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Blahous, C. P. (2011). Pension wise: Confronting employer pension underfunding--and sparing taxpayers the next bailout . Stanford, Calif: Hoover Institution Press. Zachary R. M. (2014, August 6 th ). Obama Aides Let Delphi Use Tax Tactic President Assails. Retrieved from: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-08-06/obama-let-delphi-avoid-taxes-in-tactic-president-assails Include a brief summary of the above article,Analysis and application of relevant microeconomic concept in the article . .

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All Wet! Legacy of Juniper Utility has residents stewing By Erin Foote Marlowe · · Last Friday, a collection of men and women sat in Marion Palmateer's plush Southeast Bend living room and told a story of frustration, talking over one another and becoming increasingly angry about their understanding of the legacy of Juniper Utility and what it means to them. These folks who gathered on Palmateer's soft white couch and chairs consider themselves the modern-day victims in the more- than-a-decade-old saga of Juniper Utility Co., a water service provider formerly owned by housing developer Jan Ward in Southeast Bend. In 2002, it was condemned by Bend for what the city said was risk of catastrophic failure. Money and "authority" are at the core of the story now for this group, as opposed to the low water pressures of a decade ago—a problem that became so egregious that, by 2001, it became a challenge to take a shower or fill a washing machine. Water lines routinely broke down. The people in Palmateer's living room, "a loose collection of individuals," as they call themselves, are residents of neighborhoods formerly served by Juniper Utility, including Timber Ridge, Mountain High, Tillicum Village and Nottingham Square. They are frustrated with a history they felt they had no control over but is now costing them in water bills they believe will cost them thousands more per year than they ever expected. In 2004, homeowners association representatives from their neighborhoods signed an agreement with the city that said the owners of the roughly 700 homes of the neighborhoods would pay 100 percent of the costs associated with providing water to the neighborhoods, including making improvements to the system. But this group of residents feels the agreement wasn't in their best interest and they had no say in the decision. An HOA board member at the time said a ballot was not sent out to homeowners for approval and, because there was no vote of homeowners, these frustrated residents believe this 2004 agreement could be illegal. Further underscoring the issue, it appears the agreement was never recorded with the county clerk's office. So, when these new people bought houses in these neighborhoods, the tab for paying to upgrade the water system didn't show up in their title searches. "Think of the banks that lent against it," said Dan Kehoe, a resident of Mountain High who has taken a lead role in challenging the agreements between the HOAs and the city. "That's called bank fraud and people go to jail for it." But although frustrations over this agreement are evidently fresh for these residents, it would appear that the issue should be moot because in 2011 the HOAs and the city reached a new agreement—one that should reduce costs for residents. "We moved them from a bad agreement to a good agreement," said city of Bend Finance Director Sonia Andrews. "From something that would cost them a lot to something that would be more reasonable." Each homeowne.

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All three of the Aristotle, Hobbes, and Douglass readings discussed power in different ways. How is power related to justice? How should it be shifted in order to better serve all citizens? Please reflect on this idea of power and refer to at least two of the three philosophers listed. Note: You should write enough to make your point, but can aim form 6-8 sentences or so (but there is no minimum or limit). .

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All rights reserved. No part of this report, including the trends presented in this report, may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means whatsoever (including presentations, short summaries, blog posts, printed magazines, use of images in social media posts) without express written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations (50 words maximum and for a maximum of 2 quotations) embodied in critical articles and reviews, and with clear reference to the original source, including a link to the original source at http://eventmb.com/Event-Trends-2018. Please refer all pertinent questions to the publisher. COPYRIGHT TABLE OF CONTENTS :: 2 COPYRIGHT 5 INTRODUCTION 7 MACRO TRENDS AFFECTING THE EVENT INDUSTRY. A FORECAST. 8 10 Trends in EVENTTECH Julius Solaris 23 10 Trends in VENUES Pádraic Gilligan 35 10 Trends in EVENT MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA Becki Cross 54 10 Trends in DESTINATIONS Julius Solaris and Pádraic Gilligan 65 10 Trends in EVENT EXPERIENCE Roger Haskett 80 10 Trends in EVENT DECOR AND STYLING Kate Patay, CPCE 91 10 Trends in DESTINATION MANAGEMENT COMPANIES (DMCS) Cindy Y. Lo, DMCP 102 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 105 CMP CREDITS 105 CREDITS AND THANKS 105 DISCLAIMER AD http://eventmb.com/2A6WKga The event industry is navigating through the strongest wave of change of the past 10 years. Never before has this industry experienced this level of transformation in so many aspects of the event planning process. Attendees, suppliers and event planners have to deal with ‘new’ and ‘different’ on many levels. As a segue from last year’s report, we are again looking at the five major areas impacted by this change: G TECHNOLOGY G EVENT MARKETING G VENUES G DESTINATIONS G EVENT DESIGN We are also looking at two new categories of trends: G EVENT STYLING G DESTINATION MANAGEMENT COMPANIES (DMCS) The spend for these items represent a massive input for the industry and we feel times are mature enough to analyze developments on a yearly basis. :: INTRODUCTION 10 EVENT TRENDS FOR 2018 Julius Solaris 10 Event Trends for 2018 :: 5 AD http://eventmb.com/2iVmZfW MACRO TRENDS AFFECTING THE EVENT INDUSTRY. A FORECAST. There are common themes you will find in the following categories of trends. We refer to these as macro trends. They are inherent to the economic, political, social and technological developments happening around us. Here are the most significant affecting the event industry: G Sexual Harassment. With the explosion worldwide of the #metoo movement and the very public charges against many celebrities, politicians and people of influence, it seems it is finally time for the event industry to reflect on sexual harassment. Many reports have popped up of events being at the ideal stage for harassment or violence to happen. As a result there is increased pressure to step up the measures to protect attendees against perpetrators. A mo.

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All PrinciplesEvidence on Persuasion Principles: This provides some guidance how much confidence you can place on the principles Analyzed by J. Scott Armstrong on December 8, 2010; re-analyzed by Elliot Tusk on May 26, 2011Common senseReceived wisdomNo evidenceExpert opinionNon-experimental evidenceSingle experimentSome experimental evidenceMuch experimental evidenceCommentsSUMNumberPrinciple1INFORMATION1.1Benefits1.1.1Describe specific, meaningful benefits111.1.2Communicate a Unique Selling Principle (USP)1111.2News1.2.1Provide news, but only if it is real111.2.2If real news is complex, use still media11.3Product or service1.3.1Provide product information that customers need11.3.2Provide choices11.3.3When there are many substantive, multi-dimensional options, organize them and provide guidance11.3.4Make the recommended choice the default choice11.3.5Inform committed customers that they can delete features, rather than add them11.3.6To reduce customer risk, use a product-satisfaction guarantee11.4Price1.4.1State prices in terms that are meaningful and easy to understand111.4.2Use round prices111.4.3Show the price to be a good value against a reference price11.4.4If quality is not a key selling point, consider advertising price reductions11.4.5Consider partitioned prices when the add-on prices seem fair and small relative to the base price11.4.6To retain customers, consider linking payments to consumption11.4.7Consider separating payments from benefits- if the payments are completed before the benefits end11.4.8State that the price can be prepaid if it might reduce uncertainty for consumers111.4.9Use high costs to justify high prices11.4.10When quality is high, do not emphasize price11.4.11Use high prices to connote high quality111.4.12For inexpensive products, state price discounts as percentage saved; for expensive products, state price discounts as dollars saved- or present both11.4.13Minimize price information for new products11.4.14Consider bundling prices of features or complementary products or services if they are desirable for nearly all customers11.4.15Advertise multi-unit purchases for frequently purchased low-involvement products if it is also in the consumers' interest11.5Distribution1.5.1Include information on when, where and how to buy the product111.5.2Feature a sales channel when it is impressive11.5.3Use the package to enhance the product11.5.4If a product is desirable, specify delivery dates rather than waiting times11.5.5Tell customers they can achieve benefits over a long time period if you want to reduce the use of an offer- and vice versa12INFLUENCE2.1Reasons2.1.1Provide a reason12.1.2For high-involvement products, the reasons should be strong12.2Social Proof2.2.1Show that the product is widely used12.2.2Focus on individuals similar to the target market112.3Scarcity2.3.1State that an attractive product is scarce when it is true12.3.2Restrict sales of the product112.4Attribution2.4.1Attribute favorable behavior and traits.

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All papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism those are the two quistions What are the disadvantages of Henrietta in particular and her colleagues, pursuing careers in astronomy during this time period? Choose one scene and describe how character relationships and the outcome of the play would change if the central characters were male instead of female. -- I don't have the book , i need someone who can have it and answer the two questions silent sky by lauren gunderson answer 2 questions in 4 pages double space .

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All of Us Research Program—Protocol v1.12 IRB Approval Date: 23 October 2019 Protocol Title All of Us Research Program 1 Principal Investigator(s) Joshua Denny, M.D., M.S. Vanderbilt University Medical Center +1 615 936-5033 Sponsor National Institutes of Health (NIH) Primary Contact John Wilbanks Sage Bionetworks +1 617 838-6333 Protocol Version Core Protocol v.1.12 pre02 Date 16 October 2019 IRB reference AoU IRB Protocol # 2017-05 IRB Approval date v1.5: May 20, 2017 v1.6: Feb 13, 2018 v1.7: Mar 28, 2018 v1.8: Jul 11, 2018 v1.9 Oct 19, 2018 v1.10 Mar 05, 2019 v1.11 Aug 12, 2019 v1.12 Oct 23, 2019 1 Precision Medicine Initiative, PMI, All of Us, the All of Us logo, and “The Future of Health Begins with You” are service marks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. All of Us Research Program—Protocol v1.11 pre02 IRB Approval Date 2 Program Leadership and Governance Leadership The All of Us Research Program (AoURP) is a large collaborative initiative sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The research program functions as a consortium of awardees from multiple institutions. Its governance involves representation from each awardee and participant representatives. The consortium also includes the program director and project scientists/specialists from NIH. Each awardee has responsibilities commensurate with expertise. See Table 0–1: Program Unit Awardees for a list of NIH-funded awardees and contact Principal Investigators (PIs). Dr. Joshua Denny of Vanderbilt University Medical Center serves as the Principal Investigator on behalf of the consortium. Governance The Steering Committee (SC) is the primary governing body of AoURP. The SC recommends strategic directions for the program and oversees planning, coordination, and implementation of the program’s overall operations. Its 50 voting members include PIs from each awardee as designated in the notice of award; representation from NIH, comprising of the deputy director and chief officers of AoURP; representation from community partners and participants (see section 3.1); and additional representation as needed to ensure balanced representation of stakeholders. The governance also includes an Executive Committee (EC) which is a small governing body composed of 17 members, that ensures the program is effectively meeting its objectives and mission. The EC proposes solutions to challenges and provides the Director with strategies, options, and information to aid in programmatic decisions. The Director has discretion to delegate specific decisions to the EC. Membership of the EC is determined by the Director and reflects the awardees within the consortium with balanced interests to ensure effective deliberation. The Steering Committee may appr.

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ALL of the requirements are contained in the attached document. The Veronica case study is attached also. To prepare: Review "Working With Survivors of Human Trafficking: The Case of Veronica." Think about how one might become an ally to victims of human trafficking . Then go to a website that addresses human trafficking either internationally or domestically. Post a brief description of the website you visited (Websites contained below). Explain how you might support Veronica and other human trafficking victims incorporating the information you have found. Explain how you can begin to increase your awareness of this issue and teach others about human trafficking victims. Describe opportunities to get involved and become an ally to those who have been trafficked. Identify steps you can take to begin to support this group. .

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All five honorees cared greatly about the success of Capella learners and most were heavily involved in bettering their communities and others. Dr. Ford in particular fulfilled this desire by helping others to help themselves. Describe how you plan to use your education to better your community or help others to help themselves, and how receiving this scholarship will help you in doing so? 250-750 word essay All of our honorees brought great personal and professional successes to their work environment. What would you consider one of your greatest professional successes? How did your success benefit your organization and its people? 250- 750 word essay Respond to Tawnya and Noeme post Creating the ideal marketing plan requires many steps and gathering data. “Knowing the needs of the customer and having a clearly articulated mission will help to target the message to an audience who will be most interested in the service that is being provided” (Sciarra, Lynch, Adams, & Dorsey (2016) p. 340). To find these needs, a needs assessment can be done. After gathering the results, a plan can start to form. Creating a Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats chart (SWOT) will give you a broader view on how to target your population. “The first step in conducting SWOT analysis is to identify your stakeholders and data that has already been collected” (Sciarra, (2016) p. 340). Your stakeholders will guide you into the right direction for a plan of action. Looking at the type of population including the children, families, and staff members will give you the data to create your SWOT. Moving forward with the data, now to breakdown your SWOT data analysis and create a marketing plan. Strengths; reviewing this section will give you an objective overview of any changes needing to be made. Strengths can consist of staff, location, cliental, and possibly opportunities. If there are areas of weakness this gives us the ability to make changes. Moving forward with those changes leads us to Weakness, do we see a pattern of areas? What can we do to upgrade or change these areas we have identified? Moving on next to Opportunities, what options do we have beyond what we have now? Is there room for growth both financially and structurally? Finally, Threats to evaluate. Are we looking at opening a facility next door to two other highly rated centers that may cause us competition and difficulty building a successful business? Is there a possibility that the area is losing population and economic strength? Gathering the data and taking a step back and reviewing all the pro’s and con’s will give us a bigger picture when deciding which way to market our audience. Taking a look at the strengths from all the gathered data will give you a good direction to follow for reaching protentional public relations opportunities. For an example, location, your childcare facility has a prime location in your town and your coming up on your grand opening soon. Planning an.

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All financial statement audits will include an audit of the inventory cycle. You should plan for the audit by setting the audit objectives. For this assignment, write and submit 300–400 words that set specific internal controls that should be included to meet the following management assertions: Existence Completeness Accuracy or valuation Rights and obligations Presentation and disclosure .

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All assignments are due 3/1/19 by midnight. Top of Form Bottom of Form Assignment 2: Case Study As discussed, family members and significant others of addicts are also affected by the addiction. In this module, you will get an opportunity to gather information from an addict's family members or significant others, for example, a spouse, partner, children, or parents. For this assignment, you will develop a brief case study and, using the information you have learned through this course, identify recommendations for the continued success of the family member or significant other. Your interviewees may be people you know or people you met at the support group meeting. After the interview, write a three-page paper discussing the following: · Demographics of the interviewees (no real names) · History of the interaction · Their feelings about living with an addict · What they have done to encourage a positive change in the addict · How they cope with the day-to-day challenges of living with an addict · Your recommendations for their continued success Create your reflection paper in Microsoft Word document format. Name your file M7_A2_LastName_Casestudy.doc, and submit it to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned. All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources. Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum Points Discussed the demographics of the interviewees. 4 Discussed the history of the interaction. 4 Discussed the feelings of the interviewees about living with an addict. 8 Discussed what the interviewees have done to encourage a positive change in the addict. 8 Discussed how the interviewees cope with the day-to-day challenges of living with an addict. 8 Proposed recommendations for continued success. 8 Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. 4 Total: 44 · M7 Assignment 3 Discussion Discussion Topic Top of Form Bottom of Form Assignment 3: Discussion Questions Your facilitator will guide you in the selection of two of the three discussion questions. Submit your responses to these questions to the appropriate Discussion Area by the due date assigned. Through the end of the module, comment on the responses of others. All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources. You will be attempting two discussion questions in this module; each worth 28 points. The total number of points that can be earned for this assignment is 56. Codependency The term “codependency” arose in the 1970s in reference to the changes one person makes to adjust to the addiction of another. For some, the term has broadened somewhat to include focusing on the needs of others to the exclusion of their own needs. However, controversy surrounds the term—some believe that codependency is nonexistent. Do you think codependency exists in the family members .

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Alignment Holistic Nursing Practice with Nursing Caring Theory * Caring is the essence of nursing. As such, holistic nursing practice, described as nursing care that focuses on the wellness of the mind, body, and spirit, should be aligned with the concepts of caring. * The purpose of this paper is to explore holistic nursing practice (HNP) and a specific nursing caring theory ( Choose 1 theory below ) and to align the core values of HNP with the concepts of a nursing caring theory. * The guidelines for this paper are located below. * The paper should be no more than ten (10) type-written pages, using appropriate APA format. Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring (10 Caritas) Joanne Duffy's Quality-Caring Model Marilyn Anne Ray's Theory of Bureaucratic Caring Anne Boykin and Savina O. SChoenhofer's Nursing as Caring Josephine Paterson & Loretta Zderad Humanistic Caring Madeleine Leininger's Theory of Culture Care .

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