Today the NWEI team
is at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference, where some 2,000 participants have gathered for the largest gathering of higher education sustainability professionals and students in North America.
I'm not aware of any particularly rich site on droit d'auteur offered by Quebec law libraries — feel free to poke my ignorance — but a good collection of sources on Canadian copyright reform
is at Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada found at http://www.carl-abrc.ca/projects/copyright/copyright-f.html
I was at the Association of Law Costs Draftsmen (ALCD) annual general meeting in March; as always, it took place at a golf hotel and as always the costs draftsmen took this as their cue to come out in their casual gear and have fun in the sun in between hamster - wheeling away in their coffin - like offices.
APRIL 2018 17 - THU CCIM Continuing Education 10:30 - 3:30 PM at ND State College of Science, North Fargo 18 - WED FM REALTORS ® Board of Directors Meeting 9:00 AM - 10:30
AM at Association Office 24 - TUE RMLS Board of Directors Meeting 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM at Association Office 26 - THU New Member Orientation 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM at Association Office 27 - FRI Homeownership Seminar - 8:00 AM - 12 Noon DoubleTree, West Fargo
JUNE 2018 6 - WED Proven Business Tax Strategies for Real Estate Professionals 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM DoubleTree, West Fargo 6 - WED Chair, Vice Chair & Director in Charge Meeting 10:00 AM - 11:00
AM at Association Office 7 - THU What's brewin» 4 pm at Pub West 13 - 14 NDAR Meetings Grand Forks 19 - TUE Fargo Comex Quarterly Meeting 1:30 PM Location tbd 20 - WED FM REALTORS ® Board of Directors Meeting 9:00 AM - 10:30
AM at Association Office
NOVEMBER 2018 1 - THU Government Affairs Committee Meeting 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM at Association Office 2 - 5 NAR REALTORS ® Conference, Boston, MA 7 - WED Public Relations Committee Meeting 10:00 AM - 11:30
AM at Association Office 8 - THU Education Committee Meeting 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM at Association Office 12 - MON Association Office closed for Veterans Day 13 - TUE Connection Luncheon 11:30 AM at Hilton Garden Inn 14 - WED FM REALTORS ® Board of Directors Meeting 9:00 AM - 10:30
AM at Association Office 14 - WED Program Committee Meeting 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM at Association Office 15 - THU RPAC Committee Meeting 9:00 AM - 10:30
AM at Association Office 22 - 23 Association Office closed for Thanksgiving 26 - MON Technology Committee Meeting 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM at Association Office 28 - WED Forms Committee Meeting 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM at Association Office
OCTOBER 2018 3 - WED Chair, Vice Chair & Director in Charge Meeting 10:00 AM - 11:00
AM at Association Office 8 - MON Association Office closed for Columbus Day 9 - TUE Connection Luncheon 11:30 AM at Delta by Marriott 10 - WED Possible NDAR Leadership training 11 - 12 NDAR Meetings Bismarck 17 - WED FM REALTORS ® Board of Directors Meeting 9:00 AM - 10:30
AM at Association Office 23 - TUE RMLS Board of Directors Meeting 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM at Association Office
But she and some of her key staff have
been at the association for three decades and have built up a reservoir of trust, so even if brokers grumble, they don't leave.
Not exact matches
While most employees
at least want to take full advantage of those hard - earned days off, less than half take the time to plan out their vacations each year, according to Project: Time Off, which
is sponsored by the U.S. Travel
Association.
A National
Association of Colleges and Employers survey found that unpaid interns
were no better
at landing job offers than those who did no internship; and unpaid interns
were paid an average $ 1,366 less in their first job than students who started cold.
The annual cost of incarceration for a single juvenile
is over $ 100,000 — more than twice as high as tuition
at the most expensive college in the country, according to the American Correctional
Association and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
According to an American Psychological
Association study, «Almost all employees (93 percent) who reported feeling valued say they
are motivated to do their best
at work.»
At meetings for the Illinois Landscape Contract Association, for example, men would ask her, «Honey, what are you doing at this meeting?&raqu
At meetings for the Illinois Landscape Contract
Association, for example, men would ask her, «Honey, what
are you doing
at this meeting?&raqu
at this meeting?»
«I
was extremely lucky,» says Curin, whose wake - up call prompted him to start a campaign, The Heart to Sole: Creating a Stress - Free America, to lobby for stress - testing
at all companies and to support the American Heart
Association's My Heart.
HAVING spent three days
at the Financial Planning
Association (FPA) confer - ence in Brisbane last week, it
is probably appropriate for me to report on the state of the nation, insofar as financial planners
are concerned.
Eventually, the technology could help providers identify more individuals who
are at risk of developing cardiovascular conditions — cardiovascular disease not only affects over 100 million people in the US, it
is also the costliest disease in the nation, with associated costs reaching $ 555 billion in 2016, according to American Heart
Association.
«It
's salad days for KKR, Blackstone, Apollo,» says Jonathan Grabel, chief investment officer
at Public Employees Retirement
Association of New Mexico, referring to the trio of titans in the PE realm.
Matt Bodnar, called a «Rising Restaurateur Star» by the National Restaurant
Association and a «Strategy Pro» by Restaurant Hospitality magazine,
is a partner
at early stage investment firm Fresh Hospitality, where he focuses on deal making and strategy.
I've
been a loyal JK customer since she started her business I
was a professor
at Michigan State when she came and shared her new business with our Retailing Student
Association.
In the case, National Cable & Telecommunications
Association v. Brand X Internet Services, the High Court ruled that ISPs
are information services, as the FCC had defined them
at the time, and not public utilities.
The American Staffing
Association Index
was again level
at 95.
A collection of new studies presented
at the Alzheimer
's Association International Conference suggest that a Mediterranean diet — one that
's rich in lean proteins like fish and chicken, filled with fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes, and (moderate amounts of) red wine — may carry yet another benefit: reducing the risk for dementia and Alzheimer
's by more than a third.
Solar companies
are especially excited about SOMAH, says Kelly Knutsen, director of technology advancement
at California Solar Energy Industries
Association (CALSEA), because it opens up a new market with cost - efficient installation.
«[Trump's] plan would essentially throw states a few Legos when what we really need
is concrete and steel,» said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Chairman of the Democratic Governor's
Association, whose state
was the site of a fatal Amtrak crash
at the end of 2017.
Consider a reddish palette in areas where employees spend only limited time — such as hallways, bathrooms, or even the kitchen — where employees
are not working, adds Leslie Harrington, executive director
at the Color
Association, a color consulting firm in New York.
I
'm a member of the Television Critics
Association (TCA), the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics
Association (GALECA), and I've served for several years as a judge for the Critics Award
at the New York Television Festival.
Speaking to CNBC
at the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong, he said that the e-commerce market in the 10 - member
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
is set to take off.
That
was the message of a talk by Dr. Miriam Tatzel
at the American Psychological
Association's 122nd annual convention, which
was held recently in Washington, D.C. Presenting her research to the assembled psychologists, Tatzel stressed the importance of playing down consumerism as a route to fulfillment and boiled down the research on the subject into a handful of scientifically validated principles to follow for greater happiness.
Note: If you know you
're going to speak in front of a heckle - ready crowd (
at, say, the International
Association of Jerks and Punks convention), you will undoubtedly
be part of the 20 percent.
A good way to find a CFP professional
is at PlannerSearch.org, which
is maintained by the Financial Planning
Association, a national membership organization for CFP professionals.
The online degree
is aimed specifically
at certified general accountants and students completing the senior PACE level of the CGA Program of Professional Studies, and
was developed in partnership with the Certified General Accountants
Association.
According to the Entertainment Software
Association, the average gamer
is a 30 - year - old guy who
's been hitting joysticks and pushing buttons for
at least 12 years.
Soon after his book came out, Uchitelle explained to me that he «made a presentation
at a meeting of the American Psychoanalytic
Association, and
at the end, there
was a vote taken among more than 30 psychoanalysts.
«Right now, there
is absolutely no question that there
is an
association between having a history of repetitive hits to the head and later - life neurodegenerative disease, and in particular chronic traumatic encephalopathy,» says Dr. Robert Stern, professor of neurology
at the Boston University School of Medicine, and director of clinical research
at BU's Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center.
At the time, Burnstein, president of the Robotic Industries
Association, a Michigan - based trade group, wasn't impressed.
Jim Pishue, president of the Washington Bankers
Association, points out that guidelines don't supersede federal law, which categorizes marijuana as a controlled substance that can not
be legally sold anywhere in the U.S. And guidance, he noted, can change
at any time.
The Results Pleased with his own results, McLaren struck a partnership with BillGuard to integrate the service into his company's suite of identity - theft protection programs, which
is offered to individuals through employers, universities and
associations (and soon
at the enterprise level).
«Look
at what
associations are talking about
at conferences,» Cleaver says.
Of particular note
is the scale, coherence and tenor of the anomalism
at Obelisk, the presence of significant molybdenum, tungsten, silver and copper and the metal
associations — which
are similar to some of the very large deposits in the district.»
The estimated number of Americans covered by HSA - eligible health plans stands
at 22 million and
is growing
at a fast clip of about 25 percent a year, according to the Health Savings Account Council
at the American Bankers
Association.
«The value
is that employees can understand what
is expected of them and what they can expect from the company,» adds Paul Rowson, managing director
at World
at Work, a global human resources
association that focuses on compensation, benefits, work - life, and integrated total rewards.
NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt,
at an executive session
at the Television Critics
Association press tour in Pasadena, California, explains NBC's decision to cancel the series it
was developing with Cosby.
«Icon
is looking to «invent» a powersports category for aviation that reaches beyond the existing pilot base to introduce entirely new people to the opportunity to become a pilot,» says Charlie Becker, communities director
at the Experimental Aircraft
Association.
«Over the last couple of years, the number of new brewery openings has
been at near unprecedented levels,» said Bart Watson, Ph.D., staff economist
at Brewers
Association, a craft beer industry group.
According to new research from Vantage Point Performance and the Sales Management
Association, 44 percent of executives surveyed reported that their organizations
were ineffective
at managing their companies» sales pipeline.
Netflix's chief content officer Ted Sarandos said
at the Television Critics
Association press tour that the company wasn't in the market for a true - crime series
at the time it picked up «Making a Murderer,» but he
was impressed by the filmmakers.
Shoppers
is expanding an existing sponsorship relationship with Women of Influence, an
association that organizes events and publishes a magazine aimed
at increasing the professional advancement of women.
The European Bicycle Manufacturers
Association (EBMA), whose complaints prompted the investigations, says Chinese companies
are selling pedal - assist e-bikes in the EU
at prices which
are sometimes below the cost of production, aided by subsidies.
«Our biggest concerns
are reduced access to advice for the lower end of the investor spectrum and higher costs for individuals,» said Andy Blocker, executive vice president of public policy and advocacy
at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association (SIFMA).
The first four locations announced Wednesday include an address in east Toronto that
is close to
at least one school, drawing concerns from the
association representing Ontario's public school boards.