Author: chris

Baker, CPA, was engaged to audit Mill Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 200X. After obtaining an understanding of Mill’s internal control, Baker decided to obtain audit evidence about the effectiveness of both the design and operation of the controls that may support a low assessed level of control risk concerning Mill’s shipping and billing functions. During the prior years’ audits, Baker had used nonstatistical sampling, but for the current year Baker decided to use a statistical sample in the tests of controls to eliminate the need for judgment.

Baker wanted to assess control risk at a low level, so a tolerable rate of deviation of 20 percent was established. To estimate the population deviation rate and the achieved upper deviation rate, Baker decided to apply the discovery sampling method with an expected population deviation rate of 3 percent for the 8,000 shipping documents, and he decided to defer consideration of the risk of assessing control risk too low until the sample results had been evaluated. Baker used the tolerable rate, the population size, and the expected population deviation rate to determine that a sample size of 80 would be sufficient. When it was subsequently determined that the actual population was about 10,000 shipping documents, Baker increased the sample size to 100.

Baker’s objective was to ascertain whether Mill’s shipments had been properly billed. Baker took a sample of 100 invoices by selecting the first 25 invoices from the first month of each quarter. Baker then compared the invoices to the corresponding prenumbered shipping documents.

When Baker tested the sample, eight deviations were discovered. Additionally, one shipment that should have been billed at $10,443 was actually billed at $10,434. Baker considered this $9 to be immaterial and did not count it as a deviation.

In evaluating the sample results, Baker made the initial determination that a reliability level of 95 percent (risk of assessing control risk too low of 5 percent) was desired and, using the appropriate statistical sampling table, determined that for eight observed deviations from a sample size of 100, the achieved upper deviation rate was 14 percent. Baker then calculated the allowance for sampling risk (5 percent), the difference between the actual sample deviation rate (8 percent), and the expected deviation rate (3 percent). Baker reasoned that the actual sample deviation rate (8 percent) plus the allowance for sampling risk (5 percent) was less than the achieved upper deviation rate (14 percent); therefore, the sample supported a low level of control risk.

Required:
Describe each incorrect assumption, statement, and inappropriate application of attributes sampling in Baker’s procedures.

Critically analyze the impact that these overlapping conditions may have on the child and what influence the psychological, social and biological factors have on the child’s educational performance. Theories, models and research should be examined in detail. The investigation should consider the strengths and weaknesses that the conditions should be treated separately and provide evidence which supports and challenges this opinion. Use published peer-reviewed research.

Your tasks
1. With reference to the Designer’s outline drawing (HDC/716406A/011/01), discuss the factors you believe have been taken into account in the location of the access road shown.
2. Discuss the factors which affect the capacity of a road such as the main A64 York Road between chainages 0 and 300.
3. Identify what other junction types could have been used at this location. Compare and contrast these with the signal-controlled junction chosen by the Designer. You may use a table to present your answer (10 marks)
Killian Ngong, the module lecturer has argued that a roundabout would have been a better option for this development access.
4. Using route location principles, and the scaled plan provided, sketch a suitable alignment for your proposed access road into the development site incorporating a roundabout at the junction. This should extend for a minimum of 150m into the development and include a turning facility within the development site for construction vehicles.

5. Draw a suitable horizontal alignment showing the main road and your access road including the roundabout option. The drawing should show the alignment 150m either side of your junction. Use different colours to show the carriageway, footway and verge areas. You should also label the lane widths and key dimensions, as well as show clearly your proposals for dealing with the existing bridge and the river.
6. Using the spot levels on the topographical survey drawing, design a suitable vertical alignment of the access road and the realigned main road. Produce a typical cross-section of the access road and two further cross sections on the main road either side of your proposed junction.

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HIST
U.S. History Since 1865
Alternate Exam
Fall 2015

One of the problems involved in teaching a survey history course is that so much must be covered, which means that little can be addressed in depth. Different historical subjects interest students in different ways, and to different degrees. I am also aware that the lecture and reading schedules did not coincide. Still, there were reading materials that were assigned that went beyond my lectures, and they bring our course almost up to the present.
All this considered, I would like you to examine your notes and your textbooks and choose three topics we covered that you found particularly interesting and informative. You may choose any subjects we have covered during the semester, so you have more freedom to choose. I would like you to tell me in some detail what you learned about these subjects, and why you found them interesting. If there is a topic you had studied previously, but there were differences in how it was presented in this class, that would be interesting for me as well. Please rely ONLY on your notes and your textbook.

the three topic are :
1- Woodrow Wilson And the Great War.
2-THEDORE ROOSEVELT
3-Spanish Vs American war 1898 and ” yellow journalism”

# use the book :Roark, James L., Michael P. Johnson, Patricia Cline Cohen, Sarah Stage, and Susan M. Hartmann. The American Promise: A History of the United States, Sixth Edition. (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2015). as only source please.

Competition Law in Saudi Arabia
Question: How the abuses of dominant position effect the telecommunication sector in Saudi Arabia?
Your answer should aim at
explaining the monopoly situation before the introduction of competition law and
abuse of dominant position after the introduction of competition law in the telecommunication sector in Saudi Arabia (case study of STC – dominant operator).
Above points must make clear reference to articles and legal bodies/competition authorities/restrictive agreements/powers to enforce competition law etc
Describe the meaning of monopoly, dominance and abuse of dominant position, criteria of monopoly according to Shariah Law/Islamic law and dominant position according to competition Law.
The main focus of the work should be to discuss the rules regarding the monopoly and abuse of dominant powers which will be explained by way case study of Saudi Telecom Company. A comparison should also be made between Middle East countries and United Kingdom Competition Law.
Analyse the problems and make recommendations before concluding.
You must use academic resources/PhD thesis/ journal articles/competition act/ Sharia law/WTO/Legal Cases to prove your point
Your work must shows excellent content, organisation and presentation, reasoning and originality; evidence of independent reading and thinking and a clear and authoritative grasp of theoretical positions; ability to sustain an argument, to think analytically and/or critically and to synthesise material effectively.
Reference list should include at least 25 references
Word limit 5000 words

Annotated Bibliography Assignment**WILL BE SUBMITTED TO TURN IT IN** There is another student that is ordering the same essay, please ensure that the essays are not the same**

This is a formal bibliography that includes citations of sources with summary and evaluation information for each source. The assignment should be typed and single spaced. Each student will research any topic within the field of animal behavior using multiple sources. Example topics are policing in insect colonies, sexual conflict, shyness and boldness, cooperation through coercion, and influence of urbanization on animal diets. A minimum of seven sources and must all come scholarly journals, chapters in edited volumes, and/or books on the topic. In other words, these need to be valid sources and not from a blog, press article, personal website, etc. Use APA formatting. Your bibliography will be graded using the rubric at the end of this document. The emphasis is on finding accurate, reliable sources and providing a clear summary and evaluation for each source. Lastly, provide me with a paragraph at the beginning of the document that introduces your topic and synthesizes the information you acquired from the reports (approx. 100-200 words). Due the day of the final quiz (on final week). There will be an assignment drop box on blackboard to submit the document.

This assignment is designed to help you evaluate sources of information in the sciences as you learn about a specific topic of interest. You might begin the assignment curious of sexual conflict in birds and up focused on a specific interest of how sexual conflict might slow population growth. An annotated bibliography includes all of the citation information needed to find a source and at least one paragraph describing the source (approx. 100-150 words).

1. Find a minimum of seven sources on your topic – these should be your best sources so that means you will likely have reviewed at least twice this many
2. Look for reliable, valid sources that discuss research and use scientific language
3. As you write your annotated paragraph include both a summary of the source AND an evaluation of the validity of the source and its usefulness. Paragraphs should be in full sentences. Length of the entry is often linked with the length of the source.
• Summarize the content of the source – be descriptive and specific
• Evaluate the accuracy and validity of the source
• Describe the usefulness of the source
4. The format should first list the citation in APA format, then the appropriate paragraph annotation, followed by the actual abstract from the article. Start a new page for the next citation, annotation, and abstract. All entries should be typed and single spaced.
5. Introductory cover paragraph at beginning of document.

You are required to produce a report (2400 words) which evidences your experience associated with the module learning outcomes identified above. This should be specific to the following areas:
(i) Demonstration of knowledge regarding experimental techniques
(ii) Ability to collect / generate and interpret data
(iii) A comprehensive understanding of typical test equipment
(iv) A comprehensive analysis of aerodynamic loads and their effects on chassis loading (v) Use analytical techniques to solve engineering problems,

You should evidence these outcomes by answering ALL the following questions posed. You should aim to be reflective in describing the work carried out, to the extent that you make some judgments of your breadth and depth of understanding in these areas, and expand to areas such as ‘future developments’ as informed by your literature review.

Dear Writer,
Good day!
NOTE: BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS ORDER ABOUT (HAJJ) AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DESSERTATION NEXT TERM AFTER YOU RESPOND TO THIS ORDER TO ALLOW ME DOING THE 15-PAGE FIRST DRAFT, WHICH WILL BE THE BASE OF THE DESSERTATION NEXT TERM WITH THE SAME WRITER, SO PLEASE I DO NEED A PROFESSTIONAL (NOT JUST A GOOD ONE!) MUSLIM WRITER WHO KNOWS WHAT HAJJ MEANS AND WHO HAVE BEEN TO MAKKAH TO PERFORM HAJJ ALREADY TO RESPOND TO THIS ORDER TO ALLOW ME AFTER YOUR CONFIRMTION TO MAKE A NEW ORDER FOR THE 15-PAGE FIRST DRAFT WHICH WILL BE WORKING AS A BASE FOR THE NEXT TERM DESSERTATION. (VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE FIND THE SEVEN ATTACHMENTS TO KNOW WHAT CAPSTONE (DESSERTATION) MEANS AND TO KNOW IT IS NOT JUST WRITING ABOUT HAJJ, BUT TO MUST BE AN APPLIED PROJECT PROCESS – WILL FILL A NEED OR A GAP OR IS A WAY TO IMPROVE ON A PROCESS FOR AN ORGANIZATION OR AGENCY. So, please check out the seven attachments and read the instructions below to know what we are going to do in the next step from the three steps described below.

2- (VERY IMPORTANT): I�m an international student from Saudi Arabia who is currently studying his master degree in Disaster Medicine and Management (PLEASE SEE THE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION IN ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS) and one of the requirements of graduation is to do something called (Capstone) or the graduation project where the student chooses a particular topic to do it in 60-100 pages or more or less depending on the topic to be covered completely and nicely . This project can be taken as a separate class and my intention is to take it next term Not this term and I’ll take it alone without any other courses and after I finish it, I’ll be having only two courses in summer to finish the whole program and graduate and at that time there will be not only a big bonus but a huge one!
Now, I told you that I won’t take the Capstone this term and you might ask me: why did you mention then? And the answer is that every student must start preparing for it one term before he/she takes it to have the topic approved by the faculty.
There are three steps for it:
1- Send the idea that contains Capstone planning tool even briefly.(MUST BE DONE ONE TERM BEFORE TAKING THE CAPSTONE CLASS ITSELF, which means we have to do it in this order).
2- Submit the 15-page first draft (MUST BE DONE ONE TERM BEFORE TAKING THE CAPSTONE CLASS ITSELF, which means we have to do it shortly after you send a brief about the idea in this order).
3-Submit the Capstone itself (at the end of not this term but the term after that which will start after 3 months from now). This could be from 40-100 page project.
Please review the three attachments with this email to know exactly what Capstone is in addition to the other four attachments for samples of previous Capstone project.
Now, what I need is an idea to do step 1 and I want to do the first draft after that during next 4 weeks (with a special bonus if you do great job and select the topic I�m looking for).
As you know, all faculty will discuss me after I do step 3 at the end of next term that will start after three months and I do DO NEED AN IDEA THAT THEY ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH, like Hajj to have less pressure during discussion! Any idea should be related to our program and MUST BE AN APPLIED PROJECT PROCESS – WILL FILL A NEED OR A GAP OR IS A WAY TO IMPROVE ON A PROCESS FOR AN ORGANIZATION OR AGENCY, not just send a great idea without benefit that serve people or organization, NOT JUST A BIG PROJECT OR NICELY DONE INFORMATION (as you can see in the description of the Capstone in the attachments).
I think about an idea that connects our program with the crowded season of Hajj, where more than 3 million Muslims gather every year in a relatively small area in Makkah from all over the world and how we can improve this crowded religious event. My concern about this choice is that I�m wondering about the availability of having enough sources to do so because some capstones have about 60 references or more at the end. Please remember that I�m talking about RELIABLE SOURCES not other sources that are not reliable, like Wikipedia for example, but they must be reliable and published with the peer scholar that have been done recently.
Please tell me your thoughts regarding the idea of Hajj AND if you feel another idea is better please send it to me right away even if I prefer a specific idea related to Hajj or even an idea that the staff is not very familiar with to get less anxiety during discussion BUT to be done according to the instructions in this description and the attachments with this order.
Please don’t answer to this until you check the seven attachments that contain: 3 files containing description of the Capstone and its stages and the other 4 files are samples of previous capstones done previously by some students.
Remember that I prefer an idea about Hajj that serves the ministry of Hajj in my country and all pilgrims come from all over the world NOT just a great idea! Remember this is an applied project process but I need it in a minimum of 50 or 60 pages with tens of reliable references, not just to explain what Hajj is or what kind of infrastructure is there in Makkah, Mina or Arafat!
Please kindly respond to me ASAP to start preparation of this project that has three steps starting with this step to confirm your ideas and thoughts regarding all what has been mentioned here.
TO ONFRIM: what I need from this order is step 1 to have a topic for the Capstone to do step 2 later which is a 15-page first draft, which will be used as a base for the Capstone itself next semester. IF I WOULD LIKE MY TOPIC IS ABOUT HAJJ (according to the instructions of Capstone found in the attachment): CAN YOU FIND AN IDEA THAT WILL SERVE THE MUSLIM DURING HAJJ, WHICH WILL SERVE BOTH THE PILGRIMS AND THE AGENCIES WORKING FOR HAJJ? PUT IN MIND THAT THE CAPSTONE ITSELF SHOULD BE AT LEAST 60 PAGES WITH 60 RELIABLE REFERENCES, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. Please send me a 1-page description that contains your plan in details regarding the idea itself, the resources will be used, ad how this idea can serve the agencies of Hajj and the pilgrims TO GO AFTER THAT TO THE NEXT STEP AND DO THE 15-PAGE FIRST DRAFT, WHICH WILL B THE BASE OF THE CAPSTONE ITSELF NEXT SEMESTER. If you have other ideas other than Hajj please offer them but please remember that I need an idea that the evaluators of my discussion will not be very familiar with to have less anxiety during discussion!
Waiting for you!
Best regards

Please can you make the paper following the instructions below AND looking at attached document which is a sample paper of the assignment
ALSO I have attached the Results of 5 Rounds which you need to use in order to write the paper

The term paper consists of your answers to 4 questions (listed in the Questions’ section below) about the business simulation team game that you played during the semester. The paper is to be written by each student as an individual piece of work and this will be individually assessed and graded. The paper is not part of the team project but can and should make use of the data generated in the simulation by the team. It is vital that your paper is your own individual work and is not shared or plagiarized with or from other students including those who were in your game team.
The student can and should make use of any documents, data and notes prepared or downloaded by the team to record and explain the decisions for each round of the game played. In addition the paper is expected to make use where appropriate of relevant academic concepts studied on the course.
Questions:
Please answer all 4 questions. The questions are not intended to be of exactly equal weight so the paper will be graded as one piece. Provide evidence and support for your answers, citing any market, simulation or other data used, or academic concepts applied. Use Harvard referencing where appropriate.
1. Describe the strategy adopted by your team at the start of the simulation game in year 1 and explain the basis and rationale for your decision. Extend your analysis to include not just the overall strategy but any decisions taken in relation to marketing, production and finance.
2. Did your strategy change in subsequent years? If so explain how, and for what reasons it changed or remained the same, and its implications?
3. What do you consider were the main competitive and market factors that had most impact on your performance over the 5 years and explain why?
4. How would you assess your team’s performance over the five years? On a personal level what did you learn about the task of defining and implementing strategy?

Due: No Later Than December 6 via Elearn Dropbox
Please respond to one of the following questions in a 3-4 page essay. You must include at least one outside source and adhere to MLA format

Discuss the themes and elements of Native American creation stories. How do the characteristics that resonate in these myths differ from those found in Judeo/Christian mythology? How might we account for their differences? Are there similarities between the Native and European origin stories? If so, how can we make sense of these and what do these similarities mean?
Consider the graphic nature of Casas’ accounts of the Spanish atrocities. Gleefully drowning children, dismembering pregnant women, and torturing captives over smoldering fires, the Spanish conquerors in Casas’ narrative engage in shocking brutality. Discuss why Casas might have chosen to represent so vividly the horror of the Spanish Conquest from the Indian point of view. How does his description reverse common European stereotypes about the “savagery” of American Indians? What kind of audience does he assume will read his work? Why might he think these accounts of violence will persuade them? Why does he consistently refer to the torture and murder of women and children? How effective is his strategy?
Compare Columbus’ descriptions of the islands’ plants, natural features, and native inhabitants in the first and second letter featured in The Norton Anthology of American Literature. What kind of language does he use in the first letter? How is it different in the second? What does Columbus seem preoccupied with? How else might we account for the different versions of the new world depicted in these letters? Consider the political project each letter was intended to serve. Why might Columbus insist that “Española is a marvel” in the first letter, and then portray it as an “exhausted,” unhealthy place populated by “cruel savages” in his later account?
At the conclusion of the excerpt from the Relation in The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Cabeza de Vaca explains that the Indians refused to believe that he and his group were of the same race as the “Christian slavers” they encountered in Mexico. Their “naked and barefoot” appearance as well as their gentleness and generosity seemed to separate them, in the Indians’ minds, from the Spaniards. Look at this segment of the narrative carefully, examining it for indications of Cabeza de Vaca’s own racial and national identification. Does he see himself as “of the same people” as the Christian slavers? How has his identity as a European and as a conquistador altered over the course of this time among the Indians? To get at the issue of Cabeza de Vaca’s hybrid identity, chart his interesting use of pronouns in this concluding section of the Relation. When does he use “we” and “they”? Whom does he include when he refers to “we” and us”?
Bradford wrote Book I of Of Plymouth Plantation in 1630 and Book II from about 1644 to 1650. Why are these dates of composition significant and how does the content reflect (or not reflect) the religious philosophy felt by the Puritans? How do certain historical events color Bradford’s account? How might his account of the hardships the group faced upon landing affirm their claim both to the land and to spiritual purity? You might also examine how Bradford’s tone and outlook changed in the fourteen years that elapsed between the writing of Book I and Book II.
Discuss and locate biblical and typological moments in Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” and note similarities between the Puritans and the Old Testament Hebrews. Consider the significance of the Puritan’s insistence on understanding their own history as prefigured by the Bible. What kinds of pressures might this tendency to read biblical and divine significance into everyday affairs put on individuals and on communities? How might it work to comfort and reassure people?
Both Benjamin Franklin and Ralph Waldo Emerson were two influential writers who articulated American ideals and celebrated the potential of the American individual. Franklin helped shape the foundational myth of the “American Dream” by narrating his own rise from obscurity through hard work and virtue. Forty years later, Emerson built on Franklin’s practical ideas of self-improvement and made them more personal and spiritual. How does each writer differ in his answer to the question, what make and American? Discus the complexities and evolution of ideas about individualism and the national character as seen by both Emerson and Franklin.
Discuss biblical typology in Frederick Douglass’ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Why is this significant and what does it mean?
Discuss the tension between civilization and nature in Hawthorne’s short stories. Why is this tension important?
What seems to be the central conflict at the heart of Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and how does this contribute to Irving’s view of America?
Discuss the role of identity and its destruction in Poe’s short stories.
Discuss the role of women in Poe’s short stories. How do they fit or challenge traditional female roles?
Discuss the role of women in Hawthorne’s short stories. How do they fit or challenge traditional female roles?
Discuss biblical typology in Hawthorne’s short stories.
Discuss symbolism in Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener.”
Discuss the transformation of the Narrator in Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener.”
Discuss symbolism in Melville’s “The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids.”