It was one decision. It was a single choice she had made. It was one moment. But how could it set so much into motion? She didn’t know‚ then‚ of the negative consequences of her action. She didn’t even imagine them. All she could see were joyous possibilities -- possible happiness‚ possible love‚ possible desire and change and experience and all things new. That’s the thing about optimism‚ it leaves us unprepared. Her possibilities became realities. She had something she was afraid to lose. She
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2 Why does Ong claim that orality is ’dynamic’ in a way that is opposed to the static nature of literacy? Orality is ‘dynamic’ in a way that all sound and especially oral utterance come from inside living organisms. Deeply typographic folk forget to think of words as primarily oral‚ as events‚ and hence as necessarily powered: for them‚ words tend rather to be assimilated to things‚ ‘out there’ on a flat surface. Such things are not so readily associated with majic‚ for they are not actions‚ but
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a bad decision better than making no decision at all? People make decisions of varying importance every day‚ so the idea that making a bad decision is better than making no decision at all is‚ in my opinion‚ the worst case scenario that may occur. When making a decision one has various options‚ risks‚ and is influenced by his surroundings. Firstly‚ decision making involves identifying and choosing alternatives based on the values and preferences of the decision maker. Making a decision implies
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Chuck Jones aimed to have a new design decision process supported by data and surveys instead of a return or payoff on the investment approach. At first when he presented his idea‚ authorities requested poof and Mr. Jones was unable to show them proof. Then M. Jones started his process. 1. As a first step‚ he surveyed 15 "design-centric" companies‚ including BMW‚ Nike‚ and Nokia. To his surprise‚ few had a system for forecasting return on design 2. Mr. Jones needed to provide a new plan to focus
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made the right decision by joining World War 1. Until 1917 the United States remained neutral. But after 1917 several factors made American neutrality difficult to maintain. The factors that enabled President Woodrow Wilson to take action from neutrality to engagement included Germany’s unrestricted warfare‚ “Zimmerman Note”‚ significant money-making and trade opportunities‚ and fall of the oppressive Russian monarchy. One of the major reasons why United States made the right decision by entering
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No matter what decision that I make as the CEO of Monsanto‚ it is virtually impossible to satisfy all parties involves. Just like customers‚ stakeholder groups can vary in their opinions and may want different things from Monsanto. It is possible that a decision made may satisfy one stakeholder group and upset another. With this being the case‚ issues presented should be prioritized based on the outcome desired (Zappi‚ 2013). Monsanto’s sustainability approach "Sustainability is firmly embedded
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UNIVERSITY – IMUS CAMPUS WITH DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM An Undergraduate Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Computer Studies Department Cavite State University-Imus Campus City of Imus‚ Cavite RENZ NESTOR C. BELARDO CYRUS D. PENABELLA In partial fulfilment Of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Science in Computer Science MARCH 2013 AUTOMATED ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY – IMUS CAMPUS WITH DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM RENZ NESTOR C. BELARDO CYRUS
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The Right or Wrong Decision of Abortion Abortion in society seems to becoming a growing issue in many of the lives of humans today. They form extreme groups that seem can only be rivaled by those of religious extremists and politics. Though just like many other aspects of people’s lives neither group can see the wrong that goes with their decision. The abortion extremists divide into two groups Pro-Life and Pro-Choice. The former may be a bit more extreme in expressing then the latter but it seems
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Our ethical decisions are a result of social conditioning. Discuss. (35marks) Clarence Darrow could be said to be the most famous person who supported the idea of social conditioning. He argued that human beings cannot be held responsible for their actions because nurture has brought them up a certain way. In his case where he legally represented Leob and Leopold‚ he argued that morality can’t exist if humans are responsible for their actions‚ because no-one can be held morally responsible for anything;
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Decision Making Process The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of the decision-making process used when I made a life changing employment decision. Making a decision to do something new usually involves giving up something else. Important decisions are even more difficult because of the conflict and emotion faced regarding the possible outcomes of the final decision. “The ideal decision making process includes six stages. (1) Identify and diagnose the problem‚ (2) generate alternative
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