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Increasing sales on eBay isn’t all about manipulating the search engine or listing items all day long like a robot. There is a human element with online selling and sometimes sellers forget that we are dealing with people on the other end of the computer. eBay customers are people who will read your policies, look at your photos, read your feedback, and react to your service. Even though eBay is a virtual marketplace, the customers are real people who make the final decision to buy your product, or move on to the next seller....

Paint brushes are made from stiff or soft hairs, which can be either natural hairs or synthetic fibers. Soft brushes are ideal for thin paint which spreads easily, such as watercolor paint, and for detailed work as they can form a sharp point which allows for precision painting. Robust, hard brushes are ideal for pushing around thick paint, and for creating brush marks in the paint, such as when painting in oils using the impasto technique....

Light and Dark Tones in a Painting Looking from left to right, you can see how I’ve added a strong dark to the tree trunks and then integrated it. Photo ©2012 Marion Boddy-Evans. Licensed to About.com, Inc. When a painting isn’t working and you’re struggling to put your finger on the problem, there are various aspects to consider, including everything on the list of elements of composition and elements of art....

By the mid-19th century, music themes shifted to folklore and folk music became a style that influenced composers. This nationalist theme can be felt in the music of Russia, eastern Europe and Scandinavian countries. Aside from “The Mighty Five,” there were other composers whose works were influenced by the history, people and places of their native country. These include: Bohemia Bedrich Smetana - Bohemian nationalist composer, conductor and teacher who founded the Czech national school of music....

Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Russia, is also the highest mountain in the Caucasus Range in southern Russia near the border with Georgia. Mount Elbrus with 15,554 feet (4,741 meters) of prominence is the tenth most prominent mountain in the world.​ Mount Elbrus lies on the geographical dividing line between Europe and Asia, but most geographers consider it to be the highest mountain in Europe. Mount Elbrus and the Caucasus Range also divide Russia from the Middle East to the south....

There’s an old saying, “As long as you spell my name right,” the idea being that any ink is good ink and that just getting your name out there and breaking through is a benefit that outweighs any negative content in a story. It is an enduring myth. It’s also a losing strategy. That being said, it is possible to make a living by being infamous. There are people—reality stars, politicians, actors, athletes, and rock stars—who constantly get in the news for bad reasons....

If you’re an artist, you may have wondered if it is okay to paint on unprimed, raw canvas with acrylic paints—do you then run the risk of the canvas eventually rotting, as can happen with oil paints? Well, to get a definitive answer to this question, I asked the Technical Support team at Golden Artist Colors. Golden is an American company that produces quality artist’s materials; they not only do a lot of research on the acrylic products they produce but also provide detailed information sheets on their website....

Online shopping, by desktop or mobile, is now a firmly entrenched component of modern lifestyles. With barely any time to shop, the convenience of one-click ordering and rapid delivery to the customer’s doorstep is pushing the e-commerce and m-commerce markets to new heights. The Most Popular Online Retailers More than half of the traffic to these sites (58 percent) came from mobile, and Walmart.com and Wish.com saw the most mobile traffic at over 60 percent and 80 percent, respectively....

The Shanghai Tower is now, as of 2015, the tallest Chinese skyscraper reaching over 2,073 feet in height after six years of construction. Shanghai Tower has a total construction area of 576,000 square meters, including 380,000 square meters on the ground. It is considered as the second tallest building in the World. Shanghai Tower Structure Shanghai Tower asymmetry was designed in such a way that wind loads were reduced by 24 percent, generating savings in both building materials and construction process....

Negative feedback used to be the only thing eBay sellers had to worry about. Then, in 2014, eBay introduced the Defect Rating System. This is a system that punishes sellers for poor performance. eBay wants buyers to be satisfied and return to buy more items. If sellers are not performing up to par, it affects the entire platform. eBay had to create a way to weed out sellers who don’t take the eBay customer service philosophy seriously....

The year that chaotically bridged the ’70s and its latter trends of disco and punk rock with the new decade, 1980 was a dynamic and intriguing year for pop music. Accordingly, the best tunes from this year tended to contain elements of the decade just passed even as they forged new paths, such as the blending of disco beats with heavy use of synthesizer, an instrument that would play a huge role in the ’80s....

Earth Day is the name given to two different annual observances that are intended to raise awareness about a wide range of environmental issues and problems and to inspire people to take personal action to address them. Except for that general goal, the two events are unrelated, even though both were founded about a month apart in 1970 and both have gained wider acceptance and popularity ever since. The First Earth Day...

The best skateboarding videos on the market, with a great mix of old and new, well known and hard to finds. Most skate company pumps out new skate videos, and it can be hard to know what’s really worth the money. Check out this list for some great ideas on skateboarding movies and videos. Shaving down the list to only 10 is difficult — come back often to see new videos added and to get more ideas for the best skate videos....

Many casino workers get the majority of their salary from tips. This is the way it is for those employed in the service industry. Most table game players will tip the dealers while they are playing by making a bet for them. Some will just tip their dealer when they leave the game. But what about slot players? Are they expected to tip? How much and to whom? When Do Slot Players Tip?...

Enacted in 1972 by the SEC, Rule 15c3-3 is designed to protect client accounts at securities brokerage firms. It was adopted in response to the 1968 Wall Street Paperwork Crunch, which resulted in the failure of many firms and significant losses to their clients. In short, the rule dictates the amount of cash and securities that broker-dealer firms must segregate in specially-protected accounts on behalf of their clients. The intent is to ensure that clients can withdraw the bulk of their holdings on demand, even if a firm becomes insolvent....

All tires, by their very nature, have to find a balance between a few contradictory extremes. Tires with lots of grip generally wear much faster, and tires that perform well in warm dry weather do not generally do so in cold or snow. With few exceptions, this is simply a natural law of tires. So to decide whether snow tires or all-seasons are right for your winter driving needs, you have to ask: Will you accept some performance tradeoffs in order to run the same tires year-round?...

Resume cover letters ought to matter to employers. They are reviewed first by the potential employer who is looking for reasons in the cover letter and resume to rule out the application. Or, the employer seeks to become convinced that the person who has written the resume cover letter is indeed, a potential fit for the open job. As an employer, you are also seeking the resume and cover letter that describe the candidate who will best fill your position....

Learn to play Stephen Foster’s ‘Oh Susanna’ on the guitar. Chords Used: A (x02220) | E (022100) | D (xx0232) A EOh I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee,A E AI’m going to Louisiana, my true love for to seeA EIt rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dryA E AThe sun so hot I froze to death; Susanna, don’t you cry. CHORUS:D A EOh, Susanna, don’t you cry for meA E AFor I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee....

The “Madagascar” TV show uses a cast of voices that sound deceptively just like the original actors who portrayed characters in the movies. See who’s tricking you with their talented voices in the Madagascar cartoon. King Julien (TV) Danny Jacobs was a natural choice to play King Julien in Penguins of Madagascar because he’s a pro at imitating Sacha Baron Cohen, which he did in Epic Movie as Borat. He played other characters, however, in Madagascar 3, specifically Croupier and Circus Master....

Family Guy has aired on FOX for more than a decade, celebrating over 200 episodes. An over-the-top parody of American family life, it tells the story of Peter Griffin and his very unusual family, coping with typical and wildly atypical life in a small town. Whether it’s Peter fighting a giant chicken or meeting Jesus for the first time, the best episodes keep us laughing time and again. 01 of 10...