Caesars—Gambling Big on Technology This case illustrates how database technologies can support an organization’s business strategy. The large investment made by Caesars Entertainment Corporation‚ formerly Harrah’s‚ in its information technology strategy has been tremendously successful. The results of Caesars investment at the time include: * 10 percent annual increase in customer visits. * 33 percent increase in gross market revenue. * Yearly profits of over US$208 million. * Highest
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The Dangers of the Cyberworld Social media sites allow people to be connected with friends and family‚ share photos‚ and exchange ideas. Social networking is very useful‚ but it can be a dangerous place for children if they are not careful. “During the last five years‚ the number of pre-adolescents and adolescents using such sites has increased dramatically” (Pearson). Parents should monitor their child’s social networking sites to keep them safe online. Social network public spaces are unpredictable
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In 1957‚ Dr. William Coda Martin tried to answer the question: When is a food a food and when is it a poison? His working definition of "poison" was: "Medically: Any substance applied to the body‚ ingested or developed within the body‚ which causes or may cause disease. Physically: Any substance which inhibits the activity of a catalyst which is a minor substance‚ chemical or enzyme that activates a reaction."1 The dictionary gives an even broader definition for "poison": "to exert a harmful influence
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Randa ElFouly The Danger of a Single Story - A speech that was said by Chimamanda Adichie that inspired me to write this report. Chimamanda Adichie began talking about this thing she liked to call “a single story.” The Danger of a Single Story is about having a one sided perspective on different cultures and countries. She explains that she originally had a single story of writing because as a kid‚ all she had read were children’s books from America or England and all the characters in these
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Advertising is the paid‚ impersonal‚ one-way marketing of persuasive information from an identified sponsor disseminated through channels of mass communication to promote the adoption of goods‚ services or ideas. Principle of advertisement: Inform‚ Persuade‚ Remind‚ Influence and Change opinion. Framework theory and ads according to it. Sale response: Advertisement technique in which a prospective customer is urged to respond immediately and directly to the advertiser‚ through the use of a information
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Alcohol and Driving Imagine being in a bar with a few of your good friends. Everyone is drinking and having a good time. Your are going to leave and go home‚ but you friends won’t let you because they know the dangers of driving after having a few drinks. Instead they ca ll a cab to give you a ride home. You would be extremely lucky to have such smart friends. Drunk driving is a very serious problem in our society today‚ but it is becomming socially unacceptable causing the numbers of alcohol
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Officer) and Tracy Shi (Chief Sales Officer)‚ aims to persuade the Dragons in investing $50‚000 for 10% of WizOf.Biz – a business consulting website that provides advice to small businesses at an affordable price. According to Sharples‚ writers are like designers‚ they are “bound by design principles”‚ and their message has to aid comprehension and not lead to confusion (Sharples‚ 1999‚ p. 165). Unfortunately‚ the members of WizOf.Biz fails to persuade the Dragons in investing
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the state facilities. They even had a higher rate of physical assaults. A big problem in any prisons is sexual assault. vox wrote an article “A federal report just confirmed it: for-profit prisons are more dangerous than public ones” is about the danger in private prisons. In this article that can be found at https://www.vox.com/2016/8/12/12454410/private-prisons-violence-investigation‚ you can find a video explaining that the inmates usually get charged with mandatory minimums. When they give them
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The Danger of a Single Story In her inspirational speech on the TED television series‚ Chimamanda Adichie argues that single stories of specific races or regions often create misconceptions of their true natures. Adichie‚ born and raised in colonial Nigeria‚ uses previous life experiences to support her claims regarding false stereotypes‚ most evidently during her childhood and her first visit to the USA. Living under a colonial environment‚ Adichie was constantly being exposed to foreign ways
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Credit Cards Speech 106 Introduction: I. I would like to begin by tell you about a story that took place about four years ago. I was on the phone with a young lady who I did not even know and she is crying her heart out to me. She was telling me how she does not work‚ goes to school full time‚ and didn’t know what to do. She was pleading with me to understand how she did not know how she got in the situation that she was in. Of course at that point in time I had no choice but to feel sympathetic
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