out) This lipstick color is one lipstick that every girl should have in her handbag, it's high street price without breaking the bank, as usually with good lipsticks, sometimes you have to pay a fortune.
Shortly after I bought this one, I decided to buy another one as a treat to myself. The next one I bought from her new collection, this time it was 05 which was more of a bold pink, which is a good color of pink because it's not too tacky, neon or outstanding. The color looked really natural, again looked liked you were wearing lip liner and lipstick at the same time, but the pink wasn't as good as the red one because it's color didn't last as long, and I needed to re-apply every couple of hours to keep the color on.
I decided to buy, a third one from the collection (started to get a little addiction!) this time it was from a spring/summer collection, 19, and it was more a nude color for a natural look. It looked good when I tried a patch test on but when I tried it on my lips I was a bit disappointed of how it looked on me. I knew this color was more suitable for an olive skin toned person. I think personally the nude ones are more designed for olive/darker skin tones. But the color lasted and stayed on which was good.
Kate launched after lipstick for autumn/winter later in 2012, and I bought another red lipstick, 107 which was a darker shade to the first one I bought, this one I was disappointed by because it looked like I was going to a halloween party rather than wearing a red lipstick as every day wear, I still have 107, and I haven't used it since, maybe for a halloween party.
As said on the label, the lipsticks are long lasting finish, I couldn't say all of them were long lasting finish, I could only say that for one or two in the whole collection, but these are lipstick worth having in your make-up bag. They are great for every occasion whether you wear lipstick as everyday wear, an evening thing, if you're going out to lunch or got a date, they're brilliant. The reason why I have four in my make-up collection is that they are good, quality, lipsticks that don't break the bank (costing £5.99 each, look out for special offers in Superdrug like buy one get one half price, or three for the price of two) These are also sold in Boots for the same price, as well as various supermarkets and budget saving high store savers, where you can get these a little bit cheaper.
So you can get a super-model look without having loads of money and you still have money to buy that new outfit for that night out or hot date!
Rimmel Lipstick: The Kate Moss Collection
I was lucky enough to win a magazine competition and my prize was a new Rimmel Nail Varnish and one of the Kate Moss Lipsticks which were both matching colours being a bright red. I don't usually go for Rimmel make up but I never look a gift horse in the mouth!
The lipstick comes in a cellophane wrapper that you rip open, there is no additional boxing or information. The lipstick is quite striking being an all over matt back colour with Kate written in bright red metallic font, this is called Shade 1. The Rimmel branding is etched around the centre of the lipstick. I really like the look of this lipstick; it feels sturdy and quite compact.
There are currently around eleven shades available in the Kate Moss collection which she has designed exclusively for Rimmel. These range from pale pinks through to intense reds which she is very famous for wearing. I did not get a choice in the colour that I received but was reasonably pleased with a bright red shade as I hadn't got one in my somewhat extensive make up collection.
These lipsticks, known as 'Black Diamond' are supposed to reflect light particles like never before seen in a lipstick, creating colours beyond the traditional colour spectrum. Rimmel state that these shades capture all the flair, edge and timelessness of Kate's unique look and give you intense colour for up to 8 hours.
The Kate Moss Collection Shade 1
My lipstick colour is an intense blood red colour that is bold and passionate and actually quite daunting to put on at first for me who generally enjoys wearing bold red lipsticks. To apply you simply glide the lipstick over your lips as you would any other lipstick. The pigmentation is really good on these and so you don't need to apply too vigorously to get the colour onto your lips.
The lipstick could be a little softer in my opinion, I find it is quite firm and can pull on my lips slightly if they're feeling dry. However this can be easily solved with a little bit of Vaseline before applying which I find also grabs the colour a bit better. The colour is intense and rich and stands out really well on my lips. It is also quite shiny and shimmers nicely when it catches the light. The lipstick stays quite moisture and doesn't split or dry my lips and the stain pigmentation lasts for an age! I was very impressed with the staying power of this lipstick.
I really like this lipstick and the colours available; it has good staying power and most importantly is comfortable and moisturising to wear. I only wear this shade on nights out because of its intense colour but will definitely be trying a paler and lighter one for the office. These are widely available in Boots and Superdrug as well as some supermarkets, anywhere that sells Rimmel products basically and retail at £5.49 full price which is very good value.
I'm a sucker for a bright red lipstick and it's something that I will wear next closest to every day. I'm always on the hunt to find a budget lipstick that suits my needs: a nice colour that's long lasting. I brought Kate Moss' lipsticks upon recommendation from a friend.
The colour range for these lipsticks are one hundred percent up my street. I originally opted for shade 001 and 004 because I couldn't decide between the two, 001 was a darker red shade and 004 was a dark purple shade.
The packaging is simple and sleek, the material of the casing doesn't feel cheap and it's black in colour with "Kate" hand written on the front of the casing lid. It's exactly the right size to carry around in your handbag or clutch bag if you're going out.
The first thing that I noticed about the product was the smell, it smells like watermelons but the scent isn't too strong for it to be considered overpowering. The product was very easy to apply to my lips, it wasn't waxy or drying and I could apply the colour exactly how I wanted it to in less than thirty seconds - ideal if you're on the go.
As for the longevity of this product I was more than impressed, I would apply the lipstick just before I started work and six hours later it would still be noticeably bright with little sign of wear - amazing. It's one of those lipsticks that I'll trust to last all day on my lips and I won't have to worry about touching up throughout the day.
I buy a lot of lipsticks (about one a week) and I have never used a product completely until I used shade 001. Since these two lipsticks, I have repurchased shade 001 and also tried shade 022 which is a pinker red. I'm very happy with both of these shades, however shade 004 failed to "wow" me.
The only downside of this product is that I find that it gets onto my teeth all the time and it's more than noticeable when it does happen. I've tried all the tricks of the trade to stop this from happening but nothing has really worked for me. However, after buying shade 022 I noticed that the product didn't stick to my teeth much at all and I only seem to find this problem with shade 001.
Overall, I'd recommend this lipstick to anybody. The results are amazing every single time and it'll be a product that I'll chose to repurchase over and over again.
Firstly I love lipstick, I have way too many but still cannot resist buying more. Secondly I love Rimmel, there really high quality products for an amazing price and thirdly the Kate Moss shades are amazing so it really was a no-brainer, all I needed to decide was which one to choose first! I went for the shade '101' which is a fairly pale pink.
Rimmel is a high-street/drug store brand and it's widely available in Boots, Superdrug, supermarkets and also some smaller pharmacies stock it to. I've always found Rimmel to be affordable and good quality.
* Be Iconic - Make the Ordinary Extraordinary Sumptuously Rich Matte Colour with a sublime comfort.
* Ruby Powder enriched formula. Intense velvet colour all day!
I'm not usually a massive fan of matte lipsticks, as they normally feel very dry on my lips. However when purchasing this I didn't actually realise it was a matte lipstick I just got distracted by the pretty colours and grabbed one! The lipstick is quite firm in texture and didn't glide on as I'd hoped it would but once it was on it was very comfortable on the lips. I wouldn't go as far as to say it's moisturising but it's not dry and it really does stay on well! The finish is matte but not too matte if that makes sense. One thing I wasn't overly impressed with was the taste of the lipstick, it has a strong watermelon taste but I guess some people may like that but it wasn't great for me. The main thing is it stays put therefore you don't spend half the day reapplying it!.
Within the matte range there are 5 shades available and I love them all, I'm desperate to try 107! I just wish there were more available.
The tube is red and black which makes it stand out in my collection. It has Kate's signature on the tube. The lid clicks on nicely and doesn't come off easily in my make-up bag. I really like the packaging.
The price is just £5.49 which is very affordable and the product is very good quality and I think it's great value for money!
As you've probably guessed I'm pretty impressed with these lipsticks and definately will try it in some different shades. I just wish there were more shades available within the range.
I absolutely love trying out new lipsticks, and I love it when I find a lipstick that looks really good on and lasts well when applied. I recently started using the Rimmel Kate Moss Collection lipsticks and have bought a lovely deep red one (shade number 111) and a softer coral/orangey tone one (shade number 110) as well. I have found that they look really great on and are easily worn and am really glad that I decided to try them.
These lipsticks are really easy to apply, I find that they are really well pigmented and it does not take too much of them to colour my lips nicely. I sometimes apply these lipsticks just straight onto my lips for a darker, more fuller look. However sometimes I use my make up brush to apply them and this changes the colour and texture of them on my lips a little and makes the lipstick come out a little lighter in my opinion.
I found that these lipsticks are a great texture which makes them really easy to apply and it never really takes me too long to achieve the look that I am going for.
What I Thought
These lipsticks are pigmented really well, they look amazing on my lips and make my lips look really full and healthy. The colour that comes off this lipstick is really vibrant and looks great.
They are quite a good texture and do not dry out my lips or make them look chapped or unhealthy looking.
Sometimes, if I apply too much of this lipstick, I find it a little hard to keep it on my lips, especially if I am drinking or eating, however most of the time I have found that it has a good enough staying power compared to other lipsticks in the same price range that I have used.
There is a nice range of colours available in this lipstick, I love my deep red and soft coral ones and think that they really set of my make up and make my lips look fuller and much more pout-worthy than other lipsticks that I have tried.
Price and Availability
You can buy these lipsticks in the Rimmel counters in chemists or supermarkets, I bought mine in Boots on a 3 for 2 offer so it is a good idea to keep an eye out for these on sale. These lipsticks usually cost around £6-7 each from memory and I think that this for me was definitely money well spent.
I think that this is a fantastic lipstick with great colour pigmentation and average staying power, they are great value for money and look really vibrant and pretty on my lips. Overall I would give these lipsticks 4 out of 5 stars, and I would definitely repurchase them and recommend them.
*also on ciao under lorrainek90
Just recently I have been having a massive clear out of my make up. Anything I hadn't used in a while no matter the branding or how much it cost in the bin it went. Shabby looking bits and bobs....gone and now for once in my life I have a clean and crisp looking rather small make up bag and make up in it that I know is fresh and what I like to genuinely use.
This said though I find it hard to not buy make up especially now I'm back on the dating scene, its a kind of excuse though I am being careful with my purchases, making sure that they really are what I want and this is a lipstick that I read a fair few reviews on first prior to actually buying it in Superdrug.
I am a huge fan of matt lipsticks and my favourite of all time is Maxfactor Lipfinity to which I own a fair few of those however they can be a little drying on my lips though I do get excellent coverage but at over a tenner a time and me owning most of the colours that they have out on sale this is what led me on to looking for something else.
Everyone on the planet knows that Kate Moss is a model, successful and alot older now than a lot of models we are now familiar with of course and it seems shes been on the scene donkeys years. However as the years have passed not only is she a model but a successful collaborator not only with Rimmel but in her time with Top Shop too and she has her own line of perfumes and so on.
For a while now whenever I pop me tv on a commercial using channel there she is dolled up in Rimmel make up or in a magazine advertising the stuff so off I went to grab a bit of glamour....advertising and word of mouth really does work eh?!
In Superdrug I was greeted by the Rimmel stand and was ever so slightly disappointed at only 5 shades in this in the matt collection being available, all nice I grant you and I think that these shades would be pretty much suitable for any women of any age to wear but I would have liked a bigger range to pick from however a look on the worldwide web and on sites such as Boots, still there are only about 5-6 colours that are still in production being made however if your willing to buy older stock then you can find some other colours on sites such as Ebay.
The Packaging:
This lipstick comes in a plastic red tube with Kate written on the base of it in black, a crown engraved to the top of it (The Rimmel Branding) and to the base of it our colour is stated (in my case I went for Kiss Of Life) and contact details for Rimmel are neatly given too. Its a standard size of lipstick with an easy to remove lid and to use its twist up and down.....certainly not rocket science to use this one! Its nice enough packaging this one to be fair and looks quality rather than tacky!
Using It:
Well when you first open the lippy up you get a block of colour, angled to one side of it for ease of use. This has a very slight fruity fragrance to it which is actually rather nice and looks matt too in the tube.
My colour is a dark, rich and highly pigmented red shade, its gorgeous without being too in your face or fire engine cheap and suitable for a woman like me approaching her 40's with haste in my humble opinion!
Applying it is simple. I simply apply this straight to my lips and it comes off the block velvety smooth and sort of sets itself in place quickly. I did think that I may need a lipliner to stop it bleeding it out or to really define the shape of my lips but no, this is very simple to use and I can create good shape straight from the tube.
Although this provides a real matt finish and so really shows the colour off exceptionally well it doesn't feel drying on the lips at all, in fact I'd say it feels pretty moisturising if anything so it looks matt but doesn't feel it....yep I approve of that and it doesn't come of bad on my teeth or what I'm drinking out or eating though give someone a kiss a little does come off but still not awfully!
Once I have applied this with drinking and eating and so on I feel that I get about three hours of perfect looking wear from this, any woman will know that isn't bad going as most lipsticks do fade and remove themselves pretty quickly no matter the claims that are made, this makes none that I am aware of.
This may not have all day longevity but it is pure matt, is kind to the lips and really does give off a fab colour and I am happy that I bought this one and it even gets me compliments. I do however wish that there were a couple more colours to choose from, from within the range cos the colours available are all pretty similar being pinks and red and with one nude on offer...however nice enough they all are and I can see myself purchasing one or two more of these soon.
Available from all good chemists and supermarkets and I paid £5.49 for my tube in Superdrug though at the moment in Superdrug they are running a 3 for 2 offer on this range for a short time.
This review is also posted on Ciao under this same username.
Lipstick is something that I only ever really wear for a special occasion or if I am getting really glammed up and going somewhere sophisticated. Otherwise I normally only stick to a tinted lip balm or a coloured gloss instead as I find that a lip stick can just be a little bit heavy and ageing.
One of the better ones that I have found is the Kate Moss collection from Rimmel. I just think that not only is it a good lipstick but the colours are so modern looking that it is hard to age yourself while wearing this one.
The lipstick comes in a few different varieties of different colours which are all really nice so you should be able to find one to suit you. The colours are bold and vibrant and I have tried three different ones now from light to dark and all of them have had the same sort of vibrancy to them.
The lipstick contains black diamond particles which are supposed to reflect light to make the tones more noticeable. No one has ever said to me while wearing it that my lips are reflecting the light but I do have to say that this lipstick does seem to be a little bit more vibrant than others that I have tried.
The lipstick gives a lovely satiny sheen to my lips without making them glossy or sticky. I do find that the lipstick is really thick though so I need to be careful when applying so that I don't go overboard and end up looking too heavily made up. A little bit of blotting does wonders though and I am left with not only a gorgeous colour but also plumper looking lips.
One of the biggest reasons that I don't like lipstick too often is that I am paranoid about it bleeding and also getting on my teeth and me not noticing. This lipstick is really good for staying put and it is quite long lasting too even more so if you put on the Rimmel lipstick lock on top to stop it shifting.
If I am on a night out I can usually get away with only having to apply the lipstick once or at most twice in a night which I think is good considering most come off when drinking etc.
I also think this is really reasonably priced. I love a lipstick by Lancome and this is almost as good but is so much cheaper at only £5.49.
I bought my first ever Kate moss lipstick last month from boots and I now own three of them. I heard so much about them but never bothered too much with trying them until a month ago. I have to be honest, they are not out of the ordinary, they are just a lipstick but in comparison to some very cheap lipsticks that I have tried, this is a lot better quality and the coverage is really amazing.
The lipstick comes in a black tube with Kate moss's signature in red which looks pretty chic. The style of the packaging is definitely very high end. I own three of these lipsticks in the colors 01 which is a true red, 03 is a perfect nude and 12 which is a deep coral color. I absolutely love all of these colors because they are the perfect shades for everyday use and the color you see on the bullet is the exact color that you're going to get on your lips.
They are meant to be long lasting lipsticks and I do manage a couple of hours before I feel like I have to touch up. It starts fading slowly and after eating and drinking, it does definitely need re applying just to keep the lips looking tidy. What I love about these is that they are not completely matte nor are they glossy therefore you get the perfect balance. I would however advise a lip liner be use to avoid smudging. The texture is pretty creamy therefore the lipstick can be easily smudged. I love it and for 5 pounds and 49 pence, these lipsticks are a complete bargain. I will definitely be buying these lipsticks over and over again, the quality of them is just so good.
I own many, many lipsticks, too many some would even say yet I am still always the first to be lured into a new release or raved about product; this time it being the Kate Moss Collection for Rimmel, in particular the matte lipstick range. I tend to have a love hate relationship with many of my matte lipsticks in that I love the longevity of them and the finish of them, yet hate the way they are sometimes uncomfortable or drying to wear so I was looking forward to see whether this range by Rimmel would fair any better.
==~~Price and Availability~~==
Kate Moss currently has two different ranges of lipsticks out for Rimmel; Matte and Lasting Finish and both of these are priced at £5.49 per lipstick. I actually find this an affordable price and actually expected them to be a little more considering most 'high street' branded lipsticks now cost between £6-9 or more!
As with most Rimmel products these lipsticks are available at both Boots and Superdrug, though I have also now seen Rimmel being stocked in both larger supermarkets such as Sainsburys and Asda but also local pharmacies.
In the Matte collection there are fewer shades available (5 or 6) which I think is mainly due to the fact it is a newer collection. Nonetheless the shades in offer were all really nice and there seemed to be a shade that would suit most people due to the fact there was a soft pink, a nude, peachy colour or a dark red. From this range I opted for the colour 107 as I had heard lots of positive reviews about this particular colour and the best way I can describe this shade is a dark berry red colour, but not plummy or purple based - almost like a lighter and more wearable 'vamp' lip colour. This range comes in fairly some red packaging that I wouldn't say is anything special, but neither does is look tacky or cheap.
The long lasting range covers a lot more shades and perhaps they are slightly more wearable due to them not being matte. This range has many more nude colours that the previous, yet at the same time has a bright red and pink so again think this range would suit many different people. I was impressed with both the shades in offer from both collections and unlike in most new collections there wasn't really a 'dud' colour or one that I wouldn't opt for myself. I also found all of the shades (when swatched in the back of my hand) to be very true to that if the bullet and they all seemed to be very well pigmented. From this range I chose the classic bright red colour.
Applying the matte shade (107) was actually a lot easier than I expected, often I find matte shades a little harder to apply as the formulation isn't quite as creamy, however this formulation was indeed very creamy and almost felt moisturising. It glided across the lips almost effortlessly and because of the ease in which it took to apply this shade I made no errors which can be very unforgiving when wearing a dark, matte shade which; makes the lipstick very clean to apply. Another thing I noticed about this lipstick was the scent, I normally find lipsticks to be pretty much scent less or to have the generic lipstick smell, and however I really liked the smell of this. It is a fresh, almost bordering on fruity scent that is very pleasant and actually reminds me a little of the scent of YSL mascara! As previously stated these lipsticks are very much pigmented so I only needed to go across my lips once or twice in order for the colour to be true and opaque- I did find that when doing this the consistency of the lipsticks were a little thick, yet it was not uncomfortable just different from many matte lipsticks I have used in the past.
Applying the long lasting lipstick was slightly different in that it felt much lighter to apply and although it was still creamy and had that slightly moisturising feel to it, it seemed to resemble much more of a balm like texture than of a thick or heavy lipstick one. It again glided across my lips with extreme ease, making it very easy to apply and I actually found the way in which this lipstick applied very similar to that of a gloss or a lip balm in that it was extremely silky. Once again this lipstick was also scented very similar to that of the matte range of lipsticks which I again enjoyed, although I could not really smell it as much once it had been applied. This range of lipsticks is just as pigmented as the previous, yet the finish is slightly more sheer meaning the colour is not quite as opaque, which I think is more flattering in the colour of these lipsticks.
Although I loved the finish of both lipsticks, I have to admit I slightly preferred that of the matte lipstick which is probably also due to its staying power on the lips. The colour is a lovely rich, deep red colour which has slightly wine coloured notes in it which to some people may sound a hard colour to pull off yet because it is quite a warm colour and not too harsh it is in fact very flattering. Although when applying I found the texture slightly thick, once on it actually feels very comfortable and slightly creamy; very unlike most other matte lipsticks which can be quite drying which is why I have now begun to favour this brand of matte lipsticks over others. The longevity of this lipstick on the lips is brilliant; I found that once applied it really does stay in place and even better despite the creamy consistency it neither feathers nor smears around the edges even when not wearing a lip liner. I can easily go a whole day without needing to reapply this lipstick - though probably would apply if I wanted to continue to wear it into the evening just to make sure it is looking perfect. I find that when removing this lipstick it does leave my lips with a bit of a reddish stain, especially around the natural lip line though this really doesn't bother me too much.
Even though I stated I preferred the results of the matte lipstick that definitely does not mean to say I didn't like this one as this is definitely not the case. The red colour I chose was lovely and rich and even though it was very opaque and bold in the lips, the semi gloss like finish of the lipstick gave it an ever so slight sheerness which I actually think makes this colour even more wearable. The lipstick itself was a very vibrant colour, though I found most of the lipsticks in this range to be bold. I really liked this about this range and was pleased to see that the lipstick kept this vibrancy throughout the time I was wearing it and it did not begin to look dull. This lipstick is very comfortable to wear in the lips and is not at all drying; it actually feels very moisturising and has a very similar texture to that of a lip balm once applied. The longevity wasn't quite as good as the matte one despite the name being lasting finish, though I rarely find other finishes of lipsticks to last longer than that if a matte one. I found I could get away with around 3 hours or so wear before feeling the need to reapply, which I was still very pleased with - even more pleased to find alike the matte finish neither did this lipstick feather or smear. Despite the colour of this lipstick being a very bright red colour, I found that it did not really stain my lips at all; though to be honest it never really bothers me if lipsticks do.
Overall it is safe to say I have been very much thoroughly I impressed with these lipsticks; I love the way in which they feel comfortable to wear even for long periods of time and never have left my lips feeling or looking dry. I find these lipsticks to be very affordable and due to the fact they are very pigmented and a little goes a long way I can see them lasting me a long time. I will definitely repurchase the shades I have when they run out and am looking forward to buying more shades from both the matte and lasting finish range - especially as they are currently on 3 for 2 at Boots!
I really cannot fault these lipsticks and in my collection they are currently rivalling that of my MAC lipsticks which have been my favourites for years; the only downside is that I don't find the Rimmel packaging quite as appealing but considering they are less than half the price it doesn't bother me too much. There is no doubt as to whether I would recommend these lipsticks and for this reason I am awarding them 5 stars!


text:
Whether you're celebrating a holiday, a particular milestone or achievement, sharing sympathy, or simply saying "I'm Thinking of You," a gift from the heart can bridge any distance between you and a loved one. That's because the art of gift giving is about bringing people together. No matter what the occasion, Figi's is your home for the best gift baskets and food gifts for all your gift giving needs.
Each of our gourmet gifts features hand-selected, premium treats made with only the best ingredients. Our meat and cheese gifts include naturally aged, award winning cheeses from Wisconsin and the choicest cuts of meat. For more snacking fare, consider our nuts & snacks gifts, dried & fresh fruit, gourmet chocolates or delicious baked goods. We have gift baskets to suit every taste and baskets filled with variety for families and large groups. A gift basket is always the perfect gift!

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Wilson Center Experts
Haleh Esfandiari
Dr. Haleh Esfandiari is currently the Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. From 1995-1996, she was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Dr. Esfandiari has taught Persian language at Oxford University. She also taught Persian language, contemporary Persian literature as well as courses on the women's movement in Iran while at Princeton University from 1980 to 1994. Prior to Princeton, she served as Deputy Secretary General of the Women's Organization of Iran. She was also the Deputy Director of a cultural foundation where she was responsible for the activities of several museums and art and cultural centers. She also worked as a journalist in Iran and taught at the College of Mass Communication in Tehran.
Dr. Esfandiari is the author of Reconstructed Lives: Women and Iran's Islamic Revolution (1997), editor of Iranian Women: Past, Present and Future (1977), the co-editor of The Economic Dimensions of Middle Eastern History (1990), and of the multi-volume memoirs of the famed Iranian scholar, Ghassem Ghani. Among her other writings are chapters in the books: In the Eye of the Storm: Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran (1992), Iran at the Crossroads (2001), Middle Eastern Women on the Move (2003) and Islam and Democracy in the Middle East (2003).
Her articles have appeared in essay collections in a number of books as well as in Foreign Policy, Journal of Democracy, Princeton Papers in Near Eastern Studies, New Republic, Wilson Quarterly, Chronicle of Higher Education and Middle East Review. Her Op-Ed pieces include "Held in My Homeland" (September 2007), "Tehran's Self-Fulfilling Paranoia" (August 2009), and "My 'Rosewater': 105 dark days in an Iranian prison" (November 2014) in the Washington Post and "U.S. Hikers and Iran's Maze" (October 2010) in the Los Angeles Times. She has also written for blogs and websites such as the New York Review of Books Blog with "Iran's Harshest Sentence for an Innocent Scholar" (October 2009), "Iran's Women of War" (January 2010), "Iran's Interrupted Lives" (September 2010), "Iran's State of Fear" (March 2011), "In the Jaws of the Mullahs" (November 2011), and "Iran's Man in the Middle" (June 2013), as well as "Why Iran Freed Roxana Saberi" (May 2009) in the Daily Beast, "Misreading Tehran: The Real Impact of the Elections" (June 2010) in Foreign Policy, "Iran: The State of Fear" (April 2011) in the New York Review of Books, "The End of Illusion" in the blog of the New Republic (October 2011), "Understanding Iran's Internal Divisions" (August 2014), "ISIS's Cruelty Toward Women Gets Scant Attention" (September 2014), "Interpreting Iran's Mixed Messages" (September 2014), "ISIS Says the Quran Allows Enslaving Women. Will Clerical Leaders Respond?" (October 2014), "What's Behind the Hostility Toward Women in Iran" (October 2014), "How Iran Jails Journalists and Human Rights Lawyers" (November 2014), "Iran's Nuclear Politics and Missed Opportunities" (November 2014), "Why the Media Should Not Forget Iran's Detention of Jason Rezaian" (December 2014), "Iran's Rouhani Pushes Back" (December 2014), "U.S.-Iran Normalization? Don't Hold Your Breath" (December 2014), "How Will Women in the Middle East Fare in 2015?" (January 2015), "Condemning Terrorism is Just a First Step for Muslim States" (January 2015), "The Significance of Hard-Liners' Criticism of Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif" (February 2015), "From Khamenei, Conditions for a Deal on Iran's Nuclear Program" (February 2015), "Have the Iran Nuclear Talks Reached an Impasse?" (February 2015), "In Bahrain, Arab Spring Hopes Are Freezing Over" (February 2015), "In Iran, a Range of Reactions to Netanyahu's Speech and Nuclear Talks" (March 2015), "In Muslim Men's Protests, Support for Women's Choice About Veiling" (March 2015), "Will Museum Terrorist Attack Derail Tunisia's Transition to Democracy?" (March 2015), "A Nuclear Deal Won't Bridge the Divide Between Iran and the U.S." (March 2015), "As Iranians Welcome Nuclear Deal, Khamenei's Reaction Is Key" (April 2015), "What Will, and Won't, Help Free Jason Rezaian From Prison in Iran" (April 2015), "Iran Hard-Liners' Newest Obsession: Cohabitation" (April 2015), and "A Warning in Iran's Closed-Door Trial of Reporter Jason Rezaian" (May 2015) in blog of the Wall Street Journal, "Iran Curtails Female Education" in The Iran Primer blog (August 2012), "Breaking Taboos" in the Wilson Center's Middle East Program's Viewpoints series (November 2013), as well as pieces for the New York Times' "Room for Debate" series (August 2013, March 2014, and August 2014). Dr. Esfandiari wrote the foreword to the monograph Iran's Nuclear Chess: Calculating America's Next Moves (July 2014) by Robert S. Litwak.
Dr. Esfandiari has also edited the proceedings of conferences sponsored by the Middle East Program which include: "Women in Central Asia: A Turn of the Century Assessment" (2001), "Symposium on Palestinian Refugees" (2001), " Middle Eastern Women on the Move" (2001), "Intellectual Change and the New Generation of Iranian Intellectuals" (2001), "An Assessment of the Iranian Presidential Elections" (2002), "More Than Victims: The Role of Women in Conflict Prevention" (2002), "Winning the Peace: Women's Role in Post-Conflict Iraq" (2003), "Post-Khatami Iran" (2004), "Women, Muslim Laws and Human Rights in Nigeria" (2004), "The 'Strategic Partnership' Between India and Iran" (2004), "Political Transition in Afghanistan: The State, Islam and Civil Society" (2004), "Building a New Iraq: Women's Role in Reconstruction" (2004), "The Status of Women in the Middle East" (2005), "A Troubled Triangle: Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan" (2005), "Building a New Iraq: Ensuring Women's Rights" (2005), "Iran After the June 2005 Presidential Election" (2005), "A View from the Region: Different Perspectives on Israel's War with Lebanon's Hizbullah" (2006), "Regional Strategies for Empowering Women" (2006), "Reformist Women Thinkers in the Islamic World" (2009), "Secularism in the Muslim Diaspora" (2009), "Vanguard: Women in the Iranian Election Campaign and Protest" (2009), "The Iranian Presidential Elections: What Do They Tell Us?" (2010), "Islamic Feminism and Beyond: The New Frontier" (2010), "Iran: Turmoil at Home, Assertiveness Abroad? (2011), "Is the Arab Awakening Marginalizing Women?" (2012), and "The Arab Awakening: Is Democracy a Mirage?" (2012).
Dr. Esfandiari is the first recipient of a yearly award established in her name, the Haleh Esfandiari Award. This award was presented to Dr. Esfandiari by a group of businesswomen and activists from countries across the Middle East and North Africa region on the occasion of a conference sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center, "Women Entrepreneurs: Business and Legal Reform in the MENA Region," held in Amman, Jordan in May 2008. Her other awards include: a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant (1997); the Special American Red Cross Award (2008); the Women's Equality Award from the National Council of Women's Organizations (2008); and Miss Hall's School Woman of Distinction Award (2009). In December 2008, she became one of three first annual recipients of the Project on Middle East Democracy's "Leader for Democracy" award.
Dr. Esfandiari received her Ph.D. from the University of Vienna and holds an honorary degree from Georgetown University Law Center (2008). She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Esfandiari serves on the Board of the Peace Research Endowment and on the board of advisors for the Project on Middle East Democracy. She was featured in Parade magazine (May 2008), in O, the Oprah Winfrey magazine (November 2008), and in Vogue magazine (August 2009).
Her memoir, My Prison, My Home, based on Esfandiari's arrest by the Iranian security authorities in 2007, after which she spent 105 days in solitary confinement in Tehran's Evin Prison, was published in September 2009 by Ecco Press, an imprint of Harper Collins. The paperback edition was released in October 2010.
Ph.D., University of Vienna
Recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Grant
Major Publications
- My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran (Ecco, 2009; paperback 2010)
- "Tehran's Self-Fulfilling Paranoia" (August 2009) in the Washington Post
- "Iran's Harshest Sentence for an Innocent Scholar" (October 2009); "Iran's Women of War" (January 2010); and "Iran's Interrupted Lives" (September 2010) in NYRblog
- "Misreading Tehran: The Real Impact of the Elections" (June 2010) in Foreign Policy
- "U.S. Hikers and Iran's Maze" (October 2010) in the Los Angeles Times
- "Iran: The State of Fear" (April 2011) in the New York Review of Books


text:
Recent Comments
- obama illegal aliens social security on The American People Chose To Elect An Idiot Who Seems Hell Bent On Insulting Their Allies
- Paul Underwood on Visualize General George Patton Addressing Everyone Today….
- Senator Rand Paul Submitted an Amendment to Prohibit Attorney General Eric Holder from Continuing Operation Choke Point | One Patriot's Thoughts on Rand Paul Offers Amendment to Stop Eric Holder's Operation Choke Point
- Dusty on Visualize General George Patton Addressing Everyone Today….
- "BLUEPRINT" For Generating One Million Phone Calls To The Office Of The Speaker Of The House And The Office Of The House Oversight Committee To End The Reign Of Terror Of The HSUS! | One Patriot's Thoughts on IRS Says It Cannot Locate Lois Lerner Emails Prior To 2011
Tags2nd Amendment 10th Amendment American Revolution ammunition Arizona assault weapons ban Banning ammunition Banning magazines Big Government Bill of Rights California Clinton Administration Constitution D.C. v. Heller Democrats Department of Homeland Security District of Columbia's 1976 handgun ban Federal Reserve Firearms Freedom Global Warming Gun Control Harry Reid High Taxes Mexico military Montana Nancy Pelosi National Rifle Association Nevada New York NRA Obama Obamacare Ron Paul Second Amendment socialism socialized medicine Stimulus Bill Taxes Texas Totalitarian Government US Supreme Court Washington White House
This Company Is Not Afraid To Show Patriotism!
This entry was posted in Business, Current Events, Family, History, Liberty, Personal Freedom and tagged American Revolution, Bill of Rights, Constitution, Freedom, military. Bookmark the permalink.


text:
When a girl gets a cum load in her mouth and shares the jizz with her gf in treesome. guys who eat cum even if thier own are concidered homosexual.
After my girlfriend and her best friend took turns bobbing on my cock, i blew into one of thier mouths and they snowballed my goo.
por MtrendZ 11 de Março de 2009
when a girl gives a guy head and then plays a came of french kiss switching the cum back and forth betwwen them
yo we snow balled it last night
por johnny 135542 16 de Novembro de 2005
When a guy cums in a girls/guys mouth and then puts his balls in their mouth (teabags them) swishs the cum onto the balls (white balls->snowballs)then sucks them clean and swallows.
My girlfriend snowballed me last night. It was mind-blowing!
por Anonymus P. 07 de Abril de 2008
A variation of Cocaine, unsurprisingly spherical in shape before either being burnt and inhales or cut up and snorted.
Mr A: You got the Grand's worth of Snow?
Mr B: I've got the goods if you've got the Fabric.
Mr B: I've got the goods if you've got the Fabric.
por The G Daddy 09 de Setembro de 2003
Kissing after oral sex
"Hell no dont snow ball that back to me" said Joe Blow to Betty when she came up to kiss him
por Jude-e 04 de Dezembro de 2001
to lie your way through a situation to reach a favorable outcome.
"I really had to snow ball my way through that interview, now I'm making 6 figures a year."
por zorro1701e 04 de Fevereiro de 2009
When a man cums in someone's mouth and he spits it back into the man who cummed in his and swallows it.
We should get Kyle to jack off my cock and have him snowball it back into mine
por Tomek B 30 de Outubro de 2005


text:
Aspire Z5763
neha dey on April 28th, 2011
Acer has just revealed its latest all-in-one PC, and this time there's a 3D mixture as well. The Acer Aspire Z5763 has a 23-inch 1920 x 1080 display and uses NVIDIA 3D Vision with an integrated emitter for the active shutter glasses.
Inside options available are also quite exciting, with a choice for Intel Core i5-2400s, i5-2500s… Continue reading
Continue reading about Aspire Z5763: Acer's New All-In-One 3D Entertainment Centre


text:
Request More Information
Please complete the form below to have a Cintas representative contact you promptly about our products and services.
* denotes a required field
** We will populate your city and state from your ZIP code
Let us know what you're interested in.
Please check all that apply:
How did you hear about us?
Notify me of important news about Cintas products and special offers.
View the Cintas Privacy Policy
Contact Us
For assistance, choose a category below:
Cintas Sales
Ordering Help
Customer Service
Cintas Careers
Supplier Registration
Don't see what you need? Click here to submit your question.
Send all mail correspondence to:
Cintas Corporation PO Box 625737 Cincinnati, Ohio 45262
More than five million people go to work every day in a Cintas uniform including employees from McDonald's, W Hotels, Royal Caribbean and many more.
Boost your profits, productivity and brand image with Cintas commercial cleaning services — and improve the comfort and well-being of your customers and employees.
Cintas can service all your first aid and safety needs and keep you informed of changes in compliance issues.
Cintas partners with our customers to provide complete Fire Protection Solutions. Our comprehensive service and innovative technologies ensure code compliance, simplify tracking and provide financial value.
Each year improper document management costs businesses like yours millions of dollars in liability and lost productivity. Let Cintas help you choose the proper document shredding, imaging, and storage program.
Cintas is a national supplier of cleanroom supplies, with an extensive network of regional distribution centers and local warehouses.
Every year 9,600 workers — just like yours — suffer electrical shock and burn injuries. Prevent your workers from becoming part of those statistics with flame resistant clothing and workwear from Cintas.
Believe it or not, one very effective way to promote your brand is to put it on someone else's product. A recent survey found that 76% of people could recall a company's name after seeing it on a promotional product.
Have custom uniforms designed ― work with top designers and some of fashion's biggest names to create your custom uniform designs. Or select from our fashion-forward designs from both our stock catalog and our custom uniform design pages.
Cintas' in-house fashion design team, Sally Fourmy & Associates, will partner with you to create stylish fashions designed exclusively for your property. Cintas has access to some of the biggest names in retail fashion, including Cynthia Rowley, Michael Kors, Lori Coulter and Workstyle by Lafayette, providing you a distinct advantage when it comes to custom uniform design.
The options are unlimited and can be tailored for your budget and needs.
We have designed many specialty uniforms for various industries including hotels, cruise ships, casinos, hospitals, medical offices and restaurants, to name a few. And our design staff has created award-winning looks for some impressive clientele, including Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and more.
If you're looking for quickly purchasable designer Cintas uniforms for the Lodging, Food Service, Healthcare, Gaming and other high-profile industries, view our general catalogs.


text:
State finds big gaps in utility funds
Discrepancies are in the hundreds of millions after review of special accounts
SACRAMENTO The California Public Utilities Commission, entrusted to oversee industries that charge more than $50 billion per year to utility customers, has failed to ensure that ratepayer dollars paid into certain special funds were accurately accounted for, state officials say.
Finance officials found some funds had revenue calculations that were off by as much as 73 percent, or $189 million, and program spending off by as much as 99 percent, or $212 million. Although no correlation has been proven, lawmakers worry that the faulty budget projections have contributed to recent rate increases.
The review covered 14 commission funds that collect surcharges on gas, electric and telephone bills. The money goes to subsidize low-income customers and for telephone services for the elderly, deaf and disabled.
After state parks officials were found to be hiding millions of dollars in special funds, Gov. Jerry Brown ordered his finance team to review all of the state's more than 500 special funds. The Department of Finance probe uncovered discrepancies of more than $1 million in half of the special funds administered by the Public Utilities Commission.
Auditors said they found "significant weaknesses within CPUC's budget operations which compromise its ability to prepare and present reliable and accurate budget information."
The audit described ineffective management over budget functions, weak forecasting methodologies and poor budget management practices.
Assemblyman Richard Bloom said the funds may have enormous deficits or significant surpluses where ratepayers have needlessly surrendered hundreds of millions of dollars.
"But because of poor accounting practices, we're faced with a remarkable circumstance: We simply don't know," said Bloom, who chaired a recent Assembly budget subcommittee meeting on the matter.
The Santa Monica Democrat said the findings call into question the commission's ability to account for the billions of dollars in accounts funded by ratepayers for electricity procurement, energy efficiency and a new program designed by the commission to begin funding clean energy technologies.
"It's deeply troubling that an agency would have such dismal accounting and large amounts of public funds in apparent disregard of basic principles of good management," Bloom said. "Best practices in management and accounting are widely known and understood, and there can be no excuse for not employing these practices."
Given the limited scope of the finance audit, Bloom said he fears the issues uncovered have left deeper problems undiscovered.
"I hope that I am wrong," he said. "But these concerns are all the more reason why the PUC must in my view act with urgency to restore confidence in this critical agency."
PUC Executive Director Paul Clanon told lawmakers he agrees with nearly all of the findings in the audit, which he described as "painful for me to read."
Clanon said the commission's staffing levels may have been adequate a decade ago before the growth in special funds and the amount of money flowing through them. Today, that's not the case, he said.
"The few people that we've had doing the processes, which were not fully documented, have been inadequately supervised and inadequately managed, including by me," Clanon said. "Ultimately, I am the one who is responsible for the management of the commission, and for these problems, and for fixing them."


text:
Apr 25, 2008
NXT Dog Sled Team
4 comments:
I don't want to be too picky, but it is a sled dog team, not dog sled team.
I do love the robot, however.
- Apr 25, 2008, 3:46:00 AM
- 222Doc said...
Well alot of the friction is reduced going over snow and ice. I built a sled for our dogs many years back the team was a beagle(leading) a lab and wolf Hibrid and a husky. I went fairly fast and was rather dangerous as well. If a rabbit was seen soon the beagle would lead us trough the trees off trail and ended in a head on with tree or ditch. oddly the beagle and the lab were the best pullers, the husky would just go for the walk and wolf never seemed to understand why we were doing this:) great looking dogs there you made!
- Apr 25, 2008, 5:18:00 AM
- Beth S said...
Cool project. The dogs have already been modified to have tails and bark. And the sled was turned into a zamboni. :-)
- Apr 25, 2008, 7:30:00 AM
- David Levy said...
I would think that the robo dog would get better traction if it was built to lunge forward while wedging its feet on the ground between the dog's body and the sled.
A human pulling a rope in a tug of war would gain traction in a similar way.
- Apr 25, 2008, 8:10:00 AM


text:
Jet Airways always strives to improve your online experience and keeps delivering solutions that will always help you plan your trip better. We now offer you the facility of checking currency conversion rates online!
Collaborating with the prestigious xe.com, Jet Airways now allows you to compare currency conversion rates of 85 of the world's most traded currencies.
Simply key in the amount of money you want to convert and the currency you want to convert from, followed by the currency you want to convert to and click the 'Convert' button. The result will be displayed on xe.com.
By clicking the above links, you shall deem to have noted and accepted the following:
This link is to an external website i.e. 'www.xe.com' (hereinafter called the "website") owned and controlled by XE.com ("owner") and your use of the website shall be regulated by / subject to the terms and conditions of the owner of the website.
Jet Airways makes no representation or warranty of any kind, nature or description, express or implied, with respect to contents of the said website or with respect to any functionality offered, including, without limitation, any warranty of any kind or nature with respect to the accuracy or reliability of the contents, information, processes or functionalities offered on, by or through such website and hereby expressly disclaims any liability arising out of or in connection therewith or under any legal theory, including contract, tort, negligence, or for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, consequential or exemplary damages.
Your queries / claims, if any, arising out of your usage of the said website, should be directed solely to the owner of the website and Jet Airways shall not be responsible and/or liable in that regard.
© Jet Airways (India) Ltd.


text:
Rebney: Alexandre, Makovsky paid in full, Bellator will 'never' be UFC feeder | News
"I am fortunate compared to guys like @CosmoAlexandre this guy trains day and night to feed his Fam N Viacom/ spike continue to hurt him," Alvarez wrote on Twitter. "@CosmoAlexandre his story of getting shafted might be worse than mine.
"Not to mentioning how @ZachFunSize WAs bullied to take a smaller pay day than contextually agreed or just sit.after being champ."
That same day, Alexandre, who like Alvarez is represented by Florida's Authentic Sports Management, also tweeted with claims of financial despair.
"#nomoneyteam Baby !!," Alexandre wrote. "I just put what I had in my pocket . $4,00 gas .. #thankyoubjorn #Bellator."
Rebney said he was shocked Alexandre would complain, especially after fighting six times in a span of just 13 months between October 2011 and November 2012 and turning down two different opportunities to fight in one of Bellator's $100,000 tournaments.
"Cosmo Alexandre was offered a spot in the 155-pound tournament in Season 8, after his sixth fight with us, which he turned down because he said he could not make lightweight anymore," Rebney told MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps). "And then four days later he was offered a spot in our 170-pound tournament a spot that we didn't have to offer him since his contract says he fights as a lightweight which he also turned down. And remember, these are $100,000 tournaments where the first purse is $10,000 plus $10,000. And he was also offered a spot in our upcoming Season 9 170-pound tournament, which he has not gotten back to us on yet.
"To have someone who happens to be a teammate of Ed's put out a tweet like he did after the kid has fought six times six times in 18 months, an average of one fight every three months, is just wrong. And for Ed to imply that somehow we weren't treating him correctly or we weren't doing the right things for this kid? How many mixed-martial-artists do you know that fight six times in 18 months? Not many. And it's right there. It's on the websites. There's nothing about this that is opinion. He's fought six times in 18 months."
Alexandre, a former kickboxing world champion, debuted for the promotion in October 2011. According to Rebney, his promotional agreement called for six "developmental bouts" before he was to be offered a tournament slot. With those first six bouts complete as of this past November, Alexandre has since sat idle. But Rebney said his promotion has made every reasonable effort to keep the striker busy and is shocked at Alexandre's response.
"Look, if a fighter is offered one fight a year, I totally get it," Rebney said. "Tweet until your fingers pop off about how you need to make money and how people aren't treating you right. I understand that. That makes sense, and if we ever did that to a fighter, I would immediately own up to it and say, 'Man, we've got to get that kid money. That's wrong. We've got to get him a fight.
"I've gotten text messages and phone calls from 30 other fighters going, 'Man, this is awesome. I love it at Bellator. This is cool. You guys paid me a ton of money, and you put me front and center. This is awesome.' And the one guy that comes out that's under contract with us happens to managed by the same guy Ed is managed by and happens to train out of the same camp and he happens to be a guy that we've given six fights to in 18 months and made three tournament offers to. You don't have to be a Mensa student to figure out what's going on there. That's what hurts me so much."
Rebney has similar feelings toward Makovsky, who is no longer part of the promotion after dropping consecutive fights to Anthony Leone and Eduardo Dantas. In 2010, Makovsky claimed the promotion's first-ever bantamweight title with a Season 3 tournament victory and was then victorious in two non-title fights before losing to Dantas during his first attempt at defending the belt.
Prior to the Dantas fight, Makovsky signed an addendum to his promotional agreement that entitled him to $15,000 to show for his first title defense and called for $15,000 extra should he win. For each subsequent win, Makovsky was to earn a bump of $2,500 in show money, as well as $2,500 in potential win money.
However, the same agreement outlined what would happen should Makovsky lose the belt: His compensation would be governed by his original promotional agreement, which started with a pay of $7,000 to show and another $7,000 for a win.
"I've got Zach's promotional agreement, and I've also got Zach's two bout agreements," Rebney said. "Zach was contractually required to make $15,000 and $15,000 for his Dantas fight, which he made. He then lost to Dantas. We tried to get him a fight against Anthony Leone for a comeback fight, a fight he could potentially win and get back on track. He had a contractually mandated amount he would make for the Anthony Leone fight in his promotional agreement. We paid him that exact amount. We didn't ask him to take less money for the Anthony Leone fight. He didn't win the fight. Anthony pulled off an upset, and literally we released Zach.
"I've heard people say, 'Oh, but then you tried to re-sign him for less.' No we didn't. We released him, and we haven't talked to him since. We paid him exactly what was mandated in the promotional agreement. There was a thought process of maybe releasing him after the title fight, and we said, 'No, let's try and get him back on track. Let's give him a fight he should win in his own backyard.' He didn't win it, but the amount that he was paid for that fight was exactly what was spelled out in his promotional agreement."
Rebney realizes Alvarez has gained much favor in the court of public opinion with his recent media appearances and Twitter rants. The Bellator boss said he initially preferred to remain silent but feels Alvarez's false claims forced him to speak out.
"I didn't want to have these conversations in a public forum because I don't want to be engaged in a 'he said, she said,'" Rebney said. "I don't want to be engaged in a public spat. But for a long period of time, this was just a conflict over matching, and it was what it was. Ed had an opinion, and we had an opinion. I happen to think ours is right, but regardless, that's what the conflict was. But now to completely deceive people and spread untrue facts just is not right. Somebody has to step up and say, 'Hey, wait a minute. Here's the paperwork. You're not telling the truth.' It's not right."
At this point, Rebney, Alvarez and Bellator seemed destined for a long, drawn-out court battle, and some have suggested the parties just cut ties and head in different directions. Rebney understands that sentiment but disagrees that it's the proper approach in handling the tense negotiations.
"It has gone very sour," Rebney said. "But the motivation behind it is pretty simple. We're in a very, very unique spot in terms of rarified air. We're in a spot that nobody else has ever occupied in the mixed-martial-arts space other than the UFC, and I think it needs to be made very clear we never have been and we never will be a feeder system for the UFC. We are building up champions and some of the greatest fighters in the world compete in this organization. I believe we have the greatest featherweight and the greatest lightweight in the world fighting in this organization, and soon I believe we'll have more of the nest fighters in their respective weights fighting in this organization.
"We did not get into this to be No. 2, and so the reality of this situation is that we're not simply an organization that was designed to give people an opportunity, and then ultimately they can transition to the UFC. When you sign a contract, and you get a $150,000 signing bonus, even if it's four years later, you still have to live up to the terms of that agreement. Call me old-school, but when you sign an agreement with somebody and you take a lot of money and you get paid handsomely to fight, the expectation is that you should live up to your commitments that you made in that contract. That is the point.
"I don't think the UFC would walk away from a situation where they felt that they were right, nor will we walk away from a situation where we feel that we're right. We feel it's in the best interests of the company to see this thing out."


text:
DNN Simple is a Clean and Classic Style DotNetNuke 7.0+ template designed for mobiles, tablets and desktops. It is fully responsive template, has Eight color variations in style, more then 20 Module positions and Mobile optimized slideshow & Menu.
DNN Simple is built using Solid grid system and Bootstrap framework. It's suitable for corporate, Business, Portfolio and Technology related websites.
Similar version also available for: Joomla | Concrete5
DNN Simple Features:
- Responsive HTML5 DotNetNuke template
- Solid grid system and Bootstrap framework
- Eight background colors and combinations!
- 20 Module positions and Variations
- Mobile optimized slideshow and Menu
- Default DotNetNuke extension support.
- Testimonial section
- Portfolio section
- Blog section
- Photo Gallery
- FAQ Section
- 404 and 303 Page redesign
- Shortcodes to style content
- Google Fonts support
- Google map on contact page
- Quick install
- Layered PSD file
- 960px grid system
- Social media support
- Built-in twitter feature
Update History
-Added Portfolio and Our team pages -Added Bottom to top scroller
-Changed Gallery module -Fixed copyright notice text -Changed About us page and added brochure download section -Fixed Latest work link issue
-DNN Simple V1 released


text:
Favorite Album
I am just asking what your favorite album is.
Mine are (from Favorite to least favorite)
Take a look in the mirror
Follow The Leader
But in all i love all the albums i love Take a look in the mirror because to me it is one of the heaviest Korn albums.
Issues because i love Make me bad and Falling away from me.
Untouchables because of thoughtless Wake up hate and make believe.
Follow the leader because i love BBK Dead bodies everywhere Freak on a leash its on and Got the Life
self titled because Blind Clown Divine Faget Helmet in the Bush Lies and even Daddy that song makes me want to Cry
Replies to This Posting
Re: Favorite Album
Korn and Life is Peachy
Re: Favorite Album
Easy no brainer
2.Life is Peachy
3.Take A Look In the Mirror
Re: Favorite Album
Follow The Leader
Take A Look In The Mirror
Life Is Peachy
Korn III: Remember Who You Are
The Path of Totality
See You On The Other Side
Re: Favorite Album
Follow The Leader (1998)
Issues (1999)
Life Is Peachy (1996)
Untouchables (2002)
Take A Look At The Mirror (2003)
See You On The Other Side (2005)
Chopped, Screwed, Live & Unglued (2006)
Untitled (2007)
Korn III: Remember Who You Are (2010)
It Feels Great If You Not A Celebrity, Just Creativity & Immortality...
Re: Favorite Album
Take A Look In The Mirror
Life Is Peachy
Follow The Leader
Korn III: Remember Who You Are
See You On The Other Side
The Path of Totality
Re: Favorite Album
My top 5 are:
1. Take a Look in the Mirror
2. See You on the Other Side
3. Untouchables
4. KoRn III: Remember Who You Are
5. Issues
Re: Favorite Album
My favorite has to be Untouchables and my least untitled which I like just not as much as the rest. Wish they would play thoughtless more cracking song only seen it once :(
2005 Brixton w/o Head
2006 Download w/o JD
2007 Download w/Joey Jordison
2008 Brixton w/o Munky
2008 Download JD Solo
2009 Download w/o David
2010 Ozzfest w/Ray
2010 Southampton
2012 Brixton w/JDevil
RE: Favorite Album
From favorite to least favorite:
Life is Peachy
Follow the Leader
See You On The Other Side
Korn III
The Path of Totality
Take a Look in the Mirror
Honestly though, the only album I would say I "don't like" is Untitled. Although a good album with a few awesome tracks, Take a Look in the Mirror sounds a little forced because too many songs sound similar, which is common for many artists but Korn is usually above that. Untouchables ... while I respect that lots of people adore it, I dunno. While it was awesome amounts of experimental, it almost lacks focus at times. I can't get into most of the songs even though I enjoy their musical direction. Also it's a bit over-produced.
Everything else is pretty damn awesome. I will say Follow the Leader was really tough to rate, because it has a few INCREDIBLE tracks (It's On!, Freak on a Leash, Got The Life, Dead Bodies Everywhere, B.B.K., Seed) and then several that are pretty blah. Children of the Korn? Eww. Cameltosis? Eww. Etc. I really like Pretty but it's too disturbing to listen to often.
Re: Favorite Album
In order:
Life Is Peachy
KoRn III
Follow the Leader
Take a Look in the Mirror
See You on the Other Side
Path of Totality
Re: Favorite Album
1. Korn 2. Life Is Peachy 3. Issues 4. Follow The leader 5.Untouchables 6. Korn III 7. Take A Look In The Mirror 8.The Path Of Totality(I despise See You On The Other Side and Untitled)
Re: Favorite Album
This may sound weird but, I love all of the albums equally. But, if I had to pick one it would be Follow the leader.
Does it make me bad??
Re: Favorite Album
My favorite album is korn self titled, It took me through alot of fucked up shit in my adolesent life. Every time i listen to the album it brings me back to all the good(my friends) and the bad (my family) that was in my life at the time. i wasnt molested, but i was severely physicaly and mentally abused. I thank god KORN and White Zombie was there to take the pain away. Im 28 but this music still helps me to get by in my life, it reminds me to stay strong and live for my family.....
Re: Favorite Album
1. Untouchables
2. Issues
3. Korn
4. Follow the Leader
5. Life Is Peachy
6. See You on the Other Side
7. Untitled album
8. Take a Look in the Mirror
9. Korn III: Remember Who You Are
10. The Path of Totality
Free Charles Bronson! http://thecharliebronsonappealfund.co.uk/
Re: Favorite Album
1. Untouchables
2. Issues
3. KoRn
4. Life is Peachy
5. Follow the Leader
6. The Path of Totality
7. Remember who you are
8. Take a look in the mirror
9. Untitled
10. See you on the other side
Re: Favorite Album
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Re: Favorite Album
My favourite is issues and see you on the other side.
Re: Favorite Album
Follow the Leader
Life is Peachy
Korn III
See you on the other side
Take a look in the mirror
Re: Favorite Album
Fifty-five Vernis synthetic leatherLouis vuitton singapore printed
Michael Kors outlet sequence debut may be
Michael Kors Outletvery popular: the actual Fifty-five Vernis line
Authentic Jordan shoes are Louis Vuitton pattern representative
louis vuitton outlet online Level Jakob (Marc Jacobs) released
Louis vuitton outlet the initial signed up with LV
Cheap Michael Kors patent leather-based series,
Air jordans for salehaving dazzling coloration,
MK Canada3-dimensional imprinted
Louis Vuitton Canda Outlet Monogram 55 mark practice
Cheap louis vuittonand great gem
Michael kors handbagsglossy glossy obvious
Louis Vuitton Canadaleather-based, modeling
Louis Vuitton Canda graceful manner, this
Louis vuitton singapore handbags carrier the design, run
Louis Vuitton Sale decades, has become acknowledged
Air Jordans saleby the gals favored,
Michael kors outlet online become the everlasting basic.
Louis Vuitton OutletThis kind of series of bags
Louis Vuitton Australiatend to be referred to as with the
Louis Vuitton Outletroads of latest York, such as Vernis Alma line,
Michael kors handbags outlet The big apple national factor created from
Nike Air Jordans onlineNew York small Fernando Indicate Jakob. LV Vernis compilation of
Louis vuitton Australia Outletnatural leather content force along stylish
Air jordans for salecheap vibrant
Michael kors storessurface area, color
LV Handbagslikewise used
Louis Vuitton Outletan adolescent along with full of life
Louis Vuitton Canada violent, violet,
MK handbags outletnatural, blue h2o
Discount jordan shoes in addition to m in early lactose (much like the
australia louis vuitton handbagsbag of chips ~). As well as
Stuart weitzmanblack, Vernis series
michael kors onlinegradually increase shimmer
Louis Vuitton Canada Outletwith good degree of violent
Michael Kors UKbrowned, violent along with
Michael Kors Canada violet. Lavishness buckskin, geometric collections style special, extremely smart, fold, Stewed dumplings package deal case within the years connected with common, offers a special clean sense of style. Your sales expense of about $1999 (approximately xiii 500 yuan). Neverful Line Intro: Despite the fact that Monogrammed neverful got become a block bundle, farsightedness can be common, but white colored aboard neverful Gramme or even excellent-looking, as well as graffito in addition allowed this to straightforward model is filled with brand-new strength. Buy your cash well worth. Vacation fit.
Re: Favorite Album
Untitled and See you on the Other Side.
Re: Favorite Album
Follow The Leader is where I got my first shot of Korn. Then I bought Life Is Peachy and Issues.


text:
ICD-10 UVA Home Page
The implementation of ICD-10 coding within the University of Virginia Health System is a project that will have a broad impact across the entire Health System. An interdisciplinary team has been formed to plan for the training, updates, and changes required to bring this about by the current expected start date of no earlier than October 1, 2015.
To get more information on ICD-10, use the links below to get additional details on the UVA plan, information on ICD-10 from other resources, or access the UVA ICD-10 SharePoint site (authorized users only). The is also the opportunity to ask questions of the UVA ICD-10 Team.
Helpful links


text:
Editor's note: The difference between creating a one-of-a-kind custom and bringing a concept to market can be of staggering magnitude. Such is the case for the Cavallo GT. This wild, almost completely re-bodied C5 made its first public appearance at the 1999 SEMA Show. It was to be marketed by Redline Motors L.L.C. and C5 Concepts, and offered with three levels of performance upgrades with tire and wheel packages, suspension and brake modifications, and from 400 to 500 horsepower. We were highly impressed by what we saw, ran a couple of photos of it in the March 2000 issue in our SEMA coverage, and anxiously awaited the opportunity to both test a Cavallo GT and to shoot one for a feature. Then the car and the companies it was to be marketed by seemed to disappear from the face of the Earth. Needless to say, we were both surprised and pleased to see the car reappear a few months ago under the aegis of Blue Dot Design and HBW Body Works, and then to see it in person at the NCM's 8th Anniversary Celebration over the Labor Day weekend. Nearly two years have passed, but the car still is, in our eyes, a stunning piece of work, and we were quite pleased to assign the "shoot" to longtime contributor Jerry Heasley.
While it's unmistakably a C5, the Cavallo GT is, according to designer Ken Grant, "an exercise in restraint because we wanted to take the sophistication of the C5 and bring out the raw, bold proportions of the Viper." Grant is an experienced automotive designer who worked for Ford for over 10 years. His last corporate projects were working on the '99 Mustang re-design, followed by the upcoming '02 model, two-seater Thunderbird.
Then he ventured out on his own to start an automotive aftermarket company doing "visual appearance accessories" (custom body panels). The front fascia for Ford's F-150 Harley Davidson package was one of Ken's designs.
He sold that business and started Blue Dot Design in Livonia, Michigan, with Paul Burke. Paul owned a new C5 and said, "It's the ideal car to re-body. Nothing is sonic welded."
Ken remembers, "We were wondering what to do when we grew up and decided to dive in and do something for ourselves for a change."
Both Ken and Paul think that's why this design came off so clean. They had nobody to please but themselves. Burke remembers the Vette was an impulse. "We re-clayed the whole body in about three weeks, then cast the original body from that clay."
Of the design parameters, Ken says, "We wanted to enhance the car, proportionally. The width and the fullness of the shape of the Vette is a little on the thin side, if you compare it to our Cavallo. If you put them side-by-side, the Cavallo has just got a little bit more volume. The C5 is very subtle and refined The idea was to take the C5's design elements and exaggeate them. We were restrained only by the existing lighting and the mounting points for the body panels."


text:
Buck Knives is recognized world-wide as an innovative market leader, commited to integrity, developing our people, products, and services to consistently surpass our toughest customer's expectations for uncompromising quality.
We work where we can play! After relocating from California to beautiful Post Falls, Idaho nearly 10 years ago, we are truly in God's country. We are convinced there isn't a better place to make outdoor tools such as hunting, fishing, and camping knives.
If you are interested in joining our team, fill out our online application and return to:
Buck Knives Inc.
Alicia Ray, HR Manager
660 S. Lochsa St.
Post Falls, ID 83854 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Buck Knives offers benefits to eligible employees.
We are an equal opportunity employer


text:
York Men's North American Made Competition Training Bar - YORK "Elite" Competition Bars are made from the highest grade steel with a minimum yield strength of 195,00 PSI. Competition Bars are made from elevated temperature drawn high tensile steel for maximum strength and flexibility. Bar sleeves are machine finished with needle bearings for reduced friction. Bars are calibrated to be accurate to within +0.01% and -0.05%. Sleeves are machine finished to a precise 1.975 inch diameter accommodating for any 2" diameter Olympic plate. YORK Olympic "Training" bars are made with an exclusive finish from elevated temperature drawn tensile steel for maximum strength and flexibility with a minimum yield strength of 195,000 PSI. Sintered-ferous bushings, impregnated with oil, facilitate free and constant rotation of the bar without allowing counter-rotation of the weights. Sleeves are machine-finished to a precise 1.975 inch diameter. Design for Olympic-style movements.
Shipping Included
Shipping cost included within the lower 48 states only
Ships via UPS


text: Do not use if you are pregnant, lactating or intend to become pregnant. Use only as directed. For external use only. Avoid contact with eyes. Use intended for adults 18 years of age and older. Do not exceed 2 oz. of this product topically per month. Consult a licensed health care practitioner if you experience irritation, redness or discomfort, any changes in breasts or menstrual irregularities or before using this product if you have concerns about your health or if you have a medical condition. This product contains a chemical listed by the state of California as a carcinogen.


text:
Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. Plants of this family are usually called grasses. There are about 600 genera and between 9,000–10,000 species of grasses (Kew Index of World Grass Species). Plant communities dominated by Poaceae are called grasslands; it is estimated that grasslands comprise 20% of the vegetation cover of the earth. This family is the most important of all plant families to human economies: it includes the staple food grains grown around the world, lawn and forage grasses, and bamboo, widely used for construction throughout east Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
The term "grass" is also applied to many grass-like plants not in the Poaceae, leading to plants of the Poaceae often being called "true grasses".
Poaceae have hollow stems called culms, plugged at intervals called nodes. Leaves are alternate, distichous (in one plane) or rarely spiral, parallel-veined and arise at the nodes. Each leaf is differentiated into a lower sheath hugging the stem for a distance and a blade with margin usually entire. The leaf blades of many grasses are hardened with silica phytoliths, which helps discourage grazing animals. In some grasses (such as sword grass) this makes the grass blades sharp enough to cut human skin. A membranous appendage or fringe of hairs, called the ligule, lies at the junction between sheath and blade, preventing water or insects from penetrating into the sheath.
Grass blades grow at the base of the blade and not from growing tips. This location of the grass growing point near the ground allows it to be grazed or mowed regularly without damage to the growing point.Reproduction
Flowers of Poaceae are peculiar. They are characteristically arranged in spikelets, each spikelet having one or more florets (the spikelets are further grouped into panicles or spikes). A spikelet consists of two (or sometimes fewer) bracts at the base, called glumes, followed by one or more florets. A floret consists of the flower surrounded by two bracts called the lemma (the external one) and the palea (the internal). The flowers are usually hermaphroditic (maize, monoecious, is an exception) and pollination is always anemophilous. The perianth is reduced to two scales, called lodicules, that expand and contract to spread the lemma and palea; these are generally interpreted to be modified sepals. This complex structure can be seen in the image on the left, portraying a wheat (Triticum aestivum) spike.
The fruit of Poaceae is a caryopsis.
Grass plants also spread out from a parent plant. Growth habit describes the type of shoot growth present in particular grass plants and is directly related to their ability to spread out from the parent plant and ultimately form a clonal colony. There are three general classifications of growth habit present in grasses; bunch-type, stoloniferous, and rhizomatous.
The success of the grasses lies in part in their morphology and growth processes, and in part in their physiological diversity. The grasses divide into two physiological groups, using the C3 and C4 photosynthetic pathways for carbon fixation. The C4 grasses have a photosynthetic pathway linked to specialized Kranz leaf anatomy that particularly adapts them to hot climates and an atmosphere low in carbon dioxide.
C3 grasses are refereed to as "cool season grasses" while C4 plants are considered "warm season grasses". Cool and warm season grasses can be annual or perennial.
Source for annual and perennial cool and warm season grass names (above) = http://forages.oregonstate.edu/projects/regrowth/main.cfm?PageID=33
The flowers of grass are reduced from the general monocotyledon type. The immediate ancestor of the first grass may have been a small Liliaceous plant with rhizomes and many small flowers, growing in dense patches, which adopted wind pollination to escape limitations caused by shortage of insects to pollinate the flowers.
Sugarcane is the major source of sugar production. Many other grasses are grown for forage and fodder for animal food, particularly for sheep and cattle. Some other grasses are of major importance for foliage production, thereby indirectly providing more human calories.
Grass fibre can be used for making paper, and for biofuel production.
Phragmites australis (common reed) is important in water treatment, wetland habitat preservation and land reclamation in the Old World.
Although supplanted by artificial turf in some games, grasses are still an important covering of playing surfaces in many sports, including football, tennis, golf, cricket, and softball/baseball.
|Grain crops
|Leaf and stem crops
|Lawn grasses
|Model organisms
Biomes dominated by grasses are called grasslands. If only large contiguous chunks of grasslands are counted, these biomes cover 31% of the planet's land. Grasslands go by various names depending on location, including pampas, plains, steppes, or prairie.
Grasses are used as food plants by many species of butterflies and moths; see List of Lepidoptera that feed on grasses.
The evolution of large grazing animals in the Cenozoic has contributed to the spread or grasses. Without large grazers, a clearcut of fire-destroyed area would soon be colonized by grasses and, if there is enough rain, tree seedlings. The tree seedlings would eventually produce shade, which kills most grasses. Large animals, however, trample the seedlings, killing the trees. Grasses persist because they can survive trampling.
Grass has long had significance in human society. It has been cultivated as a food source for domesticated animals for up to 10,000 years, and has been used to make paper since at least as early as 2400 B.C.
Some common aphorisms involve grass. For example:


text:
Home > Belts - Animal Pattern > Product Information
CHEETAH Skin Design Leather Belt Gold-Tone Buckle sz 36
This is a Brand NEW Beautiful belt with great color combination that will go great with any shirt and pants.
Great looking White Cheetah skin / hair feel design genuine leather belt.
The elegant design makes this a perfect men's or women's belt to wear with for work, special event, or with casual attire such as jeans.
The width of the belt is 30mm (approximately 1.2 inches) strong and genuine leather.
The belt fits a waist size is 35 to 36 inches.
The color or the belt is White, Black, and Cream for that Cheetah skin look.
The belt buckle is Gold-Tone.
The belt size is measured in inches from the buckle to the 3rd hole on the belt with a total of 5 holes on the belt.
The buckle is removable, so it can be removed to shorten the belt or you can put on a buckle from another one of your belts.
We have more variety of belts.
Check out our other collection of mens and womens belts with silver-tone and gold-tone buckles.
More Items


text:
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Four Iowa City fire engines responded to a report of a fire coming from a gas line inside Panchero's located at 32 S. Clinton Street in Iowa City.
Capt. Eric Nurnberg confirmed that it was fire coming out of the gas line in the kitchen.
The first engine that responded found the fire and quickly put it out, he said.
Investigation continues as to what released the gas. Mid America is currently working with the Iowa City Fire Department to determine the cause of the leak.
Firefighters blocked off Washington Street for almost a half hour.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, and Weather


text:
Upon the 75th Anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources expanded the Maryland Conservation Corps (MCC) to include a new initiative called the Maryland Conservation Jobs Corps (CJC). The CJC works in partnership with community youth organizations to provide conservation service opportunities for youth in Maryland State Parks.
The CJC is a unique summer program where youll be part of a team working to conserve and restore Maryland State Parks. Discover Marylands natural resources and gain the skills to protect them. Learn how to build bridges and trails, and how to make a rain barrel!
You will gain skills that will prepare you for many career opportunities and a lifetime of healthy outdoor recreation and interaction with nature.
Dont worry, its not all work, theres plenty of time for fun outdoors! Have you ever wanted to walk on a tight rope, or scale a climbing wall? How about hold a Great Horned Owl or a Corn Snake? Do it all this summer with the Maryland Conservation Jobs Corps!
Registration for CJC varies, depending upon location, but application and registration deadlines for the summer program generally occur in early March each year. If you are interested in signing up, please contact Fred Banks at email@example.com for specific instructions based on your location.
In the News
Maryland Teens Helping State Parks
CBS Baltimore, July 27, 2011
Revitalization projects help at-risk youth
Gazette.Net, July 28, 2010
Kids Get Outdoors, Help Improve Parks
WBAL TV, July 15, 2010
Teens Seeing Green in Maryland's Great Outdoors
Candus Thomson On the Outdoors, Baltimore Sun, July 17, 2010
Governor Martin OMalley Delivers Commencement Address at First Maryland Civic Justice Corps Graduation
Governor O'Malley Expands Maryland Conservation Corps
New Civic Justice Corps Offers Meaningful Summer Conservation Work to At-risk Youth
O'Malley not out of
Candus Thomson On the Outdoors, Baltimore Sun, April 27, 2008
Conservation Jobs Corps
Contact Information
Fred Banks, Program Director
Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Avenue, E-3
Annapolis MD 21401
Phone: 410-260-8150
Captain Peyton Taylor, Executive Director
Conservation Corps and Interpretation
Maryland Park Service
Gunpowder Falls State Park
P.O. Box 480
Kingsville, MD 21087
Office: 410-592-2897
Contact the Park Service
- Toll Free: 1-800-830-3974
(Annapolis Office)
- Reservations: 1-888-432-2267
- Park Watch: 1-800-825-7275
- Email Us