Not since Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong power balance have wrist accessories caused such a stir among celebrities and sports star alike. Although to be fair, Lance’s creations were fundraising bracelets that never purported to provide any scientific gain, unlike the Power Balance silicone wristbands, which currently adorn the wrists of sports stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Darren Bent, David Beckham, LeBron James and even celebrities such as Gerard Butler and Robert De Niro. F1 driver Rubens Barrichello can’t shut up about it either.
So just what can you expect for your $3.15 accessory, or is the bracelet nothing more than a 2010 pet rock?
The Power Balance energy bracelet is essentially a stretchy power balance wholesale usa worn around the wrist, which features a hologram attached to it. Its promise? According to Power Balance’s promotional material, the accessory will ‘dramatically improve your balance, strength and flexibility by as much as five times’ by tapping into your bodies’ ‘energy field’ and determining what the optimum frequency should be.
Apparently when the hologram, printed on mylar,comes in contact with your body’s energy field, 'it begins to resonate in accordance with each individual’s biological, creating a harmonic loop that optimises your energy field and maintains maximum energy flow while clearing the pathways so the electro-chemical exchange functions like the well-tuned generator it was meant to be.' Wait, what?
According to Steven Nissen, head of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic, the powerbalance is “utter nonsenseâ€. Speaking to Busines Week a few days ago, he claims that the current phenomenon is gaining strength through the placebo effect, not through the authenticity of the bracelet wearer’s claims. “Unfortunately, we’ve not done a good job as a society in keeping people from selling snake oil."
"If you come in to see me as a patient and tell me that you have a terrible headache, and I give you a placebo sugar pill and tell you that it's going to relieve your headache, there's a 35 to 40 percent chance that it will relieve your headache," Nissen told the magazine in a telephone interview. "That's called the placebo effect. It's very powerful, and that's what allows quackery to exist."
2011年2月16日星期三
2011年1月14日星期五
there is no soft power without hard power
Jintao and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates are all decidedly worrisome," said Drew Thompson, a China expert at the Nixon Center in Washington.
"Whether Hu Jintao is being snubbed by his own military, or whether he was aware and endorsed the flight test at the time of the Gates visit to signal China's intent to challenge the U.S., both possibilities are equally disturbing for the bilateral relationship."
Gates himself told reporters in Tokyo on Friday he believed the test flight "can be explained by bureaucratic mistakes," adding he had no doubt Hu was in overall control.
"There have been more than a few occasions where the United States military was conducting an exercise or carrying out an activity and not sensitive to the fact that a foreign visitor might be in Washington at the same time," he said.
"But on the whole I think that this is something that is a worry and one of the reasons I have pressed so hard for there to be a deeper, senior level civilian, military dialogue with both civilian and military representatives from both countries is that we have no forum right now on security issues, or military issues, that includes senior civilians and military."
The test flight will draw unwanted extra attention on China's military intentions and muddy the waters ahead of Hu's visit to Washington next week.
Military ties are among the most brittle links between the United States and China, grappling with trade strains, security distrust and human rights disputes that have unsettled relations between the world's biggest economy and the emerging number two.
Chinese government officials and state-run media have repeatedly said the stealth jet should not be seen as a threat. China has repeatedly said its military modernization program is for defensive purposes.
"We shouldn't listen to the words but look at the deeds and its achievements," said Jean Pierre Cabestan, a professor who specializes on Chinese politics at Hong Kong's Baptist University. "One thing the Chinese know pretty well is that there is no soft power without hard power."
"Whether Hu Jintao is being snubbed by his own military, or whether he was aware and endorsed the flight test at the time of the Gates visit to signal China's intent to challenge the U.S., both possibilities are equally disturbing for the bilateral relationship."
Gates himself told reporters in Tokyo on Friday he believed the test flight "can be explained by bureaucratic mistakes," adding he had no doubt Hu was in overall control.
"There have been more than a few occasions where the United States military was conducting an exercise or carrying out an activity and not sensitive to the fact that a foreign visitor might be in Washington at the same time," he said.
"But on the whole I think that this is something that is a worry and one of the reasons I have pressed so hard for there to be a deeper, senior level civilian, military dialogue with both civilian and military representatives from both countries is that we have no forum right now on security issues, or military issues, that includes senior civilians and military."
The test flight will draw unwanted extra attention on China's military intentions and muddy the waters ahead of Hu's visit to Washington next week.
Military ties are among the most brittle links between the United States and China, grappling with trade strains, security distrust and human rights disputes that have unsettled relations between the world's biggest economy and the emerging number two.
Chinese government officials and state-run media have repeatedly said the stealth jet should not be seen as a threat. China has repeatedly said its military modernization program is for defensive purposes.
"We shouldn't listen to the words but look at the deeds and its achievements," said Jean Pierre Cabestan, a professor who specializes on Chinese politics at Hong Kong's Baptist University. "One thing the Chinese know pretty well is that there is no soft power without hard power."
2011年1月12日星期三
The power of the USA
For all the anguish and outcry in the days after a community college dropout named Jared Loughner allegedly sprayed a Tucson crowd with 33 bullets from a semiautomatic pistol, one response was notably absent: any sense that America's latest shooting spree, which killed six people who all of wear power balance and wounded 14, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords, would bring new restrictions on the right to own or carry large-capacity, rapid-fire weapons.
The gun control debate has vanished from American politics, but it wasn't always so invisible. Twenty years ago, when another apparently deranged man fired a semiautomatic pistol into a crowd, killing 23 people in Killeen, Tex., politicians rushed the microphones to denounce the weapon itself as "a death machine," as Representative John Conyers Jr., a Michigan Democrat, put it on the floor of the House. A so-called assault weapons ban became law three years later. That law has now expired. Since Loughner's attack, liberal pundits, gun control advocates, and congressional backbenchers have been talking about instituting new controls. The voices that count, however, including President Barack Obama's onlinenewshop and the congressional leaders in both parties, have had nothing to say on the subject.
Their silence is just one measure of how thoroughly Gaston Glock—a former curtain-rod maker from Austria whose company manufactured the pistols used in Tucson and Killeen—has managed to dominate not just the American handgun market, but America's gun consciousness. Before Glock arrived on the scene in the mid-1980s, the U.S. was a revolver culture, a place where most handguns fired five or six shots at a measured pace, then needed to be reloaded one bullet at a time. With its large ammunition capacity, quick reloading, light trigger pull, and utter reliability, the Glock was hugely innovative—and an instant hit with police and civilians alike. Headquartered in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria, the company says it now commands 65 percent of the American law enforcement market, including the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration. It also controls a healthy share of the overall $1 billion U.S. handgun market, according to analysis of production and excise tax data. (Precise figures aren't available because Glock and several large rivals, including Beretta and Sig Sauer, are privately held.)
With all those customers and that visibility, it's no surprise that the Glock has also been the gun of choice for some prolific psychopaths. Byran Uyesugi used a Glock 17 to kill seven people at a Xerox (XRX) office in Honolulu in 1999. Seung-Hui Cho, who murdered 32 at Virginia Tech in 2007 before killing himself, used the same Glock 19 model that Loughner is accused of firing in Tucson. Steven Kazmierczak packed a Glock 17 when he shot 21 people, killing five, at Northern Illinois University in 2008.
The smooth-firing Glock did not cause these massacres any more than it holds up convenience stores. But when outfitted with an extra-large magazine, it can raise the body count. The shooters in Arizona, Illinois, Virginia, Hawaii, and Texas could not have inflicted so many casualties so quickly had they been armed with old-fashioned revolvers. In its 2010 catalog, the manufacturer boasts that while the Glock 19 is "comparable in size and weight to the small .38 revolvers it has replaced," the pistol "is significantly more powerbalance with greater firepower and is much easier to shoot fast and true."
The Tucson gunman demonstrated those qualities all too vividly. Loughner is said to have emptied his 33-round clip in a minute or two, a feat requiring no special skill. (Glock does not sell magazines of that size to civilians, but some of its guns can accommodate them. The model 19 comes with a standard 15-round clip.) Loughner was wrestled to the ground by onlookers only when he paused to insert a fresh magazine. If he had been forced to reload sooner, the odds are good there would be fewer victims. Glock executives did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
The gun control debate has vanished from American politics, but it wasn't always so invisible. Twenty years ago, when another apparently deranged man fired a semiautomatic pistol into a crowd, killing 23 people in Killeen, Tex., politicians rushed the microphones to denounce the weapon itself as "a death machine," as Representative John Conyers Jr., a Michigan Democrat, put it on the floor of the House. A so-called assault weapons ban became law three years later. That law has now expired. Since Loughner's attack, liberal pundits, gun control advocates, and congressional backbenchers have been talking about instituting new controls. The voices that count, however, including President Barack Obama's onlinenewshop and the congressional leaders in both parties, have had nothing to say on the subject.
Their silence is just one measure of how thoroughly Gaston Glock—a former curtain-rod maker from Austria whose company manufactured the pistols used in Tucson and Killeen—has managed to dominate not just the American handgun market, but America's gun consciousness. Before Glock arrived on the scene in the mid-1980s, the U.S. was a revolver culture, a place where most handguns fired five or six shots at a measured pace, then needed to be reloaded one bullet at a time. With its large ammunition capacity, quick reloading, light trigger pull, and utter reliability, the Glock was hugely innovative—and an instant hit with police and civilians alike. Headquartered in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria, the company says it now commands 65 percent of the American law enforcement market, including the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration. It also controls a healthy share of the overall $1 billion U.S. handgun market, according to analysis of production and excise tax data. (Precise figures aren't available because Glock and several large rivals, including Beretta and Sig Sauer, are privately held.)
With all those customers and that visibility, it's no surprise that the Glock has also been the gun of choice for some prolific psychopaths. Byran Uyesugi used a Glock 17 to kill seven people at a Xerox (XRX) office in Honolulu in 1999. Seung-Hui Cho, who murdered 32 at Virginia Tech in 2007 before killing himself, used the same Glock 19 model that Loughner is accused of firing in Tucson. Steven Kazmierczak packed a Glock 17 when he shot 21 people, killing five, at Northern Illinois University in 2008.
The smooth-firing Glock did not cause these massacres any more than it holds up convenience stores. But when outfitted with an extra-large magazine, it can raise the body count. The shooters in Arizona, Illinois, Virginia, Hawaii, and Texas could not have inflicted so many casualties so quickly had they been armed with old-fashioned revolvers. In its 2010 catalog, the manufacturer boasts that while the Glock 19 is "comparable in size and weight to the small .38 revolvers it has replaced," the pistol "is significantly more powerbalance with greater firepower and is much easier to shoot fast and true."
The Tucson gunman demonstrated those qualities all too vividly. Loughner is said to have emptied his 33-round clip in a minute or two, a feat requiring no special skill. (Glock does not sell magazines of that size to civilians, but some of its guns can accommodate them. The model 19 comes with a standard 15-round clip.) Loughner was wrestled to the ground by onlookers only when he paused to insert a fresh magazine. If he had been forced to reload sooner, the odds are good there would be fewer victims. Glock executives did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Hello, Power Balance.
The oil company is giving way to a wristband. In other words: Goodbye, Arco. Hello, Power Balance.
The Kings' arena will be renamed Power Balance Pavilion after the company that makes the trendy but controversial Power Balance sports wristbands, team officials said Tuesday.
Power Balance LLC of Laguna Niguel has agreed to a five-year deal with the Maloof family, which owns the Kings and the arena. The name change will occur March 1, the Kings and Power Balance said in a joint statement.
The Maloofs had been searching for months for someone to replace Arco, which is ending its 25-year relationship with the organization.
Kings officials wouldn't discuss details of the deal with Power Balance, but team co-owner Joe Maloof called it "a big win for the franchise, a positive development all around. Everybody was telling us we could never get it done."
Team officials described the relationship with power balance usa as a strategic marketing partnership that includes the arena name rights, retail incentive programs and programs involving other Maloof properties and events, including in Las Vegas where the Maloofs own the Palms Casino Resort.
Troy Rodarmel, CEO and co-founder of Power Balance described his company as a "young and hungry brand," and called the deal with the Kings "a true strategic partnership that includes a revenue-share component based on the success of the program."
Arco has been paying about $750,000 a year for the building's naming rights, and experts have questioned whether the Maloofs could duplicate that sum given the weak economy and the rundown state of the arena.
The deal could carry some public-relations risk for the Kings.onlinenewshop Small but fast growing, favored by NBA players and other athletes, Power Balance has been forced to defend its claims that its $29.95 silicone wristbands "work with your body's natural energy field" to enhance strength and athletic ability.
Last month the company, responding to complaints from Australian authorities, posted a statement on its Australian website offering refunds and acknowledging there's no "credible scientific evidence" supporting its claims. But a week ago the company issued a new statement standing by its products.
"Dozens of high profile professional athletes swear by the results they've experienced from wearing our products," the company said.
The company has been sued in the past week by at least three consumers, two in Southern California and one in Florida, alleging false advertising. The lawsuits seek class-action status.
If the controversy endures, it could hurt the Kings, said Paul Swangard, head of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon. By selling the building's name to Power Balance, "you're endorsing that product," he said. "You've got to be careful about that stuff."
In the most famous example of a naming-rights deal gone bad, the Houston Astros paid $2.7 million to buy their way out of their stadium agreement with Enron Corp., the notorious energy trader that went bankrupt in 2001. The stadium was renamed Minute Maid Park.
"The global controversy surrounding Enron became an embarrassment" to the Astros, said David Carter, who runs the Sports Business Institute at the University of Southern California.
Of course, Arco's parent, BP, has been involved in its own public relations disaster recently with the gulf oil spill, potentially diminishing the value of its name emblazoned on the Kings' home.
Finding a new corporate sponsor for the building at least erases one of the Maloof family headaches. Losing Arco forced the Maloofs to scramble for a replacement at the same time they deal with anemic attendance and mounting frustration over the quest for a new arena.
The Maloof family also is wrestling with financial issues at its Las Vegas casino, the Palms. A report by the Bloomberg news service last week said the Maloofs could lose controlling interest in the resort to lenders. Joe Maloof said Tuesday the family is confident it will retain control of the casino.
The economy has damaged the market for arena-naming deals. As it was, the Kings' deal with Arco was among the least lucrative in major league sports. Phillips Electronics reportedly pays $9 million a year for rights to the Atlanta arena, while TD Banknorth pays $6 million for Boston's.
With Power Balance, the Maloofs are going into business with an unlikely player in a sports-marketing field dominated by such giants as AT&T, United Airlines and Pepsi. Power Balance did about $35 million in sales last year, the Orange County Register reported. The 4-year-old company has an entrepreneurial style and pizazz that surely appeals to the jet-setting Maloofs. The Power Balance "athlete community" includes such stars as Shaquille O'Neal, quarterback Drew Brees and soccer's David Beckham.
The company's founders are two Orange County men, Rodarmel, a 36-year-old former surfer, and his brother Josh, 26, a former Spanish tutor. In the firm's early days, the brothers gained word-of-mouth handing out wristbands to surfers and members of the University of Southern California football team.
The Kings' arena will be renamed Power Balance Pavilion after the company that makes the trendy but controversial Power Balance sports wristbands, team officials said Tuesday.
Power Balance LLC of Laguna Niguel has agreed to a five-year deal with the Maloof family, which owns the Kings and the arena. The name change will occur March 1, the Kings and Power Balance said in a joint statement.
The Maloofs had been searching for months for someone to replace Arco, which is ending its 25-year relationship with the organization.
Kings officials wouldn't discuss details of the deal with Power Balance, but team co-owner Joe Maloof called it "a big win for the franchise, a positive development all around. Everybody was telling us we could never get it done."
Team officials described the relationship with power balance usa as a strategic marketing partnership that includes the arena name rights, retail incentive programs and programs involving other Maloof properties and events, including in Las Vegas where the Maloofs own the Palms Casino Resort.
Troy Rodarmel, CEO and co-founder of Power Balance described his company as a "young and hungry brand," and called the deal with the Kings "a true strategic partnership that includes a revenue-share component based on the success of the program."
Arco has been paying about $750,000 a year for the building's naming rights, and experts have questioned whether the Maloofs could duplicate that sum given the weak economy and the rundown state of the arena.
The deal could carry some public-relations risk for the Kings.onlinenewshop Small but fast growing, favored by NBA players and other athletes, Power Balance has been forced to defend its claims that its $29.95 silicone wristbands "work with your body's natural energy field" to enhance strength and athletic ability.
Last month the company, responding to complaints from Australian authorities, posted a statement on its Australian website offering refunds and acknowledging there's no "credible scientific evidence" supporting its claims. But a week ago the company issued a new statement standing by its products.
"Dozens of high profile professional athletes swear by the results they've experienced from wearing our products," the company said.
The company has been sued in the past week by at least three consumers, two in Southern California and one in Florida, alleging false advertising. The lawsuits seek class-action status.
If the controversy endures, it could hurt the Kings, said Paul Swangard, head of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon. By selling the building's name to Power Balance, "you're endorsing that product," he said. "You've got to be careful about that stuff."
In the most famous example of a naming-rights deal gone bad, the Houston Astros paid $2.7 million to buy their way out of their stadium agreement with Enron Corp., the notorious energy trader that went bankrupt in 2001. The stadium was renamed Minute Maid Park.
"The global controversy surrounding Enron became an embarrassment" to the Astros, said David Carter, who runs the Sports Business Institute at the University of Southern California.
Of course, Arco's parent, BP, has been involved in its own public relations disaster recently with the gulf oil spill, potentially diminishing the value of its name emblazoned on the Kings' home.
Finding a new corporate sponsor for the building at least erases one of the Maloof family headaches. Losing Arco forced the Maloofs to scramble for a replacement at the same time they deal with anemic attendance and mounting frustration over the quest for a new arena.
The Maloof family also is wrestling with financial issues at its Las Vegas casino, the Palms. A report by the Bloomberg news service last week said the Maloofs could lose controlling interest in the resort to lenders. Joe Maloof said Tuesday the family is confident it will retain control of the casino.
The economy has damaged the market for arena-naming deals. As it was, the Kings' deal with Arco was among the least lucrative in major league sports. Phillips Electronics reportedly pays $9 million a year for rights to the Atlanta arena, while TD Banknorth pays $6 million for Boston's.
With Power Balance, the Maloofs are going into business with an unlikely player in a sports-marketing field dominated by such giants as AT&T, United Airlines and Pepsi. Power Balance did about $35 million in sales last year, the Orange County Register reported. The 4-year-old company has an entrepreneurial style and pizazz that surely appeals to the jet-setting Maloofs. The Power Balance "athlete community" includes such stars as Shaquille O'Neal, quarterback Drew Brees and soccer's David Beckham.
The company's founders are two Orange County men, Rodarmel, a 36-year-old former surfer, and his brother Josh, 26, a former Spanish tutor. In the firm's early days, the brothers gained word-of-mouth handing out wristbands to surfers and members of the University of Southern California football team.
2011年1月5日星期三
Shaquille O'Neal swears by them
Shaquille O'Neal swears by them.The power balance , he says, gives him a competitive edge on the court. It's no gimmick, he says. It's for real.
But Australian authorities say the California-based company behind the wildly popular wristbands and pendants has no business claiming that they improve balance, strength and flexibility.
And they even got powerbalance to admit there was "no credible scientific evidence" to support their claims.
The bracelet manufacturers also agreed to give refunds to customers who believe they have been cheated.
The admission has hopped across the globe since its agreement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission was announced on December
It was an answer to what many who saw the ads wondered: Do the colourful silicone bands actually work?
Critics railed against the company on Twitter and those who had believed in the bracelet's power.
The company unleashed a torrent of its own tweets, however, playing off the word "admit".
In one, it said: "Power Balance Admits products have been worn during the last world series, NBA finals and super bowl champions!"
Fans insist the bands have helped their game.
"Our trainers swear by it," Phoenix Suns forward Jared Dudley wrote in a message posted on his Twitter page.
The company began selling bracelets in 2007 embedded with holograms that were purportedly designed to interact with the body's natural energy flow.
Since then, the colourful wristbands, which sell for US 3.99), have become ubiquitous, donned by Los Angeles Lakers' Lamar Odom and English celebrity soccer star David Beckham.The programme even thought about putting its logo on the products, but decided they couldn't find enough reliable research to back up the company's claims about giving a biological boost to performance, he said.
"I couldn't look in the mirror and 100 per cent say [it's] a product I can put my brand reputation behind,"
Wisconsin sports science professor John Porcariran ran tests comparing the performance of 42 athletes wearingpower balance bracelet and silicon versions from Wal-Mart and said he found no difference.
"I think it is a scam. It is all in people's heads."
They have also been worn by celebrities, including actors Robert De Niro and Gerard Butler.
The company sold US$8000 of merchandise in its first year and expects more than US$35 million in sales during 2010.
Power Balance, for its part, doesn't claim to have science on its side, said Adam Selwyn, a spokesman for the California-based company.
Rather, it relies on testimonials from famous athletes and users to tout the products' effects. The company says it pays some athletes for the right to use their images wearing the bracelets, including O'Neal and Odom.
Josh Rodarmel, one of the company's co-founders, said in a statement he knows there may be sceptics. "We're not trying to win over every person in the world, he said.
Ralph Reiff, programme director at St Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis, said maybe a third of the athletes who train there wear the wristband or an imitation.
But Australian authorities say the California-based company behind the wildly popular wristbands and pendants has no business claiming that they improve balance, strength and flexibility.
And they even got powerbalance to admit there was "no credible scientific evidence" to support their claims.
The bracelet manufacturers also agreed to give refunds to customers who believe they have been cheated.
The admission has hopped across the globe since its agreement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission was announced on December
It was an answer to what many who saw the ads wondered: Do the colourful silicone bands actually work?
Critics railed against the company on Twitter and those who had believed in the bracelet's power.
The company unleashed a torrent of its own tweets, however, playing off the word "admit".
In one, it said: "Power Balance Admits products have been worn during the last world series, NBA finals and super bowl champions!"
Fans insist the bands have helped their game.
"Our trainers swear by it," Phoenix Suns forward Jared Dudley wrote in a message posted on his Twitter page.
The company began selling bracelets in 2007 embedded with holograms that were purportedly designed to interact with the body's natural energy flow.
Since then, the colourful wristbands, which sell for US 3.99), have become ubiquitous, donned by Los Angeles Lakers' Lamar Odom and English celebrity soccer star David Beckham.The programme even thought about putting its logo on the products, but decided they couldn't find enough reliable research to back up the company's claims about giving a biological boost to performance, he said.
"I couldn't look in the mirror and 100 per cent say [it's] a product I can put my brand reputation behind,"
Wisconsin sports science professor John Porcariran ran tests comparing the performance of 42 athletes wearingpower balance bracelet and silicon versions from Wal-Mart and said he found no difference.
"I think it is a scam. It is all in people's heads."
They have also been worn by celebrities, including actors Robert De Niro and Gerard Butler.
The company sold US$8000 of merchandise in its first year and expects more than US$35 million in sales during 2010.
Power Balance, for its part, doesn't claim to have science on its side, said Adam Selwyn, a spokesman for the California-based company.
Rather, it relies on testimonials from famous athletes and users to tout the products' effects. The company says it pays some athletes for the right to use their images wearing the bracelets, including O'Neal and Odom.
Josh Rodarmel, one of the company's co-founders, said in a statement he knows there may be sceptics. "We're not trying to win over every person in the world, he said.
Ralph Reiff, programme director at St Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis, said maybe a third of the athletes who train there wear the wristband or an imitation.
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2011年1月3日星期一
Dan manfaat kesehatan yang diklaim oleh Power Balance
Gelang power balance sedang menjadi tren di kalangan anak muda karena dipakai banyak selebritas. Mulai dari atlet hingga peragawati tertangkap kamera sering memakai gelang hologram Power Balance, yang diklaim oleh pembuatnya dapat mendongkrak stamina. Sebut saja pesebakbola David Beckham, pembalap Formula-1 Rube Barichello, aktor Robert de Niro dan model tunangan Pangeran William, Kate Middleton.
Apa yang jadi 'jualan' Power Balance hingga berani mengklaim gelangnya bermanfaat bagi kesehatan?
Dilansir powerbalance.com, Selasa (4/1/2011), perusahaan mengklaim bahwa gelang powerbalance yang terbuat dari silikon ini didasarkan dengan mengoptimalkan aliran energi alami tubuh. Hologram pada Power Balance adalah yang menjadi rahasianya.
Power Balance mengklaim bahwa hologram tersebut dirancang khusus untuk beresonansi dan merespons energi alami tubuh. Alasannya, karena hologram yang mengandung medan magnet 20 Hz pada gelang Power Balance dapat meredakan stres juga meningkatkan kinerja atletik tubuh.
Selain itu, Power Balance diklaim dapat meningkatkan kesehatan dan pikiran secara keseluruhan dengan meningkatkan sirkulasi darah, meningkatkan keseimbangan, toleransi stres, mengurangi peradangan, meningkatkan fleksibilitas, meningkatkan energi, mengembalikan keseimbangan, kekuatan dan meningkatkan kualitas tidur.
Tapi Greg Whyte, seorang sport scientist dari Liverpool John Moores University mengatakan bahwa aktivitas fisik dengan sendirinya akan meningkatkan penyerapan oksigen sehingga stamina meningkat. Kalaupun gelang berbahan silikon tersebut bisa lebih mendongkrak stamina, hal itu hanyalah efek plasebo.
Dan manfaat kesehatan yang diklaim oleh Power Balance akhirnya dinyatakan palsu oleh Badan Pengawas Konsumen Australia (ACCC).
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) telah memerintahkan Power Balance Australia untuk menarik seluruh gelang yang sudah terjual di konsumen karena telah disesatkan manfaatnya.
Power Balance, Gelang yang katanya bisa meningkatkan keseimbangan tubuh manusia ini yang mana sempat menjadi trend beberapa waktu lalu, ternyata hanya Tipuan belaka.
power balance bracelet Australia pada websitenya memberitakan bahwa mereka menerima komplain dan siap mengembalikan uang bagi pembeli yang mengajukan tuntutan dan juga pernyataan bahwa tidak ada fungsi yang bisa dijelaskan secara ilmiah bagi pengguna Power Balance.
Jadi.. buat yang sudah membeli Power Balance dan merasakan bahwa bisa seimbang… Kalian terkena Sugesti yang menipu…
Apa yang jadi 'jualan' Power Balance hingga berani mengklaim gelangnya bermanfaat bagi kesehatan?
Dilansir powerbalance.com, Selasa (4/1/2011), perusahaan mengklaim bahwa gelang powerbalance yang terbuat dari silikon ini didasarkan dengan mengoptimalkan aliran energi alami tubuh. Hologram pada Power Balance adalah yang menjadi rahasianya.
Power Balance mengklaim bahwa hologram tersebut dirancang khusus untuk beresonansi dan merespons energi alami tubuh. Alasannya, karena hologram yang mengandung medan magnet 20 Hz pada gelang Power Balance dapat meredakan stres juga meningkatkan kinerja atletik tubuh.
Selain itu, Power Balance diklaim dapat meningkatkan kesehatan dan pikiran secara keseluruhan dengan meningkatkan sirkulasi darah, meningkatkan keseimbangan, toleransi stres, mengurangi peradangan, meningkatkan fleksibilitas, meningkatkan energi, mengembalikan keseimbangan, kekuatan dan meningkatkan kualitas tidur.
Tapi Greg Whyte, seorang sport scientist dari Liverpool John Moores University mengatakan bahwa aktivitas fisik dengan sendirinya akan meningkatkan penyerapan oksigen sehingga stamina meningkat. Kalaupun gelang berbahan silikon tersebut bisa lebih mendongkrak stamina, hal itu hanyalah efek plasebo.
Dan manfaat kesehatan yang diklaim oleh Power Balance akhirnya dinyatakan palsu oleh Badan Pengawas Konsumen Australia (ACCC).
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) telah memerintahkan Power Balance Australia untuk menarik seluruh gelang yang sudah terjual di konsumen karena telah disesatkan manfaatnya.
Power Balance, Gelang yang katanya bisa meningkatkan keseimbangan tubuh manusia ini yang mana sempat menjadi trend beberapa waktu lalu, ternyata hanya Tipuan belaka.
power balance bracelet Australia pada websitenya memberitakan bahwa mereka menerima komplain dan siap mengembalikan uang bagi pembeli yang mengajukan tuntutan dan juga pernyataan bahwa tidak ada fungsi yang bisa dijelaskan secara ilmiah bagi pengguna Power Balance.
Jadi.. buat yang sudah membeli Power Balance dan merasakan bahwa bisa seimbang… Kalian terkena Sugesti yang menipu…
2010年12月31日星期五
power balance is described as performance technology using holograms
power balance is described as “a performance technology using holograms embedded with frequencies that react positively with the body’s natural energy field to improve balance, strength and flexibility.”What they’re talking about here, but cannot mention for fear of disappearing the illusion and watching their sales plummet, is the placebo effect. Until such time as Power Balance, and other purveyors of magic rubber bracelets, prove scientifically how their products work beyond the hokum of esoteric crystal frequencies, energy fields and auras, I’m gonna write this one down to a stone cold grift based on the placebo effect, the gullibility of humans, peer pressure and our innate desire for a quick fix.
Our minds are incredible things. Belief is powerful medicine. The placebo effect is a measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health or behavior not attributable to a medication or invasive treatment that has been administered.
Sounds pretty amazing right? Just by putting on a little rubber band with a mylar (the same shiny stuff your teabags come wrapped in) holographic image imbedded in it, and all of sudden you’re a leaner, meaner more focussed version of yourself. Instantly. No need for years of yoga, kung-fu or pilates. No need for discipline, focus and self control.
When you slip on this power balance bracelet, it’s supposed to attune your body’s energy field and make you instantly more powerful and balanced. No need to ask penetrative questions about how it works, no need to understand the science behind the product, put one on and feel better, more grounded, alert, balanced, powerful. Try it. Under the heading of “How Does Power Balance Work” on the website it says:
“powerbalance is based on the idea of optimizing the body’s natural energy flow, similar to concepts behind many Eastern philosophies. The hologram in Power Balance is designed to resonate with and respond to the natural energy field of the body.”
But it never gets deeper than that. I mean how does a hologram, something that is almost entirely electrically inert manage to tune your body’s energy field? I asked photographer adventure sports photographer Craig Kolesky how it worked and he said there was a metal wire inside that affects your electro-magnetic field. I took my Power Balance and cut it in half with scissors. There’s nothing inside. It’s just a mylar hologram. In an interview with basketball magazine Slam, the founder of Power Balance Josh Rodarmel tries to explain how it all came about, and how it works.
“We put frequencies in the holograms that react positively with your body’s energy field. The same way that wireless internet or cell phones or radio waves or different things like that—everything has a frequency and everything reacts with other frequencies. The frequencies I just mentioned react negatively with your body, but there are also frequencies that react positively with your body. We figured out how to put those in the hologram so when it comes into contact with your body, it gives you that added balance, strength, flexibility. We can demonstrate that through the different muscle tests. That’s more on the sports side. Our testimonials say it helps athletes with their stamina and they recover faster, things like that. The cool thing about this product and what makes it viral is the personal experience that everybody has. It differs. The experience that I have might be different from the one you have or anyone else has.”
There’s a new grift in the world of pro surfing. Scratch that, there’s a new grift in the world at large. Power Balance. Yes I’m talking about that phony little silicone bangle you’re wearing with the “magic” hologram inside. You see them all over the place right now. They’re particularly prevalent in the surfing world but you’ll also find them adorning the wrists of tri-athletes, basketball players, American football stars, MMA fighters and your average smattering of business execs, gym bunnies, advertising shlumpfs and thousands of other gullible schuksters looking for a quick fix. The good people at power balance armband – and several of the spin off competitors – yes a grift this good births hundreds of imitators – are onto a good thing. A product that costs little more than R5 bucks to make, mass produced in China, is being sold for R495 smackeroos. But how does it work?
Our minds are incredible things. Belief is powerful medicine. The placebo effect is a measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health or behavior not attributable to a medication or invasive treatment that has been administered.
Sounds pretty amazing right? Just by putting on a little rubber band with a mylar (the same shiny stuff your teabags come wrapped in) holographic image imbedded in it, and all of sudden you’re a leaner, meaner more focussed version of yourself. Instantly. No need for years of yoga, kung-fu or pilates. No need for discipline, focus and self control.
When you slip on this power balance bracelet, it’s supposed to attune your body’s energy field and make you instantly more powerful and balanced. No need to ask penetrative questions about how it works, no need to understand the science behind the product, put one on and feel better, more grounded, alert, balanced, powerful. Try it. Under the heading of “How Does Power Balance Work” on the website it says:
“powerbalance is based on the idea of optimizing the body’s natural energy flow, similar to concepts behind many Eastern philosophies. The hologram in Power Balance is designed to resonate with and respond to the natural energy field of the body.”
But it never gets deeper than that. I mean how does a hologram, something that is almost entirely electrically inert manage to tune your body’s energy field? I asked photographer adventure sports photographer Craig Kolesky how it worked and he said there was a metal wire inside that affects your electro-magnetic field. I took my Power Balance and cut it in half with scissors. There’s nothing inside. It’s just a mylar hologram. In an interview with basketball magazine Slam, the founder of Power Balance Josh Rodarmel tries to explain how it all came about, and how it works.
“We put frequencies in the holograms that react positively with your body’s energy field. The same way that wireless internet or cell phones or radio waves or different things like that—everything has a frequency and everything reacts with other frequencies. The frequencies I just mentioned react negatively with your body, but there are also frequencies that react positively with your body. We figured out how to put those in the hologram so when it comes into contact with your body, it gives you that added balance, strength, flexibility. We can demonstrate that through the different muscle tests. That’s more on the sports side. Our testimonials say it helps athletes with their stamina and they recover faster, things like that. The cool thing about this product and what makes it viral is the personal experience that everybody has. It differs. The experience that I have might be different from the one you have or anyone else has.”
There’s a new grift in the world of pro surfing. Scratch that, there’s a new grift in the world at large. Power Balance. Yes I’m talking about that phony little silicone bangle you’re wearing with the “magic” hologram inside. You see them all over the place right now. They’re particularly prevalent in the surfing world but you’ll also find them adorning the wrists of tri-athletes, basketball players, American football stars, MMA fighters and your average smattering of business execs, gym bunnies, advertising shlumpfs and thousands of other gullible schuksters looking for a quick fix. The good people at power balance armband – and several of the spin off competitors – yes a grift this good births hundreds of imitators – are onto a good thing. A product that costs little more than R5 bucks to make, mass produced in China, is being sold for R495 smackeroos. But how does it work?
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I wrote back power balance in August that the Italians were investigating the phenomenon of Power Balance wristbands. Being sarcastic, this means the Italians might rule on the matter by 2015 but the wheels of justice turn slowly in many other countries.
We humans are suckers for products that promise gains when we know deep down the claim is probably phoney. This isn't to ridicule the whole cycle trade, there are many great products out there that push the edge of technology. The difference is in the marketing claims, you probably buy your cycling shoes for the visual appeal rather than any marketing claims about magic holograms and you can demonstrate a frame is lighter or more aero than others, even if each manufacturer knows there are many ways to ensure a flattering result.
Nevertheless they have become a worldwide marketing phenomenon, sported by sports stars. I've yet to discover the terms awarded to those endorsing these products. For me the most amusing tale is that of Leire Pajín Iraola, pictured, who sports one. She is the Spanish health minister, charged with overseeing a multi-billion Euro budget for sensitive healthcare and pharmaceutical matters.
But in Australia the authorities have acted faster and censured the company. They have reportedly said people can return the bans for a full refund if disatisfied. It does beg the question of whether any adult is going to risk returning to the shop asking for their money back, claiming they were duped by tales of power balance bracelet holograms and "natural energy fields".
Yet I can't help wondering if all this is harmless. First, sometimes the placebo effect can be big, if it helped some with confidence, then all the better. Second, surely only a few bought this piece of plastic expecting performance gains?
What is the difference between a silicon band power balance armband... and a bike?But what does it all say about pro endorsements? If some people were swayed by images of their favourite rider wearing a silicone band, are they also impressed by the victor's choice of sunglasses, shoes or even bike? Because almost every pro is paid to use these items, it is rarely a matter of choice and in any event you can give a rider any type of sunglasses, shoes or bike and the result is highly likely to be the same.
We humans are suckers for products that promise gains when we know deep down the claim is probably phoney. This isn't to ridicule the whole cycle trade, there are many great products out there that push the edge of technology. The difference is in the marketing claims, you probably buy your cycling shoes for the visual appeal rather than any marketing claims about magic holograms and you can demonstrate a frame is lighter or more aero than others, even if each manufacturer knows there are many ways to ensure a flattering result.
Nevertheless they have become a worldwide marketing phenomenon, sported by sports stars. I've yet to discover the terms awarded to those endorsing these products. For me the most amusing tale is that of Leire Pajín Iraola, pictured, who sports one. She is the Spanish health minister, charged with overseeing a multi-billion Euro budget for sensitive healthcare and pharmaceutical matters.
But in Australia the authorities have acted faster and censured the company. They have reportedly said people can return the bans for a full refund if disatisfied. It does beg the question of whether any adult is going to risk returning to the shop asking for their money back, claiming they were duped by tales of power balance bracelet holograms and "natural energy fields".
Yet I can't help wondering if all this is harmless. First, sometimes the placebo effect can be big, if it helped some with confidence, then all the better. Second, surely only a few bought this piece of plastic expecting performance gains?
What is the difference between a silicon band power balance armband... and a bike?But what does it all say about pro endorsements? If some people were swayed by images of their favourite rider wearing a silicone band, are they also impressed by the victor's choice of sunglasses, shoes or even bike? Because almost every pro is paid to use these items, it is rarely a matter of choice and in any event you can give a rider any type of sunglasses, shoes or bike and the result is highly likely to be the same.
2010年12月21日星期二
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Commissioner Secretary power, Basharat Ahmad Dar, Managing Director, JKSPDC, Shaleen Kabra signed the agreement on behalf of the Jammu and Kashmir State Government while the Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NHPC, S.K Grag and Chairman-cum-Managing Director, PTC, P.N Thakur signed on behalf of their organisations.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister pined hope that all the three players of the joint venture will put in every effort to accomplish the task in a given time line. “There are many pit-falls and bottlenecks in your road”, he told them advising to take the joint venture as a challenge and deliver to the best expectations of the people.
Omar Abdullah said that his government is endeavouring hard to transform Jammu and Kashmir from a power deficient State to a self-reliant one and today’s agreement between the State, NHPC and PTC would pave the way for achieving the goal. He impressed upon the signing parties to immediately make the joint venture company operational and take pro-active measures for faster project implementation.
The Chief Minister said that the launch of the Company and the implementation of projects would provide twin benefits-one on the front of generation of electricity and another as vast employment creation for skilled and unskilled youth in the State especially living in backward areas where the projects are located. “I hope all the three parties would focus on enhancing employability of the youth as also ensuring employment to them”, he said and stressed for pooling of energies and capacities to make the joint venture a success. “Better utilisation of rivers to the benefit of the State and its people is our concern”, he said and asked the Company partners to take best advantage of the potential available and the support from the government for harnessing this potential in an efficient manner.He like to wear power balance
“We have placed a capable, experienced and reputed person M.Y Khan as the Chairman of the Company”, he said adding that the Managing Director and Joint Managing Director by NHPC and JKSPDC along with the Chairman would put in their enormous capacity together to see through the completion of the projects successfully.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister pined hope that all the three players of the joint venture will put in every effort to accomplish the task in a given time line. “There are many pit-falls and bottlenecks in your road”, he told them advising to take the joint venture as a challenge and deliver to the best expectations of the people.
Omar Abdullah said that his government is endeavouring hard to transform Jammu and Kashmir from a power deficient State to a self-reliant one and today’s agreement between the State, NHPC and PTC would pave the way for achieving the goal. He impressed upon the signing parties to immediately make the joint venture company operational and take pro-active measures for faster project implementation.
The Chief Minister said that the launch of the Company and the implementation of projects would provide twin benefits-one on the front of generation of electricity and another as vast employment creation for skilled and unskilled youth in the State especially living in backward areas where the projects are located. “I hope all the three parties would focus on enhancing employability of the youth as also ensuring employment to them”, he said and stressed for pooling of energies and capacities to make the joint venture a success. “Better utilisation of rivers to the benefit of the State and its people is our concern”, he said and asked the Company partners to take best advantage of the potential available and the support from the government for harnessing this potential in an efficient manner.He like to wear power balance
“We have placed a capable, experienced and reputed person M.Y Khan as the Chairman of the Company”, he said adding that the Managing Director and Joint Managing Director by NHPC and JKSPDC along with the Chairman would put in their enormous capacity together to see through the completion of the projects successfully.
2010年12月13日星期一
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The power balance bracelet will not make you stronger than you are. However, users who have adopted it feel to have a better balance, greater flexibility and be taken to 100% of their possibilities. What does it contain? The power bracelet features a Power Balance mylar film encoded with frequencies that according to testimony reacts positively with natural energy flows of the body. What users think of the Power Balance? Around the world, hundreds of high-level athletes said they felt the benefits of technology in the Power Balance. Tens of thousands of fans of Power Balance on the planet - pro athletes in any type of person - tell reaching qualities of balance, strength and superior flexibility while wearing a Power bracelet. Where and how is it made? The silicone bracelets are made in China, while the holograms are designed and programmed the united states.
Everyone has their own emotions, when you are happy, you will show positive emotions; when you are not happy, you will show negative emotions. No matter what industry you are in, you will have a happy and not happy, it is normal. Power balance can appease your fears or negative emotions. The occurrence of emotional behavior is not active, it is a chain reaction caused by a number of reasons. When people feel tired, the negative emotions easily produce. You may recall that whether you can have this experience. When you are want to sleep but for one reason so you can not rest, then a man told you to do something to help. Your first reaction is very impatient, because you mood is not good and the body has been feeling very tired. If as usual, you may not appear in such a situation. I think almost everyone will have such experience. We work, study and life every day, but energy is very limited, so we often feel irritable, anxiety, grief and suffering. Its root cause is the body’s energy is limited. It can not cope with too many things. Power balance bracelet’s appearance can resolve the problem ultimately.
If you know it, you must be familiar with its functions. Many Web sites and newspapers have made it relevant reports. It can increase your physical energy, when you feel the loss of energy, it will start working for you. It allows you to work day full of energy. When you feel in good spirits, you would not have negative emotions out. You will feel happy and relaxed with a pleasant job done. It improves your physical energy, while calming your negative emotions. Power balance band is perfect. If you are a salaried worker, then it is for you.
What power balance ? Power Balance is a technology whose intention is to maximize athletic performance. Created by athletes for athletes, Power Balance is a huge success among elite athletes for whom balance, strength and flexibility are very important. Wearing the Power Balance Will it make me stronger, have better balance and make me gain flexibility?Maybe you would like to know more about power balance,you can go to onlinenewshop .
Everyone has their own emotions, when you are happy, you will show positive emotions; when you are not happy, you will show negative emotions. No matter what industry you are in, you will have a happy and not happy, it is normal. Power balance can appease your fears or negative emotions. The occurrence of emotional behavior is not active, it is a chain reaction caused by a number of reasons. When people feel tired, the negative emotions easily produce. You may recall that whether you can have this experience. When you are want to sleep but for one reason so you can not rest, then a man told you to do something to help. Your first reaction is very impatient, because you mood is not good and the body has been feeling very tired. If as usual, you may not appear in such a situation. I think almost everyone will have such experience. We work, study and life every day, but energy is very limited, so we often feel irritable, anxiety, grief and suffering. Its root cause is the body’s energy is limited. It can not cope with too many things. Power balance bracelet’s appearance can resolve the problem ultimately.
If you know it, you must be familiar with its functions. Many Web sites and newspapers have made it relevant reports. It can increase your physical energy, when you feel the loss of energy, it will start working for you. It allows you to work day full of energy. When you feel in good spirits, you would not have negative emotions out. You will feel happy and relaxed with a pleasant job done. It improves your physical energy, while calming your negative emotions. Power balance band is perfect. If you are a salaried worker, then it is for you.
What power balance ? Power Balance is a technology whose intention is to maximize athletic performance. Created by athletes for athletes, Power Balance is a huge success among elite athletes for whom balance, strength and flexibility are very important. Wearing the Power Balance Will it make me stronger, have better balance and make me gain flexibility?Maybe you would like to know more about power balance,you can go to onlinenewshop .
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