Sentences with phrase «government values your time»

If you have taken on a lot of pro bono work, you might wonder whether the federal government values your time, as well.

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Meanwhile, others see digital currencies as an asset like gold, which can hold its value amid times of government instability.

«You have to stop thinking of relating metallic value to value of the medal,» said Jim Greensfelder, a one - time Proctor & Gamble executive, software entrepreneur and former elected city government official who wrote «the bible» on the history of the modern Olympic Games medals.

In times of global economic instability, precious metals and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin become more attractive as expressions of value that aren't subject to government manipulation.

The only solution is for governments everywhere to spend big time on infrastructure and act «irresponsible» thus driving down the value of their currency, raising inflation, and inspiring the filthy, stinking rich to invest it or lose it.

Credit concerns typically create a spike in demand for default - free assets such as U.S. government liabilities, so even though there is a much larger float than is likely to be sustained over time without inflation as the ultimate outcome, credit concerns tend to support the value of these liabilities and hence mutes immediate inflation pressures (essentially, monetary velocity declines as these liabilities are sought as a default - free store of value).

At the same time, some 70 per cent of government - issued bonds are yielding 1 per cent or less, and when you combine the equity / bond value of the 15 largest global markets they've never been more expensive.

In one egregious case, a Houston home valued at $ 115,000 flooded 18 times in 16 years, costing the government $ 800,000.

Consider these risks before investing: The value of securities in the fund's portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including general financial market conditions, changing market perceptions, changes in government intervention in the financial markets, and factors related to a specific issuer, industry, or sector and, in the case of bonds, perceptions about the risk of default and expectations about changes in monetary policy or interest rates.

Both the New York Times and the Financial Times, citing confidential sources, reported today that the Chinese government may announce a significant shift in its currency policy in the coming days, a move that could cause the Chinese yuan to rise in value against the dollar.

In their October 2017 paper entitled «Value Timing: Risk and Return Across Asset Classes», Fahiz Baba Yara, Martijn Boons and Andrea Tamoni examine the power of value spreads to predict returns for individual U.S. equities, global stock indexes, global government bonds, commodities and currenValue Timing: Risk and Return Across Asset Classes», Fahiz Baba Yara, Martijn Boons and Andrea Tamoni examine the power of value spreads to predict returns for individual U.S. equities, global stock indexes, global government bonds, commodities and currenvalue spreads to predict returns for individual U.S. equities, global stock indexes, global government bonds, commodities and currencies.

-LRB-...) But a new paper by former senior U.S. Federal Reserve economist Joseph Gagnon says currency intervention — when a government forcibly lowers the value of their exchange rate — has an impact on other economies several times larger than originally thought.

While digital currencies seem to be losing value given the massive bear going on at this moment in time, institutions, governments and international organizations throughout the world are showcasing an increased interest towards blockchain, the underlying technology of bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies.

Emphasizing her government's record on refugees and climate - change policy, and stressing Canada's shared values with Europe, she was interrupted multiple times by applause.

Long - Term Interest Rates — The the value of government - issued bonds that gain maturity over a period of time, generally 10 years or more.

Republicas have betrayed the People and it is time we clean them all out of public office to restore real values back into government.

One man working in an industrial laboratory, with half his salary paid by the government, was given his instructions beforehand: «Any discoveries you make which have any scientific or commercial value, and any work you do which is at all profitable, is to appear on the books as having been done on «company time»; the rest is the government's half of your time.

It is one of the greatest weaknesses of our time that we lack the patience and faith to build up voluntary organizations for purposes which we value highly, and immediately ask the government to bring about by coercion (or with means raised by coercion) anything that appears as desirable to large numbers.

The engineering community is surprised and stunned at the Government's plan for downgrading the value of the existing Engineering Diploma after so little time since it came into existence.

Despite significant cost pressures on local government, our relentless pursuit of value for money has meant that we have cut council spending by # 7 million (or 4 per cent) in cash terms, cut the workforce by 18 per cent (or 950 full - time equivalent employees) and cut the council's debt by # 20 million.

The only reason why the book value of the debt is $ 26 billion is because we are applying today's exchange rate which the same government succeed in collapsing to the value of the debt; and not the exchange rate at the time the money was borrowed.

In that time, FPI's work has provided policy research and analysis to support the value and impact of government economic and social investments.»

«Nick Spano's vast experience in Albany, service on the Senate Health Committee, and time as chair of the Senate Mental Health Committee have enabled him to deliver great value to GNYHA's [Greater New York Hospital Association] government affairs activities,» says client GNYHA's senior vice president of communications, Brian Conway.

He maintained that the time has come for government at all levels to come up with value - adding agriculture to re-engineer the socio - political and economic structures of Nigeria.

As a testimony to the credible and professional values of my access, since May 2015, l have been to Nigeria three times on the invitation of Federal Government agencies.

Participants took part in a real - time electronic poll which explored their views on a series of issues relating to their profession: Among the results were: over three quarters of BME teachers considered themselves to be ambitious, yet stated they are being held back by racial discrimination, and the attitude of senior colleagues; nearly two - thirds (62 %) of BME teachers felt their school or college was not seriously committed to addressing their professional development needs and aspirations; 63 % of BME teachers said their employers were not committed to ensuring their mental and physical wellbeing at work, with workload cited as the single most negative factor impacting on their wellbeing; the vast majority of BME teachers felt the Government does not respect and value teachers and does not understand the day to day realities of teaching (99 %); three quarters of BME teachers said they were not confident that their headteacher will make professional and fair decisions regarding their future pay.

He said: «I believe we have established a partnership - based on fundamental shared values - between government and trade unions that has delivered advances for working people unparalleled in modern times.»

Throughout her career in politics and government Maria has demonstrated clearly she has the skills necessary to ensure the RNC is an effective driver of our values and our candidates in time for 2012.

So presumably, the less wealthy, after being told what to spend their money on by «society» for all their working years, reach pensionable age fully moulded by a paternalistic government into financially responsible citizens who will commit a significant amount of their time to research where they want to invest their pensions, and subsequently enjoy «regular updates on how their pension fund was growing» — because of course, like house prices, pension funds can only rise in value.

«It is time to put Labour values, the people's values back into Government.

Professor Iversen is also a long time advocate of the medicinal use of cannabis but the government continues with its inane position that «there is no medicinal value» in cannabis.

We're pleased that the Government recognises the enormous value that flexible contracts can bring to both employer and employee, but at the same time it's right to ensure that exploitation is stamped out.

It has been said some time ago that Nigerians only get 45 per cent value from all government expenditure.

It combines left and right - wing values, it criticises the record of Labour governments - most especially the last - it emphasises values the left publicly abandoned some time ago, and it poses a threat to both Labour and Conservatives.

We need to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their life, most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected to do as citizens in other to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.

Cheekily accepting at face value the government's demotivational horror stories about LSD usage, writer - director Jeff Lieberman effectively interrogates the counterculture's mythic appraisal of its own legacy, while at the same time sticking it to middle - class conformism, suburban anomie, and political opportunism.

The two men share vastly different backgrounds and overall educational beliefs, leading the LA Weekly to characterize the election as a reform vs. union battle for the heart of the Democratic Party and the Los Angeles Times to call it «a prime example of the strange rift in education, in which liberal Democrats are sharply divided on such issues as charter schools, job protections for teachers, the authority of the federal government in schools and the value of standardized test scores.»

When you value time on art, music, theatre, student government, field trips, and athletics, it connects the community to the schools.

In a 1997 op - ed, DeVos defended her family's donations to the Republican party at the time on the grounds that such money would promote its priorities of limited government and traditional American values.

But the government said by using a value - added measure of pupil performance, both current performance and improvement over time, will give schools and groups «time to improve while reacting in time to avoid chronic failure that irredeemably damages any child's education».

(c) In the event the aircraft is lost or damaged beyond repair, the Government shall pay the Contractor a sum equal to the fair market value of the aircraft at the time of such loss or damage, which value may be specifically agreed to in clause 1252.228 - 71, «Fair Market Value of Aircraft,» less the salvage value of the aircvalue of the aircraft at the time of such loss or damage, which value may be specifically agreed to in clause 1252.228 - 71, «Fair Market Value of Aircraft,» less the salvage value of the aircvalue may be specifically agreed to in clause 1252.228 - 71, «Fair Market Value of Aircraft,» less the salvage value of the aircValue of Aircraft,» less the salvage value of the aircvalue of the aircraft.

Goods & Services Tax (GST): It is a value - added tax that is imposed by the government on the customers at the time of purchasing goods & services for domestic consumption.

Will government receive all the value from them or will shareholders receive something if they are wound down over time?

Not surprisingly, over 92 % of them are government debts, which expanded 3.7 times since the index first valued on Read more -LSB-...]

Rising rates could, over time, help restore the attractiveness of lower - risk government and shorter - duration debt — at the expense of more richly valued credit sectors that have benefited from the hunt for yield in recent years.

Not surprisingly, over 92 % of them are government debts, which expanded 3.7 times since the index first valued on January 30, 1998.

Unfortunately, the government is not better equipped to value those loans than the market, though it does have a longer time horizon to discover what they are worth.

If one doesn't want to spend time doing intrinsic value analysis and time the market appropriately I think that it's much more sensible to go with long - term government bonds or GICs.

Government bonds are considered one of the safest bond investments as the face value and coupon value of your bond will always be preserved and paid to you in correct time by the gGovernment bonds are considered one of the safest bond investments as the face value and coupon value of your bond will always be preserved and paid to you in correct time by the governmentgovernment.

But if that government bond goes to 10 %, it changes the value of this equity bond that, in effect, you're buying... when you buy an interest in... anything, you are buying something that, over time, is going to return cash to you... And those are the coupons.