think of as a spectrum of seven different colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Light at the violet end of the spectrum travels in shorter, tighter waves, which are affected more by the molecules in the atmosphere than the longer, lower-frequency waves at the red end. This phenomenon is named after Lord Rayleigh, the British physicist who discovered it in the 19th century. The sky appears blue because shorter wavelengths are scattered more by the atmosphere than longer wavelengths;
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second stripe, and “power” on the last red stripe; also, there are six white stripes with the word ‘freedom” on the third white stripe, “strong” on the fourth white stripe and “unity” on the fifth white stripe. On the Union blue part of the flag is contrasted into three different blues, and using beads as the stars for a different twist. The red stripes defiantly convey contrast going from light red to dark red or dark red to light red. The white stripes have words printed on them from the pieces of
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Title: Bunsen, Fisher Burners and Working with Glass tubes Objective: To learn the proper usage of Bunsen and Fisher Burners; to also learn to work with glass tubes Procedure: * Proper way to light and use Bunsen and Fisher Burners was demonstrated * Make sure that the burners are properly connected to the gas source * Use the gas valve to control the flames * Use the collar to control the amount of air * Proper way to cut a glass tube was demonstrated *
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To you my love To you from the heart You're all I'm thinking of VI. Reaching for the love that so far Repeat III Say it in a prayer (my sweet love) Dreams will take it there Where the skies are blue (woah yeah), to see you once again my love. (oh my love) All the seas from coast to coast To find the place I Love The Most Where the fields are green, to see you once again.... My
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How African-American Culture Conceived Jazz Near the beginning of the twentieth century, Jazz was a new style of music being invented by African-American musicians who lived in New Orleans, Louisiana. The city of New Orleans during the beginning of the twentieth century was loaded with individuals of different ethnicities and backgrounds. Before the early twentieth century, New Orleans was colonized by the French and Spanish. When the French and Spanish colonized New Orleans, they brought with
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In order to get a comprehensive understanding between the connection of the blues and Buddhism, we must first dive deep into the sophisticated complex we all know as suffering. The word passion comes from the Latin root pati-, meaning suffering, or enduring. Thus, compassion literally means to suffer-with; the compassionate are not immune to the other people's individual pain. And passion is, at its core, a form of pain or suffering we cannot escape. Passion is not for the faint of heart or those
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are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health. Blue is a cool color. The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful. Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song -- “Mood Indigo” -- about the deep blue color, indigo. In the words of the song: “You ain’t been blue till you’ve had that Mood Indigo.” Someone who is blue is very sad. The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is
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wondered that when see the color red, somebody else could be seeing what you think of as the color blue and just was always taught that this so-called blue color has and always will be called red? This has intrigued me since a young age, and I can’t seem to come to terms with the fact that I will never understand this. I’m sure there’s some big elaborate scientific explanation on why my red could be your blue, but I choose to believe that my confusion can’t be overcome. Albert Einstein once
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Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter was one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He was a towering icon of the blues and would later become the father of the folk music explosion. “Leadbelly” has held an influence on a variety of artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Kurt Cobain (Good Night, Irene). In 1933, John Lomax made the fist ever recorded version of “Goodnight Irene.” Leadbelly’s “Goodnight Irene” was essentially a song of heartache. The lyrics discuss Irene breaking the narrator’s
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Venus as depicted earlier in The Birth of Venus by Botticelli. However, while Warhol does use more colors in his work. For example, Venus’s face and neck are pink while her hair is black, red, orange, and yellow. The background is a solid light blue color. In Details of Renaissance Paintings, Venus’s face and hair are emphasized and the dominant elements are her hair because of the warm colors and her gaze. It honestly reminded me of the Sublime Sun. Warhol uses implied lines in the hair to
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