How to Make Handprint Art

For an art project keepsake, create handprint art that will capture your child’s small hand print for a moment in time. Even babies can participate in this project as long as there’s a willing adult ready to guide his or her precious hand to paper (and clean up the mess).

Determine what you hope to accomplish with this project. Do you want to create a single piece to give to a grandparent or relative or are you planning to track your child’s hand size through time using artful designs?



Choose your designs. How will you create art from your child’s handprint? Will you turn his or her chubby print into swimming fish or animals or perhaps re-create the alphabet? Have a design game plan ahead of time and even sketch out how it will look.

Decide if your child is ready to participate. Although even a baby can make handprint art, be sure your child is in the right frame of mind and whether the project will be more of a difficult task rather than a enjoyable experience.

Identify who will help you with the project. Especially if you are doing the project with a child under the age of 3; you will need a helper to keep supplies in check and be ready for any unanticipated surprises (such as a tantrum or meltdown).

Consider what type of project you plan to create. Although creating a simple paint to paper art project can be easily done, you may want to design something more permanent, possibly using clay or even plaster. Take your child’s age, time commitment and supplies into consideration before deciding which art project you will attempt.

Imagine the ultimate goals. Are you planning a series of handprint art posters or is this a momentary piece, capturing his or her handprint during infancy? Knowing how you plan to use the art will help you determine the supplies and how you will display or use the piece. For example, if you plan to create a series and track your child’s development you may want to create small cards with your child’s hand and mount them to a long piece of tag board.

How to Become an Art Investor

Art investment is a non-liquid, alternative form of investment. It is usually a small part of an investment portfolio. An art investor aims to purchase a piece of art, keep it for years or decades while it appreciates and sell it years later at a profit. Art has some qualities that other investments do not; for instance, it can be hung on the wall and enjoyed for years. It also does not have to be declared to the government in terms of capital gains when sold by an individual, unlike the sale of stocks and bonds. However, art investment does not necessarily lead to profits, since it depends on constantly changing demands and fashions of the art world. Read more to find out how to become an art investor.


Steps

Art Investment Preparation

1Start with some experience or interest in art. The best art investors do their research on the pieces of art that they buy, so someone with some education or interest in the art world is more likely to understand this niche market. As well as personal research, you will need to have contacts with people in the art world, such as auctioneers, gallerists and dealers, who can give you good investment advice.
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2Understand the difference between art collectors, art investors and art speculators. You may confuse these 3 terms, if you are not careful. Each of them has a slightly different goal in mind when looking to buy art.
Art collectors do not buy art for investment purposes. They buy it with the intention to decorate and display in their home. Most art collectors have a hard time parting with pieces of their collection, because they consider them to be an important part of their home or life. While many collectors do end up selling some pieces of art, it may be done because of necessity. Collectors often loan their works out to museums and occasionally donate them to museums upon their death.
Art investors seek to diversify their portfolio with an art investment. Some investment firms put about 2.5 to 3 percent of their investment money in art. They seek good advice and often buy paintings that are older and have been popular historically, such as paintings by the Old Masters. These investments are kept over decades, and sold off when the market is right, with the investor seeking to get a 6 to 10 percent profit rise per year. These investments are also often made to be given as inheritance to future generations of the family. Art investment is often undertaken by the very wealthy.
Art speculators try to invest in art that they believe will appreciate in value. They aim to buy art at a low price from budding artists in the beginning of their career. Then they hope to sell it in 10 to 15 years when the artist is at the peak of their career, and people are collectors are willing to pay much more for the work. This is a type of investment that takes intimate involvement with the art world and liquidity in order to buy the art.
3Figure out what you are willing to pay for art, before going to an auction house. Art investments should be no more than a small part of your investment portfolio, along with stocks, bonds, new businesses and more. Figure out what your range is before you begin to pick out potential pieces, and get advice from investors and art dealers.
Buying Fine Art

1Pay attention to what schools of art are selling well, and which are down. Study the Mei Moses Fine Art Index to get a firm grasp of the art market today. Although they cannot predict what will be popular in the future, they can tell you what art tends to keep its value and be a low-risk and what art has a more volatile market.
2Focus art investments on fine art paintings, rather than decorative art. While this is not an absolute rule to follow, paintings from successful artists tend to get better returns than sculpture and installation art.
3Reach out to trusted auction houses and dealers when you are looking to buy art. Get all the information you can out of them before making a purchase. If you are going to buy at auction, be prepared to walk away if the price goes higher than your investment range.
Beware of art auctioneers or dealers that promise too high a return on paintings. In many ways, they are just like stock brokers and other financial investment firms, who may promise anything to get a sale. They should be considered trustworthy before you buy anything, because ponzi schemes and art market bubbles are part of this investment landscape as well.
If you have never bought art in an auction environment before, you may want to seek advice about how it is done properly. You should study the auction booklet before hand, learn about secret buyers and how prices can quickly inflate. Most fine auction houses would be willing to teach you the basics if they see you as a serious investor.
4Buy your investment art when you feel confident of its worth, its price and its ability to grow in value. Arrange for payment, shipping and insurance. Each piece of art should be insured and cataloged as part of your estate.
5Study how art is properly stored. In order for an art investment to retain its value, it should be kept at low-humidity and avoid being marred. You may choose to hang it in your home, but you may want to get an art collector's advice about where to hang it and how to care for it.
Share this information with your children, if it is intended as an inheritance investment. They need to be well aware of how to take care of art, or they may lose money or ruin the painting entirely.
Selling Fine Art

1. Have your art investments appraised occasionally. As well as keeping tabs on the art world to understand the rise and falls of certain schools of art, an appraiser can tell you how your investment is maturing. They may clue you in on when you have reached your desired profit.
2. Consider renting out your art investments. If the art you buy does not fit in your home, and you will only be storing it, research banks, hotels and other institutions that rent fine art on a rotating basis. You may be able to demand thousands of dollars per year for your art to hang in another building.
3. Make sure the renter provides insurance for your art. You should prepare a contract that stipulates the time allotted, the fee, the insurance and the shipment of your art.
4. Understand that selling an art investment can take time. Unless you employ an art dealer or auction house at the exact moment when the art is in high value, it can take years and thousands of dollars in fees to find the right buyer.

Beware that when a trust or company sells a piece of art, they must declare it as part of their income. An individual is not required to do so.

How to Clean a Touch Screen

Smudges all over the touchscreen or an evident fingerprint trail of the latest must-have game you're addicted to imprinted on the screen? Regular cleaning of the touchscreen of your cell phone, tablet, MP3 player or any other touch screen device is essential for its upkeep and longevity.

Wipe away those smudges with ease and know how to avoid doing anything your touchscreen won't appreciate much.

Things You'll Need

Microfiber cloth or a similar, soft and lint-free cloth.

Distilled water or commercial touchscreen targeted cleaning agent.

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1Choose a microfiber cloth. This is ideal for cleaning a touchscreen. Some devices will have such a cloth included or perhaps you can borrow one you use on your sunglasses.

 

The cost of such cloth varies. For cloth recommended by companies for their products, the price can be considerably higher simply because of the recommendation. Look around for a good deal on such cloth or substitute with a cheaper but still effective microfiber cloth.

2Turn off the device before commencing to clean it. It is usually much easier to see where to clean when the device is switched off.

3Give the screen a once over by brushing it with the microfiber in small circles. This will remove the majority of simple imperfections.

 

4Only if truly needed, moisten a cotton cloth, even the corner of your cotton shirt, and repeat the small circular motions. It may actually be enough to just breathe over the screen and use that moisture to clean with.

 

Read the instructions accompanying the cloth you're using. Some of them need to be made slightly damp before use. If this is the case, skip this step and follow the cloth's instructions instead.

If dampening a cloth, it is best to use distilled water.

5Brush again with the microfiber cloth to finish off. Don't over-rub though and if there is any dampness left, just leave it to air dry.

 

Do not put too much pressure on the screen when cleaning it.

How to Wash Your Microfiber Cloth

To wash your microfiber cloth, soak it in warm, soapy water. The warm water serves to open the fibers and release the grime that may have gathered. Scrub the cloth lightly while soaking it (not too hard or you will damage the cloth).

After soaking,avoid squeezing out any excess water, let the cloth out to air dry.If you're in a hurry you may blow dry it. Do not wash any screens with the cloth until dry (or lightly damp) to the touch.

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If you do not have a microfiber cloth and the cleaning can't wait, a cotton cloth or corner of a shirt will do in a pinch.

If possible get a case for your device to prevent bumping, scratching and prints from happening.

Keep the touchscreen cleaning cloth in good, clean condition. Wash regularly to remove build-up of grime from the screen.

It is possible to purchase screen cleaning kits. Often these will include anti-static wipes. However, this may be an added expense that isn't worth the price; do some research first.

If you want to further protect you device you can buy a scratch guard , also known as a screen guard. It is a layer of film that protects the screen from the scratches that occur from everyday use.

Warnings

Never use the spit and rub cleaning method. It will only create grime on your screen that you will have to clean later.

Avoid using anything that is abrasive when cleaning a touchscreen.

Never use anything containing ammonia to clean the touchscreen with unless the manufacturer has specifically stated a product. Ammonia can damage the screen.

Avoid spraying liquid or water direct on the screen; there is a risk of liquid leaking into the device and damaging. Instead, always spray the liquid onto the microfiber, squeeze to remove any excess liquid, and then wipe.

Never use paper towels or tissue paper. They contain wood fibers that will scratch any plastic surface. You may not see the scratches the first time, but over time your screen will look like you used very fine steel wool to clean it which will leaving it looking dull and somewhat fuzzy.

Don't press too hard on the screen when cleaning or you might damage the display.

How to Become Literate

Do you sigh with envy when you find yourself chatting with a guy who seems to have a quote for every occasion from some book or other? Or maybe that girl attracted people's attention because she was able to talk about everything under the sun, saying, "I read about that once..." These people are literate - they are probably also charming and skilled at conversation, but the basis of much charm and good conversational skills is... being literate, or well-read. Being literate is not just about knowing how to read - it's about knowing what to read, and how to talk about it when the time comes. Want to know their secrets?

Steps

Read. First, read what interests you. Maybe you aren't really into big novels - you find them too unnerving, too much. Instead, why not try magazines at first, or graphic novels? Or pick up a book of short stories - read in small, easy to digest bits at first. But the most important thing you can do is simply commit to reading, even just a little, each day.

1. Progress to more challenging reading. After a month or two of reading a snippet here or there of this or that, try moving up to things that are a little more challenging. For example, choose a modern classic, like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (or Philosopher's, depending on where you live) or one of the Lemony Snicket books. These are not just for children - they are books that have been read and enjoyed by millions of people. If you try one of these and still have trouble committing to the longer length of the read, try Reader's Digest - it offers condensed versions of regular books, along with newsy, chatty articles from lots of different magazines.
2. Find a book group. Once you've begun reading, you will want to talk over the books you're reading. Lots of people join or form book clubs. It can be simple - call your sister or brother, or a couple of friends. Meet for coffee, and there, agree on a book that you will all read. Meet again a month from that date, and hopefully you will all have finished the book, and can discuss it. Talking over things you've read can really enhance your experience of the book, as you share with friends the feelings the book evoked, or the fun you experienced as the story unfolded. Not only that, but a book club keeps you reading - you know you will be talking about this book in just a few days, so you have a goal in mind as you read.
3. Set personal goals for reading. Lots of very literate people do what is known as "parallel reading" - or reading several books at the same time. Maybe you will keep one in the bedroom and read for a bit before you sleep each night. Maybe you will keep one in the bathroom and read there for a while, or one in the den, etc. Even if you don't wish to get this crazy, you can still set goals, like, "I want to spend this next year reading classics" or "I will read all of Shakespeare's comedies this year, and next year, maybe I'll tackle the tragedies." Even if you don't achieve the entire goal, you will have still read some of what you set out to read. And that's good. Try setting a time frame within which you want achieve your reading objective.
4. Choose well-known books. If you enjoy reading offbeat things, that's fine. But if you want to become more literate in the conventional sense, you will want to choose books others have heard of. Ask your librarian to help you. Reading well-known works has two benefits: First, it gives you a common frame of reference for things you may hear from lots of other people, and second, it educates you in ways you may not have thought of. For example: Most people have heard of "To Kill A Mockingbird." At a party, one of your friends might express distaste for racial bigotry. While none of your friends are bigots (hopefully), this friend is the one who publicly took a stand against it. Saying, "You're the new Atticus Finch" is a tremendous compliment to such a person, plus you will seem very literate saying it.
5. Enjoy reading. Perhaps your taste runs more to science fiction than to classic literature - there's no shame in that. Or maybe you like more romantic fare. There's plenty to be found in literature. Or maybe you will find that you like English poetry, but are not so crazy about American. Whatever. Anything you read makes you a more literate person. It exposes you to new words, and to ideas from people all around the world, and from different times in our history. Whatever you like to read, there will certainly be plenty of reading material. So you aren't a Shakespeare buff, but you know all of Asimov's Laws of Robotics - you're still literate, and you will gain more enjoyment from your choices if you read what you are interested in.
6. Starter Reading Lists

Here are a couple of reading lists - they're just suggestions to help you begin your adventures:

For Classic Literature:

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Paradise Lost by John Milton, Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, My Antonia by Willa Cather, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

For Modern Literature:

East of Eden by John Steinbeck, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, The Stranger by Albert Camus, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

For Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature:

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick, Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

For More Romantic Literature:

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Don't be afraid to look at the Cliff's Notes on books - especially if you've already read them. It's enlightening, and you may learn things you didn't realize while you were actually reading, which may make you like the book more or less once you know them.

Feel free to quote from the books you've read - it's what the literati do.

For more suggestions on what books to read, ask for suggestions from people with similar interests as you have. If you're feeling brave, try asking for suggestions from people who have different reading tastes; maybe you'll like the book after all.

If it is hard to see the text in books, consider listening to an audiobook. Most classics have been recorded into unabridged audiobooks. Audiobooks are also great for people with busy schedules.

If you are from an English speaking country, the vast majority of books you will come across in bookshops will have been originally published in English. However, a very good way to expand your culture is to tackle foreign literature as well! Examples of major non-English writers include Gustave Flaubert, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Milan Kundera, Yasunari Kawabata, Federico Garcia Lorca... Not only is this a great way of becoming literate in a truly eclectic way, it will also earn you a great deal of respect from foreigners, who are seldom used to meeting English-speaking people with an interest in non-English books.

You can also read ancient classics in their original language. For example, reading Vergil's Aeneid in Latin is a different experience from reading the same text in translation; the meter, clever word usage, and feeling of Vergil's writing is much more effective in the Latin version than in translations.

How to Write a Speech

As you hang up the telephone, the icy fingertips of panic grip your stomach; your heart races. Your most recent project was delivered on time, within budget, and is approaching payback one year ahead of schedule. As a result, your Industry Association wants you to address their annual convention. Relax! They believe you have something to offer. Here are some steps to ease your palpitations. A good reader is most likely to be a good writer and speaker. Read as much as you can. Stay abreast with the happenings around.


Writing Your Own Speech

1. Remember that all great speeches, and even some not so great, require "shape". The old saying is hard to beat: "Tell them what you will tell them; tell them; then tell them what you told them."
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4. Prepare to persuade your audience by your credibility (ethos), the emotions (pathos) and logic (logos). Reasoning supports your points, so they may be accepted. Word choice affects the logical response of your audience, as well as their emotional response and so, enhances your communication. Giving your best reasons forms the essence of your point of view, and can hardly be emphasized enough. Substantiate (prove or confirm) your point of view (your thesis).
5. Use appropriate verbiage for transparency and clarity -- but not like a multisyllabic "vocabulary test" that causes you to lose your connection with your audience.
6. Stay away from too much detailed information; don't try to teach a complex subject in one easy lesson.
7. Avoid obscure (hard to explain) topics that few know or care to learn about in a few minutes.
8. Choose a good subject, research it, make sense... In school don't write a report on how to write a speech (show me; don't tell me) write the speech.
9. Use correct punctuation, spelling, tone (avoid sarcasm)... do proofreading, fixing errors, all things to do right to get a "Good job, good job!" (good grade on your speech).
10. "Shake hands" (figuratively) with members of your audience by "grabbing" their attention somehow. Build agreement and rapport (acceptance) for your topic. If you have something worthy of hearing, it's worth saying well. Former Ambassador Robert Strauss used to begin his addresses like this: "Before I begin this speech, I have something to say." This passage was always composed in a style that enabled him to reclaim a powerful tone for the instructive portion of his remarks. Wear your sincere smile; breathe deeply but slowly to calm your nerves, then get to work. You may want to begin with an amusing one-liner or amazing anecdote that can be connected to the situation.
11. Rise to your occasion. In other words, feel passionately about your topic. Recall old Uncle Ned's tear jerking toast at the wedding -- to realize how ordinary folks, like you, can deliver those kinds of great moments of oratory (appropriately done) -- when they rise to their occasion. Make sure the audience feels with your well chosen words how important the topic is to you, so that they begin to think about why they should care about that.
12. Build clear and sensible transitions (segues [seg-ways]) from one thought to the next. The biggest mistake speakers and writers make is to assume people will follow leaps of logic. Spell out to the audience when you are taking a turn in your thoughts with phrases like:
13. "As an example of this" or "This brings us to the larger problem of," and so forth.
14. Focus on one angle: avoid rambling (not telling every possible side) or going on about "nothing to speak of". Stay on topic... But, a "great" speech does not need to start out great and stay great to the finish. But, engage the listeners early (nice humor helps the audience to listen). Make allowances for a dip in interest in the middle. Then, spark interest again to build to a point, gather anticipation for the key moment (your point). John Stuart Mill, the political economist, defined the orator's art this way: "Everything important to his purpose was said at the exact moment when he had brought the minds of his audience into the state most fitted to receive it."
15. Choose a clear purpose. A speech should be made for a good reason. To inspire, to instruct, to rally support, or to lead to action are noble purposes. To merely sound off (inappropriately), to feed a speaker's ego, to flatter, to intimidate, or to shame are not. You may wish to research "common logical fallacies" to avoid them in your speaking (rhetoric).
16. 10Know your theme. If you cannot answer the question "what do you want to say?" in a single, declarative sentence, do yourself and the audience a favor: decline the invitation.
17. Write with one particular person in mind, someone you actually know. This helps you to keep the message real and personable. This helps you anticipate reactions and keep your language down to earth.
18. Deliver your points with the essence of eloquence (simply and clearly). Practice, discipline yourself by drill, and timing. You can be your own trainer. As you develop self-confidence, you put the audience at ease, or make them sit up. Your eye is in contact with the people, not the page. If looking at people makes you nervous, look between them, at the clock on the back wall, over somebody's shoulder - as long as it seems you're making eye-contact. Your professional passion is contagious. Use gestures to emphasize points, and make sure your tone of voice and facial expressions are appropriate for the topic.
19. Illustrate: in the form of slides, visuals, stories, jokes, or dramatic gestures. Your goal is to make some portion of the speech stick to the mind of the audience. If someone asks about it afterwards, they should say something like, "I enjoyed the story Tom told about his sister," or "The pie chart of this year's earnings was helpful."
20. Give your audience a sense of completion. Bring them back to the beginning, but with a louder spirit. This can be done by starting the last paragraph with a strong, declarative sentence that makes your point.
21. When talking steadily, reaching serious topics, remember to get very quiet (pause) and people will automatically take notice, like looking up and being more attentive to what is happening.

METHOD 2

1. Introduction. Opening with a statement that will grab the attention of the audience. For instance, "Today, we are entering a new era for our country and its people..."
2. Open with remarks about the subject of the speech. Like, Nelson Mandela made in his speech: "Today we celebrate not the victory of a party, but a victory for all the people of South Africa."
3. Use inclusive terms such as -- "our team, our country, our people," etc.
4. Build the body of the speech. It should contain the details of the issue.
5. Direct address in the use of personal pronouns -- "we".
6. There should be repetition of the same comment for effect -- to make the audience recall.
7. End the speech. Conclude with a powerful punchline. And also with simple and short sentences for effect to convey the importance of the message.

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How to Explore Words and Live Beyond Them

There are times it seems we live off of, live with and cannot seem to live without words. Language is slightly different to words, although certainly connected. Language is used as a term to group a collection of words, as well used as a way to identify other communities of people. But words are, surprisingly, one of those things that can only take you so far and actually hinder both expression, creativity, our ability to connect with other people and understanding the greater dynamic of the mind to be able to pave a way for better well being.

Deeper insight can occur without words; this article focuses on not only how you can explore how words work, but also live beyond them.

Steps

1. Determine when and where words are used. As a basic starter, words are often used primarily to identify or label things, and then to describe and communicate these things both to ourselves and other people. Yet, the word is not the thing; the use of words is about being able to share an "idea" or feeling of the thing with others, the words linking us with the object existing in the world and the concept in our mind. But there are many other uses for words, such as sharing an abstract idea with others (like globalization) or to explain our relationship to people or objects, in a code form to be able to talk about subjects secretively and many others so try to explore those uses too. Consider also what makes you want to break out into words.
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3. The immediate point of exploring the usage of words is that words don't need to be used all the time. We might say "It's a tomato" but the word tomato is not actually the thing, it's just a label and indeed many languages have different labels. We give and gain emotions with words in many cases, such as the word love, but love is far more than words, as are all the other feelings and ideas.
4. Sometimes the use of words may be used to modify other feelings. We may vent our anger by expressing with words and the amount of intention or stress of those words, while studies have shown that we can tolerate pain longer by using very strong words. The frequency or selection of words often can be chosen by neural pathways - if we use a word a lot it is virtually a mental habit, but there are cases where we get an emotional or biological response by selecting words.
5. Sometimes the use of words can confuse and obfuscate the point being made because we have differing perceptions dependent on the words used. Consider, for example, cross-cultural exchanges of words with speakers who have many words for rain (the Celtic Irish), many words for water (the Hopi) or many words for cooking the same food item (the Japanese). There are also many languages where words may have a gender of its own, or to be used only by certain genders, changing subtly or largely for the opposite sex. In these cases, the words used can give rise to very different perceptions dependent on the speaker's and listener's viewpoint. Words have allowed these cultures to be far more specific and descriptive on one level, but at the same time can prevent communication more broadly.
6. 2Test to see how you react to words. We also instill words with emotions but frequently, the word can act as a prompt in the brain to generate the same feeling, and vice-versa, the mind reacts first which prompts a common word to express that feeling. Many words create an instant feeling, such as "violent" or "cozy" or "delicious". Words actually prompt the mind to feel something in our body.
7. Sometimes the misuse, pronunciation, incorrect spelling (in writing) or grammar of words may affect people to quite a high extent.
8. A simple example was if you read "the article was about how to do something" but a tiny change to: "the article was about who to do something" it suddenly makes no sense and is confusing, or "the article was about how to do Something" now can have a hugely different meaning - simply with one letter out of place or changed. "about the article was something how to do", strictly speaking has no changes at all, except their order. Consequently, words can make a subtle effect when the words aren't quite the same and can make a further effect if they are in bold, italics or underlined.
9. Try this simple test to see how the mind reacts to word groups. Examine some of the following word groups and see if they create any feelings or thoughts in you. 1. "Different, weird, foreign," 2. "Famous, fashionable, exclusive." 3. "Yellow, simple, weather". What do you feel about these words?
10. Now, add another word of your own choosing to those groups, did that change the associated feeling, or did you pick another word that meant the same, so the feeling stayed the same? The third group it is likely you would have felt confused and thought about a connection word to try and combine the others to make sense. Did the various feelings just happen on their own, or did the words prompt the mind to make those feelings?
11. If you found that they had no effect on you at all, try thinking about words that scare you, or that make you want something. Write them down and consider why those words made you feel anything. They are just bunches of letters and sounds after all, so what is it that makes you react to them?
12. A similar application example is that a person might label another person by their culture, age, gender, lifestyle, belief system (etc) and become uncomfortable about them, if not outright hostile. They might be perfectly ordinary and friendly people that in circumstances where no words have been spoken, one would be fine with this person, but suddenly that label causes an uncomfortable feeling to arise and words become objects (and, consequently identifiers) of prejudice and bias. The word itself has become an expression and a symbol of illwill and there can be further dislike and distrust complications, occasionally due to mis-interpreted words. It also works in the reverse––labels can make a person seem more attractive and interesting and we can feel a sense of desire or respect towards those who certain labels are attributed to.
13. 3Consider that we can be controlled or manipulated by words. There is even a proper term known as "neuro-linguistic programming" (NLP), which can sometimes be very effective with both positive and harmful results. An example is we often are taught at an early age to avoid placing certain things in our mouths as they may be poisonous or a choke hazard which is a positive example, but it might affect us later, so after being told (for example) to avoid red berries, when confronted with a tray of strawberries and red-currants that we are likely to feel doubt as to if they are safe to eat. Many background examples come from our family, friends (etc) and often by external advertisers. This programming when we are young prompts us to act when older. It is used very often in politics with negative campaigning to try and prevent the opponent being elected by focusing on their faults to prompt fear or loathing in the public.
14. Likewise in a debate, it is considered essential to not only convince people effectively with words, but important strategically to move them towards the key point the debater wishes to make.
15.  Sticks and stones may break my bones... but why do some words hurt me? It is wise to reflect that when we value words and their meaning too highly (especially in relation to ourselves), that words will always be able to affect us. It's important to consider that its not always the events or things that worry us or cause us problems, but our mental opinions of them (words again) that cause us stress. Some words in the mind make us feel angry and can be used by others deliberately to inflame or frustrate us, make us sad, confused or ashamed where if we had the choice, they wouldn't be happening. Some people may live in fear of words or being branded with them, such as the words "failure", "dumb", "useless" (etc).
16. Look for obsessions with certain words that you might have. There are schools of thought, philosophy and political ideology that are obsessed or addicted with specific words, which can be a hindrance to communication and looking beyond the scope to see what's really happening.
17. Words are used to classify things or to lend identity, status and belonging, but this has its disadvantages. It ultimately is important to explore how we can be manipulated by words, but not just by others, but by our own minds. The mind uses words or phrases repeatedly to reinforce an assumption or belief, often what happens is after a long time we accept it as true without ever considering it may not be. Therefore it is important to see why it needs to reinforce something, for if the assumption was true, then it would be evident. Very often the mind is misleading us, or we are misleading ourselves because we want to believe something.
18. 4Look at the levels words take. Some are functional words such as kitchen, pencil, walking, and so forth, which don't create much resonance with you, but some very selective words can provoke feeling. There are many areas that focus on taking advantage of your responses to words, mostly found in marketing.
19. Words are often more effective when used in rhymes or associated mnemonics that can aid memory. Try to spot words or the way words are structured and selected to prompt you to feel or act a certain way. Advertising and public relations (for example) tend to have very high levels of research to select words effectively. It may be a rhyme or "jingle", or a catchphrase, as well as the speaker's accent, tone and speed, that will entice you most to want to buy their product, remember their firm when you need equipment service or repairs or even to elect their politician. What is it about these words and how they are used that makes you want to buy or alternatively annoy/spur you enough into doing something?
20. Words ultimately are used by us as individuals as a support, foundation or component part of our identity that we use to reinforce our opinion of ourselves. A young teenager wouldn't want to be seen using words used by older people, or used by more intellectual people who aren't "cool" (another key word that is very important to people). The problem is when we become attached to words or certain words and forget that while the word is not the thing, words as symbols and tools effectively can use, abuse and control us because we value them and their meaning too highly.
21. 5Consider how words help you and can be not only useful, but beautiful. The goal here is not to destroy words utterly. There is beautiful poetry and knowledge also expressed in words, which we would be at a loss without. It is currently considered more or less impossible in dealing with everyday life to be without words, and language is an amazing, if imperfect thing. But words are something that we make in order to describe, identify or express what we see, feel, smell and so on. Endeavor to find out why words are such useful tools, particularly in the context of your daily life.
22. It is wise to consider in an educational context that words in a lesson, or the key message of a lesson only sinks in when it is relevant to a person. Often to get a major insight or moment when the penny drops and everything makes sense is when the right words are used at the right time and in the right order. Often a teacher may be pressing an important life message, or a trainer teaching a new employee safety techniques but it never sinks in when the listener or reader is not paying attention because the subject is not relevant or interesting at the time to be relevant. Words can be very effective when used wisely for impact by considering how to make the lesson strike relevance in the individual.
23. The goal for educators is therefore to measure against their own experiences to find out what makes the subject interesting to themselves, but also to see what does the student actually want and need? When the teacher understands themselves better, they improve their ability to instruct a student better and by using words far more effectively be a better educator.
24. 6Explore the mental world of words. Ask yourself when you are having a long thought chain, "Am I making or using these words? Are there cases where words happen randomly or in a pattern on their own?"
25. The answer is quite surprising if you examine your thoughts for long enough because words may be used as a pacifier, a distraction, or a way to keep you engaged over a subject, even if it causes you to feel stressed. Likewise the big question, "Can I understand things without words?" A big part of maturing or developing is consciously thinking without using the labels we are comfortable with, or uncomfortable with.
26.  If words occur in the mind when you see a scene, the mind becomes occupied with the words and not the finer details. If you use the energy of just observing the same scene without words, do you see it more broadly, more subtly - does the experience change?Try and explore the world without words. Can you understand something just by seeing or hearing it, experiencing without mentally describing, or having a running mental commentary? Experiment with this when feeling an emotion or seeing a scene, try not to describe it, but just let the emotion be and explore it, but explore it without words. While a person may say observe it in its pure form, the very word "pure" is another keyword that will affect that way you perceive things, so likewise should be put aside for this experiment. Use your other senses and see what effect they make
27. When a word inevitably comes to mind, take a moment and replace it with an expanded understanding, and note where the word might have failed you. this can be particularly effective with generalities, like bad, good, etc. Also try physical feelings, just let them be and see what is happening. If words aren't helpful, then let them go in the same way that you would let go of a heavy bag. You might find that without the words, you might feel and see things more clearly, which helps to lead to a far richer understanding.
28. Language is constantly changing and developing. When this becomes apparent you can see that actually life and the world has always operated pretty well without words.
29. 7Look at everything again for the first time without using words. See how much more you can explore life without them. Everything becomes new again; every image will be subtly different, every sound is different and so on because you are able to expand your mind and gain more from the experience - you can see more of the finer details and how much of the vast world we live in that we miss on a daily basis. You can reduce the amount of words you use when it is to your advantage, and see beyond them.

How to make plastic?

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Alchemists in the past were fascinated by making new substances just like chemists are today. Here is a simple experiment in which you can make a plastic from milk and vinegar. Follow the steps and record your observation as you go along.

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1- Measure out 300 ml of milk into a beaker or a measuring cup and warm it carefully. The milk should not get so hot that it boils.

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2-Add 15 ml of vinegar to the milk and stir the two liquids together.

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3-Leave the mixture to cool for 15 minutes.

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4-Place a kitchen sieve or filter paper over a second beaker and pour the mixture into the sieve.

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5-Squeeze any solid substance in the sieve or the filter paper to remove more liquid.

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6-Tip the solid in the sieve or the filter paper onto a paper towel.

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Examine the substance two hours later, a day later and two days later.