How NOT to get sick during the rainy season

 

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With diarrhea, dengue, respiratory tract infections and leptospirosis on the rise during rainy season, it pays to know what to do to avoid some of the season’s most common illnesses.

1. Clean hands save lives. Frequent hand washing is the single, most effective way to prevent spread of disease. Wash hands with soap and clean, flowing water. If these are not available, use a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. Rub the hands for at least 20 seconds or simply sing "Happy Birthday" two times.
Wash your hands during these times:

• Before, during and after preparing food·
• Before and after caring for someone who is sick
• Before and after treating a cut or wound
• After using the toilet
• After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet
• After blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing
• After touching animals or animal waste
• After handling pet food or pet treats
• After touching garbage

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2. Be prepared with the right rain gear. Bring an umbrella, jacket or even keep a pair of rain boots in your locker.
3. Regularly check your surroundings. Make sure there are no containers with stagnant water and sweep out canals and gutters.
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4. Go outdoors every chance you get. Breathe in some fresh, clean air. Open windows and doors at least once a day to air out rooms. Avoid crowded and poorly ventilated places.
5. Minimize contact with people who are sick.
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6. Drink only safe water. If you are unsure of the source of the water, bring it to a rolling boil for 1 full minute to eliminate contaminants.
7. Avoid eating street food.
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8. Cover your mouth when you sneeze or when you cough, preferably with a tissue paper which you should discard immediately. A handkerchief can harbor viruses and bacteria.
9. Avoid walking in floodwaters. If you have no choice, wash the exposed skin with water and soap followed by alcohol. Take a prophylactic dose of Doxycycline.

 

Naked 'Project Runway' Billboard Banned in Los Angeles (Photo)

 

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Project Runway might be all about fashion, but in new key art for the show, the focus is on what the models are not wearing.

Lifetime released the season 12 promotional artwork on Tuesday featuring host/judge Heidi Klum and mentor Tim Gunn in what appears to be royal attire. The two are seen lording over a group of completely nude models posing as their subjects.
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The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that a new billboard featuring the image will not be on display in Los Angeles after TooFab reported that the image had been banned in the city for being too racy. Lifetime had no comment.
It's not the first racy key art for the fashion-design competition. For season nine, Klum posed for a poster wearing nothing but a snipped-off tie while holding a pair of scissors. For season 10, the supermodel donned lingerie and heels while lounging atop hundreds of pairs of scissors.
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Another Lifetime star,The Client List's Jennifer Love Hewitt, revealed on Conan in May that she had to tone her own show's billboards down for the second season. The first season art featured a full-body shot Hewitt in lingerie, while the second season artwork featured her cut off at the chest.
"It was a bit of a scandal with the first billboards," she admitted.
Project Runway returns at 9 p.m. July 18.

 

The No-Makeup Look

 

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Step 1: Moisturize
The most basic step women usually take for granted is putting on moisturizer. Aside from protecting skin from makeup and pollution, you also create a smooth canvas for your makeup application. Using a moisturizing cream gives your face a dewy effect. Choose one with SPF to protect skin from the UV rays of the sun.

 

 

 

  

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Step 2: Conceal
Keep those dark undereye circles a secret and don’t forget to cover unwanted blemishes. Gently dab and blend concealer for a smooth finish. Remember, just cover uneven spots and not the whole area as it will bring more attention to it.

The No-Makeup Look

  

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Step 3: Powder
Solve the annoying problem of having visible pores and a shiny face. Make skin appear flawless and silky with a face powder that’s closest to your skintone. Using a powder brush, apply powder lightly all over the face. Dust along the jawline and neck for an even application.

 

 

 

   

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Step 4: Blush
Give your cheeks a subtle flush of color. Applying powder blush from the apple of the cheek to the hairline should be in light strokes to avoid harsh streaks of blush. Also, try using a cheek stain or cream blush for a more natural glow. When choosing a blush shade, consider your skin undertone to complement your skintone. Most Filipinos have warm skin undertones; earth shades like brown and peach work well with morena skin.

 

 

 

  

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Step 5: Lipstick
Color those lips with neutral shades of lipstick or a shade darker than your lip color. Instead of using bold colors, another way of enhancing the lips is to top it off with a sheer gloss.

 

Rainproof Workouts

 

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Make a Personal Appearance
Before you send off that quick email to your office mate regarding next week’s staff meeting, why don’t you go over to his or her cubicle and tell them yourself? Getting out of your chair and walking a few extra steps, even if it’s just a few meters away, makes a difference and counts as part of the 10,000 steps you need to do in a day anyway. While you’re at it, skip the elevator and try using the stairs. If you work at the top floor of a sky scraper, then at least walk a few flights before punching the “up” button. Going up manually strengthens your quadriceps, as well as improves blood circulation.
Now while these mentioned activities can’t measure up to calories burned from running or spinning, they at least burn more than you would sitting at your office desk or watching TV at home.

 

 

 

 

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Kitchen Calisthenics
Barre3 founder Sadie Lincoln understands how women can be too busy to make it to a barre3 class, so she created a home version of the total body workout, called mybarre3.com. Here, her signature toning, lifting, and shaping classes—normally practiced in a studio with a ballet barre, weights, and a resistance ball—are available on video, and each exercise move is designed for you to do in the comfort of your own home. Your kitchen counter can replace the ballet barre, and 500ml water bottles can serve as your dumbbells!

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Hitting the Wall
may be a dreaded phrase when it comes to marathon running, but when it comes to exercising indoors, these three words can only mean one thing: great resistance training. Especially if you’re still building strength to do full pushups on the floor, pressing against the wall helps develop your chest muscles without straining your back. Lower leg muscles can get toned and strengthened when you press your back against the wall and bend your knees, as if sitting on a chair. 

 

 

 

   

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Office Yoga
Sitting in front of the computer all day at work can cause job-related body strains in the wrists, hands, neck, shoulders, and hips. If you can’t make it to your regular yoga class, there’s no reason to throw in the towel and not practice at all. Yogajournal.com’s specially produced series of videos designed for the working set helps you de-stress, improve circulation, and improve your posture over 15 days. Try it over lunch break with your officemates! 

 

 

 

  

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Cleaning Up—Zumba Style
House chores can be monotonous, but blasting your favorite dance music up to full volume while mopping the floor, scrubbing the sink, or wiping the walls turns these dreaded “have-to” tasks in to fun “want-to” activities!

low-cost tricks to a more organized desk

 

Use magnets
Make use of anything metal that’s close to your desk. A cubicle wall, metal drawer handles, even metal screws can help you out here. You can directly post documents on these using magnets. You could also use magnetic bars to create a metal corkboard.

Low-cost trick to try: Using bigger magnets, you can suspend metal cases on your wall to create make-shift wall pockets for your stuff.

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Label everything
One of the cheapest ways to organize those files? Label them! It can be something as simple as writing on the folders or putting a color-coded page mark to help you keep track. But labels do not just work on your files. They also help you organize the plugs of your computer or your CDs and flash drives.

Low-cost trick to try: If you don’t want to use stickers for labels, write your labels on recycled folders or card paper, punch out a hole in each label, thread some yarn or recycled ribbon through the holes, and tie these DIY labels onto the items in need of labelling.

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Color-code it
Another thing that works for a lot of people is color coding. Color-code your files for faster recall. You can do this using a variety of things that come in different colors: folders, paper clips, stickers, post-its, ink. For instance, you can assign a color to your boss or, if you’re still in school, assign a color to each subject.

Low-cost trick to try:With marking pens, colored tape, or even crayons, mark those foldable colorful cardboard magazine holders to go with your system. Then place all corresponding files in the appropriate holder.

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Use a clutter basket
Things that don’t belong on your desk somehow pile up quickly ON your desk: magazines, kids’ toys (if you’re a parent), CDs, expired invites, etc. So have a basket or any container close by and, throughout the day, toss in that container anything you find on your desk that belongs somewhere else in your house or office. Before you wrap up for the day, spend five minutes emptying that basket by putting the contents back where they belong.

Low-cost trick to try: An old shoebox will also work perfectly. Wrap it in old magazine covers or a pretty gift wrapper if that’s your thing.

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