이 연구의 목적은 청소년의 성별과 학교급별 휴대전화 과다사용의 차이를 규명하는 것이다. 연구를 위해 경 기도 소재의 남녀공학 중·고등학교를 각 1개씩 편의표집하고, 휴대전화 과다사용을 측정하는 자기보고식 검사지를 이용하여 자료 수집하였으며, 565명의 자료 중 휴대전화 과다사용 수준이 표본 평균보다 높은 253명을 추출하여 일 원다변량분산분석을 통해 연구문제를 검증하였다. 다변량분산분석결과가 통계적으로 유의하였다. 추가적인 단변량 분석 결과에서 성별에 따른 차이는 '일상생활장애'와 '내성' 요인에, 학교급에 따른 차이는 '학교생활장애', '일상생활장 애', '긍정적기대' 요인에 대한 차이가 통계적으로 유의하였다. 단계적 분석을 적용할 경우 성별 차이는 '일상생활장 애'에서, 학교급별 차이는 '긍정적기대'를 제외한 4개 요인에서 통계적 유의성이 나타났다. 연구결과를 통해 휴대전 화 과다사용 예방과 치료에 있어서 성별과 학교급과 같은 사용자의 기본 특성이 고려되어야 함을 논의하였다.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the differences of the mobile phone overuse by gender and school levels. For this study, 565 middle and high school students in Gyeonggi province answered the self-report survey, 253 students were extracted as an overuse group, and the data were analyzed by one-way MANOVA. The results showed that 'daily disturbance' was a common major factor in gender and school level difference and 'school life disturbance', 'with draw' and 'tolerance' were added in school level difference. Based on the results, this study suggested users' characteristics such as gender and school level should be taken into prevention and treatment of mobile phone overuse.
본 연구의 목적은 고령화에 따른 공간변화의 대응방안을 제시하는 것이다. 본 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위해 연구의 방법은 문헌조사 방법을 활용하고, 분석에 있어서는 인구 통계자료를 비교 분석한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 정치경제학적 공간개념을 바탕으로 고령화와 공간의 현황 및 문제점을 파악하였고, 다음과 같은 5가지의 대응방안을 제시하였다. 첫째, 고령인구격차를 고려한 공간계획 수립, 둘째, 합계출산율 증가와 인구 흡입요인 강화, 셋째, 고령 자의 생산활동 참여 증가로 공간의 경제 활력 증대, 넷째, 초고령 도시공간에 대한 지역개발계획 수립 및 시행, 다섯 째, 고령화의 공간적 격차 심화에 대비한 공간정책의 전환이 필요하다. 결론적으로 고령화 속도를 늦추면서 동시에 관련 공간정책과 계획들이 미스매칭되지 않도록 공간정책과 계획의 전환이 필요함을 제시하였다. 본 연구는 고령화 율이 급격히 증가하고 있는 지역에 대한 공간계획 수립에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.
The purpose of the study is to come up with counter plans to the spatial change caused by an aging society. To achieve the purpose of this study, research methods are conducted in the literature survey and the census data are compared. This study focuses on an aging society, the current status of space and related problems, based on political economic spatial concepts, and then presents five countermeasures as follows. First, the planning considering the aging populations. Second, increase in total fertility rate and increase population absorption. Third, increased economic vitality of the elderly due to increased participation in the production of senior citizens. Forth, establishment and implementation of regional development plan for the elderly. Fifth, needs to transform the spatial policies of the aged to prepare a large gap in space. The result of this paper proposes the need to change the living space policies and planning to avoid mismatching between them, reducing the aging speed simultaneously. The study is expected to contribute to the establishment of a space plan for areas where the aging population is rapidly increasing.
본 연구는 학업중단 청소년의 스트레스 상황에 대하여 적응적인 대처를 돕고자 사회적지지, 자아탄력성과 스트레스 대처방식의 상대적 설명력을 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 대전, 충남, 충북의 각 지역에서 학교 밖 청소년지원 사업과 소년원, 청소년 보호치료시설 등에 직접 방문 및 의뢰하여 학업중단 청소년 101명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실 시하였다. 분석방법으로는 기술통계, Pearson 상관관계, 위계적 회귀분석을 실시하였으며, 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 스트레스 대처방식은 사회적지지와 자아탄력성과 정적 상관관계를 나타내었다. 둘째, 스트레스 대처방식에 더 많은 설명력을 나타낸 변인은 환경적 변인인 사회적지지였다. 셋째, 스트레스 대처방식에 있어서 환경적 변인인 사회 적지지와 개인적 변인인 자아탄력성을 동시에 투입했을 때 더 많은 설명력이 나타났다. 따라서 학업중단 청소년이 직면한 어려움을 극복하기 위해 개인의 대처능력 향상뿐만 아니라 학교, 지역사회, 국가의 정책적 노력과 더불어 체 계적 접근이 필요함을 시사한다.
This study investigated relative explanation of social support, ego-resiliency and stress coping strategies to help adaptive coping style of school-dropout adolescents under stress situation. To this end, 101 school-dropout adolescents were surveyed by visiting and requesting the outofschool youth supporting project, youth detention center, and adolescent protective and treatment facilities in Daejeon, Cheongnam, and Chungbuk. As analysis methods, descriptive statistical analysis, pearson's correlation, and hierarchical analysis were conducted and the research results are as follows. First, stress coping strategies showed positive relationship with social support and ego-resiliency. Second, a variable that showed greater explanation power for stress coping strategies was the environmental variable, the social support. Third, it was identified that there was greater explanation power when the environmental variable, the social support, and the personal variable, the ego-resiliency, were put in at the same time for stress coping strategies. According to the result, this study implies that schools, community, national policy effort and systemetic approach are required as well as improvement of personal coping capabilities in order to overcome difficulties school-dropout adolescents face.
미디어 환경의 변화 등에 따라 지역방송에 대한 지원방안이 요구되고 있다. 지역방송의 발전을 위한 법적ㆍ 제도적 측면에서 지역방송발전지원특별법의 시행은 새로운 계기가 되었다. 이러한 측면에서 지역방송발전지원특별법 에 대한 성과와 한계를 분석하였다. 연구방법은 문헌연구를 통하여 연구문헌과 관련 법령들을 분석하여 지역방송발 전을 위한 법적ㆍ제도적 지원방안을 모색하였다. 분석결과 지역방송발전위원회가 실질적인 의결기능과 책임을 가지 는 방향으로 법적ㆍ제도적 권한강화 방안이 모색되어져야 하며, 운용기금에 대한 독자성을 확보하는 문제와 지역방 송발전계획에서 지역방송프로그램 제작 능력과 유통구조를 촉진하는 방안이 모색되고, 지역성을 평가하는 지역성지 수에 대한 보다 정교한 방안이 필요하다. 지역방송은 공익성과 공공성, 지역성과 다양성을 확보하는 방향으로 발전되 어야 하며 이를 지원하는 제도적ㆍ정책적 방안이 모색되어져야 한다.
According to the change in media environment, a support plan for local broadcast has been required. In terms of legal and institutional support for the development of local broadcast, the enactment of special Act for local broadcast has become a breakthrough. In this point of view, we analyzed the performance and the limitation of the special Act. As a literature research, analyzing the literature and related-ordinances, we have sought legal and institutional support plans for the local broadcast. As a result, with the Local Broadcast Development Council being in charge of legislative right and responsibility, a plan to empower them to have legal and institutional authority should be drawn; another plan to secure independence in operating a fund and to promote the capability to produce local broadcast programs and the distribution system should be drawn; the other elaborate plan for the locality index that assesses the locality is required. Local broadcast should be on a way to secure not only public interest and concern but locality and diversity; legal and institutional plans should be sought.
디지털 시대로의 급격한 변화와 경영환경의 복잡성 증가는 미래에 대한 불확실성을 높여왔다, 이에 기업들 은 미래를 대비하고 경쟁력을 강화하는 방법의 일환으로 교육에 대한 꾸준한 투자를 해 왔으며 경영 교육의 하나로 경영 시뮬레이션 게임이 활용되었다. 본 연구에서는 저자가 직접 개발에 참여했던 웹 기반의 에듀테인먼트 경영 시 뮬레이션 게임들(제조, 유통, 금융)을 중심으로 그 설계와 개발 방법론을 제시하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 개발 방법 론은 크게 나누어 비즈니스 시뮬레이션 게임 설계 방법론과 비즈니스 시뮬레이션 게임 개발 방법론으로 나누어 볼 수 있다. 기존의 개발 방법론 연구 모형이 존재치 않아 개발 사례를 중심으로 경험적 바탕으로 개발 모형을 제시 하 였다. 본 논문에서는 전체적인 컨텐츠 개발 방법을 제시하였고, 그에 따른 세분화된 과정의 방법론을 제시 하였다.
시민의 안전을 위협하는 재난·재해·테러 등과 같은 긴급 상황이 발생할 경우 신속 하고 효과적인 재난안전 관리체계가 구축·운영되기 위해서는 이에 맞는 적절한 대응이 필요하다. 각 재난관리 및 대응에 관련된 중앙부처뿐 만 아니라 지방자치단체, 시민단체, 개인 등 모두가 상호 명확한 역할분담 하에 신속하게 대응하고 복구를 위한 통 합업무 수행체계가 이행되어야 할 것이다. 서울시의 경우 기후변화에 따른 자연재난의 증가 가능성과, 테러위협의 확 대, 도심의 노후화 및 산업고도화에 의한 대형재난 발생 위험성이 점점 높아지고 있어 재난 예방과 대응을 위한 효 과적인 재난관리체계 구축이 시급한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 거버넌스 관점을 적용하여 서울시의 부처간 조직체계 및 실행과정, 대응단계의 체계화를 중심으로 재 난 대응체계와 재난현장에서의 지휘체계 등의 대응방안을 모색하였다.
In order to establish and operate a rapid and effective disaster safety management system in an emergency situation that threatens the safety of citizens, such as disaster, accident or terrorism, appropriate responses are necessary. An integrated task execution system for rapid response and restoration should be implemented not only by the central ministries related to disaster management and response, but also by local governments, NGO, and individuals, under clear role sharing. In the case of Seoul city, it is urgent to establish an effective disaster management system for preventing and responding to disasters, because of the increasing possibility of natural disasters due to climate change, the threat of terrorism, urban decay and the industrial accidents. From the perspective of governance, this study tried to seek out countermeasures such as disaster response system and command system at disaster site centering on Seoul city government interdepartmental organization system, implementation process and systematization of response procedures.
본 연구에서는 서유럽의 포퓰리즘 정당들이 어떠한 정치적 성격을 지니고 있는지 그리고 이들이 주류제도 권 내에서 국민들에게 많은 지지를 받고 성공한 이유는 무엇인지 탐색해 보고자 하였다. 연구방법론은 주로 문헌탐 색과 현상의 상호관계를 분석하였다. 서유럽의 포퓰리즘 정당들은 서민계층의 이익을 대변해 주고자 하였으나 실패 했고 포퓰리즘 정치는 앞으로 다소 지속되겠지만 문제는 민주주의 이념체제와 어떠한 관계를 유지할 것인가 하는 것 이 가장 큰 문제이다. 포퓰리즘 정치는 앞으로 현대사회의 모순과 갈등이 지속될수록 그 관심과 지지도는 높아지겠 지만 민주주의 제도 자체를 대체할 패러다임으로 성장하기는 어려울 것이다.
This paper focus on universal values and characteristics of populist parties of the Western Europe. Moreover, the causes of the European populist parties successful political activities in the European society, in which democracy is relatively established, quite stably, examined as well. Populist political activities based on simple speech are evidently unfair political actions mobilizing the unreasonable populace. populist politics is difficult to coexist with the modern Western European democracy.
본 연구의 목적은 기업수명주기와 경영자 보상의 관계를 분석하는데 있다. 이를 위해 기업수명주기에 따른 경영자 보상 수준을 살펴보고, 수명주기별 경영자보상의 성과보상민감도를 살펴보고자 한다. 이와 같은 연구목적을 수행하기 위해, 2003년부터 2014년까지 유가증권시장 및 코스닥시장의 상장기업을 이용하여 회귀분석을 수행하였다. 분석 결과, 경영자의 보상수준은 도입기에서 가장 낮으며, 성숙기까지 증가하여 성숙기에서 가장 높으며, 쇠퇴기에서 급격하게 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 성숙기를 제외한 도입기, 성장기, 쇠퇴기에서 성과보상민감도는 회계성과보다 주가성과에 더 연동되는 것으로 나타났으며, 성숙기에서는 회계성과에 강력하게 연동되는 것으로 나타났다. 추가분석 을 통해 성장률이 높은 집단에서 회계성과와 주가성과에 연동되는 것으로 나타나 수명주기 결과가 성장률에 의해 나 타난 결과가 아님을 확인하였다. 대규모기업집단을 별도로 분석하여 수명주기별 성과보상민감도가 일반적인 결과와 확연하게 다르게 나타남을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과는 기업의 수명주기에 따라 경영자 보상이 영향을 받는 다는 결 과를 나타낸다는 점에서 기존연구와 차별성을 갖으며 관련 연구에 보탬이 된다.
The purpose of this study investigates the relation between corporate life cycle and management compensation. The analysis is performed by comparing the compensation level and pay-performance-sensitivity (PPS) at each life cycle based on Korean data from 2003 to 2014. The results show that regarding compensation level, mature stage has the highest mean value of compensation and compensation level drops after mature stage. In introduction stage, growth and decline stages, compensation is not sensitive to accounting performance. In a while, in mature stage, management compensation varies with accounting performance more significantly than stock performance. In additional analysis, the results indicate that the finding is not designated from growth opportunities and the relation differs when the firm is included in a conglomerate. These findings contribute to the literature by providing additional evidence to understand for compensation and the corporate life cycle studies.
Web2.0환경의 도래 이후 SNS 등을 기반으로 한 온라인 커뮤니티에 이용자들이 자발적이고 적극적으로 정 보를 공헌하고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 온라인 커뮤니티에서 정보공헌에 영향을 주는 주요 요인을 규명하여 검증하고 자 한다. 동기 이론, 정보리터러시 및 자기표현이론에 기초해서 온라인 커뮤니티에서 정보공헌에 영향을 주는 요인을 도출하여 연구모형을 제시하였다. 온라인 커뮤니티에 정보 또는 지식을 업로드한 경험이 있는 사용자들을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여 설문데이터를 수집하였다. 총 262개의 설문데이터를 기반으로 구조방정식모형을 이용하여 연구 가설을 검증하였다. 연구결과, 온라인 커뮤니티에서 자기표현동기는 정보공헌과 정보표현능력에 긍정적인 영향을 주 었다. 정보리터러시는 정보표현능력의 결정요인으로 검증되었고, 정보표현능력은 정보공헌에 기여하는 것으로 나타났 다. 또한 인정 동기는 정보표현능력과 정보공헌에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 검증되었다. 본 연구결과는 온라인 커뮤니티에서 정보공헌을 설명할 수 있는 학문적 시사점과 실무적 시사점을 제공한다.
Web2.0 paradigm and technologies allow users to contribute their information voluntarily and actively to online community. This paper aims to investigate key determinants of information contribution in online communities. We come up with the research model and proposed hypotheses on the basis of intensive literature review on motivation theory, information literacy, and self expression. Using survey response date collected from those who have ever experienced in uploading or providing information on online community such as social media. A total of 262 survey responses were used to test research hypotheses. The results show that self expression motive influences on information representation capability(IRC) and information contribution. The impact of Information literacy on IRC is found to be significant, and IRC is positively related to information contribution. In addition, approval motive is proven to be key determinant of IRC and information contribution. Some practical implications of these findings are discussed.
이 논문는 리더십이 어떻게 대중들에게 소통하고 교감하여 정서구조에 영향을 미치는가에 관한 연구이다. 리더십은 다양한 계층에서 주목하고 있으며, 리더에 대한 관심은 사회전반에 걸쳐 점점 높아지고 있다. 이러한 상황 에서 일반 대중에게 친근하고 쉽게 접근하여 교감하고 정서적으로 영향을 미치는 매체인 드라마는 동시대의 사회 문 화전반에 대한 문제들을 제시하고 욕망을 해소하는 역할을 한다. 그러므로 드라마에서 나타나는 리더십을 분석하면 대중들에게 어떠한 리더의 모습을 보여주고 있는가에 대한 방향성과 의미를 파악할 수 있을 것이다. 연구방법으로는 서번트리더십이론 중에서도 리더에게 필요한 요소를 유형화 시킨 Spears의 서번트리더십 요소를 분석틀을 사용하였 다. 분석 대상은 직장 구성원들 사이에서 일어나는 다양한 사건과 인간관계를 해결해 나가면서 공동의 목표를 추구 하는 드라마 <욱씨남정기>로 선정하였다. 분석결과로는 서번트리더십 요소 중에 경청․공감․치유․인지․비전제시 요소는 하위 구성원들이 스스로 잠재력을 나타낼 수 있도록 하는 요소로 나타났으며, 비전제시․설득․인지․통찰은 상위 구성원 들에게서 주로 나타났다. 서번트리더십은 중간관리자를 통해 소통하고 공동체로 성장해 나갈 때 가장 효율적이었다.
This thesis is a study about how leadership communicates and interacts with the public and affects structure of emotions. Leadership has been paid attention by various strata, and interest about leader is gradually getting higher throughout overall society. In this situation, drama that is a medium that approaches to the general public friendly and easily and affects emotionally the public suggests problems about overall contemporary society and culture and plays a role to solve the desire. Therefore, if we analyze leadership that appears on drama, we may grasp directional nature and meaning aboutwhich figure of the leader it shows. As a research method, we use Spear's servant leadership factors, who categorized factors necessary for leaders. A soap opera named Ukssinamjeonggi that pursues a common goal to solve affairs and problems in relationships among members in an organization is selected as the analytic subject. As a result of the analysis, listening, empathy, healing, awareness, and conceptualization which are factors of servant leadership turn out to be the factors that help subordinates demonstrate their potentials; conceptualization, persuasion, awareness, and foresight are usually shown by supervisors. Servant leadership was the most effective when a leader communicates with members through middle managers to grow the community.
평소에 잘 훈련된 요원도 재난현장에 도착하면 일순간 공황에 빠져서 상황평가를 잘못하여 단순한 사고가 대형재난으로 발전하기도 한다. 특히 오늘날 재난발생 시 현장지휘관은 국민의 알권리와 언론의 집중적인 관심으로 인하여 재난현장이 실시간대에 미디어를 통하여 생중계되는 관계로 비전문적인 재난현장 관계관들은 설 땅이 없게 되었다. 따라서 재난현장 관계관들이 전문성있고 필수 고려사항을 누락함 없이 재난현장 상황평가를 실시할 수 있는 역량은 그 어느 때보다 요구된다. 그러나 재난현장 상황평가 고려요소는 그 필요성에도 불구하고, 관련 연구가 미흡 한 실정이다. 이런 점을 감안하여 본 논문은 군사 분야에서 전투현장 상황평가 시 활용하고 있는 METT-TC(Mission, Enemy, Troops, Terrain and weather, Time available, and Civilian considerations)를 준용하여, 일반 재난현장에서 효과 적인 상황평가 고려요소로 MORT-TAC(Mission, Object, Resources available, Terrain and weather, Time available, Ability, and Civilian considerations)를 제안하기 위함이다. 또한 MORT-TAC 각 요소별 세부 하위요소를 델파이 조사 기법을 활용하여 재난현장 상황평가 표준모델을 제시하였는데 재난관계관들의 많은 활용을 기대해 본다.
Even well trained personnel may fall victim to panic, and a wrong assessment of the situation can turn a small accident into a huge disaster. At the disaster site, the event is commonly broadcasted in real time and is unfiltered. Thus, the commander of the site must be able to accurately assess the scene while not missing out on key considerations. Despite the necessity of good situational assessment, there is barely any research on this topic. This study utilizes METT-TC(Mission, Enemy, Troops, Terrain and weather, Time available, and Civil considerations) which is used by militaries to assess combat situations, and proposes MORT-TAC(Mission, Object, Resources available, Terrain and weather, Time available, Ability, and Civil considerations) as factors to consider in effectively controlling the disaster site. The standard model is used for assessing disaster scenes by applying the Delphi analytical method on each sub-factor of MORT-TAC.
본 연구는 K-IFRS도입 후 회계이익의 질을 상장기업(KOSPI, KOSDAQ)을 대상으로 하여 비교분석하였다. 분석결과를 보면 첫째, KOSPI가 KOSDAQ보다 발생액의 질이 높게 나왔고 보고이익과 현금이익의 지속성 및 예측 력도 일관되게 더 양호함을 볼 수 있다. 둘째, KOSPI와 KOSDAQ 모두 일관되게 미래현금흐름에 대한 예측능력이 현금이익보다는 회계이익이 더 양호함을 볼 수 있다. 셋째 발생액의 정도에 따른 이익의 지속성과 예측력은 KOSPI 와 KOSDAQ 모두 발생액의 질이 양호한 집단일수록 이익의 지속성과 예측력이 더 높음을 볼 수 있고 회계이익의 미래현금흐름 예측능력이 또한 더 양호함을 알 수 있다. 결론적으로 본 연구를 통해 K-IFRS도입 후 회계이익의 질 은 KOSDAQ보다 KOSPI가 더 양호함을 볼 수 있고 발생액이 높을수록 그 차이는 더 큼을 볼 수 있다.
This study analyzed and compared the accounting earnings quality after the adoption of K-IFRS, targeting the stock exchange-listed firms (KOSPI, KOSDAQ). The analysis first revealed that KOSPI had higher quality accruals, and better persistence and predictability of the reported earnings and cash flows, compared to KOSDAQ. Second, in both KOSPI and KOSDAQ, the predictability of future cash flow showed that the accounting earnings was better than the cash flows. Third, for the persistence and predictability of earnings associated with the degree of accruals, in KOSPI and KOSDAQ both all, groups with better accruals quality had greater persistence and predictability of earnings, and a better future cash flow predictability of accounting earnings.
기업은 현재의 위기와 미래의 불확실성에 대한 대비와 경쟁력 강화를 위해 부단한 노력을 하며, 때로는 기 술혁신과 우수한 인재의 확보는 물론 지속적인 혁신을 통한 기업의 경쟁력 강화에 혼신의 노력을 경주한다. 하지만 기업이 이렇게 부단한 노력을 하더라도 기업 내부적 자원간의 원활한 소통과 노력이 뒷받침되지 않으면 기업의 지속 성장은 장담할 수 없을 것이다. 특히 영향을 미치는 요인 중 노사관계의 원활한 협조체제를 위해서는 경영자의 사회 적 책임과 노사관계태도가 중요한 요인으로 대두되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 A기업을 대상으로 하여 경영자의 사회적 책임, 노사관계태도와 직무수행간의 영향관계를 실증적으로 분석하였다. 연구결과 경영자의 사회적 책임은 직 무만족과 직무몰입에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 아울러 경영자의 노사관계태도도 직무만족, 직무몰입에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 직무만족은 직무몰입에 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 향 후 기업의 경영자의 노동자 간의 새로운 노사관계 정립을 위한 실제적 활용자료로서 참고가 될 수 있을 것이다.
The company strives constantly to prepare for the current crisis and uncertainty of the future and to strengthen its competitiveness. At times, it strives to strengthen its competitiveness through continuous innovation, as well as securing technological innovation and talented personnel. However, even if the company makes such a hard effort, the sustainable growth of the enterprise will not be guaranteed unless smooth communication and efforts among the internal resources are supported. The social responsibility of management and the attitude of labor-management relations are important factors for the smooth coordination of labor-management relations. Therefore, this study empirically analyzed the relationship between manager 's social responsibility, labor relations attitude and job performance. The results of this study showed that the social responsibility of managers affects job satisfaction and job commitment. In addition, managers' attitudes toward labor relations have an effect on job satisfaction and job commitment. Also, job satisfaction has a positive effect on job commitment. The result of this study can be used as a practical application data for establishing new labor - management relations among the managers of the enterprise in the future.
본 연구의 목적은 체면민감성이 관광관련전공 학생들의 전공선택과 구직효능감에 미치는 영향을 분석하는 것이다. 이에 서울에 위치한 2년제 대학교에 재학중인 관광관련전공 학생 315명을 대상으로 실시한 설문을 다중회귀 분석을 통해 분석하였다. 분석의 결과 독립변수인 체면민감성의 자괴의식성 요인이 종속변수인 전공선택 요인에 대해서는 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났으며, 전공선택을 독립변수로 구성한 연구에서는 학문의 전문성·개인적 경험의 요인이 구직효능감에 대해서는 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 독립변수 체면민감성의 자괴의식성·타인의식성 요인이 통계적 유의수준(p.<.05)에서 구직효능감에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 관광산업에 긍정적인 태도함양과 지도가 졸업 후의 진로설계와 진로성숙 수준을 높이는데 좋은 영향을 미칠 것으로 기대할 수 있다.
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of face sensitivity on the major selection and job efficacy of tourism related majors. Therefore, we analyzed the questionnaires of 315 students who majored in tourism at a two - year university in Seoul through multiple regression analysis. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the eating factor of the A sense of shame substance, which is an independent variable, did not affect the selection factor of the dependent variable. In the study in which the major selection was made as the independent variable, And did not affect efficacy which was significantly correlated with job satisfaction and self-efficacy. Therefore, it is expected that positive attitude and guidance to the tourism industry will have a positive effect on career planning and career maturity level after graduation.
본 연구는 기업가정신, 동적역량, 혁신활동 각각의 변수와 그 변수들 간의 적합성이 기업의 경영성과에 미 치는 영향을 살펴보는 데 목적이 있다. 중소기업을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시한 후 상관관계분석과 다중회귀분석을 적용하여 적합성을 확인하고 이 적합성이 경영성과에 유의적인 영향을 미치는가를 실증 분석하였다. 연구결과는 다 음과 같다. 첫째, 기업가정신과 동적역량, 기업가정신과 혁신활동, 동적역량과 혁신활동 등 두 변수 간의 적합성은 경영성과에 유의적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 기업가정신, 동적역량, 혁신활동 세 변수 모두의 적합성 도 경영성과에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미쳤다. 추가로 실시한 경로분석에서는 기업가정신과 경영성과와의 관계에서 동적역량과 혁신활동의 매개효과를 발견할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과, 기업가정신과 동적역량, 혁신활동은 각각 경 영성과에 기여할 뿐만 아니라 이들 세 요인들을 조화롭게 구현함으로써 기업의 경영성과를 더욱 향상시킬 수 있음을 실증하였다.
The purposes of this study is to examine the effect of fitness among entrepreneurship, dynamic capabilities and innovation activities on business performance. A survey was conducted and analyzed on small & medium manufacturing companies in Korea with the following result of the study. First, the fitness of entrepreneurship and dynamic capabilities, the fitness of dynamic capabilities and innovation activities, the fitness of entrepreneurship and innovation activities have a significant effect on business performance respectively. Second, the fitness of all the three variables also has a significant positive effect on the performance. Additional path analysis shows that dynamic capabilities and innovation activities have mediating roles between entrepreneurship and business performance. The results imply that not only each of the entrepreneurship, dynamic capabilities, and innovation activities has a positive effect on business performance but also the three factors in harmony have a synergic positive effect on the business performance.
본 연구의 목적은 진성리더십의 하위 구성요인과 조직시민행동, 직무성과 간의 영향 관계를 살펴봄으로써 진성리더십 개발에 관한 시사점을 제시하는데 있다. 국내 다양한 기업에 종사하는 구성원 448명을 대상으로 실증 분 석을 하였다. 연구 결과를 요약하면 첫째, 진성리더십에서 상사의 자아인식은 조직시민행동 및 직무성과에 유의미한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 내면화된 도덕관점은 조직시민행동 및 직무성과에 정(+)적인 영향을 미 치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 관계적 투명성은 조직시민행동에 정(+)적인 영향을 미쳤으나 직무성과에는 유의미한 영 향 관계를 보이지 못했다. 넷째, 균형잡힌 정보처리는 조직시민행동 및 직무성과에 유의미한 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과가 함의하는 바는 진성리더십이 구성원들의 조직시민행동과 직무성과를 향상시키기 위 해서는 상사의 내면화된 도덕관점과 관계적 투명성에 대한 고려가 필요하다는 점에서 그 의미를 둘 수 있다.
This study analyzes the influence of the four components of authentic leadership on employees' OCB and job performance to suggest the implications behind the developing of authentic leadership. A survey was conducted on employees of various business areas in Korea, and 448 responses were used in statistical analysis. The results are as follow: First, self-awareness has not shown significantly effective on organizational citizenship behavior and job performance. Second, internalized moral perspective has shown significantly effective toward organizational citizenship behavior and job performance. Third, relational transparency has shown significantly effective for organizational citizenship behavior, but not effective for job performance. Forth, balanced processing of information has not shown significantly effective on organizational citizenship behavior and job performance. This paper makes significant contribution by considering the supervisor's relational transparency and internalized moral perspective, because these authentic leadership dimensions improve employees' OCB and job performance.
본 연구는 아파트 신규 공급 시 시장 내 경쟁력 있는 분양가격을 결정하기 위한 산정기준을 마련하였다. 도 출된 모형은 건설사가 새로운 아파트 분양 시 가격결정을 토지비와 공사비 등 들어가는 비용에 일정 이윤을 합하는 방식이 아니고 최근 공급한 새로운 아파트 단지의 가격을 기준으로 결정하는 방법으로 이루어지고 있음을 고려하여 인근 아파트와 분양가격 비교분석의 모형을 만들었다. 아파트를 새로 공급할 때 결정요인에 대하여 1단계 4가지요인, 2단계 9가지요인, 3단계 25가지 요인으로 계층화하여 분석함으로써 새로이 공급되는 아파트의 가격을 산정하기 위한 기준을 마련하고자 한다. 분양가격 결정요인의 상대적 중요도도 파악하여서 신규공급 아파트 분양가격의 분양시 지 표로 활용한다. 또한 2단계 9가지 요인특성을 기준으로 분양가 비교 모형을 만들어 실무에 적용할 수 있도록 제시하 였다. 향후에는 마케팅 외적인 요인도 추가적으로 고려하여 일반화된 기준을 찾는 연구가 필요 할 것이다.
The purpose of this research is to set a standard for deciding competitive marketing prices of new supplying apartment houses and to analyze decision factors in sale price of supplying apartment houses with Analytic Hierarchy Process; the resulted model does not use the method that joins the land cost and the cost of construction together, but the method that compares the sales prices of surrounding apartments. This research tries to set a standard for decision of the prices of newly supplying apartment houses by classifying the determinants into the 1st step(4 factors), the 2nd step(9 factors), and the 3rd step(25 factors). According to the process, the relative importance of decision factors in the sale prices is determined and this should be used as the index of sale prices for newly supplying apartment houses when the houses are provided. In addition, through the 2nd step including 9 factors, the comparative model for sale prices is defined and the model is presented to be applied in the real business. Subsequent study additionally considering the factors apart from marketing which tries to find a generalized standard needs to be conducted.
본 연구는 문화예술협동조합 이용자 관람만족이 조직역량에 따른 재이용의도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구로, 최근 들어 문화예술관련 협동조합이 증가하고 있으나 활성화를 위한 전략적 대안이 부족하여 본 연구를 시작하게 되 었다, 이를 위해 문화예술협동조합 관련 이론적 고찰을 통해 연구모형 및 연구가설을 설정하여 문화예술 사용자를 중심으로 실증분석을 한 결과 첫째, 문화예술협동조합 이용자 관람 만족은 재이용의도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인 되었다. 둘째, 문화예술협동조합 조직역량은 재이용의도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었고, 셋째, 문화예술협동조합 이용자 관람만족은 조직역량에 따라 재이용의도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 본 연구는 문화예술협 동조합 이용자 관람만족과 재이용의도에 관한 영향을 확인하였고, 조직역량도 재이용의도에 영향이 있는 것을 확인 하여 이론적 시사점을 제공하는데 의의가 있다.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of viewing satisfaction on the reuse intention according to organizational competence. The results of the empirical analysis were as follows. First, satisfaction of visitors to culture and arts cooperative was found to affect re - use intention. Second, the organizational capacity of culture and arts co - operative association was found to affect re - use intention. Third, it was found that the satisfaction of audience of culture - arts co - operative association influenced re - use intention according to organizational capacity. Therefore, this study confirms the influence on the audience satisfaction and re - use intention of the culture - art cooperative association, and it is meaningful to provide the theoretical implication by confirming that the organizational capacity also has an influence on the re - use intention.
본 연구는 기술신용정보의 기술금융공여자가 신뢰할 수 있는 기술신용정보의 구성요소와 등급산출체계를 분석하고 이를 토대로 기술금융 공급확대를 유인할 수 있는 최적의 기술신용평가시스템을 도출하는 것이다. 기술평 가등급과 신용평가등급의 결합비율 변화를 통해 최대 AUROC 값이 되는 최적화된 기술신용평가등급을 산출하고 기 존의 신용평가등급 및 체계 간의 격차 시뮬레이션을 통해 기술신용평가등급과 신용평가등급 간 대체가능성을 검증해 본 후 금융기관이 활용할 수 있는 등급체계를 제시하였다. 연구결과, 기업 규모별, 업종별로 동일하게 신용평점 : 기 술평점의 가중치 결합비율 70% : 30% 일 때 AUROC가 가장 높게 나타났다. 본 연구를 통해 기술신용등급의 부도 유의성이 신용등급 또는 기술등급보다 향상된 결과를 확인함에 따라 기술신용평가정보가 신용등급을 대체 적용 가능 성을 발견하였고 나아가서 금융기관에서 여신의사결정 시 기술평가정보와 신용평가정보가 최적화 결합된 기술신용등 급을 이용하여 정교한 리스크 관리도 가능함을 시사하고 있다.
This study investigates the components and rating system of reliable technology credit information for a technology finance donor who is a consumer of the information and aims to create an effective and optimal technology credit appraisal system to enlarge technology finance supply. Firstly, we calculate the optimal TCAR which becomes the maximum AUROC through the combination of ratio change, verify the substitution possibility between TAR and CR through the existing CR and system gap simulation, and propose a rating system by which financial institutes can utilize the TCAR as a credit rating. As a result, 70% : 30% is the most suitable as the weighted combination ratio of credit rating : technology rating. As a result of this study, we confirmed the possibility that the technical credit rating information could be substituted by the credit rating or the technology appraisal rating. Furthermore, it also suggests that sophisticated risk management is possible through using technology credit rating that are combined with credit and technology appraisal rating.
우리나라 경제 발전의 핵심동력이라 할 수 있는 재벌구조의 공과는 오랫동안 사회 다양한 분야의 논쟁 대 상이었다. 회계학분야에서는 소수의 지배주주에게 집중된 의사결정 구조로 인해 소액주주의 부가 지배주주에 의해 편취되는 이른바 터널링(tunneling) 현상에 주목하여 왔다. 본 연구는 기존 연구들이 터널링의 수단으로 이용될 것으 로 의심되는 내부거래에 주목한 것과 같이 대규모기업집단의 내부거래에 주목하여 지배주주의 기회주의적 의사결정 이 존재하는지 검증하고자 하였다. 그러나 본 연구는 기존의 연구가 내부거래 전체를 하나의 변수로 다루고 있어 그 함의를 분명하게 파악하지 못하는 편의(bias)가 있었을 것으로 판단하고, 내부거래 대상기업의 특징을 반영하여 내부 거래를 세분화함으로써 기존의 연구를 확장하였다. 본 연구는 IMF와 금융위기를 거쳐 오늘날까지 이어지고 있는 재 벌 혹은 대기업총수의 도덕적 해이에 대한 단서를 제공하는 한편, 이에 대한 보다 적극적인 대응이 필요함을 시사한다.
The merits and demerits of the chaebol in Korea has been subjected to considerable debate in recent years. In accounting research, many papers have been concentrating on tunneling that be designated as expropriation of minority shareholders by controlling shareholders. Although majority previous paper suggested related-party transaction has a negative effect to firm value, some research on related-party transaction argued it has a positive effect, also. We assume that they can't consider compositive meaning of related-party transaction and result of prior studies are mixed. In this setting, we investigate the relation between earnings management and related-party transaction which be known as strategy for tunneling by considering controlling shareholder's ownership.
본 논문은 계측기와 스마트 디바이스와의 융합을 통한 새로운 형태의 IoT 계측기에 대한 가능성을 제시한 다. 연구에서는 국내 과실의 경쟁력 향상을 위해 최적의 재배 정보를 제공하고, 당도관리를 모바일 디바이스로 할 수 있는 과당 측정시스템을 설계하고 개발하여 국내에 서비스할 수 있는 방안을 제시하였다. 모바일 과당 측정기는 기존 아날로그형 굴절계와 스마트 폰을 연동시켜 휴대성과 효용성을 높인 액세서리 형태로 설계하였다. 스마트 디바 이스에서 실행 가능한 전용 어플리케이션을 통해 액상 내 함유된 당도 수치 데이터를 품목별, 지역별, 시기별로 측 정하고 실시간으로 서버와 연동하여 측정데이터를 저장할 수 있도록 개발하였다. 측정된 품목별, 지역별, 시기별 당 도 데이터는 웹 서비스를 통해 당도지도, 당도그래프, 데이터 리스트의 형태로 제공이 가능하며 사용자에게 당도 데 이터의 수집, 분석, 가공의 용이성을 제공하여 생산성 향상에 기여할 수 있도록 하였다.
A study proposes possibility of new IoT measuring system blended with a smart device. The research serves the best cultivation information for domestic fruit's enhancement of competitive power and also develops a glucose measuring system by which people manage fructose with the mobile device. The mobile glucose tester is designed with a form of accessory which has high portability and utility because the product connects an existing analogy refractometer to the smart phone. You can check the glucose rates data by commodity, region, and season then save measurement results with server in real time for an exclusive application. It's possible to serve the glucose map, graph, and data list through the web service. This is very useful to do collect, analyze, and process the glucose data.
급성 심정지는 갑작스러운 심장 기능의 상실로 인하여 수 분 안에 뇌를 비롯하여 온 몸에 혈액 공급이 되 지 않아 사망으로 이어지는 대표적인 중증응급질환이다. 특히 병원 밖에서 발생하는 병원외 심정지 환자는 생존율이 매우 낮다. 그 이유는 갑작스런 발병으로 인해 주변사람들이 심정지 환자라는 것을 인식하지 못할 뿐만 아니라 인식 한다 하더라도 전문 의료지식이 없어 정확한 응급조치를 취하는 것이 어렵기 때문이다. 기존의 심정지 관련 연구는 대부분 심정지 발생 후의 치료법 방안에 집중되어 있었으나, 이는 근본적인 문제해결이 어려워 생존율을 높이는데 한계가 있었다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 널리 보급된 스마트폰을 활용하여 급성 심정지 환자를 위한 알림, 사전예방, 응급조치 등의 기능을 갖춘 솔루션을 개발하였다. 이 솔루션을 활용하면 급성 심정지를 사전 에 예방할 수 있고, 설사 발병한다고 하더라도 주변사람에게 신속하게 알려 최대한 골든타임(4분)을 지킬 수 있으며, 1차 발견자가 신속하고 정확한 심폐소생술을 실시할 수 있어 생존율을 한층 더 높일 것으로 기대한다.
Cardiac arrest is a serious intensive emergency disease that causes death within less than several minutes by depriving the body and brain of blood supply. Survival rate of cardiac arrest patients outside of hospitals is especially low. This is because pedestrians usually do not perceive the patient as a sick person, also, even if they do so, they have no medical knowledge to properly react to such emergency. The purpose of this study is to propose a solution that uses widely spread smart phones to alert pedestrians of the cardiac arrest patient, prevents cardiac arrest, and provides first-aid measures. By applying the proposed solution, cardiac arrest can be prevented in advance, pedestrians can be alerted to keep the golden time(4 minutes), and first witness can quickly proceed with CPR, ultimately enhancing the survival rate of the cardiac arrest patient.
본 논문은 포털 사이트에서 서비스 되고 있는 로드뷰 영상에서 개인정보 보호를 위해 자동차 번호판 영역 을 검출하는 방법을 제안한다. 로드뷰 영상에서 번호판 영역은 거리에 따라 서로 다른 특징을 갖고 있으며, 특히 원 거리의 번호판 영역은 저해상도 특징으로 인해 번호판 영역을 검출하는데 어려움이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 근 거리에 있는 번호판 영역은 에지 특징을 이용하고 원거리에 있는 번호판 영역은 MSER 특징을 이용하여 번호판 영 역을 검출하는 기법을 제안하였다. 각각의 방법으로 검출된 영역을 번호판 후보 영역으로 선정하고, 자동차 번호판 의 숫자는 구조적 특징을 갖기 때문에 이를 이용하여 최종적인 번호판 영역을 검출하였다. 실험결과, 다양한 로드뷰 영상에서 precision 75%, recall 93%, 그리고 F-Score 80%의 성능평가 결과를 얻었다.
For privacy protection, we propose a vehicle license plate region detection method in road view image served from portal site. Because vehicle license plate regions in road view images have different feature depending on distance, long distance vehicle license plate regions are not detected by feature of low resolution. Therefore, we suggest a method to detect short distance vehicle license plate regions by edge feature and long distance vehicle license plate regions using MSER feature. And then, we select candidate region of vehicle license plate region from detected region of each method, because the number of the vehicle license plate has a structural feature, we used it to detect the final vehicle license plate region. As the experiment result, we got a recall rate of 93%, precision rate of 75%, and F-Score rate of 80% in various road view images.
피처선택, 혹은 변수 선택은 피처의 수가 매우 많은 고차원 데이터에서 주어진 주제와 연관성이 높은 피처 를 선별하는 과정으로서, 데이터의 차원수를 낮추어 군집분석이나 분류 분석 등을 용이하게 하는데 중요한 기법이다. 많은 수의 피처들 중에서 일부의 피처를 선별하기 위해서는 피처들을 평가하기 위한 도구가 필요하다. 현재까지 제 안된 도구들은 대부분 확률이론이나 정보이론에 기초하여 만들어졌기 때문에 하나의 피처, 즉 1차원 데이터만을 평 가할 수 있다. 그러나 피처들 간에는 상호작용이 있기 때문에 하나의 피처를 평가하기 보다는 여러 피처들의 집합, 즉 다차원 데이터를 평가할 수 있어야 효과적인 피처 선택이 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 확장된 거리 함수를 이용하여 1차원 데이터 평가용으로 제안된 FSDD 평가 함수를 다차원 데이터에 대한 평가가 가능하도록 개선하는 방법에 대 해 제안하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 접근법은 다른 1차원 데이터 평가함수에도 적용이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.
Feature selection or variable selection is a data mining scheme for selecting highly relevant features with target concept from high dimensional data. It decreases dimensionality of data, and makes it easy to analyze clusters or classification. A feature selection scheme requires an evaluation function. Most of current evaluation functions are based on statistics or information theory, and they can evaluate only for single feature (one-dimensional data). However, features have interactions between them, and require evaluation function for multi-dimensional data for efficient feature selection. In this study, we propose modification of FSDD evaluation function for utilizing evaluation of multiple features using extended distance function. Original FSDD is just possible for single feature evaluation. Proposed approach may be expected to be applied on other single feature evaluation method.
본 연구는 심혈관 질환자의 발목-상완 지수(ankle-brachial index, ABI)에 따른 심혈관 질환 중증도를 분석하 여 ABI의 임상적 유용성을 확인하기 위함이다. 연구 대상자는 일개 종합병원의 ABI를 측정한 심장내과 환자 441명 이었으며, 전자 의무 기록을 통해 ABI와 심혈관 질환 중증도를 나타내는 vessel disease 및 Gensini score를 조사하였 다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 21.0을 이용하여 분석하였다. ABI 0.90 이하인 비정상군과 0.90 초과인 정상군으로 나누어 비교하였을 때, vessel disease 분포 비율의 차이가 있었다(x2=4.731, p=.030). ABI 두 군과 Gensini score에 대한 비교 분석에서 비정상군 39.1±32.7점, 정상군 27.4±27.4점으로 유의한 차이가 있었다(t=2.351, p=.019). 본 연구의 결과에서 ABI 비정상군이 중증도 높은 심혈관 질환자들의 분포가 많았으며, 평균 Gensini score도 높은 것을 확인할 수 있었 다. 따라서 ABI를 시행하는 것은 비침습적인 방법으로 중증도 높은 심혈관 질환자를 예측하는데 도움이 되어 허혈 성 심장 질환의 조기 발견에 유용하게 활용 가능할 것으로 기대된다.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical availability of ankle-brachial index(ABI) according to severity of cardiovascular disease. The subjects of this study were the patients who had ABI in a general hospital. In this study, total 441 patients were enrolled for analysis. Electric medical records were reviewed to investigate the result of ABI and severity of cardiovascular disease measured vessel disease and Gensini score. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0 program. Subjects with ABI ≤ 0.90 and > 0.90 were classified as having abnormal and normal ABI. There were significant differences in vessel disease categorization(x2=4.731, p=.030) and Gensini score(t=2.351, p=.019) between two groups. Therefore, ABI is an effective and non-invasive tool for the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease with high severity. ABI is a valuable predictive index of ischemic heart disease.
본 연구는 응급구조(학)과 학생들의 임상실습 현실과 실태를 조사하여 임상실습 개선방안을 제시하고자 한 연구이다. 융복합 사회에서 임상실습은 다양한 직업을 경험할 권리만큼 중요한 것으로 간주되고 있고 최근 NCS(National Competency Standards)의 등장에 의해 더욱 활기를 띠고 있다. 응급구조(학)과 학생 115명이 대상이다. 자료는 2016년 6월 16-17일까지 수집하여 SPSS v. 18.0을 사용하여 분석하였다. 응급실만을 경험한 2학년은 취업에 대한 부정적 인식을 보였다. 반면 응급실과 119 구급대를 경험한 3학년은 119 구급대 임상실습의 후광효과로 취업에 대한 인식의 변화가 거의 나타나지 않았다. 두 그룹 모두 타직종에서의 다양한 임상실습 경험을 원한다. 연구 결과 를 바탕으로 다양한 임상실습기관을 제공하여 취업에 대한 인식을 긍정적으로 바꾸고 다가올 1급 응급구조사의 취업 난을 해결할 것을 제안한다.
This study aims to suggest the improvement plan for clinical practice after examining the reality and the situation of clinical practice of EMT students. Clinical practice is as important as right to a variety of job experience in the convergence society and heating up according to appearance of NCS. Subjects were 115 EMT students. Data were collected for Jun. 16-17(2016), and analyzed by SPSS v. 18.0. Sophomores, who experienced only ER have a negative view about their future job prospect. On the other hand, juniors, who experienced ER and 119 rescue team have not virtually changed the way they view their future job prospect, supposedly due to the halo effect of the 119 rescue team clinical practices. Both groups wish to have opportunities to experience diverse clinical practices. This study suggests that will help students have a positive view about their job prospects by providing clinical practice institutions and solve the problem of difficulty in getting jobs.


 Real Madrid 2-1 Athletic Bilbao. Back to the top of La Liga!
23.10.2016 » Real Madrid 2-1 Athletic Bilbao. Back to the top of La Liga!
It was a very complicated win at the Bernabéu, but Real Madrid managed to come out victorious 2-1 against Athletic Bilbao and with that, grab La Liga lead. Benzema first and Alvaro Morata with the late winner scored the Merengues' two goals.
It's getting very very tight at the summit of La Liga, with the top 5 teams separated by a mere three points. Atletico Madrid, who were first ahead of this weekend, are now down to 5th after losing 2-1 against Sevilla, a fate that Real Madrid themselves almost suffered in their game against Athletic Bilbao hadn't it been for the late goal delivered by the birthday boy Alvaro Morata, who allowed them to secure the three points in a 2-1 home win. Barcelona also barely scrapped out a win in Valencia earlier on Saturday, beating Los Che 3-2, thanks to a late Lionel Messi winner already inside injury time.
It's always a tough game against Atheltic Club, but Real Madrid tend to handle business at home more often than not. Isco was again rewarded for his recent performances with another start at the heart of midfield, alongside Kovacic and Toni Kroos.
And it wouldn't take long for him to make an impact, as he set up the opening goal for Karim Benzema, in the 7th minute of the first half.
As of late, Real Madrid have really struggled to create in front of goal. Despite some high scoring games here and there, Madrid have failed as a whole to look like a cohesive unit.
Some slipshod defending would lead to the equalizer however, as Varane, Pepe and Carvajal would fail to clear the ball leaving a relatively easy chance for Sabin to finish. 1-1.
Again, it looked like Madrid would be heading for a draw. The second half saw a switch to a 4-4-2 formation and an alarming amount of missed chances. Especially from Ronaldo, who has really been off the boil as of late (more on that later).
But as time ticked down, some persistent football from Alvaro Morata lead to the game winner. The 24-year-old, playing on his birthday, managed to bundle home a follow up from his earlier effort, giving Madrid the last gasp victory. A goal that sent the Merengues to the top of the league as well.
One key moment however happened with the last kick of the game. A visibly upset Ronaldo, had the chance of all chances, alone on a 1-on-1 with not a player in sight. With both Toni Kroos and Alvaro Morata waiting patiently for a pass, Ronaldo, scoreless in this match, took the chance himself hitting it straight at the keeper. It was a horrific miss from, Cristiano Ronaldo, who seems to be surprisingly woefully short on confidence.
Anyway, top of the league Madrid goes!
Cristiano Ronaldo next game is a Copa Rey fixture for Real Madrid on October 26 of 2016, against Cultural Leonesa. You can watch Juventus live stream, Cultural Leonesa vs Real Madrid, Barcelona vs Espanyol, Liverpool vs Tottenham, Arsenal vs Reading, and Bayern Munich vs Augsburg, all matches provided from our streaming football game pages.


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By Rich Woods Senior Editor for North America Neowin @@TheRichWoods · Dec 5, 2019 15:46 EST · Hot! with 2 comments
It's been a while since there's been a significant feature update for Windows 10 IoT Core. The most recent one is the October 2018 Update, so it's well over a year old. As it turns out, Microsoft might be working on something new. According to a job listing on LinkedIn (spotted by Windows Latest), Microsoft is looking for an engineer to help build its new IoT OS, which will be based on Windows 10X.
Specifically, the listing reads, "You will build the next generation IoT operating system based on Windows 10X." It's more likely that rather than Windows 10X, the company is talking about Windows Core OS, which is the sort of backbone behind Windows 10X, the OS that's going to run on the Surface Neo and other dual-screen devices.
An IoT variant would be a different version of Windows Core OS, or something with a different shell if it even has a shell at all. In fact, this strategy is what you'd expect from Windows 10 IoT Core.
Naturally, there's no clue as to when this will ship, since it's something that's still in development. Maybe we'll hear more about it when Windows 10X launches.
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This year's top offerings allow MSPs to capture revenue off well-known platforms and excel at everything from crunching financial numbers to conducting HIPAA-related audits.
RapidFire unveiled in April a tool that allows MSPs to take advantage of expanding HIPAA compliance regulations and break into the health-care vertical.
The Atlanta-based company's Network Detective HIPAA Compliance Module helps MSPs build automatically prepared technical documents that are required for clients' IT security compliance, as well as creating a risk score to prioritize HIPAA-related security issues. Using the tool, MSPs can charge for individual risk analysis, build monthly reports to show a client is staying up to date, and offer a solution that does yearly risk analysis as required by the government.
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A Twitter bug could use your phone number to expose personal information
By Maya Shwayder	 December 24, 2019
Don't upload your contacts to Twitter. If you do, or if you already have on your Android device, your phone number could be one of 17 million exposed on the app, a bug first reported by TechCrunch.
Security researcher Ibrahim Balic, who is based in London, told the site he was able to match records in seven different countries, including one of a senior Israeli politician and several other high-profile users. He did this when he discovered that when one uploads one's contacts, the app would "fetch user data in return," he told TechCrunch. It was then possible to match the phone numbers uploaded into the app with the Twitter records and figure out account usernames.
Twitter had previously reported a security flaw in its Android app on December 20 that, it said in a statement at the time, "could allow a bad actor to see nonpublic account information or to control your account (i.e., send Tweets or Direct Messages)."
But the flaw that Twitter reported appeared to depend on the insertion of malicious code. This new flaw that Balic reported involves no malicious code; it simply involves knowing someone's phone number and being able to figure out their Twitter persona from that information alone.
This is the latest in a serious of bugs or hacking attacks that has plagued Twitter and other social networks, including Facebook. In November, both apps said the date of "hundreds of users" was comprised through faulty Android apps. Emails, usernames, and recent tweets were all exposed. In both this recent case and the one in November, Twitter said at the time that it had no evidence that anyone's account was actually hacked or exploited, although it did admit there were two bad actors involved who were paying developers to use malicious software development kits.
Twitter has suffered a few huge leaks in the past several years, including one in 2016 that exposed the login credentials of 32.8 million users, and another in 2018 wherein Twitter urged 330 million users to change their passwords after they were exposed on the company's internal network.


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As part of a high profile tour of China in February, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) has overseen a range of multi-billion dollar pledges and MOUs with Beijing. This partly reflects Riyadh's desire to diversify sources for investments and technology following the mass withdrawal of major Western business leaders from the Future Investment Initiative in October 2018, after the murder of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul. Yet cooperation with China on renewable energy, if successful, would realize a significant first step towards Saudi Arabia's lofty ambitions for solar and wind power.
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Energy Abundance and the Environment: An Interview with Meghan L. O'Sullivan, Part 2
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The subtitle tells the story. In the early 2000s, many pundits and politicians talked up "peak oil", "energy scarcity," and all that. In a geological heartbeat later—about a decade—the world had entered an era of "energy abundance," largely due to innovations that allowed producers to crack into shale formations to release massive new sources of oil and gas. The United States has gone furthest and fastest in fracking and is setting records for oil and gas production. For the US, says O'Sullivan, this has been an economic, strategic, and environmental game-changer. For the rest of the world, the effects are more differentiated but hardly less profound.
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Despite the opposition that appears now in China-U.S. relations, cooperation is far more important, underscored prominent U.S. political scientist Dr. Joseph S. Nye during an exclusive interview with Wang Xiaohui, editor-in-chief of China.org.cn, on Jan. 10, 2019.
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Since the Paris Agreement's adoption in 2015, a majority of the world's largest investors have begun to take action on climate change. According to a new report, the 2016–2017 year showed an average improvement in decarbonization within all major investor categories except pension funds.
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Cellular reprogramming has been used to reverse ageing in living animals for the first time.
For the first time, scientists have used cellular reprogramming to reverse the ageing process in living animals, enabling mice with a form of premature ageing to live 30 percent longer than control animals.
The technique involves the use of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which lets scientists reprogram skin cells to a base, embryonic-like state. From there, iPSCs can develop into other types of cells in the body – and now researchers have shown that reprogramming cells can also rejuvenate living creatures, in addition to winding back cells.
"In other studies scientists have completely reprogrammed cells all the way back to a stem-cell-like state," says researcher Pradeep Reddy from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
The iPSC technique was developed by Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka in 2006, when he discovered that differentiated cells could be wound back to embryonic-like stem cells by inducing the expression of four genes now known as the Yamanaka factors.
But while reprogramming cells to such an embryonic-like state sounds like it might make organisms younger, it also introduces dangerous complications. Research in 2013 and 2014 found that introducing iPSCs in living animals was fatal, resulting in cancerous growths or organ failure from adult cells having lost their identity.
"Obviously there is a logic to it," epigenetics researcher Wolf Reik from the University of Cambridge in the UK, who wasn't involved with the study, told Hannah Devlin at The Guardian.
That kind of thinking led the Salk researchers to attempt partial reprogramming. Rather than inducing the expression of the Yamanaka factors for up to three weeks – which leads to pluripotency – they only induced the genes for two to four days.
This means the cell retains its differentiation – ie. a skin cell stays a skin cell, not being wound back all the way to a stem cell – but it effectively becomes a younger version of itself.
At least, that's the hypothesis, and the researchers suspect that partial reprogramming removes the build-up of what's called epigenetic marks in our cells – the wear and tear that builds up in our genome in response to environmental and external factors.
Over time, these marks become more and more pronounced, degrading cell efficiency and contributing to what we experience as ageing. The researchers liken the process to a manuscript that's become illegible due to too many hand-written edits.
"At the end of life there are many marks and it is difficult for the cell to read them," one of the team, Izpisua Belmonte, told Nicholas Wade at The New York Times.
While that remains a hypothesis for now, the researchers' experiments suggest they're onto something.
"It is difficult to say specifically why the animal lives longer," one of the team, Paloma Martinez-Redondo says in a press release.
While these results are promising, it's still early days for this research – especially to the extent that it could one day be applied to humans.
We've only seen these results in mice so far, but the researchers are hopeful that a selective inducement of the Yamanaka factors might produce similar effects in people.
"Obviously, mice are not humans and we know it will be much more complex to rejuvenate a person," says Belmonte.
These medicines won't be available tomorrow, but on the other hand, it doesn't sound like they're too far away either.
"These chemicals could be administrated in creams or injections to rejuvenate skin, muscle, or bones," Belmonte told The Guardian.
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One day Dad said he thought I was old enough for him to show me the universe, "Where is it?" I asked. "Not too far", he said. As the narrator and his dad set out on their journey to see the universe, they can't possibly go unprepared, so they wrap up warm – it's minus 263 degrees outside – and gather provisions. It's a long walk past the supermarket, park, hardware shop, fishmongers, across a stream and finally up a small hill where eventually they stop. Now Dad can show his son the universe – a sky full of magical wonder.
Along the way, it is the journey that is more important than the destination. The narrator notices everything around him not just the universe above his head.
When Dad Showed Me the Universe by Swedish author Ulf Stark is simply told and infused with his trade-mark humour. By the time Dad has stepped into something distinctly unpleasant, which will have young readers giggling, he appears less than enthusiastic about the outing he embarked upon while his son found it beautiful and funny.
Stark is one of Sweden's most popular children's writers and has won many awards. Accompanied by illustrations from Eva Eriksson, who is one of Sweden's best-loved illustrators, it makes for a winning combination. Eriksson perfectly captures both the comedy and awe of the narrator in her expressive artwork as he discovers the world around him.


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The Legacy Of A Converted Man
Dying With Christ
Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer | September 14, 2015
Scripture Reference: Philippians 1, 2 Timothy 4
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Death is a subject every person must consider. While the world fears what may come, what should a Christian's response be to death? The Apostle Paul answers that question.
The death of God's people, though sometimes brought about at unusual times and by nefarious means, is still ultimately under the sovereignty of God.
The impact of the Apostle Paul on Christianity is second only to the Lord Jesus Christ. And we are going to be talking about death. If you know someone who has a terminal disease, or you may have one, or perhaps someone who is facing death right now, this is the message for you. You've come to the right place today because we are going to be talking about death and Paul's view of death.
But before we get there, as many of you know, about 60 of us had the opportunity to travel to Greece and to Turkey and to follow, to some extent, the footsteps of the Apostle Paul. So in order to lead up to the topic of death and martyrdom, we're going to just give you a very brief look at some of the places that we have been.
We began our tour in Athens, climbing up to the top of Mars Hill where the Apostle Paul preached his famous sermon. Now when he was there on Mars Hill, you remember he spoke to the Epicureans and he spoke to the Stoics and he gave them the Gospel. But, you know, when we were there I learned something. I understood better now why it is that when Paul preached the Gospel and the resurrection, they mocked. And the reason that they did is, based on Plato, many of the Athenians believed that the soul is imprisoned in the body, and therefore death is actually a release, so when they thought of loved ones, they didn't celebrate the birthday of their loved one. They celebrated the death of their loved one. So why would anyone want to be resurrected?
So when Paul preached there, some mocked, the Bible says, some believed, and some said, "We'll hear you again of this matter."
It is there in Athens that we learned about the preaching of the Gospel. Then we traveled about 60 miles to Corinth. It is here where the Apostle Paul was brought to the Judgment Seat. The story is in Acts 18, and there was a riot that began. He's brought to the Judgment Seat – the Bema. You can actually see the Bema today, and there is even a post there before the Bema where we knew Paul stood.
But you know, before we left Corinth, we learned something else. We all know that in Corinth there is a great Acropolis, that is, a huge hill. Well, there were a thousand temple prostitutes that lived on that hill. Corinth was a very, very evil city obviously, and at night they would come down into the city and they would be looking for worship – not just sexuality but worship. And when you had that sexual relationship with them you were worshipping them. That's why paganism is so powerful. It's because paganism links spirituality and sexuality in such a way that it distorts the worship of God.
But these women would be shorn. They would be basically bald-headed and they would go into the city, looking for these worshippers. But after they were converted, they'd come into the church. And that's why the Apostle Paul, in 1 Corinthians 11, goes through such a long discussion regarding women being veiled in church.
You know, sometimes Paul is spoken of as someone, you know, who was oppressive to women. Do you realize what he was saying there? He was saying that all women should be veiled so that when these women who have been converted come into the church, no one would look upon them as shameful. But they would be given the same dignity as other women. And that's why the Apostle Paul talks about the need of veiling women.
By the way, it was also necessary for them to leave the life of prostitution to be purchased out of the temple worship community. Who is it that paid their price? Well, we don't know for sure, but we have a guess. His name is Erastus. Erastus is mentioned three or four times in the book of Acts and the Epistles, and he was a wealthy man. And did you know that archeologists actually found an inscription to him there in Corinth? And it says, "This is Erastus and I paid for this pavement with my own money." He was a wealthy businessman to whom Luke and Paul looked for financial help. So you see that the church there in Corinth represents the power of God.
Athens, we have preaching the Gospel. Corinth, we have the power of the Gospel. That's why Paul says when he came to Corinth, "I knew nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified," and people in the most debauched situation were converted, welcomed into the church as daughters and sons of God Almighty.
Then we leave Greece and we go to Turkey and Ephesus. Now the ruins of Ephesus go on for perhaps a half-mile or more, and only about ten percent have been recovered. It is incredible to think of what the ancients did. Paul was in Ephesus for two years, and the rioting ensued because of the fact that Demetrius, who was a silversmith, was losing business. Nobody was buying his idols so as a result of that the Apostle Paul was taken and actually dragged into the theater.
The whole story is there in Acts 19, and we were in that theater. Now it's been rebuilt. It holds about 10,000 people, but it is there that we contemplated all that Paul did for the cause of the Gospel. But here's an insight I had not really thought of before. When you are there in Ephesus, the Bible says that through the church in Ephesus, all of Asia heard the Word of God. And I used to think to myself, "How is that possible?" Well, because Ephesus was a seaport and a trade city, there were about 60 different languages represented there, and the Gospel went to all of these throughout Asia – Asia Minor, which is Turkey today. I was just struck by how many miles people had to travel in those days, without buses and cars. For example, the distance from Ephesus all the way to Bithynia, where we also were, was (I don't know) three or four hundred miles. And yet when Peter wrote his Gospel, you remember he said, "To the saints, which are in the Bithynia and Galatia and Cappadocia." And it is there in Cappadocia that the Gospel also went, which is in Central Turkey.
What an experience it was for us to be there, and to be able to see the caves in which the Christians lived and worshipped. There are many churches that are in caves, but more than that, we went to an underground facility dug out by these ancient believers. Now, you can't get your mind around it because it goes down 12 stories. We went only to story number three or story number four. Of course, there were baptismal fonts along the way in all of these tunnels.
The underground city that we were in is estimated to have held a thousand people, and when the Romans came (You know the Christians had scouts to see when the Romans were coming – we're talking about the 4th and 5th centuries.), one Roman leader said, "I came to the city and there was nobody there, and it looked as if they had just left." They had all hidden. They showed us the ventilation system. They had enough food down there to survive an attack.
And then when we were in a room (and there are dozens of rooms) where they worshipped, I read these words to the group. "Some were tortured, refusing to accept release so that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and flogging, even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned. They were sawn in two. They were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated, of whom the world was not worthy, wandering about in deserts, in mountains, and dens and caves of the earth." Our minds just tried to get around the kind of suffering that Christians endured in previous centuries. Cappadocia!
And then from there we went to the Church of Holy Wisdom in Istanbul, Ancient Constantinople. I've been there before. You know that you have no idea how big this church is, but notice that it does have minarets, and until you actually go inside and you stand in the balcony, you really can't fathom the size of this church. And then if you walk around on the other side, you will come to some crosses that are defaced because the Church of Holy Wisdom is not a church today. It belongs to Islam. It became a mosque in 1453 – a mosque for 500 years. Now it's more like a museum so that we can go into it. And the reason that the crosses are defaced, though you see where the crosses are – the images, is because the devout Muslim guide said, "No Muslim can ever pray in the presence of a cross." I want you to just think about it. By the way, that's the church that inspired our own architecture. We are basically a Byzantine church. We could see at least some similarities.
Well, let me tell you the story. Okay? It's a Christian church dedicated in 535 by Justinian the Emperor. It's fifteen hundred years old. He said, "Oh Solomon, I have outdone thee." It's bigger than Solomon's Temple. So it is the largest church in Christendom until 1453 – for 900 years. Muslims overtake it - the Muslim Turks. The people crowded into the church, thinking that God would protect them. He didn't. There was a huge massacre in the church, and a massacre throughout the city of Constantinople. Five thousand people were impaled – one of the most painful ways to die – and then, of course, all of the sayings of Jesus were taken down, and today there are various comments and so forth from the Koran, the name of Muhammad, and so forth. Imagine that with four minarets. The church dedicated to Christ is Islamic today for 500 years.
And then we went to Nicaea where the First Council of Nicaea was held. That building is no longer standing, but we were able to see also a Church of Holy Wisdom, also built by Justinian, also being a mosque and you can tell by the minaret, and in 787, this is the church where the Seventh Ecumenical Council was held, and you can actually see where the bishop sat.
Now this church had an experience that it did not have, I am sure, for 600 years ever since it became a mosque. My lovely wife, Rebecca, insisted that she read some Scripture in this mosque, so she read it to us as a tour group about the exaltation of Jesus from John 1 and Hebrews 1. The guide said that in all of his years of guiding, it was the first time he had ever heard Scripture read in a mosque. Well, we prayed that someday that mosque would become a church again, which leads me, of course, to the topic of persecution. It leads me to the topic of death and martyrdom.
In 2012 Newsweek Magazine had a cover story in which it said that there is a river of blood flowing throughout the Middle East. And as we traveled throughout the Middle East, and we traveled, of course, especially in Turkey, we saw many churches that are mosques today. And the river of blood is against Christians who are dying simply for the fact that they are Christians.
Now as I frequently say, if you are here today as a Muslim, not only are you welcome, but we are not blaming you for what is being done in the name of your religion. You know, here in America we have a more tolerant kind of Islam. It's been westernized. But in those countries where there is a purer version of Islam, what you find is a tremendous amount of persecution. If we could just for a moment [let's try to] get our minds around things like this. In Pakistan a Christian man is killed for marrying a Muslim woman. A girl is pulled out of her house because she said she follows Jesus and is killed. Did you hear on the news that migrants on a boat – 12 Christians – were thrown overboard for praying, and they were not praying to Allah? In Nigeria whole churches are wiped out and massacred.
I'm going to speak today about Paul's view of death because he was martyred by Nero. The Bible doesn't say that expressly but church history and tradition says it happened, and we have every reason to believe that that is correct. So I want you to take your Bibles and turn to Philippians 1 where the Apostle Paul is speaking about his view of death.
How do we as Christians look at death? You know, Jesus predicted that in the last days persecution would increase, and not only that, when we think of ISIS, for example, we are reminded very clearly of the Antichrist. What ISIS is doing is what the Antichrist is going to do, namely killing, marginalizing anyone who does not go along with them, that does not pray to their god, Allah. And that is what is going to be happening worldwide. The Bible says regarding Antichrist: "All who dwell upon the face of the earth shall worship him, except those whose names were written in the Lamb's Book of Life, and they who do not worship will be killed with the sword."
Well, that sets us up for Paul's view of death as we conclude this brief series on The Legacy of A Converted Man. I'm in Philippians 1 where we see here that a Christian views death differently. We see that Christians value Christ when they die. Look at the text at verses 20 and 21: "It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." When you and I die, we can have an opportunity of valuing Christ, and Christ can be more to us than our families – our wives, our children – because to die, for the Christian is a win; to die is gain.
Think for a moment now if we substituted a different word here. "For me to live is money, and to die is what?" I guess to lose it all. "For me to live is fame, and to die?" Well that's to end it, and it won't matter whether I was famous or not. "For me to live is pleasure, and to die is what?" What do you put in if for you to live is pleasure?
Paul says, "For me to live is Christ. To die is a gain." He says in the next verse that to be with Christ is far better. Whenever I see people grieving over death, first of all let me say that it is perfectly permissible and natural to grieve, and there is such as a thing as good grief. Good grief is when we indeed grieve over a loved one that has died. Bad grief is when we continue in that vein of grieving even year after year, and we forget that death is the chariot that God sends to bring his own children home.
I frequently have said at funerals that if that person who had died in Christ could come back they'd say, "Uh-uh. I love my family, I love my children, but I've seen Jesus." And The Bible says, "Eye has not seen, neither has ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man those things that God has prepared for them that love Him." Jesus is more valuable to us than life itself.
Cyprian, who lived in the three hundreds, said that the reason that Christianity was so successful in North Africa in the early centuries is because the Christians died differently. He said that the Plagues were the best thing that happened because in the Plagues, the pagans grieved, but they grieved without hope whereas the Christians had hope. And the pagans would say, "Where's that hope coming from?" Well, it's coming from the fact that to live for Christ is one thing, and when you and I die, we gain. Wow!
But the Christian not only believes in the value of Christ. The Christian believes also in the sovereignty of Christ. Notice that the Apostle Paul says this in verse 22: "If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account."
Paul says, "Look, I prefer to die and be with Jesus, but I'm going to be alive as long as God wants me to be with you, and to minister to you." So we see the sovereignty of the Lord Jesus Christ in the timing of our death. Of course, there's also a confluence. We play a part in the length of our life. Some people cut their life short. But the Christian, walking in obedience, walking with God, dies under the good hand and the timing of God. And there is no group of demons or men who can put us to death if God thinks there's still work for us to do because our times are in God's hands.
But it's not just that we trust the timing of the Lord Jesus. We also trust in the means of death. As you know, there are many, many different ways to die. There is heart disease, there is cancer, and there are accidents. One time I was in a funeral home and just walked through and saw all of these people and their ages – sometimes young and sometimes old. And if you ask the question, "Why do some people live so long and others not?" we cannot answer those questions. But we believe that God is good, and the Christian dies within God's good hand and providence.
I don't think anyone exemplified this better than James Montgomery Boice, a pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia for many years, a man that I met occasionally in conferences and so forth. At the age of 62 he has terminal cancer. Now if you think that 62 is old, you've not lived very long actually. But he's wheeled onto the platform of his church, and he speaks to them. And I don't have his speech right here but I remember its general content.
He says, "People ask me whether or not they should pray for my healing." And he said, "That's fine. Go ahead and do it, but I haven't seen too many miracles in my ministry of God delivering people from terminal cancer." He said, "I've always taught that my fate was in God's hands, and if God didn't want me to have cancer, I wouldn't have it, but my time is coming." So he said, "Pray that God will give me grace. Pray for the doctors." But he said, "For years I taught the sovereignty of God, and now I accept it."
Wow! James Montgomery Boyce also wrote music. He wrote hymns. Let me read one for you.
What can separate my soul
From the God who made me whole,
Wrote my name on heaven's scroll?
Nothing! Hallelujah!
Victors we're ordained to be
By the God who set us free.
What can therefore conquer me?
We face death for God each day,
What can pluck us from His way?
Let God's people ever say,
"Nothing, Hallelujah!"
We die not only by the means of death, but God's timing. One day a woman said to me, "My husband was murdered." And it had happened years ago but she was still distraught. "This was an act of the devil," she said. And I responded and I said, "Of course, that may be an act of the devil, but remember Jesus was murdered too, and that was an act of the devil, and He died according to God's timetable."
What about all the martyrs through the centuries? What about that ten-year old boy that I read about who was dragged and killed because he was a believer in Jesus? Who kills him? Well, demonically controlled people to be sure, but he dies within God's providence and within God's will.
I want to say now a word about God's comfort in death. Corrie Ten Boom, who has gone on to glory, is a woman that some of us know because of the books that she wrote about the concentration camps in Germany that she survived. She said on one occasion she asked her father, "Father, I am afraid of death." She was about six or seven years old. He said, "Corrie, when you and I go to Amsterdam on the train, when do I give you the ticket?" And she said, "Well, Daddy, you give me the ticket just before we board." He said, "You don't need the ticket before you board. You need the ticket when you board." And he said, "There is such a thing as dying grace, but God doesn't give it to us until it's time to die. But at the moment we need it, it is there."
Some of us remember Nate Nyman who was a member of this church. He and his wife, Margaret, used to attend here, and he died five or six years ago. And Rebecca and I visited him in Michigan. There were only about 45 days from the time he was diagnosed until the time he died, but he looked at this so maturely. I'll never forget it. He said, "I'm glad it happened this way. I would rather have it this way than a heart attack because now I have the opportunity to help my wife, to make provisions for my family, to get things ready." But then he said, "It's not how many years we have, but how we use them that matters. It's not the number of candles on the cake, but how it tastes." I think that's a lot of wisdom right there. Some of us have many candles on our cake, and I want to taste it." He said, "If I could get out of this I would, but then it would have to happen again." You know, you'd have to face death again. I'm sorry. There's just no easy way out of this.
He said, "It is as if we are at a wall, and we can't see over it." I would not totally agree with that. We as Christians don't see through the wall clearly, but we do see. We see through a glass darkly. And this is what the Bible says. It says that Jesus came to destroy him who has the power of death, that is the devil, and to deliver those who, through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Maybe your fear of death is subjecting you to bondage. Jesus came to deliver us from that fear.
You know, as Westerners, we don't think that persecution is going to come to us, and if we're relatively healthy, we just go on our way. Let's remember, when we read about Christians being marginalized and killed and dismembered and shot and beheaded, that God is there, granting them grace. Of course, we should do all that we possibly can to help them, but at the end of the day, it is God who even there gives comfort to His people.
I want to conclude by just reminding us about how some people died. We think, for example, of Jesus who was killed unjustly, but what does He say? He says, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do?" And then what are His final words on the cross? "Father, into Thy hands I commit My Spirit." All is well with Me, despite the pain, despite the injustice. I'm in your hands. Wow!
And throughout history many martyrs have followed Jesus in this. Remember Stephen, one of the first Christian martyrs, being stoned outside of Jerusalem. He looks up and what does he see? He sees Jesus, standing on the right hand of God the Father, ready to welcome him home. And then he also prays for the forgiveness of his enemies, and basically says, "Into Thy hands I commit my spirit."
I think, for example (I'm going to include here), of Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn, you know, was the second wife of Henry VIII. What an interesting guy he was. He had six wives. He beheaded three or so of them. He was not entirely a nice husband. He married Anne Boleyn, and she would not bear him a son, but she did have a daughter who turned out to be Elizabeth I, who had a great impact on England.
Henry accused her of adultery. I'm not sure if that's right. Maybe it was. Maybe it wasn't. But the real reason was because she had become a believer. She had never met Tyndale who translated the Bible into English, but she had a copy of his New Testament. And when we were in the British Library in London, we were shown a New Testament of Tyndale's. There's only about one or two left. Some people would even argue that that at one time belonged to Anne Boleyn, and supposedly (I'm not sure if it can be proven) she took the New Testament to the chopping block with her.
But I am reciting here, and paraphrasing the prayer that she prayed before Henry had her beheaded. It went something like this: "Lord Jesus, I commit my soul to You. You shed Your precious blood on the cross on my behalf." And she died, and I believe arrived in heaven right after the event.
Wow! What a way to go. You know, I don't know how I'd act if I knew I was going to be hacked to bits. I do know that sometimes the chopping block didn't work too well, and it took a while. It could be painful. But just know that on the other side of the curtain, Jesus is there. Actually that's not accurate. Jesus is on this side of the curtain and then He walks us through to the other side, and we see Him in a new way.
Then I think of Bonheoffer. You remember he turned against Hitler and became part of the resistance movement, and he was hung in Flossenburg, but what impresses me is that the morning of his hanging (and that wouldn't be a nice way to die, would it?) the biographer says that he was stripped, he was taken to the gallows, and he was allowed to pray. And he prayed these words. He said, "Oh God, this is the end, but for me it is the beginning of life." And with that he walked to the gallows and was hung. A doctor who saw him said that he had never seen anyone die with such tranquility, and with such a sense of confidence in Jesus Christ. "This is the end, but for me, the beginning of life."
And then, of course, I want to end with the Apostle Paul. So he goes along, living a bit longer. He visits many churches. Of course, as you know, he wrote 12 or so books of the New Testament. And it's time for him to die. And in 2 Timothy 4 he says this: "For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing."
And with that, he is beheaded by Nero, reminding us that death does not end all. Not only that, but decisions and victories won in this world may be very different in the life to come. Eternity, I guess, is what I'm trying to say. Eternity reverses the decisions and the events of time.
Jesus told the story about a rich man who had all kinds of jewelry and fine clothes and fine food. And he would sit there every day and he would enjoy life. And there was a beggar by the name of Lazarus (not to be confused with the other Lazarus who was raised from the dead), and Lazarus would come and with the dogs he would lick some of the crumbs from the rich man's table. Both died. Lazarus ends up in Abraham's bosom, close to Abraham. The rich man ends up in Hades in torment.
Things are not what they appear to be, and at the end of the day what we need is Jesus so that we can say, "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
I'm sure throughout the many years that I've been here at The Moody Church I've used this illustration, but I shall use it again. Think of how different the Apostle Paul was from Julius Caesar. When Hamlet, in his play, spoke about death in that grand soliloquy, remember he said, "To be or not to be, that is the question." And then he goes on to talk about the possibility of suicide, but he said, "Oh, in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil." Wow! "Life is miserable. I want to end it, but after I end it, it could be a lot worse than it is now."
You see, what Hamlet was saying was, "Live or die, I'm a loser." The Apostle Paul is saying, "Live or die, I'm a winner. For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." What a difference Jesus makes.
When we were on the cruise, one morning we were going through the Dardanelles. Now the Dardanelles is a very small, narrow neck of land, one of the most important waterways in all of Europe. All kinds of battles happened there and we were on our way to Istanbul. And going through them takes a couple of hours. As we were going through I noticed that there was a ship coming, and it was coming to our ship. It was much smaller. And then it was alongside of our ship, and somewhere on our ship there was a door, and somebody exited the door onto the ship and left. So I wondered what in the world this was about. So the captain of our ship told us this. He said the Dardanelles have so many danger points, because of the currents, that it is a requirement that before we go through them we have a different captain who knows the area very well come on and help guide us. And once we're through that area he goes his way.
And I thought, "You know, that's the way life is. Waters with currents, rocks along the way, winds that blow us from one end of the shore to the other! When we come to the important issue of going through the valley of the shadow of death we need a guide. And what we need is a guide who knows the way, who has been there, and says, "Follow me, and I can take you safely to the other side."
Well, you know who that guide is. There's only one. (applause) He's not Muhammad, not Krishna. It's not Baha'u'llah. There's only one guide who's been there, done that, and waits for us on the other side – Jesus. If you don't know Him personally, you know of Him, you recite the creeds, you grew up baptized, whatever, but you don't know Him personally, would you receive Him as your Savior? Thank Him for dying for you, and that you receive His death and you receive the gift of eternal life given to all who believe. That's the good news of the Gospel. That's the good news that Europe desperately needs, and the good news that America is forgetting and turning against. But here we are to witness to the power of Christ. "For me to live is Christ; to die is gain." You believe on Him!
You may be listening by way of Internet, by way of radio, or right here in the sanctuary of The Moody Church. You trust Christ as your Savior; He's the only one who can guide us safely to the other side.
Let's pray.
Our Father, we want to thank You today that the Apostle Paul died well, and we think of the believers through the centuries. We think of those who are being persecuted today, not just throughout the Middle East, but also in North Korea and elsewhere – China. We pray today, Lord, invigorate Your church. Grant strength, and help them to die well for Your glory. And then for us, our pampered Americans, which is what we are, always expecting that we shall be delivered, that we shall be exempt from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Help us to love You, to know You and to trust You so that when our time comes, we may die well for Your glory. And for those who don't know Christ as Savior, at this moment, cause them to believe. Give them what they don't have – a sense of conviction and faith that they might belong to You. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
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Homily of Bishop Denis at the Requiem Mass of Fr Colum Swan, PE
Church of Our Lady and the Guardian Angels, Sallins, 29.11.21 @ 12.00noon
We gather in the Church of Our Lady and the Guardian Angels, here in Sallins, for the Funeral Mass of the late Fr. Colum Swan. He was our oldest Kildare & Leighlin priest. A mantle he held for the past three months since the death of Fr. Jack O'Leary last August. For Colum decorum and duty were always important. He was precise on detail and commanded your complete attention in conversation, always held in a gentle tone. So much of Colum was shaped by his days on the Curragh and serving on numerous peace keeping missions.
My prayers and thoughts are with you Fr. Colum's family this day. His sister Sr. Ethna, brothers Desmond and Kevin; Colum's sisters-in-law Anna, Mary and Verity, nieces and nephews, his brother priests, his former colleagues on the Curragh and his lifelong friends in Cork, Brenda and Mary. Joining us by webcam I welcome Kevin, Dany and family in Belgium; Yvette and the Bourquin family in Spain, his many priests friends and other relatives and friends watching in this day. I welcome all of you, those present in this Sallins Church which was his spiritual home for 23 years and the many watching on the webcam. A special appreciation and thanks to the staff of Bon Secours Care Village, Mount Desert, Cork for their care for Colum over the past eight months.
This COVID pandemic has determined a very different celebration than we all would have wished for. But Sallins was always the place that Fr. Colum would have wanted to return to and to be later buried as was his wish in the grounds of Our Lady and St. David's, Naas. He served here from 1981-2004. Ordained a priest of Meath Diocese he served for a few months in Navan before travelling to the United States, as many priests of his generation did, serving in St. Rosalie's and later the Holy Name of Mary, both in New York. He returned to take up an appointment in Portarlington (1957-1960) and went back briefly to Meath serving in Tullamore, before his appointment as Chaplain to the Irish Defence Forces on the Curragh from 1961-1976. After the Curragh he spent five years in Killeigh before coming here to Sallins.
In death Colum is reunited with his parents Michael and Sarah, his siblings Leo, Brendan and Nuala who just died last year. May they all rest in the light of Christ this Advent day. And so as we gather in prayer with our memories and our stories, let us pause immersing them into the story of the life, death and resurrection of Christ as we call to mind our sins …
"Blessed are those who mourn
They shall be comforted"[1]
Colum was born in Lobinstown. His parents were both teachers in Heronstown. Everytime we met he mentioned these townlands that were so familiar to me. In visiting my cousins I often passed the 'Teachers Residence' as it was called where Colum and his family spent their early years. The area is still today locally referred to as 'Swans Cross'.
He always remembered with great fondness his late parents. The death of his sister Nuala in the early stages of the pandemic last year went hard on Colum. And the passing of Fr. Pat Ramsbottom, whom he befriended in more recent times. While we are in Advent, we are still in this month of All Souls, when we are continuously reminded "it is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead"[2]. Today Colum is added to that list and we are the ones who must now remember him.
"Blessed are the gentle:
they shall have the earth for their heritage"[3]
These four weeks of Advent draw us into the mystery of Christ as well as putting before us the coming of Christ at the end of time. Advent reminds us of a Christ who never leaves us. 'Patience' is the virtue espoused and encouraged in this short season. None of us are possessed with great patience. We struggle to live in the moment, often with a deep impatience for what might be if things were different. When will this pandemic with its latest Omicron variant be history? When will we return to our normal lives as if normality didn't bring its own challenges? When will we see our loved ones when they depart this life leaving "footprints on the sands of time"?
Colum in recent times would spend his Christmases in Cork. I would often visit him a few days before Christmas in Cherrygrove and finding no answer to the door, would phone him on his mobile. And at the best of times the conversation on the mobile would present challenges because Colum spoke gently, nearly reverently to the point at times of being inaudible. Sometimes he travelled by car, more often by train. And it was to Cork he went for Christmas 2019, not knowing that in the early months of 2020 the virulent virus that first surfaced in Wuhan would hit our shores, claiming its first victim in the hospital here at Naas. Colum chose to stay in Cork and it was a wise choice.
"Blessed are the peacemakers:
they shall be called sons and daughters of God"[4]
There was a lovely black and white photograph of Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus and Colum, if memory serves me right it hung in his sitting room in 32 Cherrygrove. It was taken on one of Colum's peacekeeping tours of duty on that island. Colum was intensely proud of that photograph. The fact that Makarios was an irritant to the British presence on the island certainly contributed to his appreciation of that moment captured through a camera lens.
And before that tour of duty Colum served with the No. 2 Infantry Group in the Congo from October 1963 to May 1964. That was a tough mission located at Kolwezi in Katanga Province and it was the last Irish Defence Forces' unit to serve with the United Nations Operation in the Congo. He had four tours of duty in Cyprus. He was chaplain to the 42nd Infantry Battalion from April to September 1965 who were located in Morphou and Paphos districts; the 9th Infantry Group from September 1967 to March 1968 and the 13th Infantry Group from September 1969 to March 1970, both located in the north west of the island and the 22nd Infantry Group from April to October 1972 centred in Larnaca district.
As a peacemaker Colum was a very discrete person who had a strong presence, reassuring all ranks, be it that young recruit on his first tour of duty in the mid 1960's or the experienced soldier. I can imagine Colum writing their letters for them, making representation for them, being always that listening attentive ear. It's this privacy and discretion that made Colum the chaplain a good chaplain. Much of chaplaincy work goes unknown and it continued long after he had moved on from the Curragh plains. I am reliably told his former colleagues affectionately referred to him as 'Swanie'. Colum was very faithful to the 1916 Mass in Arbour Hill. It was important for him that those who died would never be forgotten.
In the Curragh Colum is remembered for his lectures on the subject of communism in the 'Command and Staff School'. He was an avid reader, articulate in his delivery. When he spoke in his gentle, reverent, precise manner you listened. In the nicest of ways he commanded respect. Even in his posture there was an uprightness that came from his days of military service.
But it also came from his faith. His faith in the One who taught the Beatitudes in Matthews gospel. While Jesus taught them, Colum and all of us strived to live them. Sometimes we succeed, occasionally we fail. I love that word "blessed", used several times in the gospel. We as a diocese, you as his family, his many friends joining us today are blessed for Colum's gracious ministry among us, a ministry that spanned 68 years. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.
[1] Mt.5:4
[2] Macc.12:46


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