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Bolland has resumed annual menacing of Canucks
by Brian Hedger
CHICAGO -- Brace yourself, Vancouver.
Public Enemy No. 1 is coming back for Game 7 of a Western Conference quarterfinal-round series on Tuesday night against your Canucks, and he's already licking his chops. We're talking, of course, about Chicago Blackhawks center Dave Bolland, who already has a stable of interesting nicknames at his disposal -- such "The Rat," and "The Greyhound."
If Bolland can help the Hawks do the unthinkable and win this series after being down 3-0 before he returned from a concussion, he can officially add "Sworn Enemy of the Sedin Twins," to the list.
In fact, Bolland has already done a lot in this series alone to spoil the fun for Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin, among others. He'll probably be lucky if customs officers in Vancouver don't mysteriously detain him for a couple of days for suspected menacing of the Canucks.
"I'm pretty sure if I'm going to go there on a vacation, it wouldn't be nice," said Bolland, who hopped aboard a charter jet with his Hawks teammates on Monday and headed northwest with an extra pep in his step. "They probably wouldn't let me in, once I got to the border. I do think most people do recognize me (in Vancouver). It's probably not the nicest things they say, but it's always fun going there and playing. The atmosphere and everything that goes on in Vancouver is great."
Yeah, maybe for him.
Not so much for the Canucks, who are getting really tired of answering questions about Bolland being the antidote to their prolific scoring attack -- which was key in them winning the Presidents' Trophy and gaining the top seed in the West. It didn't help when goalie Roberto Luongo slipped up after Bolland's first game in this series, in which the Hawks roasted Vancouver 7-2 in Game 4 at the United Center for their first win.
Luongo said he didn't think Bolland was the kind of player who could change a series. Ever since, Chicago hasn't lost, also winning Game 5 in a blowout.
"I heard about that," Bolland said of Luongo's comment, a day after scoring a goal, adding an assist and centering a line that scored all three of the Hawks' goals in regulation.
Did it give him a personal challenge to prove Luongo wrong?
"No, not really," Bolland said. "I just came out and played. What they like to say over there … whatever. I just had to go play."
And just be himself -- whichever moniker that might be.
It's becoming clearer with each passing game between these teams that Bolland and the lines he centers give the Sedins fits. Henrik set up Daniel for Vancouver's first goal in Game 6 -- which gave the Canucks an early 1-0 lead in the first -- but overall the twins were stymied for a third straight game.
Does "The Rat" have a certain formula for slowing down the highly-skilled Sedins?
"I don't think I have a formula," he said. "It's not like math. I just have to go out there and play. They're just two ordinary players, right? Just go out there and play."
Keeping the Sedins largely at bay in Game 6 also had a lot to do with Chicago rookie goalie Corey Crawford, who stopped all 12 shots he faced in overtime, despite the Canucks putting a lot of heat on him. Meanwhile, Bolland and his linemates, Bryan Bickell and Michael Frolik, made arguably their biggest contribution of the game on offense.
All three scored goals, including Frolik's penalty-shot goal that tied it 3-3 at 2:31 of the third after Kevin Bieksa had just put the Canucks up 3-2 at the 58-second mark of the period.
Frolik's penalty shot also knocked goalie Cory Schneider from the game with a leg cramp and paved the way for Luongo to finish up and eventually allow the game-winner on a rebound backhanded chip shot over the pad by rookie Ben Smith with 4:30 left in OT.
Asked what makes his line so effective at both ends of the ice, Bolland pointed mainly to the combination of size and strength.
"Bick's got a big body and Fro's got a big body," Bolland said. "The way they use it, it's to our advantage and it helps me out, too. It's easier getting that puck in and then going for it and battling."
Case in point: Chicago's first goal, scored by Bickell late in the first to tie it 1-1. After some work below the goal line by Frolik, Schneider played the puck to Dan Hamhuis near the corner. As Hamhuis was about to play it, Bolland swooped in at full speed and barreled into him -- causing the puck to slide right to Bickell in the slot for a quick, hard wrister that dented the net.
For Bolland, the fact the Hawks scored was secondary. Hamhuis got his arms up on a check against Bolland in Game 5 at Rogers Arena and smacked his head into the glass from behind. Coming off a long absence because of a severe concussion, Bolland didn't appreciate it and smashed his stick into pieces in anger.
Did Vancouver's most despised villain know it was Hamhuis who was all lined up for a hard hit in Game 6?
"Oh yeah, I did," Bolland said, smiling. "I think I knew from the blue line in."
Did it feel as good as a goal?
"I thought it felt better than a goal," he said, smirking. "He's a great player and when all that stuff went down, nothing was intentional … (had) nothing to do with anything. But it's good to get another lick back."
Again, good for him. Not so much for the Canucks, who by starting Schneider instead of Luongo in Game 6 practically threw everything they could think of at the Hawks and still lost. Is there such a thing as a mental edge in hockey -- specifically in this rivalry?
"Yeah there could be a mental edge," Bolland said. "For us, we've just been so positive in going forward. Everybody on the team has been great and positive. We always just know we're going to win and that's the main thing with us, just being positive going into this Game 7."

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Also, sometimes fire just burns like that naturally—sideways across the top of a dumpster. The flames are not covering up any spots in which other flames have stopped burning since it is an older dumpster fire. It may just look that way.
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With its volume of shrink sleeves orders continuously growing, Hammer Packaging in Rochester, New York, decided at drupa to purchase the new VSOP web printing press from Muller Martini. Since the '40s, Hammer Packaging, founded in 1912, has been printing labels for the food and beverages industry: 360-degree labels, pressure sensitive labels and in-mold labels produced using an injection molding procedure. Six years ago they entered the shrink sleeves business segment with two VSOP printing presses from Drent Goebel. The segment is growing dynamically and Hammer Packaging is constantly gaining new customers, prompting its President and CEO James E. Hammer to purchase a third web printing press.
At drupa in Düsseldorf, the great-grandson of the company founder signed a purchase agreement for the new VSOP from Muller Martini with nine printing units, plus an additional flexo unit, hot air drying and EB drying. It will be put into operation towards the end of the year. "Compared to the predecessor models of Drent Goebel, Muller Martini has made some important technological upgrades and the new printing press fulfills our requirements exactly," says Mr. Hammer, explaining his choice of the latest investment.
One particular innovation is modern control technology. Thanks to the application of Muller Martini control technology in the VSOP, the reliability of the machine has been increased and considerably fewer components are in use. That simplifies both operation and maintenance. The sleeve positioning improvement in the printing units reduces wear and tear on the air shaft in the case of frequent size changes.


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Dentists are in a unique position to advise smokers to quit by providing effective counseling on the various aspects of tobacco-induced diseases. The present study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of integrating dentists in a medical smoking cessation intervention.
Smokers willing to quit underwent an 8-week smoking cessation intervention combining individual-based counseling and nicotine replacement therapy and/or bupropion, provided by a general internist. In addition, a dentist performed a dental exam, followed by an oral hygiene treatment and gave information about chronic effects of smoking on oral health. Outcomes were acceptability, global satisfaction of the dentist's intervention, and smoking abstinence at 6-month.
39 adult smokers were included, and 27 (69%) completed the study. Global acceptability of the dental intervention was very high (94% yes, 6% mostly yes). Annoyances at the dental exam were described as acceptable by participants (61% yes, 23% mostly yes, 6%, mostly no, 10% no). Participants provided very positive qualitative comments about the dentist counseling, the oral exam, and the resulting motivational effect, emphasizing the feeling of oral cleanliness and health that encouraged smoking abstinence. At the end of the intervention (week 8), 17 (44%) participants reported smoking abstinence. After 6 months, 6 (15%, 95% CI 3.5 to 27.2) reported a confirmed continuous smoking abstinence.
We explored a new multi-disciplinary approach to smoking cessation, which included medical and dental interventions. Despite the small sample size and non-controlled study design, the observed rate was similar to that found in standard medical care. In terms of acceptability and feasibility, our results support further investigations in this field.
Tobacco use is one of leading causes of preventable mortality in industrialized countries . Only 0.5 to 3% of smokers who initiate a spontaneous attempt to quit smoking stay abstinent after 12 months . An attempt to quit cigarettes with help from a specialized team and nicotine replacement therapy gives, on average, a 17% rate of tobacco abstinence after one year . New strategies to improve the smoking cessation rate during attempts to quit are strongly needed.
Dentists have regular contact with smokers and a great potential for helping their patients to quit smoking; yet, this potential is often underused [4–14]. The point at which a dentist finds periodontal lesions related to smoking could be a teachable moment to change this behavior [15, 16]. Before conducting a study to assess the potential benefit of a dentist's intervention during a medical smoking cessation program, we performed a pilot study to assess its feasibility and acceptability as part of the usual care for smokers attending a smoking cessation clinic. As a secondary outcome, we measured the 6-month continuous abstinence rate.
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At the first visit, oral and written explanations of the trial were provided about participant's implication, risks, and benefits. Participants gave their written informed consent. Afterwards, we took detailed medical, oro-dental, and smoking histories. Anthropometric measures were obtained, i.e. arterial blood pressure, self-reported body weight and height, and carbon monoxide expiration rate.
The study was performed in the Department of ambulatory care and community medicine, which includes a primary care clinic and a dental clinic at the same building. This clinic is connected to the main hospital of the region, and is easily accessible by public transport.
All participants received an 8-week smoking cessation intervention including individual-based intervention combining replacement therapy and/or bupropion and 4 sessions of counseling. Counseling was based on national and international current guidelines, targeting increasing the motivation to quit smoking , the identification of barriers, and the prevention of relapse [19, 20]. A counseling session lasted thirty minutes in average. Participants received a combination of nicotine replacement therapy (transdermal patch 16-hour/day or 24-hour/day, 1-mg or 2-mg lozenge, 2-mg or 4-mg gum, 10-mg inhaler) and/or bupropion, according to the participant's past experiences and preferences. Four visits (at week # 1, 2, 4, and 8) were scheduled and participants were asked to plan a quit date from the inclusion day until the 4th visit at week 8. They were considered as smokers if they failed to quit or if they relapsed to smoking afterwards. Participants lost during follow-up were called and received a letter explaining the scientific implications and the need for follow-up, and were invited to contact us.
The dental intervention was provided by a dentist trained in periodontology (MA) and included two visits. At the first visit, the dentist performed an oro-dental exam to rule out oro-dental lesions, e.g. periodontitis, gingivitis, and other oral or dental lesions. At the end of this visit, the dentist orally explained the results of the oro-dental exam, i.e. detailed explanations of the lesion(s) related to smoking, and recommended treatment if necessary. He also provided standardized information about chronic effects of smoking on oral hygiene (e.g. bad breath, esthetic sequelae), chronic effects of smoking on oral health (e.g. increased risk of oral cancers or periodontitis), and a brief explanation about periodontitis (a chronic infection of periodontal tissues, beginning with gingivitis and gingival bleeding, that is often hidden by smoking). The dentist also provided oral and illustrated explanations of dental plaque and made a practical and individualized demonstration of oral hygiene techniques, e.g. correct teeth and tongue washing, correct dental floss/sticks use. The first visit lasted about one hour. At the second visit, one week later, the dentist performed an simple oral hygiene treatment - which was not a treatment of periodontitis - using the full mouth periodontal debridement technique with an ultrasound device (EMS®-Air Flow® S2) . In terms of treatment and potential physical annoyances, results of full mouth disinfection and classic approach are similar for the patient. During this visit, a second verbal intervention reinforcing the importance and the correlation of potential periodontal and oral lesions and smoking was performed by the dentist.
The acceptability and feasibility of the dentist's intervention was assessed by a hetero-administrated evaluation questionnaire comprising four questions on global satisfaction, acceptability of potential physical annoyances due to the dentist's intervention, and the duration of the intervention, as well as two open-questions on advantages and disadvantages of the dentist's intervention. The questionnaire was administrated by the study staff of the smoking cessation clinic. Data were anonymous.
A follow-up visit was scheduled at 6-months for participants that were abstinent at the 4th visit. The recruitment was conducted from November 2007 to May 2008. The follow-up ended in Autumn 2008. Continuous smoking abstinence was defined as self-reporting of continuous smoking abstinence from the 8-week visit to the 6-month visit, and biochemical validation by an expired carbon monoxide rate less than 10 ppm . A maximum of 5 cigarettes smoked during the abstinence period was tolerated . The Lausanne University's Medical School Ethics Committee approved the research protocol. The participation to the whole study was free of charge for subjects.
As reported in Figure 1, a total of 86 interested people called the study center. Among them, 39 adult smokers met the inclusion criteria and were included in the study. Thirty-four attended the first three visits and 27 the fourth one (week 8) at the end of the intervention. The mean age of the subjects was 36 years (range 22-53 years), 59% of the subjects were women, the mean (SD) [kg/m2] body mass index was 22.4 (3.06), the mean (SD) number of daily smoked cigarettes was 18.7 (8.0), and 18% of the subjects had a high level of education. At least one previous quit attempt was made by 97% of the participants. Nicotine replacement therapy was used by 97% of the participants. At the 8-week visit, the proportion (SD) of participants using transdermal patches was 50% (9.9), lozenges or gums 57.7% (9.8), inhalers 19.2% (7.8), and bupropion 3.8% (3.8).
As described in Figure 2, participants were globally satisfied with the dental intervention (94% yes, 6% mostly yes). The duration of the dental intervention was considered acceptable by most of the participants (87% yes, 10% mostly yes, 3% mostly no). The potential annoyances due to the dental intervention were considered acceptable (61% yes, 23% mostly yes, 6%, mostly no, 10% no). The majority of the participants would recommend this intervention to a friend (87% yes, 9% mostly yes, 3% mostly no).
Qualitative assessment of the dentist's intervention.
Participants gave several positive qualitative comments about the motivational effect of the explanations on their dental and oral status related to smoking habits; for example, one participant mentioned "The dentist's explanations about the effect of tobacco use on oral health were motivating." They also reported positive comments about the feeling of oral cleanliness and health that encourages smoking abstinence; for example, one participant said "Once my teeth were clean, I did not want to spoil them." However, a few negative comments highlighted too much information was provided on tobacco related oral diseases, such as "What the dentist said about the effects of tobacco on the mouth seems to me, exaggerated."
At the end of the intervention (week 8), 17 (44%) participants were abstinent from smoking. At the 6-month follow-up visit, 6 (15%, 95% CI 3.5 to 27.2) reported a confirmed continuous smoking abstinence. The oral exam revealed the vast majority (59%) of the participants had an unhealthy oro-dental status. Eleven participants (28.2%) presented gingival inflammation, e.g. bleeding, and 12 (30.8%) had periodontitis. Moreover, 2 (5.1%) participants presented with a severe form of post adolescent/adult periodontitis. Three participants presented with a pre-cancerous lesion, such as hyperkeratosis of the tongue (n = 1) or gingival leucoplakia (n = 2).
The feasibility of the dentist's intervention during a smoking cessation attempt made in a smoking cessation clinic was considered appropriate. The method of participants' recruitment was suitable, since it required two advertisements in the local press and a few advertisements in the hospital area to obtain a sufficient number of participants. Our subjects were representative of the smokers from the general population in terms of age, number of smoked cigarettes per day, proportion of men and women, and scholar education level . The participation rate is in concordance with those found in other smoking cessation studies (60 to 70%) [24, 25]. A particularly high retention rate was obtained during the primary phase of the study. The duration of the dentist's intervention correspond to the usual time dedicated to a patient in the dental setting of our out-patient clinic. It is possible that it does not correspond to private dental settings.
Acceptability of the dentist's intervention was also considered high. Even though the participants of our study were smokers that first sought medical help for smoking cessation, we succeeded in obtaining high global satisfaction and acceptability towards the dentist's intervention. In addition, participants provided positive qualitative comments about the dentist counseling, the oral exam, and the resulting motivational effect.
Using caution due to the design of this study, i.e. a non-controlled pilot study with a small sample size, we measured a 6-month continuous smoking abstinence rate. The results were similar to the observed rates of smoking quit attempts managed in smoking cessation clinics . We observed a high initial cessation rate, since almost half of participants had quit smoking 6 weeks after the second dentist intervention. Indeed, although the recruited participants had an initial motivation to quit smoking of min. 6/10 on the Likert Scale, abstaining from smoking is hard to achieve, even when smokers say that they are ready to stop, and relapse rate is high during the early post-cessation period . Oral effects of smoking, i.e. esthetic sequelae, bad breath, gingival deterioration, are more visible than other smoking related health consequences, such as athero-sclerosis or pulmonary lesions. The dentist intervention helped the smokers to identify their own oral lesions due to smoking, and the oral exam revealed the majority of participants presented with oro-dental effects from tobacco. In fact, the participants described such a motivational effect in their comments. However, the design of our intervention did not allow any further contact between the participants and the dentist until the end of the study. This motivational aid was possibly missing during the consolidation stage. Additional contacts with the dentist could reinforce the motivation to stay abstinent from cigarettes and could minimize relapse during follow-up.
Almost two-thirds of the participants had an unhealthy oro-dental status, which was not surprising in smokers, despite the young mean age of our study's population . The proportion of periodontitis found during the oro-dental exam was important and the proportion of post adolescent/adult periodontitis - in an aggressive form of disease of gums and alveolar bone leading to a loss of teeth- was two-fold higher than the proportion occurring in the general population . It is not possible to treat periodontitis in one session, because this needs long-term treatment. Participants in whom we discovered this pathology did benefit of our intervention though, and were aware about the need of further treatment.
To improve the real-world applicability of this pilot study, some potential drawbacks should be taken into consideration. For instance, as in real practice hygienists might perform counseling and hygiene treatment more frequently than dentists, they should also be involved in this intervention. Our pilot study could also improve from the questionnaire about the acceptability of the dentist's intervention being self-administered or administered by a team independent from the study staff. This questionnaire was indeed administered by the smoking cessation team, and we cannot totally exclude a response bias.
Our study confirmed the feasibility and acceptability of a new multi-disciplinary approach combining the usual smoking cessation counseling with a dentist's intervention. Moreover, given the current prevalence of periodontitis in our study population, the results of screening for periodontitis among smokers seeking help to quit smoking should be assessed in further studies. We are planning to conduct a larger study with a modified study design, including regular contacts between the participants and the dentist during the consolidation stage, to reinforce the motivational impact of the dentist intervention. Due to the length of the dentist's intervention, which might be too demanding especially in private dental settings, and its cost, we are planning to include the dental hygienists to perform the oral hygiene treatment.
The study was partially supported by a grant from the Swiss Tobacco Prevention Fund.
SG participated in the conception, the design and the coordination of the study, carried out the smoking cessation intervention, performed statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript. MA participated in the design of the study and performed the dentist's intervention. CM participated in the conception and the coordination of the study, and performed the supervision of the dentist's intervention. JC participated in the conception, the design and the coordination of the study, and carried out the supervision of the smoking cessation intervention. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


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Awards | May 16, 2016 | Inaê Siqueira de Oliveira
Slovenia is condemned to pay €20 million in damages and US$10 million in costs to Croatian national electric company
Hrvatska Elektroprivreda d.d. v. Republic of Slovenia, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/24
An award rendered on December 17, 2015 by an arbitral tribunal constituted under the auspices of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) added a new—and apparently final—chapter to a nearly 20-year-old conflict between the governments of Croatia and Slovenia over the supply of electricity generated by the Krško Nuclear Power Plant (Krško NPP), located in Slovenia.
The tribunal found that Slovenia failed to resume deliveries of electricity generated by Krško NPP to the claimant, Hrvatska Elektroprivreda d.d. (HEP), the state-owned national electric company of Croatia. Thus, the tribunal ordered Slovenia to pay HEP damages of €19,987,000 plus compound interests and reimburse US$10 million in arbitration costs.
Facts and claims
In 1974, the national electricity companies of Slovenia and Croatia established a joint venture, Nuklearna Elektrana Krško (NEK), to build and operate Krško NPP, located in the Slovenian territory just 15 kilometers west of the border between the two countries. The financing, construction, operation, management and use of Krško NPP were regulated by four bilateral agreements, all based on the parity principle, according to which the co-investors were equal partners in all aspects.
Disagreements over Krško NPP began in the 1990s. HEP was convinced that some measures adopted by Slovenia were inconsistent with the parity principle embedded in the bilateral agreements. In contrast, Slovenia considered that HEP was not complying with its financial obligations towards NEK.
On July 30, 1998, NEK suspended electricity delivery to HEP, and Slovenia issued a decree which, in HEP's view, affected its ownership rights. Over the following years, several meetings took place between the two countries in order to resolve the dispute. The negotiations led to a 2001 treaty including an investor–state dispute settlement clause (the 2001 Agreement), in which Slovenia and Croatia agreed that i) they would waive all their past financial claims related to Krško NPP, ii) HEP would be recognized as co-owner and co-manager of Krško NPP, and iii) the delivery of electricity to HEP would be resumed on an agreed upon date. The tribunal accepted HEP's submission that June 30, 2002 was the agreed upon date.
Ratification of the 2001 Agreement met strong parliamentary and public opposition in Slovenia. It was ratified only on February 25, 2003—nearly eight months after the agreed upon date for the resuming of electricity delivery. Throughout this period, Slovenia offered to sell electricity to HEP twice—in June 2002 and November 2002 (the 2002 Offers)—in lieu of the electricity that should have been supplied under the 2001 Agreement, and twice HEP refused. Electricity deliveries to HEP resumed on April 19, 2003.
The main issues before the tribunal were i) whether Slovenia met its obligations under the 2001 Agreement by making the 2002 Offers, ii) whether HEP should have accepted the 2002 Offers to mitigate its losses, iii) whether HEP passed on any additional costs to consumers and therefore suffered no loss, and iv) if HEP incurred in losses, how the tribunal could valuate the compensation.
Although HEP advanced two alternative legal bases for its claims—the 2001 Agreement and the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)—the tribunal dismissed all ECT claims in the Decision on the Treaty Interpretation Issue, dated June 12, 2009. In the final award, the tribunal pointed out that the reasons for the dismissal were "necessarily implicit" (para. 580) in view of the substance of the earlier decision, but spelled them out anyway. It reasoned that, given the content of the 2009 decision, which found Slovenia liable to HEP for the claim of compensation under the 2001 Agreement—remaining for determination the issues of the 2002 Offers, mitigation, quantum of compensation, and costs—the alternative basis on which HEP had sought compensation (the ECT) "necessarily, indeed automatically, fell out of consideration" (para. 579).
The 2002 Offers and mitigation of loss
The tribunal dismissed Slovenia's submission that, by making the 2002 Offers, Slovenia had essentially complied with its obligations under the 2001 Agreement. The decision relied heavily on the opinion of the independent expert appointed to assist the tribunal in assessing the parties' position on damages. According to the expert's opinion, accepted by the tribunal, the 2002 Offers were materially different, from an economic perspective, to what was agreed to in the 2001 Agreement.
The tribunal also accepted HEP's position that it was reasonable to reject the 2002 Offers due to the "substantial differences between the terms of the [2002] Offers and those of the 2001 Agreement" (para. 214) and that there were non-financial matters that also reasonably influenced HEP's decision, such as the concern that accepting the offers could lead to a disincentive for Slovenia to ratify the 2001 Agreement.
Tribunal analyzes pass-on defence brought up by independent expert
The independent expert pointed out in his report that "based on his experience […], he would expect a monopoly entity like HEP to adjust its tariffs so as to reflect its costs" (para. 220). Said differently, HEP could have passed any increase in costs onto consumers; therefore, HEP itself would not have incurred any recoverable loss. If successful, the consequences of the pass-on defence would be considerable: it would mean that HEP did not have any damages to recover.
Even though the pass-on defence was not raised by Slovenia, the tribunal decided it would analyze it. The defence is typical of competition law cases, but the tribunal saw no obstacle to consider it under international law. However, the tribunal's analysis ended up focusing on the procedural aspect of the pass-on defence. As an affirmative defence, the burden of proving that the costs had been passed onto consumers lied with Slovenia. As no evidence of this was adduced, the tribunal found it was "not in a position to conclude that no loss occurred in the present case" (para. 245).
Calculation of damages
The tribunal relied mainly on the findings of the independent expert when ruling on the valuation of damages. The parties and the expert were far from agreeing on the appropriate methodology for calculating HEP's losses, but the basic approach all of them adopted may be summarized as X minus Y—"X" being the factual scenario, namely, "the cost incurred by HEP in replacing the Krško electricity that should have been supplied under the 2001 Agreement" (para. 359), and "Y" being the counterfactual, namely, "[the cost] of the electricity that should have been supplied to HEP under the 2001 Agreement" (para. 349).
The epicenter of the disagreements was the valuation of "X." As the non-supply prolonged a situation that had already endured four years (since July 30, 1998), the tribunal could not merely look into HEP's books to find what the company had done to replace the electricity that should have been supplied by Krško NPP from June 30, 2002 onwards. In order to solve this puzzle (how HEP replaced the Krško electricity), the tribunal relied on the evidence presented by the parties, witness' testimonies and the independent expert's opinion.
The tribunal accepted that HEP used a combination of energy that was imported and generated in national thermal power plants to replace the electricity from Krško NPP. Although the imports were cheaper than the electricity from thermal plants, and although HEP could have imported all replacement energy, as Slovenia argued, the tribunal found that HEP had valid concerns about supply security to not want to rely entirely on imports. In other words, the tribunal found that, by using the combination of imports and thermal plants, HEP acted in a reasonable manner. To rule on the proportion of replacement energy from thermal plants versus imports, the tribunal once again preferred the methodology used by the independent expert.
To the €19,987,000 in compensation, the tribunal determined that interest, compounded at six-month intervals, should be added from the date Slovenia breached its obligations under the 2001 Agreement (July 01, 2002) until the date of payment in full.
Reimbursement of HEP's costs
The tribunal acknowledged that the prevailing trend in investment treaty arbitration is the use of the "costs follow the event" approach, according to which the successful party is entitled to recover some or all of its costs. Having considered that HEP was the successful party in this case, and that the costs claimed (US$13,300,000) were "reasonable in the circumstances" (para. 610), the tribunal ordered Slovenia to reimburse US$10 million to HEP for its arbitration costs and legal expenses.
Notes: The ICSID tribunal was composed of David A. R. Williams (President appointed by the co-arbitrators, New Zealand national), Charles N. Brower (claimant's appointee, U.S. national), and Jan Paulsson (respondent's appointee, Swedish national). The award is available at http://www.italaw.com/sites/default/files/case-documents/ITA LAW 7012.pdf. The Decision on the Treaty Interpretation Issue is available at http://www.italaw.com/documents/Hrvatska-Interpretation.pdf.
Inaê Siqueira de Oliveira is a Law student at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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During the event the personalities who have stood out thanks to their link with Spain or its companies were also given recognition. Aqualogy, for example, presented the "Amigo de la Marca España"award to the Vice President of the American Water Works Association (AWWA), Jeff Nash, for the excellent relations of collaboration and of commitment to value and knowledge between Aqualogy and this association.
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Using Oracle's XDK 10g, you can reduce the process of comparing XML documents to a simple set of library calls that let you determine if the documents are the same, see what the differences are, or use the compare information to generate other documents.
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In this article, I'll show you how to use XDK 10g Production, which provides a mechanism to compare two XML documents and list the differences between them. Oracle XML Developer's Kit (XDK) 10g is a set of APIs, tools and utilities to help you develop XML applications. XDK 10g is available for Java, C and C ++; however, this article discusses only the Java-compatible version. XDK 10g supports DOM 3.0 and XSLT 2.0 specifications. XDK 10g provides a schema validation API to validate XML documents against an XML schema. You can use the XML Class generator API in XDK 10g to bind XML schema to Java classes, and subsequently marshal and unmarshal XML documents. The XML SQL Utility aids in storing XML documents in a RDBMS database. A supplied XSQL servlet combines XML, SQL, and XSLT to generate an XML document from a SQL query.
You use the XMLDiff class in the oracle.xml.differ package to compare two XML documents. The class contains methods to compare two XML documents and enumerating the differences between them. In addition, you can choose to generate an XSLT stylesheet consisting of the differences between the two XML documents. You can then use the stylesheet to convert one of the compared XML documents to the other. This article compares an example XML document named catalog.xml (see Listing 1) with another XML document called catalog2.xml (see Listing 2).
Download the sample code that accompanies this article, create a directory named XMLDiff, and copy the two XML documents catalog.xml and catalog2.xml to that directory. In comparing XML documents the empty (white) spaces in the XML document are also considered as nodes. You should remove white space in XML documents you want to compare if the white space is not required for comparison.


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Olympic rowing champ's mom helped pave way to coronavirus vaccine
By Nick ZaccardiDec 18, 2020, 7:04 AM EST
Courtesy Susan Francia
Years ago, Katalin Karikó shared a life goal with her young daughter, Susan Francia.
Karikó, who for decades has studied mRNA, hoped the research would ultimately lead to somebody being treated for therapeutic use.
"If it could help at least one person," Francia said, "she felt that her work was done."
Now, 35 years after Karikó was fired from a Hungarian biological research center and, with her family, came to the U.S. with about $1,200 sewed in 2-year-old Susan's teddy bear, she is lauded for helping lay the groundwork for a coronavirus vaccine.
She's on CNN. In the Wall Street Journal. In British newspapers suggesting she should be a Nobel Prize candidate.
Francia, a 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic rowing champion as part of the women's eight dynasty, now concedes that her mom is the most famous person in her family.
"I thought my two gold medals were carrying us, but, nope, mom has definitely surpassed me," she joked by phone this week. "Athletics is a great way to test yourself and be part of a team and be part of something greater and represent your country, but this is just so incredible that she has this chance to save lives and have such a big impact.
"I don't think that she ever thought her work would have such impact."
Francia, now 38 and six years into competitive rowing retirement, said she was inspired as a kid by her mom's perseverance. It began with the family's move from Hungary to Pennsylvania and included numerous grant and funding rejections.
"She was just so adamant that this technology could work and it would work and it could help save lives," Francia said. "If I was bratty at all, she would remind me, we came to this country with basically $1,000. And so I've always kind of lived my life like, OK, my parents made this really big sacrifice, and I need to make sure that I live up to that."
That manifested athletically when the 6-foot, 2-inch Francia was a sophomore at Penn. She was choosing between trying out for track and field or rowing. The first track practice called for a five-mile run. She balked and grabbed an oar.
Four years later, Francia was in the U.S. eight at the 2005 World Championships. The next year, Francia and her teammates began a streak of 11 straight Olympic or world titles — dominance that superseded the U.S. men's and women's basketball teams. Francia earned Olympic golds in 2008 and 2012 and was featured in an emotional profile of the U.S. women's eight in Bud Greenspan's 2008 Olympic film.
Then came the 2014 World Championships and a difficult conversation with longtime U.S. head coach Tom Terhaar.
"I can't continue on," Francia told him. "My goal was still Rio, but, unfortunately, my body was done.
"I had been on the U.S. team for 10 years, and I loved every single minute of it, the ups and the downs. … I couldn't keep up with the training with the team, and I really loved the team, and I loved the training — I loved all of it, even though it was hard, hard as hell. But, yeah, it was constantly like the ribs [stress fracture], my lower back [herniated disc], this aching, that hurting. So it was time to see the youth carry on that fighting spirit."
Francia settled in California and, last year, joined the Stanford rowing program as a volunteer women's lightweight assistant coach under head coach and fellow U.S. Olympian Kate Bertko. Francia planned to stay on through 2020, then reassess, but then the lightweight program was among 11 sports set to be cut after this season, the university announced in July.
"It was pretty shocking and very disappointing, obviously," Francia said, "especially to those athletes."
Meanwhile, Francia read a newspaper article that BioNTech was working on a coronavirus vaccine. Karikó is a senior vice president at BioNTech. Francia asked her mom if she was involved.
"She was like, yeah, yeah, our research group is working on this," Francia said. "She didn't really allude to too much more."
In October, Francia married Ryan Amos in Virginia. Her parents gave a welcome speech. Her dad joked that her mom would be more than happy if anybody had questions about the vaccine. Everyone laughed.
The media spotlight really started shining in the last month.
"A couple times, she would tell me, you should watch the news tonight or you should look online tonight at the company results or things like that," said Francia, whose full-time job is in biotech. "And so, every time, I'd be like oh my gosh."
Two of Francia's old rowing teammates recently unretired for Tokyo Olympic runs — Meghan Musnicki, who is three months younger, and Caryn Davies, who is seven months older. Francia also got in a boat with younger national teamers — when a rower was injured while training in San Diego a year ago.
"I was pulling my ass off," she said. "I pulled so hard, and I think the other athletes were just out for a light row, so it was a good reality check."
A comeback was not in the cards.
"It wasn't just the actual rowing part," that made her career special, Francia said. "It was the team that we grew up with. So I will let the younger, healthier athletes have that spark."
She's cheering on the next generation that hopes to reclaim eight glory after recent world championships defeats. And applauding her mom, seeing parallels between the two worlds.
"In my mom's science and her research, it wasn't just her," Francia said. "It was the people who have come before her and also her research teams and the lab. It's the same way in rowing. I just always felt lifted up and inspired by my teammates, and they're also the ones who helped me to get success."


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Donovin's Mother's Day Surprise
A mom mourns the tragic loss of her son and is comforted by a good samaritan.
by Nicole Kolodziej
Ely Salinas
When Donovin Rodriguez borrowed his mother's brand-new bike and brought it back broken, he wanted to fix it as a surprise. Tragically, he passed away at the age of twenty-nine before making that happen. As a reminder, Donovin's mother, Ely, kept her broken bike in the backyard.
With the help of Phil Owen from Healing Wheelz in Oakville, Rodriguez's plan to fix his mom's bike was fulfilled. Healing Wheelz is a charity bike repair shop based in Kerr Village, organized by Front Line Outreach.
Phil found Donovin one night waiting outside his shop with a grin on his face. Rodriguez explained that he needed to fix his mom's bike, but he couldn't bring it to the shop because it would ruin the surprise. Once Phil had gathered the special parts for Ely's bike, he snuck into her backyard to fix it. Although Donovin wasn't there to give Ely her bike, she still received his Mother's Day gift.
Ely's relationship with her son fluctuated often. He would always try to find ways to make her laugh. When Donovin would upset her, he would make a joke, and they'd end up laughing. On the days when they didn't get along, he was usually coming down from a high or when he didn't get enough sleep on the street.
Despite leading a life often troubled by drug addiction, Donovin was a selfless person who could make anyone smile. Even while trying to find a place for himself in this world, he always gave to others rather than himself. His neighbours told Ely how he had helped them move in or out, paint their stairs, or fix their bikes or lawnmower. Helping other people was what made him feel better about himself. Whether it was to make them laugh or give them his last bit of money that he got from disability, he took care of his community.
Ely still grieves her son every day, she says. Although crying helps, she finds that cleaning her house and walking her dogs keeps her busy and positive. Even with a new job, she gets involved with the community and issues in the world to help as much as she can.
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To keep his memories alive, Ely plays Donovin's favourite songs on repeat. "Music was our thing. A wonderful memory I have is of us dancing together in the kitchen. I remember finishing our dance and saying, let's stop because I'm going to cry. Donovin said that's kind of the idea, and it made me laugh," she shared.
While enjoying morning coffee outside, she has a habit of looking down the street, expecting Donovin before remembering that he's not coming. She rides her Mother's Day gift every day with her dogs and remembers how much Donovin loved the dogs. Not only does his gift delight his mother, but also her dogs.
Ely is grateful to Donovin for making her a good mom. She believes she learned from the mistakes she made with him as her first child and that she has grown to be a better mom for her other children.
Ely adds, "Donovins story doesn't end here. He has me as his voice and to share his laughter with the world. I won't stop telling his story to help as many people as I can."
Donovin's legacy continues to live on with the story of his Mother's day surprise.
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Caraway is a biennial herb that grows best in cool weather. Sow caraway in spring or autumn. Caraway can be sown in spring as early as the soil can be worked, about the date of the average last frost. Caraway can be sown indoors earlier for transplanting out or start new plants from cuttings taken from new growth in summer or fall.
Description. Caraway is a biennial herb that grows from 12 to 24 inches tall. It has bright green, finely cut leaves that grow in a short rosette from an edible taproot similar to parsnip. Caraway flowers on 2-foot stems in its second year producing umbrella-like clusters of white and pink flowers. Seeds ripen about a month after flowering just before the plant dies.
Yield. Grow one caraway plant per household.
Site. Plant caraway in full sun; it will tolerate partial shade. Caraway grows best in well-drained sandy soil. It prefers a soil pH of 6.0 to 7.0.
Planting time. Sow caraway in spring or autumn. Sow caraway in spring as early as the soil can be worked, about the date of the average last frost. For an early start, sow caraway indoors in biodegradable peat pots 3 to 4 weeks before the average last frost for transplanting out both pot and plant later. Caraway can also be started from seed in fall for early spring plants. Caraway does not easily transplant because it forms a taproot. Caraway also can be started from cuttings of new growth taken in summer or fall. It easily reseeds itself.
Planting and spacing. Sow caraway seed ¼ inch deep; thin successful plants from 12 to 18 inches apart. Space rows 18 to 24 inches apart. Caraway will reseed itself easily in most areas.
Water and feeding. Caraway requires regular, even watering until established. Do not allow seedlings to dry out. Once established caraway can dry out between watering. Add aged compost to planting beds in advance of planting. Give caraway a side dressing of aged compost at mid season.
Companion plants. Grows well with most vegetables.
Care. In cold-winter regions, caraway may need winter protection in order to produce flowers and seeds the second year. Pinch away flowers in the second year, and caraway will grow for another season.
Container growing. Caraway has a taproot and does not grow very well in a container. Select a container at least 8 inches deep.
Pests. Caraway is a member of the parsley family and may be attacked by parsley caterpillar. Handpick caterpillars off the plant.
Diseases. Caraway has no serious disease problems.
Harvest. Snip leaves from spring onward the first year for fresh use. Harvest seeds the second year after flowering. Allow seeds to dry out and turn brown and drop to a paper below for collection or snip off seed heads when they begin to turn brown, place them in a paper bag to dry, and then thresh seeds when they are loose. Complete the harvest before the frost.
Storing and preserving. Caraway leaves are best used fresh; but they can be stored in the refrigerator for a few weeks in a plastic bag. Dry seeds can be stored for several months in an airtight container.


New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has agreed to participate in the CNN/YouTube debate, which has moved to November 28.
The novel debate format, in which voters submit their questions to the presidential candidates in 30-second video clips, has elicited both widespread praise and criticism. Some commenters found the format entertaining, and that it broke up an otherwise stiff proceeding. But critics complained that the format trivialized the election process. Still others said that CNN had not changed the format enough to make the debate between the Democrats really fresh, innovative and informative.
The CNN/YouTube debate did not break any ratings records – in fact more people watched a prior debate that took place earlier this year between the Democrats that used the traditional debate format. And by the time this next Republican CNN/YouTube debate occurs, it will be the 10th time that some of those presidential candidates would have argued their positions with each other.
Still, the debates are likely to have a different tenor as there will be a different line-up of candidates. Former Governor Tommy Thompson announced Sunday, in the wake of a poor showing at the Ames, IA, straw poll, that he is dropping out of the race. And Fred Thompson is likely to have announced his candidacy by the November date.


Cruise passengers disembarking at Greece's ports of call will soon have the option of catching a ride in an auto rickshaw, also known as a tuk-tuk and common in many Asian countries.
The comfortable, modern tuk-tuks expected to debut in Greece represent an environmentally friendly alternative mode of transport to buses or traditional taxi cabs.
The highly cost-effective, luxurious and fully electrically powered vehicles will be showcased at this year's Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum by first-time exhibitor Tuk Tuk Hellas, which will be providing demonstrations to the show's delegates and visitors.


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Bird & Bird advises Costa on landmark deal with M&S
International law firm Bird & Bird has advised long-standing client, Costa Coffee (Costa), on a transaction with Marks & Spencer (M&S) to allow Costa to serve M&S food throughout the UK. By serving M&S food, Costa aims to drive more footfall into its stores by improving Costa's current food range and M&S will gain an entirely new network to increase its food sales.
The deal marks months of intense and complex legal negotiations on various agreements. The Bird & Bird team was led by Commercial Partner, Robert Turner, with support from Associate Nikesh Mistry (Commercial), Legal Director Saskia King and Associate Ariane Le Strat (Competition & EU), Partners Victoria Hobbs (Dispute Resolution) and James Mullock (Data Protection) and Associate James Pearson (IP).
Sunita Savjani, General Counsel at Costa Coffee says: "This is a monumental deal for Costa. Thank you to each member of the Bird & Bird team involved for all your hard work. It's a pleasure to work with such a committed, energetic and positive team."
Robert Turner, lead partner at Bird & Bird adds: "It was a pleasure to be involved in such a positive collaboration between two of Britain's best known consumer brands – Costa and M&S. I look forward to working with them again in future."
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The monkey king: the Beginning 25.04.2016 at 13:13
The monkey King is a beast who is very powerful, but nevertheless a good heart. Many hundreds of years ago, he provoked the wrath of the Gods. They decided to punish him and to expel it and sharpen on the top of icy mountains, which are called Marble. From there it can't escape anyone, even such a strong and powerful beast, so no one expects a return. Takes place about five hundred thousand years, when a small innocent child randomly breaks the seal of the spell, the monkey King is on the loose. But sweet and free life not. He is faced with a very difficult and fateful trials. It appears the main enemy – the Bloodthirsty Dragon that is very large and of incredible size, and only our hero King can stand against him, since only he has the power and strength...
Lopez season 1 25.04.2016 at 13:11
This Comedy series, which describes and tells about the famous American comedian George Lopez. This Hispanic who was able to rise from the bottom to the top of show business. In his childhood he lived in great poverty, his life and his family life were very difficult. And that's precisely the moment he set a goal for the future: his family, relatives and he will not starve; he slept and saw, as he famous as his name sounds out of the mouth of the people. Once opened a new project in which George was led to participate. In this project he performed the duties of a servant the whole day. But our hero easily coped with this task. It was certainly not his whim, it was decided by the organizers of this project to raise funds to help the school. This project...
Lilo and Stitch 23.04.2016 at 14:17
Lilo, kind sweet girl, her parents died. The girl lives with her sister Nani, which is older than her. The girl has almost no friends, she loves animals and one of them she made friends. Stitch, a cute dog, which was on the ground, is actually an alien, and he ran away from his world. Previously, he was a criminal who was transported to galactic prison, but he escaped and came down to Earth, where he turned into a cute puppy. Later it was found by Lilo and taken to himself. But this adventure does not end Stitch, because he is wanted by the intergalactic community, which will not leave Stitch alone.
Bambi 2 23.04.2016 at 14:02
It took very little time after my mother died Bambi, he really misses her. Going in search of his mother, he meets with the Prince of the forest, he was the father of a fawn. Bambi happy that he's not alone, but his father is already not very much. And then he asks his friend the owl to find the son of a foster mother. Bambi realizes that he's completely useless and goes for a walk in the woods, where he finds himself in a difficult situation, where there is a choice. But he plucks up courage and jumps over a huge ravine. When he saw his father, he remembered himself as a child and realized that his son has a great future, and he wants to see how he grows up.
Megamind 23.04.2016 at 13:58
Brilliant and lonely huge world villain named Megamind for a long time wants to conquer a great place in Metro city. For this he is ready for anything, but constantly in his way is hero Metro-man. But after Megamind manages to get rid of obstacles, he now understands that he has no purpose in life. And then he creates a new super agent on behalf of Titan, but it was a little overdone and super hero turned super villain. Unlike Megamind, he dreams of a reign of peace, and his only goal is to destroy all life. And Megamind faces a difficult choice, because now he can turn into a super hero who will save humanity.
Shrek 2 23.04.2016 at 13:53
After Shrek had rescued Fiona from the prison of the evil dragon, and now they parted. Recently, they got married and went on honeymoon. Time passed, and they came to his home, where he found a letter in which the parents of the bride inviting guests to a festive dinner. It is true then they did not know that their beloved daughter Princess Fiona turned into an Ogre. Fiona is afraid to admit it, and whatever distressing for parents, the couple once again go on a journey with his funny donkey. They will have wonderful adventures, many discoveries and new friends.
Monsters on vacation 23.04.2016 at 13:50
Count Dracula loves his daughter Mary and he tries to protect her from misfortunes. He built a huge castle, which is called hotel Transylvania and invited all the monsters, that they would have rest from all kinds of worries. But Mary on the contrary want to escape from this castle to see white light, but Dracula did not allow her to do so. The count is throwing a party where the man penetrates, he lost his way and ended up here, Dracula was trying to prevent what would have been his daughter saw the boy. But not everything goes according to plan, and they meet, and later fall in love with each other.
Margarita Nazarova 22.04.2016 at 15:20
The Actress and the trainer Margarita Nazarova with great talents in the business in his youth, survived the war. In those days she was in captivity, but after the war it was expecting new difficulties and challenges that she had to make to conquer their place under the sun. All the difficulties could make it even stronger, which certainly came in handy to her later in life. Margarita was trying to find their place in different genres, don't have to of training animals, because it is an activity that turned out to be her calling. Wild animals have enchanted her, so soon the audience was able to see incredible performances with many interesting rooms. And after the screens out the work of "Striped flight", she has become a real fame. The old woman was out on...
Witch 22.04.2016 at 15:16
All the action takes place in the late 17th century in New England, when one family from the UK decided to try his luck and good fortune in the New World. It was a rather religious family, so she strictly adhered to all the rules and laws of the Church.
The exorcism of Anna Eklund 22.04.2016 at 15:12
Anna Ekland belongs to the category of people who never believed and believe still in some otherworldly forces, and mysticism, because they believe it is a fiction and unreality. Anna's a simple housewife from the UK who lives a normal life, because she is happily married and lead a regular life.
Strangled 22.04.2016 at 14:40
A Few friends who loved all sorts of adventures and even adventurous attitude to him, decided to create his own amusement Park on the shores of the Crystal sea, which lies deep in the forest. As for Park, they decided to choose the icons of horror, such as Freddy Krueger, Casey and many others that cause terror. But here is the place that was created under the amusement Park had become a completely different view, because here were often come the ghosts. To build on this advertising was impossible, since it's not a myth but a terrible reality.
Quarantine season 1 22.04.2016 at 14:35
Atlanta was rocked by a new outbreak of an unknown virus, which is unable to identify even the most competent scientist, since this is unknown before the incident. Virus are the most dangerous phenomena, and besides, he's easily transmitted between people, so the epidemic simply inevitable. The authorities decided to isolate part of the city, to prevent mass spread of the virus. But in an isolated area there were people, no matter infected or not, he still remains in a closed area, from which you cannot escape.
Dinosaur 21.04.2016 at 09:26
The Oviraptor stole from a nest egg, trying to escape with him as far as possible, he accidentally drops it into the water. Titerator picked up the egg and dragged to its nest, but it too loses it. So huge iguanodon Aladar fell into a tribe of lemurs. Mother lemur very happy this gift, but the dad lemur against this animal remained in their tribe. Aladar was growing up fast and got so big, but he still believed lemurs to his family. And once on the ground start falling meteorites, which cause huge explosions and fires. Aladar manages to save not only himself, but also helps your family.
Sinbad: legend of the seven seas 21.04.2016 at 09:23
Sinbad, world renowned sailor. One day a terrible evil goddess of Chaos named Eris steals the book of peace good, all suspicions fall on Sinbad and he turns into a real thief. He decides to prove to everyone that he is not guilty, and now he has to go to the Kingdom of evil Eris, home to a large number of monsters, Scorpions, strange birds and huge snakes that are made of white snow and ice. And now Sinbad must get rid of the monsters and to cope with the magic of the goddess Eris. She has a magic Apple, and it can turn best friends into worst enemies. Can Sinbad prove his innocence and to establish a relationship with your best friend.
Toy story: the Great escape 21.04.2016 at 09:20
Have grown up and Andy would soon be eighteen years old, after a few days he will go to College. He is busy collecting his things, and his old toys under the leadership of the woody Base and reflect on their lives. From different sides heard different ideas about where they would go, to the dump, to the roof, in the basement or in kindergarten, where they certainly will play. They had guessed that this day would come. And all the toys that used to belong to Andy, fall in kindergarten, "Sun", where they face a real nightmare. And now they need to come up with a new escape plan for which they are prepared for anything.


If we can't even have the conversation he wants because people are so defensive or unwilling (or plain racist), it's just more evidence for what his essay rightfully bemoans.
via On Ta-Nehisi Coates' Atlantic Magazine Slavery Reparations Essay | New Republic.
This article from the New Republic's Isaac Chotiner reminds me, yet again, why discussions about race, equity, inclusion, and diversity are very important. As an active member of the American Library Association (ALA), and a librarian who deeply, deeply cares about social justice and diversity, I hope we are coming to terms with our own type of reckoning within American librarianship through ALA.
What Non-Christians Want Christians To Hear. Blog post from Patheos.
I had expected their cumulative sentiment to be one of mostly anger. But if you boiled down to a single feeling what was most often expressed in the nonbelievers' statements, it would be Why do Christians hate us so much?
Today is Black Saturday. It is the day that Christians who follow Lenten practices traditionally commemorate the descent of Jesus into Hell.
Contemplating on life, especially the tragedies that have come really, really close to my family members and me, I have become ever-more convinced of the great value of faith, religion, spirituality, and the communities they let flourish.
While I have taught my daughters to value the specific Christian tradition that has defined my own upbringing (Filipino and Roman Catholic), I have also taught them to value the traditions others follow. The choices we have made as a family, I believe, reflect this. I sincerely believe that to live a life on the path of love involves embracing others in ways that can't be simply condensed into self-congratulatory platitudes like "hate the sin, not the sinner." This is a challenging, very narrow, and winding path to travel. One can get easily lost, confused, and turned around. But it is the one path I'd rather be traveling.
Today, we will be thinking about this path, filled with many contradictions, hardships, and paradoxes.
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Good News, Ladies! John David Washington Is 'Single AF'
By Britni Danielle	· September 11, 2018 October 23, 2020
BlacKkKlansman star John David Washington may be the son of one of Black Hollywood's favorite couples, but the 34-year-old actor is still looking for Ms. Right. During a recent appearance on Ellen DeGeneres' popular daytime talk show, the comedian tried to get the tea on Washington's relationship status by asking who he'll take to the Oscars next year. Washington, who's earning award buzz for his BlacKkKlansman performance, quickly said he'll be taking his mother, Pauletta Washington, to the show. Why? Because he's currently "single AF." "It's hard out here," Washington explained. While we know Washington loves his momma — and after setting the record straight about her accomplishments, he's possibly her biggest stan — we have a difficult time believing the Ballers star can't get a date. Still, Washington said he's open to dating a writer or director, but we know whoever he ends up with has to be a Beyoncé fan. Apparently, the former NFL player is a dedicated member of the BeyHive, but in spite of his famous family, he's been unable to snag tickets for the On the Run II tour. "I've been trying. My sister got some tickets for the upcoming show…but I'm 0 for three," Washington admitted. "And I'm, like, I'm totally BeyHive all day." Thankfully, DeGeneres stepped in to gift Washington two tickets to an upcoming show. But now the question is, who will he take? TOPICS: John David Washington


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Author Joel Stein – a millennial himself – presented all sorts of data showing millennials to be more narcissistic than previous generations at their age.
I'm a Baby Boomer. Maybe I should I be crotchety and agree with the indictment of Gen Y's. But I don't.
Look – all of us were the "me" generation at some point. It's a law of nature: we're biologically and culturally programmed to individuate ourselves from our parents, our families, and our larger communities at various stages as we develop. Just look at a 2-year-old. Or a 15-year-old. Or a mid-life crisis.
If we're healthy, we go through some often painful developmental stages. Developing means turning our backs on old ways of being and forging new ones. For 20-somethings in any generation, that involves a focus on "me" that looks like narcissism. To decide who I am to become in the next stage, I have to explore my own needs, my own journey, my own uniqueness.
The conventional indictment of Millennials also sees them as disloyal, demanding, and entitled. "A lot of what counts as typical millennial behavior is how rich kids have always behaved," Stein says in the Time cover story.
Okay, but "rich kids have always behaved" how? Like they have options. Now, Millennials – whether they're wealthy or not – are behaving like they have options. Is that a bad thing?
This option-retaining attitude has in part been forced on them by a culture that no longer can guarantee them a job, let alone job security for decades, like so many Boomers and our parents experienced. If we don't have job security – if there's virtually no chance of staying in one job for 40 years and earning a nice pension – you have to keep your options open.
And why would anyone commit to 40 years in the same job anyway? What's the purpose of choosing loyalty over flexibility? Why would anyone settle for a boring life if they're brave enough to take a more adventurous path?
So millennials are willing to take more risks than we or our parents did. So they're willing to risk uncertainty and instability for the sake of following their interests. So they piss off a few of us old codgers in the process. What are we to tell them: "Oh, you'll regret it when you're 65 and without a pension…"?
In her response to the Time cover story, Huffington Post Blogger Simone Sneed says simply that millennials are seeking purpose in their lives. They're "attempting to redefine success … by aligning their passions with their day-to-day existence." We Boomers promised to do that, too. But we got lost, and conservative, along the way.
More power to 'em. Give those millennials a break. You're just jealous. They're doing what they're supposed to do, and in some ways, they're showing the rest of us a more organic, more creative, more exciting, more evolved way to be at work.


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In a twist that has inevitable written all over it, the database industry has at last begun to take heed of the power of consumerization. The once mighty RDBMS is now obliged to make room for an emerging and increasingly important partner in the data center: the graph database. Twitter's doing it, Facebook's doing it, even online dating sites are doing it; what they are doing is tracing relationship graphs. After all, social is social, and ultimately it's all about relationships.
There are all kinds of graph databases and projects on the market right now, and most of them are purpose-built for a particular workload or platform. Some technologies are not even databases at all, but rather graph analytics engines that pull data from any convenient source, even Hadoop, and analyze it in the graph engine.
Twitter developed its graph database in house and released it as FlockDB to the open source community. Twitter designed it specifically to store relationships and activity between users. Facebook rolled out Graph Search to allow its users to query its Social Graph to discover connections that extend beyond "so-and-so is a friend of so-and-so." As far as online dating, it's primarily a matter of who dated whom and what worked out well, but it's possible to create complex graphs of who liked or disliked what movies or band or food or sports team or whatever – and to recommend potential matches on such a basis and also to analyze what worked and what didn't.


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In my specific case, I have an app that must perform some checks every 2 minutes by making Volley requests to the server, but I need to know if this is too expensive in terms of network data consumed.
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Dr. Ruwart's new edition of "Healing Our World" is in a format that is easy to read and has updates on the best explanations of how liberty (the libertarian philosophy) works in the real world. She discusses how the principles of liberty truly enrich the poor. She gives example after example of how applying these principles will succeed in our everyday world. Dr. Ruwart shows that how we treat each other on a personal, one on one basis, should be applied to us on a corporate basis to achieve the goals of peace and prosperity.