14) Recall the film “God Grew Tired of Us”. Describe normative history-graded (or cohort) differences
between Panther, John, & Daniels’s cohort in the Sudan and the current cohort of children in the United
States. How do you think the early traumatic experiences of the “Lost Boys” will affect their beliefs,
values, and priorities about family, responsibility, and life in the future?
In: Psychology
ECO 345 – BOP Assignment Determine how each of the following transactions are entered into the US balance of payments?
1. Boeing Corporation sells five passenger planes to China for $35,000,000 China pays $5,000,000 of this amount in cash out her dollar deposits with Citibank in New York. The remainder of the amount is financed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
In: Economics
Many people living in the United States experience food insecurity. A person who is food insecure does not have access to enough nourishing food at all times to lead a healthy, active life. Conversely, when a person experiences food security, he or she is able to include a variety of nutritious foods in his or her diet and obtains these foods without depending on the assistance of others or the government. The four categories of food security/insecurity are: high food security, marginal food security, low food security, and very low food security.
Currently, 13% of Americans are food insecure, with approximately 8% living in low food security and 5% living in very low food security. Individuals who experience very low food security frequently report that they do not always eat when they are hungry; they eat less than they feel they should; they skip meals more than three times a month or even go an entire day without eating; and they have lost weight because of not eating. Americans who are unemployed, work in low-paying jobs, or have excessive medical and housing expenses often experience food insecurity.
According to the USDA, the following Americans are more likely to be food insecure:
1. _______ refers to a person who experiences reduced nutritional quality of their diet due to a limited ability to purchase enough nutrient-dense food.
High food security
Low food security
Marginal food security
Very low food security
2. In the United States, approximately _______ of Americans are food insecure.
20%
10%
5%
13%
3. A person who experiences very low food security _______.
All of the choices are correct.
has likely lost weight because of not eating
skips meals more than three times a month, and often more often than that
does not always eat when they are hungry
4. Which of the following does not describe a characteristic of someone more likely to be food insecure in the United States?
Hispanic families
Households living in rural areas
Households with a single mother and her children
Households that live at 185% of the poverty threshold
In: Biology
7) During the last two decades, there has been an increase in income inequality in the United States.
Which of the following is a reason income inequality in the United States has increased?
A) There are sharply lower marginal tax rates now than in the 1970s.
B) Marginal tax rates have increased significantly since the 1970s.
C) There has been a great increase in efficiency of government antipoverty programs.
D) There has been a significant drop in the number of single-parent families.
8) Which of the following is correct regarding these income transfers?
A) Means-tested income transfers have more than doubled per-capita income during the period 1970–2014.
B) Means-tested government programs lead to lower implicit marginal tax rates.
C) Means-tested income transfers have not been very effective in reducing poverty.
D) Means-tested government programs are not linked to income levels.
9) As income transfer programs accompanying the War on Poverty increased beginning in the latter half of the 1960s, what happened to poverty in the United States? Check all that apply.
A) In 2014, the adjusted poverty rate was only 2 percentage points lower than the official rate in 1970.
B) The poverty rate declined substantially in the period before the War on Poverty, but not in the period after the start of the War on Poverty.
C) The adjusted poverty rate has declined rapidly and is now less than half of the official poverty rate.
D) The poverty rate in the United States declined substantially after the start of the War on Poverty.
10) Consider the following scenario in the state of Taxopia.
One family has an annual income of $100,000, while another family has an annual income of only $20,000. Under what circumstances would this outcome be considered unfair in terms of the process view of fairness?
A) The family with the high income has three income earners, whereas the family with the lower income has only one income earner.
B) In the family with the high income, both spouses work, whereas the family with the lower income relies on Social Security payments.
C) The family with the higher income is headed by a person who completed a college degree, whereas the other family is headed by someone with low educational achievement.
D) The family with the higher income derives most of its income from the farm subsidy program.
In: Accounting
15) What does being a manager offer to an employee? 15)
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16) Arthur, a production manager, knows that some of his employees are upset with a new corporate policy that eliminates a tuition reimbursement program. As a result, some of these employees are reducing their productivity. To eliminate this behavior, Sal should A) carefully select workers according to their abilities and give workers training.
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17) Blue Brothers' cleaning products and equipment are sold to consumers and commercial cleaning companies in Clean Supply's janitorial supply and equipment store. Blue Brothers' relies heavily on Clean Supply to help sell its goods and services to customers. Clean Supply is a(n) ________ of Blue Brothers' products.
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18) Deondre, who owns an investment firm with customers worldwide, has witnessed how dangerous global economic interdependency can be. During a lunch meeting, he mentioned to a customer, "In my opinion, ________ have been two negative effects of global economic interdependency for the United States."
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19) The management of Computer Rescues, Inc. finalized the company's action plan for |
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increasing its market share over the next few years. The management then set up a 12- month plan that defines how the organization will conduct its business based on the action plan, including clear sales targets for each week. The second plan is an example of a(n) ________ plan.
In: Finance
1. A) Provide a graphical illustration and interpretation of peak load pricing when there are two classes of visitors to Lory State Park (say high season and low season visitors). B) Discuss two policy alternatives available to manage visitors when demand can exceed capacity at times, but not always. C) Demonstrate graphically when the alternative results in (short term, seasonal) profits to the park. D) What might be done if the Park Service is a nonprofit government agency?
In: Economics
In a park: a 75 kg bicyclist rides 5.8 m/s north; a 24 kg dog runs 3 m/s east chasing a 3.3 kg squirrel running 2.6 m/s the same way; 200 kg park bench remains stationary; and a 43 kg child runs 1 m/s 45◦ south of east. What is the magnitude of the total momenta of this park system?
Report the value in kg*m/s rounded to the nearest whole number.
In: Physics
] The average cost per night of a hotel room in San Francisco is $550 with a standard deviation is $150 based on a sample of 50 hotel room rates. a) Clearly state what the random variable in this problem is? b) What is an appropriate distribution to be used for finding the confidence intervals for this problem and why? c) Construct a 99% confidence interval estimate on the mean of all hotel room rates. d) What is the 90% confidence interval estimate? e) What is the 95% confidence interval estimate?
In: Statistics and Probability
The operations and management systems in hotels contain the action, strategies and tactics to create a world class customer service experience that is needed for the productivity and development of your hotel. Cutting costs avoid high employee retention and increase reservations and customer stays. The critical factors are quality management, hotel occupancy rates, facilities planning, production planning, and inventory control. The most critical time of the role of operations is the night audit.Please write a 1 page essay explaining operations and management in the hotel industry.
In: Operations Management
suppose that the hotel acts as a monopolist whose manager chooses what quantity q of rooms to offer for rent. We want to determine the hotel’s optimal choice of quantity on game days.
Consider a hotel which can supply an unlimited number of hotel rooms at the constant marginal cost c = 20 per room per night, so that the hotel’s total cost function is given by C(q) = 20q.1 Assume that demand for hotel rooms in Tallahassee takes two possible values: on game days, demand is described by the demand curve q = 100 − p, while on non-game-days demand is described by the demand curve q = 60 − 2p.
Find the hotel’s total revenue on game days as a function of its quantity choice q. (Recall that total revenue equals price times quantity, where in this case price is described by the inverse demand curve.)
(e) Assuming the hotel maximizes profit, show that it will supply quantity q = 40 on game days.
(f) What will be the hotel price on game days? And what will be the hotel’s game-day profits?
(g) Still focusing on game days, graphically illustrate the demand curve, the hotel’s marginal revenue curve, and the hotel’s marginal cost curve. Indicate the hotel’s optimal quantity and price choices on the graph.
In: Economics