That's why it's important to fill out the forms accurately and be in touch with the people who interpret the regulations. I found that the process usually goes smoothly once the appropriate people are involved with the significance (or insignificance) of the product.
I dealt with ITAR all the time too last year. When you mentioned Germany, I am reminded of a funny situation. Like here, they also have strict export restrictions. For one item that was already imported from there and in our hands, additional paperworked needed to be filled out so it was proposed to ship the item back to Germany and then immediately import it back to the US.
It varies by the base, but the MWR of each base does provide that. A larger base might have a large DVD library (that can be lent), a decent number of Internet connected PCs (only seem to be Windows), Xbox360s (football & FPS games are popular), PS3s, TVs, novels, pool tables, etc. I haven't seen any ereaders but movie players were being sold at some of the commisionaries to watch DVDs (both legit and pirated).
Still, if you have your own movie player, it is much more convenient to have your own DVDs to watch in your tent or while waiting for something.
I'll give an example. Assuming your tax rate is a flat 20% and your income before taxes is $100,000, then your tax bill will be $20,000. If you donate $10,000 to a charity, the $10,000 is tax deductible and reduces your taxable income from $100,000 down to $90,000. At $90,000, your tax bill is $18,000. Therefore, your $10,000 tax deductible donation reduced your tax bill by $2,000.
The budget for the Department of Defense is being cut though.
http://comptroller.defense.gov/defbudget/fy2013/FY2013_Budget_Request_Overview_Book.pdf
FY 2013 Base Budget has a reduction of $5.2 billion compared to FY 2012. The budget for Overseas Contingency Operations (which includes Afghanistan and Iraq) has a separate budget request which shows a reduction of $26.6 billion compared to FY 2012.
You'll also need servers, a network infrastructure, and personnel to maintain the equipment. Plus, all that equipment needs to be replace or upgraded every so often. And that's only the general equipment. If the department goes into specialized fields within CS, they'll also need special equipment.
There's the costs of continuously upgrading to the latest high end computers as we can't have the students learning on outdated slow equipment. There's the costs of servers and network infrastructure as modern computer systems are all connected. There's the cost of software licenses for the software running on those computers and these can get expensive. There's the cost of a dedicated IT team to maintain all that equipment, assuming that it is seperate from the general campus IT. For some universities, there's the cost of specialized gear such as virtual reality systems, robotics systems, cameras for computer vision, fiber optics equipment such as lasers, etc. It's not just office space and electricity.
I'll reply to your ancedote with mine.
I brought 10 100W CFLs about 8 years ago. Of that, 9 of them are still in use today in 2 locations, each being used between 4 - 6 hours per day. They turn on instantly but does take about a minute to reach their full brightness.
My electric bill dropped from almost $40/month down to $28/month when I made the switch.
I am tempted to try new bulbs but alas, do not like retiring working bulbs.
It's not complicated and #1 is the answer.
A few years ago at my former workplace, a top performing President of our division was quickly "removed" from the company to the surprise of everyone. Internal rumors (not publically announced in print) from management indicate that it was an ethics violation of the type you described.
Shortly afterwards, everyone had to take related ethics training. In the annual mandatory ethics classes of the following years, there was a new true story of a real life example (with names changed) that seems similar to the event.
The peeple making the emergency calls may not necessarily be on the bus, just within range of the jammer. For example, maybe the bus is stuck in traffic due to an accident and people outside are trying to make emergency cals.
I think of it as removing the ability to unlock the hood from inside the cabin. You'll still be able to enter the cabin and operate the car (use the device). You can even get a new radio (downloadable approved apps) but opening the hood to add a turbocharger is forbidden as it can significantly change the performance of the car.
For that analogy, it would be like forcing to driver to use only the dealer to change their oil. The dealers would love that.
In reality, this reminds me of the "Right To Repair" law being proposed in Massachusetts.
I think there are still places in New York City where one can get live chicken and rabbits for slaughter. I know they're still around but I'm not sure where.
Live fish, eels, frogs, and other sea creatures are pretty common in the city too.
Meat from a freshly killed animal taste different from one that was previously frozen or sitting in a case or hours.
In addition to checking with a credit agency, the bank could ask for your financial records such as whether you have sufficient assets in your bank accounts.
What if the bank just checks the publically available information in the social networking websites? There would be no need to log in. The solution of course would be to set the pages to private.
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That's why it's important to fill out the forms accurately and be in touch with the people who interpret the regulations. I found that the process usually goes smoothly once the appropriate people are involved with the significance (or insignificance) of the product.
I dealt with ITAR all the time too last year. When you mentioned Germany, I am reminded of a funny situation. Like here, they also have strict export restrictions. For one item that was already imported from there and in our hands, additional paperworked needed to be filled out so it was proposed to ship the item back to Germany and then immediately import it back to the US.
You mean something like this? http://www.giac.org/certifications/dodd-8570/
Federal employees have the Thrift Savings Plan, which is similar to 401k plans.
I'd like to see where you get the idea that government employees have higher salaries? The people I know who work for the Fed gov tend to have lower salaries than the people I know that work for corporations. Fed salaries can be found here: http://www.opm.gov/oca/12tables/index.asp
As for insane job security, the people laid off would disagree. http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/19/10191199-good-news-for-government-workers-layoffs-easing?lite
Those F-22s won't have a home to return to though.
Stuyvesant?
It varies by the base, but the MWR of each base does provide that. A larger base might have a large DVD library (that can be lent), a decent number of Internet connected PCs (only seem to be Windows), Xbox360s (football & FPS games are popular), PS3s, TVs, novels, pool tables, etc. I haven't seen any ereaders but movie players were being sold at some of the commisionaries to watch DVDs (both legit and pirated).
Still, if you have your own movie player, it is much more convenient to have your own DVDs to watch in your tent or while waiting for something.
So now sharp hard plastic/ceramic objects can easily pass through.
My personal favorite was an allergy warning about containing peanuts. This warning was on a bag of roasted peanuts.
I'll give an example. Assuming your tax rate is a flat 20% and your income before taxes is $100,000, then your tax bill will be $20,000. If you donate $10,000 to a charity, the $10,000 is tax deductible and reduces your taxable income from $100,000 down to $90,000. At $90,000, your tax bill is $18,000. Therefore, your $10,000 tax deductible donation reduced your tax bill by $2,000.
The budget for the Department of Defense is being cut though. http://comptroller.defense.gov/defbudget/fy2013/FY2013_Budget_Request_Overview_Book.pdf FY 2013 Base Budget has a reduction of $5.2 billion compared to FY 2012. The budget for Overseas Contingency Operations (which includes Afghanistan and Iraq) has a separate budget request which shows a reduction of $26.6 billion compared to FY 2012.
You'll also need servers, a network infrastructure, and personnel to maintain the equipment. Plus, all that equipment needs to be replace or upgraded every so often. And that's only the general equipment. If the department goes into specialized fields within CS, they'll also need special equipment.
Oracle makes a lot of software with which they charge expensive license fees.
There's the costs of continuously upgrading to the latest high end computers as we can't have the students learning on outdated slow equipment. There's the costs of servers and network infrastructure as modern computer systems are all connected. There's the cost of software licenses for the software running on those computers and these can get expensive. There's the cost of a dedicated IT team to maintain all that equipment, assuming that it is seperate from the general campus IT. For some universities, there's the cost of specialized gear such as virtual reality systems, robotics systems, cameras for computer vision, fiber optics equipment such as lasers, etc. It's not just office space and electricity.
I'll reply to your ancedote with mine. I brought 10 100W CFLs about 8 years ago. Of that, 9 of them are still in use today in 2 locations, each being used between 4 - 6 hours per day. They turn on instantly but does take about a minute to reach their full brightness. My electric bill dropped from almost $40/month down to $28/month when I made the switch. I am tempted to try new bulbs but alas, do not like retiring working bulbs.
It's not complicated and #1 is the answer. A few years ago at my former workplace, a top performing President of our division was quickly "removed" from the company to the surprise of everyone. Internal rumors (not publically announced in print) from management indicate that it was an ethics violation of the type you described. Shortly afterwards, everyone had to take related ethics training. In the annual mandatory ethics classes of the following years, there was a new true story of a real life example (with names changed) that seems similar to the event.
That sounds like a good story for TAL...
The peeple making the emergency calls may not necessarily be on the bus, just within range of the jammer. For example, maybe the bus is stuck in traffic due to an accident and people outside are trying to make emergency cals.
My Zune is black, althought I was tempted by the silver version. Brown can do alot, I prefer it over FedEx.
I think of it as removing the ability to unlock the hood from inside the cabin. You'll still be able to enter the cabin and operate the car (use the device). You can even get a new radio (downloadable approved apps) but opening the hood to add a turbocharger is forbidden as it can significantly change the performance of the car.
For that analogy, it would be like forcing to driver to use only the dealer to change their oil. The dealers would love that. In reality, this reminds me of the "Right To Repair" law being proposed in Massachusetts.
Sounds like Boston and the rest of the state...
Payouts may go down + premiums stay level = more profit
I think there are still places in New York City where one can get live chicken and rabbits for slaughter. I know they're still around but I'm not sure where. Live fish, eels, frogs, and other sea creatures are pretty common in the city too. Meat from a freshly killed animal taste different from one that was previously frozen or sitting in a case or hours.
In addition to checking with a credit agency, the bank could ask for your financial records such as whether you have sufficient assets in your bank accounts. What if the bank just checks the publically available information in the social networking websites? There would be no need to log in. The solution of course would be to set the pages to private.