Urban real estate information systems: the suppression of radical innovation. John S Kirkwood School of Environment & Development‚ Sheffield Hallam University E-mail: j.s.kirkwood@shu.ac.uk ___________________________________________________________________________________ John S Kirkwood Page 1 5/02/2003 Abstract Information and communications technologies are continuing to bring about significant changes in society. These changes may be viewed as the direct consequence of technological
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together for their own benefit. The most well known cartel in existence today is OPEC‚ Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Its members are some (but not all) of the most important oil producing countries including Saudi Arabia and Mexico. Most cartels try to raise prices at the expense of consumers. The aim of this essay is to determine whether OPEC has been a successful cartel‚ this will mean I have to examine the strengths and weaknesses of OPEC which have been present throughout their existence
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1)illegal mining has been done for so many years.analyse the effect on humans and ecology.? Suggest the remedies? Ans-Environmental Damages of Mining Open pit mining Open pit mining‚ where material is excavated from an open pit‚ is one of the most common forms of mining for strategic minerals. This type of mining is particularly damaging to the environment because strategic minerals are often only available in small concentrations‚ which increases the amount of ore needed to be mined. Environmental
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For thousands of years‚ humans relied on their intuition to understand how the world works. Sure‚ the approach may have led to a few mistakes along the way -- it turns out the Earth isn’t flat‚ for instance -- but ultimately it worked fairly well. Slowly but surely‚ humanity gained an understanding of everything from the laws of motion to thermodynamics‚ and all of it made intuitive sense. And then quantum mechanics came‚ the absolutely baffling branch of physics exploring the very smallest types
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A Sport that has been played for decades. Football is among the greatest sports played in history. That’s why it’s called America’s game. However‚ in the past few years‚ the sport has become very dull and unentertaining. The NFL has implemented rules and regulations that have taken the excitement from the sport. Some changes that can counter that‚ and make things more interesting. Stop taking away celebrations out of the game‚ Add more contact (bring the sport back to a contact sport)‚ and stop calling
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will be learning from them. This week I discovered a lot about myself‚ too. I realized that I’m a different person now‚ that everything ive been through in my life has been to get this moment with another mentality‚ the mindset that I come to learn‚ that I have to focus on myself and not other people‚ that this is not a game and I have to work very hard to get where I want to be‚ etc. I also learned that I have to be prepared as an artist‚ know and learn as much as you can. And that’s why I started
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Surfing has been around for many years‚ in fact since 400 A.D and people are still going hard at it today and will for many more years to come. The very first surfers were the Island folk who would use the waves to get over the coral reefs and back to shore after their hard days of fishing. They found that this was the easiest and quickest way of transport over the reefs so they continued to do it for many years. As time went on the art of riding waves then developed into more of a ¡§leisure sport¡¨
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Henon attractor application in real life The Henon map is one of the many 2-Dimensional maps. There are at least two maps known as Henon map. One of which is the 2-D dissipative quadratic map‚ given by the following X and Y equations that produce a fractal made up of strands [3] : xn+1 = 1 - axn2 + byn yn+1 = xn The Henon map can also be written in terms of a single variable with two time delays‚ Since the second equation above can be written as yn = xn-1: xn+1 = 1 - axn2 + bxn-1
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How does one define the word "good?" If something is good‚ is it helpful? Profitable? Satisfactory? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ when something is good‚ it can be relied on‚ it’s loyal‚ and it’s true. Communism is misunderstood by many Americans. This is mainly due to a lack of knowledge of what it truly is. Before one can decide whether Communism fits the definition of good‚ one must first understand what this type of government is. Communism is a theory that was proposed by a German
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Valuable Campus Life Time is money. This phrase used by Benjamin Franklin is usually true in our daily life‚ and campus life is no exception. Especially in the United States‚ tuition fees for public university also cost a lot. At the University of Alabama‚ undergraduate non-residents have to pay 11‚475 dollars per semester‚ while enrolled hours are between 12 and 16 (Undergraduate Campus Student Tuition). Of course‚ students have to pay additional fees if they want to learn more credits in one
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