...| Compensation and R&R: Current Issues and Proposed Reform | A Critique | Manish Gupta Roll No 13 | Current Issues and Proposed Reform The current Resettlement & Rehabilitation policy has set a very high threshold of 500 families or more together in plains and 250 families together in hills, Desert Development Programme (DDP) blocks, and the areas which have been mentioned in Schedule V and Schedule VI of the Constitution of India. This high threshold fails to capture the cases in which the family number is not as high as 500 in plains or 250 in cases of hills. This high threshold totally defeats the purpose of the Resettlement & Rehabilitation policy as it will still cause the families to be traumatized due to loss of land and in most of the cases, means of the livelihood and social status of the families. In Indian society, the families having land have always enjoyed a higher social status than the ones having less or no land at all. Displacement from the land also may result in the families losing the same society of people in which they have been living in prior to land acquisition. The Resettlement & Rehabilitation policy also failed to put stress on an option that causes non-displacement or minimum displacement for the execution of the project for which the land has been acquired from the landowners. The Resettlement & Rehabilitation policy also did not make any provision for prior assent of the affected people before forced displacement...
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...2011 NZOG Annual Report 2009 2 Contents 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 48 49 53 57 Chairman’s Review CEO’s Review Reserves and Production Directors Declaration Consolidated Income Statement Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income Consolidated Statement of Financial Position Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity Consolidated Statement of Cashflow Notes to the Financial Statements Audit Report Corporate Governance Statement Shareholder Information Corporate Directory NZOG Annual Report 2011 Chairman’s Review During the year ended 30 June 2011 the company faced a very challenging time in dealing with the adverse flow-on impact of its investments in Pike River Coal Ltd (PRCL), whose mine near Greymouth suffered from explosions and a tragic loss of lives in November 2010. However, despite the resultant losses on NZOG’s investments in PRCL, which have been provided for in the financial statements, NZOG still ended the year in a very sound financial position and having an expanded outlook overall for its oil and gas operations. sands. There is potential for a sizeable discovery. NZOG holds a 90% interest in PEP 51311 but is amenable to farming down its equity to around 50%. As an adjunct to these and other New Zealand activities, which still form the core of NZOG’s operations, the company has now acquired interests overseas, through the award of a prospecting permit in offshore Tunisia and a joint study area in onshore Indonesia (Sumatra). In Tunisia the Diodore...
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...Current Issues Market Demand Factors that may influence ComfortDelgro demand: 1. Income 2. Expectations 3. Amount of Consumers Given Singapore’s population density, in 2009 itself, more than 50% of all daily commuter trips in Singapore were made on public transport - about 3.1 million by bus, 1.8 million by MRT and another 0.9 million by taxi. Approximately 15% of the commuters are travelling using the taxi system. This figure has not include the varying tourism figures that will contribute to the usage of the public transport system. Due to the high demands, it is imperative to make public transport system the centrepiece of Singapore's land transport system. From an economic point of view, taxis are still considered luxury items as compared to buses and trains, the number of people resorting to taking taxis as a form of transport will increase gradually because the income parity gap has become narrower as the educational level increases by generation. However, there has been negative sentiment towards public transport operators after the recent taxi fare hikes and increasingly frequent train service breakdowns in Singapore. These incidents have dampened and shaken the confidence of the public recently. Increase in Oil Prices Oil prices are affected by supply and demand and has been increasingly volatile amid with a slower economy growth outlook. Oil is a vital input for the production of a wide range of goods and services, in ComfortDelgro’s case, it is mainly used...
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...Case Study: Altius Altius has built and maintained its leading share in the golf ball market. Between the years of 2008 to 2010 the market was hit by a global recession, which sparked the first downturn in Altius’ overall market share. Within the years following the recession, there have been slight trends of growth but industry revenues are still far below pre-recession levels. The current strategy has an extreme amount of emphasis on associating the brand with professional golfers. Evelyn Gracie, the CEO, finds that although this strategy is highly important for Altius, it is becoming less and less effective in attracting golfers and their brand loyalty. As data and survey prove, this is mostly in relation to the declining interest in the golf industry as a whole. Gracie proposes to boost sales and revenue by implementing the Elevate program, a strategy known as a fighter brand. Based on what market trends show, this program hopes to foster a generation of new and casual golfers. BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS Emerging industry data show trends of consumers reducing their discretionary spending, having a negative backlash on the golf ball market. In a consumer survey, Altius segmented consumer attitudes into three categories: agnostic, enthusiast, and loyalist. Compiled data determined a 12% to 17% jump in agnostic consumers, a 19% to 15% fall in enthusiasts, and a 69% to 68% fall in loyalists. These figures imply an increase in casual golfers who are either beginners or price-sensitive...
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...Yeditepe University Sample Proficiency Test USE OF ENGLISH In questions 1 – 18, choose the correct word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 1. ________were not placed under the government’s protection disappointed many people. a. That some historic buildings in the city centre b. Some historic buildings in the city centre c. Being historic, some buildings in the city centre d. Some historic buildings that are in the city centre 2. France refused to admit into the country hundreds of illegal immigrants arriving from North Africa and _____. a. either did Germany c. neither did Germany b. so did Germany d. nor did Germany 3. The old man managed to tell his son ________ he kept all his money only a few minutes before he died. a. whether b. which c. when d. where 4. Robin Smith’s first novel enjoyed enormous success. It was first published in January and by the beginning of May it________ over three million copies. a. sold b. has sold c. was selling d. had sold 5. Jessica and her husband have been arguing a lot recently. She wants to move to Boston but ______ in New York. a. he’d rather live c. he’d rather lived b. he’d rather living d. he’d rather to live 6. This room is freezing cold. ____ you mind _____ the air-conditioner? a. Would / if I turn off c. Would / turning off b. Do / if I turned off d. Do / having turned off 7. The Prime Minister’s speech caused a lot of anger and dissatisfaction among immigrants...
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...ENGL 1113: English Composition I Writing to Convince Essay Prof. Wise For this assignment, you are to · select a topic that is somewhat global in nature and inspired from your reading Dr. Seuss · using one of the Dr. Seuss stories, analyze the plot of the story to identify and explain the subtext of the story—the author’s theme or underlying lesson about something more than the literal story · research some helpful background information that the author Dr. Seuss may have known or used to develop the story—many articles have been written · develop a reasonable thesis statement that will make a claim about the stance that is taken by Dr. Seuss—is he right or wrong? · think about what will you use to support both sides. Parts of the story along with researched information are to be included. · complete your research and document all of your sources cited (used in the essay) · make use of the rhetorical triangle: ethos, logos, and pathos · avoid logical fallacies Objectives: · use invention techniques such as brainstorming, listing, cubing, reporters’ questions, free-writing, and clustering. · organize ideas and supporting details in a clear and effective manner. · express the main idea of an essay in a thesis statement. · develop effective paragraphs that exhibit unity, organization, and coherence. · write correct and effective sentences. · revise and edit essays to improve the original draft. · gather information from a variety of sources...
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...Registered Nurse to Patient Ratio LLM Various participants in different states across the nation has lobbied the state legislatures and the United States Congress to proclaim laws that will recuperate the overall working conditions of hospital and clinical staffing. Proposed nurse to patient staffing ratios has become a huge discussion in the healthcare field. It has developed a huge concern that patients and nursing staffs are being harmed related to the inadequate nurse to patient ratio staff. This issue alone has caused an increase in severity of illness, fatigue, hospital stay, and harm to patients. With the increase in complexity of care per patients, nurses grow weary thus increase the negative impact of the inability to improve the quality of hospitalization outcomes for the patients. It is prominent that we identify and maintain the appropriate number of the nurse to patient staffing ratio, as it is critical key of delivering the optimal quality patient care. In the pass few years and even up until now, there has been a massive growth in need for more registered nurses in hospitals and clinics due to the rising acuity of patients and shorter lengths of stay. More and more patients appear looking for healthcare assistance. The safety and quality of the care patients are looking for are becoming difficult to find as registered nurses grow exhausted and drained out of energy. Inpatient working conditions has weakened in various facilities, as hospitals cannot fulfill...
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...Introduction Word-of-mouth (WOM) is the communication between a perceived noncommercial communicator and a receiver regarding a brand, product, organization, or service; whereas electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM), includes online reviews, online recommendations or online opinions. The main differences between WOM and eWOM can be identified in the reach of the reviews’ impact in number of people who can be influenced and the speed of interaction. EWOM is better due to its speed, convenience, one-to-many reach, and its absence of face to face human pressure. For instance, customer chooses hotel not only based on the location factors, brand name, facilities, price but also the past ratings allocated by the previous vacationers through eWOM or WOM. Drivers of eWOM The main drivers of eWOM can be grouped into five categories: self-directed, help other vacationers, social benefit, consumer empowerment, and lastly helping the companies. People also write reviews online to help other vacationers. To those who does not have any clue where to go, online reviews come in handy and very useful in providing information. Other than the star ratings, the vacationers can also check for the comments left by the past customers whether it expressed customer satisfaction or dissatisfaction. In this case, customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction are also the drivers of eWOM, and has a direct relationship to the review given. Compared to satisfaction, customer dissatisfaction gives a larger...
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...The USA with its enormous budget plan has long been the important determinant of the present trend, regularly representing near 50% of the entire planet's military use. The impacts of worldwide budgetary emergency and the post-Iraq/Afghanistan military operations have seen a decrease in its spending; now representing 39% of using in 2012. The worldwide fiscal and financial emergency brought about numerous countries curtailing numerous kinds of open spending, then again military spending pressed on to expand. Just in 2012 was a fall in world military use noted — and it was a modest fall. How might kept spending be supported in such a period? Soon after the crisis hit, numerous countries liked either high investment development or far less demanding access to credit without any learning of what was to come. A mixture of components demonstrated expanded military spending as of late after the financial crisis as prior SIPRI reports had likewise noted, for instance: •foreign approach destinations •real or observed dangers •armed clash and approaches to help multilateral peacekeeping operations •availability of budgetary assets (Shah) The last point eludes quickly advancing countries like China and India that have seen their economies blast lately. Also, high and climbing world advertise costs for minerals and fossil energizes (in any event up to this point) have additionally empowered a few countries to use increasingly on their militaries. China, despite anything that...
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...A current issue that hasw bothered me recemtly is the current homeless issues we have all over the idaho and oregon state. The\is issue is a big concern for me the rate is really high and includes a lot of family's and not just single people. There is many children that are suffering due to there not being enough resources in the state/counties to help with homeless issue. Due to the economy there is limited funding in these states to help with funding for new shelters rent utilities clothing food and for necessary needs but we have money to build new school programs, fix roads that dont need fied to put up new electric poles and/or telephone poles and upgrade the internet equipment but not for the things that are in high command witch is homeless prevention....
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...Current Issues Final Portfolio “One definition of an economist is somebody who sees something happen in practice and wonders if it will work in theory.” – Ronald Reagan. Is there any better way to sum up the past four months in Econ 404W: Current Issues? Day after day we performed experiments to see first hand how certain economic theories and phenomenon work in practice, and afterwards try to understand how the theories relate. Throughout the semester, we participated in 27 games/experiments that covered a wide range of economic theories and principles. Of all the different concepts that have been discussed, two have stood out time after time. These are backward induction and the free riding problem. The first experiment that used any sort of backward induction was Network Externalities. In this experiment my strategy was to think as a group of people would, rather than how I would personally, and act in the first round to maximize profits. Each decision, as simple as the two choices were, had one choice that I believed would appeal more to the rest of the class, regardless of what my personal preference was. One round, for example, had a choice between a blue and white paper and a red and white paper. As appealing as the red and white was to me, I knew that a class of Penn State students would clearly choose the blue and white as opposed to the aesthetically repulsive colors of Ohio State. Thinking of how others would act allowed me to get into the superior...
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...Current Ethical Issues, Page 1 Current Ethical Issues The organization that I am using for the final project is Kelsey Unified School District Central Administration. The school district is home to over 70,000 students and employs over 4000. There are several schools including 66 elementary, 20 middle and 11 high schools. The district has compliance teams, however they are only broken up into language arts and mathematics and there doesn’t appear to be very much engagement. This could be an issue as there are not enough committees to support the amount of students and employees in the district. While there are only standardized tests in these two categories, the schools teach many other subjects that would be worthy of moderating as well. There is a process in place for teacher’s evaluations; however it does not appear to be complete. There will need to be a process implemented to ensure all teachers are receiving equal reviews. There also doesn’t appear to be many disciplinary reports. There is one, however, and it just appears to be a memo discussing the disciplinary action, but not the steps taken to handle the situation. There will need to be a process in place for this as well. The district has received a technology bond and there is a proposal for a podcast which will require new equipment. This will bring the school district to a new level incorporating social media onto the scene. They will need to create a social media policy including rules for students using...
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...Current Environmental Issue [Name of Writer] [Name of Institute] Current Environmental Issue Introduction The pressure exerted by humans on ecosystems has increased since the second industrial revolution, reflecting the need to develop new conservation techniques, prevention and environmental mitigation (Yang, 2011). These techniques aim to reduce the levels of environmental degradation as recently observed contamination of collections of water and soils, air pollution and indiscriminate replacement of native vegetation, with the consequent reduction of wild habitats, among other forms of aggression to the environment. Discussion The change of attitude of man towards nature began from the 60s. Since then the concern to promote behavior change in the relationship between man and nature begins to be observed. The main goal becomes achieving a balance between economic interests and conservationists leading to improvements in quality of life, giving rise to processes that, together, the future would be called sustainable development (Karterakis, 2008). Such a development can be seen as a model that aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development, as well as social and ecological balance, must also be added a special focus on economic development as one of the main strands. Accordingly, plus a spirit of common responsibility, production models are taken harmonious...
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...Student Name Professor’s Name Course Name Date Current issues in Vietnam According to The Japan News, Vietnam has filed a legal suit that is aimed at opposing the Chinese claim on the waters that are off the coast of Vietnam. The Vietnamese prime minister said that the country is seeking for the appropriate time to file the motion (Army Times). Taking a legal action is the measure and reaction that the country aims at after a series of disputes between the owners of the waters of the two countries. There is tension and standoff between the two countries after China claimed to have the right to drill oil off the Vietnamese coast. Therefore, the area around the deep sea rig was to be cleared and left alone; warned the Chinese to the Vietnamese. There has been a series of disputes between China and its boarders. However, the recent stale with Vietnam has raised an alarm for a possible conflict between the countries. The Paracel Islands is where the China has placed an oil rig. However, current news indicate that four days ago, a Vietnamese boat collided with a Chinese ship and sank and this has ignited tension and founded grounds for Vietnam challenging the control of the island by the people’s republic of China. The challenge against China is not only from the Vietnamese, the legal framework follows a suit that was filed to the United Nations concerning the dominion of the China on the shoals of the Philippines coast. Based on this, the people of Vietnam are pressuring...
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...Current Ethical Issues Michael Haston XMGT/216 March 17, 2013 Sonny Hudson Current Ethical Issues Huffman Trucking is a company that has been serving the country since 1936. Huffman Trucking was a carrier during World War II for the Government from factories in the Midwest to factories on the East Coast. The business that Huffman Trucking acquired during this time was enough to help the trucking company grow. At the end of the war the trucking company was able to retain the relationship with the Government and continue carrying for them. Along with the growth from the Government, Huffman Trucking was also able to grow by acquiring five regional carriers to join their fleet. The moral and ethical issues that a trucking company would face are customer relations, employee relations, product quality, services quality, and equipment maintenance. The customer relations are important for any company. If a company has a good relationship with their customers they are more likely to succeed. The same goes for the employee relations, as long as the employees and the company have a good relationship then the trucks will be taken care of and the customers will be taken care of. The service and product quality of the company is what will set one company apart from the other. With Huffman Trucking their service has to be on time and must go above and beyond what is expected to keep the contracts that they have with the Government and other customers. Maintaining the trucks and equipment...
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