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How To: Make rock candy

You can learn how to make rock candy. The process is very simple. You only need water and sugar. You put the water to boil and then add a cup of sugar. You mix it up and then put it in the sink and poor it into a glass. Then a screw is inserted into the glass to get moisture into the solution. Take it out, leave it for 3 days, then after 3 days sink it again in the solution and then leave it to dry for 1 week.

How To: Make Filipino lechon kawaii (pan-roasted pork)

This video is a step-by-step demonstration of how to make Filipino lechon kawaii. The ingredients used are pork, cooking oil, salt, peppercorns and bay leaves. First the pork is boiled in water with the peppercorns and bay leaves. When it's done, he rubs salt on the pork. Cooking oil is poured into a deep pot and heated to frying temperature, and the pork is added and cooked until it's golden brown. It is cut into small pieces before serving. The narration of this video is in Tagalog, but the...

How To: Make Filipino-style cashewed chicken

This is a very useful instructional video on how to cook Cashew Chicken. The ingredients required to make cashew chicken are chicken pieces, corn flour, cashew nuts, black pepper, green onion, onion, egg, green leaves and cooking oil. Now add corn to chicken pieces and put them in the frying pan. Fry it for a few minutes and then add cashew nuts, green leaves and egg and a little quantity of oil. Now add black pepper and onion and pepper and fry it until it becomes golden brown color. Now the...

How To: Subtract with borrowing

For people who are learning basic math skills, this video will show you how to subtract larger numbers which involve borrowing. If the top number on your rightmost digit is smaller than the number before it, you will need to borrow from the column before it. To do this, you will have to cross out the left hand number, subtracting one from its value. You can then add 10 to your original number and continue with your subtraction. If the left hand number is 0 and too small to be borrow from, you...

How To: Make raw veggie wraps & onion crisps

This is a great instructional video on how to make raw veggie wraps and onion crisps. You should chop onions into round pieces. Now put them into frying pan. You can add pepper and a little salt to it. Now fry them by adding a small quantity of oil. Fry it until it is just adequately fried. You can take three or four vegetables and chop them to small pieces. You can add pepper and salt to it. You can add the green leaves too. You can use cabbage. Now you can roll the vegetables with the green...

How To: Find the slope, given a graph

If you watch this video, you will learn what slope is, and how to find it. Slope is defined as rise divided by run, where rise in the increase the Y coordinate and run is the increase in the X coordinate. For example, if you pick two points, you can travel from the left point to the right point. However many points you go is the run. How far up you go is the rise. For example, if your rise is 4 and your run is 2, then you divide 4 by 2 to get your slope, 2. When you're finding the rise, if yo...

How To: Crop your pictures in camera

This clip was filmed as part of a One to One training day with Mike Browne. Focus the camera on a bunch of window panes. There is a row of window panes which cuts across the bottom left hand side corner. There's actually nothing right or wrong with it, only thing that matters is whether or not it works for you. Mike Browne believes that because it is strong and dominant you should crop the image so that it will no longer be visible. You can always remove that in a computer later, thanks to di...

How To: Solve single-step equation by taking the reciprocal

In this video tutorial the instructor shows how to solve a single-step equation by taking the reciprocal. He says that in the equations of fractions containing a variable on the one side, you multiply the reciprocal of its numerical constant to it so that only the variable x stays out. Similarly we need to multiply the reciprocal value that we used on the left hand side on the right hand side too to maintain the equality. Now after simplification as only x is left on the one side we get its v...

How To: Use the Fundamental Rule of Proportions in Algebra

The author in this video explains the concept of fundamental rule of proportions. Fundamental rule of proportions means cross multiply. He explains that to arrive from an equation which has fractions into the one without equation multiply the top of left side with the bottom of right side and equal it with bottom of left side multiplied with top of the right side. In this way proportions can be cross multiplied to arrive at an algebraic expression. If you want to master the rule of proportion...

How To: French braid your fringe or bangs like Lauren Conrad

Video shows how to use bobby pins to French braid your bangs to reflect a style used by Lauren Conrad. In order to begin this look bangs must come about down to your chin so it is long enough to braid. Starting out by brushing your hair straight you pull back your hair back with a clip leaving only your bangs free. Then you gather three small sections of hair and begin braiding starting with the back most length first. After finishing this braid you secure the braided hair back under the rest...

How To: Make Filipino-style fried chicken

Max's Filipino style fried chicken. Takes a spring chicken or a Cornish game hen, ground jack pepper, dried bay leaves, cilantro or parsley, and a pan full of water. Bring water to a steam then add bay leaves and chopped cilantro. Then in a metal colander or strainer place chicken over the steaming water. Once chicken is steamed let drip out the excess water. Add the pepper and some salt to the chicken by rubbing over the surface. In cooking oil fry the chicken until a light golden brown. Tak...

How To: Tie the padlock knot

The padlock knot is designed to look like a padlock, but without the actual function of one. In order to tie this knot take your rope or string and fold it in half. After you have done that make a loop with both sides of the rope making sure you leave a loop at the top. Put the two loops together the one in the front turning clockwise and the one in the back counter-clockwise. Make sure to leave a hole in the center for the rope to pass through. Now wind each piece of rope through the hole in...

How To: Make an edible 24 carat gold bar with gold leaf

Don't know what to get your sweetheart this Valentine's Day? Why not something sweet? In this how-to, we get a step-by-step process on how to turn a regular old chocolate bar into a sparkling 24-carat bar of gold! Materials you will need include chocolate candy, gold leaf, and a paint brush. The finished project also makes for a great goody for a gift bag or perhaps a pirate-themed birthday party!

How To: Calculate your carbon footprint

Watch this video tutorial to learn how to calculate your carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is an equation that estimates just how much you, personally, are contributing to global warming—and all you have to do is plug some info into an online calculator. Figuring out how to make your footprint smaller, of course, is another matter.

How To: Knit a purl stitch using the continental method

This how-to video demonstrates the purl stitch using the continental method, or with the left hand. Start with the yarn in left hand. The middle finger (or index finger) is used to push the yarn down and to the right, to where the right needle can easily push it back through the stitch. This method requires the fewest hand movements of any purl method, and is consequently the fastest (with the exception, perhaps, of the "Combined Knitting Method" of purling). This method of purling, when comb...

How To: Make a mantel shelf

While mantel shelves provide a big visual impact, their installation is very low impact. The first piece of information you need before you can begin laying out the pieces and parts for a mantel (or "mantle" as it's sometimes misspelled) is to know exactly where you want the finished shelf to go: left, right, up and down—and what its proportions are. If it's working as a mantel, you'll want the shelf and corbels to extend proportionally past the left and right sides of your hearth. As a rule ...

How To: Repot lucky bamboo

Lucky bamboo is a beautiful plant to keep in your home. In this tutorial, garden News correspondant Martin Fish shows viewers how to save lucky Bamboo from flower arrangements and regrow it into a houseplant. With the tips from this how to video you can repot lucky bamboo in your home.

How To: Prune a Butterfly bush

In this how to video, Martin Fish from Garden News explains how to prune the Butterfly Bush or Buddleia. The Buddleia is also known as the Butterfly bush because of its colorful flowers that attract butterflies. Pruning this plant is important because it encourages more flowers in the next blooming season. With the tips from this tutorial you will learn how to prune the Buddleia.

How To: Improve your soil with winter digging

Winter digging is the best way to improve your soil and get it ready for planting in spring. Double-digging is simple but can be hard work. In this gardening tutorial, Geoff Stebbings from Garden Answers explains how to do winter digging simply without getting too exhausted.

How To: Cook Indian sevia upma

Ever get tired of the suji upma? Try this wonderful twist for a change. Vermicelli is known by a host of other names - Sevia, Seviya, Semiya, Sevai. Upma is a great breakfast or snack idea and goes great with C-chutney or tomato chutney or just plain old pickle! Watch this ho to video to learn how to make Indian sevia upma.

How To: Make a desert terrarium

This tutorial teaches you how to make a desert terrarium. These plants are very hardy, easy to care for and look great. This how to video gives complete instructions and suggestions on how to make a good looking desert terrarium.

How To: Pack a skydiving parachute using the psycho method

A brief video that illustrates parachute packing using the 'psycho method'. Part 1 of 2 shows the steps of; Sorting the 9 cells, slider, stabelisers, wrapping of the tail, flipping the pack job on its back, untwisting d-bag and cocking the pilot chute. Part 2 illustrates the final stages of the pack job called the 'psycho method'. These steps include; Making sure the pilot chute is cocked, roling the left 4 cells left, the other 4 cells right,the9th cell position, slider adjusting or 'pouting...

How To: Get rid of tent worms without insecticide

Talk about taking one for the team. If you're an eco-friendly earth muffin who refuses to use anything chemical-ridden on yourself and the environment around you, then there exists a gnarly - though effective - approach to killing a tent worm infestation that you may want to try out if you're not squirmy.