1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. Prior to 1984‚ the Corporation used principally accelerated methods for its U.S. operating plants. The cumulative effect of this change‚ which was applied retroactively to all assets previously subjected to accelerated depreciation‚ increased net income for 1984 by $11.0 million or $.93 per common and common equivalent share. The changes as defined in Note 2 are as follows:
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1. What is the fundamental goal of business? Do all organizations share this goal?The fundamental goal of business is to earn a profit. Not all organizations share this goal because they are nonprofit organizations. 2. Name the forms a product may take and give some examples of each. The forms a product may take are tangible and intangible. Tangible goods are computers‚ clothing‚ automobiles‚ and food. Intangible goods are services or ideas made by people. 3. Who are the main participants of business
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Assignment 1.1 Virginia D. Faircloth Charleston Southern University 1. What is the traditional evangelical position regarding the canon? The evangelical position is the affirmation of God’s formation of its books and their position in the canon. 2. Did an apocryphal Gospel ever circulate with a canonical Gospel? No‚ because apocryphal Gospel‚ by definition means non-canonical‚ or mythical and untrue. These Gospels are also proven mythical/untrue by their minimal translations
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1) Candide learns that while being optimistic is a useful trait‚ it will not help you in being successful. He learns that in order to have the “best of all possible worlds” he must work hard‚ because it will not just come to him. Candide has rejected Pangloss’ philosophy in exchange for hard‚ practical work. 2) Voltaire is correct in his theory that optimism blinds a person from the real life obstacles one must face. Life is not perfect because a person says it is; a person must experience life
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HAN CAI DBQ Document 1 1. One reason why many Americans wanted to return to a policy of isolationism after World War 1 is that they didn’t want to involve in any more foreign wars. Document 2 2. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s viewpoint about United States involvement in war was that war is like a contagious virus whether it be declared or undeclared. Document 3 3. One reason why Senator Taft was opposed to the United States entering the war in Europe is that the war destroyed more
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Human Resource Management Week 6 DQ1: Measuring Performance Of this week’s video segments - Ford‚ Metro Bakery‚ and BuyCostumes.com - how are their approaches to performance evaluation and performance management different? How are they similar? Henry Ford offered higher salaries in order to attract and retain better workers which resulted in higher performance. By doing this he was able to have the best employees who made the best cars. Based on the video I am making the assumption that Ford Motor
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1.) From the information provided this week on characteristics of good clinical teaching‚ consider what you think are the most important aspects. If you developed an instructor evaluation form‚ which characteristics would you would want to include? Why? Knowledgeable- An instructor should be knowledge about the content covered in the course. Often times an instructor may have to elaborate on the content covered course material in order to give to student a better understanding. Communication – It
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[TITLE PAGE] INTRODUCTION General Motors Co is an American multinational automotive corporation and among the world’s big automakers by vehicle sales (GALLIGIAN‚ 2012)‚ in dong business more than 150 countries. General Motors is like divided into five businesses in segments: GM Europe‚ GM International Operations‚ GM North America‚ GM South America and GM Financial (GM Report‚ 2012). In (2009)‚ General Motors had several brands and merged from government backed in
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1 Tapping into Multiple Intelligences to Teach Information Literacy Skills Sally Brewer (2005) Abstract (Summary) One of the major questions that classroom teachers wrestle with is what strategy or method to use when teaching their students. One of the theories that library media specialists are finding to be effective as they teach information literacy skills is Howard Gardner ’s theory of multiple intelligences. Brewer reviews Gardner ’s work and the work of other researchers in this area
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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Multiple-Choice Technique: The Ambiguity of "Young Goodman Brown" "Young Goodman Brown" is a short‚ fictional story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864). Along with symbolism and religious allusion‚ Hawthorne uses an interesting technique in his works‚ keeping his audience wondering about what they just read. This technique can best be described as a multiple-choice technique‚ where there are different choices to interpret the text. The multiple-choice technique is ambiguous
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