Article: You'll be lying down during the ear cleaning, so it's important to gather all necessary supplies and bring them within arm's reach. Lay a towel on the floor for your head to rest on. Then, about a foot away, set up a small bowl of 3% hydrogen peroxide, a medicine dropper and a hand towel. Lie on your back with your head on the towel you laid out in the floor. Tilt your head to the side such that the ear you'd like to clean is facing the ceiling. Before you start cleaning, place the hand towel on the shoulder of the ear you'll be treating. This will protect your clothes from staining and catch the solution you've used to wash your ear. You may also want to put a piece of plastic under the towel before you get started. This will help to protect your clothes and floors from getting soiled. Draw up 1-3ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide solution with the dropper, and drip it into your ear canal. You may hear and feel some fizzing, which is perfectly normal. Though it may feel a little ticklish, try to relax. Let the solution stay in place with your ear still turned up for 3-5 minutes. If helpful, you can pull on the top edge of the ear to open the ear canal more as you insert the drops. Don't press the dropper down into your ear canal when administering the drops. Your ear canal is sensitive and prone to damage with too much pressure. When time is up, take the hand towel on your shoulder and hold it over your upturned ear. Sit up, turning your head against the towel to drain the solution and excess earwax, which should be visible. Dry the exterior of the ear with the towel as necessary. Repeat the cleaning regimen on the other ear. If you're running short on time, place a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in each ear 10 minutes before getting in the shower. No need to lie down. The peroxide will soften your earwax, and it will wash out as you go about your bathing routine as normal. Dry the exterior of your ears with a clean towel when you dry off.
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Set up a station for ear cleaning. Lie on your back with your head turned to one side. Put the hand towel on your shoulder. Drip 1-3ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide into your ear. Drain your ear onto the hand towel. Use the shower method when short on time.
Article: Many PhD students are expected to be in the office or on campus from 8:00-5:00 during the week. This will earn you the respect of the faculty. Making a good impression with the faculty, especially as a first-year student, is very important and could open more opportunities for you later. Additionally, stay late once in a while. Stick around to talk to students you're teaching, or put in some extra time on your dissertation. Show up on at least one day during the weekends, too. Vary the time you go to campus on weekends so that you see many different professors (and many different professors see you). Keep your wardrobe business casual when on campus, at least during weekdays. This will create the impression that you're a serious person. Don't wear cargo shorts, brightly colored clothing, or torn/ripped jeans. Choose neutral earth tones. Men should wear khakis, dress shirts, or short-sleeved polo shirts. Women should wear skirts or slacks. Avoid open-toed shoes and T-shirts. PhD students are assigned a dizzying amount of reading, often 300-500 pages of reading per week. Try to understand the main points the author is making, and draw out enough information so that you can talk about it during your seminars with a reasonable degree of proficiency. Academic conferences, colloquia, and consortiums are great opportunities for presenting your original research and networking with others in your field who can inspire you to investigate new avenues for research. Your university will distribute calls for papers (CFPs) to you and all graduate students in your department. Check them regularly to see if there's a conference or other meeting where you feel you could contribute something. Presentation experience looks great on a resume. Even if you can't present at a conference, you should attend as many as you can to keep up with current research and meet your fellow accounting colleagues.
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Arrive early at the school. Dress professionally. Don't try to read everything. Present at conferences.
Article: Suede tends to get worn down when soap or water are introduced into the material, which means that you'll need a tougher brush to extract grime and dust. Opt for a clean, strong stiff-bristled brush. Hold the brush firmly in your dominant hand and use quick back-and-forth strokes to begin brushing your saddle. Brush each section that you wish to clean 5-10 times before moving to a different part of the saddle. Flick the brush away from you to avoid getting residue in your eyes as you knock it out. You can sit down and brace the saddle in your nondominant hand if you don't have a stable table or saddle stand to brush it on. Hold the cloth in your dominant hand and rub in circular motions across the entirety of your saddle. Check your cloth halfway through the cleaning process to see if it has become discolored at all. If it has, flip your towel over and use the opposite side for the remainder of the cleaning. Wipe your saddle down again with a different cloth. Continue this process until your cloth is no longer getting dirty when you wipe with it. Avoid conditioning your suede saddle. Suede typically breaks down if you apply a finish. Don't use any oils, conditioners, or lacquers to your suede, as you'll risk permanently damaging your saddle.
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Use a dry stiff-bristled plastic or brass brush. Flick dirt and dust off of your saddle in quick strokes. Use a dry cloth to wipe your suede down.