Around 1a.m. on Monday, March 29th my twitter time line blew up with tweets between devils advocate- Demi Moore and, newly single, party girl- Kim Kardashian.
KimKardashian:
- Big pimpin w @ @ @ Love u girls!
mrskutcher (Demi Moore):
Are you using the word "pimpin" as in pimping? RT @: Big pimpin w @ @
mrskutcher (Demi Moore):
@ No disrespect I love a girls night out but a pimp and pimping is nothing more than a slave owner!
mrskutcher (Demi Moore):
if we want to end slavery we need to stop glorifying the "pimp" culture
KimKardashian:Doesn't everyone? LOL RT @ Are you using the word "pimpin" as in pimping? RT @ Big Pimpin
Just so ya'll are clear I like @ I was just making a point about how we have used a word and desensitized the real meaning .
mrskutcher (Demi Moore):
Clearly I stirred up a s**t storm, but 2 create change U have 2 be willing 2 take a risk and be willing 2 provoke thought & conversation
KimKardashian:
@ Nothing wrong with dancing to Big Pimpin' by Jay Z in the club! Having a girls night out, gotta love that song!
KimKardashian:
Good point!I agree! It was just a song not literal RT @ 2create change U have 2 be willing 2 take a risk&willing 2 provoke thought
mrskutcher (Demi Moore):
Thx 4 understanding! RT @ Good point!I agree! It was just a song not literal RT @ 2create change U have2 take a risk
So what do you think, was Demi making a much needed good point or were her comments unnecessary and futile?
I've pieced together 4 outfits that I am dying to buy, all featuring light pink tops. Here is a description of each outfit:
1
a- $76.92 House Of The Gods Blondie Diamond Front Tee asos.com
b- $29.00 Kill City Matte Leatherette Ankle Leggings metroparkusa.com
c- $82.00 Nike Dunk High Women's Shoe nike.com
2
a- $94.02 ASOS Embellished Tunic asos.com
b- $39.32 Mango White Super Skinny Jeans asos.com
c- $59.83 ASOS HALLE Stapped Sandal asos.com
d- $59.83 ASOS Washed Leather Oversized Panelled Clutch asos.com
3
a- $42.74 ASOS Cowl Front Blouse asos.com
b- $17.09 ASOS Metal Bracelet With Popper Fastening asos.com
c- $51.28 ASOS High Waisted Indigo Slim Jeans asos.com
d- $102.56 ASOS HOT Leather Platform Studded Sandal asos.com
4
a- $47.86 ASOS Ribbon Trim Top asos.com
b-$47.86 ASOS Iggy White Skinny Jean asos.com
c- $59.83 ASOS PENNY Suede Platform Court Shoe asos.com
d- $111.11 ASOS Leather Tassle Frame Bag asos.comLeave me a comment if you buy any of these clothes, or a whole outfit!
Instead of throwing out the things you no longer use, and clogging up landfills, why don't you recycle them? Freecycle is a non-profit website where members can post offers for items they no longer use, and requests for items they want or need. All of the items on this site are FREE! All you have to do to get started is visit the website and find a group near you. From there you are able to sign up through yahoo and see posts from people including offers, and requests. In my town there were offers for large folding tables, a queen size mattress, and even a shed! I dare you to check it out.
The Hanson Brothers, most famous for their song "Mmmbop" from the late 1990's, are coming back onto the radar. I'm not convinced anything can beat their previous hit and soundtrack to my childhood, but I'm willing to give them a chance with their new album "Shout It Out" said to hit stores this summer.
Since their disappearance so many years ago they have all gotten married and Isaac and Taylor even have children. They've made a few changes to their group, shortening both the name, and their hair. I was seven when I first learned about this group, I thought they were girls until my sister told me she had a crush on one of them and explained to me that they were called The Hanson BROTHERS. Now that they've all cut their hair it is no longer necessary to have the word 'brothers' to distinguish their sex, so they are now just Hanson. Lastly, May 6th is Hanson day in Tulsa, the brothers' hometown, but you can celebrate wherever you are.
Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du
The health care reform has just passed and I can't see any reason that anyone should dislike it, aside from rising tax on indoor tanning beds.Here's an list of the changes that we'll be seeing. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF ENACTMENT
* Insurance companies will be barred from dropping people from coverage when they get sick. Lifetime coverage limits will be eliminated and annual limits are to be restricted.
* Insurers will be barred from excluding children for coverage because of pre-existing conditions.
* Young adults will be able to stay on their parents' health plans until the age of 26. Many health plans currently drop dependents from coverage when they turn 19 or finish college.
* Uninsured adults with a pre-existing conditions will be able to obtain health coverage through a new program that will expire once new insurance exchanges begin operating in 2014.
* A temporary reinsurance program is created to help companies maintain health coverage for early retirees between the ages of 55 and 64. This also expires in 2014.
* Medicare drug beneficiaries who fall into the "doughnut hole" coverage gap will get a $250 rebate. The bill eventually closes that gap which currently begins after $2,700 is spent on drugs. Coverage starts again after $6,154 is spent.
* A tax credit becomes available for some small businesses to help provide coverage for workers.
* A 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services that use ultraviolet lamps goes into effect on July 1.
WHAT HAPPENS IN 2011
* Medicare provides 10 percent bonus payments to primary care physicians and general surgeons.
* Medicare beneficiaries will be able to get a free annual wellness visit and personalized prevention plan service. New health plans will be required to cover preventive services with little or no cost to patients.
* A new program under the Medicaid plan for the poor goes into effect in October that allows states to offer home and community based care for the disabled that might otherwise require institutional care.
* Payments to insurers offering Medicare Advantage services are frozen at 2010 levels. These payments are to be gradually reduced to bring them more in line with traditional Medicare.
* Employers are required to disclose the value of health benefits on employees' W-2 tax forms.
* An annual fee is imposed on pharmaceutical companies according to market share. The fee does not apply to companies with sales of $5 million or less.
WHAT HAPPENS IN 2012
* Physician payment reforms are implemented in Medicare to enhance primary care services and encourage doctors to form "accountable care organizations" to improve quality and efficiency of care.
* An incentive program is established in Medicare for acute care hospitals to improve quality outcomes.
* The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which oversees the government programs, begin tracking hospital readmission rates and puts in place financial incentives to reduce preventable readmissions.
WHAT HAPPENS IN 2013
* A national pilot program is established for Medicare on payment bundling to encourage doctors, hospitals and other care providers to better coordinate patient care.
* The threshold for claiming medical expenses on itemized tax returns is raised to 10 percent from 7.5 percent of income. The threshold remains at 7.5 percent for the elderly through 2016.
* The Medicare payroll tax is raised to 2.35 percent from 1.45 percent for individuals earning more than $200,000 and married couples with incomes over $250,000. The tax is imposed on some investment income for that income group.
* A 2.9 percent excise tax in imposed on the sale of medical devices. Anything generally purchased at the retail level by the public is excluded from the tax.
WHAT HAPPENS IN 2014
* State health insurance exchanges for small businesses and individuals open.
* Most people will be required to obtain health insurance coverage or pay a fine if they don't. Healthcare tax credits become available to help people with incomes up to 400 percent of poverty purchase coverage on the exchange.
* Health plans no longer can exclude people from coverage due to pre-existing conditions.
* Employers with 50 or more workers who do not offer coverage face a fine of $2,000 for each employee if any worker receives subsidized insurance on the exchange. The first 30 employees aren't counted for the fine.
* Health insurance companies begin paying a fee based on their market share.
WHAT HAPPENS IN 2015
* Medicare creates a physician payment program aimed at rewarding quality of care rather than volume of services.
WHAT HAPPENS IN 2018
* An excise tax on high cost employer-provided plans is imposed. The first $27,500 of a family plan and $10,200 for individual coverage is exempt from the tax. Higher levels are set for plans covering retirees and people in high risk professions.
Reuters.com
One of my favorite changes is that young adults will be able to stay on their parents' health plans until the age of 26. Before they were usually kicked off when they turned 19 or finished college(dropping out included), which encouraged many students to remain in college until they were ready to take health care into their own hands.To read more on the health care reform visit ABC.com
I love asos.com, an online fashion store based in the UK (don't worry, they do ship internationally), they have a huge variety of clothes for fashionable people on budgets. I made this collage of dresses that I absolutely love from the site, they all have some type of sleeve because sleeves are fun and very in right now. If you click on it it'll expand so you can see the dresses and prices better.
(Once you're on the website go to the top right corner of the page to change the currency to USD if you want the pricing to be in dollars rather than pounds.)
