...use of the Veterans Affairs medical care system has significantly increased over the last decade due to two recent wars and an aging Vietnam Veteran population. As females have been accepted in all roles into the military, their population within the military has progressively multiplied over the last three decades. Since females in general typically use healthcare at a higher rate than their male counterparts, it is necessary to ascertain if the female veteran population and their usage of the VA is trending in the direction of growth. Should the numbers be trending in a manner that shows significant growth, a further in-depth study would be indicated to determine future growth beyond the course of this analysis could provide. This trending information as well as future studies, should they be indicated, would assist VA management in determining future monetary and staffing budgets. Data Collection To evaluate the potential for growth within the female veteran population, data was collected online from: Veterans Affairs (VA) detailing veteran population statistics by state, age group, and gender; a Women’s Health Veteran’s Affairs Publication detailing the socio-demographic, utilization, and Costs of Care of female veterans; and data was also collected that included the numbers of the current military community demographic compiled by the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. These data groups will be used together to analyze the current female veteran population...
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...students in good academic standing who are experiencing short-term financial emergencies to remain in school. Students who demonstrate need and are facing a current emergency may apply for a grant. Please note that your application must be complete in order to be given consideration. Completion of this application is not a guarantee that you will be awarded funds. Please print legibly. Last Name: ______________________________ First Name:____________________ Address:_____________________________________ Phone#:__________________ E-Mail Address:_____________________________ EMPL ID # ___________ Grant amount requested: _________________ Did you file a FAFSA for the current academic year? Yes___ No___ Part 1. Determination of Need Check one or more of the following reasons why you are applying for the emergency grant. (You must provide supporting documentation for your emergency). _____Temporary loss of job(s) _____Fire in living quarters _____Theft of computer, books, clothing, or other essential belongings _____Medical/Dental bills for uninsured necessary appointments, accidents, or surgeries _____Food or transportation needs _____Homelessness due to loss of housing, for student and family dependents _____Loss of childcare _____Other (You may give an explanation of your emergency in personal statement) * Please note that funds cannot be awarded for the following reasons: Previous debts to college Full or partial tuition/fee costs Legal representation in a criminal...
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...Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review Volume 39 | Issue 2 Article 7 6-1-2012 Accounting for Emissions Trading: How Allowances Appear on Financial Statements Could Influence the Effectiveness of Programs to Curb Pollution Laura E. Souchik Follow this and additional works at: http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/ealr Part of the Environmental Law Commons Recommended Citation Laura E. Souchik, Accounting for Emissions Trading: How Allowances Appear on Financial Statements Could Influence the Effectiveness of Programs to Curb Pollution, 39 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 475 (2012), http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/ealr/vol39/iss2/7 This Notes is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. For more information, please contact nick.szydlowski@bc.edu. ACCOUNTING FOR EMISSIONS TRADING: HOW ALLOWANCES APPEAR ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS COULD INFLUENCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMS TO CURB POLLUTION Laura E. Souchik* Abstract: Cap-and-trade programs to curb carbon emissions frequently rely on the use of tradable emissions credits known as “allowances.” To date, companies' presentations of their usage of these allowances on their financial statements has not been uniform. Cap-and-trade programs will be most effective when presentation of allowances on...
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...developments in Pakistan. (2003) * The rise of religious extremism and militancy has become a major challenge to Pakistan’s internal stability and promotion of democracy. Elaborate. (2008) * Why most countries of the Muslim world are devoid of democratic governance? What changes would you recommend to make them modern democratic states? (2009) * Democracy in Pakistan has remained an elusive dream. Why it has taken so long to develop a road map and follow it with necessary modification? Explain (2009) GOVERNANCE * Governance through ordinances has been the hallmark of all regimes, democratic or otherwise, in Pakistan. In this context briefly review Pakistan’s political, constitutional and judicial landmarks. (2000) * Note: Ramification of Taliban’s style governance. (2000) * Pakistan is suffering from crises of governance at Institutional level. Suggest remedies to mitigate this situation. (2007) GLOBALIZATION * Discuss politics of World Trade Organization and Globalization. (2000) * Globalization, as being shaped by the World Trade Organization in a world of un-equal nation-slates, has un-manageable implications. Discuss. (2003) 911 CONSEQUENCES * “A single catastrophic event –‘Nine Eleven’ – has turned the entire world topsy-turvy”. Discuss. (2002) * Give a long-term scenario of Afghanistan and Iraq beyond the perspective of' Nine Eleven'. (2003) TERRORISM * The phenomenon of terrorism has occupied center stage in today’s...
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...THE LABOUR LAW CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES Article 1: All employers, workers, workshops and production, industrial, services and agricultural institutes shall be obligated to observe the provisions of this Law. Article 2: For the purpose of this Law, a worker is one who works in any capacity against receipt of remuneration including wages, salary, share of profit, and other benefits at the request of the employer. Article 3: An Employer is a natural person or a juridical entity at whose request and account a worker works against receipt of remuneration. The directors, officials and in general, all those individuals who are assigned with the task of administering workshops shall be deemed to be representatives of the employer. An employer shall be responsible for all commitments made by the said representatives towards workers. Should the employer’s representative undertake any commitment outside the scope of his powers and such commitments shall not be acceptable to the employer, he will be responsible towards the employer. Article 4:Workshop is a place like industrial, agricultural, mining, construction, transportation, passenger transport, services, commercial and production institutes, public premises and their likes, where the worker in which performs his work at the request of the employer or his representative. All facilities, belonging to a workshop such as prayer-room, canteen, cooperative shop, nursery, kindergarten, clinic, bath, vocational training...
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...top-level meeting between the Minister of International Trade, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and senior business executives representing several multinational corporations as well as a large group of small- and medium-size enterprises. The objective of the meeting is to discuss Canada’s strategy in responding to the changing global business environment. Expectations are high since everyone wishes to move beyond political pronouncements and joint statements, to specific strategies and actions. The Trade Canada Summit is raising expectations and all are committed to motivating a call to action across major stakeholders engaged in international commerce. While Canadians like to refer to the country as a “trading nation”—partly because of history and partly because of the large impact of trade on the Canadian economy today, leading practitioners and senior officials recognize several truths: Your role Canadian trade is highly concentrated in import/export activities with the United States Certain industry sectors such as automotive and resource-based businesses account for a disproportionately large amount of Canada’s trade Intra-company trade—transfers of resources between affiliated companies—is an important part of Canada’s “export” business The hard reality being confronted, and one which serves as a critical backdrop for this meeting, is the realization that by current standards, Canada does NOT qualify to be referred to as a trading nation. One point of...
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...owed for any one employee's claims for contributions to benefit plans was $800. Estimated expense for administering the liquidation amounted to $40,000. On a statement of financial affairs, what amount would have been shown as assets available to pay liabilities with priority and unsecured creditors? | | $390,000. | | | $445,000. | | | $495,000. | | | $660,000. | | | $795,000. | | | | A Chapter 7 bankruptcy is a(n) | | involuntary reorganization. | | | bankruptcy forced by a company's creditors. | | | liquidation. | | | bankruptcy in which all creditors receive payment in full. | | | voluntary reorganization. | On a statement of financial affairs, a specific liability may be classified as | | current or long-term. | | | secured or unsecured. | | | monetary or nonmonetary. | | | direct or indirect. | | | past due or not yet due. | On its balance sheet, a company undergoing reorganization should | | report its assets at fair value, so that financial statement users can estimate whether creditors' claims will be met. | | | report its assets at net realizable value because there is reason to doubt that the organization is a going concern. | | | report its assets as pledged or free. | | | report its assets at current replacement cost. | | | continue to report its assets at book value. |...
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...in the affairs of the business. Key metrics of the financial status of a business include financial ratios which point to the profitability, solvency and other elements of growth of a company. The first exercise in this week’s assignment explores the method of calculating current assets, Shareholder’s equity, noncurrent assets and long term liabilities when values are given for inventories (840,000), total assets (2,800,000), current ratio (2.25) and debt to equity ratios (1.8). Data used is derived from the “current asset section of the Excalibur Tire Company’s balance sheet consists of cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable, and inventories from the December 31, 2011 balance sheet”( Spiceland Sepe & Nelson, 2011, p.162).). The second exercise measures the impact (increase, decrease or no impact) of financial action on two liquidity ratios-current and quick- and a solvency ratio-debt-to-equity ratio. Finally, the third exercise identifies and explains deficiencies in the balance sheet of the Marcus Clothing Corporation Calculating ratios 1. Current assets Acid –test ratio =1.2, therefore 1.2 = (Current Assets –Inventory)/Current Liabilities 1.2 = (Current Assets-840000)/ Current Liabilities 1.2* Current Liabilities +840000=Current Assets Also, Current Ratio =2.25, therefore 2.25= Current Assets/Current Liabilities 2.25*Current Liabilities = Current Assets Therefore, 2.25 * Current Liabilities =1.2 *Current Liabilities +840000 (2.25-1.20)Current Liabilities=840000 ...
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...portrayal of the film’s main characters. In the absence of traditional authoritative sources, the characters are unable to make sense of their lives. Examples of how authoritative structures are broken down are presented through how the Hood’s and Carver’s deal with being a family, and how the social relationships of the characters in the film define how they interact with one another. The absence of structure within families is evident through the affair that Ben and Janey are having. In addition, their families contribute to the lack of family structure – Jim has been away from for work, Paul is away for school, and Wendy remains distant from her family because of her opposing views and sexual behaviour. While the children’s contribution to the breakdown of family structure can be justified as trying to make sense of the lack of parental structure in their life, the contribution made by their parents are justified by the unhappiness in their current situations. Thus, they can choose to do things that breakdown a family, such as: have an affair like Ben and Janey, or bury themselves in work like Jim. Kierkegaard’s social implication of ambiguity is parallel to the breakdown of structures of authority in the film. Where ‘ambiguity’ is seen as the tearing down of existing institutions in a reflective age and the deprivation of significance in things in a present age. Kierkegaard gives two examples of ambiguity in both ages: leaving Christian terminology in tact but no longer believing...
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...Department of Veterans Affairs SWOT analysis Axel J. Crespoblanco McKendree University Jerry Murrel 07/11/2013 Introduction The purpose of a SWOT analysis is to point out the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a business. By identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, the organization can learn what they are doing right and wrong. Identifying the weaknesses and threats, can be helpful when the organization is trying to develop a way to mitigate or eliminate them. The SWOT analysis described in this essay is from the Department of Veterans affairs. It describes the strengths of the organization how to exploit the opportunities, and how to mitigate or eliminate the organizations weaknesses and threats. SWOT Analysis Chart Strengths * Veteran Staffing * Teamwork Based * Patriotic Spirit * Nationwide Facilities * Educational programs | Weakness * Time Constraints * Excessive Workload * Position Attrition * Economic Budget Constraints * Constant changes in SOPs | Opportunities * Benefits Packages * Upward Promotion Mobility * Veteran Outreach Satisfaction * Networking globally * Forecasting acquisitions | Threats * Privatization * Non Bipartisan Government * Veteran Mortality Rates * Social media * Security of personal | Strengths 1. Veteran staffing: Experience employees represent an asset to the organization and the customers as well; it represents better production and better...
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...Review of consumer protection measures in the travel and travel related services market in Australia including the role of the Travel Compensation Fund Submission by Australian Federation of Travel Agents April 2010 Contact Mr Jayson Westbury Chief Executive Officer, AFTA 309 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 T: 02 9287 9900 E: afta@afta.com.au Without a travel agent, you are on your own AFTA submission to Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs Review of consumer protection measures in the travel and travel-related services market including the role of the Travel Compensation Fund Page 2 AFTA submission to Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs Review of consumer protection measures in the travel and travel-related services market including the role of the Travel Compensation Fund Who is AFTA? The Australian Federation of Travel Agents Ltd (AFTA) was founded in 1957 to: establish professional standards for travel agents; stimulate, encourage and promote travel; bring together those acting as intermediaries in the distribution of travel services; and build strong working relationships with suppliers and consumers of travel related services. AFTA represents approximately 70% of Australia’s travel intermediaries that control more than 90% of travel intermediary turnover. It also has a substantial base of associate members, representing non-intermediary sectors of the travel related services industry. Members are bound by AFTA’s Code of Ethics. AFTA represents...
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...into power and he immediately began the struggle of trying to rehabilitate Russia. Putin offered stability and gave the confused country direction and structure. He diligently worked at reducing the concerns and problems presented in the early years after the fall of Communism such as corruption, economic strife and improved foreign relations. His way of leading Russia became a new form of government in and of itself: a unique intermediate leadership between Western style democracy and Communist leadership. Putin found a way to combine ideals of both in a way that was most beneficial for the majority of Russia. Putin’s ideals for Russia offer an extreme change in economy, moving away from the outdated state controlled government and current oligarch system, and towards economic self-sufficiency. When Putin inherited the country from Yelstin, the economy was incredibly unstable. The 1998 financial crisis, the lowest economic point in Russia history, was only one year prior to Putin taking office. In 1999 the gross domestic product (GDP) of Russia was at a record low of $125 million. (“Russian Economy”) In perspective, The United States GDP in 1999 was over nine billion. Under the Putin administration, the GDP more than doubled, putting Russia as the seventeenth highest GDP in 2006 (“Russian Economy”). Putin has taken government owned property and sold it in a more profitable way. Firms were sold evenly and more fairly, which reduced the power of oligarchs. Once companies were...
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...(For Course participants only) Reading Material & Work Book On Effective Noting & Drafting (Edited by Smt. Jayanthi Sriram, Asst.Director) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA INSTITUTE SECRETARIAT TRAINING & MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK, JNU CAMPUS (OLD) OLOF PALMS MARG, NEW DELHI-110067 TEL. 26105592 TELEFAX: 26104183 Revised - 2005 FORWARD In responsive administration it is obvious that the response has to be meaningful. Yet, it may not be effective unless the response time is optimised. This twin objective can be achieved through streamlining of the decision making process itself. In the Central Secretariat, as in other spheres of Government, contribution by all rungs of employees particularly by those at the cutting edge level, namely the Section Officers and Assistants, generally helps arriving at the right decision. Besides collection of information, such contributions are rendered through Noting & Drafting. Effective noting & drafting at every level, therefore, is a matter of prime concern. 2. To address this concern, we in ISTM have been according utmost importance to the inclusion of 'noting and drafting' as a subject in all our foundational and refresher Courses. Besides, focussed workshops on effective noting & drafting are also organised in large numbers. To help participants team effectively, the need for practical exercises cannot be overemphasised. Similarly,...
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...for a top-level meeting between the Minister of International Trade, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and senior business executives representing several multinational corporations as well as a large group of small- and medium-size enterprises. The objective of the meeting is to discuss Canada’s strategy in responding to the changing global business environment. Expectations are high since everyone wishes to move beyond political pronouncements and joint statements, to specific strategies and actions. The Trade Canada Summit is raising expectations and all are committed to motivating a call to action across major stakeholders engaged in international commerce. While Canadians like to refer to the country as a “trading nation”—partly because of history and partly because of the large impact of trade on the Canadian economy today, leading practitioners and senior officials recognize several truths: • Canadian trade is highly concentrated in import/export activities with the United States • Certain industry sectors such as automotive and resource-based businesses account for a disproportionately large amount of Canada’s trade • Intra-company trade—transfers of resources between affiliated companies—is an important part of Canada’s “export” business The hard reality being confronted, and one which serves as a critical backdrop for this meeting, is the realization that by current standards, Canada does NOT qualify to be referred to as a trading nation. One point of agreement...
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...will Begin your preparation without any false starts and thus save valuable time and effort Know exactly which books to refer for IAS Select the right optionals within a short time Save time and money by reading the right books and notes Decide whether you require coaching and if you do then which one Learn how to read newspapers for current affairs and GK Gain inspiration from success stories of previous IAS toppers Page 1 Get Set Go IAS iaskracker.com How to read this e-Book? While the chapters are arranged logically and in sequence, articles that are relevant from this e-Book’s point of view but which have been published on IAS Kracker or some other site are not included here to avoid repetition. Instead I have included them as links or under the tag of ‘Additional Reading’ at the bottom of each page. I suggest you go through these articles included under Additional Reading and even the other links as they are there to provide you additional insight into your IAS preparation. No doubt you will benefit tremendously if you read this way. Also at the end of this e-Book some bonus links are provided to free study material, You Tube videos of past IAS toppers, interviews and the like. Be sure to check them out! Note: This eBook contains...
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