Q: Even if your design is small, it would still be a good idea to do this. This way, you will be able to keep the rest of your mat clean while you paint. If you have a larger design, you may need to print it out onto several sheets of paper. Alternatively, you can also sketch your design onto the back of your contact paper freehanded or using a stencil. Make sure that your design is big enough to that it is proportionate to the mat. If you drew your design directly onto the back of the contact paper, you can skip this step. Place your contact paper onto a cutting mat with the stencil facing upward. Use a craft knife to cut through both the printed paper and contact paper. Remove any pieces of tape and regular paper that might still be stuck to the contact paper stencil when you are done. If you do not own a cutting mat, you can use a sheet of cardboard instead. Contact paper is not very sticky, so it likely won't stick to your doormat very well. In this case, you can secure it with sewing pins. Simply poke the pins straight through the contact paper and into the mat. Focus on the areas that have a lot of detail. Some people find that spraying the back of the contact paper will also help it stick.
A: Cut a sheet of contact paper so that it is a few inches bigger than your doormat. Print your design out onto a sheet of paper. Tape your printed design to the contact paper. Cut the design out using a craft knife or Xacto blade. Peel the backing off of the contact paper, and press the stencil onto your doormat.

Q: A One Star rating requires a solid performance on all four tracks of the Cup. While the game doesn't tell you the exact requirements, there are a few general guidelines to follow. If you're partway through a cup and fall way behind these goals, you may want to quit and retry to save time.  Finish the cup with at least 53 points total across the four tracks. For instance, you could place 1st, 1st, 1st, 4th, or 1st, 1st, 2nd, 3rd (the order does not matter). You have a high chance of success if you place 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd or better. Faster completion time will also help. Avoid leaving the road more than two or three times in the entire cup, unless using a boost item. Avoid banging into a wall or an obstacle more than once or twice in the cup. Avoid falling off the track more than once in the cup. Stay in first for a significant amount of each race. When behind, try to catch up without using items whenever possible. If you are hit with many blue shells and similar items in a short amount of time, the game will take this into account and relax the above guidelines a little. If this happens, you may still be able to get a One Star ranking even if you use items to get in first, or if you don't finish in the rank or time limit normally required. If you are having trouble finishing in 1st or 2nd, play a Medium or Large character and a vehicle with good speed. If you can stay in 1st for much of the race, but you frequently hit obstacles or walls, play a Medium or Small character and a vehicle with good handling and acceleration. Before racing, you can set your drifting mode to Automatic or Manual. For best results, set it to Manual and be prepared to press the B button (and shake the Wii mote, if in use) to start drifting sideways when you notice sparks from your wheels. However, if you are using the Wii Wheel, Automatic may give better results do to increased manual drifting difficulty with that controller. . Mario Kart Wii allows you to cut down your time and dodge obstacles by doing tricks, "snaking," "drifting," and using the rear camera view. Find out more at this article. Many race tracks have hidden shortcuts and opportunities for creative driving techniques. Discover more of these by playing Time Trials and following the ghost driver to see what it does, or search online for videos of the race tracks you find difficult. Remember, going off-road will not hurt your ranking if you use a Mushroom or other boost item. This can save you a lot of time on some maps, such as by boosting through the Peach Garden flower patch or across the grass near the start of Bowser's Castle.
A: Know how to achieve One Star. Keep trying if you get hit with many items. Adjust your vehicle for your play style. Set your drifting mode. Learn advanced driving techniques Watch Time Trials or online videos.

Q: Although it is possible to detect dishonesty and lying, it is also possible to misread deception where there is none. A stressed person can be easily mistaken for a liar, as some of the signs of stress can look like signs of lying. Thus, you should look for many signs that the person is lying, instead of only drawing a conclusion based on one or two signs. Sometimes, people may seem dishonest, when they're actually just dealing with...   Embarrassment Shyness Awkwardness Feeling ashamed or inferior Stress This includes not showing any signs that you suspect the other person of lying, and making an effort to mirror their body language and pace of conversation. When questioning the person, act in an understanding, not overbearing, manner. This approach will help to let down the other person's guard and can help you to read the signs more clearly. A baseline is how someone behaves when they aren't lying. This will help you tell if the way the person is acting currently is any different from how they usually act. Begin by getting to know the person if you don't already and proceed from there — people usually answer basic questions about themselves truthfully. For someone you already know, checking for a baseline might include asking the person about something the answer of which you already know. Usually, when people are lying, they will tell stories that are true, but are deliberately aimed at not answering the question you asked. If a person is trying to trick you, they may not answer your question directly. They may answer the question that they wish you had asked. This may indicate that they're lying or trying to conceal something from you.  If asked "Did you ever hit your wife?", a liar might say "I love my wife. Why would I do that?" That answer might technically be the truth, but they've avoided the question. (Someone with nothing to hide will likely answer the question directly, like by saying "No! Never!") If you're really not sure whether they're telling the truth, ask them to repeat the story multiple times. It's hard to keep track of information that isn't truthful. In the process of repeating their made-up story, the liar is likely to say something inconsistent, outright false, or telling.  Ask the person to tell the story backwards. This is very hard to do, especially when requiring no loss of the details. Even a professional liar can find this reversal of approach a hard one to tackle effectively. A liar usually gets uncomfortable when you do this. An honest person usually becomes angry or frustrated (lips pressed together, brows down, upper eyelid tensed and pulled down to glare). A liar usually wants to fill the silence, because it makes them nervous. They want you to believe the lies being woven; silence gives no feedback on whether or not you've bought the story. By being patient and remaining silent, many deceitful people will keep talking to fill that silence, embellishing and possibly slipping up in the process, without even being asked anything!   Liars try to read you to see if you've bought the tale. If you don't show any signs of something to monitor, many liars will feel uncomfortable. If you're a good listener, you'll already be avoiding interruptions, which in itself is a great technique to let the story unfold. Practice not interrupting others if you have this tendency — not only will it help you to detect lies, but it'll make you a better listener generally.
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Be careful. Take time to establish rapport with the alleged liar and create a relaxed atmosphere. Establish a baseline. Learn to spot deflections. Ask the person to repeat the story over again. Stare at the alleged liar with a look of disbelief. Use silence.