Review each income statement, and provide an analysis of which operating costs are likely to be variable and which are likely to be fixed. Include copies of both income statements when submitting your answer.
How would you expect a retail companys mix of variable and fixed operating costs to differ from that of a manufacturing company?
How might the managers of these companies use cost behavior information?
The car will be sold for its Kelly Blue Book value at the end of ownership or it will be returned to the leasing dealership for no additional lease/return/mileage cost. The automobile being considered is a 4-cyl, 2.5 liter, two-wheel drive, Nissan Rogue sport utility. At the end of the 6 years, the automobile is in very good condition. Tax, title, or license fees are not considered under either option.
Buying a Nissan Rogue today for $32,000, putting $10,000 down and taking a six-year loan for the rest at 4%
or Leasing the Rogue for 6 years at $360 a month with a down payment of $3,500 due at delivery. The car must be returned at the end of the lease. 15,000 miles per year are allowed under this lease plan.
Show your work and explain your rationale.
2) Commit to buy a vacation home in the climate of your choice, rent the home out when you are not using it, or sign a five-year lease for the home for the two months a year you plan on using it. You will need to make up the numbers for your home for this exercise.3) A different buy-or-lease alternativeyou could buy a home for $300,000, putting 20% down and renting it out at $1,700 a month. Which would make more financial sense? Buying or leasing the home? Explain your rationale.
4)Lease your home for the next three years or sell it with the intent to return to the same geographic area after you complete a three-year expatriate assignment in the country of your choice. Given the facts above, should you lease the house or sell it? The current market value is approximately $320,000. Explain your rationale, and show your work.
For the two options that you selected (and using the figures given above for those options), investigate the realistic assumptions for your location and include the information you found in the analysis. Create a 3 page paper, including the following:
Initial information/approach: purchase price, rebate, down payment, amount to finance, etc.
Payments formulas and calculations
Explanation of the financial factors that you are employing in the selected decisions
Conclusion containing the “best answer” for your personal life on the basis of these financial factors
Probability of following the recommended “best answer” (assuming that these are the only decision options)
MLA formatting (double-spaced, last name in header, page numbers, etc.)is 1000-1500 words (4-6 pages) organized around a main claim or thesisanalyzes an author’s rhetorical strategieshas paragraphs organized by topic sentences.evidence to support claimsexplanation of that evidence.aligns with the requirements of an academic essay according to Gordon Harvey’s Elements-of-the-Academic-Essay.doc For this essay, you are going to put into practice what you have learned about rhetoric as well as writing by analyzing an author’s rhetorical strategies. To do this, you will construct an argument about how and why the author has made the decisions he or she has made in their essay. TopicEverything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong By Michael HobbesRequirements*Your essay should be 1000-1500 words (4-6 pages) in MLA format.Your essay should be organized around a main claim or thesis. This thesis should be concise, 1-2 sentences in length, and be supported by the other claims of your essay. You will need to decide the best way to organize your argument. However, the basic structure of an essay doesnt change–you need topic sentences (organizing minor claims that are the skeleton of your essay. Dont underestimate a good topic sentence!), evidence (quotations, summary, or paraphrase), analysis (your interpretation of the evidence/connecting the evidence to your position), an introduction (a beginning), and a conclusion (an ending).
Post one original finding from your analysis that you found “interesting” or “unusual”. Follow the directions below:–First, quote something or summarize ideas you found to repeat or to be in binary opposition to each other and then give us an explanation of why that was interesting to you. — What themes might they be indicating? Remember, you dont need to know that much about the Battle of Gettysburg to answer. The point here is to show you how these simple analytical tools help you find meanings and patterns.–For those of you who are brave, see if you can find at least one binary opposition– that is, words or even synonyms, that seem to be in contrast with each other. What do you think about that? Share with the class.As the Forum develops, it will be interesting to see what Themes or “Strands” of ideas show up. Try not to research Lincoln’s famous address too much, since What you need to read: The Gettysburg AddressFour score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.Abraham Lincoln
ScenarioThe opinion editors at the Los Angeles Times would like to do a better job representing a diverse set of voices. Lately theyve felt the opinion section (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. has been ignoring the views of younger adult readers (e.g. milennials, recent high school grads, single unmarried adults, college students, etc.). This is why theyre reaching out to youthey want to hear your perspective on the problems facing Southern California, the nation, and the globe. Still they want to give you a little freedom in terms of topic.Above all, they want your article to be feel current, fresh, and relevant to readers of the Los Angeles Times, so their first piece of advice is to follow the news. Visit the LA Times (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. or any other credible news source to get a feel for what’s happening in the world related to how information technology is shaping the way we interact with one another in ways big and small.If you need more guidance, feel free to think about the following areas as you browse the news and reflect on your own writing interests:ideological diversity and segregation
bias, motivated reasoning
democracy in a digital age
truth and misinformation online
the Library of Everything
online conversations
the future of social media
hard vs. soft news
extremism online
online consumption of news
filters, filter bubbles, social media algorithms
echo chambers
If you want to veer way off this list, the editors ask you get in touch with them to get prior approval. FormattingThe Los Angeles Times editors caution you from approaching this task like the academic papers you probably do in class. They encourage you to learn a little more about the genre of opinion pieces/op-eds through a helpful article by one of the editors (Op-Ed, explained (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) and a general web search (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. so you can appreciate how op-eds may differ from genres of writing you have done in the past.They also recommend that you get a feel for style and audience of the Los Angeles by spending time on the site. You should also look at the opinion sections of many major newspapers, cultural websites and magazines like The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and Slate, to name a few.SourcesGiven the nature of your article, the Los Angeles Times expects a mix of outside evidence and personal experience. Theyre okay with personal experience as long as you back things up with some sort of proof.At the bare minimum, they request that you incorporate evidence from at least two credible outside sources. Since these editors do not know you very well yet, they also ask that you send them a brief email describing the sources and how you used them (like in an annotated bibliography).
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You are to pick a video clip from Youtube in which you find Fallacies or Rhetorical Devices present.
Once you upload the video clip you then need to say in a short paragraph or two what are the fallacies and rhetorical devices present in the video clip.
Please explain not only which fallacies or rhetorical devices are present but also if you can please explain how the fallacy or rhetorical device is occurring in the clip.
For example, the Lizard in the Geico commercial is a red herring because it is completely irrelevant to the Insurance being sold.
Concepts such as multilateralism, unilateralism, power, and legitimacy. Ideas about actors, interdependencies, and their theoretical applications to the primary theoretical traditions and their variants should shape your discourse.
Given the steady relationship of crime rates and the unpredictable rate of unemployment, the following paper outlines the correlation post-recession. Factors potentially affecting the increase in the crime rate are those of high unemployment, the population of a particular city or town and police force – reducing crimes is potentially dependent on the police force.
Question: To what extent does the state unemployment rate affect the state crime rate?Brief
The following research take a closer look at what factors increase and decrease crime rates in the U.S. Crime rates per capita in the U.S. are significantly higher than some other developed countries which begs the questions as to why. From the percent of the population that is incarcerated to the degree of crime committed, the U.S. sets itself from its cohort, especially states within. Using economic theory we are able to establish underlying principles and assumptions to draw conclusions from an array of data. Specifically, using the economic theory of Marginal Benefit/Marginal Cost we will test to see if other economic factors increase and/or decrease the perceived value of individual decisions. Deriving a model to capture the relationship between crime rates and correlating factors, we determined the unemployment rate, income, and population size to be relevant variables to control for; unemployment rate being the main independent variable. A cross-sectional regression will be conducted on all 50 U.S states for the year of 2010. For future research, a panel regression must be conducted to illustrate the relationship across all states over time.
What does the document tell us about the tactics or rhetoric women adopted in their resistance? Do not forget to note the context (where it falls in the chronology of the American Revolution), the author, and the intended audience. What is the significance of the document?
The Case Against Parliamentary Authority In Internal Colonial Matters: Richard Bland, “An Enquiry Into The Rights Of The British Colonists” (1776):”I have observed before, that when subjects are deprived of their civil rights, or are dissatisfied with the place they hold in the community, they have a natural right to quit the society of which they are members, and to retire into another country. Now when men exercise this right, and withdraw themselves from their country, they recover their natural freedom and independence; the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the state they have quitted, ceases; and if they unite, and by common consent take possession of a new country, and form themselves into a political society, they become a sovereign state, independent of the state from which they separated…..I have proven irrefragably, that the colonies are not represented in parliament, and…that no new law can bind them, that is made without the concurrence of their representatives; and if so, then every act of parliament that imposes internal taxes upon the colonies, is an act of power, and not of right…Great is the power of parliament, but, great as it is, it cannot, constitutionally, deprive the people of their natural rights; nor, in virtue of the same principle, can it deprive them of their civil rights, which are founded in compact, without their consent…’every colony, whilst used in a proper manner, ought to pay honour and regard to its mother state; but, when treated with injury and violence, is become an alien. They were not sent out to be slaves, but to be equals of those that remain behind.
Truly think about where you think you struggle in communication and where you want to improve. Write a short paper (2pages) that summarizes your research and outlines a specific plan for improving the behavior. Some examples of an interpersonal behavior you wish to improve might be things such as not interrupting when others are talking, improving tone of voice, habing open body language, being better about elaboration or starting conversations with different types of people, learning how to converse more appropriately at work, etc. There are A LOT of behaviors. Think
about how you behave in different groups or scenarios. Be sure to include your plan on how you are going
to improve. It is not enough just to say, I am just going to focus and improve. Give examples and ideas
of how you will keep yourself on track and monitor this.
Part two:
For this part you will keep a record of your progress in the form of a journal. Each entry should describe your
active efforts to improve your chosen interpersonal skills. Be specific! Include an assessment of how well you accomplished your objectives. This means do not just write down examples of the communication but document how you felt about them and where you struggled and where you improved. Be sure to include successes and non-successes in your journal entries. After the description, suggest reasons why you might have been more or less successful in the situation. For example on one half of the paper you may document just the data (such as what you said) and on other side of paper your assessment of why you said that and if you feel you successfully communicated or needed improvement, or what you want to change and why. This is an easy way to set up your journal. You may set it up another way if you want, however, any method you choose must meet the following
requirements: minimum of 15 entries on that specific behavior and you actively using it, each entry must be dated and you must identify who you communicated with and a little bit about your relationship with this person or persons, the setting, daytime, and how you were feeling that day. This can be a few sentences set- up along with your journal. Here is an example:
522 9:20 PM at Coffee Bean – met with two high school friends, Ben and John (I was really good friends with them in high school and we used to hang out everyday but now not as much because we are so busy and John
goes away to school in North Carolina. Ben is really talkative and social and John doesnt talk that much, usually prefers smaller groups. I am pretty tired today because I had work this morning and then had to go to class all evening. I am still focusing on not looking at my cell phone when talking to friends and making sure I am listening better.
Part 3:
Go back and read your part one, read your data in your journals, and use this to help you in this part. You must incorporate at least 3-4 examples from your journaling in this step. Be sure to be honest about where you improved and where you still need improvement. Also, discuss how you felt participating in this project and other areas of interpersonal communication you would like to focus on next.