The artwork Magic Lantern was created by American artist Jackson Pollock in 1949 and currently is hung on a wall in the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. In order to create his piece‚ the Pollock used oil paint‚ aluminum paint‚ enamel‚ and even carpet tacks‚ and ended up with a truly texturally intricate result. It stands at 108.9 x 55.2 cm‚ or 42 7/8 x 21 3/4 inches for those less metrically-inclined. Magic Lantern is a fascinating abstract painting‚ but in comparison to many other abstract
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"Common Magic‚" and Rabindranath Tagore’s poem‚ "An Ordinary Person‚" reveal how ordinary people and events can be special and extraordinary. Additionally‚ both poems concern specific people to prove that within everyone’s live there can be elements of magic and mystery. In Wallace’s poem people are transform through a variety of human experiences‚ where in Tagore’s poem one seemingly ordinary person is changed through poetry. In both poems authors’ ideas are expressed through a lot of magic imagery
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switch The switch statement is wondrous and magic. It’s a piece of the language that allows you to select between different options for a value‚ and run different pieces of code depending on which value is set. Arrays An array in PHP is actually an ordered map. A map is a type that associates values to keys. This type is optimized for several different uses; it can be treated as an array‚ list (vector)‚ hash table (an implementation of a map)‚ dictionary‚ collection‚ stack‚ queue‚ and probably
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Maiz The word maize derives from the Spanish form of the indigenous Taíno word for the plant‚ maiz. It is known by other names around the world. Corn outside North America‚ Australia‚ and New Zealand means any cereal crop‚ its meaning understood to vary geographically to refer to the local staple.In the United StatesCanada Australia‚ and New Zealand‚[citation needed] corn primarily means maize; this usage started as a shortening of "Indian corn". "Indian corn" primarily means maize (the staple
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From the House of Magic The poem From the Houses of Magic is one‚ that raises many questions. What is the true meaning of this piece of literature that has been around for so long? Many speculations have been made‚ and another is about to arise form the depths of a young mind. This poem is one that reveals the heavens as well as the deep depths of hell‚ and the journey one takes in life. When the poem first starts off it explains the magical being coming down and embodying an animal with antlers
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Moneyball: Data-Driven Baseball 1. For those that say the movie isn’t about baseball‚ I believe they are stating that this movie is more about statistics and data and even management style. I have to disagree Moneyball isn’t about baseball. The movie is all about baseball and is compared to other sports movies with great “feel-good” winning moments such as “Miracle”‚ “Remember The Titans” and “Field of Dreams”. Unlike these other feel good sports movies about the underdogs and teams with spirit
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Sports 1. Earvin “Magic” Johnson announces his retirement from the NBA due to contracting the Aids virus. This was historic it created mass awareness on a ill known subject 2. Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavyweight boxing title. This was important because it was the fight of the year and Holyfield was considered an under dog 3. Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million 4. Freshman Marshall Faulk of San
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Baseball: The American Pastime in the Dominican Republic One hundred and forty years after American-influenced Cubans fled their home island during the Ten Years’ War and brought baseball to the Dominican Republic (D.R.)‚ the sport is thriving in the impoverished nation. In the sport’s top professional league‚ Major League Baseball (MLB)‚ more current players were born in the Dominican Republic than any other country besides the United States‚ where 29 of the 30 MLB teams are based (Gregory 2010)
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societies’ seduction‚ the ideals of comedic mishaps in the path to love reigns true in works of art from past to present and even in a cosmic spectrum. In William Shakespeare’s‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ the author uses the themes of love‚ desire‚ and magic to make his pieces applicable across decades‚ original to the author‚ and interesting to the audience conveying a sense of curiosity towards the light-hearted romantic comedy. The desire of the heart and the body drives the plot line into madness
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Elisa Ramirez Professor Valerie Bronstein English 300 28 October 2016 This isn’t Baseball Have you ever felt defeated before a battle? David and Goliath challenges how we think about disadvantages and obstacles. We face giant problems and seemingly impossible situations throughout our life. The story of David and Goliath teaches us that the underdog can win. The story of David and Goliath explains that sometimes it requires courageous action to face our fears and circumstances. Malcolm Gladwell
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