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How to Light a Pilot Light
If your house is cold, your water won’t heat up, or your stove isn’t working, chances are the pilot light has gone out. A pilot light is a small gas burner that is continuously burning to light a larger burner. Whether it’s your furnace, water heater, ove...
How to Talk to Older People
Talking to people who are older is a great way to offer stimulation, companionship, and entertainment to a neighbor, family member, or even a friend of a different generation.[1] X Research source You’ll find that you can talk to them about...
How to Sing in Front of an Audience
Singing on stage can be a fun, exciting experience. If you love being in the spotlight, you may want to learn to sing for an audience. It can be stressful to put yourself out there and sing. Therefore, it's a good idea to prepare first. Practice each day...
How to Write a Winning Professional Statement: A Complete Guide
You’re writing your resume so you can go snag a new job, but what is this “personal profile” you keep seeing everywhere? A personal profile (or, personal statement) is a brief highlight reel to sell yourself to potential employers, and luckily, it’s easy...
How to Write an APA Style Paper
The American Psychological Association's (APA) method of citation is one of the most widely used styles for writing scientific and research papers, particularly in fields like psychology, sociology, business, economics, and medicine. This style can seem i...
How to Look Good on Stage
Looking good on stage is a combination of aesthetics, practice and performance. You want to look the part and engage with the audience. It can be hard at first to feel relaxed for the stage, but being prepared helps. With some work on your inner and outer...
How to Open a Dunkin' Donuts Franchise
Dunkin’ Donuts, part of Dunkin’ Brands, is one of the world’s most recognized franchises. Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants sell hot, decaffeinated, iced, and flavored coffee along with bagels, donuts and muffins, making them a popular stop for many coffee lover...
How to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
You may be familiar with the motto from the environmental movement, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." These three actions are focused on reducing waste, whether through the conservation of raw materials and energy, or the reuse and recycling of products. You can...
How to Build a Fuel Cell
To understand how a fuel cell works, you can build a simple electrolytic cell with mostly common household materials. Keep reading to learn how!
How to Remove Toolbars
This wikiHow teaches you how to remove a toolbar that you installed on your browser, as opposed to uninstalling malware-operated toolbars. This is possible for most major desktop browsers, including Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explore...
How to Create a Business Budget
Building a realistic budget is an effective way to help keep your business profitable. To create your budget, you'll need to make a revenue forecast, estimate your costs, and leave enough room for a reasonable profit margin. Don't worry though—it's easier...
How to Turn Your Partner On
In the mood? Hot to trot? Want to turn your partner on and make them feel super fine? Do you want to just blow off some steam or have some tender relations with your partner? Well here are some tried and true ways to getting your partner feeling the love.
How to Remember the Seven Continents
If your geographical recall isn't the best, you may be wondering how you can do better. To memorize the continents, you can use these few tips to help you learn them, as well as the tricks for later to help you recall what you learned. Also, you can help...
How to Talk a Car Dealer Down on Price
Negotiating the price of a new or used vehicle with a car dealer has a reputation as a thoroughly unpleasant and confusing task. While it’s true that dealers may try to get more money out of you than the car is worth, you can avoid this experience by doin...
How to Strip Paint
Giving something a fresh paint job is a great way to give it new life. But applying new paint over old paint can cause a variety of problems, including chipping, peeling, and bubbling. To prevent this, sometimes you have to strip the old paint before you...
How to Paint a Bathroom
If your bathroom is due for a makeover, breathe new life into it with a fresh paint job. Since bathroom paint has to handle lots of moisture, go with a durable, mildew-resistant product. Before you get to work, lay down drop cloths to keep paint off of th...