.... 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 engaged. The human brain will reject under-stimulating information. At the other extreme is a visual experience that is so overdone, so chaotic that the viewer can't stand to look at it. The human brain rejects what it can not organize, what it can not understand. The visual task require .....

.... artists began illustrating the devastating effect of the fire. Alfred R. Waud and Ralph Keeler, boarded a train for Chicago to cover the story for Every Saturday. They arrived while the flame was still ablaze in some parts of the city. By midnight October 8 most of the city was engulfed in flames causing the sky above the city to dance with burning brands and hot coals stretching for hundreds of yards. The steady wind blew the amber colored coals to buildings still far from the swath devastated by the advancing front of the fire. A fireman's account examines the condition of the city, "You couldn't see anything over you by fir .....

.... his studies. Confucianism has influenced Chinese attitudes, life patterns, and social virtues. It also has provided the background for Chinese political theories and institution. I noticed that although it became the official ideology of the Chinese state, it has never existed as an established religion with a church and priesthood. Confucius taught that benevolence toward fellow human beings, moral behavior and sound family relationships are the essence of a harmonious and well ordered society which the Chinese called ren. The second most important stream of Chinese thought is Daoism. Its formulation is attributed to the legend .....

.... the toothpaste pump. Sick and tired of toothpaste squeezed all over your sink and faucets? Does your spouse never ever roll down the tube and continually squeezes it in the middle? Then the toothpaste pump is for you! When you press the button it pushes an internal, grooved rod down the tube. Near the bottom of the rod is a piston, supported by little metal flanges called "dogs", which seat themselves in the grooves on the rod. As the rod moves down, the dogs slide out of the groove they're in and click into the one above it. When you release the button, the spring brings the rod back up carrying the piston with it, now .....

.... the medium, and the fun personality of Walt Disney’s new character, Mickey Mouse. (25) The success of Mickey Mouse was the start of an unbreakable alliance that has and will always remain synonymous. A brilliant creator and a lovable creation joined forces to become the most powerful influence on American culture. It is inevitable, that every child will be brought up with Disney. What began inside one man’s head has now made a huge contribution to the way life is lived. It seems as though Disney is embedded in every child’s mind, the second they are conceived. Carl Hiaasen writes: The secret weapon is tr .....

.... and clothes. John Allan had, at different times, refused to pay Poe’s debts. He was forced to work in a job he didn’t want, and eventually John Allan disowned him permanently. The male figures in his life were not the only ones to cause Poe grief. Poe also had disappointments with the women in his life, not with rejection but with death. Throughout Poe’s life the women that he loved died at an early age, starting with his birth mother. Poe lost several women in his life, all of which caused him pain. Poe survived many tragedies in his life may have made Poe a very guilty and fearful. Those feelings might account .....

.... a reception that follows the ceremony. The Reform Movement tried to do away with the Bar Mitzvah because they did not accept the idea that a thirteen year old was considered a man. However, the movement failed due to the popularity of the Bar Mitzvah ceremony in modern times. "This criticism comes from a misunderstanding of the significance of the Bar Mitzvah. Bar Mitzvah is not about being a full adult in every sense of the word, ready to marry, go out on your own, earn a living and raise children. In Pirkei Avot of the Talmud, it is said that while 13 is the proper age for fulfillment of the Commandments, 18 is the prop .....

.... The dancers wore special clothing called ghost shirts, which were painted with sacred symbols, including moons, stars, and eagles. The Sioux believed the shirts would protect them from anything, even enemy bullets. The Ghost Dance prospered in the Indian communities for nearly ten years. Then, in 1897, the Ghost Dance at Alisal was accompanied by a procession led by Chief Tarino to Mission San Jose's centennial anniversary celebration. Legend had it that this same chief helped lay the cornerstone at the mission in 1797 when he was 25 years old. To some of the Ohlone, another Californian tribe, Chief Tarino must have seemed an an .....

.... dancer and past president of the U.S. Dance sport council: In Germany doctors did tests in which they wired up the country's 800-meter running champion and its amateur dance champions. They found no significant athletic difference between running 800 meters and doing the quickstep for one and one half minutes. That's just one dance. In competition couples have to do five ninety second dances in a row, with only 20 seconds between dances. Moreover, the women have to do it going backwards! All a runner has to do is jog around the track (Swift 72). People dance because it's totally absorbing and makes them forget everythi .....

.... or Telecommunications offer many educational opportunities. Since computers and the Internet have expanded in such a way in which education can be delivered to students, it is currently possible to engage in "distance education through the Internet. Distance education involves audio and video links between teachers and students in remote areas. Video conferencing allows groups to communicate with each other. Desktop video conferencing promises to bring students together from geographic and cultural distances, face to face via computer. Not only the teacher can talk to the students but also the students are able to i .....