...As this thesis is exploring ‘void’ as an object, a lesson in the fundamentals of ‘figure and ground’ is necessary to distinguish or consider the contradiction of empty space as a physical object. The Gestalt notion of the figure-ground phenomenon refers to the characteristic organisation of perception into a figure that “stands out” against a neutral background. (Merrill, 2010) Human beings interact with objects - positive figures - where empty or ‘void’ space is, by default, normally characterised as ground. This way of thinking can be explained most clearly with the ‘Vase and Face’ diagram, (fig.6) where by the figure you see depends on which element you perceive as being foreground and the other as background. We make a perceptual distinction between the subject or object in the picture, we decide if the vase is the main figure or if the two faces are the main positive. We never perceive the two together as, “The human mind finds it easier to handle one thing at a time”. (Arnheim, 1977)...
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...or access point | Detected | | | Reset the wireless adapter | Completed | Investigate router or access point issues | Not run | Refer to Windows Help and Support for more information about wireless connectivity problems | Not run | | Potential issues that were checked | Printer \\lisa\HP Deskjet D1400 series is not shared with the homegroupPrinter \\lisa\HP Deskjet D1400 series is not shared with the homegroupIf a printer isn't shared on the homegroup, other computers might not be able to use the printer. | Issue not present | | Printer paper is low or emptyPrinter paper is low or emptyWhen the printer paper is low or empty, you might not be able to print. | Issue not present | | Printer toner is low or emptyPrinter toner is low or emptyWhen the printer toner is low or empty, documents might appear faint or not print at all. | Issue not present | | Printer has a paper jamPrinter has a paper jamA paper jam is preventing the printer from operating normally. | Issue not present | | Printer driver requires updatePrinter driver requires updateAn outdated printer driver can prevent printing. | Issue not present | | Printer is turned...
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...1. Why would someone like Meg Whitman give up the comfort of working for someone else and taking home a nice salary and fringe benefits for the stress of running a new kind of business that may or may not succeed? (8 marks) Meg Whitman would choose the stress of running a different kind of business that might or might not worked out rather than her previous comfortable, stable and high paid job maybe because she don’t want to get controlled while doing her own work. People nowadays prefer more personal space or freedom so that they would feel comfortable while working. She doesn’t want to get controlled by the managers or her bosses. She might also get bored for doing the same work every day, repeating the same thing over and over again that’s why she would think to try doing or running something new and she wanted to change a new working environment. She also want to have her own working time compared to company’s fixed working schedule so that she can have more time to spend with her family, or extra entertainment time rather than keep working in the office. By joining eBay, she can arrange her own working timetable. She might also like to challenge herself so she is willing to accept the challenges and quit her current job for new challenges. Although running a new kind of business has huge risks and also a lot of new challenges, but she can at least do what she want and show what she can do. By running a new business, she also get to interact with...
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...a) Set: A Set is any well defined collection of distinct objects. E.g C = {4, 2, 1, 3} and D = {blue, white, red}are sets of natural numbers and set of colors respectively. b) Element of Set: A number, letter, item or any other object contained in a Set is called Element of a Set. In a) above, elements of Set C are 1,2,3 and 4. c) Order of a Set: are special binary relations. Suppose that P is a set and that ≤ is a relation on P, Then ≤ is a partial order if it is reflexive, antisymmetric and transitive. d) Null Set: is the unique set having no elements; its size or cardinality (count of elements in a set) is zero. Common notations for the empty set include "{}", " ", and " ". e) Finite Set: a finite set is a set that has a finite number of elements. For example, is a finite set with five elements. The number of elements of a finite set is a natural number (non-negative integer),and is called the cardinality of the set. A set that is not finite is called infinite. For example, the set of all positive integers is infinite: f) Proper Subset: A proper subset is a grouping of numbers in which all the numbers for two quantities have the same numbers, but are not equal. g) Data: are values of qualitative or quantitative variables belonging to a set of items. h) Statistics: Statistics is a branch of mathematics that deals with the collection, organization and interpretation of data. i) Probability: is a measure or estimation of how likely it is...
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...STUDENT NOTES SERIES SMA6014 - Modern Algebra and Geometry Norashiqin Mohd Idrus Shahrizal Shamsuddin Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (Semester 1 Session 2014/2015) Contents 1 Fundamentals 1.1 History of Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.2 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.3 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.3 1.3.4 1.3.5 1.4 1.5 1.4.1 1.5.1 1.5.2 1.5.3 1.5.4 1.6 1.6.1 1.6.2 1.6.3 Classical Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modern Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 Logic and Proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Methods of Proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Proof by Induction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic Notion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operations on Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cartesian Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...Sets • A Set is a collection of objects. Each object in the set is called an element or a member. Curly braces , { }, are used to list the elements in a set. The ∈ symbol is used to denote that an element is in a given set. For example: consider the set A = {2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11}. 5 ∈ A and 8 ∈ A / . – p.1/?? Sets • Sets may also be written using set builder notation of the form {x | x has property P} For example: the set of even integers can be written E = {x | x = 2k for k any integer} . – p.2/?? Sets • The empty set, denoted φ, is the set that contains no elements. Do not but braces around the empty set. {φ} actually represents the set that contains the empty set. • A Universal set, denoted U, is the set that includes all the objects being discussed. . – p.3/?? Sets • The number of elements in a set B is denoted n(B). For example: n(A) = 6 and n(φ) = 0. • Two sets are equal if they contain exactly the same elements. For example: {1, 2, 3} = {2, 3, 1}, but {1, 2, 3} = {1, 2, 4} . – p.4/?? Subsets • Set A is a subset of set B, denoted A ⊆ B, if every element of A is also an element of B. A Set A is a proper subset of set B, denoted A ⊂ B, if A ⊆ B and A = B. With all of this notation it is often nice to have a diagram representing the sets. • The diagram for sets is called a Venn diagram. . – p.5/?? Subsets Here is a Venn diagram that shows that A is a subset of B. The rectangular box represents the universal...
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...The Deadlock Problem Law passed by the Kansas Legislature in early 20th century: “When two trains approach each other at a crossing, both shall come to a full stop and neither shall start upon again until the other has gone.” Neil Groundwater has the following to say about working with Unix at Bell Labs in 1972: ... the terminals on the development machine were in a common room ... when one wanted to use the line printer. There was no spooling or lockout. pr myfile > /dev/lp was how you sent your listing to the printer. If two users sent output to the printer at the same time, their outputs were interspersed. Whoever shouted. “line printer!” first owned the queue. 1 Deadlock or Deadly Embrace Permanent blocking of a set of processes that either compete for system resources or communicate with each other – Several processes may compete for a finite set of resources – Processes request resources and if a resource is not available, enter a wait state – Requested resources may be held by other waiting processes – Require divine intervention to get out of this problem A significant problem in real systems, because there is no efficient solution in the general case Deadlock problem is more important because of increasing use of multiprocessing systems (like real-time, life support, vehicle monitoring, multicore utilization, grid processing) Important in answering the question about the completion of a process Deadlocks can occur with – Serially reusable...
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...omativityInformativity~ a text is more informative the mor eunexpected it is what u are told. Then theres three levels: 1)order: Trivial statements: that’s the first order iunformation 2) order: new info ------------------------------------------------- 3) order: violation: violation of world knowledge, it is unexpected. Open class elements vs closed class.: The closed class tend to be unnoticed. Also when we speak we use prepostions wrongly, and there seems to be no interprtation problems with regard ot that, people can still undertsand. The closed class possessess first order info, whereas the open class has second order. Time flies like an arrow; We read this sentence and we interperet it I the cliché way, we don’t think of it, for example, as an imperative sentence. The stress _______________________-- Types of expectations: a) Our knowledge about the world, that is, our model of the world. Frames give us expectations as well when we are talking, reading. b) The organization, we have an expectation with regard to the order of the words, don’t we?. c) How you arrange a text d) Text type or “genre”: I think of cortazars instructions e.g. how to blow ur nose Svend age madsen (danish writer who changes form one chafracter to another, or sth like that) Definitie article: we used because it is previusoly mentioned that objecvt. For example: aman….. and then I say the man…. Also if theres a certain frame being used, you don’t Hve to introduce...
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...Hello Prof and Classmates! An equivalent set is when two sets have the same AMOUNT of elements/member. An equal set is when set one and set two both contain the EXACT same elements/members. Therefore, equivalent means same amount of elements but not necessarily exactly the same, where equal means all elements are exactly the same, but necessarily in exact order. Example: Equivalent set A={2,4,6} B={3,5,7} Equal set A={3,6,9} B={9,3,6}. A subset is a set of elements that must have all of its elements belonging to an original set. A proper subset is a set of elements that must all of its elements belonging to the original set, but the original set must have an element that is not contained in the second set. Therefore, the difference between the a subset and proper subset is; in a subset the sets will be equal, but in a proper subset the set will not be equal. Example: Subset A={6,7,8,9} B={6,7} Proper Subset A={h,o,m,e} B={h,o,m,e,s} A complement of a set is when all of the elements in the union/universal set are not in the original set. The universal set is the set containing all elements of either both sets, or just of set one and set two. Example: Complement of a set U={a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h} A={b,d,f} B={a,b,c,d,e} Union U={q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z} A={q,r,s,t} B={q,r,s,u,w} C={r,s,u,v} Cardinality of a set is simply the amount of elements it contains. This function relates to the number of subsets of a set when you begin to use terms such as equal, equivalent, complement, union...
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...Fourth – correlations Before you can write this report, you need to have a set of correlated data points that tell your story. * dependencies — Which numbers depend on each other? That is, a change in one creates a change in another or others. * trade-offs — An improvement in one number causes its opposite in another number. Discussing these correlations will be the bulk of your analysis of what happened during the month. They’ll provide the reasons for your proposal to improve the following month. As you see the correlations, you’ll begin to see the story of your month, the “hiSTORY” of the month. Some correlations will be irrelevant to that story. Others will tell it in pictures. The text of your report will explain those pictures. Don’t look at the graphs and charts as an extra, optional add-on. Look at them as THE way to tell your story. Examples: What correlates with weather? What correlates with profits? What correlates with daily sales? These will rarely be one-cause, one-effect correlations, even for as simple an operation as a lemonade stand. Which chart or graph is right for you? Tell impactful stories with data Fifth – correlations in subsets of data Correlations How are you going to structure this story? That is, in what order are you going to discuss the correlations? * by chronology, perhaps week by week or phase by phase. * by types of weather: all the sunny days, all the rainy days, etc. * by ingredients. If you see that your ordering...
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...Slow, mysterious music begins playing in the clip below as Captain Jack Harkness utters the word, “Torchwood,” the name of the secret alien-hunting agency he runs. To which Captain John Hart replies: “Oh. Not Excalibur? Blizzard? Bikini Cops?” In mocking its own name (an anagram of companion show Doctor Who), Torchwood acknowledges the contradicting feelings of the show, a serious, dark drama that is at the same time a humorous, action-packed, sex-filled thriller. With guns pointed at each other’s head, Jack and John proceed to comment on each other’s “weight,” “hair,” and clothing, amiable small talk that seems out of place in such a situation. Likewise, when “murder” rehab is thrown in with the usual “drink, drugs, sex” rehab, Jack merely laughs and asks, “You clean now?” Juxtapositions like these help Torchwood multicast to several niche audiences— exactly what a cable channel like BBC America strives to do. BBC America, after all, also embodies a contradiction, claiming to be both American and British. The paratext behind this clip attempts to blend these identities together. Notably, Torchwood, a British import, is headed by Jack, an “American” captain played by Scottish actor John Barrowman. Meanwhile, John, his “British” partner in this clip, is played by American actor James Marsters. Their identities are further complicated by the fact that in the show, neither of them is even from Earth. Although Torchwood has become decently popular in its own rights, it...
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...How to Make Charcoal from Paper By Karren Doll Tolliver, eHow Contributor Homemade paper charcoal briquettes can be used in backyard grills. Commercial charcoal for grilling food is expensive and can be harmful to the environment. However, industrious do-it-yourselves can make their own "charcoal" from newspaper. This reduces the amount of newspaper refuse as well as the amount of commercial charcoal consumed. In addition, no lighter fluid is needed with the homemade charcoal paper. Therefore, petroleum-based products are also conserved. Making your own charcoal takes only water and a washtub. The time spent forming the charcoal paper briquettes is negligible, although they need to dry for a couple of days in the sun. Things You'll Need • Washtub • Water • Old newspaper Instructions 1 Tear the old newspaper into pieces about the size of your hand or smaller. 2 Place all the torn newspaper pieces in the washtub. Cover with water and let sit for at least one hour. The newspaper will be ready when it is thoroughly saturated with water and is mushy to the touch. 3 Grab a large handful of the mushy newspaper. Form it into a ball about the size of a golf ball or ping pong ball, squeezing out as much water as you can. Repeat until all the mushy newspaper is in ball form. Discard the water. 4 Place the wet newspaper balls in the sun for at least two days. Do not let them get rained on. They must be completely dry and brittle. At this point they are ready for use in the same...
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...I helped the students with their math, science, English and travel & tourism homework. I worked with a student on a social story on how to greet others. I helped a student organise their binder. I met a student’s mother this week while attending a meeting. I started researching for more social stories on communication So this week was slow again because of the academic award ceremony. The first two periods were pretty empty of students so I mostly did research for the social stories. I honestly never knew how hard it was to find paper social stories. With everything being on line now it’s a nightmare. Looking at from a social worker perspective this is a barrier for the student. The student cant afford an I-pad and the school does not...
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...I wasn’t born into a dictatorship neither did I live in fear for my life when I read books, but I do understand what Camus’ definition of what Creating Dangerously is. Throughout my life I have written essays for different classes, but the class that led me to understanding Camus definition was my 12th grade English Class. In this class one day we were talking about masks (similarly to this years UM class), after a while of discussing what a mask was the teacher stated that we all had one. When she stated that I swear she directed her body towards me. Suddenly I started thinking why did the teacher just stare at me? It doesn’t make any sense. Then it came to me, it’s in my writing. What I am trying to explain is that when I write I always notice...
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...moves on. If I want attention for an hour or so, however, I'll tell them my horrible secret — for several years I made much of my freelance income writing term papers. I always wanted to be writer, but was told from an early age that such a dream was futile. After all, nobody ever puts a classified ad in the paper that reads “Writers Wanted.” Then, in the Village Voice, I saw just such an ad. Writers wanted, to write short pieces on business, economics, and literature. It was from a term paper mill, and they ran the ad at the beginning of each semester. Writing model term papers is above-board and perfectly legal. Thanks to the First Amendment, it’s protected speech, right up there with neo-Nazi rallies, tobacco company press releases, and those "9/11 Was An Inside Job" bumper stickers. It's custom-made Cliff Notes. Virtually any subject, almost any length, all levels of education — indulgent parents even buy papers for children too young for credit cards of their own. You name it, I've done it. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the plurality of clients was business administration majors, but both elementary education majors and would-be social workers showed up aplenty. Even the assignments for what in my college days were the obvious gut courses crossed my desk. "Race in The Matrix" was a fashionable subject. The term paper biz is managed by brokers who take financial risks by accepting credit card payments and psychological risks by actually talking to the clients. Most of the...
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