Q: Eating outside is about letting the atmosphere flavor your food. Most of the time, if you're able to eat outside, the weather is nice, and fresh produce is in season. Let it shine with simple preparations, such as grilled corn on the cob with butter, a simple chopped fruit salad, and sliced tomatoes with a sprinkling of salt. Plus, keeping it simple will allow you to enjoy your time outside, as you won't be as focused on getting the meal completed. You'll have more time to relax. Eating outside creates a feeling of freshness, and you can incorporate that in your food. Try adding fresh herbs to your favorite vinaigrette recipe or add finely chopped mint to your fruit salad. You could also add a fresh squeeze of lemon over a piece of grilled fish. If you're hosting friends or even if you're just having a quiet dinner at home, it's best to get everything as close to ready as possible before you head outdoors. If you're eating an oven- or stove-prepared meal, you can have the whole dinner ready. If you're planning on grilling, get everything prepped and ready to go on the grill before heading outside. That way, you are ready to start grilling as soon as people are there. If you're having people over, keep it simple by asking everyone to bring a dish. Most people won't mind, and then you're only stuck doing a main dish and a few odds and ends. When you're outside, you're going to work up a thirst. Have lots of iced beverages on hand, such as ice water, iced tea, or lemonade. You can also have a signature alcoholic drink, such as a sangria or fruit punch, or you can just have a bucket of beers over ice.
A: Keep your recipes simple. Add fresh tastes. Have as much food ready as possible. Invite people to bring food. Don't forget the drinks.

Q: Regular social enrichment has been shown to stimulate the production of BDNF. Try to meet with friends and family once or twice a week. Talk about your week, listen to their stories, and tell jokes and laugh. Socializing also helps to reduce stress, which can further increase your body's production of BDNF. Alternatively, you can join a social group like a church group, volunteer group, or a local intramural sports team. Use online websites to find groups that meet in your area. Biohacking groups can help you learn how to increase BDNF in a social environment. Activities that are challenging, as well as new, are a great way to stimulate your brain and increase your BDNF. Learn an instrument or a new language. Take a class at your local community college, or listen to a lecture at a local museum. Traveling to new places is also a great way to stimulate your brain. Even something as simple as changing your daily routine can increase BDNF; for example, take a new route to work, or cook something new for dinner. Puzzles like Sudoku, crossword puzzles, and Scrabble are a great way to challenge your brain. Word problems, reading, or doing research on a topic you are interested in are also great ways to challenge your brain. The harder the puzzle is, the harder your brain will work and the more BDNF it will produce. Engage in challenging activities at least two to three times a week.
A: Socialize with friends and family. Try a new activity. Challenge your brain with puzzles.

Q: If you don't know what direction you're facing, finding constellations can be a struggle. This can inhibit your ability to locate the North Star. Determining which direction is north can allow you to locate the North Star more easily. You can use two sticks to do so. First, find two sticks. One stick should be slightly bigger than the other. Place the sticks in the ground vertically. Place the taller stick slightly ahead of the shorter one. Lie down in front of the sticks. Line up one eye, forming a straight line between your eye and the two sticks. Wait for a star to appear in your line of vision. Stare at the star for a few minutes and wait for it to move. It if it moves up, you're facing east. If it moves down, you're facing west. If it moves right, you're facing south. It if moves left, you're facing north. If it's daytime, you may still be able to see the North Star. However, you'll be unable to rely on constellations as they're very difficult to see during the day. Instead, you can create a shadow with sticks and use that to locate north. Place a stick in the ground. Take a stone or other object and place it where the end of the stick's shadow falls. Wait about an hour. The shadow will move, either growing shorter or longer. Place another stick at the end of the new shadow. Then, stand at a perpendicular angle to the shadow. You are now facing north. If you're in an area where moss grows, you can use moss to help you locate north. Look for moss on vertical structures, such as trees. Moss requires a damp atmosphere to grow. This means moss usually grows on the north side of vertical structures, as the north side gets less sun.
A: Figure out which direction is north using two sticks. Create a shadow with sticks. Pay attention to how moss is growing.

Q: Most digital multimeters use a symbol similar to |( to signify capacitance. Move the dial to that symbol. If several symbols share that spot on the dial, you may need to press a button to cycle between them until the capacitance symbol appears on the screen. If your tool has several capacitor settings, choose the range that fits your best guess for the capacitor's correct value. (You can read the capacitor's label to get a rough idea). If there is only one capacitor setting, your multimeter can automatically detect the range. If your multimeter has a REL button, press it while the test leads are separated. This will zero out the capacitance of the test leads themselves, to avoid interfering with the measurement. This is only necessary if measuring small capacitors. On some models, this mode disables auto-ranging. Note that electrolytic capacitors (most commonly shaped like cans) are polarized, so identify the positive and negative terminals before you connect the multimeter's leads. This may not matter much for your test, but you'll certainly need to know this before using the capacitor in a circuit. Look for any of the following: A + or - next to a terminal. If one pin is longer than the other, the long pin is the positive terminal. A colored stripe next to a terminal is an unreliable marker, since different types of capacitor use different standards. The multimeter will send out a current to charge the capacitor, measure the voltage, then use the voltage to calculate the capacitance. This process can take several seconds, and the buttons and display screen may be slow to respond until it's finished. An "OL" or "overload" reading means the capacitance is too high for the multimeter to measure. Set the multimeter to a higher range if possible. This result can also mean the capacitor has shorted. An auto-ranging multimeter will test the lowest range first, then increase if it hits an overload. You may see "OL" appear on the screen multiple times before you see the final result.
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Set the multimeter to measure capacitance. Activate REL mode if present. Connect the leads to the capacitor's terminals. Wait for the result.