Theres a new snack available in the community and local health
experts are wary of its effects.
Lazy Cakes, a relaxation brownie which seemingly mimics a
marijuana brownie, are now available in Westminster.
MY friend had been talking about the full moon party on Gili Trawangan for the last five months, but within 30 minutes of arriving atVilla Devatasthat plan had gone to hell.
We had only planned to stay one night before heading off to the Gilis at the crack of dawn, except that after a tour of our villa and the property, it was clear that the half a day we had there wasnt going to be long enough.
Now when I say villa, I dont mean just one. The place is a compound made up of four single story villas, all complete with indoor and outdoor showers, gigantic king-sized canopy beds, Bulgari bathroom products, day beds overlooking the tropical gardens and luxurious freestanding baths.
If you think that sounds good, just wait until you see the main abode. Set away from the others, this two-story villa comes complete with its own private infinity pool, bathtub built around a boulder and outdoor conversation pit.
The communal areas of the property surround one of the most amazing pools we have ever seen and include dining and living areas, a day spa, gym, pool room and media room.
Set along the Ayang River, the property has been designed with relaxation in mind. Round the clock nannies, chefs, drivers and housekeepers mean you can listen to the calming river acoustics as much as you like. You can even organise a private yoga lesson by the pool or a scuba lesson in it.
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Honolulu has had a long-running controversy over short-term real estate rentals.
There are a few exceptions, but most of the properties on the market as vacation rentals or bed-and-breakfasts are illegal.
Still, dozens of homeowners persist in advertising their properties on websites such as Vacation Rentals by Owner, or vrbo.com, and the law is rarely enforced, as a report in Civil Beat earlier this year pointed out.
It’s not just Honolulu. The New York Times reported Thursday that homeowners in San Francisco are converting their apartments to what are essentially hotel rooms for short-term rental. It’s illegal there, too, but the Times points out that the law is “essentially unenforced.”
And a story Thursday on the real estate industry site Inman.com tells how a couple of friends with some extra space founded a website called Airbnb by renting air mattresses out during a design conference when most of the hotels were booked.
People can advertise anything on the site from a mattress on a living room floor for $29 per night to a five-bedroom home for several thousand dollars.
The company started in San Francisco, but it’s already hopped across the Pacific to Hawaii — a quick check for accommodations in Honolulu yielded 104 results. A search for Lahaina — short-term rentals are mostly illegal on Maui, too — returned 144 results.
The North American Basque Organization held seven Basque sporting events Sunday at Prosinski Park as a part of the 2011 NABO festival to honor a rich and unique sporting tradition in their culture.
The events began with the mens and womens sokatira, popularly known as the tug of war. In the mens competition, the Harriet Brothers beat out representatives of the Big Horn Basque Club. The Basque Hellions dominated the Sandal Girls on the womens side.
Sheephooking was the only event of the day that didnt originate in the Basque country. Anthony Graves won the youth competition, April Crump took the womens and Kevin Rodriguez was victorious in the mens rounds.
In the weight carrying competition, competitors had to carry a weight in each hand around the baseball field. The women carried 50 pounds in each hand and the men carried 100 pounds. Grace Gosar and Kaira Beach both completed an entire lap around the bases, but Gosar was able to edge Beach by just a few feet for the win. Chris Rodriguez won the mens division by completing an entire lap.
With 30 days remaining until the 2011 IAAF World Championships take place in Daegu, it sure looks like the city is ready to host one of the worlds four largest sporting events, right behind the Summer and Winter Olympics and the FIFA World Cup.
And even though less than 80 percent of the seats are filled, Daegu still hopes to greet the athletes with a full stadium.
[Interview : Cho Hae-nyong, Co-president
Organizing Committee for 2011 Daegu IAAF World Championships] In terms of sports infrastructure, we are ready to host the event tomorrow. Now what is left is for the citizens of Daegu and the public to come to the stadium to passionately cheer on the athletes during the event.
An opening ceremony for an experience zone took place at Daegu Stadium on Thursday, with the goal of sparking more interest in track and field.
Here, visitors can have hands-on experience trying out sports like discus and hammer, as well as take part in a virtual race with their friends.
The celebration went on into the night with 15-thousand citizens in attendance, and included a ceremony to name the 6,700 volunteers for the event.
More than 20-thousand people had signed up and those selected say they are happy for the opportunity.
[Interview : Park Bum-soo, Volunteer ] The reason I applied is because as a Daegu citizen, I wanted to promote my city to the world. And since I am volunteering because I want to, I will work hard wherever Im needed during the event.
[Interview : Bae Mi-ja, Volunteer] Many foreigners will be visiting Daegu for the international competition. And as a volunteer, I will put all my efforts into helping the visitors and introducing Daegu.
The unveiling of uniforms for the staff and volunteers also took place where a range of suits for the IAAF officials and the committee members, volunteers and technical officials was displayed.
It was a night to showcase how much the city has prepared to successfully host the international competition.
[Reporter : Hwang Sung-hee
ssung86@arirang.co.kr] The 2011 IAAF World Championships will run from August 27th to September 4th and the nine-day event is expected to draw some 800-thousand viewers around the globe.
Hwang Sung-hee, Arirang News, Daegu.
JUL 29, 2011
By Neil Sperry
It happens every time we have a serious drought: Trees get blamed for foundation, walkway and driveway problems, and people start removing some of their most valuable landscaping assets.
Well, just a moment there, Nellie. Before you take an axe to the apple tree, lets be sure its actually the culprit.
Well begin with a little lesson in soil science. Stifle the yawns — well do it in one paragraph. The black clay gumbo soils that cover most of North Texas are extremely expansive and contractive, and its all driven by moisture. That means that theyll expand when theyre wet, and theyll contract when theyre dry. Contract, as in cracks wide enough to lose small pets. The counterbalance to that is that those same soils will swell when theyre fully imbibed with water during the inevitable rainy seasons.
As the soils go, so go our foundations. All of that expansion and contraction puts slabs of concrete under incredible stress. Cracks begin to develop. Youll see the issues crop up in mortar joints, and youll notice them in wallboard and tile floors. Doors and windows wont operate properly.
And thats about when the subject of tree roots enters the picture. Youll be told that it all can be traced back to the plants roots, and you may even be told that the plants have to come out.
As is shouted on late-night TV, But, wait, theres more! The fact that goes missing is that those roots are there in all conditions, from drought to flash flooding. Yet the foundation problems only show up when its dry. So dont you think that the soils might be at least partly to blame for the foundation troubles?
If youre concerned about possible structural problems in your house, retain a dependable foundation-repair specialist for your home inspection. Then hire a certified arborist for a second and concurrent opinion. It may very well be that tree roots are part of the cause, but the arborist may have suggestions of ways to save the trees so that they and your foundation can coexist. It may involve severing roots that have grown directly beneath the concrete. It could mean the installation of a subsurface barrier to prevent further root growth. The arborist may decide that the tree is far enough from the slab that no roots of any significance are involved.
Slow-drip irrigation applied through soaker hoses laid just a few inches from the concrete will help keep the soil hydrated (or swollen). That will mitigate the moisture pulled out of the ground by the trees roots. Cover the soaker hoses with a couple inches of mulch, and youll reduce the soil-to-air contact. That will help keep the soil from drying so quickly.
You can also get a pretty good handle on the number of large roots that might be involved by inserting a rod (probe) into the ground along your foundation. Stick it in every couple of inches, and youll be able to determine where the roots are. Once you find them, dig to see how large they are. If you do need to remove them, thats work thats best done in October, after the worst of the hot, dry summer weather has passed.
Protecting roots during construction
Still the advocates for our shade trees, lets also step to their rescue when we have to make changes in the trees surroundings. If 90 percent of any trees roots are in the top foot of soil, as we so often hear, then take great pains to protect them when construction is done anywhere near them. Do not add soil that will cover more than 10 or 15 percent of a trees entire root system. Install a retaining wall to hold back the new soil, and let the well you create cover a large percentage of the trees original root zone (hopefully all of it). Again, a certified arborist can guide you.
Dont cut utility trenches across them. Think of the root system as a wagon wheel. Dont cut across its spokes. Pipes and wiring dont cost very much compared with the value of a large shade tree. Run them around its perimeter. If you must install sprinkler heads or wiring for landscape lighting, dig in from the outside, more or less parallel to the roots.
A large and vigorous shade tree of a quality species can add thousands of dollars to the resale value of an urban property. Think twice about sacrificing that tree when problems arise. Get all the facts by hiring a tree specialist.
Neil Sperry publishes Gardens magazine and hosts Texas Gardening noon-1 pm Saturdays and 9 am-noon Sundays on WBAP AM/FM. Reach him during those hours at 800-288-9227 or 214-787-1820.
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HOUSTON and MIAMI, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc. (OTC.PK: IBGH) today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Incense Specialties Inc., to provide the companys relaxation product, drank, throughout the state of Florida.
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ISI services accounts throughout major cities in Florida including Miami, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm and Orlando, among others. ISI is known throughout the state for distributing specialty items such as relaxation items, unique sweets and now — the worlds leading relaxation product.
All of our store owners have heard of drank and its success throughout other parts of the country, said Greg Otto, owner and president of Incense Specialties Inc. Much like the rest of the country, Florida residents are stressed to the gills, and this heat isnt making things any easier! Were pleased to bring them a product that will cool them off and relax them without turning to alcohol.
drank has been in the Southeast for some time, but as is the case with many regions, it is time to expand, said Peter Bianchi, CEO of Innovative Beverage Group. Our Facebook fans have been clamoring for the tall purple can to be available in more areas in Florida. By inking this distribution deal with ISI, we not only enter into an agreement with a terrific partner, we reward our fans for their support and determination in bringing drank to their cities.
drank is the antithesis of the herd of energy drinks crowding the functional beverage sector. With a slogan of slow your roll, this lightly carbonated relaxation product uses melatonin, valerian root and rose hips to provide a relaxing effect for consumers. Since launching drank to select markets in early 2008, it has become the go-to product for people looking to relax their mind and body.
Incense Specialties Inc. joins an extensive and growing roster of regional distributors that have added drank to their New Age product lineup. For more information about drank, please visit: www.drankbeverage.com, call 877-DRANK-02 or follow the brand on Twitter www.twitter.com/slowyourroll and Facebook – www.facebook.com/drankrelaxation. To reach Incense Specialties Inc., please call 877-722-0234.
About Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc.
Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc. is a Nevada-based corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas that engages in the distribution and wholesale of products in the New Age beverage category. The company recently launched its first proprietary product drank. drank was created to induce a natural calming and soothing effect when consumed. Lightly carbonated and grape flavored drank was formulated with natural calming agents including melatonin, rose hips, and valerian root. drank is sold in prominent purple, signature 16 ounce cans bearing the slogan slow your roll and is available in convenience and grocery outlets in a growing number of regions throughout the United States. Innovative Beverage Group began operations as a distributor for well-known national brands of beverage products including Jolt, Rock Star, Crystal Geyser, Sweet Leaf tea, Arizona Ice tea, and Volvic Water. Although the company continues to distribute many of these well known brands in the greater Houston area, the expansion of Innovatives proprietary product division has become foremost in their business model. Recent corporate strategies have been focused on the marketing and distribution of drank to accommodate the growing demand for the product. Innovative Beverage Group is also currently working to add additional proprietary products to its line that will complement drank and provide consumers with an array of new and unique concepts in the New Age beverage category.
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Theres nothing like pain to motivate you, says Esther Gokhale, when she discusses what set her off on a life of research on aching backs and how to fix them. I had very serious back problems when I was pregnant with my first child. It was extremely painful. I was up every two hours at night.
Gokhale went to doctors. She had back surgery. It didnt help. So, she said, I was very motivated to think outside the box and find another solution.
The solution she found has kept her free of back pain for 20 years. The Gokhale Method, she said, also can help you slim down and tighten up your butt and could make you as much as an inch taller. Gokhale has a degree in biochemistry from Princeton and a degree in Chinese medicine from the San Francisco College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Shes taken additional courses in anthropology, anatomy and physiology at Stanford University. She grew up in India, where she studied yoga.
What she found in her research is that weve forgotten how to sit, stand, sleep and walk the way our ancestors did. As a consequence, Americans are 10 times more likely to have back pain than are people in traditional societies. She found that in Chad, only 5 percent of people suffer from back pain. In America, 85 percent of us will complain about it at one time or another in our lifetimes.
Both manual laborers and sedentary workers from Burkina Faso (in western Africa), villages in Brazil and rural Portugal have not forgotten how to sit, stand, walk and sleep in harmony with their bodys design, Gokhale said.
Posture is a cultural matter, she said. In transplanting ourselves away from our origins, we lose some of the cultural wisdom. Our grandparents arent around for us to copy.
Our basic posture problem is we scrunch up too much, Gokhale said. We need to stretch more, to elongate our spines.
We tend to sit on our tails, which then sets us up either for being relaxed in a slump or upright and tense, Gokhale said. What we really want is to be upright and relaxed.
We sleep scrunched and compressed, she said. What I teach people is to lengthen their spines as they prepare to sleep. Beginning with your elbows, you should lay yourself down one vertebrae (the 24 bones of the spine) at a time.
Gokhale established the Esther Gokhale Wellness Center in Palo Alto, Calif., in 1992 to teach others what shed learned.
Her method is based on sound scientific principles, said Gary Chimes, director of the Musculoskeletal Sports and Spine Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine. For the appropriate subset of patients, it could be very helpful.
That subset is very large. Almost everybody with low back pain has postural problems, Chimes said. It is fairly unusual to find an American who doesnt have these problems.
But the Gokhale Method is not unique, he said. There are other things out there that are like it.
One, the Alexander Technique was developed by the Australian actor Frederick Matthias Alexander in the 1890s. Alexander suffered from laryngitis, which doctors couldnt cure. He discovered his problem was caused by excess tension in his neck and body. He devised changes in his movement habits that released that tension.
The Bobath Concept was developed by Berta (a physiotherapist) and Karel (a psychiatrist/neurophysiologist) Bobath from their work to restore normal movement in stroke patients.
And Pilates, developed by Joseph Pilates in the 1920s, is a system of exercise that emphasizes development of core strength and flexibility to support efficient, graceful movement. It is by far the best known of these techniques.
The most important consideration in determining which one will work best for you is the quality of the instructor, Chimes said.
Barbara Swan, director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Allegheny General Hospital in Pennsylvania, agreed with Chimes that Gokhales method is based on sound principles, but added: I am always skeptical of something that claims to cure back pain. If there were something that is as effective as they say, wed all be doing it.
But, she added, Its not going to hurt anybody. And anything that gets people to exercise is not bad.
(Contact reporter Jack Kelly at jkelly(at)post-gazette.com or 412-263-1476.)
(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com.)
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — For a few minutes Wednesday afternoon, Jim Justice didnt have to worry about being the owner of The Greenbrier Resort.
He didnt have to worry about being chairman of The Greenbrier Classic either.
Justice was simply a father watching his son Jay — a successful businessman in his own right — embark on some special moments in his life.
The Justice duo spent the afternoon on the golf course playing in a Pro-Am tournament with PGA Tour star Phil Mickelson, who repeatedly cheered Jay on and helped him with his game.
Maybe it was only fitting that Mickelson took part in the making of a Justice family moment. After all, thats one of the major reasons he came to play in The Greenbrier Classic.
I cant get over all the fun things that they have to do (at the resort), Mickelson said. My daughters are excited about the falconry. I dont know where in the world you can do that. Well do some whitewater rafting, too. It just really is a fun place.
The golf is a bonus.
Its pretty impressive to think that a guy who lives, breathes and sleeps golf is talking about his career as a bonus this week, but think a little bit.
Often times, players families go on the road with the PGA, but they end up hanging out with other families instead of their fathers, who are focused on golf.
The Greenbrier Classic and The Greenbrier Resort offered the unique opportunity for players not involved in last weeks RBC Canadian Open to come a little bit early and unwind while reconnecting with their families.
Mickelson said he arrived Monday with his family and participated in everything from bungee swinging to laser tag and swimming.
Were excited to be here, Mickelson said. I heard so many good things about last years tournament, and Im glad to finally be here and be able to play.
While players families certainly benefit from all that The Greenbrier offers, they are not the only families that benefit from the week.
Justice had his son, Jay, on the course with him Wednesday while his wife, Cathy, and daughter, Jill, followed in the golf cart behind their group on the relaxing afternoon.
There were also family connections being made through volunteers working at the course.
Former Cabell Midland High School golfer Brooke Bellomy is sharing a unique Greenbrier Classic experience with her father, Brian, and her uncle, Barry.
It will be one of the final golf experiences that the father-daughter duo gets to share before Brooke heads to Campbell University to start her career as a college golfer.
Its been a long road, Brian Bellomy said. We started out with basketball and went into golf and followed her all over. Now, its time to move on to college. We hate to see her go, but shell be doing what she wants. Its a lot of fun, though.
And lets not forget the multitudes of fans that poured in Wednesday for the final day of practice before the real event begins Thursday morning.
Kids and parents alike reached over the ropes hoping to get an autograph from their favorite players so they can share the story with their friends.
For all involved, the atmosphere Wednesday was starting to get a little wild and the experience shared with family made it wonderful.
And thats exactly how Justice wants it.
As the saying goes, Wild and Wonderful is what West Virginia is all about.
JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!: As fans walked into The Greenbrier merchandising tent off the 18th green Wednesday afternoon, there was a tall man commanding lots of attention.
Jerry West, who is still the likeness of the NBA logo, is now an adviser for the NBAs Golden State Warriors.
The former NBA star with the Los Angeles Lakers still resides in LA, but was born in Chelyan, W.Va., and played high school basketball at East Bank (now part of Riverside) before starring at West Virginia University.
APPLEBY WATCH: Defending champion Stuart Appleby has struggled in the 2011 season, missing the weekend cut in 11 of the last 12 tournaments he entered.
Appleby, however, turned things around Wednesday. The charismatic Greenbrier Classic defending champion from Australia got his game back on track, tying for third with a 4-under round in Wednesdays Pro-Am event.
Grant Traylor is a sports reporter for The Herald-Dispatch. Contact him at 304-526-2759 or gtraylor@herald-dispatch.com.
STATESVILLE, NC, July 28, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — Bebida Beverage Company (OTCmarkets: BBDA) (BeBevCo) a developer, manufacturer and marketer of relaxation and energy drinks announced today, that the video which features prominent placement of the Companys KOMA UNWIND product has been viewed now in excess of 50 million times. In the video, Superstar American music icon, Jennifer Lopez singing Im into You is holding a can of KOMA UNWIND during the beginning part of the video.
This video has resulted in several significant distribution deals and partnerships, and continues to fill the Companys pipeline with orders for KOMA UNWIND as well as the Companys other brands and products. Management of BeBevCo has hired additional marketing and logistical personnel to keep up with the new orders and anticipated future orders.
Over the last few months not only has the J-Lo video been hot, but our Company is hot as well. Our products are rolling out and our overall brand awareness for KOMA UNWIND and our other products are exploding, said CEO Brian Weber. With all the anxiety in our society these days between politics, the debt ceiling, and all the natural disasters that the USA has endured in the last year, its no wonder this category is growing in leaps and bounds, Weber concluded.
About BeBevCo
BeBevCo (Bebida Beverage Company) develops, manufactures and markets beverages including relaxation drinks Koma Unwind Chillaxation Drink#x2122;, Koma Unwind Sugar-free Chillaxation Drink#x2122;, and Koma Unwind Chillaxation Shot#x2122; as well as Potencia Energy Drink, Potencia BLAST energy shot and Piranha Water.
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