Q: All of the top 25 MLMs have been around for 10 years, and most more than 20. There are certainly legitimate startup MLMs, but treat a company that has been around for less than 10 years with caution. Since pyramid schemes are illegal, the top executives generally close their doors as soon as they turn a decent profit. With the internet, it is easy to find a wide number of impartial sources with opinions about companies. Add keywords like 'scam' or 'reputation' or 'review' to get directly to people's opinions. Though pyramid schemes may hire internet marketers to produce false reviews — another illegal practice — you should find positive as well as negative reviews.  The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is a good place to start. It is a nonprofit that processes complaints filed against businesses and resolves questions of illegal or unethical behavior. Another great resource is The Federal Trade Commission website, which has information on companies that have been pursued or fined for illegal business practices. Due to their large pool of self-motivated underlings, MLMs may seem similar to schemes on the surface. However, the MLMs use this system as a substitution for a larger advertising budget. This work is done instead by salespeople on the ground telling others about their product. If the company emphasizes the work of the executives in recruiting new members in their 'downline' over the role the salespeople play, it is probably a pyramid scheme. 'Downline' is a term used by MLMs and pyramid schemes to refer to those who work under you. It can be confusing, since MLMs also give salespeople the opportunity for promotion to a supervisory role. MLMs make their money off sales rather than the contributions of new members. They want to recruit and keep better salespeople, so they compensate them well. Pyramid schemes will glaze over the compensation details of the lower tier to tell you how much money you can make after getting promoted. Push them to give you not only concrete profit margins for salespeople, but actual yearly averages of profit for entry-level workers – not the executives. The MLM strategy is to establish a large population of salespeople to distribute the project and increase their sales force exponentially. Promoters get commission on the sale of the product, as well as income for sales their recruits make. For the pyramid schemes that have, or claim to have, real products, you have to do a little digging to find out if the product is a scam. One way to do this is to find out if you can expect to receive a full refund for unused products. Pyramid schemes often rely on people buying packages of their useless products only to find out that they are unsellable. Then when the people contact the company, they point to the 'no returns' policy in the contract. People move up in pyramid schemes based on how many recruits they sign. MLMs promote people based on their sales numbers or similar performance criteria. If you can promote yourself without an official appointment, it is probably a pyramid scheme.
A: Find out when the company was founded. Do a web search of the company. Look at the company's structure. Look at the compensation. Find out their refund policy. Find out how you get promoted.

Q: This is no time to be an impartial observer, your dog's college admissions are on the line! But seriously, if the dog isn't interested, she won't even try to complete the challenges. Encourage the dog with gestures or smiles, keeping it interested but not so excited it forgets what to do. The dog has to cooperate to be tested. Pick a special, smelly treat to bribe it with. Soft, smelly treats are best, since the dog will notice them and eat them quickly. Cut them into small, pea-sized pieces if you plan to do all of these tests at once.  Pieces of hot dog, cooked chicken, or cheese are all good options.  Use a dry, non-smelly treat when you're testing memory. This test works best if the dog spends a lot of time with the person testing him. A dog might not live up to its full potential if it's been living with the test-giver for less than three months. A puppy under one year old probably won't be as "smart" or obedient as an adult dog. Tell the dog to stay while it watches you "hide" a treat in a box or under a table. Once it finds the treat, hide the next one in a harder to find location. As your dog gets better at this, you can hide the treat while the dog isn't looking, and put it behind several barriers. This is a great way to challenge your dog. It works best if you've clicker trained your dog with several tricks already. Use the clicker and say "new trick," then reward it for any trick it does. Repeat immediately with another "new trick" and only reward it if it does something new. Keep going until the dog runs out of tricks or gets confused. You can't always be around to tutor your dog. Give it some homework in the form of an interactive dog toy. These have treats hidden inside that won't fall out unless the dog solves a puzzle. Some of them even have an electronic voice to give commands, although be careful giving those to dogs with a constant chewing habit.
A: Treat it like a game. Pick a special treat. Have the dog's owner conduct the test. Test a puppy again after it matures. Train the dog with treasure hunts. Teach the "new trick" command. Get brain-testing puzzle toys for your dog.

Q: Just like the rest of the characters of the game, you are required to go through a qualification quest before you can choose one of the three advanced classes. In order for the quest to be available for you, you must use Aisha and must be level 15 and above; otherwise, the quest won't appear in your Quest Log. Do this quest first before anything else. Enter the Underground Waterway under Very Hard Mode to collect 10 Dead Tree Branches and 30 Runic Power Crystal from the Ghost Magician and White Ghost Magician. The task is fairly easy, especially if you're in a party for a quick raid. This can be bought from the Potion NPC in Elder Village. This area can be found in the Elder Village map.  The rest of the qualification quest can also be cleared in the very same dungeon. To complete these quests quickly, enter the dungeon under Very Hard Mode instead of clearing it at low-level difficulty. You must kill 14 Jangos and 14 Kid Phorus. You must clear the dungeon with a B rank. You must collect 3 quest items from Bomber Mongs and 1 Special Nut from William.
A: Get qualified. Infiltrate the Underground Waterway. Gather 5 Medium MP Potions. Enter the Suburbs of Wally's Castle.

Q: Riffle shuffling in your hands is a bit more difficult than using the table, and it's more likely that the people you play cards with won't know how to do it themselves. Once learned, you can quickly end with a flashy bridge finish for additional effect.  This method is not used in casinos, since other players can often see the cards during the shuffle. Like any riffle shuffle, this does bend the cards, and can wear them out faster than other shuffles.
A:
Use this shuffle to impress.