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People all over the world have heard of fire ants and many blow them off as some South African nuisance that they will never run across. This is not only wrong, but dangerous. I, like other folks, once thought the same thing. I thought that fire ants were something that I would never even see, much less stumble across. That all changed last week when I learned first hand about what a group of fire ants are capable of. Fire ants are no joke, and that is for sure.

A fire ant is highly aggressive, and not shy about stinging. They very rarely ever attack people, and usually it is only when a person inadvertently stumbles across them and disturbs them. When a fire ant stings, it is very similar to a bee sting. The sting releases histamines,In order to have a shot at selling to Wal-mart, and they are highly painful and itchy. The stings will become red, swell and eventually form blisters. These blisters will eventually pop, but you should not pop them yourself. The problem with fire ants is that if you have one sting, you are likely to have many. This is because fire ants attack as an army. They do not attack one at a time like many other insects. This means many stings, and with each sting the danger increases.

I have a dirt road that winds down to an abandoned area of our neighborhood. This road runs alongside my house, so it is naturally a place that I go walking about every day. There is an old house that has been abandoned for a couple of years at the end of this road,ugg bailey button on sale, and some woods beyond that. Just before those woods is an old statue of Jesus that I go to pray at on occasion. I went to pray there a couple of weeks ago. As I was praying, I had my eyes closed. When I opened them I caught some movement out of the corner of my eye to my left. When I turned and looked, it seemed as though the entire ground was moving beneath an old tree that is close by the statue. About fifteen feet from where I was standing was an entire colony of fire ants. I knew them because of my knowledge of their appearance.

I could not resist the morbid curiosity to go over and get a closer look. You could clearly see the line of ants that was running from the woods to the tree and it was quite long. The line was also about a foot wide, so their were literally thousands if not millions of these ants. They were all climbing on top of one another and it was amazing. It was clear that some were coming and some were going, and that they were transporting something back and forth. When I got up close enough, under the tree I noticed what appeared to be an animal. It was about the size of a squirrel, and it was literally bones. The ants were all over the carcass and it appeared as though they were transporting little pieces of this carcass back to the woods. I know this behavior is rare, but it was clear they were eating this small animal.

The chills got the better of me as I got far away rather quickly. I could not help but wonder if the ants had simply stumbled upon a dead squirrel or had killed it themselves. They likely stumbled upon it already dead, but still the experience gave me a new found respect for their power.

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Everyone can become an image consultant. You just need a few things that will make you excel if you choose to turn this into a full time job or business.

First of all, you must have a background in something so can use your experience and offer this as counsel to the client. If you had experience as a hairstylist, you know what hairstyles or colors work for a certain individual.

You should also be paying attention in whatever you are offering otherwise you won’t be able to give your all when you are trying to help someone with their problem.

It will also be good to have formal education and get qualifications similar to a doctor has to get in order to practice medicine.

You should know that there are no set programs offered in universities or colleges that teach students how to become an image consultant however a bachelor’s degree in business, psychology, sociology or home economics may prove to be useful when you are managing your business or communicating with a customer.

The qualifications you get to be an image consultant comes from organizations that train people to work in this kind of occupation. This will make you knowledgeable and confident about the industry should you decide to specialize, for example in helping people choose what clothes to wear. If your client does not have time to buy the right clothes, you will be the one to out and buy for them thus you become an image personal shopper/consultant.

In turn for you to become an image consultant, you need to gain some experience. Naturally you can not charge the same price as other people who have been doing this are charging so offer your services first for free.

After successfully helping a few clients, create your own website or portfolio so people will know who you are.

To develop your business as an image consultant, you have to advertise just like any other business. Put an ad in the magazine, google adwords, local paper, forward emails and send direct mail invitations to clients even if your business may also spread by word of mouth.

If you are still in doubt how things will work out,Christian Louboutin shoes sale, it is best to do this part time and then see how things go. That is what a lot of people have done before committing to this full time especially when they are helping more than just one customer.

You will become conscious when you are successful as an image consultant when a company has hired you to help their staff make some improvements. You are there to hold workshops or seminars and what the employees do afterwards is entirely up to them. Some will listen while others won’t which is already beyond your control.

So now that you know how to become an image consultant, the question you have to ask yourself is if you want to shift to this as a career. Some people will succeed while others won’t. Just like any other profession, you have to commit yourself so you will be able to overcome any barrier.

Given that almost everybody needs an image consultant,To a lot of workers danger is second nature, it is not wonder that a lot of people are getting in this business. What you do could help someone land a job, find their true love, get a promotion at work or just make them feel enhanced about themselves.

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Every wedding anniversary is a milestone in your relationship. Completing 15 years of wedded bliss is a laudable feat in this day of short-term marriages. On your 15th wedding anniversary you can gift your husband any number of things that he likes or wants. It can range from a set of golf clubs, to a brand of wine that will complete his collection at your home bar, to even that really expensive set of cuff links for his formal wear. But the 15th anniversary is also a great time for an extra special gift for your husband. And so you can think of adding something truly from the heart as well.

If you want to go the traditional way – the 15th anniversary gift has to be something made in crystal. If your husband’s study table could do with some sprucing up, then a personalized crystal clock with an engraving of your names and wedding date would do nice. Also a crystal frame with your wedding photo or even a collage of your special day would add character to your husband’s work space.

Another interesting idea will be to get a beveled crystal frame which can hold a photograph at one end with some empty space for engraving right next to it. You could use this space for those special wedding vows you may have written for your husband on the day of your marriage.

A watch also makes for a great 15th anniversary present. Personalizing any gift with some words or a picture is a great way to mark the special occasion on which it is presented. Though crystal is representative of the 15th anniversary, it is today also acceptable to present glass. Any of these gifts can also be thought of in the glass form.

Your 15th anniversary may also be a time when you might decide to get the family together. If it is an informal function like a family barbecue,Bailey Button Triplet uggs on sale, then you could get your husband some specially designed cooking apparel. These could be T-shirts proclaiming his culinary skill, or his adeptness at the grill. It could be aprons commemorating the special occasion on which it is being worn.

For a 15th anniversary wedding gift for your husband you could also zero in on a hobby of his. If it is golf, get him that special club he has been hankering after. On the weekend after your anniversary or at a time you may deem appropriate,grapes and oranges are also very rich in Vitamin C, schedule a surprise day of golfing with his friends and let him know on your anniversary. He will be thrilled. Try and get him ringside seats to the game of his choice and tag alone to make it a fun day. If it’s not really your thing, get a like-minded game fanatic to join your husband.

If your husband loves his music, get him that sleek electric guitar he may have been pining for or branded crashes for his drum kit. For those with a taste in cigars and good spirits, you could think of a branded hip flask and a lighter set. You could get him some really expensive wine that was missing from his collection in a personalized single bottle basket. A double wine bottle tote for those outdoor picnics would be a wonderful addition to his bar accessories. Personalized crystal bottle stoppers and wine bottle accessory sets are good ideas too.

You could make the day special by gifting your husband something that has been designed for a couple. It could be platinum love bands or a holiday at your honeymoon spot. Personalize the gift in a way that only you would know how. After all you have been married for 15 years.

There were several advantages to this program

The Cash for Clunkers Program was created in order to get older vehicles with low gas mileage off of the roads, while at the same time stimulating the new car industry. At the end of 2008 and continuing into mid to late 2009, U.S. new car makers faced one of worst environments in which they’ve ever had to do business. The economy was in a deep recession, which meant that many people were putting off new car purchases, decimating that sector.

To try and counter this, and with the side benefit of helping the environment and reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil, the government created an incentive where new car buyers would receive a credit of $3500 or $4500 towards the purchase of certain new vehicles, if they traded in their existing high-gas-mileage autos. The amount received depended on the amount of net increase in miles per gallon between the old vehicle and the new one.

There were several advantages to this program, one of which is that during its tenure, new car dealerships saw an unprecedented demand for their products, which was a vast contrast to the business environment immediately preceding that time period. Many dealerships had to close their doors in late 2008 and early 2009,Kensington uggs, so the cash for clunkers most likely helped stave off more closures by creating increased demand for autos.

Another benefit to the program is that it has increased the pace at which older, gas-guzzling vehicles are retired off the road,Sadly to say, which is helpful in several ways. First, reducing the net age of the vehicles populating the nation’s roads can only make them safer, as older autos can often be unsafe for the drivers and those around them. In addition, the program required car buyers to buy vehicles that get a certain level of gas mileage, which not only helps the environment, but reduces the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.

Although there were several benefits to the Cash for Clunkers program, several disadvantages to the program were evident as well. To begin with, some might say that the program created an artificial demand for new vehicles during the time it was active, and was simply “borrowing” demand from the future. Already, there exists anecdotal evidence that business has been abnormally slow at new car dealerships during the period directly after the program ended. Also, while demand was increased for new cars, used vehicle lots suffered, as their sales were somewhat cannibalized by the increased demand for new vehicles. Some people who would normally purchase a used car decided to take advantage of the free tax money to step up to a new vehicle.

The Cash for Clunkers program has been a hot-button political issue during the past year, and it is not without its promoters as well as detractors on both sides of the aisle. While it served to increase sales of new vehicles during a time period of extraordinarily low demand, there is some question as to the price of creating such demand.

While you can use commercial mouse and rat food

For anyone who keeps snakes or reptiles as pets, the cost of the mice to feed them can become exorbitant the more animals you have to care for. Rather than continue purchasing feeder mice from a pet store you can fairly inexpensively set up a breeding system to raise your own mice for snake food. As well as saving money, you can be assured of the health and quality of the mice that you feed your reptiles.

The first item you will need for breeding mice for snakes is a place to raise them. If you are going to use wire cages, be sure they are mice cages and not ones designed for hamsters or gerbils. A mouse cage has a finer weave with smaller holes so the young mice do not squeeze through and escape. Wire cages have the advantage in that you can place the watering bottles on the outside to prevent the mice from chewing them up. A set of ten-gallon glass aquariums will also work, though you will need to fix a ramp to the top screen so they can reach a water bottle placed there.

The mice you breed for your snake’s food will need a bedding substrate laid on the bottom of the cage. The best type for breeding purposes is aspen chips. Aspen does not contain the oils that pine or cedar chips have, which can be harmful to the infant mice. This should be changed weekly. A small container inside the cage for the mice to hide and feel secure in is also recommended.

While you can use commercial mouse and rat food,t get much benefit from the phone number, it does not contain all the nutrients needed for breeding mice. The addition of some dry dog food for protein and sunflower seeds for the fat content will give your breeder mice a better diet to grow into fat,christian louboutin sandals online, contented snake food. Some rabbit food or corn will also help supplement a complete and healthy diet.

The next consideration to make for breeding mice for snake food is in obtaining your breeding stock. You can begin by purchasing regular pet mice breeds. While harder to obtain, specially bred mice for laboratory use are better as they grow larger and weigh more and produce larger litters. Isolate new acquisitions long enough to make sure they are not diseased.

For a consistent supply of mice to feed your reptiles, you will most likely need to have several breeding groups working on a rotating cycle. Keeping records of your mice stock will help so you can have one group conceiving, while another group is birthing and yet another is maturing into grown food stock. The most effective and least problematic method is to use the “harem” motif. Keep one male in a cage to service three or four females. Two males in a cage together will spend most of their time fighting, stinking up the area with territory marking musk, and often killing the infants along the way.

You will want to replace your aging breeding stock occasionally. As well as picking some of your mouse harvest to be breeders rather than food, you may want to also introduce new males at least once a year to keep the stock from developing genetic deficiencies. Mice can begin breeding at about six weeks from birth. They have a gestation period of about twenty-eight days. Within a year, a female will be getting to the end of her breeding cycle.

Environment is important as well. Keep your breeding stock in an area whose temperature ranges between 65 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit. A consistent lighting cycle will also produce better and healthier litters. Nine to twelve hours of light with the rest of the time in darkness is most natural for them.

It may take a little while to find the right amount of fresh mice to provide adequate food supply for your snake or reptile. By growing this food yourself, you are guaranteeing that you are providing the healthiest diet available.