What Everybody Ought to Know About Indian Beverages Author: David H. Urmann India is famous for their tasty, refreshing, cheap and easy to make drinks. They have developed a wide array of interesting drinks that reflective of their culture. Beverages are flavored drinks for human consumption. It can be any drink prepared in different ways in order to satisfy a quenching thirst. Since alcoholic drinks are not good, especially in many ethnic cultures in India, Indiansdeveloped a multitude of non-alcoholic beverages. Here are some of the famous Indian beverages: Tea Tea or Chai is a North Indian beverage made from leaves, twigs or buds of a tea bush called Camellia Sinensis. Indian tea processing procedures includes fermentation, heating and drying. Herbs, flowers, fruits and other spices are being added as an added appeal. Chai is known throughout many countries. It comes in different flavors and strengths. Some of the Indian teas are the Darheeling Tea, Assam Tea and Nilgri Tea. Most people... (more...)

Well, this past week I was looking down into the holler toward Webb’s Creek thinking about a trim 77 year old jogger who has officially run 38,000 miles, invented the word “aerobics” and has personally listened to former President George W. Bush’s heartbeat for many years. I met him last week at a breakfast meeting. Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., of Dallas, Texas is an amazing dude! In 1968 he wrote his first of many best-selling books, Aerobics. “Aerobic” means living in the presence of oxygen and Dr. Cooper’s word “aerobics” referred to any exercise that temporarily increases your heart rate and breathing like jumping around in front of your TV, hiking, walking or jogging. At that time many doctors thought jogging was harmful to your health and only a few people jogged for exercise. Dr. Cooper led a world-wide aerobic revolution and now over 30 million people in the U.S. jog regularly. He trained the Brazilian soccer team the year they won the World Cup in 1970 and... (more...)

October 29, 2009 – Two nationally known experts in the field of vacant and blighted properties, Dan Kildee and Amy Hovey of the Genesee Institute, will be in Knoxville next week to meet with citizens and city and county staff to discuss “best practices” across the country for effectively confronting the negative impacts of vacant and abandoned buildings and lots. A public meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 5, at the Cansler YMCA, 616 Jessamine Street at East Fifth Avenue. Their visit to Knoxville is part of a joint city-county-neighborhood effort to identify the scope of vacant, blighted properties in the city and county, and to consider strategies to reduce the number of such properties, thereby improving neighborhoods and commercial districts, as well as stabilizing property values. “Abandoned properties pose significant fire and safety hazards, lower nearby... (more...)

RACE INFO: Event: AMP Energy 500 Date/Time: Nov. 1, 2009/2 p.m. 2008 winner: Tony Stewart 2008 pole winner: Travis Kvapil Distance: 188 laps/500 miles Track Length: 2.66 miles Banking: 33 degrees Track Shape: Tri-Oval EXPRESS NOTES: Hamlin, FedEx Racing Marvelous at Martinsville: Denny Hamlin freely admitted that, if needed to win, he would return the bump from Jimmie Johnson that took away his shot at victory in the spring visit to Martinsville Speedway. Thanks to a great drive and perfect race strategy on Sunday afternoon, he simply didn’t need to. Hamlin worked the #11 FedEx Toyota to the front and left Johnson chasing him, attempting to close the gap over the final 137 laps and though three late-race restarts. However, he could only get as far as the bumper of the #11 as Hamlin fended off the challenge to take the checkered flag. The win marks a second visit to Martinsville Speedway’s Victory Lane for the #11 team and career-best third win for the season for Hamlin. With the Chase... (more...)

October 29, 2009 – The City of Knoxville’s Neighborhood Codes Enforcement division will send all its field inspectors on foot through a single neighborhood on November 4, as part of a pilot program aimed at proactively addressing blight and neglected properties. Codes Enforcement is part of the city’s Public Service Department. The Neighborhood Sweep Program, an intensive single day problem-solving effort, aimed at identifying code violations and assisting owners or tenants with solving the issue in question. The first sweep will be launched in the Parkridge neighborhood in partnership with the Parkridge Community Organization. Public Service Director David Brace said the Neighborhood Codes office will conduct the one-day sweeps in different neighborhoods across the city starting with Knoxville’s older and historic communities. Exact schedules are still being developed and will... (more...)

October 28, 2009 – Knox County Health Department (KCHD) is holding a H1N1 intranasal vaccination clinic at 140 Dameron Avenue this Saturday, Oct. 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. H1N1 intranasal vaccinations are free and will be given on a first come, first served basis. No other vaccinations or KCHD services will be available that day. The intranasal H1N1 vaccine is a mist approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the following people: # Those between the ages of 2 and 49 # Who are healthy, and # Who are NOT pregnant Anyone fitting the FDA’s qualifications above may get vaccinated at KCHD’s Saturday Clinic. If you don’t qualify for the mist, please check with your medical provider, pediatrician and/or obstetrician for H1N1 shot availability. Some have received vaccine delivery from Tennessee Department of Health. KCHD offers the following additional information: 1) The intranasal H1N1 mist is a live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV). 2) There is no risk of developing... (more...)

October 28, 2009 – The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable will present its annual Living History Weekend, at Fort Dickerson Park November 14-15, 2009 to celebrate veterans, past and present and commemorate the 146th Anniversary of the Siege of Knoxville. The park is located just off Chapman Highway in South Knoxville at 3000 Fort Dickerson Road. This free event is hosted by the Civil War Round Table and sponsored by the City of Knoxville’s Parks and Recreation Department. It will run from 10 AM.- 4:30 PM Saturday, November 14, and from 10 AM. to 4 PM Sunday, November 15 and will include living history campsites, infantry drilling and firing, a Civil War medical and surgical exhibit, ladies fashions, battle reenactments, cannon firings, and other activities. Free shuttle from parking area. Fort... (more...)

(Gatlinburg, Tenn., October 28, 2009) Are you thinking chili? As your ears, nose and toes need bundling and the sounds of the holiday season permeate the air, Gatlinburg, Tennessee is gearing up to host the 20th annual Winter Magic Kickoff and Chili Cookoff on Wednesday, November 4. Heat up your winter with savory, mouth-watering homemade chili ranging from mild and delightful to wild and adventurous. From 4-9 p.m. on November 4, Gatlinburg’s popular Downtown Parkway will be lined with up to 20 vendors serving up kettles of chili ready to sample between traffic light #6 and the Riverside Motor Lodge. The Winter Magic Kickoff and Chili Cookoff will be highlighted by the seasonal debut of the spectacular all-LED Gatlinburg Winter Magic™ lights program and entertainment headlined by the return appearance... (more...)

Garlic: A Wonder Herb Author: David H. Urmann Garlic is a medicinal herb that can prevent common diseases. It has powerful antibiotics, antifungal and antiviral properties. Garlic is an effective medicine without any side effects. Garlic has been used for both food and medicine. Its medicinal effects are proven to be effective and used for more than 5000 years. It is considered a healing herb. Thiosulfinate allicin (sulfur containing compound) is the main ingredient of garlic. It is naturally antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial that prevents common diseases and infections. The traditionalists regard garlic as a wonder herb. Modern technology attests to the wonders of garlic in medicine. Garlic comes in 60 varieties throughout the world. Snow Mountain garlic from Kashmir has been established as the world’s best garlic, especially in terms of potency and purity. Benefits of Garlic • Regular intake of garlic (mixed in food) can prevent a person from acquiring viral, fungal and... (more...)

Dolly will give a keynote address to the 2010 Rotary International Convention in Montreal, Canada, the service club announced here Tuesday. Dolly’s speech will come as part of the event’s June 23 morning plenary session, which will also feature an address from the CEO of Boy Scouts of America. She will discuss the importance of early childhood reading and how the Dollywood Foundation’s collaboration with Rotary International has impacted her literacy program, the Imagination Library. The Library, which sends one age-appropriate, expert-selected book each month to any child birth to age 5 in more than 1,100 participating communities in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain, was selected as a Rotary International project earlier this year, with the organization officially encouraging all of its more than 10,000 Clubs in those three countries to support the program in their local communities. With more than 160 individual Rotary Clubs already supporting the program locally prior... (more...)