President James Monroe outline what is now known as the Monroe Doctrine in a speech to congress in 1828. The President warned European nations not to interfere in the affairs of America’s neighbors the nations of the Western Hemisphere. Monroe was responding to European threats to aid Spain in regaining its former Latin American colonies. By 1822 Argentina‚ Colombia‚ and Mexico had revolted and declared their independence.(1)Originally‚ the doctrine had been intended to support weak Latin American
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First thing’s first; this tutorial is written mainly to remind myself of the steps I go through when making a map…much of this will sound like a lecture but it’s how I work and what I’m thinking‚ my steps might not be perfect and my observations might be incorrect. Next‚ look at a GLOBE of the earth not a flat map‚ this is because a flat map will distort things near the poles to make them look larger than they really are (Greenland looks huge on a flat map). Get the proportions of landmass to ocean
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OBLIQUE DRAWING: *a projective drawing of which the frontal lines are given in true proportions and relations and all others at suitable angles other than 90 degrees without regard to the rules of linear perspective 1.neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface;slanting; sloping. 2.(of a solid) not having the axis perpendicular to the plane ofthe base. 3.diverging from a given straight line or course. 4.not straight or direct‚ as a course. 5.indirectly stated or expressed; not straightforward: oblique
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an isometric Drawing? An isometric drawing is a view of an object that shows the 3 views of an object‚ they may be; side view‚ front view and top view. The picture to the left is an example of an isometric drawing‚ is a cube and has a top view‚ a right front view and a left front view. What is an Orthographic drawing? An orthographic drawing show all the sides to an object as an individual‚ whereas the isometric shows the sides still connected to the shape the orthographic drawing shows it off
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The colonial act of drawing border lines equates to drawing lies. This essentially means that when the maps were drawn up by European explorers‚ they were taking the preexisting geography but changing up the layout. In the process‚ they created what they considered countries based on their border lines. The lines were a way for military forces and businessmen to manipulate the competitors from taking the valuable raw resources by driving them away from the parts with minerals and oil beds‚ for example
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Robert Harrison October 24th‚ 2010 This past Sunday I went to Snyder Moral Baptist church to hear the music of Joel Raney. Joel is a very emotional performer I could tell he is very in touch with God. While I was there I learned that he began his career in Alabama by cutting his teeth on hymns and gospel music. He attended Juilliard School in NYC where he also worked in musical theater for a time. Listening to Joel’s music made me feel closer to God‚ he made me think about the finer things in
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Commercial title: Mars – Mars – Marilyn (snickers) Name: Alex Okoli Student number: Course number: 02-40-381-01 Professor’s Name: Due Date: Tuesday 22nd November 2016. Most of the super bowl commercials skate a thin line between been appropriate and inappropriate and this one can be classified under the inappropriate ones. It can also be classified as a controversial commercial. These companies spend millions of dollars in the production and marketing of their commercials to networks
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The painting done by Andy Warhol called Marilyn Diptych was the third most influential piece of modern art according to an article in The Guardian (Warhol).The canvas was based on a publicity photo of Marilyn Monroe from the film Niagara. Furthermore‚ Warhol took the one picture and spread it across a two sided canvas as fifty smaller images. On one side there were twenty-five images expressed with bright colors. Likewise‚ on the other side there were twenty-five pictures conveyed in black and white
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The drawing I created‚ represents what I found to be important aspects of Frida Kahlo’s life and work. This goal of my piece is to represent Kahlo in a number of ways both socially and culturally. Kahlo expressed her thoughts and feelings in her art. Her art was a way for her to express her sentiment towards her physical and emotional pain while also addressing the social and political issues she was passionate about. These elements are commonly found in her work and these themes were expressed in
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The Modernist movement was more than just an architectural style‚ it represents wider social changes which influenced the designers of the time and remains an ephemeral historical snapshot of what is modern. Roy Grounds was a pioneer within Australian Modern architecture‚ and worked with the changes of the world to urban environments and construction to create progressive designs and does this while still maintaining the same geometric language across a wide scale of work. Often using residential
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