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How to Understand Someone With Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is a condition that lasts for three months or more and continues after the injury or condition is treated. The experience of acute pain is the nervous system’s natural response to possible injury. With chronic pain, however, pain signals cont...
How to Park a Truck or Large Vehicle
It’s no secret that large vehicles handle differently than normal sized cars. But when attempting to park in a spot or parking lot intended for vehicles of a more regular size, you’ll have to be especially careful with your large vehicle or truck. The las...
How to Build a Ferrocement Tank
Ferrocement water tanks are durable, inexpensive, and easy to build. Keep reading for tips on how to take on this project yourself!
How to Get Your Friends to Stop Fighting with Each Other
When two of your friends are fighting with each other, it can put you in an awkward position. You might be tired of hearing them complain about each other and getting stuck in the middle of their arguments. If you want to get your friends to stop fighting...
How to Tie a Palomar Knot
A Palomar knot, used for securing fishing line to fishing hooks, is a study and reliable knotting technique. Palomar knots can also be used on both braided fishing line and thin, monofilament fishing line, which makes them versatile. When done correctly,...
How to Pray Effectively (Christianity)
...if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father in heaven forgive yours" (Matthew 6:15, Mark 11:26). Do your prayers work? "Father, bless my enemy with your peace..." is a prayer that makes sense! A lot of people wonder why some...
How to Read Faces
Reading faces is a vital skill. When trying to communicate with another human being, it's helpful to understand what potential emotions that person may be experiencing. In interpersonal relationships, you'll be able to take better care of those close to y...
How to Use a Pedometer
In recent years, physical fitness has become a global health concern, so more people than ever are looking for ways to work exercise into their daily routines.[1] X Research source For many, pedometers offer a convenient way to track daily p...
How to Play "Bunny Bunny"
Bunny Bunny is an extremely fun and simple group game, perfect for parties or other social gatherings. If you’d like to learn how to play this enjoyable game, then start with step 1 below.
How to Raise a Baby Squirrel
Have you found an orphaned baby squirrel? While it's best to return it to its mother, it is possible for you to take care of it and raise it to adulthood. Keep in mind in many states this is illegal. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator first and fo...
How to Do a Maypole Dance
Traditionally, the Maypole Dance is a dance performed in celebration of May Day, the first day of May. This article is an overview of how to perform this dance.
How to Execute a Spinning Backfist
Interested in learning a powerful attack to follow your jabs instead of the same old telegraphed right-cross punch? If so, then the spinning backfist, a technique that sacrifices a minor amount of speed for exponentially increased power, is the strike for...
How to Determine Your Child's Learning Style
Children receive and process information—that is, learn—in different ways based partly on their environments but mostly on their genetic profiles. Experts have identified 3 primary learning styles into which most people fall: visual, auditory, and kinest...
2 Ways to Draw the Fibonacci Spiral
Commonly found in nature, the well-known shape of the golden spiral is a unique form but can be sketched nicely using the elements of the Fibonacci sequence. It is fairly simple to draw, and can be quite beautiful when done correctly.
How to Write a Product Review
Writing a product review of an item you have purchased and used can be a great way to share useful information with other shoppers, promote products you love, or just build your writing portfolio. One can review almost any product - from an electric tooth...
Everything You Need to Know About Faking Your Death
Faking your own death can be a good practical joke in the right context. You don't want to scare people or hurt someone who cares for you. It is illegal to fake your own death to collect life insurance, but it is legal to simply fake your death in order t...