Those good Catholic
Men of the Cloth
have been at it again
(and again and again).
NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY, BOYS.
What to do?
Now, I’m assuming the church’s hierarchy would pooh-pooh the severing of priests’ pee-pees, which, in my opinion, comes in as a close second to my #1 suggestion — the castration of all priests — so I propose this rather unconventional solution to the Catholic church:
Move all
pedophile-priests
into
The Viv’s diocese.
With the exception of her current priest, Father SPURitual (who has been hangin’ ’round her church for at least 12 yrs. now), BAD things happen to befall priests whenever The Viv’s around.
Be it bad luck, be it karma, be it her eternal curse for her crime of blasphemy, or be it sheer coincidence…
NO PRIEST IS SAFE IN THE VIV’S VICINITY.
In her first teaching job, The Viv worked in a cozy, little Catholic school in a sleepy Pittsburgh burb. The priest of the parish at the time, Fr. B., had just admitted to embezzling $1.5 million from collection plates over the span of 26 years. He and his voluptuous LIVE-IN ’secretary/chauffeur’ used the moolah to fund excursions to Vegas and Atlantic City, and to amass antique guns and baubles. Fr. Been-Caught-With-His-Hands-In-The-Diocesan-Cookie-Dough is ‘officially’ recorded as having died in a nursing home, but parishioners know that Lucky Lady Lay and two thugs were videotaped entering the pilfering priest’s room…minutes later, Fr. B. expired when his breathing tubes were yanked.
In Hawaii, The Viv attended mass at St. John’s. Not long after she spread her aloha there, The Viv’s spiritual leader was found in a rather uncompromising position with the Youth Minister. Both men were ostracized. The priest left the Church to become a motivational speaker. No shit.
When Viv returned to the East Coast, she was essentially homeless because The Dingus’s company had them boppin’ around the goddam country — in limbo for SIX friggin’ MONTHS. Bitch can’t even remember the name of the parish she attended for the three weeks she lived in a long-term hotel, but she DOES VIVidly recall the fact that its priest was murdered. After a lengthy and puzzling investigation, officials concluded that the killer was the yard boy Other than the rake handle rammed up the priest’s ass, cops didn’t have much to go on. (Okay, that rake thing really didn’t happen, but I just couldn’t resist…). The yard boy DID go down, though.
After THIS, the THIRD man of God to meet his demise while The Viv was in the vicinity, our girl started to get nervous and more than a tad paranoid. She was the sole common thread in these horrific happenings! How long ’til the po-po was on to her? Was it POSSIBLE that hearing her myriad sins in marathon confession sessions brought about the defamation and/or demise of the pious?
Once our girl settled into VA life, however, The Viv’s fears subsided. Here, she let down her God-Guy guard, and The Viv forgot all about being the harbinger of death for the pastoral peckerhood… for awhile. That is, until the parochial vicar died by deciduous tree — when it fell on him en route to ANOTHER priest’s funeral (that, to which, The Viv can lay no claim).
Good ol’ Fr. SPUR-itual, though, just will not go away, no matter how hard his people pray. It must be his ardor for the Boy Scouts’ soft, supple, tantalizing…pancakes. Could this man be immune to The Viv’s vibe? Perhaps. Maybe it’s just God in Heaven doesn’t wanna hear ‘SPUR-itual’ every third word for all eternity.
So, let’s give The Viv’s suggestion a try.
Let’s round-up all those German soprana-wearin’ soprano priests and their boy-buggerin’-bratwursts and dump’em in the Diocese of Arlington.
Let’s just wait ‘n see if The Viv’s Vibe cinctures the Catholic Church’s collective pastoral staffs!
1) behavior problems in childhood due to a lack of a long-term, loving care with the teaching of good morals by an authority figure (like a parent) which leads to the child doing wrong often in childhood and their conscience becoming seared to the point where it no longer will produce a feeling of guilt, even in adulthood;
is:
2) shallow (which can be determined by a their great resistance or unwillingness to learn past what is easy to understand or moderately hard) and will complain or show frustration about the difficulty they had in learning subjects that require much patience and concentration which did not interest them (for example may say, “it was really hard to study these things”);
3) arrogant (for example sees themselves as much better than most people yet having no evidence for this, and may boast aloud of some existing or non-existent trait they have (like clairvoyance) thinking that that trait gives them great uniqueness and a level of goodness or intelligence that makes them much more worthy of attention than other things, including people, and much more valuable than other things, and so if they are interrupted when they are wandering, rambling or ranting or interrupted at all, will make a reply like, “well if you would let me finish” or “don’t cut me off” even if what they are saying is not relevant or obvious, even if that is told to them, and will behave as if what they have to say is relevant, original/not obvious and profound and unable to be known by the person they are talking to unless they tell it to them.);
4) obsessed with finding uniqueness and non-repetition in others (for example may insult someone for not being original and “repeating” themselves) and without realizing it is implying that the uniqueness and originality that they are seeming is immoral and illogical (which they often call “random”) behavior;
5) often quick to lie to save or keep an appearance of being very unique, wise and or whatever their idea of “good” is;
6) skilled at lying from practice and observation;
7) lives a parasitic lifestyle/takes advantage of others to survive and live without having to do hours worth of hard or complex physical or mental work;
will do complex mental work only if they see absolutely no other likely way for them to accomplish their long term goal of having an easy-going life, for example doing math work that bores them in order to get through college
9) has no conscience, and therefore feels no regret or sorrow or guilt regardless of how badly or how many times they disobey God
10) may try to display appropriate sorrow to having done wrong or seeing wrong done or over some sad thing (like a suffering child dying in front of them) if they think they may lose their advantage over others or be unable to gain an advantage over others if they don’t display this sorrow
11) their displays of sorrow over wrong-doing or someone suffering or dying lack a sad expression and they do not feel very sad
12) they feel great distress and worry when they perceive an immediate threat to their life-style
13) callousness (for example will tell someone who gets off a subject they want to be the focus of a discussion, “you’re wandering”, rather than asking them a question on the desired subject to bring them back to it, yet if themselves are asked a question to get them to give an immediate answer or more concise answer, tend to give a reply like, “well if you would let me finish” or “stop interrupting me” with a hostile or strained, high pitched, aggravated-sounding or condescending tone,
14) self-centered (for example may brush off a request from a friend’s request for some emergency merely because they desire more sleep or hoard money to the hurt of others though not necessarily out of greed)
15) though they may sometimes feel sorrow for seeing someone else in a bad position, it does not last long, are unwilling to give more than what they consider to be of little value to help the person they feel sorrow for, though for their own entertainment they are willing to give a little physical help to or chat for a while
16) poor emotional self-control/impuslive (for example will touch a person in a place where that person requests not to be touched if they think that they can escape being punished for it, though they may not be promiscuous or display their lust openly out of fear of being rejected for their inability to please another sexually and not having adequate sexually-pleasing physical characteristics);
17) very resistant to accept that they have done wrong if it wasn’t intentional
18) sadistic (for example will intentionally do wrong and laugh at seeing it greatly upset a person)
As a consequence of these things psychopaths may have many short-term relationships (depending on how high the population is where they live) and due to their relentless disrespectfulness, unthankfulness, lack of appropriate emotional responses becoming unbearable and because the psychopath desires and seeks out new experiences to keep from feeling boredom.
19) When unable to find people to take advantage of to keep away their boredom, psychopaths will become delusional, imagining people that don’t exist to converse with and may even create false evidence so that these imaginary people appear real (for example imaginary email accounts supposedly used by these imaginary people and sending email to themselves from these accounts).
A psychopath, like any sinner, can only be made to be increasingly logical and increasingly self-controlled and loving by God. Though punishment can help a psychopath to stop doing wrong outwardly, it is only temporary, and the punishment provokes them to become more bitter and will whether intentionally or not will tempt others to do wrong by at least their behavior, disturbing the peace of those who love God, which is why psychopaths also will be sent away, hidden within the darkness of Hell.
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“Not impressed.” 2010-01-07 By Sniff Code (Somewhere out there) I gave this a shot, hoping to get a different perspective on the issue of health-care in the United States. Wasn’t impressed with Gratzer’s take. Some of his language seems too slanted. I understand the strategy of spinning a fact to serve one’s argument, but he over-spins to the point of just being down right erroneous. For example on page 156 under “Safer Drugs” he writes the following: “Here’s the FDA’s dirty little secret: clinical trials involve a relatively homogenous group of healthy individuals who collectively are totally unrepresentative of the people who actually take pharmaceuticals.” Uh, wouldn’t that be the “dirty secret” of pharmaceutical companies and the CRO’s employed to conduct clinical trials? This type of shabby spin, coupled with the sensationalist language (“dirty secrets”…come on) that made the book feel more like a prescription of propaganda. I’m just happy that I didn’t spend money on this. Libraries are a good thing.
“The Somali Model” 2009-07-13 By Poncho (Ontario) I’ve enjoyed Dr. Gratzer’s book immensely; I’ve been a fan of his ever since his epic battle with David “Imp of the Perverse” Kucinich. Here is a man, I thought, with such courage of his convictions that no fact is salient enough to shake him, no statistic hefty enough to rock the pillars of Freemarketianity upon which his faith so surely rests.
I must, however, give his book only three stars – and, I think, so must every libertarian. The problem with single payer health care is not that the government controls every medical decision, any more than the problem with American “you payer” health care is that HMOs control every medical decision. The problem is that, in both systems, it is the plutocracy of “doctors” who callously tell patients of all income brackets what kind of health care they “need” and thus drive the cost of health care ever and ever higher. What America needs is to get rid of this autocratic system once and for all and embrace the principles of DIY health care. We don’t need European or Canadian style health care; we should be looking to Somalia for our model.
Several months ago some “doctors” told me that I desperately “needed” a liver transplant to go on “living.” I told them that, as I was a firm advocate of DIY health care, I would not be relying on their “expertise” to cure me. At any rate, I couldn’t even come close to affording the procedure, and as for raising my taxes? Well, I suppose saying “over my dead body” might be a little redundant at this point.
Sure, there should still be doctors for those who can afford them, but the rest of us need not concern ourselves with that. Doctors should become something like a jewel-encrusted platinum cell phone, a luxury silly rich people can afford, but the rest of us Real Americans know we can do without; in fact, we know we’re happier without such clutter in our lives. Instead, the marketplace will provide us with simple DIY kits for heart surgeries, spinal taps and kidney biopsies, complete with tools and instruction manuals, reasonably priced and readily available at your local Home Depot or Costco.
For my own surgery I’ve constructed a Home Liver Transplant kit, which, though a little crude, will do the job nicely. It was tremendously difficult to find a reciprocating saw small enough for my needs (and I can’t really say where I got my new liver); the paucity of supplies is, indeed, the only real barrier to the DIY Health Care enthusiast, but my faith in the market is such that I know it will correct such oversights in time. Heck, if my kit works, I could be the next DIYHC millionaire! Not too shabby!
I hope Dr. Gratzer will consider the changes I advocate; I might, perhaps, be able to write a second preface for a new edition of his book – one which, of course, will go after the preface written by His Holiness Milton Friedman.
“Achieving the perfect orderliness of a soylent green society” 2009-07-12 By Gen. JC Christian, patriot (Tremonton, UT United States) David Gratzer’s “The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care” is perhaps greatest paen ever written to the one true religion: laissez-faire capitalism. It’s a celebration of the triumph of the bottom line, an adoration of profit, and a joyous prayer of hope for the perfect orderliness of a soylent green society.
Over the last 30 years, we’ve stood in awe as we’ve witnessed unregulated capitalism’s transformative powers. Where once our edible ecology lacked such keystone species as E.coli and salmonella, our meat, fruit, vegetables, and water have become veritable Edens for those precious pathogens. Where once financial regulation checked glorious greed and encouraged the unbearable ennui that comes with stability, our new, deregulated, economic environment has brought excitement to investing and incredible profits to those few deserving oligarchs who were most prepared with the connections to exploit the system to their advantage.
Now, David Gratzer and the insurance industry wants to do the same for health care. He’s heard the complaints. He’s read studies like the 2004 Commonwealth Fund report which looked at satisfaction in five nations. He saw that they found that U.S. Americans were by far the most dissatisfied with their health care system (over twice as dissatisfied as Canadians)and less likely to receive care because of cost (17% of Canadians vs 40% of U.S. Americans).
Yes, he’s studied it thoroughly and has decided that the problem with the U.S. system is that it is not capitalistic enough. It needs to be deregulated like the food and banking industries. The problem isn’t lack of access, it’s about deciding who deserves what level of care–it’s about rationing health care by one’s ability to pay.
Even more importantly, it’s not a matter of whether someone can receive the care they need, but whether society will allow him or her to access a free market solution to pay for that service. Is our society advanced enough to provide a patient’s loved ones an opportunity to sell their organs to pay for needed health care? Have we achieved that level of compassionate capitalism yet? Do the poor and working classes care enough about life to make sacrifices to preserve it? If not, do they really deserve all of the benefits of life?
These are the fundamental questions to which Gratzer alludes, but, unfortunately, fails to fully address in his book. That’s a shame, because these are the questions that must be answered if we are ever to fully achieve the libertarian society he envisions.
That said, Gratzer does honor laissez-faire capitalism with the blind worship that it deserves as the answer to everything (along with lower taxes and drilling in the ANWR). That’s why I’m giving his book four stars.
“Dr. Gratzer has little credibility on this subject” 2009-06-10 By T. J. Williams (Ohio) I watched Dr. Gratzer’s testimony today before Congress regarding U.S. health care reform. He is a Canadian, not living in Canada, a doctor not practicing medicine and a think tank fellow who has not thought very clearly about what he is saying. He ritually maintained that Canada’s single payer health system was flawed, that Canadians don’t like it and come to the U.S. for medical treatment and yet he could not adequately respond to statistics offered by Congressman Kucinich that 97% of Canadians would not want a U.S. type system as well as other statistics on the level of care in Canada. He never offered reasons for his alleged problems with the Canadian system nor any solutions. Presumably, he would favor Canada use the U.S. system of private insurers in an unregulated environment. In fact, from reading other reviews, apparently the doctor asserts that the existing level of government regulation is the problem with the U.S. system. He goes so far as to say the federal law requiring emergency rooms to treat all patients regardless of the ability to pay is forcing hospitals to close. So, he must want to repeal that law and let people suffer on the sidewalk outside the hospital. This guy is a doctor not worthy of his license.
If you choose to read this book, be aware that the author has an agenda. His statistics may be skewed or just in error. His thinking is preordained to reject any change to the health care system. Although he said he thought some reform was needed, he never indicated what that reform ought to be. He reiterated his talking points and inadequately defended his statements. I would doubt that he has much to contribute to the benefit of either the Canadian or American health care systems.
“Excellent Argument for Free-Enterprise in Health Care….” 2009-03-19 By Il Padrone The Cure does a good job of illustrating the diverse ways in which our health care system is inefficient and expensive compared to it’s free-market alternative. The only problem, and the reason that I, as a hypercritical anal-retentive perfectionist, take off a star, is that Gratzer ironically could be more consistent in the application of those very principles, more organized in his argument, and more illustrative with examples. His whole discussion of the FDA, for example, for the most part argues within the framework of retaining the organization. But, as his reference to ‘public choice’ theory shows, he’s aware that as long as the agency exists, it will have incentives to act less efficiently than free-market alternatives, one example of which would be, as he mentions, the Underwriter’s Laboratory with electrial devices, which works well. More concrete examples of the utter wastefulness of the third-party payment system would also help the reader understand how consumer lack of motivation is probably the biggest cause of skyrocketing costs. Also, he ignores as a formal point, although he mentions in passing, the huge suits and judgements brought and allowed against various hospitals, pharmaceuticals, and other health groups that motivate them to engage in CYA testing across the board, thus also raising prices.
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Hello world created by the amazing God almighty himself!
Many of you know me already from my personal blog “mzkoolgurl.wordpress.com” … Yes that’s right! I’m Annie aka Mzkoolgurl UNITED with Danah from “my|war” an amazing blog page set up to help those who have suffered from sexual abusement and want to speak out to make a difference in the world and the lives of those who’ve gone threw it as well. For more information on Danah’s “my|war” feel free to contact her by emailing her at mywar55@aim.com.
For those who aren’t exactly clear on what “nuug” is… It stands for “Nations United Under God”. Now there are 2 big words in that title, but one of them is what puts EVERYTHING together. The word is “UNITED”. We are all people united weather we think so or not. If you were to pick up your bible and read back all the way from the beggining (Genesis chapter one verse one), you’d see God created Adam and Eve. Kids came from Adam and Eve, then kids came from those kids and so on and so forth. So it’s not just “spiritually I am your sister”. No, it’s “hello there! I am your sister!”. Crazy huh? Yes, crazy but fantastic. So first things first, we’re all UNITED and if you ever need any personal help at all, feel free to leave a comment or send us an email, we will never hesitate answering any questions or helping you out.
Now, another thing you should know is that this is an online international bible study, so anyone from the world can join…. Yes you can invite your friends from London to join in :] It’s also a blog page where we will post inspirationals every Monday and Wednesday. If you’d like to read my inspirationals, come back every Wednesday to get your scoop on new inspirationals weekly that will be posted by me. If you’d like to read Danah’s inspirationals, feel free to come back Mondays. Sunday will be bible study day, everything will be written and layed out in a simple way for you to understand. We will at the end of the bible study leave you with a “challenge for the week”. We will make things A LOT simpler for you by placing each section in their own indivisual links on the side bar where it says “catagories” ——–>
One more thing to mention! TGIF (Friday specials) is a webshow! that’s right, they are videos we will post right here to conclude the whole week and add humor, because everything is really FANTASTIC and the BEST when there’s humor :] One thing I like to say is (besides God because he is awesome) Laughter is a cure.
We will officially start this Sunday, so please join us! Thanks to everyone who will be attending us, and we wish many blessings in your life :]
“My granddaughter just finished two years of treatment for meduloblastoma. She is clear because of the protocols that were created for her case. Her doctors at CHOA (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta) did a remarkable job with her and will be able to use the same treatment on other children with this type tumor. We support CURE because of the work that is being done to raise childhood cancer awareness, help families that are in need of access to the best treatments possible, and for the support of this organization provided to families and patients. Thanks so much! God Bless CURE!”
So, the news has been slowly circulating this week that the Australians MAY have found a vaccine for Coeliacs (story here).
This got me thinking – even if there was a cure available in years to come – would I want it?
You’re probably thinking that I’m mad, but I’ve been a Coeliac for so long – it’s become a part of who I am.
Yes, I hate the constant scanning of labels, having to quiz restaurants on their food and avoiding the treats which I used to love so much.
I’ve got so used to gluten free food now that whilst I would sometimes love to be able to eat what I want, checking labels is part of my daily ritual and I kind of like my superior knowledge (ha) of what goes into the things we eat.
For example, I never knew wheat flour was in so many products, and having Coeliac disease has made me realise how many unecessary ingredients go into foods, and how much healthier some of the gluten free alternatives are.
If a cure was available, I think I would probably want it, but however tedious explaining my condition is to people I meet, I think I would miss it a little bit.
Being a Coeliac is one of my features, and whilst I would relish with open arms a cure, it would be a very wierd situation. Imagine spending 10 years of your life not being able to eat something, and suddenly you can eat what you want.
It would be an amazing thing, and I’m not saying that I wouldn’t want it – just that it would be a strange scenario. Something to mabe think about…
Coffee is a great hangover cure. Not for all hangovers, but for a certain THC induced morning slump, a shot of espresso has been recognized as a bona fide solution.
The morning after, wake up and try to get yourself a cup of espresso with your preferred hearty-breakfast and you should be fine! Also, if you want to get rid of the buzz for some reason right after smoking, an espresso shot definitely helps get rid of it.
We are pleased to announce Chasing the CURE, a mountain bike race benefiting CURE Childhood Cancer. This event is hosted by the Hein family in honor of their son Noah, who is currently undergoing treatment for childhood leukemia.
Chasing the CURE is a short track cross country mountain bike race and will be held in Flat Rock Park located in Columbus, Georgia on Saturday, March 6th, 2010.
The event will be a multi-lap race run on a 3/4 mile section of the course. This portion of the course includes wide-open single track, tight single track and a flat rock crossing. The course is 100% spectator friendly so you can watch the races from anywhere around the race loop.
The following race categories will be available: Kids, First Timers, Beginner, Sport, Expert and Single Speed. The race categories will dictate the length of each race. The event is ‘kid friendly’ offering a kids bike race on the kiddie loop, inflatable moonwalks and other children’s activities to take part in while the races are going on.
To donate, register, or for more information, please visit www.chasingthecure.webs.com
What Do You Think? Have you used any of these? Do you know of any others?
Home cure: Vodka
Use it for: Foot odor
If your feet smell less than swell, wipe them down with a vodka-soaked washcloth to get rid of the stench. It’s the same principle as rubbing alcohol (which works equally well if you’d rather drink your Grey Goose). Vodka contains alcohol, which is antiseptic and drying, so it destroys odor-causing fungus and bacteria and dries out the moisture that lets these organisms grow.
Home cure: Pencil
Use it for: Headaches
When you’re stressed or anxious, you subconsciously clench your jaw and teeth; this strains the muscle that connects your jaw to your temples and can trigger a tension headache. A solution: “Put a pencil between your teeth but don’t bite,” says Fred Sheftell, MD, director of the New England Center for Headache in Stamford, CT. You automatically relax your jaw muscle to do this, which can prevent the pain.
Home cure: Yogurt
Use it for: Bad breath
Preliminary research shows that the live bacteria in yogurt can suppress levels of bad breath–causing bacteria. “Good” bugs in yogurt may crowd out the “bad” stink-causing bacteria or create an unhealthy environment for it, says John C. Moon, DDS, a cosmetic and general dentist in Half Moon Bay, CA.
Home cure: Listerine
Use it for: Blisters
The classic breath freshener—and powerful antiseptic—can also do a number on blisters. Moisten a cotton ball with Listerine and dab it on your blister 3 times a day until the area dries out and no longer hurts, says Janet Maccaro, PhD, CNC, a holistic nutritionist and certified nutrition consultant in Scottsdale, AZ.
Home cure: Lemon balm tea
Use it for: Cold sores
Lemon balm is a first-choice herbal treatment for cold sores, which are caused by a type of herpes virus (not the same kind that’s sexually transmitted). It has antiviral properties that work to tame herpes outbreaks, says James Duke, PhD, author of The Green Pharmacy. Prepare lemon balm tea by brewing 2 to 4 tablespoons of the herb per cup of boiling water. Let it cool, then dot with a cotton ball on the cold sore several times a day.
Home cure: Licorice
Use it for: Calluses and corns
“Licorice contains estrogen-like substances that soften the hard skin of calluses and corns,” says Georgianna Donadio, PhD, director of the National Institute of Whole Health. Make this homemade licorice paste: Grind up a few licorice sticks, mix them with ½ teaspoon of petroleum jelly, and rub the mixture into the rough areas of your feet.
Home cure: Tennis ball
Use it for: Achy feet
For an easy, free mini massage that stretches and soothes your arches, slip off your shoes and roll each foot over a tennis ball, golf ball, or soup can for a minute or two. To cool throbbing feet, roll them over a bottle of frozen water.
Home cure: Olive oil
Use it for: Eczema
Soothe flareups by applying olive oil directly to the irritated area, says Christopher Dannaker, MD, assistant professor of dermatology at the University of California San Francisco. Packed with antioxidants that can reduce the inflammation associated with eczema, olive oil is the basis for many moisturizers; when used alone, it lacks chemical irritants you may find in store-bought creams. As a bonus, olive oil’s antioxidants help prevent and repair damage that can lead to wrinkles and brown spots.
Rub 1 teaspoon per square inch of skin, which creates a seal that prevents skin from drying out. For serious cases, cover oil-slathered skin with plastic wrap overnight to lock moisture in.
Home cure: Sugar
Use it for: Hiccups
A teaspoon of sugar swallowed dry can stop hiccups in minutes, says Andre Dubois, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine in the emerging infectious diseases graduate program at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. The sugar is believed to modify the nerve muscles that would otherwise tell the muscles in the diaphragm to contract spasmodically and contribute to hiccups.
Home cure: iPod
Use it for: High blood pressure
Thirty minutes of the right tunes every day can help lower BP, according to research from the University of Florence in Italy. Researchers found that people on a medication for hypertension further lowered their blood pressure after they listened to music while breathing slowly. Systolic readings (the first number) decreased an average of 3.2 points in a week; a month later, readings were down 4.4 points.
Home cure: Olives or lemons
Use it for: Motion sickness
Motion sickness causes you to produce excess saliva, which can make you nauseated, some doctors say. Compounds in olives called tannins dry out your mouth and can help soothe the queasies. Pop a couple at the first hint of nausea; sucking on a lemon can also do the trick.
Home cure: Peppermint or cinnamon gum
Use it for: The stress of a traffic-packed commute
In a NASA-funded study, scientists from Wheeling Jesuit University monitored the responses of 25 college students during simulated driving scenarios. The volunteers reported that peppermint lowered their feelings of fatigue or anxiety by 20%. Peppermint and cinnamon each decreased frustration by 25%, increased alertness by 30%, and made the ride seem 30% shorter. Not a gum or candy person? Buy peppermint or cinnamon aromatherapy diffusers for the car.
Home cure: Apple
Use it for: Whiter teeth
Crunchy fruits and vegetables act as little toothbrushes when you chew them; they have a natural cleansing action that works on tooth enamel to remove stains. In particular, “apples have a gentle malic acid that also helps dissolve stains,” says Jennifer Jabow, DDS, of Park 56 Dental in New York City.
Home cure: Baking soda
Use it for: Urinary tract infections
At the first sign of symptoms, drink a solution made with ¼ teaspoon of baking soda mixed in 8 ounces of water. Continue this once a day until you can get a culture done at a doctor’s office and start antibiotics. Baking soda makes the bladder environment more alkaline, which reduces bacteria’s ability to multiply, says Larrian Gillespie, MD, a retired assistant clinical professor of urology and urogynecology in Los Angeles.
Home cure: Cloves
Use it for: Cuts
Sprinkle powdered cloves on a cut to keep it from becoming infected, says Duke. Clove oil is rich in eugenol, a chemical that’s both antiseptic and pain-killing.
Home cure: Papaya
Use it for: Smoother skin
This tropical fruit contains papain, a protein-eating enzyme that dissolves the dead cells on your skin’s surface that can make it look dull and rough and leave it prone to breakouts. When used twice a month, this peel leaves skin softer, smoother, and more radiant:
Grind 2 tablespoons of washed and peeled papaya in a food processor and add 1 tablespoon of dry oatmeal. Pat this mixture onto clean skin and let it set for 10 minutes before wiping off with a wet washcloth. The enzymes in papaya are gentle, which is why this is an ideal treatment for those with sensitive skin. However, to be safe, do a test spot behind your ear the first time you try it.
Home cure: Duct tape
Use it for: Warts
Yes, this really does work! Covering warts with duct tape eliminates them better than freezing them off, according to a study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. In the study, the duct tape eliminated 85% of the warts after 2 months, compared with 60% with the freezing method.
To use duct tape safely, clean the area. Then cut a piece of duct tape to a size slightly bigger than the wart. Apply the duct tape to the site and rub into place. Every 3 days, remove the tape and file down dead skin with a pumice stone or nail file. Repeat until the wart disappears. Chemicals in the tape suffocate and kill the wart.
Cancer. God’s remote control life termination switch… Cancer. An abnormal growth of cells which tend to multiply in an uncontrolled way and, in some cases, to spread onward and upward. It is not one disease, bur rather a group of more than 100 distinctive diseases with one soul purpose. To envelope and deteriorate cells as quickly as possible. And it has played a role in my life too many times. It is war. I survived it once already via surgery and immunity boosters from 11 months old to like somewhere around 5. And I don’t believe I am going to let the left hand of god (presumably) end my life or anyone’s again if I can help it. My only regret is that I lacked the motivation to find a fix until it was too late.. I dedicate any Good Fortune with this to Rick. But here’s what I have so far:
When the idea of cancer is broken down you can see that it seems to be brought on by things we as a Species should know we shouldn’t be doing anyway… For Example: Smoking, Synthetic Foods, Cholesterol, etc… All things the are OBVIOUSLY unhealthy. And if everything in the Universe has and Equal of Opposite RE-Action what did you think was going to happen? But what about Me at 11 months??
Scientific Tests prove Cancer can be passed Genetically. Obviously because I wasn’t sparking up a Newport after eating the double cheeseburger with the secret sauce before watching Disc one to season 5 of the Simpson’s or Family Guy at 11 months old… And from that point of view, passing the Gene Genetically as a sort of “Timed Health Trait” seems to be the obvious answer. Now we know there are already two ways of getting cancer.. If there is a third I would assume it had something to do with a trans plant which wouldn’t necessarily be passed Genetically.
From a point of view from a genuine Genetically Generated Cancer Survivor you should take it as it comes. Be prepared for this situation if you have a family member or members with a cancerous background so to speak. And you may need/want to take extra precautions when it comes to prevention, Which I’m working on… some of the best options for cancer that is passed Genetically if it is Caught In Time are surgery to remove the cancer. Chemotherapy. And depend on where the cancer starts to grow, some more or less advanced technology may remove the cancer. I wish you the best of luck. But its not too late… Keep reading about preventable cancer for full understanding…
Preventable cancer is the kind of cancer we as humans keep giving to ourselves over and over again… Stupid. By taking UN-NATURAL foods, liquids, new medicines that aren’t properly tested and sold on the market as quick as possible to make enough money to get it right ;( … bastards.. The hardest question to hear is “How did I get cancer???” Well lets stop and show you how to think… If cancer is made up of not one but over 100 diseases it means you have been taking in a lot of something you shouldn’t that your body reacted to and you contracted multiple diseases at the same time in the same part of the body??? or you have triggered a heretic cancer trait, or you ate healthy and still contracted the disease(s) by a low immunity or perhaps genetically. . Scientific Tests should point you in the right directions on how you got cancer. But how do you fight it off you ask? Well Taking account for everything we’ve discussed so far it should be fairly obvious how to cure cancer… two words:
All Natural. The best way to fend off cancer is to stay true to yourself in every way. Cancer can affect any part of the body. Anytime. Anywhere. Like forest fires… If your body is born with no man made preservatives or chemicals why are we absorbed into thinking we should eat the synthetic foods everyday? Treats that have become a mainstay in American Homes so the people can get hook on how great they taste and lose sight of bigger and better things for the quick and easy… not to mention its disgusting to be apart of the fattest country in the world… None the less the best way to fight off a Disease of 100+ Diseases is to Stop Putting the Diseases on Your Body. Its simple. Natural foods prevent and cure diseases. Over a short period of time you can REPAIR your body. You can PREVENT the disease of diseases. You just have to decide to grow and become a better person. Discover who you really are without the chemicals…
So in a way Cancer isn’t really the disease that kills everyone. CANCER IS THE LACK OF MOTIVATION TO CHANGE ONES LIFE FOR THE BETTER.
Yes I am that. Hard as it is to accept, I am a Facebook addict! But before I go on, let me define addiction so we are not lost in this blog – An addiction is an obsession, compulsion, or excessive psychological dependence according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Based on that definition, allow me to list down some of my observed behavior in connection to Facebook:
1. I open my notebook to Facebook first thing when I wake up in the morning.
2. I am always thinking what to write on my status bar.
3. My status bar is changed more than 5 times a day.
4. I play almost all the games in Facebook.
5. I have more communication with some of my friends in Facebook than in real time.
6. I do conversations in Facebook. I mean I actually talk to people in my message box like it was a chat box.
7. I comment on all of my Facebook friends status.
8. I have Facebook on my mobile phone.
9. Some of my news (and I am a newsman) information come from Facebook.
10. I automatically post my pictures on Facebook instead of backing them up in another file form.
11. I never think of life without Facebook. When someone asked me what I would do if Facebook crashed for good my mind went to all the files I have uploaded on Facebook and how I can get them all back.
Now, I connect the definition with my observed behaviors and my conclusion (and I guess any Doctor of Behavior would agree) is that I am indeed addicted to Facebook.
Psychologists and management experts say that recognizing and admitting the problem is the first step towards correcting or curing it. This is probably the reason why my logical mind decided to write this blog, in order for me to take the first step away from my addiction.
Now that we have taken the initial action, we can go further in curing myself of this Facebook addiction.
As the New Year begins, many of us take the time to reflect on the opportunities of the coming year and to set goals and priorities. What if we all resolved to help children with cancer in 2010?
Unfortunately New Year’s resolutions seem to carry a connotation as a short-term event that burns out after a few inspiring weeks. We don’t want a focus on helping children with cancer to be a short term, uninspired effort. What if we all prioritize children with cancer in 2010? What could we accomplish? Perhaps we could get a step – or several steps – closer?
We can drive these steps if we are collectively resolved to make a difference for children battling cancer. Even a small commitment, when coupled with the commitments of others, can have a significant, tangible impact.
So instead of giving one donation at the beginning of the year and then moving on, we challenge you make a commitment to give a small amount once every month prioritizing children with cancer in 2010. Every donation, big or small, makes a difference. Thanks for supporting CURE!
Here’s how you can give a monthly or quarterly donation to CURE.
Click here and under the Donation Preference, choose “I would like to make this a recurring donation deducted (Monthly or Quarterly).” Then click on the drop down menu and choose your preference. You may enter the Donation Amount at the top of the page that will automatically be charged to you so there is no hassle to remember to give, nor the burden of having to give a one-time lump sum.
Let’s all make a difference this year, one month at a time.
This is an update of sorts. We are up to 113 zip codes sold, as well as many general donations, in thirty states! This is such great news. Hopefully it will be easier to get more zip codes, now that we have sold the first one hundred.
Thank you to Allison Blass, of Lemonade Life (http://lemonlemonade.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/the-lemonade-life-of-monica-oxenreiter-founder-of-zipthecure-com/), Kelly Kunik of Diabetesaliciousness (http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2010/01/diabetesaliciousness-inbox-endo-appt.html), and Red Maxwell of A Parent’s Diabetes Field Guide (http://parentsguidetodiabetes.blogspot.com/) for helping us spread the word about our project!
I have one last piece of good news! Zip the Cure is now on the JDRF website. (http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=113151) Thank you so much to everyone at JDRF who have helped us get this on the website!
I will try to write more frequently. Have a good day!
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I hate when I get like this. I do it a lot less often than I used to, though, which I should be (and am) very thankful for.
Based on the majority of my posts, I might seem like a happy-go-lucky person…and I am. That’s not a front. That’s not fake. That’s not a marketing ploy to keep/gain readers. I truthfully am a happy, positive, life-loving person…most of the time.
See, I get stressed out soooo easily. It’s something I’m really working on, and I’ve gotten a lot better at it, for sure. This morning, though, I just wasn’t able to deal for some reason. “A Very Busy Mind” is not some random title for my blog; it describes me perfectly. My thoughts just go haywire sometimes. And this morning, I wasn’t just having lots of thoughts, I was worrying my little head off. I won’t bore you with specifics because I’ve done this before, but I’m happy to report I’ve pulled myself somewhat together (at least for the moment).
It’s just hard, guys. Some days I wake up so happy and thankful I’m not in the position I was in such a short time ago, but some days I wake up and realize all I’ve lost and all that I could be…and am not…and it really gets me down.
I guess, really, I should consider these moments learning opportunities, though. A big reason I’ve been unsuccessful in the past in recovery is because as soon as I started to do better, I would let my guard down. I was so anxious to put my eating disorder behind me and to completely forget about it that I would start this mental celebration of ‘I’m a normal person again! Wahoo!’ kind of stuff, but fail to recognize that an ED doesn’t go away. I truthfully believe this type of thing is not something you can “cure”, you simply learn to manage it. Every time I started to have “good” days in past recovery attempts, I thought it was finally all over and I could stop fighting so hard every day to recover and just live. That’s not to say I believe every day of the rest of my life will be difficult in regards to the ED, but I do think I need to respect this problem, and think of it as what it truly is – a disorder.
I did not choose this illness, and I can’t go back and repair all the things it has messed up for me in the past five years. But, I can take control of my life now. Mi Madre has always taught me that everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that is sooo not what you want to hear, but I believe it’s true. For some reason, I was supposed to take this path. And when I get comments or e-mails from people telling me I’ve helped them or even just brightened their day a bit…that “reason” seems more clear.
I’ll figure it all out, I suppose. One day. For now, baby steps. I need to organize the craziness going through my head…and get on with my life.
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Phew. I’m feelin’ better, guys. Here’s breakfast.
1/2 c oats
~ 1 c water
scoop crunchy PB
scoop vanilla whey protein powder
lots of bloobs
granereal
Puffins
ground flaxseed
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I haven’t forgotten about today’s theme! Just needed to get all that^ out first. I’ve already worked on it a little – never fear! It will be included with lunch!
Sorry if you had the patience to actually read all that and it bored you to tears. I try to be real on this blog, and a typical Cassie post was just not happening this morning. I’m workin’ on it, and I’ll be back to myself in no time!
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Is faster always better? We have been groomed as children to behave, fall in line, and conform to the agenda of society. A childhood story comes to mind that illustrates this point nicely. The fabled race between tortoise and hare. We all know the story, the tortoise challenged the hare to a race then beat the hare because he stayed steady to the path. I really enjoy the part in the story when the hare realizes he has plenty of time to play in the meadow and cuddle up against a tree so he does both. Meanwhile the tortoise continued to plod on passing up all the beautiful trees, streams and; meadows . He never stopped to enjoy himself but took one step after another. So ultimately the tortoise beats the hare to the finish line and skylark with all the other forest creatures at which time the hare shows up and is mocked and scorned for losing the race. I applaud the hare and propose a new winner.
How often through the course of your weekly race do you wish you could play in a meadow or nap against a tree or even read that book that has gathered dust on your shelf? How many hobbies have you passed up for fear of the dreadful mocking from those judgmental forest creatures? So you suppress your true ambitions and not the ambitions of the employer, or the society, or in many cases even the judgmental family. So live the way you want greet life as an extraordinary gift and not a race you should be trying to finish. The dreaded waking moments come to mind, stolen away by alarm clocks and irritating talk radio DJ’s reminding us how we “should act”. And let’s forget those damn advertisements ever placing new “finish lines” in our lives. Life is not about a finish line or about winning anything. After all who can be the judge of that? Who better than ourselves? I will decide where my finish line is everyday, even if that is in a meadow cuddled up under a tree while most everyone else is prodding steadily toward retirement or the promotion or getting out of or into debt, or the next new thing. Well, I’ve got news for you, the finish line is the grave and I want to enjoy the race my way. So as one who recognizes how wonderful life is and how limited time we have I have come up with a few tips for truly living in the moment and enjoying everyday.
1. Don’t rush out of bed; it is more often than not the case that we fight our way out of bed every morning. It seems like for most people it is the first victory of the day, over the mind/body and its addiction to sleep (Hooray?). I take a far different approach to waking up, to avoid this conflict. As I find myself awake I lay in bed and think about the day that is coming to me. I think about the major accomplishments I would to have throughout the coming day. Then I go through my day as if I were day dreaming. I envision my coming day and let my mind create, in its own way, fantastic outcome after fantastic outcome. I find after a few minutes of this I am very excited to get out of bed and begin my day. This is such a liberating and harmonious way to begin ones day.
2. Have a few tasks for the day; a list may include some things that need to be done and some things that are optional. I suggest you be very discretionary in regards to the needs. Keep them as minimal as possible. If something is not really a need but more of a time waster/filler, don’t do it. Humans are creative beings and so leave yourself some room for creativity. Most people jam pack their days and have no time to follow their inclinations and often times the inclinations are the quickest path to happiness. You will find that with fewer tasks the resulting tasks will turn out better. Also make some time for your passions. I have several for which I regularly make time, they include; cooking, exercising, writing, making music, and reading. This will bring the pleasure of accomplishment to everyday and often times you will find yourself going all out for these passionate tasks. You will find yourself tapping far into your creativity and going far beyond the first plan. The joy of this will continue after it the task has finished, as it translates itself into the elation of accomplishment and growth.
3. Take sometime to connect to others; take time to connect with others everyday. Have a meaningful conversation and listen with understanding to those with which you converse. This is a practice that is rare in modern times but brings great satisfaction. Find a person that you can connect with, even for a moment, because that’s really all that life is a series of moments and relationships can bring some of the most enriching moments.
4. Set aside time everyday to do nothing; everyday take some time anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours to lay on a couch or sit in an easy chair and just think. When was the last time you sat and thought? When did you last let your mind wander and pursue any thought it would? This is what separates the great lives and genius’, so rarely seen, from the greater majority. Most people only do this only a few times a year. More often than not, any thinking that is done by the average person, is while lying anxiously in bed, trying in vain to fall asleep. After lying around a little while doing nothing, you will find excitement in your thoughts, resulting in enthusiasm and motivation that you can use for the rest of your day. Resting and meditation for some people may be the best medicine, so get comfortable, breathe deeply and slowly. Get in touch with yourself and just let go. Many people feel guilty when they simply rest and take time for themselves. This is a crime we routinely commit, and we are the victims. Many will punish themselves for indulging in selfish time with guilt, anxiety, and worry. How absurd & bizarre this is. Break your routine step out of then conventional and think for yourself.
Yes, for some this may take some time to break the mold of your routine. Talk to that guy sleeping on the bench, or eat lunch on the roof. Anything that breaks you out of your habitual patterns can help. So relieve stress, think creatively, fantasize, harmonize and socialize. Laugh. Loosen up with your favorite cool brew. Find the guy’s and gals that know all the best jokes, or just find something funny in front of you, the possibilities are endless. Lets try to live like the hare, follow your inclinations even if yours are not “theirs”.
If cancer is a word which strikes fear universally as many claim, it is guaranteed to illicit extraordinary fear when it is associated with the children in our lives. It is a diagnosis that changes families forever.
With thousands of children being diagnosed each year, the need for awareness of cancer in children is paramount. CURE Childhood Cancer worked hard throughout September, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, as we do every month, to raise awareness of the devastation of childhood cancer and to raise funds for research that will develop treatments which will cure all children with cancer.
Just imagine how hard it would be to receive a diagnosis of cancer during your or your child’s prime growing years. Yet, to know the children who fight cancer – to know how they face their disease and treatments – is to see strength that could move mountains. Those who haven’t been touched by childhood cancer can’t help but be moved and inspired by cancer’s youngest victims – by their bravery, their resilience, their spirits. That’s why we felt the best way to raise awareness during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month was through their stories, written by them or their family members.
On September 1st, CURE launched the first annual “CURE Kids Conquer Childhood Cancer One day at a Time” initiative. Each day throughout the month of September, we honored and remembered two special children. Some children are on treatment, some are long term survivors and some children tragically lost their battles with cancer. The children we honored and remembered and whose stories we shared each day with our community represented the 12,700 children diagnosed each year. Each child is unique and each story is different. yet the children fight similar battles against similar vicious diseases, and in telling their individual stories, we hoped to ignite the hearts of those in our community and strengthen the resolve to find cures.
We could not have anticipated what this initiative would mean to us – the staff at CURE- to the families of the children honored and remembered and to our greater community. As we began our days reading the stories of the children honored that day and we took to heart their journeys, we were changed. Employers of some of the parents of the children honored and remembered offered donations to match those raised by the family, on their child’s day. Communities rallied around families as a show of support. Offers of volunteer service poured into the CURE office as strangers to the cause were awakened to the need for their support. yes, the initiative was a tremendous fundraising success, raising $161,000 in just 30 days. But it was so much more!
The page on the calendar has now turned and Childhood Cancer Awareness Month has concluded. yet we are energized to press on. We hope you will continue your walk with us over the course of the other 11 months of the year. Our children need you and so does CURE.
will do complex mental work only if they see absolutely no other likely way for them to accomplish their long term goal of having an easy-going life, for example doing math work that bores them in order to get through college
