market in general. For example‚ consider the following variables pertaining to Amazon stock: AMZN = the fractional change in the price of Amazon stock on a day‚ MKT = the fractional change in the market on that same day. The data file Amazon.xls contains 503 historical values of these two variables; thus‚ for example‚ the first value of 0.005193 for AMZN and −0.01003 for MKT means that‚ on that particular day‚ the price of Amazon stock increased by 0.5193% while that same day‚ the value of the market went
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Dear ladies and gentlemen‚ I am a member of the Brazilian Government and we believe that large scale development should be allowed in the Amazon rainforest and I am going to give you our reasons in this speech. Firstly we know that the tourism industry is one of the country’s biggest employers‚ involving one in every eleven workers. It contributes an estimated 8 percent to the country’s GDP. In the rainforest quite a substantial amount of developments will be to do with tourism therefore making
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What makes humans unique? How do Humans differ from other species? These questions have been on the minds of social scientists over the years. Some have said that humans are just like other primates. While some others have mentioned that humans did not exactly descend from chimpanzees or gorillas‚ but it might be possible that humans and other primates have shared a common ancestor. It’s true that they share a lot of similarities but on the other hand they also have a lot of differences. The three
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Amazon EchoThe world today is making much technological advancement that you cannot even begin to phantom. One of these advancements that have created much awe to peo- ple is the robot. It has never been known just to what extent robots can go‚ starting from withstanding very many severe conditions which a normal human being can- not like extreme temperatures‚ to going to other greater extents. It is even amazing on its own that a machine can talk‚ move and perform many other functions that
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1.2.3 S3 Bucket Buckets are known as a container for storing objects in Amazon S3. For example‚ the object named photos/puppies.jpg is stored in the Johan smith bucket‚ and then it is addressable using the URL http://johansmith.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/puppies.jpg Various purposes of the buckets are: Buckets manages the Amazon S3 namespaces to a greater extent‚ and also they find accounts which are responsible for data transfer and storage charges‚ they perform a significant role in access control
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In her article "Carving up the Amazon" (Nature 3/22/2014)‚ Barbara Fraser descripes the effects of road construction and deforestation in the Amazon and on a global scale. Fraser states that rainforest destruction began in the 1970s. Since then‚ the road network has extended year by year. The forest must be cut down and the roads offer a way to penetrate the forest and destroy large parts of it. This causes changes in the remaining forest. One of the consequences of the construction of roads is
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------------------------------------------------- What Makes Australia Unique? ------------------------------------------------- A long time ago‚ the continents got separated from each other gradually because of the Continent Drift. Then‚ Australia became the largest continent in Oceania. It has a lot of special properties and the most apparent one is the environment. Australia has very special landforms and the climates are quite different in other parts of Australia. The plants and animals are really unique as well due the particular
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places on earth. Rainforests are home to about fifty million people and millions of species of animals‚ plants‚ and insects. The largest rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest which grows in nine different countries in Latin America. Amazon rainforest has the second longest river in the world which is called Amazon River. Rainforest has many different species of animals‚ birds and insects. Some are strange‚ some are beautiful‚ and some are even new to us. For example‚ tapirs are
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What are the management‚ organization‚ and technology factors that have contributed to the success of both Wal-Mart and Amazon? First of all‚ convenience and ease of use of both companies’ services made them successful. Regarding Amazon‚ large selection is the most essential point. Publisher relations‚ wholesale relations‚ and unlimited virtual shelf space is crucial. Supportive factors that contributed to Amazon’s success; • High Performance Service ‚ great customer service‚ superior service
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From imaginative chocolatiers to a man with scissors for hands‚ Tim Burton’s use of unique and outcast characters make his films some of the most recognized in the world. Burton’s style is as distinctive as his characters by creating fantastical but mysterious worlds. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands are some of his most popular films and both illustrate characters who are outcasts onto the society around them. Burton uses the contrast of lifestyles in the characters‚ low
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