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How to Keep Animals out of Your Attic
Animals living in your attic can cause damage to the wiring, plumbing, and structure of your home while also bringing in diseases. Strategies for keeping an attic animal-free mainly involve consistent home inspections and maintenance. Block any animals fr...
How to Measure Light Intensity
Measuring light intensity is important when designing a room's lighting or preparing for a photograph. The term "intensity" is used in different ways, so take a moment to learn what units and measuring methods match your goals. Professional photographers...
How to Tool Leather
Whether you're making a beautiful horse saddle for yourself or a custom belt for your boyfriend, tooling leather is a great craft that can be picked up by even the least crafty among us. Tooling leather is the process of cutting into the leather to create...
How to Remove Ink Stains from Wood Furniture
Ink stains can be tough to remove, but don't stress: we've got you covered. Below, we're walking you through every tried-and-true method that's sure to lift that stain from your treasured wooden furniture. From dish soap to baking soda, the perfect stain-...
How to Work for ESPN
Working with a television industry giant like ESPN is a dream for sports fans and TV fanatics alike. In a company such as ESPN, there are a variety of career opportunities in wide-ranging specialties. Whether you're interested in the broadcasting or marke...
How to Address Formal Envelopes
Addressing formal envelopes properly serves different purposes, including demonstrating respect to recipients and providing a visual cue to the formality of the event. How you address your envelope will depend on whether it is for a formal event, such as...
How to Be a Good Tutor
Tutoring students is a great responsibility, but it can also be one of life's most rewarding experiences. However, just knowing a lot about a subject area doesn't necessarily mean you'll be a good tutor. To help students reach their potential, you have to...
How to Flirt Without Being Obvious
Flirting at work, with friends, or with strangers can put you in an awkward spot if things don’t go well. If you are interested in someone, but want to gauge his or her receptiveness, you can flirt without being obvious until you are comfortable. Certain...
How to Make Christmas Eve As Special As Christmas
Christmas Eve often gets overlooked in the excitement of the holiday season. However, with some planning and creativity, Christmas Eve can be just as special as Christmas day. Create a holiday atmosphere with decorations, Christmas music, and warm lightin...
How to Download, Install, and Run JDK and Eclipse
Computer programming using Java is arguably the most important aspect of computing. Many of today’s popular applications and programs utilize java as the main source code, ranging from computer games to mobile phones. Eclipse is just one of the numerous...
How to Earn Money As a Freelancer
Freelancing means to have different jobs or short-term assignments or contracts with number of companies, websites, organizations, etc., without any long-term contract. The Internet has greatly expanded opportunities to earn money working as a freelancer....
How to Teach Your Baby to Walk
Most babies begin walking some time between 10 and 18 months old.[1] X Research source But they have to go from crawling to pulling up to cruising to get there. Keep in mind all babies are different, so your baby may have to really work to l...
How to Respond to Conflict
Conflict can result when people have differences in opinions, beliefs, and thinking. It can occur with coworkers and supervisors in the workplace and with family and friends in your personal life. Conflict is an uncomfortable yet natural part of life. Ho...
How to Do a Breath Control Exercise for Rapping
Controlling your breathing is an important part of any singing endeavour, especially with rapping. When you can’t quite get on top of a verse, it might be due to improper breathing. While much of breath control happens during the rap, there are a variety...
How to Determine Polarity of Magnets
You might have heard the phrase “opposites attract.” While perhaps not always the best advice for relationships, this cliché is the rule of thumb for magnet polarity. Since we inhabit a giant magnet (Earth), understanding magnet polarity on a small scale...
How to Start a Conversation with a Guy on Facebook
Trying to start a conversation with anyone can be daunting, especially if it's on a social media platform like Facebook. On Facebook, you don't just run into people or notice someone across the room, unless you're active in groups. However, you can start...