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How to Determine if You've Found Your Soulmate
Most people want to find the perfect mate. It's an age-old sentiment that we all have someone out there waiting for us. But soulmates are not magical creatures, and they won't fall out of the sky and into our laps. A real soulmate is someone you can spend...
How to Create a Project Financial Plan
Before embarking on a major project, a financial plan is a requirement. A project financial plan — also known as a project budget — identifies all of the costs associated with a project. These costs are then tailored to fit within the financial resources...
How to Make Studying Easy
Studying can feel like an enormous challenge, especially when tests and exams are looming. However, study is about learning for self-betterment, not just to pass exams. And since knowledge takes a while to accumulate and be well understood, the more time...
How to Tell if Your Pet Parakeet is Bonding with You
Budgies (or parakeets) are highly intelligent little birds that make fabulous companions. But budgies don’t communicate and emote in the same ways as other pets, like cats and dogs. It takes some close observation and a trained eye to tell if your feather...
How to Command Respect from Other People
Being respected is one thing, but commanding respect is another. Some people just seem to command respect from the second they walk in the room. Research shows that we sometimes judge leaders not on how they perform, but on how they look.[1] X Research...
How to Catch Giratina in Pokémon Platinum: Best Strategies
Are you having trouble catching Giratina in Pokémon Platinum? Don’t use your Master Ball just yet—with a little patience and persistence, you can take on this Legendary Pokémon in the Distortion World with more common types of Pokéballs. Read on to learn...
How to Dress Goth in Summertime
If you naturally trend toward heavy fabrics and darker colors as an expression of your personality and feelings, it can be difficult to find an alternative style in the summer. To be comfortable as a goth in the summer, you will want to choose soft, light...
2 Simple Ways to Make a New Twitter Account
Do you want to sign up for an X, formerly known as Twitter, account but don't know where to start? Whether this is your first account or you want to make a second, private account, you'll be able to do so in just a few minutes. You can use your email or p...
How to Be a Computer Genius
If you are passionate about learning new things, fascinated by computers, and enjoy problem-solving, you can become a computer genius. And don’t worry if you can’t pursue a computer science degree. You can build computer mastery by combining a solid under...
How to Hold a Cat by the Scruff
The loose skin around a cat's neck is called the scruff. When done properly and only when necessary, scruffing a cat (holding a cat by its scruff) is an effective method of restraint, although it may look uncomfortable or even painful to the cat. There is...
How to Make Crystallized Ginger
Crystallized ginger, which is also called candied ginger, is a sweet, chewy, and spicy treat made from fresh ginger. You can add it to baked goods, toss it in with vegetable dishes, or even just enjoy it on its own. Crystallized ginger is fun and simple t...
How to Take a Screenshot on an iPad: Pro, Mini, Air, & More
Taking a screenshot can be a great way to capture an image you found online, save a recipe, or share your screen with others. You can easily take a screenshot by pressing the Power button and Volume button at the same time. If your iPad has a Home button,...
How to Put an iPod or iPhone into DFU Mode
To manipulate your device in many ways, including jailbreaking it, you might have to put it into DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade) Mode at one point or another. Follow this guide to put your device into DFU mode. Because of the need for exact timing during th...
How to Stand up for Yourself when Your Best Friend Is Being a Jerk
Are you being bullied, put down or competed against by your own best friend? It isn't much fun to discover your best friend has turned into a sparring partner. Decide whether there is something worth salvaging here, then proceed to stop your friend from b...
How to Ride a Washington State Ferry
Washington State Ferries is the nation's largest ferry network and the world's 3rd largest. A lot of people in the Seattle Metro area rely on them to get to work, while others rely on them to reach their day trip/vacation spot. Riding one of these can be...
How to Change
Change is inevitable in life, but that does not need to be a bad thing. A great man once said that "In order to change anything, you must first change yourself." Changing yourself takes time and dedication, but you have the power to make yourself differen...