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Guess what?  Yep, it's cold and flu season again.  While there's a lot of hype about Swine Flu (I mean H1N1, sorry) in the news, the threat of that is pretty small.  Considering that there are six billion people or so on this planet and not even a million of us have even gotten the H1N1 so far, the odds are pretty slim you'll get it or even be exposed.

Besides the swine flu, there's also the "regular" flu and, of course, the common cold.

Well, I have something to tell you: nature has had a remedy for the common cold for years.  Decades, even centuries upon centuries.  It's so effective, it might be considered a cure, even.  A cure for the common cold?!

Sadly, for the pharmaceutical companies, that cure can't be patented.  Sucks to be them.

First, I'll show you how this natural cure works.  Then we'll look at some quick differences between the common cold and the more serious flu.  Then I'll tell you that I'm not a doctor and that I do not give medical advice and that you should seek the counsel of a qualified medical type person.  Then you'll wonder if I'm a lawyer.

Curing the Common Cold
As soon as you begin to feel it coming on, up your intake of Vitamin C.  In fact, no matter what the sickness, this should be your immediate response.  Vitamin C is vital to the immune system's defense mechanisms.

A television anime adaptation of Hideo Okuda's Kūchū Buranko (Trapeze) short story collection has been green-lit.

The collection is Okuda's second book featuring the psychiatrist protagonist Ichirō Irabu and his various patients. The story takes place in modern Japan, where people visit “doctor of neurology”, rather than therapists. Dr Ichiro is an eccentric neurologist with an injection fetish, an Oedipus complex and a green Porche, known for making patients much worse before they get better.The title refers to the first story about a circus artist who can no longer perform.

The book won the prestigious 131st Naoki Prize in 2004.

The TV anime adaptation will premiere in October in Fuji TV's popular late-night Noitamina timeslot. For the project, director Kenji Nakamura will reunite with his Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales (Bakeneko) and Mononoke character designer/chief animation director Takashi Hashimoto at Toei Animation. It will be structured in 11 episodes, each of them running for half an hour.

Now this is a fresh breeze of style over the usual anime. Promises to be entertaining change in both story and art. Here is the official website for the anime, which was just lunched not so long ago.