Evolution

You work for a forestry department. Your colleague asks your opinion of a proposal to use artificial selection to breed a population of lodgepole pines that are resistant to the mountain pine beetle. They have managed to clone a large number of seedling lodgepole pines all from a single parent. They want to take those clones that are most resistant to the mountain pine beetle and breed those together and then use this next generation to replant in a national park. Will this proposal work? Briefly justify your answer

How hot does it get in Death Valley? The following data are taken from a study conducted by the National Park System, of which Death Valley is a unit. The ground temperatures (°F) were taken from May to November in the vicinity of Furnace Creek. Compute the mean, median, and mode for these ground temperatures. (Enter your answers to one decimal place.) 144 152 167 176 187 182 183 187 182 167 182 164 152 142

The guns per share 72 inc a developer of radiology equipment has stock outstanding as follows 80000 shares of cumulative preferred 3% stock $20 park and 405000 shares of $25 par common during its 1st 4 years of operations the following amounts were distributed as dividends 1st year $33000 2nd years $76000 3rd year $90000 for theor $100000 determine the dividends per share on each class of stock for each of the 4 years

Wastewater treatment is to be designed for a newly developed area located within the vicinity of forest reserve park and commercial space (shopping mall). Given that the current population are 20,000. You are to design a wastewater treatment plant for only biological process units of Trickling filter which can serve the purpose of both BOD removal and nitrification. You are to submit a design report containing :

1. Growth area and population trends for a design period of 20 years (Use arithmetic method).

A scientific analysis of Jurassic park (first one)

Discuss what was scientifically correct and incorrect. Do you think that the scientifically incorrect part was done out ignorance of the laws of physics/principles of geology or do you think that it was a simple plot device? Why do you think that the creators of these works routinely break the laws of physics/principles of geology? How do you think this affects the public's understanding of science?

at least 3 correct things and at least 4 incorrect things

Assume you have found a USB memory stick in a car park, and you plugged the USB memory stick to your computer. Answer the following questions

1.  What are the security key objectives that could be threaten?

2.  Identify and define three types of malware, and give examples about how could they transported from the USB memory stick to your computer.

3.   What could you do to mitigate the security threats and use the contents of the USB memory stick safely?

For each of the following scenarios, begin by assuming that all demand factors are set to their original values and Big Winner is charging $300 per room per night.

If average household income increases by 20%, from $50,000 to $60,000 per year, the quantity of rooms demanded at the Big Winner (falls OR rises) from (..........) rooms per night to (.........) rooms per night. Therefore, the income elasticity of demand is ( positive OR negative ) , meaning that hotel rooms at the Big Winner are ( an inferior good OR an normal good)  

If the price of an airline ticket from SFO to LAS were to increase by 10%, from $200 to $220 roundtrip, while all other demand factors remain at their initial values, the quantity of rooms demanded at the Big Winner (falls OR rises)   from (..........) rooms per night to (.........) rooms per night. Because the cross-price elasticity of demand is ( positive OR negative ) , hotel rooms at the Big Winner and airline trips between SFO and LAS are ( substitutes OR complement ).

Big Winner is debating decreasing the price of its rooms to $275 per night. Under the initial demand conditions, you can see that this would cause its total revenue to ( decrease OR increase ) Decreasing the price will always have this effect on revenue when Big Winner is operating on the ( elastic OR inelastic ).

About Hotel Legislation

1.“An innkeeper has a duty to provide goods and services in a non-discriminatory manner. An innkeeper should also be an equal opportunity employer.”

-What does this statement mean? Give three examples where discriminatory practices occur in the hotel industry.

2.“The Innkeepers Act 1952 protects innkeepers against petty or non-genuine complaints from guests.”

-Analyze this statement with three examples.

3.“An innkeeper can exclude liability for the loss or damage of a guest’s property, regardless of the value of that property.”

-With reference to the relevant statute, identify three measures that an innkeeper can take as regards the handling of guests’ properties.

4. “Under section 4 of the Innkeepers Act 1952, an innkeeper’s liability for the loss or damage of a guest’s property does not exceed RM500. However, there are exceptions.”

-Identify two situations where an innkeeper’s liability for the loss or damage of a guest’s property may exceed RM500.

5. “A foodservice provider can be liable to customers in tort law.”

-Discuss a foodservice provider’s potential liabilities in tort law with three case law examples.

6. “The Food Act 1983 imposes various responsibilities on a foodservice provider. Failure to comply with the Act can result in fine or imprisonment.”

-Analyze two sections of the Act that impose duties on a foodservice provider.

I want you to apply the concepts we have discussed in class in a fun way. I do hope you will enjoy this exercise. Once upon a time, there was an amazing group of students who lived in Cronfwoman OneFiveOne. Right next to their house, was a hotel and within that hotel was a café called Café Bastel. The amazing students were approached by an investor, Ms Finn Ance Major, who asked for their help. The investor was contemplating buying Café Bastel for $1 million and wondered if that was a good investment. What is your recommendation to Ms Finn Ance Major? Here is some information to get you started:

1. The café sells (non‐alcoholic) beverages as well as snacks and lunch

2. The café is open for 7 days, from 7am to 7pm

3. At any point in time, there are 2 employees working in the café

4. The investment horizon is 10 years 5. Use a discount rate of 12%

6. Use a tax rate of 35% You will need to make assumptions (capex, working capital…..).

There is no “right” answer – first think about the big picture (strategy, marketing, ….) and then how that story translates into your assumptions. You will be graded based on the structure of your analysis, the consistency and realism of your assumptions, your creativity, and your use of the tools/learnings from class.

(Practical magnetism) As we will see in lab, the magnitude ?? of the magnetic field of a permanent magnet drops with distance d so that ?? ∝ 1/? 2 when d is less than the size of the magnet (where you “feel” only the closest pole) but ?? ∝ 1/? 3 farther away (where both poles “blur together” and the field is weaker). (a) Could a coin-sized magnet in your wallet or purse erase the magnetic strip on your credit card or hotel room key? Suppose the magnet is 2 mm thick, and measure d from its center. Consider both a fridge magnet (?? = 5 mT at the surface) and a neodymium coin magnet (?? = 1 T at the surface). To erase a magnetic strip requires 4000 G for a “high-coercivity” (“HiCo”) card such as a credit card, but only 300 G for a “low-coercivity” (“LoCo”) card such as a hotel room key. (b) If so, how far apart should you keep them? (c) Could wearing a “magnetic stone” (with field strength comparable to a fridge magnet) affect your health? To answer this, ask yourself whether people’s health is affected by the Earth’s magnetic field, of strength about 0.2 G? At what distance from the stone do you experience this same field strength?