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The USA wants to create its own sovereign wealth fund (SWF), but is this a smart move or just wishful thinking? Countries like Norway, China, and the Gulf States use these massive investment funds to generate long-term revenue, but can the U.S. pull it off with soaring debt and low natural resource taxation? In this video, we break down how SWFs work, the challenges the U.S. would face, and whether this is the right tool for the economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Speaking to his congregation, Rabbi Hirsch mournfully reflects on the Bibas family tragedy, seeing it as a harrowing symbol of innocence confronted by pure evil, and a turning point in his hope for Israeli-Palestinian coexistence.

Key Takeaways: What is an SWF? – It's a financial reserve that countries use to invest in different assets, like stocks, real estate, and businesses, to grow their wealth over time. Where Does the Money Come From? – SWFs are usually funded by selling natural resources (like oil), trade profits, government surpluses, tariffs, and sometimes even newly printed money. How Do SWFs Invest? – They spread their investments across different areas, including stocks, bonds, real estate, private companies, and even digital assets like Bitcoin. Why the U.S. Might Need One – Some experts believe a U.S. SWF could help strengthen industries like manufacturing, military development, infrastructure, and education while using digital currency for growth. The Role of Money Managers – Instead of just relying on central banks, governments are now turning to expert investors to manage these funds and shape economic futures. Chapters: Timestamp Summary 0:00 The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds in America 1:52 Sovereign Wealth Funds: Modern Central Banks of Global Economy 3:00 Texas Financial Strategies and Sovereign Wealth Fund Insights 5:11 Sovereign Wealth Funds Fuel Global Investments and Urban Development 6:35 Sovereign Wealth Funds Eye Bitcoin for Inflation Resistance 8:06 The Growing Importance of Sovereign Wealth Funds Globally 10:41 The Evolution of Wealth Management and Sovereign Wealth Funds 12:01 Sovereign Wealth Funds and Bitcoin's Role in America's Economy 14:48 Building a Parallel Financial System Amidst Global Monetary Issues 18:40 Sovereign Wealth Funds: Shaping Economic Futures and Global Finance   Powered by Stone Hill Wealth Management   Social Media Handles    Follow Phillip Washington, Jr. on Instagram (@askphillip)   Subscribe to Wealth Building Made Simple newsletter https://www.wealthbuildingmadesimple.us/   Ready to turn your investing dreams into reality? Our "Wealth Building Made Simple" premium newsletter is your secret weapon. We break down investing in a way that's easy to understand, even if you're just starting out. Learn the tricks the wealthy use, discover exciting opportunities, and start building the future YOU want. Sign up now, and let's make those dreams happen!   WBMS Premium Subscription   Phillip Washington, Jr. is a registered investment adviser. Information presented is for educational purposes only and does not intend to make an offer or solicitation for the sale or purchase of any specific securities, investments, or investment strategies. Investments involve risk and, unless otherwise stated, are not guaranteed. Be sure to first consult with a qualified financial adviser and/or tax professional before implementing any strategy discussed herein. Past performance is not indicative of future performance.

Two weeks into Donald Trump's second term, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch speaks to his congregation about three core Jewish principles and the religious and moral values that should guide the pursuit of national policies.

Having just returned from Israel, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch reflects on witnessing the release of Israeli hostages and explores the profound emotional relief and deep sense of mutual responsibility that unite the Jewish people, even amid internal divisions, in a sermon entitled "The Normalization of Evil"

O.D. Kobo is an accomplished alternative asset manager and global investment strategist with nearly three decades of experience in the finance and technology sectors. Kobo specializes in partnering with state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and state-owned investment funds (SOIFs), including sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), to manage and structure large-scale capital initiatives. He has developed a significant network of relationships through collaborations with financial institutions, family offices, and capital market participants across Asia, Europe, Africa, Russia, and the Gulf. Kobo has helped facilitate joint ventures with governments and public-private entities, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising for high-value projects with an aggregate value exceeding $10 billion dollars. Recognized for his expertise in capital structuring, debt financing, equity formation, and cross-border deal management, he maintains close associations with institutions such as Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), Alibaba, Asia Pacific Royalties LP Fund (APAC), Bank of China, Belt & Road EPC LPF (BRF), Chelsfield Partners, China Investment Corporation (CIC), China Mobile, CITIC Group, Focus Media, Haitong Securities, Olayan Group, Public Investment Fund (PIF), and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). He has also partnered directly with prominent figures, including HH Al Thani (former Prime Minister of Qatar, Chairman of the QIA), Roman Abramovich (Millhouse Capital), Richard Caring (Caprice Holding), Ding Lei (Netease), Teddy Sagi (Labtech, Playtech), among others. In 2018, he led strategic investments in BTC and Ethereum, positioning PIR Equities as one of the UK's early institutional investors in digital assets. Earlier in his career, Kobo built and sold companies to firms including QIA, MetLife, Lenovo, American Movil, Tencent, Yahoo, and NetEase.Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to O.D Kobo00:38 The Stress of High-Stakes Dealmaking01:28 Meeting Odi Kobo: A Personal Story05:48 O.Ds Early Life in Hong Kong06:42 Navigating Cultural Identity10:45 Educational Journey: From Hong Kong to London26:02 First Business Ventures: Lottery.com32:02 Domain Squatting Success40:33 Living the High Life in London46:21 Building an Investment Network48:27 Young Millionaire in Late 90s London49:22 Moving to Hong Kong and Starting Sinoshin50:44 Structuring Deals and Investor Relations53:27 Life in Hong Kong and Early Investments01:00:15 Massive Returns and Managing Investor Expectations01:16:31 Transition to Beijing and Starting 36001:32:11 The Quest for a Hundred Million01:32:42 Meeting Rahman Abdul Alassir01:35:18 The Deal Makers01:37:16 Structuring the Big Deal01:40:38 Scaling the Internet Company01:41:50 The Geneva Meetings01:47:13 The Doha Presentation01:58:14 A New Chapter in London01:58:56 Taking a Year Off02:13:08 Back to Business in Hong Kong02:17:17 The Challenges of High-Stakes Real Estate Deals02:17:52 Building Relationships in China02:18:22 Living in Beijing: The Good and the Bad02:18:43 Understanding the Belt and Road Initiative02:19:42 China's Role in Global Infrastructure02:26:00 The Future of Data Centers02:34:05 The Stress of Moving Large Sums of Money02:37:06 Reflections on Career and Life Choices02:43:55 The Impact of Global Events on Personal Life02:48:24 Concluding Thoughts and Future OutlookGary Lipovetsky: https://www.instagram.com/garylipovetskyO.D Kobo: https://www.instagram.com/odkobo

 In a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in NYC, Rabbi Ammi Hirsch reflects on our people's resilience and urges us to commit to Jewish survival in the years to come as we light Chanukah candles.  

In a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch reflects on Jacob's dream of angels and God's promise of security, delving into the interplay between divine prophecy and human imagination.

In this bold and thought-provoking episode, Franklin Kerr Lewis Jr. (also known as Lucifer or God) unveils the true meaning behind Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), revealing how they are not merely financial tools, but divine expressions of sovereignty and power. In a world where wealth dictates much of human existence, Franklin explains how controlling these resources is a direct manifestation of divine will.“Seeing is believing,” he declares, and through the strategic management of SWFs, he demonstrates how material wealth can serve a higher spiritual purpose. The episode challenges conventional notions of wealth, authority, and power, offering a new vision where resources are aligned with spiritual transformation and humanity's evolution.Join Franklin as he outlines how the divine is actively shaping the material world, and how the flow of wealth is set to shift in alignment with a greater, spiritually-guided order. This episode is not just about money—it's about understanding who truly holds power and how that power can reshape the future of the world.

In the latest episode of the podcast “The Bitcoin Layer,” Daniel Batten, a recognized advocate for Bitcoin, discussed the potential impact of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) on the Bitcoin price, predicting a rise to over $148,000 per BTC should these funds decide to invest even a minimal fraction of their assets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Muir and David Broomfield look under the bonnet of sovereign wealth funds. With huge levels of capital to deploy, what impact do SWFs have on markets and how transparent is their management?

In the wake of October 7th, we've been forced to re-evaluate some of our social justice and interfaith partnerships. Hear from Zioness Founder and Executive Director Amanda Berman, Union for Reform Judaism Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy David Saperstein, and Jewish Council for Public Affairs CEO Amy Spitalnick in a panel discussion moderated by Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester Senior Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe. In a conference by the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in NYC.  

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute for Religion President Dr. Andrew Rehfeld speaks about how Zionism fits in with his college's goal of providing a liberal Jewish education, and is joined by Rabbis Geri Newburge and Tarlan Rabizadeh for debate.  

Rabbi David Wolpe (Visiting Scholar, Harvard Divinity School), Jonathan Greenblatt (CEO, ADL)  and Eden Yadegar (Student, Columbia-JTS) address antisemitism and anti-Zionism on college campuses in the opening plenum of the two-day conference from the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City.

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, Senior Rabbi of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, delivers an impassioned keynote address at the second convening of the Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism Conference.  

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In this episode I chat about 11 reasons why your diet isnt working.   This episode is a very special episode with SWFs new coach Alyssa on last nights Q&A with our amazing clients   This podcast is sponsored by CBD SELF https://cbdself.com/ Shane15 for 15% off   Online coaching www.shanewalshfitness.com/onlinecoaching Female Fat Loss Program starts 8th April - Click here to book your spot  

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Rabbi Hirsch describes how conformity and groupthink portend the dangerous decline of liberalism, especially in the great American institutions of higher learning that play a critical role in creating safe spaces for ideas. 

Rabbi Ammiel Hirch of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in NYC travels to Israel and meets with October 7th survivor Ben Landau; Gilad Korngold, whose family is being held hostage; Dr. Lia Naor of the Merhav Marpe "Healing Space" for survivors; Reut Karp, whose three children were spared; Ofek Hamias, who survived with his mother; and Sharon Kafri, who is responsible for feeding up to 30,000 soldiers each day, only a few miles away from Gaza.

Pension investors, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and endowments have become by far the largest asset owners in most countries/markets, and they're ‘shifting the trillions' towards ESG-informed, tech-orientated companies large (blue chips, PE) and small (VC, startups). This session explores those new dynamics across a range of asset classes and geographies. Featuring Nicolas J. Firzli (Director General, World Pensions Council), Gail Klintworth (Chair of the Board of Trustees, Shell Foundation), and Verena Charvet (Founder, Merlys Consulting). The inaugural Innovation Zero Congress at Olympia London in 2023 convened 6,866 passionate, forward-looking experts who exchanged critical knowledge, debate and discussions around the implementation and scaling of the innovations needed to meet the Paris goals. Learn more via www.innovationzero.com.

Originally Published: Oct. 25, 2019In the SWFS edition of the podcast we take a semi-deep dive int the practice of in-game purchases and the utilization of loot boxes in video games. It's dope that you read the description and if you listen to the podcast.aspace Podcast on Socialsaspace Podcast via email at: aspacepodcast@gmail.com

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Originally Published: Dec. 20, 2019In this edition of our Six Ways From Sunday special we talk politics.aspace Podcast on Socialsaspace Podcast via email at: aspacepodcast@gmail.com

Originally Published: Dec. 20, 2019In this edition of our Six Ways From Sunday special we talk the state of the Skywalker Saga and our predictions for Rise of Skywalker.aspace Podcast on Socialsaspace Podcast via email at: aspacepodcast@gmail.com

Originally Published: Aug. 28, 2023This weeks six ways from Sunday revisits a podcast classic topic of TheOneEyedGambler's position on mankinds "Pursuit of Perfection", NimbusThaAP talks about Disney and Paramount dropping the ball with Star Wars and Star Trek, and TOEG gets motivational!aspace Podcast on Socialsaspace Podcast via email at: aspacepodcast@gmail.comIntro/Outro Music by Joe Kool

This episode features Dr. Dini Sejko, a Lecturer at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Business School, and a research affiliate at The Fletcher Network for Sovereign Wealth and Global Capital, Tufts University. Dr Sejko's research focuses on international economic law and the governance of state-owned enterprises and sovereign wealth funds (or SWFs). For his research on the impact of UN sanctions on the governance of the Libyan SWF, Dr Sejko received the Society of International Economic Law PEPA Best Paper Award 2018. Dr. Sejko has recently published in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law an article on “Sovereign Investors as ICSID Claimants: Lessons from the Drafting Documents and the Case Law.” His other publications can be found online on his SSRN profile. Dr. Sejko has obtained a Combined Bachelor and Master of Science in Law from Bocconi University, a Master of Laws in International Economic Law and a PhD in Laws from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.Dr. Sejko speaks to Amelie about the the sovereign wealth fund landscape in South East Asia, as well as the challenges and risks associated with the funds' management and governance. Support the show

In this episode, part of the on-going Sovereigns Series: Worlds in Motion, Pete Chapman and Lucy Shawdon from our Compliance and Investigations team in London take a look at compliance in a changing landscape, specifically in the context of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). The episode goes through current developments, emerging trends, risks, and other important items that sovereign wealth funds need to consider, as we move to the post-pandemic economy. It also covers topics around due diligence and risk management, focusing on geographic, sectoral, litigation, reputational and regulatory risks.

The Surprising Transformation of Sovereign Wealth Funds: We look beyond the oil-rich lands of the Middle East to uncover the unexpected beginnings of sovereign wealth funds (in Texas, of all places) and examine the structure of the world's largest (in Norway). As AUM in SWFs continue to surge, how will they exert greater influence—and possibly even promote sustainability—over global markets?

Investment treaties expose sovereigns to significant liability if the rights of foreign investors are encroached on. At the same time, these treaties also grant powerful protections and direct claims to sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) - when they act as foreign investors in other states. In this episode, Andy Moody, partner and head of the dispute resolution practice in London and Katia Finkel, senior associate in the same practice in London, cover recent examples of SWFs bringing investment treaty claims and how others can obtain access to these protections. The episode also analyzes why investors should consider investment treaties as part of their decision-making process.

Fraud poses a particular threat to sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) due to the vast sums of money they invest. They also have a higher risk profile when compared to other funds, with high stakes both politically and financially. In this episode, Charles Thomson and Henry Garfield, partners in Baker McKenzie's dispute resolution practice in London, talk to Kate Geale about recent developments, legal issues, practical tips, and strategies around cross-border fraud and asset tracing in SWFs. The episode also tackles emerging trends around the growing emphasis on sustainability and the increasing impact of cryptoassets. SWFs may have go through a long process to recover assets, but it is worth it in the end for recovery, punishment and future deterrents.

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: Amazon admits drivers have to pee in bottles. (BBC) 1MDB provides example of what not to do for SWFs. (FT) Do clothing mfgs have spines? (FT) Of workers and lab rats. (FT) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Igor Danilenko is a senior investment professional with unique emerging markets experience across different asset classes / markets. He has experience in working on active portfolios with leading institutional investors including SWFs, US endowments, large pension funds, activist investing and also board experience. Igor currently is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Fosun Eurasia Capital, regional platform for listed private Chinese industrial conglomerate Fosun International (656 HK), responsible for public fixed income exposure as well direct investment in real estate, private equity opportunities and special situations. Over the last 5 years, at Fosun Eurasia he built a successful investment process/ team for global fixed income EM hard currency bonds, with over $700mn current AUM of mainly insurance advisory clients. He also has a very strong track-record as public equities portfolio manager in Russia and CIS, being named in the top-3 best buy-side professionals in Russia according to the Thomson Reuters Extel Survey 2013 and 2015. His specific expertise is in idea generation and in the valuation of small and mid-cap companies. Igor was previously Head of Equities at TKB BNP Paribas Investment Partners, managing money for both international institutions as well local pension fund clients. Prior to TKB BNPPIP, between 2005 and 2010 he managed equity portfolios and worked on business development at Prosperity Capital Management, a leading equities manager in Russia and CIS. Igor holds a Master of Science Degree in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Moscow State University. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Economics Faculty of the Moscow State University. FIND IGOR ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn ================================ SUPPORT & CONNECT: Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/denofrich Twitter: https://twitter.com/denofrich Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denofrich YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/denofrich Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/den_of_rich/ Hashtag: #denofrich © Copyright 2022 Den of Rich. All rights reserved.

Igor Danilenko is a senior investment professional with unique emerging markets experience across different asset classes / markets. He has experience in working on active portfolios with leading institutional investors including SWFs, US endowments, large pension funds, activist investing and also board experience.Igor currently is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Fosun Eurasia Capital, regional platform for listed private Chinese industrial conglomerate Fosun International (656 HK), responsible for public fixed income exposure as well direct investment in real estate, private equity opportunities and special situations. Over the last 5 years, at Fosun Eurasia he built a successful investment process/ team for global fixed income EM hard currency bonds, with over $700mn current AUM of mainly insurance advisory clients. He also has a very strong track-record as public equities portfolio manager in Russia and CIS, being named in the top-3 best buy-side professionals in Russia according to the Thomson Reuters Extel Survey 2013 and 2015. His specific expertise is in idea generation and in the valuation of small and mid-cap companies. Igor was previously Head of Equities at TKB BNP Paribas Investment Partners, managing money for both international institutions as well local pension fund clients. Prior to TKB BNPPIP, between 2005 and 2010 he managed equity portfolios and worked on business development at Prosperity Capital Management, a leading equities manager in Russia and CIS.Igor holds a Master of Science Degree in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Moscow State University. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Economics Faculty of the Moscow State University.

Inside this episodeAlexander Perjessy and Thaddeus Best of the Sovereign team discuss our forecasts for a protracted recovery of Gulf Cooperation Council economies this year, and the unique availability of these governments to tap into sovereign wealth fund assets to plug their fiscal deficits.Related ContentMoody's Emerging Markets Hub Bringing clarity to ever-shifting credit dynamics across emerging economies.Sovereigns – Gulf Cooperation Council 2021 outlook negative as pandemic curbs fiscal strength, adds to labour challenges The pandemic will dampen oil revenue, extending the deterioration in fiscal strength experienced in 2020, while constraining government spending and slowing the economic recovery.Sovereign and Supranational — Sovereigns – Gulf Cooperation Council: Saudi Arabia, Oman most exposed to diminishing fiscal uplift from SWFs  The coronavirus-driven decline in oil demand and prices has significantly increased gross financing requirements for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

In 2018, Gary Arndt told me, "Bitcoin is the currency of the future and always will be." I agree. Let's answer 7 questions related to that statement:  1. Was bitcoin designed to be a major currency? When Satoshi Nakamoto invented bitcoin, it's unclear if he ever expected it to be a country's currency. Instead, it seems that he envisioned it becoming digital gold. He saw it as a way to: Store wealth Make low-fee international transactions possible Make money that cannot be confiscated or debased by a horrible government Nakamoto thought that it's terrible that someone who works hard to save $50,000 and keeps it in a bank, will see the purchasing power of that $50,000 decline each year as inflation devours whatever lousy interest rate the bank pays.  Bitcoin gives everyone the ability to store their savings in the ether. It provides a bank to the unbanked. It offers a place to store money that no government can confiscate. That's bitcoin's true value. If bitcoin never becomes a national currency, that doesn't mean it has failed since that was never its goal. 2. When countries make their own national cryptocurrencies, won't that make bitcoin obsolete? In the 2020s, several countries will create an "official national blockchain-powered cryptocurrency." Some believe when Chinese and/or American governments make their own cryptocurrencies that bitcoin will vanish or devalue. This is improbable. Whatever governments will create will have all the genius and innovation of ... a government.  Yeah. That bad. Governments will use their cryptocurrencies to make it easy for them to: Tax people Track payments (in the name of reducing criminal payments) Reverse payments Confiscate money Devalue the currency by "printing" more of it In short, government cryptocurrencies will be everything bitcoin is not.  Paradoxically, when governments introduce such cryptocurrencies and mandate their use, they will inadvertently shine a spotlight on bitcoin. People will wonder how bitcoin compares to their national cryptocurrency. They will quickly realize that bitcoin is better overall. As a result, some countries will make bitcoin illegal. Indeed, many countries already have banned bitcoin. Such bans will hurt bitcoin and force bitcoin to go underground in those countries.  Countries ban Facebook and WhatsApp. Users use VPNs and other tricks to bypass the ban. Some countries ban the Internet, but satellite-powered Internet gets around that too.  Likewise, bitcoin users will find a way to get around bans. They're already doing that today.  3. Which countries might adopt bitcoin as their national currency?  It's possible that a few small countries with worthless currencies could, in a fit of revolutionary rage, decide to abandon their hyperinflated currency and adopt bitcoin instead. Several countries abandoned their currency for the US dollar (e.g., Ecuador, Panama, El Salvador, and Palau). Others have adopted the euro without joining the eurozone (e.g., Kosovo and Montenegro). Therefore, when the US dollar collapses (and it will at some point), then a few countries with shattered economies may give bitcoin a shot. That's especially possible if the revolutionaries are young tech-savvy leaders. (Revolutionaries are often young.) Big economies (e.g., Russia, China, USA, Canada, UK) are too nationalistic, proud, and obsessed with controlling their economic sovereignty to abandon their currencies. Therefore, it's almost impossible to imagine any of them abandoning their currencies. 4. How would a bitcoin-priced economy be like? Economists will study bitcoin-denominated countries with great interest.  We're used to inflation and a devaluing currency. If you held $1 that was given to you in 1775, it would be worth 1 cent today. That's because the US government has issued so many new dollars that dollars, like all currencies, have trended toward worthlessness. Although that produces downsides, we're used to it. In a bitcoin-priced economy, you would get an annual pay cut instead of a pay raise. Your rent would decline. Valued in bitcoins, your house would technically lose value. Confused? Then imagine this: your house was worth 100 BTC in 2025 but in 2035 it's worth only 50 BTC. Nominally, your house has declined in value. However, in real terms, it may have doubled. Why? Because perhaps in 2035, 50 BTC is worth 4 times more on the world currency markets than 100 BTC was worth in 2025. Weird, right?  However, that's exactly how a country that priced everything in bitcoin would work. Every year, a bitcoin-denominated economy would give workers an annual salary cut, not a raise.  Once again, the nominal salary cut would actually be a raise in real terms. The only analogy is the tech industry where Moore's Law has made faster, better products cheaper with time. 5. Will bitcoin be a reserve currency? In this century, Bitcoin will be a reserve currency for some countries. Currently, most countries hold reserves of USD and gold. Many countries also hold the EU's Euro, Japan's Yen, China's renminbi, and Switzerland's Francs. Sovereign wealth funds (SWF) not only hold gold and currencies but often hold commodities such as petroleum.   Many countries will realize that they ought to add bitcoin to the list of their holdings since it will have proven that it's a better store of value than gold, currencies, and commodities. Of course, they won't hold a large percentage of their reserves and SWFs in bitcoin. Perhaps 1% of their portfolio would be bitcoin. Although that's a small bet in percentage terms, it would mean billions of dollars of new demand would flood the BTC market which has, effectively, a fixed supply. That would raise BTC's price, which would then make more countries consider holding some of their reserves in bitcoin (or upping their percentages).   6. Will Bitcoin change its default unit of account? Bitcoin needs to change its default monetary unit to Satoshis or Bits if it wants to enter the mainstream. One bitcoin is composed of 1 million Satoshis. Just like one dollar is made up of 100 cents.  As bitcoins become more valuable, satoshis should become the default unit. Right now, bitcoin is at an annoying halfway point.  For example, today, a cup of coffee costs about 0.0005 bitcoin. That just sounds weird. But so does 50,000 satoshis (which has the same value as 0.0005 bitcoin).  If bitcoin becomes 10 times more valuable, then that cup of coffee will be 5,000 satoshis, which is a number that feels like some world currencies.  Ideally, bitcoin would become 100 times more valuable, so that coffee is only 500 satoshis.  However, until then, bitcoin is in an awkward state: 1 bitcoin is too valuable and 1 satoshi is too worthless. When bitcoin first came out, bitcoins were worth much less than $1. Indeed, 10,000 bitcoins bought a couple of medium pizzas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjNMgeqUgks Today, 10,000 bitcoins will buy you a $100 million home! 7. What is Bitcoin's fate? Gary Arndt's prediction that bitcoin will never be a currency will probably be correct, especially if you're wondering if a major country will make bitcoin their primary currency. At best, a small country might do that. However, that doesn't mean that bitcoin will be a failure or a useless experiment.  For hundreds of years, no economy has used gold as their medium of exchange, but that doesn't make it worthless. I expect that in the 2020s, more hedge funds will buy a tiny bit of bitcoin as a hedge. Similarly, a handful of countries may put 1% of their reserves into bitcoin. Although these are small steps, because bitcoin's supply is effectively fixed, such relatively small actions can cause a price surge. 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En este nuevo episodio de Due Diligence tenemos el placer de contar con Ignacio de las Heras. Nacho cuenta con un perfil muy polivalente, empezó su carrera como ingeniero aeronáutico en Airbus, posteriormente ha trabajo como Data Scientist para diversos fondos de inversión, SWFs y también en el sell-side para UBS London en el departamento de Algorithmic Trading Strategies. Actualmente trabaja como Data Scientist and ML Engineer. A lo largo de esta entrevista Nacho nos hará una introducción a un campo bastante complejo como es la inversión cuantitativa. Este era un tema sobre el que muchos nos habíais pedido un capítulo así que estamos seguros de que lo disfrutaréis tanto como nosotros.

In this edition of our Six Ways From Sunday special we talk the state of the Skywalker Saga and our predictions for Rise of Skywalker.

In this edition of our Six Ways From Sunday special we talk politics.

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In the SWFS edition of the podcasdt we take a semi-deep dive int the practice of in-game purchases and the utilization of loot boxes in video games.  It's dope that you read the description and if you listen to thepodcast. Enjoy our content? Help us get new equipment and be able to move from the dining room table to a studio by  donating to the podcast: Via Cashapp at $aspacepodcast Question, comments, concern, inquires, topic suggestions, feedback, anything!.... can be sent to: aspacepodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @aspacepodcast Twitter: @aspacepodcast  

Lecture Summary: While sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) provide significant opportunities for countries to finance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such investments often raise environmental, social, and governance (ESG) questions in host countries. This lecture analyzes the role of international law in addressing ESG risks in transnational SWF investments. It discusses the guiding principles of socially responsible SWF investments in international law. Dr Damilola OlawuyiDamilola S. Olawuyi is an expert in energy, environment and sustainable development law. He is an Associate Professor of Law at the HBKU Law School, Doha, Qatar, and Director of the Institute for Oil, Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (OGEES Institute), Nigeria. He is currently a Herbert Smith Freehills Visiting Professor at Cambridge Law Faculty. His most recent book publications are Extractives Industry Law in Africa (Springer, 2018) and The Human Rights-Based Approach to Carbon Finance (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Dr. Olawuyi has lectured on energy and environmental law in over 40 countries. Dr. Olawuyi serves on the executive committees and boards of several organizations. He is Vice Chair of the International Law Association; co-chair of the Africa Interest Group of the American Society of International Law (2016-2019); and member of the Academic Advisory Group of the International Bar Association’s Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy.

Death and grieving aren't topics people seem to want to talk about, until they have to. After attending a grief workshop with Bill last fall I knew that he needed to come on the SWFS podcast to share more of his wisdom and his story. As the program coordinator for the Camrose Hospice Society, Bill offers direct support to those who are grieving a loss, as well as training volunteers and sitting bedside with people who are actively dying. The work Bill does is important, deep soul work.

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Dr. Helen Macnaughtan, Mr. Martin Malone, Mr. Andrew Rozanov, Dr. Ulrich Volz. In this event, four Japan experts will assess the Japanese government’s progress in addressing the root causes of the country’s economic stagnation and deflation problems under the set of policies known as ‘Abenomics’. Panellists will discuss the efficacy of the various policy measures adopted by the Abe administration ranging from monetary and fiscal policies and corporate governance and labour market reforms to ‘womenomics’ and the plan to become a member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Speaker Biographies: Andrew Rozanov is an independent expert in institutional fund management and an associate fellow at Chatham House since October 2014. He previously worked at Permal Group, where he was responsible for advising long-term institutional investors on asset allocation, portfolio construction, risk management and alternative investments, with a particular focus on global macro and tail risk strategies. Before joining Permal, he held various roles at State Street Corporation and UBS Investment Bank. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Financial Risk Manager (FRM), and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). He holds a Master’s equivalent degree in Asian and African Studies from Moscow State University. Andrew is a member of the Japan Economy Network. Since 1990, Martin Malone has worked in senior financial positions at DKB. Norinchukin Bank, Merrill Lynch, Mizuho Bank, and West-Pac. Martin’s core competency relates to global fixed income and currency markets, especially Japan’s financial markets, and associated policy mechanisms. Over the past three years Martin’s global macro advisory business delivers advice to macro funds, SWFs, pension funds, commercial bank Treasury units, as well as policy makers. Martin holds an MA (Hons) in pure mathematics from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland having specialised in Hamiltonian quantum field theory. Martin is a member of the Japan Economy Network. Ulrich Volz is Head of the Department of Economics and Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Economics at SOAS University of London. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo and co-editor-in-chief of the Asia Europe Journal. Ulrich has taught at Peking University, Kobe University, Hertie School of Governance, Freie Universität Berlin and Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. He spent stints working at the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and held visiting research positions at the University of Oxford, University of Birmingham, ECB, Bank Indonesia, and Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. Ulrich is a founding member and coordinator of the Japan Economy Network, which is hosted by the SOAS Department of Economics. Helen Macnaughtan is Chair of the Japan Research Centre (JRC) and Senior Lecturer in International Business and Management (Japan) in the School of Finance and Management at SOAS. Helen is also Co-Editor of Japan Forum, the official journal of the British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS). Her academic research interests focus on a broad range of topics relating to gender issues and employment in Japan. In particular, she has recently published articles assessing the progress and viability of ‘Womenomics’ policy in Japan. Helen is a member of the Japan Economy Network This event is jointly organised by the SOAS Japan Research Centre, the SOAS Department of Economics and the Japan Economy Network. Speaker(s): Andrew Rozanov (Chatham House), Martin Malone (Alphabook/Mint Partners), Helen Macnaughtan (SOAS), Ulrich Volz (SOAS) Event Date: 16 November2016 Released by: SOAS Economics Podcast

Stephen Wise Free Synagogue is a reform Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York. SWFS is a beacon of progressive Jewish thought, inclusive worship, and committed social action for our congregants, our neighbors, and the larger community. To learn...

Watch Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch's inspiring Shabbat sermon on “Humility.” Stephen Wise Free Synagogue is a reform Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York. SWFS is a beacon of progressive Jewish thought, inclusive worship, and committed social action for our congregants, our neighbors, and the larger community. To learn more, visit swfs.org

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch reflects on “New York Values” in this week’s Friday night Shabbat sermon. Stephen Wise Free Synagogue is a reform Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York. SWFS is a beacon of progressive Jewish thought, inclusive worship, and committed social action for our congregants, our neighbors, and the larger community. To […]

You probably already know by now that Adobe has decided to rebrand "Flash CC" as "Animate CC." This took pretty much everybody by surprise but heavy users, like myself, were hoping for a move just like this and I'll tell you why. But first, here's what I know so far about Adobe Animate CC: The most important point: If you have the Creative Cloud desktop application, Animate CC will be listed in January 2016. Previous version of Flash Pro will continue to be available (just as they are now). Basically, it is my belief that Adobe sees the "Flash is Dead" meme taking on a little more traction than they would like and are trying to distance themselves from the name so that the SWF version of the Flash brand can die on its own and the program itself (the thing that I've been using to make animation for many years and have rarely exported to SWF anyway) can live on. I say this because from the features list it doesn't look like Adobe Animate CC is much more than a name change and a slightly more animation-focused upgrade to the existing Flash CC 2014 - and that's a good thing! I want "Flash" to keep updating and improving... I don't really care what they call it (aside from the fact that my book coming out in March was written with "Flash" in the title, but you let me worry about that... an exciting change might be in order!). Now to those updates I mentioned a moment ago... Here are 8 welcomed animation-specific updates coming to "Adobe Animate CC" We're getting a new brush to play with in the form of a vector art brush system. Like in Illustrator, You can make custom brushes and can modify the path of a stroke after its drawn... you can even ANIMATE the path of a brush stroke (so says the release video). If this means easier handwriting animation... that'll make explainer videos a bit easier, won't it They're implementing a colored onion skinning system (like Toon Boom) Adobe Stock is continuing its CC implementation across all program updates meaning you can browse its vector art library and pick one to drag and drop on the stage without ever leaving the program They're focusing their video output to HTML5 and 4K video support... although they'll still support SWF and AIR (they're Adobe, afterall) We're getting the bone-tool back! I mean, I only used it once but some people love it You'll be able to rotate the canvas just like other drawing apps Drop H.264 videos right onto your Timeline to use as a guide layer. Updated Motion Editor gives you granular control over motion tween properties like color effects, transformations and many more So all in all, the changes are definitely more focused on animation this time around as in years passed it seemed like most of the effort had been going to web design. I know that there are a lot of people already onto Toon Boom products and that's fine... but for heavy Flash users like myself this is a welcomed change! Any time a program as versatile as Flash has been it's going to have its fair share of bugs. I can't say for sure yet, but I believe that by focusing down to an animation-specific audience the build can get more stable and streamlined. There's a reason that Flash has been in the lead for so many years and its because that compared to other programs you can use for animation, it's not as daunting to pick up. And as you can see from the various TV shows, commercials, animated shorts, and even films (!)... it is powerful enough to let you create amazing things as you grow as an artist! It's about the "Brand" and the "Focus" Again, I believe that changing the name of Flash CC to Animate CC, is a branding decision... one to distance themselves from the name "Flash" which in Adobe's view might have become too toxic. Really, whenever people talk about Flash who aren't in the animation industry they're usually talking about Flash players and SWFs in internet browsers... there's been reports on that type of playback being a resource hog and having security threats. But for us... for animators... Flash has been distant from that in our minds for a loooooong time now. It's a tool that lets us create the moving illustrations we have in our minds as a form of expression. If anything, it makes more sense to me to open a program called Animate in order to Animate, so why not change the name? And yes, I actually have Toon Boom Animate... Pro 2 actually... and it's a fine program. But even Toon Boom decided that they were going to do away with that after only a couple iterations and pare back to the Harmony pipeline. I'm not questioning either company's decision here, just pointing out that this stuff happens all the time and what matters is "what's under the hood." I'm going to get my hands on Adobe Animate CC as soon as I can and take it for a daily test drive and report back with first-hand knowledge, but as for right now... it looks like the only thing that's changing is the name. Long live Adobe Animate CC! This segment was used in episode #109 of the RubberOnion Animation Podcast (click to listen to the entire episode)  

STAB! host John Ross hosts succulent, juicy guests Stephen Ferris, Coreen Lemcke and Jesse Jones in talks about such subjects as Barack Obama, Laura Bush, the battle of Wabash, Andy Rooney, Egypt Love Day, Jane Goodall, nine haiku haiku on the subject of white, middle aged, mortality, a trio of different SWFs, movie synopsisies for … Continue reading »

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch delivers this week's inspirational Shabbat Sermon, “Powerball.” Stephen Wise Free Synagogue is a reform Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York. SWFS is a beacon of progressive Jewish thought, inclusive worship, and committed social action for our congregants, our neighbors, and the larger community. To learn more, visit swfs.org

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch offers his insight in this week's Shabbat Sermon, “Talking Trump.” Stephen Wise Free Synagogue is a reform Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York. SWFS is a beacon of progressive Jewish thought, inclusive worship, and committed social action for our congregants, our neighbors, and the larger community. To learn more, […]

Quizzler answers (InDesign limits); Steve Werner interview (preflighting digital publications); Obscurity of the week: Postscript Level ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-135.php for the show notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-135.mp3 (17.2 MB, 30:44 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Quizzler Winner (and answers)! Largest number of tab stops in a paragraph Largest document page size, smallest page size Most number of columns on a page Most number of pages in a document, highest page number (screen shot below!) Steve Werner interview, InDesign trainer and blog contributor Preflighting for print and for digital publications Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: PostScript Level -- News and special offers from our sponsors:   >> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial offer! And be sure to vote for eDocker for an Adobe MAX award right now! (InDesign represent!)   >> In-Tools just came out with an update to World Tools and World Tools Plus, two InDesign plug-ins that represent "the most complete solution available for composing multilingual documents including Hebrew, Arabic, Indic languages, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more." Go to the World Tools product page to see screen shots, download a trial, and learn all the neat things InDesign can do with typesetting world languages. In-Tools also makes the free ScriptBay: If you use scripts with InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or any of the other Creative Suite apps, you need this freebie Scripts panel replacement.   >> MathMagic, the ultimate equation editor from Info Logic, Inc., is a WYSIWYG equation editor/plug-in that lets you create inline, editable EPS equations from within InDesign (if you use the MathMagic Pro edition). It even converts equations set by Word's Equation Editor, LaTex, MathML and MathType, to MathMagic-style equations. For InDesignSecrets listeners, they're offering a time-limited discount of 25% off any MathMagic Pro product that's $199US or more, until Nov. 30, 2010. Here are the details of the offer, or just remember to use the coupon code INDS at the MathMagic order page to get your discount. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Here's a great thread on MathMagic from our forum members, including a cool 13-minute video about using MathMagic one user posted (scroll down to the end of the thread to see the embedded video) > Check out Steve Werner's InDesignSecrets webinar recordings (the Preflighting Deep Dive one is especially popular) > Steve's current webinar company that he runs with Mark Atchley is CS-Magic.com > Vote for eDocker for an Adobe MAX award > More info on PostScript (Level) 3 from Adobe > InDesignSecretsLive seminar details and registration links (use IDSMBR9 for 10% off) > Subscribe to the newsletter for more discounts & the Quizzler! -- Now you just need to charge per page ...

Best and Worst little CS5 features; Blog posts of the week; Obscurity of the Week: Folder 0-------Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-126.php for show notes, links, and to leave a comment!--------Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-126.mp3 (19 MB, 36:14 minutes)See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon.Favorite little features in InDesign CS5New control panel widgets, Patient user mode always on (AM), Minion Pro default, moreLeast-favorite, little annoyances in InDesign CS5Change in panel tabs, New Window menu organization, Patient user mode always on (DB), moreHot Blog Posts of the WeekConfigurator for InDesign, TweetChats, InDesign to iPadObscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Folder 0InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: San Francisco & Chicago in June; LA, DC, Denver, and more in the fall!News and special offers from our sponsors:>> Rorohiko (“Slash the time it takes!”) keeps improving their so-useful Soxy utility—the latest beta now supports InDesign CS5. With Soxy installed, users with multiple versions InDesign installed can go back to simply double-clicking INDD files to open them, because Soxy makes sure they open in the correct version of the program. Soxy also supports file/version matching with multiple versions of Illustrator, Photoshop, and QuarkXPress, among others. Special for InDesignSecrets listeners: Use the coupon code INDESIGNSECRETS126 in the Rorohiko.com store to get 25% off the $19 Soxy utility. >> CtrlPublishing makes CtrlCrossTalk, a magical plug-in that lets InCopy users edit any story in an InDesign layout file, without the designer needing to export the stories to InCopy format first. They have another plugin, CtrlCrossTalkID that lets the InDesign user "lock" the frames that the InCopy user should not be able to edit. Listeners of the podcast get a 15% discount on CtrlPublishing's web store if you use the coupon code CTRLOFFER5.>> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial or purchase eDocker at this special URL and enter the coupon code IDS1 for 10% off.--Links mentioned in this podcast:> Lie back and think of England

PeP Conference recap; ePub cover art tip; Graphic FX ebook; Top 40 Tips ebook; Dropbox; Chicago and San Francisco seminars; Obscurity of the Week: Master Page Overlay-------Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-125.php for show notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment!-------Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-125.mp3 (14.6 MB, 27:39 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. 2010 Print & ePublishing Conference Recap Tip for creating ePub cover art in InDesign Two new eBooks debut this week: InDesignSecrets Guide to Graphic Effects, Mike Rankin's new eBook InDesignSecrets Top 40 Tips, most useful/popular tips from the blog in one place Using Dropbox with InDesign projects/workflows Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Master Page Overlay and Kris Coppieter's cool EnslaveMaster plugin InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: San Francisco, Chicago, more! Tuesday Tweets! Use hashtag #idsl on Tuesday 10 a.m. PST News and special offers from our sponsors: >> CtrlPublishing empowers InDesign's Layers panel with its CtrlLayers plug-in, such as creating new documents from visible layers. There's a free trial available, and listeners of the podcast get a 15% discount on CtrlPublishing's web store if you use the coupon code CTRLOFFER5. >> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial or purchase eDocker at this special URL and enter the coupon code IDS1 for 10% off. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Print & ePublishing Conference and the flickr group pictures > Our ePub cover art tip is courtesy of Gabriel Powell > Visit our eBooks page for store links and sample chapters > Sign up for your free Dropbox account (Mac/Windows/Linux) > San Francisco and Chicago InDesignSecretsLive seminar info/registration > Kris Coppieter's EnslaveMaster plugin (now called TransformMaster)

CS5 ships; Michael Ninness interview; Conference and Seminar updates; Obscurity of the Week: Set Tab Order------Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-124.php for details, Show Notes, and to leave a comment!-----Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-124.mp3 (19.9 MB, 39:28 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Adobe CS5 is shipping! Books, videos, online help files, and more Interview with Michael Ninness, Adobe's past Product Manager for InDesign 2010 Print and ePublishing Conference update InDesignSecretsLive Seminars: Atlanta, San Francisco, and Chicago! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Set Tab Order News and special offers from our sponsors: >> CtrlPublishing offers a highly useful plugin called CtrlChanges that lets you track text changes in InDesign CS3, CS4, and CS5, just like in Microsoft Word and InCopy. With the CtrlChanges plug-in you can see the tracked changes markup in the layout as well as the Story Editor, and you can print them too! (Two features that not even the new Track Changes feature in CS5 has.) There's a free trial available, and listeners of the podcast get a 15% discount on CtrlPublishing's web store if you use the coupon code CTRLOFFER5. >> PrePress Studio sells eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial or purchase eDocker at this special URL and enter the coupon code IDS1 for 10% off. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Our posts about CS5 shipping and our round-up of InDesign CS5 new features > Michael Ninness' post about InDesign CS5 > Adobe's official CS5 Design Premium and InDesign CS5 pages > David's InDesign CS5 Essential Training > Anne-Marie's InDesign CS5 New Features video tutorials at Lynda.com > Print and ePublishing Conference agenda and speaker bios > What happens to a dream deferred?

In episode #038, Bernd Scherer discusses sovereign wealth funds (SWF) sourced by oil revenue and the impact uncertainty of oil reserves has on asset allocation by SWFs.

InDesign CS5 Released; New contributor Keith Gilbert; Russell Viers interview; Obscurity of the Week: Straight Hash ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-123.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-123.mp3 (16.9 MB, 34:16 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. InDesign CS5! Welcome to new blog contributor Keith Gilbert Yes, a use for Style Groups! Interview with world traveller/InDesign guru Russell Viers InDesignSecretsLive Seminars -- new cities added! 2010 Print and ePublishing Conference update (close to selling out!) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Straight Hash News and special offers from our sponsors: >> PrePress Studio just released eDocker, a wonderful utility program for any InDesign CS4 or CS5 user who exports files to SWF. eDocker makes the SWFs more user-friendly in the browser because it lets you add page navigation and zoom controls, among other goodies. Try the free 3-day trial or purchase eDocker at this special URL and enter the coupon code IDS1 for 10% off. >> Rorohiko sells a fascinating plug-in called MagnetoGuides that makes it easy to quickly layout grid-based designs because page objects become "magnetized" to the guides. You've got to try it for yourself; it’s FREE for 20 days, and then when you can't live without it, you’ll want to buy it for the low price of $59. Or, reduce the cost by 10% if you enter INDESIGNSECRETS123 in the coupon code area of Rorohiko’s shopping cart. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Our round-up of InDesign CS5 new features > Adobe's official CS5 Design Premium and InDesign CS5 pages > Anne-Marie's InDesign CS5 New Features video tutorials at Lynda.com > Keith Gilbert's first InDesignSecrets blog post (and here's his company's web site) > All about Russell Viers > InDesignLive Seminar is coming to Vancouver, Austin, Atlanta, and (just announced!) Chicago and San Francisco! > Print and ePublishing Conference agenda and speaker bios

News: Seminars, Webinars, Videos; Special Effects; SWF Fixes; Obscurity of the Week: Arrange by Columns ----- Details below, or go to http://indesignsecrets.com/indesignsecrets-podcast-104.php for Show Notes, links, coupon codes, and to leave a comment! ----- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-104.mp3 (12.2 MB, 23:22 minutes) The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News: A slew of new InDesign resources Diane's eSeminar on Tables in ID (recording available) and Steve's upcoming eSeminar on Best Print/Prepress Practices for InDesign Anne-Marie's three new InDesign "10 Things" video titles at lynda.com InDesign Seminar tour in full swing; David in LA this week; AM in Boston and Minneapolis next week Eye Candy! ... Mike Rankin's multi-part series of incredibly cool special effects you can do right in InDesign (see links below) SWFs in InDesign: David's discovery and Martinho's wonderful free script Results from the First Annual InDesignSecrets Survey Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Arrange by Columns News and special offers from our sponsors: >> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here. >> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to http://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention “InDesignSecrets” when registering. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: InDesign Seminar Tour Use AMCTIME09 coupon code for 15% off registration. Anne-Marie's 10 Things for InDesign videos: 10 Troubleshooting Steps; 10 Habits of Professionals; 10 Things Designers Should Know about Bridge Mike's Eye Candy series: Gravity's Shadow; Shine On; Punch-outs, Stickers, and Rips; Pattern Swatches; and Blending a la Mode David's SWF Discovery post and Martinho's SWF script

A growing share of inward investment into the European Union, including but not limited to sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), will come from countries with diverse political regimes with which Europeans may not always see eye-to-eye. The current crisis may increase both Europe's need for such investment and its sensitivity to the non-economic implications. New investor countries have incentives to refrain from political use of their assets, as illustrated by the recently published 'Santiago principles' for transparency and accountability of SWFs. But these incentives are not powerful enough to spare Europe its own assessment of security risks linked to new trends in foreign investment.

Its hard to work when your attention turns from work to elsewhere every 10 minutes. See how you can avoid distractions in your workspace and stop the chain of procrastination. Keys to the Game: No I Don't want to save (in Mac and PC OS) Mac: d (for don't save) PC: n (for no) Links from todays show: Share your SWFs with Adobe BEWARE of Letterhead Fonts (and others that restrict your useage) Freelance Switch (topic 1) Freelance Switch (topic 2) In the Bullpen: Motorola Colors Lebron James Etch(-A-Scetch) Etsy Todays show featured music by: The Living End

In his seminal Social Choice and Individual Values, Kenneth Arrow stated that his theory applies to voting. Many voting theorists have been convinced that, on account of Arrow’s theorem, all voting methods must be seriously flawed. Arrow’s theory is strictly ordinal, the cardinal aggregation of preferences being explicitly rejected. In this paper I point out that all voting methods are cardinal and therefore outside the reach of Arrow’s result. Parallel to Arrow’s ordinal approach, there evolved a consistent cardinal theory of collective choice. This theory, most prominently associated with the work of Harsanyi, continued the older utilitarian tradition in a more formal style. The purpose of this paper is to show that various derivations of utilitarian SWFs can also be used to derive utilitarian voting (UV). By this I mean a voting rule that allows the voter to score each alternative in accordance with a given scale. UV-k indicates a scale with k distinct values. The general theory leaves k to be determined on pragmatic grounds. A (1,0) scale gives approval voting. I prefer the scale (1,0,-1) and refer to the resulting voting rule as evaluative voting. A conclusion of the paper is that the defects of conventional voting methods result not from Arrow’s theorem, but rather from restrictions imposed on voters’ expression of their preferences. The analysis is extended to strategic voting, utilizing a novel set of assumptions regarding voter behavior.