Activities
Stitching
The cross stitch sampler is called that because it was generally stitched by a young
girl to learn how to stitch and to record alphabet and other patterns to be used
in her household sewing. These samples of her stitching could be referred back to
over the years. Often, motifs and initials were stitched on household items to identify
their owner, or simply to decorate the otherwise-plain cloth. In the United States,
the earliest known cross-stitch sampler is currently housed at Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth,
Massachusetts. The sampler was created by Loara Standish, daughter of Captain Myles
Standish and pioneer of the Leviathan stitch.
Traditionally, cross-stitch was used to embellish items like household linens, tablecloths,
dishcloths, and doilies. Although there are many cross-stitchers who still employ
it in this fashion, it is now increasingly popular to work the pattern on pieces
of fabric and hang them on the wall for decoration. Cross stitch is also often used
to make greeting cards, pillowtops, or as inserts for box tops, coasters and trivets.
Parlour
A beauty parlor or sometimes beauty shop is an establishment dealing with cosmetic
treatments for women. Other variations of this type of business include hair parlors
and spas.
There is a distinction between a beauty parlor and a hair parlor and although many
small businesses do offer both sets of treatments; beauty parlors provide more generalized
services related to skin health, facial aesthetic, foot care, nail manicures, aromatherapy,
even meditation, oxygen therapy, mud baths, and many other services.
Massage for the body is a popular beauty treatment, with various techniques offering
benefits to the skin and for increasing mental well-being. Hair removal is offered
at some beauty parlors through treatments such as waxing and threading. Some beauty
parlors style hair instead of going to a separate hair parlor, and some also offer
sun tanning. Other treatments of the face are known as facials.
Soft Toys
A stuffed toy is a toy sewn from a textile, and stuffed with a soft material. In
North American English they are variously referred to as plush toys, plushies, or
stuffed animals while in British English they are soft toys or cuddly toys.
Some brands of stuffed toys use marketing strategies to encourage the collection
of a series of stuffed toys, such as Beanie Babies.
Each Webkinz toy comes with a unique "Secret Code" that gives access to the Webkinz
World website and a virtual version of the toy for online play. Disney's Club Penguin
and Build-A-Bearville from Build-A-Bear Workshop are other online worlds with content
that can be unlocked from codes found on associated stuffed toys.
Shiksha Kendra
Shiksha is one of the six Vedangas, treating the traditional Hindu science of phonetics
and phonology of Sanskrit.
Its aim is the teaching of the correct pronunciation of the Vedic hymns and mantras.
The oldest phonetic textbooks are the Pratishakyas, describing pronunciation and
intonation of Sanskrit, as well as the Sanskrit rules of sandhi specific to individual
schools or Shakhas of the Vedas.
Pickles Making
Even using the same main ingredients, Indian pickles come in a wide variety of flavors
due to differences in the spices used and preparation techniques. A mango pickle
from India may taste very different from one made in North India.
In India, most vegetables are sun-dried with spices into a pickle, taking advantage
of immensely hot and sunny days throughout the year, thus making pickles an everyday
staple. The sun-drying naturally preserves the vegetable, along with the spices.
Vegetables that may be sun-dried and pickled include amla, mango, lime, lemon, citron,
garlic, ginger, chillies, tomatoes, onions, gongura, combinations of these, and
less commonly unripe black pepper coriander, brinjal, bitter gourd and any other
vegetable in plentiful harvest. Commonly used spices include mustard, methi or the
seeds of fenugreek, chilli powder, salt, asafoetida and turmeric. To prepare quickly
however, vegetables may be cooked on stove top and additional preservatives like
vinegar, sodium benzoate or citric acid may be used.
Candle Making
A candle is wax with an ignitable wick embedded that provides light, and in some
cases, a fragrance. It can also be used to provide heat, or as a method of keeping
time. A candle manufacturer is traditionally known as a chandler. Various devices
have been invented to hold candles, from simple tabletop candle holders to elaborate
chandeliers.
For a candle to burn, a heat source is used to light the candle's wick, which melts
and vaporizes a small amount of fuel. Once vaporized, the fuel combines with oxygen
in the atmosphere to ignite and form a constant flame. This flame provides sufficient
heat to keep the candle burning via a self-sustaining chain of events: the heat
of the flame melts the top of the mass of solid fuel; the liquefied fuel then moves
upward through the wick via capillary action; the liquefied fuel finally vaporizes
to burn within the candle's flame.
Health Camp
Health camp is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury,
and other physical and mental impairments in human beings. Health camp is delivered
by practitioners in allied health, dentistry, midwifery, medicine, nursing, optometry,
pharmacy, psychology and other health professions. It refers to the work done in
providing primary camp, secondary camp, and tertiary camp, as well as in public
health. Access to health camp varies across countries, groups, and individuals,
largely influenced by social and economic conditions as well as the health policies
in place. Countries and jurisdictions have different policies and plans in relation
to the personal and population-based health camp goals within their societies. Health
camp systems are organizations established to meet the health needs of target populations.
Their exact configuration varies between national and subnational entities.