Mesothelioma: What is that?!?

With the new technology today, we can skip much of the advertisements on our television by forwarding to our favorite recorded show. But sometimes I had to get up to use the restroom or put my laundry in the dryer or other mundane tasks that conveniently interrupts my "relaxing" time. So I leave the advertisements on to give me enough time to do my chores and come back in time for the show. But if you've noticed, as we get up to leave the room, the TV would start to "talk" loud blasting your ears with some illness called mesothelioma & how you should call a lawyer to get justice or something like that. But anyways, for months now, I thought about searching what mesothelioma is all about, but kept forgetting about it until tonight, when my TV mysteriously upped its volume again, like it was following me wherever I went in the house, to tell me about Geico and mesothelioma. There it was again. So I thought I'd better search what that is. Oh, I know what Geico is ... but not mesothelioma.

So I read--and in simplistic form (because I'm not really a medical savvy person), I learned that people who are around asbestos dust much more frequently are more vulnerable to be inflicted with mesothelioma. They are usually susceptible and has the highest number of sufferers of this deadly disease. The sickness produce bad cells in the mesothelium (oh, I had to search that one too--it's the interior membranes that covers your organs inside your body). What mesothelioma does is to attack the inside covering of your chest wall and lungs.

People who lives nearby or who have family members that work around asbestos-associated industries are also in danger of getting impacted by the illness, much like being around a cigarette smoker subjecting non-smokers to second-hand smoking. Furthermore, smokers that have access to asbestos via their occupations or their family members' occupations have the higher risk of obtaining mesothelioma.

Unfortunately, people with mesothelioma won't have symptoms of the illness until it is too late to cure them. The common symptoms may include chest pains, difficulties breathing, and weight loss. Others may display different symptoms depending on their situation. So wow, now I feel a little smarter. Hope this helps you somewhat too.

Can You Lose Weight Without Hard Exercises? The Right Answer!

by Asem Eltaher

There is no doubt that losing belly fat is not that easy job. Indeed, thousands and thousands of people give up because they cannot afford making fat burning exercises everyday. Others are sick of all these fat burning supplements, which are expensive and do not offer any fun. Who can live day and night taking protein shakes or diet pills that have side effects? In this article, you will learn 3 easy ways to burn fats and get the dream figure.

1. Get rid of hunger:

Getting rid of hunger is one of the most important things you need to do in order to lose weight successfully. If you are always hungry, you will always eat, and weight loss will never happen.

It is strongly recommended to eat protein-rich foods, which help you to get rid of your hunger feeling for a long time. Besides, protein-rich meals help in building muscles that can burn your body fats.


2. Drink more water:

Do you know that over 70% of our body contains water? Have you ever been informed that water for our bodies is like benzene for cars? I cannot stress enough how much important water is, when it comes to losing belly fat. If you do not drink enough water, your body will store water inside it to face any shortage in the future. Drink enough water to avoid this situation.

Water helps also to improve the functionality of your kidneys. This way, your body will get rid of more poisons and unwanted materials. Adding to this, water helps to increase your metabolic rate. Briefly, water is an excellent aiding factor to lose belly fat and keep your overall health in order.

3. Hula Hooping:

If you want to lose weight without exercises, hula hooping is a fun way to do it. All you need is a $10 weighted hula hoop. Just twirl it around yourself for at least one minute at a time. You need to do this exercise for ten minutes everyday, but if you cannot do it all at once, do not worry. Just do it whenever you find a little time.

If you do it only ten times per day, each time spending just one minute on it, you will be able to lose weight. Plus it is fun to do. As you can see, weight loss does not have to be hard and scary. Follow the three tips above and see how easily you shed those extra pounds.


Source: http://www.PopularArticles.com/article221375.html

Avon Lady Became the First Millionaire Selling Door-to-Door

Now this article answers the most popular question on search engines--"Can you really earn money from Avon?" And the answer to that question is -- YES!!

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In just six years, Debbie Davies has gone from jobless print worker to saleswoman worth £1.4m who employs 8,000 sellers.

A woman who was made redundant has become the first person to earn more than £1m selling cosmetics door-to-door. Debbie Davis, 31, who now has an 8,000-strong sales team, is the first Avon representative millionaire.

Her rise began six years ago when she was laid off by a Sunderland printing firm where she had worked since leaving school. She was unemployed for six months until she paid £15 to become an Avon representative. After selling £18,800 worth of products in three weeks near her home in Sunderland, she recruited her partner Dave Carter, 42.

She has achieved a cumulative turn-over of £9.3m since 2004 and earned £1.4m. She still goes out pursuing door-to-door sales but now drives a Mercedes SLK car and lives in a spacious house.

Davies said: "I have been able to travel the world, drive my dream car and purchase my own home – a far cry from the council estate I was brought up on."

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**This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 19.30 BST on Wednesday 25 August 2010. A version appeared on p4 of the Main section section of the Guardian on Thursday 26 August 2010. It was last modified at 19.46 BST on Wednesday 25 August 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/aug/25/avon-lady-first-sales-millionaire#history-link-box

APA Groups: Casting in 'The Last Airbender' is 'Whitewashing'

Last night, my daughter was talking to me in my sleep asking me where to find casting calls for the second installment of Avatar: the Last Airbender. She wants to audition for the role of Toph Bei Fong.

With her kung fu and dance background, and her latest role in "Gentlemen Broncos" I don't think she would have any problem auditioning for the part of Toph. But when I stumbled upon the article below, I second-guessed my daughter's chance of having a call back from a casting director who probably won't even take a look at her the seconds she walks into the audition room.

APA Groups: Casting in 'The Last Airbender' is 'Whitewashing'

The film's one main Asian actor, Dev Patel of 'Slumdog Millionaire,' will play a villain.

By Melissa Chua, P.C. Web Reporter
Published May 15, 2009

Hollywood is doing it again.

In the wake of "Dragonball: Evolution" and "21" - films that ignited controversy over their casting of mostly Caucasian actors in roles originally written for Asian Pacific Americans - another Hollywood movie studio is drawing similar criticism.

M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming movie "The Last Airbender," based on the Nickelodeon television series "Avatar: The Last Airbender," isn't set for release until 2010, but fans and APA advocacy groups are already accusing the production of racial bias in its selection of white actors to portray Asian characters.

The popular animated series takes place in an Asian fantasy world inspired by Asian cultures and themes. The characters practice East Asian martial arts and dress in traditional Asian attire. They even write with Chinese characters.

Yet in the film adaptation of the series, white actors play three out of four of the main characters. Dev Patel, of "Slumdog Millionaire" fame, will be the sole Asian face in the upcoming film version of "Airbender."

Among the critics are members of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA), the Los Angeles-based theater East West Players, and Racebending.com - a Web site launched in response to the film's casting.

"People need to realize that recasting Asian actors as white actors is institutionalized discrimination that affect children who perceive white as the norm, even in a world that is Asian-based," said Loraine Sammy, public relations coordinator for Racebending.com.

"This was a chance for actors from our community to be represented, but that chance was taken away," said Marissa Lee, also of Racebending.com.

The "Airbender" casting sends a message to the public that white actors are more qualified and entitled than APA actors to play Asian characters, added Lee.

So far Paramount Pictures, the studio backing the film, has remained tight-lipped about the casting process.

"At this time, Paramount does not have a comment to share," said Michael Agulnek, vice president of national publicity and the film's lead publicist.

But in a statement, "Airbender" producers said they "envisioned embodying the 'Airbender' universe with a large and ethnically diverse cast that represents many different heritages and cultures from all corners of the globe."

"Diversity is good, but not when you're making the background more diverse and the foreground less diverse," said Lee. "The more this happens, the easier it gets for Hollywood to get away with it."

In December when news of the casting broke, outraged fans began protesting with a letter-writing campaign, a petition and a direct response Web site.

"Fans, most of which identify themselves as white, Latino and black, are really concerned that this racial discrimination sends a terrible message to children especially Asian children because they can't see themselves on screen," said Guy Aoki, co-founder of MANAA.

Community leaders also expressed outrage when the film's casting director Deedra Ricketts told the Daily Pennsylvanian that she had asked extras auditioning for roles "to dress in traditional cultural ethnic attire ... if you're Korean, wear a kimono. If you're from Belgium, wear lederhosen."

In response to Rickett's comments, East West Players' Tim Dang wrote a letter to Paramount blasting the studio.

"Besides the ignorance of confusing Korean hanboks with Japanese kimonos, Ms. Ricketts' call for extras to come looking ethnic and foreign could not contrast more sharply with the casting of whites for most of the leading roles."

Also at contention is Patel's character, Zuko - a villain.

APA activists say movies like "Fu Manchu", "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Sixteen Candles", show that Hollywood has a long record of casting actors of color as villains or stereotypical characters.

"Very rarely are Asian people allowed to be cast heroes in the story," said Aoki.

MANAA and Racebending.com are calling for a boycott of the film when it is released next summer.

"We can refuse to support movies like these that are willing to sell actors of color short for whatever reason and to deny what they've done by casting people of color as extras," said Lee.

For more information: http://www.manaa.org/, http://www.racebending.com/