developed by George B. Dantzig‚ in 1947. Dantzig‚ was one in who did a lot of work on linear programming‚ he was reconzied by several honours. Dantzig’s discovery was through his personal contribution‚ during WWII when Dantzig was working in the pentagon with the miltary‚ one of his collegues challenged him‚ asking "speed up the planning process". Discovery of the simplex method was his solution. Linear programming is a powerful tool to solve many problems that arise in many different areas of the
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The Effects of Stress on a Police Officer Police Officers are stressed by allot of things on a daily basis to include loss of family time‚ fellow officers‚ irregular sleeping schedules‚ and citizen conflict. According to the Nebraska Department of Veterans ’ Affairs (2007)‚ Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a life-threatening events. Stress behaviors include recurrent recollections of the event‚ Emotional distancing
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How did September 11‚ 2001‚ affect the United States and the world? September 11‚ 2001 is a day that will never be forgotten by Americans‚ it is to this day‚ the worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States of America. The attack on the World Trade Center affected millions of Americans. This attack brought safety concerns to the top of the United States list of problems. After this attack‚ the U.S. implemented many new safety and security procedures as a result of the terrorist attack
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Gravel v. United States 408 U.S. 606 (1972) Facts of the Case Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska was given a copy of the classified “Pentagon Papers” in 1971. After he received the classified documents‚ he called a meeting of his subcommittee in the Senate and shared their contents with the others in the subcommittee. He also allegedly arranged to publish the documents through Beacon Press. A federal grand jury‚ in the process of an investigation of possible federal law violations‚ subpoenaed one of
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and decided to use hexagons to accomplish this. This precise geometric shape makes quite a difference in how their honeycomb turned out. This hexagonal honeycomb was created to have a perfect fit with each hexagon leaving no gaps‚ unlike a circle‚ pentagon or octagon. By minimizing gappage there is more space for honey and this allows bees to use less wax‚ which is harder to produce. This makes hexagons a perfect shape
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up until the second plane tears down the south tower at 9:03 a.m. Now people know something is wrong. Flights are cancelled‚ buildings are evacuated‚ and this is ruled as an “apparent terrorist attack.” The third plane‚ flight 77‚ crashes into the Pentagon. At this point‚ nearly everyone in America has knowledge of the attacks. They don’t know if another will come‚ and they don’t know where it will hit. So many are already dead‚ but that’s not where the destruction ends. At 10:05 a.m.‚ the south tower
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A Terrorizing American Heartache I arrived to my office early morning‚ with a cup of freshly brewed coffee in hand. I looked at the massive pile of papers on my desk‚ which reminded me it was September 11th. My boss is coming into town next week; I was drowning in stress. I sat down and took a deep breath as I gazed out of my office window at the incredible view of New York City from the seventy-fourth floor of the south World Trade Center building. I laid my head on the back of my chair‚ closed
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I. Introduction Globalization is profoundly transforming how we do business‚ how we think and plan about doing business‚ and what business we actually do‚ especially international business. The dynamics of this historic process‚ especially in its pervasive economic dimensions‚ continue to spread and deepen the interdependencies linking societies‚ economies and regions. It is today almost impossible to find any country that is untouched by cross-border flows of commerce‚ investment‚ people‚ ideas
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In every place I stare Rectangle in the building Sphere drawn on the side walk Hexagon on the stop sign Circle in the number nine Triangle in the pyramids Octagon on the jewelry box lid Stars in the sky Oval in Ma’am Granada’s eye Pentagon in Washington dc Square in my TV Shapes are every where In every place I look Now I can figure out what shapes I see If only I could find my geometry book "On Behalf of the Sides of a Triangle" Oh‚ triangle‚ I wish I knew why You’re known
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direct because the U.S. would not be in the middle of the conflict. On September 11th‚ 2001‚ the U.S. was attacked by terrorists that were furious about the growing role of the United States in the Middle East. They left the World Trade Center and Pentagon in shambles. The attacks killed more than three thousand people and left many wounded and suffering. If the U.S. started to cut ties with the Middle East‚ attacks would be less likely to happen because terrorists would not have a reason to be upset
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