Fago(Ifaluk): A unique emotional concept that blurs the boundaries between compassion, sadness, and love. It is the pity felt for someone in need, which compels us to care for them, but it is also haunted by a strong sense that one day we will lose them. Famished:Feeling intensely hun...
Educational attainmentis correlatedwith higher incomes, more social resources and stability, improved healthy behaviors, and an improved ability to tackle social and economic stresses. Individuals who secure stable employment are more likely to live in neighborhoods with access to fresh food choice...
Abstract Religion plays a very important role in some societies but not in others. Within each society, individuals also differ in the degree to which they believe that religion is an important force in their lives and in their society. This belief about the social value of religion is referre...
The annual tax (which is prorated for each month a person is without coverage) equals the greater of (i) a "flat dollar amount" and (ii) a percentage of the taxpayer's household income in excess of that year's filing threshold (the filing threshold is the total of the standard deducti...
The Department of Treasury has issued preliminary proposals to use a "look back/stability period safe harbor" method to determine who constitutes a full-time employee for these purposes. (IRS Notice 2011-36). These preliminary proposals have also discussed but not yet provided rules for ...