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This 20 page paper discuses both financial planning and estate planning. The writer uses a hypothetical couple in their late twenties and with two young children for illustrative purposes. Several aspects of financial planning are discussed including the need for budgeting, investing for retirement, and investing for college costs for the children. The writer then moves into estate planning and explains wills and probate, Living Trusts, gifting, naming beneficiaries on retirement accounts, life insurance policies and annuities and Charitable Remainder Trusts. The discussion includes estate taxation and the strategies for reducing this liability. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses two fictitious companies: ABC Software Solutions, a software development company, and Midnight Auto Supply, a small family-owned business with three stores. ABC is developing a system for Midnight that will integrate a number of their functions, such as accounts payable, inventory, ordering, and payroll. The system will also cut checks and print labels. A brief overview of what each component will do is provided along with the names of specific programs available on the market. The essay concludes with the programming tool ABC will use to create this integrated system. No Bibliography.

This 37 page paper is an examination of the influence of potential threat of terrorism to the way in which the financial industries are managed, with specific attention to the accounting profession. The paper looks at the concept of terrorism, defining what it is and the way it takes place, examining the potential reliance on capital flows and how this impacts on the financial industries. The paper then moves on to examine strategy that is being put in place to try and prevent capital flows facilitating terrorist activities, incorporating discussions on guardianship, money laundering and the problems of detecting funds for terrorism. The bibliography cites 43 sources.

This 10 page paper answers 4 questions on international marketing. The first question identifies and discusses the four phases of international marketing. The second question identifies and discusses the main drivers international trade and marketing. The third question defined some economic concepts important international marketing, including the current account and balance of payments. The last question discusses the similarities and differences which we found in terms of marketing in a country that has a stable population, compared to a country with a growing population. The bibliography cites six sources.

This 3 page paper is a personal account of when the writer was involved in an auto accident and was sued. It discusses the services that were provided and the writer's feelings in regards to receiving help. No bibliography is provided.

This 10 page paper examines a case study supplied by the student. Delta Airlines have emerged from bankruptcy and chosen to use a fresh start accounting approach as allowed under American Institute of Certified Public Accountant Statement of Position 90-7, “Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code” (SOP 90-7. The paper considers the way this is impacting on asset valuation and how it impacts on the firm. The practice of deprecation discussed and the paper ends by considering whether or not fresh start should be available to other firms where the balance sheet does not reflect the real value of the assets. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

5 pages in length. Some states across the country have moved to a twenty-five-year driver's license whereby people are legally allowed to travel the roads for a quarter of a century without refreshing their driving skills, getting their eyes checked or even taking a written review. At least one state, however, mandates the driver's picture be retaken after ten years (Arizona). Given the scope of responsibility inherent to operating a motor vehicle, it seems illogical and quite dangerous to allow people on the road without knowing how their skills have deteriorated. This analogy applies to the concept of tenure, as well, which by all accounts locks in a teacher's place along the academic gravy train yet does not monitor the value of instruction being dispensed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

3 pages in length. When the time comes where man and machine morph into one entity devoid of any individuality, this is the point at which laws can be justified on the basis of personality since there will be but one static, emotionless imprint to represent human nature. Until this time, however, the uniqueness of personality lends itself to being a very poor barometer upon which to base any social construct, not the least of which includes the justice system inasmuch as specific social and cultural mores must be taken into account when determining what is acceptable or intolerable within each global community. Clearly, there is no denying how culture plays an integral role in the far-reaching explication of human personality; to overlook this inherent aspect of human development is to suggest social and environmental influence is insignificant. Bibliography lists one source.

7 pages in length. Classified as "aggressive and difficult to treat" (Mayo Clinic, 2008), inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is different from what most people are familiar with in the form of symptoms and diagnosis. This more rapidly-forming type of breast cancer has moved up in prevalence over the years to the point where it is still categorized as rare but has begun to infiltrate the cancer community with greater pervasiveness than ever before, accounting for as much as six percent of all United States cancer diagnoses. With that increase in prevalence, however, has come a better formulation of treatments that have increased what once was a poor long-term survival rate (Mayo Clinic, 2008). Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 10 page paper analyzes first-person patient accounts of major depressive disorder. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

3 pages in length. Much like the repelling nature of oil and water, the concepts of fact and philosophy travel parallel paths that rarely - if ever - cross. This explains the reason why Herodotus's account of the Persian Wars is considered unreliable and imprecise, inasmuch as his perspective was based solely upon a chronicling of times, dates, facts, personal reports and other factually-based resources in order to compile his conviction about the Persian Wars. Herodotus fervently believed factual details were the only components worthy of categorizing with regard to the wars' comprehensive nature, noting quite unequivocally in his skeptical approach how there was no room for theoretical fluff when addressing history. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares 2 works. Lijia Zhang's Socialism Is Great is a memoir, that is, an autobiographical true-to-life account of the author's life. Jhumpa Lahiri's "Interpreter of Maladies" is a short story, that is, a work of fiction that is entirely the product of the author's imagination. Both works are well-written, compelling narratives. However, because Zhang's text is a memoir, it is written in the first person, with its drama drawing from the real-life events of a person's life. Lahiri's short story is told in the third person, from the perspective of Mr. Kapasi. The drama and involvement of the reader in this story derives from the subtle nuances of character and implication in the narrative, which require the reader to interpret the story, rather than being obliquely told the narrative's meaning. Examination of the two works shows that the principal difference between these two examples of a memoir and a short story, from the reader's perspective, is the style of writing employed by each author. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page book report that examines and discusses the memoir, Beirut Fragments, in which author Jean Said Makdisi records what it was like to live in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, during that country's long civil war, which was still being fought when her book was published. Her text offers intriguing insight into what it is like to live in the midst of a city divided by conflict and sectarian violence. Her account is varied and touches on a number of different aspects of her experience, but it is also interesting because of what Makdisi leaves out, as well as for what she includes. In discussing this aspect of the book, the writer relates the memoir to the history provided by Elaine Hagopian. No additional sources cited.

A 3 essay that contrasts and compares feminist issues in Mary Rowlandson's narrative and Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela. In 1675, Mary Rowlandson's home was attacked by Indians and she was abducted. She later recorded and published a narrative that gave an account of her captivity. Roughly a half-century later, Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela also includes a narrative of captivity. Both texts address the use and misuse of bodies. This examination of these two texts focuses on three examples from each text of use/misuse of bodies and the patterns/themes that this reveals about societal context in which the female body was perceived. No additional sources cited.

3 pages in length. To study a people is to examine an entire spectrum of social, political, cultural and religious aspects that together provide a inclusive representation. The origin and path of African American studies encompasses myriad accounts of an oppressed people whose ultimate consequence of having darker skin was to lose their autonomy as both individuals and an entire race. As such, the objectives of African American studies is to educate and perpetuate the mountainous struggles that challenged the inner fortitude of each black man, woman and child who was cast into slavery nearly xox years ago. To ignore or otherwise allow such painful historic episodes of pain and suffering to simply fade away with the passage of time is to dishonor the entire culture not once but twice. This ties directly into the relevance of African American studies in much the same way as Holocaust introspection: to keep such harsh realities front and center in every person's mind to illustrate how barbaric the human race can be to its own and to hopefully learn from such historic faux pas so they never happen again. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

3 pages in length. The terms "aggregate" and "community" - while seeming to share a foundation of similarity - are actually as polar opposite as any two natural elements that repel each other; not only do these disparate groups fail to share anything but the humans who populate them, but their strikingly different structures illustrate how one is based within an underpinning of unity and identity while the other is solely focused upon desire and immediate gratification. In short, communities represent hope, spirit, wholeness, compassion, patience and self-discipline while aggregates reflect urgency, want, unadulterated appetite and self-indulgence. As the community takes into account that what happens to one also happens to the whole, an aggregate is assembled by heterogeneous people for the sole purpose of gleaning a specific goal. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

6 pages in length. Scientific knowledge has long been purported as the only viable means by which mankind truly knows how and if something exists; without empirical proof, a given entity's existence is merely speculative at best. To rely upon any other way of knowing - emotions, reason, language, perception - is to grasp at straws, because tangibility is the key component to whether or not is real. The problem with this stringency, however, is how the scientific community refuses to take into account the very elements of man's sense perception and communicative abilities as equally feasible ways by which to acquire knowledge instead of immediately discounting any value in humanity's innate capacity for acquiring wisdom through any other means, not the least of which includes religion. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

5 pages in length. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is to impose accountability upon big business with regard to maintaining authentic, accurate and concise recordkeeping. In the wake of the Enron and Worldcom debacle, legislation was looked upon as the only way in which corporate entities were going to avoid a repeat performance of this devastating economic blow to those who had placed their faith in the hands of but a few who abused the power. Requisite of the SOX Act is a minimum of five years worth of records made available in both hard copy and electronic formats. The extent to which this new approach to checks and balances of corporate finances is meant to "to protect shareholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent practices in the enterprise" (Spurzem, 2007) speaks to a heightened attention being paid to and a harsh warning meant for those in a position of economic control. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 4 page paper. In this essay, the writer identifies the names of God in both sections. The chart continues to compare the names of the characters in each account and how God was manifested. The comparison is made in chart-format. The chart also includes comments about the ethical approach in each story. The essay ends with the writer's summary and comments. These verses report the story of Abram/Abraham and Sarai/Sarah in Egypt. Bibliography lists 1 source.

12 pages in length. Gideon's Trumpet is an account of a precedent setting ruling that changed the landscape of the American legal system. False accusations and time spent in jail were the catalysts to Gideon's hell-bent journey through the unfriendly maze of a system whereby only certain American citizens are bestowed the luxury of legal council based upon their ability to pay for it. Gideon's quest to challenge this system proved quite fruitful for a man whose own unsavory background might present him as a rather interesting choice for championing such a cause. Nonetheless, the previous offender took the opportunity availed to him by a nation of freedom fighters to secure one more right that was being withheld by the highest court in the land: a constitutional entitlement to lawful representation by the state despite the inability to pay. Along the winding path of this judicial journey, readers find out just how inequitable the United States court system has long been and come to rally behind a convicted criminal who strives to alter the skewed system for not only his benefit but also all who come behind him without the ability to afford legal representation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page book review of Jody Glittenberg’s text To the Mountain and Back, The Mysteries of Guatemalan Highland Family Life (1994, Waveland Press), which describes how the author’s understanding of this culture evolves from her visits to Guatemala, which took place in the 1970s, first as a missionary nurse, and then as an anthropology student conducting an ethnographic research project. This is a fascinating book that gives any reader insight into the lives of poor agrarian population struggling for existence within context of a developing country. Glittenberg’s first-person narrative style creates a highly readable account, which allows the reader to learn along with the author as she relates her experiences in chronological order. No additional sources cited.

A 7 page research paper that discusses a student-formulated professional philosophy of nursing practice, which is that making clinical judgment decisions in nursing care should be comfort based and founded on an understanding and knowledge of the patient’s continuous evolving physical and mental state. This examination of literature discusses how this philosophy can be applied to the four nursing domains of person, environment, health/illness and the nurse. Then, a broader perspective is given that takes into account the expectations of ANA standards of practice, the requirements of law and JCAHO standards. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 32 page paper looks at the use accounting information systems (AIS) in banks, and considers what impacts ebanking, or internet banking, has had on the AIS within banks. The paper starts with an introduction and discusses why and how this research is valuable. The use of AIS is then discusses before an in-depth look at the model of internet banks and the requirements that are made of any AIS within internet banking systems. This is examined to identify the areas of different which may have impacted on the evolution of AIS within banking. The bibliography cites 30 sources.

A 3 page essay that offers an interpretation of Poe’s class short story. What sort of “love” allows a person to take a life? What goes on inside the head of a mad man? These are questions that Edgar Allan Poe explored to perfection in his 1843 short story “The Tell-Tale Heart.” In this tale of horror, Poe gives a first-person account of a murder, a senseless murder, of an old man that the assailant professes to love. Due to this statement, Scott Peeples frames his interpretation of this narrative as a love story, but asks, “Does he kill him even though he loves him, or because he loves him?” (Peeples 287). Poe is ambiguous on this point, but Peeples asserts that one thing is certain—“…he loves him but wishes for his death” (Peeples 288). Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page essay/research paper that discusses how colonialism is viewed in three different works. Presentations of colonialism in novels and film can differ remarkably in their focus and perspective, and, in so doing, each work shows a different facet of the complex experience of colonized peoples and how European domination served to radically alter their lives, both during the era of colonialism and for generations to come. For example, Jamaica Kincaid's non-fiction commentary on her island home Antigua describes the observable and lingering effects of colonialism on the lives and psyches of this island people. Chinua Achebe, on the other hand, fictionalizes his comments on colonialism in Nigeria in his classic novel Things Fall Apart. Similarly, director Roland Joffe addresses the topic of colonialism in a fictionalized account of historical events in his 1986 film The Mission. No additional sources cited.