Hailing from the infamous Metaltown on the Swedish West Coast, the Gothenburg sons in Aviana has made one of the most succesful debut releases in Scandinavian modern history with 'Polarize' (2017) via Rambo Music (GAIN/Sony Music Entertainment). The album release featuring the hit single 'Solar' and crossover Metalcore ballad 'Canvas' been streamed more than 3 million times up to date on digital platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and Youtube.
The band have been praised being one of the next heavy Metalcore acts in Europe, putting Scandinavia once again on the map in a struggling part of the music scene. Already been touring UK and Europe multiple times on this first record, both with headline tours and as main support for the Japanese critical acclaimed boys in Crystal Lake in October 2017, who in 2018 also invited the band to take part of their own True North Festival in Tokyo. During the band's stay in Japan they also toured in Sendai, Osaka, Nagoya and played another show in Tokyo in September -18. There is no doubt of where Aviana is heading. Towards the top!
In January 2018 the band announced that they were parting ways with their recent lead vocalist Marcus Vik, who left the band and his successor was announced on 12th April, 2019 when Joel Holmqvist joined the band as the band announced joining German label Arising Empire/Nuclear Blast and releasing the new single "Heavy Feather".


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Voluntary programs are all the rage. From ratcheting up cybersecurity to fighting obesity, firms in the United States and elsewhere voluntarily make pledges to do better than governmental regulation.
Firms are rewarded for doing so. Governments may stall the introduction of mandatory regulation, clients may be more inclined to buy their goods, and investors may consider them a safer haven for their money.
Voluntary programs are particularly used to improve cities. Traditional building codes and zoning regulation are often slow and not effective in responding to urban problems. Governments, corporations and civil society groups expect that voluntary programs will do better.
Take climate change. Cities are responsible for 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This makes cities a key cause of climate change.
Yet, three decades of regulation requiring architects and developers to build efficient buildings have not resulted in impressive results. Buildings, and their occupants for that matter, still waste energy, water and other resources by the gallon, and produce greenhouse gasses by the megaton.
Climate change will also affect cities severely. More extreme weather events are expected in the near future. Hurricane Sandy was likely just a glimpse of things to come for city dwellers.
It makes sense, then, to prepare cities to such events. Increased resilience of buildings and infrastructure requires, however, enormous investments from governments – and from firms and households.
Because it is not certain when, where and how severely climate change will exactly affect cities, policymakers face severe opposition from businesses and households when they propose mandatory upgrades of buildings and infrastructure.
It is because of the problems of mandating a response to climate change that the world's major cities have turned to voluntary programs to improve urban sustainability and resilience. They are supported by corporations and civil society groups in doing so.
The expectation is that through collaboration between government, business and civil society, self regulation will be more effective than traditional governmental intervention. Globally, a wide range of such programs is now in place.
But is this trust in voluntary programs justified? My research finds it is not.
I have studied 60 such programs around the world. Yes, some of these have resulted in energy use reduction or improved resilience of buildings. Yet, the size of that reduction and the number of buildings whose resilience has been improved is marginal, at best.
One example tells it all. In 1993, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC, a non-profit made up of representatives from the building industry, government and civil society groups) introduced its building certification program LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design).
Building certification works a little like the energy ratings you find on your appliances at home. It helps to showcase the environmental credentials of buildings. In this respect, LEED is a simple and elegant idea: it allows for an easy comparison of a building's environmental performance (in terms of energy, water and material use) with other buildings.
This makes building certification very attractive. It is easy to grasp that a Gold or Platinum certified building is somehow better than a Bronze of Silver certified one – let alone a non-certified building.
LEED is now in use as a standard in 135 countries and regions. Around the globe 20,000 projects have been LEED certified, in the US alone this translates into 900 million square meters (or 9.68 billion square feet) of LEED certified space.
LEED is considered the world's most influential voluntary program for improved urban sustainability. The United Nations recently awarded it a top global environmental prize.
But what do these mind boggling numbers actually mean? The current built-up space in the United States is about 32 billion square meters (or 344 billion square feet.) Thus, at best 3% of built-up space in the United States is LEED certified. For having been in business for 20 years this is not an outstanding achievement.
But let's take a closer look at what this 3% actually means.
The majority of LEED certificates are in the lower categories of Bronze and Silver. These are seen as not requiring much from participants. Sometimes not more than what government regulation requires.
Only 6% of certificates in the US are issued in the challenging Platinum category. These buildings move far beyond governmental regulation. But they represent a mere 6% of that meagre 3% coverage or 0.18% (1 in 550) of built up space in American cities. This does not constitute major impact.
Time and again I find marginal performance in the 60 voluntary programs that I have studied, including other certification schemes, revolving loan funds that provide funds for building retrofits, and office to office competitions that challenge office users to improve their environmental performance. Still, there are important roles for them. Three stand out.
First, they challenge companies to push the envelope and raise the bar of what is considered "normal" practice. LEED, for instance, recognizes the use of highly innovative sustainable building materials by those seeking LEED certification for their buildings. In doing so, voluntary programs stimulate innovation and the search for technological sollutions.
Second, they attract considerable media attention. Since 2002 the New York Times has reported 250 times on LEED. Such coverage spreads the word that highly sustainable and resilient buildings are neither more costly nor more difficult to build than conventional ones.
Finally, they help develop regulation that actually works. By test-driving an initiative for a number of years, governments and business can tweak and improve a voluntary program. LEED does result in Platinum certified buildings. This indicates that it is possible to meet this goal.
Where next for voluntary programs?
For voluntary programs to have a real impact, policymakers need to be brave and start mandating those that have proven to work. Only then will the small pockets of outstanding performance like LEED have the backing to have significant impact on cities and transform them into places that are able to combat climate change.
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Wizards vs. Spurs odds, line: 2021 NBA picks, Nov. 29 predictions from proven computer model
The Washington Wizards will take on the San Antonio Spurs on Monday at the AT&T Center. San Antonio is 5-13 overall and 3-6 at home, while the Wizards are 13-7 overall and 6-5 on the road. Washington is 11-8 against the spread this season. San Antonio has a 9-9 ATS mark.
Tipoff is set fo 8:30 p.m. ET. Washington is favored by 3.5 points in the latest Spurs vs. Wizards odds from Caesars Sportsbook, and the over-under is set at 214.5. Before entering any Wizards vs. Spurs picks, you'll want to see the NBA predictions from the model at SportsLine.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $9,000 in profit on its top-rated NBA picks over the past three-plus seasons. The model entered Week 6 of the 2021-22 NBA season up over $1,200 on all top-rated NBA picks this season. It's also on a stunning 115-76 roll on top-rated NBA picks against the spread that dates back to last season. Anyone following it has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Spurs vs. Wizards. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several NBA betting lines for Wizards vs. Spurs:
Spurs vs. Wizards spread: Wizards -3.5
Spurs vs. Wizards over-under: 214 points
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San Antonio finally snapped a six-game losing streak with its win over Boston on Friday night. The Spurs have now had two days to rest and are in desperate need of another victory. They are off to their worst start to a season since 1996, so motivation should not be an issue on Monday night.
The Spurs will be confident in this matchup, as they have won their last 21 home games against Washington. Guard Dejounte Murray comes into this game after scoring 29 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in the win over Boston. San Antonio relies heavily on its defense, as it has gone 4-1 this season when holding its opponent to less than 100 points.
What you need to know about the Wizards
Washington comes into this game with some momentum after knocking off Dallas as a 6.5-point underdog on Saturday. The Wizards have now won consecutive games and are one of the most surprising stories so far this season. They were not expected to be a playoff-caliber team in the Eastern Conference, but they are currently third in the standings with a 13-7 record.
Bradley Beal poured in 26 points and Kyle Kuzma added 22 in the win over Dallas. Big man Daniel Gafford notched the first double-double of his career, scoring 14 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. The Wizards are 4-1 in their last five games against a team from the Western Conference.
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Last week, in what the White House billed as a major foreign-policy speech, Donald Trump threatened to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. He unveiled a new strategy that he said would curb Iran's growing influence in the Middle East. One part of his plan is to impose sanctions on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Treasury Department is also designating several ostensibly private Iranian companies (and one Chinese firm) as aides in Tehran's efforts to fund terrorism and build weapons of mass destruction. But something important has been left unsaid: the Trump Administration has not sanctioned an Iranian firm with ties to both the Revolutionary Guard and to one of the Trump Organization's business partners.
In response to decades of U.S. and global sanctions, the Revolutionary Guard has created hundreds of private companies that work as a loose network, allowing the Revolutionary Guard to conceal the movement of sanctions-evading money into and out of Iran, purchase crucial components for weapons of mass destruction, and evade sanctions in other ways. These companies follow a similar pattern: they are, typically, construction or engineering firms run by veterans of the Revolutionary Guard that appear, to the outside world, as independent companies but act under the direction of Guard leadership.
After Trump's speech, the Treasury named Shahid Alamolhoda Industries, Rastafann Ertebat Engineering Company, and Fanamoj as, essentially, tools of the Revolutionary Guard. Strikingly, the Treasury did not name Azarpassillo, an Iranian firm with a leadership made up of lifelong Revolutionary Guard officers. Azarpassillo's leaders have been named by U.S. officials as likely money launderers for the Revolutionary Guard and, through their international construction operations, the company is ideally suited to provide W.M.D. components.
The details of Trump's indirect relationship with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps were revealed in The New Yorker in March, and, soon afterward, several Democratic senators asked for more details from the Administration. They were hoping to learn if the more than five million dollars the Trump Organization received from the Mammadovs had originated with the Revolutionary Guard. No answer ever came. Several Republicans who have taken a hard line against Iran declined to comment on Trump's profitable relationship with such enthusiastic allies of the Guard.
There is no reason to think that anyone in the Trump Organization was intentionally seeking to help the Iranians. Trump's top lawyer at the time, Jason Greenblatt, oversaw the contract with the Mammadovs and is now at the White House, serving as an adviser on the Middle East. An Orthodox Jew, Greenblatt is known as a supporter of Israel and an antagonist of Iran. Still, the Trump firm's relationship with Iran seems almost inevitable, given the type of business it has pursued since it was nearly bankrupted by the 2009 financial crisis and various business missteps. Over the past decade, Trump's business focussed on providing its name, for a large fee, to those operating in the shadows of the global economy. These were people and businesses who were unable—or unwilling—to work with the vast majority of international companies which demand comprehensive due diligence. A remarkable number of Trump's business partners met one or more of the warning signs of troubling business practices: they had been investigated or convicted of fraud or other economic crimes; they were government officials in a position to abuse their power for financial gain; or they were secretive entities, hidden behind shell companies.
No big deal. He's normal now. No worse than any other establishment politician. Move along.


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Shelby Foote has written 49 work(s)
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Library Edition
By Shelby Foote
CD/Spoken Word:
9781504719759, titled "The Civil War: A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian, Library Edition" | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, August 9, 2016), cover price $160.00
9781441737434, titled "The Civil War: a Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian, Library Edition" | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, March 1, 2010), cover price $150.00
9780786191024 | Mp3 edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, February 1, 2008), cover price $54.95
The Civil War: A Narrative; Fort Sumter to Perryville
By Shelby Foote and Grover Gardner (narrator)
9780136269953, titled "Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition in Human-Computer Interaction" | Prentice Hall, June 1, 1992, cover price $50.00 | also contains Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition in Human-Computer Interaction
9781504710718 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, April 12, 2016), cover price $64.95
9781433257599 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, January 1, 2009), cover price $49.95
The Civil War: A Narrative, Fort Sumter to Perryville, Library Edition
9781504710695, titled "The Civil War: A Narrative; Fort Sumter to Perryville; Library Edition" | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, April 11, 2016), cover price $160.00
9781441737427, titled "The Civil War: a Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Library Edition" | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, March 1, 2010), cover price $140.00
The Civil War/ American Homer: A Narrative
By Shelby Foote and Jon Meacham (editor)
9780679643708 | Slp har/pa edition (Modern Library, March 23, 2011), cover price $115.00
The Civil War: A Narrative: Library Edition
9781433234088 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, February 1, 2008), cover price $120.00
The Civil War: A Narrative, Library Edition : Fort Sumter to Perryville
The Civil War: A Narrative, Fredricksburg to Meridian Library Edition
The Civil War: A Narrative, Library Edition : Red River to Appomattox
Flood Burial
By Shelby Foote (editor)
9781425470548 | Kessinger Pub Co, December 30, 2005, cover price $15.95
The Annals & the Histories: And the Histories
A history of Rome, from the death of Augustus in 14 A.D. to Nero's suicide in 68 A.D.
By William Brodribb (trans), Alfred John Church (trans), Shelby Foote (introduced by), Moses Hadas (editor) and Cornelius Tacitus
9780812966992 | Modern Library, April 1, 2003, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A history of Rome, from the death of Augustus in 14 A.
The Civil War: A Narrative: Red River To Appomattox, Library Edition
By Shelby Foote and Tom Parker (narrator)
Love in a Dry Season: Library Edition
Set in Mississippi during the Great Depression, this novel tells the story of two families--the Barcrofts and the Carrutherses--and the subtle disintegration of the Northern fortune hunter who joins them together.
9780786193981 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, October 1, 2002), cover price $56.00 | About this edition: Set in Mississippi during the Great Depression, this novel tells the story of two families--the Barcrofts and the Carrutherses--and the subtle disintegration of the Northern fortune hunter who joins them together.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780786123544 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, October 1, 2002), cover price $44.95
Product Description: A stark tale of a crime of passion, Follow Me Down tells the story of Luther Eustis, a respectably religious Mississippi farmer who runs off to a deserted island with a young girl and brutally kills her after a three-week idyll. Why did he do it? And what was there about Eustis that attracted the young girl in the first place? The explanation of Eustis' motives is tangled and far from obvious, and each narrator perceives and reveals only parts and facets of the truth...read more
9780394408750 | Reissue edition (Random House Inc, June 1, 1978), cover price $10.95
9780679736172 | Reissue edition (Vintage Books, August 1, 1993), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Recounts the murder of Beulah Ross and the circumstances that led Luther Eustis to kill her
9780786195275 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, August 1, 2002), cover price $64.00 | About this edition: A stark tale of a crime of passion, Follow Me Down tells the story of Luther Eustis, a respectably religious Mississippi farmer who runs off to a deserted island with a young girl and brutally kills her after a three-week idyll.
9780786121892 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, August 1, 2002), cover price $49.95
Jordan County
Product Description: Before Shelby Foote undertook his epic history of the Civil War he wrote this fictional chronicle--"a landscape in narrative"--of Jordan County, Mississippi, a place where the traumas of slavery, war, and Reconstruction are as tangible as rock formations...read more
9780844668741 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, May 1, 1992, cover price $26.25 | About this edition: Before Shelby Foote undertook his epic history of the Civil War he wrote this fictional chronicle--"a landscape in narrative"--of Jordan County, Mississippi, a place where the traumas of slavery, war, and Reconstruction are as tangible as rock formations.
9780786194391 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, August 1, 2002), cover price $72.00 | About this edition: Before Shelby Foote undertook his epic history of the Civil War he wrote this fictional chronicle--"a landscape in narrative"--of Jordan County, Mississippi, a place where the traumas of slavery, war, and Reconstruction are as tangible as rock formations.
Tournament: Library Edition
Product Description: This debut novel by Shelby Foote, a major Southern writer whose masterpiece is The Civil War: A Narrative, introduces Hugh Bart, a farmer confronting life's problems in the postbellum South. Hugh's story is told through a clever blend of rich language and flashbacks that bring to life Jordan County, Foote's fictional Mississippi Delta community...read more
9780786195909 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, February 1, 2002), cover price $64.00 | About this edition: This debut novel by Shelby Foote, a major Southern writer whose masterpiece is The Civil War: A Narrative, introduces Hugh Bart, a farmer confronting life's problems in the postbellum South.
9780786193691 | Mp3 edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, February 1, 2002), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This debut novel by Shelby Foote, a major Southern writer whose masterpiece is The Civil War: A Narrative, introduces Hugh Bart, a farmer confronting life's problems in the postbellum South.
9780786121519 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, February 1, 2002), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Tournament is the successful first novel by Shelby Foote, a major Southern writer whose masterpiece, The Civil War: A Narrative, has become the modern standard of work for historical narrative.
By Shelby Foote (introduced by)
9780679641292 | Modern Library, November 1, 2000, cover price $8.95
Longer Stories: Last Decade
Collects eleven stories depicting the greed, corruption, and other problems assailing Russian society in the author's later years. (view table of contents)
By Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Shelby Foote (editor) and Constance Black Garnett (trans)
9780679606635 | Modern Library, March 1, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Collects eleven stories depicting the greed, corruption, and other problems assailing Russian society in the author's later years.
This fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 fulfills the standard set by his monumental history, conveying both the bloody choreography of two armies and the movements of the combatants' hearts and minds.From the Trade Paperback edition.
9780848801588 | Amereon Ltd, June 1, 1985, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: This fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 fulfills the standard set by his monumental history, conveying both the bloody choreography of two armies and the movements of the combatants' hearts and minds.
9780517131701 | Random House Inc, July 1, 1995, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: This fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 fulfills the standard set by his monumental history, conveying both the bloody choreography of two armies and the movements of the combatants' hearts and minds.
9780679735427 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, April 1, 1991), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Six Confederate and Union soldiers relate their experiences and feelings during and after the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862
9780788739637 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, March 1, 2000), cover price $46.00
Tullahoma to Missionary Ridge
Product Description: The Civil War: Tullahoma to Missionary Ridge
By Shelby Foote and Time-Life Books (editor)
9780783501079 | Time Life Education, December 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The Civil War: Tullahoma to Missionary Ridge
Gettysburg to Draft Riots
Product Description: Fantastic civil war book
9780783501062 | Time Life Education, November 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Fantastic civil war book
The Civil War: A Narrative : Fredericksburg to Stelle Bayou
Product Description: 1999: by Shelby Foote- To read this chronicle is an awesome and moving experience.
9780783501048 | Anv edition (Time Life Education, September 1, 1999), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: 1999: by Shelby Foote- To read this chronicle is an awesome and moving experience.
Yorktown to Cedar Mountain
Product Description: Civil War: Yorktown to Cedar Mountain
9780783501024 | Time Life Education, March 1, 1999, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Civil War: Yorktown to Cedar Mountain
Second Manassas to Pocotaligo
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9780783501031 | Anv edition (Time Life Education, March 1, 1999), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: We sell Rare, out-of-print, uncommon, & used BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS, DOCUMENTS, AND EPHEMERA.
Shelby Foote, the Civil War, a Narrative
9780783501147 | Anv edition (Time Life Education, March 1, 1999), cover price $24.95
Anton Chekhov: Later Short Stories 1888-1903
Tells the stories of a doubting writer, the unexpected results of a love affair, and everyday people facing life's surprises (view table of contents)
By Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Shelby Foote and Constance Black Garnett
9780679603160 | Modern Library, December 1, 1998, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Tells the stories of a doubting writer, the unexpected results of a love affair, and everyday people facing life's surprises


Event Leapfrogging is an issue that arises from a combination of two inherent aspects of .NET events: multicasting and synchronous handler execution. A common place that it shows up is in property change handlers in WPF controls and INotifyPropertyChanged objects.
From this we can see that HopAround's PondJumps is called before the CurrentPond handler which causes the reset count to be applied before the pondIndex is updated, zeroing out the count for Pond A. The PondJumps change event Leapfrogged over the CurrentPond change event to end up creating what appears at first glance to be out of order execution.
One common place where this problem came up was with the relationship between the ItemsSource and the selection properties on WPF Selector controls. This specific case was fixed in .NET 4.0 by examining the chain of dependency property changes but is still something to watch out for in your own code.


Senior programs at the Snohomish County Music Project met warm praise this year. From completing a pilot study at Quail Park of Lynnwood to private music therapy services to the upcoming senior choirs, this year has been busy. It's also just begun. We're creating and expanding programs to meet people's needs. One such population is seniors. Seniors helped build our community. Now, it's time to help them.
Names abbreviated to respect client confidentiality.
That's part of our evidence-based approach. Programs are reviewed before and after each quarter. With time and a larger group, the results become clear.
The findings are nothing short of magical. [C's] personal and physical being instantly changes. Her posture relaxes. She typically closes her eyes and moves her hands as if she is composing the music herself. Her mood instantly changes. She goes from tearful and anxious to even joyful and singing. This result is consistent with [C.] on a daily basis. We have regular art classes where we do various paintings. Typically, [C.] does not join this activity but does sit with me and accompany the group. I always offer her a canvas or paper or paint with her. On this particular day [C.] was anxious so at the art class I pulled out her music and played it. [C.] began to paint independently. She stroked her brush to the beat of the music. It was very moving. [C.] greatly benefits from this program.
In this way, music therapy complements other therapies. It can help catalyze change by breaking down neurological barriers. At the end of the day, music therapy helps reach a senior who may be beyond other means.
We'll share more findings in an upcoming year-end report, which will cover the state of programs and the future of the Music Project in 2016.
Until then, if you or someone you know would benefit from music therapy services, forward them a free consultation before space fills in the coming months. You can also donate to help subsidize the costs of these programs.


I remember getting an email a while back. It was from an internet marketer whose list I was on. I opened the email and there was an invitation to a "value only" webinar looking at list-building and creating an online income. He said that this was a one-time webinar. There wasn't going to be a replay or other opportunities to see the content. I was intrigued so I took the time and showed up live.
A funny thing happened when the sales opened up, though. 10 turned to into 20…. 20 turned to 30…… which turned to 35…….. That wasn't the end either… The next week I got another email from the same mailer inviting me to a "special one time webinar with no replay…" for the same course! After a little digging I also found two more "one time" scheduled webinars for that week.
How did I feel afterwards? Well… I felt lied to. Let's review: 1) Value-only webinar. Nope, it was a pitch. Don't get me wrong. I'm fine with a sales webinar. Just don't lie about it; don't "bait and switch". 2) One time only webinar. Nope, I found at least 3 showing times. 3) No replay available. Wrong. I got an email about the webinar the day afterwards explaining how the webinar was so full people that couldn't get on so they decided to do a replay after all. 4) Class limited to 10 people. Wrong again. The presenter got update after update from his "support staff" saying they could probably handle a few more until he finally said, "You know what, let's just throw the doors open and I'll deal with the staff in the morning." and that was just from one session without counting the other sessions.
Trust is a funny thing. When you deceive people in business it comes off as a tactic (to create fake urgency and fear of loss to pressure buying) and it's like dropping an H-bomb on trust. Note, how I felt and my level of trust afterwards had nothing to do with the quality of the presentation or the product. It didn't matter if the product was worth it or not… I had lost trust in the course creator and, to be honest, in the person who mailed about the offer. I got off both lists because I now knew I couldn't trust them. Get me once… shame on you. Get me twice… shame on me.
Integrity – Do you do what you say?
Intent – Do you have a hidden agenda?
Capability – Are you relevant?
Results – What is your track record?
Covey refers to the first two, integrity and intent, as character cores. The second two, capability and results, are competency cores. He writes that you need all 4 cores to build real credibility. Think about it for a second, though… If you don't trust somebody's integrity or intent are you going to believe a liar with ulterior motives them when they tell you about their capabilities or results? I know I won't.
Strategy x Effort = Results.
Trust becomes a multiplier for everything you do in your business. It will either be a dividend that pays you, or a tax that makes everything harder, slower and more expensive… If you have trust it will boost every strategy. If you don't have trust it will cripple even the best laid plans.
Do you want higher open rates? How about higher conversion rates? A more responsive list? Higher ticket sales? More referrals? Better results for less money and effort? Then build trust with the people on your list because that trust will leverage your strategy and boost your business. Why else do you think the first rule of business is to "underpromise and overdeliver"? It's all about building trust to pave the way to a long-term, mutually beneficial, business relationship.
So what does a new lead want from you? That person is looking to see if they can trust you. They are weighing you out. Do you do what you say? Do you have a hidden agenda? Until these questions are answered there is too much risk to move forward and no reason to keep you on their radar.
Build trust. A person who trusts you will be more likely to listen to what you have to say. They will be less expensive to reach and will value your recommendations. They will be more likely to invest in a higher ticket item and will also be more likely to continue doing business with you in the future.
Be honest. Do what you say. Be genuine; no manipulative tactics. Treat people like people, not commodities. Help others rather than just going for a quick score.
By building trust you build your business because it turns out Mom was right… "be yourself" and "tell the truth" are solid pieces of advice, not only for the playground, but for the arena of business as well.
Covey talks a lot about this in his book, "The Speed of Trust". Like you said, hard to earn and easy to lose… but such an asset once trust is built. Everything just works better. Thanks for stopping by. Glad you enjoyed the post.


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How can I do it, since PHP doesn't allow variables with hyphens?

A: Do you use the autodiscover functionality? The class attributes are being converted to the WSDL parameters so you have to go by the attribute syntax of PHP. So in this situation I think it's only possible if you make your own WSDL or make a core change in Zend, but I don't think that would be a good advice.

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Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah Hotel, UAE - Dubai Skyline
Dubai is one of the world's most unique and dynamic destinations. With a wide variety of attractions visitors may feel overwhelmed by the choices; here are a few select attractions we believe every visitor should partake in during their visit to Dubai.
For additional information or to make arrangements kindly contact our Concierge at +971.4.818.2146 or Dubai.concierge@waldorfastoria.com
La Perle by Dragone
Dive into the Future of Live Entertainment. La Perle features a cast of 65 artists, each bringing their own unique set of skills to the performance, ranging from acting, acrobats, aquatic and aerial stunts. Prepare to be mesmerized as the one and a half hour fast-paced live show unfolds right in front of you with the performers diving into the pool on stage and flying through the theatre at spectacular heights, creating a visually captivating experience below, on and above stage.
Located in the heart of Dubai at Al Habtoor City, La Perle is the region's first resident show with its purpose built theatre. This uniquely designed theatre creates a one-of-a-kind experience for audience members as each seat guarantees a magnificent view of the show. The 1,300 seat theatre only contains 14 rows which offers an intimate experience and gets you face-to-face with the action.
La Perle is accessible for guests with disabilities including; Elevators, ramps and accessible seats. Please contact the Box Office directly with any specific questions or requests at +971 4437 0001 or BoxOffice@LaPerle.com. For more information, please visit the official website for La Perle by Dragone.
Kindly note that La Perle by Dragone is closed during the holy month of Ramadan.
The easiest way to get to the dunes outside the city is on a four-wheel-drive safari. The tours are incredibly popular and include sand bashing in the desert in a Jeep, BBQ in the middle of the desert, a camel ride and belly dancing enchantment. Tours usually depart the hotel at 15:00 with a return between 21:30-22:00.
Dubai By Air
Enjoy the expansive desert views by booking a hot-air balloon flight over the sand at sunrise - a truly unforgettable desert experience. Another interesting option is a seaplane trip to gaze over the man-made wonder that is the Palm Jumeirah and feel the excitement take-off and landing over water. Helicopter tours can also be arranged, where views of the Dubai skyline, Palm Jumeirah and Burj Al Arab by air are spectacular. Trips are often between 15-25 minutes.
Dubai Heritage & Dubai Creek
The Dubai Creek represents a significant era of Dubai's history. While vast swaths of the city have been demolished in the relentless drive towards the future, one neighborhood harks back to the quiet fishing village that once was. The Bastakiya Quarter is situated between the Dubai Creek and the buzzing Deira district, a mini maze of wind-towered buildings with a section having been transformed into art galleries and cafés. In order to cross the Creek you can either hop on a water taxi called an 'Abra' or for a ride across the water or hire a private boat for a scenic tour of the waterway. On the Deira side of the Creek, stroll down to the Spice Souk and wander through the many shops selling wide varieties of exotic spices. Right next to the Spice Souk is the famous Gold Souk. A haggling paradise, whether its silver, gold, platinum or diamonds you will be spoiled for choice. Jewelry aficionados can even have their own jewelry designs made here.
Location: Deira and Bur Dubai
Driving Time: 45 min.
Friday Brunch
The Friday brunch is a cornerstone of Dubai's social calendar with virtually every upmarket hotel featuring a Friday brunch. Many restaurants feature free-flowing 'bubbly brunches' with heaping buffets that are sure to impress even the most indulgent foodie.
Golf is an obsession in Dubai. If you want to rub elbows with celebrities on the green, try the courses designed by Colin Montgomerie and Ernie Els. Better yet, head to the city's most famous course, the Emirates Golf Club, which hosts the annual Dubai Desert Classic (total prize money is a staggering $2.5 million). It is a stunning course whose 18th hole has one of the finest approaches in the world. Almost as impressive is the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club which boasts a challenging par-72 course, a fun 'pitch n putt' course, plus an impressive clubhouse whose architecture echoes that of the Sydney Opera House. The new Fire and Earth courses at the Jumeirah Golf Estates (the latter being more challenging) are giving the Majlis at Emirates Golf Club a run for its money. Perfect for serious social players looking for a challenge, these Greg Norman designed courses offer classic links-style play at championship level. Arabian Ranches, a middle-range desert course boasts a floodlit driving range and putting green. The Al Badia Golf Course has a challenging 18- hole course with floodlit driving range and extras including MATT swing analysis and a Science and Motion putting laboratory.
The National Museum Of Dubai
The Dubai Museum is surrounded by the historic Al Fahidi Fort and Historical District which is the oldest building in Dubai, dating all the way back to the 18th century. Within the museum you will find recreated scenes from traditional Arab homes, desert life, mosques and agriculture. There is a wonderful exhibit at the museum on pearl diving that's worth seeing.
Location: Bur Dubai Al Fahidi Street
The Burj Al Arab's dominates the Dubai skyline and tourists' imagination like nothing else. It is the world's least subtle hotel - gold-leaf is applied as liberally as undercoat, there is a fleet of white Rolls Royces on the forecourt, dancing fountains in the foyer and fireworks launch from the bridge to announce the arrival of VVIPs - but nobody ever came to Dubai in search of understatement. The only way to get inside without paying for a room is to book a table at one of the hotel's eateries.
Location: Jumeirah
The tallest building in the world is a sight to behold and a challenge to photograph in it its full 828 meters. Given the shopping mall surroundings you might struggle to fit the entire building into one frame. On the 124th floor of the tallest building in the world, whilst visiting 'At The Top', nothing else matters but you. Experience a journey through Dubai's exotic Arabian heritage and the extraordinary story behind Burj Khalifa. World's largest dancing fountain is set in Burj Khalifa Lake, right outside The Dubai Mall on Lower Ground Waterfront Promenade in the heart of Downtown Dubai. The Dubai Mall is the world's largest shopping mall based on total area. The Dubai Fountain performs daily on the 30-acre Burj Khalifa Lake, the fountain shoots water jets as high as 500 ft (150 metres), equivalent to that of a 50-storey building. The fountain is 900 ft (275 metres) long and has five circles of varying sizes and two central arcs. It has been designed by California-based WET, the creators of the Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Location: Dubai Mall, Downtown
Opening Hours: Daily 08:30 - 00:00
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Supercopa de Espana
Valverde admits Supercopa blow will fuel talk about his Barcelona future
By	Sports Desk	January 09, 2020
Ernesto Valverde admitted his future would come in for fresh scrutiny after Barcelona's dramatic defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Supercopa de Espana semi-final.
Goals from Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann looked set to send Barcelona into the final, as they recovered from conceding a Koke strike in the opening 20 seconds of the second half.
But Barcelona folded in the closing 10 minutes, and a penalty from Alvaro Morata was followed by a winner from Angel Correa as Atletico, second best for almost all of the match up to then, snatched a remarkable win.
It left Diego Simeone, Atletico's hard-taskmaster coach, jumping for joy on the touchline, while Valverde was left to reflect on a damaging defeat.
He has been repairing a reputation that took a battering with Barcelona's 4-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield in the Champions League semi-finals last term, when the Reds overturned a 3-0 first-leg deficit.
But this meek surrender will not help, and Valverde said afterwards, when asked about his position: "We know what football is like and there is always instability when you lose. We will talk about this, it is inevitable.
"But I'll do my thing, which is coaching."
He added: "Of course, it was a match which we dominated. It seemed we had it in hand. It was a complete performance except in specific moments"
Valverde said Atletico throwing their quickest players forward in the closing stages "surprised" Barcelona.
"I don't think it was an accumulation of situations, but two actions that cost us dearly," he said.
He said it had been an "intense" match and that Barcelona's two disallowed goals in the second half, both after VAR reviews, had given Atletico the lifeline upon which they capitalised.
Simeone sent on Marcos Llorente for the final 18 minutes and felt he made a difference in midfield.
"From there the team looked better. It seemed that if we equalised we would win," Simeone said.
"With the best teams like Barca, Madrid, [Manchester] City ... they are on a higher level and we have to be patient. We have to play a final now."
Ernesto Valverde Tejedor
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Rumour Has It: Pochettino wants Kane reunion at PSG, Alaba waiting for Barca?
Could Harry Kane land in Paris?
With Kylian Mbappe tipped to join Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly eyeing replacements.
Mauricio Pochettino has a familiar face in mind…
TOP STORY – POCH WANTS KANE IF MBAPPE LEAVES
Paris Saint-Germain head coach Mauricio Pochettino wants to sign Tottenham striker Harry Kane, according to El Chiringuito de Jugones.
That is if PSG star Kylian Mbappe leaves the Ligue 1 champions for LaLiga holders Real Madrid.
Pochettino coached Kane for five years at Tottenham before he was sacked by Spurs in November 2019.
- Sky Sport Germany claims Bayern Munich star David Alaba will not decide on his future until he has spoken to Barcelona. Marca reported that Madrid had struck a deal to sign Alaba on a free transfer at the end of the season. However, Alaba is reportedly holding out for Barca as the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United and PSG try to lure the Austria international.
- Martin Odegaard has asked to leave Madrid on loan due to his lack of game time, reports Marca and Diario AS.
- Romelu Lukaku has no intention of leaving Inter for City, says Express Sport. Lukaku spent two years at United before moving to Italy in 2019. Pep Guardiola's City have also been linked with Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland amid doubts over Sergio Aguero's future.
- Mundo Deportivo claims Manchester City defender Eric Garcia could join Barca this month or at the end of the season.
- Milan are eyeing Barca's Junior Firpo on loan, while Serie A rivals Napoli are also interested, according to Calciomercato.
- Eurosport reports Tottenham are looking to prise Danny Ings away from Southampton. Ings is reportedly stalling on a new contract as he eyes a Champions League club.
Who wouldn't want to coach Mbappe? – Pochettino hails PSG star but dismisses Messi talk
Paris Saint-Germain head coach Mauricio Pochettino heaped praise on Kylian Mbappe amid doubts over his future with the Ligue 1 champions, though he was reluctant to discuss Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.
Mbappe has been tipped to join LaLiga champions Real Madrid, but PSG remain committed to trying to re-sign the star forward – who is out of contract in 2022.
The 22-year-old has gone four matches without a goal, while he has managed just two goals in his last eight appearances for league leaders PSG.
Pochettino was asked about the possible renewal of World Cup winner Mbappe, who has scored 12 goals in 16 Ligue 1 appearances this term and 14 across all competitions.
"The club are working on retaining the best and he has a huge future ahead of him," Pochettino – who was absent from the win over Angers due to coronavirus – told Cadena SER's El Larguero programme.
"What coach wouldn't want to work with Mbappe?".
Asked about Mbappe and Neymar after replacing Thomas Tuchel at the start of January, former Tottenham boss Pochettino added: "They've both welcomed me and are open to a new footballing proposition and I can only thank them for the warm reception."
Barca captain Messi has been heavily linked with a move to PSG as he prepares to become a free agent at the end of the season.
Messi has entered the final six months of his contract at Camp Nou and PSG sporting director Leonardo admitted the club are keeping a close eye on the six-time Ballon d'Or winner.
Premier League giants Manchester City have also emerged as a destination for Messi, while Serie A side Inter are believed to be interested.
But Pochettino refused to give much away when quizzed on Messi, saying: "To be honest, I haven't had time to sit with the president and talk about the transfer market as we're just focused on the present. So many times, a throwaway phrase can be twisted and used out of context."
When it was put to him that PSG are monitoring Messi, Pochettino replied: "No comment. When I was at Espanyol or Southampton, my dream was to have the best players at the club and Messi came close to being loaned out to Espanyol… The deal was well advanced but he delivered a great display in pre-season and that was the end of that.
"We've met over the years in places such as London or in Italy. We both share the love for Newell's, as we both came through their academy and that is our common bond."
"I'm aware of all that is going on. I've been watching everyone from West Ham to Valladolid and these days you need to keep your eyes on every team," Pochettino added ahead of PSG's clash with Montpellier on Friday. "I really don't want to talk about Messi as everything then gets blown out of proportion."


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Jerry The Troublesome Tyke - Ten Little Jerry Boys 1926
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Multiple Jerrys get up to all sorts of antics - funny slapstick stuff.
Animation featuring Jerry the Troublesome Tyke - a cartoon dog. A U.I.C. production.
The lid of a bottle of ink wobbles around a bit then falls out of the inkpot. Jerry climbs out. He salutes the audience. He stands on top of the inkpot, then jumps off the pot and points his hands at it. The inkpot disappears. Jerry walks along and multiplies, leaving a picture of himself repeating across the screen. Intertitle reads: "Ten little Jerry-boys standing in a line...." They all turn to look at the audience "..One weary pup soon got "fed up"..." The Jerry at the front of the queue yawns and falls over backwards. All the other Jerrys tumble like dominoes. The front Jerry turns around and question marks appear above the heads of all the Jerrys behind him. They all point their fingers and yell "GET OUT!" "Nine little Jerry-boys tried reducing weight...." Nine Jerrys in shorts run along. "...The one that won was number one..." The one at the front sweats a lot and shrinks. "...and now there's only eight..." "Eight little Jerry-boys working close to Heaven" - Lots of Jerrys work on a building site: painting, sawing, bricklaying etc. "...One slipped and fell..." One Jerry falls off the scaffolding - all the others freeze and look down. "...He's now quite well...." Jerry plays the harp in heaven - he is an angel with wings and a halo. "...that leaves only seven..." "Seven little Jerry-boys getting in a mix..." Jerrys do some acrobatics, jumping around the screen. ".. One moment please, we'll settle these..." A pair of hands (real ones) spread across the paper and sort the Jerrys out into a line. "Oh help! There's only..." The hand moves across and counts the Jerrys - 6. "Six little Jerry-boys very much alive.." The Jerrys magically have juggling clubs which they swing around. "...One was too bold and caught a "cold"..."
One of the Jerrys throws a club up into the air and catches it again. The second time he tries it the club whacks him on the head, he falls through the floor and a star flies into the air. "...and now there's only five. "Five little Jerry-boys feeling very sore..." Five Jerrys sit on a bench looking morose. "But one, alas, espied a lass..." One of the Jerrys gets up and walks over to a girl dog sitting on a bench under a parasol looking very coy. He holds his heart and a love heart appears between them. Jerry grabs her and she puts down her parasol. Presumably they are kissing behind it as sparks are flying! A policeman comes along and picks Jerry up by the scruff of the neck.
He carries Jerry off. "...we've still, (thank goodness), four." "Four little Jerry-boys everyone a "He"..." Four Jerrys in top hat and tails walk along, they all carry canes and the one at the front has a bunch of flowers. "..One tied the knot, and now he's got..." Jerry pushes a pram with about five tiny Jerry puppies in it. A wife walks behind him pointing her finger at Jerry. Our man looks very browbeaten and henpecked. "...then there were three....." "Three little Jerry-boys all alike to you.." The Jerrys turn and smile at the camera. "...but this one's face..." A prodding object is placed on top of the cartoon and squishes Jerrys face out of shape. It is kind of poked into Jerrys mouth and pushed. Yuc! "...is a darned disgrace..."The other two look at the distorted Jerry as he is lifted off the page. "...so we'll carry on with two..." "Two little Jerry-boys feeling full of fun..." They stand there laughing uproariously. "...One laughed too long and things went wrong..." the laughing Jerry's stomach suddenly blows up like a balloon and explodes. The one Jerry left looks very surprised. "...and now we've got - just one." "One little Jerry-boy left without a friend..." Jerry stands alone in the dark. "With naught to do and feeling..."
Note: Disastrously the end of this story is missing. We shall never know how it ends. Boo hoo.
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Spatial Technologies: GIS for Utilities
31 Oct, 2004 By: James L. Sipes
Utilities tap GIS to save money and improve services.
The utility industry has undergone significant changes in the past few years. Deregulation has increased competition, and utilities are becoming more market-driven than ever before. The larger utility companies have used GIS technology as a management tool for a while now, and small utilities are now finding that GIS is affordable. Both are looking at how GIS can help them reduce costs, expand capabilities, improve customer service, and become more marketable.
Benefits of Using GIS in Utilities
Digital tools such as GIS, CAD, and AM/FM (automated mapping and facilities mapping) software are quickly becoming an essential part of the utility industry's day-to-day business. The major benefits come from sharing data at all levels of an enterprise. GIS helps utilities better organize, manage, and display data, and in turn help them better meet customer needs. GIS can help predict where potential growth and development may occur and where an expansion of utility services may be warranted.
Figure 1. The NYPA (New York Power Authority) has initiated an integrated vegetation management intended to help provide safe and reliable transmission of electric power by minimizing potential power outages caused by downed trees. Image courtesy of NYPA.
Another objective is to reduce the amount of windshield time required by repair crews. Routing programs can provide accurate street level details, turn-by-turn directions to a specific location, and even dynamic information on traffic jams and construction zones that increase the time needed for a service call. The use of GPS units in service vehicles and accurate GIS maps helps lower maintenance and fuel costs by providing routing information and precise locations of utility features.
Building a Utility GIS
The value of any map used by a utility is based in large part on how accurately it reflects reality. Because the existing paper maps and records of most organizations and municipalities are typically not very accurate, the transition to GIS has been a logical step for most utilities.
A big catalyst is the increased availability of spatial data from a variety of sources. The cost of implementing a GIS is not as great if base data is available from a variety of sources. For example, transportation departments frequently have GIS data on roads and intersections, and planning departments have information on land use, community infrastructure, and future developments. But even if a community has an existing GIS infrastructure, additional data such as manholes, fire hydrants, valves, pump stations, maintenance areas, pressure-reducing stations, and other utility features may need to be generated. Because building a comprehensive GIS dataset for utilities can be time-consuming and expensive, many municipalities have inventoried water, stormwater, and sewer systems at the same time to reduce costs.
Figure 2. To build a GIS dataset, NYPA converted existing records to a GIS format, and then collected field data using portable GIS units. Image courtesy of NYPA.
A common approach is to generate maps using existing GIS data sets, then send out crews to collect and verify field data for utility features. This is the only accurate way to ensure the integrity of the data. Portable and handheld GPS units are affordable, easy to use, and provide a level of accuracy that is more than adequate for verifying utility features. For example, field crew members can identify the location of a manhole and then remove the manhole cover to check the size, elevations, and condition of existing pipes. This level of detail provides utilities with the accuracy needed to make good decisions.
Many utility companies are also moving away from traditional maps, instead equipping their field crews with portable units that can access GIS data for a specific project. This reduces printing costs and helps ensure that the field crews have the most up-to-date information.
Enterprise GIS
Many large utilities are transitioning to enterprise GIS structures that link GIS applications throughout their organization. There are significant benefits to maintaining datasets corporate-wide. Southern Company, for example, has used GIS for the last two decades, and just recently implemented an enterprise GIS. Southern Company is one of the largest energy companies in the southeast, supplying energy to a 120,000-square-mile service territory that includes most of Georgia and Alabama, southeastern Mississippi, and the Florida panhandle. Southern Company owns five regulated retail electric utilities: Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, Mississippi Power, and Savannah Electric. The company also includes a nuclear plant subsidiary, wireless communications and fiber optics businesses, a natural gas business, and an energy services business. Southern is expecting that its new enterprise GIS will help leverage resources, manage information, improve efficiency, reduce redundancy, and better serve the needs of its customers.
Tools for Utilities
Utilities that want to incorporate spatial data into their work can do so by using one of the major GIS programs and modifying it to meet their needs, or by working with programs that have been developed especially for the utility industry.
Utility Sciences' USWorks is a specially designed version of USMap that provides object-oriented GIS tools for utility companies that are responsible for managing electric, gas, water, and telecommunications. The program has a user-configurable set of tools to model and define utility-oriented objects so a utility can build and integrate the system to suit its GIS mapping, maintenance, workflow, and application needs.
WaterWorks/FM is a full-featured, easy-to-use GIS application created specifically for small and rural water utilities. The basic idea behind WaterWorks/FM, which supplements the Autodesk Map Series, is to give managers the tools they need to accurately map their water systems without being a GIS expert.
Intergraph's G/Electric is a geofacilities management solution for electric utilities, while Business Management Systems' Municipal Geographic Management System is an integrated software package that manages the planning, issuing, permitting, tracking, scheduling, documentation, and operations of town and city governments.
ArcFM (Arc Facilities Manager) is an ArcInfo extension from ESRI that includes a collection of geodatabases that represent the behavior and characteristics of land, energy, telecommunications, and water utilities. Miner & Miner's ArcFM Viewer is a query and display program that is part of the company's ArcFM Solution. Based on ESRI's ArcView, this type of program can be used by field technicians to access GIS maps using a laptop or handheld computer. Conduit Manager from Miner & Miner is an integrated set of tools and dialog boxes for designing and managing an underground system with duct banks, trenches, conduits, cross-sections, underground cables, and underground access structures.
Figure 3. Avista Corp., an energy company that provides natural gas and electric to customers in the Pacific Northwest, augments ESRI software by building its own GIS applications and tools based on Miner & Miner products. Image courtesy of Avista.
LIDS V6 from the Berit Group is a graphic information and documentation system that comprises a group of integrated products for building complex customer information systems and working with spatial data. These include tools for capturing, building, analyzing, managing, and presenting geospatial data. Technical Operational Information Systems, also from Berit, is used for the distribution and sale of their product.
Origin GIS is an add-on program for ArcGIS that provides utility companies with tools to effectively manage distribution assets and infrastructure. Itron's Overhead Asset Modeler is an add-on to Origin GIS that provides utility customers with a powerful tool to optimize the efficiency and reliability of their delivery infrastructure.
Advantica produces several simulation packages used by utility companies. SynerGEE Water models and analyzes water distribution systems, SynerGEE Electric models and analyzes electric distribution systems, and SynerGEE Gas models and analyzes closed-conduit networks of pipes, regulators, valves, compressors, storage fields, and production wells.
Kudzu Technologies' ClickB4Udig is a GIS-based program that produces maps for underground contractors, excavators, utility companies, and municipalities. DMTI Spatial develops CanMap, a suite of data for mapping streets, rails, water, and routing; GeoPinpoint Suite, an address management software package; and Our Really Smart Spatial Solutions, which strives to help industries understand their customers and make informed business decisions.
It should come as no surprise that utilities, like most other industries, are taking advantage of the Internet in a number of ways. Many municipalities use the Internet to make information about utilities available to their constituents. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio created its Interactive Map Page to provide online access GIS maps and database within the state. Some of the maps available include service territory maps, maps of individual utilities (gas, REAs [Rural Electrification Associations], telephone companies, utility companies based on zip code or county, hazmat routing maps, the Census 2000 Heating Fuel map, utility boundaries overlaid on topographic maps, local access transport areas, and wire center maps.
In the city of Round Rock, Texas, services are provided by several different utility companies. The water facilities for the city typically handle around 36 million gallons per day, rising to 60 million gallons per day during peak summer months, and river authorities for both the lower Colorado and the Brazos provide wastewater services and treat up to 11.7 million gallons a day. Round Rock's online GIS system, called Cityview, lets any user in the city see all of the different types of utilities and their locations throughout the city. The program uses ESRI's ArcIMS to display interactive maps, and the ArcIMS toolbar simplifies the process of creating custom map views. Round Rock was one of the first communities to wire every workplace, household, and community setting with digital capabilities, so all of its citizens are able to access Cityview.
The Kentucky Public Service Commission has established an online GIS-oriented site that includes data on electric, natural gas, telecommunications, and water and sewer utilities in Kentucky. Finished maps are available on the site, but the data (in ArcView shapefile format) can also be downloaded by interested users who want to create their own maps. Each data set has metadata, or data about the data, which includes information about the spatial coordinates and their accuracy, the source of the data, and definitions for the accompanying attributes.
The site includes a variety of data on water and sewer, electric, natural gas, and telecommunications. For example, the Water Resource Information System is a GIS developed to support the goal of providing drinking water to all Kentuckians by the year 2020. Water and wastewater data has been collected since 1998. For water this includes water lines, tanks, treatment plants, surface sources, well sources, purchase sources, pump stations, and pumps. For wastewater this includes sewer lines, lift stations, outfalls, and treatment plants. The site also includes the Water and Sewer GIS Feature Attribute Standard, which includes recommendations for utility companies to encourage them to use GIS and to develop data that can be shared with other utilities and state agencies.
For natural gas, the Kentucky Public Service Commission site includes the locations and selected attributes of natural gas transmission lines, hazardous liquid trunklines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and depleted natural gas fields. There are thirty-nine companies with more than 9,000 miles of pipeline in the state, and a complete dataset was updated in 2003 for the entire pipeline.
The Web is used at the national level to share information. The NPMS (National Pipeline Mapping System) is a full-featured GIS database that contains the locations and data attributes for natural gas lines, hazardous liquid lines, and liquefied natural gas facilities. The project is a joint effort between the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline Safety, other federal and state agencies, and the pipeline industry. It was developed from mandatory submissions of pipeline and liquefied natural gas facility by pipeline operators.
The NPMS Web site provides up-to-date information on these types of facilities. At this time, the pipeline data compiled by OPS is available only to pipeline operators and local, state, and federal government officials. Data is available for populated areas, commercially navigable waterways, and unusually sensitive areas.
GIS gains
Companies in the utility industry find that integrating geospatial data with CAD drawings, accounting systems, maintenance programs, record keeping, asset management, and other activities enables them to save money and better meet the needs of their customers. An added benefit is that a GIS database helps streamline the process of reviewing and updating existing programs, submitting new applications, and meeting state and federal regulations. The greater the level of integration, the more value GIS brings to their decision-making processes of a utility.
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Die Deutsche Filmakademie e.V. wurde am 8. September 2003 in Berlin gegründet. Sie soll den Filmschaffenden ein Diskussionsforum bieten und will das Ansehen des deutschen Films fördern: durch Publikationen, Vorführungen, regelmäßige Diskussionsveranstaltungen und Förderung des Unterrichtsfachs Film in den Schulen. Seit 2005 werden die Preisträger des Deutschen Filmpreises Lola von den Mitgliedern der Deutschen Filmakademie gewählt.

Organisation
Der Verein versteht sich als unabhängige Organisation und finanziert sich durch Mitgliedsbeiträge der ordentlichen Mitglieder, Ehrenmitglieder, Fördermitglieder und Mitglieder des Freundeskreises. Ordentliche Mitglieder sind neben den Gründungsmitgliedern weitere von mindestens zwei ordentlichen Mitgliedern empfohlene Filmschaffende, die die Mitgliedschaft beantragt haben und aufgenommen wurden. Alle Preisträger des Deutschen Filmpreises werden durch eigene Erklärung automatisch Mitglied. Ehrenmitglieder werden für ihre Verdienste für den deutschen Film zu Mitgliedern der Deutschen Filmakademie ernannt. Fördermitglieder sind Unternehmen und juristische Personen aus der Filmbranche. Freunde sind weitere Filmschaffende, die die Arbeit des Vereins unterstützen wollen. Die Akademie hat knapp 2000 Mitglieder (Stand Oktober 2018).

Präsidium
Erste Präsidenten waren Senta Berger und Günter Rohrbach. 2010 wurden Iris Berben und Bruno Ganz als ihre Nachfolger gewählt. Seit 2013 übte Iris Berben das Amt alleine aus. Nach insgesamt drei Amtszeiten entschied sie, nicht erneut für das Amt zu kandidieren. Die Mitgliederversammlung wählte am 10. Februar 2019 Ulrich Matthes zum Nachfolger. Philipp Weinges beendete zeitgleich seine Ämter als Vorstand der Drehbuchsektion und als Co-Vorstandsvorsitzender. Alleiniger Vorsitzender ist seitdem Benjamin Herrmann. Neu in den Vorstand der Deutschen Filmakademie gewählt wurden Martin Heisler (Produktion) sowie Lisy Christl (Szenenbild/Kostümbild/Maskenbild) und Sven S. Poser (Drehbuch) als stellvertretende Vorstandsmitglieder.

2022 lösten Alexandra Maria Lara und Florian Gallenberger Ulrich Matthes als Präsidenten ab.

Geschäftsführung
Seit April 2019 sind Anne Leppin und Maria Köpf Ko-Geschäftsführerinnnen der Deutschen Filmakademie. Damit kehrt die Geschäftsführung, nach einer längeren Zeit in der Leppin das Amt alleine ausgefüllt hat, wieder zu einer Doppelspitze zurück.

Internetportal
Im Jahr 2008 hat die Akademie das Internetangebot 24 – Das Wissensportal der Deutschen Filmakademie ins Leben gerufen. Das Portal gewährt Einblicke in den Entstehungsprozess eines Kinofilmes und möchte die Arbeit der einzelnen Filmschaffenden transparenter und nachvollziehbarer machen. Im Frühjahr 2011 wurde das Projekt Filmmakers in Prison begonnen.

Aktionen

Im Mai 2018 beteiligte sich der Verein an der Einrichtung der Themis-Vertrauensstelle gegen sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Gründungsmitglieder der Deutschen Filmakademie
 Deutscher Filmpreis

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website
 24 – Das Wissensportal der Deutschen Filmakademie

Einzelnachweise

Filmorganisation (Deutschland)
Verein (Berlin)
Gegründet 2003

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package net.mostlyoriginal.api.system.physics;

/**
 * @author Daan van Yperen
 */

import com.artemis.BaseSystem;
import com.artemis.ComponentMapper;
import com.artemis.Entity;
import com.artemis.annotations.Wire;
import net.mostlyoriginal.api.component.basic.Bounds;
import net.mostlyoriginal.api.component.basic.Pos;

/**
 * Utility detect collisions
 *
 * @author Daan van Yperen
 * @todo generalize, daan! this is crap.
 */
@Wire
public class CollisionSystem extends BaseSystem {

    private ComponentMapper<Bounds> bm;
    private ComponentMapper<Pos> pm;

    public final boolean overlaps( final Entity a, final Entity b)
    {
        final Bounds b1 = bm.getSafe(a);
        final Pos p1 =  pm.getSafe(a);
        final Bounds b2 = bm.getSafe(b);
        final Pos p2 =  pm.getSafe(b);

        if ( b1==null || p1 ==null || b2==null || p2==null)
            return false;

        final float minx = p1.xy.x + b1.minx;
        final float miny = p1.xy.y + b1.miny;
        final float maxx = p1.xy.x + b1.maxx;
        final float maxy = p1.xy.y + b1.maxy;

        final float bminx = p2.xy.x + b2.minx;
        final float bminy = p2.xy.y + b2.miny;
        final float bmaxx = p2.xy.x + b2.maxx;
        final float bmaxy = p2.xy.y + b2.maxy;

        return
                !(minx > bmaxx || maxx < bminx ||
                  miny > bmaxy || maxy < bminy );
    }

    @Override
    protected void processSystem() {

    }
}

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Q: Mysterious crashes in Swift 1.2 - in Release builds only After updating to Xcode 6.3 (beta 1) and Swift 1.2, all my apps are mysteriously crashing in Release builds only. They work fine, after updating my code for Swift 1.2, in Debug builds. The debugger gives no sense of where the crashes are occurring, and it isn't clear why. Some of the crashes are

malloc: *** error for object 0x7ff0c3824800: pointer being freed was not allocated *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug

Others are "unrecognized selector", but they make no sense; the objects to which the selectors are being sent are not even objects I'm aware of using. It appears that something has gone wrong with memory management, so that one object is being substituted for another.
What on earth could be causing this? With nothing useful in the call stack (so that I don't even know where in my code the crash occurs) and no variables showing up in the variables pane of the debugger when I step through my code (so that I can't even look at the values of things), how could I even begin to track it down?

A: Amazingly, I did track this down, mostly by deleting code in large swatches until I was down to just this (it's a view controller):
class LessonListController: UIViewController {
    var terms : [Term]
    // var terms : NSArray
    init(terms data:NSArray) {
        let arr = data.sortedArrayUsingDescriptors([NSSortDescriptor(key: "lessonSection", ascending: true)])
        self.terms = arr as! [Term]
        // self.terms = arr
        super.init(nibName:"LessonList", bundle:nil)
    }
    required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }
    @IBAction func doDismiss(sender: AnyObject) {
        self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
    }
}

If (in a Release build) we present this view controller and then dismiss it, we crash on dismiss - in dealloc, which proves my theory that it's a problem with memory management.
Having isolated the code, I was able to try various alternatives. It is clear that the problem is the property var terms : [Term] (because the only thing Swift is doing under the hood in dealloc is releasing this array). The value of this property, as you can see in my init, is an NSArray that has come from Cocoa (thru sortedArrayUsingDescriptors) and has been cast to a Swift array. By trial and error, I discovered:

*

*If we change the implementation so that the property is an NSArray (see the commented-out alternative lines), we don't crash.

*Or, if we don't sort (so that this NSArray doesn't come from Cocoa), we don't crash.

*Or (wait for it), if we replace self.terms = arr as! [Term] with self.terms = arr as NSArray as! [Term], we don't crash!
But that third alternative is a workaround. I went through all my code in all my apps looking for as! [SomeType] casts and replaced them all with as NSArray as [SomeType], and all my crashes went away!!
My theory is that something is going wrong with Swift's memory management in the optimized Release build just in the very specific situation where an NSArray arrives from Cocoa and is bridged for us to an [AnyObject] before our code can get hold of it. Such an NSArray is not crossing the bridge properly. But by casting to NSArray and then back to down to the specific [SomeType] Swift array, the problem is solved.
Naturally, I assume that when Apple figures this out, they'll fix it and then we can stop using this workaround. But until then, my apps are running in a Release build once again.


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package logzio

import (
	"bytes"
	"compress/gzip"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"

	"net/http"
	"time"

	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/tls"
	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
)

const (
	defaultLogzioURL = "https://listener.logz.io:8071"

	logzioDescription = "Send aggregate metrics to Logz.io"
	logzioType        = "telegraf"
)

var sampleConfig = `
  ## Connection timeout, defaults to "5s" if not set.
  timeout = "5s"

  ## Optional TLS Config
  # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
  # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
  # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"

  ## Logz.io account token
  token = "your logz.io token" # required

  ## Use your listener URL for your Logz.io account region.
  # url = "https://listener.logz.io:8071"
`

type Logzio struct {
	Log     telegraf.Logger   `toml:"-"`
	Timeout internal.Duration `toml:"timeout"`
	Token   string            `toml:"token"`
	URL     string            `toml:"url"`

	tls.ClientConfig
	client *http.Client
}

type TimeSeries struct {
	Series []*Metric
}

type Metric struct {
	Metric     map[string]interface{} `json:"metrics"`
	Dimensions map[string]string      `json:"dimensions"`
	Time       time.Time              `json:"@timestamp"`
	Type       string                 `json:"type"`
}

// Connect to the Output
func (l *Logzio) Connect() error {
	l.Log.Debug("Connecting to logz.io output...")

	if l.Token == "" || l.Token == "your logz.io token" {
		return fmt.Errorf("token is required")
	}

	tlsCfg, err := l.ClientConfig.TLSConfig()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	l.client = &http.Client{
		Transport: &http.Transport{
			Proxy:           http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
			TLSClientConfig: tlsCfg,
		},
		Timeout: l.Timeout.Duration,
	}

	return nil
}

// Close any connections to the Output
func (l *Logzio) Close() error {
	l.Log.Debug("Closing logz.io output")
	return nil
}

// Description returns a one-sentence description on the Output
func (l *Logzio) Description() string {
	return logzioDescription
}

// SampleConfig returns the default configuration of the Output
func (l *Logzio) SampleConfig() string {
	return sampleConfig
}

// Write takes in group of points to be written to the Output
func (l *Logzio) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
	if len(metrics) == 0 {
		return nil
	}

	var buff bytes.Buffer
	gz := gzip.NewWriter(&buff)
	for _, metric := range metrics {
		m := l.parseMetric(metric)

		serialized, err := json.Marshal(m)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("unable to marshal metric, %s\n", err.Error())
		}

		_, err = gz.Write(append(serialized, '\n'))
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("unable to write gzip meric, %s\n", err.Error())
		}
	}

	err := gz.Close()
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to close gzip, %s\n", err.Error())
	}

	return l.send(buff.Bytes())
}

func (l *Logzio) send(metrics []byte) error {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", l.authUrl(), bytes.NewBuffer(metrics))
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create http.Request, %s\n", err.Error())
	}
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")

	resp, err := l.client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error POSTing metrics, %s\n", err.Error())
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode > 209 {
		return fmt.Errorf("received bad status code, %d\n", resp.StatusCode)
	}

	return nil
}

func (l *Logzio) authUrl() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/?token=%s", l.URL, l.Token)
}

func (l *Logzio) parseMetric(metric telegraf.Metric) *Metric {
	return &Metric{
		Metric: map[string]interface{}{
			metric.Name(): metric.Fields(),
		},
		Dimensions: metric.Tags(),
		Time:       metric.Time(),
		Type:       logzioType,
	}
}

func init() {
	outputs.Add("logzio", func() telegraf.Output {
		return &Logzio{
			URL:     defaultLogzioURL,
			Timeout: internal.Duration{Duration: time.Second * 5},
		}
	})
}


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Covid-19 Is Taking a Toll on the Capital Region, Recent Regional Poll Reveals
October 20, 2020 – Valley Vision has published the second COVID-19 Resilience Poll this week in partnership with Capital Public Radio. This polling report is focused on understanding experiences, impacts, and attitudes about COVID-19 from residents in our region, and was conducted by the Institute for Social Research at Sacramento State. The COVID-19 Resilience Poll is a demographically representative survey of the eight-county region (Sacramento, Yolo, El Dorado, Placer, Yuba, Sutter, Solano, and San Joaquin) and reported a margin of error of +/-3%. You can find the full COVID-19 Resilience Poll here.
"This survey is the second in our series of three COVID-19 polls. This poll, and the others in the series, tracks how the experiences, perceptions, concerns, and hopes of people in the Capital region are being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic," noted Evan Schmidt, CEO of Valley Vision. "Having this detailed, data-driven insight about COVID-19's ongoing impacts on the people and communities we serve is vitally important to our public service mission," said Jun Reina, executive vice president and general manager of CapRadio, of the partnership with Valley Vision.
The poll results reflect the hardship being felt across the region in the truly hard time we are going through — threats to physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being; income loss and job instability; division in our views about the state of things; and the uncertainties of the future. In most cases, data reported in the first poll, published in July, has continued or worsened in the months since then. For example, nearly half of respondents to this poll said they had lost income as a result of the virus; the same was true in July.
As well, different communities continue to experience markedly different realities. People of color, younger adults, and those earning lower incomes are more likely to have lost income, to report mental health challenges, and to find it very difficult to have children schooling from home, among other impacts. "These disparities are consistent with the data from the first poll, as well as what's being reported nationwide about what COVID-19 is causing, and the ways in which it's worsening existing inequalities in our communities," noted Shannon Williams, executive director of the Institute for Social Research.
Political polarization within the region has increased compared with the first poll. Many respondents are dissatisfied with leadership at various levels, and for different reasons, and that dissatisfaction has grown, and is also more likely, now, to extend to the local level, including local governments, local media, and local businesses.
This poll also reveals evidence of fatigue, including decreases in emotional resilience, diminished trust in institutions, and also declines in some precautionary actions related to COVID. These results may point to people's fatigue with isolating and also to the daily challenges of the added complexities of life during COVID.
The detailed poll results are accessible in several ways:
As of today, the complete poll report can be downloaded from Valley Vision's website: https://www.valleyvision.org/resources/the-covid-19-resilience-poll-2-fall-2020/
Ongoing coverage from CapRadio can be found at https://www.capradio.org/resilience
On October 30, Valley Vision will host a webinar providing an overview of the findings: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HP97WQ2wT5yeEaMliMUqug
Additionally, Valley Vision's polling partners have each issued their own press releases.
CapRadio's is available on their website: https://www.capradio.org/about/press/2020/capradio-and-valley-vision-release-october-2020-covid-19-resilience-poll-report/
The Institute for Social Research's is available on the Sacramento State website: https://www.csus.edu/news/articles/2020/10/20/Pandemic-taking-a-toll-on-family-life,-income,-survey-finds.shtml
About Valley Vision: For 25 years Valley Vision has helped governments, businesses, foundations and community groups better understand our region and its people through high quality research. By uncovering common ground facts using scientific opinion polls, focus groups, community needs assessments, best practice reports and other research tools, Valley Vision is a trusted interpreter, commentator, forecaster and work partner for community inspired solutions.
The COVID-19 Resilience Poll #2 (October 2020)
The COVID-19 Resilience Poll (2020)
Capital Region's Workforce Boards Provide COVID-19 Relief
Regional COVID-19 Resilience Poll Reveals Local Community Stresses, Responses
Insights on COVID-19 from the Valley Vision Board of Directors
Greater Sacramento Region Prosperity Strategy
Listos California Emergency Preparedness Campaign


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Samuel Clarke Pomeroy, född 3 januari 1816 i Southampton, Massachusetts, död 27 augusti 1891 i Worcester County, Massachusetts, var en amerikansk republikansk politiker. Han representerade delstaten Kansas i USA:s senat 1861–1873. Han var dessutom verkställande direktör för Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1863–1868.

Pomeroy studerade vid Amherst College 1836–1838. Han flyttade 1854 till Kansasterritoriet. Han var borgmästare i Atchison 1858–1859.

Kansas blev 1861 USA:s 34:e delstat och till de två första senatorerna valdes Pomeroy samt James H. Lane. Efter två mandatperioder i senaten ställde Pomeroy upp för omval i senatsvalet 1873. Han blev anklagad för att ha mutat en ledamot av Kansas lagstiftande församling i syfte att säkerställa sitt omval. Republikanerna i Kansas nominerade John James Ingalls i stället för Pomeroy som bedyrade att hela skandalen var en komplott med avsikt att förhindra hans återval. Pomeroy efterträddes av Ingalls i mars 1873. Senatens specialutskott undersökte skandalen men Pomeroy fick inget åtal i fallet. Senator Allen G. Thurman var av annan åsikt men lät bli att föra saken vidare.

Referenser

Externa länkar
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Political Graveyard

Amerikanska republikaner
Borgmästare i USA
Ledamöter av USA:s senat från Kansas
Amerikanska politiker under 1800-talet
Personer från Southampton, Massachusetts
Födda 1816
Avlidna 1891
Män
Alumner från Amherst College