Write an article based on this "Consider reusing your child's supplies. Recycle and reuse where possible. Make your own pencil cases, laptop cases, backpacks, etc. Decorate plain (but less expensive) supplies for a personalized touch. If uniforms are required, use the school's used uniform distribution system. Textbooks can be very expensive, so search for second-hand."
article: Check the backpack and supplies to see if they are in good shape. If they are, they can be reused instead of being replaced. If you think that you/your child's binder is in good shape, check the rings, the pockets, how well it opens and closes and durability. Skim through the notebooks, if they haven't written a lot then if you can,rip out the pages you/your child have written on. Glue sticks will probably last a good few years so check all glue sticks and see how much glue is in them and if they function well (if you can twist them up and down easily). Scissors are probably still good but the finger holes might be too small. If you/your child has a good pencil box/case, then you can always reuse it. If there is a good amount of "clean" sticky notes (not stained by dust and/or pencil markings), then they can also be reused. Before you even consider shopping, see what you already have. Consider reusing and recycling where possible: Go through last year's supplies and salvage what is still good to use. Clean, mend, and redecorate as necessary.What do you have on hand already? Does your child really need a new backpack if he is fine with the one he has already? Cover all books in recycled paper. Brown paper bags are free in many stores, and still the "old school" choice. Wash, clean, and stitch up any tears or holes in backpacks, lunch bags, etc. to give them another year's use. Fun patches may be a way to make a backpack look customized, rather than just mended. Note however, that trying to reuse old reusable lunch bags from last school year may not be a good idea. Fabric, plastic, and cooler-type lunch containers can harbor mold and bacteria, so reuse them only as long as they can be cleaned thoroughly. Make sure your child's backpack is still suitable. A backpack used since fourth grade may no longer be appropriate for a child going into the 6th or 7th grade. Starting in middle school, students typically have a lot more stuff to carry with them, and the backpack will need to be big and sturdy enough. , using materials already available at home. Many of these items will be as sturdy as the commercial equivalents, and sometimes better. Make boring binders, folders, and notebooks more exciting by adding embellishments using markers, stickers, scrap fabric and paper, etc. This can be a big part of the fun of getting the supplies ready to go. Middle school and high school students should label binders and notebooks clearly with class names (History, German, Algebra, etc.) as well as one's personal name--if the notebook is lost on the bus it is more likely to get to your student if there is a name on it. Most schools with uniforms will have a uniform reuse system in place, and the clothing will be in good condition. If you have to purchase a textbook, or a copy of a certain book, costs can rise rapidly. New textbooks and books are typically the most expensive, but used books cost a lot less. Check Amazon.com for used books. This is a worldwide market for textbooks, books, and more of all kids, and you can save a lot of money. Pay attention to the edition. If your professor asks for the 6th edition, often the 5th edition is almost identical, and a fraction of the price. Sometimes editions really are different, but more often or not changes are minor. Sometimes books are available through your local library. Even if it is not available in your town, inter-library loan may be able to get the work to you for free. The one problem is if someone mid-semester puts a hold on your book. See if your school's library has a copy of the textbook required. Many schools actually have the textbooks available. However, they may sometimes not be allowed out of the library or have other restrictions.

Write an article based on this "Use herbicide before the nut grass develops five true leaves. Select an appropriate herbicide. Allow the grass to grow for a few days prior to application. Apply the herbicide during a dry period. Read the instructions on the label of your herbicide bottle to determine how to apply it properly. Repeat the treatment several times during the growing season."
article: Leafy nut grass has too many obstacles, preventing herbicides from sliding down to the "nuts" and the root. Herbicides work best early in the season, while nut grass is still young and has minimal leaves. Products that contain MSMA or products with a chemical called bentazon work best. Nut grass is a common enough problem, so typically speaking, herbicides that work against the weed will be labeled as "nut grass killers." The herbicide works best when the weed is growing vigorously, and may not be as effective if applied immediately after cutting the weed down. Wait two or more days after your last lawn mowing before applying the chemical to the lawn. Wait several days after your last watering, and do not spray the herbicide if you may get rain four hours after application or if you expect heavy rains to follow in coming days. Water will wash the chemical away, and it may not have the chance to do its job before that happens. You will usually spray diluted MSMA herbicide over your entire lawn. For instance, the instructions may tell you to mix 1.5 ounces (45 milliliters) of chemical into 5 gallons (20 liters) of water to treat 1000 square feet (92.9 square meters) of lawn. Warm season grass may only require two applications, but cool season grass may need four to eight applications before the nut grass dies off completely.

Write an article based on this "Try to "crop" your photo as much as possible during the shot. Remember the Rule of Thirds when you compose your shot. Save the initial image so that you can crop it in more than one way. Get rid of the dead space. Know when not to crop. Consider what you are going to do with the image. Always ask yourself what the image is about."
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If you are taking a shot of your friend, make it of your friend, not of your friend at the end of the hallway. Then you won't have to cut a lot out of the picture when you come back and edit the photo after it's been uploaded. This is not quite the same as the 'golden mean' which is more applicable to painting and not photography. Basically, the rule of thirds is "Mentally divide your viewfinder or LCD screen into thirds, using two vertical and two horizontal lines to create nine smaller rectangles and four points where the lines intersect." Try to frame pictures so that the focal point of your subject is right in between or close by one of the four intersection points caused by the lines. Our eyes naturally gravitate to these four intersection points, not to the center of the photograph. Always work on a copy, so that you can always go back to your image and do something else to it, if you happen to have new/more inspiration. Go back to the friend in the hallway: the hallway is a lot of dead space. Crop the picture so that the person takes up a good majority of the frame, leaving a little background space to establish context. Sometimes, you need to leave some of the photo there so that the picture is in context. Are you going to print it out or have it on the web. You will definitely want more pixels to work with if you are printing it out, whereas a picture that is put out on the web will generally require fewer pixels. Crop the image accordingly. Like writing, it can be helpful to remove all the clutter and extraneous information. Crop that out so that what's left is a pure expression of what the image wants to be.