* College for the Homeschooled is Shaping Leaders for the Right – New York Times article.

Homeschooled by Evy, he knows ancient histories and languages incredibly well for his age.

Naturally, enterprises of the size of General Electric are in a position to structure their prices in such a way that the relatively small competitors can be forced to the wall in a very short time.

Research has found that people are more altruistic to kin than to no-kin, to friends than to strangers, to those attractive than to those unattractive, to non-competitors than to competitors, and to members ingroups than to members of outgroup.

In competitions, competitors are costumed as would be appropriate for a white tie affair, with full gowns for the ladies and bow tie and tail coats for the men ; though in American Smooth it is now conventional for the men to abandon the tailsuit in favor of shorter tuxedos, vests, and other creative outfits.

The main competitors in the Flanders and Brussels regions are VMMa, SBS Belgium and Media ad Infinitum.

The main competitors in the Wallonia and Brussels regions are RTL Group and AB Groupe.

That said, there will still be competitors who " crack " the system when the legal barriers are light, especially where the old guard has become inefficient and is failing to meet the needs of the market.

In platform events, competitors are allowed to perform their dives on either the five, seven and a half ( generally just called seven ) or ten meter towers.

Masters ' Diving events are normally conducted in age-groups of 5 or 10 years, and attract competitors of a wide range of ages and experience ( many, indeed, are newcomers to the sport ); the oldest competitor in a Masters ' Diving Championship was Viola Krahn, who at the age of 101 was the first person in any sport, male or female, anywhere in the world, to compete in an age-group of 100 + years in a nationally organized competition.

Advertisers were quick to recognize the appeal of the event to the public, and as a consequence competitors and organizers are not wanting for sponsorship.

Joining him are other competitors including Roper ( John Saxon ), a down-on-his-luck white American playboy-gambler on the run from the mob, and Williams ( Jim Kelly ), an African-American activist on the run after defending himself against two racist white policemen in Los Angeles.

That night, the competitors are all offered girls of their choice by Han's assistant, Tania ( Ahna Capri ).

These are increasingly popular in foil, as the hard surface increases the likelihood that a hit fails to register, as well as with youth competitors.

Synchronized trampoline is similar except that both competitors must perform the routine together and marks are awarded for synchronization as well as the form and difficulty of the moves.

The competitor with the longest single legal throw ( over all rounds ) is the winner ; in the case of a tie the competitors ' second-longest throws are also considered.

Competitions involving large numbers of athletes sometimes use a " cut ": all competitors compete in the first three rounds, but only athletes who are currently among the top eight or have achieved some minimum distances are permitted to attempt to improve on their distance in additional rounds ( typically three ).

These rules specify that kilts are to be worn ( except that in the national dances, the female competitors will be wearing the Aboyne dress ).

ILECs argue that LLU amounts to a regulatory taking, that they are forced to provide competitors with essential business inputs, that LLU stifles infrastructure-based competition and technical innovation because new entrants prefer to ' parasitise ' the incumbent's network instead of building their own and that the regulatory interference required to make LLU work ( e. g., to set the LLU access price ) is detrimental to the market.

* Number of competitors: PC markets are populated by an infinite number of buyers and sellers.

* Barriers to Entry: Barriers to entry are factors and circumstances that prevent entry into market by would-be competitors and limit new companies from operating and expanding within the market.

* Consumers perceive that there are non-price differences among the competitors ' products.

Commentators on news stories involving stocks are often required to disclose any ownership interest in those corporations or in its competitors.

Besides GMPLS, the main competitors to MPLS are Shortest Path Bridging ( SPB ), Provider Backbone Bridges ( PBB ), and MPLS-TP.

Natural monopolies arise where the largest supplier in an industry, often the first supplier in a market, has an overwhelming cost advantage over other actual or potential competitors ; this tends to be the case in industries where fixed costs predominate, creating economies of scale that are large in relation to the size of the market, as is the case in water and electricity services.

Students who do not receive medals do not have their scores published, making it impossible for a country to be ranked by adding together scores of its competitors unless each wins a medal.

In 2009, the Master System was named the 20th best video game console of all time ( out of 25 ) by the video gaming website IGN, behind both its competitors, the Atari 7800 ( ranked 17th best ) and the Nintendo Entertainment System ( 1st ).

Adjudication can also be the process ( at dance competitions, in television game shows and at other competitive forums ) by which competitors are evaluated and ranked and a winner is found.

The airline ranked behind its main competitors China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines in terms of total passengers carried.

Though this is a well known phenomenon, the parade of Hoeven highly ranked in the area because there are very strict rules for the competitors which leads to very high quality of the creations.

While books are not required to fit this description, competitors who utilize a different style of book are often ranked down for it.

A speech round consists of the performances of between five and eight competitors, who are then ranked by a judge that watches the entire round.

While in medical school, he competed on the United States Development Luge Team and was ranked among the top ten competitors in the nation during the 1988 Olympic Trials.

Individual sports often use an alternative type of league organization where competitors are ranked against each other.

NERA has been ranked the No. 1 firm for economic consulting on the Vault. com 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009 lists of top consulting firms, ahead of competitors such as Charles River Associates, Analysis Group, Cornerstone Research, and The Brattle Group.

This ranking strategy is frequently adopted for competitions, as it means that if two ( or more ) competitors tie for a position in the ranking, the position of all those ranked below them is unaffected ( i. e., a competitor only comes second if exactly one person scores better than them, third if exactly two people score better than them, fourth if exactly three people score better than them, etc.

In the pentathlon, competitors are ranked in the order they finish in each event and all their rankings are added to determine the gold medalist.

Judges rank all students in a room in order, with one being the best and the worst speaker ranked last ( sixth, for example in a round of six competitors ).

He was the last to finish, though still ranked higher than the four competitors who did not complete the course.

While AMC Theatres also operates in Canada and will be ranked third behind Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund and the enlarged Empire Theatres, Cineplex Odeon and AMC Theatres remain competitors in Canada.

Although FirstEnergy placed 58 out of 100 of the country's largest polluters, the company performed better than its regional competitors, including American Electric Power, which ranked number 35.

Gabriel earned a place among the five top ranked competitors ( who are themselves not ranked against each other ) in the William Lowell Putnam Competition all four years that he was eligible ( 2000 – 2003 ), a feat matched by only seven others ( Don Coppersmith ( 1968 – 1971 ), Arthur Rubin ( 1970 – 1973 ), Bjorn Poonen ( 1985 – 1988 ), Ravi Vakil ( 1988 – 1991 ), Reid W. Barton ( 2001 – 2004 ), and Daniel Kane ( 2003 – 2006 ), Bryan R. Lawrence ( 2007 – 08, 2010 – 11 )).

All international competitors are ranked according to points acquired during competitions.

The competitors are ranked based on how close they come to the hole.

After falling in her first run in the final — only the highest of the two runs is counted — she had to perform her second run before all the other competitors as she was ranked last after the first phase, and produced the top-score ; the later competitors could not match her and she took victory.

After falling in her first run in the final — only the highest of the two runs is counted — she had to perform her second run before all the other competitors as she was ranked last after the first phase, and produced the top-score, which the others could not match.

The team, which is listed in the official report with a maximum strength of 44 men and 6 women and with 71 competitors, 16 officials, 11 spectators for a total of 98 did not win a medal and was ranked joint 44th among a total of 69 teams.