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Recuva is a file recovery program that has a free version available for home use. It is Windows only, and has a graphical interface instead of using the command prompt. You can download Recuva from the Piriform website. Make sure to choose the Free version when selecting your download. Most users can leave the installation settings at their default. Ensure that the card has been inserted into your computer's card reader, or that the card is inserted in a camera and the camera is connected to your computer via USB. When you start up Recuva and click past the Welcome screen, you will be shown a list of options for what types of files you want to search for. Choose the category that best suits your needs, or click the Other option to manually select all the file types you want to search for. On the next screen, you will be asked where Recuva should look for files. Choose the "On my media card or iPod" option and click Next. On the next screen, you will be given the option to enable a Deep Scan. This is a very time-intensive scan, and should only be done if your first scan doesn't recover the files you need. Click the Start button to begin the scan. The scan will begin, and a progress bar will display how far along it is. The time of the scan will depend on how large the SD card is. When the scan is complete, you will be shown a list of all the recovered files. Click the Switch to advanced mode button. This will enable the drop-down filter, which will help you narrow the list down a little. Original file names are almost always deleted during a recovery, so you will need to manually rename recovered files. Check the box next to each file you want to recover. Use the preview to determine which files are the ones you want to keep. Once you've checked all the files you want to save, click the Recover button. You will be asked where you want to save the files, and they will then be copied to that location. | Download and install Recuva. Insert your SD card. Choose the file types. Select the location. Choose whether or not to enable Deep Scanning. Start the scan. Browse through your results. Select the files you want to recover. |
Condensation inside the fuel tank can seriously damage the mower's engine: if moisture develops, it can cause corrosion, clogs, and other problems. Having an empty tank before your mower is put into storage lowers the risk of condensation forming. Start up your mower, and let it run until it no longer starts back up, and the fuel lines are empty. Keeping fuel inside the mower is also a fire hazard. Do not jeopardize the safety of yourself, your property, and others. Disconnecting the spark plug should be high priority when working on your mower. As long as the spark plug is connected, there is a risk of the mower accidentally kick-starting. To avoid this possibility and prevent serious injury, it is strongly recommended to remove the spark plug or the spark plug lead wire. Remove the spark plug only after thoroughly draining your mower of fuel. This greatly reduces the possibility of an accidental start. Doing this will prevent the mower from unnecessarily draining power from the battery while in storage. Upon removal, clean the battery with a cloth, and store it in a cool, dry place. To lower the risk of an accidental fire, always keep the mower's battery away from fuel, sources of heat, and anything that has a pilot light. The mower should be empty of oil before being placed into storage. Remove the oil reservoir plug, then tilt the mower slowly and carefully until the oil begins to drain. Use a pan to catch the oil, and place a tarp down underneath the mower to stop any spatter. | Run your mower out of fuel. Disconnect the spark plug. Remove the battery from the mower. Drain your mower of oil. |
You can use whatever kinds of apples you’d like for this recipe, although sweeter, less tart apples are typically better for baby food. Fuji and Gala apples are both sweet and cook great, and Granny Smith apples actually sweeten when you cook them. Although you’re going to be removing the peel from the apples, it's best to wash them thoroughly first just so you start with a clean piece of fruit. After they are washed and dried, use a vegetable peeler to remove the skin. If you don't have a peeler, you can always use a knife. You can rinse your apples under water, or use a mixture of three parts water and one part vinegar. This will help to kill any bacteria on your apples. You can use as many apples as you like for this recipe. One apple yields approximately five ounces of puree, so you can plan accordingly. You don't want to include the apple seeds and tough core in your puree. You can core your apple by using a tool made specifically for this task, which goes through the apple and removes the entire center. If you don't have this tool, keep it simple and just use a knife. To remove the core with a knife, first cut your apple into slices. Then, grab each slice individually and trim off the tough part along the inner edge. Your apple slices don't need to look picture perfect. Just make sure you’ve successfully removed all of the core and seeds from the good “meat” of the apple. Make sure you do this part slowly and carefully, to avoid cutting yourself on a sharp knife or apple coring tool. By chopping up your slices into small chunks, you’ll make it easier to eventually blend and mash together. Aim to cut your apple into pieces about the size of dice. Once you’ve washed, peeled, sliced, and chopped your apples, you’ve done all the prep work necessary for this recipe. | Wash and peel your apples. Core your apples. Slice into chunks. |
Choose fabric or ribbon that has a pattern that you like. Use fabric scissors to trim it down to the correct size. Try your best to make all the strips the same size so that your flip-flops look balanced. Cotton, linen, polyester, and velvet fabric all work well for this activity. To completely cover the straps of your flip-flops, you will need about 20 strips. Position the middle point of the strips under the straps of your flip-flops. Then, tie a double-knot to secure the fabric in place. Pull the knot firmly to make sure that it is tight. Tie half the strips onto 1 strap and then tie the other half onto the second strap. Any secure knot will work for this task. Feel free to use your favorite. Push and pull the tied fabric strips up and down the flip flop straps. Try to arrange them with even spaces between each tie to create a balanced look. Over time, the fabric ties will likely move and you will need to readjust them. Put your flip-flops on and go for a short walk around your home. If you find that you trip over the fabric, trim off any excess fabric so that it doesn't drag on the floor and cause you to trip over. Cut the fabric on a slight diagonal angle to help prevent it from fraying. Place a 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) balloon under the strap and double-knot it above to secure it in place. Repeat this process with small balloons until all the straps are covered. You will need about 40 balloons to cover adult-sized flip-flops. If you don't have any small balloons, use water balloons instead. Don't blow the balloons up. | Cut fabric or ribbon into 1 inch (2.5 cm) x 8 inches (20 cm) strips. Tie the fabric or ribbon onto the straps of your flip-flops. Adjust the positioning of the strips so that they look even. Trim the fabric, if necessary. Use small balloons instead of ribbon or fabric for a bright colourful look. |
Before the conversation, figure out when your mom is usually free. Also, think about where you would feel most comfortable talking. If you have a lot of siblings, for example, you may not want to talk in living room where your brothers usually play video games. You may, instead, want to talk in your bedroom, where there are less distractions. Figure out a time when your mom is home and not busy. For example, maybe she usually has free time on Wednesday night just after dinner. Be a little flexible, however, as schedules are subject to change. Think of several times that you could potentially approach your mom. When you find the right time, you can start the conversation with something simple. Say something like, "Mom, can I ask you about something?" If you want your mom to trust you, she needs to believe what you say. Tell her sincerely why you want earrings. Also, be direct about this. Avoid beating around the bush and, instead, just make your case without hesitation. State outright what you want to talk about. Say something like, "Mom, I really want to get my ears pierced and I was hoping to get your permission." From there, give an honest reason as to why you want your ears pierced. For instance, "I just think it would look really nice, and it would be a great way to expand my style and express myself more. I think I would feel a little better about myself if I could pick out earrings that show who I am." You do not want to dominate the conversation This will make you look argumentative and, therefore, immature. If you want your mom to listen, strive to hear her side too. Even if she's saying something you don't like, take the time to listen before you respond. Your mom may have a lot of reasons for not wanting you to get your ears pierced. She may think you're too young. She may worry it's too expensive. Whatever her reason, try to listen. Tell her you understand. You want your mom to feel like you heard what she was saying. You can respond with something simple like, "I understand that you think I'm a little young for this." You can let your mom know why you disagree with her, or push for some kind of compromise. However, you should avoid outright complaining. Do not whine, beg, or argue with your mom if she says, "No" or expresses hesitance. This is unlikely to get her to agree. For example, don't say something like, "Of course I'm old enough! All the girls in school have their ears pierced. Sarah's mom let her do it. Please!" Instead, offer a mature response. Try saying, "I get that you think I'm a little young for this, but a lot of girls my age do have their ears pierced. My friend Sarah's been pretty good at caring for her piercings, and I've been reading up on how to care for mine. I do think I could be responsible about it, even though I'm a little young." | Approach your mom at the right time. Be direct and honest. Listen to your mom's perspective. Avoid arguing or whining. |
. Gratitude is defined as "the quality of being thankful" or "readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness". There are myriad ways you can express gratitude. Say thanks to a friend, teacher, parent, or sibling for all that they do to encourage or help you. Express appreciation to the universe, the earth or a higher power for your life and for sustaining your life. Exhibit gratitude by meditating on all the things you are grateful for, keeping a gratitude journal, praying, and writing "thank you" letters. However, you do it, gratitude offers a wide range of benefits for the grateful. Benefits of gratitude may include: Decreases your likelihood of being superficial or judging others by their possessions Increases your likelihood of sharing with others Improves relationships Reduces stress, anxiety, and depression Encourages you to help others Increases life satisfaction In other words, make a positive impact on all you encounter. No matter where your life's journey leads you, make a commitment to helping those around you or the environment rather than hurting them. In your job, at school, in your community, and in your relationships, strive to make an impression that makes people happy to see you come and sad to see you go. Get involved in your local community. Help out at a homeless shelter. Babysit your neighbors' kids so they can enjoy a well-deserved date night. Assist your elderly neighbor with household chores. Be a positive role model to the youth. Make a difference in someone else's life and you will surely feel more beautiful inside and out. Studies reveal that volunteering, or community service, helps you to transform your own and the lives of others, strengthen communities, form connections, and solve problems. Offering help to those in need can also reduce rates of depression, improve your functional abilities, and decrease mortality. . Your outlook on life can have a major influence on how beautiful you feel inside. If you are pessimistic and continuously looking at the glass as being half-empty, you have a tendency to create a self-fulfilling prophecy in which how you think determines your reality - a negative one. On the other hand, if you look at the glass as being half-full, you are more likely to see and more grasp opportunities. What's more, positive thinking can lead to better immune functioning, greater physical and mental well-being, and improve stress management. Optimism can be learned. The first step, however, is to recognize and identify when you are thinking negatively. Negative thoughts tend to be irrational and over-generalizations. "Yesterday was a horrible day. This whole week is ruined." Plus, you can often tell through physical signs (i.e. heaviness in your chest, doomed feeling) when negative thoughts are running through your head. Once you learn to be aware of negative thinking, try to alter these thoughts into more positive or realistic versions. For example, rather than generalizing that the whole week will be ruined based on one day, a positive version may sound like, "Today was tough. I will get a good night's rest and hope tomorrow is an improvement." Feeling beautiful on the inside has just as much to do with how you treat others as it does how you treat yourself. Practicing proper etiquette in social situations is vital to building a good character. This goes back to behaviors you were taught in grade school: maintain eye contact when you're speaking with someone, greet others when you enter a group, smile, remember people's names, hold doors, etc. For more detailed explanations of proper etiquette in certain settings, like at an interview, at a party, or at dinner, check out this guideline from Binghamton University. | Be grateful Leave people, places, and things better than you found them. Be of service to others. Think positively Be courteous. |
Any solid color will work as a base coat. Choose something that works with the other colors you'd like. Some of the base coat might peek through, especially on your first try at the tie dye. Use an old bowl if you don't want nail polish stains on your bowls. A small bow or cup will help you waste less nail polish. Nail polish isn't a great thing to eat. You might want to use an old bowl you can keep as a makeup container — or just wash it thoroughly afterward. Place it over newspaper to catch spills. Brush aside the rest of the floating nail polish with your stick, then start again with new drops. Once your nails are all tie dyed and dried, cover with a top coat and set forth to show them off. | Apply your base coat. Fill a shallow bowl with room temperature water. Repeat with other nails. |
If you are moving your shed farther than across your property, you’ll have to place it securely in a vehicle trailer. If possible to do so safely, jack the shed up high enough that you can simply slide it onto the trailer. Otherwise, you will have to use the trailer's ramp (or fashion your own) and employ a careful combination of pulling, pushing, and lifting to get the shed into place. Make sure the shed is centered on the trailer and secured properly with strong, snug strapping. Cover any roof shingles with a secure tarp; high speeds can cause them to shear off. You may also want to cover any window openings with plywood, whether the windows have been removed or not. If you have a large yard and fairly level ground, you may want to drag the shed on a makeshift wooden sled, using the power of a pickup truck (or possibly a tractor for smaller sheds). If so, make sure you secure your pulling rope or chain around the shed, not to the sled, or the latter will simply be pulled out from underneath as the truck moves. Fashion the sled out of plywood sheets or a similarly thin, fairly smooth material. Make sure that it is larger than the base of the shed. The weight of the shed should pin the sled underneath while moving; otherwise, secure it to the shed structure with screws. Wrap the tow line around the entire shed, about midway up the side walls. Latch, hook, or tie it on the side facing the back of the truck so that it is securely snug in place, then run the line and secure it to the vehicle's tow hitch. Drive slowly and steadily, avoiding lurches forward or quick stops. Have a couple of helpers keep an eye on the shed and help guide it as needed. If you have access to a forklift or a “mule” (a machine similar in appearance to a typical forklift), you can use one of these to relocate a secured and propped-up shed with relative ease. And, if you happen to be remodeling your home and there is a crane being used to lift roof trusses, etc., you can use it to quickly move the shed from your front yard to your back, for instance. Make sure you have been properly instructed in the safe use of such equipment before trying to move your shed with it. Make sure the shed is properly secured to the machine with heavy-duty strapping. | Place the shed on a trailer. Drag the shed on a sled. Use a forklift or a crane. |
Libraries are free to the public and can provide you with a warm place to sit and communicate with friends and family. They also provide free internet access and public washrooms. If you need an address to use the internet, provide your old family address or the address of the shelter or hostel that you are staying at. Some libraries may have programs to help with temporary employment, counseling, or transportation. They may also have a list or a map to help you find hostels and shelters. Give yourself a break from cold or unhealthy food by visiting a soup kitchen. Usually run by charitable organizations, community groups, or church groups, soup kitchens offer a hot meal for free or minimal charge. They may also offer a bagged lunch if you have found temporary employment. Soup kitchens may be located close to shelters or run in conjunction with other shelter programs. For example, you may be able to get new clothing or repair electronics at your local soup kitchen. Cut out junk food, cook your own meals, stick to a list, and cook meals that provide large portions. Buy non-perishable food that packs light like beef jerky or trail mix. Make a weekly meal plan so you know how many meals your food should last you. Shop at the end of the night as grocery stores will place discounts on food that will be going bad in the next few days. Avoid name brands and buy in bulk as these are often much cheaper than their counterparts. Shop at discount stores, farmer markets, and ethnic markets as they will be cheaper than big name grocery chains. Purchase less expensive cuts of meat, find alternative sources of protein in beans and lentils, and look for canned fish and chicken. | Utilize the library. Eat at a soup kitchen. Shop with purpose. |
In order to attract any investors (in the form of advertisers), you must have a place for them to sell their wares. Attracting advertisers must be your primary goal, as that is what will make your financial aspirations a success. Know what advertisers or ad placement algorithms are looking for in an advertising venue (i.e., your website): generally, it's potential buyers with disposable income who visit your site in significant numbers, and would be interested in products that are closely related to the content on your site. What you want in a site, then, is to attract—and keep—a lot of visitors. The longer they stay, the more likely it is that they will eventually leave your site by clicking not on the back button, but on your advertiser's links. To generate the most traffic, and thus the most revenue, be selective in your target market. While every demographic has its strong points and weak points, studies have shown that younger people are generally more optimistic and more adventurous—and thus likely to click on an advertisement more readily. Keep in mind that the goal is clicks, not sales: that's what generates your revenue. Once the visitor has clicked out of your site, it's up to the merchant to make the sale. You get paid, regardless of the outcome. Search the web for trends and ideas for websites, and include the year in your search so that you avoid wasting search results on what was hot in 2006. For example, searching Google for "website ideas 2012" returned nearly a billion results. From there, it's just a matter of combing through to find ideas that pique your interest. In the halcyon days of the early 21st century, you could create a business name, and find a domain to match. These days, it's virtually impossible. However, you can be creative with hyphenated names. While "geeks.com" (and .net, .org, even .xxx) is taken, trying something like "website-4-g33ks" instead. One good way to proceed is to secure a ".com" domain, find a host (many domain registrars will also host sites), and build your own site. This has the advantage of being the most flexible in terms of design and installation of custom code. Alternately, you can sign up with a service such as Blogger, from Google, or Wordpress—both of which will not only let you put your site name in front of their service name (e.g., geeks.wordpress.com), they will give you that and a website for free. The advantage, aside from that, is that Blogger and Wordpress give you a great number of really well-designed templates to make your site look visually awesome. The downside is that generally takes having a "pro" version (i.e., paid for) before you can do any serious customizing. Using the templates provided, or a site of your own design (or from a designer), put together your website. What you do will be based almost entirely on the market you are attempting to reach. Again, though, whether you are ultimately offering a personal service, like "Cleavon's Auto Repair Site," or a total web-centric site like "Sara's Mouth-Watering Recipes," the goal is to keep people on your site. That means the content is king—the same as it ever was. If you're offering a service, your site could have content specific to your specialty. Cleavon, for example, might have some basic articles on changing oil, fixing a flat, or a FAQ about all those little sounds a car might make. Sarah could feature, along with recipes, information such as weight and measure conversion, the differences between types of flours, and anecdotal tales of kitchen disasters and successes. In both cases, going beyond the basic service provided gives visitors a reason to stick around—and click on ads! Don't post one or two articles and call it a day. Remember that this is your income stream we're talking about developing, so think of it as your job—part-time or full time, you have to devote some time to it every day if you want to see the paychecks come rolling in. The more you write, the more interest your site will hold. The more interest your site holds, the more people will follow it. and more importantly, the more relevant your site will appear to the ad placement algorithms. More ads = more clicks = more money. Never lose sight of that goal. | Define your goal. Find a market. Secure a domain. Build your site. Keep it fresh. |
Open your web browser, type in www.facebook.com on the address bar, and hit Enter. You will be directed to Facebook's sign-in page. Do this by clicking the e-mail and password boxes separately. Once you’ve select the appropriate box, type in your information. When you are finished, click “Log in” to access your account. On your account home page, look to the upper-right side of the screen to find a small arrow pointing down; click on this. A drop-down list will appear below the arrow. Go towards the bottom, and you will see the “Settings” button; click on this. On the left side of the new screen will be a list of submenus. The very last one is “Videos”; click it to open settings for videos. A new screen will load with one option that says “Auto-Play Videos” with a simple drop-down menu to the right. Simply click on the menu and click “No” to disable auto-play videos. Your settings will save automatically, and you can now browse Facebook without those videos slowing your system down. | Head to Facebook. Log into your account. Click the small arrow point down. Access the Settings menu. Open the settings for videos. Disable auto-play videos. |
Remember, no one is judging your acting. You are likely going to be nervous in the beginning. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Try and stick with a role that you are familiar with so that the dialogue will come easily. For example, if you have worked as a nurse in the past, you may feel more comfortable role playing as a health care professional. If you are confident in your acting ability, you could try a more elaborate role and talk with an accent. When role playing for the first time, you are apt to break character and laugh a few times. This is okay and you should not let one slip up ruin the experience. Instead, laugh a little and then continue with the scenario. This nervous laughter will likely go away quite quickly. You will likely find that with role playing the planning and anticipation can be just as sexy as the actual event. Enjoy the process and take things slowly. | Don’t put too much pressure on your acting. Acknowledge awkward moments and move on. Take it slow and don’t rush. |
There's no point starting a diet with the intention of eating foods you don't enjoy just because they'll make you skinny. Try out different recipes, and do little things to change your fat intake. Being on a diet doesn't mean that you should eat foods that you normally hate, but that you should discover new and healthier foods that can help you shed some pounds. Here's what to do: Go to your local farmer's market or the produce section of your grocery store. Make a goal of picking one new fruit and one new vegetable a week, and learning how to include it in a delicious recipe. Avoid the foods you hate. If you just can't stand the taste of tofu or just really hate brown rice, don't torture yourself by making yourself eat it. Find a way to put a healthy spin on your favorite meal. If you love spaghetti and meatballs, try a whole wheat pasta with veggie meatballs instead. Try adding extra vegetables to the sauce as well. Try a dance class, or different types of sports like tennis or swimming. If you find something you enjoy, then you're much more likely to do it often. If you like running, it could be a way to get some sun and enjoy a pretty view. Here's how to do it: Don't do anything that feels like torture. If you've always hated running, you don't have to do it. Try making a goal of walking for twenty minutes a day instead if you like doing that. Try new workouts that you've never done before. Take a dance, yoga, or pilates class and see if you've found a new passion. Mix it up. If you don't mind running but don't want to do it three times a week, you can run one day, do yoga another day, and swim on a third day. This will keep your body and mind active and won't make you feel bored through a workout. Don't overdo it. You don't have to exercise every day, or even five or six times a week, to get a great workout. Let your body rest if you're tired and you'll enjoy your "on days" even more. You won't be able to stick to your diet if you find yourself so hungry that any food at all sounds appealing. If you're hungry, then you're much less likely to make rational decisions about what to eat next. Being hungry will also make you feel cranky, weak, and tired, and generally negative. Here's how to avoid being hungry: Make sure to have a meal or a light snack every few hours. Don't go five or six hours without food. Always keep healthy snacks with you wherever you go. If you know you'll be having a late lunch or dinner, factor a snack into your day or you'll be too hungry by the time the meal arrives. Don't starve yourself. Generally speaking, starving for women means eating less than 1,200 calories a day and for men, it means eating less than 1,500 calories a day. Not only will this just make you feel weak and lightheaded, but it is also dangerous and difficult to keep up on a long-term basis. In addition to rewarding yourself for a job well done every once in a while, you should just take little mini-breaks from your diet and indulge every once in a while so you don't feel so trapped in your new routine. As long as indulging doesn't send you on a downward eating spiral, it will only make you feel better every once in a while. If all of your friends are going out for a type of meal that you know won't be healthy, don't miss out just because you know it won't help your diet. If you really want to see your friends, just try to find a healthier option, or to enjoy the unhealthy food and just go to the gym later. Indulge your cravings once in a while. If you're really craving a chocolate chip cookie, it's much better to just eat one than to eat everything in your cabinet that isn't a chocolate chip cookie. Eat an "off meal" once in a while. Tell yourself that after every five or ten healthy meals, you'll get to eat whatever you want. This will keep you focused on staying healthy for the most part. | Love what you eat. Find a workout that you love. Don't go hungry. Indulge once in a while. |
Another option is a secured loan in which some property you own is used as collateral. One such loan is a home equity loan, which is a loan taken out against the value of your house. The equity in your home is the amount your home is worth minus the amount you still owe on your mortgage. For example if you have a $100,000 home and you still owe $30,000 to the bank for it, your home equity is $70,000. Rates for these loans tend to be low, because the value of the loan is secured by your home. This means that even if your credit rate is bad, these loans are less risky for the bank. The interest is also often tax deductible. Using the above equity values, and assuming an interest rate of 5%, imagine that you borrowed $20,000 with a five year term using a home equity loan. You would pay $377.42 per month and end up paying $2,645.52 in total interest over the term of your loan. This places this type of loan among the safest and least expensive options for someone with bad credit. Talk to your banker about a how to apply for one of these loans. However, keep in mind that you may get a better deal at a credit union. Be careful! If you fail to make your payments, you could lose your home. A car title loan works similarly to a home equity loan, insofar as your vehicle is used as collateral to secure the loan. Before even investigating this possibility, know that automobile title loans can be incredibly expensive as they may charge up to 300% interest! Unlike a home equity loan, a car title loan is usually at a higher rate and for a shorter time period, typically 30 days. To get a car title loan, find a car title lender and bring your car, the title, and your identification. The creditor will take the title to your car and return it to you after you have paid back the loan and interest. Some car title loan agents will also require a copy of your keys, in case they need to repossess the car. Check your state's regulations for car title loans. Some states, such as Illinois and California, have specific regulations in place for car title loans and other states don't allow them at all. Check your state's Department of Motor Vehicles website for more information. Make sure to ask about the full dollar amount you'll need to repay and also when the term ends. Don't borrow more than you can repay in 30 days or you will lose your car. A study revealed that the average title loan borrower pays $2,142 in interest on a $951 loan. This is typically a case of rolled-over fees due to an inability to pay on time. If you need a small amount of cash quickly, you can take a valuable item to a pawn shop and use it is collateral for a loan. The typical pawn shop loan about $150 dollars. When you pawn an item, a pawnbroker agrees to pay you a certain amount of money for it. He or she will then hang on to the item for a predetermined amount of time, during which you can retrieve the item by paying back the loan, plus interest. If the term passes and you do not pay back the loan, the broker will sell the item to recoup costs. Try not to pawn anything you'd be heartbroken to lose. Once the term is up and the pawnbroker sells the item, there is no legal recourse for you to get it back. Don't expect to receive market rate for the item. The pawnbroker bears the risk of selling the item at market rate down the line, and the profit comes from taking the risk. Keep the item ticket. When you pawn something, the pawnbroker will give you a ticket or receipt, which you can use to purchase the item back later. Keep it in a secure location, and keep track of how long you have to get the item back. Rates for pawn shop loans will not affect or be affected by your credit score, no matter how bad it may be, because the loan is considered to be already paid for by the object you have pawned. Depending on your state's pawn shop regulations, these loans may charge rates ranging from 12% to 240% per year. For the high end of that spectrum, you would owe back double the actual value of your item in five months! | Get a home equity loan. Get an automobile title loan. Visit a pawn shop. |
The people making fun of you expect you to react negatively by either getting angry or being sad, so laughing will throw them off. Give a big hearty laugh like the mocking is the funniest thing you have ever heard. This will deflect the attack and show how little power they have over you. Slap your knee and really exaggerate how funny you think their comments are. Say something like “that's a new one” or “that's the funniest thing I’ve heard all day.” Say something like “that's enough” or “quit being rude.” In the moment, it can be difficult to focus on anything other than the mockery that is being directed towards you. However, mentally leaving the situation may help you better deal with it. Try thinking of a place that is peaceful and makes you feel happy. This will help you stay calm and not let the attacks hurt you. You can also imagine a brick wall between you and those mocking you that is deflecting their comments. A sick burn is a great way to turn the tables on those mocking you. This tells them that you are above their comments and makes them look bad in the process. A clever comeback sends the message that you are not an easy target and there are consequences for messing with you. Say something like “wow, did you come up with that all by yourself” or “pardon me, but you seem to think that I care.” Try the “Yes, and…” technique. If someone is giving you a hard time about something just respond by acknowledging their teasing and then inserting a joke. For example, if someone zings your new haircut by saying “Nice haircut. Joining a punk band?” You can reply with “Yeah, and tomorrow I’m piercing lips, nose, and mouth.” Although it might seem counterintuitive, sometimes the best way to deflect mocking is to acknowledge it. Addressing part of the bullies’ attacks takes the power away from them and puts you in control. You can then reframe their attack in a way that you want. For example, if you are being mocked about wearing a hat they consider “weird,” you can respond by saying “yeah, it looks weird but you have to admit that it's pretty cool.” Blowing off those making fun of you takes away much of their power over you. This demonstrates that you are above their comments and that they have not impact on you. This not only takes you out of the immediate situation, but also undermines the bullies’ ability to further ridicule you. Try to walk away confidently and calmly. This will convey to the people mocking you that their words have not hurt you. | Laugh at the ridicule. Think about something else. Give a witty comeback. Roll with the teasing. Act like it did not happen. |
Lay on your side on a mat, with your knees bent slightly and 1 leg stacked evenly on top of the other. Your hips should be at a 90 degree angle to the ground, not angled towards the front or the back. Bend your lower leg a little more to give yourself balance and support, and straighten your top leg with your foot flexed. Raise your top leg upward (while keeping your foot flexed) and slightly backwards, then lower it again. Lift and lower your upper leg in sets of 5 or 10, depending on how advanced you are in your workout, then switch and repeat the same exercises on your other side. This exercise is similar to the side-lying hip abduction, but your knees will be bent. Lie on your side as you did with the side-lying hip abduction. Instead of keeping your legs straight, bend them and stack 1 on top of the other. Then, slide your knees forward so you are lying in a loose fetal position. Your feet should be aligned with your hips and your knees should be out in front of your body. When you are in position, slowly begin to lift up your top knee, as if it is the top of a clamshell. As you do this, keep your top foot on top of your lower foot as if they are connected. Then, slowly lower the top leg back down until it is resting on the bottom leg. Do this exercise for about 1 minute. Repeat this exercise on the opposite side after you finish the first side. Do up to 3 sets on each side. Stand up straight, put your hands on your hips, and keep your abdomen tight. Raise your right knee upwards and move your right foot sideways until your left leg is stretched nicely. Place your right foot on the ground, bend you right knee a little more, and keep your left leg straight. Your left foot should still be flat on the ground. Then push yourself off the ground with your right foot and propel yourself back to a standing position. Repeat the same action on your left side. You can do all of 1 side, then move to the other side, or you can alter sides for each lunge. Perform 10 to 20 repetitions of this exercise on each side, depending on how advanced you are in your workout. An alternative to this side lunge is to NOT place your foot on the ground when you return to a standing position. But rather to keep your knee bent, and your foot raised up off the ground. This adds a little more complexity and resistance to the exercise. This exercise is still a side lunge, except that you’re not moving your feet when you move your body. Instead, start by standing up straight with your feet 2 to 3 feet (0.61 to 0.91 m) apart. Then lunge to the right side by bending your right knee and straightening your left leg. Then straighten yourself back upwards, without moving your feet. Keep your back straight and as upright as possible, keep your head up, and make sure that you knees never extend past your toes on the bent leg. Do the same type of lunge on your left side. This version can put less stress on your knees and adds more resistance to the muscles you’re trying to build. Perform 10 to 20 repetitions of this exercise on each side, depending on how advanced you are in your workout. A curtsy lunge is also a great way to work your outer hip muscles. To do a curtsy lunge, stand with your feet shoulder width apart and take a big step back and across the opposite leg. As you do this, bend your knees and hold your balance in the position for a moment. Then, slowly begin to stand up and return your back foot to its starting position. Repeat this exercise 10 to 15 times on both sides. Do 3 sets. You can also hold weights in your hands to make this exercise a little harder. Stand up straight and place your feet so they are about shoulder width apart. Keep your abdomen tight and your back straight. Lower your bum towards the floor like you’re going to sit down, but stop when your knees are bent at a 90 degree angle and your thighs are parallel to the floor. Then raise yourself back up to the standing position (don't move your feet). Repeat this movement 5 to 10 times, depending on how advanced you are in your workout. To add more resistance to this exercise, you can hold dumbbells in both your hands while you squat. The weight of the dumbbells is up to you - whatever you’re most comfortable with at the time. | Try the side-lying hip abduction. Do the clam. Perform the side lunge. Give the alternative side lunge a try. Try curtsy lunges. Do a traditional squat. |
In order for your club to run smoothly and achieve its goals, the objectives must be clear to you and to all your club members. Define a mission statement for your club, or write out the mission statement that already exists. This mission statement should be short and simple. Post it somewhere in your meeting area, and remind members of the statement at each meeting. This will help you club stay defined and improve, no matter what type of club it is. Also, this will give potential new members an accurate idea of what your club is. Clubs need money for activities, trips and meeting expenses. If you are associated with a university or school, you may be able to appeal to the school for funding if you meet the criteria for becoming a club. If you're not associated with a school, you may want to consider making your club a non-profit. You should only consider this if your club is raising tens of thousands of dollars per year as this will require significant paper work and cost money. But long-term it can help with avoiding any taxes down the road on income the club generates. Consider fundraising. Activities like a car wash, selling products, or simply starting a donation page can help raise money for your club. You can also charge membership dues and fees that are used to fund the club. Outline the basic requirements for someone to become a member. Keep these as simple as possible. For example, you may want age requirements if your club is more adult in nature. You may also make ongoing criteria that are necessary to remain a member of the club, such as regular meeting attendance and participation in events or a certain GPA if you are associate with a school. This will also ensure that you have an active club. As you're leading your club, you want to make sure the club is constantly active in building participants, rather than just waiting for new members to find you. You'll need marketing. You may want a member of the club devoted to this, but as president this will also be your responsibility to make sure the club is growing. Create a website. This allows potential members to read about your club and contact you with interest. Hold open-house events. Advertise events for potential members to come and see what your club is all about. This is a great way to vet potential members and also showcase what your club can do for them. Ask current members to recruit. They are likely to have circles of friends with similar interests. | State your club's purpose. Seek funding. Define membership criteria. Recruit members. |
You can connect the Firestick to your TV using an empty HDMI port on the back of your TV. Press the power button on the front of your TV, or use the TV remote to power on the TV. Press the source button on your TV remote until it selects the HDMI port that your Firestick is connected to. You should see the Amazon Fire home screen. The home button is the button with an icon that resembles a house. It's below the circle pad at the top of the remote. Hold the Home button for about 10 seconds. When the remote connects to the Firestick, you will see a message on the screen that says "New Remote Connected". If it doesn't work the first time, release the home button and try again. Try moving closer or further away from the Firestick. | Connect the Firestick to a TV. Power on your TV. Select the Amazon Firestick HDMI source. Press and hold the Home button on the remote. |
. Encourage yourself to remember your dreams by writing them down. Keep a journal by your bed that is only for dreams. You can begin writing immediately, or you can take a minute to sit and remember the dream in its entirety before you begin writing. Practice both strategies to see which lets you remember more. Reread your dream journal frequently. Check for "dream signs," or repeated themes and objects in your dreams. Memorize the places, objects, characters, and situations that recur in your dreams. Write down your lucid dreams! If you manage to have a lucid dream, whether wake-initiated or dream-initiated, it is especially important to write it down. Every hour or so during the day, ask yourself if you are dreaming or not. Even if you are sure you're awake, test it. Try checking the time, putting your hand through a wall, or looking in a mirror. Pinch yourself! Check for dream signs. Learning this habit will give you a tool you can use to affirm when you are dreaming. As you go to sleep, silently repeat a phrase about dream recall or about lucid dreams. Focus on this mantra alone while you repeat it in your head. For example, you might say: "When I dream, I will remember my dream." "I'm about to dream." "I will be lucid in this dream." After you have recited in your head, as you are growing sleepy, imagine a dream you recently had, or a dream you would like to have. Picture yourself in it doing something you would like to do, such as fly. Check for dream signs. If you enter a dream in this way, you are having a WILD. Try going back and forth between picturing your dreams and reciting your affirmation. Be prepared to do this many nights without obvious results. Your initial goal should just be remembering your dreams. Cultivating the habit of lucidity can take months, or longer if you do not normally remember your dreams. | Practice dream recall Do reality checks. Recite affirmations. Picture your dreams. |
There are two main types of canvas: the thin type and the thick type. The thin canvases are a simple, light-weight board, ideal for framing. The thicker canvases are a sheet of canvas stretched over a wooden frame. They are ideal if you want to extend your design over the edges. If you are going to glue a picture or photo onto the canvas, choose something that is the same size as your image—or a little bit smaller. It is easier to trim an image down to fit a canvas than the other way around. If you are going to create a collage, however, you can choose any size of canvas you want. This is only necessary if you will be creating a collage on it. If you are going to adhere an image onto a thick, wood-frame canvas, you do not need to paint the front, but you should paint the edges. Acrylic paint will work the best for this, because it dries the fastest. Avoid using oil paint or watercolor paint; oil paint will take too long to cure and watercolor paint won't stick. Choose a color that contrasts your images for a collage. Choose a color that matches or complements a single image that will cover the entire canvas. Sealers come in many different finishes, so you should pick one that you like the best. If you did not paint the canvas, you can skip this step. Use a paper slicer or a craft blade and a metal ruler to do this. Make sure that the edges are nice and neat. If you are going to cover the entire canvas with your image, you will need to trim the image down to fit the canvas. If you are making a collage, trim down the images to different sizes; this will make things look more interesting than if they were all one size. Trace the canvas onto the back of your image, then use a sharp blade and a metal ruler to cut the paper. | Choose a type of canvas. Choose a size for your project. Paint your canvas a background color, if desired. Allow the paint to dry, then apply a coat of sealant over it. Trim the paper down, if needed. |
Anna's face shape is a tall circle that comes to a gentle point at the bottom. Divide her face into quarters with general guidelines. Add a slender neck and narrow, rounded shoulders. If you need help getting the overall shape of Anna's head, draw a small circle at the bottom of her head. This will be her chin. You can erase intersecting lines to get a final form. Your circle should extend just below Anna's head. This will create the gentle point of the chin. Sketch loosely with your wrist and shoulder. You’re just trying to draw a base outline. You can erase any extra lines later. Anna has wide eyes that slant upwards on the bottom. Draw the outline of her eyes like a sideways capital “D”. Make her irises large and round. Note how the top of the irises are cut off by her eyelids. Use your horizontal guideline as a reference point. Her eyes shouldn't extend below this line. You may choose to draw individual eyelashes, or just make the lines thicker near the outer top edges. Her eyebrows are full, blocky, and expressive. If you’re drawing on paper, add a small circle in each eye to create a shine. Anna has a tiny nose that is little more than a squashed U-shape. She has thin Caucasian lips. Feel free to make her grin somewhat asymmetrical. It adds to her quirky appearance. Draw the nose closer to her mouth than to her eyes. To draw the mouth, start with a curved line which moves up at the ends. Then add lines on the top and bottom to fill out the lips. Erase your guidelines. Note how it is parted on the side. All hair flows from a single spot at the top of her head. Her braids may take time to draw, but are made up of S-shaped lines which intersect one another. Note how each section of hair tucks into the following one. You can draw her braids overlapping one another and then erase areas to create the braided look. Braids also have a zig-zag line going down the center. If it's easier, draw the middle part of the braid first and then fill out the curves around your zig-zag. Start at the bottom of a zig-zag line and draw a line upward, continuing the line from the zig-zag. Her hair starts above your initial circle for her head. Follow the curve you drew for her head when drawing the hair. Follow your starting point and move out, adding a few lines for her bangs. | Start with Anna’s general form. Draw Anna's eyes and eyebrows. Move on to her nose and mouth. Draw Anna's hair. |
If you haven't connected your camera to your computer via a USB cable before, you'll have to install the camera's drivers by doing the following: Open File Explorer. Click Network on the left side of the window. Double-click your camera's name. Follow the on-screen instructions. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen to do so. Type camerawindow into the Start window, then click CameraWindow at the top of the list of search results when prompted. It's a gear-shaped icon in the upper-right corner of the window. Doing so opens the Settings window. This is at the top of the Settings window. You'll find this tab near the top of the window. This is on the middle-right side of the page. Clicking it opens a File Explorer window. Click the folder you want to use to store your transferred photos, then click Open or Select Folder in the bottom-right corner of the pop-up window. It's at the bottom of the window. Doing so saves your settings and closes the Settings window. You'll find this option in the middle of the window. This is in the middle of the menu. Your camera's photos will begin transferring onto your computer. If you want to import specific images, click Select Images to Import, select each image you want to import, and click the Import arrow in the bottom-right corner of the window. Once the progress bar in the middle of the window disappears, your photos have finished transferring. You'll find them in the folder you selected earlier. | Install your camera's drivers if necessary. Open Start . Open CameraWindow. Click the "Settings" icon. Click the Import tab. Click Folder Settings. Click Browse…. Select a folder. Click OK. Click Import Images from Camera. Click Import All Images. Wait for the import to complete. |
Begin with the assumption that the child is capable, they mean well, and they are trying hard already. Help them rise to meet your expectations. Optimism can lift the child's spirits, and bring positive results. Even if it doesn't make sense to you, it is fulfilling some sort of purpose for the child, or expressing something. There is a reason; you just don't know it yet. Each person thinks differently, and these differences can be especially profound between autistic and non-autistic people. The child's reasoning may be completely different from what you think it is. " Gaining abilities is not a linear progression, and if a child is stressed or worn out, they might not be able to do things that they otherwise could. If a child is resisting your attempts to make them do something, it might be that they can't do that thing at the moment, or that they don't understand. For example, instead of "Jamal is angry and won't tell me why. He's so difficult!," you could think "Jamal is angry and can't tell me why. Maybe he's too upset to speak. I'll help him calm down, and then maybe I can figure out what's going on." Sensory input, exhaustion, stress, seizures, anxiety, and more can affect ability levels. For example, perhaps your daughter can usually put her plates in the dishwasher, but after a night of bad sleep and hearing pots clanging in the kitchen, it is too overwhelming one day. This may be frustrating to you, but chances are, it is even worse for the child. Responding kindly can lessen the child's stress, making it easier for them to communicate or do a difficult thing. Remember, positive strategies help more than negative ones. The child will see you as a friend and ally, not a punisher. Autistic children might not be able to understand why they are being punished, making it completely ineffective. Be a team. You are not the child's opponent, nor are they the passive object of a project. The child needs to feel that you care about their feelings, that you'll listen to them, and that they can come to you with problems. Never make basic needs contingent on a certain level of behavior. An autistic person may resort to "behaviors" when under extreme duress, and they may not be capable of producing the desired solution at the time. Show the child that you care about them, autism and all, and that they are not a burden to those around them. Make it clear that you don't need them to pretend to be "normal." Encourage their strengths, embrace their uniqueness, and make it clear that you love them just the way they are. | Presume competence. Recognize that no behavior is meaningless. Be cautious about assigning motives to the behavior. Don't confuse "they can't" with "they won't. Respond with patience and compassion. Focus on rewards, not punishment. Provide love and acceptance. |
Alphabetize these entries by the authors' surnames. Write the author's last name first, and separate it from their first name with a comma. For example: Prince, Harlan. If the work has more than one author, invert the first author's name, but not those of subsequent authors. For example: Prince, Harlan, and Njord Bjorn. If your citation has 10 or fewer authors, list all of them in the bibliography entry. For works with more than 10 authors, list the first 7, followed by et al. Arrange multiple works by the same author in alphabetical order by title. List the author's name for the first entry, but write 3 em-dashes followed by a period (———.) instead at the start of each following entry. If you're using NB style, the date goes at or near the end of the citation. Follow the author's name immediately with the title of the work, separated by a period. Put another period after the title. For example, if you are citing an article in a periodical or a chapter in a book: Schmidt, John. “The Mystery of a Talking Wombat.” If you are citing a book: Bjorn, Njord. My Experiences at Schmidt Farm. Write the place of publication, the name of the publishing company, and the year of publication immediately after the title. Do not put this information in parentheses as you would in a note. Put a period between the title and the publication information. For example: Bjorn, Njord. My Experiences at Schmidt Farm. London: Not a Real Publisher, 1946. If the book has a volume number, write it after the title and before the publication information. If there's a volume subtitle, put it after the volume number. E.g., Bjorn, Njord. My Experiences at Schmidt Farm. Vol. 2, The Investigation. London: Not a Real Publisher, 1946. Additional information about the book, such as the name of a translator or the edition number, can also go after the title and before the publication information. For example: Bjorn, Njord. My Experiences at Schmidt Farm, 2nd ed. Translated by Richard Little. London: Not a Real Publisher, 1946. If you're citing a chapter of a book, you will also need to include the book title, the name(s) of the editor(s), and the page range of the chapter. Place this information right after the chapter title in the following format: In Book Title, edited by First Name Last Name, xxx-xxx. Write the publication information after the page range. For example: Baylish, Bella. “An Overview of Wombat Folklore.” In The Enigma of Jules the Wombat, edited by George Finch, 125-162. New York: J. Q. Abernathy and Sons, 2018. When you cite an article, place information about the publication immediately after the title. Use the format Journal Title volume number, issue number (month/season year): page range. Place a URL or DOI after the page range if applicable. For example: Schmidt, John. “Mystery of a Talking Wombat.” Bulletin of the Illinois Society for Psychical Research 217, no. 2 (February 1935): 275-278. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxxx. If you're citing a periodical such as a newspaper or magazine, put the year date at the end of the citation without parentheses. For example: Whiffle, Ferdinand. “The Wombat of Schmidt Farm.” Naperville Times, February 15, 1935. | Put bibliography entries in alphabetical order by author. Write the title after the author's name. Put publication information after the title when you cite a book. Write the book title, editor and page range after a book chapter title. Follow an article title with the journal title, volume, and location information. |
Perhaps a former client was very pleased with your work and would be willing to make a call to the decision maker for your current bid. You could also ask a former client to post a review on such online sites as Angie's List. Your bid should include these references, particularly if they are for similar work. If you are writing a bid proposal in response to a Request for Proposal, be sure to answer all questions and content requirements set forth in the document. In addition to references, most proposals include an executive summary, a documented explanation of work entailed in the bid proposal and other contractual information that makes it more specific than just a bid. For example, your executive summary for the windows project could state "Windows in a Day, Inc. has been selling and installing top quality windows in both commercial and residential properties for the past 20 years. All work is guaranteed to last for 10 years." The work section could state "Install 20 windows, part number WI2379, at 100 Main St, Anytown, MA. Remove and dispose of current windows. Repair all rotted wood along the window frames." Keep track of bids that were won in the past and look for trends. Perhaps you won more with small vs. large businesses, the bid amounts were relatively small, or they were long vs. short term projects. Also find out who you are losing to and the reasons why. | Ask former clients to recommend you. Follow all directions and requirements. Analyze successes and failures. |
It is a special wedge-shaped tool that's mounted onto a handle. The wedge has curved lines carved into it, which mimic a woodgrain texture when you rock and drag it across a painted surface. It is often sold as a kit with a smaller woodgrain rocker as well as a comb-like tool. You can find it in hardware and paint-supply stores. This method is best suited to large, flat surfaces, such as doors and tables. Choose tan or beige-tinted latex primer. Apply the primer using a synthetic bristle brush in overlapping rows from one end of the surface to the other. Let the primer dry completely before moving on. This may take up to an hour, or even longer. The paint may take longer to dry if it is very cold or humid where you live. Choose a latex paint color that is 2 to 3 shades darker than the one you just applied. Mix it with equal parts of acrylic glaze in a jar. Close the jar tightly and shake it to mix the color. You'll get a translucent glaze. Do not paint the entire surface just yet. Instead, use a synthetic bristle brush or a roller to apply the glaze in a 6 in (15 cm) wide strip on the left or right edge of your surface. Work your way from the top of the object to the bottom. If you are right-handed, apply the paint to the left edge. If you are left-handed, apply the paint to the right edge. Do not apply the paint to the entire surface. You want to work in 6 in (15 cm) wide strips at a time. Place the woodgrain rocker on top of your surface, so that its top edge aligns with the top edge of whatever you are painting. Slide the rocker down towards the bottom edge of your surface, while slowly rocking the tool downward. Pull the comb along the edge of your completed grain for a more natural appearance. For a smaller grain, rock the tool up and down while dragging it. Wipe all of your brushes, woodgrain rockers, and combs clean first. Apply another 6 in (15 cm) wide strip of your glaze-paint solution right next to the first strip. Immediately drag and rock the woodgrain rocker down the newly-painted strip. Run the comb that came with the kit along the edge, if desired. Keep working like this until you reach the other side of the surface. If the texture is too bold for you, tone it down by running a soft-bristled brush over it. Do this before the glaze finishes drying. | Obtain a woodgrain rocker. Apply a tinted latex primer to the surface, and let it dry. Mix a darker wood shade with acrylic glaze. Apply the translucent glaze to your surface in a 6 in (15 cm) strip. Drag and rock the woodgrain rocker across the wet paint. Wipe your tools clean, then repeat the process. |
Combine 0.25 tsp (1.2 mL) translucent liquid dishwashing detergent, like Joy or Dawn, with 8 fl oz (240 mL) of lukewarm water. Dip a white cloth or paper towel into the detergent solution and blot the stain. Then, press the cloth or paper towel into the stain for several seconds. Wait for 15 minutes as the detergent dissolves the stain, then use a clean, dry white cloth or paper towel to remove excess liquid. Remember to perform a patch test before applying the detergent. You may need to repeat this application a few times for it to be effective. To make a vinegar solution, combine 8 fl oz (240 mL) of white vinegar with 16 fl oz (470 mL) of water. Dip a white cloth or paper towel into the vinegar solution and blot the stain. Then, press the cloth or paper towel into the stain for several seconds. Wait for 15 minutes, then blot the area with lukewarm water to rinse. Allow the area to dry. This step is important in removing residual detergent from your carpet. That way, dirt won't stick to the treated area. If the stain is especially bad, you might need to apply extra pressure during the drying process. Cover the stain with a 0.5 in (1.3 cm) thick stack of white paper towels or a couple of clean, white rags and a place a heavy object, such as a glass baking dish, on top. Let it sit for 15 minutes. If the weight is coloured or porous, put a plastic bag between it and the paper towel. This will protect the weight and prevent dye from leaking into the carpet. Using a damp paper towel or cloth, moisten the spot and blot. Allow the area to dry. Detergent may not completely remove the stain. If this is the case, dampen the spot with 3% hydrogen peroxide and allow it to sit for 1 hour, then blot. Repeat this process until the stain is removed. Then, cover the stain with kitchen towel and a heavy object and allow the area to dry again. If you cannot remove the stain, try the next method or consider calling a carpet cleaning company. Keep in mind that hydrogen peroxide can have a bleaching effect on carpets, so make sure to do a spot test on an inconspicuous part of the carpet before you do this. Wait 20 minutes after applying hydrogen peroxide to see the full effects. | Make a detergent solution. Apply the detergent solution. Follow up with a vinegar solution. Use a heavy object to treat particularly bad stains. Rinse the area. Apply 3% hydrogen peroxide if the stain persists. |
If you see a black spider in or near your home that has a bright red hourglass marking on its abdomen, you’ve spotted a Black Widow spider. These are extremely dangerous and are potentially fatally venomous. Be extra careful around the outside of your home if you live in a temperate climate and have woodpiles; Black Widows are most frequently found there. If you see a long-legged brown spider that has a violin shape on its head, then you’ve most likely come across a Brown Recluse spider. These are very dangerous spiders who have an extremely venomous bite. Brown Recluses like to lurk in dimly lit areas such as clothing, so be wary when you’re putting on old socks or shoes. Mouse spiders can get up to 1-1 ½ inches in length. You might be dealing with a female if you notice big fangs and a big, stocky build and you might be dealing with a male if you notice a slimmer version with a bright red head. They are venomous and have an especially painful bite. Wolf spiders have what looks similar to a map of the United Kingdom on their back, except brown or grey in color. Although they aren't as aggressive as other dangerous spiders, their bites are still venomous. Don't squish this type of spider because the females carry their young on their backs. Keep an eye out for Wolf spiders in your garden. Black House spiders are usually either a dark brown or black color, appear velvety, and like dry, secluded areas. Be cautious around windowsills and in sheds, because they’re often found there. Their venomous bites can make you nauseous and give you a headache. If you see a chevron-patterned spider in your basement, it might be a Hobo spider. The females are a little rounder and the males have two palpi that look like boxing gloves. These spiders have initially painless bites, but make sure to take action quickly if you think you’ve been bitten by one. A day after the bite, your skin may blister and you may get a bad headache. | Spot Black Widows by their red hourglass mark. Look out for Brown Recluses’ violin-like mark. Identify Mouse spiders by their large size. Look for a union jack impression on a Wolf spider’s back. Identify Black House spiders by their velvet-like texture. Spot Hobo spiders by their chevron pattern. |
A fundamental, and still largely unanswered, question in the context of Generative Adversarial Networks is whether GANs are actually able to capture the key characteristics of the datasets they are trained on.The current approaches to examining this issue require significant human supervision, such as visual inspection of sampled images, and often offer only fairly limited scalability.In this paper, we propose new techniques that employ classification-based perspective to evaluate synthetic GAN distributions and their capability to accurately reflect the essential properties of the training data.These techniques require only minimal human supervision and can easily be scaled and adapted to evaluate a variety of state-of-the-art GANs on large, popular datasets.They also indicate that GANs have significant problems in reproducing the more distributional properties of the training dataset.In particular, the diversity of such synthetic data is orders of magnitude smaller than that of the original data. | We propose new methods for evaluating and quantifying the quality of synthetic GAN distributions from the perspective of classification tasks |
. Make a list of all the things you're going to have to do before school, like buying school supplies, getting your hair trimmed, and buying new clothes. Purchase separate binders for each subject. Purchase other school supplies that you need, too. For school supplies, color-code your books according to subject. Make sure that all of your supplies are in good condition and organized for a perfect first day. | Make a list Get an accordion binder for homework. Color code. |
Though you may not get to choose where a fight breaks out, there are things that you can do to increase your safety in a self-defense scenario. Avoid fighting in the middle of the street or on hard sidewalks, concrete, or places with sharp or hard edges like concrete steps. If your aggressor pulls out a weapon like a knife or a pipe, you should just try to run away from them. If someone is trying to rob you at gunpoint, you should give them whatever they want instead of risking serious injury or death. Sometimes self-defense and self-preservation means submitting to force to stay alive. Attacking areas like the face, temples, throat, kidneys, solar plexus, may eventually incapacitate your opponent. Scratching, biting, clawing, spitting, pulling hair and attacking eyes can also be used. You are defending yourself from a violent aggressor, not fighting in a ring with rules. Use anything you can to ensure your safety. Use eye gouges and attack their throat with strikes. Hitting the nose blurs the eyes and causes pain, and it just might leave your opponent dazed long enough to get away. Low kicks should be aimed towards shins, ankles, the insides or back of calves or thighs and kneecaps (if their legs are straight). Do not aim higher than knee or waist height because they will grab your leg. If you have an object like a bat or pipe, you can also aim for their legs. If your opponent is unable to walk or pursue you, you can get away safely without continuing the fight. Attacks from behind are difficult to see and avoid, and in a real fight, it is not cowardly to strike from behind. Watch your back, and attack that of your opponent(s). Use lateral movement to move side to side and circle your opponent. Attacking your opponents legs or getting control of his arms from behind may allow you to hold them down long enough for help to arrive. Bring the top your forehead down to their nose and face. A headbutt can easily knock someone out or break bones in a person's face. Make sure to tuck in your chin and strike with the top of your head. Aim for the area containing their eyes, nose, and mouth. A successful grapple can put you in control, even if the attacker is much stronger or faster than you. Popular grappling styles include Brazilian jiu-jitsu, sambo, and wrestling. Learn how to submit, slam, or choke your opponent if you want to end the fight early. Getting positional control when the fight goes to the ground is also incredibly important. | Stay safe at all times. Damage the soft spots on your opponent. Attack their legs. Attack your opponent from behind. Head butt your opponent fast and hard. Learn to grapple. |
When you have Crohn's disease, you are likely to have severe bouts of diarrhea. To control this symptom, which can be both uncomfortable and bad for your health, you should take anti-diarrheal medication whenever symptoms arise. Talk to your doctor about what anti-diarrheal medication is right for you. Loperamide is a common over-the-counter medication that is often suggested by doctors. If you are having diarrhea, you'll need to be especially cautious about staying hydrated. Serious or ongoing bouts of diarrhea can cause severe dehydration. Anti-inflammatory drugs are often the first medication doctors will suggest if you have common Crohn's disease symptoms. If these medications don't reduce your symptoms enough, your doctor may then suggest an immune system suppressor, which targets your body's immune response instead of the inflammation caused by the immune response. Common anti-inflammatory medications prescribed for Crohn's disease include sulfasalazine (Azulfidine), mesalamine (Asacol, Rowasa), and corticosteroids. Common immune system suppressors prescribed to patients with Crohn's disease include azathioprine (Imuran), mercaptopurine (Purinethol), infliximab (Remicade), adalimumab (Humira), certolizumab pegol (Cimzia), methotrexate (Rheumatrex), cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune), and natalizumab (Tysabri). Antibiotics like metronidazole can be helpful in treating the symptoms of Crohn's disease. If other treatments fail, your doctor may prescribe you antibiotics. Talk to your doctor about possible side effects of taking antibiotics, which can include experiencing a metallic taste in your mouth, gastrointestinal issues, and paresthesia. Depending on your symptoms, your doctor may recommend you take other medications. Your doctor may suggest glucocorticosteroids. These steroids can help reduce inflammation and relieve your symptoms. Once your symptoms are no longer severe, your doctor will likely lower your dosage. Opioids are also a temporary option to help you manage any pain or diarrhea. There are a variety of surgical options available for those with Crohn's disease. If medications have stopped working to control your symptoms, then surgery may be the best option available. Additionally, if you have an acute problem, such as a fistula, fissure, or intestinal obstruction, you may need to have surgery immediately. Doctors routinely do a resection of the bowels to treat Crohn's disease. This surgery involves removing a piece of the bowel that is diseased and joining back together the healthy portions. It is very common for symptoms to return at some point after surgery. However, it is often necessary to have surgery to treat symptoms even if it is likely that the symptoms will return after several years. | Take anti-diarrheal medication. Take anti-inflammatory or immune system suppressing drugs. Take antibiotics. Talk to your doctor about other medications that are available. Consider surgical treatment. |
Before you can apply for a Singapore passport, you must have a digital, color photograph of passport-size taken within the past 3 months. ICE has additional technical specifications for the photo available on its Application for Passport On-line Electronic System (APPLES). You can also use a printed passport photo if you prefer to apply for your passport through the mail, or in person at an ICA customer service counter. You can download an application for a passport at https://www.ica.gov.sg/cms/files/forms/IMM%20(E)%2011.pdf, or pick up a paper copy at any of the ICA customer service counters. There are different forms if you are submitting your application through the mail, in person, or online. Make sure you're filling out the correct form. Singapore allows you to submit your application for a passport online, through the mail, or in person. Your application must be accompanied by the S$70 application fee. You can pay your fee using a debit or credit card, or by direct debit from a Singapore bank account. When ICA begins processing your passport application, they issue a pink acknowledgement card and mail it to you. Generally you can expect this card within a week after you submitted your application. This card will include information on when and where you can collect your passport. Keep the card, as you may need to show it when you pick up your passport. This is typically around a month after you submitted your application. When your new passport is ready, go to the ICA building to pick it up in person. You can make an appointment if you want to decrease your wait time. Take with you the pink acknowledgement card, your identity card, and your citizenship certificate. If you don't pick up your new passport within 3 months of the date it is issued, it will be cancelled. Your fees will not be refunded. | Have passport photos taken. Complete your application. Submit your completed application and photos. Receive your acknowledgement card. Collect your new passport. |
Perhaps the most time-consuming part of shopping for gluten-free snacks is reading the ingredients list of each item. Unless a product is specifically marked “gluten-free,” it likely contains gluten. Before purchasing, should check for any indications that the food or drink may contain gluten. Gluten is a wheat protein, commonly found in all wheat and grain products and byproducts. So, to buy gluten-free snacks, avoid buying any items with wheat or other grains. Before you buy a snack item, check for barley, durum, farina, graham flour, kamut, rye, matzo meal, semolina, bulgur, triticale, wheat, and spelt on the label. Stay clear of bread, crackers, cookies, muffins, chips, sweets, snack bars, or other grain products unless they have “gluten-free” on the label. Dips, dressings, and sauces may also contain gluten unless specifically labeled otherwise. Certain starches, sugars, and added flavors may contain gluten, such as malt flavoring or modified food starch. If you're buying processed food that contains many additives, either look for an unambiguous “gluten free” label on the packaging, or look elsewhere in the store for a similar item with fewer unfamiliar ingredients. Foods that are fresh and have not been processed are more likely to be gluten-free. In addition to fresh fruits and vegetables, look for snacks including fresh proteins. Eggs and non-marinated, non-breaded meats are gluten-free. So are many dairy products, including cheese and yogurts, both of which are commonly sold in packaged snack varieties. Foods that have undergone high levels of processing are more likely to include gluten, or to have been processed on machinery that also processed gluten-heavy foods. Even if an ingredient label does not specifically list a source of gluten, check for a notice that indicates whether the food has been processed on equipment or in a facility that also produces foods that contain gluten. This should be written somewhere on the packaging, although it may be in quite small lettering. Cross-contamination can make those with wheat allergies or celiac disease ill even when the food contains very small amounts of gluten transferred from other products. | Assume a packaged snack contains gluten unless labeled otherwise. Do not buy products typically derived from grains. Beware of unnamed food additives or preservatives. Snack on fresh foods. Avoid snack foods processed on shared equipment. |
If you are able to choose your own play, pick something easy and something you might already be familiar with to start. Most editions will have a brief synopsis printed on the back cover. If the play sounds intriguing, it might make for a good selection. Romeo and Juliet is often a good starting point because many of us are familiar with the “star-crossed lovers” plot. Consider a comedy, like Taming of the Shrew, a play which has been adapted to film for modern audiences. Macbeth is another popular Shakespearean tragedy, and if you are interested in political intrigue, this might be the play for you. There are two major choices to make. The first choice is between texts that have been modernized to smooth over the differences in language use from Shakespeare's time to our own time, or texts that have not been modernized. The second choice is between texts that are annotated or non-annotated. Annotated texts may provide definitions, context, and value-added information that will help you to form a deeper understanding of what is going on in the play. The "No Fear Shakespeare" series is a good option that offers the original text side-by-side with modernized text. Remember that modernized text should support understanding, and not replace the original. Popular annotated versions are available by Arden and Oxford. Non-annotated texts will provide just the text as it was originally written. ” Language is always evolving, and some of the words in Shakespeare's plays have a different meaning today than when the plays were written, or they are no longer in use. When in doubt, use the context of the sentence to figure out the meaning or reference an online Shakespearean glossary. Here are some examples: ”Thee” as “you.” For example: “When will I see thee next?” ”Thou” as “you.” For example: “Thou art a villain.” ”Thy as “your.” For example: “Thy name is more hateful than thy face.” ”Hath” as “has.” For example: “He hath killed many a man.” OR “He hath a horse. In Shakespeare's writing, parts of speech are frequently switched and "normal" sentence order is often varied, often for the sake of rhyme or meter (which is like rhythm). Shakespeare often played with standard language; some common features include: Nouns or adjectives used as verbs Verbs and subjects which don't agree Omitted or implied words Word endings such as "-ly" applied inconsistently Tricky sentence construction. For instance, where we say "John caught the ball," Shakespeare might write "John the ball caught," or even "The ball John caught." In Shakespeare's writing, metaphors and similes may make some passages more difficult to understand. Shakespeare also heavily used puns, double meanings, and malapropisms for comedic effect. An example of a Shakespearean metaphor compares life to the theatre stage: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts." An example of a Shakespearean pun: after Hamlet has killed Polonius and hidden his body, the king asks him where Polonius is. Hamlet tells him he is at supper – “not where he eats, but where he is eaten,” meaning that Polonius is the supper – for worms. An example of a Shakespearean malapropism: officer Dogberry said, "Our watch, sir, have indeed comprehended two auspicious persons" (apprehended two suspicious persons). Gather reference resources that you can refer to if you have a question about something you have just read. Here are a few examples of potential resources. A dictionary A tablet to easily access internet reference material Links to websites that will help you understand the language. For example: Early English Grammar Sheets (http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/tchg/lit/adv/shak.gram.html), Shakespeare's Language (http://www.bardweb.net/language.html), and Pronunciation (http://www.renfaire.com/Language/pronunciation.html). | Select a play. Choose a good edition. Familiarize yourself with the most frequent “Shakespearisms. Understand Shakespeare’s use of grammar. Enjoy Shakespeare’s wordplay. Gather other resources you might need. |
It will be highlighted in yellow to indicate that it is selected. The timeline is the bar at the bottom that contains all audio and video clips in your project. It's the button that has numerous vertical lines of varying length. ". The slider bar is located next to "Reduce background noise:". This will determine how much background noise will be reduced. The more background noise you try to reduce, the more likely it is to affect the quality of the audio. | Click an audio clip in the timeline. Click the "equalizer" button. Click the checkbox next next to "Reduce background noise: Click and drag the slider bar. |
Grow the watercress indoors in a water tray. Obtain a shallow tray, such as a plastic food container from a grocery store. Line it with paper tissue or a sterile potting mix. Wet the paper or potting mix, but don't add so much water that it's swimming in it. Sprinkle seeds over the surface. If using potting mix, sprinkle a little mix over the top of the seeds. Instead of a shallow container, you could also plant the cress in a three-inch pot that you fill with damp compost. Sprinkle the seeds onto the surface of the pot. This can be an effective method for growing cress because the cress will eventually starve in a container without soil. The soil in the pot, especially if it's damp compost, will provide the cress with enough nutrients to continue growing the cress. Push the seeds lightly into the soil. Check up on your cress every day until it begins to sprout. This will stop evaporation. Without the cling film, the cress could dry out fast. You want space an inch or two of space for growth because the seedlings will hit the ceiling of the film eventually. Germination will likely start in about a couple of days. | Plant the cress in a container. Use a pot. Cover the tray with cling film. |
There are thousands of discs on the market, and many of them have remarkably different flight patterns. Each disc is made for a certain type of shot and thrower, and you should experiment with different styles. When shopping, it is helpful to understand the basic terminology: Overstable means that the disc fades strongly to the left for right-handed throwers, and right for left-handers, when thrown backhand. Understable means that a disc fades to the right for righties, and to the left for lefties, when thrown backhand. Speed & Glide tells you how hard you can throw a disc to get distance on it, and how long it stays in the air. Higher speed discs are harder to throw accurately, and high glide is harder to control. However, when mastered, you will throw for greater distances overall. Basic vs. Premium Plastics determine how long a disc will last after landing, hitting trees, and wear and tear. Higher quality plastics often have better grip, as well. A long-distance throw comes not from working out, but from smooth, consistent technique. The best advice is to keep your disc "flat," or perpendicular to the ground. As the disc rises, it catches more wind and almost always hooks off, heading sharply to the left with right-handers. When releasing, focus on keeping the nose of the disc down. 10-20 feet off the ground generally leads to the best throws. If the nose is up, the disc usually rises and then breaks hard down to the left (for righties). Curving in disc golf is called "hyzer," and it is accomplished depending on the angle of the disc. Knowing these terms, and how to accomplish each type of throw, greatly increases your skills and shots on the links. All of these descriptions are for a right-handed thrower, but easily reverse for lefties. Hyzer: When the outside edge is lower than your grip, tilting the disc to the left. This makes the disc curve left when thrown. Anhyzer: When the grip edge is lower than the outer edge, tilting the disc to the right. This makes the disc curve to the right. S-Curve: Throwing a nose-up anhyzer throw -- remember that a nose up disc breaks left near the end but an anhyzer breaks right in the beginning. This lets you get a curvy S-shaped path if you can pull it off. Learning to hone your hyzers in combination with your throwing angle separates the pros from amateurs. Note how your drives normally break and compensate accordingly. Need to curve the disc left? Start on the back left of the tee and approach diagonally to the upper right, still aiming towards the basket. This will naturally tilt your disc slightly. Need to get the disc up high, like up a hill? This will point your nose up, which drags the shot left. Approach diagonally towards the right to compensate. It seems paradoxical, but most disc golfers note that they hit longer drives when they use only 80% of their power, focusing the rest of their energy on perfect technique. Trying to throw too hard usually leads to tense muscles, which greatly impacts your accuracy. The number one indicator of disc distance is the arm speed used to throw. This is important to note, as speed is usually a factor of form -- having a relaxed but concise throwing motion without locking up or getting tense --and not a factor of pure strength. The backhand throw will suffice for 90% of your shots, if not more, but that doesn't mean you can't extend your shot selection to hit tricky angles. Some of the most common other shots include: Forehand: Instead of turning your body in, then uncoiling, you point with your non-throwing foot, then follow through across your body. This has less power, but reverses your normal curve on the shot, making it a good way to get a hook or slice without trying having to point the nose in a remarkably different angle. Hammer Throw: You throw the disc overhand, up high, releasing with a snap of the wrist as the disc gets above your head. Hold the disc like normal, and bring it back behind your head, turning it so that the top of the disc points to the ground. With a short overhand throw (like you were throwing a hammer), toss the disc up, keeping the top of the disc pointed to the ground. This leads to a short, straight, and high shot perfect for getting over an obstacle right in front of you. | Grow your disc collection for specific shots and properties. Work on a strong, flat throw for maximum distance on your backhand. Angle the disc to curve it around tricky objects. Understand that you don't always want to approach the disc straight on. Focus on technique, not full power, to throw it further. Learn other types of throws to greatly increase your range. |
Try to choose characters with an ambiguous identity or description, so that you can reuse them in other puppet shows. You can find figures anywhere, but the Internet has a wealth of options available at the touch of a button. On a piece of paper, trace out the figure to the desired size. You may like to reinforce the paper with card, or draw it directly on to card, so that the paper doesn't flap around during your performance. Think about the back side, too! Will your puppet be turning around during use? And if you do make a back side, does it need fins or a tail? If a circular shape would aid well to your project, consider using this sturdy, textured material. It works well for fish, crabs, clams, and other plump creatures. If you use two, it gives ultimate volume. Cut a slit to the center and reglue them together with a bit of overlap. Taking a section out forces the paper to bend into more of a shallow cone shape. Place the wide sides together to form the body of your animal. Color is an important part of any puppet show. Make your characters bright and interesting, so that the audience's eye is pleased. Find a clear plastic straw and attach it to the back of the puppet with cello-tape or blue tack. Be sure that it is long enough that your hand is some distance from the actual puppet. You don't want your arm in the show! Alternatively, get some fishing wire and attach it to your puppet so you can hold it from the top. This, however, requires you to stand up while performing. For eyes, use the googly kind (attach with glue). If you're making a Puffer Fish, like in the pictures, consider using straws cut down at an angle to about 2" (5 cm) and attached all over the body. Cut some small fins out of your paper or paper plate. Tada! | Choose a figure. Make the figure. If you'd like, consider using paper plates. Color it in. Make the handle. Add any decorations. |
Use Nutella to spice up your favorite cookie recipe, or try these Nutella inspired cookies using hazelnut extract and cocoa. If you are using Nutella in an existing recipe, be mindful of the additional fat being incorporated into the cookie dough. Try replacing some of the butter with Nutella. For example, if you plan on adding 1/4 cup of Nutella to a recipe that calls for 1 cup of butter, try using 3/4 cup of butter instead. Once the cookie dough is fully mixed, you can gently stir in a spoonful of Nutella to create a Nutella swirl. Nutella can also be used as a frosting for sugar cookies. Spread a layer of banana bread dough in the bottom of a loaf pan. Then, using a spatula or the edge of a wooden spoon, spread a layer of Nutella on top of the dough and swirl it throughout making an ’S’ shape. Alternate layering dough and Nutella, swirling after each addition of Nutella. . For a nice hazelnut flavored brownie, try adding Nutella to the dough. Add Nutella with the other “wet” ingredients (butter, sugar, eggs) and fully incorporate. As with the cookies, be mindful of the added fat! Try swirling Nutella through the brownie batter instead. These s'mores technically aren't "baked," but they are an excellent way to use Nutella. Replace the chocolate bar normally used in s'mores by spreading Nutella on one side of a Graham cracker. Grab another cracker and spread marshmallow fluff on it to avoid melting marshmallows over a campfire. A wonderful way to get your s'mores fix indoors. | Make cookies with Nutella. Swirl Nutella in Banana Bread. Make Nutella Brownies Make a no bake s'more with Nutella filling. |
Despite their impressive performance, deep neural networks exhibit striking failures on out-of-distribution inputs.One core idea of adversarial example research is to reveal neural network errors under such distribution shifts.We decompose these errors into two complementary sources: sensitivity and invariance.We show deep networks are not only too sensitive to task-irrelevant changes of their input, as is well-known from epsilon-adversarial examples, but are also too invariant to a wide range of task-relevant changes, thus making vast regions in input space vulnerable to adversarial attacks.We show such excessive invariance occurs across various tasks and architecture types.On MNIST and ImageNet one can manipulate the class-specific content of almost any image without changing the hidden activations.We identify an insufficiency of the standard cross-entropy loss as a reason for these failures.Further, we extend this objective based on an information-theoretic analysis so it encourages the model to consider all task-dependent features in its decision.This provides the first approach tailored explicitly to overcome excessive invariance and resulting vulnerabilities. | We show deep networks are not only too sensitive to task-irrelevant changes of their input, but also too invariant to a wide range of task-relevant changes, thus making vast regions in input space vulnerable to adversarial attacks. |
Tape patches of bubble wrap to the knees of your paints before you begin gardening. This can prevent scraped or achy knees as you kneel on the dirt or pavement. Wrap your plants' pots in a layer of bubble wrap and duct tape it in place. This insulation can keep plants warm in cool temperatures if they are more sensitive to the cold. Make sure that the bubble wrap extends a few inches or centimeters above the lip of the container to keep the soil warm. Cover your car windshield with bubble wrap in the evening, pinning it down with your windshield wipers to keep it from blowing away. This will keep snow or frost from settling on your windshield overnight to make driving in the morning simpler. When the temperatures start dropping, wrap your outdoor pipes and spouts with bubble wrap to prevent freezing or bursting. Tie the bubble wrap down with string to keep it from falling off. | Protect your knees while gardening. Protect potted plants from frost damage. Prevent your car windshield from frost. Winterize your pipes and spouts. |
Be sure it isn't all about his looks. Get to know him first so you can be sure he isn't a jerk. Take opportunities to chat with him in class or in the hallways. Without getting to know him, you may eventually realize you don't have anything in common. Maybe you enjoy his positive attitude or sense of humor. After working on your confidence and identifying why you like the boy, it's time to jump in and talk to him! Make sure you talk about things he likes, or the conversation may die quickly. For example, if he's on a sports team, tell him he played well. If you're still feeling shy, find ways to be around him in a group because he still might notice you if you smile and make eye contact. They can be sources of information, such as if he likes you or the kinds of things that interest him. Ask them about activities they enjoy doing together.You can even talk about classes you have together or ask for help in a certain subject. Then you can use this information to make conversation with the boy you're trying to impress. If his friends reveal anything personal about him, be careful not to mention this to him. He may think you're prying. After talking to him for a little while, an opportunity to ask for his number may come on its own. For example, if you're walking on a class project together, that's the perfect time to ask. Connect with him on social media if he doesn't have a cell phone. If he doesn't have his own phone where you can call and text him, he might be active on social media. Mention Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram and add him on those sites. Mention previous conversations or something he might find interesting if you're looking for a way to initiate a dialogue on social media. Just a little bit of flirtation will get the message across. You don't want the guy to think that you'd flirt with just anyone. Make him feel special about getting some attention from you. Don't talk about other guys. While you may not mean anything by it, this could send the wrong message to the boy you're trying to impress. He may think you're interested in someone else. | Identify why you like this boy. Don't be nervous about talking to him. Get to know his friends. Find an excuse to get his number. Don't be too forward. |
A resume is an essential marketing tool for the professional world. As you prepare to hunt for experience, prepare an excellent resume to send out to potential employers. Consistency is key to a resume. Your use of bullet points, spacing, font, and other aspects of formatting should remain the same throughout your resume. For example, if you describe your job experience for a summer internship using bullet points, use bullet points to describe experience for every other job you list. Creative designs that maintain a level of professionalism can be great marketing tools. You can download creative resume templates online or browse websites such as Pinterest to get inspiration for a fun and creative design. Keep in mind you should know the atmosphere of a company before sending out a more creative resume. If you're applying for a young, hip tech company a creative resume could be a great selling point. However, if you're working in a conservative hospital employers may prefer a more professional document. List your experience in impressive terms. You can find lists of resume buzzwords online that will help you phrase your experience in as appealing a manner as possible. Say you spent your summer taking phone calls for a business manager at a local accounting firm. Don't say you "Talked to clients on behalf of Mr. Patterson." Instead say, "Represented Mr. Patterson to clientele and the general community, maintaining solid public relations and withholding standards of professional conduct." List relevant experience only. Many people make the mistake of listing every job they've ever held on a resume. Keep in mind the job you're going for. If you're applying for an entry-level position with a local engineering firm, employers probably do not care that you delivered subs to make ends meet during college. However, your summer internship in the engineering department of your college could really help your resume stand out. Take advantage of career counseling in your college when you have the chance. Attend resume workshops. Have a career counselor look over your resume and provide feedback. Hunting for jobs can be a stressful experience. However, you should know a bit about where to find entry level business positions as you start off looking for work in your field. Networking is the best way to find a job in business. Go back to companies you've worked for in the past, whether it was part-time clerical work or internship experience. If you did a good job, they may be willing to hire you or refer you to a firm that is hiring. Let professors and classmates from college know you're job hunting. People may be able to put in a good word for you at their place of employment. Online job boards can also be used to find work. Websites like Indeed, Monster, and Simply Hired frequently post job descriptions for entry level business work. Stay positive. With thousands of recent graduate each year and a limited number of jobs, it can take months to find a position in your field. However, try to maintain a positive attitude. Feeling discouraged can show through in subtle ways when writing cover letters and filling out applications. Try to see finding a job as an exciting challenge rather than a burden. Be prepared in the event you land an interview. Always practice solid interview skills so you can wow an employer and hopefully land an entry level position. Always dress up for an interview. If you're looking for an entry level business job, err on the side of formal. For men, a business suit and tie is best. For women, consider a pantsuit. You could also try a professional looking blouse and dress pants or a skirt. Use body language to convey respect and confidence. As you enter the room, stand up straight and walk with a steady gait. Give the interviewer a firm handshake. Maintain eye contact and smile and nod as the interviewer talks as this conveys you're attentive. Do your research. You should always spend time browsing a company's website the night before a job interview. Make sure you have a sense of a company's goals, ethics, and overall mission going into an interview. Read over a company's about page. You can also find the company on social media and look at their posts to get a sense of their overall atmosphere. Ask questions at the end of the interview. Do not simply asks questions of logistics, like "When can I expect to hear back?" Ask serious, open-ended questions that show you have an active interest in the company. Ask something like, "What is your company's culture like?" or "What do you like about working here?" | Write a resume. Hunt for jobs. Practice good interview skills. |
For this battery, you'll need one copper plate and one aluminum plate -- both roughly the size of your hands. You'll also need two electrical lead wires with alligator clips at both ends, and you'll need a voltage meter. You can purchase the metal plates, wires, and voltage meter at a hardware store. If you don't have a piece of wood, you can also place the plates on another non-metallic surface — for example, plastic. Using the alligator clips, connect the copper sheet to one end of the voltage meter, and the aluminum sheet to the other end of the voltage meter. If you're unsure of how to connect items to your specific voltage meter, check its instruction manual. When you place your hands on the metal plates, the sweat on your hands should react with the metal plates to produce a reading on the voltage meter. If the meter doesn't show a reading, reverse your connections: attach the copper plate to the terminal that the aluminum plate was connected to, and vice versa. If you still struggle to get a reading, check the connection and wiring. If everything is working well, it could be that the plates are oxidized. To remove oxidization, clean the plates with a pencil eraser or steel wool. | Gather your materials. Place the aluminum and copper plates on a piece of wood. Connect the plates to a voltage meter. Place one hand on each plate. |
To dry age your meat safely and properly, you'll need to take steps to limit changes in temperature and humidity. It is especially important to keep your meat at the right temperature during the aging process. Designating a separate dry aging refrigerator or freezer is the easiest way of doing this. Meat will spoil above 40°F (4°C) but will freeze below 32°F (0°C). The ideal temperature for aging is 36°F (2.2°C) throughout the entire aging process. Using your everyday refrigerator is not recommended. The more you open and close your refrigerator/freezer, the more the temperature and humidity will change. You might use a small, temperature adjustable "dorm" refrigerator or a storage freezer for your dry aging. Meats will absorb other strong flavors and odors. Items like cheese, fish, and garlic will likely influence the taste of your meat while it ages. A thorough cleaning before dry aging will help protect the natural flavor profile of your meat. The best way to ensure that there are no subtle contaminants in your refrigerator/freezer is to defrost and clean your freezer with a suitable general purpose cleaner. If smells linger after cleaning, sprinkle a layer of baking soda on the inner surfaces of your refrigerator/freezer and thoroughly wipe it with a rag. Home refrigerators and freezers sometimes do not have as fine an internal thermometer as commercial grade ones. In some cases, your refrigerator might not have an internal temperature gauge, and you'll need to buy one so you ensure a consistent temperature throughout the aging process. A normal thermometer might not stand up to the cold temperatures as well as a specifically intended cold temperature/freezer thermometer. These will likely be available at your local hardware store. You might want to choose a thermometer that has a humidity gauge, as well. For consistent results, a humidity of 60% should be maintained, though many at home dry-agers have found a wider range has little effect on the end product. Air circulation is important for the dry aging process. Limited circulation can lead to your meat failing to dehydrate at the optimal level. Adding a small desk fan to the inside of your meat refrigerator/freezer can solve this problem. You may need to cut a notch in the seal of your refrigerator/freezer for the cord of the fan. After fitting the cord into the notch, you may want to pack any open gaps with some kind of insulation. | Designate a separate dry aging refrigerator or freezer. Clean your refrigerator of possible contaminants. Verify the temperature in your refrigerator/freezer. Add a fan for improved circulation. |
Because competition and performance leotards are usually adorned with foil, sequins, rhinestones, and other delicate decorations, these are not fit for use in a washing machine. Instead, wash only your basic leotards in a machine. If your practice leotards are prone to bleeding, washing one at a time, or washing with similar colors will prevent discoloration. If you use your washer, you must use the delicate cycle, as the delicate cycle will not agitate the wash as drastically, and will not pull or yank on the delicate fibers of your leotard. “Permanent Press,” while a more delicate cycle, is still too harsh a setting. Use the shortest delicate cycle possible. The longer your leotards are in the machine, the higher the risk of damage is, so use the shortest cycle possible for your machine, including a single rinse. Because you can use your hands to gauge the water's temperature, hand-washing is fine in lukewarm water. A washer's “warm” cycle, on the other hand, might be a bit too warm for delicate fabrics. Note that some powdered detergents do not dissolve well in cold water and some liquid soaps do not disperse. Check your detergent to make sure it is formulated for cold water. Place your leotards into the basin, gently layering around the agitation spindle, if your washer has one. Do not overload the washer's chamber. Instead, wash only 3-5 leotards at one time. Overloading your washer can cause your leotard to get caught on the machine's spindle, or caught in the door. Overloading can also make the rinse cycle less effective, leaving behind dirt and detergent. Do not place your leotard in the dryer; although a washer can be placed on a delicate mode to protect your leotard, the heat and tumbling of a dryer can damage your leotard. Excess heat will damage the elastic properties of the fabric, dramatically increase wear on metallic or other effects, and may even shrink the leotard. If you must use a dryer, use a no-heat setting and make sure the leotard is inside-out. | Separate your practice leotards. Place your washer on the “delicate” cycle. Run cold water. Place your leotards into the washbasin. Hang or lay flat to dry. |
Chocolate chips and most chocolate wafers are small enough to use directly without chopping, but if you are starting with chunks of baker's chocolate or bars of chocolate, you will need to cut the chocolate into small pieces with a sharp knife before melting it down. The pieces you use should be about the size of your average chocolate chip. Spread the pieces of chocolate out evenly in a dry glass bowl. Make sure that there is no moisture inside the bowl. Moisture could cause the chocolate to seize and become unworkable. Microwave the chocolate for 20 to 30 seconds on high. Mix the chocolate, then continue microwaving it in 15 to 20 second intervals until melted. Stir the chocolate after each interval. If you overheat the chocolate, it could seize or scorch. As a general rule, once the bottom of the dish is too hot to touch, you should not longer continue microwaving it. Leave the bowl uncovered as you microwave the chocolate. Pour the corn syrup into a separate bowl and microwave on full power for about 30 seconds. The corn syrup should not be hot. If it gets too hot, it could burn the chocolate. You could use room temperature corn syrup, but warm corn syrup will be easier to blend in. The amount of corn syrup you need will vary depending on the type of chocolate you are using. Chocolate with a higher fat content needs less corn syrup, while chocolate with a lower fat content and higher cacao content will need more corn syrup. Stir the warmed corn syrup into the melted chocolate until evenly combined. The chocolate will stiffen as soon as you add the corn syrup. Do not over-mix the chocolate at this point. You only need to mix it about 20 times or so. If you plan to color an entire batch of white chocolate, add liquid food coloring into the white chocolate alongside the corn syrup and stir the two liquid ingredients in at the same time. You can only add color to white modeling chocolate. If you only want to add color to a small amount of modeling chocolate, you can do so later on by kneading it in after the modeling chocolate has already cooled. Transfer the dough-like chocolate to a sheet of plastic wrap or a large plastic bag. Let it cool to room temperature. In warm environments, the amount of time it takes the chocolate to cool may be longer. Under some circumstances, it could take up to 24 hours. Note that you could also quick-cool the modeling chocolate in the refrigerator, but letting it cool gradually at room temperature will make the modeling chocolate more stable. To refrigerate the chocolate at this point, wrap it in plastic wrap or a plastic bag and place it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to 2 hours. Use your hands to knead the chocolate for 20 to 30 seconds. When finished, it should be at a clay-like consistency. Knead the chocolate as you would knead bread dough. Flatten it out, fold it over, turn it, and repeat. Place the chocolate into a durable plastic bag and store it in a cool place away from sunlight. If wrapped well and stored correctly, modeling chocolate can last up to a year. Do not keep the modeling chocolate in the refrigerator. If it becomes too hard after several weeks or months of storage, knead another 1 Tbsp (15 ml) or so of corn syrup into the modeling chocolate before using it. | Chop the chocolate into small pieces. Transfer the chocolate into a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in short intervals. Warm up the corn syrup. Blend the corn syrup into the chocolate. Add food coloring, if desired. Let the chocolate cool slightly at room temperature for 1 to 3 hours. Knead the modeling chocolate until smooth. Store the chocolate in a resealable plastic bag. |
There should be an outdoor shutoff near the condenser unit. This will resemble a square box on the wall of the apartment or house. Inside, look for a switch that you can slide to the “OFF” position. If there is no switch, you’ll need to manually pull the plug which feeds power to the condenser. Before you begin disassembling any portion of the condenser, it's crucial that you disable the power supply. If you cannot find the power outlet where the compressor unit is plugged in, or if you’re inclined to be extra cautious, you can simply flip the switch to “OFF” in the circuit breaker box which controls power to the AC condenser. The fine, narrow slats of metal which line the sides of the compressor unit are called “fins.” You can clean the fins by running the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner over them; this will remove the debris and allow the condenser to pull in air without obstruction. A wet/dry vacuum is the tool best suited for this job. The condenser unit sucks in air through these fins. Over the course of time, these will become dirty with bits of leaves, grass, and dust. If you don't have a wet/dry vacuum, see if any of your friends or neighbors have one. You may also be able to rent a wet/dry vacuum from your local hardware store. Often with normal wear, some fins on the condenser can become bent. If you notice that any of the fins are crooked or have been twisted, you can use a knife or kitchen utensil to gently straighten the fins. Apply gentle, steady pressure to bend the fins back into position. If you use excessive force, you risk snapping off the fins or damaging them further. The fan unit sits on top of the compressor, and is typically covered by metal wiring or a grate. Using a screwdriver, remove the wiring on top of the fan, and then unscrew and remove the fan itself. Due to the wires connecting the fan motor to the compressor unit, you may not be able to fully lift off the fan. You’ll simply have to lift the fan as far out of its housing as possible. Using your garden hose, rinse any debris (bits of leaves, grass, dust, or pollen) from the blades of the fan. To make sure that the fan blades are clean, you can also wipe them off with a clean cloth or rag. Then, use the hose again to spray water through the compressor's fins from the inside of the unit. Rinsing the fins from the inside will make sure that any obstructions are cleared, and the unit can effectively draw in air. Once you’ve finished cleaning the fan blades and the interior of the compressor, you’re ready to put everything back together. Set the fan back in place, and re-insert the screws holding it to the metal frame. Do the same thing with the metal wiring over the top of the fan. At this point, you can also turn the power supply back on. | Shut off power to the unit. Vacuum the condenser fins. Straighten the condenser fins. Unscrew and remove the fan. Wash the fan blades and the interior fins. Reassemble the compressor unit. |
There are tons of sites that host font files that you can download for free (for home use). MacOS supports both OTF and TTF font formats, which are two of the most common font types. Some of the more popular font sites include the following: dafont.com fontspace.com fontsquirrel.com 1001freefonts.com Since most font files download in a ZIP folder, you'll need to unzip the folder by double-clicking it and waiting for the extracted folder to open. Skip this step if your font downloads as a TTF or OTF file, not a ZIP folder. Doing so will bring up a preview window. It's at the top of the preview window. This will install your font for all text-based programs on your Mac, thus making it usable with Microsoft Word. | Download a font. Extract the font file if necessary. Double-click the font file. Click Install Font. |
We tend to feel more tired when we are dehydrated because our blood thickens, forcing your heart to pump harder to circulate the blood throughout your body, and this extra work by the heart tires us out. Doctors recommend having 2 liters of water a day, or about 8 glasses. Soft drinks and coffee don't count. You can also get water naturally through fruits and vegetables such as watermelon, celery, and broccoli. You’ll know you’re getting dehydrated if your urine turns from a pale, clear fluid (as it is when you’re well hydrated) to a darker yellow. Don't wait until you feel thirsty to drink. By the time your brain starts sending you signals, you’re already lacking fluids, hence the message of being thirsty. Drink regularly throughout the day to stay hydrated. Getting little bursts of carbohydrates and protein throughout the day will help you stay awake and alert. Plus, if you eat every 3-4 hours, you won't have blood sugar crashes, which make you feel tired. Eating breakfast really is the most important way to start the day, so don't skip it. If you find you’re often on the run to work or school and don't have time for breakfast, get into the habit of preparing grab-and-go options. Include fibre so you have the slower release of carbs that keeps you from crashing. Include popcorn, tortillas, or whole grain pitas in your meal and snack time, for example. Small meal examples that work include low-fat yogurt with berries and granola, a whole grain chicken wrap with greens, or apple slices with some peanut butter. It is generally recommended that you avoid caffeine after noon. When you live with chronic insomnia, this might be really hard to do so try to minimize it to 200-300 milligrams, or no more than 2 cups of coffee. Decaffeinated coffees are not 100% caffeine free, so don't be fooled. Energy drinks may not be a good choice. They have up to 250 milligrams of caffeine per serving and can increase your tolerance to caffeine, meaning you need more and more caffeine to feel the effects. They also have a lot of sugar and don't actually provide any more energy than a regular soda. Although alcohol is often associated with partying and fun, it is actually a depressant that will drag you down and make you even more sleepy, make you restless at night, and increase your night-time waking. | Stay hydrated. Eat small meals regularly throughout the day. Enjoy caffeine responsibly. Avoid alcohol. |
When you bring your guinea pig home after surgery, let it recover in a calm, quiet area. Place your guinea pig's cage in an area that does not get a lot of foot traffic from you or other members of your household. If you have other guinea pigs, keep them in a separate cage from the sick guinea pig. If the surgically-removed lump was an abscess or infected cyst, your guinea pig will need antibiotics to prevent post-surgical infection. Because certain antibiotics can make guinea pigs extremely sick, your vet will prescribe a guinea pig-safe antibiotic. Do not purchase antibiotics at a pet store; they may not be safe for your guinea pig. Guinea pigs typically need at least one round of antibiotics following surgical removal of an abscess. Your vet will determine how long your guinea pig will need antibiotic treatment. To give the antibiotic pill, hold your guinea pig, open its mouth, and put the pill as far back in the mouth as you can. If you can place the pill near the molars, your guinea pig will not be able to spit it back out easily. Give the full course of antibiotics. Do not stop the antibiotic treatment when your guinea pig starts looking and feeling better. This could lead to the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. After surgery, keep the incision site clean and free of dirt and debris. To clean the incision site, use a clean, slightly damp towel and gently dab around the incision. That area may be a little painful for your guinea pig, so you do not want to use too much pressure. Examine the incision site for signs of infection: redness, swelling, discharge. If the incision site looks abnormal, take your guinea pig to your vet for treatment. Your vet may want to see your guinea pig again after surgery to monitor its recovery. During this follow-up appointment, your vet will examine the incision area, remove sutures (if necessary), and generally assess how your guinea pig is doing. | Place your guinea pig in a quiet environment. Give your guinea pig antibiotics. Clean the affected area. Schedule a follow-up appointment. |
When you're trying to breakdance, you can end up flailing around the room, so make sure there's nothing you can break or that can hurt you. Most carpet and hard floors should be ok, just make sure it's not slippery. When you are first starting out, you are likely to fall. Place the mat under your body. Make sure it's non-skid so it doesn't slip out from under you. | Make sure you have enough space. Pick a surface you won't slip on. Use a mat. |
In order to be able to measure the circumference of your leg, you need a measuring tape that it not stiff. The easiest tapes to use are those made for measuring for sewing, as they are made to measure parts of the body. Flexible measuring tapes are available at most craft, sewing, and big box stores. In order to get a perfect measurement, it's important to have another person to help you. If you have one, your physiotherapist is an ideal person to help. This will allow you to position your leg correctly while they do the actual measuring. This process can be done on your own if absolutely necessary. However, it is much easier to have an assistant. To measure correctly for a knee brace, you should be in your normal standing position. This allows the knee and leg to be easily measured and it gives an accurate reading. When standing, your leg is not normally totally straight. Your knee should have a small bend that is about 30 degrees. If you have an injury that doesn't allow you to put pressure on your leg, simply extend it as much as you can. Then take your measurements without the foot touching the ground. Sitting can also be an option if you can't find someone to assist you. Stretch your legs out straight in front of you as best as you can. | Get a soft, flexible measuring tape. Find someone to help you. Stand up. Sit to take measurements if standing is too painful. |
Open an Internet browser, type in http://minecraftmaps.com on the address bar and hit Enter. This website contains hundreds of different maps for different game modes and purposes created by members of the community. Left-click the type of map you would like to play; the map types are displayed at the top of the menu. The map type options include adventure, survival, puzzle, parkour, creation, and game maps. Scroll through the list of maps until you find one that is appealing then left-click on the name of the map to view more details about it. Click the black “Download Map” button at the top of the screen to download a zip file that contains the custom map. Click the Start button in the bottom-left corner of the screen. In the search bar type in “ .minecraft” to bring up the folder that contains all minecraft files. Scroll down the list of folders, and find the “saves” folder. Open the folder by double-clicking it. Any worlds you have created will be listed in this folder. Open the “Downloads” folder on your computer, and drag the zip file downloaded to the “saves” folder. You will need to extract the zip file before the world can be opened in Minecraft. Once done, do NOT close the “saves” folder. Launch Minecraft, and on the main screen, click the “Single Player” button to open the Select World menu. The name of the new custom map should appear in the list of worlds. Select the world, and click “Play Selected World” to start exploring the new custom map. | Go to Minecraft Maps. Select a map type. Select a map you want. Download the selected map. Open Minecraft’s “saves” folder. Transfer the downloaded zip file into the “saves” folder. Head to the Select World menu. Open the custom map. |
Most airports sell books at newsstands or even have small bookstores. Take advantage of your free time to read a current best-seller or a classic you haven't gotten around to reading yet. Most popular board games come in portable varieties to play on-the-go, or simply bring along a book of crosswords or sudoku to pass the time. Bring along a deck of cards to play solitaire or a game with other travelers. Keep your fingers busy and bring along a small knitting, crochet or needlepoint project. Print out a paper copy of your pattern or choose one that's easy to memorize. Knitting and crochet needles and scissors smaller than 4 inches (10 cm) are allowed in your carry-on bag per TSA regulations, but thread cutters or needlepoint tools that contain blades will need to be in your checked luggage. Airports bring together people of all different backgrounds, and it can be entertaining to simply sit and watch for a while. Entertain yourself by imagining where they could be going, or what their life story might be. Listen to music, watch a film you've downloaded, play a game, or take photographs of the planes. Pre-load your device with videos or activities beforehand to avoid using up data and set up by a charger so you don't run down your battery. Research the airport beforehand to see what entertainment options are available. Vancouver International Airport has an aquarium, Singapore Changi Airport offers indoor gardens, and Austin-Bergstrom boasts live music. Many other airports offer small exhibits. Find out if your destination has an interesting attraction and plan your route to see it. | Read a new book. Play a game. Knit or crochet. People-watch by observing your fellow travelers. Use your mobile phone, iPad, or handheld games console. Explore the airport for unique entertainment options. |
The receiver should fit into one of your computer's USB ports, which are the thin, rectangular slots found on the sides of laptops and on the front of desktops' CPUs. Depending on your computer's operating system, you may be prompted to click a pop-up window confirming that you'd like to allow the receiver to use the USB port. To do so, you must first locate the On/Off switch. Its location will vary depending on the keyboard, so look on the bottom, back, and sides of the keyboard. If your keyboard uses batteries, you'll also need to make sure it has a fresh set before continuing. Many Bluetooth keyboards use built-in, rechargeable batteries instead of AAs or AAAs, so if your keyboard came with a charger, consider charging it for awhile before turning it on. While this button's location will vary depending on the keyboard, you can usually find the "Connect" button somewhere on the sides or the top of the keyboard. If your typing shows up on-screen, your keyboard has successfully been connected. If the typing doesn't work, try turning your keyboard off and then on again. Your keyboard may have a light that begins blinking when you press the "Connect" button. This light will usually solidify once the keyboard is connected. | Plug in the keyboard's receiver. Turn on your keyboard. Press your keyboard's "Connect" button. Try opening Word or Notepad and typing. |
Another key to writing a good test answer is to be direct. Don't waste time on words that are off-topic. Start with a point that gets to the heart of the question (one mark gained, well done!). Begin with a sentence that addresses the prompt. If you are supposed to identify the source, you might start by writing “This source was produced by…” If prompted to evaluate a source's usefulness, you might start with something like “This source shows us that…” or “This source is useful because it demonstrates that…” Keep the answer focused! Adding as much material as you can will not always get you a better mark. In fact, unrelated or off-topic facts may earn you less points. Always be ready to support your points with proof from the source, either a direct quotation, a fact or description, or part of the image if the source is visual. Why do you have to document? Because your teacher is not just looking for a correct answer but also to see that you understand the answer. This is what documentation shows. To substantiate a point, you might say, “To show this, the source depicts…” or “This is clear because the source says that…” Be as specific as you can when offering documentation. Point to specific facts, arguments, and ideas. After offering one or two examples, you can move on to your next point, i.e. “This source also suggests that…” Try to plan your answer in order of importance – that is, start with the most important material. This is usually your main point or thesis statement, which is the thrust of your answer to the question. Lesser, supporting points follow after that. A good structure for simple IDs is to state (in two or three sentences) who, what, when, where, and why. End your answer with source's bigger significance, i.e. “It is important because it shows us that…” You will need to aim bigger for essays, perhaps a few paragraphs. A good structure for this is to start with a thesis, and then add a paragraph for each supporting point. Make sure to follow the initial instructions for length. A good short-answer or essay, including a historical source evaluation, means more than just facts. Your teacher wants to see that you can show your grasp of the facts but at the same time put them into a larger picture. Think of it this way. Who, what, where, when, and why are important. But the most important thing is to address the “So, what?” Explain why and how the facts matter. Show how the source in question matters. For example, how does the source highlight major historical debates or events? Does it add to our knowledge of these developments? Does it change them? How? Keep in mind that you may only have a limited period to take the test. You will need to watch the clock. Try not to spend too much effort on a single source question, or even a single part of a question. You might decide on a time limit for yourself for each question. Stick to it. Otherwise, you might be unable to finish other questions or the test itself. Don't write more than you need to or be afraid to move on. Again, manage your time and effort so that you can finish the rest of the exam. Try not to worry too much about style. Teachers usually don't hold grammar and style against you during a test. Don't labor over your word choice and only rewrite passages if you have left-over time. | Answer the question directly. Find documentation to support your answer. Begin with the strongest evidence. Explain why the source is important or valuable. Make good use of time. |
A lot of people make the mistake of buying a property in a market which they know nothing about and which, at the end of the day, they end up not really caring for. Even if you plan on using the second home as an investment and renting it out, it should ultimately be a place where you could see yourself living, if only for a few weeks in the year. Rent for at least a little while in the area to make sure you're comfortable living there. Find out what the locals like about the area; where they think it's heading; how long they've lived there, etc. Locals can give you great insight into how an area is doing. Use this information to determine whether buying a property in the area is a sound long-term investment. Become a local yourself (while you rent for a spell) so that you can investigate some factors that will increase the value of your potential home: Proximity to good schools Reliable and extensive transportation options Shopping options Proximity to hospitals, as well as police and fire presence Low crime Comps, or comparable home prices, should give you a good idea about how expensive the average home is in your area. You may talk directly to real estate agents for comp data. The key to comps is looking at sale prices instead of listing prices. Use comps as a rough guide — just because the 4 bed, 3 bath down the street sold for $575,000 doesn't mean the 4 bed, 3 bath you're interested in will. If you want to use your second home to rent out and build equity, it's necessary to know what's expected of you. Don't put yourself under legal fire by being lazy or willfully ignorant — it will come back to bite you. Here are just a few things you should start researching as a prospective landlord: Know how to evict a tenant or terminate a lease. Learn your state's laws about security deposits, what they can — cleaning, unpaid rent, excessive damage — and can't — appliance upgrades, normal wear and tear, refurbishing — be used for. Know how to structure the rental application and tenant screening processes. Anti-discrimination laws legally oblige you to follow a protocol. Know your duties when it comes to regular repair and maintenance. Protect yourself from liability when it comes to tenant injury. You are liable for any serious accident involving a tenant that was the tenant's responsibility to protect against or fix in a timely manner. Know the list of tenant's rights, especially concerning privacy. In most states, you must give the tenant 24 hours notice if you intend to fix or show the property, except in cases of emergency. . A good real estate agent, one with at least 5 years of experience in the area you're searching, will be your advocate throughout the buying experience. Agents will help you narrow down your housing search until you've weeded out all but the best fits. Then, after you've finalized your purchase, a good real estate agent will stay in touch with you after the sale. This becomes increasingly important for homeowners whose primary residence is far away from their second home. | Consider first renting in the area in which you plan to buy. Talk to locals and become one yourself. Look at what "comps" are selling for in the area. Start familiarizing yourself with the responsibilities of a landlord if you intend to rent. Get a real estate agent |
Talk about the place where you are - the decor, the landscaping, the event, the city, etc. Get your conversation partner thinking. Ask “How many people do you think are here?” Point out something unusual in the environment. For example, “Did you see that huge dog over there?” Another way to change the subject is by bringing a new person into the conversation. Either introduce your conversation partner to someone else you know, or ask your partner to introduce you to someone. If neither of you knows anyone at an event, suggest going together to a lively group and introducing yourselves together. You can tell the person you’ll be right back if you’d like to keep talking to them - a few minutes apart creates a natural reason for the topic to change. Use a common excuse. Take a trip to the restroom, or to the buffet, or to get a few minutes of fresh air. You can ask a friend to call at a specific time with a potential “emergency.” There are also apps that can automate the process. This can be a particularly handy technique on a first date. You can always decide to stick with the conversation, but the interruption provides a space in which to change the topic. | Focus on the present situation. Expand your audience. Excuse yourself from the conversation. Fake a call. |
If your quail seems to be acting a bit unusual or isn't eating lately then it's probably because the quail is unwell. Although you can take your quail to a veterinarian, you can also fix some small problems yourself. Some problems that may occur are: Your quail is huddled up in the corner of the cage. This is either because the quail is ill or is cold. If the quail is ill you should take it to a veterinarian. If the quail is cold then take it out of the cage and place it in a warm box or something alike. The room should be inside and it should also be very warm. Provide a little bit of food and water in the quails box and wait until the quail is quite lively until you return it to its cage. You should also observe the quail for a few days after it returns to its cage. Your quail has mites. All the quail that live in the enclosure should be taken out and put in a suitable sized box together. After all the quail are out of the enclosure, clean the enclosure thoroughly. Treat the quails by either giving them a good dust-bath, buying some mite powder or any other safe method that gets rid of quail mites. Your quail is injured. This isn't some sort of illness but it is just as serious. You should remove the quail that is injured as soon as possible and keep it separated in its own enclosure until it is fully healed. If you are going to put the quail back in its flock after it has healed, observe the quail for a few days to make sure it gets along with the others. Your quail is too hot. This can easily be treated by moving your quail to a cooler room, providing the quail with shade or taking the heat source away. Although taming fully-grown quail is hard, it can be done. Taming quail is handy if you ever need to grab them when necessary, take them to a veterinarian or play with them for a little while. To tame your quail you have to offer them food from your hands, visit them often, be very gentle to them, etc. Quail can fly very high when frightened, so if your quail manages to escape it's handy to clip the quail's wings so that it cannot fly away from you. If you don't know the gender yet, here are some helpful ways to work this out: Vent sexing is the most accurate way to know the gender of your quail. The male should have a bump and some white foam coming out whilst females will not. Male quails usually have brighter feathers around their neck, head and back and are more aggressive than females. You can also tell the gender by looking at the breast. Females sometimes have a loss of feathers due to mating and aren't as colourful as the male quail. Males will crow now and then. For coturnix quail this is obvious but button females might also call, usually for chicks. . When breeding your quails do not disturb them or take any eggs out of their cage. They'll need to make a clutch of eggs before any of the male or female quail lays on them and it takes up to about 21 days for the eggs to hatch. | Keep an eye on your quail's health. Consider taming your quail. Consider clipping your quails wings. Determine the gender of your quail. Breed your quail if desired |
Make separate bathing stations using two buckets. Fill the buckets half-full with warm water. Dip the cat in a bucket and, using a washcloth, make sure the cat is entirely wet. Then, massage a small amount of cat shampoo throughout their fur. Put the cat in the other bucket to rinse until soap is gone. You may need a second rinse bucket with clean water to make sure that all the soap is gone from your kitty's coat. This technique can be done outside if the weather is warm and sunny. Two people will be needed, since your cat will most likely try to escape. This technique is not recommended for indoor-only cats who are not used to being outside. Make sure the cat has good traction, such as a small towel or rubber mat in the tub, and that the shower has a closing door, not a curtain, to prevent the cat from escaping. Make sure you have a long hose to wet your cat completely, then lather him up, hose him down to rinse, and then proceed with drying. Use a gentle stream of water and keep the pressure low. Note that some cats seem to love being in the shower and may not mind this approach, but many cats find the sound of running water frightening. This technique may result in someone getting injured, including the cat. You can buy a hose adapter for your bathroom sink and a hose long enough to reach over the shower door and back down to the shower floor. Or get a hand-held spray shower and a Y-adapter to connect to your regular shower head. Some kitties feel more secure in an enclosed space and can also be easier to control. If you have a small or scared cat, try bathing him in the sink or in a smaller tub within your bathtub. Simply place a large plastic container in the bottom of your bathtub. You can still fill the small tub or sink with a few inches of water, shampoo the kitty, and proceed as usual. Please be sure that the sink that you use does not have a garbage disposal, for even if it is turned off, paws can easily slip through the drain and be hurt by the blades, below. This can work with a larger kitty who likes small spaces, too. Put a terrycloth towel in the bottom of your tub, so your cat can feel secure by sinking their claws into something that remains steady. You can also apply light to medium pressure to your cat's back and use a calming tone to relieve anxiety. If your cat is very oily, consider using cornstarch instead of water to bathe him. Dust your cat with cornstarch and gently pet the cat to thoroughly rub the cornstarch into its fur. Let the cornstarch sit for about twenty minutes and then brush it out. This technique is far less traumatic than using water, but should not be used to wash off anything poisonous that your cat has gotten onto his fur. | Bathe your cat by using small buckets of water. Bathe your cat in the shower. Bathe your small kitty in a sink or small tub. Give your cat a dry bath. |
While there's no cure for endometriosis, managing your symptoms can help you find relief. Additionally, it's important to monitor your condition to reduce your risk of complications. Treatments don't affect everyone the same way, so look for options that work for you. Talk to your doctor to learn about all of your options and to keep track of your progress. If you've been bleeding heavily for a long time, you could be at risk for anemia. Ask your doctor if you need to take an iron supplement at home to help replenish the supply of iron in your blood. | Work with your doctor to create a treatment plan for you. Ask about an iron supplement to help prevent anemia. |
The more anxious or uncertain you seem, the more likely you are to attract negative attention. Be positive! Freshmen are more likely to worry about how they’re perceived, so if you hold yourself like you don't have a care in the world it will become much harder and less rewarding to try to pick on you. Don't let unkind remarks phase you. After all, they’re just words. Wake up every day with the goal of making a new friend, learning something useful or finding a way to succeed. Going to school shouldn't have to be something you dread. Take this opportunity to make the most of your new circumstances. Remember: no one has the final say on the way you feel but you. Feeling out of place as a new student in high school can be discouraging, but it doesn't have to be. You’re the only one in charge of your attitude. Despite the age gap that exists between you and students of other grades, you all actually have a lot in common: you go to the same school, you’re forced to take the same kinds of classes and you all have your own individual interests. Be mindful of this kinship when trying to form friendships with new people. It shouldn't matter what grade you’re in if you find joy in the same things. Take note of the things the other students around you like and play up on these similarities. If you notice that another student has a certain band sticker on his or her notebook, for example, strike up a conversation about music and your favorite bands. Everyone feels more or less on their own in high school. Highlighting the things you have in common with your classmates will help break down the walls that keep people from becoming friends. While it's true that you have a lot to learn when you first start high school, being a freshman shouldn't be an ingrained part of your identity. You’re an individual first. Be comfortable being yourself and you’ll attract other comfortable people who want to get to know you. They may not even realize you’re a freshman if you don't feel obligated to play the meek “new kid on the block” role. Figure out solutions to novel problems yourself rather than always asking for help. Becoming more capable will give you a confidence boost, as well as keep you from looking like a helpless freshman. Why not? Become friends with anyone who you like that interests you, no matter what grade they might be in. If you make friends with older students as an underclassman, they might introduce you to their own friends, which will help you develop a reputation as a “cool” freshman. After that, being a couple grades younger won't seem like such an issue anymore. If you have an older sibling that attends the same school, see if they’d be willing to introduce you to some of the upperclassmen friends. That way, you’ll have someone to help you find your way around, show you the ropes and shield you from ridicule from the older kids. Students of different grade levels often wind up taking the same classes together in high school. Get to know some these older students so that you don't feel confined to only being friends with other freshmen. | Keep an upbeat attitude. Try to relate to your classmates. Don’t advertise that you’re a freshman. Make older friends. |
Acknowledge to yourself that you are angry. You should do this alone before you try to confront your mom about your feelings. This will help you begin to see things more rationally. If your mom has noticed that you seem upset, but you don't feel ready to talk yet, tell her that. Explain that you are angry about something that happened, but you need a bit of time to go over it in your head, and that you would like a bit of space until you are ready to talk. Understand that your mom may become very worried when you say this, especially if you she doesn't realize that she has made you mad. Try to reassure her that everything will be fine, and that you only need a bit of space. What exactly did your mom do or say that made you feel angry? Taking the time to reflect on what she did to anger you will help you to explain to her what happened that upset you. Remember that anger is a secondary emotion. This means that when we feel anger, we are likely protecting ourselves from a more vulnerable, primary emotion such as fear, sadness, or anxiety. Think about how what your mom said or did really made you feel? Did it make you fear that you will always have to work very hard for her approval? That is actually fear that you were feeling. It is easy to get angry with loved ones, especially someone like your mom, because you know she won't leave you no matter how many time you fight. When you get mad, try to take a second and remember all the things she does for you. Without her, you probably wouldn't exist, you wouldn't have food to eat, or a place to live. Think about a time where she really went out of her way to make you happy. Maybe she threw you a nice birthday party, or took you and your friends out for ice cream. Remember that she did those things only to see you happy. Writing down everything you are feeling (whether you are upset or not) can be a really great way to let off some steam. This is especially true if you feel that you are very upset, and can't yet talk to anyone without losing your temper. If you are upset, write down what happened on a piece of paper. You don't have to do anything with this paper, just write it down and then throw it away if you want to. This will also give you an outlet if what you really want to do is say something mean to your mom. If this is the case, write down all of the mean things you want to say, then tear it up and throw it away. This may help keep you from saying something that will really hurt your mom. Remember to tear up the paper into unreadable bits though! You don't want your mom to find it, as she might feel really hurt by what you’ve written. | Own your anger. Tell your mom you need some time. Think about why you are mad at your mom. Remind yourself of all the things your mom does for you. Write it down. |
To thrive, eggplant need at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) of water per week. Aim for one weekly, intensive watering rather that multiple, short watering sessions. Frequent watering promotes shallow roots, which can compromise the durability of your eggplants. Flea beetles are tiny black insects that feed on plant leaves and can harm eggplant crops. Check the upper and lower leaves of your eggplants for these bugs and remove them by hand. Destroy the bugs to keep them from returning or reproducing. If you are overwhelmed with flea beetles during the growing season, destroy your plants and cultivate the soil in the spring to destroy any larvae that may remain there. Row covers are great for protecting eggplants from the cold, disease, and insects. Row covers are long pieces of mesh material that cover plants and offer them protection. Lay row covers over your eggplants and fold over the edges on each side. Use a rubber mallet to hammer garden pegs through the folded edges of the material to secure it. Lift the row covers to water your eggplants, and remove them completely when it's time to harvest. Purchase row covers at garden centers or online. Keep track of your planting schedule from the day you first sow your eggplant seeds. At the 16 week mark, start checking your eggplant crops to see if they are ready for harvesting. When the skin is shiny, cut off eggplants near the stem with sharp pruning shears. Eggplants will keep for 2 weeks if you refrigerate them. | Water eggplants thoroughly once a week. Remove any flea beetles you find on the leaves of the plants. Use row covers to protect your eggplants. Harvest eggplants 16-24 weeks after sowing when their skin is glossy. |
Look in the soil and in any water sources, such as shallow creeks and streams, below the outcropping. If any gold washed away from the rock outcropping, it may have embedded in the soil since gold is heavier than other minerals. Granite, shale, and gneiss often contain gold, so try to target outcroppings made from these types of rocks. in shallow areas of rivers and streams. Look for a shallow area of a river or stream, such as near the edges of the river. Dip your pan into the soil near the edge of the river and gently swish and sift it to remove the water. Gold is heavy, so it will sink to the bottom of the pan if there's any in it. After the water is gone, check to see if the pan contains any gold. Make sure to use a blue or green-colored gold pan. This will make it easier to spot any smaller pieces of gold that you find. Never enter an old mine as this can be very dangerous. However, you can search the areas around an old gold mine to look for gold. Check the roads leading to and from the mine as well as any nearby streams or rock outcroppings. If there's any old equipment leftover from when the mine was being actively used, check around there as well. Gold may lie just underneath pebbles along the edges of a river or stream as well. Gold is heavier than other types of minerals, so it sinks down and it might be in the soil just under the pebbles. Try checking along the edges of a river bed or stream after a flood or heavy rain. You may have more luck finding gold after a heavy rainfall has shifted everything around. | Target rock outcroppings to find gold that is visible above ground. Pan for gold Check the areas around old mines without entering them. Dig under pebbles on the edges of rivers and streams. |
This method can be time consuming as you have to iron each bill one separately, but it's a time saver for those with just a few bills. Find a well-functioning iron with a sturdy ironing board. Make sure all the windows are closed and the fan is off so the bills don't blow away while ironing. Arrange as many as you can on the board, but you may need to iron them in separate sessions if you have a lot of wet currency. For those who want to add crispness as well, spray extra crisp heavy starch onto the bills. You may be tempted to set the iron temperature higher in order to dry the bill faster. However, this can lead the bills to become burnt or even set aflame in some instances. Take the time and make sure it's on the lowest heat setting so your bills are dried without becoming damaged. Move the iron over the bill in a steady, back-and-forth motion. Never place the iron on the bill and wait. This will cause the bill to catch on fire or become burnt. Iron the bill back and forth, and then flip the bill over to iron the backside. Each bill should be dried in about 30 seconds, but it may take longer depending on the saturation. | Consider using an iron to dry your bills. Place each individual bill on the ironing board. Set the heating of the iron to the lowest setting. Iron each bill. |
Previous work shows that adversarially robust generalization requires larger sample complexity, and the same dataset, e.g., CIFAR-10, which enables good standard accuracy may not suffice to train robust models.Since collecting new training data could be costly, we focus on better utilizing the given data by inducing the regions with high sample density in the feature space, which could lead to locally sufficient samples for robust learning.We first formally show that the softmax cross-entropy loss and its variants convey inappropriate supervisory signals, which encourage the learned feature points to spread over the space sparsely in training.This inspires us to propose the Max-Mahalanobis center loss to explicitly induce dense feature regions in order to benefit robustness.Namely, the MMC loss encourages the model to concentrate on learning ordered and compact representations, which gather around the preset optimal centers for different classes.We empirically demonstrate that applying the MMC loss can significantly improve robustness even under strong adaptive attacks, while keeping state-of-the-art accuracy on clean inputs with little extra computation compared to the SCE loss. | Applying the softmax function in training leads to indirect and unexpected supervision on features. We propose a new training objective to explicitly induce dense feature regions for locally sufficient samples to benefit adversarial robustness. |
It's a gray app that contains gears and is typically located on your home screen. It's in a section with other Apple apps, like Calendar and Notes. It's the first section of the menu. It's at the bottom of the "ACCOUNTS" section. It's in the middle of the list. If you don't have a Gmail account, you'll need to create one. It's a blue button on the screen. It's a blue button on the screen. If you've enabled two-step verification for Gmail, enter the verification code you received via text or using Authenticator. Select other Gmail data you want to sync with your iPhone by sliding the data you want to see on your iPhone to the "On" position. It's in the upper-right corner of the screen. Now you can send and receive Gmail messages using the native iPhone Mail app. It's a blue and white app with a sealed envelope icon and should open to your inbox. If it doesn't open to the inbox, tap Mailboxes in the upper-left corner and tap Gmail. Tap the arrow in the lower-right corner to respond. Tap the trashcan icon at the bottom of the screen to delete a message. Tap Back in the upper-left corner to exit a message and return to the inbox. | Open Settings. Scroll down and tap Mail. Tap Accounts. Tap Add Account. Tap Google. Enter your Gmail address in the labeled field. Tap NEXT. Enter your password in the labeled field. Tap NEXT. Slide "Mail" to the "On" position . Tap Save. Open the Mail app. Tap a message in the inbox to open and read it. |
Your smartphone or video camera should be your trusty companion--take it everywhere. Maybe you’ll get lucky and catch something hilarious that could eventually go viral. Maybe you’ll catch something more serious and help to bring justice to an innocent person. If the footage won't work for your current project, save the file for later. Good editing can take a channel to the next level. Pay attention to different camera angles, close-ups, and scene transitions. If your video focuses on your face for several minutes, mix it up with a few angle changes (from frontal to three-quarter, for example). If you’re doing a demonstration, get a nice close-up of the project you’re working on. Listen for background music or white noise in the soundtrack. Don't stress about copying other YouTubers' editing styles exactly. Instead, they should give you an idea of where to put certain elements. To keep your viewers updated on all the new and exciting content you’re producing, check your notification settings while you’re waiting for your video to upload. Set your channel to notify subscribers when you add new content. Click “Advanced Settings,” and scroll down to “Distribution Options.” The option “Notify Subscribers” should be checked automatically. If it's not, check it! This way, everyone who subscribes to your channel will receive an email when you upload new content. On the other hand, if you decide to upload multiple videos at once, uncheck the notification box. Uploading 20 videos in one day will flood your poor subscribers’ inboxes with 20 emails. After you upload your video, you’ll have the chance to set and edit automatic captions. Take it. You can be the clearest speaker in the world, and automatic captions will still contain tons of mistakes. This is unfair to your deaf and hearing-impaired viewers. Take the time to read and correct the captions after you upload your video. Use this opportunity for a little viewer engagement! Ask them to let you know if they see any errors. If you’re already replying to comments on your YouTube videos, you’re one step ahead of the game. Still, you’ll need to do more. Take the conversation to social media sites like Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. Use specific hashtags on live chats to make it easier for your fans to find the discussion. Interacting shows your audience your care, plus all that social media activity can draw new viewers to your channel. | Prepare to capture chance moments. Notice how popular YouTubers edit their videos. Set notifications. Fix the captions. Interact with your audience. |
Even if you don't have a waterproof G Shock, you can still use water on a damp cloth to target the problem areas on your watch. Run warm water briefly over a sponge or soft cloth, then squeeze to release excess water. Rub the areas of dirt or buildup carefully with the damp cloth. Your rubbing should cause the dirt to lift away from the surface of the watch. Don't use paper towels or other abrasive cloths to clean your watch, as they may cause scratches on its surface. If using water to remove the buildup on your watch didn't do the job, you may have to use a stronger cleaning solution. Rubbing alcohol is a potent and safe cleaner to use on Casio G Shock watches. To use, pour about a teaspoon (4.92 ml) of rubbing alcohol onto a soft cloth. Then rub the surface of the watch, as you did before with the wet cloth, to remove the dirt or buildup. If you successfully removed the dirt with the rubbing alcohol, wipe away any lingering rubbing alcohol with a damp cloth, then dry with a clean soft cloth. If you are tackling particularly stubborn dirt, it may be more effective to scrub at the buildup rather than to wipe it. Dip a toothbrush in warm water or rubbing alcohol, then shake it to remove excess liquid. Use the bristles to scrub in gentle circular motions on the dirt or buildup on your watch. Use a toothbrush with soft, as opposed to stiff, bristles. Dirt and others buildups often form in the cracks and crevices of watches, making it difficult to clean. If you have dirt that has gathered in a hard to reach area, use a Q-tip dipped in water or rubbing alcohol to clean the spot. Make sure to pick out any fluff from the Q-tip that may get snagged on the edges of the watch. | Clean the watch with a damp cloth. Wipe away dirt with rubbing alcohol. Scrub problem areas with a toothbrush. Use a Q-tip to clean crevices. |
We’ve discussed some social situations that commonly cause cravings. Think of ways to avoid or change those situations. You may need to temporarily change your social habits. The less time you spend in smoker-friendly situations, the less likely you are to have a craving. Depending on where you live, smoking may still be allowed in many public places, but here are some ideas for locations that typically don't allow cigarettes: Movie theaters Museums Libraries Shopping malls Your body is used to specific actions involving cigarettes. When you quit smoking, you eliminate the regular feel of a cigarette in your mouth and hands, the actual lighting of cigarettes and using an ashtray. Substituting new activities in their place will help to eliminate cravings. Try one or more of the following tricks: Hold a pen, a stress ball or a rubber band Chew gum Suck on lollipops or hard candies Knit, do a puzzle or play video games Hold a straw, a toothpick or a popsicle stick in your mouth Physical activity not only distracts your mind, it begins the process of healing your body and may actually prevent some of the physical withdrawal symptoms. Have several small meals during the day rather than a couple of big meals. Controlling blood sugar levels in this way maintains your energy and helps to curb urges to smoke. The physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms caused by quitting smoking can lead to increased anxiety and stress. Try one of these activities: Yoga or tai chi Deep breathing exercises Listening to music or reading Meditation Throw away any hidden packs of cigarettes and get rid of all ashtrays. HR therapy can help reduce repetitive behaviors and urges. A therapist can teach you how to distract yourself during cravings, respond to stressful situations without smoking, and cope when cravings do occur. Talk to a mental health professional to see if HR is right for you. | Avoid your social triggers. Visit smoke-free places. Distract yourself with new activities. Get some exercise. Change your eating habits. Find a way to relax. Remove any tangible triggers from your home. Undergo Habit Reversal (HR) therapy. |
Nasal congestion has a host of potential causes, and you won't get good treatment without honest answers. Some potential questions your doctor will ask include: Amount of time congested. If longer than seven days, see a doctor immediately. Color of mucus Other symptoms, including aches, fever, coughing, etc. Any known allergies. Whether or not you smoke. Most nasal congestion is a symptom of a cold or other infection. Accordingly, most doctors will start with drugs to fight the infection off. Be sure to tell the doctor if you take any other drugs or medication regularly. This easy, 15-minute procedure clears up obstructions in your nose. It uses heat to open up your sinuses and clear blockage. You will be put under local anesthetic and will likely be out the door within an hour. While you will have hot needles in both nostrils, most patients hardly feel a thing. There will be congestion for the first 1-2 weeks as you heal. If the procedure does not work, it can be repeated several weeks later. This is usually performed by an ENT doctor in their office, not at the hospital. If you have a major infection or blockage, you might need endoscopic sinus surgery. A rigid camera will be placed up your nose, which is used to guide a surgeon trying to remove diseased areas or opening up natural cavities. Surgery is almost always outpatient. You will return home that day. Pain is minimal, and you should feel as good as new within a week or less. Revisions are occasionally necessary, though the success rate is high. Turbinates are the structures in your nose that cause congestion. Using CO2 or KTP lasers, they are shrunk down within 20 minutes. There is no packing needed and you can return to work the same day. You may have light congestion for a week before everything clears up. You will have mild local anesthetic -- no needles needed. The drawback of LTS is the expense. It may not be offered at all clinics. | Be ready to answer several basic questions. Expect the first line of defense to be antibiotics and prescription drugs. Ask about somnoplasty to cure some chronic cases of congestion. Understand that your doctor will only recommend surgery in extreme cases. Ask about laser turbinate surgery (LTS) for minimally invasive, extra-quick decongestion. |
Take your piece of clear string and make a loop around the crystal tying it in place. The string needs to be tight enough to hold the crystal in place once it is suspended. Alternatively, you can glue the string to the crystal with a dab of superglue. Clear string is recommended because the crystal will grow around it. Darker colors will be seen in the crystal. Tie the other end of the string around a pencil or popsicle stick. Use caution if you choose to use superglue to attach the string. Use the original solution that you used to grow the seed crystals. Place the pencil across the mouth of the jar so that the crystal hangs down into the solution. If you didn't already, you can add more alum to the solution to replace what formed into crystals during the seed formation stage. Make sure the solution is cooled to room temperature before placing the seed crystal into it. If the water is warm, it will dissolve. To keep out dust and dirt, tightly cover the jar. Dust and dirt particles can mess up the crystal formation. Cover the top of the jar with plastic wrap or foil. Even placing a napkin or piece of paper over the top will be sufficient to cover it. You can make a tighter seal by placing a rubber band around the plastic wrap or foil. Store the jar in a place that it will remain undisturbed. If the jar gets bumped or moved around, the crystals will not grow. It may take a few days for the crystal to start to grow in size. Keep the crystal in a cool place so it doesn't dissolve. After a few days, check on the crystal. You can tell how much it has grown by the location of the clear string within the crystal. After a few days, you may notice that the crystal doesn't seem to be growing. This is likely due to the fact the solution is no longer saturated. As the crystal grows, alum is taken out of the solution and added to the crystal. To keep the crystal growing, simply add more alum. Remove the crystal, add a spoonful of alum and stir until dissolved. Replace the crystal and let it grow for a few more days. You can repeat this process until your crystal is at the desired size. You can keep it in a glass case or out in the open. Make sure you don't get it wet as it can dissolve the crystal. To clean off dust, take a dry, soft rag and carefully pat the crystal. Try making crystals of different sizes and colors. If you do accidentally get your finished crystal wet, quickly take a paper towel or a cloth and pat dry until the water is mostly dry. It might dissolve, but it won't dissolve as much. | Tie a piece of clear string around the seed crystal. Suspend the crystal in the saturated alum solution. Cover the top of the jar. Leave the jar alone for at least 24 hours. Add more alum to the solution to grow the crystal larger. Admire your crystal. |
You need an undergraduate degree in finance for this career. If possible, pick classes focused on financial analysis, or choose a track within your degree that has this focus, which will prepare you for the field. While completing your degree, widen your field as much as possible. Take classes in accounting, economics, and business. Math classes are helpful, particularly statistic classes. Though pursuing a master's degree is not absolutely necessary, some positions do require it, and it can help give you an edge in the field. In graduate school, you can specialize. Don't just focus on financial analysis. Pick a particular area of of the field, such as risk assessment. As a financial analyst, you need a specific skill set. For instance, you need to have computer skills so you can analyze data. To that end, maybe you need to take computer classes while in school if you aren't proficient. You also need to be able to communicate well and make decisions. You should have good math skills and be able to focus on details. | Apply to undergraduate programs. Complete your degree in finance. Consider pursuing a master's degree. Take classes in financial analysis. Develop the right skills. |
The most effective way to both prevent harvest mite infestation, and to help your cat heal, is to keep them indoors during the late summer and early fall. Particularly if your cat is recovering from an infestation, staying indoors will reduce the likelihood of re-exposure. In most cases, your vet will complete any insecticide and/or anti-inflammatory treatments in their office. If your cat has developed a secondary skin infection, however, you may need to continue the use of antibiotics at home. Most likely, this medication will be in the form of a pill. You may need to try a few methods for giving your cat this medication. Follow all dosage instructions provided by your vet and do not try to apply anything else to the cat's skin, like alcohol or neosporin, without your veterinarian's advice. If your cat's infestation and/or secondary skin infection was severe, your vet is likely to request a follow-up appointment. Be sure to attend this meeting to ensure that the infestation is completely gone, and that your cat is healing nicely. | Keep your cat indoors. Administer medication at home. Return for a follow-up appointment. |
Once you have sifted as much black sand as possible from the gold, it is best to pour the combination into a bottle. The safest way to pour the pan's contents into a bottle is to place a funnel on the mouth of the bottle. Pour the pan's contents into the bottle. ’ once you have separated all the gold. You are now a genuine prospector. | Pour the rest of the black sand and gold into a bottle. Feel free to yell out ‘Eureka! |
Brown paper bags can be bought at either your local grocery store or at a craft store. For the pages, be sure to have at least 3-4 bags to use. Place them so that the side facing up alternates: one side opened, the next side closed. Form the folded bags into a book. Use a hole puncher to punch two holes into the folded paper book: one at the top left corner and one at the bottom left corner. Thread ribbon into each of the holes and bring the ends together in the front of the album. Tie a bow out of the ribbon. Tape or glue the 4x6 photos into place. One photo should fit squarely on each page, front and back. A great way to arrange them is chronologically, but you can also get creative and place photos together that are similar in color. Use leftover wrapping paper or decorative scrapbook paper to add design to the covers. Place dots of glue on the corners of the paper and place firmly and smoothly against the covers. Write on the front of the book with a colorful marker to use cursive penmanship as a way to name it. Place another photo on the front cover to give a hint of what the album will be about and the kinds of photos it holds. | Purchase brown lunch bags. Stack the 3-4 brown paper bags together. Fold the stacked bags in half. Fill the paper bag pages with photos. Decorate the front and back covers of the album. |
The most basic absolute value equation will appear as y=|x|. Other numbers or variables may be involved though. To do this, make everything in the absolute value lines | | =0. If we use the example y=|x-2|+1, then we get the absolute value by making |x-2|=0. Then the absolute value becomes 2. The absolute value is the number of points from |x| to ‘0’ on a number line. So the absolute value of |2| is 2, and the absolute value of |-2| is also two. This is because in both cases, ‘2’ and ‘-2’ are 2 steps away from zero on the number line. You may have an absolute value equation where ‘x’ is alone. In that case, the absolute value is ‘0’. For example, y=|x|+3 changes to y=|0|+3, which equals to ‘3’. You want it to have three rows and two columns. Put the first absolute value coordinate in the into the top center column for ‘X’. Choose two other numbers an equal distance from your x-coordinate in each direction (positive and negative). If |x|=0, then move up and down an equal number of spaces from ‘0’. You can choose any numbers, although ones that are near the x-coordinate are most helpful. They must also be whole numbers. You need to find the y-coordinate that pairs with the three x-coordinates you have. To do this, substitute the x-coordinate values into the inequality and solve for ‘y’. Fill these answers in on your table. You only need three points to graph an absolute value equation, but you can use more if you would like. An absolute value equation will always form a “V” shape on your graph. Add arrows to the ends to show that the line extends further than the edge of your graph. | Examine your equation. Make the absolute value equal to 0. Make a table. Solve the inequality. Graph the points. |
To be professional, you start with your company's information at the top of the page. If you don't have a company name, just start with your name at the top. It can be centered or all the way over to the left. Treat the invoice like a business letter. That is, you can have a professional header at the top, centered in the middle. On the other hand, a simple statement of your business name is also effective. Put your address, phone number, email, and any other relevant contact information. Make sure to use your business information, not your personal information. A fax number may also be relevant. If you accept payment services like PayPal, be sure to use the email you have set up with that account. Just like with a business letter, you now move on to the person you're billing. If it's a business, use the business address and contact information that the company gave you. If it's a person, use what information you have, but preferably their business contact information. If you don't have enough information, you may need to contact the person or business with the information you do have to find out more. If it's a large company, you may want to call anyway to ask exactly who to address the invoice to. Create a unique identification number for each of your repeat customers. Then, make sure that this number is included on every invoice that you write for this customer. This will allow you to group invoices by customer and, if necessary, assess their payment history or document a consistent failure to pay. If you're sending out invoices on a regular basis, it's important that each one has a unique number so it's easy to reference and identify. How you choose a number is up to you, but remember that you must have a new one for each invoice. One simple way is to just start out at one and work your way up. To keep the length of the number uniform, you could start with "0000001." Another method is to assign a customer number and then use the date. For instance, if the customer number is 305 and the date is February 2, 2016, you could use 305-02022016 as your number. Just make sure you're clear on what the "date" should be. Is it when the service was rendered or when you created the invoice? Near the top, put the label "invoice date." Next to it, add the date that you are creating the invoice. This helps both you and the customer keep track of the time. You can also include the billing period. The billing period is based on how you set up your invoicing. For instance, if you invoice once a month, that means your billing period is from the beginning of the month to the end of the month, and the services you performed during that period will be included on the invoice. | Put your company's name at the top. Add your contact information. Add the addressee's name or business. Include a customer account number. List a unique invoice number near the top. Include the invoice date. |
Textual entailment data has proven useful as pretraining data for tasks requiring language understanding, even when building on an already-pretrained model like RoBERTa.The standard protocol for collecting NLI was not designed for the creation of pretraining data, and it is likely far from ideal for this purpose.With this application in mind we propose four alternative protocols, each aimed at improving either the ease with which annotators can produce sound training examples or the quality and diversity of those examples.Using these alternatives and a simple MNLIbased baseline, we collect and compare five new 9k-example training sets.Our primary results are largely negative, with none of these new methods showing major improvements in transfer learning.However, we make several observations that should inform future work on NLI data, such as that the use of automatically provided seed sentences for inspiration improves the quality of the resulting data on most measures, and all of the interventions we investigated dramatically reduce previously observed issues with annotation artifacts. | We propose four new ways of collecting NLI data. Some help slightly as pretraining data, all help reduce annotation artifacts. |
Only use vacuums that can handle wet and dry materials, like a chipper vacuum or a wet/dry shop vacuum. Position the vacuum where you plan to start cleaning your gutters. Insert the longest hose into the vacuum and fasten the longest rigid extension attachment to the hose. The power cord for your vacuum may not be long enough to reach a power outlet. Use an extension cord to supply your vacuum with power in these cases. Choose a vacuum that has a strong motor for this project. Vacuums with weak suction will not be as effective. Measure the total length of the rigid extension attachment. When measuring gutter height, measure from the top of the gutter to about knee height. Subtract the attachment length from the gutter height. This measurement is the total length of your secondary extension. While using the gutter vacuum, you’ll likely hold the attachment at about chest height. Measuring the gutter from its top to the ground will likely result in a gutter vacuum that is longer than necessary, making it more unwieldy. Mark the secondary extension measurement (gutter height – attachment length) on the rigid plastic tube or pipe. Use a hacksaw to cut the plastic to secondary extension length. Excess tube/pipe can be reused or thrown away. Cutting your tube/pipe may have left behind burrs. These can cause slivers or cuts. Remove burrs with a file when necessary. Slide the end of the extension attachment into the secondary extension. Join these pieces together firmly with aluminum tape. Do the same at the opposite end of the secondary extension with a duct elbow. When the first elbow is in place, similarly add the second elbow to it. Putting these pieces together will result in a long, straight, rigid extension that ends in a hook. The hook formed by the elbows should curve so it is facing roughly downwards. So the tool fits inside the gutter, use a nozzle or flatten the end piece. Be sure to tape the connections of your homemade gutter vacuum thoroughly. Gaps may cause suction to decrease, making the vacuum less effective. | Equip your vacuum with a rigid extension attachment. Calculate the measurement of the secondary extension. Cut a rigid plastic tube or pipe with a hack saw. Assemble the gutter vacuum. |
Normally, a fever will break and subside after a day or two. If the fever has lasted more than three days, you may need medical attention. If your peak temperature rises over 102 °F, the fever has become severe. Although a fever is typically a sign of the body trying to get rid of a virus or infection, severe and painful symptoms can indicate complicated medical problems. These should not be dealt with using fever-remedy methods. Contact your doctor immediately if you have a fever and experience: Confusion or trouble staying awake. Severe lower abdominal pain. Blisters or rashes on your skin. Severe, long-lasting fevers should not be treated from home; your doctor may want to put you on an IV to keep you hydrated or prescribe another treatment. If you have a severe fever, your doctor may even send you to the emergency room. Even if the fever has not reached 102 °F and has not lasted multiple days, you should still call you doctor if you are experiencing unexpected symptoms. The best way to avoid having a serious fever again in the future is to avoid the illness or infection that lead to the fever in the first place. You can do this by: Staying up to date on your immunizations. Avoid contact with ill people, and wash your hands. | Keep track of how long the fever has lasted and its peak temperature. Note any severe symptoms. Call your doctor. Prevent future fevers. |
There are 4 types of commodities that you can buy. These are metals, energy, livestock, and agricultural products. Metals are traditionally considered to be a safe investment, especially during regressions and volatile markets. Metals include gold, silver, aluminum, copper, and platinum. Energy can be very profitable, but there are many political and economic factors that can affect its potential return. Energy includes oil and natural gas. Livestock and agricultural products are easy to buy and sell. Population growth might increase the value of agricultural products, but these investments suffer during the summer months or after natural disasters. Metal is the easiest for investors to buy physically, as you can keep coins, jewelry, and bars in a bank or home safe. If you have a farm, livestock or agricultural products may be another physical asset that you can buy and store. Energy tends to be something you cannot buy physically. The easiest way to invest commodities is to buy stock in companies that produce commodities. You will need to hire a broker if you would like to invest. Put in an order for shares of a company's stock. For example, if you want to invest in natural gas, you might put in an order to buy shares in PetroHawk Energy Corporation (HK), Stone Energy Corporation (SGY), or SandRidge Energy (SD). These firms all specialize in natural gas. An ETF is a fund that specializes in a type of investment. ETFs tend to specialize in one commodity, such as oil or metal. The ETF will buy a wide range of shares from different companies in the industry. An ETF is useful because it will diversify your investment for you. That said, they are as risky as the stock market is. To invest in an ETF, visit a stockbroker. You can also use online brokers. Put in an order for ETF shares the same way you would for stock. | Choose which type of commodity you want to buy. Purchase the physical commodity if you have storage for it. Buy shares in companies if you can't store the commodity. Invest in an exchange-traded fund (ETF). |
How frequently you need to sanitize your cage depends on a number of factors including the size of the cage, the size of your birds, the number of birds you have, and how much time daily your birds are in the cage. Find a cleaning schedule that meets the needs of your specific set-up. Smaller cages with individual birds may only need to be sanitized once a month, especially if the bird is regularly let out of the cage. Large cages for large birds or cages for multiple birds should be sanitized weekly. Move your bird into a safe area such as an alternate cage and take all toys and accessories out of the cage to wash as you would for a daily washing. Remove the old liner and leave the cage bare. It is important to keep your bird in an area free from any exposure to fumes or excess product while you are cleaning your cage. Remember to wash any dishes and cage accessories in hot, soapy water before returning them to the clean cage. Remove debris and droppings from the cage using a pet-friendly soap or washing detergent and a scrubbing pad. Scrape them off of any of the cage surfaces, as well as off of perches and toys. Sandpaper can be useful in removing stubborn debris from wooden perches or toys. Use hot, soapy water to wash down the cage completely, then rinse thoroughly removing all soap and suds. This may be manageable in a sink for smaller cages, but larger cages may require a shower or use of a hose outdoors. An animal-safe dish soap or detergent is sufficient for this stage in the cleaning process. For better results disinfecting, use a clean towel to lightly dry the cage and soak up any excess water pooling around the cage's surfaces. Once the cage has been washed, spray the cage from top to bottom with a cage disinfectant spray. Disinfectant sprays meant specifically for bird cages may be bought online or purchased at a local pet or bird specialty store. Rinse the cage thoroughly with water and allow to air-dry completely before returning the bird. Some people opt to use a vinegar cleaning solution of one part distilled white vinegar and two parts water. Another homemade solution is three cups hot water, three tablespoons baking soda, and three tablespoons lemon juice. If you do not have the means to spray the disinfectant on the cage, thoroughly wipe down every surface with a clean towel soaked in the disinfectant solution. Remember to use protective gloves whenever handling the disinfectant. Once the cage has been sanitized, rinsed, and dried you are ready to replace all dry perches, toys, dishes, and other cage components. Place in the clean cage lining and make sure the apron and surrounding area are clean and free of debris before allowing your bird back in. Do not put wet or unrinsed components back in the cage, as these may cause harm to your bird or otherwise hinder their movement and access to parts of the cage. | Pick a cleaning schedule. Remove everything. Scrape away debris and droppings. Wash the cage. Disinfect the cage. Refill the cage. |
There's a lot to take in with a single sip of beer. Rather than immediately coming to a decision about whether or not you like a particular style, try to pick up on the small nuances the beer possesses. Is the bitterness properly offset by sweetness or acidity? Are there subtle nutty or floral notes? Relating the overall taste of the beer to individual flavors that you do like can help you get more out of it. Take a couple whiffs of the beer and swish it around in your mouth for a few seconds before swallowing. As you taste the beer, try to get past the initial bitterness and see what sorts of flavor profiles come to mind. The material a beer is stored in can influence its flavor just as much as its brewing methods. Sometimes the distinctions are minute—you might, for instance, prefer the same beer in a bottle as opposed to a can. Similarly, draft beers served in a glass may have a fresher taste than bottled beers. Test each serving style to see which you like best. A mug, stein, or can is fine for the majority of beers. Tall pilsner glasses should be used for especially frothy beers, as they help contain the foam and let the diverse flavors bubble to the surface from underneath. Brown glass filters out light that can cause beer to sour more quickly, so choose it over clear and green bottles whenever you can. Whenever you start on a beer, finish the whole thing or dispose of what you don't drink. Beer spoils quickly after it's opened and is usually no good leftover. People's tastes change as they get older. It may be that your palette just isn't equipped to enjoy beer at this point in your life, but that doesn't mean it never will. Continue trying different beers here and there, and, above all, keep an open mind. Chances are, you’ll eventually encounter one that does it for you. The next time someone offers you a beer, don't turn up your nose. If you renounce beer entirely, you’ll never get the chance to discover for yourself what so many people love about it. Many people find beer to be bitter the first time they try it, which can be off-putting. However, over time, you may notice other flavors that you find enjoyable. | Learn to detect complex flavors. Use the right drinking container. Give it time. |
Being able to touch your toes involves quite a few muscles. Enhancing your overall strength and flexibility with some targeted movements will help improve your toe touch and reduce your risk of injury. Child's pose helps stretch your low-back extensors, which will increase your forward range of motion. It can also increase freedom of movement in your pelvic area. Kneel on a yoga mat and reach your arms in front of you with palms facing down. Sit back on your heels and lower your arms and forehead to the floor (or a yoga block, if you need some extra support). Take five deep, slow breaths, then release the position. Stretch in child's pose once before doing the rest of the exercises in this part, and once after completing the exercises. Squats are excellent for building strength and increasing flexibility. Proper form is essential when doing squats, but done correctly, they’ll help you with your toe touch. Do only 1-2 sets of three repetitions to start out; you can increase the number of sets as you grow stronger. Begin with your feet shoulder-width apart and your toes facing slightly outward (don't force them). Your knees should be relaxed, not locked or hyperextended. Reach your arms in front of you at shoulder height. Look in front of you just above your hands. This should keep your head in a neutral position through the squat. You don't want to look down or look up too far. Exhale as you move your hips backward. Pretend that you are sitting down on an imaginary chair. Make sure your heels don't lift as you sit. Once you are as low as you can go without your back arching or heels lifting, hold the position for three long, slow breaths, then release. Repeat three times. Kneeling lunges help release tight hip flexors, which will allow your hips to move more freely in a toe touch. They will also help loosen your hamstrings and quadriceps, which helps reduce the risk of injury. Start with a single short set of 4-5 reps and work up until you can do 2-3 sets of 10 lunges each. Begin by standing in a comfortable position with your knees relaxed and your arms hanging loosely to your sides. Step forward with one foot and lean forward, keeping your back neutral (don't arch it or over-flatten it) and the other knee bent. As you enter the lunge, place your hands on your front thigh and lower your pelvis until your back knee is parallel to the ground. Keep your hips facing forward. Squeeze your buttocks and hold the lunge for a deep breath. Then return to standing. The ragdoll will help loosen your hamstrings and increase range of motion, but it is less intense than a full forward fold so it's great for beginners and those with limited flexibility. You don't need to repeat this stretch in sets; just make sure you stay loose and relaxed for ten full breaths. Begin by standing with your feet hip-distance apart and your knees relaxed. Don't lock your knees during this stretch. Slowly exhale as you bend forward from the hips. Imagine that your head is very heavy as you sink toward the floor and let your body hang down over your legs. (This is why it's called the ragdoll pose.) Clasp your hands around your elbows, as if you were forming a cradle. Don't hold them too tightly, just enough to keep your arms off the floor. Ensure that your weight is balanced evenly. Your instinct may be to center your body weight in your heels, but you should be firmly connecting with the floor with your whole foot. Gently straighten your legs by using your quadriceps (the large muscles at the front of your thighs) to push your legs backward. Don't lock your knees or force your legs to straighten past a comfortable point. Take ten long, slow breaths while hanging, then gently return to standing. | Practice stretches daily. Stretch in child’s pose. Do some squats. Stretch in a kneeling lunge. Perform a ragdoll pose stretch. |
Sealer helps protect your paint job and make the cup feel smooth to the touch after painting. Use a small brush to apply an even coat of the sealer over all of the painted parts of the cup. Look at your can of sealer to see if it gives specific information about how long it will take to dry. As with the paint, you will need one coat of sealer to be completely dry before applying a new one. You will want to end up with 3-4 coats of sealer total. Apply a fourth mainly if you think the cup could still be smoother or if you're particularly concerned about protecting the finish of your paint job. If you can't pick the decal off of your fingernails, use the edge of scissors or a different tool to start peeling it back. Once you pull it away, your chosen design should be left behind as an unpainted area. After 24 hours, everything should be dry and your cup should be ready to use. If you like how it turned out, ask your friends and family members if they'd like you to paint their Yeti cups too! | Apply a coat of polycrylic sealer. Let the sealer dry for at least 15 minutes. Apply 2-3 additional coats of sealer. Remove the painters' tape and vinyl decals if you put them on. Allow your cup to sit for 24 hours before drinking from it. |
You will need a roof over your head. If you are sure that you will stay for a long period of time, you should find a house or apartment in advance. If you're being put up by your company, triple-check the accommodations they will be providing and if things don't seem to add up or the size/feel isn't right, make sure to bring it up with your supervisor or whomever is in charge of the decisions (if you aren't the one making the call). At the least you want to have your concerns registered, but hopefully they can be addressed and you'll feel more peace of mind. Make sure if you're paying for the location you'll have enough money to plan for unusual circumstances. Determine if you're liable for damage and/or if you'll be in charge of your own maintenance. Have extra cash saved for these things as well as for a few months of payments on the lease/rent/mortgage should something cut off your paycheck or source of funding. Every country is different in their visa regulations. What's more, it also depends on where you're coming from. You may be able to go to the country for a visit, but do you need a visa to stay? Or maybe you need a visa to even get past the airport? Make sure you have all this in line before you take the leap. Does your school or work get your work or student permit in order for you? What are the deadlines and the time constrictions? Do you need to alert your banks, too? How about licensure, taxes, or other paperwork? This will help you to get used to the new environment and learn the language faster. The sooner this happens, the better you will adjust. It's wise to move to the country with a job in hand; if that's not possible, it should be your first priority. However, you do not necessarily have to get hired; you can also go to school. Whether you go to school or work, you keep yourself in touch with local residents, practicing their language and learning about their culture. In addition to padding your pocketbook, of course. Most people end up developing a minimalist lifestyle where they only own clothing, a laptop and a few personal items while living abroad. Your remaining stuff should fit in one large case plus hand luggage. The fact of the matter is that you don't need your things at home and you won't likely need them when you get back – you'll know how to get by without them. So why not get some cash for them? eBay and Craigslist are great methods for getting rid of your stuff and getting a pretty penny in return. But word of mouth, local ads, and social media are great, too. This cannot be said enough. Every country has a wikipedia article, countless entries in countless encyclopedias, and that's great, but it's not enough. Find out about the culture! Do people there follow traffic signals or are they more like suggestions? Do they tip after meals in restaurants? What is the predominant religion and what impact does it have on those who might not practice it (such as you, the traveler)? Try to visit for a week or so before you move if at all possible. This can give you a good head on your shoulders and help you know what you're getting into. As far as money is concerned, you should find out the average cost of living in this country. Plan your budget ahead, so that you can pay not only for room and board, but also for your secondary needs. More importantly, you should know about this country's laws, which will help you avoid various problems with the police and make it easier for you to stay safe. | Get your living situation figured out in advance. Make sure to have all the documents required to cross the borders. Find a job that involves interaction with people. Get some extra cash by selling your stuff beforehand. Do your research. |
To avoid staining, this is best done as soon as possible after your shoes are exposed to dirt. Use a clean, soft-bristled toothbrush to gently clean the outsole. If you want to really get in there, you can use small paintbrushes, screwdrivers, awls, or pieces from phone and glasses cleaning kits to clean out nooks and crannies. Leave your shoes out to air dry in a well-ventilated room. You can put them in a sunny spot to speed up the process a bit, or use a blow dryer on the cold setting, but never put them in a dryer. You can stuff your shoes with paper towels to help them keep their shape, but bear in mind that they will take longer to dry without any airflow. Putting a tumble dryer fabric sheet in each shoe can help them dry faster, and freshen them up a bit. | Get rid of excess dirt. Let them dry. |
A screenshot will be taken of your current screen and saved to your desktop. If you’d like to capture a single window, press ⇧ Shift+⌘ Command+4, press the space bar, then click the window you want to capture. To take a screenshot of a certain part of the screen, press ⇧ Shift+⌘ Command+4, and then click and drag the mouse to select the desired part of the screen. It's the new image file that contains date and time you took the screenshot. If your images open with a different app, press ⌘ Command as you click the file, select Open With and choose Preview. You can click the rotate button (the rectangle with a curved arrow near the top of Preview) to rotate the image 90 degrees. Click the Tools menu at the top of the screen, and then select Adjust Size. This allows you to change the height, width, and resolution as needed. If you want to save just part of the screenshot, click the selection tool (the dotted box near the top-left corner), and then click and drag the area you want to keep. Once selected, click the Tools menu at the top of the screen, and then Crop to cut out everything but the selected area. If you want to get crafty, click the Tools menu and select Adjust Color. You can use the sliders to adjust the exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, temperature, tint, and sharpness. Your screenshot will reflect your changes as you make them, allowing you to experiment and find the right mix of settings. Exposure, contrast, highlights, and shadows will affect the brightness and black/white balance of the colors. Saturation, temperature, and tint will affect the intensity of the colors. Click the A button near the top-right corner to open the text tool, and then click anywhere on the screenshot to type. Click the pen tool to draw. Click the icon of a square and rectangle to insert shapes like triangles and circles. It's at the top-left corner of the screen. Your edited screenshot is now saved. | Press ⇧ Shift+⌘ Command+3 to take a screenshot. Double-click the new file on your desktop. Rotate the image. Adjust the size of the image. Crop the screenshot. Adjust the colors and brightness. Add text, shapes, and drawings. Click the File menu when you’re finished. Click Save. Enter a file name and click Save. |
To organize electronic files, you should create folders that clearly explain your organizational method. You can organize files by employee, in which case you’ll have a folder with the employee's name that contains all of the related documents. Within the employee's folder, you can include other sub-folders to further assist organization (for example, “performance evaluations”). Alternatively, you can choose to organize them by file type, in which case you’ll have a folder with the document type as the label (like “performance evaluations” or “application materials”) and include each employee's information in a clearly labeled sub-folder. It doesn't matter which organizational method you choose – it all boils down to your personal preference. When organizing electronic personnel files, it's crucial that you label files correctly and clearly. Anyone who accesses the files should be able to understand the label that you assign the file. Make sure to label employee names consistently: “Last name, First name.” An example of a clearly labeled document could be “Smith.John.PerformanceEvaluation.April2017.” This file name tells you the employee's name, the type of document, and the date. An example of an unclearly labeled document could be “SmithEvaluationApril.” This file name tells you the employee's last name, but this could be confusing if there is more than one employee with the last name “Smith.” It also doesn't clearly indicate what type of evaluation or the year, only the month. This will help prevent files from being lost or misplaced, and allow people to find them easily when necessary. All electronic personnel files should be backed up in hardcopy paper form, on another hard drive, or on a secured cloud storage. You don't want to lose all of your personnel files if something happens to your system or the computer you’re storing the information on. Backups should be performed regularly to ensure that all personnel files are always maintained and protected. A good rule of thumb is to back up your files once every 4-6 weeks, though this number will change depending on how many employees and files your business has. | Choose an employee-based or document-based organization. Label file folders carefully. Back up your files. |
The first step from detangling from a toxic person is admitting what the relationship is. Even if you've decided to ditch a toxic friend, you may still be hanging on to certain notions about your friendship. Be honest with yourself that the relationship is toxic and does not benefit you in any way. Not only will this help you abandoned a toxic friend, it will help you have higher standards in the future. Think about what you get, if anything, out of the relationship. Chances are, you no longer have fun with this person. They are probably a drain on you. You probably feel exhausted after spending time with them. Accept you cannot make them change. Toxic people can sense when someone is pulling away, and will try to do things to get you back in their fold. Remind yourself that a toxic person is unlikely to change, even if they swear they will. This will prevent you from getting dragged back into the relationship. Mixed feelings are normal and to be expected, but that does not mean you should continue a toxic friendship. For example, you might truly admire or love your friend, and the your friend might have some admirable traits, but that doesn't mean that the friendship can't be toxic. It is okay to love a friend, but to still want to move forward. Breaking off any friendship is tough, and abandoning a toxic friend can be particularly rough. Your friend may try to deny wrongdoing or talk over you. Making a script ahead of time, and practicing, can help you stay calm and on track when confronting a toxic person. Write down all your thoughts first. Then, look over what you've written. Try to pull out the most important thoughts and form a few clear sentences explaining why you're ending the relationship. Practice your script a few times. You can practice in front of a mirror or just recite the words to yourself. You do not want to be reading off the script when you confront the person, so try to have your words more or less memorized before confronting your friend. You want to make things clear when breaking off a toxic relationship. Toxic people can be very clingy and controlling and may not take no for an answer easily. Being as clear as possible can help you sever ties on no uncertain terms. You don't have to be brutal. Even if this person has hurt you tremendously, being unnecessarily aggressive can escalate the situation into a fight. Try to be clear without being insulting. State your feelings, and your expectations from here, as firmly as you can. For example, "I feel like I'm not getting anything out of this relationship. I do care about you, but it's becoming too hard for me to maintain this relationship. I think it would be best if we go our separate ways." Decide where you want to go from here. Make a list of your personal boundaries ahead of time, and make sure to make these clear to the friend. If you don't want them, say, contacting your further, make this clear. Never apologize for having boundaries. These are important to a healthy relationship dynamic. State your boundaries as clear as you can. For example, "I want to let you know, I don't want contact for awhile. I need time and space to heal. I would like you to refrain from texting and calling me in the future." If you need to express boundaries to others, do so. For example, you may not want to see this person at group events. Let others know. For example, "As you know, I'm breaking off my friendship with Gillian. It's fine if you still hang out with her, but let me know ahead of time if she's going to be at a group event. I don't want to see her for a bit because I need the space." | Acknowledge the truth about the relationship. Form a script and practice it. Be as direct as possible. Make your boundaries clear. |
Unprocessed, cloudy honey has proven antifungal properties. Mix four parts honey with one part apple cider vinegar. Apply it to the infected area and let it sit for 10-20 minutes. Wash it off and dry thoroughly. Like apple cider vinegar, hydrogen peroxide is an effective antifungal. Indeed, it is even stronger than vinegar, which is why it is best not to use it as a daily soak. Instead, alternate one day with apple cider vinegar and the next with 2% hydrogen peroxide. Purchase 3% hydrogen peroxide. Dilute the hydrogen peroxide by adding water in a ratio of 2 parts hydrogen peroxide to 1 part water. If you experience burning or a rash, dilute the hydrogen peroxide further by adding more water. WARNING: Do not mix vinegar and hydrogen peroxide together, or treat your foot with one after the other. Mixing the two can form peracetic acid, a caustic chemical that can both burn your foot and damage your lungs through its fumes. Colloidal silver (tiny particles of silver suspended in liquid) at a strength of 100 ppm (parts per million) is an effective antifungal and antibacterial agent. After you have soaked your feet in apple cider vinegar and dried them, apply colloidal silver solution to the affected areas and let it air dry. WARNING: Never ingest colloidal silver. It has no benefits and can build up in your skin causing permanent, bluish-gray discoloration. | Make oxymel, a combination of honey and vinegar used since ancient times. Alternate soaking in apple cider vinegar and hydrogen peroxide. Apply colloidal silver after soaking your feet in apple cider vinegar. |
You may be selected for work as a commercial actor due to your personal look and the photos you send in with your resume. Often times, directors will be looking for someone with a certain appearance. Having a great photo that highlights your features can go a long way in helping you land your next commercial acting spot. Make sure your photos are professionally done. It can be a good idea to provide many different angles of your head and face. Try to include different looks in your head-shots to show your versatility. Without auditions, your chances of getting a role in a commercial will be slim. You'll want to try and attend any audition you can and never turn one down, no matter what you think of the actual content of that project. There will be a lot of competition and you will need to work hard to get a role in a commercial. Turning down auditions can make it more difficult to successfully land a future role. It's a good idea to attend auditions, even if you don't care for the role or project. Even if you don't get the role, you might still make professional contacts. Having a properly prepared resume can go a long way in helping you land a role in a commercial. Your resume will represent your skills, qualifications and past experience, allowing your professional contacts to know if you might be the right person for the role. Avoid listing other commercials you've been in on your resume. This can be seen as a potential conflict of interest. Write your training and any classes you've complete on your resume. Include a list of your acting skills. Using online casting websites can be a good way to look for openings and auditions. You'll need to create a profile and likely pay membership fees when you resister on a casting site. These sites will post openings for commercial actors that you can easily apply for if you think the opening is right for you. You'll want to find a website that caters to your area. There may be many sites that serve one specific area. Take your time and find one that is right for you. Agents can be a great ally to have when looking for your next commercial acting gig. Your agent will know what roles are available and will help get you selected for an audition. If you think your skills and experience are developed enough, you might consider hiring an agent to help you succeed even more in your commercial acting career. Agents are a good idea if you've already got a developed resume and some commercial acting experience. You'll want to send a head-shot to your agent. It's recommended that you don't spend too much money on your head-shot, as your agent may want to take a new one. Most agents will take a percentage of your earnings, once you complete your work on a commercial. SAG-AFTRA is an acting union that can help you make your career a successful one. The union supports actors, helps them find new roles and offers workshops to help keep your acting skills sharp. Take a few minutes to review the benefits that membership can bring to decide if joining SAG-AFTRA is right for you: Access to union workshops. Collective bargaining. Access to casting directors. Pension, retirement and health care programs are available. Get discounts on things like entertainment, legal services and car rentals. | Have a good photo. Be driven and take auditions seriously. Build a great resume. Search online for auditions. Consider getting an agent. Think about joining SAG-AFTRA. |
The vocals in Black Metal music evoke a primitive sensation in audiences through shrieking, snarling, and screaming. While these sounds may be grating to your ear at first, note how the explosive, guttural noises conjure a savage and driving atmosphere. You might think of the vocals as an insistent reminder of a feral shared past and the animal within all human beings. You might not be able to relate to the content of the song, but you may have an event in your past that fills you with the same primitive feeling expressed by the vocalist. Making this association may help you connect with the emotional message behind the music. Throughout the genre, you may have noticed a lack of bass while the upper range, the treble, is raw and piercing. This creates an agitated kind of distortion that blurs one sound with the next. This distortion/blurring effect is intended to give you a feeling of suspension in time. The speed of Black Metal is general very fast, often with many repeated notes played in rapid succession. This drawn out effect can add to the indistinct atmosphere, with the repeated notes adding a sharp, continuous spike in the distortion. The English Speed Metal band, Venom, is largely credited for contributing this characteristic to the Black Metal genre. By listening to Venom and other Speed Metal bands, you may gain a better understanding of and appreciation for Black Metal. Unlike many other kinds of metal, Black Metal is notable for its strong stance against contemporary established religion, especially Christianity. This counter-culture may be reflected lyrically in the form of Satanism, medieval paganism, or other kinds of pre-Christian religion. Many Black Metal bands also utilize the mythic imaginings of writers, such as J.R.R. Tolkien, writer of The Lord of the Rings. It's likely you'll find that some of the names used in your favorite Black Metal songs allude to characters or places in Tolkien's books. The writings of Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan, are also prominently featured in Black Metal. You'll find the basic tenets of Satanism widespread through Black Metal culture. Another theme you'll want to be on the look out for is the use of language that yearns for a return to times long since past. This may manifest in the form of medieval clothing, practices, or anachronistic actions, like the sacrifice of animals. The variety within Black Metal makes it notoriously difficult to pin down exact features, though there are many similarities throughout the genre. You'll have to come to terms with the fact that not only are there many different kinds of Black Metal, but there also many different opinions of what Black Metal is. Within the genre, there are two main camps: The purists. You'll find that these fans revere the genre in its original, underground form. If you find yourself more drawn to the raw, straightforward style of non-mainstream Black Metal, you may be a member of this group. The inclusives. These kinds of fans use a much broader definition for Black Metal. If you enjoy the raw underground but think it's just as Black Metal as the more technical work produced by mainstream bands, you're likely an inclusive. | Note the vocals. Observe the lack of bass and shrieking trebles. Recognize the rhythm. Detect common themes. Define the genre for yourself. |
Maltese do like company and can bark or suffer anxiety related problems if they are left alone for long periods of time. Think about whether you can structure your day so that the Maltese is not left alone for more than 4 hours at a time. Be aware that because Maltese like to be with people, they can easily become over-dependant on human company and suffer from stress or "separation anxiety" unless trained from a young age to cope in solitude. To train the dog to do this means deliberately spending small periods of time away from the dog so that it learns to be alone. Be careful not to over pamper the dog as this can make it even more difficult for it when you're not there to fuss it. Most Maltese are friendly, outgoing, and relatively fearless but because they are small (4-7 lbs) and have delicate bones, they are easily injured. As a result, they can become fearful or aggressive. Keep an eye on them around larger animals, and show children how to hold the Maltese properly without squeezing or dropping him. If you have very young children, you might want to consider a sturdier breed like a Shih Tzu, Havanese, or Bichon. Be aware that the Maltese feel the cold easily. If your home is chilly or you live in a cold environment, then reconsider your choice of dog. Also be aware they have long silky coats, which needs daily grooming and will need to have their hair trimmed regularly because Maltese do not shed like most other breeds. Although this is an added expense (unless you learn to do it yourself), the upside is that the Maltese (like the Poodle) is a relatively hypoallergenic breed. If you can't commit to such a long term undertaking, or you expect your circumstances to change, then reconsider getting a dog , especially one that can live to be 14 or 15. Adopting a dog is a long-term commitment, not something to take lightly. There are thousands of Maltese breeders out there, but there are also plenty of purebreds in animal shelters. If you know someone with a Maltese ask where that person got it. Make sure that before you bring your Maltese home, that it gets along with other pets or children you may have. Make sure you see the Maltese puppy with his mother. If for whatever reason the mother is not present, walk away. This is a give away sign that the puppy is from a puppy mill and such immoral breeding programs should not be encouraged. Make sure your Maltese was socialized well as a puppy, as this helps make it become a confident outgoing adult. | Determine whether the Maltese personality is right for you and your lifestyle. Gauge whether you can care for a Maltese properly. Prepare to have a dog that lives well into its teens. Pick your specific Maltese wisely. |
If you're using instant nonfat dry milk powder (the most common type), mix in 315mL (1⅓ cups) powder into 1 liter (1 quart) water. A blender is recommended for this method, but you can whisk by hand instead. Egg is an emulsifier: it allows you to combine ingredients that do not normally mix. In this case, it will let you mix in fat that restores richness to your nonfat dry milk. Egg powder is recommended since it is shelf-stable and safe to eat without cooking. Blend in the following amount with the reconstituted milk: To make 1% (low fat) milk, mix in 1.25mL (¼ tsp) egg powder. To make 2% (reduced fat) milk, mix in 2.5mL (½ tsp) egg powder. To make whole milk, mix in 15mL (1 tbsp) egg powder. Note: If you don't mind buying specialty ingredients, you can add 3 to 10g soy lecithin instead to avoid egg flavor. Choose an oil with little to no taste, such as refined canola, safflower, or sunflower oil. Blend or whisk it into the milk thoroughly, until you can't see any oil droplets. The amount to add depends on the flavor you're going for: For 1% milk, use 10mL (2 tsp) oil. For 2% milk, use 20mL (4 tsp) oil. For whole milk, use 30mL (2 tbsp) oil. Note: You might get a more authentic milk flavor from "butter powder" instead, which you can find online. This is untested, so try it at your own risk. Butter powder is not as dense as oil, so you'll need to use more than the amounts listed here. The oil will start to float to the top within a few hours. Shake the bottle well to mix it again. If the milk doesn't taste quite right, add a little sugar or other flavoring. See below for suggestions. | Reconstitute the milk as usual. Mix in egg powder. Blend in a neutral vegetable oil. Shake well before using. |
It's the gear icon () typically found in the app drawer. As of the release of Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), it is possible to configure your SD card as part of your internal storage. This makes it possible to download Play Store apps directly to the card. This method involves formatting (erasing) the SD card. Make sure to use a blank card or one you’ve already backed up elsewhere. This method makes it so you cannot take the SD card out and use it in another device (unless you erase all of its data). It may be called something like “External Storage” or “SD Card.” It's at the top-right corner of the screen. Now you’ll see a warning that lets you know the data on the card will be erased. The card will now format as internal storage. Once the card is formatted, apps you download from the Play Store will typically save there by default. Some apps are not able to download to an external card. Such apps will still be installed in the device's internal storage. | Open your Android’s Settings. Scroll down and tap Storage. Select your SD card. Tap ⁝. Tap Settings. Tap Format as internal. Tap Erase & Format. |
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