private function parseAffiliationsIntoSelectArray()
 {
     $a = array();
     $affiliations = \App\Affiliation::all(["id", "type", "name"]);
     foreach ($affiliations as $affiliation) {
         $a[$affiliation["id"]] = strtoupper($affiliation['type'] . " - " . ucwords($affiliation['name']));
     }
     return $a;
 }
 /**
  * Display a listing of the resource.
  *
  * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
  */
 public function index()
 {
     return \App\Affiliation::all();
 }