Poker Night- More Than About Card Games

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I believe in poker night. It’s a night where friends get together and enjoy themselves. There is no need for money, just competitiveness. There is nothing to lose except the gratification of victory.

It’s a night of six friends, sitting around a round table sharing stories or their week and making jokes to make the others laugh.

It’s a night of doing what you want. There is usually a bowl of chips and dip, nachos, sandwiches, sodas, water, and more often than not beer.

It’s a night where guys can just be themselves. Unless your significant other is part of the group they are not invited because at Poker night there is no need to impress anybody, just be yourself and have fin with your buddies.

It’s a night of bonding. You can invite new people over to play and see if they fit in with your crowd.

On poker night the card games, whether it is Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Five Draw, Five Stud, or Seven Stud, or who knows you may throw in an occasional game of Black Jack just to mix it up a little more, the game is not even the main point of the night, it’s just a setting for the fun.

Poker night is about hanging out with your friends you haven’t seen after a rough week of work or school.

It’s a time away from reality. Nothing else matters, it’s just about being with your friends and playing cards and getting away from all the problem you have.

Peace Symbol Revisited

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The peace symbol shows that an image outweighs it’s meaning. For 51 years the peace symbol has been one of the most powerful in the world, but its meaning has changed over time. While the meaning behind it has changed, the symbol’s meaning has not.

In 1958 Gerald Holton designed the logo as a symbol for nuclear disarmament. As it seems, the symbol is simple. It has three parts, a circle, a straight line, and a v-shaped line. The three pieces superimposed created the peace symbol. From that moment the image was seen as a symbol of good and hope and…peace.

But what does each piece mean? First, the v-shaped line means the letter N (for nuclear) in semaphore flag signaling system. Next is the straight line, which is the letter D (for disarmament). Finally there is the circle, which actually has no original meaning. It was originally just added to make the symbol look better than just two lines.

In the 1960’s the image came to American and was adopted by Hippies and the intent completely changed. Hippies originally intended for the symbol to be a symbol against materialism. The image looked like a chicken’s foot and they embraced it, showing they did not care about material things. But the symbol’s meaning still did not change. The symbol was still seen as a symbol for piece rather than anti-materialism.

The symbol was then used to represent unity, as the three branches merged into one line. Also at this point the circle around the symbol had meaning- the world. The symbol was intended to mean world unity and betterment.

Despite the original meaning of nuclear disarmament, the hippie meaning of anti-materialism, and the newest intended meaning of unity, the symbol is still only known for one thing: Peace.

No Nukes? Anti-Materialism? Unity? No it means Peace

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The peace symbol is a perfect example of an image outweighing the meaning behind it. For 51 years the peace symbol has been one of the most powerful symbols in the world, but the meaning behind the symbol has never been the same. But no matter what the meaning behind the symbol was it still always meant peace.

In 1958 British artist Gerald Holtom designed the logo, but it was not intended to be a symbol for peace, it was intended purely to be a symbol for nuclear disarmament. As it seems, the symbol is simple. It is comprised of three parts, a circle, a straight line, and a v-shaped line. The three pieces superimposed created the peace symbol. From that moment the image was seen as a symbol of good and hope and…peace.

But what does each piece mean? First, the v-shaped line means the letter N (for nuclear) in semaphore flag signaling system. Next is the straight line, which is the letter D (for disarmament) in the semaphore flag signaling system. Finally there is the circle. But actually the circle had no original meaning. It was originally just added to make the symbol look better than just two lines.

Then the image came to America. In the 1960’s the image was adopted by Hippies and the intent completely changed. Hippies originally intended for the symbol to be a symbol against materialism. They felt the image looked like a chicken’s foot and they embraced it, showing they did not care about material things. But the meaning still did not change. The symbol was still seen as a symbol for piece rather than anti-materialism.

The symbol was then used to represent unity, as the three branches merged into one line. It was also this point that the circle around the symbol had meaning- the world. The symbol was intended to mean world unity- a united world to better life and earth.

But despite the original meaning of nuclear disarmament, the hippie meaning of anti-materialism, and the newest intended meaning of unity, the symbol is still only known for one thing: Peace.