While some people might like Thanksgiving because of the food, seeing family, or another wholesome reason, many of us also enjoy saving big on the items we've been eyeing all year. Take iPhone cases, for example. Speck, Insignia, even Apple all make cases that can put a dent in your wallet. A good Black Friday deal can mean a shiny new case for your iPhone and some extra dollars in your pocket.
As a part of the already crowded field of diseases transmitted by ticks, you may not know the disease babesiosis, a dangerous infection caused by a parasite that infiltrates blood cells.
Wound infections don't usually enter the blood and become systemic, spreading the infection throughout our bodies, and there's a good reason for that: Our bodies actively work to prevent it, according to research that discovered a new use for a protein first discovered decades ago.
It's not the bacteria itself that takes lives and limbs during invasive flesh-eating bacteria infections. It's the toxins secreted by the group A Streptococcus bacteria invading the body that causes the most damage.
How can bacteria that lives in the throat of 10%–35% of people—without causing an infection—cause life-threatening meningitis and sepsis in others?
Antibiotic use in infants has been associated with a host of childhood conditions later in life. Yet when an infection is suspected in a newborn, usually a sample of their blood is drawn to check for the presence of bacteria and 5 to 8 percent of them receive antibiotics while the diagnosis is pending.
It feels like someone reached into your chest and squeezed. Your head throbs in unison with your heartbeat. Clammy dread coats your body in sweat. Whether you call 911 or someone does it for you, the ER is your next stop.
Ah, the sensation of that first bite of sorbet in the heat of summertime: icy, refreshing, decadent in flavor and texture. We love sorbet almost as much as we love ice cream, and making it at home is actually pretty simple. Most recipes call for just water, sugar, and a base fruit of some sort (like strawberries or watermelon).
Creativity and well thought-out planning are qualities to be admired when choosing a costume for Halloween. Going out in hordes to purchase the same 'ol outfits from a local costume warehouse means you're probably wearing the same thing as thousands of other people.
Tequila is a hard liquor that's often been misunderstood. Produced from the agave plant, this aged spirit has complex flavors that bloom the longer it's aged and can rival the finest scotch.
True story: a friend of mine regularly started a fight with her boyfriend everyday at 4 p.m. Every day. This went on for years until he finally got the bright idea of shoving a granola bar at her the minute she came home from work. Shazam! The fights were a thing of the past.
Callowlily is an urban artist who creates drawings of women who are society types with a dark edge. So you'll typically see her depict beauty queens with vampire fangs and blood splattered all over her dress. While these girls are more messed up than straightlaced beautiful, they do make great artistic inspirations.
In this tutorial, we learn how to pierce your own lip like an emo kid. First, grab a safety pin and put heat with a lighter to it. Let this cool off, then put gloves on your hands. Mark where you want the piercing to be on your lip and look in the mirror to make sure it's in the right spot. Once you have this spot picked out, then you will poke the safety pin through the spot until you poke through the other side. Use tissues to clean up any blood that comes out. Next, you will slip the jewel...
In this tutorial, we learn how to pierce your own ear with a safety pin. Remember if you are going to do this, you should be able to deal with some pain. First, you will need to mark the spots on both of your ears where you want to pierce it. After this, check in the mirror to make sure they are evened up. Next, you will numb your ears with ice cubes if you prefer. From here, stick the safety pin in your ear where you marked and then slip the earring in after this. Hold a paper towel up to it...
Are you completely out of costume ideas, or you just need a makeup look that'll scream what you're dressed up as without needing any representative attire? Then check out this Halloween makeup video to learn how to create a fiery she devil makeup look with Hell-red skin, blood red lips, and even horns if you're up for it.
What's Halloween without getting your fair share of frights? While the rest of the world will be dressing up as some overly pale character from "Twilight" this Halloween, stand out in the crowd - and maybe scare a passerby or two - by dressing up as a flesh-eating zombie.
Bring pretty back this Halloween by dressing up as a flirty yet mischevious fairy. Though fairies haven't been all too popular recently in comparison to vampires and werewolves, the revelation of Sookie's fairy lineage on "True Blood" has gotten people interested in these mini nymph-like creatures once again.
Blind Mag is a, well, blind singer from the movie "Repo! The Genetic Opera," who is given her sight back in exchange for singing for the GeneCo Genetic Opera. Portrayed by classically trained Sarah Brightman in the movie, she has a beautiful voice and a gorgeous face but deathly white eyes.
Stretching isn't just good for humans, it's a great way to keep animals loose and healthy, especially dogs who have suffered bone deformities, muscle aches or arthritis. This video will show you how to give your dog passive range of motion (PROM) exercises on its hind legs. Perform these exercises daily if your dog has recently had orthopedic surgery or suffers from arthritis. Doing so helps maintain flexibility, reduce stiffness and increase blood flow to painful joints. For more information...
In this video, we learn how to get a Twilight New Moon Cullen inspired makeup look. First, take some red lipstick and make two red dots on the neck where you would have gotten bitten. Then, drag the lipstick down to make it look like blood going down the neck. After this, apply fake fangs to the teeth to give the ultimate vampire look. You can also apply a light foundation to the face to give yourself a pale glow, just like the Cullens have. You can take this further by applying dark eyeshado...
In this tutorial, we learn how to apply half dead zombie makeup for Halloween. First, clean off your skin completely and then dry it. Next, apply glue to the skin while using a sponge, then apply toilet paper on the forehead skin and layer it with glue. Next, apply more glue to the skin and then make a hole in the toilet paper. Following this, apply foundation on top of it, then set with powder. Next, apply red, blue, black, and purple eyeshadow to make a bruised look on the face. After this,...
Are you thinking about dressing up as a sexy pin-up this Halloween? That's a good idea and all, but how about adding a fun and spooky twist by going out as a zombie pin-up instead?
In this tutorial, we learn how to unlock the Arcane Warrior class in Dragon Age Origins. Turn on your game first, then you will need to learn how to unlock the class from The Presence in Brecilian Ruins. Once you learn how to do this, you will be able to unlock the class and advance to a new level. To unlock the Blood Mage, you will have to learn from the Desire Demon in Fade. To unlock the shapeshifter, you will have to learn from Morrigan. Finally, to learn how to unlock the spirit healer, ...
For those of you not in the tack horror movie loop, "Army of Darkness" was a comedy horror flick which came out in 1993 that featured not so scary zombies and your typical aggregation of gnarly looking undead. While the movie itself was a bit of a snore, the prop guys did produce a rather cool-looking book, called the Book of the Dead.
In this video, you'll learn how to field dress a deer. Put on gloves. Use Ozark trail hunting knife for dressing the deer. Place deer on its back, head facing away from you. Starting from the anus, split the deer up the middle to the chest. Use left had to prevent cutting or nicking the internal organs. Stretch the cavity open. Loosen organs from cavity wall. Cut out the entrails and all organs. Make an anal incision. Use the butt tool to remove the butt/final portion of intestine. Saw the pe...
In this tutorial, we learn how to spot bed bugs in your hotel room. Take the headboard off of the bed to see if you can spot the bedbugs and black flecks, which are blood specks from the bugs. You should also be able to see the bugs walking around, although they will be very small. Also, look around other spots and wood around the bed to see where there are marks from other bed bugs around the area. You will also be able to see eggs from the bugs around the inside of screws and bolts. Seeing ...
In this tutorial, we learn how to stop bleeding with pressure and gauze. If someone around you gets hurt and is bleeding, the very first thing you will want to do is put pressure on the area that is bleeding. If you don't have gauze, use a shirt or a towel. Do not touch the blood directly, as this can cause disease and other complications. Push down on the area firmly with your entire hand and take the victim to a hospital to get checked out, if the wound is large enough. If it's a smaller cu...
In order to cleanse your body of toxins, you first need to determine the types of toxins you've been exposed to. This can be done with blood screening or urinalysis or liver function tests. If the liver isn't functioning properly, then there will need to be some steps taken or the benefits of cleansing won't last very long.
In this video, we learn how to evaluate a woman's body toxins. The best way to do this is to evaluate your life and your career. Different careers can expose you to toxicity. Another thing is test that your doctors can give you, that look at urine, blood, and saliva for toxic substances. These are not for everybody, just a certain population. But, the accuracy of these tests have not yet been proven scientifically. Not everyone needs to go on a detoxification diet, but it certainly can help y...
You may have all the tools and people needed for putting up a fence, but something that should not be skipped is coding. Checking the coding and property lines to your place is important for making sure you don't cross into a place that you aren't supposed to be. This can result in bad blood forming and the removal of your hard work. So check out what you'll need to do in order to prevent that, in this tutorial. Enjoy!
If you have any mexican blood in you, you may already know what a cholita is defined as. If you don't know the urban dictionary defines a cholita as, "pretty much a tough girl.Usually a female version of a vato. They draw their eyebrows on and wear chuck taylors and carry a glock." There you go! Now if you're interested in drawing a cholita, this video will show you how to draw one crazy looking cholita. So good luck and enjoy!
If you've never played a western game before, starting off with Call of Juarez:Bound in Blood might be a good start. This first-person shooter has a great arsenal of weapons, solid story, and pretty nice graphics. If you're starting off with this game, why not grab an achievement or two while you're at it. In this tutorial, you'll find out how to get the Sharpshooter Destruction achievement. It requires you to be very quick and accurate. So check it out and enjoy!
This video shows you how to deliver a baby. There are several steps. The first one is labor and it comes in various time frames. Once dilated to 10 centimeters, the mother will begin to push.
This video shows the method to suture arterial lines using a curved needle. We will use the new arterial line kit for our demonstration. We will use a curved needle as it is safer than the straight needle. Hold the suture with the hamostat at about sixty percent from the tip of the needle. Do the turn the key method to bring the needle out from the other side. Unclamp it and re-clamp it at the tip of the needle. Continue the turn the key method. Pull the suture up and through. Cut the suture ...
Make stick figure animations using Magix softwareFirst, record yourself with a webcam using Magix music maker. This software is used to record, save and edit the entire video. A trial can be downloaded or it can be purchased. Second, edit the video. Third, save the edited video as and AVI file. Open the AVI file with Adobe image ready. This is only available in older versions of Adobe Photoshop. Next, draw stick figures into frames. Add blood. Export each frame as a gif file into a new folder...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to cure hemorrhoids naturally. Hemorrhoids are swelling and inflammation of veins in the rectum and anus. They are an irritating problem for about 50 percent of adults. Some signs include blood in the tissue or stool when they go to the bathroom. To naturally cure hemorrhoids, users should consume fruits, vegetables, magnesium citrate. Magnesium citrate should be taken about 4-8 mg a day and taken at night. Make sure your body consume enough fiber. Th...
This how to video shows how to fight a cold naturally or how to get over an infection. When you get a cold, there is an imbalance with your blood PH or an outside invader such as a virus. Some tips to get yourself feeling better are to boost your immune system with herbal supplements and getting a good source of protein. Protein helps to form antibodies, and without a good source of protein your body loses that source of protection. This video shows that the best source of protein is meat and...
Good Housekeeping Magazine has teamed with the American Heart Association to bring this life-saving video to you. In the event of a sudden cardiac arrest, call 911 and begin chest compressions immediately. Place your hands on the center of the chest and push hard and fast until help arrives. Compressions help deliver oxygenated blood to the brain and heart. This hands only approach to delivering CPR can greatly alleviate fear, and can double or quadruple a victim's chance of survival.
A bloody knuckle knot is the result of a row of half hitches fused with a blood knot--this video teaches you how to tie one. Make two loops with your rope then loop them over your thumb. Take the tail of the rope and keep making loops and adding them to the others on your thumb, to produce a row of loops. When you have five loops, slide them off your thumb, take the end of the rope and pass it through the loops. Pull out the slack but do not tighten, then take the other tail and pass it throu...
This video teaches Korean Food cooking just like a Food Channel TV show. In this video we learn how to make SoGoGi JangJoRim or boiled beef and quail eggs. Unlike western technologies, this recipes shows how to first soak hand cut beef in water to remove blood and then to boil the meat with spicy vegetables like hot peppers, green onion, ginger and garlic. After cooking, the meat is removed and shredded while the cooking broth is saved and the veggies are discarded. The shredded meat is added...
