Gallstones Symptoms - Belching and Gas

Not everyone that has gallstones experiences gallstones symptoms but those that do often suffer. This article discusses gas and belching.

Everyone has gas with certain Foods they eat and it is normal for people to belch or pass gas every day. These normal occurrences may become gallstones symptoms when either becomes excessive and happens almost every time you eat Foods that have a high fat content.

Some of the foods that might trigger the types of gas and belching you get with gallstones might be:

Cheeseburgers

French fries

Onion rings

Pasta with a rich cream sauce

Chili

That's just a small list of the fatty foods that triggered my gallstones symptoms. I found that any food that was high in saturated fats or cholesterol left me full of gas and belching.

The belching and gas was bad enough that no antacid helped. I would sometimes belch up bile or stomach acid and I can testify that you will NEVER forget the nasty taste of bile once you have experienced it and you will do just about anything that sounds even remotely plausible to prevent it from happening again.

The gas that built up after eating usually felt like someone was trying to inflate a beach ball in my stomach and it often felt like it was getting worse with every belch.

The gall bladder usually delivers bile to the stomach so it can help break down the fats you consumed with your meal. When there are gallstones either blocking the ducts or partially blocking them, enough bile isn't delivered to do the Job and you start experiencing a gas build up and belching from your partially digested food. Antacids work to reduce the production of bile so they may be helping make the problem you are trying to eliminate worse.

If you experience big gas build ups or bad sessions of belching almost every time you eat a good fatty meal, Fast food or red meat; you may be experiencing gallstones symptoms.

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WAAS - Enabled GPS System

WAAS (Wide Area AugMentation System) was developed by the Federal Aviation Administration to augMent the Global Positioning System to improve its accuracy, integrity, and availability. WAAS was originally intended to enable Aircraft to rely on GPS for all Ph Meters laterally and 1.5 Meters vertically throughout most of the contiguous United States and large parts of Canada and Alaska. This accuracy is capable of provideing Aircraft with the precision needed for safe approaches and inflight navigation for all weather conditions. Integrity of the WAAS information is no more than 3 seconds of bad data per year allowing the system to be considerd safe by the FAA for instrument flight rules.

Although orignally developed for aviation, WAAS is not just limited to the aviation industry, any GPS receiver that is capable of receiving the WAAS signal will be able to benefit from it's correction data, making the GPS positioning more accurate. In fact a WAAS-enabled GPS receiver can even give you directions right down to the lane your car is traveling in (as long as the maping program supports "lane assist" directions). Because the Wide Area Augmentation System is quickly becoming standard in the GPS industry, most new GPS receivers today are WAAS-enabled. Just like with the conventinal GPS, the WAAS system doesn't come with any extra cost or fees to use. All that is required is that the GPS receiver be WAAS-enabled so it can receive and decode the data then be able to apply corrections to it's position. Currently the WAAS service is limited to the U.S.A., Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. Although independant from WAAS, Europe and Asia are working on their own supplemental GPS correction systems. Europe has the  "Euro Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service" (EGNOS) and Japan is working on their "Multi-Functional Satellite Augmentation System" (MSAS) .

How The WAAS System Works

WAAS uses a network of approximately 25 ground based Wide-area Reference Stations (WRS) in North America and Hawaii, to measure small variations in GPS satellite signals in the western hemisphere. These precisely surveyed ground stations monitor and collect information on the GPS signals and send their data to the three Wide-area Master Stations (WMS). The WMS's generate two different sets of corrections: Fast and slow. The Fast corrections are for errors that are changing rapidly and are a primary concern to the GPS satellites instantaneous positions and clock errors. These corrections are user position independent, which means they can be applied instantly by any receiver in the WAAS broadcasting area. The slow corrections are for long-term ephemeric and clock error estimates and ionospheric delay information.

Once these corrections are generated, the Master Stations sends them to two pAirs of Ground Uplink Stations (GUS) that transmit the correction messages to a series of geostationary satellites that broadcast their correction data back to earth. Then WAAS-enabled GPS receivers use this information to make corrections to the original GPS signial, giving WAAS-enabled GPS receiver a more accurate position. GPS receiver's use the information broadcast from each GPS satellite to determine their location and the current time. Depending on the GPS device, a GPS receiver only needs to receive a signal from 3-4 satellites (out of the 31 satellites currently transmiting a signal for civilan users) to be able to calculate it's position. In addition to the GPS signal, a WAAS-enabled GPS receiver can also receive the geostationary WAAS satellite signal.

The two different types of correction messages from the WAAS system (Fast and slow) are used by  the GPS receiver in different ways. The Fast type of correction data includes the corrected satellite position and clock data to determine its current location using normal GPS calculations. Once an approximate position fix is obtained the GPS receiver begins to use the slow corrections to improve its accuracy. Slow correction data Includes the ionospheric delay. When the GPS signal travels from the satellite to the receiver, it passes through the ionosphere. The receiver calculates the location where the signal pierced the ionosphere and, if it has received an ionospheric delay value for that location, it corrects for the error  that the ionosphere created. Unlike the fast data, the slow data doesn't need to be updated frequently because the ionosphere conditions don't change rapidly. While the slow data can be updated every minute if necessary, they are only updated every two minutes and are considered valid for up to six minutes.

Limitations of the WAAS System

(1) The WAAS system is currently only available to United States and large parts of Canada and Alaska but there plans to expand the system to other countries and continents.

(2) Because the WAAS broadcasting satellites are geostationary  causes them to be less than 10° above the horizon for locations north of 71.4° latitude. This means Aircraft in areas of Alaska or northern Canada may have difficulty maintaining a lock on the WAAS signal.

(3) In order to calculate an ionospheric grid point's delay, that point must be located between a satellite and a reference station. The low number of satellites and ground stations limit the number of points which can be calculated.

(4) Aircraft conducting WAAS approaches must possess certified GPS receivers.

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Motorcyle GPS - The Hottest Motorcycle Accessory On The Planet

Do you ride a motorcycle? Get lost sometimes? A Garmin GPS motorcycle navigation system, or perhaps a Tom Tom GPS motorcycle navigation unit, can take the strain out of motorcycle navigation.

But firstly, what is GPS motorcycle navigation, and secondly what can it do for you?

GPS, or Global Positioning System technology, allows a motorbike rider, by the use of multiple satellite signal cross referencing, to pinpoint their exact location on the globe with extraordinary accuracy. This, combined with modern mapping software, means that owners of motorcyle GPS systems can use these technologies to produce the most accurate, easy to use and user friendly navigation system that has ever been available to motorcycle riders, or anyone.

Mount a modern motorcycle GPS system onto your motorbike and you have available a total navigation system. All maps are loaded into the unit, and once you have planned your route and told your GPS where you want it to take you and your bike, your GPS will tell you, both visually and by voice command, exactly how to get there. Modern GPS, such as the Garmin GPS motorcyle system or the Tom Tom Rider GPS units, will plan your route according to predetermined requireMents, such as fuel stops, accomodation stops and points of interest. They will show you and tell you every turn you need to make along the way to get there easily.

Like to avoid traffic jams? Modern GPS can also be asked to notify you of real time traffic information. Traffic jam ahead of you? Your motorcycle GPS navigation can let you know and determine the best way around the problem.

And all this can be routed by voice command direct to an earpiece in your helmet via bluetooth technology. No need to take your eyes off the road risking accident by looking at your GPS screen, just allow it to tell you where to go all by itself.

Like to make a hands free phone call along the way? No problem. Perhaps load your motorcycle GPS with a few music files so you can relax and listen on the road? No problem. Want to record your ride for future reference, or to share with your friends? No problem. All this, and lots more, can be done with a modern motorcyle GPS navigator, at a cost of less than 00. Units such as the Garmin GPS motorcyle navigation systems or the Tomtom GPS units can do all this and lots more.

Garmin GPS navigation systems like the Zumo 450 or it's big brother the Zumo 550 are specifically designed for motorcycle mounting. Vibration resistant and user friendly for easy screen viewing, they have been specifically designed with the motorcyclist in mind.

Or perhaps the Tom Tom Rider GPS navigator. Again, designed specifically for the motorbike rider. Waterproof, sunshield to minimize glare and easy to mount on the handlebars, a Tom Tom will make navigation for your ride a pleasure.

So if you'd like a total navigation solution for a long ride on a cold day, when you don't want to be stopping all the time to consult the map, consider a modern motorcycle GPS like the Garmin GPS motorcycle navigation systems or the Tom Tom Riders. You will never regret it.

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Garmin zumo Motorcycle GPS

Garmin zumo Motorcycle GPS

 
Garmin zumo 220 3.5-Inch Bluetooth Motorcycle GPS Navigator 

If you have 3 or 4 routes made up on you computer and want to transfer them to the Zumo you can only do one at a time not all at once. Then you have to go to another step "My Data" and import the route. Kinda a 2 step process that should only be one step.

DVD Software goes on the Computer realitively easy. Had a little trouble with some of the unlock process of the Map Source City Navigator North America NT. Called Garmin, got somebody immediatley, which blew me away, and within a couple minutes I was off the phone and enjoying my new Zumo 220.

OK so after all that I would highly recommend this Zumo 220. Everything is large and easily accessable and extremely user friendly. The price is a little steep and probably has some features you ain't gonna use. But if you buy one your not going to be sorry. It is a rugged unit and I love it. Go buy one for yourself!