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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different types of financing:Issuing bonds:Borrowing from Bank and Equity financing

joyce October 28, 2015

1. Review the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which was created in 2002 to address the accounting scandals in the late 90s early 00s (Enron, WorldCom, etc.). Identify the provisions that you feel made the biggest impact. What other provisions could have been included in the Act to strengthen the Responsible Stewardship and Integrity of the accounting profession? And conversely, what existing provisions in the Act do you believe (if any) are unnecessary or over-regulate the profession?

2. Summarize the events of a recent accounting scandal. Identify how the illegal/unethical act was detected and the punishments that resulted (fines, prison terms, etc.). Consider what could have been done to detect this act earlier and what could have been done to prevent this from happening in the first place. Select a different example than those listed on previous posts.

3. US GAAP follows the Historical Cost Concept in valuing the cost of Long-Term Assets. Explain this principle and how it compares to the standards used in the reporting of Long-Term Assets under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). If there is a convergence of standards, which method do you believe should be used and why?

4. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different types of financing:
1. Issuing bonds
2. Borrowing from Bank
3. Equity financing

Please give two sources for each scenario question and differentiate i.e. number them accordingly.

thanks

Do African Americans have anything more than a minor role to play in the foreign and defense policy process of the United States?

joyce October 28, 2015
Do African Americans have anything more than a minor role to play in the foreign and defense policy process of the United States? Your response should demonstrate that you have knowledge of the manner in which foreign policy is created, conducted, and evaluated.

I uploaded a materials that cover this subject, the paper should use the information in chapter along with any external information( website and other books, article ) but the heart of the paper should come from the chapter i uploaded.

Discuss Political Economy of Growth and Development

joyce October 28, 2015

How would you fit the narrative of William Lazonick’s "Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy"? within the larger story about institutions, property rights, transaction costs,rent seeking, public goods, inequality, and growth told by North, Clarks, Olson, Lindert, as well as Sokoloff and Engerman? If the authors were gathered in the same room, how would their conversation develop a climax? What issues would they disagree about or view as irresolvable and what would they generally agree about and consider settled? How would William Lazonick’s entry shed light on older ideas as well as current issues of growth and distribution? Your assignment is to write a literature review presenting William Lazonick’s Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy within the context of the larger narrative about the political economy of growth and distribution as presented by North, Clark, Olson, as well as Sokoloff and Engerman.

Please use these sources:
Lazonick, William. 2009. Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy. W.E. Upjohn Institute. [Available at Franklin Bookstore]

Lindert, Peter H. 2004. Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth Centur, Volume 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Available at Franklin Bookstore]

North, Douglass. 1981. Structure and Change in Economic History. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. [Available at Franklin Bookstore]

Olson, Mancur. 1982. The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities. New Haven: Yale University Press. [available at Franklin Bookstore]

Sokoloff, Kenneth L. and Stanley L. Engerman. 1997. “Factor Endowments, Institutions, and Differential Paths of Growth Among New World Economies: A View from Economic Historians of the United States” in How Latin America Fell Behind. Stephen Haber, ed., Stanford University Press. [Available on Moodle]

Clark, Gregory. 2007. A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. [Available at Franklin Bookstore].

what are the differences between appearance and genetic heritage?

joyce October 28, 2015
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No PLAGIARISM
In your answers use all the knowledge you have acquired throughout the semester.

Each question should between at least two-and-a-half doubled-spaced pages.There are three questions.

Be sure to focus your answer on what is being asked, 2 points for each failure to follow instructions.

Question # 1
1. Recent work in anthropology and cultural studies has been increasingly concerned with the politics of collecting and exhibiting culture at museums. As you’ve read and discussed throughout the semester, the dominant discourse on Puerto Ricanness centers on the highland peasants (jíbaros) and their supposedly Hispanic heritage. As Babín claims the jíbaro represents that which is most profound, resistant and pure element of the Puerto Rican nationality.” This dominant discourse basically aims to preserve the material culture and traditional practices of an ‘imagined’ Hispanic, Catholic, rural country against the backdrop of U.S. colonialism, industrialization, urbanization, and migration.

With its emphasis on the harmonious integration of groups and cultures the dominant discourse tends to subordinate all heritages—and specially the African—to the Spanish, and to ignore the cultural contributions of other groups that came later (among others Corsicans, Americans, Cubans, Dominicans, Nuyoricans).

In this question you will look at and analyze the public representation of the dominant ideology (i.e., official) of Puerto Rican culture through the Vidal Collection and exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) http://americanhistory.si.edu/vidal/. Carefully examine the web site and familiarize yourself with all its pages. Be sure to look at the photos and at the objects in the collection.

Write an essay where you discuss the presentation/representation of the dominant Hispanicist ideology through the Vidal Collection and exhibit at the NMAH. In the essay discuss the following points:

1. Assess through the exhibit the nationalist project to protect and preserve Puerto Rican folk traditions in the face of increasing Americanization and change. [How is this done in terms of the objects that are presented?]

2. Discuss the meaning of the types of objects that predominate in the representation of jíbaro culture.

3. How does the exhibition perpetuates the founding myth of â Great Puerto Rican Family and of the harmonious integration of all sectors of the society—beyond racial and class fissures? [Discuss this by analyzing the objects collected and presented.]

4. How is Puerto Rican culture presented to the American public?

5. How would you make this representation of Puerto Rican culture more inclusive of groups and of epochs.

Question # 2

2. Issues of group identity and representation can be found everywhere. When commercial interests intrude into the discussion of who gets represented and how they are represented the controversies created can be quite poignant. Such was the case in late 1997 when Mattel introduced to the market a Puerto Rican Barbie.” The reception that the â Puerto Rican Barbie received was mixed. While Island Puerto Rican warmly embraced it, Mainland Puerto Rican tended to be more critical of its representativeness.

Read Mireya Navarro’s “A New Barbie in Puerto Rico Divides Island and Mainland” (New York Times, 12/27/1997, p.1) article on the controversies around the Puerto Rican Barbie. [http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/27/us/a-new-barbie-in-puerto-rico-divides-island-and-mainland.html]

Also study the following WebPages:

For a close look at the Puerto Rican Barbie:

—On Barbie dolls:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/essays/february98/barbie_2-26.html
—On Barbie ethnic dolls examples:
http://kattisdolls.net/faces/bethnic.htm
—Barbie dolls in Latin America:
http://www.zonalatina.com/Zldata37.htm
—The Puerto Rican Barbie:
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20050509_1.htm

Write an essay in the form of a letter to the editor of a newspaper where you take issue (either agreeing or disagreeing) with the depiction of the Puerto Rican Barbie. Center your argument on the discussion of whether commercial interests corrupt a representation of culture. In your argument be sure to clearly enumerate at least three things why you agree or disagree. Also be conciliatory by writing one last paragraph suggesting how could that doll be made more representative of the culture.

Among the required issues to touch upon are:

oHow race is idealized and represented;

o How can a specific representation of a group be both inclusive and exclusive of members of the group;

o What could be the different ways to represent an identity;

o The value of different heritages and how they are represented;

o The conundrum of the commercialism of culture and cultural practices that is, how commercialization can undervalue and/or highlight the representation of a group.

Question #3

3. The system of racial classification and recognition in Puerto Rico, and to a certain extent in the US, allows for manipulation as individuals try to escape the insidious effects of racism and racial prejudice. The manipulation of the system is ultimately based on the notion that while all Puerto Ricans are racially mixed the preferred mixtures are those that tend to bleach (blanquear). The insidious effects of the system of racial classification is such that there is among some a never ending effort to move from one racial classification into another.

Using the essays by Godreau (Slippery Semantics) and Duany (Neither White nor Black) discuss in an essay:

· how the system of racial classification is structured

· how it emphasizes whitening and denigrates blackness.

With what you’ve learned from Godreau and Duany’s essay in mind discuss the racial reality and manipulation described in the essay by Haslip-Viera “Changed Identities: A Racial Portrait of Two Extended Families, 1909-Present” (inside a special folder in the <Course Readings Area>). Among the themes to discuss are:

· what are the differences between appearance and genetic heritage?

· how was race characterized by this family?

· what efforts were undertaken to change the racial identity?

· What have you learned from this?

Discuss Current Business Research Project

joyce October 28, 2015

Use the University Library or the Electronic Reserve Readings to locate a peer-reviewed article that reports original research.

Search "major databases (e.g. – ProQuest)" in the Online Collection, and use the key search words, "research studies in" to obtain an article. You can select communication, finance, economics, marketing, technology, or another faculty approved topic for the research study.

Write a 350- to 700-word synopsis of the article, including the following:

• Define the business research and its purpose.
• Explain the business problems under investigation.
• Describe the data collection methods used in the research project.
• What did the researchers conclude as a result of their research?

Discuss Differentiate Criminal Behavior

joyce October 28, 2015
Write a 2 – 3 page paper (excluding cover and reference pages) differentiating criminal behavior using the various theories of crime.

Identify how each of the following theories attempts to explain the existence of criminal behavior. Students should focus on the following theoretical areas:

•Sociological
•Biological
•Psychological
•Social-Psychological
For each of the above theoretical areas, students should:

•Provide a brief historical summary of the development of the theoretical area of focus.
•Explain the basis of each theory (Examples may be that people commit crimes based on neurological malfunctions in the brain, because of peer pressure, due to Pavlov’s concept of conditioning, etc.). Essentially, explain what concepts each theory uses to explain criminal behavior. Be sure to provide examples that support your explanations.
•Provide an academic and/or operational example of each theory in practice (Example: The Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory or MMPI as an example of a psychologically-based theory in practice)
•Explain how the theoretical areas listed above may be interrelated by identifying similarities in creator, school of thought, philosophical basis, or other specific trait.
•Identify which theory is most accurate in explaining criminal behavior and provide specific examples to support your observation

What is a sexual script?

joyce October 28, 2015
What is a sexual script? How is it formed? When is it called into play? What does it do for us? What assumptions do we make about others’ scripts? In your answer, make reference to relevant research and researchers noted in your course materials.

Note: The Reaction Report is a short (maximum two typewritten pages, double-spaced) analysis that demonstrates your knowledge of the reading material. You will be graded on your understanding and use of relevant concepts and theories as well as on correctness of references to researchers introduced in the course materials. Make sure you check your spelling and grammar and define all the sociological concepts you use.

What type of business structure is it’s sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation?

joyce October 28, 2015
You want to start your own business. You found an investment group that is willing to give you the capital needed for the first year of your business, but only if you can convince them you have a solid plan for the success of this business. Your investor is very concerned with how the accounting functions of this business will be handled.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper based on the scenario above.
Persuade your investor to put up the capital by addressing the following questions in your business plan:

· What is the name of your business?
· What type of business structure is it’s sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation? Why did you choose that structure?
· What type of services or products does your business provide?
· What role will accounting play in the start up of your business?
· What type of work characteristics will you look for when hiring your accounting staff?
· What education should a person have in budgeting, internal controls, and cash management before going into business?
· What kinds of internal controls will you put in place for the business?
· How will your managers use financial information to predict outcomes for your business?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Post your paper as an attachment.

Discuss Symbolism in “Hills Like White Elephants”

joyce October 28, 2015

Symbolism in Hills Like White Elephants will be a RESEARCH ESSAY. Instead of using your opinions, you’ll find three criticisms to cite in the paper (A criticism is an essay, chapter, or article that analyzes, explains, or interprets different aspects of the story; the term criticism doesn’t suggest negative ideas.)The paper should be 2 or 3 typed pages written in MLA format. In your text. There’s a model of a Miss Brillâ that you should study and use as a guide for writing your paper. Notice the upper right and left margins of the paper——–everything in the paper is double spaced; set your word processor on double spacing and it won’t need to be changed.————-Font size should be Times New Roman .12.—————-The last page should be a Works Cited page where you will list, alphabetically, the three sources you use.——————–You should summarize the critics ideas IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Even though you are not quoting the critic, you are using the ideas so you still need to give credit to that critic. If you quote the critic, you should do so sparingly, no long quotes. If you mention the critics name in the narrative, you’ll list only the page number in parentheses (22). If you don’t name the critic, you’ll list the name and page number in parentheses (Warren 22). You’ll see examples of this in the model essay. ——————-Let me know if you have questions about this paper.