Blade Runner and Frankenstein despite contextual differences reflect almost identical concerns transcending ethical boundaries for scientific advancement. While Blade Runner can be seen as offering a parallel plot to Frankenstein‚ Ridley Scott take the story of a creator and his being to new heights and answers questions Shelley left unsaid. Parity between both texts is driven in the meet the creators scene that demonstrate the fundamentally similar themes prevalent in both contexts‚ where the lines
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Colorscope Inc Which jobs are profitable for Colorscope? Why? Jobs where there are rework (customer initiated or not) always result in losses. Therefore‚ if the incidents of house errors are reduced‚ profitability of Colorscope can be improved (our team note that this impact is small)‚ and if customer initiated rework is charged to the customers at a price that commensurate with the cost incurred‚ profitability of these jobs can be maintained. Most of the jobs that Colorscope completed
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Provisions and Contingencies Scenario 1 Fact: Energy Inc. (Energy‚ or the Company)‚ which operates in the oil industry‚ is a U.S. subsidiary of a U.K. entity that prepares its financial statements in accordance with IFRS and U.S. GAAP. A draft law in a country where Energy operates in‚ which requires a cleanup of land already contaminated‚ will possibly be enacted shortly after the year-end. Issues: Should Energy recognize a provision‚ (i) in reporting under IFRSs‚ and (ii) in accordance
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Samuel Powers 9/10/13 Week 4 The main themes this week were centered on the emergence of the British colonies as a stable society in the 17th and 18th centuries. One main theme was population demographic in the colonies. Before 1650‚ most of the colonies’ population was made up of indentured servants looking for a better life in the new world. However‚ a small portion consisted of English gentry and businessmen. After 1650‚ numbers coming over to the new world dwindled. The Great Plague and the
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Shelley’s 1818 Horror Science Fiction Print Novel‚ Frankenstein‚ written during the industrial revolution and Ridley Scott’s 1982 Action Science Fiction film Blade Runner‚ written as Social disillusionment and Environmental concerns became the prominent public issue. The idea of Science Playing God is emulated in both Frankenstein and Blade Runner. Firstly in Frankenstein the obvious notion is explored through Victor’s scientific construction of a human from the body parts of the dead and bringing
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Handstar Inc. Handstar Inc. was created a little over four years ago by two college roommates to develop software applications for handheld computing devices. It has since grown to ten employees with annual sales approaching $1.5 million. Handstar’s original product was an expense report application that allowed users to record expenses on their handheld computers and then import these expenses into a spreadsheet that then create an expense report in one of five standard formats. Based on the success
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Wawa‚ Inc.‚ a privately held company‚ began in 1803 as an iron foundry in New Jersey. Toward the end of the 19th Century‚ owner George Wood took an interest in dairy farming and the family began a small processing plant in Wawa‚ Pa‚ in 1902. The milk business was a huge success‚ due to its quality‚ cleanliness and “certified” process. As home delivery of milk declined in the early 1960s‚ Grahame Wood‚ George’s grandson‚ opened the first Wawa Food Market in 1964 as an outlet for dairy products. Now
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Company Introduction NetApp‚ in the past called Network Appliance‚ Inc.‚ is a company founded 24 years ago in 1992 by David Hitz‚ James Lau and Michael Malcolm headquartered in Sunnyvale‚ California‚ USA‚ which has over 12.000 employees worldwide and 150 offices around the world. NetApp is one of the companies that work on providing computer storage and data management solutions to make things easier for their customers. (NetApp‚ 2016) NetApp storage systems are hardware and software based data storage
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Chapter 3 Analysis of Financial Statements SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEMS 3-1 DSO = 40 days; S = $7‚300‚000; AR = ? DSO = 40 = 40 = AR/$20‚000 AR = $800‚000. 3-2 A/E = 2.4; D/A = ? 3-3 ROA = 10%; PM = 2%; ROE = 15%; S/TA = ?; TA/E = ? ROA = NI/A; PM = NI/S; ROE = NI/E. ROA = PM S/TA NI/A = NI/S S/TA 10% = 2% S/TA S/TA = 5. ROE = PM S/TA TA/E NI/E = NI/S S/TA TA/E 15% = 2% 5 TA/E 15% = 10% TA/E TA/E = 1.5.
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Economic conditions change‚ competitors launch new assaults and the product passes through new stages of buyer interest and requirements (Kotler‚ 2001‚ p. 484). Consequently a company must plan strategies that address any changes in the market. ebay Inc. is the world’s largest and most popular person-to-person trading community on the internet (Bradley‚ 2001‚ p. 1). From its inception eBay was unchallenged however with amazon.com’s (Amazon) entrance into the online person-to-person auction arena and
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