Article: Begin gliding the tip of the pen across the page and within the lines by pulling your arm to the side. Most people tend to write with the muscles in their hand controlling movement for each letter. Aside from a more consistent pressure being applied, you will avoid fatigue in the fingers if you use the large muscles of the arm to control your strokes. Focus specifically on using the shoulder muscle to glide the pen across the page. Practice by writing pretend letters in the air. The wrist should remain fairly stationary. Unlike ballpoint pens which often require pressure, writing with a fountain pens do not require the same amount of pressure. In fact, if working properly, a fountain pen should require virtually zero pressure. Pushing down too firmly with a fountain pen can actually damage the nib and affect the flow of ink. This should be common-sense once holding the fountain pen. Some people, however, develop a habit of rotating writing devices to find an ideal spot or sharpened edge that will not work with fountain pens. Rotation with a fountain pen will change the proper page alignment, and result in potential scratching. Using your arm muscles to write in a new way will cause some fatigue and inconsistency, so it's smart to start with the basics. Write slashes, circles, spirals, and the letter X. Write them for several lines or pages to get used to the feel of using a fountain pen. You're looking for flowing, evenly-spaced, uniform letters. It may be beneficial to practice by using multiple lines in your first attempts, gradually shrinking the letters into the traditional single-spaced lines. Once you've practiced simple strokes, writing complete sentences could provide a different dilemma. If the nib feels like it's scratchy, you need to try a different angle, ensure that the nib isn't rocking as you write, or reevaluate that you're using the proper muscles. Adjusting these techniques will allow the ink to flow freely and reduce the scratching on the paper.
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Avoid using your hand muscles. Minimize pressure. Do not rotate the pen. Practice with singular strokes of the pen. Write a sentence.
Article: Some people find it easier to do this with wet hair. Other people find it easier with dry hair. If you are going with freshly-washed dry hair, however, you might want to apply some texturizing spray or mousse to it to make it easier to work with. It does not matter which side of the part you will start from. This style will end up looking like a braided crown around you head, similar to a milkmaid braid style. Twist both sections towards your face, like starting a rope. Next, cross one section over the other towards the back of your head. Gather some hair from your hairline. Add it to the bottom sectionthe one that is closer to your face. Twist the front section towards your face. Cross it over the back one. What used to be the back section should now be in front. Keep gathering hair from your hairline and adding it to the front section before twisting and crossing it over. Only add hair to the front section, not the back one. When you reach the nape of your neck, stop. Gather all of your hair into a ponytail, then split it into two sections. Twist each section towards the right to form two ropes. Next, twist the sections together towards the left to form one rope. Tie the rope off with a clear elastic. Pull the braid across the back of your head, up the side, and back towards where you started. Secure it to the start of the braid with bobby pins. You don't have to do this, but it will help give you a more boho-chic touch. Set your style with a light misting of hairspray, if needed.
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Brush your hair to remove any tangles. Gather two sections from your hairline, right next to the part. Twist and cross the two sections. Add some hair to the section that's closer to your face. Twist and cross the two sections again. Repeat the process until you reach the back of you head. Finish off with a rope braid. Wrap the rope around your head and pin it in place. Muss up your hair, if desired.
Article: It's the red "O" icon, and you'll usually find it in the app drawer. It's the Opera logo at the bottom-right corner of the browser. This opens a menu. If you're using a larger screen, you may have to tap (the "hamburger" menu) at the top-left corner instead. It's at the bottom of the menu. The switch will turn blue, which means you can now browse privately through a VPN when using a private window. If you want VPN to work for all windows, continue with this method. To open a private browser window to use with VPN, return to the main Opera screen, tap the square with the number of tabs inside, tap the three-dot menu, and then tap New private tab. Opera will only use your VPN in private browsing mode by default. If you want to change when VPN is used, here's what you'll do: Tap VPN to the left of the slider. Remove the checkmark from "Use VPN for private tabs only" if you'd like VPN to be on all the time. Opera disables VPN by default when you visit search engines like Google and Bing. This is because VPNs make your web traffic seem like it's coming from another location (often another country), which skews your results. If you want to stay on the VPN while searching, slide the "Bypass VPN for search" switch to the Off (gray) position.
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Open Opera on your Android. Tap the red "O" icon. Tap Settings on the menu. Slide the "VPN" switch to the On position. Adjust your VPN settings.