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    What Is A Black Hole?

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    Nonetheless, if the remnant is more massive than about three to four solar masses, a condition that satisfies the Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit [Oppenheimer, J. R.; Volkoff, G. M. (1939). "On Massive Neutron Cores". Physical Review 55 (4): 374–381], there is no known process that will prevent the remnant from contracting into a black hole [Carroll 2004, Section 5.8], although it is thought that quark degeneracy

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    The two short stories “Like the Sun” by R. K. Narayan and “The Open Window” by Saki (H. H. Munro) the authors both use irony and paradox to explore ideas of honesty and deception. In this essay I will present some details from the two stories and how they relate to the ideas of irony and paradox. Both of the stories have different ways in which the characters go about using the two concepts. First of all, in the story “Like the Sun”, a form of irony could be found when Sekhar’s Headmaster changes

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    Four well-known literature works that display this theme are The Epic of Gilgamesh (Sandars, 1972), The Ramayana (Narayan, 2006), The Oresteia (Aeschylus, 1977), and the Bible. Although these literary narratives may tell different stories, they all tell the stories of men who were great heroic leaders by being selfless, noble and courageous. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, translated by N. K. Sandars, heroism was a major theme of the epic. Its main character, Gilgamesh,

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    “ACADEMIC STRESS, ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AS PREDICTORS OF ADJUSTMENT AMONG HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS.” ABSTRACT The main aim of the present study was to explore the relative contribution of academic stress, achievement motivation and academic achievement among adjustment of high school students. It was hypothesized that adjustment will be significantly predicted on the basis of academic stress, achievement motivation and academic achievement. 160 students of Sangli

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    Virgin Australia Written Group Strategic Case Study 24th May 2012 MNGT2001 Alixandara Sutherland Laura Tumbers Katie Horne Laura Field Executive Summary Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Strategic analysis 1. External analysis 1. General environment 2. Specific environment 2. Internal analysis 1. Competitive strengths 2. Competitive position in the market 3. Weaknesses

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    From the beginning of the human race, leaders have been necessary to provide direction, settle conflicts, and teach their followers to collaborate. Leaders create a solid foundation for their followers to grow. In order for a tribe or kingdom to flourish, the leader must be a role model. Barack Obama has recently left the presidency, leaving the American people in the hands of President Donald Trump. Mr. Trump won the presidency against Hillary Clinton who would have been the first female president

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    it is the assumed definition of the roles of western and eastern women. One character who portrays the qualities of an eastern woman is Sita, or the reincarnation of the goddess Lakshmi, from the Ramayana written by Valmiki and translated by R. K. Narayan. The other character who represents a typical western woman is Dido, the Queen of Carthage, from The Aeneid by Virgil. However, Dido does not remain a western woman throughout the story as she quickly adopts several eastern woman qualities. Virgil

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    Impact of IPv4 and IPv6 on Performance of YouTube in Android and iOS Srinibha,Neelam Jitendra,Bandhavi Vishnumolakala Dept of Telecommunications Blekinge Institute of Technology Karlskrona, Sweden bavi16@student.bth.se Abstract— As the ipv4 addresses are being exhausted, the globe is adopting ipv6 protocol in place of the ipv4 protocol. Also the number of YouTube users in android and iOS are increasing day-by-day. Under this scenario, the operator is concerned about the influence of both IP versions

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    perception that the management is the key decision maker and attempt to meet and fit to the management needs and try to get ahead on the courtship phase (p.878). Fiolleau et al. indicated that the incumbent auditor on this study perceived that the management’s decision to switch audit firm has been done and the motivation of the issuance of RFP possibly because of the incumbent auditor’s has more local long term relationship with the board and the audit committee than the management (p.878). Fiolleau

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    99732 2.0646 4.2303* 1,2,0,0,0,0 0.96578 2.2186 Critical value Significance level Lower bounds (0) Upper bounds (1) 1% level 4.030 5.598 5% level 2.922 4.268 10% level 2.458 3.647 The critical value according to Narayan (2005) (Case III: Unrestricted intercept and on trend) No trend, K = 5, (***), (**), (*) denotes Significant at 1%, 5% and 10% respectively. Table 3, represents the long-run co-integration test

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