Analysis of Jason Who Will Be Famous After Dorothy Allison watched a group of teenage boys hanging around the gas station in her small town, she found a little boy walked off aloof from the rest of his group. She got the idea from this boy for her new novel, and thought, “He was no one I knew, a child in the world and for all I knew someone had already shaken him hard (88).” This boy, who with a backpack hanging over one shoulder and a pair of muddy shoes which are nearly come off, finally became the source of Jason. Jason, the little tiny boy, who wanted so very much to be famous. He liked a lonely Turkey buzzard flying in the real world, and called for attention and warmth from his parents. However, it was too hard to realize his dream because he was too young to be listened by his parents. Therefore, he became immersed in the world of fantasy. Allison used a lot of psychological, scenery and detail description to portray her protagonist. As a matter of fact, the whole article was based on Jason’s daydream or his psychological activities. He was naive to think if he gets kidnapped, the kidnapers would offer him a basement with musical instrument, health foods and clean water. They would also push him to do some right things like what his mom always wants him to do. It's interesting that Jason believed that he would be released, then become famous. However, this is only the beginning. Being famous was not Jason’s final wish. It is more like a method, which can help him to achieve his goal. He thought, naively, if he could become famous, he would get the power to subsidize his family. At the same time, his parents would begin to pay attention to him, and started to learn to respect him. Jason’s daydream was not ridiculous. The truth is, it's tragic. When Jason started to realize his parents, he showed two burning desires, which were to be accepted and be needed by those he loves most. Even though the little tiny boy would never admit that, he wanted their attention and love. In Allison’s story, she repeatedly mentioned that Jason saw an ugly bird, Turkey buzzard, flying under the sky. In a way, this bird became a symbol of this story, and went through the journey of Jason’s dream. When the turkey buzzard first time appeared, Allison wrote, “He leans forward, stretching his back, and straightens to watch a buzzard circling the hill to his left (90).” Both Leaning forward and stretching back were comfortable and confident actions. It gave the readers a signal that Jason was ready for being kidnap, or daydreaming the detail of kidnapping. He had a bit of excitement, and full of expectations for the kidnapped future. He began to imagine that how great the basement room is. The continued to design this room, changed something, and added some new things. The process of designing made him feel comfortable. So, he started to smile, and concerned about the surrounding situation. “He smiles and hears above him the turkey buzzard’s awkw ...

1. Analysis of Jason Who Will Be Famous
After Dorothy Allison watched a group of teenage boys
hanging around the gas station in her small town, she found a
little boy walked off aloof from the rest of his group. She got
the idea from this boy for her new novel, and thought, “He was
no one I knew, a child in the world and for all I knew someone
had already shaken him hard (88).” This boy, who with a
backpack hanging over one shoulder and a pair of muddy shoes
which are nearly come off, finally became the source of Jason.
Jason, the little tiny boy, who wanted so very much to be
famous. He liked a lonely Turkey buzzard flying in the real
world, and called for attention and warmth from his parents.
However, it was too hard to realize his dream because he was
too young to be listened by his parents. Therefore, he became
immersed in the world of fantasy. Allison used a lot
of psychological, scenery and detail description to portray her
protagonist. As a matter of fact, the whole article was based on
Jason’s daydream or his psychological activities. He was naive
to think if he gets kidnapped, the kidnapers would offer him a
basement with musical instrument, health foods and clean water.
They would also push him to do some right things like what his
mom always wants him to do. It's interesting that Jason believed
that he would be released, then become famous. However, this
is only the beginning.
Being famous was not Jason’s final wish. It is more like a
method, which can help him to achieve his goal. He thought,
naively, if he could become famous, he would get the power to
subsidize his family. At the same time, his parents would begin
to pay attention to him, and started to learn to respect him.
Jason’s daydream was not ridiculous. The truth is, it's tragic.
When Jason started to realize his parents, he showed two
burning desires, which were to be accepted and be needed by

2. those he loves most. Even though the little tiny boy would never
admit that, he wanted their attention and love.
In Allison’s story, she repeatedly mentioned that Jason saw an
ugly bird, Turkey buzzard, flying under the sky. In a way, this
bird became a symbol of this story, and went through the
journey of Jason’s dream. When the turkey buzzard first time
appeared, Allison wrote, “He leans forward, stretching his back,
and straightens to watch a buzzard circling the hill to his left
(90).” Both Leaning forward and stretching back were
comfortable and confident actions. It gave the readers a signal
that Jason was ready for being kidnap, or daydreaming the
detail of kidnapping. He had a bit of excitement, and full of
expectations for the kidnapped future.
He began to imagine that how great the basement room is. The
continued to design this room, changed something, and added
some new things. The process of designing made him feel
comfortable. So, he started to smile, and concerned about the
surrounding situation. “He smiles and hears above him the
turkey buzzard’s awkward call. Ugly sound from an ugly bird
(91).” The second time the Turkey buzzard appeared without its
body, but at this time, Jason had a good mood.
The last time buzzard appearance was a herald of the turning
point of the story. “The turkey buzzard swoops low and arcs
downhill toward the river. Jason stops to watch its flight. A
moment in time and the bird disappears.” The disappearance of
turkey buzzard represented an ending of thinking basement
room and a beginning of desiring family love. After the turkey
buzzard disappears, he reckoned that he was going to be ready
to show his new look for his parents. At the same time, he also
thought was ready to be treated in a new way, a kind of nice
way.
“Jason who will be famous” was a story, which seems
ridiculous to people, but would not let people to laugh. Theme
of tragedy went through the story. Although the daydream was
sweet and warm, Jason must be back to the real and frozen
world. Allison gave this story an open ending. Just like what

3. she wrote, “Everything can change, and it is going to, any time
now (95).”
Project on Cisco Systems, Inc
Project Overview
The objective of the project is for you to improve your
understanding of accounting concepts and become familiar with
the contents of a company’s annual report, Form 10-K filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (which is also
referred to as an annual report) and a proxy statement for Cisco
Systems, Inc. which is a publicly-held company. This project
involves your preparing written answers to the questions below
based on the information provided in these documents.
Selected Company: Cisco Systems, Inc.
You will go to the website for Cisco Systems Inc. and obtain a
copy of the SEC Form 10-K (2011) annual report and the Proxy
Statement (2011) filed with the SEC.
To access these documents, go to
http://investor.cisco.com/sec.cfm?NavSection=SEC Under SEC
Filings-Scroll down All Form Types for year 2011 (located
under SEC Filings) and click on “Annual”, then download 10K
Annual Reportfiled Sept.14, 2011 (first 136 pages). For the
Proxy, Go back to SEC Filings- All Form Types for 2011 scroll
down and click on “Proxy”, then download “Form DEF 14A”
Definitive ProxyStatement filed Oct. 18, 2011 (first 67 pages)
Make sure you have the right one. Print or review Entire
Document. These documents are lengthy, so you decide if you
want to print out the hardcopy (which may be easier for you) or
just view the documents online (not as easy for viewing but

4. does save you paper and ink).
Report
Your report is expected to have a professional appearance as
would be expected in most business settings. Prepare your
report and save file in Word , using font size 12 and with single
line spacing. The format of your report is to follow the outline
of the questions included in this handout. In your report, state
the question or item immediately followed by your answer. To
facilitate the instructor’s review and your class discussion, you
must cross-reference your answers to the sources used including
the document name and the page number. For example: Part 1
item # (a) Name of the company…. Cisco Systems Inc.. See
SEC Form 10K , cover page #0 .
Questions
Include in your report the answers to the questions listed below.
Also, remember to include the source of your answer, by
indicating the document (SEC Form 10-K, and Proxy Statement)
and page number. Please be specific and concise.
I. Background information
a. Name of the company
b. Fiscal year covered by the annual report
c. Stock exchange where shares are traded and stock ticker
symbol
d. State of incorporation
e. Describe the company’s business(es), e.g., types of products
manufactured.
II. Management and Audit report
a. Who are the company’s auditors?

5. b. What opinion did the auditors issue?
c. Did the auditors examine all the evidence supporting the
amounts and disclosures in all of the financial statements?
Explain.
d. What is the auditor’s responsibility for the financial
statements?
e. What is management’s responsibility for the financial
statements?
f. Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reports on internal
control are required. Did the company’s management
acknowledge its responsibility for establishing and maintaining
adequate internal control over financial reporting? What is the
auditor’s opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal
controls?
g. What was their internal control system designed to do?
h. In accordance with what standards did the auditors conduct
the audit?
III. Profitability
a. What is the net income for the year covered by the report?
How does net income compare to previous years? Why did net
income increase or decrease?
b. When is revenue recognized?
c. What effective income tax rate is the company experiencing?
d. What are the extraordinary gains or losses if any? Explain.
IV. Assets
a. What is the company’s largest current asset?
b. What items are classified as cash equivalents?
c. What are restricted assets? How much restricted assets

6. reported in the fiscal year 2007.
d. What was the balance at year end for Allowance for Doubtful
Accounts for accounts receivables?
e. What categories of inventory does the company report on its
balance sheet? What inventory accounting method(s) does the
company utilize?
f. What are the company’s depreciable assets? What method(s)
of depreciation does the company use?
g. What kinds of intangible assets does the company have?
h. How much goodwill is on the balance sheet and how is it
defined?
V. Liabilities
a. What is the company’s major liability?
b. How much does the company owe within the next fiscal year?
c. How much long-term debt is due and payable? How much of
the long-term debt is due within the next fiscal year?
VI. Stockholders’ equity
a. What are the different classes of stock issued by the
company?
b. How many shares of common stock were issued? What is the
par value of the stock?
c. What were the number of shares and cost of the treasury
stock held by the company at year-end?
d. Were cash dividends paid? When? Who makes these
decisions?

7. e. For the current period, what does the Statement of
Stockholders’ Equity tell you about Retained Earnings and
Treasury Stock?
VII. Earnings per share
a. What is the amount of basic earnings per share (EPS) being
reported?
b. Have EPS increased or decreased since the prior year? By
how much.
VIII. Business segments
a. How many business segments does the company have?
b. If applicable, what are the revenues for the largest business
segment?
c. If applicable, what is the income of the smallest segment?
IX. Cash flows
a. How much cash was provided by operating activities?
b. What is themajor investing activity occurred during the
period?
c. What is themajor financing activity occurred during the
period?
d. What was the net change in cash during the period?
X. Proxy statement
a. Briefly describe the issues that the stockholders voted on at
the annual meeting of the shareholders.
b. What are the standing committees of the Board of Directors?
c. How often are Directors elected and what is their term of
office?
d. What were the audit fees charged by the outside audit firm?

8. What were the other non-audit fees?
e. What was the total compensation of the highest paid
executive? What was included in the compensation?
The writing assignment should include an analysis of an
investment or investment class such as the individual stock of a
company, stocks in general, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, or
alternative investments such as gold. Detailed instructions on
the writing assignment should be included as part of the
syllabus.Turnitin.com must be utilized for any writing
assignments (other than in-class writing or discussion questions
in an online course). The use of Turnitin should be administered
through the course shell in LearningStudio. For any writing
assignment, details on formatting, as well as the use of Turnitin,
must be included in the teaching syllabus.
Writing Assignment: Project: “Saving for Retirement and Asset
Allocation”
Instructors must assign at least one project. This assignment
should include the use of the following Excel functions (or
similar functions for another spreadsheet): FV, PV, PMT,
RATE, NPER, NPV, AVERAGE, STDEV, and IRR. Detailed
instructions should be included as part of the syllabus.
Project Instructions:
Write a 5 – 10 page paperonthe following:Assume that you are
30 years old and you plan to accumulate $1 million by your
retirement date, which is 30 years from now. Also, assume that
you plan to live for 25 years after retirement – that is, until age
85. You plan to make 30 annual deposits of equal amount in
your bank to save for retirement. The bank pays 10% interest
annually. Assume inflation is 0%. Your paper must address the
following questions:
a. How much do you plan to deposit annually to accumulate $1
million for your retirement?
b. How much will be your retirement payment (benefit) be?
c. What factor(s) can you change to reduce your annual deposits
while improving your annual retirement benefit?

9. d. How would you allocate your investment among the
following primary asset classes, equities (stocks), fixed income
(bonds), real estate, gold, and money market (cash)? Please note
that your asset allocation should be based whether you are a
conservative investor, a moderate investor, or an aggressive
investor.
e. What objective would you pursuing in your investment?
Capital appreciation or capital preservation? Your risk
tolerance?
f. What investment constraints to consider when making your
investment decisions? Liquidity, time horizon (age), regulatory
and legal, and tax considerations?
Your paper must include, but not limited to, the following:
1. Title Page
2. Abstract
3. Introduction:Discuss what the paper is about. Please include
discussion of Time Value of Money.
4. Methodology:Discuss what method or technical you plan to
use to solve the problem
5. Analysis:
- Discuss how much you should invest each year to accumulate
$1,000,000.
- Discuss how much you will earn in your retirement
- Discuss variable(s) you could change to reduce your annual
deposits while improving your annual retirement benefit?
- Discuss the asset allocation of your investment. Please make
sure to justify your asset allocation.
- Discuss the objective you plan to pursue in your investment.
Please justify the selection of your objective.
- Discuss any investment constraints that affect your asset
allocation
6. Conclusion:Based on your analysis, are you happy with your
investment decisions? If so, why?
7. References: A minimum of 5 references in APA is required.
Paper Format
Your paper must be typed, double spaced, using Times New

10. Roman font of size 12 and submitted in Microsoft Word. All
external sources must be cited using APA format. Your
references must also follow APA format. Your final report must
also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,
student’s name, professor’s name, course title, and the
assignment date. Please be advised that the cover page,
references, and appendixes are not included in the required
assignment page length.
Sheet1only change information in 2013 all other columes will
adjustCMG --- Pro Forma Income Statements ($ in millions)
M&A - Current Value EstimateTerminal
ValueYear0201320142015201620172018Year
5Sales$0.61$28,106$30,916.6$34,008.3$37,409.1$41,150.0$45,
265.0Growth Rate10.00%Variable
Costs73.00%$20,517$22,569.1$24,826.0$27,308.6$30,039.5$33
,043.4Gross
Profit$7,589$8,347.5$9,182.2$10,100.5$11,110.5$12,221.5Fixe
d Costs -
SG&A$219$258.6$305.1$360.0$424.7$501.117.98%Depreciatio
n$96$107.6$120.5$135.0$151.2$169.412.00%EBIT$7,273$7,98
1.2$8,756.6$9,605.5$10,534.6$11,551.1Taxes39.00%$2,837$3,
112.7$3,415.1$3,746.1$4,108.5$4,504.9Net
Income$4,437$4,868.6$5,341.5$5,859.3$6,426.1$7,046.2EPS$4
,558,903.82$5,002,625.4$5,488,603.3$6,020,691.3$6,603,062.8
$7,240,231.0Cash FlowsOperating Cash
Flow$4,976.19$5,462.06$5,994.35$6,577.32$7,215.55Residual
Value(OFFER)$140,923.86Multiple20assumedCapital
Spending000000Cash Flow
$0$4,976$5,462$5,994$6,577$148,139Discount Rate
(WACC)12.00%assumedNet Present
Value$101,302.28IRRERROR:#NUM!Since we are Making an
offer .. We do not include one here so NO IRR is possibleShares
Outstanding973MSN MoneyValue Per Share$
104,091,949.07Our EstimatedCurrent CompanyValue

11. (millions)$ 101,302That is nearly $ 101Billion
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