How Does Blood Clot?
Overview Blood clotting, also called blood coagulation, occurs in reaction to a wound to halt the flow of blood. This happens so that blood loss will stop and also so that the wound will be closed and no bacteria or…
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Overview Blood clotting, also called blood coagulation, occurs in reaction to a wound to halt the flow of blood. This happens so that blood loss will stop and also so that the wound will be closed and no bacteria or…
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August 31, 2015 Friends and Peers
Your face hurts from the muscles clenching into a smile as you stand there, not sure how to act. Being the third wheel is not a pleasant experience, especially when your friends are newly in-love/lust and can’t let each other…
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UV tattoos, popularized by the “raver” culture (a term most used in the United Kingdom for people who attend raves or rave parties), react to blacklight, or UV light, which has a wavelength shorter than visible light. The specialized UV…
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The first tattoo I had, at about 20 years old, two great big biker fellas stood over me, betting money on whether or not I would cry. After the tattoo my shoulder looked like meat, and I have since learned…
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Online dating is a relatively new phenomenon but it is now the leading method of finding a partner because of easy access, the number of users available and the personal control one has over it. Those who do not know…
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August 31, 2015 Friends and Peers
True Friends vs Friends of the Moment I have pondered this issue over and over the last few months. I naively thought I knew who my true friends were until a situation I never expected came up with devastating repercussions….
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There are various reasons that people turn to internet dating to attempt to find true love. For some, they are there because it is more efficient for them, taking less time away from home and allowing them to see a…
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First body piercings are always the scariest. You never know what to expect and the piercer always tries to psych you up so they make it sound worse than it really is. I remember mine like it was yesterday. It…
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Tattoos are permanent, they are forever and if you do pick one now and you do not like it down the road, you can get it removed, but you still have a scar and it can become very costly! I…
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Sitting on the lily pad, you’re still kissing and hugging, stroking, and uplifting that toad. I think every woman alive has loved at least one toad that she desperately tried to make into a prince. And I suppose there are…
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The internet has given the single parents the opportunity and a chance to find love, to date and to get married. There are a lot of online dating websites for single parents where they meet another single parent in order…
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August 31, 2015 Friends and Peers
Man, naturally, is a social being. This means that he must associate with other people in order to survive. In today’s world, it is therefore more advantageous for a person to have a large group of friends than a small…
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Each time someone takes a good look at my tattoos, they ask, “Didn’t that hurt?” I tell them in all honesty that no, it did not. Then they look at me as if I’m crazy or I’m lying, they just…
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True love, what a conundrum! I guess we have to go back a little to understand what true love should be like. Let’s go back to our childhood right before we learned about society and all those rules about the…
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When you’re looking to date online, it can be both exciting and scary. You might not know where to begin, or what to do if you do end up in an online relationship with someone. Improve your chances at a…
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August 31, 2015 Friends and Peers
Every girl has at least one BFF (Best Friend Forever). Friendships are essential and healthy for everyone to maintain. Your best friend is the person you can always turn to and count on when you need a shoulder to cry…
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August 31, 2015 Friends and Peers
Ironically, I was just having a discussion with my friend the other day about the importance of having discussions with your friends. Every now and again one of my close friends and I will find our way into a philosophical,…
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Being a good tattooist entails many abilities and there processes. First and foremost one of the most important things is a clean shop. The needles should always be in sealed packages new for each person. The area your getting tattooed…
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Men approach online dating like a bull in a china shop! From a woman’s point of view, here are some online dating tips for men! 1. Keep it cool! When you sign on to your computer and voila there is…
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August 31, 2015 Friends and Peers
I have a plaque that hangs in my kitchen about friendship. It reads “Friendship is the wine of life”. It was a gift from a friend more than twenty years ago. Given long before I decorated my kitchen with a…
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When creating a profile for an online dating site, it can be tempting to exaggerate your achievements and to make yourself sound more interesting than you are. You may even post quite an old picture of yourself, because you were…
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There was once a day when only the people from the wrong side of town, in the wrong crowd and destined to go no where would be the one’s getting tattoos. These days this negative opinion of individual’s with tattoos…
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Getting a piercing is not just as easy as going to a piercing studio and getting something pierced, you also have to look after your new piercing. Each piercing is different and you will be advised how to care for…
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Permanently marking various parts of the human body, commonly known astattooing, has been found to date back to the ancient Egyptians. In the last decade, tattooing became more than a ritualistic tribal, military, biker, or gang symbol, by evolving into…
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August 31, 2015 Friends and Peers
Friends are funny things: sometimes they can feel like one of the best things that have ever happened to you and at other times the absolute worst! This being said, as I reflect on various seasons of change and moments…
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August 31, 2015 Friends and Peers
Sometimes, we all have trouble finding true friends, and though the qualities we look for in our friends generally differ in accordance to different people, in the end, we are all left with one puzzling question. Which are the qualities…
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August 31, 2015 Friends and Peers
We’ve all had one. The friend that drains all the energy from you, day in and day out. You walk on egg shells every time you are around them. Friends are supposed to be there to have fun with, you…
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Once you have a relationship established with the girl or guy of your dreams, it can seem like smooth sailing from here on. Don’t get complacent; online relationships have to be maintained, just like regular ones. It can be even…
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Making a statement of fashion through tattooing any body part is about the worst possible idea anyone could have for their tattoo art collection. It is true that there is a bit of fashion that goes with having tattoos, but…
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August 31, 2015 Friends and Peers
A small group of quality people whose company you enjoy is far more rewarding than a large group of people with whom one may casually spend time with, but have very little in common with. Having a smaller more intimate…
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Your mom told you you’d regret it, but you went ahead and got that awesome tattoo anyway. Now you just can’t stand to look at it any more, or maybe it’s even holding you back from getting that dream job…
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