...Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer employing 550 people with projected annual earnings of $46 million. The company is wholly owned by Riordan Industries, a Fortune 1000 enterprise with revenues in excess of $1 billion. Its products include plastic beverage containers produced at its plant in Albany, Georgia, custom plastic parts produced at its plant in Pontiac, Michigan, and plastic fan parts produced at its facilities in Hangzhou, China. The company's research and development is done at the corporate headquarters in San Jose. Riordan's major customers are automotive parts manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, the Department of Defense, beverage makers and bottlers, and appliance manufacturers. History The company was founded by Dr. Riordan, a professor of chemistry, who had obtained several patents relative to processing polymers into high tensile strength plastic substrates. Sensing the commercial applications for his patents, Dr. Riordan started Riordan Plastics, Inc. in 1991. Initially, the company's focus was on research and development and the licensing of its existing patents, but in 1992 Dr. Riordan obtained venture capital which he used to purchase a fan manufacturing plant in Pontiac, MI. At that time, the company's name was changed to "Riordan Manufacturing, Inc." In 1993, the company expanded into the production of plastic beverage containers when it acquired a manufacturing plant in Albany, GA. The company's most recent expansion...
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...Financial Reporting Problem, Part 1 XACC 290 University of Phoenix Annual report is an important accounting tool as it helps the company to attract investors by providing investors and shareholders important details about the financial condition of the company. The annual report contains financial information in the form of income statement, cash flow statement, and balance sheet. This paper will analyze information contained in income statement and balance sheet of Walt Disney Company. The important financial parameters to be discussed in this paper include total assets, revenue, accounts payable, net income, current assets etc which help in determining the financial health of the company. Walt Disney’s total assets at the end of most recent accounting period, 2013, are $81,241 million which have increased from the year 2012 when the total assets were $74,898 million (Walt Disney, 2014). The assets are important aspect of balance sheet since they help the investors and creditors to forecast company’s future in the upcoming years which hugely influence their decision of whether to work with the company or not. Assets also help the company to make proper strategies since company with surplus asset can spend extra funds on advertisement and marketing or any other business activity. Assets also help the company to overcome their liabilities. Shareholders also look at the assets to decide whether to retail or sell company shares. As far as cash and cash equivalents...
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...Tracy Bundage American Intercontinental University Unit 2 Individual Project MKTG 205 – Principles of Marketing October 14,2012 Abstract To be successful companies know how to adapt to a continuously changing market place. Marketing managers practice the art of market oriented strategic planning, processing and managing a viable fit between organizations, skills and resources on its changing market opportunities. The aim of strategic planning is to shape the company’s business, products, services and messages so that we achieve targeted profits and continued growth. Marketing Strategy for Big Mo’s Diner As we all know a company cannot serve all customers in the restaurant business. The customers will be to numerous and diverse in their taste for food and dining. The company’s approach is to identify the market segments it can serve effectively. In the next few paragraphs we will examine the different levels of segmentation, market segmentation and bases for segmenting consumer and business markets. So what is segmentation? Marketing segmentation is a way of dividing consumers into groups based on their coming needs and seeing how they will respond similarly to your marketing strategy. Once the marketer had identified its market segment, it then has to decide how many markets to target and which ones. In the food business you want to target all markets because we are serving food, therefore a mass marketing approach would be ideal for Big Mo’s Diner. Our...
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...Individual Focus on Application Systems of linear equations are categorized as algebraic equations to where each of the terms is a constant or is the product of the constant and variable. Linear equations regularly appear throughout a lifetime in common situations, because many of measurable quantities are considered proportional within other quantities and have a relation linearly. A simple way of understanding the linear system is to say that it is a collection of linear equations that involve a same set of variables. The simplest form by definition in linear system would be y=mx+b. Each of the letters m and b are the constants in the equation, with m referring to the slope of the equation on the x/y plane and is is the point where the line hits the y-axis. A general form of linear equation is not normally defined to constrain an equation with two variables. An example would be x+z+y+w=3 would be considered a linear equation, but z+x+xy=3 would not due to the xy come in second order. A system of linear equations must be solved at the same time to ensure a point where the two lines will cross the x/y plane graphically. Linear equations are used in our society on a daily basis more often then we believe the complexity would be used. For example, computer programs are developed to be the ultimate equation solvers in times where numbers of configuration become larger that human calculation poses time for. Computer games and software are another great example of...
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...Before the film was played, the executive producer Kenneth L. Hunter and the co-producer Hakan Berberoglu made some brief introduction about Love is a Verb. In my opinion, Berberoglu is a better speaker compare with Kenneth, Berberoglu told us some story about him and the film with very specific example, made others feel it’s vivid, and he also involved audiences to answer question by hand up our hand. Because of him, I feel the film should be interesting, and then the film started. The whole film was related to a beloved teacher Fethllah Gulen, I have to admit when I first saw his image, and I don’t feel he is such a great person, conversely, he looked quite formidable. But my mind totally changed at the end of the film. He is the greatest person, he definitely deserve the name of “one of the most influential leaders in the world in 2013”. For me, the most impressive part of the film started with a boy talked in good English and described his own thought of his future in a safe and clean school. Then the camera moved to the other situation that numerous of people were suffering from the war, at this time, Gulen brought several teachers with him to that battle, by risking their life to build school. That sounded ridiculous for many people, why bother to teach when people when they cannot even solve the food and shelter problem. But Gulen said they have to come and teach refugees to love and learn, so that they won’t be carried away by hatred, so that they will have the meaning...
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...INTRODUCTION TO DEVEOPMENTAL DELAY Introduction and Definition As a child grows and develops, he learns different skills, such as taking a first step, smiling for the first time, or waving goodbye. These skills are known developmental milestones. A child with a developmental delay does not reach these milestones at the same time as other children the same age. There are five main groups of skills that make up the developmental milestones. A child may have a developmental delay in one or more of these areas. • Gross motor: using large groups of muscles to sit, stand, walk, run, etc., keeping balance, and changing positions. • Fine motor: using hands and fingers to be able to eat, draw, dress, play, write, and do many other things. • Language: speaking, using body language and gestures, communicating, and understanding what others say. • Cognitive: Thinking skills including learning, understanding, problem-solving, reasoning, and remembering. • Social: Interacting with others, having relationships with family, friends, and teachers, cooperating, and responding to the feelings of others. Usually, there is an age range of several months where a child is expected to learn these new skills. Some skills need to be developed before new skills can be learned. For instance, children must learn to crawl before they can walk. If the normal age range fro walking is 9 to 15 months, and a child still isn’t walking by 20 months, this would be considered a developmental...
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...1. The term Zodiac refers to C) a group of constellations lying near the ecliptic. ----------- 2. You have just won 100 million dollars on that hit TV survival show ``Astronomy Midterm No. 1''. How much money is this? A) \$10$^8$ ----------- 3. In current scientific opinion, Stonehenge is considered to have been D) an astronomical observatory. ----------- 4. You have just won $10^4$ dollars on that hit TV survival show ``Astronomy Midterm No. 1''. How much money is this in real money? C) \$10,000 ----------- 9. Most Greek astronomers believed that the Earth is immobile because they did not observe E) parallaxes for the stars. ----------- 14. Sunspots were discovered by C) Galileo. ----------- 15. Aristarchus argues E) for a heliocentric universe. ----------- 16. The higher the frequency of light B) the shorter (smaller) its wavelength. ----------- 17. Aristarchus estimated the relative distances to the Sun and Moon by observing the A) angle between the half Moon and the Sun in the sky. ----------- 18. The smaller the wavelength of light A) the larger its frequency. ----------- 19. The difference in the lengths of shadows simultaneously cast by identical sticks placed vertically in the ground at two different points on a meridian indicates that D) the...
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...Self-Assessment There are many ways to document professional development. The way that I would document any goals to improve myself professionally would be to use a chart/ calendar system. This will give me the opportunity to visually map out my expectations and leave room for any adjustments. I will also always be on the lookout for any workshops, team building opportunities, shadowing other colleagues, and making sure that I am using these tools to be exceptional for my evaluation and my students. 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteous, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. Professional Literature I would utilize a reading log to demonstrate that I am staying current with educational research and educational trends. This log will incorporate the old trends and how the trends have been modified or totally omitted. Majority of this work would happen during summer break. Reading journals, reading books by education specialists, and also reading the updates on the standardized tests will keep an educator up to date on education. It is also good to read children’s magazines and journals. This will keep you up with what is going on in your, “Students world”. You will be in tuned to the latest entertainment, fashion, and slang for the new school year. Proverbs1:5 Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain...
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...IT205 Week 1 Review Quiz Instructions: Please place your name and the name of the class where indicated and place your answers where required. Once completed the Quiz should be uploaded to your Assignment Forum. Please make every effort not to change the formatting of this Quiz. Thank you. Name_____________________________ Class______IT205______________________________ TRUE/FALSE. Type 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false. 1) Information technology (IT) consists of all the hardware that a firm needs to use in order to achieve its business objectives, whereas information systems consist of all the hardware and software needed. 1) ____F___ 2) A business model describes how a company produces, delivers, and sells a product or service to create wealth. 2) ____T___ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 3) In choosing the best solution for a business problem, one of the most important considerations is: 3) __C_____ A) outcome measurement. B) change management. C) existing resources and skills. D) employee training. TRUE/FALSE. Type 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is...
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...CRT Capstone Checkpoint In this class I have learned that how to critically think when going through my everyday life activities. Thinking critically will affect me in my every day future activities such as reading, writing and processing information. In reading my new found skills will allow me to analyze different claims in arguments. I will be able to find truths and identify deeper meanings in individuals writing. In my writing critical thinking will enhance my persuasive writing. Knowing different rhetorical devices and fallacies will ensure that I do not use them in my writing, thus making sure that my papers use sound and valid arguments. As currently I am taking my COM 150 class and I find that my expository essay has enhanced as this class goes on. My reasoning in clearer, and more importantly it assisted in my research. In my research for this paper critical thinking assisted with how I processed information from different websites. I was able to take the information presented and decipher the sound form the weak articles. In speaking about articles you can apply critical thinking skills when reading these articles. Applying these skills would mean deciphering what you are reading. Finding claims, and detecting where the information is supported with deductive or inductive logic. In advertising and the media they tend to be the biggest culprits of rhetorical devices. Critical thinking will enlighten you to these devices and allow you to determine whether or not...
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...IS SIMPLE SQL Practice Questions * Remember that Access is not case-sensitive * Make sure that you add quotations for anything other than the ones defined as numbers * It is recommended that you don’t keep any space between words when naming fields * Check your spelling and commas before you run a query * Always uniquely identify a field name by adding some part of the table name to it 1. Find the name of the student with student ID 124 2. Find the name of the student with student ID 124 or 125 3. Find the name of the students majoring in MIS 4. List the name of all the students 5. List the name of all the Distinct Students 6. List all the faculty phone numbers 7. Find the course description and credit hours for BUS 172 8. Find the GPA of the student who has a name like Henry 9. Find the name ID and GPA of the student whose name is John Smith and who lives in Mohammedpur 10. Find the name of the student who has ID 123 or who has GPA 4 11. Find out the Average GPA of all the students 12. Count the total number of students in the database 13. Calculate total enrollment for offerings 14. List all the MIS courses 15. Find out the name of all the students whose last name is smith 16. Find the name of the course with the highest enrollment 17. Find the student with highest GPA 18. Find out the name of the student with GPA 4 or Living in Mohammedpur or lastName Smith or Student ID 123 or GPA...
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...Packet Tracer – Who Hears the Broadcast? Topology Objectives Part 1: Observe Broadcast Traffic in a VLAN Implementation Part 2: Complete Review Questions Scenario In this activity, a 24-port Catalyst 2960 switch is fully populated. All ports are in use. You will observe broadcast traffic in a VLAN implementation and answer some reflection questions. Part 1: Observe Broadcast Traffic in a VLAN Implementation Step 1: Use ping to generate traffic. a. Click PC0 and click the Desktop tab> Command Prompt. b. Enter the ping 192.168.1.8 command. The ping should succeed. Unlike a LAN, a VLAN is a broadcast domain created by switches. Using Packet Tracer Simulation mode, ping the end devices within their own VLAN. Based on your observation, answer the questions in Step 2. Step 2: Generate and examine broadcast traffic. a. Switch to Simulation mode. © 2013 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public. Page 1 of 2 Packet Tracer - Who Hears the Broadcast? b. Click Edit Filters in the Simulation Panel. Uncheck the Show All/None checkbox. Check the ICMP checkbox. c. Click the Add Complex PDU tool, this is the open envelope icon on the right toolbar. d. Float the mouse cursor over the topology and the pointer changes to an envelope with a plus (+) sign. e. Click PC0 to serve as the source for this test message and the Create Complex PDU dialog window opens. Enter the following values: Destination IP Address:...
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...Operating Systems and Windows What is an Operating System? •The most important program that runs on your computer. It manages all other programs on the machine. •Every PC has to have one to run other applications or programs. It’s the first thing “loaded”. Operating System •It performs basic tasks, such as: •Recognizing input from the keyboard or mouse, •Sending output to the monitor, Operating System •Keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and •Controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. Is There More Than One Type of OS? •Generally, there are four types, based on the type of computer they control and the sort of applications they support. 1.Single-user, single task This type manages the computer so that one user can effectively do one thing at a time. Types of Operating Systems 2. Multi-user, multi-task Allows two or more users to run programs at the same time. Some operating systems permit hundreds or even thousands of concurrent users. Types of Operating Systems 3. Real Time Operating Systems RTOS are used to control machinery, scientific instruments, and industrial systems. There is typically very little userinterface capability. Resources are managed so that a particular operation executes precisely the same every time. Types of Operating Systems 4. Single-user, Multi-tasking This is the type of operating system most desktops and laptops use today. Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s MacOS are both examples...
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...In sociology, the iron cage is a term coined by Max Weber for the increased rationalization inherent in social life, particularly in Western capitalist societies. The "iron cage" thus traps individuals in systems based purely on teleological efficiency, rational calculation and control. Weber also described the bureaucratization of social order as "the polar night of icy darkness".[1] The original German term is stahlhartes Gehäuse; this was translated into "iron cage", an expression made familiar to English language speakers by Talcott Parsons in his 1930 translation of Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.[2] This translation has recently been questioned by certain sociologists and interpreted instead as the "shell as hard as steel".[2][3] Weber wrote: “ | In Baxter’s view the care for external goods should only lie on the shoulders of the 'saint like a light cloak, which can be thrown aside at any moment.' But fate decreed that the cloak should become an iron cage."[4] | ” | Weber became concerned with social actions and the subjective meaning that humans attach to their actions and interaction within specific social contexts. He also believed in idealism, which is the belief that we only know things because of the meanings that we apply to them. This led to his interest in power and authority in terms of bureaucracy and rationalization. Rationalization and bureaucracy[edit] Weber states, “the course of development involves… the bringing in of calculation...
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...Ethics Case Study Stacey HCS/335 September 22, 2011 Dr. Lawrence Fergus Ethics Case Study The purpose of this paper is to discuss a hypothetical case analysis involving Dr. Williams’ office assistant Jerry McCall. Jerry was in the office answering phones while the receptionist was at lunch when he received a call from a patient who stated he had an urgent need for a prescription called into the pharmacy. The patient was leaving town within minutes and needed the medication prior to catching his flight. The paper will discuss Jerry’s qualifications to write prescription medications. The doctrine of respondeat superior and how it applies to Jerry in this situation is discussed. Problem-solving methods and major legal and ethical issues that would be helpful in Jerry’s decision making are also conferred. Scope of Practice Jerry McCall is Dr. Williams’ office assistant. He is received training as both a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and a Medical Assistant (MA). However, according to the scope of practice of both an LPN and MA, neither is permitted to write prescriptions and call them into the pharmacy (Fremgen, B., 2009). An MA’s scope of practice does not allow for them to write, refill, or call in prescription medications under any circumstances. This practice does not fall within their scope of practice and doing so would be unethical and illegal. Writing prescriptions is not in the scope of practice of an LPN and therefore Jerry should not write this prescription...
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