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Picasso’s Top 7 Tips for Creating an Exciting Life

“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.”

“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor and creator in many creative fields. He’s perhaps the most well-known painter from all of the 20:th century.

He also had some interesting things to say about life. Here are my 7 favourite tips from him. >>>>

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Defendius door chain guard helps you to protect

your home against unauthorized entry.

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Dub Down Babylon!! Sine Qua Non Sound Clash

Dub Echoes

Tessanne Chin - Hide Away

Dub Session Video Podcast

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Midnight In A Perfect World - DJ Shadow

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ELPAIS.com publicará a partir del 1 de diciembre 'Yo y mi garrote', la bitácora de Xavi L., un joven informático y músico, internado por una enfermedad mental

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Scientist: NASA found life on Mars - and killed it

A scientist has theorized that NASA's Viking space probes may have found life on Mars and accidentally killed it.

Nell hoje na tv

Plot Summary for
Nell (1994)

Nell is a girl who's been brought up in an isolated world. The only person she knew was her mother and twin sister. They lived together in a cottage in the forest. Nobody has ever met Nell. After her mother's death, she's discovered by the local doctor Jerome. He's fascinated by her, since she speaks an mangled language, developed by her sister and herself growing up; "twin speak" if you will. But Paula, a psychology student, wants her observed in a laboratory. The judge decides they get three months to observe her in the forest, after which he'll decide about Nells future.

Summary written by Tony Kessen {rhkessen@cs.vu.nl}

Nell is raised in the remote backwoods of North Carolina, never having met anyone except her mother and twin sister. When her mother finally dies, Nell must confront the outside world. Due to her isolation Nell never learned proper English, only a mangled form created by her sister and herself; a kind of "twin speak", if you will. Nice country doctor Jerome Lovell wants to help Nell adjust in her own protected surroundings, while psychology student Paula Olsen and her heartless boss Alexander Paley want to study this rare 'wild child' in their laboratory. But how long can Nell's world remain isolated?

Summary written by Reid Gagle

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no exercício favorito que inventou

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tv & dub

encontro na acerola

sis se esconde

2007

silk

Serigraphy (Silk Screening) The history of screen printing dates back to the stenciling found in primitive cave paintings in France and Spain. Cave painters sprayed (by blowing color through a tube) around their hand or pressed their hands into color printing onto the walls. Around 500 A.D., the Japanese and Chinese developed a more sophisticated form of stenciling. In order to create fine detail in the printed image. The Japanese began to push color and dyes through silk. The fine weave of the silk held the color in place while the impression was made. Using that technique, screen-printing was mainly used for commercial purposes, such as package labels and billboards. During the Depression, the Work's Progress Administration enabled artist to explore the more personal artistic capabilities the silkscreen process had to offer with the creation of several patriotic prints. It was during this time that the word "serigraph" was coined. It comes from the Latin word "seri", meaning silk, and the Greek word "graphos," meaning to draw or write. Today, serigraphy, silkscreen printmaking, is a discipline that uses graphic techniques to crate a particular visual aesthetic personally expressive to each artist and image. Color Separations: The first step in creating a serigraph involves producing color separations that make up the printed image. This is the responsibility of the chromist. Making these separations can employ a variety of techniques, but in this article we're focusing on hand-painted separations. Each color is translated onto a mylar sheet by hand by the master chromist using black opaque ink. These sheets eventually become the screens. Depending on the complexity and the desired effect, the number of colors per print can range from 15 to 128 or more colors and can take anywhere from two to 10 hours per color to paint. The chromist, in essence, becomes the artist by creating each color separation, but the chromist must also think in terms of pulling apart the whole image and starting from the ground up. Where an artist can easily mix a desired color on their palette, the chromist must think in terms of color formula. Screen Making: After each color is painted, the mylar is given to the screen department. Screens are stretched with nylon or polyester. The open mesh screens are directly coated with a light-sensitive emulsion. The mylar is then measured and taped to the appropriate print area on the screen. The screen is then placed in a vacuum frame to ensure good contact of the mylar with the screen. It is then exposed to an ultra-violet light that hardens the emulsion everywhere that is not covered by black. The area under the hand-painted ink stays soft and water-soluble. The screen is then taken out of the frame, the mylar removed, and the painted area washed out with water. After the screen is dry, it is then carefully checked for dust or flaws with a magnifying glass before it goes to press. Inks: Some small ateliers specializing in hand-painted acetates (mylar) and traditional printmaking, also mix all of their inks from scratch using pigments, rather than using recipes from formula books to mix color. This stems from the belief that each artist requires a different palette of color to make up his/her own unique style of artwork and years of experience in mixing colors keeps the quality of the artwork exceptional. The color is mixed by the chromist, then proofed and adjusted by the printer to check that it has achieved the desired effect. Often, the color has to be adjusted three or four times to ensure its perfection in the consecutive order of colors planned. Printing: Once the color is mixed and proofed by the printer, each color is registered and pulled by hand from the press. The master printer works with an assistant who is in charge of quality control for each print as it is taken from the press. The impression is made by the pressure of a squeegee that pushes the ink through the open areas of the screen. The printer must constantly be aware of the viscosity of the ink, the tension of the screen and most importantly, the registration of each and every print throughout the edition. The value of a pure serigraph is understood when thought of in terms of registering by hand each color, usually more than 100 times at 300 pieces (prints) per edition. Curating: When the artist has approved the completion of his/her work in print, each piece is carefully inspected and curated to insure its perfection. Any print not meeting a standard of quality is pulled from the edition and destroyed, along with all of the mylars painted by the chromist, insuring a true limited edition. Once the artist signs and numbers each print, the edition is carefully wrapped and crated for distribution to galleries throughout the world.

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métodos de impressão e separação de cores

1 2 3 4 5 6 7  8 9 10 11 Figure 12 One of the most often asked questions I get is to explain the difference between the various printing and separation methods and the type of software used for each. Questions like, "is Corel Draw better than Adobe Photoshop" and "when should I use Simulated Process Color over Index Color separations"; are the norm. With so many articles about the different methods and so may automated software programs expounding the virtues of each method I thought it was time to try to clear the air about what they are. Software Programs Before we can get into a discussion of separation types we need to have a quick overview of the types of software programs available for color separations. Vector Based Programs Vector programs are normally used for spot color separations (see below). They know the math coordinates or "vectors"; between point A and point B. Vector based programs love to work with typefaces, hard edge graphics, and clip art. Without getting into a Mac vs PC debate, the most popular vector program on the Windows/PC platform is CorelDraw. On the Mac platform it is Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Freehand. Pixel/Raster Programs Raster or pixel based programs treat images as small pixels of color. These programs work with Photorealistic images and can be used to lighten, sharpen and enhance photos. The most popular pixel based program on both platforms is Adobe Photoshop. It is not only an extremely powerful program, but also one that has been embraced by the industry as the defacto standard. Most ink companies will provide free of charge their process color ink values as a Photoshop file and there are now a number of automated color separation programs designed specifically for Photoshop. So which is the best program. There is no correct answer. When you read on you will see that different types of separations are done with different programs. Most computer graphic departments have both vector based programs for their text, cartoons, logos and hard edge graphics and pixel based programs for their photorealistic images. Don't forget, you can create part of the image in one program and take it into another to add additional elements. Types of Separations Spot Color This is the bread and butter of the industry. Spot color images generally have specific solid colors that can also be made of small dots called halftones (figure 1). Spot color separations/prints are generally used for logos, school designs, clipart, hard edges graphics, cartoons or other images that have a black or dark outline. A spot color image can be as simple as one-color and as complex as ten colors, and can include lots of shading, gradations and detail. They still generally have a flat, cartoon like look and are not photorealistic. Spot color separations are done in vector based programs like CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Freehand (figure 2). Process Color Process Color images are made up of the colors of cyan, magenta, yellow and black (figure 3). Process color prints are generally referred to as CMYK (the "K"; is for the "key"; color of black). All of the photos in magazines like Impressions are made of these four colors. If you took a magnifier to these images you would see that they are made up of small halftone dots that when printed make up most of the colors of the rainbow (figure 4). If process color will print all these colors then why not use it for all your designs? If a T-shirt image were not photorealistic why would you want to print four colors when for a simple "spot color"; image only two would do? Also, for most of your spot colors images you need a more vibrant, solid image rather than a soft halftone dot print. Process color prints on T-shirts generally only work well on light colored shirts. The inks used are very transparent and do not work on black, and when printed on an underbase of white ink, will become very pastel. The problem with printing process is that if you are not a good printer or don't know how to do the separations, the images will be muddy when printed. Although process color separations are generally done by pixel based programs like Adobe Photoshop (figure 5), these programs were designed for paper/offset printing and the program settings don't allow for the fact that halftone dots grow in size when printed on a soft object like a T-shirt (dot gain). Process color separations are generally NOT done with vector based programs like Corel Draw. For this reason, process color is not for everyone. It generally needs better control like properly tensioned, high mesh-count screens and the ability to hold fine halftone dots and print them in register with minimal dot gain. The secret to good process prints is in proper separations and good printing. Yes, you can do it, but plan to experiment a little. When you see a hot process color print, it almost always has additional spot colors. What you think is just a cmyk print may in fact have cmyk plus two or three spot colors to make the design really jump off the shirt. If you don't know how to do the separations you should either use an industry specific color separator, follow directions from articles in this magazine or download how-to-do-it articles from www.screenprinters.net/articles, or use industry specific separation software. Simulated Process Color This is also known as "fake"; process color. Simulated Process color images have a photorealistic look but are not printed with the process colors of CMYK (figure 6). They look like process, smell like process, feel like process but aren't process. The color separations for simulated process color are made up of halftone images of spot colors like red, yellow, blue, etc. They are often called "tonal"; or "channel"; separations (figure 7). Simulated process separations can be printed on light and dark shirts and are generally done in Adobe Photoshop. Because the inks for simulated process color are generally all-purpose, semi-transparent plastisol they give you a bright print even when printed on an underbase of white ink. When done correctly, simulated process prints can be very photorealistic with smooth gradations and bright colors. Index Color This is probably the most confusing of the separation methods. For simulated process, real CMYK process and spot colors with gradations, any shading is done with different size halftone dots that have a definite pattern and angle to them (figure 8). Index separations are done in Adobe Photoshop and use a random square dots that are all the same size. These random dot patterns are also often called diffusion dither or stochastic (figure 9). A Word About Moiré With traditional halftone dots there is the possibility of getting undesirable patterns called moirés when the halftones are exposed on screen mesh and printed on shirts (figure 10). These moiré patterns happen because halftones generally need to be printed with a different angle for each color. If the angles of halftones are not correct they create an "interference of two patterns" and give you little checkerboard effects. In theory, index separations should not give you a moiré pattern because the dots are all the same size and they are random. This is one of the biggest industry lies ever told. Yes, you will not get a moiré pattern within the separations but if you use the wrong screen mesh (200 dpi index separation on a 200 mesh) you will get the worse moiré you have ever seen. Index color separations are done in Adobe Photoshop by creating a color table of the most prominent colors in your image (and the most colors you are capable of printing) and then letting Photoshop convert the image to just those colors using random square dots. Photoshop will make (or try to make) the image look as close as the original as possible with just the limited number of colors you selected (figure 11). Index prints can be very bright on light and dark shirts and the separations are easy to do. The downside to index prints is that for the image to be photorealistic you need at least six colors and in some cases eight to ten colors. Index prints can sometimes have a grainy and textured look to them. When printed with a lot of colors index prints can also be very striking (figure 12)! Index separations work great for spot color images too. They are also easy to print because you are placing a dot next to a dot rather than printing halftone dots on top of halftone dots. Just don't use indexing because someone told you that halftones are hard. Most of the award winning prints you see are still real process color and simulated process color. When To Use What? OK, with all that said, when do you use what method? CMYK Process Color Great for photorealistic images on white or light shirts. Do not use on dark shirts. Requires good separations, screen making and printing technique. The best process prints have additional spot colors. Prints may be a little duller than a simulated or index print. Simulated Process Color Great for dark shirts that need a photorealistic image. Works on light shirts too. Requires good separations, screen making and printing technique. Can print very smooth gradations and hold excellent detail. The most popular method used by award winning printers. Prints are bright because all purpose inks are used. Index Color Works on light and dark shirts. Typically requires more colors than simulated or process color (especially if going on black shirts). Very easy to print because all the dots are the same size and you are printing square dots next to square dots rather than halftone dots on top of halftone dots. Separations are easy to do in Adobe Photoshop and screen making and printing can be forgiving. Very production friendly and easy to print. Images can have a slightly grainy (stippled) look. Works well for spot color also. Summary Remember, don't get too caught up in using these terms with your customers. They don't know and really don't care if you index it or make it simulated process color. All they want is their image to look good on a shirt.

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Temperament Report

Free report for: Mario

Artisans are the temperament with a natural ability to excel in any of the arts, not only the fine arts such as painting and sculpting, or the performing arts such as music, theater, and dance, but also the athletic, military, political, mechanical, and industrial arts, as well as the "art of the deal" in business.

Artisans are most at home in the real world of solid objects that can be made and manipulated, and of real-life events that can be experienced in the here and now. Artisans have exceptionally keen senses, and love working with their hands. They seem right at home with tools, instruments, and vehicles of all kinds, and their actions are usually aimed at getting them where they want to go, and as quickly as possible. Thus Artisans will strike off boldly down roads that others might consider risky or impossible, doing whatever it takes, rules or no rules, to accomplish their goals. This devil-may-care attitude also gives the Artisans a winning way with people, and they are often irresistibly charming with family, friends, and co-workers.

Artisans want to be where the action is; they seek out adventure and show a constant hunger for pleasure and stimulation. They believe that variety is the spice of life, and that doing things that aren't fun or exciting is a waste of time. Artisans are impulsive, adaptable, competitive, and believe the next throw of the dice will be the lucky one. They can also be generous to a fault, always ready to share with their friends from the bounty of life. Above all, Artisans need to be free to do what they wish, when they wish. They resist being tied or bound or confined or obligated; they would rather not wait, or save, or store, or live for tomorrow. In the Artisan view, today must be enjoyed, for tomorrow never comes.

Artisans make up between 15 to 20 percent of the population, which is good, because they create much of the beauty, grace, fun, and excitement the rest of us enjoy in life.

The Four types of Artisans are:

Promoters (ESTP) | Composers (ISFP) | Crafters (ISTP) | Performers (ESFP)

 

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Miséria

Miséria das periferias do mundo é uma produção capitalista necessária para manter a felicidade dos mais desenvolvidos