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About me - Staci Marquez-Nichols

Staci Marquez-Nichols was first honored as a writer
with a "Young Author's Award" from her
school district in second grade. Staci got
her start reading poetry at the Northwest
Spoken Word Lab in her hometown of
Auburn, Washington. She graduated with honors from

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Personal Finance > Smart Spending How to save money handling your legal affairs
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"Sixty percent of bankruptcies and seventy-five percent of divorces in California are done without lawyers," according to Do It Yourself Documents, a self-help legal book and kit retailer. With the availability of so many quality self-help legal resources today, it has never been easier to handle your own legal matter. I will... More..

Hobbies & Games > Crafts (Other) How to handmill homemade soap
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Handmilling is a fun way to vamp up your soap. Handmilling involves grating and melting down some week-old homemade soap in a microwave, doubleboiler, crockpot, or in a double-bagged ziploc dropped directly in gently boiling water. Whichever method you choose, the goal is to melt down your soap until it is runny or mushy. Be ... More..

Hobbies & Games > Crafts (Other) How to layer and swirl handmade soap
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Making layer and swirl soap are fun ways to increase your handmade soap repertoire. For layering soap, you can make a batch with two layers or five. The layers can have different textures as well as colors and scents. For great examples of layered (as well as swirled and marbled) soaps, visit Soaptopia.Com.To layer soaps, pou... More..

Hobbies & Games > Crafts (Other) How to enhance lye soap with creative additives
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Beyond colorants and scents, there are a number of neat things you can add to your homemade soap. As I've mentioned, one of my favorites is honey, but there is also milk, glycerin, silk, shea butter, tomato paste, cocoa powder, fruit juice and pulp, dried herbs and flowers, finely chopped oatmeal, cornmeal (for an exfoliating... More..

Hobbies & Games > Crafts (Other) How to test the PH level of handmade soap
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There are a number of ways to test your soap. The old, at-home method is to simply touch the tip of your tongue to a bar of soap. If it tastes like soap, then everything is in order. If, however, your tongue gets a sting, this means your soap is lye-heavy and should be thrown out. After you touch your tongue to the soap, rins... More..

Hobbies & Games > Card Games Effective bluffing at poker
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BASICS OF BLUFFING FOR WOMENAccording to the scientists, it is harder for women to conceal emotion. On the other hand, lying requires using three parts of the brain and telling the truth uses only one. And, of course, women are better at "multi-tasking" because men's thinking is compartmentalized-they have a harder time using... More..

Health & Fitness > Cancer Explaining pancreatic cancer
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Understanding the True Nature of Pancreatic CancerThe Pancreatic Cancer Action Network says that pancreatic cancer is the deadliest kind of cancer with a five-year survival rate of 5%. Less than 10% of people with pancreatic cancer are diagnosed before the tumors spread to other organs.According to the American Cancer Society... More..

Autos > Buying Cars (Other) A guide to car financing
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HOW TO NEGOTIATE WITH A USED CAR DEALER The most important thing to know about negotiating with used car dealers is that they will base their negotiable limits on their perception of you. If they see you as knowledgeable and shrewd, they will know they can not push you around. Likewise, if they perceive you as ignorant and wi... More..

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