summary of the history of the Arabian nights

Who wrote this book originally? The book that we have today "was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars across the Middle East and North Africa. The tales themselves trace their roots back to ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Indian, Egyptian and Mesopotamian folklore and literature." So there is not really a really author to the stories within the book but who ever did really write them was amazing writer.
- wikipedia

What country do you think the author was from? Persia


What can you tell me about the book? It is mainly about a king or a Sultan how marries young women and kills them after their wedding day, but there one night the girl was clever and had her younger sister sneak into her bed room before the king saw her when the sister was found.His wife bag to tell her sister a story before she went to bed, the king allowed it, interested himself in what the story was going to be about.His wife began her story and for 1,001 nights she told her story and therefore lived longer then any other wife of the king's.

How many versions are there? more than 200 versions.

What version are you reading? I am reading the version by Andrew Lang, and illustrated by William Dumpster, written in 1968.

Find Perisain writing.

What is the legend of sherharzade

Freida Kahlo

What gener is she from: Mexican artist

Give a breif bio. (include where she was born, what happened to her in her life that shaped her art, how she died, who was she married to) minimal citation!!!!Do not cut and paste in your own words

"Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in the house of her parents, known as La Casa Azul (The Blue House), in Coyoacán. At the time, this was a small town on the outskirts of Mexico City.On September 17, 1925, Kahlo was riding in a bus when the vehicle collided with a trolley car. She suffered serious injuries in the accident, including a broken spinal column, a broken collarbone, broken ribs, a broken pelvis, eleven fractures in her right leg, a crushed and dislocated right foot, and a dislocated shoulder. An iron handrail pierced her abdomen and her uterus, which seriously damaged her reproductive ability.She had thirty-five operations as a result of the accident."( wikipedia,Frida)After the accident,Frida turned her attention away from the pain and became a full-time painter. The accident left her in a great deal of pain while she recovered in a full body cast; she painted to keep her intertained.Although she recovered from her injuries and eventually regained her ability to walk, she was plagued by relapses of extreme pain for the remainder of her life.One day, she approached the painter, Diego Rivera, whose work she like alot, asking him for advice about continuing her art career. He recognized her talent.They began an intimate relationship with Frida. "They were married in 1929, despite the disapproval of Frida's mother.

Their marriage was often tumultuous. Kahlo and Rivera had fiery temperaments and had numerous extramarital affairs. Kahlo had affairs with both men and women, Rivera knew and tolerated her relationships with women, but her relationships with men made him jealous. For her part, Kahlo was furious when she learned that Rivera had an affair with her younger sister, Cristina. The couple eventually divorced, but remarried in 1940."(Wikipedia,frida)

The year before her death she had her left leg amputated at the knee, because of gangrene.The cause of death is pulmonary embolism, some say that it could of been an over dose it may or may not of been accidental. It has not been proven.After her death her husband said "The day Kahlo died was the most tragic day of my life,I have realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for her.

Up load your favorite work, and tell why you like it.


I like this picture because i couls look at it for a long time just trying to find all the little thing hinden in the painting.

Find three self portairts




Find the work that you think is her darkest work explane why you picked it.

I picked this one cause i beleive it is the most bloody one of her paintings and the picture frame scares me a little and the gree carpet it just makes the picture look more gruesom.

Social commentary, philospohy

Read Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus The New York Sun - 1897

Goal is to learn how to write commentary which includes opinion, insight, analysis, interpretation, inference, personal response , thoughts, explanation. each question should have at least four to five sentences. A paragraph of thought.

How did reading this make you feel?


What does this line mean to you in context to the writting?
"The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see."
I think it means seeing isn't really believing, believing is seeing. Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there. Love, generosity and devotion is real but you can't see it dose that mean it is fake No! The most real things in life you cant see.
Coment on this line
Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond.


Research to find the effect this news paper editor had on the United State

outerspace

Define Astronomy: is the scientific study of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere (such as the cosmic background radiation).
(wikipedia.com)
Find an image of the big dipper,Orion, Cassiopeia,astrolabe:




Find a pic of the constellations:

What is the speed of light:
The speed of light per second = 299 792 458 m / s2
Describe why we should study stars?
because it helps us understand what we are made of and how we were made.
How are atoms made? find a good sight and give its link:
Atoms are formed from constituent particles, the measurement of which is difficult because they are affected by the measuring instruments. The elementary particles (neutron, proton, and electron) are theorized to be stable combinations of unstable, higher-energy particles known as quarks. Quarks cannot be observed in normal matter because they rapidly combine to form other particles. (answers.com)
Did the ancients know that the earth was round?
yes

Mars

up load an image of mars, try to stay in known web sites, NASA, etc...just be cautious of what you open please. have fun with this blog, lots of cool research. Image on top.

Find the H.G. wells broadcast from you tube that Orsen wells read. What happened?



A lot of people thought this was really happening because they would just tuned in not knowing that it was being read from a book.Many people killed them self because of this.

Find an image of the Viking 1 robot and a few pics of what they found.



Viking 1






Viking 1's foot

























Research the ground of mars does it eat organic matter? Yes it does.
Here is a very good link explaining it.















Find the pyramids of mars and the face of mars, called cydona..up load images

























Do you think that there is life on mars?
I think it's possible for some kind of life to be on mars but not the stereo type alien something much, much different.

French

FRENCH GENERAL
Define the french language and its organs.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
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French (français, ) is a Romance language(not because the french are considered Romantic but because the Language comes for Rome.) This language is spoken around the world by around 90 million people as first language, by 190 million as second ...most live in France but many live in Canada.
Origins: Gaul is now France, then the land had a tribe called the Franks and the land was named after them.In 1914 France battles Germany in World War I.Later in the war around 1940 Germany invades France during World War II. In 1945, Britain, France, the U.S. and other allies defeat Germany, Japan and Italy.During 1944 After four years about, Paris is needs to be feed by German.1981:François Mitterrand is elected president. He is in office for 14 years, becoming the longest-serving president in French history. 2003 the U.S.-France relations are strained when France does not support the U.S. and Britain's use of military force in Iraq.
For more info on France . click HERE.For kids Click HERE.

What is the Fleur de lis and a picture?
In French, fleur de lis literally means "lily flower". It is widely thought to be a stylized version of the species Iris pseudacorus. Decorative ornaments that resemble the fleur-de-lis have appeared in artwork from the earliest human civilizations.It has consistently been used as a royal emblem. It is an essentially graphic theme found on Mesopotamian cylinders, Egyptian bas-reliefs, Mycenean pottery, Sassanid textiles, Gaulish and Mameluk coins, Indonesian clothes, Japanese emblems, and Dogon totems.(Wikipedia)





Find a picture of the Louve and what is it:

an art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris
louver: one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain (wordnetweb.com)

One of the most important museums in the world, the Louvre was constructed by King Philippe-Auguste in 1190 as a fortress. ...(clevelandart.org)

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French grammar
Define pronoun: pronoun - A word like I, me, you, he, him, it etc. A pronoun replaces a noun.

(englishclub.com)
Words that take the place of nouns. Example: he, she, it, they, we; She called her mother.
pronoun - a word that can substitute for a noun phrase (eg he can substitute for John).
( source linguistics.com )
Define adjective:a word that expresses an attribute of something
adjectival: of or relating to or functioning as an adjective; "adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause"
the word class that qualifies nouns
relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"
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In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's ...
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Review of DVD lessons (one and two) beginning French

You many use your notes
How do you ask someone what their name is? COMMENT T'APPELE TU?
Define in french the following words
formal you=Vous
informal you=Tu
charmed=Enchante
mother=Mere
here is= presente
hello=Bonjour
Ok Comme ci comme qa
hows it going=ca va
not bad= Pas mal
my name is= Jem'appele
we=Nous
they=Ills
he=Ill
she=elle
to be=etre
my=ma
but=mals
I=je
yes=oui
no=non
and=et
never=jamais
watch=Montre
my familiy=ma famille
nice=gentille

COLORS AND NUMBERS

colors:

black: noir male/noire female (nwahr)
white: blanc male/blanche female (blahng/blahnsh)
gray: gris male/grise female (gree/greez)
red: rouge both (roozh)
blue: bleu male/bleue female (bluh)
yellow: jaune both (zhawn)
green: vert male/verte female (vehr/vehrt)
orange: orange both (oh-RAHNZH)
purple: violet both (vee-oh-LEH)
brown:marron both (mah-ROHNG)
pink:rose both (rose)

numbers:
0 zéro [zay-ro]
1 un [uh]
2 deux [duhr]
3 trois [twa]
4 quatre [katr]
5 cinq [sank]
6 six [sees]
7 sept [set]
8 huit [weet]
9 neuf [nurf]
10 dix [dees]
11 onze [onz]
12 douze [dooz]
13 treize [trez]
14 quatorze [katorz]
15 quinze [kanz]
16 seize [sez]
17 dix-sept [dee-set]
18 dix-huit [dees-weet]
19 dix-neuf [dees-nurf]
20 vingt [van]
21 vingt et un [vant-ay-uh]
22 vingt-deux [van-duhr]
30 trente [tront]
40 quarante [karont]
50 cinquante [sank-ont]
60 soixante [swa-sont]
70 soixante-dix [swa-son-dees]
71 soixante et onze [swa-sont-ay-onz]
79 soixante-dix-neuf [swa-son-dees-nurf]
80 quatre-vingts [kat-ra-van]
81 quatre-vingt-un [kat-ra-vant-uh]
89 quatre-vingt-neuf [kat-ra-van-nurf]
90 quatre-vingt-dix [kat-ra-van-dees]
91 quatre-vingt-onze [kat-ra-vant-onz]
99 quatre-vingt-dix-neuf [kat-ra-van-dees-nurf]
100 cent [son]

Art History- Munch

The Scream

Review of
THE POST IMPRESSIONISTS

-Munch (50 MIN)

Describe Munich s childhood and how did it effect his painting?
"1868 Munch's mother dies of tuberculosis at the age of 30. Her sister, Karen Bjolstad, takes over household.
1877 Sister, Sophie, dies of tuberculosis at age of 15. "(edvardmunch.com)
This effected him a lot in his art, it made his art more gloomy because he was so very little when he lost his mother and sister.
define Bohemians, Munch consider himself one -A group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style
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or A nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life.
define Kierkegaard- Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (; ) (5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a prolific 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian. What is the Philosphy?
Define Angst:In German, an emotional state of anxiety without a specific cause. In existentialism, the term refers to general human anxiety at having free will. www.bigcityart.com

Define Melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the ...
black bile: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
somber: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Munch liked pointillism define this style and try to find an example: "Pointillism is a style of painting in which small distinct dots of color create the impression of a wide selection of other colors and blending. or a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye." (wikipedia.com)

What artist influenced him the most, Van Gogh, Pizarro, Cezanne, Monet or Gauguin.
Munch was not known for his landscapes, what was his subject matter?
He was known for his death, love and anxiety paintings.
How did he die? "1944 Shortly after his 80th birthday, on January 23, Edvard Munch dies peacefully at home in Ekely. Bequeaths 1,000 paintings, 15,400 prints, 4,500 drawings and watercolors, and 6 sculptures to the city of Oslo." (Edvardmunch.com)
For more info. on Munch go here!

Art History - Gaugin

Research after viewing
THE POST-IMPRESSIONISTS: GAUGUIN ( 51 min)

What did Gauguin do before he decided to become an artist?
Stock broker
He had enough money at one time to do what, what did he later do with his purchases and what artist did he favor above all else?
He had an art collection, he favored Cezanne.Later he had to sell his collection to pay for his sick son.
How many children did he have? How many wives? What do you think of how he treated his "loved ones"?
5 children. 2 wives and 2 girlfriends. I think how he treated his loved ones was "barbaric" and cruel because he just left his wife and childen, so he could go live on an island. Another reason is not only did he remarry when his wife was still alive, but he remarried a 13 year old girl.
Find a picture of Martinique and were it is ( it was french) is it an island?
Martinique is off a Cuba and this little island is owned by the French.

Find out where Brittany is, is it Brittan or some place else(optional to add map)Brittany and Brittan is the same place just a different name.

Find an image of his first masterpiece " Vision after the sermon"

Give your thoughts on it.
I dislike most of his work but this one I really dislike.I don't like the plain red parts in it and the tree right in the middle. I don't like the colors, the position he put the people and plus I don't understand the meaning of this painting.

Define primitivism in art:

Crudeness: a wild or unrefined state and a style inspired by early or tribal cultures, or children’s art.

Define Symbolism in art:

A system of symbols and symbolic representations, the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning,or an artistic movement in the late 19Th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images

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Find the "Yellow Christ" and add image

Find Tahiti (load a map ) It is the the aright of America in the Pacific Ocean.

Define syphilis and what happens to someone who does not get treatment.
A sexually transmitted disease that, left untreated, can cause damage to the nervous system, heart, or brain and ultimately death.Gaugin died of this disease and so did many other artist.

Define barbarian, do you think Gauguin was one?savage: a member of an uncivilized people and yes I think he is very barbaric.
Fine his last masterpiece "Where do we come from..."

Over all give your thoughts on his work and your feelings about it and the life he led.
Most of his work I did not like, but some I did like, for example his landscapes. The picture up above I do like it because of the dark, scary features of it.
Remember to add your labels for the post, the tags,

Definition of Comedy: A Shakespearean comedy is one that has a happy ending, usually involving marriages between the unmarried characters,and a tone and style that is more light-hearted than Shakespeare's other plays.(wikipedia.org)

Definition of Tragedy:A play,that portrays or depicts calamitous events and has an unhappy but meaningful ending. A disastrous event, especially one involving distressing loss or injury to life: an expedition that ended in tragedy, with all hands lost at sea. A tragic aspect or element. (Answers.com)

I prefer to watch Shakespeare's comedy's, more than tragedy's because I dislike the endings of his tragedy's, I always end up wishing I didn't watch the tragedy. Therefore, I like comedy's more, plus most of them are funny and more enjoyable. Today I watched As you like It, a comedy play, this BBC movie lasted 150 minutes. I enjoyed it, but did not find it funny. Four couples got married at the end! This is typical shakespere comedy.


Today I found out that Shakespeare wrote three genre History, Comedy, and Tragedy.


List of tragedies by William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra Tragedy
Othello Tragedy
Troilus and Cressida Tragedy
Hamlet Tragedy
Coriolanu Tragedy
King Lear Tragedy
Romeo and Juliet Tragedy
Julius Caesar Tragedy
Timon of Athens Tragedy
Macbeth Tragedy
Titus Andronicus Tragedy

List of comdeies by William Shakespeare

Merry Wives of Windsor Comedy
Love's Labour's Lost Comedy
Much Ado about Nothing Comedy
All's Well That Ends Well Comedy
Twelfth Night Comedy
Taming of the Shrew Comedy
Measure for Measure Comedy
Two Gentlemen of Verona Comedy
As You Like It Comedy
Winter's Tale Comedy
Merchant of Venice Comedy
Merchant of Venice Comedy
Tempest Comedy
Midsummer Night's Dream Comedy

List of history play by William Shakespeare

Henry VI, Part II History
Richard III History
Henry IV, Part IIHistory
Cymbeline History
Henry VI, Part III History
Henry IV, Part I History
Henry V History
Henry VIII History
Henry VI, Part I History
Pericles History
Richard II History
King John History


THE END

Scientific method

The Scientific Method is Systematic apporach of observation, hypothesis formation, hypothesis testing and hypothesis evaluation that forms the basis for modern science.

Review of Much ado about Nothing By William Shakesphere

1 hour 51 ,mins.

I liked this play a lot, this movie was a comedy, but at times I thought it just might be tradgy.I thought this more then once. One time in the beginning, when Claudio told his friend the Prince that he was in love with this maid named Hero. So the Prince suggested since he was more brave and out going, at the masked ball he would pretend to be Claudio. Therefore when the Prince was pretending to be Claudio like an impostor, he instead asked Hero to be his wife instead of Claudio; or this is what I thought had happened. When this occurred I had to read the back of the movie to see if it was really a comedy or not. Later on in the movie we find out that the Prince really did ask Hero to marry Claudio instead of for him self.
Another time I thought this play was a tragedy was at the the end when Beatrice asked Benedict to kill Claudio because he humiliated her cousin Hero at her wedding. Only because the Prince's brother tricked Claudio that Hero was sleeping with another man. So at Hero's wedding he said in front of every one that she was not a maid . Her father in shock believed Claudio. Yet, I knew that the Prince's brother, Don Jon (the bastard) wanted this marriage to not take place. This part upset me a lot because I new that Hero was innocent. Don Jon was an evil, unhappy, negative person who just want to see people as unhappy as he was. In the whole play he was this way and it made you hate him, plus he was trying to brake up Hero and Claudio.
Beatrice and Benedict both said in the beginning of the play "That they would never get married!", but they secretly liked each other, not even wanting to admit it to them selves. When Hero and Claudio were going to get married, the Prince made a bet that he could get Beatrice and Benedict together before Hero and Claudio got married, within seven days. Therefore, when Benedict was in the garden the Prince, Claudio, and Hero's father started to walk towards him so he hide because he was embarrassed from the night before. They sat down and started to discuss how much Beatrice loved Benedict and how he is not worthy of her love. Also, that she would rather die than to show that she loved him." As soon as Benedict heard this he leaped with joy and happiness.

In the meantime, Hero and her mother, who are also part of the bet, saw that Beatrice was walking by and begin a conversation about Benedict's love for her. Beatrice interested followed in the bushes. The two started to say that Benedict should be told that Beatrice is unable to love anyone. Beatrice loving Benedict did not want them to do that. They walked away saying to them selves"Cupid kills with arrows some with traps." She was also was ecstatic that he loved her. I loved there love, hate relationship. Needless to say the Prince won the bet, the two fell in love and had a joint wedding with Hero and Claudio.

I thought this play by Shakespeare was very funny and enjoyable. This far it is my favorite and I recommend it . I felt happy and at other times disappointed. I think the title is like all dresses up and nowhere to go. For instance Claudio got all worked up for nothing, he should have trusted his Friend, Claudio did not trust Hero, they all tended to believe the villain. The only thing I did not understand is why Don John made all this trouble for everyone. I wish it was better explained. Maybe it is in the work of shakesphere and the movie version left it out.

Review of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

The movie I watched was about William Shakespeare's play the Taming of the Shrew, it starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. It was about a scolding nagging bad-tempered women or 'shrew', named Kate or Katharina. This Kate, had a little sister named Bianca that every one in the town loved, and her father loved her more than Kate. However, her father would not allow anyone to marry his younger daughter until his elder daughter, Kate was married first. Therefore, Bianca's suitors try to find some one to marry this horrible shrew.

Then they found a man that was willing to marry Katharina, because of her money or dowry. He was a poverty-stricken gentleman, looking for a wealthy wife, his name was Petruchio. When he gets to her house, she is tearing apart her room. Throwing chairs, lamps tables and more. Yet, when he walks into the room she stops, for just a moment and then, continues to scream and yell. Petruchio finally gets her to calm down and to agree to marry him.

On their wedding day , Petruchio dressed like a joker,which completely embarrassed Katharina. After that, she was furious and when the Priest asked her "Will you take Petruchio as your husband?" She said "I WILL ....." but Petruchio kissed her right before she could say "NEVER!"and they were married.


After they were married and he got his money from her father, Petruchio wanted to leave her behind at the wedding banquet. But she followed him and he put her on a donkey in the rain. They did not go to eat at the wedding banquet. Petruchio rides off on a horse, thinking that Katharina would not follow but she followed in the rain and the snow. When she gets to his house it is despicable and dusty. The next day she cleans and fixes his gross house.

That same day she finds out that her little sister was to be married. The next day Petruchio said " Wake up, lets go to your sister's." Katharina said " But my lord its two in the morning" He replied "No it is seven in the morning, if you want to go to your sisters wedding "She said " No it's, seven" in the sweetest voice she could. So they went on their way to Bianca's wedding. Petruchio said" Isn't the sun so beautiful" Kate exclaimed " That is not the sun, that is the moon" He said " That is the sun, if I say it's the sun."

So Katharina and Petruchio went to Bianca's wedding. During the wedding banquet all the men made a bet to see who had the most obedient wife. The winner got 4,000 crowns or money. The first man which was the husband of Kate's sister says to his servant " Tell my wife to come to me". His servant came and told him that" Your wife said, she was busy".The second man told his servant to "Have my wife come to me right away". His servant came running back and said "Your wife said if you want me, then you come to me".Petruchio told this servant "Tell my wife that I demand her to come here".

His servant came back running. He looked behind him and there was Katharina, in one arm was her sister and in the other arm was the other man's wife. She let go of them and she said to her sister and the other wife " Women are soft and fragile and God made us this way. Men are Strong and brave and God made them that way to protect us and shelter us. We should thank them since we are unable to do this for are ourselves. So us women should obey and honor our husbands." She makes the other two girls kneel and her self as well, she puts her hand out and Petruchio helps her up. This was a very touching part in the movie, it showed that Katharina was tamed and was now a good obedient wife. She left the room and Petruchio ran after her. He no longer just loved her for her money but now loved her for her.

THE END

I liked this movie a lot it was funny and very moving. At the begin you hate Kate, in the middle you feel sorry for her and at the end you love her! Most of the movie you dislike Petruchio but at the end he was the one who made Kate who she was at the end, so you have to end up liking him.

WHO WAS JOHN DONNE?

"... any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee."

21. January 1572 – 31 March 1631

John Donne was born in London. He was Poet, Priest,and a Lawyer. He got married to Anne More. Anne gave him 12 children in 16 years of marriage. After his third child his dad died and soon after his mother. His wife died on 15 August 1617, five days after giving birth to their twelfth child, a still-born baby. John Donne mourning his loss, wrote his 17Th holy sonnet about her. He never remarried; this was really unusual for his time, especially as he had such a large family to raise.

Early years

His work consisted many of satire ( to ridicule or be sarcastic and meant to be funny) with often involved politics or the law. He also wrote erotic poetry, such as is found in The Flea.

Later years

After experiencing much death around him his work turned to writings about death and were much more somber in tone. He died of stomach cancer and had a picture made of him in what he would look like when he rose from the dead.Then he died a few months later.

Poems

He was Influenced by William Shakespeare in his poetry. He was a Jacobean poet which is an era after Shakespeare. In his writing he wrote mainly about love, sex, religion, and death. In his time influenced a lot of people like W. B. Yeats, Ernest Hemingway, T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas,and W. H. Auden . He was considered a metapyhsical poet. he was considered anti-romantic.