...right hands, and be sworn to try this case." It is the responsibility of the jury to judge the evidence and information of the case objectively in order to reach a just verdict. In this case of Steve Harmon vs. the state of New York, lots of evidence is provided. It is imperative that the jury disregards all factors that could create a bias in them, such as race, age, or surroundings. The jury should come to a just conclusion after they finish thoroughly examining the evidence presented. The information in this case can only lead to one true conclusion. Steven Harmon is innocent of felony murder because he is a good citizen, an accomplice and influenced by his surroundings. Felony murder applies...
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...Fraud Examination - Research Project Select a publicly traded company that has experienced Fraud since 2002. You will need to receive approval from me for the company in which you select PRIOR to beginning your research. You MUST submit the name of the company you have chosen by the end of this unit. Your final project is due no later than the end of Unit 9. Company selected: AOL Time Warner. When scandal went public: July 2002. As the ad market faltered and AOL's purchase of Time Warner loomed, AOL inflated sales by booking barter deals and ads it sold on behalf of others as revenue to keep its growth rate up and seal the deal. AOL also boosted sales via "round-trip" deals with advertisers and suppliers. Shredding documents related to audit. AOL said it may have overstated revenue by $49 million. Course Paper - Instructions The paper must be a minimum of 10 complete pages in length (double spaced), not including your title page and reference page, double spaced using Times New Roman Font, Font size 12 and include the following: 1. Background on the company 2. Overview of the Questionable Accounting Practices and the Financial Statement Highlights. 3. One of the main purposes of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 was to make the leadership teams of the different organizations more responsible for their financial data that is released. With this in mind, what involvement did the leadership have in this fraud, if any? If the leadership team was not involved...
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...Company: AOL Inc. Industry: AOL Inc. is a leading multinational mass media corporation headquartered in New York City, which is committed to continuously developing, growing, and investing in brands and web sites. Auditor: Ernst & Young GAAP/Audit Issue: July 2002 – AOL Time Warner – Recognition of Revenue from Barter Deals | As AOL dominated the internet scene between the mid-1990s to 1999, the internet advertising became a hit and AOL’s stock price rose extremely. However, in the year 2000, the market trading went down due to numerous accounting scandals which impacted the companies that were into internet advertising contracts with AOL TW, this brought a loss of advertising revenues. To sustain the strength of AOL TW’s stock prices, AOL’s management resorted to accounting manipulations by recognizing off-book revenues, such as: (a) Recording of pre-booked advertising contracts were made twice, even though they were already recognized as pre-booked revenues; (b) Assigning overvalued amounts to advertising contracts as ways to inflate revenues; and, (c) Dollar values of advertising deals entered into as barter trades with other companies were recognized as legitimate sales. The barter trades were actually entered into for the purpose of making AOL’s advertising offers look lucrative by faking trade deals. Customers were given free advertisements just to make it appear that they closed advertising contract deals with AOL Time Warner. The dollar...
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...Accounting Scandals: Responsible Stewardship and Integrity AOL Time Warner 1. Summary of the events that led to the accounting scandal. AOL was the major face in the Internet scene for four years, between1994 to 1999, by using aggressive advertising contracts instead of charging subscription fees to their users. When internet advertising became more and more popular, AOL’s stock rose by an extremely large amount. Due to this tremendous response from investors, enhancing revenues in order to keep the stock prices favorable for AOL TW’s stockholders became the core objective of the AOL management and its employees (Cantoria). In 2000, a new company called AOL Time Warner was created when AOL purchased Time Warner for $164 billion. The deal announced on January 10, 2000 and officially filed on February 11, 2000, this merger in which each original company had a creative opportunity to merge into a newly created entity. Immediately before and after AOL’s merger with Time Warner, top executives at the internet company used tricks, contrivances and false transactions to inflate the value of AOL stock while liquidating their shares in a selling frenzy to enrich themselves to the tune of $936 million. 2. The financial accounting that was performed in the scandal. In 2001 and 2002, the company inflated its online advertising revenue by $400 million in connection with transactions with Bertelsmann. Bertelsmann paid $400 million as consideration for amendments to the multi-billion...
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...by Walter Dean Myers. Steve Harmon is a 16 year old who was accused of being involved in a robbery that lead to felony murder, leading to the death of shop owner Alguinaldo Nesbitt. Also involved in the robbery and on trial is James King, other participants in the crime that admitted to it are Richard (Bobo) Evans, and Osvaldo Cruz. When accused of being guilty of a heinous crime such as felony murder the defendant is most likely going to plead not guilty. But no matter what your role was in the crime, you are guilty. Throughout the entire book you have no idea whether Steve is innocent or guilty until the jury...
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...Steve Harmon was on trial for being the lookout in a robbery and murder of Mr. Nesbitt. In the book Monster By Walter Dean Myers Steve writes in a journal and makes it into a movie script. He writes about how he feels about being in jail. He mentions a couple things meaning that he was involved in the murder. Steve Harmon is guilty by lying multiple times, having no alibi,and his journal entries. Steve lied multiple times on the stand during the trial. By lying he is obviously guilty of something. He lied about being in the drug store even though he wrote in his journal he was at the drugstore to get mints.(Myers 140)He lied about knowing bobo and osvaldo. Then came back to say he’s talked to them a couple times about basketball. Steve had...
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...thousands of minors under 18 are placed in the American prison and judicial system. Many of them are like Steve Harmon, the protagonist of Walter Dean Myers’ novel Monster. Monster is a complex look at the American prison and judicial system. The novel follows Steve Harmon, a 16 year old on trial for felony murder. In jail, Steve stays quiet and writes in his journal, trying to avoid confrontation. In court, he and his attorney work to gain the jury’s favor in order to have Steve found innocent, which he is, at the conclusion of the novel. Based on statistics, though it should be noted that Steve’s not guilty plea is unlikely, Monster accurately portrays a real life experience in the American prison and judicial system by including violence in jail, the possibility of severe punishment, and a racial makeup similar to that of an American prison. While in jail, Steve is surrounded by violence, true to the experience of innumerable others in a similar situation. One instance where Steve experiences this is on the second page of Monster when he writes “This morning at breakfast a guy got hit in the face with a tray. Somebody said some little thing and somebody else got mad. There was blood all over...
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...As a young boy, I had a fear for the typical monsters a 5-year old kid has in mind before going to bed. The book “Monster,” by Walter Dean Myers, contains a monster, except this monster takes the shape of a human. Or is he really a monster? The novel “Monster” is characterized as a young adult drama. This novel is written in the form of a film script by protagonist Steve Harmon. Steve Harmon is a 16-year old African-American male who is being accused of a crime, a robbery and murder at a local liquor store, that involved three other males. Throughout the novel, these four males are labeled “monsters” for their horrific actions that lead to the death of 55-year old store owner, Alguinaldo Nesbitt. Through the use of historical context, the theme, and the symbols within the text, the audience is vividly portrayed the clear message Walter Dean Myers wants the world to witness. To begin with, the...
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...In the novel Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, the real “Monster” of the story is not Steve Harmon, but racism itself. Racism is a hidden monster in the judicial environment. Even if you didn’t do anything, the jury will think otherwise because of your skin or religion. Although, this doesn’t just happen in the book, Monster, but in the real world too. Many cases of people being warned, arrested, or even shot because of the discriminating thoughts a cop or judge would have. 3 reasons in why I think this, and why it is shown in monster is because of the harsh stereotype being played, the reality, and what they can do to combat. The law, something that is supposed to protect and serve justice upon the guilty. Although, what if you weren’t guilty. What if you were a black man, age of 16, in this mess. Your defendant half way giving up just because she knows what will happen. Innocent before proven guilty isn’t how it really is in the courtroom, people judge and nitpick the littlest things. Whether that is if you look guilty, sweat, cry, and more. Although the less spoke about one is the stereotypical agenda the jury gives a different race....
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...In life we often have to judge our character. We have to think about whether our choice or right or wrong. One do the hardest things in life is trying to judge someone's true character and not who you want them to be. This is something that Steve’s parents are now struggling with. On pages 110-113, Steve’s Dad came to visit him in jail. This was the first time we have gotten a glimpse of Steve’s dad and who he is. While Steve was having a conversation with his father, his father began to start crying. An initial thought that it was a very emotional moment to just sit with your son and know that he is in jail. As you continue to read based on how Steve seems to live, you realize that Steve’s dad was expressing pain for his son, but may have also felt bad for his son because he thought he was innocent and suffering through jail for no reason. One thing that stuck out to me was when he told his son everything was going to turn out okay. Overall from this, it lead me to believe that Mr. Harmon does not think his son is guilty....
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...Do you think that everyone that participates in a crime should be found guilty? In the book Monster, a 16-year-old boy Steve Harmon, the narrator of the story, is on trial for a murder/robbery. According to the verdict, he was found innocent of a crime that he participated in. Although this may be true, he should be found guilty because he is as guilty as the others who participated. He should be guilty because he knew about the crime and didn’t tell anyone and he told the judge and jury that he didn’t go into the store at all even though he did. Considering Steve was found not guilty, he should be guilty. He knew about the crime and didn’t tell anyone about It. If he thinks he is innocent why didn’t he tell anyone? Steve knew about the crime...
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...The Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge™ Version 2.0 Framework www.theiiba.org Introduction Purpose This document is intended to provide an overview of the framework developed for version 2.0 of the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge™ (BABOK™). Scope The term “scope” is used to mean a number of different things, but two definitions predominate: • Solution scope is the set of capabilities a solution must support to meet the business need. • Project scope is the work necessary to construct and implement a particular solution. When the BABOK refers to “scope”, the solution scope is meant unless we specifically say otherwise. The definition and management of the solution scope is central to business analysis, and differentiates it from project management (which is concerned with the project scope). Key Concepts Business Analysis Business analysis is the set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization, and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals. The BABOK is intended to describe and define business analysis as a discipline, rather than define the responsibilities of a person with the job title of business analyst (which may vary significantly between organizations). Business analysis may be performed by people with job titles such as systems analyst, process analyst, project manager, product manager, developer, QA...
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...https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/470989045/voxskool-music-hub-for-better-health-and-happiness?ref=category VoxSkool Music Hub for better Health & Happiness! by Victoria Beebee 0 backers £0.00 pledged of £20,000 goal 27 days to go Back This Project Remind me This project will only be funded if at least £20,000 is pledged by Mon, Apr 18 2016 3:06 AM AWST. Fleet, UK Music In this day & age we feel worn down by so many daily pressures & emotions. We believe MUSIC is the MEDICINE of NOW! Share: Tweet Share Embed Pin Post Victoria Beebee First created | 0 backed voxskool.com See full bio Contact me Campaign Updates 0 Comments 0 Community Back This Project Remind me About this project Hey, I'm Victoria and I've been singing, writing and performing from a very early age and had a life of touring around the world and releasing my own material, which was amazing to experience with lot's of musicians and respected artists, as well as meeting brilliant every day people who loved the music! About 10 years ago I started to coach kids and adults to sing and express themselves through music, as I realised music has the power to change your mood from negative to positive and really aid in the healing of the mind, body and spirit. So I continued to coach and began gaining lots of new students. Each year we would gather everyone, all ages and cultures together and put on a concert for the local community, often...
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...IMPORTANT VOTER INFORMATION VOTER REGISTRATION • WHEN TO RE-REGISTER: If you have moved since you last registered to vote, wish to change your party registration, or have changed your name, you need to re-register as soon as possible. You must register by October 22, 2012 to be able to vote in the November 6, 2012 Presidential General Election. WHERE TO OBTAIN A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM: Anyone who is eligible to register to vote in California can use the new California Online Voter Registration system. You can find the online process at the Registrar of Voters website at www.sdvote.com. Click on Register to Vote and follow the instructions. Voter registration cards are also available and can be found at Post Offices, Department of Motor Vehicles offices, Library buildings, various City Clerk offices, and the Registrar of Voters office. NOTE: You can check the status of your registration by visiting www.sdvote.com. Follow the prompts to verify your voter registration. VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT • • PERMANENT VOTE BY MAIL VOTER: If you are currently a vote by mail voter, you will automatically receive your mail ballot. To confirm your voting status and see your polling location, review the colored mailing label on the back cover of this pamphlet. If the label indicates you are a permanent mail ballot voter, please do not reapply --- we begin mailing the vote by mail ballots on October 9, 2012. If you do not receive th your ballot by October 18 , please call the Registrar...
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...Cultural Moves AMERICAN CROSSROADS Edited by Earl Lewis, George Lipsitz, Peggy Pascoe, George Sánchez, and Dana Takagi 1. Border Matters: Remapping American Cultural Studies, by José David Saldívar 2. The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture, by Neil Foley 3. Indians in the Making: Ethnic Relations and Indian Identities around Puget Sound, by Alexandra Harmon 4. Aztlán and Viet Nam: Chicano and Chicana Experiences of the War, edited by George Mariscal 5. Immigration and the Political Economy of Home: West Indian Brooklyn and American Indian Minneapolis, by Rachel Buff 6. Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East,1945–2000, by Melani McAlister 7. Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco’s Chinatown, by Nayan Shah 8. Japanese American Celebration and Conflict: A History of Ethnic Identity and Festival, 1934–1990, by Lon Kurashige 9. American Sensations: Class, Empire, and the Production of Popular Culture, by Shelley Streeby 10. Colored White: Transcending the Racial Past, by David R. Roediger 11. Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico, by Laura Briggs 12. meXicana Encounters: The Making of Social Identities on the Borderlands, by Rosa Linda Fregoso 13. Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight, by Eric Avila 14. Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom, by Tiya Miles 15. Cultural Moves: African Americans and the Politics of...
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