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How to Catch a Dog
When you see a dog roaming around outside, you may be tempted to act immediately and catch it. However, roaming dogs are usually in 'fight or flight' mode and would rather run further away than come to you.[1] X Research source To catch a do...
How to Uninstall iTunes
This wikiHow teaches you how to remove iTunes from your computer, along with the accompanying Apple services. Removing iTunes is pretty straightforward on a Windows PC, but since iTunes is the default player for many files on your Mac and is considered an...
How to Develop a Mentoring Plan
A mentoring plan is a way to clarify and formalize a relationship between a mentor and mentee. Once you’ve been matched with your mentor or mentee, you can outline the specifics of your roles and define guidelines for the relationship, such as meeting fre...
How to Wire a 4 Way Switch
When you want to switch electrical devices (lights or other outlets) on or off from two locations, you use a pair of 3-way switches. To switch from three or more locations, you will need to add 4-way switches. For example, you may want to control a ceilin...
How to Calculate Outliers
In statistics, an outlier is a data point that significantly differs from the other data points in a sample. Often, outliers in a data set can alert statisticians to experimental abnormalities or errors in the measurements taken, which may cause them to o...
How to Pick Tomatoes
There’s nothing like the flavor of a tomato that’s fresh from the garden, whether you’re eating it by itself or using it in a delicious recipe. To get the most out of your home-grown tomatoes, it’s important to pick them at the right time and in the right...
How to Measure the Density of Metals
Density is a basic property of matter defined as the mass of an object per unit volume. If two objects have the same volume, but different densities, the object with the higher density will weigh more than the identical looking object with the lower densi...
How to Write a Notice Letter to Your Landlord
Moving out of a rental home or apartment can be a busy and stressful time. If you are renting and you are considering moving out, you will have to let your landlord know about your plans. The type of notice you will be required to give your landlord will...
How to Add Images in Excel
Embedding images in your spreadsheets will add interest in your data and may help explain the results of your analyses to other users. You can add pictures, clip art and SmartArt to your Excel workbooks along with graphs that are created from charts. Are...
20 Things to Consider when Dating a Man Who Has a Child (When You Don't)
Dating a man with a child from a previous relationship can feel overwhelming, but it can also be a wonderful and rewarding experience, even if you don’t have any children of your own. If you’re getting involved with a single father and wondering how to na...
How to Calculate Asset Market Value
An asset is anything a company owns that has a positive monetary value. Assets include things like cash, real estate, inventory, and equipment, but also include less tangible things, such as goodwill and reputation. While all these assets have a value, it...
How to Help a Hoarder
Hoarding occurs when individuals compulsively keep items and constantly buy or acquire new objects; these behaviors can cause social, economic, and health-related issues. People who suffer from hoarding disorders are sometimes aware they have a problem, b...
How to Divide a Spider Plant
Spider plants, also commonly known as ribbon plants, spider ivy, St. Bernard's lily or airplane plants, are perennial members of the lily family. Easy to grow as house plants, spider plants propagate themselves by shooting off baby plants, or plantlets, w...
How to Get Discounted Disney Tickets
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts are theme and amusement parks that are located all around the world, and they include Disney World in Florida, Disneyland in California, and other Disney parks and resorts in places like Paris, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Disney re...
How to Attract Frogs
Frogs populations have been hit hard by environmental changes that have seen much of their habitat developed or polluted. These amphibians are not only essential to maintaining healthy ecosystems, they provide excellent natural pest control, too, since th...
How to Cancel a Bid on eBay
This wikiHow teaches you how to retract a bid on an eBay item, both as a buyer and as a seller. If there are fewer than 12 hours remaining in an auction, you will have to contact the seller and ask them to cancel the bid for you. You cannot cancel a bid f...