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    "To accept anything as true means to incur the risk of error. If I limit myself to knowledge that I consider true beyond doubt‚ I minimize the risk of error‚ but at the same time I maximize the risk of missing out on what may be the subtlest‚ most important‚ and most rewarding things in life". That was on page three of E.F. Schumacher’s A Guide for the Perplexed. It was included on the third page on the text because it is one of the most important reoccurring themes throughout the book. Schumacher

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    Complex Interdependence (Neo Liberalism) The theory of Complex Interdependence got birth as a reaction to Realism (Assumptions of realism were ═►State is the dominant actor ═►State can use force ═►Security or military objectives are dominant to Economic objectives). Complex Interdependence had its assumptions which pointed out that ═►state is not a dominant actor but different communities & races are ═► Force is ineffective but dialogue is effective ═► no hierarchy of clear objectives. COMPLEX

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    The oedipal complex is described as‚ “the attachment of a child to the parent of the opposite sex...and aggressive feelings toward the parent of the same sex” (Dolloff‚ 2006). Freud coined the term after Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus‚ where Oedipus kills his father and sleeps with his mother. In young males‚ the conflict arises because the boy develops a desire for his mother. The child then fears that if his father finds out‚ he will lose what he loves most‚ his penis. This in turn develops the

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    thematic and stylistic allusions to 20th century greats such as Virginia Woolf show his intellectual knowledge of and debt to 20th century modernist writing‚ it is McEwan’s ability to transform these stylistic and thematic elements and mold them into a postmodern classic that makes Atonement a more than adequate culmination to the readings of a 20th century British Literature course. Stylistically‚ McEwan draws most heavily from the works of Virginia Woolf for the opening portion of Atonement. The slow

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    Strategies for minimizing total survey error and sampling strategy Tang Li We may find 3 kinds of survey errors: the sampling‚ nonresponse and the coverage error. In order to minimize the total survey error‚ we will apply the following 3 strategic procedures. Minimizing Sampling error: Firstly‚ we will get a copy of the full GPPI student list from Mrs. Pace‚ Asistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs. Then we will randomly select a number of 100 students which will represent our sample.

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    study focuses on the way in which error correction is done and the significance of errors in the Romanian context. In designing it‚ I did not use my knowledge on causes of errors as I was not interested to find out whether it can be established a correlation between students’ mother tongue‚ the target language and the production of errors. I oriented this study towards a narrower issue: the attitudes of teachers‚ students and native speakers of Romanian towards error correction. In order to do this

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    Synopsis‚ Marketing and Culture The body as image - An analysis of the postmodern characteristics of tattoos in contemporary society Introduction In recent years few terms have been so widely discuss as ”postmodernism” in order to define its basic principals. Despite a lack of consensus‚ most authorities agree that postmodernism represents some kind of reaction to‚ or departure from‚ modernism and modernity (Brown 1993). The consumer of the modern society is distinguished by being self-reflexive

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    A medication error is any avoidable event that may cause or lead to untimely medication use or patient harm; however‚ while the medication is still in control of the health care administer (Brock‚ 2006). 80 percent of the most severe medical errors can be interrelated communication between clinicians‚ primarily in handoffs. For example‚ a handoff is a medical error if information regarding an essential diagnostic test is not communicated carefully and properly between providers at shift change (Starme

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    “The hope is in the… tendency toward error.” Trial and error defines the pinnacle of human nature. As shown in Lewis Thomas’ writing and throughout history‚ progress can only occur with mistakes. Parents strive to teach their children about possible future mistakes in a lame attempt of protecting the child from having to experience the mistakes himself‚ but truthfully‚ experience presents the best lessons. You can warn a child to not touch a hot stove and he may listen at first. However‚ his

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    founder of modern psychiatry‚ developed the Oedipus complex after studying dreams and the unconscious mind. Freud’s theory of the Oedipus complex assumed that infants love the opposite-sex parent and hate the same-sex parent. The feelings of love and hate change as the child grows‚ but the original feelings of hate for the same-sex parent and love for the opposite-sex parent still remain in the unconscious mind of adults. The Oedipus complex was based off of the legend of King Oedipus‚ a prince

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