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An interest group is an organization of individuals with shared policy goals that enters the political process to influence government programs and policies. Each is an example of this type of association except:

Donald Trump has made immigration a signature policy of his presidency. Working with Bannon, Miller, and Sessions, Trump used anti-immigration to fuel a political movement. According to Zero Tolerance, which is/are not true of this alliance of four?

According some political experts, the emergence of a minority-majority in America of political consequence. Why?

Pluralism states that groups with shared interests influence public policy by pressing their concerns through organized efforts. What role does litigation play in context of the Court system?

During the 6 am to 6 pm shift, a patient has total parenteral nutrition (TPN) infusing at 50 mL/h and IV fluids of normal saline (NS) infusing at 125 mL/h at 6 am. An order is received to decrease the IV fluids to 75 mL/h at 1 pm. The IV fluids are held for 1 hour while 1 g of magnesium in 50 mL is infused from 9 am to 10 am. The patient consumes 6 oz of broth at 2 pm. At 6 pm, the patient’s Foley catheter is emptied of 850 mL, the chest tube (CT) has drained 110 mL, and the nasogastric (NG) tube is emptied of 225 mL of gastric drainage. Calculate the I&O for this shift.  Place your answer for input in blank #1 and output in blank #2 TPN IV fluids IV med (magnesium) PO Total Output catheter CT NG tube Total

Williams Bakery Shop has the following information for the current fiscal year: Total Sales $393000 COGS – Variable 169000 COGS – Fixed 50000 SG&A – Variable 23400 SG&A – Fixed 13000 The contribution margin for Williams Bakery Shop is

Diamond Florist makes custom floral arrangements. Sales and cost data is available for the current year below. Arrangements 3800 units Sales $202000 Variable Costs 64600 Fixed Costs 75400 If Diamond Florist were able to increase production and sales by 2000 units while remaining within its relevant range (not adding extra fixed costs), what would the unit variable cost and unit fixed cost be at 5800 units?

Bryant Eyewear manufactures discount eyeglasses. The company is trying to determine the amount of plastic material used in production during the current year. The inventory manager has in his records that the beginning inventory for the plastic material was $27300 and that the ending inventory for the plastic material is $35800, both based on a physical count. After contacting the purchasing department, it was determined that three separate purchases were made during the year as follows: March 15 $41700 July 23 $37100 October 7 $55900 How much of the plastic material was used to produce glasses during the current year?

Beta Company, a highly automated manufacturer, compiled the following data for the current period: Budgeted Manufacturing Overhead $613000 Budgeted Direct Labor Hours 200000 hours Budgeted Direct Labor Cost $313000 Budgeted Machine Hours 100000 machine hours Actual Manufacturing Overhead incurred $583000 Actual Direct Labor Hours used 123000 hours Actual Machine Hours used 93000 hours Assuming that Beta Company uses machine hours as a cost driver, determine the amount of overapplied or underapplied overhead for the current period.

Cardinal Industries has the following activity and cost data for the past year: MachineHours R&M Costs 385 $12340 431 13162 648 16340 348 12140 467 17888 588 15777 451 13866 606 16083 629 16937 418 13001 458 13361 618 16157 578 16004 What will the total cost be when 603 units are produced?