You are giving a brief speech to your campus community titled “Lessons From Scandinavian Social Democracies.” Draft this speech, with an emphasis on what we in the US can learn from other political systems. Identify important strengths and/or drawback in the Nordic model.

discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a strong dollar?

who benefits most from a weak dollar?

who benefits most from a strong dollar?

describe under what conditions is a strong US dollar better for the economy than a weak dollar and vice versa?

1. Antigen presentation is an important link between innate and acquired (adaptive) immunity. Explain in detail how the process occurs. Please include: what cells might be involved, the differences between MHC 1 and MHC 2 and how antigen presentation leads to differential activation of acquired immunity.

  Antigen presentation is an important link between innate and acquired (adaptive) immunity. Explain in detail how the process occurs. Please include: what cells might be involved, the differences between MHC 1 and MHC 2 and how antigen presentation leads to differential activation of acquired immunity.

For many years, Lawton Industries has manufactured prefabricated houses where the houses are constructed in sections to be assembled on customers’ lots. The company expanded into the precut housing market in 2006 when it acquired Presser Company, one of its suppliers. In this market, various types of lumber are precut into the appropriate lengths, banded into packages, and shipped to customers’ lots for assembly. Lawton decided to maintain Presser’s separate identity and, thus, established the Presser Division as an investment center of Lawton.

              Lawton uses return on average investment (ROI) as a performance measure the investment defined as operating assets employed. Management bonuses are based in part on ROI. All investments in operating assets are expected to earn a minimum return of 15% before income taxes. Presser’s ROI has ranged from 19.3% to 22.1% since it was acquired in 2006. The division had an investment opportunity in the year just ended that had an estimated ROI of 18%, but Presser’s management decided against the investment because it believed the investment would decrease the division’s overall ROI.

              Presser’s operating statement for the year just ended is presented next. The division’s operating assets employed were $12,600,000 at the end of the year, a 5% increase over the balance at the end of the previous year.

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                                                          Presser Division Operating Statement

                                                                  For the year ended Dec. 31

                                                                             ($000 omitted)

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              Sales Revenue                                                                                                                   $24,000

              Cost of Goods Sold                                                                                                              15,800

                   Gross Profit                                                                                                                      $8,200

              Operating Expenses

              Administrative                                                                          $2,140

              Selling                                                                                         3,600                              5,740

              Income from operations

                   Before income taxes                                                                                                      $2,460

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Questions

1. Calculate these performance measures for the year just ended for the Presser Division of Lawton Industries:

1. Return on average investment in operating assets employed (ROI).
2. Residual income calculated on the basis of average operating assets employed.

2. Would the management of Presser Division have been more likely to accept the investment opportunity it had during the year if residual income were used as a performance measure instead of ROI? Explain your answer.

The Presser Division is a separate investment center with Lawton Industries. Identify and describe the items Presser must control if it is to be evaluated fairly by either the ROI or residual income performance measures

Project Monitoring and Control Process Plan:
You have a Project Budget for building a five-bedroom house in Ashburn, VA. Assume that your building project is two months behind and has a $100,000.00 cost overrun. This should not be a surprise to you because of the monitoring processes. Identify and discuss some of the monitoring processes that could have alerted you of the schedule and cost problems. What are some of the controlling steps you would take to bring both the schedule and the cost back on track? Be sure to justify your answers. . Your Project Monitoring and Control Process Plan should be at least two pages including a summarization and conclusion page. If necessary, include data from the Project Budget and Project Schedule in the table shown below to support your schedule and cost problems.

What is the process of assessing student skills and needs and integrating the creative arts with literacy instruction?

You are particularly noting how the teacher utilizes pre-assessments and integrates the arts into literacy instruction. After your observation, interview your mentor teacher about the process of assessing student skills and needs, and integrating the creative arts with literacy instruction.

Ask how the following are taken into consideration during this process:

• Differentiation and engagement strategies
• Utilizing data from pre-assessments and formative assessments
• Communicating and collaborating with students and families to support learner development and achievement

This Topic 2: Assessing Abilities: Pre-Assessments determine a topic or skill that the mentor believes should be pre-assessed.

• integrating creative arts with instruction for differentiation and engagement
• Utilizing data from pre-assessments and formative assessments
• Communicating and collaborating with students and family to support learner development and achievement
• How you plan to implement what you learned in your future practice.

Your assignment is to consider the areas the paralegal needs to probe to ensure that the office doesn't misunderstand what the client wants.

During an interview, a client makes the following statement: “I want to institutionalize my sick father.” Examples of questions to ask: Why does she want to commit her father? Has the client considered or tried outpatient care? Is she seeking revenge against him? Does she need police protection from her father? Does she know what a mental institution is? Is she attempting to obtain some of her property from him, which he controls? Is she seeking access to his property? Is someone else squandering her father’s property, which she does not know how to stop?
Your second client of the day states “I want my boss arrested for assaulting me.”
And, your third client of the day states “I want to file for divorce.”

Imagine seven years from now you have finally gotten the promotion you were working hard for at that dream job working for Porsche headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. You’ve been asked to put together a team to develop a feasibility study looking into electric cars in the Asian market. You estimate that you need a staff of about five employees to handle the project.

(a) What type of team interdependence would you want for this project and why?

(b) What personality traits from the Big 5 should members of your staff possess, and why? Additionally, what other individual differences (other than the Big 5) should they also have? Also, how would you interview or vet them to ensure you find the ideal team in terms of personality and cultural diversity?

(c) Consider how you will deal with potential conflict using conflict management strategies as well as potential communication barriers.

Question 5 (10)

Mr. Prime Shaapopi CA (SA) (NAM) for the year of assessment ending 28 February
2020.
Profit from business 500 000
Profit from branch of business in Zimbabwe 100 000
Director’s fees 8 000
Insurance pay out for loss of profits 80 000
Profit on sale of truck 120 000
 Cost price 300 000
 Tax value 200 000
 Selling price 320 000
Gain from Unit Trust 80 000
Interest from bank 400
Interest from subscription shares 800
Farming subsidy on soil erosion 20 000
Lease premium received 10 000
Lump sum on retirement from pension fund 100 000
Retrenchment benefit from employers 80 000
Goodwill received 120 000

You are required to calculate the income of Mr. Prime Shaapopi CA (SA) (NAM) for
the year of assessment ending 28 February 2020.