Got a small stain on your favorite shirt? Don’t throw it away, paint it instead! You don’t have to be an artist to do shirt painting. Of course, if you are an artist, all the better, but if not, there are many different designs you can do anyway. You can buy a stencil and stencil on your design, then trace the lines with your fabric paint. Another way you can do the shirt is to select a picture from a magazine, lay it on cardboard, and poke holes with a thumb tack, until you’ve outlined the design with holes. Lay the pattern on the shirt. Use a marker to place a dot on each tack hole, check on occasion to see that the marker is going through the tack hole, onto the shirt. After you have your pattern drawn on, outline it with your fabric paints. Let dry.

Another great way to create shirt painting desings is to lay the shirt on newspapers, with the newspapers surrounding the shirt somewhat. Stand over the shirt and gently squeeze paint from up in the air, letting it splatter onto the shirt. Change colors several times, until the shirt is covered in paint spatters. For a varied pattern, hang the shirt up on a clothesline or other place that won’t be damaged from paint. Dip a paintbrush in regular housepaint, wall paint or enamel. Sling the paint at the shirt, not letting go of the brush. Do this several times, in as many colors as you want. You can do the entire shirt or just the front. Sponges, paint rollers and other implements can make some wild designs, so just experiment and come up with your own creations.

Candles are so easy and you probably have all the molds you need, right at home. Melt your wax in a saucepan and shave a crayon of the color you want the candle, into the melted wax. Stir until everything is well melted. The crayon pieces will tend to melt at the bottom, so stir very well. Prepare your mold by taping a piece of cardboard to the bottom of a bathroom tissue roll. Tape another piece of cardboard to a paper towel roll. Now, cut a paper towel roll to be a size which is between the bathroom tissue roll and the paper towel roll. Tape a piece of cardboard to this third mold, also. Make sure the cardboard is taped well where it meets the roll, or the wax will seep out. Using a funnel, pour the wax into the rolls. Allow to cool, then peel away the roll. Candles can be painted with glitter paints, then placed on a plate or tray. Tie a glitter ribbon around the three candles and encircle the bottom of the candles with tiny ivy and berries or another decoration of your choice.

Another easy candle requires a cardboard quart or half-gallon milk carton. Make sure it is clean and dry, then cut the dispenser part (about 1/4 of the carton) off and throw away. You should now have a large rectangular shape. Fill candle mold full of chipped ice. Large cubes are not recommended for this project. After stuffing as much ice as possible in the mold, pour tinted wax into the mold, on top of the ice. Allow to cool, then turn upside down to drain any water. Remove the milk carton from the candle and your candle should look something like a large block of swiss cheese.

There’s lots of manuals, books and Web sites which tell you all about how to train your new pup, but if you’ve ever tried to train a pup, you already know that many of these techniques don’t work, or take months to do so. Certain things are known about pups: they love to be loved, they love to eat and they love to play. Taking these things into consideration, it’s easy to do new dog training, but first know that it will not happen in one day, so have patience with your new friend.

Don’t get a new pup if you’re not ready to spend lots and lots of time with it in the beginning. To first get a dog to love you, pet and hold it often when you first get it and let it sit on your lap as much as possible. For one thing, dogs won’t potty on your lap if they’re beyond 6 weeks old, and secondly, when a pup knows you love it, it will do anything for you. Begin immediately trying to communicate with your dog, and if he understands you and obeys, or at least tries, give him a small treat. Make sure the treat is very small. This will encourage the dog to do more to please you so that he can have another reward. If you feed the dog a large snack, he’ll fill up fast and be ready to sleep.

The two main things that a dog does that drives us crazy is chewing what he’s not supposed to and using the potty where he shouldn’t. Dogs don’t like to use the bathroom near their food dish, so start off with a small section of your house where you’ll let the dog sleep and eat. Preferably, this place is near the door or the designated spot. For the first few days, take the pup out every hour or so. If he has already relieved himself in the floor, put his nose close to it - NOT IN IT - for a few seconds, then take him outside. Before doing so, take his paw and scratch the door, or ring a bell, so he’ll get used to the designated method of letting you know he’s ready to go out. If you would prefer the dog to bark when he wants out, he’ll learn this on his own in the near future. Walk the dog around the yard and as soon as he does his business, give him a treat. It could take awhile before he decides he’s ready to potty, but don’t play with him in the meanwhile. Just walk around and wait on him to go, then immediately treat him. After he has had his treat, then play with him. This teaches him that food and play will follow potty.

To keep the pup from chewing your home to pieces, have a chewable toy that is his and his alone. Every time you see him chew on anything else, remove the other object and give him his designated chew toy. If he’s chewing furniture, take him several feet away, giving him his toy. The pup will eventually learn that this is for chewing and other things are not. Don’t allow him several different chew toys for now; it’ll only make him think everything is up for grabs. Make sure he understands there is only one chew toy.

To teach the pup to stay in the yard, sprinkle small treats, like bacon bits out in the grass before letting him out. Where a dog smells food, he’ll stay. If he does start to leave the yard, call him back, and if he comes, give him a treat. If he doesn’t come back, lay a treat at the spot where you want him to come, go get him, and place him in front of the treat. This will teach the dog that a snack awaits him if he comes when you call. Overall, just show your pup lots of love, never hit him, always reward him and he’ll be your best friend for a long, long time.

Here’s a cute little ornament which is eash for kids or adults to make. Take a lid from any size soda bottle and glue a scrap of Christmas fabric or a picture from a magazine. Choose a picture which has a glossy finish. After gluing the picture on the flat side of the soda lid, use a small piece of elastic thread to make a hanger. Glue the hanger on the top of the lid. Now, use a piece of wide velvet ribbon to wrap around the outer side of the lid, starting right beside the hanger and ending up at the other side of the hanger. Cut a small slit at the end of the ribbon and wrap one side around the back of the hanger, one side around the front of the hanger, covering up the glue where the hanger is attached. Now, spread glue in the concave part of the lid, then sprinkle with glitter. Use glitter glue to go around the flat part of the lid where the picture is. Encircle the picture with the glitter glue. Tie a small bow and glue it at the top of the ornament where the hanger is.

With a coffee lid, you can also make some great ornaments. Remove the cardboard piece from the concave part of the lid. Cut a picture of your child, your pet or a Christmas picture into a circle, the size of the flat part of the lid. Glue it onto the top of the lid. Use a small piece of cord or a piece of elastic thread for a hanger. Glue the hanger on top of the lid edge. Glue tiny pom-poms around the lid, or you can use velvet ribbon to wrap the lid. If you’re using velvet ribbon, make a slit at the end to go around the hanger. Spread glue into the concave part of the lid and sprinkle glitter. Use glitter glue to encircle the picture. Let dry completely. Now tie a tiny bow and glue it in front of the hanger.

“What on earth is a peanut burger!?!” you might ask.

All kinds of impressions might come up in your head when you hear this name:

A vegetarian “hamburger” made of peanut butter.

A small hamburger.

Ground beef and peanuts squished together to form the hamburger.

Just a typical hamburger named after someone with the nickname of Peanut–perhaps, one dressed in Peanut’s favorite way of dressing it.

or

Just what it is!

And what is that?

One quality ground-beef pattie with smooth peanut butter melted on top of it as it cooks on the grill served on a buttery grilled bun with sweet pickle chips.

One place that this can be found–that is, during their April 1-September 30 season of being open–is at Madewell’s in Anderson, Indiana.

Although the most unusual thing on their menu is, likely, the peanut burger, they also have other unusual offerings that you might not expect from a seasonal place serving sandwiches, fried sides, ice cream and beverages, such as fried cauliflower and fried okra.

The variety of ice cream flavors offered there is also wide and delightful, and the helpings are more-than-generous.

Robert the Bruce is remembered as the savior of the Scottish nation. Born in 1274, the Bruce (as he is often called) grew up in the English Court of Edward I after the family lands were seized by the John Baliol who was concerned by the Bruce family claim to the throne. In 1296, Edward I invaded Scotland and defeated the weak and unpopular John Baliol. Baliol submitted to Edward I and handed over Scotland (Car Hire Scotland) in disgrace. When Robert the Bruce asked to be named King of Scotland as a reward for his support of the English invasion and based on his superior claim to the throne, Edward is reported to have responded, “Do you think I have nothing to do but to conquer kingdoms for you?” Edward I removed everything that had anything to do with Scottish government, and demanded oaths of allegiance from all the Scottish lords.

When Edward I returned to England, he imagined that he had easily subdued Scotland. He was to discover that Scotland would not be conquered so easily. Before Edward I had settled down to celebrate his victory, word arrived of a rebellion started by a brash Scottish knight named William Wallace. Wallace and the Scots rose up against the English forces, and defeated a powerful English army at Stirling Bridge. Although Wallace and his troops were later defeated in 1298 at Falkirk, the battle for Scottish independence continued. In 1305, Wallace was captured, sent to England and executed as a traitor to the Crown. The movie ”Braveheart” is based upon the life of William Wallace.

During the initial stage of the War for Scottish Independence, it appears that Robert the Bruce was not an active supporter of the Scottish cause, and was perhaps even an active supporter of Edward I. This is because John Comyn, another Scottish lord with a claim to the throne, was the acknowledged leader of the rebellion. A victory for the rebels meant defeat of the Bruce claim to the Scottish Crown.

In 1306, Robert the Bruce committed an act that sealed his fate. During a meeting at Greyfriar’s Kirk at Dumfries intended to heal the rift between the Bruces and the Comyns, Bruce brazenly murdered John Comyn before the altar of the Church. With this act, Robert the Bruce removed the only other Scottish lord who could claim the throne of Scotland. It also earned him the hatred of the Comyn Clan, and excommunication from the Church. In March of 1306, Robert the Bruce declared himself King of Scotland. Thus began the second stage of the War of Scottish Independence.

Many battles were fought, and most of them were won by the English. But when Edward I died, his son Edward II proved to be a weak and ineffectual leader. Bruce was able to take control of most of Scotland, and began to raid England. By 1314, Edward II was forced into action, and took a large army back into Scotland. On June 24, 1314, heavily outnumbered by the English army, Robert the Bruce defeated the English at Bannockburn.

Although the next 500 years saw continuous fighting between England and Scotland, never again would Scotland be conquered and occupied by the English. Eventually a descendant of Robert the Bruce, James VI of Scotland became James I of England, uniting the countries under a common monarch.

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The protector of an offshore trust is a very important position for asset protection purposes. In many jurisdictions, trust laws allow the appointment of a Protector to perform very limited actions regarding a trust. One of the most common powers is the power to remove and appoint the Trustee of the trust. In addition the Protector often has the power to appoint auditors and financial controllers for the assets of the trust and oversee the general management of the Trust. Many nations require individuals who are Trustees of foreign trusts to disclose their positions. This can often result in unwanted attention, and loss of privacy. Since privacy is often one of the key elements of a good asset protection plan, avoiding detrimental disclosures is advantageous. Since the Protector is not a Trustee, and does not have the powers of a Trustee, generally an individual does not need to disclose their position as Protector of a foreign trust.

A last will and testament is a document prepared by a living person with capacity directing how he or she wishes to have his or her property distributed after death. The origin of the concept that an individual can direct the disposition of his or her affairs after death can be traced back to Roman times. It is interesting to note that with the fall of the Roman Empire the idea that an individual could direct the disposition of his or her affairs after death fell into disuse whereupon the authority to make such determinations rested solely with the ruler. The concept was reinstated by Henry the VIII in 1540 with the Statute of Wills in which individuals were allowed to devise property according to the disposition described in their wills “somewhat” free of government interference and/or control.

The technical definition of Probate is the legal process in which a deceased individual’s last will and testament is submitted to the court for approval, and the appointment of an executor or administrator to carry out the terms of the will, subject to limitations of the laws in the jurisdiction. However, the term probate now has expanded to include virtually all aspects of the disposition of the estate of a deceased whether by will or intestacy, and sometimes even to include non-testamentary issues (that is not dealing with a deceased person’s estate) such as guardianship, powers of attorney, etc.

A small English speaking nation in Central America formerly known as British Honduras. Belize became interdependent form the United Kingdom in a 1981 through a peaceful and amicable turnover. Belize is noted for having the second largest barrier reef on earth, and enjoys a diverse and varied geography. The country also exhibits a diverse culture obtained from a combination of centuries of slow yet steady immigration from all parts of the world and a physical isolation that has allowed the various ethnic groups, foreign and indigenous, to co-exist peacefully yet resist outside influences. The economy of Belize is dependent upon agricultural exports, tourism and financial services.