http://www.womensarticles.com en-us editorial@womensarticles.com O.K. You've decided to stop smoking. Great, we don't need to go into all the reasons for you to stop. You've done that to get this far. Of course, now you just want to know how to stop smoking quickly. As quickly as possible right? The first step is to... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_669723_23.html 21st October 2008 When a salmon or a large trout makes a run down stream through heavy water and the chance of stopping him look slim. You can sometimes bring him back by feeding out a lot of slack quickly, if the fish pauses long enough slack to release all of the pull f... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_651350_32.html 29th September 2008 Of course, your rod plays a big part when it comes to playing and landing a fish. Once the fish is hooked, let your rod do the work. A rod works at it's best flexing forward under pressure, recovering when the pressure weakens, when it is held nearly vert... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_649928_32.html 26th September 2008 When using a fly reel, there isn't always a brake, or drag to help you. To prevent big fish from running you can exert varying degrees of thumb pressure inside the spool. Without such pressure there is a real risk that your line will overrun and backlash,... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_647544_32.html 24th September 2008 A big point to remember about ultra-light spinnning tackle, or indeed the use of standard spinning gear on large fish, is that the stretch in the monofilament line and the mechanism of the reel, work in harmony to give the utmost in satisfaction and safet... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_645781_32.html 23rd September 2008 The longer you play a fish, the more fun you'll have, and the more exhausted the fish will become. You'll have an easier time landing him if you have thoroughly worn him down with the play. A small fish can be brought in rapidly, but NEVER attempt to h... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_643893_32.html 22nd September 2008 Now, you really can't hope to land any sort of decent fish unless you've set the hook properly. As a general rule, it's better to wait a little rather than set the hook too soon. When you are ready to set the hook, bring in all the slack line, bring th... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_642708_32.html 19th September 2008 We've all heard the old angler's stories of how "the big one got away." Well, there is a deal of truth in that old saying (there you go, we DO have an excuse), the big fish, as well as an awful lot of small ones, do get away all too often. The real who... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_641206_32.html 17th September 2008 In the last fifty or so years, no method of casting has gained such popularity as that of spinning. What is spinning? Why did it become so popular? Can you really catch large fish with spinning tackle? Well let's try and answer these questions. The ter... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_637535_32.html 15th September 2008 Following on from a previous article, where I described six of the more common problems that can arise when brewing your own beer, and what to do about it. This seems to be a recurring theme, and people that know me have suggested that I do a few more.... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_628157_26.html 08th September 2008 "Excess" means "more than what is right, proper or necessary." When used in medicine, it means "more than is good for continued good health" We can eat too much, work too much, drink too much (including non-alcoholic liquids), sleep too much, and so on; a... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_615080_23.html 02nd September 2008 Doctors are often asked whether it is harmful to smoke three cigarettes a day, or five, or fourteen, or a pack; people seem to want a standard measurement. If they exceed it, that would be bad; if they smoked fewer than the standard, that would be all rig... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_611113_23.html 28th August 2008 Whilst it is true that home-brewing can be a very satisfactory and pleasurable pastime, producing good quality beer at economical prices, it is also true that problems can, and do, arise from time to time. The purpose of this article therefore is to de... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_609653_26.html 25th August 2008 Right, you've decided (very wisely I might say) to brew your own beer. What basic equipment do you need? As in many processes the equipment can be varied, and indeed complicated. But to start with you do not really need much in the way of equipment. Th... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_572397_26.html 09th July 2008 There are almost as many classifications of beer as there are people who drink it. O.K. that's something of an exaggeration, but it is a fact that commercial breweries produce an amazing variety of beers with different flavours and textures, to cater for... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_569942_26.html 05th July 2008 Home brewing, that is, making your own beer at home, is an increasingly popular activity for many people. There is an absolute wealth of information, supplies, and equipment to be found on nearly every high street, and of course the internet. Hardly su... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_568905_26.html 03rd July 2008 Well, no actually. However there is a point to the question. Cartooning is generally a solitary occupation. Whilst you may well be a very social gregarious person. And that is a good quality for a cartoonist as you will draw inspiration from many everyday... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_546521_32.html 25th May 2008 The arch-villain Professor Moriarty, in the Sherlock Holmes stories has been described as the great detective's nemesis. However, the character has only actually featured in two of the many tales, "The Final Problem" and "The Valley of Fear". He is mentio... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_531499_29.html 08th May 2008 When considering a belay, a belay test should always be conducted. So as to ensure the belay positions stability and security, and ability to support a fall by the climber. In order to do this the belayer will route their safety line to an anchor point... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_502988_32.html 01st April 2008 The two ways of managing the rope when belaying are the body belay and the mechanical belay. The body belay is used when the belayer must stop a fall without any other means. The rope is wrapped around the body and uses the belayers body to cinch down on ... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_485790_32.html 06th March 2008 Following on from my first article on belaying. The two methods of controlling the rope when holding a fall are the static belay and the dynamic belay. The static belay does not allow the rope to run.It is used when a climber falls from a position belo... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_485327_32.html 04th March 2008 When climbing in a group, belaying provides the necessary safety factor, allowing the group to climb with a minimum of danger. Two or three climbers are tied into a climbing rope. The use of a rope in group climbing can be a hazard without belaying skills... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_484052_32.html 29th February 2008 Well, do you? Just what is a climbers margin of safety? In simple terms it is the protective buffer that an experienced climber keeps between what he or she knows to be the limit of their ability, and what they actually try to climb. Sounds simple right? ... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_475817_32.html 18th February 2008 The usual term for the spaces in which spoken words are contained in cartoons is a "balloon". This is so called whatever the actual shape of the space. Lettering in a cartoon is an important feature, and it is well worth studying a few simple rules to mak... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_468421_32.html 05th February 2008 Mountain walking is divided into four techniques dependent on the general formation of the terrain. Walking on hard ground,grassy slopes, scree slopes, and tallus slopes. Hard ground. This is firmly packed dirt that does not give way under the weight o... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_463186_32.html 28th January 2008 Balance climbing is used to climb rock formations. As a climber you must study the route you are to travel, to ensure that you have chosen the best route and have the proper equipment. Before setting out, you should mentally climb the route you have chose... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_462876_32.html 28th January 2008 Effective mountain walking may mean relearning how to walk, and includes the correct technique reinforced by experience. There are several techniques which may be used, but they all have the same goal. Safe movement over difficult terrain, with the least ... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_459573_32.html 24th January 2008 When people think of detectives, the most commonly thought of is Sherlock Holmes. He is one character of classic detective fiction that has remained popular throughout the years despite the fact that he has not been changed in well over the past one hundr... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_458657_32.html 23rd January 2008 Among good reads, the classic detective fiction novel should come in somewhere near the top, mixed with various other genres. Such collections as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is still a good seller and can be found at nearly any bookstore due to the ... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_458053_32.html 22nd January 2008 The use of a main character is neccessary in any story, so that one may have a point of view for basis. This point of view allows the reader to be more knowledgeable about what is going on in the character's head. It gives insight to thoughts and feelings... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_457131_32.html 22nd January 2008 It has been said that the American detective story began sometime in the later nineteenth century. Many critics give credit to an author named Anna Katherine Green for starting this American version of what was already an interest in Europe. Shortly after... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_456608_32.html 21st January 2008 The factors that influence a writer or author to create such perfectly detailed work are often questioned. Whether it is a situation that they were somehow involved in or presented or another author's work which they read and felt the need to make their o... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_255910_29.html 21st January 2008 Bouldering is a kind of rock climbing which involves relatively short climbing distances made without a rope and without any special climbing equipment. While people climbing the face of a boulder are generally only going up a few meters, the surfaces tha... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_255177_32.html 21st January 2008 Ice climbing is similar in some ways to rock climbing in that it involves techniques for handling a vertical or nearly vertical ascent - however, while many of the methods and even some of the gear used for ice climbing is similar to that of rock climbing... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_255002_32.html 20th January 2008 Classic detective fiction is the type of fiction that really makes a reader focus on the pages. These types of stories are not generally very gory or bloody as such stories can be today, but they do hold some blood and gore inside the pages; they just rel... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_243549_32.html 09th November 2007 Even the characters in books have loyal and adoring fans. One such character is the most popular detective of all fictional detective classics. His name is Sherlock Holmes. His fans still visit the address that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle so gave him long ago ... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_244084_29.html 09th November 2007 Before the world was treated to the many ‘flavors’ presented by motion pictures, people had other brilliant ideas to entertain themselves. They exercised their imaginations through reading all sorts of books and related forms of written literature.<br... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_239734_32.html 06th November 2007 It is not commonly known, except of course amongst Sherlock Holmes afficionados, that the illustrator responsible for the sketches that accompanied the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous character in The Strand Magazine, only became so by a... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_234166_29.html 31st October 2007 A lot of people are taking an interest in affiliate marketing as a way to either make a living or to earn supplementary income. The growth of affiliate marketing isn't all that hard to understand, as it provides a way to make money from retail products w... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_214386_81.html 18th September 2007 Individuality.It's never too early to start developing your own style. Individuality is always something well worth cultivating, even for the new student. By studying established cartoonists/artists, and noting their particular peculiarities. ... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_214387_32.html 18th September 2007 If the same amount of system were applied to the teaching of various forms of drawing that is devoted to the teaching of writing, You wouldn't so often hear people say, "Oh no, I could never learn to draw! They tried to teach me at school, but I was no go... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_209676_32.html 31st August 2007 Cartooning is great fun, and having aquired the skill, is a wonderful way of making a good living. However, everyone needs to start at the beginning, and here are a few pointers to bear in mind as you set off. Always use good quality materials, this sh... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_208417_32.html 29th August 2007 Most ideas used in cartoons are old jokes rehashed. For instance you may hear a good joke at the theatre, or when mixing with friends, on the street even, and then go home and write it up with any additional ridiculous detail you can imagine and add. T... http://www.womensarticles.com/article_207467_32.html 28th August 2007