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TODAY'S TRIVIA - - -
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Is it true that those who opened the tomb of King Tut met
untimely deaths?
Is it true that the ancient Egyptians mummified cats?
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ANSWERS TO YESTERDAY'S TRIVIA - - - -
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Why do scientists describe cancer cells as "immortal"?
Normal cells divide a limited amount of times (usually no
more than 50-60 times) before they die. Cancer cells,
however, proliferate indefinitely in culture. A cancer cell
will go on and on doubling, so one cell becomes two, then
four, then eight, etc.... Normal cells, when placed in a
tissue culture dish, proliferate until the surface of the
dish is covered by a single layer of cells just touching
each other. Mitosis (cell replication) then stops. Cancer
cells, on the other hand, show no such "contact inhibition."
They continue to divide, piling up into actual mounds. It is
this that makes cancer cells so damaging to an organism.
Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies?
It's rather simple, really. The ancient Egyptians believed
you really COULD take it with you. The body was preserved so
that it was in good shape for the afterlife when its
spiritual elements (the "ba" or soul or personality and the
"ka", the life force) were to be reunited with it. Also
buried with the person were items and possessions he'd need
in the afterlife, including household objects, jewels,
tools, food, and even pets.
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1. STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!
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2 OPTIMIZE LIFE NOW™ . . . with Dr. Rhoberta Shaler
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Prosperity Begins Between Your Ears
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3. MEDICAL COLUMN by Karin Henderson
A Few Thoughts To Share On Hormones
And Their Actions
PART 6 of 22
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4. PERCEPTIONS by Ken Darby
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5. WHY DO WE SAY IT?
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6. THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!
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OPTIMIZE LIFE NOW™ . . . with Dr. Rhoberta Shaler
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Prosperity Begins Between Your Ears
If you're waiting for someone or something to give you what
you want in life, you'll wait a long time!
Prosperity is something you create. No one gives it to you.
So, stop waiting and get on with making it happen.
What are you thinking about right now? Is it a negative
thought? Let's make some distinctions: the truth is
neutral. It is neither negative or positive. Judgments are.
So often we fill our head with judgments rather than with
the truth or creative thoughts. This is the most practical
advice I can give you: only think about the truth to assess
your current situation AND then focus only on what you want
to create to improve it. Allow no 'gloom and doom' thoughts.
Why? Because, you guessed it, What You Pay Attention to
Expands! That's why I wrote the book.
Monitor your thoughts for an hour or so. How many are
positive, charged with purpose and clarity? It is reported
that the average child up to the age of six, I think, hears
437 negative messages a day. This is a putrid training
ground for negativity. So, you can be excused if you are
still talking to yourself in negative terms....until this
minute, that is! No more.
If you want to be prosperous, you must change your thinking.
I was working with a coaching client and, during our first
call, I heard, "I just can't decide what I need to do. Life
is passing me by. I have no self-discipline, no relationship
and little self-esteem. Nothing in my life is working. I do
not have enough money." Those were statements of truth to
him. My first question was "What do you most want?" He did
not know where to start. In point of fact, his first
statements were more felt than accurate. As we worked, it
became clear that he had many habits that served him well,
that were working for him. He exercised regularly and gave
himself no credit because he did it to blow off steam. He
did not let people walk all over him, so, his self-esteem
put up some very healthy boundaries. It became clear to me
that my client, Kevin, was a perfectionist. That's trouble.
It's both dangerous and unattainable.
So, we began to talk about prosperity. If he believed that
his first statements about himself were the truth, could it
be that he was keeping those things in place in two ways:
talking about them as facts repeatedly, and, not taking any
action steps to change his situation? Begrudgingly, he
agreed.
He was holding those things in place in his mind by
repeating them to himself daily. No wonder everything in his
life had become a downer. Time for a change--A change to
prosperity thinking. The dictionary says that prosperity is
'the condition of being successful or thriving'. You can be
prosperous. Change your thinking today and see for yourself.
Here are some tips:
WHAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO EXPANDS
Listen to your conversation in your head and with others.
What are you saying? What are you focusing on? It's not the
glass half empty or full, it's what's filling it that
counts! It is your turn of mind. NEWS FLASH! You can change
it at will.
If it has become a habit for you to bad mouth, poor mouth or
nay say, STOP! That's what is going into your consciousness.
Your subconscious mind works in pictures. You say, "I do not
smoke" and your subconscious pictures, "I smoke". It has no
picture for 'not'! If you want to stop smoking, make a
mental picture of yourself smoke-free, with pink healthy
lungs, bright eyes and great self-esteem.
Beware. You are the painter of the pictures in your mind.
Paint the ones you want and never take your eyes off them!
Accept the creative power of your mind and focus it on your
goals.
BELIEVE THAT YOU DESERVE TO THRIVE
In the western culture, many people have difficulties with
this. It's all very convoluted. Many seem to believe that
declaring that they are good at things is bragging, conceit
or arrogance. Declaring that they deserve nothing but good
seems outrageous. WRONG! It is only when we think that we
are superior to or more deserving than others that arrogance
enters the picture. It's not about them. It's about you.
You are here to demonstrate your deeply-held values and
contribute your talents. That simple. That's what makes the
world a pleasant, safe place. How can you do that if you are
not fully expressing yourself? If you're living small and
thinking negatively?
Not only do you deserve to thrive, you are supposed to
thrive. All the conditions for that begin between your ears.
STEP OUT AND BEHAVE "AS IF"
What would you do, say, wear, want and think if you had all
the success you could imagine? Start behaving that way.
One day I was giving a seminar and a thought hit me. I asked
the group, "Do you have anything at home that you are
"saving for good"? Clothes, dishes, crystal, linens, food,
jewelry?" Everyone said that they had...almost proudly.
Then, I asked them, "Has anyone every told you to 'Have a
Good Day'? Of course, they laughed. Each time someone tells
you to have a good day is a reminder to treat yourself well.
Use what you're saving 'for good' today. Make it a 'good'
day. Give yourself the pleasure that these things are meant
to bring. Set a beautiful table for yourself. Wear all your
clothes. Enjoy your jewelry. Go out for a good meal. Treat
yourself as the most important person you know because you
are. Without you, where would you be?
Prosperity thinking begins by believing you deserve to
thrive and be successful. It continues by focusing only on
what you want and where you want to go. And, it's all
between your ears.
© Rhoberta Shaler, PhD, San Diego, CA. All rights reserved
worldwide.
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Expert facilitator, Dr. Rhoberta Shaler, makes it easier to
talk about difficult things. She trains & coaches
organizations & entrepreneurs who want to master the 'people
skills' that grease the wheels of business & life. Visit her
website for a half-hour free coaching consultation.
www.OptimizeInstitute.com
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Being the smartest and most intelligent individual in the
world is no substitute for being persistent and consistent.
---- Ken Darby
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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - -
by Karin Henderson
A Few Thoughts To Share On Hormones
And Their Actions
PART 6 of 22
An interesting point to note is that emotions and
seasonal changes have quite an effect on producing
these hormones. HGH(human growth hormone),TSH (Thyroid
stimulating hormone: thyrotropin)
andACTH(Adrenocorticotropic hormone: corticotrophin)are
the most well known of the pituitary hormones.
http://www.pituitary.org/glossary/
They all have to do with growth, and you can see an
over-abundance or a lack would certainly affect growth.
Two other important hormones are ADH (anti-diuretic)
and oxytocin. The first is responsible for affecting
blood pressure. The second is very important for muscle
control in the uterus and milk production at birth. Any
changes in the production of these hormones would
affect your growth. You could have dwarfism or you
could be really tall. Your urine production could be
altered. This could well affect your blood pressure.
You might be retaining fluids and get puffy ankles.
Your kidneys could be excreting elements it should
keep. Normally a lot of the toxins leave your body
through your kidneys. So you need to have them
functioning properly. The pituitary hormones
responsibilities are very widespread indeed!
The hypothalamus is located in the lower part of the
central of the brain, just above the pituitary gland.
It is the primary link between the endocrine (hormones)
system and the nervous system. This makes it a very
important hormone. It activates and controls the part
of the nervous system that in turn controls involuntary
body functions, the hormonal system, regulating sleep
and appetite and body temperature and others body
processes. Remember that it isn’t the gland that does
this work: it’s the hormone (messenger). This is done
by producing chemicals that either stimulate or
suppress hormone secretions from the pituitary. (It
seems to regulate the regulator.) You can appreciate if
this hormone is out of balance, the messages would be
much distorted. For example, getting messages not to
eat as much or to eat more, could result in unhealthy
body weights. Or you would be sleeping too little or
too much. Or you could get incorrect messages that your
body temperature is too hot or too cold when in fact it
is just comfortable.
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Karin Henderson is a registered nurse and is thePEBBLE's
columnist for our MEDICAL COLUMN.
We appreciate her input very much. Thanks Karin.
You can send Karin questions at
mailto:kflh@shaw.ca
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PERCEPTIONS . . . by Ken Darby
-----------------------DISCLAIMER
Some around me think I am an opinionated old goat.
Whether that be true or not I will sometimes, in this column,
talk about things people don't like to talk about - or don't want
out in the open. Take it all with a grain of salt.
Do your own thinking, and don't accept the things I say as
gospel. They are only mental meanderings from a simple soul.
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As usual, today, like all other days is filled with the same
kind of news. However, there are a couple different things
happening out there.
The war in Lebanon is not new, of course, but Israel telling
the UN to keep its troops away from roads and bridges is a
new tack. Israel today told the UN to keep its troops from
repairing a bridge so they could bring humanitarian supplies
across it. Israel said it would bomb the bridge even if UN
troops were there. The UN backed off.
As far as I can see, the UN can draft all the paper it wants
on this war in Lebanon. Israel has made it quite clear it is
going to smash Hezbollah back to the stone age. Israel is
sick of having its citizens killed by the intermittent
rocket fire from Hezbollah out of south Lebanon.
In plain english, Israel means business and not even the UN
will stop it. When there is no more Hezbollah to worry about
Israel will set up a line, likely some 20 miles inside
present Lebanon and there set up a buffer zone the UN can
patrol.
The way the Israelis are attacking this situation allows me
to think they have concluded they will no longer put up with
terrorism against their people. If Iran attacks, so be it.
Israel is ready. If Palestinians attack, so be it. Israel is
ready. The message is clearly - no more crap, regardless of
world opinion.
The Philippines is again threatened with a volcano eruption.
They sit on the "Ring of Fire" and are as subject to these
natural phenomenon as is Indonesia. We will hear more from
this part of the world in the not too distant future.
Given the recent hike in oil prices the US looks like it
will not raise interest rates this week. (They think they
have control of the money, yet it is all illusion.)
Although this is early to do some advertising I want you to
keep an eye out for Fridays title article and my
perspective. It hits right at the heart of the matter, and
for those affected it strikes deep.
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