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How to Make Your Own Play Dough

This cooked play dough recipe produces a better texture than uncooked versions. It uses all-natural non-toxic ingredients and it's fun to make.

4 Easy Art Projects For Toddlers

4 fun and easy art projects for toddlers including watercolor painting with various materials, finger painting, wet chalk drawing, and an eco-friendly leaf art project.

Adopt, Don't Shop. But Do Your Homework First

Important factors to consider when adopting a dog.

Creating Wire Jewelry

Instructions for creating coiled wire earrings and background information on the best wire gauges for creating different types of jewelry.

How Do Dogs Learn? How Should We Teach Them?

A basic understanding of dog behavior, body language and positive reinforcement training.

Metallic Paper Beads

Simple instructions for making metallic paper beads by forming paper pulp into interesting painted shapes.

Faux Ivory Buttons

Simple instructions for mixing polymer clay to resemble bone or ivory to make objects such as faux ivory buttons.

Understanding Canines: Friendship And Trust Vs. Hierarchical Dominance - Dogs Are Not Wolves

The domestic dog of today is not like a wolf. The 'Sit, Stay, Do As I Say' approach will never lead to a healthy, happy relationship between human and dog.

How to Make a Polymer Clay House Necklace

Simple instructions for making a polymer clay necklace with house shaped beads.

Reading Cat Behavior: How to Tell if Your Cat is Distressed

Reading cat behavior to tell if your cat is distressed or happy, signs of hidden illness in cats, and subtle clues to look for in their mood.

Mask Making

Mask making is an entertaining project for both children and adults, and it makes a great group project. Mask making instructions are provided.

Indoor Cat or Outdoor Cat? The Risks and Rewards of Roaming

Indoor Cat or Outdoor Cat? The risks and rewards of letting your cat roam outdoors. Is there an answer to the dangers an outdoor cat faces?

Precious Metal Clay

Interesting facts about Precious Metal Clay (PMC), cost, who is using PMC, and kiln firing silver clay to make jewelry and other objects.

Painting on Fabric

Choosing the right textile paint for fabric, converting traditional acrylics to fabric paint (textile medium), and preparing fabric for painting.

Clay Basics

Learn the basics of working with clay. This topic covers the characteristics and types of clay, modeling, handbuilding techniques including pinch-pots, coil building with clay, and slab building.

What are the largest rodents?

Fun facts about the largest rodents - rats such as the prehistoric Josephoartigasia monesi, the Capybara of New Guinea and the Gambian pouched rat.

Fabric Painting on Silk

There is nothing as fundamentally magical as decorated fabric. Learn more about water-based paints and acid dyes for fabrics. This article contains step-by-step instructions for painting on heavy silk to create a striped silk scarf.

Why Native Gardening is Beneficial

Gardening with native plants is an easy way to go green. It saves money, resources, and time for the gardener while extending and compensating for lost ecosystems. Native plants attract song birds, butterflies, and other desirable indigenous wildlife.

What Foods are GMO?

What are GMO foods? How to avoid eating GMO foods and why biotech companies continue to release new and untested genetically modified GM foods.

GMO Foods: Dangerous or Beneficial Science?

What are GMO foods and are they dangerous or beneficial? Some studies indicate problems with genetically modified foods including death, organ failure and infertility that appear to contrast the benefits.

Why GMO Foods are Here to Stay

Why GMO foods are here to stay: GMO laws, farmer protections, supply and demand of modified foods, and the suppression of the negative effects of GMO foods from the public.

South Africa's Gastronomical Pleasures

South Africa's favorite traditional foods including South African biltong, braai, pap and potjiekos.

Hollywood Celebrities in Japanese TV Commercials

Hollywood celebrities appearing in recent Japanese TV commercials including Brad Pitt, Britney Spears, Leonardo di Caprio, Bruce Willis and Miranda Kerr.

Polymer Clay Basics

Polymer Clay Basics contains instructions for preparing clay to cover objects and a creative step-by-step polymer clay jigsaw puzzle heart stool project.

Crime in South Africa and How It Affects Tourists

Crime in South Africa, how it affects tourists, and precautions that you can take to prevent becoming a victim of crime in South Africa.

Why You Should Visit South Africa

From the scenic views of Table Mountain in Cape Town, to God's Window in Mpumalanga, South Africa has fast become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.

Experience South Africa's Gold Rush First Hand

Gold Reef City in Johannesburg South Africa has many attractions including a Gold Rush themed amusement park. Discover how Johannesburg became the gold capital of the world.

Strange Myths of South Africa

Learn more about strange myths of South Africa. Were leopards spotless at one time? Is Cape Town slow because of a 'Tablecloth' of Pure Marijuana? Also, a featured miniature-monster not to be missed: The Tokoloshe from African mythology.

3 Top Tourist Attractions in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

3 top family-friendly tourist attractions in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.

A Look at Some Popular Japanese TV Shows

A look at genres that dominate Japanese TV including popular Japanese TV quiz shows, dramas and food shows.

Fast Food Favorites - Japanese Style

Favorite multinational fast-food products tailored for the Japanese palate.

Developing Your Child Into the Next Mega Sports Star

The reasons why we should encourage our children to be active from a young age.

Silly and Wonderfully Weird Japanese Things

A listing of some silly and wonderfully weird Japanese things. Amazing Japanese products that will either send you off on an eBay hunt, or make you run far, far away.

A Complete Checklist of Items You Should Have in Your Car

A complete checklist of recommended items you should have in your car.

Checklist of Safety Items For Your Car

A numbered checklist of recommended safety items you should have in your car.

Top 5 Things You Must Have in Your Car at All Times

A listing of the top things you must have in your car ordered from least important to most important.

How to make a Japanese bento box lunch

How to make a Japanese bento box lunch with information about the types of foods in a bento box and the five color principle.

Basketball: Learn How to Slam Dunk

Learn how to slam dunk by improving your vertical jump and then practicing a one-handed dunk followed by a two-handed dunk.

Top 5 Tips for Choosing the Right Smartphone

Before you set out to buy a smartphone, review these tips to make sure you are choosing the right operating system, manufacturer, specifications, carrier and price options.

10 Tips While Traveling in Tokyo

Tips to help you keep calm and enjoy your trip in Tokyo, Japan.

Windows sound is not working

If your Windows sound is not working there could be a number of causes. Learn how to fix a number of Windows audio issues.

How to calculate travel distance on a map

Described are 2 ways to calculate travel distance on a map. The first method uses Google Maps Distance Calculator. The second method is using a standard road map.

Conspiracy theory: Moon landings were faked

Were the moon landings all faked? Here I talk about the moon landing conspiracy theory, possible Space Race motives, the Van Allen radiation belt, and debunk a few theories related to photos taken from the moon.

What is a conspiracy theorist?

The term conspiracy theorist is explained and whether conspiracy theorists are mentally ill, if conspiracy theories are harmful, and why there appear to be so many today.

What's the total number of astronauts that have walked on the moon?

The total number of astronauts that have walked on the moon and a listing of the names of astronauts that have walked on the moon.

What should I do if I hear the Lightning Prediction System alarm?

Provides some information concerning Lightning Prediction Systems, instructions to stay safe when there's lightning, and the best places to seek shelter from lightning.

How to Dispose of Prescription Medications. Should I Flush My Old Prescription Medications Down the Toilet?

Instructions for disposing of old prescription medications and the best way to dispose of prescription medications to prevent trash pickers from obtaining them.

President Obama's Speech on Gun Violence Word Cloud

President Obama's speech on gun violence dated January 16, 2013, word cloud and a summary of 23 executive actions that include giving law enforcement, schools, mental health professionals and the public health community some of the tools they need to help reduce gun violence.

How to Disable Java in the Google Chrome Browser

Simple instructions how to disable Java in the Google Chrome browser. Java is a plug-in provided in most modern browsers but is typically not needed. It poses a security risk according to The Department of Homeland Security.

Is Falling Space Debris Dangerous?

Simple answers to whether falling space debris is dangerous, what stops falling debris, threats of debris to spacecraft, top countries producing space debris, and where to find more answers.

The Types of Streptococcal Infections

A listing of some types of streptococcal infections that include strep throat, cellulitis, meningitis, bacterial pneumonia, endocarditis, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, necrotizing fasciitis (NF), and more.

Food Poisoning Prevention Tips

Avoiding contaminated foods includes monitoring expiration dates, knowing where to find contaminated food recall information, proper food storage, avoiding cross-contamination, and using safe cooking temperatures.

Team Fortress 2: Deciding if Team Fortress 2 is Right for You or Your Child

Some answers regarding Team Fortress 2 that may help you decide if this game is the right choice for you or your child. Included are simple instructions for how to use filtering to make the game more kid friendly. The page also contains a link for how to remove gore and blood from Team Fortress 2.

The Number of Bones in the Human Body

Learn how many bones there are in the full-grown human body, the purpose of bones and how many bones children have.

Find the circumference of a circle

Instructions how to find the diameter of a circle, find a circle's circumference and briefly explains Pi with formulas and examples shown. Other links: What is a circle? | Find the radius of a circle | Find the diameter of a circle | Find the circumference of a circle
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Understanding Canines: Dogs Are Not Wolves Understanding Canines: Dogs Are Not Wolves
Why the domestic dog of today is not like a wolf.

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How to make a polymer clay necklace with house-shaped beads.

Police Signal Codes What Are Police Signal Codes?
Police signal codes used in police radio communication and their meaning.

Reading Cat Behavior Reading Cat Behavior: How to Tell if Your Cat is Distressed
Is your cat happy or distressed? Subtle clues to look for.

Silly and Wonderfully Weird Japanese Things Silly and Wonderfully Weird Japanese Things
A review of some silly and wonderfully weird Japanese products.

Polymer Clay Basics Polymer Clay Basics
Polymer clay to cover objects and a step-by-step clay jigsaw puzzle heart stool project.

Why GMO Foods are Here to Stay Why GMO Foods are Here to Stay
GMO laws, farmer protections, amendment to HR 933, and concerns about GMO foods.

Strange Myths of South Africa Strange Myths of South Africa
Myths and legends are what make different countries special. South Africa is no exception.

Find the Circumference of a Circle Find the Circumference of a Circle
Instructions how to find the circumference and briefly explains the meaning of Pi.

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Medical conditions that can make a person act as if they are drunk or intoxicated.