Let the ice cream sit out on the counter for about 10 minutes. This step is optional, but allowing the ice cream to sit at room temperature makes it easier to blend. As a result, your shake will be smoother and more evenly flavored. Add the three ingredients to an electric blender and blend on medium speed for about 30 seconds, or until evenly combined and smooth.  Start with 1/4 tsp (1.25 ml) mint extract. Blend, and taste with a clean spoon. If you prefer a stronger mint flavor, add another 1/4 tsp (1.25 ml) extract. Do not get carried away, though. Mint extract is potent, so a little can go a long way.  Any milk or half-and-half will work for this recipe. Drop the food coloring into the shake and blend for another 15 seconds or so, just long enough to mix the color in.  As with the mint extract, start with the smaller amount before trying a larger amount. If you do not like how the shake looks with 4 drops of food coloring, slowly add up to 8 drops. You could use either liquid or gel food coloring. Gel food coloring may have less impact on the texture of the shake. Pour into a serving glass and enjoy immediately. If desired, the shake can be topped with whipped cream.
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One-sentence summary -- Let the ice cream soften. Blend the ice cream, milk, and mint extract. Add the green food coloring and continue mixing. Garnish with whipped cream.

Q: Ask some people you know to take your questionnaire (they will not be included in any results stemming from this questionnaire), and be prepared to revise it if necessary. Plan to include 5-10 people in the pilot testing of your questionnaire. Get their feedback on your questionnaire by asking the following questions:  Was the questionnaire easy to understand? Were there any questions that confused you? Was the questionnaire easy to access? (Especially important if your questionnaire is online). Do you feel the questionnaire was worth your time? Were you comfortable answering the questions asked? Are there any improvements you would make to the questionnaire? You need to determine what is the best way to disseminate your questionnaire. There are several common ways to distribute questionnaires:  Use an online site, such as SurveyMonkey.com. This site allows you to write your own questionnaire with their survey builder, and provides additional options such as the option to buy a target audience and use their analytics to analyze your data.  Consider using the mail. If you mail your survey, always make sure you include a self-addressed stamped envelope so that the respondent can easily mail their responses back. Make sure that your questionnaire will fit inside a standard business envelope. Conduct face-to-face interviews. This can be a good way to ensure that you are reaching your target demographic and can reduce missing information in your questionnaires, as it is more difficult for a respondent to avoid answering a question when you ask it directly. Try using the telephone. While this can be a more time-effective way to collect your data, it can be difficult to get people to respond to telephone questionnaires. Ask your respondents to have the questionnaire completed and returned to you by a certain date to ensure that you have enough time to analyze the results.  Make your deadline reasonable. Giving respondents up to 2 weeks to answer should be more than sufficient. Anything longer and you risk your respondents forgetting about your questionnaire. Consider providing a reminder. A week before the deadline is a good time to provide a gentle reminder about returning the questionnaire. Include a replacement of the questionnaire in case it has been misplaced by your respondent.
A: Do a pilot study. Disseminate your questionnaire. Include a deadline.

Article: In order to keep your snails healthy, your tank must have a certain pH range and ammonia/nitrite level. Your tank must also stay between certain temperatures. Test the water before adding your snails, and continue to test it each week.  To test pH, use a liquid pH test kit. (test strips are not as reliable.) Follow the instructions included with the kit to test the water. Snails like Alkaline water between 7-8. You can alter the pH of your tank by adding certain plants, or using a pH regulator. To test ammonia/nitrate levels use a ammonia/nitrate test kit. You want ammonia/nitrate levels of 0, or as close as possible. You can bring down this level by adding clean water. Replace 25% of the water in your tank every week. Keep your water temperature between 24-30 degrees C (75-86 F). If you keep your home between these temperatures, your fish tank should be OK. Just be sure to monitor the temp. After you have allowed the water to cycle for two weeks, and once you have verified a safe pH level, ammonia/nitrite level, and temperature, you can introduce your snails to their new home. Gently add them to the tank by picking them up out of the bag (from the pet store) and placing them right side up in the aquarium. After you've introduced your snails to the tank, wait around eight hours before feeding them. This allows them a chance to get used to their new environment.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Check your water conditions. Put your snails in their new home. Don’t feed them right away.

Article: Before you take blood pressure, the patient should be sitting for a few minutes (about 5 minutes) beforehand. Blood pressure readings should be taken while the patient is at rest with their legs and arms uncrossed. Place the cuff on the upper arm (above the elbow), tightening it well. A mark on the cuff will indicate where it needs to be placed in relation to the artery. The wired part of the machine should be on the inside of the arm. If it's a wrist cuff, place it so the monitor is on the inside of the wrist. Once secured, turn the machine on, and start the reading. Try to remain still or have the patient remain still while it's reading. You can take more than one reading for better accuracy. A reading of less than 120/80 is considered normal. Any higher starts getting into prehypertension (pre-high blood pressure). Apply the cuff to just above the elbow, tightening enough that you can just fit two fingertips underneath. Slip the stethoscope between the skin and the cuff in the middle of the antecubital fossa, or elbow pit, and put the earpieces in your ears. The gauge for the machine should sit in your cuffed hand, if you're taking your own measurements, or you can just hold it if you're taking someone else's measurements. Squeeze the pump quickly (with the opposite hand if you're reading yourself). When you get to 30 points above what your systolic pressure (high end) normally is, you can stop. If you are working on someone else, inflate it to the 160 to 180 range, though if you immediately hear heartbeats, you'll need to go higher. Begin letting the air out by turning the knob counterclockwise. It should only drop the gauge 2 to 3 points a second. Make sure deflation shows steady on the gauge. When you hear the first heartbeat, note where the gauge is, as that's the systolic pressure. When the heartbeat stops, note where the gauge is again, which is the diastolic pressure. You can deflate and remove the cuff.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Have the person sit quietly. Try an automatic machine. Set up a manual blood pressure cuff. Inflate the cuff on a manual blood pressure cuff. Release the air to read blood pressure.