Economics is the allocation of scarce resources among competing ends. To some extent‚ virtually everything is scarce - money‚ food‚ water‚ dates for the prom... but some resources are scarcer than others‚ and deserve special attention from those with the tools to allocate them properly. Basically scarce resources can be defined as the limit a society has on a particular resource that is less obtainable than others which are readily attainable. Some examples of some scarce resources that are found
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morning the first plane struck the north tower and within minutes FDNY and NYPD were on the scene. The incident in the towers lasted for a total of 102 minutes concluding with the collapse of the North tower‚ 412 emergency responders parished. The emergency response to the 9/11 attacks was very ineffective to increasing the chances of survival‚ much of issues come back to the communication difficulties between the FDNY and NYPD. The response to an emergency holds several aspects that allow for the response
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Head: POLICE PATROL Purpose and Effectiveness of Police Patrol Police patrol is the ‘backbone of policing’. It accounts for more than two-thirds of a department’s personnel. Their main purpose are similar to those of security guards‚ only they have a wider area to survey. These watchmen go around the community and arrest or question suspicious people and possible law offenders. Due to this fact‚ they are avoided by criminals. After World War II the idea of police patrol became a critical
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UNDERSTANDING THE REVENUE ALLOCATION FORMULA New Nigerian September 5‚ Daily Champion Sept.6‚ Daily Trust Sept.7‚ Leadership Sept. 7‚ Sunday Tribune Sept. 10‚ Daily Sun Sept 12‚ Vanguard Sept.15&10‚ Daily Independent October 4‚ 2006 It was my last official outing as Head of Public Relations at the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) when I joined other members of the Commission to the inauguration of a Special Committee on Revenue Allocation constituted by Federal House
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Cost allocation is a method to determine the cost of services provided to users of that service. It does not determine the price of the service‚ but rather determines what the service costs to provide. It is important to determine the cost allocation of the services‚ in order to determine a justifiable fee/charge/tax for those services. Included in cost allocation are direct‚ indirect‚ and incremental costs. Direct costs‚ or separable costs‚ are costs that are related to a single type of service
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Reactive/Proactive Patrols In policing there are two types of patrol‚ reactive and proactive patrol. Reactive patrol is based on crimes after they are committed. Proactive patrol is based on preventing crime rather than responding to crimes after they were committed. If police departments adopted one type of patrol there would be consequences. If police departments adopted reactive patrols‚ then there would be no way to prevent crimes. Police would only show up after a crime was committed and there
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Counter-terrorism From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Coast Guard on counter-terrorism patrol in Upper New York Bay. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in distance spanning The Narrows between Brooklyn (left) and Staten Island (right). Terrorism Definitions History Incidents Types[show] Tactics[show] Terrorist groups[show] State terrorism[show] Organization[show] Fighting terrorism[show] v t e Counter-terrorism (also spelled counterterrorism) incorporates the practice‚ tactics‚ techniques
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Dynamic Memory Allocation Every Data or Instruction to be processed must be loaded into internal memory before its processing takes place. This process is called Memory allocation. These are of two types: Static and Dynamic Memory Allocation. First let’s talk about Static memory allocation. Here we reserve a certain amount of memory by default inside our program to use for variables‚ etc and this static memory is allocated during the compilation of the Program. Once we reserve this memory
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ENGL 1301 Research Paper The California Highway Patrol Post 9/11‚ I was given the opportunity to work in partnership with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) department. I always had the utmost respect for personnel in uniform and being able to work side by side with police officers has made me respect them even more. To me‚ the CHP is one of the most elite forces that existsthroughout California and our nation. Their history and ability to provide so much security and protection for the citizens
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Running Heading: COST ALLOCATION AND VARIANCES Cost Allocation and Variances- Chapter 12 & 13 Text Book Questions Stacey S. Swafford University of Phoenix ACC 561 Dr. Janice Mereba April 23‚ 2010 Chapter 12 Excel Application Exercise 12-59: Allocating Costs Using Direct and Step-Down Methods p. 584 Goal: Create an Excel spreadsheet to allocate costs using the direct method and the step-down method. Use the results to answer questions about your findings. Scenario: Antonio
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