Description: Gallery wrap means the canvas wraps around the support. This allows the artist to paint around the edges of the painting. This painting will not require a frame for hanging.
This little painting was a fun one to do. At six inches by six inches it took me no time at all to complete. Sometimes I like doing small paintings like this one as they allow me to work on several art pieces in the same painting session. Often times you will find me working on a large size canvas and also have one of the small paintings going at the same time.
Description: Oil painting of a sunflower as seen from the backside of the blossom. Gallery wrap means this painting will not require a frame as the composition extends around the edges of the canvas surface.
Artist Comments: I love all flowers, however, one of my favorite kind is the sunflower. I love the bright sunshine yellow petals and huge blossoms that resemble the sun. Most paintings of sunflowers are from the front of the blossom, however, the back side of some flowers can be just as interesting.
The sunflower is a plant that is native to North America. Later it was introduced to Mexico and Peru. They can grow up to 6 feet tall and prefer dry, sunny places where their roots can dig deep into the soil.
When the plant is in the bud stage, it will face the sun following its movement across the sky from horizon to horizon. This movement allows it to get the maximum amount of the sun's rays. Once the flower is fully opened into the radiance of yellow petals, it faces east only. It is not known why it does this. One theory is it is possibly a defensive response to prevent the sun from scalding the seed pod during hot summer days.
The sunflower is often equated as a symbol of spiritual faith, worship, adoration, loyalty and longevity. Perhaps because it is always seeking the "Light".
Getting started as a floral artist is easier than you know. All it takes is the desire to paint. The first thing you will need to do is enroll in some art classes that teach painting. It can be either oil or watercolor. It might take a little bit of searching to find a class but it will be worth it. Taking a painting class offers many benefits.
The first being instruction in the "how to" of flower painting. You will have the advantage of being tutored by an experienced artist or multiple artists who can help you as your painting of flowers develops. The instructor can help you select the objects of your flower still life, arrange the set up and also develop the composition that is most pleasing. As you are working on your masterpiece, an instructor can offer suggestions on how to handle problem areas in the painting and also help you figure out how to paint other areas in it.
Another advantage of taking an art class are the students. They can offer camaraderie, give ideas, and also give feed back. Every artist needs this feed back as it gives them an idea of where they are in their skill level. Knowing this bit of information is important when you are ready to sell your paintings.
To get your flower oil painting started you will first need to set up your flower arrangement in a still life setting. This entails first selecting the flowers you wish to put into your painting. If you take a walk through your yard, neighborhood or local park, you will likely find a lot of flowers, providing it is the time of year when flowers are in bloom. Be sure to take your camera with you and snap a photograph of them to use as resource material.
You could also purchase some flowers at your local supermarket or flower shop. The only problem with these is they will probably wilt and even die before your painting is finished. Therefore I suggest you photograph your arrangement once your floral still life is the way you like it. That way when your flowers fade you still have the photograph to use as reference material to finish your painting.
For more information on using reference photos of flowers see articles titled "Using Photographs As Reference Material to Paint Flower Oil Paintings" and "Flower Oil Paintings From Reference Photos".
As part of your setting you may want to consider putting your flowers in a beautiful vase, add drapery and some other elements that hold special meaning for you. All of these added elements will complement your flower arrangement and make your painting one that you will enjoy for years.
If you looking for unique and unusual items to include in your flower still life paintings, then there are a number of places you can rummage through to find props for your art. The first most obvious place is to look around your own home. Check your attic, basement, garage, and closets too. Anywhere you might store items you want to keep but don't necessarily want to put on display for one reason or the other. Family heirlooms are usually hidden away in these places. These items make can great props for your paintings as they will bring back fond memories for family members who view your painting.
Another place to look is local antique shops, garage sales and flea markets. You can find great props to include your flower still life paintings. Then once you are done using the prop you can display it in your home as part of the décor if you like.
If as a floral artist, you're waiting around to "get discovered", you just might be waiting for a long, long time. Getting discovered doesn't happen at the drop of a hat. Few artists are fortunate enough to be "found" and thus acquire fame. Most artists have to work to make that happen. Here are a few ways to get your art in front of the public.
Display your art in local businesses and establishments.
Enter your works of art in local and county art shows.
Get a local gallery to show your art and have a private showing of your work.
Have your own private showing and invite the public to come.
For more information on how to sell your artwork, see article titled "Ways to Market Your Art".
Still life flower arrangement with a vase and other elements. This type of still life is great for formal dining area, living room, or bedroom. Just about any room where a formal atmosphere is desired.
Natural landscape setting where flowers naturally grow in a garden or open field. Flowers make beautiful landscape paintings.
Extreme close-up of the blossom in an expanded point of view. This type of composition gives the impression of the flower being looked at under a microscope.
The most popular flowers used in compositions of floral wall art are roses, orchids, lilies and wildflowers.
Roses are painted more than any other flower because they can be symbolic of love and romance. There are also many varieties of colors that make them an easy fit for any color scheme.
Orchids are another favorite subject for artists to paint. They are so mysterious because no one knows just how many varieties of orchids actually exist. Orchids also have a such a large following that it was only natural that oil painters would choose them to be the subject of their many paintings.
Another popular flower is the lily because of it has such a big beautiful bloom that comes in a variety of colors.
Wildflowers are favored for their brilliance in the wilderness. There are many colors and shapes. Two favorite types of wildflower popular among Texas artists are the Texas Bluebonnet and Indian Paint Brush. Contrasting colors of wildflowers in the same setting makes for great art.
Other popular flowers in art include daisies, tulips and magnolias.
Flowers bring joy, beauty and symbolism to our environment, as such it is no mystery that flower paintings continue to be a popular décor for homes and businesses.
Be sure to visit this collection of flower oil paintings for sale.
Since the dawn of time flowers have been admired by man for their beauty. The incredible attractiveness of flowers has also given them an added importance as decorative objects for residences and places of business. Through the centuries flowers have been used as the elements of floral canvas art as well. The first flower painting appeared on the walls of Egyptian tombs. The flower often depicted in these early paintings was the lotus blossom. The blossom can also be found in other art forms such as jewelry and architecture. Fresco paintings of flower gardens have been discovered in the remains of the buried Roman city of Pompeii. During the Gothic era, flowers were depicted in paintings as symbols of the personality or importance of particular people. Roses symbolized love, lilies depicted purity, the tulip represented nobility, sunflowers portrayed devotion. By the time of the Renaissance, flowers were used to amplify mythological subjects. In Dutch floral paintings flowers were also used to depicted the stages of human life.
Modern artists have been using the significance of flowers in their floral canvas art for centuries. They have been cherished for more than just their beauty. The meaning of flowers has been used as an artistic expression of one's emotions, whether it is a symbol of love, jealousy or romance. The meaning of a red rose is love. Is there any wonder why red roses are a favorite Valentine's Day flower? A red carnation also conveys passion and at the same time a striped carnation is a sign of refusal. The lily depicts purity, tulips represent nobility, and sunflowers portray devotion. Flowers have inspired artists through the ages and have used their meaning to create breath taking beauty in their floral art compositions. Some famous paintings include Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" and Georgia O'Keefe's "Red Poppy". Flower paintings make perfect house warming gifts because just about everyone loves them. They are very versatile and make great additions to the décor in any room of your home or even in the waiting room of an office. They make great conversation pieces and provide a welcoming atmosphere for family, visitors or customers and clients.
Flowers have long been a favorite subject for many oil painting artists. The many colors, forms and shapes of flowers offer an endless diverseness within the compositions of the old masters. This is why flowers are loved as a subject matter by artists. The world over artists have immortalized the beauty of flowers in their art. Some famous floral art includes Monet's "Water Lillies" and Vincent Van Gogh's "Sunflowers". Monet was a French Impressionist of oil paintings. His paintings reflect the influence of light. His flower paintings are bright, colorful and distinctive and are among the most popular floral art for all time. Dutch post-Impressionist artist, Vincent van Gogh created some remarkable works of art. Among them are his famous still life paintings of sunflowers. These seem to have some special meaning for van Gogh because he painted eleven canvases with sunflowers. Other flowers van Gogh painted were irises, lilacs, roses and oleanders.
Canvas oil paintings have been a popular form of home décor for centuries. A favorite subject of paintings is flowers. People from all walks of life love flowers and appreciate adding their beauty to the décor of their homes. The most popular flowers often painted by artists as seen in many oil paintings include roses, hibiscus, sunflowers, orchids, poppies, lilies and wildflowers. A favorite setting for flowers is still life, where flowers are beautifully arranged in a vase of some sort. Many painting enthusiasts also love seeing flowers in their natural environment as seen in landscape paintings.
If you have a desire to decorate the walls of your home with art, may I suggest flower paintings? They offer a wonderful solution to home decorating. However, before rushing out to buy just anything, you should keep a few things mind while you are shopping.
Your flower oil painting should complement the colors of your home and especially the room you plan to display it in. Flower paintings have a way of injecting some bold color into an empty space.
You will also need to consider the space you want the painting to go in. Take measurements with of the walls where the paintings are to be hung and take these with you. The wrong size painting in your space won't look right at all.
Another consideration that you will need to keep in mind is lighting. It does no good displaying a beautiful piece of canvas art that won't get noticed or admired. Proper lighting gives focus and attention to the painting being displayed.
Flower paintings can also be great conversation starters whenever visitors drop in. They can either make statements about you and your tastes or can just be objects of beauty to appreciate.
Lastly, paintings will appreciate in value as years go by but only if the artist becomes known. Make sure you buy a painting because you love it. Paintings will bring you years of enjoyment, make it one you can't live without.
Flower paintings will also add a bit of romance to your home. If you are interested in creating a romantic atmosphere in any room of your home, consider the addition of some flower oil paintings for your walls. Floral canvas art is very versatile and works well in most rooms of your home. Paintings of roses, calla lilies, magnolias and grasses with contemporary appeal, or summer blossoms of zinnia, irises and daisies are just a few options that can become part of a romantic floral theme. Do a little research online for some floral artwork and you will quickly find some paintings that will suit what you need to turn a boring room into one with plenty of elegance. Bedrooms with floral canvas art on the wall helps to create the perfect romantic atmosphere. But that's not the only place a flower painting helps spruce a boring room. Most people love flowers to a degree and flower art in your living room helps them to feel welcome in your home. Floral art works well in your dining room too. Oil paintings of flowers displayed in your dinning room add sophistication to the décor and helps to make the dinning experience a memorable one.
Many art connoisseurs love oil paintings of flowers because they make lovely and elegant additions to adorn the walls of their homes with. Floral paintings brighten up any room with their color and bring the great outdoors inside. It's like having a flower garden right there inside your home to enjoy. Their buds and blossoms possess such beautiful for the eye to behold. Flowers are one of Gods great creations for man to enjoy and great way to do that is with flower wall art.
There is such a wide variety of flowers an artist can use to make wonderful paintings for your walls. Flowers such as roses, tulips, daisies, hibiscus, and magnolias, are all favorite types of flowers that are often used to make lovely paintings for the home and your family to enjoy. Floral canvas art can turn an otherwise drab, bare wall space into one that is filled with color and elegance. Flower art also takes a causal atmosphere in a room and makes it just a little more formal. As such many love to decorate their living rooms, dining rooms, studies, and bedrooms with floral art. Some even love having these paintings of flowers in their family rooms as well.
Now that it has been established why flower paintings make such great additions to your home's interior décor let's talk about where you can find great works of art picturing flowers.
If you have ever gone to an art opening at a local gallery or art show, you have probably seen some amazing flower oil paintings. Maybe you even wondered where you can purchase such paintings for your very own to hang on those empty walls in your home or office. There are many places where you can acquire some floral art for your home. One place is to visit the art studio of a local artist. Floral art is very personal for the artist and no two flower paintings are alike. Where can you find flower wall art that is custom made just for you at an affordable price that will fit your budget? A good place to purchase such a painting is to buy directly from the artist. If you are lucky enough to find a new artist trying to find his/her place in the arena of fine art, you will find one who is eager to please and will do a good job for you. Not to mention the price will be more to your liking and easy on the wallet.
Another place to look for some floral canvas art is on the internet. There you can visit several art websites where artists showcase their works of art. You will be able to view several collections and compare different styles and paintings. While there you'll be able to look through the paintings featured on each website and pick out something you like that is just right for your home. Best of all you won't even have to leave your home to do this. By doing a simple search on "Google" using the keyword "flower oil painting" you will find any number websites of floral art that will suit both your taste and home decorating needs.
Flowers make great subjects for oil paintings and some wonderful paintings of flowers can be created from photographs. Why would an artist even want to use reference photos to paint flowers from? You'd be surprised.
One of the best reasons to paint flowers from photographs is artists can do it at their leisure. With reference photos, there simply is no reason to hurry. Photographs make it easy for an artist to paint flowers because the picture will "preserve" the beauty of such a fragile, quickly fading creation of God. Flowers don't last forever and will usually die after only a few days. When this happens, artists then have go out and find another bouquet of the same kinds of flowers to recreate their arrangement with just so they can finish their paintings. By taking a picture of the arrangement when they have it arranged just like they want it, the artist can use it as reference material so their paintings can be finished without additional bother and at a time when it is convenient for the artist.
Either one or more photos can be used to create a floral painting from. It is much better to create your arrangement using real flowers picked from your garden or purchased from a retail outlet and then photograph the arrangement. This will make a good source of reference material from which to create your painting from. Without this photograph once your flowers have faded away you loose your subject for the painting. Below are some tips for using resource photos to paint flower oil paintings.
If you are an artist and desire to create flower oil paintings here are some great tips for you.
Tip #1: Using photos as reference material to paint from is a great way to create floral wall art to display in your home or office. The flowers captured in your photos will never fade or die like fresh ones will. They can also be reused for future paintings.
Tip #2: Try to gather or take multiple photographic pictures to work from. Each photograph should be from a different angle as this will make it easier to paint flowers in your arrangement pointing in several directions. Having your flowers facing several different directions creates more interest in your composition.
Tip #3: Take a walk or visit a park where a flower garden is and observe flowers in their natural habitat. There is such a variety of flowers in nature. Notice how they grow up from the soil at different heights, blossom out at various stages from bud to full blossom and facing in all directions, ect. These observations will be a helpful aid as you paint a more realistic floral arrangement back at the studio.
Tip #4: Before putting paintbrush to canvas, it would a good idea to sketch out your flower arrangement using your photographs as reference. This preliminary drawing will serve as a guide for you when you transfer your drawing to canvas.
Tip #5: Refer to your photographs often to compare flower shapes and colors. Try to match as closely as you can to the flowers depicted in your photographs. This will make for a more successful painting.
Once your painting is complete you will be able to sit back and enjoy the beauty of nature and at the same time be proud of your accomplishment. Friends and family will be proud of you too.
Georgia O'Keeffe was a modern day fine artist of flower oil paintings born in Wisconsin in 1887. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago in 1905-1906 and at the Art Students League, New York (1907–1908). During her art career she became one of Americans distinguished female artists. O'Keeffe revolutionized modern art with her paintings of nature and is generally recognized as the "Mother of American modernism".
Her favorite subject matter to paint on canvas was the flower and she seemed to like the calla lily, poppy, canna, iris, petunia and jimson weed the most when it came to flowers. O'Keeffe frequently painted flora in large-format paintings with enlarged close up views of flower blossoms. This close up perspective gave the viewer a sense of looking at the blossom under magnification. Georgia O'Keeffe chose this approach because she believed no one really looks at flowers. Her large-format paintings would require the viewer to take a real look at flowers.
During her lifetime, Georgia O'Keeffee painted many flower paintings. Some of her more well-known floral masterpieces include "Black Iris", "Blue Morning Glories", "Jimson Weed", "Oriental Poppies" and "Red Canna".
O'Keeffe' famous irises were an important preoccupation for many years; she favored the black iris, which she could only find at certain New York florists for about two weeks each spring. The enlargements and abstractions derived from the flower have often been explained in gynecological terms, almost clinical in their precision. However, O'Keeffe rejected the notion of her flowers as sexual metaphors – this is something she feels is created by the viewer who applies his own associations to the works, not hers.
This oil painting features a close-up of blue morning glory flowers and is one of the most popular paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe. The colors are beautifully utilized, making the painting look very vivid and sharp. This painting is an example of the Precisionism style, for which O'Keeffe was quite popular for. The enlarged size of the flower depicted is eye catching and the colors are used are even more enchanting.
This oil painting depicts a large blossom of jimson weed, or datura and is part of a series of paintings O'Keeffe did of this plant. She was immensely fond of jimson weed and ignoring its toxicity, she allowed it to flourish around her patio. She paid tribute to the bloom in this painting, originally entitled Miracle Flower.
This painting depicts two giant poppy flowers. The original painting measures 30″ x 40″ and is an explosion of brilliant colors on a vast canvas, creating a mesmerizing effect. Dazzling reds and oranges were used as the main color of the petals with deep purple for center and the inner contours of the flowers. There is no background to this painting which artfully draws focus onto the flowers.
This painting depicts a red canna flower. O'Keeffee composed it using abstract patterns derived from nature and depicted by means of restrained brushwork. The vivid and bright colors that were so beautifully chosen evoke an energetic and natural vitality, all the while, complementing each other in a unique way. One of the main features that make this painting really wonderful is the intense red and orange hues that subtly change into pearly whites.
The flower paintings by Georgia O'Keeffee are a favorite of Teresa Bernard. If you enjoyed these floral paintings, you will want to check out more fine art paintings in this genre of art. See Flower Oil Paintings by Teresa Bernard.


Gaining followers and getting engagement on your posts is crucial if you plan to make progress for animals. Understanding who your audience is, who you want them to be, and how to appeal to and grow that audience is essential.
Much of this multi-part mini series focusing on increasing followers and engagement is tailored to those who want to influence the outside world. If you're reading this and thinking to yourself "I don't really care how many followers I have," however, that's cool too. You may want to only influence your family and friends IRL. While some of what I say here may not apply to you, implementing elements of these tactics in your own personal social media game will still undoubtedly help you connect with and influence your audience, no matter who they are.
First, discover where your skills can best overlap with your interests. Since this series is focused on animal advocacy through social media, consider some of the different avenues you can explore. Your skills may be in public speaking, writing, photography, storytelling, cooking, directing films, graphic design, or creating art. Some interests of yours may be nutrition, farm animal advocacy, creating pretty smoothie bowls, cruelty-free fashion, rescuing stray animals, making funny vegan memes, etc. Discovering where one or more of your skills can overlap with one or more of your interests is the art of finding your niche.
hashtags. On the explore tab, go to "Tags" to search for hashtags that are relevant within your niche. The "Recent" section displays the most-recently posted content, providing the opportunity to see the most up-to-date posts in this nook. The "Top" section allows you to most easily discover the top accounts that post content you're interested in. You'll also find some of your potential competitors and partners here. Study what they do and learn from them. Learn what is working for them and what isn't. There's no need to constantly reinvent the wheel.
When you begin posting within your niche, you'll start to learn what kinds of content your audience is most likely to engage in and you'll want to focus many of your efforts on that. For example, if your skill is photography and your interest is creating pretty smoothie bowls, you'll want to pay attention to which posts do best. Photos of just the smoothie bowl in your hands or maybe a shot of you with the smoothie bowl in the foreground? Or how about whether the brightness of colors of the bowl matter as much as the variety of the fruit you sprinkle on top? Every variable matters, so you'll want to tailor your social content strategy to reflect what performs best with your audience.


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using NUnit.Framework;
using System;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using JohnMoore.AmpacheNet.DataAccess;
using JohnMoore.AmpacheNet.Entities;
using NSubstitute;

namespace JohnMoore.AmpacheNet.DataAccess.Tests
{
	[TestFixture()]
	public class AuthenticateFixture : IWebRequestCreate
	{
		private WebRequest _mockRequest;
		private string _uri;

		[SetUp]
		public void TestSetup()
		{
			_mockRequest = null;
			WebRequest.RegisterPrefix("authenticate", this);
			_uri = null;
		}

		[Test()]
		[ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentException))]
		public void AuthenticateNoUserNameTest ()
		{
			var test = new Authenticate("test", null, "test");
			Assert.Fail();
		}

		[Test()]
		[ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentException))]
		public void AuthenticateNoServerNameTest ()
		{
			var test = new Authenticate(null, "test", "test");
			Assert.Fail();
		}

		[Test()]
		[ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentException))]
		public void AuthenticateNoPasswordTest ()
		{
			var test = new Authenticate("test", "test", null);
			Assert.Fail();
		}

		[Test()]
		public void AuthenticateSuccessTest ()
		{
			var xml = new XElement("root",
			              new XElement("auth", "token"),
			              new XElement("version", 1),
			              new XElement("update", "1900-01-01"),
			              new XElement("add", "1900-01-02"),
			              new XElement("clean", "1900-01-03"),
			              new XElement("songs", "1234"),
			              new XElement("albums", "123"),
			              new XElement("artists", "12"),
			              new XElement("tags", "10"),
			              new XElement("videos", "1"));
			var stream = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
			xml.Save(stream);
			stream.Position = 0;
			var mockResponse = Substitute.For<WebResponse>();
			mockResponse.GetResponseStream().Returns(stream);
			_mockRequest = Substitute.For<WebRequest>();
			_mockRequest.GetResponse().Returns(mockResponse);
			var password = "password";
			var user = "test";
			var server = "authenticate://test";

			byte[] passBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password);
            var hasher = new SHA256Managed();
            var tmpBytes = hasher.ComputeHash(passBytes);
			var now = DateTime.Now.UnixEpoch();
			var hashword = HexString(tmpBytes);
			tmpBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(now + hashword);
            tmpBytes = hasher.ComputeHash(tmpBytes);
			var passphrase = HexString(tmpBytes);

			var res = new Authenticate(server, user, password);
			Assert.That(_uri, Is.Not.Null);
			Assert.That(_uri, Is.EqualTo(string.Format("{0}/server/xml.server.php?action=handshake&auth={1}&timestamp={2}&version=350001&user={3}", server, passphrase, now, user)));
			Assert.That(res.AlbumCount, Is.EqualTo(123));
			Assert.That(res.SongCount, Is.EqualTo(1234));
			Assert.That(res.ArtistCount, Is.EqualTo(12));
			Assert.That(res.User, Is.EqualTo(user));
			Assert.That(res.Server, Is.EqualTo(server));
			Assert.That(res.Passphrase, Is.EqualTo("token")); // from auth xml node above

		}

		[Test()]
		public void AuthenticatePingTest ()
		{
			var xml = new XElement("root",
			              new XElement("auth", "token"),
			              new XElement("version", 1),
			              new XElement("update", "1900-01-01"),
			              new XElement("add", "1900-01-02"),
			              new XElement("clean", "1900-01-03"),
			              new XElement("songs", "1234"),
			              new XElement("albums", "123"),
			              new XElement("artists", "12"),
			              new XElement("tags", "10"),
			              new XElement("videos", "1"));
			var stream = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
			xml.Save(stream);
			stream.Position = 0;
			var mockResponse = Substitute.For<WebResponse>();
			mockResponse.GetResponseStream().Returns(stream);
			_mockRequest = Substitute.For<WebRequest>();
			_mockRequest.GetResponse().Returns(mockResponse);
			var password = "password";
			var user = "test";
			var server = "authenticate://test";

			var res = new Authenticate(server, user, password);
			_uri = null;
			res.Ping();
			Assert.That(_uri, Is.Not.Null);
			Assert.That(_uri, Is.EqualTo(string.Format("{0}/server/xml.server.php?action=ping&auth={1}", server, "token")));
		}

        private string HexString(byte[] bytes)
        {
            StringBuilder hex = new StringBuilder(bytes.Length * 2);
            foreach (byte b in bytes) {
                hex.AppendFormat("{0:x2}", b);
            }
            return hex.ToString();
        }

		#region IWebRequestCreate implementation
		public System.Net.WebRequest Create (System.Uri uri)
		{
			_uri = uri.AbsoluteUri;
			return _mockRequest;
		}
		#endregion
	}
}

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Kouriya (en macédonien Курија) est un village du sud de la Macédoine du Nord, situé dans la municipalité de Negotino. Le village comptait 214 habitants en 2002.

Démographie
Lors du recensement de 2002, le village comptait :
 Macédoniens : 210
 Serbes : 3
 Valaques : 1

Voir aussi

Liens internes
 Negotino

Liens externes
  Site officiel de la municipalité de Negotino

Références

Village dans la commune de Negotino

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Cecily Brown The Great Women Artists
In episode 45 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the greatest painters to ever live, the inimitable CECILY BROWN!!!!!
[This episode is brought to you by Alighieri jewellery: www.alighieri.co.uk | use the code TGWA at checkout for 10% off!]
I am SO EXCITED to release this episode which chronicles the UK-born, US-based Brown's incredible painterly career from the 1990s–present day!
With her work steeped in art history, referencing the likes of Rubens, to Goya to Bacon and de Kooning, Cecily Brown is known for her all-encompassing, small-to-colossal scale paintings that portray the medium in a continual state of flux, constantly blurring the lines between abstraction and figuration, truth and fiction, liquid and solid.
Always ALIVE with erotic energy, witnessing a Cecily Brown in the flesh is like seeing four-hundred years worth of painting unfold before your eyes. Every corner and inch of the canvas is activated, frenzied and fractured so intensely that you can't help but project ideas around desire, life, and death, with the painting's momentous fleshy and battle-like strokes and tones.
Born in the UK in the late 1960s, Cecily Brown was granted a garage to paint by the esteemed British painter (and former GWA Podcast guest) Maggi Hambling, before going on to study at London's Slade School of Fine Art. And in 1994, after a stint in America two years before, she relocated to New York City, where she has lived ever since, continuing the legacy of the renowned New York School artists.
The subject of solo exhibitions at major institutions around the world, including the MFA Boston, Hirshhorn in Washington, Modern Art Oxford, and my favourite Louisiana Museum in Denmark, as well as countless shows at galleries including Thomas Dane and Paula Cooper, where I have been lucky enough to witness her work, Cecily is considered one of the most influential painters alive right now.
And NOW she has recently opened a staggeringly brilliant exhibition at Blenheim Palace here in England, where she has conceived an entirely new body of work that responds to the Palace's history, through hunting and battle scenes, as well as a brilliant commentary on the state of Britain right now and the romanticised but complex nature of British society.
FURTHER LINKS!
https://www.blenheimpalace.com/whats-on/events/cecily-brown-art-exhibition/
All the Nightmares Came Today, 2012: https://www.artspace.com/cecily_brown/all-the-nightmares-came-today
Current exhibition at Paula Cooper Gallery: https://www.paulacoopergallery.com/exhibitions/cecily-brown-2020-10-15/selected-works
Louisiana show: https://louisiana.master.re-cph.dk/en/exhibition/cecily-brown
https://channel.louisiana.dk/video/cecily-brown-totally-unaware
Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel
Sound editing by Amber Miller (@amber_m.iller)
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Totally Illogical by Zelda12343
TV » StarTrek: The Original Series Rated: K+, English, Family & Humor, Spock, Words: 1k+, Favs: 8, Follows: 7, Published: 5/27/2012
Author's note: I promised a preview to my High School AU fic A Small Town Called Enterprise, and here it is! This is a oneshot set the summer before the story begins, only using TOS characters (as ASTCE will use characters from TNG and VOY as well). Feedback is crucial, so I beg anyone reading this to review.
There was no living being in all of creation who was illogical as any one of Spock's brothers.
At least, that's what Spock thought one evening as he watched them run around the house in various states of silliness. During the summer, they often engaged in such illogical behavior as this, when their other commitments were minimal, even for Leonard. Spock found it most disruptive, as he could not concentrate on the book he was reading.
This running around the house like maniacs could have been attributed to bonding time…if they were not brothers who had all there life to bond. Besides, there were many more logical methods to bond with one's family, in Spock's opinion. He would even settle for something as illogical as Twister. At least it had a few rules.
Spock supposed this behavior could also be attributed to a lack of maturity. However, that would only really excuse the younger three. Pavel, Kevin and Hikaru WERE only seven, eleven, and fourteen respectively. Spock would understand that those younger than he would act in that manner (though really, a fourteen-year-old should not have been acting like that either). It was the older three who worried him. James, Montgomery, and Leonard were all older than Spock (even if James was only two minutes older), and Leonard and Montgomery were in their twenties. Spock found it highly disquieting that they should be acting the way they were.
And how they were acting! James was giving a laughing Pavel a piggyback ride in circles around the ground floor, and singing the William Tell overture to boot. The normally silent seven-year-old was shrieking with laughter, especially when James bellowed "High-oh, Silver, AWAY!" Although Spock found this most illogical, he was nonetheless satisfied with the fact that James was at least singing on key and had an agreeable-sounding voice. There were only so many bad things one could say about their twin.
Leonard and Montgomery, meanwhile, were sword fighting in the living room, Leonard with a broom and Montgomery with a mop. Where they had found these things was quite unclear, and why two grown men would be doing such sport was also quite unclear to Spock.
"Arr!" Montgomery bellowed. "Nobody insults our town in my presence!" Spock could tell that he was using his fake Scottish accent again, which the stoic child found most illogical. Why on earth would an American boy want to use a Scottish accent, especially for something as trivial as a pretend sword fight with his older brother?
"Enterprise is a garbage dump!" Leonard shouted back, attempting to goad his brother into another attack. Whether this was fake or real, however, was debatable. Montgomery had a loyalty to his family, said family's car, and their town which was surpassed by none.
"It is illogical to call the place we live a garbage dump," Spock spoke up. "Enterprise has a level of cleanliness far surpassing a garbage dump."
"Dammit, Spock!" Leonard cried as he managed to whack Montgomery, who yelped. "You always ruin the fun!"
"I do not ruin the fun. I simply state the facts," Spock replied and turned his attention to Hikaru, his adopted Japanese brother. He, as an actual fencer, would probably be the one who would logically correct his brothers' sloppy stances. Considering he was currently shouting "BANZAI!" into the mirror, however, it would seem he was otherwise occupied. Spock could only imagine that Hikaru was practicing his 'war cry' for the next fencing tournament. Although he had not returned to Japan since his adoption when he had been two, he had always been proud of that segment of his heritage, so it was only natural that he used a Japanese war cry.
It was Kevin, though, who truly took the cake as the most illogical. He was standing on the breakfast table, warbling something about Kathleen at the top of his lungs while one hand was clutching a lamp like a microphone. Spock had enough.
"Kevin, you are being extremely illogical!" he raised his voice not of anger but of the necessity to be heard over the others.
"I'LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN, KATHLEEEEN!" Kevin belted out.
"BANZAI!" Hikaru screamed from the other room.
Spock shook his head. His brothers WERE being illogical. He decided to remove himself from this situation. Picking his book up from the couch, he stood up and walked towards the stairs...
...And promptly smacked into James, who went reeling backward. Pavel continued laughing as both rider and mount went down, not to mention said mount's stoic twin.
"Sorry, Spock!" James cried as he checked to make sure his diminutive little brother was alright. The littler boy grinned at his big brother and leapt back onto his back.
"That's right, kiddo! Don't let a little fall scare ya!" James whooped before breaking into another round of William Tell.
Spock continued to the stairs. He had to escape before things got out of hand. Considering how out of hand they already were, though, he wondered if he was too late before he decided that that was not worth considering.
"There was no logic in our parents' decision to work abroad, judging from the evidence you present," he declared as he walked up the stairs and into his inner sanctuary.
No one heard him. They were too busy being illogical, as that was what they did best.
Author's note: If you didn't understand any of that, here it is: in this AU, James Kirk and all of the leading men and Kevin Riley from TOS are brothers. Uhura wasn't there because she's a romantic interest and there's no incest at all in ASTCE. James and Spock are seventeen-year-old twins, Leonard is twenty-seven and their eldest brother, Montgomery (who all of them except Spock call Scotty, but since this is from Spock's POV that wasn't touched on) is twenty-three and also their brother, Hikaru was adopted when he was two and is now fourteen, Kevin is eleven and aspires to be a professional singer (they think), and Pavel was adopted when their parents were in Russia. He is now seven.
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Molded, soft-paste porcelain figure of a dog, known as William Hogarth's dog named "Trump." The dog is lying on its side with all four legs visible on an irregular shaped base. No color has been applied.
Label:The noted painter and engraver William Hogarth was devoted to his pet pug, Trump, and featured him prominently in his self-portrait of 1745. The image of Hogarth's dog was also captured in terra cotta by the French sculptor Roubilliac and in porcelain by the Chelsea Factory in England. Only three examples of Trump in porcelain are known to survive today. The technical difficulties of firing such a large ceramic mass, combined with the endearing expression of the dog's face, make this figure a master piece of the potter's art.
A lifelike sculpture of William Hogarth's dog "Trump", created around 1747, was the masterful creation of the prominent sculptor Louis Francois Roubilliac and of Nicholas Sprimont, director of the Chelsea factory. The sculptor's contributions to this effort are clearly reflected in Trump's endearing expression and lifelike repose. Trump was the close companion of the great painter and engraver William Hogarth. Hogarth placed Trump prominently in the foreground of his self-portrait painted in 1745. So close was the relationship between master and faithful friend, it is evident that Hogarth clearly identified himself with the temperament embodied by Trump.


Anne Boleyn was born circa 1501 at Blickling in Norfolk to the courtier and diplomat Sir Thomas Boleyn and his wife Elizabeth Howard the daughter of the Duke of Norfolk. Anne was considered beautiful with dark eyes, long dark hair and a lively personality. At the age of 13 she worked in the French court. Here she worked for Mary, Henry VIII's sister, who had married the king of France. When the king, Louis, died, Mary returned to England. Anne stayed in France as maid-in-honour to the new queen.
In 1522, Anne returned to England and worked for Catherine of Aragon's household. Anne fell for a young man who worked at the court called Henry Percy. She became secretly engaged to Percy - who was already engaged to someone else. The engagement was ended after an intervention by both Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey. Percy was forbidden from ever seeing Anne again and Anne was banned from the Royal Court. However, by 1526 she had caught the eye of Henry who openly wanted her to be his mistress - which she refused to do.
Henry embarked on his plan to divorce Catherine and marry Anne. After seven years of intrigue, plotting and papal confrontation they were married in January 1533, Anne was crowned queen in June 1533 and she gave birth to the future Queen Elizabeth in September. But Anne, now in her early 30's, had a sharp tongue on her and made enemies at court. Most significantly, her next two children were stillborn and Henry had befriended one of her maids of honour - Jane Seymour.
In May 1536, Anne was arrested, charged with treason and held in the Tower of London. Anne was executed on May 19th 1536 and her body was laid to rest in the Chapel of St Vincula at the Tower of London.


Listened to this for a little while. I usually find a song then thrash that song for a while if I like it till it gets boring. To bad there's no repeat button on You Tube. Hopefully oneday there will be.
Pillar - Let It Out.


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October 18, 2006 – Researchers who reviewed all the previous studies on the health impact of eating fish have concluded that avoiding modest fish consumption due to confusion regarding risks and benefits could result in thousands of excess coronary heart disease deaths annually. They found it reduces risk of coronary death by a stunning 36 percent and the rate of death by 17 percent. The report is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Fish has been considered a healthy food since the publication of studies demonstrating its various health benefits. Several studies have identified two long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), as likely playing a role in the associated lower rates of coronary heart disease with fish consumption.
Conversely, concern has arisen over potential harm from mercury, dioxins, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) present in some fish species. The public is faced with conflicting reports on the risks and benefits of eating fish, resulting in controversy over the role of fish consumption in a healthy diet.
Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., Dr.P.H., and Eric B. Rimm, Sc.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, reviewed the scientific evidence for adverse and beneficial health effects of fish consumption (in this report defined as finfish or shellfish).
(4) health risks of dioxins and PCBs in fish. When possible, meta-analyses were performed to characterize benefits and risks most precisely.
The researchers found that modest consumption of fish (e.g., 1 to 2 servings per week), especially species higher in omega-3 fatty acids (EPA, DHA), reduces risk of coronary death by 36 percent and the rate of death from all causes by 17 percent, and may favorably affect other clinical outcomes.
Intake of 250 mg/d of EPA and DHA appears sufficient for primary prevention. This corresponds to one 6-oz. serving/wk of wild salmon or similar oily fish, or more frequent intake of smaller or less omega-3 PUFA–rich servings.
DHA appears beneficial for, and low-level methylmercury may adversely affect, early neurodevelopment.
Women who are or may become pregnant and nursing mothers should avoid selected species (shark, swordfish, golden bass, and king mackerel; locally caught fish per local advisories) and limit intake of albacore tuna (6 oz./wk) to minimize methylmercury exposure.
"However, emphasis must also be placed on adequate consumption—12 oz./wk—of other fish and shellfish to provide reasonable amounts of DHA and avoid further decreases in already low seafood intake among women (74 percent of women of childbearing age and 85 percent of pregnant women consume less than 6 oz./wk)," the researchers wrote.
Health effects of low-level methylmercury in adults are not clearly established; methylmercury may modestly decrease the cardiovascular benefits of fish intake.
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Such conflicting views on fish intake have seen the number of omega-3 enriched or fortified products on the market increase as consumers seek omega-3s from 'safer' sources. Most extracted fish oil are purified to remove contaminants. There are a number of good fish oils on the market, but one of the best new ways to get omega-3 polyunsaturated fats is from krill oil.
This study was supported by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.
Mozaffarian D, et al "Fish Intake, Contaminants, and Human Health: Evaluating the Risks and the Benefits" JAMA. 2006; 296:1885-1899.


Rosetta Stone courses are some of the most talked about within the field and it's really not hard to see why. Many other language courses have tried to emulate the innovative methods that they use, and have failed. The practical fact of the matter is that Rosetta Stone programs are in their own league, using what they call the "total immersion" approach. Unlike other courses and programs that attempt to re-create this with a sea of indistinguishable phrases and confusing layouts, this program relies primarily on using the connections that your brain makes between pictures and words to its advantage.
As you might expect, the Rosetta Stone packages come with a lot of additional extras. Well, for that price, they'd better! As well as the accompanying audio CDs, there is also a USB headset with a microphone. The best language courses use vocal recognition software, so to have the package come complete with a headset is really just very useful. The headset itself comes with a fancy array of settings, so you can set the sound and reception to however you speak. Similarly good, the vocal recognition is not bad, and picks up on subtle mistakes that other pieces of software might have missed. Still, again considering the cost, one would really expect absolutely flawless equipment and software, and while everything is very intuitive and easy to use, certain parts of the vocal recognition software just aren't as precise as they might be.
There are three Levels to each language taught by Rosetta Stone, and each Level contains four lessons. Within these lessons there are several units. The layout of the course is so tightly structured that it really helps you to keep on task with what could be the difficult job of trying to learn a language without a real teacher. And yet, despite the layout being so strict, because of the style of teaching there really is a strong interconnectedness to the whole method of learning.
Because Rosetta Stone really is geared up to utilize the way we learn as children, it is no surprise that this is a very effective study aid for those who are younger. A bit of an expensive study aid, perhaps, but if you want your child to become fluent in more than one language, then this is certainly the program to choose. However, as an adult, it is much more difficult to say whether this program will be of any use to you or not.
There is the argument that Rosetta Stone programs are just glorified flashcards, and to an extent that is absolutely true. That is not to say that it doesn't work, however. You look at the pictures and through your logical. It certainly is hard to jump into, but has the added bonus of the fact that the more lessons you do, the more you feel you are picking up and not just in an informational sense, but in the sense of really beginning to understand how the language works. However, if you are one of those people who needs to know the science behind something, then this isn't the course for you. Written words are avoided at all costs, with Rosetta Stone programs relying on a series of games, flashcards and exercises that all follow the same theme: match up the picture with the spoken words. Grammar is not given any importance whatsoever, beyond you figuring it out for yourself. You are supposed to be able to learn to associate what you say with what is in front of you, linking the image in your mind with the correct pronunciation of the object.
This has some obvious drawbacks, such as it not always being clear what the pictures are trying to show. You can be looking at a picture of a red ball for ages, and not realize that what you're supposed to be focusing on are the children, or the kind of game that they're playing. A simple solution to this is to have a dictionary with you while you are learning, so you can run through the possible answers, but for the amount you're paying for this course, it's the sort of thing you really shouldn't have to do. There are no explanations for the pictures themselves, and no external information that helps you to understand any of the potentially more complex grammar aspects of learning a language.
Still, overall, the pace of the lessons is excellent, with a lot of re-capping previous points and making sure that you understand the right lessons that have been taught. It's pretty focused on vocabulary as well, and you can really start to feel that having an effect on the way that you think about the language, even if you won't be able to form complex sentences yourself by the end of the course. It certainly isn't the kind of course that you pick up for a few weeks before you go on holiday; it is definitely the kind of program that you buy if you want to really immerse yourself in a language, and plan on using it in the long term.
And here is the major flaw with Rosetta Stone. Yes, you can find countless positive (and negative) testimonies for this program, but the fact of the matter is that this is probably going to be a way of studying that you simply haven't encountered before. It is not particularly familiar, and it certainly isn't something that you can just dive right into. You need to shift around the way that that you think about language in order to even get the concept of the way this course is presented into your head, and as such, it may be a colossal waste of money. It is the most expensive at-home course that one can purchase for this kind of language learning, and costs hundreds of dollars, even with sale prices.
While it is absolutely worth it if you are the sort of person for whom this kind of learning can work, I definitely advise trying it out before you buy. Their website sometimes offers trial periods to use the software, or perhaps you know a friend who has purchased from them. Either way, by hook or by crook, you should trial run the software first, because if it turns out that you have difficulty in receiving information in this way, then there still isn't an alternative in the programming. You learn it with pictures or you can't learn at all. Amazon often knock a couple of hundred off this course, and you can get a very reasonable discount if you buy second hand. The good thing about a love it/hate it course is that there are plenty of high quality second hand packages to buy, because some people really don't get on with it and just want to sell it on.
An additional point to make about cost is that you can buy the levels of tuition together or separately. It's a very good idea to figure out how far you want to take the language before you buy, perhaps with a much cheaper course to start with, because you could end up paying up to $350.00 extra for all three levels of the course if you buy them separately. You don't want to start learning after paying for all three levels, then realize you don't want to learn this language, and likewise, you don't want to end up paying for Level One and wish you'd opted for the full package. For the cost, I really feel it should be working for the majority of cases, which considering other feedback, I'm not sure it does.
Make no mistake; if Rosetta Stone works for you, it's going to work absolutely fantastically. The problem lies in the fact that this sort of learning just doesn't appeal to everyone, and not everyone can use this method of learning to their advantage. It relies solely on the way that we learn language as children, so it's not hard to see that the obvious drawback to the program as a whole is that most of the people purchasing this are not going to be children.
The way we learn as children is completely different to the way we learn as adults, and for most of us, that's simply because we cannot process information in the same open-minded absorbent way that we do as children. We have already learned a language, and to most of us it will make no sense to start from the beginning without putting some of the already learned skill of a first language like English to better use by using it to help us learn a second.
This is why I would not necessarily recommend this package to everyone; it is so very specific in design that if you even feel a little like this is not going to work for you, then it probably won't. And it's a heck of a lot of money to spend on seeing whether it's for you or not. Still, if you can get your head around the concept of learning in this manner, then Rosetta Stone courses will be fantastic for you.
While I appreciate the feature of speech recognition and it only functions slightly well with Mac, the entire application leaves some matters to be adored when it talks about the real efficiency in understanding French.
Except that during your childhood, you have been immersed already in the French environment 24/7, immersion as a sole technique is not as efficient as enhancing your skills of English language to study French. Even though I have learned some things with this course, I still felt discontented with Rosetta Stone.
I settled on taking a French course at the local community college and that was the time that I clearly realized how much more efficient it would be to be in a real classroom. Basically there are just several rules and idiosyncrasies in French language that is not instructed in RS. Having a professor explaining you things such as in a classroom setup or through the great Fluenz language program create a more effective method of learning.
This is not to mention that RS is impractical. I strongly believe that RS is efficient but only as a complement to a classroom setup or program which really instructs you the techniques in English.
I bought Rosetta Stone French for my two kids and I have to say my kids enjoy using it and also make some progress. I hope they will stick to the program, because it was not cheap at all. But I guess it is worth it!
I got this product for extra lecturing and it is full of crap, packed with bugs and stays crashing. The headset is not useful and it rejects to keep track of my development, which obliges me to restart all the time. I definitely recommend that you buy a book if you really want to learn how to speak Spanish.
After visiting Spain this summer for some weeks, I was enticed to study the Spanish language. I bought Rosetta Stone version 3 (1 to 3).
The installation and setup for the headset went pretty well.
The program is alright for me; however, I discovered some areas which are not very instinctive on what the application is requesting you to do. Majority of the program functions as what has been advertised. The application consists of repetitive speech with matching of images with words and lets you to repeat the words on your pc to confirm your accent. This attribute is very good as it lets you verify how you are properly pronouncing the French terms.
It is difficult to foresee whether the matching of pictures to words would actually let you speak a second language in the long run, but who knows? As with studying a second language, it takes some time and commitment when you are using an application such as Rosetta Stone.
Some favored the RS and some did not like it. I totally did not bought the product because on how it appears and basically I got it to help me study another language. I love the simple method of this product and I am able to chitchat now in Spanish.
I settled on buying the Rosetta Stone due to the convincing ads on TV. The decision was speed up because of the 120 day return guarantee.
I started the program to simply learn small words like bike and apple. After completing the first level, I gained very small knowledge of the chosen language. Alright, I have learned to utter red apple, but not the way to request for a red apple when I'm at the restaurant. There is no explanation for any part, particularly the grammar. Possibly you have watched the commercials where you will match the words to the images and those are the content of the 3 levels. You will simply choose the word that is equivalent to the image. Soon you will jump to the phrases, however, the words inside the phrase are not explained and no translation is obtained.
With this language program, you will only acquire the fundamental proficiency and I anticipated more for its cost. If the cost were half of what it is marketed for then I would suggest that it is value for money. I find that there are no English explanations about how the grammar is constructed. Even as I have completed the 3 levels, still I was not able to make a good conversation.
-It is build to also fit the needs of little kids…its not optimal for grown ups.
-Slow paced and has numerous repetitions. I shouldn't have bought the Rosetta Stone.
-The technique is not effective as what is being advertised. For instance, the sentence and grammar structure stays vague after you have finished the course.
-Software contains several bugs particularly in the voice recognition, which would definitely drive you crazy.
I hate Rosetta stone. For instance rosetta shows a picture of a man on a horse and says caballo…. doese that mean horse, man, rider, rancher or what?
It means horse, but it would take me a long time learning that way. It would be good for someone who didn't know english as there are no explanations for anything.
I too tried Rosetta stone ( French ) and found it to be overpriced,and overhyped.
I am looking for a good language software package.
1. Speakers are native but understandable with standerized pronounciation.
2. Teaches everyday grammer and applies grammer as a "short cut" tool to speed up learning.
3. Incorparates a syllabus of material on the CD, a guidebook and exercise book.
7. CD dictionary with verbs and nouns with at least one spoken phase for each.
I don't know about other languages,but for spanish it works fine.
Well..i have a little help from my spanish friend:).But anyway i think that RS is a good program.It isn't that easy to learn a second language,so even for a bacics RS is worth of trying,buying or whatever..When i finish with this course,if it shows that it wasn't enough,what?I will take another one.buy other program or i don't know..
After completing Level 5 in Rosetta Stone, I travelled to a country that spoke this language for a two week vacation. Since I was visiting friends who lived there, I wasn't forced to speak very much. Whenever I listened to conversation, I could very easily follow along and practiced forming my own response even when someone else was doing the talking. I got the most practice at the market because our guides couldn't be with all of us at once. Don't get me wrong, there were many words that I couldn't understand. At the same time, I seldom got stuck trying to say something. I think of it as having built a good foundation upon which to begin to REALLY LEARN.
Although Rosetta Stone's teaching program seems random in Levels 1 and 2, things really start taking off in Levels 4 and 5. When you're done with Level 5, you'll be able to understand things that weren't even taught in the course. That's because Rosetta Stone doesn't just teach language, they teach you how to learn a language.
Again, Rosetta Stone is the best thing you can do before living abroad. I give it 10 stars!
I'm the person who went through two or three boring Spanish classes, bought books on learning Spanish. spent money trying out various CDs, borrowed CDs that were already in heavy demand at the library, and so on. So you can imagine just how frustrated I was by the time I decided to buy RS on the glowing recommendations from people I knew who knew people who used it. I was even told that the U.S. military uses it.
Why else did I take this course? Well another reason is that I'd like to speak the language with the people who live around me. If I travel to another country, great, but right now I'm concentrating on the immediate future rather than something long-term. I anticipate more Spanish-speakers to be moving up from Latin America (and also getting to know the Native North Americans who also speak Spanish), so unlike others, I welcome the chance to relate to them on their own terms.
Right now, I don't care about the mechanics of how the language works. If I can understand the other person (and vice versa), it works for me! And it has so far. I'll get to the boring "how it works" part later. I get bored easily.
I bought this without any farfetched belief that it would be the be-all and end-all to my learning Greek. That was the right attitude.
It's interactive and thus "fun" (not fun in the sense of a game, but it keeps you clicking and trying to get it right). If I were to try and slog through a book or sit through a lecture, it would be a chore. Plus of course, I can do it any time I want.
I can hear native speakers speaking the language, and it makes me say it back. I can't even be lazy and think I won't bother this round because they throw it into like every level. On at least some parts, you can go into a separate speech area where the person says it slowly so you can really work on it.
They never explain the alphabet because the point is to get it as you go along, and that does sort of work.
In short, there are many positives to this over a big book or a class, especially when you work and so on or when you feel like practicing at 2 am.
I know the point is to not explain grammar because you're supposed to pick it up, but honestly, how do you depict "the" versus "a"? Answer, you don't. I've had to look that stuff up. I totally misinterpreted "not." And my brain overran the software, seeing "nei" as no instead of yes and then getting very confused.
It tries to get across concepts with other concepts, like "the girl is walking" or whatever, but when you pick the right answer, you base it on the presence of "girl" in the sentence and then find you've never learned the rest. A few things are never reviewed as well as they could be. We get "girl" and "boy" like crazy, but some stuff gets glossed over. In the same way, it could test you better, in the same fashion, by presenting different versions with the right words but only one correct verb form, rather than your choosing the right answer from the noun.
Anyway, it's tempting to think you can "play" through it, as I've tried to, but I've gone back and done level 1 stuff about 50 times and will continue to do so until it's embedded in my brain.
All in all, it has its uses, but it's not a perfect solution. I'd see it more as a useful tool along with books or websites to help explain the parts that throw you off.
I purchased rosetta stone for spanish because my wife is Colombian and I had heard her speaking spanish daily for a few years and thought I should learn it.Well I got 1 through 3 and its been 6 months and Ive never finished 1 as of yet.I keep reviewing things beause I thought I was supposed to learn spanish,as in speak spanish but I sit and click photos of things and hope for the best.At this point sentances are getting a bit longer and rosetta adds new words that were never mentioned until they are on your screen to a sentance but I dont know what they mean.There is not a way for me to know what they mean unless I ask my spanish speaking wife.In other words if I didnt have her Id never know what the words are.The program I got came with a headphone and mic setup but in 6 months Ive never gotten to use it,its never asked me to plug it in other than setting up the software.6 months into rosetta stone for spanish I speak no spanish at all and Ive never finished lesson 1 of 3.This seems to me to be a horrible way to learn spanish.
So far so good, yo estoy usando Rosetta stone y estoy en nivel dos de esta software.
No es fácile pero yo creo en Rosetta stone y espero que después de completir nivel cinco.
Voy a aprender mucho por lo menos algo.
First finish all five levels and then give your opinions(I believe most of those who buy rosetta stone they do not read clearly level one is for basic vocabulory only and so same goes with other levels as well, read carefully and make sure before buying it that how can you be dedicated and loyal to it.
Otherwise you won't learn anything, it's just better to buy pimsleur if you want to learn some frases.
It's all about dynamic immersion.
Atleast you need to give one hour everyday and should use it regularly for 5days in a week.
People they don't complete it and just start commenting y a mi no me gusta cuándo esa persona no sabe nada y quiere dar su adviso.
All five levels are of 250hours.
In one day no one can learn anything.
Polyglot:- I speak Hindi,English,Nepalese, Urdu and Un poquito español(Yo estoy tratando de aprender).
To be fair, I really haven't spent much time with Rosetta Stone. But to be equally fair, part of the reason is that it really didn't appeal to me.
I didn't like being stuck in front of a computer, preferring all-audio systems (like Pimsleur) that you can use in the car, supermarket, walking the dog, and so forth.
I do have a friend has learned a lot of vocabulary from Rosetta Stone, however, so I'm sure he's not the only one who has found it useful.
ulary, but Rosetta Stone doesn't teach grammar at all, which is a huge oversight, in my opinion! They strongly believe that using pictures and matching them with words or short sentences, is going to enhance one's ability to learn the target language. It doesn't. I have been using Fluenz which is far superior in that it takes the time to explain German grammar in English in a very thoughtful, precise way. Please people, do not waste your money on Rosetta Stone!
I found this totally worthless. It's incredibly slow-paced and the Turkish version includes mistakes.
I have tried Rosetta Stone on 2 different occasions and both times experienced the same dismal result!!! It might be effective for young children but for adults its a waste of time and for sure, money! The fact that grammar isn't stressed is a major problem. How can you understand a language if you don't comprehend the grammar or the foundation? Sentence structure is also lacking in this program which is also disappointing. I am trying to learn German and both grammar and sentence structure are essential to mastering German. I find Fluenz much better because of its emphasis on these 2 concepts and its emphasis on tailoring the instruction from an English perspective with a tutor and many exercises included including flash cards.
To summarize: Great idea implemented incredibly badly. If you add price – its a complete rip off.
Lamentavelmente comprei esse programa 2 vezes, por ter gostado do metodo. Da primeira vez comprei por $500.00 com DVDs, e nao conseguia ativar, precisei gastar mais de 1 hora , varias vezes com o agravante que precisa de alguem que falasse Ingles pra me ajudar, Agora desiti do programa que tenho e resolvi comprar outro "online" imaginei que seria mais facil. Diziam que bastava cadastrar seu email, puro engano. Voce precsa de um codigo de ativacao, claro, so que o codigo nao funciona, entao vc precisa de apoio tecnico, que " so fala Ingles" Se vc esta comprando um programa pra aprender Ingles, como vc consegue reclamar e ativar em Ingles. Portanto fica aqui a minha real frustacao com este programa.
To be fair, I haven't used the most recent version with on-line connection to real people. I have used Rosetta Stone and Pimsleur for Spanish. I have also taken Spanish at language schools in Latin America, read Spanish literature, and taken college courses. I am currently taking Spanish lessons via Skype with an instructor in Guatemala. Of all these methods, Rosetta Stone was the least efficient, meaning that I learned the least per amount of time spent. Yes, I 'm sure it works for some people, but we're all busy, and the trick is to find a method that gives the biggest bang for the buck. For getting a working knowledge, Pimsleur is by far the best for a beginner. It has a huge advantage over Rosetta Stone, even ignoring Rosetta Stone's other failings, which is that it is aural only, so you can do it in the car and don't need to be tied to a computer or other device. Even though I'm now an advanced student, I still use the Pimsleur series to brush up and improve my fluency regularly when I'm commuting to work. But much better than any canned program, that must be one-size-fits-all, is a private one-on-one tutor. When I was in various language schools in Latin America, I quickly learned that small group lessons were not cost effective. You can learn that way, but you learn less per dollar than you do with private lessons that fits your needs. I am now taking lessons via Skype with a great tutor in Guatemala that costs only $12 per hour — much more cost effective than any canned program. That's 40 hours of private tutoring for the cost of Rosetta Stone.
I have two degrees in education and found RS (Italian Levels 1-3) very helpful as they use a total immersion approach (speak, read, listen).
That being said, I am most disappointed with the company's policy regarding access. In order to play the DVD's you need to first download an app from their site using a code unique to your product. I purchased level 2 DVDs at the mall before RS had an online presence (about 12 years ago).
I paid a lot of money for MY DVD's and cannot play them today. The company says they no longer support the older, Version 2 platform.
I do not want to pay for 3 month online access to activities I won't use. All I want to do is play MY DVD's without giving them more money. I have spoken with two RS tech reps about this to no avail.
They use the broken record approach informing me that I need to spend more money to gain access to play MY DVDs. DVDs I already paid for.
Currently RS is selling customers levels 4 and 5 platforms. Therefore customers will have to continue to pay additional money to upgrade over time.
I read through the user booklets that came with my purchase. There is no indication or disclaimer informing customers that they will need to pay more money to upgrade platforms. All I want to do is play MY DVDs. I paid a lot of money to own them and should have the right to play them throughout my lifetime without dishing out more money to RS. Access to MY DVDs should be grandfathered without additional cost.
Disappointed with the company's ethics and core values.


We drove to San Antonio on Friday afternoon for the weekend. It's one of the oldest cities in Texas and also one that gets the most visitors every year. It is very easy to see why.
We drove into the hotel and the city looks just like most of the Texan cities we've visited – lots of modern, tall buildings, with some older historic buildings in the mix. But San Antonio has a secret: below street level is a river and a canal which you can wander along and it is beautiful: pretty lights, boat trips, outdoor theatre, Mariachi bands, restaurants and ice cream shops. This is one of the reasons that people visit – to walk up and down the Riverwalk, eating ice cream and people watching. It has a very European feel to it, with little stone pedestrian bridges over the river and trees growing from either side to meet in the middle (all beautifully lit at night). It could almost be Venice.
The Riverwalk came about through a disaster in 1921 that saw much of downtown San Antonio flooded 10ft deep from the overflowing San Antonio river. Countless homes and business were destroyed and about 50 people died. To prevent this from happening again a dam was built with a canal to take flood water safely through the city. The original idea was to bury the canal, turning it into an underground storm drain but locals decided it would be better to develop it as a business district and so they did.
We have dinner in a great fish restaurant (Ostra) and eat one of the best meals we've had since being in America. Even the girls eat, despite being so hot and it being after 8pm.
My Mum buys us all huge ice creams to eat before heading back to the hotel (the Westin Riverwalk – it's very nice, although I think the girls are going to be disappointed as they expect every hotel to give them a huge teddy bear like Hotel Drisco in San Francisco!) We ask for 1 scoop of ice cream each but it seems that 1 scoop doesn't mean the same thing here as it does at home – we get a whole cupful each. Must watch that tomorrow as none of us managed to finish our ice cream. Maybe we can share one between 5 next time!
The walk home is busier and hotter – mainly because my Lovely Husband and I are carrying a heavy child each! But the loveliness of the surroundings helps and we can't wait to explore more tomorrow.
It was really beautiful and we'll be heading back as soon as we get the chance.


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Kegler Brown Construction Newsletter August 1, 1994 by Don Gregory
The State's losing streak on construction claims cases that have been appealed from its Court of Claims continues. In the most recent case of Romanoff Electric v. Ohio DAS, Case No. 1667, Franklin County Court of Appeals (June 30, 1994), the Court of Appeals sustained the decision of the Court of Claims that it would have been futile for a contractor to be required to dewater the site by pumping water into an inadequate sewer that was backing up at the time. The Court of Claims had previously ruled that the State knew the sewers were inadequate and failed to inform the contractor, making the State liable for breach of an implied warranty to provide the contractor with a suitable site upon which to work.
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IRS Recalling 46,000 Workers To Handle Tax Returns Despite Partial Shutdown
By Richard Gonzales
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IRS worker Christine Helquist joins a federal workers protest rally against the government shutdown outside the federal building in Ogden, Utah.
More than half of the workforce of the Internal Revenue Service, or about 46,000 employees, will be recalled to work for the tax filing season despite the partial government shutdown, according to a Treasury Department announcement.
The recalled employees will not be paid during the shutdown, now in its fourth week, although all federal workers have been promised back pay when funding is approved.
The tax filing season for individuals begins Jan. 28. The Trump administration said last week that the shutdown would not impact tax refunds.
Bringing workers back into service is necessary "to protect Government property, which includes tax revenue, and maintain the integrity of the federal tax collection process," the document says.
The IRS "Shutdown Contingency Plan" says the agency has 80,265 employees, and 46,052 workers "would be retained in the case of a shutdown."
The agency will not perform audits, or other agency functions such as taxpayer assistance, during the shutdown.
The recall to work without pay was not welcomed by the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents about 70,000 IRS workers. In a statement, the union says the IRS employees are being forced "to show up in exchange only for an IOU."
The union has filed two lawsuits against the administration. The first suit challenges the government's ability to require federal employees to work without pay. The second suit argues that the Constitution bars the government from entering obligations (such as eventually paying workers after the shutdown is over) unless the funds are appropriated by Congress. A federal district judge in Washington, D.C., denied a request for a temporary restraining order Tuesday. Another hearing is scheduled for Jan. 31.
"There is no doubt the IRS needs to get ready for the 2019 filing season that starts Jan. 28, and IRS employees want to work. But the hard, cold reality is that they've already missed a paycheck and soon they'll be asked to work for free for as long as the shutdown lasts," said NTEU National President Tony Reardon.
"I'm worried whether these employees will have the money to put gas in their car to get to work," he added.
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Richard Gonzales is NPR's National Desk Correspondent based in San Francisco. Along with covering the daily news of region, Gonzales' reporting has included medical marijuana, gay marriage, drive-by shootings, Jerry Brown, Willie Brown, the U.S. Ninth Circuit, the California State Supreme Court and any other legal, political, or social development occurring in Northern California relevant to the rest of the country.
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Zumo, the Edinburgh-based crypto platform, has hired Vicky Byrom as its first chief data and analytics officer (CDAO), a new leadership role tasked with building the data and analytics capabilities of the company. company to best-in-class standards.
Vicky will lead the development of Zumo's data strategy to meet changing business needs, manage and govern data while ensuring the value of that data is fully realized as a strategic asset. Its objective will be to make data analysis accessible, transparent, secure and useful to the organization.
She will be responsible for establishing a data governance committee to map data across the enterprise, ensuring new data sources are prioritized, ingested and promoted in accordance with regulatory frameworks. Vicky will also oversee the improvement of data literacy across the organization, identifying opportunities to develop data-driven approaches to address business challenges.
Vicky has over 20 years of experience delivering data and analytics projects in the private and public sectors, enabling organizations to effectively use their data to make better decisions. Prior to joining Zumo, she led the data function at fintech payments Modulr, and also led the multi-award winning advanced analytics team for agency Merkle UK.
In 2019, Vicky won the Data IQ award for "Data Analytics Leader of the Year" while working at Merkle. She was also a member of the AI Steering Committee for the Scottish Government which developed the country's first AI strategy.
Vicky Byrom, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Zumo, said, "I am a data enthusiast and have spent my career bringing order to the anarchy of data. Many organizations claim to be data-driven, but most don't do it very well. This is because data is often an afterthought.
"It is extremely exciting to join Zumo, a highly respected company that wears its green credentials on its sleeve. This is an opportunity to work with the best in fintech. I look forward to helping Zumo use data more proactively. It is a major asset that can inform customers and business processes as the company moves from start-up to scale-up.
Dagmara Aldridge, Chief People and Culture Officer, Zumo, added, "This is a fantastic hire for Zumo. Everyone knows the power of data and Zumo is no different. Shared and trusted data breaks down silos and provides real-time visibility into organizational activities, enabling sustainable growth, facilitating automation and faster delivery of value to our end customers. Plus, as we scale, accountability and customer touch increase – a data-driven 360-degree view of the customer will help Zumo maintain the human touch and deliver product insights. And Vicky is one of the best in the business when it comes to leveraging and extracting maximum value from data in a responsible and compliant manner. Vicky will also help upskill her co-workers, building data literacy skills across the company. »
The latest in a string of senior executive hires for Zumo, Vicky's appointment caps off a strong year for the company, which has now more than doubled its workforce in the past 12 months.
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