Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Compare your results to healthy standards. Talk to your doctor. Consult with a registered dietitian. Schedule an appointment with a personal trainer.

Answer: Knowing your body fat percentage and where it falls within standard, healthy ranges can give you some insight into your overall health. This may help you determine if you need to lose weight, maintain weight or gain weight. For men, body fat percentages should fall: for athletes: 6 to 13%, for general fitness levels: 14 to 17%, for acceptable or average: 18 to 25% and anything above 26% is generally considered to be overweight or obese. For women, body fat percentages should fall: for athletes: 14 to 20%, for general fitness levels: 21 to 24%, for acceptable or average: 25 to 31% and anything over 32% is considered overweight or obese. Remember, body fat percentage is just one of many numerical values that speaks to your weight and overall health. It's used in combination with a variety of other factors (like BMI, weight and height) to determine what's a healthy weight or body fat percentage for you. Once you know what your body fat percentage is and where it falls compared to healthy standards, you may want to speak to your primary care physician about your results. This will be especially helpful if you think your body fat percentage is too high or is indicating you're overweight. If your body fat percentage is indicating that you may be overweight and you think you may need to lose weight, speak to your doctor about appropriate weight loss plans that would be safe and healthy for you. Also ask you physician if excess body fat has any effects on any current health conditions you have or if it increases your risk for certain health conditions. A registered dietitian is a health and nutrition expert that may be able to give you a diet/meal plan or tips on how to reduce your body fat percentage with foods. A dietitian may also be able to evaluate your current lifestyle and give you suggestions on small behavior changes to positively affect your body fat percentage. Speak with your primary care doctor. They may know or can refer you to a local dietitian for additional help. A personal trainer is a fitness expert that may be able to help you design a workout that can help you build muscle and decrease your body fat percentage. Many gyms offer a free or discounted initial personal training session with a staff member. Personal training can be expensive. However, it may be worthwhile to meet with a train one to three times just to get an idea of a routine or workouts that would help you reach your goal. Then you can continue on your own. Keep in mind that simply hiring a personal trainer will not decrease your body fat percentage. You will have to do hard work of exercising and eating right to see results.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Keep your head during the party. Avoid showing your child(ren) any obvious signs of affection during the party. Avoid any surprises the child is not already in on. Let your teen clean up. Give your child an incentive to behave.

Answer: Be prepared for noise, spills, broken items, and tiffs. Although a teen party should always be chaperoned, avoid hovering. Try to let your teen have fun without worrying about being embarrassed. Let your teen come to you if there's a problem. Tell him/her in advance that you're giving them the responsibility of alerting you if anything goes wrong. There is always a possibility that alcohol or drugs will show up at the party. If you trust your teen and know that they hang out with respectable and responsible teenagers, this probably won't be an issue. If it does happen, however, you shouldn't necessarily take this as a poor reflection on your kid's character. Keep an eye on things and if you do see drugs or alcohol that you do not approve of, stay calm and politely ask those responsible to leave. If the teen resists, call the teen's parents or, if you are too worried, call the police as well as the folks just in case things might get out of hand even more than they did when you first approached them. You love your children, and seeing them interact and have fun with their friends might cause you to be sentimental. But obvious signs of affection hugging, kissing, pet names, etc. are the death knell to a teen's sense of independence. Keep it low-key. If you're planning on inviting a mime to come and do an impromptu performance, then reconsider: kids usually have very rigid ideas of how they want their party to unfold. On top of that, they usually don't consider adult "surprises" to be all that exciting. This is the price of having an awesome party. Make the activity fun for them, if possible, by: Offering to let them keep the cash collected by recycling any cans or cartons associated with the party. If it's a big party, they can clean up in more than one way! Keep the music going, a movie in the background, or a few select friends around to help with the clean up. Six hands is always better than two. Tell your kid that if they handle themselves in a mature way, you'd be more than happy to let them throw another party or otherwise increase their responsibility. Life is all about risks and rewards; your child understands these very well, even if s/he hasn't taken economics.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Wait until the female is in heat. Put the female into the male's cage. Isolate your female hamster once the mating is over.

Answer: When hamsters are 28 days old, they will reach their sexual maturity. The female enters heat roughly every 4 days. When the female is in heat, it will behave much like a cat in heat, crouching low to the ground and raising its tail. You may also notice that the hamster is smellier than usual because it is giving off pheromones. If the female is not in heat, trying to breed them can be very dangerous and counterproductive. The female will often fight and kill the male. When you're planning on breeding them, place the two cages side by side for a few days, so they can see and get used to each other, and so the pheromones can do their work. Hamsters are nocturnal animals, so it's best to start in the early evening. Put them into the neutral territory or the male's cage. A spare cage is a good option, as she is more likely to attack the male if he is put in her cage. If they start fighting, remove one hamster from the cage, and try again another day. Keep following these steps until they mate. If you miss the "heat" window, wait for a few days until it comes back around. While some male hamsters will care for the babies, some others will attack and eat them. It's best to be on the safe side, even if you have a kind and loving male hamster, to separate him for the duration of the gestation and birth, which should only be about two weeks. If you're breeding dwarf hamsters, the time to reach sexual maturity and the gestation period are slightly longer. It takes one month to 5 weeks for a dwarf hamster to reach sexual maturity, and the gestation period is about three weeks. However, no hamsters under 5(for males)/6(for females) months should be bred as this increases the risk of something going wrong.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Pick a topic that interests you. Explore your topic. Know the type, purpose, and audience of the paper. Follow a rigid structure. Write down your thesis. Analyze your thesis statement once you think you have a final, or working, version. Realize that your thesis does not have to be absolute.

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This must be the first step in writing your paper and your thesis statement because all direction of the paper will depend on what topic you are writing about. Unfortunately, you must ignore this step if the topic is decided for you. The goal of this step is to find a particular narrow subject in your topic which you can make an argument about. For example, take the topic of computers. There are many aspects of computers that can be expanded on such as hardware, software, and programming. However, vague topics like these do not make good theses. But something more narrow, such as the effects of Steve Jobs on the modern computer industry, allows for a much clearer focus. These are usually assigned by the instructor, but even if you get to choose them, you must understand that these will affect your thesis statement considerably. If you are writing a persuasive paper, your purpose will be to prove something to a specific group. If you are writing a descriptive paper, your purpose will be to describe something to a specific group. Each of these must be expressed in your thesis somehow. Knowing the basic formulas will not only keep your thesis within the acceptable length but it will also help you see how your entire argument should be organized. Your thesis should contain two parts: A clear topic or subject matter A brief summary of what you will say Another way of looking at a thesis is as a formula, or a pattern, that comfortably holds your ideas: [Something] [does something] because [reason(s)]. Because [reason(s)], [something] [does something]. Although [opposing evidence], [reasons] show [Something] [does something]. The last example includes a counter-argument, which complicates the thesis but strengthens the argument. In fact, you should always be aware of all counter-arguments against your thesis. Doing so will refine your thesis, and also force you to consider arguments you have to refute in your paper. Writing down a preliminary thesis will get you on the right track and force you to think about it, develop your ideas further, and clarify the content of the paper. You will be able to think about your thesis logically, clearly, and concisely. There are two schools of thought on thesis timing. Some people say you should not write the paper without a thesis in mind and written down, even if you have to alter it slightly by the end. The other school of thought says that you probably won't know where you're going until you get there, so don't write the thesis until you know what it should be. Do whatever seems best to you. The point is to make sure you avoid making any mistakes that can weaken your thesis. To get a better idea of what to do and what to avoid, consider the following pointers: Never frame your thesis as a question. The job of a thesis is to answer a question, not ask one. A thesis is not a list. If you're trying to answer a specific question, too many variables will send your paper off-focus. Keep it concise and brief. Never mention a new topic that you do not intend to discuss in the paper. Do not write in the first person. Using sentences such as, "I will show...," is generally frowned upon by scholars. Do not be combative. The point of your paper is to convince someone of your position, not turn them off, and the best way to achieve that is to make them want to listen to you. Express an open-minded tone, finding common ground between different views. Consider it a "working thesis" that's subject to change. As you write your paper you may find that your opinion changes or that your direction has veered slightly. So make sure to continuously re-read your thesis, comparing it to your paper and making the appropriate changes so the two match. Once your paper is finished, go back to your thesis and determine if it needs another revision.