In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Use a putty knife to apply a layer of spackle over the hole. Work in long, smooth strokes to apply the putty as smoothly as possible. Allow the spackle to dry once you’ve applied it. Give it about an hour. You can find spackle at any hardware or home-supply store. Take a sheet of sandpaper and rub it over the dried spackle until it’s completely flat and smooth. You can use 100-grit sandpaper for this task as well. You should use a different sheet from the one you used to sand down the filler, though. Now the spackle has dried and been sanded down, you’re ready to finish fixing the hole. Use a large paintbrush to apply a coat of paint over the patched hole. Work in long, smooth strokes so that the layer of paint looks as uniform as possible. Give the paint about an hour to dry, and at that point, the hole will be fixed. The paint that you use should match the color of your door. In order to find a good match, visit a paint store, bring home multiple swatches, and find the color closest to that of your door.
Summary: Apply spackle over the sanded filler. Sand the hole once the putty has dried. Apply a coat of paint over the hole.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: While most recipes can be halved, recipes that use yeast should often be left. If you can't easily halve a recipe, consider baking a full portion and freezing half or giving some away. Keep in mind that it's easy to halve most cooking recipes. For example, a delicate souffle might not rise properly if you halve the ingredients, but it's easy to halve the ingredients for a batch of cookies. To halve a recipe, it's important to reduce each ingredient by half. This ensures that the ratios of the recipe are the same as for the original recipe. For example, if a recipe calls for 4 cups (950 ml) of stock, 2 cups (250 g) of chicken, 1 carrot, and 1/2 cup (15 g) of fresh parsley, you'd use 2 cups (470 ml) of stock, 1 cup (125 g) of chicken, 1/2 of a carrot, and 1/4 cup (7.5 g) of fresh parsley. If you're making adjustments to a recipe that only has 2 or 3 ingredients, you might not need to do this. However, if you're halving a recipe with a long list of ingredients, take the time to write out the recipe with the reduced amounts. This will prevent you from forgetting and accidentally adding too much of an ingredient. Once you've scaled down all of the ingredients by half, you're ready to follow the recipe. You don't need to make any adjustments to the method of assembling the ingredients, although you may need to change pan sizes for baking. For example, if you're marinating beef for a stew and you've already marinated half of the beef in the reduced marinade, follow the recipe's instructions to sear the meat. Then add the rest of the ingredients and simmer the stew. Even though you're cutting the ingredients in half, you don't need to change the cooking temperature. Reducing the oven temperature could mean that the food wouldn't cook fast enough and could cause foodborne illness. Raising the oven temperature could cause the food to brown quickly or even burn.  For example, if you're supposed to sauté chopped onions over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes, you'll still need to keep the heat at medium. The only time you might need to adjust the temperature is if you're using a glass baking dish instead of a metal one. In this case, reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees. If you are baking half a recipe in a dish that is of half its original size, you might need to reduce the cooking time, as well. Begin checking the food halfway through the cooking time. It probably won't be done just yet, but check it every few minutes after this point.  Keep in mind that if you're cutting the number of something, such as cookies or cupcakes, they'll still need to bake for the recommended time. For example, if you're baking brownies, begin checking them at 20 minutes instead of 40 minutes, especially if you don't adjust the pan size.
Summary: Decide which recipes should be halved. Cut all of the ingredients in half. Rewrite the reduced recipe so it's easier to follow. Follow the recipe's directions. Cook the recipe at the directed temperature. Check the food halfway through the cooking time.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Write with your good hand in the mirror to see how it would look writing with your other hand. This gives you a clear visual cue to the method and helps your brain to picture the same action for your non-dominant hand. Then, practice holding the pen or pencil with your non-dominant hand so that it feels more comfortable. Don’t "claw" your hand. It may be tempting to grasp the pen as tightly as possible, causing your hand to ball up like a claw, but this will only stop you from writing effectively and can end up hurting your hand. This will “introduce” your other hand to the ordinary movements involved in writing in a very easy way. Aim to produce straight lines and clean curves, but don’t worry if you make a lot of mistakes at first. Perform this practice routine for at least 10 minutes a day until you feel comfortable making clean movements.  Your hand may strain at the beginning, but just take a break and try again later. The tension will eventually go away. Be sure to trace out the alphabet using your non-dominant hand in lowercase, uppercase, and cursive letters (if you know cursive). Pin down some paper and start drawing butterflies, vases, symmetrical objects, letters, shapes, and whatnot. Although you may think your writing is awful at first, write a couple of lines every day from the start. You will only get better with practice!  It may be helpful to buy a handwriting book designed for children and follow along with the exercises. Using your non-dominant hand to color in a coloring book is also a good idea. As you do this, pay attention to which letters you struggle with the most and spend some extra time practicing them. Your name will be the writing movement that you’re probably most familiar with, so it’s a very good set of letters to practice on. Try writing out a 3- to 5-sentence paragraph every day to get more comfortable with writing at length with your non-dominant hand. Don't keep writing the same paragraph every day. Write a different one every day so your non-dominant hand doesn't get used to one paragraph only. Practice these techniques daily for at least a month, maybe longer. Soon, you'll be writing much more comfortably with your non-dominant hand, with very few mistakes. Try keeping a daily journal that you write in exclusively with your non-dominant hand.
Summary:
Hold a pen or pencil with your non-dominant hand the same way you would with the other hand. Start by tracing the alphabet with your non-dominant hand. Move on to writing letters without tracing and drawing simple shapes. Practice writing your name and full sentences. Be sure to practice writing every day to improve your skills.