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Friday, December 5, 2008

An Unwelcome Visitor


It is dawn and most of the people will be in their own world of wonderland now. I could be still staying awake now, but I'm not because of vigorous sports activities and also energy consuming job on the day before were done together. Thank god I didn't stay awake because the SNAKE had just landed ground on this house. Or not I will be at the main hall playing with my laptop and who knows, might be twined to death. I don't know when the snake sneaked in and from where it is able to intrude.

I was still sleeping in my room but rendered awake because the noise caused by my parents. It seems to be something bad happening and so I asked. Well, well we seems to have a visitor, a Python. This is the second time a snake has ever came to our house. For goodness sake, why must be our house?? There are so many houses which they can choose to enter but they still pinpoint our coordinate. I wonder what is so nice and attractive about our house. It is in the bathroom, finding a way out. Unfortunately the holes towards the drain is closed haha =) My dad shutted the bathroom door to prevent it from going out and even place the gunny sack at every possible space that the snake will be able to sneak out. Meanwhile, my mom called the firebrigade to assist us in catching the snake. My mum waited for the firebrigade to arrive and my dad and I became a bathroom guard to prevent the snake from going out. We waited for 10 minutes and they still havent arrive. Oh my god!! The snake is going to escape if you guyz take too long.

In the process of waiting, we heard several noises in the bathroom. It must be the snake trying to climb the wall to escape. Not long before they arrive, the snake is able to sneak out from the bathroom from a tiny little space between the door and the floor and it headed for the cupboard, which is about 10 meters away from the bathroom. I thought there is a gunny sack there to completely shut up the space, however its slicky little body is able to go through the space. Its body is very slim, which means that there is no prey for him to feed on for a while. The snake entered the hole but the tail is still tugged out on the surface under the cupboard which leads to the drain. Before the snake completely entered the hole, luckily the firebrigade arrive just in time and somehow manage to pull the snake out of hole. They caught its neck and gently put it in the gunny sack. Any delayed action will render us to lose track of the snake. That's it, the firebrigade save the day.

This is an exciting yet intimidating experience to remember and I hope there is no next time for this incident to occur. If not I will not be able to stay put late at night and I need to shift my laptop to my room as a safety precaution T.T

Friday, November 28, 2008

Creating Your Most Desirable Blog Background

Having your own background is the most wonderful thing you could ever do in designing your blog. Having a beautiful yet astonishing background never fails to attract other users to your blog. Customizing your background is better than downloading other background templates because most of the templates cannot be further customized i.e where to place your gadget. That is exactly why you would like to do it your own way. Most of the people would like to create their own background but they doesn't know how to do it. It is not difficult to create your own background, since creating a blog background only needs to undergo only 2 steps.


Step 1
Everyone has its own template for its blog. The first thing that you need to do is just to go to the customize tab at the top-right corner of the page. You will be able to see three main tabs just on top of the page i.e Posting, Settings and Layout . By default, the customize tab you clicked on previously brings you to the Layout tab. Now you can see that there are three 4 sub-tabs under it. Just click on the Edit HTML and walla, you just completed the very first step towards customizing your own background. By now you should be able to see the HTML codes for your template


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Step 2
Find this line

body {
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
background:#fff url("http://www.blablabla.com/imageblabla");
background-position: 50% 31px;

text-align:center;

font:x-small Verdana, Arial, Sans-serif;

color:$textcolor;

font-size/* */:/**/small;

font-size: /**/small;

}


You can see that the yellow phrase above represents your background image URL. Lets say you already found the background image. Just replace that with the the image URL that u found.

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Jobs done!! Now you would only worry about how to customize your layout. Look at the FAQs below to help you to personalize your background if you encounter any problems or not satisfied of your blog's background.



FAQs

The default layout only allows 2 columns. Can I increase the number of columns?
Yes you can. You can increase the number of columns according to you preference. You can find more information at here.


I copied and paste the downloaded templates but it pops up an error message after I tried to save it as my default template.
Before you copy and paste the HTML codes into content template box, you need to revert your current template into classic template. It is located just below the contents box of the HTML codes. Now you should be able to copy and paste the codes into the content template box and save it with no sweat =)

Friday, November 21, 2008

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is highly correlated to the previous high exposure With Mesothelioma Cancers, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium which is a protective fine lining or sac that covers the organs inside the body.

Most of the Mesothelioma cancers develop near or at the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) or the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart).

Generally, the majorities of people who develop mesothelioma cancers have had or are working in jobs where they are exposed to asbestos particles thus inhaling it. Secondary exposure can also occur to those who are in contact with the substance too such as those who wash the clothes of family members to work with asbestos or even being exposed to renovations where old asbestos based roof linings or cement is removed and dust forms.

The problem with all types of Mesothelioma Cancers are that most signs will not appear until 20 to 50 years after harmful exposure to asbestos. The time in which it takes for the first mesothelioma symptoms to present is what makes this cancer particularly harmful. Often if the patient exhibits symptoms, the Mesothelioma cancer would have progressed so far that treatment proves to be extremely difficult.

There are several types of Mesothelioma Cancers, each with its own specific symptoms and signs. For Pleural Mesothelioma, shortness of breath, excessive coughing, and pain in the chest due to an accumulation of fluid in the pleural space are often signs of the affliction. As a consequence of this the patient will normally suffer from acute shortness of breath, wheezing, hoarseness and deep coughing.

Another type of Mesothelioma Cancer is Peritoneal Mesothelioma. Symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma include weight loss and cachexia, abdominal swelling and pain due to ascites (a buildup of fluid in the abdominal cavity). Other possible symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma include excessive bowel disturbance and occasional obstruction, blood clotting abnormalities, anemia, and fever. If the cancer has spread beyond the mesothelium to other parts of the body then these severe stage will show symptoms like pain, trouble swallowing, or swelling of the neck or face.

In severe cases of Mesothelioma Cancers, the person may have many tumor masses. The individual may develop a pneumothorax, or collapse of the lung in extreme situations. The malignant Mesothelioma cancers might also metastasize, or spread, to other parts of the body causing other malignant cancers in other organs or body parts.

Additionally, in severe cases of Mesothelioma Cancers, the following signs and symptoms may be present indicating the advanced stages:

  • blood clots in the veins, which may cause thrombophlebitis;
  • disseminated intravascular coagulation, a disorder causing severe bleeding in many body organs;
  • jaundice, or yellowing of the eyes and skin;
  • low blood sugar level;
  • pleural effusion;
  • pulmonary emboli, or blood clots in the arteries of the lungs;
  • severe ascites.

In addition to giving you the required information about mesothelioma and how to live with it we can also give you contacts to specialized mesothelioma lawyers and mesothelioma attorneys where you can start your claims process for your personal injury.