Outside Reading #9

Bollywood-

I don't know that much about Bollywood except what we learned in class. I know that Bollywood is the Indian version of Hollywood, and that Bollywood movies tend to be very lite and fun. The movie we watched in class, Bride and Prejudice, is a play on the book and movie Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice is serious story with a lot of drama, but the Bollywood version has a lot of comedy and musical numbers. I really enjoyed the movie because I like the story of Pride and Prejudice, and I liked the influence of India in the movie.

Outside Reading #8

This is kind of embarrassing to admit to, but sometime at night I listen to the Harry Potter tapes before bed because the narrator's voice, Jim Dale, helps me fall asleep. Right now I'm listening to 7Th book and I thought it would be interesting to right about the culture of Harry Potter. The character's don't seem to have a religion, but Dumbeldor was very interested in the power of love. Some unique foods in the Wizarding world is pumpkin juice, fire whisky, and all sorts of Honey Duke's candies. Once wizards reach adulthood, their main clothing are cloaks. Finally, traditions include feasts on Halloween, and Quittage events.

Outside Reading #7

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey

I am only 30 pages into the book A Million Little Pieces, but it is already clear that the story that is being told is about undergoing change. Most change is good but hard to go though, and this book is about going though a very difficult process. The main character is James Frey, and James started drinking at the age of ten and has been doing drugs since he was twelve. By fifteen, he was drinking everyday , and at eighteen he was doing drugs everyday. It is obvious that James is an alcoholic and an addict. After all this time he finally checked himself into rehab to start his recovery process. Getting over an addiction is one of the hardest changes someone could go though because of the dependency a person has to a drug. I do not know any addicts closely, so I cannot imaging how hard it is for someone to change their lifestyle like that, and for everyone around them to watch them go though it. 

outside Reading #4

In my world history text book, there are many area's in the book of  different cultures where they describe how men and women were supposed to act during that time period. In medieval Europe, women had limited influence in the society, but certain women did have more opportunities than others. There was a great difference in Noblewoman and Peasant Women. Noblewomen could inherit land from their husbands, they would send knights to war, and could act like military commander if her husband was off at war. One thing that was a main difference was that Noble women received an education and peasant women didn't. Peasant women's jobs were working the house  and having children.  They were poor and powerless.

 World History: Patterns of Interaction Edition 

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Outside Reading #3 [Culture]

Star Tribune- "Romance Hot and Cold" (from the travel section)

by- Laurie Hertzel and Elizabeth Larsen 

This article described vacationing to two completely different places but still being able to have the same amount of fun. The first place was Montreal. Hertzel described arriving in the snow and seeing the Montreal lights. The other place was Riviera Maya, which is always sunny and warm. The places are so different, but they are unique in their own way. They each had qualities they were known for.  

Outside Reading #2

from- YouTube

clip- "Lord I Lift Your Name on High"

Sacred scriptures, such as the Bible and the Torah, are perfect examples of overcoming struggles and facing difficulty. Many of the characters have jobs to do that God told them to do, and they find it difficult to complete those tasks. There is also a lot of suffering of the common people, who often don't receive help. In the song "Lord I Lift Your Name On High", it is a very brief  story of Jesus. It starts out by saying that he came form heaven to earth, and then he went for the earth to the cross. In the Bible, there was a lot of struggle for him and everyone else. Then it says, my dept to pay, with gives difficulty to Christians because they owe their life to Jesus. 

Outside Reading #1

On the website, Science Daily there are is an article posted January 27, 2009 that talks about the theory of the North American Comet 12, 900 years ago.  It says that new data disproves the theory of the comet, and that there is not evidence there was continental -scale fires.  The tests they took were examining charcoal and pollen records to assess how fire regimes in North America.  One thing that the results did prove was that the increase in large-scale wildfires in all regions of the world during the past decade is related to an increase in global warming.  This means that when there is an increase in global warming, there will also be an increase in wild fires.  This is bad news but can also help predict more wild fires to come in the future.

Study made by Dr. Sandy Harrison and the University of  Bristol

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173729.htm