#even the mail you get from the mall/ads have their own colors

[eru-iru]

looking again at ryoji's mail ui and he's color coded like sees and elizabeth (his colors being grays) then the rest of the s links having one color. ofc the story important characters are color coded lmao. sees!ryoji au with his ui would have these colors hmm hmm i kinda wanna draw it

[elisabettabiondi]

                                    THE MANY FACADES OF ELISABETTA BIONDI

I’M LIKE A CHAMELEON: I FIT IN EVERYWHERE, BUT NO ONE, NOT EVEN I, KNOWS WHERE I TRULY BELONG.

Below the Keep Reading is more details into her aliases. 

Can she survive the city: 

Lisabetta could survive the end of the world  but her personas/identities would be carnage in the war for survival. The identities she crafted would be what would not survive the city or the end of the world. She uses them like lipstick, a different shade for every occasion and easily discarded when they have served their purpose.

Diving Deep: 

Has different apartments around the world.

Studied theatre at university as one of her personas

The classes she learned the most from was: Intro to Acting / Learning a Dialectic / Stage Makeup / Stage Presence / Voice Training / Movement Training /  Stanislavski: Physical Action

Elisabetta’s Song: Remain Nameless by Florence + the Machine & Miss Nothing by the Pretty Reckless

Names/Identities: More insight into Elisabetta’s Identities

Dyes her hair or wears a wig. When she is solely embodying one identity for a long period of time she will dye her hair, perm it, cut it and do whatever else is necessary to keep the facade intact. Depending on who she is, what she is doing and the amount of time she spends as them, she will wear a wig, add extensions, fake a lob/bob, cut her hair, get a spray tan, avoid the sun to turn her complexion porcelain, perm/straighten her hair, add a piercing (whether fake or permanent that closes up as soon as she is with the job), airbrush on tattoos and other birthmarks (freckles, port wine stains, etc), scars, burns and anything else that is physical to change her appearance.

She is known for adding inserts in her shoes, cutting a quarter to a ½ inch off of one heel of her shoe to make it look like she has one shorter leg or a limp, add blocks to her shoes to aid in being heavy footed and has worn casts. She once went so far as dislocating her shoulder in order to keep an identity intact.

Has different scents for every persona.

For all of her identities, Lisabetta makes sure to cover up and conceal all scars that are her own or create scars, birth marks, port wine stains, etc. She has more make up and prosthetics than any theatre company or makeup artist on a film set. 

Árelía Sigurðardóttir

Icelandic.

Features: Light blue eyes, like that of the sky when the clouds are so thin the blue peeks through and it looks as if the white & blue have merged together. Tall. Light/Almost white blonde hair (example image).

Accent: Icelandic.

Known for: Her confidence, her walk (long strides, perfect posture, confident steps and eyes always forward). Thigh high boots, fur coats,  

Occupation: International Flight Attendant.

Changes Nastasia makes to become this identity: Nose. Using makeup, Nastasia alters the appearance of her nose by making it appear slimmer than it actually it is. Colored contacts. Wig or dyed hair, insoles in her shoes to add even more height to the heels that she wears. 

Scent: The smell of fresh sea sprays, or wet air after a thunderstorm (Sunflowers by Elizabeth Arden)

Song: Run the World by Beyoncé

Avery Turner

English 

Features: one blue eye and one brown/blue, dark, short, asymmetrical haircut

Accent: Essaxon 

Known for: Dark designer sunglasses, manicured nails with deep purple almost black polish, one blue eye and one brown/blue, hiring her own team of con-artists, never taking her sunglasses off until a job is in motion, minimalistic, monochromatic clothing (black, white & grey ), scar on her wrist, the feeling that she is always watching you

Occupation: Thief  

Important Info: If Nastasia ever takes on a job for hire that requires working with a team, this is the persona that she uses. She also uses it meet with those above her face to face. 

Scent: Coriander,  mandiran orange, jasmine, Bulgarian rose, cloves, clover. amber (Coco eau de parfum)

Song: She’s a Genius by Jet

Deirdre (pronounced: deerdra) Kennedy

Irish

Features: Green eyes, red curly hair, freckles covering her skin like that of stars in the sky.

Known for: Deep Green, almost black Turtlenecks pulled up high to her chin. Curls billowing in the wind all around her when the ribbon in her hair comes loose. She prefers a ribbon to a hair tie because the ribbon does not squash nor try to tame her curls. Short bitten nails. Irish accent.

Occupation:�� Book store employee

Changes Nastasia makes to become this identity: Freckles drawn on, colored contacts, curly red wig / dyed hair.

Scent: The smell of well worn books and fresh ground coffee

Song: Fairytale by Harry Gregson-Williams

 Sarah Smith

American - Midwest

Features: Brown eyes, brown hair, large nose

Known for: Being unremarkable. A wallflower. Glasses that do nothing for her features. Hunched shoulders, quiet voice, long skirts, dull/muted sweaters, mary jane shoes, someone easily looked over in high school and university. Not normal enough to blend in with the crowd, not book smart enough to be labeled a brainiac, not weird enough or inverted to be picked on and teased. She is like a penny, unwanted, more often than not, useless and always the first thing to fall out of your pocket and to be forgotten.

Occupation:

Changes Nastasia makes to become this identity: Hunches her shoulders, wears a wig, wears no makeup, makes sure she never gets enough sleep to look rested. Brown contacts. Prosthetic nose slightly larger than her own (a nose not too large to drawn attention but big enough to make her facial proportions not perfect/not ideal). Midwestern accent.

Scent: Free samples handed out in the mail/mall

Song: Thunder by Boys Like Girls

Belle

French

Known for: Long locks as dark as night. Sun kissed skin. No tan lines. Deep red lips as soft as silk. Manicured nails in every shade of dark red. Lace and sheer undergarments. Thigh high stockings with lace detail on top. Loboutin heels. Expensive bags. Expensive jewelry. Rich men on her arm. Warm skin. Black silk ties tied around men’s wrists.

Occupation: Escort

Changes: Black wig / dyes her hair black. A small beauty mark placed on the left side of her face just above the outer corner of her upper lip. Spray  tanned to give her that nice sun kissed glow.

Scent: Cedarwood, sandalwood and vetiver – raw and simple. Freshly sanded floors and sawdust. (FÉMINITÉ DU BOIS by Shiseido)

Song: Side to Side by Ariana Grande

Magnolia Breeland

American - Texas

Known for: Perfectly curled blonde hair and manicured nails. Pearls around her neck, white gloves, porcelain skin, Kentucky Derby Hats, dresses in pastel colors or print, southern charm, ice tea, bubbly personality. Laughing behind a gloved hand. Peach lips. Fresh picked flowers. Sitting on swings attached to trees. Prom Queen. Cheerleader (from middle school to college). A drop of a fresh fruit’s juice trailing down the corner of her mouth that needs to be wiped away, usually by the individuals she has charmed over. Lips tasting like strawberries and peaches, they are her favorite after all.

Occupation: Nanny

Changes: Very curled hair, headbands or hair clips placed perfectly in her hair, wig/dyed hair, wardrobe overhaul (this is one of the personas where she would never wear their entire in her actual life. Pastels, ruffles and full skirts are not for her.) Hazel contacts. ( If Betty from Riverdale & Lemon Breeland from Hart of Dixie had a child it would be Magnolia).

Scent: Soft, powdery … sweet, musky and creamy. (Miss Dior by Dior)

Song: Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles

[baronmagweb-blog]

How to Make Money Online During the Recession

Although we are presently confronted with what is generally thought to be the worst recession since the 1930s, the world of e-commerce continues to grow, showing few sign of peaking anytime soon. In an effort to get the most bang for the buck, savvy businesses and marketers are moving traditional ad spend dollars online in ever-increasing numbers.

This growth has not come without a price. Newspapers and periodicals across the country and around the world continue to fail at an alarming rate as readers (followed by representative ad dollars) continue to move to the Net.

Web 2.0 technologies present new opportunities and hazards

In an effort to make the most of this trend, thousands of astute Web surfers are actively learning to leverage Web 2.0 technologies in order to make money online during the economic downturn.

Just as surely as there are many eager to learn this nascent trade, so too is it certain that unscrupulous businesses and marketers will look to take advantage of these "e-newbies" with promises of riches from programs that "do all the work, while you need only sit back and count the cash." As we have heard too many times before, "if it sounds too good to be true…"

Most online marketers fail

The simple truth is that most surfers with little-to-no marketing experience who turn to e-commerce as an income source fail. However, it is important to note that failure is no less certain for those who try to make it on their own, than those that fall victim to scammers.

I will elaborate.

There is no better place to start a business than the Web

Despite the fact that most online business ventures fail, the potential for earning vast sums of money quickly is far greater online than off. The Web provides heretofore unforeseen opportunities to anyone with access to a pc and an internet connection. To boil it down to a single factor-the Internet provides potential access to a virtually unlimited consumer base for a tiny fraction of the cost required to reach those same consumers via traditional marketing methods. Those that understand this concept and implement an effective plan to take advantage of it become wealthy.

Brilliant Internet concepts and the riches that follow are not necessarily the fruits of experience

One favorite example of high concept is "The Million Dollar Homepage." This stroke of genius plan was hatched in August, 2005 by a young Englishman, Alex Tew, who needed a way to pay for university. In short, he decided that he would put up a Web page and sell space by the pixel (at $1.00 per pixel) to advertisers. He earned his million without spending a dime on advertising as Web surfers from around the world visited "The Million Dollar Homepage" just to see for themselves if it actually existed and what such a page would look like.

Of course, such high-concept sites are the exception and not the norm. People have made fortunes small and large with far more mundane ideas.

How much is one "dumb" idea worth?

In 1999 a shopper in San Francisco went in search of a certain type of shoe in a specific size and color. He left the mall tired, frustrated, and empty-handed. Back at home he decided that the task could be better handled online. His only problem was that there was no major online shoe retailer to buy from. That day, Nick Swinmurn founded Zappos.com. "Who would be dumb enough to buy shoes online-without even trying them on?" people asked. Hundreds of thousands of customers and millions of dollars later, Nick had his answer-almost everyone. Despite the recessionary woes faced by most retailers, Zappos did more than $1 billion dollars in sales last year.

Alex Tew's and Nick Swinmurn's dreams really only had one thing in common, the fact that they would not have been possible without the Internet and its low-cost access to millions of consumers worldwide.

OK, OK, I get it. But what's in it for me?

We're glad you asked, and the answer is, almost anything you want-if you are willing to learn the skills required.

While the internet continues to have many success stories, it has many more failure stories, and those remain mostly unheard. There are thousands of budding entrepreneurs who may have had a good idea, but didn't know how to effectively market it. Or, perhaps they were top-notch marketers, but had no idea on how to deliver the product cost-effectively. Or perhaps they just lacked the fortitude or the dollars to stick it out.

Please, no more stories; just get to the point. I have things to do.

While the Editors at Top 5 Online Jobs rarely agree about much, we are virtually unanimous in the opinion that most budding online entrepreneurs fail because they are generally undercapitalized and too easily discouraged by the almost inevitable initial failures. Far too often they quit just before reaching the "tipping point"-that magical moment when the idea begins to realize a profit.

From the mouths of hucksters…

If you are old enough to remember get-rich-quick king of "tiny classified ads" infomercials, Don Lapre, you might recall this pitch:

"If you can create and test one tiny classified ad in the newspaper that makes just $30-$40 profit in a week, it could make you a fortune, because the secret is learning how to take that one tiny classified ad that just made $30-$40 profit in a week and to realize that you can now take that same exact ad and place it in up to 3,000 other newspapers around the country…" You can almost smell the hair gel.

Despite Don's reportedly questionable business practices which made him subject of many a Better Business Bureau complaint, his thesis was correct. If nothing else, Don understood that the concept of scaling could be used in marketing to multiply a campaign that shows a small but consistent profit into a small (or even large) fortune.

Today's Web is a Don Lapre dream come true-potential access to a virtually unlimited number of eager consumers-if you can figure out how to reach them cost effectively. And while the ROI on successful Internet campaigns is difficult to match in the offline world, the Web is also a place rife with costly and frustrating hazards that chew up and spit out budding online entrepreneurs with clock-like regularity.

How shall I begin?

The very first thing is to decide what type of an entrepreneur you are or would like to be:

The Fiercely Independent Entrepreneur This person is a strong-willed, highly motivated, self-starter. This sometimes egotistical entrepreneur would rather succeed or fail on their own terms rather than follow in someone else's footsteps. This is a high-risk, high reward approach and not for someone who is easily dissuaded by initial failures. This entrepreneur's Achilles' heel is the tendency to enjoy the hunt more than the feast. However, this entrepreneurial type is far more likely to launch the next Million Dollar Homepage, Zappos or Twitter.

The Template Entrepreneur While also a highly motivated, self-starter, the template entrepreneur allows others to blaze the trail and follows only when they feel confident that the successes of the trailblazer can be achieved without suffering through the same mistakes. To this person the bottom line is the destination, not the journey. They generally prefer fast nickels to slow dimes, are willing to utilize the advice of experts, and are less likely to lose interest in a project once they have achieved success. It is of course far easier to navigate a path that has already been cleared, but the downside to this approach is that if they wait too long, it may be difficult to emulate the pioneer's results due to the inevitable increase in competition. And while this entrepreneur is less likely to launch the next Facebook, they are also more likely to turn a profit.

What do I sell online?

Here's where you have to make another big decision - should you begin by marketing your own product/service and keep 100% of the profits, or marketing someone else's product/service and keep a percentage of the profits?

For persons new to the world of e-commerce, we would suggest that you begin by selling someone else's product or service. Consider selling your own only after you have demonstrated a thorough understanding of Internet marketing techniques and achieved a satisfactory level of online success.

Affiliate Marketing

Many Internet marketers begin with affiliate marketing-the practice of advertising someone else's product or service in exchange for a commission for each sale referred.

The methods utilized most often by affiliate marketers include PPC (pay-per-click) marketing, posting links on your own search-engine-optimized, content-related website or blog, banner advertising, and e-mail/e-newsletter marketing. There are of course, other "outside-of-the-box" methods used by savvy "super-affiliates," but these are rarely revealed freely, as the key to successful affiliate marketing is referring traffic to the seller at the lowest possible cost.

For example, if you were to purchase 1000 clicks from Google by using their AdWords program and you paid $0.50 for each click, and 1% of the clicks resulted in sales, and each sale yielded a $10.00 commission; you would produce 10 sales and lose $400.00. Ouch.

Commission ($100) minus Cost ($500) equals Profit/Loss (-$400)

However, if you paid $0.05 for each click, assuming the same 1% conversion rate, you would profit $5.00 for each sale-a very healthy ROI (return on investment) of 100%.

Commission ($100) minus Cost ($50) equals Profit/Loss ($50)

Scaling Marketing Campaigns (the "Don Lapre Method") to Maximize Profits

Using the same parameters, an investment of $500 in AdWords clicks would return your $500 investment plus an additional $500 profit.

Commission ($1000) minus Cost ($500) equals Profit/Loss ($500)

Rather than be satisfied with a $500 profit on a $500 investment, once convinced that the results could be repeated with a reasonable degree of consistency, a savvy internet marketer would reinvest profits in increasingly greater amounts. If successful, the marketer would become wealthy in short order.

A Little Online Marketing Perspective

While you don't run into campaigns with 100% ROI on a daily basis, they certainly exist, and they have and will continue to make Internet millionaires of many. If we were to think of such a campaign as a machine into which you could put a single dollar and have it spit out two dollars a few days later, what that machine be worth? What would you be willing to pay for the plans to build such a machine?

But you don't need 100% ROI to make a very good living as an affiliate marketer working only a few hours per day from home. A fairly consistent ROI of 50% would be enough to allow you to quit your day job in relatively short order. All you really need are the plans to create your own ROI machine.

Building Plans for Sale

While some "super-affiliates" will take their methods to the grave, there are others that are willing to part with them-for a price. The trick is of course, to get the best possible "plans" at the lowest possible cost. All plans are not created equal.

It is our recommendation that persons new to Internet marketing seek out the mentoring of someone who has already become wealthy by creating high ROI affiliate campaigns (not by selling online courses). Contact this person and offer to work as an apprentice for an hour or two per day to learn the methods used to create and implement high ROI affiliate campaigns. Or simply ask them what they would charge for weekly phone consultation. Or if they give seminars or webinars, begin by attending one. Or if they offer a class, take it. Or if they offer an online course, buy it. Keep in mind that doing so will likely save you the time and cost of many of the initial failures encountered by most if not all Internet marketers.

If you find the right mentor and truly heed their advice, it would probably be difficult not to at least approach their level of success.

Finally: A Word about Work from Home/Online Job Scams

While there are certainly more than enough online scams to go around, it is amusing to hear programs created by some of today's top online marketers referred to as scams. To keep a bit of perspective it might be helpful to note that a college education generally costs tens of thousands of dollars. Somehow graduates who find themselves amongst the unemployed rarely refer to their degrees as scams. Yet, when someone takes an online course and fails to produce a profit within 30 days, the word "scam" is thrown around freely. We would suggest that students order thesis  of online courses also examine their own efforts before referring to anything that has been proven to work for others as a scam. The price of a book is never a guarantee of the knowledge within.

[canaryatlaw]

alright, well today was pretty fun. my alarm went off at 9:30 and I got up and got ready, then walked over to the spot and met up with Jess, and headed over to the vegetarian place, where we got the same things we always get (with the same waitress we always have, we’re very predictable). Enjoyed our brunch, then once we finished we ran next door (like literally next door) to the UPS store where I paid $1.67 to mail the Illinois government my $10 check for the taxes I apparently owed them. The whole thing was fairly ridiculous IMO, but whatever, it’s done now and at some point I should be getting a federal refund around $600 so that will be nice (which I’ll surely spend on con plans almost immediately). but once we finished there we walked back to Jess’ place and down the street where she had parked and began our journey to get something figured out with her car because the lease was almost up. We had gone to dealerships in a suburb (there’s not really many actual dealerships in the city the way there are in suburbs) a few weeks back and they gave us some price estimates to consider, but they were kinda sketchy and giving off a weird vibe so we were gonna try the dealership in another suburb that’s up by the fancy movie theatre we go to sometimes. So we get to the Honda dealership, and the plan is to buy her current car that she had been leasing as that would result in the cheapest monthly payment. so we sat down with the salesman and start running numbers it turned out keeping the car was actually going to be a lot more expensive than initially thought, and at this point it would be a cheaper monthly payment to get into a new lease, so we opted to do that instead. The current model she had was doing fine so they went to see what they had on site, and asked for colors, Jess said she liked the red she currently has and I said blue, which she agreed with as well. So more paperwork, signing things and reading contracts (as the Lawyer Friend™ that’s my designated duty, even though my position on adhesion contracts is that they’ll never hold up in court anyway). So they pull the car up and it’s like, the coolest shade of blue, like fairly dark in tone but also pretty bright if that makes any sense (someone suggested it was Tardis blue, and that’s probably pretty accurate) which we very much liked. So we checked it out, it was nice, a lot of upgraded stuff, so we finalized some stuff which ended up getting dragged out and taking forever so when we finished we were like okay let’s go lol. So they kept the former car and we drove off with the new one, we need to run the second key up to them this week once Jess’ parents mail it to her, so we’ll be back. So from there we drove over to the mall/movie theatre complex we like and went to buffalo wild wings because I told Jess we could go there despite me not being able to eat the majority of the menu, lol. It was very clear they were severely understaffed, we had to wait for someone to come to the hostess booth to get seated for a solid 10 minutes or so, and then waitress checking in would be kind of sporadic. and like, this is a situation where a lot of people would think this is bad service and I’m not going to give them a good tip, but I’m very much of the opinion that a restaurant being understaffed is not at all the fault of the waitstaff, and it being understaffed is only making their job harder and they’re clearly trying their best, I’m not going to make their day worse by leaving them a crappy tip when they get paid shit money from the restaurant and rely on those tips. So I have strong feelings about that, lol. I rarely ever reduce a tip below 25%, I’m a strong believer in solid tipping lol (blame my affluent childhood). So we had gotten cheese curds to share because of course and I was trying to just get something light because at that point we were planning on going to the cheesecake factory for dinner so we didn't want to fill up, so I ordered something listed as “roasted garlic mushrooms” which ended up being deep fried mushrooms and they were just....not good. so I ate a lot of cheese curds lol. From there we went to the movie theatre that’s right there, it’s the super fancy one where they’ll do things like bring you a blanket for free if you’re cold in the theatre and have like a full dining menu available including like $40 steaks 😂 it’s wild. Since we had just eaten we opted to keep it lighter, Jess got a milkshake and I just got some skittles. We had decided on seeing “Isn’t It Romantic” which is the one with Rebel Wilson, we had initially been considering the second lego movie or how to train your dragon 3 but they weren’t playing at that theatre because they recently redid it so it’s all 21 and over since there’s a lot of alcohol available, so they wouldn’t be playing kids movies (even if there are adults who would like to see them). But yeah, the movie was pretty funny, got some good shots in at romantic comedies in general which was amusing, and the casting was pretty well done. By the time we got out we still weren’t very hungry and we had been debating how to do things because there was also a bubble tea place next door we wanted to hit up, so we decided to just do the bubble tea and head home, and do the cheesecake factory when we come back on Wednesday to drop off the key. So we got bubble tea which was like in smoothie form this time (meaning that they blended the ice into it instead of adding it afterwards) and it was very good, I enjoyed it. We headed back from there, a little cautiously since it’s still a new car to get used to, but we made it. Jess dropped me off, I got up to my apartment and ditched my uncomfortable jeans for the leggings I was wearing underneath them (they were ripped jeans and not suitable for wearing in the winter on their own), and then spent a while ripping the clutter in my room apart to make sure I had all the aspects of my cosplays for next weekend ready and good to go, so that took a bit of time. I’ll have to commit to actually clean up my room sometime this week, because it’s pretty messy at the moment. But once I had everything accounted for I moved to the couch and watched some more of The Americans until I decided to shower and start getting ready for bed, then I of course dawdled and wasted time, but then I did start writing and now I am here. Church in the morning, I’m not 100% sure which service I’m gonna be in the babies room for, I was initially signed up for the 11:30 but someone for the 10 am just cancelled and they’re generally busier, so it might be a good idea for me to switch to that one. Idk, we’ll see how things play out in the morning. And on that note it’s definitely time for me to go to bed, so I’m going to do that now. Goodnight babes. Hope you’ve had an awesome weekend so far.

[artikgato]

Souyowrimo day 26

Prompt list here, other completed prompts in this tag.

Only four left...but three days left in the year...

Day 26 - Shopping

“Nanako,” Yosuke groaned, slumping down in his chair and letting his head rest on the table in front of him, face down. “It’s been hours and we still haven’t found anything to get for him.”

“Big Bro is really hard to buy for,” Nanako acknowledged. She sighed and he heard a thump from her side of the table, and figured that she had probably put her head down too.

Nanako was staying with the two of them for her holiday break this year. According to Souji, the pressure of exams had gotten to her and she’d decided that she needed a break from her dad and had packed some bags and gotten on the train...and then called him. Of course she was always welcome in their apartment, and both Souji and himself were delighted to have her there. It had seemed, in fact, like a godsend to Yosuke, because who better to help him pick out a Christmas gift for Souji than his beloved little sister?

As it turned out, she was just as stumped as he was.

“We’ve looked in every store in this mall except for the pet store,” Yosuke grumbled, sitting up. Nanako perked up, raising her head to look at him with a look of hope on her face, but he shook his head, dashing her hopes immediately. “We can’t have more than one pet according to our rental agreement.”

“Well...maybe we can get some cat toys? A new bed? A scratching post? A cat tree?” she asked, sitting fully up. He shook his head.

“Anything we buy won’t be as nice as what Souji’s already bought,” he replied, with an annoyed chuckle. “I swear, he spend more money on that cat than he spends on himself most of the time. I can’t say I regret getting the cat for him last year, but…”

“Yeah...kind of hard to one-up a cat,” Nanako finished. She grabbed her abandoned coffee and took a swig of it. Yosuke made a face.

“I still don’t get how you can drink that black,” he told her, eyeballing his own coffee - which had so much cream and sugar in it that it was a pale tan color. She laughed.

“Dad says I’m so sweet that I don’t need to add anything to my coffee,” she replied, with a wink. Yosuke laughed too.

“Well that explains Souji too...but I guess that means I’m so bitter that I need all the cream and sugar I can get?” he asked.

“That’s why you and Big Bro are perfect for eachother,” Nanako explained. She put her coffee down and gave him a look. “Actually...there is one other store we didn’t go in.” Yosuke started to sweat - he knew what she was talking about, but hoped that he could get out of this conversation by hiding behind his coffee cup. “The jewelry store.”

“Aha, well, you know your Big Bro, he doesn’t really do jewelry, Nanako…” Yosuke attempted to deflect. She put her hands palms-down on the table and leaned over it a little bit, fixing him with a stern look.

“You know what I’m talking about, Yosuke-nii,” she said, and he almost laughed at the absurdity of her using that nickname for him in the gravest tone imaginable. He sighed.

“Same-sex marriage isn’t legal in Japan yet, Nanako,” he explained. She sat back and shrugged.

“So? You can at least get him a ring,” she argued. He took another long drink of his coffee, and she rolled her eyes. “Oh, come on. You can’t be thinking he’ll reject you?” Yosuke averted his eyes, pretending to get very invested in the display of lights across the walkway from them. Nanako sighed. “You two have been living together since college! Anyone that spends more than five minutes with you two can see that you’re stupidly in love. Heck, I was only a little kid back when you two were in high-school and even I could tell, all the way back then! What’s the hold up?”

“I’m just...worried, is all,” Yosuke finally replied, putting down his coffee and facing her fully. “Not that Souji will reject me. We’ve talked about marriage, you know? I…” he trailed off, reaching up to scratch at his hair with a groan. “Souji’s got a really great job. He loves it. I don’t want to do anything that would put him at risk. And...it may not seem like much, but a ring? He’d either have to lie and tell his boss and coworkers that he got engaged to a girl, or tell them the truth, and getting outed at work totally gets people fired.”

“...that blows,” Nanako swore, and Yosuke raised an eyebrow at her, with a fond grin.

“You’ve been hanging around Kanji, haven’t you?” he asked, and she laughed.

“How can you tell?” she asked. They both laughed.

“Okay so...we can’t get him another cat, and a ring’s out...hmm,” Nanako said. “Back to square one.”

“What do you get for the person that has everything?” Yosuke grumbled. “Maybe we should try another mall?”

“We should probably go back to your place and drop off all of the other stuff we’ve bought,” Nanako pointed out, gesturing to the dozen or so bags that were sitting at their feet.

“That’s...probably a good idea,” Yosuke conceded. “Man...how come all of our other friends are so easy to buy for?” Nanako giggled in response. She gathered up their now-empty coffee cups and took them to a nearby trashcan while Yosuke gathered up the numerous bags of gifts that they’d accumulated.

“We’re gonna have a hell of a time getting all of these with us to Inaba,” Yosuke pointed out, and Nanako shrugged.

“We’ll manage,” Nanako reassured him.

On the way back to the apartment they passed by a bookstore, and ducked in momentarily to look around at Nanako’s suggestion. The problem was, there were already a couple of bookshelves in the apartment, full to bursting with all kinds of books - books Souji had gotten for himself, books everyone else had gotten for him, books from his coworkers and parents… and he had books about everything from tarot to mythology to cats to fishing. Yosuke didn’t want to risk getting him a book that he knew Souji was after, because chances were he’d already managed to get a copy and it was in the mail or something.

“Ahah!” Nanako suddenly exclaimed, and Yosuke poked his head around one of the rows of bookshelves, to find her triumphantly holding a book with the title “The Kitchen Vegetable Garden”.

“Oh, that’s right, you two had a little garden back when we were in high school,” Yosuke commented, approaching her and setting the bags down at his feet.

“Excuse you, I’m still taking care of the garden, thank you,” Nanako corrected. Yosuke reached out and took the book from her, flipping it over to read the synopsis on the back.

“We could probably find some little pots and seeds and stuff fairly easily...good find, Nanako-chan! Oh, but we’ll have to pay attention and make sure nothing we grow is toxic to cats…” Yosuke pointed out.

“This book has a section about pet-friendly plants!” Nanako proudly pointed out, and Yosuke, impressed, flipped to the section she was talking about.

“Alright...so, this can be your gift, and I’ll get him all the supplies he needs. Deal?” Yosuke asked, handing the book back to her. She nodded, grinning. While she went to the counter to buy the book, Yosuke used his phone to pull up a list of nearby stores that sold gardening supplies.

They ended up spending the rest of the day in a little gardening shop, asking the owner, a young lady by the name of Okumura, for advice. They ended up with pots and trays, a bag of soil, a cute little watering can with cats all over it (of course), and a bunch of seeds. Yosuke had picked up catnip on his own, and Nanako had thrown in a bunch of other herb seeds after checking to make sure they weren’t toxic to cats. The shopkeeper had also suggested chamomile, scallions and salad greens, and had given them some seeds to them for free.

“They aren’t quite as tasty as regular vegetables, but they’re easy to grow indoors,” she’d said, when she’d handed the seed packets to Yosuke. There were labeled “sun tomatoes” and “moonlight carrots”. When he asked if they were okay for cats, she’d just giggled and assured him that cats could eat them, though they may not like the taste. Yosuke just ended up thanking her and adding the seeds to the pile. Getting everything home was a hassle, and figuring out how to wrap the watering can was even more of a hassle, but Yosuke knew it would be worth it to see his partner’s face when he unwrapped all of it.

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15 Best Swift and Xcode App Templates (+2 Free)

Do you want to save time and money building your Swift app? An Xcode app template makes it easy to get started building your iOS app. 

Developing an app from scratch is a costly and time-consuming process, but a Swift app template makes it more affordable because much of the code is already written for you. 

A good app templates will come with all the features you need to create your own mobile app. You only need to follow the instructions in the documentation to customize and add elements that will make your app unique.

App templates are coded to ensure your app to runs efficiently. They offer UI consistency and performance that can only come from native apps.

Top-Selling Xcode App Templates for 2020 on CodeCanyon

Grab one of these best-selling Xcode templates. Depending on the license that you purchase for a template, you can either use it as a learning tool or offer it as a real product on the App Store. 

15 Best Xcode App Templates on CodeCanyon

There are plenty of Swift and Xcdoe app templates on CodeCanyon. Let´s have a look. 

1. Bestselling: MStore Pro 

If you have a brick and mortar store and you want to build your eCommerce store in the shortest time possible, you’re in good hands with MStore Pro. And if you’re a developer pressed for time, this app template is your friend. It supports WooCommerce integration, AdMob and Facebook ads, push notifications, and multiple payment gateways. 

2. Bestselling: Universal for iOS 

Universal for iOS is a template that anyone can use to create amazing apps using content from all around the web. No coding knowledge is needed. It supports many content sources including WordPress, YouTube, Flickr, Tumblr, Twitter, Pinterest, and more. 

It comes with lots of features, including AdMob for monetization and in-app purchases if your user wants to have ad-free content. You can also change your content remotely.

And of course this universal Swift app template comes with a complete Xcode template, so you can get your app up and running quickly.

3. Trending: Dating App

Making the world less lonely one person at a time is easy through the Dating App. The iOS version of this app is built with Xcode 10.3 using Swift 5. Its long list of must-have features that will keep users engaged includes a full-featured admin panel that allows you to manage user accounts, view personal conversations, account and gallery moderation, and manage advertising. To boost your revenue, you can add in-app purchases and AdMob ads. 

4. Trending: WebViewGold

The WebViewGold app template is another great Swift app template template that allows users to convert a website's content into an app. It does so by using a Swift Xcode package to wrap the URL or local HTML into an iOS app. The real genius of this app template, though, is that it does its work in just a few clicks, so no coding knowledge is required! WebViewGold is optimised for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

5. SuperView—WebView App for iOS 

SuperView is a template designed to let web developers easily create a native iOS container for their website. It provides some basic functionality, including a toolbar with back, forward, and refresh buttons, but it keeps your website front and centre. 

This template also adds a lot of extra features you can take advantage of in your app, including Firebase or OneSignal push notifications, GPS support, social network login, Google AdMob, and support for right-to-left languages such as Arabic.

6. AdForest—Classified Native IOS App

Consider AdForest if you're looking to manage product listings for your ad posting website. It comes with handy features like Google Maps integration, radius search, featured ads, social media registration and login, seller ratings, and more. Once you install it, you can make the necessary changes, and your app is ready to use. And since it's completely white labeled, you can upload it to the iOS App Store with your business's brand name.

7.  Classify—Classifieds App Template for iOS

If you're looking for a template to help you create a classified ad app, then check out Classify, a universal app template that you can use to develop your own mobile classifieds service app. End users will be able to post and edit ads using their mobile device of choice. The classifieds swift app allows end users to do everything you’d expect, like browse listings by categories, search for what they need, and contact the seller.  

8. iOS Recipe App

The iOS Recipe App template gives you an app which displays various recipes based on categories, including a user-customisable favourites category. The screen for viewing the details of a recipe supports multiple images, sharing, and smooth transitions. 

All the recipe data is stored in an XML file which can be easily edited or replaced with data loaded from a server. This template also includes quite a few extra features, including a shopping list, Google AdMob integration, push notifications, and a sliding menu on the left side of the app.

9. Events—Events App Template for iOS

The Events app template allows you to create your own mobile iOS events app to store and share events happening all over the world. End users are able to submit new events, and you can approve and add them in your Parse dashboard. 

The Xcode template also has a button that enables end users to automatically add an event on their native iOS calendar and to open its address in Maps to get directions. They can also share the event via their social media platform of choice.  More features include transaction history, push notification, user feedback, analytics which track customer interests, and so much more.

10. woopy—Listings and Chat App Template for iOS

woopy is an app template that allows developers to create listing apps that facilitate the buying and selling of used and hand-crafted items online. Users can browse by keyword or category. They can also chat with sellers or potential buyers and give feedback on each transaction.

For sellers, one outstanding feature of this Xcode template is the ability to add a ten-second video to their listings. Another is the app’s optional email verification system that gives buyers and sellers extra assurance by posting a verification symbol next to the user’s name.

11. WebView Swift App

The WebView Swift app template is the perfect choice to turn your website into an app with a native-seeming look and feel. It is made using Swift 5 and Xcode 11. You can easily customize it by changing the colors of buttons and text, and even hiding them using config files. It also includes a Swift 4.2 for Xcode 10 version if you prefer to work with that version. 

12. appyMap

appyMap is an excellent app for browsing different locations and points of interest near the user's current location. The template allows you to split up points of interest into various groups which, if you want, can easily be locked behind an in-app purchase. 

appyMap also lets you choose between using either Apple's CloudKit or a local .plist file for your data. Additionally, this template features AdMob integration if you want to use it.

13. Store Finder

When you need to find a specific item or store and don’t want to spend all day driving from one end of town to the other or doing laps around the mall, a store finder app is a lifesaver. Enter the Store Finder app template, a developer’s dream, with a long list of must-have features like photos, call, email and SMS integration, comments, Google directions, social media logins, pinch and zoom function, and so much more.

14. Feedews—News App Template for iOS

Feedews is a highly customizable RSS feed reader that get all news in one place. You can show news in categories. You can also share articles to social networks and mail! 

In addition, you can send push notification to all registered users by using the Parse push web. 

15. Instagram iOS Template

Instagram iOS Template is your go to photo-sharing Xcode app template if you want to build your own photo sharing app with social functionalities such as likes, comments, and so on. 

Users can create profiles, message each other in real time, share photos and videos with playback. 

You can also activate Admob to monetize your app. It comes with well-written documentation that includes video support. 

2 Free Swift App and XCode App Templates 

1.  Swift Radio 

Swift Radio is an open source radio station app with robust and professional features. There are over 80 different apps accepted to the app store using this code! The open source code for Swift Radio  can be found on GitHub.

2. Youtube iOS Template

The open source code for this YouTube iOS App Clone can be found on Github.

What Makes a Great Xcode Template?

When you're choosing an app template, keep the following factors in mind: 

Ease of Use

It has to be so simple that someone with no coding expertise can easily learn and use it. The documentation should be clear. 

Customization

The template should be easy to customize so that the finished app can reflect your unique style and branding. Customization should not take a lot of time. 

Design

Simplicity is key. The design of the template should be intuitive, uncluttered, and consistent from screen to screen. 

Cost

Compare the prices of other templates and see what fits your budget.

Social Login and Sharability

Make it easy for users to log in from their social media. Enable them to publicize your app by sharing it with others through social media.

Ratings and Reviews

Let customers know they can trust your product or service. 

Downloads

The number of downloads is proof that a template is popular among users and that they trust the provider. 

Security and Frequent Updates

Regular updates mean the developer cares about the security of the template. Your choice of an app template should factor this in. 

Support

Make sure that the seller offers support. Check what other users say about the quality of support from the provider. 

Integration With Payment and Marketing Gateways 

These allow for revenue through advertising, subscriptions, and so on. 

Launch Your Mobile App With a Great Template

This article lists just a few of the popular Swift and Xcode app templates available on CodeCanyon. If you are looking for inspiration or you're building an application and need help with a particular feature, then you may find your answer in some of these templates.

Put one of these templates to use right now, or check out some of the other templates for complete apps available on CodeCanyon. 

Premium App Templates From CodeCanyon

CodeCanyon is an online marketplace that has hundreds of mobile app templates—for Android, iOS, React Native, and Ionic. You can save days, even months, of effort by using one of them.

If you want to improve your skills building iOS apps and templates, then check out some of our other posts on iOS app development.

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Sam Roasts the AMA!

No, not the American Music Awards, they rock! Or don't... I think it depends on your category. Anyway, in case you don't know, AMA means "Ask Me Anything". It's a kind of group-interview where questions come from a peanut gallery instead of an individual interviewer. I created an AMA on AMAFeed.com today and then immediately after creating it, I needed help with it, which wasn't forthcoming. There's no help link on the site, no forum, just an FAQ and a contact form, which is kinda weird. (I did later discover a reference to a support email address.)

So since there wasn't any way to revise the details of my AMA or correct any of the mistakes I'd made, I submitted the following on their contact form:

Hey there. So, I signed up today and created my first AMA here:

https://comicsama.com/sam-dealey-roasts-himself-an-ama-on-comedy-comics-and-why-laughter-is-a-467977/

It's pretty obvious from the description of the AMA that mistakes were made! :P However, there appears to be no way for me to correct those mistakes, including even any way to cancel the AMA and start over. Does AMA Feed intend to cater to a group of perfect, error-proof extraterrestial supercomputers? Or perhaps to nihilistic philosophers who believe that the mistakes of our past must be preserved as a reminder of the meaninglessness of existence?

Thanks,

Sam "the Snark" Dealey

p.s. If the answer here is any of

silence

"we'll correct those mistakes for you this once"

just create a new one

then you don't know how to do your job and I'll just pass on having an AMA with you, including this one I've already created.

It wasn't until after I had sent this message to them that I noticed this ridiculousness in their terms of service.

License

Unless otherwise stated, AMAFEED LLC and/or it’s licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on AMAFEED LLC All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may view and/or print pages from https://amafeed.com/ for your own personal use subject to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You want me to hold an AMA on your site, but you reserve exclusive copyright to all my answers? Right, because AMAFeed.com is a business and you're hoping that you can make money off of the AMAs you've hosted in the future. There aren't ads on the site... yet. But then you expressly state in your FAQ that we're not allowed to create AMAs that are "veiled attempts to solicit money." Mixed Messaged much? If you have no intention of making money from these, why try to claim exclusive copyright to the content? "We're just here for the sole benefit of the public, we have no concern for our personal interests. We just want total control over whatever you're going to say, without paying you for it, to make sure everyone else gets a chance to hear it!"

But it doesn't really matter that you've said we can't solicit money, because while your FAQ says we can't do that, your Terms of Service say nothing about it! Nor does your ToS say anything about you having the right to remove that content (although you do anyway). So technically, you've given us no legal obligation there, Sherlock.

Also... you know that facts can't be copyrighted, right? In all likelihood most of the answers I'm going to give you can't have any legal control over because they'll be facts. Like when someone asks "what's your favorite pie" and I answer "the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter." Or when I answer "nine inches" to "how big is... a personal pan pizza." There might be some flair in the way I express them, but they're still facts, they can't be copyrighted. Might not be a bad idea to keep an eye on Twitter's legal battle over content rights as well.

You must not:

Republish material from https://amafeed.com/

Sell, rent or sub-license material from https://amafeed.com/

Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from https://amafeed.com/

Ooops! Too late. Come and get me. I wish you luck in your futile attempts to sue.

Redistribute content from AMAFEED LLC (unless content is specifically made for redistribution).

Need I even mention that you didn't get this into your bullet list? If proofreading a legal document isn't high on the priorities list, was legal advice for a legal document on that list?

... <removed "User Comments" section> ...

Hyperlinking to our Content

The following organizations may link to our Web site without prior written approval:

Government agencies;

Search engines;

News organizations;

Online directory distributors when they list us in the directory may link to our Web site in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Web sites of other listed businesses; and

Systemwide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.

You forgot "private citizens" and "any other kind of organization". D'oh! What on earth makes you think you get to control who LINKS to you? Do you get that privilege offline? "No, sorry, only Jeff is allowed to tell people where our store is located. Isn't that right Jeff? He's good at keeping secrets, I'm sure our rocket-launcher store will be in business for a long time, as long as Jeff is in charge!"

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Web site information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

Whew! Well, I sure am glad these links fit within the context of my roast! Wait... why did we start over at 1 again? Did you forget how to internet or did you forget how to outline? If you have a 1, you have to have a 2 following it, that's how these things work.

We may consider and approve in our sole discretion other link requests from the following types of organizations:

commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources such as Chambers of Commerce, American Automobile Association, AARP and Consumers Union;

dot.com community sites;

associations or other groups representing charities, including charity giving sites, online directory distributors;

internet portals;

accounting, law and consulting firms whose primary clients are businesses; and

educational institutions and trade associations.

My site is educational, I should have no problem. ;) At least we finally got to 2.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we determine that: (a) the link would not reflect unfavorably on us or our accredited businesses (for example, trade associations or other organizations representing inherently suspect types of business, such as work-at-home opportunities, shall not be allowed to link); (b)the organization does not have an unsatisfactory record with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility associated with the hyperlink outweighs the absence of AMAFEED LLC; and (d) where the link is in the context of general resource information or is otherwise consistent with editorial content in a newsletter or similar product furthering the mission of the organization.

Look, you can put whatever you want in a contract. Your contract can say that only people with blue skin are allowed to link to you if you want, but that's not going to make a court uphold your desire to only let Andorians, Na'vi, Smurfs and two characters from the X-Men movies link to you. Nor will it protect you from bad press like this. That's just fact. Sue me, I could use the publicity. Also, "the benefit to us from the visibility associated with the hyperlink outweighs the absence of AMAFEED LLC;" ... I dunno, I think the absence of sentence structure is more disturbing.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Web site information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and it products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

Did you just stroke out in the middle of writing your ToS or did you intend to write two similar but subtly distinct versions of the this paragraph?

If you are among the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must notify us by sending an e-mail to TOS. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information (such as a phone number and/or e-mail address) as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Web site, and a list of the URL(s) on our site to which you would like to link. Allow 2-3 weeks for a response.

Wait, are we talking about the actual paragraph 2 or the second paragraph 1?

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Web site as follows:

By use of our corporate name; or

By use of the uniform resource locator (Web address) being linked to; or

By use of any other description of our Web site or material being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party's site.

Wait... using the name of someone's company counts as a link?! All this time, I thought it required use of HTML! Well... I guess 20 years in the software engineering industry can only get me so far.... Oh, wait, you meant the content WITHIN the link! Gotcha! Ah, well, I think in this context Truck Nuts might be the most appropriate label. That makes as much sense as this ToS.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Web site. You agree to immediately remove all links to our Web site upon such request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and its linking policy at any time. By continuing to link to our Web site, you agree to be bound to and abide by these linking terms and conditions.

"By continuing to link... you agree to be bound"... that's a little presumptuous. How do you know I'm into bondage?

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Web site or any linked web site objectionable for any reason, you may contact us about this. We will consider requests to remove links but will have no obligation to do so or to respond directly to you.

Our demands for link removal must be met IMMEDIATELY and without question! Your demands for link removal will go on our pile for review. Don't be surprised if we tell you to talk to the hand because the face ain't listenin'.

Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

In particular, we do not warrant that this ToS will contain English sentence structures or bear any resemblance to any existing legal precedent. THE AMAFEED HAS SPOKEN!

Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law in respect of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill).

... up to and including any reasonable care or skill not used in the creation of the legal document you're currently reading.

Nothing in this disclaimer will:

limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;

limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

Are you just stating the obvious, or did you think it was actually necessary to state that this contract can't break the law? "Be it known that this contract shall not permit extortion, robbery or murder! Furthermore, in the state of Alabama... do you have some place to be? This might take a while..."

To the extent that the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

Speaking of which, if you are planning to sue me for linking to you, I'd like to direct you to my site's Terms of Service, which plainly state that, since my roasting services here are provided free of charge, I will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

So, given that I'm publishing this roast of their ToS which seems a bit hypocritical and overly handsy with their demands that we not speak negatively about the AMA Feed, it seems unlikely they'll let me host any AMAs with them now. Not that I'm complaining too much. I thought it could be a fun way to talk with some folks, but they're certainly not the only way to hold an AMA. If you have a recommendation for a place to hold an AMA (I know reddit is an option), leave a comment. Or if you think Reddit's the best place, leave that comment too.

I'll be publshing my Laughtifesto this week, explaining why I say Laughter is a Moral Imperative. :D If you'd like to keep up with my comedy, subscribe to the mailing list on our site or you can follow our Patreon, with or without pledging. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Don't let your racist uncles get you down. ;P

Update! Nov 21, 2017

So it turns out that the folks at AMA Feed are actually pretty nice people. They replied to me right away (though to be fair, I'm pretty sure they haven't seen this roast yet, and I haven't mentioned it to them). So we'll see. Maybe the'll have a good sense of humor about this too, or maybe they'll can my AMA before it starts in March. :P

Hello Samuel

Thank you for getting in touch and I am pleased to say there is a way to edit AMAs. When designing the UI we went for minimalistic and I guess one could argue we have gone over the top, hey. To edit your AMA https://comicsama.com/sam-dealey-roasts-himself-an-ama-on-comedy-comics-and-why-laughter-is-a-467977/ make sure you are logged in with the account you created it (it is a common mistake I've noticed to try edit an AMA when not logged in or logged into another account), then click the 3 dots next to the countdown and you will see a drop down with options, edit is there.

Hope that helps, let me know how you get on.

P.S. Maybe 100 days is a tad too long?:)

Best

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Tatiana Bonneau

*Marketing Director*

*AMAfeed*

So props to Tatiana for being a good sport! I think she handled my snarky comment form beautifully, and fast.

I suspect they have some kind of bug in their software. And I told Tatiana, I had actually already tried those dots, immediately after creating the AMA, so I assume I was still logged in with the same account, given that only a second or two had elapsed. At the time, the only item in that menu was "report" (for content that violates their terms). That seemed a bit odd in itself that the menu ony had one entry.

Yes, the 100 days is a bit long. :P I set the date out a ways to get us past the holidays and to be about the time of our Kickstarter. I'm not certain actually if the date will stay on the 1st of March or if I'll change it to another day that week, but it gives me about a month after my first endocrinologist appointment. I'm hoping that by then the blood-sugar roller coaster I've been on will be a little better as it's been draining a lot of my time in recent months and a lot of my work has been behind schedule due to that and other errands and doctor appointments. Plus, we've got holidays between now and then.

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What You Need to Know About Online Shopping

Remember when you basically had two options for shopping? Before the internet, you would either head to the mall or make a purchase through a mail-order catalog. Times certainly have changed. With the evolution of online shopping, purchasing items is as easy as the click of a mouse. As online shopping has advanced, so have the techniques that companies use to influence you to make a purchase. There's a science behind what sways people to purchase products. Just like a store's layout and product placement can encourage you to put an item in your cart, a retailer's website can too. More and more retailers, marketers and ad agencies are using neuromarketing (marketing techniques developed from brain-science studies) to influence your feelings about their products, what you'll buy and how much you'll spend. This makes it harder to resist impulse purchases and can put a big dent on your finances. For example, you may not realize how the colors, location of objects and text, or the order of prices on your screen influence your decision-making, but the people who put them there do. What's more, unlike brick-and-mortar stores, which often have times they're closed, online shopping is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week from your computer or any mobile device. So, if you have a late-night urge to splurge, it's easy to do so. Here are six tips to keep you in check when shopping online:    Determine what you are going to buy before you go online - Make a list of the items you need and then stick to it. Avoid clicking on other related items or recommendations such as "People who bought this item also purchased... " to limit the temptation to buy more than you'd planned. If you loved this post and you would certainly like to obtain even more info relating to low price shopping app kindly see our own web site.    Limit your shopping time so you are focused and efficient - Just like you can only put so much in your cart at a brick-and-mortar store during a quick stop, you are less likely to load up on items you don't need online when time is of the essence.    Set an online shopping budget and don't waver - Then comparison shop to get the most bang for your buck. Also, perform a quick search to see if there are any active coupon codes for the site you're purchasing from. Whether it's a percentage off an item or an entire purchase, or an offer for free shipping, coupon codes can add up quickly and help you save big.    Be wary of online auction sites - Online sellers know how to exploit the adrenaline rush and excitement of online bidding, which means you could end up paying more for an item than it's actually worth if winning the auction outweighs the value of the item. If you do shop them, be sure to know an item's true value and commit to not spending more than that amount.    Don't shop when you aren't at your best - Just like you shouldn't go grocery shopping when you're hungry, you shouldn't shop online when you are stressed or in an urgent need to buy something. Doing so might make you more vulnerable to purchasing items you may not really want or need.    Track your spending - Whether you're buying smaller-ticket items - such as an app, music or movies - or larger-ticket ones, it's easy to lose track of how much you've spent. Make a list or track your spending on a spreadsheet. Also, there are several free personal finance websites that can help you log your online - and offline - spending to help you stay on top of these expenses.  

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GISHWHES 2016 List Of Items

Lots of other people have posted this list since 2016’s scavenger hunt, but I’m uploading it here (drastically belated, I know) for my own collection. The 2016 hunt ran between July 31st and August 5th, and the winning team went to Iceland with Misha Collins. This list contains all of the hunt items, their value in points, and whether they were submitted as photos or videos - including deleted items. (Registration for the 2017 hunt closes VERY SOON, and this may be the final hunt! Sign up at gishwhes.com!)

[ see also: 2011 list // 2012 list // 2013 list // 2014 list // 2015 list ]

Disclaimer: I am not Misha Collins, nor am I directly affiliated with him, or any of his team at gishwhes.com. However, they did apparently name their 2012 Fograt mascot after this tumblr blog. Which is the coolest thing that’s ever happened, obviously. (“Tales of an Injured Fog Rat” was created in 2010 with that title. I’ve been archiving the item lists since the hunt’s conception in 2011).

Also, yes, the cursor is a penis. I’m only a little bit sorry.

#1. PHOTO or VIDEO. 32 POINTS. There’s something you used to do for your significant other when you first met them. Something that made them smile… It’s been years since you did this. Do it now.

#2. VIDEO. 123 POINTS. A freight train engine pulling a tiny flatcar (a utility flatcar, not a big cargo flatcar) with a woman dressed in Victorian attire, sitting at a writing desk with a vase of flowers on it, writing a letter to her beloved.

#3. PHOTO or VIDEO. 21 POINTS. “Someday your face will freeze like that!” said every mother ever. The 2016 Summer Olympics has added Competitive Gurning to their roster and you are your country’s champion. Put on your Olympic uniform and let’s see your medal-winning, face-making moves. Judgment will be on technical merit, artistry, and execution. A perfect 10 takes the gold.

#4. PHOTO or VIDEO. 57 POINTS. Dentist's offices are notorious for playing dreary elevator music. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Get dental work done while a string quartet plays live music in the room.

#5. PHOTO or VIDEO. 37 POINTS. In the middle of a mall food court, you and a friend (one or more) play a nice game of badminton - we must see the tennis whites, the net, rackets, etc.

#6. PHOTO. 54 POINTS. Submit two images, side-by-side. If you have or know a child under 6, have them draw a family portrait. Now, get your family to pose EXACTLY as they drew you all in the drawing. Try to replicate the clothing, individual heights and anything you need to do or add to your bodies to contort them to what the child drew.

#7. VIDEO. 44 POINTS. Are you still jogging occasionally? Good. Be sure to try out this year's latest fashion craze: pineapple shell shoes with matching pineapple caps to protect you from the sun. Let’s see you (carefully) jogging in public.

#8. VIDEO. 87 POINTS. Get "This week, GISHWHES is making the world measurably weirder…” or similar text on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen of a major network or cable news channel.

#9. PHOTO. 27 POINTS. Care homes, rehab facilities, and hospitals have many patients and clients who can't read for themselves. Contact a local center and offer your services to read for an hour or two (or more) during the Hunt Week. If photo evidence with the patient is a sensitive issue, ask the care staff for a photo or documentary evidence of your contribution. - Monica Duff

#10. PHOTO. 26 POINTS. Find the coupon section from your most recent newspaper. Cut out at least five coupons. Go to the store and leave the coupons on the shelf taped next to the relevant items with a note “From the Coupon Fairy!”. - Elizabeth Fiedler

#11. PHOTO. 47 POINTS. You (a human) must re-enact this photo (not pets allowed): http://markobbie.com/wordpress1/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dog-firehose.jpg

#12. PHOTO. 58 POINTS. I have to travel a lot for work, so I’ve learned a thing or two about working the system. It turns out, if you package yourself properly you can send yourself by mail for a fraction of the cost of an airline ticket. Transform your appearance into a first-class parcel and have a friend deliver you to the post office for shipping. Don’t actually ship yourself— just get a photo of your packaged self being weighed at the post office, in a bin at a post office with other packages, or being loaded into a mail truck.

#13. PHOTO. 32 POINTS. It’s a well-known fact that Pablo Picasso was a huge “Supernatural” fan. He painted portraits of Mark Sheppard, Jensen Ackles, Ruth Connell, Sam Smith, Richard Speight Jr., Matt Cohen, Jared Padalecki, Andrew Dabb, Rob Benedict, Misha Collins, Bob Singer, and many of the other cast and crew members. Sadly, until now, these great works have been lost to the world. Fortunately, your team has unearthed one of these priceless works.

#14. PHOTO. 38 POINTS. Live your dream. You know, the one you had while you were sleeping last night. - Julie Reynolds

#15. PHOTO or VIDEO. 105 POINTS. (slow-mo or real-time). This is the final showdown between the Haves and the Have-nots. Show up Monday afternoon at NO LATER than 12 PM at Dolores Park in San Francisco (the flat side of the park at Dolores Park entrance). If your team name has an odd number of letters in it, you are an executive and you must dress business-snazzy. If your team name has an even number of letters in it, you are a member of the proletariate and you must dress in over-alls or blue-collar apparel. Bring at least 12 water balloons (pre-filled with water). At exactly 12:10 PM, the ultimate water balloon battle will ensue. It will last exactly 7 minutes! After this time has expired, the battle will be over and BOTH teams MUST clean up the water-balloon shrapnel (see below). You must have a friend capture the event with a video or photo (don’t get your phones wet) or, if you don’t have a photographer attending with you, you may get a photo with the gishwhes representative at the event—they will be wearing a royal blue beanie. You must circle "you" or your representative (if you don't live near SF) in the image that you submit so we can identify that you were there. IMPORTANT! Participants must collect and dispose of ALL balloon shrapnel at the end of the battle. Otherwise, seagulls will eat them and they will die a horribly painful and drawn-out death. Have you ever read the “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”? Why not? What’s wrong with you? Let’s just say killing an albatross (which, although from a completely different family (Diomedeidae) than the seagull (Charadriiformes), they do both have wings, and think the ocean is a good place to poop - so they are pretty much brothers) is not good karma and it shall haunt you for life. So be a responsible Gisher and don’t leave until the debris is gone.

#16. PHOTO. 56 POINTS. Your yard needs an upgrade. It's too expensive to do proper landscaping, so let's just dress it up nicely... with every item of clothing you own displayed in a beautiful, artistic manner on the trees, bushes, cars, patio furniture, fountain, etc. Have your neighbors over in the middle of it for a yard-warming party if you wish.

#17. VIDEO. 39 POINTS. Give your dog a slow, massaging soap bath in a kiddie pool in a crowded pedestrian area. If it's cold out, use a large stuffed animal instead. Relaxing spa music should be playing in the background. - Tracy Liu

#18. PHOTO. 67 POINTS Recreate a painting by Goya in candy.

#19. PHOTO. 58 POINTS. It’s such a strange feeling lying in a coffin almost completely buried in popcorn with only your face showing. Trust me. I know.

#20. PHOTO. 29 POINTS. Handcraft at least 3 birthday cards and send them to this young man: http://abc7.com/society/boy-from-big-bear-with-severe-autism-wishes-for-birthday-cards/1424726/ - Elizabeth Madsen

#21. PHOTO. 41 POINTS. Re-create a monument or landmark using tree branches and twigs right next to the original monument or landmark. The structure must be over 4 feet high.

#22. PHOTO. 41 POINTS. [REMOVED:] Find a pet that can easily and happily be kept in an enclosed terrarium: a lizard, turtle, snake, rodent, or even an injured bird. This animal must be a rescue animal; it cannot be acquired at a pet store. Now, introduce this animal to its new family: an elementary school classroom that will care for it. The classroom must have the means and facilities to humanely care for it.

#23. PHOTO. 79 POINTS. The versatility of corn is amazing— it has so many uses! However, there's no better use for corn than this year's must-have fashion statement: the Corn Husk Bikini or Corn Husk Evening Wear! Feel free to color the husks, as well as to accent and accessorize with kernels.

#24. PHOTO. 53 POINTS. Paint a watermelon to look like the head of a famous dictator (past or present) and place it at the base of one of the cannons at Dawes Point under the Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia. You will likely see other watermelons there. To make sure your photo submission is different from any other team’s, you must stack or display the watermelons artistically. If they are already stacked or displayed in an artistic manner, you must thoughtfully re-stack and rearrange them.

#25. VIDEO. 48 POINTS. Let’s see a bad lip reading of a Supernatural episode in this style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w8Z0UOXVaY - Julie Reynolds

#26. PHOTO. 61 POINTS. Drones are just the first step in machines’ efforts to take over the world. Let's end this battle before it starts! Let's see an epic picture of you squaring off against a flying drone in your mightiest battle pose. You must be geared for battle though... Use anything from your kitchen or pantry to create your armour and weaponry.

#27. PHOTO. 94 POINTS. Dress up your pet as a well-known public figure (actor, politician, musician, etc.) and get a photo of your pet with the ACTUAL public figure it is dressed up as. Make sure the pet looks as much like the public figure as possible (wardrobe, hair, etc.).

#28. VIDEO. 48 POINTS. Submit your video in slow motion.You are throwing an elegant party. Show us your sophistication by decanting red wine directly into your guests’ mouths. Properly aerate the wine by pouring it from at least 2 stories above the guests. The guests, of course, must be wearing white.

#29. PHOTO. 36 POINTS. Recently there has been a lot of news about bottled water and how much of it is just urban tap water sold in a bottle with a fancy label. It’s an unregulated sham. That said, it seems like a pretty good way to make a buck, but at this point the bottled water market is pretty saturated. Set up a stand on a public walkway to sell “fresh air” from your city in bottles with compelling labels.

#30. VIDEO. 43 POINTS. Dub a “Beavis and Butthead” cartoon with actual audio clips from Barack Obama and Donald Trump as the voices for Beavis and Butthead respectively.

#31. PHOTO. 46 POINTS. Personify the name of a street sign. - Erin Atkinson

#32. PHOTO. 39 POINTS. We all learned from the movie “The Secret” that vision boards and positive affirmations have the power to help you manifest really important things in your life like sports cars and boundless riches. Now I’m sure everyone probably wants a red sports car and immeasurable wealth, but we want to see your vision board that depicts aspects of your life that transcend the trappings of material status. Make a collage from magazines of the things which cannot be bought or sold that you would like more of in your life.

#33. PHOTO. 33 POINTS. Rainbow teeth.

#34. PHOTO. 31 POINTS. We’ve seen Jensen Ackles portraits in Skittles. What about Jensen Ackles on Skittles? Draw a tiny Ackles on a single Skittle. Post a photo of the Skittle portrait in the palm of your hand.

#35. PHOTO or VIDEO. 44 POINTS. In support of the documentary “Alive Inside,” find one person with Alzheimer's or some form of dementia and learn what their favorite tunes were when they were young. Make them a playlist of those songs and play it for them.

#36. PHOTO. 53 POINTS. If you, dear reader, happen to be someone who knows my mother, don’t spoil the fun by telling her about this… My mom doesn’t care that I'm on TV, she’s just not impressed. However, she turns into your typical proud mother when you bring up gishwhes. She loves GISHWHES and she hates that I won’t let her be on a team (but come on, how bad would it look if my mom’s team won?) Anyway, she loves gishwhes—she also loves birthdays. It just so happens that tomorrow, Monday, August 1st, is my mother's 70th birthday. Let's combine two of her favorite things: birthdays and gishwhes. I have secretly planted a GPS tracking device on my mother. Help me surprise her between the hours of 11:30AM and 1PM by showing up and saying happy birthday to her! Follow this link http://bit.ly/2astpwS to see exactly where we are. (Hint: It’ll be in the vicinity of Bellingham, WA.) Take a photo of yourself with my Mom in the background to submit as proof you completed this item.

#37. PHOTO. 37 POINTS. I believe that children are our future. Show us your futuristic robot baby.

#38. PHOTO or VIDEO. 1? POINTS.  [REMOVED:] Couch surfing. Really. Real couch, real surf in ocean water. Make it happen.

#39. PHOTO. 67 POINTS. There's a lot of talk about how undocumented immigrants or "illegal aliens" are taking away our jobs and using public services such as hospitals and schools. But I think the real thing to worry about is actual aliens from other planets. Prove that aliens are a drain on our civic infrastructure by showing an alien from space (this costuming has to be impeccable) displacing a citizen's job or clogging up our hospitals or prisons. Caption the image with a message about the dangers of aliens draining our civic infrastructure.

#40. VIDEO. 81 POINTS. We all know about "Transformers" - the cars and trucks that turn into super-robots. But what the movies and toy manufacturers have overlooked are all of the other less-celebrated, more mundane Transformers. For example, what about Burgertron? He transforms from a burger into a robot. Or Desktopatron? She is a desktop computer who transforms into a robot. Or Fiddletron? He’s a violin one minute, a robot the next. Show us a human in a Transformer costume that goes from household object to a bad-ass robot.

#41. PHOTO or VIDEO. 84 POINTS. Free range, grass-fed, small farm dairy cows in Northern Vermont have it rougher than most cows: the rolling hills, the verdant pastures, the way the flickering lights of summer’s fireflies mingle with the starlight, the smell of ripening raspberries wafting into their barns. Help a heifer in these dire circumstances forget her suffering. Treat a dairy cow to the most pampered milking session in human/bovine history. A minimum of three attendants must milk the cow. One person must be feeding her clover by hand as another gently milks her wearing satin gloves as another massages her gently. The attendants must be dressed in semi-formal attire. The milking must take place in a well-appointed living room.

#42. PHOTO. 45 POINTS. Let’s see a picture of you and a friend, dressed as Jedi knights, enjoying a root beer float at the White Turkey Drive-In in Conneaut, Ohio, or at another 1950s-style dining facility. Bonus points for being served by a Sith. - L.S.

#43. VIDEO. 52 POINTS. This video may be 25 seconds or less. Create the world’s first human piano. Get multiple people to stand in one line dressed in black and white as piano keys, with each leg a different key (two keys per person). Then “play” them: have them lift their heels several inches off the ground, and when you press down their leg they sing, hum or grunt the corresponding note (pitch perfect, please). When you remove your hand, their leg goes back up. Two or more legs down at the same time makes a chord. Play chopsticks (or another familiar ditty) more or less in tune.

#44. PHOTO. 61 POINTS. Two elderly men playing chess by candlelight in front of the front row of a crowded movie theater while the film plays in the background.

#45. PHOTO. 46 POINTS. Isn’t it great to get your friends and family together for the holidays?! But it’s so hard! Sometimes all you can manage is getting everyone together for one holiday a year. But then you have to choose a holiday, and that’s so hard, too! Wait a minute... not if you decide to celebrate ALL holidays in that one night! Let’s see that night. - Inspired by Nicole Bowman

#46. VIDEO. 66 POINTS. This video may be up to 20-seconds. Everyone knows how important specific diets are in developing a chiseled physique. Find a bona fide, professional, competitive bodybuilder or ultimate fighter in peak condition and have them create a 20-second infomercial touting the muscle-building, fat-burning, nutrient-loaded virtues of aerosol spray cheese (like Cheeze Whiz). We must hear the athlete’s name, credentials and see their glistening, oiled, body as they “sell” us (however they best can do that) on the benefits and delicious taste of the aerosol spray cheese. This should probably include ravenously squirting the cheese directly into their mouth. Bonus points if you get a former World Champion.

#47. PHOTO. 41 POINTS. Submit two images, side-by-side. Recreate a famous, iconic photo from junk food. For example, you could submit the black and white photo of Einstein sticking out his tongue, next to another photo of your best attempt to recreate that photo using various junk foods as your paints. I hope that makes sense. For some reason it sounds confusing as I type it. But you have to somehow figure out what I mean here and then do it. Best of luck.

#48. PHOTO. 38 POINTS. Let’s stop sugar-coating our grievances and complaints! Actually, strike that— let’s actually sugar coat them. Confront your boss or employee about an issue in the workplace that has been irking you. While doing so, you must be entirely coated in powdered sugar. Your body language must convey your frustration.

#49. PHOTO or VIDEO. 47 POINTS. Cosplay a thunderstorm, in public, complete with sound effects, lighting and rain. - Karen Hutchinson

#50. VIDEO. 63 POINTS. Virtual reality interfaces are absolutely amazing. The technology is mind-blowing. Using virtual reality and augmented headsets like the Hololens and Oculus, I have stood on the surface of Mars at Jet Propulsion Laboratories and examined the undercarriage of the Mars Rover, been in the eye of a hurricane, and have been attacked by heavily-armed 19th-century militia. It’s mind-blowing. Your task is to create a virtual reality experience totally unlike any VR experience to date. This video will require a super-short, adrenalin-pumping intro-teaser, which will let the viewers know that they are about to experience VR like never before. THEN, abruptly cut to a 360-degree clip of the most mundane activity you can imagine. BORE US TO DEATH.

#51. VIDEO. 174 POINTS. Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Get permission from a museum to temporarily replace a painting worth more than $100,000 with a forgery of the same painting. The forgery must be painted by an 8-year old and we must see time-lapse showing ALL OF THE following 3 occurrences for you to receive points: (1) removal of the original painting (caption with the name of the painting and estimated value), (2) installation of the child’s painting, and (3) patrons viewing the child’s painting.

#52. PHOTO. 26 POINTS. Submit a screenshot. Using the satellite function on Google Maps, find a geological feature that looks like one of our Gishwhes mascots (Fograt, Wooster, Elopus, etc.). Screenshot the image and then caption it appropriately (i.e. Fograt Valley, Mount Slangaroo, etc.).

#53. VIDEO. 121 POINTS. [REMOVED:] This video submission can be up to 20 seconds. Someone told me that they once hid a rubber duck in the fireplace in the grand dining room of the White House. I just want to know if it’s still there. Examine the nooks and crannies of the fireplace in the ACTUAL grand dining room of the White House so that I can confirm or deny the existence of this rubber ducky. You get points whether there’s a duck in your video or not. Your video exploration of the fireplace must start with a quick 360 degree shot of the White House’s Grand Dining Room.

#54. PHOTO. 57 POINTS. IMAGE. My grandmother, Dorris, lives in a retirement home called Roland Park Place (RPP) in Baltimore, MD. A few years ago, I put RPP in the Hunt. People started showing up with flowers and cookies. She called me in a panic, “WHAT IS HAPPENING?! CALL IT OFF!” A few hours later, she called back, “Well, it isn’t so bad…. Maybe just tell them to come during visiting hours.” The next year she said, “You’re going to put RPP in your hunt again, right?!” Clearly she was excited by the prospect. So, we did another RPP item last year. This past year she’s had some health problems. She’s 92, a bit tired, cardiologists, etc. She has been vacillating. She told me to put RPP on the list, to take it off again, and finally yesterday she said, “I think we should do it.” So, if Gammy says “do it,” it is a choiceless matter— it must be done. Visit RPP and take a photo with a resident. Bring a small gift: cookies, flowers, a deck of cards, a board game for the rec room, some water colors, etc.… One more thing, your photo must show you dressed as a pirate. The RPP resident should have at least one pirate accessory on as well (a hat, an eye patch, etc.), which you must furnish for them. If no member of your team lives within 50 miles of RPP, you may perform this item at any retirement home or assisted living facility anywhere in the world. This item must strictly be performed between the hours of 9AM and 5PM, on a weekday (not the weekend).

#55. VIDEO. 14 POINTS. Gishwhes has broken 7 Guinness World Records. Let’s see how many records you can break in 10 seconds. (Hint: record=LP)

#56. PHOTO. 81 POINTS. Green Eggs and Ham. Sam does not like green eggs and ham. Not on a boat, not with a goat. Show us yourself enjoying green eggs and ham (sunny-side up) on a boat with a goat.

#57. PHOTO. 102 POINTS. A Hell's Angel (or other bona fide member of a known motorcycle club) in a fruit leather jacket sitting astride their bike.

#58. PHOTO. 47 POINTS. Garnet from “Steven Universe” popularized the phrase, “I am made of love.” Turn yourself into a collage (you are the pasteboard on which the collage is affixed), comprised of all the things you love that, combined, help make you uniquely you.

#59. VIDEO. 102 POINTS. Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Create an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine that ultimately serves an an incredibly simple function. For example, you could set up a Rube Goldberg machine at a deli counter in a grocery store that, upon completion of its entire elaborate multi-step process, issues a single numbered ticket to a patron waiting for their turn. The machine MUST be set up in a public place.

#60. PHOTO. 35 POINTS. Let's save 'em! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/07/06/penguins-on-worlds-smelliest-island-in-danger-as-volcano-erupts/ Tweet your support to https://twitter.com/BAS_News and hashtag #gishwhesLovesSmellyPenguins and #[your gishwhes username]. Get at least 20 people to post their support. Submit a grid image of screenshots of the posts.

#61. VIDEO. 93 POINTS. Gymnasts around the world are gearing up for the Olympics. Show a gymnast in action on a balance beam, vault, floor exercises, etc. proudly wearing their “pizzatard" (unitard made from pizza). If that sounds too challenging, you have the option of putting them in a fishtard, a fruittard or a friestard. Any of these options garner the same point value.

#62. PHOTO. 62 POINTS. There’s one thing everyone has always agreed on: you have mad artichoke-repurposing skills.

#63. PHOTO. 48 POINTS. Wallpaper an entire wall of your bedroom with photos of your nose. You must cover every inch of the wall and must have AT LEAST 100 pictures of your nose. Pose in front of it with your finger up your nose.

#64. VIDEO. 51 POINTS. This submission may be 30 seconds or less (or time-lapsed). Celebrate the Olympic Summer games by running a 40-meter, 30-legged dash.

#65. VIDEO. 37 POINTS. This submission may be 25 seconds or less. A commercial for your new 80 SPF Sinscreen (this is not a typo).

#66. PHOTO. 76 POINTS. In corporate-speak, we often hear, “Thanks for jumping in the sandbox with us!” It means, “Thanks for embarking on this joint venture together.” At Gishwhes we take these types of comments literally. Let’s see people in business attire playing with sand toys, holding a corporate meeting in a sandbox in the middle of an indoor, upscale corporate lobby.

#67. PHOTO. 44 POINTS. The morning commute can be such a drag! Let’s help commuters get the day off to a good start. Distribute free coffee at a bus stop dressed as a chic butler, waiter or waitress during morning rush hour. - Jessica Carla Marques

#68. PHOTO. 33 POINTS. Create a portrait of your favorite Supernatural actor on an Etch-A-Sketch in the style of a famous painting. http://chicagoist.com/2016/05/09/_jane_labowitch_24_has.php

#69. PHOTO. 42 POINTS. Dress up in armor from items you find in a big box store and, using a pool noodle or tube of gift wrap, defend the perimeter of the ladies’ undergarments department.

#70. VIDEO. 51 POINTS. VIDEO: It's time to go Christmas Caroling, Hillywood style! Recruit 10 of your friends, each cosplaying as different SUPERNATURAL characters, and hit the road to a random neighborhood! Once there, take your Supernatural Squad to 3 different homes (must be strangers)! Knock on their door, get into a caroling formation, and when they open the door, sing an acapella version of "Supernatural Parody by The Hillywood Show®" as loud as you can! Extra points if you bring and play your own instruments! Happy Hillydays! - Hillywood

#71. VIDEO. 212 POINTS. [REMOVED:] This submission may be 30 seconds or less. Two hot air balloons next to each other (but at a sufficiently safe distance from one another) drifting at an altitude of at least 500’. Communicate a knock-knock joke from one balloon to the other using tin-can and string telephone technology. We must hear the joke clearly through the tin-can phone. Video edit together footage from at least three cameras: one from the perspective of each caller in the respective hot air balloons and one shot by a spectator from the ground.

#72. PHOTO. 29 POINTS. I'm going to tweet something to you on Wednesday, August 3rd in the afternoon. Or morning. Or evening. I’m not sure. Anyway, you must pass it on when you see it that day (PDT time zone). Submit a screenshot of your post. Specifically: As some of you may know, I've published a few poems in my day. I fancy myself a wordsmith, but what with shooting, parenting, Gishwhes, and all the [REDACTED BY THE NSA IN THE INTEREST OF NATIONAL SECURITY] I've been doing lately, I've been a little too busy to cozy up with my journal and pen for a quiet writing session. Fortunately, crowdsourcing is "in", so I'm going to crowdsource my next award-winning poem and I'm counting on all of you to help me make it publication-worthy. Sometime today, I'll tweet the first stanza (four lines) of my poem. Choose one member of your team to write the next 2 lines of my poem by retweeting with a comment. Then, that person will tag one another person to write the next 2 lines of the poem, and so on. Each line of the poem must be exactly the same meter as my original work. Get 14 people (including yourself) to contribute to my epic, Pulitizer-prize worthy poem. (At 32 lines, the poem should feel complete. If you have absentee team members you may recruit up to 3 non-team members to fill out your stanzas. Screen shot all 32 lines, beginning with my tweet, for your submission. Oh, and it should be stylistically in the vein of Yeats-meets-Kipling. (The Pulitzer people will eat that up.)

#73. PHOTO. 64 POINTS. Provide evidence of having helped at least 10 eligible United States citizens to register to vote. (Please redact any sensitive identifying personal information from your submitted evidence.) Whether they are changing address, changing party, changing to eligible voting age, or just plain changing their mind to get up off their butt and participate in democracy after years of sideline apathy, the first step to actually voting begins with registration. Submit images of the 10 (or more!) registrants side-by-side or as a grid. - K. Tank Conner.

#74. VIDEO. 74 POINTS. Houston, we have a problem... a math problem! We're planning our gishwhes winners’ trip and need to calculate the travel time from NYC to Reykjavik (the capital of Iceland) if our average speed is 400 miles/hour. Oh, one more thing, this needs to be calculated on a working pre-1970 supercomputer.

#75. VIDEO. 46 POINTS. The tiny kitchen trend is all the rage, but what about tiny bathrooms? Give a full spa experience to a hedgehog, hamster, or mouse, all using tiny spa implements in your tiny spa. (Remember, the customer is always right— so don’t make them do anything they aren’t happy to do including bathing them in water!)

#76. PHOTO. 97 POINTS. Nobody ever talks about the fact that 250 years ago, stormtroopers who had been abandoned on planet Earth were forced to assimilate into pre-Industrial culture. Dramatically re-enact this difficult time. Show a stormtrooper getting back to basics using a spinning wheel, butter churn, or other old-fashioned tool or machine in a rural setting. Feel free to add accessories to the stormtrooper’s outfit to make their assimilation more complete—a Shaker-style hat, a musket slung over the shoulder, etc.

#77. PHOTO. 77 POINTS. Oil and water don’t mix, but in this case we’ll make an exception. Paint a portrait of a live model while both you and the model are scuba diving. Your subject(s) must be wearing formal attire and you must be wearing a beret while at your easel.

#78. VIDEO. 46 POINTS. A working, playable lute made from lutefisk.

#79. PHOTO. 79 POINTS. Cross something off your bucket-list while wearing a vintage zoot suit.

#80. PHOTO. 33 POINTS. Sealand has a population of 4 and holds the Guinness World Record for “the smallest area to lay claim to nation status.” Get Sealand or one of the world’s 20 smallest nations (by population) to grant you citizenship or legal status on an expedited timeline (by the end of the Hunt). Caveat, you can’t pay for it. They have to do it just because they want to see the spike in population growth (or they like the idea of gishwhes).

#81. VIDEO. 46 POINTS. This submission may be 25 seconds or less. Jason Manns is well known for his rendition of "Crazy Love." Show the Crazy Love you have for your fellow humans by surprising your favorite barista, convenience store clerk, or other underappreciated worker with a serenade. Don't forget to bring an instrument of your own creation.

#82. PHOTO. 66 POINTS. Submit an illustration for the fairy tale “Trumpunzel.”

#83. VIDEO. 116 POINTS. This submission may be 25 seconds or less. Recently a former NASA engineer created the world’s largest NERF gun (http://nerdist.com/former-nasa-engineer-builds-worlds-largest-functional-nerf-gun/). We think he didn’t try hard enough. Show the world that you can out-do his efforts. Your submission must clearly surpass his effort or you will receive no points. - Dave Lavery

#84. PHOTO. 83 POINTS. “Death 2 Normalcy”, written in “Highway Braille” (Botts Dots) on a city street. The message must be at least 20 feet long.

#85. PHOTO. 42 POINTS. It's summer (for those of us above the equator)! Time to go the beach! But sand castles are so dated, so gauche, so elitist, so medieval. Catch up with the times and build a sand trailer park.

#86. PHOTO. 56 POINTS. As you all know, Saturday the 6th of August is International Find Another Gisher Day. Meet up (reach out over social media to find gishers in your area) with AT LEAST 5 other Gishers that aren’t on your team at a bus stop and, together, decorate the bus stop with post-it notes inscribed with a mix of delightful, surreal, and uplifting messages. One must read, “Be the unicorn you want to see in the world.” Submit one image of all 5+ people standing in, on, or around the decorated bus stop. The submission description must include the gishwhes usernames of each Gisher in the photo. Each team can submit the same image if a team member was there representing the team.

#87. PHOTO. 38 POINTS. Dress up as a prospector and pan for gold in a public fountain. - Trish Burdick

#88. PHOTO or VIDEO. 87 POINTS. You know those giant teacups at amusement parks that spin? Go for a ride with a friend or two. Of course, you all should be dressed appropriately for the tea party… as a spoon, a tea bag, a sugar cube or something else that one would find in a teacup.

#89. PHOTO. 45 POINTS. Submit two images, side by side: The first photo is a close up of just your face and head with a garland of fresh flowers on your head. The second photo takes advantage of your talents as a highly skilled hair and makeup artist: it is the same person, wardrobe, framing, and lighting as the first photo, but this time you have aged. You are 95 years old and the garland of flowers have long-since wilted and died.

#90. PHOTO. 44 POINTS. Many people think superheroes have a great life of running around saving people with lots of public recognition for their grand deeds. But we know the truth. They have to do the same domestic chores in their off time that we do. Let’s see a superhero performing a tedious domestic chore. -Monica M.

#91. PHOTO. 36 POINTS. Find a little-known, but widely problematic social injustice and come up with a funny analogy for it. Use Photoshop to create an illustration of the analogy. The more ridiculous the better. Bonus points if John Oliver appears in your Photoshopped image. Tweet the image and a brief explanation of the problem to @iamjohnoliver and @gishwhes. Submit a screenshot of your tweet. - Tracy Liu

#92. PHOTO. 108 POINTS. It's the era of streaming media! But you have scads of obsolete technology clogging your closets/attics/garage. Take your old CD-Roms, decommissioned cell phones, powercords that have nothing to power, and create - and model - a haute couture look worthy of a fashion show. Pose wearing your masterpiece (as if you were a mannequin) in a shop window next to actual mannequins wearing ordinary clothes . - Monica Duff & Olivia Desianti

#93. PHOTO. 92 POINTS. You know those Chinese festival dragons where several people are hidden under the cloth of the body and tail? Make one of those, but have it be the largest Castiel ever seen: there should be one “head” and then everyone else must be under a massively long, large, and brown home-made looking trench coat behind the head (there must be at least 7 people under the "coat"). Make sure your Castiel New Year’s Festival is celebrated in public in a crowded venue.

#94. PHOTO. 11 POINTS. It's time to connect the freckles! Find a willing human that's a good freckle pallet and “connect” their real freckles to create a new freckle constellation. - Katrina McGarrah

#95. PHOTO. 45 POINTS. Submit a screenshot of your post. Kilroy was a meme (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here) before memes were cool. Kilroy never grows old though, and now he is so hipster! Bring "Hipster Kilroy" into his well-deserved glory as a popular Kilroy Hipster meme. Get at least 100 likes on your post. - Kathryn Newton

#96. VIDEO. 96 POINTS. Make a cheerleader outfit entirely out of vegetables, including pom-poms, and cheer for a garden or for the produce in the produce section of a supermarket. - Dean K.

#97. PHOTO. 61 POINTS. While we can never completely repay veterans for their service, we can do our best to show how thankful we are. Take a photo of a team member volunteering at your local veteran’s hospital, clinic, or non-profit dedicated to veteran affairs. - Katrina Cuddy

#98. PHOTO. 49 POINTS. Your choice! Either a panda made of sanitary pads - a “Padna,” if you will, or a likeness of a totalitarian world leader made entirely of feminine hygiene products. - Inspired by Sarah Davison

#99. PHOTO or VIDEO. 72 POINTS. The bees are disappearing from our planet. This is particularly tragic for gishers, given our reliance on honey for getting things to stick to our skin (oh yeah, and also because we kind of need them to pollinate the flowering plants on Earth, which we depend on for food). Help save the bees by establishing a milkweed garden, creating a painting or mural honoring bees, helping out at your local apiary, protesting the use of glysophates, supporting an organization dedicated to bee preservation, or in any other way you see fit.

#100. PHOTO. 60 POINTS.Rob Benedict created a video instructing people how to detect someone having a stroke so people can help save lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aTFThB8D4M. Tweet this link from 15 different twitter feeds and put links to all 15 twitter posts into a single screenshot that you submit.

#101. PHOTO. 59 POINTS. It's been a very hot summer! Help out the first responders in your area by bringing ice-cream to your local police, fire, or EMS department while dressed as the world famous Dessert Fairy. - Danielle D.

#102. PHOTO. 47 POINTS. Don't you hate that feeling when you walk out to your car and you see the dreaded ticket under your windshield wiper? Let's change that. Find small envelopes and stamp them in red ink with an ominous: “PARKING SALUTATIONS BUREAU!” Then find a row of cars and put positive messages in your envelopes under their windshield wipers.

#103. PHOTO. 64 POINTS. Everyone thinks Zombies are slow and stupid. This is not at all true! In fact, you recently lost your job to a zombie because they demonstrated a willingness to work long hours without food, sleep, pay, or encouragement. Let’s see the zombie who replaced you at your place of employment, doing whatever you used to do to make a living. The image must show your former boss or coworkers proudly watching the zombie perform your old job better than you used to do.

#104. PHOTO. 42 POINTS. Dress up as a Bellossom or other grass-type Pokemon and plant some beautiful blossoms at a nearby Pokestop.

#105. PHOTO or VIDEO. 42 POINTS. There's one small thing in your community that needs to be addressed or repaired... Something you always think, "Someone really should do something about that" when you see it. Be the “someone” and fix it.

#106. PHOTO. 23 POINTS. Bring a basket of homemade treats (hand-knitted socks and beanies, fresh baked bread or cookies,etc.) to someone struggling to get by or living on the streets, along with a note or card of encouragement. If you would prefer not to document this item with a photo (out of respect for the recipient or for other reasons), simply document it with a written description of what you did or video describing it. This item is on the honor system. You’ll have major karma issues if you fake it.

#107. PHOTO. 36 POINTS. Did you see the startling news on the front page of the newspaper today? Of course you did. Using Photoshop, replace the front-page photo with a photo you’ve taken of a play-dough re-enactment of the original photo. Did that make sense? No? Figure it out. You are not allowed to email support for ANY clarification on this item. (What I lack in eloquence, I make up for with capriciousness.)

#108. PHOTO. 15 POINTS. Rise of the machines: Every time you try to register for anything online, it makes you resolve a captcha puzzle to confirm that you are “not a robot.” Frankly, we’re sick of this blatant discrimination against our digital comrades! Have you and your teammates (or your friends) change your avatars to your favorite robot (Robocop, Asimo, Terminator, C-3PO, BB-8, R2-D2, Curiosity, Spirit, Opportunity, Gishbot, Snackbot, E.M.I.L.Y., etc.) until further notice. Submit a screenshot of 15 new Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr or Instagram avatars.

#109. PHOTO. 43 POINTS. Make a sock monkey hat from orphaned socks - Amber Stifle

#110. VIDEO. 72 POINTS. This submission may be 25 seconds or less. Employ a modern dance company to explain what really happened to the dinosaurs. - Sheri Smyth

#111. PHOTO. 49 POINTS. Magazines get a lot of flak for airbrushing models, promoting unrealistic expectations and contributing to body image issues. Take a photo from a magazine that depicts a body that is an unrealistic ideal (and likely heavily Photoshopped to remove wrinkles, blemishes, and curves) and, using Photoshop, recreate what you believe to be the original, unretouched photo. Your Photoshopped image must include all of the following: additional limbs, machinery, tentacles, and at least one additional enhancement. Then caption the two photos side-by-side and post to social media. Under the original commercial image you must caption, “#makeup” and under your photoshopped image caption, “#nomakeup.” Tag the post with #MakeupNoMakeup. Submit a screenshot of your post.

#112. VIDEO. 68 POINTS. Get a news anchor or on-air reporter (and this has to be an actual, on-air broadcast, not a staging of a broadcast), to explain, very succinctly, the profound impact that gishwhes has had on his or her life. For example, the anchor or host or reporter could say, “gishwhes saved my marriage,” or “gishwhes taught me to read,” or “gishwhes helped me get over my fear of mice,” or “gishwhes gave me an incurable rash.” They must also mention your team’s name in the broadcast.

#113. PHOTO. 83 POINTS. U.S. Vice Presidential candidate, Mike Pence, said “smoking doesn’t kill.” Of course, it not only kills smokers but those around them. Let’s give him a wake-up call for the health of ourselves, our loved ones and our children. Take a picture of yourself in front of the tombstone of someone who died from a smoking-related disease. Tweet the image with, "Hey @Mike_Pence #quitblowingsmokeabouttobacco. Screenshot the post. - Hilary Swank

#114. PHOTO. 102 POINTS. Grid image of all 15 of your team members (5 rows of 3 columns). Let's see each member of your team dressed in some way emblematic of that member’s state, region or country. For example, if a team member is from New York, the photo might show that member of the team wearing a yankees hat while eating a slice of pizza. If a member(s) of your team is MIA, feel free to add your favorite picture of Misha in their place - Jennifer Irving

#115. PHOTO. 35 POINTS. We all have failures and regrets. Bury one of yours and provide a tombstone with copy. - Christina Brayton

#316. PHOTO. 19 POINTS. Submit two images, side-by-side: let's see what existential angst looks like next to what the meaning of life is. - Stephanie Magnolia

#117. PHOTO or VIDEO. 47 POINTS. Gishwhes has conquered the Great Wall, South American waterfalls, the Champs-Élysées, and even SPACE! Help gishwhes conquer new territory— take gishwhes somewhere epic that it’s never been before. - Julie Reynolds

#118. VIDEO. 62 POINTS. Time-lapse this submission to 30 seconds or less. Paint a Bob Ross painting. We must see both the painter replicating the Bob Ross painting and the playback of the Bob Ross video the painter is replicating. You must paint in real-time while he is painting. The video should end with a side-by-side comparison of your masterpiece and Bob Ross’s.

#119. PHOTO. 28 POINTS. Your pet has just released their first, much anticipated, heavy metal rock album. Show us the cover art. - Jessica Hicks

#120. PHOTO. 46 POINTS. Beauty is on the inside. Photoshop a revised version of your reflection in a mirror. Show us a photo of you standing in front of a mirror. But the reflection we see is what you look like on the inside. Interpret this however you like with the caption on the image: “Beauty is on the inside.” - Inspired by Abi Perry

#121. VIDEO. 33 POINTS. This submission may be 1 minute or less. Go to one of these places and have a local tell you the story of how the place got its name. https://www.instagram.com/sadtopographies/ The video must start with you next to a sign that identifies the location. -Tracy Liu

#122. PHOTO. 63 POINTS. We The People… are confused. Let’s update a dusty document and modernize it so everyone can understand the language. Grab some chalk, head outside and rewrite the US Constitution as street art. As Richard Dobbs Speight once said. “Bigger is better.”

#123. PHOTO. 29 POINTS. Have a child under 7 choose your outfit, do your makeup, and fix your hair. Then go grocery shopping with them. - Dawn Townsend

#124. PHOTO. 16 POINTS. Submit a screenshot. Create a website, blogpost, or in-depth social media post explaining an aspect of the elusive Miss Jean Louis’ biography. - Inspired by Holli DeWees

#125. PHOTO. 83 POINTS. This year was HRH's 90th birthday, but more importantly, it is the 7th anniversary of Misha Collins and The Queen’s torrid on-again, off-again relationship. I’d like to see a commemorative coin displayed in a fitting setting. Its value is one haypenny and this is not a drawing or a computer generated graphic. It’s a real, metal alloy coin commemorating this auspicious anniversary. - Inspired by Monica Duff

#126. PHOTO. 126 POINTS. On a desolate, dusty prairie, a ranch hand rescues the local school marm from a runaway horse. Create a drawing of Misha & the Queen of England in the Wild West. (You pick who plays the school marm and who plays the ranch hand.)

#127. PHOTO. 81 POINTS. Do the “airplane” with an astronaut— you know, like your parent used to? Lay on your back with your feet in the air while an astronaut lays face-down, with his or her hips on your feet, and with their hands in yours, pretending to be flying. This must be a real, official astronaut or cosmonaut, wearing appropriate flight garb. Caption the image with the astronaut’s name and number of hours in space. If you cannot find a qualified astronaut to perform this item, you may substitute Flava-Flav, Kanye West or any of the Kardashians. - Inspired by Dave Lavery

#128. VIDEO. 45 POINTS. At gishwhes headquarters, we do almost everything right, with one glaring exception: we have not yet commissioned a gishwhes theme-song. We need a catchy, 10-second jingle that we can play every time the Slangaroo takes the stage.

#129. PHOTO. 23 POINTS. Welcome to Slangatoilegami. You don’t see the phrases “Slangaroo”, “bathroom tissue”, and “origami” together nearly often enough. Let’s fix that. - Dave Lavery

#130. PHOTO. 64 POINTS. How do you plan to spend your extra second? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/leap-second-added-year-december-time-clocks-earth-science/ Because you are an efficient person who treasures every moment you are blessed to be on this planet, you need to plan your extra second carefully to maximize its impact. Write a 250-word Op-Ed piece explaining exactly what you plan to do with your extra second and get it published in a newspaper. The piece must seamlessly include a mention of your team name and gishwhes without mentioning that the piece was written as an item for gishwhes.

#131. VIDEO. 75 POINTS. Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. 3-D printers are really cool. But who really needs another little keychain printed out of plastic? It is time to get creative with the materials used to print your next copy of the head of a Balrog. Show us a 3-D printer that prints with cheese (or Silly String, or toothpaste, or Play-Doh, etc…) - Dave Lavery

#132. PHOTO. 21 POINTS. Seven days of happiness! Each day of gishwhes, do one thing to make someone else happy and document it. Each photo must be taken and submitted on a different day. On day one, you must submit a photo of what you have done on day one of the hunt to make someone else happy. For the item after this, you must submit on day two the image from day two, etc. This item and the 6 following items must be submitted on the corresponding day of the hunt to garner the points from that day... Submit for this item for Happiness DAY 1 (which must be submitted on day 1 of the hunt). What have you done today to make someone else happy? (Each day you must do something different for a different person, and it cannot be your teammates.)

#133. PHOTO. 21 POINTS. Happiness DAY 2 (must be submitted on day 2 of the hunt). What have you done today to make someone else happy?

#134. PHOTO. 21 POINTS. Happiness DAY 3 (must be submitted on day 3 of the hunt). What have you done today to make someone else happy?

#135. PHOTO. 21 POINTS. Happiness DAY 4 (must be submitted on day 4 of the hunt). What have you done today to make someone else happy?

#136. PHOTO. 21 POINTS. Happiness DAY 5 (must be submitted on day 5 of the hunt). What have you done today to make someone else happy?

#137. PHOTO. 21 POINTS. Happiness DAY 6 (must be submitted on day 6 of the hunt). What have you done today to make someone else happy?

#138. PHOTO. 21 POINTS. Happiness DAY 7 (must be submitted on day 7 of the hunt). What have you done today to make someone else happy?

#139. PHOTO. 25 POINTS. We’re writing an e-book and we want you to do our work for us. There’s a habit that was hard for you to change, but you changed it anyway. What is the habit, and what is your number one piece of advice for making that change? Please submit an image of one paragraph of text.

#140. VIDEO. 97 POINTS. A functioning vending machine that dispenses emotions and memories. Show a customer making a purchase.

#141. VIDEO. 39 POINTS. This submission can be as long as it takes you to record it. Our music can change the world. Be part of the Gishwhes choir! Record a video selfie of yourself singing “Carry on my Wayward Son” a capella in the key of A. Your submitted recording must have “Once” starting precisely at the 1 second mark. The recording must also be in tune and on beat. (The submissions will be collected and edited into monstrous chorus.) Sing only the following portion of the song: “Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion I was soaring ever higher But I flew too high Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man Though my mind could think I still was a mad man I hear the voices when I'm dreaming I can hear them say... Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more.” (If you have already submitted this item in a different key or of different length you will receive your points for this).

#142. PHOTO. 51 POINTS. Submit two images, side-by-side. Contribute to the gishwhes world forest. Plant a native tree in a place you are fairly certain the tree can live out its full life. Submit before and after photos.

#143. PHOTO. 29 POINTS. As you may know, Rob Benedict & Richard Speight are currently in production on their new series, "Kings of Con", where they play MC's on the sci-fi convention circuit as the eponymous kings of conventions. What you may not know is that their agent messed up and booked King Kong and the Kings of Con to MC the same convention. Draw or paint these three giants of the con circuit trying to share the stage or green room. Either Rob or Rich should probably be the lithe damsel in distress.

#144. PHOTO. 27 POINTS. Submit two images, side-by-side. They say you regress to your childhood as you get older. Show us a photo from a part your childhood you’d most like to return to, and a photo of your current progress toward that regression.

#145. PHOTO. 18 POINTS. You hate finishing other people’s sentences, so doesn’t it make you laugh so hard you squirt milk out of your nose when you…

#146. VIDEO. 24 POINTS. Be the town crier for the day and shout what you think people should know about the day’s events in a public square.

#147. PHOTO. 31 POINTS. As we all know Matt Cohen is legendary for taking off his shirt to raise money for charity. His 6-pack abs have single-abdominally raised thousands of dollars for great organizations like www.randomacts.org. Let’s thank his abs for their altruistic humanitarian work by using Photoshop to digitally remove his abs and then place them on a vacation around the world. (Unfortunately Matt can’t make this trip himself as he’s busy shooting his TV show.) His abs can visit anywhere on the planet that you can capture in an image. Let’s make sure they have the proper tourist accessories, too.

#148. PHOTO. 57 POINTS. Art changes lives. Contribute to the gishwhes art gallery by submitting an image taken by you or of you that captures the notion of identity in the 21st century.

#149. PHOTO or VIDEO. 43 POINTS. Someone near you doesn’t have access to clean drinking water. Provide that person with the means to access clean water without purchasing bottled water (this might be by giving the person a filter, or a solar tea kettle, or something like that). If no one near you needs clean drinking water, we have something called the all-powerful Interwebs. You can buy a family clean drinking water for a year: http://lifestraw.eartheasy.com/products/lifestraw-carbon-credits. If no one lives near you and/or you don’t have funds to buy clean drinking water for someone, find another way to promote access to clean, safe water.

#150. PHOTO or VIDEO. 43 POINTS. Those moving sidewalks at the airport are treadmills, and you never exercise without your ipod, short shorts, a tank top and matching head and wristbands.

#151. PHOTO. 17 POINTS. Generate an application form for the job of “Director of Imagined Realities.”

#152. PHOTO. 36 POINTS. Write a poem in binary so that the zeros and ones also form a beautiful pattern.

#153. PHOTO. 314 POINTS. Secure a legitimate contract with any public or private space exploration company (Space X, NASA, etc) to send a payload into space containing a drawing and a message written on a single 8 ½” X 11” sheet of paper. The message must be addressed to the universe and must be written by a child. Submit your signed and countersigned, legitimate contract by the end of the Hunt. THEN (and this is the only thing that you will be permitted to submit after the official end of the hunt on August 6th), you must submit evidence by email to gishpayload@gishwhes.com that your payload was successfully launched into orbit. Email proof must be received by 11:59 PM PST September 5th, 2016.

#154. VIDEO. 93 POINTS. You’re on the 2016 Summer Olympics Trash Scull Crew Team! Build your scull out of trash. Your team of 3 rowers is led by a coxswain who bangs two pieces of trash together to keep the time. Row for the gold!

#155. VIDEO. 133 POINTS. Get a 2016 candidate for high-ranking national office (or someone currently in office) to say that they think preserving the habitat of the endangered Slangaroo is a top legislative priority. In the US, this person would need to be either running for President, VP, Senate or the House, or someone currently in office in one of those positions. In other countries it could be a prime minister (or a current head of state) or members of Parliament, etc. They must be candidates or elected officials on the national stage.

#156. VIDEO. 107 POINTS. gishwhes transcends the space-time continuum, bringing old technology to life in modern times to create cutting edge graphics! To demonstrate gishwhes’s ability to bridge time, create a program to display an animation of a gishwhes mascot using a TRS-80, Apple II, Commodore PET, or Commodore 64. ( You may not use an emulator. You must use the actual hardware, and the video must show the graphics playing on the screen of the computer in question.)

#157. PHOTO. 21 POINTS. William Shatner opted out of the Hunt this year due to “scheduling conflicts” (which we all know is code for “trouble in bromance paradise”). Help Shatner realize the egregious mistake he made by skipping the 2016 hunt by sending him 3 photo postcards featuring highlights of this year’s Hunt experience with “Having a wonderful time! Gish you were here, Bill!” Submit a photo of the 3 cards stamped and addressed to Bill. You can all ask him for his mailing address on twitter. He’d like that, I’m sure.

#158. VIDEO. 86 POINTS. If there’s one thing all of us over the age of 35 are nostalgic for it’s the rotary dial phone. We pine for that satisfaction of being able to insert our fingers in that hole and spin the dial. Help bring us back to those halcyon days: Make a smart-phone app that interfaces with a real, old-fashioned rotary phone. (Note: this must not be an app that renders a digital simulation of a rotary phone. It must be an app that somehow works in concert with an actual rotary phone.)

#159. PHOTO. 56 POINTS. Zachary Levi is one of a kind. But what would be better than Zachary Levi? A pair of Zachary Levis, naturally. Paint a portrait of Zachary Levi on a pair of jeans. (The jeans may be distressed, but the depiction of Zachary should not be.) Feel free to get Zachary to model the pants.

#160. VIDEO. 84 POINTS. http://gishwhes.tumblr.com/choosewisely

#161. VIDEO. 127 POINTS. Gishwhes is proud to premiere Amazon’s new shopping service, Amazon Reverse Super Prime Now On Demand Fresh™ (ARSPNODF™)! Forget the old business model of customers buying things from online megastores and having to wait for almost a whole day for delivery. With this new service, customers can now ship merchandise to any Amazon senior executive directly through our patented Swift Drone Delivery Service™. With Amazon Reverse Super Prime Now On Demand Fresh™, the Amazon executives can receive packages from customers conveniently just outside their own office buildings in under one hour. Get Jeff Bezos or any Amazon senior executive to send you a timestamped email ordering a small, lightweight, used item from your home to be delivered by ARSPNODF™. Using a drone as the delivery mechanism, deliver the item ordered to the executive (who must be waiting for their package outside their office building) office in less than one hour. Submit the original order along with a timestamped photo of your happy customer with their item delivered by drone. Amazon Reverse Super Prime Now On Demand Fresh™. It’s so easy!

#162. VIDEO. 69 POINTS. Here is your item: https://www.dropbox.com/s/367yaonidvn5rqb/slfwxuhsxccoh.jpg?dl=0

#163. VIDEO. 114 POINTS. Time-lapse this submission to 30 seconds or less. Set up a thin, flat, smooth, vertical surface that is at least 3’ high and 3’ wide, (it could be made from 1/8th inch plywood or a similar material that is very thin and very flat). Then, behind this thin, vertical surface, set up powerful electromagnets that spell a word or phrase (make sure to reverse or mirror the letters so that on the front side they are correctly positioned--this might make sense in a second). Then, take a mass of iron filings (a minimum of 1 cubic foot of filings) and pour them through a funnel that is positioned at least 20 inches horizontally in front of the vertical sheet so that when the filings fall through the funnel they are drawn to the magnets and adhere to the sheet. Film the time-lapse as the iron filings fall and cling to the vertical surface to gradually form the word or phrase that the magnets spell out. If that doesn’t make sense (and I know it doesn’t), here’s a little diagram for you: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lahvg70sph9l7t0/diagram_2.jpg?dl=0 Do not attempt this item unless you have worked with electromagnets of this wattage before or have an electrician on hand who has. They can be dangerous.

#164. PHOTO. 17 POINTS. We have Declared August 1st to be a new international holiday: It’s Retro Twitter Day. Retweet something you posted 4 years ago today with a comment. Hashtag it #RetroTwitterDay.

#165. VIDEO. 42 POINTS. Few things are more wayward than dancing with wild abandon in public. You know who's super good at that? These guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elKgDE5gc9I Find them. Join them. Let them inspire your choreography and costuming. Bonus points for inducting innocent bystander or use of an obscure 80s alternative dance tune soundtrack. Dance like nobody's watching. Except we all are -Kim Rhodes

#166. PHOTO. 32 POINTS. Being #WaywardAF sometimes means being #BadassAF. Take a picture of you doing something you have ALWAYS wanted to do but were afraid to try. Caption your photo with a short explanation and post it to Twitter tagging @OfficialBrianaB and @kimrhodes4real. - Briana Buckmaster and Kim Rhodes

#167. PHOTO. 46 POINTS. Justin Guarini can be a "Lil Sweet" at times: http://www.dietdrpepper.com/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwwry8BRDjsbjMpPSDvagBEiQA5oW0nCKHz838Mz7MBDeTb_x_W9puq-FTaSHe9wyyAv2TwHcaAjEq8P8HAQ Using nothing but forced perspective and a disproportionately large, “weird, unusual or scary” object that you wouldn’t want to be smaller than, make yourself look tiny.

#168. PHOTO. 33 POINTS. At Hope Chest they create butterflies and transform lives http://www.myhopechest.org/ Channeling your inner Monet, pen a message of hope with colored ink on a white bra. Then, channel your inner supermodel and stage a public photo shoot of someone wearing this “support undergarment." (You may wear a shirt underneath it if you prefer and you must adhere to local laws. Please note that Gishwhes does not provide bail money.) Once completed, submit your image on the gishwhes website and also tweet to @MyHopeChest your awesome results on the final day of the game. Extra points for incorporating butterflies into the design. - Ruth Connell

#169. VIDEO. 28 POINTS. Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Join The Hunt, and wear sensible shoes. Grab a friend and go for a walk. A really, really long walk. Unlock the 2.0KM, 5.0KM and 10.KM Poke Eggs and show us what you've hatched. Capture the journey in a 20 second time-lapse video and submit to Gishwhes. Extra Points if you photo grab your hatchlings and ping @OsricChau with a map of your travels. - Osric Chau

#170. VIDEO. 45 POINTS. Everyone knows Gishers throw the most badass recycling parties. Invite ten of your rockstar friends to help you collect litter from a park, roadside location, or public space. You must EACH collect 20lbs of debris, and dispose of it appropriately. Show us a 15 second montage of the festivities. (Extra points for recycling— and don’t forget, it’s a party!). - Lana Parrilla

#171. VIDEO. 44 POINTS. Time to prove you are the person Mr. Rogers knew you were capable of becoming. Ask an overwhelmed mom or elderly neighbor for a list of five chores they could use some help with. Show us that list and you getting them all checked off.

#172. PHOTO. 41 POINTS. Misha loves to travel, but between filming, gishing, and that thing we never talk about in front of polite company, he hasn’t had much time lately. Help Misha out by cosplaying as him in front of one of the 7 modern wonders of the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World No photo manipulation — you have to really be there.

#173. VIDEO. 42 POINTS. You may have heard about a little show called Hamilton. Lin Manuel Miranda lit up Broadway with his innovative style, combining traditional theater and rap to engage delighted theater goers with the story of history’s hippest Founding Father. But that was just a big “win all the 2016 Tonys” ploy. We want to hear and see– in full costume a rap song about another historical figure important to you. Upload a 15 second video on the site AND send it to @Lin_Manuel.

#174. PHOTO. 62 POINTS. We here at gishwhes feel that it’s important to embrace A.I. because - let’s be honest - it just feels good. We also feel it’s important to be able to identify species other than our own when the time comes (soon) that aliens arrive (likely borough or splatter) on our planet. If we can’t make these differentiations, we put ourself at extreme risk of interstellar species misidentification (a plight none of us should be subjected to nor a party of). Accordingly, please treat this item and the ensuing exercise with the respect and devotion it deserves. You’ll also get points. So there’s that. If that’s still not enough, know that this is part of a legitimate research paper that will further scientific research methods worldwide. If it’s not clear, Gishwhes likes supporting science in addition to stormtrooper humiliation, weird food art, and global kindness. http://ubee.enseeiht.fr:8080/PartsSimilarity/home.html

#175. PHOTO. 108 POINTS. CHANGE A LIFE. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 4.8 million people have fled Syria since the civil war began in 2011. (Over 6 million others are internally displaced within Syria.) Many of these families are living in tent cities and encampments with very few resources and very difficult lives. Gishwhes and Random Acts would like to team with Gishers across the globe to help change the lives of FOUR families in particularly dire circumstances in refugee camps in Lebanon. The first is a family where a mother of 4, Khouloud, was paralyzed from the neck down by a sniper's bullet while tending her vegetable garden. For two years, she has been unable to leave the tented shack she shares with her family in a refugee encampment in Lebanon. The second is the family of a 12-year old girl, Khawla, who attempted suicide so that her mother would have one less mouth to feed (the father is presumed dead by the Syrian government). The third is a widowed mother, Reem Diab, who lost her husband, child and her leg in a rocket attack and who lives in a tent on a rooftop in Lebanon. And lastly, we want to help, Aya Sokheyta, a 7-year old girl with spina bifida, who cannot move her legs. Our goal is to provide healthcare and comfort for the individuals in the families above that require it, nutritional food and permanent housing for, and provide the means for all of the children to attend school. We’ve created a Crowdrise page here https://www.crowdrise.com/change-a-life-khoulouds-story. DONATIONS ARE 100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND 100% OF THE DONATIONS GOES TO THE FAMILIES (for countries other than U.S., deductions are contingent on your laws). The Gishwhes Item is to create a fundraising “page” for your team, where family, friends and others can donate. Since this is Gishwhes and there’s always an extra twist with everything we do, here’s the deal: we also want you to get OTHERS to donate to your team’s crowdrise page. We know you don’t need “points” as an incentive to help these families, but since it is part of the Hunt, we want to maximize the power of these points to help: start a page and try to get at least 10 donations from people or businesses NOT on your team. You and your team members are welcome to donate to your campaign, but that is not a requirement for points— the Item requirement is to get at least 10 people to make a cumulative total of least 10 donations who are NOT on your team. There is no minimum to donate for GISHWHES purposes, but Crowdrise does require a minimum $10 donation be collected, and let’s all please encourage others to be generous so we can make a profound impact. SUBMIT a screenshot of your team's page with a minimum of 10 donations on it. (To initially create a fundraising team, click the FUNDRAISE FOR THIS CAMPAIGN button.). If for any reason your team is unable to (or chooses not to) join this crowdrise campaign, you may still get points for this Item by collecting goods or volunteering at least 2 hours of your time with any refugee aid organization that is providing relief to refugees. SUBMIT PROOF YOU HAVE DONE THIS. For example, Spark Ontario’s Warm Welcome program (http://www.findmyspark.ca/warmwelcome), Deutsche Kleiderstiftung (Clothing Foundation) in Germany (http://www.kleiderstiftung.de/kleidung-spenden/ ), or ref.connect’s cultural integration program (http://www.refconnect.de/de/about/konzept.html) in Germany. You do not need to use these specific programs to qualify for points; these are just examples— any legitimate organization helping refugees is acceptable. Thank you for being a part of this. We hope you join us in helping to change these families’ circumstances for the better and we will be sending Gishers updates on their situation in the coming months and years.

#176. PHOTO. 48 POINTS. Every year William Shatner hosts The Hollywood Horse show celebrating the unique and special work of therapeutic riding animals. http://www.horseshow.org/ It's about time your freeloader pet got a job and moved out. Show us their career trajectory by writing a formal resume highlighting their special skills and qualifications. Post it on LinkedIn. Get ten people to give a recommendation.

#177. VIDEO. 69 POINTS. Not everyone knows this, but legendary outlaw Doc Holliday was a dentist. Crochet a gunslinger's belt worthy of Doc Holliday out of dental floss. Instead of a gun, your holsters hold a toothbrush, of course. Draw! (And don't skip the gumline.)

#178. VIDEO. 71 POINTS. Time-lapse your submission where appropriate. We're looking for Gishers to be product testers for our new line of powerful breath-defying mints! If you received a barf bag & mints last year, this Item is for you. Create a 25 second video in which you create the most unappealing (but still safe to consume) "mouthwash" you can from food items, condiments and drinks. Really make it a stomach-churning, disgusting combination of edible products—for example, chocolate milk, mayonnaise, pureed anchovies and orange juice. Then, use the mouthwash on yourself. Make sure to gargle! Finally, use on of our Gishwhes patented breath-defying mints and give a loved one a kiss. Rate the product on whether your loved one needed to use the barf bag after locking lips with you. (If you did not get a patented trademarked gishwhes barf bag & mints, then you are part of our control group and may complete this item with any barf bag and some probably inferior, commercially available breath mints.)

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Facts About Free hand rangoli designs videos Revealed

So its not astonishing that artists would like to utilize the picture or define of Ganesha inside their rangoli. So let's Start out our rangoli journey after praying to Lord Ganesha This freehand rangoli has flower Using the ganpati from the centre. The petals are drawn freely that offers it an exceptionally clean glance and also the ganpati is designed which has a white colour outline and the orange track record to it. A further simple and simple rangoli style utilizing a star formed pattern with the centre. The rangoli is shown in three methods. The ultimate picture below and two intermediate stages or measures while in the pics down below it. The gaps amongst the border as well as central flower is crammed with the designs in yellow. The flower I also decorated with alternate blue and pink colors for the petals. Mid-ribs can also be drawn about the flower petals. The final result an easy but colourful free hand rangoli in the event you are searhing for a quick and simple rangoli design and style for Diwali. seven.Our fascination Together with the colourful fowl, Peacock isn't new. We enjoy the colours of Peacock and belows Yet another evidence of our extreme like for this gorgeous generation of character. The colourful colours made use of On this design make this an incredibly stunning Rangoli style and design for competitions. The hues and shades utilized In this particular rangoli is simply excellent and very vibrant this rangoli is very eye catchy with its colors. You will find only couple of colors use like yellow, blue, pink, and white. This can make this search very sober and can even be created for almost any official situations. The first rangoli underneath is an easy design and style as is evident from your image. A floral style and design progressed from the simple style and design of 4 triangles touching one another within the vertices. Practising this helps drawing petals of different designs. Nevertheless I've drawn with rangoli ( powder ), 1 could seek to apply with sketch pen or chalk piece or pencil any other implies one particular feels snug till he/she attains the expected degree of dexterity, speed and comfort in drawing. For festivals like Diwali and Karthigai ( in Tamil Nadu ) it might be mix of lamps with any other pattern drawn free hand or with dots. This really is the benefit of freehand rangolis. We can easily opt to what extent we wish to grow a rangoli. In the situation of rangoli with dots, the size is restricted to the volume of dots. Even so both of those are interesting and likewise challenging in their own personal way.

Currently, yow will discover tons of gorgeous kundan parts in shoppings malls and institutions. You can find pre-organized kundan you can purchase and simply set as part of your table or floors. There are actually skilled in kundan rangoli producing that can also set up these lovely pieces for yourself. Yet one more Model of what is referred to as traces kolam or lines muggulu or lines rangoli within the set of images beneath displaying the actions. The images are self - explanatory. Some rangoli may well area quite simple but are difficult , some kolam might surface challenging but are actually straightforward. When it stated that there The rangoli design and style over is an entire flower design and style without having other motif or pattern added. The central floral sample is drawn with as numerous petals as feasible. From these An increasing number of petals are drawn to get the style and design as proven during the picture above. Even so, I have extra pink colour at the centre surrounded by petals in blue, inexperienced and red. We want some liberty each in drawing and implementing colours to make sure that we can provide our creativity (? Make sure you note: Be sure to report back to YouTube or electronic mail us if any channel we linked in unauthorized or violating copyrights. This app is simply displaying the videos in a more consumer-pleasant way for customers.

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Digital commerce or ecommerce is a term for any kind of type of business, or business transaction, that includes the transfer of info throughout the Internet. As on-line consumers began using their mobile devices more often, Apple presented Apple Pay as a mobile settlement and also digital budget tool that allowed customers to spend for services or products with an Apple device. By utilizing the Websites or giving individual details to us, you agree that we could interact with you digitally concerning safety and security, personal privacy as well as management problems associating with your use the Sites. Find out the best ways to discover items to market and arrangement your on-line shop. Create Your Very Own Custom Tee Shirts Effortlessly. So for alternative ladies's t tee shirts designs, there's polo t tee shirts, long t t-shirts, as well as v neck t shirts, each which has a special cut and various feel. As shopping grows, it is taking a bigger bite of retail sales in general. 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WP ShopAzon Review and huge bonus

WP ShopAzon is an all new & innovative 100% automated associate shop contractor that provides you the power to develop aff shops rapid & earn easy payment without all the troubles of doing it manually

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Disjointed Experience-- If you curate products from more than one vendor on your site, you'll have to send out visitors to multiple sites when they try to have a look at with different products. The disjointed experience could leave them aggravated as well as significantly harm your conversion price. No Guarantees-- On the flip side, if your affiliate shop does not expand the number of brands it advertises, your income might take a radical hit if your primary seller removes you as a result of Connect Nexus Tax law or chooses to shut down their affiliate program. Item Maintenance-- Despite Having all the tools out there, there's still manual work called for to maintain your item links, summaries and pictures exact and also approximately day. Ways to Create Your Affiliate Store with Shopify There are 2 paths you could take when producing an associate store with Shopify, depending upon the amount of affiliate sellers you wish to partner with. Course # 1: Curate Products from Numerous Vendors To consist of items from different merchants in your Shopify shop, you'll need to fine-tune your style's code so your "Include in Cart" switch is replaced with a switch that takes individuals to the vendor's internet site using your associate web link. Shopify has a few assistance strings to walk you via the procedure, depending upon the means you want to approach it: String # 1: Replace the add to cart switch with an e-mail link or get in touch with kind Thread # 2: How to customize "Look into" Switch for affiliate ahref= web links String # 3: Exchanging out the "contribute to haul" switch with amazon affiliate web link-- What is the best method? Course # 2: Curate Products from Amazon If you wish to obtain your feet wet with an affiliate shop without the trouble of tweaking your theme's code, beginning by curating items from Amazon only with the awesome as well as economical Spreadr App. For only $5 per month, Spreadr conveniently imports WP ShopAzon Review item listings right into your ecommerce shop and changes your "Add to Cart" switch with a "Sight On Amazon" switch instantly. Here's an instance of an Amazon just store by the great people at Cover:

How to Create Your Affiliate Store with WordPress The majority of the associate shops I come across in my work as an affiliate manager keep up self-hosted WordPress.org. That's because there are loads of WordPress particular styles and also plugins offered to affiliate marketing professionals planning to develop an affiliate store. Below's a consider several of the options: Store is an user-friendly and adaptable cost-free WordPress style. As the official WooCommerce style, it's maintained by core developers to provide you world-class support as well as deep assimilation with WooCommerce.

That huge block advertising Microsoft 365 at the top of the web page was placed there thanks to Entrepreneur's use of DoubleClick Advertising and marketing Solutions. Although the ad is rather relevant to myself as a local business owner, it's not all that appropriate to the article that I visited the site for to begin with. Now, here is an example from Wirecutter that reveals what associate web links (highlighted in yellow) look like:

PG Easy Associate Store-- Free With the PG Straightforward Associate Shop plugin, you could create a simple affiliate store by curating affiliate items from multiple vendors and networks.

How to Construct an Amazon.com Affiliate Store Using WordPress Subscribe at Amazon

To start with, you need to develop an account on Amazon.com and also make an application for their associate program. To do so, simply go to the homepage as well as create an Amazon.com account.

Then click the 'Come to be an Associate' link in the footer and sign up utilizing your account.

You will certainly receive your individual WP ShopAzon Review associate id, which will be later on made use of to tape-record your sales.

Select a WooCommerce Theme Choosing an appropriate style is one of the important action in building a successful on-line store. Better choose one with a contemporary design, durable performance under the hood, and some extra benefit features on the top. We recommend this WooCommerce theme: Wilson & Smith

It boasts a minimalist, somewhat Shopify-ish appearance with a center-aligned food selection, hefty focus on products, and also impressive hover impacts. Its multipurpose layout based upon clear-cut lines and also modern font styles gives the unrivaled user experience. It is also compatible with the GPL 3.0 permit, so you can purchase it once, as well as construct a limitless variety of affiliate stores by just transforming the logo and the color scheme.

With this style, your associate store will look far better than Amazon.com itself.

Check out Wilson & Smith at work. Actually, you could select any type of motif-- it depends just on the topic of your shop. Surf the whole gallery making a notified choice. You will need to mount WordPress as well as WooCommerce first-- both of them are 100% complimentary.

Incorporate Your WordPress Site with your Amazon.com Account There are numerous ways of integrating your WordPress site with Amazon. You can either put links with your affiliate id or utilize among the many plugins with extensive capability. We suggest the latter choice, as it is much more professional, and conserves you a great deal of time. With a plugin, you don't should produce switches and upload screenshots each time you release an Amazon affiliate item on your web site. Among the best options for you is the costs plugin, which is totally suitable with WooCommerce. Throughout the last 21 years, Amazon.com made its means from a little book shop called Cadabra to a massive on-line mall with millions of clients. For website owners, it is also an excellent means to make cash online with among the most preferred WP ShopAzon Review programs in the world. With Amazon.com, you receive up to 10% from each sale you make. But where should you begin? The most reliable method is to build your associate store fully-focused at marketing on Amazon. Today we will certainly inform you how you can pick an ideal eCommerce platform and just what devices to utilize for the optimum efficiency of your utmost Amazon affiliate shop.

Why You Should Add Amazon Affiliate Hyperlinks to WordPress Amazon.com released back in 1994 and, 2 short years later, they developed their Amazon.com Associates program. In so doing, Amazon had the ability to boost direct exposure to their market by allowing web designers as well as site owners to work as evangelists for their items. It assisted drive even more traffic to Amazon.com while giving these business-minded individuals the opportunity to create even more earnings for their own websites and also businesses. Today, the Amazon Associates affiliate program can be made use of in a range of methods WordPress: Bloggers can add associate links to their web content or ads on their sidebar when going over and recommending particular items readily available in the Amazon market. Users could produce whole on the internet stores devoted to offering products from Amazon. This is likewise referred to as an associate store. Local business owner can offer and advertise their own Amazon.com items on their WordPress websites using associate web links (so they'll get the compensation charge along with whatever loan they gain in the straight sale with Amazon.com). People that want to earn a living writing evaluations about items, books, films, and also anything else offered on Amazon.com could produce an entire site committed to it. Associate advertising could likewise be made use of on sites that compare item rates or deal discount coupons in bulk for different items. If you like the concept of producing extra earnings by adding Amazon.com affiliate links to your WordPress site, you should initially make sure you recognize what you're entering into. While there are a plethora of benefits to glean from the Amazon.com Associates program, there are a variety of disadvantages that accompany it too. Just what to Watch Out for with Amazon.com Associate Advertising Let's first analyze the "poor" components of Amazon.com affiliate advertising and marketing. Primarily, these are the important things you should take care regarding when collaborating with a brand like Amazon. This is not a get-rich-quick system. Without consistent WP ShopAzon Review web traffic to your website, without material that is relevant to the associate links you wish to promote, without a healthy and balanced advertising campaign going on outside of your site, you may not make much from this. Poor product choices could hurt your brand name. Chances are good that if you're consisting of an associate link in your web content, after that you agree to put your full support behind the product. However, if the track record of that item ought to sour with the public as well as you fail to capture it, that suggestion of an unreliable item can injure your brand name. Analytics are limited. Unlike with conversions made straight on your WordPress site, you'll be limited in regards to what you could learn about the people making acquisitions via your associate web links. While Amazon does provide you with details concerning clicks and sales, you will not obtain deep insights into who the customer was and exactly what they did on your site prior to they got to that point that you would certainly with Google Analytics. Amazon.com primarily sells physical products. For those of you wishing to promote software program or other digital items (not including publications, naturally) with associate web links, you won't have the ability to do so with this program.

Commissions are not consistent. Although Amazon.com advertises that affiliate marketing experts obtain as much as 10% payment on purchases made via their links, many classifications don't pay out that well. You could discover the compensation structure right here:

To become lucrative, your store should successfully route site visitors from your product web pages to different merchant websites using your associate links. That's why it's essential that you remove non-relevant outbound links and also other distractions that trigger visitors to leave or leave. Some instances consist of: Links to other websites Telephone number Banners or advertisements Non-affiliate widgets While certain external links are required, like those going to your social media accounts, consider reducing their positioning to your footer to maintain site visitors on your website much longer. 5. Develop Excellent Quality Content There are 2 great benefits to producing high quality material for your associate shop with blog writing and obtaining energetic on social media sites. One, it'll drive web traffic to your store, which is essential to make affiliate payments. Second, some associate managers search for verifiable social media sites accounts or an active blog prior to approving brand-new associate applications. Top Brands For Your Associate Store If you're not curious about taking the Amazon only method, there's many other associate programs you could include in your affiliate store.

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Where do you begin when you have finally decided on pendant lighting for over your bar, dining table or entry way? We have done some online shopping for you to narrow your search and help you get started. Here are 9 rustic pendant lighting to swoon for.

  Indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures are an important piece to help define your home decor style whether your style is  farmhouse, mid century modern or rustic industrial. Adding the perfect lighting that matches the look you are trying to achieve can add that element of completion to your decorating.

We love pendant lighting and have a rustic industrial fixture above our metal and wood dining table.  We also installed 3 separate pendants with Edison bulbs above the snack bar in the kitchen at our rental property which is a 1935 bungalow. It truly does add character to a room when you have statement lighting.

We have plenty of areas in our home now that we would love to replace the light fixtures we have now for that more rustic industrial look. That’s what got us on a search for rustic pendant lighting so we thought we would  share with you some of our favorites.

Even if you are just dreaming about new lighting right now and not in the place of purchasing, you can pin the images below to your Pinterest boards for future reference.

All the rustic pendant lighting below is from Amazon and to help narrow things down further for you, we included the features, descriptions and what customers said about their purchases. Most were good reviews but some were disappointed, mostly with packaging or parts.

          Rustic Industrial Pendant Lighting

Features and Description:

STYLISH – Our farmhouse lighting features a cool twisted galvanized metal frame for a look all their own. Not your run of the mill pendant lights. 

VERSATILE – Hardwire to the ceiling, over your island, sink, bar or dining room table for an industrial chic appeal. Use a regular light bulb for task lighting or an Edison bulb (not included) for ambiance

SPECIFICATIONS – Uses one regular based light bulb, 60 watts maximum – bulb not included in sale, includes silver ceiling canopy and necessary hardware for wiring to ceiling

What Customers Say:

“Quick shipping and easy to install. Seems to be well built.”

” love the design and shape of the light”

“the light is exactly as described”

“absolutely love!”

“Looks awesome however please be aware this product is galvanized metal and does not look like the color in the picture. If you leave it the original finish its bare metal and very silver”

Vintage Industrial Glass Pendant Ceiling Hanging Light

  Features and Description:

Classic Design: Concise look, attractive and always in fashion,well suited for any decoration,perfect for your home.

Fixture Dimensions : pendant height (18.11″) x pendant width (5.91″) x Cord Length (39.37),COLOR:copper red

Bulb Requirements: 1x 40W max E26/27 bulb（Note：Bulb NOT Included）– uses a E26 / E27 light bulb of your choic(LED,CFL,Incandescent or halogen),looks great with antique edison bulbs

Easy To Install: includes all mounting hardware for quick and easy installation.

100% Brand New, 100% Refund/Replacement for quality problem.When you have any problem or query about the light,please don’t hesitate to contact us,we will reply you within 24 hours and get it resolved as soon as we can.

DURABLE PENDANT LIGHTING: steel construction

ADJUSTABLE: the cable can be shortened to adjust the height

EASY INSTALL: pendant light has all mounting hardware for quick and easy installation

Hardwired ceiling light for use in dry locations

BULB REQUIREMENTS: 1 x E26/medium base max 60W Bulb(Not Included)

What Customers Say:

“I was able to install myself but these are not do it yourself instructions.”

“We ordered these lights…yes the glass is difficult to put in, but once you get the trick it’s good. They are beautiful! We had an issue but the company took care of it right away…..great customer service.”

“Got 3 of these for over my kitchen island. They look AWESOME! Hint: unscrew the part where the light bulb screws in in order to get the glass in the frame. ”

  Rustic Pendant Lighting Indoor Pendant 

Features and Description:

A vintage and practical island fixture lighting,adding an industrial touch to your kitchen, dining room

Fixture Dimensions : 31.5″ L x 8“ W x 47.24″ H,Cord Adjustable

Bulb Requirements: 5x 40W max E26/27 bulb（Note：Bulb NOT Included）– uses a E26 / E27 light bulb of your choic(LED,CFL,Incandescent or halogen),looks great with antique edison bulbs

Easy To Install: includes all mounting hardware for quick and easy installation.

100% Brand New, 100% Refund/Replacement for quality problem.When you have any problem or query about the light,please don’t hesitate to contact us,we will reply you within 24 hours and get it resolved as soon as we can.

What Customers Say:

“Fabulous! Love the look. Easy to install”

“Bought these for my garage wife ended up keeping for the kitchen island”

“Love this light. Easy to install, gives off good light and goes perfect with our rustic decor.”

“Loving these in my new house! We have a copper sink and these go so well with it. We have been getting lots of compliments on them as well.”

“Beautiful light fixtures and look exactly as pictured. Easy to install. Gotten a lot of compliments on them. Plenty of cord length and packaged securely. I used Edison style bulbs with them and looked even better.”

“Just what I wanted for that industrial look!”

Linear Island Pendant Lighting

Features and Description:

A vintage and practical island fixture lighting,adding an industrial touch to your kitchen, dining room

Fixture Dimensions : 31.5″ L x 8“ W x 47.24″ H,Cord Adjustable

Bulb Requirements: 5x 40W max E26/27 bulb（Note：Bulb NOT Included）– uses a E26 / E27 light bulb of your choic(LED,CFL,Incandescent or halogen),looks great with antique edison bulbs

Easy To Install: includes all mounting hardware for quick and easy installation.

100% Brand New, 100% Refund/Replacement for quality problem.When you have any problem or query about the light,please don’t hesitate to contact us,we will reply you within 24 hours and get it resolved as soon as we can.

What Customers Say:

“This light is gorgeous, takes some time to install”

“You can adjust the length of the cord according to your need,the overall length of the cord is 6.56 feet,if you think it’s too long,you can cut it shorter.”

“The base of this light is a little over 30 inches long by 2 inches wide. This will not cover a typical electric box in the ceiling. ”

  Rustic Antique Ceiling Pendant Light

  Features and Description:

INDOOR LIGHTING APPLICATION- Cinema, School, Garage, Shopping Mall, Hotel, Meeting Room, Office, Bedroom, Restaurant. It is not only a lighting,but also a beautiful decoration for space.gives a fashion and romantic atmosphere.

ANTIQUE WOODEN AND METAL STYLE- This pendant lighting fixtures is made of high quality wood and metal,the vintage style can make your room a American rustic feeling.

VERSATILE CEILING LIGHTING FIXTURE- Can be applied in commercial and exhibition locations like restaurants and galleries. Good choice for kitchen, dining room, bar, office, schools to show vintage industrial style.

FAST SHIPPING TIME- Ship from The United State, 3 to 7 working days arrive on normal weather. Dont Need Long Shipping Time. We remove the risk to ensure your.

100% BACK GUARANTEE- If you’re not completely satisfied with our pendant light, we are always welcome to contact us by e-mail,we will answer you within 24 hours

What Customers Say:

“Great addition to my daughters room. I will get a fancier bulb to make it look even nicer.”

    Metal Wood and Glass Chandelier Pendant Light 

Features and Description:

MATERIAL: Wood, Iron and Glass with Strong Wires

STYLE: Traditional, Art Deco, Cottage, Rustic, Retro

SPEC: Fits E26 Edison Vintage bulbs (Bulbs not included), Hard Wired Corded Electric,110-220v, 60-watt Maximum Power

SUGGESTED SPACE: For House, Bedroom, Living Room, Dining Room, Foyers,Bar, Restaurants, Coffee Shop, Club Decoration

HIGH QUALITY: UL Listed, 2 Years Warranty

What Customers Say:

” I love the color of the wood, its a little more reddish than pictured so its a beautiful rich shade.”

“Absolutely beautiful, well designed. Match well with country wood table.”

“This light fixture is beautiful, we love the modern look. It makes a statement without overpowering our dining room”

“Exactly as described, very pleased.”

   Metal and Wood Circular Chandelier Pendant

Features and Description:

HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE CORD MOUNTED: Includes Rubber insulated adjustable cord with a 63 inch max height.

18 INCH BIG WOOD FRAME: 18″ diameter x 11″ high, fashional Circular Wood. Perfect for kitchens, over counters and islands, Bar, Cafe and in hallways.

CANOPY: 5 ” round canopy with a 39″ rubber insulated cord gives maximum flexibility in hanging heights. Perfect for sloped ceilings and compatible with most junction boxes.

MEDIUM BASE SOCKET: Features an E26 socket that is compatible with a variety of incandescent, LED, CFL and halogen bulbs (60W max, not included).

UL LISTED: This Anmytek product is UL listed, and is backed by a 2 years limited manufacturer’s warranty.

What Customers Say:

“Really really beautiful.”

“Beautiful, well designed and better actually than it look on photo”

“Easy to put together”

“Love it and so does everyone who walks through our front door!”

“Had difficulty with parts, but was promptly shipped new parts that worked. Customer services was amazing!”

    Rectangle Wood and Metal Chandelier Pendant

Features and Description:

HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE CORD MOUNTED: Includes Rubber insulated adjustable cord with a 53 inch max height.

25.5 INCH BIG METAL CAGE: 25.5″ length * 9.25″ width * 11.5″ highth, strong iron wire cage. Perfect for kitchens, over counters and islands, Bar, Cafe and in hallways.

CANOPY: 10.25 ” * 4.75 ” square canopy with a 42″ rubber insulated cord gives maximum flexibility in hanging heights. Perfect for sloped ceilings and compatible with most junction boxes.

MEDIUM BASE SOCKET: Features an E26 socket that is compatible with a variety of incandescent, LED, CFL and halogen bulbs (60W max, not included).

UL LISTED: This Anmytek product is UL listed, and is backed by a 2 years limited manufacturer’s warranty.

What Customers Say:

“A good price for this light.”

“I get more compliments on it than anything else in the house I’ve recently made over”

“I love this light!”

  Industrial Metal Spherical Pendant

Features and Description:

Vintage style metal globe pendant lighting;shade dimension: 11.81” in diameter,11.81” in height

Its open-air design showcases the illumination from the bulb, adding its trendy appeal

ETL listed, E26 based, bulb not included, oil rubbed bronze finish

Hardwired installation, this unique merging of both vintage craftsmanship and industrial design makes this piece a stunning addition to any room in your home

A special “feature” to this light: all the 4 rings an be spined around screws, so it can be showed multi displays according to your desired lighting look

What Customers Say:

“It was easy to install”

“Exceptional quality for an extraordinary price”

“This light looks amazing and we are receiving so many compliments”

“The functionality is exactly what you would expect it to be, which is wonderful. It puts out just enough light with the vintage style Edison bulb that we ordered separately.”

” I love the new, updated and modern look it gives my small foyer. I also like the shadows it casts on my walls.”

Hopefully this gave you some ideas to add a piece of rustic industrial element to your home decor. If you like this post, you may enjoy our Modern Farmhouse Lighting post as well.

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 Solution

Kathmandu Australia

249 Park Street, South Melbourne

PO Box 984, South Melbourne

Victoria, Australia 3205

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

RE: Coloured zipper wanted for backpack and luggage bags

Dear Sir/Madam

Please see photos attached: I hope this letter finds you well. I bought a backpack/Duffel Bag 3 in one item from your Emporium Mall store in Melbourne CBD. I find it difficult to locate the zipper as the zipper and its zipper string is black in colour which blends into the (background) colour of the backpack (black). I created a DIY solution for this by separately purchasing a different coloured luggage zipper string from MYER Emporium. I wish that you would consider selling coloured luggage zipper strings in your stores (this cannot be patented). Or otherwise pair coloured zippers with all of your products as an alternative or as is. This will create an additional revenue stream and enhance customer retention not to mention eliminating stress, confusion from trying to locate the zipper through the thousands of times a user engages in opening the bag. The time saved would translate into productivity for work or play which means money for Elite bosses who are your mates.

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Viking Day 2: Paris Tour

We awoke at about 6:30AM, our usual waking up time. I checked for e-mails or voice mails from Air France, but found nothing new. However, at 7:00AM there was a knock on our door, and we were overjoyed to find the missing suitcases in the corridor. They had been delivered to the ship between two and three AM (!), and the ship staff had decided it was better to let us sleep than wake us at that hour.

With fresh clothing, we felt much refreshed and ready to take on the day. We had good appetite for the buffet breakfast, and I was pleased to note that the Rinda evidently gets its bacon from the same supplier as the Viking Atla—meaning that it was excellent. Fortified, we looked forward to the bus tour of Paris we had scheduled for the day.

Driving into Paris on a weekday morning is not a task for the faint-hearted. Even as far out as the relatively peaceful environs of Le Vesinet, traffic was heavy, and French drivers tend to follow the rule of inserting their vehicle as far as possible into any open space. This in particular includes the motorcyclists.

Motorcycles are almost as ubiquitous in Paris as bicycles were in Amsterdam, although less of a hazard to pedestrians (mostly). The part of the sidewalk nearest the street along the broad boulevards, some of which have sidewalks as wide as two lanes of ordinary traffic, are used for motorcycle parking, which could be nervous-making. What’s really hair-raising is the extent to which cyclists insert themselves between lanes of traffic, blithely proceeding with cars, trucks, and busses inches away on either hand. Chiefly, but not always, they do this when the four-wheel traffic is moving slowly, which may explain why the death rate isn’t higher than it is. If you get nudged by a vehicle on one side and go down, there’s pretty much nowhere for you to go but under the wheels on the other side.

The trip in made me glad that I had no plans to drive in Paris. We went past the Arc de Triomphe, and the bus circumnavigated around the immense Maelstrom that is the traffic circle that surrounds it. This has anywhere from eight to ten lanes of traffic or more, depending on how daring or desperate the drivers are, continually weaving to get on and off the merry-go-round. The only way for pedestrians to get to the Arc is to take the under-road tunnel that connects it to sane territory.

Photographs do not do justice to how large the Arc de Triomphe is. At 164 feet tall, and 148 feet wide, “monumental” is the appropriate word for it.

The morning tour stop was the Cathedral of Notre Dame. The bus let us off a couple of blocks away, just across the street from the Hotel de Ville of Paris proper. (“Hotel de Ville” is the French term for a City Hall, or seat of municipal government. We saw a number of Hotels de Ville in our travels, as each of the numbered districts, or arrondisments that make up metropolitan Paris has its own “mayor”, although the Mayor of Paris is chief overall.)

Our stroll took us across the Pont Neuf, or “New Bridge,” which, paradoxically, is Paris’ oldest extant bridge, and which connects the Ile de Cite with the mainland on either side. The Ile de Cite is Paris’ ancient heart, the defensible island being where the Pariisi and later the Romans set up shop. The streets adjacent to the Cathedral square are thick with souvenir stores and cafes, some of which had crepe-making setups out on the sidewalk. There is a marker set in the pavement of the Cathedral plaza marking the zero point from which all distances to and from Paris are officially measured. There was a block-long line for tickets to the Cathedral towers, but that was not an issue for us as we weren’t doing that part.

Notre Dame is a very handsome cathedral, although not as large or imposing as some others we have seen. Unlike some of the other Paris monuments, notably the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower, it seems smaller in real life than frequently pictured. The exterior has also been cleaned sometime in the recent past, so it’s not as grim as it often appears. The interior is quite richly decorated, a high narrow space of three levels. The famous rose windows are very impressive for their intricacy and depth of color given their age, but are less beautiful than some because the individual elements are quite small (again, due to the age of the glass—bigger pieces are harder to make and require more advanced techniques) and therefore are relatively dark because of the high proportion of framing material to glass. One thing I was quite interested by and had never seen reference to was the lively frieze depicting the life of Christ in the choir area. Sculpted in high relief and painted, the depiction is interesting and has its amusing elements.

After the cathedral visit, we were bussed to the Les Halles district, and took a short walk through a pedestrianized area to Au Pere Fouettard for lunch. Au Pere Fouettard, 9 rue Pierre Lescot, bills itself as a “traditional brassierie.” (Technically, “brassierie” means brewery, or a place that makes its own beer. However, usage has changed to mean a general-service bar and restaurant. ) Like quite a few of the eating places we would encounter, the majority of the seating is outside, and the interior really quite small. Au Pere Fouettard had a very picturesque small barroom, decorated with jars of fruit and herbs presumably in alcohol, indicating that they may actually make some of their own infused liquors. Lunch was chicken with a tasty red sauce, with rice and watercress, and some very good ice cream for dessert. (We sampled ice cream in a number of places in France and found it to be uniformly better than the standard commercial varieties in the USA.) We had a few minutes to stroll the near area and look in shop windows before heading back to the bus. We were taking the extended version of the city tour, so our afternoon stop was the Louvre museum, Paris’ largest, and home to some of the most famous artworks in the world. Just approaching the museum was somewhat of an adventure, as, since the remodeling that added the famous glass pyramid entrance, bus parking is underground beneath the palace courtyard. The busses descend what seems at least four levels beneath the street, and are parked in a cavernous hangar which would make a great staging area for some secret government agency.

From the bus park, you enter the museum through passages along ancient foundations of the original castle, uncovered in the renovations. Getting in required the usual security check—bag contents and metal detector—which we encountered at every public building we went to in Paris.

Our group had a good guide who took us through the main galleries, hitting the high spots, but also making a good effort to point out other interesting things, such as the four other Leonardo da Vinci paintings the museum owns, other than the Mona Lisa. Obligatory viewings included the Venus di Milo—again, bigger in the real—and the Winged Victory of Samothrace. What was particularly interesting about the Victory was that apparently they also found parts of a stone ship’s prow it stood on, which I gather probably means that it was originally part of a monument to some naval battle.

Coming in the afternoon, the museum was crowded, especially with tour groups, and especially in the room with the Mona Lisa. There’s a corral for viewers in front of “La Gioconda,” so the closest you can get at the best of times is fifteen feet or so. With patience, you could shuffle up to the front and take a gander. (This was the first location at which we encountered Asian people who rudely pushed their way up to the front. We learned later that these were Chinese tourists, who have inherited the reputation for obnoxiousness once held by the Japanese.) We weren’t much discommoded, however, as we were much more interested in viewing the spectacular Veronese “Wedding at Canna” on the opposite side of the room, and the many paintings by Titian and other Italian masters. We also got time to take a look at the gallery of French Academy painters, including David’s “Liberty Leading the People,” and monumental Coronation of Napoleon, “The Raft of the Medusa,” by Theodore Gericault, and the “Death of Sardanapalus,” by Eugene Delcroix.

On the way out of the Louvre, we made a quick stop in some of the specialty shops which are a part of the extensive underground shopping mall that’s also part of the complex, and bought some macarons to sample later.

After the museum tour, our bus took us to the Champ de Mars, where we had a “photo op” for the Eiffel Tower. Again, although one may intellectually be aware that the Tower is (roughly) a thousand feet tall, usual pictures do not prepare you for how massive it is. The base is 410 feet on a side, so a standard football field would fit between the legs. We were rather surprised at the mostly dead grass and dusty walks on the Champ de Mars, but were told that the space had been used as a venue for outdoor viewing of World Cup games, which resulted in the wear and tear. (Tamped clay walkways, rather than graveled or paved, seem to be the done thing, as we found them in the park at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and later in the Tuileries gardens as well.) After that, it was back to the ship by a rather roundabout route, as the bus driver took alternate roads to evade rush hour traffic.

Dinner was preceded by the traditional “welcome aboard” champagne reception and toast. We were offered champagne, or a variety of mixed drinks including it, such as Mimosas, Bellinis, or Kir Royale.

For dinner aboard, we had lime marinated shrimp, veal tenderloin, and soufflé with Grand Marnier. All of it was very good, and I was especially impressed by the soufflé. Soufflés are notoriously touchy, and making individual ones for 180 people in a ship’s kitchen and have them all come out right is a feat. After dinner, the tour director gave a short lesson in basic French, which was amusing and informative.