percentage. For example‚ as of fourth quarter 2008‚ Verizon‚ AT&T‚ Sprint‚ and T-Mobile together control 89% of the US cellular phone market. Oligopolistic competition can give rise to a wide range of different outcomes. In some situations‚ the firms may employ restrictive trade practices (collusion‚ market sharing etc.) to raise prices and restrict production in much the same way as a monopoly. Where there is a formal agreement for such collusion‚ this is known as a cartel. A primary example of such a
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Knights are heroic figures who are dependable and have been idolized in stories for centuries as we have learned. When you meet a real-life knight‚ you can immediately tell and feel a trusting energy; for me‚ that was Ms. Lichtenwald. She shows the main traits of a knight such as humility‚ compassion‚ devotion‚ courtesy‚ generosity‚ and several more. She is the perfect example of a modern-day knight as well as an incredible role model. Humility is the ability of one to be modest or humble‚ and Ms. Lichtenwald
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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot contributed an important economics idea which is the law of diminishing returns. In the Observations sur le mémoire de M. De Saint-Péravy which is written in 1767 by Turgot‚ mentioned about the law. Law of diminishing returns can be defined as the property whereby the benefit from an extra unit of an input declines as the quantity of the input increases (Mankiw‚ 2013). In other words‚ when workers already have a large quantity of capital to use in producing goods and services
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Comparing Real Vs. Movie Commodus In the movie “Gladiator”‚ Emperor Commodus is portrayed as an unstable and neurotic sadist who killed his own father for the throne of the Roman Empire. Real history has no solid proof that Commodus‚ while unstable‚ killed his father Marcus Aurelius. He was actually made co-emperor at the age of 5 (Heritage). However‚ the sexual relations he had with his sibling is in fact true‚ but it was not with the sister Lucilla as shown in the movie‚ but rather with another
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differences in the movie BraveHeart vs. accual events in the life of William Wallace(AKA BraveHeart) a Scottish peasant and freedom fighter fighting for his country’s freedom from the unfair rule of the English King Edward II(Longshanks). It goes over differences such as the battle of Stirling Bridge and when and how Hollywood came into play. This essay was assigned in my history class after watching the movie BraveHeart and reading about the life of William Wallace in our text books. The idea was to learn
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author to not only entertain the reader‚ but to teach life lessons. These themes strongly relate to real life in a myriad of ways‚ so much that it’s barely a challenge to think of an example of a theme in a real life situation. Without these lessons and themes of the book‚ the novel would be lacking so much and it’s story would be dry and unentertaining. Harper Lee mastered this “art” of using this to enhance TKM. One theme that relates to real life right now is the idea of courage. Mrs. Dubose was always
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Lab Assignment #1 Use the chart below to rate the items from 1-5 (with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest) in terms of each type of utility. Then‚ write a brief explanation under each ranking. The first item has been done for you as an example. Form Utility Time Utility Place Utility Possession Utility Image Utility A cold bottle of water in an amusement park on a hot day 3 The bottle makes it easy to carry the water around the park. Therefore‚ its form is valuable. 5 Cold water is much
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to school‚ you get book smart and socialize with others. Outside of school‚ you learn more about common sense‚ how-to-live experiences. In Scout’s case‚ based on the time and setting of the book‚ real-life experiences are needed to learn about the real world. I agree that Scout can learn more real-life skills outside of school than in school.Throughout the book‚ Scout learns about innocence‚ courage‚ and perspective from her father and the events she participated in. Scout was educated about innocence
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photography has been incorporated into the world of journalism‚ it has aimed to portray particular images and provoke a feeling or emotion in the reader of the article. The two work together in the goal of creating impact. A photo allows for a “real life” perspective of the story or event and can add aesthetic pleasure‚ which in turn draws in the reader. Photography is used in news articles‚ feature articles and can be categorized as “iconic” often capturing a moving moment in history. However‚ journalism
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Mining Changes for Real-Life Applications Bing Liu‚ Wynne Hsu‚ Heng-Siew Han and Yiyuan Xia School of Computing National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117543 {liub‚ whsu‚ xiayy}@comp.nus.edu.sg Abstract. Much of the data mining research has been focused on devising techniques to build accurate models and to discover rules from databases. Relatively little attention has been paid to mining changes in databases collected over time. For businesses‚ knowing what is changing and how
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