Amazing Auctions Let You Buy iPads and Other Electronics for Under $40

Few things match the thrill of getting an incredible deal on an item we really crave. It’s a basic human response that we all can relate to.
That’s why auctions are so much fun – they present the titillating chance of scoring something for a lot less than we would expect. And that leaves us feeling great, because we now have the object of our desire and we have money left in our pocket.
Marketers know this and exploit it all the time –hence the profusion of sales, discounts, coupons, and the like… so much so, in fact, that we become numb to the tactic. People just don’t believe they’re really getting a bargain.
But now there’s a new online company that has actually figured out a way to sell new must-have consumer products for jaw-dropping prices.
It’s called Quibids – and it turns out that they are selling everything from the latest new Apple iPads and iPods, to MAC and PC notebooks, to HDTV’s and gift cards from the top retailers at prices as low as 5% of regular retail prices.
Now, of course, anyone in their right mind would be skeptical of such a claim – so we looked into it to learn just how they do it.
It turns out that both the prices and the products are real. Quibids runs a unique version of the traditional auction - when you bid on an item you actually get charged a small fee of about 60 cents. Collectively, the amount collected for all of the bids on an item allows the company to sell the item at a price far below actual retail and even below the wholesale price they paid the manufacturer for it.
Figuring out how many bids to place and when to place them involves a little strategy but on QuiBids it’s actually a lot of fun. Each auction has a strict time limit and when you place your bid, the system adds a little time to the auction to see if any other bids come in. If you have the winning bid when the clock runs out – you win the item for that price. According to QuiBids CEO Matt Beckham, “Thousands of people are trying QuiBids every day – and then coming back again and again - so we must be doing something right.”
For the auction winner, the true cost of the item is slightly higher than their winning bid price because they have also spent a little for their bids, but this amount is usually modest, and the savings still work out to be spectacular in most cases.
And then there’s the “Buy Now” feature. This allows bidders who did not win an auction to still buy the product they want and apply the cost of the bids they placed as a discount on the regular product price. So, you still get the item and the bids you placed previously in the auction don’t cost you anything.
So, if you want real deals - like a new iPad for under $34, a new Nikon Digital SLR Camera for less than $24 or a new 46” LED HDTV for under $25 – check out the action at QuiBids.
Click here to see what’s for sale right now on QuiBids and just how low it’s going for.

Why Shampoos Are a Waste of Money

It’s the dirty little secret many shampoo companies don’t want you to know.  When you wash your hair with certain traditional shampoos, you may actually be stripping your hair and scalp of their natural oils.  Many shampoos usually rely on sodium laurel sulfate or other damaging detergents for cleansing.  While these generate a thick lather to clean hair, they can also create dryness, frizziness, dullness, and color fade.
We then spend a fortune of time and money on products that are effectively undoing the damage caused by shampoo.
Nobody knows this problem better than hair care professionals who are dealing with it day-in and day-out.  One in particular, legendary L.A. celebrity stylist Chaz Dean, decided to do something about it.  He got tired of clients leaving his salon raving about their color and the feel of their hair, only to complain a few weeks later that their hair looked and felt brassy and dull.
He knew the main culprit was likely their shampoo, so he started experimenting with various ingredients, including natural herbs and botanicals, that he knew had cleansing and hydrating properties.
The result was a radically new approach to the way we cleanse our hair.  It’s called WEN® Cleansing Conditioner and it was developed in partnership with the beauty powerhouse Guthy-Renker.  WEN® contains a super-hydrating blend of fig, chamomile, rosemary, calendula, and Cherry bark, which when combined, will both cleanse the hair as well as impart shine and softness, even to damaged hair.
WEN® is a 5-in-1 formula that takes the place of your shampoo, conditioner, deep-conditioner, detangler, and leave-in conditioner.  And, the most amazing thing about it is that it cleanses without lather.  Instead, when mixed with water, it creates a smooth foam for shiny, healthy-looking, manageable results.  The first time you try it certainly feels strange, but the results speak for themselves.
Before being marketed, WEN®  underwent extensive consumer tests, and the results were impressive.  More than 90 percent of the participants in the studies reported that their hair was more shiny, less frizzy, and had more bounce.
WEN® is recommended for all hair types, and once you start using it, it will become the only cleanser/conditioner you  will want to include in your daily routine.
Right now, WEN® is offering an easy way for online shoppers to try the product.   They have put together a special 30 day introductory kit that contains everything you need for 30 days of incredible treatment, plus two really cool free gifts and free shipping.
The introductory 30-day kit is now less than $30 and has a 60 day money back guarantee if you are not completely satisfied.
Click here to learn more about WEN® and try this revolutionary new approach yourself.

How Russian Are The Chechen Brothers Tsarnaev?

All day on Friday, while the police launched a massive manhunt in the Boston suburbs for one of the bombing suspects, the media tried to put together pieces of information about alleged bombers. Who are the brothers Tsarnaev? Are they from Russia? Are they from Chechnya? From Dagestan? Where is Chechnya on the map?

Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev suspected of being the Boston Marathon bombers

The younger brother, the 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was captured by the police on Friday night in Watertown, Massachusets; his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was fatally wounded earlier that day during a shootout with the police.

Chechnya is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the North Caucasus mountains

American and Russian media interviewed various Tsarnaev’s family members in the US and Russia and researched all possible social networking sites for clues about identities of the alleged terrorists. Details were provided by the officials of both US and Russia.
Now the general picture has emerged and we know that the Tsarnaev brothers were Russian-born, hailing from the country’s controversial Chechnyan region, and lived with their family in various parts of Russia’s North Caucasus. They briefly attended school in Makhachkala, Dagestan, and ended up in Massachusetts after moving to the United States, reportedly as Chechen refugees, in early 2000s.
The news agencies reported, that the older brother, Tamerlan, was questioned by the FBI for ties with Chechen extremists per request of the Russian government, but no incriminating information was found and he was let go.  Reportedly, he spent about seven months visiting Russia in 2012.
As Reuters reported, Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya’s president, said: “They grew up and studied in the United States and their attitudes and beliefs were formed there,” Kadyrov said. “Any attempt to make a connection between Chechnya and the Tsarnaevs is in vain.” Russians, many of whom do not recognize people from North Caucuses as Russians, protest Tsarnaev brother’s association with Russia. At the same time, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in his personal profile on a Russian social networking site, “VKontakte” uses the Russian language to chat and jokes about North Caucuses stereotypes.
The Northern-Caucuses for years remained a controversial part of Russia. The region is known for its ties with radical religious groups responsible for numerous terrorist attacks such as hijacking passenger planes and bombing the Moscow subway system and apartment buildings. The loudest cases of a terrorist attacks by Chechnyan groups was a hostage standoff in a school in Beslan which saw more than 330 people killed, many of them children; and a hostage-taking raid in a Moscow theater in 2002 with 129 killed.
The recent conflict between Chechnya and Russia started with the violent separatist war in 1994, that continued, with short breaks, for years, with Russian forces killing many Chechen civilians and destroying towns.  However, the origins of it go back to the 18^th century when the Russian Empire tried to expand in the Caucuses.
Today Chechnya’s government keeps a friendly relationship with Moscow and the region remains important as an oil transit and production hub to Russia. The area has always remained quite shady, with its own hierarchy of authorities, alleged criminal activities and ties with extremists groups.
Over the past three years the Russian government has been supplying funds to rebuild Chechnya’s infrastructure destroyed during the war, as they are several other regions in North-Caucasus territory. Reportedly, millions of dollars, poured into rehabilitation of the region, partially disappear somewhere in the Caucus Mountains. But, while the region still remains a troubled scene, the relationship between Chechnya and Moscow is relatively civil, and Kadyrov has a reputation as a pro-Putin leader.
The father of the alleged terrorists, Anzor Tsarnaev, still lives in Makhachkala, Dagestan. He expressed the idea that his sons were set up or framed. “They (the police?) were so fearful, that they killed one of my boys. There are policemen like that.” He said to reporters that he prays for his sons and that he’s afraid for his son. “They will shoot him somewhere and then they will say, ‘he was armed’” Tsarnaev the father said to Reuters. The mother of the Tsarnaev brothers also believes that her children have become victims of political games, Russian news agency RIA reports.
The younger brother is alive and remains in police custody. Hopefully, he will shed some light on their motives and connections. Whether they they are from Chechnya, or from Dagestan, Russians or naturalized Americans, the Boston bombers’ possible access to supplies or training that could have assisted them in their deadly task has not been fully investigated. Until that possibility is eliminated, this cannot be considered merely a matter of domestic security. The brothers come from a region that is an official part of Russia and have noticeable ties with the land of their origin. This makes Putin’s condolences to the US and pledge of assistance in fighting terrorism more than just a courtesy gesture.