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    women all experience sexual liaisons void of the pleasure it brings‚ either through the physical pleasure of the sex itself‚ the intimate connection that comes from sex‚ or the desire to procreate. In the second section of the poem titled “A Game of Chess‚” Eliot introduces us to two very different women; one woman is wealthy yet trapped in a loveless marriage‚ while the second woman is married yet physically tainted by the various fruits of her womb. In the third section‚ “The Fire Sermon‚” we are

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    Nurture Plus Nature Raegan Robb Psych101 Dec.9th 1996 The classic debated topic of nurture versus nature has been‚ and always will be an argumentative subject in the scientific world. Some psychologists and scientists share the view that our behavioral aspects originate only from the environmental factors of our upbringing. While other opposing specialists argue the outlook in science that agrees with the naturalist idea. This concept of naturalistic ideas supports the

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    only do people disagree on the subject‚ but individuals can also have conflicting ethical perceptions and beliefs. Programming a computer to be ethical is much more difficult than programming a computer to play world-champion chess—an accomplishment that took 40 years. Chess is a simple domain with well-defined legal moves. Ethics operates in a complex domain with some ill-defined legal moves. We need to understand learning better than we do now of common sense and world knowledge. The deepest problems

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    teaching her to hide her thoughts and emotions and be observant in order to predict other people’s moves in chess and in real life situations‚ Waverly says :” I also found out why I should never reveal “why” to others. A little knowledge withheld is a great advantage one should store for future use.” (94-95). This skill helps Waverly in winning arguments‚ respect from others and most importantly chess games. The second value Lindo Jong wants her daughter to learn is having a Chinese character

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    or learn from past experience. Since the development of the digital computer in the 1940s‚ it has been demonstrated that computers can be programmed to carry out very complex tasks – such as discovering proofs for mathematical theorems or playing chess among others – with great proficiency. Still‚ despite continuing advances in computer processing speed and memory capacity‚ there are no programs that can match human flexibility over wider domains or in tasks requiring much everyday knowledge. On

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    Grandma’s Old Datsun Grandma Beck was a multi-talented‚ independent‚ hard working old lady. Even as an old lady‚ she was very active and passionate about one thing: working. She was by far the strongest person I had ever met. She had to support herself; she lived alone after my grandfather passed away (Which was ironically on my birthday July 15th‚ 1978). She slept with a loaded handgun in her bedside table and a police club shoved into the side of her waterbed. I was lucky to spend nine years

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    Planning family holidays is a particular challenge for the millions of divorced families out there. In fact‚ one out of three Americans is part of a blended family (and I suspect the statistics are similar for Canadians). Divorced families face an even bigger challenge with holiday planning with children shuttling back and forth between mom’s house and dad’s house. There are all those logistical questions. Whose turn is it to have the children for Christmas morning? What if both parents are having

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    Are Prodigies Born or Made? A child prodigy is a person who shows his/her extraordinary abilities in early age. These children usually are very good at different things; however‚ especially their amazing skills in a certain area make them be prodigies. For example‚ Abigail Sin‚ a Singaporean young pianist‚ is also very good at math. Nevertheless‚ she won in international math competition; Abigail is called a wunderkind because of her unusual musical talent. As other wonders‚ she discovered

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    ISSUE QUESTION: Are Video Games Considered a Sport? CONTROVERSY SECTION: Although Sports have their origins all the way back to the ancient Greeks‚ it is only through the recent times that people have called into question whether there needs to be an expansion on what can be considered a sport. Traditionally‚ sports are defined as “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.”. Yet within the recent decade

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    parents just want their child to be the best at everything‚ in order to succeed in life. Suyuan enrols June into a talent competition‚ mainly to show off her daughters capability to Lindo‚ who was always boasting about her daughter Waverly’s skill at chess. During the competition‚ you can see the high context way the mothers communicate to each other‚ they would say things under the pretence of false humility‚ how they could not control the talents of their daughters‚ when what they meant was to say

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