Gas, Bloating & Incontinence

Gas, Bloating & Incontinence

http://www.aboutincontinence.org/site/about-incontinence/treatment/gas

http://bodyecology.com/articles/what_causes_gas.php

NOVA 3/23/11

inquisition:
Galileo spen his life under house arrest after mocking te Pope and church's beliefs.
telescope Lick was 19th century.  60 yrs after Galileo, Newton 1668 Newton designed & built telescope curved and metal mirror.  Avoids the color blurr from refracting telescope.   1727 Newton died.  metal alloy (speculum metal) which tarnishes over time, must repolish it.  in the 1850's a Frenchman coated glass w/ a thin layer of silver.
1839 - Invention of Photography!  Light from a star, split  up, creates colors of the rainbow.  there IS NO unique "center of the universe"  the more space there is b/w 2 galaxies, the faster they recede from one another!
1980's Cal TEch created a 10meter large mirror.  Observatory air must be clear, dry, and steady on Hawaii (made from international collaborations) - Mt. Akea (sp?)  .

Intrafromrometry.  soon we'll be able to study & navigate the Stars via our own computers.
Observing red shifts on SuperNova Stars.
Universe contains much dark matter, universe is expanding faster.

NOVA - HUNTING THE EDGE OF SPACE (Wed. 3/23/11) - the Ever Expanding Universe

57 Trillion miles high of gas clouds, hide the very birth places of stars & planets.  1609 Galileo Galile telescope (far-seeing in Ancient Greek).  Planet simply means the wandering one in ancient Greek! or wandering star.  The evening star is Venus! Mars is glowing red at night.   "The Starry Messenger" written by Galileo.  on Jupiter, we can watch volcanoes spew ash high into space.  Venus has sulphuric ashes.   Dwarf planets made of rock & ice.  The engimatic rings of Saturn, made of several concentric rings.  Saturn is 934 million miles from Earth.  Ice & Rock comprises the the rings of Saturn.  ice salt & ammonia comprises Saturns outer ring. Isaac Newton:  White light is composed of rainbow colors if view through a galss prism and it's broken into the colors of the rainbow.  *Newton used reflecting telescopes instead of refracting telescopes* *Andromeda Nebulae is visible w/ naked eye.

* * Dark Energy(ies)* * is one of the keys to understanding the universe.

REDUCE Stress (full articles & excerpts)

PILOT STUDY: WORKPLACE YOGA AND MEDITATION CAN LOWER FEELINGS OF STRESS: http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/mindful.htm

Source:  3 Ways The Office is making you Sicker:  :http://www.smartmoney.com/personal-finance/employment/3-ways-the-office-is-making-you-sicker-1300394672836/?page=4  "Fight back: Try yoga and meditation, which, if practiced regularly, can reduce levels of workplace stress by 10% or more, according to research from Ohio State University . Stressed workers should also consider talking to colleagues who are in similar situations, as social support is an effective coping mechanism, says John M. Grohol, founder and CEO of PyschCentral.com. He also recommends other stress-busting habits like getting enough sleep, avoiding alcohol and improving time-management skills."

* * WED. 5/18/11 ON DR. OZ SHOW:  REDUCING STRESS!
anxiety can be caused by Carbohyrates.
1)  Skull Cap Tea - Indigenous to North America.  The Flavanoids is what helps us relax.  It is a fantastic herb.  
2)  SUMA root; powder - "for everything"   Ginseng of Brazil;  Trauma, stress, insomnia it's an adaptogen!  Mix w/ Asaea juice, Greek Yogurt, Triptofan (amino acid), and Banana.
3)  Scalp Massager - produes seratonin (relaxes) & endorphins (makes you feel good).


Replace unhealthy carbs with whole grains and berries.    

Why I'll never own a home again (BLOG)

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/03/why-i-am-never-going-to-own-a-home-again/

Why I Am Never Going to Own a Home Again

• Posted by James Altucher
 
• on March 19th, 2011

Many people have said to me in the past month, “I’m going to buy a home.” Or, “What do you think of the idea of me buying a home?” I like the second batch of people. They are my friends and it seems like they are sincerely asking for my advice. And I’m going to give it to them. Whether they meant it or not.

I have some stories about owning a home. One of them is here: “What It Feels Like to be Rich” where I describe my complete path into utter depravity and insanity. The other one is still too personal. Its filled with about as much pain as I can fit onto a page. Oh, I have a third one also from when I was growing up. But I don’t want to upset anyone in my family so I’ll leave it out. Oh, I have a fourth story that I just forgot about until this very second. But enough about me. Lets get right to it.

There are many reasons to not buy a home: [By the way, I also put this in the category ofAdvice I want to tell my daughters, including my other article: 10 reasons not to send your kids to college.]

Financial:

A)     Cash Gone. You have to write a big fat check for a downpayment. “But its an investment,” you might say to me. Historically this isn’t true. Housing returned 0.4% per year from from 1890 to 2004. And that’s just housing prices. It forgets all the other stuff I’m going to mention below. Suffice to say, when you write that check, you’re never going to see that money again. Because even when you sell the house later you’re just going to take that money and put it into another downpayment. So if you buy a $400,000 home, just say goodbye to $100,000 that you worked hard for. You can put a little sign on the front lawn: “$100,000 R.I.P.”

B)      Closing costs. I forget what they were the last two times I bought a house. But it was about another 2-3% out the window.  Lawyers, title insurance, moving costs, antidepressant medicine. It adds up. 2-3%.

C)      Maintenance. No matter what, you’re going to fix things. Lots of things. In the lifespan of your house, everything is going to break. Thrice. Get down on your hands and knees and fix it! And then open up your checkbook again. Spend some more money. I rent. My dishwasher doesn’t work. I call the landlord and he fixes it. Or I buy a new one and deduct it from my rent. And some guy from Sears comes and installs it. I do nothing. The Sears repairman and my landlord work for me.

D)     Taxes. There’s this myth that you can deduct mortgage payment interest from your taxes. Whatever. That’s a microscopic dot on your tax returns. Whats worse is the taxes you pay. So your kids can get a great education. Whatever.

E)      You’re trapped. Lets spell out very clearly why the myth of homeownership became religion in the United States. Its because corporations didn’t want their employees to have many job choices. So they encouraged them to own homes. So they can’t move away and get new jobs. Job salaries is a function of supply and demand. If you can’t move, then your supply of jobs  is low. You can’t argue the reverse, since new adults are always competing with you.

F)      Ugly. Saying “my house is an investment” forgets the fact that a house has all the qualities of the ugliest type of investment:

1. Illiquidity. You can’t cash out whenever you want.
2. High leverage. You have to borrow a lot of money in most cases.
3. No diversification. For most people, a house is by far the largest part of their portfolio and greatly exceeds the 10% of net worth that any other investment should be.

Personal reasons to not own a house. 

A)     Trapped, part 2. Some people like to have roots. But I like things to change every once in awhile. Starting March, 2009 I was renting an apartment directly across the street from the New York Stock Exchange. It was fun. I’d look out the window and see Wall Street. How exciting! Before that I lived in The Chelsea Hotel with Chubb Rock. Last year we decided to relax and move a little north. Now I look out the window and see the Hudson River. And its quiet and I can walk along the river in the morning with no noise. It took us two weeks to pick a place and move. No hassles. I like to live a hassle-free life.

B)      Walls. You can’t change the walls when you rent. A lot of people seem to want to tear down walls. Or paint them. Sometimes when you rent you can’t do these things. Well, make sure you have a landlord that lets you tear down walls. There must be some ancient evolutionary tic that makes us want to tear down walls or put nails in them or paint them. I don’t get it. I like the walls to stay right where they are.

C)      Rent. People will argue that the price of the mortgage, maintenance taxes, etc is all baked into the price of rent. Sometimes this is true. But usually not.

D)     Psychology. Look at your personal reasons for wanting to own. Do you feel like you can’t accomplish something in life until you own a house? Do you feel like its part of getting married and “Settling down”, i.e. creating a nest for your future children? For you, is it a part of becoming an adult. Is this what your parents taught you? Examine the real reasons you want to own and make sure they are coming from a good spot in your heart.

E)      Your time. Do you really want to spend all that time working on your house? Is this where your time is best spent towards creating a happy and fulfilled life for yourself?

F)      Choices. I feel when I rent I always have the choice to leave. To live wherever  in the world I want whenever I want.  Adventure becomes a possibility even if I never take advantage of it.

G)     Stress. For me (not for everyone) owning a home equals stress. I saw what my parents went through at their worst moments owning a home. I saw what I and others went through in the Internet bust when I first owned a home. I saw what people went through in 2008. People were killing themselves. I don’t like that sort of stress. This is how I deal with stress.

H)     Cash is king. I like cash in the bank. I like having access to it.  I don’t like it all tied up in one illiquid investment.  I want to fill a bathtub with all the dollar bills I would’ve used as a downpayment on a house. I want to bathe in that bathtub. I’m going to do that later today in fact.

By the way, this is going to sound like a contradiction: but I think housing is a great investment right now.  I think housing prices have gone down far enough and I can list the reasons why housing as an abstract investment concept is going to go higher from here. But I don’t like to write about investing on this blog. Suffice to say there are many stocks you can buy, with leverage if you want to take advantage of the rise in housing. But I’m never going to buy a home again. And sit there in the middle of the night thinking, “why the hell did I do this to myself again.”

Cat Therapist CD's

http://www.thecattherapist.com/caring4yourcat.htm

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Carole's Wilbourn Way Audio CD makes it easy to listen and learn
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It's easy listening, too. Carole has included a soothing and inspiring original instrumental score, creating the perfect atmosphere for openness and learning. This background is the perfect setting for Carole's voice, which has amazing effects on cats, and people, too. As you listen to and apply Carole's advice, her voice and the sound track are positively associated in your cat's mind with your pleasing care of him or her. So, playing it regularly will relax and please your cat.

Playing the CD continuously at low volume (cats hear ten times better than humans) will soothe the anxieties of overly-anxious cats, reducing any tendencies toward behavior problems.

When you want to refresh your memory about a specific care topic later, you can easily access it because each topic is a separate audio track.

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LOVE & STRENGTH QUOTES

Quotations

♥ It is impossible to fall out of love. Love is such a powerful emotion, that once it envelops you it does not depart. True love is eternal. If you think that you were once in love, but fell out of it, then it wasn't love you were in. There are no "exit" signs in love, there is only an "on ramp". ♥ Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. ♥ Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen. The path of the enlighten starts with sacrifice and the knowledge that things work in a mysterious ways and you can not always explain them, but keep trying to walk down the path.  ♥ Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength

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Dear friends in Japan,

As we contemplate the great number of people who have died in this tragedy, we may feel very strongly that we ourselves, in some part or manner, also have died.

"The pain of one part of humankind is the pain of the whole of humankind. And the human species and the planet Earth are one body. What happens to one part of the body happens to the whole body."

An event such as this reminds us of the impermanent nature of our lives. It helps us remember that what's most important is to love each other, to be there for each other, and to treasure each moment we have that we are alive. This is the best that we can do for those who have died: we can live in such a way that they continue, beautifully, in us.

Here in France and at our practice centers all over the world, our brothers and sisters will continue to chant for you, sending you the energy of peace, healing and protection. Our prayers are with you.

Thich Nhat Hanh

CAUSES of: Irritability, Inability to focus, salt & sugar cravings

CAUSES of:  Irritability, Inability to focus, salt & sugar cravings

Too much caffiene, soda, diet soda, aspertane.  Diet Soda linked to heart disease!!!  Diet soda drinkers have 48% more chance of stroke.

Dr. Oz - Winter Allergies Hidden in your home

If cold lasts more than 2 wks, probably suffering from winter allergies.


Winter allergy culprits:

1) Bookshelf in bedroom, collects dust, wheezing, congestions, sore throats.  Keep bookshelf away from bed.  Take Antihistamines.

2)  Refridgerator door seal:  collects mold, crumbs, mold spores.  Get eco friendly bleach, dip cotton tips in it and clean the seal.  get the excess moisture out of the home, it creates perfect breeding ground for mold.  Humidity level should be between 30 and 50% in the home.

3)  Heating Vent:  sends dust, mold, and insect parts into the air!!   Change filters every 3 months in the home!!  Natural solutions:  applies onions, citrus fruits help prevent allergy sysmptoms.

Skin Care Imports webstie

http://www.skincareimports.com/shop-by-brand/skinmedica/tns-skin-care.html

The DOCTORS on channel 4 SKIN CARE *PORES*

Why Exfoliation is important:  skin naturally produces oil.

Dirt, pollution, dust, and makeup gets into the pores -  which the pores already has oil in it!
Exfoliate & Deep Cleanse in diff ways:  1) Microdermabrasion sucks out dirt from pores due to the suction.  Spas suggest about 10 treatments.  2)  Olay Pro X Device (apply cream on face first) once a day or at least a few times per week.   If you're good about it and use it religiously, you're probably going to get similar results.

ALOE blog (under construction)

1)   ALOE LIFE FACE & BODY LOTION:  

Nutrition for the Skin Face and Body Lotion is free of common rancidity found in many lotions that can age skin, children and adults receive protective factors called antioxidants, minerals, amino acids and herbal extracts. Formulated for all skin types the emollient base of Lanolin, Avocado and Jojoba oil blended with Vitamins A, C, E, Selenium and Zinc nourish, lubricate, protect and moisten the skin almost identically to the body's own natural oils. The natural grapefruit scent is non irritating so the lotion works wonderfully on very sensitive skin, even babies! Studies have supported the protective and skin regenerative properties of the herbal extracts Chamomile and Whole Leaf Aloe Vera when applied to the skin. Discount on orders of 4 or more! Does not contain Parabens!  

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2)  Whole Raw Aloe Vera Skin Gel 4 fl. oz.

Ingredients: Aloe Vera Leaf, Cat's Claw Herb, "Essiac" herbs (Sheep Sorrell, Burdock Root, Slippery Elm Bark, Rhubarb Root), Chamomile, Astragalus, Hawthorne Berry, Pau d' Arco, Green Tea, Ionic Silver, Hyaluronic Acid, Glycereth-26, Sodium Benzoate, Carbomer, Methyl Paraben<------NO NO!!!.

Best if used within one year from date of first use.

3)   Aloe Life Whole Leaf Aloe Vera Skin Gel Unscented Description

99% Certified Organic Whole Leaf Aloe Vera plus Vitamins A, C, E & Herbs

The Skin Gel is made from fresh Certified Organic Whole Leaf Aloe Vera Juice. Thickened naturally with seaweed. The formula contains 1% skin nutrients of Vitamin E, A and C combined with herbal extracts of Azulene from Chamomile and Allantoin from Comfrey. The therapeutic value of Skin Gel is unmatched by any other topical Aloe Vera today. The golden yellow color shows the presence of the therapeutic yellow sap used traditionally for healing. Safe for putting on any scrape, wound, bite, burn, acne, stretch marks, scars, damaged hair & scalp, thinning hair, post surgical reconstruction, athletes foot, psoriasis, eczema, itching skin, sunburned and damaged skin, after shave, brushing teeth for gum support, vaginal irritation and baby rash. The Skin Gel is a natural astringent perfect to apply to clean washed skin to tighten and regenerate the cells. Follow with a thin layer ofAloe Life Face and Body Lotion. Helps to relieve pain on amputated limbs!

Ingredients: 99% Certified Organic Whole Leaf Aloe Vera Juice Concentrate No.103857, Seaweed-thickening agent, Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A), Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Azulene (Chamomil Extract), Allantoin (Extract from Comfrey), Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate.

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Added water.

Aloe Life Whole Leaf Aloe Vera Skin Gel Unscented Directions

Cleanse affected area and gently apply. Repeat 2-4 times daily until condition subsides.

Warnings

If symptoms persist or infection occurs, consult a physician. For children or sensitive adults conduct a skin test on a small patch of skin before applying to large areas. Note: Slight stinging is normal upon initial application to deeper wounds.

Disclaimer

These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

4)   ALL TERRAIN ALOE (PARABEN FREE) 
http://www.healthsuperstore.com/p-all-terrain-aloe-gel-skin-relief.htm

cambodia travel channel & random facts (Anthony Bourdain)

Central Market Phnom Penh :

Phoa-like soup:   Chicken, pork meat balls, greens, Katchum(sp?) soup

Spring rolls:  shrimp, radish potato, pork rice noodle mint cucumber salad green, onion, coconut milk, 

Pepper Corns; "Kampot Pepper Crab" (Fresh River Crab)  Kampot Pepper & lime with Shrimp

Shredded sour beef stew lemon grass, fermented fish, turmeric.  sticky rice cooked in bamboo; Rice Farming

Earth - The Making of A Planet (NatGeoTV)

4 legged vertebrates - Tetropods evolved into Dinosaurs, birds, mammals, and eventually humans!

Earth came from a lump of burning rock and dust to a blue & green world bursting with life.

30 miles up into the atmosphere, when Oxygen comes into contact with the Sun's rays, a new gas is created - Ozone gas that protects plants from the Sun's deadly rays which allows life to flourish.

arthropods

Methane green house gas at least 20 times deadlier than carbon dioxide;  released into the atmosphere this gas can push up temperature.

Acids neutralizes temperatures stabilize givig way for new life:---->    Dinosaurs evolved from the reptiles that survived the volcanic eruptions.

Dead ancient Fish & Plankton will one day become OIL.  Paint on our walls, soap, gas almost all originated from the death of ancient fish and plankton.  North American plate is STILL moving away from the European and Asian plate.  1 inch each year.

Death of dinos give rise to Mammals; the unlikely inheritors of the dinosaur's crown.  Subterranean rodents.