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How to Choose a Residential Architect
The high costs of a home project can go a long way if you thoroughly investigate the architect you want to design your project. The project will be much easier if you choose a residential architect with a good reputation and an agreeable personality. Befo...
How to Tell Your Wife You Don't Want Any More Children
Compromising in a marriage can sometimes be tough. Even choices like where to live or what to have for dinner might be difficult at times. But how can you communicate to your wife that you don’t want to have more children if you know or suspect that she...
How to Get a Boy to Like You in High School
You've spotted a guy who seems to check all the boxes––he's smart, he's cute, he's interesting. He may even be happy to talk with you on a regular basis. Getting him to notice you in a romantic way might be harder than establishing a friendship. While you...
How to Configure Master and Slave in BIOS for Two Hard Disk Drives in a Single System
This wikiHow teaches you how to determine which of your Windows computer's two hard drives is the primary and which is the secondary. In order to configure master and slave settings for hard drives, your computer's motherboard must support multiple intern...
10 Ways to Breed Silkworms
When we think of domesticated animals, most of us picture farm animals, or maybe horses and camels. But every silk scarf you've ever seen was made by a domesticated animal too: the tiny silkworm. Humans have been breeding these insects for silk for over 7...
How to Fit a Door Handle
Installing a door handle yourself is a gratifying home improvement skill to have in your repertoire. Most door handles come with a kit and provide a measurement template for you to follow. Following these measurements, using your drill to create the neces...
How to Make a Planchette
Planchettes, or "little planks," are used on Ouija boards worldwide, or attached to a pencil and used to produce mystical drawings or writing. If you need to replace a planchette or just want to make one yourself, the process is not difficult. There is no...
How to Avoid Trapping Your Arm While Snuggling in Bed
Snuggling is one of the major benefits of sleeping next to your honey. One popular method is known as “spooning,” in which both partners lie on their sides, facing the same direction, and one person puts their arms around the other. However, this position...
How to Do the Long Tail Cast On
The "long tail" cast on creates a very neat cast on and will give you a clean edge. It's quick and easy to learn. This article will show you how to long tail cast on.
How to Annualize
Annualization is a predictive tool that estimates the amount or rate of something for an entire year, based on data from part of a year. This tool is primarily used for taxes and investments. If you're paying estimated taxes, you'll need to annualize your...
How to Pay for the Emergency Room
Emergency room visits to the hospital can leave a patient with grave financial injuries after treatment is complete. Although most hospitals cannot legally refuse to treat a patient in need of care, they still have the right to aggressively collect fees r...
How to Get a Replacement Title for Your Car
In the event that your car title is stolen, or if the title becomes damaged or misplaced, you can obtain a replacement title from your state's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) or the bureau that governs motor vehicle registration in your state or local...
How to Make a Movie Set
Set design is one of the unsung arts of movie making. Do it wrong and the audience is sure to think the movie is cheap and low budget. Do it right and most people don't notice it at all. But that is the point -- the best sets aren't flashy or expensive, t...
How to Disable Facebook Notifications on an iPhone
Ever been annoyed by irritating Facebook push notifications on your iPhone or iPad? Well, fret no more, here are several simple steps to remedying your issue.
How to Relieve Chronic Constipation
Constipation is the most common digestive complaint in the United States, affecting 42 million people. Constipation occurs when food waste moves slowly through the digestive system, leaving water in the food waste to be absorbed by the colon and ultimatel...
Taking a Shower After Surgery: When & How to Safely Wet Your Wound
Simple activities of daily life can quickly become frustrating when recovering from a surgical procedure, and showering and bathing are no exceptions. Depending on the type of surgery and incision, you might have to tweak a few steps in your usual routine...