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How should we decide what industries to protect? In the 1970s, we protected the car industry...

How should we decide what industries to protect?

In the 1970s, we protected the car industry from foreign competition. We also heavily protect our farm industry. However, we did NOT protect steel or microchips, and many other industries that must compete globally. Please answer the following questions.

When the first Japanese cars arrived on the West Coast in the 1970s, no one saw them as a threat to U.S. jobs. Although they were cheaper and more fuel-efficient than U.S.-made cars, most Americans could not be bothered; with gasoline at 30 cents a gallon, the difference in cost between a car that got 30 miles per gallon and one that got 10 was not very great, even for someone who drove a lot. But all this changed with the Arab oil embargo of 1973. As gas prices climbed, Americans took another look at small foreign cars. With expensive U.S. labor and outmoded facilities on one side, and Japanese efficiency and management techniques on the other, Japan seemed to be winning the war in the showroom. While imports may create as many jobs as they consume in the long run, in the short run many smokestack industry workers can be left permanently unemployed or underemployed.

Worried U.S. workers wanted protection, and they found a strong advocate in Representative John Dingell, one of the leaders of an emerging protectionist movement in Congress. Dingell spoke with President Reagan and Trade Representative William Brock and warned that if voluntary restrictions on Japanese auto imports weren't adopted, Congress would impose mandatory ones. Faced with this choice, the Japanese agreed in negotiations to voluntary restrictions. The restrictions worked. As the number of Japanese auto imports dropped between 1981 and 1982, domestic auto industry employment rose. But the cost of saving hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs was restricted choice and higher prices for hundreds of millions of U.S. consumers. Hefty dealer markups were imposed on the scarcer but still-popular imports, and as sticker prices rose on Toyotas and Datsuns, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler found that they could raise prices too.

The combined price paid by consumers for trade restrictions is very high; it has been estimated that each job protected from foreign competition with quotas or tariffs costs consumers about $160,000 in higher prices-more than enough to support the holder of that job. While trade restrictions may save jobs in the short run, they lock inefficiencies into the U.S. economy and merely delay needed efforts to divert people and assets into areas of the economy in which the United States has a competitive advantage-and which therefore offer long-term employment and profit possibilities.

In: Economics

Should all industries have to compete globally? This is a read only assignment for you to...

Should all industries have to compete globally?

This is a read only assignment for you to review before posting your discussion in unit 4.

When the first Japanese cars arrived on the West Coast in the 1970s, no one saw them as a threat to U.S. jobs. Although they were cheaper and more fuel-efficient than U.S.-made cars, most Americans could not be bothered; with gasoline at 30 cents a gallon, the difference in cost between a car that got 30 miles per gallon and one that got 10 was not very great, even for someone who drove a lot. But all this changed with the Arab oil embargo of 1973. As gas prices climbed, Americans took another look at small foreign cars. With expensive U.S. labor and outmoded facilities on one side, and Japanese efficiency and management techniques on the other, Japan seemed to be winning the war in the showroom. While imports may create as many jobs as they consume in the long run, in the short run many smokestack industry workers can be left permanently unemployed or underemployed.

Worried U.S. workers wanted protection, and they found a strong advocate in Representative John Dingell, one of the leaders of an emerging protectionist movement in Congress. Dingell spoke with President Reagan and Trade Representative William Brock and warned that if voluntary restrictions on Japanese auto imports weren't adopted, Congress would impose mandatory ones. Faced with this choice, the Japanese agreed in negotiations to voluntary restrictions. The restrictions worked. As the number of Japanese auto imports dropped between 1981 and 1982, domestic auto industry employment rose. But the cost of saving hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs was restricted choice and higher prices for hundreds of millions of U.S. consumers. Hefty dealer markups were imposed on the scarcer but still-popular imports, and as sticker prices rose on Toyotas and Datsuns, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler found that they could raise prices too.

The combined price paid by consumers for trade restrictions is very high; it has been estimated that each job protected from foreign competition with quotas or tariffs costs consumers about $160,000 in higher prices-more than enough to support the holder of that job. While trade restrictions may save jobs in the short run, they lock inefficiencies into the U.S. economy and merely delay needed efforts to divert people and assets into areas of the economy in which the United States has a competitive advantage-and which therefore offer long-term employment and profit possibilities.

In: Economics

You are caring for Mr. Jones, who was admitted to the hospital 4 days ago for...

You are caring for Mr. Jones, who was admitted to the hospital 4 days ago for treatment of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. His diagnoses are fractured right femur, right shoulder dislocation, and closed head injury. Mr. Jones also has chronic hypertension, which has been worsened by his failure to take his medication for several days before the accident and by the stress of the accident.

Mr. Jones is 48 years old, married, and has three children ages 15, 10, and 4. He is the owner of a small, home-based plumbing company. Two other plumbers work for him. His wife does not work outside the home but does some of the office work for his company. The family lives in a small house in a relatively rural area, about 25 miles from the nearest city.

Mrs. Jones is a quiet, shy person who does not drive very much outside of her immediate area. Mr. Jones is the dominant figure, making all major decisions in both the business and the family. The family’s financial situation could be described as “just surviving month to month.” The family belongs to a small Baptist church in their community but are not active because Mr. Jones usually considers himself “on call” every weekend. Mr. Jones is a Native American and has no family in the area. Mrs. Jones is from the area and has one sister and an elderly mother living nearby.

Based on the above information, and the information from Chapter 10 in your text, describe what you think would be the impact of this illness on Mr. Jones and his family with respect to the questions that follow.

1. In his adjustment to illness, what stage do you think Mr. Jones is demonstrating? Give a rationale for your answer.

2. Based on references to Mr. Jones’ cultural background and previous behavior, how do you think Mr. Jones would behave as a patient while in the hospital? Would he be cooperative? Would he tell you if he had pain? Would he refuse treatment? (What internal and external influences might be factors?)

3. What impact would this illness have on Mr. Jones’ anxiety level?

4. What internal, external, and interpersonal stressors might be operative for Mr. Jones? List as many as possible under each category.

5. What stressors might be factors for this family? List as many as possible.

6. What is the potential impact of Mr. Jones’ illness on the family - his children, his wife, his extended family?

7. What could you, as a nurse, do to assist Mr. Jones?

In: Nursing

Your friend Bob wants to starts an Italian restaurant and you decide to to invest in...

Your friend Bob wants to starts an Italian restaurant and you decide to to invest in it. Bob has full discretion over establishing and managing the business. On January 1, 2010, you gave Bob $150,000 to start the business at the beginning of 2010 in exchange for 10,000 shares and 20,000 common stock, respectively. Bob has agreed to receive a starting salary of $80,000 per year. Bob decided to focus on catering to local corporation, so he rented a space off of 5th avenue on January 1,2010. He purchased equipment for $48,000 and a delivery truck for $60,000. In 2010 you decide to visit the restaurants to meet with Bob and discuss the results of your investment.

Bob: I've focused on selling to companies on credit, so they pay me later. I typically collect money within 30 days of making the sale. This year I sold $1,220,000 of food; as of year-end, I've only collected $1,100,000 of this amount and my customers still owe me the remainder. With the state of the current economy, I am worried about whether I'll be able to collect anywhere from $10,000 to $30,000 of what my customers still owe me. Throughout the year, I've also purchased baking and other supplies for the ship from various vendors . To receive quantity discounts and purchase the supplies for a slightly lower prices, I purchase more at a time. This year I purchased and received $1,010,000 of supplies. My vendors let me buy on credit and then pay them later. Thus I still owe my vendors $50,000. Currently, I have about $20,000 of supplies that I haven't used that are at the shop.

Bob continued:Business has been going well and I've been selling to a variety of places. I've put more miles on the delivery truck than I expected to, so it will only last another, 3 years. I will probably need to replace the equipment after another 2 years. The restaurant is in a great location, which I rent for $2,800 a month. However , to get that low rent, I had to sign a 3 year lease and must pay 3 months of rent at a time. At the end of December, I paid the landlord for rent through March 2011. I've also paid myself the $80,000 salary as we agreed. Currently, I have $60,000 in the bank.  

Based on what you know prepare a balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flow for Bob.

In: Accounting

1. Suppose you are driving a 500-kg Zamboni when it suddenly breaks down, forcing you to...

1. Suppose you are driving a 500-kg Zamboni when it suddenly breaks down, forcing you to get out and push. You apply a force of 85 N on the machine, which experiences a constant frictional force of 5 N. How long (in seconds) will it take to push the Zamboni the remaining 40 m?

2. The coefficient of static friction between Kylo Ren's shoes and the floor of Starkiller Base is 0.21. How large (in Newtons) is the frictional force acting on his 90 kg body when he stands on an incline that forms an angle of 20owith the horizontal?

3. A 4 kg box is placed on a ramp that forms an angle of 26o with the horizontal. The coefficient of friction between the ramp and the box is 0.25. How long will it take the box to slide (from rest) 18 m to the bottom of the ramp?

4.

The Atwood machine is a simple device in which an object is suspended over a pulley and attached to another as shown:

Find the acceleration of block m1 in m/s2, assuming it has a mass of 9 kg and m2 has a mass of 6 kg (ignore the mass of the pulley and friction in the axel).

5. While camping, you decide it is imperative to protect your beef jerky from those jerk raccoons that have been following you for miles. You suspend your cooler in the air, using two ropes tied to trees as shown:

Assuming =20o and =35o, find the tension in the rope on the left (in Newtons).

6. A tugboat traveling through Venice is pulling two smaller boats behind it using tow cables. The tugboat is connected to boat A, which has a mass of 300 kg and experiences a constant drag force of 70 N from the water. Boat A is connected via tow cable to boat B, which has a mass of 400 kg and experiences a drag force of 85 N. The tension in the cable between the tugboat and boat A is 2800 N. Find the acceleration of boat b (in m/s2).

7. A turtle is pushing a 2.5 kg rock across a flat surface through the desert. The turtle is applying a force of 10 N on the rock, which moves at a constant velocity. How much frictional force does the rock experience (in Newtons)?

8.

Consider the configuration shown below:

in which M1 is being pulled up a ramp by M2, which is descending due to the force of gravity. M1 is experiencing a constant frictional force, which causes it to move at a constant velocity. If ,M1 = 16 kg, and M2 = 12 kg, what is the coefficient of friction between the block and the ramp? (ignore the mass of the pulley)

In: Physics

Carter Cleaning Centers Jennifer Carter graduated from State University in June 2005, and, after considering several...

Carter Cleaning Centers

Jennifer Carter graduated from State University in June 2005, and, after considering several job offers, decided to do what she always planned to do go into business with her father, Jack Carter. Jack Carter opened his first Laundromat in 1995 and his second in 1998. The main attraction of these coin laundry businesses for him was that they were capital- rather than labor-intensive. Thus, once the investment in machinery was made, the stores could be run with just one unskilled attendant and none of the labor problems one normally expects from being in the retail service business. The attractiveness of operating with virtually no skilled labor notwithstanding, Jack had decided by 1999 to expand the services in each of his stores to include the dry cleaning and pressing of clothes. He embarked, in other words, on a strategy of related diversification by adding new services that were related to and consistent with his existing coin laundry activities. He added these for several reasons. He wanted to better utilize the unused space in the rather large stores he currently had under the lease. Furthermore, he was, as he put it, tired of sending out the dry cleaning and pressing work that came in from our coin laundry clients to a dry cleaner 5 miles away, who then took most of what should have been our profits. To reflect the new, expanded line of services, he renamed each of his two stores Carter Cleaning Centers, and was sufficiently satisfied with their performance to open four more of the same type of stores over the next 5 years. Each store had its own on-site manager and, on average, about seven employees and annual revenues of about $500,000. It was this six-store chain that Jennifer joined after graduating. Her understanding with her father was that she would serve as a troubleshooter/consultant to the elder Carter with the aim of both learning the business and bringing to it modern management concepts and techniques for solving the business problems and facilitating its growth.

Questions:

1. In line with your course, define the significance of the case?

2. The case narrated that the owner was capital oriented rather than labor-intensive. As an HRM student, what do you think about the philosophy of the owner? Which suggestions you will recommend to utilize labour oriented philosophy in the organization?

3. What suggestions you will provide to Jennifer to link HRM policies and practices with the differentiation strategy of the organization? Justify your answer.

In: Finance

George Garcia, a 23-year-old construction worker, and his wife, Anita, age 20, bring their 4-month-old daughter...

George Garcia, a 23-year-old construction worker, and his wife, Anita, age 20, bring their 4-month-old daughter to the emergency room of a small community hospital. They speak broken English. They have another small child with them, as well as two older women. They are very worried about the infant, who they say has been unable to retain feedings of diluted cow's milk. Now, because of poor sucking and increased sleeping, the infant has not had anything by mouth for the last 24 hours. When asked, the parents say the infant has been sick for 3 or 4 days. The infant is listless, and her eyes are sunken. Anita is newly pregnant with her third child.

The Garcia family lives together in a small house 2 miles from the Mexican border in a predominantly Mexican American neighborhood.. The padrinosor compadres (godparents) live next door to the Garcias. The family is Catholic, and a medal of Our Lady of Guadalupe is on a chain around the older child's neck. The baby has a bracelet with a seed in it around her wrist. The 2 older women with the Garcias are the mothers of George and Anita. George's mother is a curandero, and has been treating the baby with weak specially brewed teas.

6..  Susto and empacho are 2 more conditions that may occur. Describe these, and the treatment.

7. What is the hot and cold theory of disease? How are foods used in this case? What are common foods and food rituals for this heritage group?

8. The infant is sent home with the family with instructions to provide 1 ounce of electrolyte solution every hour. The family is asked to return to the clinic the next day at 10:00 AM to be sure the baby's health is improving. Who in the family should receive the education about care for the baby? How could the temporal relationships of this heritage group affect the family's ability to carry out instructions?

9. In order to provide culturally sensitive care to Anita during her pregnancy, what pregnancy and childbearing practices should the health care professional be familiar with?

10. George was unable to go to work today because of concern for the baby's health. Describe how work is viewed by this heritage group when newly immigrated to the United States.

11. A "stereotype" is an oversimplified "conception, opinion, or belief about some aspect of an individual or group" (see the discussion on p. 8 of your text). A stereotype here in North Dakota could be that all people of Norwegian heritage say "uff-da", and eat a disgusting fish called lutefisk. Name 2 stereotypes that you have heard about people of Mexican heritage.

In: Nursing

Instructions: • Use the data sets, the length of major North America rivers, at end of...

Instructions: • Use the data sets, the length of major North America rivers, at end of this page and answer the following questions from 1 through to 10. • Do all your calculation and graphs on Excel spreadsheet, make sure that you give the title of each graph and identify axises. • Copy and paste your table and graphs in a word document. Explain your finding in a paragraph form.

Questions:

1. Organize the data set I with seven classes. Find frequency distribution that contains frequency, midpoints, class boundaries, relative frequency and cumulative frequency for the data set. Answer the following questions.

2. Make a Frequency Histogram. What is the shape of the distributions?

3. Graph frequency polygon, pie chart, bar graph and Ogive.

4. Find the mean, median and standard deviation of the data set.

5. Find the range in which at least 75% of data will lie. Use Chebyshev’s Theorem.

6. Is it possible to find a range that approximately 68% of data set fall in

7. Find the length of river that corresponds to the 45th percentile.

8. Find the length of river that corresponds to the 20th percentile.

9. Make a box and whisker graph. 1

10. The mean of the lengths of rivers on the South Island of New Zealand that flow to the Pacific Ocean is 131 kilometers with a standard deviation of 80 kilometers. Which data set is more consistent either the length of the South Island of New Zealand or the length of North America rivers?(varies less)

DATA SET

The length (in miles) of Major North American Rivers 729 610 325 392 524 1459 450 465 605 330 950 906 329 290 1000 600 1450 862 532 890 407 525 720 1243 850 649 730 352 390 420 710 340 693 306 250 470 724 332 259 2340 560 1060 774 332 3710 315 2540 618 1171 460 431 800 605 410 1310 500 790 531 981 460 926 375 1290 1210 1310 383 380 300 310 411 1900 434 420 545 569 425 800 865 380 445 538 1038 424 350 377 540 659 652 314 360 301 512 500 313 610 360 430 682 886 447 338 485 625 722 525 800 309 435

answers from 5 to 10 are not responded,

could I see them pls

In: Statistics and Probability

Write C++ program as described below. Call this programChill.cpp. In April 2018 the lowest and the...


Write C++ program as described below. Call this programChill.cpp.

In April 2018 the lowest and the highest temperatures ever recorded in Ohio are 25F and 81F, respectively. The wind chill factor is the perceived temperature when taking temperature and wind into account. The standard formula for wind chill factor (from the US Weather Service) is:

0.0817 * (3.71 * sqrt(Wind) + 5.81 – 0.25 * sqrt(Wind)) * (Temp – 91.4) + 91.4

where ‘sqrt’ is the square root, Wind is the current wind speed in limes per hour and Temp is the current temperature in Fahrenheit.

You must write a program that:

  1. Creates a file with some randomly generated temperatures.
  2. Asks the user for a wind speed .
  3. Generates an output file that contains the wind chill factor of each temperature stored in the input file.

Here are the details.

First, write a function that generates 30 integer numbers, which represent hypothetically the temperature of the 30 days of April in Ohio, and stores all the generated temperature in an output file A. The temperatures generated must range between 25F and 81F. The file Amust contain nothing but integer numbers separated by a blank or a line break. The name of the file A should be given by the user and read from the keyboard. Call this functiongentemp.cpp.

Second, write the program Chill.cpp that prompts the user for the wind speed in miles per hour, reads the temperatures stored in file A and write in a file B the wind chill factor of those temperatures. The name of the file Bcan be chosen by you.

To generate integer numbers, use the functions rand() and srand() defined in <cstdlib>.

rand() - Returns a pseudo-random integral number in the range 0 to RAND_MAX

(Note: RAND_MAX is usually equal to 32767 but it may vary between cstlib library implementation).

A typical way to generate pseudo-random numbers in a determined range using rand() is to use the modulo of the returned value by the range span and add the initial value of the range:
For example:

( value % 100 ) is in the range 0 to 99
( value % 100 + 1 ) is in the range 1 to 100
( value % 30 + 1985 ) is in the range 1985 to 2014

Before generating pseudo-random numbers, use a seed to generate the series. The seed is initialized by using the function srand().

Here is a small example that generates 20 pseudo-random integers.

#include <cstdlib>

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()

{

         int random_integer;

         srand(9);

         for(int index=0; index<20; index++)

         {

                  random_integer = (rand()%100)+1;

                  cout << random_integer << endl;

         }

         return 0;

}


In: Computer Science

____   1.   Al single, age 70, and has gross income of $100,000. His deductible expenses are...

____   1.   Al single, age 70, and has gross income of $100,000. His deductible expenses are as follows:

Alimony

$9,000

Charitable contributions

5,000

Contribution to a traditional IRA

4,000

Medical expenses

11,850

State income taxes

4,000

Expenses paid on rental property

8,000

Unreimbursed moving expenses to a new job in a new city (400 miles away)

1,000

Interest on home mortgage and property taxes on personal residence

8,000

State income tax

9,000

What is Al’s medical deduction?

a.

$2,300.

b.

$7,700.

c.

$6,000.

d.

$7,700.

e.

None of the above.

____   2.   Rex, a cash basis calendar year taxpayer, runs a bingo operation which is illegal under state law. During 2016, a bill designated H.R. 9 is introduced into the state legislature which, if enacted, would legitimize bingo games. In 2016, Rex had the following expenses:

Operating expenses in conducting bingo games

$127,000

Payoff money to state and local police

34,000

Newspaper ads supporting H.R. 9

13,000

Political contributions to legislators who support H.R. 9

18,000

Of these expenditures, Rex may deduct:

a.

$127,000.

b.

$214,000.

c.

$227,000.

d.

$282,000.

e.

None of the above.

____   3.   Terry and Jim are both involved in operating illegal businesses. Terry operates a gambling business and Jim operates a drug running business. Both businesses have gross revenues of $500,000. The businesses incur the following expenses.

Terry

Jim  

Employee salaries

$200,000

$200,000

Bribes to police

25,000

25,000

Rent and utilities

50,000

50,000

Cost of goods sold

–0–

125,000

Which of the following statements is correct?

a.

Neither Terry nor Jim can deduct any of the above items in calculating the business profit.

b.

Terry should report profit from his business of $250,000.

c.

Jim should report profit from his business of $500,000.

d.

Jim should report profit from his business of $250,000.

e.

None of the above.

____   4.   Black Corporation incurred the following expenses in connection with the development of a new product:

Salaries

$110,000

Utilities

16,000

Materials

15,000

Advertising

5,000

Market survey

3,000

Depreciation on machine

10,000

Black expects to begin selling the product in November 1 of this year. If Black elects to amortize research and experimental expenditures over 60 months, determine the amount of the deduction for research and experimental expenditures for the current year.

a.

$0.

b.

$151,000.

c.

$5,034.

d.

$152,000.

e.

None of the above.

In: Accounting