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How to Write a Demonstrative Speech
Demonstrative speeches are intended to teach an audience how to do a specific thing. They can be long and detailed, or short and simple. Even if you're an expert at your topic, the process of writing your speech can seem difficult. However, once you sit d...
How to Create a Password You Can Remember
This wikiHow teaches you how to create a password that is hard for others to guess. Passwords should be hard to guess because there are hackers out there!
How to Use Care of to Address Letters or Packages
You need that letter to get to the right person, but there’s one problem: you know their building or business place, but not their exact address. No worries, just address your letter in the care of (℅) the building, business, or someone else at the reside...
How to Fold a Paper Into Thirds
Folding a piece of paper in half? Piece of cake. Folding it into quarters? Barely an issue. Dividing a piece of paper into perfect, crisp thirds? This can actually be a bit of a challenge as anyone who has ever folded an important piece of correspondence...
How to Impress Your Date
First dates can be nerve-wracking for everyone, but they don't have to be! Don't worry about being awkward or nervous, since your date probably feels the same way. All you have to do to impress your date is to look your best, be charming and kind, and res...
How to Lose Weight the Healthy Way
You don't have to starve yourself to lose weight; in fact, you shouldn't. Losing weight the healthy way involves a commitment to your plan and patience. Following guidelines for a healthy approach to weight loss is also key in maintaining your weight once...
How to Turn On a Device With a Universal Remote
While remote controls make life a lot easier, nobody wants a pile of them taking up space on the coffee table. That’s where the universal remote control comes in handy. This tool is meant to take the place of your many remote controls, limiting entertainm...
How to Treat Tropical Fish with White Spot Disease (Ich)
White spot disease, also known as Ich, is a parasite that most tropical fish enthusiasts will, at one time or another, have to deal with. White spot disease is responsible for more fish deaths than any other disease. This disease is mostly found in aquari...
How to Become a Farmer Without Experience
"Farmers farm for the love of farming. They love to watch and nurture the growth of plants. They love to live in the presence of animals. They love to work outdoors. They love the weather, maybe even when it is making them miserable." - Wendell Berry. So...
How to Fake a Fever
You forgot to study for today's exam or prepare for that big presentation, and now you need to fake a fever to get out of it (and fast). Don't worry—it's possible to quickly give yourself a fake fever, and we'll walk you through exactly how to do it. Keep...
How to Read a Doctor's Prescription
When you get a new prescription from your doctor, you may not be able to decipher what is written on it. Many people blame this on the fact that physicians are notorious for poor handwriting. In most cases, however, you wouldn't be able to read it anyway...
How to Clean out a Sump Pit
Sump pits can become nasty and gooey. If you have never cleaned a sump pit, you do not know what you have been missing. Cleaning your sump pit is the activity for which you have always longed. The process is actually pretty simple. You’ll just need to rem...
Writing a Haiku: Ideas, Format, and Process
If you like the idea of making a profound impact in just a few words, haiku might be the perfect poetry form for you. A haiku (俳句 pronounced similar to "high-koo") is a short, 17-syllable poem broken into 3 lines, meant to be read in a single breath. Th...
How to Ride the New York City Subway
Visiting New York for the first time is an interesting experience. New Yorkers are like no one else. As polite as they are, they often do not make eye contact, they rush to their destination, and rarely talk to strangers. While visiting New York City for...
How to Talk to Someone with an Intellectual Disability
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are different in some ways, and you may be unsure how to navigate these differences if you're not used to them. You may experience some barriers to communicating well with them. Here is how to speak...
How to Play the Oboe
The oboe is a woodwind instrument that sounds beautiful when played as part of an orchestra, or even on its own as a solo. While it's similar to a clarinet, an oboe uses a double reed as opposed to a clarinet's single reed. The double reed requires very s...