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Online Tutorials and Training - SketchUp Help Everyone learns differently. We have a variety of resources to help you achieve your greatest SketchUp potential. Start here: Video tutorials Removing Stains: The Basics - Martha Stewart Home & Garden There is no single technique or product that takes care of every spot and spill, but with the right information and supplies, many stains can be removed. If a garment isn't washable, the safest thing is to take it to a dry cleaner, although there are some treatments you can try at home (see Stain First Aid Chart). If you stain a washable garment, the golden rule is: Act quickly. For a liquid, gently blot up any excess with a white cloth, working from the outside in, so you don't spread the stain; do not press hard or rub. Sprinkle an oily stain with cornstarch.

Soda Machine Hack Most modern vending machines have little computers inside. A tiny screen usually displays some information. Although relatively little known, pressing a certain combinations of buttons can control the settings. For instance, you can check the internal temperature, view the amount of money inside, empty change, or dump certain beverages. It will generally only work on new machines which is pictured on the right side.

10 mistakes that rookie IT consultants make IT consulting is a tough, competitive field, and there are ample opportunities to mishandle the job. Erik Eckel offers some cautionary advice for IT consultants who are just starting out. IT consulting is a tough, competitive field, and there are ample opportunities to mishandle the job. Growing a Healing Garden Rating: 7.9/10 (9 votes cast) When you visit your local market or garden centre, check out their herb selection. You may be surprised at the varieties of herbs that are available. Not only do quite a few of them provide beautiful flowers, but there is an added benefit – you can use them for medicinal purposes without a worry. So – what better way to enjoy spring then to get out and get active in your garden, clean it out, plant some pretty annuals or perennials and add herbs as well? Growing a healing garden will be definitely rewarding for you.

Personal Finance News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Lifehacker Eh, I'm not sure I buy this 100%... Within a "portfolio" tool that only tracks stocks, investing "socially" across a large cross-section of the market should actually push your returns (and risks) toward the mean market returns, and theoretically result in a stock portfolio yielding market returns and bearing only systemic risk. Most portfolios are basically aiming for this anyways, and use the allocation across asset classes to meet varying risk profiles (basically, "I want my stocks to perform like stocks, and my bonds to perform like bonds, and my metals to perform like metals, and I'll just change my allocation between these broad classes when I need more protection or more risk.") If it tracked the wide variety of asset classes (not just securitized), you might be right... but within the stock allocation of your portfolio, you could probably do worse than following the aggregate moves of ten thousand strangers.

How to Build a Go-Kart in One Day - DIY Go Cart Plans Builder: Larry Erd, Pompano Beach, Fla.Plans: spidercarts.com "Black Widow" Cost: $689.15 1.) Plans and Parts Erd and his 7-year-old son, Harrison, used $14.99 plans for the "Black Widow" go-kart from spidercarts.com. Plans like these, whether they are free or require a fee, often give frame dimensions but leave steering, axle, throttle and cable connections up to the builder. Browse parts suppliers' websites to find additional advice on materials and methods.

Make Facebook Better With One Browser Extension With each update, Facebook has become more cluttered, perplexing and ornery, yet it’s still a tool few of us can live without. Here’s how to fix some of its biggest annoyances in a matter of minutes, and with only one new addition to your browser. We’ve talked about Social Fixer before, back when it was called Better Facebook — heck, it was even one of our readers’ favorite Facebook customisers.

Gardens Latest issueApril 2014 April 2014 In this issueGet ready for spring! How to design a fragrant pathway; purple, this yea'rs hottest hue for flowers; dealing with drainage; an enchanted woodland; our favourite woody climbers and more! more PollYou Must select an option. Please try again. Update Your Resume and Get a (Better) Job This Weekend You've probably heard too many times to count that "in this economy, you should be happy to have any job at all." Perhaps that's true, but that doesn't mean you can't try to find something better if you hate the job you've got. Here are a few things you can do this weekend to prepare to make a positive shift in your work life. P Update That ResumeP

Simple Longboard Last year my 13-year-old daughter asked for a skateboard, so I gave her my 20-year-old board (which wasn’t seeing much use). She liked to ride it along the bank of the Los Angeles River, and I would ride with her on a Razor scooter. But after a while, I started to miss having a skateboard, and I thought it would be fun to make one. Installing Windows 8 on the Lenovo X220 Tablet Installing Windows 8 on the Lenovo X220 Tablet by Shijaz Abdulla on 01.06.2012 at 22:33 Got Windows 8 Consumer Preview (64-bit) installed on my Lenovo X220 Tablet.

What We Learned Publishing Digging Into WordPress Digging into WordPress is an entirely self-published book. It's not that way because we just arbitrarily decided that self publishing was hip and that was what we were going to do. In fact, the plan early on was the opposite. Step one, we thought, was to write the book. So we did that.

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