Humans perform perceptual categorization through the processes of visual recognition and attentional selection \cite{tva}. A perceptual categorization has the form ``$x$ belongs to $i$" (denoted by $ E(x‚i) $‚ $ E(x‚i) \in [0‚1] $ )‚ where $x$ is an input element in the visual field to be categorized (called \textit{perceptual units}) and $ i $ is a \textit{perceptual category}. The collection of all perceptual units is denoted by $ S $ and the collection of all categories is denoted by $ R $
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JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation Summary In July 1999‚ David Neeleman announced his plan to launch a new airline that would bring “humanity back to air travel.” Despite the fact the airline industry had 87 new-airline failures in U.S. over the past 20 years. Neeleman’s plan convinced a group of investors and quickly raised $130 million from venture-capital community. This is the way JetBlue Airways established. With its strong capital base‚ JetBlue acquired a fleet of new Airbus A320 aircraft and focused
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Not born to perform Recently‚ there is an appeal form Animals Asia Foundation to halt animal performance. Throughout China‚ different kinds of animals have been kept for human’s entertainment in circuses. The existence of those “funny” or “exciting” animal performances‚ however‚ has no good effects! Is animal performance really a funny thing? Tigers are forced to jump through the fiery hoops‚ and bear have to punch to each other like they are boxing. Animals’ fear of fire is their nature‚ and none
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Case: United Parcel Service’s IPO Please answer the following questions. Limit your responses to four pages total. These should provide a good foundation for our next class discussion of the case. 1. How is UPS performing? Back up your assessment with your financial ratio analysis. What factors in your opinion are driving this performance? UPS has grown from modest beginnings to an organization that ships for that 15 million packages a day with over 6.1 million customer in more than 200 counties
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This summary will focus into IDEO’s five-stage framework for designing and piloting radical innovation service. The summary will also explain augmented service offering model. Today‚ the marketplace is constantly evolving. Innovation is the name of the game. There is a constant need for organisations to keep on innovating but rarely do you see any innovative new service in the marketplace. Why are these innovations rare? Lack of ideas isn’t a problem cause they are in abundance. The main problem
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The article‚ “Offerings at The Wall‚” by Don Moser gives the reader a better understanding of why John Wilson leaves a gift at the wall each summer in honor of his friend‚ Leon because the article talks about how tons of different people bring offerings to their late loved ones and why they do such a thing. This quote from the short story‚ “Zebra‚” by Chaim Potok discusses about The Wall and what John Wilson did with Zebra’s drawings: “The photograph showed John Wilson down on his right knee before
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In this Mongolian throat singing piece‚ it begins with the guitar. This instrument backs up the vocalist for the duration of the work. The guitar swings it’s rhythm‚ but only a little to make it barely noticeable. The voice comes in a few measures after the guitar‚ and is now the playing the role of the melody. In the background‚ the guitar is harmonizing with the voice. The guitar uses the same 4 or 5 measure phrase for the majority of the song. It is able to lay well underneath The singer uses
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AUGUST 2002 A Review of IPO Activity‚ Pricing‚ and Allocations JAY R. RITTER and IVO WELCH* ABSTRACT We review the theory and evidence on IPO activity: why firms go public‚ why they reward first-day investors with considerable underpricing‚ and how IPOs perform in the long run. Our perspective is threefold: First‚ we believe that many IPO phenomena are not stationary. Second‚ we believe research into share allocation issues is the most promising area of research in IPOs at the moment. Third
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Executive Summary Berkshire Hathaway has made a bid for the remaining portion of GEICO stock. This report reviews the offer initiated by Warren Buffett. The details of this report include: • Valuation of GEICO stock. The $70 offer made by Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway includes a 26% premium over the current GEICO stock price of $55.75. This report attempts to determine a range of appropriate stock prices for GEICO. Using the Gordon dividend discount model‚ along with historical dividend
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Jennifer Svobodny CA100 020 Initial Manuscript 2 ½ - 3min Introductory Speech “I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you’re a musician‚ a writer‚ an athlete‚ or a businessman‚ there is no getting around it. If you do‚ you’ll win--if you don’t‚ you won’t.”- Bruce Jenner. This quote relates to my life through my hard work in track and field‚ and making it to this university. My name is Jenny Svobodny and I am from Lakeville‚ Minnesota
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