Q: When you move away from home, you have a lot of options for how and where you would like to live. Dormitories are a great option for college students and are often required for freshman at many institutions. Dorms let you ease into living away from home without saddling you with tasks like rent and maintenance. They're also excellent places to make friends and learn how to live in a community of your own. Single apartments require the most responsibility right off the bat but they also allow you to have a space that it is entirely your own. Studio apartments, which are small and inexpensive units with one main room and one bathroom, are good first apartments, as are one-bedroom units. To avoid loneliness, you'll have to seek social interactions away from home if you choose to live alone, which can be more challenging. If you don't wish to live alone, sharing an apartment or house with roommates is your best option. This not only reduces your living costs, it also gives you a good balance between community and privacy. Cooking for yourself is much more cost-effective and healthy than relying on takeout and store-bought meals. It's also a great social skill and will be essential if you ever choose to have a family of your own. There are a lot of different ways to learn to cook and you can use multiple methods at the same time. Look for: Cook books. Online instructional videos. Online recipes and instructional articles. Local cooking classes. For the sake of health and social presentation, it's very important to have a clean home and an equally clean self. Wash dishes daily. Allowing dirty dishes to pile up just creates more work for yourself down the line and increases the amount of mold and insects in your home. Do laundry every one to two weeks. If you don't have laundry facilities in your home, look for a local coin-operated laundromat. Designate one day a week as cleaning day. This is a day when you should thoroughly clean your home, including washing floors and windows, cleaning your bathroom, dusting your furniture, and any other tasks specific to your home. If you have roommates, divide up cleaning chores and rotate them equally. Set clear rewards and penalties for success and failure to fulfill these responsibilities.
A: Choose a living arrangement. Learn to cook. Keep your space clean.

Q: For example, do you bleed profusely from a small cut? You may need to confirm that you do not have a bleeding disorder by having some laboratory tests (PT, PTT, INR) done to determine your bleeding time and clotting time. This will ensure that your kidney does not bleed unusually during the procedure. The kidney is a highly vascular organ and is at risk of bleeding from minor injury. Bleeding disorders can increase the risks associated with the biopsy. Common bleeding disorders include hemophilia A and B, which are disorders in factor VIII and IX, respectively. Some drugs increase the risk of bleeding so you must stop taking them before the procedure. By informing your doctor of all the drugs and supplements you are taking they can instruct you on which ones to stop taking prior to the biopsy. As a general rule you should avoid: Blood thinning drugs such as warfarin which you should stop taking 7 to 10 days before the biopsy. Drugs that prevent blood clot formation, such as aspirin and other over the counter pain medications (ex. Ibuprofen, Advil, Motrin). Herbal supplements like ginkgo, garlic and fish oil because they can cause blood thinning. Pregnant women have high blood pressure that increases the risk of bleeding after the procedure. Additionally, pregnancy itself alters kidney structures and makes it difficult to properly diagnose diseases through a biopsy. Before the biopsy your doctor may ask you to arrange one or two units of cross matched blood as a precautionary measure. Your doctor may also ask you to defer the procedure until after delivery. After delivery the effect of pregnancy on your kidney structure will wane and the actual problem will be revealed. The anesthesiologist is the doctor who administers medication to keep you comfortable during the kidney biopsy. You will need to provide information regarding: Family history: The anesthesiologist will need to know if you, or anyone in your immediate family, has had any problems with anesthesia in the past. This helps the anesthesiologist order the correct medicine to use during the procedure. Allergies and reactions to medications: Tell the anesthesiologist about any allergies you have or reactions to medications you've had in the past. Medical history: Make sure to tell the anesthesiologist if you have a history of bleeding or if you are on blood thinners, known as anticoagulants such as Coumadin or Aspirin. Other medications that cause bleeding are Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAID) such as Advil, Ibuprofen, Motrin and others. You'll be asked to stop these medications a few days before surgery. In order to make sure that you are fully prepared for the procedure it is best to have a clear understanding of what a kidney biopsy entails, any risks associated with the biopsy, what the potential results could mean, and how long the recovery will take.
A: Inform your doctor if you have any bleeding problems. Tell your doctor about all medications and herbal supplements that you are taking. Inform your doctor if you are pregnant. Prepare information to give to your anesthesiologist. Ask your doctor about what to expect during and after the procedure.

Q: It's important to wear the appropriate protective equipment any time you work on a car or truck. Car batteries contain a mixture of sulphuric acid and water that could cause serious harm if it gets into your eyes. Batteries can rupture if hooked up incorrectly, which could result in the water/acid mixture from the battery getting into your eyes. Wearing latex gloves can make it much easier to clean up after you're done working on the car, but may not be necessary for this job. It's important that you make sure the car is in park and turned off before beginning the process of replacing your battery cables. You will be working with the car's electrical system, so leaving it running could increase the likelihood of you receiving an electrical shock and could possibly do damage to the vehicle. Remove the keys from the ignition to make sure no one can accidentally try to start it while you're working under the hood. If your car is a standard, make sure the parking brake is engaged instead of having the car in park. Different automakers place the batteries in their cars in different locations for a number of reasons. Most car batteries can be located near the front or nose of the car on the left or right. It looks like a large, usually black box with two metal terminals sticking out of the top, each with cables attached. Make sure the hood struts can support the weight of the hood before you release it, otherwise it could fall and hurt you. If you cannot locate the battery under the hood of the car, it may be in the trunk. Some automakers place the battery in the trunk to improve weight distribution or save space. If you cannot locate your battery, refer to your owner's manual. It will show you how to locate and access your battery. Once you have located the battery, you will need to differentiate between the positive and negative terminals. Car battery cables are usually colored to match their use: red cables are positive, black cables are negative. In some cases, the wires may both be black, but they will have red and black boxes or accents at the ends of the cable. If there are no discernible colors visible, you can easily determine which is the negative cable by following them from the battery to the other end. Negative cables bolt directly to the body of the car or engine block, positive cables attach to the starter. The battery will have labels marked with a + and a sign. The plus is the positive cable terminal, the is the negative.
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Put on safety glasses and gloves. Ensure the car is turned off. Locate the battery. Determine which is the positive and which is the negative terminal.