government s fiscal exposure by better managing climate change risks

... intensive systems emissions from manure tions (and grazing deposits) to soils were derived are dominated by soil emissions Among soil emis- using the default emission factor for N applied sions, ... describing the contribution of livestock production to these emissions Concurrently it provides a critical assessment of mitigation strategies such as emissions reduction measures related to changes ... this compensates for the enhanced emissions in the more phosphorus-limited tropical ecosystems Emissions from applied manure must be calculated separately from emissions from waste excreted by...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 10:20

... express no such opinion An audit also includes: • Examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements; • Assessing the accounting principles used ... the usefulness of its products We wish to make our reports as responsive as possible to our customers' requirements, and, therefore, ask that you consider sharing your thoughts with us On the back ... with laws, regulations, and contracts applicable to the Commission Auditors’ Responsibilities Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the fiscal year 2012 and 2011 financial statements of...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 21:20

... Policy Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) [DHS] Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) [DHS] For Official Use Only (FOUO) [DOD] Computer Security ... PROPIN/NRC (4) SBU/State (2-9) CAI/EPA (2,5) SSI/USDA (2-4, 7) WMD/State (2, 4) SHSI/NRC WMD/State WMD/Treas PCII/FAA SBU/CDC SBU/GSA SSI/TSA SSI/USDA DEA Sensitive Sensitive/DOD SGI/NRC Technical/DOD ... the security of the classification system Accordingly, agencies should be required to take steps to assess the cost of their sensitive unclassified information systems and ensure that safeguards...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 05:20

... use the software is to select a pair of emissions scenarios: with and without policy SRES scenarios After that users can select /change climate model parameters that may affect climate compositions ... selected emission scenarios The results are displayed as follows: change levels, errors, observed values of baseline period, changes in comparison with baseline The grid outputs of SCENGEN can be ... recommends that MAGICC/SCENGEN software can be used as a useful tool for nations to regions in terms of developing climate change scenarios Developing climate change scenarios for small areas of...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... applies WHY GOVERNMENT BONDS ARE SOLD BY AUCTION AND CORPORATE BONDS BY POSTED-PRICE SELLING In most industrialized countries, government bonds are sold by auction whereas corporate bonds are sold ... expected proceeds We now consider the change in expected proceeds that results from a change in the riskiness of the security We represent an increase in riskiness by a mean-preserving spread Ψ applied ... information acquisition cost, c II Posted-price Selling We now consider the case where the seller sells the security using PPS We consider only postedprice schemes that deter investors from acquiring...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:21

... PYNE (Size, 10¾ × 17 IN.) (In the possession of R W Lloyd, Esq.) PLATE XXIV “NEAR JUMIEGES” BY RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON (Size, 8¾ × 12¼ IN.) (In the possession of Messrs Thos Agnew & Sons) End ... It was in this house that the first meeting of the club was held “for the purpose of establishing by practice a School of Historic Landscape, the subjects being designs from poetick passages.” ... pictures without study Edwards, in his “Anecdotes of Painting,” describes his process as dashing out a number of accidental large blots and loose flourishes from which he selected forms and sometimes...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 13:20

... funding status of its pension system is another possible priority for surplus funds Addressing these unfunded liabilities sooner likely would save state and local funds, compared to the costs of ... inhibits risk taking and causes businesses and consumers to be more cautious in their spending and investment decisions While there are “downside” risks due to the fiscal cliff, we note as well ... returns—represent net investment gains from sales of assets such as stocks, bonds, and real estate Data suggest that the single greatest driver of capital gains trends is the direction of the stock...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 23:20

... of the U .S government The federal government uses the federal trust funds’ invested cash surpluses to assist in funding other federal government operations The Treasury securities held by the federal ... year or less Treasury issues marketable notes and bonds as long-term securities that pay semi-annual interest based on the securities' stated interest rate These securities are issued at either ... interest and redemption payments from Treasury s account to the accounts of security holders For paper U .S savings bonds, selected FRBs sell, print, and deliver savings bonds; redeem savings bonds;...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:20

... to so-called direct causes such as severe bleeding, primarily during the postpartum period; sepsis; unsafe abortion; eclampsia; and obstructed labor (see Figure B-1).2 Sometimes diseases, such ... With an emphasis on mass drug administration to address these diseases, the NTD Initiative reports that 50% of the recipients were women.36 THE U .S GOVERNMENT S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS GLOBAL MATERNAL, ... crisis and budget pressures in the U .S specifically could affect the level of investment in MNCH.21 The confluence of these factors presents significant opportunities for the U .S but also raises...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 05:20

... chimeras This work was supported by grants from the Swedish Research Council, the Network for Inflammation Research funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, the Tore Nilson s ¨ Trust, ... Kock s Trust, the Osterlunds Trust, the Craaford Trust, the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund, the Clas Groschinsky s Trust, the King Gustav V s 80th Anniversary Founda´ tion, the Thelma Zoegas ... Fractions were chosen and pooled based on analysis of silver staining after SDS/PAGE and stored at )70 °C until further use Concentrations were determined by measuring the absorbance at 280 nm, using...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 09:20

... Progress of the U .S Climate Change Science Program: Methods and Preliminary Results (NRC, 2007c), assessed CCSP progress over the past years (see the Preface for a summary of the findings) This second ... of the climate system, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing greenhouse gas sinks Operations: Routine provision of science-based products and services developed to meet specialized ... barrier island migration or segmentation, disintegrating wetlands (CCSP, 2009) Coastal and near-shore ecosystems such as coral reefs, mangroves, and sea grass communities as well as the coastal fisheries...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20

... Envirowise has also engaged with businesses on specific initiatives For example, it is collaborating with Severn Trent Water to support its key business customers in assessing their water use and identifying ... supply side measures, such as reservoirs Each option has costs, benefits, risks and uncertainties, and each water company needs to find the most sustainable and cost effective balance of measures ... resource, with customised user outputs to help decision makers in assessing the risks from climate change to their operations 14 The Planning Policy Statement on climate change, recently published...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20

... excluded small business stock gain The time for a taxpayer to reinvest the proceeds of sales of small business stock under section 1045 would be increased to months for qualified small business stock ... a U .S trade or business For this purpose, insourcing a U .S trade or business means reducing or eliminating a trade or business (or line of business) currently conducted outside the U .S and starting ... activities income Such income is generally calculated as a taxpayer s domestic production gross receipts (DPGR) less the cost of goods sold and other expenses, losses, or deductions attributable to such...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 02:20

... the possible content of such measures The constructive proposals resulting from these discussions are set out in Section and will sit alongside the changes to audit arrangements which the Government ... comments on the quality assurance processes for National Statistics and is able to carry out spot checks on departmental or other National Statistics If necessary, the Statistics Commission can ... departments to consider risk management issues 2.50 Lord Sharman s observation that “risk aversion has to be treated as a cultural, rather than a structural or technical issue” is addressed in response...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 22:20

... cleaved by α-secretases, members of the ADAM family of zinc metallo‐ proteases) and sAPPβ (residues 18 to 596; cleaved by β-secretase, an aspartic protease also known as BACE1 in the nervous system ... internalization signal for membrane proteins [35] NPXY is a classical tyrosine-based sorting signal for transmembrane proteins to endo‐ somes and lysosomes [23] However, the signal has been shown to ... Therapeutic Strategies to Prevent the Progression of Alzheimer to Disease States 251 Ester Aso and Isidre Ferrer Chapter 12 Animal Assisted Therapy and Activities in Alzheimer 's Disease 303 Sibel Cevizci,...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 18:20

... lines Sustained 146 samples Tissues IHC TMA CR (adenitis, lymphomas) EFS OS Absence of 166 samples P IHC TMA PFS OS No cHL: classical Hodgkin lymphoma; RS: Reed Sternberg, IHC: immunohistochemistry; ... TMA: Tissue microarray; EFS; event-free survival; CR: complete remission; P: progression; OS: Overall survival; PFS: progression-free survival, DSS: disease-specific survival Table Gene expression ... identifying a set of 450 genes associated with survival The authors found that expression of genes associated with B-cells and apoptosis was associated with good prognosis, whereas genes involved in stroma...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 22:20

... eik Nationalmuseum ga us ửm M Str lbacken Vasamuseet Atrium Tege ệstasiatiska RiksdagsMuseet huset Hallwylska Museet en Gồ Cen kaj ng t SKEPPS- Br s tts ệstermalms Saluhall br Slo HOLMEN obọntra ... vattenmuseum Djurgồr dsvọgen dalsvọg sen Churchen Ro Point of Interest Djurgồrdsbrunnsvọgen Skansberget Vasamuseet Museifartygen rivọ Pontus Brasserie by the Sea Sjửhistoriska Museet Dinner cruise ... Check first as some sailings are only at weekends on certain dates and out of season times T-bana Kungstrọdgồrden/ệstermalmstorg = Vasas stern reconstructed in bold colors Stockholm & the Sea S The...

Ngày tải lên: 16/04/2014, 10:54

... года — сложный индекс NASDAQ (NASDAQ Composite Index) понизился на 63 пункта (или 2,5%) до 2.493 Падение возглавили Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO) и Microsoft Corp (MSFT), причем Cisco понизилась на 13/8 ... капитала на фондовом рынке ("U .S stock funds see record outflows, Estimated $13 billion drop in February mirrors concerns." by Craig Tolliver & Irish Regan, CBS.MarketWatch.Com, March 1, 2001.") ... отставку "в обстановке резкого снижения прибылей" ("Investors wallop Yahoo shares, Earnings warning, Koogle removal take toll," by Bambi Francisco, CBS.MarketWatch.Com, 30 ПЕРВЫЕ ШАГИ ПЕРВЫЕ ШАГИ 31...

Ngày tải lên: 23/04/2014, 23:42

... financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the Bank s financial position and the results of its operation and cash flow This report also presents our reports on the Bank s system ... incur a loss as a result of these loans Our report on the Bank s internal accounting controls discloses that the Bank s system of internal accounting controls, while significantly improved since ... financial statements An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 15:20

... funds, property, and other assets are safeguarded against waste, loss, and unauthorized use or misappropriation, and (3) assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenditures applicable to operations ... weaknesses the Bank has corrected as well as those that still exist Bank Has Taken In the report on our fiscal year 1986 study and evaluation of the Bank s internal accounting controls, we disclosed ... were inaccurate The Treasury Fiscal Assistant Secretary, who was also the Bank s Vice President and Treasurer, agreed with our findings and outlined a series of actions which were to be undertaken...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 15:20