Surabaya Merupakan Salah Satu Kota Terbaik Di Asia Pasifik

Pertemuan wali kota se-Asia Pasifik atau Citynet di Surabaya, Jawa Timur memberi kesan tersendiri bagi masyarakat Kota Pahlawan tersebut. Pasalnya, ibu kota Jawa Timur itu meraih predikat salah satu kota terbaik dalam Citynet Award.

Wali Kota Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini yang menerima penghargaan itu mengaku sangat terkejut dengan apa yang

 diraih Kota Pahlawan. Risma mengakui, pihaknya tidak menyangka Surabaya dinobatkan menjadi salah satu kota terbaik dari ratusan kota yang tergabung dalam organisasi internasional Citynet.

Namun, tambah Wali Kota Perempuan pertama di Surabaya tersebut, dirinya sangat berterimakasih pada semua orang yang terlibat dalam penyelenggaraan Citynet di kota yang memiliki makanan khas Rujak Cingur tersebut.

“I Surprised. But I would like to thanks, all of participants. Especially member of Citynet. Thank you (Saya terkejut. Tapi saya ingin berterima kasih kepada semua peserta. Terutama kepada anggota Citynet. Terima Kasih),” ungkap Risma dalam bahasa Inggris usai menerima penghargaan.

Penghargaan itu melengkapi Piala Adipura yang beberapa waktu lalu juga diraih Surabaya. Ini membuktikan Surabaya adalah kota yang layak untuk disandingkan dengan kota-kota terbaik di Asia Pasifik.

Selain Surabaya, penghargaan kota terbaik juga diberikan pada beberapa kota lain. Di antaranya, Kota Seoul (Korea Selatan), Yokohama (Jepang), Makati (Fillipina). Ini merupakan penghargaan bergengsi di Asia Pasifik. Pasalnya, kota terbaik dipilih dari ratusan kota dari sekitar 24 negara di Asia Pasifik yang tergabung dalam organisasi Citynet.

10 Deodorant Tradisional Asli Indonesia

You'll Never Walk Alone - Hai sobat, Kali ini saya akan memberikan informasi tentang deodorant tradisional yang asli berasal dari Indonesia. Berikut ini adalah deodorant-nya..

1. Daun sirih

Sudah sejak lama dikenal berkhasiat sebagai antiseptic jugha mengandung zat-zat aktif yangt mampu mengusir bau badan yang disebabkan oleh bakteri atau jamur. Mengandung bahan kimia di dalam minyak atsirinya : al. kadinen, kavikol, seneol, eugeol, karvakol dan zat samak.

Cara pakai : Beberapa helai daun sirih direndam dalam air panas, setelah d

ingin airnya diminum. Atau daun sirih dihaluskan bersama kapur sirih lalu di oleskan di ketiak.

2. Daun Beluntas

Biasa ditanam sebagai tanaman pagar dan mempunyai sifat khas berbau langu dan rasanya getir. Daun dan bunga bluntas mengandung alkali yang bertindak sebagai antiseptic. Kandungan kimia al. amino (leusin, isoleusin, triptofan, treoin), lemak, kalsium, fosfor, besi, vitamin A dan C.

Cara Pakai : dimakan sebagai lalap mentah atau dikukus, boleh juga minum rebusan airnya.

Efek samping : dapat menurunkan suhu tubuh dan mendinginkan badan, dengan begitu banyak keringat yang keluar dan suhu tubuh menjadi turun.

3. Daun kemangi

Mengandung antiseptic

Cara pakai : Dilalap mentah, biasanya menjadi pelengkap lalap pecel lele.

Efek samping : meningkatkan selera makan. Jika dikonsumsi 1 genggam pagi dan sore selama masa haid maka BB yang sering menghinggapi perempuan haid akan berkurang.

4. Rimpang Temulawak

Kandungan kimia al. sapomin, flavioinoida dan minyak atsiri

Cara Pakai : minum rebusan rimpang temulawak yang telah diiris halus, air perasan temulawak parut yang ditambahkan sedikit madu. Parutan rimpang temulawak dapat juga dibalurkan keseluruh hingga mengering

5. Bunga Kecombrang (Nicolaia sp.)

menganduing Sapomin, flavoinoida dan polifenol

Cara Pakai : daun muda dan bunga di masak dan dimakan sebagai teman lauk. Di daerah tertentu dimasak sebgai sayur lodeh

6. Jeruk Purut

Cara pakai : Minum sari campuran kulit jeruk purut dengan sebatang kencur dihaluskan bersama dengan air secukupnya

7. Jeruk Nipis

Cara pakai : Air perasan jeruk nipi s dicampur kapur sirih dibalurkan di ketiak

8. Jahe (zingiber Officinale)

Sebagian besar orang India percaya kalau rajin mengkonsumsi Jahe bisa membuat badan sesorang menebarkan aroma sedap. Menurut Pen Chao Cing dari kaisar Shen Nong (3000 SM), jahe segar dapat dapat menghilangkan bau badan sekaligus mendekatkannya pada aura spiritual

Cara pakai : diminum sebagai Wedang jahe

9.Ketimun/mentimun (Cucumis sativus)

Cara pakai : Sari buah ketimun muda digosokkan ke ketiak setiap habis mandi

10. Cengkeh (Uegenia aromatica)

Cara pakai : beberapa kuntum bunga cengkeh direndam sehingga mengembang kemudian airnya diminum.

Efek samping : Air rebusan beberapa kuntum cengkeh dicampur gula merah dapat pula menjadi minuman segar dan menghangatkan dikala hujan.

Back the background team by Paul Thorburn

Welsh ruby legend Paul Thorburn kicked Wales to their best ever finish in the Rugby World Cup.

He kicked the conversion for Wales when they pipped Australia 22-21 to take third place at the 1987 tournament, and now the Sport Wales Board Member is calling for the public to recognise the importance of coaches and volunteers to Welsh sport.

What a summer of sport we have had so far. And there is more to come, not least with the Paralympic Games now upon us.

One of the things that struck me during the Olympics was how often during their media interviews the athletes spoke so positively to recognise their coaching and support staff. And even their parents and people close to them who had helped them reach their dream of competing at the Games.

Looking back on my own career, I think all my coaches played a fundamental role in my development.

Having good quality coaching and support in the early stages of development is important for any youngster. I had my parents who encouraged me, particularly my dad who played rugby.

I am full of admiration for the people who give their time to volunteer in sport. Volunteers and coaches are key to the continued success of Welsh sport.

On that very note, I hope the public can help recognise and celebrate the people in their communities who help drive participation and success in Wales.

In my role as Board Member at Sport Wales, we are on the lookout for the nation’s sporting heroes – the coaches and volunteers at the heart of what we do.

Nominations for our annual Sport Wales Coach of the Year Awards are now open to the public. Until 21^st September, we are asking for people to nominate coaches or volunteers who really make a difference to individuals, clubs or groups involved in sport.

There are a number of different categories for nominations covering grassroots sport, young leaders and volunteers, to those invovled in elite sport.

This is the public’s chance to show their appreciation for the people who put in hours and hours of work across Wales.

I would urge people to take some time to nominate their local hero.

For a nomination form visit www.sportwales.org.uk/coachoftheyear or phone 0845 045 0904.

Yours in Sport.

Paul Thorburn

Sport Wales Board Member

AHS11 Talk Posted

After a one-year delay, my talk from the 2011 Ancestral Health Symposium is online with slides synched.  The talk is titled "Obesity: Old Solutions for a New Problem", and it's an overview of some of the research linking food reward to food intake and body fatness.  This is the talk that introduced a fundamentally new idea to the ancestral community: not only does the chemical composition of food matter, but also its sensory qualities-- in fact, the sensory qualities of food are among the primary determinants of food intake.  I didn't come up with the idea of course, I simply translated the research for a more general audience and put my own evolutionary spin on it.

The talk would be a bit different if I were to give it today, as my understanding of the subject has expanded, and my speaking skills have improved.  However, the central message remains as true today as it was a year ago.  You can find the talk here.

The slide synching was done by an extremely generous man named Ben Fury.  As you can see in the video, he did an excellent job.  Without Ben, this video would have remained in internet limbo forever.

Below, I've published a message from Ben explaining the interesting work that he does.  Please contact him if you think it's interesting.

A Message from Ben Fury

I was writing a book on health, fitness and diet in 2009 when my house burned down in the Station Fire, along with 165,000 acres of my beloved Angeles National Forest. Since then, I've had a series of people needing help come through my life, that have upgraded and morphed my talents...

Seniors with chronic pain, falls, brittle bones, and stiff shrunken muscles.
Diabetics with out of control blood sugars, going blind, and having limbs lopped off.
Neurologically challenged people with spastic limbs and foggy brains.
Fat, listless, unhappy people with no idea how they got that way, seeing no way out of the darkness.
Each of them needing help in different ways, but all with an underlying theme of what works to help heal our conditions:

•     Remove flour, sugar, beans, and heavily processed oils from our diet. Eat real food.
•     Get strong.
•     Get flexible.
•     Stop ceding health responsibility to outside forces, and take charge of our own wellness.
•     Only use truly evidence based medicine. Don't just pop the latest pill or get the latest surgery all the other people are doing. Be wary of the disease mongers in both the conventional and alternative camps.
•     Find our "happy thoughts." Use the simple restoratives of sleep, play, and reflection, to let go of pain, find inner peace, and let in joy and purposeful outer direction.

The methods to accomplish these goals are varied, and I have both non-profit and for-profit ventures to share them.
Their websites are currently in development.
The for-profit is BenFury.com
The non-profit is PainRelieversUSA.org , whose mission statement is:

To move beyond pain management...
and learn to live pain free.

Feel free to write to me  at: ben [at] benfury dot com

Negative Ion Therapy

Sigh ... I see Mark Sisson has addressed the concept of ion therapy in a recent post.  I had ions on the mind while constructing my last post and just had to weigh in here.  In it he makes the following statement:

Because they are either positively or negatively charged, ions are “mobile.”

Umm ... say what?  I think he's referring to dissolved ions that move within the solvent liquid (usually water).  They do this by means of diffusion in still water, or by going along for the ride in a moving liquid such as a babbling brook or your shower.  But I'm sitting here staring at a bunch of ions in my salt shaker and they're looking rather sedentary to me.   If by "mobile" he means they jump out into the air, then this an even more misleading statement.

He then says (bolded emphasis his)

Negative ions generally appear in natural settings in greater numbers than positive ions.

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