1. Do they have a 4th of July in England? 2. How many birthdays does the average man have? 3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28? 4. A woman gives a beggar 1 dollar and 32 cents; the woman is the beggar’s sister‚ but the beggar is not the woman’s brother. How come? 5. Why can’t a man living in the U.S. be buried in Canada? 6. How many outs are there in an inning? 7. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow’s sister? Why? 8. Two men play five games of checkers
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BOOK REVIEW SUCCESS BUILT TO LAST: Creating A Life That Matters By Jerry Porras‚ Stewart Emery‚ and Mark Thompson Summary Success Built to Last builds on over 200 interviews with highly successful people to discern patterns on how they define success and how they achieved it. The authors spoke to remarkable people that were trimmed down from initial thousand lists to hundreds who were able to sustain success for over a 20 year period. The interviewees were Nobel Laureates‚ Pulitzer‚ Grammy
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International Journal of Computer and Information Technology (ISSN: 2279 – 0764) Volume 01– Issue 02‚ November 2012 SenCept: A Domain-specific Textual Commonsense Concept Acquisition System Rushdi Shams1‚ M.S.A. Shahnawaz Chowdhury2‚ and S.M. Abu Saleh Shawon3 Computational Linguistics Lab Department of Computer Science University of Western Ontario‚ London‚ Ontario‚ N6A 5B7‚ Canada1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) Khulna-9203
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"Dare To Be Different" | If you want to get what everyone is getting‚ do what everyone is doing. Mr. Toastmaster‚ ladies and gentlemen‚ my speech tonight is not simply about me‚ but also about being different. I have chosen this topic because it is something that is very dear to me and something I have made a personal philosophy and which I endeavor to live by. I think it all started when I was 18 years old and in my first year at campus. That was about the time that I started to observe
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of us works very well and probably betters individually‚ but still have a firm grasp of team dynamic and know how to be a part of a whole. Lamar is very level headed and looks for the common sense in things. This is a great trait for not getting distracted with non-sense that comes with some ideas. His common sense approach can help weed out the garbage. He is cool under pressure and always keeps a level head. he doesn’t like to rush to make a decision but rather take a look at all the facts and
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He made a persuasive argument to the colonists that the cause of independence was urgent (Foner). In my opinion‚ the most important aspect about the Common Sense is that it was like a translation of the complicated philosophical and scientific principles of the Enlightenment into simple words that the masses could understand. Therefore‚ he has played a greater role in moving the American people from a spirit
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We are royalty! Today I am going to speak about believing in yourself. To believe in yourself you need self-confidence. What is self-confidence? You hear people talking about confidence every day‚ whether it is on television or on the street. Self-confidence is basically the belief in one’s own power and ability. Bernard M. Baruch once said “Be who you are and say what you feel‚ because those who mind don’t matter‚ and those who matter don’t mind.” It is very easy to tell if someone is lacking
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sociologically stops people making common sense assumptions. These assumptions are a sweeping generalisation of things and they define our everyday lives but our everyday lives are also defined by them. However‚ what is seen as common sense to one person is not always common sense to another person as everyone has different experiences in life and a different understanding. An example of a common sense assumption is reasons for poverty. The naturalistic (common sense) assumption is that people are poor
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Common Sense vs. Psychology According to the English Encarta Dictionary psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and mental states‚ and of human and animal behaviour‚ while common sense is defined as a sound practical judgement derived from experience rather than study. It is evident from the two contrasting definitions that common sense and psychology are not one in the same (that is not to say that they have no relation to each other). Psychology is science based and looks for evidentiary
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Psychology and common sense refer to two different things between which a key difference can be identified. Psychology refers to the scientific study of the mental processes and behaviour of the human being. Common sense refers to good sense in practical matters. As you can see the key difference between psychology and common sense‚ stem from its source of knowledge. Psychology relies on science‚ theoretical understanding‚ and research‚ but common sense relies on experience and reasoning. This is
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