Subject : Professional ethics in computing

You are assigned to create a CD-ROM on white-water rafting in West Virginia. The product is going to be sent to subscribers of “Outside”

magazine. This magazine’s readership has a high level of disposable income. Discuss the creative process you might go through to determine

the content you will use in this project. Where will you get it? Will you use clipart? Public domain content? Will you produce new materials?

What will the production values be?

Check My Work Case Project 1-5: A problem with a newly released operating system While the planning department is researching computer options, a computer support person comes across an article in a computer magazine about a newly released operating system that is experiencing frequent memory and CPU problems, such as slow or no response when accessing disk drives or displaying characters on the monitor.

a. What might be the cause of these problems?

b. Write a short memo for your instructor.

Carey opens a law office in Chicago on January 1 ,2017 . On January 1,2017 ,Carey purchases an annual subscription to a law journal for $170 and a 1 year legal reference service for $1500 . Carey also subscribed to Chicago Magazine for $54 so she can find great place to take client's to dinner and review the best 50 lawyers in Chicago list published each year.

calculate Carey's deduction for the above items for the 2017 tax year.

One standard that corporations use to evaluate their performance against their competitors is the set of rankings developed by Fortune magazine. These include the Fortune 500, the 100 Best Companies to Work For, and other lists. The public also uses these rankings to decide to what companies they should give their business.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Discuss who gains and who loses when an economy opens for trade.
• Explain what determines exchange rates in the short and long run.

Please read the article below: This article is a few years old. However, it captures the ongoing issue (within various countries) as to how confederalism might be the proper structure of government for Iraq, a country with large sectarian divisions and conflict. Only a few years ago policy analysts were suggesting Federalism as the proper form and structure of government for Iraq. After you read this article, click on the link to the accompanying Discussion Board and answer the following questions:

1. How does confederalism differ from federalism?

2. Do you agree or disagree with the author? Why or why not?

3. In what context might one of those forms of structured government be preferable to the other?

Respond to at least one other post by a classmate. In that response, please critique the other student's opinion regarding the author's thesis.

Not ready for nationhood; A confederation model of government makes sense in Iraq.
Author: Ellis, Joseph J.

The year the American war for independence ended, 1781, the United States adopted the Articles of Confederation as its preferred form of government. Even a cursory glance at the Articles reveals that the first clause in the most famous speech in American history is incorrect.

At Gettysburg in 1863 Lincoln began as follows: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation." No, they did not. They established a confederation of sovereign states, loosely bound together in a diplomatic alliance that vested only limited power in the central government. No American nation was possible at the time because allegiances remained local and regional at best, so a confederation acknowledging that political reality offered the only kind of union acceptable to all its constituents.

We all know that the confederation model was short-lived, replaced by the nation-state in 1788 with the ratification of the Constitution. But the Articles of Confederation served the useful purpose of sustaining some semblance of political unity for seven years after the Revolutionary War. As transitory as the confederation became in America, it provides the proper model for Iraq and, in fact, for other currently combustible countries in the Middle East, including Syria.

Our fundamental mistake in Iraq also has its origins in America's founding era. Thomas Jefferson believed there was a natural law governing all societies that tyrannical rulers (read King George III) violated. Once you removed such rulers, for instance Saddam Hussein in Iraq, the natural order of peace and harmony would be restored.
If there is any place on Earth designed to expose Jefferson's utopian vision as an illusion, it is the Middle East today, where the removal of autocratic governments have produced sectarian chaos, civil wars and horrific bloodletting. All the national borders in the Middle East are arbitrary lines in the sand drawn by European powers after World War I, in effect an Eurocentric grid imposed on a Muslim mosaic of Sunni, Shiite and minority sects, along with Kurds, Turkmens and other ethnic minorities.

As a result, the very idea of such a thing as "the Iraqi people" is a Western delusion and a geographic fiction. Once the United Stated toppled Hussein, it lifted the lid on Pandora's box, and we are now witnessing the political chaos that has inevitably ensued. We have spent 4,500 American lives, with more than 30,000 wounded, more than 100,000 Iraqi lives and nearly $1 trillion on a cause that was always a fool's errand.
The only way to salvage any semblance of honor from our misguided policy is to recognize that primal allegiances in Iraq remain sectarian, tribal and ethnic rather than national, thereby making our goal of a democratic Iraqi nation inherently impossible. Recent statements by President Obama and Secretary of State John F. Kerry claiming that an "inclusive government" is taking shape in Baghdad are almost certainly wishful thinking.

Which brings us back to the confederation model. In post-revolutionary America it performed the essential task of providing enough political coherence to bridge the gap between state sovereignty and a nation-sized republic. In Iraq, confederation would allow Shiites, Sunni Arabs and Kurds to live apart in separate provinces, each with a measure of political and religious autonomy. Unlike what happened in the United States, an Iraqi Confederation would probably lead to partition rather than nationhood, but in the current context, it remains the best outcome we can hope for.

It is also the only way for the president's strategy against Islamic State to work. That strategy requires Iraq to provide the ground troops in the campaign against the Islamic extremists, and the Sunnis will join such an effort only if they can foresee a secure homeland for themselves in a reconfigured Iraq. Without Sunni participation, the deployment of U.S. air power will mean that we are taking sides in what is, in effect, a civil war between Shiite and Sunni factions. We obviously do not want to do that.
It does seem clear that at some time in the foreseeable future, that is within the next several decades, the map of the Middle East is going to be redrawn. This is likely to be a messy and often bloody business that all Western countries, including the United States, would be wise to avoid, thereby allowing the Islamic world to fashion its own fate. No matter how ingenious the future architects of the new Middle Eastern geography prove to be, crisscrossing sectarian and tribal allegiances will make it impossible to align national borders with one preferred version of Islam.

As a result, the confederation model, rather than the nation-state, could serve a useful purpose until that distant day when Islam embraces Jefferson's version of a secular society.

Credit: Joseph J. Ellis' book on the era of the Articles of Confederation in the United States, "The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution," will be published in the spring.

: carbonyl(CO) is strong field ligand so [Ni(CO)4] should have square planar shape but by the experiment [Ni(CO)4] is tetrahedral.Explain this statement.

Early in its fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, San Antonio Outfitters finalized plans to expand operations. The first stage was completed on March 28 with the purchase of a tract of land on the outskirts of the city. The land and existing building were purchased for $1,100,000. San Antonio paid $350,000 and signed a noninterest-bearing note requiring the company to pay the remaining $750,000 on March 28, 2020. An interest rate of 8% properly reflects the time value of money for this type of loan agreement. Title search, insurance, and other closing costs totaling $35,000 were paid at closing.

During April, the old building was demolished at a cost of $85,000, and an additional $65,000 was paid to clear and grade the land. Construction of a new building began on May 1 and was completed on October 29. Construction expenditures were as follows: (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

May 1 $ 3,450,000 July 30 2,250,000

September 1 1,800,000

October 1 2,700,000

San Antonio borrowed $5,700,000 at 8% on May 1 to help finance construction. This loan, plus interest, will be paid in 2019. The company also had the following debt outstanding throughout 2018:

$3,500,000, 9% long-term note payable

$5,500,000, 6% long-term bonds payable

In November, the company purchased 10 identical pieces of equipment and office furniture and fixtures for a lump-sum price of $750,000. The fair values of the equipment and the furniture and fixtures were $595,000 and $255,000, respectively. In December, San Antonio paid a contractor $360,000 for the construction of parking lots and for landscaping.

Required: Determine the initial values of the various assets that San Antonio acquired or constructed during 2018. The company uses the specific interest method to determine the amount of interest capitalized on the building construction.  How much interest expense will San Antonio report in its 2018 income statement?

Early in its fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, San Antonio Outfitters finalized plans to expand operations. The first stage was completed on March 28 with the purchase of a tract of land on the outskirts of the city. The land and existing building were purchased for $1,200,000. San Antonio paid $400,000 and signed a noninterest-bearing note requiring the company to pay the remaining $800,000 on March 28, 2020. An interest rate of 9% properly reflects the time value of money for this type of loan agreement. Title search, insurance, and other closing costs totaling $40,000 were paid at closing.
   
During April, the old building was demolished at a cost of $90,000, and an additional $70,000 was paid to clear and grade the land. Construction of a new building began on May 1 and was completed on October 29. Construction expenditures were as follows: (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

San Antonio borrowed $6,700,000 at 9% on May 1 to help finance construction. This loan, plus interest, will be paid in 2019. The company also had the following debt outstanding throughout 2018:

In November, the company purchased 10 identical pieces of equipment and office furniture and fixtures for a lump-sum price of $800,000. The fair values of the equipment and the furniture and fixtures were $675,000 and $225,000, respectively. In December, San Antonio paid a contractor $385,000 for the construction of parking lots and for landscaping.
  
Required:
1. Determine the initial values of the various assets that San Antonio acquired or constructed during 2018. The company uses the specific interest method to determine the amount of interest capitalized on the building construction.
2. How much interest expense will San Antonio report in its 2018 income statement?

Early in its fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, San Antonio Outfitters finalized plans to expand operations. The first stage was completed on March 28 with the purchase of a tract of land on the outskirts of the city. The land and existing building were purchased for $820,000. San Antonio paid $210,000 and signed a noninterest-bearing note requiring the company to pay the remaining $610,000 on March 28, 2020. An interest rate of 6% properly reflects the time value of money for this type of loan agreement. Title search, insurance, and other closing costs totaling $21,000 were paid at closing.
   
During April, the old building was demolished at a cost of $71,000, and an additional $51,000 was paid to clear and grade the land. Construction of a new building began on May 1 and was completed on October 29. Construction expenditures were as follows: (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

San Antonio borrowed $3,000,000 at 6% on May 1 to help finance construction. This loan, plus interest, will be paid in 2019. The company also had the following debt outstanding throughout 2018:

In November, the company purchased 10 identical pieces of equipment and office furniture and fixtures for a lump-sum price of $610,000. The fair values of the equipment and the furniture and fixtures were $426,000 and $284,000, respectively. In December, San Antonio paid a contractor $290,000 for the construction of parking lots and for landscaping.
  
Required:
1. Determine the initial values of the various assets that San Antonio acquired or constructed during 2018. The company uses the specific interest method to determine the amount of interest capitalized on the building construction.
2. How much interest expense will San Antonio report in its 2018 income statement?