...popular YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, it may not be just a coincidence. I suppose the title could refer to it being dangerous for people that Ferdinand Marcos was alive and in power, or it could refer to fictional newsman Tony O'Neil's (played by Gary Busey) occasionally endangered existence covering dramatic events in the Philippines from the death of Ninoy Aquino to the fall of Marcos and the presidency of Ninoy's widow Corazon. Even if the title seems a little crass, the three-part, nearly six-hour mini-series delivers as a dramatic political story and at the same time as an historical chronicle. Because the title and subject matter conjure memories of YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, A DANGEROUS LIFE invites comparison of the two films. The Weir film had one charismatic, enigmatic character, Billy Kwan. A DANGEROUS LIFE has no particularly fascinating character in a leading role. The main characters are involved in a nominal but dull love triangle. Who cares? In virtually every other regard, A DANGEROUS LIFE is a model for the political chronicle. It tells a piece of history most of us remember and tells in a dramatic and engrossing way a detailed history of the fall of Marcos. And it seems even more immediate for the extensive use of television news videotape. Actually for interest value, the lead parts are eclipsed by that of Imelda Marcos (played by Tessie Tomas). Most people think of her as a sort of international joke, a vain woman who had a huge collection of shoes. Under Robert...
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...Khalia Brewer Accct 555 Week 7 Homework 20-17 A.(2)- have a paymaster who has no other payroll responsibility distribute the payroll checks. B.(3)- Employees might be paid for hours they did not work. C.(3)- authorization of transactions from the custody of related assets. 20-20 |TYPE OF TEST |TRANSACTION-RELATED AUDIT OBJECTIVE(S) | |1. Substantive test of |To determine if monthly payroll costs have been correctly allocated (accuracy). | |transactions | | |2. Test of control |To determine if recorded payroll transactions are for work actually performed by existing | | |employees (occurrence). | |3. Substantive test of |To determine if employees are paid for the hours they have worked (accuracy). | |transactions | | |4. Substantive test of |To determine if the appropriate person is paid and amount and time are correct (accuracy and | |transactions |timing). | |5. Substantive...
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...Khalia Brewer Accct 555 Week 7 Homework 20-17 A.(2)- have a paymaster who has no other payroll responsibility distribute the payroll checks. B.(3)- Employees might be paid for hours they did not work. C.(3)- authorization of transactions from the custody of related assets. 20-20 |TYPE OF TEST |TRANSACTION-RELATED AUDIT OBJECTIVE(S) | |1. Substantive test of |To determine if monthly payroll costs have been correctly allocated (accuracy). | |transactions | | |2. Test of control |To determine if recorded payroll transactions are for work actually performed by existing | | |employees (occurrence). | |3. Substantive test of |To determine if employees are paid for the hours they have worked (accuracy). | |transactions | | |4. Substantive test of |To determine if the appropriate person is paid and amount and time are correct (accuracy and | |transactions |timing). | |5. Substantive...
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...Certification Manual Updated with the most recent NLP developments and techniques By Dr Marco Paret & Matt Traverso 2008 Dr Marco Paret & Matt Traverso – Copyleft Licence 1 Table of Contents THE NLP PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONER MANUAL .............................. 1 Neurological Levels.............................................................................. 4 A Model of Communication and Personality ......................................... 5 Deletion ............................................................................................. 6 Distortion ........................................................................................... 6 Generalisation ..................................................................................... 6 Meta-programs ................................................................................... 6 Values ............................................................................................... 7 Beliefs................................................................................................ 7 Memories ........................................................................................... 7 Decisions............................................................................................ 7 Representational Systems ................................................................... 8 Lead & Primary Systems .................................................................... 9 Visual...............
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...------------------------------------------------- Latest version: February 7, 2016 (changes from prior version shown in red) ORF 570 Special Topics in Statistics and Operations Research Course topic: Quantitative Asset Management Transcript title: Special Topics in Statistics and Operations/Quantitative Asset Management Instructor: Frank J. Fabozzi, Ph.D., CFA, Visiting Professor, ORFE Office: 207 in ORFE Building (office shared with Professor Mulvey) Office hours: 4-6pm (this time slot will also be used for presentations on special topics) Classroom: Friend 006 Course description: This course covers asset management focusing on quantitative models applied to equities and bonds (with emphasis on mortgage-backed securities). The quantitative models discussed are asset allocation models and portfolio construction models that include optimization models (mean-variance framework and extensions such as robust portfolio optimization), multi-factor risk models, risk control models, and transaction cost forecasting models. Return attribution models for performance evaluation will be covered. Model risk and model/strategy backtesting will be highlighted. Guest speakers from quantitative asset management firms are scheduled. Determination of final grade: Final exam ………………………………. 40% Design project …………………………… 25% Term paper ………………………………. 25% Problem sets ……………………………… 10% Course material and reading assignments: No textbook is required for the book. Instead...
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...relations with other countries” The Foreign Service Institute of the Philippines has likewise quoted a dictum ascribed to President Ferdinand E. Marcos that: The foreign policy of a nation is the articulation of its fondest needs and aspiration, and in international affairs, it is its sole weapon for the promotion of national interest. Foreign Policy is a “part of the general program of government. It is furthermore an extension of its domestic policy”. The term “system” when used in the context of an organization, implies an entity composed of a set of parts and created to accomplish certain, objectives. The aim of the system is the coordination of human efforts and material resources to produce desired results in a dynamic organization. An organization, as social system, has certain inherent characteristics: 1) it has subsystem and, is part of a suprasystem in continual interaction with one another 2) It has define objectives to accomplish 3) There is an inflow-transformation-outflow cycle of Human and material resources 4) There are performance evaluation measures 5) Management is essential for its operation. FOREIGN POLICY SYSTEM In combining the elements of “Foreign Policy” and the “System Theory” the compound would be produce the concept of what may be termed as “Foreign Policy System” to...
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...Outubro 2011 – Junho 2012 ARQUITETURA & DESIGN ARTE & CULTURA CIÊNCIA & TECNOLOGIA CINEMA EMPRESAS & ECONOMIA ENOGASTRONOMIA ESPORTE FESTAS & FEIRAS MODA MÚSICA OS ITALIANOS NO BRASIL TEATRO & DANÇA Marca registrada. Todos os direitos reservados. A permissão de uso desta logomarca depende de autorização prévia e escrita de seus autores. DOCUMENTO PROVISORIO DOCUMENTO PROVISÓRIO Atualização 13 de setembro de 2011 Índice • Declaração conjunta Brasil‐Itália 3 • Calendário provisório dos principais eventos 4 • Eventos previstos divididos por setor 9 Preliminares 9 Arte Luz 10 Arquitetura & Design 11 Arte & Cultura 12 Ciência & Tecnologia 13 Cine Mib 14 Empresas ...
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...Experience Marcos dictatorship in Thailand By: Joel Ruiz Butuyan IF FILIPINO voters who are motivated with a longing to bring back the Marcos years will have their way in the May elections, all Filipino Facebook users will be in jail. This was my conclusion after a four-day stay in Thailand last week to witness the court trials of two political prisoners, and to meet with journalists and lawyers who are fighting to keep the embers of freedom alive despite the authoritarian rule of a military junta. I was in Thailand as the representative of the Center for International Law (Centerlaw), a nongovernment organization founded by my colleague Harry Roque. Centerlaw represents victims of human rights violations, especially persecuted advocates of freedom of expression. It is working to strengthen the network of free expression advocates in Southeast Asia. For four days, I listened to stories of arbitrary arrest and detention, intimidation, and some instances of torture committed by the very government that is supposed to protect the Thai citizenry against such crimes. It is all too reminiscent of the martial rule of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. The Thai military junta, euphemistically known as the National Council for Peace and Order, mounted a coup d’état and ousted the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The junta imposed martial law when it seized power in May 2014, and while the regime officially lifted it in April 2015, Thailand remains under martial...
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...of Business Thought will introduce the student to the cultural, historical and philosophical thought surrounding the issues of business and commerce throughout the ages. By examining the words of great authors, we will get a sense of the timeless nature of business and make the observation that the issues currently facing individuals and business have their origins in writings centuries old and from a wide array of cultural and geographic underpinnings. A brief historical trace will be made to connect us to those businessmen and women who pursued many of the same goals we do today. The course will be divided into three semester sections with six functional areas, each followed by an Exam. A lecture outline is posted to Canvas in the week that section is started. Section 1: A. The Fundamentals of Business - We will read many of the classics of literature and philosophy to discern the authors' beliefs about business fundamentals and, in the process, relate them back to those fundamentals we each have in common with modern business leaders. Exam 1 Section 2: B. Marketing Thought - A few selected readings from Cicero to Galbraith will form the basis of a discussion on the critical importance of marketing to the existence of a business enterprise and we will learn what issues relating to marketing great thinkers have felt are...
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...different branches of office does not bond well together due to weak communication flow. We suggested that TASCO should transfer the employee to another branches of office for a few weeks. The purpose is to let the employee learning from different branches operations as well as getting recognize the employee from different branches. Besides, the employee may explore more to different places culture or working behavior. Aside from transfer the employee for short-term, TASCO may hold some company dinner or trip that gather all the employee together for sharing information between each other or playing some team building game that may improve the relationship. Buy a cargo ship that named TASCO. TASCO does not owned any one of the cargo ship which make themselves suffer from the disruption of sea freight service during Japan tsunami in 2011 because they are using the NYK’s cargo ship from Japan. Sharing the same cargo ship with foreign logistic company is gaining some cost advantage but at the same time it may occurred some problem or delay from the uncertainties event. Thus, we suggested that TASCO should buy, at least a cargo ship for the use to avoid any emergency. As the following suggestion relate to our last suggestion, buying a cargo ships. We suggested that TASCO should buy the cargo ship, CMA CGM Marco Polo. On 6 Nov 2012, it became the largest containership in the world measured by capacity, 16, 020 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit containers). These cargo ship main benefits...
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...the case study of Calyx & Corolla, a mail order flower company. Calyx & Corolla is a relatively new company that utilizes a different distribution channel than conventional companies for fresh flowers. Calyx & Corolla mails flowers direct from the growers to the customers via Federal Express and eliminates the middleman (Appendix A). This permits Calyx & Corolla to provide fresher, longer-lasting flowers to consumers. The management of Calyx & Corolla is contemplating a change in their long-term business strategy as they examine their ability to compete with more traditional outlets such as retail flower shops and wire services like FTD. Ruth Owades, the founder of Calyx & Corolla, has hired Marketing Consultants (MarCo) to assess the strengths and weaknesses of her business and make recommendations on how her company can fully develop their mail order concept. Background: Calyx & Corolla is a small mail order flower company that was founded in 1988 by Ruth Owades. Ms. Owades secured $2 million in capital from approximately 18 different investors in order to launch the company. By 1991, Calyx & Corolla exceeded $10 million in annual sales and Owades and her associates were reassessing the firm's long-term growth strategy (Wylie and Salmon, 1991). Up to this point, Calyx & Corolla was primarily a mail order company, but management is now considering expanding their market and is unsure of how they should proceed. Recently, a well-financed venture...
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...undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. the chance to become legal residents or citizens if they meet certain requirements; 3) creating a system to track the departures of foreigners who enter the U.S. through airports and seaports; 4) increasing the number of visas for legal immigrants who have advanced skills in technology and science; and 5) increasing government spending on security measures and enforcement at U.S. borders Republicans and Independents both favored an employer hire requirement the most, while citizenship opportunities for undocumented immigrants stood most popular amongst Democrats. The least favorite of the five? Increasing border security and enforcement, mainly because it entails more government spending. These five measures would be somewhat incompatible if they were all implemented at once as they all differ in perspective. Above all, the most important result of this poll is it shows the majority of Americans have significant momentum for immigration reform. Calling themselves the “Band of Eight”, a group of eight U.S. Senators – including John McCain (R-Ariz.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), – have taken things into their own hands by creating a bipartisan coalition geared towards coming up with an internal plan to combat the liberal reform plan President Obama proposed last week. The widely experienced group of senators includes a variety of different...
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...Philippine History Early History -The Negritos are believed to have migrated to the Philippines some 30,000 years ago from Borneo, Sumatra, and Malaya. The Malayans followed in successive waves. These people belonged to a primitive epoch of Malayan culture, which has apparently survived to this day among certain groups such as the Igorots. The Malayan tribes that came later had more highly developed material cultures. In the 14th cent. Arab traders from Malay and Borneo introduced Islam into the southern islands and extended their influence as far north as Luzon. The first Europeans to visit (1521) the Philippines were those in the Spanish expedition around the world led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Other Spanish expeditions followed, including one from New Spain (Mexico) under López de Villalobos, who in 1542 named the islands for the infante Philip, later Philip II. Spanish Control - The conquest of the Filipinos by Spain did not begin in earnest until 1564, when another expedition from New Spain, commanded by Miguel López de Legaspi, arrived. Spanish leadership was soon established over many small independent communities that previously had known no central rule. By 1571, when López de Legaspi established the Spanish city of Manila on the site of a Moro town he had conquered the year before, the Spanish foothold in the Philippines was secure, despite the opposition of the Portuguese, who were eager to maintain their monopoly on the trade of East Asia. ...
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...Table of contest I. Foreword 3 II. Introduction 3 A. History 3 B. Standards and Values 4 III. Strategy 4 A. Takeover by Fung Brands Limited 4 B. Modern technology 5 C. Personalizing models 5 D. Magazine 5 E. On invitation only 5 F. Collaborations and special offers 5 a) The many faces of Delvaux 5 b) Studio Delvaux 6 IV. Market 8 A. Situation 8 a) Turnover 8 b) Prices 8 B. Target 9 C. Competitors 9 V. Assortment and Packaging 9 A. Most famous bags 9 B. Packaging 9 VI. Materials 9 A. Different sorts of leather 9 B. Different animals 10 C. Cleaning my bag 10 VII. Most latest news about Delvaux 10 A. Topman Salez quits at Delvaux 10 B. Illustrator Valentine De Cort creates a beautiful little picture book for the Madam Delvaux bag. 10 VIII. SWOT-Analysis 11 IX. References 12 Foreword I chose Delvaux for many reasons. First of all because, it is original a Belgian Brand. But most of all I love the brand because of it’s high level of craftsmanship. They have a lot of know how and intelligence. The designs the House makes are timeless with a very high quality of leathers. They are not humping on the trends they keep designing functional new creations. They have a certain hautain-look and that makes their Brand very strong. There is no room for unprofessionalism. Introduction History Charles Delvaux opened his first workshop in the centre of Brussels 1829. In 1883 the family were appointed...
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...States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. Why did we consider him as one of the famous and greatest leader in the world? Because as a president, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy of the U.S. Gaius Octavius (Augustus) Who is Augustus? He was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD. Why did we consider him as one of the famous and greatest leader in the world? He secured the Empire with a buffer region of client states, and made peace with the Parthian Empire through diplomacy. He reformed the Roman system of taxation, developed networks of roads with an official courier system, established a standing army, established the Praetorian Guard, created official police and fire-fighting services for Rome, and rebuilt much of the city during his reign. In short he did things that he know that will help his people. Alexander the Great Who is Alexander the Great? Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great was a King of the Ancient Greek kingdom ofMacedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander...
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