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How to Avoid Detection in a Game of Spotlight
Spotlight is an exhilarating and adventurous game to play at night with friends, school colleagues or family, and can be played in a variety of outdoor locations including parks, reserves, beaches or even in suburban areas with plenty of corners and cover...
How to Treat a Baby's Cough
In the first year of life, most babies get up to seven colds. Since most cold and cough medications aren't tested for use in babies, you shouldn't give cough medicines to babies — in fact, most cough and cold medicines have been shown to cause side effect...
Reporting Illegal Immigrants Anonymously to Federal or Local Authorities
Federal agencies make it easy to report the identity of someone who's in the US illegally, either online or over the phone. You're never required to identify yourself, but there are additional precautions you can take to ensure you're truly anonymous. Thi...
How to Defend Against Lease Violation Claims
When a landlord believes that you have violated a lease, they should notify you of the violation by serving a notice on you. You can defend against the lease violation claim by documenting that you didn’t violate the lease and trying to talk with your lan...
How to Test Your Batteries
There are many different types of batteries, and you can test all of them to see if they're charged or not. Alkaline batteries bounce when they're going bad, so drop one on a hard surface to see whether or not it bounces. Take an exact voltage reading wit...
How to Deal with Physical Abuse
Physical abuse can come in many forms, and can affect children as well as adults. Actions like punching, kicking, slapping, pinching, whipping, beating, or any other form of injury is considered physical abuse. In many countries, it is against the law to...
How to Find Extrema of Multivariable Functions
In single-variable calculus, finding the extrema of a function is quite easy. You simply set the derivative to 0 to find critical points, and use the second derivative test to judge whether those points are maxima or minima. When we are working with close...
How to Diagnose Hamster Dental Problems
Hamsters are popular as pets for children, as they are engaging, easy to care for, and relatively free from health problems. However, one problem that hamsters may suffer from is tooth problems. This is because a hamster's teeth grow continually and the r...
How to Distribute a Decedent's Assets to Beneficiaries
When a person dies, their belongings (i.e., assets) are distributed to others (i.e., beneficiaries). If the decedent passes property to beneficiaries through contract, the assets will be passed along outside of the formal probate process. If the decedent...
How to Make Laundry Detergent Slime
Slime is a fun kind of putty to play with. It is icky, sticky, and gross. While you can always head out to the store and buy some, it is much more fun to make it at home. One of the most popular slime recipes requires borax, but not everyone has that. Luc...
How to Perform an LU Factorization
To solve systems of three or more linear equations, you'll typically convert the problem into an augmented matrix and row reduce from there. However, this process can be slow and inefficient with more equations. The number of arithmetic operations you nee...
How to Leave Packaging Feedback on Amazon
Amazon packages sometimes come in nice, correctly sized boxes, but sometimes they come in large boxes with no packing material to keep them from sliding around. Formerly, Amazon offered a one-click path to leaving package feedback through your "orders" me...
How to Triple Tongue on the Trumpet
Triple tonguing is a technique used by wind musicians as a replacement for single tonguing, specifically in groups of three. In advanced music, triple tonguing becomes a necessity!
How to Get a Federal Explosives License
Getting a federal explosives license requires that you complete multiple forms and provide the federal agency with a photograph and fingerprints. You can download the forms from the website for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF...
How to Treat Ear Infections in Cocker Spaniels
A cocker spaniel's ears are long and covered with soft and silky fur. Although they are part of what makes cocker spaniels so beautiful, those ears can cause constant problems, including ear infections. Commonly caused by yeast or bacteria, ear infections...
How to Sleep After Shoulder Surgery
Shoulder surgeries are major medical procedures that typically lead to pain, swelling and significantly reduced mobility while the body heals over the course of a few months.[1] X Research source Regardless of the type of shoulder operation...