...Week two concep This week I used map quest and AAA auto club gas calculator to plan a trip to Alabama. Finding the information was easy and quick it took 5 minutes to figure out the route and how much it would cost. The information I received on the internet was help full it makes thing a lot easier. I could have gotten a map and drawn out the route but that is time consuming. The internet made it quick and easy finding out how far I was driving and the different routes I could take make it great. With map quest it gave me multiple options for places to stay and place to see while I’m on the way there. The website provide links to hotels, car rentals, and gas stations on the way to make the trip go with ease. With the triple A gas calculator is made it easy to put in my car information and how many miles I’m driving to give me an estimate of how much money it will cost me to drive that distance. In the future I will use this site. Ive used this site in the past and will have no problem using it in the future. I can use a map and navigate like that but with the website it makes it easy to see your route and how long it will take to get there. In all the website is a good one for planning a trip or getting directions to a place you might want to...
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...Agency which control the the regulation Social Security Administration for this assignment, it is a federal government agency. 1 Interesting : Am interested in the Revised medical criteria for evaluating mental disoders proposal due to the fact that the Social Security Administration affect the lives of most Americans and proposed changes will impact many citizens. The proposed regulation will not affect me or affect my business, because am into car retailing business and the proposed Social Security regulation does not have direct impact on the retailing business. 2 Proposal/Change A proposal to revise the criteria impairment listings used to evaluate mental disorders in adults and children pursuant to Titles II and IVI of the Social Security Act. This proposal also includes removal of certain sections of the regulations and include them in other sections of the Social Security Administration regulations. The reason for the proposed changes is the result of adjudicative experience and advances in medical knowledge recommended in a commissioned report and comments from experts of the field and the public. 3 Public Comment : As I know a mental disorder child who also receiving Social Security benefits, I am in agreement with the proposed changes. The revision stating that the Social Security Administration will recognize non-physician sources, such as therapists and social workers will be helpful in assisting claimants in the future. As stated in the proposed...
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...University of Phoenix Material Week Two Scenario Leslie was 19 years old, working evening hours at a restaurant and living with her boyfriend, when she learned she was pregnant. As the pregnancy progressed, Leslie had difficulty managing the late hours at work and eventually quit. Thereafter, she became increasingly isolated and suffered from episodes of severe depression. She did not seek any prenatal care. Money was extremely tight, and the mainstay of her diet was inexpensive fast food. She occasionally drank alcohol to escape the stress of her situation. Alexandra was born 3 weeks premature, weighing only 5 lbs., 6 oz., but otherwise, she appeared healthy. Leslie was nervous about caring for the baby and quickly found the demands of childcare overwhelming. Because she wanted her boyfriend to help with feeding, she chose not to breastfeed the baby. The stress of their situation took a toll on the couple’s relationship and they argued constantly. Leslie’s depression worsened and she became increasingly withdrawn. She had little energy for Alexandra, who was often left in her crib for long periods during the day. Alexandra suffered from frequent ear infections and colds. She was fussy and slept poorly. Exhausted herself, Leslie often dozed with headphones on to drown out the baby’s cries. When Alexandra was 2 months old, Leslie realized she needed help and moved back home with her parents. Her mother willingly helped care for Alexandra and established a close...
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...Week 2 Assignment 2 Learning styles and competencies The learning styles and competencies outlined by Merlette in chapter two of Keys to Effective Learning are a way to help distinguish what kind of learning style fits you best. The results I got from these exercises were very surprising. I thought I was going to end up a bodily kinesthetic learner, but after completing the exercises, I found that you are not limited to only one learning style. In fact, according to Howard Gardner, everyone has eight different intelligences. Depending on the person, some of these intelligences are more developed than others. Finding a solid way to study and to do whatever works best for you is key to being effective at learning. After doing the exercises and reading chapter 2, I found that the best way for me to be effective at studying is to stay active. When I am doing school work at home I try to take a break every 30 minutes. Doing this helps me stay focused and not zone out. When I study I like to make flash cards and look at them while I walk my dog. Doing these things makes it easier for me to retain information as a kinesthetic learner. Knowing your abilities and competencies is essential to being proficient in anything you choose to do. If you know your abilities and competencies, you can work on them and practice different exercises to make them further developed. Doing this will help you in a professional environment because if you have confidence and you know what your strengths...
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...1. [Business Organization and Intellectual Property] Phil Young, founder of the Pedal Pushers Company, has developed several prototypes of a pedal replacement for children’s bicycles. The Pedal Pusher will replace existing bicycle pedals with an easy-release stirrup to help smaller children hold their feet on the pedals. The Pedal Pusher will glow in the dark and will provide a musical sound as the bicycle is pedaled. Phil plans to purchase materials for making the product from others, assemble the products at the venture’s facilities, and hire product sales representatives to sell the Pedal Pushers through local retail and discount stores that sell children’s bicycles. Phil will need to purchase plastic pedals and extensions, bolts, washers and nuts, reflective material, and a microchip to provide the music when the bicycle is pedaled. • A. How should Phil organize his new venture? In developing your answer, consider such factors as amount of equity capital needed, business liability, and taxation of the venture. Phil should organize his new venture by proprietorship. With that said he should hire one sales representative. And he could be the other representative. As for the materials they aren’t hard to buy nor are they expensive. Phil is going to take the grunt of the liability but in the beginning stage they are low costs and the risk is not high. • B. Phil is concerned about trying to protect the intellectual property embedded in his Pedal Pusher product idea and...
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...Currently, I approach weekly course reading material in a fairly unconventional way. My weekdays are usually incredibly hectic between my job of working with my clients and my day to day personal life with my children, so finding any quality reading time is hard during the day time hours. I generally have all reading material downloaded to my laptop in advance as we all should so I can get in a bit of reading time during my break time and my clients nap time. The problem with this is, even though it is quiet and my break time, there is still quite a bit of activity going on around me having to deal with small odds and ends, breaking any concentration I have and understanding of the text. I do get a small amount of time in peace when I get home and right before the kids get home after school in which I use to get in some reading and study time. This time is definitely quality time as my concentration is at its greatest and I can get something done. The night hours, usually after dinner, is where things have been really difficult as this is the time where the bulk of my study and reading time is. Thankfully my fiancée has begun to rectify this problem for me (when he is home from work himself) by keeping the kids busy with various things and away from me during this time so I can actually get quite a bit done in peace and...
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...Scott J. Straw Risk Management in Information Technology Security Summer 2014 6/29/14 Week 2 Assignment – Risk Assessment In regards to the projected expansion of bandwidth and storage, I feel I should start by addressing some of the present and future potential risks. There are inherent risks to adding new nodes in the network, and some of these can be mitigated by installing and properly configuring new hardware firewalls and proper installation and configuration of Intrusion Detection Systems. In addition to the new hardware, we will also need an additional system administrator, that is not only qualified for the position, but also needs to pass a background check to ensure he/she is not a threat to the federal government’s data and in turn US Industries as a company. A qualitative risk assessment finds the following risks for the network expansion: QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS SURVEY CATEGORY PROBABILITY IMPACT RISK LEVEL Loss of Data Availability 100 100 100 From DoS/DDoS Attack Loss of data from 100 100 100 Unauthorized access Loss of data from Malware 50 100 50 Loss of data from Fire/Natural Disaster 10 100 10 Stolen/corrupt data From lack of access Controls and improper Configuration 10 100 10 Noncompliance with...
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...Ethics William, Scott Ethics In the case of BP oil the internal factors that “affect” ethics within management started at the very top of BP. In, the beginning its handling of the deepwater horizon spill was a disaster. Bp was involved in a number of projects at the outset of this disaster in an effort to save; money However at the start there was a lack of adequate communication between top level management and the front office. Bp planned to use cement that was much lighter to cap the well and therefore cost less in a cost saving measure greed became a factor. That is an act of poor judgment on any individual in a managerial capacity. Bp from the start did not have a plan on how to go about organizing the cleanup of the spill even after they had been informed that if they would have used the right cement the first time the disaster could have been avoided. Management made many calls that compromised their ethics right from the start not only within the company but also on the jobsite in the way that they went about organizing the cleanup put employs at risk in efforts to make the company look more favorable. In similar incidents BP had been cited in the pass for safety issues. After the clean up BP lead the way in helping the fisherman affected by the spill a subcontractor for BP oil is hiring unemployed fishermen for boom deployment off the cost of Louisiana as part of the response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill (Kelly May 2010). BP oil also set up a fund to help...
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...Week Two Student Guide This week’s topics cover cost concepts including production levels, fixed and variable costs, and the application of cost concepts in making business decisions. The chief concerns of many businesses are revenues and profits, which are often translated into cutting costs. The concept of efficiently utilizing available resources is explored as the readings review demand for resources, fixed and variable costs, and labor productivity and wages. The choice of production level or quantity is affected by the market structure in which a firm is operating. Therefore, the market structure of pure competition is introduced this week to explain how different businesses look at the revenue and cost structures. The topic of cost curves indicates the trade-offs between fixed and variable costs as well as labor and capital. Cost Concepts OBJECTIVE: Identify production level to maximize profits. Resource: Ch. 9 & 12 of Economics Content • Ch. 9: Pure Competition o Four Market Models o Pure Competition: Characteristics and Occurrence o Demand as Seen by a Purely Competitive Seller o Profit Maximization in the Short Run: Total-Revenue–Total-Cost Approach o Profit Maximization in the Short Run: Marginal-Revenue–Marginal-Cost Approach o Marginal Cost and Short-Run Supply o Profit Maximization in the Long Run o Pure Competition and Efficiency • Ch. 12: The Demand for Resources o Significance of...
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...Week Two Student Guide Week Two continues to focus on fundamental concepts and indicators of the macroeconomy. The main topics uncovered for this week include aggregate demand, aggregate supply, the Keynesian Model, and the Classical Model. You have an opportunity to explore these concepts in the Learning Team Weekly Reflection, the Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper, and the discussion topic. Aggregate Demand and Supply Models OBJECTIVE: Analyze the impact of various factors on aggregate demand and supply. Resource: Ch. 10 of Macroeconomics. Content • Ch. 10: “The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model” o The Historical Development of Modern Macro o The AS/AD Model o The Aggregate Demand Curve o The Short-Run Aggregate Supply Curve o The Long-Run Aggregate Supply Curve o Equilibrium in the Aggregate Economy o Why Macro Policy Is More Complicate Than the AS/AD Model Makes It Look OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the effectiveness of changes in fiscal policies using Keynesian and Classical models Resource: Ch. 12 of Macroeconomics. Content • Ch. 12: “Thinking Like a Modern Macroeconomist” o Why It Is Important to Know about Modern Macro Theory o Engineering Models and Scientific Models o From the Keynesian Revolution to Modern Macro Models o A Beginner’s Guide to the DSGE Model o Policy Implications of the DSGE Model o How Relevant Are the Problems? o Modern Macroeconomic...
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...community as much as possible that assist him with his customer base. Many people in the area know Wade through networking the crowd, talking to people in the store, and talking to them on the street. Café Firefly’s warm and friendly atmosphere one can see why it is still open during these hard times. “The front-back organizational form is organized around customers in the front, with all company functions placed at the back to serve the front. The purpose is to provide customers with fast, responsive and customized solutions” (Mintzberg, Lampel, Quinn, & Ghoshal, 2003, p. 238) Customer Service is very important and Wade’s staff makes a conscience effort to know all the regular customers. When one walks in after returning for a few weeks the wait staff gets to know...
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...The Effectiveness of Code Reuse Aaron Gutterman PGR/211 10/25/2013 Ed Torres The Effectiveness of Code Reuse Code reuse in the real world is difficult because it is rare to find code that really is suitable to reuse. Code usually falls just short of doing what you need it to do, and (if it is coming from some external source) it usually comes with licensing tangles that prevent you from just fixing what you need to. Not to mention the business model that is based around providing a product that does the same thing as a competitor's product, but does it a little better. Security of Code Security is a very large concern for anyone who is writing code for a program. When a programmer writes a code for any program they must insure that the program is resistant to attack by malicious or destructive intruders . Secure coding helps protect a user’s data from theft or corruption. If a program is not properly secured it can provide access for an attacker to take control of a server or a user’s computer, resulting in anything from complete program failure to gaining personal information of anyone on a server or connected to the program . Every program is at risk, everyday programs are hacked into and exploited because of the error in the programs coding. On the other hand the level of security and user awareness has also gone up. One system that has seem impenetrable to any attacks is OSX. The reason that Apple has had so much success...
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...Michael Williams 01/24/14 1) The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, commonly called “Sarbox or SOX” is a federal law that set new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards, management and public accounting firms. This act was approved by the House of Representatives by a vote of 423 to 11. This act contains 11 titles or sections, the bill was the creation of two U.S. senators (Paul Sarbane and Michael Oxley) and it was enacted as a result to a number of major scandals accounting and corporate entities. These scandals which cost investors billions of dollars when the share prices of affected companies collapsed shook public confidence in the American securities markets. Now with all that in mind, this act was for everyone but more to protect small businesses because they always seem to get swallowed up when some big company gets caught with their hands in the cookie jar. So as I write this information down, there is no mention of the Mc Donald’s corporation in any of the information I have researched. So that lets me know that Mc Donald’s practices safe financial practices to ensure their stakeholders that they will never get caught up in scandals of corrupt financial dealings. Mc Donald’s has been doing business since 1933 and I’m 48 years of age and never once have I heard of the company practicing dirty or illegal dealings to scare off existing or future investors, clients, customers, or employees. So as I conclude...
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...Welcome to WritePoint, the automated review system that recognizes errors most commonly made by university students in academic essays. The system embeds comments into your paper and suggests possible changes in grammar and style. Please evaluate each comment carefully to ensure that the suggested change is appropriate for your paper, but remember that your instructor's preferences for style and format prevail. You will also need to review your own citations and references since WritePoint capability in this area is limited. NOTE: WritePoint comments are computer-generated writing and grammar suggestions inviting the consideration and analysis of the writer; they are not infallible statements of right/wrong, and they should not be used as grading elements. Also, at present, WritePoint cannot detect quotations or block-quotes, so comments in those areas should be ignored. Please see the other helpful writing resources in the Tutorials and Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence. Thank you for using WritePoint. Although many Americans may believe that marketing credit cards to college students on campus is setting the student up for financial suicide. There are ["There are" is an awkward phrase if "there" is not clearly a location] many advantages to students whom obtain them. I. Obtaining credit cards helps students build credit. A. Your [Eliminate second person (you...
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...ACC/280-Week 2 team assignment- Sandy’s portion (Amounts in millions) What were the company’s two largest current liabilities at the end of its 2 most recent annual reporting periods? Wal-Mart’s two largest current liabilities at the end of its two most recent annual reporting periods were: 2012-Accounts payable totaling $36,608 and Accrued liabilities totaling $18,154. 2011-Accounts payable totaling $33,676 and Accrued liabilities totaling $18,701. Accrued liabilities consisted of the following: Accrued wages and benefits, self-insurance and other. (1)Accrued wages and benefits include accrued wages, salaries, vacation, bonuses and other incentive plans. (2) Self-insurance consists of all insurance-related liabilities, such as workers’ compensation, general liability, vehicle liability, property and employee-related health care benefits. (3) Other accrued liabilities consists of various items such as accrued taxes, maintenance, utilities, advertising, interest, and severance liabilities. What were the company’s total liabilities at the end of its 2 most recent annual reporting periods? The company’s total liabilities at the end of fiscal year 2012 totaled: $62,300. For fiscal year 2011, Wal-Mart’s current liabilities totaled $58,603. Other liabilities that were included in this total were: Accrued income taxes, long-term debt due within one year, Obligations under capital leases due within one year and current liabilities of discontinued operations. ...
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