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Building and decorating a fort can be a great way to have fun, no matter how old you are. While there are all sorts of forts you can build, none of them will be as customizable or as easy to make as a cardboard box fort.

In English the words "take" and "took" are commonly used. If you are confused about their meaning and the difference between them, this article will help.

Every year, many toddlers accidentally swallow a coin or another foreign object. While it can be frightening to deal with, in most cases the issue will not become serious with proper intervention. Remain calm and attempt to dislodge the coin yourself. See...

A sofa cover, often called a slipcover, is a piece of fabric draped over or tucked into a sofa for protection or decoration. Many people choose to cover sofas that are old and show signs of wear and tear; others do it to protect their couches from pets or...

This wikiHow teaches you how to calculate payroll for your employees in Microsoft Excel. Creating a payroll calculator from scratch is an incredibly tedious process, but Microsoft has a free payroll calculator template for Excel on both Windows and Mac co...

Bad things can and do happen and the world can sometimes seem like a very scary and dangerous place. Fortunately there are some precautions you can take to reduce your risks. While nothing can completely protect you from every danger, there are some simpl...

Being a young driver comes with an increased financial burden, via expensive car insurance. It is possible to decrease the cost of car insurance for young people using the industry standard tactics that work for any age group; however, there are also pro...

Hypothyroidism is a condition where your thyroid (a small endocrine gland in your neck) does not function properly. It does not produce the correct amount of hormones and can upset the balance of chemical reactions in your body.[1] X Trustworthy Sourc...

When you become injured at your job in the state of California, you may be entitled to receive benefits from your employer to compensate for medical treatment and the time spent not working during your recovery. In order to qualify to receive workers’ com...

So you're new to a school and in sixth grade. You don't know anyone too well, and you develop a crush on a boy. Not sure how to tell him? Here's how. If you do not like these try to wait and just show your affection.

Shabbat is the Jewish day of rest, observed by Jews every week of the year from Friday at sunset until Saturday night. Shabbat is celebrated as a day of rest because Jews believe that God worked for six days and rested on the seventh.[1] X Trustworthy...

TOMS is an organization that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair of TOMS shoes you purchase for yourself. When you are sold a pair of fake TOMS shoes, a shoe donation will not be made to a child in need. By inspecting labels, evaluat...

The distributive property is a rule in mathematics to help simplify an equation with parentheses. You learned early that you perform the operations inside parentheses first, but with algebraic expressions, that isn’t always possible. The distributive prop...

Everyone gets annoyed when they get shot down or sniped in a Nerf war. This article will show you how to avoid getting shot; and, more importantly, be the one doing the eliminating!

Search Engine Optimization is a technique used in web publishing to increase web page visibility and traffic for a higher ranking in search engines and more readers. Writing an article using Search Engine Optimization requires good writing skills to make...

In older homes, it’s common to see wallpaper that has been painted over with one or more layers of paint. The best way to remove it is to score the wallpaper, soak it and scrape it off. If the wallpaper is quite old and covered by many layers of paint, yo...