...CARICOM SINGLE MARKET and ECONOMY (CSME) In 1989, the CARICOM Heads of Government, agreed to advance beyond the Common Market towards a more comprehensive economic integration, via the Grand Anse Declaration, signed in Grenada. This led to the creation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) which is a single economic space to facilitate the free movement of goods, services, capital and technology, as well as the establishment of commercial enterprises. To give effect to the Heads decision, the Treaty of Chaguaramas was revised through a series of protocols, that is, legal instruments setting out the new rules. In 2001, these protocols were integrated into the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. The main objectives of the CSME are: full use of labour (full employment) full exploitation of the other factors of production (natural resources and capital) competitive production leading to greater variety and quantity products and services for exports. The CSME is intended to benefit the people of the Region by providing more and better opportunities to produce and sell the region’s goods and services and to attract investment. It is expected that these objectives will in turn provide improved standards of living, greater employment, and sustained economic development. The CSME comprises two main components: A Single Market represented by five main goals, namely, the free movement of labour/people, goods, services, capital and the right of establishment. Status:...
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...Product & Gender Count of Product Gender Product Female TM195 TM498 TM798 Grand Total Product & Marital Status Count of Product Marital Status Product Partnered Single TM195 48 TM498 36 TM798 23 Grand Total 107 Male 40 29 7 76 40 31 33 104 Grand Total 80 60 40 180 32 24 17 73 Grand Total 80 60 40 180 CUSTOMER PROFILE FOR EACH PRODUCT Product TM195 Education 14 15 14 12 13 14 14 13 Age 18 19 19 19 20 20 21 21 Income 29562 31836 30699 32973 35247 32973 35247 32973 Miles 112 75 66 85 47 66 75 85 Summary Tables One-‐Way Summary Table Count Gender Gender Female Male Total TM195 Categorical Variables Marital Status Gender Single Male Single Male Partnered Female Single Male Partnered Male Partnered Female Partnered Female Single Male Total 40 40 80 Single Partnered Single Partnered Single Single Partnered Partnered Single Partnered Single Partnered Single Single Single Partnered Single Partnered Single Partnered Partnered Partnered Partnered Single Partnered Single Partnered Partnered Partnered Partnered Single Partnered Single Male Female Male Female Female Female Male Male Female Male Female Female Male Male Female Female Male Male Female Female Male Female Female Male Female Male Female Female Male Male Female Male Male 15 15 14 14 16 14 16 16 14 16 16 15 14 16 16 16 14 13 16 14 14 14 14 16 16 16 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 21 21 22 22 22 22 23 23 23...
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...Demographics for Widows and Widowers: Age: 45-85 Relationship status: Single (widowed) Professional Status: Long Term Employment or Retired Income Level: Mid-level to Upper-Class Income Level Psychographics for Widows and Widowers: Family oriented Money Conscious (On a Budget) Lonely Out of Town Family: This group is comprised of the family and loved ones of the deceased. They are not within a decent distance to be able to tend to the grave themselves. If a service provider is not hired, it would be left in the hands of the cemetery to care for the gravesite. That is not always up to par of the family. It would be seen as money well spent for the peace of mind. Demographics for Out of Town Family: Age: 18-85 Relationship status: Single or Married Professional Status: Entry Level, Middle Management, Retired Income Level: Mid-level to Upper-Class Income Level Psychographics for Out of Town Family: Family oriented Strong sense of responsibility Traditional family values Extended Family: This group is the extended family, meaning they are entrusted with the care of the gravesites of the previous generations. They have likely never met or been in contact with the deceased. But, it was passed down from another family member to care for the site. Familial obligation require them to find a solution to keep the site maintained. Demographics for Extended Family: Age: 30-65 Relationship status: Single or...
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...The Single Mom NURS 440 April 26, 2015 Deanna Radford There are a lot of assumptions out there about single parents and particularly single moms. For example, there are people who believe that most single moms choose to raise their kids solo, are unemployed, and receive government assistance. While every story is different, most don’t support these assumptions. Once largely limited to poor women and minorities, single motherhood is now becoming the new “norm”. This prevalence is due in part to the growing trend of children born outside marriage, a societal trend that was virtually unheard of decades ago. When you examine U.S. Census data, the actual single parent statistics may surprise you. Single Parents by the Numbers According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are approximately 13.7 million single parents in the United States today, and those parents are responsible for raising 22 million children. This number represents approximately 26% of children under 21 in the U. S. today. Despite negative assumptions that most single moms “selfishly” chose to raise their kids solo, the majority of individuals raising children alone started out in committed relationships and never expected to be single parents. Of all single-parent families in the U.S., single mothers make up the majority. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, out of about 12 million single parent families in 2014, more that 80% were headed by single mothers. Today...
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...IHS Electronics & Media - Abstract Key Patent Report - Single Layer Touch Sensor - 2013 Intellectual Properties 2013 As smartphones have become common, the touch user interface (UI) has emerged as a global standard. It is even threatening the position of keyboard and mouse, which have dominated the market as the only UI for the past 50 years. Tablet PC has further accelerated the spread of touch UI, and global leading companies are putting spurs to the technological development for touch panels larger than 10 inches, increasing competition in this sector. The capacitive touch technology has settled as the basic touch UI in small- and mid-sized mobile devices. Recently, the single layer touch technology, which uses a single ITO layer, is adopted more and more. The single ITO layer is lighter and thinner than such touch methods as the GFF, which uses double ITO layers, and can reduce costs and simplify the process. In addition, there are attempts to apply the single layer touch to mid- and large-sized touch panels, including tablet PC and laptops along with the recent release of Windows 8. Scope of Technologies for Patent Analysis Report Overview • Patent Search and Related Patent Selection - Research Period: 1 January 1993 – 19 November 2012 - Research Scope: Published or issued U.S. patents - Patent Search DB: FOCUST, USPTO • Patent Analysis Method - Quantitative Analysis (Trend): A total of 1,904 patents related to capacitive touch technology were selected from the...
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...women hold many senior jobs and show that they are as capable as males. Yesterday, young men were still struggling with how to make their girlfriends happy, but today, causal sex especially “hookups” are becoming more acceptable and popular among young people. Yesterday, the main goal for everyone was still to marry an ideal partner and built a family, but today, there are more and more singles saying “no” to marriage. It is really difficult to judge these changes because they are not just simply a positive or negative issue but also a reflection of human development. In my point of view, we should hold a positive view of the phenomenon that women have more economic power because it is a symbol of the improvement of female statues. However, when people are trying to break the bonds of convention and live freely, it is very easy for them to fall into a wrong path. I believe many people have lost themselves when they are pursuing causal sex and the status of being single. The increasing economic power of women not only shows women have the same capability as men do but also improves the status of women. It is true that this change threatens the traditional male-dominated culture and blows male’s self esteem. In the article “The End of courtship,” Alex Williams reveals that this change of women’s economic power is one of the biggest factors that challenge the traditional male-dominated dating structure. However, I believe it is the time for men...
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...suggested by the clients that they individually file single until the day before they married, terminate their tax years and subsequently file a “short period” joint tax return for the time that they are married. Conclusion: On the Donald R. Pierce, TC Memo 1980 - 563. , Code Sec(s) 143 it states how “no matter what is the taxpayer’s status during the year, the law will only use taxpayer’s status on the last day of the year December 31.” The approach that the couple wants to take is illegal according due to the fact that once a “man and woman are legally married they are considered married for the entire year” per IRS Sec 7703-1. Furthermore, John and Susan will not be able to file as they suggested, and will have to accept the “marriage penalty tax.” Ultimately they could face severe penalty taxes by the IRS either for negligence at the time of filing their return or any other applicable reason. Supporting Evidence: As evidence to my conclusion, to determine the situation of the couple and if they could file their return as they suggested I used Donald R. Pierce, TC Memo 1980-563. , Code Sec(s) 143. On it is clearly stated the situation of marital status of taxpayers as follows: Sections 143 and 6013(d) 3 provide the [pg. 80-2385] general rule that a person's marital status shall be determined as of the end of his or her tax year. It makes no difference when during the year that people get married or divorced. Only the status on the last day of the taxable year is significant...
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...Michigan, Princeton University, the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the 1993 meetings of the Population Association of America for their comments. Abstract The authors describe developmental deficits in early childhood associated with long-term poverty in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). They compare estimates of the effects of long-term poverty (based on a thirteen-year average of income) to estimates of the effects of poverty based on a single year of income (at the time of developmental assessment). They find substantial developmental deficits among children who, on average, are poor over a number of years relative to those who are not. These deficits are approximately twice as large according to the longterm income measure as compared to those based on the single-year measure, and are not explained by differences in maternal education, family structure, maternal behaviors during pregnancy, infant health, nutritional status, or age of...
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...and self-identities of minority members shifting towards their expected stereotype via a process of role entrapment (Johnson & Schulman, 1989). These behavioural changes become more pronounced with decreasing numerical status and where the token/minority member is normally disadvantaged or subordinated (Saenz, 1994). One explanation suggests that individuals who participate in activities where their social-group membership is made explicit are likely to depersonalise and thereafter self-categorise at the group-stereotype level (Turner et al., 1987). However, existing research on group composition has typically used quasi-competitive activities. This may account for the shift in self-categorisation, especially when there are current, historical or perceived inequalities in the status of group-members, resulting, for example, from race or gender. The current study, then, uses a co-operative group task to investigate the impact of being a single or majority-member of a group on gender self-categorisation. Experimental Design A between-participants 2 × 2 experimental design will be used, with two independent factors (gender and set-size), and two levels of each (male vs. female; single member vs. majority member), giving four conditions (single-female, single-male, majority-female and majority-male). Procedure Ten confederates of the experimenter (five male and five female) and 40 female and 40 male volunteer participants...
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...Data Mining Classification: Basic Concepts, Decision Trees, and Model Evaluation Lecture Notes for Chapter 4 Introduction to Data Mining by Tan, Steinbach, Kumar © Tan,Steinbach, Kumar Introduction to Data Mining 4/18/2004 1 Classification: Definition Given a collection of records (training set ) – Each record contains a set of attributes, one of the attributes is the class. Find a model for class attribute as a function of the values of other attributes. Goal: previously unseen records should be assigned a class as accurately as possible. – A test set is used to determine the accuracy of the model. Usually, the given data set is divided into training and test sets, with training set used to build the model and test set used to validate it. © Tan,Steinbach, Kumar Introduction to Data Mining 4/18/2004 2 Illustrating Classification Task Tid 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 Attrib1 Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No No Attrib2 Large Medium Small Medium Large Medium Large Small Medium Small Attrib3 125K 100K 70K 120K 95K 60K 220K 85K 75K 90K Class No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes Learning algorithm Induction Learn Model Training Set Tid 11 12 13 14 15 10 Model Apply Model Attrib1 No Yes Yes No No Attrib2 Small Medium Large Small Large Attrib3 55K 80K 110K 95K 67K Class ? ? ? ? ? Deduction Test Set © Tan,Steinbach, Kumar Introduction to Data Mining 4/18/2004 3 Examples of Classification Task Predicting tumor...
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...** ** Purpose: Create a program that calculates the tax from user's input of filling ** status and taxable income. The tax rates are in an array of doubles and the ** tax brackets are in a 2D array of ints. */ import java.util.Scanner; public class Assign4_3 { public static void main(String[] args) { double taxableIncome; int fillingStatus; Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); System.out .print("(0-single filer, 1-married jointly or qualifying widow(er),"); System.out.println("2-married separately, 3-head of household)"); System.out.print("Enter the filling status: "); fillingStatus =...
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...Relationship Segment 10 3.2.3. Results: Single Segment 11 4. Discussion and Conclusion 12 References 13 1. Introduction The consumption of alcoholic beverages is an old habit that has been around for thousands of years. It differs in the kind of alcohol consumed from country, culture, social status, age and many other factors. Many studies have been and are still being conducted on the correlation of any of these factors with the consumption of alcohol. According to the latest statistical data from the OECD, the average pure alcohol consumption in Canada was reported at 8.2 litre per capita, compared to the 9.1 litre OECD average (Alcohol Consumption, 2011-2012). Alcoholic beverages are consumed under the main following categories: Beer, wine and spirits. The data provided by Statistics Canada shows a growing preference for wine (3.4% increase in terms of volume sold), while the consumption of beer is currently declining (1.4 % in terms of volume sold). However, beer was still the preferred and most consumed kind of alcohol in 2010 (2,4 billion litres sold). Similar to beer, spirit sales noted a slight decline (-0.7% in terms of volume sold). In total, Canadians consumed 229.5 million litres of alcoholic beverages in 2010. (The Daily, 2010). The present report examines consumption of alcoholic beverages in the main categories given, related to the consumer’s marital status. The latter was divided into “single”, “in a relationship” and “married”...
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...City, Manila Height : 5’5 ft. Weight : 120 lbs. Sex : Male Civil Status : Married Religion : Roman Catholic Nationality : Filipino BENEFICIARY Beneficiary Name : Paredes, Kathy Llorente Relationship : Spouse Permanent Address : 132-C V. Cruz St. Malibay, Pasay City, Philippines 1300 Tel. No. : (63) 918-8012 CHILDREN Paredes, Rowena Llorente Birthday: August 14, 1985 Birth Place: Bascaran Daraga Albay Civil Status: Single Occupation: Student Paredes, Leo Llorente Birthday: January 14, 1980 Birth Place: Bascaran Daraga Albay Civil Status: Single Occupation: Mechanical Engineer DEPENDENTS: Father: Paredes, Alberto Mistica Birthday: August 14, 1960 Birth Place: Bascaran Daraga Albay Occupation: Carpenter Mother: Paredes, Rowena Mistica Birthday: June 15, 1960 Birth Place: Bascaran Daraga Albay Occupation: Housewife BROTHERS / SISTERS Brother: Paredes, Dennis Mistica Birthday: September 11, 1980 Birth Place: Bascaran Daraga Albay Civil Status: Single Occupation: Student Sister: Paredes, Dianne Domingo Birthday: November 29, 1990 Birth Place: Bascaran Daraga Albay Civil Status: Single Occupation: Student EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND ...
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...partial support from Duke University. The authors wish to thank Emilio A. Parrado, Seth Sanders, Lee Rainie, John Horrigan, Lynn Smith-Lovin, Amanda Lenhart, Mary Madden, Douglas Downey, Linda K. George, and Nathan D. Martin for helpful comments and suggestions. Early versions of this article were presented at the 2005 Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting and the 2006 Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. 1 THE SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY OF INTERNET DATING IN THE UNITED STATES ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the sociodemographic correlates of internet dating net of selective processes that determine who is “at risk.” We also examine the role of computer literacy, social networks, and attitudes toward internet dating among single internet users. Methods: We use multivariate logistic regression to analyze 3,215 respondents from the first nationally representative US survey of internet dating. Results: Sociodemographic factors have strong...
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...BOYS WILL BE BOYS: GENDER, OVERCONFIDENCE, AND COMMON STOCK INVESTMENT In this paper researchs overconfident for trading of women and men investors. There are some specific subjects. First of all, is gender effected to the people who are overconfident ? Rational investors make repetitive contributions and withdrawals from their investment portfolios and trade to minimize taxes. If people are expected lower return and who wants to more trading Greater overconfidence level leads to greater trading and lower expected utility, overconfidence provide these. According to psychologist analysis, men are trade more than women. Because men have more overconfident than women. This research includes trading records for 35.000 households at a large discount brokerage firm into accounts opened by men and women. They seperate male and female investors. Avarage turnover rate of common stocks for men is approximately one and a half times that for women. Men's performance hurts more by extreme trading than the performance of women. Investors who have the worst perfomance with the highest trading level. Overconfident investors have low expected return because of trading too much and they hold unrealistic beliefs about how high their returns will be about the stock they invested. Secondly, article research how can gender effected investor more overconfident or not? Men are found to be more overconfident than women. Men...
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