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It can be difficult to get along with a loved one's sister, especially if there is a lot of pressure on you to be her friend. Fortunately, most families have some level of curiosity and openness when their sibling brings home a new partner. Try to ask you...

Parquet flooring is durable, affordable, and looks good. The flooring pattern works in almost every type of room in either an intricate or simple design. The one catch of having parquet floors is it needs regular maintenance to keep it looking clean and f...

You meet someone, and you're interested in them. But how do you know if the person is already in a relationship? When you become interested in someone, one of the most important things to do is find out if they are already taken, or already dating someone...

Having young kittens in the house is an exciting time, but caring for them is more than just a matter of feeding and cleaning up after them. The way you interact with the kittens at a young age shapes how friendly they become as adult cats. When raising n...

A cashier's check is a check that offers significantly more security to the payee because it's drawn against the bank's funds and not against an individual account holder's funds. However, when it comes time to obtain a cashier's check, you won't be the o...

Good behavior is something all parents want and expect from their children. Most children, in turn, want to please their parents and make them proud. But as you grow and become an adult, sometimes you can get into disagreements with your parents. Behav...

Ready to help someone relax? Giving your partner, your friend, or a client a massage is a wonderful way to rid them of stress and soothe their sore muscles. With the right products and techniques, you can give them a professional-level massage right out o...

There is something incredibly satisfying about drinking a cup of coffee made from beans you've roasted yourself. Home-roasted coffee beans are fresher and have flavor complexities not found in store-bought coffee. Scroll down to Step 1 to learn how you ca...

If you want an exciting game that helps you stay active, then tag is the perfect thing to play indoors or outdoors. The rules are so simple: one player is “it” and has to tag someone else, but the other players are trying their best to run away. When you...

Pretending to be sick is a classic excuse to get out of work, but if you’ve used it too many times, you’ll need to move to something more extreme. While it's unethical and you may get caught, sometimes pretending you've experienced a death can be the perf...

Nothing ruins a nice, hot shower like an icy-cold aftermath. The cold air that hits you when you step out of the shower can be miserable. But there are many things that you can do to fortify yourself against the cold. If you turn up the heat, prepare some...

Today, most libraries use an electronic system to catalogue books. While the process of searching for a book may vary slightly from library to library, most libraries use the Library of Congress Classification System to organize its books. To locate a boo...

In order to graph points on the coordinate plane, you have to understand the organization of the coordinate plane and know what to do with those (x, y) coordinates. If you want to know how to graph points on the coordinate plane, just follow these steps.

Whether you partied all night, stayed up with a newborn, or lost sleep while finishing up a project, now you're at work and you're having a difficult time staying awake. You promise yourself that you'll get more sleep if you can just make it through the d...

If your garage door has trouble closing on sunny days, it might be because the sensors are getting blinded by the light. Moving your sensors out of the sun can be a pain, especially since sunlight changes angles and directions throughout the day. Instead,...

The front handspring only takes a few seconds to execute, but it requires many hours of practice to get it right. Before you try a front handspring, you should be comfortable doing a handstand and front walkover, and it is required that you have a strong...