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    Oedipus

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    Oedipus Rex follows the clear nature of a tragedy‚ in that it encompasses the common conventions of a Greek Tragedy‚ with ones life being controlled by fate and the gods. The gods inflict ate on Oedipus which leads to serious characteristic flaws including hubris‚ and the tragedy ends with a nemesis worse than death. The tragic nature of the play and the themes are conveyed not only through these features‚ but also through the role of the chorus and dramatic techniques including irony. Oedipus is

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    Foot Binding

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    time to grow into a woman.” Which led to the merciless act of willingly breaking and forcefully binding a girl’s foot at a ripe young age to the length of three inches‚ no longer than the length of a deck of cards. Woman who were seen inferior to men‚ were treated as objects exchanged in marriage for business or to tie two families together. They were expected to follow society’s rules‚ foot binding being one of these rules to increase the value of a female. During the 19th century‚ “…40–50% of Chinese

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    Club Foot

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    Clubfoot is defined as a congenital foot deformity characterized by a kidney shaped foot that turns inward and points down. The forefoot is curved inward‚ the heel is bent inward‚ and the ankle is fixed in planter flexion with the toes pointing down. Shortened tendons on the inside of the lower leg‚ together with abnormally shaped bones that restrict movement outwards cause the foot to turn inwards. A tightened Achilles tendon causes the foot to point downwards. The medical term for clubfoot

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    Foot Fetish

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    Podophilia include but are not limited to having repeated sexually arousing fantasies‚ behaviors‚ and urges that involve lifeless objects such as feet or shoes. A foot fetishist is usually aroused by seeing‚ touching‚ smelling‚ and kissing the feet or toes of another person or by having someone else carry out these actions on them. Foot fetishism‚ also known as Podophilia‚ was believed to be a genetic disorder but was actually discovered to cultivate during a person’s sexual development. An individual

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    Foot in Door

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    The Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon Carol A. Scott‚ Jonathan L. Freedman & Scott C. Fraser People are more likely to comply with a larger favor if a smaller favor is asked first. The Foot-in-the-Door refers to an influence technique based on getting a person to do a large favor by starting out with a smaller favor and building up. The research subjects were normal randomly assigned people whom were contacted at their homes and asked to place a small sign in their windows to promote recycling

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    Crows Foot

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    3/7/13 Crow�s Foot Notation Crow�s Foot Notation A number of data modeling techniques are being used today. One of the most common is the entity relationship diagram (ERD). Several ERD notations are available. For the purposes of CS270 we will be using Crow�s Foot Notation[b1]. Components used in the creation of an ERD: Entity � A person‚ place or thing about which we want to collect and store multiple instances of data. It has a name‚ which is a noun‚ and attributes which describe the

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    Foot Worship

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    From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article is about a paraphilia. For the music album‚ see Foot Fetish. [pic] [pic] The Countess with the whip‚ an illustration by Martin van Maële Foot fetishism‚ foot partialism‚ foot worship‚ or podophilia is a pronounced sexual interest in feet.[1] It is the most common form of sexual preference for otherwise non-sexual objects or body parts.[2] |Contents

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    Big Foot

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    searching for Bigfoot for years. In the woods of eastern Ohio‚ he claims he finally came eye to eye with the elusive primate. "It was 2 o’clock in the morning and the moon was a quarter full‚" recalled Moneymaker. "Suddenly‚ there he was‚ an eight-foot-tall creature‚ standing 15 feet away‚

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    THE ROLE OF DEBRIDEMENT IN WOUND HEALING OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES FOOT ULCERS (REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS) INCIDENT As a registered nurse with over 10 years of clinical practice experience in various field of nursing including caring for patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs)‚ I was concerned with rise in the numbers of DFUs cases resulting into higher rates of amputation‚ disabilities and mortality . DFU are caused by a combination of peripheral neuropathy and vascular diseases resulting from

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    Oedipus The King

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    11/2/10 Oedipus "Book Report" Title: Oedipus The King Author and Date: Sophocles Main Characters * Oedipus- Oedipus is the son of Laius and Jocasta. He is the husband of Jocasta‚ his mother. Oedipus is the well liked king of Thebes. He is smart‚ acts fast‚ and has many great achievements. One of those achievements is the solving of the sphinx’s riddle that liberated the people of Thebes. Throughout the play Oedipus acts fast when his kingdom is sick‚ when he is attempting to put the blame

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