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How to Preserve Halloween Pumpkins
Carving a great pumpkin for Halloween takes a lot of time and effort. Many people get frustrated when their work of art starts to mold right after Hallow's Eve comes to a close. Luckily, there are several ways to keep your pumpkins smirking and mold-free...
How to Recognize Signs of Over Exercising
Regular exercise is a vital part of leading a healthy lifestyle. However, exercising too much can pose significant health risks. Signs of overtraining include decreased performance, chronic fatigue, and mood swings. If you think you might be overdoing it,...
How to Get a Sales Job With No Sales Experience
Sales jobs involve earning the interest of potential customers and then converting them to customers. Salespeople are needed in almost every trade and industry, and good salespeople often have the opportunity to earn high salaries. Many jobs require you t...
How to Wash Stuffed Toys
While many stuffed toys are safe to wash with a regular load of laundry, you should still take steps to minimize the chance of damage. Toys with special significance or delicate parts should be washed by hand instead, using just enough water to clean the...
How to Heal Faster from a C Section
A Cesarean section, or C-section, is the surgical birth of a child. The C-section is a major surgery, and healing from one takes longer than healing from a vaginal birth, and requires different techniques. If you have had a C-section without complications...
How to Live With Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary artery disease is characterized by damage to the arteries that feed blood to the heart. In severe cases, plaque builds up on the walls of the arteries, blocking blood flow to the heart muscle, which causes a heart attack. Coronary artery disease...
How to Address Envelopes to Japan
Depending on your home country, the way you address envelopes might be completely different from how it’s done in Japan. Generally, address information is organized from large to small in Japanese. How this info is formatted will depend largely on whether...
How to Recover from an Ectopic Pregnancy
Experts say that in an ectopic pregnancy, the embryo (the fertilized egg) implants in a different area of the reproductive tract than the uterus. Although the most common location for an ectopic pregnancy is the fallopian tube, in rare instances, it might...
How to Get Bad Smells out of Leather
Leather is a material made of tanned animal hide. It is used to make jackets, furniture, shoes, purses, belts and many other products. Although leather is a very durable material, it is more difficult to clean than natural or synthetic fibers. Leather gra...
How to Help Yourself & Your Mental Health
Many scientists believe that nearly half of the things that make you happy are within your control. Wellbeing causes positive feelings, but positive feelings also cause wellbeing. Investing in your happiness and wellbeing creates a positive feedback loop...
How to Survive a Date when There's No Chemistry
Sometimes you meet someone on a first date and quickly realize that the two of you have no chemistry. What is the socially acceptable way to handle this oftentimes awkward situation? While your first reaction may be to call off the date immediately, go ho...
How to Get Rid of Period Cramps when Medicine Does Not Work
Menstrual cramps affect many people during their monthly period. Every cycle, your body prepares for the fertilization of an embryo, building up the best environment for it. Once your body realizes you aren't getting pregnant any time soon, the uterus sta...
How to Tell if a Cockatiel Is Male or Female
Cockatiels are a native Australian bird, cousins to others such as the Galah and black cockatoo. Adult cockatiels with the "normal grey" coloration, a grey body with yellow head, are relatively easy to distinguish based on their plumage. Other cockatiel c...
How to Buy Door Knobs
Finding the right doorknob might seem difficult at first. However, your search only requires consideration of a few factors. Focusing on location, function, and style will allow you to choose fitting doorknobs for your rooms.Whether you are maintaining yo...
How to Choose the Proper Lighting for a Basement
If your goal is to make your basement a place for recreation or living, then lighting is one of the most important aspects to consider. When it comes to lighting a basement properly, the necessary steps differ from other rooms in a house because the struc...
How to Choose Tile for Pools
Designing a new pool can be an overwhelming process, given all of the options available to homeowners these days. Choosing a tile for your pool might not sound like an important decision, but the tile you choose can have a big impact on your pool’s durabi...