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How to Prevent Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
You may not be familiar with Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), but you're probably aware that rodents can spread disease. HPS is a viral disease that can be spread by rodents, their droppings, their saliva, and their urine. To prevent this rare but dea...
How to Protect the Copyright of a TV Show or Movie
If you've made a movie or a television show independently, you acquired a copyright in your original creative work the moment you produced it in a tangible form. That copyright gives you the exclusive rights to, among other things, copy, sell, and distrib...
How to Get Rid of a Speech Disorder
Many people feel insecure about their speech impediments, whether they're dealing with a lisp or an inability to articulate words. Although it may not seem like it—particularly if you have been dealing with this problem for years—you may be able to get ri...
How to Win Civilization Revolution
Civilization Revolution is a fun, competitive strategy game where you control a civilization in the attempts to make it match one of the four victory conditions. This guide will walk you through the steps of winning the game.
The Ultimate Guide to Spin the Bottle
Is there any party game more symbolic of young teen romance than spin the bottle? In the classic form of this game, players spin a bottle (or a similar object) to determine who they'll have to kiss. However, there are lots of different versions of this ga...
How to Wear a Backpack
Whether you need a new backpack for school, work, or travel you will need to find one that matches your needs and learn to wear it properly. Incorrectly wearing your backpack can result in a sore or injured back. You might also want to personalize your...
How to Write a Scary Story
Do you like nightmarish tales that give you goosebumps? Do you get freaked out by stories of suspense? Scary stories, like any story, will follow a basic format that includes developing the premise, setting and characters. But scary stories also rely on...
How to Calm Yourself and Get to Sleep
Ah, sleep. The world we can finally escape to after a long day - if we're lucky. Sometimes, when you have a lot on your mind, sleep can be elusive. Improve your sleep habits with useful solutions like improving your sleep setting, creating a bedtime routi...
How to Guess a Password
Are you trying to guess someone's password but don't know where to start? If you want to get into a phone, email, or other app or website without the password, there are a few easy tricks you can try to guess the right password. While hackers use advanced...
How to Build a Rotating Canned Food Shelf
Storing canned food in your kitchen cabinets is an inefficient use of space and you will often find old cans in the back. This easy-to-build shelf system will solve the problem by rotating the cans. The cost is a small fraction of the price of retail cann...
How to Make a Crossover Cable from One Standard Ethernet Cable
If you need a Crossover Cable, and have a few extra standard Ethernet Cables around your place, you do not need to go out and buy a separate cable. With a few minutes work, you can splice your own crossover cable without the need of the tools that other...
How to Be Sexually Empowered
Becoming sexually empowered means that you take ownership of your sexuality, make your own choices, and respect your needs and desires. Different things can be sexually empowering to different people, so the journey will be unique to you. In order to beco...
How to Become a Real Estate Agent
Real estate can be a fun and exciting career—you might help a new family find their first home one day, then help someone sell their luxury condo so they can sail across the globe the next. The exact steps you'll need to take to become a licensed agent wi...
How to Get Eyeliner out of a Carpet
When you’re speeding to get your makeup done, grasping your eyeliner in one hand and your mascara in the other, it’s pretty easy to let something slip. When your eyeliner hits the carpet, whether it’s a pencil, a gel, a powder, or whatever, it can leave a...
How to Print Posters
Posters are a great way for businesses, bands, and fundraisers to advertise their brand. As an inexpensive marketing tool, posters can be an easy way to generate buzz about your organization. Understanding how to create and print a poster yourself will sa...
How to Put Someone in the Recovery Position
The recovery position is used for people who are unconscious but breathing. The recovery position is different for infants. After you do basic first aid, and if you're sure that the person does not have a spinal or neck injury, put someone in the recovery...