Potty training, or house training, starts the moment your Bernese Mountain Dog sets foot in your house. When you first arrive at your home, let him sniff around the yard until he goes to the bathroom. When the dog does urinate or defecate, give him lots of praise so he associates going to the bathroom outside with being praised. Take your puppy outside on a regular basis. Puppies, in particular, need to go to the bathroom quite frequently. They will not always give you a clear sign that they need to relieve themselves, so taking the dog outside on a regular basis will give the dog the chance to go to the bathroom when she needs to. If you can really set a routine, your dog's digestive system will get used to the schedule and she will go to the bathroom like clockwork. Have him go to the bathroom in one specific spot every time. This will solidify the fact that the dog needs to go to the bathroom outside if he has one spot that is his own spot. When you're inside your house with your puppy, watch her carefully for signs that she needs to go potty. Panting, pacing, sniffing around, or barking are all signs she needs to go outside to potty. Immediately rush your puppy outside and let her go to the bathroom. When she does, lavish her with praise as soon as she relieves herself. If you fail to catch the dog's signal, and a potty accident occurs, don't scold or hit the dog he won't make the association that you are angry because he went to the bathroom in the wrong place. Instead, quietly clean up the mess and try again. Scolding the dog will only make the dog fearful and secretive when he goes to the bathroom. Your dog will go to the bathroom in places that are hard to spot.

Summary: Begin potty training immediately. Set a routine. Give your dog a specific spot to go to the bathroom outside your house. Watch the dog closely. Don't punish a dog for accidents.

Go to school to receive formal education in the arts. Focus on traditional disciplines like drawing and painting. While it's not necessary to have a degree to work as a set designer, it will help you round out your skills and give you an edge when it comes time to compete for jobs. Art classes will teach you fundamental principles like dimension, focus and composition. Design institutes and specialized film and theater programs are an alternative to universities and art schools. Practice fleshing out concepts on paper. They'll act as blueprints for the later phases of the design process. As you draw, consider how each element of your sketch could be brought to life using basic materials and effects. Get in the habit of picking up your sketchbook whenever ideas come to you. For a set designer, it's just as important to be creative and versatile as it is to possess strong technical skills. Set design has traditionally been done with pencil and paper. However, more and more professionals have switched to sophisticated design software in recent years. Study programs like AutoCAD, VectorWorks, Rhino and SketchUp to take advantage of the power and convenience that technology can offer. Many television and film studios will expect you to know how to use design software when working on major projects. Computer programs will allow you to create visual renderings of your ideas much faster and in greater detail than drawing by hand. In additional to traditional art and computer-aided drawing skills, it will help to be competent in other types of visual design, such as basic carpentry, sculpting and sewing. Each of these disciplines plays a vital role in set design and will come into the picture sooner or later. Being a jack-of-all-trades will help open up more opportunities for you.

Summary: Study art and design. Sketch out your ideas. Learn to use computer-based design software. Work with other mediums.

In addition to the "property tax" that most people are familiar with for homes and real estate, there can sometimes be other forms of property tax for other forms of property. These taxes on a person's possessions are called personal property taxes and are usually calculated differently than the home property taxes above. The exact properties that will be subject to tax vary greatly from state to state and locality to locality. You can usually learn which forms of property can be taxed from your local tax authority. For example, in California, the Board of Equalization provides online documents covering this topic. Unlike home property taxes, many personal property taxes are not dependent on the value of the item being taxed (though some are.) A great example of this are taxes on cars in the form of registration renewal/tab fees: no matter whether you drive a brand-new luxury sedan or an ancient pickup truck with 200,000 miles on it, you must pay the same amount of money to renew your license plate tabs and keep driving legally. Many tax authorities will have information available online that can help you find your personal property taxes. For instance, this site lists car tax calculators for the states that offer them (scroll down to see the list.) For example, let's say that we want to buy a car in ABC County USA. Based on the state and local tax codes, we determine that we need to pay two expenses: a single one-time registration tax based on the value of the car and a recurring yearly fee to get our license tabs. If the car is worth $20,000 the registration tax rate is 1.5%, and the license tabs fee is $50, we'll owe 20,000 0.015 + 50 = 300 + 50 = $350. Personal property taxes aren't just applied to real, tangible property they can also extend to things like stocks, bonds, mutual fund shares, and so on. While some forms of personal property tax (like the vehicle registration fee example above) are quite common, taxes on intangible property can vary greatly from state to state, so check your local tax authority for more information. Sometimes, beneath a certain value, intangible property will be tax free. For instance, before 2007 in Florida, the first $250,000 of property (including most intangibles) was not subject to tax. In our example, let's say that, in addition to our car, we also have $300,000 of trusts that are eligible to be taxed. If the first $200,000 is tax-free in our state and, after that, the tax is 50 cents per $100 (0.5%) we'll need to pay 100,000 0.005 = $500. Once you know all of your personal property tax liabilities, just add them up to determine the total amount of money that you owe. As mentioned above, these sorts of taxes can vary greatly from place to places, so what you pay may not be similar to what someone living somewhere else pays. In our example, if we don't have any other personal property tax liabilities besides our car and our trusts, we'll simply need to pay 350 + 500 = $850.

Summary: Determine which possessions will be taxed. Find the tax or fee for each possession. Don't forget intangible possessions. Total your fees and taxes.

With the number of musicians that have jumped into the fashion scene, it will be fairly easy to find a style that works for you. Who better to give you expert advice on Hip Hop style than those that are part of the fashion forward movement? Sean John by P. Diddy, Rocawear by Jay-Z, the River Island Collection by Rihanna, or T.I.'s AKOO are only a few of the clothing lines available to you and all made Fuse's list of "12 Dope-est Hip Hop Fashion Lines". Beauty comes in all different sizes and so do clothes. When it comes to dressing Hip-Hop you want to ensure you are selecting clothes that fit your body type. Wearing something that fits too tight, or is way too big, will make it seem like you are trying too hard and may not necessarily look on you the way it does on someone else. Hip-Hop is about expressing your own fashion tastes and allowing your inner goddess to come to the surface. Even if you grew up in the 1980s, when hip-hop fashion was really hitting the scene, you will find that the style you were accustomed to seeing then has taken a turn in many directions. While red Kangol hats, big rimmed sunglasses, and old school Adidas sneakers were cool back in the day you will want to upgrade to something more modern and make sure it suits your age.
Summary: Choose a brand that works for you. Find clothes that complement your body type. Find age-appropriate clothing.