Record pension expense, funding, and gains and losses; determine account balances (answer attached)

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Record pension expense, funding, and gains and losses; determine account balances (answer attached)

E 17-19 Record pension expense, funding, and gains and losses; determine account balances

Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31, 2011 (the end of Beale’s fiscal year), the following pension-related data were available:

Projected Benefit Obligation

($in millions)

Balance, January 1, 2011

$480

Service cost

82

Interest cost, discount rate, 5%

24

Gain due to changes in actuarial assumptions in 2011

(10)

Pension benefits paid

(40)

Balance, December 31, 2011

$536

Plant Assets

Balance, January 1, 2011

$500

Actual return on plan assets

40

(Expected return on plan assets, $45)

Cash Contributions

70

Pension benefits paid

(40)

Balance, December 31, 2011

$570

January 1, 2011, balances:

Pension asset

$20

Prior service cost-AOCI (amortization $8 per year)

48

Net gain-AOCI (any amortization over 15 years)

80

Required:
1.Prepare the 2011 journal entry to record pension expense.
2.Prepare the journal entry(s) to record any 2011 gains and losses.
3.Prepare the 2011 journal entries to record the contribution to plan assets and benefit payments to retirees.
4.Determine the balances at December 31, 2011, in the PBO, plan assets, the net gain-ACOI, and prior service cost-ACOI and show how the balances changed during 2011. [Hint: You might find T-accounts useful.]
5.What amount will Beale report in its 2011 balance sheet as a net pension asset or net pension liability for the funded status of the plan?
p.s I really need some tutoring with this I am so lost. Do you kno of anyone that tutors in Florida?

210 science 2

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You will write a research paper about the demographic transition model and global food production and distribution for a growing human population to meet global food security goals. You must use APA format for the paper and documentation.

Include the following:

·         Describe the demographic transition model and how it was developed by demographers.

·         Describe the 4 phases of demographic transition.

o    For each phase, compare crude birth rates (CBR) to crude death rates (CDR), and state whether the population is stable, growing, or declining in each. ·

·         According to demographers, what factors lead to a decline of the CDR in phase two and the CBR in phase three of the demographic transition? ·

·         Briefly describe 3 living conditions in developed countries that have reached phase four, and contrast them with these same conditions in developing countries that remain in earlier phases.

o    Note: When comparing and contrasting, include details for each of the entities being compared and contrasted. For example, if comparing availability of clean water in a developed country, contrast availability of clean water in a developing country.

·         Research and describe a program for developing countries that would help improve 1 of the 3 conditions that you compared.

·         Food security means that everyone has an adequate amount of nutritious food to lead healthy lives. Research and describe 1 specific program that helps developing countries reach food security goals.

 

 

Contemporary Sciences

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Assignment 1: LASA 2: Monitoring Our Home Planet

The Internet is a powerful tool that provides the ability to monitor natural phenomena and disasters that happen all over planet Earth.

In this assignment, you will research resources available on the Internet for monitoring natural phenomena including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, global climate, and weather.

Based on your research, do the following:

  • Identify a minimum of three different natural phenomena that are typically responsible for natural disasters. Analyze the potential impact of these disasters.
  • Analyze how these phenomenon are monitored, or not, via the Internet. Critique available Web sites, which publicly display up-to-date monitored information related to each of the natural phenomena you have identified. Focus on the following aspects:
    • Geography
      • What parts of the world are potentially affected by these phenomena? Specifically identify the countries.
    • Resources
      • What kinds of resources are allocated toward monitoring these phenomena and why?
      • What types of Web resources monitor the phenomena and provide up-to-date information about them?
      • What kinds of technology are involved in monitoring the phenomena?
    • Politics
      • What political ramifications would this disaster-preparedness technology cause between more-developed countries and less-developed countries?
      • What kinds of issues could this technology cause between less-developed countries?
    • Economics
      • How would this technology directly impact the economies of those countries that have the technology versus those countries that do not?
      • Do you predict any indirect impacts? What current evidence supports your position?
    • Disaster Preparedness
      • What types of systems are in place in terms of disaster preparedness related to these monitored phenomena?
  • Summarize your findings. Evaluate how this technology will impact the future of humanity, both positively and negatively. Be sure to consider the political and economic issues discussed in your future predictions.

Support your statements with examples. Use a minimum of six reliable references, two of which should be peer-reviewed articles.

Write a 7–8-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

By Monday, April 24, 2017, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.

Grading Criteria and Rubric

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Identify a minimum of three different naturally occurring phenomena that are typically responsible for natural disasters and analyze the potential impact of the disaster.
104
Analyze ways different Web sites monitor phenomena by critiquing available Web resources. Analysis should include topics such as geography, resources, political/economic issues, and disaster preparedness.
104
Summarize and discuss future projections on humanity regarding the use of technology. Include research on political and economic issues.
28
Writing Components:
Organization (16)
Usage and Mechanics (16)
APA Elements (24)
Style (8)
64
Total:
300
Click here to view the rubric for this assignment.

Note: This assignment will be graded using a rubric. Download and read the rubric to understand the expectations.

  

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Instructions: You will need to write a 1-page lab report using the scientific method centered on the known phenomena of CO2 emissions, related to the following question:

 

 

 

  • Would you expect to see an increase or decrease in CO2 emission in the data over the past 40 years? Why?

     

    When your lab report is complete, post it in Submitted Assignment files.

     

    Part I: In the Web site link given in the assignment description, you will see an interactive map of the world titled “GMD Measurement Locations.”  You can zoom in and out and move the map around within the window. In the map, choose 5 sites that are labeled with a star, which will have CO2 concentrations.  Follow the steps below to fill in the data table:

     

 

  1. Click on a starred location.  (One site will not have CO2 concentrations.)

  2. Once the starred location opens, on the right side of the screen, click on the pictured graph “Examples of Data” for CO2.

  3. Once the graph opens, make a note of the CO2 concentrations from previous years to present day.  Fill in the table below.

 

  1. Repeat steps 1–3 for all other locations.
  2. Use these results in your lab report to help you assess CO2 concentration trends from 1990 to 2005.

 

Location Code

Name of City/Country

CO2 Emissions in 1990

CO2 Emissions in 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part II: Write a 1-page lab report using the following scientific method sections:

 

  • Purpose
    • State the purpose of the lab.
  • Introduction
    • This is an investigation of what is currently known about the question being asked. Use background information from credible references to write a short summary about concepts in the lab. List and cite references in APA style.
  • Hypothesis/Predicted Outcome
    • A hypothesis is an educated guess. Based on what you have learned and written about in the Introduction, state what you expect to be the results of the lab procedures.
  • Methods
    • Summarize the procedures that you used in the lab. The Methods section should also state clearly how data (numbers) were collected during the lab; this will be reported in the Results/Outcome section.
  • Results/Outcome
    • Provide here any results or data that were generated while doing the lab procedure.
  • Discussion/Analysis
    • In this section, state clearly whether you obtained the expected results, and if the outcome was as expected.
    • Note: You can use the lab data to help you discuss the results and what you learned.

 

Provide references in APA format. This includes a reference list and in-text citations for references used in the Introduction section.

 

Give your paper a title and number, and identify each section as specified above. Although the hypothesis will be a 1-sentence answer, the other sections will need to be paragraphs to adequately explain your experiment.

 

     When your lab report is complete, post it in Submitted Assignment files.

 

 

 

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Hi I would like you to write a simple response, just reply to these 2 students discussions with 100 words each. please use your own words do not copy any thing from the internet.

 

please no plagiarism.

 

here is the first one

 

  Human rights should not have to take a back seat to anything. In my opinion, I am glad to see the US talking to new nations and working together. Egypt and the US both have a common enemy and a mutual hatred for terrorism. To me terrorism is a human rights issue. When people have to live in fear from doing their daily routine because they are scared that a truck will plow into the marketplace or a car bomb will go off there is a human rights issue there. We could not solely fix every nations problems for example the Syrian issue needs to be tackled from within Syria. Just recently a gas attack was responsible for over 100 deaths claimed to be the work of Assad. There is a human rights issue there but that doesn’t mean the US has to rush to the rescue. Another example can be North Korea. North Korea is a literally a ticking time bomb. They have some serious human rights issues because their citizens are poor, hungry, and brainwashed by the government. It is a terrible thing but the US cannot rush in and fix the issue because we cannot afford another conflict. Human rights issues I believe need to be fixed within. Two world leaders meeting on the topic of terrorism does not mean they both do not care about the human rights of other nations.

 

 

Here is the second one

 

 

I personal think that bringing someone who is a dictator to our country was not the best look on our part. However I think them talking about the security issues is important. Them discussing issues like terrorism is important because that is a major issue in the world right now that will eventually effect everyone. I believe that the more countries that start to take a stand against terrorism the easier it will probably be to fight the issue together. Although human rights are a major importance to our country some times we need to put them aside to get a bigger issues handled. I don’t think that we should partake in the issue as a country but I also don’t believe we should start an issue over human rights with political leaders because trying to take down political leaders in the past has only worked against us. I believe that if there becomes a most present issue of human rights than we will need to take a stand but currently it isn’t affecting our country personally so we should be putting bigger issues like terrorism first. I think eventually there will become an issue with human rights so eventually this will be an issue that needs the time an attention just now isn’t the time for that.  

 

Assignment 2: RA 1: t-Tests

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Assignment 2: RA 1: t-Tests

Assignment 2: RA 1: t-Tests

Working with Data in Microsoft Excel

Once again, reading about t-test statistics and descriptive statistics is one thing. Actually using software to compute them requires different skill sets. This assignment is designed to give you the opportunity to practice using Microsoft Excel to compute a t-test and to reinforce your learning of computing descriptive statistics from a previous module. A data set has been presented below for you to use to conduct your analyses. The data set represents the scores from five students who were tested on the same material using three different forms of the test.

Name Test 1 Test 2 Test 3
Lyle 88 92 89
Jorge 78 82 78
Kim 34 87 62
Frances 76 82 32
Tomeca 66 88 64
  • Enter the above data into Microsoft Excel.
  • Using Microsoft Excel, compute the mean for each test, each student, and the sample overall.
  • Using Microsoft Excel, compute the standard deviation for each test, each student, and the sample overall.
  • Using Microsoft Excel, create a correlation table for Test 1, Test 2, and Test 3. Interpret the results.
  • Conduct a t-test to see if there is a significant difference in scores between Test 1 and Test 2. Interpret the results.
  • Include a printout of your Microsoft Excel computations with your paper submission.
  • Explain the concepts of central tendency, variance, standard deviation, correlation, and the difference between the means of two groups.
  • Include a description of the computations you conducted on the data provided for this assignment and your interpretation of the results of your computations. What do you know about this data set? What is something that you do not yet know about this data?

Your final product should include the Microsoft Excel computations and a 3- to 5-page Microsoft Word document, utilizing a minimum of three scholarly sources. Make sure you employ proper grammar and spelling and apply current APA standards for writing style to your work.

Use the following headings and subheadings to organize your paper:

  • Defining and explaining concepts
    • Central tendency
    • Variance
    • Standard deviation
    • Correlation
    • Difference between two group means
  • Computation results
    • Mean
      • Tests
      • Students
      • Overall sample
    • Standard deviation
      • Tests
      • Students
      • Overall sample
    • Correlation for the three tests
    • t-test between Test 1 and Test 2
  • Discussion of results
  • References
  • Appendix (Microsoft Excel printout)

health and wellness

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1. In at least 200 words, discuss the key features of a sound weight management 

program . 

2. You have been invited to a public forum on weight management. You are assigned to review a dietary regimen. 

1. Choose a diet below. Review its guiding principles and compose at least 2 arguments addressing why your diet is superior to the other diets. Support your arguments with research data or factual information. Your argument must address the strengths, effectiveness, and safety of your chosen diet. Consider the criteria for/key features of a sound weight loss program. 

i) Calorie-restricted diet, low fat diet 

Examples: Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers or Volumetrics 

ii) High Protein Diet/ low-carbohydrate diet 

Examples: Dr. Atkin’s diet, South Beach, Zone Diet iii) Meal Replacement Diet – Slimfast, Nutrisystem 

2. Be ready to present a brief summary in class. 

3. Cite your references. 

q Alternative Assignment (for exercise) – 6 points 

  1. In at least 150-200 words, discuss      the key principles behind a 

sound fitness program. 

  1. Exercise Regimen Review. Consider      the dimensions of physical fitness & principles behind a sound fitness      program: 

a. b. 

Review an exercise program. Provide a brief summary of its key features. 

What makes it effective or ineffective? If it is ineffective, what changes would you recommend to increase its effectiveness? Incorporate pertinent principles that you’ve learned from your readings. 

c. what saftey precautions would you recommended for a friends who wants to engage in regular fitness program
d. Cite your reference(s). 

sociology research paper

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LIST OF TOPICS FOR SOC 215

 

 

Mexican Immigration

 

History and current Affirmative Action

 

Racial Inequalities in Education

 

Race Segregation in Prisons

 

Sport Logos and Racism

 

Asian Americans and Racism in the US

 

 

Islamophobia

 

Palestine, Israel, and America

 

Race and Media (movies)

 

Unauthorized Immigration (undocumented immigration)

 

Racial Inequalities within the Voting System

 

Racial Inequalities within the Political System

 

Racial Conflict during Economic Downturns

 

Racial Scapegoating

 

Racism: Different in Brazil and Cuba than the US?

 

Racism in the Health Care System

 

How Nazis Influenced Public Opinion about Jews

 

Racial Inequality in the Criminal Justice System

 

Structural Racism: Laws and Social Norms

 

The Problems with Color Blind Ideology

 

White privilege

 

 

 

 

 

CRITERIA FOR RESEARCH PAPER

1. Choose a topic for your research paper from the list that has been provided in Bb Learn under Course Content: All Instructions.

2. Papers must be a MINIMUM of ten pages long (8 full pages of text, one page for references and one cover page). No headings should be repeated on the eight pages of text – they belong on the cover page. Write a minimum of eight pages of text on that research topic.

3. Include a minimum of eight scholarly references (social science journals, law books; and/or websites that are sponsored by academics and/or professionals) and include a bibliography at the end of the paper using ASA formatting. One of those references can be from ONE of our texts; the other references must come from separate academic journal articles NOT news articles or random websites.

4. Do not include Wikipedia or other encyclopedia/dictionary usages among the ten references.

5. USE ASA WRITING STYLE ONLY; AN ASA FORMATTING GUIDE CAN BE FOUND IN Bb LEARN UNDER COURSE CONTENT: ALL INSTRUCTIONS OR ONLINE.

6. Double-Space, use 12 point normal font (Times New Roman only) and margins no greater than 1.25” on all sides. DO NOT MANIPULATE FONTS AND/OR FORMATTING TO SATISFY THE LENGTH CRITERIA (SHORT PAPERS WILL NOT EARN CREDIT). DO NOT INCLUDE LONG QUOTES OVER FORTY WORDS; LIMIT SHORT QUOTES TO ONLY 3-4

7. Papers will only be accepted in Bb Learn under “Assessments” as an attached file as either rich text format or Word document (do not save your documents as .pdf, .lnk, .wps, pages, or .odt – some of these will not open in Bb Learn). DO NOT SUBMIT IN Bb LEARN MESSAGES, NAU EMAIL, OR HARD COPY.

BUT PLEASE, DO ENJOY YOUR RESEARCH PROJECTS!

 

 

To check research format:

 

 

ASA format

Dr. Dolittle had a veterinary clinic_ Financial statements

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Dr. Dolittle had a veterinary clinic_ Financial statements

 

 

Dr. Dolittle had a veterinary clinic.  The following accounts and balances appeared on the books as of April 30, 2013:

 

   Cash                                        $22,000                    Notes Payable                     $10,000

   Accounts Receivable                   8,000                    Accounts Payable                   7,000

   Office Supplies                            2,000                    Contributed Capital             70,000 

   Land `                                        40,000                   Retained Earnings                 33,000

   Building                                     35,000                    Veterinary Service Revenue  70,000

  Office Fixtures and Equipment 27,000                    Advertising Expense               10,000

   Medical Instruments                  18,000                   Salary Expense                      28,000 

 

 

The business transactions for May are shown below:        

 

MAY

 1         Dr. Dolittle invested $400,000 cash in the business in exchange for

            5,000 shares of stock.

 

 4         Additional land and a buildings were purchased for $150,000.  Of this amount,

            $70,000 applied to the land, and $80,000 to the building.  A cash payment of

            $90,000 was made at the time of the purchase, and a note payable was issued for

             the remaining balance.

 

 9         Medical instruments were purchased for $130,000 cash.

 

16        Office fixtures and equipment were purchased for $50,000.  Dr. Dolittle paid

            $20,000 at the time of purchase and agreed to pay the entire remaining balance in

            15 days (account payable).

 

21        Office supplies expected to last several months were purchased for $5,000 cash.

 

24        Dr. Dolittle billed clients $9,200 for services rendered.  Of this amount, $7,900

             was received in cash, and the balance was billed on account (due in 30 days).

 

27        A $800 invoice was received for several radio advertisements aired in May. 

             The entire amount is due to be paid on June 5.  (Use accounts payable)

 

28        Received $6,500 from account receivable collected

 

29         Paid $5,500 of accounts payable that had become due.

 

31        Paid employees $4,200 for salaries earned by them in May.

See next page for instructions

INSTRUCTIONS:

A.  Make up a T account for each account and put in the beginning balances as given

           above. 

 

B.  Prepare journal entries for each transaction (list date, then the accounts and amounts 

      debited and  credited- in good form)  For example, May 1

May

1         Cash     (+A)                     400,000

               Capital Stock  (+SE)                     400,000

 

4         ???????

                ??????

 

C.  Analyze the effects that each of these transactions will have on the following six

      components of the company’s financial statements for the month of May.    

      Organize your answer in tabular from, using the column headings shown below.  Use

       I for increase,  D for decrease, and NE for no effect.  The May 1 transaction

      would be as  follows:

 

                       Income Statement                         Balance Sheet

Transaction    Revenue  – Expense = NI         Assets = Liabilities + Owners’ Equity

May 1         NE              NE          NE           I               NE                 I

 

             4

             etc.

 

 

D.  Post each transaction from (B) to the appropriate T account.

 

E.  Prepare a trial balance dated May 31, 2013.  A trial balance lists all accounts in a column, then all debit balances opposite those with debit, all credit balances opposite those accounts with credit balances, and proves that total debits equal total credits.

 

F.  Using figures from the trial balance prepared in part E, compute total assets, total

      liabilities, and owners’ equity. 

 

 

G.    Did May appear to be a profitable month?  (support your answer)

The Promises and Perils of Nuclear Power

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ALL WORK MUST BE COMPLETED ON TIME AND MUST BE ALL ORIGINAL AS IT GOES THROUGH A TURNITIN PROGRAM ALSO  ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED IN FULL DETAIL  AND ALL PAPERS MUST BE OF QUALITY OR IT WILL NEED TO BE REDONE AND OR REFUNDED

 

 

—The Promises and Perils of Nuclear Power

The term nuclear power refers to the production of electrical energy via controlled nuclear reactions. These reactions generate heat that, in turn, creates steam that runs the generators to produce electricity. Approximately 1/8th of the electricity produced in the world is derived from nuclear power. In this assignment, you will analyze the use of nuclear power as an energy resource.

Respond to the following:

  • Discuss the scientific and technical concepts related to the use of nuclear power as an energy resource. Address the following in your response:
    • How is energy released in a nuclear reaction?
    • How are nuclear reactions controlled?
    • What elements are involved in nuclear power production?
    • What nuclear forces are involved?
  • Explain the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear energy, detailing issues related to production, delivery, cost, radiation, air quality, and waste.
  • Identify a country whose electricity production infrastructure relies heavily on nuclear power. Compare and contrast the use of nuclear power in the United States with the use of nuclear power in this country. Provide examples of the use of nuclear power in your community or state.
  • Consider the three major nuclear accidents in the history of the industry: 3-Mile Island (USA), Chernobyl (Ukraine), and Fukushima Dai-Ichi (Japan). What lessons have been learned from these nuclear accidents that can be or have been used to make nuclear power safer?

Write your initial response in 2–3 paragraphs. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Saturday, June 18, 2016,