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Swiss business leaders expect automation to impact workforce by 2020
05 July 2018 Consultancy.eu
Technological pressures, alternative workforce arrangements, and changing attitudes around corporate citizenship are having a profound effect on human capital. In its '2018 Human Capital Trends' survey, Deloitte Switzerland examines the most important trends identified by Swiss business leaders and human resources executives.
Not since the first industrial revolution has there been such a mismatch in desired human capital and the looming robo-revolution. Back then, owners of capital needed factory workers when all that the labour supply could provide were farmers. Now, businesses want data analysts and robotics programmers and, apparently, workers that will interact and work with automated colleagues – instead of an ageing labour supply composed of factory workers, 'routine-task' labourers, and white collar employees with misaligned skills. How well governments and the private sector skill and re-skill workers as automation proceeds will determine whether the next twenty years are a slightly painful transition, or an agonising one.
In this anxious environment of challenging demographics, skill gaps, and furiously advancing technology, Big Four accounting and consulting firm Deloitte has released the 2018 edition of its annual Global Human Capital Trends Report, titled 'The Rise of the Social Enterprise.' In Switzerland, the most important trends identified by business leaders and Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs) were 'the connected workplace' (86%), 'integrating people, AI, and robotics' (85%), and 'data as opportunity and risk' (also 85%).
The workplace is becoming hyper-connected, with 79% of Swiss respondents believing that online collaboration platforms will increase in the next 3-5 years. Workplaces are seeing a ton of new communications tools being introduced that supposedly improve productivity, including work-based social media. However, firms will have to decide which tools to integrate, and whether to bring them aboard at all.
The next most identified trend relates to people data, and the risks therein. As the aggregation and analysis of vast data sets helps companies improve their performance, it also raises the risks related to consumer data security and transparency about collection methods. However, Big Data and analytics is still in its early adoption phase as pioneering firms take the initiative. Only 18% of Swiss respondents said that they leverage advanced analytics, while 8% said they used predictive analytics (for future planning).
Perhaps the most critical human capital trend identified in Deloitte's report is the integration of AI and automation into the workplace. A staggering 91% believe that AI will have some or a significant impact on the workforce by 2020. However, a full 42% of survey respondents said that their organisations do not yet have a plan to cultivate the human skills required by AI implementation. The report notes that the introduction of AI and automation will require ongoing reskilling for humans to give them the needed skillsets in the new workplace.
Collaboration for improved productivity
Next on the list of top trends was C-suite collaboration, which was identified by 83% of Swiss survey respondents. Deloitte relates that companies where C-suite executives regularly collaborate are one-fifth more likely to be growing than companies where executives only partner on certain ad hoc projects. Despite the importance Swiss business leaders and CHROs place on C-suite collaboration, 70% say that their executives do not regularly collaborate.
Another important trend was 'well-being as a driver of productivity,' identified by 82% of respondents. Over 66% of organisations globally say that well-being programmes are critical to their brand and culture. However, only 7% of Swiss respondents said that their firms offer extensive well-being programmes and actively analyse their impact on employee productivity. However, 63% said their firms offer healthy snacks in the office, and 38% said they have yoga or mindfulness training.
82% of respondents also identified '21st century careers' as an important trends. According to Deloitte, the traditional career model is being scrapped, with 55% of Swiss respondents saying they think building new career models and skills is important. However, more than 57% have no programmes in place to build 'future skills,' and only 25% give workers the opportunity to actively develop their career and create 'new pathways.'
Next on the list was 'citizenship and social impact of firms.' Corporate social responsibility is a hot touchpoint for companies that want to do more than generate profit, and instead be moral corporate citizens that do good for their local communities and the wider world. Though 67% of respondents said that they would prefer to work for socially responsible organisations, only 23% said that citizenship and social responsibility were top priorities reflected in corporate strategy at their firms.
With life expectancies growing longer, firms are thinking about how to tap into an older, 'golden age' workforce, while also shifting their attitudes towards older employees. 80% of Swiss respondents said that 'age/generation' was part of their organisation's diversity strategy; however, only 8% said that they have already created targeted roles for older workers to utilise their expertise.
69% of Swiss survey respondents identified 'making employee rewards personal' as an important trend. The authors report that rewards are shifting from standardised ones to personalised ones, and that reward strategies aligned with organisational goals were most likely to anticipate growth of 10% or more. However, this area is a less pressing one to respondents, with only 21% saying their reward programmes are out of date and need attention, with 57% saying that their firms have a typical rewards programme.
The rise of the gig economy
Lastly, 61% of Swiss respondents identified hybrid workforce management as an important human capital trend. Alternative work arrangements and the 'gig economy' are becoming more common, with HR leaders rapidly trying to evolve their workforce ecosystem. By 2020, 57% of respondents expect an increase in freelancers, 44% in gig workers, 38% in contractors, and 31% in crowd workers. In sum, most people expect less-stable employment in the years to come.
Switzerland is performing well in adapting to the new ecosystem, with more than half of the firms saying they've established policies to manages the new hybrid workforce. In contrast, only 16% of global respondents said their firms had put in place hybrid workforce management policies and practices.
"The challenge is not just the tactical one of finding enough of the right people to execute particular tasks at particular times," said Myriam Denk, Head of Human Capital Consulting at Deloitte Switzerland. "To drive real value through the new workforce ecosystem, organisations need to understand how to appeal to and engage with workers of all kinds."
"HR and business leaders should proactively form new leadership alliances to develop integrated workforce strategies and programmes that can help an organisation take advantage of the breadth of workforce options available today."
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The last decade has brought an explosion in dazzling technological advances — including enhancements in surround sound, high definition television and 3-D — that have transformed the fan's experience. There are improvements in the quality of media everywhere — except in music.
In many ways, the quality of what people hear — how well the playback reflects the original sound— has taken a step back. To many expert ears, compressed music files produce a crackly, tinnier and thinner sound than music on CDs and certainly on vinyl. And to compete with other songs, tracks are engineered to be much louder as well.
The above quote is from a recent New York Times article, written by Joseph Plambeck. In it, he discuses how although technology has advanced quite a bit in the last fifty years, the quality of recorded music has actually deteriorated. This is mostly due to the need for audio compression, i.e. so we can fit more songs on our iPods. The article is extremely thorough, without getting too techie.
I think I began working with digital music somewhere in 2002, and have actively studied it ever since. I think it is very important for music lovers to have a good understanding on just what exactly compression really is. The most important thing to pay attention to is the bit rate. The higher the number, the higher the quality. The best way to ensure a good quality file is to either rip the CD yourself, or download from legit online retailers, such as AmazonMP3 or iTunes. Thankfully, online music stores are now DRM free and at a higher bit rate (256 kbps). Here are some tips I've learned from dealing with high quality digital music.
On at least two separate occasions I've had to rebuild my music library. Not fun when it has grown to thousands of tracks. I've also lost several tracks (probably hundreds) that I can't replace. Have a backup solution, in fact, have two.
Check your iTunes (or whatever program you use) and see what bit rate you have been using over the years. If it's been set to 128 kbps, it might be time to re-encode (rip) those CDs. Especially if you listen to nuanced music like classical and/or jazz. The higher bit rate, the more information is there (and larger the file, something to keep in mind as well). Personally, I use the iTunes Plus format of 256 kbps (VBR) AAC.
Transcoding is going from one compressed format to another. I made this mistake early on. Once I learned the AAC format was more advanced than MP3, I thought it was a good idea to make every MP3 in my library an AAC file. I didn't realize I was doing absolutely nothing to improve the quality. It's a garbage in, garbage out situation. You can't make a 128 kbps MP3 sound any better by transcoding it to a 256 kbps AAC. Going from a lossless format to a lossy format is fine (like going from Apple Lossless to AAC).
I'd like to conclude with my favorite quote from the article. It makes the perfect argument for making sure your digital music collection is at a very high quality.


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Рома́н Па́влович Крадожо́н ( — ) — солдат 34-го батальйону територіальної оборони «Батьківщина» Збройних сил України, учасник російсько-української війни.

Життєпис
Народився 1977 року в селі Велика Северинка (тоді Кіровоградського району Кіровоградської області), у своєму селі закінчив загальноосвітню школу, по тому — училище в Козятині за спеціальністю «повар-кондитер». Завідував автозаправною станцією «Лукойл».

Доброволець, призваний в часі першої хвилі мобілізації навесні 2014-го. Водій-санітар медичного пункту, 34-й батальйон територіальної оборони «Батьківщина».

13 серпня 2014 року загинув під час обстрілу терористами з БМ-21 опорного пункту в районі села Ленінське. Санітарний автомобіль, яким керував Крадожон, був обстріляний зі стрілецької зброї. Роман зазнав смертельних кульових поранень, від яких помер на місці.

Похований у Великій Северинці 15 серпня 2014 року.

Без Романа лишились мама Любов Свиридівна Крадожон, дружина та два сини..

Нагороди та вшанування
 14 листопада 2014 року за особисту мужність і героїзм, виявлені у захисті державного суверенітету та територіальної цілісності України, вірність військовій присязі під час російсько-української війни, відзначений — нагороджений орденом «За мужність» III ступеня (посмертно).
 Вшановується 13 серпня на щоденному ранковому церемоніалі вшанування українських захисників, які загинули цього дня у різні роки внаслідок російської збройної агресії.
 Його портрет розміщений на меморіалі «Стіна пам'яті полеглих за Україну» у Києві: секція 2, ряд 6, місце 28.
 1 вересня 2014 року в селі Велика Северинка на будівлі загальноосвітньої школи йому відкрито меморіальну дошку.
 у Великій Северинці його іменем названо вулицю.

Примітки

Джерела

 Крадожон Роман Павлович  // Книга пам'яті загиблих
 Кіровоград поховав героїв бою під Горлівкою
 Крадожон Роман Павлович  // Український меморіал

Уродженці Кропивницького району
Померли в Амвросіївському районі
Поховані в Кіровоградському районі
Люди, на честь яких названі вулиці
Люди, на честь яких встановлено пам'ятні дошки

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El Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (CACBA) es una institución constituida como asociación civil, fundada en el año 1913, que tiene por objeto defender los derechos de los abogados en el ejercicio de la profesión, velar por la observancia de las reglas de ética profesional, desarrollar actividades de investigación en el campo de las ciencias jurídicas y propender al progreso de la administración de justicia, de la legislación y al mejoramiento del Poder Judicial, velando por su independencia como poder del Estado. Desde 2012, su presidente es el Dr. Máximo J. Fonrouge.

Historia

Orígenes
Su primera fundación se remonta al año 1857, cuando se constituyó originalmente el Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad, siendo su primer presidente el Dr. Eduardo Acevedo Maturana. Considerado como representante de la actividad profesional, el entonces Presidente Domingo Faustino Sarmiento le encargó expedirse sobre la adopción del Código Civil redactado por Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield que fue sancionado en 1869.

En 1871, dada la muerte de su presidente, Dr. José Roque Pérez, la institución desaparecería y sería refundada en 1913 en los términos que es conocida actualmente. El 29 de julio de ese año suscribieron el acta de fundación del Colegio 132 abogados entre los cuales se destacaban los doctores Jorge Argerich, Pedro Agote, Horacio Beccar Varela, Carlos Coll, Miguel Cané, Carlos Delcasse, Juan José Diaz Arana, Vicente Gallo, Carlos Ibarguren, Tomás Le Bretón, Osvaldo Magnasco, Federico Pinedo, Miguel Padilla, Alfredo L. Palacios, José María Rosa y Estanislao Zeballos. El 15 de diciembre se distribuyeron los cargos del primer Directorio de acuerdo al mandato conferido por la Asamblea y el 31 de diciembre asumieron en sus funciones bajo la presidencia de Norberto Piñero. El Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires obtuvo su personería jurídica el día 25 de abril de 1914.

Sede
Originalmente su sede estuvo ubicada en la calle Tucumán esquina Florida, en un inmueble que contaba con una biblioteca y cinco salas que funcionaban como centro de reunión de distintas personalidades del mundo jurídico. En 1916, el Colegio se mudó Palacio de Tribunales, sito en Talcahuano 550, en unas oficinas que le fueron cedidas por la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación.

Finalmente, en 1940, adquirió un inmueble ubicado en la calle Montevideo 640 del barrio de Monserrat, donde desde entonces funciona su sede. En este edificio funciona una biblioteca de consulta que brinda información y asesoramiento bibliográfico a socios de la institución y estudiantes de derecho, la cual que cuenta con más de 30.000 volúmenes incluyendo obras que datan de los siglos XVII y XVIII. También cuenta con un Salón de Actos nombrado en honor al jurista Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield y un salón de informática en el cual, además, funciona un consultorio jurídico gratuito que atiende de lunes a viernes entre las 19 y las 20 horas, dependiente de la Red de Abogados por el Bien Común.

Actividades
Las actividades del Colegio de Abogados están a cargo de Comisiones Internas integradas por socios de la institución que abordan distintas temáticas y constituyen espacios de expresión abiertos al intercambio y a la pluralidad de las ideas relacionadas con todos los asuntos de su competencia, promoviendo la formación continua de los socios de la entidad. Las comisiones organiza actividades de índole profesional, tales como conferencias, debates, cursos, jornadas y seminarios, publican trabajos de investigación, dictámenes y estudios realizados por sus miembros y desarrollan el contacto continuo con otras entidades representativas.

El Colegio edita la Revista La Hoja, publicada quincenalmente, de distribución digital gratuita. En ella se publica información jurídica relevante, reportajes y comentarios, y un resumen de todas las actividades realizadas por la entidad y los servicios ofrecidos a sus socios y a la comunidad en general.

Anualmente, el Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad entrega el Diploma a la Excelencia Académica, un reconocimiento a los alumnos más destacados la carrera de abogacía de las facultades de derecho de universidades públicas y privadas con asiento en la Capital Federal, que alcancen un promedio superior a nueve puntos y no hayan recibido aplazos.

Gobierno
El Colegio es gobernado por un órgano colegiado, denominado Directorio, que se compone de doce miembros titulares y dos suplentes que duran dos años en sus funciones, elegidos por simple mayoría de votos de la Asamblea. El Directorio se renueva por mitades cada año. La distribución de los cargos de Presidente, Vicepresidente, Secretario y Tesorero es efectuada por el Directorio, a simple mayoría y con quórum de siete, dentro de los diez días de celebrada la Asamblea.

Presidentes
Desde 1913 hasta la actualidad, han presidido el CACBA los siguientes abogados:

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web oficial del CACBA
 Padrón de Colegios de Abogados: Datos de contacto, teléfonos y horarios de atención

Referencias

Colegios de abogados
Instituciones y organismos con sede en la ciudad de Buenos Aires
Organizaciones fundadas en 1913


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The series is complete and is over 1600 pages of magic, mystery, romance, murder, and mayhem. Or at least that was my intention.
3) How do you go about the process of world building?
I knew I wanted the world to have castes, and I wanted it to be somewhat like the Indian caste system, but I wanted something even more firm. I wanted the different castes to have significantly different physical appearances i.e. some look Indian, others Oriental, etc. I also wanted no chance for interbreeding amongst the castes. That was the basis for many of the choices I made for the world. In terms of building the city of Ashoka-and yes, the name was chosen in honor the ancient Indian emperor-I wanted a beautiful city. For appearance, I looked at all sorts of ancient cities on the Mediterranean and Black Seas. I looked at fantasy cities. I wanted something gorgeous. And I wanted a culture that, despite the caste system, wasn't grim dark. I wanted the people of Ashoka to be backward in aspects of their thinking, but I also wanted them to strive for something better.
4) How's a typical writing day like for you?
After work, I come home and spend time with the family. Then at around 9 PM, I lock myself in my office and try to write some words that make sense. Some days are better than others.
5) Can you remember the first piece of fiction you wrote?
It was a long time ago in a galaxy…oh wait. That's a different story. But it was a long time ago. It was when I was sixteen, and it was for by creative writing class in high school. It was not good. It really was awful. And the first book I wrote. Shudder. Be glad no copy of that exists.
6) How do you prepare your books for publication after completing the first draft?
The first draft is the most important draft. This is when you have your story down. As a much better writer than I has often said: you can't edit a blank page. I write the first draft and then don't look at the work for a minimum of two weeks. Then I print it out and start editing with a red pen. That process can be brutal. All those words I thought created a lovely story are often savaged. Sometimes the pages end looking more red than black. I enter those changes into the draft on my computer, print it out again, and keep going until I have a draft that I like. Then it's off to the beta readers, and one or two final passes. Generally, I do six drafts. That's not a predetermined number. That's just what seems to be the case for me.
The rest of the preparation, like cover art and typesetting I farm out to those who are much more capable than I at those kind of things.
7) Why did you choose self publishing over traditional publishing?
Laziness. Seriously. When you look into all the things that go into query letters and synopses and what every agent and publisher wants, I just threw up my hands and said, 'No thanks'. Except my language was more colorful. Later on, I did submit to all the major publishers and agents and was turned down by every one of them. I might have gotten a contract if I'd sent those queries out before I self-published. It turns out that publishers generally don't republish something already published unless it's selling like The Martian. However, for my third book, Audible Studios did purchase the rights to the audiobook format, so in some ways, I'm not completely self-published any more.
8) What has been your best marketing tactic?
Telling people about the book and not being embarrassed to be enthusiastic about it. That's key. I think writers in general are introverts, and we're not likely to want to 'brag' about what we write. That was and is something very hard for me to overcome. So I told people about it on various science-fiction/fantasy forums, and tried to be positive about what I was writing without being over the top. Except in my review of my first book on Goodreads. That was all written very much tongue-in-cheek. I also had Kirkus review my first book, and thankfully, they liked it, so I was able to use their blurb all over the place. It also helps to have great cover art. People like a book based on the text, but they peruse a book when a bright cover catches their eye. And they purchase a book when the blurb catches their interest. All of those items: cover art and blurb have to be great to convince someone to take a chance on what you wrote. I wish it wasn't the case, but it's the world we live in.
9) Do you think self publishing has become tougher over the years?
I'd say it's become more competitive. Some of what's out there by authors like Jacob Cooper, Jonathan Renshaw, Phil Tucker, and Lindsay Buroker are as good as anything being put out by large publishing houses. It takes something special and good these days. Mark Lawrence's self-publishing blog-off is proof of that.
10) Which are your favourite books?
Oh boy. Too many to list. Just off the top of my head, I'd have to say Lord of the Rings has to head any list. I also love the world of Thomas Covenant. Dune, Starships Troopers (or just about anything by Robert Heinlein). All the Pern books. The Riddlemaster of Hed. And so many more classics that I can't include.
11) I believe you are a doctor too? How has it influenced your writing?
I have a lot of fun coming up with creative deaths for some characters. I also am able to give some characters true diseases and know the symptoms they would manifest. And knowing toxicology is always fun.
12) What are you releasing next?
Well I just released A Warrior's Penance, the finale to The Castes and the OutCastes. Now, I'm working on a new series, that I hope to tie into the world of The Castes and the OutCastes. It's an urban fantasy set in the 1980s with elements of the TV show Chuck that becomes a portal fantasy and eventually an epic fantasy. I'm deep into book 1 of a planned 5 novel series.
This was a lot of fun! Thank you so much for interviewing me!


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International Bodyguard Associates Ltd. were originally formed to provide security in the Close Protection Industry. Through an ever-expanding client need, we evolved to provide consultancy services and security training.
We pride ourselves on our adaptability and breadth of experience. Our close protection clients have included business executives, foreign government officials, royalty, TV celebrities, sports personalities, and members of the public. We also work with institutions, with a client base ranging from infant schools to government departments.
Our security services have a truly global reach. With an international network of close protection officers, our personnel can be deployed at a moments notice to any part of the world.
As security consultants, our portfolio includes clients in the logistics, aviation, energy, retail and care industries, as well as in Health & Safety. We have extensive expertise as consultants in Security Education.
As security trainers, you might say that 'We wrote the book'! Our staff were involved in developing the licensing system for close protection – if you hold any sort of SIA licence in this field, then our consultants had a hand in designing the qualifications you have undergone! And we make this expertise available to you in our training sessions.
Duncan White – Managing Director
With over 30 years experience in the security industry, Duncan brings an unrivalled breadth of knowledge to his role as IBA-UK director. He is a highly respected close protection officer and instructor who has worked in many countries and with many dignitaries.
As a security consultant, Duncan has met the needs of organisations and individuals around the world. He continues to receive frequent international requests for his security expertise and is able to respond to these through his network of professional contacts in the International Bodyguard Association.
Duncan acts as a consultant to the SIA and is a member of the sector skills consultancy group for close protection, in conjunction with Skills for Security. He has also been in the unique position of consultant to the awarding bodies Edexcel and City & Guilds for Close Protection.
Never one to rest on his laurels, Duncan is a firm believer in continual personal development (CPD). He is always seeking to further expand his considerable skills base, logging hours of CPD every year.
Sandra Williams – Business Development Director
Sandra was awarded a Bronze Medal by the International Bodyguard Association in 2005 for her services to the worldwide bodyguard industry for contributing to the design and development of the new SIA licencing qualification courses being introduced in the UK. She set up a Security Academy at a Further Education College, which was the first College in the UK to deliver this level of specialist security qualifications, and where bodyguards from across the UK were trained.
Previously she worked for Reader's Digest, a worldwide global name, where she initially honed her teaching and management skills before working with several small security training providers to develop their businesses in the UK.
More recently she spent four very successful years as a Business Manager for learndirect, the UK's largest provider of Apprenticeships and employment related training who have a major employer base ranging from thousands of SMEs to blue-chip corporates and major government departments.
As an SIA licence holder herself she actively works in the security sector and has over the years worked at many varied and prestigious sports and music events, including the famous Glastonbury music festival, private wedding security, VIP and Hospitality at events and other sporting venues such as Ladies Day at Bath Races, and Religious Events, weddings and funerals.
Owen Smorthit BEM B.Ed. – Head of Quality and Audit
Owen has over 30 years experience as a security consultant. He draws on knowledge and expertise gained in a diverse career, including many years spent with the police force and armed services.
A professionally-qualified educator, Owen delivers effective, high quality training in Security and Health & Safety to institutions throughout the UK. He has been involved in the delivery of the training to the Oil and Gas Industry.
During his 11 years with Wiltshire Constabulary, Owen was tasked with analysing the training needs of the force. Setting up the Self-Defence Training Department was one of the notable successes of his time there.
Owen also served in the Royal Engineers. His services to sports, charities, local community and the Armed Forces during that time was recognised in the award of the British Empire Medal (BEM).
Patrick Ross Plumber – Consultant
Patrick is a true motivator, which is born of a sincere wish to see others succeed. Therefore able to create and sustain a positive working environment, who understands and demonstrates a strong sense of leadership and direction, whilst allowing initiative to thrive within a supportive and democratic working culture. Patrick is an extremely dedicated, self-motivated and ambitious individual, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
A strong role model, mentor and leader, whose greatest attribute is his integrity, has the skill set to launch new projects from conception and guide them through each level of development via a logical progression process during a projects lifecycle, so therefore promoting sustainable growth and expansion. Due to the ability to quickly identify those personality traits in others which are indicative of an individual's working styles, Patrick has the ability to both lead and work effectively within a team, whether well established or newly formed.
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A significant professional history which has developed specific skills to ensure team members are not given tasks beyond their abilities or professional boundaries, whilst allowing a safe degree of challenge to exist in day to day operations, thereby empowering workers at all levels to push themselves forward. He is a diligent operator with an acute sense of self and surroundings.
Current CPD project is working towards PRINCE2, PMP, AGILE, and ITIL.
The Security Consultants at International Bodyguard Associates ltd introduces its latest consultant, a great addition to the team.
Michael Donnelly QGM RML
Michael is a retired Army Officer who served in both the British and Oman Army (SF). He brings a level of experience to IBA that few in the security industry can match, having served all over the world as an executive protection officer, professional security operative and as a trainer within the security sector.
His consultancy work has included working with the Hong Kong (Chinese) Police, Immigration Officers, Navy and Marines. In this role, he planned and executed sea-borne and port operations against organised Chinese crime syndicates. The syndicates trafficked in human suffering: children for involvement in paedophilia, young women for prostitution, illegal immigrants, drugs and contraband.
Michael has also acted as a consultant to the Lithuania Special Police Anti-Terrorism Group (ARAS) and the Singapore Special Task Force (Executive Protection).
During his career, Michael has completed numerous high level security assignments. These have included members of royal and imperial households, governments, military, religious, corporate and private clients. His assignments have taken him to Europe, South America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the USA.
Timothy Stacey – Trainer & Consultant
Tim served in the Royal Air Force for 16 years, including postings in Cyprus, Belize and The Falklands. In 1995, whilst serving in the RAF, he achieved a Catering and Hotel LHCIMA Degree at Norwich University. Another landmark in Tim's RAF Career was a 12 months tour at the Prime Minister's residence at Chequers as part of the VIP brigade of chefs. After leaving the Royal Air Force, Tim took up a post as a Logistic Catering Support Food Safety Manager, covering the majority of NATO bases in Kosovo and the Balkans. When Tim returned to the UK, he was employed by Summit Catering and through key personal development achieved the position of Catering Area Support Manager.
During his twelve years in the security industry, Tim has gained vital experience in all aspects of the security industry. He was a Security Supervisor/Manager for a major National UK Security Company and in a six year period won the 'Supervisor of the Month' award no less than six times! Tim Qualified as a Close Protection Officer in 2009 and has gained an impressive range of experience. He has provided security for premier sporting events and international conferences, and worked as a plain clothes operative in some of the UKs most prestigious hotels. His VIP duties have included providing security at a wedding for a very high-profile celebrity, and a two year detail as a member of the residential security team for the England FA. He is a Highfield Endorsed CCTV Instructor and also has experience of running his own security company.
Natalie Keegan – Trainer and Consultant
A confident and reliable security practitioner, training consultant and coordinator with experience of creating and implementing policies to align with work conditions, disciplinary procedures and equalities. Natalie has also been a Managing Director and Quality Assurance Manager of an ACS Security Company from inception to completion of the process for a number of companies.
Natalie has excellent experience in writing programmes within the Work Skills, Security Industry and First Aid (paediatric and adult) sectors. As well as being a practitioner, she has good experience of the IQA role within First Aid having completed the Highfield awarding body's qualifications.
John Lanigan – Scotland and Northern England Territory
John is a fit and hardworking individual with excellent communication and inter-personal skills at all levels. He is self motivated with the ability to work well individually or as part of a team. Being very logical and level headed he is capable of working well under pressure and in extreme conditions.
His experience in general police duties was first gained whilst a member of the Royal Military Police. Further knowledge was gained working closely with local police agencies whilst serving in Germany, Italy and the UK mainland. Since leaving H.M Forces in 1985 he has been successful in working as a Close Protection Officer within the private security sector, working in London, France, Spain, Sardinia, Italy, Nigeria, Benin, and Sudan on behalf of members of foreign royal families, government officials, entrepreneurs, business executives, and TV, film and sport personalities.
Due to John's professionalism he has received a number of recommendations from clients. His work has ranged from RST, PSD, Asset Protection, Surveillance, Team Leader, Ops Manager and as a Liaison Officer. For the last 12 years John has also worked in partnership with Duncan White, IBA UK providing his services in Close Protection, Asset Protection & Surveillance.
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Della vita di Ruggierone si hanno pochissime notizie. Già ravvisato nella figura di un notaio o di un frate, potrebbe essere identificabile anche con un "Raniero da Palermo" o un "Rinaldo da Palermo", valletto imperiale nel 1240 .

Di Ruggierone rimane solo un componimento: Ben mi degno alegrare, incluso nel quinto fascicolo del "Canzoniere Vaticano". Gli si ritiene altresì attribuibile la canzone Oi lasso! nom pensai, presente pure nel "Canzoniere Laureziano - Rediano"

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WE WANT YOU! The Third Session of the Playshop International Collaborative Design Curriculum Recruitment
Edited BY:Li Shiyu
The third session of the Playshop International Collaborative Design Curriculum(originally "YOUNG to young International Collaborative Curriculum")will be fully launched in 2021 at the School of Design and Innovation (SDI), China Academy of Art (CAA). Playshop is an international curriculum project of the third semester in SDI, which has last 2 years and also the first global joint teaching experiment in CAA, that attempts to reorganize students in different classes, which is different from our traditional teaching model. This year we will expand the Playshop to three grades for the first time, and nearly 1,200 students will participate in an integrated teaching experiment, on-site exhibition, and design action. Playshop in this year will establish a set of contributing teaching methods, and organize this year's Playshop with three topics against the three levels of the GAME. They are: "幻觉" Illusion; "猜想" Conjecture; "宣言" Manifesto. Collaborative tutors will organize a set of teaching method together. We will openly recruit 45 international tutors to match 45 domestic tutors, to participate in the collaborative curriculum of 45 classes with different forms.
Therefore, we send a sincere invitation to all outstanding young designers, artists, scientists, and innovators worldwide, and we look forward to your participation in this energetic teaching action.
Playshop applies the teaching method of "game instinct" points to the enlightenment of aesthetics and sensibility, making the teaching experience one of common experience, common risk, and common game. Art, life and teaching constitutes an aesthetic aspect, which "Play" promotes the development of "Game" as both an artistic and educational affair. The artistic autonomy developed in the process of game is a life autonomy, and self-education is a self-liberation. Let the aesthetic game take effect in these three temporalities and form a new perception mechanism, which will condense into a new spiritual temperament and become a way to shape new collective time and space and common world.
We define the teaching of "Playshop" as a betrayal of workshop. From workshop to "Playshop", we rethink how the workshop-style of a factory and studio style of teaching scenes are accompanied by the output of Bauhaus' design concepts, therefor it has become a fixed scene in the contemporary design teaching process. Workshop creates an identity preset for craftsman and artist, which is the teaching scene that simulates the real production state and faces the realistic production conditions. The "Playshop" is intended to open another teaching pattern, one that hides all teaching and learning in play, completes self-organization and self-expression in play, and at the same time aims at playing to achieve the shared experience and common regeneration.
Playshop in this year will apply
"幻觉 / Illusion"
"猜想 / Conjecture"
"宣言 / Manifesto"
As themes of three grades. We aim to establish the structural correspondence between three concepts and related concepts in teaching. Also establish a set of contributing teaching methods with collaborating tutor groups. The core conception of the course is to establish a structure of 3 levels in teaching methods based on three levels of game: "Play", "One Game", "A Game".
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The First Grade
幻觉 Illusion
"Realizing illusions, waking up from dreams, where perceptions emerges." "Illusion" wanders among the reality and void, true and false, transcendental movements appear in the process of detour and back. Learning illumination and perception through illusion.
"Play" shows that people throw themselves in a space with a vacuum of meaning, to regenerate themselves after breaking free from inertial thinking. The dynamics of "Play" constitute the secret core of our perception of the meaning of life and free aesthetics.
The Second Grade
猜想 Conjecture
There isn't great discovery or invention without adventurous conjecture(Issac Newton). Applying science as "the third view" to our hypothesis about the real and virtual world. Committing to verification, describing, expression, examining authenticity of the hypothesis, to acquire design creativity. (Karl Popper)
The nature of "One Game" tends to be a media game in the game of making a game and breaking a game. It is a rule-based simulation. This simulation has the characteristics of half-real and a real rule based on a virtual environment.
The Third Grade
宣言 Manifesto
"Manifesto" is the guiding principle of a movement, it's a secret signal to clarify inside and outside, it's a warm declaration, it's an agreement to start a game.
A game, a dream, is the game "awakening" a collective consciousness or "instilling" a general concept of "person"? In the reality of networking and globalization, the "game collective" may be the alien among them, which is the cause of some thinking, criticism and creation.
International Tutors Recruitment
45 in Globewide
2021, once again, with the form of an open call to promote the world's outstanding young designers, artists, scientists, and innovators, send out sincere invitations, eagerly looking forward to your participation in this energetic teaching action. We accept any form of teaching syllabus and programs. Through the analysis and consideration of various proposals, together with us in tutor groups to stimulate teaching thinking and speculation. We hope that this joint teaching action can combine and enrich your long-term research directions and realms of interest. We also hope you can bring us the latest teaching methods and the most pioneering information or experiment.
If you are interested in participating in PLAYSHOP 2021, please reply to the email address youngtoyoung@caa.edu.cn with the title "2021PLAYSHOP + (Your Name)" before April 15th, 2021,with additional materials as below.
1. Please attach your short bio in max. 500 words (Required).
2. Your portfolio with 5 representative works with hi-res images above 2MB (Required).
3. Your personal website (Optional).
4. A brief teaching proposal, according to the theme instruction and guidance of Playshop 2021 (Required).
5. The completed Tutor Application Form, please find the attached PDF (Required).
6. Any teaching experiences or other courses you were engaged in previously (Optional).
All the supporting materials we listed here will help our academic committee reviewing your application in priority.(Approx. 20 days)
PLAYSHOP
https://sdi.caa.edu.cn/youngtoyoung
PLAYSHOP2020
We launched the theme of "Illusion" for the second session of YOUNG to young(Playshop) International Collaborative Design Curriculum, in order to think and practice a new transcendental system in the context of contemporary technology and art. "Illusion" was once defined as the basic way of the existence of art (Suzanne Langer), and a denotational method in which the language of art refers to the visible world is both obvious and mysterious. We have learned Optical Illusions, Anamorphosis, Phantom Images, Stimulus Patterns, and Mirror Images, etc. All of these placed us in the "Identity Illusion". Under the control of a vision surrounded by Simulacra and dominated by phantoms, a perception of Hyper-Reality was created with the most manifest "Falsity". Additionally, there was a physicist proposed a more "Whimsicality" view: the universe may just be a huge illusion and everything in the universe is not a solid existing, but simply a projected image! "Illusion" allows us to open up possibilities between the theory of perception and the experiment of illusion, where technology and art collide and work together to "Create and Invent", "Make and Match", exploring the wonders and mysteries of the world.
The first session of Playshop took place successfully between June.3 2019 - June.30, 2019. We applied "Playshop" as the theme of the first session of YOUNG to young(Now we focus on "Playshop"). "Playshop" is a variant "Workshop", translated as "玩吧" (Come to Play) in Chinese, it refers to "Inventing interesting workshops" in the context of the course, or creating imaginary practices based on a series of paths that playable, interactive or rich in visual experiences. "Playshop" offers an altitude of happiness, pleasures and passion, to create a new form of interactive experiences also visual perceptions. We intend to hide all teaching and learning in "Playing", but at the same time, our purpose is to "Play".
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Extensive Study Shows Family is the Key to Growing Golf
An independent study carried out by Sports Marketing Surveys INC. for the Golf Foundation has revealed the importance of family to growing the game of golf.
The comprehensive research involved quantitative surveys during which parents and guardians, junior golfers, club officials and coaches were surveyed across England and Wales.
The results highlighted the fact that 99% of parents see golf as providing a very safe environment for their children, and that 95% also believe the sport can teach their children valuable life skills.
Perhaps most revealing, however, was the confirmation that the vast majority of junior golfers (71%) would like to play more golf with their parents.
"The results of the survey prove that golf can have a hugely positive impact on a child's upbringing," commented Brendon Pyle, Chief Executive of the Golf Foundation.
"We know that we can provide safe environments for children of all ages but it was particularly pleasing to see that younger children also have a real appetite to play the sport with their parents.
"Golf is perhaps the only sport where multiple generations of the same family can play together over decades and even compete. The fact that 71% of children surveyed expressed a real interest in playing with their parents proves that if clubs can provide an environment in which all ages feel welcome and comfortable, the sport will grow!"
A key catchment for attracting youngsters to the game of golf is between 6-12 years of age, during which 67% of the UK's participating junior golfers first take up the game.
Juniors questioned confirmed that factors including availability of junior courses and academies, tolerant members, the ability to bring friends along for free and topically, more varied team formats, are the primary factors in retaining junior members.
The powers that be, including the European Tour, have acknowledged the need for alternative forms of the game and this has culminated in the creation of professional events such as GolfSixes, held at Centurion Club in May. The Golf Foundation is also testing this format in 32 golf clubs this summer, with European Tour support.
As part of the wider Get into golf campaign, family will be a big driver over the coming months. For example, the Golf Foundation is supporting England Golf's official Family Golf Month; a national campaign targeting family participation through digital advertising and social media during July.
Moreover, the Foundation has made a commitment to distribute HSBC Golf Roots Family Kit Bags to over 300 UK golf clubs to enable them to offer free taster sessions to families. The bags will include child-friendly fun-oriented golf equipment, adaptable tee markers and ideas on playing formats for all generations of families to play together.
Between April and October 2016 SMS INC. conducted an extensive programme of research. The aim was to extrapolate information designed to establish what the 'Ultimate Junior Golf Experience' looks like. Parents, guardians, junior golfers, club professionals and PGA Professionals were interviewed in order to establish the factors that are important to junior participation. Further research delved into the impact of retention of junior members in order to ultimately assist the Golf Foundation in their commitment to creating the 'ultimate experience' for young people.


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Queen of Peaches
Allison Felus
A Christmas Carol and Much, Much More
For several years when I was about middle-school age, my family would go at Christmastime to a local church that put on an elaborately staged production of A Christmas Carol.
This production not only adapted the story into a musical, but also turned it into a musical with an explicitly evangelical Christian theme. The conceit was that Scrooge, rather than seeing the error of his miserly ways after his three ghostly visitations, instead accepts Jesus into his heart as his Lord and Savior and wakes up on December 25 as a born-again Christian.
Even today, as a precept-following Buddhist, I have to admit that, for its purpose and audience, it's a pretty brilliant take on the material.
My father, raised Catholic by first-generation Polish parents, had at some point started attending the evangelical Christian church my mother had long belonged to. (Though I'm not sure where and how my mother got there since my maternal grandparents weren't terribly religious.) My mother died in 1987, and I have to believe that that event wove us even more firmly into the community of that church, especially given how much they did for us during the year or two that she was dying of cancer.
My father's brother and sister and their children—my cousins—all remained more or less devout Catholics, so my siblings and I were always slight outcasts among our clan. We didn't get First Communion parties and were exempt from Midnight Masses. However, we never had that many friends our own age at my dad's church, despite multiple years of attending Vacation Bible School for a week during the summers and the fits and starts of attendance at early morning Sunday school when my father, a gigging musician who often played late on Saturday nights, could get us all up early enough to ferry us there on time. The church was truly most important for my dad as a social group and support network. There was even a woman there, another single parent, whom he sort of dated for a while. Though he never defined their relationship as such to us, I hated her viciously anyway.
In subsequent years, he became more and more involved with the worship music at Sunday services, playing keyboards in the praise band as the music choices began to drift away from more traditional hymns played on piano and organ toward the kind of light pop that called for more elaborate instrumentation. He had consummately good taste and a short-fuse temper, which was sort of a hilariously bad combination in that context. Though never the actual worship leader, he essentially ran their Wednesday night rehearsals, putting the band through its paces and cursing them out when someone was playing lazily or sloppily, the way he would with any other musician in a jazz band or musical theater orchestra. As I grew older, this behavior embarrassed me terribly on his behalf, but his fellow musicians, aside from the occasional frustrated remark or rueful shake of the head, always insisted that they appreciated his perfectionism and were grateful for his attempts to turn them into better players, so that they could then, in turn, give greater glory to God.
So, the fact that we made trips to see this Christian version of A Christmas Carol for so many years in a row really meant something—it meant that it was really, really well done. My father was also deeply sentimental and liked to do the same rituals over and over, year after year, so it was a given at that time in our lives that we would all attend this show as part of our holiday traditions.
The church that put on the show was maybe 25 minutes away from where we lived, in a town we didn't have much reason to go to otherwise, so even though the drive wasn't that long, there was always a sense of occasion to our yearly pilgrimage there.
In the early '90s, my dad had officially given up the huge, boxy full-size van that he'd used for years to cart musical gear to and from gigs, in favor of a more manageable and comfortable minivan with sufficient seating for me and my brother and sister. Though I usually rode in the front seat if it was just the four of us traveling together, I'd have to cede the place if there was another adult, like one of my three living grandparents, coming along with us. Since my dad loved introducing people to this version of A Christmas Carol and thus we often were driving new attendees to the show, my memories of driving to and from this church are predominantly of my sitting in the inky darkness in the back of the minivan, bundled into my winter coat but still shivering against the frigid air. Christmas music would be playing softly on the stereo and whatever conversation might be occurring would feel light years away from my little nest. I would stare out the window at the passing lights of streets I only dimly recognized and would occasionally smell the heavenly scent of greasy fast food billowing on the cold night air.
These trips in the van always felt removed from regular life, but also curiously suspended, coherent, since they were, for a time, a yearly constant, unique unto themselves. And even though there is now scant evidence available (that I can find online, at least) that this show ever existed, and even though my own Dickensian Christmastime traditions favor Great Expectations over A Christmas Carol (that opening scene of Pip in the graveyard on Christmas Eve is as indelibly a part of me as if it had been a real life event), I find myself referring back to this cluster of memories more than I might expect. Not out of nostalgia, really; more like opening the oven door periodically to see if the muffins are done baking yet. I keep waiting for this strange combination of sense memories to cohere into something solid, something that will sustain and nourish me.
Cold air. Nighttime drives. Holiday anticipation. A warm theater. A lovingly produced performance. My father's standards of excellence. A spiritual lens on a familiar story. Seasonal predictability. Cherished art to share with family and friends.
Is it selfish to want to form a more definite story out of these events and impressions? Is there something a little pushy about wanting to force them into some kind of digestible narrative or anecdote?
Maybe it's actually OK that these memories don't quite cohere. Maybe they're best left as clusters, as constellations, the space between them leaving room for me to trace a line that creates a shape that exists only in my mind's eye. Maybe this vague shape suggests, instead of a specific lesson, a useful mythology.
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EFF vows to press on with questions on Nkandla
The EFF says it'll use Zuma's State Of The Nation Address debate to ask when he's paying back the money.
FILE. The EFF says it'll use Zuma's State Of The Nation Address debate to ask when he's paying back the money. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.
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EFF booted from Parliament
EFF disrupt parliament
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EFF hits back at Mbete
EFF inquiry to meet in private
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JOHANNESBURG - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have vowed to use President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address in February to hold him to account for spending on his Nkandla home.
Emboldened by a High Court judgement on Tuesday, which effectively lifted sanctions against 20 Members of Parliament (MPs), the EFF says it will carry on a sking the president to pay back part of the money spent on multi-million rand upgrades to his private residence, as recommended by the Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.
In March Madonsela released a scathing report on Nkandla.
She found that the president and his family unduly benefitted from the R246 million upgrades to his home.
The public protector ordered that Zuma pay back a portion of the money spent on the upgrades.
In November, 12 MPs were suspended without pay for between 14 and 30 days for disrupting Zuma's question session three months earlier.
Another eight were fined two weeks' salary.
MPs chanted "pay back the money," referring to the multi-million rand upgrades at the Zuma's private Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal.
The EFF's Nazier Paulsen says the president has a question to answer.
"He's got a date with South Africa on 12 February, when he appears to tell us when he's going to pay back the money."
Opposition parties can respond to the president's State of the Nation address the following week.
On Tuesday, Western Cape High Court Judge Denis Davis granted the EFF's application to prevent Parliament from implementing sanctions against 20 of its MPs.
This means Parliament has to immediately pay the MPs their salaries.
Judge Davis has not made a finding on whether the MPs deserved the sanctions because that's for another court to decide at a later stage.
Meanwhile, the ANC in Parliament maintains the correct procedures were followed when sanctions were imposed on the 20 EFF MPs.
The ruling party's Moloto Mothapo says Parliament's powers and privileges committee followed all the rules when finding the EFF MPs guilty of misconduct.
"We still remain firm in our belief that the committee followed all the processes and rules of the National Assembly and followed the Constitution as well as the Act."
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function init_observable_mappings!(m::HetDSGELag)

    observables = OrderedDict{Symbol,Observable}()
    population_mnemonic = get(get_setting(m, :population_mnemonic))

    ############################################################################
    ## 1. GDP
    ############################################################################
    gdp_fwd_transform =  function (levels)
        # FROM: Level of nominal GDP (FRED :GDP series)
        # TO:   Quarter-to-quarter percent change of real, per-capita GDP, adjusted for population smoothing

        levels[:temp] = percapita(m, :GDP, levels)
        gdp = 1000 * nominal_to_real(:temp, levels)
        oneqtrpctchange(gdp)
    end

    gdp_rev_transform = loggrowthtopct_annualized_percapita

    observables[:obs_gdp] = Observable(:obs_gdp, [:GDP__FRED, population_mnemonic, :GDPDEF__FRED],
                                       gdp_fwd_transform, gdp_rev_transform,
                                       "Real GDP Growth", "Real GDP Growth Per Capita")

   #= ############################################################################
    ## 2. Hours per-capita
    ############################################################################

    hrs_fwd_transform =  function (levels)
        # FROM: Average weekly hours (AWHNONAG) & civilian employment (CE16OV)
        # TO:   log (3 * per-capita weekly hours / 100)
        # Note: Not sure why the 3 is there.

        levels[:temp] = levels[:AWHNONAG] .* levels[:CE16OV]
        weeklyhours = percapita(m, :temp, levels)
        100*log.(3 * weeklyhours / 100)
    end

    hrs_rev_transform = logleveltopct_annualized_percapita

    observables[:obs_hours] = Observable(:obs_hours, [:AWHNONAG__FRED, :CE16OV__FRED],
                                         hrs_fwd_transform, hrs_rev_transform,
                                         "Hours Per Capita", "Log Hours Per Capita")

    ############################################################################
    ## 3. Wages
    ############################################################################

    wages_fwd_transform = function (levels)
        # FROM: Nominal compensation per hour (:COMPNFB from FRED)
        # TO: quarter to quarter percent change of real compensation (using GDP deflator)

        oneqtrpctchange(nominal_to_real(:COMPNFB, levels))
    end

    wages_rev_transform = loggrowthtopct_annualized

    observables[:obs_wages] = Observable(:obs_wages, [:COMPNFB__FRED, :GDPDEF__FRED],
                                         wages_fwd_transform, wages_rev_transform,
                                         "Percent Change in Wages",
                                         "Q-to-Q Percent Change of Real Compensation (using GDP deflator)")

    ############################################################################
    ## 4. GDP Deflator
    ############################################################################

    gdpdeflator_fwd_transform =  function (levels)
        # FROM: GDP deflator (index)
        # TO:   Approximate quarter-to-quarter percent change of gdp deflator,
        #       i.e.  quarterly gdp deflator inflation

        oneqtrpctchange(levels[:GDPDEF])
    end

    gdpdeflator_rev_transform = loggrowthtopct_annualized

    observables[:obs_gdpdeflator] = Observable(:obs_gdpdeflator, [:GDPDEF__FRED],
                                               gdpdeflator_fwd_transform, gdpdeflator_rev_transform,
                                               "GDP Deflator",
                                               "Q-to-Q Percent Change of GDP Deflator")

    ############################################################################
    ## 5. Core PCE Inflation
    ############################################################################

    pce_fwd_transform = function (levels)
        # FROM: Core PCE index
        # INTO: Approximate quarter-to-quarter percent change of Core PCE,
        # i.e. quarterly core pce inflation

        oneqtrpctchange(levels[:PCEPILFE])
    end

    pce_rev_transform = loggrowthtopct_annualized

    observables[:obs_corepce] = Observable(:obs_corepce, [:PCEPILFE__FRED],
                                           pce_fwd_transform, pce_rev_transform,
                                           "Core PCE Inflation",
                                           "Core PCE Inflation")

    ############################################################################
    ## 6. Nominal short-term interest rate (3 months)
    ############################################################################

    nominalrate_fwd_transform = function (levels)
        # FROM: Nominal effective federal funds rate (aggregate daily data at a
        #       quarterly frequency at an annual rate)
        # TO:   Nominal effective fed funds rate, at a quarterly rate

        annualtoquarter(levels[:DFF])
    end

    nominalrate_rev_transform = quartertoannual

    observables[:obs_nominalrate] = Observable(:obs_nominalrate, [:DFF__FRED],
                                               nominalrate_fwd_transform, nominalrate_rev_transform,
                                               "Nominal FFR",
                                               "Nominal Effective Fed Funds Rate")

    ############################################################################
    ## 7. Consumption
    ############################################################################

    consumption_fwd_transform = function (levels)
        # FROM: Nominal consumption
        # TO:   Real consumption, approximate quarter-to-quarter percent change,
        #       per capita, adjusted for population filtering

        levels[:temp] = percapita(m, :PCE, levels)
        cons = 1000 * nominal_to_real(:temp, levels)
        oneqtrpctchange(cons)
    end

    consumption_rev_transform = loggrowthtopct_annualized_percapita

    observables[:obs_consumption] = Observable(:obs_consumption, [:PCE__FRED, population_mnemonic],
                                               consumption_fwd_transform, consumption_rev_transform,
                                               "Consumption growth per capita",
                                               "Consumption growth adjusted for population filtering")

    ############################################################################
    ## 8. Investment growth per capita
    ############################################################################

    investment_fwd_transform = function (levels)
        # FROM: Nominal investment
        # INTO: Real investment, approximate quarter-to-quarter percent change,
        #       per capita, adjusted for population filtering

        levels[:temp] = percapita(m, :FPI, levels)
        inv = 10000 * nominal_to_real(:temp, levels)
        oneqtrpctchange(inv)
    end

    investment_rev_transform  = loggrowthtopct_annualized_percapita

    observables[:obs_investment] = Observable(:obs_investment, [:FPI__FRED, population_mnemonic],
                                              investment_fwd_transform, investment_rev_transform,
                                              "Real Investment per capita",
                                              "Real investment per capita, adjusted for population filtering")

    ############################################################################
    ## 9. Spread: BAA-10yr TBill
    ############################################################################

    spread_fwd_transform = function (levels)
        # FROM: Baa corporate bond yield (percent annualized), and 10-year
        #       treasury note yield (percent annualized)
        # TO:   Baa yield - 10T yield spread at a quarterly rate
        # Note: Moody's corporate bond yields on the H15 are based on corporate
        #       bonds with remaining maturities of at least 20 years.
        #       The Moody's series (BAA) ends partway through 2016-Q4. Hence
        #       beginning in 2016-Q4, we replace it with a similar series from
        #       Bank of America (BAMLC8A0C15PYEY).

        splice_date   = quartertodate("2016-Q4") # quarter at which we start using new series
        old_series    = levels[levels[:date] .<  splice_date, :BAA]
        new_series    = levels[levels[:date] .>= splice_date, :BAMLC8A0C15PYEY]
        levels[:temp] = vcat(old_series, new_series)

        annualtoquarter(levels[:temp] - levels[:GS10])
    end

    spread_rev_transform = quartertoannual

    observables[:obs_spread] = Observable(:obs_spread, [:BAA__FRED, :BAMLC8A0C15PYEY__FRED, :GS10__FRED],
                                          spread_fwd_transform, spread_rev_transform,
                                          "BAA - 10yr Treasury Spread",
                                          "BAA - 10yr Treasury Spread")

    ############################################################################
    # 10. Long term inflation expectations
    ############################################################################

    longinflation_fwd_transform = function (levels)
        # FROM: SPF: 10-Year average yr/yr CPI inflation expectations (annual percent)
        # TO:   FROM, less 0.5
        # Note: We subtract 0.5 because 0.5% inflation corresponds to
        #       the assumed long-term rate of 2 percent inflation, but the
        #       data are measuring expectations of actual inflation.

        annualtoquarter(levels[:ASACX10]  .- 0.5)
    end

    longinflation_rev_transform = loggrowthtopct_annualized

    observables[:obs_longinflation] = Observable(:obs_longinflation, [:ASACX10__DLX],
                                                 longinflation_fwd_transform, longinflation_rev_transform,
                                                 "Long term inflation expectations",
                                                 "10-year average yr/yr CPI inflation expectations")

    ############################################################################
    # 11. Long rate (10-year, zero-coupon)
    ############################################################################
    longrate_fwd_transform = function (levels)
        # FROM: pre-computed long rate at an annual rate
        # TO:   10T yield at a quarterly rate

        annualtoquarter(levels[:FYCCZA])
    end

    longrate_rev_transform = quartertoannual

    observables[:obs_longrate] = Observable(:obs_longrate, [:FYCCZA__DLX],
                                            longrate_fwd_transform, longrate_rev_transform,
                                            "Long term interest rate expectations",
                                            "10T yield")

    ############################################################################
    # 12. Fernald TFP
    ############################################################################
    tfp_fwd_transform =  function (levels)
        # FROM: Fernald's unadjusted TFP series
        # TO:   De-meaned unadjusted TFP series, adjusted by Fernald's
        #       estimated alpha
        # Note: We only want to calculate the mean of unadjusted TFP over the
        #       periods between date_presample_start(m) - 1 and
        #       date_mainsample_end(m), though we may end up transforming
        #       additional periods of data.

        start_date = Dates.lastdayofquarter(date_presample_start(m) - Dates.Month(3))
        end_date   = date_mainsample_end(m)
        date_range = start_date .<= levels[1:end, :date] .<= end_date
        tfp_unadj_inrange = levels[date_range, :TFPKQ]

        tfp_unadj      = levels[:TFPKQ]
        tfp_unadj_inrange_nonmissing = tfp_unadj_inrange[.!ismissing.(tfp_unadj_inrange)]
        tfp_unadj_mean = isempty(tfp_unadj_inrange_nonmissing) ? missing : mean(tfp_unadj_inrange_nonmissing)
        (tfp_unadj .- tfp_unadj_mean) ./ (4*(1 .- levels[:TFPJQ]))
    end

    tfp_rev_transform = quartertoannual

    observables[:obs_tfp] = Observable(:obs_tfp, [:TFPKQ__DLX, :TFPJQ__DLX],
                                       tfp_fwd_transform, tfp_rev_transform,
                                       "Total Factor Productivity",
                                       "Fernald's TFP, adjusted by Fernald's estimated alpha")

    ############################################################################
    # 13. GDI
    ############################################################################
    gdi_fwd_transform = function (levels)
        # FROM: level of real per-capita income (FRED mnemonic: GDI)
        # TO:   approximate quarter-to-quarter percent change of real, per-capita income, adjusted
        #       for population smoothing

        levels[:temp] = percapita(m, :GDI, levels)
        gdi = 1000 * nominal_to_real(:temp, levels)
        oneqtrpctchange(gdi)
    end

    gdi_rev_transform = loggrowthtopct_annualized_percapita

    observables[:obs_gdi] = Observable(:obs_gdi, [:GDI__FRED],
                                       gdi_fwd_transform, gdi_rev_transform,
                                       "Real GDI Growth",
                                       "Real GDI Growth Per Capita")

    ############################################################################
    # Columns 14 - 14 + n_anticipated_shocks
    ############################################################################

    for i = 1:n_anticipated_shocks(m)
        # FROM: OIS expectations of $i-period-ahead interest rates at a quarterly rate
        # TO:   Same

        ant_fwd_transform = function (levels)
            levels[:, Symbol("ant$i")]
        end

        ant_rev_transform = quartertoannual

        observables[Symbol("obs_nominalrate$i")] = Observable(Symbol("obs_ant$i"), [Symbol("ant$(i)__OIS")],
                                                      ant_fwd_transform, ant_rev_transform,
                                                      "Anticipated Shock $i",
                                                      "$i-period ahead anticipated monetary policy shock")
    end =#

    m.observable_mappings = observables
end

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Guimauve de Soie opens as a toasted almond covered in lemon sugar served with a side of mimosa marshmallows. In the heart a generous handful of violets appear adding a sharp greenness to the "marshmallow cream". The base is a soft, powdery, almondy heliotrope and cocoa powder.
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Notes listed include anise, bergamot, bitter almond, lemon, ozone, ambrette seed, Bulgarian rose otto, mimosa absolute, orris concrete, parma violet, violet leaf, wood violet, Australian sandalwood, civet, cocoa beans, green oakmoss, heliotrope, musk, tonka bean, and vanilla. Launched 2012.
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Q: MVC design in Cocoa - are all 3 always necessary? Also: naming conventions, where to put Controller I'm new to MVC although I've read a lot of papers and information on the web.  I know it's somewhat ambiguous and there are many different interpretations of MVC patterns.. but the differences seem somewhat minimal
My main question is - are M, V, and C always going to be necessary to be doing this right?  I haven't seen anyone address this in anything I've read.  Examples (I'm working in Cocoa/Obj-c although that shouldn't much matter)..
1) If I have a simple image on my GUI, or a text entry field that is just for a user's convenience and isn't saved or modified, these both would be V (view) but there's no M (no data and no domain processing going on), and no C to bridge them.  So I just have some aspects that are "V" - seems fine
2) I have 2 different and visible windows that each have a button on them labeled as "ACTIVATE FOO" - when a user clicks the button on either, both buttons press in and change to say "DEACTIVATE FOO" and a third window appears with label "FOO".  Clicking the button again will change the button on both windows to "ACTIVATE FOO" and will remove the third "FOO" window.  In this case, my V consists of the buttons on both windows, and I guess also the third window (maybe all 3 windows).  I definitely have a C, my Controller object will know about these buttons and windows and will get their clicks and hold generic states regarding windows and buttons.  However, whether I have 1 button or 10 button, my window is called "FOO" or my window is called "BAR", this doesn't matter.  There's no domain knowledge or data here - just control of views.  So in this example, I really have "V" and "C" but no "M" - is that ok?
3) Final example, which I am running in to the most.  I have a text entry field as my View.  When I enter text in this, say a number representing gravity, I keep it in a Model that may do things like compute physics of a ball while taking in to account my gravity parameter.  Here I have a V and an M, but I don't understand why I would need to add a C - a controller would just accept the signals from the View and pass it along to the Model, and vice versa.  Being as the C is just a pure passthrough, it's really "junk" code and isn't making things any more reusable in my opinion.  In most situations, when something changes I will need to change the C and M both in nearly identical ways.  I realize it's probably an MVC beginner's mistake to think most situations call for only V and M.. leads me in to next subject
4) In Cocoa / Xcode / IB, I guess my Controllers should always be an instantiated object in IB?  That is, I lay all of my "V" components in IB, and for each collection of View objects (things that are related) I should have an instantiated Controller?  And then perhaps my Models should NOT be found in IB, and instead only found as classes in Xcode that tie in with Controller code found there.  Is this accurate?  This could explain why you'd have a Controller that is not really adding value - because you are keeping consistent..
5) What about naming these things - for my above example about FOO / BAR maybe something that ends in Controller would be the C, like FancyWindowOpeningController, etc?  And for models - should I suffix them with like GravityBallPhysicsModel etc, or should I just name those whatever I like?  I haven't seen enough code to know what's out there in the wild and I want to get on the right track early on
Thank you in advance for setting me straight or letting me know I'm on the right track.  I feel like I'm starting to get it and most of what I say here makes sense, but validation of my guessing would help me feel confident..

A: I think all your examples confuse individual operations/functions with the overall app design. So, the general answer to all your questions is that, no, every single operation or function of the app does not have to use all three MVC components.
The real goal of MVC design is to make each component modular and standalone to the greatest extent possible. Therefore, requiring each operation of each component to involve all three MVC components would defeat the purpose of the design pattern in the first place.
Models and Views should be designed such they will in principle work without the other. Models should work whether their data is displayed in windows, in webviews, files, printed or the command line. Views should be able to display the empty version of themselves. Only controllers have to have knowledge of both model objects and view objects but that is because the controllers entire purpose is to link the two.
You questions:
(1) If the UI elements have no need to reference anything outside the immediate view, then the logic controlling the UI elements belong in the view. You know a view is properly encapsulated when you can move it to another project with a different model and a different controller and it still works.
(2) You don't need a model in this case because you're not modeling anything. A model is a data representation of some physical object or action. If the windows and control don't display representative data, then they don't need a model. They're just drawing themselves.
(3) You need a controller so you don't have to rewrite either the model or the view every time you make a change in the other. It is not readily apparent in small projects but once you get one with several different interfaces (UI, network, disk operations etc) and many different ways of representing in each interface, then tying the view to the model breaks in a hurry.
(4) If you don't have a controller, then your model must have references to every single view. The nib system uses the controller as the object that manages the other objects in the nib. You have to have a hierarchal object and the file owner fulfill that role.
(5) The longer and more descriptive the name the better. Six months from now when you come back to do maintenance, you won't remember which window "WindowOpeningController" opens or what, if anything, special it does.
The best way to appreciate MVC is to step back and think about really big, really complex, always evolving apps. Then add in reusing components in different apps. Then add in debugging each component. It rapidly becomes clear why it is great design pattern.

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'use strict';

var ReactDOM = require('ReactDOM');
var ReactDOMServer = require('ReactDOMServer');
var React = require('React');

// `version` will be added here by ReactIsomorphic.
var ReactUMDEntry = Object.assign({
  __SECRET_DOM_DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED: ReactDOM,
  __SECRET_DOM_SERVER_DO_NOT_USE_OR_YOU_WILL_BE_FIRED: ReactDOMServer,
}, React);

module.exports = ReactUMDEntry;