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DreamWorks Animation LLC es un estudio de animación estadounidense filial de Universal Pictures, una subsidaria de NBCUniversal, propiedad de Comcast, que produce principalmente películas y series animadas por ordenador.

Se formó originalmente bajo el nombre de DreamWorks Pictures en 1994 por miembros de Amblin Entertainment. Se convirtió en una empresa independiente en 2004. DreamWorks Animation mantiene su sede en Glendale, California, así como también posee estudios en la India y China. El 22 de agosto de 2016, NBCUniversal adquirió DreamWorks Animation por $3.8 mil millones de dólares, convirtiéndose en una división de Universal Filmed Entertainment Group así como una propiedad total de Comcast.

Historia

Era de DreamWorks SKG (1994-2004)

El 12 de octubre de 1994, un trío de personas en el mundo del entretenimiento, el director de cine y productor Steven Spielberg, el exejecutivo de Disney, Jeffrey Katzenberg y el ejecutivo de música David Geffen, fundaron DreamWorks SKG (nombrado en base a los apellidos de los mencionados anteriormente), también conocido como DreamWorks Pictures. Para construir la base con talento, Spielberg trajo artistas de su estudio de animación con sede en Londres, Amblimation (propiedad de Amblin Entertainment), mientras que Katzenberg reclutó a algunos de los mejores empleados de animación de Disney. Algunos de los artistas de Amblimation llegaron a DreamWorks en 1995, cuando se completó la última película del estudio, y el resto lo hizo después del cierre de Amblimation en 1997.

En 1995, DreamWorks firmó un acuerdo de coproducción con Pacific Data Images para formar la subsidiaria PDI, LLC (PDI poseía el 60 % de PDI, LLC, mientras que DreamWorks SKG poseía el 40 %). Esta nueva unidad produciría largometrajes generados por computadora, comenzando con Antz en 1998. En 1999 produjeron El príncipe de Egipto, que utilizaba tecnología CGI y técnicas de animación tradicionales.

En 1997, DreamWorks se asoció con Aardman Animations, un estudio británico de animación stop motion, para coproducir y distribuir la película Chicken Run (2000), una película stop motion que ya estaba en preproducción. Dos años más tarde extendieron el acuerdo por cuatro películas adicionales. Con Aardman haciendo stop motion, DreamWorks cubrió los tres estilos principales de animación, además de la tradicional y de computadora. Esta asociación hizo que DreamWorks participara en la producción de películas stop motion en Bristol, y también hizo que Aardman participara en algunas de las películas de CGI realizadas en los Estados Unidos.

Tres años más tarde, DreamWorks SKG creó DreamWorks Animation, una nueva división comercial que produciría regularmente ambos tipos de largometrajes animados. Ese mismo año, DreamWorks adquirió una participación mayoritaria (90 %) en PDI y la reformó en PDI / DreamWorks, la sucursal del norte de California de su nueva división comercial.

En 2001, Shrek fue estrenado y ganó el Premio de la Academia a la Mejor Película de Animación. Debido al éxito de las películas animadas CGI, DWA decidió el mismo año abandonar el negocio de películas animadas dibujadas a mano después de las próximas dos del total de cuatro películas con animación tradicional.

A partir de Shrek 2 (2004), se esperaba que todas las películas lanzadas, excepto algunas coproducidas con Aardman, se produjeran con CGI. Los estrenos de Shrek 2 y Shark Tale, convirtieron a DWA en el primer estudio en producir dos largometrajes animados en CGI en un solo año.

Corporación pública (2005 - 2016)
La división de animación se separó de su empresa matriz (DW Pictures) y se convirtió en una empresa pública, llamada DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (que opera como DreamWorks Animation, LLC) el 27 de octubre de 2004, y se comercializa a través de la Bolsa de Nueva York. Katzenberg encabezó la nueva división, mientras que Spielberg y Geffen permanecieron a bordo como inversores y consultores. DWA también heredó intereses en PDI / DreamWorks. Hicieron un acuerdo con su antigua compañía matriz para distribuir doce películas más o hasta el 12 de diciembre de 2010, lo que ocurriera primero.

El 31 de enero de 2006, DWA firmó un acuerdo de distribución con Paramount Pictures, que recientemente adquirió el antiguo socio de distribución de DWA, DreamWorks SKG. El acuerdo otorgó a Paramount los derechos mundiales para distribuir todas las películas animadas, incluidas las películas lanzadas anteriormente. En el acuerdo, se dijo que Paramount distribuiría 13 nuevas películas animadas o hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2012, lo que ocurriera primero.

La asociación de DWA con Aardman terminó después del lanzamiento de Flushed Away en noviembre de 2006, después de haber entregado tres de cinco películas que tenían establecidas a producir. El anuncio se hizo antes del lanzamiento de la película, el 3 de octubre, citando "diferencias creativas". DWA retuvo la copropiedad de los derechos de todas las películas coproducidas con Aardman, con la excepción de Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), por lo que solo conservaron los derechos de distribución mundial.

El 13 de marzo de 2007, DreamWorks Animation anunció que lanzaría todas sus películas, comenzando con Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), en 3D estereoscópico. Junto con Intel, desarrollaron conjuntamente una nueva tecnología de creación de películas en 3D, llamada InTru3D.

En 2008, DWA extendió su línea de producción a Bangalore, India, donde establecieron una unidad especial dentro de Technicolor, llamada DreamWorks Dedicated Unit. La unidad es propiedad de Technicolor, pero DreamWorks contrata y capacita a los animadores, quienes luego contribuyen a los proyectos de DreamWorks. DDU al principio solo trabajó en especiales de televisión, como Merry Madagascar (2009), Scared Shrekless (2010) y proyectos de DVD. Finalmente, comenzaron a contribuir también a las películas de DreamWorks, comenzando con la animación de parte de El Gato con Botas (2011).

Desde 2009, el estudio ha sido un invitado habitual en la lista de las 100 mejores empresas para trabajar de la revista Fortune. Como la única compañía de entretenimiento en la lista, se ubicaron en el puesto 47 en 2009, 6 en 2010, 10 en 2011, 14 en 2012, y 12 en 2013.

A partir de 2010, el estudio había planeado lanzar cinco largometrajes en el transcurso de cada dos años, pero al año siguiente el estudio cambió sus planes.

«Pero pasado el 2012, Katzenberg dijo que el estudio actuaría meticulosamente, incluso si eso significa que DWA abandone la idea de lanzar tres películas al año».

En 2010, DWA se convirtió en el primer estudio que lanzó tres largometrajes animados en CGI en un año. El mismo año, la compañía compró los derechos cinematográficos de la franquicia de Trolls.

Los empleados de DreamWorks llegan a disfrutar de un desayuno y almuerzo gratis, un beneficio que no se encuentra en muchas otras empresas. En 2009, DreamWorks Animation aparece en la lista de la revista Fortune de las 100 mejores empresas para trabajar, en el número 47. Este es su primer año en la lista, y en su segundo año (2010) ya se encuentran de número 6.

Diversificación y Expansión (2008 - 2016)
En julio de 2008, DreamWorks Animation ganó una oferta de $155 millones para adquirir Classic Media, que desde entonces ha sido renombrada como DreamWorks Classics. En agosto del mismo año, DreamWorks Animation formó una empresa conjunta con compañías de inversión chinas para establecer una compañía de entretenimiento con sede en Shanghái, llamada Oriental DreamWorks, para desarrollar y producir películas chinas originales y sus derivados.

Según un informe de Los Angeles Times, DreamWorks Animation estaba en conversaciones con Sony Pictures para distribuir sus próximas películas, como los lanzamientos de 2013 de The Croods y Turbo. El informe también mencionó una posibilidad en la que Sony manejaría la distribución en los Estados Unidos, mientras que 20th Century Fox manejaría la distribución internacional. La renovación del acuerdo con Paramount también fue abierta, pero solo con términos más favorables para Paramount Pictures (incluso ofrecieron una extensión de un año del acuerdo, pero Katzenberg deseaba obtener un mejor trato).

Casi al mismo tiempo, DreamWorks Animation entró en conversaciones con Warner Bros. para un posible acuerdo de distribución también, solo para ser rechazado por el estudio.

En agosto de 2012, DreamWorks Animation firmó un acuerdo de distribución mundial de cinco años con 20th Century Fox.

Sin embargo, el acuerdo no incluía los derechos de distribución de películas previamente lanzadas por Paramount Pictures, DWA adquirió los derechos más adelante en 2014. El origen de los guardianes (2012) fue la última película de animación de DreamWorks distribuida por Paramount, y The Croods se convirtió en la primera película de animación de DreamWorks distribuida por Fox.

El 11 de abril de 2013, DreamWorks Animation anunció que había adquirido la propiedad intelectual de la franquicia Trolls de la familia Dam y Dam Things. DreamWorks Animation, que tiene "grandes planes para la franquicia", se ha convertido en el licenciatario mundial exclusivo de los derechos de la mercancía, excepto en Escandinavia, donde Dam Things sigue siendo el licenciante. El 1º de mayo, Katzenberg y DWA anunciaron su intención de comprar el canal de YouTube AwesomenessTV, que se finalizó más adelante en el mes.

El mes siguiente, DWA anunció un acuerdo de contenido de varios años para proporcionar 300 horas de contenido original exclusivo al proveedor de medios de transmisión de video por demanda por Internet (streaming), Netflix. Parte de la intención del acuerdo era, en parte, establecer un ingreso más confiable para que DWA se recuperara del riesgo financiero de depender únicamente del mercado del cine teatral. Al día siguiente, DWA completó un acuerdo de licencia de cinco años con Super RTL para comenzar ese septiembre para la biblioteca de Classic Media y la lista de Netflix. Con los acuerdos de Netflix y Super RTL vigentes para la televisión, DWA anunció la contratación de ejecutivos para su nuevo grupo de televisión, DreamWorks Animation Television, a fines de julio. La exejecutiva sénior de Nickelodeon, Margie Cohn, se convirtió en jefa de televisión del grupo. En septiembre de ese mismo año, DreamWorks anunció que había adquirido la biblioteca de televisión de Chapman Entertainment, con sede en Londres, con los programas para distribuir a través de la operación de distribución de televisión de DWA en el Reino Unido.

Al año siguiente, en febrero, DreamWorks Pictures anunció la fundación de una nueva división editorial llamada DreamWorks Press, para publicar libros en forma impresa y digital. En junio, DreamWorks Animation adquirió los derechos de Felix the Cat Productions, propiedad de Don Oriolo. El mismo mes, el canal DreamWorksTV debutó en YouTube y fue operado por AwesomenessTV. DreamWorks Animation compró los derechos de distribución de Paramount a la biblioteca anterior a 2013 en julio, y desde entonces, el socio de distribución de DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox, ha distribuido la biblioteca en su nombre hasta 2018, en el cual el estudio hermano de DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures, asumió esta tarea.

Se informó que el estudio fue adquirido dos veces por separado a finales de 2014. Primero, en septiembre se informó que el conglomerado japonés SoftBank estaba en conversaciones para adquirir DreamWorks Animation por un precio de $ 3.4 mil millones, pero al día siguiente, se informó que SoftBank había retirado su oferta. El 12 de noviembre, se informó que Hasbro estaba en conversaciones para comprar DreamWorks Animation en noviembre. Según los informes, la propuesta exige que la compañía combinada tome el nombre de "DreamWorks-Hasbro" y que Jeffrey Katzenberg se convierta en su presidente, pero como cuestión de política, ni Hasbro ni DWA comentan públicamente sobre fusiones y adquisiciones. Dos días después, se informó que las conversaciones fracasaron.

DreamWorks Animation anunció su lanzamiento en el negocio de transmisión de televisión el 9 de diciembre de 2014, creando su propio canal llamado DreamWorks Channel. Con HBO Asia manejando las ventas de afiliados, marketing y servicios técnicos, la red se lanzará en varios países asiáticos (excepto China y Japón) en la segunda mitad de 2015. El canal se estrenó por primera vez en inglés el 1º de agosto de 2015, y un canal con doblaje tailandés se lanzó en septiembre de ese mismo año.

También en diciembre, DWA vendió una participación del 25 % en AwesomenessTV por $ 81.25 millones a Hearst Corporation. El 5 de enero de 2015, DreamWorks Animation anunció que Bonnie Arnold, productora de la franquicia de Cómo entrenar a tu dragón y Mireille Soria, productora de la serie Madagascar, fueron nombrados copresidentes de la división de animación de largometrajes del estudio. Al mismo tiempo, también se anunció que Bill Damaschke dejará su cargo como Director Creativo. Hasta ahora, bajo el mandato actual de Arnold y Soria, firmaron a Jason Reitman y Edgar Wright para trabajar en sus propios debuts de animación. Dos semanas después, PDI / DreamWorks se cerró por completo como parte de los esfuerzos de reestructuración más grandes de su empresa matriz.

Era de Universal Pictures (2017 - Presente)

El 7 de abril de 2017, Comcast anunció oficialmente que su división NBCUniversal tenía la intención de adquirir DreamWorks Animation por $3.8 mil millones, valorando a la compañía en $41 por acción. Jeffrey Katzenberg permanecería involucrado en la empresa como jefe de DreamWorks New Media, pero cedería el control del estudio al CEO de Illumination, Chris Meledandri, quien supervisaría ambos. La venta fue aprobada por los miembros de la junta, pero sujeta a aprobación regulatoria.
En el Simposio TMT de Guggenheim Partners, el CEO de NBCUniversal, Steve Burke, discutió cómo la compra de DWA encajaría en sus estrategias comerciales. Burke explicó que Meledandri planeaba "tomar muchas de las franquicias de DreamWorks existentes y agregar valor a medida que creamos nuevas franquicias", y que el objetivo principal era "[tomar] los retornos bajos de un solo dígito del negocio de películas y convertirlo en un tipo diferente de negocio "mediante la creación de una nueva propiedad intelectual que puede comercializarse y adaptarse a las atracciones de los parques temáticos. Burke reafirmó su compromiso con las características animadas, afirmando que Universal podría lanzar hasta cuatro películas animadas por año, divididas entre DreamWorks e Illumination. Burke también describió que la compra sería beneficiosa para la creciente presencia de Universal en China (donde está construyendo un nuevo parque de Universal Studios en Beijing). La última película de DreamWorks Animation distribuida por 20th Century Fox fue Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), y su primera película distribuida por Universal Pictures fue How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) con Abominable (2019), Trolls World Tour, (2020) The Croods 2 (2020), The Boss Baby 2 (2021), una película sin título de  Spirit Riding Free (2021) y The Bad Guys (2021) en desarrollo.

El 21 de junio de 2016, la adquisición fue aprobada por el Departamento de Justicia de los Estados Unidos.

La compra se cerró el 22 de agosto de 2016; la compañía ahora opera como una división del Universal Filmed Entertainment Group. Aunque un portavoz declaró que Meledandri trabajaría con Universal Pictures para determinar "el camino más efectivo para Illumination y para DreamWorks Animation", no asumió el control de DreamWorks como se anunció anteriormente, y los dos estudios permanecen separados. Bonnie Arnold y Mireille Soria conservaron sus puestos como copresidentes de la división de filmes animados de DreamWorks, mientras que Margie Cohn dirigirá una división de animación de televisión para todo el grupo de Universal Pictures. Las divisiones digital, de marketing, de productos de consumo y juegos de DreamWorks serán absorbidas en NBCUniversal. El 21 de diciembre del mismo año, Mireille Soria renunció a su cargo como copresidenta de la división de filmes animados de DreamWorks.

El 21 de diciembre de 2016, Mireille Soria renunció a su cargo como copresidenta de la división de Animación de funciones de DreamWorks.
En enero de 2017, Christopher DeFaria se unió a DreamWorks Animation en el nuevo puesto de presidente del DreamWorks Feature Animation Group. Como presidente, DeFaria supervisará todos los aspectos del negocio de animación de características de DWA, incluida la estrategia de pizarra, desarrollo, producción; innovación y tecnología; y asuntos comerciales.
El 15 de febrero de ese mismo año, Universal adquirió una participación minoritaria en Amblin Partners, fortaleciendo la relación entre Universal y Amblin, y reuniendo un porcentaje minoritario de la marca DreamWorks Pictures con DreamWorks Animation.

El 1 de agosto de 2017, se anunció que DreamWorks Animation y Blumhouse Productions estarían trabajando en la primera película animada de Blumhouse, Spooky Jack.
Inicialmente, la película se estrenará el 17 de septiembre de 2021, pero se eliminó del calendario de lanzamiento cuando The Bad Guys asumió su fecha de lanzamiento.

El 6 de octubre de 2017, se anunció que Abhijay Prakash sería COO de DWA. Más tarde fue ascendido a presidente del Universal Filmed Entertainment Group en febrero de 2019 tras el lanzamiento de How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, y DreamWorks Animation posteriormente contrató al exjefe de Sony Pictures Imageworks, Randy Lake, como el nuevo director de operaciones. de la empresa tres meses después. El 13 de noviembre de ese mismo año, se anunció que DreamWorks Animation había comenzado un programa de cortometrajes, llamado DreamWorks Shorts, que mostrará cortometrajes animados originales antes de los largometrajes de DWA, muy similar a lo que hacen Pixar y Walt Disney Animation Studios para sus largometrajes. El primer cortometraje producido bajo el programa será Bird Karma, que se estrenó en la primavera de 2018.
El 2 de febrero de 2018, CMC Capital Partners compró las participaciones de DreamWorks, Shanghai Media Group y Shanghai Alliance Investment en Oriental DreamWorks, siendo propietaria del estudio en su totalidad; Oriental DreamWorks pasó a llamarse Pearl Studio. Pearl Studio colaboró con DreamWorks para producir Abominable, con el regreso del director original de la película, Jill Culton.

El 27 de febrero de 2018, DreamWorks Animation anunció que Kelly Betz fue promovida como directora financiera.

El 2 de mayo de 2018, Hulu (una empresa conjunta con Disney hasta que NBCUniversal cedió el control y se convirtió en un socio silencioso en 2019) anunció su primer acuerdo de licencia con DreamWorks Animation, convirtiéndose en el hogar exclusivo de transmisión para futuras películas de DWA, así como películas de la biblioteca. DWA había transmitido exclusivamente a través de Netflix desde 2013.

El 25 de julio de 2018, Viacom Media Networks anunció que estaba en conversaciones para adquirir AwesomenessTV por una fracción de la valoración de $ 650 millones de la compañía en 2016.
Dos días después, el 27 de julio del mismo año, Viacom adquirió oficialmente AwesomenessTV por $ 25–50 millones e integró a la compañía en Viacom Digital Studios. Jordan Levin dejará su puesto como CEO después de la adquisición.
Sin embargo, el acuerdo no incluye el canal de YouTube DreamWorksTV, que aún es retenido por NBCUniversal, donde se integrará en NBCU Digital Enterprises Group, una nueva división de entretenimiento digital dirigida por el presidente Maggie Suniewick.

El 30 de julio de 2018, Variety informó que el acuerdo vale al menos $ 50 millones. El 9 de enero de 2019, Christopher DeFaria renunció a su cargo como presidente de la compañía, con la cabeza de DreamWorks Animation Television, Margie Cohn, promovida para supervisar todas las operaciones de cine y televisión.

En enero de 2020, se anunciaron cinco nuevos programas de animación de DreamWorks para Hulu y el nuevo servicio de streaming de NBCUniversal, Peacock.

Secuencias del logo
El logotipo, adaptado de la matriz del logotipo de estudio, consta de un niño pescando en la luna sobre un fondo de cielo de día, aunque las letras llevaban colores. La banda sonora de este logo fue originalmente una adaptación del tema de DreamWorks, sin embargo, tras el éxito mundial de Shrek en 2001, se convirtió en una adaptación abreviada y lenta de "True love first kiss" ("El primer beso del verdadero amor", el Love Theme de la banda sonora de Shrek), compuesta por John Powell.

El siguiente cuadro es una lista de las secuencias que aparecen en el logotipo de cada película de DreamWorks Animation.

Asociaciones
Dreamworks Animation tiene en curso una asociación con HP, el estudio trabajaba exclusivamente con servidores de HP. En 2005, AMD 3 años firmó un acuerdo para proporcionar los procesadores de estudio. Esta relación terminó en 2008 y Dreamworks anunció que van a utilizar los procesadores Intel para futuras producciones.

Consejo de administración
Los siguientes ejecutivos se encuentran en el Consejo de Administración de DreamWorks SKG Animation, Inc.:

 Roger Enrico, presidente de animación de DreamWorks SKG Inc.
 Jeffrey Katzenberg, director ejecutivo de animación DreamWorks SKG, Inc. / Cofundador de DreamWorks.
 Lew Coleman, presidente de Animación DreamWorks SKG, Inc.
 Mellody Hobson, presidente de Ariel Capital Management
 Nathan Myhrvold,  jefe ejecutivo de Empresas Intelectual
 Richard Sherman, director ejecutivo de la Empresa David Geffen
 Karl von der Heyden, vicepresidente y director financiero de Pepsico, Inc.
 Judson Green, presidente y director Ejecutivo de NAVTEQ
 Michael Montgomery, presidente del Condado de Montgomery & Co.
 Thomas E. Freston, ex CEO de Viacom
 Harry (Ir) Brittenham, director

Premios
Edwin R. Leonard, director de tecnología de Dreamworks Animation, ganó un premio especial en los Annies 2008 para conducir su trabajo innovador con Open Source y Linux.

Filmografía

Peliculas

Estrenadas

En desarrollo

Películas directo a video

Series de televisión

Especiales

Cortometrajes de animación

 Shrek 4-D (2003)
 Sinbad and The Cyclops Island (2003)
 Far Far Away Idol (5 de noviembre de 2004)
 The Madagascar Penguins a Christmas Caper (7 de octubre de 2005)
 Hammy Boomerang Aventure (2006)
 Kung Fu Panda: los secretos de los cinco furiosos (9 de noviembre de 2008)
 B.O.B.'s Big Break (29 de septiembre de 2009)
 La leyenda del dragón rompehuesos (2010)
 Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular (7 de diciembre de 2010)
 Megamind: The Button of Doom (25 de febrero de 2011)
 Thriller Night (13 de septiembre de 2011)
 The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (4 de octubre de 2011)
 Night of the Living Carrots (13 de octubre de 2011)
 Book of Dragons (2011)
 Los Maestros de la antigua China (2011)
 Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (24 de febrero de 2012)
 Dawn of the Dragon Racers (11 de noviembre de 2014)
Bilby (20 de junio de 2018) (Presentado en el festival Annecy 2018)
To: Gerard (10 de abril de 2020) con Trolls World Tour

Material heredado
Además, Dreamworks Animation tiene los derechos fundamentales de Estados Unidos a la serie animada Alienators: Evolution Continues, coproducido con el estudio de DreamWorks y Warner Bros. Television.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Amblin Partners
Paramount Pictures
20th Century Studios
Universal Pictures
Estudios de animación de Estados Unidos
Antiguas empresas cotizadas en la Bolsa de Nueva York
DreamWorks Animation


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People have long been sending each other letters, cards, and gifts through the postal office. Even today when one can send letters and greetings through the internet which is received by the recipient in seconds, people still use the postal service for most of their mail.
It is the cheapest way to send not just letters but also important documents and parcels or packages. Many private logistics companies offer the same services as the postal office but most people still choose the latter for their mailing needs.
There are many services offered by the postal office. You can send your mail as regular mail, certified mail, or registered mail. Regular mail is the cheapest as you have to pay more for certified mail and registered mail. Here are other differences between certified and registered mail.
Certified mail is a special service mail that provides the sender proof of billing and delivery, with a copy of the recipient's signature upon delivery. A priority or first class mail can be sent as certified mail and is given a unique tracking number that serves as receipt and official record of mailing.
Certified mail is usually sent together with regular mail and is cheaper. If a return receipt is requested, the sender will have to pay an additional amount. Certified mail is not insured and you have to pay an additional amount if you want to have it insured.
It is usually used for business and government mail. Where, before the return receipt was mailed back to the sender after the recipient has signed it, today it is captured by the letter carrier and sent electronically.
Registered mail is a mail service offered by the postal office that provides detailed records of the letter, packet, or other document's location as it is transferred from one location to another. They are affixed with barcode registration labels enabling the sender to track his shipment online.
The process started in London in the mid-1500's for state security purposes. Registered mail is sent separate from regular mail and takes longer to arrive to the recipient. It is also more expensive and is used to send valuables and important documents because it is more secure than other types of mail. It is also insured for up to $25,000.00.
1. Certified mail provides a receipt for the sender and for an additional fee, will receive a copy of the recipient's signature upon his receipt of the mail, while registered mail provides the sender a receipt and detailed records of his mail's location.
2. The sender will know that his mail has reached the recipient upon the return of receipt, while registered mail can be tracked by the sender online, as every time the mail changes hands, it is logged.
3. Certified mail is cheaper, while registered mail costs more.
4. Certified mail is sent together with regular mail, while registered mail is sent separately.
5. Important documents and valuables are usually sent through registered mail because it is more secure than certified mail.
6. Registered mail is insured, while you have to pay an additional amount to insure certified mail.
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It's better to undertake a long-term cultural transformation toward high-quality care than to go for quick fixes to raise HCAHPS scores.
Craig Luzinski, R.N.
Discussions I've had recently with health care leaders seeking advice on raising HCAHP scores have caused me to reflect. Are we looking too closely at short-term goals, such as improving these scores? Might our time and energy be better spent on intentionally creating high-performing cultures — cultures in which all patient satisfaction measures improve simply as a byproduct of seeking excellence?
During the past couple of months, I have noticed an increase in the number of senior executives, managers and directors of patient experience who want solutions to what are considered to be unacceptable patient experience scores. Their urgency is the result of the general public's response to recently released value-based purchasing scores. Leaders are becoming keenly aware that poor patient experiences are having a negative effect on VBP scores.
Poor VBP scores directly affect an organization's Medicare reimbursement, as well as its reputation for providing high-quality care in a compassionate environment. Could this urgency for a solution have been avoided by incorporating the use of strategic foresight — also referred to as "back casting" — in organizational strategic planning activities?
There's No Quick Fix
Since 2002, health care leaders and their boards of directors and trustees have focused on improving patient experience scores in anticipation of its impact on Medicare reimbursement. The three-year-old Affordable Care Act is a further catalyst for the much-needed industry upheaval; failure to achieve certain HCAHPS scores, and uncertainty of the provisions yet to be defined and enacted by the ACA, have caused more angst within the industry. For most organizations, there is no quick, tactic-based approach that will produce sustained improvement. Those with poor patient experience scores likely will suffer a reimbursement reduction for a number of years.
Many of my recent conversations have focused on tactics that can be quickly implemented and that increase the HCAHPS scores in nurse communication and responsiveness of staff. These specialties have been found to most strongly affect patients' opinions of a hospital's overall rating.
But what health care organizations' seeking a quick fix fail to consider is that creating a positive patient experience is almost always the result of an organizational cultural transformation, usually taking between three and seven years of intense focus and effort. The organizations that are successful in achieving top-decile patient experience scores engaged in strategic foresight as part of their future planning activities 10 or more years ago. These organizations were able to identify trends, develop plausible scenarios and implement strategies focused on addressing alternative futures.
Preparing for Multiple Futures
Richard Slaughter, creator of the Australian Foresight Institute, defines strategic foresight as "the ability to create and sustain a variety of high-quality forward views and apply the emerging insights in organizationally useful ways." Such strategic forecasting is used by organizations seeking to develop scenarios, based on what is known today, and to envision alternative futures that are 10 to 15 years away. Notice the plural in the phrase "alternative futures" — more than one is contemplated, as there is no way to predict one defined future accurately.
Strategic foresight is rarely used in health care, but health care organizations that are willing to incorporate strategic foresight into planning activities will have an advantage over those using the traditional strategic planning process. Traditional planning addresses short-term goals and processes meant to raise scores without actually changing organizational culture.
Although many of the ACA provisions are yet to be fully defined, we do know the three overarching objectives of the legislation: (1) to improve health outcomes and the patient experience, (2) to reduce health care-related expenditures and (3) to expand access to care across the continuum. Even with the knowledge of those three overarching objectives, strategic forecasting can identify plausible scenarios 10 to 15 years into the future.
A Case Example from Energy
Royal Dutch Shell, commonly known as Shell, is a multinational oil and gas company that has used strategic foresight since the 1970s. Thomas Chermack, in his book Scenario Planning for Organizations, details Shell's use of a scenario-based strategy. Leaders in the organization were able to notice evolving dynamics in the environment, before competitors, as they had visited and studied these dynamics during their scenario-building process.
The capability to correct strategies early provided Shell with a significant competitive advantage when oil prices were volatile in the 1970s. The assumptions on which leaders had based their decisions were influenced by the scenario development process; the leaders, therefore, held a wider view of their world. Integrating powerful tools such as scenario development into strategic forecasting allowed Shell to address impending dangers and make self-corrections to maintain global leadership in the volatile gas and oil industry. Shell remains one of the world's most valuable companies, topping the 2013 Fortune Global 500 list.
The few health care organizations that used strategic forecasting years ago have successfully positioned themselves to endure reimbursement reductions from federal and private insurers. Wise leaders, not knowing the exact future, carefully planned for the what-ifs by implementing operational efficiencies, strategically focused cost-reduction initiatives and mutually beneficial partnerships. The many organizations that did not initiate such future planning now are forced to cut costs indiscriminately, leaving patients and employees vulnerable to negative impacts on health outcomes, patient experience and organizational culture.
Envisioning Health Care's Future
The objectives of the ACA are well-known. It's not likely to be repealed, and if it is repealed, there is no alternative plan. The continued implementation and expansion of value-based purchasing is also here to stay. Although many of the future details and timelines for implementation of the ACA and of VBP are unknown, a short-term plan, myopically focused on raising specific performance measures, is no way to survive in this rapidly changing environment. An alternative is strategic forecasting, which will challenge the thinking in most organizations.
Consider taking time to examine thoughtfully how the future of health care will be impacted by the following eight trends: society, technology, energy, environment, economy, employment, population and politics. Individuals practicing strategic foresight refer to this examination as a STEEEPP analysis.
Once the analysis is completed, attempt to live in the future scenarios, then project backward to ways you can prevent some undesirable future scenarios from evolving. Or develop strategies that will actualize other scenarios, allowing your organization to adapt or emerge as a leader in the future. Frequent testing and revising the alternative future maps will significantly enhance the probability of your organization's success.
No one can predict the future, but using strategic foresight will reduce the chances of needing to contact a consultant in a panic, urgently attempting to identify a quick fix for something that could have been envisioned and possibly avoided years in advance.
Craig Luzinski, M.S.N., R.N., NEA-BC, FACHE, is the COO at Creative Health Care Management in Minneapolis.
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Biography of Benjamin A. Beckner
Benjamin A. Beckner. Virginia has for years boasted of being the birthplace of some of our most prominent men and indeed it is no small honor to have given to the world such men as Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Clay and Lee. There is always a satisfaction in associating one's self, even in a remote way with those who have accomplished so much in making our country one of the grandest that time has ever known. Our subject, who resides on section 14, North Otter Township, is a native of Virginia. His father, John Beckner, was also there born and his mother Elizabeth (Cook) Beckner, was also a native of the old Colonial State. There they were married and settled in Botetourt County, where the father died. The mother followed him not many yeas after, passing away in Roanoke County, same State. The grandparents of our subject were John and Christena Beckner, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The parents of our subject had ten children, he of whom we write being the eighth. He was born July 22, 1834, in the same county in which his parents were married. Here he remained until he reached manhood, enjoying the educational advantages for which his native State has always been noted. In 1859 he came to Clarke County, Ohio, there living for five years, during which time he worked energetically and amassed a very comfortable little competency. In 1864 he removed to Macoupin County and settled in North Otter township where he has ever since been a resident. He has always been a farmer and has so intelligently conducted his work as to make the most of his chosen calling.
Mr. Beckner settled on his present farm in 1868-69 and here he has since resided. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of land and has thereon erected a number of buildings that supply the demand for storage room for his productions. He, himself, has a comfortable dwelling that is as inviting inside as well as out as taste and refinement can make it. He was married in his native State. His bride, whose maiden name was Magdalene Brubaker, was a native of Virginia. She bore him one child, Elizabeth, and passed away in North Otter Township, in October, 1859. He contracted a second marriage, his being Miss Catherine Brubaker, a sister of his first wife. Their marriage took place in North Otter Township, June, 1865; like her sister, she was a native of Virginia, there born June 7, 1846. Mr. Beckner and his present wife are the parents of eleven children, eight of whom are still living. The latter are Mary, Laura, Susan, Alvia, Ida, Harvey, Asa and Bertha.
Our subject has shown his fitness for public position by efficiently discharging the duties of the office to which he has been elected by the people, of School Director. Mr. and Mrs. Beckner are active members of the German Baptist Church. The father of Mrs. Beckner was Joel Brubaker, who was a native of Virginia. The lady's mother was Elizabeth (Fisher) Brubaker, a native of Franklin County, Va. They settled at an early day in that State, the father died in Roanoke County, and the mother in Macoupin County, Ill.


David Moody returns to the world of his Hater trilogy with a new fast-paced, and wonderfully dark story about humanity's fight for survival in the face of the impending apocalypse, titled One of Us Will Be Dead by Morning.
Life there is fragile and tough. One slip is all it takes. A momentary lapse leads to a tragic accident, but when the body count quickly starts to rise, questions are inevitably asked.
Are the deaths coincidental, or something else entirely? Those people you thought you knew, can you really trust them? Is the person standing next to you a killer? Will you be their next victim?
A horrific discovery changes everything, and a trickle of rumours becomes a tsunami of fear.
Is this the beginning of the end of everything, or a situation constructed by the mass hysteria of a handful of desperate and terrified people?
David Moody has been described as "having a unhealthy fascination with the end of the world and likes to write books about ordinary folks going through absolute hell." He tore the human race in half in the first three books ( HATER, DOG BLOOD and THEM OR US), and now he's paying a return visit to his dystopian world with a brand new trilogy.
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Q: Javascript code not being called on pageload? .net I am currently trying to call a JavaScript function when the update panel refreshes, but for some reason it is just not being called; even though I am using the exact same method which is working for other functions.
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Javascript function:
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If anyone could help me out that would be great.
Thanks,
Callum

A: Add an onload event such as:
 window.onload = modifyMap;

Do not put it inside a function.  I always put it right before the script close tag </script>
You could also add the onload event to an HTML tag.
<body onload="modifyMap()">

A: Try to register the script in the PreRender, also try renaming the key without a space.
protected void Page_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
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Author, Historian, and the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the Univ. Houston, Prof. Gerald Horne joined us on the program. Dr. Horne's book "The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America", along with some of his other works was the topic of discussion.
Activist, Former director of the Black Theology Project, Dr. Iva Carruthers joined us in conversation. Dr. Carruthers discussed her work in the Reparations movement, and from The State of the Black World Conference, her assessments and opinions of the Religion, Spirituality and Liberation workshop she chaired.
"Time for an Awakening" for Sunday 7/2/2017 guest was Author, Historian, Education Transformation Specialist, Dr. Chike Akua. African Americans have been victims of cultural identity theft, " Critical Thinking to Reclaim Consciousness", and issues centered around this was the discussion with our guest.


Mark Tabladillo (SAS expert, Microsoft MVP, PhD) first worked as a software developer in southern California in the 1980s. Today, Mark is a data mining scientist, providing training and consulting for companies in United States and around the world. He has spoken at top conferences including SQL Saturday Mountain View, Microsoft TechEd, PASS Summit, Predictive Analytics World, SAS Global Forum, and PASS Business Analytics Conference. He has taught statistics at the university level.
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The Paris Climate Agreement Vs. The Donald
Donald J. Trump's election as the 45th President of the United States has inspired many. But Trumps triumph has also caused despondency among hundreds of millions in America and abroad. Minorities in America doubt that a Trump administration will defend and uphold their inalienable rights. America's staunch allies are befuddled.
Many things, including trade and defense, concern America's staunch allies. Throughout his campaign Donald Trump lambasted international trade agreements and stoked domestic anger over the effects of globalization and automation. On the campaign trail Trump made it clear that under his administration U.S. military support for NATO member countries would be conditional on whether those states have met their financial obligations to the security bloc.
But perhaps what is most disconcerting is what President-elect Donald Trump thinks about climate change. Trump is a climate change denier. According to Trump, climate change is a hoax invented by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive. Trump has vowed to dismantle the Paris Climate Agreement, which came into force early November after 55 nations that produce 55 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions formally signed up.
President-elect Trump digs coal. Trump is determined to revive coalfield across the Appalachia. During is campaign Trump promised to eliminate federal regulations that target coal-fired power plants, one of the main sources of carbon emissions responsible for global warming. Trump held politically charged rallies with coal miners and swore to get rid of Obama's clean power plan and bring back jobs to Appalachia.
President-elect Trump speaks to the absurd fears of millions of Americans. Climate change is just some Chinese April Fools Day prank? Appalachian coal has a future in global energy supplies? Building a wall along the U.S–Mexico border and a chokehold on global trade will resuscitate the Rust Belt?
Diplomats across the world are already planning how to respond to the biggest threat to the Paris Climate Agreement, President-elect Donald Trump. Although the Paris Agreement contains no enforcement measures, a carbon tariff against the U.S. is not far-fetched. Trump could trigger a vicious trade war over climate change if he misleads the U.S. into rejecting the Paris Agreement.
Canada, China, Mexico and the European Union have already begun to impose domestic carbon pricing programs in place. It is therefore not inconceivable that these countries could consider imposing a carbon tariff on imports from America if walks from the Paris Agreement.
Global warming is man-made. Coal is under assault from market forces. Cleaner-burning natural gas is coal's enemy numero uno. It is highly unlikely that Trump will make coal great again. The glory of the Rust Belt is forever gone. And here Mitt Romney's caution is instructive " Trumps promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University".
One hopes that Candidate Trump would be radically different from President Donald Trump. But so far Trump's choice of key figures for his administration is not exceedingly reassuring. They are Candidate Trump evangelicals.
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Better education, not far-right politics, is the solution to unemployment
Everywhere, from the developed world to middle income economies, to the so-called developing world, citizens and politicians are paralyzed by stagnant or falling wages and staggered by rising unemployment.
Across the world the underclass is rising up and demanding their fair share of prosperity, which remains trapped within the elite classes. There is no such a thing as trickle down. Here in East Africa, GDP growth is high, sustained and unprecedented. However, such growth has failed to generate employment for a surging youthful population. Nearly 1 in 2 graduates from our universities cannot find work. At the same time employers across the East African Community lament that 1 in 2 graduates are unfit for work.
Anger among the underclass has triggered a political Tsunami, which is shaking the political establishment and the elite to the core. The British underclass gave us Brexit. The underclass of the rust belt just put Donald J. Trump into the White House. Fear of immigrants and rising nationalism among the French underclass could launch Marine Le Pen.
Here at home the political elite mobilizes the underclass along petty ethnic grievance or false entitlement to acquire or retain power. In countries emerging from civil war, the elite inoculate the underclass with a virulent narrative of an imminent return to mayhem and genocide.
The forces of globalization, advances in technology and automation (robotics and artificial intelligence), a knowledge-based economy and the flow of global capital are converging to redefine work and jobs. It is estimated that about 75 million jobs as we know them today could be wiped out in the next two decades.
But politicians inhibited by imagination, persuaded by plain denial and dishonesty are scapegoating and constructing all kinds of straw men, including Chinese, Mexicans, the European Union, immigrants, civil war and other tribes.
The rise of far-right politicians like Donald J. Trump or Marine Le Pen and the endurance of corrupt political elite in some African countries underlines the failure of education and training infrastructure to respond robustly and adaptively to the post industrial economy.
Jobs, as we know them, are going away. The millennial generation changes jobs every two years or less. Full-time work is no more. About 40 percent of workers in the United States are contingent. A job, with all its trappings such as job title and job descriptions will soon be antiquated. Workplace structures are also changing. The Corporate Ladder is quaint. We are getting into the age of The Corporate Lattice, and work is about teams, collaboration, lifelong learning and transferable skills.
Education must change to respond to prepare citizens for a new age. Our education systems must reform to prepare citizens for the new economy in a globalized world where problems are not delivered in disciplinary boxes, and where solutions demand interdisciplinary and complex reasoning. Capitalizing on the fears of the underclass and fanning their fury at the ballot to produce outcomes like Donald J. Trump and Brexit will not yield jobs and economic security.
Labels: Brexit, China, Donald Trump, East African Community, European Union, Marine Le Pen, Mexico Corporate Lattice, Rust Belt
Give Values-based education a chance
Kenyan youth have no qualms about taking or giving a bribe and 30 percent believe corruption is profitable. Over 50 percent believe it does not matter how one makes money as long as one does not end up in jail. About 60 percent of Kenyans aged between 18 and 35 think it is not important to pay taxes. Do you wonder how the youth got here?
We all have friends, relatives or acquaintances that have made odious wealth not through hard work but gaming the system by evading taxes, obtaining lucrative government contracts through ethnic patronage or by paying a bribe. Some of us bribed to get the jobs we hold. Some parents have paid a bribe to have their children admitted to public schools. And yes, some parents and teachers have paid bribes to have national examination papers leaked to students.
Our houses of faith are not spared. Religious leaders sell miracles and other forms of divine intercession. The public perceives the police, Judiciary and Lands ministry as the most corrupt. In 2015, the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly was disbanded over following allegations of corruption, extortion and blackmail.
The succinct description of the state of Kenya's values came from President Uhuru Kenyatta. During a state visit to Israel in February, President Kenyatta described Kenyans as whiners, expert thieves, ethnic bigots who relish trading insults and perpetuating other evils.
There is no doubt we have a crisis. Corruption and dishonorable conduct in public and in private has become the norm. Impunity and grotesque entitlement is no longer frowned at. Decency, honesty, integrity, patriotism and hard work have become hollow and unworthy ideals, which are ridiculed in national conversations.
Our society is falling apart. A society is bound together through a shared positive core values and inspired leadership that provide a framework and vision for a cohesive, moral and ethical living. Can we raise a new generation that could redeem our society?
Some people believe the radical reform of the school curriculum provides a unique opportunity to align education with Chapters two and six of the Constitution. Various articles in these chapters, for example, Articles 10 and 73 provide a basis for creating a national vocabulary based on fundamental principles of citizenship, public and private ethics.
Consensus is emerging around the idea of a values-based education as response to Kenya's ethical and moral collapse. A values-based education locates the search for meaning and purpose of life in the learning process. It means the development the whole person beyond literacy and numeracy. It means civilizing an individual's life purpose, refining their moral and ethical acuity.
Kenya sorely needs honest men and women who can be trusted in public and private, who are willing to be drum majors for integrity, justice, equality, national unity and common decency. We need a new generation that will put the interests of Kenya above parochial ethnic or personal interests. A values-based education is a good place to begin and we must try.
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The political era of the Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Gay Rights, and The Black Power Movement demanded the inclusion of rigorous research that centered racial and gender identity as significant narratives. The emergence of Black Studies and Women's Studies, along with student-led and national organizations incorporating the same identity politics also demanded inclusion in intellectual landscapes. During this era Black social scientists blanketed the scholarship, theory, and treatment research that anchored African cultural values, traditions, knowledge, and generational behaviors as disruptive characteristics of pathologized Black family rhetoric. Collectively, cultural scholarship named the impact of adapting Black life to oppression and anti-Blackness policy. They declared the Black family as the fundamental source of strength of the Black community and as the defense for Black life from external threats. This session provides a historical and contemporary alignment on the Black strength perspective through racial pride, resistance, and resilience.
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Enjoy monstrous adventures with the 3-in-1 Mythical Creatures set. Create a fire-breathing Dragon with a dark-red and yellow color scheme, large fangs, green eyes and pointed claws. This 3-in-1 children's toy also features posable legs, head, tail and wings, and rebuilds to create a Giant Spider or an axe-bearing Troll for more scary LEGO® fun.
The 3-in-1 Mythical Creatures set features a rebuildable, fire-breathing Dragon with fangs, green eyes and pointed claws, plus posable jaws, head, tail and wings.
Features a fiery dark-red and yellow color scheme.
Open the Dragon's fiery jaws to reveal its sharp fangs and then whip its tail, fold out its wings and take to the skies.
Move the Dragon's head, legs, tail and wings to create exciting poses.
Continue the adventure with this 3-in-1 model.
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LEGO Creator Mythical Creatures 31073 is rated 4.6 out of 5 by 7.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Margo2018 from Great set Nice set. We like those 3 in 1 sets. Easy to build..
Rated 5 out of 5 by JessVDS from Giant spider! I got this set for my 9 year old daughter thinking she'd build the dragon but she instead built the spider. Even though she hates spiders she really liked how the build turned out. It's now sitting on top of my ghostbusters fire house in the attack pose (along with the green dinosaurs from our last Lego Creator 3 in 1 kits). Not a fan on the third build option, the troll. Not very appealing. But looking forward to building the dragon with the second kit I bought.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Phutarf from Watch out for spiders... As other reviewers have pointed out, the main build (Dragon) is similar to that of 31032, Red Creatures, and while being a nice build in and of itself is not what drew me to this set. The Troll can safely be ignored; the show stealer is the Giant Spider, with its fantastic multi-pose build, realistically depicting plenty of people's worst nightmare! The build itself is pretty straightforward but does leave a fair few spare pieces. However, with a reasonable small amount of effort, the vast majority of these can be incorporated into the original design, mostly to beef up the abdomen to make the spider even more imposing- see additional pictures. I also swapped a couple of the legs over to help with stability issues when posing the model.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Calisipher from Alternative Build - Ion Mech I wasn't going to get this set until i saw an alternative build by a youtuber named chubbybots. Check out the picture provided. They also have a second alternative mech on their channel for this set.
Rated 4 out of 5 by GregM from Tarantula could be better... This is similar to the red creatures set from couple years ago. Both sets have dragons as the main build, and they're fairly similar looking. Although, I can only judge by the boxes, because I built the scorpion from that set. I actually bought this set for the tarantula, and there are quite a few pieces leftover after the build. This is a little annoying, and if the design had used all the pieces, maybe it would be the same size as the scorpion from the previous set. Overall, I like the tarantula design and the creator creature sets remain some of the coolest and best value sets.


We are an organisation with exciting people ambitions looking to appoint a new Global People and Culture Manager.This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference and, if you are an experienced Human Resource professional who would enjoy sharing their expertise and leadership across an emerging international Human Resource team, then we would like to hear from you.
You will support the global HR team in their delivery across the full range of people matters and will directly lead the team of professionals responsible for the overall delivery of day to day Human Resources in the UK. As well as focussing on building day to day excellence, you will have the opportunity to design and lead exciting global projects such as reviewing our dynamic People Management Process (appraisal), understanding our global staff survey feedback, and helping mobilise progress towards our gender equality ambitions.
The role offers a unique opportunity to help build a strong Human Resource infrastructure across a range of geographies and cultures.Covering the UK and regional country offices, flexibility and international travel will be essential.This is a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be both strategic and operational in service of our strategic ambition to put ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
Having the drive to build good practices and create impact through our people strategies, you have experience in international development or a charity setting.Confident at building relationships and communicating across different cultures and professions, you will have the tenacity and adaptability to make a difference.
Building global people practices that enable success, you will enjoy partnering, coaching and supporting others to enable good people management, empowering others to lead, and delivering on strategic ambitions relating to people and culture.
Critical to the success of the role will be the ability to demonstrate a drive to improve practices and balance a range of exciting priorities.Passionate for the cause, you will also need to keep a calm head and be resilient when things don't go right first time.


Arenanet is delaying the release of LW S4EP3 to make some adjustments.
The Living World Team currently is hard at work preparing Episode 3 of Living World Season 4. We're excited about how it's shaping up, but wanted to give you a heads up that the release date will be a little outside our normal release cadence.
Our key focus while creating the Living World experience is the quality bar we've set for ourselves for each episode. With the amount of gameplay and breadth of content in Living World, we noticed that we had an opportunity to make some adjustments to how we approach developing each episode that will help us hit our quality standards more consistently. This logistical change has had some short-term "cost" in time, but will provide benefits to all Living World episodes moving forward.
We'll be announcing Episode 3 as the date gets closer, and everyone on the team is looking forward to playing this new content with you!
i dont mind waiting a bit more to get a bit more.
glad to see they arent restricting themselves with deadlines.
No worries. A polished and finished product is still better than an unfinished and buggy one.
Indeed. Microsoft taught us completely the opposite for decades, so it's nice that ANet didn't borrow a page from them, and just release it "as is" to beat some B.S. time table. The story line is enjoyable, and the game is great fun, so I am content to wait as well.
Too bad Anet has never delivered such a thing.
I kinda feel that the delays on LW episodes even if it's a week or two on each one still gives ANet extra month or two to polish the next expansion and that's what they are doing these delays mostly. The last 2 episodes were quite nice and it looks like extra time pays off for LW too so I don't really mind the delays as of late to be honest.
maybe its because of the E3 expo, they may delay it to announce it there.
Given GW2's track record, I feel that anyone who has an issue with prolonged or sloppy release time tables would have left ages ago. I"m hoping for 3 improvements to the inventory system next expansion, one improvement to lfg/maps and 3 improvements to the daily grinds system. That aside there is no subscription, so I'll just be chilling in warframe until more content is released to play through.
I just hope they take the time to properly polish this time around. They delayed Ep2 for a week and it STILL came out with several frustrating bugs. If it means delaying Ep3 by a month, so be it.
Not to mention that I still can't shake the feeling like ANet rushed out LS4 early and they've been trying to play catch up ever since.
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I can wait I guess. At least new content is being released and the game is no longer in the perpetual content drought like back in the day.
A delayed game will eventually be good!
A rushed game will be bad forever!
A delayed game will eventually be good!A rushed game will be bad forever!
Really, they're delayed again? I appreciate them not rushing something in unfinished, but if this is going to happen every time maybe they should try adjusting the schedule to something more achiveable?
Yeah. If they're having trouble hitting their 3 month cadence, then why not just move it to 4 months? Allows them more time for production and polish, and maybe the more relaxed pace means that devs have more time to work on fun additional content now and again, like new stuff for SAB, Halloween and Wintersday. I can't be the only one who wants to see a resolution to Lord Vanquish, MKT/Bloody Prince, and some meaningful Wintersday updates other than just grinding for expensive skins.
Oh absolutely! Unless they're intentionally making a half life 3 joke, they should do something NEW with SAB. It was a fun concept but the lack of new material's really spoiling my enjoyment of it these days.
I was mislead by the title of Season 4 episode 3. I'm glad I haven't been away as long as I thought.
Interesting. Wonder if they're going to push it now with the influx of new players coming.
Has there been an influx of new players in gw2? Is this related to a lackluster Bless Online launch?


Washington, DC, – Seventy-nine percent of U.S. federal government leaders charged with making recommendations or final decisions on agency purchasing believe that energy efficiency is among the most effective ways to meet energy needs, reduce energy costs and lower greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new Zogby International poll sponsored by the Alliance to Save Energy and Schneider Electric.
Two-thirds (total of 66 percent) of the decision makers see either cost savings (36 percent) or environmental benefits (30 percent) as the major driver of their agencies' energy efficiency efforts.
Approximately two-thirds (64 percent) of these federal agency decision makers believe that the current national economic environment and potential tightening of their agency's budget might have an impact – presumably negative – on their ability to pursue energy efficiency projects. A third (32 percent) think the biggest obstacle to achieving their agency's federally mandated energy efficiency goals is a lack of funding.
Roughly two-thirds (65 percent) of decision makers believe their agency has a culture that encourages energy efficiency practices throughout all levels and across all departments; and about half (49 percent) report that the significance of energy efficiency in their operations has increased in the last two years.
Cost savings and environmental benefits are motivators: 66 percent of respondents reported that cost savings and environmental benefits are the most important reasons driving their agency's efforts to become more energy efficient.
Metering and auditing: Roughly 53 percent of government leaders say their agency has metered and audited all or most of their facilities in order to understand their energy consumption trends, benchmark building energy use, determine energy efficiency investment priorities and measure and verify the impact/success of those investments. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) gives agencies until October 1, 2012, to complete metering of electricity. And the survey indicates that agencies are on track with facilities audits, under federal mandate that 25 percent of facilities be audited yearly, starting in mid-2008.
Significance of energy efficiency in operations has increased: In the last two years, half of those surveyed (49 percent) report that the significance of energy efficiency in their operations has increased, while 35 percent reported the significance was about the same, and 11 percent said it has decreased.
Energy efficiency ranks as a priority: Roughly two out of five (38 percent) respondents said improving their agency's energy efficiency is among its top five priorities, while more than a third (36 percent) say it is a second-tier priority. Only a fifth (21 percent) report that improving their agency's energy efficiency is a low priority.
Agency culture encourages energy efficiency: About two-thirds (65 percent) agreed that their agency "has a culture that encourages energy efficiency practices throughout all levels and across all departments, and employees have an understanding of their role in achieving agency energy efficiency goals." Only 16 percent disagreed with that statement.
Funding priorities: One in three (32 percent) think the biggest obstacle to achieving their agency's energy efficiency goals is a lack of funding, while about a fifth (18 percent) think it is the lack of internal enthusiasm to execute, and another 18 percent see organizational barriers, such as procedures, as a major obstacle.
Lifecycle approach: 37 percent report their agency is going to great lengths to apply practices like continuous monitoring, recommissioning technologies and maintenance to ensure energy savings are maintained and improved throughout their facilities' lifecycle, while a sixth (17 percent) say their agency is not making a great effort to apply such practices.
The survey of 201 U.S. federal agency decision makers with purchasing authority was conducted from October 12-19, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 7.0 percentage points. The findings will be presented today by a panel that includes survey researchers at the GOVgreen Conference at the Washington Convention Center (www.govgreen.org). The session, titled "Energy Efficiency Attitudes and Practices among Federal Workers," will take place from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in room 140A.
For more information about The Alliance to Save Energy, please visit: www.ase.org. For more information about Schneider Electric and the company's energy efficiency strategies for the government market, please visit: www.schneider-electric.us/go/government. The full survey is available at http://www.eenews.net/assets/2010/11/10/document_gw_02.pdf.
About The Alliance to Save Energy: The Alliance to Save Energy is a coalition of prominent business, government, environmental, and consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use of energy worldwide to benefit consumers, the environment, the economy and national security.


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(Trumpets!) Cuyahoga County Indictments Released ... (Fart Noise)
Posted By Sam Allard on Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 3:44 PM
The "corruption" on display in the Cuyahoga County indictments released Friday by prosecutor Michael O'Malley is virtually indistinguishable from the standard practice of many other regional elected leaders, including Humanitarian of the Year Armond Budish.
It's heartening, we suppose, that O'Malley is vigilantly guarding against unethical behavior at the county, but if these indictments represent a new bar for impermissible conduct, many more heads ought to be rolling.
Chief Talent Officer Douglas Dykes, former jail director Ken Mills and general counsel for the county's IT department Emily McNeeley were indicted on a number of criminal counts.
"Ten years ago, County government drowned in a sea of corruption," O'Malley said in a press release. "Citizens rightly expected that the new form of County government would usher in an era of high ethical behavior and effective governance. Sadly, today's indictments demonstrate that our new form of government has not met those expectations. Our investigation continues."
Is that what these indictments demonstrate? Let's take a closer look at them:
McNeeley is indicted for steering contracts to Hyland Software, where her wife works and has an ownership stake, which she never disclosed. She also appeared before county council to recommend a $9 million contract for a firm called Ciber Inc. But she "failed to disclose that her father, as Pennsylvania Turnpike Commissioner, was convicted of being bribed by Ciber and that Ciber had a record of defrauding other states with whom they had contracted."
Mills is indicted for lying to council about blocking the hiring of necessary nursing staff at the county jail, and then lying to investigators about "interactions with a high-level county official." What a tease!
Dykes is indicted because he paid $15,000 to Chief Information Officer James Hay as a "signing bonus." Evidently, he didn't receive authorization to redesignate Hay's "improper moving expenses" as a signing bonus, so he lied and said that then-law director Robert Triozzi had given him the okay to do so.
On the Dykes issue, State Auditor Dave Yost had already ruled that these signing bonuses, which were hatched and implemented by both Dykes and Budish, were illegal. Hay agreed to repay the $15,000 last year. The issue seemed to have been resolved. So why a criminal indictment? And why Dykes, but not Budish? (Is the central issue that Dykes lied? That he threw Triozzi under the bus? Or maybe we're to believe that it was Dykes, and not Budish, pushing for the county's selective personnel perks all along?)
Mills was a bad jail director whose lying to investigators is pretty much par for the course. But he's already been canned — that is to say, he "abruptly resigned", as he should have. So why the criminal indictment? Are we headed toward a fuller investigation of corruption as a cause of inhumane conditions at the jail?
Only McNeeley's charges, as presented, seem worthy of pursuit. But given former city councilman Joe Cimperman's recent slap on the wrist for a version of the same thing — he had to pay a $10,000 fine and perform some community service for 26 counts of "unlawful interest in a public contract" — voters shouldn't hold their breath for a day of reckoning.
Perhaps, as O'Malley has suggested, these are only the first in a longer series of indictments. Could Budish's former Chief of Staff Sharon Sobol Jordan be next? Could Budish himself?
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There is increasing recognition that strong tax systems can have impacts on economic growth, the sustainability of revenues for expenditure, state-building, and inequality, although there are debates about the trade-offs to achieving these differing and sometimes incompatible objectives. Tax revenue appears to be more likely to be used to support broad development goals than revenue from grants (Gadenne, 2015) or from natural resources (Prichard et al., 2014). However, state capacity improvements and civil society engagement are important to help ensure that tax revenues improve development outcomes (Prichard, 2010). Mick Moore cautions that the developmental impacts of tax reform may be difficult to discern because "there are very few countries where revenue reform has been effective and sustained over long periods of time" (personal communication, 2017). Excise taxes (such as so-called 'sin taxes') may also potentially have specific sectoral impacts, although we were unable to investigate these in detail in the time available for this report. There is evidence, for example, that taxing tobacco more heavily could lead to health benefits: the Center for Global Development calls tobacco taxes "the single most cost-effective way to save lives in developing countries" because of the prevalence of smoking-related diseases (Savedoff and Alwang 2015, p. 1).
Lucas, B. (2017). Impacts of tax capacity on development outcomes. K4D Helpdesk Report. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.


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Who Is Sarah Bro? Meet the Olympic Swimmer Rumored to be Zac Efron's New Girlfriend
By Starr Bowenbank
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Zac Efron appears to have a new woman in his life. On Wednesday night, the actor attended a UFC 235 match in Las Vegas with Danish Olympic swimmer Sarah Bro. A source told E! that the pair "looked like they were having a great time," and that they were "smiling and laughing in their seats" before the sporting event commenced. Us Weekly reported that the pair were first spotted out together in January attending a fitness class, and are now officially dating.
So who is the woman who has captured Efron's heart? Here, everything you need to know about the Olympic athlete and her budding relationship with Efron.
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Bro is Danish.
Bro was born on March 4, 1995 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
A post shared by Sarah Bro (@sarahwbro) on Jul 24, 2016 at 9:02am PDT
Bro is an Olympic athlete.
Bro competed for Denmark in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. Bro is also a Danish National Team swimmer and is a coach at Denmark's National Training Center. She holds two Danish records, for the 4 x 50 and 4 x 100 meter freestyle.
Bro sometimes takes to YouTube to share her fitness and training techniques.
Bro wants to be a doctor someday.
In November 2017, Bro spoke with a Danish news outlet and said that despite studying social sciences in college, she wishes to get into the medical field someday. "My dream is to become a doctor...this summer I will apply for medical studies," she said.
Bro doesn't want to completely give up on her swimming dreams, though. She expressed that one of her biggest goals is to "beat the Danish Senior record of 200 meters back. And to get to the final at the Olympics," she added.
Bro follows Efron on Instagram.
Efron is listed as one of the people that Bro follows on the social media app. Efron does not follow her back (yet).
Bro attended the Danish Baywatch premiere.
In June 2017, Bro attended the Danish premiere of Baywatch. At the time, People reported that Efron was rumored to be "on and off" with his co-star, Alexandria Daddario, but a source confirmed thatthey were not officially dating.
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Bro and Efron both attended the Los Angeles Kings hockey game on March 1.
Bro took to Instagram to post a picture of herself in a customized Kings jersey, sharing that it was her first time ever attending a hockey game. "Thank you @lakings for making my first hockey game something very special. I'm already a fan!" she captioned her post.
Thank you @lakings for making my first hockey game something very special  I'm already a fan!
A post shared by Sarah Bro (@sarahwbro) on Mar 1, 2019 at 7:34am PST
Efron, on the other hand, posted a selfie of himself in a L.A. Kings hat. "@lakings in overtime #freehockey," he captioned the post, confirming that he was also at the game the same evening.
@lakings in overtime #freehockey
A post shared by Zac Efron (@zacefron) on Mar 1, 2019 at 8:45am PST
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