Mosquitos are the bane of many people's lives, come the summer. Some people seem to be bitten five times a day whilst others are never bitten, and those affected end up itchy, sore and miserable for the length of their holiday, or the whole summer if they live in areas where mosquitos are rife.
Lady Gaga is one artist which many people have impersonated. She has a particular image that is typical for impersonators – the blonde hair, revealing outfits and excessive use of make-up, making her an easy artist to mimic, and as such she is a favourite among drag queens as well as female...
The benefits of the slow cooker is that you can create healthy meals with ease and these will be both tasty and nutritious, and you can use cheaper cuts of meat – low carb diets tend to include a lot of meat, which can work out pricey. But in a clow cooker you can use meat such as chicken thighs...
One low carb diet secret is Flaxseed meal, or flaxmeal. This can be bought ready ground from supermarkets and health food shops, or you can buy your own flaxseed, also known as linseed, and grind them yourself using a blender or coffee grinder. Once ground, flaxseed meal does not keep for more than...
The Atkins Diet was developed by Dr Atkins in response to the low calorie diets on the market that he saw as not working in the long term to help individuals in their weightloss goals. The diet is explained in full in Dr Atkins' book, Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution, which is available for around $8...
The Dukan Diet is currently one of the most popular diets, and the book, The Dukan Diet, as well as its recipe book, The Dukan Recipe Book, are both in the top ten best seller lists for books in both the US and the UK. The diet was devised by a French Dr, Pierre Dukan, who prescribed it for his own...
There are several popular low carb diets around at the moment, each claiming to be the best and to have the quickest weightloss with long lasting results. The major, most well known, ones are the Atkins Diet and The South Beach Diet whilst the Dukan Diet, the Go Lower Diet, the Nerys and India...
Every year, there are a number of must-have Christmas toys that parents all over the world begin their search in order to find at a reasonable price, without too much hassle required, or even at all. A little research into this year's likely must-have best-selling toys can allow the parent time to...
When you choose reusable diapers, which are also known as cloth diapers, or fluff, you will be faced with many different styles and types and it may seem like the choices are endless. Not only this, but you will find there are different diapers for different ages of your baby, from newborn to...
The good news is you can improve your memory instantly. These tips and techniques don't need any length of time to work, and you don't gradually improve your memory over time, but you can put the techniques in force today, and your memory will be improved from today.
Looking for an easy hat to make for a newborn? Here's how to make an easy hat using only one type of stitch: the knit stitch!
One of the easiest ways of learning some Spanish quickly is to learn the numbers. Luckily, learning the numbers and how to count in Spanish is pretty straightforward and simple. Counting in Spanish: 0 --- cero, 1 --- uno, 2 --- dos
There are a few methods of encouraging a baby to drop off to sleep, and these have varying success rates depending on the age of your baby, and on their personality – some babies enjoy being rocked, some hate it, other babies like to be left alone whilst some feel scared or alone. The most likely...
Antonio Saura stated in an interview with Elena Pita, of the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, that whilst he understands and appreciates the classical ideas of beauty, for him real beauty is something that is intense and something that grips the stomach and the heart, in order to “blow the mind” of the...
The main political event of the 1930’s after the triumphs of Stalin and Hitler was the Spanish Civil War. Picasso painted the portable mural ‘Guernica’, 1937, oil on canvas, 349 x 777cm for the Spanish Republic pavilion
In Spanish there are two verbs 'to be', which are 'ser' and 'estar'. Learn how to use them properly, how to conjugate them and how to master their rules.
How much money the new baby will cost you, and how you will be able to afford it. There are some baby items that are not necessary, and there are other things that can be done cheaply. Firstly, some essentials not to skimp on: The nursery, A cot bed, Bathing and changing, clothes etc
There are three types of Spanish verb, there are those ending in -AR, such as hablar (to speak), those ending in -ER, such as comer (to eat) and those ending in -IR (to live) and they have different rules. -ER and -IR verb rules are mostly the same in the present tense, except for the forms of we...
When you learn a foreign language you want to jump straight in and get going, you want to learn a lot quickly, and you want to feel you are getting somewhere. So, with that in mind, here are a few common phrases which will enable you to get speaking straight away.
There are a few things that make morning sickness seem worse – hunger, stress and tiredness; and some ways to help alleviate the nausea and prevent the sickness are as follows. Try and get a full nights sleep. Eat before waking in the morning.
The main benefits of using cloth nappies: they save you money, they are better for the environment, they are better for the babies' bottoms, they look much cuter, re-usable nappies are made from a variety of fabrics and in a wide range of colours and fabrics
Here is a brief refresher of basic English grammar. A noun is a naming word. A verb is a doing word.
The advice is to begin weaning your baby from 4 to 6 months, though exactly when to start doing so is controversial and continuously changing. Some studies argue that breastmilk or formula are sufficient for your baby for the first 6 months of life or even longer, and to give food prematurely might...
Stopping smoking is considered to be very difficult but there are some sure-fire ways to help you kick the habit for good, and to do it yourself, without the need for any form of treatment or gimmick.
But you can find suitable work online, if, for whatever reason, you would prefer not to go out of the house to work, or you need to supplement your income. Find a niche, if you want to start a business. A few ideas of what is current at the moment in work-from-home opportunities. Writing articles