The federal debt keeps rising every year and has changed from a moral responsibility to a tool used in economic policy. Government spending is used for everything from Medicare and Medicaid to buying books for underprivileged schools. Government spending is used on short-term and long-term projects. After reading “Honey I Shrank the Deficit (But Grew the National Debt)” by David Davenport, what types of projects (short-term or long-term) should government spending be used on and why? Provide examples. Why is it important to lower the national debt? Or, is the national debt just something we pass on to the next generation? What problems does the federal debt establish, even when there is government surplus? Explain the relationship between the federal debt and annual surplus and annual deficits. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

What are the pros and cons of using the strategic audit as a framework for case analysis? Choose one section of the case analysis discussed in Chapter 12 and apply this to Wal-Mart.

Discuss the differences between long-term and short-term economic growth. What are the determents of long-term growth? Discuss the impact of long-term economic growth and the determinants of it on business.

Option 1:The following pieces of evidence were found at separate explosion sites.  For each item, indicate whether the explosion was caused by low or high explosives, and explain your answers:  lead azide residues; nitrocellulose residues; ammonium nitrate residues; scraps of prima-cord; potassium chlorate residues.

Option 2: What color test or tests would you run on a suspect ample to test for evidence of each of the following explosives?  Explain your answers:  tetryl; TNT; chlorate; nitrocellulose.

Option 3: Matt is collecting evidence from the site of an explosion.  Arriving at the scene, he immediately proceeds to look for the crater caused by the blast.  After finding the crater, he picks through the debris at the site by hand, looking for evidence of detonators or foreign materials.  Matt collects loose soil and debris from the immediate area, placing the smaller bits in paper folded into a druggist fold.  Larger items he stores in plastic bags for transportation to the laboratory.  What mistakes, if any did Matt make in collecting and storing this evidence.

Option 4: While searching a murder scene, you find the following items that you believe may contain latent fingerprints.  Indicate whether prints on each item should be developed using fingerprint powder or chemicals:  a leather sofa; a mirror; a painted wooden knife handle; blood-soaked newspapers; a revolver.

Option 5: Criminalist Frank is using digital imaging to enhance latent fingerprints.  Indicate which features of digital imaging he would most likely use for each of the following tasks:

1. isolating part of a print and enlarging it for closer examination

2. increasing the contrast between a print and the background surface on which it    is  located

3.  examining two prints that overlap each other.

Option 6: Briefly explain the chemistry of an explosion. What is the difference between a low explosive and a high explosive?

Option 7: Describe the process of collecting evidence of explosives?

Option 8: What is the difference between screening and confirmatory tests?  Why are both needed? What is a taggant? Which countries are presently using them?

Option 9: List the three principles of fingerprints and briefly describe them.

Option 10: Describe the procedures to locate and develop fingerprints.

Option 12: Describe the procedures to preserve fingerprints.

Instructions: In this assignment, you will be researching dimensions of quality and safety in healthcare, specifically longterm care, and how various industries can apply these concepts to improve operations. ● Using the Medicare Nursing Home Compare website, research one nursing home that displays a low level of quality as indicated by their Five Star Rating* ○ The nursing home should display a low level of quality (-2 star rating) ○ The nursing home should display a low level of safety ● Provide a general overview of the nursing home (e.g., name, location, bed size, ownership, etc.) ● Discuss the quality performance of the nursing home as evident by its most recent health care inspection (e.g., deficiencies, citations, financial penalties, etc.). This can be accomplished by thoroughly reading the nursing home’s statement of deficiencies and plan of action to correct quality deficiencies (CMS Form 2567). ● Discuss the safety performance of the nursing home as evident by its most recent life safety inspection (e.g., life safety citations, financial penalties, etc.). This can be accomplished by thoroughly reading the nursing home’s life safety code statement of deficiencies and plan of action. ● Discuss appropriate techniques that you would use to improve quality in the nursing home. ● Discuss appropriate techniques that you would use to improve safety in the nursing home. ● Be sure to include details about the deficiencies that you found. ● Report your findings by using one (1) of the methods below: ○ 3-4 page paper excluding front and back matter (APA standards apply). ○ Internal organizational memorandum. ○ Infographic ○ Power Point presentation for a Board of Directors (10-12 slides; speaker notes as needed to support assertions). ○ 7-10 minute public service announcement (using a free online voice recorder such as vocaroo.com) ○ Video newscast (using a free online video recorder such as YouTube.com)(e.g., entertainment talk show, television commentary, interview-style, news reporting, etc.). ○ The use of first person is permitted for this assignment (excluding option 1). ● APA formatting (e.g., title page, conclusion, reference page, etc.) should not be used. *You can select any nursing home published on the Medicare Hospital Compare website. To narrow your selection, consider researching nursing homes in your community, previous places of residence, employers, competitors, or even a nursing home you would like to network with someday. References:

1. What is the difference between a contribution income statement and a traditional income statement?  Under what circumstances would a firm use each?
2. What is a company segment?  Why would a firm want to divide itself into operating segments?  Why would a firm want to measure profits by segment?  How would common costs be allocated to each of a company’s segments?

Describe an incident in your life when you used strategic thinking. Did it work?

Take the “How Good Are Your Problem-Solving Skills?” survey:

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_72.htm

• What was your score?
• Scroll down until you see the stages of problem solving (below Figure 1: The Simplex Process)
• For which strategy  did you have one or two stars?
• Describe something you can do to improve that problem-solving skill.
• For which step(s) did you have four or five stars?
• Describe a time when this problem-solving skill came in handy.

New due in 3 hours minimum 75 words each question with reference

Cash Conversion Cycle

1. Describe the cash conversion cycle and why it is important to working capital management?  Do you have any experience you can relate to us on how you may have used it?

form W-4

2. Cash-flow Adjusting your Form W-4

Float

3. Explain float and how you use it to your advantage?

Motives of holding cash

4. What are your motives for holding cash and have they changed during this more recent financial crisis?

Available vs book balences

5. What causes the differences between available balances and book balances?