Local venues include any location that allows you to sell a piece in person. These options are best when you don't expect or intend to make much money from your sales. Common local venues include garage sales, yard sales, want ads, flea markets, and swap meets. When someone attends a garage or yard sale, they usually expect prices to be low. If you need to make money quickly or have pieces that cannot be priced high, this option could still be worth considering. Want ads allow you to target serious buyers, but the cost of placing an ad may not be worth it if you advertise in a small newspaper. A better option would be to place an ad on a free classifieds website. Target high end flea markets and swap meets if you want to sell to serious buyers and make more money. Be aware, however, that you will usually need to pay to sell at these venues. Lladro dealers, including both authorized and unauthorized retailers, may buy Lladro pieces from you if the piece is valuable enough and in good enough condition. A dealer will seek to purchase the figure from you at a lower price so that he or she can turn around and sell it to another buyer at a higher price. If the retailer does not believe this to be possible, he or she probably won't want to buy your piece. The most common way to sell individual Lladro pieces is through online auctions. You can either go through a large auction website, like eBay, or look for one that specializes in Lladro and other porcelain figures. For best results, set a reserve price when you list an item. This will prevent the item from being sold for a value that is too low. It will cost you money to use an online auction service. Expect to pay a listing fee as well as a commission fee. If you have a large number of Lladro to sell and want to establish a store front or online shop, you might be able to qualify as a Lladro Authorized Retailer. Lladro's commercial organization is divided into territories, each of which falls under a branch company. Contact the Customer Service Department based in your location with the complete address of your point of sale. Your request will then be forwarded to the commercial manager of your regional area and handled from there. To find the phone number or e-mail address of your Customer Service Department, check the official listing: https://www.lladro.com/en_us/contact-us
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One-sentence summary -- Sell at a local venue. Find a dealer. Use an online auction website. Find out about becoming an authorized retailer.

To do so, click the magnifying glass icon in the top-right section of your Mac's menu bar. If you aren't using an account with administrator privileges, you might not be able to disable the Java update. Typing "Terminal" into the Spotlight text field will bring up a black box; this is the Terminal icon. Doing so will open Terminal. The command is as follows: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater JavaAutoUpdateEnabled -bool false. This will run the command. The Java update should no longer appear when you start your Mac.
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One-sentence summary -- Open Spotlight. Type in Terminal. Click the Terminal icon. Enter the Java Update disable command. Press Return.

You can create even zig-zag lines by moving your arm back and forth in a uniform way across the entire sheet of cake balls. You can either sprinkle by hand or dip it in the toffee bits while the chocolate is still in a liquid state, if you're not drizzling chocolate on top. To ensure a hard coating and for any topping to appear more uniform, place the cake balls in the freezer or refrigerator for about an hour or two.
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One-sentence summary -- Drizzle additional melted chocolate on top. Use additional English toffee bits on the cake balls. Chill the cake balls again. Finished.

If your shoes are particularly dirty, you may want to start by taking them outside and slapping them together to knock loose any large bits of dirt or mud. If you leave too much mud on the shoe, it will take a lot longer to get them clean. Make sure to slap the shoes together outdoors so you don't make a mess inside your house. You may even want to use a butter knife or key to scrape set mud out of grooves in the shoe. Before you begin scrubbing away at the rubber parts of your shoes, start by brushing or even scraping off any loose dirt that's stuck to it. The more you remove with a dry brush, the less mess you'll have to deal with once you create your cleaning solution. Don't worry about scrubbing too much, if the dirt doesn't come free quickly, it will once you begin using the cleaning solution. Use a dry brush like a toothbrush, but avoid steel bristle brushes that may damage the rubber soles of your shoes. Depending on how much you need to clean, you likely won't need much baking soda or laundry detergent. Begin by mixing a tablespoon of each in a small bowl thoroughly. You can always add more of each ingredient if you find you haven't made enough. The baking soda will act as an abrasive to help the soap remove dirt and grime. Avoid using laundry detergents with bleaching agents. Use your brush to apply the combination of baking soda and laundry detergent to the rubber portion of your shoes, then scrub it in. Using a circular motion with the brush is often the most effective way to remove dirt and grime. You may want to avoid using this cleaning combination on the fabric of your shoes, as the baking soda may be difficult to thoroughly rinse off. You can make a separate mixture of just detergent and water to clean cloth portions of your shoes. Once you've adequately scrubbed the cleaning combination into the rubber soles of your shoes, take another clean cloth or sponge and soak it in clean water. Run it along the rubber, rinsing it with each pass until all of the mixture has been rinsed away.. Failing to remove all of the cleaning mixture can leave the rubber looking discolored. Leaving the detergent mixture on the shoe can also make them very slippery and dangerous. Once you have rinsed all of the soap off of the shoe, use a clean towel to dry the rubber before you wear the shoes again. Once you have the shoe dry, you'll have a better sense of how well the cleaning mixture did, and you can repeat the process at this point if you need to. Leaving the shoes wet could lead to them beginning to smell. Wet shoes can be dangerous to wear, so be sure they're completely dry and free of soap before putting them on.
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Remove any caked-on dirt. Use a dry brush to remove loose dirt. Mix one part baking soda and one part laundry detergent. Scrub the rubber with your cleaning solution. Use a different sponge or cloth to thoroughly rinse the rubber. Dry the shoe completely.