Broome County Promise Zone is the 5th ever Promise Zone to be developed in New York State. As of 2017‚ there are 17 states that have a Promise Zone program in place. The major forces that pushed for the development of a Promise Zone in Broome County are Broome County Mental Health‚ BT BOCES (Broome Tioga BOCES) and Binghamton University. The application to start a Promise Zone in Broome county arose from the work being done by two federal initiatives: “The SHARE project‚ a Safe Schools‚ Healthy Students
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The T-TEST 1.0 INTRODUCTION The t-test was developed by W. S. Gossett‚ a statistician employed at the Guinness brewery. However‚ because the brewery did not allow employees to publish their research‚ Gossett’s work on the t-test appears under the name "Student". The t-test is sometimes referred to as "Student’s t-test." Gossett was a chemist and was responsible for developing procedures for ensuring the similarity of batches of Guinness. The t-test was developed as a way of measuring how closely
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. CURRENT SITUATION 4 A. CURRENT PERFORMANCE 4 B. STRATEGIC POSTURE 4 1. Mission 4 2. Objectives 5 3. Strategies 5 4. Policies 5 5. Summary 6 II. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 6 A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS 6 B. OVERVIEW 6 III. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS (SWOT) 7 A: SOCIETAL ENVIRONMENT 7 1. Economic 7 a. Economic Challenges 7 b. Economic Opportunities 7 2. Technological 7 3. Political - Legal 8 4. Socio-cultural 8 B. TASK ENVIRONMENT 8 1. Threat
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Working Paper 2012-7 Effects of Mobile Banking on the Savings Practices of Low Income Users - The Indian Experience Mani A. Nandhi Abstract In 2011‚ sixty-five percent of India’s population did not have access to a bank account (Global Findex 2011). India has the second largest financially excluded poor in the world with more than half of its population considered as financially underserved At the same time‚ India is one of the fastest growing markets for mobile phones. Given the rising mobile phone
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is that his wife‚ Inge‚ recently passed away. Inge was from Germany and wasn’t treated with very much respect in Minnesota. Olaf wants his wife to be buried on his farm and he is set on doing that but‚ he has some conflicts with the law. In Hubbard County‚ Minnesota where he lives‚ the law forbids that Inge should be buried on his farm. The story starts off with Olaf argueing with the sheriff about burying his wife on their property‚ which is against the law there. Once the sheriff makes his point
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I. SWOT Analysis-Avon Products‚ Inc. Strengths 1. Strong brand recognition-90% brand recognition worldwide 2. Own most of their manufacturing and distribution centers throughout the world 3. World’s largest direct seller 4. Strong international presence-currently have sales reps in over 100 countries 5. Strong distribution strategies Weaknesses 1. Lagging far behind competitors in customer loyalty 2. $1.4 billion in long term debt 3. Higher
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Money and Politics (Parties‚ Interest Groups‚ Elections‚ Public Opinion & the Media) VOCAB issue advocacy: unlimited and undisclosed spending by an individual or group on communications that do not use words like “vote for” or “vote against‚” although much of this activity is actually about electing or defeating candidates factions: A term used by James Madison and other founders of this country to refer to political parties as well as what we now call special interests or interest groups.
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energy. The design won a silver award at the Lite-On awards last year What is the T-box? The T- box is a power generated device that harnesses wind energy as trains run over railroad tracks. This alternative form of wind energy produced by trains is very unique‚ as it does not depend on any natural energy sources. Instead‚ the energy generated from this device is produced as a consequence of human activity. The T- box device generates energy without any interference of the normal train operation
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Disaster in Franklin County Western Governors University-Washington Community Health Nursing Subdomain 725.8.8 Disaster in Franklin County Section A. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has a large Chain of command. At the head is the EOC Commander‚ who receives information from the other parts of the chain‚ and is responsible for relaying that information to other agencies‚ and also the Homeland Security agency (formerly Federal Emergency Management Agency). The Safety Officer is
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"There’s not a lot of opportunity in Scott County. The poverty‚ lack of education‚ jobs — it all ties together. A lot of people think they’re sort of stuck here. They feel hopeless‚" according to Chris Albertson‚ a Scott County council member. Scottsburg is a city of boredom‚ drugs‚ and trouble. The way to fix most of these problems is to give kids something to do that is not drugs or troublemaking. While there is not enough money in Scottsburg to be able to build entertainment for kids‚ there need
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