Final Post 9/11 Intelligence Reform Impact and the Way Ahead Daniel Ratner INTL 444 Professor Mead October 8‚ 2012 Introduction After 9/11‚ an event so shocking‚ and humiliating to both the American people‚ and the U.S. Government‚ vast reforms were identified to ensure that an attack of this magnitude never happened again. From the ashes of this despicable act came two major pieces of Intelligence reform. These documents were the 9/11 Commission Report and The Intelligence
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Case 12-7 Facts: Rossi Inc.: Asbestos Litigation Liability: The cost of settlement and defensed costs relating to currently pending claims and future claims for losses incurred to date. Liabilities recorded per/as at Dec 31. 2009 2008 2007 Rossi Inc. $962m $1‚055m $469m Thompson (External Specialist) $1124m $1‚055m Internal Actuarial Specialist $907m‚ $1‚184m‚ and $1‚514m The 2007 claim estimate is projected through 2011. The 2008 and 2009 estimate are projected through 2017
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Case 12-04 Hemo-Tech Inc. Part I Hemo-Tech Inc. (“Hemo”) manufactures and sells specialized medical equipment and services to physicians and hospitals. The equipment is used to extract and store blood samples from patients. Hemo is currently marketing its latest equipment model‚ BIO-07‚ which includes Hemo’s new patented technology that significantly improves sample collection efficiency and reduces contamination risk to a low level. Hemo is the only company in the United States that sells this type
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WATER‚ WATER EVERYWHERE Prepared for Prepared by Water makes up almost 70 (seventy) percent of the human body and without it‚ it has been said that the body cannot be sustained and would therefore perish. Every nutrition class or article that I have ever read‚ has always touted water as the “elixir of life”. In my humble opinion that makes water a basic necessity for the sustainment of life and the access to free water a basic right for all people. However‚ if the water was on pre-owned property
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Case Study Analysis Paper (Rough Draft) Case Study Analysis Paper (Rough Draft) How do you make sure that you are prepared early so that you are not running around at the last minute? Many people work at different skill levels and also can handle pressure differently. In order to ease the process it is usually better to keep ahead by preparing the things that are needed in advanced rather than waiting till the last minute. Knowing these types of skills also allows for people to work with less
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Case 12-02 To Recognize or Not to Recognize‚ That Is the Question Shakespeare Inc. (“Shakespeare” or the “Company”) is a privately held book printing and publishing company with a December 31 year-end. The summary balance sheet as of December 31‚ 2010‚ included: Current assets Noncurrent assets Total assets Current liabilities Noncurrent liabilities Total liabilities Total shareholder equity $ 6‚500‚000 28‚250‚000 $34‚750‚000 $ 4‚500‚000 13‚750‚000 $18‚250‚000 $16‚500‚000 The summary results of
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Case 12-03 - Contingencies Scenario 1 Energy should recognize a provision as of December 31‚ 2011‚ in reporting to its U.K. parent under IFRSs and in reporting to its U.S.-based lender in accordance with U.S. GAAP. IFRS and GAAP follow three steps in order to determine if a provision should be recognized. They are: a) the entity has an obligation
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Week 7 Rough Draft Why are people in America overweight? It could be hereditary or a bad way of living one thing is true obesity is a very big problem. Many people feel that being overweight is a dead end and they either don’t know the proper way to start a weight loss program or are not motivated enough to even want to try. Whichever category you fall in some people do not do anything until they eventually die. Being overweight is a very big concern. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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FIND A CAREER IN PETROPHYSICS | GREENPEACE’S AYLIFFE VS. FTI’S BLACKMON | GUIDE TO ABU DHABI The Magazine by and for Young Professionals in Oil and Gas VOL. 9 // ISSUE 2 // 2013 PUBLIC PERCEPTION OUR INDUSTRY An Official Publication of The Society of Petroleum Engineers • www.spe.org Contents 2 3 4 8 Americas Office Office hours: 0730–1700 CST (GMT–5) Monday–Friday 222 Palisades Creek Dr.‚ Richardson‚ TX 75080-2040 USA Tel: +1.972.952.9393 Fax: +1.972.952.9435 Email: spedal@spe
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All applicable cases are available with McGraw-Hill ’s Connect™ Accounting. CASE 10B–5 Ethics and the Manager; Rigging Standards [LO5] Stacy Cummins‚ the newly hired controller at Merced Home Products‚ Inc.‚ was disturbed by what she had discovered about the standard costs at the Home Security Division. In looking over the past several years of quarterly earnings reports at the Home Security Division‚ she noticed that the first-quarter earnings were always poor‚ the second-quarter earnings were
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