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all seem like everyday objects but should we be calling them art? When we were growing up we were taught that art was a beautiful painting - like Van Gogh’s Sunflowers‚ or a perfect sculpture of a human - like Michelangelo’s David‚ but we were never really taught that conceptual and contemporary art were ’proper’ forms of art‚ even though it was established in the sixties. It made us think and challenge our own assumptions of what art should really look like. People didn’t understand the idea of
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How does Facebook impact on your life? What is the most popular social network in the world? I believe that most people prefer the answer “Facebook”. Nowadays‚ there are more and more people join the Facebook. You can always see such situations that some people refresh their Facebook when they have nothing to do， and there are some people even only use Facebook to keep in touch with others. Actually‚ Facebook has already become a part of our life; and it changed our lives in four aspects: it
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January 2013 The Great Gatsby: Author’s Past Influencing Writing Writers often include their past times in their work. Their life experiences tend to resonate throughout their individual works because of the amount of time and effort spent in the creative process. On many occasions‚ authors seek writing as a cathartic way to shed light on past events in their life. As Lynne Sharon Schwartz states‚ “...often spiritual or emotional journeys are impossible to illustrate in physical gestures...”
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Does Life Truly Exist on Other Planets? Life is defined‚ by Merriam Webster‚ as “an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism growth‚ reaction to stimuli‚ and reproduction.” Every single person in the world at this moment is alive and is experiencing life. Planet Earth is home to thousands of species of living animals and was home to thousands more that have now become extinct. Humans have only existed a fraction of the time the Earth has. Many animals predate our own existence. Throughout
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Creative art and Fine art . By a broad definition of art‚[9] artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind: from early pre-historic art to contemporary art; however‚ some theories restrict the concept to modern Western societies.[10] The first and broadest sense of art is the one that has remained closest to the older Latin meaning‚ which roughly translates to "skill" or "craft." A few examples where this meaning proves very broad include artifact‚ artificial‚ artifice‚ medical arts‚ and military arts
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"The Qur ’an does it shape the life of an everyday Muslim?" Unlike many other religions Islam makes very little distinction between the spiritual and the secular parts of life. Islam means submission to the way of God and this can be seen in the way in which the vast majority of Muslims lead their daily lives through close adherence to the Qur ’an and the teachings of the Prophet. Muslim society is ideological in that the followers of the faith are making a commitment to follow God and to
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How does knowledge management influence innovation and competitiveness? The Authors Alberto Carneiro‚ Alberto Carneiro is Assistant Professor in the Polytechnic College at the University of Lisbon‚ Portugal. Abstract Is concerned with human value management‚ examines the relationships between organizations’ competitiveness‚ innovation advancements‚ and knowledge management and presents a set of considerations regarding how these relationships affect strategic management and the formulation
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“To what extent does genetic inheritance influence behavior?” A debate of nature vs. nurture‚ as in whether it is our inherited genes or environmental factors that affect our behavior‚ has been going on for years. There are no true experiments on genetic inheritance influencing behavior due to ethical reasons. Only quasi-experiments and theories of pre-existing data are available that are on genetics or environmental factors affecting behavior. With the few studies existing one can still argue
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run the cognitive abilities in children. Children playing the piano scored 35% better in intelligence tests than children going to computer classes or not taking any class at all. Still‚ heavy metal makes them more crabbed and reluctant. Music influences neurological-motor disorders. In some cases‚ incapacitated Parkinson patients can move only when remembering songs from their youth. Specialists say that we get accustomed to rhythm from the womb and our reaction to the rhythm might be due
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