Minimalist Movie Posters Make You Think About Life Sometimes things in life like movies really have the possibility to make you think about things in a new light. Saving Private Ryan did that for me, even though I was in the Air Force, it made me realize the reality of fighting a war against an experienced army. The minimalist approach has the ability to make even the smallest things that you may have not noticed the first time seem like the most important things in the movie. Daniel Keane over at WolfCadet.com has created a ton of cool posters making movies into minimalist pieces. The battle of Thermopylae is one of the turning points in the history of the western world. 300 Spartains led an army of 7,000 men to defend a small pass from an invading Persian army that consisted of anywhere between 100,000 and 500,000 soldiers. (image) Ace Ventura Alllllrighty then! Jurassic Park To think that life itself can be carried around in something as small as a canister of shaving cream makes one think about how delicate we really are. Star Trek
Glossary of linguistic terms Context for this page: Modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor) In bookshelf: Linguistics 2012 March 12 - The Scale of the Universe Interactive Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2012 March 12 The Scale of the Universe - Interactive Flash Animation Credit & Copyright: Cary & Michael Huang Explanation: What does the universe look like on small scales? On large scales? Tomorrow's picture: dust before galaxies Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important NoticesA service of:ASD at NASA / GSFC& Michigan Tech.
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Disturbing illustrations Top Trending Categories Disturbing illustrations January 31, 2012 Art-design These disturbing illustrations are made by Rob Sheridan. art, design Comments 1. 2. 6 Awkward Moments That Will Make You Burst Out From Laughing. 3. 4. 11 Geeky Desk Toys That'll Brighten The Dullest Of Days 5. 6. 7. 36 Examples of Irony Captured in One Picture 8. 9. Want More Articles Like This In Your Inbox? Sign up for our awesome weekly email. Privacy- Contact Friends: Inno.nl - Bless This Stuff - Holy Cool - Womens9 - Fresh Trend Are you an artist? QW@HhsXJ Home Welcome to fsi-language-courses.org - the home for language courses developed by the Foreign Service Institute. These courses were developed by the United States government and are in the public domain. This site is dedicated to making these language courses freely available in an electronic format. This site is not affiliated in any way with any government entity; it is an independent, non-profit effort to foster the learning of worldwide languages. Website back up. April 13, 2013 The site has been down for two months to the day. On the bright side, there are now other sources for these materials: Please bookmark these sites as well. Catching Up January 16, 2011 The following texts have been posted over the months since this page's last update: Many thanks to Oberon for all the above, as well as Martin Styles for the updated audio for Italian FAST. Various Updates April 16, 2010 There have been several updates over the last few months. New Material January 29, 2010 November 12, 2009 New Text
Yuki Matsueda ‘While most designers are busying adding more and more elements into their artworks, Japan-based Yuki Matsueda has, however, managed to let some elements escape from his art pieces. The result seems quite amazing… A vivid 3D image is successfully created and all the elements are believed to be more shocking than those stay still on paper.’
Mushrooms - P. Cubensis - Transcending Time - 45587 Mushrooms - P. Cubensis Citation: No one. BACKGROUND: The summer after my freshman year I bought a mushroom kit from a local head shop with the intention of taking it home and doing mushrooms all summer long. Mindset: Fastforward to mid-summer. Setting: Late night/Early morning 1 am, My room. My Trip: This is written in the chronological order that I experienced. 1am - I had originally decided to do 7 grams, a dosage a college friend recommended. 115am - I turn on the black light in my room shut the closet door and turn of the lights. 120am - Nothing yet. 145am - I have reached a plateau and am quite sure that this is the peak of my trip. Flurries of pictures begin to flash in front of me, pictures I haven't seen since childhood. At that point the room disappeared and only the distant light was visible. 2am - 15 minutes have passed and I have alredy re-experienced my birth. 215am - I had gone insane. 315am - I get bored of looking at the future me.
Music - Musical Temperaments and Ratios - Phonature Technology Building Guitar Chords : Worked example Local copy, original at www.phonature.com Introduction The fingering for different guitar chords is one of the biggest mysteries in guitar playing. Relating the fretboard to the Mathematical Cochlea For convenience of discussion, we shall use the standard E guitar tuning in our worked example. The chord types and spelling A natural extension of the Pentatonic scale is to further subdivide the wider gaps. Now we get back to understanding the meaning of chords and how they are specified. In addition, the major triad composed of intervals unison, the 3rd and 5th is the basic chord which is often not named. Chord Structure and Semitone Structure The key and spelling of a chord The key specifies the base note of the chord. From spelling to fret positions After getting the spelling of a chord, it becomes easy to locate them in the Mathematical Cochlea scale, then identify the string and fret position to get the various notes.