...Stochastic frontier Constant β0 93.3669*** 20.6938 Ln (Land) β1 0.8762 0.4464 Ln (Seed) β2 - 24.7049*** -20.1711 Ln (Labour) β3 -17.7797*** - 4.6915 Time β4 0.0268 46.8666 Ln (LL) β5 0.7642 0.6823 Ln (SS) β6 7.8551*** 7.6317 Ln(lala) β7 -81.1504*** -80.9639 Ln(LS) β8 7.9569*** 8.4381 Ln(LLa) β9 -56.8577*** -30.3381 Ln(SLa) β10 45.1907*** 21.9558 TLn(L) β11 0.0914...
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...FINANCE AND FINANCIAL MARKETS 3,6 Types of financial intermediaries Financial institutions are like most other businesses in that they exist to make a profit and this is maximized by minimizing their costs and maximizing their revenue. Like most firms they can only survive if they design and sell products and services that can meet demand at a reasonable profit level. We now proceed to look at some of the key types of financial institutions that are involved in the process of financial intermediation; that is, the transfer of funds between surplus and deficit agents. We distinguish between deposit-accepting institutions, such as banks and savings institutions, and other types of financial intermediaries, such as insurance companies, mutual funds/unit trusts, pension funds, hedge funds and private equity and the like. 3.7 deposit institution an institution such as a bank or savings institution that accepts cash deposits Deposit institutions Deposit institutions accept deposits from economic agents. These funds become their liabilities which they then on-lend to make direct loans or investments, which become their assets. Deposit-taking institutions aim to make a profit in the way of 'spread income' between the cost of the deposits that they accept and other sources of funding, and the return that they receive on their investment portfolio in the way of loans, equity stakes and other investments. Examples of deposit institutions include commercial banks,...
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...10 GREAT WALKS IN OUR FAVORITE CITIES THERE’S NO BETTER WAY TO EXPLORE A CITY than wandering its streets and alleys, from terracotta-hued palaces, picturesque squares, and baroque architectural showstoppers in Rome, to the modern glass towers, 19th-century limestone man ions, and secret, pocket-size parks of s Manhattan. We’ve gathered 10 fabulous walks in our favorite cities in the United States and Europe, so put on your comfy shoes and hit the streets. 1/4 mile W. Wacker Drive S. Water Street Lake Street Clark St. James R. Thompson Center END CLARK River Chicago Union Station The Great Fire of 1871 could have been the death of Chicago, but instead it proved to be a grand rebirth, as renowned architects rebuilt the city’s skyline. Today it’s Chicago’s most aweinspiring attribute. Start with the Willis Tower, a 1,454-foot giant that was the world’s tallest building when completed in 1973. Next, head to South LaSalle St. and the Rookery Building. This 12-story stunner, completed in 1888 ADAMS L Jackson Blvd. JACKSON Monadnock Building L L LIBRARY Van Buren Street LASALLE 224 S. Michigan Ave. Auditorium Theatre LaSalle St. Station Harrison St. in 1889 that still hosts performances. Double back to Jackson and Dearborn to see the geometric, 4.6-acre Federal Center, completed in the early 1970s by Mies van der Rohe. Don’t miss the graceful slopes of Chase Tower, built in 1969 as the First...
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...lefile GRAPHIC print - DO NOT PROCESS 990 I As Filed Data - I DLN: 934931340878451 OMB No 1545-0047 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax Form 2013 Under section 501 (c), 527, or 4947 ( a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code ( except private foundations) Do not enter Social Security numbers on this form as it may be made public By law, the IRS generally cannot redact the information on the form - Information about Form 990 and its instructions is at www.IRS.gov/form990 Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service For the 2013 calendar year, or tax year beginning 01 -01-2014 , 2013, and ending 06-30-2014 C Name of organization DALLAS AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC B Check if applicable D Employer identification number F Address change 75-2097161 Doing Business As Name change fl Initial return Number and street (or P 0 box if mail is not delivered to street address) Room/suite 2800 N HAMPTON ROAD F_ Terminated E Telephone number (214)678-2300 ( - Amended return City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code DALLAS, TX 75212 1 Application pending G Gross receipts $ 8,654,839 F Name and address of principal officer WILLIAM D HALL CEO 2800 N HAMPTON ROAD DALLAS,TX 75212 I Tax-exempt status J H(a) Is this a group return for subordinates? H(b) Are all subordinates included? Website :- WWW DALLAS-HABITAT ORG 1 F 501(c)(3) 501(c) ( ) I...
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...MAROC CONNECT RESEAU INTEGRE DE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DE NOUVELLE GENERATION | | |Document Title | |INGENIERIE DU SERVICE DE CONNECTIVITE INTERNET R0 | |Document Number | |MCO-PC-CTO-YYY-YYYY-20 | |1.5 |18/12/06 |JAM | | | | |1.4 |13/12/06 |JAM | | | | |1.3 |8/12/06 |JAM | | | | |1.2 |4/12/06 |JAM | | | | |1.1 |10/11/06 |JAM | | | | |1.0 |22/9/06 |JAM | | ...
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...GUJARAT UNIVERSITY SYLLABI OF THREE YEARS LL.B. PROGRAMME WITH CREDIT BASED SYSTEM (As prescribed b y the BAR CO UNCIL OF INDI A and as per the Rules of Legal Education, 2008) Effective from the academic year 2011-12 THREE YEARS’ LL.B. POGRAMME First LL. B. Semester – I FIRST LL.B. - S EMES TER 1 (MONSOON ) PE R WE EK S UBJEC TS LEC TURE S OT HER S T OT AL C RED IT S (SE M)29 CORE COURSE 101 L aw of T ort i ncludi ng MV A cci dent And C on sum er Pr ot ecti on Law s 4 1 5 5 CORE COURSE 102 Crim in al Law P aper – I (General P rinci pl es of P en al Law ) 4 1 5 5 4 1 5 5 4 1 5 5 4 1 5 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 CORE COURSE 103 CORE COURSE 104 CORE COURSE 105 FOUNDATIO N 106 F SOFT S KILL 107 K Crim in al Law P aper – II (S pec ific Off enc es) L aw of C ont ract S peci al C ontr act C on sti tuti on al Hist ory of I ndi a Use of Law J ournal s and L egal S oftw ar e 1 Semester – I Monsoon Semester CORE CO URSE 101 : LAW OF TO RT I NCLUDI NG M V ACCI DENT AND CO NS UM ER P ROTECTION LAWS Objectives of the Course : Wit h rap id industrializat ion, to rt actio n came to u sed again st manu factu rers and industrial un it fo r p roducts injurious to human beings. Present ly the emphas is is o n extend ing th e principles no t only to acts, which are h armfu l, bu t also to failu re to co mply with stand ards that are continuously...
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...07-042 July 25, 2007 SunPower: Focused on the Future of Solar Power Rebecca M. Henderson, Joel Conkling and Scott Roberts It was December 2006. Tom Werner, CEO of SunPower, glanced down at his watch and shook his head in dismay. His run was not going well, despite the sounds of John Lee Hooker’s “Boogie Chillen” coming through his earphones. He blamed the board meeting later that afternoon. Given SunPower’s position as the producer of the world’s most efficient solar cells, also known as photovoltaics or PV, and recent forecasts that solar power might be on the edge of explosive growth, he knew that he’d be asked some tough questions. Werner wondered how fast the solar power industry was likely to grow and how long SunPower’s advantage was likely to last. How could SunPower compete with much larger companies like Sharp and Q-Cells? Or with the niche “technology play” firms that were springing up? How could SunPower’s current advantage be turned into an enduring competitive edge? As the sun began to rise, Werner picked up the pace again, and began jogging home. Environmental Issues One of the most important drivers of the world’s renewed interest in solar power was its ability to offer energy independence in combination with significant environmental benefits. After all, the earth received more energy from the sun than humans consumed throughout an entire year. Since the burning of fossil fuels generated a number of noxious substances including SO2, NO, NO2, and particulates...
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...RISULTATI E RUOLO DELLA NATO PER LA SICUREZZA IN EUROPA Laureando: T.Col. Lucio PROVENZANI Relatore: Chiar.ma Prof.ssa Maria Paola Pagnini Correlatore: Prof. Aldo Colleoni Anno Accademico 2002-2003 INDICE INDICE……………………………………………………………………..………….2 INTRODUZIONE………………………………………………...…...………………5 CAPITOLO I…………………………………………………………..……………..10 Le origini e la genesi della NATO; dalla seconda Guerra Mondiale alla fine del Patto di Varsavia 1. 2. Gli antecedenti………………………………………………...………………10 Il ruolo della NATO negli anni della guerra fredda…………...………………13 CAPITOLO II………………………………………………………………………...20 Struttura e principi organizzativi dell’Alleanza 1. 2. I mezzi a disposizione ed i compiti fondamentali……………………………..21 Principi organizzativi di vertice dell’Alleanza………………………………...23 CAPITOLO III……………………………………………………………………….28 Il ruolo dell’Alleanza nel controllo degli armamenti 1. 2. 3. Il controllo delle armi Nucleari, Biologiche e Chimiche……………………...29 Gli armamenti Convenzionali…………………………………………………34 Le armi di distruzione di massa……………………………………………….37 CAPITOLO IV……………………………………………………………………….40 Gli Stati Uniti e la nuova strategia per la sicurezza Europea 1. 2. L’interesse degli Stati Uniti nell’Europa dopo la fine della guerra fredda……40 I nuovi comp iti ed il Nuovo “Concetto Strategico” della NATO……………..45 CAPITOLO V………………………………………………………………………..48 L’identità di sicurezza e difesa Europea 1. 2. 3. L’evoluzione dell’ ”ESDI”……………………………………………………48 La cooperazione NATO-WEU………………………………………………...
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...expeditions Scotland, Arctic & Russia Scotland and Faroe Islands | European Arctic | Russian Arctic | Russian Far East 2012 it Stra it tra Denmark S Denmark ATLANT C A T L A N T II C OCEAN OCEAN St Kilda St Kilda Reykjavik Reykjavik GREENLAND GREENLAND Isafjordur Isafjordur ICELAND ICELAND Oban Oban Faroe Faroe Islands Islands ouu SSo b byy ss ree or So Scc nd nd 90° 90° 60° 60° 30° 30° Edinburgh Edinburgh UK UK Norweg an N o r w e g iia n Shetland Islands Shetland Islands G een and G rre e n lla n d Sea Sea Spitsbergen Spitsbergen Longyearbyen Longyearbyen 0° 0° North North Sea Sea NORWAY NORWAY Sea Sea North North Pole Pole 30° 30° 60° 60° 90° 90° Franz Josef Franz Josef Land Land Novaya Novaya Zemlya Zemlya 2012 EXPEDITION PROGRAM CRUISE DATES VOYAGE * Kayaking Option # Diving Option WILD SCOTLAND & EUROPEAN ARCTIC 11-24 June 14 days WILD SCOTLAND AND THE FAROE ISLANDS*# SPITSBERGEN ODYSSEY* SPITSBERGEN ODYSSEY*# JEWELS OF THE ARCTIC *# JEWELS OF THE ARCTIC * RUSSIAN COAST TIC IC ARC T ARC E CL E L CIR C CIR B aren ts B aren ts Murmansk Murmansk Sea Sea a lya mly em Ze aaZ yy vaa oov N N Kara Kara Sea Sea PAGE 8 R R 19-29 July 11 days 29 July-8 Aug 11 days 8-21 Aug 14 days 21 Aug-3 Sept 14 days 10 10 12 12 25 June-7 July 13 days 7-19 July 13 days 19-31 July 13 days 31 July-13 Aug 14 days 13 Aug-7 Sept 26 days 8-21 Sept 14 days RING OF FIRE* BERING SEA EXPLORER*...
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...Acknowledgments ix Acknowledgments This book owes a great deal to the mental energy of several generations of scholars. As an undergraduate at the University of Cape Town, Francis Wilson made me aware of the importance of migrant labour and Robin Hallett inspired me, and a generation of students, to study the African past. At the School of Oriental and African Studies in London I was fortunate enough to have David Birmingham as a thesis supervisor. I hope that some of his knowledge and understanding of Lusophone Africa has found its way into this book. I owe an equal debt to Shula Marks who, over the years, has provided me with criticism and inspiration. In the United States I learnt a great deal from ]eanne Penvenne, Marcia Wright and, especially, Leroy Vail. In Switzerland I benefitted from the friendship and assistance of Laurent Monier of the IUED in Geneva, Francois Iecquier of the University of Lausanne and Mariette Ouwerhand of the dépurtement évangélrlyue (the former Swiss Mission). In South Africa, Patricia Davison of the South African Museum introduced me to material culture and made me aware of the richness of difference; the late Monica Wilson taught me the fundamentals of anthropology and Andrew Spiegel and Robert Thornton struggled to keep me abreast of changes in the discipline; Sue Newton-King and Nigel Penn brought shafts of light from the eighteenthcentury to bear on early industrialism. Charles van Onselen laid a major part of the intellectual foundations on...
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...A STUDY OF FULVIA by Allison Jean Weir A thesis submitted to the Department of Classics In conformity with the requirements for The degree of Master of Arts Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada December 2007 copyright © Allison Jean Weir 2007 Abstract Who was Fulvia? Was she the politically aggressive and dominating wife of Mark Antony as Cicero and Plutarch describe her? Or was she a loyal mother and wife, as Asconius and Appian suggest? These contrasting accounts in the ancient sources warrant further investigation. This thesis seeks to explore the nature of Fulvia’s role in history to the extent that the evidence permits. Fulvia is most famous for her activities during Antony’s consulship (44 BC) and his brother Lucius Antonius’ struggle against C. Octavian in the Perusine War (41-40 BC). But there is a discrepancy among the authors as to what extent she was actually involved. Cicero, Octavian and Antony, who were all key players in events, provide their own particular versions of what occurred. Later authors, such as Appian and Dio, may have been influenced by these earlier, hostile accounts of Fulvia. This is the first study in English to make use of all the available evidence, both literary and material, pertaining to Fulvia. Modern scholarship has a tendency to concentrate almost exclusively on events towards the end of Fulvia’s life, in particular the Perusine War, about which the evidence is much more abundant in later sources such as Appian and...
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...THE RECENT CRISIS AND RECOVERY OF THE ARGENTINE ECONOMY: SOME ELEMENTS AND BACKGROUND Arturo O’Connell Universidad de Buenos Aires and Università di Bologna a Buenos AiresT 1 Argentine-Australia Economic Conference Buenos Aires, April 2007 Draft version; not to be quoted without permission from the author Introduction The Argentine crisis could be examined as one more crisis of the developing countries – admittedly a star pupil that had received praise from many sides – hit by the vagaries of the international financial markets and/or its own policy mistakes. illumination. But it could even be more interesting to examine the peculiarities of the Argentine experience – always in that general context – which did add to the difficulties other economies have faced and that have made it such an intractable case for normal medication. And not only those peculiarities and their consequences should better been pinned down. But also an attempt should be made at understanding that they were not just a result of the extravagance of that far away people in one Southern end of the world. This paper is organized in the following way. In the first section a brief And to a great extent that is a line that could provide some examination of some long-run trends in the Argentine economy is introduced. The next section is an attempt at a thorough examination of the performance of the Argentine economy in the 1990’s and the development of some severe imbalances eventually leading to an unsustainable...
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...Clicking Clean: How Companies are Creating the Green Internet April2014 greenpeace.org For more information contact: enquiries@greenpeace.org Lead Author: Gary Cook, Greenpeace Co-Authors: Tom Dowdall, Greenpeace David Pomerantz, Greenpeace Yifei Wang, Greenpeace Editor: David Pomerantz, Greenpeace Creative Direction & Design by: Arc Communications Published in April 2014 by Greenpeace Inc. 702 H Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20001 United States greenpeace.org 2 Contents Executive Summary 5 Company Scorecard 7 Cloud Source 9 Global Energy Snapshot 13 The Cloud’s Next Stop: China 17 The Road Map to a Green Internet 19 Your Online World: Green IRL, or #dirty? 25 Green Internet Leaders and Best Practices 29 Where the Cloud Touches the Ground -- Map: Global Data Center Hot Spots -- Map: US Data Center Hot Spots -- US Regional Profiles 35 36 38 40 Appendix 1: Methodology 42 Appendix 2: Company Scores Explained 44 Appendix 3: Company Data Center Facilities and Estimates of Power Demand 64 Notes 78 03 4 © Frank van Biemen / EvoSwitch / Greenpeace Greenpeace USA Clicking Clean: How Companies are Creating the Green Internet Executive Summary Executive Summary For the estimated 2.5 billion people around the world who are connected to the internet, it is impossible to imagine life without...
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...Annual Report 2012 – 13 Published by Public Transport Victoria, 750 Collins Street, Docklands VIC 3008. ptv.vic.gov.au © Public Transport Victoria 2013 This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the Provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. Authorised by Public Transport Victoria, 750 Collins Street, Docklands VIC 3008. ISSN 2202-8315 (Online) Print managed by Finsbury Green, Level 9, 124 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000. This document is available in an accessible format at ptv.vic.gov.au. Printed on environmentally friendly paper. PTVH0291/13 Leading our public transport network – for all Victorians today and tomorrow. Contents Transmittal letter Abbreviations Chair and Chief Executive’s foreword 2 3 4 1 Structure and governance Organisational structure Public Transport Victoria Board Chief Finance Officer’s Statement 5 8 9 12 2 Highlights and Performance Report Highlights PTV Performance Report 15 16 22 3 4 Financial statements Appendices 31 99 1 Public Transport Victoria Annual Report 2012 – 13 2012 – 13 Annual Report transmittal letter 11 September 2013 The Hon. Terry Mulder MP Minister for Public Transport 121 Exhibition Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Dear Minister Annual Report 2012 – 13 In accordance with provisions of the Financial Management Act 1994, I am pleased to present the Public Transport Victoria Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2013. Yours sincerely Ian Dobbs Chair and Chief Executive...
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