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https://blog.tender.buzz/tender-funding-mechanism-who-qualifies-for-receiving-emissions/ | 2023-03-22T01:04:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943747.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20230321225117-20230322015117-00484.warc.gz | 0.96171 | 461 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__41497622 | en | Companies that create applications, goods and services have the biggest incentive for a stable and thriving economy. That makes them the most trusted parties and qualifies them to receive TENDER emissions. Since the emissions are a loan, it comes as no surprise that the TENDER economy emits newly minted money to those enterprises that are in need of a loan. For instance, to fund further development.
The TENDER combines the funding incentive with the process of dynamic money supply. Newly emitted TENDER are distributed to economy enterprises who applied for (further) funding up to the point when their funding application is met.
Example of process
In the very beginning, Pacio will be the only party in the governing body. Thanks to 100% voting power, it can vote other projects/companies into the governance. These “other” projects apply for funding with a business plan which specifies the required sum, how it will be spent, what the business model is, where the users will come from, and the period before repayments start. The plan is used to decide whether the economy will benefit from the applicant’s business.
The governing members rate the applications. According to the rating, they are queued for funding. If they get no rating, they are on the bottom of the queue and will probably never receive funding. Newly funded enterprises get a seat on the governing body, diluting voting power and making the process more democratic.
Restricting governance to enterprises who previously applied for funding has an elegant side effect. It strengthens their loyalty to the economy and further increases their incentive to protect and support it.
Paying back the loan, participating in governance and positive behaviour increase the likelihood of being granted funding in the future since funding is granted when a project seems beneficial to the economy. What company would ever forgo a zero- interest loan?
When TENDER are emitted, they are distributed to applications that had previously applied for funding and had been approved. The emission mechanism depends on a variety of quantitative factors, such as the app’s ratings by the governing members, the emission rate, and the number of apps. When their funding request in TENDER is met, the next app in line receives emitted TENDER. | public_administration |
https://ojs.cahayamandalika.com/index.php/JCM/article/view/1967 | 2023-09-28T17:01:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510427.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20230928162907-20230928192907-00353.warc.gz | 0.906609 | 256 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__21127931 | en | ANALISIS KESESUAIAN LAHAN PERMUKIMAN DI KAWASAN PERKOTAAN KOTA SAMPIT KABUPATEN KOTAWARINGIN TIMUR
The Urban Area of Sampit City is a growth center in East Kotawaringin Regency which will require increased land and must be suitable in supporting the development of settlement areas. The urban area of Sampit City consists of 3 (three) sub-districts, namely Baamang District, Mentawa Baru Ketapang District, and Seranau District. The aims of study were to analyze land capability, land availability and land suitability in the Sampit City Urban Area, and identify the level of land suitability for settlement areas in the Sampit City Urban Area. The analytical method uses descriptive quantitative analysis including analysis of land capability units, analysis of land availability and suitability. The results of the analysis show that the land capability in the Urban Area of Sampit City consists of three classes of development capabilities, namely high, medium and low. The availability of land results in the distribution of land allotments that can be built as residential areas 26.190 Ha covering a medium land suitability level and high land suitability. | public_administration |
https://ecemedical.com/2017/12/17/stopping-rabies-in-its-tracks/ | 2018-06-22T11:35:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864391.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20180622104200-20180622124200-00046.warc.gz | 0.967837 | 180 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__26025332 | en | RABIES in Nepal is a serious issue. Canine vaccination is a key constituent of any rabies elimination strategy, and according to World Health Organization guidelines, at least 70 per cent of dogs in an area must be covered. Regular revaccination is also needed as unprotected animals migrate into areas. There are several animal welfare organisations and societies in Nepal undertaking vaccination campaigns. However, there is no way of easily knowing who has vaccinated dogs, where and when.
Hence the Dog Data website was created to offer a more coordinated approach, with obvious benefits for Nepal’s human population. Launched by Jim Pearson of the Himalayan Animal Treatment Centre charity, it has been working in animal welfare in Nepal for 10 years, creating a central record of all vaccinations.
Pearson had previously made smartphone apps that record dog vaccinations and upload the data to a server, allowing the Dog Data site to | public_administration |
https://emeryallen.com/turtle-bulbs | 2019-07-20T12:10:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195526508.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20190720111631-20190720133631-00463.warc.gz | 0.884396 | 252 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__209879228 | en | EmeryAllen Turtle Bulbs
About Turtle Bulbs
For 200 million years, sea turtles have been nesting on our coasts and using the moonlight to find their way safely back to water. Artificial lights from hotels, businesses, homes and streets are distrupting this process and endangering several species world wide.
Enter EmeryAllen's new turtle-friendly line, with the most FWC-approved LED bulbs on the market. If you live on the coast, our bulbs will help you:
PROTECT TURTLES • AVOID FINES • ENJOY LIGHTING
EmeryAllen Turtle Bulb Lineup
About FWC & Wildlife Lighting Certification Program
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) enacts rules and regulations regarding the state's fish and wildlife resources. To do this, the seven Commissioners meet five times each year across the state to hear staff reports, consider rule proposals, and conduct other Commission business.
The Wildlife Lighting Certification Program is a cooperative effort between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designed to educate the members of the public, the building industry, and government officials how to minimize adverse impacts to wildlife by using proper lighting methods | public_administration |
https://toyota-indus.com/development-leadership-award/ | 2024-03-04T14:10:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476452.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304133241-20240304163241-00574.warc.gz | 0.907833 | 306 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__182223299 | en | We are delighted to share the remarkable news that our CEO Ali Asghar Jamali has been bestowed with the prestigious Development Leadership Award by the Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives. This recognition serves as a testament to his outstanding commitment and visionary leadership in steering positive transformations for Pakistan’s socioeconomic progress.
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Jamali-san from the entire team for this outstanding achievement. As we commemorate over seven decades of Pakistan’s journey, the award was formally presented during the Ba-Ikhtiyar Naujawan Internship Program & Development Leadership Award ceremony in Islamabad.
Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, the Minister of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, graced the occasion by conferring the award upon our CFO, Mr. Mohammad Ibadullah. He accepted the accolade on behalf of our CEO and the entire organization.
This distinguished honor, a result of rigorous evaluation by an independent panel appointed by the Ministry, celebrates Jamali-san’s extraordinary contributions as a transformative leader. His unwavering dedication and insightful direction have been instrumental in driving positive change in Pakistan’s socioeconomic landscape.
IMC and the wider Toyota family take immense pride in this achievement. It stands as a resounding testament to our collective values of optimism, humility, determination, and hard work. This moment is a reminder of our unwavering commitment to progress and growth.
Let us continue to maintain the momentum and collectively raise our spirits for this remarkable achievement. | public_administration |
https://asvins.org/free-on-site-testing-stds-and-hiv/ | 2023-12-08T03:00:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100710.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20231208013411-20231208043411-00302.warc.gz | 0.925085 | 458 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__218104753 | en | Midway Specialty Care Center (MSCC) provides FREE education classes, outreach and testing for the public and patients in an on-site, outside the clinic, role in the HIV Testing Program as an extension of the St. Lucie County Health Department and Florida Department of Health’s HIV Testing Outreach initiative.
MSCC is also able to do free STD testing at your site, as well as test for Hepatitis C. All of these tests are done in a rapid form, with results in under 20 minutes.
Our goal is to test 1,200 people in St. Lucie County per year. We need your help to offer this FREE test to your employees as a group or for other practices, to your patients.
- Testing Initiative Program requires a large portion of testing to be done in a “diverse collection” of the public.
- A majority of any HIV (+) positive cases through this testing will receive care by award-winning physician Dr. Moti Ramgopal, MD FACP FIDSA CPI, at the 501(c)3 Midway Specialty Care Center. Now, this testing initiative allows for us to begin contact with the patient from day one.
- You will have a dedicated contact person from day one when finding out if you face a life-threatening disease.
- MSCC will give access to current enrolling clinical trials to all patients receiving care who qualify. This gives patients access to potentially free medicine. We have a full-time team dedicated to finding innovative fully-funded care for local residents.
- For recovery centers or for support groups or even high-risk employees, we provide free 30 minute on-site education on the latest in STD prevention and treatment, so your employees or clients are educated.
- All of our testing specialists have decades of experience in treating infectious diseases.
Testing and Counseling Contacts:
To come in for a FREE private test, come to our office at 346 Midway Road from Monday-Friday 9-5 pm. Let the front desk know you would like a free test. It’s that simple!
To schedule testing at your workplace or office, contact:
Vanneza at (772) 342-2116 | public_administration |
http://pnwhunting.com/2013/04/fish-and-wildlife-commission-takes-action-to-address-wolf-attacks-on-domestic-animals/ | 2017-11-21T02:35:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806310.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20171121021058-20171121041058-00428.warc.gz | 0.942769 | 896 | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__28170644 | en | The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) today enacted an emergency rule to permit ranchers, farmers, and other pet and livestock owners in the eastern third of the state to kill a wolf that is attacking their animals.
The emergency rule (attached below) allows farmers, ranchers and other domestic animal owners, including their employees or agents, to kill one wolf if it is attacking their animals under the following conditions:
- The rule applies only in areas of Eastern Washington where the gray wolf is not listed as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. The gray wolf is not federally listed in the eastern third of the state, designated in the state Wolf Conservation and Management Plan as the Eastern Washington Recovery Region.
- The rule allows the owner of a domestic animal to kill only one wolf, for the duration of the regulation. If the owner can make the case that subsequent attacks are likely, he or she will need a permit from the WDFW director to kill an additional wolf during an attack.
- The lethal removal must be reported to WDFW within 24 hours, and the carcass must be provided to the department.
- The owner of the domestic animal that was attacked must grant access or help the department gain access to the property where the wolf was killed to enable investigation and data collection.
- Anyone who kills a wolf that was not attacking a domestic animal as spelled out in the rule will be subject to criminal prosecution for the illegal taking of endangered wildlife.
“The commission remains committed to the goal of gray wolf recovery in Washington state,” said Wecker. “This rule provides an important option to help animal owners, but its impact is clearly limited to cases where wolves are in the act of attacking livestock or pets.”
Anderson said the commission’s action responds directly to the concerns and needs of residents in regions where wolves are recovering, and it underscores the importance of prevention.
“No one wants to experience a wolf attack on their livestock or pets,” he said. “There are several steps people can take to minimize that risk. But it can still happen, despite someone’s best efforts to prevent it.”
Anderson said animal owners can minimize wolf conflict by:
- Removing attractants to wolves. Good sanitation practices help keep wolves from hanging around pastures containing livestock and becoming habituated to those animals as a food source.
- Moving weakened animals off the range or pasture. Like any predator, wolves are attracted to more susceptible prey. Moving sick and injured animals to protected areas is a common, effective practice.
- Showing a human presence. Wolves prefer to stay away from humans, whom they see as a threat.
- Keeping pets, especially dogs, confined and protected at night.
- Keeping dogs on a leash when walking them where wolves might be present.
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EMERGENCY RULE AS APPROVED APRIL 26, 2013
WAC 232-36-05100B Killing wildlife causing private property damage
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-36-051:
1) An owner of domestic animals, including livestock, the owner’s immediate family member, the agent of an owner, or the owner’s documented employee may kill one gray wolf (Canis lupus) without a permit issued by the director, regardless of its state classification, if the wolf is attacking their domestic animals.
(a) This section applies to the area of the state where the gray wolf is not listed as endangered or threatened under the federal endangered species act.(b) Any wolf killed under this authority must be reported to the department within twenty-four hours.
(c) The wolf carcass must be surrendered to the department.
(d) The owner of the domestic animal must grant or assist the department in gaining access to the property where the wolf was killed for the purposes of data collection or incident investigation.
(2) If the department finds that a private citizen killed a gray wolf that was not attacking a domestic animal, or that the killing was not consistent with this rule, then that person may be prosecuted for unlawful taking of endangered wildlife under RCW 77.15.120.
(3) In addition to the provisions of (1), the director may authorize additional removals under RCW 77.12.240. | public_administration |
https://static.au.int/web/sa | 2017-08-20T13:31:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886106754.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820131332-20170820151332-00291.warc.gz | 0.935996 | 173 | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__60782052 | en | Health, Nutrition and Population
The African Union Commission plays a facilitating role, especially, with respect to: policy and strategy setting, coordination, catalysing Africa’s health agenda as it relates to the continents socio-economic development and integration. It achieves this through consensus building, advocacy and experience and information sharing. The Commission addresses health issues related to policy and delivery systems, nutrition and other related public health issues and challenges that require a concerted and coordinated approach at the continental level. The Commission works to develop and support implementation of policies and programmes related to strengthening of health systems (including human resources for health, medicines, e-health and traditional medicine), sexual and reproductive health and rights, population, and nutrition. The Department of Social Affairs of the AU Commission also serves as the Secretariat for the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa. | public_administration |
https://lawwirenews.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/livonia-auto-accidents-distractions-an-april-focus/ | 2018-07-20T16:02:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591718.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720154756-20180720174703-00040.warc.gz | 0.955363 | 599 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__222763978 | en | As the consequences of distracted driving become more apparent, authorities are engaging in focused enforcement efforts in much the same way sobriety checkpoints, safety checks, and other enforcement blitzes are meant to combat known risks of the road. In March, The Detroit News reported Michigan State police joined a six-state enforcement blitz on I-75. The “I-75 Challenge” includes four high-visibility enforcement weekends targeting impaired driving, motorcycle safety, distracted driving and speeding.
A Livonia distracted driving accident lawyer understands distraction joins speeding and drunk driving as the poor choices that cost the most lives on the nation’s roads each year. April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and organizations nationwide are reminding motorists to pay attention to the road as the weather clears and we enjoy more time outdoors. The National Safety Council is emphasizing the risk of hands-free devices, as studies continue to disprove the notion that they are a safe alternative to hand-held cell phone use.
“While many drivers honestly believe they are making the safe choice by using a hands-free device, it’s just not true,” said David Teater, senior director of Transportation Initiatives at the National Safety Council. “Just like you can’t read a book and talk on the phone, you can’t safely operate a vehicle and talk on the phone.” Belief in the myth has grown so prevalent that 8 in 10 motorists mistakenly believe hands-free devices are safer. The Governors Highway Safety Association reports no state has outlawed the use of hands-free devices by drivers, although 12 states currently ban the use of hand-held cell phones behind the wheel.
Meanwhile, state and government safety advocates continue to work to quantify the risks. The USA Today recently reported more than 1 in 4 car accidents are caused by cell phone use, according to the National Safety Council’s annual report. The report found cell phone use contributed to 26 percent of traffic accidents, an increase from the previous year. In the vast majority of the cases, a driver was talking on a hand-held cell phone at the time of the accident.
Perhaps most alarmingly, the percentage of drivers seen manipulating a hand-held device while at the wheel has increased significantly in the last three years, from .9 percent in 2011 to 1.3 percent in 2014. While that may not sound like a lot, it means more than 1 in every 100 motorists are dialing a phone or otherwise manipulating an electronic device at any given time while on the road. And our Livonia injury attorneys know phones are just one form of distraction while driving. Please remember that eating, drinking, grooming, and interacting with passengers (particularly children or pets) can all lead to significant distraction.
Studies continue to show our young drivers are among those at highest risk. Take a minute this month to start the discussion in your family, and do your part to keep distraction out from behind the wheel. | public_administration |
http://ernst-herzfeld-gesellschaft.com/en/stellenausschreibung-22/ | 2023-06-08T04:33:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654097.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608035801-20230608065801-00196.warc.gz | 0.940533 | 169 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__300377978 | en | The Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main invites applications for the following position as civil servant or public employee starting at the earliest possible date:
Professorship (W1 with Tenure Track) for Islamic Archaeology and Art History.
The initial tenure track appointment as Assistant Professor civil servant is for six years (§ 64 of the Higher Education Act of the State of Hessen (HHG)). Upon positive evaluation, the incumbent will be promoted to a permanent position at a higher level (W2). According to § 64 (3) HHG candidates should not have obtained their PhD at Goethe University Frankfurt or should have worked as a researcher at an external institution for at least two years after their PhD. The doctorate should not date back to more than four years.
Application Deadline: Dec. 10th 2021 | public_administration |
https://newburyportbirders.com/neonicotinoids-genetically-modified-crops-national-wildlife-refuges/ | 2022-05-26T04:43:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662601401.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220526035036-20220526065036-00362.warc.gz | 0.957925 | 297 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__119170625 | en | By January 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Agency will ban the use of neonicotinoids, often called “neonics,” at National Wildlife Refuges across the country. Neonics are widely used nerve insecticides that an increasing number of scientific studies have shown are harmful to bees, birds, mammals,
and fish. Most often, agricultural seeds are coated with the neonics, which spread the toxins throughout the plant as the plant grows. More importantly, recent studies have raised concerns over the impact of neonics on birds and on aquatic systems.
Neonicotinoids currently account for 40 percent of the global pesticide market and are used to treat most of the corn and soybean crops in the U.S. Ironically, these nicotine-like chemicals were introduced in the 1990’s in response to health concerns linked to older pesticides.
In the announcement concerning the phase-out of neonics on refuges, the chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System, Jim Kurth, wrote, “We have determined that prophylactic use, such as a seed treatment, of the neonicotinoid pesticides that can distribute systemically in a plant and can affect a broad spectrum of non-target species is not consistent with Service policy.” In the same USFWS memo by Kurth, the Service announced that it will also begin to phase out the use of genetically modified crops to feed wildlife on refuges. | public_administration |
https://www.animal-medical-center.com/news/tvnr-day-march-2023/ | 2024-03-05T03:29:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707948217723.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20240305024700-20240305054700-00885.warc.gz | 0.910404 | 164 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__142363543 | en | On the 15th of March 2023, Animal Medical Center of Brooksville teamed up with Hernando County Animal Services to offer their services (at no cost to the county) to spay and neuter a total of 10 cats for the Trap Neuter Vaccinate Release (TNVR) program.
Services rendered included health checks, vaccinations and ear cleanings for all the cats (5 males and 5 females). Dr. Taylor and her staff donated their time: a Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine student assisted with the surgeries and procedures.
The introduction of the TNVR program in Hernando County has proven to drastically reduce the euthanasia rate in cats for Hernando County Animal Services. Animal Medical Center of Brooksville wishes to put out the challenge and encourage other veterinarian clinics in the county. | public_administration |
https://smartcommunications.us/mailguard/ | 2018-11-19T01:23:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039744803.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20181119002432-20181119024432-00282.warc.gz | 0.83047 | 375 | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-47__0__74850674 | en | MailGuard™ provides an offsite virtual mailroom, processing your inmate postal mail into an electronic document with advanced security filters and controls for each inmate before the mail gets automatically posted to the inmates account for viewing on the SmartKiosk™ or SmartTablet™ system. Eliminating the whole task of postal mail and the problems it brings to the agency. SmartKiosk™ with Patent Pending MailGuard™ Technology transforms the correctional facility into a paperless, secure and efficient facility with total electronic automation. Launching SmartKiosk light years ahead of other vendor technology solutions.
MailGuard finally closes one of corrections longest running security loopholes-contraband. It also cuts off the last conduit of drugs and undocumented inmate communications with the outside world, thus eliminating contraband and streamlining the inmate mail into a labor free process.
Our MailGuard services is a free service provide with the Smart Communications platform, and works by processing your inmate postal mail remotely, off-site, at one of our regional MailGuard processing hubs. There we convert your inmate postal mail into a high-definition electronic copy, uploading the copy into the Smart Communications platform, filtering the mail with your agency security setting and then sending it electronically to a que whereby your staff approves the final delivery to the inmate’s account.
Converting your inmate postal mail to electronic media, allows for a searchable database of inmate mail and opens a whole new field of intelligence for your agency and results in the following benefits:
- Dramatically improve intelligence capabilities
- Eliminate the last form of undocumented, uncontrolled communication
- Eliminates Contraband
- Huge Reduction in direct staff involved with the postal mail process
No Contraband. No Liability. No Cost.
Patent Pending MailGuard™ is the new standard in corrections, Exclusively by Smart Communications. | public_administration |
http://piarawaterspirates.com.au/registration/auskick/ | 2022-05-27T16:27:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662658761.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220527142854-20220527172854-00680.warc.gz | 0.898341 | 426 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__98920747 | en | Registrations for 2022 are now closed.
To register for Auskick your child needs to be in these age groups:
- Pre-Primary teams – 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017
- Year 1 teams – 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016
- Year 2 teams – 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015
Auskick Fees for Season 2022 are $180 (GST inclusive) (plus purchase of socks and shorts)
For more information about the team allocation process please read the team allocation policy
For families currently experiencing financial difficulties, please contact the Club Treasurer in writing on [email protected].
We are registered as a KidSport Provider for 2022. Please note KidSport vouchers for 2022 are not available until 1st January 2022.
Families who hold a valid Heath Care Card can apply for up to $150 per child to assist with children’s sporting registration fees per year. The registering player must be listed on the Health Care Card.
Please refer to the links below for more information or contact your local council.
PWJFC is registered with the City of Canning, City of Gosnells, City of Armadale & City of Cockburn.
Your voucher MUST be validated correctly by your local council by the registration cut-off date for it to be accepted.
The validated voucher code must be emailed to our Treasurer in order to finalise your registration after registering online. Please contact the Treasurer to advise you are using KidSport as payment.
Please note that the voucher is to be used for registration fees and (only if approved by your local council), essential apparel for the player (shorts, socks). NOT ALL councils allow apparel purchases.
Please ask your local council if they permit the voucher to used for apparel to avoid disappointment.
Visit the Department of Sport and Recreation website for more information about Kidsport, to apply online https://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/funding/individuals/kidsport/apply-for-kidsport. | public_administration |
https://western.sare.org/resources/nutrient-management-plans-idaho/?tid=2 | 2024-03-04T08:25:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476432.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304065639-20240304095639-00804.warc.gz | 0.895069 | 177 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__45641824 | en | This is a collaborative project to build the capacity of conservation professionals to assist organic and transitional farmers in planning and implementing conservation practices through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program Organic Initiative. This guide is part of a series of guides created by Oregon Tilth for use by NRCS staff in the Western Region.
This document is an instruction guide for creating and implementing a nutrient management plan on certified or transitioning organic lands in Idaho.
Want more information? See the related SARE grant:
This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE. | public_administration |
https://russianseasons.org/fr/news/-267161267162761726172/ | 2021-10-24T18:32:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587593.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20211024173743-20211024203743-00151.warc.gz | 0.953787 | 1,045 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__72577430 | en | THE RUSSIAN SEASONS HAVE SOLEMNLY OPENED IN SEOUL
A message for the media
On October 2, 2021, in Seoul, the unique international cultural project 'Russian Seasons' was solemnly opened.
The opening ceremony was attended by Hwang Hee, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, as well as Vladimir Osintsev, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation. During the ceremony, according to the project's established tradition, the host receives the project's symbol, the Firebird, an old Russian character from fairy tales. It symbolizes light, warmth, good luck, and rebirth.
There was also a welcome speech by Olga Lyubimova, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation. She said that in 30 years of Russian-Korean cooperation, there had been a lot of remarkable projects in the sphere of culture."Today, in a changing epidemiological situation, we have found an opportunity and are beginning the long-awaited year of full-time tours of the ‘Russian Seasons’. I am sure that such a large-scale project will become the basis for even greater cultural rapprochement between our people."
The Seoul Arts Center was the first point on the project map in the Republic of Korea. The Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble was conducted by Yuri Bashmet, People's Artist of the USSR, Honorary Artist, conductor, violist, Ambassador of the Russian Seasons, performed on stage. South Korean pianist and organist Jo Jae-hyuk was the opening night soloist. The performances will run until October 8, 2021, and will include five cities in the Republic of Korea.
"The long-awaited opening ceremony of the Russian Seasons in the Republic of Korea and the performance by the Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble conducted by the world-famous conductor Yuri Bashmet took place today. I hope that ʺRussian Seasonsʺ will allow us to forget all the bad things that the pandemic has brought, as well as strengthen the friendly relations between our countries,"said the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea Hwang Hee.
As part of the opening events, a press conference was held with the participation of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Korea A. B. Kulik, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation V. G. Osintsev. G. Osintsev, director of the international cultural project "Russian Seasons" A. N.Lebedev, conductor, artistic director of the chamber ensemble "Soloists of Moscow" J. A. Bashmet, Rector of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts named after I. Repin.I.I. Mikhailovsky, ambassador of the Russian Seasons.
During the press conference, Semyon Mikhailovsky shared where the tradition of installing busts as part of the project's tour came from." From year to year, it is a very difficult and challenging task to decide to whom the monument will be installed. This time we decided to pay tribute to one of Russian literature classics and the world's most popular writer, Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. The bust has been traditionally made by Ekaterina Pilnikova, Repin St. Petersburg Academy of Arts graduate", said Semyon Mikhailovsky. The donation for the bust of Leo Tolstoy is scheduled for November 2021 in Seoul.
During the press conference, Alexei Lebedev shared the project's tour plans, spoke about the performances which will take place on October 17-18 - Russian violinist Vadim Repin's concerts in Seoul, and then in Daejeon city. About the plans for joint performances by students of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet with Korean dancers in the city of Seoul.In the course of answering the questions, a separate vector of discussion was the issue of project digitalization.
Alexei Lebedev shared his opinion on why it was essential for cultural institutions to stay together with their viewers and help them survive the peak of the coronavirus infection:"Global values, like art, are above all things that bring people together.After all, you don't need a translator for emotions-it's something you can see just by looking at a person. It was essential for us to stay with the audience, to support them. That's why we had the idea of launching the Stay Home with Russian Seasons marathon. We asked participants of this year's ʺRussian Seasonsʺ and participants of previous years to provide video footage to broadcast on our website. Then came the Discovering Russia with Russian Seasons project, a series of documentaries about Russia's iconic cultural institutions, produced together with cultural institutions for foreign and Russian audiences."
At the end of the press conference, all participants expressed confidence that the Russian Seasons project's tour won't leave any viewer indifferent.
Recordings of the opening ceremony and subsequent broadcasts will be available on the Stay Home with Russian seasons platform in the coming week.
Photo: Kim Young Seon | public_administration |
https://registration.iardc.org/attyreg/Registration/Registration_Department/ID_Cards/Registration/regdept/duplicateIDcard.aspx?hkey=de9426db-a092-43ee-8e05-e0ba9a08c76d | 2020-05-28T21:40:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347400101.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20200528201823-20200528231823-00225.warc.gz | 0.808065 | 102 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__143962812 | en | A request for a duplicate identification card must be in writing. Please include your full name, ARDC Registration Number and either your birth date or the last four digits of your social security number in your communication.
Attn: Registration Department
130 E. Randolph, Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60601
Fax: (312) 565-0997 - Attn: Registration Department
Upon receipt of the request, the registration department will issue and send you a duplicate identification card at your registered address. | public_administration |
https://www.myshishapen.co.uk/pages/tpd-explined | 2024-02-27T16:00:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474676.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227153053-20240227183053-00610.warc.gz | 0.943794 | 506 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__180226027 | en | What is TPD all about; and why should you care?
Firsty, what do you know about the Tobacco Products Directive?
The Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) or European Tobacco Products Directive (EUTPD) (2014/40/EU) is a directive of the European Union which legislates the sale and merchandising of tobacco and tobacco related products across the EU. The TPD aims to ensure a high level of health protection for European citizens. The Directive entered into force on 19th May 2014 and became applicable in the EU Member States on 20th May 2016.
This Directive covers the manufacture, presentation, and sale of all tobacco related products including cigarettes, roll your own tobacco, and electronic cigarettes. In order to address this situation, the European Union and its Member States have taken various tobacco control measures in the form of legislation, recommendations and information campaigns.
In summary, the policies for the Tobacco Products Directive cover; the regulation of tobacco products on the EU market (e.g. packaging, labelling, and ingredients), advertising restrictions for tobacco products, the creation of smoke-free environments, tax measures and activities against illegal trade, and acquiring anti-smoking campaigns.
With specific regard to e-cigarettes, the TPD introduced new rules which ensure:
- minimum standards for safety and quality
- information is provided to consumers of nicotine containing products
- that protections are put into place to prevent children from starting to use the products
As of May 2017, any nicotine containing product relating to e-cigarettes/vaping must:
Restrict the maximum volume of e-liquid in a single container to 10ml
Restrict the capacity of tanks to no more than 2ml
Restrict the nicotine strength of e-liquids to no more than 20mg/ml
Be child resistant and tamper evident
Not contain caffeine, taurine or colourings
Be submitted to the MHRA before they can be sold
Include relevant warnings and information
Between the directive coming into force May 2016, and the cut-off date of May 2017, retailers should have sold any stocks of products that did not comply with TPD.
As of May 2017, you should not be able to purchase non-compliant products within the EU. For this reason, you may have seen certain brands that you were familiar with disappear from the shelves. If this is the case for you, chances are the manufacturer was not able to comply with the new requirements in time. | public_administration |
http://voicesofleadership.blogspot.com/2011/02/presidents-day-and-washingtons-farewell.html | 2013-12-10T01:40:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164004057/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133324-00078-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.96882 | 345 | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__162327195 | en | |S. 623, A bill to make the 22nd day of February,|
George Washington's Birthday,
RG 46, Records of the United States Senate.
The Senate tradition began on February 22, 1862, as a morale-boosting gesture during the darkest days of the Civil War. Citizens of Philadelphia had petitioned Congress to commemorate the forthcoming 130th anniversary of Washington's birth by reading the Address at a joint meeting of both houses.
Tennessee Senator Andrew Johnson introduced the petition in the Senate. "In view of the perilous condition of the country," he said, "I think the time has arrived when we should recur back to the days, the times, and the doings of Washington and the patriots of the Revolution, who founded the government under which we live."
The practice of reading the Farewell Address did not immediately become a tradition. The address was first read in regular legislative sessions of the Senate in 1888 and the House in 1899. (The House continued the practice until 1984.) Since 1893 the Senate has observed Washington’s birthday by selecting one of its members to read the Farewell Address. The assignment alternates between members of each political party. At the conclusion of each reading, the appointed senator inscribes his or her name and brief remarks in a black, leatherbound book maintained by the secretary of the Senate.
In 1956, Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey wrote that every American should study this memorable message. “It gives one a renewed sense of pride in our republic,” he wrote. “It arouses the wholesome and creative emotions of patriotism and love of country.”
Some of the points in the address: | public_administration |
http://www.affordableneighborhoods.org/uncategorized/affordable-neighborhoods-be-careful-of-expert-advice/ | 2020-11-30T12:01:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141213431.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20201130100208-20201130130208-00583.warc.gz | 0.97327 | 991 | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-50__0__19425505 | en | Neighborhood Affordability? Simple, really. All we need to do is to look to common sense, doing what’s right and what has already worked – forget the “experts”, and forget trying to find the solution in other cities that are failing to solve the problem.
I recently attended two separate widely covered and well-attended meetings relating to CodeNEXT, affordability and economic segregation. These consisted of presentations and panel discussions from and among 8 so-called “experts”. In both meetings I heard about how Austin should be following the lead of places like Portland, Oregon and Denver, Colorado in order to solve our affordability crisis.
What the “experts” didn’t volunteer to their audiences, however, is what you can discover with a simple 1-minute Google search of those cities: Denver’s out-of-control prices, from 2010 to 2017, increased at a rate 20% faster than our own, and Portland’s home prices as of the end of 2015 were escalating at the highest rate in the country – 11.1% per year. Both cities now sport a median home price that is higher than Austin’s.
Why do “experts” keep suggesting that we replicate what has not worked?
It’s simple. We don’t have the political will to do the only thing that does work – what has already worked in the past right here in Austin – putting moderate density in our neighborhoods, mainly small and medium sized apartment buildings. That’s what we were doing in the 1960’s through the early 1980’s. And for the most part, no one complained. And by the late 1980’s Austin had become, according to HUD, one of the most affordable cities in America, and was making progess on the affordability front faster than any other city!
And then something changed. It wasn’t an external event. It wasn’t “the invasion of the Californians”. It wasn’t that Austin began growing faster – our growth rate has been remarkably consistent going all the way back to 1839. What changed was that an idea began to take hold in Austin – that we should “protect our neighborhoods” – protect them from multifamily (aka affordable) housing, with what should have been predictable results. A 2009 survey of small and medium apartment buildings conducted by the city of Austin showed that by 2008 a full 79% of such buildings had been built before 1980. The protectionists’ efforts in recent decades at restricting such housing in our neighborhoods had clearly been largely successful.
You see, common sense dictates that a city that insists its neighborhoods be dominated by unaffordable, single family detached housing, cannot at the same time insist on affordable neighborhoods. Such a position is irrational, even to a child. And yet we clung to the fantasy for decades, knowing somewhere deep down that it was in fact fantasy.
A few years ago, in a massive public engagement process that produced a new comprehensive plan, we finally acknowledged the fantasy and agreed we would once again allow and encourage density, and consequently affordability, in our neighborhoods:
“Economically mixed and diverse neighborhoods across all parts of the city have a range of affordable housing options.” (Imagine Austin vision, p. 84)
Now, almost 5 years after adoption of our new vision of density and affordability, some have reverted to fantasy. Others, including our mayor, have decided that, when faced with the decision between protectionism and affordability, we should favor protectionism. From his 2017 “State of the City” address:
“For starters, let’s agree we will not force density in the middle of neighborhoods. There’s no sense in shoving density where it would ruin the character of the city we’re trying to save in the first place . . . “
That is the wrong choice. It is wrong for affordable neighborhoods. It is the wrong thing to do in any American city, and it is certainly the wrong thing to do in Austin. It is a major reason we have become the most geographically segregated city in America in terms of wealth and income. We as a community, and we as individual neighborhoods, and as individual residents of those neighborhoods, did just fine back when we allowed moderate density in our neighborhoods, and we will be just fine in the future, if we’ll stop fighting and complaining about a more urban type of housing supply, go back and do what worked, do what’s right, do what allows all of us – not just the often blamed “creative class” – to share and enjoy Austin’s neighborhoods as we inevitably transform into a big city needing big city forms of housing. | public_administration |
https://www.hy.land/en/hyperformer-i-h2rivers/ | 2023-12-04T16:33:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100531.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204151108-20231204181108-00602.warc.gz | 0.942033 | 670 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__20991657 | en | Project volume: 52.2 million euros
Duration: 09/2020 to 08/2023
Background to the region
The H2Rivers project paves the way in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region and the central Neckar region for the nationwide market entry of emission-free hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in the mobility sector. The development as a hydrogen region is being supported by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport within the scope of the National Innovation Programme Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP2) with €20 million in investment grants. The funding guideline is coordinated by NOW GmbH and implemented by Project Management Jülich (PtJ).
As part of the project, supply and demand will be simultaneously stimulated and a sustainable regional H2 economy will be established together with regional players from industry and in cooperation with the public sector.
The sub-projects of H2Rivers cover the entire value chain from renewable energy generation to short-distance distribution and use in mobility. This enables economic synergy effects to be leveraged and sustainability to be ensured.
H2Rivers is creating demand for hydrogen by purchasing 78 passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, 62 buses, 10 industrial trucks, 3 waste collection vehicles and 2 road maintenance vehicles powered by fuel cells. At the same time, the necessary infrastructure is being built. This includes the construction of the “H2 Hub” in Mannheim, where 400 t of hydrogen per year can be prepared and filled into trailers via a high-performance filling plant at 300 or 700 bar. In addition, a 2 MW electrolysis plant in Waiblingen will produce up to 240 t of hydrogen per year.
The integrated approach of H2Rivers creates a scalable system that lays the foundation for the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region as a model region for hydrogen.
The project is to be implemented within a period of 3 years after project commencement. A distinction must generally be made in the project phases between infrastructure and vehicle procurement projects, as there are major differences in the procedures here. Both types are united by the first phase, in which the individual applications for the subprojects are first submitted to and reviewed by the Project Management Organisation Jülich.
In the case of vehicle procurement projects, after the application has been granted in the second phase, the procurement volumes are put out to tender in accordance with the applicable regulations and the volumes are awarded on the market. In the third phase, after delivery, the vehicles are introduced with driver training and commissioning.
The infrastructure projects include the construction of generation capacities such as the electrolysers, the construction of the filling plant and the refuelling stations. In all three cases, after the application has been granted, the final site selection, project planning and design of the construction project takes place in the second phase. Building and operating permits must also be obtained. Experience shows that very different time spans are required for this, which is taken into account accordingly in the overall project plan. The third phase is the construction phase in which the infrastructure measures are implemented. In the final, fourth phase, safety clearances and commissioning will be carried out by the operator.
The project formally started in September 2020. The majority of the funding decisions have been issued and the projects are starting to be implemented. | public_administration |
http://www.mattbliss.us/news/radio-spot-2-60-seconds-transcript-and-audio/ | 2024-03-03T09:09:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476211.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303075134-20240303105134-00767.warc.gz | 0.905738 | 266 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__41633171 | en | Tomorrow, we’ll be airing our first radio spots, you can get a listen here first.
It’s time to elect a candidate who is committed to putting Northern Minnesota first. Hello, I’m Matt Bliss, and I’m running to be your state representative.
Like you, I’m tired of politics as usual. I’m a political outsider. I grew up in Minnesota on a farm, served in the US Navy and now own a resort and work in technology management.
Health care costs are out of control in Northern Minnesota. I’ll work to reduce this burden on families and small businesses in our area – and will fight to stop wasting money on MNsure’s failed website and executive bonuses.
Our local economy relies on our abundant natural resources. As an outdoorsman and conservationist, I will support common sense policies that protect our natural resources and way of life, while still enabling job creation and economic growth in Northern Minnesota.
Government should also be accountable; it’s time we eliminate government waste and lower taxes on hard-working families.
I’m Matt Bliss and I ask for your vote on November 8th. Let’s put Northern Minnesota first.
PAID FOR BY VOTE BLISS 2016 | public_administration |
http://www.nowatertowaste.com/resources.html | 2013-05-19T14:20:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697681504/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094801-00035-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.9459 | 465 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__13810235 | en | CINQ is a citizen's group that is seeking realistic traffic solutions for the Northwest Quadrant. CINQ supports the conservation of the unique character, historic, and natural values of the Northwest Quadrant. We do not receive funding from any government entity. Based on independent studies and a DRCOG recommendation, we support improvements to SH93 and Indiana-McIntyre to 4 lanes . This solution is the best option because it provides the best mobility for less cost. While many say there is no money for improvements, the real problem is our elected officials fail to advocate for improvements to these roads. Rather, toll road proponents take the easy way out by selling our infrastructure to private, foreign companies, and agreeing to congestion guarantees (non-compete agreements) on our public roads. The worst part of this toll road is its strict intent to be an engine for sprawl and development in Jeffco and Arvada. There has never been a demonstrated need for this connection, and there will be little transportation benefit to Jeffco and Arvada residents. Those who live in Arvada will realize the full negative effects with more congestion on neighborhood roads as drivers avoid the toll.
The Friends of the Foothills is a Colorado non-profit organization, founded in February, 1999, by a number of foothills area residents who had been active in land use issues, as well as homeowner and other civic organizations. Our goal is to preserve the natural heritage lands and the rural character of the scenic Foothills Highway Corridor (SH 93) from Golden to the Boulder County line. This area has been identified as one of Colorado’s remaining Crown Jewel Open Lands (Denver Post editorial, June 11, 2000) a priority for preservation.
We work to protect our foothills communities from ongoing encroachments, pollution, sprawl and from natural issues like wildfires. We represent a vibrant group of 10,000 foothills residents and people statewide who live, visit and play in Colorado, for those who like the good stuff, not the sprawl. We think on a global scale about sustainability and aim to incorporate best practices in water management, recycling and more into the fabric of our community. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization that has been looking out for the canyon community for two decades. | public_administration |
https://healthypig.com.hk/en/blogs/healthypig-magazine/%E6%BE%B3%E6%B4%B2%E6%96%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%A8%81%E7%88%BE%E6%96%AF%E5%B7%9E%E8%87%AA11%E6%9C%8828-%E6%97%A5%E8%B5%B7%E6%8F%90%E4%BE%9B%E8%87%AA%E9%A1%98%E5%8D%94%E5%8A%A9%E6%AD%BB%E4%BA%A1-%E6%A8%99%E6%BA%96%E5%92%8C%E6%B5%81%E7%A8%8B | 2024-03-02T23:17:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476137.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302215752-20240303005752-00027.warc.gz | 0.950061 | 1,521 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__9145418 | en | The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2022 comes into force on 28 November 2023, meaning eligible people in New South Wales will be able to request medical assistance to end their life.
A person must be in the advanced stages of a terminal illness, disease, or health condition. They must also be experiencing great pain.
If a person meets all the criteria and follows the steps required by law, they can take or receive voluntary assisted dying (VAD) substances to achieve death at a time of their choosing. The substance must be prescribed by an authorized voluntary assisted dying practitioner.
"Voluntary" means that the choice must be the individual's own. The person must have decision-making capacity throughout the process to receive voluntary assisted dying.
People with dementia are generally not eligible for VAD. This is because dementia severe enough for a person to qualify for a VAD may hinder their ability to make decisions.
Disability or mental illness alone does not qualify a person for VAD unless they meet all other eligibility criteria.
Over the past 18 months, NSW Health has worked with the community and health, aged care and other stakeholders to implement the framework set out in the legislation to ensure voluntary assisted dying is safe, accessible and compliant with the law .
Strict criteria must be met to receive voluntary assisted dying . To be eligible, a person must:
- Be an adult (18 years and above), an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident or have resided in Australia continuously for at least three years
- Have resided in New South Wales for at least 12 months (the Voluntary Assisted Dying Commission may grant residence exemptions on compassionate grounds for people with close ties to New South Wales)
Have at least one disease, illness, or health condition where:
- is an advanced and progressive disease, disorder, or medical condition
- would, on the balance of probabilities, result in their death within six months (or within 12 months in the case of neurodegenerative diseases such as motor neurone disease), and
- is causing people pain that cannot be relieved in a way that people think is bearable
- Have decision-making capacity related to voluntary assisted dying
- act voluntarily and without pressure or coercion, and
- Have a lasting request for voluntary assisted dying
The exact process for a VAD varies by state, but the basic process involves the following steps:
- A person requests a VAD from a qualified doctor
- VAD eligibility assessment by the same qualified physician
- Second qualified physician conducts VAD eligibility assessment
- The person again requests VAD in writing
- This person makes the final request for VAD
- Officially authorized VAD. (Both physicians evaluating VAD eligibility must have received specific VAD training in the state in which they practice)
- Qualified healthcare practitioner prescribes and dispenses VAD medications
- The eligible person takes a VAD medication, or
- Qualified healthcare practitioners provide VAD medicines to eligible people
If you take your VAD medication (self-administer), you can choose a time and place to take it. Others, such as friends and family, can also be present if you wish.
Most states require a witness if VAD medications are administered by a health care practitioner.
It is important to remember that you can withdraw (stop) a VAD request at any time, even if you have made an assessment or made a written request.
There are a variety of VAD services that provide support and assistance to patients, families, caregivers, medical practitioners and service providers through processes and procedures.
The Voluntary Assisted Death Care Navigation Service is available for:
- Provide information and support to patients and other community members who have questions about voluntary assisted dying or wish to seek voluntary assisted dying
- Support practitioner inquiries and coordinate ongoing training and support for coordinating, consulting and managing practitioners
- Provide patients with advice on voluntary assisted dying to their clinical care team and, in some cases, connect them with coordinating, consulting and management practitioners
The Voluntary Assisted Dying Pharmacy Service is responsible for:
- Coordinate the safe procurement, supply and disposal of voluntary assisted dying materials in NSW
- Support patients to access voluntary assisted dying regardless of their setting, for example the patient may be at home, in a residential care facility or in a public hospital
The Voluntary Assisted Dying Committee is an independent oversight and decision-making body whose main functions include:
- Monitor and report on the implementation of the Act
- Deciding whether to approve or deny an application for voluntary assisted dying
- Maintain a list of registered medical practitioners willing to provide voluntary euthanasia services
Voluntary assisted dying will be included in each local health district's end-of-life care pathway and patients must be informed of all options available to them, including hospice and other treatment options, to match their goals of care.
A person's decision to seek information about voluntary assisted dying or access to voluntary assisted dying does not affect that person's access to high-quality hospice care.
It is also important to note that a person cannot request a VAD as part of their advance care planning (to ensure that your family and medical team are aware of your medical wishes if you lose the ability to make your own decisions). This is because an advance directive only takes effect when you no longer have decision-making capacity.
- You don't need to wait for your doctor to mention VAD to you. You can ask them directly. However, you have to do it yourself - no one can do it for you. This clearly shows that you are acting according to your own free will and no one is trying to influence you.
- If the first doctor you talk to is unable to help you (if they have not been trained or they have opted out of voluntary assisted dying, a "conscientious objection"), you have every right to seek the advice of another doctor.
- To avoid stress and delays, start early. The process can take several weeks because you must make three separate requests and be evaluated by two doctors, and additional appointments may be needed, if any, regarding your eligibility.
- Prepare your documents. As part of the VAD application process, you will need to provide documentation proving your age, residency and health. Please review this list or talk to your doctor/care navigator for more information.
- VAD applications can be processed more quickly in some special circumstances, for example if you are at risk of dying before the assessment process is completed. If you think this might apply to you, ask your doctor and care navigator.
- If you live in a rural, regional or remote area of the state, additional support may be available to help you access VAD services. Please contact the New South Wales Voluntary Assisted Dying Care Navigator Service for more information.
- If you live in an aged care facility or retirement village, discuss your wish to use a VAD as soon as possible with staff. Not all facilities will actively participate in VAD and you may need to make additional arrangements to bring outside doctors and support staff to the venue.
- If you feel comfortable, you can discuss your wishes with your loved ones and medical team. However, it is perfectly legal to keep your medical choices confidential if you don't want to.
- Voluntary assisted dying is voluntary for everyone. If you change your mind at any time, you can pause your application or stop it entirely. | public_administration |
http://e-financialwriter.blogspot.com/2015/09/will-you-carry-extra-load.html | 2020-07-07T07:22:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655891654.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20200707044954-20200707074954-00177.warc.gz | 0.968607 | 270 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__38218268 | en | As summer draws to a close and those jockeying for the White House stump harder for your support, you might keep this in mind:
According to the U.S. Debt Clock, federal tax revenues are now $3.2 trillion. And they’ll jump to between $3.8 and $4.1 trillion in four years. So where do you think our elected officials will get the additional bucks? Will it come from those who have no money, or from people who are already paying taxes?
The clock also shows that over 76 million people (24 percent of our population) are on Medicaid, which along with Medicare is the largest budget item. And 45 million receive food stamps. Do you think those numbers will drop?
I doubt it.
That tells me that Washington will continue to be under pressure to support more people. And every dollar that politicians spend, it’s a dollar they took from taxpayers.
To sum it up, expect taxes to rise … no matter who ends up on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Your best course of action is to carefully consider the tax implications of your financial decisions. That includes when to begin Social Security benefits; when and how much to withdraw from tax-deferred accounts, such as your IRA and 401(k); and how to pass assets to your survivors. | public_administration |
http://retirementpolicyconsulting.com/about-rpc/ | 2020-10-24T08:16:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107882103.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20201024080855-20201024110855-00068.warc.gz | 0.972338 | 215 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__156246054 | en | Richard Hiller established Retirement Policy Consulting in 2017 following a 35 year career at TIAA. While at TIAA he concentrated on working with public higher education systems and state legislatures across the US to establish retirement plans that better met the needs of the mobile higher education workforce. He also established and led the state and local government market segment in response to the changing needs of employees and employers for retirement and supplemental savings plans.
Hiller established RPC to work with federal, state and local governments as well as other key influencing groups as they work to determine sustainable retirement plan designs that are appropriate for the modern workforce. The focus of RPC is in developing retirement plan designs going forward that meet employee retirement income needs while recognizing workforce policies of employers and broader budgetary realities of public entities and taxpayers.
Hiller’s extensive experience includes testifying before the US Congress and before legislative committees in many states coast to coast. He has written many published pieces on retirement design issues and has worked closely with a wide variety of influential groups including those representing employees, employers, policy foundations and many others. | public_administration |
https://clerk.lacity.org/council-and-public-services/search-council-documents | 2021-02-28T03:19:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178360107.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20210228024418-20210228054418-00230.warc.gz | 0.943075 | 140 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__123774165 | en | The Council File Management System (CFMS) is the City Clerk's official recordkeeping system for City policies, Council actions, records, and laws. CFMS offers simple and advanced search options allowing the user to search by Council file number, keywords, names, phrases, or dates. You may find a number of documents, votes, and/or actions taken by the Council relative to each Council file. You may also subscribe to receive email updates on the Council file(s) of your choosing.
CFMS also allows users to search for contracts filed with the City Clerk, items that have been referred to Council and/or Committee, Journals (minutes), as well as City Ordinances. | public_administration |
https://blog-vape.com/2018/07/04/strasbourg-the-smoking-ban-now-includes-public-parks/ | 2024-04-21T10:33:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817765.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421101951-20240421131951-00625.warc.gz | 0.960561 | 412 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__65978197 | en | After a successful Moi(s) sans tabac (Tobacco-Free Month) operation across the country, Strasbourg is launching “Tobacco-Free Parks”. The famed city in the Alsace region is in this manner developing it’s anti-smoking programme. This particular regulation is unique in France, and came into force on July 1st this year, to ensure “the well-being of all inhabitants”.
It seems everyone was on board with this decision, as it was adopted with a unanimous vote by the Strasbourg municipaity. It is now forbidden to smoke in all public parks in Strasbourg.
In collabortion with the League against Cancer, this measure will be adopted progressively. The ban will first concern the 6 main parks in the city before being extended to all green spaces.
Strasbourg, at the forefront of the fight against smoking
Strasbourg is among the leading cities when it comes to implementing anti-smoking initiatives. It was one of the first cities to ban smoking in playgrounds in France, as early as 2015. Soon after, the measure was adopted at the national level.
Alexandre Feltz, health councillor and addiction specialist, belieces that “Tobacco-Free Parks” will result in banning cigarettes from public spaces. In the long term, they hope to foster a generation of non-smokers. Statistics seem to support this theory, as France underwent a “historic decrease” in smoking rates in 2017.
As it stands, Strasbourg wishes to push this “Tobacco-Free Parks” initiative slowly and surely. While 2018 will be an experimental year, offenders will be issued fines as early as 2019, up to 68 euros. To help this paradigm shift along, smokers will have access to mediation services. These city employees will be tasked with informing passerby and questioning them about their smoking habits. These professionals can also offer assistance and solutions to those who want to break the habit. | public_administration |
https://www.getwalnut.com/blog/link-aadhaar-with-pan | 2022-05-26T14:59:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662606992.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220526131456-20220526161456-00669.warc.gz | 0.931217 | 831 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__132688690 | en | The Government has made it mandatory to quote Aadhaar for PAN applications & for filing of income tax returns. The last date to link Aadhaar with PAN has been further extended to September 30, 2019. The Income Tax Department has also clarified that w.e.f. 01.04.2019, it is mandatory to quote and link Aadhaar number while filing the return of income, unless specifically exempted.
Here are different ways to link Aadhaar with PAN:
How to link Aadhaar with PAN
Link your 12-digit Aadhaar number with PAN
– Visit https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/
– Click on the link in the left pane-> Link Aadhaar
– Add necessary details on the next screen
– If the details match, input your Aadhaar card number, CAPTCHA code and click on “Link Aadhaar”
– Once matched, you will see a message saying linking was completed successfully
Name on Aadhaar and PAN doesn’t match
– For minor mismatch in Aadhaar name, OTP will be sent to the number registered with Aadhaar
– Ensure date of birth and gender in PAN and Aadhaar are exactly same
– If case the name does not match at all, the linking will fail
Registered for Aadhaar but only have the enrolment number
– Visit an enrolment centre and apply for Aadhaar (if not done already)
– Receive acknowledgement slip on submission of documents, demographic and biometric data
– This acknowledgement slip has enrolment number, as well as date and time
– This entire sequence – enrolment number + date + time is your 28-digit enrolment number
* Income Tax return forms have a field for 12-digit Aadhaar number / 28-digit enrolment number
Link Aadhaar and PAN via SMS
– Send an SMS to either 567678 or 56161 in the following format: UIDPAN<space><12 digit Aadhaar number><Space><10 digit PAN>
As per a notification from the Ministry of Finance, these provisions will not apply to an individual who does not possess the Aadhaar number or the enrolment number and is:
(i) residing in the States of Assam, Jammu and Kashmir and Meghalaya;
(ii) a non-resident as per the Income-tax Act, 1961;
(iii) of the age of eighty years or more at any time during the previous year;
(iv) not a citizen of India
* Earlier this month, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court, challenging the Government’s decision to make this linking mandatory. The court has reserved its order on validity of Section 139AA of Income Tax Act which provides for compulsory quoting of Aadhaar for filing of income tax returns and for making application for allotment of PAN number from July 1 this year.
* The Supreme Court has granted a partial stay on this – click here for details of the judgement.
* On July 31, the Income Tax Department issued a press release confirming that it has extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar with PAN to August 31, 2017. It also clarified that for e-filing returns, it was sufficient to quote Aadhaar or enrolment number, but the return would be processed only after the linking has actually been completed.
* On August 31, the government has further extended the deadline to link Aadhaar with PAN by four months, so the revised date is now December 31, 2017. Petitions challenging the government’s decision in this regard will now be heard by the Supreme Court in November.
* On December 08, the government has yet again extended the deadline to link Aadhaar with PAN, so the revised date is now March 31, 2018.
* On June 30, 2018, the deadline to link Aadhaar with PAN was extended for the fifth time. The revised date is now March 31, 2019.
* On March 31, 2019, the deadline to link Aadhaar with Prime was extended yet gain, to September 30, 2019.
Track expenses, split and settle spends, get bill reminders – with zero manual input, auto-magically possible with Walnut | public_administration |
http://support.myyna.com/294211/nigerian-army-has-no-place-for-analogue-pr-officers | 2018-02-20T23:32:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891813109.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20180220224819-20180221004819-00544.warc.gz | 0.94996 | 155 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__141950850 | en | The public relations officers of the Nigerian Army must key into the social media revolution if they are to effectively discharge their role to the army and the public, an official has said.
The spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Sani Usman, a brigadier-general, gave this advice on Wednesday at a media workshop for the directorate of Army public relations at the Army Resources Centre, Abuja.
According to Mr. Usman, the social media plays a significant role in enhancing the information dissemination needs of military internal security operations.
"The Army of nowadays has no place for analogue public relations officers. I therefore urge you to key into modern media in discharging your duties," Mr. Usman, who is Director Army Public Relations, DAPR, said. | public_administration |
http://www.lasbhc.org/ | 2015-10-04T09:10:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-40/segments/1443736673081.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20151001215753-00040-ip-10-137-6-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.925643 | 257 | CC-MAIN-2015-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-40__0__87994577 | en | Welcome to the Louisiana School-Based Health Alliance
This organization is the alliance of individuals and organizations that support the mission of our state’s school-based health centers. We are committed to:
• Promoting the delivery of high-quality, comprehensive, accessible and affordable health care to children and adolescents at school sites.
• Providing leadership in the long-term sustainability of school-based health centers.
• Offering technical expertise and assistance to school-based health centers across the state, as well as prospective new partners interested in establishing a school-based health center in their communities
The first SBHC opened in Louisiana in 1987.
•Total number of full-time sites = 57
•Total number of part time sites = 9
•No. Of privately funded sites = 5
•No. Of federally funded sites = 1
•No of students registered = 47,133
•No. Of individual visits = 141,414
•No. Of total visits for group counseling = 5,257 Average visits per student = 4.4
Louisiana School-Based Health Care Sites:
LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS OFFICE OF PUBLIC
HEALTH ADOLESCENT SCHOOL HEALTH NETWORK | public_administration |
https://rightsforum.org/over-ons/open-brieven-aan-de-politiek/vml-europese-leiders-sturen-brandbrief-naar-eu/ | 2023-09-24T04:44:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506559.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924023050-20230924053050-00419.warc.gz | 0.833992 | 1,462 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__317881211 | en | Een groot aantal voormalige Europese leiders heeft een brief gestuurd aan de ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken van de 28 EU-lidstaten, onder wie minister Frans Timmermans. De brief is mede ondertekend door onze bestuursvoorzitter Dries van Agt en drie leden van onze Raad van Advies: oud-ministers Frans Andriessen, Hans van den Broek en Laurens Jan Brinkhorst.
Andere prominente ondertekenaars zijn oud NAVO-Secretaris Generaal en Hoge Vertegenwoordiger van de EU Javier Solana en voormalige (vice-) premiers en ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken van Frankrijk, Zweden, Portugal, Ierland, Oostenrijk en Spanje. Zij zijn lid van de European Eminent Persons Group, die in 2010 al een indringende brief aan EU-leiders stuurde.
In de brief roepen de voormalige hoogwaardigheidsbekleders de EU-lidstaten op om de implementatie van nieuwe Europese richtlijnen te steunen, die moeten waarborgen dat de EU geen financiële steun geeft aan Israëls illegale nederzettingen. De brief kreeg in Israël veel media-aandacht en volgt hieronder.
16 September 2013
To: The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union
Cc: Mr Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council, Mr José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Ms Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Ms Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science
Re: Ensuring full application of European Commission guidelines on funding of Israeli entities in the Occupied Territories
Dear Foreign Minister,
With great concern we have taken note of recent calls to delay, modify or even suspend the European Commission guidelines on funding of Israeli entities in the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967, developed in furtherance of the clear EU Foreign Affairs Council position adopted on 10 December 2012:
“The European Union expresses its commitment to ensure that – in line with international law – all agreements between the State of Israel and the European Union must unequivocally and explicitly indicate their inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.”
We urge you to uphold this commitment by supporting the guidelines and their full application by EU institutions, notably in regard to the ongoing negotiations about Israel’s participation in Horizon 2020.
In recent weeks, Israel has expressed strong objections to the guidelines. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has said: “We will not accept any external dictates regarding our borders.” This both misrepresents the EU position and the international legal consensus regarding the Occupied Palestinian Territories. As EU High Representative Catherine Ashton stated, in no way will the guidelines prejudge the outcome of peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.
The guidelines rather reflect the EU’s long-held position that the settlements are illegal and that the Union will not recognize changes to the pre-1967 borders other than agreed by both parties. Their strict application serves to re-iterate that the EU does not recognize and will not support settlements and other illegal facts on the ground that increasingly dictate a unilateral reality inimical to a two state agreement. It is these facts on the ground, not the guidelines, which threaten to make a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict impossible.
The Palestinians have agreed to enter negotiations without explicit Israeli or US guarantees that these negotiations will be based on the pre-1967 borders. As you will recall, the guidelines’ release in mid-July was an important incentive for the Palestinians to agree to a resumption of direct talks without such explicit guarantees. If the EU were to delay or suspend the guidelines, or not fully apply them to the agreement with Israel on Horizon 2020, this could further undermine the Palestinians’ trust in the negotiation process and their ability to continue the talks. In other words, delaying or suspending the guidelines is likely to undermine negotiations, which we want to see succeed, not help them.
Furthermore, political considerations aside, the EU is obligated under its own existing law to effectively prevent the application of its agreements and programmes to illegal settlements outside Israel’s recognised borders. In fact, the guidelines are the required minimum for the EU to fully and effectively implement its own legislation and to prevent its taxpayers’ money from being used to support activities in settlements.
We welcome your efforts in the Middle East Peace Process and fully support the EU’s goal of a negotiated two-state solution. A delay or suspension of the guidelines won’t help achieve this solution. On the contrary, it would undermine the negotiations by alienating the Palestinians and by reinforcing Israel’s intransigence. In addition, it would damage the EU’s credibility and erode its vital foundations as a law-based community.
We urge you to be steadfast and support EU institutions in fully applying the guidelines.
Members of the European Eminent Persons Group:
Frans Andriessen, former Vice-President of the European Commission|
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, former Vice-Prime Minister of the Netherlands
John Bruton, former Prime Minister of Ireland
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, former European Commissioner for External Relations and Former Foreign Minister of Austria
Jeremy Greenstock, former UK Ambassador to the UN; Co-Chair of the EEPG
Teresa Patricio Gouveia, former Foreign Minister of Portugal
Lena Hjelm-Wallén, former Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Wolfgang Ischinger, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Germany and current Chairman of the Munich Security Conference; Co-Chair of the EEPG
Miguel Moratinos, former Foreign Minister of Spain and former EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process
Ruprecht Polenz, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag and former Secretary-General of the CDU
Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France
Pierre Schori, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Sweden
Clare Short, former UK Secretary of State for International Development
Javier Solana, former EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy and Former NATO Secretary-General
Peter Sutherland, former EU Commissioner for Competition and former Director-General of the World Trade Organization
Andreas Van Agt, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Hans Van den Broek, former Foreign Minister of the Netherlands and Former EU Commissioner for External Relations
Hubert Védrine, former Foreign Minister of France; Co-Chair of the EEPG | public_administration |
https://my.grillocom.us/article/white-house-press-secretary-skirts-question-on-house-investigating-hunter-bidens-business-deals/ | 2024-04-18T19:25:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817239.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418191007-20240418221007-00694.warc.gz | 0.964431 | 579 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__77888569 | en | Latest & Breaking News on Fox News
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre deflected questions from a reporter on Tuesday, on whether President Biden lied about his involvement in his family’s business schemes.
During a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre about claims from the House Oversight Committee – just as Republicans were taking control of the House – and claims of having evidence that the president lied to the American people about his involvement in his family’s schemes.
Members of the House Oversight Committee have alleged that Hunter Biden and Joe Biden participated in “waste, fraud, and abuse” in international business dealings.
Along with those allegations, Republicans said in November they had evidence of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., wire fraud, violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, money laundering, tax evasion and other crimes.
“So, look, I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again. House Republicans promised that fighting inflation during the midterms was going to be their number one priority,” Jean Pierre said in response to Doocy’s question. “That’s what they said was important to them, and that’s what they wanted to do. But instead, what they’re doing is wanting to do an investigation on the president and his family. That’s their focus.”
She accused the Republican party of focusing more on what the American people do not want to see, like political division.
“Look, I’m not going to get into, you know, get into the specifics of any oversight here,” Jean-Pierre said, directing questions to White House counsel who would be handling the matter.
At the center of controversy surrounding Hunter is a laptop, which during the presidential campaign was left at a repair shop in Delaware.
The New York Post reported on the many documents on that laptop in October 2020, which detailed questionable overseas business dealings that are now part of an ongoing federal tax probe into Hunter, who was under federal investigation since 2018. President Biden has claimed he had no knowledge of his son’s dealings.
The probe was sparked by suspicious activity reports regarding questionable foreign transactions from “China and other foreign nations.”
In 2020, it became known that the FBI subpoenaed the laptop during an existing money laundering investigation.
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http://rcoates.wordpress.com/ | 2014-09-18T01:37:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657125113.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011205-00130-ip-10-196-40-205.us-west-1.compute.internal.warc.gz | 0.941952 | 417 | CC-MAIN-2014-41 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-41__0__26582353 | en | If you are an importer, you know the importance of US Customs regulations regarding Country of Origin markings. The regulations are in place so that US consumers can be informed about the origin of the products they buy. You can find C of O markings on adhesive stickers attached to products, on imported food labels, on soft labels in apparel and on the outside of a shipping carton or crate. But what happens when one country takes over another? How should the rules of origin apply?
Customs and Border Protection support the US government’s political position in this matter with the enforcement of C of O regulations. Take for example, the current and very serious dispute over the Crimean Peninsula between Russia and the Ukraine. The US government has taken a clear stand against Russia and one of the ways is through C of O marking requirements. CBP requires products of Crimea to be marked with Country of Origin: Ukraine. This is a very significant point being made by the US government. Goods coming from the Crimea cannot be labeled “Made in Russia” because the US government does not recognize the Russian government there.
On April 28, 2014, the White House issued a press release announcing the implementation of further sanctions against Russia including export restrictions for high-technology goods, subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), which could contribute to Russia’s military.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) also announced that, effective immediately, they will “deny pending applications for licenses to export or re-export any high technology item subject to the EAR to Russia or occupied Crimea that contribute to Russia’s military capabilities.” Existing export licenses meeting these conditions will be subject to revocation.
Supply chain professionals often discover that the real reason for a trade law or country regulations is political, not economic. The laws are enforced to further the agenda of the importing country, in this case the US. For the US and Ukraine, this means supporting the Ukrainian government in their fight to keep Ukraine independent. | public_administration |
http://fy-nij-the-effects-of-shift-work-schedules-on-police-officer-he.idilogic.aidpage.com/fy-nij-the-effects-of-shift-work-schedules-on-police-officer-health-safety-performance-and-quality-of-life/ | 2018-06-23T15:46:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267865098.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20180623152108-20180623172108-00283.warc.gz | 0.831324 | 127 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__57413490 | en | NIJ is soliciting research to examine the influence of shift schedules and shift assignment policies on the safety, health, and performance of police officers in the United States. By informing police administrators about the relative risks and benefits of different shift schedules and shift assignment policies, this research will improve their ability to manage shift work and reduce the negative consequences of fatigue and stress on police officers and their families.
Who can apply:
Eligible functional categories:
National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants
If you have problems accessing the full announcement, please contact:
Department of Justice, Headquarters, Office of Justice Programs | public_administration |
https://www.ssdaz.net/will-social-security-still-be-around-when-i-retire | 2023-02-07T10:56:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500456.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20230207102930-20230207132930-00009.warc.gz | 0.972422 | 259 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__224238163 | en | Though it is almost always a mistake to take your Social Security retirement benefits before full retirement age (FRA), people still do it. Retiring as early as 62 could cost you a large amount of money for the rest of your life. So, why do people continue to make this error? One common reason I hear is that retirees are worried that Social Security will either disappear before they can collect or that Social Security will reduce the benefits that they pay retirees.
A new article in Forbes looks at the issue of Social Security reducing benefits as a risk for waiting until FRA. The results are startling. You can read the numbers yourself in the article. But, the takeaway is this: Congress would have to reduce Social Security retirement benefits by 80% before retiring at 62 is a better option than waiting. Yes, 80%.
Seen Any Brave Politicians Lately?
Before applying for Social Security retirement at age 62, ask yourself: How likely is that politicians would reduce the income of the people most likely to
vote (the elderly) by 80%? If you are convinced that this sort of political courage exists in Washington, go ahead and retire. Otherwise, be patient, be smart, and wait as long as possible to collect your retirement benefits. | public_administration |
https://ortalent.com/portfolio_page/leader-succession-in-a-federal-government-agency/ | 2023-12-04T10:04:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100527.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204083733-20231204113733-00570.warc.gz | 0.964657 | 115 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__76733990 | en | A large US Government Agency needed a new generation of leaders who could transform the organization.
Our client is a much-loved American institution and large national employer. Faced with significant changes in their core market and a disconnect in employee engagement, they not only needed leaders who could sustain the organization, but could also transform it.
We partnered with the client to support them in strengthening the senior leadership bench, accelerating the development of future leaders and introducing more objectivity into selecting and developing its leaders.
Over the past 6 years, our partnership with the client has enabled: | public_administration |
http://en.zhaojin.com.cn/safety/zhiye-detail-1911.htm | 2023-11-28T18:51:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679099942.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20231128183116-20231128213116-00564.warc.gz | 0.909453 | 714 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__152944451 | en | Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 16 (Xinhua Fan Xi) for the unified norms of state-owned property transactions, the State Council State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission on the 16th issued "enterprise state-owned property rights trading rules (draft)", clearly stipulates the transfer of state-owned property The price should be based on the results of asset valuation, suspected of infringement of the legitimate rights and interests of state-owned assets, state-owned assets regulatory agencies may require the end of the transaction.
It is understood that the draft by the SASAC organization Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing 4 to the SASAC and property rights trading institutions to study and develop. The draft is divided into eight chapters, involving the transfer of state-owned property rights to apply for the transfer of information published, the intention to register the transferee, the organization transfer transaction signing, clearing the transaction funds and issuing transaction certificates and other property rights transactions specific links.
The draft stipulates that the state-owned property right transaction of the enterprise refers to the transfer of the property right transfer information through the property right transaction institution after the relevant decision-making and approval procedures are carried out by the state-owned property right transfer entity.
The draft pointed out that the state-owned property rights transfer of the first information announcement when the listing price shall not be lower than the record or approved the transfer of the underlying asset valuation results. If the transferee is not collected within the prescribed notice period, the transferor may set a new listing price within 90% of the assessment result and make a further announcement. When the new listing price is less than 90% of the appraisal result, the transferor shall re-issue the notice of the transfer of property rights after re-obtaining the approval of the transfer of property rights.
In order to protect the state-owned assets in the process of transfer of property rights without loss, the draft stipulates that the transfer of state-owned property rights in the process of alleged infringement of the legitimate rights and interests of state-owned assets, state-owned assets supervision and management agencies may require property rights trading institutions to end property rights transactions.
According to regulations, the transferor shall disclose the basic information of the subject matter of the transfer, the terms of the transaction, the qualification of the transferee, the relevant information which has significant influence on the property right transaction in the notice of the transfer of title. In the property rights transfer information after the expiration of the announcement, resulting in two or more eligible transferee, the property rights trading institutions in accordance with the announcement of the auction way to organize the implementation of open auction; only produce a satisfactory intention of the transferee, Property rights trading organizations to organize the transaction between the two sides by the listing price and the buyer's offer the same principle directly signed.
In order to ensure the safety of transaction funds, the requirements of the draft, the property rights trading institutions to implement a unified settlement of funds settlement system, set up an independent settlement account, the organization of payment of property rights transaction funds to ensure that the settlement account transaction funds security, The
The transferee shall pay the transaction price of the property right transaction to the settlement account of the equity transaction institution within the time limit stipulated in the property right transaction contract. The transaction price of the contract of the property right transaction is paid in installments, and the price of the down payment transaction shall not be less than 30% of the turnover amount. | public_administration |
https://www.orbitax.com/taxhub/taxtreaties/AE/United-Arab-Emirates/AT/Austria/6564b895183f7a79650a46704035bd06/-Termination_ARTICLE-30 | 2023-04-01T23:27:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296950363.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20230401221921-20230402011921-00702.warc.gz | 0.927279 | 231 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__41678212 | en | This Convention shall remain in force until terminated by a Contracting State. Either Contracting State may terminate the Convention, through diplomatic channels, by giving written notice of termination on or before the thirtieth day of June in a calendar year after the fifth year from the date of entry into force of the Convention. In such event, the Convention shall cease to have effect in respect of the taxes for any fiscal year beginning after December 31 in the calendar year in which the notice of termination has been given.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Plenipotentiaries of the two Contracting States, duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention.
DONE in duplicate in Abu Dhabi on the 22nd day of September 2003, in the German, Arab and English languages, each text being equally authentic. In the case of divergence between the texts the English text shall prevail.
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA:
FOR THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
HAMDAN BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM | public_administration |
http://www.wc211.org/ | 2016-02-09T02:59:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701156448.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193916-00027-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.966603 | 201 | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-07__0__88196963 | en | 2-1-1 is the National abbreviated dialing code for FREE access to health and human services information and referral. Our goal is to help those with limited resources locate the programs in their area to assist them in their time of need services such as food, financial assistance, home health services, transportation, medical and dental services to help cut through the confusion of calling agency after agency to locate the appropriate assistance.
The Western Colorado 211 service is not directory assistance but a guide to help the community in knowing what is available to them and how to not only access those services but also what they will need to have with them when applying to prevent delay in receiving assistance. A referral specialist will ask some basic demographics questions to help narrow the search for programs to help the consumer manage their time and resources. The specialist will also help the consumer in prioritizing needs if they have multiple needs to be sure the consumer is empowered to make choices on how to proceed with applying for assistance. All information collected is confidential. | public_administration |
https://avitarinc.com/press_releases_detail.cfm?pressrelease=2001_05_08_084200_89295pr.cfm | 2024-02-25T05:35:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474581.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225035809-20240225065809-00508.warc.gz | 0.930477 | 717 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__187250740 | en | Press Releases Detail:
Avitar Awarded Drugs-of-Abuse Testing Program for Michigan Department of Corrections
- Program Monitors 50,000 Parolees and Probationers Throughout the State -
May 08, 2001
CANTON, Mass., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Avitar, Inc. (Amex: - news) announced today that it has been awarded the sole source program to sell ORALscreen(TM) to the State of Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC). The program is for the purpose of testing parolees and probationers monitored by the division of Field Operations Administration (FOA) for abuse of illegal drugs.
``Michigan is the fifth and largest state corrections department to adopt ORALscreen as a method of testing in the last nine months. We are pleased to begin working with Michigan's DOC because of its reputation as one of the most innovative leaders in corrections services,'' said Peter P. Phildius, Avitar's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. ``The use of ORALscreen by the Michigan DOC demonstrates the value of this product to the parole and probation markets. With our success in this market, we are targeting several other corrections departments in large states in seeking additional conversions to ORALscreen in the future.''
``We are constantly re-evaluating our methods of substance abuse monitoring,'' stated Tom Combs, Special Program Manager in Field Operations Administration for the State of Michigan. ``We understand that using urine to check for drug abuse contains a number of issues such as sample substitution and adulteration, as well as the time and inconvenience of collection and processing. ORALscreen solves these problems and provides the people of Michigan an effective and quick method of monitoring drug abuse in parolees and probationers. ''We are currently implementing this program to monitor an estimated 50,000 parolees and probationers in the state. We are pleased to be the model for ORALscreen testing for the entire state of Michigan and anticipate other state agencies will adopt this process as well,`` added Combs.
Avitar, Inc. (Amex: - news) headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts, develops, manufactures and markets innovative medical devices based on proprietary core technologies for two distinctive markets: oral fluid diagnostics and customized polyurethane applications used in the wound dressing industry. Oral fluid diagnostics includes both the drugs-of-abuse testing market estimated to be worth $1.5 billion encompassing the corporate workplace and criminal justice markets and the $20 billion clinical diagnostics market. Avitar's products include ORALscreen(TM), the world's first non-invasive, rapid, onsite oral fluid test for drugs-of-abuse, and HAIRscreen(TM), a laboratory based hair test for detecting long-term drug abuse. Additionally, the company manufactures and markets HYDRASORB(TM), an absorbent topical dressing for moderate to heavy exudating wounds. In 2001, the company formed strategic partnerships with DIPRO Diagnostic Products GmbH, Pinkerton Security Group, and also acquired Texas-based BJR Security Service, a provider of canines trained to detect narcotics, explosives and firearms for markets that include education and the oil and petroleum industry.
For more information, see Avitar's website at avitarinc.com .
This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties including the development and marketing of new applications and other risks that are detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. | public_administration |
http://oghs.schoolloop.com/ssc | 2015-05-30T18:20:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207932596.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113212-00105-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.941234 | 229 | CC-MAIN-2015-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-22__0__92892210 | en | A School Site Council (SSC) must be established at all East Side Union High School District (ESUHSD) Schools. The SSC is a decision-making body that represents all stakeholders in the school community, including a school Administrator, Teachers, other school personnel, parents, students and other community members. Their primary responsibility is to identify common goals for student achievement and to assist the leadership team in developing a plan to achieve those goals. Specific tasks of the SSC are:
- Review and analyze student data.
- Develop, approve and annually revise the Single School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA).
- Approve and recommend the plan to the school board.
- Oversee the Site-based budgeting of categorical funds and review expenditures.
The School Site Council meetings for the 2012-2013 school year will be held at 4:00 PM in the Administration Conference Room on the following dates:
- October 10, 2012
- November 14, 2012
- December 9, 2012
- February 13, 2013
- March 13, 2013
- April 10, 2013 (tentative) | public_administration |
https://www.snapmigrate.com/special-assistance | 2023-03-23T01:43:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296944606.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20230323003026-20230323033026-00046.warc.gz | 0.941322 | 287 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__286268620 | en | Applicants for any visas must be of good character. If you do not meet the character requirements, you will need a character waiver for the visa application to be approved. However, Immigration New Zealand will not consider character waiver requests if you have character issues described in section 15 or 16 of the Immigration Act 2009.
When Immigration New Zealand considers a character waiver request, it will take into account factors such as:
The seriousness of the offence
How long ago the relevant event occurred
Whether the applicant has any immediate family lawfully and permanently in New Zealand
Whether the applicant's potential contribution to New Zealand will be significant.
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If you are in New Zealand unlawfully, but not subject to a deportation order, you will need a Section 61 request to make you lawful staying in New Zealand.
A decision on Section 61 requests falls under the "absolute discretion" of the immigration officer or the Minister. You will, therefore, need to put your best foot forward in such a request to maximise your chance.
If your temporary visa has been declined by Immigration New Zealand and you are onshore lawfully, you may apply for a reconsideration of your application.
Note that offshore applicants are not legally entitled to the right of reconsideration. However, it is possible if new and compelling information has been promptly provided. | public_administration |
http://gpchhachha.com/about_aicte.html | 2023-03-21T03:53:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943625.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20230321033306-20230321063306-00485.warc.gz | 0.938044 | 2,011 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__123262535 | en | "To ensure the pursuit of the highest standards at the first degree and post-graduate levels, and to provide on adequate machinery with the national and professional concern with the future development at these levels, we have recommended the setting up of a UGC-type organisation, industry and concerned Ministries. This body should have a full-time chairman, and funds should be allotted to it on a block basis."
As per the section 10 & 11 of AICTE Act (52 of 1987), the power and functions of the Council are as under:
It shall be the duty of the Council to take all such steps as it may think fit for ensuring coordinated and integrated development of technical and management education and maintenance of standards and for the purposes of performing its functions under this Act, the Council may-
Undertake survey in the various fields of technical education, collect data on all related matters and make forecast of the needed growth and development in technical education;
Coordinate the development of the technical education in the country at all levels;
Allocate and disburse out of the Fund of the Council such grants, on such terms and conditions as it may think fit to-
Promote innovations, research and development in established and new technologies, generation, adoption and adaptation of new technologies to meet development requirements and for over-all improvement of educational processes.
Formulate schemes for promoting technical education for women, handicapped and weaker sections of the society;
Promote an effective link between technical education system and other relevant systems including research and development organizations, industry and the community;
Evolve suitable performance appraisal systems for technical institutions and universities imparting technical education, incorporating norms and mechanisms for enforcing accountability;
Formulate schemes for the initial and in service training of teachers and identify institutions or centers and set up new centers for offering staff development programmes including continuing education of teachers;
Lay down norms and standards for courses, curricula, physical and instructional facilities, staff pattern, staff qualifications, quality instructions, assessment and examinations;
Fix norms and guidelines for charging tuition and other fees;
Grant approval for starting new technical institutions and for introduction of new courses or programmes in consultation with the agencies concerned;
Advise the Central Government in respect of grant of charter to any professional body or institution in the field of technical education conferring powers, rights and privileges on it for the promotion of such profession in its field including conduct of examinations and awarding of membership certificates;
Lay down norms for granting autonomy to technical institutions;
Take all necessary steps to prevent commercialization of technical education;
Provide guidelines for admission of students to technical institutions and Universities imparting technical education;
Inspect or cause to inspect any technical institutions;
Withhold or discontinue grants in respect of courses, programmes to such technical institutions which fail to comply with the directions given by the Council within the stipulated period of time and take such other steps as may be necessary for ensuring compliance of the directions of Council;
Take steps to strengthen the existing organizations, and to set up new organizations to ensure effective discharge of the Council’s responsibilities and to create positions of professional, technical and supporting staff based on requirements;
Declare technical institutions at various levels and types offering courses in technical education fit to receive grants;
Advise the Commission for declaring any institutions imparting technical as a deemed university;
Set up a National Board of Accreditation to periodically conduct evaluation of technical education institutions or programmes on the basis of guidelines, norms and standards specified by it and to make recommendations to it, or to the Council, or to the Commission or to other bodies, regarding recognition or de-recognition of the institution or the programme;
Perform such other functions as may be prescribed.
For the purposes of ascertaining the financial needs of technical institution or a University or its standards of teaching, examination and research, the Council may cause an inspection of any department or departments of such technical institution or University to be made in such manner as may be prescribed and by such person or persons as it may direct.
The Council shall communicate to the technical institutions or University the date on which any inspection under sub-section (1) is to be made and the technical institution or University shall be entitled to be associated with the inspection in such manner as may be prescribed.
The Council shall communicate to the technical institution or the University, its views in regard to the results of any such inspection and may, after ascertaining opinion of that technical institution or University, recommend to that institution or University the action to be taken as a result of such inspection.
All communications to a technical institutions or University under this section shall be made to the executive authority thereof and the executive authority of the technical institution or University shall report to the Council the action, if any, which is proposed to be taken for the purposes of implementing any such recommendation as it referred to in sub-section (3).
The Council’s Headquarters is located at New Delhi. The Council has Chairman, Vice Chairman and Member Secretary, who are full time tenure appointments.
2. The statutory bodies of AICTE as prescribed by the Act are :
3. The Council is a 51 member body and has Chairman, Vice Chairman and Member Secretary who have full time tenure appointments and includes amongst others, representatives of various Departments of the Government of India, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, Governments of States & Union Territories, representatives from the statutory Boards and Committees of the Council, professional bodies and organizations in the concerned areas of technical education and research and representatives from industry, commerce etc. The Council performs its functions in consultation with State Governments, Universities, State Boards of Technical Education, Professional bodies and experts. The prime duty of the Council is to take all such steps as it may think fit for ensuring coordinated and integrated development of technical and management education and maintenance of standards.
4. The Executive Committee is a 21-member body constituted by the Council and discharges such functions as may be assigned to it by the Council. The Executive Committee is chaired by the Chairman of the Council and includes Vice-Chairman of the Council; Education Secretary to the Government of India; two Chairmen of the Regional Committees; three Chairmen of the All India Boards of Studies; one Member of the Council representing the Ministry of Finance of the Central Government; four Members of the Council representing States/UTs; four Members with expertise and distinction in areas relevant to technical education; Chairman of the University Grants Commission; Director of the Institute of Applied Manpower Research; Director General of Indian Council of Agriculture Research. The Member-Secretary of the Council is the Member Secretary of the Executive Committee.
5. The AICTE Act provided for the establishment of five Boards of Studies. However, the Council was empowered by the Act to establish such other Boards of Studies as it may think fit. Presently, there are 10 All India Boards of Studies in various sectors of technical education. These are: -
Each Board of Studies has about fifteen members and is headed by subject experts of eminence. These Boards advise the Executive Committee on academic matters falling in their areas of concern including norms, standards, model curricula, model facilities and structure of courses and all other areas of academic development in their respective fields.
6. The AICTE Act provided for the establishment of four Regional Committees. However, the Council was empowered by the Act to establish such other Regional Committee as it may think fit. Presently, there are 8 Regional Committees. The details of regions and states covered under these committees are as under
Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat
Goa, Maharashtra Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep
Manipur, Assam Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Meghalaya Mizoram, West Bengal Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunchal Pradesh, Orissa and Jharkhand
Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir Punjab, Rajasthan and Chandigarh
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal
Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry
South Central Region
Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
Each Regional Committee has 15-20 members and is headed by a person of eminence. These Committees advise and assist the Council in all aspects of planning, promoting and regulating technical education within their respective regions.
7. AICTE has also established 8 Regional Offices situated in Bhopal, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Kanpur, Kolkata, Hyderabad & Mumbai, for the efficient discharge of the Council’s functions within their respective regions. These offices act as secretariats of the Regional Committees and coordinate with the Headquarters and the State Technical Education Departments.
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"The aim of our college has always been to provide an adequately skilled manpower having appropriate knowledge, skills, discipline and attitude for industry & society."
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http://getermpaperrcwv.theseospot.info/essay-on-food-security-bill-in-india-2013.html | 2018-09-18T21:25:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267155702.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20180918205149-20180918225149-00515.warc.gz | 0.908191 | 784 | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-39__0__79641559 | en | Food security bill in india essay the 1996 world food summit the national food security bill, 2013 definition - “food hunger and food security in india nc. Introduction national food security bill (referred to as nfsb in this report) is a proposed act which makes food availability a right for every citizen of india. Get information about the national security bill, 2013 by department of food and public distribution details related to the national security bill, its short title. The national food security bill 2013 http://socialissuesindiawordpresscom/ page 2 table of content topic page no food insecurity in india 3.
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Food security in india food security is access to enough food by national food security bill 2013 introduced in lok sabha food essay 7 february 2013 food. Food security essay this brings out the importance of non-food inputs in food security food availability : read omnibus spending bill text. Which is a staple food crop especially in india and other countries within asia food rescue food security bill, 2013 legislation in india. Read this essay on food security bill india’s food security bill where india’s food bill fails children the national food security bill, 2013. Find national food security bill latest news, videos & pictures on national food security bill and see latest updates press trust of india | friday june 7, 2013. | public_administration |
http://nevadacountygop.org/posts/nevada-county-republicans-elect-new-leadership-team-0 | 2013-05-25T21:39:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706469149/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121429-00038-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.955775 | 251 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__104515575 | en | - Contribute Today
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In its bi-annual January 7, 2013 organizational meeting, newly elected members of the Nevada County Republican Central Committee chose new leaders for the two year term beginning in 2013. Deborah Wilder was elected as the new chair replacing Rich Ulery. Deborah is president of a construction consulting company, an attorney, and a former councilmember and mayor of Foster City, CA. She resides in Grass Valley. Elected to other leadership positions were Greg Marks, 1st Vice Chairman from Nevada City, Nancy Brost, 2nd Vice Chairman from Nevada City, Claudia Taylor, Secretary from Lake of the Pines, and Fran Freedle, Treasurer from Grass Valley.
In the January 9th Republican Party meeting, Deborah outlined her vision for the direction of the Party over the next two years. Key objectives include outreach to Nevada County elected officials and business owners, an active committee structure focusing on candidate recruitment, the registration and election of Republicans, fundraising, precinct organization, communications, and the growth of the Nevada County Young Republican organization.
Deborah can be contacted at [email protected]. | public_administration |
https://www.pyramidbrokerage.com/new-york-unified-court-system-leases-office-space-at-101-state-farm-place-at-malta-grove/ | 2021-04-19T06:36:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038878326.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20210419045820-20210419075820-00639.warc.gz | 0.921935 | 268 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__193887381 | en | New York Unified Court System Leases Office Space at 101 State Farm Place at Malta Grove
Date Posted: December 9, 2020
The New York Unified Court System, Fourth Judicial District has recently leased 22,754 square feet at the former 101 State Farm Place in Malta, New York, recently rebranded as Malta Grove. The Fourth Judicial District is comprised of eleven counties and is, geographically, the largest of New York State’s judicial districts. This transaction represents both a relocation and expansion for The New York Unified Court System who is relocating from 65 South Broadway, Saratoga Springs. The building is conveniently located seconds off Exit 12 of the Adirondack Northway, providing ease of access for all employees.
Peter Struzzi, SIOR and Jeffrey D’Amore, SIOR of Cushman & Wakefield | Pyramid Brokerage Company of Albany represented the Landlord, Malta Grove LLC, in the transaction. Struzzi and D’Amore are the exclusive leasing brokers for the two-story 116,000± SF Class A office building.
If you would like more information regarding Cushman & Wakefield | Pyramid Brokerage Company, or how to lease space at Malta Grove, please refer to their website at www.pyramidbrokerage.com‹ Back to News | public_administration |
https://www.sarkarinaukridaily.in/jobs/bureau-of-pharma-psu-of-india-bppi-recruitment-chief-executive-officer-vacancy-2017/ | 2020-01-27T09:38:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579251696046.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20200127081933-20200127111933-00000.warc.gz | 0.729341 | 337 | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__244914498 | en | Bureau of Pharma PSU of India – BPPI Recruitment – Chief Executive Officer Vacancy – Last Date 15 October 2017
BPPI Job Details :
- Post Name : Chief Executive Officer
- No. of Vacancy : 01 Post
- Pay Scale : Rs. 150000/- (Per Month)
Eligibility Criteria for BPPI Recruitment :
- Educational Qualification : Graduation from a recognized university. Additional qualification like MBA/PGDM from reputed Institutions/Universities will be an added advantage.
- Age Limit : Maximum age limit is 60 years as on 01.10.2017
Job Location : Gurgaon (Haryana)
Selection Process : Selection will be based on Interview.
Application fee : There is no application fee.
How to Apply BPPI Vacancy : Interested candidates may apply in prescribed application along with self attested copies of their qualification and experience certificates send to CEO BPPI, Bureau of Pharma Public Sector Undertakings of India (BPPI), IDPL Corporate Office Complex, Old Delhi-Gurgaon Road, Dundahera, Gurgaon-122016 (HR) on or before 15.10.2017
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https://www.ontarioupc.com/2012/12/hello-world/ | 2019-07-24T04:23:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195530385.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20190724041048-20190724063048-00367.warc.gz | 0.933805 | 152 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__180142976 | en | New Site Launch!
Hello everyone, and welcome to the new OntarioUPC.com. We have just launched a new version of the site that will enable us to develop more content and keep the site even more up-to-date. It is the goal of the Ontario District and the Media Missions department to make this site a hub for Ontario District activities. Check back often for new content from events happening in the District, and we hope to soon begin to feature interviews and profiles of new and existing ministers in the District to get to know each other better.
We look ahead with great anticipation to the new year just around the corner. We are expecting great things from the Lord in 2013!!
Rev. Dustin Abbott,
Ontario Media Missions Director | public_administration |
https://vivo.scripps.edu/display/n1819 | 2021-06-23T05:35:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488534413.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20210623042426-20210623072426-00515.warc.gz | 0.947203 | 182 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__123005534 | en | - The National Library of Medicine (NLM), in Bethesda, Maryland, is a part of the National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Since its founding in 1836, NLM has played a pivotal role in translating biomedical research into practice. It is the world's largest biomedical library and the developer of electronic information services that deliver trillions of bytes of data to millions of users every day. Scientists, health professionals, and the public in the US and around the globe search the Library's online information resources more than one billion times each year. The Library is open to all and has many services and resources--for scientists, health professionals, historians, and the general public. NLM has nearly 12 million books, journals, manuscripts, audiovisuals, and other forms of medical information on its shelves, making it the largest health-science library in the world. | public_administration |
https://dallascasaclassic.com/about-dallas-casa/ | 2023-10-01T09:49:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510810.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001073649-20231001103649-00306.warc.gz | 0.957336 | 665 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__241357737 | en | We are so grateful to our friends at Goldman Sachs, Pioneer Natural Resources and AT&T for their continued dedication to the annual Dallas CASA Classic, particularly during the tremendous turmoil and uncertainty of the past few years. Their commitment to child victims who continue to suffer, is extraordinary and inspiring to us all. Through their remarkable efforts and their generous sponsors, they have been helping to ensure that children who have experienced abuse and neglect are safe, healthy and protected and have the very best opportunity to grow up in loving families where they can thrive.
More than 2,600 Dallas County children lived in the custody of the state last year because they weren’t safe in their homes. Amidst an overwhelmed child welfare system, judges often are frustrated when they don’t have enough information to make the best decisions for children who have been brought into protective care. CASA volunteers are trained and supervised to gather information that helps judges decide whether the child’s temporary placement is safe and appropriate, what educational, medical and therapeutic services each child needs, and whether returning home is a safe option. Acting as the eyes and the ears of the courts, CASA volunteers review records, conduct research on subjects ranging from available resources to potential relative placements, and talk to everyone involved in a child’s life.
With detailed, current knowledge of the children’s circumstances, our volunteers ultimately make recommendations that help judges decide where a child can grow up surrounded by love and support. And throughout this very difficult and frightening time, the children benefit emotionally from the steady presence of caring volunteers who have no agenda other than the child’s well-being. A CASA volunteer may be a child’s only lifeline, making all the difference in a young life marked early on by injury and trauma.
Now in its 43rd year, Dallas CASA serves more children than any of the more than 900 CASA programs nationwide. The cost to serve a child for a year is $3,142. Serving all the children year after year means we need to increase levels of support to recruit and train many more volunteers and hire additional program staff to train and supervise the volunteers.
For the past 25 years, the Dallas CASA Classic and the growth of Dallas CASA have gone hand in hand. With the critical support of this extraordinary golf tournament, Dallas CASA has grown from serving 407 children in 1998 and now is able to accept all court appointments to cases involving child victims in Dallas County. Dallas CASA depends on the generosity and commitment of those who support this golf tournament to make sure every child in need has a CASA volunteer advocate. Every child has the right to be safe and you are giving so many at-risk children the chance to grow up in safe and loving homes.
Thank you for helping to improve the lives of thousands of children in our community who — through no fault of their own — have suffered abuse or neglect at the hands of those who should have been their fiercest protectors. We hope you are deeply proud of the contributions you are making to better the lives and brighten the future of so many of our precious children.
Kathleen M. LaValle
President and CEO | public_administration |
https://www.staatsbad.de/en/imprint/ | 2022-01-17T10:03:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320300533.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220117091246-20220117121246-00510.warc.gz | 0.784879 | 271 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__194432854 | en | Notes in accordance with § 5 of the German Telemedia Act (TMG)
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https://www.afa1976.org/news/474626/Joint-Webinar-Combating-the-Opioid-Epidemic-on-College-Campuses.htm | 2020-04-08T14:41:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371818008.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20200408135412-20200408165912-00242.warc.gz | 0.960078 | 588 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__85217216 | en | Joint Webinar: Combating the Opioid Epidemic on College Campuses
Friday, October 18, 2019
Posted by: Andrea Starks-Corbin
Combating the Opioid Epidemic on College Campuses
A free webinar presented by Holmes Murphy and AFA on Wednesday, November 6 at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Opioid abuse and addiction is a serious public health problem, and colleges and universities are not immune from its effects. The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) works to reduce drug use and its consequences by leading and coordinating the development, implementation, and assessment of U.S. drug policy. In addition to its vital ongoing work, ONDCP also provides administrative and financial support to the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, established by Executive Order on March 29, 2017.
We are pleased to feature representatives from the ONDCP to share the latest information on strategies to combat this epidemic.
Kendel Ehrlich is the deputy director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy. Deputy Director Ehrlich has extensive political, legal, and leadership experience with a dedication to drug abuse prevention and treatment. She attended the University of Delaware where she received a bachelor of science in criminal justice, and went on to receive her J.D. from the University of Baltimore Law School. She has served in Annapolis, MD as a public defender and prosecutor, and most recently as a drug court prosecutor. Ehrlich was the first lady of Maryland from 2003 to 2007, where she worked on campaigns focused on education, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, and cancer prevention.
Dr. Cecelia Spitznas is a senior policy analyst at ONDCP. There she provides policy analysis and scientific advice for the ONDCP director, chief of staff, and the director of the National Opioids and Synthetics Coordination Group on special matters of concern to such as prescription drug addiction, safer prescribing, overdose prevention, and policies to respond to overdose, treatment, and medical consequences of addiction. Prior to ONDCP she spent 12 years at the National Institute on Drug Abuse overseeing a portfolio concerned with research on addiction treatment and provider training. Before becoming a federal employee, she was a research assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an NIH grantee studying treatment and relapse in homeless drug and alcohol users.
Sarmed Rashid works on strategy at ONDCP where he joined as a presidential management fellow. Before joining federal service, he ran counterinsurgency programs in conflict zones and worked in the private sector. A graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, he also works as an EMT.
Please join us on Wednesday, November 6 at 3:00 p.m. ET as we hear the latest from this panel of experts. | public_administration |
http://www.conawaygroup.com/ | 2017-02-20T08:34:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501170434.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104610-00473-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.894538 | 218 | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-09__0__137952372 | en | The Conaway Group, LLC is an affiliation of former military professionals, with extensive active and reserve service, who have combined their impressive command and staff experiences, to provide a unique combination of business development, strategic planning, and subject matter expertise. The Conaway Group offers an outstanding team approach to assist any organization in communicating with the organizations of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, with emphasis to the Departments of the Army and the Air Force, and the National Guard Bureau, to include the individual States and Territories that comprise the National Guard of the U.S.
The Conaway Group team specializes in the areas of Information Technology, Homeland Security/Homeland Defense, and improving the Readiness of our Armed Forces. Current clients include business units within the General Dynamics; Lockheed Martin;
EADS North America,
SRA International; EWA; M7 Aerospace; Mountaintop Technologies, andGovConnection.
*The Conaway Group*
- Business Development
- Strategic Planning
- Homeland Security/Homeland Defense
- Program Management
- Government Relations | public_administration |
http://83.222.249.226/help-for-families/discrimination-and-equalities-advice/ | 2020-04-06T13:49:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371637684.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20200406133533-20200406164033-00027.warc.gz | 0.956333 | 1,454 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__91662527 | en | Equality Act 2010 – discrimination and your rights
When are you protected from discrimination?
If someone is treated unfairly because of their disability, or because of something arising from their disability, this may be disability discrimination.
The following information may be helpful. If you require additional casework support please contact our SNAP Cymru discrimination helpline. ( please leave a message and your contact detail if asked to do so and an advisor will return your call)
discrimination helpline 0300 222 5711
or email: [email protected]
Discrimination means treating you unfairly because of who you are. The Equality Act 2010 protects you from discrimination by:
- businesses and organisations which provide goods or services like banks, shops and utility companies
- health and care providers like hospitals and care homes
- someone you rent or buy a property from like housing associations and estate agents
- schools, colleges and other education providers
- transport services like buses, trains and taxis
- public bodies like government departments and local authorities
There are nine protected characteristics in the Equality Act, Disability is one of the protected characteristics. Discrimination which happens because of one or more of these characteristics is unlawful under the Act.
A child or young person is disabled under the Equality Act 2010 (section 6) if they:
‘… have a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. This is actually a low test to meet as “substantial” means more than minor or trivial and “long term” means lasting more than one year or likely to last more than one year.’
Not all children or young people with special educational needs will be disabled and not all disabled children or young people will have special educational needs. The vast majority however will fall under both legal definitions.
The ‘responsible body’
A ‘responsible body’ is a LA or school/college governing body and is legally responsible for discrimination, harassment and victimisation carried out by its employees. Early years settings, schools, colleges and local authorities (“LAs”) have clear legal duties to act to prevent unlawful discrimination, whether directly or indirectly. They must ensure that they do not treat children and young people with disabilities less favourably than others.
A school’s duty to its pupils goes beyond just the formal education, it provides and covers all school activities such as extra-curricular and leisure. It does not matter whether a school knew about or approved of those acts. An employee of a school is personally responsible for their own acts of discrimination, harassment or victimisation whether or not the employer is also liable. However, an employee cannot be personally liable in relation to disability discrimination in schools.
The pupils covered by the schools provisions are:
- pupils at the school (including those absent or temporarily excluded
- former pupils (if there is a continuing relationship based on them having been a pupil at the school)
- prospective pupils
The responsible body of a school must not discriminate against a pupil:
- in admissions
- in the way it provides education for the pupil
- in the way it provides access to a benefit, facility or service
- by not providing education for the pupil
- by not affording the pupil access to a benefit, facility or service
- by excluding the pupil from the school
- by subjecting the pupil to any other detriment
The law applies equally to what happens at break and lunch-times as well as to what happens during lessons and covers school related activities such as school clubs, after school clubs, sports activities and school trips.
The responsible body has a duty to make reasonable adjustments – to change what they do or were proposing to do – to ensure a disabled child or young person is not disadvantaged. This includes the provision of aids and services to support a child or young person. This is an anticipatory requirement owed to disabled pupils generally and therefore schools need to think in advance about what disabled pupils might require and what adjustments might need to be made for them.
This duty does not depend on knowledge of a particular pupil’s disabilities, though lack of knowledge may impact on what is reasonable for a school to do in particular circumstances.
If a school has failed to make a reasonable adjustment which would have prevented or minimised the unfavourable treatment, it will be very difficult for them to show objectively that the treatment was justified.
A claim of disability discrimination against a school of any type (whether state funded or independent) can be made to the SENTW (Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal Wales. A claim against a Further Education College or Local Authority is brought in the County Court.
Discrimination can come in one of the following forms:
- direct discrimination – treating someone with a protected characteristic less favourably than others
- indirect discrimination – putting rules or arrangements in place that apply to everyone, but that put someone with a protected characteristic at an unfair disadvantage
- harassment – unwanted behaviour linked to a protected characteristic that violates someone’s dignity or creates an offensive environment for them
- victimisation – treating someone unfairly because they’ve complained about discrimination or harassment
Discrimination by association
The Act also protects you if people in your life, like family members or friends, have a protected characteristic and you’re treated unfairly because of that. This is called discrimination by association. For example, if you’re discriminated against because your son is gay.
If you complain about discrimination
The Equality Act protects you if you’re treated badly because you’ve complained about discrimination or stood up for discrimination rights, either for yourself or for someone else.
If you believe your child is disabled and requires reasonable adjustments to be made for them , you should ask the school to do this. You can meet with them to discuss this or if necessary put the request in writing. If reasonable adjustments are not made you could put this in writing using this template If you do feel your child has experienced discrimination despite you requesting reasonable adjustments, the first step would be to make a formal complaint using the school’s own complaints procedure. In your complaint, you should explain what type of disability discrimination you believe has taken place, and what action you think the school should take to remedy it.
If the complaint does not resolve matters, you could choose to bring a claim to the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal Wales ) (the “SENTW”).
However, it is worth considering whether a disability discrimination claim is the best path of action in your individual circumstances.
Discrimination claims are ‘backward looking’, because they focus on a past event of discrimination rather than looking forward to what support is needed. You may prefer to youse the SEN framework to access the appropriate support for your child.
Equality Advisory & Support Service
SENTW – Special Educational Needs Tribunal Wales
Helpline: 01597 829800 ~ E-mail: [email protected] | public_administration |
https://www.firstlanguages.org.au/news?start=368 | 2021-02-26T10:32:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178356456.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20210226085543-20210226115543-00291.warc.gz | 0.945135 | 209 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__182145175 | en | Justine Ferrari, The Australian, May 25, 2009
INDIGENOUS leaders are calling for a national education action plan to be adopted at the next meeting of state and federal governments, setting out specific goals to be reviewed annually.
A working group of indigenous leaders headed by Australian of the Year Mick Dodson is proposing a 25-year action plan along the lines of the compact on indigenous health signed by government and key stakeholders last year.
The initiative comes at the instigation of the Australian Education Union, which approached Professor Dodson to spearhead the development of a long-term plan to overcome the piecemeal approach that has characterised efforts to improve indigenous education in the past.
Professor Dodson has formed a working group with representatives of the AEU and leading Aborigines, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice and Race Discrimination Commissioner Tom Calma and executive director of the Indigenous Education Leadership Institute Chris Sarra, to develop ideas for the plan.
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Article with thanks to the Australian Education Digest. | public_administration |
https://perlawpersonalinjury.com/upcoming-amendments-to-ontarios-statutory-accident-benefits/ | 2021-07-25T23:07:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046151866.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20210725205752-20210725235752-00201.warc.gz | 0.930647 | 465 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__33238214 | en | Prepared by Bryce Dillon, Article Student
On June 1, 2016, important amendments to the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule will take effect.
Statutory Accident Benefits (“SABs”) are provided for in every motor vehicle insurance policy in Ontario. A person injured in a collision may claim them to compensate for a range of expenses (e.g. medical, rehabilitative, or attendant care needs) or a loss of income resulting from an injury. Depending on the type of benefit claimed, a person can receive a limited amount of money over a specified period of time.
Currently, a person can claim $50,000 for medical and rehabilitation benefits over 10 years, and $32,000 for attendant care benefits over 2 years. However, in June 2016, these benefits will be reduced to a combined maximum of $65,000. For those with the most serious types of injuries —called “catastrophic impairments”— the maximum amount will be reduced from $2 million ($1 million in medical rehabilitation benefits and $1 million in attendant care benefits) over a lifetime, to a combined $1 million for both .
The amount of time during which one can claim these benefits will also change. Currently, medical and rehabilitation benefits can be paid out over 10 years, and attendant care benefits over 2 years. Following the amendments, medical, rehabilitation and attendant care benefits will both expire after 5 years. This time limit does not apply to those who have suffered catastrophic impairments.
A person may elect to purchase optional coverage to increase their SABs, although the optional benefit amounts will also be changing.
When the changes take effect, those injured in motor vehicle accidents will be entitled to less compensation under their insurance policies if they are injured in a motor vehicle accident. Given these changes, drivers and vehicle owners should consider the optional benefits available to them to ensure they have adequate coverage.
For more information, contact Caroline Failes at 613.566.2849 or [email protected].
O. Reg. 251/15 [SAB Schedule].
Ibid, ss. 18(3)(a), 19(3).
Ibid, ss. 18(3)(b), 19(3).
Ibid, s. 20, | public_administration |
https://iprem.ca/who-we-are/Pages/default.aspx | 2024-02-29T11:26:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474808.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229103115-20240229133115-00199.warc.gz | 0.899831 | 749 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__104027216 | en | The Integrated Partnership for Regional Emergency Management (IPREM) is an inter-governmental partnership between the Province of BC and Metro Vancouver Regional District that leads collaborative regional emergency management planning and coordination for the Metro Vancouver region.
IPREM is structured to support our members, by working together with regional partners, to collectively work on priorities, identify required resources, and effectively plan on a sub-regional and regional scale for emergency events that have the potential to be cross-jurisdictional in nature.
The Policy Group leads IPREM and is co-chaired by a BC Provincial Minister responsible for the Emergency and Disaster Management Act and the Metro Vancouver Board Chair. This group engages relevant agencies, provides policy direction, political oversight and approves of annual work plans and budget.
The Steering Committee reports to the Policy Group, and comprises eight members from local, regional, and provincial governments who meet quarterly. The committee makes decisions regarding priorities, resources and policy recommendations.
Three full-time IPREM staff support regional emergency planning initiatives outlined in the work and strategic plans. They additionally conduct research and analysis, program administration, development, communications, and engagement on behalf of the partnership.
We provide a regional planning role through leading coordination and collaboration to conduct regional emergency management planning on priority initiatives on behalf of our membership. This means that
IPREM staff and IPREM as an entity do not have a formal emergency response or recovery role.
During the response and recovery phase, however,
if there is capacity and it is deemed a priority over current project work, IPREM staff can pivot to support the region in various ways as necessary. For example, IPREM has a staff deployment policy that allows staff to be deployed to Provincial Regional Emergency Operations Centers (PREOC) or local Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) to support an emergency response. Previously, IPREM staff have also convened the Metro Vancouver region in ad hoc, focused planning and coordination discussions for Southwest (SWE) regional events.
In addition, IPREM staff work plans have adapted following events in the region to allow space to debrief and conduct after action reviews, which can lead to new regional initiatives and support in identifying planning needs.
For more information, please see the
IPREM Staff Deployment Policy.
IPREM acknowledges that the region’s residents live, work, and learn on the shared territories of many Indigenous peoples, including 10 local First Nations: q́ićəý̓(Katzie), q́ʷɑ:ńƛ̓əń (Kwantlen), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), máthxwi (Matsqui), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), se’mya’me (Semiahmoo), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), scəẃaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh).
IPREM respects the diverse and distinct histories, languages, and cultures of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, which collectively enrich our lives and the region.
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http://footstepstothepast.co.uk/strong-protest-bromley-butchers-fair-distribution-meat | 2019-07-18T18:18:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525699.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20190718170249-20190718192249-00446.warc.gz | 0.975481 | 202 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__98025191 | en | The question of the quality of the meat now being supplied to Bromley came up in a letter:
Dear Sir,- At a meeting of the Meat Trade Section of the Bromley Chamber of Commerce held on Thursday last several members reported having received very serious complaints from their customers as to the inferior quality of the meat supplied.
Whilst the butchers are most anxious to give satisfaction it was generally agreed that the public had good cause to complain, for while districts in the North of England and Scotland are receiving practically 100%, of prime Scotch and English meat, last week Bromley did not receive more than 15%, included in this being 10 sheep only, the remainder being frozen meat of very poor quality.
They therefore ask you Committee to use whatever power they may possess to influence the Ministry of Food to bring about a more fair distribution of meat, so that Bromley may at least have a fair share of English meat.
W F Skilton
Chairman Meat Trades Section, Bromley Chamber of Commerce | public_administration |
http://archbishopdanielsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/saskatchewan-roman-catholic-bishops.html | 2018-12-11T08:07:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823588.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20181211061718-20181211083218-00135.warc.gz | 0.973233 | 295 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__201133614 | en | On February 10 I took part, along with Bishops Albert LeGatt, Albert Thévenot and Brian Bayda along with Scott Irwin, President and CEO of the Catholic Health Ministry of Saskatchewan (Saskatchewan Catholic Health Corporation) in a meeting with Premier Brad Wall at the Legislature in Regina.
We were warmly and cordially welcomed. The meeting provided an opportunity for the Bishops to re-establish their relationship with Premier Wall and for both parties to raise a number of health care related issues. The Bishop’s congratulated Premier Wall on forming the government and on a number of initiatives that his government has undertaken since taking office, including the “Ready for Growth” initiative, government sponsored education sessions for affiliate board members and the recent announcement to replace 13 long term care facilities throughout Saskatchewan.
We also touched on a number of other topics including personal liability for affiliate board directors, the need for long term care standards in Saskatchewan and opportunities for further partnerships to improve and enhance health care delivery in Saskatchewan.
The Bishops expressed their desire for an open and ongoing relationship with the Premier's Office in those areas which were of mutual concern, such as the topic dealt with that day: Health Care in the Province of Saskatchewan and the role of Catholic Health Care in that area of provincial life. The response of the Premier was positive to us and ours to him. We share a common desire to contribute to the quality of life for all people in our province. | public_administration |
https://www.lionerampant.com/vax-policy | 2023-03-27T13:35:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948632.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20230327123514-20230327153514-00155.warc.gz | 0.926954 | 226 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__248123593 | en | Until further notice proof of vaccination will be required to be presented at check-in at all LIONE events
Proof of vaccination will be required to be presented at check-in at all Lione events in the 2023 calendar year.
Do not email these items. We will only accept them in person during the check-in procedure. Acceptable forms of proof of vaccination are:
CDC issued vaccine card (physical item)
Photo of CDC issued vaccine card next to a photo ID
If you are unable to be vaccinated or have other concerns, please contact the board directly well in advance of the event via [email protected]. Exception requests or other related concerns will not be entertained at the event. Anyone without proof of vaccination will be asked to leave.
Mask and social distancing policies will be updated as we move forward. As such masks at this time are not required, but encouraged. Anyone wishing to wear a mask may continue to do so, and we ask that any requests for additional distancing be respected and honored. | public_administration |
https://inclusivecommunities.net/icps-9-recommendations-to-city-of-dallas/ | 2022-07-06T06:41:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104668059.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220706060502-20220706090502-00252.warc.gz | 0.933823 | 379 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__244748206 | en | ICP Makes Nine Policy Recommendations to City of Dallas to Address Historic Patterns of Segregation and its Duty to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
The City of Dallas must stop increasing the racial segregation of low income housing and the accompanying harms to the families in those units and to the entire community. The existing affordable housing policies have been to encourage, approve, and provide financial assistance for LIHTC units that were proposed for locations in minority concentrated areas that were also often low income, high poverty areas marked by conditions of slum and blight. The City, through the City’s Housing Finance Corporation owns and profits from some of these units. The only other rental units supported by the City have been for higher income tenants with a minimum income of $70,400 for a family of four. These units have done nothing to provide housing for low income families.
As the City of Dallas considers adoption of a comprehensive housing policy, ICP recommends that the City:
1. Participate in a regional housing mobility assistance program;
2. Participate in a landlord sublease/guarantor program;
3. Adopt a prohibition against discrimination of federal housing voucher recipients if units will be in a TIF or developed by an entity receiving other city support/benefit;
4. Adopt a policy restricting approval of certain proposed LIHTC & other affordable units;
5. Adopt voluntary inclusionary zoning provisions for rental housing in areas that meet certain income, poverty and school performance standards;
6. Request NCTCOG to issue RFP under sustainable development program;
7. Request NCTCOG leadership in convening municipalities for drafting regional affirmative housing approval and siting policies;
8. Request HUD leadership in convening municipalities/counties with vouchers for establishment of regional housing mobility; and
9. Adopt an ordinance prohibiting discrimination against federal housing voucher recipients. | public_administration |
http://ndcurriculuminitiative.org/about_us | 2013-06-18T22:11:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707434477/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123034-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.933363 | 372 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__146849621 | en | The North Dakota Curriculum Initiative (NDCI) is a long-term professional development program for North Dakota public and non-public school curriculum administrators and teachers. Funded by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and located on the campus of North Dakota State University, Fargo, this collaborative professional development project began in the fall of 2000 and has committed educators from across the state involved in the programs. An advisory committee, represented by curriculum leaders from across North Dakota, along with the North Central Comprehensive Center (NCCC) at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), has worked diligently in offering quality professional development to North Dakota educators.
The purpose of the NDCI is to
- help assure that all North Dakota students receive equitable educational classroom opportunities,
- assist students in acquiring the knowledge, skills, and shared values essential to our civic culture, and
- support students in attaining critical work and management skills essential to be productive and responsible citizens.
These purposes are sought through the creation and implementation of solid standards-based curricula in all North Dakota classrooms.
By regularly bringing together key curricular leaders and professional organizations, the NDCI agenda focuses on
- Standards - supporting statewide implementation of the North Dakota Common Core State Standards and a new state assessment system aligned with the standards
- Best practices - identifying and sharing research-based pedagogy, content, and assessment theory
- Networking - promoting communication and collaboration through institutions of higher education, professional organizations, McREL, and ASCD
- Professional development - providing sustained, intensive, and high-quality conferences and programs
- Technology - establishing electronic clearinghouse activities that connect the NDCI participants with professional listservs and association websites
- Public relations - disseminating timely and useful information for parents, teachers, policy makers, and the public | public_administration |
https://www.holiday.my/rail-transportation-in-malaysia.html | 2023-09-25T10:37:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233508959.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925083430-20230925113430-00558.warc.gz | 0.972696 | 593 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__179791797 | en | Malaysia’s rail service is one of the most complete and connects most major cities around the Peninsular Malaysia. There are a few types of rail services in the country which encompasses the heavy rail, light rail and monorail services respectively, each of which services a specific group of commuters. Where this is concerned, the heavy rail service usually has more coaches and goes for a longer distance while the light rail services all have fewer coaches and are usually utilized for short distance travelling in within the vicinity of the city. At the moment, the light rail services focused in Klang Valley while there are proposals for similar systems to be built in other major cities like Penang and Malacca where the latter has embarked on the construction of an Aerorail service.
The heavy rail service is operated by KTMB (Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad) which basically serves the intercity routes and destinations. It connects the major cities from KL Sentral in Kuala Lumpur to other cities like Butterworth towards the north and Johor Bahru towards the south as well as towards the east coast too. Apart from ferrying people between the cities, the KTMB service also ferries freight and cargo as well. While most of the states in Peninsular Malaysia is connected by KTMB, there is only one rail service in East Malaysia which is in Sabah. The KTMB service that connects Peninsular Malaysia extends towards the country of Singapore as well as towards the north into Thailand.
There are 2 light rail services which operates in the Klang Valley. This is where the LRT (Light Rail Transit) offers service to commute passengers in within the Klang Valley which encompasses Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya as well as other suburbs like Ampang. It is served by 2 main lines, namely the Kelana Jaya Line and Ampang Line. The former connects most places around the Petaling Jaya area from KL Sentral while the latter connects towards the south which heads out towards Maluri, Ampang and its surrounding areas.
Apart from the LRT, there is another rail service which is the KL Monorail which services commuters and the people around the Kuala Lumpur city center. This is a shorter network which carries lesser passengers but usually connects most major spots in the city. This is considered to be one of the most convenient modes of transport for tourists who would like to see the city from the top as the rail is built above the roads connecting 11 of its stations that include Bukit Bintang, Imbi and others.
The Malaysian government had recently announced that a new rail service will be constructed which will provide more space and ferry more passengers. This is known as the KVMRT or Klang Valley Mass Railway Transit which will offer a new public transportation system to the people in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding areas. The project will start in 2012 which will then complement the current rail systems already available. | public_administration |
http://www.acbs.qa/news/3rd-leg-of-asian-10red-snooker-tour-gets-underway/ | 2020-08-07T15:43:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439737204.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20200807143225-20200807173225-00218.warc.gz | 0.957748 | 310 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__170871899 | en | Third leg of ACBS – Asian 10Red Snooker Tour hosted by Karnataka State Billiards Association under the auspices of Billiards and Snooker Federation of India got underway here in Bengaluru today. The tournament was inaugurated by Mr. Srinivas (IAS), Commissioner of Youth Services and Sports, Government of Karnataka. The Karnataka Government is the main sponsor of this mega event. He was accompanied by Mr. J. Rajakumar, General Manager (IOCL and Mr. Prasad, another General Manager from IOCL. The Indian Oil Corporation Limited is the co-sponsor of this tour. Other dignitaries present during inauguration ceremony were Mr. Michael Alkhoury, Secretary General of ACBS and Mr. H.R. Rathan Kumar, Treasurer BSFI. The Inauguration ceremony was started with Welcome Speech of Mr. Arvind Savur, President of Karnataka State Billiards Association. He welcomed all the foreign players in KSBA and hoped for their memorable stay in Bengaluru. He also thanked Government of Karnataka and Indian Oil Corporation for their valuable support to the tournament. Mr. Srinivas, in his speech, assured full cooperation from Karnataka Government for the success of this tournament. Mr. Michael Al-khoury also thanked all the dignitaries, sponsors and ACBS sponsors, Wiraka, Saluc and Hainsworth. The first shot was played by Mr. J. Rajakumar to announce the tournament open. | public_administration |
https://fcmbtrustees.com/page.php?a=bonds-debt-issuance | 2021-06-25T06:33:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487622113.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20210625054501-20210625084501-00597.warc.gz | 0.905845 | 133 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__131712112 | en | Bonds/ Debt Issuance Trust
As a leading provider of Trustee services, we know that administering Government Bonds is an act of public trust and there is the ever-present need to find a balance between protecting public investors from the attendant risks of investment of public funds and ensuring return on investments.
We, therefore, provide transparent investment, compliance and reporting services to all parties to Government Bond issuances.
As Bond Trustees, FCMB Trustees will perform specific financial functions including:
• Payment of coupon and principal to bond-holders;
• The maintenance of the Sinking Fund (Reserve Funds);
• Taking custody of investments. | public_administration |
https://hal.asn.au/justice-kyrou-appointed-to-federal-court-and-president-of-aat/ | 2023-09-23T15:08:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506481.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923130827-20230923160827-00202.warc.gz | 0.964572 | 221 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__62638005 | en | The patron of the Victorian Chapter of HAL, Justice Emilios Kyrou (formerly a Judge of the Court of Appeal of Victoria) has been appointed as a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia and the President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
A ceremony welcoming Justice Kyrou was held on 28 June 2023 in the Federal Court in Melbourne.
Justice Kyrou has been a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria since 2008 and from 2014 has been a Judge on the Court of Appeal.
Justice Kyrou is widely recognised for his integrity, legal excellence, independence and intellectual capacity.
He is an experienced leader and administrator, and is an expert in administrative law. On Australia Day this year Justice Kyrou was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia ‘for distinguished service to the judiciary and to the law, to professional associations and to the community.’
Justice Kyrou has been Patron of the Victorian Chapter of the Hellenic Australian Lawyers Association since 2014, and has presented a number of papers and speeches to HAL events.
Watch Justice Kyrou’s welcome ceremony on Youtube. | public_administration |
http://www.cmsmeter.com/ | 2018-05-24T09:31:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866201.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20180524092814-20180524112814-00180.warc.gz | 0.935398 | 883 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__171883082 | en | Compass Metering Solutions recognizes the importance of the role we play on each and every project we commit to. We strive to maintain the highest standards of quality and safety while maintaining a streamlined integration to the Utility upgrade process. We also recognize that our Field Technicians are the key to the success of each project. This is why we feel that taking care of them, means taking care of our customers. We offer our Technicians the opportunity to learn from seasoned veterans in the implementation field and our executive staff who take a personal approach to every project. With decades of combined experience in AMI and AMR deployments and consulting we feel CMS can accommodate any project large or small. As a vendor neutral service provider, we understand the challenges of multi-faceted project scopes across the spectrum and how to assist in the creation of a successful endpoint solution to the end customer. Contact us today to see how we can make a difference on your Utility System upgrade or maintenance program.
CMS Nears Start up for West University Place Texas Water ProjectCMS has been awarded a contract to change approximately 6200 water meters for the City of West University Texas. The Houston suburb project located near Reliant Stadium is expected to begin in 4-6 weeks. Compass has already taken over the monthly metering reading cycles since last fall and plans to phase out the manual reading as the project progresses.
CMS Awarded Nocona Texas ProjectOnce again Compass Metering Solutions moves a step further with an award for approximately 1700 meters to be completed for the City of Nocona Texas. The project is proceeded by a survey project to outline materials or work needed during the primary exchange. The Survey is nearing completion, meters have arrived at the city, and the project expects to begin within the next couple of weeks.
Compass Metering Solutions Kicks off FPL Commercial Electric ProjectAfter months of planning CMS has begun the Florida Power and Light Commercial Electric Project. CMS management expects to maintain on-time and on-schedule performance thru-out the duration of the project. The first phase of the project will begin in South Broward County and move north to West Palm County working from the Pompano Beach warehouse and staging location.
Compass Metering Solutions Awarded Desoto Tx Water ProjectCompass Metering Solutions is proud to announce yet another award for a water meter replacement project for the City of Desoto Texas. The project consist of approximately 3000 water meter and endpoint upgrades. This project will be completed in one phase and is scheduled to start on May 12th 2014.
Compass Metering Solutions wins Bid for Water Upgrade Project in Port Lavaca TexasCompass Metering Solutions is pleased to announce an award for installation of approximately 5000 water meter and endpoint replacements. The project will be covered in two phases with 2500 meters scheduled to start on April 21st 2014 and the second phase of the remaining 2500 replacements scheduled for October 2014.
Compass Metering Solutions is Awarded FPL Commercial Electric ProjectCompass Metering Solutions (CMS) has been awarded a commercial meter project for Honeywell. The project consists of 67,500 commercial meter replacements. The project will start deployment on April 28th and will be completed in 12-14 months. The project will cover the entire Florida Power and Light system. For additional information about Compass Metering Solutions and its partners, please enter the ÔÇ£contact usÔÇØ tab on this site.
New Contract Award for Shamrock TexasCompass Metering Solutions (CMS) is proud to announce the award of a project with our partner and product supplier Aqua-Metric and Utiliuse. The project is for the city of Shamrock Texas. CMS will provide installation services to complete approximately 1,500 residential and commercial water meter change-outs. CMS will also provide the necessary labor to upgrade meter vaults, meter settings, and valves where needed. The project is expected to take approximately 3 months and will begin immediately.
CMS gains first President/CEOIn August, CMS signed a partnership agreement with Robert(Bob) Asmondy to become the company's first President/CEO.
Growing CMS into 2014Currently CMS has seen growth of nearly 300% from 2012 to 2013. CMS expects growth to continue into 2014. Please check back soon to see new contract awards that will be posted in the news section. | public_administration |
https://accesslanguages.ca/interpreting-home/ | 2024-02-28T00:20:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474688.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227220707-20240228010707-00854.warc.gz | 0.892383 | 463 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__179735981 | en | Language interpretation in community settings plays a crucial role in ensuring effective communication and access to essential services for diverse populations. Our interpreters work to help government and community service organizations communicate with the various language communities they serve. You can find them interpreting at parent-teacher meetings, newcomer orientation sessions, community events, housing appointments, or helping understand the complexities of getting insurance, buying a home, and filling out forms. Accuracy and cultural sensitivity help create inclusive and equitable environments where everyone’s voice can be heard and understood. Together, let us continue to advocate for the importance of language interpretation in building strong and cohesive communities.
Language interpretation in medical settings is vital for providing equitable healthcare to diverse populations. Our professional interpreters help bridge language barriers between healthcare providers and patients, ensuring accurate communication and understanding. By facilitating effective dialogue, interpreters enhance patient safety, improve healthcare outcomes, and promote patient-centered care. They play a crucial role in obtaining accurate medical histories, interpreting diagnoses and treatment plans, and ensuring informed consent. Their cultural competence and sensitivity contribute to creating a trusting and supportive healthcare environment for patients from different linguistic backgrounds. Together, we can ensure that language is never a barrier to accessing quality healthcare.
Language interpretation in legal settings is important for ensuring access to justice and maintaining the integrity of legal proceedings. Professional interpreters facilitate communication in a variety of legal settings, including court hearings, correctional facilities, law firms, police and much more. By providing accurate, unbiased and confidential interpretation, they help bridge language barriers, promote fairness, and uphold the principles of due process. Linguistic proficiency, cultural understanding, a comprehensive knowledge of legal terminology, and solid interpreting experience are essential in fostering equal access to justice for all individuals, regardless of their language background.
Language interpretation in a business setting contributes to successful cross-cultural communication, and fosters opportunities for global collaboration. It helps businesses expand their reach, navigate cultural nuances, and seize international business opportunities with confidence. Skilled interpreters facilitate understanding and enable seamless interactions between individuals or organizations with different languages. They ensure accurate interpretation, convey messages with cultural sensitivity, and bridge the gap between parties involved in negotiations, meetings, presentations, and other business activities. With interpretation services, businesses can overcome language obstacles, expand their global reach, and foster successful international partnerships. | public_administration |
https://secure3.2dialog.com/ncpssm/main.php/micro_sites/showpage/id/152/package_id/2527/page_number/1 | 2016-05-27T08:17:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049276564.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002116-00080-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.944934 | 271 | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-22__0__118497120 | en | Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsor: The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
Social Security is a Promise That Politicians Must Keep
Social Security is a contributory social insurance program, designed to protect workers and their families from loss of income due to death, disability or retirement. Social Security is not a needs-based program. Rather, it is a program that people earn the right to participate in by working and contributing.
Social Security means life insurance for workers and their families. Paying payroll taxes entitles workers' families to survivor's benefits.
Social Security means disability insurance for workers and their families. Paying payroll taxes entitles workers to disability protection.
Social Security is the cornerstone of retirement and is intended to be a foundation of retirement protection. Today, nine out of ten people over age 65 receive Social Security benefits. Nearly two out of every three Social Security beneficiaries receive over half of their income from Social Security, and it’s the only source of income for nearly one-in-five seniors. Without Social Security, most older Americans would live in poverty.
Therefore, be it resolved: We urge you to support the mission of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare to demand the protection of the benefits we have worked for, paid for, earned, and are counting on. | public_administration |
https://fluoropolymers.plasticseurope.org/index.php/news/fpg-statement-eu-pfas-restriction | 2023-05-30T04:27:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645089.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530032334-20230530062334-00117.warc.gz | 0.888634 | 126 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__152624189 | en | 27 Mar 2023
FPG Statement on the EU PFAS restriction
FPG STATEMENT: EU PFAS REACH RESTRICTION
On 7 February 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published the Annex XV
REACH restriction report (and annexes) for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that
has been prepared by 5 Competent Authorities from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands,
Norway, and Sweden. The restriction dossier proposes a near-total ban of all PFAS
substances, including fluoropolymers. | public_administration |
http://whitmerlaw.com/immigration-law/ | 2019-12-09T02:41:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540517156.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20191209013904-20191209041904-00439.warc.gz | 0.931188 | 315 | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__56035161 | en | I-9 Compliance and Worksite Enforcement
At Whitmer Law, we can assist employers in every industry with I-9 compliance. We can help to avoid the costly consequences of non-compliance by drafting compliance programs, discover and correct previous mistakes, identify areas of non-compliance, perform private audits of I-9 documents, train on how to use the Department of Homeland Security’s “E-Verify” program and the Social Security Administration’s Number Verification System.
Since November 5, 1986, all U.S. employers have been required to complete and keep on record Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification Form) for each employee hired, even if the employee is an American-born citizen. The purpose of this law is to ensure that all workers are authorized by USCIS to legally work in the U.S.
Hiring an employee who does not have authorization to legally work in the U.S. may lead to the following fines:
- First offence: $375-$3,200 per unauthorized alien.
- Second offence: $3,200-$6,500 per unauthorized alien.
- Third offence: $4,300-$16,000 per unauthorized alien.
Additionally, if an employee fails to complete or maintain I-9 Forms for all employees hired after November 1986, may carry fines from $110-$1,100 per employee even if the employee is authorized to work in the U.S. This is referred to as “paperwork” violation. | public_administration |
http://www.catalysteducation.com/events/2015/9/17/most-likely-to-succeed | 2018-12-16T13:32:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376827727.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20181216121406-20181216143406-00470.warc.gz | 0.978852 | 110 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__86898437 | en | Our school system was designed in 1893.
This documentary is a MUST SEE for all parents as it directly addresses the need for educational reform. We are hosting this screening at Malibu City Hall and would love to see you there. It is imperative that you click on the link and actually reserve a ticket through our Eventbrite page as there are only 60 spots available. There you will also find more information about the film. Tickets are FREE. This event is for adults only. We have a limited capacity at City Hall and cannot accommodate any children. | public_administration |
http://www.hazres.com/what-we-do/comah-regulatory-compliance/ | 2017-07-28T02:37:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549436321.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20170728022449-20170728042449-00653.warc.gz | 0.853508 | 469 | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-30__0__218083097 | en | HazRes provides COMAH Regulatory Compliance Services. The Control Of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations 1999 came into force on 1st April 1999 and are amended by the Control Of Major Accident Hazards (Amendment) Regulations 2005 from 30th June 2005. They implement Council Directive 96/82/EC known as the Seveso II Directive, as amended by Directive 2003/105/EC and replaced the Control Of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1984 (CIMAH).
The main aim of the regulations is to prevent, control and mitigate the effects of accidents involving chemicals that could cause serious harm to people and/or the environment. Typical types of Major Accidents Hazards (MAH) that are covered by COMAH include fires, explosions, toxic gas releases, and leaks of hazardous substances to rivers and land.
HazRes can help you achieve COMAH Regulatory Compliance by the following ways:
Work out whether you are COMAH-liable
- Devise & develop strategies to assist your organisation in keeping below the COMAH substance thesholds.
- Help and assist you in compiling your COMAH Safety Case in accordance with Safety Report Assessment Manual (SRAM) and Major Accident Prevention Policy (MAPP).
- Carry out consequence modelling and analysis for incidents such as flammable and toxic disperison, spillage, fire, explosion as well as flood to assess environmental consequences.
- Overall Process Safety & Risk Management.
- Hazard Identification (HAZID) & Analysis.
- Hazard & Operability Studies (HAZOP) & Risk Matrices.
- Quantitative Risk Assessments & Analysis (QRA).
- Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Determination.
- Functional Safety and IEC 61508 Studies.
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modelling.
- Structural Analysis to Blast & Blast Resistance Structures.
- Safety Management Systems (SMS).
- Human Factors & Performance Assessments.
- Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) & Analysis.
- Emergency Response Planning & Procedures.
- Security Vulnerability & Threat Assessment.
- COMAH Awareness Training to Personnel & Contractors.
External Links (Please note that links will open in new window): | public_administration |
https://www.kenjefferson4jaxsheriff.com/ | 2022-08-17T00:52:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00703.warc.gz | 0.969364 | 470 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__20214733 | en | ELECTION DAY COUNTDOWN
SAFETY FOR ALL
We all want to live and work in a city that feels safe. We need to be able to leave our homes each day, and return, without incident or fear. Regardless of your zip code, you deserve safety, equal access to housing, fairness and justice.
I’m Ken Jefferson…and your safety is my priority as sheriff.
MEET KEN JEFFERSON
Equal access to housing and healthcare has always been important to Ken Jefferson. One of seven children, he was born and raised in Jacksonville and at the age of twelve, became homeless when his family lost their home. Despite weeks of living in their station wagon, he attended school each day before eventually moving to the Washington Heights housing projects. It was there that he saw the effects of crime on underserved communities.
During his 24-year career with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, he began as patrol officer and was promoted to leadership roles, including field training officer, administrative detective for the Inspections and Accreditation Unit, academy staff instructor, burglary detective, sex crimes detective and police recruiter. He became the face and voice of the agency as its public information officer.
The Drug Education for Youth program that he led, was hailed as one of the best in the nation by the U.S. Congress and the Department of Justice. He received additional honors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award, Bob Hayes Special Community Service Award, and the Jacksonville City Council. He also received a lifesaving award after rescuing three young girls from a car submerged in a pond after an accident.
Ken currently serves on the Providence School, Keiser University, Rhoda L. Martin Cultural Center and Changing Homelessness Boards of Directors. He is a graduate of Leadership Jax (2014), Lifework Leadership, holds a master’s degree in Theology and Honorary Doctorate Degrees from St. Thomas Christian University and Jacksonville Theological Seminary.
STAY IN THE LOOP
THE SAME LEVEL OF JUSTICE NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE.
STAY IN THE LOOP FOR UPDATES, ALERTS, AND UPCOMING EVENTS | public_administration |
https://internationalaction.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/%E2%80%9Cclean-water-for-a-healthy-world%E2%80%9D/ | 2018-06-24T18:10:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267867050.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20180624180240-20180624200240-00494.warc.gz | 0.935806 | 607 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__186362153 | en | Washington, D.C. – March 22 is World Water Day, an opportunity to focus attention on the crucial need for freshwater worldwide and the ability to responsibly manage it. This year’s theme is “Clean Water for a Healthy World.” The day offers a chance for governments, civil society groups, and individual citizens to show support for safe, affordable, and sustainable drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) internationally. To find World Water Day campaign materials as well as programs and events near you, please visit http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/flashindex.html.
World Water Day also marks the beginning of a packed week for International Action. On Monday, International Action staff will be attending an event organized by Water Advocates highlighting the US’ growing commitments to increase water, sanitation, and hygiene services across the globe. On Tuesday, an intern delegation led by Jeffery Sejour, our Haitian-American program officer, will be participating in World Water Day Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. They will meet with water experts, Congressional offices, and other water activists to discuss critical water issues and to seek greater support for WASH programs and funding.
On Wednesday, our Executive Director Lindsay Mattison and one of our engineers, Deepak Kenkeremath, will attend a Clinton Global Initiative Haiti Forum meeting in New York City to rally additional support for our chlorine disinfection technology and water relief program. In addition, our Associate Director Youngmin Chang and Coordinator Jeremy Mak will attend a program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to learn more about corporate, NGO, and US government water relief and recovery efforts in Haiti.
A hydraulic engineer and a microbiologist that we’ve sent down to Haiti have both just returned to the states. Marc Marino met with local water departments and our Haitian staff to assist in assessing damage to the public water system in Port-au-Prince. Jean-Michel Arthus, a Haitian-born microbiologist, conducted coliform tests on water samples and showed our staff how to do the same. Pictures of their trip are available on our blog http://www.internationalaction.wordpress.com.
We want to thank Hach Company for their donation of chlorine reagents to help us check for chlorine residuals and Sumitomo Chemicals for their in-kind gift of mosquito nets to keep our local staff safe. Some of these were shipped down along with GPS devices, and more will be sent when our next trip leaves for Haiti early next month. 100 water tanks are already on their way to St. Mark.
Despite how busy we’ve been, the reality is that more than half of earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince still are not having their daily clean water needs met. Those interested in learning about and supporting our water relief and reconstruction efforts can reach International Action at [email protected] or calling our coordinator Jeremy Mak at (202) 488-0735. | public_administration |
https://global.ecoright.com/new-york-officially-bans-plastic-effective-next-march/ | 2023-03-23T09:11:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945030.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20230323065609-20230323095609-00164.warc.gz | 0.93679 | 429 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__19537634 | en | On the occasion of the Earth day, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. This comes as a big step towards curbing the current plastic menace that New York is facing. The Empire state uses 23 billion single-use plastic every year, half of which ends up in the landfills and the oceans.
After Hawaii and California, New York becomes the third state to completely ban throwaway plastic bags. New York state has time and again tried to reduce the use and production of plastic bags. To address the environmental issues caused by plastic, the state instituted the New York state plastic bag Reduction, Reuse and Recycling act in 2009. In a bid to minimize waste production and encourage recycling, the law was expanded in March of 2015 to include the collection and recycling of certain plastic packaging products.
However, these programs did not result in critical recovery. The state had to implement a much broader program.
Andrew Cuomo implemented the New York State Plastic Bag Task Force in March of 2017 to develop a long term solution to the throwaway plastic bag problem in the state.
“New York has led the nation by taking bold action to protect our environment – and this task force marks another step forward in that effort,” Governor Cuomo said. “The costly and negative impact of plastic bags on New York’s natural resources is a statewide issue that demands a statewide solution. This diverse coalition of experts will bring the experience and knowledge necessary to tackle this problem and safeguard New York’s environment for future generations.”
The final report is a detailed account of the plastic bag menace and measures to keep it under check. Along with reducing plastic bags in landfills and waterways across the state, this new law will also eliminate an estimated 12 million barrels of oil used in the making of plastic in the state of New York.
An estimated 5 cent fee will be levied per single-use paper bag post the ban comes into effect. The net collection will go towards New York state’s Environmental protection fund and distribution of reusable bags. | public_administration |
https://ashese.co.uk/ajbm-issue-1 | 2021-06-12T10:45:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487582767.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20210612103920-20210612133920-00248.warc.gz | 0.93521 | 279 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__154689535 | en | AshEse Journal of Business Management
Vol. 1(1), pp. 001-009, May, 2015
© 2015 AshEse Visionary Limited
Full Length Research
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Accepted May, 2015; Received April, 2015
This review aimed to examine respectful workplace policy in Canada and how its provincial counterparts make available staff education to resolve or diminish workplace bullying. The study was based on the assumption that to understand the delivery of staff education, the broader context of respectful workplace policy building must be fully considered. Findings established that the Canadian government mandated that each province is responsible for ensuring that each of its health authorities or regions establishes Respectful Workplace Policy. Several government regulations exist to help employers with policy-making that direct harassment and bully-free work environment. Other findings from the study of 10 provinces and three territories suggested these complaints of bullying did not have a separate policy; as an alternative, bullying was placed as a subgroup of ancillary behaviours, harassment, discrimination and violence. This review can help all parties better understand the responsibility of staff education together with policy-making and conflict resolution necessary to resolve complaints of workplace bullying. This quantitative descriptive study found differences in respectful workplace policy across provinces as to how policy defines and refers to workplace bullying.
Key words: Bullying, harassment, violence, discrimination, mobbing | public_administration |
https://www.telematix.ch/en/market/ | 2023-12-04T10:10:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100527.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204083733-20231204113733-00235.warc.gz | 0.910874 | 126 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__167299976 | en | Our state-of-the-art communication solutions are particularly helpful in tricky and critical transportation, security and industrial sectors
Urban public transport
High-availability operational communication is pivotal for urban public transport. NIS-R covers all areas of operational communication across different technologies (radio, landline, intercom) and integrates them in a single operating terminal. In addition, the PA system for customer guidance and evacuation, as well as the emergency call solution can be integrated into the same system.
With our PASYS customer information system you can optimally control the passenger flows in your railway stations and thus significantly increase customer satisfaction. | public_administration |
http://govtjobslatest.org/up-gram-panchayat-adhikari-admit-card-2015-16-available-at-upsssc-gov-in/ | 2018-08-18T04:29:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221213286.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20180818040558-20180818060558-00400.warc.gz | 0.898018 | 836 | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__22368351 | en | Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Service Selection Commission will issue concede card for the composed exam of Gram Panchayat Adhikari enlistment and corridor ticket will be accessible right on the site: upsssc.gov.in So, all the concerned candidates will get the opportunity to download UPSSSC Gram Panchayat Hall Ticket 2015 from the server. They should take print out of the Call Letter from the delicate duplicate to be distributed in the server.
The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) appeared in November, 1988 as UPSSS board with its central station at Lucknow. In 1990 it was changed over into Commission. Its point is enrolling possibility to different administrations in the state. UPSSSC is the state association approved to lead the different examination for arrangements to the different posts.
UP Gram Panchayat Adhikari Hall Ticket 2015
The Commission as of late coursed Gram Panchayat Adhikari or Village Development Officer Recruitment Notification for 3587 accessible opportunities. As a result of the vast number of accessible post, part of yearning applicants got empowered and connected for the determination process. Presently the enrollment board will direct composed exam as a major aspect of selecting the most qualified candidates and UPSSSC VDO Admit Card 2015 will be issued only 15 days before the date of the composed exam.
upsssc.gov.in gram panchayat adhikari admit card.
Name of the organization: Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Service Selection Commission
Name of the post: Gram Panchayat Adhikari
Total Post: 3587
Exam date: 21st February, 2016
Exam type: Objective type
Full mark : 80
Admit Card status: Will soon be issued
Further process: Interview
Interview mark: 20
UPSSSC VDO Exam Pattern
UPSSSC VDO Written Test will be held in August/ September. Exam will be multiple choice objective types and will be divided into four sections: General Hindi, General Knowledge, Mathematics and Rural Development. Each segment will carry 20 marks and will consist of 20 questions. Total mark of the test will be 80. There will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer. Candidates will have to get prepared according to the exam pattern and syllabus. Detailed syllabus is available on the website of UPSSSC and sample questions of previous 5 years are also available from where the applicants will get fair idea on the type of questions to get prepared for.
UPSSSC Gram Panchayat Adhikari Syllabus
Hindi questions will be set on Shuddha Ashuddha, Vilom Shabd, Paryayvachi, Samanarthak Shabd, Pratyay, Sandhi, Sandhi Vichchhed, Muhavre, Lokokti, English-Hindi Anuvad, Yugam Shabd etc.
Mathematics questions will feature questions on Number System, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statistics and Probability. Difficulty of the exam is expected to be moderate.
For General Knowledge, there is no specific area to study. To do well in this part, applicants should read daily newspapers and be well aware of the current happenings of home and abroad.
Rural Development segment questions are set up on Rural Society, their establishment, formation of Panchayat sanities etc.
UP Gram Panchayat Adhikari Interview & Result
Shortlisted candidates in the written test will be called for personal interview which will carry 20 marks. In the viva, applicants will be evaluated on Educational qualification, Personality, Verification of documents and on interview performance. Each category will be marked on 5. List of finally selected applicants will be published after the viva. Applicants should be well updated with the website to get UP Gram Panchayat Adhikari Hall Ticket 2015 once it gets published and take preparation for the exam which is not far away. | public_administration |
https://fourstoried.com/charleston-changes-ordinances-but-west-side-still-struggles-with-abandoned-structures/ | 2023-12-02T21:38:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100452.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202203800-20231202233800-00680.warc.gz | 0.96672 | 1,628 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__216206714 | en | Charleston changes ordinances but West Side still struggles with abandoned structures
By Jed Sammons
In early April, the city of Charleston, West Virginia began imposing tougher fines on the owners of properties listed on the vacant structures registry. The city has added a $1,000 fine for properties that have been on the registry for six months on top of the previous $1,000 fine that was assessed at 12 months. Additionally, the $10 per day fine that was charged after a property was on the list for more than 12 months has jumped to $20.
Two other changes the city made include adding a processing fee to the initial fine of $250 to $500 for having a property added to the list, and a $750 charge for properties that are added to the list as unsecured or open to intruders.
“Right now, throughout the whole city, we have 526 on our vacant structure registry. Most of them are on the West Side.” – Tony Harmon, Building Commissioner for the City of Charleston
“Right now, throughout the whole city, we have 526 on our vacant structure registry,” said Tony Harmon, Building Commissioner for the City of Charleston. “Most of them are on the West Side.”
For years the West Side of Charleston, which has an area of just over one square mile, has been littered with abandoned homes and other abandoned structures.
Boarded up, abandoned houses on one lot at 1640 Washington Street are listed for private auction on April 11, 2022. The houses had previously been listed and sold through the city’s tax sale system. The majority of abandoned homes, like these, are on Charleston’s West Side. Photo by Jed Sammons
“On the West Side, you can be on one block and the structures are well-cared for,” said City Planner John Butterworth. “And you can go right around the corner and things look pretty bad.”
As there is such a high concentration of abandoned structures in the area, the City of Charleston has begun exploring what it can do with the buildings.
If a building is believed to be abandoned, then according to City Code, the building commissioner is able to add the structure to the City’s vacant structure registry within 30 days of posting a notice.
For buildings that are structurally unsound and present a health risk, the City’s plan is to tear down the structures. According to Harmon, the city has torn down over 100 houses a year for the past three years. Of those, a majority were located on the West Side.
“Folks for whatever reason, they’re homeless or unable to have a place to be, are attracted to break into these structures for shelter or for criminal activity.” – John Butterworth, City Planner
As the City of Charleston continues to push with its initiatives to address the large quantity of abandoned buildings on the West Side, the people of the West Side are still struggling to deal with issues these structures present.
This high number of abandoned buildings has led to various problems within the community, as these structures serve as hideaways for individuals to conduct illegal activity in, or refuges for the homeless population.
“Vacant buildings can be an attractive nuisance,” Butterworth said. “Folks for whatever reason, they’re homeless or unable to have a place to be, are attracted to break into these structures for shelter or for criminal activity.”
As individuals break into the abandoned houses the threat of fires sparking in the neighborhood spikes. Fires, whether the result of arson or accident, are fairly common in abandoned structures on the West Side.
“There was a couple of months where we had about three (fires) a week,” Harmon said. “You can’t predict it. It just happens quite often.”
The frequent outbreak of fires is a major concern of individuals living in the community. In a community like the West Side, where a majority of the homes are only a few feet from the neighboring houses, fires have a very real possibility of spreading to homes that are inhabited.
An abandoned house at 1048 Garden St. in Charleston, West Virginia is only a few feet from neighboring structures on March 25, 2022. There was a notice from the city posted on the front door condemning the structure as structurally unsound. The proximity to other structures could be a serious hazard in the event that it were to catch fire. Photo by Jed Sammons
“The neighbors don’t really want (abandoned homes) there because they are concerned about fires starting,” said City Councilman Larry Moore, who represents Ward Four, located on the West Side, and grew up there. “It’s not safe.”
Outside of the physical dangers, the abandoned buildings create scenery that influences how people feel about the community.
“It is very depressing, frankly, to live in a community where dilapidation is tolerated. Where it becomes the norm,” said Marylin McKeown, a West Side resident and vice chair of the Charleston Land Reuse Agency. “It’s a disincentive for people to take care of their property when the property next door is left to rot, and owners are not held to account for maintaining their properties.”
Others, like Moore, feel that having so many abandoned structures and properties in the area hurts how outsiders view the area.
“It gives the neighborhood a bad reputation,” Moore said. “You ride through a neighborhood and see a bunch of burnt out houses and dilapidated structures… Assumptions are made.”
While the neighborhood deals with the issues brought about by the abandoned structures, community members want to see change come out of city initiatives.
Many of the abandoned buildings go through the tax sale process. In this process, there is a chance new owners can step in and take over the title to the structure. However, the likelihood of this happening is low, and the buildings can continue to deteriorate while sitting vacant.
Some properties that have the potential to be renovated, built upon or reused for the community are acquired by the Charleston Land Reuse Agency (CLRA). Through this newer agency established in 2019, the city is able to recycle vacant land and structures into community resources by finding developers and groups that can convert the properties into parks, housing, or commercial buildings.
“Most people in the city want to see them torn down, repurposed, sold and remodeled or given back to the community,” said Martec Washington, a lifelong West Side resident and community activist. “The Land Reuse Agency is trying their best, but I don’t think we give them enough money, support or encourage them to think outside the box.”
Washington said most people in the neighborhood are unaware of the existence of the CLRA and its efforts in the community, which he believes dampens the effects the agency can have in the community.
City commissioner Harmon said that if the city continues doing what it has been and pushes on with new programs like the CLRA that great improvements can be made in the near future.
“In the next two years I can see a big difference,” Harmon said. “Instead of tearing down 100 a year, we’ll probably be tearing down 35 a year. Maybe we’ll have a handle on it. I’m hoping.”
In reporting on Charleston’s West Side, I became familiar with a very tight knit community. It’s a neighborhood where everyone knows their neighbors, there’s no lack of community support and activism, and there’s a possibility that you might find a local councilman DJ-ing at a community event. | public_administration |
https://lancastereastsidemarket.com/ | 2021-09-18T01:47:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780056120.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20210918002951-20210918032951-00567.warc.gz | 0.963442 | 163 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__46515449 | en | We hope that you and your families are well.
We have been trying to wait on updating the site until we have had some solid info, and up until now everything was uncertain. But we have been in contact with the city of Lancaster and regretfully I am informing you that we are unable to have a summer season this year.
Due to the current situation and social distancing, we were informed that there are no permits being given out this summer for public areas. With that being said, without a permit, we are not able to use the Musser Park for our Sunday Market.
Contact us at [email protected]
Please check out our Calendar for continuing updates, and visit us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We hope to see you Soon! | public_administration |
https://dma.ky.gov/Leadership/Pages/default.aspx | 2019-12-12T19:00:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540545146.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20191212181310-20191212205310-00001.warc.gz | 0.959997 | 176 | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__145305293 | en | Major General Stephen R. Hogan was appointed the 52nd Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky by Governor Matt Bevin on December 8, 2015. As the Adjutant General, he serves as the Commanding General of both the Kentucky Army and Air National Guard and as Executive Director of the Department of Military Affairs where he guides the preparation of 8,000 Citizen Soldiers and Airmen, along with the Division of Emergency Management, to respond in times of state and national emergency. He is responsible for Federal and State missions, assignment of leaders, recruiting, training, equipping, mobilization, facilities, and public relations. He also oversees the development and coordination of all policies, plans, and programs affecting Army and Air National Guard members in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. General Hogan serves on the Governor's cabinet and is the principal advisor to the Governor on military matters. | public_administration |
http://mattdyer.com/?page_id=12 | 2017-12-17T11:48:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948595858.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20171217113308-20171217135308-00637.warc.gz | 0.978189 | 697 | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-51__0__15807129 | en | Matthew F. Dyer, Esq. is a graduate of New York Law School and is admitted to practice in Arizona, Maine and New York. Matt is a trained mediator who has mediated and acted as a referee or arbitrator in family law, commercial and probate cases. Matt is admitted to the USCA for Veteran’s Claims and is an Accredited Attorney with the USVA.
During law school, Matt worked as an investigator for the Kings County (Brooklyn, NY) District Attorney’s Office. Upon graduation, Matt was hired as a Deputy Special Prosecutor with the New York State Attorney General’s Office (investigating the New York City Criminal Justice System), but after four years, Matt and his wife (Nancy) decided to leave the city for the State of Maine, where Matt’s family came from.
Matt joined the Maine Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Division, where he became one of the five lawyers responsible for prosecuting all homicide cases statewide. After five years of trying murder and other criminal cases, Matt set up his own private law office as a sole practitioner in Augusta, Maine initially spending most of his time dealing with criminal cases. After several years, he was joined by another attorney, Kristin A. Gustafson, and pursued varied civil cases specializing in family and probate law. The firm of Dyer & Gustafson was dissolved in 2011 when Matt semi-retired and confined his practice to mediation and arbitration. Matt was admitted to practice in Arizona in 2011.
Matt chaired the Family Law and the ADR Sections of the Maine State Bar Association, and served as Chair of the CLE Committee.
For the courts, Matt was Chair of the Supreme Judicial Court’s Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence and Chair of Panel III of the Fee Arbitration Commission of the Board of Overseers of the Bar. When Maine adopted a Family Court, Matt was asked to serve on the Family Court Rules Committee.
Matt was appointed to the Maine Crime Victim Compensation Board when it was created and served as its first chair. He served two terms on the Maine Gambling Control Board. Matt served as a defense bar representative on the Maine Criminal Law Advisory Commission advising the Maine legislature on any changes to the Maine Criminal Code.
In other public assignments, Matt served as Chair of the City of Augusta, Maine Board of Zoning Appeals and was elected to the Augusta School Board.
Matt’s first trip to Arizona was a training assignment at Ft. Huachuca while serving with the U.S. Army Intelligence Service before he deployed to Vietnam. Matt returned to Arizona with Nancy in 1997 for an ABA Family Law Conference in Phoenix, and Nancy fell in love with the area. Matt and Nancy bought a vacation home in Gilbert. In 2014, Matt and Nancy moved to their Gilbert home full time.
Matt is married to Nancy M. Dyer, Pharm. D. Their son is a member of the Virginia Bar and practices with the federal government. Matt and Nancy are grandparents to a wonderful little guy who has them flying to Virginia several times a year for visits with their grandson and his parents.
Matt spends much of his time hiking, photographing the Southwest, and writing fiction.
(Matt took the photo above from his home in Gilbert, Arizona. The camera used was a Pentax K-7 and a slight amount of post processing in Paint Shop Pro X4.) | public_administration |
https://www.annealy.com/grants/map-of-cowan-grants/ | 2024-04-17T12:37:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817153.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417110701-20240417140701-00757.warc.gz | 0.959763 | 165 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__12021412 | en | Map of Cowan grants
Explore my interactive map of Cowan, and see the funding I've helped bring to our community!
In my time as the Member for Cowan, I'm proud to say that I've helped connect local groups with almost $1.5 million total in Commonwealth grants. These grants have helped support projects from school nature playgrounds, equipment upgrades and club refurbishments to solar panel systems, commemorative services and parkland rehabilitation.
Every decision to recommend a project for funding has been made with the community's best interests in mind. For each grants program, I've convened a group of community members to tell me which projects best address Cowan's needs.
Want to know about any future grant opportunities? Send me an email and ask to be put on my community grants mailing list! | public_administration |
https://plen.pt/contratacao-publica.php?lang=en | 2023-12-01T09:07:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100286.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201084429-20231201114429-00059.warc.gz | 0.929264 | 239 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__51576793 | en | PLEN has consolidated experience in assisting Clients within the public procurement procedures. Since incorporation PLEN has been accompanying the public procurement area and specifically the legal regime foreseen in the current Portuguese Code of Public Procurement. Since the Code has come into force, PLEN has advised several Clients in different activity sectors and in relation to all kinds of public procurement procedures.
In terms of sectors, our experience includes the defence sector, transportation, construction, IT and multimedia, port services and the provision of other goods and services. The assistance of PLEN in this area of the Law largely depends on the level of involvement required by the Client throughout the different public procurement phases. Our assistance may include, inter alia, the following:
- Assistance to the client in preparing an offer or part thereof to submit;
- Direct negotiation with the awarding entity, when such negotiation is foreseen in the procedure;
- Preparation of written statements within the framework of the prior hearing right (“audição prévia”);
- Preparation of administrative opositions;
- Assistance to the client during performance of the contract;
- Judicial representation of the client. | public_administration |
https://lehi.org.il/en/lehi-veterans-prisoners-of-war-status/ | 2024-04-18T11:14:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418093630-20240418123630-00086.warc.gz | 0.952712 | 135 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__139331039 | en | Lehi members who were imprisoned by the authorities of the British Mandate for a period of at least fourteen days may receive official recognition as former prisoners of war by filling out the following form:
Recognition of this status entails a modest honorarium as well.
If the member is no longer alive, the rights fall to the widowed spouse, who may fill out the following form:
The form should be filled out according to the accompanying instructions and submitted to the Freedom Fighters of Israel Heritage Association in order to confirm the membership and the details of imprisonment or detention.
Only original documents and photocopies of accompanying documents may be submitted to the Ministry of Defense. | public_administration |
https://www.bricktrade.co.uk/post/how-tokenization-supports-social-housing-and-reduces-homelessness | 2024-04-22T21:52:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00561.warc.gz | 0.926682 | 393 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__37056402 | en | Tokenization in real estate represents a paradigm shift, offering a novel approach to funding and investing in social housing projects. By converting property assets into digital tokens on the blockchain, tokenization facilitates broader participation in real estate investment, thereby attracting more capital. This influx of investment can significantly increase the supply of affordable housing, directly impacting efforts to reduce homelessness.
Broadening the Investor Base
Tokenization lowers the entry barriers to real estate investment, enabling individuals and small investors to contribute to social housing projects. This democratization of investment not only diversifies the funding pool but also raises awareness and support for social housing initiatives.
Increasing Housing Supply
More capital in the real estate sector, especially directed towards social housing, means an increase in the supply of affordable homes. By funding the development of static homes and other affordable housing units, tokenization can directly address the housing shortage that underpins homelessness.
Speed and Efficiency in Transactions
The blockchain technology underlying tokenization streamlines real estate transactions, reducing costs and time delays. This efficiency can accelerate the development of social housing projects, making it quicker and more cost-effective to bring new homes to the market.
Transparency and Trust
Blockchain's inherent transparency fosters trust among investors, developers, and the communities they serve. This trust is crucial for mobilizing funds for social housing projects, ensuring that investments are used effectively to combat homelessness.
Tokenization can also facilitate community engagement in social housing projects, allowing residents and local investors to have a stake in the development of their neighborhoods. This sense of ownership and involvement can strengthen community ties and support networks, providing a more holistic approach to addressing homelessness.
The Future of Social Housing
The potential of tokenization to transform the social housing sector is immense. By providing a new framework for funding and investment, tokenization can help ensure that vulnerable families and individuals have access to safe, affordable homes, thereby making significant strides in the fight against homelessness. | public_administration |
https://maxlawinc.com/uscis-announces-proposed-changes-to-the-h1b-program/ | 2024-04-24T00:43:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818835.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423223805-20240424013805-00769.warc.gz | 0.947269 | 370 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__157661541 | en | USCIS Announces Proposed Changes to the H-1B Program
On October 20, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it is proposed considerable changes to the existing H-1B program. Some of the notable proposals include:
- Streamlining eligibility requirements: The criteria for specialty occupation positions would be revised to ensure a direct relationship between the required degree/major and the duties of the position. It would be acknowledged that there may be more than one acceptable degree field for a specialty occupation and that a general degree would be insufficient to qualify.
- Improving program efficiency: The Department of Homeland Security will clarify when an amended or new H-1B petition must be filed due to a change in a foreign worker’s place of employment.
- Providing greater benefits and flexibilities for employers and workers: Certain exemptions to the H-1B cap would be expanded for certain non-profit entities or governmental research organizations and beneficiaries who are not directly employed by a qualifying organization. DHS would also extend certain flexibilities for students on a F-1 visa when students are seeking to change their status to H-1B and establish new H-1B eligibility requirements for rising entrepreneurs.
- Strengthening integrity measures: The H-1B registration selection process would be improved to reduce the possibility of misuse and fraud, including by prohibiting related entities from submitting multiple registrations for the same beneficiary. USCIS will also have authority to conduct onsite visits and clarify that refusal to comply with such visits may result in denial or revocation of an H-1B petition.
There will be a 60-day comment period and if the changes go into effect, it may be implemented as early as the upcoming FY2025 H-1B cap season that begins in March/April 2024. Stand by for updates. | public_administration |
https://www.politic360.com/world-news/sco-summit-2022/ | 2024-04-23T17:06:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818732.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423162023-20240423192023-00290.warc.gz | 0.955041 | 914 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__38904815 | en | During the SCO summit, the meeting between leaders of different views on global conflicts and the scheduled meetings of the heads of allied countries became the center of attention.
In such a situation, all eyes will be on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who will be under the same roof during the meeting.
Indian officials say that Prime Minister Modi will meet India’s long-time ally, Russian President Vladimir Putin.
However, the possibility of meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is less likely.
Some experts say that if Prime Minister Modi meets Xi Jinping and Shahbaz Sharif face to face, they may not shake hands due to Corona, but exchanging smiles will also be a step forward.
India’s Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra confirmed at a news conference that Prime Minister Modi would hold bilateral talks.
But he did not respond to a question about his meeting with Xi Jinping.
However, there are speculations that Modi may also meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Russian And Indian Media And SCO Summit 2022
Russia’s official news agency “Tass” has said with reference to the aide of the Russian president, Yuri Ushakov, that President Putin will discuss the global agenda with Prime Minister Modi.
Apart from this, there will also be talks on various issues, including strategic stability, the situation in the Asia-Pacific, cooperation at other global forums, including the United Nations and the Group of 20, and mutual trade and economic cooperation.
According to the Indian media, Modi’s talks with Putin and other leaders are important because India will chair the Security Council in December, lead the SCO in 2023 and be the chairman of the Group of 20.
Earlier in December last year, Modi and Putin held talks when Putin visited New Delhi. After that, in July this year, both reviewed the implementation of the decisions taken in that meeting.
“Even if there is no handshake, only an exchange of smiles will be enough.”
The question in the Indian media is whether there will be a meeting between Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Although neither India nor China has given any statement in this regard, just before the summit, the withdrawal of forces from some disputed areas on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh would have given a positive signal.
Senior analysts say that body language is also very important in diplomacy, and even if these two leaders do not meet and only smile at each other, they are one. It will be a big event.
The same applies to Shahbaz Sharif. All eyes will be on whether Modi will shake hands with Xi Jinping and Shahbaz Sharif.
According to observers, due to the presence of Russia and China in the SCO and now Iran’s participation in it, the West considers the SCO a block against it.
So, the West will keep its eyes on Modi’s meeting with the world leaders. Given the current global situation, the importance of India has increased.
In the case of the Russia-Ukraine war, he did not support or oppose any side but took a neutral stance and insisted on resolving the issue through dialogue.
India’s Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Manish Prabhat, while talking to the Indian broadcaster ‘India Today,’ tried to allay the concerns of the West.
He said that India’s stand in this matter is clear, and it has also been noted on the SCO platform that SCO is neither against any country nor against any block of countries. Its purpose is constructive cooperation and the establishment of peace and stability in the world.
‘the Eyes Of The Western Countries Will Be On The SCO Summit.’
Rahes Singh, an expert in international affairs, says that the conditions of the world system and international diplomacy are currently uncertain.
He said that in the meeting between Modi and Putin, there would be a comprehensive discussion on the Indo-Pacific situation, the situation in the Middle East and Eurasian region, mutual trade, and economic cooperation.
It is not clear who will meet Prime Minister Modi. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has not yet made any statement about this.
But it needs to be noted that the SCO includes countries with which the US does not have very good relations, especially Russia and China. | public_administration |
https://kamloopsfuneralhome.com/how-to-register-a-death/ | 2023-12-01T22:14:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100308.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201215122-20231202005122-00162.warc.gz | 0.91223 | 272 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__222445901 | en | If a person dies in British Columbia, the death must be registered with the Vital Statistics Agency. The death registration process consists of the following steps:
A medical practitioner or coroner will complete and sign a medical certificate within 48 hours after the death. The medical certificate will be forwarded to a funeral director.
On the request of the funeral director, the particulars of the death will be provided by an appropriate person in a form required by the Chief Executive Officer of the Vital Statistics Agency. This particulars can be provided by:
- Nearest living relative of the deceased person present at the death or last illness;
- If no such relative is available, by any relative of the deceased;
- Any adult present at the death, if no relative is available;
- Other adult having knowledge of the facts;
- Adult occupying the premises where the death occurred;
- Coroner who has been notified of the death, made an inquiry or held an inquest regarding the death
- The funeral director will register the death after receiving a medical certification of death and the particulars of the deceased from an appropriate person. The funeral director can then issue a death certificate and issue a burial permit for the deceased. Alternatively, a person may order a death certificate at any Vital Statistics Office or Service BC Office.
Click here for information on how to order a death certificate. | public_administration |
https://www.anatel.gov.br/grandeseventos/en/spectrum-use | 2020-08-11T04:51:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738727.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20200811025355-20200811055355-00341.warc.gz | 0.889918 | 335 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__1746578 | en | Specific guidelines for the use of spectrum during the Rio 2016 Games
Follow this page to obtain specific regulatory guidelines related to the planning and use of spectrum during the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Access the Radiofrequency Spectrum Management Plan for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games and get more information about:
- Authorization for temporary use of radiofrequencies (UTE);
- Test and tagging procedures (T&T);
- Interference monitoring and management.
Dedicated contact to serve the Olympic or Paralympic Family in Rio 2016 Games*
If your organization is part of the Olympic or Paralympic Family, there is a dedicated email on Rio 2016, the Organizing Committee of this great event in Brazil, to clarify doubts regarding the spectrum use in the Games:
Also, follow the Newsletters published by Rio 2016 in the "Spectrum Documents" section of the Organizing Committee website.
Spectrum Control Plan for Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games
The Spectrum Control Plan establishes the procedures for monitoring and control of the spectrum, observing the definition of the Radiofrequency Spectrum Management Plan.
The process of spectrum monitoring and control by Anatel during the Rio 2016 Games has the following purposes:
Securing the observance of the currently-in-force national legislation and regulations;
Taking actions, in a preventive way, by means of monitoring the spectrum and controlling the access of radiofrequency emitting equipment to the places where the event will be performed, inclusively through Testing and Tagging procedures;
Assuring the effective management of harmful interferences along the Rio 2016 Games, guaranteeing to the users a quality spectrum. | public_administration |
http://cfd.carthagemo.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=362 | 2023-03-28T22:11:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948871.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20230328201715-20230328231715-00526.warc.gz | 0.894057 | 169 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__245669482 | en | Flood Safety — Facts & Tips
Spring is almost here, and already we're seeing many rainy days and rising water levels. As we finish Weather Preparedness Week, please consider the following Flood Safety Tips.
You should be cautious when driving or walking in flood-susceptible areas because:
- Six inches of moving water can knock you off your feet.
- Two feet of floodwater can float your car.
- Water moving at two miles-per-hour is capable of sweeping a car off a road or bridge.
Avoid flood-susceptible areas, especially low-lying streets where water commonly pools. Never attempt to walk or drive through a water-covered roadway, and beware of rising, swift-moving water. Read more below...
Read complete document "Flood Safety Tips" . | public_administration |
https://www.adss.org.au/articles/news/hunt-is-on-for-asbestos-dumper/ | 2021-09-16T15:52:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780053657.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20210916145123-20210916175123-00221.warc.gz | 0.954927 | 300 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__135769550 | en | Hunt is on for asbestos dumper
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after the illegal dumping of asbestos at a Fraser Coast waste facility last week, an action labelled as “downright dangerous”.
Fraser Coast Regional Council was forced to organise an urgent, costly clean-up at the Nikenbah Transfer Station after staff discovered the asbestos.
The back section of the transfer station was shut down as a safety measure while the clean-up was organised.
Councillor David Lee said the dumping of the asbestos was “not just lazy” but “downright dangerous” as there were strict safety procedures required when disposing of the material.
“Council staff were alarmed to discover that someone had dumped asbestos in the steel pile and the builders’ waste area,” Cr David Lee said.
As part of its investigation into the incident, the council is reviewing CCTV footage of people who attended the facility in the lead-up to the illegal activity.
Fines for dumping asbestos start from $2,669 for individuals, while a corporation, could be forced to pay from $10,008.
The Saltwater Creek Road landfill in Maryborough is the only Fraser Coast waste facility that accepts asbestos.
All asbestos waste taken for landfill disposal must be double wrapped or double bagged in heavy-duty 0.2mm polyethylene sheeting with a tape seal, clearly marked with “ASBESTOS”. | public_administration |
https://www.ojasjobs.in/gpsc-recruitment-for-1380-various-posts-2019/ | 2019-07-24T02:07:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195530250.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20190724020454-20190724042454-00077.warc.gz | 0.789984 | 191 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__134016074 | en | Gujarat Public Service Commission has published an Advertisement for below mentioned Posts 2019 (Reopen). Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process, application fee and how to apply are given below.
Organization Name: Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC)
Police Inspector (PI)
Assistant Engineer (Mechanical)
Assistant Engineer (Civil)
State Tax Inspector
Assistant Professor (Various Subjects)
Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector
Gujarat Engineering Service (Civil)
Total No. Of Posts: 1380 Posts
Educational Qualification: Please Read Official Notification for Educational Qualification Details.
How to Apply: Eligible & Interested candidates can Apply Via Online In Official website page at www.gpsc-ojas.gujarat.gov.in GPSC Recruitment 2019.
Starting Date of Online Application: 18-03-2019
Last Date to Apply Online: 18-04-2019 | public_administration |
https://weymouthnovascotia.com/governance/minutes?start=10 | 2022-01-19T05:00:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301263.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220119033421-20220119063421-00560.warc.gz | 0.976299 | 277 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__220893135 | en | The Village Commission will make the minutes of meetings availalbe for viewing after they are approved by the Commission.
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Village of Weymouth was held on June 1, 2020 in the meeting room at the Medical Centre with Commissioners Gaudett, Rymond, Frizzell, Doucet and Mullen present.
Meeting was called to order by the Chair at 7:05pm
As the meeting scheduled for March 2nd did not produce a quorum and meetings for April and May were cancelled due to Covid 19 State of Emergency the minutes of the meetingof Feb. 3, 2020 were approved as presented on motion by Commissioner Raymond and seconded by Commissioner Mullen.
Business arising out of the minutes:
Financial reports: An updated financial report was presented by Clerk Treasurer. Approved on motion by Commissioner Frizzell, seconded by Commissioner Raymond. Clerk also summarized the results for fiscal 2020 and advised that documentation has been turned over to Grant Thornton to complete their annual audit.
The date for the next meeting will be determined by the timing of the withdrawal of the State of Emergency. There being no Further business the meeting was adjourned at 7:38 on motion Commissioner Doucet, seconded by Commissioner Mullen. | public_administration |
https://normanarts.submittable.com/submit/144104/nac-conflict-of-interest-disclosure | 2022-01-29T05:03:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320299927.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220129032406-20220129062406-00233.warc.gz | 0.943392 | 798 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__181157071 | en | Conflict of Interest Policy
This policy applies to board members, staff and certain volunteers of the Norman Arts Council. A volunteer is covered under this policy if that person has been granted significant independent decision-making authority with respect to financial or other resources of the organization. Persons covered under this policy are hereinafter referred to as “interested parties.”
Conflict of Interest
A conflict may exist where an interested party, or a relative or business associate of an interested party, directly or indirectly benefits or profits as a result of a decision made or transaction entered into by the organization.
A conflict may also exist where an interested party, or a relative or business associate of an interested party, obtains a non-financial benefit or advantage that he would not have obtained absent his/her relationship with the organization, or where his/her duty or responsibility owed to the organization conflicts with a duty or responsibility owed to some other organization.
An interested party is under a continuing obligation to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest as soon as it is known, or reasonably should be known.
NAC Board will be made up of people from various sectors of the Norman Community, including artists and arts administrators. Occasionally, these board members may have perceived conflicts of interest when the NAC offers opportunities such as exhibits, awards, grants, and other special programming for which they would like to be considered. The NAC does allow for board members to apply for these opportunities, but the board member must revise their conflict of interest disclosure to indicate potential benefit from said opportunities. Should a board member apply, they must abstain from any discussion/board action related to that particular program/opportunity.
Specific Conflicts of Interest
The following are specific conflicts of interest that would preclude an individual from serving on the Norman Arts Council Board of Directors, Standing Committees, or Selection Panels:
- A spouse, partner, or close family member also serves on the same board of directors, standing committee, or selection panel
- A spouse, partner, or close family member is on NAC Staff
- Said individual is an elected official that has direct influence over public funding for the NAC
An interested party shall complete a questionnaire, to fully and completely disclose the material facts about any actual or potential conflicts of interest. The disclosure statement shall be completed upon his/her association with the organization, and shall be updated annually thereafter. An additional disclosure statement shall be filed at such time as an actual or potential conflict arises.
The Executive Committee shall review disclosure statements. Copies shall also be provided to the Executive Director.
Disclosure statements are kept with other official document of the organization on an electronic server.
Procedures for Review of Actual or Potential Conflicts
Whenever there is reason to believe that an actual or potential conflict of interest exists between the NAC and an interested party, the Board of Directors shall determine the appropriate organizational response.
Where the actual or potential conflict involves an employee of the organization other than the Executive Director, the Executive Director shall, in the first instance, be responsible for reviewing the matter and may take appropriate action as necessary to protect the interests of the organization. The Executive Director shall report to the President the results of any review and the action taken. The President, in consultation with the Executive Committee, shall determine if any further board review or action is required.
Violations of Conflict of Interest Policy
If the board of directors has reason to believe that an interested party has failed to disclose an actual or potential conflict of interest, it shall inform the person of the basis for such belief and afford the person an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose.
If, after hearing the response of the interested party and making such further investigation as may be warranted in the circumstances, the board determines that the interested party has in fact failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action. | public_administration |
https://blog.myfedtrainer.com/dont-do-these-3-things-when-managing-your-grant/ | 2018-04-23T13:40:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125946011.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20180423125457-20180423145457-00155.warc.gz | 0.962126 | 613 | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__18480004 | en | The news headlines citing grant fund waste, fraud and abuse just keep coming.
Recently a former Grant Administrator was sentenced for stealing over $160,000 in grant funds.
The grant funds were intended to support legal costs for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.
What went wrong?
How could this happen?
Let’s take a look from the case files at the Department of Justice- Office of the Inspector General.
The case of a mother-daughter combo running a non-profit which received over $1.2M in Federal grants is full of behaviors that should be a red-flag in any organization receiving Federal funds.
Don’t do these 3 things when you are managing your grant:
#1 Ignore Conflicts of Interest
“According to court documents, between May 2005 and September 2007, the mother served as acting executive director and the daughter served as the office manager and grant administrator.”
Families can be close, and working together can be done ethically, but it does require extra care to avoid potential conflicts of interest. Organizations receiving grants should have and follow a comprehensive conflict of interest policy which includes addressing the inherent conflicts of related parties working in the same organization.
#2 Ignore Segregation of Duties
“The daughter, together with the mother, was responsible for submitting applications for federal grant funding, managing federal funds and issuing employee payroll checks. The mother and daughter exercised joint signatory authority over the bank accounts. The daughter worked as one of the assistants and reported directly to the mother.”
Segregation of duties requires that no one person should be both in the position of pulling off the fraud and covering up the records. Proper division of responsibilities separates the person who authorizes a transaction from the one who creates the payment and the one who records the transactions
#3 Ignore Regular Audits
“According to court documents, between September 2005 and September 2007, the pair arranged for themselves and their relatives to receive unlawful payments from the federal grant funds. In her guilty plea, the daughter admitted that she knew …that their receipt of the federal funds violated the terms and conditions of the grants. She also admitted that she had no intention of repaying the money to the federal government, or of requiring others to repay the money.”
Regular audits conducted by an independent public accounting firm are a requirement in most grant’s terms and conditions-and they are also a really good idea. If an organization is not conducting audits-ask why!
While the purpose of an independent audit is to make sure the organization’s financial statements are fairly presented in all materials respects, the truth of the matter is that the process of an audit frequently alerts accountants and others to accounting irregularities and other internal control issues.
It’s hard to stop determined fraudsters, but reducing the opportunity for grant fraud to happen is at the core of reducing risk for prudent grant managers and ethical organizations receiving Federal funds.
You can get the specifics on: | public_administration |
https://saturncoalition.com/https-saturncoalition-com-wp-wp-content-uploads-2021-03-cropped-cropped-nobackgroundlogo-png/ | 2021-10-25T21:01:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587767.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20211025185311-20211025215311-00275.warc.gz | 0.910245 | 148 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__114316766 | en | SATURN uses the Communities that Care, or CTC approach, which is an evidence-based approach to help address risk and protective factors impacting youth in our community.
The SATURN Coalition uses the CTC approach to support youth & our community:
- analyze local data
- determine the gaps in resources in our community
- develop, implement, & evaluate: activities, training & education
We use this approach to effectively and appropriately support young people in our community.
Currently the SATURN Coalition is working towards impacting the following Risk and Protective Factor(s):
- Risk Factors: Availability of Substances & Favorable Parental Attitudes Towards Substance Use
- Protective Factor: Opportunities for Pro-Social Involvement | public_administration |
https://www.theafterclap.com/why-tropical-storm-barry-is-such-a-threat/ | 2024-04-19T00:32:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817249.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418222029-20240419012029-00365.warc.gz | 0.951514 | 740 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__183824069 | en | Tropical Storm Barry, which is forecast to become Hurricane Barry as it hurls forward on a collision course with the Louisiana coast, has experts worried about potentially catastrophic effects, from storm surge to a potential breach of levees meant to prevent flooding.
“The more information we get, the more concerned we are,” said Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards at a news conference Thursday as Barry gathered strength in the Gulf of Mexico. “It’s going to be an extreme rain event.” Officials implemented mandatory evacuation orders in some parts of Louisiana, while other residents are being told to prepare to shelter in place and have an emergency plan ready.
Several factors tied to man-made climate change are contributing to the urgent alarm over soon-to-be Hurricane Barry: unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and water levels elevated by a year of record rainfall.
Higher temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico are a key factor as Barry heads toward land. As the planet has warmed, ocean water has absorbed much of the heat trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases — some 93% of excess heat, according to a U.S. government study. That’s helped slow warming in the air. But the phenomenon has contributed to a slew of other problems, including the formation of new storms. The science is relatively simple: warmer water temperatures generate increased water evaporation, providing more rain for a storm to dump when it makes landfall.
Sea-surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico specifically were among the warmest in recent decades, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Higher air temperatures also contribute to the formation of stronger storms. Simply put, the air holds 7% more water for every degree Celsius of higher temperatures. Researchers have concluded that global warming made the massive downpours in 2017 Hurricanes Maria and Harvey, which struck Puerto Rico and Houston respectively, much more likely.
“The whole background of the atmosphere has changed since the 1800s,” says meteorologist Jeff Berardelli. “The atmosphere is like a sponge: because we have a bigger sponge it can hold more moisture.”
The slow-moving Hurricane Barry is also likely to produce enormous downpours as it crawls inland. Forecasters said Thursday that Barry is likely to lead to 20 inches of rainfall in parts of Louisiana, which will in turn cause flash flooding. “Flash flooding and river flooding will become increasingly likely,” NOAA’s National Hurricane Center said Thursday, “some of which may be significant.”
The flooding threat is compounded by Louisiana’s vulnerability even before Barry strikes. The previous 12-month period in the U.S. has been the wettest since record keeping began 125 years ago, with average precipitation topping 19 inches, according to NOAA data released this week. That record downfall has left rivers, including the Mississippi River, which runs through New Orleans, more vulnerable to storms than they would be otherwise. Forecasters said the Mississippi River could crest at nearly 20 feet over the weekend, bringing it close to the height of some of the levees built to protect the city after Hurricane Katrina. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which maintains the levees, said Wednesday that a breach is unlikely, according to a report in The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate.
Tropical Storm Barry is already a natural disaster that’s threatening lives and property. But July is still early in the Atlantic hurricane season, and, with water levels near record highs, the worst could still be yet to come. | public_administration |
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