At a company picnic held at an out-of-town park, a co-worker’s child falls off the monkey bars. Based on the bruising and slight change in shape of her forearm, you suspect a fracture. The parents give permission for you to give first aid care, but they insist on transporting her to advanced care themselves. You search for materials in your environment to use for splinting her injury.
What material could you use to splint the child's arm?
What parts of the arm must be immobilized?
Describe how you would apply the splint.
In: Nursing
Fot the movie the art of steal (2009) what is your perspective: If you were the successor to Albert Barnes at the Barnes Foundation, what might you have done differently to make sure the Foundation did not fail? Does this compare to something that has happened to someone you know?Do you agree with the decision to move the art to Philadelphia? why?What about your own will and someone doing this to the fortune that you leave behind? What suggestions would you make to the town of Merion? To Albert Barnes? To the city of Philadelphia? To small nonprofits?
In: Psychology
Uncle Fred recently died and left $340,000 to his 55-year-old favorite niece. She immediately spent $90,000 on a town home but decided to invest the balance for her retirement at age 65. What rate of return must she earn on her investment over the next 10 years to permit her to withdraw $65,000 at the end of each year through age 85 if her funds earn 12 percent annually during retirement? Use Appendix A and Appendix D to answer the question. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
In: Finance
For this week’s reflection, please write three complete and well-composed paragraphs (in your own words) in which you use, as an example, a manufacturing company that operates where you live. Write about what you believe the elements of unit costs would be for that business. For example, there is a very small company in my town the manufactures t-shirts for businesses with company logos on them or other designs for special events. Some of the elements that would be included in unit costing would be the cost of the t-shirts purchased before printing and the cost of the dyes used for the printing.
In: Finance
Actions for Discussion Activity #9 Two of the characteristics of a monopolistically competitive industry (market) are ‘product differentiation’ and 'nonprice competition', which give each firm (producer or seller) some control over the product’s (market) price. Consider the Grocery stores in your home town (city),as an example of 'monopolistic competition'. Briefly explain the various ways in which they differentiate their product(s),and engage in various forms of 'nonprice competition'. How effective are these forms of product differentiation and nonprice competition in ensuring that these Grocery stores make economic profits, both in the short-run and long-run?
In: Economics
A rare form of malignant tumor occurs in 11 children in a million, so its probability is 0.000011. Four cases of this tumor occurred in a certain town, which had
16,654 children.
a. Assuming that this tumor occurs as usual, find the mean number of cases in groups of
16,654
children.b. Using the unrounded mean from part
(a),
find the probability that the number of tumor cases in a group of
16,654
children is 0 or 1.
c. What is the probability of more than one case?
d. Does the cluster of four cases appear to be attributable to random chance? Why or why not?
In: Statistics and Probability
Organizations like McDonalds, Disney, and Starbucks select and program employees to be upbeat and friendly. They will accept no less. Moreover, these organizations export their emotional expectations to everywhere in the world in which they locate. When the hamburgers or lattes come to town, so too does the smile-training. Is asking people to feign specific job-related emotions unethical if it conflicts with their basic personality? Is exporting standardized emotional “rule books” to alien cultures unethical? Please reflect on this question both as an employee and as a manager and share your thoughts for this posting and support your responses with sources.
In: Economics
The Modern Motel Industry" outline a very small marketing plan for the hotel segment you researched. Please be as creative as you like. Analyze modern ownership and management patterns, and create a list of best practices for those wishing to either invest in or make a career in the hotel industry. "Group Bookings" Considering the same hotel you used evaluate and discuss the pros and cons of taking group bookings. Please give specific examples relevant to the chain you selected. Create guidelines for negotiating convention or group rates specific to the city or town in which you live.
In: Operations Management
Lori Smith sells her handmade jewelry through a few very exclusive gift shops. Lori along with one other employee produce all of her beautiful jewelry. Lori’s best friend told her, “You could sell a lot more if you tried to get them into every gift and department store in town.” Lori asks you to explain the three different types of distribution intensity strategies and which one you would recommend. Answer Lori’s question on distribution intensity strategies and give her your recommendation.
In: Operations Management
Carla paid her lawyer the following amounts during 2017. 5000 for representation during a divorce , 800 to prepare her will and 3000 for assistance in obtaining alimony . How much in legal fees can Carla claim?
800
3000
5000
8000
2. Sofia filed her 2016 return on Nov 1 , 2017 she did not have a valid extension of time to file. In which of the following situation would she most likely qualify for a penalty exception?
Sofia lost her job in March of 2017 and had insufficient funds to pay the taxes due. She got a new job in Oct of 2017 and filed on Nov 1 a few days after she received her first paycheck.
Sofia was out of town from April 12 until Oct 28 on a temporary assignment for her job. She left her tax records at home and needs to wait until she returned home and had access to these records.
Sofia was in a car accident on March 13. Se remained hospitalized for her injuries until Oct 23
Sofia is part of an activist group that believes that federal taxation of income is unconstitutional and that , as a sovereign citizen she is not subject to an income tax. She delayed filing a return until she was contacted by IRS.
In: Accounting