a. What is the Total Initial Investment in this project? (3 points) $240,000 You are evaluating a project for The Ultimate recreational tennis racket, guaranteed to correct that wimpy backhand. You estimate the sales price of The Ultimate to be $400 and sales volume to be 1,000 units in year 1, 1,250 units in year 2, and 1,325 units in year 3. The project has a 3 year life. Variable costs amount to $225 per unit and fixed costs are $100,000 per year. The project requires an initial investment in equipment of $165,000 which is depreciated straight-line to zero over the 3 year project life. The actual market value of the equipment at the end of year 3 is $35,000. Initial net working capital investment is $75,000. The tax rate is 35% and the required return on the project is 10%.
Use this information to answer questions (a)-(c) below
a. What is the Total Initial Investment in this project? (3 points) b. What is the operating cash flow for the project in year 1? (6 points) c. What total amount of terminal value in year 3? (4 points)
d. Should you accept/reject the project is you use the NPV method? (11 points)
Oral Language
introductory information: Provide the lesson title, grade level, and subject area for the lesson. Describe the classroom for which you are planning the lesson, such as classroom setting, number of students, and any other pertinent information about the classroom. Students with mild/moderate disabilities in the classroom: Describe at least one learner with a mild/moderate disability who will participate in the lesson. Include the type of disability, the student’s individualized needs, and any pertinent information about the student(s). Common Core State Standards and lesson objective: Explain how the specific learning objective for the lesson aligns with the Common Core State Standard that the lesson plan will address. Assessment: Describe how you will assess student learning of the lesson objective based on the age/grade/ and needs documented. Accommodations or modifications to be provided: Describe the accommodations you will use throughout the lesson to address the individualized needs of each student with a disability. Teaching procedures: Describe the teaching procedures, including teacher input and modeling, guided practice, independent practice, and closure. This section must include strategies from the text and peer-reviewed articles related to effective strategies for teaching students with disabilities. You must cite your sources to demonstrate your knowledge of effective strategies. Checks for understanding: Discuss a minimum of three ways that you will check for understanding throughout the lesson to ensure students are grasping pertinent and central concepts in your lesson. Reflection: Reflect on how the assessment will help inform you of your students’ achievement of the learning objective, as well as how it will inform your future instructional actions. Also, include what plan you will take if the students do not meet the assessment objectives. This assignment should be approximately three to five pages in length (not including the title and reference pages). At least one to two peer-reviewed sources, which may include the textbook for this course, should be used and cited in the lesson plan. APA format must be used throughout the paper for in-text citations and references.
Children of Invention, Revisited
Morton Winston’s “Children of Invention, Revisited”
Our series of seven formal writing assignments is a developmental exercise designed to improve your analytical reading, writing, and thinking skills. For your first essay, please write a two- to three-page (600-900 word) response to the following questions:
In his final paragraph, Winston lays out an optimistic vision of how individuals in democratic societies can exercise their political rights in ways that help societies to make wise technological assessments and decisions. Your paper should address the first question listed below and–depending on your answer to that question–either the second or the third question: 1.Do you agree with Winston’s optimistic political vision? Why or why not? 2.If you disagree with Winston, please explain exactly where Winston gets it wrong – for example, is his optimism naïve or does he fail to consider important issues? 3.If you agree with Winston, please discuss whether–and, if so, to what extent–this sort of constructive political deliberation already occurs in our society?
Please ensure that your essay addresses each component of the assigned questions and that your answer is well-organized, uses excellent, college-level prose, and makes judicious use of textual evidence
Dispositional, Biological and Evolutionary Theory Blog
Write a blog about a Dispositional, Biological and Evolutionary Theorist. Choose a theorist you find interesting from Week 4’s readings (Allport, McCrae/Costa, Eysenck or Buss). You could even use your blog to debunk a theorist’s concepts. Do some research and find three concepts your theorist proposed and/or controversies about your theorist. Write three blog posts. Because blogs are often someone’s opinion, I give you permission to use first person pronouns and state your opinion about the theorist you are writing about. Work on making your blog interesting. Below I included some links to articles about writing a blog. You do not to worry about actually publishing your blog online. You do need to support your opinions with reliable and valid sources. Don’t hesitate to ask questions if anything I have said isn’t clear. Also, don’t miss that requirement to include a link to an outside website, article or book for every blog. It’s worth 1.25 point for every blog entry.
http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/the-12-dos-and-donts-of-writing-a-blog
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/5-5-tips-to-write-amazing-blog-posts-even-if-you-are-a-newbie-seo-without-seoing/61913/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roger-bryan/informative-interesting-r_b_4914330.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bePE45zNgOY
Include a minimum of two to three sources. Format your blog consistent with APA guidelines regarding citing sources.
terrorism and counter terrorism
compensation packages
Executive vs. Non-executive Pay Contrast the principle difference between executive pay and non-executive pay, including a discussion on controversies associated with the growing disparity between executive and non-executive compensation packages
compensation plan
Contingent Workers Contingent workers are assuming a greater role in today’s organization. With that as a background, discuss compensation and benefit issues associated with the following workers: part-time, temporary, independent workers, and flexible/telecommuting. What impact may these changes have on an organization’s compensation plan
Compensation Philosophy
Compensation Philosophy Evaluate the current compensation philosophy for your organization or an organization of your choosing (from a third-person perspective). Write a three-to-five page paper (not including the title and reference pages). Your paper should be written in a scholarly third-person tone; it should be in APA format. In addition to the introduction and conclusion, your paper should address the following: Evaluate the organization’s current compensation philosophy and propose ways to enhance or revamp the current compensation philosophy to meet the changing needs of the organization and its employees. Examine key factors within the internal and external environment including the mission and strategic focus of the organization, as well as the financial and cultural aspects of your organization (i.e., they cannot have a compensation philosophy where they “lead” the market if the organization does not have the financial resources) that should influence this philosophy. The proposed philosophy itself should be no more than a short paragraph. Identify the key factors that should contribute to the organization’s development based on your proposed organizational philosophy. Remember to write from a third-person perspective. Do not include wording like “my company’s philosophy is …” Instead include wording like “XYZ Company Name’s philosophy is …” Remember to write about the company and the company’s philosophy; do not refer to you or your connection to the company.
In addition to the text, cite at least two scholarly references to support your discussion. Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment
Healthy people 2020
Review Healthy People 2020 and choose one (1) area of interest. You are to research health promotion in your area of interest
Instruction:
Review Healthy People 2020 and choose one area of interest. You are to research health promotion in your area of interest. Send your area of interest to the instructor for approval via Course Messages. The Health Promotion Paper is based on research and must include the following:
Research your choice and include in your paper the following: Create a list of five (5 or more) activities that are reflective of health promotion. Create a matrix that lists: the individual activity the person responsible to conduct that activity who the target audience is how the activity will be presented.
Cloud Computing
Explain Cloud Computing by listing and defining:
Essential Characteristics Service Models Deployment Models