Q: Most brands of cigarettes benefit from a good packing. Packing your cigarettes will "tighten" the tobacco, resulting in a slower burning cigarette. Before opening the plastic film around your pack of smokes, smack the pack filter-side down onto the heel of your palm rapidly for roughly 10 to 20 seconds. Some cigarettes, American Spirits, for example, are already packed with tobacco. American Spirit actually suggests unpacking their smokes by rolling the cigarette between your fingers, filter to end, so that a pinch or so of tobacco comes out. Clove cigarettes also shouldn't be packed. BIC lighters which cost $1 at a convenience store are cheap and work fine, but they do not give the same satisfaction as using a classic Zippo lighter. Not only do the first drags of the cigarette taste different with a higher quality lighter, but you will learn to love and cherish your lighter if it's of a higher quality. Hold the filter end of the cigarette to your lips. Ignite your lighter and hold the flame just below the end of the cigarette. Puff the cigarette by inhaling gently into your mouth. Do this until the whole end of the cigarette is glowing and lit. You can rotate the cigarette as you light it if it isn't evenly lit.
A: Pack your cigarettes. Know when NOT to pack your cigarettes. Use a good lighter. Light the cigarette.

Q: Open the left and right image pair. The right image should be in a separate layer (happens automatically). Double click the right image layer (by default, will be labeled "Layer 1"). This option is generally below the Fill Opacity slider. Select the background layer and then, using the Pointer tool, move the background image to align the focal point in both pictures. Wearing your glasses or using the "Multiply" layer style can help line up the focal points. Crop the image as necessary. Save your image and you can use it for whatever you want.
A: Open both images in Photoshop. Copy the right image into the left image. Open the Layer Style menu. Uncheck the "R" channel. Click OK. Move the background. Crop the image. Save.

Q: Using the physical or virtual card that you just registered or created, spend money on food, drinks, or other products at participating Starbucks locations. You will earn two "Stars," or virtual reward units, for each U.S. dollar that you spend using your card. You must use the exact card that you registered to earn stars. If you are using another card, it must be registered to the same rewards account as your original card. You can't earn Stars while loading new money on your card, or while purchasing alcoholic beverages. Products sold in other countries will earn Stars as if their value were expressed in US dollars. For instance, if you spend 1 Pound at a Starbucks location in the United Kingdom, you will earn two stars (the same amount you would have earned if you had spent 1 dollar). If you bought whole or ground beans, bottled drinks, or other Starbucks products from another retailer, you can use Star codes found on or inside the packaging to earn Stars. Go to http://www.starbucks.com/rewards to enter them online and redeem your Stars. You can only enter 2 Star codes online per day to earn Stars. The amount of Stars that you earn by entering Star codes from purchased products will vary depending on what you bought and how much you paid for it. Star codes expire about a year after the product's "Best by" date. Be aware of this if you're trying to enter a code from a product that you purchased a while ago. Instead of entering Star codes from Starbucks products that you bought at other stores, you can upload a photo of your receipt at http://www.starbucks-stars.com to earn Stars. You can submit your receipt up to 60 days after your purchase and still earn rewards. Make sure the entirety of the receipt is visible and legible in the picture that you upload. If not, your submission may not be approved, and you may not earn any Stars. By using any of these methods, accumulate at least 300 stars within 12 months of the day you enrolled in the Starbucks rewards program. If you reach this number, you will be eligible to receive a Gold card. Because you earn 2 stars for each US dollar you spend at Starbucks locations, you'll need to spend about $150 throughout the year to reach Gold status.
A: Use your registered card to purchase products at Starbucks stores. Enter Star codes from products purchased at other locations. Upload receipts from Starbucks products purchased at other locations. Earn at least 300 Stars within a year to receive your Gold card.

Q: Warren Buffett is a trustee of the Gates Foundation and has pledged the majority of his wealth to the organization. Communications sent here may have a small chance of reaching him. The mailing address for the foundation is PO Box 23350, Seattle, WA 98102. Note that the Gates Foundation does not give grants to individuals and rarely accepts unsolicited proposals. If the foundation is interested in providing a grant, representatives usually contact the recipient directly. If you are connected to a nonprofit organization, you have a much higher chance of getting a response from the foundation. Don't address the letter to the Gates Foundation, but to Buffett personally. This may avoid the letter getting lost in the thousands of other letters the foundation receives. Spell out clearly why you're contacting Buffett and what you need from him. The organization may pass along your letter. State in the letter that you'd like it forwarded to Warren Buffett. The Gates Foundation is much more likely to take letters seriously if they align with the organization's mission. It largely focuses on improving health and education in the world, so if you have a cause that lines up with this mission, your chances of a response increase. office. Increase your chances of someone forwarding your letter to Warren Buffett by sending the same letter to both of its US-based locations. The Washington D.C. address is 1300 I (Eye) St. NW, Suite 200 E, Washington, DC, 20005. The foundation also has several international offices. It's unlikely letters sent here will reach Buffett, but if you'd like to try, there is a full list at https://www.gatesfoundation.org/who-we-are/general-information/contact-us. It is an extremely long shot that any letters you send to the Gates Foundation will reach Warren Buffett. He doesn't work there directly, so this letter would have to pass several channels before he ever saw it. Understand that this means you will probably never receive a response.
A:
Find the contact information for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Write a letter directly to Warren Buffett. Send the same letter to the foundation's Washington D.C. Accept that you probably won't receive a response.