Although most responsible pet owners do a good job of noticing and controlling fleas and ticks on their animals, many don’t give a second thought to controlling them in the environment, particularly outdoor areas. In order to be truly effective in keeping pests at bay, it’s important to consider the simple things one can do to prevent our beloved pets from coming into contact with them in the first place, and that means understanding the needs of the pests and doing our utmost to see that our outdoor spaces are inhospitable to them.For the most part, both fleas and ticks like humidity, foliage and organic debris such as leaf litter. They also need contact with a host in order to ...

So you've finally decided to give online dating a try. You fire up your browser, search for “online dating” and voila! Suddenly you’re sorting through hundreds of millions of results to find the right place for you. What a letdown.Finding an online dating site that suits your needs and goals can be just about as difficult as finding a date. Here’s some basic information, tips and online dating site reviews to help you get started and make the process a little simpler.Depending on your goals and the amount of time and effort you want to invest, you might wish to start with a site or two that offer free services or a free trial period. Although your access to all ...

From a platonic peck on the cheek to a gentle liplock or a full on passionate french kiss, there’s an art to smooching that goes beyond a couple’s chemistry. Sometimes, no matter how much you care about another person, or how much they care about you, their kisses just aren’t right. Here are some tips for getting your pucker partner on the right track.First of all, try to figure out exactly what it is that you don’t like. Is it sloppy? Too smothering? Too timid? Whatever the problem may be, the more specific you can be in understanding what doesn’t work, the more likely you’ll be to succeed in encouraging what does.The easiest way to help guide your partner to ...

We’ve all had the frustration of finding out about a great promo code offer for a product we want, only to learn that the code doesn’t really work when we try to use it. Maybe it was from an outdated source and had expired. Or maybe there were strings attached and nobody mentioned them. Or maybe it simply wasn’t a valid code in the first place, and some unscrupulous person promoted it just to get you to their site. Whatever the reason, we learn after awhile to be aware of the warning signs and be on the lookout for bad codes.But what about the  that ought to be valid and are from a reliable source but they don’t seem to work ...

Although more people still get coupons from the good old fashioned Sunday newspaper than any other source, a large and growing segment of the population is now using technology to receive their discount offers. According to a recent study released by Scarborough Research, more than 8.6 million households currently acquire coupons via text messages or email.Unlike unsolicited bulk email offers for deals on things such as indoor pet potties and knockoff watches, the coupons we’re talking about are sent only to consumers who have volunteered (or “opted-in”) to receive them. This approach has several advantages to traditional marketing methods. Since a person can choose which offers to accept, it increases the relevancy of offers they receive, and the advertiser knows ...

If you have an Android powered phone, you’re used to the fast browsing, wide array of apps and rock-solid reliability of the Android OS. Would you like a similar experience, but with a little more real estate on the screen? Take a look at some of the best sellers and brand spankin’ new arrivals at the . They get our votes for top five Android tablets. Acer Iconia Tab A500-10S16u 10.1-Inch Tablet Computer With a 10.1″ touch-screen and cool aluminum metallic design, the Acer Iconia includes the Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” OS which is specifically optimized for tablets. The HD multi-touch display features has 1280 x 800 resolution and advanced flash support for clear, sharp display of HD videos. Excellent for the Web, HD ...

If you've been searching for coupons for the purchase of a Kindle, you've likely become frustrated following link after link, only to learn that the already incredible price of $139 for the Kindle Wi-Fi is just about as good as it gets. We've searched high and wide ourselves, and were unable to turn up any legitimate coupons for discounts on buying a new Kindle from Amazon.We do, however, know of a great strategy for saving $30 when you buy your Kindle, and getting free shipping to boot. Here it is, easy as 1-2-3.Step 1 – Sign up for a free trial of . As noted before on these pages, Amazon Prime membership has some wonderful benefits, including free two-day shipping on eligible orders placed ...

Nearly 85% of Americans now own a cell phone, and if you’re like most of them, you probably have yours with you nearly everywhere you go. As a result, many businesses are going mobile – utilizing text message coupons for customer loyalty, product updates and special offers. Here’s the lowdown on coupons by text.According to Consumer and media research firm Scarborough Research, text messages and email are an emerging method for . Eight percent of U.S. households currently acquire coupons via text messages or email. That’s nearly 9 million households (and growing). Although more traditional sources of coupons such as the newspaper, in-store ads and mailouts still surpass couponing by text, the new method is gaining a following among American ...

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Remember the days of film cameras? Every shot, whether it turned out or not, cost you money. Film, flashbulbs, developing costs and the excruciating wait while your film was in the shop were all facts of life for the amateur photographer.The convenience and low cost of digital photography give us all the opportunity to capture the moments of our lives as never before. The biggest concern for the avid photo bug is usually how to organize, share and display all that huge store of images you’re creating. solves the problem. Snapfish is the number one online photo service. A division of Hewlett-Packard, Snapfish reliably stores more than 2 billion unique photos for its 70 million members around the world. With ...