Betta fish-Taking care of Betta Fish the easiest fish ever

 I have found a few articles on this matter ,pay close attention  here to keep your friend healthy

 

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Body Rot is easily confused with Fin Rot because they share similar names.

The fact of the matter is they are quite different. Fin rot is caused by a bacteria called “Pseudomonas” and is an external primary disease caused by stress and poor water conditions. Body rot is caused by a bacteria called “Aeromonas” and is internal rather than external. This makes it much harder to diagnose. It is also a secondary disease meaning it primarily occurs in the presence of illness.
Luckily both fin rot and body rot are gram-negative, rod-shaped, bacteria meaning they can be treated with the same medications. This helps if you are unsure of which bacteria is infecting your betta fish and whether or not you are dealing with both types at once. To read more on fin rot, click here: Betta Fin Rot

Body Rot – Aeromonas

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Body rot is caused by a bacteria called Aeromonas which is a negative-gram, rod-shaped bacteria. Body rot is a secondary condition, meaning it infects only sick betta fish. Aeromonas very rarely infects healthy fish. This is because Aeromonas is always present in your tank and will only infect your fish when its health has already been compromised. However, in rare cases, it can be a primary infection caused by the consumption of tainted food.
What causes body rot? When stress and poor water conditions exist in a betta’s environment, the immune system weakens and mucus lining thins. This leads to stress and illness in your betta fish. Aeromonas waits for the perfect opportunity to jump in and join the party once a disease has set in. The bacteria will get into the blood stream and travel to the first organ it can find to infect. It releases Aerolysin Cytotoxic enteroToxins(ACT) which causes inflammation and hemorrhaging.

So how will you know if your betta fish has body rot?

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A body rot infection can be hard to diagnose because the infection is primarily internal and there are many different species of Aeromonas. However the most common symptoms are ulcers, hemorrhaging around the gills or at the base of fins. fin rot, swollen abdomen, protruding eyes and scale loss.

Treatment of Body Rot

It is important to know that this disease is immune to many antibiotics and water conditions which includes varying temperatures. An immediate water change(click here for bowls: water change) is crucial and the treatment of underlying conditions. Once you have your betta bowl(or aquarium) water stable you must treat your betta fish for any primary diseases. This would be likely to include a parasitic infestation. Once you have pin pointed the original disease and have completed treatment, your betta should be able to recover. If not you can treat the actual body rot itself. Tetracycline would be best especially if fin rot or any other bacteria is apparent.

Prevention

It is important to remember to keep up with regular maintenance to keep your betta healthy. Quality water conditions will prevent many diseases and keep your betta’s immune system running efficiently. Water changes can be tedious when you are first starting out. Once you get into the habit of performing water changes and testing regularly it will quickly become a normal routine for you.
Here are some resources to help you out:
Clean a Betta Bowl in 5 Easy Steps
How to Clean an Aquarium in 5 Steps
Also you can keep your betta’s water at about 82 degrees and add a light amount of aquarium salt on a regular basis. I follow this and have not seen fin or body rot infect my bettas or aquarium fish since 2008. Do not think of the salt as making the water being “salty”. Think of it being soft. That is why we have water softeners in our homes and fill them regularly with salt and yet when we drink we do not taste the salt. Unless you put too much in of course.

The beautiful Betta is gifted by Mother Nature a body which not only helps its tough fight other co-occupants around but also take care of the small fry like a good parent.
The main parts of a Bettas body are -
1. Mouth
2. Eyes
3. The ‘Beard’
4. The Finnage
5. Labyrinth
6. Various Internal organs

1. Betta Anatomy - The Mouth

The jaws of an adult Betta are as impressive or evens more impression then the jaw of a giant White Shark! The lower jaw of a Betta has sharp shredding teeth, which can tear of body of brine shrimps, worms, mosquito larvae and other such water organisms. A study reveals that on proportionate basis to the body size, Betta jaws are bigger and stronger then those of a White Shark.

Behind the sharp teeth, lies a small place to keep the fries. Male Bettas are hold the tiny fries in this area and take them to the bubble nest and safely release them. No fry is hurt by the teeth situated just millimeters ahead of them.

2. Betta Anatomy - The Eyes

On each side of the head lies a bulging eye. Eyes are protruding and have black colored iris. The rest of the eye could be of any color. A Betta cannot blink its eye. The eyes move as per the movement of the target. The sharp eyesight is one of the prime reasons to explain how Bettas are highly efficient warriors of their habitat.

3. Betta Anatomy - The “Beard”

A Betta has a membrane under its gill plate cover. The membrane sticks out when the gills are closed and is seen as a distinct part of the fish body. It gives a beard like look, hence it is often known as the Beard of a Betta. For a dark, blue or red colored Betta, this “beard” would be normally dark. For Bettas with yellow, white or other light colored bodies, the “beard” would exactly match the body color. When a Betta opens its gill plates, the protruding membrane would make it look bigger and hence mightier then it actually is. This would help it eventually scare away adversaries. In females, this distinct feature is not clearly visible as compared to their male counterparts.

4. Betta Anatomy - The Finnage

Broad colorful attractive fins form the most visually attractive part of a Betta’s body. Fins start getting developed from about 8th week of the birth of a Betta. Bettas younger then 8 weeks have tiny usually microscopic fins. Around 2 month after their birth, anal fin starts developing. The caudal and dorsal fins soon follow. The female fin development stops after a certain period. However studies show that male fins continue to develop in its entire life span. The fins are a few cell thick and hence don’t hamper free movement of the fish. However this frequent movement, diseases often leads to wear and tear of the fins. The fins due to this tear and drop off. Some varieties of Betta have the ability to simply drop off an extra large fin. The fin then again grows and the cycle continues. Every newly developed fin has a different coloration then the previous one. Bettas with a large full-developed caudal fin are called Half Moon Bettas due to the shape of the fine, which resembles a half moon.

5. Betta Anatomy - The labyrinth

A red betta male. Copyright www.jjphoto.dk

Apart from breathing oxygen through its gills, Bettas can breathe air from the surface of water. This is possible with the assistance of the organ called Labyrinth.

Labyrinth is located in the gill chamber and above the gill plates. It has a set of bony plates covered by a membrane. As soon as the air comes in contact, it is inhaled in. By gaseous exchange, the oxygen is passed straight to the venous blood in labyrinth and the other waste contents of the air are exhaled out. However the size of labyrinth in a Betta is small. Hence it cannot take more amount of oxygen in the one trip to surface. Hence a Betta makes frequent visit to the water surface. In shallow waters or water with low amount of oxygen, labyrinth plays a key part in ensuring that oxygen levels are maintained in the body of Betta.

If a Betta is kept outside water, it can survive longer then other fishes due to respiration through the labyrinth.

6. Betta Anatomy - Various Internal Organs

The critical organs of the Betta namely, Heart, Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Brain are situated in the first half of body. This organ can be found in the belly area of the Betta just before the beginning of the anal fin. Near the beginning of the anal fin is the anus of the Betta. Female Bettas have an opening, which looks, like a white spot in this area. This is used to release eggs during spawning.

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Ellen’s Backstage Skincare Secret –
Her Anti-Aging Trick Finally Exposed!

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At 55, Ellen DeGeneres is looking better than ever. She looks even more radiant and youthful than she did when she was years younger! Many have tried to discover her secret: is it botox, face lifts, or just good lighting?

The truth is much simpler (and cheaper!) than that, but she is obligated to keep it under wraps due to her relationships with large cosmetics companies. Despite multi-million dollar contracts, it isn’t her makeup that’s causing her to look decades younger. After many years of trying, our sources finally uncover the truth behind the celebrity anti-aging secret that has taken Hollywood by storm – and it’s one that clever women around the world have been secretly using too.

“Dr. Oz Calls It - The Miracle Anti-Aging Breakthrough -
Because It Works!”

Brenda Davis, a 53 year-old mother of three from Louisville, KY, is a perfect example of how a little smart-thinking and ingenuity can help you avoid unnecessary health risks and save you thousands of dollars in doctors’ bills.

Like most women, Brenda didn’t have the extra cash to try out every celebrity-endorsed anti-aging “miracle cream” out there, let alone splurge on expensive elective medical procedures, like plastic surgery or facelifts.

Before trying this simple trick, she admits she used to spend almost an hour every day on an extensive skincare regimen consisting of over 6 different products, with seriously disappointing results. Each product made big claims promising to erase wrinkles and return her youthful skin; and while Brenda followed all their usage instructions to the letter, she saw no real results.

Frustrated and let down, she considered going so far as to take out a substantial loan for Botox injections, and even contemplated a highly risky and very expensive facelift procedure. But the high cost (ranging anywhere from $5000 - $20,000+) and the horror stories of unfixable botched procedures convinced her that cosmetic treatments were not the solution she was looking for. She was determined to find a safe and affordable anti-aging solution that would give her real results and not leave her digging her way out of a huge financial debt.

Brenda's Solution:

After a year of doing thorough research and speaking to other women about their own skincare habits, she learned of two products that were yielding real results and helping women take years off their skin:  Nuvie and Nulexa

While each of these products were proven to be effective individually, one night, Brenda made an accidental discovery that would revolutionize the whole skincare industry: she combined them.

After only a few days of using both products together in her daily skin routine, she saw noticeable results in the mirror. After just two weeks of using
 Nuvie and Nulexa
combined, the proof was staring her right in the face: this was giving her real results.

Using the two products together, Brenda’s results were noticeably better than what you’d find at medi-spas for $5,000 or more. This combination removed virtually 90% of all her wrinkles and problem areas. It tightened her face and neck, removing all signs of sagging, aging, and dehydrated skin. Brenda was able to see these dramatic anti-aging results simply by using free samples of both products for only 14 days.

Her friends, husband, and family were all shocked. They were convinced she’d been secretly getting Botox, because her skin looked 20 years younger almost overnight! Soon, word got around as her friends starting using Brenda’s method, and not long after, her easy, 2-product trick was featured on The Doctor Oz Show!

Brenda is now one of hundreds of women that share the same incredible story. Using this method, she effectively erased 20+ years from her skin. It’s changed her life and completely astonished everyone around her, even total strangers!

How does it Work?

Through her research, Brenda discovered that the real secret to cell revival and skin rejuvenation are two key ingredients:

1. Vitamin C
2. Hyaluronic Acid

These are both natural ingredients that work together to erase wrinkles and fine lines at the cellular level – below the surface of the skin – which is why they’re so effective.

Vitamin C is the key to maintaining healthy, youthful skin. It’s a powerful antioxidant that slows the rate of free-radical damage, which causes skin’s dryness, fine lines, and wrinkles. It helps combat and even reverse time's effect on your skin, because it produces collagen – a protein which makes skin appear plump and firm. Applying Vitamin C to the skin topically is up to 20 times more effective than taking it orally.

Dr. Oz calls Vitamin C “the secret to cheat your age”.

Hyaluronic Acid works by binding to moisture. It can hold up to 1,000 times its weight in water, making it an excellent natural skin plumper. Hyaluronic acid helps your skin repair and regenerate itself after suffering from dryness, environmental stresses, or irritation.

Celebrities around the world like Cindy Crawford, Jennifer Aniston, and Kelly Ripa have all admitted to using Nuvie and Nulexa to maintain their youthful glow.

Celebs have been raving about Nuvie and Nulexa. They confess that it's the secret to their youthful skin.

Dr. Richard Peters, a prominent dermatologist based in Beverly Hills, California, revealed to us that using Nuvie and Nulexa together is the celebrity secret to youthful skin because both products contain the purest and most powerful forms of Vitamin C and Hyaluronic Acid. Best of all the products are all-natural, perfectly safe for all skin types, and have no nasty side effects.

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“What Vitamin C & Hyaluronic Acid do is get rid of all the old, dead layers of skin and help your skin generate fresh new ones. Our tests show that you can erase almost 20 to 30 years off your face in less than 14 days. But the key is to choose the creams and serums that contain the highest and purest quality ingredients, since they’re not all the same.” - Dr. Oz

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Brenda's Story & 14 Day Cell Revival Results:

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MOMS GO BACK TO WORK HURRY!

Wow its been a long year or 3
WITHOUT WORKING OUTSIDE THE HOME, AND IT SURE IS TOUGH TO GET GOING AGAIN ESPECIALLY LEAVING YOUR NEW BORN baby with a stranger or someone less then you

Reasons why?

• Your health-mental,physical health will go down the drain without an outside life
• You will miss your baby,keeps your aggression, mood down and up for happiness
• Money-You don't want to go broke thats tough on anyone and doesnt your baby deserve the best
• Longer is worse-The longer you wait to go back to work the harder it will be to get back into it
• Hard on baby- Harder on the baby to seperate from you if you wait to long and the longer you wait to go back to work the harder on the baby and you
• Healthy Relation ships- Create healthy relationships away from the home

 Returning to work is a challenge even in a strong job market; in this economy it takes even more time and focus. “You can’t wake up one morning, decide you’re finding a job and then land one a few days later

I realized it all boiled down to a lack of confidence

 Even if you feel great urgency about it, you have to stop and make sure you cover all your job search basics before diving in. You have to get out of crisis mode, so that when you put yourself out there you’re organized and ready. Otherwise you won’t put your best foot forward.”

  Helpful Starting steps

• focus your search on finding jobs with the features you most enjoyed. “Figure out what kinds of jobs draw on those skills,

•  You need to make sure that you know what you want before you start looking. Think about what's most important to you — responsibilities, income, or flexibility? What matters now might not be the same as it was before you birthed a baby or four.

JUST ONE DAY AT A TIME, ONE THING AT A TIME
MAKE A SMALL LIST TO BEGIN!!
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It's finally spring time and time to play out side for FREE

Action Jumping

Each of these rhymes is meant for group jump rope. As everyone chants the rhyme, the jumper jumps while dramatizing the actions.
I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue.
Here are the things I like to do:
Salute to the captain, bow to the queen,
Turn my back on the submarine.
I can do the tap dance, I can do the splits.
I can do the hokey pokey just like this.
Spanish dancer, do the splits.
Spanish dancer, give a kick.
Spanish dancer, turn around.
Spanish dancer, get out of town. (Jumper runs out.)
Benjamin Franklin went to France
To teach the ladies how to dance.
First the heel and then the toe;
Spin around, and out you go.

1. Using an old sheet, make art on the lawn.

2. Make homemade bird feeders.

3. Have a read-a-thon outside (maybe in the shade if it's really hot!).

4. Make ice cream in a bag.

36. Make Mix and Match Painted Rock Faces.

42. Make your own homemade sprinkler.

43. Make root beer floats.

44. Make your own simple wind chimes.

45. Make your own jump rope.

46. Go park hopping (make a goal to play at a new park each week).

47. Do some texture rubbings on leaves, grass, and other items you find outside.

48. Play "parachute" with a large sheet (like they do in elementary school!).

49. Have a banana split party- provide the bananas and ice cream and asks guests to bring their favorite topping to share with everyone else.

50. Make your own "stomp rocket".Have a happy summer!!

Fuzzy Friends

Present Pointers

You may want to consider buying extra pompoms for this fun and easy project: Glue pompoms onto an old glove to make puppets. Design a different animal for each finger. A great last-minute gift!

Surprise the kids on your gift list by making these cute and cuddly Easter pets to decorate their Easter baskets. You might want to give them a box of the leftover supplies so they can create their own fuzzy animals.
Time frame: Half to one hour
Level: Easy
What you need:

• One bag of assorted pompoms (Be sure yellow, white, and orange pompoms are included in the assortment, or buy them separately.)
• Tacky or fabric glue
• Scissors
• One piece each of yellow, orange, white, and pink felt
• Bag of plastic eyes
• Pack of pipe cleaner that includes orange
• Bag of plastic hollow Easter eggs (the ones that snap apart)

1. For the bunny: Glue two white pompoms together. Cut two hind legs and two bunny ears out of white felt. Glue these to the pompom body. Glue two small eyes to the head.
2. For the chick: Glue two yellow pompoms together. Cut a triangular beak out of orange felt and glue it to the face. Glue on two plastic eyes. Use an orange pipe cleaner for the feet: Make a circle out of the middle of the pipe cleaner and glue it to the bottom pompom. Bend the ends of the pipe cleaner into two circles. Pinch the circles in half to form "V" shaped feet.
3. For the duck: Glue two white pompoms together. Glue a smaller orange pompom on the mouth area. Cut feet out of orange felt and glue them to the body. Glue two eyes onto the head.
4. Place your pompoms in hollow, snap apart, plastic Easter eggs. Put the Easter eggs and leftover supplies in a gift basket and present it to the kids on your list.

Papier-mâché Easter Eggs

If you don't mind a little mess, papier-mâché is a relatively easy medium for creating unusual homemade items. These handcrafted Easter eggs filled with goodies will brighten up any Easter basket.
Time frame: Two to three hours plus overnight to dry
Level: Moderately easy
What you need:

• Newspapers
• Five-inch balloon(s)
• Shallow bowl
• ³⁄₄ cup flour
• ¹⁄₂ cup water
• Small wrapped candies
• Masking tape
• Colorful craft paints
• Paintbrush
• Clear acrylic finish spray

1. Cover your work area with newspapers or a plastic tablecloth.
2. Decide how many eggs you want to make and blow up the balloon(s). Tie a knot in the end(s).
3. In a shallow bowl, make a paste from the flour and water. The paste should be thick enough to thoroughly coat a piece of newspaper without dripping off. If the paste is too runny, add more flour; if it's too stiff, add more water.
4. Tear or cut a newspaper into one-inch strips. Dip the strips into the flour mixture and run your fingers down the strip to remove excess paste. Paste the strip onto the balloon in a vertical direction, going from the knotted end to the top and back down again. Repeat this process until the balloon is covered. Do not cover the knot of the balloon. Keep a one-inch "hole" in this area to insert the candies. Next add strips horizontally until the balloon is covered with a ¹⁄₄-inch layer of newspaper. Press the strips to the balloon and rub a layer of the paste over the top to smooth any wrinkles. Allow the egg to dry overnight.
5. When the egg is dry, carefully pop the balloon and pull it out through the hole. Fill the egg with wrapped candies and seal the hole with masking tape.
6. Paint the egg with colorful craft paints and allow it to dry. Spray the egg with clear acrylic finish spray and allow it to dry thoroughly. The kids could keep the egg to reuse as a decoration for Easter by carefully removing the tape to get to the candies, or they could crack the egg open by hitting it against a hard surface (such as concrete).

 Easter Bunny Ears

  Blue or pink ears

 Materials:

• Construction paper in white and pink
• Scissors
• Glue
• Stapler

Directions:

1. Use white and pink construction paper to cut out bunny-ear shapes: two white and two pink, the pink being slightly smaller.
2. Glue the pink ears onto the white ears.
3. Glue the ears onto a long strip of construction paper, measure to fit your child's head, and staple the ends together to form a headband.

Easter Basket
  Age: Preschool through elementary Time: 30 minutes or more Type of activity: Arts and Crafts
Materials:

• One large, round margarine container (empty)
• Construction paper (at least two colors)
• Scissors
• Elmer's glue
• Stapler
• Easter egg grass
• Jelly beans, chocolate eggs, or other Easter candy

Directions:

1. Cut a piece of construction paper into a rectangle that will fit around the outside of the margarine tub (approximately 4" x 10").
2. Fold the rectangle in half (widthwise) in order to "weave" your basket.
3. Draw a line (lengthwise) an inch from the top of the open edge of the paper (opposite the folded edge). This is your "stop cutting" line.
4. Measure and mark lines an inch apart starting at the folded edge and ending at the "stop cutting" line.
5. Cut along the lines you just drew, up to the "stop cutting" line. Then unfold the rectangle.
6. Cut 10 four-inch strips of different colored construction paper (1/2" x 4").
7. Weave the strips (from top to bottom) in and out of the cuts you made in the rectangle. To hold each strip in place, add a drop of glue at the top and bottom of each woven strip.
8. Wrap the woven rectangle around the outside of the margarine tub and glue it in place.
9. Cut another strip of paper approximately 8 inches long (1-inch wide) for the basket's handle. Glue the handle over top of margarine tub.
10. Your child can decorate her basket with artificial or construction paper flowers. Fill it with Easter grass, candies, and jelly beans.

Banana Bowl

Form two groups for this relay race. Have all the players line up with a banana on a string dangling from their waists and almost touching the ground. As the whistle blows, the first two try to hit a ping-pong ball with the banana, hands-free, to a finish line (about 15 to 20 feet away from the start). The first to the line is the winner.

Minefield

This is a communication game (that can be quite educational) where you try to talk your blindfolded teammate through a series of obstacles.
What you'll need are blindfolds and a number of moveable obstacles such as balls, chairs, jackets, shoes etc.
Define boundaries. Have the team create a list of things that are detrimental to functioning as a group such as poor communication, anger, jealousy, wrong tools, not listening etc.
For each characteristic/action, throw an object into the playing space, the "minefield."
Have the kids within a group choose partners. One partner is blindfolded at one end of the field. The non-blindfolded partners stand at the opposite end of the field and try to talk their partners through the minefield without them running into any of the obstacles. If the blindfolded partner touches an object they're out and another partner must try. However, once they are blindfolded the other team can move the objects around if they choose. The team with the highest number of successful crossings wins. After the game is over (if you want it to be more educational) ask the players what they learned from the activity? Did the blindfolded people trust their team? Why or why not? Why is good communication important? etc.

Blob Tag

The kids avoid being tagged by the ever-growing and dividing "blob". First, define boundaries. A player is chosen to be 'it' or 'the blob' and the others run. When tagged by 'the blob', the player joins hands with 'the blob' forming a larger blob, and together they continue chasing the others. Once 'the blob' is made of four people, it splits into two blobs (two pairs) and each blob continues chasing the others. The last person caught will then become 'the blob' and the game starts all over again.

Capture the Flag

There are two evenly divided teams. Create a boundary line. Each team gets a "flag", it can be a sock, an old t-shirt, etc. Each team has to hide the "flag" somewhere on their side with at least an inch of it showing. The teams try to sneak to the other teams side and find their "flag". People caught on their opponent's side can be tagged. If they are tagged they are sent to jail and can only get out if one of their teammates can come rescue them. Once the teammates grab a hold of one another, they run off to their side without getting tagged and sent back to jail. Who ever gets the opponent team's "flag" first wins the game. This is a lot of fun to play in a very large area, like a park or out in nature. It's also good to have trees around or other objects that people can hide behind.

Chasm Bridge

This is an outdoor kid game where two teams must cross the bridge (a bench or log) without falling off. You will need a bench or log which is somewhat narrow and at least five feet long. Divide players into two groups. Place the groups on opposite ends of the 'bridge' (the bench or log). The groups need to pass each other to get to the other side of the chasm. Anyone who falls off goes to the end of their group. First group to pass all their people across wins.

Dress up Relay

In this relay race, kids dress up in funny clothes and race to the finish line. Some of the accessories you'll need are hats two hats, two pairs of large pants, two pairs of large shoes, two suit cases, boxes or trash bags, two pairs of sunglasses, two wigs (optional), two ties (already knotted) etc. Determine a starting line and a turn-back line about 15 feet apart. Place each set of clothes in a separate bag or suitcase. Place the suitcases at the start lines. Divide the players into two small groups and line them up at the start line. Blow the whistle or say go! The first players in each line open the suitcase and put on the clothes. They then shut the suit case and run to the turn-back line and then stop, take off the clothes, put them back in the suitcase and carry the suitcase back to the start line where the process starts all over again with the next person. The first team to finish wins. The more clothes you add to this outdoor kid game, the funnier it gets! (You can also put clothes that fit your birthday theme, like pirates clothes, princess clothes etc.).

Flour Tag

This is a fun outdoor kid game where you get tagged with flour-filled nylon sacks. Things you'll need are dark shirts and flour nylon stockings (also choose a person to be the referee and determine a jail area). Each player must have a dark T-shirt on (black or navy blue works as well). Give each player a nylon that is filled with flour. Tie the nylon at the end to make it into a ball shape. The group plays tag as normal but players are knocked out by throwing the flour torpedoes at each other. You'll be able to know exactly who has been hit by the flour mark on their shirts. The referee must keep their eye on the players and call out those who are hit to the jail area. Keep a damp rag handy to clean up the shirts between rounds. A variation of this game is "capture the flag" with the two teams posessing a flag at each end of the playing field. Have the teams try to get their opponents flag without being tagged.

Water Balloon Toss

This is one of the best summer outdoor kid games in which the players try to catch water balloons! With each successful catch they move farther and farther apart. Pair off players into groups of two and have them face their partner about 3 feet apart. Begin tossing balloons to each other. Every time the balloon is caught the player that caught the balloon takes a step back. Eventually someone is going to get wet! You win by being the farthest apart while still successfully catching the water balloon. Raw eggs also make for lots of laughs.

Pass the Orange

This game requires very little: only two oranges (no problem…) and people with both a neck and a chin (now that'll be a bit harder to find…) Divide the group into two teams. Once you say "Go!" the players must pass the orange from neck to neck using only chins and necks. The team that can get the orange to the last neck in line the quickest without dropping the orange wins.

Red Devil

This game works best when played around a house or building. Determine a starting line or a home base that you can touch. Players all begin in front of the house. Red Devil is the player who is "it." The Red Devil faces the other players and declares, "I'm thinking of a type of (shoe, car, candy bar, etc.)." The other players then try to guess (in no particular order) what the Red Devil is thinking of (for example if the category is candy bars, they would say things like Butterfingers, Mars, Milky Way etc.). The Red Devil calls out the name of the player who eventually guesses the correct item. Then, the Red Devil and the player who guessed correctly take off running around the house in opposite directions. The first person to make it back to the starting line becomes the Red Devil. (After players get tired, the rules can change to: the first person to get back to the starting line is NOT the Red Devil.)

Ice Cube Race

Try to get ice cubes out of a pool using only your feet! What you will need is a small inflatable pool and ice cubes. Split the kids into two teams (or more if you have a lot of players) and choose one team to go first. Designate a timekeeper and have them clock 60 seconds. Have the first team stand barefoot (of course) in the pool. They can stand or sit. The moment you say "Go!", throw 20 large ice cubes into the pool. Now starts the hilarious part of this outdoor kid game. See who can take out the most ice cubes using only their bare feet in the designated. After the 60 seconds have elapsed, have the other teams try and the winner is the team with the most ice cubes out.

Easter - When is Easter and what is Easter

When is Easter 2014?

Need to know the exact date of Easter Sunday this year? Here's a chart that shows what day Easter is celebrated from 2012 - 2022.
Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox. Some years show Western Christian churches and Eastern Orthodox churches celebrating Easter on different dates. This is because Western churches use the Gregorian calendar (standard calendar for most of the world) and Orthodox churches use the older Julian calendar. Eastern Orthodox Easter always falls after Passover since the Crucifixion and Resurrection took place after Jesus entered Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. For a more detailed explanation why some Easter dates differ between Western and Eastern churches, check out A Tale of Two Easters.

Year	Easter Sunday
2012	April 8
2013	March 31
2014	April 20
2015	April 5
2016	March 27
2017	April 16
2018	April 1
2019	April 21
2020	April 12
2021	April 4
2022	April 17

  EasterSunday Is a day to come to gather with the ones you love

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