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In another scene, shortly after taking inventory of the limited food supply in the HAB, Watney exclaims, “Luckily, I’m a botanist!” Leadership researchers call this attitude self-confidence, which is the ability to be certain about one’s competencies and skills” (p. 24). Amazingly, Watney proceeds to use his competence as a botanist to halt starvation by cultivating enough potatoes to sustain him for some time. In another scene, Watney displays a surpassing level of technical skill, which is…

What to Do if You Win the Powerball Lottery If you are living in one of the 44 states that have the Powerball Lottery (or Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), there is a good chance that you have bought at least one Powerball ticket. You may have also been buying them for friends and family that are not living in one of those states. Why all the interest in Powerball right now? Well, for the benefit of those few people who may have been living in a cave, the lottery is…

that they can’t get anywhere, anyone would. Having to meet these excessive standards to get ahead is one of the reasons people stay in poverty and why it grows. Rich politicians have an affect too. We have politicians that want to cut social safety net programs and continue tax cuts for the wealthy, which won’t help anyone but the wealthy, who quite frankly don’t need it. How do you expect anyone to get out of poverty if you cut the mediocre care that already isn’t working even…

In evaluating capital expenditures, it is necessary to analyze net present value and internal rate of return to gauge return on investment. DT LLC has decided to use three depreciation methods – including straight-line, sum-of-the-year’s digits, and MACRS depreciation – to determine the profitability of XYZ’s investment. DT LLC’s accounting department believes analyzing the computer system investment through three separate depreciation methods would give a comprehensive overview of the return on…

company full time. Orders varied between a few hundred to several thousand. This year X-Opoly anticipates they will sell 50,000 units and predict their sales will increase by 25 percent within 5 years (Meredith & Shafer, 2013). Clients can order a new board game or request one that is already in production.…

taxes due were calculated, as well as why they were not subject to the alternate minimum tax (AMT). These aspects will be answered from information provide as well as from the scenario presented between a Tax Accountant Peggy Sue as she explains to her new clients Jackson and Kara Erb by utilizing the class textbook, lessons, and other reputable sources. Not until further review of the client’s prior year W-2 and entering all pertinent information within the appropriate tax form 1040 as…

Yankee Fork and Hoe Company have an informal method of forecasting. First, marketing determines the forecast for the next upcoming month by meeting with managers from the sales regions. In these meeting they go over the previous demand, economic changes, and shortages they experienced. Through these meetings the marketing manager develops a forecast for the upcoming year, and then passes it onto production. It appears there is a lack of quantitative information being used in the decision…

FLE-2: No more than 5% of original code need to be changed in order to implement new capacity of Pifaro system. 6.6.6 Usability USE-1: The Pifaro system shall allow infrastructure staff and research groups to create and manage PURLs with simple interactions. USE-2: 95% of new Pifaro system users shall able to create and manage PURLs on Pifaro system without errors on their first try. USE-3: New users of Pifaro system shall able to manage using it with a simple learning tutorial within…

1. Explain how a securitization process works. What are the main risks arising from a securitization process for the originator, the SPV and investors? Identify them and explain in what they consist of. Explain also what a CDO is and which risks may be identified for all parties involved in its structuring and/or trading Securitization is the process of creating, through financial engineering, an illiquid asset into a security. Subprime Loans are examples of illiquid assets. During the process,…

the relationship between a firm's short-term assets and its short-term liabilities. The main goal of working capital management is to ensure that a firm has adequate cash flow for their operations and has the most productive use of their resources. Net working capital is the excess of current assets over current liabilities. Since current assets can be financed by either current liabilities or long term funds, the excess of current assets must be financed by long term funds. There are 2 main…