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Teaching is an art and a craft, talent and practice; it is not something that just anyone can be good at.

When a group of craftsmen expands to include more members, a small craft organization is formed.

This boosts the local economy considerably because tourists not only buy crafts, but they also use the restaurants and hotels and other services of the area.

They often involve consumers in trying the craft themselves.

Such an organization does a lot in training workshops in special media, crafts marketing techniques, crafts fairs and sales, festivals, TV appearances and demonstrations.

State arts councils help sponsor local arts and crafts festivals which draw crowds of tourist consumers.

Isn't this the same crowd that rails against processed junk and champions craft cooking? And isn't this the generation who say they're concerned about their health and the well-being of the planet? If these are truly the values of many young people, then their behavior doesn't match their beliefs.

It has excellent organic farms, beautifully crafted cheeses, high-quality meats.

A 2009 University of British Columbia study of women with an eating disorder who were taught to knit found that learning the craft led to significant improvements.

A woman encouraged to try knitting and crocheting after developing an autoimmune disease that caused a lot of hand pain reported on the Craft Yam Council site that her hands are now less stiff and painful.

But unlike meditation, craft activities result in tangible and often useful products that can enhance self-esteem.

Isn't this the same crowd that rails against processed junk and champions craft cooking?

It takes many hours to craft a single sign.

Schools and prisons with craft programs report that they have a calming effect and enhance social skills.

Teaching is an art and a craft, talent and practice; It is not something that just anyone can be good at.

The Craft Yarn Council reports that a third of women ages 25-35 now knit or crochet.

The researchers speculate that craft activities promote the development of nerve pathways in the brain that help to maintain cognitive health.

It has just built a craft for commercial flights.

In July, a sister craft of the crashed spaceplane was reported to be about half-finished.

But social scientists are most concerned about crafting messages that exploit our group mentality .

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable After being dogged by technical delays for years, Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a SpaceShipTwo craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015.

Thus talking came first;writing is just a craft that came along later.

It is crafted with specific skills.

However,while talking is largely subconscious and rapid, writing is deliberate and slow, Over time,writers took advantage of this and started crafting long-winded sentences such as this one:The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours, till the gradual retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and……" No one talks like that casually — or should

Traditional vocational training in public high schools is gradually declining, stranding thousands of young people who seek training for a craft without going to college.

Manufacturing's shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship, if only because many of the nation's assembly line workers were skilled in craft work, if not on the job then in their spare time

Craft work has higher status in nations like Germany, which invests in apprenticeship (學徒) programs for high school students.

Corporations in Germany realized that there was an interest to be served economically and patriotically in building up a skilled labor force at home; we never had that ethos (風氣)," says Richard Sennett, a New York University sociologist who has written about the connection of craft and culture

Compared with that in America, the status of craft work in Germany is higher.

After being dogged by technical delays for years, sir Richard Branson, virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a Spaceship Two craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015.

In 2009 an old Russian craft slammed into a communications satellite, creating a cloud of hundreds of pieces of debris and putting other hardware at risk.

The dream of personalised flight is still vivid in the minds of many inventors, some developing cycle-powered craft, others pouring money into jetpacks(噴氣飛行背包).

We were respectful of craft and focused on digging into the characters we were going to play.

While few crafts men or farmers, let alone dependents and servants, left literary compositions to be analyzed, it is obvious that their views less fully intellectualized.

But as Cline is the first to note, it took Beaumont decades to perfect her craft; her example can’t be knocked off.

To encourage innovation and competition, the report calls for increased investment in research, the crafting of coherent curricula that improve students’ ability to solve problems and communicate effectively in the 21st century, increased funding for teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bring their learning to bear on the great challenges of the day.

These travelers to North America came in small, unmercifully overcrowded craft.

Dickens crafted complex plots and striking characters that capture the panorama of English society.

Another approach to getting more done in less time is to rethink how you prioritize your day—in particular how we craft our to-do lists.

But as Cline is the first to note, it took Beaumont decades to perfect her craft; her example can't be knocked off.