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How to Predict Height
Will your son or daughter be a basketball center or a horse-racing jockey? The answer usually lies somewhere in between, but all parents (and kids) seem to be curious about how tall their children will be. Height is determined by genetics (70%) and envi...
How to Wash Goalkeeper Gloves
As perhaps the most important item for goalkeepers, goalkeeper gloves get dirty all the time. Washing them is important, as it improves their grip, makes them more comfortable, and softens them. Washing goalkeeping gloves, though, is much more complicated...
How to Prevent Cheating
No one wants to go through the pain that cheating can bring to a relationship. While there are no guarantees to happiness in any relationship, experts believe you can take steps to prevent cheating by yourself or by your significant other. A few small cha...
How to Kiss Your Boyfriend for the First Time
When you like your boyfriend a lot, you may want to show him your love with a kiss. Kissing can be intimidating, but it can also be fun! By getting closer, using touch and body language, and creating the right moment, you can ensure your first kiss with y...
How to Install an Extra Phone Jack
Even though cordless phones are so common nowadays, it's often still useful to put in another phone jack. If you need a wired phone in a different room, have remodeled your kitchen, or even want to move your DSL router upstairs, you can pay the phone comp...
How to Catch a Softball
In softball, like most sports, catching the ball is one of the fundamental aspects of playing. For beginners, catching can be scary because the ball is flying at you, but learning the proper techniques can help ease fear and make catching the ball an easy...
How to Calm a Rabbit
Rabbits are shy and nervous little creatures. Because they are hunted in the wild by animals and people, they will need a lot of encouragement and socialization to become friendly. This tutorial will tell you what to look for and how to act when Mister bu...
How to Prune a Standard or Potted Fig Tree
A standard ficus or fig tree (Ficus species) is one that has been grown in a pot and trained to create a classic "ball on a stick" look. Most fig trees make excellent standard plant subjects because they are hardy, suffer being pot bound and tolerate long...
Super Messy Bedroom? Easy, Stress-Free Ways to Clean Up
Tackling a very messy room can seem stressful and overwhelming at first. However, the sooner you get onto it, the better you will feel! Organize the clutter into separate piles and then work on neatly putting away each group of items. Thoroughly dust and...
How to Be Self Employed
There are many reasons to choose self-employment. You may be attracted to the notion of being your own boss. You may have a brilliant idea, a solid sense of an industry, or a natural flair for self-promotion. You may just need money right now. Make a soli...
How to Stop Being Controlling
If you're worried that you're too controlling, then chances are that you expect every person and every event in your life to be a certain way. You may get frustrated when your significant other, friend, or co-workers don't act the way you want them to act...
How to Overcome Sexual Addiction
Sex addiction, or hypersexual disorder (HD), means you repeatedly participate in sexual activity that causes detrimental effects to your relationships, job, and/or self esteem. Some people are more susceptible to sex addictions. Particularly, patients who...
How to Help Damaged Hair
Whether your hair is damaged from too much coloring, heat styling, or harsh styling products, dealing with dry, brittle locks can be extremely frustrating. The key to helping damaged hair is infusing it with moisture and proteins so it can heal itself. Th...
How to Calculate the Volume of a Rectangular Prism
Volume is the amount of three-dimensional space taken up by an object. The computer or phone you're using right now has volume, and even you have volume. Finding the volume of a rectangular prism is actually really easy. Just multiply the length, the widt...
How to Cut and Paste in Email
It is easy to cut and paste text to, from, and within your email service. You can right-click on highlighted text to pull up an action menu, or you can use keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+X is cut, Ctrl+C is copy, and Ctrl+V is paste. Alternately, many modern em...
How to Use Olive Oil to Soften Feet
Olive oil is ideal as a skin softener and is suitable for using on hard, callused feet. This article explains how to use it effectively.