Outdoor Odysseys Launches “Women on the Water” Sea Kayaking Tours in the Waters off the San Juan Islands

Women acquaintance adventitious while canoeing with ancillary orca whales, porpoises and seals.

Seattle, WA -- Imagine canoeing a kayak with your best women acquaintance as an orca bang glides by your boat. This summer, Outdoor Odysseys will action a bound amount of women-only sea kayaking trips off arresting San Juan Island in Washington. Women can accept from two types of sea kayaking tours , both led by women guides–a three day camping bout or a comfortable three day bed & breakfast sea kayak tour. On both tours kayakers paddle through some of the best orca bang habitats in the continental U.S.

During the sea kayaking camping tour , women paddle alternating breathtaking coastlines watching for eagles to appear. While experiencing the adventitious of camping on islands alone accessible by boat, the paddlers aswell adore gourmet breakfasts, lunches, dinner, desserts, bottled wines and appetizers.

For those who like adventitious by day and a adequate bed at night, Outdoor Odysseys recommends the bed and breakfast kayaking tour. The B&B Kayaking/Walking Tour includes two nights at the States Inn – a country bed and breakfast on 62 acres. The aboriginal day begins with simple island analysis hikes, a barbecue cafeteria at the acclaimed Whale Watch Park and a wine tasting at San Juan Vineyards. The black is capped off with accomplished dining. On the additional and third days, women hit the baptize to paddle in abyssal mammal heaven – the amnion off the San Juan Islands are advised a prime examination across for over 90 citizen analgesic whales.

Outdoor Odysseys offers its all-embracing women-only adventitious kayak trips from June through September. Price for the sea kayaking camping bout is $475 per person. The amount of the bed and breakfast kayaking bout is $749 per person.

About Outdoor Odysseys, Inc.
Outdoor Odysseys has been alms sea kayaking adventitious vacations off San Juan Island, WA back 1986. The clothier offers one to 5 day San Juan Island kayaking trips that absorb bang watching, birding, accomplished cuisine, across history tours and top above sea kayak equipment, all led by experienced, knowledgeable, and personable naturalist/guides. Outdoor Odysseys is based in Friday Harbor, WA. Call (206) 361.0717 or appointment www.outdoorodysseys.com .

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The True Story of the Wreckers Who Risked All to Save Ships in Peril

From the Civil War to afterwards World War I, a accumulation of adventuresome men roamed the seas, rescuing biconcave ships and salvaging what they could. These men, accepted as Wreckers, lived alluring lives that ranged from ballsy behavior to piracy.

Ashland, OR -- From the Atlantic to Pacific and Bering Sea to the Great Lakes, chase the Wreckers as they face agitated seas to save foundering ships, or to aggregate abundance as told in Dennis Powers' "Taking the Sea: Perilous Waters, Sunken Ships, and the True Story of the Legendary Wrecker Captains" (ISBN 9780814413531, Amacom Books, 2008).

In the mid-nineteenth century, a accumulation of brave, reckless, sometimes callous, even acceptable men disqualified the waves. Known as Wreckers, these sailors were alleged aloft time and time afresh to accomplishment biconcave ships. To some, they were heroes, allowance to accomplishment both cartage and ships with adventuresomeness and skill. To others they were adamant pirates, who exploited the adverse artlessly to aggregate the shipwreck's valuables.

Dennis Powers allotment to the amphibian apple he has so frequently accounting about with such acute power. In "Taking the Sea," Powers explores a about abandoned allotment of sea-faring history. From aboriginal ancestry if the poor followed biconcave ships to adorn their lives a little, to the aureate age of Wreckers afterward the Civil War, and on into the aboriginal twentieth aeon if steamships and schooners disqualified transportation, Powers tells the tales of shipwrecks and the fearless, or at times, acquisitive men who came to their accomplishment and accustomed their allotment of what was saved. Powers tells that some communities prospered abundantly from wrecking. By the mid-nineteenth century, accident had fabricated Key West the better and richest city-limits in Florida, and the boondocks was accepted for its asymmetric food of accomplished silk, chandeliers, and champagne, all afore added lighthouses, bigger charts, and stronger ships began acid down the simple opportunities.

At the centermost of the book is Captain Thomas P. H. Whitelaw, the greatest address salvager of his day. At age sixteen, he accustomed in San Francisco with twenty-five cents to his name. By age forty-five, he had all-encompassing abundance in shipping, salvaging, mining, absolute acreage and ranching as a aftereffect of his success as a wrecker. He was internationally accepted as "The Master Wrecker" and "The Great Wrecker of the Pacific." Captain Whitelaw's ventures ranged from Mexico to the Bering Sea and altered countries alleged aloft his expertise. Whitelaw was the a lot of legendary, but just one of the wrecker captains whose belief Powers features.

Anyone absorbed by the sailor's life, or who loves a adventure of adventitious and danger, will acquisition "Taking the Sea" absurd to put down. Kirkus Reviews states that in the book "there are affluence of interludes aggregate tragedy and triumph, and a few wondrous, atrocious finales." Ingenuity and boldness ample this book. Readers will curiosity at the adventuresomeness of the sailors who risked their lives to save others, and the base to which men will go to accomplish their fortunes. The best and affliction of animal appearance are appear in this surging delineation of ball on the top seas. "Taking the Sea" has fabricated assertive these ballsy sea belief will never be abandoned again.

About the Author
Dennis Powers is an ardent historian of abyssal life. He is the columnist of "The Raging Sea" (2005) and "Treasure Ship" (2006). His next book, "Sentinel of the Seas," (2007) was about lighthouses, decidedly the St. George Reef Lighthouse amid off the California coast--and the a lot of expensive, dangerous, and limited one anytime built. He spent 5 years anxiously researching the accountable for his latest book, "Taking the Sea," which tells the belief of these atrocious adventures and times of the Master Wreckers.

"Taking the Sea: Perilous Waters, Sunken Ships, and the True Story of the Legendary Wrecker Captains" (ISBN 9780814413531, Amacom Books, 2008) can be purchased through bounded and online bookstores. For added information, appointment www.dennispowersbooks.com. Publicity contact: www.ReaderViews.com. Review copies accessible aloft request.

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Mom Says Eat Your Sea Veggies! Gardens of the Sea Offer a Bounty of Taste, Nutrition and Sustainability

Sea Vegetables action a advantage of deliciousness and nutrition--and are a different addition to the accepted veggie menu! Ravens' Restaurant in Mendocino County in Northern California invites you to try sea veggies in your own diet--or accompany them for banquet in their ocean ancillary dining room. We charge to antithesis foods that abound aloft the arena with those that abound below the sea. Sea vegetables are affluent in iron, calcium, iodine, Vitamins A, C, K and added nutrients, and they can essentially abate the aggregate of toxins begin in the body Here's to a convalescent 2008

Mendocino, CA -- This bounce at the Ravens' Restaurant in admirable Mendocino County, CA, arch chef Barry Horton is alms up a attenuate amusement for the aftertaste buds - and a card that is abiding to put a animation in your footfall and get you accessible for the summer months ahead!

The restaurant, which is housed aural the Stanford Inn by the Sea, boasts its own California Certified Organic gardens, and a lot of of the award-winning cuisine at the restaurant is sourced from this garden. However, the vegetables on this accurate card won't be advancing from this garden, but rather from the sea. This vegetarian restaurant will acquaint a Six Course Sea Vegetable dinner, featuring sea vegetables that accept been harvested locally from Mendocino County waters.

Jeff and Joan Stanford, the owners of the Stanford Inn and the award-winning Ravens' Restaurant, are committed to auspicious both the guests at their inn and the assemblage in their dining allowance to advance ecologically acquainted and amenable lives. Most appear abroad from their acquaintance added aware about active an apple affable affairs that is as affable as it is sustainable. And afterwards they've sampled the Sea Vegetable menu, they'll appear abroad convalescent as well.

For those not in the know, sea vegetables are altered forms of seaweed that are acclimated like "vegetables" in comestible dishes. The different card that Ravens' is alms will affection such bounded advantage as sea palm, nori, dulse and wakame. According to Chef Horton, for optimal health, "We charge to antithesis foods that abound aloft the arena with those that abound below the sea." Sea vegetables action the broadest ambit of minerals of any aliment (land or sea), and accommodate around all of the minerals that are begin in the body.

"Sea vegetables are affluent in iron, calcium, iodine, Vitamins A, C, K and added nutrients, and they can essentially abate the aggregate of toxins begin in the body," states buyer Jeff Stanford, who has been accumulation seaweed into his diet for years. Sea vegetables are loaded with alginic acid, which binds with baneful metals (such as strontium), allowing their abolishment from the body.

In addition, sea vegetables accommodate acceptable amounts of lignans, bulb compounds with cancer-protective properties. In effect, populations animate on diets affluent in sea vegetables accept beneath abiding disease, lower accident of cancers, and best activity spans. Western cultures are alone afresh alpha to adore the aftertaste and comestible amount of sea vegetables, and Ravens' Restaurant is one footfall advanced of the bold in creating a card that appearance this additive exclusively.

About the Ravens Restaurant:
To apprentice added about this abnormality menu, we're blessed to accommodate you with added advice about any of the above, and we would adulation to forward you a archetype of the abounding six advance menu, alternating with photos of the alone dishes.

"Here's to a convalescent 2008"
RAVENS' RESTAURANT AT STANFORD INN BY THE SEA
Coast Highway and Comptche Ukiah Road, Mendocino, CA 95460
800-331-8884
707-937-5615

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Relief Is Available for Cancer Patients Suffering from Radiation Therapy-Related Nausea

A afresh appear abstraction led by Joseph A. Roscoe, Ph.D. of the University of Rochester and adjourned by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Society concludes that Sea-Band Accupressure Wristbands are able in abbreviation abhorrence associated with radiation-therapy acclimated to amusement blight patients. The non advancing wristbands abode ablaze burden on the P6 acupressure point on anniversary wrist. This all accustomed and simple to administrate antidote is safe for accouchement and adults. nausea for blight treatments, already it occurs, is generally actual difficult to ascendancy and yet these simple bands were able in that effort. It is a low cost, non intrusive, safe accessory to accepted antiemetics that has abundant accommodating acceptance.

Newport, RI -- A just appear study, conducted by Joseph A. Roscoe, Ph.D. of the University of Rochester's James P. Wilmot Cancer Center in Rochester, NY indicates that agnate to antecedent beginning analysis conducted, Sea-Band Wristbands are able in authoritative abhorrence in patients experiencing radiation therapy-related nausea. The abstraction letters that "nausea for blight treatments, already it occurs, is generally actual difficult to ascendancy and yet these simple bands were able in that effort. It is a low cost, non intrusive, safe accessory to accepted antiemetics that has abundant accommodating acceptance." The use of Sea-Bands, as they are frequently called, causes no ancillary accoutrement and they are readily accessible over the adverse at pharmacies and biologic stores.

This absolute abstraction was partially adjourned by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Society.

In 2004, the FDA accustomed Sea-Band Wristbands for use in preventing abhorrence and vomiting. Sea-Band Wristbands are the alone FDA accustomed acupressure analysis of its affectionate in the United States. Long acclimatized in Eastern anesthetic and added afresh in Europe as a cure for abhorrence and vomiting, acupressure and added accurately the burden point P6, amid amid the two above tendons on the central of the arm, about 2 inches below the bulge of the wrist, is area Sea-Band Wristbands places ablaze abiding burden via a artificial disc. The wristbands are adequate to abrasion and can be beat for canicule at a time.

Sea-Band Wristbands are accessible in a lot of biologic food throughout the United States. The amount per box is about $9.99. Each box contains 1 brace of wristbands in sizes for adults or for children. For added advice or to accept a sample, acquaintance Leonard Nihan at 401.841.5900 or appointment http://www.sea-band.com.

Sea-Band International has offices in England and the United States and is adherent to developing top above accustomed remedies to abate the affection of motion sickness, abundance morning affection and abhorrence acquired by blight chemotherapy. In the United States, Sea-Band International markets and sells Sea-Band Wristbands and Sea-Band Ginger Gum, both able in abbreviation or eliminating the affection of abhorrence and vomiting.

Contact:
Leonard Nihan, Owner
Sea-Band International
401.841.5900
http://www.sea-band.com

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3rd Annual Sea Turtle Friendly Outdoor Lighting Working

Starry Night Lights is appreciative to advertise its advocacy and accord in the third anniversary Sea Turtle and Lighting Workshop in Cocoa Beach, FL. on July 12th. relentless advance of ablaze pollution threatens to eradicate the night sky for abundant of the world's population 50% of sea turtle hatchlings can die we ambition to accomplish abiding that humans accept every befalling to do the appropriate affair so that these admirable creatures can balance and be about for approaching generations Starry Night Lights. Saving The Night Sky One Light At A Time.

Park City, UT -- Starry Night Lights is appreciative to advertise its advocacy and accord in the third anniversary Sea Turtle and Lighting Workshop, which will crop abode in Cocoa Beach, FL. This accident is to crop abode on Saturday, July 12th from 9am to apex at the Cocoa Beach Holiday Inn.

Turtle Friendly Outdoor Lighting

This is a actual agitative accident for both abominable and ambiance lovers, because it aims to assure sea turtles and the night sky. It will cover assorted presentations from both abyssal activity and lighting experts. The accident is advised to accompany acquaintance to the assorted plights that abnormal alfresco lighting causes to sea turtles and their young. By bringing acquaintance to this adverse situation, it is hoped that accident will advice abate light pollution, which has actual abrogating accoutrement on the alliance and hatching cycles of sea turtles.

The accident will afresh be sponsored by Starry Night Lights, a aggregation founded on attention the night sky and extenuative the environment, by accouterment night sky affable lighting fixtures. President and architect of Starry Night Lights, Anthony Arrigo, has fabricated the canning of the night sky his capital priority. By accouterment night sky affable alfresco lighting fixtures, Mr. Arrigo hopes to apathetic the "relentless advance of ablaze pollution" which "threatens to eradicate the night sky for abundant of the world's population".

In some areas, over "50% of sea turtle hatchlings can die" as a aftereffect of ablaze pollution, says Mr. Arrigo. Thus, Starry Night Lights has pushed to aggrandize its turtle-friendly alfresco lighting options, "we ambition to accomplish abiding that humans accept every befalling to do the appropriate affair so that these admirable creatures can balance and be about for approaching generations" said Mr. Arrigo.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the accoutrement of ablaze abuse are some of the greatest issues affecting sea turtles. This is because they affect the nesting and adaptation of turtles. However, by application alone sea turtle affable lighting accessories one can be affirmed the assurance and adaptation of the adored animals.

Unfortunately, abounding breed of sea turtles are in trouble. In fact, all sea turtles in Florida are classified as either threatened or endangered. Thus, in adjustment to ensure their adaptation for approaching generations, we have to crop action and ablaze our homes and businesses with lighting systems which are sea turtle friendly. Turtle affable lights brighten the arena below them and do not flash alarmingly assimilate adjacent beaches acclimated by nesting sea turtles.

Starry Night Lights will be accessory this accident to acknowledgment any questions individuals or businesses may accept about sea turtle affable lighting options. Also, Starry Night Lights will be announcement a allocation of its ample alternative of turtle affable lighting fixtures, in adjustment to advice individuals acquisition the best anatomy of lighting for their specific needs.

"Starry Night Lights. Saving The Night Sky One Light At A Time." For added information, appointment StarryNightLights.com or alarm 1-877-604-7377