The greedy dragon of ambitionWritten by Jakob Jelling
The greedy dragon of ambition is a very special dragon; he will always help you taking advantage of any new situation which offers a good opportunity. This dragon would never let an opportunity to be lost or waste, he is always attentive to them and ready to do what it takes. Dragons are one of most powerful and symbolic creatures for feng shui and oriental cultures, and there are several different myths built around them. There is, for example, dragon of golden opportunities who takes care of helping business people achieving their goals; and there is dragon of abundance who specializes in attracting prosperity and wealth to those who own it. The greedy dragon is a very special one since it helps us paying attention to any opportunity which might appear and which we might have left pass if it wasn't for his help. Very often we don't realize of chances which an opportunity offers until we have actually lost it, and this is what greedy dragon of ambition would help us avoiding. By keeping a greedy dragon of ambition within our home or our office, we would become much more attentive to every new opportunity which might come to us.
| | Airbrush BasicsWritten by Andre McFayden
The airbrush is one of best tools for painting a variety of craft and hobby items. When equipped with an air compressor as air source, it becomes like a never-ending spray can, with added benefits of control of air pressure and of paint amount. An airbrush can be used to paint plastic models, rc airplanes, t-shirts, nails, and many other items.How does an airbrush work? Like anything that delivers a fine spray of paint or solvent, it uses Bernoulli’s principle. Air moving at higher velocity has lower pressure. If this air stream happens to be near but above a solvent (e.g. paint), solvent will be drawn upwards, towards fast moving air. When it gets to that stream of air, solvent gets broken up into fine particles, and is blown in direction of airstream. The basic principle is very simple, and spraying itself is not hard. Choosing right equipment and paints, as well as learning correct spraying technique, does require a bit of study. It does take some practice to turn out finely painted masterpieces.
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