...Does IT matter or not? In a world where IT was perfectly ubiquitous Carr would be justified in his argument that IT does not matter. However, Carr’s argument is incomplete. Carr neglects to look at how the various companies manage and use their IT resources. In a world where IT was perfectly ubiquitous, IT would not matter, the management of that IT resource would however matter a great deal to determine its strategic advantages. It should also be noted that the development of IT and the creation of new IT have not reached its end and will not do so in any short period of time. IT, in its nature, allows for continual development as each new development opens new avenues of Research and Development. Each new development generally takes the form of proprietary technology, for a short while at least, allowing for strategic advantages. Carr’s belief that these new proprietary developments cannot sustain a strategic advantage for any company is true, but again it should be noted that the IT industry is in a constant state of change. It is the companies, like Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and Sun Microsystems with their ability to constantly make progress in the development of IT, which have the strategic advantage. The general sentiment amongst IT professionals is that IT matters a great deal. This statement is liable to a great deal of bias as to state otherwise is equal to asking IT professionals to concede that they, their jobs and livelihood, do not matter. In fact, however...
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...Nicholas G Carr in his article raises some key issues often discussed in our day-to-day lives. How important is Information Technology (IT) in our lives? Does it ease or complicate our activities. The author shares his opinion that Information Technology should be treated as a commodity and as a strategic position is losing its value. The author compares IT with electricity and railroads and concludes that they follow the same path. He illustrates phases of electricity and railroads and how they moved from having high opportunities to becoming invisible so much so that they did not matter. The author feels that IT does not have a competitive advantage and the importance given to IT management should be reduced. Although, the author raises some valid points I disagree with the author. In my opinion, Information Technology is an enabler and if used effectively and efficiently can bring remarkable success and help achieve a sustainable competitive advantage for an organization. In order to prove his point, the author distinguishes between proprietary technologies and infrastructural technologies. According to him, proprietary technology can reap high profits but infrastructural technologies are meant to offer more value when shared than when used in isolation. After few years the infrastructural technologies become known to everyone, thus eventually becoming a commodity and losing value. The author describes IT as such an infrastructural technology that is deemed to become...
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...But If you can teach something doesnt that mean that you have mastered that skill? And then if this person is able to be teaching and they aren’t the best at their craft and haven’t mastered this skill. Doesnt that set the children that they are teaching at a disadvantage? If this is so then they will not be on the same playing field as the child that goes to a private school and is taught by a teacher that has mastered their craft. The child with the public school teacher will have to work 10 times harder to be on the same level as the other child with the oppurtunity to be taught by a teacher that has mastered their...
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...reality loving someone is a feeling everyone will feel. Whether it be with a person, place , or thing. Opinions on being in love have a variety of meanings. My opinion of being in love is caring about someone so much that your happiness doesnt matter, just theirs. The only thing that matters is that , that person is genuiely happy. Its a feeling that runs deep it conquers everyting, Nothing else matters. Just that person and yourself. The phrase often used to describe the stage where your starting to fall in love someone. Trust me, when your in this stage, you will know. You constantly think about that person and can't seems to get them off of your mind. Your heart skips a beat whenever you see them and everything little thing that person does, maybe just a "hi" can brighten up your day in any way possible. You will day dream about him or her, the last person you think before you go to sleep and your first thought when you wake up in the morning. And when someone hurts that person , you just want to kill and crush that person up. But when you know that you want to spend the rest of your life with this person, have a family with that person, that's when you know your actually "in love". Even when you guys get into fights, you still love them no matter what. And even if something went wrong, and you guys claims to let each others go, the truth is you can't let them go. Will alway be in your heart and you know it. There's not a day that goes by that you don't think of them, or wonder...
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...Has someone ever made such a huge impact in your life? Im very certain that everyone, has had a close person to them that has changed there life in either a good or bad way. From alot of experiences i have encountered more then most kids my age have encountered, it was by certain people and situation's i put myself in because of the impact the indivuals left in my life. Theres not only one person who has made an impact in my life there is actually mutiple people, who have opened my eyes to many things. My mother is prime example in my life that no matter what life throws at you can always get through whatever it is that you give up hope , and has you feeling like you just cant make it , or that your not strong enough . she loved to tell me when i was going through a certain situation witch she helped me get through with her words. "God doesnt put things in your life that you can not handel" when im feeling like i just cant take it anymore saying life is too hard and all i want to do is cry i look up to her and she tells me Trust in God he will never forsake you , i get up wipe my tears knowing i wont be going through this for long asking God for his strength and peace. because of her words i have learned to look up to God when things are falling apart. "i can do all things through christ who strengthens me" I dont know where i would be without my mom and her words of encouragement she has...
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...Hope for the flowers by Trina Paulus The story consists of two main character a male catterpillar named Stripe and the female one named Yellow.It is started when Stripe realized that his life is not just eating leavesand crawling.Herealized that there is something more than doing those thing.So he decided to find out what is really missing in hislife.He left from the place where he was born and try to explore something new.He finds himself from the bottom of apillar.He saw a lots of catterpillar crawling and aiming to reach the top of the pillar.He started to climb just like other catterpillars do.While climbing the pillar he met a woman catterpillar named Yellow.They excahnged different perceptions and opinions in life.They talked about life and the reason why they are here.Ater that , they come up with the decision that they will go down in that pillar and begin a new life.Stripe and Yellow fell in love with each other and they live together eating leaves and crawling.Then one dayStripe realized again that eating lea ves and crawling are not enough.He started again climbing the pillar and left Yellow alone.While climbing the pillar Stripe was dissappointed when he saw that there is nothing special in this pillar but a struggling catterpillars who wants to reach the top.On the other side , Yellow met someone hanging on a branch of a tree , they talked about life of a catterpillar and how it turned into a cocoon.After of their conversation , Yellow realized the true meaning of...
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...Sometimes in life no matter how you act, you are always going to have to deal with that. If you don’t deal with it, it will just get worse. In my book, The Seven Most Important Things, my character learned this by throwing a brick at an old guy because his dad died and the old guy was wearing his dad’s hat, because his mom through all of his dad’s coles out to start over I think the theme in the book the seven most important things is,[ that know matter what happens you have to find a way to deal with it.] I think this because all throughout of the book but in the beginning he has to deal with multiple things like, school when Author has an probaction sentence and has to collect things for an old garbage collector that he through a brick...
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...SCRIPT EVOLUTION TECH! hello good morning thank you pala for liking my post with AIM Global, you just added level of encouragement to go on with my business international thank very much have a blessed day! ok lang ba i add kita sa group nami ? may e share lang ako sau baka magustuhan mo rin pwd po tayong makatulong! WELCOME NOTE: EXAMPLE 1. Good Morning everyone welcome ms @Bren Sy from japan, ito po yung group namin kung saan marami po kayong matutunan sa isang opportunity na nagbibigay ng pag asa sa maraming Pilipino. Welcome to AIM Global! Dont hesitate to ask any question here! 2. ABC RULE/BUILD UP/TEE-UP Welcome po sa grupo na nagbigay sa akin ng pag asa na maging malaya mula sa pagiging utak ofw tungo sa pagiging utak negosyante, tulad mo dn ako noon nangarap din kya my isang AIM Global na dumating sa buhay ko at muling nagbago at nabuhay ang natutulog kung pangarap,kung may pangarap ka add mo ang taong ito,sya po ang mentor namin facebook expert,Millionaires Club member/ Car Achiever Mr. Franq Banzuela https://www.facebook.com/franq.banzuela 3. YELLOW-HELP=ALIVE FOUNDATION /PRODUCTS TESTIMONIALS @Bren Sy Welcome dito sa AIM Global, hindi lang puro kitaan ang napakaganda may foundation tau na nakakatulong po tayo sa mga kababayan natin. ALIVE FOUNDATION DAVAO GENSAN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdVDOhZko68 4. BLUE=FUN TRAVEL=AIM GLOBAL TRIP @Bren Sy Welcome sa group ibang iba talaga ang AIM Global since may incentive trip din kapag na hit mo ito libre kang makapunta...
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...quick buck, because it will give chris and his family an easier future. Mr kellers attempts to get the easy way out which leads to bigger things then he can handle when the plane crashes killing many man and some might think Larry. The keller family secrets soon get revealed destroying there relationships with there neighbours and them selves. The secrets over power joe forcing himself to commit suicide. All Joe wanted was to keep his factory running and let his family use the money he had earned and be proud of joes hard works and “good decisons”, but his family had differnet views on the money and the values of it. Chris doesnt see money like Joe does he believes you should idolize other things like the people you love rather then being greedy and destroctive. Joe wants to pass down the family buisness to chris so he can live a happy life but chris doesnt want it. After all he would rather start a fresh life with Ann away from all the choas the keller...
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...5/16/12 Home » News Gingrich: Life Doesn't Begin at Conception Because That Would 'Open Up ... Very Difficult Questions' | … Gingrich: Life Doesn't Begin at Conception Because That Would 'Open Up ... Very Difficult Questions' By Terence P. Jeffrey December 4, 2011 Subscribe to Terence P. Jeffrey's posts (CNSNews.com) -In an interview with ABC News on Friday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said he believes that human life does not begin at conception but at "implantation and successful implantation" because if you say life begins at conception "you're going to open up an extraordinary range of very difficult questions." Gingrich also said that his "friends" who take "ideological positions" that human life does begin at conception "don't then follow through on the logic of" that postion. Gingrich's statement was criticized by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who like Gingrich is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, and by commentaries posted on pro-life websites. Gingrich made his statement in an interview with ABC News's Jake Tapper in West Des Moines, Iowa. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich after speaking at Nationwide Insurance in Des Moines, Iowa on Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) "Abortion is a big issue here in Iowa among conservative Republican voters and Rick Santorum has said you are inconsistent," Tapper told Gingrich. "The big argument here is that you have supported in the past embryonic stem cell research and you made...
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...Nicholas Carr AKASH GOUD GUNDLAPALLI Wilmington University Nicholas Carr is a technology writer whose acclaimed works have led him to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2011 and also have been bestsellers. His writings examine the fusion of both culture and technology genres. Some of his works include The Glass Cage: How Our Computers Are Changing us (2011), The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google (2008), Does IT Matter? (2004). Many of which most have been translated into more than 25 languages. Does IT Matter is considered as a book that changes the thoughts of a individual about technology and its strategies. It details how innovative, monetary, and aggressive powers are joining to change the information technology and the innovation it plays in business, with significant ramifications for information technology administration and speculation and additionally system and association. IT is seen as the most recent in a progression of extensively embraced advancements that have reshaped industry in the course of recent hundreds of years from the flow to the broadcast and the phone to the electric generator and the interior ignition motor. For a brief period, as they were being incorporated with the framework of business, every one of these advancements opened open doors for forward-looking organizations to increase genuine points of interest. Be that as it may, their accessibility expanded and their cost diminished as they got to be pervasive. From...
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...towards black people. The police should keep some type of report of the stops they make. They can start monitoring the stops by just doing their jobs the right way.Is this right? This is suppose to be America, the land of the free. They really need to stop pulling people over because of the color of their skin. As a law enforcement officer, its clearly just their job. The should look at everyone the same no matter the race of the person. Also truth be told people of all races commit some the same crimes. So who's to say that a specific race should be profiled in such manner. Another type of racial profiling revolves around terroist. One event that happend September 11, 2001. Two planes went into the twin towers located in New York City. Thousands of innocent people were killed. Due to this event a person who is Pakistan or Arabian heritage could be questioned for hours at an airport, before they are allowed to travel.. How could they just assume that a terroists would have that type of appearance. I'm sure that a terroists would be smarter and choose someone that doesnt fit the description ,one that wouldnt be easily signaled out. Racial Profiling has become something that every individual takes apart in. I don't believe this will every come to an end. People tend to profile who they want to be...
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...does not state a specific period of time or release date, but just a range of time, such as "five-to-ten years." It also means that you are given a minimum sentence, but not a max. Determinate sentencing is a fixed term or incarceration is imposed.It means that you are sentenced for a given time, 25 years, and come hell or high water, you will be free after 25 years. The Sentencing for a criminal conviction can take many forms, and a conviction doesnt always mean a trip to prison. Alternative sentences can include different combinations of the following: a suspended sentence, probation, fines, restitution, community service and deferred adjudication/pretrial diversion. Judges typically determine whether to impose alternative sentences based on the type and severity of the crime, the age of the defendant, the defendants criminal history, the effect of the crime on the victims, and the defendants remorse. In 1994, California voters enacted the “Three Strikes and You're Out” which imposes a life sentence for almost any crime, no matter how minor, if the defendant had two pror convictions for crimes defined as serious or violent by the California Penal Code. According to official ballot materials promoting the original Three Strikes law, the sentencing scheme was intended to “keep murders, rapists, and child molesters behind bars, where they belong.” However, today, more than half of inmates sentenced under the law are serving sentences for nonviolent crimes. Many have tried to...
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...Chapters | Characters involved | Key points of important things | Quotes | Importance in terms of relationships | 1 | Dr Iannis, Pelagia, | Dr Iannis has doubts in himself as a writer | "This would never do; why could he not write like a writer of histories? Why could he not write without passion? Without anger? Without the sense of betrayal and oppression?" | | | | Pelagia appears a very dynamic woman who is ahead of her society | "Papas, she said, it still is your day. You aren't dead yet, are you? Anyway, the goat is fond of you.' | It is important in terms of relationships as it alludes on the reasons that she is a good match with captain Corelli. | Chapters | Characters involved | Key points of important things | Quotes | Importance in terms of relationships | 2 | Mussolini | Mussolini is presented as vein, boastful, self-centered, pompous, arrogant, megalomaniac, racist. He appears very arrogant and is very concerned of how he looks. Imperialism is also reinforced. De Bernier also ridicules Mussolini. | "Which is my best profile, right or left?" Yes it is very important and also very natural that the people should perceive in me an apotheosis of the Italian ideal. "What do you mean, it saves on mousetraps? | The first person narration renders the story more realistic as we get a direct insight as to Mussolini's thoughts and feelings. It is also easier for the reader to criticize him through his own words. | 3 | Pelagia | Pelagia is not a typical woman...
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...profitable, successful company that they do not feel the need to tend to their customers but their customers are their success. I chose to write about Apple Incorporated because I use to be an Apple user, I had the iPhone 4. I, sadly, was not impressed and because of my experience I will not purchase another Apple product. Many of my friends and family are avid Apple users and purchase everything Apple. I believe they are overpriced and they are the same thing every time, just a newer version. I’ve played around with their newer products and I felt like nothing changed from the old product to the new one that was released but that is what Apple does. Avid customers just want the latest and greatest, they are an Apple customer, it doesn’t matter to them what...
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