In This American Life’s “Giant Pool of Money” two biases are present‚ the regression to the mean and the confirmation bias. Almost everyone thought that the housing market would increase forever‚ all the while intelligent people who knew better‚ kept listening only to what they wanted to hear. By dissecting these two biases we can gain a better understanding of what was driving the actions that lead to our most recent credit crisis. In doing so we can learn to make our own decisions without these
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When the topic of movie adaptations based on written literature is concerned‚ there are many different opinions on if they are “real” or “accurate.”A classic example is James and the Giant Peach originally written by Roald Dahl in 1961 and adapted to film in 1996 by Disney. Originally this movie was never going to be made as Roald turned down many different offers for this to adapted to screen during his life. It was not until he died that his wife‚ Liccy Dahl‚ agreed to have it made. There are quite
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In Malaysia‚ Giant will step into the age of 66 in year 2010; they are pioneer in the concept of modern supermarket shopping and has been ranked 11th of Most Valuable Brand in year 2007 and 12th in 2008‚ they also rewarded as the Top Retailer in Malaysia and Best of the Best in Asia Pacific Retailer’s Award for 2 consecutive years in 2007 and 2008. They also succeed in the Best Brands in Consumer (Hypermarkets)‚ Brand Laureate Award 2007/208 for Corporate Branding and also the Excellence Service
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overwhelm and constrict me as I longed for the flexibility of digitized text. The computer is the latest development in writing technology; a promises to change literary practices for better. Bonnie Laing‚ the author of the essay “An Ode to the User-Friendly Pencil” is strongly against the boycotting pencils. Unfortunately‚ Laing’s argument that the pencil is superior to a computer is poorly demonstrated due to her biased diction towards analog writing instruments and ignorance of the current technologically
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The Giant planets Lesson 8.8 Introduction: Gas giants fall into different categories. So-called “traditional” gas giants include Jupiter. Jupiter is such a classic example of a gas giant that gas giants are often referred to as Jovian planets despite the fact that some gas giants ‚ice giants for instance are very different from Jupiter. Traditional gas giants have high levels of hydrogen and helium. Another category of gas giants is ice giants. Ice giants are also composed of small amounts
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Reserves for the Protection of the Giant Panda In the 1940s‚ the Chinese government began initial conservation efforts to protect the Giant Pandas. The idea was to set aside safe areas where the animals would be protected in their natural habitat. During the early 1960s‚ China’s State Council called upon the provinces to set aside land for the protection of China’s wildlife. Sichuan province responded quickly with a plan to create reserves to protect Giant Pandas and other animals in the area.
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Introduction The giant squid reaches 59 feet in length. It has the largest eyes of the animal kingdom‚ and holds the title of largest invertebrate living. It has reappeared in human mythologies and stories from the Odyssey to Harry Potter; it captures the imagination‚ this deep sea creature with staring eyes and 39 foot tentacles lined with suckers. We certainly have our stories about the giant squid; they used to reach the shore on the lips of sailors‚ who rarely gave accurate information‚ and
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game S. P. To inform the audience on two things you need to know when going to a Giants baseball game. C. I. Two things you need to know when going to a Giants baseball game are what to do before the game and what to do during the game. INTRODUCTION I. (Attention) Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Going to a Giants baseball game can be confusing with all of the choices there are to make. A. There’s so much to experience. B. It can be hard on your wallet
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Big data‚ Big rewards 1.Describe the kinds of big data collected by the organizations described in this case. There are mainly three kinds of big data collected by the organizations described in this case. First‚ IBM Bigsheets help the British Library to handle with huge quantities of data and extract the useful knowledge. Second‚ State and federal law enforcement agencies are analyzing big data to discover hidden patterns in criminal activity. The Real Time Crime Center data warehouse contains
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Case Analysis of Giant Foods. Introduction: This case involves convergent technologies‚ a blending of traditional and cutting-edge business models and an alliance between an established pharmaceutical provider and a fledgling‚ Information Technology based‚ Drug marketing firm. Together‚ these two companies endeavored to create a patient education and prescription drug compliance program by deploying the deep well of customer data acquired by Giant Foods and the proprietary software of Elensys
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