Essays on Footnotes

A wonderful experience was enjoyed through an art known as Sarasiruha. It was very much like what we have learned from our pages of study, because I believe that it something that is very important, and a sacred tribute to our study, whether the goddess is of every belief or not. It is a sacred art of a people. There are some songs that we have associated with learning. Sir Edward Elgar’s (1837-1934) “Pomp and Circumstance” is played at a graduation ceremony on high school level, and it is always moving. (Composers, 2016). Our ABC song, actually taken ...

Despite great advances in medicine like the vaccine or the external artificial heart, it is easy for forget that all it takes in one microscopic bug to unravel our entire society. This catastrophe is depicted in the 2014 film Contagion. This science fiction thriller follows the events of a global pandemic and the societal effects of a calamity of this scale. Our heroes, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to the World Health Organization (WHO) must race against the incredibly high rate of transmission. The epidemiological process is performed over the course of four months from the first day ...

Final Reflective Portfolio

This paper is a reflection of the skills I have gained in this class. It focuses on four texts and analyses them as indicators of my development as a reader and creator of literary and cultural texts. Three of the analyzed texts were created for this class while the fourth was written for a math class.

Part 1: Texts

The Ultimate Book of Martial Arts Fay Goodman's book entitled The Ultimate Book of Martial Arts is already an entertaining read by itself. However, different parts of the book contain paratextual elements that give it a new meaning and make it a more ...

A Critical Commentary of Chapter 2 in the Book Comparative Legal Traditions In A Nut Shell By Mary Ann Glendon, Paolo Wright-Carozza and Colin Picker. Chapter 2 focuses on the legal structures in civil law jurisdictions as opposed to other legal systems. First, the authors consider the parliamentary system of government that exists in civil law jurisdictions. They also provide a clear definition of what a parliamentary government is and what it entails while contrasting it with the presidential system of government. The chapter reveals the close connection that exists between the parliaments relate with the ‘the government’, which ...

Review on the article “Sexual Exploitation: Prostitution and Organized Crime”

Full reference of the work: Fondation Scelles Group. (2012). Sexual Exploitation: Prostitution and Organized Crime. Retrieved from http://www.fondationscelles.org/en/prostitution/prostitution-by-countryhttp://www.fondationscelles.org/pdf/rapport_mondial/sexual_exploitation_prostitution_Fondation_Scelles.pdf

The article of the Fondation Scelles Group (2012) is against prostitution, and considers prostituion as sexual exploitation in whichever cultural, economic or political contexts. The article gave overview of the prostitution globalization, commoditization and trivialization. Global prostitution is possible because it surpasses borders since human go from one country to another so as to perchance sex or practice prostitution. Some people leave their country with the hope of a better opportunity but were caught by traffickers who exploit them around the ...

Should operational leases be involved in the accounting statements or should they be excluded; case study of an airline industry.

Introduction to research topic and main research question Significant restructuring of airline industries (such as Air China and Emirates) has brought along desirable increase in acquisition of aircrafts and other assets through leasing. The challenge at hand is whether the lease ought to be treated as an operating lease, a finance lease or should be excluded in the accounting all together. Throughout the airline industry internationally, the airlines comprehensively use operating leases for engines, aircraft, fly facilities and airport facilities. Operating leases is a form of off-balance sheet financing because traditionally the accounting standards did not require entities to ...

The importance of accounting analysis was emphasized in the Chapter 3. The authors stated that disclosures of the financial statements are made on the basement of accounting analysis. Also, they noted that understanding of accounting information collected helps use the financial information more effectively.

Chapter 3 of the book highlights three important concepts namely: factors influencing the quality of financial reports based on accounting analysis, the drivers of accounting choices, and incentives of the managers that should be considered when making the financial reports. According to Sarbanes-Oxley Act, CEO, CFO, Board of Directors ...

Part III - Secondary Source Analysis: Scholarly Articles

1.Reacquainting yourself with your research questions

It is always helpful for researchers to refresh their memories before picking up their research again. Before you begin locating secondary sources, go back into Part II (access using the blue submission link in the upper right corner) and cut and paste your research questions here so that you have them on hand. Also, copy any comments from your instructor or teaching assistant.

2.Reacquainting yourself with your thesis statement

Before you begin locating secondary sources, go back into Part II (access using the blue submission link in the upper right corner) and cut and paste your first revised thesis statement here so that ...

1.a. The Good Housekeeping seal is a benchmark for the consumers who shop for the regular goods needed at home and are not clear and confused regarding the products quality they purchase, and if they do not how to relate the products with various brands. The consumers who are young married women in their twenties and early thirties, with young children will attend to the Seal in product advertisements as they are still learners in shopping and the seal provides them with an opportunity to experiment. Older married women would not attend to the seal in product advertisements as they ...

Welcome to Part IV of the Research Assignment for HIST 105. In Part IV, you will locate one additional book to investigate the historical roots of your contemporary issue, continue to refine your thesis statement, create a bibliography for your essay, learn the difference between bibliographic and footnote citations, and draft an outline of your essay. After you've completed Part IV, your instructor or your teaching assistant will offer comments on your work and perhaps assign a rough draft of your essay/paper.

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Each database search in the assignment (e.g., Lexis-Nexis) is demonstrated for you in a short video tutorial on the ...

Recently, I made a decision to buy an iPhone, and then set out to find more information on the product, before I could enter into the purchase decision process. The information was gathered from friends, relatives, company website, and search engines. Most important source of information was obtained from the consumer reports that scale the product between 1 to 5, 1 being the least favorable, and 5 being excellent. Consumer behavior is influenced by environmental and marketing factors, the situation, personal and psychological factors, family, and culture .

The product information gathering process proved beneficial, as I got to compare ...

The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles – GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards – IFRS are the set of standards used in various countries. GAAP is generally followed in the US while the IFRS was established in 2001 and is used in most countries around the world for financial reporting. GAAP is mainly based on rules while IFRS mainly relies on principles. Albeit the functioning philosophy and viewpoint behind both GAAP and IFRS is quite similar there are several key differences which are explained in this paper. The first difference is with respect to inventory costing as the LIFO ...

The difference between both the methods of measuring inventory is the way in which the cost of goods sold is calculated. A company ideally does not keep a track of every single piece of incoming and outgoing goods hence it is required to calculate the inventory at the end of an accounting period. There are two methods of calculating the inventory that is FIFO and LIFO. Fifo means first in first out, so whatever goods come in first are sold in the same order. Hence the goods that were purchased last will remain in the inventory. In case of LIFO, ...

Balance Sheet:a)What components of stockholders' equity do each of the companies disclose?

Referring to the balance sheet of both the companies, below is the information relating to stockholder equity: Meiji Holdings: The company during 2013, has total stockholder equity of $3242.84 Million with the components of stockholder equity as follows: - Common Stock(Authorized and Issued) - Capital Surplus - Retained Earnings - Treasury Stock(at cost)

General Mills Inc:

Noted from the balance sheet of the company for the year 2013, the total stockholder equity of the company was reported to be $3242.84 Million with the component of stockholder equity as follows: - Common Stock(par ...

Can you please ensure that the referencing conforms with the OSCOLA standard (available at http://www.legalcitation.ie/page5/files/OSCOLA%20Ireland%202011.pdf

· Can you please ensure that all web links in the footnotes work, and lead the reader to the correct cite

· Can you please use English Ireland or English UK as the default language (as distinct from English US) What I need that those points has to be solved within 18 hours. Please as my submission day is Thursday. also I do not want you to change anything in the piece of the paper just make sure from what I ask for, also I would like you to add Hyperlinks in the footnotes and the reference

Acknowledgement

The preparation of this thesis would ...

Financial Analysis: Microsoft

Introduction: For the purpose of the project and adhering to the requirements, we have selected Microsoft Corporation as the company to be analyzed. The company is a renowned name in the computer industry around the globe and is listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol of ‘MSFT’. Headquartered in Washington, the company is primarily involved in manufacturing and distributing of computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker in terms of revenue and is also one of the most valuable companies in the world. Below are some of the products of Microsoft ...

In the article, State Actors in an International Definition of Terrorism from a Human Rights Perspective, Bruce Broomhall suggests that the way terrorism is defined currently may be insufficient to fully encapsulate the intricate aspects of the activities that occur under the title of “terrorism.” The article highlights the principles of international humanitarian law as it pertains to terrorism on an international level, rather than domestic. According to Broomhall, terrorism consists of acts such as hostage taking, genocide, war crimes, and the indiscriminate targeting of civilian individuals in an attempt to make a large impact or bring attention to the cause ...

Balance sheet review

These companies disclose the several components in the stockholder’s equity. The first component disclosed by Merck & Co. Inc. is common stock. The second component is paid in capital for the company. The third component for Merck & Co. Inc. is retained earnings which are valued at $ 39,985,000. The first item for Novartis International AG is comprehensive income of $ 8,624,000. The other items are equity based compensation, dividends and changes in non-controlling interests (Walter, 2012). These companies have preferred stock. The special feature for Merck & Co. preferred stock is that it is convertible to ordinary stock. ...

The Pulitzer and Nation Book Critics Circle Award winning book, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is not an easy read. Although a fictional novel, it is based upon history and set in New Jersey where the author, Junot Diaz grew up. It is not just the story of Oscar de Leon, referred to as Oscan Wao, a “Getto Nerd” in search of his personal Grail for a “pure and unadulterated love;” it spans three generations and two cultures. It calls up Dominican-American history in a way that can be stark, brutal, lush, tragic and comedic. It refers back to the “fuku ...

Introduction

Barbara Ehrenreich wrote “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” from her perspective as undercover journalist. The book sets out to explore 1996 welfare reform act impact on working poor in America. The purpose of this paper is to preview this classic book by considering its front cover, back cover, date of publication, table of contents, notes and bibliography, and author’s information. The book’s front cover features a waitress. She actually gives a disturbed look over her shoulder. Thus, this indicates the difficulties that the working poor face. I think the book will not have humor ...

Part One

According to Gardner (1999) plagiarism is the act of using someone else’s words (and work) as if the words are your own words. Most universities have strict rules against plagiarism and in desperate attempt to warn students and staff against plagiarism, the universities strive to make their students and staffs understand the meaning of plagiarism proficiently. However, there are several ways through which plagiarism can be avoided. In his article, Gardner (1999) suggests that plagiarism can be avoided through rephrasing whereby one expresses information in his or her own words before proceeding to properly acknowledge the source of ...

Article Comparison Essay

The author has used the application of paragraphs in the two articles differently. In article B, the use of paragraphs does not have indentation. The paragraphs are separated by double spaces. The first article A, all paragraphs are indented. Paragraphs in the second article are composed of as little as one sentence. In writing formal work, a paragraph consists of a minimum of three to four sentences. Paragraphs need to be detailed in explaining the main idea presented in the topic sentence of the paragraph. In the first article, the paragraphs are more detailed and present more information on the idea ...

This is a document published by Securities and Exchange Commission of US. It provides an interpretation of what accountants are supposed to do as they discharge their duties. It provides answers to questions commonly asked in Revenue Recognition in Financial statements as a new feature added to topic 13. Staff accounting bulletin are not regulations or the interpretation from the commission. This document provides the procedure used by Division of Corporation Finance and the Office of Chief Accountant in carrying out disclosure which are requirements of Federal securities laws. This document is a revision in order to deal with materials ...

A business I would love to open

The dream of owning a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company has lived in me for quite long. With an understanding of the focal position that BPO holds in the current free trade movement, it is only logical that I become part of this pertinent global movement in an outsourcing field. I envision owning a BPO firm operating both onshore and offshore and specializing in the provision of finance and accounting services, including tax collection, tax preparation and billing among others. I underscore the importance of team play in such a line of business. In this regard, it is inevitable that the management ...

Andrew Fastow, Enron’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), devised two limited partnerships in 1999 – the LJM Cayman, LP (LJM1) and LJM Co-Investment LP (LJM2). The underlying purpose for this scheme was to buy back the stocks and stakes of Enron that were performing badly and in this way improve the appearance of the company’s financial statements. These partnerships were formulated exclusively to operate as independent equity investors intended for the special purpose entities that were being exploited by Enron (Bratton 31). Special purpose entities (SPEs) were utilized by Enron to finance and deal with risks related with particular ...