Ruth Vilmi’s Blog

I have  made 3 Books of My Art. This watercolour is on the cover of my second book. I am giving you  my ID and password so you can just turn the pages and enjoy:-) I’d love to have your comments.

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Ruth Vilmi’s Paintings, Volume 2 is my third art book. It  includes some new paintings and some old favourites.

This painting of mine was chosen by the Kivenlahti Art Society (Kivenlahden Kuvataiderhymä) to go on the invitations and posters for the Väristä Voimaa art exhibition, to be held at the Pikku Sökö Gallery in Soukka, Espoo, Finland from 3rd to 16th May. I hope to see you there:-)

Jyrki Antilla sings surrounded by some of the most famous Finnish paintings at the Ateneum art gallery, Helsinki, on 6th June, 2006.  He happened to be practising for a private concert while I was showing round a guest from Pretoria University, South Africa.  I hope you enjoy this unforgettable experience.

http://www.writeit.fi/video/p6060001.mp4

Jyrki Antilla, a well-known Finnish tenor, practises ‘Be My Love’ for a private concert at the Atheneum art gallery,

http://www.writeit.fi/video/p6060005.mp4

A glossary of cyberthievery

Phishing: Fraudulent bid to gain user names, passwords, and other sensitive information by appearing as a trusted source, usually in e-mails or instant messages.

Spear-phishing: Customized version of phishing directed at specific people, such as senior executives in companies. It might be a fake e-mail sent in the name of a boss to an associate.

Trojan horse: Computer program that seems to perform a useful function but instead aids unauthorized access to a network. They are often activated by links in fake e-mails.

Zero-day spyware: Program that is used to hack into a system on or before the first day engineers have developed software to thwart it.

“Level 3” threat: State-sponsored teams of experts that breach a system using a variety of artful tools. The goal is often long-term infiltration.

Sources: Wikipedia, Monitor research

My photography trip yesterday inspired me to paint  “Finnish winter” in acrylics on a stretched canvas (70 X 50cms) this evening. I uploaded version 1, then changed (improved??) it a little in version 2.

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Enjoying my camera and the snow yesterday:-)

The trains are cancelled and we’re advised not to drive because of the blizzards, packed ice and arctic temperatures, but while braving the elements and walking down to the local seaside with my camera yesterday (22nd Feb) at about 5 o’clock, I noticed two novel ways of travelling  – by hovercraft and by fireflight! I left my flat (top left), walked past the tree,trudged through a drift with a view of the bridge & along the promenade, and THEN came the surprises!:

The snow monster came up from the sea & along the road and then up into the sky!!

Should ‘different’ be followed by ‘then’, ‘from, or ‘to’?

There are no absolute rules for English as the language is developing all the time. The opinions below are mine.

FROM
In British English, different from is the only variant that is considered to be “correct”, after both the adjective ‘different’ and the verb ‘differ’
e.g. 1. The British are different from the North Americans in many ways.
c.f. The British differ from the North Americans in many ways.
2. The syllabus nowadays is very different from what it was when I first joined the school staff.
c.f. The syllabus nowadays differs greatly from what it was when I first joined the school staff.

TO
‘Different to’ can be heard in some parts of Britain informally, but it is non-standard British English and should not be used in formal, written English.

THAN
‘Different than’ is much criticized by many people, including myself, but is nonetheless standard in American English at most levels.

Here’s a wonderful example of the importance of punctuation in writing, and how it relates to stress and intonation in speech. This example has been around for many years but is explained beautifully at the link below by Harry Young.

A Woman Without Her Man Is Nothing – Language Rocks!

www.harryyoung.co.uk