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Like rubbing salt in a bloody wound, the truth about unemployment stings. Forget that. It hurts. According to a recent report, "Are the Long-Term Unemployed on the Margins of the Labor Market?" by a group of smart scholars at Princeton University, the longer you stay unemployed, the more likely you are to remain unemployed. It sounds like circular logic, but it is the truth. Unfortunately, employers are a lot like your Great-Aunt Agnes, who will tell you (if you bother to listen) that it's easier to marry young, divorce, and marry again than wait until you're fifty to find your first husband.
So what does this analogy mean to workers? Three things.
#1. Don't leave your current gig until you find something better
#2. Don't try to get fired, hoping to collect unemployment until you hit the lottery
#3. Don't stay unemployed longer than it takes to pay your cable bill
These Princeton economists presented their findings at the Brookings Institution (also known for having its fair share of bright people) at a time when the news about unemployment rates is fair to partly sunny. For example, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, "jobless rates were lower in January (2014) than a year earlier in 367 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 3, and unchanged in 2."
There is a lot of good reading in the Princeton report, but there are really few surprises. African Americans are more likely than non-minorities to be unemployed for longer periods of time. And, when they do find work, it is usually in low paying, fragile labor industries. Undereducated workers stay unemployed longer than highly educated workers, and when they get back on the job, it is usually for minimum wage or seasonal work.
One of the most significant findings of the report is that "long-term unemployed had a relatively smaller effect on changes in prices and wages" and this is undoubtedly true for a number of reasons, but I would argue that regardless of impact, any nation with large pockets of unemployed people (particularly people <age 40) is not just looking for trouble – it's asking for it.
As Great-Aunt Agnes would probably also say, "An Idle Mind is the Devil's Workshop" and I bet she would agree that it's much easier for unemployed youth to get into mischief than a group of unemployed senior citizens.

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The newly released documentary "Milius" profiles the life and work of a highly prolific filmmaker largely unknown and unheralded beyond industry insiders. Writer-director John Milius is probably best known to the general movie going public as the man who brought us "Apocalypse Now" and the original 1984 "Red Dawn." Yet as the documentary informs us, he was also a top script doctor and influential artist whose renegade persona kept him from fully realizing his directing desires. The movie currently airs on Roanoke Cox Cable's Epix On Demand.
The most interesting aspect of "Milius" is its narrative composed of edited interview clips with those who knew and worked with him. George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger and many others provide insight and personal stories. And John Milius himself tells much of his own story.
The son of a 58-year-old shoe company owner, Milius admits he was the black sheep of his family. He tells us that asthma squashed his hopes for a military career and that he turned to film after discovering the work of the great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. He studied film at USC, where he met George Lucas and other budding directors, and got his start writing exploitation pictures for AIP.
Spielberg, Lucas and others tell of calling on Milius to fix problems with their scripts. His best such uncredited fixes include the USS Indianapolis shark attack story told by Robert Shaw in "Jaws," dialogue in "Dirty Harry" and getting Sean Connery to do "The Hunt for Red October" by writing some long speeches that Connery insisted on.
Milius also gave Schwarzenegger his career by walking him through every step of "Conan the Barbarian" and brought us the first surfing film with the little known "Big Wednesday." Clips and interviews regarding these titles and many more make this a fascinating documentary for anyone interested in the workings of Hollywood.


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College Hockey:Huskies Pull Even For Draw With Crusaders
Holy Cross' Scoring Difficulties Continue
WORCESTER, Mass. — Holy Cross coach Paul Pearl will not waver in the notion that his Crusaders will snap out of their goal-scoring slump, even though his club continues to have an awfully hard time scoring these days.
The Crusaders took a 2-0 lead by the middle of the second period, but were shut down the rest of the way as Connecticut awoke to salvage a 2-2 tie on Wednesday night at the Hart Center. This game was the first of a home-and-home between the two Atlantic Hockey Association teams. The two squads will have 22 days off before the rematch as they both skate into semester break.
The Crusaders (6-5-4, 3-2-3 AHA) were just starting to get their legs under them having won three in a row, ignited by its 3-1 win over Union of the ECACHL in the consolation game of the Coffee Pot tournament in Providence back on Nov. 28. Yet, scoring continues to limit the effectiveness of the defending Atlantic Hockey champs. In just three of their 15 games have the Crusaders scored more than three goals.
"I don't worry about the goal-scoring, believe me," said Pearl. "For the first 30 minutes of hockey we controlled the game. We are getting our opportunities and the goals will come."
UConn sophomore goalie Scott Tomes showed why he was last week's Atlantic Hockey Goalie of the Week as he was brilliant in the first period with 13 saves. Holy Cross outshot the Huskies, 13-3, after the first 20 minutes but came up empty on the scoreboard.
The Crusaders finally solved Tomes in the second period with the first goal coming on a power play. It was a tightly called game by referee Jim Doyle and both teams spent their share of time in the penalty box for their transgressions.
With Husky B.J. Crum in the box for tripping, Holy Cross' James Sixsmith passed the puck out front from behind the UConn net and teammate Dale Reinhardt swatted it out of the air and into the net at 1:42.
Holy Cross went up 2-0 at 7:35 when Jon Landry kept the puck in at the left point and blasted one on net. Andrew Weber was able to get the rebound amongst the commotion in front and give the Crusaders the two-goal edge.
A year ago Holy Cross would have put a struggling team like UConn (3-10-2, 2-4-1) away at this point. But the Huskies, who own a big win over Massachusetts of Hockey East as its high point of the first half of the season, responded with a offensive flourish of their own.
With last year's Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year Tim Olsen a going concern for the Crusaders, the Huskies followed his lead. Beau McLaughlin backhanded home a rebound from the goalmouth at 14:51 and the Huskies closed to within a goal after two.
"The key was after they got that second goal, we came right out and had a good shift," said UConn coach Bruce Marshall. "We didn't score right away, but that says a lot about this team that they came right back. I thought we got stronger at that point."
Crum drew the Huskies even at 10:10 of the third by picking up a rebound and placing it perfectly into the right side of the net past Crusader goalie Tony Quesada.
Quesada had to be sharp down the stretch. After a quiet three-shot first period, he was tested by 21 shots over the second and third periods and two in overtime. Oftentimes the UConn shooters tried to beat the South Freeport, Maine, native five-hole but he got the pads closed in time.
William Magnuson of UConn rang one off the post with 1:30 to play for the best scoring bid in the waning moments. Overtime was uneventful.
"This break comes at a good time," said Pearl. "We've played an awful lot of physical hockey."
After exams and the Christmas break, the teams will meet in the first round of the Toyota UConn Hockey Classic at the Storrs campus on Dec. 30. Brown and Merrimack meet in the other game.
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Isn't Johnny Cochran dead?.........
That is funny. Someone needs to tell Saddam that Johnny Cochran has passed away.
I am waiting for the pictures of the LATE Saddam. :dead:
well maybe Saddam figures once he gets to hell, he can look up ole' cochran!
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Seems thus far - Saddam is plain ol' arrogant and obviously is still delusional - that he never did anything wrong. Pity they have to waste time and money on a damn trial!!
Funny pics :smile:
Hmmm...let's see delusional, maybe we should give him a backpack in Miami Airport, and let him run down the jetway yelling he has a bomb :biggrin:
Too funny on the pics now wheres my post with JC's tombstone
But, they still shoulda popped him right when he was hiding in that hole in the ground. Coward!
That would saved then the trouble of digging another hole later on. :wink:
Yes, but we wanted to know whre the WMDs are.
Ever notice that the true scumbags, like Saddam always cower and beg for their lives.
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Some years ago, Walt Disney World introduced the Grand Marnier and Grey Goose Orange Slush, available exclusively in the France Pavilion at Epcot, and the universe rejoiced. A few years ago the incredible concoction underwent a mitosis, splitting into two incredible cocktails; the Grand Marnier Orange Slush and the Grey Goose Citron version. Humanity endured as both are wonderful.
Today, to our shame, we have learned about another transformation which occurred to mark the 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. Can't believe we didn't know about this. We are wholly thrilled, though, as the change that occurred this time was to make the slushies bigger.
Still dispensed through a charming and subtle Champagne and Wine Kiosk, on the shores of the World Showcase, those in the know (ahem) can get their slush supersized. For just a few dollars more (yes, I know), the most polite French person you will ever encounter will add a heaping shot of Grand Marnier to the best beverage you will ever ingest.
There are those who might balk at spending sixteen dollars on a cocktail. Know that it costs more than that for a flat beer at every major metropolitan airport. For Epcot guests contemplating the $16 investment, look around you. You aren't at any stinking airport. Your purchase comes with post-card scenery and bliss in every direction. The only thing the original cocktail lacked was size and a few more drams of alcohol. That's all been remedied. You're welcome.
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Basic Service Management is now available
Written by the IT Skeptic!!
This book is about how to run services, in any organisation, in any industry. It describes the basics, the core stuff, in realistic pragmatic terms. And it is pragmatically brief - we kept it to 50 paperback pages.
I got whipped in the stock market bubble like many people, so I'm the last to read too much into graphs any more, but nevertheless I always find Google Trends interesting.
A podcast of the orginal post What do all the sites without a CMDB do?
There are some fundamental fallacies behind the arguments for CMDB and a recent article encapsulated a number of them. Why do we keep getting told a CMDB is essential when almost nobody has one?
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There are some fundamental fallacies behind the arguments for CMDB and a recent article encapsulated a number of them. Why do we keep getting told a CMDB is essential when almost nobody has one?
You can have CMDB for free.
It must be easy and cheap - look at this ad for a freelance programmer:
Looking to create a ITIL CMDB database. Very standard datastructure you can go online and check it. Would prefer someone with experience... MS SQL ... MS Windows... Delhi
Budget? $30-$250
No, dollars.
Recent "research" (in the analyst sense of the word) from EMA shows that even amongst those who say they are working on a CMDB [which other numbers indicate is 10%-30% of the ITIL population], those with functional CMDBs remain a minority. This confirms our recent assertion that CMS and SKMS and CMDB represent best practice blue sky. There is nothing "generally accepted" about CMDB practice: about 2%-5% of IT shops I reckon. In true market-hyping fashion Dennis Drogseth of EMA is fond of referring to the "CMDB tidal wave". Based on their own numbers I gotta ask: where's the wave Dennis?
A podcast of the original post a back-of-an-envelope re-analysis of Forrester and BMC's own CMDB research
Several readers argue well that ROI is not the right measure for a CMDB, but nevertheless management want to know what they get for their money, and BMC's own research suggests "not much".
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[Updated June 2009: the paper, entitled "The Total Economic Impact of the BMC Atrium CMDB Solution" is here.]
A podcast of the original blog post Crap Factoid Alert: CMDB savings of more than $1 million per year .
This is a CATEGORY 1 Crap Factoid alert from Chokey the Chimp at the IT Skeptic's Crap Factoid Warning Service. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Be on EXTREME danger alert for CF "CMDB savings of more than $1 million per year". BMC and Forrester are shovelling it.
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Although two earlier graduation ceremonies held at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. went without a hitch on Sunday, May 18, the evening commencement ceremony was delayed for 90 minutes and moved to a different university location following bomb threats called in by a former student. The reason why 22-year-old Danielle Shea called in those bomb threats in her misguided effort to derail the commencement, was because Shea's mom had spent a fortune on her college education costs and was not aware her daughter had dropped out of school and wasn't graduating with the rest of the Class of 2014.
ABC News reported that when the Hamden police caught up with Shea on Sunday, she was all decked out in her graduation cap and gown, even though she knew she wouldn't be attending any graduation ceremonies at Quinnipiac. University police working in cooperation with the police from Hamden, identified the telephone Shea used to place her bomb threats and caught up with her at the graduation site on campus grounds. Shea ended up providing police a thorough confession.
Police said Shea didn't attend the university this year, but her mother paid thousands of dollars she thought was for her daughter's education. When graduation arrived, Shea panicked when relatives didn't see her name on the graduation roster and tried to have the ceremony canceled, they said.
Police said that Shea made two separate phone calls to the university's public safety office in an effort to disrupt and hopefully cancel the graduation ceremony. The first call was placed about 20 minutes prior to the beginning of the 6 p.m. ceremony in which Shea told officials that there was "a bomb in the library."
In the second call, about 20 minutes later, police said Shea warned that "several bombs are on campus" and noted, "You haven't cleared out graduation. That's not a good idea."
The Boston Herald reported that the university delayed the commencement ceremony originally scheduled for 6 p.m. yesterday by 90 minutes and moved it to the campus' TD Bank Sports Center. And that's where police eventually caught up with Shea, still wearing the cap and gown she'd purchased to help perpetuate her ruse. For more on the story, see the video accompanying this article.
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Women's soccer falls at Geneseo in season finale
GENESEO, N.Y.—SUNY Geneseo (2-10-3, 2-5-2 SUNYAC) scored four first half goals and went on to a 7-0 victory over the SUNY Potsdam women's soccer team (2-15-1, 0-9) in the Bears season finale. Kelsey Raschke scored twice for the Blue Knights.
Geneseo wasted no time jumping on Potsdam. At 4:15, Sam Sherman launched rocket from 25 yards out that glanced off the hands of freshman goalkeeper Shannon Weader and in for a 1-0 Blue Knight lead. Geneseo never let up and scored three more goals before the half in a short burst. In the 25th minute, Shannon Spusta knocked down a goal kick and scored from short range. Five minutes later, Raschke scored her first off a Stephanie Clookey direct kick. Two minutes later, The Bears surrendered an own goal and trailed 4-0 at the break.
Freshman goalie Jaime Durant relieved Weader at the start of the second half. At 48:52, Bethany Kwarta made it 5-0 on a direct kick. In the 70th minute, Alexa Vojvodic sent a direct kick into the box and Allison Kopunek drove home the loose ball for a 6-0 advantage. With under four minutes to play, Raschke capped the scoring with her second marker to give Geneseo the 7-0 victory.
In goal, Weader stopped eight shots in the first half and Durant made nine saves in the second. For the Blue Knights, Julia Sanger stopped one shot in the first half to earn the win. Allison Stamp replaced Sanger in the second half and made three saves.
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Mercury in Air Pollution: A Link to Autism?
March 18, 2005 - Can mercury in air pollution cause autism? Nobody knows. But a new study suggests it's worth a look.
Mercury is one heck of a toxic substance. A fraction of a teaspoon can render all the fish in a 20-acre lake unsafe to eat.
A recent Institute of Medicine study found no link between the tiny amounts of mercury in But the jury is still out on whether prenatal exposure to mercury might affect brain development.
Could environmental exposure to mercury affect autism rates? Raymond F. Palmer, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Texas Health Science Center explored the issue. They looked at EPA figures on industrial mercury release -- most of which comes from coal-fired power plants -- in 254 Texas counties. They compared these figures to autism rates from the counties' 1,184 school districts, taking into account other factors linked to autism.
Mercury Dumping, More Autism
"We found that for every 1,000 pounds of mercury released by industry, there was a 17% increase in autism," Palmer tells WebMD. "This is one of the most highly toxic [nerve-damaging substances] on earth. So when we talk about 50 pounds, 1,000 pounds, 2,000 pounds released into the environment, this is a tremendous amount of potential exposure. But we do not know how these exposures get into the body."
The findings are scheduled to appear in the journal Health & Place.
No Proof Mercury Pollution Causes Autism
Palmer is quick to point out that this kind of study does not prove mercury pollution causes autism.
"We show a significant relationship between mercury release into the environment and autism. But that does not prove causation," Palmer says.
Palmer's team is planning a long-term study to see whether actual fetal mercury exposure can be linked to autism.
"The ultimate goal of this work is to help us think about what we want to let out in the environment," Palmer says. "Is there an acceptable risk for mercury exposure? We don't know. We would like to affect political action, but we need harder data to do that. This study is just a first step."


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Cincinnati - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a task order to Safety and Ecology Corporation of Knoxville, Tennessee, for technical services at the West Valley Demonstration Project, West Valley, New York. The task order has a three-year performance period with a $1.3 million value.
Cincinnati - The Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a $1.5 million contact (task order) to Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio for planning and support functions for the Office of Environmental Management.
Cincinnati - The Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a task order for environmental technical services to Professional Project Services, Inc., of Oak Ridge, TN, for support services at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant located near Paducah, KY.
Groundwater Database Report - Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant - Quadrant I Groundwater Investigative (5-Unit) Area Plume
The result of Ohio State's research is a game-changing technology that could make it less expensive to apply carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology at coal-fired power plants.
Cincinnati - The Department of Energy today awarded a grant to the State of California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) for regulatory functions necessary to oversee
investigation and cleanup at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) project at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), Canoga Park, California. The $5.6 million grant has five one-year performance periods.
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The Omhu Holiday Gift Guide.
We like to give things that help everyone in the family! 1. For The Windbag Pack of Stop Talking cards. Enough said. 2. For The Life Of The Party The Govino Thumb Notch wine glass. Pack of six. 3. For The … Read More
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Omhu at The LeadingAge Idea House
Last week we were featured at the LeadingAge Idea House in Washington D.C. We want to shout out a BIG Thank You to the International Center for Long Term Care Innovation for displaying our Omhu Canes at their Den.
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An Artful Calendar
In spite of all the devices, technology and online options available, we still find flexible calendar systems really useful – especially ones that double as wall art. Visualizing time, remembering appointments, looking forward to visits are really important things for … Read More
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Letting Go of My Father
It's a familiar story to anyone who has experienced it. Jonathan Rauch's elderly father insisted that he could manage by himself. But he couldn't. In the April issue of The Atlantic magazine, the author describes how he found himself utterly … Read More
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Sibling Rivalry
There's a new book out by Francine Russo about the family dynamics of caring for elderly parents. Russo has covered the Boomer beat for Time magazine for many years and today she blogs about her own personal experience in The … Read More
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Publications & Presentations
Water/Wastewater Treatment
• Water Environment Research – Health Effects Associated with Wastewater Treatment, Reuse, and Disposal. 2014 pp. 1970-1993(24)
• Heavy Metals In Water: Presence, Removal and Safety – Arsenic Contamination: An Overview. 2015 pp. 86-121
• Heavy Metals In Water: Presence, Removal and Safety – Removal of Iron and Manganese from Water–Chemistry and Engineering Considerations. 2015 pp. 122-140
• Water Environment Research – Health Effects Associated with Wastewater Treatment, Reuse, and Disposal. 2013 pp. 1954-1977(24)
• Multiple Benefits of Nanofiltration in Brackish Groundwater Treatment
• Ozone Applications in Golf Course Irrigation Water Treatment
• Use of Advanced Processes Yields Big Savings and Better Water Quality for Somerton
• Engineering Excellence for Australia
• Recycled Water Reservoir Water Quality Study
• Evaluation of Denitrification in Constructed Wetlands
• Evaluation of Denitrification Rates and Mechanisms in Microcosm Experiments with Sediments and Plants
• Hybrid Sequencing Batch Reactors(SBR) Offer an Efficient Wastewater Treatment
• Nitrate Removal in Constructed Wetlands
• PACE's Value Engineering Saves City of Bisbee $145,000
Stormwater Management
• Water Use Reduction Strategies
• Integrated Watershed Runoff Management Planning for Large Planned Development
• Developing an Integrated Watershed Planning Tool for Integrated Flood Management
• Optimizing Basin Design for Floodplain Management
• Selecting Physical Hydraulic Modeling for Flood Hazards Analysis
• Engineering Analyses for Urban Drainage Systems
• Watershed Management Planning Tool
• Stormwater Management Integrated into Creative Landscape Design
• Addressing Flood Control and Management in the San Diego IRWM
• Multi-Objective Decision Tool for Flood Control Masterplanning
• East Garden Grove Wintersburg Channel – Physical Model Study at I-405
• Performance of Flood-Tested Soil-Cement Protected Levees
• Alluvial Fan Case Studies, Floodplain Management Association, May 2010
• Bi-level Soil Cement: An Environmentally Superior Bank Protection System
• Design of Channel Flow Diversion Facilities for Riparian Habitat Irrigation
• Design of Fish Passage Mitigation Measures for Existing Flood Control Channels
• Design of Streambank Bilization with Geogrid Reinforced Earth Systems
• Levee Design for Flood Protection on Alluvial Fans
• Design of Channel Flow Diversion Facilities for Riparrian Habitat Irrigation
• Physical Modeling on the Effect of a Horizontal Armor Blanket for Grade Control Structures
• Riparian Habitat Replacement within Active Floodplains
• Soil Cement: Flood and Environmental Protection
Stream/Habitat Restoration
• Watershed Stream Stabilization / Restoration Project
• Erosion Hazard Boundaries – Estimating Stream Bank Lateral Migration
• Integrating Urban Design for Creek Restoration Projects Streambank
• Restoration Design with Vinyl Sheet Pile Grade Control Structures
Manmade Lakes
• Aquascape Solutions for Stormwater Management and Treatment
• Resources for Planning and Designing Manmade Lakes


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Town Square Las Vegas has a new "haute" spot for hair, nails and skin. LOOK Style Society is a new beauty destination that houses a blowout bar, nail lounge, salon, cafe and retail shop. Guests can indulge in a variety of services including blowouts, haircuts, hair color, manicures, pedicures, sunless tanning and makeup application.
Hairstylist Sam Villa partnered with LOOK to bring in a blowout bar that offers clients everything from a quick touch up to wedding up-do. The basic blowout at Sam Villa's HairShow includes a customized shampoo, conditioning, treatment with essential oil. a choice of blowout style; volume, curls, straight, movement, waves or short hair, $40. Add-ons like a scalp massage or eye treatment are also available. Sam Villa's HairShow also offers blowout packages or a membership program for the frequent styler.
LOOK is also home to west coast flagship of the Essie Nail Lounge. The lounge carries all three hundred of Essie's signature nail colors and offers manicures, pedicures and gel services stating at $25. Catch some color with a sunless tan by Chocolate Sun, the original organic tanning company hailing from Santa Monica or visit the makeup lounge for a makeup application with premier cosmetics brand Jouer. In between services grab a snack in the LOOK cafe and explore the beauty retail offerings from brands Pureology, Shu Uemura, Skinceuticals and more.
In celebration of the grand opening, LOOK is running a special on selected services. Guests can come in for a $22 tan from Chocolate Sun, $26 makeup application, $16 Blowout at Sam Villa HairShow, $10 Essie Manicures or a Essie Gel Manicure or Essie Pedicure for just $18. To book your blowout, visit samvillahairshow.com. For all other services book at www.look-stylesociety.com with code VIPOPENING or call (702) 712-4345. Prices are good through Monday, March 3, 2014. LOOK Style Society is located at Town Square Las Vegas, across from Fleming's and The Bonefish Grill.