Apollo Group Inc. was launched in 1976. John Sperling came up with the idea that rather than catering to 18-22 year olds he focused on the neglected market of working adults and he recruited working professionals as teachers rather than tenured professors. The University of Phoenix Online has more than 18‚000 faculties‚ only about 450 are full time. Sperling ran his University to make money‚ despite the critiques from the education establishment. Sperling faced failure everyday for the first 10 years
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How to Tie A Shoe‚ When You First Learn When you were a little kid whoever bought your shoes always bought you the ugly Velcro ones that most always had some kind of cartoon character on them or lit up when the shoe hit the ground. Then one day you decided you weren’t a little kid anymore and the cartoon character or light up shoes weren’t cool enough for you. So off the person who bought your shoes went to buy "big kid shoes". But‚ there was a problem‚ you didn’t know how to keep them on your
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Task 1 1. A roll forward is an important test in relation to year-end balance of gross PPE. It is necessary for the auditor to have assurance about the amount on the year-end 2011 balance sheet. However‚ a majority of the dollar amounts on the balance sheet should have been tested in the previous year. Roll forward allows the auditor to asses any activity since the last recording on the balance sheet. The mathematical accuracy is crucial because if the numbers are off‚ the auditor could be tested
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explaining the significance of the qualitative features indicated by these deviations. Some things you may want to think about: * If the control performance were uniform for the year‚ the deviations would be evenly distributed by month. * Apollo Shoes faced financial problems in the fourth quarter of the year. * Sales transactions with missing bills of lading suggest improperly recorded sales. * December is the month when deviations overstating sales can have the most effect on
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Gianlorenzo Bernini "Apollo and Daphne" The statue "Apollo and Daphne" was made by the artist Gianlorenzo Bernini‚ the statue was commisioned in 1622 by the Borghese family and was completed in 1625. The statue is roughly 243 cm tall and is located at the Galleria Borghese‚ Rome. Bernini was a Italian sculptor‚ architect and painter who lived from 1598 till 1680. At first he worked in the late Mannerist tradition but left this style and helped create a new style that had more emotional and psychological
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Apollo 13 The movie Apollo 13 is a true story about a failure of a space mission to the moon. Before they end up getting to the moon‚ something goes wrong with the rocket ship. The quote “We just put Sir Isaac Newton in the driver’s seat” from the movie Apollo 13 is figure of speech. A figure of speech is an idiom‚ metaphor‚ or simile. In this case‚ the quote is an idiom. An idiom is a figure of speech that is meant not to be taken literally. It’s raining cats and dogs is an example of an idiom
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Running head: WAGE AND WAGE EARNERS Wage and Wage Earners There has always been much debate about the wages earned between those with many years of education and those with many years of work experience. Does one factor promise higher compensation than the other? In a study conducted by University of Phoenix students‚ one hundred working adults were surveyed on how many years of experience they had‚ how many years of education they had‚ and what their annual salary is. The results vary
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INTRODUCTION General Introduction About The Organization Apollo Tyres straddles the Indian tyre industry much like the Greek Sun God. Apollo’s four horse-drawn chariot races across the vast expanse of the sky‚ symbolizing the creation of light‚ hence knowledge and truth. And like the Greek charioteer‚ Apollo Tyres has stood the test of time on the four pillars of vision‚ integrity‚ quality and sheer determination. The history of Apollo Tyres dates back to 1974 when it was incorporated as a company
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Raj Darvin Doble 1.) Lemon or Calamansi Shoe Polish. It is meant to solve a problem. It is thriftier to use it than a commercialized shoe polish. And making your own shoe polish might also come up as personal business. The question that the researcher will answer is: “Is Lemon or Calamansi Shoe Polish as good as the commercialized shoe polish?” 2.) The compositions of citric acid that helps in polishing are available on reference books. Studies like this have been conducted before. And we are
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Does children’s shoe sizes get bigger as they get older? Introduction: I will be doing an experiment to investigate whether it is true or not that children’s shoes sizes really increase as they get older. In order for me to prove this‚ I need to collect some data and to start with‚ I have to create a simple and short questionnaire and I will ask some of my friends and family who has children and could help me with this experiment by completing the questionnaire. My objective is to find out
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