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How to Not Worry About Something
When thinking over a problem provokes you to take action and make a change, then temporary worrying can prove to be helpful. However, when you find yourself mulling over a thought day in and day out, you become immobilized by fear and anxiety. Excessive w...
How to Recycle Packing Peanuts
Made of polystyrene, packing peanuts can take hundreds of years to decompose. They can be a problem for any recipient of a package containing them because the peanuts are lightweight so they easily scatter and blow away. Unless they have been treated agai...
How to Apply a Gauze Muzzle to a Dog
Gauze muzzles are classified as homemade muzzles and should only be used in an emergency.[1] X Trustworthy Source American Kennel Club The American Kennel Club (AKC) is a purebred dog pedigree registry in the United States. The AKC advocates for t...
How to Make a Dog's Coat Shine
Your dog's coat is one of the clearest indicators of your dog's overall health. A dull or damaged coat may indicate disease, poor grooming, or parasites. If you've determined that your dog isn't suffering from a medical condition that affects his coat, it...
How to Disable Hardware Acceleration in Windows & Chrome
Hardware acceleration is a process that occurs when software hands off certain tasks to your computer's hardware—usually your graphics and/or sound card. It may improve performance on computers with powerful components but can have the opposite effect on...
How to Make a Sail
Ships and boats of all sizes have harnessed the power of wind for centuries. Sailing boats have continued to use sails to this day for recreational sports and hobbies. Whether you’re looking for a calm day on the water or to compete in a race, making your...
How to Select and Store Brussels Sprouts
Brussels sprouts are a delicious and popular vegetable that can be cooked in a variety of ways and stored for weeks in your refrigerator. The freshest and best tasting Brussels sprouts are small, firm, and have an intense green color. If you’re shopping a...
How to Account for Advance Payments
Receiving and accounting for advance payments from a client is a task that requires careful attention to the way entries are made in a company's accounting records. The process usually involves qualifying the type of payment received, and then completing...
How to Wrap Your Hands for Boxing
Before putting on boxing gloves and entering the ring, boxers wrap their hands in a thin band that protects the tendons and muscles and lends additional support to the movements of the wrist. Boxing wraps come with a strip of Velcro at one end so that the...
Complete Guide to Treating and Preventing Postnasal Drip
Postnasal drip occurs when excess mucus accumulates in the back of the throat and creates the feeling of dripping mucus. The condition can lead to a chronic cough or a sore throat. The treatments for postnasal drip focus on the cause of the excess mucus,...
How to Add an Image in Word
This wikiHow teaches you how to add an image to a Microsoft Word document by inserting it, pasting it, or dragging it from the desktop and dropping it in the document.
How to Be a Hygienic Teenage Girl
Every teenage girl wants to be hygienic, but some girls don't know where to start. Read this article to learn how to be hygienic.
How to Apply Eyelash Extensions
Eyelash extensions are synthetic lashes applied directly to your natural eyelash using an adhesive. These aren't the same as synthetic eyelash strips sold at mass retailers. Extensions come in little bundles of eight or nine individual lashes, and each bu...
How to Find the Area of a Parallelogram
A parallelogram is defined as a simple quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. If you need to find the area of a parallelogram, it's easily done with a simple formula.
How to Kill Bermuda Grass
Bermuda grass, also known as devil’s grass, couch grass, and dog’s tooth grass, is an invasive species of grass common in many parts of the world. If allowed to grow unchecked, Bermuda grass can take over in no time. The secret to stopping it in its track...
How to Sweat Copper Pipe
Sweating a pipe is a slang term for soldering a pipe or joint for the purpose of sealing a new joint or mending a fault. This is a basic plumbing process frequently used in improvement projects. Sweating a pipe and connector involves proper preparation of...