...What’s so special about the Alethiometer? Alethiometer, also known as the “Golden Compass”, originated from the movie “The Golden Compass”. This incredible prop is contracted with the most remarkable care and dedication. The casing is real, highly polished brass and was made in a working foundry specially constructed for the purpose in the prop workshops. It is a heavy item with ornate details engraved into the outer shell and also under the lid; whereas the underside image of the Magisterium building was carved. Thus, it was inspired by the architecture in Prague. It consist three ornate control knobs on the edge of the ‘compass’, which were used to set a question to be answered by the Alethiometer. The face of the dial is the most detailed part of the prop; it contains 36 symbols. Each symbol is painstakingly and carefully hand-painted by a jeweler. The three arms on this particular prop are fixed in place, it doesn’t move by itself, unless of course, if you turn the knobs by force. Same applies with a replica. A copy of the genuine prop is considered a ‘toy’ and can be bought in selected stores, mostly purchased in the “Amazon” and “Noble Collection”. The authentic ‘compass’ has six different versions, each created for the filming of the movie, from a closed rubber prop required for action scenes to a computer controlled, fully-geared moving prop. The center hub cover of the face was added in post-production by computer effects, as was some of the movement and glow lighting...
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...abroad these days. 4. They shaked their head when they heard the news. - They shake their heads when they heard the news. 5. They gone to see the latest Harry Potter film, but it was very disappointment. - They went to see the latest Harry Potter film, but it was very disappointing. 6. All the islanders greets us very enthusiastic. - All the islanders greet us very enthusiastically. 7. This is the building there has a monument at the front. - This is the building that has a monument in the front. 8. The baby cry constantly and will not be comfortet. - The baby cries constantly and will not be comforted. 9. Who’s side are you on? - Who is the side are you on? 10. Northern Lights is a popular book who where written by Philip Pullman. - Northern Lights is a popular book that was written by Philip Pullman. Opgave B 11. He asked me if I could come. (om) 12. It rains a lot because the temperatures are rising globally. (fordi) 13. If you do your homework, you are sure to get good grades. (hvis) 14. We used to watch TV while my brother was cleaning the house. (mens) 15. My uncle hates spending money although he is very rich. (skønt) 16. When I was younger, we used to go to the beach every Sunday. (da) Opgave C 1. The carpenter measured out the kitchen floor. - measures 2. They ran to the train station in the rain. - run 3. The police searched for the thief. - search 4. He brought some wine for the party....
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...book’s second conflict and the beginning of the resolution, in which Genly experiences a relatively comfortable stay in prison and then completes his mission. Guin uses many literary devices to tell her story more effectively. Guin uses the color red to symbolize blood and anger. In a short story within the novel, she writes, “He [Herbor] came into the Domain . . .and there found . . . Berosty . . . [with] his arms lying on a table of red stone . . . Berotsy took up the great table of red stone as if it had been a sheet of tin and brought it down on Herbor’s head” (Guin 47-48). Herbor is killed by a red stone, manifesting the destruction and anger attributed to that color. Additionally, Guin uses personification when she recounts an Orgota myth on Gethen’s creation. She describes, “The ice-shapes climbed up out of the abyss and stood on the plain of ice. He that said ‘I bleed,’ he reached up to the sun and pulled out handfuls of excrement from the bowels of the sun” (Guin 255). In this description, the author ascribes traits associated with people to ice structures to describe how they changed. Lastly, she describes Argaven with a simile near the end of the book. Genly states, “He [Argaven] looked like a woman who has lost her baby, like a man who has lost his son” (Guin 313). Here, Argaven’s dishevelment is compared to that of a parent who has lost his or her child. ...
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...Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures Edward Jones Hum/105Class May 30, 2014 Christa Menninger This essay will go into detail about how creation myths may affect our many different cultures around the world. I hope to explain how these types of myths are an important part of our cultures throughout our country and world. In many instances these types of myths does have an impact of the people who live in the many different countries of the world. I have had a very hard time in believing in myths, stories, fables, folklore, and have never really thought about them up until now. By taking this class I hope to open my mind, and yours to the possibilities of myths and the involvement it plays in our culture, and other cultures around the world. The first myth that I chose for this assignment is The Navajo Creation Myth. The reason I chose this myth is because I am interested in the myths that surround the United States, and the cultures within this country. The Navajo people were believed to be hunter-gatherers, and these people had migrate from the eastern part of Alaska. These people migrated to what we now know as New Mexico, and this migration was all done on foot, and I for one would have not traveled over the 3,500 miles of uncharted territory by foot. Navajo people were either forced to move or there were circumstances that came up that made them have to move. Knowing that the Navajo people are an important part of our history and culture, it is also important...
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...“Cosmic Creation Myths across Cultures” Karen Brown HUM/105 February 02, 2012 Instructor: Mr. Gifford University of Phoenix Introduction Myths are said to be the answers as to how and when our world first was created and from this evolution was the birth of life on to the planet. Many different cultures have came about by the telling of these fables to the next generation and also sets the stage for who actually brought forth the creation of human being, the Greenland, the watery plain, animals and other elements of nature into view. In this paper it will have for discussion the description of two creation myths and their cultural surrounding, which world(s) are presented in the myths like the sky, earth, and the underworld along with the elements of these worlds. Whether or not there are significance gender and if the creator are male or female, description of what was created and the steps or cycle of creation, the role of cosmic occurrences, and then compare the similarities and differences of the two myths. Creators of the World For centuries there has been the burning question of who were our creators. There have been ancient narratives or passages written over time about how the world was formed and that the gods saw fit to brought about life into universe, one account is quoted from the book of Genesis contain written knowledge as one god, but no say as to if the gender was male or female but a spirit that shaped and molded the heavens and earth...
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...Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) By: Adriana Zavala They are many myths about the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights), named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, by Pierre Gassendi in 1621.The Lapps or the Saami people that were a closely related race of the Finns’ who lived in Lappland, in what is officially Northern Finland, Sweden, and Norway traditionally believed that the Aurora Borealis “were the energies of the souls of the departed. When the fires blazed in the skies, people were to behave solemnly, and children were admonished to quiet down and be respectful of the fires. It was believed that whoever disrespected the fires incurred bad fortune, which could result in sickness and even death” The Lapps believed these fires to have magical effects; Lappish shaman drums often have runes illustrating the fires to connect their energy. The lights were believed to have a serene effect on arguments, and the time of the fires was beneficial to problem solving. The Lapps also had a belief that if you whistled under the Aurora Borealis, then the lights would take you away with them (1). An American history on the Aurora Borealis took as an event. After the battle of Fredricksburg, the Aurora Borealis could be seen. The army took is it as God’s sign to show that he was on their side throughout the battle. It is very unusual to see the Aurora Borealis in Virginia (2). The Aurora Borealis is seen in many ways. One as a diffuse...
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...considered to represent the scales' balance beam, while Gamma and Sigma are the weighing pans.Alpha Librae, called Zubenelgenubi, is a binary star divisible in binoculars, 77 light-years from Earth. The primary is a blue-white star of magnitude 2.7 and the secondary is a white star of magnitude 5.2. Its traditional name means "the southern claw". Zubeneschamali (Beta Librae) is the corresponding "northern claw"...
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...Sacred Scriptures First Nation religions involve different aspects of social and cultural myths and stories. The stories and myths that the First Nation peoples are not generally written down, and so have been passed on by word of mouth to others in the particular group of Natives. Stories and myths that have been passed on through the generations include of different creation stories, and trickster myths. Creation stories are very important to the First Nation peoples, as they tell the story of how the Earth and they were made. The First Nation peoples have a total of eight creation stories - to which they all do not necessarily mention a God, or a higher power than our own; but instead mention animals, and how we are all connected by life. The story usually included of animals and the four elements (water, earth, fire and air). Earth Diver, being the most traditionally told and known, within the Northern Plain and Eastern Woodland tribes, is the story “in which...the Great Spirit...dives or orders other animals to dive in the...water to bring up mud, out of which he fashions the earth” (Smith). Taylor 2 The trickster myths are generally told to be comedic, as that is somewhat what the myths are. They usually tell about how the transformer, though not always the transformer, would play around and “trick” people. These “tricks” would include of taking fire, water, food, light, animals, or even other people, and then setting them loose or losing them in the world, so that...
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...A lynx is any of the four species within the Lynx genus of medium-sized wild cats. The name "lynx" originated in Middle English via Latin from the Greek word λύγξ, derived from the Indo-European root leuk- ("light, brightness") in reference to the luminescence of its reflective eyes. A lynx’s keen vision earns this cat legendary status in the myths of many cultures. In Greek, Norse, and North American myths, the lynx sees what others can’t, and its role is revealing hidden truths. The lynx is known by the tuft of black hair on the tips of its ears and its short or bobbed tail.In fact, one species of lynx is called a bobcat! 2 The four species of lynx are: Canadian, Eurasian, Spanish lynx and the bobcat. The Canadian lynx live in Canada...
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...The myths within different cultures cosmic creation 105 6/29/2015 Dr. AMBRONITA DOUZART The myths within different cultures cosmic creation With the stories of the myths creations, they have told to generation-to-generation. To give a clear understand, of the world how it started. Also created to what it has become now. It explains the reasons of how the human being created, in came to function on in the world. With these myths different cultures, have their stories to tell of myths as such. The two creations myths that I will be discussing is the Navajo. The Inca, they are signifying as the world that is on the earth with the moon. The sun elements of animals, fire, trees, water all symbolize the world Navajo also the Inca. With the Incan, believe the sun created the world, also who created the world. For the Navajo the sun, just like it created for the Inca. With both of these creators, they all made worlds for the people within their society the main, reason with both the Inca Navajo creators. For the creators of both of these societies, they have different methods of making the world. Also within Both the Inca and the Navajo, the creators gender is a man, not women. For the reason, women were not the symbol, of power and valued, as men would be in these cultures as creators. With the Navajo society world The Pachacamer is the Inca maker, of the maker of people. Although the myths of the Navajo maker has already started creating people,...
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...The American Civil War (1861) took place between the Union (Northern States) against the Confederates (Southern States) over the argument over slavery. The dispute had escalated to such an extent that the Southern States declared themselves independent of the Unites States of America. As a result, a war took place costing the death of more than 600,000 Americans. In the article the writer explains how history had been written to dominate our historical understanding of the Civil war. The reason for the civil war without doubt was slavery, yet the defeated Southerners defended the incident by claiming that it was a war for the “states’ rights” (Article). This was the Myth of the Lost Cause in which defeated Southerners molded the truth in self defense (Class notes). This demonstrates the psyche of white Southerners that they were in a stage of denial; thus, they decided to distort the history to gain their dignity back. This sheds light on the fact of the issue that historians tend to add their personal opinions when they are writing. History is supposed to give us a detailed account of what happened without personal beliefs or opinions. Everyone has a different interpretation of events and incidents, but the history pages should only include facts. They manipulated the pages of history in self-defense to make the future generation’s believe that the war was fought not because of slavery but the states’ rights. A few historians even came out and defended the inhumane act of...
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...It deals with some of the most important social issues of contemporary Russia while never becoming an artist's sermon or a public statement; it is a story of love and tragedy experienced by ordinary people." This is just one of many extremely positive quotes about the Russian film, Leviathan, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky in 2014, and, as a forewarning, this may contain spoilers. Set in a small, northern town in Russia, the film takes in-depth look into the conspiracies of corrupted power in the lives of the powerless, focusing on a hard-working man, Koyla, and his family who desperately struggle to keep their land rights, hoping against all odds to win a losing battle. As the power-hungry mayor of the town threatens to illegally repossess his family’s farm and surrounding land, Kolya seeks the help of his old friend, Dmitri,...
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...Organizational Behavior The Myth of Multitasking Steven Woods Brown Mackie College – Northern Kentucky Since the mid-1960’s multitasking has been one of the defining buzz words of the business world. However, most people think that they are great multitaskers, especially if you have been seeing success in your business and personal life. Yet, how do you feel at the end of the day? Tired? Stressed? Are you losing sleep time because you need more time to get those last few things completed? Are you spending more time at work, because you just cannot get them all done in eight hours? If you answered yes to any, or all, of these questions then you most likely suffer from the effects of attempting to multitask. The reality of our human world is that we are not physically or mentally capable of completing more than one complex task at a time. Let us start by defining the term multitasking. Merriam-Webster defines multitasking as: “The ability to do several things at the same time.” (1) The American Psychological Association (APA) defines multitasking in a similar fashion, but also adds the term “switch” at the end. The addition of the word switch actually tells us volumes about the true nature of multitasking. Studies show that multitasking is actually the human mind switching from one task to another. (4) In general, the switch takes only fraction of a second to complete. This quick switch gives us the allusion that we are performing more than one task at a time, thus multitasking...
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...North Korea to Vietnam. China has been officially and conveniently divided into 5 homogeneous physical macro-regions: Eastern China (subdivided into the northeast plain, north plain, and southern hills), Xinjiang-Mongolia, and the Tibetan-highlands. Its physical features are multiples. The eastern and southern half of the country, its seacoast fringed with offshore islands, is a region of fertile lowlands and foothills with most of the agricultural output and human population. The western and northern half of China is a region of sunken basins (Gobi, Taklamakan), rolling plateaus, and towering massifs, including a portion of the highest tableland on earth (Tibetan Plateau) with lower agricultural possibilities and thus, far less populated. Traditionally, the Chinese population centered around the Chinese central plain and oriented itself toward its own enormous inland market, developing as an imperial power whose center lay in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River on the northern plains. More recently, the 18,000-kilometers coastline have been used extensively for export-oriented trade, making a power shift, with the coastline provinces becoming the leading economic center. With an area of about 9.6 million km², the People's Republic of China is the 3rd largest country in total area behind Russia and Canada, and very similar to the United States. This figure is sometimes challenged by border disputes, most notably about Taiwan, Aksai Chin, the Trans-Karakoram Tract...
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... Mermaids Well, the million dollar question here is: Why would you pick mermaids as your topic? To be perfectly honest, I picked it because...Why not? Mermaids are something that has always been a part of my life. (As strange as that may sound) But it’s true. Mermaids are just something I’ve always been around. They are these magical beings of the sea. They are beautiful. They are amazing and everyone wants to see one. I LOVE MERMAIDS. There. I said it…I love mermaids. I remember being a little girl and watching The Little Mermaid with my older sister and thinking, ‘Wow. This is beautiful.’ This movie really was where it started. I think for a lot of people, it began with this movie. This movie showed mermaids in this light of being beautiful and being able to love. As a child, this is a pretty cool thing. It feeds the wonder and innocence of a child. But that gets killed and shot down upon the arrival of Middle School. But that’s another story. Mermaids have always been something of wonder. Though I’m an eighteen year old college bound girl, I still keep that child-like sense of innocence alive. We really don’t know what there is in the sea. Most of it is unexplored because of the dangerous environments. The ocean is something of marvel, yet instills fear in me. I’m afraid of the ocean. I don’t like to look out onto the beach and see never ending water. I could never go on a cruise. It seems like an irrational fear, but I just can’t do it. I guess I’m at an...
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