Article: Smooth out any bumps and wrinkles in the fabric. Spread the arms straight out before you start folding. Bring the right sleeve over to match up with the left. Fold along the center of the shirt so the 2 sides mirror each other. Smooth out the shirt to get a clean fold and line up the sleeves as perfectly as you can. Fold the shoulder inwards, creating a slanted line. The cuffs of the sleeves will probably hang past the hem a little bit. Run your hands over the shirt, smoothing out any creases, wrinkles, or bunched-up fabric. Keeping the sleeves together, fold in the cuffs so the bottom of the shirt and the cuffs are aligned. This will keep your cuffs from being crinkled when you fold the shirt in increments. Instead of rolling your shirt, fold it flat in small sections, starting at the bottom, until the whole shirt is folded up. Try to match the folds up so the collar lines up with an edge. However, if the collar hangs out a little past the rest of the folded shirt, that’s okay. Pack your shirts, especially long-sleeve dress shirts, at the top of your suitcase. This technique will probably require some extra ironing or steaming when you unpack, but the section-by-section folding will save you lots of space in your suitcase!
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Lay out your shirt so it’s facing down on a flat surface. Fold the shirt in half lengthwise so the sleeves line up. Fold both sleeves inward so they lay along the center of the folded shirt. Tuck the cuffs upward so they line up with the hem of the shirt. Fold in 3 to 4 inches (7.6 to 10.2 cm) sections until you reach the top. Lay the folded shirt in your suitcase.
Article: Either your caseworker or another evaluator typically will conduct a home study to evaluate the home environment you plan to provide for the child you adopt.  Since the home study is more in-depth than the application, you'll need additional documents that provide information about your home life and personal history. Pull any legal documents, such as diplomas, divorce decrees, or birth certificates, that relate to significant events in your life. You also may need to get a physical exam and submit a health report as part of your home study. Generally, they want to make sure you don't have any serious health problems that could negatively affect your ability to raise a child. As part of your home study, your caseworker will interview both you and any friends or family members. They will visit and inspect your home and the space you have available for a child. The main purpose of the home study is to make sure you're adequately prepared to be a parent.  Your caseworker should let you know if they find anything that might cause your application to be rejected, and give you advice on what to do with it. Through the home study, your caseworker is trying to help you get approved – not looking for reasons to reject you. If you went with a private agency, you typically must pay additional fees for the home study. These fees range anywhere from several hundred to several thousand dollars. Your caseworker will explain the fees and payment options available. Once your home study is complete, your case worker will create a written report of your home study. Typically you'll have a meeting where they will go over the report with you and answer any questions you have.  The home study report typically must be approved by someone else in the agency. They typically will follow your case worker's recommendation. If there are any aspects of your home study that your case worker thinks might cause you to be rejected as an adoptive parent, they will talk to you about those issues. There may be things you can do to eliminate or lessen those issues. Provided you're approved as an adoptive parent after your home study is completed, your caseworker will start giving you information about children who are available for adoption.  Your case worker will talk to you about your preferences for adoption, such as your age or gender preferences. They also will look at information about your lifestyle to help find the best possible matches for you. Talk to your case worker about activities you enjoy or other hobbies, particularly if you're thinking about adopting an older child. The case worker can be on the lookout for children who enjoy those activities as well.
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Gather information for your home study. Talk to your caseworker. Get a copy of your home study report. Learn about available children.
Article: Now that you have a good eye for detail and have mastered the art of logic, you’re ready to begin your sleuthing career. Grab your hat and let’s go solve some mysteries.  You don’t necessarily need to solve crimes to practice your detective work. Actually, frequenting crimes scenes is a bad idea. It may not be safe and could anger local police. Smaller mysteries are a better place to start. Ask your friends and family if they have any unsolved mysteries. Has anything gone missing lately at home? Did a pan of cookies disappear off from the counter while they were cooling, but everyone at home denies taking them? Get on it. Gather information and make your observations, for starters. You can do this by physically examining the scene of the crime, by talking to witnesses, or both. Pay close attention and try to sort what is important from what is not.   Ask questions. Interview people who may be able to shed light on the mystery. Was your aunt the one who baked the cookies? When did she bake them? What time did she take the pan out of the oven? When did she first notice that the cookies had gone missing? Who else was present? Did she notice anything else out of place? Write down your observations as field notes, both for interviews and for examinations, so that you can review, rehash, and work the pieces until they fit. Take your information and begin to put together the puzzle. Different pieces will include people – who was around and a possible culprit – as well as the time, possible motives, and other considerations.   It may help to write out the events on a piece of paper, draw a timeline, or create a flow chart. “Aunt baked cookies at 4:30 pm. Took them out of oven at quarter to five and then went outside to garden. When she came back inside at 5:30 the cookies were gone. Also present were Uncle, cousin Bob and cousin Gina, Gina’s friend Mosley, and their Shetland sheepdog. Interview them and note their schedules, as well! We know the following additional details: Uncle and cousin Gina both have weaknesses for cookies. Bob does not. Mosley is unknown. The dog was free to roam about the house. A long hair was found at the crime scene. When you begin to piece together a mystery, you’ll often be faced with a number of different possible sequences of events. Using logic, your job is to figure out which scenario is the most likely one and to nab the culprit.  Consider the scenarios: Uncle may have nicked the cookies, as he has a weakness for them. But Gina could have, too. Bob is less likely to have stolen them, as he prefers candy. Mosley and the dog are unknowns, but either of them may have eaten the cookies. Or, it is possible that Aunt is lying. Map the scenarios. Assess and reassess the evidence. Eventually, a picture of the crime should emerge as you eliminate possibilities through logic. You may not get the correct answer, but you should be able to discover the most likely scenario.   A key piece of evidence in this case is the long hair found on top of the baking sheet. It is your only piece of physical evidence. The perpetrator must have had long hair. Uncle is bald, while Bob and Mosley have short hair. Aunt, Gina, and the dog all have long hair. With this in mind, your likely perpetrators are whittled down to three. You’ll need to look closer, and to focus your attention on the physical evidence, the hair, its color, texture, and length, in order to find the true culprit.
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Find an appropriate mystery. Make detailed observations. Map out events. Consider different scenarios. Apply logic.