According to Weetman (2006 p25) ‘accounting is the process of identifying‚ measuring and communicating financial information about an entity to permit informed judgements and decisions by users of the information.’ If we extract the suffix of the word‚ we are left with the word ‘account’. To account for something is to take something into consideration. In terms of finance‚ accounting for something can be seen as baring it in mind when compiling financial information. Synony mously‚ taking something
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What being Hispanic means to me To me‚ the most vital part of my identity as Hispanic is being proud of my culture. Being Hispanic means that you are indeed in the minority and often questioned or judged about the customs of your race. There is no shame in the Hispanic culture because it stands out in this country and creates a more festive and diverse nation. To abhor your culture simply to assimilate or pretend for your own satisfaction that you belong is equally as abhorring your parents and
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What is a computer: A computer is an electronic device that executes the instructions in a program. A device that accepts data‚ processes the data in accordance with the stored program‚ generates results and usually consists of input‚ output‚ storage‚ Airthmatic logic and control units. A computer has four functions: a. accepts data Input: Data or information written into the computer by user The Information Processing Cycle b.processes data Processing: The calculations performed according
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Penaflor‚ Micaella Mariz F. H-328 1. WHAT IS BOOKKEEPING? * Bookkeeping is the recording‚ on a day-today basis of the financial transactions and information pertaining to a business. It is concerned with ensuring that records of those individual financial transactions are accurate‚ up-to-date and comprehensive. Accuracy is therefore vital to the process. * Bookkeeping provides the information from which accounts are prepared but is a distinct process‚ preliminary to accounting.
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A. Fatal attraction is a real danger online… Yes‚ the stalking and erotimania behaviors seen in the classic movie‚ Fatal Attraction‚ or the new version‚ Obsessed‚ are real and on the increase. Cyber-stalking makes it easier to harass from a distance or to get information on where stalkers can locate victims at almost any hour of the day. For college students‚ stalkers get a bonus; just keep up with information on Twitter‚ MySpace or Facebook. Social networking sites offer privacy options that few
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THE DANGERS OF SEXTING Before we can get into the dangers of Sexting‚ let‟s make sure you really know what this is. According to Wikipedia‚ Sexting is ‚ “the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photographs‚ primarily between mobile phones.” Most people aren‟t aware of the dangers really involved when sending a sexually explicit picture through their phone or the Internet. Over the past several years‚ the number of people Sexting has increased while the ages of those people
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What is a drug? A drug may be defined as any substance other than food that by its chemical nature affects the structure and function of the living organism. Why do people use drugs? It has been shown that there are two main reasons why people use drugs. 1. Using drugs because it feels good and/or their friends are doing it 2. Using drugs because they are suffering from emotional or physical abuse‚ or because they suffer from mental disorders. When is it considered abuse? Medical and governmental
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What is Education? Answers from 5th Century BC to the 21st Century The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things‚ not simply repeating what other generations have done. -- Jean Piaget‚ 1896-1980‚ Swiss developmental psychologist‚ philosopher An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory‚ or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don’t.-- Anatole France‚ 1844-1924‚
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The manage care we know today began to form in the 19th century when a series of alternative healthcare arrangements appeared across the country. These programs forms with the purpose of providing healthcare service in return for a premium payment of $0.50 and it was available to lumber mill owners and their employees. Later in 1929 another program was found by Dr. Michael Shadid‚ who started a rural farmer ‘cooperative health plan in Elk City‚ Oklahoma where selected farmers invested $50 on shares
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