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How to Track Animals
Tracking animals is the art of interpreting signs like footprints, natural paths and nibbled plants to discover who has recently been foraging, hunting or resting in a certain area. Animal tracking is a useful skill to know if you want to hunt or photogra...
How to Selectively Breed Betta Fish
Betta fish, also called Siamese fighting fish, can make wonderful and very beautiful pets. Bettas are often kept separately because they can attack and kill tank mates. Many people like the idea of having multiple bettas and want to breed them. However, y...
How to Cope With Having a Lisp
A lisp is a speech impediment that can make it difficult for you to pronounce certain words. Having a lisp can be challenging, as you may feel self-conscious when you talk, especially in front of others. To cope with a lisp, start by determining what type...
How to Write an Exponential Function Given a Rate and an Initial Value
Exponential functions can model the rate of change of many situations, including population growth, radioactive decay, bacterial growth, compound interest, and much more. Follow these steps to write an exponential equation if you know the rate at which th...
How to Use BBCode
BBCode is an extremely simple version of formatting, which many forums and browser-based games allow. While the amount that is usable is always going to be limited, we'll go over a majority of the codes and their effects here. Using this How-to, you'll...
How to End a Chess Game
Reaching the endgame in chess can be really tense as you try to outsmart your opponent. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced player, it’s important to know the ways you can finish a match if you’re winning or losing. We’ll cover a few different pat...
How to Emotionally Cope With Having Disabilities
Having a disability can be really hard, but there are many ways to accept your circumstance. In this article, you'll learn how to cope with having disabilities.
How to Shoot a Compound Bow
Archery is a practice that has been around for thousands of years, and humans have been trying to master the weapon for equally as long. These days, archery is much easier thanks to new equipment on the market, including sights, mechanical releases, peep...
How to Make a Simple Stretcher
Perhaps you are camping and someone sustains an injury, requiring the use of a stretcher to take them to a medical facility. Or maybe you just want to know how to create a simple stretcher in the event of a medical emergency. You can create a stretcher us...
How to Build a Stream
Do you ever look at your garden pond and think something is missing? Well, allow us to give you some ideas to help you transform your pond into something wonderful: all you may be missing is a garden stream!
How to Get a Child to Stop Sucking Fingers
Many babies and children suck on their fingers during the first few years of their lives. Finger sucking provides them a sense of security and happiness. It is a completely natural instinct and generally harmless for a child to suck their thumbs, but it c...
How to Buy Gold
Stockpiling gold has been a favorite investment of the wealthy through much of history, and gold remains the most popular investment of all the precious metals. Gold is fungible, portable, and accorded value everywhere in the world. This article outlines...
How to Discourage People from Messing With You
Many people enjoy teasing or messing with others. Being the recipient of such behaviors can be stressful, especially if the behavior verges on bullying or harassment. You can take many preventative measures, like traveling in groups, to discourage such be...
How to Read Russian Language Letters
The Russian alphabet, a form of the Cyrillic alphabet, consists of 33 letters: 10 vowels, 21 consonants, and 2 pronunciation symbols. Here, we've compiled a list that will take you through all the letters of the Russian alphabet, starting with the ones yo...
How to Get Your Crush to Talk to You
Ever felt like you were invisible to the one person who you wanted to notice you? If you have a crush, you can get them to talk to you. Start slowly, get to know them, show you’re interested and interesting, flirt a little, and be yourself. Before you kno...
How to Urinate in the Ocean Discreetly
Sometimes, the closest bathroom at the beach is too far away for you to reach in time. This leaves you little choice but to go right where you are. Beaches are public places and are often filled with people. Luckily, there are ways to go about your busine...