While there's not much you can do as an individual to make public places safer, you can work to make your house more impenetrable to intruders. These measures can help prevent the need to ever have to hide from a murderer in your home.  Make sure your doors and your door jambs are made of sturdy steel. If you have glass inserts in or around any of your doors, make sure they cannot be broken. Keep windows closed and locked at night and when you are not in the room. Make sure your home is well-lit at night to deter intruders. Alarm systems can provide excellent security and peace of mind for people at home. They can automatically call for help if someone breaks into your home, and they often scare intruders off.  Some alarm systems have panic modes that you can use to make the intruder think you have turned the system off, but secretly contact the police. Ask the company that provides your monitoring services how you can alert them to dangers if there is an intruder in the home. In some cases, you may provide them with a panic word, and in others, simply providing the incorrect password will trigger a response. You may want to invest in security cameras as well. Whether you have an alarm system or not, put up stickers that say you do. This often deters criminals just as much as an actual alarm. It's a good idea to have a designated safe room in your house and to make sure that the entire family knows that this is where you will hide in the case of an emergency.  The safe room should have a sturdy door and a strong lock on the inside. You can have a special steel security door installed for extra protection. Make sure the room is somewhere that will be accessible to your family and far from the areas where an intruder is most likely to enter your home. A closet or bathroom near the bedrooms is a good choice. In addition to designating a specific room in your house as your safe room and making sure that the area is secure, it's also a good idea to stock the area with the supplies you will need in the event that a murderer does break into your house.  It's a good idea to charge your phone in this room every night so that you will always be able to call for help if you have to hide there. If you have weapons, you may want to keep these in the room as well. If you don't have guns at your home, keep some improvised weapons in this location
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One-sentence summary -- Make your house secure. Install an alarm system. Prepare a safe room in your home. Keep important supplies in your safe room.


You will need a smartphone with tethering enabled through the carrier. Many 3G plans in the US allow tethering automatically. Using your phone as the network connection will bypass any restrictions placed on the school network.  Android - Tap "More" in the "Wireless & Networks" section. Tap "Tethering & portable hotspot". iOS - Tap "Personal Hotspot". Android - Check the "Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot" box. iOS - Toggle the "Personal Hotspot" toggle on. Android - Tap "Set up Wi-Fi hotspot". Check the "Show password" box. iOS - Tap "Wi-Fi Password". Click the computer's wireless network icon and select your mobile phone from the list of available networks. Enter the password to connect to the network. After connecting your phone to the computer, you should be able to select it by clicking on the network icon in your system tray (Windows) or menubar (OS X).
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One-sentence summary -- Understand which phones can do this. Open the Settings app on your iPhone or Android. Open the Portable Hotspot/Tethering section. Turn on your phone's hotspot. Get the wireless password. Connect to the hotspot on the computer. Connect your phone to the computer via USB if it doesn't have wireless.


Use a fabric dye in the color you want your silk flowers to be. Pour enough dye so there is a thin layer of dye covering the entire flat part of the plate. Don’t mix the dye with any water. You want this plate of dye to be very concentrated so you can give your silk flowers a deep, vibrant color. Use the same color fabric dye you used on the first plate. The ratio of water and dye doesn’t need to be exact. You just want a diluted dye on the second plate that you can use to create a lighter color on your silk flowers. If you have fabric dye in multiple colors, you can experiment by using a different color dye on the second paper plate than you used on the first plate. That way your flowers will be more than 1 color. Be gentle as you dip the petals into the dye. If you want the petals to be completely dyed from the base to the tip, gently press the petals down into the dye so they’re completely saturated. You can also dye just the tips of the petals so the base of the petals remains a different color. You can experiment and dip the petals into the diluted dye at an angle so some petals have more dye on them than others. Don’t press the petals down into the dye or you’ll cover up the lighter, diluted dye from before. You just want to dye the very ends of the petals. When you’re finished, the petals should be light at the bottom and dark at the end. Try holding the silk flower at an angle and rotating the tips through the dye to create a random, natural look. If you’re dyeing a lot of silk flowers, place them on an old towel to dry instead so you have more room. Dye the rest of your silk flowers and wait several hours for them to dry. Once they’re fully dry, remove them from the towel and display them.
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One-sentence summary -- Pour fabric dye onto a paper plate. Add 1 part water and 1 part fabric dye to a second paper plate. Dip the petals on one of your silk flowers into the diluted fabric dye. Dip the tips of the petals into the concentrated fabric dye. Place the silk flower on a clean paper plate to dry.


If the scar you are trying to cover is on your forehead or even some areas around your ears or neck, then you can simply try a hairstyle that conceals it. Keep an eye out for styles on fashion blogs, or you can also consult your stylist who will likely have suggestions on a style that suits you as well as covers the scar. When it comes to arms and legs especially, your choice of clothing can make it easy to hide scars. When it comes to scars around hands or wrists, the solution might be as simple as jewelry. A wristwatch, bracelets, or rings can hide scars easily, and you can have fun owning a variety of them.
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Try a different hairstyle. Wear different clothing. Add some jewelry.