President Xxxxxx X. Xxxx has initiated a community health center (CHC) development campaign. Significant federal dollars are available to help health care providers and community leaders develop CHCs. The President’s goal is to increase the number of access points to CHCs by 1,200 over a five-year period. This program is important for North Dakota health care organizations to consider, especially organizations that are having financial difficulties and are seeing an increasing number of low income or uninsured people. A CHCS is a partnership between the federal government and local health care organizations to provide primary health care for all people regardless of income or health insurance status. Some advantages of becoming a CHC include a reduction in personnel and pharmacy costs, improved access to employees, payment for uncompensated care, recalculation of Medicare and Medicaid payment rates, access to a wide range of federal health programs and technical assistance and a host of other benefits. In light of this important initiative, the PCO works in collaboration with the Community HealthCare Association and other partners to initiate the development of community health centers in North Dakota. Primary Care Association (PCA) The Community HealthCare Association is a state nonprofit membership organization that provides leadership on primary health care issues in North Dakota and South Dakota. Begun in 1985, as the South Dakota Association of Community Health Centers, the association has grown from a handful of members to a membership representing organizations consisting of community health centers; Medicare certified rural health clinics and National Health Service Corps supported organization in North and South Dakota. It maintains an office in Sioux Falls, and in 1996, opened an office in Bismarck, North Dakota.
President Xxxxxx X. X. Xxxx declared a cease-fire on February 28; by that time, most Iraqi forces in Kuwait had either surrendered or fled. Though the Persian Gulf War was initially considered an unqualified success for the international coalition, simmering conflict in the troubled region led to a second Gulf War–known as the Iraq War–that began in 2003. Stop & Jot: Why was the non-removal of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx seen as controversial for many? Modern America Afghanistan: Operation Enduring Freedom 2001 Started in Afghanistan on October 7th, 2001 as a response to the September 11th, 2001 attacks on America. The focus of a U.S.-led coalition (along with British, French, German, Australian and Canadian forces) was to begin attacking Taliban controlled areas of Afghanistan with an intense bombing campaign. The invasion of Afghanistan was the opening round in the United States “war on terrorism.” xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/watch?v=uDN41c Modern America The invasion of Afghanistan was intended to target terrorist mastermind Xxxxx bin Laden’s al-Qaida organization, which was based in the country, as well as the extreme fundamentalist Taliban government that had ruled most of the country since 1996 and supported and protected al-Qaida. The Taliban, which had imposed its extremist version of Islam on the entire country, also perpetrated countless human rights abuses against its people, especially women, and girls. During their rule, large numbers of Afghans lived in utter poverty, and as many as 4 million Afghans are thought to have suffered from starvation. Modern America War in Iraq 2003 On March 19th, 2003 the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, U.S. President Xxxxxx X. Xxxx announced in a televised address, “At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.” Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx and his advisors built much of their case for war on the idea that Iraq, under dictator Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, possessed or was in the process of building weapons of mass destruction. xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/watch?v=T0kcaziP-0o Modern America After an intense manhunt, U.S. soldiers found Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx hiding in a six-to-eight-foot deep hole, nine miles outside his hometown of Tikrit. He did not resist and was uninjured during the arrest. A soldier at th...
President Xxxxxx X. Xxxx approved the creation of a nationwide EMS systems program comprised of 304 contiguous regionalized networks, and appointed Xxxx as its National Director, a title he held for over a decade. “Xxxx simply recognized a glaring deficiency in existing health care systems, sidestepped a promising surgical career and dedicated himself to solving this problem,” says Xxxx’x classmate Xxx Xxxx, MDCM’63. Xxxx soon became a sought-a er consultant to governments the world over, including in Canada and in Quebec, where his concept is referred to as “Le modèle du Xxxx.” For 12 years, he was the general surgeon at the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, where, until he retired, he worked to improve trauma care as the National Trauma Systems Coordinator for the Indian Health Service. Known fondly among classmates as the “Czar,” Xxxx has served as a class representative for over three decades, helping to build a generous endowment in support of medical students in financial need. “McGill was an intellectually and academically rich place. I realized then, and even more later on, that I had been given the best, luckiest chance,” Xxxx says. It was a chance not only to pursue medicine, but to find love, which he did in classmate Xxxxx Xxxxx, MDCM’63, to whom he is married with four children and eight grandchildren. This year’s Homecoming will xxxx Xxxx’x 50th anniversary since graduation and the formal acknowledgement of his MAG Lifetime Achievement Award. “To honour me, with my unorthodox career, concepts and hybrid methodologies from the empirical, scientific, professional, industrial and political sectors is, I think, as telling of my xxxx mater as it is of my accomplishments.” {XXXXXXX XXXXX} ❝Whether I’m “ seeing patients, making policy decisions, or teaching, it’s really driven by the goal of equity.❞ – Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
President Xxxxxx X. Xxxx’x declaration of a major disaster in Louisiana due to Hurricane Xxxxxxx on August 29, 2005, ANO received PA program funds for the repair and replacement of certain facilities damaged by the hurricane. The PA program limits FEMA contribution of funds to sub-grantees such as ANO for “repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing” a facility “on the basis of the design of the facility as the facility existed immediately before the major disaster.” 42 U.S.C. § 5172(e)(1)(A)(i); see 44 C.F.R. § 206.226 (2006). Pursuant to the “50% Rule,” if the cost to repair a facility to its pre-disaster condition exceeded 50% of the cost of replacing the facility based on the facility’s pre-disaster condition, FEMA funded the replacement of the damaged facility. 44 C.F.R. § 206.226(f).
President Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, State of the Union Address (Jan. 29, 2002) (transcript available at xxxx://xxxxxxxxxxx- xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxx/xxxxxxxx/0000/00/00000000-00.xxxx). 21 See Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, Pub. L. 107-243, 116 Stat. 1498, 1498-99 (2002) (codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1541). The Iraq AUMF cited many factors to justify the use of military force against Iraq, including that alleged WMD and programs to develop such weapons posed a “threat to the national security of the United States,” id. at 1498, and Iraq’s “capability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction against other nations and its own people,” id. at 1499.
President Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Address Outlining Steps to Prevent Terrorism After Christmas Attacks (Jan. 7, 2010) (transcript available at xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/2010/POLITICS/01/07/xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx/index.html) (“We are at war. We are at war against al Qaeda, a far-reaching network of violence and hatred that attacked us on 9/11, that killed nearly 3,000 innocent people, and that is plotting to strike us again. And we will do whatever it takes to defeat them.”).
President Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx’s remarks at National Convention Center, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2016
President Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx issued Executive Order No. 12613, imposing a broad embargo on imports of Iranian-origin goods and services. U.S. sanctions against Iran were strengthened in 1995 and 1997, when President Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx issued Executive Order Nos. 12957, 12959, and 13059, pursuant to, inter alia, IEEPA. These Executive Orders as implemented by the Iranian Transactions Regulations ("ITR"), 31 C.F.R. part 560, as well as Part 746.7 ofthe EAR, prohibit virtually all trade and investment activities between the United States and Iran, including but not limited to broad prohibitions on: (a) the importation into the United States of goods or services from Iran; (b) the exportation, sale, or supply ofgoods, technology, or services from the United States or by a U.S. person to Iran; (c) trade-related transactions with Iran by U.S. persons, including financing, facilitating, or guaranteeing such transactions; (d) the reexportation from third countries to Iran by foreign persons ofdual use and sensitive U.S.origin goods, technology, or services (including foreign manufactured products incorporating 10% or more controlled U.S.-origin content); (e) investment by U.S. persons in Iran or in property owned or controlled by the Government of Iran; and (f) facilitation by U.S. persons oftransactions by foreign persons ifthe transaction by the foreign person would be prohibited ifit were a U.S. person. Although the ITR authorize the exportation of goods or technology from the United States to a third country for substantial transformation or incorporation into a foreign-made end product intended specifically or predominantly for Iran where the U.S.-origin goods or technology are deminimis and not controlled, this authorization specifically carves out foreign-made end products intended for use in the petroleum or petrochemical industries. With the exception of certain exempt or authorized transactions, OF AC regulations implementing the Iranian sanctions generally prohibit the export ofgoods, technology, or services to Iran from the United States. The ITR also prohibit "[a]ny transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any ofthe prohibitions contained in this part." Section 746.7(e) of the EAR prohibits the export or re-export of any item subject to the EAR if such transaction is prohibited by the ITR and not authorized by OFAC. This prohibition applies whether or not the E...
President Xxxxxx X. Xxxx signed the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of2003 ("SAA") in December 2003. On May 11, 2004, the President issued Executive Order No. 13338, blocking the property of certain persons and prohibiting the export of certain goods to Syria. This Executive order generally prohibits the export or re-export of U .S.-origin goods to Syria, providing that, except for food and medicine, "the Secretary of Commerce shall not permit the exportation or re-exportation to Syria of any product of the United States" and that "[n]o other agency of the United States Government shall permit the exportation or rae-exportation to Syria of any product of the United States ...a." The corresponding General Order No. 2 to Part 736 of the EAR, issued by the BIS to implement the SAA Order, restricts exports and re-exports to Syria of all items subject to the EAR other than food and certain medicine. These prohibitions were in effect at all times relevant to this Statement of Facts, which does not address Waeatherford business in Syria prior to 2004. IV. Description of Relevant Conduct Cuba 15. On August 31, 2005, subsidiaries of Weatherford paid approximately $2.28 Billion in cash and stock to acquire the "Energy Services" division and "International Contract Drilling" division of Precision Drilling Corporation ("PDC"), a company headquartered in and incorporated under the laws of Canada. At the time they were purchased, the two divisions employed approximately 5,300 people in 25 countries, and XXXX and its predecessors had been conducting business in Cuba for approximately 10 years. The Weatherford entity that acquired XXXX was Weatherford PES/PDG Limited ("WPES"). Business support services for XXXX were located in Canada, and the Cuba business accounted for approximately 20 employees. On September 1, 2005, WPES was acquired by Weatherford Global Products Ltd., a Cyprus entity, and on the same date, under Canadian laaw, amalgamated into a "new" XXXX. In December 2005, PricewaterhouseCoopers determined that XXXX'x Cuban-related business held a fair market value ofapproximately $8. l Million. 16. Following the acquisitions from PDC, Weatherford executives and employees in Houston and at Weatherford Canada Partnership ("WCP"), a Canadian subsidiary of Weatherford, decided to transfer the Cuba operations within the Weatherford group ofcompanies. 17. In late December 2005, three months after its purchase, XXXX executed the transfer of its Cuba business to...
President Xxxxxx X. X. Xxxx signs the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) into law which provides funding for the implementation of IFTA and the International Registration Plan (IRP). 1992 – Alberta becomes the first Canadian province to join IFTA, with 21 other jurisdictions participating at the time. 1996 — On September 30, 1996, a mandate came into effect that required the 48 mainland U.S. states to conform to IFTA requirements for the collection of motor fuel use taxes. Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, as members of the Regional Fuel Tax Agreement (RFTA) were not subject to this mandate. 2006 — The Dispute Resolution Committee was formalized for hearing disputes from IFTA member jurisdictions and licensees. What is IRP? IFTA vs. IRP IRP stands for the International Registration Plan (IRP). While IFTA is an agreement on fuel tax licensing, IRP is an agreement related to vehicle registration for commer vehicle carriers in the U.S., District of Columbia, and Canadian provinces. Similar to IFTA, carriers register their vehicles with IRP only in their home state or province (base jurisdiction). IRP registration is required for vehicles that are used or intended to transport people or goods in more than one IRP member jurisdiction and meet the following: Two axles and a gross vehicle weight (GVW) or registered GVW over 26,000 pounds or 11,793.401 kg Three or more axles (regardless of weight) Used in a combination with a combined GVW over 26,000 pounds or 11,79.401 kg (also known as apportioned vehicles). Automated IFTA Reporting with Telematics Carriers can streamline the process of IFTA management by using a telematics solution to report on accurate GPS location and time in each location of fleet vehicles. Relying on paper records for IFTA can lead to a number of issues such as missing paperwork, entry error, late filings, overpayments, or audits. Using telematics, or GPS fleet tracking, to track miles by state or province eliminates the manual process, improves the accuracy of distance, and saves time. The telematics device logs the vehicle odometer and GPS position, capturing the daily trips of each vehicle. Entry and exit odometers are calculated. The telematics solution can also help identify any vehicle or device issues to bring to attention of auditor. Geotab’s solution can even generate an automated IFTA report, which can then be sent to a third-party to generate the completed tax forms. Contact us: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
