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How to Keep Spiders Out of Your House
Finding 8-legged creatures in your house can be unsettling, especially if you aren’t a fan of living around spiders. You can keep spiders from burrowing and spinning webs in your home by applying natural remedies like vinegar and essential oils. Maintaini...
Easily Create a Drop-Down List in Microsoft Excel: Setup & Customization
Microsoft Excel's Data Validation feature allows you to create a list of items and insert a drop-down menu into any cell on your spreadsheet. It’s a useful feature for creating consistent data entry with categorical data. This wikiHow guide will show you...
How to Use a Scientific Calculator For Algebra
A scientific calculator provides functions that make common calculations easy. While each calculator is slightly different, every model has the basic functions needed for middle and high school math courses. Once you understand how to use its features, it...
How to Form a Non Profit Organization in California
In California, non-profit organizations are called non-profit public benefit corporations. The Secretary of State manages all non-profits, and applying to become a non-profit requires registration at the state and federal level. Form a non-profit organiza...
How to Replace the Dishwasher’s Drain and Wash Impeller
When your dishwasher isn’t draining properly or it's making loud noises, then it's probable that the drain and wash impeller are faulty. Repairing this impeller or filter is a simple do-it-yourself task for the DIY’er. To aid you with this repair, here's...
How to Breed Freshwater Angelfish
Freshwater Angelfish are a popular aquarium fish noted for their beautiful shape and colors, so many owners have interest in breeding them. Unlike other fish, Angelfish prefer to choose their own mates. In order to breed them you must first obtain a sizea...
How to Lose Weight in Two Weeks
At some point in our lives, most of us wish we could lose some weight fast. But losing weight quickly is a challenging thing to do for a number of reasons. Most importantly, our bodies are not designed to lose weight quickly. Sudden weight loss can slow...
How to Convert to Hinduism
Hinduism is a religion followed by people predominantly from the Indian Subcontinent, now found majorly in countries such as India and Nepal, with its teachings reaching as far as Balochistan, Indonesia, Mauritius, Fiji, UAE, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Trin...
How to Check Your Dog's Weight
Ever wondered if your dog or puppy is the right weight? Maintaining a proper weight is very important for your dog’s overall health and wellbeing. As your dog’s owner, it is your responsibility to monitor their weight and take action if necessary. Besides...
How to Start a School Petition
Petitioning is probably the most effective form of nonviolent protesting. It does not cost much, as all you need is paper, a pen, and (optional but recommended) a computer printer. Whether you want to protest a school rule or suggest an item in the cafe...
How to Take Care of a Freshwater Snail
Caring for a freshwater snail is similar to caring for many other fish and freshwater creatures. Keep the water within acceptable temperature and pH parameters. Provide your snail with an adequate supply of food and decorate its tank with plants, rocks,...
How to Get Natural Red Lips
Are you tired of getting red lipstick on everything your lips touch? If you want lips that look red without the mess, start by conditioning your lips to bring out their natural color. Using a subtle lip stain made with berry or beet juice adds is a great...
How to Get Pepper Spray Out of Eyes
Getting pepper spray in your eyes can be excruciating. Pepper spray is made from oleoresin capsicum, which is extracted from a very spicy chili. If you get sprayed, it's important to know that even though it's painful, it's usually not dangerous and you s...
How to Do Trend Analysis in Excel
This wikiHow teaches you how to create a projection of a graph's data in Microsoft Excel. You can do this on both Windows and Mac computers.
How to Defrag a Computer
This wikiHow teaches you how to defragment a hard drive, a process that rearranges and better utilizes the space on the drive to improve your PC's performance. Though defragmenting a hard drive is not typically advised for Mac users, you can see this wik...
How to Be Good at Basketball Immediately
We've all had that moment where we were the lone player to be picked at recess, gym, or just hanging out and haven't the slightest clue about basketball or its rules. However, there have been a fair share of players that started out not knowing what they...