Explain in detail of the following concepts as related to the Americans with Disabilities Act: "reasonable accommodation" and "undue hardship". Use examples to support your answer.

1. While studying feverishly in the college library, you accidentally stumbled upon the secrets of the world’s first laser can-opener. You would like to develop your idea for the betterment of mankind. You have some ideas about how to produce and market these little beauties. Initial funding for the project has been provided by venture capitalists, and initial market acceptance has been favorable. You would like to crank up production and think that perhaps it is time to go public. (Answer parts a, b, c and d)

1. Explain in detail the role of venture capitalists (who they are, how they provide funds, how they are compensated).

2. Why might entrepreneurs and venture capitalists be eager to “go public”?

3. What is the role (three functions) of underwriters in an IPO. Fully explain the difference between a firm commitment and best-efforts underwriting and describe how underwriters are compensated.

4. Also fully explain the role of Federal (who, why, how) and state regulatory agencies in the IPO process. (Hint: it looks a little “fishy” to me.)

Recognizing Crime Trends

Follow this link to the FBI 2014 Uniform Crime Report

Read the “Overview” included on the first page and view the “Five-Year Trend Violent Crime Offense Figure” at the bottom of the page. Next, go to Table 4 on the right hand side of the page and follow the link to additional crime statistics by Region, Geographic Division, and State. Find the area that you live in or an area you are interested in examining and review the statistics. Next, go to Table 6 on the right hand side of the page and follow that link to additional crime statistics by Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Find the area that you live in or are interested in and review the statistics. Feel free to navigate around the website and view any information that interests you.

Once you have reviewed the information, answer the following questions in the form of an essay:

1.    Did anything about the Five Year Violent Crime Offense Figure surprise you?

2.    Think about the information you hear regarding violent crime every day from all forms of the news media, social web site platforms and just in talking to your friends, family and other associates. Does what you hear on a daily basis from all of these sources give you the impression that violent crime has gone down significantly?

3.    Discuss the general trends that you see on Tables 4 and 6 as to where in the country violent crime is trending up or down. Identify the areas such as “Northeast”, “South” or name the states and what the trends seem to be.

4.    Explain in detail what you think causes the differences in perception and reality in regards to violent crime. Use information from your text, the lectures and your personal experiences.

5.    Describe in detail why is it important to have and use complete and accurate crime data. What can it be used for? What mistakes could be avoided if the crime information is accurate and complete? What would the advantage be to an individual or group to misstate crime volume and trends?

Your paper must be formatted in the following manner:

·         The paper must be 500-750 words in length. Only the body of the paper counts towards the length. No information that belongs on a title page or reference page will count towards the length requirement.

At a local store, 65 female employees were randomly selected and it was found that their mean monthly income was $625 with a standard deviation of $121.50. Seventy-five male employees were also randomly selected and their mean monthly income was found to be $667 with a standard deviation of $168.70. Test the hypothesis that male employees have a higher monthly income than female employees. Use α = 0.01. Use any method, however, follow the PHANTOMS acronym.

P - Parameter Statement

H - Hypotheses

A - Assumptions & Conditions

N - Name the Test and state the curve you're using

T - Test Statistic - Round your value to TWO decimals and state the command you used to find this value

O - Obtain the

P-Value or Critical Value . State the command you are using to find these values

M - Make a Decision about the Null Hypothesis and explain why

S - State Your Conclusion About the Claim

At a local store, 65 female employees were randomly selected and it was found that their mean monthly
income was $625 with a standard deviation of $121.50. Seventy-five male employees were also randomly
selected and their mean monthly income was found to be $667 with a standard deviation of $168.70. Test the
hypothesis that male employees have a higher monthly income than female employees. Use α = 0.01.

Use any method, however, follow the PHANTOMS acronym.

P - Parameter Statement

H - Hypotheses

A - Assumptions & Conditions

N - Name the Test and state the curve you're using

T - Test Statistic - Round your value to TWO decimals and state the command you used to find this value

O - Obtain the P-Value or Critical Value . State the command you are using to find these values

M - Make a Decision about the Null Hypothesis and explain why

S - State Your Conclusion About the Claim

Performing Monohybrid Crosses

A monohybrid cross is addressing the inheritance of one gene. Answer the following questions:

Question 1:

Drosophila melongaster, more commonly known as the fruit fly, can have red or white eyes. You breed a red-eyed fly to a white-eyed fly and get 50 offspring that all have red eyes. Which trait is dominant?

Question 2:

Consider an offspring from the previous question. Its phenotype is red eyes.

What is its genotype? (Circle one of the choices below)

Homozygous dominant, Heterozygous, or Homozygous recessive

Question 3: (2pts)

Next, you perform a cross of two heterozygous, red-eyed flies. They have 100 offspring. How many of these offspring do you predict will have red eyes? Show your work using a Punnett square. [Use letters R and r to designate the alleles]

Question 4:

Suppose you found a fly that had escaped and was flying around your lab. He has red    eyes, but you do not know his genotype. To find out, you cross him with a white eyed fly (since you know her genotype). The result is 50% white eyed and 50% red eyed offspring. What is the escaped fly’s genotype? Explain how you know.

X-linked Inheritance

Consider this imaginary animal, the tree rat. They are usually black, but sometimes they can be purple. The allele for the purple color is X-linked. You manage to capture two of these animals from the same family, a black female and her purple male offspring.

Question 5:

What is the genotype of the black female mother?

Question 6

Do you know the phenotype of the father based on the male offspring? Why or why not?

Question 7: (2pts)

Next you breed the tree rats to each other (inbreeding is acceptable in this case). What percent of the offspring do you expect to be purple? Are any of them female? Use a Punnett square to show your work. [Use the letters B (black) and b (purple) to represent the alleles.]

Explain in detail why is it important for a normal, rational investor to hold a fully diversified portfolio. Use precise language (correct finance terminology) and describe what happens in your portfolio as you go from holding one stock to being fully diversified. DO NOT use the wording "put all your eggs in one basket" at any time in your answer or you will suffer a 5-point penalty.

Explain in detail why is it important for a normal, rational investor to hold a fully diversified portfolio. Use precise language (correct finance terminology) and describe what happens in your portfolio as you go from holding one stock to being fully diversified. DO NOT use the wording "put all your eggs in one basket" at any time in your answer or you will suffer a 5-point penalty.

Explain how to build an long straddle, what are the purposes of an long straddle strategy? Build a real life long straddle for an American stock of your choice, pull the options contracts and paste them on the answer. Please explain each part of it, what the credit or debit will be for the transaction, include every detail of each option contract you will use to build the long straddle trade.

Explain how to build an Iron butterfly, what are the purposes of an iron butterfly strategy? Build a real life iron butterfly for an American stock of your choice, pull the options contracts and paste them on the answer. Please explain each part of it, what the credit or debit will be for the transaction? Include every detail of each option contract you will use to build the iron butterfly trade.