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I liked the results of the finish but the only problem is that the entire foam boards warps. Any ideas of how i can avoid this? I made sure i applied MP to paper and foam board but it just comes out warped at the end. Dunno what to do! please help!

battery not fully charge? We took the alternator and battery to get tested and they are fine but the battery is only charging at 75%. Every couple of weeks, the car ends dead on our driveway! Anyone have ideas as to what could be the culprit?

file. But when i use the image on my website, you can still see the white around the image. How is that possible when i created from scratch on a transparent image?? What am i doing wrong? Can anyone please help? thanks

Whenever I use a pattern, they look so tiny that i can't even tell what the pattern is on the layout i am trying to do. Do i need to check the preferences somewhere in Gimp? any help is appreciated!

I recently started playing this really cool and popular game on facebook for about a month now. I noticed that Farmville cash is hard to come by. Anyway, i have only accumulated 19 Farmville bucks and my sister who just started playing the game a week ago already has 20. She likes the game but doesn't have the opportunity to come back and check it daily so she asked me to do it for her since i play it daily a couple of times a day( yes i am addicted haha). My question is obvious, how is it possible that she already have more cash than i do? she has played a week and half and is on level 16 and i have played for about over a month and am on level 23. it does not make sense! any one else out there have similar problems??

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I have no idea what you would call this kind of sewing but I would like to learn what it's called and how i can learn to do it. I think it looks really cool! I would appreciate any help to you early birds out there! thanks a bunch! :)

In this picture,

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the felt ornaments were sewn with i believe, embroidery floss? I don't know! And would i use a regular needle or is there a special kind of needle that i should use? I would appreciate some help, thanks.

door. I looked out the window and i recognized the children and i had seen them before, with a young woman who i assume was mom, visit our next door neighbor. Anyway, i told my husband about the children and he immediately opened the door and asked them what was the matter. I noticed the door to the other apartment was wide open and the children quickly ran up the stairs,crying. Come to find out that they are brother and sister, 4 and 3, respectively. Through their crying they told us that mommy was not home. My hubby was gonna go and see inside the apartment but i told him not go because who knows what was really going on. He called 911 and about 20 minutes later, they show up!! Yes, 20 minutes!! Before they came out, we found out the children's age, names and that they had been left all alone. Then, as impatiently waiting for the police, i see this tall, african american man walk up the stairs and knock. I told my hubby that i did not know who he was but i assumed that he knew our neighbor who was also african american. Opening the door, he asked if we had seen two small children and immediately the children saw him and ran to him. This man did not identify himself as their father only that he as a friend of our neighbors. We told him what happened and his only response was that he left the children with his friend(who was our neighbor) and he went out looking for the children's step mom. Apparently, the our neighbor left the children alone while this man was out looking for mom. I told him in a serious tone that he could have gotten in deep trouble for doing what he did. Well the cops came about 5 mins after that, took down some information and never once spoke with these people about leaving the children home alone. So is that all there is?? Is this all the police required to do? take down our info? No repercussions for this type of behavior in endangering the lives of these children. What if my husband and I had not been there? I can only imagine!! :(

apartment? We live in San Antonio, Tx where the degrees has been around 100 everyday. Our electric bill is $200 this month! My parents paid the same amount for their home which is about 3 times the size as our apartment and my sisters each have 2 bedroom 900 sq ft apartments and each paid about 150. Maintenance has checked and rechecked the unit and said everything is fine. I suspect either the unit is too small or this heat is just too much for that unit to cool our apartment. Anyone out there have an idea of how i can find out if the cooling unit is sufficient for our small apartment? It's a Carrier brand and all i understand of label is that it has a motor horsepower of 1/8. Anyone out there know what is going on?? Any help would be appreciated!!

My husband sells mp3 players on ebay. He buys several at a time from ebay and sells them for some extra profit. They are brand new and unopened. The problem is that we have had some people want to return them because of a malfunction that I know my husband can't fix. He just sells them new. Is he responsible for guaranteeing the warranty or does the customer who purchased have the responsibility of contacting the company who has to make good on the warranty? My husband just sells to help pay bills and he can't afford to offer refunds unless he made the error. He recommends insurance on all purchases. So, who makes good on an item's warranty? My hubby or the company who makes them?

My little sister likes the shoes alexis bledel is wearing in this picture. i believe the is one of the pics to Season 7. Don't know too much about the Gilmore Girls only that my sister absolutely loves the show!! can anyone tell me where i can find these shoes or those similar to them? thanks for any help! Here is the pic link:

http://pigduck.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/04...

i was driving along fine until i noticed that my car would not accelerate as i was driving 25-30mph. i let the gas pedal go and my car slowed down almost to 15 mph until i pressed the gas pedal and i noticed that the car was having a a bit of trouble accelerating. and then i smelled smoke. it kind of felt as if though i was driving with the emergency brake on, which i wasn't though. i had to return home and that is when i heard this loud engine noise, kind of like a clicking noise. i got home and for some reason after looking all over the car, this smoke smell only seem to come from the right rear tire wheel well. no where else did i smell the smoke. just in that specific area, even when i stood up right by it. it kinda smelled like a bitter maple syrup smell. anyone have any idea what i could be? i would appreciate your help!!

I only know the basics of htmI and i have been trying to find the code that would align a smaller table dead center within a larger table. i know how to do the nesting table coding. the tables are within each other but are centered at the top. i want to center the inside table dead center of the larger table. is there a code that allows that? i know this question would be so easy for you who know all about html but i am just a beginner and would appreciate your help! thanks in advance

There are many styles of women's tops and dresses like surplice front, wrap around, tie back, sweetheart neckline, princess cut. I really don't know where i should start my search Anyone who knows her fashions would definitely help! a site that lists a majority of the styles with descriptions and pictures would be great, thanks for any help!

and American Girl. Is there anything else that i should be aware of? My niece's birthday is this month and i wanted to give her a doll as a gift. I see the Bratz doll but i don't really like the way they look. My Scene Barbie and Barbie, she has already. American Girl is a possibility. But i want more options. i don't know where to start my search. i have gone to the stores to look but i haven't really tried online. I would appreciate your help on this.

I had gone to a seafood restuarant years ago in galveston, texas and i remember ordering a meal with a side dish of what looked like red potatoes in a sauce. it was really good. with so many recipes out there, i was wondering if any one out there has ever made these kind of potatoes and knows a good recipe that is not too difficult to make. btw, it's for my parents 38th wedding anniversary dinner. my mom had especially requested this dish so i want to make it special. thanks

Does anyone know of other sites that allow one to post ads with any amount of html? any help would be appreciated! thanks!!

I have gone on ebay to find a couple of scrapbookers that can sell their pages for upward to $500-700! how can they do that? i can see you being paid to do what you love to do. i wonder when it becomes a business and no longer a hobby. don't get me wrong, it would be great if i could do this. anyone have thoughts about this?

I am a hispanic, stay at home wife and mother and i noticed that whenever i go to the scrapbooking stores and classes, i only meet white women who scrapbook. even my sister-in-law, who lives in maryland and is hispanic agrees with me. she attends classes to learn to scrapbook and all she meets is white women!! what's the deal?? how come not many women of hispanic/latin descent are found interested in this hobby? anyone have a clue?