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How To: Crochet a dainty angel

In this tutorial, we learn how to crochet a dainty angel. Start out with the first round where you will work 6 single crochets through the chain. Then, work the first single crochet at the top of the next stitch. For round 2, work 2 single crochets in each single crochet until you have 12 single crochets. For rounds 3 and 4, you will work one single crochet in each single crochet for 12 times total. In round five, you will work six single crochets at a decrease, then add filling to the head. ...

How To: Break in a Rubik's Cube so that it solves beautifully

Most Rubik's cubes are not well-made or well-taken care of. They creak and turn slowly, acting like the cheap pieces of plastic that they for the most part are. There are ways though, even for cheap cubes, to make them work much more quickly and smoothly than they do out of the box. This video will show you a great method for breaking in your Rubik's Cube. It bears some risk of breaking your cube, but if you're careful your cube should be in better shape than ever when you're done, allowing y...

How To: Make a rosette and a swirl using the star tip

Cake decorating when we were little kids was pretty uncomplicated. Once the cupcakes were out of the oven, we'd scramble over to the counter, maybe secretly take a bite or two, and then whip out a spatula and begin slathering on icing. We would then finish off with a nice handful of rainbow sprinkles because sprinkles were pretty.

How To: Make a flavorful tandoori turkey

You haven't tasted the full potential of turkey until you've cooked it tandoori style. Just a bit of background: Tandoori means baked or cooked in a tandoor, or a cylindrical clay oven fired to a high heat by wood chips or charcoal. The clay oven, combined by the method of firing, imparts a very harmonious and satisfying mixture that sinks in to everything it touches.

How To: Inspect hail weather car damage

In this Autos, Motorcycles & Planes video tutorial you will learn how to inspect hail weather car damage. Paint loss dent repair is the most common method used for this purpose. The first thing to do is to count the number of dents based on half dollar, quarter, dime and nickel size. All you need to do is to place the coins over the dents and count how many dents are there of various sizes. Once you have this information, you are on your way to handle the hail loss assessment correctly. If th...

How To: Perform back extensions on a Pilates Reformer machine

In this clip, learn the proper method for performing back extensions on a Pilates Reformer. With pilates, as with any physical fitness system, a basic mastery of proper technique is essential for both maximizing the effectiveness of your workouts and avoiding accidental injury. Whether you're looking to slim down or merely tighten up your core, you're sure to be well served by this home fitness how-to from the folks at Balanced Body Pilates. For complete instructions, give this free exercise ...

How To: Do hip lifts & drops in belly dancing

This video shows viewers who are interested in learning how to belly dance, focusing on the techniques of hip lifts and drops. After slowly shifting your weight from one hip to the other, make sure that your head stays at the same level by placing your hands on your head as your weight shifts. After making sure that you are now bouncing your head as you move, practice moving your arms in time with your motion. Your arms should move in opposite directions from each other, with one arm being lo...

How To: Change the oil to a MINI Cooper with a topside changer

When changing the oil to any car, getting underneath the vehicle and doing it that way, can be very dangerous for anyone. Not only do you have less room underneath to operate, but if doing it at home, there's a small chance that the car can fall on you. So for an easier method check out the tutorial above. Find out how to change the oild to a Mini Cooper without having to get underneath it. Enjoy!

How To: Clean up your Mac OS X desktop

Tidy desktop, tidy mind. Wish your Apple Mac OS X desktop were cleaner than it presently is? Straighten things out with this guide. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Butterscotch can present a complete, step-by-step overview of a number of different housekeeping methods in just over two minutes' time. For detailed instructions, and to get started tidying your own Mac OS X desktop, watch this free video tutorial.

How To: Use an FM modulator in your car

There are many different ways to connect an iPod to an in-car stereo, however, some work significantly better than others. In this tutorial, learn how to use an FM modulator to listen to your favorite tunes. This is different than an FM transmitter which is much less reliable. The modulator is the best method of connecting an MP3 player to a car stereo without an AUX input jack. Check out this clip to get started.

How To: Use functions and formulas in Microsoft Excel 2007

Whether you're interested in learning Microsoft Excel from the bottom up or just looking to pick up a few tips and tricks, you're in the right place. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, ExcelIsFun, the 2nd installment in his "Highline Excel Class" series of free video Excel lessons, you'll learn how to get started using functions and formulas in MS Excel. Specifically, you'll see the different elements of formulas (the equal sign, cell references, math operator...

How To: Do self-inducing labor techniques

Does that baby just not want to budge? If you are towards the end of your pregnancy, or long overdue and nothing seems to be working, check out this tutorial. In this video you will receive tips from Dr. Lisa Gibbons, an OB/GYN at Cascadia Women's Clinic in Vancouver, Washington. Dr. Gibbons will share with you all of her expertise on how to make that baby come faster and give your body a break.

How To: Speed up calculations with custom Excel formulas

Are you looking for a way to make your Microsoft Excel formulas simpler, faster and more efficient? If so, you're in the right place. With this free video lesson from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the very first installment in his "Excel Formula Efficiency" series, you'll learn how a custom function (i.e., a user-defined function) can speed up calculations.

How To: Style a cute heart shaped little girl hairdo

This video shows the method to style a heart shaped hair on a little girl. In the first step, do a zigzag part on the hair and pulling the sides to a pigtail. Part the hair till the ear before tying the pigtail. Wet the pigtails and put some pomade on it to make the pigtail stiff. Take a pigtail and divide it into half. Make sure that they are stiff. Twist the two parts of the pigtail and make a heart shape. Now clip the hair at the base using a pigtail holder. Repeat this process for the oth...

How To: Blanch spinach by heated skillet or boiling water

Blanching is the heating process for prepping foods for freezing or further cooking. Blanching spinach is one of the easiest things you could possibly do in the kitchen. One method of spinach blanching is to simply put the spinach in a dry skillet. As it cooks, the water cooks out of the spinach and it shrinks. This also works well with chard and kale. To blanch spinach another way, simple boil a pot of water and throw the spinach in. Then you take the spinach out and squeeze the excess water...

How To: Use the WORKDAY & WORKDAY.INTL functions in Excel 2010

This video tells us the method to use the WORKDAY & WORKDAY.INTL functions in Excel. These functions are used to find a workday after a finite number of workdays in the future. WORKDAY uses Saturday and Sunday as off days. Its syntax is WORKDAY(start date, days, [holidays]). 'days' refers to the number of days in the future and holidays is the list of holidays written below each other in the same column. If Saturday and Sundays are not your off days, use WORKDAY.INTL. Its syntax is WORKDAY.IN...

How To: Protect your camera lens

This video shows us the method to protect your lens. This can be done by putting the lens caps. The cap for the part of lens going into the camera can be screwed on to the lens. It stops dust from getting on to the lens surface. The front part of the lens can be protected by a lens cap which can be put into the position and pulled out when needed. You can also put a filter on the lens. The filter can be used to protect the lens in case you drop it in the sand and any other similar condition. ...

How To: Make clarified butter ghee

In this video Lori Winders shows us how to make ghee from regular butter. Her method takes about two hours to complete but she says that this way you can obtain much more ghee at one time. First, put two pounds of butter in a large cast iron skillet and then put it in the oven at a temperature of 250 degrees for two hours. After this is complete you take the pan out of the oven and with the help of a strainer and lots of layers of cheesecloth you filter the obtained gee in a jar. You will see...

How To: Write and graph an equation in slope intercept form

This video teaches us the method to write an equation in slope intercept form and to graph it. The equation of line is y = mx + c. m is the slope and c is the y intercept or the point where it crosses the y axis. Let us find the equation of line if it crosses (8,6) and m=1/2. Substituting the values of x,y and m we get 6=(8)(1/2)+b. Simplifying we get b=2. Substituting the values in the equation of line, we get y = m/2 + 2. Suppose we want to find the x coordinate of a point on the line given...

How To: Make sticky toffee pudding

Celebrity Chef Phil Vickery teaches in this video how to make a British favorite dish: sticky tofee pudding. This tradition dish is served warm and in often during the winter. Phil soaks the dates in boiling water and baking soda to bring out more of their flavor for the dish. While the dates are soaking, he starts creating the sponge part of the cake. With basic ingredients combined, he creates his sponge cake in a way more like a batter than your tradition method of making a sponge cake. Ne...

How To: Smoke a turkey in a BBQ smoker

SeriousBBQs.com teaches you how to smoke a turkey to perfection by showing much improved methods of cleaning, starting your fire, seasoning, smoking your turkey, and keeping it warm after being cooked. The first step is to choose a 12-14 pound turkey, and remove the wrappings and giblets, and rinse the turkey throughly, then, season your turkey, or wait until later if you so choose. The next step is to start the fire by opening all the vents in the fire box, inserting the correct amount of ch...

How To: Get rid of a Trojan Virus from your computer

This video tells us the method to remove Trojan Virus from the computer. This can be done in a couple of steps. The first step involves the downloading of a specific application from the web. We have to search this application in Google. Type 'malwarebytes' in the search engine and press enter. Go to the third result starting with 'Malwarebytes Anti-Malware'. Click on 'Download Now' on the resulting page. Open the application and select 'Perform quick scan'. This will scan the computer for Tr...

How To: Hold the bodhrán drum tipper

There are two recommended ways to hold the Bodhran Drum tipper for beginners. The first way is called the "curved wrist" technique. You put the stick in between the area of your index and thumb finger. Then you put the end of the stick in between your index and middle finger. You must make sure not to keep your fingers tight, they must be elongated and resting gently on the stick. When you drum, you keep your wrist curved and swing your hand up and down. The next method is the "straight wrist...

How To: Graph a line using points and slope

Given a point through which a line passes and the value of its slope you can graph the line. To do this first plot the given line. Now taking the slope and using the rise over run method plot a second point. Connect these two points and this gives you the graph of the line. Extend this line further on both sides to get the complete line. The point where this line cuts the x-axes is called the x-intercept and the point where this line cuts the y-axes is called the y-intercept. The important po...

How To: Make buttercream icing for cakes and cupcakes

This video shows the method to make buttercream icing. Take a cup of white shortening so that mixing it with the other ingredients will make the color white. If you like the taste of butter, you can use half a cup of butter and half a cup of shortening. Start mixing the mixture. Add one teaspoon of vanilla, lemon, orange or almond extract. Add four cups of confectioner's sugar or powder sugar to the mixture. Add it slowly to the mixture so that there is no smoke which forms by adding the whol...

How To: Use differential equations to represent growth

This video shows the method to use differential equations to represent growth. Consider the function y=multiple of C & e raised to kx or Ce^(kx). Differentiating it with respect to x, we get dy/dx=kCe^(kx) or ky. So, the solution of the differential equation dy/dx=ky is Ce^(kx). There are two possibilities in the function y=e^(kx). It can be exponentially growth or decay function. This depends on the value of k. If k is greater than 0 or k>0, we get an exponential growth function. On the othe...

How To: Draw a concept sketch for fashion design

This video shows us the method to draw a fashion concept sketch. You must show the figure of the person you are drawing. You can draw the figure wearing a scarf you have designed. You can draw the flowers on it. A lot of sketches are very long. There are a lot of vertical lines and plates in the sketch. There are long legs at the bottom of the sketch. The parts of the body are not in human proportion. You can draw bracelets and a purse in the sketch. The sketch would be finished with color, v...

How To: Interpret derivatives of marginal cost and revenue

This video tells us the method of interpreting derivatives of marginal cost and revenue. If C(x) is the cost of producing x units of a product, C(400) would be the cost to produce 400 units. Now marginal cost is the cost of producing one unit which is equal to the derivative of the cost function or C'(400) which is equal to limit of h tends to zero or lim h->0 [lim(400+h)-lim(400)]/h which is approximately equal to [lim(401)-lim(400)]/1. Similarly, if R(x) is your revenue function, marginal r...

How To: Do Chris Jericho's CodeBreaker wrestling move

This video tells us the method to do the CodeBreaker move in wrestling. You may or may not run forward. You can jump using your right or left leg. Bring the knees below your opponent's collar bone and keep them close together. Wear knee pads for safety. Hold your opponent's head below the ear or above the ear. Keep your body tight and together during this move. As a defender, do not resist the opponent. Fall down with their weight. If you are taller, you should spread out your feet more than ...

How To: Activate your new copy of Windows

This video describes how to activate your new copy of windows. When you get a new computer or install a new copy of windows you have to activate it within 30 days. When you activate windows the activation process gathers information about your hardware and activates your copy of windows. You will click on the button that says activate windows online. It may take a few minutes and then it will be activated once it gathers all of the information from your computer. This is simply a method of pr...