Write an article based on this "Make an opening to run. Strike at your attacker's throat. Kick their groin. Go for your attacker's eyes."
article: If you're attacked by a person with a knife, you should always try to run before fighting. Often, however, you may seem stuck. You may be cornered or your attacker may be blocking your only exit. You'll need to disable your attacker to create an opening to run away. Going for the throat is one of the best ways to disable an attacker. With a hard strike to the throat, you'll damage the person's trachea, disrupting their breathing. They're very likely to stop attacking you after a hard strike to the throat. Get close enough to strike. If your attacker isn't close enough for you to strike at their throat, move in a bit. You'll want to be an arms-width away. Use your elbow and forearm. The harder the part of your body that you use to strike, the more effective and painful your attack will be. Your elbow is solid bone, and you'll be able to get a lot of power by striking forward with it. Push through their throat. Using your elbow as your weapon, strike your attacker's throat. Strike as hard and as fast as you can, using the element of surprise to your advantage. Run. If you've struck your attacker hard enough, they'll lose their ability to breathe. When they double over, run away. If your attacker is male, a kick to the groin may immediately incapacitate them. Use your knee or shin to strike them in the crotch to create an opening to run. This technique can work with a variety of distances between you and your attacker. If you're close to your attacker, use your knee. A shorter distance between you and the person attacking you means that a knee will be sufficient enough to make a connection. Force your knee hard into their groin. If they are an arm's length away from you, use your foot or shin. Using your shin is better, because there's more surface area to cause more damage. Extend your knee and snap your leg up into their crotch. Run. Once your attacker is doubled over or on the ground, run away as fast as possible. The eyes are an incredibly sensitive part of your body, and any attack focused on the eyes is sure to cause your attacker a lot of pain. Only use this if your attacker is very close, such as in situations where they've grabbed you and have you in a hold. Keep in mind that this technique is extremely dangerous and can be gory, and is only to be used in life or death situations. Extend your fingers to reach their eyes. Most people flinch instantly when they see an attack directed at their eyes, so you'll have to move very quickly. Snap your arm out towards their face in one swift motion. Press your fingers hard into the eye socket. Simple scratching or light pushing will not be effective. These light attacks will cause pain, but may only further enrage your attacker. You'll need to use your fingers to push hard into the eyes, pressing them into the skull. Push down. As you push your attackers eyes, press them down towards the base of the skull. Again, this technique is not for the faint of heart, and should only be used in the most dire of circumstances. It can cause blindness and even death. Run. Once your attacker is incapacitated or unconscious, run away.

Write an article based on this "Open your watercolor box and activate the colors. Paint your design. Consider ways to add to the piece. Enjoy the fact that your art can bring flowers into your life at will."
article: Use drops of water on a brush to prepare each of the colors. Have at hand, a few brushes of varying sizes, including a small, pointed brush for details. Also, have a container of clean water and tissues to keep runs and drips in control. Start at any point you wish; the container, the leaves and flowers or the hangers of strings or ropes. Move your brush over the objects, painting sections and leaving dry paper between them to keep the colors from bleeding into each other. If you want to do two sections close together, leave a tiny strip of untouched paper between bands of color. These can be filled in after the whole thing is dry. Darken or intensify the color in places with another coat of the same color. Put in details with a small, pointed brush. On leaves, you might add spots, lines or veins. For the flowers, use contrasting color to show shadows within them. Give the container added interest with texture, a colorful pattern, or shadows to show its roundness and depth. Make the background more interesting that leaving it white. Add any number of environmental things; clouds, diagonal strokes for rain, yellow for sunshine, purple or dark blue for evening or night. Wash on a layer of any one color for a background. Use varied colors for a lively background, make horizontal or vertical stripes. Let your imagination be free. Give the piece its own frame with stripes of color from a flat brush all around all sides of it. Do a large geometric shape in pencil behind the hanging basket and paint it a contrasting color. They will be extra special since you thought them up and made them appear on the paper. This container of flowers will always be in bloom and can add happiness and fun to a place where it hangs.

Write an article based on this "Get educated about the business side of fashion. Look for fashion design jobs. If running your own design business, be prepared to be financially astute. Be realistic."
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Being a successful fashion designer not only requires talent and creativity, it also requires a sound knowledge of the business and marketing aspects of the fashion world. Keep yourself updated on the happenings in the fashion industry by regularly reading trade journals like Women's Wear Daily and Daily News Record. Many fashion design programs include courses in marketing. Some programs/majors highlight marketing more than others, so be sure to do ample research on the coursework involved in the program you choose. If you've already undertaken a course but missed the marketing/financial side of things, consider doing short courses in these aspects of business. Learn beyond design. There is an entire supply chain involved in the fashion industry and you need to understand what each person's job is, so that you can see things from their perspective too, in order to make compromises, meet demands and understand where things get held up. Research what others do, such as buyers, merchandisers, pattern cutters, garment and fabric technologists, quality controllers, graders, sample machinists, sales people, PR and marketing people, fashion journalists, retailers, event organizers, fashion stylists and so forth. Know your customer. This skill is basic and essential and it's one a fashion designer must never lose sight of. Know how much your customers spend, what their lifestyles are, where they like to shop, how they like to shop and what they like and dislike. Know what are absolute needs and what are the things that only get bought when disposable incomes are less tight. If you have done marketing, you should have a solid understanding of how to work out customers' needs. Know your competitors. Always keep an eye on what other fashion designers in your area of interest are doing. At a minimum, keep up. Better still, surpass them while still meeting your customers' needs. Trade fairs are an excellent place to develop deeper understanding of how the fashion industry works and what will work for you in terms of meeting customer needs and staying competitive. There are various ways to find work in the fashion industry as a designer and it depends on the type of designing you're interested in. In some cases, being versatile will help you a great deal, just so that you get the experience and then jump across to your real passion later. And in most cases, you'll need to be persistent and apply to many different places to get your foot in the door. For starters, some places to apply to include: Existing fashion houses and designers - look for internships, entry-level paid positions, assistants to designers, etc. Costume positions with movie studios, theaters, costume stores, etc. Online advertisements through various online job agencies Word of mouthuse your college or fashion industry contacts to get you through the door. In an industry that values what people who already are well positioned have to say, this is a good way to get started. You may be exceptionally creative but be absolutely certain that if you run your own fashion label, you need to be business savvy. You do need to understand those numbers and the invoices that keep piling up on your table. If you really hate this stuff, there are good options, such as asking your accountant to take care of all things financial but it still pays to keep on top of the whole thing yourself. And if you really, really hate this side of it, look for work as a fashion designer with a fashion house instead of running your own label. What type of trader will you be? There are many possibilities, including sole trader, partnership, incorporated company, etc. Each has distinct advantages and disadvantages that you should discuss with your legal and financial advisers before proceeding. Be sure that you are covered for liability in all circumstances, especially if you're in a particularly litigious culture. You may need to be willing to move to match your market but that depends on how you work and sell. Being realistic means recognizing that it's pointless trying to sell a lot of haute couture to people who only want career clothing in a semi-rural town while it's no good trying to sell bikini to the Inuit. You'll need to focus on where your market is most likely to be and either work out whether it's best for you to live and work in that same area or how to get the distribution from your current area to the place where it's most likely to sell. Take into consideration the influences around you. As a creative person, part of your creative process is being around like people and sparking off their ideas and suggestions too. It's a lot harder to do this alone or working alongside people who aren't into your fashion approaches. Remember too that seasonality impacts fashion designing and may have an impact on the type of clothing you're producing and where you wish to sell it. Consider the power of online selling. Provided you use good quality three dimensional images that can be zoomed and turned, selling your fashion online to anywhere in the world is another realistic possibility nowadays. This allows you greater flexibility in where you'll live and design and can reduce the daily commute to zero. This may be ideal if you plan on staying a small fashion label. Even then however, you should still make allowances for traveling to major fashion shows. Living in a city with a thriving fashion industry makes good sense for many designers. According to the Global Language Monitor (GLM), the following cities were the top fashion capitals of the world in 2012, in descending order: London, England New York, US Barcelona, Spain Paris, France Mexico City Madrid, Spain Rome, Italy Sao Palo, Brazil Milan, Italy Los Angeles, US Berlin, Germany. Mumbai, India