Do you like chess? How about Japanese chess? Aren't there different chess variants in Japan though? Maybe, but this specific chess variant is called Shogi. The chess-like game Shogi is won by capturing the king, just like chess, but defeat is conceded at mate, or when mate becomes unavoidable.
There may be times when you actually need to or want to gain weight for one reason or the other. Weight gain can be an important part of recovering from illnesses or training for athletics. Learn some tips for buying foods for a weight gain diet in this healthy shopping how-to video.
The apple cider vinegar diet may promise more than it can fulfill and trend diets that are often too good to be true. This diet proposes that by drinking two to three teaspoons of apple cider vinegar with each meal, you will lose weight. Try these tips for buying diet foods in this healthy shopping video.
Chinese chess is the world’s most popular board game. Chinese chess, also known as xiangqi, has been played throughout East Asia for over 1000 years. The playing pieces have traditionally been identified using Chinese characters, so only those who could read Chinese characters could play. Now, Chinese chess is available in a set in which the pieces are identified by symbols on one side and Chinese characters on the reverse side so that anyone can enjoy this challenging strategy game.
Designing bathing suits can make for difficult fashion illustrations. Learn to draw one-piece bathing suits from a fashion designer in this free fashion illustration video series.
Ever here of the "overworked" defender" chess move? Of course you have, but that doesn't mean you know how to pull it off. See how to do it, right here. A chess piece is overworked when it has more than one defensive job (guarding pieces or squares) to do. Typically, the overworked piece is exploited by capturing one of the pieces it's defending or occupying a square it's defending. This forces it to leave one of its defensive jobs usually resulting in material loss or checkmate.
Check out this video for how to create simple one piece silicone rubber molds. This technique is ideal for smaller projects (less than 12" x 12"), this is the easiest process for creating parts, patterns, tools, & molds. We demonstrate creating a silicone rubber mold and then the casting of parts with Repro, epoxy casting resins and polyurethane elastomers. This process can be used in automotive, mechanical, fine art and film special effects uses.
In this handbag fashion video series, learn how to choose the best handbag from fashion expert and handbag designer Lindsay Colbus. Lindsay will teach you how to choose the best handbag for you and will give you examples of good and bad handbags. She will teach you how to match a handbag to your outfits, how to choose an evening handbag, how to choose a day handbag, how to choose a trendy handbag, how to choose a casual chic handbag, how to choose a clutch handbag, and how to choose a handbag...
Video: . Whether you are gardening, cooking, riding a motorcycle or just want to cover up on a bad hair day, doo rags are easy to make and fun to personalize to suit to your style. If you would rather just download the durag pattern click here.
Let's face it—if you care about anyone around you, then you brush your teeth. Brushing is an excellent way to not only prevent tooth decay, but to keep people from running away from you with their noses pinched.
You can fuse metal together without having to solder it. By using a butane torch, you can heat your pieces of metal until they are almost but not quite melted. Once they reach this flashpoint, you can easily fuse the pieces together.
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a Saw 2 death mask. Start off by grabbing an old helmet and covering it with plastic wrap. Then, make paper mache over it. From here, cut a piece of rubber into small strips. Then, draw and cut three stripes on a piece of cardboard. Then, use two strips for the shoulders and one for around your waist. Then, make the front chest piece with cardboard. From here, make a square with Styrofoam and cut out a piece of an egg carton. Now, draw the eyes and mouth...
In this tutorial, Simon Leach teaches us how to double dip or glaze ceramic. This trick will save you a lot of time, just make sure you practice a lot. First, mix your glaze up in a large bucket and grab your pot that you want to glaze. Now, place your piece into the glaze and then flick the wrist to lift the piece up quickly. Don't let the glaze go over the base of the piece or it will become too messy. Now, dip the piece back in, getting some glaze on the inside and swishing the liquid arou...
In this video, we learn how to build a bionicle switchblade. Start with the piece of the blade that has holes inside of it. Then, start to connect the edges and the other pieces that go inside of it. Grab the piece for the blade, then lock it into place by attaching the elbow pieces that connect around it. Once you have connected these together, you will have one entire piece with the blade on the very edge of it. The end of it should be bendy, so grab a rubber band that is thick and wrap it ...
In this Arts & Crafts video tutorial you are going to learn how to fold an origami ninja star. Take a normal paper. Fold it diagonally from one corner and cut off the extra portion to make a square. Fold it in half and cut into 2 rectangles. Fold each piece in half along the length. Fold both ends of each piece in opposite directions to make a triangle. Now fold the ends again to make a bigger triangle at both ends of each piece of paper. Each sheet will form a 'Z' shape. Now place one sheet ...
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a triple decker peanut butter and jelly sandwich. First, take three pieces of bread and seal your bread bag up again. Next, grab your favorite kind of jelly and peanut butter. Use a spreader to spread the items on the sandwich instead of a butter knife. First, spread a layer of peanut butter onto one of the slices of bread. Next, stack another piece of bread on top of the peanut butter, and spread the peanut butter jam on top of that piece. After this, p...
It's another tutorial for the God of War-like game, Dante's Inferno. In this tutorial, you'll be finding all 30 pieces of silver throughout the game. Along with the silver, you'll be awarded with three achievements. Find ten pieces and unlock Footsteps of a Traitor, 20 awards you with Betrayed with a Kiss, and all three will result in Well Done, Judas. So good luck and have fun!
This photoshop tutorial demonstrated by Howard from tutcast.com, teaches you how to do amazing glow effects for your work and projects. Everything you need to know from the background you choose to use to editing out the leftovers. You can use any image that you choose to. Start out with the pen tool located on the toolbar on the most left of the screen. Create the initial layer for the glow by clicking now on the new layer icon located on the bottom right. Next, define brush by pressing the ...
In this video Jennie shows us how to make a perfect spiral paper rose. All you need for this is a piece of 6X6 inches of paper, scissors, some glue and, if you really want to be creative, some ink. For starters you're going to need a 6X6 inch piece of card stock. Jennie chose a double-sided card stock because she thinks it will look more interesting but you can also use a plain piece of paper. The first step in creating your rose is making a spiral patterned cut alongside the paper. The ideal...
In this how to video, you will learn how to create a little chick with punches. You will need a 1 3/4 circle punch, a 1 1/2 circle punch, a 1 1/2 circle scallop punch, and a small square punch. You will also need a pink and yellow material to cut from. Cut out one piece from the 1 3/4, one from the 1 1/2 circle, and two pieces from the 1 1/2 scallop circle. Take one piece of the scallop and take the 1 3/4 punch and punch the side out. Take the punched piece and place it on to of the other sca...
This video illustrate us how to make roast beef stew. Here are the following steps:Step 1: First of all take the beef and wash it properly.Step 2: Take onion, tomato, coriander and red chilies and cut them in small pieces.Step 3: Now take the beef pieces and apply curd, ginger paste, garlic paste and salt on these pieces and leave it to marinate.step 4: Now arrange these pieces on a microwave safe grill rod and arrange the cut onion tomato and coriander on the pieces.Step 4: Now set the micro...
This video is about making a marble greeting card. The materials required for making them are marabu marble starter kit which consists of six marble paints,a marabu konturf paste, a polyester ball, a bowl, kebab sticks, a pencil, a cutting knife, a glue, sweat pieces of card, three cards of different colors and a bucket of water. The video starts by folding one piece of card into half and then cutting the ball into two pieces. Keeping the piece of ball as the center draw a flower around it on...
In this how-to video, you will learn how to design and create four of your own Lego light sabers. All you need is six different pieces as seen in the video for the first design. Now connect them vertically, one at a time. All you need is six different pieces as seen in the video for the second design. Now connect them vertically, one at a time. All you need is seven different pieces as seen in the video for the third design. Now connect them vertically, one at a time. For the last design, you...
Customizing Window Vista's glass borders is relatively simple. In order to expand the borders, right click and choose properties, then choose appearance. Scroll down and click on 'open classic appearance properties'. Under Windows Aero, choose advanced settings, and click on desktop and choose border padding. You can then increase the size to your choosing and click 'ok' and 'apply'. After a few short seconds, you will notice that your borders are fatter than they were before! You can also us...
In this short video tutorial you'll be shown how to build or create a LEGO fire extinguisher/spray paint can. The process only requires two LEGO pieces to complete the item. The first piece required is a 1x1 studded can LEGO brick. The second piece is a 1x1 nozzle LEGO brick. Each piece is clearly shown and described in the video to make the process easier. Simply attach the two LEGO pieces together, forming an item which resembles either a fire extinguisher or a spray paint can. The last ste...
Is it impossible to fold a piece of paper more than seven times? Yes, or is it? In this video from Fun Party Tricks, you'll see how to fold a piece of paper seven times and seven times only, but that doesn't necessarily mean that's all you can do. A high school student actually debunked this belief and successfully folded a sheet of paper 12 times.
This video shows you how to use couplers for cake decoration using these steps: 1. Couplers usually come in two plastic pieces, a base and a ring. This system fits inside cake decorating bags or cones and allows you to use the same icing with different tips.
What cooler way to cook your food than with an oriental wok? Check this out if you want some easy steps on how to do it.
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A boyish figure is easy to dress: It's the shape high-fashion designers create for! Here's how to maximize the impact.
Check out this video cooking tip from The Chef's Toolbox in Australia. Watch this tutorial to learn how to trim chicken pieces like a chef. Trimming chicken is easy with a little know-how, see how to do it right here.
Vegetables are the foundation of a healthy, balanced diet, many experts recommending 3-5 servings a day. When choosing your vegetables, it's always best to choose fresh; although, frozen and canned still have nutritional value and benefits as well. Also, look for vegetables that are bright in color like this red pepper, also carrots that are brightly orange and brightly-colored green broccoli. The brighter the color, the more nutrients that are in it. Try these tips for buying vegetables in t...
Threadbanger demonstrates how to make a feather head piece out of feather dusters! You will also need some hair clips, fabric, scrap felt, and something shiny. In a matter of moments you can put together a fancy feather head piece for any soiree.
What better way to learn how to mix a drink than from a hot girl! This bartending how-to video teaches a cocktail recipe for a Piece of Ass. You will need Southern Comfort, Amaretto almond liqueur, and citrus or sweet and sour mix. Follow along with this video mixology lesson and find out how to make a Piece of Ass cocktail. Get your (alcoholic) drink on.
Watch this ceramics tutorial video to learn how to trim your raku pieces. This how-to video is best for potters with some experience with the pottery wheel. The tips in this instructional video will help you easily trim your raku pieces.
There are two rules to throwing clay on a potters wheel: keep the clay wet and keep the clay spinning. Centering clay can be tricky, but alignment is necessary to make an even pottery piece. Learn how to center a piece of clay on a potter's wheel by watching this video pottery making tutorial.
You can learn how to make a magical magnetic toilet roll. To do this, you need a paper roll, a piece of paper, glue, and scissors. You cut the roll into two pieces, connect the roll to the piece of paper, and mark the middle gap to make inserting the third stripe more accurate.
In this Family video tutorial you will learn how to craft felt frog puppets with your kids. The materials you will need for this are felt (pink, dark and light green), a piece of red lace, 2 large white pompoms, 2 small black pompoms, scissors, glue and marker. Take two layers of dark green felt and draw out the outline of half of the left palm. Fold the felts in half and cut out the outline. Stick the two pieces along the edges to make a glove. Next cut a rectangular piece out of the light g...
Alex shows us how to make a duct tape iPod holder in this tutorial. This will prevent damage and is also waterproof! You will first wrap four piece of duct tape around your iPod with the non-sticky side first. Stick one piece on top of each other so it covers the iPod completely. Don't make it to tight. Next, use the sticky side to tape the last two pieces onto the other pieces of tape. When finished, you will have a unique iPod holder that protects your iPod and is a cheap alternative to cos...
This video shows us how to make a homemade jewellery box out of a Christmas card.For that you need a pair of scissors,a tape,a christmas card,a marker and another card to draw your X with.First take the card and cut it straight down the middle into two pieces.Now take the back side piece of the card and cut off 1/4 of an inch from the left and the bottom portions.This will help to fit the cards together.Next use the extra card and trace an X on both sides of your card piece,in the middle.Take...
