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I was asked to design some album cover for the US electronic dance group The Crystal Method with LMFAO the single is Sine Language and includes a variety of remixes by the group. These are a few of the concepts.
The Modern Language Center has arranged for a special trip in downtown Amman. The reason for the Arabic students to acquaint themselves with the archaeological and landmarks in the capital city Amman. They took advantage of their being downtown, had the chance to eat our national sweets “Kenafa”.
They enjoyed the trip very much.
Chinuk Wawa was a hybrid language including Chinookan, Nootkan, French, and English used
in the Pacific Northwest during the fur trade era. It also aided communication between soldiers and American Indians during the Civil War. Officers who’d learned the language at Fort Vancouver used it to send coded dispatches. This pipe also represents the combination of these cultures.
Crossed out words: Lame, dumb, short sighted, weak, crip (ableist words).
Proposed alternatives:
Lazy
Unintelligent
Suboptimal
Bogus
Pathetic
Bullshit
Garbage
Ignorant
(Does the word Examine talent vs. Effort?)
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VIDEO - Vitas in Vancouver ‘Sleepless Nights’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSMGJbP-H90
This is the FIRST EVER concert that Vitas has performed in Vancouver, Canada at the River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond, BC on February 03, 2011. Vitas sang in different languages: Italian (Nessun Dorma, O Sole Mio, La Donna Mobile, Ave Maria), Chinese (青藏高原 The Tibetan Plateau) and, of course, Russian where the singer is from. The concert is a brand new production named Sleepless Nights and Vitas is being branded as an ‘Artist Who You Have Been Waiting For.’
The high octave operatic style of music has that unique Vitas showmanship coupled with a genuine desire to please the audience which made him such an international star who has sold more than 100 million CDs worldwide. In his official Russian web site, Vitas is known as an author/composer/actor.
The music video MV of Vitas’s concert in Vancouver is only at Vancouver 21 and affiliated sites. A special thank you to the Vitas concert producers for making this exclusive arrangement possible.
[Photos and videos by Ray Van Eng. www.vancouver21.com ]
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Joint Service Color Guard, along with marching units from the four service branches, once again kicked off Pacific Grove's Good Old Days festival by leading the parade along Pine St. on April 11.
The Annual Good Old Days Celebration and Music Festival started in 1957 and is a two-day event in downtown Pacific Grove with live music, parade, vendors and carnival rides.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
Official Presidio of Monterey Facebook
PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
Sign language chart. Hand gestures for communicating with the hearing and sight impaired or those under a vow of silence. Invented by monks.
Statue called "le nomade" in Antibes, France.
Built of letters to show that we all speak different languages but we all use letters to build words...
23 OCT 12
This was yet another night of insomnia. I didn't sleep at all. I tried to close my eyes and they just popped open and open and open so I resorted to using my brain for something even in the wee hours. So at 3am, I started trying to resume my quest to learn Italian.
English is my first language and French was my second. I actually attended a bilingual school, English, and French until I was seven. Unfortunately, here, the emphasis is all about learning Spanish, so as soon as I went to elementary, they enrolled me in the only language classes they had which was Spanish and I soon lost the ability to speak French fluently as only my brother and I spoke it, and my dad knew just a little bit of it. I did however get a chance to get back at it in the third grade when my parents enrolled me in the super Olympics of Summer Schools. We had French lessons, Chess lessons, Drum and Jazz classes, Dance, Swimming lessons, Arts and Crafts, History adn Culture, Singing lessons, and Sign Language. It felt as though we were in school, but all the classes were composed of electives. We ended up being sent back for 3 Summers in a row which was pretty cool. I excelled in French there, but again, got back to school, no one spoke or taught French, so it was back to learning Spanish and away my French went. Sign language was frustrating to me. We had a hearing teacher and a deaf teacher. I think she expected us to just pick up with the language, and so she would rarely actually speak to us once she'd taught us basics. The deaf teacher was much nicer and made a point to sign much slower so we could try to grasp the words and concepts unlike her lightening speed. I didn't really appreciate the language as much until I got a little older and I did try and take it in college but the basic classes were full up and I couldn't get in.
Along the way Spanish has been my constant companion. My besty's first language is Spanish so she sometimes speaks to me in half/half. My real test came when I started working in an after school program for the Y with bilingual students. I was there to tutor them in English, Math, and Science. I had to learn quickly how to translate. They wanted us to speak mostly English to them, but most were so young they were barely enrolled in ESL so I had to translate or the alternative would have been to spend my hours having them stare at me blankly.
And now, on my bucket list, is a dream of mine, to go to Italy. I don't want to do the whole tourisy ruins and art museums...I just want to go to a small country side village, eat as the locals do, enjoy the sunsets on some large land overlooking the countryside and eat, pray, love. I did say that I wouldn't go until I had some grasp of the basics of communication in the language. I don't want to go some place and have to rely totally on someone translating for me, because that gets old really quickly and it kind of puts people off as they have to struggle to say even the simplest things to you through someone else. I figured, a while back, because I know a little Spanish, learning Italian should be easier as the languages are very similar....um...that's actually the problem...the languages are very similar. There are subtle deviations between vowel sounds and pronunciations that have made this a confusing slog as I literally revert back to Spanish when trying to speak Italian. Counting is funny because I can easily recall Spanish numbers, so I say the numbers half in Spanish and Half in Italian. I'm at the beginning stages of the language, but it might as well be Spanish in a lot of respects. I think I might look for a tutor the more serious I get about learning it, but I want to at least learn the basics on my own, so I have plenty of books, audio, and of course as pictured, the lovely youtube.
In other news...I can almost cross this item off my bucket list because I have said for a while I am going to start growing my own herbs. That's legal herbs that is, LOL! Not that herbs at my local market are terribly expensive, I just want to start growing edible foods in my garden again. When I first moved in, I had corn and tomatoes, and apples and grapes, but most are now long dead and gone but its time to Secret Garden that b*tch, and make some food grow. So I'm starting with two items, one is basil, and one is carrots. Of course this being the worst time of year as the weather is about to turn, but I have hope that the basil will make it, and if not, I can transfer them and grow them inside if the outdoors fails. The one thing I will have to watch for in the garden is the freakin' squirrels. They constantly eat and destroy my apples because in the yard there is a giant pecan tree and when they get tired of those, the jump on my apples. Jerks! They are particularly active now with winter approaching, so I'm hoping they don't dig through the pots or chew through the basil as it begins to grow.
Students from 30 high schools and their teacher gathered Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Union South on the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the fifth annual Wisconsin Global Youth Summit.
The event was sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and UW-Madison's Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), Language Institute, and International Reach (International Student Services).
Activities for students included small group discussions on what it means to be a global citizen, conversations with international students, and introductory lessons in a variety of world languages. The program also includes performances of Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, and Okinawan taiko drumming.
Teachers participated in peer-led sessions that focused on Wisconsin's Global Education Achievement Certificate.
Participating high schools were: Amery, Appleton Area, Arrowhead UHS, Bonduel, Cedarburg, Cuba City, De Forest Area, Gibraltar Area, Grantsburg, Howard-Suamico, Janesville, Johnson Creek, Kettle Moraine, Lake Mills Area, Madison Metropolitan, Oconomowoc Area, Oregon, Pewaukee, Plymouth Joint, Pulaski Community, Shorewood, Slinger, South Milwaukee, Southern Door County, Tomah Area, Two Rivers Public, Watertown Unified, Wausau, Wausaukee, and Wauwatosa.
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This photo was captured at the 2023 edition of Great International
Developer Summit, April 23-26, Bangalore, India. #gids #developersummit
With 72,000 ATTENDEES benefiting over 16 game changing editions, Great International Developer Summit (GIDS) is the gold standard for Asia's software craftsman ecosystem for gaining exposure to and evaluating new projects, tools, services, platforms, languages, software and standards.
The 2023 edition of GIDS featured a convergence of eight broad tracks covering data, cloud, devops, software architecture, Java, dynamic languages, mobile development and modern web. With 150+ long and short talks, keynotes, the program was packed with all that software practitioners need to determine which technologies will make the biggest impact this year.
Visit the official summit home at www.developersummit.com.
Urmia (Turkish language: Urmu, Urmiyə, اورمیه; farsi: ارومیه) variously translitterated as Oroumiyeh, Orūmīyeh and Urūmiyeh, is a city in and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 577,307, with 153,570 households.
The city lies at an altitude of 1,330 m above sea level on the Shahar Chay river (City River). Urmia is the 10th most populated city in Iran. The population is mainly mainly Azerbaijanian Turkish(85-90%), with Kurdish, Assyrian Christian, and Armenian minorities.
Urmia is situated on a fertile plain called Urmia Plain, on western side of Lake Urmia; and eastern side of Turkish border and marginal range of mountains.
Urmia is the trade center for a fertile agricultural region where fruit (especially Apple and Grape) and Tobacco are grown. An important town by the 9th cent., Urmia was seized by the Seljuk Turks (1184), and later occupied a number of times by the Ottoman Turks.
Urmiye (Türkçesi:اورمو, Urmu, اورمیه, Urumiyə;Farsça: ارومیه, Orumieh), İran'ın Batı Azerbaycan Eyaleti'nin yönetim merkezi olan şehir. Şehir, bağlı olduğu eyaletin orta kısmında, Urmiye Gölü ile Türkiye sınırı arasında, kendi adıyla anılan ovada kuruludur. Nüfusu 2006 yılı verileriyle 577,307 kişidir ki Urmiye ülkenin en büyük 10. şehridir.
Urmiye şehrinde nüfusun çoğunluğunu (tahmini 90%) Türklerdir, azınlık kısmınıysa Kürtler, Süryaniler ve Ermeniler oluşturuyor.
MAA is the language spoken by the MAASAI tribe; a language with a harmonious vowel.
This harmony was the inspiration for the MAA armchair; the combination of its shape with its singular color and the twill delicacy brings the detail that will make every room speak harmoniously.
brabbu.com/upholstery/maa-armchair.php
For more information: info@brabbu.com
This unassuming little suburban strip mall post office is where the Klingon Language Institute has its post office box.
Flourtown, PA
Urmia (Turkish language: Urmu, Urmiyə, اورمیه; farsi: ارومیه) variously translitterated as Oroumiyeh, Orūmīyeh and Urūmiyeh, is a city in and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 577,307, with 153,570 households.
The city lies at an altitude of 1,330 m above sea level on the Shahar Chay river (City River). Urmia is the 10th most populated city in Iran. The population is mainly mainly Azerbaijanian Turkish(85-90%), with Kurdish, Assyrian Christian, and Armenian minorities.
Urmia is situated on a fertile plain called Urmia Plain, on western side of Lake Urmia; and eastern side of Turkish border and marginal range of mountains.
Urmia is the trade center for a fertile agricultural region where fruit (especially Apple and Grape) and Tobacco are grown. An important town by the 9th cent., Urmia was seized by the Seljuk Turks (1184), and later occupied a number of times by the Ottoman Turks.
Urmiye (Türkçesi:اورمو, Urmu, اورمیه, Urumiyə;Farsça: ارومیه, Orumieh), İran'ın Batı Azerbaycan Eyaleti'nin yönetim merkezi olan şehir. Şehir, bağlı olduğu eyaletin orta kısmında, Urmiye Gölü ile Türkiye sınırı arasında, kendi adıyla anılan ovada kuruludur. Nüfusu 2006 yılı verileriyle 577,307 kişidir ki Urmiye ülkenin en büyük 10. şehridir.
Urmiye şehrinde nüfusun çoğunluğunu (tahmini 90%) Türklerdir, azınlık kısmınıysa Kürtler, Süryaniler ve Ermeniler oluşturuyor.
Representatives from the College of DuPage Spanish, German, Korean, French, Japanese and Italian clubs and the Alpha Mu Gamm Language Honor Society recently held a celebration of their diverse cultures at the Multicultural Mashup at the Glen Ellyn campus, 425 Fawell Blvd. The groups presented music, food and other cultural treats to highlight their respective corners of the world and educate guests on the various groups represented on the COD campus.
Barstow chapters of Spanish, French and Chinese language honor societies inducted new members at a celebration assembly on March 10, 2020. (Photo by Todd Race)
I like the idea that we never stop leaning. Language is one of those things that you tend to take for granted when it comes to learning. If you don't understand a language, you can't really learn too easily. I just started (two days ago) learning French. I know a bit of Spanish already and can figure my way through some basic reading. I still stand in awe of a Scenic Designer I met who learned English as a fourth language. The others she knows are Serbian (her native), French, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese.
This is my name "Sean" written in Ogham, an old Celtic script used by Druids in 4th-6th Century. The script alphabet was based off of there tree mythology, used in their Lunar Zodiac and spoken in what we call Old Irish. The first letter at the bottom "S" also stands for "The Willow Tree" known as "The Observer". This is also the Zodiac which represents my birthday. The Lunar (moon) system is not like the Heliocentric (sun based) system we use today. It has 13 cycles (for each moon cycle in a year) as opposed to the suns representation through 12 star constellations. The willow is also a very sacred tree for them; believed to be the tree under which two snakes eggs hatched both the sun and earth. This was celebrated by searching for eggs (chicken's eggs, easier to get than snakes) that were hidden in trees, usually around the time of the Spring Equinox. So, if you've ever wondered why you look for eggs on Easter, now you know!
-Good Day
"There is only one Chinese language."
If you look close enough there are 2 different types of Chinese newspapers. I didn't know this until I met my wife :D
Wyatt, the black GSD, has a strange attraction towards Ouzo. Every time he sees him, he runs and begs Ouzo to play with him, the only way he knows, by slapping my dog with his paws :) Ouzo tries his best to ignore him, but I believe Wyatt's just not capable of reading subtle signals.
So last Saturday, when this was taken, Ouzo finally had enough of Wyatt and discovered he has teeth that he can show and growl at the young admirer. Unfortunately that didn't make too much of a difference either - maybe gave Wyatt a bit more respect for Ouzo, but he continued to seek his approval and share his affection.
Here he's sniffing (and not sure if not licking) Ouzo's mouth, while my dog just wishes the black dog would freaking go away at leave him alone to play with his frisbee :)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Groves nails a sign in place as an Iraqi boy holds it. The sign instructs visitors to the newly opened Civil Military Operations Center on Joint Security Station Sadr City. Groves is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Zachary Mott.
Urmia (Turkish language: Urmu, Urmiyə, اورمیه; farsi: ارومیه) variously translitterated as Oroumiyeh, Orūmīyeh and Urūmiyeh, is a city in and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 577,307, with 153,570 households.
The city lies at an altitude of 1,330 m above sea level on the Shahar Chay river (City River). Urmia is the 10th most populated city in Iran. The population is mainly mainly Azerbaijanian Turkish(85-90%), with Kurdish, Assyrian Christian, and Armenian minorities.
Urmia is situated on a fertile plain called Urmia Plain, on western side of Lake Urmia; and eastern side of Turkish border and marginal range of mountains.
Urmia is the trade center for a fertile agricultural region where fruit (especially Apple and Grape) and Tobacco are grown. An important town by the 9th cent., Urmia was seized by the Seljuk Turks (1184), and later occupied a number of times by the Ottoman Turks.
Urmiye (Türkçesi:اورمو, Urmu, اورمیه, Urumiyə;Farsça: ارومیه, Orumieh), İran'ın Batı Azerbaycan Eyaleti'nin yönetim merkezi olan şehir. Şehir, bağlı olduğu eyaletin orta kısmında, Urmiye Gölü ile Türkiye sınırı arasında, kendi adıyla anılan ovada kuruludur. Nüfusu 2006 yılı verileriyle 577,307 kişidir ki Urmiye ülkenin en büyük 10. şehridir.
Urmiye şehrinde nüfusun çoğunluğunu (tahmini 90%) Türklerdir, azınlık kısmınıysa Kürtler, Süryaniler ve Ermeniler oluşturuyor.