Vadar owned Tatooine Farm. He sold the farm to Luke. Luke never recorded the deed. Vadar stayed on the property as a tenant for two years. Near the end of the two years, Vadar learned that Luke had never recorded the deed.

Vadar advertised Tatooine Farm for sale. Leia negotiated with Vadar for the purchase of the property thinking that Vadar was the owner. Leia also checked the records at the recording office and, finding no reason to question Vadar’s ownership of the property, purchased Tatooine Farm from Vadar. Leia recorded the deed. Vadar fled to a place far, far away with the purchase money.

Meanwhile, Luke had failed to pay the real estate taxes on Tatooine Farm for the two years in question thinking it was the responsibility of Vadar, the tenant. Ultimately, Leia and Luke disputed over the ownership of the property. Who gets the property, Leia or Luke? And, is Luke responsible for the two years of real estate taxes assessed while Vadar occupied the property as a tenant?

1. As water has a higher __________, we can assume that land will heat and cool  faster than water.

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason for our mild weather and climate here in Orange County?

a) Warm Ocean Current off our coast

B) High Pressure

c) California Current

D) Our location near the Pacific Ocean

What is the main source of energy for a Hurricane?___________

T/F Hail and lightning are common in the Initial/Cumulus stage of a Thunderstorm.

In the northern hemisphere both Hurricanes and Tornadoes spin_______. clockwise or counter-clockwise

T/F  A monsoon is associated with both high rainfall totals and alternating periods of drought.

Hurricane Katrina holds the record for the most destructive Hurricane in US History based upon which criteria?

                                                         Loss of lives                          Financial Loss                       Wind Speed

T/F El Nino is considered a type of storm.

What do we call a Cumulus cloud when it produces heavy rain?

use IRAC to answer the following:

During a severe thunderstorm, Alee sought shelter inside Bob's Grocery Store (“Bob's”). Alee slipped on a bunch of grapes that she failed to notice had fallen from a display near the entryway. After Alee’s fall, witnesses described the grapes as “smashed,” “flattened,” “squished,” and “gritty.” The store manager told Alee that the area where Alee’s fall occurred had been swept no more than 35 minutes before she fell. As a result of the fall, Alee suffered a broken arm and a broken ankle.
Later that same day Liz, while shopping in Bob's, accepted an offer to sample a new product, “Mom’s Fluffy Blueberry Muffins,” baked and distributed by Mom’s Bakery, Inc. As she was chewing what she thought were blueberries, she bit down on a pebble the size of a blueberry and broke a tooth.
On what legal theories, if any, can Bob's be held liable for personal injury to Alee and Liz? Discuss.

This month, there was fanfare about the first case of using CRISPR invivo to treat Leber’s congenital amaurosis 10 (LCA10) which is a leading cause of blindness in childhood. This is due to mutations in a large gene, CEP290.

The article comments that:

“For the latest trial, the components of the gene-editing system – encoded in the genome of a virus — are injected directly into the eye, near photoreceptor cells.”

A. Specifically, what components are the authors referring to when they say “the components of the gene-editing system – encoded in the genome of a virus”?

B. How is the zinc finger technology similar to the CRISPR approach?

C. What is a potential risk of using the CRISPR technology invivo?

D. If there was a suitable safe harbor, or the possibility to use a AAV virus to replace the mutant CEP290 gene in the photoreceptor cells (Similar to replacing the CNG3B channel using AAV5). What would be the potential difficulties compared to fixing the gene with CRISPR?

E. If the mutation in the CEP290 gene was known to be a premature stop codon, would the gene therapy be the safest approach to treat this disease?

A chunk of brass with mass 0.6 kg, with specific heat 380 J/(kg· K), and with temperature 400 K is placed in 0.6 kg of water, with specific heat 4186 J/(kg· K), and with temperature 280 K. The water and the brass are in an insulated container and come to thermal equilibrium. Find the final temperature in kelvins (closest answer).

AND

The asteroid Oumuamua observed this year in November traveled around the sun at a speed of 87,500 m/s. Its proper length is 180 m. How much does a stationary observer near the sun measure its length to be changed at this speed due to relativity? A positive answer means its length is measured to be increased and a negative answer means that its length is measured to be decreased. (In micrometers, closest answer.)

AND

A radioactive sample is measured to be emitting 200 alpha particles per second. 20 minutes later it is emitting only 126 alpha particles per second. The half life of the unstable nucleus that is emitting these particles is - (in minutes, closest answer)

Katherine has an estimated Cobb-Douglas utility function of U = q1^0.25q2^0.75 for food, q1, and housing, q2. The price for food is arbitrarily set at $1 per unit and the average monthly rent near the University of Chicago , p2, is a dollar fifty per square foot. Caroline, like the average University of Chicago student spend $750 on food and housing per month.

     (a) Using calculus, solve for Katherine's optimal quantities of housing and food. Provide the marginal utility of income.

     (b) What is Katherine's utility at the optimal bundle?

     (c) Due to panic buying and logistical difficulties due to the coronavirus, suppose the per-unit price of food increases by 25% (p1= $1.25), what is Katherine's new utility facing this price increase?

     (d) How much money would Katherine need to completely offset the harm from the price increase?

     (e) How much money would one have to take from Katherine to harm her as much as the price increase?

Read the Scenario below and answer the questions that follow.

You are working on a project to implement an online benefits management portal to enable employees to have a “one stop” location to view their health and dental benefits, get answers to benefits-related questions, and enable for changes to be made to health benefit coverage. Requirements were gathered over a two-week time period at the start of the project and all stakeholders participated in requirements gathering sessions. The project is near completion – the portal has been developed by the IT/Application Development group. It has been tested, works well and will be rolled out early next week. You are approached by a member of the senior leadership team who suggests that it would be of value to add in a component so that employees can also manage their 401Ks. In fact, he wants this to happen in time for this roll out.

Question 1[ 20 marks]

Keeping the project triple constraints in mind, elaborate on the effects of adding extra components to the portal by your Senior Leaders.

Your classmates are a group of friends who have decided to open a small retail shop. The team is torn between two storefront ideas. The first idea is to open a high-end antique store, selling household items used for decorations in upscale homes. Members of the team have found a location in a heavily pedestrian area near a local coffee shop. The store would have many items authenticated by a team member’s uncle, who is a certified appraiser. In discussing the plan, however, two group members suggest shifting to a drop-off store for online auctions such as eBay. In this business model, customers drop off items they want to sell, and the retail store does all the logistics involved – listing and selling the items on eBay, and then shipping them to buyers – for a percentage of the sales price. They suggest that a quick way to get started is to become a franchisee for a group such as “I Sold It”

Questions

1. What is the business strategy for each store concept?
2. How would the organizational structure be different for the concepts?

The five basic components of promotion include advertising, sales promotions, social media, publicity, and personal selling. All five components of the retailer’s promotion mix need to be managed from a total systems perspective.

All non-essential retail businesses are closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown. At some point (hopefully in the near future) we will return to normal and these businesses will reopen.

While these businesses will be receiving financial support from the government, many are going to be in a tight situation, and fighting for every dollar when the doors finally open. So, they will need to rely on sales promotion, publicity, social media and personal selling to succeed. Those that don’t get out of the gate strong may not survive.

Choose one of the following retailers: Hair Cuttery; Hand and Stone Massage; Modell’s; Caesars casino; or Outback Steakhouse.

Describe the best way your retailer choice can use the four promotional components (sales promotion, publicity, social media and personal selling) to be successful when the lockdown is over.