Was America justified in dropping the horrific atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Should the bombs have been used? The answer to that is undoubtedly clear: no. The bombs did more harm than good. The US had conducted “the world’s most devastating military mission”1‚ effects of which are still evident today. World War II was primarily caused by Germany‚ Italy and Japan‚ influenced by fascist revolutions. While Germany and Italy dealt with matters in Europe‚ Japan had plunged itself in a Pacific
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Decision Support Systems (DSS) Decision support systems are a class of computer-based information systems including knowledge based systems that support decision making activities. Because there are many approaches to decision-making and because of the wide range of domains in which decisions are made‚ the concept of decision support system (DSS) is very broad. A DSS can take many different forms. In general‚ we can say that a DSS is a computerized system for helping make decisions. A decision
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Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is an approach to supporting the people with challenging or problem behavior that combines both a set of values with a set of behavioral principals that we know to be effective. In general‚ positive behavior support approaches problems in multi ways such as what happens before the behavior‚ what’s the context of the behavior in terms of time‚ place‚ and what’s quality of the of the person. Our traditional approach to the discipline has been to stop behavior problems
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through the entire nation. This resulted in many Muslims becoming victims of “public suspicion and surveillance‚ sweeping governments actions‚ hate crimes and harassment” . Six years after the events of 9/11‚ Mohsin Hamid published his novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”‚ which describes the influence of these terrorist attacks had on
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Life in the 1930’s was extremely racist and segregated. Most people either had a special treatment‚ or no treatment at all. Times were extreme in the 1930’s. Life for the wealthy was glamorous and they ignored all the problems that were going on and enjoyed life with there money. The depression didn’t really affect the wealthy men and woman. They were almost making the same amount of income as the were before the economy went down. All the wealthy were still attending expensive dances several nights
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Introduction to GDSS Group decision support systems (GDSS) are interactive‚ computer-based systems that facilitate solution of semi-structured and unstructured problems by a designated set of decision-makers working together as a group. A GDSS can assist groups‚ especially groups of managers‚ in analyzing problem situations and in performing group decision making tasks. GDSS include structured decision tools for tasks like brainstorming‚ commenting on ideas‚ and rating and ranking of alternatives
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Democracy is seen as one of the ultimate ideals that modern civilizations strive to create‚ or preserve. Democracy as a system of governance is supposed to allow extensive representation and inclusiveness of as many people and views as possible to feed into the functioning of a fair and just society. Democratic principles run in line with the ideals of universal freedoms such as the right to free speech. Importantly‚ democracy supposedly serves to check unaccountable power and manipulation by the
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In addition‚ because of growing customer expectations and increasing competition‚ businesses are under pressure to provide personalized customer service within mass market cost levels. This is why customer satisfaction for me‚ is a very big part of business success. A good DSS system must be able to support such a critical business function Decisions about customer interactions must take into account each customer’s likely behavior. At each individual contact with the customer the business must consider
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Introduction The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ like many first-person narratives‚ is a fictional autobiography. Changez‚ the protagonist‚ is an intellectually ripe and mature narrator who looks back on his past happenings during his stay in America. Although he is only twenty five at the time of narrating the story‚ he feels his life completely over-turned rather metamorphosed. Like many first-person narrators‚ he has become wiser after his experiences in America on 9/11---the time when history is
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The article "Do the Poor Deserve Life Support?" by Steven E. Landsbury raises the issue of whether or not we should keep people on life support when they cannot afford it. Although it is a horrible situation I feel that Baylor Regional Medical Center did the correct thing by removing Tirhas Habtegiris from her ventilator. If hospitals provided her and others with this service for free it would mean budget cuts. These cuts would affect the care which is provided for the rest of the general public
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