A hibernaculum is a small container for your turtle or tortoise to hibernate, and it protects your animal from hazards. Take two boxes: one about twice or thrice the size of your animal, and one only a few inches larger than your animal. The smaller box should fit into your large box with an inch or two on each side.  Your outer box should be made of sturdy material able to withstand chewing by rats. Use plywood, plastic, or wood. Do not use cardboard. Your turtle or tortoise should be able to turn around in the smaller box, but not wander a lot. This is a critical step. You need material to fill the gaps between the large and small box, when the small box is placed inside the larger one. This will help regulate your pet’s temperature, and keep your pet from dying or leaving hibernation too early. The best insulation is polystyrene or packing foam. Alternatives include insulation from housing or packing projects. If you need, tightly packed shredded paper can work too. A thermometer is absolutely necessary for checking the temperature in your pet’s environment. You will be checking your thermometer often, so get one you understand and can use well.  Many pet owners like using a classic maximum-minimum reading thermometer from any garden or hardware store. Some pet owners like using thermometers with alarms that sound when the temperature gets above or below a certain reading. Place a bottom layer of insulation in the large box. Place your small box in the middle of the large box, on top of the layer of insulation. Add the rest of the insulation around the sides of the smaller box. Put insulation on the top lid of your boxes. Drill small ventilation holes in the lid. Cover the bottom of your smallest box with some substrate. Some examples of substrate include:  coir (crushed coconut husk) straw shredded newspaper peat moss commercial substrates for reptiles, such as Carefresh or Bed-A-Beast Do not use substrate with fertilizers, plant food, or any chemical additives Check the appropriate moistness of your substrate for your species of pet. For example, box turtles need very moist substrate that is almost wet. Turtles and tortoises use up very little oxygen when hibernating, but still require a small amount of oxygen. Make ventilation holes that are small (less than an inch or centimeter in diameter).

Summary: Pick your boxes. Pick your insulation. Add a thermometer. Assemble your box.


Does it matter whether your new dinnerware matches your old stuff? If so, you'll need to coordinate by material, color, or pattern. Unless you hate your current pieces, consider how you're going to keep on using them. For example, do you plan to use these dishes outdoors on a regular basis? If so, you may want to look into less common but unbreakable materials, such as metal or laminate. If you'll only use a formal set during the holidays, you might want to coordinate with festive colors. Dinnerware often comes in 5-piece (formal) and 4-piece (casual) sets. Consider whether you want all your dishes to match this way, as most retailers now offer dinnerware “open stock,” meaning that you can purchase individual pieces rather than sets. If you wish, you can mix and match different colors, patterns, textures and shapes. It's probably not necessary to have a complete set of each, although it may be traditional. In theory, casual dinnerware is sturdy and designed for everyday use, while formal dinnerware is more delicate, but there's a lot of overlap here. If you find a good pattern, you might well be able to purchase a single durable, elegant set. Formal dinnerware is commonly made with bone china and porcelain; casual pieces may also be stoneware or earthenware.  Porcelain is the hardest ceramic; bone china is nearly as strong because it is fortified by ox-bone ash. Both types are relatively expensive, and are often not ideal for dishwasher or microwave use because they are harder to replace. Many manufacturers now offer dishwasher-, microwave-, and oven-safe bone china and porcelain. Casual dinnerware should be sturdy, dishwasher-safe, and microwaveable; ideally, it should also be oven-safe to 400-500F. Such pieces are traditionally most often made of stoneware or earthenware (cream ware, majolica, faience, delft), which are less sturdy and less expensive than bone china or porcelain. However, porcelain and inexpensive bone china casual dinnerware is becoming quite common.

Summary: Evaluate your current dinnerware. Define what range of uses your new pieces will have. Decide whether you want sets or not. Decide whether you're looking for casual or formal dinnerware. Choose your material based on durability, price, and intended use.


If you have two or more on the list below, it is best to see your doctor for further evaluation. Common signs and symptoms of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes include:  Excessive thirst Excessive hunger Blurry vision Frequent urination (you wake 3 or more times in the night to urinate) Fatigue (particularly after eating) Feeling irritable Wounds that don't heal or heal slowly People who live a sedentary life (with little to no exercise) are at a heightened risk of Type 2 diabetes. People who are overweight or obese, or who eat more sweets and refined carbohydrates than is ideal are also at significantly higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Note that Type 2 diabetes is acquired in one's life, most often related to poor lifestyle choices, versus Type 1 diabetes which is a condition that most often presents in childhood in which the pancreas simply cannot make use of insulin due to lack of beta cells. The only way to truly confirm whether or not you have diabetes is to see your doctor for diagnostic testing (in the form of blood tests). The numbers that come back on your blood tests will help to classify you as "normal," "pre-diabetic" (meaning you are at very high risk of soon developing diabetes if you do not make some dramatic lifestyle changes), or "diabetic."  It is best to know sooner rather than later whether or not you have the disease, because if you do, prompt treatment is key. The damage that results to your body as a result of diabetes is mostly long-term damage resulting from "uncontrolled blood sugars." What this means is that, if you receive treatment that helps to control your blood sugars, you can avert or at least "push off" (delay) many of the long-term health consequences of diabetes. It is for this reason that prompt diagnosis and treatment are key.

Summary: Be aware of the following signs and symptoms. Take note of your lifestyle choices. See your doctor.


You’ll find it in the All Apps area of the Start menu in Windows, and in the Applications folder in macOS.  If you’re experiencing slowness, it may be the result of a cached item, bad cookie, or a large web history. Use this method to clear these options. Clearing cookies will log you out from any websites you have open. It’s at the top-right corner. It’s near the middle of the menu. It’s in the left panel. It’s under the ″Cookies and Site Data″ header in the right panel. Check the boxes next to ″Cookies and Site Data″ and ″Cached Web Content″ to select them both. The amount of space occupied by each type of data appears next to its name. A confirmation message will appear. The cache and cookies are now clear. It’s under the ″History″ header. Choose Everything from the drop-down menu at the top of the screen, and then check all boxes. This ensures that your entire history is cleared, not just the sites you’ve visited most recently. Your history is now clear.
Summary: Open Firefox on your PC or Mac. Click the ≡ menu. Click Options. Click Privacy & Security. Scroll down and click Clear Data. Select the information you want to clear. Click Clear. Click Clear Now to confirm. Scroll down and click Clear History. Select the information you want to clear. Click Clear Now.