...Discussion Unit 1 Professional organizations play an invaluable role in industry. Visit the professional organizations listed below and learn about the resources and services that they offer to their members. * Association of Certified Fraud Examiners at http://www.cfenet.com * Institute of Certified Internal Auditors at http://www.theiia.org Discuss the potential benefits of membership in the two professional organizations you visited. Also, discuss opportunities for education and training, and the certifications offered both professional organizations you visited. Answer: The first site that I visited was www.theiia.org. There are many benefits to membership. The site lists and explains the most important. Those are advocacy, career center, bookstore, certification, guidance, knowledge, networking, savings, and training. I found that a lot of these fall under similar definitions such as the knowledge section and bookstore section. I also found that this organization offers many of the same benefits as many other organizations the difference is that this organization is specifically geared toward the auditing profession. The networking advantage is of particular interest to me because I think that is one of the most important things to master in the business world. I also find that the discounts this organization offers for a bookstore is also well worth it as this profession will change often and it may be difficult to keep up without the proper information...
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...Week One Discussion Domains of Rational Expressions The first initial of my first name is G and these are my assigned rational expression on which to base my work: x2-14x+49100x | m2+2m-24m2-3m | The domain of a rational expression is the set of all real numbers except the value/values of the variable that result in division by zero when substituted into the expression. In the Real Number System division by zero cannot be done. There is no number that can be the answer when divided by zero this attempt would be called “undefined.” A denominator cannot be zero since in a rational expression the denominator divides the numerator. In my first expression, I need to set the denominator equal to zero to find my excluded values for x. 100x = 0 x= 0 This is the excluded value for my first expression. The domain (D) for my first expression is the set of all Reals excluding ±0. In set notation, this can be written as D = {w| w ∈ ℜ, w ≠ 0} In my second expression, I need to set the denominator equal to zero to find my excluded values for m. m2-3m= 0 I can simplify m(m-3)=0 Solving for m m= 0, 3 These are the excluded values for my second expression. The domain (D) for my second expression is the set of all Reals excluding ±0,3 . In set notation, this can be written as D = {w| w ∈ ℜ, w ≠ 0,3} Now, both of my expressions have excluded values. In one expression, I have one excluded value because zero times anything gives you zero and can not be in...
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...dicussion Lisa Marie Sinotte Walden Discussion Never events are the kind of events that should never happen in healthcare. These “never events” are defined as preventable adverse events by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (http://www.cms.gov/). Starting in 2008, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services eliminated or reduced payments for certain “never events” (Thornlow & Merwin, 2009). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid requires hospitals to report claims for discharges and whether or not selected conditions were present on admission. If a condition is acquired in a hospital, Medicare will not cover the cost of the acquired condition. This “Pay for Performance” initiative highlights the importance of following performance standards to decrease or eliminate “never events”. Preventing patient falls is a universal issue and a “never event”. Falls, and injuries from falls for hospital inpatients are the most frequent adverse events reported (http://www.nursingworld.org). With global emphasis to provide safe quality care, there in now increased scrutiny and inspection for the assessment of falls. The Joint Commission requires accredited hospitals to conduct fall risk assessments so that prevention methods can be implemented into the patient’s plan of care. The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators allows organizations to compare injury fall rates so that participating hospitals can evaluate the efficacy of their processes, clinical effectiveness...
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...What is free cash flow and how do I calculate it? A summary provided by Pamela Peterson Drake, Florida Atlantic University CONTENTS: Estimates of cash flows .................................................................................................................... 1 Free cash flow ................................................................................................................................. 2 Free cash flow and agency theory .................................................................................................. 3 Free cash flow to equity ................................................................................................................ 3 Free cash flow to the firm.............................................................................................................. 3 Valuation using free cash flow........................................................................................................... 4 Example.......................................................................................................................................... 5 Issues............................................................................................................................................. 6 Online resources for additional information on free cash flow............................................................... 6 The value of a company requires estimating future cash flows to providers of capital...
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...Have you ever talked with a woman, listened to all of her responsibilities, realized she has a million children, has her degree, she seems to be spinning a million plates and is successful at it, can you just imagine? Well, I want this to be me! I want to spin a million plates and be successful at it! Currently I am spinning the plates, just trying to learn the successful part! My name is Jennifer. Most importantly the first thing you need to know about me is that I am a single mother of three amazingly beautiful children. Debbie, who is twenty, is spending her second year as a sophomore in college 7 hours away from home. Addy, who is seventeen and is completing her high school as well as her associate in College and Larry is five, yes, I said five years old! He is my very beautiful, fun, intelligent surprise. We live in a small Scandinavian town called Poulsbo, in Washington State. Although I myself happen to be Mexican, so we stick out just a little. My children are the reason I get up in the morning. It is because I want to better their lives that I have decided to pursue my degree. Although I do own my own business (a Full Service Salon), I feel that in today’s struggling economy, I need something more than the experience of 20 years of owning my own business. If my salon fails me tomorrow, I do not have a certificate that states, “Hey I have amazing experience, Hire me!” I need the educational degree to back this up. I wish all of my fellow peers nothing but the gift...
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...Hey friends, We know there is a lot of excitement in the community surrounding the Lollipop updates for the One, and for good reason. We are just as excited as you are. We never intended to keep you waiting. Unfortunately, we ran into some unexpected roadblocks. First, there was an unforeseen OS signing issue, which has recently been resolved. Our camera module had stability issues on Lollipop, and we had to rebuild it for compatibility. Several other crucial drivers, including our Wi-Fi drivers, also needed to be updated to work flawlessly with the upgrade. Admittedly, it took a little more time than we had planned, but we only release updates that we are proud of; that means refusing to take shortcuts or deliver sub-par experiences. With all of that in mind, here are the official release dates for Android Lollipop on the OnePlus One: CM 12S: The official OTA update for the OnePlus One will be released on or before March 30, 2015 OxygenOS: The official release of our own Lollipop-based ROM will be available for download on or before March 27, 2015 To show you how serious we are about this commitment to our community, we are prepared to put our money where our mouth is. If we miss either one of these deadlines, we will give away five (5) 64GB OnePlus One devices to our fans. Reply to this thread to be eligible. It’s our little way of saying thank you for being patient and for joining us on our journey to create amazing, user-driven experiences. Never...
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...Check for Understanding: Storytelling 1 – Objective 2 Read the selection, and then answer the questions that follow. (1) "It's going to be one of those days," Marek thought to himself as he looked up at the board labeled DEPARTURES. His flight was delayed. He thought back to how the day had begun. When he woke up, the sun had been shining brightly and robins that had built a nest outside his window were chirping loudly. He'd jumped out of bed, anxious to start the first day of his vacation. But he'd tripped over the clothes he'd carelessly dropped on the floor the night before and banged his knee on the closet door. (2) Now he sat at the airport thinking, "I guess I should have known this morning! Maybe it was an omen." He wasn't exactly sure what an omen...
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...StaInstructor’s Manual CASE TEACHING NOTES The Formula One constructors Mark Jenkins 1. Introduction This case enables students to explore sources of competitive advantage using the context of Formula One (F1) motorsport. The case highlights the ways in which three particular F1 teams created four situations of competitive dominance for a sustained period. It allows the students to consider individual teams and the generic issues needed to succeed in this specialised context. The case is organised into five parts. The first is a brief overview designed to give those unfamiliar with F1 some understanding of its history and structure. This is followed by four detailed descriptions of particular periods of dominance by an F1 team. The introduction to the case describes the overall nature of Formula One motorsport and its origins in Europe after World War II. It identifies some of the central aspects of being an F1 constructor, such as the need to generate sponsor revenues through increasingly sophisticated marketing strategies, and also the need to design, develop, manufacture and race open-wheel single-seat racecars. Note: the term ‘constructor’ differentiates F1 from other racing series in which race teams compete with bought-in racecars. F1 constructors are effectively in the business of designing and constructing prototypes – each car being unique to each constructor but within a set of pre-defined rules that cover weight, dimensions and other basic parameters. The...
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...the thieves find him there, and kill him. When his brother does not come back, Ali Baba goes to the cave to look for him, and finds the body, bringing it home. With the help of Morgiana, a clever slave-girl in Kasim's household, they are able to give Kasim a proper burial without arousing any suspicions about his death. The thieves, finding the body gone, realize that somebody else must know their secret, and set out to track him down. The first several times they are foiled by Morgiana, who is now a member of Ali Baba's household, but eventually they are able to ascertain the location of Ali Baba's house. The lead thief pretends to be an oil merchant in need of Ali Baba's hospitality, bringing with him mules loaded with 40 oil jars, one filled with oil, the other 39 with the other thieves. Once Ali Baba is asleep, the thieves plan to kill him. Again, Morgiana discovers and foils the plan, killing the 39 thieves in their oil jars by pouring boiling oil on them. When their leader comes to rouse his men, he discovers that they are dead, and escapes. The lead thief, disguised as a merchant, befriends Ali Baba's nephew (who is now in charge of the late Kasim's business), and is invited to dinner at Ali...
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...when it comes to stealing. They start to think things through instead of just going at it. The striking thing about that scene is that it shows the children enjoying the scene and having fun, while Antoine and his friend are in the corner plotting with evil thoughts, not enjoying the show. 2) One street scene that I found that interested me was at 24 minutes into the movie, after Antoine had left the carnival. While walking with his friend through the streets, he saw the once beautiful place of what was known as Paris (it’s still beautiful, just not as much as before), as well as his mother, while she was making out with a man who wasn’t her husband. Just this scene alone portrays that in the 1950s, Paris wasn’t the best place to be. Although it was pretty, it was also very busy and crowded on the streets. Anything could happen. 3) One scene I found visually stunning was the carnival scene where he was in the spinning ride. Although I may be wrong, but I feel as if the director included that scene to give an insight of how Antoine’s mind is and he's foreshadowing the rest of the film. The spinning of the ride refers to how Antoine is a confused kid just trying to get through. At one point of the ride, he is completely upside down. That is when his life turns for the worse when he’s sent off to boot camp/military school. The end of the ride is him banging on the door with excitement and walking out with a huge smile on his face. That’s foreshadowing how he escapes the camp...
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...Core Huamnities 201 Arabian Nights Universal Themes Images and Techniques Used Arabian Nights, also known as One Thousand and One Nights is a story which revolves around a Persian king who just married a new bride. However, he discovers that his wife was unfaithful and has her executed. As a result, all the women in the kingdom are declared unfaithful. Shahryar (the king) begins to marry a sequence of virgins from the kingdom and has them executed the next morning. In due course, the vizier, who is entitled with the responsibility of providing the virgins, can no longer find any more virgins in the kingdom other than his daughter Scheherazade. She offers herself to be a bride to the king despite objections from her father. On the night of their consummation Scheherazade starts to tell the king a story but does not get to finish it. The king is therefore forced to delay her execution in order to hear the conclusion. On the next night, she tells the king another story and this turns into a series of stories that go on for one thousand and one nights (Haddawy 16). Universal Theme Immortality The Arabian Nights comprises of a sequence of stories which do not have an ending. The passing on of the tales is universally seen as a means of preservation. Scheherazade used the narration of stories as a way to preserve her life she further interwove the endings of the stories with the beginnings of the new stories thus giving them a sense of infinity. She told the stories night after...
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...personify this idea. To better understand the close relationship between his characters, also his major ideas or a theme which appears throughout his stories is Bradbury's imagery. One example of literary devices is personification, which gives non-human things human-like qualities. An example of this is in Bradbury's story The Veldt when Bradbury writes , "Until this day, how well the house had kept its peace. How carefully it had inquired, "who goes there?...
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...Thummim, which represent yes, or no. The old king explains to Santiago that these stones will help guide him along his journey During this conversation, the king tells Santiago, “when you want something, the entire universe conspires to help you achieve it” (Coelho 22). This idea will follow Santiago on his journey and be his inspiration for carrying on. This idea of following your treasure, whatever it is, can be found in all of our lives. It is the story of us, we are the protagonist of our own journey. When Santiago takes off, he is faced with the decision to sell his sheep (everything he owns) and have 100% faith of the unknown. He is faced with changes and decisions that will ultimately shape his entire life forward, much like every one of us. Much like Santiago, we have to have faith that we will reach that treasure, believing in our own fate. The old king explains to Santiago that if he really wants this, the entire universe will conspire to help you achieve it. The universe wants you to find your treasure, it wants you to be happy, that’s what it feeds off it; which is why it is fighting for you. This relates to our lives when we want something with such a deep desire; when you work towards that desire, do you notice that you start to get lucky? The old king describes that as beginner's luck, “Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victors being severely tested.” This started to occur during Santiago's journey, the universe started to...
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...Aladdin is one of the tales in the book One Thousand and One Arabian Nights. There are several moral lessons in the story. The main moral lesson on Aladdin is that its best to be yourself. Greatness and strength comes from within, not from without. Its not whats on the outside that' count; what is important is what's on the inside. The moral of the original Middle-Eastern tale 'Arabian Nights' is that greatness and strength comes from within, not from without. This is demonstrated by Aladdin's bravery and intelligence despite his humble upbringing. In Disney's animated musical version of the story, the writers updated this theme to a single phrase, calling Aladdin a 'diamond in the rough'. There are many differences between the movie and the original tale of Aladdin, because the filmmakers believed that the original had an inappropriate moral message. And I have to agree with this for at least two reasons. First, Aladdin never tells the princess who he really is; he becomes a prince thanks to the jinni, but he never considers telling his wife about who he was before that. The original story doesn’t even mention this. Lying and pretending to be someone else is, indeed, something that should not be promoted in a children’s movie.Then, in the original story I really couldn’t stand the princess, Badr al-Budur. She is naïve, has no personality and no opinion, she does what she is told to, and never asks questions. She is so easily tricked, that she almost gets Aladdin killed...
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... Literary elements refers to aspects or characteristics of a whole text. They are not “used,” per se, by authors; we derive what they are from reading the text. Most literary elements can be derived from any and all texts; for example, every story has a theme, every story has a setting, every story has a conflict, every story is written from a particular point-of-view, etc. In order to be discussed legitimately, literary elements must be specifically identified for that text. Literary techniques refers to any specific, deliberate constructions of language which an author uses to convey meaning. An author’s use of a literary technique usually occurs with a single word or phrase, or a particular group of words or phrases, at one single point in a text. Unlike literary elements, literary techniques are not necessarily present in every text. Literary terms refers to the words themselves with which we identify and describe literary elements and techniques. They are not found in literature and they are not “used” by authors. Allegory: Where every aspect of a story is representative, usually symbolic, of something else, usually a larger abstract concept or important historical/geopolitical event. Lord of the Flies provides a compelling allegory of human nature, illustrating the three sides of the psyche through its sharply-defined main characters. Antagonist: Counterpart to the main character...
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