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Probably was a good design at the time…

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/

1. Curly hair happens because hair follicles cross-sections are oval in shape. Straight hair is completely round. “If you think about gift wrapping ribbon, when you try to make it curly, you take the scissors and you pull it on one side, so you kind of flatten the one side and it curls. So you’re changing the shape of one side compared to the other,” says Dr. Paradi Mirmirani, a dermatologist in Vallejo, Calif., who specializes in hair. “When it’s oval, one side is curved and the other side is flat, which makes it curl.”

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102074149

2. Americans wash their hair too much – causing the scalp to produce more oil. That’s why if you don’t wash your hair every day it gets oily. Daily washing, they say, strips the hair of beneficial oil (called sebum) and can damage and can even damage it. Counter intuitively, if you just wash your hair 2-3 times a week, the oil should be balanced. During your daily shower, you just need to rinse your hair.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102062969

3. Gray hair happens because hair shafts accumulate hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in millimolar concentrations. Hydrogen peroxide is the main ingredient used in products to bleach hair blond.

http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/abstract/fj.08-125435v1

Bra straps on shoulders showing are one thing, but this crosses the line. And the strap didn’t disappear when she stood up, either. Anyone within 5 feet could read the bra size.

From Jace Cunningham (a facebook friend):

Okay I googled all natural weed killer and came up with this recipe. We bought a little bottle of vinegar, the rest we had, tried it and I could not believe it! Within 3 hours the weeds were dying. It works better than roundup and you don’t drop $20 each time! It will kill grass so use it as you would any weed killer!

One tablespoon salt
One tablespoon dishwashing soap (liquid soap makes the vinegar stick to the leaves)
and up to one gallon vinegar.

Put in spray bottle and spray away, you will be amazed and it’s not full of nasty chemicals!

I absolutely loved this article!

http://www.cracked.com/article_16643_5-most-overrated-jobs-all-time.html

Their list (and you’ll have to read the hilarious reasons why they think these jobs were so overrated):

1. Pirate
2. Cowboy
3. Knights
4. Samurai
5. Private Investigator

Here is a list of my favorites, listed in no particular order.

Sol y Sombra in DC Ranch has excellent Spanish wines and the best tapas in the valley.

Armitage in DC Ranch is a great wine bar…Thursday night is ladies night, half priced drinks and wine.

The Vig on 40th and Indian School has half priced bottles of wine, live music and a great outdoor patio scene on Sunday afternoons.

Cork in South Chandler has great wine and some of the best food in town. They have wine pairings all the time, and half priced bottles of wine on Tuesdays.

A-Z Wines has wine tastings ever Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

Digestif (Old Town Scottsdale) has great food and and excellent wine list.

Of course, there is Il Postino (40th Street and Campbell), which has $5 glasses of wine 7 days a week from 11am to 3pm.

Furio (Old Town) has an ok wine list, but they have martini and manicures night every Monday where you can get a martini or a glass of wine for $10 along with a manicure.

Grazie (Old Town) has amazing pizza and desserts, and a very extensive list of Italian wines.

Chevront (in Central Phoenix across from the library) is a great place to grab a cheese plate and a glass of good wine.

Starbucks will begin testing the soluble coffee — a term that conjures up images of instant brands such as Folgers, Sanka and Brim — by selling it in Starbucks cafes as early as next month. It’s unclear as yet whether the company will also extend the product to supermarkets, where it already has a presence with ground Starbucks-branded coffee.

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From the Boulder, CO wildfire which started yesterday.