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How to Convince Your Parents to Let You Go Shopping with a Friend
It’s Saturday, your homework is done, you have a little extra money, and you want to go out with some friends to go shopping. Everything is ready to go except for one, small problem: your parents don’t want you to go. What do you do? With a little educati...
How to Sleep in Class
No matter how much sleep you get at night, it’s natural to get a little sleepy during a long lecture at school. You shouldn’t make a habit of it, but sometimes taking a nap during class can help you make it through the day. Hide your face with a hood or h...
How to Reduce Size of Excel Files
This wikiHow teaches you how to reduce the amount of storage a Microsoft Excel file uses by removing some formatting, compressing images and saving the file in a more efficient format.
How to Use a Defibrillator
Defibrillation is an electrical shock delivered to the heart designed to terminate a life-threatening arrhythmia or cardiac arrest. The Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a device capable of automatically detecting a heart rhythm that requires a sh...
How to Draw an Owl
Halloween draws nigh, and if there's any bird that symbolizes the Halloween spirit, it's the watchful owl, who sits at his perch high overhead as the undead, headless horsemen, witches, and hobgoblins make their nighttime rounds from house to house in sea...
How to Draw Basic Human Figures
The human figure has inspired artists to pick up their pencils for thousands of years. Drawing the human form allows you to gain a deeper understanding of the curves and lines that make up male and female bodies. The human form, like any figure, is easy t...
How to Romantically Hug a Guy
When you like someone, you naturally want to be closer to him. Unfortunately, liking someone can also make you feel self-conscious about every little thing and make it easy to get flustered about little things like hugs. Hugs are great, though, and needn’...
How to Make a Doll Bed
Putting dolly to bed at night is one of the most enjoyed childhood rituals. Instead of buying an expensive doll bed, you can create your own at home. Make a frame out of wood or cardboard and then sew a mattress and pillows to decorate the bed.
How to Enunciate
Enunciation is a skill everyone could benefit from practicing, especially before a public speech, a singing performance, or just a crowded, noisy gathering. With enough practice, anyone can change, mumbling, mispronunciations, or lightning-speed chatter i...
How to Avoid and Cure Getting Itchy after a Haircut
Getting a fresh new haircut might improve your look, but dealing with itchiness and irritation afterwards isn’t fun. Itchiness might be caused by small hairs stuck to your clothes or skin, but if that itchiness doesn’t go away, it might also be caused by...
How to Know if You Have Spyware on Your Computer
If you notice slowness on your machine or network, changes to your browser, or other unusual activity, then it’s possible that your computer has been infected with spyware.[1] X Research source
How to Organize a Lottery Pool
Organizing a lottery pool is easy, but it's got to be customized based on who's involved, the regularity of play, the rules of the organization executing the lottery, federal and state tax laws, etc.
How to Make Your Own Passport Photo (USA)
While many businesses will photograph you and develop a passport photo for a fee, there is no requirement that passport photos be taken by a paid professional. Passport photos can come from any source, as long as they meet the format requirements. With th...
How to Keep Ants Out of Your House
Ants outnumber humans 140,000 to 1, meaning that there are over 1,092,000,000,000,000 ants on Earth. Even so, it doesn’t mean these pesty insects have to make themselves comfortable in your space. There are plenty of ways to deter, repel, and keep ants ou...
How to Create a Powerful Pokémon TCG Deck
The Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) is such a fun way to pass the time, and while you may want to put all of your favorite cards into the same deck, sticking with a few types of strong Pokémon you love can improve your chances of winning. We’ll help you f...
How to Manage a Laminitis Prone Horse
Laminitis is a painful and distressing condition of the hoof, and it can lead to chronic, incurable lameness in horses if it is not treated promptly. Modifying your horse's diet is essential to preventing laminitis, and you can also do things to make your...