Hello‚ you rotten monsters. I’d like to talk to you about objectivity. It’s not too common‚ but every now and then a cuddlefish comes by and insists that we have no right to talk about XKCD because it’s all subjective. This is demonstrably false. I’m going to start by defining some terms. We may as well start with objective‚ shall we? When someone makes an objective statement‚ they are making a statement which is true independent of the observer. With a subjective statement‚ that statement is
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The Price of Beauty In today’s society it is believed that being of a certain color‚ a certain weight‚ and having specific characteristics is what makes someone beautiful. The movie “Little Miss Sunshine” directed by: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris‚ is about a young girl named Olive who dreams of being in beauty pageants. In the first scenes of the movie it shows Olive mimicking the winner of the Miss America pageant in ah and amazement. Olive is invited to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant
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External Factor Evaluation Paper Example 1: Dell Computer Key External Factors Opportunities Increasing demand for Speed‚ Memory and Graphic Capability Increasing demand for Portability Emergence and early popularity of "Tablet" Products Improving outlook for PC sales Increasing focus on cost reduction Increased Use of Wireless Technology Increase in Strategic Acquisition Increasing Demand for Green Products Weight Rating Weighted Score 0.1 0.08 0.12 0.07 0.1 0.07 0.07
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Computer Industry Analysis "Laptop prices hit new low" Summary: The article "Laptop prices hit new lows" by Gary McWilliams focuses on the computer industry‚ and how prices have evolved during past 5 years‚ specifically 2001-2005. The article reports that the prices of laptop computers have decrease substantially over the past 5 years. The average price for a laptop hit a new low in 2005 of about $1000; a decrease of about $250 from last year‚ and more than $600 from year 2001. In the past
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Price fixing assignment: 1. Why is price fixing an offense? Price fixing my cause market failures and distortions as it harms competition in a free market. This in turn adversely affects economic efficiency and consumer welfare. In India‚ price fixing and other such activities that have an adverse effect on competition are offense under Competition Act‚2002. In US‚ price fixing can be prosecuted as a criminal federal offense under section 1 of Sherman Antitrust Act. 2. What are the implications
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The media does an excellent job of portraying an unrealistic beauty that is typically hard for the average woman to live up to. It is very interesting to see how the women shown in magazines‚ commercials‚ etc. actually affect the average woman. Not every woman has the same definition of what beauty is‚ so body image will continue to be an ongoing struggle of opinions. Advertisements‚ Television‚ and the fashion industry define beauty for the women of today‚ and it often has a negative impact on women’s
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consumers‚ but there is no single company that dominates that market to the point of setting the standards in terms of pricing. Markets with this type of condition normally have large numbers of sellers who are capable of meeting the needs of consumer market‚ and actively compete with one another for the business of those consumers. There are several advantages to the existence of a perfect competition situation within a given consumer market. One has to do with the options open to customers. With a
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pace and scope has accelerated in recent years. Firstly‚ the rapid rise in globalisation in recent years is the result of a fall in transportation cost. This is because of the emergence of many logistic firms which lead to fierce price war in order to increase its market share. Also‚ the usage of larger containerships which allow cost per container carried to be cheaper combined with the advancement in the mode of transport such as air flight encourages imports and exports with greater geographical
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ABOUT RECENT PRICE HIKE IN Bangladesh | March 4 2010 | Prepared For-Kaikobad Rana Sir | Submitted By-Overcome Group | Group Members Of Overcome- * Group Leader- MD Sazzadur Rahman Chowdhury ID-082011013‚ Sec-A‚ 3rd Semester * Administrator- Riad Morshed Chowdhury ID-082011012‚ Sec-A‚ 3rd Semester * Researcher- A.F.M Maruf Rahman ID-082011035‚ Sec-A‚ 3rd Semester * Members- MD Rafiqul Islam ID-082011022‚ Sec-A‚ 3rd Semester Atiqur Rahman ID-082011017
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2011 8th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) • 25-27 May 2011 • Zagreb‚ Croatia Electricity price forecasting – ARIMA model approach Tina Jakaša #1‚ Ivan Andročec #2‚ Petar Sprčić *3 Hrvatska elektroprivreda Ulica grada Vukovara 37‚ Zagreb‚ Croatia 2 # tina.jakasa@hep.hr ivan.androcec@hep.hr 1 * HEP Trade Ulica grada Vukovara 37‚ Zagreb‚ Croatia 2 petar.sprcic@hep.hr Abstract— Electricity price forecasting is becoming more important in everyday business
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