has been shaped to examine the reason of a failed T-card project initiated for automating Sydney’s transportation ticketing system‚ the objective of the system was to create a smart card that can be used with the CityRail‚ Sydney Busses‚ Sydney ferries service‚ trams and it will also bring all other private transport service providers into city’s integrated ticketing system (Anonymous‚ Tcard viewed on 24 sep 09). The contract was awarded to a Perth based ERG Group‚ child company ITSL (Integrated
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Since the early 1980’s the private prison system in the United States has expanded immensely. This is mainly due to lobbying between corporations and politicians including big investors gaining record high profits within Wall Street. Through such lobbying this movement has been baptized as the Prison Industrial Complex where the main goal is making money by sending individual bodies to the confinements of the prison system. With the U.S. prisons housing approximately more than 2 million inmates through
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What are the similarities and differences between the political systems in U.K and U.S? When the U.S. Constitution was being drafted‚ its writers had the British Parliamentary system to base on. The British system was the system they were used to and had learnt since childhood. However‚ because the monarchy was one of the main things that the former colonists had rebelled against‚ any form of monarchy and most forms of concentrated power were avoided. The most fundamental difference between
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Pay-for-knowledge pay systems have a number of advantages. It could help the company excel in productivity‚ increasing their global competition. Assuming that the employees would take advantage of an increase in pay to learn and perform new skills‚ the scheduling of employees would be easier. They would have the flexibility of scheduling people who can do multiple jobs much easier and if someone was out sick or on vacation‚ it would make covering that person’s shift much easier by moving staff
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The cardiovascular system‚ also known as the circulatory system‚ is composed of the heart‚ blood vessels‚ and blood. The term cardiovascular refers to the heart (cardio-) and blood vessels (vascular). The term circulatory refers to the circulation of the blood. The heart is a muscular pump and its regular contractions send blood into tough‚ elastic tubes called arteries‚ which branch into smaller vessels and convey oxygen-rich blood through the body. The arteries eventually divide into tiny capillaries
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accessory digestive organ? a. liver b. tongue c. stomach d. pancreas 2. What part of the digestive system where mechanical digestion happens? a. mouth b. rectum c. stomach d. esophagus 3. The throat is divided into two separate tubes: the trachea and the esophagus. Which of the organs prevents food from entering the trachea? a. The uvula b. The tongue c. The trachea d. The epiglottis 4. What is the main functions of the digestive system? a. ingestion and digestion
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Discussion Questions 1. What troubles did Kaiser run into when it first tried to implement the EHR system? During the first implementation of the EHR system‚ Kaiser suffered productivity losses that could be directly attributed to training employees on the new system‚ which thereby‚ disrupted the workflow. The problem was further exacerbated when Kaiser decided to limit physician’s hours in the clinic and hired temporary physicians to handle the workload. In effect‚ more than 50% of the total
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Answer the following questions: 1. If you had to describe our criminal justice system to a person who just arrived in the United States from a foreign country and knew nothing about our system‚ what would you tell them in three sentences or less? I would describe our criminal justice system as a structure made up of several different types of people such as police officers‚ judges‚ lawyers and juries who all work together to penalize people who have commited a crime. The police arrest people who
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Some people believe Rome had a better system for citizenship‚ not in fact Athens system for citizenship is better. In 500 B.C.E Athens established a direct democracy. People have been arguing about this question‚ whom developed the better citizenship system Athens‚ or Rome? Better is defined as that which has a greater excellence‚ or is preferable or wiser. Athens citizenship made more sense because of three reasons: all citizens are equal‚ they had the power to ostracize‚ and they had full participation
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What are the problems with the UK’s party system‚ and how might they be resolved? This essay will analyse the challenges and problems UK party system is facing. The essay will look into public apathy and mistrust‚ resulting in low party membership and low electoral participation. The main argument is that political parties do not have strong enough incentives to connect with voters. Proposals to resolve these problems will be changing electoral system‚ further limiting donations to the political
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