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Jarvik7 wrote:
Also, if you have a Mac there is an excellent built in J-J, J-E dictionary.
Here is an example of the J-E:
1 〔送る,行かせる〕send
医者を呼びにやった|We sent for a doctor.
秘書をやって書類を取って来させた|He sent his secretary for the papers.
2人の息子を大学へやるのは大変だった|It was not easy for him to send his two sons to college.
時計は直しにやってあります|My watch has been sent to be repaired.
娘を弁護士のところへ嫁にやった|He married his daughter to a lawyer.
2 〔他の場所へ移す〕
辞書をどこへやった|Where did you put the dictionary?
3 〔向ける〕turn
彼の方に顔をやった|She turned toward(s) him.
入ってきた男に目をやった|I looked at the man who had come in.
4 〔進ませる〕
車に乗り込むと,急いでやってくれと運転手に頼んだ|I got into the cab and asked the driver to drive fast.
5 〔与える〕give
金魚にえさをやりましたか|Have you fed [given food to] the goldfish?
あの子にお駄賃をいくらやったらいいだろうか|How much shall I [give the boy as a reward / pay the boy] for his trouble?
死んでもおまえにやるものは何もないよ|I've nothing to leave you when I die.
欲しかったらみんなやるよ|You can have them all if you want them.
毎朝植木に水をやる|I water the plants every morning.
6 〔行う〕do
やるべきことはちゃんとやりなさい|Always do what you [are supposed / have] to do.
よくやったね|Well done!
今宿題をやっている|He is doing his homework now.
やってみたらどうですか|How about trying it?
どんどんやれ|Go on [ahead]! / ⦅口⦆ Go to it!
うん,やっているね|You are really going hard at it, aren't you?
チェスをやろう|Let's play chess.
この役は誰がやるのか|Who will play this part?
3日もあればやれるでしょう|I think I can finish it in three days.
ドイツ語を週2回やっている|I take lessons in German twice a week.
大学では数学をやりました〔専攻した〕|⦅米国用法⦆ I majored in mathematics at the university. / ⦅英国用法⦆ I read for a degree in mathematics at the university.
あいつならやりかねない|I wouldn't put anything past him.
7 〔開催する〕hold; 〔上演する〕stage
その展覧会はいつやるのですか|When will the exhibition be held?
明日から歌舞伎座で「忠臣蔵」をやります|Chushingura will be staged at the Kabukiza beginning tomorrow.
あの映画館で『風と共に去りぬ』をやっている|Gone with the Wind [is showing / is on] now at that theater.
8 〔経営する〕keep, run; 〔従事する〕⦅文語⦆ be engaged ⦅in⦆
父は薬屋をやっています|My father keeps [runs] a drugstore.
何の商売をやっている人か|What does he do? / What line of business is he in?
弁護士[医者]をやっている|He practices law [medicine].
9 〔飲む,食う〕
まあ,一杯おやりなさい|Well, how [what] about a drink? / Won't you have a drink?
酒もたばこもやりません|I neither drink nor smoke.
10 〔暮らす〕
そんなわずかな収入ではやっていけない|We can't live [get along] on such a scanty income.
新しい同僚となんとかうまくやっているらしい|She seems to be getting along all right with her new colleagues.
11 〔「?してやる」の形で,他人のために行う〕
子供たちに本を読んでやった|He read a book for [to] the children.
面白い話を聞かせてやろう|I have an interesting story to tell you.
子供をいすに掛けさせてやった|He helped the child onto a chair.
そいつをたたき出してやれ|Throw him out.
好きなようにさせてやれ|Let him do as he likes.
12 〔積極的にする〕
絶対に優勝してやる|I intend to win no matter what.
quite impressive.... does it come in pc version ?
Nope, that is the dictionary application built into OSX. It has E-E, J-J, J-E, English thesaurus, dictionary of Apple terms, and Wikipedia.
Jarvik7 wrote:
Nope, that is the dictionary application built into OSX. It has E-E, J-J, J-E, English thesaurus, dictionary of Apple terms, and Wikipedia.
But I'm sure that Apple must have taken all of that from an existing dictionary. I doubt they wrote all the entries in-house...
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Jarvik7 wrote:
Nope, that is the dictionary application built into OSX. It has E-E, J-J, J-E, English thesaurus, dictionary of Apple terms, and Wikipedia.
But I'm sure that Apple must have taken all of that from an existing dictionary. I doubt they wrote all the entries in-house...
Well, I thought that was pretty obvious It's not data in a standard format that could be loaded into anything else anyways. If you're interested in which dictionaries they actually are, here you go:
New Oxford American Dictionary
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
Apple Dictionary
The J-E/E-J dictionary is the one that is the most common on recent denshijisho from most brands. It seems to have mostly replaced the Genius dictionary.
Wow, thanks Jarvik7, I hadn't noticed the J-J and J-E dictionaries on OS X (I had to turn them on in the Dic. app though). And you an use it with Ctrl-Cmd-D in other apps (probably not all of them). Cool.
Is the dictionary on Leopard or is it on Tiger as well?
It wasn't on Tiger, it's one of the new features of Leopard.
I've noticed that when you try to paste entries onto Anki that the hiragana doesn't come up on the readings when you take entries from the OSX dictionary. Too bad.
If it doesn't, that sounds like a toolkit bug. If you hit space afterwards, does it come up?
Well I've been practicing with the AJATT method for something like a week now and something 's bothering me . If you could share your experiment about the following questions it would be of great help .
-how many sentences in a day are able to "learn" (in the khazu meaning of learning of course) ? what is a slow , medium and quick pace according to you ?
how many times it is normal to fail a sentence and how much time can you reasonnably spend on a single sentence ?
- how much time do you spend a day just putting in the sentences : searching a good sentence on a web dictionnary or denshi jissho, maybing taking a translation of all the words on Jim Breen server OR putting a japanese definition taken in a dictionnary for japanese kids
-how do choose your sentences ? especially how do reach a balance between the understanding/quickness and the ambition of learning something new (1 new word ? 2 new word ? more ? difficult structure ? maybe you even don't learn new words at all focusing on the yomikata ) ?
if you could give me as many examples of the phrases you've chosen as you can
- I bought the チャレンジ小学国語辞典(チャレンジ-しょう-がく-こく-ご-じ-てん)/The Challenge Elementary School Japanese Dictionary, published by Benesse, and edited by 湊吉正(みなと よしまさ), and I didn't find those juicy sentences nac_est have been talking about .
It's rather expressions , like in the sanseido online dictionnary .
For instance if it's かぶる (to wear ) the dictionnary will give me ぼうしをかぶる (to wear a hat)
By the way are those the kind of sentences you put in your SRS?
Last edited by ghinzdra (2008 February 26, 5:43 pm)
who are you asking these questions to? I don't think there is any fixed way of doing it. You should go along with what feels right to you. The words you choose, how many, where you get them....
it's all relative my friend. I may choose to input 10 words a week or 10 words a day, but by me telling you what I do, how will that change what you do?
Put sentences in your SRS that are slightly challenging. Like for instance, if you didn't know that かぶる was the verb you use when talking about wearing a hat, stick that phrase in there. If you knew that already, why are you trying to learn it? You could also learn other things about that sentence that might challenge you, such as the kanji for ぼうし.
Do as much as you can and that doesn't make you feel like you are wasting time. I find that when I encounter the words I learned the SRS way in real life, I can recall them pretty easily, so I feel like it is working for me, but I have a hard time getting new sentences in, mostly because 時間がない....
I think if one is following the "AJATT method" it might be worth reading some of the background. The dude on the site seems to have a few links that take you to some of it. Or googling "Krashen, comprehensible input" might be worth a try.
yorkii suggesting that you do what you feel is right seems to make sense. Although I too like to hear about how other people do things so I can potentially improve my technique (I'm talking about language learning here)!
Personally I try not to be too militant in excluding any options, e.g. using English on one's cards; having sentences rather than vocab cards, etc.
The phrase ぼうしをかぶる seems perfectly valid. I'm sure you know, but for clarity, the verb for "wear" changes depending on what one wears, e.g.
セーターを着る (きる)
ネクタイを着ける (つける)
So knowing what nouns verbs for strong partnerships with is definitely worthwhile in my opinion.
With the flashcards I'm making just now I just try to choose language chunks that I find interesting. As far as this goes, I reckon that size really doesn't matter.
While memorizing a dictionary would probably work wonders for your language skills, it sounds kinda boring. If you are reading any other, more interesting, authentic texts perhaps you could take some chunks from them, e.g. newspapers, internet sites, books, advertisments, etc.
Last edited by synewave (2008 February 26, 7:56 pm)
ghinzdra: While not every example sentence in チャレンジ is a gem, there's a lot of good ones. Here's one I found the other night under the definition for 傑作:
Recently, I've been re-evaluating the sentences I put into Anki. I'm finding it hard to do, but I've been leaning towards scrapping cards that I don't "get" 100%. It's hard to throw out a card after you've recursed through a few dictionary entries only to conclude that you're still not quite sure what something means. A lot of times I get half of a dictionary entry, and am fuzzy on the other half. This is one reason I like チャレンジ - both the definitions and the sentences are expressed in simple language such that I have a better chance of getting everything.
The other night I really wasn't quite grokking the Sanseido and Yahoo definitions for 傑作. The チャレンジ definition made sense, and that example just drove it home. I actually laughed at how funny that example sentence was. A good number of チャレンジ's examples are more than just expressions .. a lot of them sound like sentences I could imagine kids saying. As such I've gotten the impression that they tend to avoid essoteric or unusual expressions.
Outside of normal written materials, I've been going for transcripts of dramas (such as you can find on dramanote) so that I can read a physical action, and then see someone do it. It takes all of the doubt out of what a certain physical action is actually referring to. I've also been entering a lot of the example sentences and pictures from http://nasaibai.blog9.fc2.com/blog-category-13.html That blog has ~50 posts showing characters doing various actions.
Last edited by scout (2008 February 26, 9:37 pm)
yorkii wrote:
who are you asking these questions to? I don't think there is any fixed way of doing it. You should go along with what feels right to you. The words you choose, how many, where you get them....
it's all relative my friend. I may choose to input 10 words a week or 10 words a day, but by me telling you what I do, how will that change what you do?
considering this point I m already aware that we work in a different way ....
But if you read with attention I didn t say "tell me what to do" ... I wrote "share your experiments" .
As synewave said it can give better insights on problems to hear about how people do things .... After all thanks to this policy I ve chosen REMTK , REVTK , AJATT and Anki . If I weren t interested in what other people are doing I would have stuck to the classical method . Curiosity is of prime importance when it comes to studying.
For instance danieldesu seems more focused on learning new vocabulary .
Because I am considering putting words that I already know just for the sake of yomikata . Boshi is a kanji that we ve already studied through RTK1 (risk) so his suggestion implies for me that he doesn t focus on yomikata . Not as much as katzhu at least . This is interesting for me as I m still considering wether I ll use RTK2 with kanji chains or not and use the SRS just for learning new voc .
He s also acknowledging that it can be hard to put new sentences for lack of time . So he has basically the same problem as me . If I just put the word of Minna no Nihongo for instance or let say an expression like those you can found in sanseido or the dictionnary advidsed on katzu webiste it s quick while if I have to search true sentences it takes me a hell of a time to complete all the steps ( find a good sentence , definition of all the words I don t know , sometimes translation of the sentence, learning of the yomikata , of the meaning of the new vocabulary)
Synawave seems to be an advocater of the expression method if you do not know a word . At least if you also pick up sentences in real life . So he s for a mix .
To what extent do they succeed in what they re doing ? what are their expenctacy ? etc... I can go for a policy if it has a lot of good reviews maybe change it a bit and eventually drop it if I m not satisfied . Sharing those experiments spare me times and give me ideas . That s my point.
So if some people could give me their insights about the questions I raised I would be happy to read their opinions.
Well, since I'm mostly reviewing what I forgot in my first 4 semesters of Japanese, grammar-wise, I've been mostly putting in stuff from UBJG, using that (overpriced) scanner pen. I'm not too picky about picking up new words; I'm more interested in sentence construction. UBJG is not interesting--the sentences are a bit dull--but they're all good Japanese, and they're presented in a very "Anki-friendly" manner, and they have useful grammar points built into them. With a scanner and OCR, you can probably chunk in about 20-30 sentences an hour, depending on what you're putting on the back side of your cards.
I also stuck in some stuff from Genki, and from a phrasebook. (Because those canned phrases are very nice to have command over.) But I want to finish UBJG before I go back to those, and before I go back to UBJG, I need to finish RTK1. I'm about 500 away from finishing up RTK1 in the sense of being able to move everything into at least the first pile. I still review what I already have in Anki, but a lot of it is moving into the 1.5 month pile.
The downside of using textbooks is that they are dull. And tedious. They're useful, though. So when I reach a point of boredom saturation, I'll start putting in more interesting stuff from things I'm actually reading. If you're reading anything in Japanese, like manga or novels or, well, anything, if you come across a sentence with a word you don't know-- stick it in to Anki.
As for dealing with onyomi, uuuu... I haven't thought that far ahead yet. I may just drill RTK vol.2 with Anki... or maybe I'll try to dig up sentences with some of the kanji compounds... ooof. I'm trying not to think of that right now. Right now I'm trying to focus on RTK1... I should get back to work.
" I've been mostly putting in stuff from UBJG, using that (overpriced) scanner pen. I'm not too picky about picking up new words"
So, Rich_f, now that you have had that scanner pen for a while and (if you anything like me) gotten over the initial excitement of a new gadget, what are your thoughts on the pen? I notice that you say 'overpriced', so I am guessing that you are not so enamoured of the thing now?
Yeah, now that I'm over the initial excitement, I can say a few things with confidence:
First, $300 is too much to charge for the Asian Executive version. For use with just scanning text, get the $200 Asian version. The extra $100 feels like it was spent on... nothing but fattening their profit margins, really. I can't see it.
I don't think there's any hardware difference between the models. I'm pretty sure it's all in software.
Recognition can be very bad if you don't hold the pen right. Learning to hold the pen right takes time. It's kind of a pain sometimes, but it's solved by focusing on holding the pen properly. Also, recognition with dark text on dark backgrounds? Ain't gonna happen. Light text on dark backgrounds is fine with the proper presets.
It sometimes just decides the pen is no longer connected, but that's solved by just plugging/unplugging it in the USB port. Minor annoyance there.
The buttons on the side of the pen are very handy. I use them for 'Return' and 'Tab.'
If you scan in English sentences while it's in Japanese mode, sometimes it kind of freaks out. Just scan it again, and the software will figure it out... although the letter 'e' sometimes gets translated into 巳. Switching between modes it too much of a hassle, so I just rescan if I have problems. It's not like it takes more than 5 seconds.
Workflow is fine. Just make sure you have plenty of room to work.
All that said, do I regret buying it? No, not really. Well, my only regret is spending $300 for the executive instead of $200 for the basic Asian version. (Which is still $80 more than the basic non-Asian version.)
If you don't already have a scanner with OCR (which I didn't), and you plan on scanning a lot of individual sentences (which I do), then yes, it's worth it. If you already have a scanner with OCR for Asian languages, you don't need it. If you're going to scan whole pages at a time, I'd suggest a scanner with OCR if it's not any more expensive than this. One advantage this thing has is its sheer portability. It's about the size of a fat marker, so if you travel a lot, you can take it with you. And since it runs off the USB port, you don't need to worry about batteries or extra power cords for it.
So yeah, like anything, it's a mixed bag. Useful for those who will use it, not useful for those with different needs.
Does that help?
Yep, that helps a lot - cheers.
I've been going through 2001.Kanji.Odyssey. I'm finding this to be a pretty good way to learn kanji readings, vocab, and practice grammar. It seems productive to me.
With RTK2 you get systemization that helps to memorize onyomi, but there's a lot it doesn't do for you. You're not going to get much vocab, and its up to you to do the footwork to use context to learn the vocab properly, and the readings & vocab you learn are not prioritized by frequency.
With picking sentences that interest you as in AJATT you are learning what you need when you need it, so what you learn is in the ideal priority. However with that you are lacking systemization that may help to memorize words & vocab more easily. The material you learn may be quite isolated unless you go an look for associations yourself.
2001KO has that systemization. For example when you learn 最高 it introduces 最低 最近 最大 最小 最初, and other words that use 高, 低, 近, 大, 小, 初, in close proximity. IMO the effort is reduced over learning readings and vocab in an ad-hock manner. Plus they have the example sentences there; you don't have to search. They have a translation there if you need one. The kanji are grouped by frequency and logical relations. They have every kanji keyed so you can find its definition quickly.
I've done at least one page of the book per day since I finished RTK1, and I haven't gotten bored, but I have learned a lot of readings and vocab, as well as brushing up quite a bit of grammar in the process.
PS, I also OCR my material, but I just use a cheap HP all-in-one printer. Their free printer software (a lite version of Readiris) does a good enough job of Japanese OCR for sentence extraction. It makes mistakes once in a while but overall it saves me quite a bit of time on typing the question and translation. I do coversion to kana myself since it helps with the learning process. It works ok on the KO books because they're fairly easy to lay flat on the scanner, but I wouldn't do it on all my books as it would damage the spine.
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Do you find that the sentences in 2001.Kanji.Odyssey are too simple? I remember using their Kanji 555 system (which I think is the basis for Kanji.Odyssey) before using Heisig and it seemed like the sentences were real simple.
Vosimura, I haven't used 2001KO (great acronym) but I have used Kanji in Context, which likewise introduces words based on a certain kanji in batches.
I've personally found it counterproductive to do more than linked word paris, so さいてい &あmp; さいこう together has worked, but learning a big long bunch all together w/no context is about the same as trying to memorize a stack of flashcards.
Does 2001KO gives more context than I'm picking up on, or should I just stay away?
Hee hee... I revel in the crushed spines of books I've devoured.
When I'm done with RTK1, I'll be done with it. So I won't care too much if the spine or the book is ugly. (It already is, anyway.) By then I will have extracted every drop from it. Of course, it is troublesome when pages fall out all over the place, so I understand, but I'm more worried about me than my books.
I find the sentences in 2001KO are quite simple. It's about JLPT3 level stuff, so if you're at or below that level it could teach you something, but if you're way past JLPT3 then it's all easy.
billyclyde, the sentence method in 2001KO is similar to KiC, so it doesn't have more context than that. There's almost no context running from one example to another; they're each usually one or two self contained sentences. Each one is usually written such that multiple compounds from the current group are covered.
The groups are smaller than KiK, with only 5 kanji each, and then 15 examples that cover the most common compounds for those 5 kanji, plus spice.
I am of the mind that all grammar is easy... assuming you already know every single word in the sentence, and have seen each word used multiple times. I find a simple sentence can be baffling for me with even one unknown word, even if I can guess the meaning because with the uncertainty and doubt, I end up losing concentration on the sentence and everything falls apart.
That is why I always put in a sentence into Anki with a single unknown word, and for the answer side of the card, I just put sentences that use that unknown word. If I am desperate for sentences, I will sometimes pick one with a few unknown words, and then spend a little extra time gathering sentences for each of those words. The only problem with that is I don't have an accurate count of how many new words I have learned, although I rest easy knowing it is typically more than the number of cards I entered.
Since January, I have learned over 340 new words (I already knew a bunch though), and with just that small set, I've markedly noticed my ability to guess pronunciation has gone way up. Something like 2001KO sounds really good to me, where the learning of new words is systematic.


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>>> their autopsy, if you will, lois. and they named names, three members from the rnc to outsiders sally bradshaw, henry barber , from the establishment a little bit, haley barber, ari fleischer , a little bit of a familiar face to a lot of folks. it doesn't strike me as anybody on that list wants to break china.
>> i think the kids new meaning to naval gazing. these are the guys who were saying all the polls were wrong. this was the delusional crowd. they needed fresh blood in there. what about somebody from rooub rubio's staff.
>> i feel like they check boxes, jeb bush person and haley barber person.
>> that's right. nobody that can actually come in and tell them, this is what --
>> erick erickson and the folks have been obsessed with this issue about this sort of consultant culture of the republican party and that it needs to be broken. howard dean broke china at the dnc.
>> he did.
>> people didn't like it. nobody here -- are they going to break china?
>> probably not unless there's a greater scandal that brings a lot of stuff to light. this is the way the republicans organize their consultants. it's a monopoly even in the polling industry, they have two pollsters who do 75%, 80% of their business. that was a big part of the problem in the last cycle.
>> maria?
>> more in memory of jenni rivera who passed away. incredible supporter of the latino community. we're going to miss her.
>> two friends got married this weekend, congratulations.
>> you are in that wedding zone.
>> fascinating recap of the convention. that's from all the campaign managers last week. it's going to be out in the book in a week.
>> i love that. it's always a fun book. oral history of --
>> oral history .
>> it always is. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." see you here tomorrow. chris jansing is next.


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This exhibition in Turkey is a unique occasion to contemplate the artistic essence of Francisco de Goya. It is a tour of the most important aspects of his long artistic career, being an excellent opportunity to view his most important graphic creations in four great series of engravings. Modernity arrived through the paintbrushes of this master from Fuendetodos, thanks to his awareness of his time, of the decadence of a historicist concept through a dramatic vision. The master is a revolutionary who introduces a new concept of art; the artist as a witness of his time. Social vicissitudes become the protagonists of artistic creation and Goya is synonymous with revolution, establishing a before and after in the development of painting and thus making his work an indispensable element in the development of modern art. If academic art represented tradition, Goyas experimentation was the antithesis of that tradition.
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Up to the 18th century, most artists followed the same artistic guidelines. Rarely were masters able to break away from the stereotypes and conventionalisms of their time. Da Vinci, Rembrandt or Velázquez are examples of artists that were able to create new paths in the art of their time and today they are still influential, offering inspiration for artists, as if they were the Muses of Olympus. The Spaniard painter, Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), is one of those artists who awakens from lethargy and tirelessly searches for new modes of expression. The new route he embarks on, which means breaking away from classical conventionalisms, puts him in an exclusive group of artists that can be considered timeless.
The Spaniard painter, Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), is one of those artists who awakens from lethargy and tirelessly searches for new modes of expression. The new route he embarks on, which means breaking away from classical conventionalisms, puts him in an exclusive group of artists that can be considered timeless. Francisco de Goya received academic training that he completed with an obliged trip to Italy, which was common for painters in his time and which he financed on his own. Travelling to different cities such as Venice or Rome, he viewed in situ works by artists such as Rafael, Rubens or Veronese, thus completing his training. These artists were to influence his technique as well as the composition and treatment of light in his creations.
The historic event that was to play a leading part in his career was the Spanish War of Independence of 1808, which had an enormous influence on him, as is depicted fearlessly and in an uncensored manner in his work. This dramatic event, together with the serious illness (suffered years before, in the winter of 1792 while visiting southern Spain, which left him deaf) was the turning point that inspired him to give free rein to his impulses. Affected to the core of his being, the Aragonese master acted as a chronicler of a tragedy and gave a detailed rendering of the horror of war in a series called the Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra) in a raw and penetrating manner. Only two editions of the series were made during the artists lifetime, he gave one of them to the critic Ceán Bermúdez, entitling it: Fatal Consequences of the Bloody War in Spain with Bonaparte. Up to then, art had been used by governments and absolutist regimes as a means of propaganda, the patronized artist depicted war victories in magnificent, generally large format, paintings where war was understood as power and victory, something positive for nations, until Goya broke this stereotype and dared to show the bitter aspects of war without leaving anything out.
War is no longer just a great historical event, as other artists who only depicted victories as great feats had led the spectator to believe, war now involved fatal consequences and Goya was a witness and faithful narrator. His heart-rending vision of a terrible situation is a precursor of the work of modern war journalists describing the horror of the conflict in their graphic reports. The cruelty of the war was the catalyst that turned him into an artist committed to his cosmic spirit, devoted to art for arts sake and conceiving art as more important that just decoration. Goyas strong personality earned the admiration of his contemporaries in Spain as well as abroad.
Charles Baudelaire was a fervent admirer of the Spanish artist, being acquainted to his engravings in 1828 thanks to the painter Delacroix who showed his work to Victor Hugo. It is known that one of the series of the Caprichos ended up in France, and after contemplating this work, Baudelaire wrote about him in an article published in Le Present (1857), Lartiste (1858) and in the Curiosités Esthetiques (1868) collection:
In Spain, an extraordinary man has opened new horizons for the spirit of the comic he sometimes gets carried away by violent satire, and sometimes transcends it, presenting an essentially comic vision of life Goya is always a great artist and often a terrifying artist adding to the Spanish satirical spirit, fundamentally joyful and humorous, as it was in the time of Cervantes, something much more modern, a quality that is highly appreciated in modern times, as is love for the indefinable, a terrifying sense of nature, of human features that have acquired animal characteristics it is strange that this anticlerical man has dreamt so often with witches, witches Sabbaths, black magic, children being roasted in an oven and many other things: All the orgies of the dream world, all the exaggerations of hallucinogenic images, and in addition, all those young slender and white Spanish women that the inevitable witches wash and prepare for their secret pacts or for nocturnal prostitution. The witches Sabbath of civilization! Light and darkness, reason and irrationality are confronted in all these grotesque horrors...!
Years later, at the age of seventy, Goya engraved La Tauromaquia (Bullfight) series, at the same time as he was finishing the Disasters of War. This was the third series published and it was made between 1815 and 1816. It is outstanding for its cruelty, depicting the bulls in a raw and real while being at the same time decorative manner. At that time, the artist was once again in a precarious economic situation, in addition, in May 1814 there was a return to prior censorship of prints and the court of the Inquisition had been re-established. Thus he decided to illustrate some chapters of Historic Letter on the Origin and Evolution of Bullfighting in Spain (Carta histórica sobre el Origen y progreso de las corridas de toros en España) (1777), by Nicolás Fernández de Moratín, the father of his friend Leandro. King Ferdinand VII was very fond of bullfighting and Goya took advantage of the Kings interest to create a new series of forty engravings. In addition, Goya was very knowledgeable about bullfighting and according to Leandro Moratín, he even boasted about having fought bulls when he was young.
The last of his great series of engravings was the Follies or the Proverbs (Los Disparates or Los Proverbios), doubtlessly the most mysterious etchings he ever made. Their meaning has been the object of many interpretations; some scholars consider them a product of the imagination while others relate them to the carnival. As well as being difficult to interpret, the prints were not numbered so the specific order of the series is not known. Goya allows us to freely interpret their meaning, the modernity of their language means that these works could even be applicable to current times. The eighteen prints were not revealed until 1864, after the artists death and another four prints were discovered years later, purchased by the painter Eugenio Lucas Velázquez and published in 1877 by the magazine LArt. Neither is the exact date when Goya made the series known, we do know it was after finishing La Tauromaquia and what is most likely is that he could not publish them because he moved to France, leaving Spain governed by King Ferdinand VII.
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Thursday, 26 April 2012
This Is For Alex
This Is For Alex.
He Deserves Better.
This is Alex. Can you tell that he is a member of this choir? Does it appear that the choir even sees him?
I am a Mother of a child with special needs, and my son is in a wheelchair, too.
Our society doesn't offer many opportunities to disabled children or adults, so when the opportunity comes along it is a blessing.
Alex had the chance to join his peers. He finally had the chance to be a part of the group. Do you realize how rare and important it is to have special needs and be able to participate in a "normal" activity?
The everyday things that we take for granted these people are unable to participate in. This past weekend I took my son to an Easter egg hunt at our church. I figured I could help him get a few eggs and we could enjoy the company of our church family. When we got there the grass was so high that I was unable to push his wheelchair through. He weighs eighty pounds so I couldn't carry him. He cried because he wasn't able to play with the kids and we had to leave. Are local parks and pools are not handicap accessible, so I can't even take him to the park on nice day so we can play. We can't go to places like Monkey Joes, because he could get hurt. Parent's don't invite us to play groups, because they don't see the point. Our children have very little opportunity for a "typical" childhood.
Alex has most likely been an outsider for most of his life. He is being forced to always look in. Do you see how special it is that he could join the choir? Can you imagine how happy he must have been? Now imagine how he felt when he had to once again sit on the side lines and be ignored. Imagine the betrayal he felt when his choir director and the rest of the choir members pretended not to notice that he had been pushed to the side. Imagine how his Mother felt when she saw her baby being discriminated against. How difficult it must have been for her to not jump up grab Alex and start screaming at the school officials. She didn't though. No, she held her tongue so she wouldn't further isolate her child. She didn't want the injustice of this situation to hurt her son more than it already did. Do you think there should be repercussions for the choir director or other faculty members that were involved with this show?
This occurrence is wrong and continues to happen in our society.
Things have to change. These people go through more than most of us go through in our lifetime. Yet, they are still pushed aside, made fun of, or ignored. There has to be a place in our society for these amazing people. They have purpose. They deserve to belong. There is a boy named Soren Palumbo that gave a speech to his schoolmates several years back. The speech talked about the way that our culture perceives people with special needs. He went on to say that this special group of people are the only group that can't defend themselves. These people have an innocence they will never lose, yet our society makes fun of them. Why would you attack the defenseless?
How can we put an end to what happened to Alex?
What do you think we can do as a community to embrace and include children and adults with special needs?
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Where were these Disney nursery sets when I was pregnant 9 years ago? Finding Mickey and Minnie décor for a baby's room back then was just about impossible.
This month, however, the Disney Baby brand launched a nursery collection with five character themes: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Pooh & Piglet and 101 Dalmatians. The 75-piece collection is available at Babies 'R' Us and includes sheets, receiving blankets, mobiles, storage items, wall décor, changing pad covers, nightlights, soft rattles, gift sets and more. Each item can be purchased separately so parents can mix and match to get the look they want.
Another source for moms-to-be who are Disney fans is Target. The stores and website recently stocked the Disney Mod Mickey Nursery Collection and the Disney Mod Minnie Nursery Collection. Pieces include bedding sets, blankets, crib bumpers, mobiles, diaper stackers, nightlights, wall hangings and window valances. Both collections are on sale through Saturday, and items can be purchased individually.
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American Canyon Fine Art People Photography + Off Camera Lighting + Beer This Meetup is aimed at photographers of all skill levels that aspire to transcend the "craft" of portrait photography and want to push their work into the realm of Fine Art. What is Fine Art Photography? Fine art photographs are made primarily for aesthetics and concept rather than for a practical purpose. Department of Motor Vehicles driver's licence photographs are a good example of a portrait done with a practical purpo …
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Fuel your passion and take your creativity to the next level, learn how to develop a signature style, start a career in photography, network with successful photographers, learn valuable business and life skills, be inspired and mentored by world class photographer - Scott Robert Lim. For more lighting, posing & inspirational photography tips go to our school link - http://www.scottrobertworkshop.com Check out Scott Robert Lim's award winning images - http://scottrobertgallery.com/ Scott …
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I would like to create events where people get together to take portraits of each other. I came up with this idea of creating this group, because I own a Nikon DSLR and found that it is hard to take pictures of myself with this clunky camera, so instead I have lots of photos of friends but not much photos of myself. I figure there should be lots of people out there in same predicament as me. so the idea is we come with interesting and adventurous locations where we can bring our cameras and help …
Welcome to the Bay Area Photography Events Meetup Group ! Our group is open to all photographers regardless of your current level of knowledge about photography, the kind of photography that you enjoy doing or the type of camera that you use. We sponsor a variety of photography related events - photo shoots, lectures, classes, and workshops. We also welcome your suggestions about the kind of events that you would like to have us offer. If you have a special skill or knowledge that you would like …
This group was inspired by the hundreds of workshops I have given all over the US. Photographers were asking for ways to build their portfolios with high quality images and unique concepts. They were running out of ideas / did not have ideas, could not find models, locations or sets and were hitting a wall. After all a photography web-site filled with photos of your dog or your own children might not say "professional" in a way you want it to. This is what we will do here. The instructors will a …
This meetup is for anyone interested in learning more about digital photography, studio lighting, outdoor lighting including working with models. We'll put on events that will be free and paid - we'll keep fees as modest as we can - for everything to do with taking and processing digital images. Your input is crucial to make this FUN. We are having fun aren't we????? Graham Sfphotocoach.com & BrearleyPhoto.com
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If you love the idea of working with other creative people in a positive, creative, and supportive environment, nothing will inspire you like being a member of "Light Study". Light Study is a purpose driven meetup. It is for advanced photographers to develop and master skills of studio lighting and photography, to come and share their knowledge and develop new skills and techniques, and for models, hairstylists, and make-up artist to work with these photographers, to push the limits of their cre …
Do you love travel? Do you love photography? Yes to both? Travel photography can encompass anything you see once you close your front door! This group is based out of San Francisco, but will offer travel photography destinations all over California, the Western United States and international destinations. Plans are in the works for Cuba, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam hope and South America. I love sharing my passion and curiosity for both subjects with everyone I meet. I hope we will have a chan …
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As long as I can remember I always had a camera in my hands. My first Brownie started me on my quest to perfect my Black & White medium. I was trained, practiced and recognized as a Black & White Specialist. As I pursued my professional career, I established Moya fotografx. As a custom Black & White Lab and Studio my services demanded optimum quality control. Our Meetup group of traditional BLACK & WHITE FILM photographers, specialize in the craft of Black & White technology. If you are passiona …
The purpose of the Alameda Photographic Society is: to promote the art and science of photography in its various forms through the association of its members for study and entertainment; to encourage photographic contests and exhibitions; and to stimulate greater interest and advancement in the knowledge and practice of photography.
Based in the San Francisco/East Bay Area, and founded in 1995, AMPP is a organization of professional photographers from a variety of disciplines and specialties. Our Mission Mentor, educate, support and foster fellowship among professional photographers Enhance community awareness and confidence in, professional photography and its creators Raise the level of professionalism and skills of photographers serving the minority community Increase visibility of minority photographers and subject …
The purpose of this group is to learn modern digital photography skills and promote creativity. The Goals of this group are to: • Learn and develop essential photography skills necessary to capture captivating images. • Inspire one another with enthusiasm; learn from each other, and fellowship. • Have fun going on photo field trips to practice your photography skills. All photography levels are welcome! The Focus of the group: Photography Workshops Keynote Speakers Photo Shoot Field Trips Photo …
Who is this group for? This group is for the serious minded committed photographer looking to advance their skill and understanding about photography. The Statement One of the best ways to become a better photographer is to work along side, mentor with, or learn from a professional photographer who is able to identify your personal strengths. "Photographers Working Together" is a club designed to help you grow, become more creative, and develop into the photographer you want to become. Our Goal …
The Photo Studio Club is a cross between a Camera Club and Studio Rental Club A UNIQUE PLACE WHERE PHOTOGRAPHERS MEET AND PRACTICE THEIR CRAFT! THE MISSION OF THE PHOTO STUDIO CLUB IS TO MAKE PHOTOGRAPHY AFFORDABLE! The Photo Studio Club is a member operated organization where photographers meet and make use of a great shared studio. Members get unlimited, free use of the photo studio during club dedicated times. There are also members only events and Meetups to allow participants to come …
A group for photographers (Ages 20's and 30's) interested in getting out and taking photos around the Bay Area and beyond. Let's make new friends, explore new places, learn from one another, and take photos. Activities include photo walks, day trips, night exploration, workshops, and more. All experience levels welcome. This group focuses on building relationships and meetup's will be kept to a manageable and comfortable amount of people. Thanks, Chris Brodell e&b photography http://www.enbpho …
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What strikes your fancy for a future Renegade themed workshop? * Old Hollywood? * Caravaggio Influence lighting? * Film Noir? View Renegade photos from the last shoot here. About Renegade Photo Shoots Renegade Photo Shoots does photo education and adventure differently. We create assignments and environments that not only test a photographer's creative and technical skills, but also comfort level. Renegade shoots are eclectic, unexpected, varied and will always have a dash of "Wow, you did w …
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Experience the best in gear and photography. We've partnered with great local venues to provide an amazing experience for our group. For intermediate to advanced photo enthusiasts. Let's create images together.
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I started this group to meet other women interested in portraiture (more geared toward editorial and commercial type) and lighting who want to get together to practice shooting, have fun, and provide a network of people with similar photographic interests who can help/learn from each other. You should join if you are a student, aspiring professional, or professional photographer with a working knowledge of exposure, shooting in manual, own a dslr of some kind and are 21+. Meetups will be mainly …
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Free digital photography classes offered at Chabot College for all who wish to learn about their cameras and photography. These classes are not part of the academic, official offerings of Chabot College, so no tests! No grades! And, of course, no college credit.
You can be a great photographer, with great talent, but if you have 0 business skills. Your talent will not be utilized. Making money with your hobby is very important, because it challenges you to improve, it provides funds for your hobby, it gives you a sense of accomplishment. If you want to continue to push your skills to the limit then you need to join this group
This is a group for people who have a DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex camera) and are interested in learning more about digital photography, how to use their cameras, and to make better pictures for travel, portraits, family, wildlife, landscape, etc. People with all levels of expertise are welcome.
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After graduating from Brooks Institute of Photography and working as the still photographer for a film production studio, I didn't hesitate to take on any photography challenges. It wasn't long before I realized my photography was lacking the quality set by the industry leaders. I had the education, I had the camera gear and I had a fully equipped studio but my work just didn't have that edge! I went back to my fundamentals and realized I was not using the basic principles of lighting. 1. We wil …
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I'm starting a group of people who are interested in learning more about digital photography, preferably with their DSLR camera. It's come to my attention that many people make that leap from a point-and-shoot to DSLR and yet and not sure how to utilize their new toy to it's fullest potential. I've been a semi-professional photographer of sports, portraits, and weddings for nearly four years and am an enthusiast of new techniques, new gear, and new subjects. Subjects can be people but can also …
If you've ever wondered what it is that makes a photograph great—or more important, how you can make a great photograph—here's your opportunity to learn from our experts. National Geographic's renowned photographers shed light on every phase of the art and science of picture taking. As a member of this group, you'll be the first to learn about exciting workshops, seminars, and other events in the Bay Area and beyond that will teach you how to judge and control natural light to your advantage, fi …
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For many, photography is a mystery. What is ISO, shutter speed and f-stop? How do I properly compose a shot? What is the rule of thirds? If you are like many, you have wanted to join a Meetup group, but they are all geared for people who already understand photography. This group is for those who want to learn the basics. Unlike most meetup groups, not only will we teach you photography, we'll help you grow. We've been putting on photography events since 1999. We currently do over 150 …
Photochrome provides the opportunity to share images and techniques with other photographers. Our meetings provide an inclusive, supportive environment to learn from each other and improve our photographic skills. Guests of all levels are welcome at meetings and field trips. Our photo club was founded many decades ago and most current club members have not signed up for the meetup group, so the attendance numbers listed are not an accurate reflection of club activity. Visit our website for more …
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Who are we? We are a group for the fashion industry. We are photographers, models, designers, makeup artists, hair stylists, clothing stylists and everyone else involved in the creation of fashion. This group is here to network, create, and nurture new and veteran fashion insiders, bring teams together, and have fun. We are all inclusive, you will not be turned away if you are not yet in the industry. We welcome students and those interested in starting in any of these fields. I am not a fan of …
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This group is for photographers and models to meet and set up some group photoshoots. There will also be workshops given to those that are interested in learning about lighting, studio set ups, location shoots etc. We will be shooting all types of styles from casual, glamour, boudoir, fashion, and artistic nudes
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I'm looking for a guild. I would like a nice, friendly one, with people of all ages and any backgrounds. My current guild has announced they're bored of the game but I am not so am looking for a new group of lovelies.
Today I thought "hey, why not join an American server?" (I'm from UK). "Maybe Tarnished Coast, because I'm interested in it". But it was full, so shifted from Seafarer's Rest to Piken Square. Are there any active, and most importantly friendly guilds here?
Besides that, I have no ties to any server really, so could go anywhere. Where do the regulars from this forum play? Maybe I could come stalk you! I have no direction, no ties. Someone sow the seeds of my fabulous internet journey for me, please. And make sure it's heaven.


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This is a repost from my grow for market series. Please click on the older posts at the bottom of the pages to get back to this whole series. Thanks
One of the best feelings for me throughout my nursery career has been a combination of joy, pride and accomplishment derived from giving or selling something that you produced from a seed to the finished product. to someone else. It's like giving a part of yourself to the eventual customer, and if they want to pay you for it, so much the better. These are some of the things you will feel if you start growing for market. Also tired, pissed off, cheated and lied to. But the good outweighs the bad by a long shot.
Growing for market can be something you do on a part time basis, like growing some extra tomato starts and a few zucchini seedlings. You take whatever you have that you think will sell to the market on Saturday morning then count your cash at the end of the day. Then there are folks out there that have farms that grow acres of berries or melons that count on the market for a good part of their living. I figure most people that will read this blog are going to fall into the middle of this range. I will use myself as an example. I grow some baskets some bedding plants a few veggie starts and some oddball stuff for my markets. I have a pretty good following, not because I have the best stuff at the market but I think because folks just get to like you. That's important at any market. Your reputation becomes known to the customers and to the other vendors. I would expect my reputation is, he grows some okay stuff some good stuff and some crap. And he only comes for three months of the season. So, some good some bad. That's my rep and that's what I have to work with. I created it so I will live with it.
If you think that marketing is in your future then it's time to start your research. Have you ever been to a Farmers Market? Do you know someone who has? Have you got the time to grow for the market, or bake or cook or whatever it is you would like to sell. If you are going to grow, do you have the facility to grow in? Have you grown before? Do you like dealing with the public?
I think the best way to start is start going to some markets. Walk the aisles see what people are selling. See where the lines are. See how the stalls are set up. Get a feel for some of the successful vendors. You will know them by the lines at their stall. Watch how they interact with each customer. Note if they have a smile on their faces. Watch how easily the transition from one customer to the next. As you get comfortable with them go up and ask them about marketing. Almost any vendor is happy to see new vendors coming into the market. There is kind of a circle in markets. The more vendors you have the more customers you will have. While that may cut into a vendors action a bit it also presents more customers to sell to. What came first the market or the customer? This is not a trick question. The more the merrier in both vendors and customers.
What should I sell? How much? At what price? What do you do well? Do you bake a mean apple turnover? If you do you are set as baked goods seems to me to be one of those things that always creates a line up at their stall. Add some coffee and pop on ice and you are set. Are you good at woodworking, and does you market allow things that are hand made? I you are and they do then start making trellises and tomato cages. Don't quit your day job though. I see some really nice stuff at the markets that I do that just plain doesn't sell. The vendors are very personable but selling their goods is really tough. Keep that in mind but don't let that burst your bubble. How about starting a few tomato plants and setting them into your wood planters. Not planted in them just sitting in them. Then know something about that type of tomato. For me it seems that the more I can tell the customer about that plant the better chance they will but it. I know common sense stuff.
I'm going to assume based on the fact that you are visiting my website or blog that you want to grow plants to sell at market. Great now what? Remember when you were scouting that market? What was selling. There really isn't that much different that you can dream up that someone else isn't already doing. However you may be able to present the same product in a different way. I don't try to compete with half of the other vendors at our markets by selling 4″ tomato starts. I sell only gallon tomatoes. I don't get the highest price at the market but I do sell all of my gallon tomatoes.
Everyone wants to know what sells. Everything, now, what can you grow? There are the easy things like marigolds and the hard things like begonias. Start with the easy and work your way up. One of the things you will find if you decide to grow flowers is that there are tons of companies out there that grow the starts for almost anything you can think of. You can buy as little as 4 flats of 50 liners/plugs from a grower and have them shipped to your door for less than $125. These are patented plugs that are ready to shift into a 4″ pot or 3 or 4 to a 12″ basket. All you need is a place to grow them on after planting them. You may want to grow stuff from seed. Same thing have you, can you and have you got the room. I have found that growing plants from cuttings pays very well. We'll look at some plants and plant ideas tomorrow. If you have questions feel free to put them in the comment section. I'll get back to you soon.


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A few months ago I had the opportunity to fly over to Oahu, Hawaii to produce a video for 9th Wave Gallery Artist Shannon O'Connell. I had never met her before, but it turns out that she is the sweetest thing you will ever meet.
We filmed a lifestyle piece and an interview segment to produce a documentary based video describing her plans to travel to Japan. This trip is fueled by her passion to spread Hawaiian based aloha to the Japanese people after the devastating earthquake and tsunami last year in the form of her art, painting, and love for everything that is beautiful.
I had a ton of fun working with Shannon and the project turned out to be amazing. Also had enough time to edit a 9th Wave Gallery video that was shot with a GoPro by my good friend and part owner of 9th Wave Gallery Ryan McVay.
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Sheila Parenteau attended her first poetry workshop in October 2011 facilitated by the Ocean State Poets. "They opened up the beautiful world of poetry and inspired me to find my voice."
Sheila became a commercial artist and enjoyed a wide variety of endeavors from painting murals for homes and businesses to illustrating commemorative posters of cities and states - as well as designing logos. Deciding to change carreers, Sheila became an Occupational Therapy Assistant where she could further apply her artistic and creative skills. "I find it more rewarding to work with people and help them feel better thru doing and creating."
Today, Sheila works as a COTA in a hospital Geri-Psych department using Art, Music, and Writing with as many groups as possible. "I am blessed with a wonderful husband and two daughters who also write poetry and are artistic," she's happy to affirm.
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Christ Episcopal Church of Fort Meade will hold its annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on Feb. 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Fort Meade American Legion Building located at 825 North Charleston Avenue.
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More evidence was released Thursday in the Trayvon Martin case.
The evidence against George Zimmerman includes photos of Martin's bloodied sweatshirt and separate hoodie with a single bullet hole.
According to the documents, scientists noted a layer of soot around the bullet hole as clear evidence he was shot at very close range – something Zimmerman claims was necessary to save his own life during an altercation with Martin.
LISTEN: Non-emergency phone calls from Zimmerman made public
Also in the evidence release are several phone calls made to Sanford police to report suspicious activity in the six months leading up to his encounter with Martin.
"We've had a lot of break-ins, suspicious characters hanging out, loitering," Zimmerman tells the dispatcher.
In most of the calls, Zimmerman speaks in a matter of fact tone about a suspicious man picking through garbage or a garage door left open. But on the rainy night of his encounter with Martin, Zimmerman sounds more urgent.
"Now he's coming towards me. He's got his hand in his waist band. Something is wrong with him. He's coming to check me out," said Zimmerman.
READ: State releases documents given to Zimmerman
Sanford's lead detective concluded that Zimmerman targeted Martin not by race, but as a criminal based on the clothing he was wearing.