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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"PUBLIC BENEFIT"”.
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The Value of Cooperative Extension's Public Benefit Explored through Enhancements to Forest Ecosystem Services Provision
Cooperative Extension produces public value through educational programming that benefits the greater community. Forests provide numerous valuable benefits to society through the provision of ecosystem services. Cooperative Extension educational programming positively impacts forest owners, who in …
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A critical analysis of the taxation applicable to South African sports organisations
The study examined tax legislation that affects Public Benefit Organisations (PBOs) with specific emphasis on sports organisations. The relevance of the legislation was examined and secondly, where applicable, a review on how specific sports organisations (PBOs and recreational clubs) implemented …
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The Regulation of South Africa's Emerging Hydrocarbon Sector: A purposive analysis of the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Act 23 of 2024 compared to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002
… entrust hydrocarbon resources to the state for public benefit, compelling similar objectives for its regulation and exploitation. Regulatory objectives envisage transformation, sustainable development, and socio-economic development. However, while the MPRDA and the UPRDA have similar regulatory …
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Making and Breaking Big Rural: Science and Technology Construct the Coalfield
… practice. In a call for science and research for public benefit, it proposes how scientific and technological research ought to engage with the people and the environment in this rural industrial space, and in the rural space more generally. Using a case study of the Pocahontas Coalfield as a …
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Accepting the Unacceptable: Trinity Western University, Religious Freedom, and the Meaning of Liberal Constitutionalism
… may legitimately condition receipt of public benefits on the recipient's conformity with liberal values—a question that is implicitly asked, but never directly answered, by the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Law Society of British Columbia v Trinity Western University. How …
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Three Distinct Museum Achievements and Their Processes: Becoming a Non-Profit, Applying for 501 (c) (3) Federal Tax-Exemption, and Earning Accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums
… order as follows: firstly, becoming a non-profit public benefit corporation in California, second applying for 501 (c) (3) federal tax-exemption, and finally earning accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). This research will define such critical terms as for-profit, non-profit, …
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Stakeholder value network analysis for the mobile services ecosystem
… goods / services, information, participation and public benefit value flows between the stakeholders in the ecosystem. The quantitative model attaches numerical values to the different value flows based on a characterization of needs and the importance of the sources fulfilling those needs and …
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Motivations, Team Dynamics, Development Practices and How They Impact the Success of Open Source Software: A Study of Projects of Code for America Brigades
… core team member, and his/her perception of the public benefit level of the project are predictors for his/her satisfaction level. Additionally, we find that compared to team members who are very uninterested in the technologies used in the projects, those who have strong interests in the …
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MOVING TOWARD NEUTRALITY: THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE AND AMERICA’S HISTORIC RELIGIOUS PLACES
… to navigate these questions and provide a clear public benefit.
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Solidere : the battle for Beirut's Central District
… of securing government endorsement and gaining public approval, are discussed. Solidere is examined through the lens of secular property rights, evaluating the firm in terms of the two conditions of contribution to the "public benefit," and the compensation provided to the original property …
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Ownership of Patient Information in the Context of Big Data // Собствеността върху пациентската информация в контекста на Големите данни
… is that it might limit, or even prevent public usage, and therefore public benefit. Big Data, on the other hand, when applied in healthcare, provides a lot of positive and potentially life-saving results, since it can use literally unimaginable quantities of information. Healthcare data …
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Confiscation or Serving the Public Good?
… the government can take private property for the benefit of private interests? After the Supreme Court decision in <em>Kelo v. City of New London</em> (2005), a public firestorm erupted, sparking massive public and political discourse that rocked the sphere of property rights nationwide. Although …
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A comparative international review of power sector reform and its impact on access to electricity by poor communities
… change included the need to reduce reliance on public finances and to obtain foreign capital, either to service loans, or for investing in new capacity. Latin American countries were the forerunners in this regard, with Chile amongst the first. The other main driver was to improve the financial …
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Negotiated and prescriptive zoning : a comparison of Boston and Seattle through the lens of Seaport Square
… expense of thoughtful neighborhood building and public benefits. In light of this argument, this paper analyzes the public benefits secured by the city at Seaport Square and compares them against the estimated public benefits produced by the highly prescriptive zoning code of Seattle, Washington. …
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Faith, hope and charity – a critical review of charity law's socio-legal reconciliation of the advancement of religion as a recognised head of charity
… law in a socio-political landscape, such as public benefit, and is significant because of the considerable and recent changes to charity law internationally, with many more likely. For instance, in the last 60 years alone, there have been nearly 30 reviews of the law relating to charity, in a …
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On REIPPPP: Exploring the potential of intermediaries to support the implementation of the programme's socio-economic development obligations in low-income communities
… of socioeconomic development (SED) benefits through the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPPP) in low-income communities. SED benefits are a procurement requirement that forms part of REIPPPP's Economic Development scorecard and are required to be implemented …
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ICANN or ICANN't Represent Internet Users
… of Commerce, and the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporations Code. The analysis found that the descriptive representativeness was low. The ICANN Board does not mirror Internet users: few women have served on the Board, those with technical educational backgrounds dominated, and the …
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The operation of the 'hidden':towards an understanding of architectural and urban space, the case of Omonia square
… Finally, I am grateful to the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation for funding this research project.
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A GIS-based traffic infrastructure management system for pavement markers and markings
Public infrastructure management is the management of all public assets to maximize public benefit. The management of such assets are complex as they are diverse and distributed throughout the region. Pavement markings and marker materials are used to delineate travel lanes on roads and at …
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Enacting standards in organic agriculture
… formalise and frame organic farming as a public benefit. I argue that a multiplicity of ‘organics’ coexists with global notions of a singular ‘organic’, implying that the diffusion of ‘organic’ as a coherent concept is perfectly possible, even if the enactment of ‘organics’ in local …
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