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    Moll Flanders

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    Moll Flanders Moll Flanders was a product of her vanity and pride. She devoted her entire life to achieving some sort of wealth and social status. Her pride encompassed her entire life and affected all of her life decisions. Moll sacrificed many things‚ including love‚ religion‚ self-respect‚ and peace of mind‚ in order to attain a sort of affluence. Eventually‚ Moll achieves her desires and retires a gentlewoman in America‚ but her journey definitely took a serious toll on her life. In

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    I Stand Here Ironing

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    The point of view and narrative structure of I Stand Here Ironing‚ by Tillie Olson‚ completely affects the theme of the story in many ways. The theme of the story is the powerful bond between mother and daughter. The point of view would have been less personal if it had been changed. The narrative structure consists of flashbacks‚ which are very valuable to the story and the way it is meant to be read and understood. Since the mother is talking about her daughter’s history‚ it makes the story more

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    Heuristics and Bias

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    Running head: Heuristics and Bias Heuristics and Bias Ebony J. Travis American Intercontinental University Professor Walter McCord Decision Making BUS300-0704A-03 October 27‚ 2007 Volvo: A Consumer’s Choice As an employee of It’s Electric‚ I have been delegated the assignment of picking a line of automobiles to use as company cars. On the grounds of economy and longevity‚ I am looking to purchase Volvo’s after some research on Consumer Reports. Through an exclusive fleet program

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    The Giant Pool of Money Analysis The housing crisis that occurred less than a decade ago is a great example‚ and has become an extensively covered case study‚ of how dangerous certain biases and heuristics can become if left unchecked on a massive scale. Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson‚ in collaboration with NPR News‚ put together a special program titled “The Giant Pool of Money‚” where they explore just how the phenomenon occurred and the underlying factors that contributed through sound bites

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    Herbert Simon Research Paper

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    Who was Herbert Simon? 1 Running Head: WHO WAS HERBERT SIMON? Who was Herbert Simon? A Glimpse of a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Crystal Peru Politics‚ Policy and Ethics in the Public Sector PAD510 May 30‚ 2010 Who was Herbert Simon? 2 Abstract This paper investigates and provides factual research on Mr. Herbert Simon and his contributions to the founding of Artificial Intelligence. Herbert A. Simon was one of the founding fathers of artificial intelligence

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    Tale of Job Passion Review

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    Ho et al (2011) seeks to present a clearer perception of Job passion as a quality that embraces emotional and a conscious mental process which can be worked into two different forms- Harmonious Passion and Obsessive passion; explore the two types of passion in relation to superiors appraisal on Job outcomes and finally to explain the connection between passion and performance. As Hegel (cited in Mageau et al‚ 2009:602) stated‚” passion is perceived as a necessary ingredient for higher achievements”

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    NIGERIA @ 53; THE ROLE OF PASSION IN DRIVING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE Each time the National Anthem is sung‚ I am often burdened with this unanswered question; ‘’Where are the fruits of the labour of our heroes past? ‘’ Then I realize that the fruits of their labour only once existed; we can no longer see them. Of course what we see today in our country is moral decadence‚ unequalled indiscipline‚ high rate of crime‚ to mention but a few. Our nation’s independence on October 1st‚ 1960‚ could be said

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    Enoksen‚ Eystein. "The Effect of High vs. Low Intensity Training on Aerobic Capacity in Well-Trained Male Middle Distance Runners." Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 25.3 (2011): n. page. Print. Valimaki‚ T. "Decreased Training Volume and Increased Carbohydrate Intake Increases Oxidized LDL Levels." Sports Med. 33. (2012): 291-296. Print. Bertuzzi‚ Romulo. "Bioenergetics and Neuromuscular Determinants of the Time to Exhaustion at Velocity Corresponding to VO2 Max in Recreational Long-Distance

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    Primary: Baxter‚ Kim. "Rainbow Wahine Mark 40th Anniversary of Title IX." Malamalama The Magazine of the University of Hawaii System. The Magazine of the University of Hawai’i System‚ 26 Oct. 2011. Web. 05 Jan. 2014. We classified this source as primary because it is an article from the University of Manoa ‚ that directly states how title IX changed their athletic program. The article contains direct quotes‚ and statistics on women sports. Mainly‚ the article is about how title IX led to women’s

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    Crudely Human   Defoe’s book Moll Flanders offers an interesting glimpse into the ancestry of the works that we call novels today. While much of the work holds characteristics that today’s reader would recognize as those of a novel‚ there are also many moments where Defoe’s technique is obviously outdated. A timeless quality to Defoe’s novel‚ however‚ is the way in which he constructs realistic characters through informal structure‚ a lowered register‚ and an organization of ideas that creates

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