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    Gwendolyn Bennett Gwendolyn Bennett was born on July 8th‚ 1902 and was born in Giddings Texas. She was a well known poet and writer during the Harlem Renaissance. Her parents were Mayme Frank and Joshua Robin Bennett. She spent most of her time in Wadsworth‚ Nevada. Her parents taught at the Paiute Indian Reservation but relocated to Washington D.C. in 1906 so her father to obtain his law degree. In 1910 her mother filed for divorce and won sole custody but her father later kidnapped her and

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    his work continued in the areas of computer science and artificial intelligence (AI)–a term not invented until a few years after his death. Unfortunately‚ he was not recognized for his accomplishments and inventions until after well after his death. Alan Turing studied mathematics at the University of Cambridge and graduated in 1934 and completed is Ph.D. at Princeton University in mathematical logic in 1938. He returned to the UK in 1938 to a fellowship at King’s College. In 1937‚ Dr. Turing’s paper

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    and the 12th largest religion in the world. Judaism is based on the Tanakh (Jewish Bible) on the Talmud. Judaism is the religion of Jews and originated in Palestine/Isreal. Among the well-known figures of this religion is Moses. Judaism claims a history spanning 3000 years. In Judaism the leaders are called Rabbis. In regards to Judaism religion‚ an interesting article points out: “I was fascinated to learn that the Hebrew language does not have a word for ’religion ’. The Hebrew word stands‚ we

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    Alan Turing and Co. Slate Sculpture: Stephen Kettle 1912-1954 Turing’s Path to Artificial Intelligence • The Enigma • The Turing Machine • The Turing Test • Turing’s thoughts for Artificial Intelligence The Enigma Machine • e·nig·ma (n): 1)A person or thing that is mysterious or puzzling. 2)A riddle or paradox. • Originally designed by Arthur Sherbius and sold commercially for banking. • The “Enigma machine” was later adopted by the Germans and made into a Machine used to send coded

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    In "The Road Not Taken‚" written by Lereone BennettBennett wrote about how the strategies the Anglo colonizers used had a negative impact. However‚ the Anglo Colonizers used the strategies on the poor whites. The attempt to enslave the poor whites was also unsuccessful due to the similar disadvantage to the natives Bennett had mentioned. Bennett mentioned‚ "The supply of poor whites‚ like the supply of Indians‚ was limited; and poor whites‚ like Indians‚ but for different reasons‚ could escape

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    Through the analysis of where an education originates‚ The History Boys and An Education have two vastly contradictory viewpoints. The History Boys demonstrates both academic education and an education on life gained within school grounds. An Education‚ however‚ illustrates a young Jenny Mellor (Carey Mulligan) as she gains her education far from her school environment - despite much attempted intervention. In both The History Boys and An Education the teachers play an integral role in shaping

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    History Boys Discuss the dramatic function of 3 separate comedy scenes in The History Boys. In Alan Bennetts play‚ The History Boys‚ dramatic functions need to used in order to be able to bring out the personalities of character and to bring the story forward‚ as in a play you can not describe as you can in a novel. One scene in The History Boys where Alan Bennett uses comedy is when during a general studies lesson with Hector he allows the boys to act‚ in French‚ as though they were in a

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    entity that must be looked after just as we look after ourselves. A professor of political science Jane Bennett in her book‚ “Vibrant Matter‚” Tries to expand the policies in place to hover over not only the human‚ non-human but also the non-living. By giving agency to material objects she shows that food can impact the way rats‚ young children‚ and incarcerated individuals think and act (Bennett 41). Bennett’s view on policy is the same type of ecological sensitivity in the religion of Panentheism

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    The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett. It was published on November 1‚ 1993 by Simon and Schuster. It was an anthology edited by William J. Bennett. The book is intended for the moral education of the young and is divided into the different virtues namely self-discipline‚ compassion‚ responsibility‚ friendship‚ work‚ courage‚ perseverance‚ honesty‚ loyalty and faith. Bennett has collected tales and stories and compiled it into one book. It was a type of fiction. The authors of each story used

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    propositions that Bennet states are: “(a) that the drug problem in America is absurdly simple and easily solved; and (b) that the drug problem in America is a lost cause” (547). These deal with the issue of drug abuse because they are unattainable. Bennett gives a left and right side and both have the tendency to fail. The Right believes “there is a

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