My illness: Emphysema

What Is Emphysema? Emphysema is a degenerative disease that usually develops after many years of assault on lung tissues from cigarette smoke or other toxins that pollute the air. These toxins destroy the small air sacs in the lungs, called alveoli, that stretch as they transport oxygen from the air to the blood and then shrink as they force out carbon dioxide. As a result, the lungs lose their elasticity, and exhaling becomes difficult as the damaged lungs trap air and cannot effectively exchange it with fresh air. As the damage progresses, the effort needed to breathe increases and, ultimately, each breath becomes labored. (Illustration provided by the American Medical Association.) Emphysema is one of a group of lung diseases referred to as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that can interfere with normal breathing. Other diseases that come under COPD include asthma and chronic bronchitis. According to the American Lung Association (ALA), nearly 16 million Americans are estimated to suffer from some form of COPD, and COPD is the fourth-ranking cause of death just behind heart ailments, cancers, and stroke.

Monday 17 November 2008

Marvel Movies...

If you're like me, and a fan of Marvel Movies such as Spider-Man ect, I am aware of what Marvel movies are going to be made.

The Wolverine Movie is going to have the crazy Deadpool in it and Colonel Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) who will be appearing in many different movies as Nick Fury.

Spider-Man 4 is official, as Toby McGuire, Kirsten Dunst & Sam Remi have all agreed to be involved with it, but it is looking the Spider-Man 4 will have Carnage in it.

They will also be a Spider-Man spin off a year after Spider-Man 4, starring Venom, I'd like to know how they're gonna pull that one off since Venom is really no hero or villian he's more Neutral, he has a hatred for Spider-Man & Carnage.

The Incredible Hulk, so sequel has been announced yet but after the way the movie ended you can see they HAS to be a sequel as they brought in at the end Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr), who said to Colonel Sanders "I hear you got a bit of a problem, I'm sure I can help you", so Hulk 2...Hulk Vs Ironman?

Ironman 2: Robert Downey Jr HAS agreed to be in the sequel and he's agreed to be in the Avengers movies (which will have Hulk, Ironman, Ant Man, Thor & Captain America all on the same team), they will also be an Ironman 3, but there's not been any cast members announced yet, they was a part on the Hulk Movie where "blink and you'll miss it", where Hulk was fighting some Snow, in the background frozen over was Captain America.
Also, since "Marvel studios" which is a new movie franchise, have the contracts for these movie characters they were hoping to have Spider-Man in the Avengers aswell along with Toby McGurie, but Sony have the movie contract for Spider-Man, so I doubt it's possible unless they find a way they can work together in the Avengers movie?.

Ghost Rider 2: I loved the 1st one, the cast hasn't been announced for the 2nd yet but they definatley will be a sequel on the cards.

About Mugen...

Mugen is a fighting game for the PC where you can download & add ANY fighters you want, whether they're from Streetfighter, Mortal Kombat, Marvel, DC, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Dragon Ball Z and various Anime's and more, you can even add stages and theme music for that stage.I currently have a tool that allows me to edit colours of any character I want, I also know how to change the character's name's and the sizes of the characters, I also have a tool that'll let me create my own Mugen character which I hope to do at some point, what you'll need is the Mugen Character Maker, a sprite sheet for the character you want to create and sounds for the moves they do (like "HADOUKEN/SHO-RYU-KEN" for Ryu/Ken for instance).

Many people have made their own Mugen's available to download so you can either choose to make your own from scratch or download a pre-made one by someone else.
You can find several pre-made Mugen's at www.caiman.us

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