April 2, 2008

Living In Fear Of Mesothelioma

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Living In Fear Of Mesothelioma

First of all, you may be wondering what mesothelioma is, and why I should be scared of it ?…..

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is the medical name for cancer of the lung, and is usually caused by exposure to asbestos. Symptoms my not appear for up to 50 years or so after exposure to asbestos, and people who haven’t had any contact with asbestos for many years, are now showing signs of having this deadly disease. The symptoms are usually shortness of breath, coughing, and chest pains and feeling very tired.

Why should I be scared of it ?

As a small child, I used to live near a factory which used asbestos to make fire-proof products and other insulating materials for the building industry. I believe that asbestos was also used in the manufacture of break linings. I can remember seeing the asbestos dust that spewed out of the factory covering the surrounding area (including part of our school playground) with this deadly snow like powder. Of course, as we were just kids at that time, we had absolutely no idea just how deadly this dust was. We even played in it completely unaware of its dangers.

The Horror Came Later.

It wasn’t until years later after the factory had been closed down, that we began to see the full horrors of this white snow looking powder, we had played with as children. By this time I was much older, and the dangers of asbestos had been given massive coverage by the media, so I was now aware of what could happen to myself and hundreds of other people who lived in the same area as this factory in years to come.

TV Documentary.

This factory received national television coverage, and on one program they interviewed families who had suffered due to the problem of asbestos. I was shocked to see that I knew some of the people who had lost family members due to developing mesothelioma, in fact I actually went to school with some of the people who took part in the program. The program showed old photographs of the area around the factory (including my old school) covered in powder, and it really did look like it had been snowing. When you see all of this on television it really does make you just a little bit worried, especially when you have been in contact with asbestos like I have.

Treatments.

If mesothelioma is diagnosed early enough, a cure is possible with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. However, in the case of a more advanced illness a cure is not possible, but with the right treatments the illness can be slowed down dramatically and medication can be used to ease any pain.

X-Rays.

As a precaution I did have x-rays a few years ago just to put my mind at rest, and thankfully they were all clear. The doctor recommended that I should have x-rays on a very regular basis just to be on the safe side. So, at the moment everything is ok, but I will always be just a little bit worried of what might happen in the future.

Thank you for reading my article - Author John Moore. For more help and information, please use my link http://www.online-mesothelioma-guide.com

Author - John Moore - please use my link www.online-mesothelioma-guide.com

Cardio E-Z One Of The Leading Products For Cardiovascular System Function

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Cardio E-Z

Cardio E-Z is an oral chelation product developed for the cardiovascular system function. In 1997 Dr. Donsbach developed Cardio E-Z after comprehensive testing at Santa Monica Hospital on hundreds of patients. It contains EDTA, CoQ-10, and a combination of nutrients that make it, according to Dr. Donsbach, the best product for cardiovascular system function. Some of the important nutrients and their benefits to the human body present in Cardio E-Z are discussed below.

Vitamin C

Cardio E-Z contains 400 mg of Vitamin C per serving. Vitamin C, also known as Ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble substance that is responsible for several important functions in the body. It is an important antioxidant that blocks some of the damage caused by free radicals that are a byproduct of converting food to energy. It is also important in the healing of wounds and production of skin, tendons, blood vessels, etc.

The build up of hazardous byproducts in the body causes aging and produces various health problems such as heart disease and cancer. Cardio E-Z contains the necessary amounts of Vitamin C that help to reduce the chances of heart disease.

Vitamin E

Cardio E-Z contains 300 IU of vitamin E per serving. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble substance that is commonly found in eight forms. Each form performs different activities that are vital to the body. Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that protects your body from free radicals. Free radicals are the main culprits of cardiovascular disease. Vitamin E in Cardio E-Z reduces the chance of cardiovascular disease and plays a role in immune function.

Niacin

Cardio E-Z contains 50 mg niacin per serving. Niacin is also known as Vitamin B3. Small amounts are also manufactured in the body. It helps in the release of energy and metabolism, cell respiration, functioning of the nervous system and normal secretion of stomach fluids. A deficiency of niacin causes dermatitis, diarrhea, and dementia. Required amounts of niacin for healthy bodily functions are present in Cardio E-Z.

Vitamin B6

Cardio E-Z contains 50 mg of Vitamin B6 per serving. B6 serves an important function in the metabolism of protein. Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble substance that is commonly found in three forms. Cardio E-Z contains the necessary amounts of vitamin B6 for proper functioning of nervous and immune systems.

Calcium

Cardio E-Z contains 100 mg of calcium per serving. Calcium plays an important part in the human body by keeping the bones strong and supporting the proper function of muscles and nerves. Cardio E-Z helps to maintain proper functioning of the human body by providing additional amounts of calcium.

Magnesium

Cardio E-Z contains 200 mg of magnesium per serving. Magnesium is required for over 300 biochemical reactions in the body. Cardio E-Z uses this element to keep heart rhythm steady along with other vital functions.

CoQ10

Cardio E-Z contains 15 mg of CoQ10 per serving. CoQ10 is also known as ubiquinone or Coenzyme Q10. It is found naturally in the body in small amounts. It is an anti-oxidant that is used for release in cells. Coenzyme Q10 helps with congestive heart failure when taken orally. This is one of the more important nutrients in Cardio E-Z.

Ginkgo

Cardio E-Z contains 15mg of Ginkgo per serving. It is basically used for its powerful effect on the circulatory system. It increases oxygen levels in the brain and blood circulation. Cardio E-Z uses Ginkgo to prevent clumping in arteries.

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Top 2 Ways To Get Higher Rankings in Major Search Engines

Filed under: Great Search Engine Optimization Tips — admin @ 12:35 pm

Top 10 search engine rankings. Everybody wants it but a few achieve it. Search engines have always been an important source of traffic for many marketers. Achieving high search engine rankings should be one of your goals because it can be profitable in the long run.

But what is it that prevent some people from obtaining their coveted rankings?

It’s true that some years ago, getting high rankings was very easy. You could just set up a site, heavily optimize it on the page itself and bam, you can appear in the top listings quickly and easily.

Nowadays, this has totally changed. It is becoming more and more difficult to secure and even maintain good rankings on the major search engine result pages(SERPs) like Google and Yahoo. Some of the reasons are:

(1) Competition

There is more and more competition. More and more websites are popping out everyday and everyone is trying to promote their websites, hence increasing pages and websites in the SERPs. An example, Google has more than 8 billion pages now in its index.

(2) Search Engine Algorithm Change

With the search engine algorithm changing, it can become more complex to figure out how to get top rankings or maintain your existing ones.

(3) Search Engines Are More Severe

Doing any foolish mistake with your site can be costly. You should be careful what you are doing when promoting your site. For eg, you can have hidden text or links on your site without you knowing and you can be penalized.

If it’s not a mistake, you could be linking to websites that aren’t good anymore, hence devaluing your site.

What should you do? Well, you can’t do anything about competition neither algorithm change but you need to monitor who you link to and ensure that your site is clean everytime. And above all,
links on as many similar and related sites are still highly valuable to get top rankings and you should constantly get them regularly because that’s the core building block of good placement in the SERPs no matter what and to outrank your competition, that’s what you should do. And you can be sure that good quality links will still be important in every algorithm change.

Here are top 2 ways to get links to your site and higher rankings in major search engines:

(1) Reciprocal Links

It’s being said that reciprocal links are decreasing in value but still though, they are worth getting. If you are exchanging links with sites which are of similar or related topics, it can do you more good than harm. So don’t stop getting these type of links. A link is a link and it will benefit you in many ways you can imagine. A link will not only help you in better search engine placement but you will get traffic from that link alone.

I know that because I get lots of traffic from my link partners alone. If you can get one on the homepage, it’s even better. So don’t underestimate reciprocal linking. They still work. Many sites with high search engine positioning have reciprocal links to them, so they are still of great value. The web is simply a network of websites linking to each other in a way. Links are what form the internet.

(2) One-way Links

On the other hand, one-way links are best because they are independent votes. Other websites link to you without linking back. Well these type of links are harder to get.

Some good ways to get them are:

(i) Build a useful site and allow others to link to you freely by providing them with the necessary materials like text links or banners. Text links are better because you can include your targeted keywords in them. Some people will even link to you just because your site has good content and will find a way to link to you usually just by taking your homepage title. I’ve seen that.

(ii) Buy some text advertising on other quality related sites. This will give you traffic and automatically benefit you in your rankings.

(iii) Write articles of interest to your audience and submit them to other websites which accept articles. In your author bylines, you have a link to your site. Well this will certainly help your traffic, link popularity and rankings. But to boost your rankings better, check out section (iv) which reveals how use the article marketing strategy to get one-way inbound links with your targeted keyword in your anchor text.

(iv) Create a section on your site allowing others to re-publish your articles. Provide them with the exact html code so that they can just copy and paste that code on their sites easily. Don’t forget to mention that the article and author bio should not be modified in any way if it’s used. Hence by facilitating their tasks, you can be sure to get your articles distributed on the web much more faster.

In your author bylines, be sure to put an anchor text with your targeted keyword in the link to your site. This is how an author bylines can be extremely beneficial for your rankings. This is not just a url but a keyword targeted url. Imagine your reprint article page gets decent traffic, you increase your chances to get some people interested to re-publish your work on the net. With time, you will boost your link popularity and get higher rankings.

Well you work hard to produce quality content and it can pay itself many times over. One article can be published on hundreds of websites and if your url is automatically coded with an anchor text containing your targeted keyword, you will have 100 one-way keyword-rich inbound links. Now what’s the value of that? I let you figure it out.

Getting high search engine rankings takes time, work and patience but if you are serious about your business and you are here to stay for long, you should devote some of your time everyday doing some search engine promotion. In the long run, you are going to reap the rewards of your on-going work.

EzineArticles Expert Author Jean Lam

This article can be freely published on a website as long as
it’s not modified in any way including the author bylines,
plus the hyperlink must be made active just like below.

Jean Lam is the author of the highly acclaimed eBook
Top Search Engine Ranking Secrets in Google Revealed,
a concise, step-by-step guide to high search engine ranking for
the beginner to intermediate level webmaster.

Gold Investment - 2006 Is Another Year Of Big Rally

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Spot Gold price has been keep rising for the past years (2001 - 2005). Will it continue to rise in 2006? Most of the analyst say a definite “yes” this question, now the question has turned to be “How much do you think Gold price can reach?”

Someone mentioned it can reach US00 per ounce. I am reservative on this number but I think 00 is really possible. Today the gold price close at 0. Still another 0 to go !!

1) The Gold market has been bear for about 20 years. The rally has just started and very seldom will finish within a short period of time.

2) China demand for Gold is getting more and more, and supplies are starting to get short. Gold storage is always limited in the world. It will only get harder and harder to mine gold. When supply is short while demand is strong, price will naturally goes up.

3) US dollar will top very soon once the interest rate stops increasing. Weak dollar will benefit Gold price.

4) Gold is always a shelter for capital. If in any case the country becomes unstable, risk of war, or ecomony becomes worse. Investors tends to buy more gold instead of stocks.

5) It is quite clear that Gold is in Bull market cycle. It normally has 3 phases, and it is probably running the 2nd phase. In the 3rd phase, gold price will boost up and everyone will be crazy about buying gold. When this starts to happen, it is a signal the gold bull market is ending very soon.

You can find more articles about gold here
Also I have a stock colletion page with gold quote resources.

Full Body Awareness

Filed under: New Age Hub — admin @ 1:45 am

Now that you’re comfortable working with your breath it’s time to bring the rest of the body in. Continue breathing as I’ve outlined in my article on Breathing. Now in addition to feeling your breath flow and your stomach and ribs expand, I want you to feel the energy that flows into your body with each breath. For me it feels like a lightness, or a very light feeling. It may feel different for you so take some time here and just open up and feel the energy.

Now when you draw the energy in can you feel it pooling at your center of gravity just below your belly button? Now as you breathe just let that pool of energy expand throughout your body. Can you feel it flowing down through your legs and up your back and down your arms? Take some time here and practice this feeling that energy pool expand through your whole body. Later we’ll expand it out even further, but for now just let it flow.

This exercise should help you to feel rejuvenated and refreshed as you’re drawing energy from an infinite pool. Do this exercise whenever you’re depressed or down, and eventually as you progress you’ll learn to do it all the time. It’s a habit that you have to grow into.

Awareness and Intention

EVERYTHING is about ‘Awareness’ and ‘Intention’. Now that you’ve begun to build an awareness of the energy, called Chi, Ki or Prana in some circles, you’ll be able to do things with it and move it around in your (and other peoples) body.

We move energy with ‘Intention’, and this is a very important fact. EVERYTHING is energy! Our thoughts, our actions, our beliefs, everything around us and everything we see, feel, hear, think and do is energy. Intention is what we do with that energy.

We are all connected in a vast energy pool that encompasses everything that is, was and will be. It doesn’t matter whether a person believes in it or can feel it; they still have the ability to affect it. How many times have you seen a person with a negative attitude who continually draws more negative reactions to himself? He’s broadcasting his intentions through his attitudes with the result that he becomes a human ‘crap magnet’, drawing in all the negative feelings and emotions and experiences.

The other side of this is the continually positive person who always approaches everything from a positive attitude. This doesn’t mean that everything always goes the way she wants it, but if you’ll watch you’ll see that even the bad times provide fuel for her growth and she tries to take every ‘bad experience’ as a lesson to help improve herself.

Just as our thoughts can influence Chi subconsciously, so can they move it around in our body. Energy follows thought, so when you think about moving energy then it will actually go where you send it. The important thing here is to stay out of its way. Energy moves in a spiral and at its own speed, so don’t try to micro-manage it, just let it flow.

Now take some time and do the Full Body Awareness exercise again, and this time feel the energy go where you send it. You can also play with this a bit. Send it down to your feet, now bring it back to your center and this time just send it down to your left foot, now your right. Now send it up to your head, and down to your left elbow.

Now, the next time you’re stuck in traffic, or impatiently waiting in line at the Motor Vehicles Office, just relax and start to play with this. Isn’t this a neat toy?

Robert Morgen is a Reiki Master who currently holds a Black Belt in Hoshin Roshi Ryu. He’s the founder of the Kundalini Awakening Discussion Group, the Druids Circle Discussion Group and the (offline) Druids Circle in Lakewood, CO. You can find more info on all these at;

http://www.robertmorgen.com

He’s also the founder and Executive Director of the Windhaven Foundation for Sustainable Living.

He writes a regular column on subtle energy for Fight Times Magazine and a twice monthly column on Kundalini Awakening at Alumbo.com.

In addition to teaching about energy work and Kundalini Awakening he donates time to teach about Renewable Energy, Alternative Building and Creating Sustainable Lifestyles in various Public Schools.

He travels and teaches as much as possible and you can find out how to attend one of his Kundalini Awakening seminars at his website.

His new book “Kundalini Awakening for Personal Mastery” (ISBN: 0977380106) is available through his website or at a bookstore near you.