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Color Theory
Words: 653 - Pages: 3.... colors formed by mixing the primary colors.
TERTIARY COLORS
Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green and yellow-green.
These are the colors formed by mixing the secondary colors.
Harmony can be defined as a pleasing arrangement of parts, whether it be music, poetry, color, or even an ice cream sundae. In visual experiences, harmony is something that is pleasing to the eye. It engages the viewer and it creates an inner sense of order, a balance in the visual experience. When something is not harmonious, it's either boring or chaotic. At one extreme is a visual experience that is so bland that the viewer is not .....
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Plato And Love
Words: 1971 - Pages: 8.... adequately define love and its implications on the human spirit.
Though many of the guidelines and characteristics of love set forth by Plato provide important incite to the meaning of love, some have become antiquated and cannot apply to modern society. The Symposium outlines the different popular views about love during Plato’s time. Plato intentionally portrays some as ignorant and others as valid thoughts on the phenomenon of love. Within the discourse, the speakers told of the characteristics of the gods related to love as a definition of what love is. Within each of the lectures given, Plato injected certain messages h .....
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Creation Vs Evolution
Words: 841 - Pages: 4.... at the proof of the “last days” of Satan’s wicked system of things, and lets pay close attention to how they have by now been accomplished and are being accomplished daily. “Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.”-Matthew 24:7 Surely you have seen this part of the “sign” being fulfilled since 1914! In that year World War I began. Never in history had there been such a terrible war. It was total war. World War I was much greater than all the major wars fought during the 2,400 years before 1914. Yet only 21 years after that war ended, World War II began. And it was four times as destructive as World War I. .....
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Stoicism And Epicureanism
Words: 1989 - Pages: 8.... a famous Epicurean poet, took a stand against the superstitions and fears that the Romans had toward the state religion. He claimed that religion and the fear of gods was what caused unhappiness. Lucretius wrote a story where the Greek princess Iphigeneia was killed by her father Agamemnon, with the hope that he could win the favor of the gods by sacrificing his own daughter. In this case “religion stood with all that power for wickedness . . .too many times /religion mothers crime and wickedness” (Lucretius 452). The Romans at that time saw themselves as “laying foully groveling on earth, weighed down .....
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Game Over!
Words: 1282 - Pages: 5.... is setting in on both sides. They are finding it hard to lean toward a
goal when they do not know what they want. The baseball strike involves greed, uncertainty, and lack of
desire to resolve the issue on both sides. While confusion mounts among owners and persistence rides high
among players, things are only going to get worse until they come to some sort of an agreement.
The baseball strike of `94 officially hit the hearts of America on August 12, three quarters into one of the
most intriguing seasons in a long time. A season on the verge of breaking many long standing records. As
the strike began, the people of the world look .....
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College, A Waste Of Time
Words: 1692 - Pages: 7.... The other was her paragraph on how Americans are looking less and less for great paying jobs and are looking more for job that they like doing. This unfortunately is also a contradiction to her piece of writing, because college prepares, and helps you get a job that you will enjoy. Furthermore, the author’s main ideas were not well thought out or well supported. An example of this might be her money investment idea. She implies that if an eighteen year old invested his/hers college tuition money in a bank, and kept it there till he/she was sixty-four, they would be twice as rich as those who go to school, graduate and work in their f .....
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Financing In The EU
Words: 825 - Pages: 3.... efficiency improvements, a more competitive European Union (EU), and increased foreign investment."
There are benefits for companies outside the EU too. Business with Europe will be easier, and investment choices simplified through increased visibility and comparability of prices. Medium- and small-sized companies like Forplay, Inc., will have less trouble opening a bridgehead into an enlarged unified market, with fewer financial risks.
However, there are also many uncertainties. For example, which countries will join? Member states must meet criteria for economic convergence, and it is not certain how strictly these criteria will be .....
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The Aviary, The Aquarium, And Eschatology
Words: 7535 - Pages: 28.... interpretation of the UFO
phenomenon that should be considered before rejecting it out of hand.
Admittedly, a lot of what follows is based on rumor, hearsay and
circumstantial evidence. Much is derived from numerous phone calls from Dan
Smith, whose religious beliefs regarding the UFO phenomenon have induced a
messianic zeal to "spread the Word."
These calls have provided a flurry of information on what I have
previously termed "fringe" beliefs, as well as providing the names and
backgrounds of the birds who comprise the Aviary. According to Dan, who
undoubtedly is privy to a wealth of accurate, though not widely known UF .....
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The Olympic Athlete
Words: 532 - Pages: 2.... Zeus, the chief Greek god, were the biggest events in their world. They
were the scenes of political rivalries between people from different parts of
the Greek world, and the site of controversies, boasts, public announcements and
humiliations. Ancient athletes competed as individuals, not on national teams,
as in the modern Games. The emphasis on individual athletic achievement through
public competition was related to the Greek ideal of excellence, called "arete".
Aristocratic men who attained this ideal, through their outstanding words or
deeds, won permanent glory and fame. Those who failed to measure up to this code
fear .....
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Antigone
Words: 543 - Pages: 2.... is he king, he is also human and possesses frailties which qualify him to make serious mistakes and he possesses talents which allow him also to excel. Hence, Creon is neither overly good nor bad.
It is also written that the tragic hero’s actions may determine the fates of one or more characters within the tragedy. Appropriately, Creon’s station as king place shim in a position of great power, influence and responsibility. The extent of this power was quite evident when he sentenced to death for disobeying his proclamation.
In the mythical story “,” two men which were brothers have slain each other for the throne. The older .....
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