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Decision Support Systems
<view this essay>.... Decision Support Corporation (IDSC) is a company that provides decision support software to the truckload transportation industry. IDSC focuses on providing superior decision making software by creating state of the art optimization algorithms. IDSC released a product called NETWISE 3.0 in response to shippers requesting packaged and conditional bids, carriers having a difficult time selecting the lanes that compliment their current network, and determining the dedicated opportunities within a bid. NETWISE 3.0 are a decision support tool used in the analysis of profitability, pricing, and network balance. Companies were having a problem of having thei .....
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Thin Clients
<view this essay>.... and chalk it up to a cost doing business. So which is better for your organization, PC or thin-client?
Thin-client computing now offers real hope for progress. The state of affairs described above is like a fat pitch don the middle of home plate, just begging for thin-client computing proponents to smack it out of the park. When it comes to total cost of ownership for desktop computing services, thin-client computing is a bottom-line winner. Yes users will have to five up some control of their desktops. Any yes, administrators will need to learn a new approach to application deployment. But the payback is so clear; ’ arrival is almost inevitable.
What .....
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Gifted People
<view this essay>.... for gifted and talented students was set up in 1974, at The Old Donation Center, in Virginia Beach. Students scoring within the top 3% of students on an assessment test are referred here to be further challenged. These students are considered gifted and have special teachers and classes to promote development of their talents and minds. Programs like this began to pop up around the nation in the 70's; however, gifted students were looked down upon by teachers,parents, and peers. Many people considered them to be "freaks" because they were different. They didn't understand the implications of the terms "gifted" and "talented". Most people simply expected gifted .....
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Death Penalty
<view this essay>.... prisoners who deserve the . The death row cellmates will be put on a strict watch of what they do. When we get more prisoners on death row who will eventually die we will save money that we usually pay to keep prisoners in jail. People who are against the probably did not have someone close to them taken away by a murderer. The families and friends of victims have a right to justice. Seeing the horror one person or a couple can bring to many should send a message to the public that this should stop. Many people will agree that the is just. In addition the can lower crime. The way a criminal should be put to death should be taken into consideration. It should .....
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Obedience
<view this essay>.... against the catholic church, he stood up for what he believed. His goal was not to start a new religion but reform the one that was already there. By posting the "diet of worms" he told catholic officials where he thought the church had problems. Luther knew he could be severely punished but decided to take that risk to do what was right. He was not being pressured into doing this by anyone. He simply knew it was the right thing to do and knew he had to do it.
Because most people are members of more than one group, and sometimes those groups have conflicting interests, a person who is relying on a group to make a decision will have a very hard time. I find .....
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Education 2
<view this essay>.... may have from three hundred to four hundred acquaintances in there lifetimes, but at any one time there are only a small number of people to whom they are closely attached. He explains that much of the richness and beauty of life is derived from these close relationships which each person has with a small number of individuals -- mother, father, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, daughter, and a small cadre of close friends (Robertson 1). A mother’s love is a crude offering, and according to Kennell and Klaus in their book Parent-Infant Bonding, there is a possessiveness and an appetite in it.
Some argue that attachment is one qualitative feature of t .....
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A Public Relations Proposal Fo
<view this essay>.... up. New research is reveals a positive future for the mistreated egg. Furthermore, the egg industry has experienced an increase in production in recent years. In 1995, 174.4 million cases of eggs (360 eggs/cartons in each case) were produced, and in 1997, the number rose to 183.2 million cases. The U.S. egg industry is a major contributor to the nation's food supply. In 1996, the distribution into the marketplace of the 177.6 million eggs produced is as follows:
·53.0% - purchased at retail
·27.9% - further processed (used in the manufacturing of products such as cakes, pies, pasta, etc.) for food service, manufacturing, retail and export
·17.4% - .....
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The Differences Between, I Feel Certain; I Am Certain; It Is Certain
<view this essay>.... approaches could suggest stronger or weaker convictions regarding this knowledge, this also will be addressed within the discussion, as will the use of language as a medium to communicate this knowledge.
The statement ‘I feel certain’, suggests, but more importantly communicates, that the knowledge surrounding this statement is purely subjective and/or intuitive.
The communicator in owning the proposition ‘P’ with ‘I feel’ is also building a defence for him or her self from sceptics of the proposition. This is demonstrated both by the lack of conviction (therefore implying willingness to consider opposing views) and by asserting the proposition as a persona .....
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