The first is that the material world clearly does not exist (except in a state of hypothetical abstraction) insofar as one does not immediately perceive it; and the second is that the material world nevertheless exhibits the kind of consistency that one would expect from an independently existing object. To put it bluntly‚ this state of affairs is mysterious:
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much fear and tension to the entire world. The Cold War is described as "the arms race between Germany and its neighbors as ‘a kind of "cold war" where there is no shooting but bleeding’" (Williamson). For my Cold War project‚ I made a chutes and ladders board game to represents the ups and downs of the war. I used 14 events: when the U.S. drops the atomic bomb‚ the Iron curtain‚ the Berlin Airlift‚ when China falls to communism‚ the Domino effect‚ when Russia drops their atomic bomb‚ hysteria‚ the
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Vocabulary 2. Regular graph 3. Connectivity 4. Representing Graphs Introduction A.Aho and J.Ulman acknowledge that “Fundamentally‚ computer science is a science of abstraction.” Computer scientists must create abstractions of real-world problems that can be represented and manipulated in a computer. Sometimes the process of abstraction is simple. For example‚ we use a logic to design a computer circuits. Another example - scheduling final exams. For successful scheduling we have to take into account
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Synopsis The Netherlands-based De Stijl movement embraced an abstract‚ pared-down aesthetic centred in basic visual elements such as geometric forms and primary colours. Partly a reaction against the decorative excesses of Art Deco‚ the reduced quality of De Stijl art was envisioned by its creators as a universal visual language appropriate to the modern era‚ a time of a new‚ spiritualized world order. Led by the painters Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian - its central and celebrated figures -
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The Modernist period was a manifestation of those who embraced the need for change and the discovery of the new. It seemed that ‘change’ became a constant in Modernism as those who took for modern advancment renounced traditional arts forms to persue a difference. However‚ it was not to eradicate traditional art forms but to re-establish the relationship between the traditional and the modern artist to suit the modern world. Early Modern artists realised that with the Industrial Revolution‚ the deemed
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A study in to the way war affects the soldiers fighting in them in terms of mental and physical health with reference to Pat Barkers “Regeneration”‚ Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” and Penguins anthology “Poems of the Great War 1914-1918. The First World War lasted between 1914 and 1918 and saw the death of nearly twenty million people (including civilians) and the casualties were even higher. Many were left wounded for life as they lost their limbs‚ sight or mind and they would never
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“The Internet has been a transformational force‚ empowering consumers as decision-makers in the marketplace”. Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with this statement. (A) Outline the motivations for engaging in compulsive consumption and consider the consequences of this behaviour. Critically evaluate whether marketers might be seen to encourage compulsive consumption. (A) Explore the ways in which young people’s fashion consumption enables them to create meaning and contributes
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Historical/Cultural Report Famous Mathematician: Pythagoras Introduction: Pythagoras’ Theorem is actively used and is a crucial part of trigonometry in present-day mathematics. Pythagoras‚ living approximately from 570 – 495BC‚ in Greece‚ is believed to have founded the Pythagoras’ Theorem among a cult‚ which Aristotle believed to be the beginning of an advance in Mathematics. In fact‚ there is evidence that the theorem had been discovered and used perhaps a thousand years earlier than Pythagoras
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is a subject where everyone can win. In athletic activities‚ there is always a hierarchy of players based on talent. In academics‚ the hierarchy is defined by GPA and SAT or ACT scores. In the social realm‚ there is a ladder of popularity‚ but comedy can be used anywhere on the ladder. I am not the most popular person at my school‚ but I use jokes and
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TODAYS MANAGER NEEDS TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR The top 15 qualities needed to be an entrepreneur and the top 10 qualities needed to be a manager is listed as follows. This is a summary of the results yielded by the most popular search engine‚ Google. Not surprisingly most of the qualities needed for an entrepreneur and for a manager matched. This fundamentally shows that in a way‚ the manager of today needs to be an entrepreneur. It is evident that the degree or extent to which an entrepreneur
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