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Off-Shoring the Back |
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| Let��셲 face it, there��셲 hardly a business topic that��셲 more emotionally charged than off-shoring: the new trend of outsourcing business processes to foreign workers. It is much cheaper to pay people in other countries to do this routine work because they are paid only a small fraction of the salaries that American workers receive. |
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Genetics Meets Innov |
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| In the field of genetics, scientists develop stronger species of corn and other crops through a process known as ��쐓eed, select, and amplify.��� First, they use a diverse range of seeds to grow several different varieties of the crop under various conditions, such as drought, frost, heavy rainfall, and so on. Then they select the seeds from the sturdiest and most productive strains of each generation of crops and cross-breed those with the desired trait for use in the next generation of test crops. Ultimately, over many generations, the scientists develop super-crops that produce more food, resist all types of weather and pests, and require less soil and water. |
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Genetic Algorithms A |
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| A significant challenge in managing today��셲 enterprise is quickly and effectively choosing among a large number of complex options and alternatives with subtle trade-offs. Fortunately, new computer applications using genetic algorithms can do a much better job at making these choices than a person using traditional analytical techniques. |
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The God-Gulf |
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| As we get further into the 21st century, we��셱e approaching a sociological and political ��쐔ipping point��� similar to the one that we encountered in the mid-1960s. |
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This is Not Your Fat |
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| For the past three years, the living room has been the center of the digital gold rush. Consumers have fueled the rush as they upgraded to large-screen TVs, audio systems that promise Dolby ��쐓urround sound,��� and DVD players that deliver super-crisp images. |
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