In "Admiral of the Swiss Navy" written by Sam Lipsyte‚ there is a narrator who is the kind of boy many of us have known at one time in our life. He is confused‚ arrogant‚ showy‚ put in situations where he must decide what the right thing to do is‚ and always worried about what the other kids think of him. He is attending a summer camp near a lake in Canada and rooms with an unpopular obese kid named Van Wort. Yes‚ Van Wort‚ you can only guess that a boy with this name gets besieged by the other camp
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Admiral butterflies (genus Limenitis) are a particularly appealing system to address questions regarding wing pattern evolution and speciation. This genus is unusual among other butterflies in that mimicry has evolved multiple times and hybridization is frequent between wing pattern forms. An interesting fact of wing pattern evolution within this genus is the apparent differences between the largely stereotypic Paleartic fauna and the highly variable Nearctic forms of butterflies. Palearctic
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ACCOUNTING TOOLS FOR BUSINESS DECISION MAKING SIXTH EDITION MANAGERIAL This page intentionally left blank Jerry J. Weygandt PhD‚ CPA University of Wisconsin—Madison Madison‚ Wisconsin Paul D. Kimmel PhD‚ CPA University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Donald E. Kieso PhD‚ CPA Northern Illinois University DeKalb‚ Illinois Dedicated to the Wiley sales representatives who sell our books and service our adopters in a professional and ethical
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Marina Lopes Vieira Mr. Quintin Molina AED 309 – Leadership Principles and Practices 07/23/2014 Journal #2 Example of Leadership From the Forbes’ article “Leadership Lessons from Admiral Michelle Howard‚ The Highest Ranking Woman in Naval History”‚ written by Kathryn Dill‚ tells the history of the four-star admiral and Vice Chief of Naval Operations‚ the second highest position in the Navy‚ Michelle Howard and how she became the first American woman to get this position. It is all about her leadership
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Case: The USS Florida The atmosphere in a Trident nuclear submarine is generally calm and quiet. Even pipe joints are cushioned to prevent noise that might tip off a pursuer. The Trident ranks among the world’s most dangerous weaponsCswift‚ silent‚ armed with 24 long‑range missiles carrying 192 nuclear warheads. Trident crews are the cream of the Navy crop‚ and even the sailors who fix the plumbing exhibit a white‑collar decorum. The culture aboard ship is a low‑key‚ collegial one in which sailors
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ACTBAS2 INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS CASE (“Goodwill Stores”) 3rd Term‚ Academic Year 2011-2012 Source: Weygandt‚ J.‚ Kieso‚ D.‚ and Kimmel‚ P. ”Accounting Principles”‚ 8th edition. (modified) Ulysses Cordero was just hired as the assistant treasurer of Goodwill Stores. The company is a specialty chain store with nine retail stores concentrated in one metropolitan area. Among other things‚ the payment of all invoices is centralized in one of the departments Ulysses will manage. His primary responsibility
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Running Head: The Vasa Capsizes Case Assignment The Vasa Capsizes Case Assignment Prepared by: Andy Abstract The “Vasa Capsizes Case Assignment”‚ is a project management case. We’ll find that if the project leader used many of the project management tools used in today’s projects the Vasa probably would have made numerous voyages for the Swedish fleet. However‚ because of the lack of a clear written procedure when deviations to the ship building process occurred‚ no risk analysis and action
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in the good ’Ole Days? It was early December 2008‚ and Baskin-Robbins Brand Officer Ken Kimmel had just returned from lunch. To his surprise‚ his walk from the parking lot to the Randolph‚ Massachusetts‚ headquarters building had quickly turned into a sprint. Kimmel was trying to avoid the chilly effects of a Nor’easter that was whipping most of New England with arctic winds. Like the nasty weather that Kimmel had just escaped‚ the frozen-food retailing industry had become more hostile to Baskin-Robbins
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modifications. The case indicates these last minute dimension changes negatively impacted the ship building process. Lastly‚ a project leader would be responsible for incremental knowledge building surrounding best ship-building practices. The project leader would need to collect this knowledge of best practices in a way that could be easily passed onto future leaders. 2. Conduct an independent safety/sea-worthy audit for quality assurance The personal interests of Admiral Fleming likely influenced
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BOC CASE Yimin Tu 1. Using Kimmel et al.’s (2011) principles of control activities (described in Figure 6)‚ identify the internal control weaknesses that contributed to the BOC fraud incident. BOC has no independent internal verification. Bank managers had insider authority to make loans and transfer funds without controls. The former general manager at BOC Kaiping branch made loans and transferred fund to Ever Joint to pull in profits for himself. There is no second person to verify and supervise
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