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Discussion 1: Financial statements are a product of the accounting cycle.  Think about two different companies: a manufacturing company, and a retail company.  Why would different companies have different accounting cycles?  Would you expect the steps of the accounting cycle to be the same for each company? Why, or why not? Discussion 2: What is the purpose of a bank reconciliation?  What are the reasons for differences between the cash reported in the accounting records, and the cash balance in the bank statements? 

I attached the actual document with the assignment (option 2) and the instructions for format, ect.   The Federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education reform law (which was signed into law January 8, 2002) ties federal aid for the schools to the school system meeting academic standards and adhering to policies set by the federal government. Prepare a report for your Congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives in which you-discuss the impact of this legislation on your local school system-present your recommendation for what should or needs to be done-AND detail a direct request for some specified action. To find out who your representative is, go to and follow the directions. ****I am in dade city florida  Use information available at:  US Department of Education NCLB  Education Commission of the States (a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization with the mission to facilitate the sharing of education information among the states) (search NCLB),  The American Federation of Teachers (the teachers\’ union) (search NCLB  The Formal Report assignment is a formal business report and should follow the conventions as presented in Chapter 12: Writing Reports and Proposals and Chapter 13: Completing Reports and Proposals. In other words, use these chapters of the text as your style guide! Other valuable resources located in your text are Appendix A: Format and Layout of Business Documents, and Appendix B: Documentation of Report Sources. Use graphics (tables, charts, pictures, etc.) to assist you in illustrating your findings. Remember, there is some real validity in the phrase, a picture is worth a thousand words. Make certain to refer back to the section in Chapter 12 on Producing and Integrating Visuals as you prepare your report. Your report will be graded for: content, format, style, writing mechanics, and spelling. For this report you will want to include: PREFATORY PARTS  Title page  Letter or memo of transmittal. (Depending on which option you pick, you will need a letter or a memo. Letters go to individuals external to your organization, and memos are for internal correspondence.)  Table of contents and list of illustrations  Executive summary or synopsis (In academic writing, this is called an abstract.) BODY/TEXT  Introduction (must include problem/purpose, scope, background, limitations, organization)  Body (this is where you present your findings, discuss them, and interpret them, and what do you recommend).  Close (what where the key points? This is your call to action, what you want done.) GBA 321 Formal Report Instructions 3 SUPPLEMENTARY  Appendix, if needed (material referred to but not included in the text which you want your audience to see)  References (listing of your sources) Some FAQs about the Formal Report: How long should it be? To cover the assignment, you should plan on needing 4-6 pages of text. This is really not very long if you include pictures and graphics in your report (strongly encouraged). What format should be used? Typically use one-inch margins all around, single-spaced. Use the reference material in the appendices located in the back of the textbook for guidance regarding format. Pages need to be numbered (note the conventions for prefatory pages) and can go either at the bottom or top of the page. Use a font size of between 10 and 12 for the text. Use headers!! Why is it single-spaced? Increasingly readers are reading documents online or at least on a computer screen. Singlespaced is standard business format. Double-spaced is not as easy to read. Remember, the idea is to make the document accessible so the reader reads it! Reader accessibility is also why this report needs to be a single document and not assorted pieces. How do I cite materials? The standard for business is APA format. Use the reference material in the appendices located in the back of the textbook for in-text citation and list of reference formats. Good online sources for citing Internet materials in APA format can be found at APAStyle.org 

Please work on the following tasks.(1) Visit  (2) Go to \”Newsroom\”(3) Go over \”Press Release\”(4) Summarize one or two Disney\’s newest strategies (strategic moves) being announced and implemented.  You do not need to use technical terms to name the strategies you found.  Rather, you should summarize a few critical strategic moves of Disney or Basic strategic approaches of Disney.  You may find overview of the strategy, why Disney is doing the strategy (Goals of the strategy), why it is critical for Disney (For their products, market share, new entry, differentiation, or globalization).   By the way, did you find any outcome???This is a free writing assignment (However, you may have to write about 3 and 4 paragraphs to make your summary sufficient!).  Do not worry about format!  I want to know how seriously you researched and analyzed, ok?Now, one suggestion to every student.  If you have factual information of a strategic move, you will argue based on the factual information as much as you can.  Then, you should start expanding the arguments with your knowledge, experiences, educated guesses, similar cases, or even imagination!  Strategists and consultants will have only so much information to develop or evaluate strategies.   Under such serious uncertainty, we have occasions to rely on our knowledge, experiences, educated guesses, similar cases, or imagination to develop best possible strategies.  If we have all factual information, we may not need strategists or consultants any more….  Thinking like a strategist requires not only information literacy and analytic skills but also sufficient knowledge, experience, intuitions, and imagination.I have told you that there would not be a definite answer in strategy.  So, try to expand any arguments as much as you can!  This is the training to become strategic!  Freely thinking based on factual information is fun!  That is why I said you should enjoy assignments!!!  I experienced that what we can really use is trained ability, not memorized knowledge.    Enjoy developing yourself!

Assignment 1: Characteristics of the Various Market Structures The market structures influence how price and output decisions are made by the firms in their respective structure. In all market structures, one of the primary goals is to maximize profits or minimize losses. One of the major differences between these market structures is how price and output decisions are made, which in turn depends on the characteristics of each market structure. There are four market structures: Perfect competitionMonopolistic competitionOligopolyMonopoly Tasks: Using Template A, construct a table that describes the various characteristics of each market structure. Identify a firm for each of these market structures and explain why each firm belongs in the market structure identified. Using Microsoft Excel, construct a graph for each of the market structures and explain how price and output decisions are made in each structure and how they differ. How is marginal analysis used in the price and output decisions of firms in the various market structures? Template A:   Perfect Competition Monopolistic Competition Oligopoly Monopoly   Number of Firms         Pricing Decisions         Output Decisions           Profit         Demand Curve         Ease of Entry         Product Differentiation         Deliverables: Prepare a 5-10 page Microsoft Word document that includes the tasks noted above and meets APA standards.Include a summary section in your report that contains5-7 bullet points identifying your major findings or conclusions of your paper. Submit this report as your initial post in the W4, Assignment 1 Discussion Area by Week 4, Day 3.Continue your discussions until the end of the week by commenting on at least two other submissions by your peers, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each post. All submissions must be original and all resources must be acknowledged.

Self-Defense/Defense of Others and the Bible The Castle Doctrine states that you have the right to protect your home and family while inside your residence. That means specifically that if you are in your home and intruder helps him/her self in, you have the right to use deadly force. Some states list that you can only be covered by the Castle Doctrine in cases of deadly force “ONLY if it is absolutely Necessary”, while other states such as Florida have removed that piece. “ (Gardner & Anderson, 2015). . The Stand Your Ground Laws are designed more for your protection in a public setting away from your home. Stand Your Ground states “(Gardner & Anderson, 2015). Not every state has a specific Castle Doctrine or a Stand Your Ground Law. I live in North Idaho; this is one of the states that has a series of statutes that claim the same defense as the Castle Doctrine instead. Additionally, Idaho does not have a law that claims you must retreat before using deadly harm either, therefore it is assumed in court similar standards as Stand Your Ground.               Self Defense in the Bible can be just as confusing as todays laws. We see for most of the old testament that rulers and kings had all the power and the common people could do little too nothing to protect themselves from government oppression. However, we can read in the book of Ezekiel how important life blood is to the Lord. … .” ( ESV). The principle could not be more clear: you must protect your life and the lives of others.               I believe the question of whether it is acceptable or moral to save your own life at the expense of another is a matter of the heart. Those who are inherently selfish would not think twice about saving their own life before another. However, there are others that would not even consider their own life before saving the life of another. Christ sets an example for all when he freely gave up his life at the cross and died for all of us. Was it worth it? He was teaching his father’s ways, preforming miracles, feeding the hungry, serving the pour and saving lives on a daily basis, some would argue he was more valuable alive, but by accepting his fate as our Savior, dying a selfless death -saved all who will take Him for eternity.   In addition to self-defense the lord makes many judgments about murder. The most obvious, is one of the ten commandments “though shall not kill” (Exodus 20:13, ESV) and the famous debate over Gods mercy with Cane over the murder of Able. But what does He think when a murder takes place in self-defense? I came across this great website with an unknown author who shed some light on it for us. In 1 Chronicles Daniel is speaking with the Lord, “But the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.(1 Chronicles 22:8, ESV) In vs 28 He reiterates it \”But God said to me, \’You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed blood” (1 Chronicles 28:3, ESV) The unknown author incite was this “David wants to build a house for the Lord. This is a good desire. But God says, \”David, you are disqualified from doing this.\” Why? Not because of the murder of Uriah. Not because of his adultery with Bathsheba. It is because of the wars, and because David had  \”shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.\” David had killed men in the sight of God, and that disqualified him from this spiritual service. ” (, 2013). Excellent article.      Unknown Author (2013)    Gardner, T., Anderson, T., (2015). Criminal Law, twelfth edition, Cengage Learning, Stamford   Ct.   Bible, English Standard version (ESV)  Read dozen official web sites on the castle doctrine and stand your ground laws but did not end up citing them.  

Because of your technical and academic expertise as a graduate of CSU, and your experience in this arena, you have been tasked to produce a brief white paper that will be provided to stakeholders and the media which defines, clarifies, and defends your agency’s/organization’s decision to implement a biometric, identification, screening, and/or intervention technology (of your choosing) that has been implemented or proposed for implementation that will best address your specific area of responsibility (AOR) and public safety mission. Specifically, you have been tasked to develop a concise and clearly defined synopsis that outlines how this proposed technology will be used, the benefits of the integration and deployment of this technology as it relates to your specific mission, any possible complications that will arise (such as public skepticism regarding fears of surveillance and/or other violations of constitutional rights), and how your organization’s early adoption of this technology will place you at the ‘tip of the spear’ in terms of the development of future technology, applications, and best practices industry and nationwide.  The purpose of this case study is to allow you the opportunity to apply the concepts and information you learned in this and all other units with regards to the development, implementation, and proposed future use of biometrics, identification, screening, and intervention technologies within the homeland security and domestic response operations construct. This assignment also provides you with the opportunity to use your skills, expertise, and experience to enrich your response. For this assignment, select a current or proposed future biometric, identification, screening, and/or intervention technology and address the aforementioned criteria. The completed assignment must be a minimum of two pages in length, not including the title page and reference list, provided as a Word document, and references and citations must be provided using APA format. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. To supplement your discussion, you may use your textbook, professional journal articles, case studies, scholarly papers, or other scholarly material such as academic, governmental, or industry publications other sites you may find pertinent.

Audit log and audit log correlation is a significant part of a network administrator and security officer\’s job. NIST has a document NIST SP 800-92 \”Guide to Computer Security Log Management\” located at. Assume that your boss has come to you to ask you about managing audit logs.  that addresses the following:1. Discusses some of the challenges that log management faces.2. Propose a \”plan\” for your network log management program to your boss. Who will review your logs? How often will they be reviewed? How will you protect your log files? What recommendations will you make for log aggregation and correlation? How can a tool such as  assist with this?Note: 12pt font, Times New Roman, Double Spaced

6 papers explain of the poem, explores the themes: Option three: Seamus Heaney\’s Blackberry Picking and Galway Kinell\’s Blackberry Eating: explore how each poet writes about the pleasures and /or disappointments of gathering and eating blackberries. Focus on the similarities of the poems( the differences should not be your focus) Please don\’t skip any language of the poem. Be very careful with the tone of the poem and make sure put attention to the music of the language include any literary devices (Metaphors, alliteration etc).

This assignment focuses on a draft of your supportive rationale and the outline for the questionnaire you plan to use to conduct the interviews.Your assignment should include the following:The title should be consistent with your survey purpose. If only a small number of variables are being studied in your survey, the title should name the variables. If many variables are studied, only the  of variables should be named. If the type of population being studied is important, this should also be mentioned in the title.You should introduce your problem area and gradually shift the focus to the specific research hypotheses or questions. The significance of a topic should be explicitly stated in your introduction.The first draft of your supportive rationale should be presented in the form of an outline, and should emphasize findings from previous research. The supportive rationale should be brief, no more than one to two pages. Be sure to point out gaps in prior research that justify the need for conducting your study. You may also attempt to replicate a study that has been previously conducted. Peripheral research may be cited when literature with a direct bearing on the research topic does not exist.Following your supportive rationale, you should identify the specific purpose of your questionnaire. The research questions and hypotheses you previously developed should be flushed out here.Be sure to include a brief overview of the major areas/dimensions on the survey you are addressing; that is, the focus or foci of the survey, e.g., intentions, attitudes toward, etc. Each topic area should have its own sub-heading.This section should include a description of how you will investigate each research question and hypothesis. What topic areas or question types will you ask to answer your questions?You must include a brief discussion of the importance of each topic area with a reference to at least one research article or book that justifies each focus or dimension.Also, think about the types of questions you will use in your survey to address these topics:Your assignment should be in Microsoft Word 2000 or higher. Your paper should be double-spaced and in 12 pt. font. By , submit this to the Submit the first draft of your survey that would be included in your research prospectus.Be sure to format the draft as if the survey would be self-administered (i.e., online or mail survey).A good survey includes a brief introduction as well as a clear request and appreciation for participation.Be sure to provide clear directions for each section. For example, if you are asking the respondent to rank order some preferences for a product or things they find important when choosing a hospital or physician, make it clear how to score that. Likewise, if you are using a Likert scale to rate an item(s), be sure they know what a low value means (vs. a high value).Use the following checklist while preparing your questionnaire:   

In our reading in this unit, we discuss the interpretation of the \”negative constitution.\” Do you agree with this interpretation? What other rights and protections can be inferred from this interpretation