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    Don Delillo, the author of White Noise, wrote an incredible story about the invention of plots, and explains how naming things correlates with the idea of certainty and uncertainty. He does this through the main character of the novel, Jack Gladney, along with other characters that are in Jack’s life, such as his friend and co- worker, Murray Jay Siskind, a neuroscientist and another co-worker, Winnie Richards, and the creator of Dylar, Willie Minks. White Noise teaches us that naming things are…

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    of a subject versus the emotion felt from the subject go hand in hand.The knower 's perspective create uncertainty in understanding the areas of knowledge. In Theory the Knowledge the areas of knowledge are Mathematics,Natural Sciences, Human Sciences, History, The Arts, Ethics, Religious Knowledge Systems, and Indigenous Knowledge Systems. These are all areas that relatively can cause uncertainty in the understanding or beliefs the knower has with a certain subject. Depending on your…

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    according to Valsamakis (2010, 29) risk is defined as the variation of the actual outcome from the expected outcome. If this definition is accepted, then the standard deviation is an appropriate measure of risk. Risk therefore implies the presence of uncertainty. Valsamakis further says that risk management is a managerial function aimed at protecting the organisation and its people, assets and profits against the physical and financial consequences of risk. Sappi is a global paper and pulp…

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    banking system was sound because the real estate underlying loans could never drop in value. And despite these reverses, we seem to cling to certainty. Prediction has been described as the brain’s primary function, so we aren’t about to stop. Uncertainty triggers the fight or flight response, while certainty makes us feel warm and calm. Some have suggested we are actually addicted to certainty. As we are only intermittently rewarded with being right, our addiction is strengthened. Businesses…

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    Risk assessment of cement industry Risk: Risk is the possibility of gaining or losing something of value. Risk Assessment: An organized process of assessing the possible risks that may be involved in an expected activity or job Why is risk assessment important? Risk assessment is very important as it play vital role in an occupational health and safety management plan. It helps to: • Generate attentiveness of hazards and risk. • Identify who may be at risk (e.g., workers, sweepers, outside…

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    Coordinated emergency response depends on teamwork, planning for response should involve the emergency team. Research should be supplemented by interviews with officials of the response organization. They may have information and insights that the planning coordinator may lack, as well as ideas that can bring creative solutions to problems. Key officials also determine what staff will be made available for planning meetings and what priority emergency planning issues will have in a days…

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    a) The risk treatment methodology that entails the removal of Windows compatibility is risk avoidance. According to Pritchard (2014, p.49), risk avoidance involves manipulating the plan to circumvent the occurrence of a particular risk. As seen in this case, instead of getting extra resources who have more experience with Windows mobile operating systems which could potentially increase the cost and effect the timeline, they have decided to circumvent the risk all together by removing the…

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    Risk is the uncertainty of an event or condition with the potential to cause a negative or positive effect (Watt, n.d.). Risk management is the identification and assessment of risk and planning responses to reduce it acceptable level and increasing the likelihood of it reaching a successful conclusion (Watt, n.d.). A risk management plan is a strategy to bring to a minimum the adverse effects that uncertain conditions have on a project (Watt, n.d.) Three IT risk management plan are, Risk…

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    Why I Want To Be Dying

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    I want to live like I am dying. I think it is better to take risks and perhaps make some mistakes than to remain cautious and risk nothing. First, I never want to regret not doing something or turning away from something that has at least a slim chance of reward. I will and want to do everything, and that will require me to hope for the best outcome and take risks. Second, life is not near as fun when I am playing cautious. Yes, I might run into many problem areas if I continue to take even…

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    What is the communication topic about? Uncertainty reduction theory is an idea that was written about in 1975 by Charles Berger & Richard Calabrese. The central idea behind this theory is that when individuals first meet strangers they will employ certain strategies to gain information about this unfamiliar person in order to be able to predict or explain that persons’ actions, thoughts, and feelings (cited by Gibbs, Ellison & Lai, 2011, Antheunis, Valkenberg & Peter, 2010). According to…

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