Sunday 26 June 2011

Ella EncHaNted !!!!

Name in characters in the movie?
- Ella - the title character
- Lucinda Perriweather - a fairy who gave the gift to ella
-         - Prince Charmont – son of the late king
-         -  Sir Edger – the prince’s greedy ungle
-         -  Heston the snake – edger’s pet
-         - Slannen – an elf
-         -  Sir Peter – ella’s father
-         -  Arelda – ella’s best friend
-         -  Dame Olga – ella’s stepmother
-         -  Halttie – ella’s stepsister
-          - Olive – ella’s kleptomanic stepsister
-          - Koopotuk – a giant who carmontmet agiantsville
-           -  Benny – the talking book


  What do you think of the main characters in the movie?
-         -  I think of the main characters in the movie is a ella abrave face challenges in life. In the kingdom of frell,baby ella is give the gift of obedience by her fairy godmother,Lucinda. This turns out to be more of a curse, making ella do anything she is told to do,no metter how terrible or physically imposible.



Review
- Baby ella is given the gift of obedience by her fairy godmother,Lucinda. This turns out to be more or a couse, making ella do anything she is told to do. Some year letter,ella’s mother dies and her father get marriage a wealthy socialite. Ella,s have stepmother and two stepsister. The stepsister realize ella’s  obedience to commends,and begin making her life migerable. Ella now a young womem, happens to meet prince charmont,they like each other but her stepsister namely hettie and olive decide to pursue the prince charmont for themselves. Ella cannot bear to live under the obedience spell and hattie’s jealousy a moment lorger,so she resolves to find Lucinda,the only one who can remove to spell.

Conclution
-  Ella given the gift of obedience by her fairy godmother.this turns out to be more of a curse,making ella do anything she is told do. Although,making ella do anything she is told do but her is abrave face challenges in life. Her age from infancy to adulthood her had to follow the instructions from stepsister  namely hattie’s  and olive the evil the stepsister. After her mother was died and her father was get married with dame olga stepmother a wealthy socialite. Ella lives,always being bullied by stepsister because hattie’s and olive a jealous with her. Lasly,she resolves to find Lucinda the only who can remove to spell.

ella enchanted

name in characters in the movie?
-Ella -the title character
-Prince Charmont -son of the late king
-Sir Edger -the prince's greedy uncle
-Heston the Snake -edgar's pet
-Slannen -an elf
-Sir Peter -ella's father
-Arelda -ella's best friend
-Dame olga -ella's stepmother
-Hattie -ella's stepsister
-Olive -ella's kleptomanic stepsister
-Koopootuk -a giant who charmontmet a giantsville
- Benny -the talking book

Sunday 19 June 2011

celebrations


FASCHING
Fasching is carnival season. Originally it was a Pagan festival which came out of ancient Rome or Greece. In recent centuries, however, it has become more associated with the Christian Church. Officially the season starts on 11th November at 11:11am, although I've no idea why. It continues pretty low key for about 3 months. Things really begin to happen in February or March - 7 weeks before Easter. This is the week when people are allowed to "flip out" and behave recklessly before the beginning of Lent, which is a much more serious time.

The Thursday before Ash Wednesday (25.Feb.2009) is known as "Weiberfastnacht", or "Women's carnival night". On this day tradition dictates that women are allowed to cut off the tie of any man within reach. So guys, don't wear your favourite tie to work that day! The women are also allowed to kiss any man they like. The following Monday is known as Rosenmontag (Rose Monday). On Rosenmontag there are various street processions involving lots of costumes and carnival floats. Faschingsdienstag (Carnival Tuesday) is the last day of Fasching and when most of the festivities happen. Faschingsdienstag is not an official holiday but workers usually get the afternoon off.


MARDI GRAS
many areas, the term "Mardi Gras" has come to mean the whole period of activity related to the celebratory events, beyond just the single day. In some US cities, it is now called "Mardi Gras Day" or "Fat Tuesday".[1][2][3][4][5][6] The festival season varies from city to city, as some traditions consider Mardi Gras the entire period between Epiphany or Twelfth Night and Ash Wednesday.[7] Others treat the final three-day period before Ash Wednesday as the Mardi Gras.[8] In Mobile, Alabama, Mardi Gras-associated social events begin in November, followed by mystic society balls on Thanksgiving,[7][9] then New Year's Eve, followed by parades and balls in January and February, celebrating up to midnight before Ash Wednesday. In earlier times parades were held on New Year's Day.[7] Other cities famous for Mardi Gras celebrations include Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Barranquilla, Colombia, Sydney, Australia, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Quebec City, Canada; Mazatlán, Sinaloa in Mexico; and New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.Carnival is an important celebration in Catholic European nations. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the week before Ash Wednesday is called "shrovetide", ending on Shrove Tuesday. It has its popular celebratory aspects as well. Pancakes are a traditional food. Pancakes and related fried breads or pastries made with sugar, fat and eggs are also traditionally consumed at this time in many parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.
  

OBON
Obon is an annual Buddhist  event for commemorating one's ancestors. It is believed that each year during obon, the ancestors' spirits return to this world in order to visit their relatives. Traditionally, lanterns are hung in front of houses to guide the ancestors' spirits, obon dances (bon odori) are performed, graves are visited and food offerings are made at house altars and temples.
Obon is celebrated from the 13th to the 15th day of the 7th month of the year, which is July according to the solar calendar. However, since the 7th month of the year roughly coincides with August rather than July according to the formerly used lunar calendar, Obon is still celebrated in mid August in many regions of Japan, while it is celebrated in mid July in other regions. The Obon week in mid August is one of Japan's three major holiday seosons , accompanied by intensive domestic and international travel activities and increased accommodation rates. In 2011, the peak of the Obon travel season is anticipated to take place between August 6 and August 21. The busiest days for domestic travel are expected to be around August 12 and 13 with people leaving the big cities, and August 15 an
          
INTI RAYMI
The Inti Raymi ("Festival of the Sun") was a religious ceremony of the inca empire honor of the god inti, one of the most venerated gods in Inca religion. According to chronicler Garcilaso de la Vega, Sapa Inca pachacuti created the Inti Raymi to celebrate the winter solstice and a new year in the andres of the southern hemisphere. Since 1944, a theatrical representation of the Inti Raymi has been taking place at sacsayhuaman(two km. from cusco) on June 24 of each year, attracting thousands of  tourists and local visitors.
During the Inca Empire, the Inti Raymi was the most important of four ceremonies celebrated incusco, as related by inca garcilaso delavega. The celebration took place in the Haukaypata or the main plaza in the city. The ceremony was also said to indicate the mythical origin of the Incas, lasting nine days of colorful dances and processions, as well as animal sacrifices to ensure a good cropping season. The last Inti Raymi with the Inca Emperor's presence was carried out in 1535, after which the Spanish conquest and the catholic church suppressed it. Some natives participated in similar ceremonies in the years after, but it was completely prohibited in 1572 by the Viceroy Francisco de toledo, who claimed it was a pagan ceremony opposed to the Catholic faith.

SONGKRAN
Of all the feasts and festivals in Thailand, which are many, the Songkran Festival is the most striking, for it is widely observed not only in this country but also in Burma, Cambodia and the Lao State.Songkran is a Sanskrit word in Thai form which means the entry of the sun into any sign of the Zodiac. But the Songkran in this particular instance is when the sun enters the sign of Aries or the Ram. Its full name is Maha Songkran or Major Songkran to distinguish it from the other ones. But the people call it simply the Songkran for it is the only one they know and in which they take interest. It is their traditional New Year when they can enjoy their holidays to the full with no economic hindrance. Songkran is a fixable feast on the solar calender. It begins on the 13th April and ends on the 15th April, but occasionally in certain years on the 16th April. The Songkran is in fact the celebration of the vernal equinox similar to those of the Indian Holi Festival, the Chinese Ching Ming, and the Christian Festival of Easter. The beginning of spring when the sun crosses the equator is now on the 21st of March which is due to the precession of the equinox. The Songkran Festival is in a certain sense like April Fool's Day, when the maids of the village play pranks on any gallant who happens to pass by their way. He will be caught and bound by the united strength of the maids and they will daub him with blacking.

      







ANIMALS AND COLOR


Do animal see color
Many animals have the ability to see colors. This ability is based on the types of visual pigments in a cell. Animals and insects cover an exhaustive field of biological diversity. The majority of spiders have eight eyes and poor vision, while flies have hundreds of tiny lenses and near-360-degree vision. Eagles can spot a mouse from over one mile high (1.6 km), while a sloth has trouble seeing any animal that isn’t moving. Considering this vast diversity, whether or not animals see in color is a question that must be taken species by species.
Which animals see color
For example, many fish can see colors (e.g. Phoxinus, Crenilabrus). Some amphibians can see colors (frog: Rana temporaria, toads: Bufo bufo, some salamanders) and they usually have two pigments. Most reptiles can see colors (snakes, turtles). Birds: general rule: birds that are active during the day can see colors, but birds that are acitve during the night cannot. Mammals are generally bad in color vision. Examples of color-blind mammals are rats, hamsters, rabbits, and dogs. Cats are weak, but can see some colors. Mammals that are quite good are guinea pigs, sheep, zebra, horses. Also some invertebrates are able to see colors. Some Cephalopods (e.g. sepia, but not octopus). Crabs are generally good in color vision. Many insects (all beetles, hymenopterans (bees, wasps, ants), homopterans (ture bugs), and all flies. All insects are unable to see red light (only known exception are ants), but some are able to see UV (ultraviolet) instead. Many animals can see things that we cannot. For example, cats rely on their night vision to give them an advantage as they hunt for prey, while our human ancestors - who couldn’t see well in the dark - sought safe refuge at night and hunted during the daylight hours. Although we know that sight differs among animals, we do not know what animals actually perceive. There is an important distinction between having light illuminate the retina, and understanding what is being seen. Color vision and perception across the animal kingdom is the subject of much ongoing research, as we have a very limited understanding of the many ways animals see.
What color do they see
 Many animals can see things that we cannot. For example, cats rely on their night vision to give them an advantage as they hunt for prey, while our human ancestors - who couldn’t see well in the dark - sought safe refuge at night and hunted during the daylight hours. Although we know that sight differs among animals, we do not know what animals actually perceive. There is an important distinction between having light illuminate the retina, and understanding what is being seen. Color vision and perception across the animal kingdom is the subject of much ongoing research, as we have a very limited understanding of the many ways animals see.The dance of the honeybee has been researched extensively, so we have a relatively good understanding of the color vision of bees and related insects. Mosquitoes and flies have been studied because of their role in spreading diseases, and it has been
shown that they are attracted or repelled by specific surface colors, and by specific colored sources of light. Interestingly, the surface colors they prefer do not necessarily correlate with the light source colors that attract them.