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Upgrades: get the most out of your property

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If you are buying and planning to resell or rent, to get the most out of your property, you may want to make some improvements to give it some curb appeal. The number of updates required would depend on a case-by-case scenario. Obviously, if it is necessary to do the roof, the foundation, etc., there is no question. I’m talking about major renovations, but updates. That curb appeal and that makes a shopper go, “wow” and pay a little more for the place.

If you are not going to be working with a designer and would like to do it yourself, I suggest you go to the library or buy a bunch of up-to-date home style magazines to get ideas of what’s out there right now. Knowing your market is not that important because almost everyone wants something elegant and stylish. Something that I like to call “urban chic”; lots of clean lines, minimalism, and bright open spaces. A Zen-like approach. That look is being sold to the mass market right now.

First impressions are always important, which is why the exterior of the house needs more love. Don’t get bored either. Sew exciting colors like gray / mauve, terra cotta, or sage. Paint everything you need, wood, railing, mailbox, lights, etc. I am not talking about a single color, they have some white or black in their contrast. If they can’t be painted, replace them.

If there is no landscaping or it is filmed, you need to renew the look. Remove or trim anything that has grown too large. Be ruthless if you have to. Cedars are great when they are green and small, however if they are yellow and too tall, get rid of them. Keep your gaze short, so you can see the entrance. Remove weeds from the grass, add more seeds. Clean dirt from debris and weeds, add more dark soil and mulch. Make a nice clean line between the lawn and the garden. I would invest in a couple of contrasting shrubs and some bright annuals that brighten the front.

The floors are the most important. They have a great impact. They have to be nice. If there is hard wood, I suggest giving it a new finish. Staining them dark is always a nice touch. The parquet looks great stained in chocolate. It goes from a bad 70s look to something modern and Asian. If flooring needs to be replaced, bamboo and other sustainable flooring are all the rage right now. If the linoleum is old, replace it. If you can buy tile, go for it.

Kitchen room. If the kitchen is old wood in the style of the 50s, there is no need to tear it up, remake it and spend all that extra money. Paint it bright cream and add fancy buttons. You could even add a molding.

If it is white melamine, you can paint it with special paint or leave it as is. Sometimes it’s the surrounding area that can polish it up and make it look less “melaminy.” That is, add a trendy tile backsplash, a new countertop, and knobs. If the melamine has an 80’s edge that can be removed, remove it for a cleaner look.

If you have the 1990 oak cabinets, they look amazing painted too. If the cabinets hang from the ceiling dividing the eating area, you can remove them and reuse them elsewhere, such as an island.

Extra keys:

  • The taps are important. They can be a focal point for the room. You don’t have to go high-end to have a polished modern look.
  • I think investing in crown molding adds a lot of value to the place if done right (not necessary in the bathroom). Paint it with glitter to give it a vintage look.
  • Keep paint colors simple and light. Painting a wall in a room dark gray or another trendy color is fine, however use it minimally.
  • Dark on light is very fashionable right now.
  • Make sure the flow of color from room to room is there.
  • Clean and clean windows are a must.
  • Take down a wall if necessary to give the space a more open feel. For example opening the kitchen to the living room. You should check with a structural engineer before taking anything down.
  • Pot lights and dimmers.
  • Fashionable light fixtures and knobs. Don’t go high end. Places like Ikea are fine or places that reclaim the old.

Bathrooms are easy because it all depends on the choice of tile and countertop. The white bathtub, sink, and toilet are always inside, and if they are in good condition, they won’t need to be replaced. Cabinets can be painted black, chocolate, white, or cream. Will update any look.

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Future of autonomous cars in the taxi industry

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The taxi industry is continuously growing and more and more giants have started to enter the market to make the competition more intense and interesting. There are many names that offer taxi services through their taxi apps and help their drivers make ends meet. For most people, it has become the only means of earning their bread because they have left other jobs to justify their responsibilities and duties. But what if your services are no longer needed? What if your company tells you to look for another job because you have a better option?

Well, it doesn’t mean they have another driver, it’s the self-driving car or an autonomous car that doesn’t need a driver. All you need is an efficient detector, which uses different techniques such as GPS, radar, lidar, computer vision or odometry, in addition to the advanced control system that collects and interprets sensory information to find the most suitable navigation route to take. passengers to their destination. .

Impact of autonomous car technology on drivers

Taxi industry giants Uber and Lyft have started working on this technology and are eager to introduce driverless taxis in the near future. Lyft has collaborated with General Motors to create a fleet of self-driving cars that will pick up and drop off passengers at their display keys and put drivers out of work. Drivers are quite concerned about this approach because taxi companies could deviate from what they are doing these days. Today, they are courting thousands of drivers to work for the company, forcing them to quit other jobs. Whereas in the future they would put drivers out of work!

Uber and Lyft aren’t the only giants investing in autonomous vehicles – Apple, Google, Tesla, and many other automakers are following the trend. But unlike the two giants, companies are not start-ups, responsible for offering people part-time and full-time driving jobs. Their “Job Creators” image would not remain the same over time because job seekers are already aware that they are working on autonomous vehicle technology that would soon put their drivers out of work.

Future passenger facilities

Although autonomous car technology has left drivers with many worries, it has provided new incentives for passengers to make their journey more comfortable and smooth. For passengers, the technology will be a huge hit as all they have to do is download a taxi app and provide proper navigation to allow the vehicle to run on its own. Not only are the chances of collision on the road significantly reduced, labor costs are also eliminated and passengers don’t have to worry about aggressive or distracted driving. The technology installed in autonomous cars will guide through traffic congestion and prevent passengers from being late for their meetings.

So, in summary, it can be said that the future of autonomous cars would have a mixed impact on the industry: if it is good for some people (passengers), some people (drivers) might have concerns at the same time.

Lifestyle Fashion

Tarot card meanings

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There are many tarot cards and memorizing the meaning of each one is not the easiest way to learn to read tarot. Instead of memorizing each image, you must understand the two divisions of the tarot deck: the major arcana and the minor arcana. This should help you read tarot cards more effectively.

The 22 major arcana cards represent things that are beyond your control. These cards include the fool, the magician, the high priestess, the empress, the emperor, the hierophant, the lovers, the chariot, the force, the hermit, the wheel, justice, the hanged man, death, temperance, the devil, tower, star, moon, sun, judgment and world. .

If you are serious about tarot reading, prepare to face endless levels of interpretation in the major arcana. The Major Arcana cards must be taken with more weight.

The 22 cards of the major arcana, on the other hand, are the representation of the simplest things in everyday life. The four suits (wands, cups, swords, and pentacles) each symbolize a particular approach to life. The Wand is associated with the fire element, which represents masculinity. The Cups represent the female psyche, in which emotions and spiritual experience are entities with water as an element. The swords symbolize the intellect, thought and reason. The Pentacles represent the earth, which represents the material things or the services of the physical world. The 16 minor arcana cards are suits, aces, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, court cards, pages, knights, queens, and kings.

Learning the real essence of the two parts of a tarot deck, mentioned above, is a good start to gaining a complete understanding of tarot. In any case, you won’t get a meaningful, articulate read if all you’ve done is memorize each card without learning the secrets of its true nature.

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Earn money having fun with your dog

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Can you train a dog to find money? Yes it can. But that would be useless under normal circumstances. Most of the money found would be owned by third parties. Unless, of course, you were looking for buried treasure or relics. Remember that a dog can be trained to sniff out anything from drugs to weapons. For our article I have chosen something of great value, ginseng. Ginseng root sells, by the pound, more than any legal product that occurs to me at first glance. I remember my dad making over $ 1500.00 just for a little shoebox full of those things in the late seventies.

Hunting ginseng is not only a very lucrative hobby, but it is also a great exercise for both you and your dog. Personally, I love any excuse to walk in the woods.

So let’s get on with this great money making plan so you can get yours.

01. Find a good puppy.

A good sense of smell is probably not that important, since almost any dog ​​has a tracker capable of locating ginseng. You would think that a hunting dog would be a good candidate, but this is not usually the case. A hunting dog, true to nature, could easily get distracted by hunting. It is important that the puppy you choose is friendly, intelligent and playful. These traits are more important than your sense of smell. All dogs have a keen sense of smell. Scent dogs think that their job is a game. The more playful the puppy is, the better worker it will be. In my experience, females were always easier to train as they are not as stubborn or stubborn as males. Note: I would avoid toy breeds or non-working dog breeds. Retrievers and certain shepherd and athletic dog breeds are your best bet. High-energy, nervous dogs like Jack Russell Terriers are a poor choice. Most dogs do not qualify because they generally have no interest in playing when they are mature, although they are used with great success in some airports. My beagle doesn’t play at all. Others do.

02. Have the puppy spayed or neutered.

Do not lecture, but the best thing for you is that your dog is not interested in the other gender at the moment when you want to find ginseng.

03. The first thing to do is play with your puppy on a regular basis as soon as you can. His attention span will be short, so keep the game time short. But do it often. Play is the foundation of training. Training will focus on the game. Training will be the basis of the work. As a mature puppy, teach him some simple tricks. I would start training as soon as the puppy can walk steadily.

I guess the puppy knows to come when called. That is almost universal. To teach a puppy to sit up, command and hold a treat in front of him and, while lightly pressing on his butt, run the treat over his head to his back. She will automatically sit down when trying to see the treat. When the puppy achieves the goal, praise him as if he has done the best in the world. Remember not to try to train a puppy with complex tricks if he is too young to learn them. We want the training to be straightforward at the beginning. Always reinforce what the puppy has learned by doing each trick every day after your puppy masters it.

Immediately teach the puppy to shake hands. Have the puppy sit up and give the command as you lightly grasp the paw and go through the motions with it. Soon, the puppy will raise its paw automatically. When she does, reward her.

Note: Remember that puppies are like children. Physical punishment will ruin a good working dog. Puppies are also like people in that some learn faster than others and that dogs have individual personalities just like anyone else. Patience and consistency are the most important traits you can have. If training is not fun for the dog, you are doing it for too long or you have a bad attitude and the dog is sorry. Dogs can read people’s energy like a book. Even a puppy. Being petty will only counteract any productivity you may expect. The puppy should become your friend for life. If not, I beg you to forget this entire program. Money is not everything.

4. Finally we come to the critical part of the training.

Learning to play fetch. Most puppies pick up on this quickly. Especially retrievers and certain shepherd and athletic dog breeds. The object of the chase should be a tennis ball or any hollow ball that you can put ginseng root into. Go over all the exercises learned for puppies and then introduce the ball. Tease the puppy with him, but not too much. You want to maintain the confidence of the puppies. Throw the ball. When the puppy picks it up, give her a call. If the puppy refuses to approach you, turn him around and walk away. Puppies hate that and she will probably run after you because you might stop playing. If you have the ball, take it out of your mouth and repeat the game. NEVER go looking for the ball if the dog drops it. Just walk away. If you bring the ball for the dog, you have given him control of the game. You cannot afford this. Just walk away and try again at the next session. This is where patience is paramount. This is where the type of dog you have becomes apparent. This may or may not take longer than the other exercises you teach your dog.

Now play the guessing game. This exercise emphasizes the importance of aroma. Put your hands behind your back with a piece of ginseng in one hand. Present your fists. Excitedly ask the puppy where it is. When the dog sniffs your hand with the ginseng on it, praise him to heaven. At this point, it’s okay if you’re wrong. You are simply teaching the dog the importance of the correct smell. If he sniffs the wrong hand, keep quiet and wait until he sniffs the right hand. It is important that you maintain a poker face and do not give visual clues as to where the ginseng is. And keep it friendly.

5. Later, when he has mastered the guessing game, command him to sit down when he chooses the correct hand and praise him. We want it to feel like an indication that you have found ginseng. We want this answer to ginseng in all future exercises.

6. At this point, we hide the ginseng in one of three identical containers. Line them up in front of her and play the guessing game. When this is mastered, separate the containers further by moving the ginseng to a different container each time you play. Do this until the containers can be hidden anywhere in the room and the dog can find them. Don’t rush this process. It’s exciting, but you don’t want to jeopardize your progress right now. If the dog makes mistakes, slow down the pace or shorten the training periods until it succeeds. You may have to backtrack your training a bit.

7. Another game involves the hollow ball.

Cut a tennis ball or any hollow ball and put some ginseng in it. Throw the ball in full view of the dog and let it into a bush, under or behind any obstacle within reason and let him find it.

8. For this exercise, hide the ginseng piece in the open air but out of sight. Tall grass works well. With the dog on a leash, go with her while she searches for the ginseng.

9. Over time, hide the ginseng by covering it with soil and let her find it.

10. Lastly, dig a shallow hole and let it find the ginseng. Be patient. Every once in a while, take it to places where you know ginseng is and see if you can find it. At first take it literally straight to the ginseng. At least five or ten feet from her. Then take her where she is farther away until she’s ready to go out with you and find that money.

Important notes:

It may be best for the dog to bark when it sits down, in case it gets out of sight when it finds the ginseng. I personally have trouble teaching a dog to “talk”. Some races are more vocal than others. This is where many bird dogs fail and other breeds excel.

Use only the smallest amount to train your dog. These things are expensive. You can get by with commercial ginseng, but I’ve never tried it. This program can be modified to meet your needs and those of the puppies. A different approach may work better for your dog. Always make it fun. If you or your puppy are frustrated or tired, take a break or leave the session. Never scold the dog for training or hunting mistakes. Try to isolate the cause and eliminate the problem.

Remember to spay or neuter your pet. It is good for its purpose here. I have found that the more pets you have, the less appreciated pets become. Ginseng buyers can be found on the Internet. We used to sell to Hamilton Bros. in Canada. I’m not sure if they are already in business. Usually there are local brokers who take care of it, but you won’t get as much for it. In West Virginia, at least, ginseng has a legal hunting season. You’d better check the laws in your state before you go hunting. Ginseng must be air dried before being sold.

Some dishonest people put lead in ginseng root to make it heavier. Do not try. They will catch you if you do.

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Fascist Rocker Loses His Job!

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It’s called Lycantrop. His article went straight to the Viking boss, before being published somewhere. No one knows how he got the address and the real name! This is how a few hours later Francesca Ortolani aka Viking, a 23-year-old video editor who worked for an American production company and filmmaker, was fired.

We don’t know much about Francesca’s boss. She greets him in the brochure for her “Gloucester Road” CD. His name is James, but we don’t know if this is his real name. We know that he is an old man, a filmmaker, a producer, he is an American, he is a naturalist. I learned the story of the Ashtree Records Press Room spokesperson, Magnus Torricelli, a blacklisted Italian journalist living in America, a good friend of Viking. “He must have stolen the address” says Magnus “I can’t explain it. Francesca has never shown the videos she was working on, so no one could connect her to J. and his team. This Lycantrop has no face, we don’t know him. He’s too cowardly to show his face. “

The British documentary Lycantrop wrote about is “Hate Rock” produced by Neil Mackay, an award-winning journalist and opinion writer in Britain, who met Viking in March 2005 for an interview. I asked Magnus what the interview was for: “The interview was about the music of white power … you know, Francesca is a nationalist and dedicates much of her music to these ideas. She is a renowned songwriter and producer in this scene. , so she was included in the documentary. “

If you think that everything is allowed under the political campaign, you should read the article he wrote. The writer has a vivid fantasy!

Lycantrop investigates Berlusconi’s relationship with the British media: “Italians are not stupid and they understand that Berlusconi is controlling television, but they do not know that he also propagandizes with NATO friends through British television, the bloodthirsty face from the angel Francesca “Viking” Ortolani and the sex symbol Donal MacIntyre. Francesca Ortolani imported the documentary to Italy through a long and passionate review so that it could draw attention to her and her friends. Meanwhile, Donal MacIntyre builds her own An alibi as an anti-Nazi saying that was attacked by some of those NCOs. People do not know that Francesca Ortolani aspires to work for NATO and while she finishes studying she has inserted herself well in the media, to make her propaganda with subliminal messages, working as an editor. video for an American company. Who is piloting this? Bush, Blair and Berlusconi. Viking University La Sapienza e n Roma should send her off, but the Faculty of Engineering must be damaged in the same game. Many professors work for companies that produce military devices. “

I am external to the matter, I am not “building my own alibi like Donal MacIntyre”, I am external although I am one of those 17000 downloaders (Magnus says the number is not up to date), so I decided to meet Francesca Ortolani, the young Viking singer, for some questions. He finds me in front of the Faculty of Engineering and asks me if I want to drink something hot. He looks friendly and I can tell Lycantrop that his hair is real. He looks neither like a Nazi terrorist nor a member of NATO. She has the face of a teenager, she is very shy, but she is a determined woman.

I ask him what he will do with Lycantrop. “I don’t know,” she replies, “I want to know who he is. I don’t usually proceed against those who slander me, but this guy involved too many people in his stories and I don’t want people to fall for it.” for me, so I would, I would take action against him if the story doesn’t end here, but I’m not sure the other people mentioned in the article are happy. ”

She tells me about her work “I respect James’s decision. This will not corrode our friendship. I understand his dreadlocks. He worked a lifetime to get his position. He is a great professional, he made a great team and I am happy because I have been a little girl. part of it. My job was to make trailers of his videos for the web and other channels. I was also beginning to compose some soundtracks for his documentaries. “

I tried to have James’s contact directly, but the man wants to remain anonymous, so I asked him.

Magnus, if you would be kind enough to send me my questions. This is James’s version of the story:

“I’m so sorry. I had told Francesca to stay away from white power music. She has nothing to do with

that world! She is a talented songwriter, has a lovely voice, and did a great job for me. She has the editing skills and the touch and experience of a production company despite her age. I’m sorry, I have to defend my work and my team ”.

James is quite reluctant to speak. Magnus believes that his decision was very difficult. For my fortune

I could bring another witness. It’s N., a 30-year-old cameraman from Los Angeles who works for James. You met Viking in London through work recently:

“She’s cute. When you do my work you meet a lot of people every day and you know you won’t see them again. One day I met Francesca. I was with J. We were filming …” tell me what were they filming and what Francesca was doing there ” … and God exists. J. begged him to write music for us and make some promotional clips. Our team is a small family and Francesca is like a sister. I don’t want to lose their friendship. Lycantrop … idiot. No I know who he is. If I did, I’d already be dead. “

Lycantrop also accuses Viking of presenting their new album to Italy strategically during the campaign, to help Silvio Berlusconi and Forza Italia to get votes and sympathies for some of their initiatives such as the construction of highways, high-speed railways, reintroduction of nuclear energy. . power in this country. He accuses Magnus Torricelli “who lives in the United States” of working behind and shuffling the cards writing that the documentary censored Viking, drawing attention to those censored parts, involving Neil Mackay and company as contributors to this hidden game. “I never met this Neil Mackay, I don’t know if he is tall or short, fat or thin” says Magnus “We are not playing any hidden games, instead I believe and wrote that the documentary censored Viking”.

Viking, a mysterious silent girl, looks at me first and after blowing the cup of hot tea says to me: “The Lycantrop should win a first prize for his novel. He had nothing better to do that night when he wrote the article. no political party or candidate. This story must have been a joke, but the real problem is how he got James’s name and address. ”

I ask her if she feels spied on and persecuted and she replies “I don’t know. I continue to live prudently and responsibly. This time I don’t think I’m the one being persecuted and I don’t have a bug …”. Viking alludes to the fact that the article was personally placed, not published from a remote location, in the James and Magnus P.O.boxes in the United States. They live in different cities and states, have never met before and are only friends because they are friends with the Vikings.

The author is unknown, the target is unknown, Viking only knows that Lycantrop may know Italian or someone translated the article for him. James received an English version and Magnus received the Italian version. Francesca did not receive a copy. He does not know if the producer of “Hate Rock” and company received a copy because he did not hear anything from them. It does not exclude more copies being distributed in Europe, so you are waiting. She does not exclude that the article is published outside the “collectives” of the left. Magnus Torricelli wants to denounce the “invasion of privacy”, filmmaker James “will do something”, cameraman N. seems more interested in the fact that Francesca is single at the moment. Silvio doesn’t know anything about this story (officially). Donal MacIntyre has a new fan: Magnus’s grandmother. Lycantrop has disappeared into darkness. Will it reappear in Europe? End of Episode I.