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Your anime style drawings are good!
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you may have more luck if you can also show how well you can draw realistically, too, as a simple display of technical range.
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Character designer/Illustrator looking for studio work!
Maybe you are right, I have been trying with another styles nowadays, but they always end in manga style, I need more practice obviously.
Thanks a lot for your advise, I think I am doing my best.
I will continue practicing realistic style
Ps: I have seen your drawings and I think they are really really good
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This is an old draw... I have tried to paint it by Painter, but I think it wasn't a good idea ^^U
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I am a somatic educator and martial artist, and in the last few years, more and more children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), high functioning Austism, and Asperger's Syndrome have been referred to me for body awareness training. Children with these developmental disorders have a hard time filtering out distracting environmental stimuli or controlling responses to them, which makes it difficult for them to focus on tasks they are trying to perform. Many display inability to control impulses, physical restlessness, and excessive activity. Many display peculiar or awkward patterns of posture, coordination or gait.
Using the body awareness training methods that I have developed, it is actually fairly easy to teach children with such disorders how to self-monitor and self-regulate. In a short time, most of the children I have seen have learned to manage aversive stimuli, as well as focus and maintain focus even in stimulating, distracting environments. In addition, they have learned more graceful, effective styles of movement.
Part of what ordinarily makes it difficult to teach calmness and concentration is that they are usually thought of and experienced as seamless, mental processes. How do you concentrate? Well, you just put your mind on something. However, that kind of languaging names the process but doesn't explain how to do it, and someone who cannot naturally focus does not benefit from merely being told to do so. In the same way, graceful coordination or impulse management cannot be taught simply by asking people to move gracefully or control their impulses. The key to teaching the skills of concentration, coordination and impulse management is to reframe them as body processes and break those body process down into small, concrete learning steps.
I generally see children with attention or self-regulation problems for three to five one-hour private sessions of body awareness training. That is usually enough to teach them the focusing and self-regulation techniques that I have developed. Some children continue with private lessons, and the focus often shifts to practice of Aikido. Aikido is a non-violent, Japanese martial art, and it is an excellent vehicle for further teaching of body awareness, coordination, and focusing.
Many children move into my children's Aikido classes after a series of private lessons. The private sessions are a much quieter and less complex environment than a martial art class with ten or fifteen children, and so kids with attention problems find private lessons much easier as a starting point. The Aikido classes offer them a venue to continue practicing self-awareness, focusing, movement coordination, impulse management, and social functioning.
This paper will briefly describe the teaching methods I use, and it will do so through presenting my case notes for three children.1 The first case study is a detailed description of my work with a boy with ADD. My focus was to help the young boy identify what he did in his body which is labeled "not paying attention" and then learn ways to replace those counter-productive somatic behaviors with more effective somatic processes. I use basically the same somatic awareness methods with high-functioning Autism and with Asperger's Syndrome, so the next two case studies will be much shorter and will present primarily the unique elements of those cases.
Before jumping into the case studies, however, let me say a few words about the somatic education modality2 I have developed, which I call Being In Movement® mindbody training. BIM is an educational method which uses practical movement experiments to help people explore the underlying links between structural/functional efficiency, emotional growth, and social functioning. BIM views the body as both an objective process governed by rules of physics and biology and a subjective process of lived consciousness governed by rules of awareness, emotion, and feeling. By examining how breathing, posture, and movement simultaneously shape and are shaped by thoughts, feelings, and intentions, BIM teaches people to develop an integrated mindbody state of awareness, calmness, power, and compassion and use that state as a foundation for effective action.
BIM3 has been effective as a complement to psychotherapy for people with such issues in the areas of body image, anxiety, impulse control, dissociation, or abuse. By guiding people to a concrete experience of what they are doing in their bodies and how to change that, BIM offers rapid, practical tools for self-awareness and empowerment and thereby enables the process of therapy to work more effectively. BIM has also been effective in physical task applications ranging from prevention of computer-related injuries to performance enhancement for musicians and athletes.
My first task in working with any student is to give them a clear and interesting experience of success at self-management. That lets them understand what I mean by self-management, gives them graphic proof that they are capable of it, and shows them that it is fun and useful. With children, I usually approach this self-management experience through Linden's Glorious Anti-Tickle Technique, and that is what I started Joe's first lesson with. I began by explaining the exercise to him, asking permission to do it, and explaining that he could tell me at any moment to stop tickling him and I would. When he gave his permission, I tickled him. Of course, he was convulsed with helpless laughter.
The essence of not being ticklish lies in keeping the muscles and breathing relaxed and the body quiet and still. To begin teaching Joe how to do this, I had him lie on his back and asked him to observe how he breathed. I noticed that when he paid attention to his breathing, he tensed and elevated his chest when he inhaled, and at the top of the inhalation, he actually held his breathe for a moment. However, he wasn't able to identify or understand that he was breathing this way even when I pointed it out to him.
To give him concrete feedback about how he was breathing, I put a small rock on his tummy and one on his chest. The rocks amplified and made obvious the movements of his breathing. I pointed out that he moved much more in his chest than in his belly. To help him experience an alternate way of breathing, I put my hand on his tummy as a focus and asked him to breathe in such a way that the inhalation pushed his belly out and pushed my hand away. Normally, this is all it takes to get most people to start breathing more from their bellies. (They may not understand or be able to sustain the new way of breathing, but at least this usually jump starts it.) However, when I asked Joe to breathe and push his belly out, he tensed his breathing, sucked in his belly, elevated his chest, and held his breath at the top of the inhalation. In other words, he did the opposite of what I asked. He was totally out of touch with what he was doing in his body and how to control it.
When do people naturally and normally breathe high in the chest? When they are startled or afraid. The important point is that breathing as though you were fearful elicits the mind/body state of hypervigilance and arousal and ensures that you will react with excessive excitation to stimuli that present themselves. And conversely, deliberately putting the body into a mode of breathing in which the belly is soft creates physical quietness and mental focus.
It was clear to me that Joe was so far from being able to organize his breathing for himself that in order to proceed I would myself have to draw him into a calm physical state. My hope was that once he had experienced a calm, focused body state, I would be able to teach him to deliberately return to that state.
I did about ten minutes of hands-on body work, and at the end of that, Joe was lying quietly and breathing calmly. I pointed out to Joe that he was quiet and relaxed and that he was breathing from a soft tummy. To help him grasp what soft tummy meant, I had him alternate tensing and loosening his belly, which he was now able to do. Then I had him put his hands on his tummy so he could focus on feeling it, and I had him deliberately soften his tummy and breathe from there, which he could also now do.
However, a new skill without an attractive application never seems worth much to students, so I had to set up a situation in which Joe could experience the usefulness of that calm state. We played Thumb War. Once the competition and the stimulation of competing to pin my thumb got him aroused, I pointed out that he could not move his thumb as effectively. Joe felt that being overexcited interfered with his coordination. Then I asked him to soften his tummy and breathe softly, and he experienced that that helped him thumb wrestle better. (With other children, I have often done much the same thing in playing tag, hitting a baseball, or whatever activity the children were interested in.) At this point in the lesson, Joe had experienced a new way of breathing and that it was useful and fun to breathe this way. Now he had a both a new skill and an anchor for it.
After that, we went from my office room into the Aikido practice room, which has a mat of 40 x 40 feet (approximately 13 by 13 meters). I had Joe run as fast as he could, as wildly as he could, screaming as loudly as he could. But when I clapped my hands, the game was that he had to instantly drop to a seiza (pronounced say-zah) sitting position on the mat and practice soft tummy breathing. seiza is the Japanese way of sitting, kneeling with the feet tucked under you. seiza makes it much easier to maintain a balanced, erect sitting posture, and it is very conducive to calm, open breathing, which is why it is employed in the Japanese martial arts.
Joe loved the game, and it gave him an opportunity to practice switching from hyper mode to calm, focused mode. After all that, we went back into the office, and I had him focus on soft tummy breathing while I attempted to tickle him. And he was surprised to find that the same tickling movements I had made forty minutes ago no longer felt at all ticklish. That capped for him a sense of how much he could accomplish by paying attention to himself.
I suggested to him and his parents that between lessons Joe could spend sixty seconds a day sitting seiza and practicing soft tummy breathing.
Joe came for his second lesson three weeks later, and I asked him about his homework. He showed me how he was practicing soft tummy breathing: when he inhaled, he tensed his throat, puffed up his chest, and raised his eyebrows. That did not surprise me. A person's manner of breathing is a very fundamental part of their body identity, and changing from one breathing style to another is a profound shift in the way the body/self operates in the world. It is very common that between body awareness lessons an old, habitual style of body use sneakily reasserts itself, and people think they are practicing a new mode when in fact they are doing the old.
Raised eyebrows are part of the fear/startle response package, so I began by helping Joe notice when his eyebrows went up and how to soften them and let them down. At first, he found it hard to tell when his eyebrows were up or down, but he gradually was able to feel when they were up and let them relax down. Next, I helped him notice what it felt like to elevate and tense his chest and what it felt like to let his chest soften and stay down.
In addition to the specific element of chest function, overall posture also plays a part in breathing. A key element is postural stability. Breathing is aided and the mind calmed when the musculoskeletal system is placed in an upright, stable, strain-free posture. Joe had no sense of how to use an economical, efficient posture to support easy breathing. I had already made a beginning at teaching postural stability by having Joe sit in seiza, but now we went into this in more detail.
I noticed that when Joe wasn't focused on belly breathing, his habitual sitting posture was a limp slump. It was only when I asked him to deliberately breathe from his belly that he sat up "straight" and rigid. In essence, he knew only the two states of slumping and being rigid. When he attempted not to do the one, the other was what he did. In order to give him a better foundation for easy breathing and body stillness, I had to teach him more about sitting in a posturally stable manner.
I usually teach basic postural stability by showing people the most efficient way of straightening up from a slump. Most people think that straightening up is done by throwing the shoulders back or by straightening the back, and practically no one notices that the whole process is built around pelvic rotation. When the pelvis rotates backward (the direction in which the guts in the pelvic bowl would spill out over the back edge of the pelvis), the stack of vertebrae has no foundation on which to rest and it slumps down. Rotating the pelvis forward provides a foundation for the spinal column and the torso as a whole and creates upright posture. However, to create postural stability, the pelvic rotation must be accomplished in the appropriate way.
Most people rotate the pelvis forward by using the superficial muscles in the back to pull upward on the rear edge of the pelvis. I show people instead how to rotate the pelvis forward by using the iliacus and psoas muscles (which are muscles deep in the front of the body) to pull downward on the front edge of the pelvis. This new sitting posture creates an effortless stability and a physical sensation of exhilaration and power.
I had Joe sit in seiza and slump, and then, using my hands on his back, I showed him how to roll his pelvis forward into the new position. Once he had done so, I pushed on his chest, and he was amazed to find that he was as stable as a rock and without any appreciable effort. I had him sit slumped and then rigidly straight, and in both cases when I pushed, he toppled easily. I suggested that it was really cool to be strong without effort, and Joe liked the idea. We went back to the Anti-Tickle Technique, and Joe found that combining the breathing with the new sitting process made him even less ticklish. However, after just a moment, his customary sitting posture reasserted itself and he slumped down. Again, that didn't surprise me, and I told him that he'd need more practice, and after a while, he'd figure out how to maintain the new sitting posture.
The next lesson was one week later. Again I started the lesson by asking about his homework, and Joe told me that he was doing much better at the soft tummy breathing. As I watched him do it, I could see that he was indeed able to sit upright and still and keep his attention focused on the internal experience and the external form of the breathing exercise.
A key element in body awareness training is generalizing the skills so that they are applied outside the office in daily activities. Joe's parents commented to me that they had seen him use the soft tummy breathing for self-calming in the time between the lessons. Joe's parents wrote the following:
From the very first lesson, the message of "soft tummy breathing" has really enabled Joe to refocus and snap back very quickly from situations where control was lost. We started to tell Joe "soft tummy" or "soft tummy breathing" before an event would erupt, and Joe would immediately start to use the breathing, focusing and self-regulation that is part of the technique. We have progressed to the point where he is beginning to use the technique himself. You can see him start to breathe and regulate. It has made a remarkable difference in his behavior.
Joe's parents had all along wanted to enroll him in my children's Aikido class, and since I judged that he was nearly ready for that, we did some Aikido exercises in the third lesson. Aikido is a non-violent Japanese martial art, and it can be very helpful to children as a venue for learning physical coordination, self-regulation, and cooperative social functioning. It is particularly captivating to children because it plugs into kids' fantasies about being fighting heroes, such as they see in their cartoons. However, the children learn that to do the Aikido moves effectively, they must be kind, gentle, relaxed and perceptive, just the opposite of what they have been exposed to on TV. Aikido defense movements are soft and non-aggressive, and Aikido has no tournaments or competitions. I emphasize that fighting isn't a game and should be avoided if at all possible. I teach the art with a focus on self-awareness in action and on learning to attain a state of calm alertness and balanced, efficient movement.
The body education I do dovetails neatly with Aikido; the body work is detailed education in body awareness, breathing, posture and movement, and the Aikido provides a more extensive movement and social situation in which to apply and practice what was learned in the body education lessons4. It is important to keep in mind that children with attention issues may not be able to participate in Aikido classes effectively without prior body awareness lessons as a foundation. When children with attention issues come to me for Aikido lessons, I usually do three to five private sessions to prepare them for the classes. In the private sessions, I can teach at the child's pace, monitor their learning, and break down the basic skills of self-monitoring and self-regulation in whatever ways the child needs. Also, the private lessons offer a quiet environment without much environmental stimulation, so it is easier to teach the child to focus inward on body sensations and events. The private lessons, of course, can stand on their own for children who are not interested in continuing on to the Aikido class.
In Joe's third and last private lesson, we practiced dodging a straight down strike to the head delivered with a soft foam wand. At first, Joe was excited and tense. He was displaying all the body behavior that is so ingrained in our culture's view of being ready for combat. He crouched and tensed and breathed excitedly, but I soon convinced him that that way of getting ready was really not ready at all. When Joe got ready for my attack by tensing, he moved so slowly and awkwardly that it was easy for me to hit him. In Aikido, we do not block or stop the attack movement. Instead, we dodge it and help it along its path until the attacker loses balance and falls. Clearly, in order to do that, an Aikidoist must be relaxed and balanced, free of aggression and effort.
I reminded Joe of the soft tummy exercise and showed him how to maintain postural uprightness and balance in a standing position. Once he could maintain that mindbody state, I again attempted to hit him on the head with the foam wand. As he simply and effortlessly stepped aside, I missed. From Joe's perspective, we were playing a game that was tremendous fun. From my point of view, we were reinforcing the idea/experience that self-awareness in the service of calm alertness was useful in controlling the environment. When people experience that an internal state is useful in practical action, it strengthens their grasp on that somatic state and motivates them to use it in their daily lives.
Though Joe perceived the exercise as a game, he was really practicing reducing extraneous movement, staying quietly poised, and keeping his attention focused on a task. It was very obvious to him that if he jittered and skittered around the mat, he was physically unready to execute the dodging movement efficiently. By the same token, if he looked away, or started talking, or began to daydream or think about anything except how and when I was going to attack, then he got hit. It became quite clear to Joe that he had the ability to stay focused and that it was useful to do so. All he had to do was remember soft tummy and postural stability, and keep watching me like a hawk.
These case notes from Joe's private lessons illustrate the basic processes I use in teaching, but there are many variations I use. Very often I will use non-Aikido focus games. For example, I might have a child attempt to balance a stick upright on her or his hand. That takes calmness and coordination, and once they can balance the stick, I make the game more interesting by throwing tissues at them. Their job is to use soft breathing and postural stability to maintain focus in spite of the distraction. Or I may have a child practice reading aloud. They experience that by focusing on the body state of calm alertness, they can read much more easily, even when I try to distract them by throwing tissues at them, tickling them, or talking to them. Very often further lessons go on to include more work with posture, work in improving gait or voice control, and practice in managing frustration and anger.
A couple of weeks after his last private lesson, Joe began Aikido classes. His first three classes were very difficult. Being in a class with many other children was very stimulating and distracting. In addition, I was not focusing solely on helping him manage himself. Typically I demonstrate a defense technique and then have children pair off and practice the technique. Of course, I keep my eagle eyes on the room as a whole, but I move from pair to pair offering suggestions, corrections and encouragement. So Joe had to maintain his composure and self-control on his own, and he bounced around like a frantic rubber ball.
My response was to target Joe with constant reminders to soften his tummy, breathe, and stand still. He knew why that was important, and he knew he could do it, and he did do it for a moment after each reminder.
The fourth class showed a wonderful transformation. Joe simply stopped his random and frantic talking and moving. He was still excited to be in class and still occasionally launched into stories he wanted to tell, but his behavior was well within the norm for any seven year old boy. By staying relaxed and focused, he was able to do the Aikido movements better and interact better with the other children in the class.
Over the course of the summer, Joe took ten Aikido classes, and he maintained and improved his self-control. By mid-September, I didn't see any out of control behavior. The reminder to "soften your tummy and breathe" is a normal and constant part of all the games and defense techniques I teach. All the children work on that, and Joe does too, simply as an ordinary part of the class.
In the beginning of September, Joe went back to school, and by his parents' report to me, his teachers were surprised at the changes in Joe:
The ongoing Aikido lessons have reinforced and improved on the basic techniques learned in the first few lessons. During school registration, we talked to all of Joe's teachers, instructors, and coaches. We told them about Aikido and "soft tummy breathing." Some of his teachers have used the technique, but all have noticed a new ability to focus on tasks on Joe's part using this technique. Most of his teachers have had Joe in kindergarten or first grade. All have noticed improved behavior and improved learning.
George was ten years old. He had high-functioning autism, with difficulty translating words into movements and with gross and fine motor deficits. From the beginning, I structured our work as Aikido practice.
In his first lesson, I began by working with George on developing soft breathing and a more upright and stable standing posture. We applied that in an Aikido movement of dodging a straight down strike with a foam noodle. I showed him that he could dodge effectively only when he was relaxed and upright, and by the end of the first lesson, George was beginning to feel a bit more balance and ease in his movements. His second lesson was two weeks later, and we went further with instruction in posture and breathing.
During his third lesson, we started with soft tummy breathing and how to maintain a stable sitting posture. Then I asked his mother what would make George anxious, and she said vacuum cleaners. Children with autism are often scared of such everyday objects as vacuum cleaners, and I thought that George's fear offered a perfect opportunity to bridge the gap between what we did in our lessons and what he did in his daily life.
As soon as I pushed the vacuum cleaner into my office, George freaked and jumped up on the couch. I had him stand on the couch, relax his breathing, and balance his posture. It happened that there was an Aikido class going on in our large practice space, so George and his mother and I went into the Aikido room. I asked the instructor to execute a sword cut straight down on my head, and I showed George how staying relaxed and simply stepping to the side rendered the attack harmless. I also showed him how flinching and holding my breath prevented me from calmly and easily stepping off the line of the attack. I explained that if he could stay relaxed, then he could evade the vacuum cleaner as easily as I had evaded the sword cut.
Then we came back into my office, and I pushed the vacuum cleaner toward him with it turned off. Even though the vacuum was off, George expressed worry that it would go over his toes and suck him in. His movements became tense and awkward. I stopped moving toward him when I was still far away, and I asked him to keep breathing with his tummy soft, which he was able to do. Then I pushed the vacuum toward him again, but this time I moved a bit closer, and I asked him to stop flinching and holding his breath and instead stand upright and breathe calmly. Once George could keep his breathing and his posture relaxed and stable when I moved the vacuum near him, I repeated the movements with it turned on. And again he flinched and held his breath, but he was quickly able to regain his soft breathing and upright postural alignment.
George's fourth lesson was one week later. Up until that point, we had practiced only staying standing still and staying calm in the face of the vacuum cleaner attack, but in the fourth lesson we continued on to the next step, which was dodging the vacuum cleaner as I came at him.
In his fifth lesson, we began by working without the vacuum cleaner. I walked up to him and right into him, as though I were a steamroller. I reminded him to breathe calmly and dodge me, and then I showed him that once he was off the attack line, he could grab my shoulders and throw me down on the floor. Next, I had him do the same dodging and throwing defense as I came at him with the vacuum cleaner. We started with it turned off. However, by the end of the lesson I was attacking him slowly with the vacuum cleaner turned on, and he was able to calmly dodge my attack, throw me down, and turn off the vacuum cleaner.
By the end of the sixth lesson, I was pushing the vacuum at him quickly, and he was gleefully dodging it, throwing me down, and turning off the vacuum. That was quite a different response than he had shown at first. Not only was he not scared, but he was moving in a fairly balanced and graceful manner. He had begun to learn how to use his body efficiently.
By combining body awareness training and Aikido movement, I was able to help George experience his ability to overcome anxiety and relax. We continued doing Aikido in private sessions, and he continued to make major improvements in his physical coordination and ability to understand and execute movement instructions.
John was a boy of fifteen who had Asperger's Syndrome. We did seventeen private body awareness lessons, and then he switched over to Aikido classes. He was very thin, with a caved in chest and a gangly body style. He sat in a limp, slumped posture, and he walked with an awkward, unrhythmical gait. In his first lesson, we started with the antitickle technique and soft tummy breathing, and then we worked on upright sitting.
He started his second lesson by saying he'd had a bad day at school. I had him describe in detail how it was bad and accompany the description with exuberant body gestures of great joy. He was surprised to find that he didn't feel nearly as bad, and I used that as an opportunity to suggest to him that much of what he felt was a product of how he held his body and moved.
In the next few lessons, we continued to work with relaxing John's breathing and balancing his posture. To give him the experience of what it was like to have his chest open instead of caved in, I had him lie on his back with a towel roll under his waist, which arched his back and elevated his chest. Then I showed him how to sit with his body more upright and open.
The way he customarily held his chest affected his breathing, and that affected his speaking, so in the next lessons we focused on how he spoke. He generally spoke with a tensed chest, restricted breathing, and an awkward, hesitant vocal rhythm. I had him sit slumped and talk, and then I had him sit upright and talk, and he could hear how much more fluent his speech was when he adopted a better posture. I asked him to try loosening his chest, softening his tongue, and relaxing his throat, and he could hear that his voice was much softer and smoother, and his speech was more continuous and better modulated.
Next we worked on his walking and running gaits. His gait was as awkward, imbalanced, and hesitant as his speech. I noticed that when he stood, he kept his weight back on his heels and let his shoulders fall back and down, which created an exaggerated arch in his back. Standing in that position of imbalance and strain, he couldn't efficiently start his body walking forward. By moving his weight forward on his feet and letting his back relax into a more natural, lengthened position, he could go from standing still to walking forward with much less effort.
When he walked, he normally held his arms stationary and out from his sides a bit. In a normal walking gait, the function of swinging one leg and the opposite arm forward simultaneously is to damp down the rotational movements that would otherwise swing the body back and forth. Because John did not use that contralateral arm/leg movement, his body stiffened to handle the rotational forces. Once I was able to help him use a relaxed contralateral walking movement, his whole walk became more fluid. We extended that into running, having him focus on a smooth pumping action with his arms. Not only was moving gracefully more enjoyable to John, but it helped him look less personally awkward and socially out of place. As he continued with his private sessions, we shifted over to Aikido practice, and he continued to improve the postural support and balance of his movements.
I had another boy with Asperger's who actually walked and ran moving his same side arm and leg forward simultaneously, which was even more awkward, but he too was able to learn a more graceful gait. As one other example of the application of body awareness training with Asperger's kids, I once worked with a nine year old boy. In his first lesson, his mother mentioned that he always got lost going from classroom to classroom because the commotion in the hall was more than he could handle. He became over-stimulated and couldn't think clearly about where he was going. I taught him soft tummy breathing, and at the beginning of the second lesson, he told me that navigation between classes was no longer a problem. He could compel himself to stay calm and alert in the hallway, and as a result he could get from class to class.
It was exciting to see how much Joe, George, and John learned and how rapidly they were able to learn it. The self-observation and self-regulation skills they mastered had significant effects right away and will continue to affect their lives. However, these were not isolated or unusual cases.
With most kids, just a small number of body awareness lessons focusing on breathing and self-calming are sufficient. In many instances, more extensive body awareness lessons focusing on elements of body use in such areas as gait, speaking, and social interaction are helpful. I have worked with children on issues of movement coordination, anger management, conflict resolution, anxiety, and self-protection—all as concrete somatic processes.
With some children, private lessons in Aikido are helpful as a way of continuing and deepening the body awareness instruction, and many children enjoy moving into the Aikido classes.
Somatic instruction can make complex, seemingly abstract processes specific, concrete, and learnable. Body awareness training is a resource than can be very helpful to many children with attention and developmental issues.
- In the field of body awareness education, the standard approach to explaining a specific training method is to describe the experience and the practical results of a series of sessions. This phenomenological way of writing conveys a vicarious understanding of the method. I believe that ultimately it will be important to perform rigorous research evaluating and quantifying the specific results attained by any method, but that will have to wait until researchers become aware of the field and become interested in studying it.
- In the last seventy years or so, a whole field of mind/body awareness education has arisen. There is a book which is both an excellent introduction to the ideas underlying the broad variety of somatic disciplines and an encyclopedic listing of all the major forms of somatic work available: Discovering the Body's Wisdom: A comprehensive guide to more than fifty mind-body practices that can relieve pain, reduce stress, and foster health, spiritual growth, and inner peace. Mirka Knaster. New York: Bantam Books, 1996.
- On my website, in addition to general explanatory material, there are a number of papers about various specific applications of BIM. Go to www.being-in-movement.com.
- It is important to note that many Aikido schools teach the art without the body awareness emphasis which is so important in helping children with attention issues.


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Castres' South African scrum half Rory Kockott runs on the field at the Pierre Antoine stadium in Castres, on December 6, 2013
The news is a boost to the Irish province, who could secure a place in the quarter-finals with a game to spare if they win and Northampton fail to come away from Ospreys with a victory.
Both South African scrum-half Kockott and South African-born France international flanker Claassen missed Castres's last match against Bordeaux-Begles in the French Top 14 due to injury.
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|Nene, C 27 MIN | 1-5 FG | 2-2 FT | 2 REB | 1 AST | 4 PTS | -18
It's no secret Nene tends to struggle against taller, more talented big men. We saw it against the Lakers and again Saturday night against LaMarcus Aldridge and the Blazers. Early on Nene attempted to go after Aldridge down low in the post but got turned back on nearly every occasion. From that point on he disappeared and never really attempted to get back in the game.
|Danilo Gallinari, SF 36 MIN | 7-14 FG | 5-5 FT | 5 REB | 3 AST | 20 PTS | -20
Gallinari drove aggressively to the hole and for that I commend him. This was a solid bounce-back performance after a few disappointing outings in which he took far too many outside jump shots. Gallo gave it his all for most of the game and looked completely pale on the sidelines at the end of the fourth quarter.
|Kosta Koufos, C 34 MIN | 7-11 FG | 2-2 FT | 12 REB | 1 AST | 16 PTS | -5
This was by far Koufos' best game as a Nuggets and quite possibly the best game of his career. He logged at least 30 minutes for the first time in a Nuggets uniform and put up season highs in both points and rebounds as a result. More than anything, against the Blazers Koufos proved that if he receives enough playing time, he'll produce. His 12 boards were a career high and the most of any Nuggets since Nene had 13 against the New York Knicks. His 34 minutes were also a career high.
|Arron Afflalo, SG 20 MIN | 0-5 FG | 0-0 FT | 2 REB | 0 AST | 0 PTS | -1
Something has to be up with Afflalo. Nuggets' radio announcer Jason Kosmicki tweeted after the game that he might have a groin injury, which leads one to question why he'd be playing in the first place. Even if he was truly injured it still doesn't change the fact that Afflalo has struggled mightily up to this point in the season and is without question the biggest disappointment of the year so far. This was his second game in the last six where he received at least 20 minutes of playing time and has gone scoreless in the process. Maybe Afflalo should just take a few games off, get refocused and come back when he's ready.
|Ty Lawson, PG 32 MIN | 7-14 FG | 1-2 FT | 4 REB | 5 AST | 16 PTS | -19
Lawson was a standout in terms of effort. He was flying around the court all night, looking as if he was the only one who hadn't succumbed to chronic fatigue like most of his teammates. He penetrated with precision and either ignited or got out on the break every time he was presented with the opportunity. This was clearly one of Lawson's most effective games in the last week.
|Al Harrington, PF 22 MIN | 3-6 FG | 2-2 FT | 6 REB | 0 AST | 9 PTS | -15
Harrington didn't take a lot of shots but found a way to contribute in other areas, especially on defense where he played solidly against the much taller LaMarcus Aldridge. Once again Harrington's passion for the game overflowed on to the court as he could be seen giving 110 percent even in the waning minutes of the game when the Nuggets didn't have a shot at winning.
|Andre Miller, PG 14 MIN | 1-3 FG | 0-0 FT | 3 REB | 1 AST | 2 PTS | -8
Miller looked absolutely lost. Granted, his 14 minutes didn't allow him to make the type of impact he's capable of, but there was probably good reasoning behind his lack of playing time in the first place. Batum's career night began when Miller "attempted" to guard him, and in his first handful of buckets that went in from beyond the arc Miller didn't even put a hand up to contest the shot. We've known Miller struggles on defense at times, but not even attempting to contest a shot is absolutely inexcusable. Because of this, Miller gets the first "F" I've handed out all season.
|Corey Brewer, SF 20 MIN | 4-10 FG | 6-7 FT | 5 REB | 2 AST | 14 PTS | -7
Although a good chunk of his minutes came in garbage time, it's hard to ignore just how energetic Brewer was in his time on the floor. Fourteen points in 20 minutes to go along with five boards, two assists, two steals and a block is nothing more than pure hustle numbers. His defense continue to impress, although he needs to work on not turning the ball over quite as often as he does.
Rudy Fernandez, SG 23 MIN | 3-8 FG | 2-2 FT | 2 REB | 2 AST | 9 PTS | -19
Fernandez seemed somewhat hidden. Even in 23 minutes of action it was hard to tell what exactly he was doing on the floor. I did notice him playing stingy defense on a few occasions yet I also couldn't help but look at the box score and "smh" at his five three-point attempts. Rudy simply isn't hitting 3-pointers at a high clip, so why he continues to take so many is baffling. It would be nice to see him drive to the basket more than just once in a blue moon.
|Julyan Stone, G 3 MIN | 0-0 FG | 0-0 FT | 0 REB | 1 AST | 0 PTS | +5
Stone, like all the rookies, didn't play very much even though he should have. Still, his defense was great and his willingness to find nearly all of his teammates on offense continues to be a good sign from a young point guard. It's hard to see Stone play with so much enthusiasm on the defensive side of the ball and not want to see more of him.
|Kenneth Faried, F 5 MIN | 1-2 FG | 2-2 FT | 1 REB | 1 AST | 4 PTS | +2
Faried definitely still has a ways to go before he's a sound NBA player and more than likely this is going to take a while. He'll go through some growing pains in the process, although I cannot stress enough how his energy, defense and rebounding will cover up most of these flaws. Right now he should be focusing on making the right basketball play rather than the most electric ally oop; nevertheless, just like Stone it's almost frustrating watching Faried play because you're always going to want more.
|Jordan Hamilton, G 3 MIN | 1-1 FG | 0-0 FT | 0 REB | 0 AST | 3 PTS | +5
You can tell, Hamilton has some offensive fire power up his sleeve. He hit yet another 3-pointer in the final seconds of the game to show off his range and displayed a fairly decent handle to go along with it. After seeing him get a little more comfortable each time out, you're left to wonder just how effective he might be alongside the second, or first, unit in the heat of a real game.
Game 24 Advanced Stats (and notes by Charlie)
Pace Factor: 94.9 – Hardly matters, it was a blowout
Offensive Efficiency: 102.2 – The Nuggets never led and the bench was non-productive
Defensive Efficiency: 123.3 – Blame fatigue, but the defense remains in total freefall and reached a new low


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You may have read my earlier post about colour trends either on Crafts of Texture, or Learn About Wool. I gave a brief mention to shape, as well as looking at pattern;
For shapes think layering and drape. So delicate cardigans and swing front cardigans, lace shawls and maybe even a lightweight knit dress… Keep it simple and form flattering, keeping the eye trained on detail and colour. Stitches in knitwear… if you don't want to keep it simple with lightweight stockinette and striping, consider lace.
So I thought I would pick this up today and discuss shape and pattern in a bit more detail.
Pattern and colour are great in bold use, but it's not for everyone… sometimes we forget when looking at catwalk collections that we have to find a version that suits our purposes… be it something we can wear to work, or be truly form flattering to our personal body shape. So the key really is to consider fashion verses function when planning our wardrobe.
This season has some wonderfully bold use of print and solid colour and this will also be true in fashion knitwear, but some of these will be difficult to wear. So how can we break this up and make it a more manageable look?
Image Source: www.fashionreview.com.au
Above we can see some of the key use of pattern this season. A great way to reference this look without wearing head to toe pattern is to break it up. Think small areas of detail, such as bands of colour, or pattern at necklines, cuffs and hems… small flashes of Pattern can be more form flattering. This cute knit pattern Free on www.Ravelry.com is a great example.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/for-the-love-of-remnants (Pattern and photo by Katy Heister)
In sock weight yarn it will be just the right weight to transition into Spring. It's a perfect vehicle for a splash of seasonal colour blocking. I recommend a darker base that you can wear with anything and picking a selection of seasonal colours that will work well together. Hold your yarns together and choose your striping effect before you work, move them around in formation to see how colours pop when they are placed next to contrasts for maximum effect.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ma-belle-amie (Pattern by YarnLove, photo Pamyarnlove)
This is another free pattern on Ravelry and a great way to add a pop of a fashion colour to neutrals/monochromes, making a dramatic but easy to wear look this season.
Source: www.Gucci.com
Bold solid colours are for the braver… or are they? Think about clever use of pattern to break up the intensity of those brighter spring colours. Shear or lace areas will help.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/down purchased as part of pattern book by Rowan (Pattern by Kim Hargreaves for www.Rowan.com photo by City Purl)
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/peacock-shawlette $4.50 (Pattern and photo by Kitman Figueroa)
Shapes are easier to look at in knitwear as these tend to be all about light, floaty and drape-able layering pieces in the Spring. So consider waterfall wraps with fitted sleeves, shawlettes and boleros for easy cover ups and fashion pattern/colour. These are in my Ravelry queue for this season;
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flowers-after-the-frost (Pattern by Jennifer Smith, photo by Phamtominblue)
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kit-camisole (Pattern by Bristol Ivy for www.quinceandco.com, photo by Carrie Bostick Hoge)
Oh and of course Ma Belle Amies above!
I hope you have enjoyed my look at SS2013 knitwear and I hope you'll come back to follow my Spring knit journey. Next time I will be looking at fibre bases for spinning and knitting this Spring.
Sara x
Winter is coming and so I thought I would help you stock up on the items you need for you Winter crafting. So I'm having a Sale on Etsy at www.SarasTextureCrafts.etsy.com.
Claim 10% off of every item you buy, by using Coupon code WINTER at the checkout.
Sale ends when stock runs out!
Here's more info on how to redeem your voucher… http://www.etsy.com/help/article/350
Don't forget you can also find other etsy marked down items at http://www.etsy.com/shop/SarasTextureCrafts?section_id=10322575 and you can still use the discount code on these to save even more money!
Happy crafting!
Sara x
I just finished my headband…
I really love this yarn, so ripping back my Travelling Scarf hurt me a bit!
Welcome to the launch of the new website www.SarasTextureCrafts.com!
So what's new? Well I'm sure you have noticed a few things already, but I thought
it useful to give you a list for you to explore;
This is a new website, so come in and take a look around. It's been long in the writing and process, but there may still be initial user glitches. If you experience any bugs, glitches, or anything strange, let me know at firstname.lastname@example.com
This is the same email you can order through if you have problems at the checkout.
Thank you,
Sara x
We stayed in tonight as it's raining out… So knitting and Hitchcock's Topaz.
Next DVD in and knitting can commence!
The Hitchcock box set is out tonight, so I'm knitting my next project to 'Frenzy'.
Trying to work my way around Ravelry is my first task, with my most simple pattern.
I'm getting there slowly, but surely… now to get some more samples made up to share!
- Bye for now!
Sara xx
Updating teh fibre offer at http://www.etsy.com/shop/SarasTextureCrafts with lots of new things for you!
Now I need to felt it!


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After a difficult winter, it is great to relax with a good book and with friends. Have you thought about combining friends, relaxation and books by participating in a discussion group? Harford County Public Library staff regularly lead a number of book discussion groups throughout the county. Whether in one of our eleven branches or at a local senior / activity center, there are many options from which to choose. Find out more information by clicking "Programs for Seniors" just to the right of this paragraph,
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Studies have underscored what seems obvious to many: given a choice, most elders would prefer to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes, rather than move to an institutional setting. The dilemma is how to safely support this choice in the face of increasing medical needs or cognitive challenges. This website helps seniors and caregivers navigate the manyconsiderations and services related to aging in place.
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Family Caregiver Alliance www.caregiver.org
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Highlights of qualifying from the famous Monaco street circuit, introduced by Suzi Perry. The venue first held a Grand Prix in 1929 and has evolved into one of the most iconic races on the calendar.
Michael Schumacher used all his experience and knowhow in 2012 to set the fastest time. However, a five-place grid penalty held over from the previous race denied him a memorable pole in his final Monaco Grand Prix. Instead that honour went to Mark Webber, who edged out Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton.
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Baby Born with Six Fingers and Toes
KTVU: A Daly City couple is beaming after becoming the proud parents of a healthy but incredibly rare baby boy this month.
Baby Kamani Hubbard has six-fully formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet. It's called "polydactyly" -- extra digits -- not an uncommon genetic trait, but Bay Area doctors say they've never seen a case so remarkable.
Born at San Francisco's Saint Luke's Hospital three weeks ago, Hubbarb seemed so perfect at birth no one noticed.
"Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn't tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said," said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard's mother.
But his dad Kris Hubbard noticed this spectacularly rare case of polydactyly: 6-perfect fingers on each hand and 6-perfect toes on each foot, which went well beyond a general trait that runs in his family.
"Some family member have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes," said Kris Hubbard, 34 and a postal worker.
In fact Kris Hubbard himself had nubs of sixth fingers removed as a child as these non-functional digits routinely are.
But Hubbards case is so vanishingly rare according to doctors, and because the extra digits are functional, it's not a deformity to be discarded.
"It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing," said Dr. Michael Treece and St. Luke's Hospital Pediatrician. "I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. I realize children would tease each other over the slightest things, and having extra digits on each hand is more than slight. But imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills."
Kamani's mother says she hasn't had time to absorb this; her baby's specialness didn't even show up on prenatal ultrasounds.
" I heard nothing before I gave birth so I'm still in shock, kinda," said Gross.
"I just want him to see what greatness will be in store for him," said Kris Hubbard.
The Florida Marlins's pitcher Antonio Alfonseca, blues guitarist Hound Dog Taylor and several remarkable figures in history have had polydactyly.
This little guy may, at the very least, help others grasp the importance of embracing difference.
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Massachusetts not doing as much texting while driving
Fifty-six percent of the 3,300 drivers surveyed throughout New England and New Jersey admitted to texting while driving, but in Massachusetts, where 500 drivers were surveyed, only 26 percent copped to it.
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When she was in year 12 at school, Jessie Bird won the NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair with a project about the antibacterial properties of the fungi she found near her home. But that's just the beginning of the story.
Jessie was curious about the fungi she had noticed in the bush and in early winter, collected eight different specimens. She made extracts with methylated spirits and tested them against two common bacteria. One fungus in particular showed good antibacterial properties and Jessie named it 'Sienna velvet' herself, since she was unable to match it to known varieties.
"Many commonly used antibiotics in the world today are becoming ineffective as bacteria develop resistance to them and new, untreatable 'superbugs' are emerging. It is really important that new medicines are researched and developed to combat these diseases. Penicillin, the first antibiotic discovered is derived from a fungus, and many plants have antimicrobial properties, so perhaps fungi found in New Zealand native bush could also have antibacterial properties and be of use in medical research. This project explored the possibility that fungi could once more be the needed medical miracle," says Jessie.
At the Science Fair, Jessie was nominated for the Realise the Dream competition where she won an award for excellence in research. She also began the CREST programme and for her gold award, was mentored by Suzanne Boniface and Peter Roberts in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences. She worked in the lab during school holidays, doing a variety of different experiments to study the antibacterial properties of the fungus. Last summer she worked with Emma Earl, a Masters student of Dr Ronan O'Toole in the School of Biological Sciences, testing Sienna velvet against a mycobacterium species, and attempting to extract and analyse its DNA for identification.
Jessie is now in her second year of a Bachelor of Biomedical Science, funded by the Victoria University scholarship she won at the Science Fair.
"Victoria University have been very supportive to me with what I'm doing – it's been amazing. I'm really enjoying my study here – there is so much to learn."
The CREST scheme is the Royal Society of New Zealand's international awards scheme designed to encourage years 6–13 students to be innovative, creative, and to problem-solve in science, technology and environmental studies.


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Big Bear Lake is a water reservoir and popular holiday destination in California's San Bernardino Mountains. It's a year round destination, with ski and snowboarding on offer in the winter, and all kinds of outdoor recreation on offer close to Big Bear Lake holiday rentals in the summer.
There are a great variety of outdoor activities on offer on holiday at self-catering accommodation in Big Bear Lake. The exceptional natural scenery can be explored on foot, by bike or on horseback via a number of trails. When it comes to biking there are a variety of companies in the area offering rentals, and its possible to obtain detailed information about the location and difficulty of routes in the area. In summer the lake's main beach can be found at Meadow Park, which also features facilities for tennis, as well as picnic and barbecue areas.
Big Bear Lake vacation accommodation is also ideal for anyone who enjoys water sports. There's a great range of experiences available here, including sailing, jet-skiing, power boating and paddle boating. Around the lake's 23-mile shoreline are a number of marinas where you'll be able to rent all the equipment you'll need.
In the winter Big Bear Lake holiday accommodation is frequented by ski and snowboard enthusiasts. There are two main resorts to be found – Bear Mountains and Snow Summit, which together feature 75 runs and seven parks devoted exclusively to snowboarding. The ski runs are suitable mainly for intermediate skiers. At Big Bear Mountain you'll get to take in some truly memorable views of Big Bear Lake and the surrounding landscape.
Palm Springs is within a comfortable drive of Big Bear Lake holiday rentals and would offer an interesting contrast to your holiday should you visit in winter. At this time of year Palm Springs offers a pleasantly warm climate, with a number of attractions, and is ideal for hiking. It's also a popular destination for golf with some first class courses in the area.
With its high elevation, Big Bear Lake self-catering accommodation gets cold weather and a fair amount of snow in the winter months. Summers on the other hand are very warm, with average daily highs of around 27 degrees in July and August.
Coming from the UK, the best way to get to holiday rentals in Big Bear Lake would be to fly to Los Angeles International (LAX) from London Heathrow with British Airways or Virgin, before making the two hour drive east to the lake in San Bernardino County.


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Sharpest Decrease in Hourly Labour Costs Recorded in Lithuania
Among the EU member states, for which data are available for the 3rd quarter of 2009, decreases in hourly labour costs in Estonia (-4.3%) and Latvia (-2.7%) follow Lithuania.
The highest annual rises were registered in Bulgaria (+10.4%), Romania (+9.6%), the Czech Republic (+6.4%), Finland (+6.2%), Germany (+4.8%), Spain and Portugal (both +4.7%).
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We have long hoped Wally Backman, the obstreperous veteran of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets, would someday manage the Amazin's in the balls-out manner he evinced on the field and in court depositions. He's a step closer now, as the Mets organization announced yesterday that Backman will m ... More >>
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Preston have completed the signing of Tranmere captain John Welsh on a two-year contract.
The 28-year-old midfielder was out of contract at Prenton Park and will officially join North End on July 1.
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North Star Industries - Behavioral Health Services, Saranac Lake- Intensive Case Management - Adult Program
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Monday-Friday 9 A.M.-5 P.M.
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The Intensive Case Management (ICM) program provides services to twelve adults who meet the Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) criteria. Assistance is provided to individuals to access services in the community with the goal of decreasing incidences of psychiatric hospitalization, improving functioning within the home and community, and helping to empower recipients who participate in the program. Recipients are required to receive between two and four monthly face-to-face contacts depending on their level of need.
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Individuals must be Franklin County residents and must meet SPMI eligibility
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Individuals must go through the Single Point of Access process and all referrals should go to the Program Coordinator at 481-5746.
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For the second time this week, Carnival Cruise Lines says one of its ships has experienced problems during a cruise.
On Friday, the company said a technical issue with one of the ship's thrusters is affecting the sailing speed of the Legend, forcing the cancellation of a stop at the Grand Cayman Islands.
The ship is expected to arrive in Tampa as scheduled Sunday following a seven-day cruise. Passengers will get a $100 credit, refunds on pre-paid shore excursions and half off on a future cruise.
Also this week, the Carnival Dream experienced problems with an on-board generator while docked in St. Maarten. Passengers are being flown home.
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PaperScrapz. If you are looking for a template for boxes, cards, wrapping packaging, tags or just for something fun, look no further.
Below are my very favourite templates Some are orginial, but most are collected from all over the Web. Check them out, they are great for inspiration, and to save you money on buying box templates for gifts!! These are links to some of the best template sites on the net. 100+ Box templates & tutorials (Gift/Card/Treat Boxes) Box round up!
Hope this list of free box templates, tutorials, & inspirationfor boxes is useful to You. The templates are all linked to the people who created them,so please just click the photos to visit them (and you canfind their terms of use there). Please bear with me, while I work on checking the links,adding thumbnails, and adding more current box projects to this list. Faux Bois Box from paper crave via idiy. Tutorial : How to make a window in your origami box. I have a tripod now so the video isn't as wobbly as my other video so thats nice.
I don't teach how to make the box itself in this video so to learn how to make the box go here. I made some as gift boxes for Christmas presents for my nieces. I put little recycled Rosette hair clips inside them. How to Weave a Paper Ball Ornament. When I was in Thailand, I would see the local people weave palm leaves into beautiful bowls, fans, balls and other amazing things.
I asked my aunt if she knew how to make these things and she gave me a book that was all in Thai. I don't know how to read Thai, I can barely speak it. Somehow after a week of fumbling around with strips of paper, I managed to decode the pictures and figure it out. Sassafras: technique tuesday with marla. Hey everyone!
I'm back today with a fun technique that shows you how to fold your papers to create these really cute boxes. They're easy to assemble, require no glue and can be made from one sheet of paper and a flag banner. I'll admit that I did not invent these little boxes. My friend had something similar on display in her home but it was larger and had a little paper vignette inside. Packaging Templates.
I'm not sure how I discovered this awesome collection of packaging templates but I'm glad I did!
Some professor or student at a japanese univeresity was nice enough to share all their packaging templates with the world! These are a few of my favorites and you can see all of them on their website. Every situation is covered! Duo Fiberworks - Duo Fiberworks - Window Star tutorial. I made some Waldorf-style window stars to decorate our big living room windows.
I like to put them up in the winter, to liven up the wintry view. They are a bit fiddly, but satisfying to crank out, not unlike cut paper snowflakes. The best paper to use is square kite paper (ETA- it's 6 1/4" square.) Christmas Ornaments {Free Printables. Christmas always brings back so many happy memories.
I remember that we weren't allowed to put up the tree before the first day of December, which I must say was a good thing, otherwise we would have already put it up in October. I think it was also a way of reminding us that it was almost HOLIDAY! Recycling project - holiday ornament. There were so many ways they could've gone.
The majority of you that voted wanted me to work in paper (such anguish -- haha!) , so I did. I'm not quite sure how I ended up with this version, but it certainly wasn't my first attempt. Surprisingly, the biggest challenge was making something that would be a compliment to the outer frame and not be overwhelmed by it. A couple of my initial designs were too delicate or small and seemed to disappear inside the ring. Teardrop holiday ornament. Our hotel room needs to look holiday-ish (at least for the kids' sake) and I thought a series of ornaments would do the trick.
They'll pull double duty because we'll be able to add them to our tree once we get home. What I came up with is extremely easy to make and it only requires very basic materials—a good thing since that's all I have right now. Holiday Craft: Wrapping Paper Stars | Homemade Christmas Ornaments. Christmas Ornaments: Paper Drops | Homemade Christmas Ornaments. DIY Pinwheels in Crafts for babies, kids and adults parties. Cheery Paper Fruit Pouches. A few easy folds is all it takes to turn plain paper into cheery cups for servings of fresh fruit salad and more. Use sheets of glassine and parchment paper for moist food, like these balls of honeydew melon, cantaloupe, and watermelon. You could also serve assorted nuts, cookies, popcorn, and other treats in the colorful paper containers.
For each cup, start with one sheet each of glassine and parchment paper. Cut whichever sheet will form the inside of the cup to 9 1/2 inches square; cut the other to 10 inches square. Center the small sheet on top of the large sheet, and attach in center with a piece of double-sided tape. Origami balloon place cards in Crafts for babies, kids and adults parties. Paper flower tutorial in Crafts for decorating and home decor. Paper plate baskets in Crafts for babies, kids and adults parties. Wrap your gifts with confetti in Craft ideas for original gifts and presents. Paper mache teacup pattern « ann wood. A paper mache teacup pattern to mark the 5 year anniversary of my blog, my experiment. A perfect time to say thank you and give you a present. There is a template you can download here. And lots and lots of photos and instructions. If you do make teacups I'd love to see and you can upload a photo here if you like or leave a link to your photo in the comment section below.
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May 02 2011
Singapore bars: The Clinic
UPDATE: Clinic Bar has closed.
Make yourself comfy in a gold-plated wheelchair and order up an IV bag of booze at Singapore's hospital-themed Clinic Bar. Located in the trendy Clarke Quay area, the bar creates a morbidly chic atmosphere with shots served in syringes, servers wearing scrubs, and hospital bed couches.
Clinic Bar is the kind of place you go for the experience rather than the drinks, and the signature cocktails don't live up to their high price tags. "Sex on the Drip" and "Blood Transfusion" are served in IV bags and, at S$50 a pop, you'd think would contain a healthy dose of alcohol, but taste like a double at best. The specialty shots, priced at S$50 for six, at least feel like a better deal and come in syringes or test tubes. A round of "The Doctor's Order" is a memorable way to kick off the night and served in a toy doctor's kit that you can keep as a souvenir.
For the same ambience with a smaller bar bill, check in to the Clinic between 18:00 and 21:00 for happy hour specials like S$20 pitchers of Tiger Beer and buy-one-get-one-free spirits. Standard drinks are served in plain glasses and the bar has the annoying practice of serving both drinks (the paid one and the freebie) at the same time. Order the same drink as someone else at your table or be prepared for some double-fisted drinking.
While The Clinic continues to catch the attention of passersby who take photos in the creepy leopard-print dentist chair but don't actually order anything, the regular Clarke Quay party crowd has lost interest and the bar has down-sized in recent years. What was once the second floor is now Lunar Asian Fusion Bar and there isn't much more to Clinic than the al fresco seating. You should have no problem getting a table.
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# Pdouble0kon 02 May 2011 at 9:41 pm
saw that bar last 2 weeks ago..
and I though it was funny to saw some people sat on those clinic stuff..
just like drinking when you were sick., would look good with some old people.!
nice Idea by the way.. =D
it's definitely one of a kind! Got any other fave bars at Clarke Quay?
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Lunchtime Learning @ Your Library: "Basic Crime Prevention"
Thursday, September 26, 2013, 12:15pm
Personal safety is a personal responsibility. It is essential to be aware of your surroundings. Ask yourself, "Am I increasing the chances that I may become a victim of crime?" A representative of the Athens-Clarke County Police Crime Prevention Unit will discuss how we can avoid being victimized. This is the first in a three-part safety series. Feel free to bring a bagged lunch. Beverages are provided. Free and open to the public. In Multipurpose Room B.


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Soccer: Champion girls draw Waco Midway
Boerne Champion will play Waco Midway at 1 p.m. Friday in the Class 4A state semifinals at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown. [Read More]
09/25/09 — Kerrville Tivy at Boerne Champion
Here at Boerne ISD Stadium for tonight's contest between Kerrville Tivy, the second-ranked team in the Express-News Area sub-5A rankings, and No. 5 Boerne Champion. More importantly, it marks the District 27-4A opener for both teams. [Read More]
Soccer: Reagan girls, Champion squads make regional final
Reagan led from start to finish. Boerne Champion had to rally. The different approaches netted the same result — a trip to the regional final for each squad. [Read More]