Beat them for 15 minutes or until the mixture begins to turn white. Beat for another minute.   If the dough is too soft, add the additional flour in increments until the dough is semi-firm.
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One-sentence summary -- Place the butter and confectioner's sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix the ingredients together using either a handheld mixer or a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, followed by the brandy. Mix 3 cups of flour, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl using a whisk. Pour 1 cup of the dry mixture into the wet ingredients, beating the mixture until the dry ingredients are incorporated. Repeat in 1 cup intervals until all of the dry mixture is combined with the wet ingredients. Fold the chopped almonds into the dough using a flat plastic spatula.


Stallions are magnificent, powerful, and beautiful creatures, so the notion of keeping one can be quite alluring. You might also be drawn to the idea of raising baby horses and starting your own little stud farm. However, keeping a stallion is not a job for a novice.  Talk to people with experience keeping and handling stallions to get an idea of the commitment it takes. Find out if there are any rules, laws, or codes restricting who can keep or show stallions. While there usually aren’t laws against minors keeping or handling stallions, many show councils and breed organizations do prohibit it. At very least, a minor may need to be supported by an experienced adult while handling the stallion. Because they often require greater isolation in order to protect themselves, other horses, and people from injury, stallions often lead lonely lives. In many cases, gelding, or castrating, the horse may lead to greater happiness. If you’ve never handled a horse before, don’t start with a stallion! Managing stallions is best left to experienced horse handlers. Also, to effectively handle a stallion, you need to be focused, confident, and assertive—never passive or fearful. Not all good horse-handlers make good stallion-handlers. If you don’t have the temperament to be dominant without getting angry or turning cruel, it’s best if you don’t try to manage a stallion. Before attempting to manage a stallion yourself, take the time to observe several seasoned pros. Ask the handlers how their stallions are normally managed, and inquire about the equipment and techniques typically used. There’s no single “right way” to handle a stallion, and a lot depends on the temperament of the individual horse. Pick up insights from several experts and use these to formulate your handling technique. Most experts agree that stallions are the hardest horses to handle. Gain experience working with foals (baby horses), geldings (castrated male horses), and mares (female horses) before moving on to stallions. It’s a good idea to first master leading and controlling mares and adult geldings. You must have confidence and know the commands and rules for handling horses before you move on to stallions. Don’t let a stallion be rambunctious and free-spirited early in life, and then expect to be able to exert control over it during adolescence. Instead, slowly and steadily assert your dominant position starting early in the stallion’s life.  Most horses will be weaned at 6 months to 1 year of age, and a training program can be instituted slowly after this point. Start with training sessions that last around 15 minutes, once per day, and add additional time or sessions as warranted by the horse’s progress. Evaluate the horse during this early phase of life. If it has a particularly poor temperament for effective training—it’s too aggressive, for instance—it may be better to geld the horse.
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One-sentence summary -- Ask yourself why you want to keep a stallion. Evaluate your own temperament and experience. Watch and learn from expert stallion handlers. Master handling mares, foals, and geldings first. Assert control as soon as the stallion is ready to train.


Your prosthetist will start you out with a temporary prosthetic limb until your residual limb has stabilized in size and shape. Your temporary prosthesis will have a simpler design than a permanent prosthetic limb. However, you’ll put it on and take it off in the same way you’ll take off and put on your permanent prosthesis. In some cases, people use 2-3 different temporary prostheses before they are fitted for a permanent one.  The prosthetist will walk you through the use of your prosthetic limb so you can see how to put the limb on and how it is secured. In most cases, you’ll be introduced to your prosthetist shortly before the surgery to amputate your limb. The prosthetist will walk you through the process and describe the prosthesis you’ll be using post-surgery. It will take time for your body to get used to wearing a prosthesis. For the first 2 days, wear the temporary limb for only 120 minutes total, and make sure that you’re standing and walking for at least 30 of those minutes. After the third day, increase your time wearing the temporary prosthesis by 1 hour per day. Make sure to also increase the time you spend walking by 15 minutes per day.  When walking in a prosthetic leg, try to balance your body weight evenly between your natural limb and the prosthetic limb. Even the slightest changes in your weight can affect how your prosthetic limb fits. If you notice any blood coming out of the base of your stump after walking in the prosthesis, take the prosthesis off for the rest of the day. Being too active early on can irritate your skin and make you sore. Follow the schedule given to you by your prosthetist so you don’t hurt yourself. Elastic shrinker socks are similar to compression socks: they keep pressure on the residual limb and help keep the stump small. While you’re using a temporary prosthesis, wear shrinker socks between 14–18 hours a day to keep the limb healthy. As the limb shrinks, you may need to double up the socks to ensure the prosthesis fits correctly.  Your doctor or prosthetist will give you shrinker socks when they give you your temporary and real prostheses. You can always purchase more at a medical supply store. If you were to stop wearing the shrinker sock daily, the limb could swell with blood and other fluids and would become too large to fit in the prosthesis. Permanent prostheses are custom-made and will differ based on what part of the body the prosthesis is designed to cover, as well as the size and shape of your residual limb. The amount of activity that you do and the goals that you set will also help your doctor determine what kind of prosthesis is right for you. Describe your lifestyle to the prosthetist and ask them what kind of prosthesis would suit you best.  The length of the residual limb plays a major role in determining how large your permanent prosthesis. For example, a leg amputated just below the hip would need a much larger prosthesis than a leg amputated 8 inches (20 cm) above the ankle. Always check with your prosthetist before you change the height of your heel since it can cause issues with your prosthesis.
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Meet with your prosthetist to receive a temporary prosthesis. Increase the amount of time you spend wearing your prosthesis. Use a shrinker sock daily to keep your residual limb healthy. Work with your prosthetist to order the customized prosthetic limb.