Wal-Mart Predatory Pricing Case At issue was whether Wal-Mart, which had built the nation’s largest retail chain with its everyday-low-price strategy, went beyond the legally recognized retail practice of promotional pricing and intended to destroy its competition. A 1993 lawsuit filed against Wal-Mart by a group of independent pharmacies argued that Wal-Mart used predatory pricing. The Arkansas statutes, which were being tested for the first time since passage in 1937, generally forbade businesses from selling or advertising ‘any article or product … at less than the cost to the vendor … for the purpose of injuring competitors and destroying completion.’ Wal-Mart’s attorneys argued in a pretrial brief that what the law described as a ‘product’ shouldn’t be considered to apply to individual items, but rather to Wal-Mart’s ‘market basket’ or full line of products. If the entire line isn’t priced below cost, they contended it wasn’t a violation of the statute. It is obvious that in order to determine a state violation on ‘predatory pricing,’ the court must determine what principle it would accept as ‘nonpredatory’ in pricing below cost. This is indeed a gray area. The second element to be considered under state laws is whether there was an ‘intent’ to injure competition and whether in fact the result of such malice was to injure the competition. The third element was ‘recoupment.’ Were the prices ultimately raised, once the competition was put out of business?
What is predatory pricing?
Why would it matter if prices were ultimately raised once the competition was out of business?”
In: Economics
Dear Colleague, Earlier today I built my seventh website using
HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap4. Bootstrap seems amazing, but it never
did what it should do – make my website look better. Also, my page
should have a blue theme that was provided in the CSS folder. This
also didn’t work. My website is supposed to look like what is shown
in Figure 1 (see below). Someone told me that there are exactly 10
errors on index.html, 10 errors on contact.html, and 10 errors on
events.html. Yes, 30 errors total! Can you help me find all of the
errors? Hint: You should not add ANY LINES to the code. There will
never be more than one error per line number.
contact.html ( HELP FIND the 10 ERRORS IN THIS CODE )
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<title>Try Boro Kids Race Series</title>
<!-- Font Awesome -->
<rel="stylesheet"
href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.6.3/css/all.css">
<!-- Bootstrap CSS -->
<href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
<!-- JQuery -->
<type="text/javascript"
src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Bootstrap core JavaScript -->
<type="text/javascript"
src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<head>
<div class="container-fluid">
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark
bg-primary">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">
<img src="images/HeaderBoroRunningMan2.gif" width="auto"
height="30" alt="Running Man Logo">
</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button"
data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNav"
aria-controls="navbarNav" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle
navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNav">
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="events.html">Events <span
class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link"
href="contact.html">Contact</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link"
href="http://www.tryborokidstri.org/" target="_blank">Try
Boro</a></li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link"
href="https://www.facebook. com/TryBoroKids/"
target="_blank"><img src="images/IconFacebook.png"
class="iconsocial" alt="Facebook" width="auto"
height="30"></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
<div class="row p-5">
<div class="row">
<h2>Want to register?</h2>
<h3>Try Boro Kids 2.5K/5K Run</h3>
<p>May 13, 2020</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tryborokidstri.org"
target="_blank">Click here more
information</a></p>
<p> <a href="docs/2016TryBoroRunRegistrationForm.pdf"
target="_blank">Download a registration
form</a></p>
<h3>Try Boro Kids Trail Run</h3>
<p>October 17, 2020</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tryborokidstri.org"
target="_blank">Click here more
information</a></p>
<p> <a
href="mailto:[email protected]">Interested? Click here to
email us</a></p>
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<button type="button" class="btn btn-info" data-toggle="modal"
data-target="#myModal">Register Today</button>
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<div class="modal fade" id="myModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"
aria-labelledby="exampleModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
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<div class="modal-header">
<h5 class="modal-title" id="ModalLabel">Try Boro
Registration</h5>
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal"
aria-label="Close">
<span aria-hidden="true">×</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<img src="images/Modal_TryBoroLogo.gif" class="img-fluid"
alt="Placeholder image">
<p>Great job! Through the magic of make-believe, you are now
registered.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<img src="images/Swap1_kidstri_CuteLook.jpg" alt="Kid athlete
with a cute look." class="img-fluid" id="cute">
</div>
</div> <!--end of row-->
<footer class="footer bg-primary text-center
text-black">Copyright Try Boro</footer>
</div>
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</html>
In: Computer Science
Dear Colleague, Earlier today I built my seventh website using HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap4. Bootstrap seems amazing, but it never did what it should do – make my website look better. Also, my page should have a blue theme that was provided in the CSS folder. This also didn’t work. My website is supposed to look like what is shown in Figure 1 (see below). Someone told me that there are exactly 10 errors on index.html, 10 errors on contact.html, and 10 errors on events.html. Yes, 30 errors total! Can you help me find all of the errors? Hint: You should not add ANY LINES to the code. There will never be more than one error per line number.
events.html ( HELP FIND the 10 ERRORS IN THIS CODE )
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Try Boro Kids Race Series</title>
<!-- Font Awesome -->
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.6.3/css/all.css">
<!-- Bootstrap CSS -->
<link
href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
<!-- JQuery -->
<script type="text/javascript"
src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Bootstrap core JavaScript -->
<script type="text/javascript"
src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container-fluid">
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark
bg-danger">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">
<img src="" width="auto" height="30" alt="Running Man
Logo">
</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button"
data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNav"
aria-controls="navbarNav" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle
navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNav">
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="events.html">Placeholder Text
<span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="contact.html">Placeholder
Text</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link"
href="http://www.tryborokidstri.org/" target="_blank">Try
Boro</a></li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link"
href="https://www.facebook. com/TryBoroKids/"
target="_blank"><img src="images/IconFacebook.png"
class="iconsocial" alt="Facebook" width="auto"
height="30"></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-1"><h2>Try Boro Events</h2>
</div>
</div>
<div class="rows">
<div class="col-md-6">
<img src="images/Tri_Left_KidBikeBlur.jpg" class="img-fluid
rounded-circle" alt="Placeholder image">
<h3>Biking is a blur </h3>
<p>Triathlete rushing to get started in the transition. Kids
get the whole experience of swimming, biking, and
running.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<img src="images/Tri_Mid_TransDrink.jpg" class="img-fluid
rounded-circle" alt="Placeholder image">
<h3>A triathlon can be exhausting</h3>
<p>When returning to transition, this participant gets some
much deserved water before hitting the run.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<img src="images/Tri_Right_trans.jpg" class="img-fluid
rounded-circle" alt="Placeholder image">
<h3>Time to get changed </h3>
<p>It not easy to get out of the pool, run down to
transition, and get ready for the bike - all while soaking
wet!</p>
</div>
</div>
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<footer class="footer bg-primary text-center
text-white"></footer>
</div>
</body>
</html>
In: Computer Science
Fruit flies, like almost all other living organisms, have built-in circadian rhythms that keep time even in the absence of external stimuli. Several genes have been shown to be involved in internal timekeeping, including per (period) and tim (timeless). Mutations in these two genes, and in other genes, disrupt timekeeping abilities. Interestingly, these genes have also been shown to be involved in other time-related behavior, such as the frequency of wingbeats in male courtship behaviors. Individuals that carry particular mutations of per and tim have been shown to copulate for longer than individuals that have neither mutation. But do these two mutations affect copulation time in similar ways? The following table summarizes some data on the duration of copulation for flies that carry either the tim mutation or the per mutation (Beaver and Giebultowicz 2004):
| Mutation | Mean copulation duration (min) | Standard deviation of copulation duration | Sample size, n |
| per | 17.5 | 3.37 | 14 |
| tim | 19.9 | 2.47 | 17 |
b) Do the populations carrying these mutations have different variances in copulation duration? Enter the calculated F-value.
c) Do the populations carrying these mutations have different variances in copulation duration? Finish this hypothesis test and describe your conclusion.
In: Statistics and Probability
A newly built old age home has 50 townhouses. Residents may only plant clivias, rose bushes and lavenders in their gardens. Of the 50 gardens 20 grow clivias, 22 grow roses, and 24 grow lavenders. (Residents do not necessarily plant only one of the kinds of plants.) Furthermore, some gardens grow the following: 6 grow clivias and rose bushes 8 grow clivias and lavenders, (Residents do not necessarily plant only two of the kinds of plants.) 4 grow clivias, rose bushes and lavenders. How many gardens have rose bushes and lavenders, but no clivias?
In: Computer Science
1) A burial mound built by the Etruscans a) dromos b)tumulus c)sarcophagus d)tholos
2)The 5th c. BC Athenian statesman who commissioned the Parthenon was a)Praxiteles b)Augustus c) Pericles d)Diocletian
3)Multistoried Roman apartments are a)insulae b)citadels c)villas d)forums
4)A public square in a Roman city is a)acropolis b)agora c)forum d)basilica
5) A rectangular Roman building used for public gatherings/governmental function is a)temple b)tumulus c)basilica d)forum
6)An arch extended is a a)cyclopean wall b)barrel vault c)corbelled arch d)groin vault
7)A volcanic eruption in 79 preserved the city of a)Rome b)Ostia c)Pompeii d)Syracuse
8) The Pont du Gard serves as a)bridge b)aqueduct c)both a and b
9)The two main orders of Greek temple design are a)Pompeii and Herculaneum b)Doric and Ionic c)Doric and Corinthian d)Ionic and Corinthian
10) What significant early Christian church located in Rome was commissioned by Constantine a)Hagia Sophia b)Santa Constanza c)Old St. Peter’s d)St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s
11) Etruscans placed temple decoration on the a)roof b) pediments c) frieze d)they did not decorate temples
12) The underground burial sites of the early Christians are called a)insulae b)cemeteries c)catacombs d)tumulus
13)What former Roman city (in Syria) contained both a synagogue and a Christian community house a)Dura-Europos b)Ravenna c)Constantinople d)Rome
14)Romans invented a)concrete b)tufa c)terracotta d)asphalt
15)The sculptor of the Man Scraping Himself/ The Scraper (Apoxymenos) was a)Praxiteles b) Pericles c)Polykleitos d)Lysippos
16)The semicircular recess at one end of a Christian church, usually indicating the location of the altar is a)basilica b)apse c)nave d)baldacchino
17)Thought to be first Christian Roman emperor a)Diocletian b)Constantine c)Trajan d)Augustus
18)The Etruscans lived in a)Greece b)Italy c)Turkey d)France
19) Roman copies of Greek sculptures are a)bronze b)marble c)terracotta d)sandstone
20) Macedonian leader who expanded the borders of the Greek world a)Pericles b)Alexander the Great c)Augustus e)Julius Caesar
21) A stone coffin a)tumulus b)tufa c)sarcophagus d)insula
22) Roman architect/engineer who described a typical Etruscan temple a)Augustus b)Vitruvius c)Palladio d)Virgil
23) Roman emperor who returned to Rome with treasures from Jerusalem a)Vespasian b)Hadrian c)Titus d)Diocletian
24) The last period of Greek art and architecture is known as a)Archaic b)Classical c)Hellenistic d)Geometric
25)Greeks would put sculpture on the a)pediments b)metopes c)frieze d)all of the above
26)The Greeks exaggerated features in their art (muscles and anatomy) A) True B) False
27)The top of a column is a a)styobate b)pediment c)capital d)metope
28) In early Christian Art, a figure with both hands raised a)worshipper b)plebe c)orant
d)believer
29) The Etruscans came/lived before the Romans A) True B) False
30) Early images of Jesus in art show him as a shepherd A) True B) False
In: Psychology
Information: Thomas Perdue had built up a successful development company. When he became city commissioner, everyone said it was good to have a businessperson on the commission. They said businesspeople know how to control costs and make sound economic decisions, and Thomas could help the city tighten its belt. One of his first projects was an analysis of the human resources department. He claimed that if the whole function was outsourced, it would save the taxpayers money. A year later, after painful layoffs and a bumpy transition, the new contractor, NewSoft, was in place. Two years later, NewSoft’s billing rates had steadily increased, and there were complaints about service. After five years, the supposed savings had vanished, and Thomas had moved on to state government, his campaigns fueled by “generous” campaign contributions from companies like NewSoft. Requirement: After reading all differential analysis resources and viewing the videos, answer the following question 2 questions in your own words, using complete sentence structure and grammar. Please use citations if applicable. The attached rubric displays grading criteria. For this specific assignment, feedback will be given 24 hours after the due date. There is one attempt on this assignment. This assignment should be submitted based on individual knowledge and is not group based. Questions 1.Although this case differs from “fraud” in the usual sense, describe the conflict of interest in this case. Who benefitted, and who did not?. 2.When making business decisions of this sort, some factors are quantitative, and some are qualitative factors. Discuss some of the qualitative factors related to this case.
In: Accounting
Tough-Built Corporation produces specialized truck body
components, specializing in hydraulic lifts for dump trucks.
Founded 35 years ago by George Halloway, the firm now employs 150
workers and has annual sales of over $10 million. George operates
the firm in a highly centralized way, and retains control over all
changes in operations. He is a regular visitor to the production
area, which helps him "keep his finger on the pulse of the
firm."
Although George Halloway is now 67 years old, he has no apparent
management successor, and has always hand-picked his department
heads and staff personnel. He has been generous to those who worked
for him, paying substantial bonuses each year to the employees
based on his personal evaluation of each worker. Just six weeks
ago, a heart attack convinced George to consider retirement, and he
decided to sell the firm to his employees. You are assigned the
task of recommending a set of strategic performance measures for
the firm, assuming that the new worker management wants to operate
as a decentralized firm.
Required:
What major management problems do you foresee in the transition
from sole owner to employee ownership?
In: Accounting
Coleman Rich Control Devices, Inc., produces custom-built relay devices for auto makers. The most recent project undertaken by Rich requires 14 different activities. Rich's managers would like to determine the total project completion time (in days) and those activities that lie along the critical path. The appropriate data are shown in the following table:
|
Time (days) |
Immediate |
Time (days) |
Immediate |
||||||||||||
|
Activity |
a |
m |
b |
Predecessor(s) |
Activity |
a |
m |
b |
Predecessor(s) |
||||||
|
A |
3 |
7 |
8 |
— |
H |
3 |
3 |
6 |
E, F |
||||||
|
B |
1 |
3 |
4 |
— |
I |
3 |
5 |
9 |
G, H |
||||||
|
C |
6 |
6 |
6 |
A |
J |
2 |
6 |
9 |
I |
||||||
|
D |
5 |
8 |
12 |
A |
K |
7 |
10 |
12 |
I |
||||||
|
E |
2 |
10 |
19 |
B, C |
L |
3 |
5 |
6 |
J |
||||||
|
F |
2 |
3 |
8 |
D |
M |
1 |
3 |
5 |
K |
||||||
|
G |
3 |
5 |
9 |
D |
N |
6 |
8 |
12 |
L, M |
||||||
a) The expected completion time of the project = _______days (round your response to two decimal places).
The activities that represent the project's critical path are _____________________________
b) If the time to complete the activities on the critical path is normally distributed, then the probability that the critical path will be finished in 53 days or less = _______
c) Number of days that would result in 99% probability of completion = ______ days.
In: Operations Management
Dear Colleague,
Earlier today I built my seventh website using HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap4. Bootstrap seems amazing, but it never did what it should do – make my website look better. Also, my page should have a blue theme that was provided in the CSS folder. This also didn’t work.
My website is supposed to look like what is shown in Figure 1 (see below). Someone told me that there are exactly 10 errors on index.html, 10 errors on contact.html, and 10 errors on events.html. Yes, 30 errors total! Can you help me find all of the errors?
Hint: You should not add ANY LINES to the code. There
will never be more than one error per line number.
index.html ( TOTAL 10 ERRORS HELP FIND AND LIST ERRORS
)
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<head>Try Boro Kids Race Series</title>
<!-- Font Awesome -->
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.6.3/css/all.css">
<!-- Bootstrap CSS -->
<a
href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
<!-- JQuery -->
<a type="text/javascript"
src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Bootstrap core JavaScript -->
<script type="text/javascript"
src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<bootstrap>
<div class="container-fluid">
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark
bg-info">
<a class="brand" href="#">
<img src="HeaderBoroRunningMan2.gif" width="auto" height="30"
alt="Running Man Logo">
</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button"
data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNav"
aria-controls="navbarNav" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle
navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNav">
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="events.html">Events <span
class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link"
href="contact.html">Contact</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link"
href="http://www.tryborokidstri.org/" target="_blank">Try
Boro</a></li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link"
href="https://www.faccebook.com/TryBoroKids/"
target="_blank"><img src="images/IconFacebook.png"
class="iconsocial" alt="Facebook" width="auto"
height="30"></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
<div id="carouselIndicators" class="carousel slide"
data-ride="carousel">
<ol class="carousel-indicators">
<li data-target="#carousel1" data-slide-to="0"
class="active"></li>
<li data-target="#carousel1" data-slide-to="1"
class="active"></li>
<li data-target="#carousel1" data-slide-to="2"
class="active"></li>
<li data-target="#carousel1" data-slide-to="3"
class="active"></li>
</ol>
<div class="carousel-inner">
<div class="carousel-item active">
<img class="d-block w-100"
src="images/Banner1_100ChallengeBlueHue.jpg" alt="First
slide">
<div class="carousel-caption d-none d-md-block">
<h5>Try Boro Kids Race Series</h5>
<p>Unique Endurance Events</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img class="d-block w-100" src="images/Banner2_ImageBlueHue.jpg"
alt="Second slide">
<div class="carousel-caption d-none d-md-block">
<h5>Try Boro Kids Race Series</h5>
<p>Running Events</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img class="d-block w-100"
src="images/Banner3_TrailRunBlueHue.jpg" alt="Third
slide">
<div class="carousel-caption d-none d-md-block">
<h5>Try Boro Kids Race Series</h5>
<p>Trail Running</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
<img class="d-block w-100"
src="images/Banner4_MedalsBlueHue.jpg" alt="Third slide">
<div class="carousel-caption d-none d-md-block">
<h5>Try Boro Kids Race Series</h5>
<p>Events that are rewarding!</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#carouselIndicators"
role="button" data-slide="prev">
<span class="carousel-control-prev-icon"
aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
</a>
<a class="carousel-control-next" href="#carouselIndicators"
role="button" data-slide="next">
<span class="carousel-control-next-icon"
aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Next</span>
</a>
</div>
<div class="row p-5">
<div class="col-xs-12">
<h2>Try Boro Events</h2>
<p>The Try Boro Kids Races Series is a non-profit
organization that puts on unique endurance vents to help get kids
active. Founded in 2009 with one triathlon. This event was hosted
by Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation and their SportsCom facility.
That first year saw 175 kids swim, bike, and run and since then the
series has hosted 17 events. For the past 4 years, the series has
hosted a 2.5K/5K Run in May, a triathlon in August, and a trail in
October. </p>
<p>In 2016, the series is partnering with the
Better Boro Project, which is part of an initiative by the city of
Murfreesboro to promote health and fitness. As part of this
initiative, the Try Boro Kids Race Series will host the clinics in
April, 2.5K/5K Run in May, and the trail run in October. The series
will also provide support for other events such as Read to Succeed
and Murph's Fun Run.</p>
</div>
</div>
<footer class="footer bg-primary text-center
text-white">Copyright Try Boro</footer>
</div>
</body>
</html>
HELP LIST AND FIND THE 10 ERRORS
In: Computer Science