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    physical disrupting conjugal bliss‚ family harmony‚ parental affection‚ etc. Failed Love Making‚ Bipolar Syndrome‚ Conjugal Discord‚ Pointless Anger‚ Hate & Suspicion of Close Relatives‚ Making one Emotionally Defenseless (kill power of decision)‚ Irrational Fear of Darkness‚ Getting Startled‚ Premature Ejaculation‚ Insomnia‚ Nightmare‚ Disturbed sleep‚ Sudden or Random body pains‚ unusual Hot & Cold Flushes‚ aggressively itchy skin‚ Stubborn-new Indigestion‚ Hallucinations leading to Insanity‚ thoughts

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    [pic] Prayer By Rabbi Dr. Hillel ben David (Greg Killian) [pic] In this study I would like to examine what prayer is‚ and what praying will accomplish. The first time we see ‘praying’ in Scripture is found in: 1 Sh’muel (Samuel) 1:1-18 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim‚ of mount Ephraim‚ and his name [was] Elkanah‚ the son of Jeroham‚ the son of Elihu‚ the son of Tohu‚ the son of Zuph‚ an Ephrathite: And he had two wives; the name of the one [was] Hannah‚ and the name of the other

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    The Great Gatsby & Enduring Love ‘Obsessive love has the capacity to drive a person to insanity‚ leading to irrational behaviour‚ alienation and despair’ Compare and contrast the ways McEwan and Fitzgerald present the complexities of human love in light of this comment. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ian McEwanpresent obsessive Idealised love as deranged and harmful.Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’‚ published in 1925‚epitomises the euphoric atmosphere which permeated consumerist attitudes after

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    rationally and predictably. Richard Thaler‚ a member of the “behaviorist”school of economic thought changed this vision. He expressed concern that people tend to make irrational or stupid decisions. Thaler collected much evidence that people constantly made irrational decisions that made absoluetely no sense financially. One of his examples was a tennis player who kept playing tennis with a bad elbow even just so he would not waste the club membership fees. It is very irrational that this tennis

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    cognitive factors rather than evidence.” Introduced in 1972 by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman‚ the concept of “cognitive bias” describes the distorting patterns that occur normally in the processes of social interaction and that induce people to make irrational decisions and/or unreasoning judgments. Cognitive biases are not occasional errors but systematic deviations. Even the most balanced and intelligent people are subject to cognitive biases. An analysis of few minutes of the thoughts and speeches

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    Behavioral thinker‚ Dan Ariely‚ writes in his book‚ Predictably Irrational‚ that if our minds believe something to be a good choice or action‚ it will indeed turn out to be good (204). In Hamlet‚ Hamlet‚ Laertes‚ and Claudius all think to themselves about about killing. When Laertes and Claudius plot to kill Hamlet‚ they believe that their plan is perfect‚ and bulletproof. Laertes and Claudius’ behavioral thinking‚ caused them to make an irrational decision. According to Ariely‚ if

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    society runs even deeper. Beyond its commercial propaganda and symbolism‚ Ritzer says‚ McDonald’s is a potent manifestation of the rational processes that define modern society. Ritzer warns that the spread of such "rationalized systems" has had irrational consequences‚ not least of which is the "disenchantment of the world‚" a situation in which rationality takes over‚ leaving no room for the mysterious‚ unpredictable qualities that make us human. Ritzer’s scholarly work has been heavily influenced

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    Beowulf The epic hero has been part of human societies since the beginning of time. In the story of Beowulf‚ the main character continuously demonstrates the characteristics of an epic hero‚ and was able to prove the theme that good conquers evil. Grendel was big in size‚ and had the strength of many. But he was not brave at all‚ he used his strength for evil and to destroy. Beowulf is an epic hero for many reasons. Three of Beowulf’s most epic characteristics are strength‚ honor‚ and the ability

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    Overconfidence bias and excessive trading Endowment Effect‚ Halo Effect 10 Neuro-economics Ethics in Decision Making Recommended books and readings 1. Beyond Greed and Fear‚ by Hersh Shefrin (Harvard Business School Press) 2. Predictably Irrational‚ by Dan Ariely (Harper Collins) 3. Behavioural Investing‚ by James Montier (John Wiley and Sons Ltd) 1. Maps of Bounded Rationality – By Daniel Kahneman http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2002/kahnemann-lecture

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    behavioural finance theories Finance that is based on rational and logical theories‚ such as the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and the efficient market hypothesis (EMH). These theories assume that people‚ for the most part‚ behave rationally and predictably. The Efficient market hypothesis assumes that financial markets incorporate all public information and assets that share prices reflect all relevant to the firm information (Fama‚ 1970). Relevant information includes past information‚ publicly

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