handwriting tips You’ve decided you want to improve your handwriting and you’re probably hoping a fountain pen will do the trick -- maybe a friend told you it would. Maybe you’re just adventurous and you want to try your hand at calligraphy (or you might, once your handwriting improves). Good for you! A fountain pen may make your writing look a bit better, but if your writing looks as if frenzied chickens got loose on the page, chances are this won’t be enough. After coaching handwriting and teaching calligraphy over the years, I’ve learned to see the characteristics of those who’ll be able to pick up the necessary motions quickly from those who’ll have to work a bit harder. Crampy, uneven letters are often the result of drawing the letters with the fingers rather than using the whole arm to write. People who inevitably have trouble with handwriting and calligraphy write with their fingers. If you use the right muscle groups, your writing will have a smooth, easy flow and not look tortured. Fig. 1. Top
x Innovations Each month, we'll be highlighting 5 great innovations and ideas bubbling up from the TEDx community -- both in a newsletter, and here on the TEDx site. If you have an innovation to share, email tedxstories@ted.com. All active TEDx licensees receive the TEDx Monthly Innovations Newsletter. If you would like to receive the monthly TEDx Innovations newsletter, click here to sign up. TEDxYouth@SanDiego mixes it up At TEDxYouth@SanDiego, organizers devised a creative way to make sure youth attendees met one another. TEDxIntuit goes on a picnic During TEDxIntuit's (an internal, corporate event), lunch break, attendees were instructed to grab the next 5 people in the lunch line, and take a picnic basket with them to the grass. Vegetables straight from the farm at TEDxKrakow "About 7 months before the event," says TEDxKrakow organizer Ewa Spohn, "we contacted some local organic farmers who run one of Poland's first farm to home programs and asked them to grow the vegetables for our lunch."
The Best Ways to De-Stink Your Stuff It doesn't matter how clean you think you are, your stuff is bound to get a little stinky once and a while. That means your clothes, shoes, carpets, couches, and who knows what else. So, what's the best way to handle the stench? Let's take a look.P Different deodorizers work better for different situations, but a few catch-all odor-destroyers work better than others. De-Stink Your Whole HouseP SExpand After a long winter and a wet spring opening up the windows to let air in isn't always enough to de-stink the house. We've mentioned before vinegar is a good way to reduce the stink and it really does work. De-Stink Clothes, Shoes, and Small AreasP Now that your house is smelling fresh it's time to move onto your closets where your clothes and shoes are still adding a nefarious odor to the air. Cat litter exists for one single purpose: to eliminate the smell of cat poop. De-Stink FurnitureP Baking soda is great for all sorts of things, but it's also perfect for upholstered furniture.
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MehdiDib : Google glass #TED2013... How to Survive Deadly Bites and Stings from Wild Animals As a follow-up to an earlier post on surviving deadly animal attacks in the wild and another one on relieving a jellyfish sting, listed below are things you should do (and shouldn't do) if you are ever bitten or stung by potentially poisonous wild animals. In general, seek professional medical attention as soon as possible if there is any possibility of infection from a poisonous animal and wash the infected area with soap and water. Though you may be eliminating all possibilities of acquiring superhero mutant powers from radioactive spiders and other radiation-laced creatures, it's probably not worth the risk of getting a painfully infected, fluid-filled blister afterwards or being hospitalized for a really long time. Got other tips or stories relating to wild animal bites and stings? Share with us in the comments below! Click on image below to enlarge. Want to master Microsoft Excel and take your work-from-home job prospects to the next level? Buy Now (97% off) >
Sugata Mitra Recruit partners in the areas of technology, architecture, education and strategy to help design and build Schools in the Cloud of varying bandwidth and resources. Create the Granny Cloud, a global network of educators and retired teachers who can support and engage the children through an online School in the Cloud learning platform. Engage communities, parents, schools and afterschool programs worldwide to transform the way kids learn, by sharing the Self Organized Learning Environment (SOLE) toolkit with them, along with how-to videos and educational resources. In November 2013, the first School in the Cloud—located inside a high school in Killingworth, England—opened its doors to students. Since then, four more schools have opened— one more in the United Kingdom and three in India, including two flagship facilities and the first independent School in the Cloud. A digital School in the Cloud platform was launched at TED2014. Educational researcher Dr.
The Eat Well Guide Travel Map Offers Healthy Eating Options for Your Next Road Trip If you really want to eat well, pack the foods in a basket and make it on the road. Everything that this pulled up in my local area was High end trendy spots where a sandwich will cost you $15.00 Great for the wealthy to use, but not so much for the rest of us. Maybe in other areas it's more reasonable. Plus you get far more quality time with the family during a 1 hour stop at a roadside park. My problem is I search out the famous greasy spoons along the route.