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https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Lower-Belly-Fat	How to Get Rid of Lower Belly Fat	If you're already dieting to lose weight, the best way to target your lower belly fat is to exercise in short, intense bursts to help your body burn more fat around your stomach. Aim for at least 150 minutes of aerobic exercise, like jogging or swimming, each week. In addition to exercise, cut junk food, grains, and sugary drinks, and try replacing them with fruits, vegetables, proteins, and water instead.	Reduce your caloric intake. When it comes to losing weight, there is no way to spot-treat, or only lose weight from 1 part of the body at a time. If you want to lose belly fat, you will need to lose overall weight by reducing your caloric intake. Cut out about 500 to 750 calories daily from your diet. This small decrease in calories can help you lose about 1 to 1.5 pounds per week. Aiming to lose more weight than this per week is generally not advised by health professionals. Use a food journal or online tracker to get an idea of how many calories you currently eat daily. Subtract 500 to 750 from that total to get an idea of how many calories you should consume daily to result in moderate weight loss. Focus mostly on protein, fruits and vegetables. Studies have shown that following a lower carbohydrate diet can not only help you lose weight quickly, but specifically decrease the amount of stomach fat you have. Fill up on 3 – 4 oz of lean protein at each meal (about the size of a deck of cards). Choose mostly non-starchy vegetables (like peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, cauliflower or lettuce) and aim for a serving or 2 at each meal. Have 1 to 2 cups of leafy greens. Eat 1 to 2 servings of fruit daily. Fruit contains natural sugars and should be eaten in correct portion sizes — 1/2 cup for most fruits or 1 medium piece. Examples of lower carb meals include: mixed green salad with raw vegetables, 5 oz of grilled chicken and an oil-based dressing, 1 cup greek yogurt with nuts and 1/2 cup of fruit, or grilled salmon with a small salad and steamed broccoli. Limit grains. Foods like bread, rice and pasta can be a part of a healthy diet; however, these foods are significantly higher in carbohydrates than other foods. Limit these to help you stick to your lower calorie diet. Foods to limit include bread, rice, pasta, crackers, chips, tortillas, English muffins, etc. Limit portion sizes to 1 oz or 1/2 cup. Do not avoid grains altogether. Choose grains with lots of nutrition and that will keep you full, like quinoa or oatmeal. In addition, aim to choose 100% whole grain options. These foods are higher in fiber and other nutrients that are apart of a healthy diet. Skip added sugars. Studies have shown that sugar (especially added sugar) is 1 of the main culprits in excess stomach fat. Limit foods high in sugars. Added sugars are those that companies add to a product during the manufacturing process. For example, cookies or ice cream have added sugar, which you might expect, but items like crackers, juice, pasta sauce can also have a lot of added sugar. Natural sugar is not added and is contained naturally in foods. For example, fruit has some sugar, but it's natural sugar. Foods with natural sugar are much better choices as they generally have more essential nutrients. Get in the habit of reading food labels, and beware of hidden sugars in any packaged foods. Learn the different names for added sugar and note that there may be multiple forms of sugar added to 1 product. If you have a sweet tooth, choose healthy options like honey, dark chocolate, dried fruit, and Greek yogurt to satisfy your cravings. Drink plenty of water. Staying hydrated is crucial to maintaining your body's normal functions and studies have shown that drinking plenty of water can also help you shed pounds faster. This is partially due to the fact that water helps keep you full so that you eat less. Aim to drink at least 8 to 13 glasses of water per day. Drink 1 to 2 glasses before each meal to help curb your appetite and make you fuller faster. Work out in the morning. Some studies have shown that if you work out in the morning, prior to eating your first meal, many of the calories you burn come from fat (instead of stored glycogen). To work out in the morning, you actually won't need to get up much earlier. Try just setting your alarm 30 to 60 minutes earlier than you typically do. Some other benefits of working out in the morning include missing after work gym crowds, getting your exercise out of the way, free afternoons and a more focused day. Get aerobic exercise. Cardiovascular exercises burn calories and help speed up your metabolism so that you can lose weight faster. You should get at least 150 minutes total of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise each week, which you can break up into 30 minutes 5 days a week. If you're trying to lose visceral fat, however, some experts suggest getting up to 60 minutes a day. Exercises can include jogging, walking briskly, cycling, swimming, and hiking, dancing Try to find an exercise that you enjoy. If your workouts are fun, then you are far more likely to stick with them. Incorporate strength training. Incorporating a few days of resistance or strength training is also important. This will help tone muscle and maintain lean muscle mass while you're dieting. It's recommended to include about 2 to 3 days of strength training each week. Make sure to do exercises that work your entire body and all major muscle groups. Although you cannot spot-treat, incorporating some strength training exercises that focus on your core (back and abdominal muscles) can help support the look of a toner, leaner stomach. Do exercises like the plank, crunches, or v-sits. Do interval training. Studies have shown that people who do high-intensity interval training (HITT) lose more fat around their stomach compared to regular cardiovascular exercise. HIIT is a type of exercise that is done for shorter periods of time, but works your body harder. You alternate between short bursts of very high-intensity exercises with bouts of more moderate-intensity exercises. Include 1 to 2 days of HIIT each week. This can count as your cardio exercise as well – it is recommended to get 75 minutes total of high-intensity exercise each week. Target stress. Stress causes an increase in cortisol, a hormone that causes the body to store extra fat, particularly in the midsection. Stress can also cause emotional eating, or eating for comfort rather than out of hunger. Try eliminating or reducing stress-provoking people and things from your life, if possible. You can also reduce the amount of stress and anxiety you feel on a daily basis by better managing your time so that you aren't constantly rushing to meet your deadlines. If you struggle with stress, take a few minutes every day to sit down, close your eyes, focus on your breath, and clear your head of all of your thoughts and preoccupations. Get more sleep. Studies have shown that lack of sleep can wreak havoc on your appetite and body fat. When you don't get enough sleep you run the risk of weight gain and increased fat around your stomach. The recommendation is to get at least 7 to 9 hours nightly for adults. This amount will help maintain your health but also help you feel well rested. Make sure to turn off all the lights. Turn off any electronic devices (like phones, tablets or computers) at least 2 hours before bed. Find a diet or exercise buddy. Losing weight on your own can be difficult, especially when people around you are eating unhealthy things. Find a friend to diet with so that you can help keep each other motivated, share tips and tricks, and keep each other company while exercising. Studies have shown that people lose more weight and keep it off longer when they have a good support group. Keep a diet journal. Studies have shown that people who keep track of the food they eat by writing it down tend to lose weight faster, and keep it off, than those who don't. This is partially due to the fact that writing things down forces you to be held accountable for your decisions. Make sure to be as accurate as you can with your journaling. Try using an online calorie calculator/diary or just keeping a handwritten journal. Apps such as MyFitnessPal and other websites help you keep track of the foods you eat and allow you to look up the calorie content of various foods. Take measurements. Track your progress by taking measurements of your waistline or weight before you start dieting. Weigh yourself daily or weekly to see what progress you've made over time. Try to weigh yourself at the same time of day and wearing the same clothes for the most accurate reflection of progress. Weighing yourself daily may help you quickly identify any issues with your weight loss regimen – if you see the scale creeping up, you can go back through your journal to see if you are overeating, or you can increase your cardio, all before you gain too much weight. Also periodically re-measure your waist or hips to see how much fat you've lost around your stomach.	Reduce your caloric intake. Focus mostly on protein, fruits and vegetables. Limit grains. Skip added sugars. Drink plenty of water. Work out in the morning. Get aerobic exercise. Incorporate strength training. Do interval training. Target stress. Get more sleep. Find a diet or exercise buddy. Keep a diet journal. Take measurements.
https://www.wikihow.fitness/Do-a-Cobra-Exercise	How to Do a Cobra Exercise	To do the cobra exercise, which is based on the cobra pose in yoga, first lie down on your stomach so that your torso, thighs, and tops of your feet are firmly planted on the floor. Tuck your arms close against your ribs, too. To begin the exercise, bend your elbows, bring your hands under your shoulders, and lift your chest and torso off the floor. Keep your neck long and your head lifted while pushing yourself upward. Hold this position for 15 to 30 seconds. After the time is up, slowly lower your upper body back down to the floor and return to your original position. To complete the exercise, repeat this movement for 10 reps.	Make sure you have the space for the exercise. You'll be lying straight out, so make sure you have the room to stretch the full length of your body on the ground. You don't want to twist your body any way, or else the exercise won't work properly. The ground needs to be level as well. An incline will impact the way your muscles work, and either not give you the full benefits of the exercise, or could lead to injury. If you have a yoga mat, laying it out should show if you have enough space. Lie down on your stomach. Stretch your body out with your head facing down. Your torso, thighs, and feet should be firmly planted on the floor with the tops of your feet facing downward. Make sure your toes are pointed straight out. They should stay this way for the whole exercise, which will help strengthen your spine. You do not need to warm up before doing this exercise. Just get to the ground and start. Tuck your hands and elbows against your body. You will be using your arms for support when you lift upward. Pull your arms in close to your ribs, and keep your shoulder blades pulled back and down slightly. Bend your elbows to pull your arms up against your body. Put your hands under your shoulders. Breathe slowly. Once you are in the proper position, focus yourself by slowly inhaling. Close your eyes while you do this. This will help you focus your mind and body before the exercise. As you breathe, feel the stability in your body as it rests on the ground. Think about your pelvis, thighs, and the tops of your feet, imagining them rooted to the ground to help you keep your legs contracted and pulled close together with your glutes squeezed. This can help you keep your feet in place as you raise your upper body. Exhale gradually and slowly open your eyes. Lift your chest off the floor and your torso upward. This is the key movement in the exercise. Lift your chest off the floor while keeping your neck elongated and the crown of your head lifted. Raise your head and shoulders upward as far as you can go, looking like a cobra ready to strike. Inhale as you raise your body upward. Focus on using your back muscles to lift your torso off the floor and just use your arms for support. Position the rest of your body properly. Make sure your glutes are firm, but not hardened. Puff your side ribs forward by firming your shoulder blades against your back. Hold the position. Stay up for 15 to 30 seconds, not letting yourself sag or fall back down. Keep yourself elevated and facing forward to keep the muscles contracted and working. Make sure your shoulder blades are pulled back, which will make your chest stick out. Breath slowly while holding yourself up. Taking two to three slow deep breaths, depending on how you feel, will provide a good range of time for staying up. Lower yourself back down slowly. Return your upper body to the floor, bending your elbows and returning to your original position. Move slowly, as you don't want to strain yourself by flopping back to the floor. A controlled motion is part of the exercise. Exhale as you lower yourself back to the floor. Do around 10 reps. Like any exercise, push yourself a little more each time you do it. You don't need to do this every day, but it is one you can do several times a week. A really good time to do this exercise is after you've been sitting for a while. Sitting hurts the natural “S” curve in your back, and the Cobra forces you into this position.	Make sure you have the space for the exercise. Lie down on your stomach. Tuck your hands and elbows against your body. Breathe slowly. Lift your chest off the floor and your torso upward. Hold the position. Lower yourself back down slowly. Do around 10 reps.
https://www.wikihow.com/Wear-a-Pocket-Watch	How to Wear a Pocket Watch	To wear a pocket watch in the traditional manner, pass the watch chain through your buttonhole and carry it in your vest pocket. For a more casual look, clip the chain to a belt loop and keep your watch in your front pants' pocket. If you prefer an unusual retro look, wear it in the front bib pocket of your overalls. To give the watch a feminine appeal, replace the chain with some ribbon and wear the pocket watch around your neck.	Decide between a new or used watch. Each has its advantages. New pocket watches are likely to work for a long time without trouble. They also represent the latest in pocket watch design. Used watches, on the other hand, offer a great variety of antique designs, motifs, and finishes. New watches are likely to be more expensive than used watches. However, collectable pocket watches, even if used, can still be pricey. Avoid buying used pocket watches over the Internet. In many cases, you won't be able to tell how well it will work or its size. Select your preferred design and metal. Pocket watches come in an astounding variety of designs, so you should take your time finding the right one for you. There are also many materials watches are made of and finishes; pick the one that suits your tastes best. Traditional pocket watch designs usually contain things like woodland scenes, monograms, and simple repeating patterns. Contemporary watches feature more recent designs, like cartoon characters, paranormal scenes, and pop culture references. Silver is often preferred by modern buyers, as it goes well with most color combinations, is resilient, and has a lustrous finish. Other common metals include brass, gold, and steel. Buy a chain when necessary. Chain weight and weave are a matter of individual taste. A fine, thin chain is useful when dressing to the nines. Thick, durable chains are most suitable for day-to-day activities. Chains usually end in a claw, hook, or spring-loaded catch. These allow you to hook your pocket watch to a pocket, belt, or waist hem. Instead of a hook or catch, some chains end with a decorative fob, like a small metal medallion. This kind of chain works well with vests. Generally, the chain and watch should have the same finish. Choose a steel chain for steel watches, and so on. Add a strap or fob. If you plan to wear your pocket watch in a pants pocket instead of in a vest, consider attaching a leather strap or watch fob to it. These are generally sturdier than watch chains, and convey a rugged, casual look. You can also purchase a leather holder to attach to your belt loop. This will hold the watch outside your pants for a bolder statement. Wear your watch traditionally. Sometimes also called “the classic,” this look has the pocket watch carried in vest pocket. The watch chain is usually passed through a buttonhole and then draped in the opposite pocket or clipped to that pocket. If you are right-handed, the watch should go in your left vest pocket, and vice versa. This allows you to draw the watch while leaving your dominant hand free. Some wearers of the classic loop the chain around a button after passing it through a buttonhole. This version is ideal for displaying decorative chain fobs. Keep your watch in a pants pocket for a casual look. Your watch might also work well in the pocket of a pair of shorts. The chain can clip to the top of the pocket, the waistline, or a belt loop. This look works best with watches that have a larger face. Watches with a smaller face or ornate designs on the face can be difficult to read. Unless the chain is long, you'll need to unhooking it for a closer look. Carry watches in a work clothes pocket. Pocket watches were never just the domain of the rich. Although that is how we perceive them today, there was a time when anyone whose job required them to know the time carried a pocket watch. Try an unusual retro look with overalls. Your pocket watch will go in the front bib pocket. Chains with fobs can be wrapped around an overall button; clips can attach to a hemline. This look works best with a rugged, heavy chain. A heavy chain will also be able to stand up to the abuse of heavy work best. Complete your ensemble with a loose-fit collared work shirt, a newsboy cap, and chunky construction boots. Use your pocket watch to add theatrical flair to outfits. Because a pocket watch is such a bold statement, it can be a useful accessory for themed outfits. Watches can be stowed in the pockets of costumes, cosplay outfits , or to show your membership in a subculture. The kind of outfit will determine where you attach the hook or fob of the watch. Hemlines are sturdy, which works great for hooks. Fobs can pass through buttonholes and around buttons. An unusual fob or chain can really spice up your everyday watch and chain, which will make it seem like a natural part of the costume. Since pocket watches are associated with wealth and conservatism, try wearing one in the jeans vest of a punk outfit to make a statement. Wear watches like a necklace for feminine appeal. When pocket watches started becoming more affordable in the mid 1800s, women wore smaller watches as necklaces. Replace your chain with some ribbon and tie a simple knot to make a pocket watch necklace. Slide chains were also popular for turning pocket watches into necklaces. Being more ornate, slide chains are ideal for formal events. Unless the ribbon or chain is especially long, it'll be difficult to read your pocket watch while wearing it as a necklace, but at least you'll have a unique necklace. Wind mechanical watches. All but the newest pocket watches will run between 24 and 28 hours per wind. High-grade and newer models can last between 36 and 48 hours. Regardless of what type of pocket watch you own, most springs are intended to be wound daily. Try to wind your watch every morning or evening so it becomes part of your daily routine. You'll be less likely to forget to wind your watch this way. Stem-wind watches are wound by twisting the ridged crown at the top of the stem, usually in a clockwise direction. As it winds, you should hear a clicking, “ratcheting” noise. Key-wind watches will have a small hole inside the inner lid of the watch case. In the hole will be a square metal winding arbor (similar to a peg). A key goes on the arbor to wind the watch. Wipe off dirt and oil from your watch on a regular basis. A soft, lint-free cloth, like one made from microfiber, is suitable for gently lifting skin oil and dirt off of metal surfaces. Buff the watch with the cloth to clean the metal. Do this every time you are done wearing it. When the metal of your watch dulls or tarnishes, use a tiny bit of suitable metal cleaner while buffing with a soft, lint-free cloth. Remember to wipe down the inside faces of the watch and its case with your dry cloth. If your watch case has hinges, gunk tends to accumulate here. Polish your watch when necessary. Many watches tarnish or become scuffed around the edges, though many of these imperfections can be removed with polishing. Buy some metal polish and use a soft, lint free cloth to gently clean the watch according to the polish directions. Polish is generally formulated for a specific kind of metal, so you'll need to know what your watch is made of before polishing it. If you don't know the material your watch is made of, take it to a jeweler or watch repair person to find out. While you're at it, ask what kind of polish you should use to clean your watch at home. If your watch has grooved etching or engraving on it, clean these with polish as well. Cotton swabs are useful for dealing with nooks and crannies. Use a chain and fob regularly to keep your watch safe. Always make sure the watch fob or chain is securely attached to the watch before wearing it out. The other end of the fob should be hooked to a hemline or a sturdy part of your clothing (like belt loops). Take broken watches to be repaired. Heirloom watches may not always work, or may work inconsistently. The internal workings of pocket watches are very delicate, so you should always take broken ones to a respected watch repair person or jeweler. Some mail-in watch repair services offer competitive rates, but you should always verify that it's well respected. Be on the lookout for bad reviews and customer complaints. Many, though not all, jewelers also repair timepieces, like pocket watches. Look up local jewelers online and call to ask if they can fix your watch. Broken or irregularly running pocket watches can still be worn as accessories, but it's likely you'll feel silly when you “check the time.”	Decide between a new or used watch. Select your preferred design and metal. Buy a chain when necessary. Add a strap or fob. Wear your watch traditionally. Keep your watch in a pants pocket for a casual look. Carry watches in a work clothes pocket. Use your pocket watch to add theatrical flair to outfits. Wear watches like a necklace for feminine appeal. Wind mechanical watches. Wipe off dirt and oil from your watch on a regular basis. Polish your watch when necessary. Use a chain and fob regularly to keep your watch safe. Take broken watches to be repaired.
https://www.wikihow.pet/Train-an-Australian-Shepherd	How to Train an Australian Shepherd	To train an Australian Shepherd, start with simple commands like “sit” and “stay,” and use your hands to guide the dog's movements. When it performs the action that you want it to do, praise it and reward them with a treat or by petting it. Always keep your commands consistent by saying the same word and doing the same motion each time. Keep training sessions to 15-20 minutes, and work on a variety of commands. When you're finished training, let the dog have some time to play with toys or run to burn off energy.	your dog at an early age. Socialize Dogs that are socialized early are better able to interact with a wide variety of people and function in a wide variety of situations. Take your dog to a wide variety of places where it can interact with a wide variety of people. Showing your dog that strangers and new places are fun and exciting experiences instead of scary ones is an important part to raising a well-rounded dog. For example, some things you can do to socialize your dog include taking it to a friend's house, walking it in a neighborhood other than your own, and taking it along on errands to places that allow dogs. If you have an Australian shepherd puppy, it's best to start socialization when they are 7 weeks old. Between the ages of 7 weeks and 4 months old a dog goes through a prime socialization period. Even if a dog has not been socialized during the prime period between 7 weeks old and 4 months old, that does not mean that it can't be socialized. It just means that it will be harder to get your dog used to a wide variety of people and places. Practice reward-based training principles. Australian shepherds thrive with reward-based training, also called positive-reinforcement training, that promotes good behavior. Instead of punishing unwanted behavior, this type of training motivates the dog to complete desired behavior by giving it praise or rewards when it does what you want it to do. With reward-based training, you give a dog praise or a treat for completing tasks you want it to do, such as sitting when asked, coming when called, and going to the bathroom outside in a timely manner. Purchase high-value treats at your local pet supply store to encourage your dog's good behavior. Consider clicker training your dog. Clicker training is a type of training that uses a sound to indicate to the dog when a command has been completed. This is a form of communication that works well with Australian shepherds that will undergo extensive training. With clicker training, the trainer gives a verbal command first. The moment the dog completes the command, the trainer clicks the clicker and then gives the dog a treat. This sound occurring at the moment of completion clearly communicates to the dog that they did what they were asked to do, whereas simply giving treats can be interpreted as a reward for any number of previous actions. Start training your dog to perform basic commands, such as sit and lay down. The very beginning of training can be the most difficult part because you need to establish communication with your dog about what you want it to do. In the beginning, wait until the dog is naturally about to do what you want it to do, such as sitting, and then say the word you want to use for that command. After the dog does the action and you have said the word, give it a treat. Every time you notice it beginning to sit, give it praise or a treat after you say the word "sit." With repetition, your dog will learn to connect the word you say with its action and it will know that it gets a treat if it does what you ask it to. Use treats and praise to encourage the dog's good behaviors. Australian shepherds are highly motivated by treats and praise and are highly intelligent dogs. This will work to your advantage when training them. You can also use treats to lure your dog into performing the desired behavior. For example, you can hold a treat and raise it in an arc above your dog's head to get him to sit down. As he sits, label the behavior by saying "sit." Do short training sessions often. Dogs do best when you provide consistent training but you don't them force them to do long, drawn-out training sessions. Do a training session with your dog every day but only have it last for about 15 to 20 minutes. Short, focused training sessions allow the dog to get consistent training but doesn't set you and the dog up for failure. In a long training session the dog is likely to lose interest and focus, which can be frustrating. After the training session is over, take a few minutes to play with the dog. This will end the training session on a good note and thus will make the dog more eager to do the sessions in the future. Keep your commands consistent. When training a dog you need to focus on clear communication. Pick a specific word for each command you want to teach it and always use the same word. It also helps to say the word in the same way every time, using the same volume and pronunciation consistently. For example, when trying to get your dog to go to the bathroom on command pick a consistent command phrase. Don't say "go to the bathroom" one time and "go potty" the next. These different words can confuse a dog about what you want. If you begin to get frustrated, the tone of a command can change. To a dog, a kind and happy "sit" can sound a lot different than a frustrated and gruff "sit." Using consistent commands allows your dog to learn what you are trying to communicate with it and will allow it to respond to you more reliably. Work on a wide variety of commands. Because Australian shepherds are so eager and skilled at learning commands, they can really thrive when being continually taught more and more commands. Teach your dog to heel. Teach it to stay and to come. Also teach it to lie down, as well as fun commands, such as to shake hands. When teaching new commands, remember to continually reinforce your training on older commands. Refreshing the dog's recollection of its foundational commands will keep it better trained and consistent. Break down advanced skills into parts. If you are interested in training your Australian shepherd to do complicated skills, you will need to teach it one piece at a time. Show the dog how to do each piece separately, giving treats or praise when they complete it, and then gradually fit the skills together. For instance, if you want to train an Australian shepherd to run through an agility course, you will need to teach it each part of the course separately. First it will need to learn how to do jumps, then it will need to learn how to go through tunnels, and so on until it can do each part separately. Once the dog has the parts down, then you can begin putting them together. Australian shepherds are very smart and physical dogs, so many of them thrive at complicated skills that take time to learn. Anticipate bad behavior before it occurs. Australian shepherds are notorious herders. In most cases you will want to train them not to do this if they are not an actual working dog. Typically, when an Australian shepherd is getting ready to herd it will exhibit certain behaviors. For example, it may bark at you or sniff a person's heels right before it starts herding them. If you see the behaviors that typically mark the start of herding, this is the time to interrupt the dog's actions and show it that they are unacceptable. It is easiest to anticipate herding behavior by taking the time to analyze a dog's actions over time. By taking the time to watch how bad behaviors develop, you can typically identify how they start. Stop herding behaviors immediately and clearly. It is important to always stop the bad behavior you want to eliminate so that your dog knows that it is never OK. If your dog begins herding or initiates the kinds of behaviors the occur right before herding, stop that behavior immediately by saying "no" and walking away. You should not punish the dog physically or make it scared. The goal is to make it clear that their behavior is unacceptable without making the dog defensive. If you let herding occur once in awhile but stop it other times, the dog will assume that herding is OK in some instances. However, it will be confused about when it can do it. Redirect your dog's energy. When your dog starts to herd, the best way to get it to stop is to redirect it towards doing something else. If you see the first signs of herding, immediately initiate play time or take it out to exercise. Redirecting with exercise is a good idea because Australian shepherds need a lot of exercise every day. They should be allowed to run and play outside every day, otherwise their energy will likely be directed towards herding or other bad behaviors. To give them consistent exercise, take them on at least 2 long walks every day or take them to a dog park where they can run around with other dogs. Consider professional training. If you are not having success getting your Australian shepherd to stop herding you or other people, you may need to get professional help. A professional dog trainer will be able to provide both the consistency and expertise in animal behavior that an Australian shepherd may require. Talk to your veterinarian or friends or family in your area who have used a trainer to find a professional in your area. If you cannot get any personal recommendations, search online for professional dog trainers in your area.	your dog at an early age. Practice reward-based training principles. Consider clicker training your dog. Start training your dog to perform basic commands, such as sit and lay down. Do short training sessions often. Keep your commands consistent. Work on a wide variety of commands. Break down advanced skills into parts. Anticipate bad behavior before it occurs. Stop herding behaviors immediately and clearly. Redirect your dog's energy. Consider professional training.
https://www.wikihow.com/Pay-Less-in-Taxes	How to Pay Less in Taxes	To pay less in taxes, you'll need to qualify for deductions, which reduce the amount of your income that's taxed, or credits, which reduce how much you owe in taxes. There are a variety of ways you can qualify for deductions and credits, like buying a home, having children, starting a retirement account, and attending college. Navigating all of the different deductions and credits can be complicated, so consider hiring a professional to review your taxes for you.	Understand the difference between deductions and credits, and how they affect your taxes. The best way to pay less tax each year is to take full advantage of every deduction and credit you are eligible for. A deduction is something that reduces the amount of your income that is taxed. These can include charitable donations, interest paid on student loans and mortgages, and more. A credit reduces the actual amount of money you have to pay for your taxes, which makes them much more powerful than deductions. A $2000 credit will lop $2000 dollars off the taxes you owe, which can make a huge difference. Finding every credit you're eligible for is essential for reducing your yearly taxes. For example, one source of credit can be energy-efficient home improvements. Know the difference between an Itemized and a Standard Deduction. Choosing the correct deduction can have a significant impact on your taxable income for the year. Choose whichever deduction is greater when filing. Itemized Deduction - There are a wide variety of expenses that can count on your itemized deduction list. These include, but are not limited to, charitable donations, mortgage interest, health and dental care, and more. Many of the available deductions will be outlined in the following sections. Standard Deduction - This deduction is a set amount based on your filing status. Choose this deduction if your itemized deduction is less. Review IRS Form 1040 Schedule A to see all of the deductions that you may be eligible for. This will give you an idea for what receipts to save throughout the year. Save every essential receipt. Start a filing system so that you can easily track your receipts down when it's time to file taxes. Save every receipt from your donations, even the toaster that you gave to Goodwill. You can claim a significant portion of your donations, leading to a big deduction. Save any receipts and bills for healthcare expenses, as an expense over 7.5% of your adjusted income is deductible. If you run your own business, deduct your expenses on Schedule C and save every job-related receipt. Buy a home. This is a major life-event deduction and gives you access to several major deductions and credits detailed below. Obviously this isn't a decision to be taken lightly, but becoming a homeowner can provide significant tax benefits for years to come. Consider avoiding paying off your mortgage. Mortgage interest is deductible and can add a significant deduction to your gross income. Consider continuing to make monthly payments on your mortgage instead of paying it off early. You'll need to weigh the benefits of this tax deduction versus the benefits of paying your mortgage off early. Your mortgage interest will be deducted through the Itemized Deduction. . Install energy-efficient upgrades for your home There are several credits that you can take advantage of by installing earth-friendly energy sources, including geothermal heat pumps, solar panels , and fuel cells. You can also get credits for improving your insulation, getting new windows and doors, or getting a more efficient furnace. Consider refinancing your mortgage to pay for home improvements. If you get a second mortgage and use it to make improvements to your home, you may be able to deduct some or all of the points, or up-front costs, of the second-mortgage. You'll need to weigh the benefits of this versus going further into debt with the second mortgage. Have children. While taxes shouldn't be a motivating factor behind the decision to have a child, you can get some powerful benefits when it comes time to file should you choose to become a parent. Make sure to get your child a Social Security number so that you can claim them as a dependent. Claim the "Child Tax Credit". You can claim one of these credits for each of your qualifying children. Each credit can be worth up to $2,000 off of the taxes you owe, depending on your income. The credit is also refundable so you can claim it even if your tax liability is 0. You can only get up to $1,400 refunded back per child. Claim the "Child and Dependent Care Credit" if you pay for childcare while working. Depending on the number of children you have and the amount of money you spend on childcare, this could be worth up to $2,100. Claim the "Adoption Credit" if you adopted a child this year. Depending on the adoption costs you paid, you may be eligible for a tax credit of up to $14,080 per adopted child. Determine which credit you are eligible for. There are two tax credits available for students, but you can only claim one or the other per student. American Opportunity Credit - This credit is only for students in their first four years of post-secondary school education. The credit is worth up to $2,500 for qualified tuition, and you must be enrolled at least half time for one academic period. Lifetime Learning Credit - This is available to any adult taking undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree courses. The credit is 20% of up to $10,000 of your tuition, with the upper limit being $2,000. Check if your employer has a dependent care benefit if you pay for childcare. Some employers may offer to withhold some of your income to set aside for childcare payments. The money that's set aside doesn't have any income or payroll tax applied to it. After you provide your employer proof of childcare payments, you're eligible for reimbursements. See if your employer has retirement plans available. If your employer offers a regular retirement plan, then contributing some of your income will reduce your taxable wages. On top of the money you contribute, many employers will also match the amount up to a certain point. The money you set aside into a retirement plan is still subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes. See if your employer has included health benefits. Talk with your employer to see if they have policies available for health, dental, and vision insurance. If they do, sign up for the policies so you're under their coverage. The insurance will withhold some of your pre-tax income to pay for the policies and you won't have to pay as much taxes. Start a retirement account. A 401k or IRA will allow you to funnel money from your paychecks into a retirement account. This makes your paychecks a little less, but the money that you invest in your retirement plan is tax-deductible. Click here for instructions on starting a retirement account. Claim the "Saver's Tax Credit". This is a credit that can be worth up to $2,000 depending on how much you've deposited into your retirement plan. Apply for the "Earned Income Tax Credit". This is a scaling credit based on the amount of income that you earn. Typically if you make $50,000 or less in a year, the credit can help get you a significant return. This credit is often overlooked but can be very helpful for low-income filers. Contribute to a Health Savings Account for tax deductions. If you're covered by a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP), then you can make regular contributions to a Health Savings Account (HSA). As you contribute, you'll be able to generate a deduction on your income tax that can help you save money. Some employers may offer their employees withholding funds for an HSA contribution, which can help protect your money from payroll taxes as well. Check your previous returns. You can amend a return for up to three years if you missed something and need to correct it. There are all kinds of reasons that you may want to go back and file an amended return , including: Neglected to file for an Earned Income Tax Credit when eligible. Forgot to get a credit for purchasing a hybrid car. Forgot to claim education credits, or any other credit or deduction that you were eligible but didn't claim. Have a professional review your taxes. Professional tax preparers are paid to know all of the tax regulations inside and out, and can be very helpful in tracking down every last deduction and credit. You may be able to get a guarantee that if you paid more taxes than you should have the tax firm will repay the difference.	Understand the difference between deductions and credits, and how they affect your taxes. Know the difference between an Itemized and a Standard Deduction. Review IRS Form 1040 Schedule A to see all of the deductions that you may be eligible for. Save every essential receipt. Buy a home. Consider avoiding paying off your mortgage. . Consider refinancing your mortgage to pay for home improvements. Have children. Claim the "Child Tax Credit". Claim the "Child and Dependent Care Credit" if you pay for childcare while working. Claim the "Adoption Credit" if you adopted a child this year. Determine which credit you are eligible for. Check if your employer has a dependent care benefit if you pay for childcare. See if your employer has retirement plans available. See if your employer has included health benefits. Start a retirement account. Claim the "Saver's Tax Credit". Apply for the "Earned Income Tax Credit". Contribute to a Health Savings Account for tax deductions. Check your previous returns. Have a professional review your taxes.
https://www.wikihow.fitness/Do-Jump-Squats	How to Do Jump Squats	To do jump squats, start with your feet below your shoulders, then slide them a couple of inches apart and turn your toes outward slightly. Next, bend your knees and lower your hips back and down to start your squat. You can keep your arms at your sides, or hold them in front of you for balance if you want. Then, go as deep as you can into your squat before you explode into your jump by driving hard with your legs and throwing your arms up over your head. Make sure you touch down with the balls of your feet first and with your knees bent to absorb the impact. You can then use your bent knees as the starting point for your next jump squat.	Take the proper stance. Get into a normal standing position, with your body facing forward and feet parallel. Your feet should be directly underneath your shoulders. Now, slide them a couple inches apart and turn your toes slightly outward. From this stance, you'll have a solid base to take off from and land in. Also, your knees will stay in natural alignment with your toes during the squat portion of the movement, which will alleviate the pressure on your knees. Because everyone is built differently, the optimal stance and body positioning for performing a jump squat will also be different for everyone. If any part of the movement feels unnatural or causes discomfort, adjust your technique to better suit your individual body type. Lower yourself into the squat. Begin the squat by lowering your hips back and down while bending your knees. Keep your chest upright, with your chin up and head facing forward. Get into as deep a squat as you can while maintaining the correct technique. Your arms can either be down at your sides or held poised out in front of you to assist in balancing at the lowest point of the squat. Take a deep breath as you go down. Lower yourself in a smooth, controlled manner during the squat, then explode as forcefully as you can into the jump. Your knees should never extend over your toes. This shifts the strain of the squat to your knee joints. If you're afraid of losing your balance, practice your squats in front of a chair or bench. When you lower yourself down, push your hips back into the seat. Initiate the jump. Once you've gone as low as you can, reverse your motion in one quick, explosive movement. Drive hard with your legs as you come up out of the squat. Lift your arms to chest level and keep your torso and head straight and upright. Breathe out sharply as you push through the squat. Jump as high as you can. At the top position of the squat, keep pushing to propel yourself into the jump. The balls of your feet should be the last part of your body in contact with the ground. Take advantage of the strength of your calf muscles to generate extra force as you go airborne. Throw your arms up straight over your head and use the momentum to extend your body and carry you higher. Don't forget to breathe! Inhale as you descend into the squat and exhale as you jump. It's easy to instinctively hold your breath during tense, demanding exercises like squat jumps, but failure to breathe will exhaust you much faster. Keep your legs straight at the highest point of the jump. This will put them in position to land safely. Control your descent. When you reach the peak of your jump, you'll need to begin preparing yourself for the landing. Keep your core tight to prevent your body from turning or rotating off its axis in midair. Bring your arms back down from overhead to guide your trajectory as you lower your eyes to spot the ground beneath you. Your legs should be fully extended when you reestablish contact with the ground. Stay straight as you're coming down so that you don't land off balance. Touch down with the balls of your feet. Point your toes and allow the balls of your feet to touch first. The calves control extension and flexion of the foot, and will be the first muscle group responsible for slowing your downward movement. Your feet should be in roughly the same position they were in during the takeoff, slightly wider than shoulder width apart with toes turned outward. Landing on the whole foot transfers shock up through the bones of the heels, ankles, and knees, which can eventually cause chronic pain, tendinitis, and even stress fractures. Bend your knees to absorb impact. Continue lowering your weight after making contact with the balls of your feet. Bend your knees and brace yourself with your legs as you sink to gradually dissipate the force of the landing. Try to land as softly and smoothly as possible. This part of the landing is critical in avoiding injury. Conditioning the legs to absorb impact has the added benefit of strengthening the connections between muscles and tendons. Put yourself in position for the next jump squat. If you're performing a single jump squat, or if it's the last one of your set, stand back upright after absorbing the impact of the landing. If you're doing multiple, continuous jump squats, use the knee bend as a lead-in to the next jump squat. Keep your arms in movement to stabilize yourself and increase the height of each jump. Jump squats are used to train maximal power output, which means they can be extremely taxing. It's best not perform more than about 10-15 jump squats per set. When you begin to get tired, your technique suffers, which can lead to accidents. At best, you'll keep yourself from getting the most out of the exercise. At worst, you could hurt yourself. Do faster sets. Speed up the tempo of your sets for more of a metabolic effect. This will make each set much more difficult, so be careful not to overdo it. Do 10-15 jump squats, then take a short rest and perform another set. Alternately, try super setting (performing two different exercises back-to-back with little or no rest) jump squats with other exercises like push ups, pull ups, crunches or lunges. Don't get sloppy or let your technique break down when increasing the speed of your jumps squats. Tuck your knees. For a tougher variation of the standard jump squat, do tuck jumps. Instead of jumping straight up with legs extended, pull your knees up and tuck them into your chest at the top of the jump. The extra movement required for each jump will make them more tiring, letting you get more out of the exercise. Try to tuck tight enough to touch your chest with the tops of your thighs. Tucking will change the rhythm of the movement. Make sure you untuck with enough time to prepare for the landing. Add a little weight. Hold two small dumbbells in each hand for added resistance. Select dumbbells that are light enough to allow you to land safely to avoid placing undue stress on the knees. Adding weight is advantageous for those wishing to build strength while improving their cardiovascular conditioning. Resistance should be kept low. Using too much weight can be hard on your joints and increase your risk of injury. Performing weighted squat jumps with a barbell requires impeccable technique and balance, and should only be attempted by advanced lifters. Jump onto a box. Turn your jump squat into a modified box jump. Set up a box or elevated platform of an appropriate height (this will depend largely on your individual level of strength and fitness) and place it about a foot in front of you. Calculate the jump portion of the jump squat so that you land on top of the box instead of simply touching back down in place. Make sure to bend your knees and land on the balls of your feet when you land on the box. Get mobile with frog jumps. Rather than performing jump squats in place, do them while traveling forward. These are commonly known as "frog jumps." Shorten the movement by not dropping quite as low into the squat and leaping for distance in addition to height. Frog jumps will improve the dynamic strength of your squat while strengthening your quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes. And since you'll be hopping all around, they also feel more like play than work. Take the same cues as the standard jump squat when landing frog jumps, keeping your body upright, touching down with the balls of your feet and sinking at the knees to absorb impact. Add light resistance or give yourself a certain time or distance to meet for more of a challenge. Do squat jacks for endurance. Squat jacks are a conditioning exercise that combine the intensity of squat jumps with the coordination of the classic jumping jack. Get into low squat position with your feet side by side. Place both hands behind your head or hold them crossed in front of your body. As you jump, spread your legs out wide, then bring them back together as you land the next jump. Stay deep in the squat throughout the whole movement and try not to let yourself come up. These are sure to get your legs burning! Do as many squat jacks as you can at the end of your workout for a ruthless all-out finisher. Movements like this are low-impact, meaning they can safely be performed to failure. Try not to let your knees cave inward when you land. Keeping your toes turned out can help with this.	Take the proper stance. Lower yourself into the squat. Initiate the jump. Jump as high as you can. Control your descent. Touch down with the balls of your feet. Bend your knees to absorb impact. Put yourself in position for the next jump squat. Do faster sets. Tuck your knees. Add a little weight. Jump onto a box. Get mobile with frog jumps. Do squat jacks for endurance.
https://www.wikihow.com/Bet-on-Soccer	How to Bet on Soccer	The easiest way to bet on soccer is to bet on something simple, like which team will win. For lower odds, you can also bet on a draw. If you're an avid soccer fan, try placing a bet on how many goals a team will win by or try betting on how many goals will be scored in the game. Make sure your betting establishment is legitimate, or bet online on reputable sites like 5Dimes or Bovada.	Choose a bookmaker with a good reputation. Whether you bet at a casino or online, select a bookmaker with a good reputation. The venue or site should have its licenses in order and offer excellent customer service. The site should accept common payment methods and excellent security. Talk to other bettors and do look around online for recommendations from others before deciding whether you want to bet online or in person. Find a betting venue. Betting on soccer and other sports is illegal in the United States except in Las Vegas. If you want to bet on soccer, you will need to go to a casino that offers sports betting in Las Vegas. There are many casinos that offer betting on sports in Las Vegas. Look for a casino that offers big screen TVs and drinks, allowing you to relax in comfort while watching the game you've bet on. Do not hire a proxy to bet on your behalf in Las Vegas, as this is illegal. Bet on soccer online. Instead of betting in person -- which can be inconvenient if you're not near a sports-betting venue -- try online betting. To bet on soccer online, you must find a reputable bookie (a site that takes bets on sporting events) online. Register an account with the site and put currency in your account. Many sites allow you to use Bitcoins or link your PayPal account for easy betting and payouts. 5Dimes ( http://www.5dimes.eu/ ) and Bovada (www.bovada.lv) are two of the most well-known sports betting sites. Online betting for sports is of questionable legality, but nobody has ever been charged with a crime for online soccer gambling. However, double check your local requirements to ensure you can gamble online. Have some knowledge about the sport before betting. If you're a gambler more than a sports fan, you might view sports betting as just another way to make some cash. However, it's best to be informed about the teams, players, and trends within the game of soccer before betting on a particular game. Read soccer news and learn to identify matchups that seem to favor one side or another. For instance, if one undefeated team goes up against another team that loses frequently, you would be wise to bet against the team that loses regularly. However, don't always bet on the favorite. Betting against the favored team can yield big rewards if you win. Run a search for "soccer betting tips" online and do some research before betting on soccer. Understand the odds. Odds (or fixed odds) are calculations used to determine how much you'll earn from a given bet. Odds are typically represented as a number that you can multiply by your total bet to figure your winnings. For instance, assume you bet $100 on a game with odds of 1.5 in Germany's favor. When Germany wins, you will receive $150 (1.5 times the $100 you bet). An “odds on” wager is one where the amount you can win is less than what you bet initially. In the above example, the $150 represents your $100 bet plus $50 extra. These bets are easy to win but offer minimal payout. An “odds against” bet is one in which the amount you win will be more than what you staked. These bets are harder to win but reap greater rewards. Different bookmakers have different odds. Check several bookmakers to get the best odds before making a bet. Understand moneylines. Another way to represent odds is with moneylines. Moneyline odds are a given number in the hundreds or thousands, accompanied by a plus or a minus. A positive moneyline odds value indicates how much you will earn on an $100 bet. When winning a moneyline bet, you'll also get your initial betting unit returned. For instance, if you bet $100 on a team with +200 moneyline odds, you'll get $300 back (your initial investment of $100 plus $200). If you bet $200 on a game with moneyline odds of +100 and win, you'll get $400 ($100 on the first hundred you spent, another $100 on the second hundred you spent, and your initial $200 investment). Calculate potential profits with positive moneyline odds by dividing the odds by 100, then multiplying the result by your initial stake. Moneyline odds represented as a negative number indicate how much you must invest before earning $100. For instance, if moneyline odds on a team are -100 and you wagered $100 and won, you'd get $200 back (your initial investment of $100 plus $100 in winnings). Calculate potential profits with negative moneyline odds by dividing the odds by 100, then dividing your stake by the result. Understand the outcome probabilities. Probabilities indicate how likely something is to happen or not happen. Generally, a low value for odds means that the team you're betting on has a high probability of winning. A high value indicates the team is not favored, and likely to lose. The probabilities of a match's outcome are usually defined in the range between 0% (no chance) and 100% (a sure bet). Probabilities do not guarantee an outcome. For example, a team might be estimated to have a winning probability of 70%, but still lose. Avoid betting on teams with probabilities for victory of 50% or lower. At that probability, you're taking a big chance with your money. Bet on a two-way moneyline. A two-way moneyline is a bet based on the 90 minutes of primary game time, excluding penalty shootouts, golden goals, or overtime. In this betting arrangement, bettors will bet on one team winning and another team losing. If the team you bet on wins, you will receive a payout. If the team you bet on loses, you will have lost your bet. This type of bet is also known as “draw, no bet.” Bet on a three-way moneyline. The three-way moneyline is just like the two-way moneyline except that there is an added option to bet on a draw between the two teams. Compared to the two-way moneyline, three-way bets usually have lower odds. Place a bet on totals. Betting on totals means making a guess as to the average goal count per team in a game. These bets are usually made as “under 2.5,” “over 2.5,” or over/under some other number. This means that you are betting that the average goals per team in the game will be over or under 2.5 (or some other close value). For instance, assume you made a bet that totals would be under 2.5. If both teams scored three goals, the total will be six. Divided by two (the number of teams in the game), you end up with the number three. In that case, you would lose the bet, since the total was above 2.5, not below. Bet on goal lines. Betting on goal lines means making a bet based on what the difference in two teams' scores will be. Like bets on totals, these bets are made as an over/under statement, typically “under 0.5,” “over 0.5,” or over/under some similar value. For instance, if you bet “over 2.5” on a game, it means that you believe the winning team will be victorious by at least three goals. When betting on goal lines, you usually need to call the bet as well by indicating which team you think will win. For instance, you might bet, “France +2.5 goals,” meaning you believe France will win the game by at least three goals. Keep the over/under value relatively low. The higher the goal line bet you make, the riskier it is to win it. This type of bet is also known as betting on point spreads. Make a split bet. A variation of the goal lines bet is the split bet. In this model, you might bet on over/under two close numbers. For instance, a split bet might be “over 2 / 2.5.” This means half the money you pay is on a bet that assumes the total goal difference between the two teams will be over two goals, and the other half of your money is bet on an outcome in which the difference between the two goal totals is greater than 2.5. Sometimes you will get refunded and win the other half of the bet. If you bet over 2 / 2.5, for instance, and the game ends with a score of 2-0, you will get a refund for half the bet's value and lose the other half of your bet, since the point spread was not over 2.5, and landed exactly on 2. Decide on your maximum budget. Decide how much you want to spend on betting. This amount -- known as your bankroll -- will vary widely depending on your income. Be honest with yourself about how much money you have to invest in betting. When deciding how much your bankroll will be should, you should acknowledge that it's possible that you'll lose the entire bankroll. On the one hand, a budget that is too high may result in personal bankruptcy. A bankroll that is too low, on the other hand, will limit your ability to reap big rewards from betting. The “rule of thumb” for a beginner's maximum bankroll is $1,000. Do not bet on soccer unless you have sufficient funds. Decide on your maximum bet. Once you've decided how much money you have to play with when betting, you will need to decide how much you want to place per bet. This amount is known as your betting unit size. Don't place your whole bankroll on one bet. You risk losing it all at once. Conservative or new bettors should bet about 1-2% of their bankroll on an individual bet. For instance, if you have $1,000, you might drop $10 on a single bet. Seasoned bettors might wager 3% of their bankroll on well-founded bet. Your absolute maximum betting unit size should not exceed 5% of your bankroll. Place your bet. Choose the game or team you want to bet on. Once you've registered with the gambling site or entered the casino, make a stake on a game or team you like. Do not put all your money on one outcome or one game. Distribute your risk by betting on multiple games. Limiting your maximum bet will increase your chances to win. The “rule of thumb” for a beginner's maximum bet is $50. If you do lose, be prepared to walk away, no matter how tempted you are to continue. You don't want to lose even more. Never make a bet when you're drunk or tired. Know when to quit. If you win, don't get carried away. Enjoy what you've won by cashing out and coming back later. Set specific guidelines for success when betting on soccer. Your goals should be realistic and achievable. For instance, you might decide to cash out when you've earned over $100. Make rules for yourself to prevent excessive loss. For instance, you might decide that if you lose more than $100 on a game, you will stop betting and wait for another day to try again. Gambling can be addictive. If you are experiencing a problem with gambling, tell someone or call your local helpline.	Choose a bookmaker with a good reputation. Find a betting venue. Bet on soccer online. Have some knowledge about the sport before betting. Understand the odds. Understand moneylines. Understand the outcome probabilities. Bet on a two-way moneyline. Bet on a three-way moneyline. Place a bet on totals. Bet on goal lines. Make a split bet. Decide on your maximum budget. Decide on your maximum bet. Place your bet. Know when to quit.
https://www.wikihow.com/Choose-Hats-for-Your-Face-Shape	How to Choose Hats for Your Face Shape	To choose a hat to suit a round face, add a bit of asymmetry with a fedora hat or baseball cap. Alternatively, if your face is wider than it is long, go for hats with flared brims and a low crown, like a cloche or sunhat,. However, if your forehead is wider than your chin, meaning you have a heart-shaped face, try wearing a homburg or beanie as these hats help to balance out the width of your forehead. If you have an oval face, which is about 1 1/2 times longer than it is wide, choose any hat you like because your face is very versatile.	Examine your face shape. You can have an "oval", "round", "oblong", "heart-shaped", "square", or "triangle" face. Look for an “oval face. ” An oval face will have a length that is roughly one and a half times greater than your face width. The forehead is a bit larger than the jawline, and the angle of the jaw is a bit more round. An oval face will look like an egg. Look for a “round face. ” A round face will be the same width and length. A round face has a round chin, full cheeks, and around the hairline. It makes you look younger than other shapes. Look for an “oblong face. ” An oblong face will be longer than it is wide. The forehead, cheekbones, and jawline of an oblong face will be similar in size. Oblong faces may feature high foreheads. Look for a “heart-shaped face. ” This face shape is very common. In a heart-shaped face, the chin is the narrowest part. A heart-shaped face has a broad forehead and/or wide cheekbones, and pointy chin. Look for a “square face. ” A square-shaped face has a length almost equal to its width. The distance from forehead to chin and from cheek to cheek are roughly the same. Look for a “triangle face. ” Triangular faces will be characterized by a large jawline, slightly smaller cheekbones, and the smallest forehead. A triangle face may be any length. Triangle-shaped faces are also known as pear-shaped faces. Measure your forehead. Using a tape measure, measure across your forehead. Measure from the peak of one eyebrow arch to the arch-peak of the opposite eyebrow. Write down that number. Measure your cheekbones. Using a tape measure, measure the distance across your upper cheeks. Start and end at the bump below the outside corner of each eye. Write down that number. Measure your jawline. Using a tape measure, measure from the bottom tip of your chin to the bottom of your ears. Stop at the place where your jaw angles upward. Multiply that number by two. Write down that number. This is your “jawline.” Measure your face-length. Using a tape measure, measure from the center of your forehead (at your hairline) to the bottom tip of your chin. Write down that number. Ask yourself three questions. Using these measurements as a guide, ask yourself the following: What is the widest part of my face? What is the shape of my jaw? How long is my face? Is it longer than it is wide, and if so, by how much? Choose hats for an “oval face. ” Feel free to try all kinds of hats! You are blessed with a very versatile look! Pick up whatever suits your mood, as long as the hat is in harmony with your outfit. Women with oval faces can top off any hat. The possibilities are limitless! It only depends on your personal preferences. Experiment with earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. Choose hats for a “round face. ” Add some asymmetry to your look. You can perfectly handle a fedora, a newsboy hat, or a baseball cap. This symmetrical face cries out for a new angle: asymmetry. The roundness requires a slimming treatment. Steer clear of round crowns, which can emphasize the roundness of your face. It is wise to select a hat with a high crown and straight brim to give your face more angles. Your main goal is to choose a hat that helps distract people's attention from your facial curves. Slanting your hat forward draws out your face and gives a touch of definition. Choose hats for an “oblong face. ” Try a hat with a flared brim and low crown, such as a sunhat, a cloche, or a fedora with a large brim. The large brim of a sunhat may well offset the length of a long face. Avoid any hats with tall crowns, which only elongate your face even more. A cloche worn low to your eyebrows can help conceal your high forehead, and, like sorcery, create an impression of the shortened face. The large brim of the fedora also counterbalances vertical curves. Choose hats for a “heart-shaped face. ” Go with a medium brimmed hat, such as a fedora with a medium-sized brim, a boater, a cloche, a homburg, a beanie, or a beret. These are all good choices! These hats balance out the width of your forehead. Slanting the hat to one side will slim your face and draw attention to the eyes. Actually, any type will work well on you except those with large brims. Avoid shapes that accentuate the shape. Stay away from wide brims that only accentuate your forehead and narrow your chin. Choose hats for a “square face. ” Experiment with circular styles. Your defined and symmetrical face requires circular features to soften the edges of the face. Round crown and brim will do the trick, smoothing a boxy face and inducing the illusion of height and roundness. Opt for a sunhat, a cowboy hat, a homburg, a cloche, or a toque, which gives you a feminine and flirty touch. A beret will elongate and cushion your facial contour. Tilting the hat off to one side breaks up the symmetry pattern of your square face. A sunhat with a pair of sunglasses and a flowing maxi dress adds boho-chic to your ensemble. It is a perfect combination for your beach vacation. Don't wear a hat with a short brim, no brim, or a square hat. These two types of hats will both emphasize your angular face shape. Choose hats for a “triangle face. ” Feel free to try many hats. A triangle face is like an oval face shape that the options are virtually endless when it comes to a hat. Make sure your hat brings balance to your shoulder line, and accent to your garment. Never gets close to a crown that is narrower than the cheekbones.	Examine your face shape. Look for an “oval face. Look for a “round face. Look for an “oblong face. Look for a “heart-shaped face. Look for a “square face. Look for a “triangle face. Measure your forehead. Measure your cheekbones. Measure your jawline. Measure your face-length. Ask yourself three questions. Choose hats for an “oval face. Choose hats for a “round face. Choose hats for an “oblong face. Choose hats for a “heart-shaped face. Choose hats for a “square face. Choose hats for a “triangle face.
https://www.wikihow.com/Wind-an-Automatic-Watch	How to Wind an Automatic Watch	To wind an automatic watch, start by removing the watch from your wrist and locating the crown on the right side of the watch face. Then, grip the crown with your thumb and forefinger and rotate it clockwise. Turn the knob 40 times, or until the second hand starts moving or you feel resistance. Finally, make sure that the crown is still pushed all the way in before putting your watch back on.	Keep your arm moving. The automatic watch is built with an oscillating metal weight, or rotor, that tracks movement. The oscillating rotor is attached to gears inside the watch that are in turn attached to the mainspring. When the rotor moves, it moves the gears which, in turn, winds the mainspring. This stores energy in the mainspring so that the watch continues ticking. If the watch is not being moved in regular, everyday motion, the mainspring's energy winds down. If you wear your watch and keep your arm in regular movement, this should be enough to keep the rotor moving and winding up the mainspring. This doesn't mean, however, that your arm needs to be in constant motion. Automatic watches are built to respond to average, everyday movement in order to keep them working. Typically, automatic watches store energy for up to 48 hours so that they continue working without needing additional winding. People who are not very active, such as elderly people or those confined to bed, may need to wind their automatic watches with more frequency. If you are sick and laid up in bed, your watch may wind down since it's not getting regular everyday movement. Avoid wearing watch when playing sports that require continuous hand or arm movement, such as tennis, squash or basketball. This will interfere with the automatic winding mechanisms, which are built for regular, everyday arm movement. Take the watch off your wrist. While an automatic watch is intended to restore its energy by the rotor winding the mainspring through the motion of your arm, it does also require periodic manual winding to keep the mainspring tight. In order to ensure that the crown is not overly strained when you pull it out and wind it, you should take it off your wrist. Then you will be able to have the right leverage and angle to carefully pull the crown out. Locate the crown. The crown is the little dial knob usually on the right side of the watch. This knob can be pulled out to set the time and date on the watch. It does not need to be pulled out, however, in order to engage the winding mechanism. The crown usually has three positions or settings that engage certain functions. The first position is when it is pushed all the way in and the watch operates normally. The second position is when the crown is pulled out halfway; this is the position for setting the time or date (depending on your watch). The third position is when the crown is pulled out all the way; this is the position for setting the time or date (depending on your watch). If the watch is waterproof, the crown may be screwed down to provide added waterproofing. You may need to unscrew this crown by turning carefully 4 to 5 times. When you wind the watch, you will push down on the crown at the same time, which will screw it back into place. Turn the crown clockwise. Gripping the crown with your forefinger and thumb, twist it gently in a clockwise manner (moving it from bottom to top towards the 12 on the watch face if you are looking directly at the watch). Turn it approximately 30-40 times or until the second hand starts moving in order to fully wind the watch. Winding keeps the mainspring tight and at full energy reserve, which is also supplemented by keeping your watch in motion. Contrary to popular belief, you cannot typically over-wind an automatic watch. Modern automatic watches are constructed to protect against this possibility. You should still be very gentle when turning the crown and stop winding when you feel resistance. Always set the time by moving forward. When winding your watch, you may accidentally move the watch hands if you pull the crown out at all. If this happens, reset the time by moving the watch hands forward in time to reach the correct time again. Your watch is built to move its hands forward, not backward, so it is better to keep the gears and interior mechanisms working in their intended manner. Make sure the crown is pushed all the way in. Gently push on the crown to ensure that it is pushed all the way back in. If you have a waterproof watch, you may need to double check to make sure that the crown has been screwed into place. Pinch the crown with your forefinger and thumb and tighten it while pushing it in. Compare your watch’s timekeeping with another watch. If your watch has been properly wound, it should keep time that is consistent with other timepieces. If you think the watch is still not performing up to standard, you might ask a watch repair shop to test your watch on a timing machine. This instrument will measure its timekeeping and speed in order to determine if it is slow or fast. Wind the watch fully if it hasn’t been worn in a while. Automatic watches rely upon motion to keep working, and they may run down if they have been sitting in their box or in a drawer for more than a few days. Turning the crown on a watch 30-40 times will wind it fully and ensure it is ready to wear. Turn the crown until the second hand starts moving so you know that the watch has started keeping time. You will also likely need to reset the time and date. Choose which kind of watch winder you need. A watch winder is a device that keeps automatic watches wound when they are not being worn by moving the watch in a circular pattern to mimic the movement of a human's arm. These can range in price from $50 to $400, with top-of-the-line models costing up to $8,000. There are functional, elegant and extravagant models of watch winders. Functional watch winders may be display-friendly, with nice designs; but their purpose is almost entirely functional. These are usually on the less expensive end of the scale. Cheap watch winders can be very unreliable and are not worth the price, even if it's low. Elegant watch winders have finer quality exteriors made of wood or leather, and they are more usually display-friendly, ready to sit on a shelf or dresser. They can still be small enough to fit in a drawer or safety deposit box. Extravagant watch winders are at the top of the price range. These are usually constructed out of fine materials and made to hold multiple watches. They may have features such as temperature control, storage drawers, synchronized time displays, and USB connections. Choose how many watches you want to wind at a time. There are winders for single watches or for multiple watches. If you have a rotation of watches that you wear frequently, you may opt to get a watch winder that can hold several watches at once. If you have just one watch that you wear frequently, a single watch winder might be more useful. If you have watches you wear only once in a while, such as for a special occasion, then you don't really need to bother putting it in a watch winder. If you know you will be wearing a watch to a wedding, for example, you can take it out the day before and wind it on your own, rather than going to the trouble of setting it in the watch winder for 30 minutes every day. Watch winders are good for collectors of automatic watches, especially if you have a large collection and want any one of your watches to be ready to go at a moment's notice. Determine the direction of the watch winder rotation. Many automatic watches rely on clockwise motion, while others rely on counter-clockwise or bi-directional movement. Check with your watch's manufacturer to figure out which motion your watch needs. Keep your watch away from magnets. Inside the watch is a hairspring, a very delicate component that is responsible for keeping time. Exposure to magnets may cause the hairspring coils to stick together, resulting in a watch that runs too fast. While you can probably easily keep your watch away from traditional magnets, think about consumer electronics that have magnets, such as televisions, speakers and iPads. If your watch suddenly runs a lot faster or is five minutes ahead of where it ought to be, it's possible that it was exposed to magnets and the hairspring was impacted. Take your watch to a reputable watch repair shop to have them fix the problem. Keep your watch away from water. Most watches are able to handle water depths of about 30 meters, so your watch won't be ruined after an accidental dip in the lake. But for regular water exposure, you should choose a different watch such as a waterproof quartz watch that can handle being in water longer and at greater depths. Check the temperature. Watches can be impacted by extremely cold or hot temperatures, which can affect how accurately they keep time. Most modern watches are constructed to accommodate changes in temperature, but if you are going to be somewhere with really hot or really cold temperatures, you may need to take special care with your watch. Wipe down the wrist band frequently. Watch straps can be made of various kinds of material, from leather to metal to rubber. This will depend on the aesthetic design and intended use of the watch. Rubber watch straps, for example, are typical for waterproof watches that will be used when swimming, diving or boating. Check rubber straps for cracks and tears, and replace them when they show signs of weakening. Leather straps don't respond well to water, cologne, perfume, sunscreen, and other liquids. Rub in leather oil occasionally to improve the look and longevity of the leather. For metal straps, polish them up with a soft cloth. Clean the watch every few months. Your watch, especially if you wear it every day or every few days, will gather dirt, dead skin, and other grime that needs to be cleaned away. Use an old toothbrush and warm water to scrub the watch, especially around the connection point between the watch and the straps. If you have a metal band, use your toothbrush to clean it. Store your watch. If you are not planning to wear your watch frequently, you should store it carefully in order to protect it from dust, moisture and theft. It will also help keep the watch's lubricating oils from deteriorating or clogging. Store it in the manufacturer's box or in an airtight container. If it is a particularly expensive watch, you may choose to store it in a safe deposit box. You can also store it on a watch winder. Check seals on waterproof watches on a yearly basis. Waterproof watches can get loosened up with regular wear and exposure to the elements or sand. Check the seals around the face, crown and back of the watch to make sure that it is still going to keep water out. If there are signs of wear, replace the seals. It's best to take the watch to a watch repair shop to accomplish this, since they will have the expertise to properly replace seals. Get your watch maintained every five years. Expensive watches in particular should be maintained every few years just like a car. Their gears have lubricating oil that can get clogged, and gear teeth can be worn down. Take the watch to a reputable watch repair shop to get it relubricated. The watch repair professional will also repair or replace worn gear teeth and jewels. This maintenance can be expensive, from $250 to several thousand dollars depending on the watch. But this maintenance will prolong the life of the watch, which is important particularly if it is an heirloom watch that you want to last.	Keep your arm moving. Take the watch off your wrist. Locate the crown. Turn the crown clockwise. Always set the time by moving forward. Make sure the crown is pushed all the way in. Compare your watch’s timekeeping with another watch. Wind the watch fully if it hasn’t been worn in a while. Choose which kind of watch winder you need. Choose how many watches you want to wind at a time. Determine the direction of the watch winder rotation. Keep your watch away from magnets. Keep your watch away from water. Check the temperature. Wipe down the wrist band frequently. Clean the watch every few months. Store your watch. Check seals on waterproof watches on a yearly basis. Get your watch maintained every five years.
https://www.wikihow.com/Speak-Confidently-in-Public	How to Speak Confidently in Public	To speak confidently in public, prepare a topic and outline, memorize it, and stick to it. Keep the outline brief and to the point so it's easy for you to remember and for your audience to follow. To make sure your audience will be able to hear you, practice speaking with your diaphragm so you speak more loudly and clearly. Then, practice speaking very slowly and enunciating so it is easier for people to understand you.	Know your subject. Part of making yourself a comfortable and dynamic public speaker is to make sure you know what you're talking about and you know it well. Lacking knowledge can make you anxious and uncertain when you're speaking and that will come through to your audience. Preparation is key. Take your time when you are planning your speech to make sure that it flows naturally and logically. You'll also need to make sure that you know how you're coming across while giving the speech and heighten your good qualities while downplaying the less good qualities. Even if public speaking is something like having to answer a question in class, you will still need to make sure that you know your subject. This can help you feel and present as more confident, which will make a good impression on your listeners. Train your body. While speaking in public isn't like running a race, there are still things you can do to make sure that your body cooperates with you. This goes beyond not shifting your weight from foot to foot while you're talking (hold your toes still and you won't find yourself doing this). It has to do with breathing, with projecting and making sure you're speaking properly. Speak from your diaphragm. This will help you to project clearly and loudly so that your audience can hear you without seeming like you're straining or shouting. As an exercise, stand up straight and put your hand on your abdomen. Breathe in, and breathe out. Count to 5 on a breath and then 10 on a breath. You'll feel your abdomen start to relax. You want to be breathing and speaking from that relaxed state. Modulate your tone. Figure out what the pitch of your voice is. Too high? Too low? Going into registers only dogs can hear? Relaxing, standing in a comfortable (but upright) position and breathing properly will help you find a more comfortable and more pleasant tone. Avoid throat breathing and upper chest breathing, as these both can add to your anxiety and tighten up your throat. In consequence, your voice will sound more strained and uncomfortable. Chewing gum for a few minutes before giving a speech will increase blood flow to your brain, making it easier to focus and concentrate. Opt for a sugar-free variety so you don't create a spike in your blood sugar, and be sure to spit it out before you give your speech. Practice pacing. People speak a lot more quickly when they're just having a conversation, but that sort of speech doesn't work when you're speaking in front of a group. Your audience needs to be able to follow along with what you're saying and be allowed time to process the speech. Try to speak more slowly and more carefully than a typical conversational tone. Make sure that you allow for pauses between different ideas, or especially important themes, so that your audience has time to understand and reflect on what you just said. Practice proper articulation and pronunciation. Articulation is when you're pronouncing sounds. Focus especially on enunciating these sounds: b, d, g, dz (j in jelly), p, t, k, ts, (ch in chilly). For pronunciation, you want to make sure you know how to pronounce all your words and that you've practiced pronouncing the more difficult ones. Eliminate the 'um's and placeholder words such as "like." When public speaking, these words make you sound as if you don't know what you're talking about. If you need to gather your thoughts, you can always pause — doing so will appear deliberate. Know your speech. Knowing your speech is just as important as knowing the subject you're giving the speech on. There are also different ways of giving speeches, so you'll need to pick the way that works best for you. To give a speech, you'll need to either have some sort of note cards or outline. Or you can do it from memory, if that is something that you do well (don't try this if you aren't super confident you can do it). You don't need to write down every single thing on your note cards (leave a little room for improvisation), although it can be helpful to make notes of things like "pause after this information" or "remember to breathe" so that you actually remember to do those things. Memorize your speech. While you don't necessarily have to memorize your speech or talking points, it can be a great way to help you appear confident and easy in your subject matter. Make sure that you have enough time set aside to do this, however. Write out your speech over and over. This method helps you to remember the speech. The more you write it out, the easier it will be to recall it. Once you've written it multiple times, test yourself on how well you remember it. If there were parts you couldn't remember, write those specific parts over and over again. Break your speech down into smaller parts and memorize each of those parts. It is really hard to memorize an entire speech in one go. The best thing to do is memorize it in small chunks (start with each bullet point, and then move up to memorizing your 3 different main points, etc.). Practice your speech as you walk through your home. Begin in the entryway and recite your introduction. Move to the next room as you begin the body of your speech. Continue moving through your home as you progress through your speech. Then, do it all over again. Moving into each room will remind you of the part of your speech that corresponds with that area, helping you to memorize the words. Use the loci method. Break down your speech into paragraphs or bullet points. Visualize a picture for each bullet point (like imagining a Harry Potter if you're talking about J.K. Rowling's influence on children's literature). Determine a location for each of the points (like Hogwarts for Rowling, a meadow for Stephenie Meyer, etc.). Now you'll progress through the locations (you fly on a broomstick from Hogwarts to the meadow, for example). If you have multiple things to say about each specific point, then put them in specific places around the location (like a point about Harry Potter's popularity in the Main Hall, or the effect she had on revamping the genre in the Quidditch field). Know your audience. You need to know who you're giving your speech to, because things that might go over well with one type of audience are going to anger or bore another type. For example: you wouldn't want to be informal during a business presentation, but you might be informal with a group of college students. Before you give your speech, interview 3-5 people who will be in the audience, if possible. This works best if you will be speaking to a specific association or group. Ask if there are any buzzwords relating to their industry or group that you can incorporate into your speech. Humor is a great way to loosen yourself and your audience up. There's usually a type of humor that fits most public speaking situations (but not always!). It's good to start off with a little humor to lighten the atmosphere and give the impression of confidence. Telling a funny (and true) story can be a good way to do this. Figure out what it is you're trying to get across to the audience. Are you trying to give them new information? Rehash old information? Are you trying to persuade them to do something? This will help you focus your speaking around the main point that you want to get across. Practice. This is hugely important if you want your speaking in public venture to go well. It's not enough to know your material and what you're trying to get across. You need to have done it enough times that you feel easy in it. It's like breaking in shoes. The first few times you wear them you're going to get blisters, but soon they'll be comfortable and fit you well. Try to visit the space you'll be speaking in and practice there. This will give you greater confidence because you're more familiar with the area. Video your practicing and find your strengths and weaknesses. Although it can be daunting to watch yourself on video, it's a great way to see where your strengths and weaknesses are. You'll notice what your nervous physical tics are (shifting from foot to foot, running your hands through your hair) and you can work on eliminating them or keeping them to a minimum. Pick the right type of speech. The 3 types of speeches are informative, persuasive, entertaining. While there can be overlap between the different types, they each have a specific function that they fulfill. However, the best speeches incorporate all 3 types. An informative speech's main purpose is to give facts, details, and examples. Even if you are trying to persuade your audience, it is still about the basic facts and information. A persuasive speech is all about persuading your audience. You will employ facts, but also emotion, logic, your own experiences, etc. The purpose of an entertaining speech fulfills a social need, but often uses some of the aspects of an informative speech (like a wedding toast, or an acceptance speech). Avoid a rambling opening. You've definitely heard the speech that opens with "when I was asked to give this speech, I wondered what to say..." Don't do it. This is one of the most boring ways to start a speech. It rambles all over the place through the presenter's personal life, and is almost never as entertaining as the presenter thinks it is. Start your speech by giving your main, overarching idea, and the 3 (or so) main points you have to support and elaborate on it. Your audience is going to remember your opening and your closing better than they remember any other part of the speech. Aim to connect with your audience and comment about them in your opener. Keep in mind that the speech is about benefiting your audience, not about you. Open it in a way that gets your audience's attention right off the bat. This means offering up a surprising fact or statistic, or asking a question and blowing your audience's preconceptions out of the water. Have a clear structure. To avoid having a speech that ends up all over the place, you will need to construct a clear format. Remember, you're not trying to overwhelm your audience with facts and ideas. Have one overarching idea. Ask yourself what are you trying to get across to the audience? What do you want them to take away from your speech? Why should they agree with what you're saying? For example: if you are giving a lecture on national trends in literature, consider why your audience should care. You don't want to just spit facts out at your audience. You'll need several main points that back up your overarching idea or point. The best number is usual 3 main points. For example: If your overarching idea is that national children's literature is becoming more diverse, have 1 point showing the new trends, have a second point showing the reception of this new diversity by the public, and a third point talk about why this new diverse children's fiction matters. Use the right language. Language is incredibly important in writing and in giving a speech. You'll want to stay away from lots of really big and unwieldy words, because no matter how smart your audience is, they're going to lose interest quickly if you're hitting them over the head with the dictionary. Use striking adverbs and adjectives. You want to enliven your speech and your audience. For example: instead of "Children's literature offers a range of diverse perspectives" say "Children's literature offers a new range of exciting and diverse perspectives." However, avoid overusing adverbs and adjectives. It's often better to choose a concrete verb, like trudged, than to use and adverb and a verb together, such as “walked slowly.” When using adjectives, ensure they support the noun. It's more impactful to say the man's skin was as worn as leather than to say he was an old man. Use images that make your audience sit up and take notice. Winston Churchill used the phrase "the iron curtain" to describe the secrecy of the Soviet Union. Striking images linger in your audience's consciousness (as seen by the fact "the iron curtain" has become a household phrase). Repetition is also a great way to remind your audience why your speech is important (think of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I had a dream..." speech). It hammers home your points and makes it so they can't forget the overarching theme. Keep it simple. You want your audience to be able to easily follow your speech and to remember when you're finished. Not only does that mean having striking images and surprising facts, it means that it needs to be simple and to the point. If you meander into the quagmires of tangentially related subjects, you're going to lose your audience. Use short sentences and short phrases. These can be used for great dramatic effect. For example the phrase "never again." It is short and to the point and packs a powerful punch. Keep in mind that you should vary the sentence lengths, rather than only using short sentences. Your speech will flow better if there is variety in it. And, rambling sentences can be useful if they have a purpose, such as expressing a stressful situation you encountered. You can also use short, pithy quotes. Lots of famous people have said funny, or powerful statements in a very short amount of space. You can Try to make your own or utilize ones that are already in place. For example: Franklin D. Roosevelt said "Be sincere; be brief; be seated." Deal with your anxiety. Pretty much everyone gets a little anxious before they have to get up in front of people and talk. Hopefully, you're already prepared with your speech and you know how to give it. Fortunately there are some ways to make those jitters more manageable. Rid yourself of adrenaline by doing a few jumping jacks, lifting your hands above your head, or clenching and unclenching your hands several times. Take 3 deep, slow breaths. This will clear your system and get you ready to breathe properly during the speech. Stand confidently in a relaxed and upright posture, with your feet shoulder-width apart. This will trick your brain into thinking that you're confident and make it easier to give the speech. Smile at the audience. Smile at them as they come into the room (if you're out there) or smile when you get up in front of them. This will make it seem like you're confident and ease the atmosphere both for you and for them. Smile even if you feel like hurling (especially if you feeling like hurling). This will help trick your brain into feeling confident and at ease. Give a performance. Speaking in public, of any kind, is all about performance. You can make your speech interesting or boring depending on the performance you give. You need to have an onstage persona that you use while you're speaking. However, you should be authentic and avoid over-acting. Tell a story. Part of your performance is giving the speech or speaking like you're telling a story. People love stories and it will make it easier for them to connect with you, even if you're talking about something factually based. use your overarching theme or subject as the basis of the story. Why should the audience care about your topic? What's the point? Try to have a balance between your rehearsed speech and some spontaneity. People don't want to sit there and watch you mumble through your note cards. It's a good idea to give yourself space to expand on your subject free of the note cards and to add a few side stories to give interest. Use your hands to help you make points. You don't want to be flailing about onstage, but neither do you want to be standing stock still while you talk. It's good to use controlled gestures to make points as you speak. Vary your voice while you're speaking. Your audience will be asleep in 10 seconds flat if you only speak in one long monotone. Get excited about your subject and show that in your inflections. Engage the audience. You want to make sure your audience is in your power, which means engaging them in the material no matter what it happens to be. This comes down to being an interesting speaker more than it comes down to an interesting topic. Look at your audience. Mentally split your room up into sections and make eye contact with one person in each section on a rotational basis. If you have time, ask your audience questions during your speech. You could open up each different section of your speech with questions that people can answer before you show them your information. It will make them feel as if they are part of your speech. Keep in mind that this could be distracting, though, so you may want to stick with rhetorical questions. Talk more slowly. One of the things people fail most frequently in while trying to speak in public is by talking too fast. Your normal conversational speed is a lot faster than the speed that you'll be using for your speech. If you feel you're going too slow, you're probably going just right. Take a drink of water if you find yourself whipping through your speech. It will help give your audience a second to catch up and it will let you take a moment to slow down. If you do have a friend or family member in the audience, arrange a signal with them so they can let you know if you're going too fast. Glance their way occasionally throughout your speech so that you know you're on track. Have a good closing. People remember the beginning and the ending of a speech, they rarely remember the middle bits. Because of this you want to make sure that you have an ending that they will remember. Make sure that your audience knows why this subject is important and why they should have this information. If you can, end with a call to action. For example: if you're giving a speech about the importance of art classes in schools, end by giving your audience something that they can do about the fact that art electives are being cut. End with a story that illustrates your main point. Again, people like stories. Give a story of a way this information benefited someone, or the dangers of not having this information, or how it specifically relates to your audience (people are more interested when things are about them).	Know your subject. Train your body. Practice pacing. Know your speech. Memorize your speech. Know your audience. Practice. Pick the right type of speech. Avoid a rambling opening. Have a clear structure. Use the right language. Keep it simple. Deal with your anxiety. Smile at the audience. Give a performance. Engage the audience. Talk more slowly. Have a good closing.
https://www.wikihow.com/Perform-Well-in-a-Debate	How to Perform Well in a Debate	To perform well in a debate, speak slowly and enunciate your words so your audience has more time to process all of the points you're making. You should also try to vary the tone of your voice while you're speaking, which will make your speech more interesting and engaging. For example, if you're talking about a shocking statistic, use a tone of surprise to help get your point across. Additionally, maintain good eye contact with your audience and your adjudicator throughout the debate so they feel like you're speaking directly to them. When you're ready to end your debate, heighten your tone of voice and speak a little bit faster for your closing arguments to show that you're passionate about the topic.	Discover how to persuade through Invention. The five canons of rhetoric were first coined by the Roman philosopher Cicero in the first century. Cicero laid out these five major rules of rhetoric, dividing skillful argumentation into more digestible parts. The first step of rhetoric is called Invention. It refers to the nascent stages of an argument, where you discover the pressing nature of your argument for your particular audience. You'll need to have an understanding of your audience's desires and needs, as well as how to best appeal to them. When appealing to your audience, think about a balance of logos, ethos, and pathos. These three modes of persuasion will be used to convince your audience to believe in your argument. Each will provoke a different reaction from a crowd, and you must change your approach to adapt to the needs of your audience. A more logical approach, resting mainly on logos, might be appropriate when your audience wants factual evidence of how you'll improve their dire circumstances. When trying to keep an even tone and seem unbiased, employ more ethos in your speech. This is good for a more formal audience, but one that you still need to empathize with you, or the situation that you're being faced with. Pathos has the potential to become manipulative in the wrong occasion, but when done right, you can inspire particular strong emotions within your audience. These emotions have the power to drastically change the course of your speech. Mastering the art of rhetoric will ensure that your prepared speech is as strong as possible. This will booster your ability to perform this argument. Assemble your argument with Arrangement. The order that your audience hears your argument has a massive effect on how they'll perceive your speech. You've most likely come across the five-paragraph essay in your studies. While this format isn't appropriate for all speeches, the basic layout is based on Greek and Roman argumentative structures. The five steps are as follows: Introduction. Express your message and why it's important to your audience, as well as yourself. Statement of fact. Break down the general thesis of your argument into smaller parts. This is where you name reasons why the current issue exists. Confirmation, or proof. Craft your main argument here, as well as reasons why your argument is a successful one. Refutation. Acknowledge your opposition, giving some credence to their argument, before challenging their point-of-view. Conclusion. Wrap up your main points of your argument and give instructions on what you want your audience to do or think. Express your argument as you improve your Style. You don't want your argument to be riddled with cliches or tired language. Get creative with your speech, expressing salient points in a dynamic way. Ensuring that you are proud of your style will help you perform it with much more conviction. You should also adjust your style to fit your audience. Make sure you express your ideas in a way that aligns with the moral and intellectual level of your audience. You can make active use of various linguistic tropes when arranging your arguments. Also known as "figures of speech," these tropes are tried and true methods in composing a sleek and compelling argument. Antithesis will help you contrast ideas and phrases, as will skillful juxtaposition. Metaphor and simile are both nice ways to equate one idea to another. Any of these tropes will add spice to your writing. Speak without paper by committing your speech to Memory. While it may seem fairly simple, it's good to remember that a memorized speech will always impress more than a speech read off a paper. It's worth noting that certain aspects of your debate will have to be performed on the fly. By memorizing the facts of your topic, however, you'll be able to recount these facts organically. This will help you grow more confident in improvising your speech. Amplify your performance techniques, highlighting your Delivery. The final canon of rhetoric, Delivery, will lead your directly into mastering the art of performance in a debate. Focused primarily on gesture, body language, and tone, your delivery is key in impressing points upon your audience. Your facts may be completely accurate, but if you can't properly connect these points to an audience, much of your speech will be missed. Delivery will also vary to fit your audience. When speaking to a smaller audience, you can make more eye contact, speak more directly to those listening to you. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Fireside Chats," for example, were radio broadcasts intended to feel intimate for everyone listening in. His larger speeches, in contrast, felt more immediate and righteous, fitting the more massive scope of their subject matter. Eliminate filler words. When your speech is riddled with "uh's" and "'um's" and other various aspirated sounds, you appear to know less than you actually do. Your verbal hesitations also suggest that you are taking time to find your next word. You want to avoid this in debate, as you're aiming to express mastery over your intended topic. The "uh" sound usually takes less time to overcome in speech. It suggests that you've just finished one point, and you're taking a moment to move onto the next. Your "um" sounds can be far more dangerous, as they suggest that you may be searching for completely unfamiliar information. You'll want to eliminate both from your speech patterns in formal debate, however, as both suggest a stalling in your thought process. Try replacing your filler sounds with silence. This will give your audience time to stew on your last point, and it will also give you time to generate your stimulus for your next idea. Remember that everyone needs time to process before moving to their next sentence. You aren't eliminating this thought process. You are, however, making it appear that you are thinking less than you actually are. Find synonyms for overused language. It's easy to settle into overused words in phrases while debating, especially because a great deal of your speech will be founded in your research. There's a tendency for politicians to rest back on trite language, and you want to avoid falling into those traps while you debate. When your work is highly researched, it runs the risk of becoming pedantic. If you're simply regurgitating facts from academia, your rhetoric can quickly become dull and overly intellectual. Look out for words such as "capitalist" or "dichotomy." These sorts of words, while thick with various meanings, have been dulled by overuse in the past few years. Speak slowly and enunciate. There's a tendency, especially among young debaters, to fire off facts in a rapid, nearly manic way. While you don't want to make your speech drag, there are many benefits to slowing down your speech patterns. When you slow down your speech, you give your audience and your adjudicator more time to process your strong points. It's much easier to enunciate if you slow down the pace of your speech. You may be able to get through a larger quantity of points, but it's unlikely that all of them will be heard. Try the "pencil-in-mouth" drill if you want to improve your articulation. Stick a pencil in your mouth, parallel to your forehead, and practice your speech while holding it in place. You'll have to verbalize around this obstacle in your mouth, working harder to enunciate your syllables. When you remove the pencil, you'll find that your speech is far clearer. Keep that same level of enunciation when you're performing. When you blend enunciation with a slower manner of speech, it'll be easier for others to dissect your points. Invent your rebuttals calmly. Before opening your mouth, take a moment to take a deep breath and calm down your mind. There's a lot of pressure riding on the rebuttal portion of the debate, especially as you have to connect your various points in an improvised fashion. Boil your arguments into more specific points, mentally, before launching in. You won't win this portion of your debate by scattering new ideas into the air at the last moment. Sum up your argument into one or two sentences. You'll obviously be extrapolating on these points, but it'll help you to have a logical home base to return to. Focus on what you know you've done successfully. Don't be hard on yourself for taking the "path of least resistance" when going for the win. Consolidate your movement. Using gesture can be extremely helpful in elaborating on your points. All public speaking is, after all, just an attempt to seem natural and accessible in front of a larger crowd. Remember the basic NODS rule of physical gesture, which dictate that all your movement should Neutral, Open, Defined, and Strong. You generally have a large stage to inhabit while debating. Occupy this space fully. You don't want to be pacing nervously, but you do want to ensure that you look comfortable speaking in front of others. Don't rely on gesture as a nervous tick. If you're releasing anxiety through gesture, then your gestures will not be strong. Instead, they'll add unnecessary motion, distracting from your speech. Establish eye contact. It's unlikely that you'll win your debate if you aren't making eye contact with both your audience and your adjudicator. In speaking in any public setting, the crowd will feel a trust in you if you can connect directly to them using the eyes. Even brief moments of connection will serve you well, as for that instance, one person will feel that you are speaking directly to them. After you make eye contact with one person in the audience, deliver your next line or phrase to the next person. This way, you'll connect with a larger number of people in a one-on-one way. You can also use eye contact to silence a distracting presence in your audience. If someone isn't paying attention to you, then a prolonged stare will make them feel uncomfortable. The hope, then, is that they'll quiet down, or at least attempt to be less distracting. Diversify your tone. No one wants to listen to a monotonous speaker, especially if you're being judged on your ability to craft a compelling argument. Changing your tone throughout will also highlight the breadth of your argument, as you should adapt for each section of your speech. If you're speaking about grisly, violent details, you'll want to adapt a tone of disgust. When slipping in a mild joke or self-aware remark, a humorous or light-hearted tone can be very effective. Above all, your tone should always have some level of urgency. This proves that you aren't avoiding the importance of the topic at hand. Diversifying your tone is very important, but you never want to forget the core of your speech. Master the dramatic pause. Any moment of stillness, in a debate, should feel important. Because so much of debate revolves around the power of oration, any break in the action will feel heavy. The dramatic and power pauses are the longest, and often the most successful. They come directly after and before large moments in a speech, respectively. When done poorly, these major pauses can really tank an argument. Make sure that you've built up to this pause with a great deal of momentum. That way, your silence will be earned. Pauses can range in their use, from dividing major points in a paragraph to allowing you to get a drink of water. Make sure that you're losing your pauses appropriately, as you don't want to break your focus with too much regularity. Close your debate with passion. You always want to maintain immediacy while debating, but you want to make sure that you aren't letting your argument get away from you. If there's a time to relinquish some control, however, it's in your closing statements. Often referred to as a "final blast," your closing remark takes familiar points from your speech and amplifies them with a final appeal to your audience. You can achieve this with a heightened tone of voice, or you can allow your speech to move a bit quicker than it normally would. Poking small holes in your composure will amplify your power as an orator, and this last effort may be crucial in solidifying a win.	Discover how to persuade through Invention. Assemble your argument with Arrangement. Express your argument as you improve your Style. Speak without paper by committing your speech to Memory. Amplify your performance techniques, highlighting your Delivery. Eliminate filler words. Find synonyms for overused language. Speak slowly and enunciate. Invent your rebuttals calmly. Consolidate your movement. Establish eye contact. Diversify your tone. Master the dramatic pause. Close your debate with passion.
https://www.wikihow.com/Write-an-Informal-Letter	How to Write an Informal Letter	To write an informal letter, start by writing your recipient's name at the top of the letter with an appropriate salutation, like “Dear,” “My darling,” or “Hi.” Once you greet your recipient, fill out the body of the letter with your message, which can be as long or as short as needed. When you're done writing your message, write a short closing to wrap up the letter, like “Sincerely,” “Yours truly,” or “With love.” After this closing, sign your first name, full name, or nickname, depending on your level of familiarity with the person you're writing to. If you want to add a personal touch to your letter, use fun colored ink or draw pictures in the margins.	Note your address and the date (optional). In the upper lefthand corner of a clean sheet of paper or new word processor document, put down your current location in one or two lines. Directly under that, record the day's date, making sure to mention at least the month and year. You can either spell out the full date ("Wednesday, February 12th, 2018") or use the abbreviated numeral form ("2/12/18") to keep things simple. Including these details is a good way to let your recipient know when and where the letter was written, which can be especially useful if you're in different parts of the world. Write your recipient's name at the top of the letter. Begin your letter by addressing the person it's intended for by name. Traditionally, the opening address goes in the upper lefthand side of the page, but you can put it anywhere you want as long as you have enough room to include your message beneath it. If you want, you can add a salutation before your recipient's name, such as “Dear,” “My darling,” or even just “Hey.” If you're composing an open letter and don't know the name of the person who will be reading it, start with a general address like, “To whom it may concern” or “To whoever reads this letter.” Fill out the body of the letter with your message. Use the space underneath your recipient's name to say whatever you want to say. The body of your letter can be as long as you want it to be, so don't feel like you have to keep it within the confines of a single page. Pour your heart out! Once you run out of room on the first page, start a new one or flip your paper over and continue writing on the back. Picking out a lined type of paper, like notebook or journal paper, can help you keep your handwriting neat and organized. Write a short closing to wrap up the letter. Once you've gotten your message across in the body of your letter, leave a little room (about the space of a single typed line) below your last sentence to include a brief sign-off. Your closing line might say something like, “Sincerely,” “Yours truly,” or “With love.” The closing essentially signals to your recipient that they've reached the end of the letter. Since you're not sending a formal letter, there's no need to add a closing if you don't want to—you can always just sign off with your name. Sign your name at the bottom of the letter. Put your name right under your closing line (if you included one) so that the closing acts as a lead-in for your signature. You can sign your name in cursive or formal script if you like, but it's also okay to simply print or type it instead. You might use your full name, first name, or a nickname depending on your level of familiarity with the person you're writing to. Keep your language conversational for a more personable feel. Informal letters are meant to be read in a relaxed, casual way. Feel free to use contractions, hypothetical questions, inside jokes, and other figures of speech. This will help your natural voice come through to your reader. If you're not sure what to say, it can be helpful to imagine that you're having a conversation with a friend and simply write the way you would talk. Use colored ink or fonts to liven up your correspondence. Black ink is for newspapers and dull, rigid formal letters. Grab your most vibrant pens or change the default text color in your word processor and put a little personality on the page. Blue, green, red, and other funky shades can all be fun attention grabbers, especially if you're writing to a close friend. Mixing up your use of colors is a great way to break up the monotony and emphasize key words or phrases. Make sure the color you choose contrasts your letter paper enough to be plainly visible. Otherwise, your message may be hard to read. Draw in the margins of handwritten letters to lend a little visual flair. Take advantage of the extra space on either side of the page by filling it with doodles, symbols, or quirky notes. Elements like these will allow you to express yourself creatively and give your reader something else to look at. You might spice up your description of that time you spotted Bigfoot at the mall by including an artist's rendering of what he looked like. Similarly, if you happen to catch a typo while reading back over your letter, you could turn it into a joke by crossing it out and scribbling, “I promise I know how to spell!” next to it. Fold your letter twice vertically so it will fit in an envelope. Take the bottom two corners of your letter paper and fold them about ⅓ of the way up the sheet. Then, fold the doubled section over one more time to create a neat that will fold in any business envelope. This method works best with standard 8.5 inches (22 cm) x 11 inches (28 cm) printer paper, but it can be used to fold papers of other sizes, too. Place your letter in an envelope and seal it up. Slip your letter into the envelope widthwise to make sure it will fit. To seal the envelope, lick the glue strip lining the inner edge of the flap to moisten it. Then, lower the flap and apply gentle pressure for a few seconds until the adhesive sticks. Keep in mind that envelopes come in various shapes and sizes. If you're having trouble cramming your letter into a standard business envelope, try shopping around for one that's a better fit. Print your recipient's mailing information on the face of the envelope. Somewhere near the center of the envelope, write the person's first and last name, their full address, and the city, state or province, and postal code where they live. Don't forget to specify an apartment number after the street address if your recipient doesn't live in a house. If you want the person to know who the letter is from before they open it, scribble your own address in the upper lefthand corner of the envelope. Stick a stamp in the upper righthand corner of the envelope. Position your stamp directly across from the return address, where it can easily be seen by your mail handler. Once you've applied the proper postage to your letter, you'll be ready to drop it in the mailbox and send it off to your recipient! You'll only need to use a single stamp for envelopes weighing less than 1 ounce (28 g). Affixing your postage somewhere other than the upper lefthand corner of the envelope could confuse the sorting machine at the post office. In some cases, your letter may even be sent back to you.	Note your address and the date (optional). Write your recipient's name at the top of the letter. Fill out the body of the letter with your message. Write a short closing to wrap up the letter. Sign your name at the bottom of the letter. Keep your language conversational for a more personable feel. Use colored ink or fonts to liven up your correspondence. Draw in the margins of handwritten letters to lend a little visual flair. Fold your letter twice vertically so it will fit in an envelope. Place your letter in an envelope and seal it up. Print your recipient's mailing information on the face of the envelope. Stick a stamp in the upper righthand corner of the envelope.
https://www.wikihow.com/Julienne-Carrots	How to Julienne Carrots	To julienne a carrot, first peel the carrot with a vegetable peeler or paring knife. Then, cut the carrot crosswise into 2-inch (5-cm) pieces. Cut a thin slice off of one side on each piece so they can lie flat. Repeat 3 more times on each piece to square them. Next, cut the pieces lengthwise into slices that are ⅛-inch (0.3 cm) thick. Stack the slices on top of each other. Finally, cut the stacked slices lengthwise into ⅛-inch (0.3 cm) thick matchsticks.	Chop the carrot in half. A whole carrot is usually too cumbersome to julienne, so it helps to cut your carrots into smaller pieces. Use a sharp chef's knife to slice the carrot in half horizontally. If a carrot is particularly long, you may want to cut it into three or four pieces. You'll have the easiest time julienning pieces that are approximately 3- to 4-inches (8 to 10 cm) long or smaller. It's important to work on a cutting board so you don't damage your countertop or other surface while you're julienning the carrots. Slice the halves down the middle lengthwise. Take your carrot halves and use your knife to cut them each down the middle lengthwise. Be careful to curl your fingertips out of the way because the round shape of the carrot means it may move as you're cutting. If your carrot keeps moving as you're trying to cut, you may want to slice a small piece off on one side to create a flat surface to steady it. The safest positioning when holding a carrot for cutting consists of your fingertips bent at the top knuckle, so that your fingernails are vertical to the carrot. You can also apply slight pressure with your fingernails as a means of holding the carrot steady from this position Cut each carrot piece into four. Place the carrot pieces with the cut side facing down to steady them. Slice each piece into four equal pieces with your knife. The pieces that you cut should be rectangular in shape. Divide all of the smaller carrot pieces into thirds. Take each of the four carrot pieces and use your knife to cut them into thirds. If you want even thinner pieces, you can cut them into more pieces until the carrot sticks are as thin as you want. The finished julienned carrot pieces should resemble matchsticks. Set the mandoline on a flat surface. While a mandoline is often safer to use than a knife, it is still extremely sharp and can be dangerous if you don't use it properly. Make sure to set the tool on a flat, even surface, so it doesn't move around as you're julienning the carrots. The best surface to put the mandoline on is a cutting board that is secure on your countertop so it won't move around either. Choose the julienne or stick blade on the mandoline. Mandolines typically come with multiple blades that allow you to cut vegetables and fruits in a variety of ways. For julienning the carrots, you'll want to use the julienne blade. On some models, it may be called the stick blade. On some mandolines, you have to attach the julienne or stick blade manually. On others, you simply move the blade into place. Consult your instruction manual to see how to adjust the blade. If your mandoline has multiple julienne or stick blades, pay attention to the thickness to ensure that you julienne the carrot to the right size. Place the carrot on the food guard. Because the blades on a mandoline are so sharp, you run the risk of cutting yourself if you move the carrot directly over the tool with your hand. Most models come with a food guard, which serve as a barrier between your hand and the blades. Stick the carrot on the prongs on the guard to ensure that it's firmly in place. If your mandoline didn't come with a food guard, you can purchase one separately. If you feel like you don't have control over the carrot with the food guard, you can also purchase a stainless steel mesh hand glove that protects the hand holding the carrot from the blades. Run the carrot over the blade to cut. When the carrot it firmly on the food guard, run it over the blade to julienne the carrot. It typically takes several swipes over the blade with the carrot to julienne the entire piece. Wash the carrots. When you get the carrots home from the grocery store or farmer's market, they may still have dirt and bacteria on their skins. To prepare them for julienning, rinse them under cool water and scrub them with a vegetable brush under the running water. If you plan to peel your carrots, you don't necessarily need to scrub them. Peel the carrots. It's safe to eat carrot skin, but some people don't like its slightly bitter taste. Before julienning the carrots, you may want to use a Y-peeler to remove the skin, particularly if it's very thick. When you're running the peeler over the carrots, try to use a single stroke from the top to the bottom to keep the shape of the carrot as uniform as possible. Trim the carrots. To ensure that your carrots are ready for julienning, it's important to trim them. Use a sharp chef's knife to chop off the blunt edge at the top of the carrot, as well as the tip. Depending on what method of julienning that you're using, you may need to chop the carrot further.	Chop the carrot in half. Slice the halves down the middle lengthwise. Cut each carrot piece into four. Divide all of the smaller carrot pieces into thirds. Set the mandoline on a flat surface. Choose the julienne or stick blade on the mandoline. Place the carrot on the food guard. Run the carrot over the blade to cut. Wash the carrots. Peel the carrots. Trim the carrots.
https://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Cell-Phone	How to Fix a Cell Phone	If you have an older cell phone and a little knowledge about technology, you might be able to fix your phone at home. If your cell phone isn't charging, try it with a different charger to make sure that's not the problem. If it still doesn't charge, or if your battery loses its charge quickly, you probably need to replace your battery. If your phone has a removable battery, you can easily buy a new one and change it yourself. However, if your phone's back is glued on, you'll need some advanced tools to change the battery. Similarly, if you need to replace your phone's screen or motherboard, you'll need tools to melt the glue and open it up. If you're not sure how to approach this, take your phone to a repair shop instead.	Check the batteries. Batteries are one of the first parts that fail on phones. It's also one of the parts that are very easy to fix. When your phone quickly runs out of battery or it feels bloated, it's time to go to the nearest electronic store and purchase a new battery pack. When purchasing a new battery for your phone, remember to pick the one that's specifically for your phone only. Every phone has its own particular power rating and battery size. Purchase batteries only from your phone's OEM (original equipment manufacturer) store. If you can't find one, it's best to do a little research first to find out which replacement batteries have the highest quality in terms of feedbacks. Remove the back cover of your phone. Slide it or flip it off your phone's base casing to reveal the battery bay. Certain phone units have its own way of removing the back cover. Check your phone's owner's manual if you don't know how to remove the back cover. Remove the old battery and place the new one. Using your fingers, gently lift the battery off the bay and place the new pack you've bought. Charge your phone. Some new battery packs already have some power charged in it, but you still need to charge it first before use. When charging a new battery, do not interrupt or unplug the phone from the charger and let it complete the charging cycle before its first use. Have your phone checked at a repair shop. When you accidentally drop your phone, the first thing that can be damaged is its screen. When you can see cracks or dead pixels on the screen, it might be time to replace it. Go to any cell phone accessory or repair shop and try looking for a replacement screen. Just like batteries, you need to find the exact replacement screen for your particular phone model. Do not modify any aftermarket phone screens to fit yours because it will not work. Remove the back cover of your phone. Slide it or flip it off your phone's base casing to reveal its back panel. Remove all the screws that hold the back panel to the phone body. Do this using a screwdriver. Depending on the make and model of your phone, you'll either need a Philips or Torx screwdriver. After removing the back panel, check if there are any screws holding the motherboard in place and remove it first. Normally, the phone's motherboard should safely come off too, giving you access to the phone's screen. Disconnect the screen from the motherboard. These two are usually just connected using plugin-type connectors. Gently pull off the connectors to release it from each other. Connect the new screen to the motherboard. If you've bought the same exact replacement screen for your phone, you should see the same plugin-type connectors on the new screen, allowing you to easily join it with the motherboard. Place the back panel back and replace the screws. Make sure that everything's firmly in place and that no parts, internal or external, are loosely placed. Shake the phone a little (not too hard!) and check if you can hear some parts rattling. If you do, check the connections inside again and tighten anything that's not held in place firmly. Check the battery. One of the most common issues that phones experience is when it's not charging anymore. You plug it into a wall outlet, but it won't charge its battery. The first thing you need to do is to check the condition of the battery, which you can do by following the method mentioned above. Check the charger. Take another phone that the charger is compatible to and see if that unit can recharge its battery. If it doesn't, it's time to replace your charger. Purchase a charger. Go to the nearest cell phone accessory shop and purchase a charger compatible to your phone. You can choose to buy replacements, but it's most advisable to purchase only original, OEM phone chargers. Keep in mind to buy chargers with same ampere rating as your old one. Do not use chargers with high ampere ratings even if it fits the charging port on your phone. Doing so could cause your good battery to bloat or even explode. Replace the motherboard. A phone's motherboard carries all of its important components like the built-in camera, speakers, and other important modules. When a specific part of a phone gets damaged or breaks down, replacing its motherboard is one of the best solutions. #*Purchase a replacement or OEM motherboard for your phone from any service centers or repair shops online or near your location. When purchasing a motherboard, remember to buy the same exact model that's currently installed on your phone to avoid any compatibility issues. Remove the back cover of your phone. Slide it or flip it off your phone's base casing to reveal its back panel. Remove the screws. Take a screwdriver and remove all the screws that hold the back panel to the phone body. Depending on the make and model of your phone, you'll either need a Philips or Torx screwdriver. After removing the back panel, check if there are any screws holding the motherboard in place and remove it first. Normally, the phone's motherboard should safely come off too, giving you access to the phone's screen. Disconnect the screen from the motherboard. These two are usually just connected using plugin-type connectors. Gently pull off the connectors to release it from each other. Connect the screen to the new motherboard. If you've bought the same exact replacement motherboard for your phone, you should see the same plugin-type connectors on the new motherboard, allowing you to easily join it with the screen. Place the back panel back and replace the screws. Make sure that everything's firmly in place and that no parts, internal or external, are loosely placed. Shake the phone a little (not too hard!) and check if you can hear some parts rattling. If you do, check the connections inside again and tighten anything that's not held in place firmly. Get it out of the water quickly. Don't dread if you dropped your phone in water. Though the situation may look pretty bad, it's actually simple to fix. Get your phone out of the water as soon as you drop it to prevent any further damage. If the phone switched itself off when you dropped it, do NOT attempt to switch it on. Doing so will risk your phone getting shorted out. Get a bag of uncooked rice. Get at least 2 kilos, and place your dripping phone inside the bag. Leave your phone inside the bag for at least 3–5 days. The uncooked rice will absorb all the moisture that got inside your phone, drying it up. Switch on your phone. After 3–5 days, switch on your phone and let it run for a few hours to heat its parts up before plugging it into a charger.	Check the batteries. Remove the back cover of your phone. Remove the old battery and place the new one. Charge your phone. Have your phone checked at a repair shop. Remove the back cover of your phone. Remove all the screws that hold the back panel to the phone body. Disconnect the screen from the motherboard. Connect the new screen to the motherboard. Place the back panel back and replace the screws. Check the battery. Check the charger. Purchase a charger. Replace the motherboard. Remove the back cover of your phone. Remove the screws. Disconnect the screen from the motherboard. Connect the screen to the new motherboard. Place the back panel back and replace the screws. Get it out of the water quickly. Get a bag of uncooked rice. Leave your phone inside the bag for at least 3–5 days. Switch on your phone.
https://www.wikihow.com/Dress-for-a-Big-Bust	How to Dress for a Big Bust	To dress for a big bust, choose scoop necks or V-neck shirts and dresses, since they lengthen your silhouette and direct the eye downwards. You should also size up with button-down shirts, or else the buttons may not fit around your bust. When dressing for the office, wear an A-line or pencil skirt with a tucked-in shirt to help lengthen your torso. If you want to wear a dress, choose one that emphasizes your waistline, like a wrap dress, fit and flare, or color block dress. For a more casual look, wear boyfriend jeans with a tucked in t-shirt, since wide-legged jeans look great on women with a bigger bust. Just avoid skinny jeans, since these may draw even more attention to your breasts.	Ensure you have a well-fitting bra. For busty women, the most important starting point for a stylish outfit is finding the correct bra. It should offer full-breast coverage and give your chest shape without over-accentuating its size. Try a nude-colored bra, which helps to eliminate outlines under sheer T-shirts. Take a look at brands like ThirdLove, Chantelle, or Wacoal, which go up to sizes G and H and offer cute styles. Try to find simple lines and silhouettes. Details like ruffles, frills, breast pockets, and ruched fabric will make your breasts seem larger. Focus on tops with clean lines that won't call attention to your bust. Pick a flattering fabric for tops or dresses. The ideal materials will be stretchy while also providing support and structure—stretch cotton or gabardine, for instance. Fabrics to generally avoid include: Shiny or metallic materials Ribbed knits Stiff fabrics Slinky jersey Select the right neckline. V-necks are often the most flattering on busty women because they lengthen the silhouette and direct the eyes downwards. Scoop necklines are also a good look for big breasts. Avoid polo, crew, cowl, and square necklines, which tend to draw attention to the bust. Watch out for overly deep V-necks—they may show off too much cleavage to be appropriate in certain settings. Look for sleeves that won’t draw attention to your chest. Focus on tops with long sleeves that flare below the elbow, or natural shoulder sleeves (where the shoulder seam aligns with your actual shoulder). If you're looking for a tank top, try finding one with wider straps—spaghetti straps can make your shoulders and chest appear much larger. Consider steering clear of these sleeve styles: Sleeves that finish at the line of the bust Drop shoulders Raglan sleeves Kimono-style sleeves Size up with button-down tops. Oxford shirts can be particularly tricky for big-busted women. The key is to buy a shirt that specifically fits your breasts (which may mean bumping up a size or two). Oxfords can be easy to style in a larger size—try tying it at the bottom, layering under sweaters or dresses, or half-tucking it in to your pants. Another option is to find a tailor, who can take in the shirt around the neckline, armholes, and lower torso. Find an A-line skirt that balances your bust. Look for A-line styles, which flare out and help maintain a proportional silhouette. Pair a tucked-in shirt with a skirt that has a slightly lower waistline, to help lengthen your torso. To accentuate your curves, try wearing a pencil skirt. Combine a solid-color top with a matching bottom. Finding a dress that fits perfectly can sometimes be tricky, since busty women often wear different sizes on top and bottom. By pairing separates of the same color, you can create the cohesive look of a dress without the sizing issues. Consider mixing textures to add visual interest and draw attention to your bottom half—a black leather skirt with a black cotton V-neck sweater, for instance. Pair boyfriend jeans with a tucked-in shirt. A wide-legged look can be great on a big-busted woman, since looser jeans or dress pants help to balance out their top half. Try pairing low-rise boyfriend jeans with a tucked-in, drapey T-shirt in a thick fabric such as terry cloth or densely woven cotton. Skinny jeans are not always the best option, since they can make your breasts look even larger. Wear a dress that emphasizes your waistline. The best dress styles for big busts include wrap dresses, fit and flare shapes, and neat A-line silhouettes. Short hemlines can be a plus, since they pull the eyes down to the legs and away from the chest area. Try strategic color-blocking to achieve a cinched-waist effect without a belt or tie. Throw on a blazer or jacket over your outfit. Watch out for double-breasted styles, which can sometimes add weight to your upper half. Go for narrow lapels—or ditch the lapels all together and choose a lapel-free vest or blazer. Don't worry about buttoning your blazer up, which can lead to gaping and pulling. It's stylish and work-appropriate to keep it open. Select a medium-length necklace. The best necklace for a big bust hangs around your throat or sternum and calls attention to the delicate line of your collarbone. Necklaces that are too long will hang off your bust instead of lying flat, while chokers draw the eyes up and make your breasts appear larger. Draw attention to your legs with high heels. A pair of statement heels can make legs look longer, diverting eyes from your chest. Shoes that are sparkly or brightly colored will attract even more attention. If you'd prefer not to wear heels, split-front booties offer another way to visually elongate your legs with footwear. Avoid bulky and oversized scarves. Blanket scarves or scarves knitted from chunky yarn serve to add extra volume to your bust. Try thinner materials, such as a cashmere pashmina, which will lay flatter. Find a belt that won’t take over your midsection. The right belt can help emphasize your waist. Watch out for too-wide styles which can have the opposite effect, erasing your waistline and overemphasizing the bust. Try a skinny belt paired with low-waisted pants, which highlights an hourglass figure.	Ensure you have a well-fitting bra. Try to find simple lines and silhouettes. Pick a flattering fabric for tops or dresses. Select the right neckline. Look for sleeves that won’t draw attention to your chest. Size up with button-down tops. Find an A-line skirt that balances your bust. Combine a solid-color top with a matching bottom. Pair boyfriend jeans with a tucked-in shirt. Wear a dress that emphasizes your waistline. Throw on a blazer or jacket over your outfit. Select a medium-length necklace. Draw attention to your legs with high heels. Avoid bulky and oversized scarves. Find a belt that won’t take over your midsection.
https://www.wikihow.com/Keep-Cats-off-the-Dinner-Table	How to Keep Cats off the Dinner Table	To keep your cat off the dinner table, try placing some lightweight cookie sheets along the edge of it so your cat will be startled when it jumps on the table and knocks over the sheets. Alternatively, line the edges with plastic carpet runners, which have a texture that cats don't like walking on. You can also try using double-sided tape that's safe for pets, such as Sticky Paws, since cats dislike sticky sensations on their paws.	Get indoor cat furniture. Since cats naturally like to climb, you shouldn't try to discourage your cat from climbing altogether. Instead, give him alternatives to climbing on your table and counters. A good substitute is "tree" style indoor cat furniture. These usually have perches and platforms for your cat to jump onto, which will satisfy the natural desire to climb. As an added bonus, they are usually coated with carpeting to make them a comfortable resting place for your cat. Make an alternate area attractive for your cat. Your cat might gravitate towards the kitchen table because he finds it comfortable. Counteract this by making another area more appealing. In addition to buying specialized cat furniture, you can take a few steps to turn a different area in your cat's favorite. Rub catnip on a certain area to attract your cat to it. Place your cat's food in the area you want him to go. Play with your cat in the new area. Pet him and give him praise so he learns to associate the new area with good feelings. Feed your cat more. Cats often roam around looking for food, which can lead them to kitchen tables and counters. If your cat keeps going up on the kitchen table, he may be searching for food. You can counteract this instinct by using a few different techniques to feed your cat. Try breaking up your cat's meals into several feeding times throughout the day. The continuous supply of food will help keep your cat's hunger satisfied and he won't roam around looking for food. You could also try free feeding your cat. With this method, you simply fill your cat's bowl at the beginning of the day and allow him to eat whenever he wants. This could also help keep him satisfied so he doesn't roam. Closely monitor your cat's weight, however, since free access to food could make him overweight. Avoid leaving any food out. An easy preventative measure to keep the cat off the table is to take away his reason to go up there. If your cat is roaming around because he's hungry, finding food on the table or counter will reinforce his reason for going up there. Don't leave any food out. That way, he'll learn that there's nothing to eat up there and may gradually stop going up on his own. Place lightweight cookie sheets on the edge of the table. Punishing the cat yourself when he goes up on the table probably won't get the desired result; he'll probably just end up afraid of you, not the table. Instead, make the environment punish him so he finds the area undesirable. One way to do this is with lightweight cookie sheets. Place the cookie sheets along the edge of the table. That way, when your cat jumps on the table, he'll knock them over. The resulting loud noise will startle your cat and he'll learn not to jump up on the table. Place plastic carpet runners on the table. These usually have plastic bumps on the bottoms to provide traction on a carpet. Place the runner upside down so these bumps are facing up. Your cat won't enjoy the sensation of walking on this and should gradually stop going on the table. Use double-sided tape on the table top. Cats also don't like sticky sensations on their paws. A product called Sticky Paws serves this purpose. It is sticky enough to stay in place and get your cat's attention, but not so sticky that it will damage furniture or your cat's paws. Place this on your table to discourage your cat from venturing up there. Remember that if you don't use a specialized pet product, the tape might be too sticky and you could hurt your cat and damage your furniture. Always test out the tape before using it to make sure it's not too sticky. Investigate other commercially available deterrent devices. There are a few specialized deterrent devices available in pet stores. In addition to these do-it-yourself methods, you can look into some devices to help keep your cat off the table. Remember to use all devices as they are intended and ask your vet or a pet store employee if you need any suggestions. The Snappy Trainer acts like an upside down mouse trap, but is much weaker and won't hurt your cat. Any touch will cause the device to shoot up in the air, which will startle your cat and keep him off the table. The SSSCAT is a motion sensing device that shoots out a blast of compressed air when tripped. This blast will scare your cat away from the table or anywhere else you don't want him to go. The ScanMat is a plastic sheet that holds a static charge. When your cat steps on the sheet, he won't like the sensation of the electricity on his feet.	Get indoor cat furniture. Make an alternate area attractive for your cat. Feed your cat more. Avoid leaving any food out. Place lightweight cookie sheets on the edge of the table. Place plastic carpet runners on the table. Use double-sided tape on the table top. Investigate other commercially available deterrent devices.
https://www.wikihow.com/Care-for-a-Hoya-Plant	How to Care for a Hoya Plant	To care for a Hoya plant, place it near an east or west-facing window, so it can get a few hours of indirect sunlight a day. When its potting soil becomes very dry, add warm water to the pot, since Hoya plants are tropical and don't respond well to cold water. Keep in mind that Hoyas need to be watered more often during spring and summer, but less often during fall and winter. If its leaves start to fall off, try watering it less often to let the soil dry a bit. You should also fertilize your Hoya plant with a balanced, water-soluble houseplant fertilizer every 3-4 weeks to make sure it gets the nutrients it needs.	Place your Hoya plant in bright, indirect sunlight. While Hoya plants need a lot of sunlight to thrive, direct sunlight can cause them to bleach or dry out. As a result, try to place your Hoya so it gets about 6 hours of indirect sunlight per day. If you notice that one side of the plant gets more sun, rotate your Hoya every few months so that the whole plant gets the sunlight it needs. If you store your Hoya outdoors during the warmer months, make sure that you do not place it directly in the sun's rays. Instead, choose a porch or area that is partially covered but still bright. Keep your Hoya in temperatures over 50 °F (10 °C) minimum. Hoya plants grow best in warmer temperatures between 60 °F (16 °C) and 80 °F (27 °C). In order to keep your Hoya alive, the room temperature will need to be at least 50 °F (10 °C). While Hoyas tend to thrive in temperatures below 80 °F (27 °C), they can tolerate heat up to 95 °F (35 °C). If you live in a warmer climate, you can keep your Hoya outside as long as the temperature conditions are right. When the temperatures start to drop in the fall and winter, however, you will likely need to bring your Hoya indoors. Expose your Hoya to high humidity whenever you can. While Hoya plants can survive in moderately humid conditions, they tend to thrive in higher humidity. To expose your Hoya to higher humidity, try to store it in a place that has a higher humidity, such as a sun porch or greenhouse. If you don't have a place to expose your Hoya to high humidity inside, you can put your Hoya outside on humid days to help it grow and thrive. When putting your Hoya outside, make sure that it is not directly in the sun. Keep your Hoya in a pot with good drainage. Hoya plants are very sensitive to overwatering, so it is important that you keep your Hoya in a pot that has a drainage hole at the bottom. Sitting in water for too long can lead to root rot, which can quickly cause your Hoya to die. If the current pot doesn't have a drainage hole, you can avoid root rot by drilling a drainage hole into the existing pot or repotting your Hoya into a new pot with drainage. Repot your Hoya every few years when it outgrows its pot. Hoyas tend to thrive best when they remain in the same pot for a long time. They prefer to be rootbound, so as long as your Hoya is doing well in its current pot, avoid repotting it. If your Hoya is outgrowing its pot and needs to be repotted, however, make sure that you repot it in a pot that allows for plenty of drainage out the bottom. Try to repot your Hoya plant in the spring or summer, when the plant is at its strongest. Use a lighter soil mix to allow for better drainage. Because Hoyas are so sensitive to over watering, they generally thrive in lighter, less dense soil mixtures. Orchid soil mixtures, peat moss, and succulent and cactus mixes are all great options for Hoyas because they allow the water to drain. If you want to use a traditional commercial potting soil, add perlite according to the instructions on the perlite bag to lighten up the soil and allow for better drainage. Water your Hoya when the soil is dry on top. To see if your Hoya plant needs to be watered, touch the top of the soil. If the soil is still a bit damp, wait a few more days and check again. If the soil is completely dry, water your Hoya plant just enough so that the soil is moist. Hoya plants are very sensitive to over watering, so make sure that you don't pour so much water in that the water pools or floods the top of the pot. In the spring and summer months, Hoya plants generally need to be watered about once every week. In the fall and winter, Hoyas can typically be watered less, about once every 2 weeks. In general, it is better to under water your Hoya than over water it. If you under water your Hoya, the leaves will start to wilt and/or turn yellow. If this happens, water your Hoya more often. If you over water your Hoya, however, it will likely cause root rot and lead the plant to die. Feed your Hoya with fertilizer in the warmer months. While your Hoya is still maturing, you can help by feeding it with a high nitrogen fertilizer 1 to 2 times per month during the spring and summer months. Once your Hoya has grown, opt for a high phosphorous fertilizer instead to encourage your Hoya's flowers to bloom. Avoid using fertilizer on your Hoya during the fall and winter months, as the plant generally stops growing during this period and needs time to rest. Prune your Hoya plant when you see dead leaves. Check your Hoya plant occasionally for dead leaves, which usually appear wilted, yellowish, or brown. Prune these away, as well as any other cosmetic pruning you choose to do. When pruning your Hoya, though, be careful not to cut off the long tendrils or old flower stems, as these tend to be the places where the Hoya's new flowers will begin to develop. Train your Hoya vine with a vine-supporting structure and twine. If you have a Hoya varietal that grows into a vine, such as the Hoya carnosa variegata, you can train your Hoya's vines to grow as you want them to. First, select a vine-training bamboo, wood, or iron structure in the shape that you want your vine to grow in, such as a U-hoop or trellis. Then, use the twine to tie the Hoya's existing vines up the bamboo as far as they will go. As the vines on your Hoya grow, they will grow upwards and around the vine-support structure. Make sure that you tie the twine so that the knots are secure enough to hold and support the Hoya vines as they grow upward, but not so tight that they cut off the plant's growth. If the vines on the Hoya begin to grow away from the bamboo, wood, or iron support structure at any point, you can use more twine to secure the new growth to the structure. Use neem oil to deal with sap-sucker pests. The most common pests to attack Hoya plants are sap-sucking pests, such as mealy bugs and spider mites. To deal with these pesky infestations, spray your Hoya plant with neem oil. The amount of neem oil needed depends on the specific product and mixture that you use, so make sure that you follow the directions on the bottle. In most cases, you will need to use neem oil spray on your Hoya for 10 days to ensure that no new pests can hatch and infect your plant. Try insecticidal soap to get rid of whiteflies. While whiteflies will gravitate towards many other types of plants first, they can occasionally become drawn to Hoya plants. To deal with such infestations, try an insecticide soap. Many insecticidal soaps come in a spray bottle, making them easy to use and apply to your plant. When using an insecticidal soap, make sure that you follow the instructions on the bottle. Get some slug and snail bait if your Hoya is outdoors. If you store your Hoya outside during the spring and summer months, you may want to use a slug and snail bait to keep these slimy critters out of your Hoya plant. Slug and snail bait usually comes in a package with pellets that can easily be sprinkled around your plants to keep them out of plant pots. Wipe away sooty mold to keep your Hoya disease-free. In some cases, pest infestations can cause sooty mold to grow on your Hoya plant's leaves. While the mold will generally flake off once the pest infestation is under control, you can help your Hoya recover by wiping off the sooty mold when you see it. To do this, mix 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of household liquid detergent per 3 litres (0.79 US gal) of water in a water bottle. Spray the molded leaves, wait 15 minutes, then wash the solution and mold away under the sink or hose water.	Place your Hoya plant in bright, indirect sunlight. Keep your Hoya in temperatures over 50 °F (10 °C) minimum. Expose your Hoya to high humidity whenever you can. Keep your Hoya in a pot with good drainage. Repot your Hoya every few years when it outgrows its pot. Use a lighter soil mix to allow for better drainage. Water your Hoya when the soil is dry on top. Feed your Hoya with fertilizer in the warmer months. Prune your Hoya plant when you see dead leaves. Train your Hoya vine with a vine-supporting structure and twine. Use neem oil to deal with sap-sucker pests. Try insecticidal soap to get rid of whiteflies. Get some slug and snail bait if your Hoya is outdoors. Wipe away sooty mold to keep your Hoya disease-free.
https://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Bed-with-Baking-Soda	How to Clean a Bed with Baking Soda	To clean your bed with baking soda, first strip the bedsheets and vacuum any dirt from the mattress. Once you've vacuumed the mattress, sprinkle 1-3 cups of baking soda over it. If there's an area with a strong smell, concentrate more baking soda there. Leave your mattress in front of a window for 24 hours so the direct sunlight can help the baking soda work. After 24 hours, vacuum up the baking soda. Then, flip the mattress over and repeat the process for the other side. It's best to use baking soda 1-2 times a year to keep your mattress fresh.	Remove the bedsheets and wash them in the washing machine. Start by stripping the bed of any sheets, blankets, or duvets. Put the bedding in the washing machine and clean them with detergent on the hottest water setting to kill germs. You should then dry them on the high heat setting to ensure there are no germs or bacteria on them. Vacuum up any dirt, dust, or debris on the surface of the mattress. Use the upholstery attachment on your vacuum or a powerful handheld vacuum. Make sure the nozzle is clean, as you do not want to transfer any debris onto the mattress. Vacuum the crevices, seams, and folds in the mattress to remove any surface dirt or dust. Make sure you also vacuum the sides of the mattress, as dirt and dust can collect in this area as well. Apply spot cleaner on any stains on the mattress. Use upholstery cleaner or make your own by mixing 1 teaspoon (4.9 ml) mild dish detergent and 1 cup (240 ml) of water in a spray bottle. Apply the spot cleaner to any stains and dab the area with a wet cloth. Most stains that are protein-based, like sweat, urine, and blood, should come off with a regular spot cleaner. Stains like red wine or coffee may be more difficult to remove and require stronger spot cleaner. Sprinkle 1-3 cups (208-624 g) of baking soda on the mattress. Give the mattress a liberal dusting of baking soda, especially if it has not been cleaned in awhile or has a strong smell. Cover the entire surface of the mattress with an even layer of baking soda. If there is a particular area that has a strong smell, sprinkle more baking soda on it to neutralize it. Put the mattress in direct sunlight. Moving the mattress next to a window that gets direct sunlight is ideal, as the heat from the sun can help the baking soda work more effectively. If you really want the baking soda to kick into high gear, you can place the mattress outside in direct sunlight. Make sure there is no rain the forecast so the mattress does not get wet overnight. Let the baking soda sit for 24 hours. Give the baking soda time to settle in and do its job. Keep others away from the bed so it is not disturbed. Make arrangements to sleep elsewhere for the night so the baking soda can sit. Use the upholstery attachment on your vacuum. This attachment will be powerful enough to remove the baking soda without damaging the surface of the mattress. You can also use a handheld vacuum with a smaller attachment head. Remove the baking soda with the vacuum. Make sure you run the vacuum over the seams and crevices in the mattress to ensure all the baking soda is removed. Flip the mattress over and repeat the process. Once you've finished the top of your mattress, flip it upside-down and clean the other side. Sprinkle another 1-3 cups (208-624 g) of baking soda and let it sit in the sun for 24 hours. Vacuum up the baking soda when you're finished your mattress is completely cleaned. Clean the bed with baking soda 1-2 times a year. Get in the habit of cleaning your bed with baking soda so it stays fresh and odor-free. Do a clean with baking soda at the beginning and end of the year so dirt and dust does not build up on the surface of your bed.	Remove the bedsheets and wash them in the washing machine. Vacuum up any dirt, dust, or debris on the surface of the mattress. Apply spot cleaner on any stains on the mattress. Sprinkle 1-3 cups (208-624 g) of baking soda on the mattress. Put the mattress in direct sunlight. Let the baking soda sit for 24 hours. Use the upholstery attachment on your vacuum. Remove the baking soda with the vacuum. Flip the mattress over and repeat the process. Clean the bed with baking soda 1-2 times a year.
https://www.wikihow.com/Thread-Pipe	How to Thread Pipe	Threading a pipe refers to adding threads to the end of a pipe so it can be screwed into place. You can thread a pipe by attaching and rotating a die head to cut the threads into the pipe. Start by securing the pipe firmly in a vise so it doesn't move. Then, choose a die head based on the pipe's diameter and attach it to a ratcheting pipe threader handle. Apply some lubricating oil to the end of the pipe and fit the die head onto it. To start cutting the threads, ratchet the handle while applying downward pressure to the die head. Keep ratcheting the handle until all of the die head's teeth have cut into the pipe. Finally, reverse the direction of the ratchet handle and continue turning it until it comes off of the pipe.	Secure the pipe firmly in a vise. Loosen the jaws of the vise by turning the handle counterclockwise just far enough to fit the pipe between them. Place the pipe in the vise so the end you want to thread is sticking out, then turn the handle back clockwise to tighten it and secure it in place. Note that you can use either a regular table vise or a pipe vise that is specially designed for holding piping in place. This method uses a ratcheting pipe threader to cut threads into the end of a pipe. A ratcheting pipe threader consists of a long ratcheting handle that holds a circular die head at one end, which is a ring with several sets of teeth inside of it that cut the threads. When you ratchet the handle, the die head spins onto the end of the pipe, cutting the threads as it goes on. If you don't have all the equipment or don't want to purchase or rent it, you can also have pipes threaded for you at a home improvement center. Put on work gloves and safety glasses. These will protect your hands and eyes from any metal slivers and accidental cuts. It will also keep your hands clean as you lubricate the pipe and pipe threader throughout the process. You can just wear 1 work glove if you prefer to leave 1 hand bare to grip the handle of pipe threader better. Cut and ream the pipe if you need to make it a different length. Use a pipe cutter or a hacksaw to cut the pipe to length. Insert a reamer in the cut end of the pipe and rotate it around to remove sharp burrs and smooth the end out. A reamer is a cone-shaped manual rotary cutting tool that removes the rough edges of a cut pipe as you rotate it around inside of the cut end. Choose a die head based on the pipe’s diameter. Read the numbers on the different die heads for the ratcheting pipe threader to see what sizes they are. Select a die head that is of the appropriate size for the pipe you want to add threads to. A die head is the part of the pipe threader that actually cuts the threads. Ratcheting pipe threaders typically come with die heads in a few different common diameters. The face of the die head has numbers on it that indicate the size of pipe it is for. For example, if it says 1/2 on it, the die head is for threading 1/2-inch piping. You can purchase or rent a ratcheting pipe threader and die heads at a home improvement center or hardware store. An inexpensive ratcheting pipe threader with 5-6 different die heads costs between $40-$60 USD. Attach the die head to a ratcheting pipe threader handle. Remove any die head that is already in the handle by pulling it out. Slide your selected die head into ring at the end of the handle until it snaps all the way into place. The ratcheting handle is the handle you use to move it around the end of the pipe to cut the threads in it. Lubricate the end of the pipe with threading oil. Apply a generous squeeze or two of threading oil to the outside end of the pipe. This will lubricate it so it's easier to put the die head on as well as lubricate the teeth of the die head, making it easier to cut the threads. Don't worry about applying too much lubricant. You need a lot to get the job done, so just squirt away until you have completely saturated the outside end of the pipe that you are going to cut threads into. Place the die head onto the end of the pipe. Slide the center hole of the die cutter onto the end of the pipe. Push it into place as far as it will go. If it's hard to get onto the pipe, you can squirt some more threading oil onto the pipe and the middle of the die head to make it easier. Ratchet the handle while applying pressure to the die head to start cutting. Push against the die head, towards the pipe, with 1 hand. Ratchet the pipe threader's handle clockwise with your other hand as far as you can go, maintaining pressure on the die head as you do so to make the teeth start cutting into the pipe. If you feel resistance as you do this, then you know the teeth are biting into the pipe and starting to cut the threads. If you don't feel any resistance, you probably need to push harder on the die head. Lubricate the exposed teeth of the die head. Squeeze more threading oil onto all the teeth of the die head that are not yet cutting into the pipe. This is important to make cutting easier and prevent wear and tear on the teeth. Don't be shy about squirting on the threading oil. You can't use too much lubricant during this process. Keep ratcheting the handle until all the die head’s teeth have cut into the pipe. Turn the handle back counterclockwise about 3/4 of the way, then ratchet it clockwise as far as you can go, using your bodyweight to help you turn it. Repeat this until all the die head's teeth are around the pipe, which means all the threads have been cut. If at any point you feel increased resistance while cutting, stop ratcheting and apply more threading oil to the exposed teeth of the die head. Reverse the direction of the ratchet handle and ratchet it off the threads. Pull up the little black knob next to the die head and turn it to reverse the direction of the ratchet handle. Ratchet it counterclockwise as far as it will go, then turn it back clockwise about 3/4 of the way, and repeat until you have unscrewed the teeth of the die head from the threads. When you have unscrewed the die head all the way, you can simply pull it to slide it off the end of the pipe. Wrap Teflon tape clockwise around the threads at the end of the pipe. Seal the threads with 2-3 wraps of teflon tape before you attach any connectors or fittings. This will ensure a tight, well-sealed connection. You can also use a liquid pipe thread compound instead of Teflon tape to create a strong seal.	Secure the pipe firmly in a vise. Put on work gloves and safety glasses. Cut and ream the pipe if you need to make it a different length. Choose a die head based on the pipe’s diameter. Attach the die head to a ratcheting pipe threader handle. Lubricate the end of the pipe with threading oil. Place the die head onto the end of the pipe. Ratchet the handle while applying pressure to the die head to start cutting. Lubricate the exposed teeth of the die head. Keep ratcheting the handle until all the die head’s teeth have cut into the pipe. Reverse the direction of the ratchet handle and ratchet it off the threads. Wrap Teflon tape clockwise around the threads at the end of the pipe.
https://www.wikihow.com/Do-Taxidermy	How to Do Taxidermy	To do taxidermy, start by placing your animal in the freezer to prevent decay from setting in while you prepare a plaster cast for it. Next, remove the animal's skin and tan it with non-iodized salt to preserve it. Then, once the skin has hardened, fix the preserved skin onto the plaster form, being careful to smooth out any unnatural looking lumps or irregularities. Finally, sew the skin up tightly with a needle and thread, glue false eyes and teeth in place, and display your artwork!	Freeze the animal until you're ready to prepare it. You'll want to remove the skin as soon as is possible, but it's important to keep the animal from spoiling before you commit to preserving it and caring for the skin. To be safe, freeze the animal so you can acquire the necessary materials for performing basic taxidermy in the meantime: Sharp knife Sewing needle Thread Stuffing or plaster cast of animal Borax, alcohol, or your preferred preserving agent Prepare the form. Depending upon your animal, you can prepare a plaster cast of the body at this point, or purchase a premade form (as is usually done with deer busts). You can also create your own form out of recycled materials, a particularly useful process for smaller animals. Use sticks to create a wood frame the size of the skinned body, and wrap the frame in twine or old plastic bags. To prepare a cast, purchase a commercial molding agent like "Smooth On" to create a shape mold of the animal to fill with plaster. Mix a small batch of plaster with water and pour quickly into your mold. Remove the mold and smooth the cast form with sandpaper or a small pocketknife. Don't worry too much about the details, you really just want the basic form and shape to fit the skin. If you make your own form, it helps to have a workable example to compare it to. Take a picture of the animal before you remove the skin and use materials that can be manipulated easily once you've started putting the form together. Mammal legs are particularly difficult to get right. Consider purchasing a premade mold for your first go around to use as a model for subsequent projects. Remove the skin. Whether you're going to preserve an iguana or a bobcat , the process starts by removing the skin and preserving it. The particulars of the preservation process will vary depending on whether or not you have a mammal or a reptile, fish, or bird, so read on for more specific instructions regarding the preservation of the skin. Using a sharp knife, carefully cut a seam up the belly, being particularly careful not to puncture any of the organs or body cavity, which can ruin the skin. Work your knife evenly along the inside to loosen the skin, while peeling it back with your other hand. Think of it as taking off the animal's jacket and trousers. Remove as much of the flesh and fat as possible, using care to not tear or rip the skin. If you're preserving a fish, bird, or a lizard, leave the head alone. Remove the skin from a mammal's head as you would the rest of the body, but for lizards, fish, and birds, you'll need to remove the brain, eyes, and tongue and leave the shape of the head intact for preservation. The physiology of the bird makes it such that you can't (and wouldn't want to) remove the beak, so you'll have to remove the parts of the bird that would spoil and smell bad. Smaller animals are much more difficult to taxidermy than larger mammals. It helps to have small dentistry tools or an X-Acto knife for this part of the process, and you must be careful to remove as much of the flesh as possible. Small debris can be removed during the preservation process, but you'll want to make sure you get most of the big bits of flesh removed from the head before moving on. It takes patience and a strong stomach. Tan the skin of mammals. Rub non-iodized salt onto the flesh-side of the hide, roughly an inch thick, and let sit for 24 hours. Remove the old salt and repeat the process with new salt. In a cool dark place, let the hide dry. Watch carefully to make sure it doesn't get too hard to mold, however. When it's toughened up, hydrate the skin using cool water, a small capful of Lysol disinfectant, and table salt. Soak the skin in this mixture overnight and rinse several times until the salt mixture is removed. Hang skin up to drain, and towel dry when its stopped dripping. You can consider using a pickling agent at this point to treat the hide farther, but make sure you take care to remove any more bits of flesh or fat that are clinging to the hide before you move on to tanning it. Treat the hide with tanning oil. Heat up the oil a bit in the microwave and rub it into the skin with your hands. Let the skin sit for several hours and roll the skin up in a plastic bag, keeping it in the refrigerator until you're ready to mount it on the form. Use an alcohol mixture to preserve reptile skin. Soak the skin in a 50/50 mix of glycerin and alcohol for up to two weeks. Keep in a cool and dark place. When you remove the skin, pat it dry and remove any glycerin from the inside. For bird and fish preservation, rub borax on the inside of the skin. Place the skin flesh-side down on a generous coating of borax inside a shoebox. Sprinkle about a ⁄ 4 inch (0.6 cm) more borax on top of the feathers. Leave in a cool, dark, and dry location for about 4 days. The flesh will be quite stiff after you remove from the borax. Brush off the excess and your bird or fish skin will be preserved nicely. Dress your form. If you've made an accurate form, stuffing your hide should be as easy as dressing a doll. Fix your preserved skin onto the form, being careful to smooth out any unnatural looking lumps or irregularities. You'll want to fix any structural problems now before you sew it up. Keep some twine on hand to stuff into spots that need some adjustment. Cut small bits of string or newspaper to fill out a muscle striation or other body part. Sew it up. Using an appropriate color of thread, stitch together the seam that you originally cut with as tight and invisible a stitch as possible. Adorn your taxidermy with false eyes and original teeth by gluing them in place. Display your project. Use your imagination. If you're displaying a pet, keep them immortalized in a peaceful position, possibly curled up in a nap. Or, if you're celebrating a successful hunt, bare the animal's fierce-looking teeth. More complicated mounts are available commercially, but make up your own. Arrange a tableau of branches or rocks on your wall to position your taxidermy among. Care for your taxidermy. After the work of preserving your animal, make sure you don't let that work go to waste by ignoring it. Keep your mounts away from sunlight, in a climate controlled area of your home. Dampness can result in mildew, while excessive dryness can cause hides to crack or split. If the form settles in an unnatural way, consider splitting it open and resewing. Dust them periodically to keep them clean and realistic looking.	Freeze the animal until you're ready to prepare it. Prepare the form. Remove the skin. If you're preserving a fish, bird, or a lizard, leave the head alone. Tan the skin of mammals. Use an alcohol mixture to preserve reptile skin. For bird and fish preservation, rub borax on the inside of the skin. Dress your form. Sew it up. Display your project. Care for your taxidermy.
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Traditional-Corned-Beef-Pie	How to Make a Traditional Corned Beef Pie	Cooking a traditional corned beef pie involves making pastry dough and then filling it with delicious sautéed vegetables and canned corned beef. To get started, mix flour, butter, lard, and salt until the mixture is crumbly. Then, stir in a little bit of vinegar and water at a time until the dough starts to come away from the sides of the bowl. Knead the dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap, and chill it in the fridge for 1 hour. While that's in the fridge, get started on the filling. Sauté onion, carrot, celery, and diced potatoes. Then, add canned corn beef, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and pepper. Bring everything to a boil, then let it simmer for 15-20 minutes. Transfer the filling to a bowl and chill it in the freezer for 20 minutes. While you're waiting, divide the dough in half and line the bottom of a baking dish with it. Roll out the remaining dough and cover the filling with it. Brush the top with egg wash and cut slits in it so steam can escape in the oven. Finally, bake your corned beef pie for 45-55 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.	Put the flour into a bowl with butter, lard, and salt. Get out a large mixing bowl and pour 2 1/2 cups (300 g) of all-purpose flour into it. Add 1 pinch of salt along with 5 tablespoons (75 g) of chilled, unsalted butter and 5 tablespoons (75 g) of lard or vegetable shortening. If you'd like lighter pastry, you could lay thawed puff pastry sheets over the cooled filling instead of shortcrust pastry dough. Combine the butter and lard with the flour until the mixture is crumbly. Use your fingers to combine the butter and lard with the flour. Keep pinching and rubbing the flour with the fats until you don't see any large lumps of fat and the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. If you don't want to use your fingers, combine the flour with the fats using a pastry cutter. Stir in 1 tsp (4.9 ml) of vinegar and 2 US tbsp (30 ml) of the water at a time. Pour the vinegar into the bowl along with 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of ice water. Use a spoon, spatula, or fork to stir until the mixture absorbs the liquid. Then, stir in another 2 to 4 tablespoons (30 to 59 ml) of water very gradually. Stop stirring in water as soon as you see the dough come away from the sides of the bowl. Ice water will prevent the butter and lard from warming, which would make the dough tough. If you add too much water, your pastry will become gluey and difficult to handle. That's why it's important to add the water very slowly. Knead the dough into a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap. Use your hands to gently press the dough into a ball and place it on a sheet of plastic wrap. Completely cover the dough so air won't dry the dough out. Try not to work the dough too much or the pastry will become tough. Chill the dough in the fridge for at least 1 hour. Put the wrapped ball of dough in the refrigerator and let it rest while you make the filling for the corned beef pie. If you'd like to make the dough in advance, you can chill it in the fridge for up to 1 day. Chilling the dough will relax the gluten in the pastry so your crust is tender and flaky. Sauté the onion, carrot, celery, and garlic for 5 minutes. Melt 2 tablespoons (28 g) of salted butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Then, stir in 2 cups (288 g) of chopped yellow onion , 1 1/2 cups (227 g) of diced carrot, 1 cup (123 g) of diced celery , and 4 teaspoons (11 g) of minced garlic. Stir the vegetables occasionally to prevent them from sticking to the pot. Cook the veggies until they soften a little and the onion becomes clear. Add 3 diced potatoes and cook the vegetables for 5 minutes. Stir 3 peeled and diced potatoes into the pot and cook until they soften a little. The potatoes pieces should be about ⁄ 2 inch (1.3 cm) in size. If you prefer, you can leave the peel on the potatoes. This will give your pie a more rustic appearance, but shouldn't affect the texture of the filling. Stir in the corned beef, stock, Worcestershire, mustard, and pepper. Open 2 12-ounce (340 g) cans of corned beef and add them to the pot. Stir until the corned beef is crumbled. Then, add 2 cups (470 ml) of beef stock, 2 teaspoons (9.9 ml) of Worcestershire sauce, 1 1/4 teaspoons (6 g) of English mustard, and 1 teaspoon (2 g) of freshly ground black pepper. If you don't want to use canned corned beef, you can cook your own and shred 3 cups (680 g) of meat. If you can't find English mustard, use regular mustard and add a little horseradish sauce according to how spicy you want the filling to be. Bring the filling to a boil and simmer it for 15 to 20 minutes. Put the lid on the pot and cook the filling until it begins to boil. Then, wear oven mitts to take the lid off. Turn the burner down to medium so the filling bubbles gently and simmer it until the vegetables are cooked throughout. Keep cooking the filling until most of the liquid evaporates. Stir the filling occasionally so it cooks evenly and doesn't stick. To test if the vegetables are soft, insert a fork into a potato or carrot. The fork should slide out easily if the vegetables are done. If not, cook them for another 2 to 3 minutes and check them again. Turn off the burner and stir in fresh parsley. Finely chop 3 tablespoons (11 g) of fresh parsley and stir it into the filling. If you don't like the flavor of fresh herbs in the filling, you can leave it out. Pour the filling into a bowl or pan and freeze it for 20 minutes. The filling needs to chill before you assemble the pie or the butter in the pastry will melt. Transfer the filling to a shallow bowl or a 9 by 13 inches (23 cm × 33 cm) cake pan. Put it in the freezer and let it chill for 20 minutes. Stir the filling halfway through the chilling time so all of the filling cools down. Preheat the oven to 400 °F (204 °C) and whisk the egg with 1 tsp (4.9 ml) of water. Crack 1 egg into a small bowl and pour in the water. Then, use a fork to whisk the egg until the water is incorporated. Set the egg wash aside while you assemble the pie. This will be the egg wash that you brush over the pastry. It will help your pastry become golden brown as it bakes. Take the dough out of the fridge and get out a pie plate. Remove the dough and unwrap it. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and get out a 9 in (23 cm) deep-dish pie plate or 6 cups (1.4 L) baking dish. Divide the dough in 1/2 and roll 1 piece into an 1⁄8 inch (0.32 cm) thick circle. Use a pastry cutter or knife to divide the dough into 2 evenly sized pieces. Set 1 piece aside and use a rolling pin to roll out the other piece until it's ⁄ 8 inch (0.32 cm) thick. If your dish is rectangular or oblong, roll the dough into a rectangle instead of a circle. Line the plate or dish with the dough and pour the cooled filling into it. Carefully lift the dough up and into your pie plate or baking dish. Press the dough until the bottom and sides are completely lined with pastry. Then, take the chilled filling from the freezer and spoon it into the pastry-lined plate or dish. Brush the edges of the pastry with egg wash and roll out the remaining dough. Dip a pastry brush into the egg wash and brush it along the edges of the dough that's lining your plate or dish. Then, roll the reserved dough until it's ⁄ 8 inch (0.32 cm) thick. Remember to make the top layer of dough the same size as your plate or dish. Lay the top pastry over the filling and pinch the edges to seal them. Carefully transfer the rolled dough onto the filling so it's totally covered. Use a sharp knife to trim the edges so there's no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) of dough extending from the plate or dish. Then, pinch the edges together to seal both layers of dough. The egg wash that you brushed over the edges will help the top layer of dough stick to the bottom. Brush the top of the pie with egg wash and cut 3 to 4 slits in the top. Dip your pastry brush in the egg wash and brush it over the surface of the pie. Then, use a sharp paring knife to carefully cut 3 or 4 2 in (5.1 cm) slits on the pastry. The slits will act as vents that allow steam to escape as the pie bakes. Bake the pie for 45 to 55 minutes or until the top is golden brown. Put the pie into the preheated oven and let it cook until the pastry is flaky and browned. If the edges of the pastry look like they're browning too quickly, cover them loosely with aluminum foil. Since the filling of the pie is already cooked, you're really baking the pie in order to cook the pastry. Remove the pie and let it sit for 15 minutes before you serve it. Once your pie looks flaky, carefully take it out of the oven and set it on a rack to cool a little. This will help the filling thicken up. You can serve the corned beef pie hot, warm, or even cold. Consider serving the pie with mushy peas or green beans. Refrigerate leftover pie in an airtight container for up to 5 days.	Put the flour into a bowl with butter, lard, and salt. Combine the butter and lard with the flour until the mixture is crumbly. Stir in 1 tsp (4.9 ml) of vinegar and 2 US tbsp (30 ml) of the water at a time. Knead the dough into a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap. Chill the dough in the fridge for at least 1 hour. Sauté the onion, carrot, celery, and garlic for 5 minutes. Add 3 diced potatoes and cook the vegetables for 5 minutes. Stir in the corned beef, stock, Worcestershire, mustard, and pepper. Bring the filling to a boil and simmer it for 15 to 20 minutes. Turn off the burner and stir in fresh parsley. Pour the filling into a bowl or pan and freeze it for 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400 °F (204 °C) and whisk the egg with 1 tsp (4.9 ml) of water. Take the dough out of the fridge and get out a pie plate. Divide the dough in 1/2 and roll 1 piece into an 1⁄8 inch (0.32 cm) thick circle. Line the plate or dish with the dough and pour the cooled filling into it. Brush the edges of the pastry with egg wash and roll out the remaining dough. Lay the top pastry over the filling and pinch the edges to seal them. Brush the top of the pie with egg wash and cut 3 to 4 slits in the top. Bake the pie for 45 to 55 minutes or until the top is golden brown. Remove the pie and let it sit for 15 minutes before you serve it.
https://www.wikihow.com/Feel-Loved	How to Feel Loved	If you want to feel loved, build your self confidence by taking on challenges and speaking up for yourself, which will help you love yourself. When you feel like no one else loves you, try volunteering in your local area, which your community will be grateful for. You can also find new friends by taking a class or a club in your area, which should help you feel loved by the people around you. If you still feel lonely when you're at home, think about getting a pet to keep you company. You can also go on dates, which may lead to love if you find the right person.	Build your self esteem. A lot of the time, people can love us with all their hearts and we will still feel unloved. Usually, this is because we have a hard time believing that someone else could love us because we can't love ourselves. If you feel unloved by others, the best place to start is to learn to love yourself first. Build your opinion of yourself by celebrating your positives and embracing your negatives. Stop holding yourself to an ideal of perfection and realize that you are fine just the way you are. Build your self confidence. Self confidence is an extremely attractive quality in a person. When people see that you think you can take on the world and win, they begin to believe it too (and they love it!). Build your self confidence by taking on challenges in your life, speaking up for yourself, and doing things that make you proud of who you are. Get help if you need it. Sometimes, our brains get sick. They don't work quite right and they need a little help feeling better again. If you think that maybe your problems are too big for you to handle, please get help. Like taking medicine for a cold, it's important to take care of your body by getting the professional help of a doctor. We here at wikiHow love each and every one of you and we want you to be happy. You do what you have to do to make that happen! Understand what love looks like. Make sure you know what love really looks like. Sometimes, really horrible people in our lives will convince us that love looks different than it actually does. Don't let them get you confused: love should never hurt, love shouldn't feel one-sided, and love shouldn't feel conditional. Look at how they act. Look at how the person or people that you love act. Do they say mean things to you? Do they physically hurt you? Do they blow you off when you really need them? Do they ignore you when you tell them how you feel? These are bad signs. If, however, they maybe don't say it but they do show it by being there for you, trying to avid hurting you, and never giving you reason to think they think less of you, they probably love you but are just bad at showing it. Look at how you act. Are you carrying all the weight in a friendship or relationship? Do you do way more for them than they do for you? Do you shower them in kindness and you're just met with empty thank yous and no reciprocation? These are bad signs. If, however, you feel like you get out as much as you put in, things are probably okay. Leave dead weights behind. If someone hurts you (physically or emotionally), or even if they're just more work than they're worth, don't keep them in your life. You don't need that. Leave them behind and get back out there. Find the friends and relationships that are fulfilling for you because you deserve it! Be open about your feelings. This is hard, but this is the best way to stop the feeling of being unloved. Tell the people in your life that you love how you feel. Tell them that you're having problems. And when they say that they love you, take them at their word. Give them the opportunity to show it. Stop shutting them down or second-guessing their feelings. They probably do really love you. Opening yourself to new love. You might not feel loved if you have a very specific idea of what love looks like or where it comes from. Take a look at how you define love and think about maybe redefining it. Love doesn't have to come from a romantic relationship, and it doesn't have to include expensive gifts, cards on birthdays, or meeting some list of required qualities. Volunteer. A great way to help yourself feel loved is to give back to your community. Volunteering in your local area, anywhere from hospices to soup kitchens, can help you and your community a lot. People will appreciate all you do to help them and you'll find the love you're looking for while making an incredibly positive impact. There are also organizations like Big Brothers, Big Sisters, if you want to help a child who also needs to feel loved. Get a pet. A dog or cat is a great way to feel loved. Our pets love us and rely on us a lot. You can have a wonderful impact on an animal by taking in a rescue animal or even volunteering at a foster home. Especially if your area is low on no-kill shelters, this can be a really wonderful thing to do. Find people like you. Finding a community of people that are just like you can be a wonderful way to feel loved. The internet has made that much easier than it used to be. Fan communities are an easy way to start making friends online. You can also make some new friends in real life too. Try taking a class in a subject that interests you from your local community center. Join a church. Another option to help yourself feel loved is to join or get more involved in a church or other local religious group. Find one that shares your values and start attending regularly. You can even join a study group to help develop even closer relationships with your fellow parishioners. Date someone new. If you really think a romantic relationship is what's best for you, you can try dating someone new if you're ready (emotionally) to be with another person. Just remember: you should never enter a relationship expecting that the other person will make all of your problems go away or think that you can't be happy unless you're in a relationship. These are not healthy ideas. If, however, you're ready for the hurdles of being with someone else, you can get a boyfriend or get a girlfriend.	Build your self esteem. Build your self confidence. Get help if you need it. Understand what love looks like. Look at how they act. Look at how you act. Leave dead weights behind. Be open about your feelings. Opening yourself to new love. Volunteer. Get a pet. Find people like you. Join a church. Date someone new.
https://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Toilet-Seal	How to Fix a Toilet Seal	If you have a pool of water forming beneath your toilet, you likely have an issue with the toilet seal. To fix it, first, you'll need to remove the toilet, which involves shutting the water off, removing all of the water in the tank, and taking off the nuts and bolts that hold the toilet base to the floor. You'll need to rock the toilet back and forth a bit to break the old seal. To put in a new seal, you'll need to scrape away the old wax seal then take a new wax seal and place it on top of the flange. Just make sure its perfectly centered on the flange or else it may leak. Once you've done this you can reinstall the toilet.	Turn the water supply to the toilet off by turning the valve in a clockwise direction. The water supply valve will either be located behind the toilet or in the crawl space or basement space directly beneath the toilet. Remove the lid of the toilet tank and flush the toilet, holding down the handle so that as much water as possible drains from the tank and the bowl. Use a plastic cup to scoop out any water that is left in the bowl and then dry up the last drops of moisture with a dry sponge. Disconnect the water supply tube by turning the compression nut on the water supply valve in a counterclockwise direction with a wrench or a pair of pliers. Pry the caps from the washers at the base of the toilet using a flat head screwdriver. Remove the nuts from the bolts at the toilet base using a wrench. Remove any washer as well. If the bolt spins as you turn the nut, then hold the bolt with a pair of pliers using your non-dominant hand. Place the nuts, washers, and caps where you will be able to find them when the time comes to put the toilet back in place. Hold the toilet under the bowl and rock it gently back and forth to break the old wax seal. Lift the toilet off of the floor and set it down on a blanket, a piece of cardboard or in the bathtub. Scrape the wax seal off of the base of the toilet and off of the flange in the floor using a putty knife. Take a new wax seal and place it on top of the flange, making sure that the seal is perfectly centered on the flange. Lift the toilet and set it back on top of the flange, using the bolts as guides for placement. The toilet tank should be parallel to the wall behind it. Put the washers over the bolts and thread the nuts onto the bolts. Tighten the nuts until the toilet is secure. Press down hard on the toilet and then tighten the nuts some more. Continue the process until the toilet is tightly secured to the flange, but do not over-tighten the nuts or you will crack the base of the bowl. Reconnect the water supply by attaching the supply tube to the water supply valve and turning the compression nut clockwise. Turn the water supply valve on and flush the toilet several times. If you notice a leak beneath the base of the toilet, then press the toilet into the floor and tighten the nuts even more. If you see no leaks, then your repair is complete.	Turn the water supply to the toilet off by turning the valve in a clockwise direction. Remove the lid of the toilet tank and flush the toilet, holding down the handle so that as much water as possible drains from the tank and the bowl. Use a plastic cup to scoop out any water that is left in the bowl and then dry up the last drops of moisture with a dry sponge. Disconnect the water supply tube by turning the compression nut on the water supply valve in a counterclockwise direction with a wrench or a pair of pliers. Pry the caps from the washers at the base of the toilet using a flat head screwdriver. Remove the nuts from the bolts at the toilet base using a wrench. Place the nuts, washers, and caps where you will be able to find them when the time comes to put the toilet back in place. Hold the toilet under the bowl and rock it gently back and forth to break the old wax seal. Lift the toilet off of the floor and set it down on a blanket, a piece of cardboard or in the bathtub. Scrape the wax seal off of the base of the toilet and off of the flange in the floor using a putty knife. Take a new wax seal and place it on top of the flange, making sure that the seal is perfectly centered on the flange. Lift the toilet and set it back on top of the flange, using the bolts as guides for placement. Put the washers over the bolts and thread the nuts onto the bolts. Reconnect the water supply by attaching the supply tube to the water supply valve and turning the compression nut clockwise. Turn the water supply valve on and flush the toilet several times.
https://www.wikihow.com/Analyze-Case-Law	How to Analyze Case Law	Case law refers to the decisions appellate judges make from their interpretations of former cases. To analyze specific case law, you'll need to read the case through and try to get a feel for how the court made their decision. It can be pretty complex when you're first reading a case, so jot down the main parties, the main dispute, and a brief history of the case to help yourself keep track. Once you understand the case, try to identify the legal rules the court used to make their decision. It's also helpful to imagine different scenarios where the rule the case established could be applied, and whether or not the outcome would be the same.	Read the case. You should read the case through at least once from beginning to end until you attempt to figure out which facts are most important or analyze the court's holding. It's difficult to correctly determine what was central to the court's reasoning until you've read it all the way through. The first time you read through a case, don't worry about trying to understand it. Just read for a sense of what's happening, who the major parties are, and what they want the court to do. Keep in mind that legal opinions aren't written for laypeople, or even for law students or attorneys – they are written for other judges. If you don't understand something (assuming you're not an appellate court judge), there's nothing wrong with that. You may have to go outside the opinion itself and look at other articles about the case, and then come back to it. For example, if you're reading a case that caused quite a stir in the media when it was decided, there will no doubt be newspaper and magazine articles about it. Reading those can help you better understand the court opinion. Many cases have summaries that appear before the case and let you know the basics of what happened, the issue before the court, and how the court resolved that issue. The summary can be helpful, but don't use it as a substitute for an initial read-through of the case. Identify the parties. Figuring out who is suing whom may seem like the easiest part of analyzing case law, and often it is. However, if a case has been through several layers of appeal it can be difficult to discern how the case was originally presented. To make party identification even more confusing, party names may switch sides of the "v." in the case caption depending on who appealed. For example, suppose when a case began, Sally Sunshine sued Marvin Moon. The case's caption would be "Sunshine v. Moon." The trial court found in favor of Ms. Sunshine – but Mr. Moon appealed. The caption then became "Moon v. Sunshine." To continue the example, suppose the appellate court found in favor of Mr. Moon, but Ms. Sunshine appealed that ruling to a higher court. Now the case's caption is "Sunshine v. Moon" again. Since litigants in written opinions typically are only identified by their roles – appellant and appellee, for example – their names may only be mentioned once. Outline the case's procedural history. Since all written court decisions involve a case that has been through at least one if not several rounds of appeals, you must be able to trace the path the case followed from the initial lawsuit through the court system to end up before the court that issued the opinion you're reading. Since the procedural history determines the role of the litigants, and thus what each of them is called throughout the written opinion, understanding how the case moved through the court system – who sued whom, and who appealed – is paramount to understanding the case. At the same time, you don't need to go into too much detail here. You just need to understand who filed the original lawsuit (which will help you understand the facts of the case), the decision at trial, and who appealed and why. Isolate the relevant facts. At the root of every case, there always is a story of a dispute between two parties – but not all of the facts and circumstances surrounding this dispute will be important to the holding of the case. To analyze case law, you must determine which parts of the story are relevant to the issue presented to the court that made the decision. At the appellate level, the courts are concerned with legal issues, not questions of fact. So, for example, if you are reading a case that came about as a result of a bar fight, the factual question of whether one party assaulted the other has already been resolved. In many cases, the initial facts that prompted the dispute may be summarized in a sentence or two. Often, what's really important is what happened afterward. Keep in mind that not all judges are the best writers. While you may be tempted to believe a particular fact is important because the judge who wrote the opinion spent several paragraphs discussing it, this is not necessarily the case. As you read more and more cases, particularly if the cases you read are focused on a particular court, you will become familiar with the styles of individual judges. This can make it easier for you to immediately notice when the judge is focusing on facts he or she believes are central to the case's holding. Determine the legal issue raised by the facts. The core of case law analysis is figuring out the exact issue or issues the court is being asked to resolve, and the process by which the court resolved it. Essentially, you're looking for what the person who appealed the lower court's ruling wanted to happen, that didn't. To find the issue, you must figure out what that person thought the lower court did wrong, and why. This usually isn't about something as simple as one person believing he should have been awarded more money, or a criminal defendant not wanting to go to jail. That might be part of an appellant's personal motivation, but to have a legitimate appeal you must be able to point to some way that the lower court made a legal error. In many cases, the legal error isn't an obvious error. The lower court may have applied the law correctly – but the appellant is arguing that her case is different from the cases that developed the rule the lower court used, or that the lower court should have used a different rule. Often in Supreme Court cases, there isn't a rule that can be handed down from previous cases and applied in this case, because no court has ever decided a case like this one. In these situations, it's up to the court to figure out how to tackle this new issue, and where it fits in to the long line of American jurisprudence. Phrase the issue as a yes/no question. The simplest way to understand a court's reasoning and analysis of the legal issue before it is to create a question being asked of the court, and phrase it in a way that it can be answered with a straight yes or no. In some cases, the issue before the court involves multiple yes/no questions, or a follow-up question that is conditional on the answer to the first. This usually happens when a particular factual situation present in the case has never been explored by any other court. The court must first determine whether a particular law applies to that factual situation at all before it can decide how the law applies. For example, suppose a baker has been fined by the local government for creating cupcakes with expletives written in icing. The court may first have to determine whether icing on cupcakes is the sort of speech or expression protected by the First Amendment, before it can reach the real issue of whether the baker's First Amendment rights have been violated. Provide the court's answer to the question. Since you've phrased your issue as a question that can be answered yes or no, in most cases the court's answer will be one of those words. However, some cases may have a more nuanced answer, such as "maybe" or "sometimes." Some judges have a very clear, straightforward writing style, and they'll phrase the issue as a question and answer it directly. However, this isn't usually the case. In most written opinions, you should expect to dig for the question and answer, which you'll have to craft yourself. When more than one question is asked, sometimes the answer to the first takes care of all the others. To look at the earlier cupcake-icing example, if the court had determined that no, icing on cupcakes is not protected by the First Amendment, the second question disappears. You don't have to consider whether the baker's First Amendment rights were violated by the fine, because she didn't have any First Amendment rights in the first place. When the answer is qualified with a "sometimes," any conditional questions that follow likewise will have qualifications. #Note any significant dissents. In many cases, particularly at the Supreme Court level, a justice who disagrees with the majority will issue a dissent. As time passes and court interpretation evolves, a significant dissent may end up being a majority opinion later on when the court reverses or overturns an earlier decision. There also may be concurrences, which are separate opinions written by justices who agree with the ultimate outcome of the case, but not with the reasoning the majority applied to get there. Often a concurrence can help you understand the majority's reasoning, particularly if it seemed convoluted on first read. Unless you understand where the case you're reading falls in the history and development of that particular area of law, you may not be able to recognize which other opinions are important until you do further research. If you're unsure, it's best to simply note other opinions – be they dissents or concurrences – and the key difference between them and the majority's opinion. Especially if you're reading a Supreme Court case, you also should note which justice authored the dissent or concurrence. As justices leave the court and are replaced, the values and judicial temperament of the majority also can change. A dissent from a decade ago may become a majority opinion tomorrow – often written by the same justice, now carrying the majority where he or she once held a minority view. Identify the legal rules used by the court. The rules used by the court to apply the law to a case's facts typically are precedents established by previous court decisions in similar cases. Make note of the case from which the rule came, although typically it's not necessary for you to go back and read the case itself to understand the rule. However, if a significant portion of the opinion discusses the previous case, you may want to go back and read it as well so you have a better understanding of what the court is talking about. In some opinions (especially those penned by judges with straightforward writing styles), the rule used by the court will follow trigger phrases such as "the rule we apply is" or "we decide this case by applying the rule from" – phrases that alert you the court is about to tell you exactly what rule they used. Most opinions won't be this direct, and require a closer analysis of the language to ascertain the rule the court used. Sometimes you can figure this out by working backwards. Read the court's decision, and then follow the court's train of logic in reverse until you reach the rule. Apply the rule to the facts of the case. The court typically applies related precedents to the facts of the case at hand using analogy. Arguments from opposing sides at the appellate level typically offer competing analogies, and sometimes argue that different precedents should apply. The application of a legal precedent to the facts of a case is the heart of legal analysis. This typically is done using similes. Seldom has the exact issue been presented before – to make a decision, the court must determine that this case is like a different case, and therefore the same rule should apply. Keep in mind that, especially if you're analyzing a Supreme Court case, the court wouldn't have accepted that case on appeal if it didn't present a new issue that had not already been decided in an earlier case. For this reason, there likely won't be a precedent that is entirely on point, or a previous case with the same fact pattern in which the same issue was raised and decided. Rather, the court must compare cases to find a rule that applies closely and is based on a similar situation that is analogous to the dispute presented. Highlight facts the court found most important. Among the relevant facts you've already identified, some will be more important than others because they represent the reason the court chose one rule over another, or applied the rule in a particular way. Sometimes the easiest way to locate the court's pivotal fact or facts is to consider what would have happened if they'd chosen to focus on a different fact. For example, if the court in the case of the beleaguered baker had decided to focus on the fact that cupcakes are food, and food has never been protected under the First Amendment, it might have arrived at a different decision than it did. Because the court focused instead on the fact that the baker wrote words with icing, just as writers write words in ink, and concluded that written words inarguably enjoy First Amendment protection. Although many other facts may be relevant, or important to some other aspect of the case, those aren't the facts that made the court rule the way it did. Consider how the rule would apply to different facts. Once you've mapped out how the court arrived at its decision, imagine different (but similar) factual scenarios, and apply the rule the case established to those facts to see what the result would be. No court case exists in isolation. Once a court issues a decision, the legal interpretation and rules it establishes become part of the larger body of law devoted to that particular issue. Each opinion helps future courts understand more about the statute or constitutional provision at the heart of the case. You don't have to wait for future courts to apply the rule you've just learned to other cases, however. Take the facts in the original case and twist them slightly, then apply the rule yourself. Law professors call these imaginary cases "hypotheticals," and spend a good portion of class churning them out and asking their students to apply the rule they've learned to sometimes bizarre and convoluted stories.	Read the case. Identify the parties. Outline the case's procedural history. Isolate the relevant facts. Determine the legal issue raised by the facts. Phrase the issue as a yes/no question. Provide the court's answer to the question. Identify the legal rules used by the court. Apply the rule to the facts of the case. Highlight facts the court found most important. Consider how the rule would apply to different facts.
https://www.wikihow.com/Become-an-Electrical-Engineer	How to Become an Electrical Engineer	To become an electrical engineer, you should enjoy working with electricity and electrical devices since that's most of what you'll be doing. If you're still in school, focus on taking advanced math and science classes, as well as some art classes since they'll help you with drafting and design as an engineer. Eventually, you'll want to get a degree from a college with a good engineering program, and maybe even a master's or Ph.D.	Research the field. Go online and read the field descriptions offered by engineering schools. Buy, or borrow online, a few introductory books on engineering. As you continue your research, start to narrow down your focus to one particular subset of engineering, such as electrical or chemical. Electrical engineers specialize in working with electricity and electronic devices in order to improve human life. It is always helpful to speak with an actual engineer as well. You can always look up a university's engineering faculty list online and then reach out to one of the professors via email. You might write, “Hello, I'm currently a student at Xavier High School. I'm very interested in pursuing engineering in college and was hoping that you could provide some advice.” Investigate the job outlook. Go to the U.S. Department of Labor's website and look at the profile for electrical engineering. You will see statistics regarding job growth potential. The site also shows information on various career options for engineers. The median pay for electrical engineers in 2015 was $95,230. The job growth profile for electrical engineers in 2015 is holding steady with neither growth nor decrease. Electrical engineers find jobs at all sorts of companies from Boeing to Nashville Electric. They also work in a number of fields, including manufacturing and consulting. Choose your high school coursework carefully. Enroll in as many advanced math and science classes as possible. Physics courses, in particular, will prove useful to you later on. Do your best in these classes as your final grades will be closely scrutinized by college admissions committees. It may be helpful to take a few art classes to assess if you have a skill for drafting and design. Either at the high school level, or later on in college, make sure to take at least one general communication or business communication class. This will teach you how to effectively interact with your future clients. Join the right school clubs. Of course, it is a good idea to become involved in any clubs that are of interest to you. However, if you are considering becoming an electrical engineer, it would be particularly helpful to participate in a robotics or technology group. Some of these clubs complete at the local, state, or national levels as well. If you are invited, you should participate in a club recognizing academic excellence, such as the National Honor Society. This can make your college admission application stand out from the crowd by showing your strong academic potential. Enroll in an ABET-accredited engineering college program. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is responsible for assessing and choosing those university departments that adhere to the highest standards of the field. Going to an accredited school sets you on the right path to learn the latest technologies and to pass licensing exams later on in your career. If you are unsure as to whether or not a program is ABET-accredited, look closely at the department's website. Most departments will proudly display their accreditation status and some will even offer additional details, such as the date of the last ABET visit. Do well in your engineering courses. It is not enough to get into a solid engineering program, you must get excellent grades as you move through the coursework. As an electrical engineering student, you will most likely follow a predetermined curriculum (heavy on math and science) with only a few elective courses mixed in. It is important to note that engineering exams require an application of what you've learned and will be more advanced than the assignments. It's critical to study old exams. Your major field classes will range from introductory surveys to more advanced courses focusing on circuits and other specific topics or projects. It is sometimes necessary to get a particular grade at the survey level before you are allowed to enroll in an advanced class. Choose an electrical engineering sub-field. As you reach your junior and senior years, you should start to seriously consider the particular electrical engineering specialties that appeal to you. Professional electrical engineers can specialize in networking systems, neuroengineering, or many other areas. It may be helpful to talk with your professors. They can present you with all of your available options and help you to weigh the pros and cons of each. For example, some specialties, such as neuroengineering , are areas of strong job growth. Consider pursuing an advanced degree. As you near your college graduation, you may want to investigate enrolling in a M.S. or Ph.D. program for electrical engineering. Getting an advanced degree can allow you to teach at the university level. It is also a good idea for anyone interested in conducting advanced electrical research. By some estimates, around 30% of undergraduate electrical engineering students go on to pursue an advanced degree in the field. Pass the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. Either before you graduate from college or immediately thereafter, you will want to take and pass the FE exam offered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). This is a computer-administered test that assesses your general engineering knowledge. Doing well on this exam is the first step toward professional licensing. The exam is composed of 110 multiple-choice questions. It takes six hours to complete. Your results are usually available for online viewing about a week or so after you take the exam. You can learn more about the testing details by visiting the NCEES website. It is a good idea to study for this exam for a few months in advance, at least. You can find study guides, practice exams and reference handbooks via the NCEES website and via third party providers. Apply for a job or apprenticeship. After you pass the FE exam, you must spend at least four years working under the supervision of a practicing engineer before you can apply for your own professional license. This period is often called an “apprenticeship” or internship, even if you work at a 'traditional' engineering job. As you consider your employment options you may want to look into the power utilities industry, health monitoring or medical technology, the defense industry, or manufacturing. Before you apply for a job you will need to craft a detailed resume showcasing your education and work experience. Include all of your relevant professional activities from college onward. Keep a daily work diary. Carry a small notebook with you and jot down the details of each task performed. Or, spend 10 minutes every night at your computer updating a log containing your day's activities. This log will help you to recount 4+ years' worth of professional development, which you are required to do as part of most applications for licensing. For each project, your work log should contain: contact information for any other engineers or professionals involved; a detailed description of the project; the official job title; a list of the tasks that you completed. Establish contacts in the field. As you complete various projects, try to make connections with other engineers. Talk to them about their experiences and work. Discuss research or advances in electrical technologies. You can even get involved with the NCEES as a volunteer, perhaps as a FE exam proctor. Check the NCEES website under the “New” tab for information on volunteer opportunities. You can also contact them directly via email to check on any upcoming events. Keep track of any industry news. Being informed regarding your field is another important step on the road to becoming a true professional electrical engineer. Go to the website of your state's licensing board and look for discussions of licensing changes or other news. Read the board's newsletter, if they publish one, and consider writing an article for submission. The NCEES also publishes an annual report that can provide you with some insight regarding how that organization operates. And, the newsletter Squared serves as the official statistical record of engineering licensing. Keep building your skill set. Spend some time thinking about your strengths and weaknesses as an engineer. Take on engineering jobs that will help you to continue your professional development. Stay fresh in your math skills by taking practice tests every now and then. Work on your technical writing skills by exchanging drafts with other professionals. Review your state’s licensing requirements. Licensing is the primary way for you to become a professional electrical engineer. Each state crafts their own particular licensing requirements. Look up the licensing board for your particular state and carefully read through all of the required materials and information. The NCEES website actually has an interactive map that can send you directly to the site for your state's licensing board. This is a good place to start. It is important to know that without licensing your professional opportunities may be limited. For example, Texas and other states will only hire licensed, professional engineers for public works projects. Take the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam. Passing this 8-hour test is the first of many requirements for professionalization. It assesses your theoretical and practical knowledge of the field of electrical engineering. PE exam registration can be limited to only those engineers who have received prior board approval, so check your state's guidelines. It is highly suggested that you study for this exam well prior to taking it. You can look at practice exams or discuss potential questions with your fellow engineers. However, the PE exam also allows you to bring in reference materials to use. Be aware that you will have to pay a fee for both the FE and PE exams. This fee varies depending on your location. And, your PE results will be ready 2-3 months post-test. Write up your Supplementary Experience Record (SER). Many licensing boards will require that you transfer your diary information into a narrative format known as a SER essay. This 6-12 page piece of writing should trace your professional development from college onward. Pen your essay from a first-person perspective and keep your language engaging by using active verbs, such as, “calculated, or “evaluated.” Place your individual contributions at the center of the narrative. Select your professional references. All licensing applications will require that you submit the contact information for, or a statement from, at least three professionals with whom you've worked. It is best if these persons are licensed professional engineers working out of the same state as you. It is quite possible that your references will be called upon to verify information found within your SER. Get a local board license. When you've gathered all of the necessary materials go online to the licensing board's website and fill out your application. Double-check to make sure that everything that is requested has been included and then hit the submit button. You can usually track the progress of your application online. If you dislike paperwork, you may want to consider the N Records Program offered by the NCEES. This program gathers all of the application information for you (with your data prompts) and completes the submission process as well. Be aware, however, that there is a per-submission fee for this service.	Research the field. Investigate the job outlook. Choose your high school coursework carefully. Join the right school clubs. Enroll in an ABET-accredited engineering college program. Do well in your engineering courses. Choose an electrical engineering sub-field. Consider pursuing an advanced degree. Pass the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. Apply for a job or apprenticeship. Keep a daily work diary. Establish contacts in the field. Keep track of any industry news. Keep building your skill set. Review your state’s licensing requirements. Take the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam. Write up your Supplementary Experience Record (SER). Select your professional references. Get a local board license.
https://www.wikihow.com/Recover-Repressed-Memories	How to Recover Repressed Memories	Recovering repressed memories can be emotionally demanding, so it's best to work with a professional to do it. See a therapist to discuss your mental health and why finding out the memories is important to you. They'll be able to use their expertise to help you deal with your problems and recall your lost memories. Talk therapy is one way you can do this, which is when you discuss your feelings with your therapist so your memories can come to the surface naturally. They may also help you try to relive certain experiences. For instance, they may have you wear the clothes you had on when the incident occurred. You may also try visiting the place where you experienced a loss of memory. Alternatively, they may ask you to perform the activity you were doing when the incident happened, such as listening to music. Once you recall your memories, try writing them down in a journal so that you can't forget them in the future.	Work with a therapist who is experienced in trauma. A trauma-focused therapist can help you address your past experiences. This may help you remember your repressed memories. Your therapist can help you whether or not you recover your memories. Even if you don't remember what happened to you, your therapist can help you work through your issues and learn how to live a better life. Going to an inexperienced therapist can do more harm than good if you've experienced a trauma. Ask your therapist about their education, specialized training, and past work history to make sure they're properly qualified. You can also check your potential therapist's webpage to learn more about their experience and practice. Tell your therapist how you believe your memories are harming you. Consider why it's important for you to remember what happened. Explain why you suspect you have repressed memories, as well as what you think might have happened. What feelings or mental health conditions are you experiencing that might stem from these memories? What have you been treated for in the past? Your therapist needs to know what you want to change in your life. As they treat you, they can help you work toward these goals, even if you don't recover all of your memories. For example, you might have a lot of anxiety that you believe is tied to a negative experience you had when you were a small child. You could say, “My anxiety is making it impossible for me to relax. I always feel upset and nervous, and I think it's because of something that happened to me while I spent the summer with my grandparents at age 7.” Use trauma-focused talk therapy to help recover repressed memories. It's a slow process, but talking out your experiences and feelings can help you slowly unravel memories that are hidden in your mind. Your therapist will listen as you talk about your current issues, as well as your past. They may also ask you questions. When you do talk therapy, your memories are able to come to the surface when you're ready to remember. Talk therapy provides a safe space for you to recover your repressed memories, as your therapist can help you deal with any traumatic memories that come back. Talk therapy is considered the best way to recover your memories. It's the safest, most effective way to remember repressed memories. Undergo cognitive-behavioral therapy to learn good coping skills. Your therapist will help you recognize problematic thought processes or behaviors. Then, they'll introduce you to positive ways of dealing with these thoughts or behaviors. This will help you resolve the problems your repressed memories may be causing in your life, plus it could open you up to remembering what happened. Remember, it's possible to recover even if you don't remember what happened. For example, your therapist could help you learn to calm down extreme anger or use positive self-talk to cope with depression. Keep your focus on being healthy in the present. A difficult past is very hard to overcome, but you deserve to enjoy your life. Don't let old experiences keep you trapped in your past, as it will only cause you more pain. It's only helpful to remember repressed memories if it helps you improve the issues that are bothering you. Work on the goals you set with your therapist to keep moving forward. Make mindfulness part of your everyday life to keep you grounded in the present. Don't speculate on what your repressed memories might be. It will cause more harm than good. Keep a journal to help you work through your memories. Feeling like you have repressed memories can be painful and stressful. Journaling can help you deal with your emotions, get to the root of your feelings, and possibly remember the past. Getting everything out on paper also helps you feel better. Record what's happening to you now, as well as anything you remember of the past. When memories start to come back, write them down so you don't forget them again. Reading through your journal may help you piece together your memories. Writing often may help you free thoughts or memories that are buried in your mind. Use sensory-triggers to help you remember. Repressed memories may be tied to a specific state of mind. Engaging your 5 senses can help you return to that moment, though it may be painful for you. The sights, smells, sounds, feel, and tastes associated with your memory might trigger it. However, it's best to not do this on your own, since the memories may bring back painful emotions or re-traumatize you. For example, let's say you want to remember something that happened at a party you attended. You might put on the clothes you were wearing, listen to the music that was playing at the party, look at photos from that night, and eat the same foods that were served at the party. If you're not sure where to get started, consider where you have memory gaps. For example, do you have lots of memories from when you were 6-years-old and 8-years-old, but none from when you were 7-years-old? This is a memory gap, so you might try to trigger memories from that age. It's best to work with a therapist if you're going to try to trigger your repressed memories. Go back to the place where the event happened, if you can. Depending on what happened to you, returning to the place can help you remember. However, it might also be scary for you to go back to the place where it happened. Additionally, you may need other triggers that make you return to that time to recover your memories. You may remember painful experiences, so don't go by yourself. Ask someone you trust or your therapist to help you through this process. Don't put yourself in a dangerous situation, either physically or mentally. Avoid going back to a place where you may be hurt. For example, you might go back to your hometown to retrace your steps in the hopes of recovering lost childhood memories. You might use familiar smells, your favorite childhood toys, and old photos to help trigger your memories. Use hypnosis with caution. You might be drawn to hypnosis because it seems like an easy way to recover your memories. Since hypnosis alters your state of consciousness, you can access different parts of your mind and potentially recover your memories either in fragments or all at once. However, hypnosis also allows you to easily believe things that are told or suggested to you, even if they aren't true. In some cases, this can create false memories, which are just as painful as real memories. Some mental health professionals may suggest using hypnosis to recover your repressed memories. However, experts warn that it's hard to distinguish between a real and false memory uncovered during hypnosis. If you want to try hypnosis, look for a hypnotherapist who is experienced in working with people who've experienced a trauma. It's best to work with a therapist or counselor who is also trained in hypnotherapy. Go over the type of questions or suggestions the hypnotherapist will use to prompt you so you can make sure they aren't leading you toward a particular type of memory. Make sure they record your session so you can listen to everything that it said. Focus on your feelings, instead. It's likely that you want to recover your repressed memories because you're dealing with painful emotions or want to improve your mental health. Fortunately, you don't have to remember what happened to you in order to cope with those feelings. It's enough to know that you're dealing with emotions tied to past experiences. Trying to force a repressed memory to the surface can be more harmful than not remembering. Instead, learn new coping strategies to deal with your painful emotions moving forward. Additionally, work with a therapist to manage the thoughts and behaviors that you want to change. For example, you might feel uncomfortable when people try to hug you. You don't need to know the reason why you feel uncomfortable to work through that issue. It's enough to know you feel this way and want to do something about it. It's best to work with a therapist if you believe your repressed memories are harming your mental health. They can help you work through trauma and use cognitive behavioral therapy to make positive changes in your life. Watch for common symptoms of dissociation. When something bad happens to you, your mind may try to block out what is happening, which is called dissociation. Repressed memories happen when you are trying to dissociate yourself from a traumatic event. People who use dissociation to deal with painful experiences may dissociate in other ways as well. Stopping dissociation may help you recover your memories. Here are common symptoms of dissociation: Having a blank or wandering mind. Having a sensation that your world isn't real. Being detached from your life, environment, and/or self. Feeling numb. Feeling like you're detached or spaced out. Staring blankly or with eyes glazed over. Feeling as though you're watching your life from the outside. Getting sleepy whenever you need to do something. Having delayed reactions to things that happen to you. Being unable to explain how you feel. Ground yourself in the present by engaging your 5 senses. When you ground yourself, you can bring your mind into the present, which often brings a sense of calm. Focusing on all 5 of your senses will help root you in your current location. This helps you stop dissociating and keep your thoughts on the present. If you're struggling to engage all 5 senses, using just 1 can help you break your dissociative cycle. Here's how: Sight: describe the location, list items around you that are blue, look for a specific item, describe an interesting thing that's nearby. Sound: explain what's happening in the moment aloud to yourself, listen to music, pick out the sounds you can hear. Touch: notice how your body feels, feel the sensation of your feet on the ground, touch a textured item in your environment. Smell: sniff the air and pick out the smells or take a whiff of an essential oil. Taste: eat a small snack or stick out your tongue to taste the air. Practice mindfulness to learn to live in the present. Being mindful means living in the moment. Dissociation takes you out of the present, but mindfulness can help you re-learn how to stay grounded in the moment. Here are a few tips to help you be more mindful: Meditate at least 10 minutes a day by sitting still and focusing on your breath. You can also use a free meditation app like Headspace, Calm, or Insight Timer for a guided meditation. Go for a nature walk and engage your 5 senses. Eat alone and in silence. Focus on each bite of food, noticing how it tastes, smells, and feels in your mouth. Count your breaths. Put all of your focus on one activity, such as knitting, painting, wood carving, or building an arduino. Work with a mental health professional. The best way to treat a dissociative disorder is to undergo cognitive behavioral therapy or dialectical behavioral therapy. Your therapist can help you remember and work through the traumatic experiences at the root of your dissociative disorder. They can also help you resolve any conflicts within yourself that arise from your dissociation. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps you learn new ways to think or behave. You can learn how to cope in a healthy way and how to change problematic thoughts or behaviors. Dialectical behavioral therapy teaches you how to manage your emotions, be in the moment, and avoid conflicts in your relationships.	Work with a therapist who is experienced in trauma. Tell your therapist how you believe your memories are harming you. Use trauma-focused talk therapy to help recover repressed memories. Undergo cognitive-behavioral therapy to learn good coping skills. Keep your focus on being healthy in the present. Keep a journal to help you work through your memories. Use sensory-triggers to help you remember. Go back to the place where the event happened, if you can. Use hypnosis with caution. Focus on your feelings, instead. Watch for common symptoms of dissociation. Ground yourself in the present by engaging your 5 senses. Practice mindfulness to learn to live in the present. Work with a mental health professional.
https://www.wikihow.com/Wash-a-Zipper-Hoodie	How to Wash a Zipper Hoodie	You'll want to wash your zipper hoodie every 6 or 7 wears to keep it clean. To wash it in a machine, close the zipper so it doesn't snag on the fabric or get damaged. Then, turn it inside out to protect the color and texture of the inside fabric. Use a mild detergent, but avoid fabric softener and dryer sheets since these can damage the fabric. Set your washer to its delicate cycle and wash your hoodie in cold water to help preserve the color and any graphics on it.	Wash your hoodie every 6-7 wears. Before washing your hoodie, determine if a wash is needed. It's recommended that you wash hoodies after about six or seven wears because as outerwear they don't dirty as quickly. Washing less frequently prevents added wear and tear. As long as your hoodie doesn't smell, it's okay to go a bit between washes. If you exercise in your hoodie, then you will likely need to wash it more. If you're questioning whether or not it's dirty, it's better to go ahead and wash it. You don't want worries about a dirty hoodie overshadowing your day. Consider what you're wearing under your hoodie. The more layers you wear, the less sweat your hoodie encounters. Zip it up. Closing the zipper will protect the teeth so that your zipper continues to open and close easily. It will also protect your fabric, which can snag on an open zipper. Secure the zipper. Use a safety pin to keep the zipper from sliding back down during the wash. Take the metal pull of the zipper and fold it up toward the collar of the hoodie. Loop the open side of the safety pin through the hole in the metal pull. Push the pin through the fabric. Close the safety pin. Turn your hoodie inside out. If you want your hoodie to stay soft and vibrant, you need to turn it inside out before washing so the color and texture of the fabric are protected during the wash. Put your hoodie into the washing machine. Spread out your hoodie and place it in the tub of the washing machine, careful not to ball it up. Set your washer on the delicate cycle. Prevent extra wear on your hoodie and its zipper by using the delicate cycle. Wash your hoodie in cold water. Make sure that you set the washer to “cold” before turning it on to help preserve the color and any graphics that are on the hoodie. Add a mild detergent. As the water flows into the washer, add your soap. Choose a soap that is gentle on clothing, avoiding products that contain bleach. Avoid fabric softener. Both liquid fabric softeners and dryer sheets can harm your hoodie. Some fabrics, such as those that are water-resistant, can be damaged by fabric softeners. Keep it simple when washing your zipper hoodie. Rinse twice. Because hoodies are thick, they may hold onto detergent. To be sure that your hoodie is free of detergent, rinse it twice. Line dry or dry on low heat. High heat dryers can ruin your zipper, so keep it to a low heat tumble dry if you can't wait for it to line dry. Zip up your zipper. Prepare your hoodie for washing by closing the zipper to protect your fabric from snagging. This also prevents damage to the zipper teeth. Find a large container. When washing by hand, you need something to hold enough water to wash your clothing. Great options include your sink, a bucket, or a large cooking pot. Add mild detergent to your water. As you pour water into the wash container, pour in your soap. Gently stir the soapy water to mix it well. Don't add too much soap. While you want a clean hoodie, too much soap will be hard to rinse out. Plus, excess soap attracts dirt and bacteria, keeping it in the fabric. Remember that laundry detergent is formulated for a full load, so don't measure out a whole cup of laundry detergent. A teaspoon is recommended for small items. If you have a thicker hoodie, add a little extra. Submerge your hoodie. Place your hoodie into the water after you have mixed in the soap. Press it down with your hand until the entire hoodie is under the water. Soak your hoodie. Let your hoodie sit in the container of soapy water for a few minutes so that it will absorb the detergent. Use your hands to agitate it. Gently move your hoodie around the wash container. Be careful not to scrub the fabric because you may damage it. Remove your hoodie from the soapy water. Lift your hoodie from the wash container and gently squeeze out some of the excess water. Avoid twisting your hoodie because that can damage it. Put your hoodie into a colander. Using a colander will help you rinse the soap from your hoodie without risking damage to the fabric. A colander is a bowl that has holes so that you can drain water. If you don't have a colander, check if your pots came with a basket to steam veggies. If you lack kitchen supplies, you could try a large funnel. Rinse your hoodie. While your hoodie is still in the colander, run cold water over it to rinse out the detergent. If you can't find anything to rinse your hoodie in, just fill the wash container with clean water and rinse it that way. Check to make sure that you've washed out all of the detergent by smelling the fabric. If you catch a strong whiff of soap, rinse your hoodie again. Squeeze out the water. Gently squeeze your hoodie to remove the excess water. Don't twist it because twisting will damage the fabric of your hoodie. Lay your hoodie out to dry. Keep in mind that handwashed items usually take longer to dry because they hold onto more water. Find a flat surface that won't be damaged by dripping water, such as a countertop.	Wash your hoodie every 6-7 wears. Zip it up. Secure the zipper. Turn your hoodie inside out. Put your hoodie into the washing machine. Set your washer on the delicate cycle. Wash your hoodie in cold water. Add a mild detergent. Avoid fabric softener. Rinse twice. Line dry or dry on low heat. Zip up your zipper. Find a large container. Add mild detergent to your water. Submerge your hoodie. Soak your hoodie. Use your hands to agitate it. Remove your hoodie from the soapy water. Put your hoodie into a colander. Rinse your hoodie. Squeeze out the water. Lay your hoodie out to dry.
https://www.wikihow.com/Survive-the-First-Day-of-School	How to Survive the First Day of School	If you're nervous about surviving the first day of school, start preparing the night before by choosing your outfit, and packing your backpack. In the morning, eat a filling breakfast and leave your home early to arrive at school on time. When you get there, meet up with your friends, or take time to find where your classes and locker are. In class, focus on the lesson, take good notes, and don't worry about classes later in the day.	Get 1-2 new outfits to wear during the first week. While you don't need a whole new wardrobe, having a new outfit for the first day can make you feel more confident. If your school doesn't require uniforms, save up to get an outfit or 2 that you like, or get a new pair of shoes to wear for the year. Once you have an outfit that you like, make sure you style it appropriately for school. Keep in mind that whatever you wear should follow your school's dress code. If you don't have a lot of room in your budget for a new outfit, mix and match your old clothes to make new outfits, visit a thrift store to find inexpensive clothes, or organize a clothing swap with your friends where you can all trade clothes. Purchase the supplies that you’ll need for the school year. Visit an office supply store or local supermarket to pick up a few folders, pencils, notebooks, and other supplies that your school wants you to have. If you're not sure what you need, check your school's website, ask a store associate, call the school to ask them, or look up lists for your grade level online. Your classes might require you to get specific supplies, like a protractor for geometry class or a world map for history. You don't have to get a new backpack and lunch box every year, but if yours have rips or tears in them from last year, remember to get a new one when you're shopping for school supplies. Do a practice run a week or so before the first day. If you have the time, pick a day and pretend like it's your first day. Go to bed early the night before, wake up on time, and do your morning routine. Head to the school to see how long it will take you to get there, and go in the school to find your classes and locker if you're able to. Many schools have new student orientations to introduce the school to new students. See if your school has one of these and go to it to prepare for your first day in a new school! Adjust your sleep schedule 10-14 days before the first day. Try to go to bed at your normal “school year” bedtime every night starting about 2 weeks before classes begin. If you're having trouble getting to bed at night, try waking up earlier so that you're tired earlier in the day. Try to follow a consistent routine for bedtime, including brushing your teeth, turning off electronics, and taking time to relax. If you need to, try reading a book or listening to calming music before you get ready for bed to get into a relaxed mindset. Talk to your parents if you’re worried about bullying or teasing at school. Whether you're going to a new school or heading back to the same school, bullying is an issues for many kids. If you're having anxiety, feeling sad or are scared, sit down with your parents or someone you trust to discuss what's going on. Ask them to talk to your principal and school counselor with you to address the issue before the school year begins. If you have a close friend who you can trust, try talking to them about how you're feeling. If they know you're worried about being bullied, they'll be able to watch your back and help you if you do end up in a bad situation. During the school year, if you're experiencing bullying of any kind, including cyber bullying, don't be afraid to tell a teacher or school counselor. They'll likely be happy to help you and can help you find a solution to the problem. Set out your supplies and clothes the night before. Plan out what you're going to wear and what you will need for class. Pack your book bag with everything you need for the next day and double check that it's all there. If you wear makeup or style your hair in the morning, lay out those products as well so you don't have to search for them. If you have physical education, pack a gym bag with extra clothes, deodorant, soap if you plan to shower, and anything else you might need for the day. Set it next to your book bag so you don't forget it. Pack a lunch if you don’t planning on buying food in the cafeteria. To save time in the morning, prepare your lunch ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator. For the first day, focus on bringing healthy, filling food that won't spoil if it's outside of the refrigerator. Don't forget to include a drink in your lunch, and pack yourself a treat like a piece of chocolate to help you get through your day. For example, you might make a sandwich for the first day. For snacks, you can include a piece of fruit like an apple or banana, and another healthy snack, like pretzels, trail mix, or a protein bar. Pack a water or a juice to drink with your lunch, as well! If you're not going to pack your lunch, be sure to have at least $5-$6 on hand for buying lunch from the cafeteria. Some schools have lunch accounts where you should be able to load money onto your account before the school year. If you don't have an account, bring cash to pay for lunch. Get at least 8 hours of sleep. Choose a bed time that will give you at least 8 hours of sleep, depending on when you wake up in the morning. When it's time for bed, turn off the lights in your room, and put away or turn off any electronics, like your phone, laptop, video games, or TV. If you're having trouble getting to sleep, turn on a dim lamp and read a book, or take a warm bath to relax. Avoid exercising, watching scary movies, or drinking anything that has caffeine in it before going to bed. These can all make it difficult to get to sleep, causing you to be tired for your first day. For example, if you need to wake up at 6 a.m., you should be in bed by 10 p.m. to get 8 hours of sleep. Set your alarm so you have plenty of time to get ready. Give yourself at least 1 hour to get ready for the day. Depending on your morning routine, you might not need a full hour, but it's best to plan ahead to give yourself enough time. Plan to take a shower, get dressed, do your hair, apply makeup if you wear it, and eat breakfast. If these tasks take you longer than an hour, set your alarm for 15-30 minutes earlier. Remember, you should be leaving your house with plenty of time to get to the school. Eat a healthy, filling breakfast. Your breakfast is your fuel for the first part of the morning. Try foods like cereal, muesli, toast, pancakes, fruit, or even smoothies. Focus on eating foods that have a lot of protein and fiber, like meat, peanut butter, eggs, oats, nuts, and bread. Stay away from sugary cereals and pastries because they can cause you to have a sugar crash later in the day. If you're short on time for your first day, try making yogurt parfaits with fruit, oats, nuts, and peanut butter or almond butter the night before. Then, you can just grab the parfait from the fridge and eat it while you get ready. If you have enough time, try making a full breakfast of eggs, toast, sausage, and fruit to get a well-rounded and balanced meal for the day. Leave early to walk, drive, or take the bus to school. Plan your route to the school before your first day, and leave with at least an extra 15 minutes to get there. If there's traffic or you have to find a different route, you won't be late. Make sure you get to the bus stop at least 5 minutes early in case the bus arrives early. If your parent is taking you to school, ask if you can leave a little early so you can meet with your friends and compare classes. Your parents might also want to take pictures before you depart for the day. Be sure to plan at least 5 minutes for this while you're on your way out of the door! Meet up with old friends to talk about your classes. When you arrive, follow the other kids to the waiting area where students can meet before the first bell rings to tell them to go to class. Look for familiar faces and say hi or compare schedules and make plans for lunch. If you don't see anyone you know, use this time to make a new friend or look at your class schedule for the day! If you can, call or text your friends before the first day and plan where you'll meet and ask them what their schedules look like. That way, you'll know who you can sit by in your classes or prepare to make new friends. Make new friends throughout the day. During class time, if you're assigned group work or sit down next to someone you don't know, be yourself and be friendly toward them. If you're going to a new school, don't be afraid to talk about where you're from and reach out to new people on the first day. Even if you're nervous, try to make at least 1 new friend on the first day. Introduce yourself to people in class and in the hallways. Try saying something like, “Hi, I'm Jess! Math is my favorite class, but I'm worried this year is going to be hard. I've heard this teacher is good, though! What about you?” If you keep seeing someone in the halls on your way to class, don't be afraid to smile and wave. Remember, you should only talk during class if the teacher says it's okay to do so, like before the bell for class rings. If the teacher is speaking, it's best to wait until the lesson is over and then make friends. Have a positive attitude and be outgoing in class. Sit by your friends in class if you can, and use lunch or a free period to socialize and enjoy the day. Try to keep a positive attitude and think about all of the exciting things you'll learn about during the year. If there's one class you're really interested in, don't be afraid to ask questions and talk to the teacher about what you'll be learning. While you should make the day fun for yourself, be sure to pay attention in class and respect your teacher during their lesson. If you talk during the lesson or make inappropriate jokes, your teacher may give you a warning about your behavior. Introduce yourself to your teachers to make a good first impression. The start of the school year means a fresh start for almost all of your classes. Before or after class, make time to say hello to your teacher and let them know that you're excited to be in class with them this year. Keep the conversation short and sweet to avoid looking like you're sucking up to them. For instance, you might say something like, “Hi Mr. Jones, I'm Alex. I wanted to introduce myself to you and let you know that I'm really looking forward to biology class this year!” If you've had a class with the teacher before, you can make time to say hi again and talk to them a little bit about the summer. Let them know you're glad to be in class with them again by saying “Good morning Mrs. Miller, it's nice to be in class with you again this semester!” For your homeroom teacher, you might want to ask your parents to let you bring them a beginning of the year gift, like a gift card to get coffee, or a teacher-themed craft. Since you'll be seeing them a lot throughout the year, it's especially important to make a good impression. Focus on getting through one class at a time. While you're in class, pay attention to the teacher, take notes, and look over the class rules and the plan for the year. Try not to worry about upcoming classes or future assignments. If you're concerned about one of the requirements for the class, plan to talk to your teacher about it after class. If possible, avoid looking at the clock. When you're paying attention to the time, it can feel like the day is going very slowly. Use a planner to keep track of assignments as you get them. At the end of each class, your teachers will probably review what's due for the next day. Write the name of the class and the assignment down in your planner so you don't forget it by the time that you go home. Before you leave school for the day, check your planner to see if you need to take home any of your books. It might also be helpful to write down any bigger assignments that are coming up, like tests, essays, or group projects if you know about them. Your teacher might give you a handout about the class with due dates on it, and you can transfer these into your calendar so you're prepared. Keep your papers organized in your bag or locker. Depending on your school, you might have to carry your papers with you, or you might be able to store them in your locker. At the end of each class, make sure you have all of your papers organized in your bag, or make a stop at your locker to put them in a safe place to take home. If you have to carry your books and papers, get a folder specifically for papers that you need to take home to avoid dropping or losing them. On the first day, you'll probably get a few forms and permission slips to take home to your parents. Remember to put them in a safe place, and write down a reminder for yourself in your planner to get them signed.	Get 1-2 new outfits to wear during the first week. Purchase the supplies that you’ll need for the school year. Do a practice run a week or so before the first day. Adjust your sleep schedule 10-14 days before the first day. Talk to your parents if you’re worried about bullying or teasing at school. Set out your supplies and clothes the night before. Pack a lunch if you don’t planning on buying food in the cafeteria. Get at least 8 hours of sleep. Set your alarm so you have plenty of time to get ready. Eat a healthy, filling breakfast. Leave early to walk, drive, or take the bus to school. Meet up with old friends to talk about your classes. Make new friends throughout the day. Have a positive attitude and be outgoing in class. Introduce yourself to your teachers to make a good first impression. Focus on getting through one class at a time. Use a planner to keep track of assignments as you get them. Keep your papers organized in your bag or locker.
https://www.wikihow.pet/Cut-Dog-Hair-with-Scissors	How to Cut Dog Hair with Scissors	If your dog's coat is getting too long, you can cut its hair with grooming scissors. First, comb or brush its fur to get rid of any tangles. Then, cut your dog's hair slowly and carefully, so you don't accidentally hurt it. Keep a comb between your dog's skin and the scissors, since this will help prevent you from cutting its skin. Be extra careful around your dog's face, ears, feet, and tail, and save those areas until last. That way, if it gets skittish and you have to stop, you'll have done most of its fur already. Don't forget to give your dog lots of praise and treats before, during, and after grooming to make it comfortable and so it'll be more relaxed next time.	Get a full set of grooming scissors. To trim the hair in a way that is comfortable for your dog and looks right, you'll need more than a standard pair of scissors. Go to a pet supply store and look for a full set of grooming scissors. Each type has a specific purpose. You'll need: Straight grooming shears for general cutting Curved scissors for rounding off layers of hair Thinning shears for giving your dog's coat a natural edge, and for dealing with problem areas Rounded safety tip scissors for trimming delicate areas like the face and tail Make sure the scissors are sharp and oiled. Dull scissors will yank on your dog's hair, causing pain and stress. If your scissors are new, they should be sharp. If the shears have been used several times, however, they may need to be sharpened. Putting a few drops of scissor oil on the blades before you begin will also maintain the shears and make cutting easier. Scissor oil and sharpeners should be available wherever you buy your dog grooming supplies. Set up a grooming station. Once the scissors start cutting, hair will fly everywhere. Make clean-up easier by placing a mat underneath your dog to catch most of the flying hair. If you have a small dog, you can even place the mat and dog on top of a table to make grooming easier. When you're done grooming, just pick the whole mat up and throw the hair away. Make sure your shears, dog brush, and any other grooming supplies you need are easy for you to reach while you work. Comb out your dog’s coat. Use a regular dog brush to make sure everything is nice and even. If there are any knots, hold them gently with one hand and place the brush in your other hand. Slowly and gently brush them out to avoid hurting your dog. Many owners prefer to groom their dog right after its bath, since the hair may be easier to work with when it is slightly damp. If the dog's coat is very knotted, trim these out before washing the dog, as water can knit mats together even more. Decide how short you want to cut the fur. If your dog has long hair and you want to keep it long, be sure to trim enough in places that are prone to matting, such as the belly and tail. Beyond that, length is largely a matter of preference. Use your fingers as a guide to make sure that you don't cut too much off. For instance, you may decide that you want to cut most of your dog's hair to the length of your finger. Use your finger to measure the length as you cut and keep things consistent. You don't have to cut all of the hair to the same length. For instance, you might cut the dog's sides to finger length but the belly to half a finger length. Cut hair on the dog’s body front to back. Start with the straight shears and begin cutting from the area at the top of the dog's neck. Slowly and carefully work your way down to the tail area, but don't cut the tail hair yet. Then go back and trim the hair down the sides of the dog's belly and legs. If your dog has thick fur that you want to lighten up, you can go back over these areas with the thinning shears a bit to feather the hair into varying lengths. You can also go back over the sides a bit with the curved scissors so that the hair looks more natural instead of all being cut straight across. Work slowly and carefully. Injuring your dog is sure to make it afraid of grooming sessions. Take your time! Working carefully also makes it less likely that you will make mistakes when cutting. A couple of basic guidelines will ensure a painless, successful grooming session: Cut only where you can hold up the hair and see through it. That is, if the hair is so thick that you can't lift it up and see light shining through, you are probably cutting too close to the dog's skin. It's best to keep a comb between the dog's skin and the scissors, as this will help prevent you from cutting the dog's skin. Use a light touch when cutting with the scissors, instead of chomping the blades down hard and fast. That way, if you accidentally do catch your dog's skin in the scissors, you'll probably be able to stop before causing an injury. Save sensitive areas for last. Cut the sides and legs before you start on more difficult parts like the face, ears, feet, and tail. That way, you can be sure to get the bulk of the cutting out of the way. If your dog gets skittish at the end and you have to stop, it will at least have been mostly trimmed. Use extra care around the dog’s face, ears, and tail. When cutting these areas, don't plan on removing lots of hair. Instead, concentrate on carefully removing any hair that's getting in the way of the dog's eyes, and removing excess hair to prevent matting on the ears and tail. Use the rounded tip safety shears when working on these areas. Work back to front when trimming the dog’s feet. Use the rounded tip shears here as well. Trim the feet from the back, near the leg, up toward the toes. This makes it easier to see what you are doing and not cut too much off. Only cut fur that hangs out past the edges of the toes and foot pads--no shorter! Use the thinning shears to fix any problem areas. If there are any matted areas or patches of thick hair, use the thinning shears to remove these without taking all of the hair away. Varying the length of the dog's hair will also give its coat a more natural look.	Get a full set of grooming scissors. Make sure the scissors are sharp and oiled. Set up a grooming station. Comb out your dog’s coat. Decide how short you want to cut the fur. Cut hair on the dog’s body front to back. Work slowly and carefully. Save sensitive areas for last. Use extra care around the dog’s face, ears, and tail. Work back to front when trimming the dog’s feet. Use the thinning shears to fix any problem areas.
https://www.wikihow.com/Multiply-Fractions	How to Multiply Fractions	To multiply fractions, start by multiplying the numerators together, which are the numbers at the top of the fractions. For example, if you're trying to solve 2/3 × 3/4, you'd multiply 2 by 3 and get 6. Then, multiply the denominators together, which are the numbers at the bottom of the fractions. In this example, you'd multiply 3 by 4 and get 12. Therefore, your new fraction would be 6/12. Once you've gotten your new fraction, simplify it to the lowest terms. To simplify the fraction, just divide the numerator and denominator by the largest number that can go into them evenly, also known as the largest common factor. So, in this case, since 6 is the largest number that can go into the top and bottom number, you'd divide 6 by 6 and 12 by 6 and get 1/2.	Write down the problem on a piece of paper. Being able to see your work will help you learn how to multiply fractions better. Plus, if you make a mistake, it'll be easier to go back in your work to see the error. Each fraction has a numerator (the number on the top) and a denominator (the number on the bottom). Separate the numerator from the denominator with a straight, horizontal line. Try your best to keep your fractions in a straight line. This will just make it easier to stay organized and work efficiently. Simplify the fractions as much as you can before multiplying them so you're working with smaller numbers. For example, 6/8 can be reduced down to 3/4. Multiply the numerators first. For example, if you're asked to solve for 5/6 * 2/3, the first thing you'll need to do is multiply 5 * 2, which gives you 10. This will be the numerator for your answer. In another example, solve for the numerator of 3/4 * 1/3. Any number times 1 will be itself, so your new numerator is 3. Figure out the new denominator by multiplying the current denominators. In the example given, 5/6 * 2/3, multiply 6 * 3 to get 18. This is your new denominator. For 3/4 * 1/3, multiply 4 * 3 to get the new denominator of 12. The answer to your multiplication problem is 3/12. Simplify your new fraction to get it in the lowest form possible. If the numerator and denominator share common factors (they can be divided equally by the same number), you can simply your answer. For the example of 5/6 * 2/3, the answer you got was 10/18. Both 10 and 18 are divisible by 2. Divide both numbers by 2 to get your final, simplified answer, which is 5/9. Simply the fraction 3/12. 3 goes into both itself and 12 evenly. The simplified answer is 1/4. Write the problem down on paper so you can keep track of your work. You may be tempted to solve math problems in your head, but when you're first starting out it's a good idea to write everything down, step by step. This way, if you make a mistake, it's easy to go back and see what happened so you can fix it moving forward. Fractions are made up of 2 parts, the numerator (the top number) and the denominator (the bottom number), and they are separated with a straight, horizontal line. To write a mixed number, put the whole number on the left-hand side of the fraction. Change the mixed number to an improper fraction. For example, let's say the problem you're solving for is 1 and 3/4 * 7 and 1/5. The first thing you need to do is change both of those mixed fractions into improper fractions, meaning that the numerator will be greater than the denominator. Here's how to do this: 1 and 3/4 = 7/4 when it's made into an improper fraction. The denominator will always stay the same when making improper fractions. Multiply the denominator by the whole number (4 1) and add that answer to the current numerator (3). (41) + 3 = 7. For 7 and 1/5, multiply the denominator by the whole number (57) and add that answer to the current numerator (1). (57) + 1 = 36. Put the new numerator over the original denominator for your improper fraction. 7 and 1/5 = 36/5. Simplify the improper fractions to make the numbers easier to multiply. In the example given, we are left with 7/4 * 36/5. While you could just multiply the numerators and the denominators, it will be easier to do the math if you can simplify the fractions first. When simplifying, check to see if the cross numerator and denominator can be divided equally by the same number. 7 and 5 cannot be, but 36 and 4 are both equally divisible by 4. To get your simplified fraction: Divide 4 by 4 to get 1, changing the first fraction from 7/4 to 7/1. Divide 36 by 4 to get 9, changing the second fraction from 36/5 to 9/5. You can also simplify single fractions if the numerator and denominator have a common factor. For example, if 7/4 were instead 8/4, you could simplify that fraction to 2/1. Solve for the problem by multiplying the numerators and the denominators. Now all you have to do is solve for your fraction by multiplying 7 * 9 to get 63 for the new numerator. Multiply 1 * 5 to get 5 for the new denominator. The final improper fraction is 63/5. Convert the fraction back to a mixed number get the final answer. To get back to a mixed number, you just need to do some simple division. Divide the numerator by the denominator, so 63/5. 5 goes into 63 12 times, with 3 left over. 12 becomes the whole number and 3 becomes the new numerator. The denominator of 5 stays the same. In the end, 1 and 3/4 * 7 and 1/5 = 12 and 3/5. If you can't do the division in your head for the whole number, write it out on your piece of paper. Make a fraction into a decimal to solve equations on the calculator. Enter your fractions individually into the calculator to get their decimal equivalents. For example, to solve for 3/4 * 1/2, 3/4 would be entered as 3 divided by 4, giving you the answer of 0.75. Enter the next fraction in the equation, 1/2, as 1 divided by 2 to get the answer of 0.5. Some calculators have functions that allow you to enter the fraction as a fraction so that you don't have to deal with decimals at all. Check out your calculator's instruction manual to see if that's an option that is available to you. Use mixed numbers by putting the whole number in front of the decimal. It's really easy to use mixed numbers in your calculator, even if your calculator doesn't have a fraction function. Simply follow the step to turn the fraction into a decimal and then place the whole number in front of the decimal point to continue with your equation. For example, to turn the mixed number 3 and 3/4 into a decimal, all you have to do is divide 3 by 4 on your calculator, getting 0.75. Then, place the 3 in front of the decimal point to get 3.75. Multiply the decimals on the calculator. For the example of 3/4 * 1/2, punch 0.75 * 0.5 into your calculator. You get the decimal 0.375 as the answer. It can really help to write down your answers on a piece of paper as you work, just in case you forget something or accidentally clear away your calculator screen. If your calculator has parentheses, you could also put the equation into the calculator all at once by typing: (3/4) * (1/2). The “/“ stands for the division button. Turn decimals back into fractions. On a piece of paper, write the decimal over the denominator of 1, so for the example of 3/4 * 1/2, you would write 0.375/1 on a piece of paper. Multiply the numerator and denominator by however many places there are after the decimal point. 0.375 has 3 digits after the decimal point, so multiply the decimal and the denominator of 1 by 1000 (use your calculator to help if needed). You end up with 375/1000. If your calculator has the fraction function, you can usually convert the decimal to a fraction just using your calculator. Simplify your fraction to get the final answer. All that's left once you've turned the decimal into a fraction is to simplify your answer. For big numbers, you might have to simplify more than once to get the smallest possible fraction. For 375/1000, the number 5 goes into both 375 and 1000, simplifying the fraction to 75/200. That fraction can simplify again by the number 5, which gives you 15/40. Do it one more time to get the final answer of 3/8. It's totally okay if it takes you a few steps to simplify a fraction. Take your time, don't rush your work, and you will get there in the end!	Write down the problem on a piece of paper. Multiply the numerators first. Figure out the new denominator by multiplying the current denominators. Simplify your new fraction to get it in the lowest form possible. Write the problem down on paper so you can keep track of your work. Change the mixed number to an improper fraction. Simplify the improper fractions to make the numbers easier to multiply. Solve for the problem by multiplying the numerators and the denominators. Convert the fraction back to a mixed number get the final answer. Make a fraction into a decimal to solve equations on the calculator. Use mixed numbers by putting the whole number in front of the decimal. Multiply the decimals on the calculator. Turn decimals back into fractions. Simplify your fraction to get the final answer.
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Dog%27s-Dry-Food-Tastier-So-He-Will-Eat-It-All	How to Make a Dog's Dry Food Tastier So He Will Eat It All	To make your dog's dry food tastier so it eats it all, add a tablespoon of low-sodium broth to the dry food right before you feed your dog. You can also try sprinkling herbs over your dog's dry food to make it more flavorful, like oregano, rosemary, and peppermint. Even just mixing some warm water into your dog's dry food can help make it softer and more palatable for your furry best friend.	Mix wet and dry food to transition your dog to a dry diet. If you're planning on changing your dog's diet from wet food to primarily dry food, they will adapt faster if you mix the 2 kinds together rather than abruptly switching to only dry food. Check with your vet first to make sure your dog is ready, and then for the first week, mix 1/2 wet food with 1/2 dry food. For the second week, mix 1/4 wet food with 3/4 dry food. On the third week, offer your dog just dry food. The gradual change from dry to wet will be less noticeable to your dog. The dry food will also help to dislodge any wet food bits that get stuck in their teeth. Add warm water to make dry food softer. Some dogs just don't like the texture of dry food, or perhaps they have sensitive teeth and can't bite down on the food without pain. Mix ⁄ 4 cup (59 mL) of warm water for every 1 cup (240 mL) of dry kibble to make it more palatable. You can either serve it right away as a kind of kibble soup, or you can let the water fully absorb into the dry food so it makes a kind of mash. It will take 3-5 minutes for the water to absorb fully, depending on the size of the kibble. Don't leave softened food out for more than a few hours as it can spoil, just like wet food. Pour a low-sodium broth over dry food to add more flavor. You can make a simple broth from chicken or beef or buy stock cubes to add to hot water. Make sure to buy low-sodium stock cubes! The fragrance from the stock will help make that dry food a little more appetizing to your dog. Don't drown the food in gravy; rather, just add a large spoonful (about ⁄ 8 cup (30 mL)) over top of the dish. To make a simple broth yourself, put 1 whole cooked chicken, 2 chopped carrots, and 2 chopped potatoes into a pot and cover the ingredients with water. Cook on high until the water boils, then reduce to a simmer and let the broth cook for 2 hours. After that, remove it from the heat, let it cool, and remove the chicken and vegetables. You can store the broth in a glass container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. After you have made the broth, you can save the leftovers in the fridge to use every day when you feed your dog. You can use warm or cold broth on the food, though warm broth will smell more aromatic. Too much salt in a dog's diet will strain their kidneys. Add eggs to your dog’s food. Scrambled, hard-boiled, or over easy, eggs are a quick and easy way to add some more variety to your dog's dry kibble (and they are good for your dog's skin and coat). Eggs are high in protein and contain essential amino and fatty acids, and they can help settle upset stomachs. Don't cook the eggs with any added salt or butter—plain is just fine for your canine friend! If you are adding a hard-boiled egg to your dog's food, make sure to remove the eggshell first. An egg has around 70 calories, which is enough for a medium to large-sized dog. For a small dog, give them 1/2 an egg. Mix chopped veggies or fruit into dry kibble. Carrots, green beans, apples, blueberries, or bananas are tasty options. Keep in mind that the bulk of your dog's meal should be kibble. Aim to have your dog's dish consist of 3/4 kibble and 1/4 add-ins. Cut any fruits or vegetables into bite-sized pieces and mix thoroughly with the kibble (don't just sprinkle on top). Sweet potatoes are also great to give your dog, but they need to be washed, peeled, cooked, and unseasoned before you add them to dog food. In addition to tasting good, the different textures of the fruits or vegetables along with the kibble will make the food more interesting to your dog. Always check first to make sure a fruit or veggie isn't toxic to your dog. You can look this information up online, or call your veterinarian. Combine dry dog food and plain yogurt for a healthy gut. Choose non-fat, no sugar added yogurt and put a small dollop in with your dog's kibble. Mix it up to coat the dog food to ensure your pup doesn't just eat the yogurt off the top, avoiding the dry food underneath. For a small dog, using ⁄ 4 cup (59 mL) of yogurt should be fine, while for bigger dogs use ⁄ 2 cup (120 mL) of yogurt. Probiotics in yogurt will act differently in a canine gut. If you want to give your dog probiotics, give them ones meant for canines. If your dog can't digest milk or has diarrhea after having milk, yogurt will cause a similar effect Sprinkle herbs over dry food. Dogs have taste buds, and a lot of the herbs we use every day have healthy qualities that are good for dogs! For example, oregano contains antioxidants, rosemary has iron and fiber, and peppermint helps digestion. If using fresh herbs, rinse them and mince the leaves before adding to food. You can use dried herbs, but they won't be as aromatic as fresh ones and may have fewer health benefits. Add ⁄ 2 US tbsp (7.4 mL) of total seasonings to the kibble. Don't use the following herbs in your dog's diet: pennyroyal, tea tree oil, comfrey, white willow bark, ma huang (ephedra), wormwood, yucca, and garlic.	Mix wet and dry food to transition your dog to a dry diet. Add warm water to make dry food softer. Pour a low-sodium broth over dry food to add more flavor. Add eggs to your dog’s food. Mix chopped veggies or fruit into dry kibble. Combine dry dog food and plain yogurt for a healthy gut. Sprinkle herbs over dry food.
https://www.wikihow.com/Keep-Going	How to Keep Going	To keep going when you're feeling down, motivate yourself by writing down a list of your skills and strengths. Alternatively, take a few minutes each evening to write down the things you've accomplished that day. Along with motivation, focus on the things you can control and change. For example, instead of stressing about tight deadlines at work, think about how you can organize your time more efficiently. Additionally, reach out to others such as family, friends, and coworkers when you need help or encouragement.	Motivate yourself. While the demands of work and everyday life are constant, our will and ambition are sometimes not up to the task. We reach low points. It becomes hard to accomplish routine tasks. During these low points we have to remind ourselves to stay motivated. Look for ways that will keep you on task and focused. Keep long-term goals in mind. If you are discouraged, step back and try to gain perspective. What are you doing? Why? Remind yourself of how hard you have worked, and remember that it is easier to tread water than to fall behind and catch up later. Rehearse your past triumphs. Revisit a time when you accomplished something important — maybe it was winning a "worker of the year" award or getting special recognition for your volunteering. Let some of the positive memories flood back. You might also try reminding yourself of strengths. Write down your areas of skill and strength. Having a reinforced sense of self can be a powerful sources of motivation. Take stock of what you've accomplished each day. In the evening, reflect and recognize what you've done. Take a few minutes. Create a list. You will probably be surprised at how many items there are. To stay inspired about your short-term goals, have a clear vision of what you want in the long-term and how the two are connected. That way, you won't get unmotivated when challenges arise. Be flexible. Events in life rarely go exactly as planned. We run into unexpected problems with work, finances, or family, and it is important to be ready to adapt. Flexibility requires having an open mind, being ready to accept change, and sometimes making painful decisions. Without it, you may find yourself with lost opportunities. One way to be flexible is to be prepared for all possibilities. Think about what might happen in the future, and consider different scenarios or perspectives. In other words, see the big picture. Be willing to learn new skills, methods, or ways to take on tasks. For example, instead of fretting about why you lost out on a recent promotion at work, look for ways to make changes that will improve your efficiency and productivity. Take risks. Success usually doesn't just fall on your lap. Often we need to take a risk in order to take advantage of opportunities. And, if we fail, we can still learn from the failure and adapt in the future. Don't be afraid to vent a bit. Adapting forces you to go outside of what you are used to. It can be uncomfortable. It's OK to feel that way, and, at least in private, you are justified in blowing off some steam. Pace yourself. While pursuing goals, it's healthy in both work and life to know when to stop, take a break, and rest. Pacing will improve your mental and physical well-being, while preparing you to start anew with full tank of energy. Setting a good pace can be as easy as giving yourself regular breaks at work, or changing tasks every so often in order to reduce fatigue. Listen to your mind and body. If you feel chronically tired and run down, rest. You can't be productive unless you have energy and focus. If you can, take an hour for lunch and go for a walk. Get adequate sleep each night to wake up refreshed — around eight hours is usually enough. A good sleep routine lets your brain function at its highest levels, while a lack of sleep will leave you grumpy, fatigued, and wooly-headed. Enjoy life's pleasures. There is a big world out there with music, movies and books, each of which can bring out your best. Have coffee or outings with friends or loved ones. An active inner and social life can give you a healthy balance. Manage your time wisely. Perfectionists sometimes have issues with prioritizing. For them, every task, large or small, must be flawlessly done. In the fact of challenges, however, this attitude leads to a lot of stress. Mental health experts suggest asking, "What now?" and the identification of what is really urgent and has a lower priority. Pay attention to when, if ever, you are not making efficient choices in your use of time. Be self-correcting. You might try writing down your tasks and then putting them in a hierarchy. Some tasks will be “A” tasks. These are ones that need your best attention or are very urgent. Rate those under them in importance as B, C, or D tasks. Do the most important thing on your list first thing in the day, maybe for 90 minutes. Then, in the evening, spend about 10 to 15 minutes reflecting on what you want to accomplish the next day. Make a new outline, if need be. Focus on things that you can control. It is very easy to get hung up on events outside of your control — you missed that promotion, you never got a call back after that interview, management keeps giving you tight deadlines. Take a moment and breathe. All of these things are outside of your control. What is the use in dwelling on them? Instead, focus on things that you can affect. Stress comes from external forces but also from things that we can control. Instead of worrying about the missed call-back, think about the interview and identify your weak points. Then, try to address those weaknesses. Instead of fretting about management, try to organize your time better and more efficiently so that your deadlines aren't as arduous. Have you ever heard the phrase “be stoic”? The Stoics were a group of ancient philosophers who argued that we can't find happiness in life in outward, insecure things, but rather should look to ourselves for inner strength. In order to be happy we should focus on the things that we can control, namely our minds, our behavior, and our will. When you feel stressed, remember to be stoic! Celebrate victories. Stop to recognize your small triumphs in life and reward yourself. After all, isn't slow and steady progress better than none at all? Affirming these moments, even in a small way, will give you something to look forward to and remind you of your progress. You needn't throw yourself a party, but treat yourself somehow after a milestone. Give yourself the evening off to read a good book, go out for ice cream, or pop open a bottle of champagne with your spouse. Celebrations can do wonders for your levels of self-esteem and motivation. Even just a little pat on the back will boost your mood. Look at the bigger picture. Try to remember that every day, and each task of your daily routine, is only a small part of your life. You may feel down at a particular moment, or discouraged, but remember where you are on life's road and how much effort you have spent to get there. Haven't you achieved a lot? Widen your perspective a bit; it may improve your state of mind. Think of past accomplishments. Feeling subpar at work? What about the time that you won the employee of the year award? Perhaps recalling that you balance a professional life with the full demands of being a parent will also give a little perspective. So you might not earn as much as you'd like, and you might not have a fancy car. What do you have? What are you thankful for? Try counting your blessing and writing them down. Focus on things that you are grateful to have. You might be surprised at the length of the list. Have a support network. Having people to whom you can reach out is a great way to overcome stress, whether you are seeking concrete help or just a bit of encouragement. It doesn't need to be a huge network. Really, you might find enough support in your family, a few friends, or a church community. The important thing is that you feel they are there for you. Cast a wide net. Your “supporters” don't have to fill all roles. You might have a co-worker that you talk to about work-related stresses, and a close friend in whom you can confide your fears and secrets. Seek out help when you need it. If you are dealing with a particularly stressful patch of life, and your own network isn't up to the task, consider looking for a support group where you can meet people with the same challenges. Be proactive. Spend time with friends and family. Make time to see and talk to them. Lead a healthy lifestyle. Physical well-being is actually closely linked to good mental health. For example, exercise and a healthy diet can noticeably improve your mental health and lead to reduced levels of stress. If you are feeling down, make sure you are not neglecting this side of your lifestyle. Exercise can be a big mood-booster, as it reduces muscle tension, increases blood flow, and releases “feel-good” chemicals. Aim for a minimum of 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise, like walking, swimming, or light aerobics. A good diet is another part of a healthy mind and body. Eating breakfast regularly and fueling yourself with healthy foods like whole grains, vegetables, and fruit will give you a steady stream of energy throughout the day, keeping you on the level. Be aware of what mood-altering substances you put into your body, and why. Stimulants like caffeine, for example, found in coffee, tea, and energy drinks, gives you a temporary energy boost but can leave you feeling anxious, irritable, or restless. Self-care, or protecting the time and space to keep yourself resourced, is essential. The basics are: sleep, diet, exercise, nature, meaningful social connection, and these days, limiting social/mass media consumption. Practice mindfulness. Mindfulness is a Buddhist technique that involves living life “in the moment.” Rather than judging events as good or bad, you observe them from an emotional distance. The goal is to overcome suffering not by aspiring to be different but by focusing on what is true from moment to moment. The idea is to be present and awake to experience. Some people cultivate mindfulness through mediation. While this is a possibility, you don't have to meditate in order to enjoy the benefits of mindfulness. One way to incorporate mindfulness into your daily life is to have an alarm on your phone go off at regular intervals, reminding you to simply notice your breath and feel your feet on the ground. Talk to a mental health professional. We all have low periods. However, if you feel “down” or depressed for longer than two weeks at a time, you could have a form of mild depression and might want to talk to a mental health professional. Treatment can help you to feel better, motivated, and ready to focus again. Know the signs of depression. Do you feel fatigued most of the time? Have you lost interest in your friends or activities that you usually enjoy? Do you find it hard to concentrate on normal tasks? Are you easily irritated and short-tempered? These are all signs of mild depression. Depression can result from a host of factors. Sometimes there is a physical cause. In other cases, however, it stems from heredity, chemical imbalances in the brain, or just stresses in your everyday life. If you think that you are depressed, the best thing to do is see a health care provider.	Motivate yourself. Be flexible. Pace yourself. Manage your time wisely. Focus on things that you can control. Celebrate victories. Look at the bigger picture. Have a support network. Lead a healthy lifestyle. Practice mindfulness. Talk to a mental health professional.
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Protein-Pancakes	How to Make Protein Pancakes	To make banana or apple protein pancakes, start by placing ⅓ of a banana or unsweetened applesauce in a blender or food processor. Next, add 3 egg whites and 1/4 scoop of vanilla whey powder to the blender and blend until the batter is smooth. Pour the batter onto a preheated and greased pan, flipping them when the edges turn golden brown. Serve your pancakes with fresh fruit, honey, or powdered sugar on top.	Mix your eggs, protein powder, baking soda, and water in a bowl. Get a large bowl. Crack 2 eggs on your counter or the rim of the bowl, and empty the yolks and whites into the bowl. Add your 2 scoops (40 g) of vanilla protein powder, 1 teaspoon (5 g) of baking powder, and 6 tablespoons (90 g) of water. Mix the ingredients together with an egg whisk until the mixture has a uniform, thick texture and is even in color. You can use almond milk instead of water if you want fluffier pancakes with a little more weight to them. This batter should be relatively thick, but may seem a little thinner than traditional pancake batter. Heat a large, non-stick skillet over medium heat and oil it. Get a non-stick skillet and place it on your stove burner. Spray it with cooking oil to lubricate it. You can also use coconut oil or butter for some heartier pancakes. Let the skillet heat for 1-2 minutes as you measure out your batter. If you're using butter, start on low heat first to prevent the butter from burning as you're weighing out your batter. Measure your batter out in a measuring cup to make calculating pours easy. Either pour your batter directly into the measuring cup or use a spoon or ladle to pour the batter into the cup. Fill your measuring cup with the batter and use your spoon to scoop out any batter sticking to the sides. This way you can pour the pancake batter accurately with the cup's spout while being precise about how much batter you're using in each pancake. You can also just pour 3 evenly-sized pancakes if you don't care about keeping them identical. This may affect the cooking time though, as bigger pancakes will take longer to cook than smaller pancakes. Pour 3 pancakes into your skillet with 1–2 in (2.5–5.1 cm) between them. Use your measuring cup to pour your pancakes into the skillet. Pour 3 pancakes, using ⁄ 3 cup (79 mL) of the batter for each pour. Leave a few inches of space between each pancake so that the batter doesn't overlap in the pan. Your pancakes should be roughly 3–5 in (7.6–12.7 cm) in diameter. Give each pancake that you pour 2-3 seconds to settle on the skillet so that you can see where the batter pools up. If you lubricated the skillet with butter, turn the heat back up to medium right before you pour the batter. Flip each pancake after the batter starts to bubble on top. After 3-4 minutes of cooking, you'll notice the batter start to bubble on the top of the pancakes. This means that the bottom has fully cooked through. Take a spatula and dig it underneath each pancake before flipping it over quickly by turning your wrist. Do your best to flip each pancake on top of the location where it had just been cooking. Cook the other side of the pancakes for 3-4 minutes. If you cooked your pancakes for 3 minutes on the first side, cook them for another 3 minutes on the other side. If you cooked them for 4 minutes, cook the other side for an additional 4 minutes. Once your pancakes are done cooking, remove them with your spatula and place them on your serving plates. You will be able to tell when the other side is done cooking by monitoring the edges of the pancake. If they're turning brown and hardening, they're finished. Garnish your pancakes with nuts, fruit, syrup, or powdered sugar. Once your pancakes are on the serving plates, you can top them with whatever toppings you enjoy. Walnuts and fresh fruit makes for a healthier dish, while syrup or powdered sugar will sweeten your pancakes. If you really enjoy syrup but don't want the sugar, you can get sugar-free syrup and use that instead. You can store uneaten pancakes in the refrigerator for 1-2 days. Separate your egg yolks from the egg whites in 2 bowls. Crack your first egg by cracking it on the rim of the bowl or on your counter. Pour the egg yolk into your first bowl by keeping the yolk upright and pouring it back and forth between the 2 halves of the egg shell. Leave your yolk in the other bowl. Repeat this process for your second egg. Beat the egg whites for 2 minutes until they become soft. Use a mixer or whisk to beat your eggs. If you're using a mixer, turn it on high and move it around in the bowl to thoroughly mix the whites. If you're using a whisk, use your wrist to spin the whisk in a circular motion around the sides and bottom of the bowl. It may take an additional 1-2 minutes to whisk the eggs manually. You can tell when they're done if the eggs seem slightly thinner and fluffier than they did before. Cut your banana into smaller pieces and add them to the egg whites. Take your banana and peel it. Place it on a cutting board and use any kind of knife to cut the banana into a sequence of 1 inch (2.5 cm) slices. Add the banana slices to the bowl filled with your egg yolks. Add the rest of your dry ingredients to the bowl with the egg yolks. Pour 2 scoops (40 g) of vanilla protein powder, 1/4 teaspoon (2 g) of baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon (2 g) of salt, and 1/8 teaspoon (.5 g) of cinnamon into the bowl with your egg whites and banana. Mix the ingredients with your whisk or mixer until they're thoroughly combined, forming a thick batter. You can use chocolate protein powder instead of vanilla if you prefer, but a lot of people think that chocolate protein powder tastes a little metallic when used in food. Pour your egg whites into the bowl with your ingredients and mix them. Take your bowl filled with the egg whites and slowly pour it around the edges of your mixed ingredients. Fold the batter into the egg whites using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon. Continue mixing the ingredients together for 3-4 minutes until the batter is uniform in color and texture. Heat a large, non-stick skillet over low heat and lubricate it. Take a large, non-stick skillet and place it on a large burner. Spray the skillet with cooking spray, or coat the skillet with coconut oil. You can use melted butter to coat the skillet if you want a heartier meal. Let the skillet heat for 1-2 minutes. If you use butter to coat your skillet, be careful to avoid burning the butter. If you see smoke or smell it burning, reduce the heat and add little more butter. Fill a standard measuring cup with your batter. Either pour the batter directly into your measuring cup by tilting the bowl over the rim, or use a spoon to scoop it out carefully. Fill your measuring cup with the batter. This will make it easier to calculate how much batter you're using with each pour. It will also be much easier to pour the batter, since you can use the spout on the cup. You can also choose to simply pour the batter directly into the pan, but this will make it a little harder to get even pancakes. Pour 4 pancakes into your skillet, leaving 1–2 inches (2.5–5.1 cm) between them. Use your measuring cup to pour 4 pancakes on your skillet, using ⁄ 4 cup (59 mL) with every pour. Wait 3-4 seconds after pouring each individual pancake to determine where one will stop and another will start. Leave a little space between each pancake. Your pancakes should be roughly 4–6 in (10–15 cm) in diameter. Let your pancakes cook 90-120 seconds on each side. Let your pancakes cook for at least 90 seconds. When the batter starts to brown around the edges, dig your spatula underneath each pancake and flip it. Cook your pancakes on the other side for the same amount of time that you cooked them on the first side. These pancakes won't bubble the same way that normal pancake batter does, so keep an eye on the edges of each pancake to make sure it's fully cooked. Remove your pancakes from the skillet and garnish them as desired. Use your spatula to remove the pancakes after they're done cooking. Place them on their serving plates and garnish them based on your personal preferences. Fresh fruit, nuts, powdered sugar, honey, cinnamon, or syrup will all make excellent toppings for your protein pancakes. If you enjoy syrup but want to keep your dish healthy, consider getting some sugar-free syrup. You can store your uneaten pancakes for 1-2 days in the refrigerator.	Mix your eggs, protein powder, baking soda, and water in a bowl. Heat a large, non-stick skillet over medium heat and oil it. Measure your batter out in a measuring cup to make calculating pours easy. Pour 3 pancakes into your skillet with 1–2 in (2.5–5.1 cm) between them. Flip each pancake after the batter starts to bubble on top. Cook the other side of the pancakes for 3-4 minutes. Garnish your pancakes with nuts, fruit, syrup, or powdered sugar. Separate your egg yolks from the egg whites in 2 bowls. Beat the egg whites for 2 minutes until they become soft. Cut your banana into smaller pieces and add them to the egg whites. Add the rest of your dry ingredients to the bowl with the egg yolks. Pour your egg whites into the bowl with your ingredients and mix them. Heat a large, non-stick skillet over low heat and lubricate it. Fill a standard measuring cup with your batter. Pour 4 pancakes into your skillet, leaving 1–2 inches (2.5–5.1 cm) between them. Let your pancakes cook 90-120 seconds on each side. Remove your pancakes from the skillet and garnish them as desired.
https://www.wikihow.com/Normalize-a-Vector	How to Normalize a Vector	To normalize a vector, start by defining the unit vector, which is the vector with the same initial point and direction as your vector, but with a length of 1 unit. Then, establish the known values, like the initial point and direction, and establish the unknown value, which is the terminal point of the unit vector. Due to the proportionality of similar triangles, you can then use the Pythagorean theorem to solve for the unknown value.	Define a unit vector. The unit vector of a vector A is the vector with the same initial point and direction as A, but with a length of 1 unit. It can be mathematically proven that there is one and only one unit vector for each given vector A. Define the Normalization of a vector. This is the process of identifying the unit vector for a given vector A. Define a bound vector. A bound vector in Cartesian space has its initial point at the origin of the coordinate system, expressed as (0,0) in two dimensions. This allows you to identify a vector solely in terms of its terminal point. Describe vector notation. By restricting ourselves to bound vectors, A = (x, y) where the coordinate pair (x,y) indicates the location of the terminal point for vector A. Establish the known values. From the definition of the unit vector, we know that the initial point and direction of the unit vector is the same as the given vector A. Furthermore, we know the length of the unit vector is 1. Determine the unknown value. The only variable we need to calculate is the terminal point of the unit vector.	Define a unit vector. Define the Normalization of a vector. Define a bound vector. Describe vector notation. Establish the known values. Determine the unknown value.
https://www.wikihow.com/Detox-from-Sugar	How to Detox from Sugar	To detox from sugar, commit to cutting sugar completely out of your diet for at least 10 days to significantly reduce your cravings. If possible, get sugary foods out of your house before you start your detox so you're less likely to cave and eat them. Replace sugary snacks with protein-packed foods, like nuts, fish, and legumes, which will help you feel satisfied for longer. Additionally, have plenty of fruits and vegetables prepared for satisfying snacks. Since many prepackaged and restaurant foods have hidden sugars, like honey, brown rice syrup, and sucrose, commit to cooking at home and avoiding processed or pre-packaged foods whenever possible during your detox.	Cut out sugar completely for at least 10 days. If you want to break your sugar habit, 10 days is a good place to start. After this time period is up, even if you do go back to eating sugar, you'll find that your sugar cravings happen much less often than before. If you want to commit to a longer period, that's great! Just decide how long you want to do it. Determine whether you want to cut just refined sugar or all sugars and refined flours. Some detox diets suggest that you not only cut out refined sugars, but also refined flours, fruit, hydrogenated fats, and even MSG. However, other detox diets suggest eating fruit in place of other sugary foods, while cutting out refined sugars and flours. It's up to you how far you want to go. If you really want to cut sugar cravings, you can try taking a more severe approach, at least for the initial 10 days. On the other hand, fruit has important nutrients and fiber so you may want to include it while detoxing from sugar. Talk to your doctor about what's best for you and your health. Get sugary foods out of your home before you start. If at all possible, clear your cupboards of things like sugary snacks, pre-processed foods, and white bread. Look for any foods with sugars, and toss them or donate them to a charity. If they're out of your home, you're less likely to cave and eat them. If you're living in a household where other people aren't going to detox, try having a separate cabinet for your food so you don't have to be as tempted by sugary choices. Stay hydrated to cut temptations. Sometimes, you may mistake thirstiness for hunger cravings. If you're craving something sweet, try downing some water to see if that helps. Keep water nearby throughout the day to help you stay hydrated. Work on lowering your stress levels to reduce sugar cravings. Stress can make you crave comfort foods, including sugary snacks. While you can't cut out stress completely, you can take steps to lower your stress levels , which in turn, can help you manage your cravings. Try relaxation techniques, such as yoga or meditation. Cut out stress when you can. For instance, if you find that you get stressed out watching the morning news, skip it. When you're feeling stressed, try deep breathing. Close your eyes and inhale through your nose while counting to 4 in your head. Hold the breath for 4 counts, then breathe out through your mouth for 4 counts. Repeat the process several times until you feel yourself calming down. Sleep 8 hours per night. Sleep deprivation can make you want more food. The more sleep you lose, the more likely you are to eat extra calories. Aim to get 8 hours a night as often as you possibly can. If you have trouble getting to bed, set an alarm an hour before you need to go to sleep. Turn off the electronics and start your wind-down then. If you have trouble staying asleep, cut out disturbances like light, noises, and pets. For instance, put up light-blocking curtains if you get too much light from outside, and try a white-noise machine if you get city noise. Lock your pets out of the bedroom if they tend to disturb your sleep. Check labels for added sugars so you can avoid products with sugar. Sugars can be hiding under sneaky names, so you need to read the ingredients list carefully. Look for "sugar," of course, but also look for words ending in "-ose," such as "sucrose" or "maltose." Other names for sugar include molasses, raw sugar, brown rice syrup, honey, juice, cane syrup, and corn syrup. Avoid eating foods that contain artificial sweeteners. While it can be tempting to replace sugar with an artificial sweetener, that tactic can backfire. Using sweeteners can make you crave sweet things even more, and you may want sugar all the time. Watch for sweeteners like aspartame, stevia, sucralose, saccharin, neotame, and acesulfame potassium. Some sweeteners contain sugar alcohols, such as xylitol and sorbitol. Skip sweetened beverages. You can easily get all of or even twice your daily recommendation of sugar in 1 drink. If you're trying to detox from sugar, you should even skip things like fruit juice. Even if it's 100% juice, you don't get the benefit of fiber to help you feel full. Try unsweetened tea or coffee, unsweetened flavored sparkling water, or just plain water. Avoid alcoholic beverages, too, as they contain extra calories and are often mixed with sugary drinks. Cook your own meals without processed ingredients to avoid sugar. You've probably noticed that most processed foods have added sugars. By cooking for yourself, you know exactly what goes into your food, enabling you to control sugars well. Work on making things from scratch, even sauces and condiments. That way, you know they don't contain sugar. Add protein to every meal. If you're cutting back on sugar, you'll need other energy sources to get through the day. In this case, you're going to get it from protein. Opt for grass-fed meats, eggs, and fish as a main course for your meal. Grass-fed meats tend to be higher in healthy fats. You can also eat nuts and seeds for protein. Stick to non-starchy vegetables if you are taking a strict approach. With a strict detox, it's best to avoid fruit and even starchy vegetables, particularly in the first 10 days. Starchy vegetables include things like potatoes, corn, and peas. For non-starchy options, try leafy greens, broccoli, eggplant, asparagus, carrots, onions, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, mushrooms, cauliflower, beets, green beans, okra, and cabbage. When you're at a party, it can be difficult to skip the food altogether. Instead, try your best to pick options that have little to no sugar, such as raw veggies or roasted nuts. For dips, hummus is likely a safe option, though ask to check the container if you know the host well. Eat a hearty, protein-packed breakfast every day. You're more likely to cave and give into a break room or vending room temptation if your stomach is growling. By loading up on protein in the morning, you'll feel satisfied, and you'll have an easier time walking away from those temptations. For instance, try scrambling eggs with mushrooms and spinach for a hearty breakfast or eat a large helping of cottage cheese with sliced veggies or fruit on top (if you're eating fruit). Grab some quick protein and veggies for lunch. Fill up on veggies and protein to help sustain you until dinner. The fiber and protein will keep you full when you don't have energy from sugar. Try a salad of mixed veggies (as many as you want), a serving of chicken (the size of your palm), and 1 cup of chickpeas (164 g). For instance, make a Greek salad with olives, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, feta cheese, olive oil, and lemon juice, along with some fresh parsley or dill. Alternatively, have a serving of fish (the size of your palm) with your favorite veggies, such as asparagus and carrots. Eat protein, whole grains, and veggies for dinner. Fill your plate up halfway with veggies, then aim for a serving of meat that's about the size of your palm. Try whole grains like brown rice or quinoa or add fiber-filled beans to your meal instead. For example, try a serving of chicken that's the size of your palm, as much broccoli as you want, and 1 cup (200 g) of cooked brown rice. Alternatively, eat a serving of chicken, 1 cup (172 g) of black beans, half an avocado, and lettuce mixed with lemon juice and olive oil. Add a piece of fruit if you're eating fruit. Aim for small, protein- and fat-filled snacks to stave off cravings. When snacking, avoid reaching for carbohydrates unless you're eating fruit. Instead, go for foods high in protein and healthy fats, such as plain yogurt, nuts, seeds, avocado, or string cheese. Eat up to 2 snacks a day. For instance, try 2 pieces of string cheese, half an avocado, 12 to 14 walnut halves, or plain yogurt. Make sure to have healthy snacks on hand all the time so you're not tempted to eat sugary foods!	Cut out sugar completely for at least 10 days. Determine whether you want to cut just refined sugar or all sugars and refined flours. Get sugary foods out of your home before you start. Stay hydrated to cut temptations. Work on lowering your stress levels to reduce sugar cravings. Sleep 8 hours per night. Check labels for added sugars so you can avoid products with sugar. Avoid eating foods that contain artificial sweeteners. Skip sweetened beverages. Cook your own meals without processed ingredients to avoid sugar. Add protein to every meal. Stick to non-starchy vegetables if you are taking a strict approach. Eat a hearty, protein-packed breakfast every day. Grab some quick protein and veggies for lunch. Eat protein, whole grains, and veggies for dinner. Aim for small, protein- and fat-filled snacks to stave off cravings.
https://www.wikihow.com/Store-Scarves	How to Store Scarves	To store scarves, first organize them by season or color to make them easy to find when you need them. If you want to store your scarves out of sight, neatly fold them into storage bins or drawers. Alternatively, you can roll them up and place them into the cubbies of a wine rack or the pockets of a shoe organizer. If you're worried about wrinkles, hang your scarves on wall hooks, a tie rack, or use a scarf holder hanger that will hang nicely in your closet.	Wash your scarves before you store them. Food, dust, body odor or makeup can attract bacteria and cause the material to degrade of time. Follow the washing instructions on each scarf's tag before storage to lengthen their life. You may wish to dry clean your scarves to prevent permanent stains and insect infestation. Ensure all of your scarves are dried properly before storing to prevent mold growth. Sort your scarves by season, occasion, or color to stay organized. Group together your winter scarves, casual scarves or fashion scarves to make them easier to access when you need them later. If you have a lot of scarves, consider organizing them by color so you can locate the one you want easily. Choose a storage area out of direct sunlight. The sun's rays discolor your scarves and even damage some kinds of materials. Finding a space that's protected from direct sunlight is especially important if you're storing your scarves in the long-term. A high shelf or upper rack in your closet is a great option. Storage bins and drawers can also keep your scarves out of the way. Make sure the space is out of reach for cats, dogs, and small children to prevent accidental damage to your collection. Use a hanging storage solution to display and access your scarves easily. If you wear scarves frequently, hanging solutions allow you to put your hands on the one you want quickly and easily. Many hanging solutions also include an element of display, so if you have a really cool scarf collection, consider hanging storage! Hanging storage is also best if you want to keep your scarves from getting wrinkled. Use scarf holders to hang your scarves in your closet. Scarf holders resemble hangers, and they have special openings or holes for each scarf to be threaded through. They provide an efficient solution if you are tight on space since they can simply be hung in your closet alongside the rest of your wardrobe. If you don't want to buy special scarf holders, try putting shower curtain rings along the bar of a coat hanger. Feed your scarves through the rings and hang the entire coat hanger on a hook or rack in your closet. Heavy knit scarves may be difficult to hang using this system. Install towel bars on the back of your closet door. If you're short on space, pick up a few simple towel bars from a home improvement store and install them on the back wall of your closet or on the back of your closet door. Follow the included instructions for installation, since the process is the same regardless of where you install them! Be sure to measure your space before purchasing your towel bars. Hang your scarves on wall hooks. If you have space on a wall available for scarf storage, use hooks for your collection.There's a wide variety of hook options at home improvement stores, so go with the style and look that you like the best! Jacket racks with hooks are a great option, as well. You can drape your scarves directly over the hooks, or you can thread them through shower rings and hang the rings from the hooks instead! Hang lightweight scarves on a tie rack. A tie rack is a great solution for your lighter scarves. If you wear ties, you can even use the rack to organize both your scarves and ties to save space! If you have a lot of heavy knit scarves, a tie rack may not be an ideal solution. Use storage bins and drawers if you want to put seasonal scarves away. If you don't expect to wear scarves for a while, you may want to get them out of the way completely. You can use storage bins, drawers, and baskets to keep your scarves organized and out of sight until you're ready to wear them again. Most bins and drawers will require you to fold your scarves. If wrinkling is an issue, you may want to consider using a hanging storage solution instead. Avoid using wicker baskets as the edges may catch your knitted scarves and ruin them. Tuck your scarves into the pockets of a shoe organizer. Roll or fold your scarves up and place them in the pockets of a shoe organizer to keep them out of the way and save space. You can use hanging or freestanding shoe organizers, depending on how much space you have available. If you want your scarves to be out of sight, use an over the door shoe organizer on the back of your wardrobe or bedroom door. Roll up your scarves and store them in a wine rack. You can place one rolled up scarf into each wine cubby, or stash multiple scarves in each cubby if you have a big collection. Wine racks can also serve as a great decorative element for your bedroom or closet, since they come in tons cool of styles. Roll or fold your scarves and tuck them into a drawer. If you have an entire drawer you can dedicate to scarves, this is an ideal storage idea. Casual scarves can be rolled or folded, then stored next to each other in the drawer. Organize them neatly so you can find the scarf you want quickly and easily! Special items such as silk or pashmina scarves should be neatly folded to protect from wrinkles.	Wash your scarves before you store them. Sort your scarves by season, occasion, or color to stay organized. Choose a storage area out of direct sunlight. Use a hanging storage solution to display and access your scarves easily. Use scarf holders to hang your scarves in your closet. Install towel bars on the back of your closet door. Hang your scarves on wall hooks. Hang lightweight scarves on a tie rack. Use storage bins and drawers if you want to put seasonal scarves away. Tuck your scarves into the pockets of a shoe organizer. Roll up your scarves and store them in a wine rack. Roll or fold your scarves and tuck them into a drawer.
https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Petite-Model	How to Become a Petite Model	You don't have to be tall to become a model, as petite models have a unique place in the industry too. First, check that your height is within the requirements set by agencies to do petite modeling. Although the heights can differ between agencies, petite model women are typically between 5'1” and 5'7”, while petite model men are generally between 5'4” and 5'9”. Next, create a portfolio of your best pictures to give to potential agencies. Get some professional photos taken that best represent you and your brand and compile these into a big album. Finally, attend open calls that are run by modeling agencies to potentially find an agent to represent you. When you attend the open call, put your best foot forward and be open to constructive criticism to increase your chances of getting a callback.	Make sure that you fit into the petite height category. You have to be between specific heights for the petite modeling industry. For women, you should typically be no taller than 5'7”, but your height should be above 5'1”. Men should be between 5'4” and 5'9”. The preferred heights may vary depending on the agency and/or agent. Recognize your best features. Look at your features honestly. Choose at least one feature that stands out and is often complimented, such as your eyes, smile, or legs. Try to draw attention to that feature. This can be done by wearing makeup, or wearing clothing that accentuates that feature. Wear flattering eye makeup if your eyes are your most complimented feature. Wear form-fitting pants or leggings if your legs are your best feature. If you are having trouble choosing a feature, ask friends what they first noticed about you upon meeting you. Practice good posture. Good posture makes you appear even taller than you are. This can allow you to get noticed even around taller models. Practice sitting with a straight spine, and keep your shoulders back when walking. Work on personal style. A stylist and photographer will alter your appearance for photo shoots, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have a strong sense of personal style. Decide if you are girly, alternative, earthy, punk, etc. Showing off your personality through your appearance can draw attention to yourself, and lead people to focus on something other than your height. Wear clothing that sets you apart from the crowd. Don't be afraid to divert from popular fashion. Try out a hair cut and color that flatters your face and gives you a distinct appearance. Acknowledge your modeling opportunities. Opportunities to become a high fashion runway model are not impossible, but they are limited. Modeling for magazines, catalogs, and print ads are your best options for petite modeling. Specifically, consider parts, swimsuit, lingerie, and commercial modeling. Parts modeling involves modeling specific body parts like hands, feet, teeth, and eyes. Height does not matter for this type of modeling, as long as you meet the aesthetic requirement for the desired body part. Body type matters more than height for swimsuit modeling. A fit and curvaceous body is desired more than a tall height for women in swimsuit modeling. For men, a fit and athletic body is more important than height. Lingerie and underwear modeling have similar requirements to swimsuit modeling. The women should be fit and curvaceous, and the men should have an athletic figure. The model being comfortable with his or her body is important in this type of modeling. Commercial modeling is aimed towards selling products. These products might be jewelry, cosmetics, cars, etc. The average height for a female commercial model is 5'4”, and a male commercial model is around 5'9”. Commercial modeling is a great field for petite models because the aim is to sell a lifestyle, and models of all ages, sizes, and ethnicities are sought after. Browse potential publications. Look for publication that you would like to be in someday. This will give you an idea of the types of jobs to pursue. Remember, that high fashion modeling may be difficult to pursue, so look for publications that show off petite models. Local magazines and newspapers are good places to start modeling. Pick up local publications and browse through their advertisements. Choose a role model. There have been quite a few famous models that didn't even reach 5'8”. Some of these models are Devon Aoki (5'5”), Eva Pigford (5'5”), Twiggy (5'6”), and Kate Moss (5'7”). These women have walked the runway and modeled for print publications. A few of them, like Twiggy and Kate Moss, are some of the most famous models in history. A short stature may make modeling success more difficult, but it's not impossible. Be in the right location. Find out whether or not your city is a good location for petite modeling. If there are few agencies in the area, you might need to relocate to a bigger city. You may only need to relocate if you desire to become a part of a larger agency, or in an area with a lot of opportunities. If you only want to do commercial modeling, a smaller city could yield enough opportunities. At this point, you should only consider making a move. Do not move until you have a portfolio, and you are confident that you will be successful enough to maintain a living by modeling. Find a photographer. You will need to at least have some headshots taken. Look for photographers in your area that have done photo shoots with models in the past. Remember that having photos taken can be expensive, so make sure you have enough money set aside for a photo shoot. If you are on a budget, you may find a photography school with students willing to take pictures for free to build their portfolios. Browse the website of photographers in your area. It is important that you see their work before hiring them to take photos. Contact photographers whose work you admire. If you see inspiring pictures in a magazine or catalog, find out who the photographer is and try get in touch. He or she might be interested in taking your picture, especially if he has new creative ideas for which he needs a model. This may be limited only to photographers in your area, however. Famous photographers will probably not have the time or incentive to respond. Send a polite email or social media message. Do not harass the photographer with repeated messages if he or she does not respond. Make a comp card. A comp card, or composite card, is a marketing took used by models for self-promotion. This is akin to a business card that you can send to agencies interested in petite models. A comp card allows industry professionals to judge you based off of more than just a headshot. This is what your agent would send in to submit you for print work. It should have a headshot on the front, three to five photos on the back, and your measurements. A good size for a comp card is 6”x 9”. For a comp card, you should have photos showing you from every angle. Have one photo showing you facing the camera directly, and a few photos taken of you from various angles. It is also a good idea to include one or two candid photos. Examples of comp cards can be found in a quick online search. If you are a parts model, or a model that only shoots specific types of photos, then you will not need a typical comp card. Include photos of body parts if you are a parts model. Include photos of you in swimsuit or lingerie if you plan to be a swimsuit or lingerie model. Put together a portfolio of your best pictures. This is a big book of photos that you will bring with you when seeking an agency or petite modeling gig. Superior photos can override a shorter height in the modeling industry, so make sure that you only include your best photos. Your portfolio will grow larger and change over time as you gain more experience. Research agencies that have signed petite models. Research each agency that you are interested in to ensure that they have signed successful petite models. Many agencies let aspiring models know who they have signed in the past, though you can also search for the agency name online to find out more. Focusing on agencies that are interested in petite models will heighten your chances of finding work. Go to open calls for modeling agencies. Open calls are times when new models can visit a modeling agency to find out if anyone is interested in representing them. This is a good way to find potential representation if you do not yet have an agent. You can look for local calls, or choose to travel to attend an open call. Though it depends on the agency's requirements, typically you will need to bring a headshot, comp card, and a swim suit. Open calls usually attract a lot of other aspiring models. Don't be disappointed if nothing comes from your first few open calls. Make sure to dress nicely, be on time, be able to accept criticism, and have a working phone number if the agency decides to call you back. Ask questions when you are rejected by an agency. Find out if there is something you can change to get accepted in the future. Some agencies may not want to answer questions, so do not push your questions if the agency is not willing to comply. Send an email or thank you letter to the agent. Even if you are rejected, it is a good idea to send an email thanking the agent for taking his or her time to meet with you. The note or email should be short and thank them for their time. You never know when you will encounter this person in the future, so it is good to leave the person with a pleasant memory of you. Think it through before signing with an agent. Sign with the agent that seems most interested in you and offers the most opportunities. Make sure the agency can further your career before you commit to it. This may mean looking up reviews for the agency on the internet, asking others in the industry, and seeing if they have any successful clients. Be sure to review the contract carefully before signing it. Don't make a commitment that you can't stick with. Attend any go-sees that your agency sets up. Go-sees are meetings with professionals in charge of fashion shows, magazines, and catalogs. These are very important because they are what determines if you get a job. Go to every go-see that your agency books for you to elevate your chances of finding a job. What you do and what you wear to a go-see depends on the requirements of your agency, and the company you are meeting with. Never do anything during a go-see that makes you uncomfortable. A job is not worth risking your safety or personal values.	Make sure that you fit into the petite height category. Recognize your best features. Practice good posture. Work on personal style. Acknowledge your modeling opportunities. Browse potential publications. Choose a role model. Be in the right location. Find a photographer. Contact photographers whose work you admire. Make a comp card. Put together a portfolio of your best pictures. Research agencies that have signed petite models. Go to open calls for modeling agencies. Ask questions when you are rejected by an agency. Think it through before signing with an agent. Attend any go-sees that your agency sets up.
https://www.wikihow.com/Prevent-Recurrent-Yeast-Infections	How to Prevent Recurrent Yeast Infections	Recurrent yeast infections can get frustrating, but fortunately, there are a few ways you can treat them. Wear underwear made from natural fabrics, like cotton, which are more breathable and hygienic than synthetic fabrics. Whenever your clothes get damp from sweat or rain, change out of them as soon as possible, since moisture can cause yeast infections to come back. You should also avoid scented pads, tampons, bubble baths, and vaginal sprays, which can irritate your genitalia. Try eating yogurt, which contains probiotics that can help keep yeast infections at bay. If your yeast infection still persists, talk to your doctor about taking preventative medication.	Change up your underwear. Underwear made from synthetic materials (such as polyester) can be bad because it keeps the area moist. In other words, these fabrics aren't breathable, and therefore, they trap moisture. Instead of synthetic blends, choose natural fabrics, such as cottons, which let air through. Skip douching. Douching can upset the balance of bacteria in your vagina because it carries away some of the bacteria. In turn, that can allow the yeast infection fungus to take over. It's best to skip douching altogether. Avoid products with Nonoxynol-9. Nonoxynol-9 is a spermicide. However, some studies have linked it to an increase in yeast infections. Therefore, if you have trouble with yeast infections, it's best to avoid this substance. It is often included with latex condoms, so read your packages. Skip scented products. Scented products, such as pads, tampons, bubble baths, and vaginal sprays, can also lead to problems with yeast infections. They can upset the delicate balance of your vagina or cause irritation, both of which can lead to yeast infections. Try to avoid these products. Clean from front to back. Whenever you wipe or clean your vaginal area, it's always best to do it from front to back. If you do it the other way, you can introduce more fungus and bacteria into your vaginal area, which can increase your chance of getting a yeast infection. Change out of damp clothes. Moisture is the enemy when it comes to yeast infections, as it encourages fungal growth. Therefore, change out of bathing suits or sweaty clothes as soon as possible. If you're going to the gym, be sure to bring a change of clothes if you don't plan to shower there. Skip the heat. Hot tubs can contribute to fungus in the area by encouraging fungus growth. Similarly, hot baths can cause similar problems. Stick to warm showers instead, which will keep you clean without contributing to your yeast infection problem. Keep it loose. Tight-fitting clothing can cause you to be sweaty. In addition, it keeps moisture close to your body. Therefore, try to pick clothing that is loose-fitting to help reduce moisture. If you must wear tight-fitting clothing, remember to pick a fabric that's breathable. Try yogurt. Some women have found that yogurt with probiotics helps to keep yeast infections at bay. Many grocery stores carry a variety of these types of yogurts. Look for one with lactobacillus. Ask about a maintenance plan. A maintenance plan helps reduce the recurrence of yeast infections. Once you have rid yourself of a yeast infection, you essentially continue on antifungal pills, such as fluconazole, for about half a year. You take these pills by mouth once a week. Alternatively, you can insert a vaginal suppository, such as clotrimazole, into your vagina once a week. Remember to ask your doctor about the risks and side effects of taking such a strong anti-fungal for so long. Ask about a more aggressive treatment. Most of the time, your yeast infection is caused by the fungus Candida albicans. However, if it's caused by another type of Candida fungus, you may need to change treatments, as it can be more serious. A yeast culture performed by your doctor can demonstrate this if the infection is recurrent. More aggressive treatments include longer vaginal therapy (creams or suppositories lasting up to two weeks) or several doses of the antifungal pill fluconazole, rather than just one dose. Talk about boric acid. Boric acid isn't often used to treat yeast infections because it can be toxic if you swallow it. It can also cause irritations.; however, used as a suppository, it can help get you off the cycle of recurrent infections. You can only get boric acid with a prescription. You cannot allow someone to perform oral sex on you if you are using boric acid as it is toxic to your partner. Try probiotics. Some people have had luck taking probiotics on a regular basis to help prevent yeast infections. You can either take them orally or insert them into your vagina. Watch for yeast infections with pregnancy. Pregnancy can increase your chances of having a yeast infection because it increases your estrogen levels. Other conditions that increase your estrogen level can also put you at risk, such as taking high-dose birth control. Pay attention if you've had a round of antibiotics. Antibiotics are essential to cure certain diseases; however, sometimes they can mess up the balance of bacteria in your vaginal area by killing off good bacteria, too. Because you have beneficial bacteria that keep fungus like yeast infection at bay, yeast infections can develop after you've had a round of antibiotics. While you should take antibiotics when you need them, always ask your doctor if they are necessary. If you have a virus, antibiotics are not going to help. Keep your blood sugar in check. Being diabetic can also put you at risk for yeast infections, as high glucose levels can encourage fungus growth. If you have diabetes, do your best to keep your blood sugar under control to help prevent yeast infections. Watch for yeast infections if you have an impaired immune system. Your immune system helps to fight against infections like yeast infections, too; therefore, if your immune system is compromised, you are more likely to get yeast infections. For instance, HIV can cause you to have a compromised immune system. Similarly, being on corticosteroid therapy can mean your immune system is compromised. Skip unprotected sex. While sex is not the most common way to get a yeast infection, it can be passed from person to person; therefore, it's always best to practice safe sex by using male or female condoms.	Change up your underwear. Skip douching. Avoid products with Nonoxynol-9. Skip scented products. Clean from front to back. Change out of damp clothes. Skip the heat. Keep it loose. Try yogurt. Ask about a maintenance plan. Ask about a more aggressive treatment. Talk about boric acid. Try probiotics. Watch for yeast infections with pregnancy. Pay attention if you've had a round of antibiotics. Keep your blood sugar in check. Watch for yeast infections if you have an impaired immune system. Skip unprotected sex.
https://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Embarrassment	How to Deal With Embarrassment	Everyone gets embarrassed at some point in time, but you can deal with these feelings by addressing the situation. If you did something wrong and feel embarrassed by your choices or behavior, then apologize for your mistake so you can move forward. After you've apologized, it's also important that you forgive yourself for what you did or said. On the other hand, if you embarrassed yourself by doing something silly or clumsy, try to deal with your feelings by learning to laugh at yourself. Try talking to a trusted friend about your embarrassing moment since it can be easier to laugh as you tell the story to someone who wasn't there. This might also lead your friend to share some embarrassing moments that you can laugh at too. If you're not ready to laugh at yourself, try to be compassionate by giving yourself permission to feel embarrassed but also remind yourself that you're more than this moment.	Evaluate the situation. How you handle an embarrassing situation depends on what has happened to embarrass you. For example, if you did something wrong, like made an inappropriate comment to a friend, you may feel embarrassed because you should not have said what you did. But if you feel embarrassed because you did something by accident, like tripping and falling in front of a large group of people, that is a different situation. Each situation requires a slightly different approach to overcome the feelings of embarrassment. Apologize if necessary. If you did something wrong, you will need to apologize for your mistake. Having to apologize might make you feel a bit more embarrassed, but it is necessary to deal with the original embarrassment and move forward. Make sure that your apology is sincere and direct. Try saying something like, “I am sorry that I did/said that. I didn't mean it. I will try to be more thoughtful in the future.” Forgive yourself and stop beating yourself up. After you have apologized (if it was necessary), you need to forgive yourself for what you did or said. Forgiving yourself is an important step in dealing with embarrassment because it will help you to stop beating yourself up. By forgiving yourself, you are sending yourself the message that you made an honest mistake and it is nothing to dwell on. Try telling yourself something like, “I forgive myself for what I did. I am only human and I am bound to make mistakes sometimes.” Distract yourself and others. While you don't want to ignore the embarrassing thing that you did or said, after you have evaluated it and dealt with the situation you should move on. You can help yourself and other move past the embarrassing thing by changing the subject or inviting them to do something else. For example, after you have apologized and forgiven yourself for saying something inappropriate to a friend, ask them if they watched the news last night. Or, pay them a compliment. Say something like, “Hey, I love your outfit. Where did you get it?” Reflect on your most embarrassing moments. While it may be painful to review the most embarrassing things that have ever happened to you, it can help you to put other embarrassing moments into perspective. Make a list of the top 5 most embarrassing things that have ever happened to you and compare them to your most recent embarrassment. Laugh at yourself. After you have made your list of embarrassing moments, allow yourself to laugh at yourself. Laughing at things that you done can be a cleansing experience. By looking at them as silly things that happened in your past, you can help yourself to move past feelings of embarrassment. For example, if you once walked through the lunch room with your skirt tucked into your underwear, try to laugh about the experience. Try to see it from an outsider's perspective and remove yourself from the negative feelings. Realize that it was just a silly mistake that probably made people do a double take or possibly even a spit take. Try discussing embarrassing moments with a trusted friend. It might make it easier for you to laugh at someone if you tell the story to someone who was not there and it can also be a good way for you to hear about someone else's embarrassing moments. Be compassionate towards yourself. If you can't bring yourself to laugh at what you did, try being compassionate towards yourself. Acknowledge your embarrassment and talk to yourself like a good friend. Give yourself permission to feel embarrassed and understand the pain that that situation has caused for you. Try to remind yourself of who you are and what your core values are. This can help you to ground yourself and brush off some embarrassment and with self-compassion. Focus on the present. Once you have comforted yourself through laughter or compassion, bring yourself back into the present moment. Recognize that the embarrassing moment is in the past. Try to focus your attention on what is happening in your life right now. Where are you? What are you doing? Who are you with? How do you feel? Changing your focus to the here and now may help you to stop dwelling on things that happened to you in the past. Keep trying to be your best. Although embarrassment can be painful, it may also be useful for personal development. If you did or said something wrong that has caused you to feel embarrassed, think about what you can do to avoid doing or saying something similar in the future. If you made an honest mistake that could have happened to anyone, recognize that you did not do anything wrong and move on. Try not to get hung up on what you did or said because dwelling on it can be more painful than the initial experience. Consider seeing a therapist. If you still cannot get past your feelings of embarrassment despite your best efforts, consider seeing a therapist for help. You may be dealing with something that requires ongoing work or your embarrassment may be related to other thinking patterns such as rumination or possibly low self-esteem. Recognize that embarrassment is normal. Feeling embarrassed can make you feel like something is wrong with you or you are all alone, but it is important to remember that these feelings are not accurate. Embarrassment is a normal feeling just like being happy, sad, mad, etc. When you are feeling embarrassed, remember that everyone feels embarrassed at some point in time. To see that embarrassment is something that everyone feels, ask your parents or another trusted person to tell you about a time when they got embarrassed. Learn that it is okay if people know you are embarrassed. One of the worst things about feeling embarrassment is when people know you are embarrassed. Knowing that others know you are embarrassed can make feel even more embarrassed. This is because embarrassment makes you feel exposed or vulnerable due to the fear of being judged by others. Unlike shame, which can be both a public and private event, embarrassment is mostly a public event. Try to remind yourself that there is nothing wrong with people knowing that you are embarrassed about something because it is a normal emotion. One way to address the perceived judgement of others is to be realistic and ask yourself if others are judging you or if you are judging yourself. Understand that some embarrassment can be helpful. While being embarrassed is never a fun experience, occasional minor embarrassment can be helpful. Some research has found that people who blush when they do or say something wrong may be seen as more trustworthy. This is because those people are demonstrating their awareness of social rules. So if you blush on occasion when you make a minor mistake, don't dwell on it because it may actually make people see you in a more positive light. Consider the relationship between embarrassment and perfectionism. Perfectionism can contribute to feelings of embarrassment. You may be holding yourself to unrealistically high standards that cause you to feel like you are failing if you do not live up to them. These feelings of failure may lead to embarrassment, so it is important to set realistic standards for yourself. Remind yourself that you are your biggest critic. While it may seem like the world is watching and judging you, that is not a realistic perspective. Think about how much you pay attention to little things that other people say and do. It is unlikely that you scrutinize others the same way that you do to yourself. Think about the relationship between embarrassment and confidence. Confident people tend to experience less embarrassment than people who lack confidence. If you have low self-confidence, you might experience more embarrassment or more severe feelings of embarrassment than you should. Try to build up your self-confidence in order to reduce the amount of embarrassment that you feel on a daily basis. If you are extremely self-conscious, you may even find yourself dealing with shame, which is not the same thing as embarrassment. Shame is the result of a poor self-image, which can be caused by often feeling embarrassed. Consider talking with a therapist if you feel like embarrassment has left you with feelings of shame.	Evaluate the situation. Apologize if necessary. Forgive yourself and stop beating yourself up. Distract yourself and others. Reflect on your most embarrassing moments. Laugh at yourself. Be compassionate towards yourself. Focus on the present. Keep trying to be your best. Consider seeing a therapist. Recognize that embarrassment is normal. Learn that it is okay if people know you are embarrassed. Understand that some embarrassment can be helpful. Consider the relationship between embarrassment and perfectionism. Think about the relationship between embarrassment and confidence.
https://www.wikihow.com/Buy-a-Violin	How to Buy a Violin	To buy a violin, try a student violin if you're a beginner as they are made of less expensive woods and are a cheaper option. Once you've been playing the violin for a few years, you may want to improve the overall quality and sound of your instrument by upgrading to an intermediate violin, which cost around $1,000. If you typically play classical or folk music, then consider an acoustic violin. Alternatively, electric violins will suit those who play rock and jazz music.	Buy a student violin if you are a beginner. Student violins are usually made from less expensive woods and are manufactured by machines rather than by hand. These are less expensive, typically ranging from $100 to $800 and are perfect for beginners. If you are just starting to take violin lessons, you may not want to invest in an expensive and high quality violin only to discover that this is not the instrument for you. Select an intermediate violin for improved quality. Once you have been playing the violin for a few years and want to improve the overall quality and sound of your instrument, you should upgrade to an intermediate level violin. Some brands will not produce an intermediate level violin, but those that do price them around $1,000. Choose a professional violin if you are an advanced violinist. Professional violins are hand-crafted by a master luthier and are made from high quality wood. These instruments can cost thousands of dollars and are ideal for professional musicians or art collectors. Buy an acoustic violin to play classical and folk music. Traditional acoustic violins create warm and rounded tones as a result of the natural resonance of the tonewood. These instruments are best suited for classical and folk music. It is possible to attach an amplifier to an acoustic violin. If you only need an amp for some songs, it is best to stick with an acoustic violin. Get an electric violin to play rock and jazz music. Electric violins have built in pickups that amplify the sound and produce a brighter and more raw sound than the acoustic violin. This is preferred if you are playing rock or jazz music. Consider the type of music you like. If you listen to rock music, you may be more inclined to use an electric instrument that can create a rock sound. Inquire about a rent-to-buy program. If you are just starting out with playing the violin, you may prefer renting prior to making an investment. In many instances, you can actually rent the violin to begin with and then eventually buy the violin. Your rent payments will go towards the purchase price. Buy a full size violin if you are over the age of eleven. Violins come in a variety of different sizes, but most adults use a full size (4/4) violin. Typically, if you are over the age of eleven, you will fit a full size violin. Measure your child’s arm from the base of their neck to their wrist. For children, you will need to measure their arm length to determine which size of violin is best. Ask the child to extend their left arm straight out and away from their body. Then measure the length of the arm from the neck to the wrist or palm. If you measure to the wrist, this will be the most comfortable fit, and if you measure to the palm, it will be the largest size your child can play. Violins range in size from a 4/4 violin size (23 inch (58 cm) measurement) to a 1/32 violin size (13 inch (33 cm) measurement). Rent a violin if your child is still growing. To save money, you may want to consider renting a violin if your child is still growing. Your child will likely grow quite quickly and it can be expensive to constantly buy a new violin each time they grow. Instead, you can save money by renting violins until they reach full size. Test the violin before purchasing. Before you purchase a violin, you should play the instrument. Most music shops will actually have a separate room for this purpose. Play the violin to get a sense of the feel and tone. You should also have a friend or music teacher with you so that they can hear and test the instrument as well. Some shops will even allow you to take the violin home for a test period. Ask to see if that is possible and take advantage of the store's policy. You may find that the violin sounds different once you get it home. Look for cracks in the wood. Cracks in the wood can be expensive to repair and will impact the quality of the sound produced by the violin. Inspect the instrument for any cracks before purchasing. This is especially necessary if you are buying a used or antique violin. Check the ribs for bulging. The ribs, or sides of the violin, should not bulge out beyond the edges of the top or back of the violin. This is typically a sign that the wood was not treated properly. It can also be common among violins that are over fifty years old. Consult a violin repair shop before purchasing a violin with this type of wear. The cost to make the repairs may be expensive. Check that the bridge is adequately curved. The bridge of the violin should be rounded, allowing for you to play a single string or multiple strings at the same time. If the bridge is flat at the top it may be very difficult to play a single note. Ask what type of wood the violin is made from. The type and quality of wood can drastically impact the price of a violin. The best types of wood are spruce wood tops with maple wood necks, backs, and sides. Typically wood that has been aged for longer will be drier and stronger and is considered better quality for violins. Ebony is typically used for the fingerboard. Less expensive violins may use cheaper wood types and may even have a plastic chin rest. Ensure an antique violin comes with an authentication certificate. If you are interested in buying an antique professionally made violin, such as a Stradivarious, you should make sure the instrument has been professionally appraised and authenticated before purchasing. There are only 600 Stradivari left in the world. An appraisal will help ensure that you avoid spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a fake.	Buy a student violin if you are a beginner. Select an intermediate violin for improved quality. Choose a professional violin if you are an advanced violinist. Buy an acoustic violin to play classical and folk music. Get an electric violin to play rock and jazz music. Inquire about a rent-to-buy program. Buy a full size violin if you are over the age of eleven. Measure your child’s arm from the base of their neck to their wrist. Rent a violin if your child is still growing. Test the violin before purchasing. Look for cracks in the wood. Check the ribs for bulging. Check that the bridge is adequately curved. Ask what type of wood the violin is made from. Ensure an antique violin comes with an authentication certificate.