can't make it, no problem, run A VIRTUAL 5K Homecoming season kicks off with Florida Institute of Technology Alumni Association’s Homecoming 5K Run/Walk on Thursday, November 2. The race starts at 6 p.m. in downtown Melbourne and closes with a party at Meg O’Malley’s. BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA — Are you ready to party? Well, get in a good workout first. This year’s Homecoming season kicks off with Florida Institute of Technology Alumni...
Florida Tech’s Alumni Association Homecoming 5K Run/Walk Set Nov. 2 In Downtown Melbourne
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Nobel Laureate Richard H. Thaler on the end of behavioural finance
Richard H. Thaler, the US economist who elevated the word ‘nudge’ to a political catchphrase, can now add ‘Nobel laureate’ to his impressive biography. In a statement, the Royal Swedish Academy said that Thaler, who won the 2017 prize in economics for his contributions to behavioural economics, “has incorporated psychologically realistic assumptions into analyses of economic decision-making. By exploring the consequences of limited rationality, social preferences, and lack of self-control, he has shown how these human traits systematically affect individual decisions as well as market outcomes.” Thaler, a professor at the Booth School of Business at the...
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What Yemen can learn from the historical experience of cholera
As of October 1, 771,945 people in Yemen have been infected with cholera and 2,134 have died from the disease. The epidemic, rare on such a scale in contemporary times, reemerged as a formidable force last year due to Yemen’s ongoing civil war. The Saudi Arabia-led war began in March 2015 and has caused a spiralling 7,000 new cholera cases per day . This is an enormous public health crisis – and one that could be solved simply. Treatment only demands providing clean water, oral rehydration salts, and gloves. These wartime conditions allow us to draw parallels with the historical experience of epidemic – after all, it is the massive displacement and conditions of war that have allowed the...
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The Active Equity Renaissance: Behavioral Financial Markets
By C. Thomas Howard and Jason Voss, CFA We have questioned many orthodoxies of modern portfolio theory (MPT) in this series, challenging currently accepted models of financial markets and exploring the decline of MPT and the folly of using volatility as a measure of investment risk. But in undermining the foundations of MPT, what do we propose to take its place? Behavioral Finance Is a More Promising Alternative It is time to move away from MPT to a more promising alternative: behavioral finance. The analytical tools derived from behavioral finance's more realistic representation of financial markets and human behavior will likely replace the wealth-limiting MPT tools in use today. Sadly,...
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Dark, spicy and rich
The Day of the Dead is a holiday observed in Mexico and other Latin American countries that celebrates and honors the memory of deceased loved ones. Falling on Nov. 1, just a day after Halloween celebrations, the holiday shares some ......
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Fraser Institute: OSFI's proposed mortgage stress test is unnecessary, harmful
TORONTO — A prominent Canadian think tank has come out against requiring a new stress test for all uninsured mortgages. ......
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This Smart Label Will Tell You When Your Food is Spoiled
1. Want to inspire a new generation of educators? Improve teacher pay. By Matt Barnum in Chalkbeat 2. How preserved birds in America’s museums are helping us understand air pollution. By Matt McGrath at the BBC 3. Medicaid expansion has lowered the crime rate. By the University of Kentucky College of Public Health 4. Sensible gun control has happened before. Here’s how it could happen again. By Ronald Brownstein at CNN 5. How technology and smart storage is helping New England farmers deliver crops all winter. By Nick Fouriezos in Ozy The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. ......
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Fighting Organized Crime Endangered by NAFTA Hardball
The United States and Mexico need to redouble their cooperation against organized crime in order to save lives in both countries, but hardline U.S. proposals now expected in the ongoing NAFTA renegotiation could put this vital security cooperation at risk. ......
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Harvey Weinstein Sexual Abuse Allegations Are Condemned in Europe
The group that hosts the Bafta awards suspended his membership, Labour Party members in Britain called for an honor to be withdrawn, and the Cannes Film Festival denounced his actions. ......
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Fraser Institute: OSFI’s proposed mortgage stress test is unnecessary, harmful
TORONTO _ A new stress test for all uninsured mortgages is unnecessary and could increase costs for homebuyers, a report by the Fraser Institute said Wednesday. Study author Neil Mohindra wrote the proposed stress test “will do more harm than good” by limiting access to mortgages for some homebuyers. “The mandatory standard...
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Face it, you need pumpkin to ring in the season
There are some major misconceptions about brunch, like that it’s just an excuse for people to drink mimosas and bloody marys before noon. And, well, yes — but the drinks are only the third-best thing about brunch. Obviously, if we’re discussing the merits of this late-morning, early afternoon, weekend-only occasion, we have to address the very best things about it. No. 1: bacon as a side, no matter what you have ordered, since it is the official liaison between sweet and savory foods. The No. 2 reason that brunch is the best: dessert for breakfast. Monday through Friday, breakfast should be wholesome, nutrient-filled foods to power you through your day. But on the weekends, brunch menus all...
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Heartland Institute: Trump ‘Did What He Said He Was Going to Do’ with EPA Carbon ...
H. Sterling Burnett, Heartland Institute research fellow and managing editor of Environment & Climate News, spoke with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Wednesday regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's announcement of the repeal of major emissions rules from the era of former President Barack Obama. ......
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Fall harvest salad
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It’s Time For Holiday Shopping Season to Go
1. It’s time for the holiday shopping season to go. By Denise Lee Yohn in Harvard Business Review 2. How online dating has increased...
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Guilt-free daycare
As I kissed my son goodbye, a flier hanging on the door of his daycare caught my eye. “Music time at noon on Wednesdays! Parent participation is welcome.” I spent the remainder of my day at work thinking about how I had never been and wondering if my son felt at all sad watching other parents walk through the doors during music time as his mom remained at work. I began contemplating about how my family could get by on one income, and how surely I could drop-out of college now and return once my son was in kindergarten. My email dings. It’s an email from his teacher reminding parents that the...
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VLBA measurement promises complete picture of the Milky Way
Astronomers directly measured the distance to a region on the far side of our Milky Way Galaxy, past the Galaxy’s center. Credit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF; Robert Hurt, NASA. Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have directly measured the distance to a star-forming region on the opposite side of our Milky Way Galaxy from the Sun. Their achievement nearly doubles the previous record for distance measurement within our galaxy. “This means that, using the VLBA, we now can accurately map the whole extent of our galaxy,” said...
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Nepal falls short on ‘right to sight’ goal
Kathmandu, October 12 Nepal has fallen a long way short on its commitment to eliminate ‘avoidable vision defect’ by 2020, a proclamation the country made in 1999, with now just three years to go. Nepal had joined a joint programme of World Health Organisation and International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness called...
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I Went Undercover at a Boot Camp for Young Conservatives—Here's What I Learned
The Leadership Institute teaches young people how to mobilize for conservative candidates. “I’m up at three in the morning, sweating, because the Fed isn’t destroyed yet,” proclaims Ivy El Zaatari, a wise-cracking young conservative standing before the classroom in a bright red dress. Outside, the sky and sea on this Santa Barbara Saturday are bright blue. But the lights are dim inside the small UC Santa Barbara room. The Powerpoint behind Ivy glows as she paces. I’m seated in the back of the room, undercover in a blazer and pearls at the Leadership Institute, awell funded nonprofit geared toward college students like myself that proclaims to teach "conservative Americans how to influence...
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Three full-size pickup trucks with generous discounts
On the last three Fridays of every month, Graeme Fletcher combines manufacturers’ incentives from Unhaggle.com with resale value, dependability and overall ratings to find you the best deal for your money in new cars. This week, we look at full-sized pickups with four-wheel-drive. The hot deals are on the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 2LZ Crew Cab, Ford F150 Lariat SuperCrew and the Ram 1500 Laramie Crew Cab. 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2017 Chevrolet Silverado Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price: $56,925 Chevrolet Canada Incentive*: $7,600 Unhaggle Savings: $3,000 Total Savings: $10,600 Mandatory Fees (Freight, Govt. Fees): $2,409 Total Before Tax: $48,734 – click here for exclusive local...
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Industry-funded research takes on a larger role on a cash-strapped campus
Industry-funded research takes on a...
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