Provincial Parks 2/2/2014 The current system deployed for the 2010 season by the Saskatchewan Provincial Parks and Campgrounds is the Online Reservation Administration System (ORAS) web portal. The system was designed with two distinct functions –for clients/campers to make reservation requests and for clients/campers who make successful reservations to make a payment online. The value of the current system provides to Saskatchewan Park’s services at least three-fold, for both Park Services and
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《信息技术和信息社会》案例分析 (共两个案例，请尽可能在案例背景下，进行批判性思维critical thinking，给你的你想法。你的逻辑、创意、所运用的课程中的知识点是我所看重的) 案例1. Zynga Wins with Business Intelligence 这是一家高速发展的游戏公司，但它并不是以逼真的图像，令人心悸的动作，或者史诗般的故事著称，也不为Playstation, Xbox, 或者Wii开发游戏。这家公司就是Zynga。如果你有Facebook的账户，很大可能你会很熟悉它所开发的游戏。Zynga爆炸式发展表明社会游戏的潜力以及社会化网络在提供关键数据理解公司客户的能力。 Mark Pincus和一群创业者在2007年创建了Zynga，如今这家公司已经成为社交网络游戏的领行者，它的游戏包括CityVille、Texas HoldEm Poker、FarmVille、Empires & Allies等。这四款游戏是Facebook上最为流行的应用。Zynga的游戏有将近3亿月活跃用户以及6千多万日活跃用户，他们每天就会产生3TB的数据。自创建以来，Zynga便将数据分析放在优先级位置上，以方便对其游戏的管理以及公司的商业决策。
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The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian On The Outside Looking In Being an outsider in a new place is never easy. One has to do twice the work to make friends, and fit in. While reading the novel, I could relate to the character of Arnold Spirit. The obstacles he faced going to a new school, with a different culture reminded me of struggles I faced myself when I started school in America. Trying to “fit in” to a culture foreign of your own is especially hard when you’re a teenager like
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would have their bingo night in gymnasiums or community centers. Many casinos are on reservations for government reasons, such as no tax fee, but others are off reservations. Some individuals agree that the effects of tribal gaming are negative because crime rates have increased. Others disagree with that claim and say that the effects of tribal gaming are positive because employment, population in the reservation, and income has increased. The Cheyenne are not the only Native American tribe that
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when Junior was in school on the Indian reservation. "I couldn't believe it" (Alexie 31) Junior thought to himself. Junior was fed up with the old book that belonged to his mother and took action on his impulse and blasted the ancient object at his teacher, Mr.P. He was dying to start geometry and his expectation and hopes were completely shattered. If this didn't happen Mr.P wouldn't have later apologized and advised Junior to leave the hopeless reservation. This clearly was a significant event
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...................... 19 1. 2. 3. 4. Indian Hotel Industry – by Star Category............................................................................................... 22 Indian Hotel Industry – Inventory and Chain Affiliation................................................................... 31 Indian Hotel Industry – Seven Major Cities.......................................................................................... 39 Indian Hotel Industry – Twelve Other Cities...............
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affected the accounting industry. The purpose of this paper is to explore the business practices on Native American Indian reservations and incorporating the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) in to their business administrative policies and procedure plans. The results of this report will provide an initial starting point for chief executive officers and business entreputers on reservations to better understand the importance to incorporate this legislative act so ethical practices can begin to have changes
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Indian Country. According to Annette James, Health Director, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, “In the last two years, about a quarter of the babies born on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona tested positive for methamphetamine” (James, A, p.1). James also stated that, “…on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, assaults and criminal charges for drug possession tripled, thefts doubled, and reported incidents of child abuse increased by 85% between 2003 and 2004” (James, A, p.1)
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Relocation and Assimilation Termination, Relocation and Assimilation; three words used by the United States government to describe programs designed to solve the “Indian problem”. These policies would provide the Indians an escape from impoverished reservations and a chance to live the American Dream. To the Indians, these three words described the incalculable loss of the “old ways” which included their culture, heritage and language. Without the support of their communities, thrust into urban life,
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KOUCHE Amal Home assignment 1 Auctions vs.“beauty contests” What is meant with “beauty contests”? In this case, « beauty contests » refer to specific auction mechanisms in which the auctioneer does not reveal information about the decision making process of the winning bidder. In « beauty contests », the bidding companies do not have access to the government’s preferences and intentions. This uncertainty context encourages companies to collude between them. Show that profit maximizing
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