Rosetta Stone's French course is a enjoyable way to learn the French language. It is comprehensive but especially good for beginners because the lesson is easily retained. It is highly interactive, fun and addictive that can also be challenging. While there is a great amount of necessary repetition, the lessons do not become boring but, like a good computer game, they become addictive. The lessons mix constant scoring of completed tasks, reading, grammar, listening, reading and speech and taken together, all of its parts emphasize and build on new material so that listening, for instance, helps in the detection and retention of subtle rules in grammar as well as the other way around.
rosetta stone french relies on a picture-word association method to teach French. In this method, you associate the pictures you recognize with words and phrases to slowly build your vocabulary. The great thing about it is that you can learn grammar along the way without reading a single rule about grammar. Speaking French then becomes innate just like speaking your native language. The program uses native speaker audio and a speech recognition system to help improve conversation, listening comprehension and pronunciation skills.
Although Rosetta Stone French does not have a lot of features, it really doesn’t matter. There are not many word tools in the program other than the picture-word association method of teaching, but it is so effective that word tools are not necessary since the pictures aid in translation. The publishers have managed to pack all the fundamentals into a more concise package compared to other competing software. The program intends to make learning the French language so simple and intuitive that anybody can do it. It is the easiest program to use in its class. The program uses an extremely simple and intuitive user interface, and the menu options are clearly labeled that it is easily understood.
Rosetta Stone's French program can be adjusted to your preference whether to add more repetition and review or shortened to concentrate on a specific aspect such as reading. For people with intermediate knowledge of French, the program is best set with a higher microphone setting to challenge the pronunciation. The program helps in pronunciation practice and formation of phrases then gives immediate feedback, which is very useful in improving your speaking ability.
french rosetta stone's program to learn French is not perfect and some of its shortcomings include the lack of cultural lessons, lack of mobile compatibility and the added cost of separate intermediate and advanced exercises. It is disappointing that Rosetta does not have a version compatible with mobile devices such as MP3 players, which could have added to its usefulness even when you don’t have a computer. The program is kind of pricey compared to competing products some of which even have more to offer for a lower price. The package comes with a headphone with integrated microphone and is compatible with a wide range of hardware and operating systems.
2011年3月3日星期四
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power balance bracelet are supposed to improve balance, strength and flexibility and feature some lofty endorsers like Shaquille O’Neal, Drew Brees and Nicole Branagh, an Olympian from the University of Minnesota. Yet the maker of the $30 power balance bracelets admitted this week that there’s no scientific evidence that the things actually work.
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Hollywood Stars Still Love The Power Balance Bracelet
The hologram-embedded rubbery wristbands “work with the body of the user’s natural energy field” and the method applied is like the “ideas behind many Eastern philosophies”. The power balanceweb site explains the holistic method that has been used to design the power bracelets. These claims got the attention of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which compelled the Power Balance company to issue a letter that was published in various media outlets Down Under.
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“We admit that there is no credible scientific evidence that supports our claims,” the company wrote. “Therefore we engaged in misleading conduct.”
The letter goes on to say that “if you feel you have been misled by our promotions, we wish to unreservedly apologise and offer a full refund.”
The law suit wants California-based Power Balance to refund up to $5 Millions.
In a follow-up statement posted Tuesday on the organization’s Facebook wall, Power Balance stated that it is standing by their wristbands and may continue to sell them, announcing that their claims only slid short of Australia’s regulatory standards. Among Power Balance’s most wholehearted endorsers is Branagh, the previous star volleyball player at the School of Minnesota who went on to compete on sand in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games . Talking about the high quality up 70% off bracelets sale online, Branagh claimed, “when I put the band on, I just feel more targeted.
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“People are still buying the Power Balance,” said Nick Hoiseth, General retail manager. Hoiseth admits, “I started wearing a Power Balance bracelet myself after shoulder surgery and it worked for me”.
Hoiseth said that sales were brisk leading up to Christmas. “We sold at least 20 bracelets per week and the store has no plans to pull them off the shelfs and we are rolling with the bracelets as long as they are moving,” added Hoiseth.
Hollywood Stars Still Love The Power Balance Bracelet
Power Balance bangles guarantee to boost balance, strength and the user’s flexibility. The Power Balance bracelet features some lofty endorsers like Shaquille O’Neal, Drew Brees and Nicole Branagh, an Olympian from the Varsity of Minnesota. The producers of Power Balance wristbands have sold them by the millions around the planet. The fashionable bracelet particularly appeals to Hollywood celebrities who have been seen wearing the fancy bracelet. For example, Power Balance bracelets ornament the celebrity wrists of Robert de Niro and Kate Middleton, amongst others.
Hollywood Stars Still Love The Power Balance Bracelet
The hologram-embedded rubbery wristbands “work with the body of the user’s natural energy field” and the method applied is like the “ideas behind many Eastern philosophies”. The power balanceweb site explains the holistic method that has been used to design the power bracelets. These claims got the attention of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which compelled the Power Balance company to issue a letter that was published in various media outlets Down Under.
Hollywood Stars Still Love The Power Balance Bracelet
“We admit that there is no credible scientific evidence that supports our claims,” the company wrote. “Therefore we engaged in misleading conduct.”
The letter goes on to say that “if you feel you have been misled by our promotions, we wish to unreservedly apologise and offer a full refund.”
The law suit wants California-based Power Balance to refund up to $5 Millions.
In a follow-up statement posted Tuesday on the organization’s Facebook wall, Power Balance stated that it is standing by their wristbands and may continue to sell them, announcing that their claims only slid short of Australia’s regulatory standards. Among Power Balance’s most wholehearted endorsers is Branagh, the previous star volleyball player at the School of Minnesota who went on to compete on sand in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games . Talking about the high quality up 70% off bracelets sale online, Branagh claimed, “when I put the band on, I just feel more targeted.
Branagh continued, “since I was introduced to the bracelet in 2009, I haven’t played without it.” Notwithstanding stories of the admission reaching the North Hemisphere, the bands remain sold at General Sports in the 50th and France shopping district bordering Minneapolis and Edina.
“People are still buying the Power Balance,” said Nick Hoiseth, General retail manager. Hoiseth admits, “I started wearing a Power Balance bracelet myself after shoulder surgery and it worked for me”.
Hoiseth said that sales were brisk leading up to Christmas. “We sold at least 20 bracelets per week and the store has no plans to pull them off the shelfs and we are rolling with the bracelets as long as they are moving,” added Hoiseth.
2011年3月2日星期三
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2011年3月1日星期二
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When the hologram comes in contact with your body's energy field, your body interacts with the natural, beneficial frequency stored within the hologram resulting in improved energy flow throughout your body
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Embedded in the silicone rubber wristband is a hologram disk that apparently taps into our energy field when worn, and creates a two-way loop continually adjusting our electrico-chemical body exchanges while boosting those energy levels, all the while maintaining that all important balance that athletes need.
If that sounds like a load of mumbo-jumbo to you, the best testimony to whether it works or not has to come from athletes who have used them.
An impressive list of pro-sportsmen and women swear by Power Balance Silicone wristbands! However,as they are all listed on Power Balance home site, I would be tempted to take their 'testimony' with a pinch of salt.
The makers claim that Power balance silicone wristbands taps into the same energy forces used for thousands of years by acupuncture and acupressure specialists.
Find out for yourself as they are not expensive. Buy a high quality up 70% off bracelets sale online silicone bracelet today. If nothing else they are stylish and fashionable. Report back here if they help you achieve the peak fitness and performance as the makers claim.
Power Balance Silicone Wristbands are embedded with holograms with frequencies that tap into your body's natural energy field, using the latest performance technology.
When the hologram comes in contact with your body's energy field, your body interacts with the natural, beneficial frequency stored within the hologram resulting in improved energy flow throughout your body
Helps promote your natural balance, strength, and flexibility
Made to last, 100% Surgical Grade Silicone wristband can go anywhere you do, even underwater.
Is expandable to easily stretch over your hand and is extremely comfortable and stylish.
Complete with two power balance holograms.
60 Day Manufacturer's Warranty
As Seen In media from around the country
2011年2月24日星期四
the balance of power in the NBA shifted
And now Carmelo Anthony and Deron Williams have taken their talents to the Eastern Conference.
So, has the balance of power in the NBA shifted?
“Absolutely,” Stoudemire said Wednesday after the Knicks beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 114-108, in Anthony’s New York debut at Madison Square Garden. ‘Melo
had a game-high 27 points and 10 rebounds in his first game as a Knick.
“I think it started when Kevin Garnett came to the East,” Stoudemire added. “Then everybody started to trickle over. But I think the East now is a serious
powerhouse, where most of the elite players from the West are now in the East. And the East was already pretty stacked with great players. But now, it has
kind of shifted over.”
When you factor in that players like Baron Davis (Cleveland Cavaliers), Carlos Boozer (Chicago Bulls) Ray Allen (Boston Celtics) and Shaquille O’Neal (Celtics)
have also moved from West to East in recent days and years, Stoudemire isn’t alone in thinking this way.
“Everybody’s bringing their talents to the East,” LeBron James who like collect guess handbagsof the Miami Heat said Wednesday, according to ESPN.com. “It’s going to be fun.
“We came here to team up and we knew we were starting a trend. Teams are going to have to load up because the competition level is rising.”
Anthony and former Denver Nuggets teammates Chauncey Billups were sent to the Knicks late Monday night in a mega-deal that was finalized Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the Nets announced that they had acquired Williams, one of the NBA’s top point guards, from the Utah Jazz in exchange for guard Devin
Harris, forward Derrick Favors, two first-round draft picks and cash.
“We took two of the best players in the West and brought them to the East,” James said. “D-Will has been a multiple All-Star in the West and Melo, of course,
has been a multiple All-Star and now they’re in the East. Amar’e Stoudemire was a multiple All-Star in the West and now he’s in the East too. So it is shifting.”
Still, behind Kobe Bryant, Pao Gasol and Lamar Odom, the Lakers have won back-to-back championships.
Between the Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs, the West has won nine of the last 12 NBA titles.Most of the NBA player like wear power balance when playing.
Only the Boston Celtics (2008), the Heat (2006) and the Detroit Pistons (2004) have won coming out of the East during that time.
The Spurs feature the NBA’s best record this season.
Billups, who was the MVP of the 2004 NBA Finals with Detroit, was asked what it would take for the Knicks to compete for a championship.
“We got a lot of things that we probably need to get better on as a whole,” said Billups, who had 21 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds in his first game as a
Knick. “Defensively is definitely one of them. I don’t think you can be an NBA champion without being a solid defensive team.
“I don’t know if you have to be the best defensive team in the league, but you gotta have some principles and some concepts that you can go to and be able
to get stops for three or four minutes at a time. I think with the personnel that we have and the athletes that we have, we can probably do that. But it’s just
not that easy to say and go do it. It takes work.”
Even ‘Melo conceded the Knicks needed to improve their defense, which is tied for 28th in the 30-team NBA at 105.6 points per game allowed.
““Defensively, I really want to focus in on that,” said Anthony who is the designer handbags owner. “I think once we get everybody to buy into that mentality, we’ll be good to go. I think we all
know that this is a high-powered offense. We know that we can score 120 points a game if we really wanted to. But that’s not going to win too many games,
especially coming down to the end of the season.”.”
Still, the Knicks (29-26) are the No. 6 seed right now and the addition of Anthony should help them make a late run, even as they adjust to a massive roster
turnover.
“There’s going to be a lot of challenges,” Anthony said. “We’re going to lose some games. Our main goal is to get to that playoffs and once you get to that
playoffs anything can happen.”
While the Celtics, Heat, Bulls and Magic remain the favorites in the East, the addition of Anthony and Billups to the Knicks have made them a dangerous
wildcard.
“I’m pretty sure if any of you guys were GMs or owners, you would want me and Amar’e on the same team as well,” Anthony said. “I really don’t know who
would turn that down.”
So, has the balance of power in the NBA shifted?
“Absolutely,” Stoudemire said Wednesday after the Knicks beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 114-108, in Anthony’s New York debut at Madison Square Garden. ‘Melo
had a game-high 27 points and 10 rebounds in his first game as a Knick.
“I think it started when Kevin Garnett came to the East,” Stoudemire added. “Then everybody started to trickle over. But I think the East now is a serious
powerhouse, where most of the elite players from the West are now in the East. And the East was already pretty stacked with great players. But now, it has
kind of shifted over.”
When you factor in that players like Baron Davis (Cleveland Cavaliers), Carlos Boozer (Chicago Bulls) Ray Allen (Boston Celtics) and Shaquille O’Neal (Celtics)
have also moved from West to East in recent days and years, Stoudemire isn’t alone in thinking this way.
“Everybody’s bringing their talents to the East,” LeBron James who like collect guess handbagsof the Miami Heat said Wednesday, according to ESPN.com. “It’s going to be fun.
“We came here to team up and we knew we were starting a trend. Teams are going to have to load up because the competition level is rising.”
Anthony and former Denver Nuggets teammates Chauncey Billups were sent to the Knicks late Monday night in a mega-deal that was finalized Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the Nets announced that they had acquired Williams, one of the NBA’s top point guards, from the Utah Jazz in exchange for guard Devin
Harris, forward Derrick Favors, two first-round draft picks and cash.
“We took two of the best players in the West and brought them to the East,” James said. “D-Will has been a multiple All-Star in the West and Melo, of course,
has been a multiple All-Star and now they’re in the East. Amar’e Stoudemire was a multiple All-Star in the West and now he’s in the East too. So it is shifting.”
Still, behind Kobe Bryant, Pao Gasol and Lamar Odom, the Lakers have won back-to-back championships.
Between the Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs, the West has won nine of the last 12 NBA titles.Most of the NBA player like wear power balance when playing.
Only the Boston Celtics (2008), the Heat (2006) and the Detroit Pistons (2004) have won coming out of the East during that time.
The Spurs feature the NBA’s best record this season.
Billups, who was the MVP of the 2004 NBA Finals with Detroit, was asked what it would take for the Knicks to compete for a championship.
“We got a lot of things that we probably need to get better on as a whole,” said Billups, who had 21 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds in his first game as a
Knick. “Defensively is definitely one of them. I don’t think you can be an NBA champion without being a solid defensive team.
“I don’t know if you have to be the best defensive team in the league, but you gotta have some principles and some concepts that you can go to and be able
to get stops for three or four minutes at a time. I think with the personnel that we have and the athletes that we have, we can probably do that. But it’s just
not that easy to say and go do it. It takes work.”
Even ‘Melo conceded the Knicks needed to improve their defense, which is tied for 28th in the 30-team NBA at 105.6 points per game allowed.
““Defensively, I really want to focus in on that,” said Anthony who is the designer handbags owner. “I think once we get everybody to buy into that mentality, we’ll be good to go. I think we all
know that this is a high-powered offense. We know that we can score 120 points a game if we really wanted to. But that’s not going to win too many games,
especially coming down to the end of the season.”.”
Still, the Knicks (29-26) are the No. 6 seed right now and the addition of Anthony should help them make a late run, even as they adjust to a massive roster
turnover.
“There’s going to be a lot of challenges,” Anthony said. “We’re going to lose some games. Our main goal is to get to that playoffs and once you get to that
playoffs anything can happen.”
While the Celtics, Heat, Bulls and Magic remain the favorites in the East, the addition of Anthony and Billups to the Knicks have made them a dangerous
wildcard.
“I’m pretty sure if any of you guys were GMs or owners, you would want me and Amar’e on the same team as well,” Anthony said. “I really don’t know who
would turn that down.”
2010年11月2日星期二
power balance,power balance wholesale
Mark Schwarz investigates the Power Balance wristband's claim of improving the endurance, balance, and flexibility of users' performance. The University of Wisconsin at La Crosse did an independent study. Here are the results.
Big surprise! It's so good to see a mainstream media outlet expose this pseudoscience idiocy. Way too many people are being duped by this crap. They're everywhere, I've even had people accost me in the mall trying to get me to buy one of these. Some of these bracelets are actually rather stylish but knowing what they represent pretty much guarantees I will never wear one.
How Does Power Balance Work?
Power Balance is based on the idea of optimizing the body's natural energy flow, similar to concepts behind many Eastern philosophies. The hologram in Power Balance is designed to respond to the natural energy field of the body. The Mylar material at the core of Power Balance has been treated with energy waves at specific frequencies. The resulting Mylar is believed to resonate and work with your body's natural energy flow to help enable you to perform at the best of your ability.
Power Balance uses a Mylar hologram coded with body beneficial frequencies which reacts with the body's energy field to create a harmonic loop. This loop maximizes energy distribution and increases the body's ability to absorb and deliver more oxygen to various parts of the body. The Mylar material at the core of Power Balance has been treated with with an electrical frequency will restores your body's electrical balance thus promoting a free exchange of positive and negative ions and align your body's energy pathways. Thus, resulting it to resonate and work with your body's natural energy flow to help enable you to perform at the best of your ability
You can visit website: power balance for more information.
Big surprise! It's so good to see a mainstream media outlet expose this pseudoscience idiocy. Way too many people are being duped by this crap. They're everywhere, I've even had people accost me in the mall trying to get me to buy one of these. Some of these bracelets are actually rather stylish but knowing what they represent pretty much guarantees I will never wear one.
How Does Power Balance Work?
Power Balance is based on the idea of optimizing the body's natural energy flow, similar to concepts behind many Eastern philosophies. The hologram in Power Balance is designed to respond to the natural energy field of the body. The Mylar material at the core of Power Balance has been treated with energy waves at specific frequencies. The resulting Mylar is believed to resonate and work with your body's natural energy flow to help enable you to perform at the best of your ability.
Power Balance uses a Mylar hologram coded with body beneficial frequencies which reacts with the body's energy field to create a harmonic loop. This loop maximizes energy distribution and increases the body's ability to absorb and deliver more oxygen to various parts of the body. The Mylar material at the core of Power Balance has been treated with with an electrical frequency will restores your body's electrical balance thus promoting a free exchange of positive and negative ions and align your body's energy pathways. Thus, resulting it to resonate and work with your body's natural energy flow to help enable you to perform at the best of your ability
You can visit website: power balance for more information.
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