Bananas are an excellent fruit choice to add to drinks, whether it's a smoothie, mocktail, or alcoholic treat. Using mashed bananas in this blended margarita will give you another reason to enjoy the weekend. Here is .
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HomeArticlesCommunityMy Profile EditHome » Categories » Food and Entertaining » Recipes » Fruits and Vegetables » PineappleHow to Make Dried Pineapple Flowers Edited byMaluniu and 7 othersPin ItArticle Edit Discuss HistoryPregnancy is an important and exciting time in any woman’s life. Some women start writing during pregnancy to either reflect on the experience for their own benefit or to provide information to others going through the same thing. Pregnancy blogs are very popular and widely read by a large audience. Having your own pregnancy blog may help you to channel your excitement, anxiety, and planning into a creative outlet, and also be a way to share your experiences with family and friends. No matter your target audience, there are several important steps every pregnancy blogger should follow to make their endeavor successful.
Edit Steps1Decide whether the blog is for personal or general viewing. This will determine whether you make the blog public and searchable by engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing.If you choose to keep the blog for friends and family only, you may decide to password protect it. This way, you can post more personal information or private details without the whole world having access to it.2Browse other pregnancy blogs and take note of the features you like best. Take the time to look at other pregnancy blogs and write down what most appeals to you. These are the things you may want to incorporate into your own blog.Look at the writing style, the length and content of posts, the use of images and videos, the links to other websites and blogs.Consider the type of work that attracts followers and comments, if that is something you’re interested in incorporating into your blog.Pay attention to the various presentation styles (templates) that pregnancy blogs you like have used. This includes noting the colors, layouts, fonts, and any added features called widgets.Note the use of titles and tags. Titles are very useful messages for readers, clarifying what each post will be about. Choosing appealing or attention-grabbing titles for your posts could increase your traffic and make you more visible in search results. Tags, on the other hand, are not always visible (that is something you can choose as you design your blog) but they can help searchers find topics that address the information they’re looking for. All of this will give you a good feel for what you like and don’t like, what you do or do not want to emulate, and what appears to be popular with readers.3Choose a blog host or platform.Sites like Wordpress.com, LiveJournal.com, and Blogger.com offer free blogging platforms to registered account holders. Because they're free, they are also limited in the styles and flexibility of the page set-up, but there are still many options and designs to choose from.For most bloggers who will mainly be using their blog to keep friends and family up to date on the pregnancy and birth, a free site may be a more manageable option.If you decide to pay for extra features and flexibility, be sure you know how to create content by applying at least the basics in web design.4Take time to learn how to use the blog management tools well. When you first launch your blog, you don’t want to spend an hour on each post trying to figure out how to insert a hyperlink, appropriately use tags, get a widget added, or add a picture.Reading the set-up instructions and how-to guides posted by most blog servers can save a lot of time and frustration. Knowing these skills upfront will also help your blog look polished and modern from day one.5Make a personal commitment regarding the number and type of posts you plan to publish each week.Avoid overly ambitious goals of posting every day until you gain some experience blogging.Most active blogs average a few posts a week. For pregnancy bloggers, this number of posts will typically allow for you to share the highlights of your best and worst moments of each week. Other excellent blogs have just one post per week.If your pregnancy blog is geared toward a larger audience, try mixing up the style of posts so that each week has a personal reflection piece, a link to a newsworthy story or event, a picture or video related post, and other variations in the content to keep readers coming to the site as well as to bring in new traffic.If your blog is for a more personal purpose, one solid post per week may be enough to keep your viewers satisfied. Variation is also a good tip for personal pregnancy blogs so that readers don’t feel like each week is more of the same, however.6Let family and friends know about the blog. Publicize and advertise your efforts so that the people you care about or your target audience are aware of your efforts and know how to access your blog.If you have a presence on Facebook, MySpace, or a profile on another social networking site, post an announcement of your new blog and send out reminders or updates occasionally to let them know about new posts or topics.Also spread the word via email, quick notes, texts, or phone calls to just let people know what you are trying to do and how they can support your efforts or stay informed about your pregnancy.7Use photos, links, videos, and other multimedia. It is hard to overemphasize how important graphics and linked material are to the success of a pregnancy blog.Not only can photos and videos add visual interest to your blog, they can also help attract new readers, generate conversation, and get your blog noticed.Try posting monthly pictures of your growing belly to track your tummy size. Put up the ultrasound to share your baby’s development.Upload YouTube videos that talk about pregnancy issues (in concise and entertaining ways, of course!), and take advantage of free digital photos and artwork that detail the growth of a baby by trimester or the importance of a healthy diet (just be sure to cite the credit for the free photos).8Avoid long narratives, cuss words, and messy details. Blogs with long, in-depth narratives can deter casual readers or make even friends and family feel that the blog is too time consuming to follow. Keep posts relatively brief except in special circumstances, and break long paragraphs into short groups of one to three sentences. Large blocks of text are unappealing to many readers, and are visually more daunting than short, manageable bits.Avoid cuss words and vulgar language as a general rule. On some blog venues, lewd or adult language can be flagged and removed by the site provider, and other users can file complaints lobbying to have your blog shut down until the language is changed or removed. Furthermore, sites with inappropriate language can turn off many casual readers and keep your blog from being nominated for higher visibility on sites like Wordpress.com. It's fine to be funny about your pregnancy; just try to do this without being offensive.Messy details are a fact of pregnancy. 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HomeArticlesCommunityMy Profile EditHome » Categories » Health » Diet & Lifestyle » Nutrition and Lifestyle EatingHow to Get the Health Benefits of Cinnamon Edited byCandace Brinker and 12 othersPin ItArticle Edit Discuss HistoryAre you learning to grow your own sweet, juicy tomatoes? Luckily for you, tomato plants can grow almost anywhere. But as with most vegetation that produce a fruit, a little "tender, loving care" or TLC goes a long way. With adequate sunlight, water, and patience, you'll be greatly rewarded with a six foot tall tomato plant with big red juicy tomatoes! Tomatoes take a long time to grow so you must have great patience. That's all you need to do to get your tomato plant growing. Have fun growing!
Contents1 Steps1.1 Your planting plot1.2 Placing transplants1.3 Watering1.4 Using stakes and cages1.5 Fertilizing1.6 Fruiting1.7 Protecting ripe fruit from "critters"1.8 Growing tomatoes in pots2 Video3 Tips4 Warnings5 Things You'll Need6 Related wikiHowsEdit Steps1Buy small tomato plants from a nearby nursery and transplant them to your garden for the first-time grower. More experienced growers will find it easy enough to start their own tomatoes from seed.Busy parents often need a hand in running the household and caring for the children and sometimes the answer is to get a nanny. But letting a younger woman into your home can bring about unexpected complications if she draws a bit too much attention from your spouse! True stories about husbands falling for the nanny abound, from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ethan Hawke dallying with the nanny to many a tale of the average family being faced with the same issue. The best solution to this problem is to prevent it from happening in the first place. Here are some things to consider.
Edit Steps1Be honest with yourself about your level of trust in your husband. If you're truly concerned that he might succumb to weakness in the presence of an admiring, bright-eyed nanny, don't dismiss your hesitation...The worst thing you can do is pretend to trust him completely when you don't.If there are any marital conflicts or unresolved issues going on in your relationship, it's wise to avoid getting a nanny until both of you are on more solid ground again.Think carefully about your husband's personality. A household that can afford a nanny generally means that the husband is earning good money. And if that is the case, it's possible that your husband is someone who is used to giving orders and getting what he wants. Does he use that kind of charisma and power with thoughtfulness for others or is he someone whose appetites are given free rein and sometimes that results in being selfish and unmindful about how getting what he wants might hurt another? Only you know your husband well enough to answer this; sure, it's a balance between trust in your primary relationship but it's also about being honest about his personality and not throwing temptation in his path.Think about your own personality and how your husband sees you. Are you strong, assertive and clear about your role as a mother, career woman and wife? Does your husband show you all due respect? If you are certain that your husband respects you and would never do anything to hurt you, then you have less reason to worry about having a nanny in the household because you have made your boundaries and expectations absolutely clear.2Have an honest heart-to-heart with your husband about your worries involved in bringing an attractive nanny into your personal home life. Be careful not to sound like you're accusing him of a crime he hasn't committed. The way you approach the topic can make the difference between shaking the foundation of your relationship, and strengthening it. Practice nonviolent communication.Have you ever had a discussion or aired your feelings about how you feel about infidelity? If he knows you're someone who won't tolerate any straying and will walk out on him if he cheated, then he'll be unlikely to ever risk losing you. Don't assume that he already knows this; many a cheating man assumed that their spouse would be forgiving or understanding!It helps a lot to emphasize that there's nothing wrong with being tempted, it's acting on such temptation that's the danger. Admitting that you'd be tempted, too, if there was a young, handsome and flirtatious man floating around the house will go a long way to having an honest conversation about what may happen in a moment of weakness.Remind your husband that you want to be the object of his attention! Affirming that you welcome and value his affection (and meaning it) will go a long way.3Decide together whether the nanny option is your best option by considering the alternatives. Before you even get a nanny, sit down with your husband and go through all the possibilities for child care and household management. Some other options include:Day care, child care center, in-home care at a registered carer's premises, etc.Juggling care between the two of you, with the help of a babysitter for occasional evening care or the odd afternoon. Supplement this with a cleaner, a gardener and even a student cook to help out with meal preparation, all people whose presence is only needed intermittently rather than daily.Taking a sabbatical, break or semi-retirement from work until the children are older. Sure, there will be an income dip but the rewards from this can be priceless if one parent is willing.Convincing one of your bosses to let you work from home.Asking the children's grandparent(s) if they can care for them for a while. Not every baby boomer parent wants to take on a full-time care role for the grandkids and not every family wants their parents in the home daily. However, if this is an option that works both ways, it's ideal.4If you do hire a nanny, select with care. While it's important to get along with your nanny, she is not your friend. She is an employee. Don't be lured into a false sense of security by her friendly ways. Look for good references, unbroken attendance at other people's places as a nanny and exemplary ability with children. Preferably, look for specific nanny or child care training, especially for newly started nannies. Her ability to care for children in a fun, responsible and caring way all she is in your home for, not to sit about chatting with you or anyone else.If you see provocative or sexy pictures accompanying the nanny advertisement in an online or printed advertisement, click or flick to the next nanny. Such a nanny hasn't got the professionalism needed to sell her services as a trustworthy nanny and has failed to target her sales pitch to the women who hire, so she doesn't deserve a second thought.For your own sake, strive to keep the relationship with a nanny professional. There may come a time where you have to tell her she isn't doing her job well enough and this is so much harder if you've taken her into your confidences too much as a "friend".Be especially careful of new, young nannies without training. They can be vulnerable to wanting to "be taken care of" and the family environment they witness around them might cause them to imagine that this is something they want for themselves, leading to all sorts of silly but real attempts at getting it for themselves.Check references by calling. Don't go by her word alone and don't accept written references. Ask the referees clear questions about her propriety, attitude and household behavior. Unfortunately, if something untoward has happened in the past, her former employer may be too ashamed to say anything but if you're careful and kind, they might speak up about something if they think you need to know. On the whole though, be prepared to take the referee at their word; if you speak to more than one referee, you should get a good feel for the nanny's past behavior and be reassured by what you're told.5Talk to the nanny about boundaries and expectations. Tell her that you welcome her into the household with trust and respect for her childcare qualification. Yet, make it clear that she will be dismissed immediately if you feel that this respect and trust has been breached in any way.Inform her that she must come to you for all questions and changes in routine. This will prevent her from having "two masters", making her life easier and also removes one major reason for spending time with your husband.6Have other people drop into the household intermittently and unexpectedly. It is difficult to carry on a clandestine affair if the household is constantly subject to the presence of others doing their tasks. A regular cleaner, a children's tutor in music, a neighbor dropping off supplies, a cook preparing the week's meals, etc. are all possible people you could hire or ask to drop by at different times of the week. Have the nanny be responsible for ensuring these people are let in and have what they need to complete their tasks, as this will mean that she has a professional responsibility to attend to.7Take note of any strange happenings in the household. If your husband suddenly starts coming home earlier or is about when he didn't used to be, and you find him talking to the nanny a lot, be alert. Rather than waiting too long, raise your concerns with him early on. Avoid accusing him of anything initially - couch it in terms of being concerned that he is taking up the nanny's time and possibly giving her mixed messages about the childcare routine you've already cleared with her. It's a delicate subject that requires balancing your trust with your suspicions but it's your relationship and family at stake, so don't be too shy to raise concerns.Edit TipsProfessional nannies won't allow the whole seduction routine to even happen. On the whole, good nannies are professionals, trained to do a job and are not there to break up families. Have faith that most nannies won't be attempting to lure away your husband.Consider getting different nannies doing different shifts. A morning nanny and an afternoon nanny or a weekday and weeknight nanny might work for you and be enough of a change in dynamics to keep everything very professional. However, you'll need to think about how this impacts your children, as it's potentially very disruptive, although probably no more so than day care centres.Edit WarningsIt's important to remember: if he wants to cheat on you, he will do it even outside of your home, and not necessarily with a sexy nanny. If you were truly happy in your marriage and you were truly sure of your husband's devotion to you, then you wouldn't have to come to wikihow to secretly seek a way to keep him away from other women, instead, you would at least tell him about your insecurities - too bad you don't trust your husband enough to even tell him how you feel. ;)Check your nanny's background with great care. If anything gives you cause for pause, trust your instincts. 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If you don't like your name in Skype, there is some good news and bad news. You can't change your username without getting a new account, but you can change your display name. Read on to learn how.
Edit Steps1Sign into Skype. More than likely, it is already on from when you booted up.2The human stomach is filled with a naturally produced acidic liquid that is capable of dissolving a wide variety of consumed foods. This acid is incredibly strong; it has to be strong to effectively process food so that the intestines can absorb the vitamins and nutrients necessary for healthy function. However, excess stomach acid can cause severe problems and painful symptoms. The most common symptom associated with excess stomach acid is heartburn. Heartburn is actually a misnomer: the heart itself is not burning. Instead, excess acid leaks into the esophagus and causes a burning sensation near where the heart is located.
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Edit Steps1Square foot gardening is an easy, minimal work, low weed and chemical-free way to grow plants in a small area. Originally formulated by Mel Bartholemew in 1981 in both a book and PBS TV series, square foot gardening has been popular ever since, for those with small and large gardens alike. Although small in area, this small garden can nourish intensively grown plants, resulting in a very productive little garden.
The square foot garden can also be an excellent way to save water; it doesn't need as much water due to its design and this can be helped by adding a drip system to it. And for ease of access, square foot gardens can be constructed and placed on tables allowing easy access for those who find it difficult to bend or squat lower. This beginner's tutorial sets out the basics of developing your own square foot garden.
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Turning an old unwanted dollhouse into a hamster home can be fun for you, thrilling for the hamster and entertaining for everyone who checks it out. Here are some suggestions for changing an old dollhouse into a new hamster mansion.
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Whether this is your first 5K or your fiftieth, it’s always a good idea to put a solid training plan in place and have a goal before race day. For some it’s achieving a certain time or place, whereas for others it's basically finishing the race. Although many training programs suggest that you train for 12 or more weeks prior to the race, you can accomplish a full training program in only 10 provided you're dedicated and consistent. The following program may be a good fit for someone who is at the beginner/intermediate levels.
Archimedes' principle states that "an immersed body is buoyed up by a force that is equal to the weight of the fluid that it displaces". Both liquids and gases are fluids. A container that has a volume of one liter that is completely submerged in water will displace one liter of water. One liter of water has a mass of one kilogram, so weighs one kilogram. If the container that has a volume of one liter weighs less than one kilogram, it will float. If the container weighs more than one kilogram, it will sink.
Edit Steps1Take an empty plastic soda bottle and cap it tightly.A Diophantine equation is an algebraic equation with the additional restriction that we are only concerned with solutions in which the variables are integers. In general, Diophantine equations are very difficult to solve and there are many approaches. (Fermat's Last Theorem is a famous Diophantine equation that sat unsolved for over 350 years.)
However, linear Diophantine equations of the form ax
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In this age of airline fare wars, spiking fuel costs, and the ongoing recession, traveling with bags in tow has started to require a PhD in packing lightly, as airlines pass their cost-cutting measures onto the flying consumer. Combined with the horror stories of lost luggage that never made it to the baggage claim, the option of traveling with just one bag is becoming more and more attractive.
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HomeArticlesCommunityMy Profile EditHome » Categories » Relationships » Relationship Issues » Breaking UpHow to End a Relationship With an Attorney Edited byWordancediva and 12 othersPin ItArticle Edit Discuss HistoryPainting with oil is a very fine way of painting the canvas. Classic paintings like the Mona Lisa were oil-painted, along with beautiful Impressionist paintings such as those by Monet or Van Gogh.
Edit Steps1Purchase good quality oil painting materials, the best you can afford. If you're just starting out, you can find many of these things by looking at gift sets that include all or most of them, sometimes in a nice wooden storage box or a table easel. What you will need at a minimum is:A stretched canvas the size of the painting you would like to do. It's a good thing to also purchase several small "canvas boards" for practice and preliminary studies. You can also use canvas paper or canvas that comes in pads, as long as they say they're suited for oil painting and gessoed. Try to choose a small board with the exact proportions of the stretched canvas but if it's not, get one larger so that you can mark up that shape on it.Tubes of oil paint in a basic palette. If you're purchasing a set, it probably has all the most essential colors. The smallest essential palette has red, blue, yellow, Burnt Sienna and a large tube of white. If it's Winsor and Newton open stock, get Lemon Yellow, Permanent Rose and Ultramarine or French Ultramarine (they are chemically close.) If it's choosing primaries out of a set with more colors, use Alizarin Crimson or whichever the more purple cast red is, not the orange red. You could do without the Burnt Sienna but there's a reason for it besides mixing. If your set doesn't have it, use the reddish brown.Buy the oil and thinner. Linseed oil is a traditional oil painter's medium. Some artists like walnut oil better. If you want your painting to dry faster, choosing a medium like Winsor & Newton's "Liquin" will make the oil painting dry faster. You will also need turpentine, or odorless turpentine substitute, sometimes called turpenoid, or white mineral spirits. This is a thin liquid that has a strong or slight odor, it's paint thinner as opposed to a medium. Odorless thinners like turpenoid are healthier to use, but always have proper ventilation when using thinner. The oils are not toxic and can be used anywhere.Buy some removable artist grade varnish such as Damar varnish intended for oil paintings. Varnish will probably have some toxic fumes and should be applied outdoors or in a well ventilated area. Definitely choose a removable artist grade varnish. Varnish is supposed to be added after the oil painting has completely dried all the way through and chemically changed to "cure." At that point a clear removable varnish gets added to give it a nice glossy finish and protect the paint layer. Every 25 to 30 years, the varnish should be removed by a conservator (or the artist or owner) with a varnish remover solution and reapplied, because the varnishes become yellow over time and aren't intended to be permanent. This is why very old oil paintings turn brown. They often just need cleaning and a clear new coat of varnish to look as bright as if they were painted last year. You don't need to buy the varnish before finishing the painting, since you won't use it till the painting's done and completely dried. "Retouch varnish" can be used as soon as a painting is touch dry. It doesn't hurt the paint layer, but the painting should feel thoroughly dry and you should wait a good month before using it. That gives a temporary finish if you want to sell the painting sooner.Buy the brushes. Stiff ones are preferred. Bristle brushes are less expensive at the cheap end but good ones of either white synthetic fiber that's as stiff as bristle brushes are just as good. Some oil painters also use a soft sable brush with a long handle for different effects. Get a range of sizes, large medium and small, for blocking in areas, painting in the forms and objects and quite small ones for final details if you like detailed realism. A soft "rigger" brush with very long thin soft hairs gets used for ship's rigging, cat's whiskers and other long linear details in realism, it holds a lot of very thin paint and can be used to write your name small or do long smooth lines. For a beginner, it's recommended that you try a variety pack of bristle or synthetic bristle brushes with different shapes and sizes to discover the style each one creates.Palette knife, painting knife or non serrated butter knife to serve as one for mixing paint. Palette knives are pretty cheap though if you get the plastic ones. The nicer metal ones don't stain and will last for years if kept clean. Painting knives have different shapes like trowels and angled things, each has a different effect and you can use those instead of brushes to do your whole painting.Charcoal or a violet pastel pencil to sketch on the canvas.A palette to put your oil paints on while using them. This can be an actual palette with a thumb hole or you can improvise with a cheap plain ceramic, glass or melamine plate. Something that could stand up to being washed off with turpentine is good. Many artists prefer a gray palette because the colors show up truest on gray. If you use a flat piece of glass on a table (very cheap if you take it out of a cheap photo frame) you can put gray paper under it to have a gray easily cleaned palette for every time you need it.Two small cups for oil (or Liquin) and thinner. Some sets come with a "double dipper" that clips onto a palette, if so then your set probably also has a palette.Painting rags. These can be any kind of clean rags. Strong paper towels will work but cloth rags are reusable if washed. Cloth baby diapers that have been used and washed, even worn out stained ones, make really good painting rags. Paper towels wear out fastYou might be one of those people who think they just don't have the talent to sculpt something displayable. 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Edit Steps1Doing this directly on the surface of your wood table may ruin the finish, so keep it on wax or parchment paper. Find a picture or a photograph of a dolphin on the internet and print it out. If you don't have a printer, try to draw the design or trace it off the computer image or from a book image. Also, purchase some suitably colored air-dry or oven bake clay from an arts store. Blues, silver and grays are good color choices.It's never too early to encourage kids to stand up in front of people and perform. Performance doesn't have to be learning lots of lines for a play or spectacle; it can be as simple as singing a song, telling about a picture they drew, reciting a favorite poem or even doing a Sunday school talk. The more we encourage young kids to speak, the greater the likelihood that their self confidence will increase with each experience. Everyone has a story to tell and wants someone to listen.
Edit Steps1Teach the children poems suitable for little kids. Read the poems to them and help them to learn the poems through repetition and even enactment where possible. Then, have the children recite the poems while you're giving them your total attention.2Encourage the children to not be afraid and prove it to them by speaking publicly yourself. Even if you are uncomfortable with public speaking, which most people are, your little one needs to know from you that they are not the only one who is nervous when speaking. A child learns by example and does not have the ability to understand the philosophical realm of language and inner struggle. If you only tell them not to be afraid of something, they will agree with you to not do it, but they will not fully get what "it" is.3Have the kids draw a picture. Then suggest that they each take turns standing up and telling everyone else in the group or class about what they drew. Teach them that teamwork and a positive attitude benefits them as well as those around them. This will build self confidence and self respect which will make them feel good about speaking in front of people.4Teach children to be polite and listen. Have them applaud the speaking child for his or her efforts. This is an important part of growing to appreciate public speaking, especially as not every child will find it a comfortable experience unless they're supported thoroughly. Teach all of the children that it is very important to be kind and to never to laugh or make fun of a speaker. Encourage the children to ask questions politely. It is both good for the speaker to learn to field questions from an audience and for the children to learn the skill of asking questions in relation to something they've just learned about.5Build a stage for the little performers, if you can. The kids can help with designing, locating and making it. They could help hang the curtain or with making props to make it look like a stage.In many cases, it's probably best to make a portable stage that can be put up and taken down with great ease, so that it's not in the way. Use bamboo poles stuck in buckets (stuff paper or other materials into the bucket to hold in place) to create a prop for hanging stage curtains from and a pole across the top of each pole for hanging curtains from.6Develop fun ways to teach young children the right things to do when speaking in public. Also demonstrate the wrong things to do. This can be done on a fun basis: Have someone perform all the wrong things like speaking too loudly or too quietly, or too fast, or moving all around the place while talking or facing the wrong way to the audience. You can demonstrate that chewing gum and pulling on their clothes and hair is not the way to talk clearly either. Have some fun with thisServings: 1 pepperoni
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HomeArticlesCommunityMy Profile EditHome » Categories » Family Life » Married LifeHow to Get Your Spouse To Stop Using Their iPhone During Your Child’s Performance Edited byKarly Larson and 8 othersPin ItArticle Edit Discuss HistoryThere are times it seems we live off of, live with and cannot seem to live without words. Language is slightly different to words, although certainly connected. Language is used as a term to group a collection of words, as well used as a way to identify other communities of people. But words are, surprisingly, one of those things that can only take you so far and actually hinder both expression, creativity, our ability to connect with other people and understanding the greater dynamic of the mind to be able to pave a way for better wellbeing.
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Do you have an overly shy dog? Shyness can occur as a result of a prior bad experience, poor socialization or as a result of the dog's personality. Bringing your dog out more will help him to enjoy the company of people and other dogs, rather than shying away all the time. Here are some suggestions to encourage your shy dog to be a little more confident.
Edit Steps1Don't feel sorry for your dog. While you are emotionally connected with your dog and care about him, trying to shield him from situations by pitying him does him no favors. Indeed, since dogs sense emotions, you risk him viewing pity as a sign of weakness. Your dog is more likely to be confident when he knows his pack leader is powerful and ready to protect him.2Try not to reassure your dog by petting or murmuring to him. This is the equivalent of saying, "It's all right, that's good, good boy for feeling afraid, it's all right" and it will actually reinforce the shyness. When he's being overly shy, the best thing that you can do is to ignore him. Really! By giving him absolutely zero reinforcement, you'll be helping him to overcome his shyness.3Avoid threatening actions. For example, do not stare at your dog or make prolonged eye contactHere's a unique way to present a housewarming gift of a set of kitchen towels. Poems about angels are optional...
Edit Steps1Gather the supplies needed. These are listed under "Things You'll Need" below. Launder the towels if they are not new.2Perhaps nothing is ever quite as painful as getting over your first love. It's not just any old break-up; this is the boy/girl who taught you what it means to fall in love. You thought you'd spend the rest of your lives together. You made plans for the future to live together or go to college together. You have loads of jokes and memories of the time you spent together. Now that it's over, you're scared that you'll never find anyone to ever replace them, or maybe you're just afraid that you wont ever be as happy with someone else. There are no miracle cures to getting over your first love but giving it time and focusing on your needs are good places to begin.
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HomeArticlesCommunityMy Profile EditHome » Categories » Education and Communications » Writing » Works » PoetryHow to Write a Limerick Edited byPoofBird and 40 othersPin ItArticle Edit Discuss HistoryWhat are the ?… If you ever wondered how to make money from home, I am sure you have asked this question once or twice. Well, it depends on what you would consider “top” and what kind of qualifications an online money making method has to have to qualify as a top money making method.
So, when the idea of creating a list of top 10 online money making methods came to my mind, I had to come up with a few criteria for choosing the top methods. Of course, since this list was going to be (hopefully) useful to BlogStash.com’s readers, it had to contain methods that most BlogStash.com’ readers could use.
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These days, taking paid surveys is considered by many one of the top 10 online jobs. Taking paid surveys for money for legitimate survey companies like SurveySpot is not only free, it is fun and enjoyable as well.
Moreover, you get to voice your opinion and tell companies and manufacturers what you think of their products and services that you use daily and what you would like to see incorporated in those products and services in the future.
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Metaphors are the cold knife in your side, the speed bumps that keep you from picking up writing momentum, the hidden monster lurking in the closet of ... of ... oh, darn it. Metaphors are tough
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Often newlyweds or young monogamous couples have to deal with prying family member questions about when they plan to have a baby. And if you choose to delay having children (or not have them at all), as the years pass, some family members start to see it as their crusade to ensure you "haven't forgotten" this part of your life! Since it should be no one’s business but yours, you will need to handle the situation with finesse and perhaps even a little humor.
Note that this article is directed towards couples who have not decided against having children just yet; in that case, see How to defend your choice to be childless.
Edit Steps1Expect at least someone in the family to be nosy and impatient enough to start asking you as a newlywed or as a long-term partnered couple, when you plan on having children. Expecting it in advance means that you can be ready for the possibility and have some appropriate replies prepared. Keep in mind that while much of this badgering is good-willed, for some people it's brought on as a result of familial narcissism or family "empire-building". Whatever the motivation, you do not need to do as they say.2Present a united front. Your spouse or partner and you should know how you both plan to answer this question, even if you have yet to be approached with it as a couple. Have a private discussion with your mate about how you would like to answer. In some cases, you may want to tell your family just to mind their own business. However, many couples may say that they're planning to start a family after certain events occur (such as being promoted at work, after having bought a house, etc.). Either way, have a heart-to-heart with your honey and make some plans so you know when you want to start a family.3Practice exactly what you will say. So that you don’t say one thing and your spouse or partner says something else, prepare how you will address the question. Determine how much information you’ll provide and how you will answer. For example, you might agree that you'll only keep it very general, such as saying after you achieved a few goals, instead of listing each goal (new job, promotion, move, etc.).4Answer with a lighthearted and perhaps even silly response. Telling people that you plan to start a family when you hit the lottery or when gay marriage is legal in all 50 states may diffuse the tension in the room and let family members know you are not seriously considering children just yet.Be elusive. Have fun with your prying family and be secretive by saying,the how to manual that you can edit
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HomeArticlesCommunityMy Profile EditHome » Categories How to Cheat on Your Diet Edited bySarah Marshall and 10 othersPin ItArticle Edit Discuss HistoryFrozen shot glasses make a fun and original addition to warm-weather gatherings. Rather than simply adding the usual ice cubes, the cold part of the drink can be the entire shot glass itself
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HomeArticlesCommunityMy Profile EditHome » Categories » Personal Care and Style » Personal Hygiene » Hair Removal » ShavingHow to Convince a Very Hairy Man to Shave His Chest Edited byAnna Barrow and 5 othersPin ItArticle Edit Discuss HistoryEvent management is a great experience, whether its for your own party, for a corporate event, for family and friends or professionally for weddings and other great occasions. It's a tough job as not only do you have to have everything organised, but you'll also need to be a quick thinker when disaster strikes.
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An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a small battery-powered device that many people have when they've survived a cardiac arrest and are at risk of sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. ICDs are often compared to pacemakers, and in fact, most have one already built in. Learning to live with one includes understanding its purpose and ensuring that you heed a few simple precautions.
Edit Steps1Understand how an ICD works and why you need it. People who survive cardiac arrests, have been diagnosed with an arrhythmia, and are at a high risk of sudden cardiac death are often candidates for an ICD implantation. Survivors of heart attacks may also get ICDs. An ICD measures your heart rhythm using leads attached to your heart. When it detects an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia), it will provide therapy depending on what's happening:If your heart is beating too slowly, the ICD will use the built-in pacemaker to pace your heart to a normal rhythm.If you're suffering from ventricular tachycardia (V-tach/VT), your heart is beating too quickly. The ICD will deliver short, rapidly paced beats to override the heart's abnormal rhythm. If that doesn't work, it will cardiovert the heart by delivering small shocks to restore the rhythm.If you're suffering from ventricular fibrillation (V-fib/VF), the electrical activity becomes disorganized and the heart will start beating so fast that it will start quivering instead of pumping blood. The ICD will treat this by delivering a stronger electric shock to the heart.Before the procedure, make sure that you fully understand your condition and the reason why an ICD is needed. Ask your doctors, read pamphlets, or even talk to other patients who have ICDs. Also, discuss how the ICD can be deactivated, if you choose to do so in the future.2In the first few weeks after the surgery, avoid putting your arm on the side the device was inserted over your head. Do all such actions with your other hand.3Be prepared for changes. Although your lifestyle will remain unchanged, there are a few considerations you'll have to make. For example, you may have to adjust your seat belt shoulder harness if the ICD was implanted in your upper chest. If you find an item of clothing creates pressure around your upper chest, you may have to stop wearing it. Adjust your lifestyle according to such things becoming apparent to you when going about your normal activities.4Carry an ID card indicating you have an ICD. When you're having any procedure done, tell your doctor, dentist, or other health care professional about your ICD.Since it's made of metal, the ICD may set off metal detectors and other security devices found in airports and other places. Show your card to security personnelBeer, burgers, and spices... three items that could easily be enjoyed during a barbecue or casual gathering. So why not create a meal that incorporates all three of them into one? Here is how to make baked beer burgers
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HomeArticlesCommunityMy Profile EditHome » Categories How to Make a Lemon Drop Edited byByron Delaney and 7 othersPin ItArticle Edit Discuss HistoryPacking a backpack is one of the most important parts of a hiking trip, since an uncomfortable backpack will result in an uncomfortable hike. This article will tell you how best to pack your backpack, starting at the bottom and moving up.
Edit Steps1Pack softer and more bulky objects near the bottom of the pack. Keeping softer objects (clothes, sleeping bag, camp towel, etc.) near your body will create a cushion between your body and the harder things you may have packed. Since a sleeping bag is both bulky and soft, that should be put in first, near the bottom and close to the small of your back. Packing bulky objects near the bottom of the pack will also improve your balance with the pack, since a heavy object high in the pack will raise your center of gravity, making you less well-balanced.When shopping for your next television, a number of factors should contribute to your decision. While many people tend to buy the largest TV they can afford, many other characteristics are more important than size for high definition televisions. Before you pick a flat screen TV, you need to learn about different screen types, resolution, contrast ratio and the other features available from today’s flat screens.
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HomeArticlesCommunityMy Profile EditHome » Categories How to Find a Lost Cell Phone Edited byDestinedsinger and 18 othersPin ItArticle Edit Discuss HistoryDespite its self-indulgent name, the Martini Diet is not a license to drink an endless stream of martinis. Actually, the diet gets its name from the idea that every portion of food that you eat should fit into a 3-ounce martini glass
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HomeArticlesCommunityMy Profile EditHome » Categories How to Stop Saying the Word "Dude" So Much Edited byBaronWishfulThinking and 14 othersPin ItArticle Edit Discuss HistoryDriving at night can be a daunting task for new or even experienced drivers; the highest crash rates occur at nighttime (6:00PM - 6:00AM). Additionally, traffic fatality rates are three to four times higher at night than during the daytime.
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HomeArticlesCommunityMy Profile EditHome » Categories » Work World » Job Search » Interview SkillsHow to Avoid Acting Desperate During a Job Interview Edited byIliana Johnson and 10 othersPin ItArticle Edit Discuss HistoryIn a magnets puzzle, you are given a grid of dominoes and the number of positive and negative poles in each row and column. The goal is to determine which dominoes are magnetized and which are neutral. For the magnetized dominoes, identify which pole is positive and which is negative. Like charged poles repel and are not allowed to touch directly, but may touch diagonally.
Edit Steps1Infusing your own vodka is the best way to add a twist and have a story to tell with every cocktail when entertaining. With plenty of your favorite vodka, a jar, some fruit, a discerning palate and spare time, you can customize vodka and make it your own.
Edit Steps1Choose a flavor. Decide how you want your vodka to taste, and get plenty of the desired fruits, berries, peppers or herbs. Use the following guidelines for infusing about 1 liter of vodka:You never know what kind of pesticides, insects or dirt may be lurking on the surface of your favorite fruits and vegetables. That's why it's always a good idea to thoroughly wash all your produce before eating it. Although washing with plain water can accomplish a lot, adding some natural sources of acid (namely lemon and vinegar) to the wash can provide a bit of additional, natural disinfecting power. Follow these easy steps to find out how to make a fruit and vegetable wash that is both inexpensive and completely organic.
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HomeArticlesCommunityMy Profile EditHome » Categories » Relationships » Dating » Love and RomanceHow to Find a Sex Therapist Edited byJohnny Bgood and 7 othersPin ItArticle Edit Discuss HistoryDiscovering that your intimate conversations, pictures or texts have been splattered across the Internet for all to see is not only an invasion of privacy, but can also be damaging to your personal life and livelihood. Although numerous politicians and celebrities have fallen victim to having their cellphone hacked and have tried to protect themselves, predators continue to find opportunities and vulnerabilities in the system. Avoid being victimized by cellphone hackers by protecting your passwords and being wary of anyone who might want to harm your reputation.
Edit Steps1Adopt a proactive protection mindset. This isn't about paranoiaWebAnswers.com is basically a questions and answers site just like Yahoo Answers where people can ask and answer questions. However, unlike Yahoo Answers, you can actually make money by posting questions and also answering other people’s questions.
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A tequila popper is a shot of fizzing tequila and soda. The tequila and soda are added to the shot glass that has been set on a table, then the glass is covered tightly with one's hand or an item such as a beer coaster, and the glass is slammed down on the table. This causes the drink to fizz, and the drink is quickly downed while it is still fizzing.
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