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My name is Carl Westling and I work as a Mannatech® Independent Associate as a Social Entrepreneur with Mannatech® Nutrition and Health Products plus with their M5M program, that are a program with the Mission to fight global malnutrition by nourishing the world with Real Food Technology® supplementation while empowering and rewarding the lives of those who champion our cause.
The Vision
is to impact the global epidemic of childhood malnutrition by linking five million consumers of Real Food Technology supplementation with five million children in need.
Mannatech is a world leader in the development and distribution of High Quality Supplements and Health Products.
Mannatech has five core products in the business for a long time and it is:
[1] Ambrotose: Cell-to-Cell Communication for Overall health.[2] PhytoMatrix: Nourish Your Body with Vitamins and Minerals.[3] Ambrotose AO: Protect Your Body from Free Radicals.[4] Plus: CBalance Your Endocrine Health.[5] Essential Source Omega-3: Optimize Your Brain and Heart Performance.
We have now even got a new revolutionary product called, NutriVerus.
Mannatech has also Skin Care Products.
But they are not avai
lable in all countries. )
Mannatech Opening the Hong Kong market April 2013 and Opening the Ukraine market July 2013 and Ukraine was then the company's 24th global market.
So you who lives in Hong Kong or Ukraine, or perhaps have some relatives or friends who lives there who can be interested to have more information and perhaps even want to become a part of the Mannatech business?
Send me an email and I will give you all information on how you can join and become a Mannatech Associate.
So you, who read this information no matter which country you are from, please send me an email because your country is perhaps one of the countries that are about to be opened up!
But everything is up to you and what dreams and goals you have in your life.
I just want to give you the opportunity to learn about the business and how to become a Mannatech Associate and then even become a part of my Business Team.
I will do everything I can to help you succeed in this industry and get a good life and achieve your goals and dreams.
But first of all I would suggest that you study the information below and I suggest you also go into the other links on the web page, then you also have information in Russian, Ukrai
nian, Czech, Swedish, German, Spanish, Finnish and Estonian.
I hope you will find all of this interesting, and I look forward to some feedback from you!
Our Story Begins with Aloe
Aloe vera has long been known
to be extraordinarily beneficial to the human body. In the 1980s, researchers
discovered why. Its key beneficial ingredient is a polysaccharide which
Mannatech's scientists isolated and stabilised and then combined it with with
other natural plant polysaccharides that we don't always get in our modern
to Live By
demonstrated to benefit the human body
We have been
developing products for over fifteen years that have helped millions live
better lives. From Health to Weight and Fitness to Skin
Care, our proprietary products continue to make a difference.
Using Real Food
Technology® solutions—an innovative method of creating products with the most
natural and plant-sourced ingredients that have been scientifically proven to
benefit the human body—we've assembled a powerful assortment of products for
But don't just take
our word for it. Try them yourself. We're so confident in the quality of all of
our products, we offer an almost unheard-of 90-day, satisfaction guarantee.†
Science of Real
Real Food Technology Solutions to the Wellness World
Our investment of
over $50 million in research and product development has paid dividends in
bringing real technology to the wellness world.
We pride ourselves on
having one of the most advanced in-house research and development labs in the
industry. Our scientists have pioneered many advancements in the wellness industry,
including the groundbreaking discovery of glyconutrients and the development of
Real Food Technology® solutions—our method of using plant-based, naturally
occurring ingredients to create nutritional supplements.
From research and
development to clinical trials, we hold ourselves to the most stringent
standards and are so well respected in the industry, we have even helped train
PhD candidates from the University of Texas at Dallas. Mannatech research is
often published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and we also rely on
third-party validation to create the most results-based products possible.
You will not find a
more experienced and committed team of scientists and researchers strategically
aligned to identify and develop high-quality, innovative, proprietary products
designed to meet your wellness needs.
is a Company on a Mission
A Well
Minded Company, Passionate About Good Works
Mannatech is a
vision-driven, mission-minded company.
Our mission statement
is more than just carefully crafted words; it guides and filters our values,
beliefs, objectives and purpose.
The way we see it,
our Mission identifies a problem we want to help solve and how we intend to do
it, and our Vision captures how the world will be better when that mission is
We hope these words
are as inspiring and motivating to you as they are for us, and we hope you'll
help us make our vision a reality.
Our Mission is to
fight global malnutrition by nourishing the world with Real Food Technology®
supplementation while empowering and
rewarding the lives of those who champion our cause.
Our Vision is to
impact the global epidemic of childhood malnutrition by linking five million
consumers of Real Food Technology supplementation with five million children in
5 Million
- We're On a Mission
The Mission 5 Million
movement represents Mannatech's mission to link five million consumers of its
glyconutrient, food-based nutritional supplements with five million children in
For millions of
children around the world, essential nutrition is simply not an available
option. Malnutrition is considered to be many children's most difficult challenge. Children become
malnourished when they don't receive the adequate nutrients their bodies need
to maintain health.
Each year, an
estimated five million children die from malnutrition. That's one child every
six seconds. Malnutrition is a phenomenon that impacts the lives of 55 million
children at any given moment.
vs. Nourishing
Current food programs
are mainly cereal-based and lack many of the nutrients young children need.
According to the international relief organization, Doctors Without Borders,
food is not enough. In fact, these fortified, blended flours no longer meet the
minimum nutritional criteria for young children set by experts at the World
Health Organization. In other words, filling a child's stomach not only fails
to correct the problem, but it serves as only a temporary fix to a much bigger
vs. Malnutrition
In developing
countries, the problem is consuming too little of the right kind of food. And,
in industrialized countries, the problem has become consuming too much of the
wrong kind of food.
How M5M
By meeting your own
nutritional needs, and by sharing our Mission 5 Million vision, you trigger a
donation of PhytoBlend™ powder to a child in need … automatically. The more
consumers of Mannatech products you develop, the more children we impact.
What We
Our nutrient-dense
PhytoBlend powder is specifically designed to help in the fight against global
Based on Real Food
Technology® solutions, PhytoBlend powder can help provide children with their
daily nutritional needs and, most importantly, help combat the devastating
effects of malnutrition. Since PhytoBlend powder and contains nutrients from
natural plant sources, children can now get standardized and nutritionally
effective amounts of vitamins and minerals from Real Food Technology solutions
in a way that has never been possible before.
As of June 2013,
we've given more than 38,500,000 servings of PhytoBlend powder to more than
80,000 children in 24 countries through MannaRelief†
Wellness Industry
Growth and World-Class Products: The Perfect Chemistry for Success
If you are an
entrepreneur, or considering becoming one in wellness, there has never been a
better time in history to own your own business. The majority of wellness sales
today are made collectively by individual entrepreneurs, direct selling
professionals, chiropractors, osteopaths, other health professionals, and small
businesses.† This is because becoming a wellness customer requires a paradigm
shift on the part of the consumer, and direct person-to-person contact is the
proven way to make this shift in a person's thinking. Mannatech has created a
new hybrid model of social entrepreneurship that provides anyone who chooses to
help champion our M5M vision with the unique opportunity to change our lives by
helping us change the world.
Hi, I would like more information
Hello Malkit Sing, Thank you for your inquiry. I have sent you an email and I hope you find it interesting. I look forward to working together with you. Carl
Hello, I would love to have more personal information about how I can become a part of the Mannatech business to make money!
Hello Micheal, Thank you for your inquirie. You will get a email with information later today. Best regards Carl
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Dont Tell, Dont Tell
This is how you would catch the infamous Double Spanking in the Williams household when I was growing up. Child A would do something. Child B would tell my mother, my parents appointed Minister of Corporeal Punishment, on Child A. Child A would get a spanking for whatever it is he or she (but usually he) did. But Child BChild B would catch a bad one for tattling on Child A. I guess, in some ways, you could say my mother was a proponent of the Stop Snitching concept.
Im being facetious, of course. There was no premium placed on keeping secrets so much as my parents wanted to illustrate the importance of solidarity. My mom would serve as the surrogate Outsider, and my siblings and I learned the very important lesson that if we didnt watch each others proverbial backs, the world would beat our literal backsides.
Obviously, this wasnt a lesson unique to my house. Loose lips have been sinking ships for ages. Every family has dirty laundry that cannot be aired. Whether your community came over with the Pilgrims, on a slave ship, or as part of the tired, poor, and unwashed, there has always been a certain amount of cultural information that only those in the culture know. Usually, that information was based in something like language. Historically, immigrants have pragmatically formed communities based on this most basic type of information. And you can see examples of this throughout American history. Enslaved Africans communicated through work songs and drums, European immigrants in the early 20th century spoke the language of the Old Country, and, now, most Chinese restaurants in this country has menu items and signs without English translations.
In fact, membership and knowledge are often interchangeable. Only those who know are down, and if you do know, then you must be down. The snitch/nonsnitch paradigm isnt about the discovery of information; its about access to information. It always makes me think of Whoopi Goldbergs old Fontaine act, where shes amazed at Anne Frank actually being in hiding for all those years, because everyone that I knew who was hiding . . . I knew where they were!
All jokes aside, the Fontaine act does allude to the issue were all dealing with, mostly, in our inner cities. Reading a menu is one thing, matters of life and death are another. It seems like the whole Stop Snitching thing has reached a boiling point. Regardless of school and community protests, that infamous red stop sign remains emblazoned on T-shirts and sweatshirts throughout the country. On the national stage, the investigation of the murder of Israel Ramirez, Busta Rhymes bodyguard, apparently continues to be hampered by the specter of being branded a snitch. Since Lil Kims federal sentencing, many of her now former friends, including Junior M.A.F.I.A. alumnus Lil Cease, have been making the hip-hop radio, print, and web site rounds attempting to throw the stigma off being a snitch. And, locally, the criminal case of Terrence Smith is only the latest to spotlight the issue. Smith allegedly ordered a hit on two associates because he suspected them of snitching. Though the charges were dropped, it put snitching back in the headlines and illustrated just how dangerous even being suspected of snitching can be.
But, again, I believe theres a symbiotic link between information and inclusion that we rarely address when we talk about this subject, because its much easier just to vilify people without dealing with the context in which they evolved. If you take a group of people and racially, socioeconomically, and geographically marginalize and Balkanize them, its only understandable if theyre hesitant to share information with outsiders. And could you be any more outside than the authorities? Hell, Ive been law-abiding, polite, and well-spoken my entire life, but Ive spent enough time with my hands spread on the back of police cars because of misunderstandings and illegal lane changes that, well, even though Im a homeowning, good-driver-discount-on-car-insurance-having registered voter, my black behind is still uncomfortable with the police. Unholstered guns and the coldness of Route 1 concrete against my face aside, if were really going to come to some type of understanding, we need to look beyond T-shirts and street credibility and start to re-evaluate how we define the terms us and them.
Consequently, my mothers moral lesson/psychological warfare worked beautifully. Me and my sibs are as close as three really close peas in some type of freakish pod that has three peas can be. To this day, if someone talks a little greasy about me, my sister will swoop down on them like some kind of well-manicured, Manolo Blahnik-wearing flying dinosaura flyassadactyl, maybe. And the things Ive done for my brother, well, I probably shouldnt say. Which, yknow, is kinda the point here. Some events, some actions, some knowledge is family business; if youre not my brother or sister, Im not going to tell you about it. Of course, after that, we dont need to deal with whether or not I would be snitching; we need to think about who we call brothers and sisters. But then, we should probably be doing that anyway, right?
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80 years of service for AKA graduate chapter
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The Beta Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. observed the 80th anniversary of the Memphis graduate chapter's chartering last Saturday (March 29th).
Approximately 200 members wearing the sorority's signature colors of pink and green were on hand for the ceremony, which featured inspirational words from fellow AKA member the Rev. Rosalyn Nichols, the keynote speaker of the program held at Middle Baptist Church-Whitehaven.
Nichols's message centered on the theme of "What Motivates a Woman." She drew parallels to how women of AKA share what is precious to them to help others, much like the woman described in the Gospel of Mark who poured expensive perfumed oil on Jesus from her alabaster jar.
"Rev. Nichols' words were not only inspirational, but motivational," said Cynthia Bryant Welch, chapter president. "She captured the essence of what our sorority is all about – service to others."
Welch, who is the 40th president of the chapter, paid tribute to past presidents. One highlight was an interview via Skype with Alma Roulhac Booth, who was the 7th chapter president (1946-48). Booth now lives in Pennsylvania with her son and daughter-in-law. Members of the audience sang Happy Birthday to Booth, who will celebrate her 100th birthday on April 15, 2014.
The event also included recognition of 15 sorority members who have achieved "Silver" status, meaning they've been AKAs for 25 years. One member, Beverly Williams-Cleaves, was recognized for reaching "Golden" status, or 50 years of membership. Dr. Williams-Cleaves is a Memphis endocrinologist.
A highlight of the Chapter Charter Day festivities was the unveiling of the chapter's new history book, "The Beta Epsilon Omega Story: A Profile of Timeless Service," edited by Gloria Tuggle.
The book spotlights the many service programs, youth development, scholarship initiatives and chapter accomplishments over the past eight decades. Since 1934, chapter service activities have ranged from the Mississippi Health Project in the 1930s to education, cultural arts, civil rights, women's rights, voter registration, economics, the Black family and global issues.
Beta Epsilon Omega was founded by eight college educated African-American women who wanted to recreate the positive and uplifting experiences they enjoyed when they were initiated into the sorority in college. The chapter was charted on March 24th, 1934 becoming the first graduate chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha in Memphis and the 55th AKA graduate chapter nationwide.
The chapter grew quickly, from 13 members in 1934 (eight charter members and five initiates) to more than 450 currently. The growth has expanded to include intergenerational groups – new college graduates, members celebrating 25, 50 and 75 year milestones and even to family legacies of mothers, daughters and granddaughters.
"It's an honor to pay tribute to the founders of the Beta Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha," said Rose Jackson Flenorl, who chaired the event. "Memphis is a better place because of the significant contributions of hundreds of AKA women over the past 80 years."
Chapter Charter Day co-chairs were Pamela Shields and Sara Flowers-Dent. Stephanie Greer serves as the chapter's first vice president and Teleesa Payne Mason is the 2nd vice president.


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Campus Life offers many things that can help enjoyably fill in the gaps between classes. We can also just make your life easier. Whatever it is you need, come ask -- if we don't yet offer it, we can probably still help you!
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A little past the halfway point and Magic fans are resigned to the fact Dwight Howard will miss a game at some point this season because of his accumulation of technical fouls. He has 12 so far this season and has even had four rescinded. That means he would have reached the one-game suspension already.
Considering how thin Orlando is at center (Malik Allen is due back soon, for what that is worth), that could be a pretty big deal. And he would face a suspension every two technical fouls after that. Yeah, this looks like it is going to happen.
But this is also an endemic around the NBA. Looks like the league's "respect for the game" mandate has increased technical fouls all around, not just with Howard. Although, he might be the favorite target.
I mean, look at the video above from the Spurs-Timberwolves game a few weeks ago. It is kind of absolutely ridiculous what some of these calls are.
Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times reports technical fouls have increased 34 percent this year since the league instituted its "respect for the game" standard for issuing technical fouls. More interestingly, Bresnahan also discovers there is a 300 percent increase in rescinded technical fouls. Howard's four is a poster child for that.
Referees have undoubtedly had a ton of latitude to make technical fouls. And the number of rescinded calls this year makes it seem like it is too much. The NBA reviews each technical foul after the fact and makes a final judgment.
Oversight is there, but they don't take those technical foul points away from the game. Orlando would have (theoretically) won Wednesday's game against Philadelphia if Howard's rescinded technical foul were never call.
You can see where the potential problem might be.
Now, as predicted, I believe the technical fouls have slowed down since the beginning of the year. Players have gotten used to the new standards and officials have relaxed those standards.
Howard had eight called from Oct. 29 to Nov. 27. His other eight have come between Dec. 14 and Jan. 19. So even he has slowed down how often he gets called for technical fouls.
Players have adjusted. There is less arguing with officials and less overt demonstration of frustration directed toward referees. In that sense then, the goal of the new rules have worked very effectively. But you still have your questionable calls that make you scratch your head.
I imagine it will continue to be less of a problem as the season moves on. But still the whistles are relatively quick and the standard at some point is going to cost someone a game unfairly. … Maybe even in the Playoffs.
That would be the disaster scenario. Until then, every time that whistle blows, the ears will perk up waiting for the inevitably questionable technical foul call.


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It's a fantastic supplement to the school's science curriculum. Sixteen students from Saint Mary's Elementary School's Science Olympiad Team competed in the annual regional Science Olympiad competition held on March 16 at Kellenberg Memorial High School. In total, 42 schools competed, three of which were Catholic elementary schools. St. Mary's placed fifth of 42 teams and will compete on the State level on April 12 at Syracuse University.
The Science Olympiad is a national organization whose goals include bringing science to life and emphasizing the problem-solving aspects of science and the understanding of scientific concepts. It strives to create a technologically literate workforce and provides recognition for outstanding achievement by both students and teachers.
St. Mary's has competed in the Science Olympiad for the last 11 years. Preparation for the competition typically involves classroom time dedicated to the event, however this year students showed great dedication and team spirit because the significant preparation was done on their own time, as a club based program with their moderators. Their efforts, once again, showed great return with nine medals in various categories ranging from the "Rotor Egg Drop" to "Shock Value" and "Mystery Architecture."
Congratulations to team members Maeve Anand, Calvin Bernic, Lauren Bernic, Kelia Broderick, Kristen Byrne, Jason Cuomo, Nicholas Heid, Tommy Keating, Cara Kurkjian, TJ Li, Tammy Ng, Charlotte Simone, Will Simone, Breana Stones, Kara Walsh, Peilong Yang and their moderators, Mrs. Portuese, Mrs. Merzbacher, Mrs. Donnelly and Mrs. Fligman for their stellar achievements.
Congratulations to the following students for medaling in the Science Olympiads:
Jason Cuomo and Tommy Keating- 1st Place, Rotor Egg Drop
Charlotte Simone and Kristen Byrne- 2nd Place, Mouse Trap Car
Jason Cuomo and Kelia Broderick- 3rd Place, Forestry
Nick Heid and Calvin Bernic- 3rd Place, Mystery Architecture
Calvin Bernic and Tommy Keating- 3rd Place, Road Scholar
Will Simone and Breana Stones- 4th Place, Mission Possible
Cara Kurkjian and Tommy Keating- 4th Place, Shock Value
Kara Walsh and Kristen Byrne- 5th Place, Endangered Species
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Action on Hearing Loss Cymru is appealing to the community in and around Caernarfon to join in a sponsored 'stroll-athon' which will help raise much needed funds to change the lives of people who are deaf, have a hearing loss or tinnitus.The event will take place in the evening of Wednesday 17th August, and will be a flat, circular 5.5 mile walk along the Caernarfon Foryd, with an optional stop off for a tour of the historic and picturesque Llanfaglan Church on the way. The walk will start at 5:00pm and take approximately 3 hours with breaks. Strollers should meet to register at the Action on Hearing Loss Cymru gazebo, which will be situated on Caernarfon Maes. The Stroll-athon has been arranged to coincide with the arrival of a small convoy of cyclists - headed by Action on Hearing Loss Director Richard Williams - who will have set off that morning, from Holyhead on Anglesey to complete a gruelling cycle ride along Lon Las Cymru - the Welsh National Cycle route - that will end 256 miles and 5 days later in Cardiff Bay.
The whole event has been organised to mark the centenary of Action on Hearing Loss (formerly RNID) which turned 100 on 9th June this year. Richard is hoping that the people of Caernarfon will rally around and join in the evening walk. "The cycle ride is a tough challenge, but if I can raise much needed funds and the general profile of Action on Hearing Loss Cymru and the fantastic work we do for people with hearing loss, then it's worth a few aching muscles", said 42 year old dad-of-two Richard. "I really hope that the people of Caernarfon will turn out for the sponsored walk, and help me raise these funds", he added.
To donate to Richard on his cycle ride and change the lives of people who are deaf, have a hearing loss or tinnitus please visit Richard's Virgin Money 'Just Giving' page (external link, opens in new window). If you would like to donate directly to Action on Hearing Loss please use our online donation form.
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I struggle with my own feelings and have to admit I do have a negative attitude most of the time but have you ever met someone who was just too happy and too nice? I sat in church Sunday thinking about my life and I couldn't help but think about this one particular woman that is always happy and cheerful and giddy. At first I thought she was just one of those rare wonderful people that the rest of us strive to be but the more I think about it, I don't buy her happiness and wonder what she is covering up. She is just simply too happy all the time. I don't know, maybe she really is that happy and content and the fact I am miserable for no apparent reason just skews my thinking. What do you think-could this ultra happiness be real?
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She could truely be that happy, but honestly, some people aren't comfortable presenting anything other than a positive face in public. But it could also be that you're own feelings are coloring your perception just a bit; maybe she just seems too sappy-happy about life to you because you're having a rough go of it right now. I hope things get better for you soon!


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Saturday, May 31, 2008
Scratch One More Mailbox
I've written before about the morons who are so impatient they drive around the barriers at railroad crossings. You want to grab them, shake them and scream at them: "What the hell were you thinking?"
Most of the time, of course, you can't ... because they're dead.
This used to be a late model Mercedes-Benz. It was owned by a man in San Juan Capistrano, California, who drove it around a barricade and – Oops! – into the path of an Amtrak train. Amazingly, the guy ended up in the hospital with only minor injuries.
Talk about dumb luck!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Some People Get It. But What About the Others?
Sooner or later, we've got to get serious about energy conservation. And that means no more political gimmicks like waiving the federal gas tax for the summer. Or marketing gimmicks like Chrysler's offer to subsidize the cost of your gas for three years if you buy one of their gas-guzzlers. None of these schemes encourage us to drive smaller, more fuel-efficient cars and drive them less. Just the opposite, in fact.
If you listen to talk radio (as painful as that is), when the subject turns to the price of gasoline you will hear shrill almost hysterical voices demanding that somebody has to do something to lower the price of gasoline. These deluded folks still don't get it: $4.00 gas is here to stay.
I stopped by the little post office here in Ha'iku the other day and noticed a woman in the parking lot. She was sitting in her big SUV going through the mail she had just collected from her box. The windows were up, the engine was running and the A/C was on. She was there when I went in to mail a package and she was still there ten minutes later when I came out and drove away.
No one likes it when government steps in and tells us what we can and cannot do. But the need to reduce our consumption of energy is very clear and many of us are making a serious effort to conserve. So, dammit, that selfish stupid woman should be required to do the same.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
A Missed Connection Can Mean BIG Problems
Missing a connection with one of Amtrak's long-distance trains is a big problem because most of them run daily, meaning the next train won't be along for 24 hours. (Two Amtrak trains, the Sunset Limited and the Cardinal only run three days a week.)
Connections are faster and easier along the Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston because Amtrak owns the track. Almost everywhere else in the country, however, Amtrak trains run on track owned by the various freight railroads. Any delays – usually because of work being done on the track or heavy freight traffic – are out of Amtrak's control.
As an example, as recently as a year ago, it was not uncommon for Amtrak's Coast Starlight (above), which runs daily between Los Angeles and Seattle, to be three, four or five hours late. Sometimes even more. Fortunately, things have improved dramatically and most long distance trains have been running a lot closer to their schedules.
Nevertheless, Amtrak trains can still be late, so when putting together a rail itinerary, be very careful about connections. Remember that the greater the distance the arriving train has had to travel, the greater the possibility it will be late.
The fool-proof approach is simply to stay over night in the connecting city. If that's not possible, be sure to consult in detail with the Amtrak reservations agent or with a rail-savvy travel agent about any connection before finalizing your booking.
Finally, you can check on the recent history of delays for any Amtrak train, by going to this web site.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Stubborn, Stupid and Selfish
Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit
By Clifford Krauss
DENVER — With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead.
Mass transit systems around the country are seeing standing-room-only crowds on bus lines where seats were once easy to come by. Parking lots at many bus and light rail stations are suddenly overflowing, with commuters in some towns risking a ticket or tow by parking on nearby grassy areas and in vacant lots.
"In almost every transit system I talk to, we're seeing very high rates of growth the last few months," said William W. Millar, president of the American Public Transportation Association.
"It's very clear that a significant portion of the increase in transit use is directly caused by people who are looking for alternatives to paying $3.50 a gallon for gas."
Ah, but in Honolulu, where gas is $4.00 a gallon and a 15-mile commute can take an hour or more, a gaggle of yahoos has launched a campaign to stop a proposed mass transit system for the Island of O'ahu.
They are dead wrong, but too stubborn or stupid or selfish to ever see that. Take, for instance, one of the so-called leaders of this group. He has been fairly well known in Honolulu for quite a few years … as an environmentalist.
Can you imagine that? An environmentalist who opposes public transit. Government just has to suck it up and steamroll over people like that.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Murphy's Law: If Something Can Go Wrong, It Will.
Small problem: the dog flunked the test. He couldn't find the bag.
Big problem: the cop forgot which bag he'd hidden the pot in.
So some unsuspecting passenger pulled his bag off the carousel, went home, unpacked and … WHEE!
The cannabis, by the way, has a street value of more than $10,000.
At last report, the Tokyo Police had heard ... nothing.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Another Needless Death
The great tragedy is that every single one of those deaths is avoidable. People race the train to a crossing. They drive around barriers. They're walking on the tracks and talking on their cel phones. Or they're committing suicide.
The most recent incident occurred yesterday in Revere, Massachusetts, and it breaks your heart. A 5-year-old boy was on his way to the store with his mother. They were waiting at a crossing -- gates down, lights flashing -- while a commuter train went by.
Then, just as the train passed, the mother, her 5-year-old in tow, ducked under the gate and the two of them started to dash across the two tracks, unaware that another train was coming from the opposite direction on the other side of the first train.
The mother just barely made it across, but the poor little kid was struck and killed.
According to the Boston Globe report, the mother was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital "but did not have physical injuries."
She has the kind of injuries that never heal.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
You Weigh? You Pay!
Clearly, the airlines are looking for ways to offset the skyrocketing cost of jet fuel. The rationale here, of course, is that the more the plane weighs, the more fuel it takes to push it through the air.
According to one news story I saw the other day, the cost of jet fuel for American Airlines has increased by three billion dollars a year. That is a helluva lot of money and, one way or another, it will have to come from the traveling public.
I have no problem with that. In fact, maybe these new fees will cause people to start getting smart about the way they pack for travel. The day I got back from my recent trip to the mainland, I noticed a couple in their late 20s at the Maui airport claiming their bags at the carousel. These two people were traveling with six large bags that must have weighed a total of at least 250 pounds. And they were only going to be here for a week.
That's ridiculous! They couldn't possibly use all that stuff if they changed clothes every three hours. But with the new fees, they would have been whacked an extra $130. And I say good! Why should my air fare be increased to cover the cost of flying their excess baggage? I travel with one carry-on bag and can be gone for three to four weeks with no problem.
Oh, yes …one more thing: What about the 300-pounders who wedge themselves into the seat next to you? I vote we make them buy two seats!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Hawaiian Pidgin: Communicating To Da Max!
But to me, one of the really interesting and more enjoyable things about Hawaii is the pidgin English that locals use when speaking informally among themselves. Some use it most of the time, others whenever the mood strikes, but it's colorful and highly descriptive … and a great deal of fun. It borrows from Hawaiian and Japanese and Chinese and from the two main Filipino dialects, not to mention some delightful twists given to recognizable English words.
Here are just a few samples ...
You meet another local on the street, you say, Howzit?
If a teenager wants to go out for a burger he'll say You like grind?
If mama's teriyaki chicken is really good, tell her it broke da mouth.
If something was a total failure, say it was a bus' egg.
One of the more flexible of our pidgin words is puka (pronounced POO-kuh) which is the Hawaiian word for "hole" … as in the damn dog dug a puka right in the middle of our back yard.
But also: the County guys is patching a big puka in the road.
Or: I had to go to the dentist because I had a puka.
Or: I drove around the block three times before I found a puka.
Or even: My zip code is nine-six-seven-puka-eight.
Or better yet: Gawge Bush? Fo' grade, da buggah get one beeg puka!
The best – and funniest – book about Hawaiian pidgin is called Pidgin To Da Max and is available in bookstores throughout Hawaii and from Amazon.com.
A final word of advice: Until you really know your way around and until you get both the context and the inflections exactly right, leave the pidgin to the "locals" ... udduhwise by-m-by one local guy going bus' you up.
Friday, May 23, 2008
A Great Public Transit System in Tahiti? Believe It!
French Polynesia is made up of several groups of islands, the better known being Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Raiatea, and Huahine. It's an incredibly beautiful place with its own unique charm … an exotic blend of real Polynesia overlaid with a generous French veneer.
This is an aerial view of the Hotel Bora Bora where I've stayed on three occasions. If I had to pick one place in the world to visit for a week, it would be this hotel on this island. It is, in a word, perfect!
At any rate, these islands also offer what has to be one of the most colorful and yet practical forms of public transportation: le truck. Essentially these are flatbed trucks that have been modified with a wooden roof and open sides. Some, but not all, have roll-down plastic covers for the very rainy days. And most have boom boxes mounted inside and blaring Tahitian music.
Heading into town? Take le truck. Traveling around the island? Take le truck. When you're ready to go, just stand beside the road. Le truck will be along in a few minutes. Drivers are independent entrepreneurs, who follow specific routes and charge fares that are regulated by the government. Your fellow passengers will be a colorful and jovial mixture of the island population, often one or two visiting back-packers, and an occasional bank president from Indiana thrown in for good measure. You just never know.
Of course with all the regulatory agencies and liability concerns in our litigious society, le truck would never work in the U.S. But, once again, somebody in a far corner of the world has come up with a wonderful, practical, efficient, economical public transit system. One that works.
Amtrak Knows How to Deal with Unruly Passengers
On one of my Amtrak trips, I chatted with a conductor about how they deal with troublesome passengers – usually people caught smoking or someone who's had too many beers in the lounge car.
"We tell them to change their behavior or we'll put them off the train," he said. "If they keep it up, there is no second warning. We don't want them to know ahead of time that we're going to put them off. That can lead to big problems because some of them will get violent. So the next thing they know, the train has stopped and they're looking up at a couple of big state troopers."
I had a first-hand experience with this many years ago aboard the late lamented Desert Wind as we were heading southwest across Nevada toward Los Angeles. A disreputable character in one of the coaches had been wandering into the sleeping cars cajoling passengers into giving him their little bottle of complimentary wine. (Ah, those were the days!)
The Amtrak conductor dealt with this clown very effectively. The train stopped in the middle of the Nevada desert where a state highway crossed the tracks. A police car was there waiting and, when last seen, the wine hound was looking back at us from the rear seat of the police car en route to the jail at Caliente, Nevada.
Several of us waved good-bye to him from the air-conditioned comfort of the lounge car. There was even a smattering of applause.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The U.S.A. Leads the Way
Here's how our oil consumption since 1980 compares with a few other countries:
Denmark – down 33%
Sweden – down 32%
Germany – down 20%
Switzerland – down 18%
France – down 14%
Finland – down 14%
Italy – down 13%
Japan – up 0.2%
England – up 2%
United States – up 21%
There are several reasons for our "performance":
> We still have some of the lowest gas prices in the world.
> We still insist on driving big cars.
> We have very low taxes on energy.
> We have the longest daily commutes, which we do by car instead of transit.
Bottom line? The U.S. accounts for about a quarter of the entire world's daily consumption of oil and fully half of that goes into our cars and trucks.
So all together now: We're Number One! We're Number One!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sixty-One Million Tax Dollars Down the Drain.
So they spent $61 million on a nice new 7,000-foot concrete runway which was finally ready for service six months ago. Trouble is, two months earlier Hagerstown lost all scheduled air service. The reason? Cut-backs by airlines as the result of high fuel prices and tough times generally for the aviation business.
This is not an isolated case either. Across the country, 30 cities have lost all scheduled air service just in the past year and 400 other cities and towns have seen the number of flights to their airports reduced. According to the Official Airline Guide, almost 23,000 fewer domestic flights were scheduled this month compared to May of last year.
Anyone who doesn't understand that the airline industry in this country is in big trouble just hasn't been paying attention.
You know where I'm going with this, right? Right! Passenger trains can step up and, in a great many of those cities and towns, fill the transportation void. It's going to happen, too … it's just a question of time. Public officials at all levels are finally beginning to see the light, but it's going to take new awareness, some political courage and a bunch of tax dollars. Help 'em out, will you? Call, fax or email your federal and state reps and give them a friendly push.
And consider joining the National Association of Railroad Passengers. The people in NARP's Washington office work tirelessly to educate the key senators and representatives and to press for adequate funding for rail in general and Amtrak in particular. This is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to work for "a modern, customer-focused national passenger train network that provides a travel choice Americans want."
Sounds like a pretty darn good idea, doesn't it? I'm damn sure the people in Hagerstown think so!
Monday, May 19, 2008
To Tip or Not to Tip, That Is the Question
First, don't tip the conductors. (Believe it or not, I've been asked that question more than once over the years.)
Tip car attendants in coaches if they are especially helpful or friendly or if you have asked for and received some special service. How much? I'd say $2 or $3 for each night you're on board … or more if, for example, you're traveling with kids and the attendant has had to clean up after them.
My rule-of-thumb for sleeping car attendants is $5 per night per person … meaning if there are two of you traveling in a roomette for two nights from Chicago to Seattle, tip $20 when you get to the end of your trip. If you're traveling solo, 10 bucks.
It's customary to leave some extra change for the lounge car attendant when you make purchases there.
In the dining car, follow the normal custom for any restaurant by tipping 15 percent of the cost of the meal. I've noticed that many sleeping car passengers fail to tip because their meals are "free" … meaning they're included in the cost of the ticket. That's really a shame because the IRS assumes the servers receive tips and their income tax is computed accordingly. So note the price of the meal when you order and tip accordingly. Furthermore, assuming the service is good – and it almost always is – be generous, because the dining car crews work very hard, usually starting at 6:30 in the morning and often going well past 9:00 p.m.
All that said, don't hesitate to tip less, or even not at all, if you get poor service. Hopefully, that will be a rare experience.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Transit Systems Are Big Success Stories
But along with the increase in the cost of gasoline has come an increase in the use of transit. More and more people everywhere across the country are turning to subways and trains and buses for their commutes to and from work. For example:
New York City subways – up 6 percent.
New Jersey transit – up 5 percent
Caltran (San Francisco, Santa Clara) – up 9.3 percent
Denver transit system (photo above) – up 8 percent
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach – up 20 percent
Charlotte – up 34 percent
And -- who woulda thought it? -- it's even happening in Los Angeles, where ridership has exceeded all projections.
In Hawaii -- more specifically, in Honolulu -- thanks to Mayor Mufi Hannemann, a transit system is finally moving ahead after two near-misses in the past. Mufi is a true-believer and, to his great credit, he has pressed hard for the project, steam-rolling over a nitwit faction on the Honolulu City Council.
Despite the nitwits – who, alas, will always be among us – the tide has turned and it sure looks like the U.S. is ready to hop on a train like the rest of the world. And about time, too!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Right Side or Left Side? It Can Make a Difference.
I awoke early the next morning, rose up on an elbow and peered out the window of my roomette on the left side of the train just in time to see Mount Shasta come into view. The snow-capped peak was sparkling in the morning sun and framed against a clear blue sky. Wow! (You can actually see the train tracks in this photo.)
Later that morning, however, the train seemed to be plodding along and there was nothing to look at but an endless wall of rock and brush, a gray-green blur passing just outside my window. It seemed to go on forever, so I finally decided to walk back to the lounge car to break up the monotony.
When I got there, the car was full of passengers, all crowding together to soak in the view out the other side of the train: incredible vistas of mountains and lakes and valleys which we had been passing through for the past hour. I had missed it all.
Today's tip on train travel: When you board, ask one of the conductors when you'll be getting to the best scenery and which side of the train will it be on.
After all, the reason you're on the train is to relax and to see this amazing country. Why miss any of it?
Friday, May 16, 2008
Hawaii Leads the Way In More Ways Than One
The cost of electricity has been going up and up here. Our electric bill for an average-size three-bedroom, two-bath home is now running about $250 a month, nearly double what it was two to three years ago. That's a swat, too, because we have neither heat nor air conditioning in our home. A small wood-burning stove in our living room takes the chill off on the occasional nippy winter morning and ceiling fans in every room are all we need to keep cool in summer.
Everything else is going up, too. For example, regular unleaded gas is selling for $4.28 a gallon here on Maui this morning. I'll bet we lead the nation with that, too!
Hawaii residents are used to paying premium prices for just about everything. Shipping costs are the reason for most of that. We are, after all, living in the most remote populated spot on the globe. Everything has to be shipped in from at least 2300 miles away. And much of that stuff arrives in Honolulu and then has to be sent along by barge to those of us living on one of the Neighbor Islands. Most folks here just shrug it off as "the Price of Paradise."
But ... would I trade this spot for someplace on the mainland with lower electric bills? Not a chance. Not a snowball's chance on Napili Beach!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Crossing the Country in Style ... Part Five
After leaving Trinidad, Colorado, crossing under the Continental Divide and descending through Raton Pass, the Southwest Chief heads out across some dry but dramatic New Mexico landscapes. A little after 3:00 that afternoon, we arrive in Albuquerque. Thanks to the padded schedule, we're almost a half hour early and not scheduled to depart until 4:45.
That leaves plenty of time to stretch our legs, wander through the new station building, and walk up to the head end to watch the three locomotives being refueled (note the tanker truck under the overpass).
Many of the passengers pause to look at some Navajo jewelry that's on display and for sale. There are lots of small inexpensive items, but some of it - mostly silver and turquoise - is very artistic and truly magnificent.
One of the passengers takes this opportunity to clean the windows of his lower-level roomette. The Chief went through the car wash back in Chicago, but that was a day-and-a-half and 1300 dusty miles ago.
I asked for the last sitting for dinner in the dining car and am just finishing a very good (and very rich) cheesecake dessert as the Chief makes its scheduled stop in Flagstaff. This is where bus connections are made by passengers headed to Phoenix.
Forty minutes later, the stop is Williams, Arizona. A few more passengers get off here, including a couple with two kids planning to take the steam train tomorrow morning to the Grand Canyon. My wife and I will be back here next summer to do exactly that, too!
The rest of Arizona passes during the night and at 7:48, not quite 30 minutes early, the Southwest Chief comes to a stop at beautiful Union Station in Los Angeles.
One more cross-country train trip is in the books … and well worth it, as always.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
A Thing of Beauty ... and How to Get There
"Lovely doesn't really capture it. It's seriously the most beautiful building I've ever seen. Something about the simplicity and intricacy of the construction and the fact that it's white, but also translucent, reflecting the white around it. It's just breathtaking. I can't even think of a building that's even close."
Clearly, the Taj Mahal is worth adding to any world traveler's "must-see" list.
And now, transitioning to the opposite end of that spectrum - and because, after all, the focus of this blog is travel and transportation - I can't resist including a photo he took of an auto-rickshaw.
Essentially, these are modified mopeds that ply the streets of Agra picking up passengers and delivering them wherever they want to go, including to the magnificent Taj Mahal. Not exactly suited to a Los Angeles freeway, but I gather quite appropriate where they are.
Taxi, anyone?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Train Travel Is Catching On In California
And why not? Amtrak's Acela trains can take you from within a couple of hundred yards of the Capitol building in Washington to the heart of Manhattan Island in two hours and 45 minutes. Try that by air!
A lesser known success story is the Pacific Surfliner route on the West Coast, running from San Diego in the south as far north as San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles. This is Amtrak's second busiest rail route now.
Right now, it costs about $50 to ride the entire length of that route; the fare for the 3-hour ride from LA to San Diego is about $30. The Washington-New York-Boston route may be carrying more passengers, but its scenery can't compare to the ride along the Pacific Ocean. Pretty nice to be rolling along in air conditioned comfort, looking out the window at kids playing on the beach and surfers catching waves.
The State of California supports the Pacific Surfliner route with an annual subsidy of about $80 million. Is that a worthwhile expenditure of taxpayer dollars, you ask?
Damn right! Think of all the cars that takes off the road. And rail travel produces 70 percent less greenhouse gas compared to automobiles. You think $80 million is a lot of money? Of course it is … but we spend that much on one major highway interchange without blinking an eye.
Now here's the big news: this fall, California voters will have the chance to vote on a $10 billion bond issue, the money to be used for building a high-speed rail line linking Los Angeles and San Francisco, a trip that would be done in three hours.
All right, California! Now we're getting somewhere!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Words You Do NOT Want to Hear …
"Yikes! Well, this is really going to be a challenge!"
(I'm afraid my next post will have to wait until tomorrow.)
Sunday, May 11, 2008
It Really Is a Puzzlement
That's a question I've struggled with for years. I find the case for rail so clear and so compelling that I'm baffled when someone doesn't get it. What's wrong with these people? What prevents them from understanding what is so damn obvious?
Some Republican legislators, I'm afraid, are simply locked into their position and will not or cannot change their minds. John Mica, a Republican congressman from central Florida, spoke at our NARP* board meeting last month. This guy is an implacable opponent of Amtrak and constantly refers with a sneer to "our soviet-style railroad", whatever the hell that means. Forget about turning him around. Even if he hears you, he does not listen.
Other members of Congress are simply unaware of the important role Amtrak is already playing in our national transportation system, despite having been nearly starved to death over the past decade or so. For instance, we spoke to several elected officials who were mistakenly under the impression that there is a lack of ridership on Amtrak's long-distance trains.
The origin of this misperception probably goes back to Bush's first Secretary of Transportation, Norman Mineta, who is famous for making what is probably one of the most brazenly false statements of all time. "Amtrak," he said, "operates trains no one rides to places no one wants to go." That is such nonsense and so easily disproved, one wonders why he thought he could get away with it. Regardless, there are still people in influential positions who believe it to be true.
Some of this anti-rail attitude by Republicans is ideological – an automatic knee-jerk opposition to any federal "subsidy." That, in my book, is either willfully hypocritical or monumentally stupid because in one way or another government already subsidizes all forms of public transportation, from the airlines to sidewalks.
In his remarks to the NARP board, Mica himself said he has reservations about giving Amtrak the $1.7 billion they are asking for because of so many other demands on funds set aside for transportation needs ... including, he noted, five BILLION dollars for one new runway at Miami International Airport. He said it with a straight face, too.
*National Association of Railroad Passengers
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Crossing the Country in Style ... Part Four
Outside the dining car windows, we're rolling through miles and miles of grazing land, broken up here and there by freshly tilled fields ready for planting. I've taken this trip probably six or eight times, but have never found this part monotonous.
For one thing, there are lots of cattle who placidly share these huge pastures with small herds of pronghorn antelope, some stand quite close to the train, watching as we roll past; others run off, putting a little distance between themselves and the Chief. According to one of the conductors, these handsome animals can hit speeds of up to 50 miles per hour if they really turn it on.
A rutted dirt path is running along next to us now, just a hundred feet or so outside my window, sometimes plainly visible, other times dissolving into a wooded hillside, then appearing again a few hundred yards farther on. This is the original Santa Fe Trail.
The train is moving slower now, laboring up a miles-long grade toward Raton Pass, which is the highest point along the Southwest Chief's route at 7,588 feet above sea level.
After passing through a long tunnel, the Chief heads down grade and to our scheduled stop in Raton, New Mexico. We're now on the western side of the Continental Divide. From here, all water flows westward, ultimately ending up in the Pacific Ocean.
More comig about this great train ride.
May 10, 2008 – National Train Day in America
To help focus public awareness on the need for more rail service, today is National Train Day in the U.S.
Amtrak has planned major events in Washington, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and smaller celebrations have been organized in 40 or 50 other towns and cities all across the country, many actively supported by the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP).
The basic theme is pretty simple: rail travel is good for people, good for the country, and good for the environment.
Every other country in Europe and most of those in Asia figured that out a long time ago. Now there are encouraging signs that our political leaders are beginning to get the picture, too … although it took $4.00 gas and a near-dysfunctional air transportation system to wake many of them up.
Most of the opposition to better rail service has come from Republican politicians. This is not a partisan comment, it is a simple statement of fact. But many, perhaps even most of them, are now starting to see the handwriting on the wall and come around.
And it's damn well about time, too!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Crossing the Country in Style ... Part Three
Amtrak's Southwest Chief is a two-night journey heading, as the name implies, in a southwesterly direction from chilly the Midwest crossing prairies and deserts and winding through mountain passes to Los Angeles.
Leaving the city behind, the Chief heads out across Illinois farmland – mostly soy beans and corn – through small communities invariably and proudly identified by the town's water tower.
Just a few miles south of Galesburg, two main rail lines converge and the Chief pauses for several minutes while a 100-plus-car freight train lumbers by on its way to Chicago.
Forty minutes later, as twilight begins to fall, we swing into a long turn, slow down, and clatter across a "swing bridge" over the Mississippi River. (A middle section of the bridge pivots and swings open to allow river traffic to pass … hence the name.)
Once we cross into Iowa, the Southwest Chief runs along the west bank of the river and into Fort Madison, first passing a river boat of modern construction, but classic "paddle wheeler" design.
During the night, the Chief crosses Missouri and heads out across the Kansas prairie. When I wake up the next morning, the train isn't moving. I raise up on an elbow and peer out the window to discover we're in Dodge City. About 200 yards up the street from the station is Boot Hill. At that very moment, a conductor passes the door of my roomette and I can hear him speaking to the engineer on his radio: "OK, Number 3, let's get outta Dodge!"
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- The direct costs of Alzheimer's to American society is $200 billion in 2012.
The report also provides state-specific data. Included in the California statistics were findings that:
- There were over 10,000 deaths due to Alzheimer's disease in 2008;
- There has been a 9% increase in the disease since the year 2000;
- Of the nearly 260,000 nursing home residents, 38% – over 98,000 – have moderate to severe dementia.
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WATCH OUT FOR FAKES ONLINE. This is a luxurious shampoo and very moisturizing. It has repaired my dry, brittle hair, and even my beauty stylist noticed the improvement after several months. This is so moisturizing that I can skip the conditioner if I'm in a hurry. I use about a quarter-size amount and that does the trick. And a plus is that it has a nice light tropical scent. But I'd recommend you buy this product at a salon or an Ulta store. I ordered both the shampoo and conditioner off Amazon a few months ago just to save money. The bottles looked exactly the same, but I discovered the products were fakes. They dried out my hair and faded my color in no time flat. Who knows what they put in them. I purchased new bottles at Ulta and love it again! So worth the price. Watch for specials at Ulta and you can buy two and get one free from time to time. Stock up then with the real stuff, instead of the fakes online.
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Not a fan of this shampoo. After using it, my hair felt dry and coarse and looked frizzy. Will not be repurchasing this one.
I LOVED it!! My hair is thick and very dry, and I also damaged it a lot with chemical process. I would say if it were less damaged, I almost wouldn't need a conditionner!
Although it is really expensive for its size, it's worth the money because you really don't need a lot to make it lather. Even with its moisturizing properties, this shampoo is really easy to rinse off and it doesn't leave the hair oily. I really liked the smell and the thickness of the product. I would definitely buy it again :)
And also, not very important for some but still... L'Anza doesn't test on animals, so it's a plus for me :)
Its ingredients are the main attraction - sulfate and paraben free. I have this satisfaction that finally my hair are free of the detergent chemicals that were found in all of my previous shampoos.
Apart from this, I had a sudden increase in dandruff a couple of months ago and it was like constant snow fall from the head, in fact a hail storm, such was the size of dry flakes. A week's use of this shampoo and 75% of the dandruff is gone! After about 7 week's use, I can say that the hair also feel better (though i,ve had a more than usual hairfall past few days, don't know why). It also keeps the split ends at bay and overall the hair look better and a little less dry. It has a subtle mysterious yet pleasant fragrance.
On the downside it's quite pricey. However, a little goes a long way. One bottle lasts about two months for mid back hair length (washing hair no more than 3-4 times a week). Overall I would recommend it for people with very dry and frizzy hair like mine.
Funny thing, non-sulfate shampoos are not necessarily gentle nor good for the hair. They contain plenty of detergents that are quite harsh just not sodium lauryl sulfate per se. I had the same result with this shampoo that I had with Organix Coconut Milk
which is poorly rated. I could feel in the shower that this was very drying/stripping. I used my usual conditioner but my hair looked terrible after using this. Dried out, stringy, flat, looked fried. Even after my next wash where I only CO washed, it still has not recovered. I have fine, wavy, frizzy colored (roots) hair that is not damaged. Very disappointing. I think that because this is expensive people may be reluctant to rate this as harshly as the Organix products. Really it is no better at least on my hair.
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I have yet to nail the perfect shampoo, thought this would be "it" but the search goes on. It rinses off well, doesn't leave my hair dry but neither gives me the super moisturizing feeling. I like it but don't love it for the price.
Started using this product again, because I wanted to finish it off and to my surprise..I noticed a change in the texture of my hair every time I used this..all for the good obviously. Changing it back to 5 stars, planning to buy the liter this time. I am happy, gave it another chance rather than putting this to in the corner of my bathroom shelf.
One of my favorite shampoos EVER...I have naturally thick,frizzy, wavy/curly hair, and I have relaxers and keratin treatments done..usually alternating them. This shampoo is sulfate free which helps maintain my color(oh yeah I do that too:), and is ok to use with keratin treatments. I have alot of hair, but it gets weighed down very easily. This shampoo leaves my hair feeling clean, soft, and smooth without making it feel coated and gross like so many sulfate free shampoos that I've tried in the past. I love this shampoo, and the conditioner is awesome, too. Good stuff if you have dry/damaged hair!!
UPDATE 1/25/13: My hair was apparently in need of major moisture with these sub zero temps we have been having. I used this today for the first time in a while. I had been using Aquage Sea Extend Silkening shampoo for the last few months. But lately my hair has felt so dry. I tried this today and yes, this gave amazeballs moisture to my hair and it feels so much better. BUT, it is weighing down the crown of my hair a touch. The weighing down was harder to handle when I had a short jaw length inverted bob that needed bounce. Now that my hair is growing out into a lob, the bounce up is less critical. Regardless, this shampoo is saving my hair in these winter temps.
ORIGINAL:This shampoo has been like that guy that is your friend & kind of likes you...he's great, but you don't pay much attention to him "that way". Then one day, you look over and you see things differently. Exactly what happened with this shampoo. When I first bought this I was sucked into a new (different) shampoo's sleek packaging and wonderful scent. Then I wanted to give Wen a fair try after that (about 3 months or so). After deciding Wen wasn't rocking my world, I went back to the great smelling shampoo and it was great, but would leave my hair feeling slightly tangled after I washed (before conditioning). So, I pulled out the L'Anza Tamanu to try again. It has an ok scent, lathers well for sulfate free, DID NOT LEAVE THAT TANGLED FEELING, and when all was said and done, I had one damn good hair day! It gave me a very nice balance of moisture but not too heavy for my fine waves. We didn't have the fireworks I had with the great smelling shampoo, but the L'Anza always gives good hair.
PS-My friend had the Aveda straightening treatment done and she uses both the shampoo & conditioner with much love. She has thick straight/wavy hair. I always use my Pureology Hydrate Conditioner with the Tamanu shampoo.
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A very good quality shampoo for the correct quality of hair type. However my hair is very long and fine but with a lot of volume I also have a greasy scalp, this shampoo whilst moisturising left my hair quite flat and usually my hair is full of life.
I absolutely love this shampoo. I actually found this while searching for the keyword "Zinc PCA" on MUA. Zinc PCA is an oil-regulating ingredient that I found was effective for my oily skin (found in a lot of European products for acne -- for some reason we haven't caught onto it as much here!). When I googled it I found that it's used in shampoos that combat hair loss because one of its causes is oily scalp. I have an annoying oily scalp and the shampoo I had been using felt like it was making things worse. There are a lot of shampoos sold online that have zinc PCA but the reviews for this were great so I went and picked it up. I will say that I'm wary of sulfate-free shampoos. I've tried them before but I have hair that gets tangled extremely easily -- fine but poofy, a big mess in general. GREAT. In the past, the sulfate-free shampoos I've used (Aubrey Organics, two kinds of the L'Oreal ones) felt like they cleaned well but left my hair dry and strawlike while still feeling heavy. I stuck with them for that "A-ha!" moment that everyone talks about where they go from having crappy chemical-dependent hair to a thick, shiny mane of sulfate-untouched silk but it never happened. This stuff really blew my mind, however. Firstly, this is weird but I lathered up and rubbed into my scalp then left it on, and my first impression as I rinsed my hands off was that my HANDS felt smooth. I was like !?!?!. Then when I rinsed my hair I had that familiar sulfate-free squeaky feeling, but it wasn't a stripped feeling, just an extremely clean feeling. I'm not as big a fan of the scent as others, but it's not bad at all and somewhat pleasant. The combination of this and the kukui nut conditioner cannot be beat. My hair is clean, shiny, and I don't have those moments toward the end of the day when I look at my hair and it's a greasy mess near the scalp/around my bangs. It's really expensive, but with these products you can tell you're not getting the same old cheap formula full of fragrance and fillers that so many companies sell. The quality of the ingredients/formula/result of this shampoo (and the conditioner) is really amazing. I'm moving onto the liter bottle as soon as I finish up my current bottles! Thanks MUA for your reviews as always or I'm absolutely sure I'd never have picked this up.x
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