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Report NEP-CTA-2014-12-08This is the archive for NEP-CTA, a report on new working papers in the area of Contract Theory & Applications. Simona Fabrizi issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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The following items were announced in this report:
- Kristoffer Nimark, 2014. "Public Information in Populations with Heterogeneous Interests," 2014 Meeting Papers 487, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Nicolas S. Lambert & Michael Ostrovsky & Mikhail Panov, 2014. "Strategic Trading in Informationally Complex Environments," NBER Working Papers 20516, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Georg, Co-Pierre, 2014. "Contagious herding and endogenous network formation in financial networks," Working Paper Series 1700, European Central Bank.
- Roberto Chavez, 2014. "Customer integration, information quality and operational performance: A social capital view," Working Papers 57, Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad Diego Portales.
- Alan Elizondo & Enrique Seira, 2014. "Are Information Disclosure Mandates Effective? Evidence from the Credit Card Market," Working Papers 1407, Centro de Investigacion Economica, ITAM.
- Masaaki Fujii & Akihiko Takahashi, 2014. "Optimal Hedging for Fund & Insurance Managers with Partially Observable Investment Flows," CARF F-Series CARF-F-348, Center for Advanced Research in Finance, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo.
- Dong, Ming, 2014. "Market reaction to transparency: An empirical study on life insurance demand in Europe," ICIR Working Paper Series 17/14, Goethe University Frankfurt, International Center for Insurance Regulation (ICIR).
- Item repec:hal:journl:hal-00710639 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Raszap Skorbiansky, Sharon & Wu, Steven, 2014. "Is investing in communication worth it? An experimental study of communication in a relational contract setting," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota 170631, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
- Debasis Mishra, 2014. "A Foundation for Dominant Strategy Voting Mechanisms," ISER Discussion Paper 0916, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
- Jos'e Manuel Corcuera & Giulia Di Nunno & Gergely Farkas & Bernt {O}ksendal, 2014. "A continuous auction model with insiders and random time of information release," Papers 1411.2835, arXiv.org, revised Mar 2018.
- Jalava, Nina & Joensen, Juanna Schrøter & Pellas, Elin, 2014. "Grades and Rank: Impacts of Non-Financial Incentives on Test Performance," IZA Discussion Papers 8412, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Diego d'Andria, 2014. "Taxation and incentives to innovate: a principal-agent approach," Jena Economic Research Papers 2014-028, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
- Makoto Nirei & Tsutomu Watanabe, 2014. "Beauty Contests and Fat Tails in Financial Markets," CARF F-Series CARF-F-346, Center for Advanced Research in Finance, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo.
- Savage, Jeffrey & Ribaudo, Marc, 2014. "Controlling Non-additional Credits from Nutrient Management in Water Quality Trading Programs Through Eligibility Baseline Stringency," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota 170426, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
- Brown, Martin & Trautmann, Stefan T. & Vlahu, Razvan, 2014. "Understanding bank-run contagion," Working Paper Series 1711, European Central Bank.


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The broadband provider's On Demand television platform has proved extremely popular with consumers in 2011, clocking up 484 million views in the first half of the year.
This represented a 19 per cent increase on the equivalent period in 2010, demonstrating the boost provided to subscriber levels by this year's TiVo upgrade.
Some 258 million hours were watched using the On Demand service between January and June, with The Apprentice, Camelot and Doctor Who the most popular shows.
Completing the UK top ten were House, Glee, EastEnders, Dexter, Casualty, Desperate Housewives and Fringe.
Meanwhile, apps – introduced from the likes of YouTube and Twitter - were accessed on average 4.5 times a week, and by 79 per cent of all set-top boxes.
Cindy Rose, Executive Director of Digital Entertainment at Virgin Media, said the firm is on track to exceed the predicted one billion On Demand views in 2011.
"TV will never be the same again," she commented.
"Our TiVo service takes television viewing to another level by seamlessly combining traditional channels and on-demand with the best of the web, making it easier to find and uncover amazing programmes."
Ms Rose explained that the discovery tools for the next generation will be search, browsable collections and recommendations.
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Terrified shoppers and relatives describe horror of attack in Munich shopping centre
People caught up in the deadly attack on a Munich shopping centre have described hiding in shops, hotels, police stations and railway stations.
Nine people were killed and many more injured in the shooting, with at least three said to be in a "life-threatening" condition.
A number of "youths" were among the dead and children have also been shot, police said.
The gunman has since been identified as 18-year-old David Ali Sonboly, who was born and raised in Germany by Iranian parents.
Ali Sonboly began shooting at a McDonald's restaurant in Hanauer Street near to the city's Olympic Park, before moving to the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum mall.
He was not known to police and officers are currently searching his apartment for clues.
Journalist Maximilian Bielefeld told Sky News he was in a restaurant with his girlfriend when "suddenly everyone started to run".
"Armed police were passing by and it was total chaos. We jumped out of a window," he said.
"First of all we were hiding under a police car and some policemen came by and told us to come with them and brought us to a police station nearby.
"We heard something again and we were told to move. Now we are hiding in the central station, which is totally empty."
A man whose 23-year-old daughter was caught up in the attack told the Guardian: "[She] was part of a group that locked themselves inside H&M to protect themselves.
"I spoke to her over the phone and she was crying, but then her battery ran out."
Erstürmung des snipes in der Fußgängerzone. Keine Schüsse bestätigt. pic.twitter.com/y94O7CctLK— Christoph Kürbel (@SmaulChristoph) July 22, 2016
'They can't run'
A woman named Loretta said she was in the McDonald's restaurant, near to the mall, when the pistol-wielding suspect came out of a bathroom.
She told CNN: "I come out of the toilet and I hear like an alarm, boom, boom, boom.
"He's killing the children. The children were sitting to eat. They can't run."
Witness Luan Zequiri said he was near the McDonald's when the shooting began.
He told German broadcaster n-tv that he heard the attacker yell an anti-foreigner insult and "there was a really loud scream".
Mr Zequiri said he saw only one attacker, who was wearing jack boots and a backpack.
"I looked in his direction and he shot two people on the stairs," he said.
He said he hid in a shop, then ran outside when the coast was clear and saw bodies of the dead and wounded on the ground.
The Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping mall was being evacuated by police, but some employees and customers were still inside hours after the reports of the shooting began to emerge.
"Many shots were fired. I can't say how many but it's been a lot," one employee said from inside the mall.
"All the people from outside came streaming into the store and I only saw one person on the ground who was so severely injured that he definitely didn't survive.
"We have no further information, we're just staying in the back in the storage rooms. No police have approached us yet."


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I had my French exam(which I passed, as I found yesterday) and I am preparing for my second English exam, which is next week, so fingers crossed!
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- Creme 21 – hand and body care – German creme, hydrating, containing vitamin E and pro-vitamin B5. It is supposed to make your skin soft and silky. As I am obsessed with hand cremes, this is a good point for the box! (150ml/4.70 leva)
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Recently, Microsoft wrote on their website about Kinects sales. Microsoft sold 2.5 million Kinect sensors in a convenient 25 days.
We all know that this big sales figures achieved due to "Black Friday Sales" from last weekend. Sony's been mum on Move numbers since it announced 1 million units shipped about a month ago. Microsoft says it's on pace to sell 5 million Kinect units through this holiday, which could be a magical thing: what sort of 3D video extravaganza could we pull off with 5 million Kinects in tandem? Read more details at Microsoft Sales PR Section.


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Mike Woodson said there's a very good chance power forward Kenyon Martin will make his Knicks debut Wednesday night vs. Golden State at the Garden.
Martin, who signed a 10-day contract with the Knicks Thursday, believes he knows the sets and is ready to roll. Woodson agrees he looks ready.
"I'm excited, humbled to get the opportunity to show people I can still play the game of basketball and show people who I am as a person,'' Martin said after this morning's shootaround.
"I don't get nervous. Anxiety maybe, I could hyperventilate.''
Martin, who played the last section of last season with the Clippers, was not signed by any team until the Knicks came calling. Martin feels his reputation as a bad boy hurt him and is looking to redo his image. Martin has no preseason games under his belt, just two scrimmages.
Martin looks as lithe as when he donned a Nets uniform but says, "I haven't played any games so you have to play in games to get in game shape. I'm in treadmill shape.''
Woodson, meanwhile, said Marcus Camby responded well to Tuesday's second scrimmage and reiterated he could well make his return Friday in Washington.
"He's moving around well,'' Woodson said.
But the Knicks announced on Wednesday that Rasheed Wallace would require surgery and be out for the next eight weeks, essentially ending his season.
As for Martin, he's feeling good.
"I'm great,'' Martin said. "I'm a vet. It's the same same stuff, different terminology. I'm picking up things quick. I'm ready. My knowledge of the game helps me a lot. When he throws me out there, I'm ready – one minute, 10 minutes. Whatever. Basketball is basketball. I feel pretty young, my legs feel good. I'm healthy.''
Backup PG Pablo Prigioni has back spasms and will be a game-time decision. If Prigioni doesn't play, Woodson will likely change the starting lineup because he doesn't want to start both his healthy PGs, Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd. Woodson wouldn't say who would start but James White and Chris Copeland are possibilities…Carmelo Anthony didn't attend shootaround in Westchester because of a stomach virus. He will play Wednesday night, Woodson said.


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David Casey, Director of the UCT Careers Service was in for a huge surprise when he attended the Universum Future of Talent Summit held in Stockholm in June this year. Unbeknown to him the UCT Careers Service was ranked #2 in the first globally benchmarked Universum Career Satisfaction Survey, as voted by UCT students. The survey is benchmarked against participating careers services around the world. David happened to be there to scoop up the award and we caught up with him on his return to South Africa.


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The Definition Of Small Talk (it is not chit-chat)
It does not matter if you own a business or work as a restaurant server, having a strong communication capability is going to help you out and increase your productivity in your job.
First off, you need to know what small talk is. Small talk is a light conversation that centers around unimportant topics, or at least uncontroversial topics. When making small talk with a potential client or customer, you do not want to bring up politics, religion or other ideas that can be viewed as controversial.
By avoiding these kinds of ideas and topics, you can significantly improve your overall ability to communicate with them, without alienating them or making them feel bad about themselves. You are also going to avoid finding yourself in a heated debate. Small talk is not suppose to lead to this kind of a situation.
One thing you are going to hear about over and over is how small talk and chit chat are the same. While similar, the two cover different topics and are different in the subject matter it covers. You are not going to conduct small talk with your friends, you are going to chit chat. Sure, you are going to talk about sports, the weather and other menial bits of information, but you are also going to move more into chit chat, which includes gossip.
Gossiping does not mean you are going to go out and spread rumors about other people. However, you are going to talk about other friends, people you know, different situations going on and even speculate about what is going on in someone's life. This is simply what people do, especially when around friends. Due to this, it is very important for you to know the difference between small talk and chit chat and understand that you chit chat with your friends, but you conduct small talk with business clients and other professionals.
Everyone is able to chit chat with friends. Communication between someone you already know and care for is much easier than making small talk with a complete stranger. The ability to talk about regular topics can be challenging for some people, but this does not mean you are going to be on your own completely. You just need to work on your small talk. Small talk does not come as naturally as chit chatting, which is why so many people struggle with this kind of activity when around people they don't know. Perhaps they don't know what to talk about and what to bring up that the other person can talk about as well.
If you find yourself in the same boat, all you need to do is practice. Eventually, you should feel more comfortable conducting small talk conversation with strangers. This way, you can incorporate it into your own business and professional needs, which should help you increase your sales, boost the number of clients you have and also make the people you are interacting with feel comfortable around you. It is always easier to do business with another professional who is exceptional in small talk.


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Providence Health & Services can move forward on a plan to redevelop its chemical dependency center on College Street into a primary care medical clinic after Lacey City Council unanimously approved permits for the project Thursday night.
Approved were conditional use and Class 4 forest practices permits, which will allow Providence to remove 34,000 board feet of timber for an expanded parking area to serve the clinic at 4800 College St. SE.
There was no discussion about the details of the actual clinic, but there was plenty of discussion about trees, following associate planner Sarah Schelling's presentation about Providence's proposal.
Mayor Andy Ryder led the questioning about trees, pointing out there has been much public outcry about tree removal in the area. Among those raising the issue is resident Rob Kavanaugh, who complained in June about trees removed from a lot in the Lacey Corporate Center, which curls between College Street and Yelm Highway.
"I just want to make sure our bases are covered because I guarantee we're going to hear about it," said Ryder about tree removal on the Providence site.
The 9.5-acre site is surrounded by stands of trees to the north, east and south that will remain intact, Schelling said. Most of the tree removal will occur in the southwest part of the redevelopment site.
"Providence is working with the forester to incorporate as many trees in the parking area as they can," Schelling told the council.
As part of the conditional use permit process, the proposed redevelopment project had to go before the hearings examiner, who set some conditions for approval, including that a minimum of 83 trees must either be planted or retained on the site.
Schelling said there will be more than 83 trees.
Councilman Jason Hearn said he is satisfied with Providence's approach to the redevelopment of the site, comparing it to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia.
"Look at the main property," he said. "That is a tree property."
Ryder bemoaned the loss of the chemical dependency center, but Providence has a plan to continue those services at a site to be determined, Providence spokesman Angela Maki told The Olympian last month.
The new clinic is expected to open in September 2016, Maki said.
The number of primary care clinics is on the rise because the Affordable Care Act gave more people access to health care.
Providence Medical Group opened the first phase of its Providence Medical Group West Olympia clinic in July, occupying half of a converted Office Depot building. UW Medicine is set to open its first neighborhood clinic in South Sound in January.
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To make an impact and end up with a high-quality video, you need not skimp on quality to end up with a beautiful, unique, mind-blowing piece of marketing art. Avoid getting a cheap mess and instead ask "how much should I spend on an explainer video" because:
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To imprint your company in people's minds
The price tag is an irrelevant factor when at the end of the day the brand stands out; you gain respect and clients purchase your products. Quality is more important if you want impact, you want to make sure it looks good, has awesome content, has an organic voiceover script, is captivating and stands out from your competition to increase sales for your company's service or product. People, due to an increased number of explainer videos, are getting better at differentiating tacky explainer videos from awesome explainer videos.
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Pricing of a product depends on the length, style, the quality of work, and how in demand the explainer video company is. An explainer video is expensive due to the time and effort that go into developing one. An explainer video can take up to three months to complete, a total of fifteen professionals and requires various processes. An explainer video is an investment involves meeting, calls, emails, revisions, rendering, and uploads. It all comes down to brand representation and how much you can be relevant to the explainer video. Some companies use the same explainer video for as long as even ten years.


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Two 19-year-olds arrested in connection with pipe bomb detonated near Clinton Central High School
UPDATE: Reece Mennen pleaded guilty to criminal recklessness and was sentenced to 2 years in the Department of Correction with 1 year on community corrections home detention and 1 year suspended. He'll also spend a year on probation.
FRANKFORT, Ind. (Mar. 4, 2016)– Two 19-year-old men were arrested Friday in connection with a pipe bomb detonated near Clinton Central High School.
Police said the bomb was detonated and discovered on March 1. There were no injuries and police said no students or staff were ever in danger.
No other devices were located.
The pipe bomb was detonated along the north side of the school's football field.
Nathan Robertson and Reece Mennen, both 19, were arrested in connection with the case. Police found they had purchased bomb-making materials on the Sunday before the incident.
Robertson is charged with manufacturing a destructive device, possession of a destructive device, transporting a destructive device, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, and criminal mischief.
Mennen faces charges of manufacturing a destructive device and possession of a destructive device.
Both men are being held at the Clinton County Jail on $1,200 bond.


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Generally, the less you pay out of pocket for the deductible, copayments and co-insurance, the more you pay in premiums for the coverage.
How to buy individual health insurance
Ready to shop? You have lots of choices: Comparison websites, going directly to a health insurance company via its website or call center, contacting a health insurance agent in your area or using your state's health insurance marketplace (also called exchange).
Not all insurers sell plans through the government-run marketplaces, so you'll find more options by shopping both in and outside the marketplaces.
If you qualify for subsidies, you can get them only by buying through your state's health insurance marketplace. Healthcare.gov has links to state marketplaces.
You could be eligible for a premium discount in the form a tax break if your income falls below 400 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL). For 2018 health plans, the 400 percent threshold is $48,240 for a single person. Here are more examples:
- Household of 2 -- income of less than $64,960
- Household of 3 -- income of less than $81,680
- Household of 4 -- income of less than $98,400
- Household of 5 -- income of less than $115,120
You qualify for a plan with reduced out-of-pocket costs if your household income falls below 250 percent of the federal poverty level -- $30,150 for a single person (the government uses FPL standards from the previous year to determine eligibility).
If you qualify for a tax break, you'll see the premium savings as you shop and compare plans on the marketplace website. Keep in mind that catastrophic plans do not qualify for subsidies.
Comparing health plans
Think about your health care needs and budget, and then compare plans to find the best fit.
Here are questions to consider:
How is the plan structured?
A health maintenance organization, or HMO, generally doesn't cover care outside its provider network, except in special instances. You must select a primary care doctor in the network who coordinates your care and pay a low copayment for each office visit.
A preferred provider organization, or PPO, also features a network of providers, but still provides some coverage when you see providers outside the network. You have more flexibility with this plan than with an HMO. You can see specialists, for instance, without a primary care doctor's referral.
A point of service, or POS plan, works like an HMO if you see providers in the network and get referrals from your primary care doctor to see specialists. But you can also see doctors and specialists outside the network.
A high-deductible health plan with a health savings account features a higher-than-average deductible and a lower-than-average premium. The accompanying savings account lets you set aside pre-tax dollars for out-of-pocket medical expenses. Unspent money carries over to the next year, and you can keep the account, even if you change health plans.
Who is in the network?
Check the health plan's network to make sure it has a good selection of hospitals, doctors and specialists. Make sure the providers you want to see are included in the network.
What is covered?
Check to see if the prescription drugs you take are included in the plan's list of covered medications. Compare other benefits. Some plans may go above and beyond coverage mandated by law.
How much do you pay out of pocket for care?
Review the deductible, copayment and co-insurance amounts. The deductible is the amount you pay each year for covered benefits before the health plan pays anything (except for preventive care). The copayment is the fee you pay for each office visit. Not all health plans have copayments. Co-insurance is the percentage of covered health care costs you pay after you have met the deductible.
How much do you pay for coverage?
Compare the annual premium among health plans with the same coverage.
What's the bottom line?
Think about how much health care you will probably use in the next year, and compare how much it would cost in health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket expenses for each plan you consider. If you rarely go to the doctor, then you are probably better off buying a high-deductible health plan with a low premium than a more expensive plan with a low deductible.
Making a smart health insurance choice requires time and effort, but the homework you do now will pay off later when you and your family need care.
Related >> Guide to Health Plans
ACA open enrollment: What's changed and what hasn't after Trump cost-sharing reduction announcement
President Donald Trump recently announced that he will no longer pay cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments to insurers in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges.
The CSR payments total about $7.2 billion annually. They help keep down out-of-pocket costs for about 7.5 million Americans with incomes less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level.
Premiums on ACA plans were already averaging 20 percent in 2018, but insurance companies are increasing premiums even more without CSR payments. Without the payments, insurers may also abandon the ACA exchanges and leave some Americans without an ACA plan choice in either 2018 or 2019.
Trump's announcement comes as millions of people in ACA exchanges plans head into open enrollment on Nov. 1. The Trump Administration cut open enrollment in half this year. It usually runs through the end of January, but open enrollment for the ACA exchanges is only Nov. 1-Dec. 15 this year. Plus, the administration cut marketing for ACA plans by 90%. Insurers and ACA advocates worry that the Trump Administration's moves will reduce enrollment and create unbalanced risk pools, which will mean higher premiums.
What does the CSR announcement mean for open enrollment?
Trump's announcement doesn't affect open enrollment. It still runs from Nov. 1-Dec. 15.
Losing CSR payments may also not change the plan offerings. Insurance companies already signed on and set their premium increases for 2018.
However, some insurers could argue that losing CSR payments allows them to get out of the 2018 contracts. In that case, they could try to leave, but states may still stop them from leaving.
Even if all insurers stay, members may see higher than expected premiums in 2018. Insurers need to comply with an ACA provision that requires them to keep down out-of-pocket costs for lower-income members. CSR payments helped insurers do just that. Insurance companies will now need to figure out a way to fill the funding gap. One way is to increase premiums.
A recent report by Avalere found that premiums for ACA "silver" plans will increase an average of 34% in 2018. Silver plans are the most popular plans in the ACA exchanges and insurance companies have proposed large premium increase for those plans. Insurers are implementing such huge premium increases on silver plans that people shopping for ACA plans may find more affordable "gold" plans once you take into account ACA tax credits. In other words, make sure to shop around for plans in different "metal" levels.
Trump's announcement wasn't exactly a surprise. Many insurance companies included the possibility of the president stopping CSR payments in their proposed increases for 2018.
One state, Oregon, even suggested that payers increase their proposed rates on silver plans by another 7.1 percentage points in 2018 to help offset the loss of CSR payments.
However, insurers that set rates expecting CSR funding may request to revise premiums for 2018. One state, Oregon, is even suggesting that payers increase their proposed rates on Silver Plans, which is the most popular plan option in the exchanges, by another 7.1 percentage points in 2018 to help offset the loss of CSR payments.
So, even if you have ACA plan options, you may see higher premiums than expected.
In one bit of good news, healthcare.gov now organizes plans based on your monthly premium after you account for tax credits and subsidies. This means shopping on heatlhcare.gov is more consumer-friendly than before and it's easier to comparison shop.
Tax credits may help buffer CSR payment loss
For most people in ACA plans, higher premiums will get swallowed up by tax credits. The ACA offers a premium tax credit for members in ACA plans. Those credits help members between 100 and 400 percent of the federal poverty level reduce premiums or out-of-pocket costs. More than 80 percent of ACA plan members are eligible for the tax credit.
What this means is that premium tax credits may offset premium increases for those who qualify. However, the tax credits won't help many middle class and upper-middle class members who don't qualify for the tax credit. They will face higher premiums and feel the brunt of the CSR payment cuts and subsequent premium increases.
What happens now?
The CSR payment issue is now in two different places -- Capitol Hill and the courts. Eighteen states and the District of Columbia sued because of Trump's CSR decision, but a federal judge ruled that Trump does not have to make the CSR payments. Insurance companies may also sue for the payments.
Congress is hoping to resolve the issue with legislation to continue CSR payments for two years. Senators were already talking about a possible bipartisan solution in September. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) and Patty Murray (D-Washington) were working on a plan for Congress to appropriate the money for the CSR payments through 2019.
This would have taken the payment issue away from the president, guaranteed insurer payments and stabilized the market somewhat. However, Republican leaders set aside that proposal and instead decided on pushing a large healthcare reform bill that would have repealed the ACA. That proposal failed to gain enough support, and now we're back to a possible bipartisan solution.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated the bipartisan plan would reduce the deficit by $3.8 billion over 10 years and not affect coverage premiums.
In addition to the Alexander-Murray plan, Republicans are proposing more conservative CSR bills that could include expanding Health Savings Accounts and delaying the employer mandate to offer health insurance.
There are still questions as to whether the Republican-led Congress can garner enough support for CSR payments. Congress may not take up the issue until December and could include it among other bills in a final end-of-year spree.
If Congress doesn't pass CSR legislation, states may forge lengthy legal battles to get the federal government to pay. Some states may even try to make the payments in the interim in hopes of getting repaid later. Until all of these issues are resolved, the ACA exchanges will remain teetering, and insurers will discuss internally whether the business is worth it. Stay tuned
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Music Mission Statement
The Slippery Rock University Department of Music is committed to providing learning experiences to meet the current and future needs of today's student. We recognize the unique power of music to express emotion, to teach, to foster communication, to access memories, to motivate, to initiate movement, and to provide enrichment for the community-at-large. The department will provide an environment for serious study and musical performance as we prepare our students for successful careers in music education, music therapy, and performance.
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Your tax-deductible donation to the SRU Music Department makes a huge impact on the success of our students and enriches the community at large. You can make a contribution to our OPUS 1000 Club by clicking on this link.
Program Outcomes
- to provide experiences that will enable each student to realize his/her creative and musical potential through performance and academic study.
- to provide skill-based preparation for professional degrees.
- to provide students with a broad palette of musical experiences drawn from diverse cultures.
- to assist students in developing the skills and understanding necessary to work with diverse populations.
- to provide cultural experiences to enrich the university and the surrounding community.
- to develop leaders and capable, confident musicians by encouraging students to perform in ensembles, solo performances, competitions, and to participate in professional organizations.
- Students will actively participate in musical experiences such as listening, performing, improvising, composing, conducting, and doing research in the field.
- Students will demonstrate teaching and facilitating skills in education and therapy settings with diverse populations.
- Students will perform regularly as soloists, in ensembles, for master-classes, and be given the opportunity to participate in competitions.
- Students will participate in courses and performance experiences which will expose them to music theory, aural skills, and the history and analysis of western music, American music and world music.
- Students and faculty will present concerts that are open to the university and the general public.
- Students will be encouraged to participate in professional organizations such as Music Therapy Club, Mid-Atlantic Region of the Association for Music Therapy, Slippery Rock Chapter of the Pennsylvania Collegiate Music Educators Association, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and Mu Phi Epsilon.
New and Noteworthy Student Accomplishments
The Department of Music was granted accreditation this summer by The National Association of Schools of Music. This ten-year process of assessment and evaluation culminated in a massive self-study document, a visitation by NASM evaluators and several years of revisions of the department's policies and curricula.
- Allison Gordner ('16 Music Education Major) was awarded the Castroville, TX Area Chaber of Commerce "You Make a Difference" Award. This award is presented annually to a first-year teacher in the Medina Valley Intermediate School District.
- Erin Oultin (Junior Music Therapy Major) presented her faculty-student collaborative research on Music Therapy and Sensory Integration at the SRU Student Symposium in March 2016.
- Rachel Reed (Senior Music Therapy Major) presented her faculty-student collaborative research on Music Therapy and Disability Studies at the SRU Student Symposium in March 2016.
- May 2015 graduate Megan Gallagher was awarded a 2015 Professional Achievement Recognition and the Shannon Kelly Scholarship for Music Education, awarded by the National Association for Music Education.
- Music education majors Josh Bonnici, Holly Ivancic, Abby Iksic, Anita Snyder, and Mike Zech were awarded an SGA Student Conference Grant to partially fund their trip to The Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago, IL.
- Devon Lybarger, sophomore music education major, is serving as the Pennsylvania Collegiate Music Educators Association Region I Coordinator, a position he won through election.
- David Tini, junior music education major, is serving as the technology coordinator for the state Pennsylvania College Music Educators Association, a position he won through election.
- The SRU Mu Phi Chapter, Delta Mu, was awarded outstanding collegiate chapter and Stephanie Chiocchi (Junior, Music Education) was awarded for her outstanding contribution to service and music.
- Wesley Woodward (Sophomore, Music Education), Josh Bonnici (Sophomore, Music Educaiton), Jeanne Marie Stalteri (Sophomore, Music Educaiton), and Sean Mitchell (Sophomore, Music Education), received a grant to research the development of memory, fine, and gross motor skills through music education at the SGA/SRU Preschool.
- Rachel Reed (Senior, Music Therapy Major) presented with Dr. Susan Hadley (Music Therapy) and Dr. Lacom (Gender Studies) at the Disability First President's Commission for Disability Issues Disability Symposium at Slippery Rock University.
- Ashley Criscione (Senior, Music Therapy Major)and Erin Oulton (Junior, Music Therapy & Art Major) presented at the First President's Commission for Disability Issues Disability Symposium on the use of music therapy and sensory integration
- Rachel Reed (Senior Music Therapy Major) presented a concurrent session entitled "What Is Disabilities Studies?" with Dr. Susan Hadley (Director, Music Therapy) and Dr. Cindy LaCom (Director, Gender Studies) at the First President's Commission for Disability Issues Disability Symposium at Slippery Rock University.
- Dana Jacoby (Senior, Music Therapy Major), won this year's Chad Vocal Competition, a prestigious award for vocal performance.
- Two SRU Music Therapy Students, Ashley Criscione and Erin Oulton, presented on the use of music therapy and sensory integration at the regional Passages Conference in October 2015.
- Thirteen SRU Music Therapy Students, 1 SRU Music Therapy faculty member, and 1 SRU Music Therapy Alumna attended the 3rd Annual Music Therapy Hill Day in Harrisburg in October 2015. #PAMusicTherapy.
- Kevin Adamik, 2013 SRU graduate, is pursuing a Masters in Opera Performance on a $25,000 scholarship from the Cleveland Institute.


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New York City Center Studios
130 West 56th Street
New York, NY 10019
Friday, May 27, 2016
Melissa Toogood (MCDC 2008 - 2011) has worked with a select group of dancers in a week-long workshop reconstructing TV Rerun (1972). There is one showing at 4:30pm at City Center Studios on Friday, May 27th. No reservations are required.
TV Rerun was described by Carolyn Brown as, "a dance in which everyone learns the same material but is free to choose spontaneously in performance what parts of it she or he wishes to perform." Cunningham explored shifting focus on stage by having one or more persons moving around the stage photographing the performance, so that the dancers would be aware and move with a non-fixed focus. Jasper Johns's costume design was white or black leotards and tights, and the score was by Gordon Mumma, titled Telepos.


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KEY THOT: Jesus came to abolish the first (old) covenant by establishing the second (new) covenant. However, he abolished the first covenant by replacing its many sacrifices and offerings with the once-for-all offering of his own body as the atoning sacrifice for sins. He thus made the OT sacrificial system obsolete through his own body. In establishing the second covenant by his self-sacrifice at the Cross, He threw open the door of salvation to all nations, not just for Israel--though Israel has the first priority to enter. The first covenant law given by Moses was provisional and intended for Israel alone as a theocratic kingdom. The second covenant law of the Spirit of life is eternal and intended for whomever the Lord calls into that eternal kingdom with Christ as King. The new theocratic kingdom is not based on human government ruled by an earthly king, but an eternal government based on the Spirit of God through whom Jesus Christ rules as the heavenly King.
The new covenant ratified by Jesus Christ is a far more superior covenant in terms of time, space and scope: it is eternal, knows no geographical boundary and is for all nations. Everyone who becomes a member of this kingdom has been set free from the tyrannical rule of self, sin and Satan through the power of the indwelling Spirit. We have become citizens of this eternal Kingdom enjoying its blessings of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. We have also become children of God who is our Father in heaven. For this reason, we cannot keep this good news to ourselves: we must confess and proclaim it to those who are still under the grip of the kingdom of darkness.
We need to start praying for our pre-believing relatives, colleagues and neighbours who are still in darkness, to bring them into the kingdom. While there are many methods to share the gospel (tracts, books, videos, etc), we can only make disciples by the old-fashioned way: "baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you" (Mt 28:19-20). Making converts is easy work ("baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit") but making disciples is hard work ("teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you").
Father, give us grace to fulfill Your call to make disciples of all nations in the coming new year. You have given to us a mandate and mission to make disciples of all nations. Help us not neglect in our responsibility to make this Gospel known to everyone who has not yet known You. Amen.


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Meet Kya, a gold bengal tiger who lives at the Southwick Zoo in mendon MA. She was born in captivity in November 2007. Typically tigers live 15 to 18 years. She is a mammal in the panthera tigres order. She is also known as the Indian or Royal tiger.
Bengal tigers are endangered – there about 5000 to 7000 of them in the wild. What a sad day for Mother Earth if this child should disappear forever.
In the last 64 years, the Bali, Java, Caspian, and South China tiger have become extinct.
"Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its costs in things natural, wild, and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television, and the chance to find a pasque-flower is a right as inalienable as free speech."
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First let me stress the RIGHT does plenty of crazy things (obstructions of justice), or those belonging to the Right (bombing planned parenthood, etc...). I only post this because no one else will.
What are people thoughts on the:
1) Kathy Griffith thing?
2) The Shooting of the republicans at the practice field
Does the Left need to calm down like our actor from Capt America (Chris Evans) movies has publically stated? Who was attacked from both sides for stating (paraphrasing) - "That Trump is our President makes me angry and sick to my stomach but people need to calm down and stop with all the hate."
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Costly Corporate Domain Errors: How Companies Drop the Ball
How Companies Drop the Ball Owing to Lack of Teamwork & Systems
By Paul Engels
The most basic component of a company's digital presence is their portfolio of domain names. It's inconceivable that such an important asset would be allowed to expire by oversight. This error is seemingly egregious given that domain registrars (the good folks who sell domains to corporate users) invariably have an "auto-renew" setting. As blogger Lisa Vaas asks, "Who wouldn't activate auto-renew on their corporate domain?"
Despite freely available procedures designed to prevent unintended domain expiry, they still happen – and quite often at large, sophisticated and technically astute organizations, such as Microsoft, Google, Marketo.com, and US telecom, Sorenson Communications, which incidentally was fined $3 million by the FCC for the consequences of failing to renew their domain.
OK. If "auto-renew" were the answer, this would be a pretty short article, ending right about here…Lisa Vaas further advises folks to familiarize themselves with the calendar reminder function of their smartphone or desktop, so as not to forget to renew a domain.. Would that it were so simple.
To all you corporate domain admins out there, by all means activate auto-renew. But there's so much more to the story. The reality of domain administration is gnarly.
Complexity #1: Start with the fact that most large organizations don't have one domain. They have hundreds or thousands. Bank America: 16,000. Rogers Communications: over 7,800. That's a lot of calendar reminders!
Complexity #2: Many of these domains and subdomains such as campaign.brand.com are intended for limited lifespan use, such as short-term marketing campaigns. They're not meant to be around for years and necessarily auto-renew. In fact, allowing too many of them to renew can create a virtual playground for hackers, phishers and parties who actively seek out dormant or inactive corporate domains for nefarious purposes.
Complexity #3: The domain registration ecosystem is rife with exploitable loopholes and points of failure. When Marketo temporarily lost their main domain, one of their customers found that he could easily renew the available domain, which he did as a Good Samaritan to help Marketo. Less caring individuals routinely hijack domains by multiple methods, some as easy as calling a registrar and falsely claiming to be an authorized representative of the domain owner.
Complexity #4: Many organizations spread their domains over multiple registrars. We've seen a few hundred domains spread over 12+ registrar services. Each registrar sends multiple email notices per domain per year. After a while all those emails start to sound like noise and become bothersome or ignored. A domain administrator finds themself having to separate the wheat from the chaff. (Don't forget to check your SPAM folder…). Now push those domains across multiple DNS services, and you've got a messy setup. They are not at all uncommon, especially for companies engaged in M&A that inherit domains along with registrars and DNS.
Complexity #5: The universe was perfect until people showed up. Take any situation and add the human factor for the real fun to start. We ask scores of large enterprises, "Who owns domain management in your organization?" Shockingly, the answer from at least a third is: "We're not sure." That's pretty remarkable considering that domains represent the digital brand and are often used to deliver critical services to customers. Marketing tends to request domains. Brand protection lawyers often manage the approval or admin function. The IT department sets them up and configures them based on business requests. A domain admin at the corporate office keeps spreadsheet records of the domains in use. (That's right. Spreadsheets!) Despite each group knowing their respective function, overall accountability often falls through the cracks. Between the cracks is where "Murphy" lives and stuff happens.
Recent weeks have seen a spate of reported corporate security and oversight foibles, many of which were domain-related or domain-exacerbated. Equifax's mishandled attempt to quell security fears at http://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com is a ghastly example. (Hackers launched www.securityequifax2017.com and Equifax actually sent customers there in error to get further phished and defrauded…)
We industry types love to shoot from the hip with our favorite panacea. The reality is that domains and the management thereof are a complicated business. While the auto-renew setting is certainly advisable, a more robust and capable solution for corporations is to employ systems to help manage their domains, provide intelligence, manage change and provide audit functions. Far too many companies simply do not. They've become used to people and spreadsheets. As the domain world complexity grows, we may be reading more about their mishaps soon.


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This is a study in the philosophy of worldview. It consists of two parts. The first part, which is presented here, is concerned primarily with key elements in the general structure of a worldview. It lays the groundwork for more concrete and differentiated investigations that will be pursued as a sequel to this article. The genius of the worldview notion is that it signifies both an inner conviction and an outlook on the world. Thus it combines the personal and the universal. Moreover, it does so in the context of conflicting convictions and outlooks. Accordingly, the plural worldviews is more adequate than the singular since each reflects the presence of the others. As I try to show, this inherent pluralism is what is missing both in traditional settings as well as under totalitarian regimes. The main body of this article consists of an analysis of four basic functions: 'orientation', 'assent' (i.e. a channeling of convictions), 'integration', and 'public recognition' (i.e. attaining recognition for a cause). A preceding section is dedicated to a delineation of worldview with respect to 'world picture'. Special attention is paid in this connection to 'embedded´ worldviews: hybrid forms characteristic for our present 'post-worldview era'.
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and Blessing
Watchword, Pura López Colomé, translated by Forrest Gander, (155pp,
How Abraham abandoned me, Bejan Matur, translated by Ruth Christie with Selçuk Berilgen, (146pp, Arc)
Both of these poets speak English, the first is Mexican and has translated Beckett, Heaney and more, the second, writing in Turkish, can be found on YouTube being interviewed in English. I have to imagine at the very least they had a look at the translations of their poems, although there is no note that says so.
Both poets are confessional, if that means writing their own subjective experience as an investigation; two lines from Pura López Colomé, 'I've clung to those voices / just to survive on this side of the enigma.' And from Selçuk, 'As the first sign came down / I heard the command / and voices/ and felt the desire /...
I read subjectively as subjectively they wrote, it's not an exact science, if even science is. Whereas Colomé intellectualises experience, or one might say stands back and considers and finds the images, Matur is explicitly and clearly in the writing smitten by a quest, in part the places she finds herself in, in part from memory.
My instinct is to follow Selçuk Berilgen where she leads and to re-enter Pura López Colomé's book as one might re-open a text book of calculations. The brief introduction to the former - of Kurdish Alevi origin - tells how during a period of a few years she was 'haunted by an impelling voice beyond her control' which eventually took her to Urfa and Diyarbakir in south-eastern Anatolia. There 'like a pilgim' she 'wandered among the excavations'. For all her book's title and her wanderings and her book's Islamic references she says, 'I'm not religious, I don't observe ritual, and I'm not a mystic.'
What a seminar might be held on this with her and friends and whatever array of poets and scholars! My feeling is trust this, she abandoned herself to questions innerly being asked of her.
Anyway, open the curtains
this flight of mine
is not a flight
or in the end an
A stone courtyard
a fountain
history a river flowing away.
Only time which hasn't yet passed.
You spoke of the old ones
who stopped the sun in a mosque courtyard
of the men who gathered all the old beliefs
with little stones in their hands.
- and on for most of two pages more. I wanted to find a YouTube of her reading, I look at the Turkish on the page and it looks much more staccato, more stopping and starting line by line, each a little explosion of energy. But I am fantasising, and I do it because no sampling of the English can, I'm sure, convey the accumulated effect of the whole adventure. But meditate it or speak it out loud, even the English carries its need, its bother and blessing.
If the translation of Bejan Matur inevitably can't catch the spoken voice, and even on the page cannot be present quite, the poetry of Pura López Colomé seems to me may in translation not be catching well the quasi-philosophical thought. Or the thought itself in Spanish moves in something of a bland way. Or I have become sceptical about poetry that might as well be written, as this seems, as prose.
Spurred by irresistable forces,
I went to the window.
But nothing came clear from there.
I had to go out under the scattered
opals of night
painted in thick brushstrokes,
its horizons utterly gone,
no glimmer of electric light,
no silhouettes of houses, farms,
or human structures.
This is the opening section of 'Dreaming a music of the stars', a page and a bit long, and I would say is more or less typical of the style, the movement and the language. It could be the translator has turned something into English that is more fluent and fluid in Spanish. Maybe.
A book of the philosophical-personal here and the other a driven-meditative, hard tasks both of them, and beg questions about what is ordinary, clichéd even, over-used, and for what purpose (conversational, technical, and so on) in the original language and in that of the (for the Colomé American) translator. There are phrases in 'Watchword' that wouldn't, I think, be used by a sensitive English-speaking poet. 'Drinking and grazing / on the undulation of their silhouettes', for instance; but it may not be so simple. For instance, the lines, 'Across my gray matter/ and its salubrious/ deliquescence' - not great to read - come from 'por mi materia gris/ y su salutifera / delicuescencia'.
The flow of Matur's 'How Abraham abandoned me' seems to me much more assured, whether in the original or the translation or both. The whole of the first part of 'The sixth night /growing (up)':
My mother covered me last.
Her last kiss was for me.
Time after time I circled the column of darkness.
Sadder than the man who returned to his land
years later
and caressed the wheat,
was darkness and the breath of departure.
I remember a night the bringer of deaths,
a night when the curse would cross the water.
She - Bejan Matur - is endorsed on the back cover by John Berger, while on the back cover of Pura López Colomé John Ashbery says she's brilliant.
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Problems With EE Network In Bridport
(Updated 10:02am 18th December 2014)
9:15am 18th December 2014
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EE customers in Bridport have been left with little or no signal as a power failure is affecting the mobile network operator's service in the area.
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Home to the world's highest waterfall and the second longest river in South America, Venezuela is a beautiful place to live and a gem of a location to study abroad. More than 40% its natural territory is covered by protected areas and Venezuela is considered to be one of the most ecologically diverse countries on the planet.
Adventurous students are left thrilled by the National Parks, pristine beaches, spectacular wildlife, and the urban jungle. Whether you are looking to study abroad in a cosmopolitan and modern city, or if you would rather stay in a charming university town in the Andes Mountain, Venezuela will not disappoint with its range and beauty.Photo Credit: ferjflores.
The center for outdoor activities in Venezuela, Merida is a cozy university town with easily navigable roads and bus terminals. Study abroad students appreciate Merida for its comfortable university living and it's convenient location to all the adventures that Venezuela offers.
Living in Merida means easy access to the Teleferico, the world's longest and highest cablecar. Mountaineering students will be thrilled to climb the Pico Bolivar or the Pico Humboldt, as well as many other outdoor activities. Students will have the opportunity to experience mountain-biking, paragliding, white-water rafting, and canyoning.
Caracas is the capital and the largest city in Venezuela, located right near the Caribbean. Understanding Caracas is integral to understanding the urban spirit of Venezuela. This city is an exciting place to explore, with fascinating art, delicious food, and a bustling nightlife.
Located in a beautiful valley, and overlooked by Mount Avila, Caracas is a cosmopolitan city that is highly admired for its fine cuisine of multiple countries and cultures. Visit plazas, beautiful museums, the Universidad Central de Venezuela, or even go paragliding off Mount Avila!
The typical "spring break getaway" in Venezuela, Puerto La Cruz is located right along the beautiful beach. The city is filled with young people enjoying themselves and meeting new friends.
At night, the town becomes a very busy place for locals to socialize while artisans and merchants try to sell their goods on the street. The food here is authentic and delicious, and students should try fresh fruit juice!
How to Choose a Program
Studying abroad in Venezuela is perfect for those interested in gaining a deeper understanding of Venezuelan and Latin American culture, as well as students wishing to improve their Spanish skills.
For example, Merida is very much a college town, and the 35,000 university students account for over ¼ of the city's population, filling the city streets and creating a vibrant, youthful atmosphere.
- Academic: Academics include taking excursions and tours in the city, as well as two-day trips to nearby mountains, lakes, national parks, theme parks, or other local sites of interest that are included in the program. Students will also arrange independent trips over the long weekend, to become better acquainted with the country of Venezuela. Common activities include paragliding in the Andes mountains, fishing, horseback riding with the locals of Los Llanos, canyoning, swimming, visiting islands in the Caribbean, and lots of hiking!
- Language: Spanish and English are both used as classroom languages. Study abroad students have the option either to begin Spanish language study or to increase their current skills. Here are some great Spanish language schools in Venezuela.
Students have opportunities to develop language proficiency through homestays and also by interacting with Venezuelan students who are studying English. Take advantage of your opportunity!
Different excursions and social events planned by the programs and colleges will help strengthen Spanish skills, learn about Venezuelan culture, and experience one of South America's most beautiful countries!
- Housing: Many Venezuelan study abroad programs have the students live with host families, who provide housing and most meals. This also offers students the chance to be more thoroughly connected to the culture and social life of the country. Almost all the families have hosted program participants before and have been chosen because of their genuine interest in sharing Venezuelan life with visiting program participants.
Student Visa
Students should contact the Ukrainian embassy in their own country in order to apply for a student visa. Study abroad students will need a valid form of identification, passport, medical records, and a copy of the Certificate of Completed Higher Secondary Education. US citizens who stay in Ukraine for less than six months on a private, tourist, or business visa do not need to register with local authorities.
Social life and Student Culture
Students must make a point of visiting Angel Falls, known as the world's grandest waterfall. Located deep in Canaima National Park, this hidden gem is buried deep in the unique Amazon ecosystem. If staying in the city, study abroad students have the opportunity to see theaters, malls, museums, art galleries, parks, and even well-conserved colonial architectures where they could learn more about the history of Venezuela and how it came to be the country it is today.
Margarita Island is one of the most popular places for students to visit on their travels. The crisp blue view of the Bahamas and breathtaking scenery keeps students coming back. There's a fun nightlife and magnificent beaches to explore as well.
Don't let the cost of studying abroad deter you- many scholarships are available to help you make your dream of studying abroad into a reality. Be sure to check with your university for other funding opportunities!
- The Gilman Scholarship Program distributes additional scholarships to students receiving Pell Grants, and gives an average award of $4000. They have a preference for students with disabilities and students from ethnic minorities to increase diversity amongst study abroad students.
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My time will come...the question is when!!!!!
Adam Brodsky is writing today's trading diary. Toddo will return to his post on Monday
We continue to base as we head into the weekend. In my opinion the absolute worst time to put on a position is late Friday afternoon and because of this the volume may continue to dry up. I am paying attention to how they are going to close the SOX (above 494), S&P (above 1070), Dow (above 10,026), and the NDX (above 1405.) In my mind, these levels are key areas and a close above them may be bullish for the aforementioned indexes and the overall market.
Next week will be a lead into option expiration, which is one week from today. I am going to be looking at a wide range of stocks over the weekend and try to gauge where we may go from here. I am also going to be looking at heavily traded names and where they are relative to where a large amount of open interest may be. With volumes so thin and a lack of near term catalysts, that may drive next week's market.
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East Khawr
This was our last full day in Dhofar, and we still had a number of species that we wanted to connect with. We started the day at East Khawr in the hope of seeing Cotton Pygmy Teal that we had missed on our previous visit. We were in luck, with 6 of them were showing well at the south end of the Khawr. Many of the other species we saw were the same as our previous visit, including the 3 Spur-winged Lapwing and the Long-toed Stint. Large numbers of herons could be seen coming out of the roost at the south end of the Khawr, with over 200 Cattle Egret and well over 50 Glossy Ibis flying north as we arrived. Species we encountered that we had not seen on our previous visit included a stunning Bluethroat, and an Alpine Swift being hunted by a Peregrine. The Peregrine/Swift chase scene was really something to watch, at one point the swift was nabbed by the Peregrine, but was subsequently dropped, allowing a rather tatty Alpine Swift to fly free.
-Alpine Swift & Peregrine
-Spur-winged Plover
-Citrine Wagtail
-Long-toed Stint
-Purple Heron
-Cotton Pygmy Teal
Species List:
East Khawr: Mallard, Sand Martin, Bluethroat, Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis, Citrine Wagtail, Graceful Prinia, Great Reed Warbler, Alpine Swift, Peregrine, Purple Heron, Spur-winged Lapwing, Cotton Pygmy Teal*, Grey Heron, Spoonbill, Squacco Heron, Greater Flamingo, Marsh Harrier, Common Myna, Pintail, Wigeon, Shoveler, Teal, Garganey, Swallow, Little Stint, Temmincks Stint, Long-toed Stint, Redshank, Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Crested Lark, Black-crowned Sparrow Lark, House Crow, Laughing Dove, Collared Dove, Heuglin's Gull, Sooty Gull, Rüppell's Weaver, Slender-billed Gull, Black-winged Stilt, Coot, Moorhen, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Ferruginous Duck,
Jarziz Farm
Our next stop was Jarziz Farm in Salalah itself. There were a large number of raptors soaring across the city, including Booted Eagle, Steppe Eagle and Greater Spotted Eagle. Once at the farm there continued to be decent numbers of raptors soaring, but the highlight was a perched up Oriental Honey Buzzard in the farm compound, and when the bird took off it flew low right over us. An awesome encounter! The farm had good numbers of very vocal Rose-coloured Starlings, as well as African Silverbills and Rüppell's Weaver. We also had another Bluethroat briefly fly past us into cover, but we were unable to relocate it.
-Rose-coloured Starling
-Crested Honey Buzzard
Species List:
Jarziz Farm: Common Myna, Rose-coloured Starling, Rüppell's Weaver, African Silverbill, Steppe Eagle, Crested Honey Buzzard, Greater Spotted Eagle, Booted Eagle, Bluethroat, White Wagtail, Laughing Dove, House Crow,
Raysut Sewage Farm
We headed back to the Sewage farm late morning in the hope of being able to find the large numbers of White Storks that the site is known for. As soon as we arrived we could see that there was a massive increase in the stork numbers, with over 200 birds present as well as large numbers of Cattle Egrets on the infrastructure of the facility. Unfortunately we were unable to locate any Abdim's Storks.
There were also good numbers of waders around the edges of the ponds. Marsh Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint and Black-winged Stilt were all present, and there also singles of Red-wattled Lapwing, Spur-winged Lapwing and White-tailed Lapwing. The White-tailed Lapwing was flushed and went down out of sight for us, and we were unable to relocate it.
-Steppe Eagles
-Greater Spotted Eagle
-White-tailed Lapwing
-Glossy Ibis
Species List:
Raysut Sewage Farm: White Wagtail, Sykes' Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, House Crow, Tawny Pipit, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Dunlin, Common Snipe, White-tailed Lapwing*, Red-wattled Lapwing, Spur-winged Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Greenshank, White Stork, Grey Heron, Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis, Squacco Heron, Steppe Eagle, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Great Spotted Eagle, Greater Flamingo, Shoveler, Teal, Laughing Dove, Rock Dove, Collared Dove, Slender-billed Gull,
Jabal Samhan
After midday we returned to Jabal Samhan in the hope of improved visibility and Verreaux's Eagle. The wind had dropped and the air was clear so we were optimistic that we would connect with this very desirable species. There was not an abundance of birdlife, with Fan-tailed Raven being the only species present, but the site itself was very impressive. It took half an hour before we picked out 2 Verreaux's Eagles coming towards us along the cliff face. At first we were looking down on the birds as they flew below us, then they flew above us and then even landed on the cliff, all the while being mobbed by the ravens. They were with us for around 15 minutes before they continued flying down the cliff. An amazing birding experience to say the least! Even after the eagles had left and we were taking in what had just happened, a Barbary Falcon came and flew round us overhead.
-Verreaux's Eagle
-Verreaux's Eagle & Fan-tailed Raven
-Barbary Falcon
Species List:
Jabal Sanham: Common Kestrel, Fan-tailed Raven, Rock Martin, Barbary Falcon*, Verreaux's Eagle*, South Arabian Wheatear,
Salalah Nature Reserve
Having connected with Verreaux's earlier than expected meant we had a little more time to bird in the afternoon. We decided to have a look at Salalah Nature Reserve on the coast of the south side of the city. We did not really look at the wetland area of the reserve, more working the scrub on the seaward side. Here we had an adult Daurian Shrike, which was our first definite individual of this race. In the scrub itself there was a large flock of Pacific Golden Plover roosting, as well as Grey Plover roosting with them. A single Oriental Honey Buzzard flew overhead. The scrub was a great place for dragonflies, the highlight of which was a stunning adult male Phantom Flutterer.
-Daurian Shrike
-Coastal Glider
-Slender Skimmer
-Phantom Flutterer
-House Crow
Species List:
Salalah Nature Reserve: Pacific Golden Plover, Crested Lark, Northern Wheatear, House Crow, Moorhen, Orientail Honey Buzzard, Grey Plover, Greater Crested Tern, Heuglin's Gull, Little Stint, Daurian Shrike*, Tawny Pipit, Phantom Flutterer, Slender Skimmer, Coastal Glider, Scarlet Darter, Black Percher
Al Baleed Archaeological Park
For the last hours of daylight we returned to the Archaeological Park. The Spotted Thick-knees were still present and showed well as the light dwindled. Once again there were large numbers of Pacific Golden Plover roosting on the ruins, not quite the 600+ that we'd seen on our way past earlier and on the riverbank there was again a large roost of Common Sandpiper. Indian Pond Heron and Great Reed Warbler were both present again. A juvenile Isabelline Shrike was a species we had not seen on our previous visit.
-Pacific Golden Plover
Species List:
Al Baleed Archaeological Park: Desert Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, Pacific Golden Plover, Great Reed Warbler, Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, Heuglin's Gull, Isabelline Shrike, Indian Pond Heron, Spotted Thick-knee, Tristram's Starling, Common Myna, House Crow, Little Grebe, Collared Dove, Greater Spotted Eagle,


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Newsflash 5Newsflash 5 on the InGRID project will update you on the progress of the project. The topics of this newsflash cover:
Third call for visiting grands
Call expert workshop "Rigts of migrants"
Other calls currently open for applications
InGRID is a network of distributed, but integrating European research infrastructures. A research infrastructure is a facility or platform that provides the scientific community with resources and services to conduct top-level research in their respective fields.


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Ingredients, Makes 1 Jar
Chia Jam
100g Frozen raspberries
50ml Boiling water
2 tbsp. Chia seeds
2 VITL greens sachets
To Serve
2 tbsp. Pip & Nut Almond butter
1 Wholegrain bagel
For the Jam
1. Place raspberries and water in pan, bring to the boil and simmer for 3 mins.
2. Take off the heat, allow to cool for 10mins or so.
3. Add in the chia seeds and VITL Greens. Stir well.
4. Place in a jam jar and allow to cool in the fridge.
To Serve
1. Toast the bagel
2. Spread each side with nut butter and top with the chia jam


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This story is brought to you by ignorance. A lot of people are really ignorant about poverty and what it is to be poor. I was. I am not anymore, but I was.
In my Social Work class we had a presentation on poverty. What it is, who the face of poverty is, stereotypes. Man it hit me hard. I was so thankful the lights were off cause the tears just came. I told one of my friends it really hit a hard note with me because I related to everything they were saying (check out the anti-poverty coalition at :
http://saskatoonantipovertycoalition.blogspot.ca/ and really get some info on what it is to be living in poverty) and my friend says to me "Alana… I don't think you are living in poverty". I felt like I had been hit in the face. This was my friend, and I know he didn't mean it the way it came across. He wasn't intending to hurt me, but yeah, I am in that poverty category. I am in a low income family, and we are LUCKY to have what we do, we work our asses off to stay in a decent area of the city, and to eat, and go to school so we can one day be financially comfortable.
It's hard to sympathize when you don't know what you are sympathizing with though, so here is how I KNOW that I am LUCKY and how I KNOW what poor feels like…
My poverty journey personally began when I was a single mother, who had no income, no place of my own, realistically I had nothing. I am thankful to friends and family to let me stay with them, and helped me provide for my infant.
I had to go on social assistance. On freaking welfare! It was humiliating! I felt like I was being judged every time I walked into the Social Services building. But I needed it to keep my baby alive. I didn't live on the street, but I sure as shit didn't have extra money or fancy things.
Do you know how people look at you when you are a single mom (and it was worse cause I looked like a 15 year old) especially when you are on social assistance? Even the workers treat you like dirt. They make you feel like the biggest piece of crap for asking for money to LIVE.
Now I am not couch surfing, or getting welfare cheques, but holy crap is it a struggle sometimes. It is stressful on the first, the fifteenth, the 31st and every day in between trying to stick to our very tight budget. We have kids with other parents, and they need to be in hockey or gymnastics or whatever (yeah, we want them in this stuff but jesus! How are we supposed to pay for this crap? Don't they need food?)
So we save up for those things, sometimes have no idea how we are going to pay our rent, and after we pay our rent, well eating sure sucks. Oh wait, now we have to plan a birthday party, or Christmas, or oh crap there is a book fair or a field trip and the kids need money for this or that.. and we try very hard so that they don't feel left out, get bullied, or worry about money. They need to worry about being kids.
It sucks. Plain and simple. For anyone who has ever been here, I feel you. I am not homeless, I am better off than a lot of people, and I am thankful, but I am also surprised my hair hasn't started to fall out from the stress of living paycheck to paycheck.
There, now you know someone who is in that big lump of POOR FOLK. I am not dirty, I am not wasting money, I am responsible and I am just trying to provide for my kids. Think about that when you look at a person living in poverty and judge them. How do you know what their circumstance is? Most of us are only a paycheck or two from being that poor.. then what?


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Every student will receive a full-color 36 page course guide, packed with invaluable information and never-seen-before photographs! This course guide is not available for purchase to the general public. It is only available to students who enroll in this workshop.
Fabric-forming is the future of concrete, now. It is an amazing method that can be employed in the creation of custom sinks, planters, wall panels, fireplace surrounds, etc. There is much rationale backing fabric as the optimal material for creating forms, with the primary being that it creates a natural shape, a form that cannot be created any other way. We spend the first two days of your workshop creating a fabric-form from scratch. All processes are covered with a concentration on the nuances that can only be gained from years of experience.
Once the form is completed, we continue on day two with GFRC (glass-fiber reinforced concrete). We cover GFRC tools and equipment, materials, mix design, proper mix protocol, and most importantly, how we cast GFRC. In the evening the mould is removed and the piece created is revealed! At that point we finish the concrete, repair any imperfections, and discuss sealers and application methods.
GFRC (glass-fiber reinforced concrete) is the medium we choose to create our work with for several reasons. It is easier to manipulate than traditional concrete, it is lighter, and ultimately, GFRC creates a stronger finished piece. However, it is important to note that GFRC is not new, it has been used in exterior commercial pre-cast applications for more than 30 years in some of the harshest climates known to man. The material is sound. It is proven.
Anything can be made more difficult than it needs to be, and left up to engineers, it is. We have striven to reduce our mix designs and techniques to be simple, repeatable and reliable so you can focus on the heart of the matter, and the reason you are interested in concrete; art, design, expanding horizons, and to shape the world around us with our own two hands.
We were the first company to train both fabric-forming and GFRC and are the long-leading experts in this emerging market segment. Our training is often imitated, but never duplicated; the pieces our attendees create are in a league of their own. You will not find cliche college'esque course numbers, bloated egos or erroneous claims of practical knowledge here. What you will find is the most passionate, creative and thorough training of fabric-forming and GFRC available anywhere - if this is what you're looking for, welcome to your workshop.
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- 2 days of training in the Concrete Design School Headquarters located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas
- These sessions are limited to 15 participants to ensure hands-on learning and class participation
- First-time Students: $1875 / SOLD OUT!
- Alumni: $1500 / SOLD OUT!
You may be asking yourself, which ticket type should I purchase? If this is your first time attending a Concrete Design School Workshop you should choose the 'First Time Student' ticket. If you have previously taken part in a Concrete Design School class you should choose the 'Alumni' ticket, as we offer special reduced pricing to returning attendees as way of saying thank you for your continued support.
Workshop Dates
September 20, 2018 - September 21, 2018 / SOLD OUT! (Please note, we are holding three workshops total back-to-back giving you the rare opportunity to take three information packed classes in 1 week! We are offering a special reduced rate package called the 'All-In Workshop.' Click here to learn more or to register for all three workshops.)
Concrete Design School is located at:
45 Bear Ridge Rd., Eureka Springs, AR 72631
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The Fine Print
If you need to cancel, the course fee will not be refunded but the amount can be used towards a future Concrete Design School workshop.
All participants will be required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement with penalties for unauthorized disclosure of material. The methods and formulas taught during the class may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in any form.
Concrete Design School reserves the right to change, modify or cancel the class schedule at any time.