...Question 3: The presentation of financial statement information in common-size amounts rather than dollar amounts means that the items in the financial statement are presented as a percentage, instead of a dollar amount (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). This type of presentation is sometimes more meaningful when analyzing two or more organizations of differing size against each other, as well as analyzing these organizations over various time periods (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). Essentially, common-size amounts allow an individual to quickly compare different organizations, or the same organization’s performance over time by reducing the bias of dollar amounts (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). Common-size amounts present a better comparison of the organizations financial health and enable the organization to better analyze internal and external trends (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). Most organizations use debt-to-equity ratio, profitability, gross profit margin or operating profit margin percentages in the financial statement to quickly compare different organizations or to compare the organizations financial health (Cheng, 2014). Debt-to-equity ratio assesses a proportion of...
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...in writing and following through with assignments. Please continue to encourage him to practice handwriting and use a computer to word-process his assignments when possible. Leonel is showing steady growth in Language Arts. However, his behavior continues to be distraction to others. Please encourage him focus on academic achievement instead of talking to or distracting others during class time. Maria’s reading scores are still significantly below grade level and as we discussed, excessive absences make it...
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...I would like start this week’s learning journal on apologizing for not being able to submit my programming last week’s programming assignment on time. I made sure that I wouldn’t repeat that mistake again, I take course very seriously and I’m determined to take part in all aspects of it. What I did was to attach it to an email which I sent to you sir. Unfortunately I didn’t get to assess any of my colleagues assignment, so I went ahead to get the solutions of the assignment and compared it to what I did and I noticed I wasn’t far away from it. The reading assignments and extra tutorial are all really good. After checking my assignment I went through the learning, the discussion assignment was talking about relation operators. I used the think python...
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...Mr. Harrison possesses great computer skills; he conducted analysis that resulted in cost-effective recommendations by using Excel tools to drastically improve the quality of collected data. He designed process mapping and documented end-to-end dataflow processes in Microsoft Visio; and he prepared flowcharts, and synthesized (using PowerPoint) and presented information data in logical/manageable components. Mr. Harrison is considered a Senior Level user of MS Project. Mr. Harrison effectively builds strong and continual relationships with customers and stakeholders. During his assignments, Mr. Harrison routinely interviews key decision makers and stakeholders across the organization chart. He has facilitated discussions with various professionals – including analysts,...
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... During 18 January 2012, Computer Hope, Craigslist, Google, Reddit, Twitter, Wikipedia, and more than 115,000 other websites go dark in protest of the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA). The Raspberry Pi single-board computer is released in the United Kingdom. On 26 October 2012, Microsoft Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface been released to replace Window 7 but personally, Window 7 more easier to use compare Window 8. Besides, there were a lot video game cannot be play in Window 8. Major computer event in this year is facebook officially crosses the one billion active users mark on 4 October 2012 based world statistic. Major event in computer at year 2013 is Yahoo.com has announces it will purchase Tumblr for $1.1Billion. Besides, Facebook introduces Graph Search in January 2013 as it offers some users early beta access to the service. Graph Search is later released to everyone and allows people to use natural language in the Facebook search. On January 2013, BlackBerry releases its BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system. It is good news for BlackBerry users. In addition, Microsoft announces in February that it will be moving away from Hotmail brand and begin moving over 300 million users to the new Outlook.com e-mail service. For a gamer, this year should be an awesome years. On 20 February 2013, Sony officially announces the PlayStation 4, a replacement for the PS3 gaming console. Addition, Microsoft unveils the Xbox One on 21 May 2013, a new gaming console to replace the Xbox 360....
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...Hello! Thank you for your question regarding the statistics of test takers and their test preparation expense. The short answer is that there are variations based on the specific type of test. I have prepared a response for each of the tests. Below are the details of my finding. TEST STATISTICS: For the statistics on test preparation cost, I have assumed the cost of test preparation materials found online for each of the tests. GRE: According to data from an ETS report, the total number of test takers for the general GRE between July 2013 and June 2014 was 572 779. Of this figure, 59% was US citizens while 36% was non-US citizens. The citizenship status of the remaining 5% percent was not specified. Preparation for the test varies as individuals may decide to buy the GRE test preparation samples available online. Assuming one prepares with the super kit, the cost is $70 for a soft copy. The cost of the taking a GRE test is $220.70 for Chinese test takers and $205 for test takers from the rest of the world. The test is available in about 1000 test centres around the world. The paper-delivered tests are offered three times a year at each test centre while the computer tests can be available for up to three times a month in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea test centres. These data translate to a minimum of 3000 tests offered per year. GMAT: A report available from GMAC indicates that GMAT had a total of 247,432 GMAT test takers between July 2014 and June 2015. This...
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...I was one of those student, and I was scared because being a first-generation college student I didn’t know I could afford college with the help of financial aid, or that there are scholarships that are willing to help students like myself. Through all of my preparation and experiences UCR would be a great university for me to accomplish my goals. 2. Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced. Feel free to speak about either an opportunity or a barrier. It’s OK if you’ve experienced one and not the other. Educational opportunities: List any programs or additional classes that have better prepared you for college: 1. EOPS 2. TRIO 3. CAP Educational barriers: Have you faced any barriers or challenges related to school and/or your schoolwork? How did you overcome or strive to overcome them? List three personal characteristics or skills you had to call on to overcome this challenge: 1. First generation 2. Subjects My first year of college, was difficult for me because as a first-generation student I was faced with very little knowledge of the college process which was an educational barrier I had to learn to overcome. The first program that I was involved with at RCC was the Community for Academic Process (CAP), which allows students to register for group courses that are linked to each other. For instance, in a semester the CAP program scheduled me in a Math, Reading...
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...For measuring the success of a project, we have certain criteria’s to be met which are scope, time, cost goals, customer satisfaction, team satisfaction and quality of work. A part from this we also consider Return on Investment or bottom line and monetary value are also important metrics to be considered for measuring the success of a project. “Even if the project cost more than estimated, took longer to complete, and the project team was hard to work with, the project would be successful if users were happy with the upgraded computers” (Schwalbe, 2014). According to this point I think ROI is an important metric for a successful project. As ROI, gives an idea or an outline to the organization of the resources what to make use of and what not to use so, that the effort, time and budget would not be wasted and also it would be less. According to this circumstance, I think Return on Investment or Bottom Line plays a vital role for the success of the project. Monetary value is defined as the amount of value which is invested on a resource, product, or service and the item is given a price based upon the monetary value. As per my knowledge, I think that monetary value is important and always required for a project because each and every company come forward to accept the project in order to work for the project with the confidence of monetary value. For example, let us assume the famous company CISCO company, there are many users who utilize the service of CISCO phone services. Initially...
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...IGN: Simpli Age: 14 What region are you from: United Kingdom Timezone: GMT Do you speak English fluently: Yes. Do you speak any other languages: Other than English I can also speak urdu How active can you be per day: During weekdays I can be online for 4+ hours wheras on weekends I can be online for 8+ hours. What is your current playtime (ex. /playtime): I have not played much this map but my playtime of last map was 10 hours+ Previous staff experience: EnderCraft (80 PB) - I was Admin on EnderCraft and it was quite popular so I had a chance to learn a lot. I was on EnderCraft Almost Every day. I learnt a lot whilst working at EnderCraft. EnderCraft helped me learn the basics of being a staff member and those skills have helped me become staff on other servers. EnderCraft was shut down as the owner was busy in real life and he couldn't pay for it. ProtocolRIP (10 - 50 PB) - I was Platform Admin at Protocol. It was a Hardcore Network with gamemodes such as HCF, Practice, and KitMap. Protocol helped me get a better understanding of being staff on servers. I handled a lot of the management at protocol such as Community and Staff Management. Protocol helped me improve on a lot of skills such as the basics of Screensharing, Maturity, and Responsibility. SerenityPvP (80 - 300 PB) - I was moderator on SerenityPvP and it was the most popular server I have worked on to this day. It helped me really understand the importance of being staff on a large server. Are you staff on...
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... Recommended Network and suggestions Student’s name University name Instructor’s name 8th August 2014 What is the first step you will take in developing a strategy to respond to this situation? The reviewed of the client requirements and their existing architecture it sounds like there is no wireless architecture in place also security policies. As described on the requirements Richton’s intent to resolve a large scope of network performance and security issues by doing a simple quick fix to enhance their network. The first step I will take in developing a strategy to respond to this situation. During the meeting I would like to discuss with Richton Toy management team the security risk installing 802.11b wireless network. An unsecure wireless on their own network without security measure can comprise their Toy Design sensitive data. An unsecure Wireless network is prone to malicious threats hacker can perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks or simply sniff out authentication credentials from network traffic. Also, the purpose of a Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is to prepare their business in the event of extended service outages caused by factors beyond your control ( natural disasters, man-made events), and to restore services to the widest extent possible in a minimum timeframe. The benefits having a good business continuity plans will keep their company up and running through interruptions of any kind included power failures, IT...
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...1.1 Information Quality The information quality is related to the quality of the information systems content, which serves as a source of value to users (Huang and Benyoucef, 2013). The high-quality, sufficient and relevant information contribute to a positive brand image to the customer which benefit the business. The author will critically illustrate the reasons for the low score and poor performance in the information quality. 1.1.1 Language First of all, Savait tries to encourage the consumers to join the community by having the pop-up window written in English. In the home page, “the buyers’ choice”, a big “start shopping” title, a horizontal scrolling bar and the detailed product description which are all in English conveys the message to the customer that this website sells fashion products internationally. Besides, English titles are used at the bottom in order to tell customers where they can find the terms and conditions, shipment, payment, size, etc. However, what makes the user confusing is that the menu item is in both the English and Italian. In addition, when the consumer clicks the payment and shipment links which are both English in the footer menu, they will find the detailed information in Italian. The payment (Liu and Arnett, 2000) and shipment information (Xing, Grant, McKinnon et al, 2010) are crucial elements in the ecommerce because it is related to business transaction and service. It should be written in English in order to let the international consumer...
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...Question 1 1.1) The organization was built on bus topology which works best with only a limited number of devices connected. The reason users are experiencing slow speeds to additional users were added. The bus network topology at optimal speeds when there are less than 12 device on the network. 1.2) They could create a new network with the same design for the new users thus decreasing the pressure on the current network. Another option would be to create a new network with topological plan which would be able to accommodate the 20 new users as well as the existing users. 1.3) A single cable, the backbone functions as a shared communication medium that devices attach or tap into with an interface connector. A device wanting to communicate with another device on the network sends a broadcast message onto the wire that all other devices see, but only the intended recipient actually accepts and processes the message 1.4) 2.) 3.1) 3.2) 1 minute =60 seconds Therefore 10 × 60 = 600 seconds 1Gb = 1024 Mb 1024 ÷ 600 = 1.7066666667 8bits = 1 Byte 8 ×1.7066666667=13.6533333333 Therefore the throughput on the network is 13.65Mbps 3.3) Accessibility –The server can be remotely accessed from various platforms on the network. Proper Management - Management of files is easy as all files are stored at the same place. This also means finding files is simple. Security – The rules which define...
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...Tucson 2011 has been ranked No. 5. What does this subcompact crossover have to offer? The Hyundai Tucson arrived in the United States in 2005 and its style was similar to the Santa Fe but with more fluid lines. The latest Tucson is one of the first Hyundai to use the design philosophy of the vehicle manufacturer's Fluidic Sculptured. Two four-cylinder engines are available and include a 2.0-liter bed with 164 horsepower and 146 feet of torque and a torque of 2.4 liters at 176 horsepower and 168 feet of torque. Transmission choices include a five-speed manual or a six-speed automatic. The controller moves very slowly and facilitates the motor in its powerband. The 2.0-liter engine moves the Tucson from 0 to 60 in 9.5 seconds and the 2.4-liter unit makes 0 to 60 seconds in 8.8 seconds. The four-wheel disc brakes stop the Tucson from 60 mph in 120 feet. Outside, Tucson has curved body lines combined with a bold front-end. Overall, it is described as a young and sophisticated vehicle that is eye-catching. The interior is well finished and aesthetically pleasing considering the price of this passage. Buttons and buttons for air conditioning and stereo are simple and simple. Standard features include a stereo system with six 160-watt speakers, XM satellite radio, navigation, iPod integration and leatherette partitions. The Tucson will occupy four feet six feet and offers a good back room for the legs. The cargo capacity is 55.8 cubic feet, the rear seats are folded, nearly 25 cubic feet...
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...Area 3: Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence is the ability to use one’s emotions, feelings, moods with consideration of those of others as a source of information that allows one to make better choices to navigate more effectively throughout life. To develop and apply emotional intelligence requires self-awareness, learn to manage and harness emotions, and develop skills such as listening to that make you more effective interacting with others. The results of the emotional intelligence show that my husband and I range in the effective functioning that needs strengthening to enhancing our skills that we can use as leverage to develop weaker areas. I agree with the results because they display some of the characteristics that my...
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...“Consumers tended to shun private-label and unknown brands of pens and pencils to buy familiar brand names, but had little specific brand loyalty. (Cespedes and Kindley 2013). I agree with this because writing implements are only purchased a few times a year on average. The consumer may have difficulty differentiating because the product has a very low impact on daily functions. More than likely, the consumer will chose a brand they’ve used before or the first set that catches their eyes based on needs (cost, quantity, color, etc.). However, marketing research could establish a clear and concise answer to this question. “Marketing research enables firms to implement the marketing concept by helping them acquire information about whether and how their goods and services satisfy the desires of target-market customers” (Warren et al 2015). The only way to distinguish if products are differentiated in consumers’ minds is to poll them and compare information gathered with recorded sales data. On the retailer end, they are more than likely able to make a distinction between products more than the consumer would. The retailer would have historical sales data of their own to show which products have sold more and at what price points. Since the retailer has a brand to maintain, it would be logical to only sell products that have a large profit margin but that is not the only factor retailers consider. In addition to price, consumer purchasing habits or willingness to spend as well as...
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