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Must Have Planner Supplies
Don't go overboard and by the entire store shelf, but be sure that you have these planning supplies when working in your planner.
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Food Allergies in Breastfed Babies
Food allergies in nursing babies is fairly rare, but if you have a history of food allergies in your family, keep watch on what you eat and if it causes reactions in your baby.
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How to Fix Broken Powder Foundation
Don't throw away your broken makeup. With this quick tip, you can salvage your foundation and use it again tomorrow.
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Reduce Bacteria in the Bathroom
We don't live in a sterile world, but the best we can do is be aware of the bacteria that grows in the bathroom and try to keep it clean.
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Ten Minute Dairy-Free Fudge
Quickly make dairy-free fudge that everyone will love. This 10 minute fudge recipe can be enjoyed plain or enhanced with your favorite toppings.
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Dairy Free Chocolate Cake
Dairy free doesn't mean chocolate free. This chocolate cake is dairy free and vegan. It's as close to real chocolate as you'll get.
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Gluten Free White Birthday Cake
Make homemade gluten free cupcakes or a cake with this tastey white birthday cake recipe. You'll find it's not only fluffy but flavorful.
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Walmart Baby Box Subscription Review – Newborn Box
If you're pregnant and looking for baby goodies, you'll want to read this review of the subscription Walmart Newborn Box.
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Smoked Honey Pepper Venison Jerky in an Electric Smoker
Making venison jerky at home has never been so easy as it is with an electric smoker. It only takes a few easy steps and a few basic ingredients to make this honey pepper jerky recipe.
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Simple Guide to Hip Dysplasia in Dogs
Hip dysplasia is one of the most common skeletal disorders in dogs. It's a genetic disorder common among larger dogs, but can develop in any dog.
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Homemade Gluten-Free Fudge Brownies
Don't give up fudge brownies just because you're gluten-free. These homemade brownies are moist, fudgey AND gluten free.
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What to Get a Newborn for Christmas?
Christmas shopping for a newborn isn't always the easiest task, but there are plenty of options for nice Christmas gifts for them.
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Walmart Baby Box Subscription Review – Prenatal Box
If you're pregnant and looking for baby goodies, you'll want to read this review of the subscription Walmart Baby Box.
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Grilling With Wood Planks
Grilling with wood planks is a great way to grill just about any type of fish, but you can also grill chicken, beef, vegetables and even fruit on a wood plank.
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My Dad is Dating Someone My Age - What Do I Do?
It's not uncommon for men to date women who are younger than they are. If your dad is dating someone your age, there may not be much you can do but be honest with him.
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Cause and Treatment Respiratory Infection in Turtles and Tortoises
Turtles and tortoises can both develop respiratory tract infections in either the lower or upper parts of the respiratory system. In most cases, the upper respiratory infection is going to be more common than a lower infection. Do not compare the...
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Dog Ear Infection
Some breeds of dogs are particularly prone to ear infections. Cropping ears does not treat or prevent infections. Dogs have L-shaped ear canals that should be cleaned regularly.
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My Gecko Didn't Shed Properly
If your leopard gecko has leftover skin stuck from his last shed, find out what may cause shedding issues and how to prevent them.
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Common Health Problems With Russian Tortoises
Russian tortoises are great beginner pet tortoises, as they are healthy and hardy creatures. These tortoises are relatively small compared to others in the pet market. The most important thing that you can do to keep a tortoise healthy is to...
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Pyramiding in Tortoises- Causes and Prevention
Pyramiding tortoise shells is probably the most common problem that keepers have with captive tortoises, as it's seldom seen in wild tortoises. The condition doesn't necessarily hurt the tortoise and isn't a problem unless there are dietary...
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Best Beginner Pet Salamanders and Newts
Salamanders and newts are the most popular pet in the world, but they are an interesting pet. These guys typically do best with high humidity and both land and water enclosures (except for the axolotl, which is solely aquatic), or at least a large...
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Best Pet Frogs for Beginners
When it comes to choosing a pet frog, you'll find that there are many different options to choose from, but not all of them are ideal for beginners. First off, yea dart frogs may be brightly colored and visually attracting, but they are one of the...
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Best Beginner Pet Turtle and Tortoise
Turtles and tortoises can be such a joy for children and adults. Some are very friendly and personable, which make them that much more fun to have as pets, but the problem lies with proper care and long lifespan. Turtles and tortoises have rather...
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A Long List of Belly Button Piercing Problems
Navel piercings are very popular and generally pretty easy to heal, but that doesn't mean that there won't be complications. Here's what to do if you experience any of these common problems.
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Giardia in Chinchillas - Signs and Treatment of Giardia
Chinchillas are generally pretty healthy animals, but at the same time, they are also very fragile. Their skeletal systems are fragile, and their immune system can easily be compromised. The animal cannot get wet, and it must be kept at cooler...
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Why Cats Meow - Stop Excessive Meowing
Cats can meow just as much as a dog will, so that's just something that you can't get away with if you're looking for a pet that isn't going to make much noise. If that's what you want, try getting a fish or reptile instead of a cat or dog, as they...
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Hermit Crab Species - Types of Hermit Crabs
Believe it or not, there are more than one species of pet hermit crabs. You may even have more than one in your tank without ever knowing it. Below, you'll find basic descriptions to the common species of hermit crabs. Keep in mind that for the...
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Signs and Treatment of an Infected Belly Button Piercing
How do you tell if your belly button piercing is infected? Doctors discuss the signs of an infected belly piercing and show us how to treat an infection and help it heal faster.
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Healing a Hip Surface Piercing—Pictures and Videos
If you get a hip surface piercing, choosing the right jewelry and doing proper aftercare may keep it from being rejected.
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Yeast Infection in Dogs - Dog Ear Infection
Ear infections are common among certain breeds of dogs, but they can occur in any breed of dog if the conditions are right. If you think that your dog has a yeast infection in his ears, you need to have him diagnosed and treated, as if left...
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Average Dog Lifespan - How Long Will My Dog Live
Because we love our pets so much, we never want to lose them, but unfortunately, dogs do not have the same lifespan as humans. Now, there are many factors that will determine if your dog will outlive you or not, but in general, your dog just won't...
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Healthy Vegetarian Children
Eating healthy is very important, considering the mass population- children and adults- is considered as overweight. It is important to start healthy eating habits during childhood, so that the child doesn't struggle to maintain a healthy diet when...
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Herbal Remedies to Grow Long Hair
Hair grows about 12 to 15 centimeters each year, which is about 4.5 to 7 inches a year, but it seems when we want our hair to grow faster, it just doesn't. The reason why there the shampoos and products don't magically make your hair grow is because...
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Herbal Remedies for High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is pretty common. About one in every three adults in the U.S has it, and about 1/3 of those people don't even know it. Signs of hypertension may include dizziness or dizzy spells, headaches, nosebleeds, and a flushed face, neck,...
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How do Hamsters Communicate
Typically hamsters are very docile and quiet animals, but you may notice that they are trying to tell you or another hamster something, whether it be happiness, contentment, or aggression. In most cases, you won't hear sounds that your hamster...
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Is My Hamster Pregnant - Questions About Pregnant Hamster
It's not uncommon to purchase a female hamster from a pet store and it have babies. It's actually pretty common especially in places that have community hamster enclosures. Having a littler of hamster babies just isn't ideal for most people,...
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Traveling with a Hamster
If you're going on vacation, but you're not quite sure what to do with your pet hamster, you have a basically two options- 1) take him with you or 2) find a sitter. Finding a sitter to watch your hamster while you are gone, is really the better...
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How to Train Your Hamster to Use a Litter Box
Learn how to potty train your hamster!
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How to Train Your Hamster to Let You Hold Him
With lots of patience, you can train your new hamster to accept being held by a human.
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Sick Hamster - Signs and Treatment of Allergies in Hamsters
Hamsters are usually pretty hardy animals, but they can have allergies to food, bedding, and other agents. The most common allergy for hamsters is going to be the bedding or another household agent, typically something that has been sprayed in the...
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Sick Hamster: Signs and Treatment of Upper Respiratory Illness in Hamsters
Probably the most common illness in hamsters besides wettail is going to be a respiratory infection. It's very common among hamsters that come from pet stores, as in most cases they're stressed so their immune system is weakened, making them more...
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Sick Hamster - Signs and Treatment of Abscess in Hamsters
If your hamster has an abnormal lump anywhere on the body, you should definitely find a veterinarian that is familiar with small animals so that you can have the lump diagnosed. It may be a simple abscess caused by an infection, but it could be a...
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Signs and Treatments of the Common Cold in a Hamster
Is your hamster getting a cold? Learn the signs and treatments.
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Sick Hamsters: Signs and Treatment of Hamsters With Broken Bones
Hamsters are usually pretty resilient, and you're not really going to see a broken bone very often, but when it happens it can be scary for you and your little guy. Broken legs aren't as big of a concern with larger animals because the vet can...
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Sick Hamster - Signs and Treatment of Fungal Infection
Hamsters are generally pretty clean animals, but they can only do so much when they're not being taken care of. Although, they can kick out all their old bedding, that doesn't mean that they can put in new bedding and disinfect their cage, nor does...
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Common Cat Skin Problems - Signs and Treatment
Cats are natural groomers, so they are typically pretty clean and have clean fur and skin, but sometimes they need a little help in keeping their skin and coat healthy because they are susceptible to skin infections, parasites, allergies, and other...
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Caring for Cave Geckos
The Cave gecko (Goniurosaurus) is not as popular of a pet gecko when compared to leopard geckos and African fat tail geckos, but this species is one of the eyelid geckos, too. They range from different locations and areas of the world, but you'll...
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Caring for Chinese Cave Geckos
The Chinese Cave gecko (Goniurosaurus Luii) was introduced to the pet market in 1996 when the first specimens were imported from Hainan Island China, which is off Mainland China. Their native habitat is thought to be a rocky, forested, scrubland...
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Toxic Foods List: Foods Your Cat Should Never Eat
Cats just can't eat everything that we do, and sometimes it can be hard to figure out what it safe without having a list of dangerous foods. Well, below you'll find a list of foods and drinks that you should not let your cat have. Keep in mind...
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Septicemia in Pet Tortoises
I've always been current with reptile care and health, but tortoises are a new reptile to me. I received my first tortoises this year, two 4 year old Russian tortoises. Shortly after, I purchased my Cherry Head Red Footed Tortoises; one of which was...
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Common Health Problems With Red Foot Tortoises
Red Foot Tortoises are usually pretty healthy as long as they're diet and habitat is kept proper. As long as the humidity, temperature, lighting, and diet is kept according to proper requirements, you'll find that a pet Red Footed Tortoise is going...
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Best Beginner Pet Gecko
Geckos are quite popular pets, but it can be hard to find the best one for you. Not everyone wants to deal with insects, and most geckos need a diet consisting solely of insects, and not everyone wants to deal with complicated enclosure...
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Humans Were Not Created To Eat Meat - Vegetarian Diet Is Healthier
There are many reasons why you should have a more vegetarian diet, to include reducing animal cruelty, helping the environment, decreasing world hunger, protecting worker's rights, and bettering your health. Animals in meat factories have no legal...
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Piercing Needles VS Piercing Gun - Which is Safer?
Piercings are very common among people of all ages. Parents get their babies and young children's ears pierced, and you'll find adults getting their first piercing. When it comes to your body, you want to make sure that you choose the safest method...
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Before You Get a Pet Turtle or Tortoise
You see those teeny tiny turtles at all of the gift shops at the beach, buy one with a small kritter keeper and a pinch of food, take the turtle home, and follow all of the directions from the sales associate. But, do you know what kind of turtle...
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Wolf Dog Hybrid as a Pet
Is it really a good idea to have a wolf hybrid as a pet?
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Edible Plants for Tortoises
If you have a tortoise and you're working on an outdoor enclosure or you're just trying to vary the diet as much as you can, you'll definitely want to consider going outside of the grocery store for greens, flowers, and plants. You'll will want to...
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Homemade Waffle Recipes
Waffles make a great breakfast, whether they're eaten plain on the go or you're able to sit down and lather them with butter and syrup. You can purchase Ego waffles, but if you have the time and energy early in the morning, it's always nice to make...
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Tips for Decorating a Christmas Tree
When decorating a Christmas tree, you'll find that it really becomes a challenge to create a tree that is going to be pleasing to the eye versus a complete eye sore. You want a Christmas tree that will blend in with your home and create a simple and...
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Is my Dog Dominant or Submissive?
No matter what the breed is, any individual dog can be dominant or submissive. It's all in the temperament of the individual dogs. Collies can be very dominant and Rottweilers can be very submissive, or the other way around. There's never a clear...
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Common Illness in Pac Man Frogs
Horned frogs are generally pretty healthy, but like all animals they can develop illness and get sick. If you are careful of where your purchase your frog, what you feed it, and how you house it, you'll find that in captivity ornate frogs will stay...
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List of Dogs That Do Not Shed- Low Shed Dogs
There is not such thing as a dog that does not shed and will never shed. All dogs will shed at least a little bit at some time during the year. The difference is that some dogs shed very little hair, which can be very beneficial for those with dog...
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What is Addison's Disease in Dogs? Signs and Treatment
Addison's disease is the common name for adrenal insufficiency, which is a disease that has similar symptoms as other health issues, making a diagnosis a little complicated. But, once diagnosed, your dog can live a semi-normal life. Each kidney...
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Housing a Pet Hedgehog
When housing any pet, it's always good to make sure that you can meet the proper requirements before you bring home the pet. It's very important that your are able to provide the ideal enclosure size, accessories, and substrates so that your...
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Navel Piercing Tips and Aftercare
Navel piercings should heal fairly quickly, if you clean them regularly and follow some do's and don'ts.
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How to Minimize Tattoo Scarring and Signs of Problems
Especially after getting your first tattoo, you'll want to make sure that the healing process is going well. Find out about the signs of developing scars and how to treat and prevent them.
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Infected Tattoo: Signs and Treatments
An awesome-looking tattoo can unfortunately turn into a big infected mess. Read on to learn the symptoms of infection and how to treat it.
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Tattoo Aftercare Tips and Help
You're either reading this because (1) you've just got a new tattoo or (2) you're thinking about getting a tattoo. Either way you must remember that tattoo aftercare may vary from person to person and artist to artist. Usually, your tattoo artist...
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The Healing Process of a Tongue Piercing (With Pictures)
Learn about how long it takes for a tongue to heal, what to avoid, how to heal quicker, and view a variety of pictures of single, multiple, horizontal, and venom piercings.
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Dog Intestinal Worms
There are a number of worms that your dog can contract, and it is important that you get your dog dewormed at the appropriate age, as a severe infestation can become fatal in young puppies. Puppies and youner dogs are more succesptible to...
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Chemotherapy Treatment for Dogs
It's never a good day to hear that someone you know has cancer, but have you ever really thought about what you would do if your vet sat you down and told you that your beloved dog has cancer, whether that be bone cancer, abdominal cancer, mammary...
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How to Stretch Your Ear Piercing to a Larger Gauge
Although it is fairly old process, it is now pretty popular for today's younger people to not only get piercings but also stretch them. Even if you have a piercing that was pierced to a standard size—generally 20 gauge, 18 gauge, and 16...
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Keeping Your Lawn Green in the Winter - Winter Grasses
If you are one of those people who hats seeing the dead, brown grass in the fall and winter season, you may want to consider mixing up your grass a little because it is possible to have a gree lawn year round. You can have gorgeous green grass in...
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Neutering Your Male Dog
Neutering your dog may potentially reduce health problems in the future with an unneutered male dog. Before you opt for the procedure, make sure you know all the details.
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Tips for a Female Dog in Heat
Personality-wise there is really nothing different from a female dog and a male dog. You've got your dominant and aggressive female dogs just like you do males, and vice versa you've got your submissive and calm female dogs just like males. So...
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Spaying Your Female Dog
I love all dogs- male and female alike- but that doesn't mean that I want puppies. Now, generally when you adopt a dog from a shelter, the dog is already spayed or will be shortly after adoption. But you may still be iffy about the whole process. ...
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Why is My Dog Running Away & How to Stop Him from Escaping
There are different reasons as to why your dog may be trying to run away, and no one of the reasons is not that he doesn't like you and is trying to get away. For the most part, some dogs just like to get out, and typically there are breeds that are...
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Types of Body Modification
There are all sorts of different types of body modification. Basically, anything that you do to your body to alter the way that it naturally appears is a body modification, so it includes body building, hair dye, and plastic surgery. More "punk" or...
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Tips for Applying and Removing Halloween Makeup
I have never been a fan of caking on makeup on my face, but I will admit that I greatly admire those people who spend a good deal of time applying Halloween makeup to the point where a realistic feel is created. Halloween makeup is a great way to...
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How to Set Up a Crested Gecko Enclosure
Crested geckos are one of my favorite pet reptiles. They are relatively small and are very simple to house. I mean, they don't necessarily require heating or lighting. You just have to make sure that their enclosure is set arond 75F to 80F, and the...
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How To Take Apart and Clean An XBOX 360
If you are having problems with your XBox 360, you can attempt to fix it yourself by taking it apart and trying to clean it out, and if you are not 100% sure how to do that, you can following the following guide for taking apart your XBox 360 and...
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The Best Pets to Own in an Apartment
Although many people think that when you live in an apartment, you options for pets is pretty slim to none, well that's really not the case. There are many animals that can live happily in apartments, just as long as you know how to properly care...
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Decide When to Put Your Dog to Sleep - Putting a Dog Down
It is one of the hardest decisions that pet owners can make- when is the right time to put your dog (or other pet) to sleep. Because our dogs become part of the family, when they start to age and show signs of age, it can be very hard to decide when...
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Really Cool and Cheap Round Chairs
So, I'm a big fan of comfortable chairs, and although, I never thought that a round chair would be comfortable, it is. They're not quite bean bag chairs, but they're pretty close. You can purchase the expensive wicker versions, but I prefer cheap,...
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Treating a Leopard Gecko Dropped Tail
In my 5 years of working with leopard geckos, I have never had a leopard gecko drop its tail, until this year. While changing my leopard gecko hatchlings from my old rack to my new one, one of my tangerine leopard gecko hatchlings dropped her tail. ...
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Dog Seizures: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and More
Seizures is a common disorder that many dogs have. If your dog has seizures, it's important that you are aware of diagnosing and treating the seizures so that you can stop your dog's suffering.
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Homemade Crested Gecko Diet
Crested geckos are probably one of the easiest geckos to care for. They require temperatures that can generally be achieved at and around room temperatures, although 75 to 80F is optimal. And, they eat a simple diet that just mixes with water. They...
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Caring for and Feeding a Russian Tortoise
Russian tortoises are one of the more popular small species of pet tortoises. They are fairly easy to keep, as long as you know proper husbandry and diet for the tortoise.
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Caring for an Elderly and Aging Dog
As dogs age, it's important that you know how to properly care for their needs. Older dogs are like young puppies and require a different set of care guidelines.
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Tips for Choosing a Pit Bull Puppy
Whether you're looking for a show-stopping American Pit Bull Terrier who's born for the show ring or just a loving pet who lives to roll in the mud and sleep on your bed, the first step is finding a good-quality puppy from a reputable, conscientious...
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What is a Game Pit Bull?
The most confused terms in relation to Pit Bulls is probably "gameness." Most people misconstrue the term as representing the dog's courage, fight ability, or endurance in the pit, but it is the never quit attitude and fight-to-the-death...
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Puppy Temperament Tests
A temperament test is not a crystal ball, but it can help you gain insights into a puppy's (or dog's) personality. Keep in mind that the puppy's behavior as an adult will depend on many factors, including his life experiences and the parenting and...
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Tips for Breeding Corn Snakes
Corn snakes are a popular pet snake. Find out tips for breeding your favorite snake species.
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Common Health Problems for Pet Snakes
Symptoms and treatment of some common diseases of pet snakes, including blister disease, constipation, mites and ticks, shedding problems, and stomatitis.
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How to Setup a Leopard Gecko Enclosure
Leopard geckos are one of the most popular pet reptiles because they are relatively small and docile. Because of their size, they require small enclosures, but that doesn't mean that they can be neglected in terms of proper husbandry. There are...
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Native Habitat of the Leopard Gecko & Setting up a Natural Enclosure
The leopard gecko is the most common pet reptile in homes today. They're small and easy to care for. They come in a variety of colors and have a very docile temperament. Leopard geckos are just overall one of the best beginner reptiles. The...
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Homemade Sherbet Recipes
Frozen dessert are my favorite on the hot Summer days. Heck, I like frozen desserts in Spring, Fall, and Winter, but they're definitely best in the Summer. I've always been fond of lime sherbet from the grocery store, but when I found out that you...
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Homemade Sorbet Recipes
Sorbets and sherbets have always been one of my favorite treats in the hottest part of summer, and living in Georgia, it gets pretty hot. So hot even that ice cream just doesn't do the trick. It just reminds me of milk, and hot milk isn't any good. ...
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Low-Fat Brownie Recipes
Why give up your favorite chocolate desserts just because you're on a diet and watching what you eat? You can still eat your favorite rich brownies as long as you follow the right recipes. Below are to low- fat brownie recipes that are just as...
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Quick and Easy French Toast Recipe
French toast may also be referred to as griddle bread or lost bred, but it's always going to be just plain old french toast. Some kids love it, some eat it, and some just plain refuse it. I'm not a big fan of my mom's French toast, but I do like...
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Pancake Recipe Easy Enough for Kids to Make
You can call them whatever you want, but a flapjack, griddle cake, hotcake, and a flannel cake are all your typical pancake. Most kids LOVE pancakes for breakfast, cover them with your child's favorite topping, whether it be a cherry sauce,...
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Family Tree of Egyptian Mythology
The Egyptian Gods have a rather interesting family tree and creation. Staring with one god who developed an entire race of upper and lower gods. There's a lot of inbreeding needless to say, and like any family tree that involved inbreeding, it can...
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Egyptian Mythology: The Afterlife & Burial Practices
Every Egyptian help concerns about the Afterlife and the Beyond. Although, the gods and goddesses demanded mollification while you are alive, once you die, the gods become beneficent protectors and provide for the dead. Death was not seen as the...
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A Science Fair Project on Mice and Music
If you want to test mice through a maze, consider testing the effects of music on mice. It's actually a great experiment that has been tested over and over again in labs.
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Homemade Brownie Recipes
Brownies are a fun family dessert that most kids and adults love. They're usually pretty good when you make them from the box- the pour in brownie mix, add water, stir, and bake recipes. But, they're even better when you know that you made them from...
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Five Advantages and Disadvantages to Homeschooling
When thinking about the putting your children through home school versus public or private school, you really should make sure that you understand all of the criteria involved in at home education. There is a special set of rules that a parent,...
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Activities to Get Your Teenager Involved In
Today's youth is involved in video games, movies, computers, and just about anything electronic. You don't see many teenagers out and about in the world, unless its shopping. I'm only a few years older than the considered teenager, but I remember...
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How Do I Convince My Parents I'm Ready for a Puppy?
It's never really been a probably for me to ask for a new dog and get it. I mean in general, I'll say it, I'm spoiled, and usually get what I want with my parents, relationships, friends, teachers, etc. Getting things has never really been to hard. ...
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Best Pets for Small Children
As a child of parents who aren't real big pet lovers, on the exception of dogs, had a hard time convincing my them to let me bring home anything but dogs. Maybe you don't want to bring home a dog for your five year old. Very understandable. I mean...
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How to Write a Narrative Poem
A narrative poem is one that tells a story. It can be short or long. It can rhyme with a set pattern or without; it doesn't doesn't have to rhyme, though. It can have a set meter or be a little varied. Narrative poems don't follow too many rules,...
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How Much Does a Tattoo Cost?
One of the most common questions is, "How much is my tattoo going to cost?" The short answer is: It depends! Here's how to accurately estimate the cost of your tattoo.
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Invest in a Hobby: Profitable Collections
Spare time and money? Take on a hobby. Hobbies aren't just to keep you out of trouble and to fill your spare time; they can make for a future investment, too. By spending your time collecting rare coins and investing in rare stamps, one day, you or...
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My Investment: The Cost of Breeding Reptiles
Although, I have had reptiles for years and have successfully bred them, which started as an accident, but either way, I never really considered breeding for anything but my own enjoyment and pets. I either kept what I bred or gave the hatchlings to...
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Plastic Surgery For Dogs: Dog Ear Crop and Tail Dock
No, I'm not speaking in terms of doggy clothes and accessories. No bling- bling collars or jeweled leashes. I'm thinking more in terms of plastic surgery for dogs. It's not necessarily a new thing, a new trend, a new style. Dog's don't care what...
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How to Pull Off a Good Prank Phone Call
Practical jokes and can be funny or hurtful depending on how you go about doing it. I find the funniest practical jokes are prank phone calls. People really don't get hurt with prank phone calls, which is the key with any practical joke, otherwise,...
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Best Senior Pranks- Highschool Pranks
Senior pranks tend to be a unofficial tradition at most high schools, similar to the unofficial senior skip day. It is crucial to find the perfect prank; one must realized the fine line between mischievous and vandalism or criminal. No senior...
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Cheats & Walkthrough - One Piece Unlimited Adventure (Wii)
Created for Nintendo Wii, One Piece: Unlimited Adventure is based on the anime series- One Piece- that released in Japen in 2007. The game released in the United States in January 2008. Following the anime series Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper battle...
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Pokémon Battle Revolution - Cheat Codes and Walkthrough
Pokemon Battle Revolution features 11 different colosseums, each with changes to both normal play and prerequisists. The attacks are more diverse, with each Pokemon acquiring their own animations allowing for most moves. Some of the animations...
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Common Chinchilla Ailments
Although chinchillas are relatively robust and hardy, they can succumb to several common health concerns, most of which are preventable. The most common illness that a chinchilla will contract is going to be either a respiratory concern or heat...
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Chinchilla Health & First Aid
Chinchillas may look foreign and exotic.. Well, that's because they are. They're not your average fancy rat or lop bunny, but in terms of anatomy, they do have the same basic anatomy of the smaller sized rodent. To be able to spot signs of illness...
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What Morph is My Leopard Gecko
Leopard geckos make great pets. Why? Because they're small, docile, and come in a TON of colors and patterns- I.E. morphs. You can pick and choose your favorites, whether it be a bright Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail Baldy leopard gecko or a pale...
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How to Train Pet Rats
Rats can be easily trained to do simple tasks. You may actually be training your rat already.... You just may not know it. Teaching your rat to come when called- When you go to the cage and either say the rat's name or make a clicking noise, you...
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Blue Pit Bull Pictures: Photos of My APBT
American Pit Bull Terriers are the most vicious breed out there, right? I mean they're a danger to both children and men, alike. Ignore the statistics, they're not the least likely breed to bite; they're vicious and a hazard to any home... Well,...
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Homemade Treats and Food for your Rat
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Pregnant Kate Hudson ALREADY Wants More Kids –- Baby Bliss Has Officially Hit!
Hey Kate, you already have a baby on the way! Have patience!
The Something Borrowed actress, 32, who is in the third trimester with her second child, is already talking about having more children in the future. Get ready, Matt Bellamy!
"I already can't wait to have another one," she tells Marie Claire Magazine, "I love being pregnant. Gosh, I could be pregnant all the time." Aww! But Kate, enjoy the pregnancy your experiencing now! There's no need to rush it.
What brought about this baby fever? She must have found the right guy in Muse rocker Matt!
–Amber Belus
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Almost every aspect of human existence has been touched by the dynamic of globalization, which may be the defining characteristic of the 21st Century. Yet, the origins, history, evolution, and impact of globalization – even its very definition – are subject to intense debate. We can surely say, however, that every student leaving college and entering the workforce – the world – should have a fundamental understanding of globalization. Such understanding will give students crucial knowledge and skills that will set them apart in this new world and help them succeed in an increasingly globalized context. It will help them anticipate the social, cultural, economic and political changes brought about by globalization — and the resistance to globalization. It will better prepare students to draw connections in an interdependent and interconnected world. Global Studies is a relatively new and increasingly popular major at universities worldwide, including Yale, UCLA, the London School of Economics and others. Different from study in an individual department, Global Studies is emphatically interdisciplinary, with professors from anthropology, journalism, sociology, modern languages and literature, religion studies, political science, history, international relations, and others. Increasingly, the most important questions cannot be answered by one discipline but by the combined efforts of multiple disciplines.
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Presenting New Community Distributions at FOSDEM'10, 6-7 February, Brussels, The final version of ZCP 6.40.0 release, scheduled to be launched in March 2010, will be available through the Canonical Partner repository for the popular Ubuntu distribution.Read more »
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I must concede: Sometimes I worry Canonical is trying to do too much too soon with Ubuntu. ... But just when I get really worried, the company makes a major move that impresses me. A case in point: Open source expert Matt Asay has joined Canonical as chief operating officer. It's a big move for Canonical, Ubuntu and Asay. Here's why.Read more »
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It's not even 10pm, I'm sitting in bed, my room dark – it's not unusual though, for me to get into a safe and warm spot on my bed at this hour. A space that is just mine, one where my thoughts fly around me, sometimes too quickly, at times though, not quick enough. Tonight though, things seem different.
It began when I sat in my car, a whole day had just passed me by. In front of the world, I was a strong girl, I stuck a smile on my face. A colleague even asked me, "How do you look so happy even at 7pm?" Little did she know – It was 9pm, I was sitting in my car. With the windows shut, there was no sound inside – just the sound of me breathing.
With trembling hands, I started the car, unsure of where I was supposed to go – the road home.
This word is so foreign to me now. No, not in the way most young adults my age wish it to feel. I've absolutely forgotten the feeling, of driving home, after a long day. It's not a location, neither is it your waiting parents, or even the food your mom cooked lovingly for you, because she just knew you would have a bad day today. No, it's none of that.
It's a space. Your space. It's a feeling, when you enter the doorway, that warm aura that engulfs you entirely. Your mind, body and soul, they smile in sync. That smile doesn't need to show on your face mind you. And sometimes, you might be the only person who even notices that you're smiling – but you know that you're smiling.
I can't remember the last time I smiled – the last time my mind, body and soul smiled together. When all my senses came together.
It's easy to take a city, a love, comfort and even sanity for that matter, for granted. It's true, whoever said, you only have to lose it all to know what you had to begin with.
But coming back to tonight. It's around 10.40 now.
My room is dark; but I now live in what people fondly call, The City of Lights, The City of Dreams. The City of Love, Fame and Power.
Tonight – I can't see the lights. I have no dreams. Love, fame and power are nowhere on Marine Drive's horizon.
I miss home. But then, that's just me.
Do you sometimes play all the right songs, just so that the tears come pouring out? Even as I type this, the tears won't stop. Someone once told me, write, use your writing to your advantage when you think the whole world isn't there to listen. Sometimes, it's a curse. To know all the right words, and all the right ways to use those words to cause a stir in your heart. To leave your pillow with kaajal and tear stains, a reminder of a night that you wish would quickly turn into day.
Do you sometimes stare at your phone, wondering how it's filled with contacts, filled to its entire capacity with number after number, email address after email address, groups on Whatsapp bubbling with chats – but your screen is just dark. It's lonely. The phone won't ring. And even if it does, you don't know whose name you want to see on that screen.
Do you sometimes hold yourself so tightly – almost curl up into a ball, hoping that warmth reaches every part of you; both inside and outside. Put a blanket over your head, and keep your eyes shut tight, hoping that when you open it, all of this is just nightmare that's now going to fade away with the rays of the morning sun? Do you?
Or is it just me?
It's almost 11 now. The tears seemed to have stopped flowing, the world's still moving, and a song on shuffle just made me smile. It's odd – How a longing for a feeling can take your breath away.
Take me back,
Take me home,
If only for a day,
If only for a day.
This one is for Pune. My home. My love. My city. Me.
Everything, that was once Me, and tonight, just wants to be.
This one is for all the memories that made my love and hate my home, my love, my city, Me.
Ps. The song that made me smile, Intro, the XX. It's brilliant.
But for tonight, why don't you listen to – All Of These Stars, OST The Fault Lies In My Stars; Ed Sheeran.
"They're playing chasing cars, and I thought of us."


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The Plano Symphony Orchestra's School Concert Education Program was created over 25 years ago through a unique collaboration between the Symphony leadership and Plano ISD Fine Arts Department to be an integral part of the fine arts curriculum for elementary school students. These performances have provided students with opportunities to experience the art form and introduce children of the digital age to the magic of live musical enrichment. The ongoing partnership between the Plano Symphony Orchestra and Plano ISD has been an invaluable resource for the PISD music program touching thousands of students over the years.
In 2008, the program received an Arts Education Award nomination from Art Centre of Plano "For the Love of Arts" for outstanding education in the arts.
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The great thing about cabbage, carrots and all the other crops, as David Cavagnaro and Nancy Bubel describe in the two previous articles, is all you need to store them for months is a cold, well-ventilated space. A spare refrigerator works pretty well, but even better and more spacious is a real root cellar. A basement root cellar is convenient and useful.
Traditionally, this cold room was an underground space built under or near the home, insulated by the ground and vented so cold air could flow in and warm air out in the fall. Then when winter temperatures arrived, the vents were closed, and the cellar stayed cold but not freezing.
Most modern basements are too warm for long-term winter storage, but you can create an indoor version of the cellars that have long served homesteaders well by walling off a basement corner and adding the vents, as shown in the drawing above. The two vents create a siphon effect that lets you regulate the flow of cold outside air into the insulated cellar room, allowing the temperature to remain near freezing through the winter months.
Fred Matlack of Vera Cruz, Pa., developed this nifty design, and the basement root cellar he built in his basement has worked just as he planned. "You just need to watch the temperature to be sure you close the vents before the temperature drops below freezing, which would damage some crops," Matlack says.
Several universal truths remain constant that will help you create an optimal root cellar, even though every basement situation is unique. The first is location. Because you'll need access to the outdoors for fresh air, choose a cellar position that includes a window. It's possible to bore holes through a basement wall for the 3- or 4-inch vent pipes you'll need to install, but it's a whole lot easier to simply remove the glass from a window, replace it with plywood and then run your pipes through holes in the wood. In cold regions, you can create an insulated panel to replace window glass. Laminating a layer of half-inch-thick exterior-grade plywood on each side of a piece of 1- or 2-inch-thick extruded polystyrene foam is a terrific way to make an insulated panel for vent pipe access. Polyurethane construction adhesive is perfect for holding the foam-and-wood sandwich together.
When it comes to any basement root cellar, the exterior walls create ideal interior temperatures. This is what delivers the cooling action, and the more masonry surface you've got, the better. That's why you'll want to choose a corner location for your installation if you can. This offers maximum exposure to exterior walls while minimizing the need to build and insulate interior walls. And if you've got a choice, select a spot with the highest soil height outside. Does one of your possible options include northern exposure? Terrific! That's great if you can get it.
After you've picked your cellar location and replaced the window glass with a solid panel that accommodates the vent pipes, turn your attention to the walls. Find yourself a helper, grab a sheet or two of plywood or wafer board, and get ready to use your imagination. It's amazing how temporarily propping up sheet materials can help you imagine the floor plan of a new room, leading you to better finished results. How long should your cellar be? How wide? Is a 3-foot-wide door big enough? These kinds of questions are much easier to answer when you've got something to hold up, look at, move around and tweak.
With the footprint and door location of your cellar finalized, mark the relevant outlines on the floor with a big felt-tipped marker. Although you'll need to build some kind of wood frame for the wall and doorway, it needn't be as beefy as a typical load-bearing wall for a house. You can extend stud spacing beyond 24 inches on center if you need to economize, but regardless of the wall design, you'll have to secure it at the top and bottom. A few tricks can make this happen.
As you custom-cut your wall studs to length, make them short enough to leave an eighth- to a quarter-inch gap between the top of the wall and the joists above when combined with the top and bottom plates. That way, you'll have no trouble tilting the wall up into position (be sure to check that it's plumb by using a level), yet you still can secure it with 3½-inch #10 screws driven up through the top plate and into the bottom edge of the joists. Drive a softwood wedge dabbed with glue into the gap before driving the screws home.
Basement floors are often damp, so consider using composite deck material instead of wood for the bottom wall plate. Choose a brand that's solid all the way through, then cut and nail it just like regular lumber. Composites are rot-proof and won't contribute musty smells to your cellar, even if they get wet. Anchor the bottom of your cellar wall to a concrete floor with construction adhesive and concrete nails or screws driven into pre-drilled holes.
Insulation is your next challenge, and good reasons exist to consider using rigid sheets of foam instead of traditional fiberglass batts. The most important is moisture resistance. Any basement is likely to get damp from time to time, and fiberglass has almost no ability to resist mold growth and deterioration when water is present. Foam, on the other hand, tolerates moisture much better. It's also easier to use than fiberglass, and it's non-irritating. Extruded polystyrene is especially good in this regard. It's also a highly effective thermal insulator. Just be aware that some jurisdictions require foam to be covered with a fire-resistant sheet to meet code specifications. As you plan your insulation strategy, be sure to include the ceiling of your cellar. Warmth coming down from heated areas above could raise cellar temperatures too high for the food.
A key feature of the basement cellar is the two-vent design. To function optimally, space the interior ends of the intake and exhaust pipes as far apart as possible. Also, you'll need to plan your shelf layout to allow as much top-to-bottom air movement as you can achieve. This is where ceiling-mounted shelves can really help. The best idea is to use hanging metal wire frames that support shelves made of 2-by-12-inch lumber you cut yourself. Cover the vent openings with screen to keep out insects and mice, and if you want to really cool the room down quickly, add a little exhaust fan to supplement the natural flow of cool air down into the room.
I've posted twice now, and don't see the two postings anywhere.
to MAC.... the best you can do is secure a few OLD,USED refrigerators (4 or 5), build a 'room simialr to the 'celler 'root celler'' depicted in this email, in you garage. Make the walls top and bottom, very well sealed and insulated. Remove the doors from the 'non working' refrigerators AND the one that works. Have that working one set on a thermostat timer, set at 45F to 50F so when the temp reaches the lower setting, the working frig turs off, then on when the temp exceeds 50. I would insulate the concrete floor as well, with a solid foam sheet, with 1/2 plywood on top so you can walk without crushing the foam. Seal all the edges with a white tub sealer. include a fan for minimal air flow to prevent excess moisture development...at the top of the wall so as to keep the cold dense air in... good luck.
what can you do if you live in Florida?
We built this root cellar in our basement two years ago in the north corner of our basement. Below grade concrete on two walls, concrete covered with linoleum tile on the floor, and two sides and a ceiling of well-insulated wood. I built red oak bins around the base, filled them with sand, and buried turnips, beets, and potatoes. In the winter, the humidity never gets higher than 45%. We've sprayed the sand with water, drenched towels and hung them over the bins, to no avail. The sand is dry as a bone and nothing keeps well. I believe the flaw in the design is there is no insistence on a dirt wall or floor. We're building another root cellar outside this summer.
so question, my basement is half below and half above ground. can i do this that way or do i have to build the basement too?
For humidity, just keep a household type of spray bottle down there with water, and each time you go get some veggies, spray the floor a little bit. Also, it seems like simply leaving the basement window is simple, if it is one of those crank-out types, then make sure you have screening of some sort, and simply open the window more or less as needed. Hanging a wall thermometer away from the direct window draft helps too. Happy eating!
With carrots and parsnips, and possibly others, supposedly the best thing is to leave them in the ground covered with a thick layer of mulch. I haven't tried this but from what I've read the flavor improves and they can be dug up as needed as the mulched ground doesn't freeze hard; also they're really good in early spring. I do know that kale tastes incredibly good after a hard freeze. One of these years I will manage to try these methods...
Do you keep your root vegetables (other than potatoes) in wet sand? That's what I've always heard to do, and I would imagine that would keep vegetables from becoming dehydrated.
I understand the need to bring in cold air but. I have a concern about the humidity getting too low, because of the cold dry air coming in and ending up with dehydrated veggies. I have an insulated / unheated (except for what may radiate down through the main floor) crawlspace. In the coldest part of winter this space only gets down to about 48f. my carrots only last 1-1 1/2 months before becoming uneatable carrot jerky :( I have been able to extend that some by keeping them in a partly covered container, but there is a fine line with that too. Not enough air and they get moldy. I know I need to get them colder. But what about the humidity? If I put a humidifier in there, what level should I try to maintain? Gordy
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Editorial: Are developers killing their franchises?
Can you ever have too many?
It seems a simple enough question. When related to gaming, can too many ever become a bad thing? What I mean is, how long does it take before a series runs dry? How long can these developers keep our interest piqued? If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? Instantly, one fairly simple question has become four questions of increasing complexity. There is more however. If certain long running series are surviving, while others crash and burn out of sight, well why is that? What was it about them that we as consumers did not enjoy, or just grew bored of? Let's have a look at some examples.
I think what would be fitting to start with is Pokemon. Obviously the monopoly is enormous, but we are focusing purely on the videogames that have dominated the handheld market ever since the originals, Blue and Red (or Red and Green in its home country of Japan) in 1996. Ever since 1996, the series continues to grow and continues to dominate even today. The games however, all use exactly the same formula. Why is it then that this series continues to hit the number one spot in the charts, almost guaranteed, with each new release. Why have consumers not grown tired of the formulaic gameplay, that is in fact so overused, gamers who have experienced even just one Pokemon game beforehand know what is coming around the corner.
With Pokemon, it certainly seems to be a case of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' mentality. The games are good, people do still buy them and hence the formula is not messed with. I think the developers feel it would be an enormous risk to the popularity of the games if they drastically changed the formula and therefore remain in a safe, money-making zone. Not only this, but the generations of Pokemon are relatively spread out. The first generation of games was released in Japan in 1996 and the Western world in 1998, while it then took two years for the second generation, Gold and Silver, to be released and then a further three for Sapphire and Ruby. It continues on like this. Although there are stopgap games in between, what people really anticipate are the new generations and I believe the developers leave enough time in between releases to allow the hype to generate, unlike another game series which has since died out.
This series is the once popular Guitar Hero franchise, wherein you used a guitar shaped peripheral to rock out to licensed tracks in a similar format to dance games, where you matched timed reactions on the screen to your peripheral. An extremely good idea proved to be an extremely popular idea by the release of Guitar Hero II in 2006, the first game being released in 2005, and the popularity only went up. However, as the sales increased, so did the number of games being released in a year. It went from a fairly sparse, but still annual, release schedule, to seven, yes that's right, seven titles being released for the series in 2010. The music game industry hit a sharp decline with consumers arguing that Activision, who distributed the series, were simply milking it for all it was worth. The market for rhythm games was $1.4 billion in 2008, dropping nastily to $700 million in 2009.
Another example of a game series quickly becoming oversaturated in a short space of time is the Assassin's Creed franchise and, although they are still met with rave reviews and sales, this writer thinks the series should end fairly soon, so they avoid the same fate as Guitar Hero. The reviews clearly point out that the mechanics of the series are already beginning to feel stale and many fans of the game series believe it peaked with the second game, this particular gamer included.
The last major series I want to look at is the Final Fantasy series of RPG games that were previously exclusive to the Playstation but have since expanded to multi-platform formats. Starting in 1987 with the eponymous Final Fantasy, the series has continued to expand and change, but managing to stay within the role-playing game formula. It is Square Enix's greatest selling video game series, perhaps helped by the sheer number of games in its personal library, perhaps due to the quality of the experiences to be had. The difference with the Final Fantasy series, I believe, is that they have successfully managed to branch out to different genres, such as Massively Multiplayer Online games, which still retain the role-playing aspect that they were born with. Admittedly, the series will forever have the games that they are most well known for, in this instance I would argue it is Final Fantasy 7, but it continues to sell to this day even with its colossal backlog of games, people are still interested in the series, with Final Fantasy 13-2 being recently released.
So why are people consistently interested in these huge franchises, both of which are Japanese, while other games die out if they try to introduce too many games? Perhaps it is the sheer quality that a lot of the Pokemon and Final Fantasy games are renowned for. This writer however thinks it is a little more than that. They space out their games and have been running for a very long time, Final Fantasy nearly ten years longer than Pokemon but both of them long all the same. To this day, that has allowed both the franchises time to build up great fanbases consisting of gamers from multiple generations. Not only that, but the series have expanded into empires almost, both Pokemon and Final Fantasy having films and other media unrelated to gaming dedicated to them. This then allows their fanbase to expand even more and we begin to see a domination of a multitude of markets.
So, to summarise, that is why I feel certain game series manage to survive in the long run. It is down a lot to distribution, with some developers and distributors getting greedy and attempting to capitalise on the great and sometimes unexpected successes of their first title by shoving copious sequels down consumer's throats in a very short elapsed time. With Guitar Hero, this also included highly expensive peripherals that changed with every iteration and the boredom seeps in quicker than it would if it were panned out over a greater period of time. Meanwhile, Pokemon and Final Fantasy have built numerous media empires over longer periods, usually starting out small and then expanding, allowing them to dominate the market for years to come with an ever exponentially increasing number of fans.


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There are several positive things about large and extended families (read the joint family system). Often, parents-in- law snoop into the private lives of their daughters-in- law. It's stifling and suffocating. How can a mother-in- law crowd the bedroom of her son and daughter-in- law? Some families are so large that husbands and wives do not have their private space and time. The daughter-in- law, busy doing household chores, is lonely in a crowd. Tripti, a Delhi-based gynaecologist, fictionalizes real life incidents, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths.
'Doctor, I wish to tell you something.' She spoke in a hushed voice.
I had just sent the patient outside to the washroom and this was her mother-in- law.
'What happened?'
I fervently hoped she wouldn't ask me to tell her daughter-in- law to start taking interest in house work. This was nothing unusual. I was often caught in such tricky situations. From harassed daughters-in- law asking me to tell her in-laws she needed to rest to the wary parents-in- law sick of their daughters-in- law lazing in bed all time, each wanting to go indirectly through me, I had seen them all. Both sides had my sympathies. In the much hyped great Indian joint family system breathed so many misgivings.
But this one had delivered normally just a week back.
'Doctor, you didn't advise them?'
'About what?' I was getting confused.
'They should not be doing it?' she whispered
I looked wide eyed at her. What was she leading upto?
'I know they were upto 'that' yesterday? They are not supposed to do something like this now.
But how can I say that to my son?' This was so weird 'Your daughter-in- law complained to you?' They never appeared so close.
She looked a little embarrassed.
'Well, their room is just above mine. And around midnight I could kind of make out what they were doing.' She looked around a little uncomfortable. Her daughter-in- law had once told me that they were a little too intrusive. Though I had let that pass, I could now comprehend her irritation more clearly.
'You went to her bedroom to see them?' Dear God, she was snooping on them.
'Actually there was a lot of noise so I went upstairs to check. I didn't go inside but I kind of stood in the dark and listened. Madam, you must advise them. She has got stitches there. Even she should have been wiser.'
I simmered. When would we start respecting each other's privacy? No wonder many people were moving out of joint families.
The business families were the ones, which had largely stuck to joint families. As a child I used to be so envious of those living with uncles, aunts, cousins and grandparents. There was never any dull moment in such families but I had never given any thought for the 'woman' silently suffering in such households.
Another old lady had once come to see me with a slightly different agenda.
'Doctor, you have been treating my daughter-in- law for infertility. You know how anxious she is about not having a baby.'
I refrained from saying that it was she who was not ready to be patient. She never lost an opportunity to remind her daughter-in- law about the absence of a grandchild in the family. She kept a tab on her cycles and greeted her with a dejected smile at the end of her monthly cycle. Her pointed barbs were getting too much and the poor daughter in law had started dreading those days
The obsession some people have to have a grandchild drove them to obscene lengths. Her daughter-in- law once told me that she often checked the dustbins in her room and would look accusingly if she ever found a condom wrapper there! She became a bit wiser and the useless wrappers changed their route to her purse before they got thrown away, much to the relief of the agonised mother-in- law. Indeed a crowded family they lived in!
'She has been taking those medicines. You have told them that this is the right time to have contact. But they are so irresponsible. My son came late yesterday night from a party. And later, I could hear them quarreling. If she behaves so foolishly how will she get pregnant? Doesn't she realise how much is at stake?'
I kept quiet but the misery on her face prompted me to reassure her.
'You never know, they might have actually done it.'
'Arre nhi (O no) madam, I know and that's why I am upset. I and my husband were up the whole night.'
I desisted from asking her to elaborate. It was really funny the way parents were inside their children's bedrooms these days.
'You have to make them understand the gravity of the situation. They need to behave responsibly.' The need to behave similarly failed to impact on her.
I often wondered about 'the son' in such households. Despite the wedding vows and the conjugal knots, he was always in the queue, the husband waiting to be born.
'I think you should let them be. They will come around'. I had my limitations as a doctor. I was supposed to give them a medical advice only.
She looked at me with pent up frustration and I couldn't help but pity her.
This was still a woman talking. There was this patient with blind vagina who suffered obvious complains. Strangely she was sent to the hospital with her father in law. And it was left onto him to give the detailed history as well as being explained the subsequent management. His familiarity raised many eyebrows though with all honesty I felt that it was once again the failure to draw line in our Indian households.
I recalled another patient who had a difficult pregnancy. Her baby failed to grow inside the uterus. She was advised to be on rest, yet she was sunk deep in her domestic chores. Once she broke down in front of me, 'My husband is very caring and tells me to rest. He is even ready to eat outside and wash the laundry. But his parents who come apparently to take care of me are a different matter. I would rather they didn't for all they do is keep me awake by talking all the time. They do not even let me rest in another room. They feel we exaggerate everything and a woman should just keep taking care of their house. I have to cook more as she never offers to do that. Plus they very subtly keep informing me all that my parents should do after the delivery Once when my husband asked me to take rest they reprimanded him and made no bones of telling him how low birth weight he himself was. The worst happened when my mother-in- law checked unwashed laundry. Very discreetly, when my husband was not around, my father-in- law asked me to do that daily. I was shocked and fumbled. He further advised me that I don't have to follow everything that my husband says and neither what the doctors say. They just keep scaring people.' I was amazed. This came from a senior male member of the family!
It was no wonder that her baby did not gain weight and had to be delivered early by cesarean. The poor woman had an equally traumatic postpartum period where often the interfering parents did not let her sleep even after a sleepless exhausting night with a frail baby who refused to feed. They were always critical of the 'weak' baby, waking him up in his sleep, even taking digs at the poor quality of breast milk for the baby was not gaining weight and was neither very fair in complexion. And to top it all, they started passing snide remarks about the poor quality of clothes her parents had sent, dropping broad hints at the absence of precious gifts in it.
An educated woman, yet she suffered the callous attitude of the family and a husband, who ignored the barbs. It had a deleterious effect on her psyche and she suffered severe depression.
I seriously wondered if things would have been different had she been alone.
Just few days back another couple sat in my clinic. The woman looked anxious. I waited for them to talk.
'Are you pregnant?' I asked teasingly
She broke into tears.
'Actually ma'am, we are not into any physical relationship since I delivered a year back.'
As I finished her examination I could not find anything wrong with her.
Her husband echoed my thoughts, 'She worries a lot. I keep saying the same thing. She reads on the internet and now feels she has some hormonal problem.'
She meant postpartum depression. Though it was a little far-fetched but I couldn't with all honesty rule that out. Depression could have strange manifestations 'I think you both really need to work it out together.'
'I feel so guilty. I understand his frustration. We have tried everything. I even read and watch videos but nothing really turns me on '
'I hope there is no trouble in the family.'
Her husband interrupted, 'No ma'am. We are a big family. There is always something going on, never a dull moment. Everyone loves her and she is very close to everyone in the family '
'May be she can go to her mom's place for a few days'
"Arre ma'am, I leave her there but she comes back. Everyone is working there and she gets lonely. They even promise to take leave, but she doesn't stay there for long. She has become so attached to us.' He boasted
It sounded too good to be true. All women loved to go to their parents' house. It was almost a universal feminine trait. Something was definitely wrong there. I looked at the woman but she nodded quietly.
'Why don't you plan a trip outside and relive the old days. May be you can rekindle the magic?'
'Madam, we take so many trips abroad. And it's never just the two of us but more than fifteen people of the family who go together.'
I felt a little stuffed but didn't interrupt him 'She comes from a nuclear family. When we were not married she wanted to be alone with me.
But now when I want to do that she prefers to be with my family.'
'Don't you think it's a little abnormal for a woman not to want to be with her husband alone?'
He kept quiet. It should have hit him but engulfed in the pride being part of 'the great joint family' gave him, he could not apprehend her gradually receding away.
'Performing a myriad of roles had consumed her and somewhere along the line she lost herself.'
She gave me a feeble smile. 'Why don't you go out and work? Exercise a little. Find something that you really enjoy doing. You will have a sense of satisfaction, a feeling of achievement. Go and indulge yourself.'
'I bring such smart outfits for her. I love partying too but she prefers to remain confined. Even though we all encourage her, she is too uncomfortable with how the elders would react. She feels it's not proper!' Her husband looked frustrated. The bubble was slowly breaking.
'There's more to life than being a good mother, wife or daughter-in- law. Why don't you discover yourself? It will make you happy.' I interrupted the husband That brought a response from the dejected woman.
'I have done MBA. I used to help my dad in his office before marriage.'
'Why did you stop working after marriage?'
She simply shrugged. The expectations had ruined her.
A potential resource stood wasted, lost in a maze of designated roles. The telltale signs of stress were there, only her husband failed to see it.
'It's more important being happy than getting uptight about lack of physical intimacy. Get your relationship in the right order. Plan a trip with her, this time alone.' I smiled at him.
The husband did not appear fully convinced. It was beyond him to fathom how his precious family could suffocate her. But the patient gave me a hesitant smile and promised to go along with the idea.
'If things are really not turning out well, don't hesitate to see a psychiatrist.' I cautioned her.
The husband nodded. It was much easier to put blame on a psychological upset. I kept quiet. Life was the best teacher and he would grow up one day.
Loneliness and solitude! Such similar words but what a wealth of difference between the two.
One can get lonely in a crowd but solitude was always a bliss.
I switched on the television and beautiful 'Kanjivaram saree' clad women sprang on my screen. The older ones were busy gossiping and an obedient but an obviously pregnant 'bahu' was sent to the kitchen to make laddoos. Some stereotypes we suffer from. I sighed and changed the channel.
©Tripti Sharan
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Tripti is a practising gynaecologist at BLK Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi. Many of her writings are influenced by the pain and suffering she sees as a doctor. Her forthcoming book 'The Chronicles of a Gynaecologist' is being published by Bloomsbury India. She also has an anthology of poems,'The Dewdrops..a journey begins'. She contributes poems and stories to many publications.


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Greetings! It's Winter my fellow readers! It's finally Winter! If you couldn't tell, Winter has always been my favourite season, and it's finally decided to roll around and consider getting colder, because franky it could try harder. Enough about Winter though, welcome back once again as I sit down and decode some of these Tokyo Transmissions straight from Japan! This week I finished off Myriad Colours Phantom World and…well…I guess you'll have to read it. Wrap up and get some hot chocolate, let's get right into it.
Season Synopsis
Myriad Colours Phantom World:Season One
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Supernatural
As the team grows, Haru feels the need to step up his game in order to contribute to the team more than before now that the role of phantom sealer has been taken by Izumi. As he begins to develop his ability to summon phantoms into battle to aid the party, they slowly begin to grow both in size and as a team, as the new members Minase and Kurumi take the group to a full party of five. Meanwhile Ruru finds a broken gadget left behind by the Alayashki Company, those responsible for the virus outbreak several years ago, during one of their missions, deepening the mystery behind the activities of the comapny. As Haru sets about repairing the device in his down time, the group have many different adventures together as they slowly turn from the worst team in the club, to its best. This renewed sense of accomplishment doesn't protect them from the recent events however, as news soon begins to spread of a phantom attacking and stealing powers from students, all the while it carves a path towards Hosea Academy. The mysterious phantom known as Enigma begins to target Haru specifically, and the team needs to set up to the plate before he loses his powers for good.
Following the events of the first episode, the initial party of Haruhiko, Ruru, Mai and Izumi are eventually joined by a few additions to the team, including the reserved Minase and the younger shy Kurumi. Both of the new characters contribute in their own way, but in terms of story it often feels like all the characters except from Haruhiko are really there just to be there. Other than the traditional story protagonist trait of attracting a large following of girls, Haru is really the only character to be relevant to the plot, and while I'm sure it would be boring to see a story with him alone the whole time, it's a shame the party never really adds more than their presence and the jokes they bring. Both Mai and Izumi allude to some kind of romantic feelings for Haru, yet it never goes anywhere, nor is it focused on enough to become anything more than just being…there?
This isn't a harem show though, as Minase and Kurumi never express more than friendship, thankfully in Kurumi's case. Minase just kind of phases into the group over time because Haru made an effort to be friends with her. While Kurumi is semi-pulled into the circle despite her age because she has a puppet master style ability that causes her bear minion to punch like a damn freight train. It just didn't feel like the cast as a whole really went anywhere on a character level, the team as a unit was enjoyable to watch and made some great gags, but they didn't really evolve, or even have much depth beyond just enough backstory to generate some interest in their existence.
To be fair though, Haru at least does have some fairly decent power progression through the season, as he's really the only person in the show that goes out of his way to research his own powers and develop new techniques to grow stronger for the team. This also leads us to two other semi team members for the cast as Haru begins to develop his abilities beyond just sealing phantoms, and learns how to summon them from his imagination. Which in Haru's case, as a huge bookworm and mythology buff, means the rather hilarious result of him trying to summon monstrous demons from beyond the nether, only to appears as cute chibi-like characters. This introduces us to the hellhound Marchocias and, I kid you not, Cthulhu. No seriously, one of the main summons Haru uses is…Cthulhu. This alone is the best damn thing in the show. While Cthulhu alone still makes me laugh, it would have been nice to see him experiment beyond two summons for the whole season, but hey, can anything truly top the protagonist summoning god damn Cthulhu into battle.
On a whole the cast is enjoyable to watch, and it's not like I disliked anyone on screen, but as with much of the show it just could have been a lot more.
The World
I said in my first impressions review that Myriad Colours had the potential to make it itself an interesting tale. With a decent enough concept, a wealth of interesting material it could cover and something of a distinct vibe to its take on the phantoms and various entities in the world, it had good footing to become something really great as it developed. Yet I have to say I finished the season disappointed. The show was always going to go one of two ways, either explore itself with interesting concepts and an engaging story inside its own world, or use what it had as the backdrop to a fun, yet simple, tale as the characters followed a series of adventures in the club. It does sadden me that it quickly became the latter, not because I didn't enjoy the show for what it was, but because it could have been something quite good.
The story tried to develop itself in the early couple of episodes before being immediately forgotten until the very end. What make it even more disappointing is you can practically see the potential when the story begins trying to explore the company that started the whole viral outbreak and their experiments, on top of a decent enough villain that could had been easily threaded throughout the show and given more purpose, or at least build up. That's not to say I disliked what I watched exactly, Myriad is a fun watch and had some genuinely funny moments. I don't think I'll ever get over Cthulhu, that's still hilarious, but the fun I had with it personally feels soured by the wasted potential and more often than not, the show would bring up interesting ideas without really…doing anything with it.
Story aside, the show did try to explore concepts of interest, or delve into ideas that further explored the nature of the mind and theories of perception versus reality when involved in the supernatural world of the phantoms. One particular episode is solely based around the concept of Schrodinger's Box, the paradoxical thought experiment of something existing in two states at once simultaneously. While it didn't go too far with this kind of thematic approach often, there were enough hints of exploration into certain ideas to give it that interesting touch, even though once again, it failed to really take it anywhere worthwhile. More often it did this for character development as some of characters literally retreated into a different sense of reality until they could deal with personal issues holding them back. The world of Myriad was interesting and fun, with some good laughs to be had, it just pains me that's as far as it was taken most of the time.
Art and Voice
The art of the show was consistently well animated and good looking, often with smooth and engaging combat scenes or at least some flashy visuals for most episodes. It also had some pretty trippy scenes at times as it dove into some of the more "otherworldly" moments the show touched on. Beyond its overall appearance however, it once again failed to do much with what it had. The initial pixel type theme that Haru woke to in the first episode was interesting, and apparently pointless as it never came back or went anywhere. While some of the phantoms were interesting, I never really felt the same level of interest from the dancing telephone poles in the first episode. Most of the enemies were just sort of alright, lacking anything to really grab your attention past some of the enjoyable action scenes they revolved around. It does look good to be sure, with some pretty good shots giving the show great visuals at the time, but ultimately failed to be anything that memorable beyond looking well animated and colourful.
The voice acting remains as it was before, pretty decent all around, I didn't find anything particular bad in any of the performances. I watched this in the Japanese sub, but there is an English dub available out there somewhere. Beyond that though there isn't much else to say, other than the actors often did a good job with a lot of the delivery when it came to the jokes, which is one of the more important aspects to nail in something like Myriad.
Did I like it?
Myriad Colours Phantom World is funny, enjoyable and has an interesting backdrop for the characters to inhabit. For what it was I did enjoy my time with the show, but for what it could have been I feel disappointed it never grew into something more special. If you want some good laughs with a fun and enjoyable show, then by all means Myriad is a solid watch, if you just want to turn off and watch something for a bit of fun, it will hit the spot. If you want anything beyond that though, it might leave you disappointed with the missed opportunity for being a lot more. Maybe give Blue Exorcist a watch instead, it has a very similar vibe, but a much better focus to the story it wants to tell, as well as being a lot more serious overall, yet still hilarious. I just wish it never strayed from the manga.
End Transmission
That's all the anime from me for some time, but I'll be back with a real treat in my next Critical Hit, or Miss? As before I'm more socially active now, and you can find me at both www.facebook.com/Drenik74 and twitter.com/Drenik74_Public for more news, updates and streaming info. Personally I was pretty disappointed that Myriad didn't really live up to what could have been something quite interesting, but what did you guys think? If there was a second season I would watch it, but I don't think I'd hope for much in terms of real progression. Until next time!