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    Irrational Exuberance

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    I.INTRODUCTION: Irrational exuberance means wishful thinking on the part of investors that blinds us to the truth of our situation (definition based on the book of Yale professor Robert Shiller) or can be simply understood as the overvalue/undervalue of the market because of irrational thoughts. The word irrational and exuberance themselves are not new‚ but they are first combined and used by Mr. Alan Greenspan- former Federal Reserve Board Chairman in his comments on December 5th‚ 1996. What

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    Irrational Behavior

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    An irrational behavior is defined as a behavior with no clear meanings and reason. It does not help you to progress towards your objective. In fact‚ there is a bunch of things we know we should take clear of but we do them anyway and vice versa. This is a reason why people are more attracted to products during the sales. In this case‚ irrational behavior leads people to cognitive dissonance because at some level‚ everybody has some reasons to do the “wrong” action. People are more attracted to

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    The Scarlet Letter and the Modern Media: Synthesis and Analysis Writing  Read the cartoons below. Write down what each cartoonist and editor believes.  What are the writer’s attitudes (tone) toward the subjects or characters in the cartoons?  What rhetorical devices or literary elements are they using to create their meaning.  Come to class with your ideas listed and be prepared to discuss your own ideas in a small group.    Literary Style and Themes Hawthorne’s work belongs to Romanticism‚ an

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    by logical positivism based on verification principles of ascertain meaning only by sense experience. The Modern Empiricism as discussed in this paper covers the period of tale end of 1500 AD to the end of 1800 AD‚ that is 16-19 century. This course explores the themes of Paul Tillich ’s philosophical theology‚ with special attention to his analysis of meaning and its apparent loss in modern society. The course will also evaluate Tillich ’s response to the problem of meaninglessness and his effort

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    When reading the essay Controlling Irrational Fears After 9/11‚ the first argument to catch my eye was directed around the strong reaction to the number of deaths‚ 2800‚ on 9/11. Americans immediately began to react to the catastrophe of that day. The supposed reason behind this reaction is the number of deaths in the single day when not so much as one bullet was discharged to cause one of the deaths. The author of the essay used two premises to prove the conclusion that the number of deaths was

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    January 23‚ 2014 Ms. Teresa Campos 95 Tindalo Street‚ Ayala Alabang‚ Muntinlupa Dear Ms. Campos: Here is the opinion you requested. The facts‚ gathered from you and your documents‚ are as follows: Roy Lopez was a salesman in his uncle’s sewing machine company and Teresa met him when he tried to sell them their machine. Roy confessed to Teresa that five years ago he had a relationship with Ester Salva‚ a former employee in his uncle’s company. He kept that relationship from his family

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    Mass madness‚ also known as mass hysteria‚ has occurred for centuries around the world. One of the most famous cases in the history of mass hysteria is the Salem Witch Trials. Interestingly‚ there was another outbreak of mass hysteria in the same town‚ now known as Danvers‚ Massachusetts instead of Salem Village‚ in 2013. Instead of accusing community members of witchcraft‚ a group of teenagers at the Essex Agricultural and Technical School reported inexplicable symptoms such as uncontrollable vocal

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    this topic would be to first of define what media is. Once we are aware of what exactly we mean by media in context to this paper we can move ahead and analyze its role in the modern world. For the context of this paper we will be referring to Mass Media as “media”. The term mass media is used to describe that section of media which has one task and one task only. Reaching out to a very wide audience spread all over the world. The first forms of mass media were the plays that were staged for the

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    Mass Media in Modern Russia

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    SCIENCE AND EDUCATION OF RUSSIA SIBERIA POLYTECHNIC NATIONAL UNIVERSITY “Mass Media in modern Russia” Prepared by Ivan Cherezov Prepared for: Mr. Salatov D. Siberia 2011 Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………… 4 1. Stages of development of the Russian mass media …………………………………. 6 1.1. Russian mass media as the tool of democracy ………………………………... 6 1.2. The Russian law on mass-media of 1991 ……………………………….…….. 7 1.3. Disputes around of the new law and

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    With seemingly never-ending advancements in technology‚ permanent standards cannot be set for what can be loved‚ created‚ or blown up in a film. Yet the most popular examples of modern media are ones to which audiences can relate; not films with the most explosions or high-tech graphics. For example‚ The Passion directed by Mel Gibson is raking in hundreds of millions at the box office. Regardless of the sensitive subject matter‚

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