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How to Garnish Food
Knowing how to garnish food can be confusing for anyone who hasn't tried it in the past. A garnish is often best as a simple, colorful ingredient, so don't feel you need to craft a whole new recipe to pair with your meal. If you are looking for more invol...
How to Teach Biology
Biology is one of the central branches of scientific knowledge, and is relevant to topics including medicine, genetics, zoology, ecology, and public policy. As such, it has the potential to interest almost any student. To be successful at teaching biology...
How to End Your Period
If you're like most people who get periods, you may have thought about trying to stop or delay your period from time to time. Maybe you have a vacation coming up, or your period is just happening at an inconvenient time. You can try a few home treatments...
How to Tighten Your Thighs
There are two elements to improving muscle tone on the body. The first is fat loss, and the second is muscle gain. Fat loss without muscle gain will reveal muscle tone in much the same way that an underweight person will have visible abdominal muscles. Mu...
How to Apply Denture Adhesive
Research suggests that you shouldn't need a denture adhesive if your dentures are properly fitted. However, it's totally normal to need an adhesive if you've had your dentures for a long time since your jaw will naturally change shape over time.[1] X T...
How to Write a Financial Statement
Financial statements are the formal record of a company's financial activity. The main components of a financial statement are the balance sheet, the income statement, and the statement of cash flows. The balance sheet shows the assets, liabilities, and t...
How to Clean and Maintain a Hot Tub
Lounging in your hot tub is meant to be a luxurious, relaxing experience, but a grimy dip can quickly put a damper on your day. Keeping your hot tub clean and sparkling is a cinch once you know how it’s done, and we’ll show you how! From draining the tub...
How to Clean a Furnace
Cleaning your furnace is an important task to keep on your home maintenance schedule. A dirty furnace will burn higher amounts of electric and/or gas fuel as well as work less effectively than a clean furnace. There are 3 basic parts of your furnace that...
How to Keep a Spiritual Journal
A spiritual journal is a great way to connect more deeply to yourself and to your spiritual practice. How you use the journal is up to you, but many find it helpful to write observations about their connection to God/Spirit and their spiritual practice in...
How to Make Stepping Stones
Creating a stepping stone pathway in your yard or garden can be a necessary part of landscaping as well as a form of self-expression. Although there are many ways to create yard and garden pathways, making your own stepping stones is a fun project that ca...
How to Connect Jumper Cables to a Dead Car
Your car battery can die for any number of reasons, like a loss of charge from cold weather, age, or leaving the lights on overnight. Whatever the cause, a quick jump is usually enough to get you charged and ready to hit the road again. All you need is a...
How to Greet People on the Phone
Knowing how to greet people on the phone is the first step in making your conversation go smoothly. Polite greetings when picking up the phone make the whole call go much easier, even if you're only responsible for handing the phone over to someone else....
How to Draw a Histogram
A histogram is a graph that shows the frequency, or the number of times, something happens within a specific interval. A histogram is similar to a bar chart; however, the area represented by the histogram is used to graph the number of times a group of nu...
How to Find Equivalent Fractions
Two fractions are equivalent if they have the same value. Knowing how to convert a fraction into an equivalent one is an essential math skill that's necessary for everything from basic algebra to advanced calculus. This article will cover several ways to...
How to Teach Place Value
Place value, or the idea that the value of a digit (0-9) depends on its position in a number, is a fundamental concept in math. Because this idea comes so easily to someone who already understands it, it can be tricky to teach. Once your students catch on...
Easy Ways to Limit Who Can Contact You on Facebook
Anyone you are friends with, closely connected to, or have chatted with on Facebook can send you messages through the app. Everyone else you haven't chatted with can only send you message requests, which you can accept or ignore. These options are customi...