How to Have an Elegant Wedding for $5000 (or Less)

Relax. You don't have to mortgage your future to have the wedding of your dreams. According to mother-daughter wedding consultants Jan Wilson and Beth Wilson Hickman, the secret is in the planning. Here they tell you everything you need to know to plan a wedding that is both beautiful and affordable. Inside you'll find a wealth of creative ideas and invaluable advice from couples who have saved a fortune on their weddings. Jan and Beth guide you through every step of the process—right up to the day of the ceremony—and show you how to:

• Organize and prioritize using a month-by-month checklist
• Select gowns and tuxedos that look wonderful but don't cost a mint
• Find unique yet affordable ceremony and reception locations
• Decorate with style—without breaking the bank
• And much, much more!

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Sharpen Knives

In this video, learn how to sharpen your knives.

How to Make a Vinyl Record Bowl

This is an instructional video of how to turn that vinyl LP record into a great usable record bowl, good for snacks, popcorn or decorations.

How to Draw Cars the Hot Wheels Way

This book provides excellent how-to-draw detail that is easy to follow for Hot Wheels and drawing enthusiasts from ages 10 to adult. Detailed drawing techniques with descriptive captions allow readers to create their own automotive designs. Author Scott Robertson combines drawing techniques and advice from Hot Wheels designers to create a book that artists and diecast car enthusiasts will love.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to do a Crunch

eDiets' Chief Fitness Pro, Raphael Calzadilla shows you the correct way to do an abdominal crunch on an exercise ball to get you on the right track for achieving a healthier lifestyle and weight loss.

How to Take Care of Leather in Your Car

In this video, learn about caring for and treating your car's leather during a detailing.

How to Reduce Mortgage Fees

f you're borrowing money to buy or refinance a house, you could be paying too much. Money expert Stacy Johnson explains.

How to Clip Your Cat's Claws Safely

In this video, learn how to trim you cat's claws safely.

How to Improve Your Credit

Many Americans aren't good with their money and they're even worse with other people's money. Here are a few things you should know about using credit wisely and improving your credit score.

How to be a Better Boss

How is it that some managers are able to inspire top performances from their employees while others can barely extract an honest day’s work from the people who report to them? The secret is out.

According to a new survey by leading staffing company Kelly Services, an overwhelming majority of American employees want to work hard because their bosses are nice to them. As part of the Kelly Global Workforce Index, 4,000 Americans were asked to rate their bosses on four attributes -- communication, leadership, team spirit and delegation skills. American workers ranked their bosses above average in all four areas.

On a scale of 1-to-10 with 10 being best, bosses in this country received a 7.3 for delegating authority, which shows they trust their employees; and a 7.1 for creating a sense of team spirit, which shows they want morale to be good. For leadership ability, they received a 7.0; a 6.9 for communication skills.

“American managers are putting extra emphasis on motivating and engaging their employees because they know that a content and motivated workforce will reduce costly turnover and will contribute to the bottom line, says George Corona, senior vice president of Kelly Services. So what are some of the most effective ways American bosses are raising people's stature from mere hired hands or order takers to valued team members?

* By asking employees to complete the initial screening of potential job candidates -- to make sure the person hired will be a good fit with the team;

* By consistently seeking input from employees, and acting on their suggestions for improving productivity and efficiency;

* By resisting the urge to micromanage -- leaving it up to the employees to determine the best way to complete their assignments.

And here are some innovative ways they are encouraging employees to get out and have fun together:

* Sending employees to team-building workshops where they are dependent on each other to complete a goal, like to climb a mountain, sail a ship, run an obstacle course, etc.

* Encouraging monthly get-togethers where employees can put work aside for an hour or two and are given the opportunity to socialize.

Overall, American bosses come in second only to Mexico when it comes to being the best supervisors in world. The industries where bosses get the highest accolades are business services, the sciences, pharmaceutical and IT.

Courtesy of ARA Content

How To Change Your Air Filter

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This video shows how easily change your air filter. Changing your air filter is important to keep your engine running well and getting the best gas mileage from your car.

How to Make Your Eyes Pretty, Polished, and Defined

Makeup artist Jessica Liebeskind shows how she makes eyes pretty, polished, and defined.

How to Change Your Brake Pads

In this video, learn how to change the brake pads on your motorcycle.

How to Make a Mosaic Picture Frame

Learn how to make an ordinary picture frame unique in this video tutorial.

How to Add and Subtract Using a Number Line

This video reviews the addition and subtraction of positive and negative integers using a number line, where a positive integer represents a move to the right, and a negative integer represents a move to the left. Remember that minus a negative can be thought of as plus a positive.

How to Treat A Cold

That awful cold. What will help you get through it? This one-minute video will provide you with a few steps that may relieve your cold symptoms. But remember, you may need to check with your physician as well.

How to Clean Nikon D70s Sensor

This is a short video tutorial showing you how to check for dust on your sensor and clean your sensor using the blower method.

How to Get Silky Volume with a Flat Iron

In this video, learn how to get silky volume with a flat iron.

How to Create Balcony Gardens

Hopefully, this video will inspire you to create a beautiful balcony garden.

How to Comfort a Cranky Baby

If your baby wakes up in the middle of the night crying uncontrollably, what is the first thing you would do? Most parents say they would rush over to the crib, pick the baby up and try to offer comfort.

If hugging, talking and singing a song doesn’t work, check to see if the baby needs a diaper change or is hungry; but what do you do if none of these tricks calm your baby? According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, extreme fussiness that doesn’t let up, even when the child is being comforted, could be a sign of illness, so you should take the baby’s temperature. But as any parent who has had to deal with a fussy baby will tell you, that can be easier said than done.

While you often can tell if your child is warmer than usual by feeling the forehead, only a thermometer can tell if he or she has a fever and how high the temperature is. Ordinarily, a rectal reading of 97.9 to 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, an oral reading of 95.9 to 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit and an ear reading of 96.4 to 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit is considered normal, while higher readings indicate fever; but good luck getting an accurate reading from a baby who is flailing about and screaming. The thermometer must be in place for a minute or longer.

Well, now there’s some good news for parents struggling with this dilemma. The Kidz-Med Thermofocus, the world’s first non-contact clinical thermometer, is now available in the United States. Introducing the innovative NeverWake Technology, there is no need to touch, startle, upset or wake your child with this thermometer.

All you have to do to obtain an accurate reading of your child’s temperature is hold the thermometer perpendicular to the forehead, and using infrared technology, within in a few hundredths of a second, the Thermofocus will carry out a sequence of up to 125 calculations. It will then deliver an accurate reading of the child’s temperature on a digital display. In a nutshell, a simple point, press and release produces an instant reading.

Fevers under 101 degrees Fahrenheit generally don’t need to be treated unless the child is uncomfortable. To ease the pain your baby may be experiencing, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends you give them acetaminophen or ibuprofen. Dosage depends on the child’s age and weight. Check with your doctor for his or her recommendation.

According to Dr. Richard G. Lagueruela, director of surgical services at Miami Children’s Hospital, “It’s extremely accurate and children of all ages aren’t even aware their temperature is being taken, so there’s no need to restrain an infant or child. Obtaining an accurate temperature is trauma free: no earpiece, mouth probe, or rectal entry required. It’s safe, accurate, and painless. The Thermofocus will revolutionize the health industry and make a difficult part of parenting a delight!”

Among the benefits of Thermofocus that Dr. Lagueruela and his colleagues like best:

* You don’t have to wake, or startle, a child when they are sick to take their temperature.

* The infrared technology is completely safe.

* Parents can rest assured they are getting an accurate reading.

* The method is totally hygienic

ot only does the Thermofocus take the temperature of the body, but it can also be used to take the readings of baby’s food, bottle, bath water and even room temperature. All you have to do is point the thermometer in the direction of the item being tested and you’ll get an accurate reading back almost immediately.

To learn more about the Kidz-Med Thermofocus, which is available for purchase online direct from the distributor, log on to www.kidzmed.com.

Courtesy of ARAcontent

How To Treat Bags Under Your Eyes

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This video will show you the proper way to treat bags under your eyes.

How to Buy a Wedding Dress

A short informative video on the DOs and DONTs of purchasing a wedding dress.

How To Make Old Fence Panels

How To Halloween Presents Grim and Igor trying to build old fence panels for a Halloween graveyard.

How to Type Letters, Numbers and Symbols Quickly on an iPhone

Learn how to use the Apple iPhone in this free online video tutorial & review, including how to type letters, numbers, & symbols quickly on an iPhone.

How Do I Save Money?

Just got that new job, want to save for a home, car or college? This one-minute video will help you understand how to save money. Saving money today is pretty difficult. But if you become disciplined, you can do it.

How to Fight Cellulite

look at what cellulite is and how to avoid and get rid of it.

How To Cut A Pineapple

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In this video, learn the best way to choose the perfect pineapple and then cut it into perfect circles.

How to Add Flair with Scarves

Scarves aren't just for pirates and Little Steven, no, no no! Cassandra shows that scarves can add flair to any outfit.

How to Strengthen the Glutes

Bryan Winston is a model and personal trainer. Bryan along with the help of Sabina demonstrates exercises for strengthening the glutes.

How to Make a Belt from a Guitar Strap

DIY designer Andrew Hanson shows us how-to take a broken guitar strap and turn it into a rockin new belt.

How To Change A Bicycle Brake Cable

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In this video, bike expert Stuart Dennison showed us how to change a brake cable.

How to Take Great Digital Photos of Your Friend's Wedding

Armed with a digital camera, wedding attendees can create snapshots of the their friend's big day with the camera, lighting, posing, and composition skills taught in this step-by-step manual. Beginning with a discussion of digital capture basics and how to ensure the best possible exposure by selecting the appropriate ISO settings, photographers learn how to create the setting that produces the best results under any lighting conditions. Posing is also covered so that, armed with some general principles and strategies, amateur photographers can greatly improve their sense of portraiture. Sections on unusual situations teach readers how to make the best of mixed lighting conditions, flatter subjects, avoid exposure problems, and use the flash indoors; while tips on using Adobe Photoshop Elements help photographers give their photographs that professional edge.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive

First published in 1969, this classic manual of automotive repair equips VW owners with the knowledge to handle every situation they will come across with any air-cooled Volkswagen built through 1978, including Bugs, Karmann Ghias, vans, and campers. With easy-to-understand, fun-to-read information — for novice and veteran mechanics alike — anecdotal descriptions, and clear language, this book takes the mystery out of diagnostic, maintenance, and repair procedures, and offers some chuckles along the way. This edition features new information on troubleshooting, new photos, and an updated resource list.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Make a Pillow

In this video, learn how to make a pillow out of bandanas.

How to Stretch Your Hips and Thighs

This one-minute video shows you how to stretch your hips and thighs. A proper stretching routine will help to reduce injury. Check with a doctor before starting any health or fitness program.

How To Choose A Traditional Wedding Dress

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Choosing a wedding dress is a huge decision for brides to be, so we've put together a guide to help you pick a traditional wedding dress.

How to Sell Your Home in 5 Days

It's time to change the way you think about selling your home. How to Sell Your Home in 5 Days is an innovative alternative that makes the market work for you, whether you're selling a house, a condominium, or a co-op apartment, whether in a seller's market or a buyer's market. Follow the 5-Day Method and take charge of your real estate future—Sell your home in 5 days, Get the best possible price, Save thousands of dollars in broker's fees and commissions, and Spare yourself months—if not years—of costly aggravation, disruption, and disappointment.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Talk to Your Doctor

Do you like going to the doctor? This Daily Idea episode has the tips you need to give your doctor the right information and get you feeling better in no time.

How To Paint With Acrylics

Find out how you don't even need brushes or special canvasses to get going!

How to Make a Bruise with a Cut

In this video, our special effects makeup artist will show you how to apply Halloween makeup. Learn cheap, easy, last minute, creative tips for making a bruise with a cut from Halloween makeup.

How to Draw What You See

When it was originally published in 1970, How to Draw What You See zoomed to the top of the publisher’s best-seller list—and it has remained there ever since. "I believe that you must be able to draw things as you see them—realistically," wrote Rudy de Reyna in this introduction. Today, generations of artists have learned to draw what they see, to truly capture the world around them, using de Reyna’s methods. How to Draw What You See shows artists how to recognize the basic shape to draw the object, no matter how much detail it contains.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Add and Subtract Fractions

Students learn to add or subtract fractions using the least common denominator, which is the least common multiple for the denominators of the fractions. Once the fractions are given a common denominator by multiplying the numerator and denominator of each fraction by the appropriate number, then the fractions can be added or subtracted by adding or subtracting the numerators, and leaving the denominator the same.

Basic How-To Halloween Makeups

Tempe DVD presents 20 unique, easy-to-apply makeups, all created from materials found around the home and in local costume shops. Professional Hollywood makeup artists introduce you to some of their secrets, explained in easy to understand, step-by-step detail! Don't settle for the same old boring Halloween masks -- impress your friends and be the life of any costume party! Makeups include: Zombie, Pumpkin-Head, Lizard, Witch, Cat, Exorcism Victim, Vampire, Alien, Burn Victim, Frankenstein s Monster, Mummy, Creature, Old Man, Phantom, Gargoyle, Robot, Swamp Creature, Evil Clown, Dracula and Ghastly Ghoul.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Cheat at Cleaning

Do you really think Martha Stewart never swept a little dust under the carpet seconds before guests arrived? Oh, how we’ve been damaged by the myth of perfectionism! We are slaves to microscopic specks of lint, hard-water smudges, and the relentless pursuit of dust bunnies. Brainwashed by Hollywood and slick photo spreads, we chase after unrealistic expectations. How to Cheat at Cleaning will change all of that. Part how-to bible and part liberating manifesto, this volume rewrites the housekeeping rules our mothers taught us. It does for housekeeping what Casual Friday did for office life. Learn the extreme shortcuts for cleaning your house from attic to basement. Learn about cutting-edge tools and technologies that will slash your housekeeping chores in half. Learn how to get family members–and even Santa Claus–to pitch in. And learn which backbreaking cleaning tasks you can walk away from forever. While most cleaning books are as dull as, well, dishwater, How to Cheat at Cleaning is a joy to read. Delivered in a swingy, conversational, irreverent style, this book is peppered with quick-read recurring boxes, including amusing anecdotes, easy cleaning formulas, great cleaning gear, cleaning emergencies, and eliminating dirt through design.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Clean the Sensor on Your Digital SLR Camera

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Here's a short video tutorial on how to clean the sensor on your Digital SLR.

How to Make Bottle Cap Earrings

Shiver your timbers! Inspired by a viewer submission, we show you scallywags how you can make jewelry out of your old bottle caps. Aaarr!

How To Carve A Traditional Pumpkin Lantern Face

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Spook yourself out with this Halloween classic. A short video into how to carve a traditional pumpkin lantern face.

How To Knit

Come Hang out and learn a thing or two as we answer a viewers question on knitting ,and show you how to make a cool new scarf for the fall. Plus, a review of Sabrina Gschwandtner's new book Knit Knit, a review of this weeks fashion headlines, and a look at whats new on the forums. To knit or knot to knit...that is the question.

How to do Plyometrics Push-ups

Build power and speed with Diet.com's Plyometrics workout videos. These exercises should be done 2-3 times a session, 3 times a week. Of course in order to lose weight with any strength training program it is important to also do cardio workouts at least 3 times a week.

How to Change your Car's Oil

Leaving your oil changes to teenagers at Jiffy Lube? Never again! Watch this Viewdo and learn how to do it yourself.

How to Apply a Basic Latex Prosthetic Piece for Halloween

This video will walk you through the basic steps of how to apply a basic prosthetic piece with spirit gum, apply makeup and make it look real. We make it easy to use those great halloween glue on pieces.

How to Housetrain Dogs

Puppies have accidents! Marc Morrone introduces you to the glories of the wee wee pad.

How to Prevent Red-eye Effect

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In this video, Mark Comon (Vice President, Paul's Photo) explains what causes red-eye and how to prevent red-eye when taking photos.

How to Get Your Passport

Beginning January 2007 traveling between the U.S. and Canada and the U.S. and Mexico, will require a passport. This one-minute video will show you how to apply and receive your passport quickly.

How to Play Latin Bass

In this video clip, learn how to play Latin bass online for free, including bass playing tips and techniques. Enjoy this fun, simple guide to playing bass.

How to Position Your Mirrors

Did you know that proper mirror positioning can actually eliminate all the blind spots in your car? Learn how to fine-tune your vehicle's mirror positions here.

How to Ace a Job Interview

Finding a job out in the real world seems to have gotten tougher. Fear not, we've compiled our tips on how to help you through this gauntlet called The Interview.

How to Get Your Driveway in Tip Top Shape for the Winter

Winter is quickly approaching and that means time is running out for those all-important DIY projects that you need to complete before the first frost.

Because of the fluctuating temperatures approaching nationwide, both asphalt and concrete driveways will soon be subject to cracking and splits. When water seeps into cracks and crevasses and then freezes, the water expands causing existing cracks and holes to get larger. If you don’t want to spend next spring repairing the damage or worse, resurfacing the entire driveway, take the time now to up your home’s curb appeal and get it ready for winter.

“Fixing concrete and asphalt areas before winter arrives is key,” says Mark Goldstrom, concrete and asphalt repair expert from Sakrete, a company that has been a leader and innovator in concrete and asphalt repair products since 1936. “The holes and cracks must be filled and sealed before any water is allowed to freeze inside.”

Concrete and asphalt repair is easy and can be completed in less than a day. Here’s how to repair large cracks and worn areas in concrete driveways:

1. First, you need to remove all deteriorated and foreign material from the area to be repaired. Then, slightly undercut the side of the repair area with a hammer and chisel. Keeping the side of the repair area vertical or slightly undercut provides a better base for the repair material.

2. Next, saturate the area with clean water. Just before the new repair material is applied, sweep away any standing water. Apply a slurry coat of Sakrete Top 'N Bond (follow instructions on packaging). This can be used on horizontal and vertical repairs. For smaller cracks up to 1/2 inch wide, use Sakrete Concrete Crack Filler.


Here’s how to tackle potholes and cracks in asphalt driveways:

1. Chisel out loose blacktop, ensuring that the sides are vertical. Be sure to remove all loose particles, dirt or grass. If sub-base is loose, remove the unsound portion and replace with clean compacted gravel or stone.

2. Pour a two-inch layer of Sakrete All Weather Blacktop Patch in the area to be repaired. Then, compact with a tamper or 4x4 post until material reaches a one inch thickness. Place and compact additional layers until the desired thickness is achieved.

Riding over the patch with a car will not provide sufficient compaction. Compaction must be sufficient to cause the stone in the blacktop to lock together and minimize voids in each layer. If the blacktop is not completely compacted, the patch will remain soft and the material may not stay in place.

For cracks up to 1/2 inch wide, use Sakrete Blacktop Crack Filler. Once the crack is filled in, complete the job by putting down the Sakrete Blacktop Sealer which comes ready to use, has a smooth texture, and once applied, gives your driveway a shiny jet black finish.

For more detailed directions on both concrete and asphalt repair, log on to www.sakrete.com/projects and click on the concrete and asphalt repair tab. Come spring when your neighbor’s driveway is cracking apart and yours is in one piece, you’ll be glad you did.

Courtesy of ARAcontent

How to Paint a Pumpkin with Acrylic Paints

In this video, learn how to paint leaves on a pumpkin using acrylic paints.

How to Avoid Getting Sick On Vacation

This video explains why we get sick on holiday and how to avoid it.

How to Make an Origami Bird

In this video, learn how to fold an origami bird.

How to Make a Studded Watch

DIY designer Andrew Hanson shows us how-to make a radical wristband using a leather band, spikes, and your old watch face.

How To Spike A Volleyball

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The spike is the most powerful attack shot in volleyball. It's the spike that gets a crowd going… and it can carry any team to triumph.

How to Make a Jean Purse

In this video, learn how to make a purse out of an old pair of jeans.

How to Create a Smoky Eye

M·A·C Pro makeup artist Chantel Miller shows how to create a smoky eye.

How To Juggle 3 Balls

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Learn how to Juggle 3 Balls. A beginners guide into the art of juggling three balls. Amaze your friends with this new skill!

How to Adjust the Throttle Cable on Your Motorcycle

In this video, learn how to adjust the throttle cable on your motorcycle.

How to Paint a Rose

'How to Paint a Rose' is one of the most popular subjects in painting. In this video we see how to paint a beautiful peach rose with tips throughout on achieving the enduring delicacy of this gorgeous flower.

How to Drive Safe in the Winter

Snow + ice = lifestyle adjustments. And driving habits are no exception. This video will teach you some tips as well as list equipment and supply necessities that will help keep you safe on the road all winter.

How to Multiply and Divide Positive and Negative Numbers

Students review the multiplication and division of positive and negative integers. The rules for multiplying integers are as follows:

• positive times positive equals positive
• positive times negative equals negative
• negative times positive equals negative
• negative times negative equals positive.

The rules for dividing integers are as follows:

• positive divided by positive equals positive
• positive divided by negative equals negative
• negative divided by positive equals negative
• negative divided by negative equals positive

How to Draw Choppers Like a Pro

Roaring into mainstream consciousness with their rakish style and V-twin power, choppers have captured the publics fascination. Now, best-selling Motorbooks author and award-winning car designer Thom Taylor shows enthusiasts of all artistic levels how to draw these rolling heavy-metal sculptures, whether for fun or as concepts for their own dream bikes. After a brief history of the chopper, Thom covers the selection of tools and equipment before explaining fundamentals like perspective, proportion, reflections, and shadows. With the building blocks for a successful chopper drawing in place, Thom goes on to selecting a color palette, finding your own technique, and adding people to your drawings. Also included are chapters on cartooning and the role computers can play in your art. In addition to Taylors own work, How to Draw Choppers Like a Pro features art from several other well-known motorcycle artistsincluding Ed Newton, Dave Deal, Tom Fritz, and Keith Weesnernot to mention a foreword by the godfather of modern choppers, Arlen Ness.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Save Gas and Money

Gas prices got ya down? In this Cars You Want Web Exclusive, Ezra Dyer offers 5 simple tips to get more miles out of your gas tank and keep more money in your wallet.

How To Fold a T-shirt in 2 Seconds

A handy guide to cutting your folding time down to almost nothing! This video offers an in-depth explanation into folding your t-shirt in 2 seconds.

How to Change Your Motorcycle Seat

In this video, learn how to change your motorcycle seat quick and easy.

How to Dribble the Soccer Ball

In this video, learn how to dribble the soccer ball.

How to do a Posteriour (Back) Fly

Here is a demostration of how to do a Posteriour Back Fly Exercise.

How to Perfect the Rugby Spiral Kick

All Blacks specialist coach Mick 'The Kick' Byrne teaches us how to perfect the spiral kick.

How to Detail a Car Engine

Video clip on car detailing that offer tips on how to clean a car engine.

How to Exercise without Leaving Your Desk

Sitting at your desk or computer terminal for long periods of time can cause muscle tension and pain. However, by taking a few minutes to do some stretches - you'll feel better and more alert, every time.

How to Change Your Coolant in Your Motorcycle

This video will show you how to change the coolant in your motorcycle.

How to Make Dog Biscuits

Dr. Stanley Coren puts on his apron and cooks up a batch of dog biscuits for his best friends.

How to Check Engine Fluids

From motor oil to power steering fluid to coolant, learn when and how to check all the engine fluids surging under the hood of your car.

How to Turn a Simple Pony Tail into Classic Bun

Hair stylist Ricardo Rojas shows how to tease a ponytail into a bun.

How to Paint Watercolor Clouds

This video shows how to paint watercolor clouds in a few simple steps, covering the most common problems and how to avoid them.

How to Make Pumpkin Potholders

Elisa Wilson shows how to make pumpkin potholders that can be made for quick gifts or home decorations.

How to Screenprint Your Own T-Shirts

In this video, Bre brings in Matt, the screenprinting expert of etsy.com, to the Weekend Projects podcast. Have you ever wanted to create your own t-shirt designs? Look no further!

How to Replace Your Disc Brakes

Its not hard to change the disc brake pads on your car, watch and learn here.

How To Draw A Cartoon Dog

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Cartoonist Stephen Marchant from the Cartoon Museum in London shows you how to draw a cartoon dog.

How to Make a Baby Quilt

This video gives free quilting instructions on how to make a baby quilt, including tips on fabric, design, binding and backing.

How To Create Sexy Supermodel Curls

Ford Models hairstylist Johnny Lavoy shows how to create that sexy, beachy, supermodel curl-look.

How to Save Energy and Money

The Environmental Protection Agency says if every American changed just one light bulb to an Energy Star qualified bulb, we'd save enough energy to light 7 million homes. So what's the difference between a traditional incandescent bulb and an energy saving compact florescent?

Compact florescent light bulbs use 75 percent less energy than most standard bulbs and last up to 10 times longer. While the price of an Energy Star CFL may initially be greater, the EPA says the energy savings from the bulb more than makes up the difference. Using just one compact florescent can save you $30 on your energy bill over the course of a year. It's not just homeowners cashing in on the savings - corporations have begun getting in the act, as well.

The Bank of America Tower in Miami recently began switching to more efficient bulbs. When the town of Amherst, NY, updated some 100 buildings with - among other improvements - energy efficient lighting, the result was about three-quarters of a million dollars in savings each year.

How to Save Energy

Naomi Cleaver presents 10 ways to reduce your carbon emissions at home. They are all easy and will save you money, so take a look.

How to Tread Water

Learn how to teach a child how to tread water when swimming in this free how-to video lesson on kids' swimming.

How to do Metric Unit Conversions

Students learn that in the metric system, all measures of length are based on meters. For example, a centimeter is 1/100 of a meter. And all measures of weight are based on grams. For example, a kilogram is 1000 grams. And all measures of volume are based on liters. For example, a milliliter is 1/1000 of a liter. Students are then asked to solve problems using conversion factors, such as 4,500 milligrams = ____ grams.

How to Convert From a Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction

In this video tutorial, learn how to convert from a mixed number to an improper fraction.

How to Make a French Twist Hair Style

Learn how to make a French twist hair style. Watch this expert demonstrate how to make a perfect French twist every time.

How to Ace Calculus

Written by three gifted-and funny-teachers, How to Ace Calculus provides humorous and readable explanations of the key topics of calculus without the technical details and fine print that would be found in a more formal text. Capturing the tone of students exchanging ideas among themselves, this unique guide also explains how calculus is taught, how to get the best teachers, what to study, and what is likely to be on exams-all the tricks of the trade that will make learning the material of first-semester calculus a piece of cake. Funny, irreverent, and flexible, How to Ace Calculus shows why learning calculus can be not only a mind-expanding experience but also fantastic fun.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Pop and Slap a Bass Guitar

Learn the bass guitar technique popping and slapping to create funky basslines.

How to do Yoga Backbends with Tara Stiles

Tara Stiles demonstrates several backbend yoga poses that are great for the spine and chest.

How to Improve Your Vehicle Gas Mileage

Air pressure, driving habits, grades of gasoline, and driving journals. What do they all have in common? They can all help you get more mileage from your tank. Learn the tricks here.

How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With

Worried about leaving your puppy home alone while you work? Need to keep him from barking too much? Read on! This classic has answers for all that and much more!

• Six things to expect from your puppy
• Ten keys to housebreaking without a hitch
• Common puppy personality types and how to deal with them
• Six gentle, effective methods of dicipline

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Make a Simple Ponytail Modern

Johnny Lavoy adds a new twist on the ponytail to make the everyday do modern and exciting.

How to Install More Memory in Your Laptop

This helpful tutorial is another in the series of How-To videos produced by TigerTV. Logan will show you the step by step process of installing more memory in your Laptop PC. Watch, Learn, and Enjoy! From TigerTV and TigerDirect.com.

How to Grill

Without a doubt the most interesting, comprehensive, and well-thought-out book on grilling ever and it's destined to be in the kitchens and backyards of both professionals and home cooks. Every detail is made clear and easy in a concise and inspirational way. Spark it up! (Mario Batali, Molto Mario (The Food Network), Mario Batali's Simple Italian Food)

The definitive how-to guide for anyone passionate about grilling, from the newest beginner to the most sophisticated chef. (Tom Colicchio, Think like a Chef)

Master the techniques that make barbecue great with this indispensable show-and-tell by Steven Raichlen. Using more than 1,000 full-color, step-by-step photographs, How to Grill covers it all, from how to build an ingenious three-zone fire to the secrets of grilling a porterhouse, prime rib, fish steak, kebab, or chicken breast. Plus the perfect burger. Includes 100 recipes - one to illustrate each technique - with memorably delicious results!

Available at Amazon.com.

How To Polish Leather Shoes

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Is your footwear looking a little worse for wear? Have a quick look at our expert led guide to getting your leather shoes looking as good as new.

How to Add a Colorful and Creative Twist to Halloween Decorations

Give Halloween decorating a colorful and creative twist. Add, fresh flowers, skip the tricks, and treat yourself!

How to Date Men: Dating Secrets from America's Top Matchmaker

The hardest part about dating is understanding the mysterious inner workings of a man’s brain. How can women know what men are really looking for if men don’t tell them? They can ask Janis.

With over fourteen years of experience as a professional matchmaker, Janis Spindel has a unique insider’s perspective on contemporary dating culture. All her clients are men, and they tell her exactly what they want in a relationship. Janis offers women a step-by-step plan for winning a man’s heart, such as:

• It’s okay to ask a guy for his number, as long as you do it with confidence
• Don’t wear your work clothes on a date, ever! Freshen up before meeting a guy
• Pay him a compliment—he’s human. He’ll love it.

Entertaining and empowering, this book is the next best thing to a private appointment with the nation’s premier matchmaker.

Available at Amazon.com.

How To Reset Your Zune

This is a quick video tutorial on how to reset (reboot) your Microsoft Zune if it starts misbehaving or locks up.

How to Jumpstart a Car

A detailed guide to help you safely get that dead battery going again.

How to Handle a Goodnight Kiss

So, you've had a great date, and you know you want to kiss her, and you're hoping she feels the same way... Here are some pointers to a successful goodnight kiss.

How to Make Silly Putty

Also called Gak, this stuff is so much fun to play with. Rip it, stretch it, watch it "melt", pull it, color it, write on it with a magic marker, bounce it, have fun!
NOTE: I know I said tablespoon of borax, but trust me it's teaspoon. :)

How To Sweat Pipe

Learn how to sweat copper pipe properly with this handy ViewDo!

How to Draw Cars Like a Pro

In this long-awaited follow-up to the best-selling first edition of How to Draw Cars Like a Pro, renowned car designer Thom Taylor goes back to the drawing board to update his classic with all-new illustrations and to expand on such topics as the use of computers in design today. Taylor begins with advice on selecting the proper tools and equipment, then moves on to perspective and proportion; sketching and cartooning; various media; and light, shadow, reflection, color, and even interiors. Written to help enthusiasts at all artistic levels, his book also features more than 200 examples from many of todays top artists in the automotive field.

Available at Amazon.com.

How To Carve A Ghost Pumpkin Lantern

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Get spooked out with this Halloween tradition. Follow this quick and easy demonstration in how to Carve a ghost pumpkin lantern.

How to do a proper Dumbbell Tricep Extension

This video how to do a proper dumbbell tricep extension using weights and a bench.

How to Open a Jar

Rachael Ray demonstrates multiple ways to open jars -- including her own method she calls "The Rach Slapdown."

How to Handle Collectible Comic Books

Learn how to be a hero when it comes time to handle a prized comic book.

How to Make Tombstones for Halloween

Make an entire graveyard for the cost of one store-bought headstone with this step-by-step video from the makers of Big Scream TV.

How to Teach Your Dog to Come to You

Teach your dog a reliable recall with the Triple Crown Clicker.

How to do the Bicycle Crunch

A professional trainer shows you how to do the bicycle crunch as part of an abdominal workout.

How To Teach Your Dog To Shake Hands

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Ever wanted to teach your dog how to shake hands? To high five your favourite pooch? Well VideoJug demonstrates exactly how to get your dog to offer you his paw.

How to Incorporate the Men's Fashion Look

Ford Artists' wardrobe stylist Alexis shows how to incorporate the men's wear look seen on the runway last fall into your wardrobe.

How to Wash the Wheels on Your Car

In this video clip on car detailing, learn how to wash car wheels.

How to Travel with Others

Will that next vacation with family or friends or that romantic getaway be the trip of a lifetime or a nightmare? Travel expert Nadine Davidson tells you can travel with friends, family, co-workers, loved ones, or your boss -- without wishing you had left them home or gone alone!

How To Make A Perfect Ponytail

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Richard Ashforth shows you how to make a perfect ponytail. Richard is the International Creative Director from top hairdressing company, Saco. Having first risen to the top as Creative Director of Vidal Sasoon, Richard has worked with the biggest names in fashion including Galliano, Westwood and Hermes. His work has regularly featured in top magazines such as Vogue, American Vogue, and I.D.

How to Safely Introduce Your Four-legged Friends to a New Diet

As the popularity of organic food grows and people realize the benefits of a diet rich in natural ingredients for their families, parents are now looking for safe and healthy foods for their four-legged “kids” too.

“Pets are considered family members by most people, so it’s understandable that they want them to have the same high quality foods as everyone else in the household,” says Shelley Gunton, “Top Dog” and CEO of Castor & Pollux Pet Works, maker of natural and organic pet food and treats.

Diane Noble, mom to golden retriever Bailey and a short-haired cat named Kid, is one of these people. After the pet food recall last spring, she decided to start feeding Bailey a new brand of organic food, but didn’t realize that new food should be gradually introduced in order for her dog’s digestive system to acclimate.

“Poor Bailey’s tummy was so upset ... she was running from the room because of the smells she was making,” remembers Noble. “I thought the food just wasn’t right for her. It never crossed my mind that I needed to take steps to switch her food slowly and safely.”

After learning how to do it right, Noble successfully switched Kid to the new organic food too. “During the change-over process, Kid would pick the organic pieces out from the others and eat them first because they were his favorite!” said Noble.

How to Switch

Dr. Edward Moser, veterinarian and animal nutritionist and advisor for several of the nation’s top pet food companies, has answers to some commonly asked questions about how to safely switch a pet’s food:

Q: I’ve tried to switch my dog/cat’s food before and it really messed up their digestive system. Why is switching food so disruptive?

A: Some dogs/cats have stomachs that are sensitive to a dietary change. It can be for a multitude of reasons relating to the food, the animal’s health, or sometimes to their eating behavior.

Commonly, digestive upset associated with the introduction of a new food is the result of the new food’s novelty -- dogs and cats will wolf down the new food, overwhelming the digestive system. Or, it may simply be that the new food has a stronger flavoring system they aren’t used to.

Q: What’s the best way to switch my dog/cat to organic food?

A: The most cautious way of switching a dog or cat to any new food is to introduce the new food over the course of four to seven days by mixing in small amounts of the new while decreasing their current food. Each day add more of the new and remove an offsetting amount of the current food. Watch your dog/cat closely during the change. If some digestive disturbances occur, then take the changeover a bit more gradually, extending it over a few additional days.

Q: What will happen if I switch my dog/cat’s food too quickly?

A: If no problems occur then all is okay. Some dogs and cats switch quite easily.

If, however, your dog or cat is sensitive to a change in diet or dietary habit, then it is most common that feed refusals, vomiting, or diarrhea will be observed.

Q: My dog/cat’s food seems fine. She eats it when I give it to her. Why should I consider switching?

A: Switch diets if you feel the food is not meeting your pet’s nutritional, functional, or performance needs. You should also switch if there is concern regarding the origin of the food, its safety, freshness or consistency.

Q. I’ve heard that organic foods are “safer.” Are they really worth the extra money?

A: Organic certification is a “seal of approval” or “quality control check” for the ingredients and food preparation facilities used in the production of the pet food. This extra degree of scrutiny provides more confidence that no synthetic ingredients, preservatives, pesticides, herbicides, and other unsafe compounds have been added to the food.

The Safety of Certified Organics

“More people are looking at what’s in their pet’s food these days and finding that organics provide some peace of mind,” says Gunton of the rationale behind Castor & Pollux Pet Work’s newest creation, the Go Organic Kit, featuring Organix certified organic dry and canned foods and treats. “Because only ‘certified organic’ pet food and treats have gone through a regulatory certification process to ensure the utmost safety and quality, the Go Organic Kit will help pet parents be confident in what they’re feeding their dogs and cats.”

Housed in a reusable container, the Go Organic Kit contains everything needed to switch to an organic diet -- including both wet and dry food, as well as treats -- making the process easy and affordable. The kit is available at PETCO stores nationwide or online at www.castorpolluxpet.com.

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How to Tone Your Legs

Get the long, lean legs you've always dreamed of by following this body-friendly, Pilates workout.

How to Write a Movie in 21 Days

No book can find your ideas for you, but this one provides a great service in helping you discover and develop a story, and to come up with the completed script. King helps you learn to think cinematically, in the language of the movies, and to keep asking the essential questions as they work: What's the story? Who is the story about? Do you care about the characters? Does anyone? King also tries to help you survive not just the structural pitfalls that can derail a script, but also the mental or emotional whirlpools that can prevent any artist from finishing a project.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Install Computer Memory

TigerDirect is here to help you learn more about the ease of do-it-yourself upgrades. This video features a computer memory upgrade (RAM) in a standard PC.

How to Save Money and Water Each Time You Flush

Everybody's saying the environment is going down the toilet. But simple fixes around the house can help prevent it. With one easy adjustment, you'll save money, water and the environment... one flush at a time.

How To Throw a Splitfinger Fastball

Diving heat. This variation on the fastball will have the batter fishing for sure.

How to Get Geese to Go the Natural Way

Goose poop is no laughing matter. With each bird capable of producing a pound or more of feces per day, it doesn’t take long for a fair-sized flock to render a location unwalkable by humans. Not only do the droppings make for an unpleasant environment, they pose a slip and fall hazard, and are a breeding ground for bacteria and disease.

Goose removal has become a multi-million-dollar industry, and it’s not just golf courses, industrial parks and airports who patronize it. Homeowners are fighting the flocks as well, striving to preserve their enjoyment of their homes and the value of their investment.

Still, says Mona Zemsky, a technician with Bird-X, a company that has helped convince millions of Canada Geese to move along during its 44 years in business, “No one bears the birds any ill will.”

“The geese are just doing what comes naturally, and looking for a safe, secure home,” says Zemsky. “No one wants to see them harmed for that. People just want the birds to move somewhere that they won’t cause a problem for humans.”

If you’re fighting the goose . . . er “good” fight, keep in mind the following goose-busting facts, courtesy of the experts at Bird-X:

* Experts estimate that at any given time there are 3.5 million to 5.5 million non-migrating Canada Geese living in the United States. Another 9 million to 11 million migrate in every spring and fall.

* Canada Geese range throughout North America, but are particularly troublesome in the northeast and upper Midwest.

* Geese are looking for water, food, lush greens and a safe, easy place to raise their families. The most successful removal techniques involve convincing the geese that a location no longer is safe and comfortable for them.

* Geese have excellent memories and will return to the same spot year after year unless they are convinced to go elsewhere.

* Demand is high for relocation techniques that do not harm the birds or the environment. In fact, in many areas of the country, it is illegal to harm Canada Geese or their eggs in the removal process. Some municipalities place restrictions on the use of chemicals in goose removal. “In fact, lethal or harmful methods are actually counter-productive,” Zemsky says. “Nature abhors a vacuum and if you don’t alter the location’s desirability to geese, new geese will flock to fill the void. Furthermore, harming geese probably won’t improve relations with the neighbors.”

* Successful removal techniques prey upon geese’s instinctive fears. This is why products like Bird-X’s Goose Buster, which drives birds away using recordings of actual goose distress calls, or the Gator Guard, which makes the birds think a predator is present, work well. In fact, geese instinctively respond to the Gator Guard, a life-size, lifelike replica of an alligator head, even in regions where alligators do not live – and where geese may never have seen a live one.

“The best approach is one that motivates birds on three levels – sound, sight and taste,” says Zemsky. “The Goose Buster makes noise that frightens the birds away. The Gator Guard gives a visual cue that an area is ‘unsafe.’ And Goose Chase, a biodegradable food-grade agent made from the bitter-tasting, smelly part of concord grapes, makes food sources such as grass and ponds unpalatable to the birds.”

To learn more about effective goose removal products and techniques that are also environmentally conscious, visit www.bird-x.com/ARA or call (800) 662-5021.

Courtesy of ARAcontent

How To Look After A Goldfish

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This video will show you the basics of how to take care of a goldfish, including goldfish feeding, tank maintenance and goldfish illness.

How to Use a Car Battery Charger

In this video clip, learn how to use a car battery charger.

How to Pluck Eyebrows

Learn how to pluck your eyebrows properly. It's not just grab and yank you know- Ouch!

How to Make an Origami Fish

Easy paper folding instructions on how to make an origami fish in this free how-to video clip lesson.

How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way

Stan Lee, the Mighty Man from Marvel, and John Buscema, active and adventuresome artist behind the Silver Surfer, Conan the Barbarian, the Mighty Thor and Spider-Man, have collaborated on this comics compendium: an encyclopedia of information for creating your own superhero comic strips. Using artwork from Marvel comics as primary examples, Buscema graphically illustrates the hitherto mysterious methods of comic art. Stan Lee's pithy prose gives able assistance and advice to the apprentice artist. Bursting with Buscema's magnificent illustrations and Lee's laudable word-magic, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way belongs in the library of every kid who has ever wanted to illustrate his or her own comic strip.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Remove Dents

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This video will show how to remove dents using a hair dryer and an air duster.

How To Throw A Curveball

While the fastball may be the most important pitch in your arsenal, nothing can buckle a batter's knees like a well thrown curveball. Follow these simple steps to master a killer curveball.

How to Wax Eyebrows

Eyebrow waxing is one of the most popular body waxing procedures. Learn how to do it at home.

How to do a Dumbbell Chest Press

This exercise targets the pectorals group and the triceps group.

How To Change a SLR Lens

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This video tutorial shows how to change the lens on your digital SLR camera.

How To Care For An Ankle Injury

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Ankle injuries are notorious for sidelining athletes, but it doesn't have to be that way. Proper care can minimize missed games and practices.

How to Install a Graphics Card

In this video, HowStuffWorks shows how to install a graphics card in your computer.

How to Apply 3 Kinds of French Tips

In this episode, Madeline takes the manicure to a whole new level! She shares three of her preferred methods to apply French Tips!

How to Juggle a Soccer Ball

In this video, learn some tips for juggling a soccer ball.

How to Mouse-proof Naturally With Peppermint

As the weather turns cooler, mice begin to seek cozier surroundings -- and the perfect place to settle is your home. Even seemingly well-sealed houses are susceptible, as mice are excellent swimmers and climbers, are able to jump over a foot off the floor and can squeeze through openings as small as 1/4 of an inch. That's about the diameter of a pencil!

Fortunately, natural peppermint essential oil (also called "oil of peppermint") offers a safe, effective and humane way to discourage these damaging and potentially disease-carrying rodents from entering your home.

It's important to first make your house as hard as possible for the mice to get into, of course. Don't leave doors ajar. Inspect the outside of your home and use steel wool and caulking to seal up gaps like those around outside faucets and basement windows, where television and phone lines enter the house, and small cracks in a brick or stone foundation. Other preventive measures include blocking exhaust vents with hardware cloth and eliminating breeding areas like piles of leaves or old newspapers and food sources like dirty pet food dishes.

Once you've fortified the house, discourage mice from entering with the scent of peppermint essential oil. Although the scent is pleasing to humans, it repels mice. Simply put a few drops of peppermint essential oil on cotton balls and place them around the house, sprinkle the oil directly on items, or make a scented spray with two teaspoons of peppermint essential oil per cup of water.

The peppermint will remain an effective repellent for as long as the scent lingers. This varies according to conditions, of course, but you should get good results in most cases if you replenish the oil every two or three weeks.

Try to strongly scent areas where you think the mice might enter or hide -- like in basements and under stairs -- and likely avenues of travel. Mice prefer to run along walls, so it's most effective to add scent along the outside of the room.

The peppermint oil helps keep mice away without the danger of poisoning pets and eliminates the need to handle repulsive traps or glue boards. As a bonus, the scent creates a very pleasant atmosphere for human inhabitants.

Half-ounce and two-ounce bottles of 100 percent pure peppermint essential oil are available from Aura Cacia in stores and at www.auracacia.com. Visit their website at www.auracacia.com for more information on peppermint and other essential oils.

Courtesy of ARAcontent

How to Replace Your Windshield Wipers

This is a bigger safety issue than most people realize. Keeping your windshield clear and the road visible when it's raining is important for your safety and the safety of others. It's easy to do and doesn't cost much, learn how in this quick ViewDo.

How to Hide your Hips

Some Fashion tips for Women on how to hide your hips.

Fodor's How to Pack

Aiming to trade your jumbo suitcase for one that's merely medium-size? Trying to fit everything into a carry-on? Do you always pack too much, too little, or the wrong thing?and obsess about it? Fodor's How to Pack is a must-have to helps you get organized.Packed with info and advice on everything from foolproof pre-trip to-do lists; travel kits; how to arrive wrinkle-free; tips for packing tricky items; help for moms and dads; carry-on packing?all the secrets; how to pack for the way back; and what to take no matter where you're going. Plus how to avoid the overpacking trap; clothing checklists for men, women, and kids; packing checklists for every kind of trip; and how to buy luggage.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Check Your Car's Oil

A video guide on how to check your car's oil, a must for all motorists.

How to Make Your Eyes Look Bigger

Follow this step by step guide to making your eyes look open and wide using very simple make up techniques.

How to Draw Stewie from Family Guy

This is an instructional video featuring Peter Shin explaining and demonstrating how to draw the lovable character Stewie from Family Guy.

How to Make Inexpensive Dog Toys

Dr. Stanley Coren shows how to make cheap, inexpensive, recyclable dog toys out of used plastic bottles.

How to Create a Sexy Wave

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Ford Models hairstylist Jennifer Brent demonstrates how to create a sexy wave.

How To Choose A Digital Video Camera

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A guide to the key features you need to consider when buying a digital video camera.

How To Properly Grip A Baseball Bat

UNC Assistant Baseball Coach Chad Holbrook demonstrates how to get the maximum power from your grip.

How to Protect Your Children from Dangerous Infections

It’s been five decades in the making and it’s spreading faster than experts thought. With sports stars, celebrities and school children alike becoming infected, MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus), which was nearly unheard of two year ago, is becoming a common term.

Today the superbug that was created by 50 years of over-prescribing antibiotics is showing up in every community. So far, the hardest hit are children that are active and play sports.

Whether an injury from playing freshman football or a scrape from playing hopscotch, MRSA can enter the system through skin wounds in children of any age. Causing additional concern is the fact that traditional triple-antibiotic ointments, that fill store shelves and have been used on children for years to prevent infection, don’t kill this aggressive and highly antibiotic-resistant strain of staph bacteria. StaphAseptic, a widely available over-the-counter ointment, is the only product of its kind that’s been proven to prevent infections from this type of bacteria.

A recent study by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) showed that MRSA is significantly more widespread and established than previously thought. The study also found that as many as 119,000 patients each year may die from MRSA. A previous study by the Centers for Disease Control said that approximately 60 percent of infections seen in hospital emergency rooms are MRSA related.

“It should be automatic that parents take immediate preventive actions because of the problems we are seeing with MRSA,” says Dr. Mark Christensen, a Utah pharmacist. “We have great fears that community acquired MRSA staph infections will increase dramatically--because of what we’ve seen in the hospitals. Prevention is certainly the key to protecting children from a MRSA infection.”

Five Steps for Prevention

1) Wash hands thoroughly. Make sure to have children wash hands for at least 15 seconds with soap and warm water. Fifteen seconds is about how long it takes to recite the alphabet.

2) Treat and cover wounds. Cuts, scrapes and burns are the most common ways that MRSA enters the body to start an infection. StaphAseptic, from Tec Laboratories, is a widely available over-the-counter wound-care treatment that is applied to minor wounds before a bandage is applied. StaphAseptic gets to the root of the problem by killing MRSA before the infection starts.

3) Don’t share personal items. Children should not share items like combs, bar soap or tweezers. With summer upon us and a lot of kids heading to swimming pools, they should be reminded not to share towels.

4) Shower after physical activity. MRSA thrives on moist, warm skin. The human body, after strenuous activity, is a breeding ground for the spread of MRSA and other bacteria. Try using a shower gel instead of bar soap, which can carry the bacteria.

5) Seek medical attention for active wounds. If an infection sets in it is vital to get to a doctor immediately. MRSA can spread within hours and eventually cause pneumonia and even death. MRSA-related infections can resemble a pimple or boil and can spread quickly over the body.

MRSA information is available at www.mrsaHelp.com. A complimentary pamphlet on MRSA prevention is available by calling (800) 482-4464 and pressing “0.”

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How to Knit

Leading knitwear designer Debbie Bliss returns with a complete course in knitting, taking you lesson by lesson through all the techniques and stitches. The book features 15 specially designed projects to practice new skills, and extensive stitch library, and 350 color photos and illustrations, plus charts.

Available at Amazon.com.

How To Tie A Windsor Knot

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In this video, learn how to windsor knot.

How to Brush Your Dog's Teeth

In this video, learn how to brush your dog's teeth.

NOTE: Make sure you use toothpaste for dogs. Do not use toothpaste for humans.

How To Achieve Great Abdominals with Pilates

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This Pilates workout consists of four short exercises which when practised just four times a week will begin to make a difference to your abdominals. You'll feel lighter and healthier and will soon achieve a stomach to die for.

How To Play Beginner Guitar Chords

Learn how to play the basic beginner guitar chords. This handy viewdo shows you the way a chord should be formed and how it should sound, perfect for those who are just starting out.

How to Win Friends and Influence People

This grandfather of all people-skills books was first published in 1937. It was an overnight hit, eventually selling 15 million copies. How to Win Friends and Influence People is just as useful today as it was when it was first published, because Dale Carnegie had an understanding of human nature that will never be outdated. Financial success, Carnegie believed, is due 15 percent to professional knowledge and 85 percent to "the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people." He teaches these skills through underlying principles of dealing with people so that they feel important and appreciated. He also emphasizes fundamental techniques for handling people without making them feel manipulated. Carnegie says you can make someone want to do what you want them to by seeing the situation from the other person's point of view and "arousing in the other person an eager want." You learn how to make people like you, win people over to your way of thinking, and change people without causing offense or arousing resentment. For instance, "let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers," and "talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person." Carnegie illustrates his points with anecdotes of historical figures, leaders of the business world, and everyday folks.

Available at Amazon.com.

How To Install/Replace a Hard Drive

Add storage space to your computer by either adding an additional drive or swapping out your old one. Note: This is for Parallel ATA type drives only.

How to Get Your Child to Love Reading

Are children reading enough? Not according to most parents and teachers, who know that reading aloud with children fosters a lifelong love of books, ensures better standardized test scores, promotes greater success in school, and helps instill the values we most want to pass on.

Esmé Raji Codell--an inspiring children's literature specialist and an energetic teacher--has the solution. She's turned her years of experience with children, parents, librarians, and fellow educators into a great big indispensable volume designed to help parents get their kids excited about reading.

Here are hundreds of easy and inventive ideas, innovative projects, creative activities, and inspiring suggestions that have been shared, tried, and proven with children from birth through eighth grade.

This five-hundred-page volume is brimming with themes for superlative storytimes and book-based birthday parties, ideas for mad-scientist experiments and half-pint cooking adventures, stories for reluctant readers and book groups for boys, step-by-step instructions for book parades, book-related crafts, storytelling festivals, literature-based radio broadcasts, readers' theater, and more. There are book lists galore, with subject-driven reading recommendations for science, math, cooking, nature, adventure, music, weather, gardening, sports, mythology, poetry, history, biography, fiction, and fairy tales. Codell's creative thinking and infectious enthusiasm will empower even the busiest parents and children to include literature in their lives.

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Apply Eye Makeup

Applying eye makeup with a professional look is easy with these DIY tips.

How to Photograph Your Baby

Taking professional-quality photographs of your favorite baby is within your grasp. It's amazingly easy and fun-and you don't need a fancy camera.

The basic baby photography techniques and tips provided by Nick Kelsh, renowned photographer and best-selling author of "Naked Babies" and "Siblings," can improve the photography of people at all skill levels. Kelsh's appealing conversational style and "no tech talk" rule make this a book anyone (even sleep-deprived new parents) can learn from and enjoy. Inside find:

• 9 self-contained "lessons" with over 100 tips and ideas in a unique foldout format. Each lesson includes easy-to-follow instructions as well as helpful advice, accompanied by a wealth of visual examples of good and bad picture-taking techniques.
• Foolproof methods guaranteed to make your baby smile for photographs every time, along with Kelsh's "tricks of the trade" that will keep your baby-and you-smiling throughout every photo session.
• Engaging information on topics such as mastering the close-up, utilizing natural light, and transforming locations throughout the home-or even a car-into improvised photo studios
• Plus: fun ways to display your masterpieces, as well as advanced ideas for people who want to take their picture-taking to a higher level.

Baby photography is easy and enjoyable. It's a promise!

Available at Amazon.com.

How to Change a Flat Tire

In this episode, Madeline learns how to change a flat tire. Be sure to follow all instructions and take every safety precaution that your owner's manual recommends!