The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) was established to protect consumers from the increasingly intrusive methods employed by telemarketers. Information technology advances such as auto-dialers‚ predictive dialers‚ and automated faxes made it easier to reach large numbers of businesses and households in a relatively short time. These methods were not only highly annoying to consumers‚ but through the use of these devices‚ telemarketing companies were also passing some of the cost
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Legal Defenses CJS 220 February 7‚ 2014 Selena Small Legal defenses are the reasons that a convicted individual uses in hopes of not being punished nor being responsible for a crime. According to the text‚ there are ten general legal defenses. The ten legal defenses are infancy‚ insanity‚ self-defense‚ intoxication‚ prevention of a violent felony‚ mistake of fact‚ necessity‚ entrapment‚ coercion‚ and syndromes (Meyer and Grant 2003). Infancy is one of the ten general legal defenses
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Week 3: Process Analysis and Production Processes - Class Discussion Discussion The purpose of this discussion board is to provide you with a forum to discuss your newly discovered production and operations management concepts in light of current issues and real world situations with others in the class. In essence‚ it is a practice ground for ensuring that your reasoning and foundation of these concepts are secure. This portion of the course requires you to interact with your fellow classmates
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Week Five Reflection Summary Cassie Kodie BIS/220 6/19/2012 John McGivney Developing the right programs for a company’s needs can become a major project. Going into weeks 4 and 5‚ I did not realize how much work and detail went into planning‚ developing and implementing a software program. There is a team structure with a project manager and the involvement of the company utilizing the program can be very involved to no say at all. I learned that a scope is a list of features desired in a
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Week 4 Checkpoint – Part 1 (5 points) The following are common categories on a classified Balance Sheet: Current Assets Long-term Investments Plant Assets Intangible Assets Current Liabilities Long-term Liabilities For each of the following items‚ select a category from above that identifies the Balance Sheet category where the item typically would appear. Category on Balance Sheet Account Title Long-term Investments Notes Receivable Current Assets Merchandise
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Week 1 Assignment Tayla DaSilva IT 244 September 23‚ 2012 James Lemaster Week 1 Assignment The company I have chosen is The Bloom Design Group. The Bloom Design Groups mission is to provide online interior design services to its customers. The company offers their customers interior design services. What sets this company apart from others is that they have a website that allows customers a chance to design and decorate their rooms to their liking in a virtual environment before spending
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Student Exam 1/16/12 9:14 AM Week 3 : Managing Assets and Resources in the Digital Firm - Homework Save Answers Submit for Grading 1. A characteristic or quality describing an entity is called a(n) (Points : 1) field. tuple. key field. attribute. 2. The confusion created by _____ makes it difficult for companies to create customer relationship management‚ supply chain management‚ or enterprise systems that integrate data from different sources. (Points : 1) batch processing data
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Keith Miller IS3110 Week 3 Risk Mitigation Plans 1. Why is it important to prioritize your IT infrastructure risks‚ threats‚ and vulnerabilities? It is important to prioritize because you must be aware of what the risks‚ threats‚ and vulnerabilities are to your infrastructure so that you know where the most attention is needed to make the 2. A quality IT Risk Mitigation Plan will include details on costs‚ risk prioritization‚ and accompanying schedule. For risk prioritization‚ what
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There are nine private payer plans which include preferred provider organizations (PPO)‚ health maintenance organizations (HMO)‚ point of service (POS). Indemnity plans cost the most for employees and they usually have to choose a PPO plan. The new consumer driven health plan (CDHP) which a lot of people are picking‚ it has a high deductible combined with a funding option of some type. All of the plans have unique features for coverage of services and financial responsibility. PPO plans are the
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Kelly Estabrook Week 3 Check Point Total Tax Calculation Program Analysis: Process: 1. input salary amount 2. subtract minimum amount in range from salary amount to find excess 3. multiply excess by required percentage for that range 4. add excess amount to base tax 5. display total tax 6. prompt to continue or exit program Input: Salrange (float: 0-14999.99) Response (float: X or Y) Output: Totaltax (float) My Requirements Analysis: 1. Input salary amount 2
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