Article: A valid offer has three elements: communication, commitment, and definite terms. This means that you must communicate the offer in written, oral, or otherwise understandable form. Your offer must include a commitment to be bound to the terms of the agreement, and the terms must be clear and precise. For example, you may say to your neighbor, "I'd like to sell you my 2010 pontoon boat for $5,000. I am willing to finance it for you if you pay me $1000 per month for 5 months." The offer is made orally, there is a commitment (to give the boat to your neighbor in exchange for money), and definite terms (an exact boat and dollar amount are named.) An offer has to be considered fair by both parties to be considered valid. This may also be referred to as a "good faith" offer. Fairness is a tricky concept in contracts, but in general, it presumes that both parties will not manipulate the other or try to bend or break the terms through shifty tactics or twisting wording. Consideration in a contract is the agreement by all parties about what they are going to do or refrain from doing. Consideration should be fair and equitable. For example, if your neighbor agrees to buy your boat, her consideration is giving you money. Your consideration is surrendering the boat in exchange for that money. The consideration is fair, in this case, if the value of the boat is close to the price that is being asked. A fair offer will not provide conditions that are unlikely or impossible to meet. For example, you wouldn't want to stipulate that your neighbor must pay you $1000 per month, in $1 bills, for 5 months. While this is technically legal if your neighbor agrees to it, it places an unusual burden on her and may not hold up if the contract is challenged later. An offer alone is meaningless unless it has been accepted by the offeree. The offeree may accept an offer as-is, or she may change the terms of the offer. For most contracts, changing the terms of an offer negates the initial offer and creates a new counter-offer. For example, your neighbor may agree that she wants to buy the boat, but she might want you to finance it by accepting $500 per month for 10 months instead. This does not constitute an acceptance of your offer, but a new counter-offer, which you can now choose to accept or decline. If you plan on having a verbal or oral contract -- which most lawyers don't recommend -- taking notes at the time of making the agreement will help you if the contract is later challenged. Taking notes can also help you when you draw up the written contract. You won't have to rely on your memory of the terms because they will all be written down.
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Make a valid offer. Think about consideration. Negotiate offer acceptance. Take notes.
Article: You want to use laces that are long enough for you boot height. Use the laces that came with your boots or get a pair that is at least as long as your original laces. The Ladder method is also sometimes known as straight across lacing, and is popular among US paratroopers for the security of firm lacing. This method works best on higher boots with a lot of eyelets. Start the laces the same way as for diagonal laces, running the laces underneath the bottom eyelet. Your laces should now be on the outside of your boots. Now, instead of running your laces diagonally, run each end vertically through the next eyelet up. This time going from outside to in. Your laces should now be on the inside of your boots. Run your lace under the section of lace that is connecting two eyelets vertically. You're not threading your lace through an eyelet for this step as you are running the lace horizontally, not diagonally. Instead of threading your lace through an eyelet, thread it through the section of vertical lace on the outside of your boot. Do this for both ends of your laces. You should now have your laces on the outside of your boot. bring it up from underneath to the eyelet directly above the one below. Insert the lace from the outside in. Do this on both sides of you boot before bring running the lace horizontally across and under again. Always follow the same order you started with. If you laced right over left first, continue in that order. Repeat this process until you have reached the top. For this method, the only time your laces go through an eyelet is when you are moving to the eyelet vertically and from the outside in. Once you are the top, your laces should be facing in, on the inside of your boots. Once you've laced all the way up, tie your boots in a bow, or a not and stuff the laces behind the tongue.
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Get your pair of laces. Begin by running your laces straight across the bottom eyelets. Insert your laces through the next eyelet vertically. Cross the laces over the tongue. Continue straight up and thread your lace through the next eyelet vertically. Continue Inserting the laces outside in, and the bring each end underneath again. Tie your boots.
Article: It can be a rectangle or square-shaped piece of paper either will work. For a classic, festive heart, use red, pink, or purple construction paper. If you want a big heart, then use a big paper. Start sketching from the paper crease, so that both the top and bottom of the heart come from the crease. When you cut out this line from each folded side of the paper, you will ensure that each half of the heart is perfectly symmetrical to the other. The outline you draw will determine the final heart shape, so now is the time to decide the aesthetic fate of your paper heart. Use a pencil if you plan to erase the line. Use a pen if you don't mind a dark border to your paper heart. Start from the creasethe top or bottom-center of the heartand cut out the line you drew. Snip carefully, but don't worry too much about precision. Once you unfold your heart, each side will be symmetrical no matter how skewed your cut. Make sure that you are cutting both halves of the fold. If you don't want the dark line to show on the finished heart: cut just inside the pencil mark, or carefully erase it later. You should have a symmetrical paper heart. You're now ready to give the heart to someone or use it in a larger craft project!
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Fold a piece of paper in half. Draw the outline of half of a heart. Cut along the penciled outline. Unfold the paper.