Article: Keep your puppy still by placing it in your lap. Then, place your left forearm securely over your puppy's body. Firmly, but gently, grasp your puppy's jaw with your left hand. With your left thumb, pin its earflap to the top of its head.  Praise your puppy with a soothing "Good boy (or girl)" while petting it to keep it calm. Throughout the process, reward your puppy with treats for good behavior. Before cleaning your puppy’s ears, check the hair on the top of the earflap, as well as the hair under the earflap. Dirty or matted hair should be removed from the outside of the ear, as well as near the ear canal.  Heavy, matted, or moist hair surrounding the ear can obstruct airflow to the ear canal, which can lead to an infection. Excess, dirty, or matted hair inside the ear canal should be removed by a veterinarian. Once the hair is groomed around your puppy’s ears, fold your puppy’s ear back. Dampen a cotton ball or a piece of gauze with mineral oil and hydrogen peroxide. Do not use alcohol to clean your puppy’s ears. Gently wipe away any debris or earwax you see on the underside of the earflap. Make sure to lift debris and earwax up and away from the ear canal. Do not rub it into the ear canal.  Do not use cotton-tipped applicators, i.e., Q-tips, to clean your puppy’s ears. These applicators will push dirt and debris deeper into your puppy’s ear. Be careful not to insert anything into your puppy’s ear canal. This can cause ear damage, or lead to an infection.
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Secure and calm your puppy. Groom the hair around the ear. Fold your puppy’s ear back. Wipe the outer ear.
Article: Studies show that lying is a regular part of daily life even for people we’d otherwise consider moral, upstanding individuals. When people lie to ease social tensions, rather than to serve their own purposes, a white lie might be a better option than the truth. Lie as little as possible, without elaboration. An elaborate story about why you can’t attend a party will seem suspicious, and will also be more difficult to keep track of if someone asks you about it later. Everyone understands that familial obligations always trump parties. Tell your friends that you have to babysit a sibling, or that your parents are forcing you to have dinner at your uncle's house that night. An iron-clad excuse is that you're grounded; everyone will understand that there's no way you can come to a party. Only the most overbearing friend would try to guilt you into canceling plans you've already made with someone else to come to their party. But make sure that you don’t use a friend who’s attending the part as your alibi. Say you have plans with a friend from a different school, or even with an imaginary friend. On the day of the party, text your friend saying that you think you ate something bad, and that you have food poisoning. Nobody wants someone throwing up at their party. Plus, food poisoning passes very quickly, so nobody can be suspicious when you feel fine again the next day. Whether you're a student or an adult with a job, everyone knows and understands that sometimes we fall behind and have to catch up on our work. If the host still tries to pressure you into coming, say that your parents or your boss are upset with you, and you have to make it up to them. If the party is two weeks away, and you know the whole time that you don’t want to attend the party, don’t wait until the last second to get out of it! Set up your lie ahead of time to deflect suspicion. Some things you might consider are:  Telling the host at the time of invitation that you have a previous engagement on that day. Telling the host a day or two before the party that you think you’re coming down with an illness. This is the most thing about lying. Even if the lie is just a little white lie, you don’t want to hurt anyone’s feeling by getting caught. Keep track of exactly what you tell people, and of who you tell it to.  If you post the lie on social media to make it more believable, make sure nobody else catches you doing anything else on that night! If you tell the host you’re feeling sick, don’t let anyone tag you in pictures from a different part that night.
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Don’t be too hard on yourself for lying. Keep your lie simple. Blame your family. Say you already have plans. Pretend you’re not feeling well. Pretend you have too much work to do. Set up your lie ahead of time. Keep track of your lie.
Article: To remove stubborn buildups, start by boiling about ½ gallon (roughly 2 liters) of water and carefully pouring it down the drain. High temperature water will begin to break apart and dislodge the blockage. Encourage the buildup to proceed down the drain by plunging the drain 5 or 6 times. While this may not fully remove the buildup, it will help loosen it further.  Use a plunger that can create an airtight seal over the opening of the drain. Slowly pour about 1 cup (220 grams) of baking soda into drain. Allow the baking soda to sit for a few minutes. Not only will the baking soda absorb unpleasant odors, it will help physically break apart the buildup. Pour 1 cup (240 ml) of distilled white vinegar into the drain after waiting a few minutes. The baking soda and vinegar will react with one another and begin to foam. Cover the drain, as this will encourage the baking soda and vinegar mixture to work it’s way into the clogged portion of the drain and break down the remaining blockage. Allow the mixture to sit in the drain for an hour or so.  Vinegar is also a natural deodorizer. Together, this mixture will also help remove any odor the deposit caused. Cider vinegar or lemon juice will work in lieu of white vinegar. After allowing the mixture to sit, rinse again with hot water. Repeat the process to eliminate residual odors. Stubborn deposits may require more physical disruption.  Get a drain snake from your local hardware store. These are essentially long, thin strips of plastic with hooks on either side.  Use it to break up and push or pull away any deposits that have clogged your drain. Keep inserting and removing the snake until no hair or clumps are attached to it when you pull it out.  Alternatively, you can bend a metal coat hanger so it has a hook at 1 end and use that. If it gets stuck, pull it out with a pair of needle-nose pliers. Follow this with a baking soda and vinegar soak to remove unpleasant odors.
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Pour boiling water down the drain. Plunge the drain. Put baking soda in the drain. Add vinegar. Snake the drain.