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How To: Spread a deck of cards

In this magic card trick tutorial, learn how to spread a deck of cards and impress your spectators. Magicians use this trick to show off their skills, but it's deceivingly simple to perform. This magic trick is also known as a table spread or a flourish.

How To: Prune a mature apple tree with secateurs or shears

In this instructional pruning video, Stephen Hayes of Fruitwise Heritage Apples prunes "shoots," or the leave-offs of past years' growth of the Egremont Russet apple tree. He uses secateurs, or pruning shears, and emphasizes the need for balance and fruit bud management. Watch as Stephen prunes a mature Egremont Russet and learn some instructional apple tree pruning tips.

How To: Swing your iron properly

Interested in golf? If you're just starting off, take a look at this instructional video and learn how to properly swing onto the golf ball. Most golfers have a tendency to swing up on the irons to lift the ball in the air. Learn how to catch the ball on the down swing in this tutorial.

How To: Send Ghost Mail

Watch this video to learn how to send ghost mail. Send a secret message in email or catch someone who forwards your work off as their own. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to send email with hidden writing.

How To: Dribble a soccer ball

Phenomenal dribblers are like escape artists: They get out of impossible binds and pull off amazing stunts that leave onlookers floored. Before the fancy tricks, though, you'll need to ground yourself in the basics of ball control. You will need a soccer ball, a grassy area, and soccer cleats. Watch this video soccer tutorial and learn how to dribble a soccer ball.

How To: Bond a primer wick to any alcohol stove

Check out this brief video tutorial on how to bond a primer wick to any alcohol stove. Installing a primer wick to a alcohol stove is easy. If you have an urge to head off camping, make sure you have your portable stove, and make sure it has a good wick. If not, you're going to have to watch this. It could save your life, or maybe just your appetite.

How To: Perform a double lift card sleight

The double-lift — taking two cards off the top of a deck while pretending you're just removing one — is a fundamental card sleight that is the basis for hundreds of card tricks. It may take some practice, but will be useful in lots of card tricks. Watch this video magic tutorial and learn how to perform a double lift card sleight in a car trick.

How To: Stick the landing in gymnastics

Gymnastic greats have showed us how to finish off a gold-medal performance with a flourish. But why limit it to gymnasts -- life is full of opportunities to stick the landing. Watch this video gymnastics tutorial and learn how to stick the landing of a jump.

How To: Add the mouthpiece to a salt pig

Watch this ceramics tutorial video to learn how to add the mouthpiece to a salt pig and finish it off. This how-to video requires a certain degree of experience, specifically the ability to make the body of the salt pig, so it's not for beginners. The instructions in this helpful video will have you finishing your salt pigs in style in no time.

How To: Do a half curl pilates exercise

The Half Curl is a variation of a classical Pilates exercises that help teach how to use the abdominal muscles properly when curling off the mat from a reclined position. The effect is flatter abdominal muscles, a stronger core and a lower back that will always be protected by your strong abdominal muscles. Watch this how to video and you will be toning your body with pilates in no time.

How To: Remove work from the hump

Watch this ceramics tutorial video to learn how to take your work off the hump. The detailed instructions in this helpful how-to video are good for intermediate potters. Removing your work from the hump will be easy after you've watched this instructional video.

How To: Play Nintendo games on Windows Mobile devices

Want to play old school Nintendo on your Windows Mobile devices, such as smartphones? Well, this video tutorial will show you how to install the NES emulator on that Windows Mobile electronic touchscreen device. Just sync up your cell phone, and download the software off of the Internet. Just think, you could be playing Mario in the palm of your hand, on your mobile phone.

How To: Do the snow freezer prank

Got access to someone's kitchen and want to mess with them just a little? Prank someone's freezer, without doing any serious damage. Learn how to pull off this snow in the freezer trick by watching this prank-making video tutorial. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Use parenting techniques in Maya 8.5

If you want to learn how to use Autodesk Maya 8.5, then starting off in the video could be a good thing for your animation projects. In this tutorial, you'll learn some basic Maya parenting techniques to help you along your way to magnificent character development. So, if your a Maya novice, you need this how to video on parenting things.

How To: Remove labels

Recycling old jars into vases or containers is a good way to reuse them, but sometimes it seems like an impossible task to get the sticky labels and goo off of the glass. Check out these all-natural, easy tips, and you'll be label-free in no time.

How To: Origami a crane in five minutes

Impress co-workers, show your mom you care, win over the girl you stalk, or just waste paper! Origami is an art that is older than you and I, and learning how to make a crane is the easiest and, in my opinion, best way to show off your paper folding skills. Watch this video to learn this easy origami project.