now once again Hallgerd has found someone to be with her and this time it's Gunnar's turn. he is just so dumb to fall for her. She had killed her two other husbands and Njal didnt like the idea at all. He would be the perfect target for her considering that he had alot of money.
There is something very beautiful in the story which is friendship between Gunnar and Njal and how Gunnar leaves all of his goods to Njal when he goes ship raiding. That demonstartes a very strong bond of friendship because when you think of goods you first think of your family and not to your friends. It is very interesting to see how in this piece of writing the family tree for every single person.
sábado, 19 de enero de 2008
Njals Saga 30-38
Once again Hallgerd's influences end up killing her husband Glum, and there is just a chaos with the distribution of land because Hrut finishes with owning the piece of land she desired the most. It is almost like with 300 in which Xerxes gets what he wants which is kill the 300 all caused just because of a traitor who wants personal wealth for himself and therefore betrays them. Innocent people die because of hm.
martes, 8 de enero de 2008
The Book of Revelations
The book of revelations is a very accurate description of what is happening daily today around the world. It only describes problems that we face as humanity and about those that we are about to face. this book describes things such as how the skies will change, or how false people will come in the name of Jesus, and how we will start facing things like poverty, hunger, natural disasters, etc. All these things are already here, skies constantly face changes, people have come to say that they are Jesus (I have seen it on the news) and hunger is everywhere like for example were we live in, and tsunamis, floods, and hurricanes have caused great disasters so it can only conclude with saying that the end might come soon.
It is a very confusing and symbolic book, and that is mainly why most people cant understand it and I'm not sure we will find a solution to it.
It is a very confusing and symbolic book, and that is mainly why most people cant understand it and I'm not sure we will find a solution to it.
lunes, 24 de diciembre de 2007
The Gospel of John
The gospel of John tries to show us a diferent imasge from the rest of the gospels. It tries to show us something like christ and it's origins more than its life or any other thing. It includes the basics of Jesus’ ministry—his preaching, miracles, trial, crucifixion, and resurrection. It is likely that John heard the details about these events from a very early oral source common to all the Gospels, but the freedom he uses to interpret these events helps us see clearly that all accounts of Jesus have come to us through the filter of interpretation. The gospel of John is divided into two. It is divided into the book of signs and into the book of glory. The first part explains miracles Jesus made and it significances while the seccond part explains Jesus’ glorification through crucifixion and resurrection.
“Sir, give me this water so that I may never be thirsty” (4:14-15). This part extracted from the gospel of John is a very simbolic part of his writting. it tries to tell that the samaritan woman is trying just to tell Jesus to guide her. To let her never be lost again. She knows she is a person who can guide her through her life and this is why she asks him to give her spiritual guidance so she never falls in darkness once again. It has a very similar meaning to that of of the girl who was dead which I mentioned in one of my recent blogs. She was dead and he revived her or gave her the meaning of life, and in the other case the woman was thirsty which actually meant didnt know where to go and Jesus made the path for her. For some the bible might be literal but for others it may be very simbolic and that is free to interpret.
“Sir, give me this water so that I may never be thirsty” (4:14-15). This part extracted from the gospel of John is a very simbolic part of his writting. it tries to tell that the samaritan woman is trying just to tell Jesus to guide her. To let her never be lost again. She knows she is a person who can guide her through her life and this is why she asks him to give her spiritual guidance so she never falls in darkness once again. It has a very similar meaning to that of of the girl who was dead which I mentioned in one of my recent blogs. She was dead and he revived her or gave her the meaning of life, and in the other case the woman was thirsty which actually meant didnt know where to go and Jesus made the path for her. For some the bible might be literal but for others it may be very simbolic and that is free to interpret.
domingo, 23 de diciembre de 2007
The Gospel According to Luke
The gospel of Luke is a completely diferent Gosple than Mark's because of his way of writting it. Mark througou the gosple talks about Jesus instead Luke divides his gospel into two: One part Birth, ministry, death, and ressurection. The other part talks more about the history of church and what happened to the apostols after Jesus died. Luke's way of writting was sort of Greek which just says one thing about him, he was a well educated man unlike other apsotols that were fishermen. Luke is always making reference to the old testament throughout his gospel. He is somewhat like Mark in the sense that he to talks alot about miracles but is persistently concerned on the poor and outcast.
He is very loose on the materialistic world and he is very much like Jesus in that sense, he just keeps talking on how abundance is dangereous and how more of that should be given to the poor.
He is very loose on the materialistic world and he is very much like Jesus in that sense, he just keeps talking on how abundance is dangereous and how more of that should be given to the poor.
The Gospel According to Mark
Mark's writting on the bible is somewhat dull and repeats alot the word then. Mark is diferent from the rest because his accounts are more shopisticated and he leaves out Jesus's birth and rather starts off with his adult life. I have researched that the gospel of Mark was left out for some time but in the last 20 or 30 years some scholarshave considered it the most important piece of the new testament because he creates a vivd example of Jesus's life. The Gospel of Mark is vivid and concrete. Action dominates. A dramatic sense of urgency is present.
This gospel of Mark has the most important pieces of Jesus's life like his trial with stan in the dessert, the fishermen and the net, and describes all the miracles Jesus made throughtout the testament like for example when he revived the dead girl. I find this piece very metaphorical even though I am a strong beleiver but I am completely sure that the real meaning of this miracle like many other miracles is diferent. God revives a dead girl. This might actuallymena that the girl was a girl "dead in life" which had many problems and what Jesus just did was bring her back and end all her problems to make her a normal person again. Jesus’ ministry attracts many followers. The miracle stories become increasingly longer and more elaborate, emphasizing the supernatural power of Jesus’ authority. Mark says that “even wind and sea obey him” (4:35–41).
This gospel of Mark has the most important pieces of Jesus's life like his trial with stan in the dessert, the fishermen and the net, and describes all the miracles Jesus made throughtout the testament like for example when he revived the dead girl. I find this piece very metaphorical even though I am a strong beleiver but I am completely sure that the real meaning of this miracle like many other miracles is diferent. God revives a dead girl. This might actuallymena that the girl was a girl "dead in life" which had many problems and what Jesus just did was bring her back and end all her problems to make her a normal person again. Jesus’ ministry attracts many followers. The miracle stories become increasingly longer and more elaborate, emphasizing the supernatural power of Jesus’ authority. Mark says that “even wind and sea obey him” (4:35–41).
jueves, 15 de noviembre de 2007
1. "The Antarctic is the vast source of cold on our planet, just as the sun is the source of our heat, and it exerts tremendous control on our climate," [Jacques] Cousteau told the camera. "The cold ocean water around Antarctica flows north to mix with warmer water from the tropics, and its upwellings help to cool both the surface water and our atmosphere. Yet the fragility of this regulating system is now threatened by human activity." From "Captain Cousteau," Audubon (May 1990):17.
The Major Power of ¨cold¨ in our world is the Antartic, it has the same function as the sun but completely opposite, and manipulates the weather or climate throughout the world. What thec old water does it that it runs throught the north and fuses with the warm water and it helps cool the top most part of the water and cools down our athmosphere. This is being threatened by our actions.
2. The twenties were the years when drinking was against the law, and the law was a bad joke because everyone knew of a local bar where liquor could be had. They were the years when organized crime ruled the cities, and the police seemed powerless to do anything against it. Classical music was forgotten while jazz spread throughout the land, and men like Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie became the heroes of the young. The flapper was born in the twenties, and with her bobbed hair and short skirts, she symbolized, perhaps more than anyone or anything else, America's break with the past. From Kathleen Yancey, English 102 Supplemental Guide (1989): 25.
There was a time in which crime dominated, the streets. Everyone could have liquor even thought it had been banned because there was always a local liquor store that sold you. We lost our sense for music and changed opera for Jazz. And Jazz artists became idols for the young. The flapper symbolized the Americas throughtout the 1920´s.
3. Of the more than 1000 bicycling deaths each year, three-fourths are caused by head injuries. Half of those killed are school-age children. One study concluded that wearing a bike helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by 85 percent. In an accident, a bike helmet absorbs the shock and cushions the head. From "Bike Helmets: Unused Lifesavers," Consumer Reports (May 1990): 348.
The bicycle is a dangereous artifact. Approximately there are 1000 deaths a year and its main factor are head injuries and the mosyt people killed are the school kids. Using a helmet could prevent a death because it sucks up the fall, you can have an accident but not die.
4. Matisse is the best painter ever at putting the viewer at the scene. He's the most realistic of all modern artists, if you admit the feel of the breeze as necessary to a landscape and the smell of oranges as essential to a still life. "The Casbah Gate" depicts the well-known gateway Bab el Aassa, which pierces the southern wall of the city near the sultan's palace. With scrubby coats of ivory, aqua, blue, and rose delicately fenced by the liveliest gray outline in art history, Matisse gets the essence of a Tangier afternoon, including the subtle presence of the bowaab, the sentry who sits and surveys those who pass through the gate. From Peter Plagens, "Bright Lights." Newsweek (26 March 1990): 50.
Matissse is one of the best contemorary artists of the time and if you need the scent of an orange he transmits it throught his paintings. matisse nows how to make things come to life in a portrait and makes you feel as if you were there.
5. While the Sears Tower is arguably the greatest achievement in skyscraper engineering so far, it's unlikely that architects and engineers have abandoned the quest for the world's tallest building. The question is: Just how high can a building go? Structural engineer William LeMessurier has designed a skyscraper nearly one-half mile high, twice as tall as the Sears Tower. And architect Robert Sobel claims that existing technology could produce a 500-story building. From Ron Bachman, "Reaching for the Sky." Dial (May 1990): 15.
The sears tower is one of the tallest skyscrapers of all times. man just seems to be going on and now the architect of the sears tower William LeMessurier has confirmed that he wil make a building "half a mile twice" than the sears towers, our technology can produce a 500 stroy building.
The Major Power of ¨cold¨ in our world is the Antartic, it has the same function as the sun but completely opposite, and manipulates the weather or climate throughout the world. What thec old water does it that it runs throught the north and fuses with the warm water and it helps cool the top most part of the water and cools down our athmosphere. This is being threatened by our actions.
2. The twenties were the years when drinking was against the law, and the law was a bad joke because everyone knew of a local bar where liquor could be had. They were the years when organized crime ruled the cities, and the police seemed powerless to do anything against it. Classical music was forgotten while jazz spread throughout the land, and men like Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie became the heroes of the young. The flapper was born in the twenties, and with her bobbed hair and short skirts, she symbolized, perhaps more than anyone or anything else, America's break with the past. From Kathleen Yancey, English 102 Supplemental Guide (1989): 25.
There was a time in which crime dominated, the streets. Everyone could have liquor even thought it had been banned because there was always a local liquor store that sold you. We lost our sense for music and changed opera for Jazz. And Jazz artists became idols for the young. The flapper symbolized the Americas throughtout the 1920´s.
3. Of the more than 1000 bicycling deaths each year, three-fourths are caused by head injuries. Half of those killed are school-age children. One study concluded that wearing a bike helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by 85 percent. In an accident, a bike helmet absorbs the shock and cushions the head. From "Bike Helmets: Unused Lifesavers," Consumer Reports (May 1990): 348.
The bicycle is a dangereous artifact. Approximately there are 1000 deaths a year and its main factor are head injuries and the mosyt people killed are the school kids. Using a helmet could prevent a death because it sucks up the fall, you can have an accident but not die.
4. Matisse is the best painter ever at putting the viewer at the scene. He's the most realistic of all modern artists, if you admit the feel of the breeze as necessary to a landscape and the smell of oranges as essential to a still life. "The Casbah Gate" depicts the well-known gateway Bab el Aassa, which pierces the southern wall of the city near the sultan's palace. With scrubby coats of ivory, aqua, blue, and rose delicately fenced by the liveliest gray outline in art history, Matisse gets the essence of a Tangier afternoon, including the subtle presence of the bowaab, the sentry who sits and surveys those who pass through the gate. From Peter Plagens, "Bright Lights." Newsweek (26 March 1990): 50.
Matissse is one of the best contemorary artists of the time and if you need the scent of an orange he transmits it throught his paintings. matisse nows how to make things come to life in a portrait and makes you feel as if you were there.
5. While the Sears Tower is arguably the greatest achievement in skyscraper engineering so far, it's unlikely that architects and engineers have abandoned the quest for the world's tallest building. The question is: Just how high can a building go? Structural engineer William LeMessurier has designed a skyscraper nearly one-half mile high, twice as tall as the Sears Tower. And architect Robert Sobel claims that existing technology could produce a 500-story building. From Ron Bachman, "Reaching for the Sky." Dial (May 1990): 15.
The sears tower is one of the tallest skyscrapers of all times. man just seems to be going on and now the architect of the sears tower William LeMessurier has confirmed that he wil make a building "half a mile twice" than the sears towers, our technology can produce a 500 stroy building.
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