There is no universally accepted definition of art. Although commonly used to describe something of beauty‚ or a skill which produces an aesthetic result‚ there is no clear line in principle between (say) a unique piece of handmade sculpture‚ and a mass-produced but visually attractive item. We might say that art requires thought - some kind of creative impulse - but this raises more questions: for example‚ how much thought is required? If someone flings paint at a canvas‚ hoping by this action to
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Ordered Dictionaries Binary Search Trees < 2 1 6 9 4 = 8 Keys are assumed to come from a total order. New operations: closestKeyBefore(k) closestElemBefore(k) closestKeyAfter(k) closestElemAfter(k) 1 Binary Search Trees 2 > Binary Search Trees Binary Search (§3.1.1) Binary search performs operation findElement(k) on a dictionary implemented by means of an array-based sequence‚ sorted by key similar to the high-low game at each step‚ the number of candidate items is halved terminates
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“The Company Man”: An American Dream or Nightmare? In the satirical essay “The Company Man‚” Ellen Goodman criticizes the lifestyle of Phil‚ dehumanizing the “American Dream” through the use of contradictory repetition‚ pathetic persuasive techniques‚ and sterile diction. Using repetition Goodman emphasizes the importance of Phil dying on a Sunday at three in the morning because he was still worrying about work‚ even on the one time and day he was off. This is where she points out that work killed
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Mountain Man Beer Company wanted to launch Mountain Man Light‚ a light beer formulation of Mountain Man Lager with the hope of attracting younger consumers to the brand. Chris wanted to do this because:- a) In the previous 6 years the light Beer sales in USA has been growing at compound annual growth rate of 4% while traditional premium beer sales have been declining at the same rate. b) Mountain Man beer’s prime product was Mountain Man Lager a
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Journal Article‚ The Meanings of Citizenship Kerber is discussing the constant evolution of citizenship. During the article she highlights four main points. She discusses Attentive & Multinational Citizenship‚ Braided Citizenship‚ Borders & Immigrants and Postnational Citizenship. My goal is to provide an inept assessment and my thoughts and understanding in regards to Kerber’s article. CAMOUFLAGED CITIZENSHIP Kerber begins her first point by discussing the attentiveness meaning of citizenship
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Throughout the story‚ Grendel is trying to find the meaning of life. He is trying to understand the purpose of living‚ and was looking for something to steer him in the right direction. In Chapter five‚ when Grendel finally meets the dragon‚ he finally believes that he has found the meaning of life. Grendel begins his life by being an existentialist. He was basically alone when he was young‚ and was left to figure out the world around him with no help. It was confusing to him‚ and that is how
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Best-first search is a search algorithm which explores a graph by expanding the most promising node chosen according to a specified rule. Judea Pearl described best-first search as estimating the promise of node n by a "heuristic evaluation function f(n) which‚ in general‚ may depend on the description of n‚ the description of the goal‚ the information gathered by the search up to that point‚ and most important‚ on any extra knowledge about the problem domain."[1] [2] Some authors have used "best-first
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"The Man to Send Rain Clouds" is a short story about the death of an old man on a Pueblo Indian reservation and the issues that arise from conflicting spiritual traditions and Christian traditions. As the story opens‚ the dead body of an old man has been found under a cottonwood tree on an Indian reservation. The sheep that had been under the old man’s care are grazing in scattered locations up and down an arroyo (ravine). Two men‚ Leon and his brother-in-law Ken‚ have discovered the body‚ which
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Nate Lasalvia 4/21/13 The Meaning of Courage It is important for us to know the meanings of the words we use every day. If someone uses words that they don’t know the meaning to‚ then it could be confusing to the one they are talking to. There are many words with multiple definitions in the English language. It is important to learn the definitions of words we use every day or we could end up being confused often. One word that could be mistaken often is courage. The definition of courage
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02/17/2012 4.1 Search and Seizure The most famous search and seizure is Mapp v. Ohio. This case happens back in 1961‚ March 29 and end on June 19‚ 1961. Which were an unreasonable searches and seizures what relates on the fourth Amendment. When the police received a tip that Dollree Mapp and her daughter were harboring a suspected bombing fugitive‚ they immediately went to her house and demanded entrance. Mapp called her attorney and under his advice she refused to give them entry because they
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