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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
A pillow of winds Perspectives
I LOVE,LOVE LOVE THIS SONG. I have posted about it here. already.
My favourite lines are :
Now wakes the hour
My favourite lines are :
Now wakes the hour
Now sleeps the swan
Behold the dream
The dream is gone.
Green fields are calling
Its falling, in a golden door.
And deep beneath the ground,
The early morning sounds
And I go down.
Sleepy time, and I lie,
With my love by my side,
And shes breathing low.
And I rise, like a bird,
In the haze, when the first rays
Touch the sky.
And the night wings die.
They really are so beautiful. And more so, I love the tune - soft,smooth - It has got a slight Bohemian effect somewhere and it surely incites hope. Pink Floyd always intensifies the good feelings.
How to Make a Copper Bowl
To make a copper bowl, such as is shown in the illustration, secure a piece of No. 21 gauge sheet copper of a size sufficient to make a circular disk 6-1/2 in. in diameter.
Cut the copper to the circular form and size just mentioned, and file the edge so that it will be smooth and free from sharp places. With a pencil compass put on a series of concentric rings about 1/2 in. apart. These are to aid the eye in beating the bowl to form.
The tools are simple and can be made easily. First make a round-nosed mallet of some hard wood, which should have a diameter of about 1-1/4 in, across the head. If nothing better is at hand, saw off a section of a broom handle, round one end and insert a handle into a hole bored in its middle. Next take a block of wood, about 3 by 3 by 6 in., and make in one end a hollow, about 2 in. across and 1/2 in. deep. Fasten the block solidly, as in a vise, and while holding the copper on the hollowed end of the block, beat with the mallet along the concentric rings.
Begin at the center and work along the rings—giving the copper a circular movement as the beating proceeds—out toward the rim. Continue the circular movement and work from the rim back toward the center. This operation is to be continued until the bowl has the shape desired, when the bottom is flattened by placing the bowl, bottom side up, on a flat surface and beating the raised part flat. Beating copper tends to harden it and, if continued too long without proper treatment, will cause the metal to break. To overcome this hardness, heat the copper over a bed of coals or a Bunsen burner to a good heat. This process is called annealing, as it softens the metal.
The appearance of a bowl is greatly enhanced by the addition of a border. In the illustration the border design shown was laid out in pencil, a small hole was drilled with a band drill in each space and a small-bladed metal saw inserted and the part sawed out.
To produce color effects on copper, cover the copper with turpentine and hold over a Bunsen burner until all parts are well heated.
Shaping the Bowl and Sawing the Lace
Excerpt from the book:
THE BOY MECHANIC
VOLUME I
700 THINGS FOR BOYS TO DO
WITH 800 ILLUSTRATIONS
1913, BY H. H. WINDSOR CHICAGO
POPULAR MECHANICS CO. PUBLISHERS
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Cut the copper to the circular form and size just mentioned, and file the edge so that it will be smooth and free from sharp places. With a pencil compass put on a series of concentric rings about 1/2 in. apart. These are to aid the eye in beating the bowl to form.
The tools are simple and can be made easily. First make a round-nosed mallet of some hard wood, which should have a diameter of about 1-1/4 in, across the head. If nothing better is at hand, saw off a section of a broom handle, round one end and insert a handle into a hole bored in its middle. Next take a block of wood, about 3 by 3 by 6 in., and make in one end a hollow, about 2 in. across and 1/2 in. deep. Fasten the block solidly, as in a vise, and while holding the copper on the hollowed end of the block, beat with the mallet along the concentric rings.
Begin at the center and work along the rings—giving the copper a circular movement as the beating proceeds—out toward the rim. Continue the circular movement and work from the rim back toward the center. This operation is to be continued until the bowl has the shape desired, when the bottom is flattened by placing the bowl, bottom side up, on a flat surface and beating the raised part flat. Beating copper tends to harden it and, if continued too long without proper treatment, will cause the metal to break. To overcome this hardness, heat the copper over a bed of coals or a Bunsen burner to a good heat. This process is called annealing, as it softens the metal.
The appearance of a bowl is greatly enhanced by the addition of a border. In the illustration the border design shown was laid out in pencil, a small hole was drilled with a band drill in each space and a small-bladed metal saw inserted and the part sawed out.
To produce color effects on copper, cover the copper with turpentine and hold over a Bunsen burner until all parts are well heated.
Shaping the Bowl and Sawing the Lace
Excerpt from the book:
THE BOY MECHANIC
VOLUME I
700 THINGS FOR BOYS TO DO
WITH 800 ILLUSTRATIONS
1913, BY H. H. WINDSOR CHICAGO
POPULAR MECHANICS CO. PUBLISHERS
Monday, March 16, 2015
Feelings In a Jar
Feelings In a Jar
Contents:
- 101 different feelings cards
- 1 re-usable, re-cyclable container
Game Play
Feelings In a Jar is a great game that every child should have; especially special needs children. The actual game, comes with 4 ways to play for older children.
Act it out: After selecting a card, try to act it out and have your friend try to guess what you are acting.
Daily Insights: Once you have a feeling, talk about it or write about it.
Icebreaker: Everyone in the room gets a feeling and you have to find someone with a similar or opposite feeling.
Talk It Out: As you are talking about a situation when you felt that feeling, have the rest of the group try to figure out the feeling.
Act it out: After selecting a card, try to act it out and have your friend try to guess what you are acting.
Daily Insights: Once you have a feeling, talk about it or write about it.
Icebreaker: Everyone in the room gets a feeling and you have to find someone with a similar or opposite feeling.
Talk It Out: As you are talking about a situation when you felt that feeling, have the rest of the group try to figure out the feeling.
Pros:
- Feelings
- Emotions
- 101 different cards
- Socialization
- Verbal skills
- Group skills
Cons:
- Suggested age group 8+. I actually got this for a special needs child when she was less then 4 and we still use it.
- The cards are made of paper. It would have been nice to have been made out of plastic or laminated papers. As a result I end up handling it to prevent tearing.
Suggestions:
- Special Needs Children: I have worked with special needs children and noticed a lot of them do not have a grasp on feelings and different emotions. As a result, I would suggest to start off with two cards and talk about the feelings on a daily basis. I usually start with sad and happy. After they master these emotions, we gradually add feelings. I might add delighted because I am delighted to see you and then go on to cheerful. As we add a new feeling when they are ready, I try to mention the feelings even when we are not talking about feelings. For example, I feel very "confident" that they will be able to finish the puzzle at hand.
- Older Children: If I am working with a group of children in a class setting, I might give each child a random feeling and have them write a situation with the feeling. The story should be about one paragraph long and will be shred with the class. It would be very interesting to see how the children interpret the feelings they have and the discussions it will lead to. I have to admit though, if working with an older group, try to take out the easy feelings.
Age Range
- Suggested: 8 and older
- My suggestions: 2+
- Children learning to be more expressive
Bottom Line:
I bought Feelings In a Jar in a jar to help a little girl born with Down Syndrome learn more about feelings. A lot of the children I work with have little no no emotional expression and I wanted to help them out. I bought this game as an experiment and love it. It is such a versatile game and can be used so many different ways my only regret is I did not purchase it sooner.
If you are interested in purchasing Feelings In a Jar feel free to click on any of the links.
Monday, March 9, 2015
We are such a small world !
The following pictures are one of the best visual pictures that I have ever seen, that shows pretty clearly just how insignificant earth actually is.
If you’ve ever had trouble grasping the true sizes involved in astronomy and the size of earth compared to other planets and stars, then here u can make them clear. The scales involved are mind boggleing. You just won’t BELIEVE how huge and mind blowingly big they are.
Be ready to feel SMALL :)
Here are the inner planets, the small rocky bodies cloe to the sun and Earth looks pretty big here. Our neighbour is almost our size, but we are the biggest of the bunch.
As we travel farther out, we encounter gas giants, huge balls of gas that are make our inner planets seem so small in comparison.Even Pluto is barely visible here.
Arcturus is one of the brightest stars in the sky, and you can see that size is one reason why in comparison to our sun. Notice that Earth isn’t even visible at this scale, and Jupiter, the giant among planets in our system, is just a single pixel o.
But even Arcturus is dwarfed by the super-giants, massive red stars that would swallow huge chunk of our solar system. Antares and Betelgeuse, if they were placed at our Sun’s location, would easily envelope Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars … Antares’
So u see how small we r n how small r our dreams of having GREAT PALACES n GIANT KINGDOMS as compared to the UNIVERSE!!!
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If you’ve ever had trouble grasping the true sizes involved in astronomy and the size of earth compared to other planets and stars, then here u can make them clear. The scales involved are mind boggleing. You just won’t BELIEVE how huge and mind blowingly big they are.
Be ready to feel SMALL :)
Here are the inner planets, the small rocky bodies cloe to the sun and Earth looks pretty big here. Our neighbour is almost our size, but we are the biggest of the bunch.As we travel farther out, we encounter gas giants, huge balls of gas that are make our inner planets seem so small in comparison.Even Pluto is barely visible here.Arcturus is one of the brightest stars in the sky, and you can see that size is one reason why in comparison to our sun. Notice that Earth isn’t even visible at this scale, and Jupiter, the giant among planets in our system, is just a single pixel o.But even Arcturus is dwarfed by the super-giants, massive red stars that would swallow huge chunk of our solar system. Antares and Betelgeuse, if they were placed at our Sun’s location, would easily envelope Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars … Antares’So u see how small we r n how small r our dreams of having GREAT PALACES n GIANT KINGDOMS as compared to the UNIVERSE!!!
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