Case Study of Just For Feet Inc. Xuan Zhang Q1. Prepare common-sized balance sheets and income statements and compute key ratios for 1997-1998. What were the high-risk financial statement items for the 1998 audit? * Common-sized financial statements: * Key ratio analysis: Liquidity and solvency: | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | Current ratio | 3.387 | 1.998 | 2.142 | Debt to equity | 1.117 | 0.672 | 0.720 | Times interest earned | 6.376 | 24.665 | 28.286 | Activity | | |
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Happiness‚ Knopf‚ 2006. Carol Graham (2010)‚ Happiness around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires‚ Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hills P.‚ Argyle M. (2002). "The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire: a compact scale for the measurement of psychological well-being. Personality and Individual Differences". Psychological Wellbeing 33: 1073–1082. Barbara Ann Kipfer‚ 14‚000 Things to Be Happy About‚ Workman‚ 1990/2007‚ ISBN 978-0-7611-4721-3. Stefan Klein‚ The Science of Happiness
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There are many similarities between the novel “The Absolutely True Diary of Part Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie and the essay “Recognizing Strangers” by Sara Ahmed. Both authors talk about the major theme of belonging to a certain culture‚ or community. In the novel the main character named Junior is a complete outcast in his neighborhood. He is from a poor Indian community called “Reservation” where everyone who is part of the community is in the same financial situation. The community had the
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happiness can also extend across an entire nation‚ with people in "happy" nations being more likely to have pro-democratic attitudes and a keenness to help others. The link between happiness and success was investigated by a team from the University of California Riverside‚ led by Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky. First‚ they analysed questionnaires that ask people about multiple aspects of their lives. "For example‚ they show that happy people tend to earn higher incomes‚" said Prof Lyubomirsky. Having
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INTRO: Belonging is the state of being accepted and comfortable in a place or group. In the words of John O’Donohue‚ “the hunger to belong is not merely a desire to be attached to something. It is rather sensing that great transformation and discovery become possible when belonging is sheltered and true.” The aspects of belonging that will be explored include the pressures to belong in society or choosing not belong‚ how belonging is sometimes not based on truth and belonging to a place. These
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ourselves through the prism of place and our sense of belonging. We‚ none of us‚ can change the place where we are born. It is impossible to translate the horrors of a child growing up in war torn or impoverished Africa‚ with a child of privilege in Melbourne‚ London or New York. The impact of place– be they negative or positive- creates some part of the identity that will endure for an entire lifetime. The same can be said for our sense of belonging‚ that it helps create a part of our identity that
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in an individual experiencing a sense of belonging or not belonging. It is evident that a number of issues can greatly affect a person’s sense of belonging in particular personal experiences and cultural background. Throughout Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake a number of these issues emerge and have been presented to play a major role in an individual discovering their true identity while concurrently experiencing a sense of belonging or not belonging. A range of various literary techniques
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removes the spirit of self-confidence and chivalrous emotions. Instead‚ the person is presented with fear and loneliness. All it takes is a group of trusting hands to reach out to their soul‚ and guide them over the wall towards a strong sense of belonging with others‚ and into a more supportive and integrated society. The feeling of
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How has Educating Rita by Willy Russel shaped your understanding of belonging? Discuss with reference to language and dramatic techniques For a person to belong into a certain group‚ class or society‚ they must learn to fit in with that certain group‚ class or society and learn the rituals‚ language‚ behaviour responsibilities and culture. The sense of belonging to one of these social groups gives one a sense of belonging‚ and cancels out the feeling of exclusion and isolation. The journey into
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and to obtain the life necessity of belonging one must feel secure and trusted in a certain group. Respect must be present and encourages important alliances and equality within a community. The inability to belong highlights faults‚ leaving an individual vulnerable to alienation by the community and isolation by themselves. Lack of common communication potentially leads to a sense of not belonging. Within Raimond Gaita’s; Romulus my father conception of belonging have been conveyed. Another text that
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