INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If you already have an extensive system, and it's time for your snails to breed, you may find that you need to add an intensive element for hatching and rearing young snails. If you already have an intensive system housing eggs and baby snails, you may discover that you need to add an extensive component as your snails get larger and need more space. Add to it as your snail population increases. Overcrowding can cause snail growth to lag and can encourage the spread of disease among your snail population. Typically, you want about 1 square meter for every 100 hatchlings and about 1 square meter for every 7-10 adult snails. About once every two weeks, take the snails out and replace the old compost with fresh. Be sure to also remove any pieces of rotten food at this time. You will need to do this with both extensive and intensive systems. Be careful of moving baby snails. Adult snail shells are hard enough that you can pick them up, but try to move baby snails by nudging them onto a stiff piece of paper and transferring them gently. Use shallow dishes such as jar lids or yogurt container tops to prevent snails from falling into the water. If the water starts to look dirty or gets a lot of food or droppings in it, replace it immediately.

SUMMARY: Determine whether you need to create a semi-intensive system. Ensure that your snail house is large enough. Replace the compost. Keep plenty of fresh water in the enclosure.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Similar to any other time you might invite someone over to your house, you should let those you live with know. It's polite to inform them and allows them to properly plan their own time during the visit. This will be determined largely by what you and your girlfriend like to do during your time together. Make the visit a fun one by doing things you both love. Try some of the following examples: Watch a movie or TV show. Cook dinner together. Dance to some of your favorite music. Once it feels appropriate to you and you have established a good relationship with your girlfriend, you can invite her to your house. Let her know when and what you have planned. Don't have any expectations when you ask. The response is entirely up to your girlfriend. If she says yes, enjoy your time together. If she doesn't want to visit you at your house, do not become upset. Suggest another place and time to meet. First impressions matter and having a dirty or messy house can make any new guest uncomfortable. Make sure your house is clean before inviting your girlfriend over to make the visit comfortable. Try to clean up the most common areas of the house: Vacuum or sweep floors. Clean and dust surfaces. Tidy up items around the house. Do any dishes or laundry. Take out garbage as it can cause your house to smell bad.

SUMMARY: Make sure you inform people you live with. Plan activities for the visit. Invite your girlfriend over to your house. Clean your house.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Talk to your doctor or medical professional about using a buccal, or cheek, swab test to confirm if he is really the child's father. Have the test performed at a medical lab where an assistant can help you. Gently rub the inside of your cheek, the baby's cheek, and the potential father's cheek with the provided cotton swab. Then give them to the lab attendant and await the results. Buccal swabs can cost up to $1000. Consider using the buccal swab because it is the least invasive form of paternity testing for all parties. Buccal swabs have the same accuracy as blood tests. Visit your local pharmacy and ask the pharmacist about over-the-counter cheek swab DNA testing kits. Follow the package instructions and take a sample from yourself and your child. Ask the potential father(s) to provide you a sample on the prepackaged swab. Then send in the swabs to the designated lab and wait for your results. Speak to your obstetrician about testing your baby's cord blood to tell if the child is really his. Let them you that you and the potential father will provide blood samples before you go into labor. Permit them to take a small blood sample from the umbilical cord at your baby's birth to confirm paternity. Cord blood testing can be expensive than other types of postnatal testing. If you can't get a cheek or blood sample, collect hairs from the potential father. Ask him to give you 5-10 hair bulbs with visible follicles so the lab can extract enough DNA to let you know if he's the father. Be aware that hair testing is a lot less accurate than other types of DNA testing. You may only want to use this if nothing else works.

SUMMARY: Use the buccal swab test. Use a commercial swab test. Collect cord blood to establish paternity. Consider hair testing.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: When you break the news about the breakup to your pals, set the terms early on. Let them know that you fully expect them to remain friends with you and your ex. You may even say, "I know things might be awkward for a while, but we both love you too much to lose you." If you and your ex are cordial with one another, it may help to do this part together. You should also share expectations you and your ex have agreed on with your friends so that everyone is on the same page. Friends may be the people you turn to when you want to vent about your ex, but mutual friendships are off-limits for these purposes. Trash-talking your ex or ruminating about the details of the breakup will only make your mutual friends uncomfortable. If you need support after the breakup, turn to friends that are exclusively yours. Whether there's someone new or not, don't ask your friends to keep you in the loop. Nothing is more likely to ruin mutual friendships than putting your friends in the position of spying on your ex. Staying informed about your ex's personal life will only prolong your recovery after the breakup, anyway. When it's all said and done, couples who end long-term relationship lose an average of eight friends. The majority of those eight are mutual friends that were shared between partners. In other words, it's still likely that your friends may choose a side. All you can do is reach out to them and let them know that you would like to remain friends. You can't control what they ultimately do.

SUMMARY:
Make your expectations clear. Keep your grievances to yourselves. Don't force your friends to become spies. Know that they may still take sides.