Day: April 24, 2018

Research a current article regarding accounting in government.

Write a summary of the article in 350 to 700 words.

Apply concepts you?ve learned in this course to assessing the content of the article and any outcomes the article describes.

B.

In approximately 30 to 90 words, identify the financial statements that must be prepared by a private college or university and those that must be prepared by a public college or university.

C.

Private College Transactions. Steiner College?s statement of financial position for the year ended June 30, 2016, is presented here. Steiner is a private college.

The following transaction information (amounts in thousands) pertains to the year ended June 30, 2017.

During the year charges for tuition and fees were $244,500; scholarships were $16,300; and tuition waivers for scholastic achievement were $5,100. After payment was received, tuition refunds of $11,200 were given. Tuition waivers of $17,300 for students serving as teaching assistants for instruction were accrued.
The college received unrestricted cash contributions of $2,080, pledges to be collected in 2018 of $550, and cash contributions to the endowments of $335. It also collected $820 of Pledges Receivable that were unrestricted.
Collections on Tuition and Fees Receivable totaled $222,600
Net deposits returned to students totaled $10.
Expenses were incurred for:
Instruction $86,100
Academic support 23,300
Student services 37,700
Institutional support 28,500
Related to the expenses incurred: prepaid assets of $534 were used, $4,776 of the expenses were accrued, and the remaining expenses were paid. Expenses incurred resulted in the release of $7,320 in temporarily restricted net assets.

The ending balance in Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities was $1,935.
Investment earnings received for the period were $3,960, of which $2,070 was temporarily restricted.
Adjusting entries for the period were made to increase Allowance for Doubtful Accounts by $20, to record depreciation expense of $26,400 (charged 70 percent to instruction and 30 percent to academic support), to adjust tuition revenue for an increase in unearned revenue of $10, and to recognize an increase in fair value of investments of $4,700 ($790 was related to temporarily restricted net assets, $1,610 was related to permanently restricted net assets, the remainder was related to unrestricted net assets).
Nominal accounts were closed.
Required

Prepare journal entries in good form to record the foregoing transactions for the year ended June 30, 2017.
Prepare a statement of activities for the year ended June 30, 2017

Your client is a firm with over 500 employees and three offices. The company operates via intranet and has a ?bulletin board? where employees can post ads and share information. For instance, typical posts include invitations to demonstration parties and announcements of tag sales or items for sale. Lately, there have been posts of ethnically derogatory material posted anonymously. The client corporation has asked you to determine the source of the derogatory posts. But the client wants answers to the following questions before they hand over the task to you:

Analyze and explain what ways should be adopted to identify the perpetrator.
Compile a list of available resources for identifying the perpetrator. Analyze which hardware and software can be used for the same. How will you justify your choice to your client?
Analyze and explain which process should be adopted for achieving the desired objectives.
Suppose you were asked to ?get into? the computer of the person sending derogatory mail, analyze whether it is ethical.

A recent event has caused uproar in demands for law enforcement to be attentive to activities that could lead to terrorism or gang activity. Race has been a source of controversy because of the stereotypes and labels put on individuals from certain races and religious backgrounds.

Opinions about issues in society are often the catalyst for the foundations of social change. The combined opinions of all individuals determine society?s position on an issue. Because criminal justice professionals have a first-hand view of the individuals who will be affected by the change, it is particularly crucial that they develop and advocate a position on an issue.

Using the library, Internet, or any other available material for adequate, accurate, and relevant support, address your position on the controversial issue. Propose 2 strategies for dealing with law enforcement subculture and racial profiling. One strategy is to be from an ethical perspective and the other should be in terms of keeping societal opinion from making significant changes in the functioning of systems and society as a whole.

When providing health care, there are standards of care which a reasonably prudent provider should follow. Providers at all levels are held to these standards of care. Failure to provide competent care to your patients will put you at risk for malpractice. Remaining current with the evidenced-based guidelines and providing optimal care will minimize the risk of liability.
For this Assignment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation that explains any legal implications that exist for failure to adhere to a standard of care, the key elements of malpractice, and compare the differences in malpractice policy options.
To prepare:
Consider the importance of using professional resources such as the National Guideline Clearinghouse to guide care delivered
Create a PowerPoint presentation no more than 15 slides in length that addresses the following:
Identify and explain any legal implications that exist for failure to adhere to a standard of care
Identify and explain the key elements of malpractice
Compare the differences in malpractice policy options

1) Cybercrime is a growing global problem, but some nations are much more advanced in their approaches to combating it than others. The availability of technology, the sophistication of legislation, and the knowledge and apathy levels of a country?s citizenry can all greatly affect a nation?s ability to deter, detect, investigate, and prosecute cyber criminals. What, in your opinion, are strategies that you believe would increase your nation?s ability to deal with cybercrime on an international, instead of just domestic, level? How should more technologically advanced nations deal with crime originating from less technologically advanced countries, and vice versa? Discuss thoroughly.

2) In the United States, those that investigate and attempt to prosecute cyber criminals are well acquainted with the tendency of the courts to view cybercrime as a less serious, white-collar offense, typically resulting in very light sentences. Why do you think that is? Do you agree with this trend, or do you think courts should reassess the seriousness of cyber offenses in the 21st Century? Whatever your opinion, discuss and support your answer.

Every day, law enforcement officials evaluate suspicious actions of suspects and apply their understanding of the Fourth Amendment?s prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures in their cases. Locate an article in the recent media involving a criminal case in which a stop, a search, or a seizure was undertaken by law enforcement officials. It can be at a local or national level, though not at an international level.

Based on your current understanding of the laws regarding criminal stops, searches, or seizures, do you believe that the law enforcement agency in question accurately complied with the law?

Make a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation comprising 6 to 7 slides, keeping the following questions in mind:

Was probable cause a factor in this case?
If not, should it have been?
How should probable cause be implemented, in general?
As a law enforcement official, what are some of the questions that you might ask yourself in this case before you engage in a stop, search, or seizure or seek a warrant from the court?

Why are governments and businesses crucially important to a globalised society?
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A report observing academic conventions of 2500 words (not including the Executive Summary or References) on the range of issues covered in the first six lectures and independent research aligned to the lectures and tutorials. For this task, students must use at least four sources from the learning hub and a further eight quality academic references in the form of textbooks or journal articles or quality websites.
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Assessment Task 2 will be assessed against the following criteria:
Key issues have been developed
Analysis and synthesis of the relevant literature used.
Ideas and assertions substantiated through use of high-quality reference material and key academic perspectives/views have been used
Explicit linking of the literature to answering the chosen question.
The avoidance of opinions or arguments that are not substantiated by academic references.
Clear and comprehensive written style (spelling, grammar, syntax.)
Appropriate Harvard style referencing (in-text and list of references ) refer https://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=8rwjnkcmfoeez

Recommended Format

Why are businesses and government crucially important in the global society?

Executive Summary

Intro & Thesis

Findings/Discussion

500 -Globalization, Cultural, Economic, Political
500 -Government, UN, IMF, World Bank, w Globalized Society
500 ? An Unglobalized World
500 -Business & Civil Globalized Society

Requirements: Upon the completion of this assignment, the student should demonstrate the ability to:

1) write a profile that functions as a written portrait of the student?s chosen subject

2) depict the subject in an engaging manner that conveys the subject?s significance and unique attributes

3) give important background information that contextualizes the subject

4) establish a clear perspective, or ?angle,? on the subject and craft a clear, focused thesis that establishes that angle

5) support that thesis with well-paragraphed details, including-but not limited to-specific information about the subject, sensory images, figurative language, and dialogue or anecdote

6) use tone and language appropriate for a clearly defined, public audience

7) evidence clear, well-edited writing that is free of proofreading errors and errors of grammar, mechanics, and syntax

Follow the instructions on the document ?Computer format and manuscript form.? Make sure to use MLA format to cite all sources. This essay should be 4?6 pages long.

Key terms: Angle, Profile, Interesting.

Angle: an approach to a topic that determines which details to include for maximum impact.

Profile: a ?written portrait? (Norton Field Guide 153) of a person, place, or event.

Interesting: writing that catches and holds the reader?s attention.

You can write your profile about a person or group of people, a place, or an event. The content of the profile should be primarily based on your recent personal experience. For example, you can interview a person, visit a place, or attend an event. Choose something that is interesting and significant to you, because then you will be able to make the subject interesting to your reader. Also plan to spend time with the subject. For example, you might need to attend more than one performance of an event to make broader statements about the event and its context. Likewise, you might need to schedule more than one interview, or meeting with a person. You may also need to do research in the library to find pertinent background information to situate your profile. You want to present the profile subject in a way that will encourage others to seek out the experience.

Key features of a profile:

An interesting subject: person, place, or event

Any necessary background: information about the subject?s larger context

An interesting angle: perspective that limits the relevant material

A firsthand account: don?t write about ?something someone told me about.?

Engaging details: bring the subject to life with sights, sounds, smells, etc.

1. Explore what you already know about the subject?identify expectations.

2. Visit your subject?remember to allot enough time to get to know the subject.

3. Prepare interview questions?this is the foundational material for a profile.

4. Do additional research?focus on the broader context; don?t overwhelm your reader or yourself with details.

5. Analyze your findings?patterns, images, recurring ideas, phrases and ideas.

6. Find an angle?distinguish your essay.

7. Organize?a narrative or a description?

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

You are required to work on the design of a software development project to build a web-based management, administration, communication and e-learning application for primary schools to develop software tools capable of teaching pupils between the ages of 5 and 11 programming skills. The design of the software should show how the users can enter your system and start programming. The design of the software should show how to develp a new programming language that allows children in primary schools to program.

You are required to produce a report of how to build an e-learning system which allows children to log in either through their parents? mobile, their tablet or the web to work and develop their skills in programming.
it should include UML diagrams and UI diagrams. For UML I need more than one activity and state diagrams.
It should be 2 designs one for web application and one for main application.

The final report should consist of the following sections
? Abstract
? Tables of contents and figures
Project Documentation
? The outline Specification of the problem
? Design documentation for the software system
? Appendices

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

You are an engineer supposed to program a microcontroller for handling a signalling device. The device has 2 signalling and 3 control LEDs. The signalling LEDs are represented by D0 and D1 on the PIC kit, whereas the control LEDs are D5, D6 and D7.

The device can work in 3 different modes, M0, M1 and M2. In the mode M0, the signalling LEDs D0 and D1 are alternated by clicking the push button for a short time (short click ? less than 1s). Every short click makes the active signalling LED to go off and it activates the other signalling LED. For instance, if D0 is active, a short click will turn D0 off and turn D1 on. The next short click will turn D1 off and turn D0 on. This mode is highlighted to a user by turning on the control LED D5 (D6 and D7 have to be off at that time).

In the mode M1, the signalling LEDs D0 and D1 are alternating automatically (no need to click the push button) so that the time interval between two changes is determined by the variable resistor. When the variable resistor is in the minimal position, the time between two alternations is 0.5s and when it is in the maximal position, this time is 1s. This mode is highlighted to a user by turning on D6 (thus, D5 and D7 have to be off).

In the mode M2, the signalling LEDs D0 and D1 are alternating automatically (no push button required), similarly to the mode M1, but in a fast regime each 0.1s. This time remains fixed and cannot be changed by the variable resistor. This mode is highlighted by turning on D7 (while D5 and D6 are off).

The three modes and the associated functions and control LEDs are summarised below in Table 1.

To change between different modes, the push button is used. Whenever a user clicks the push button twice in a short interval (double click ? less than 0.25s between two short clicks), the device recognises it as a request to change to the mode M1. If such a double click comes while in the mode M1, it is recognised as a request to change back to the default mode M0. Whenever a user clicks the push button once and long (long click ? longer than 1s), it is recognised as a request to change to the mode M2. Similarly, if such a long click comes during the mode M2, the device is changing back to the default mode M0. The double and long clicks are also accepted during the modes M1 and M2, that is, if a double click comes during the mode M2, the device is changing to the mode M1 and vice versa, if a long click comes during M1, the device is changing to M2. These transition rules are summarised below in Table 2.

The meaning of different click types is summarised in Table 3.

Mode

Control LED

Function

M0

D5 on (D6, D7 off)

Alternating manually between D0 and D1 on short click on the push button

M1

D6 on (D5, D7 off)

Alternating automatically between D0 and D1 with the time between alternations determined by the variable resistor. The value obtained from the resistor should be converted linearly into the time interval from 0.5s to 2s, that is, when the resistor is at the minimal position, the corresponding time should be 0.5s, whereas when at the maximal position, the time should be 2s.

M2

D7 on (D5, D6 off)

Alternating automatically between D0 and D1 with the time between alternations fixed at 0.1s.

Table 1: Functions required in all modes

Current mode

Event

Change to

M0

double click

M1

long click

M2

M1

double click

M0

long click

M2

M2

double click

M1

long click

M0

Table 2: Transition between modes

Push button click type

Description

short click

A single push button click which lasts for less than 1s

double click

Two consecutive short clicks with less than 0.25s between them

long click

A single push button click which lasts for more than 1s

Table 3: Definitions of the push button click types

Your task comprises the following:

A. Design an algorithm that will implement the described signalling device.

B. Program the PIC12F675 microcontroller to execute the designed algorithm using the hardware built in the PIC kit.

C. Demonstrate the functional microcontroller to the lecturer and explain the chosen solutions.

D. Make a written individual report with detailed explanations on the selected system specifications and how the programming was implemented. Creative solutions will be especially appreciated. Give also clarifications how the system should behave in case of unplanned use (for instance, changing the potentiometer position during the modes M0 or M2).

You can be quite flexible in designing the system, but the core requirements described above must be met. When completing the task, take the following suggestions into account: