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YOUNGSTOWN — Patrons and employees at a West Side bar laughed a trio of would-be robbers out of the business before realizing the armed men were serious in their demands for cash and valuables.
One employee and four patrons were inside the Clark's Bar on Mahoning Avenue late Monday into early Tuesday morning. The conversation and relative peace were interrupted just after 1 a.m.
A man appearing to be white or Hispanic and in his late teens or early 20s came into the bar with clothing covering most of his face, weighing about 150 pounds. He wore a reddish-orange camouflage vest and one glove covering the hand in which he held a dark-colored handgun.
That man was followed into the bar by another white or Hispanic male in his late teens or early 20s appearing to be slightly taller, wearing dark clothes, covering his face with cloth and carrying a canvass-style bag. A third man, also in dark clothes and face covered, entered the bar and stood near the exit.
The armed man pointed the gun at the bartender while the man carrying the bag placed the bag on the counter and demanded money.
The patrons and bartender began laughing at the three bandits. They later told police they thought the entire thing was a "joke" and "not for real."
Police reports say the three men stood at the bar for about 10 seconds saying nothing, then, dejected, walked out the bar with nothing.
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Hahahahaha. Gotta love the west-side. Seriously though, It appears robbery is the new "job" for some of these kids. UGH!
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Estancias & Lodges
The most relevant lodges at Patagonia, have evolved from what was once a rustic fishing or hunting camp into luxurious world-class accommodation. It is a purpose built facility that has been designed to meet the needs of the most discerning angler. The accommodation has been created with traditional fishing and hunting lodge atmosphere in mind, but also combines elements of modern luxury with wonderful style.
When you're staying at an estancia, you have to consider that is not a hotel where guests retreat to their suites and order room service at night. Visiting some traditional Patagonic estancia is a highly social affair: meals are communal and leisurely, and guests are encouraged to join the family as they gather around the fire, leafing through fly fishing magazines or art books and sharing stories.
The lodges are the key to best fishing and maximum fishing time.
Each river cuts through huge tracts of private land that restricts access, protects the fishery and ensures a solitary experience. There is a good chance you'll have the river to yourself during the days of your stay. These rivers receive minimal fishing pressure which will be evident in the intact riparian environment and of course, the healthy condition of the trouts.
NORTHERN Lodges
Tipiliuke LodgeFew places in the world truly embody the spirit of adventure more than the fabulous award-winning Tipiliuke Lodge, located in the heart of Northern Patagonia. Offering world class luxury accommodation and a uniquely fly fishing experience in the Chimehuin river ,that together with the Quilquihue river has an amazing variety of waters, most allowing fly fishermen to easily wade and fishing for wild Rainbow and Brown Trout.
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Quemquemtreu Lodge
Located about 1 hour "plus" from Chapelco airport, Quemquemtreu estancia is a great ranch of 200,000 acre, that offers the possibility of having a unique experience of a different fly fishing trip, lodging in the main house of a traditional cattle and polo horses breeding ranch. The Quemquemtreu estancia has both fishing and hunting lodges, each having a capacity for 10 guests.
Quemquemtreu gives us private access to the lower reaches of the Collón Cura River, being able to make more than 5 different day floats and return to the Estancia each evening.
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San Huberto LodgeTactically located, San Huberto is one of the most requested Argentina fishing lodges in Northern Patagonia. This Lodge has 6 rooms with twin or double beds, holding a max of 12 guests.
San Huberto Lodge is one of our favorite estancias not only because of the superior fishing on the Malleo River, but also because the staff treats our guests like special friends. More information about San Huberto Lodge.
Arroyo Verde Lodge
Our preferred program is to combine accommodation in Arroyo Verde with other lodges.
Arroyo Verde Lodge is an excellent choice for couples. Non anglers will enjoy horseback riding from the fine stable provided, as well as hiking and a trip to the nearby cottage on Lake Traful, that offers a view you will not soon forget.
The estancia borders with 12 miles of the magnificent Traful River. It is home to huge and numerous brown and rainbow trouts and the occasional Landlocked Atlantic Salmon. Trophies are not uncommon on the Traful, and expert nymph fishermen find it to be an angling paradise.
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Filo Hua Hum LodgeTres Lagos Lodge is located on the Filo Hua Hum River at the Nahuel Huapi National Park and surrounded by stunning Andes mountains scenery, with snow-covered peaks, brilliant lakes, lush meadows and crystal clear streams. Is a privately-owned working ranch dedicated to cattle breeding that is located and between the towns of Bariloche and San Martin de los Andes. The hosts provide an warm welcome with a country life approach and their British/Argentinean background allows a wonderful insight into life in the Andes. More about Filo Hua Hum Lodge.
Rio Quillen LodgeNestled in the Lanín National Park and surrounded by the Quillén Valley, this 65000 acre Estancia offers a natural paradise suitable for fly-fishing and other recreational activities such as trekking, rafting, and mountain-biking.
The Main House was built many years ago with local wood and stone, is a large and comfortable structure that holds double rooms with private bathrooms. Strategically placed offer unique views of the most fantastic landscapes, only a few kilometers away from the river.
The Quillén River and its tributary, the Malalco, have a perfect structure for dry fly fishing for Rainbow and Brown trouts. Hosteria Rio Quillen Lodge.
SOUTHERN Lodges
Rio Manso Lodge
The venue is located near the border with Chile on the Eastern shore of Lake Hess and the Manso River in the Nahuel Huapi National Park.
Rio Manso Lodge is nestled in the midst of lush forests and virgin waters where you will fish a wide variety of small streams, large rivers to intimate spring creeks and deep productive lakes where huge brown, rainbow and brook trouts swim waiting for you.
Carrileufu Valley Lodge
Carrileufu Valley Lodge is based near the small town of Cholila, in which the small and poor ranch house of Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and Etta Place still stands as a sample of their stay through here.
The lodge is conveniently located just outside the northern border of Los Alerces National Park, one of the most scenic of Argentina fly fishing destinations, with multiple river and lake watersheds.
Our Carrileufu Valley Lodge's guiding operation is one of Patagonia's most experienced fly-fishing outfitters. Our guides provide access to some of the best fly fishing in Patagonia. They offer the most diverse range of rainbow and brown trout fly fishing opportunities in more water than can possibly be fished in a week's time.
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Church vandalism:
A man confessed today to the vandalism of church statues at the St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church in Cheektowaga NY. The man, 30 year old Michael Taylor, a homeless man, confessed to police that he did the crime because in his words, "God's law supersedes New York law." He was questioned by police after the police found him reading his Bible. He was also found with notes similar to the ones he left at the church. He later confessed and showed them the hammer he used to smash the statues.
Police detectives say that he showed no remorse for his crime and that he said that he would be "rewarded by God."
He has been charged with second degree criminal mischief, and he has also been sent for psychiatric evaluation.
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Living without religion:
The Center For Inquiry, a skeptical organization in Amherst NY, devoted to questioning the supernatural, paranormal, religion, and superstition, has expanded a billboard campaign called "Living without religion." The purpose of the campaign, according to Ronald Lindsay, CEO of the Center for Inquiry, is to make people aware that atheists and agnostics, even though they do not believe in God, can and do still share the same values that religious people do, including caring for fellow human beings, love, kindness. People who don't believe in God can still be loving, kind compassionate and generous human beings.
The most recent posters are in Niagara Falls NY, but there are signs in such places as Grand Rapids, MI, Durham NC, and Washington DC. The ads were supposed to also go up in Knoxville TN, but the billboard company refused, saying that the ads would be offensive to a large sector of the community.
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A swimmer's death, an apparent suicide, was reportedly brought on by depression and shame following a rape. According to the Christian Science Monitor, Menu Courey, 20, took her own life over a year after she was raped. Her school, shocked to learn of her death, had no idea that she had been raped 16 months before -- something that Courey's parents feel should have been looked into.
"A police investigation is now underway, but Menu Courey's parents say the university and its athletics department should have already investigated their daughter's alleged off-campus rape by as many as three football players in February 2010," reports the Christian Science Monitor.
The swimmer's death has brought about discussions surrounding the role that colleges should play when it comes to things like this. Although Menu Courey was raped off campus, the school should have been notified and something should have been done according to some people -- and this isn't the only time that something like this has happened.
"President Barack Obama last week announced a new task force on college sex assault, citing statistics showing that 1 in 5 females are assaulted while in college but only 1 in 8 report attacks. The White House called it a public health epidemic" (Christian Science Monitor).
Many feel the swimmer's death could have been prevented if the school had been notified of the situation and reacted appropriately. Do you think colleges should be held accountable for not helping students in this type of situation?
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It had been written that Coachella is much more than fashion. Yes, the Music and Arts Festival that enveloped California for two weekends in April is more than fashion and beauty trends, but for celebrity watchers, those who attended Coachella events have inspired fashion fans.
While Coachella has come to a close, the fashion trends seen at the festival on fan favorites such as Katy Perry, Kendall Jenner and Alessandra Ambrosio will easily carry over into the spring, summer and early fall months. Whether your style is boho-chic or inspired by the California sunsets, the following fashion was representative of Coachella 2014, with many of the styles, some seen in the slideshow, available at Mark and Estel.
Crochet tops, pantsuits, cardigans and covers were everywhere during Coachella 2014. Replicate the look with the V Neck Belled Crotchet Blouse in ivory or the Crochet Wing Top in black, ideal spring/summer fashion for the free spirited woman. Top with a pair of short shorts as seen on supermodel/ fashion designer/ Victoria's Secret Angel, Alessandra Ambrosio or Kendall Jenner and you have perfected the Coachella fashion trend of 2014.
Swing dresses, two-piece skirt sets, mini-dresses, maxi-dresses and hi-low skirts were visible on every other woman at Coachella, many worn with a bikini top. The Queen Kristen in red ochre is 100 percent cotton jersey, the Skinny Triangle Swing Gown can be found in various colors such as, charcoal, black, tomato, chocolate or stone black and the Robe Dress Long Thin in black, heather grey or white all represent Coachella 2014 fashion.
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Time has finally come where I need to buy a portable satnav for work. So to make things easier for me to come to terms with I am concidering something I can also use out in the hills.
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RamblingJack, When you say using it for work what use does that entail?
There are some good offers out at the minute on the following touchscreen GPS which come with full UK OS mapping:
Memorymap 2800 - can be found around £250
Garmin Dakota 20 - around £350
Garmin Oregan 450 - around £400
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Aha, that rules out the suggestions I mentioned before then! Possibly have a look at the new Memory Map 3800. Fully waterproof, 3.8 inch touchscreen, turn by turn road nav function (tom tom esk), also preloaded with all GB OS map coverage. Not sure on price though but I'm sure it'll be on net somewhere.
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Mikkel Kessler won't talk specifics about his game-plan to defend his WBA Super Middleweight title against Andre Ward, but he doubts Ward can cope with his power.
The super middleweights talked of power, hands, feet, hearts and minds at a recent press conference at Oracle Arena, in Oakland, Calif., to launch the promotion for November 21st fight at the same venue, their first fight in the Super Six World Boxing Classic. Tickets, priced at $35, $65, $150 and $300, went on sale Saturday.
"He doesn't like to get hit," said Kessler (41-1-0, 32KOs), the WBA champion whose first name rhymes with "nickel." "I mean, nobody does, but I have good power and from what I have seen of Ward, I think he might be insecure when I hit him."
Ward (20-0-0, 13 KOs), who talked more about fluid feet than fast hands, pointed out that you can't hurt what you can't hit.
"I'll tell you a secret," Ward said with a smile after the press conference. "People talk about fast hands, but feet are the key."
Ward, who said he learned to move his feet in the ring before he learned to punch, believes his foot movement will make him elusive—and make Kessler easy to hit.
"When we watch Kessler, he steps straight forward and straight back," Ward said, taking the steps as he explained what he's seen and what he does. "When I step back and to the side, the other guy misses and he's there to be hit."
If Ward's confident based on watching Kessler fight, he also liked what he saw at the press conference.
"I thought he would be bigger," the 25-year-old said after the event. "I thought he would be much bigger."
For Ward, the challenge of facing his toughest opponent will be plenty big enough—and one he aches for.
"You really don't know who you are until you face something like this," said the 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist who grew up in Oakland and lives in the area. "You've got to prove yourself and prove things to yourself. You can be confident, and I have all the confidence in the world just like he does, but being confident and doing it are two different things. I'm ready to do it."
Kessler's ready for someone he believes is slower and stronger than Joe Calzaghe, the only man to defeat the Dane.
"You never know for sure until you're in the ring, and Ward has fast hands, but I think Calzaghe was much faster than Ward," the 30-year-old Monaco resident said. "From what I've seen, I think Ward has more power."
Both men, who easily won tune-up fights earlier this month, were in equal parts candid, confident and complimentary of each other; Kessler said any animosity will be brief.
"Me and Ward, we love this game," he said. "We're both great fighters and I respect him, but I have always respected everyone I fought, regardless of whether they're at the top level or not. Maybe we'll hate each other the day of the fight, but that's part of it. I'm a gentleman and I'm not going to talk trash. I'll let my hands talk on the 21st of November."
Part of the challenge for Kessler, who spent two days in the San Francisco Bay Area on his first trip to the region and went to Alcatraz Island to tour the former prison, is fighting on Ward's turf.
"Of course I would love to fight in Denmark, but I know that here is much bigger so that means more money," he said before the press conference. "All the fans will cheer for the hometown fighter even if his punches don't land and that can affect the judges. With everything, I think it's worth one point for someone to fight in their hometown, but I can't let that take me away from what I do best and try to be too aggressive for a knockout."
Kessler recognizes that there's little likelihood of a Super Six fight in Denmark, a country with a population of about 5.5 million people, but he loves the tournament.
"There's a lot of awareness in Denmark, Germany, England and you have three fighters from the U.S. so it's very international," said Kessler, who started boxing at 13, when he and some friends saw Danish fighters. "For me, it's great exposure and I want the top-level competition. I love the challenge of it."
Having had relatively little exposure in the USA, Kessler, who has exquisitely detailed tattoos on his back and chest, is ready to introduce himself to larger audiences.
"I'd say I'm a happy guy; I'm enjoying life," he said. "I'm healthy and I stay fit between fights so I don't have to lose a lot of weight or build up a lot of stamina in training.
Not atypical of young men with some cash to spend, Kessler likes high-performance vehicles.
"I have a motorcycle, a GSX-R 1000, which is very fast, but I don't get to ride it now because with this tournament, I have to be careful," he said. "I drive a Toyota Supra, which is a little customized and I'm having work done on the engine. I'm not sure how much power it will have, but it will be a lot."
Parking the bike's a trade-off Kessler's happy to make for the chance to fighting Ward and consistently face the best guys out there.
"I don't think you'll see any easy fights in this for any of us because everyone is a very good, but win or lose, they will be tough and then we have to get ready for another hard fight and another one after that," he said. "It will be great for the fans and it will be hard for us, win or lose.
"If you win a fight, that's great, but you'll have maybe a week to celebrate and you have to start thinking about the next one. Fighters some times lose a fight and they get set back really hard, they need to take an easy fight or two to build back up, but with this, you can't.
"There's no time for crying here."
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March 11, 2009
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The No. 7 Lady Raiders and No. 12 Red Raiders are sending 10 student-athletes to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships in College Station, Texas, starting on Fri., March 13.
The Lady Raiders have a great chance to finish in the top five in the nation. The group is led by eight-time NCAA champion Sally Kipyego. The senior will look to defend her 5,000M title and will also run the mile. She is one title away from tying Suzy Favor for the most NCAA individual titles in NCAA track and field history.
Two-time All-American Patience Knight makes her second-straight trip to the NCAA Indoor Championships. The senior has the third best throw in the nation this season. Ozie Okolie is making her first apperance to the NCAA Indoor Championships as she has the sixth best throw in the weight.
Lillian Badaru, a cross country All-American during the 2008 season, made the 5,000M field with a time of 16:16.33.
The Red Raiders go into the meet looking for its best finish ever. Tech's previous best was 26th back in 2005. Gil Roberts has the second-fastest time in the 400M this season with a 45.08. No male has ever finished better than third at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Anthony Flemons will be pulling double duty. An All-American in the triple jump last season, he looks to repeat the accomplishment. He will also compete in the long jump. Flemons' best jumps have been 53'-00.25" in the triple and 25'-6" in the long.
Omo Osaghae is making his debut at the NCAA Indoor Championships as well. The junior has the third-fastest time in the nation with a 7.72. Osaghae earned All-American honors last spring in the 110M hurdles.
The men's 4x400M relay is making its fifth-straight appearance at the meet. The group of Markus Henderson, Rodney Mims, Brandon Washington and Roberts will try to become the third All-American group in the five-year span.
The NCAA Indoor Championships start on Fri., March 13 with field events at 4 p.m. Live results of the meet can be found at www.aggieathletics.com
Last Week
Texas Tech sent a small group of student-athletes to the ISU Qualifier for one last chance at qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships. The men's 4x400M relay earned the biggest benefit as it ran a 3:07.44 and jumped to 10th on the NCAA descending list. Asia Diaz and Gladys Kipsang both ran NCAA provisional and pesonal-best times. Diaz ran a 2:08.36 and Kipsang recorded a 2:08.39 to place first and second. Darrell Roddick won the triple jump with a NCAA provisional mark of 51'-00.25" but didn't improve on his season best.
The Red Raiders and Lady Raiders continue their stay in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association indoor rankings compiled by Tom Lewis. The men dropped to No. 12. The Red Raiders are the fifth-ranked Big 12 school as seven total are in the top 25. The Lady Raiders jumped up one spot this week. Tech is the second ranked Big 12 school and a total of five schools are ranked in the top 25.
History in the Making
Senior Sally Kipyego is entering her final season as a Lady Raider and has the potential to make history. During the fall, the Kenyan native became the first male or female in Division I history to win three-straight NCAA cross country individual championships. Kipyego has eight NCAA individual titles and could tie Wisconsin's Suzy Favor who has the most female individual titles in track & field and cross country NCAA history with nine.
Another Level
Sally Kipyego has the opportunity to become the first female to win three-straight 5,000M NCAA Indoor Championships.
NCAA Champions
Texas Tech has never had more than one person win a NCAA Indoor Championships in school history.
NCAA Indoor Finishes
The men's program had its best finish of 26th in 2005 and the women's best finish has been 10th. The women finished 10th in both 2007 and 2008.
12 Big 12 Titles
When Sally Kipyego crossed the line winning the 3,000M for the third-straight year it gave the senior her 12th individual Big 12 title of her career. No other athlete in any sport has won more individual titles in the Big 12.
Streak Ended
Gil Roberts broke his school-record at the Big 12 Championships with a NCAA automatic time of 46.08 in the 400M. Roberts win broke a five-year streak of Baylor wins in the 400M.
Three-Straight Years
Texas Tech extended its dominance in the 60M hurdles last weekend as Omo Osaghae won the program's third-straight Big 12 title. Marlon Odom (2007) and Shawon Harris (2008) started the string of title for Tech.
Program Best Finish
Tech's finished a program best second place at the Big 12 Indoor Championships. The previous best finish for the Lady Raiders was third in 2006 and 2007.
12-Year Old School Record Broke
Tori Smith set a new school record in the 55M hurdles with a time of 7.85. She broke a 12-year old record of 7.89 held by Ami Peters set back in 1997.
High Mark
Anthony Flemons' jump of 53'-00.75" is the third-best jump in school history and a personal best for the junior.
Adding to the List
Sally Kipyego won the Big 12 Female Athlete of the Week for her performance at the Boston Indoor Games. She set a NCAA and school record running a time of 8:48.77 in the 3,000M.
Another School Record in the Books
Junior Ozie Okolie bested her school record in the weight throw by two feet and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships with the throw of 66'-3.75".
Big 12 AOW
Sophomore Gil Roberts earned his first Big 12 Athlete of the Week honors for his performance at the Texas Tech Invitational on Jan. 17th. He won the 400M in impressive fashion with a NCAA provisional and personal-best time of 46.59.
School Record Broke
Omo Osaghae broke a year-old school record held by former teammate Shawon Harris on Sat., Jan. 17th. He won the 55M hurdles with a NCAA provisional and personal-best time of 7.17.
Star Studded Returners
Texas Tech has a total of eight All-Americans returning for the 2009 season. The group is highlighted by eight-time NCAA champion Sally Kipyego. Two-time All-American throwers Patience Knight and D'Andra Carter are the other women retuning. The men have Anthony Flemons, Tim Foster, Rodney Mims, Omo Osaghae and Gil Roberts.
Tech has 27 newcomers for the season. The men boast the fifth-best recruiting class in the nation by Track and Field News and the class is highlighted by Markus Henderson, Jamele Mason and Brandon Tucker. The women have a strong group of freshmen and transfers. Lillian Badaru has already made a name for herself as she earned her first All-American honor in cross country last fall.
New Additions
The Texas Tech track program added a new face as Roy Williams, a former TCU All-American, was hired to coach sprints and relays. Williams spent the last three years at the University of Texas at Arlington as the associate head coach of sprints, relays, jumps and hurdles. He coached an Olympic qualifier in the 200M and 4x100M relay and an All-American in the 110M hurdles during his tenure.
10-Year Anniversary
This season marks the 10th year that head coach Wes Kittley has been with the Texas Tech track & field program. Since then his program has had nine NCAA champions and 97 All-American honors.


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Lad continues to improve and garner attention from around the world. This one dog in Louisville has people following him from as far away as Norway, Canada and even Australia. Now he has a new admirer. Wynonna Judd has taken an interest in him.
Wynonna Judd called The Arrow Fund today and spoke with Rebecca Eaves, the director, for over an hour. She expressed her appreciation for the work that has been done to save him and spoke with the surgeons at Blue Pearl to thank them for their hard work.
While a celebrity phone call is an incredibly exciting event there was more excitement to be had today. Lad was moving his tongue and trying to drink. He was able to get some liquid down that way. He is being fed through the feeding tube and his food intake will be increased daily.
He showed more of his sweet nature as well. When Rebecca was visiting him he was eager to play. Even though he has suffered terribly at someone's hands, he still wants to play and be loved. He is still just a puppy, albeit a large one, and hopefully now he can enjoy the rest of his life surrounded by love and happiness.
The investigation continues as Davvies County searches for the person who shot this poor dog in the face multiple times. The Arrow Fund promises surprises in the future and looks forward to a speedy recovery for Lad. They ask that people continue to donate and send prayers and love because Lad's journey of healing is far from over. Perhaps knowing that he has the love support of people all over the world as well as that of Wynonna Judd, will help.


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Brazil's 'Cinderella Story' Gets Sidetracked
Few emerging markets have taken it on the chin quite like Brazil.
A combination of internal turmoil and Fed-driven worries have punished one of the world's largest emerging markets more than its peers.
Its benchmark stock index, the Ibovespa, is scraping four-year lows and its currency, the real, is at an equally low point against the dollar since that time.
But have the travails created a buying opportunity? Or should investors wait for the dust to settle before deciding to get back into Latin America's biggest economy?
Since Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke first caused investors to fret about the end of QE on May 22, the Ibovespa has fallen 17.1%. By comparison, India and Peru, two emerging markets with high current account deficits and credit ratings hovering above junk status, have each seen their benchmark stock indices fall 7.1% and 8.3%, respectively.
But Brazil's problems extend beyond the past month. In the past year and a half, U.S.-based emerging market equities funds have averaged $3.5 billion in monthly inflows, according to Thomson Reuters data. U.S.-based Brazilian equities funds, on the other hand, coughed up $179 million on average every month during that period. While the MSCI Emerging Markets index eeked out half a percentage point in gains since Christmas 2011, the Ibovespa has tumbled by 19%.
This fall has put even the biggest emerging markets fans on edge. Win Thin, global head of emerging markets at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. and a self-described EM bull, said he's cautioning clients to stay away from Brazil for at least three to six months.
"Loose U.S. monetary policy (and elsewhere in G10, for that matter) was a big factor behind the EM rally," he wrote in an email. "Now that the easy money is getting less easy, we see outflows from most EM assets over the next couple of quarters."
The Brazilian IPO market got off to a record start this year, and looked to be on track to bounce back from a slow 2012. But the slide in Brazilian stocks has cooled the IPO market. In recent weeks, Votorantim Cimentos pulled its IPO, citing poor market conditions, and MoneyBeat reported that Azul has shelved plans for share sales.
Michael Fitzgerald, an IPO specialist and the chair of Latin American practice at law firm Paul Hastings, doesn't see things bottoming out for a while.
"In Latin America, I've given up looking into the crystal ball," he said. Offering his most educated guess: "I'm talking at least a two-year period."
While Brazil is getting caught up in the capital flight from emerging markets, its fundamentals are also contributing heavily to its market declines, evidenced by the looming possibility of an S&P downgrade.
"They're caught in a perfect storm of probably five bad winds," Fitzgerald said.
Rafael Dix-Carneiro, an assistant economics professor the University of Maryland, said the country has issues that run deeper than the much-publicized protests over corruption and bus-fare hikes. High inflation, depressed commodity prices and missteps from an interventionist government are weighing down growth, he said.
"Brazil still has serious structural problems, which casts doubt on how it will perform economically in the short to medium run," he said.
The Upshot
While the market perception of higher interest rates in the U.S. has aggravated the situation, Brazil's underlying economic problems are also reason for concern.
"The combination of inflation remaining above the central bank's comfort zone and economic growth projections that were recently revised down has seen dark clouds creeping over Brazilian markets," wrote Wisdom Tree analyst Rick Harper in a note to investors.
Brazil was once one of the poster childs for the emerging markets, but market activity has changed that view.
"There gets to be a growing sense that the Brazil Cinderella story has gotten sidetracked," Thin said.


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Charts: Commodity Indices Continue to Struggle
Howard Simons
Equities will likely outperform commodity total return indices in the coming years.
It is one of the more obscure anecdotes of pop music history: Bobby Fuller's classic
"I Fought the Law"
was originally entitled, "I fought the idea of long-only commodity indices as an investment, and it won." I bought the rights to the latter and the rest, they say, is history.
The idea that physical commodities as a group or individual physical commodities taken separately can offer some measure of protection against inflation and/or currency debasement has a lot of appeal on the surface, but really has none underneath. The idea took a strong hold on investors' imaginations back in the 1970s, when several years of inflation during the latter stages of the Vietnam War and the collapse of the Bretton Woods fixed exchange rate system preceded events such as the 1972 Soviet grain harvest failure, the 1973 collapse of the Peruvian anchoveta fishery, the US soybean embargo and, most famous of all, the first oil shock of 1973-1974. Commodity price jumps followed inflation and policy failures, not vice versa.
See Spot. See Spot underperform.
These price increases were doomed to be temporary, however. Higher prices for commodities both induce conservation and substitution on the demand side and new production on the supply side. The real price for these materials should fall over time no matter how much money is printed. Indeed, if we track the
Continuous Commodity Index
), the successor to the CRB index and the CRB Raw Materials index since the May 1981 start date of the latter, we find neither of them have been able to match the combined effects of the Producer Price Index and the Federal Reserve's trade-weighted dollar index. Their adjusted average annual rates of decline have been 1.25% and 0.78%, respectively.
See Total Return. See Total Return underperform totally.
Let's move from spot indices to total return indices where the effects of contract rolls, rebalancing, and return on collateral are added to the spot return. Here both the
Dow Jones-UBS
total return indices have gained on an adjusted basis since the January 1991 startdate of the DJ-UBS index.
However, the base case for you the investor has to be other financial market alternatives and not the inflation indices. Here, the commodity total indices underperform badly. While the adjusted S&P-GSCI and DJ-UBS indices have had average annual returns of 1.20% and 1.34%, respectively, since January 1991, the adjusted gains for 3-month Treasury bills, 7-10 year Treasuries, and the
Russell 3000
have been 1.23%, 4.86%, and 7.37%, respectively, on a total return basis. Restated, 7-10 year Treasuries have been a better defense against inflation and dollar debasement than have the commodity indices.
No one would have believed this in January 1991, especially if you had told them what would happen with federal finances. I would not want to bet on 7-10 year Treasuries outperforming over the next 22+ years given the low interest rate environment today, but I do believe equities definitely will outperform the commodity total return indices. After all, firms can and occasionally do add economic value via greater efficiency, but human ingenuity assures us real commodity prices should decline over time.
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Lab talk
Oct 21, 2009
Study explores gold migration in silicon nanowires
For silicon nanowires (SiNWs) grown by the vapour-liquid-solid (VLS) mechanism, catalyzed by gold nanodroplets, it is important to know in view of planned applications in all sorts of electronics where and how much gold resides in the SiNW itself and at its surface, as well as where the gold goes upon annealing/oxidation under different annealing conditions.
The enormous impact that even the smallest concentrations of gold in silicon have, makes it essential to understand the extent to which gold atoms diffuse in SiNWs and remain incorporated there and on the SiNW surface. This is especially true after it has been shown that gold atoms from the catalyst nanodroplets are very mobile and diffuse all over the SiNW surfaces and between SiNWs at temperatures as low as 600 °C thus leading to Ostwald ripening of gold nanoparticles at the SiNW sidewalls.
To provide some answers, researchers in Germany have studied the oxidation behaviour of SiNWs grown in an electron beam evaporation (EBE) reactor by the gold-catalyzed VLS growth process. The oxide layer thickness as well as oxide and SiNW morphology depend strongly on annealing conditions (time and temperature) as shown by varied oxidation processing and subsequent cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (TEM) including high-resolution studies as well as scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies.
Results strongly suggest that the SiNWs can be fully oxidized to form silica nanowires that can either keep their initial shape or, under certain annealing conditions do not keep their initial wire shape but assume a bamboo-like shape that forms most likely as a result of locally high stresses, which are related to the formation of nanocracks. These nanocracks form in the growing oxide layer mediated by the presence of gold nanoparticles that yield gold-enhanced SiNW oxidation and thus a faster oxidation rate, locally.
SiNWs that may be fully or partially oxidized are considered as potential active device materials for future nanoelectronics. Uses include light absorbers and emitters or wave guides or light absorbers, for example in solar cells, photodetectors or LEDs and as a large surface area to be functionalized for sensing applications. In all of these cases, the interfacial properties between the SiNW core and the SiO2 (silica) shell depend strongly on the gold presence there and are thus of key importance in terms of device functionality.
The researchers presented their work in the journal Nanotechnology.
About the author
Essential parts of the work were carried out at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics (MPI/Halle, Halle/Saale Germany), supported by work carried out at the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT, Jena, Germany) and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU, Halle/Saale, Germany). Financial support was given by the German Science Foundation (DFG, contract number CH-159/1) and by the Max-Planck Society in the framework of the "Nanostress" project. Dr Vladimir A Sivakov is a postdoctoral researcher at the MPI/Halle in the group of Dr Silke H Christiansen in the department of Prof. Dr Ulrich Gösele, one of the directors of the MPI/Halle. Dr Roland Scholz is a specialist in transmission electron microscopy at the MPI. Dipl.-Phys. Frank Syrowatka is a specialist in scanning electron microscopy at MLU. Dr Fritz Falk is leading the Photovoltaics Systems department at IPHT where Dr Silke H Christiansen is leading the Semiconductor Nanostructures department in addition to her appointment at MPI.


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My daughters are teenagers now. I'm so proud and so impressed by their accomplishments but also acknowledge mistakes that have been made. Luckily, it's only Wednesday and there's still time to accomplish so much more.
Theresa is in eighth grade. She has friends, a love of film, all things Disney, history, music and, go figure, she loves to fly to far away places.
I take out the powder-blue pajamas from time to time. They are a touchstone for me and bring me such joy. They remind me where Theresa came from and that she is still my bluebird.


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My friends at Lemuria Books, in Jackson, Miss., have redesigned their blog, and it's looking fine. Right now the spotlight is on two locally produced nature books for children. Drop by and say hey.
Of interest to music fans is another Mississippi-based blog, Highway 61 Radio: The Best in Blues Music and Culture: Past, Present, and Future. Highway 61 even offers a free download of a Mavis Staples song.
Don't forget about the Southern Foodways Alliance, currently touting its upcoming symposium "The Liquid South, from Well Water to Sparkling Muscadine." Not to worry: "Buttermilk will get its due."


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A Seersucker Is Born Every Minute
Today in the bipartisanship cargo cult.
The bipartisanship cargo cult is a belief system in Washington which attributes the decline of bipartisanship in Washington not to the larger structural changes that actually caused it but to the lack of collegial bipartisan get-togethers. Today the Washington Post's Dana Milbank offers a fine example of the genre, devoting his column to mourning the end of the Senate's "Seersucker Thursday," which is just what it sounds like. The originator of Seerseeker Thursday is former Senator Trent Lott, and Milbank approvingly cites his argument that the demise of this event is a cause of partisan gridlock:
Our leaders can't agree on important things because they're missing this kind of social lubricant. "Some say you don't want to make it look like the Senate's being jovial with all these serious things going on," Lott told me. "My view is you can't get serious things done because you don't have events where you can enjoy each other's company."
Lott actually is a helpful window into the demise of bipartisanship, but not for the reasons he and Milbank seem to think. The bipartisanship that prevailed through most of the previous century was an artifact resulting from the fact that the Democratic Party contained not only liberals but also right-wing Southern Democrats. Lott supported segregation in college and began his career in Washington as an aide to arch-segregationist Democrat William Colmer. Then Lott ran for Congress in 1972 as a Republican and obtained Colmer's fulsome endorsement. Bipartisanship!
Of course, Lott had to leave his post as Senate leader after he gave a speech suggesting America would be better off if it had heeded the 1948 candidacy of Strom Thurmond. (Thurmond had bolted the Democratic Party to form the Dixecrats, so I suppose this displays tri-partisanship by Lott.) And now, as a lobbyist, Lott works with both parties because that is how you make money for your clients.
But Seersucker Thursdays did not, even in the slightest and most imperceptible way, arrest the decline of bipartisanship that began when white southern conservatives left the Democratic Party (and northern moderates left the GOP). They could bring back the seersucker suits, and even throw in Madras Mondays and Sombrero Fridays, and persuade members of opposite parties to sit together during the State of the Union address (the latter of which has already happened) and it's not going to do a whit of good.


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There is no minimum order requirement for buying or selling precious metals. They do accept bank wires, but the purchase must be more than $2,500. All shipments are insured, which can help calm your fears when you have an expensive investment being shipped around the country. We were disappointed they did not offer shipping outside the U.S.
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One of the biggest drawbacks we found to Golden Eagle Coins was their customer service. They offer phone and email support, but there is no live chat. Their customer service team is only available Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. EST. Although, during that time frame, they responded quickly to any inquiry we had.
This precious metals website did offer an adequate FAQs section that we found useful. The section covered questions from purchasing, selling and return topics. We wished there were more questions regarding general information, bullion and precious metal investing.
If you are in the market for rare coins and commemoratives, Golden Eagle Coins is worth your consideration. With an easy-to-use website, this precious metals service makes finding what you are looking for simple and trouble-free.


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Identity Manager 8, now with MySQL Support
By pelegri on Jan 06, 2009
This piece of news came up just before holiday break but is still worth posting: the latest patch of Sun's Identity Manager (184.108.40.206) now (again) supports MySQL Enterprise - see the notes from Mani and from Paul.
This combination provides another example of how to leverage the different software (and hardware) components into very compelling value-propositions to Sun's customers. In another related example, the Marines Corp is using the Identity Manager, Role Manager, OpenSSO and Directory Server to provide Access and Identity Management Solutions to more than 400K marines; the Goverment is particularly interested in using Open Source to reduce costs (and also to increase security!) BTW, I don't know if MySQL will be used in this particular solution - I'll see if I can find out and share.


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Jan. 21, 2014
By: Andrew Rich
FRESNO, Calif.-- Fresno State will open up the indoor track and field season on Thursday, January 23 when they travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., to compete in the Air Force Invitational.
"We're starting off the season with our first meet at Air Force," Bulldogs head coach Scott Winsor said. "We will be tested by quite a few Mountain West schools so it should be a good test to see where our kids are."
The team will get to compete against conference foes Colorado State, UNLV and Wyoming along with Air Force.
Winsor has high hopes for his athletes going into the indoor season.
"We've got some top-notch athletes that we are looking to be in the hunt to win conference, if not win conference, and then be in the hunt to make the NCAA's," Winsor said.
Junior Je'Nia Sears, the 2013 Indoor Mountain West Long Jump Champion, is back and will look to improve on her own Fresno State long jumps records. She is the No. 1 indoor and outdoor long jumper in school history. Sears, a Fresno-native, is going for back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Thrower Meagan McKee enters indoor competition this year after finishing fourth last year in the Mountain West Championships.
Sisters Dezirae Johnson and Kyra Johnson will team up with freshman Njeri Omawahleh to create a very tough 4x400 relay team, according to Winsor. Omawahleh was a three-time CIF State Championship medal-winner while at Edison High in Fresno.
Competition will begin in Colorado Springs on Thursday at 12:00 p.m., PT.
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Seriously? A beer company making spirits? Yes, it's true. Dogfish Head makes its own hand-distilled spirits, including rum.. To flow with our off-centeredness and our crazy beer making, we create our rums with nontraditional ingredients like honey, orange and coriander.
Brown Honey Rum [1]
White Light Rum [2]
Wit Spiced Rum [3]
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[2] http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-spirits/rums/white-light-rum.htm
[3] http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-spirits/rums/wit-spiced-rhum.htm


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When it comes to documentation of an measurement, you need to report ALL settings of a device that effects that measurement.
From a core memory dump written as a hex string to a XML document.... anything that shows up a difference in the settings that affect the measurement would be fine for documentation.
Something like a big property node readout followed by a format into string .... but make sure not to miss a property.... and a bit more complicated when it comes to signal routing....
A measurement that isn't sufficiently documented is all for naught.
Just think of a nasty auditor
It's so easy to make measurements with LabVIEW, please make it easy and consistent to document it.
A quick measurement setup with the DAQ-assistant/Express fills Gigabytes but after a certain time they are useless because nobody knows how they where taken. A simple checkbox could add all this information in the variant of the waveform. (or TDMS or ...) even if the operator don't have a clue of all the settings that affect his measurements.
Hi Henrik,
Great idea. You can sort of do this today by saving the task (to MAX) and exporting the entire DAQmx configuration to an INI file, but it would be nice to have an easier way to do this that doesn't clutter up MAX and doesn't export the entire configuration.
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October 21st, 2011
Perhaps you've gotten the good news? Next week, we are FINALLY getting in a new delivery of Special Effects Hair Dye in the Attic! ARE YOUR MINDS BLOWN? Ours are!
We do our best to keep Special Effects in stock, but it does move quickly, and deliveries are, shall we say, erratic? So when new shipments come in, it's best to get it IMMEDIATELY. We also stock Manic Panic brand dyes all year round, and their formulas have REALLY improved in the past few years with regard to how long they last, so, if you haven't tried out their AMP'D line in a while, you might want to give that a go.
In the meantime, here's some tips to keep that soon-to-be dyed hair looking as bright as possible, for as long as you can! Use these tips and you'll look amazing!
Want some dye tips to make your hair stay brighter, longer? We've got 'em!
Finally, if you want your dye to last as long as possible, avoid shampooing. When you do have to shampoo, do it quickly and don't use hot water. Your hair will, over time, get used to being washed less often and won't look greasy or dirty. Your scalp will also thank you for not using so much shampoo. Sleeping on dark towels can be a good idea. There's never going to come a time when your dye doesn't rub off in the night. It's just the price you pay for super bright, super cool looking hair. There WILL come a time, when it's rinsed enough that it won't come off on your face. Also remember that reds do not last as long as blues, no matter what you do, that's just the nature of these dyes.
Do you have any tips to help make your dye last longer? Leave them in the comments! We'd love to hear them and share them with our other customers. Got photos of your gorgeous dye job? Send them in so we can post them in the Customer Gallery!Back to the Attic
I find that when I first rinse my dye out, if I rinse with half a cup of white vinegar mixed with cold water it helps the dye last and helps prevent the dye from rubbing off on things like pillow cases. ^_^
Hello There. I found your blog using msn. This is an extremely well written article. I'll make sure to bookmark it and come back to read more of your useful info. Thanks for the post. I'll definitely comeback.
Thank you so much! I have never ever used this dye on dry hair, but next time i color it, i will absolutely try it out. Thank you for this great article!
When ever I dye my hair I always used cold water and damage care conditioner.
I try to refrain from straightening and blowdrying.
Naturally curly hair. Soon to be Sonic Green ^_^
I started using Tresume Naturals which has low sulfites. I noticed that using this shampoo kept my dye going at least 3 weeks longer when I used it two times a week washing my hair. Sonic Green still looked amazing after 3 weeks, and didn't wash out completely for at least three months.
Hey if you add some of the colour to your shampoo I find that works good to!
If you flatiron your hair directly after dying it (obviously wait until it is dry) it keeps the color into your hair longer
Lucky for me I have black pillows. Also, any care tips on how to stop it from frizzing after it's been dried and or straightened?
Instead of using bleach for cleanup, try synthrapol. This stuff is magic! It worked much faster and more completely than the bleach and it doesn't stink as badly.
There is a less expensive, non-toxic version as well but I haven't tried it: http://www.dharmatrading.com/products/ptd.html
This stuff is designed to remove sizing and oils and loose pigment/dye from fabric and dye baths. There's Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) available on the site to be sure you're not in harm's way.
I never bleach my hair. I always color my hair a coppery brown color then use the Special Effects Cherry Bomb. I keep it on all day, then rinse it out before I go to bed. I wash my hair every 2 to 3 days. It usually keeps on my hair for at least 2 1/2 months. Probably because my hair isn't fried and unhealthy from using bleach product. I have not or will ever bleach my hair. I always keep a bottle on hand for touch ups.
Hey just followed your steps for doing blue. Plastic wrap slipped during the night. Ended up with a slightly blue forehead. After rinsing my hair I just took rubbing alcohol and a cotton ball to the smurfyness and it came right off. Thanks for the great tips went to the salon a week ago and the blue from there had washed out completely. Have a better feeling about this one. When rinsed my hair very little dye came out. Thanks again.
Hey there. I'm supposed to be dying my hair a REALLY bright blue, kind of like an aqua color. My hair is dark and light brown naturally, and I was wondering, what kind of bleach would work the best? I want this blue to really stand out and be as bright as possible, and I'm afraid that (with my luck) I will get ahold of a bleach that doesn't work well enough for me to accomplish this. Any advice?
Handy tip: Dry shampoos. It's just like a hair spray can, but helps tone down the oils in your hair for another day or two. Just shower cap it up when showering and use the dry shampoo when needed. Less washings, means less color loss. I use Beyond Zone: Rock On dry shampoo.
Hi! Thanks for this article. I went to cosmetology school forever ago and stopped the schooling about 2 months before i was set to graduate (i know… i was young and stupid) and now i know just enough to be a danger to myself. I read this article as a refresher because i'm gonna put bright red streaks in my hair.
A small tip for those reading this who want to pre-lighten/open up the follicle with out lightening too much is to do what is called a "shampoo cap". Basically, you mix a low level (volume 10) cream peroxide with your shampoo. Shampoo your hair with this mixture leaving it on for about 5 minutes. This should open everything up and ready your hair for semi permanent dye. Also, try this on a small piece of hair before you do it all over to see results… different hair acts differently.
Good tips on dyeing! Being dye newbies my wife just used a paint brush to smush the Special Effects dye into my bleached mohawk. The blue haired freak color came out well! Very vivid. Though I did have the halo effect mentioned in one of the above tips from not getting the dye down to coat the scalp level hair. Oh well live and learn!
Another tip is to not wash your hair AT ALL. Well, maybe once or twice. Wash before you dye and once after. Then only use CONDITIONER. Co-washing, as it's called, is SOOO much healthier for your hair. And if it's curly, or wavy it will get curlier but more defined and pretty. LiveCurlyLiveFree.com and NaturallyCurly.com are great resources. The 'method' is called CurlyGirl method, but you can use it on straight hair, and tweak it a bit. This says no shampoo ever, no silicone or silicone derivitives, and no heat. I use cones (silicones) when I heat style, which for me is only flat ironing and not very often, and then I shampoo. Then it's back to only conditioner. Vo5, and Treseme naturals work beautifully for me an they're cheap an cruelty free. Volumizing works best for fine hair, moisturizing for coarse, and anything for medium. Hope this helps and a few people will switch over
I remember reading somewhere that if you mix the dye with your conditioner, it'll help the color last longer. im not sure how true this is and i havent gotten the chance to try it. also i just dyed my hair red today, i used a permanent red hair color because i wanted it to be darker than it'd be when bleaching (and i figured out the hard way that i become addicted to bleaching my hair, took a year to get my hair healthy again) and i used splat's luscious raspberry over it after a day (if you pre lighten your hair, wait a day to dye it, the color will take better and last brighter longer).
Ps. if you want a pretty pink that lasts a really long time, use luscious rasperry from splat, its really a supposed to be a red color, but it fades to pink (quickly if you wash it enough) and it will STAY pink for a REALLY REALLY long time, every time i've used it, the pink will still be there 4 months later
Kay so I know it sounds crazy but put some food coloring into the dye and mix it up well. This helps to keep the color longer on top of all the other tricks. Works really well for blue dyes
Great tips! Here's one for removing the hair color that gets on your skin: use Dawn power clean. Yeah, the dish soap. That stuff is amazing. Rub it right on the dyed skin, let it sit a few minutes, then rinse it off. If the stain is particularly stubborn, give it a scrub with a washcloth or loofah or whatever.
Just be careful not to get it on your hair. It can actually strip the color right out. It probably also works for removing remnants of color from an old dye job, but I always redye my hair pink, adding it right on top of the old pink, so I wouldn't know.
I also keep a bottle in the room with me when dying my hair. If I drop a bit on the counter top or floor, I quickly rub in a bit of power clean and wipe it away with a damp towel. Problem solved.
For removing oops problems, on skin or otherwise, there is a product that professionals use (also available on Amazon) called Roux CleanTouch. It is specifically for this. I have used Nuclear Red for over a year and use this for all cleanup. Especially works well if you use baby wipes or a (red, lol) washcloth and just a squirt of this product. I've even removed it from white tiles in our b'room.
I'll lucky to have a black granite type sink in my kitchen so I don't have to ruin my bathroom. I only wash about ONCE in between touch-ups. I do my roots (and lightly comb through) about once a month or so.
Love SFX.
Special Effects is by far the best vivid color dye I've used out of all of them that I've tried. So anyone wanting to dye, I would definitely suggest that brand first. The other thing I wanted to add is how to make the color last. I have very oily skin, which means I have an oily scalp. On top of that, I have naturally curly hair that requires product to reduce frizz and that causes more build up. So going a day, let alone multiple days, without washing is impossible. My fix is using a cleansing conditioner instead of shampoo and conditioner. I wash my hair DAILY using RenPure's Rosemary Mint Cleansing Conditioner and after three weeks had very little noticeable fading. It's all natural/naturally derived from what I can tell in the ingredients and it smells nice. My hair isn't left feeling heavy or oily even though there are lots of essential oils in the conditioner and it's tamed my frizz quite a bit so I use less of other products when styling. Cleansing conditioners have become more popular with brands like Pantene and Herbal Essences having them added to their lines. I'll be honest and say that they might still be more harsh than an all natural one since it's often the chemicals that strip our color. Anyway! Figured I'd share since it's worked so well for me. =)
Just wanted to take a minute and give some tips I have found. I am in LOVE with Special Effects hair dyes!! They outlast tons of other dyes that have claimed to last the longest by a landslide!! I try and get sulfate free shampoos to avoid the quick fading… I DO NOT reccomend loreals version of sulfate free..it strips the color right out. But as far as getting the oops spots of of for heads, ears and hands…noxema pads take it right off..very little scrubbing required!! Happy dyeing
I have just put in red hair it looks awesome and i love it.I was wondering how long can it last me???? I exercise every day so I have to wash my hair out what can I do? How long last????
Great article! I'm wondering is I put a clear gloss a couple of days after using manic panic, will the color last longer?


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The Dark Knight has always existed with multiple titles running at one and even after the launch of the New 52 that didn't seem to change. Now they have launched the latest series Batman Eternal from creators Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and Jason Fabok. The series is pushing to deliver a new issue every week of the month and kicks things off with Commissioner Gordon caught on the wrong side of the law, so where will this take the caped crusader?
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Preview: Leicester v Sunderland
by Stuart Vose
Final pre-season test at King Power Stadium (Saturday, 3pm).
Martin O'Neill is looking to round off his side's pre-season preparations on a high note tomorrow as Sunderland make the trip to Leicester.
The Black Cats drew 1-1 at Derby in midweek, with James McClean scoring his side's goal in his second pre-season appearance.
Sunderland have also travelled to South Korea and Sweden ahead of next week's big kick-off at Arsenal.
O'Neill mixed and matched at Pride Park, handing starts to Blair Adams and Ahmed Elmohamady and using a number of youngsters off the bench in the second half.
He was without Stephane Sessegnon, who picked up an ankle injury at the beginning of the week, and will be hoping that the Beninese star will be fit to feature at Leicester.
O'Neill kept his squad in the Midlands following the Derby game for a training camp as he looks to extract the maximum amount of preparation time ahead of the start of the new Barclays Premier League season.
Leicester, meanwhile, are gearing up for a promotion push this season under manager Nigel Pearson.
The former Middlesbrough defender had a spell in charge of the Foxes between 2008 and 2010, moving to Hull City before returning to the Midlands in November 2011.
The Midlands club finished ninth in the Npower Championship, nine points shy of the final play-off spot.
They have invested heavily on the playing side, including signing former Everton striker Jermaine Beckford for a reported £2.5m in August 2011.
This summer's business has been headlined by the arrival of highly-rated Fleetwood striker Jamie Vardy, 25.
Vardy cost Leicester a reported non-league record fee of £1m after helping Town into League Two with 31 goals in 36 games last season.
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron
Revolution: (n) a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
Have you ever wondered what a technological revolution looks like by the numbers? Well, Mashable provided this great illustration on The iPod Revolution:
The iPod is a device igniting a social revolution, spawning other devices such as the iPad that will be at the forefront. They are changing the way we get our information and helping shape a new way of thinking
You heard it here first.
The revolution will, in fact, be podcasted and streamed.
Is your agency ready to meet this new communications challenge? Are you prepared to be effective as these devices change the information consumption habits of the members of your communities? If not, why not? What is stopping you from achieving the goal of effective communication in this new media platform?


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Diary of a Bad Year
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Publication Date: December 27, 2007
An ingenious new work of fiction from the Nobel Prize? winning author of Disgrace
J . M. Coetzee once again breaks literary ground with Diary of a Bad Year, a book that is, in the words of its protagonist, ?a response to the present in which I find myself.? Aging author Senor C has been commissioned to write a series of essays entitled ?Strong Opinions,? of which he has many. After hiring a beautiful young typist named Anya, the two embark on a relationship that will have a profound impact on them both? especially when Alan, Anya?s no-good boyfriend, develops designs on Senor C?s bank account. Told in these three voices simultaneously, Coetzee has created any entirely new way of telling a story, and nothing less than an ?involving, argumentative, moving novel? (The New Yorker).
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 9, 1940, John Michael Coetzee studied first at Cape Town and later at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Ph.D. degree in literature. In 1972 he returned to South Africa and joined the faculty of the University of Cape Town. His works of fiction include Dusklands, Waiting for the Barbarians, which won South Africa�s highest literary honor, the Central News Agency Literary Award, and the Life and Times of Michael K., for which Coetzee was awarded his first Booker Prize in 1983. He has also published a memoir, Boyhood: Scenes From a Provincial Life, and several essays collections. He has won many other literary prizes including the Lannan Award for Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize. In 1999 he again won Britain�s prestigious Booker Prize for Disgrace, becoming the first author to win the award twice in its 31-year history. In 2003, Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.


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by Rukmani Krishna on June 23, 2012 at 1:02 PM General Health News - G J E 4
The detection of tuberculosis causing bacteria using a new technique could help in protecting the health of primate populations. Monkeys and apes might find tuberculosis to be a serious threat.
The method can spot TB even among infected primates that show no outward sign of disease, but are still capable of spreading infection to others of their kind.
AdvertisementExisting tests for TB in primates are difficult to apply and give unreliable results, often failing to detect infections.
With the new approach, researchers obtained the first published evidence of TB pathogens in the mouths of Asian monkeys living near people.
The study appears in the latest issue of the American Journal of Primatology. Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel, a senior research scientist at the National Primate Research Center at the University of Washington, headed the international project.
Her team worked in six Asian countries and the Rock of Gibraltar, places where people come into frequent contact with macaques.
The monkeys are kept as pets, or live in temples, range freely throughout urban neighborhoods, reside in nature parks or zoos, or perform as entertainers.
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DOI: 10.1002/bies.201190011
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To help address public misunderstanding of evolution, we must find alternatives to anthropomorphic terminology, and I have some suggestions. In this issue Jacques Dubochet asserts that a major reason for the lack of public acceptance of evolution is a fundamental misunderstanding of its core concepts: many people think of evolution producing modifications with an aim, e.g. 'eyes in order to see', 'legs for walking', rather than in terms of directionless variation, and natural selection without motivation, design or strategy. And yet the latter two concepts are used by many biologists at some point when discussing evolution, be it in the scientific literature or in popular books. The conceptual problem is even deeper: for example Richard Dawkins cast evolution in the guise of a 'blind watchmaker' in his book of the same name, a concept that, whilst successfully communicating one aspect of evolution, might reinforce the notion that evolution works towards producing a particular entity with a pre-defined use: in this case a watch. The problem here is that the watchmaker (a defined professional), even if blind, must know the aim to which he is working, in order to be able to assess the success of his, albeit random, work.
It is about time that we stopped such anthropomorphic terminology and thinking, and confronted the likelihood that – far from being 'excusable shorthand' – it is an important contributor to a false impression of evolution among many non-scientists. I feel that much of the 'excuse' for using terms that evoke will, direction and strategy in evolutionary processes is a problem of finding the right words; or at least of not falling so easily into the anthropomorphisms that we use in other realms of experience.
A banal example shows how an apparently trivial change in words can radically change perceived meaning: to accomplish metabolic process X, enzyme Y evolved a specificity for Z. In an objective scientific sense, we should phrase this as 'in accomplishing X, Y concomitantly evolved a specificity for Z'. It is that innocent little word 'to' that transforms the meaning, giving enzyme Y the essence of 'will' – 'to' being short for 'in order to', or 'with the purpose of'. Purpose can only be exercised by a supernatural entity in this situation.
There have even been meetings organised under titles such as 'Molecular Strategies in Biological Evolution'. This and other examples impose a fallacious sense of direction of causality in evolution, and that is completely consistent with a common misconception of evolution facilitating organisms towards certain aims or goals. Another concept that arises from the 'anthropomorphisation' of evolution is the 'problem': in other words, an organism or system evolves towards what we, retrospectively, identify as a barrier, or 'problem' that had to be 'solved', and we wonder how it was overcome. Nature doesn't solve anything. 'Evolved towards' is another trap: we can only say 'towards' in retrospect. The system cannot actually evolve towards anything. So I have a few suggestions (see box).
|Evolution old-speak
|Evolution new-speak
|How nature solved this problem (X) …
|How evolution resulted in…
|This invention of evolution…
|This product of evolution…
|Thus mechanisms had to evolve to…
|Thus mechanisms evolved in which…
|Or: Thus mechanisms evolved that…
|Organism X adapts to a changing environment.
|Organism X evolves, remaining successful in a changing environment.
|Organism X evolved to exploit niche Y
|Organism X evolved and occupied niche Y
|Structure X is perfectly adapted to perform function Y
|Structure X very efficiently performs Y
|Structure X is designed to perform
|Structure X performs Y
|Evolutionarily stable strategy
|Evolutionarily stable behaviour
|Organism X maximises its…
|Organism X is selected for a maximal…
|This entails the necessity of…
|This involves…
I believe that a large part of our difficulty in avoiding the invocation of agency and direction in evolutionary processes is our persistent inability to define natural selection in terms of physical laws and processes. The spread of information theory into biology would, in my opinion, greatly help. In the meantime, anthropomorphic terminology in evolution might persist just because scientists like using it. But it is one of the worst things we can do, given widespread public misunderstanding of the fundamental principles of evolution. And I bet that it even leads scientists themselves astray sometimes…


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Published: Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 12:30 a.m.
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"The Lord of the Rings," an epic fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien, is one of the most critically renowned novels of the 20th century. Split into three volumes, "The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King" chronicle the quest to get rid of the evil that has taken over Tolkien's fantasy land, Middle-earth.
The novels have been adapted into best-selling movies by Peter Jackson. The movies have received very positive reviews, often called some of the best movies of all time. The prequel to "The Lord of the Rings," "The Hobbit," is now being made into three movies, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," "The Desolation of Smaug" and "There and Back Again."
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" tells the story of a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who goes on a journey to win back the dwarfs' homeland from a dragon named Smaug. Bilbo is not adventurous; he would much rather stay at home where everything is normal and always the same.
Nevertheless, the reluctant hobbit is persuaded by the Wizard Gandalf to join his crew of 12 dwarfs. They encounter trolls, elves, goblins and orcs. In one of the most iconic scenes in 20th century literature, Bilbo meets a very curious creature named Gollum, from whom Bilbo will get the infamous ring that will determine the fate of Middle-earth.
Jackson's film directing, acting talents such as Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen, New Zealand's breathtaking landscape and Howard Shore's magnificent score all help to make the film a masterpiece. The 3-D, although somewhat distracting, is a visual treat for fans. The story starts off slowly but quickly picks up as they begin their journey. The battle scenes are reminiscent of "The Lord of the Rings" movies and are gripping and exciting. Arguably, the best scene in the film is also the most famous scene in the book — when Bilbo meets Gollum.
Serkis plays Gollum, the tragic hobbit-like character who has been corrupted by the ring. Motion capture is used to capture Serkis' body movements and facial expressions and applies it to a CGI Gollum. The use of motion capture was great in "The Lord of the Rings" and is great here. Serkis steals the show and gives one of the best performances in the movie. The riddle scene is a treat for fans and is clever, funny and suspenseful.
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" meets the expectations of fans and is as good as the three "The Lord of the Rings" movies. The movie is exciting, suspenseful and, at times, poignant — three things every good movie should be. Jackson has begun to make another epic trilogy, and we can hope that the next two are as good as the first.
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GI nukes AvP with 5.75/10 – just to be sure
If the first Aliens Vs Predator review's a sign of things to come, Rebellion had best be dug in like an Alabama tick for the next few weeks.
Game Informer's given the shooter a tooth-sucking 5.75/10, saying, "We have a title trying to live off the fumes of two dormant franchises."
You can read a scan here, and see Game Rankings has now updated (thanks, mington).
Rebellion's having a rough time of launching, it seems. Last week's multiplayer demo – on PC and PS3, at least – came unstuck with long waiting times for matchmaking, forcing the developer to apologise.
Whatever happens from this point in, it won't be Sega's fault – the PR team's been pumping out more movies than a Bollywood speed festival in recent weeks. There really have been too many to post.
Jesse Ventura didn't have time to bleed; let's hope the same applies to all involved here.
The game's out on February 19 for PC, 360 and PS3.
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