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PVP Needs rewards to boost player activity
PVP is losing its touch, not too many poeple play it, if at all, especially at lower lower.
Captain, commander PVP the avg wait is 30+ mins.
Lets create a reward system to encourage more people to play
after 25 pvp games play = X bonus (X = great ground weapon, a lot more XP bonus, special power)
50 pvp game X bonus
100 pvp X bonus ( special pvp ship, or special pvp weapon(thats really good) etc.
150 pvp games....etc.
Cryptic, you really need to do something PVP is dieing hard, and meanwhile it is a great part of the game to have some fun.
I to feel that PvP is extremely bad at lower levels....Lt.Cmdr, Cmdr and Captain.
I think that it is due more to PvE levels faster, fed side, and can get to the "end-game" fairly quickly without having to hassle with PvP queues.
Furthermore, I do not feel Cryptic taking time and $$ to make 'special' weapons or ships to encourage PvP. Heck, they cannot even make 'special' ships for KDF balance, let alone 'special' weapons to further diversify fighting on both sides.
I do think a 'reward' is called for to 'entice' more PvP presence.
Data samples all 3 types for each level x5
Marks [Honor/Explore]
EC Raised by 40%
Skill point Raise by 40%
BO points Raise by 50%
Incentives to allow you to craft your own weapons or consoles.....to allow you to increase your BO skills faster and more readily.....to allow you to earn more EC to buy weapons and consoles.....to allow you gain skill levels faster to speed you through levels.
We all want to get to end game to play with our Friends, Fleet and not all want to really PvP to get there. "Sweeten the pot" and you will get increased participation....just my thoughts on it.
Before my time,PvP missions used to reward more skill points then they do now. Maybe we need to go back there...
As we learned from Marks of Honor and Emblems, adding incentives would only cause the wrong kinds to participate in matches.
IMHO the best way to get people to participate in PvP is to make it fun, not stressful. For instance Open PvP with Territorial PvP. And perhaps adjusting PvP so its less curbstompish.
By having the matches reward more without a "daily" reward.....it encourages more play since you get "moar" for doing a PvP match than needing to do PvE missions to get "moar" rewards. So, those that like to do PvP will do it more since there is "moar" reward for doing so and doesn't ahve to split time to "gather" for themselves or their fleet.
stressful and fun....well i know we **** off lots of Pug teams to where half the team leaves when they see it is us.I don't think fun goes both ways and can see why frustration brews from the pug stand-point.
Either way...even at lower levels, getting samples, EC, marks more than is current would be a way to get more matches, more involvement...not necessarily all bad.
I think we are all concerned about getting more people into PVP but I'm not entirely sure that more rewards (or exclusive rewards) are going to have the desired effect. Right now emblems alone draw enough of the wrong type of players. We need more bodies but we need them to be more than just bodies, if that makes sense.
I've never been supportive of a winner take all reward system and I'm not entirely sure that PVP exclusive rewards are such a good idea either. A revamp that increases the pay out for accomplishing things (like winning but not just for wins) would hopefully be more helpful. A bigger difference in the range of Energy Credit, Skill Point, and Honor/Merit payout would be great. I do like the idea of people having a random shot at earning some anomalies (different numbers and rarity). There is another thread around here somewhere that offers up a broader range of accolades that would be really cool to have implemented too.
In the end, I'm up for trying just about anything to get more people involved but I do mean that they must be involved. They need to want to play. This can't just be another incentive to AFK.
Emblems were the worst thing ever happened to this game IMO. I never did any STF (okey, once, Infected). But due to emblems I can get the STF gear. And vice versa, someone who does not like PvP, has access to that gear. Not that it matters so much, cause entire line of gear is totally out of whack. So maybe they could start here, before they would get any ideas how to attract more ppl to PvP.
Anyway, idling trough PvP match is probably the fastest way to get emblems and with them access to anything.
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State police closed the Interstate 30 bridge for an hour Friday night, along with four other spans across the Arkansas River, after a towboat operator said he feared his runaway load may have struck piers.
The bridges reopened after a state inspector after the head of the Arkansas Waterways Commission and the North Little Rock Fire Department inspected the bridges in daylight Saturday and found the damage was limited to fresh scrapes on the concrete-capped pier protectors.
"We're grateful that the devices worked," said Gene Higginbotham, executive director of the commission. "They've done a good job. That's why you have the devices."
The I-30 bridge carries 114,000 vehicles annually. The Friday evening commute had already ended when the accident occurred but traffic was snarled when police also closed two bridges carrying city streets and two pedestrian bridges.
The only bridge to remain open after the accident was limited to railroad traffic, meaning at least a 16-mile detour for motorists.
Higginbotham said the barges, pushed by the MV Midland, made only a glancing blow to the I-30 bridge and a pedestrian span near the Clinton Presidential Library that is part of the riverfront trail.
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The U.S. Coast Guard in Memphis, Tenn., said Saturday it was investigating but did not return a telephone call seeking comment.
Higginbotham said the Midland was owned by Ingram Barge Co. of Nashville. The company said officials would be available Monday.
Randy Ort, spokesman for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, said his agency's bridge inspectors wouldn't return until Monday. He said there was nothing to indicate an imminent danger to traffic on the highways or the river.
The bridge was completed around 1970, Ort said, and was designed to accommodate the Arkansas River Navigation System, which was completed in 1974. The distance between the piers at Little Rock is 300 feet.
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I recently purchased a new to me 85' Catalina 30. The temperature gauge doesn't work. I've proven that the temperature sending unit is the problem. I was looking as torrenson and its $80. Is there a cheaper place/way to acquire one? I would think I should be able to get it from an auto parts store if I knew the right part number.
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ANY automotive temperature sender that covers the same range, and which has the right threads will work. If memory serves, the threads are SAE, but I do not recall the thread pitch.
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Pull the one that you have off the engine, and bring it in to the auto parts store.
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BEIJING As a bank officer from a poor region in rural China, Gong Ai'ai is an unlikely property baron. In a country where middle class workers can struggle to afford a single apartment in major cities, Gong is accused of amassing a real estate empire worth at least $160 million. Her alleged secret: corruption, kick-backs and multiple fake identities.
The stunning wealth she is accused of amassing - 45 properties in three cities - and the audacity with which she is accused of doing it has touched a nerve with a Chinese public long numb to tales of rampant corruption among the nation's official bureaucracy.
Gong - who was arrested Monday on suspicion of forging official documents - is accused of misusing her power while working for the county-backed Shenmu Rural Commercial Bank to give loans to mine operators in the area in return for cash or shares in the mines. Gong is accused of using that money and at least three fake national identity cards obtained with help of corrupt police to fund her real estate purchases.
Of the properties she purchased, 41 are in Beijing, where skyrocketing real estate prices have priced many Chinese families out of homeownership.
Gong's case has captivated Chinese in a way other reports of corruption haven't. The public and state media have registered shock with each twist since her alleged misdeeds began trickling out in mid-January, as the number of properties she allegedly bought swelled from several, to more than 20, to 45, and the number of fake IDs went from one to three. In the days prior to her detention, speculation centered on the whereabouts of Gong - dubbed "Sister House" by the media - and why she had yet to be arrested.
"I think `Sister House' Gong Ai'ai is now an entertainment celebrity," Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the state-run Global Times, said in an online posting Tuesday. "Entertainment in China is not very developed, so all these corruption thrillers are compensating for it. They are more twisted than some half-baked movie plots."
Gong's ability to get the fake identity cards is central to the popular interest, suggesting corruption among the police who issue the cards. Authorities have already detained four police officers on suspicion of helping Gong obtain the fake IDs, the Ministry of Public Security said.
Fake IDs can help hide income and business activities and circumvent rules in Beijing and other cities that limit the number of houses and apartments someone can buy to prevent speculation and tamp down prices.
Multiple IDs give a person access to benefits others are deprived of, said Yang Xuedong, a researcher at the Central Bureau of Compilation and Translation, a Communist Party think-tank.
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they coined a name for such organized criminality
3rd Circuit remarks Congressional insight of Bankruptcy Organized Crime known as a
Bankruptcy Ring (see Congress's remarks on attorneys corrupting bankruptcies in the
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|Paul Traub was also a
partners with Ponzi
schemer Tom Petters for
10 yrs
Originally, Polaroid,
RedTag, UBid and
Fingerhut were listed as
655 Third Ave, NYC (Paul
Traub's Law Office)
| Marty Lackner actually is the brother of Minnesota Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Lackner and it is a fact that Marty was involved
in Petters Ponzi. Isn't such dynamics a News worthy subject? Marty was involved in the Petters Fraud case via Greg Bell
Many questions will not get answered due to the fact apropos of Marty's (purported) suicide (here)
|Paul Traub is
Mitt Romney's
/ Bain Capital
(secret) attorney
|July 2005 Wall Street
Journal eToys story on Paul
Traub confessing intentional
fraud & perjury [here])
If the Federal Corruption of
Romney by Colm Connolly
hadn't protected Traub - then
Dreier & Petters frauds would
be smaller.
|Federal Receiver/ Trustee - Doug
Kelley - Sued Paul Traub June 2012
Paul Traub is named as "controller"
of Tom Petters Ponzi
|Nov. 23, 2012 --
Meet the Man Battling Romney
for 12 years
Romney Benefited of
Racketeering & Corruption
Victim Files Racketeering Lawsuit
Against Romney
|Petters Federal Trustee & Reciever (Doug Kelley) alleges correctly that Paul Traub duplicit in Petters Ponzi Schemes
Star Tribune Paul Traub Story (here)
Law.com Traub/ Marc Dreier Story (here
Prior to Tom Petters arrest - Paul Traub arranged for his other secret clients (Bain & Goldman Sachs) to loan Fingerhut $50 million and change the
ownership (see detailed story [here]). Mitt Romney still gets Millions of dollars per year from Bain Thus Mitt continuously benefits from Bain Frauds
Paul Traub is a Racketeering Partner of Mitt Romney's working for him since (at least) Stage Stores
|DE & MN Federal System of Justice is hiding the fact that
Tom Petters = Paul Traub = Mitt Romney
Articles, Stories, Webs and
Blogs by others about the
connected case
|Too Big to Fail &
Too Big to Jail
|U.S. Attorney Colm Connolly
|Also in 1999
MNAT merged
The Learning
Company with
Romney and his
cohorts owned
The Learning
The merger cost
Mattel investors
billions; while
getting Romney
inside the Toy
|Bain Capital wanted to buy eToys for
a few million dollars.
MNAT decided to facilitate Goldman Sachs's cover up its crimes and get Bain
Capital (and its future POTUS wannabe CEO Mitt Romney) the assets of eToys as
cheap as possible. MNAT put eToys in Bankruptcy in Delaware, with a speciously
coy CEO Toby Lenk (who was then made part of Gap Direct).
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|U.S. Att Colm Connolly
|Rolling Stone September 2012 Cover
"Greed and Debt"
by activist Matt Taibbi
'True Story About Romney & Bain
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"Rigging the I.P.O. Game"
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"How the [Romney] Grinch Stole eToys"
|Oct. 7, 2011- DailyKos Cordgrass via "AlterNet" How to Bring Down Goldman Sachs
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Judge Royal Ferguson (pic right) Resigned from the Bench after pressure
of Baron's case about Judge Ferguson "abuse of discretion" in creating a
federal (enslaving) Receivership (by Peter Vogel) over Jeff Baron.
The Jeff Baron case is about a man who has done no wrong, working the
American Dream - only to have it yanked away by crooked judges.
Even Tom Delay came out from his retirement and has called for the
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| Laser Haas Supports Tom Petters U.S. Supreme Court Petition (here)
Prior to this time, yours truly, going through both Petters daughter and his attorney, has asked why
Tom keeps hands off on the corruption. It now seems that Tom Petters "gets" it - that his only way out
(actually what got him there in the 1st place) is the federal corruption. For there are several major
issues at hand. Including Department of Justice cover ups and Judge Kyle issues of conflicts!
First of all, even the (improper) fed Receiver (Doug Kelley) is on the record that Paul Traub controlled
Tom Petters. There's also the issue that Minnesota Assistant United States Attorney (J. Lackner) was
head of the DOJ Crime Division, who also had a brother (Marty Lackner - see at bottom) - who was
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Gold Bullion Development Corp. (GBB, TSX.V) (the "Company" or "Gold
Bullion") is very pleased to announce it has signed an agreement to
earn a 100% interest in four properties comprising over 6,000 hectares
in close proximity to the LONG Bars Zone at its Granada Gold Property
in northwestern Quebec. This agreement gives Gold Bullion a dominant
land position that covers areas considered by the Company to encompass
many of the most prospective gold bearing geological structures in the
"With the results we're seeing in our ongoing drilling, a bigger picture
is unfolding at
President and CEO. "We're consistently finding extensions to
structures which is why we have taken this immediate and strategic
decision to more than double the size of our landholdings. There is
significant exploration upside in all directions surrounding the former
Granada Mine. Mineralization in the LONG Bars Zone is extending
further east but it's also widening north to south. Recent prospecting
has also demonstrated new potential going west."
Gold Bullion can earn a 100% interest from the "D2D3 Group" (the
"Vendor") in the Granada Southwest Property, the Beauchastel Syenite
Property, the Kekeko South Property and the Adanac Extension Property
by making a cash payment of
fifth business day after TSX Venture Exchange acceptance of the
agreement, issuing an aggregate of 2.9 million common shares to the
Vendor over a two-year period, and incurring exploration expenditures
on the properties totaling at least
A 2% net smelter royalty is attached to each of the properties with Gold
Bullion holding the right to purchase 50% of the NSR at any time for
The Granada Southwest Property (33 claims, 724.2 hectares) is located
approximately two kilometres southwest of the past producing
Mine which forms part of Gold Bullion's LONG Bars Zone Preliminary
Block Model area (excluding the LONG Bars Zone Eastern Extension)
outlined in the Company's
sediment-hosted Southwest Property shares many common geological
features found elsewhere throughout the Granada Gold Property including
feldspar porphyry dykes and other intrusives.
The Beauchastel Syenite Property (15 claims, 861.8 hectares) is located
3.5 kilometres south of the Preliminary Block Model and is
characterized by a major deformation zone coincident with a series of
electromagnetic conductors. Numerous talc/chlorite alteration zones
are reported in a sedimentary sequence intruded by syenite/intrusive
rocks including porphyry units.
The Kekeko South Property (27 claims, 1,297.2 hectares) is several
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To go No Poo is to stop using shampoo. Why would you want to do this?
1. Shampoo is expensive.
2. Chemicals* in shampoo can irritate and dry out your scalp and hair.
3. Chemicals* in shampoo can be hazardous to your health.
4. Your body produces oil to naturally condition your hair and keep it healthy. Using shampoo daily upsets the natural balance and causes you to produce more oil than necessary to compensate.
When you stop using shampoo, you will probably experience a transitional period while your body gradually adjusts to produce just enough oil to keep your hair healthy. During this time, which can range from a few days to a few months, you'll probably have some extra oil and grease that you may want to take care of to look presentable. The cheapest and most effective way to handle this is to use baking soda. The method I use involves a plastic cup, some baking soda, and a shower. You may also want to condition your hair after using the baking soda mixture, as sometimes it can leave your hair a bit dry. There are lots of different ways to do this; I use apple cider vinegar.
* In this context I'm referring to certain synthetic chemicals which have proven harmful in specific circumstances. I'll let you look up each one in the ingredients on your shampoo on your own. Your shampoo might not have anything you don't like in it after all, although the other benefits of going no poo still apply. Please keep in mind that literally every substance can be referred to as a chemical and many are not generally harmful (water, for instance).
I'm living like a caveman; I've taken one full-body shower since 1/1/15 (for a top to bottom doctor appointment), and haven't washed my hair in 9 months. I occasionally use no-scent baby wipes on my arms, neck and nether regions (once every couple weeks), and have never used baking soda/vinegar on my hair.
I am amazed how much healthier my skin, scalp and hair feel since I stopped my daily showers. This has been a eye-opening experiment. One thing I did have to do was cut my shoulder length hair to a more military style cut, as I found my shirt collars/suit jackets absorbed all of the grease/grime from the unwashed long locks (think caucasian jerri-curl effect).
Unless you are under the care of a physician for immune reasons, give yourself two weeks of no-soap showers and just massaging your hair and scalp with nothing other than warm water. See how you feel. If you're freaked out after two weeks, try the baking soda/vinegar advice on your hair/scalp and a soft loofah (no soap) on the rest of your body.
No promises, ymmv etc, but this regimen has changed my life. Even after regular bike rides and long walks in humid south Texas, I stick to this regime even at the height of the Summer season.
Again, no promises and ymmv. But this caveman approach to whole body hygiene has changed my life. Yet, after all of this laissez-faire approach to whole body hygiene, I still wash my hands vigorously from palms to dorsals, to fingers and nails and everything else in between, including wrists.
I use the happy birthday to me x 2 technique to ensure a good cleanse. I wipe with a clean disposable towel until completely dry. Why? Because I eat with my hands, and whatever is on my hands is transferred to the food that I ingest..That miniscule amount of fecal material on a bathroom door left by the jacka** who did not wash his/her hands can lead to a Hep A infection.
So there you have it: pay particular attention to your hand hygiene for your acute health. Unless you suffer from immune deficiencies, daily, even weekly, whole body cleanings are overrated and can keep your skin, scalp and hair out of balance with the natural processes the body has developed over millions of years of evolution.
[i am not a doctor. but have spent many yeas in second and third world areas where daily whole-body hygiene was not available for weeks at a time, which is why i recommend the mildest non-scented baby wipes as part of my cave man hygiene regimen]
Not ew. Most of the world lives this way, they are not dead. I wish people could open their minds...
This shampoo regimen is a recent occurrence. Has only been around for the last hundred years or so. What do you think people did before?
I am just looking for a method that does not do more harm than good.
I've been doing this about a month also. I have very short, thick hair. While it's wet, it feels super greasy and clumpy. But when it dries, it has more body than it's ever had, and I'm 56. I'm using 1 Tbsp BS /16 oz water, and rinsing with 1 Tbsp Bragg's Organic ACV with "The Mother"/16 oz water. I use a comb. Idk if the greasy feeling will go away after the adjustment, but either way, I'm converted for life. I wish I'd heard about this years ago!!!
Forgot to add....we have hard water. "City" water (although we don't live in a city).
I will be trying for two more weeks since it takes longer for some people, but if it's still greasy at that point in getting myself a good natural shampoo
I agree with Sandi. Try just using warm water and scrubbing the roots with your fingertips (bonus points if you rinse your hair with cold water at the end of your shower!). My hair gets stinky when I work out, and I just rinse it with plain water every day to every other day. It could help to add one drop of tea tree oil to your water/BS mixture. I've read that just mixing up a spray bottle with plain water and a drop or two of essential oils sprayed lightly on a hair brush could add a more desirable scent, but I've never actually tried that. Because I make my own Dry Shampoo: mix corn starch or arrowroot powder with unsweetened cocoa powder until it's a color you're happy with. Use an old makeup brush to lightly dust around your roots. This is natural, cheap, and smells oh-so-good! Just leave it on for a bit, and then shake it out. The corn starch/ arrowroot absorbs excess oils and scents and leaves a light cocoa scent in your hair.
I would also like to stress purchasing/using a boar bristle brush. It helps distribute the oils away from the scalp. I'm not sure about the hardness of your water, but if it's hard, you may want to try boiling the water, and adding the baking soda immediately after removing from heat. Leaving this here in case you have hard water. Stick it out.. It really does just take a while!
when I started it took longer than two weeks and for some a month or more. Don't give up! Even "healthy shampoos" like wen have chemicals. You could also try it with just water, scrubbing your scalp with your hands. That's what I do. Although the smell of vinegar fades when your hair dries, I didn't feel like I needed it.
I would love some advice! I have been at this for 2 months maybe longer. It was very hard at the beginning and now my hair is ok but not great. It feels heavy and thick (I already have very thick hair) And often feels a bit greasy. It doesn't look as good as it did when I used regular shampoo. I would love any ideas/advice from Tubular or the community. I use 2 TBSP of baking soda and the ACV mix about every 2-3 days. Just water doesn't work at all. I am dedicated to going healthy with this but it's hard to hold on :(
First of all, you might want to look into the damage too much BS seems to be causing people. I would not recommend using it more than once a week. Also, check out this post. It's possible that your water is causing some (if not all!) of the problems. I know that buying a good, boar bristle brush really helped me out of the transition period. I use the brush to move the sebum, oils, and gunk away from the scalp. During and immediately after brushing, my head looks like an oil slick. After a bit, the ends of my hair soak up the loosened oils and all of it looks healthier and feels softer and lighter! I do this every day to every other day. It really stretches my BS "washes" out. I'm not sure about the color of your hair, but to get my hair the rest of the way to its once-a-week cleansing, I use a mixture of corn starch and unsweetened cocoa powder as a natural dry shampoo. You can use more or less cocoa powder depending on the color of your hair. None is really needed for the dry shampoo to be effective, it just adds some color and a yummy scent!
This is also a very useful blog guide to going no poo that addresses your waxy, greasy concerns!
I swim, so how do I go about getting those chemicals out of my hair...
As I understand, just wetting your hair with clean, non-chlorinated hair before you get into the pool is a big help. If your hair is already saturated with clean water, it will not soak up as much chlorinated pool water. You can use a vinegar/water rinse when you get out if you need, but just plain shower water also works. Happy swimming!
I use a towel to get water out of my hair.
I am not sure what you're trying to say, but a lot of people including myself when I had longer hair (shoulder length) have used this method successfully. In any case I just posted this widely available information on instructables and it's public domain, I am not advocating anything. I don't care if you use it or not.
I must say I've quit using shampoo and any hair remedy 3 weeks ago and my hair was very oily until I've washed it with the mixture of baking soda and water (as explained in this post), I've done it after a week of no poo and it removed the oilyness. now after 3 weeks of no poo I must say that as from the first few days of no poo my hair loss is gone. from loosing batches of hair every shower it is changed to loose one or two hairs in each shower.
My hair does not look gorgious yet but it looks ok and especially feels like it is healling.
I really recommand it for peaple who suffer from hair loos. you can contact me on facebook for more questions.
I have just started going No Poo for 2 weeks now. The second week it took 6 days before I felt the need to use the baking soda and vinegar. What happens later? Do you stop washing your hair completely? Just use water or do I continue to use the baking soda and vinegar as needed. What is the goal of the No Poo method? I'm very curious. Will I eventually be able to not have to wash my hair ever again?
Depending on your type of hair you might be able to go completely product free and just wash with warm water to remove excess oil. However, if your hair still gets excessively oily, you can always go back to the baking soda.
You should never wash your private parts with soap, that's how you get thrush and bacterial vaginosis.
"Use plain, unperfumed soaps to wash the area around the vagina (the vulva) gently every day. The vagina will clean itself inside your body with natural vaginal secretions (discharge). "During your period, washing more than once a day may be helpful," says Dr Elneil, who points out that keeping the perineal area (between the vagina and anus) clean is important too. "Good perineal hygiene is necessary, by washing that area at least once a day using your normal bathing routines.""
You could use Dr. Bronner's though. It's very safe and healthy. I bought a BIG bottle last year and still have it. Only 3 drops with lather up in your hands! :) LOVE the almond oil sent.
I never use soap to clean my private parts.... because it conflicts with the natural PH value....
Umm.... I've been using apple cider vinegar and baking soda on my hair for a little over a year now and my hair is in great condition. I've bleached the hell out of it to put in some crazy colors and people are surprised that my hair isn't as dried up and dead as everyone else that bleached their hair the same way. Also, manic panic color lasts a hell of a lot longer too!
I have just started using baking soda, and I am still using an organic all natural coconut conditioner I have, tho I am switching to vinegar soon. I also use Manic Panic, so I am thrilled to read that your color lasts longer!! I use the fuschia, and I prefer it quite dark and intense. I can't wait to see how it lasts!!!
In any case, as jco77on pointed out, what I described in this instructable is not intended to be done long-term regardless of any health or wellness impact. It's simply a method I understood to be common knowledge once I learned about it (which is why it's public domain) and it has worked fine for me.
Also: "The best option is either use shampoo a lot less"
I agree, and that's the entire point of this instructable, hence the name. Please see the final step where I wrote: "The eventual aim of this process is to let your natural oils care for your hair, so you should use the baking soda and vinegar only as much as you need it, hopefully reducing your usage to zero eventually."
Did you even read the article before posting? It didn't say to replace using shampoo daily with baking soda forever. It said that during the short transitional period, if your hair is excessivly oily and greasy, you can use this baking soda method to clean it up.
Hi, I've been doing this since september, so for 7 months now, but my hair keeps feesling weird, almost like sheep wool, and I have really much scalp flakes. I had build down to just water, but since it didn't impove at all, I started with vinegar again, but this doesn't solve the problem either. With baking soda and vinegar in the begining I had the same problem.
This sounds great.. I do have questions! What happens if you hair is fine and extremely oily?? Will I be okay using this? I need my hair to stop falling and I also hate using these shampoos loaded with chemicals.. Any one out there have fine thin hair and has tried this? Thank you!!!!
I have fairly fine hair, it was very oily for about two weeks (even after baking soda) then totally cleared up and now has even more body
I have been "no poo" for about 16 days now. For the first two weeks my hair felt disgusting, oily, and very heavy. I did use the baking soda and vinegar method twice and baby powder on dry hair to help absorb the excess oil. After about two weeks suddenly my hair went back to normal, no more pony tails!


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The South Africans had to come from a 17-6 deficit in the second half of their clash to beat Scotland 30-17, whilst Samoa were too good for Italy on the day, easily beating them 39-10 after leading 10-3 at the break.
After two rounds of the series, South Africa top the log courtesy of a better points difference than Samoa and the two will clash in the main match of the Loftus Versfeld double header next weekend.
Scotland (3rd) and Italy (4th), both of whom have yet to win in the series, will contest the early match.
Samoa 39 (10), Italy 10 (3)
Apart from captain Sergio Parisse, who certainly is classy, there was little to write home about for the Azzurri, as their second outing in South Africa ended in just as big a defeat as the first one.
Samoa's hard-running style, physical ability at the breakdowns and improvement in the scrums was there to see from last weekend. They opened their scoring when Tusi Pisi broke through the midfield and sent the ball wide for Paul Williams to score. Italian flyhalf Luciano Orquera got his side on the board with a penalty but it wasn't long before Williams had restored the lead.
Pisi again saw some space behind the gain line and put through the perfect grubber for Alapati Leiua to time his run perfectly and score the second try.
Samoa kicked another penalty and killed off any chance of the match being a contest as they stole a great ball in their own 22, took the ball up and watched as Johnny Leota ran 70 metres to outstrip the defence and put them way out in front.
The Samoans' fourth try was just as impressive on the counter-attack, but had to be confirmed upstairs as Wayne Ole Avei looked to be in touch as he passed inside to Taiasina Tuifua for the try.
Leiua was sent to the sin bin late in the game for a professional foul and applying pressure in the maul the Italians finally were rewarded as Craig Joubert awarded a penalty try, taking them to double figures.
Samoa – Tries: Paul Williams, Alapati Leiua, Johnny Leota, Taiasina Tuifua, Brandon Va'aulu. Conversions: Williams (3), Ki Anufe. Penalties: Williams (2).
Italy – Try: Penalty try. Conversion: Alberto Di Bernardo. Penalty: Luciano Orquera.
South Africa 30 (6), Scotland 17 (10)
The Springboks regrouped timeously enough after halftime to avoid embarrassment, but their 30-17 win over Scotland tested coach Heyneke Meyer's team was more than public expectation.
The Springboks lost loose forward Arno Botha in the first minute of the match with a knee injury, which did not help their cause, although Meyer was very proud of the way replacement Siya Kolisi played.
"We have lost Arno for at least eight weeks, so it is a pity, but Siya really took his changes well. We were tested out there today, this was a proper test match," Meyer said.
The coach admitted that they did not play well at the breakdowns.
"We struggled to adapt at the breakdown, but I thought we showed great character to come back and win the test match. All credit to Scotland who played very well."
Captain Jean de Villiers also felt the importance of team work was instrumental in their win.
"Everyone trusted the guy next to him and that guy did what he was supposed to do. One cannot ask for more than that as a captain. The young guys in the team showed a lot of maturity when needed."
With six minutes to go, there were only three points in it as the Boks led 20-17. It was then that replacement flyhalf Patrick Lambie stepped up to kick a penalty to make it a six point buffer and on the final whistle young centre Jan Serfontein dropped in to score his first test try.
Visiting flyhalf Greig Laidlaw kicked the first points of the match with a penalty, but Mornè Steyn equalized and then took the lead for the Boks with penalties of his own.
The first try of the match was created for the Scots by a great chip and gather out on the right and centre Matt Scott scored. Laidlaw's conversion was the last score of the half with 20 minutes of it left.
Outside centre Alex Dunbar went over in the left corner to complete the second try after a sustained build-up early in the second half. A penalty try was awarded to the Boks as the pack rumbled up to the line, and then JJ Engelbrecht scored the try that put the Boks into a lead in the 55th minute that they were never to relinquish.
South Africa – Tries: Penalty try, JJ Engelbrecht, Jan Serfontein. Conversions: Mornè Steyn (2), Pat Lambie. Penalties: Steyn (2), Lambie.
Scotland – Tries: Matt Scott, Alex Dunbar. Conversions: Greig Laidlaw (2). Penalty: Laidlaw.


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Ferragamo memorabilia on show in Greenbelt 4
To celebrate more than 80 years of quality craftsmanship, the Florentine label Salvatore Ferragamo brings to Manila a replica of its iconic wedge—one of the most famous fashion inventions of the 1930s. The memorabilia is displayed at the Greenbelt 4 lobby for the whole month of September.
Starting out as the cork wedge, this most recognizable Ferragamo symbol has generated a number of new models over the years, continuously evolving from its original intent—that of replacing the steel plate Ferragamo had patented in the 1920s to support the arch of the foot.
"I started working with bits of Sardinian cork," wrote Salvatore, "pressing it, gluing it, fixing and finishing it till the space between sole and heel was filled up."
This was the birth of the wedge. The Duchessa Visconti di Modrone had the honor of launching the first pair. Within a few weeks, it became Salvatore Ferragamo's most popular model. The wedge enabled the creativity of an artist like Ferragamo to express itself on surfaces more ample than those of uppers and heels alone.
He experimented with many variants on the wedge, both platform and heel, with layers pressed and rounded, sculpted and painted, decorated with bits of mirror glass like an antique mosaic or with floral-patterned brass latticework spattered with stones. Such creations had more in common with contemporary design or with architecture, such as that of the Chrysler Building in New York, than with the fashion accessories of the moment.
The art of shoemaking remains a core identity of the brand. The principles guiding the company right from its start are handed down from generation to generation by the production department, which is trained in-house. From size and fit, shape, material and design to workmanship, the company has managed to maintain all technical principles inherited from its founder.
Quality workmanship and materials, attention to form and fit are still the fundamentals of the brand. The creation of shapes is a result of many days of calculations for each new line. Salvatore Ferragamo uses only the finest leathers. The material guarantees flexibility and resistance and ensures comfort for the entire life of the shoe.
In footwear construction, the arch plays a very important part. Salvatore Ferragamo has always made shoes with a stable arch, internally supported by a high-quality steel reinforcement. Each pair of shoes requires 10 days to make, five of them spent in lasts.
The production cycle consists of 134 stages, controlled and directed by specialized personnel. Many parts of the production process are still done by hand, such as modeling, leather cutting and shoe mounting and joining.
Since the 1920s, Salvatore Ferragamo has been an international leader in women's footwear design and production due to its fine craftsmanship. Shoppers will get the chance to appreciate more and understand how each pair of shoe is carefully created through an exclusive demonstration by an Italian craftsman in the Salvatore Ferragamo Store in Greenbelt 4.
Today, Salvatore Ferragamo continues to lead in the world of shoe-making, producing iconic designs for women all over the world.
Salvatore Ferragamo is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists Inc. and is at Power Plant Mall, Greenbelt 4, Rustan's Tower, Rustan's Makati, Alabang Town Center and Rustan's Ayala Cebu.
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Step out in style without breaking a sweat: Debenhams' current collections rework international trends with pieces that can be easily mixed and matched with your wardrobe staples.
From printed trousers and high-shine tops to retro-inspired silhouettes, the UK brand continues to offer the latest styles in fashion.
Menswear also gets a revamp with outfits your guy can effortlessly pull off.
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The origins of mummies
Scientists speculate on why ancient South Americans started preserving their dead
Though ancient Egyptians are famous for their mummies, Americans — South Americans — practiced the preservation method first. In a desert coastal region of what is now northern Chile and southern Peru, the Chinchorro people began mummifying their dead about 7,000 years ago. Now scientists have proposed an explanation for how this practice got its start: The Chinchorro were just copying nature.
The ancient South Americans buried corpses in shallow graves in the desert. There, the arid climate would have dried out the dead bodies, preventing their decay. When the Chinchorro population grew, more villagers probably started to see these bodies in the desert. They were inspired to mimic the natural process and start mummifying the dead, scientists report in a new study published in August.
Seven millennia ago, the Chinchorro population was booming. The growth was probably fueled by readily available water and food. According to climate records, rainfall had been increasing, giving more people access to freshwater. Scientists have also unearthed fishing tools, including hooks and harpoons, from the same time period. Those suggest the Chinchorro were eating plenty of fish and seafood then.
In the new study, scientists propose that this population boom led the ancient people to develop complicated customs, such as mummification. More people would have meant more permanent settlements and more corpses — and more frequent sightings of naturally preserved bodies sticking out of shallow graves. At some point, a light bulb went off and a new tradition of preserving the dead began.
"Environmental changes are usually associated with the collapse of complex societies," Pablo Marquet told Science News. "But if resources are abundant, environmental change can provide fertile ground for cultural evolution," or change. Marquet, the study's leader, is an ecologist at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago. He studies the interaction between societies and their environments.
The Chinchorro may have viewed mummification as a religious practice. Other researchers have found that some ancient tribes believed that if a body were not fully decomposed, then the person would never completely disappear. So mummification may have been seen as a way to keep the dead among the living. The Chinchorro mummified their dead for about 2,600 years. The practice appears to have stopped after rainfalls diminished greatly and the tribe's population dropped.
Although Marquet's team's explanation for mummification might be accurate, scientists will need to find more supporting evidence for the idea, says anthropologist Daniel Sandweiss of the University of Maine in Orono.
"Perhaps someone who encounters Marquet's article will be inspired to innovate a new way to test his hypothesis, just as encountering natural mummies in the Atacama Desert may have led Chinchorro people to create artificial mummification," Sandweiss told Science News.
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mummification Preservation of a dead body to prevent all of the tissues from disappearing due to decay.
anthropology The study of humankind.
arid Dry, as in a desert landscape, where the air and ground lack much moisture.
culture The customs, arts, social institutions and achievements of a particular nation, people or other social group.
population All the inhabitants of a particular region.
B. Bower. "Good times led to grisly custom." Science News. August 13, 2012.
G. Hennessey. "Mummies share their secrets." Science News for Kids. October 26, 2011.


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A 44-year-old female Asian elephant at the Denver Zoo has died. Kimbo refused to eat or drink for the past two days and blood tests indicated that she suffered from renal failure.
Denver Zoo Animals Celebrate 4th Of July
Animals living at the Denver Zoo got a special treat to celebrate the 4th of July.
Denver Zoo's Baby Tapir Is Now Venturing Outside For Patrons To See
Once the rain clears out head over to the Denver Zoo to check out the baby tapir.
New Clouded Leopard Cub Makes Denver Zoo Home
The Denver Zoo is getting yet another clouded leopard cub. The female was brought to the zoo this weekend to encourage successful breeding later in life.
Denver Zoo Welcomes Newborn Tapir
A newborn tapir is making his home at the Toyota Elephant Passage at the Denver Zoo.
Asian Elephant 'Billy' Will Become The Denver Zoo's Latest Import
The first Asian elephant to be imported to the United States in 30 years will be coming soon to the Denver Zoo.
Wild Animals Sparkle With Zoo Lights Tradition
Things are getting wild at the Denver Zoo starting. On Friday the annual Zoo Light celebration got under way.
Beloved Denver Zoo Elephant 'Mimi' Dies
Mimi, the beloved Asian elephant at the Denver Zoo, died on Tuesday.
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Denver Zoo Visitors Excited To See New Elephant Exhibit
Four elephants have a very posh new home at the Denver Zoo. Friday is the grand opening of Toyota Elephant Passage.


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