Lillian Said:

can someone help me with the mechanics of machine subject?

We Answered:

I think I already answered this question.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sourc…

Don Said:

Is this normal for a first semester grad student, or am I incompetent :(?

We Answered:

No you're not incompetent. You just need a tutor. Don't be so hard on yourself. You're crazy for not asking questions. Ask! The prof will direct you. Actually, by asking you show that you are interested and care about this class. The prof will take all this into consideration. Find out his/her office hrs. and speak with him/her. I promise, it will take a load off!

Beat of luck and God bless!

Eva Said:

Please help me think of a topic for my economics paper?

We Answered:

Cigarette taxes are a hot topic. All 50 state governments have enacted taxes on cigarettes, and many have raised their taxes several times. Cigarette taxes are a way governments can achieve two social objectives. The first objective is to reduce the number of citizens who smoke. The government issuing the cigarette tax hopes that the rise in the cost of a package of cigarettes will induce people to quit smoking. The second objective is to raise government revenue. A cigarette tax, like any other tax, increases the amount of revenue governments can spend on social programs.


Issues you may want to address in your cigarette tax paper
1.Will cigarette taxes have the desired effect of reducing the demand for cigarettes?
2.Do increases in cigarette taxes have any other effects?
3.What are the distributional effects of cigarette taxes? Who pays for the bulk of the taxes: richer citizens or poorer citizens?
4.What do governments spend cigarette tax revenues on? How much of the tax collected goes to programs designed to help people to stop smoking? How much of it goes to increased health care costs due to smoking?
Statistics
•State Excise Tax Rates on Cigarettes
http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/cigaret…
Newspaper and Magazine Articles on Cigarette Taxes
•National Center for Policy Analysis - Will a Cigarette Tax Increase Really Help Uninsured Children?
http://www.ncpa.org/~ncpa/ba/ba231.html
•New York Fiscal Watch - NYC Cigarette Tax Hike Endangers Pataki Health Funding
http://www.nyfiscalwatch.com/html/fwm_20…
Journal Articles on Cigarette Taxes
•Putting Out the Fires: Will Higher Taxes Reduce the Onset of Youth Smoking? - Philip DeCicca, Donald Kenkel and Alan Mathios. Journal of Political Economy v110, n1 (February 2002): 144-69.
•Response by Adults to Increases in Cigarette Prices by Sociodemographic Characteristics. - Matthew C. Farrely et. Al, Southern Economic Journal v68, n1 (July 2001): 156-65.
•The Economics of Smoking - Frank J. Chloupka and Kenneth E. Warner, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper: 7047.
•Tobacco Taxes, Smoking Restrictions, Robert L. Ohsfeldt ; Raymond G. Boyle and Eli I. Capilouto, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper: 6486.




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In August 1997 The Kyoto Protocol was drawn up. The Kyoto Protocol is supposed to reduce the emissions of the six greenhouse gases. Once The Kyoto Protocol is signed by a country, it legally binds the nation to reduce emissions of these greenhouse gases by an average of 5.2% below their 1990 levels over the first five year period, from 2008 to 2012.

As of January 28th 2003 almost all of the industrialized countries have signed The Kyoto Protocol. The United States of America pulled out of The Kyoto Protocol in March 2001. This almost destroyed The Kyoto Protocol. However, July 2001 a compromised scaled-down version of The Kyoto Protocol was created but President Bush has stated that the US will never sign The Kyoto Protocol.


Issues you may want to address in your Kyoto Protocol paper
1.What will the economic effects of The Kyoto Protocol be for countries that did or did not sign it?
2.Why didn’t President Bush want to sign The Kyoto Protocol?
3.What would the economic effects have been to the US if Bush had signed the Kyoto Protocol?
4.What public policies will have to be changed if the US decides to sign The Kyoto Protocol? What effect will these policies have?
The Kyoto Protocol
•UN Convention - Kyoto Protocol
http://unfccc.int/
Newspaper and Magazine Articles on The Kyoto Protocol
•BBC Science - Kyoto Protocol
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/c…
•BBC - Kyoto: Why did the US Pull Out?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/america…
•CNN: Global Warming: US turns its back on Kyoto
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/globalw…
Policy Papers on the Kyoto Protocol
•UN - Understanding Climate Changes: A beginner’s guide to the UN Framework Convention and its Kyoto Protocol
http://unfccc.int/resource/beginner_02_e…
•David Suzuki - Economics and the Kyoto Protocol
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Chang…

Journal Articles on the Kyoto Protocol
•The New Cultural Imperialism: The Greens and Economic Development - Deepak Lal. University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Economics Working Paper: 814 (November 2000)
•The Economics of a Lost Deal: Kyoto-The Hague-Marrakesh - Jean-Charles Hourcade, Frederic Ghersi. Energy Journal v23, n3 (2002): 1-26
•The Role of Economics in Climate Change Policy - Warwick J. McKibbin, Peter J. Wilcoxen, Journal of Economic Perspectives v16, n2 (Spring 2002): 107-29

Bob Said:

Please help me think of a topic for my econ paper?

We Answered:

As this work is for "Industrial Competition and Monopoly" class, why not write a paper demonstrating that only governments are capable of actually creating a monopoly?

1. Only governments are capable of creating - and then ignoring - the laws which businesses operate under.

2. Businesses are not capable of creating any laws, but are subject to supply and demand as well as civic laws.

And to get you started...

Take a look at "The Antitrust Economists' Paradox" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Professor of Economics at Layola College.

You should be able to find a copy of Professor DiLorenzo's paper online - I did. Still, I have a copy (PDF) and would forward it to you if send me an email.
hepcatdave@yahoo.com
cheers!

Rita Said:

1. Rationalism is the application of which of the following?

We Answered:

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Veronica Said:

Psychology paper topics?? Easy ten points, I'll pick best answer asap.?

We Answered:

You could try Milgram's experiment on obedience, Ivan Pavlov's classical conditioning, and B.F Skinner's Operant conditioning.

Penny Said:

what does article mean?

We Answered:

The basic idea of the passage is summed up at the end of the first paragraph. The article is basically explaining how visual art (painting, film, photography, etc.) has been used to express national identity. The difficult part of understanding this has to do with viewing a piece of art not as a symbol of something (TELLING the viewer what to think) but rather as an image of something (ALLOWING the viewer to place his own interpretation onto the piece of art). This is the basic idea of the "modernist" movement.

Think of the difference between the Confederate flag and a picture of an old southern house. The flag is a symbol; it has meaning attached to it and is generally pretty objectively viewed...everyone who views the flag will think of repression, the Civil War, etc. The picture of the house, on the other hand, is open to interpretation; different people could see nostalgia, loss, solemn feelings, happiness, etc. depending on their own backgrounds.

The rest of the article explains how certain specific pieces of visual art are able to be viewed in a similar vein, and often can inspire nationalist feelings and even help define nationalist identity and purpose.