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    Maya Textures

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    There are a few ways to make a realistic eye. The method I will show you now is not super realistic but it’s very quick to set up and effective. In a few steps you will create an eyeball with textured pupils using a color ramp and fractal texture.  Maya Tutorial: An Eye Texture STEP 1: Create a nurbs sphere and rotate it in Z direction about 90 degrees [pic] STEP 2: Open the Hypershade and create a new blinn material and assign it to the sphere [pic] STEP 3: Press 6 to see textures

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    novel‚ it was also “a turning point” in Maya’s life. And the additional scene to the chapter is when Mrs. Flower had a lesson about living to Maya. As the adding scene extended further the process of “lesson in living”. Since the Maya underwent sexual harassment by her mother’s boyfriend‚ it will be helpful if there would more detail in the “healing process” of Maya. The chapter emphasized and elaborated one of the major themes in the novel‚ when a person is in the toughest part of their

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    Grandmothers” by Maya Angelou Image (Imagery) – Descriptive poetry flourished. One basic meaning for ‘image’ is provided by that context‚ but other‚ looser and more treacherous‚ meanings have accreted: any sensuous effect provoked by literary language; any striking language; metaphor; symbol; any figure. Maya Angelou’s poem‚ “Our Grandmother’s‚” vividly exemplifies a sense of imagery that is brought to life. The most effective way that‚ Maya Angelou

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    Color Divide In Still I Rise by Maya Angelou‚ race reveals the harsh treatment towards African Americans through power struggles in which black people are pushed out of authority positions and attempts to bring down a person’s spirit‚ indicating a global society of hatred due to fear of one’s skin color. In the poem‚ the idea of a colored person with power is seen as a threat by certain people‚ indicating the discrimination towards black people with authority. Angelou questions the attitude of others

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    Africa Bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east‚ Atlantic to the west and Mediterranean to the north; lies the continent as we know called Africa.  The longest river‚ which runs about 4‚160 miles‚ is the Nile River and is the survival source for the African people.  It provides mode of transportation‚ food and fertile land.   Providing a route between the coast and the Sahara Desert‚ the slopes contain cedar‚ pine‚ cork and oak trees.  The Sahara Desert separates northern Africa from the rest of

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    and Colonialism in Out of Africa and Beyond”‚ Lewis argues that Isak Dinesen’s book Out of Africa demonstrates the exploitation of Africa and Africans. Lewis suggests that the book‚ along with its film adaptation realized in 1985‚ commercializes this sort of safari image nostalgia that portrays Africa as a vast wilderness of splendor and then sell this “exotic chic” to Europe and other Westernized audiences. Lewis also asks us to examine the ideology of colonizing Africa and question the very notion

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    She was an author‚ actress‚ screenwriter‚ dancer and poet. Born Marguerite Annie Johnson‚ Angelou had a difficult childhood that later became the inspiration for many of her autobiographies. Angelou’s early career was in the theater‚ and she co-wrote Cabaret for Freedom to raise funds for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ for which

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    Assignment 06 – Africa February 6‚ 2013 Africa’s Apartheid Policy South Africa has suffered a great amount throughout the last few centuries. One of South Africa’s most devastating events was the Apartheid Policy. It was initiated and passed in an unfair manner. The Apartheid policy was very damaging to the economy‚ citizens and environment of South Africa. South Africa is a region located in the continent of Africa. In most textbooks‚ South Africa is defined as the region of Africa South of the

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    Developing Places (187:006:SCA) The first place where humans started to form communities and cultures‚ Africa‚ is mostly seen as a place where numerous negative events such as civil wars‚ terrorist attacks and health crisis occur in recent history. Several misfortunes struck Africa that disadvantaged them from competing with other states. There are eight formative disasters that weakened Africa according to the book which are climate change‚ ecological impact‚ divisive Islam‚ depopulating slave trade

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    As a teenager‚ Maya Angelou was driven to succeed in all aspects of her life which began with her move to San Francisco after winning a scholarship at San Francisco’s Labor School in 1942 (Wagner-Martin‚ 12). Later in her life at the age of 16‚ Angelou decided that she wanted to become a streetcar conductor. Determined to get the job Angelou visited Muni’s personnel department with the intention of placing an application--but was denied even receiving one. When asked by her mother why she did not

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