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Aviation Security Improvement Act states that the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) can refuse to divulge information about airport security. The family members of passengers who were killed in a terrorist bombing of an airplane over Lockerbie, Scotland, requested certain airport security information from the FAA under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The FAA refused this request because it interpreted ASIA to mean that the agency had the right to withhold data in spite of FOIA. May the families take their case to a federal court?

a.Yes, because the FAA does not have the authority to interpret the ASIA.

b.Yes, if the families have already received a decision from an ALJ and FAA appellate board.

c.No, because the courts may not overrule a federal agency’s interpretation of a statute.

d.Yes, because ASIA is the more recent statute.

 

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Terri Ronsin had recently been transferred to the House Security Division of National Home products. Shortly after taking over her new position as individual controller, she was asked to develop the divisions’ predetermined overhead rate for the upcoming year. The accuracy of the rate is important because it is used throughout the year and any over applied or under applied overhead is closed out to Cost of Goods Sold at the end of the year. National Home Products uses direct labor -hours in all of its divisions as the allocation base for manufacturing overhead. 

To compute the pretermined overhead rate, Terri divided her estimate of the total manufacturing overhead for the coming year by the production manager’s estimate of the total direct labor hours for the coming year. She took her computations to the division’s general manager for approval but was quite surprised when he suggested a modification in the base. Her conversation with the general manager of Home Security Systems Division, Harry Irving, went like this: 

 Ronsin: Here are my calculations for the next year’s predetermined overhead rate. If you approve, we can enter the rate into the computer on January 1 and be up running in the job-order coming system right away this year. 

Irving: Thanks for the coming up with the calculations so quickly, and they look just fine. There is, however, one slight modification I would like to see. Your estimate of the total direct labor-hours for the year is 440,000 hours. How about cutting that to about 420,000 hours? 

Ronsin: I don’t know if I can do that. The production manager says she will need about 440,000 direct labor-hours to meet the sales projections for the year. Besides, there are going to be over 430,000 labor-hours during the current year and sales ae projected to be higher next year. 

Irving: Teri, I know all of that. I would still like to reduce the direct labor hours in the base to something like 420,000 hours. You probably don’t know that I had an agreement with your predecessor as divisional controller to shave 5% or so off the estimated direct labor hours every year. That way, we kept a reserve that usually resulted in a big boost to net operating income at the end of the fiscal year in December. W called it our Christmas bonus. Corporate headquarters always seemed as pleased as punch that we could pull off such a miracle at the end of the year. This system has worked well for many years, and I don’t want to change it now. 

Required: 

1. Explain how shaving 5% off the estimated direct labor hours in the base for predetermined overhead rate usually results in a big boost in new operating income at the end of the fiscal year. 2. Should Terri Ronsin go along with the general manager’s request to reduce the direct labor hors in the predetermined overhead rate computation to 420,000 direct labor hours? 

 

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Increased Body WeightIn recent years, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has been blamed for the increased prevalence of overweight and obesity in the U.S. (Bray, Nielsen, & Popkin, 2004). It is present in many foods, including those we would expect to find it in, such as candy, to those unexpected, including salad dressing.You have been assigned a side for this discussion (please see this week’s announcement for your assigned side). The “pro” side will make a case that HFCS has contributed to the increased body weight of Americans as a whole. The “con” side will make a case that HFCS has not contributed to the increased body weight of Americans. Consider why Americans may or may not choose foods with HFCS, including cost, effect on nutritional status, and what other nutrients may be provided in foods that typically contain HFCS.You must back up your argument with reputable references, which includes scientific journal articles that can be accessed through the South University Online library. Remember that we are discussing this topic in order to learn from one another’s research and that the side that someone may be defending may not be what they truly believe; please be kind and considerate in your posts.Reference:Bray, G., Nielsen, S., & Popkin, B. (2004). Consumption of high-fructose corn syrupin beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity. American Journal ofClinical Nutrition, 79(4), 537-543.I have been assigned the con side.

 

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You will prepare and submit a term paper on How Individuals Appraise Their Own Physical Attractiveness. Your paper should be a minimum of 1000 words in length. The current research was motivated by a desire to better understand how people make judgments about their own attractiveness and how such self-appraisals may systematically vary as a function of the context of time. In Study 1, individuals rated their past self as physically less attractive than their current self. This study is informative in demonstrating that judgments of self-perceived attractiveness vary as a function of temporal perspective. In Study 2, individuals rated their future self as more attractive than their current self. This study is informative in serving as an initial demonstration of how temporal biasing influences future self-appraisals of attractiveness. Furthermore, in both studies, temporal biasing of attractiveness was moderated by an individual difference variable–attribute importance (Study 1) and social comparison orientation. The results of Study 1 are consistent with the view espoused by Mac Davis — participants perceived themselves as more attractive now than in the past. Moreover, this pattern was found among only those individuals for whom physical attractiveness was important to their self-concept. Thus, taken together, the results supported the hypotheses. With these results in hand, a second study investigated whether people perceive their future self to be more attractive than their current self. The overall results of Study 2 are consistent with predictions: Respondents rated their future self as more attractive than their current self.

 

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