DECLARATION OF PECUNIARY INTEREST RE: COMMITTEE MEMBERS What is a Pecuniary Interest? A pecuniary interest is the opportunity‚ directly or indirectly‚ to profit or share in any profit derived from a transaction. According to Tazmania’s information Sheet 2008‚ you have a pecuniary interest when‚ if a matter before council‚ or any other committee‚ is decided in a particular way you will gain‚ lose or save money‚ gain a financial advantage‚ or suffer a financial disadvantage; could be expected
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Special Interests POL110 – U.S. Government Dr. Leah Raby Carlos A. Machado Z. June 9th‚ 2013 An interest group‚ also called an advocacy group or lobbying group‚ is a group of people or a no-profit organization that is determined to make or prevent changes in public policy without seeking political control (Wilson 2009). These include environmental‚ consumer‚ and political. Interest groups can be traced since the preindustrial years from 1830s to the 1870s‚ it was integrated by middle class
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What is an Interest Group? An interest group (also referred to as advocacy groups) is an organization organized by a special set of people with specific skills to lobby for or against a specific interest to benefit their cause. They usually lobby for one or more shared concerns to manipulate public policy and opinion especially in the U.S. Congress to benefit their cause‚ supporters‚ or one segment of society. They include a vast array of organizations such as: charitable organizations‚ civil right
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Increasing Student Interest in Science‚ Technology‚ Engineering‚ and Math (STEM): Massachusetts STEM Pipeline Fund Programs Using Promising Practices Prepared for the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education March 2011 Acknowledgements Increasing Student Interest in STEM Acknowledgements The concept for this report evolved from valuable conversations with the former Pipeline Director‚ David McCauley and from Program Manger‚ Keith Connors. Information in this report has been
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Penn State University Economics Department Bryn Mawr‚ PA 20000 Dear Mr. Lee‚ I am writing this letter to express my interest for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics at The Pennsylvania State University. If I were to choose one word to describe myself‚ it would have to be independent. At the age of five‚ my parents divorced‚ and I was left in the care of my grandparents. It was one of the turning points in my life that hastened my maturation. I learned to think and act independently. All
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Gifted and Talented What is the general definition of gifted and talented? Gifted & Talented means children‚ and wherever applicable‚ youth who are identified at the preschool‚ elementary or secondary level as possessing demonstrated or potential abilities that give evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual‚ creative‚ specific academic or leadership ability‚ or in performing and visual arts and who by reason thereof require services or activities not ordinarily provided
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These interest groups help bridge the gap between citizens and the government and enable citizens to explain their views on policies to public officials. These groups would help provide public officials with detailed information that might be difficult to obtain‚ which in return help make policy choices better. Just as how there are checks and balances for the government‚ some interest groups serve as a check of public officials to make sure they are carrying out
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Israel and America’s best interest to do this. Therefore they are expanding support for Israel by encouraging‚ alongside the many Israelis that being pro-Israel does not require the support of every policy of its government. JStreet has the responsibility to try to amend the broken politics and feelings in America about Israel. This way they can accomplish a positive future of Israel as a Jewish and democratic homeland. C. I think that according to the Lee reading‚ my interest group would fall under
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developed alongside the common law. It has aided the protection of different rights and interests of and in relation to property. Although property can be seen as ‘things’‚ you can have different interests or rights in property depending on the persons relationship to the property and the nature of it. Property can be seen to be a power relationship between a person and a resource‚ ownership is seen as the highest interest as you will have absolute power over that item. With full ownership a person is
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Inflation is what really influences the changes of Official interest rates. The RBA generally likes to keep inflation between the 2-3% mark‚ however‚ this may change as a result of international pressures. Generally‚ if inflation is seen to be increasing at a rate that is disproportionate to the health of the economy - or basically growing faster than it can sustain - then official rates may be raised to in order to reduce consumer spending and slow down the economy. Alternatively‚ if inflation
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