Write an article based on this "Choose a memorable image. Distinguish yourself from your top competitor(s). Design a business logo (optional). Find software or a technique to create your advertisement."
article: Simple but unexpected is often the best route to take. For example, these stark, colorful silhouette ads that barely even show the iPods they're peddling couldn't get much more straightforward, but because they don't look like any other ads, they are instantly recognizable. A burger is a burger is a burger, but if you let yourself think like that, you'll never make your sale. Use your ad to highlight your product's advantages over that of your competitors. To avoid lawsuits, keep to statements about your product, not theirs. For example, this Burger King ad mocks the size of the Big Mac while speaking the literal truth: that is a Big Mac box, after all, leaving McDonald's no legal ground from which to retaliate. A picture says a thousand words, and if a logo is effective enough, it can render text unnecessary (the backwards Nike checkmark, the Apple bitten apple, the McDonald's arches, the Chevron shell). If you're running a print or television advertisement, try to develop a simple, appealing image that will stick in the minds of viewers. Consider these points: Do you already have a logo? If you can, think of fresh and creative ways of re-imagining it. Do you have a commonly-used color scheme to work with? If your brand is instantly recognizable by the colors in the ad or the logo, use this to your advantage. McDonald's, Google, and Coca-Cola are good examples. How you create your ad will depend on which medium you're using to advertise. Note that if starting from zero, it takes a long time to acquire skill with a design app, or with design itself. In these cases it may be more helpful (and less frustrating) to browse freelance sites like craigslist and 99designs for design help. If you're looking to try it on your own, here are tech suggestions to get you started: If you're making a small-scale print ad (such as a flyer or magazine advertisement), try using a program such as Adobe InDesign or Photoshop. Or, if you're looking for a free option, you can use GIMP or Pixlr. If you're making a video ad, try working with iMovie, Picasa, or Windows Media Player. For an audio ad, you can work with Audacity or iTunes. For a large-scale print ad (such as a banner or billboard), you'll probably have to contact a print shop to get the work done. Ask which software they recommend using.

Write an article based on this "Get the hair damp. Choose the right guard size for the fade line. Decide where you want the fade line(s). Section off the top portion of hair. Clean up the fade line with the clippers-over-comb method. Cut the top of the hair."
article: Before you start cutting hair, spray it down so that you can easily mold and cut the hair. The hair should be lightly damp but not soaking wet. Take a towel and pat down the hair again to dry it slightly. Then grab a comb and part the hair. Knowing where the hair will be parted is important because you may have to blend the shorter side a little more than the longer side depending on the style. A lower guard size means a shorter cut. Pick a higher guard number to start with like a #3. You can use a higher number to get an even shave around the sides and back of the head as a baseline. To get the fade look you will switch to shorter guards as you move down. But by starting with the larger guard size you can easily get an even fade. You will shave the entire sides and back of the hair with your first guard and then repeat with a lower guard, moving part way down the head, leaving the top the length you just cut. The fade line will determine where the hair transitions from one length to another. It will wrap all the way around the back of the head, essentially going from ear to ear. Fade lines don't have to go straight across in the back. In fact, some fade lines dip slightly around the back of the head, then return to the original line before reaching the other ear. You can have more than one fade line. Start with one on your first cut; as you get more confident, try doing two. Where you position the fade line is a matter of personal taste. You can put it anywhere from slightly above the top of the ear to 2 or 3 inches (5.1 or 7.6cm) above that. Take a comb, and trace a rectangle above the round of the skull. This will separate the longer top hair from the shorter sides. Use a clip or an elastic band to keep this hair out of the way. If you are uncertain how big the rectangle should be, use the eyebrows as a guide. The lines of the rectangle should line up with the outer tips of the eyebrows. Include the entire crown at the back of the head. Start to clean up the fade by grabbing a regular comb. (Use a white comb for dark hair, and a dark comb for light hair.) Angle the comb so that it's at a 45-degree angle to the fade line and comb upward toward the top of the head, only moving the comb an inch or two into the hair. Run the clippers upward over the comb, from the fade line, so that they cut the hair that's above the teeth. Repeat this process around the fade line(s), taking care to keep your combing distance the same all the way around. If done correctly, you should have a nice even fade with no visible fade lines. The hair should gradually get shorter as it gets closer to the base of the skull. Either use scissors if you want to keep the hair long, or a higher guard if you want a buzzed look. For something like a quiff, pompadour, or messy top, you'll use scissors; while a caesar, or crew might need clippers. To cut with scissors, use a comb or your fingers and pull the hair up, cutting above the fingers or comb a little at a time.The fingers or comb should be kept straight and parallel to the floor as you cut. Take into account the angle at which you are cutting. For a fade look with longer hair on top, you will want to cut the hair at an angle as you move towards the back of the head to blend it. Check the corners as you cut. To do this, pull out a lock from the top of the hair and check the edges. The corners of this cut should be soft. If too much hair is falling back from the top, you can use a thinning shear or clippers to trim it back.

Write an article based on this "Write down the people you want to include in the diagram. Fill in the holes by doing some research. Decide what other information you want to highlight. Decide whether to include photos."
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A family tree begins with you, and branches out from there. Start by writing down the names of people in your immediate family, then move to your parents' generation. Make sure you don't leave anyone out! Your family tree will be an important piece of family history, so take time to create an accurate diagram. Write down your name, your siblings' names, and your parents' names. Write down your grandparents' names, your aunts' and uncles' names and your cousins' names. Write down your great grandparents' names and your great aunts' and uncles' names. Many people stop there, but you can include as many generations as you want. It might start getting difficult to fill in names once you go back a few generations. In an effort to make sure everyone gets included and all the names are accurate, conduct some research to double check yourself. This is a great opportunity to learn more about your family history. Talk to older members of your family to find out more information. Find out the names of your grandparents' siblings, their spouses, their children. Ask around to find out as much as you can. If you're lucky, you'll get the opportunity to hear some surprising family stories and secrets, too. Do online research using a genealogy tool. There are many online tools that let you simply enter your name and your parents' name, then do all the research for you. These sites usually give you a limited amount of information free, then require payment for more in-depth research. If you're serious about mapping your ancestry, this is a great way to collect information. In addition to including the first and last names of your family, you might want to list their birth dates, death dates (if applicable), marriage dates, and so on. Having these dates on the family tree will make it even more informative as a historical document for your family. In addition to dates, you could consider including your relatives' birthplaces or hometowns. If you have access to photographs of your ancestors, you could include a small portrait of each person. This option is best for family trees that are relatively contained, since the pictures could take up a lot of room on your finished diagram. If you only have a few photos, you could just include pictures of your immediate family members. Track down photos of as many family members as possible. If you want to make them all the same size, scan them into your computer and use Photoshop or another photo editing program to change the scale.