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Use a good monthly flea preventative, like Frontline Plus or Advantage, year-round. Flea eggs are constantly shed off a pet who has fleas, and they can hatch any time it’s warm. This includes inside your home, which is why your pets can have fleas even in the dead of winter.

Keeping your pet on a monthly preventative year-round will eventually eradicate all fleas in the pet’s environment, including your home. Fleas are species-specific, and will seek the proper host. When all the fleas have hatched, jumped on your pets who are treated with Frontline, and then die, there will be no more fleas to be found.

The key is to treat ALL your pets. Any pet without active flea prevention will be a breeding ground for fresh fleas and eggs.

PS - flea collars are shamefully ineffective. Your pet’s neck will be without fleas, and that’s about it. In our clinic, we have pulled ticks out of ears, just inches away from supposed ‘flea and tick collars’, and the patients have all been dripping with fleas from the neck down. A good wash with a flea shampoo and a monthly treatment with a proven effective product is the best flea control. Yes, it costs a bit more, but what you spend on quality control of fleas, you save in vet visits to treat skin infections, ear and eye injuries, and tapeworms.

Whilst it is correct for you to say that classical music is written in a key, by classical meaning music of the time of Haydn and Mozart, from the early 20th century ‘classical ‘ or ‘concert’ music wasn’t necessarily written with a key signature. Composers experimented with bi-tonality - writing in more than one key at a time (Stravinsky is a good example) and polytonality (Charles Ives) and ‘atonality’ - writing without reference to tonality at all (the 2nd Viennese school, the Darmstadt school)

As to why composers wrote/write in particular keys, the answer is that different keys have different ‘moods’ Stirring marches, triumphal music is often written in C major. Minor keys can be tragic (Mozart’s D minor piano concerto springs to mind) . Keys are also important in sonata form which (very briefly) involves a subject (in the home key), and 2nd subject usually in the dominant - so a symphony in C major will have its 1st subject in that key and it’s 2nd in G major. Then there is a development which may move through a number of keys and a recapitulation when the 2nd subject modulates into the home key. That’s a very simple overview and possibly too simple. Whole books have been written on sonata form.

Later: I’ve been reading the further answers given which, with respect, don’t completely answer the question. If the key is chosen because of the instruments etc, why did Mozart write 27 piano concertos in many different keys, yet for basically the same instrumental layout? Haydn, 104 symphonies, ditto? Beethoven surely decided to write his 5th symphony in C minor and his 6th in F major because those keys suited what he wanted to say, not to suit the orchestra.

Yes. Vegetarian diets are lower in cholesterol, lower in fat, and higher in protein, vitamins, and mineral. They have drastically reduces chances of getting colon cancer, heart disease, migraines, and tend to not suffer from obesity as much as meat eaters. The concept of meat is a “luxury” to some. Much like glucose sugars we don’t need them but some people want them. Protein is a common misconception because the body naturally produces enough protein to sustain life just as it does amino acids. Extra protein comes from soy, nuts, legumes, and other vegetables. Contrary to what meat eaters will say there is no lack of protein in a vegetarian diet and no we do not starve ourselves. I have a tendency to eat steamed veggies and fresh fruit until I am full. I can eat at Ruby Tuesdays, Applebee’s, any buffet, even steakhouses and find something that is vegetarian and filling. Not all vegetarians need vitamins either. I have been a vegetarian for 5 years and I have never needed vitamins but I do take them if I am sick to help recover but even meat eaters do that. I passed out frequently when I was eating meat but it immediately stopped when I became a vegetarian. I only at lean meats such as turkey and chicken and the doctor said I had an artery going to my brain which would dilate and stop oxygen flow to my brain. They said since the diet was lower in sodium, fat, and cholesterol it reduced the dilating causing me to stop passing out. I feel better and have a lot more energy.

The key is to go somewhere with a variety of brands, with a proper boot-fitting area with informed staff. Every brand suits a different shape foot, so make sure you go somewhere with a good choice and with people that know what they’re doing.

Steer clear of anywhere that sells just one or two brands (like just Salomon, or just Atomic). You’ll be lucky to find the right fit at a place like that.

Snow+Rock is good, and have stores in Covent Garden, Kensington, The City and Romford. Ellis Brigham too.

Some stores (like S+R) offer a fit guarantee, so if the boots hurt, you can bring them back and they’ll fix them up, or exchange them for a different model.

Also, ask about the footbed - the standard ones supplied by manufacturers are completely flimsy and unsupportive. A good boot-fitter will suggest upgrading you to a better footbed. This isn’t them trying to get more money - it really makes a difference to whether your feet are tired and sore at the end of the day!

Just remember, “cheap” isn’t worth it if they’re going to hurt!

Good luck.

Hey guy follow your heart. You must be a senior in high school. There is a lot of pressure for guys to play football in high school and many guys I have seen played it because they feel they have to, please family members/friends/townsfolk, or if they possess the body of a football player then they have to play. It’s the same thing with guys who are 6 foot plus if they don’t play basketball then they are not in. I had a friend who is 6 ft 5 inches and he used to wear a t-shirt saying, “6ft5inches and no I don’t.”

I know what you are going through because I was not athletic but a big person. I was expected to play football but didnt’t. I opted for community theatre and the arts.

If you like boxing and want to take up the sport then I say go for it. You got to do what your heart say and be in something that you have heart and passion for. Football you need to have that and if you don’t then you will not be an effective player.

Also, look at that maybe your parents might have seen your playing football as a means of getting a college scholarship. But there is more than one way to get scholarships other than sports.

Have you talked to your landlord about this.? I am willing to bet that if he/she knew you were going to put hardwood down, they would be thrilled! This is the going thing and it is not cheap and if the carpet is not in that good of shape, the landlord may not mind at all. Or, maybe you could ask if you could take the carpet up with no damage to it, put the hardwood down and maybe if you ever move, lay the carpet back down over the hardwood. But, like everyone else says, you can’t put the hardwood over the carpet, unless it is very low profiled, such as indoor-outdoor carpet. My hubby does home improvement and he says it can be done, but chances are you will have an uneven surface to walk on because the foam padding in the carpet will give the hardwood a bounce effect when you walk on it. Good Luck! In all, it entirely depends on what type of carpet you have down.

All of those at the same time and more
I’m thankful yet hate things he’s done for Indonesia.
it’s like love and hate relationship.
he’s responsible for corruptions and fertilizing corruption (arguably)
really a long story….but in short version :
most of the people just see the surface: there’s good life during his period, while only some of us realize that Indonesia’s economy was built with loans. i guess it’s ok to have loans if it is being use correctly, but judging from the situation, it’s being used to enrich certain people.
i know it is rather irrelevant to blame Mr. H.M. Soeharto alone. (there is no need to disrespect him by calling him by just Soeharto) … for a lot of people enjoy become rich beyond imagination because of him and his policies.
in my opinion he’s not really building Indonesia, face lift maybe. but i also thank Him for all these and that. if it’s up to me, i would leave him alone,… and start rebuilding, start with what we have (we still have much much much…. what past is past)

There are many many species of spiders in Australia and most of them are outdoors and are not venomous and you probably will NEVER see them.
Regarding the venomous ones:
You likely will NEVER see the funnel web unless you go around picking up logs or rocks or go poking around near trees and bushes in the Sydney and surrounding New South Wales area.
Red Back could be anywhere but usually hidden so you won’t find them either. Just don’t go putting your fingers into dark corners or old abandoned places with lots of cobwebs. But if you see them - they are small and easily squashed with a well executed swing of your boot.

Huntsmans are the ones you will likely see - but still NOT that common. They are big and can bite but generally harmless if you leave them alone. I used to have one living on the ceiling above my head in my bedroom. (His name was George but he must have moved out three years ago as I have not seem him since). Huntsman are great to have because they keep your ceiling clean form other creepy crawlies.

One type of spider you need to KILL with EXTREME prejudice is the white tail - IF it is inside your house. These are small spiders with long bodies (not round) about the size of your thumbnail or smaller with a DISTINCTIVE white band running down its back. These are aggressive spiders and they bite can cause horrific skin damage due to the bacteria living on its fangs. But then again… I have lived in Asutralia for over 30 years and only have seen these spiders twice.

Remember - as much as we have venomous spiders here, generally they are NOT dangerous if you leave them alone!
Spiders are dangerous if you go poking them and bother them.

Come. Enjoy the land down under

I just finished a 1100 mile trip.
If you do not expect much in the way of service, it is good.

The buses can get very crowded/full at time, which makes the ride cramped and uncomfortable. It is best to be able to stretch out, but that is not all ways possible.

I was 52 hrs on the buses. Some drivers are very helpful and nice, others not so. Some passengers can be real interesting. . . that is all I will say on that!

Over all I got through the trip in one piece, and will take Greyhound again!

EDIT: Yes I agree, take advatage of every opportunity to get off the bus and walk around. I did not do that and my back and butt was very sore. AND YES, DO NOT GO FAR!
all ways have the bus in view, or stay at the depot/station. I know of one lady who got left behind cause she went some where, and the bus left with out her!

Well, you got a lot of raves above. More useful might be some tips for next time:

- this photo violates the rule of thirds, not advantageously; the light is centered and the wall edge is too close to center.

- similarly, the distant roofline cuts the shot in half.

- there’s some vignetting going on, not too bad.

- the car in the right foreground, bleeding off, is fine, but the other car, bisected by the tree is a distraction.

This shot can be helped with editing. Crop in from the right, also down a bit. Remove the bisected car.

With experience, you’ll sense these things in advance and realize you could get a better perspective by stepping off the sidewalk to the right, kneeling and shooting up a bit.

Try NOT to shoot from eye-level — you can often add interest by kneeling or getting up on something.