I love to travel, but my scope of the world was heavily based on Europe as this was my go-to continent to explore. When the opportunity came up to volunteer with GVI, I chose their elephant program in northern Thailand to experience something new. I am also an animal lover and an advocate for animal rights, so knowing that this program rescues elephants from tourist camps and rehabilitates them back into the jungle, made it an easy choice. Participating in this program also provided me with the opportunity to experience rural Thailand; Basecamp is situated in a remote mountain village, Huay Pakoot, which is about five hours outside of Chiang Mai. It offered a level of authenticity you wouldn't get from staying in the big cities.
The staff at GVI were very helpful right from the beginning. They provided assistance with filling out the necessary paperwork and quickly answered any questions that I had. When my flight was cancelled due to a winter storm in Toronto, they even rearranged my pick-up time from the airport in Chiang Mai to accommodate. I was greeted by a songthaew full of GVI staff, interns and volunteers, and quickly fell right into the group.
Upon arriving in Huay Pakoot I was escorted by a staff member to my home-stay and was introduced to my home-stay family. We then returned to Basecamp and were given a village tour, which really highlighted just how incorporated into the mountainside this 400-year-old village is! At the very top of Huay Pakoot is the primary school and a Buddhist temple, then as you make your way down you the winding, red dirt roads, you come across the various houses and the few shops scattered throughout (appropriated named "Top Shop", "Middle Shop" and "Bottom Shop"). The people of Huay Pakoot belong to the Karen tribe and follow a chiefdom, and Old Chief's house, which is situated at a fork in the road near Basecamp, quickly became the main navigational landmark for me. It's easy to get lost but after a day or two of walking, you quickly memorize your route.
Our daily routine in the program made it easy to acclimatize to village life. From Monday to Thursday we ate breakfast at Basecamp, then around 7:30am each day we set off on elephant hikes. GVI Thailand Chiang Mai currently sponsors three small herds, made up of a total of nine elephants. These animals range in age from four years to sixty-five, and have all worked in the tourist camps. The older elephants have also worked in the logging camps – a practice that ended in 1989 when the Thai government banned all logging in protected areas.
Each day we were divided into groups and assigned to different herds, so our hikes were never the same. We saw ourselves hiking through rice paddies and corn fields, forests, and what felt like authentic jungle (with the sound of distant Gibbon calls included). The hikes varied in difficulty, but the GVI team and the mahouts (elephant keepers) were always there to assist you. The mahouts even created walking sticks out of tree branches for some of us.
Once the elephants were located we sat and observed, and collected data on their behavior. A major focus of this GVI project is documenting the physical and psychological effects these elephants showcase after years of working in the tourist camps. This is done in order to create a better understanding of how to rehabilitate them and integrate them back into more natural conditions. It was an amazing experience to be able to watch them interact with each other while they gathered, prepped, and ate their own food, and were expected to do nothing but just be their natural selves.
After our hike we'd return to Basecamp to eat lunch and prepare for our afternoon. Throughout the week there are opportunities to receive lessons on the local language, Pakinaw. We were also offered the chance to volunteer with the local children at school and nursery; to give English lessons to the mahouts, women in the village, and the monks; and to participate in cooking classes at a few of the home-stays. Every few days we'd also be shown a presentation by a staff member or intern, which usually focused on elephant history and welfare. We always had the chance for personal downtime each day, and enjoyed dinner with our home-stay family each evening. After dinner we'd usually all relax at Basecamp, then go to bed to recoup for the next day. Fridays were usually left open so we could decide on what to do as a group, and weekends were free for us to do as we pleased.
This whole experience has taught me a lot about elephant welfare and our responsibility as travelers to only participate in ethical tourism. Knowing that in their recent past these elephants were mistreated, malnourished, and forced to do things unnatural to their behavior, made me incredibly sad. However, getting to have the first-hand experience of seeing them in their natural habitat – a stark contrast to what most tourists to Thailand see – gave me a deeper appreciation for the species and a great respect for the work done by GVI Thailand Chiang Mai. This program is invaluable and offers an experience that I wish everyone could have.


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Q: vertx Java download filename special characters I am writing a simple file download by Java and vertx and I can't get correct filenames, for ex:  gadže zèleno_iscusinţă.pdf (This is romanian language)
Here is my code:
ctx.response()
        .putHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, contenype)
        .putHeader("Content-Disposition", String.format(inline; filename="gadže zèleno_iscusinţă.pdf")
        .putHeader(HttpHeaders.TRANSFER_ENCODING, "chunked")
        .sendFile(filePath).end();

With this code makes the download file name have the wrong format:
gad-e zèleno_iscusin--.pdf

I've tried to use URLEncoder.encode(), to end code the filename:
.putHeader("Content-Disposition", String.format(inline; filename=URLEncoder.encode("gadže zèleno_iscusinţă.pdf"))

But it makes all space into "+" which is not good :(. gadže+zèleno_iscusinţă.pdf
Does anyone know any method to make this name in the correct format? Please help...

A: I did it.... Use UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1. The code will something like this.
String fileName = "gadže zèleno_iscusinţă.pdf";

String encodeFileName = new String(fileName.getBytes("UTF-8"), "ISO-8859-1");

ctx.response()
        .putHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, contenype)
        .putHeader("Content-Disposition", encodeFileName)
        .putHeader(HttpHeaders.TRANSFER_ENCODING, "chunked")
        .sendFile(filePath).end();

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The Scorpion's Bite: A Lily Sampson Mystery #3
Aileen G Baron
It is 1943 and the world is at war. Archaeologist Lily Sampson has been sent to Trans-Jordan by the OSS, along with Gideon Weil, the famous director of the American ...
It is 1943 and the world is at war. Archaeologist Lily Sampson has been sent to Trans-Jordan by the OSS, along with Gideon Weil, the famous director of the American School of Archeology in Jerusalem. As part of their survey, they roam the beautiful, silent desert where the indelible presence of Lawrence of Arabia still lingers, and where the ancient Nabateans once ruled an empire from their capital in Petra. But soon Lily and Gideon are stranded in the Wadi Rum, and their Bedouin guide is murdered. Could Gideon be guilty of the crime?
Then the pair learns that two oil pipelines run from Iraq through the desert to ports on the Mediterranean: one through Trans-Jordan supplying the Allies, the other through Syria supplying the Nazis. Syrians and Vichy French are raiding across the border, threatening to destroy the Trans-Jordan pipeline. Lily and Gideon's real mission is to help safeguard the pipeline and to prevent oil from reaching the Nazis. At the same time, Lily uncovers a Nazi plot to kidnap and kill the eight-year-old King Faisal of Iraq.
Can Lily and Gideon clear Gideon's name, protect the Trans-Jordan pipeline, sabotage the Syrian line, and rescue Faisal to prevent the Nazi takeover of Iraq?
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Aileen Baron was a professor of archaeology at California State University, Fullerton, where her work took her to many parts of ...
The three of them sat in the shade of the Jeep, mouths dry, throats heavy with the scorching air, seared by relentless heat, huddled close, but still not completely sheltered from the unforgiving sun. They were almost out of water, just a few drops in their canteens and in the canvas bag hanging limp on the side of the Jeep.
They were in the Wadi Rum, stuck there with a broken axle: Lily, with Gideon Weil, director of the American School in Jerusalem, and their photographer, Klaus Steiner, doing an archaeological survey of Trans-Jordan for the OSS.
And Lily had no idea why.
Last March, more than three months after the Allies took North Africa in Operation Torch, General Donovan appeared in Casablanca looking for Lily Sampson. This time, she thought Wild Bill Donovan was going to tell her to go back south, past Marrakesh and Volubis, into sub-Saharan Africa. Instead, he sent her back to Jerusalem, told her to be ready in twenty-four hours. She was used to this from Donovan.
She left Morocco the next morning at ten o'clock, flying out of the Naval Airbase at Port Lyautey. She landed at Kolundia, the small airport north of Jerusalem, and took a taxi to the American School of Oriental Research where Gideon Weil, the director, was waiting for her.
Gideon had once been on the cover of Time magazine, in all the glory of his dark good looks and his roguish smile, sitting atop a camel like a Bedouin. He wore a kafiya with a dashing tilt.
He told her they were going to do an archaeological survey of Trans-Jordan. He had been working on the survey since before the war, had already published two volumes of research.
Klaus Steiner, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, caught up with them in Jericho. Steiner sported an ascot, a very British blond mustache, a scar on his left cheek, and a gold-capped canine tooth that glinted when he smiled. He told them he had been assigned to them as photographer.
The three of them crossed the Jordan at Allenby Bridge and spent the next month traipsing up and down the ancient King's Highway, visiting cities of the Roman Decapolis.
Lily felt superfluous.
They spent a week mapping Jerash, ancient Gerasa. It had been mapped before; it had been dug ten years ago.
In the midst of the ruins of Jerash, they passed a fellah with an ox and an ass yoked together and pulling a plow. Gideon pointed out that in Deuteronomy, it was forbidden to yoke them together like that. Klaus rolled his eyes to the sky in a show of impatience with Gideon quoting the Bible.
When they reached Amman, Gideon set Lily and Klaus to mapping and photographing remains of the well-documented Roman theater while he made a courtesy call on His Highness, Emir Abdullah.
That afternoon, Gideon told them they were going to Wadi Rum, then on to Petra to meet someone.
Now they sat stranded in the Wadi Rum where tall sandstone cliffs rear straight up like cathedrals, like castles of the mind. When they first reached Wadi Rum, they had stopped the Jeep and sucked in their breath, awed by its grandeur: the pink sand, the clean stillness in the air, the high, red cliffs, echoing silence. "Red," Gideon had said. "The color of Edom is red, ruddy like Esau, the father of the Edomites, who sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of red lentils," and Klaus rolled his eyes again. Today was a lost cause. They had to stick to the track that ran through the wadi without a clue to the whereabouts of either archaeological sites or the Bedouin camps. They were looking for both.
Their Bedouin guide, Qasim, had vanished this morning and left them to fend for themselves.
Last night, as they had every night, they sat around the campfire in the cool desert air, breathing the perfume of the desert and the pungent odor of wormwood and tamarisk, watching the firelight flicker on Qasim's face as he told them tales of his family, of the tribe of the Howeitat, tales of raiding for sheep and camels, of noble gestures. They sat, warmed by the crackle of the fire, with sparks flying upward into the night of brilliant stars, and listened to his stories of how the greedy Saudis, craving power and drunk with religious fervor, raided his people, impoverished them, and how the British betrayed them and sided with the Saudis.
And all day long, Klaus was out with his camera, climbing the hills, vanishing into the fissures in the turreted limestone cliffs, coming back hours later telling them he had shots of rock drawings, or yet another magnificent vista of the clean, silent, wasteland of the desert.
Qasim was missing and the dapper Klaus—his eyebrows and lashes pointed with the red dust of the wadi, his moustache caked with pink powder—sat with them, grumbling about the heat and the rowdy wind, his camera wrapped in a towel.
All they could do was watch sand whirl in gusts as it piled against the small dune opposite the Jeep, gape at the overwhelming desert, and wait for help to come.
A dark spot emerged above the crest of the horizon and Lily watched it approach from over the high ridge, seeming to erupt out of the hills beyond the blowing sand. She could just make out the figure moving toward them.
As the figure came closer, Lily saw that it was a child, a girl no more than eight or ten. She was dressed in adult finery with a small abayah over her long dress. A veil, sweeping in the wind, covered her head, a necklace of coins draped across her forehead.
She came toward them, her face engraved with the dry dust of the desert.
"Those Bedouin," Klaus said. "Where do they all come from? They're everywhere, coming out of nowhere in the desert, keeping an eye on us, watching our every move."
"Desert hospitality," Gideon said. "They're our hosts, we're their guests."
"And they'll invite us at knife point to sleep in their camps with their bedbugs and rotted cheese."
"It's all they have," Gideon said. "They share what they have, bedbugs and all."
The Bedouin girl carried a tiered tray, covered with a cloth against the dust. She set it down on the running board of the Jeep and removed the cloth, revealing three cups and a pot of tea. She poured the tea, gave them a shy smile, and sat silently on the small dune opposite the Jeep while they drank the tea and muttered, "Shukran, shukran," to the girl between sips. "Thank you, thank you."
When they finished, the child, still silent, collected the cups, trudged back over the hill, and disappeared.
And they continued to wait, marooned in the wind and sand and desert pavement.
The wind picked up, blowing around them, the sound of it escalating like an eerie whine of spirits who had vanished in the Wadi Rum.
Lily peered down the wadi and saw a whirlwind roaring toward them, eddying over boulders, picking up rocks and branches of brush in its vortex as it advanced.
"Dust devil!" Gideon shouted over the noise of the wind.
Lily closed her eyes and covered her face with her scarf as the whirlwind came nearer still, swirling and biting into their skin, sputtering and roaring as it closed around them, trajectories of rock and sand stinging the bare flesh of her arms and hands.
She held her breath, struggled against the gritty air, drowned in sand.
Thirty seconds passed and she tried to breathe.
One minute—with wind snapping her clothes, howling in her ears.
Another minute, gasping.
Then the wind passed and traveled up the wadi.
They coughed, sipped from what was left in their canteens, and coughed again.
"Behold," Gideon said. "A storm of the Lord is gone forth in fury, yes a whirling storm."
"Not another." Klaus gave Gideon an impatient look before he snapped a picture of the disappearing whirlwind. "Not another Biblical quotation."
"It's from Jeremiah."
Klaus rewrapped the towel around his camera. "You are also a rabbi, yes?"
Gideon nodded. "My degree is in theology. My dissertation was on the meaning of ahavah in the Old Testament."
"And what is the meaning of ahavah?" "Love," Lily said.
"You took a hundred and eighty-seven pages to say that?" Klaus asked.
Gideon looked over at him. "A hundred and eighty-seven pages? How do you know?"
"I saw in our library at university. Göttingen, no?"
"You told me you were at Heidelberg." Gideon ran a finger along his own cheek, approximating Klaus' scar. "With a dueling mark on your left cheek to prove it."
"You are mistaken." Klaus stood up. "Göttingen." He beat some of the grit off his pants, carefully unwrapped his camera, blew off the surface dust with an air-bulb and glanced at the Jeep. "Erstaundlich," he said, focusing the camera on the hood of the Jeep where the paint had scraped off. "Astounding." He stepped back and declared, "It has been sanded," and gave a sage nod.
But Lily was looking straight ahead at the small dune across from the Jeep. The sand had blown away from the edge of the dune, and what she saw was a sandaled foot attached to a leg buried underneath.
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Why A Little Bit Of Leftovers Really Kills Our Self-Control
Written by Liz Entman
New research looks at the tendency to overeat when we only have a little bit of food left over—and how we justify it by convincing ourselves that it's not as unhealthy as it is.
"Many of us were raised with this 'clean your plate' mentality, stemming from a desire to ensure one is not being wasteful or their children are eating well; however, this can also lead to overconsumption," says Kelly Haws, marketing professor at Vanderbilt University. "So, one could argue that good advice for someone trying to manage their food intake would be not to clean their plate."
Haws and her coauthors were interested in exploring how the clean-plate phenomenon, called "consumption closure," affects our desire to keep eating more than we should or want to when there's just a small amount left, "The questions we had were: Is there something special about having this small quantity left over, and what processes do people use when justifying continued consumption or deciding whether or not to continue consuming?"
Haws and her coauthors, Veronika Ilyuk of Hofstra University and Lauren Block of Baruch College, conducted several experiments involving asking participants to eat or imagine eating a variety of unhealthy foods—cookies, chocolate-covered almonds, and pizza—and then answer questions designed to tease out how hungry they were, how much more they wanted to eat, and how healthy they believed the food to be in each scenario. They found:
That last cookie is very tempting.
Study participants were served individual plates of cookies with a varying number of cookies on each plate, and instructed to eat three cookies. They were then asked how much they wanted one more cookie. Participants who had one or two cookies left over really wanted another, but those with more left over—and those with none—were more likely to say they'd had enough. Haws theorizes that we may judge whether an amount is worth saving based on what we've been primed to view as a serving size.
We tell ourselves it's not really that bad for us.
We're more likely to give ourselves permission to overeat by telling ourselves that it's not as unhealthy as it may actually be. Study participants shown identical bowls of chocolate-covered almonds were invited to imagine either eating all but one or all but 10 of the almonds, and then asked how much they wanted to eat one more. As in the previous experiment, participants were more tempted to eat just one more when there was only one left. And when asked how fattening a chocolate-covered almond was, people who wanted to eat more were also more likely to underestimate the caloric impact of that almond.
We really want to clean that plate.
In a variation of the first experiment, participants were asked to imagine eating a certain number of cookies directly from the package, leaving one, three, or six cookies behind, and then asked how much they wanted one more cookie. As with the first experiment, when there was only one cookie left, participants were far more likely to just finish the package than store it for later. And as with the almond experiment, those most tempted to eat one more cookie were also most likely to underestimate how unhealthy it was. And finally, those who anticipated eating that one last cookie also anticipated the greatest satisfaction from eating it.
Doggy bags offer the best of both worlds.
Haws and her colleagues found that when study participants got the option to take that last slice of pizza home, people were much more likely to do that than clear their plates. When the option to take the last slice to go was not available, participants were more likely to say they wanted to eat it as well as to downplay how bad it was for them.
The takeaway, Haws says, is that the desire for consumption closure is so strong that we actually lie to ourselves about how unhealthy the leftovers are in order to justify cleaning our plates. "However, providing another mechanism for consumption closure, such a doggy bag, dampens the effect of wanting to eat more," Haws says.
So if you're concerned about overeating, Haws says you can satisfy your need to clean your plate by getting your leftovers to go—no matter how small they are.
The findings appear in the journal Appetite.
Source: Vanderbilt University
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that those we serve deserve it.
the ways of the king and his kingdom.
a void of chaos and a presence calm.
the very face and hands of God.
and for the work of God in its midst.
Today is my grandmother's birthday. She turns 82.
This conversation happened on facebook messaging.
I see TuTu more now (TuTu is what I call her of course) because she volunteers for us at least one day a week at Area Relief Ministries. We joked at the office just today about her requesting to close up shop one day after the office had closed, letting everyone know that she would close up shop because she hadn't finished what she wanted to finish yet. We didn't allow it, of course.
Some of my stubbornness comes from TuTu.
So does some of my shortness, my red checks, and my fast sweating. Those all come from TuTu as well.
And hopefully, my willingness at 82 years of age to be a part of what God is doing with the homeless, the at-risk, the materially poor, the families in crisis…hopefully being wiling to take part in the work of the kingdom at 82 years of age…not 83 yet…is some trait of TuTu's that I will inherit beyond my 5'8″ stature and red, sweaty cheeks. If my height, cheeks, and temperature are inherited from TuTu, I'm proud of them too.
Even more so if I will redefine the 80s and 90s as times to pour into what God is doing in the world to make all things new, it will be a proud legacy. As my boss at ARM used to sing, "Age ain't nothin' but a number".
I teach class at Union University a few days a week, and it brings me great joy to hear from students and acquaintances, "You are TuTu's grandson, aren't you. She has talked about you." To work to keep up with my grandmother's social calendar might bring me shame, but instead, it brings me great pride. To try to keep up with the textbooks she is reading on New Testament theology and Christian history might make me feel dumb, but instead it makes me ambitious.
To TuTu on her 82nd birthday, you make the passing of time seem like a great reward. Thanks for the legacy, and for my red, sweaty cheeks. All my love.
We confess, O God, that we like to see things solved.
We confess, O God, that we bear your name and insist on solving.
on this side of kingdom come.
and fully in the world on the other side of kingdom come.
kingdom is in our midst, and kingdom comes.
what it is that we are sticking around for at all.


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BAT gained 20% on news of Solana integration: Where to buy BAT now
The Basic Attention Token (BAT) gained a prominent position in the list of most-traded cryptocurrencies when Grayscale created the BAT-based trust and it was formally included in Bitbank, the well-known Japanese cryptocurrency exchange. Since then, there has been no end to its success. Here's where to buy BAT today.
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BAT powers a new digital advertising platform, which offers users fair rewards for their attention, as the token's name suggests. It also gives advertisers a better return on investments in ads. The Brave Browser delivers this experience. Users can watch ads related to preserving privacy and get BAT rewards.
On their part, advertisers can deliver targeted ads to increase engagement and reduce losses due to abuse and fraud. BAT itself is exchanged between stakeholders such as users, advertisers, and publishers.
Should I buy BAT today?
BAT is changing hands for almost twice as much as it was just 10 days ago. There are reasons to be bullish on the token.
BAT price prediction
DigitalCoin, who are known for their conservative estimates, predicted BAT would reach $1.55 at the end of this year. It is trading for $1.57 at the time of writing. They estimate $1.73 at the end of next year, $2.2 at the end of 2023, $2.6 at the end of 2024, and $3.12 at the end of 2025. Finally, they expect BAT to reach $4.77 by 2028.
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Although 2020 has had its unpredictability, dealers are looking to the future and finding the security trends that have the potential to define 2021. SDM looked at predictions from EagleEye Networks, Hanwha Techwin, Veego, STANLEY Security and Pro-Vigil to see what next year will have in store for the security industry.
Increased Focus on IoT and AI
Hanwha Techwin predicts that increased computing power along with improved AI algorithms are driving the trend towards AI and machine learning running on IoT devices instead of expensive and resource hungry on-premise data servers. According to Veego, AI will help service providers with customer service when smart device manufacturers are being inundated with support calls, which can be timely and complex.
However, according to Andrew Gibson, solutions engineering consultant, STANLEY Security, companies must control how they implement IoT.
"When IoT was first introduced, manufacturers created an abundance of solutions –– and were quickly sought after by companies," Gibson said. "However, they never addressed how the devices would interact with networks. The global IoT market is only expected to grow in the next 10 years and as we look toward 2021, companies must find ways to intelligently control devices on their networks with strict guidelines around device governance to eliminate potential threats."
Protecting Data
With many workforces staying remote until summer 2021, cybersecurity has become a greater focus for security companies. Additionally, there's been a tremendous amount of technology hitting the market, which comes with a lot of data. According to predictions by Hanwha Techwin, as privacy protection regulations are being introduced around the world — such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) — the video surveillance industry is increasingly adopting "privacy by design" best practices and increasing its efforts to protect personal data from misuse and abuse. Organizations are increasingly aware of the dangers of private data breaches and are becoming more discerning when evaluating security products and solutions they can trust.
Better Video & Video Data
Cameras are moving from 1080p resolution to 4K, allowing for clearer, larger images with fewer cameras. Plus, the addition of AI allows for better crime detection. Pro-Vigil predicts that video surveillance systems that leverage AI functionality will move beyond mere object recognition to predictive deterrence using a pre-defined set of criteria. For example, if someone emerges from the shadows carrying a bolt cutter near a chained fence gate, it could notify a business owner or even turn on lights and make announcements to deter the person from attempting a break-in.
"A number of factors are driving the video surveillance trends in 2021," said Hans Kahler, vice president of operations at Eagle Eye Networks. "Innovation from companies like Eagle Eye Networks and our partners is leading and meeting the demands of customers for their video surveillance systems to provide business insights in addition to security. Combine the promise of AI and cloud video surveillance with the volatility, instability, and remote work environment of 2020 and we have an environment where people are looking for their video surveillance and security systems to deliver more business value than ever before. The acceleration of cloud adoption and use of analytics to provide improved security and drive business improvement will make 2021 a transformative year for the industry."
Increased Use of the Cloud
According to Hanwha Techwin, cloud technology is playing an increasingly crucial role in safely managing edge devices, analyzing large amounts of data and deriving useful insights. The cloud can quickly install security patches, update new features and manage and maintain edge devices. The need to integrate and manage data collected from different devices has been increasing, with more companies implementing cloud solutions in their technology.
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Bob McDowell followed a common routine each morning. He would get up early, take a two mile walk, and stop by the Canterbury Bakery for hot tea and scones. This morning was no different, except that his 27 year old daughter Meg joined him at the bakery.
Having purchased his tea and pastry, Bob sat down at his usual table in front of the window overlooking the sidewalk and parking lot of what had become a mini mall. As he was taking a sip of his tea, he heard a crashing sound, which would be the last thing he could remember when he woke up in intensive care with broken arms and legs, a cracked skull and third degree burns on his chest and arms.
Miriam Wendel was 82 years old at the time Bob was hurt. She drove a 1984 Oldsmobile which she bought new. She had just done some shopping at the pharmacy and was hoping to pull out of her parking space in front of the bakery and drive the three blocks to her daughter's home. Unfortunately, Miriam accidentally put the car in "drive" instead of "reverse" and stepped on the gas, crashing through the front window of the Canterbury Bakery. Miriam survived the accident, but Bob sustained permanent injuries. Meg had some minor cuts from the glass window but was generally unhurt.
At the time of the accident, Miriam had an insurance policy that provided up to $50,000 in coverage per occurrence. Because of the severe injuries to Bob, the insurer offered to pay him the entire policy limits, which was rejected. The case ended up in litigation and the judge urged the parties to consider mediation. That's where I came in.
When I get a call inquiring about mediation, I first attempt to assess the temperature in the case, i.e., how hot is the dispute. I'm interested in knowing not only the facts of the case and the status of negotiations, if any, but also why the parties think mediation might be useful. Once I gather that information, which comes together in the first phone call with the attorney(s), I then follow a very strategic pattern or template which can be used in almost any case.
The pattern I often follow was developed by Professor Randy Lowry of Pepperdine Law School. This approach is based on the idea that mediation sessions are generally broken down into five distinct segments or "Stages," and that within each stage there is a "Task," the objective—what the mediator is trying to accomplish; an "Action," how the mediator is going to accomplish the objective; and a "Result," the outcome which the mediator expects to achieve. Once you have gone through all Five Stages of the mediation, the goal is to achieve a final and durable settlement of the dispute.
Stage One: Convening The Mediation
In the McDowel case, it was the defense who contacted me about setting up a mediation. The first TASK was to speak to Bob's counsel about his response to the judge's suggestion to participate in mediation. I was initially concerned that Bob's counsel would think that I was biased since I was calling at the recommendation of defense counsel. That problem was avoided, however, since the defense counsel had already sent a letter with my profile, indicating my experience and high level of impartiality. The ACTION I took was to get counsel to start talking about the case by first connecting or building a personal rapport on the phone. We had a brief conversation on general topics until I sensed a rapport had been built. We then moved the discussion to the McDowell case, and he indicated that although he wanted to settle, he was concerned that mediation might be a waste of time. He felt that his client might want to get a judgment and try to collect from Miriam's assets, which, though not tremendous, included two modest homes which were paid in full. I asked him if he had anything to lose by at least spending a couple of hours talking about how his client could be compensated. Upon further reflection, he allowed that it might be worthwhile and was willing to try it. We then discussed the process in general, what he could expect and the costs, and selected a tentative date for the mediation.
Rather than sell mediation as a panacea, the RESULT I was simply trying to achieve in the Convening stage was to create a "willingness" to come to the table, not to actually settle the case.
Stage Two: Opening Session
Once the mediation got started, my TASK in stage two was to describe the process so that the parties would know what to expect from the session. The ACTION I took to complete the task was to advise the parties that we would explore a risk analysis of the likelihood and amount of recovery. I further told them that we would meet privately at which point they should be prepared to discuss a realistic assessment of what they expected to pay and receive. For Bob, this turned out to be the key to the case. He knew he had a strong case, but the question in his mind was whether he could recover from Miriam's estate, or whether he had the heart to put Miriam in a vulnerable financial position. The RESULT I tried to achieve was a sense of "Safety and Hope" about the process of mediation and prospect for settlement. I wanted to allow the parties to feel comfortable enough to speak candidly with me about their objectives, and open enough to accept new information or at minimum a new spin on old information.
Stage Three: Communication
The TASK at this stage is to allow the parties an opportunity to explain their positions both in front of each other and in private meetings with me. The ACTION is a series of open ended questions followed by active feedback which permits me to listen for clues about what is driving the parties. This is much more difficult than cross examination in court since I don't have the benefit of having deposed the person in advance. It therefore requires delicate questions, skillfully posed to keep the conversation moving forward, while continuing to build credibility and rapport with the parties. The RESULT in this stage is that the parties have a chance to air their perspectives and feel confident that they have been heard. Often, too, this communication discloses hidden values and interests.
The fact that Miriam had no available cash and a minimal insurance policy was already known to the attorneys. However, Miriam did have two properties which she worked her entire life to own, and the thought of losing her estate at this point in her life was hard to fathom. Miriam'sdaughter, also present at the mediation, commented in our initial joint session that she was scared that her family would end up homeless if Bob won the case. This explanation, I learned later in private caucus, had a tremendous heart rending effect on Bob, who concluded in his mind during the mediation that he couldn't live with himself by possibly ruining their lives through a jury verdict.
Bob explained in front of Miriam and her counsel how this incident had had a devastating affect on his health, though after about one year he felt fairly recovered, with the exception of some scars from the coffee.
While I could have jumped directly into the Negotiation stage of the mediation at this point, I decided to stick with the Communication process. I find it critical to the success of a case to spend some time in the Communication stage in order to surface all sides of the conflict and in essence let the parties have their day in court. Inevitably when I am anxious to cut to the chase and begin the negotiations, I find the parties are more apt to get locked up in positions that could have been softened up in the communication stage.
Stage Four: The Negotiation
I sensed that it was the right time to move into the Negotiation stage when the parties were starting to repeat themselves and I could see that the attorneys were anxious to work on what they came to the table for the deal. To accomplish this, the TASK was to begin the bargaining dance between the parties. In this case, Bob understood from his counsel that he could expect a verdict in excess of $500,000 in court, but that such a verdict might be a pyrrhic victory due to the limitations on cash available from Miriam's estate. The ACTION I took was to suggest to Bob that he and his attorney start considering other options that would require courageous thinking on his part, including significantly reducing his expectations so that Miriam could start figuring out some ways to free up some of the cash in her estate. The RESULT we were trying to achieve was "flexibility and innovation." This would allow us to close the gap in the negotiation and ultimately come together.
In our private meeting, the first thing I heard was that if Bob pushed this case any further, Miriam would let him get a judgment and file for bankruptcy, virtually eliminating any chance for recovery. I asked permission to share that information with Bob but Miriam's counsel declined. He wanted to see what Bob was willing to do before he pushed the bankruptcy button. I then asked Miriam and her counsel if they would consider taking steps to free up some cash from the equity in her homes. Bingo! The question was something they had already considered and though they preferred not to, they checked with the bank and could access about $50,000 in an equity line on the homes. That was the most they could get and encouraged me to sell it to Bob. I understood that if that wasn't acceptable, Bob would then be presented with the bankruptcy option.
I then caucused with Bob and asked him if he was able to reduce his expectations and come up with some creative ideas to solving this dispute. I was pleased to learn that Bob did not want to put Miriam and her family out on the street, and that they were willing to consider settling for something in the neighborhood of $200,000 $250,000, which would be the amount that could be realized if one of Miriam's homes was sold. Though I knew that Miriam would not consider selling one of her homes, I thanked Bob for coming up with such a creative option and I would see if there was any interest.
At that point I knew that we had narrowed the gap from $500,000 as a demand and $50,000 as an offer to $200,000 as a demand and $100,000 as monies available to settle. In short, we were only $100,000 apart.
The next step in the negotiation was to explore Bob's idea, though I knew Miriam wouldn't accept it. What came out of that round was that the house that Bob wanted Miriam to sell was only worth about $150,000 after paying a broker's commission. Bob knew the area where the house was located and agreed with that assessment. He indicated that he would be willing to accept the $150,000 if the house were sold. Now we were $50,000 apart and I was the only person who knew it.
Bob's counsel pressured me to reveal what Miriam was willing to do financially. I told him that I wasn't at liberty to disclose what she can offer, but that I felt that the parties were making good progress and that Miriam would find a way to pull out some money from the houses. Realizing that the last $50,000 would be the hardest gap to fill, I asked for more time to speak to Miriam's counsel so that I could get them a solid offer.
I then met privately with Miriam's counsel to inquire if there was any possibility of getting more money out of the equity line. I was convinced that $50,000 was the maximum and spent the next several minutes discussing the appropriate negotiation strategy to present to Bob. We agreed that offering the entire $100,000 at this point might not give them any room to move later, and I received permission to offer $85,000 with an explanation of the potential that Miriam might file bankruptcy.
I then presented the $85,000 offer to Bob and his counsel, explaining the risk of collecting if they forced Miriam to judgment. They pressed me on where Miriam was getting the extra money without selling a house and I informed them that it would be from an equity line she would set up with a bank. Bob was fascinated by the concept of the equity line and had questions about the effect of a bankruptcy on any potential judgment. His counsel conceded that a bankruptcy would make collection difficult, but still felt that the amount offered was too low. I asked him if he would consider anything less then "six figures." The answer was probably not, but at least I got a sense that they weren't adamant in their position. I suggested that they allow me to determine the most that could be obtained from the equity line, and to report my findings to them. I suggested that they be prepared to close a deal at whatever that number might be. They agreed to listen.
At this point I felt like the entertainer who did the spinning plates routine on the Ed Sullivan show, going back and forth trying to keep the plates spinning simultaneously until the time was ripe to close the deal. I then advised Miriam's counsel progress was being made but that the only way to find out if we could settle the case would be to give me permission to offer the entire $100,000. He agreed.
Moving back to private caucus with Bob, I submitted that there was a good possibility that the bank would allow up to $50,000 on the equity line, and that if that were so, I would encourage Miriam to offer it. I didn't want to propose it unless I was certain that Bob would accept it. I asked him to speak to his counsel privately and let me know in a few minutes what he wanted to do. Sensing that the spinning plates were slowing down, I waited a few minutes with Miriam, her daughter and counsel. I then went back into the room and learned that Bob would settle for $100,000 if it was offered, but not a penny less.
Stage Five: Closure
Knowing that a settlement was imminent, my remaining TASK was to finalize the agreement. The ACTION I took was to discuss with Miriam and her counsel the paperwork involved in getting the equity line, the commitment she must make to the bank to pay off the $50,000, and importantly, what it meant to her to put this case behind her. She understood everything and was ready to finalize the deal. The insurance company was waiting in the wings with their additional $50,000 and couldn't have been happier. The RESULT here was that both parties would make an "Informed Decision" about settlement, and that everyone could deliver on their promises.
I then congratulated Bob and his counsel for their hard work and confirmed that we had a deal at $100,000. I emphasized that Miriam was willing to stretch to make it happen and that Bob could finally put this chapter of his life behind him. I then prepared a Memorandum of Understanding and called everyone together in the conference room to sign the agreement. I also discussed the specifics about finalizing the deal, such as signing releases, dismissal of the lawsuit, the time it would take to fund the settlement, and other details necessary to implement the agreement. It was obvious that all parties were satisfied with the terms of the settlement, and the case was closed.
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The Defence Department may be preparing to end the War on Terror, but is the CIA?
By joshblack2 / November 30, 2012 / Politics / Leave a comment
Speech made at the Oxford Union by Jeh Johnson, General Counsel to the Department of Defence, 30 November 2012
Of all the places to declare the end of a war, the Oxford Union is one of the more underwhelming. Far from emphasising American power as the famous 'Mission Accomplished' set piece sought to do, Jeh Johnson, a top lawyer at the Defence Department, has nevertherless got up quite a stir. In remarks made earlier this afternoon, Mr Johnson suggested that:
on the present course, there will come a tipping point –a tipping point at which so many of the leaders and operatives of al Qaeda and its affiliates have been killed or captured, and the group is no longer able to attempt or launch a strategic attack against the United States, such that al Qaeda as we know it, the organization that our Congress authorized the military to pursue in 2001, has been effectively destroyed.
Whether we have reached that point, Mr Johnson was not prepared to say. In this, there is little to be surprised about. The Obama Administration would love to declare an end to the War on Terror, but to do so prematurely would be more catastrophic than the converse would be politically astute. Yet journalists are not invited to the Oxford Union for nothing, and nor do Mr Johnson's speeches, of which by all accounts he makes a great many, make international news. Could this be the endgame for the US in the fight against al-Qaeda?
That is now a real possibility, but reading between the lines of Mr Johnson's speech requires delving deeper than comments fed to journalists in advance. Significantly, the end of the War on Terror does not mean perpetual peace but rather, " a counterterrorism effort against individuals who are the scattered remnants of al Qaeda, or are parts of groups unaffiliated with al Qaeda, for which the law enforcement and intelligence resources of our government are principally responsible, in cooperation with the international community" (emphasis in the orignal).
Once the Defence Department is removed from the War on Terror, in other words, the CIA takes on the mantle. This is hardly the revolution Mr Johnson suggests it might be. The CIA has increasingly developed from an intelligence-gathering agency into an active instrument of assasination through its management of the drone programme.
The demilitarisation of the War on Terror suggested by Mr Johnson has no reason to include the abandonment of targeted assasination, a policy which is still subject to sketchy legal grounds. As evidence of this, Mr Johnson, when pushed on whether the legal grounds for strikes against Pakistani Taliban were (a) a resolution of the international community, (b) the consent of the Pakistani government, or (c) the inability of the Pakistani government to deal with threats to the United States' security, could only offer an evasive 'it's complicated.'
If Mr Johnson does become the new Attorney General, a choice some have seen as likely, President Obama will have made a strong statement that de-escalation is the firmly preferred approach. Only the President, however, will have the authority to determine policy down the chain of command. The next few weeks may even see a bout of very public and very emotive lobbying, especially as Mr Obama tries to steer attention away from his nomination for the vacant State Department. As we know from accounts of the exhaustive strategy meetings leading up to the Afghanistan surge, Mr Obama likes to keep close counsel.
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Q: Graph Theory Algorithm The given problem is
Given a forest with n vertices, add edges to make it into a tree with
minimal diameter.
I tried many approaches but none of them passed system test cases.Please suggest some algorithm to solve this problem.
This is the link of the editorial ncpc.idi.ntnu.no/ncpc2015/ncpc2015slides.pdf The problem name is Adjoin the Networks. I am not able to understand the solution provided in the editorial
Update:
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-solution-for-Dreaming-on-IOI-2013
This link provides the best explanation for the solution mentioned in the editorial

A: The eccentricity of a vertex v, denoted ecc(v), is defined as ecc(v):=max_u d(u,v), i.e. as the distance to a most distant vertex in the graph. A center of a graphG is any vertex v for which ecc(v)=min_v max_u d(u,v), i.e. a center is a vertex that minimizes the eccentricity.
If you merge two trees (from different connected components), T1 and T2, by putting an edge between their centers c1 and c2, you get a tree T with diam T = max(diam T1, diam T2, 1+rad(T1)+rad(T2)).
The correctness of the approach below should be evident from these properties.
Here's one idea for the algorithm, off the top of my head:

*

*let T1, T2, ..., Tk be the trees comprising the forest.

*compute a center vertex ci for each of the trees Ti.

*connect components by putting edges between centers in an intelligent way.

Of course, the problem is now how to cleverly solve the  last bullet. Intuitively I'd suggest you connect the treest with the largest diameters first (and then update the diameter of the new tree and compute a center of the new tree). Perhaps something like this:
while the priority queue contains more than one tree do

*

*let T1 and T2 be the trees with the largest diameters; let c1 and c2 be their centers;

*connect c1 and c2 to form a new tree T;

*compute a new center c of T, compute diam T and put T back into priority queue (which can be a max-heap that uses diameter as the key).

done
Update. I'm not sure whether to join largest-diameter trees first or the other way around (i.e. smallest-diameter trees first). But it's now very easy to do a sketch of a proof (once you figure out which way to go) that this is the right way to go.
Update. The math certainly goes through if you connect largest first (as suggested in the PDF).


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In your ASP.NET Web app, the process to consume the configuration value is even easier.
When run, the title of my page is now called "Hammer" as was defined in the Application Setting. If I change it, no need to redeploy my app, it updates accordingly (as it should).
It's important to note that adding this key into your web.config file does not force an override in your Azure Application Settings – it is the opposite. When my Application Settings are not present, the following will be displayed.
However, if I were to add the "Tool" setting back into my Azure Portal, the previous value would be applied.


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require 'nokogiri'

class TestScm < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
  def test_getrepos
    response =megams.get_repos()
    assert_raises(ArgumentError)
  end

  def test_getrepos_error
    response =megams.get_repos("abcd", "abcd")
    assert_raises(ArgumentError)
  end

end

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"...my constant cry was that our biggest problem is our allies -- our allies in the region were our largest problem in Syria. The Turks were great friends -- and I have the greatest relationship with Erdogan, which I just spent a lot of time with -- the Saudis, the Emiratis, etc. What were they doing? They were so determined to take down Assad and essentially have a proxy Sunni-Shia war, what did they do? They poured hundreds of millions of dollars and tens, thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against Assad except that the people who were being supplied were Al Nusra and Al Qaeda and the extremist elements of jihadis coming from other parts of the world...
"So now what's happening? All of a sudden everybody's awakened because this outfit called ISIL which was Al Qaeda in Iraq, which when they were essentially thrown out of Iraq, found open space in territory in eastern Syria, work with Al Nusra who we declared a terrorist group early on and we could not convince our colleagues to stop supplying them. So what happened? Now all of a sudden -- I don't want to be too facetious -- but they had seen the Lord. Now we have -- the President's been able to put together a coalition of our Sunni neighbors, because America can't once again go into a Muslim nation and be seen as the aggressor -- it has to be led by Sunnis to go and attack a Sunni organization."
Biden apologized for his remarks on Sunday, but he basically let the cat out of the bag. Actually, what he said wasn't new at all, but it did lend credibility to what many of the critics have been saying since the very beginning, that Washington's allies in the region have been arming and funding this terrorist Frankenstein from the onset without seriously weighing the risks involved. Here's more background on Turkey's role in the current troubles from author Nafeez Ahmed:
"With their command and control centre based in Istanbul, Turkey, military supplies from Saudi Arabia and Qatar in particular were transported by Turkish intelligence to the border for rebel acquisition. CIA operatives along with Israeli and Jordanian commandos were also training FSA rebels on the Jordanian-Syrian border with anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons. In addition, other reports show that British and French military were also involved in these secret training programmes. It appears that the same FSA rebels receiving this elite training went straight into ISIS -- last month one ISIS commander, Abu Yusaf, said, "Many of the FSA people who the west has trained are actually joining us." ("How the West Created the Islamic State," Nafeez Ahmed, CounterPunch)
Notice how the author points out the involvement of "CIA operatives." While Biden's comments were an obvious attempt to absolve the administration from blame, it's clear US Intel agencies knew what was going on and were at least tangentially involved. Here's more from the same article:
"Classified assessments of the military assistance supplied by US allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar obtained by the New York Times showed that 'most of the arms shipped at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Qatar to supply Syrian rebel groups' are going to hardline Islamic jihadists, and not the more secular opposition groups that the West wants to bolster."
Once again, classified documents prove that the US officialdom knew what was going on and simply looked the other way. All the while, the hardcore takfiri troublemakers were loading up on weapons and munitions preparing for their own crusade. Here's a clip that Congress should have read before approving $500 million more for this fiasco:
" ... Mother Jones found that the US government has 'little oversight over whether US supplies are falling prey to corruption -- or into the hands of extremists,' and relies 'on too much good faith.' The US government keeps track of rebels receiving assistance purely through 'handwritten receipts provided by rebel commanders in the field,' and the judgment of its allies. Countries supporting the rebels -- the very same which have empowered al-Qaeda affiliated Islamists -- 'are doing audits of the delivery of lethal and nonlethal supplies...'
"The government's vetting procedures to block Islamist extremists from receiving US weapons have never worked." ("How the West Created the Islamic State," Nafeez Ahmed, CounterPunch)
These few excerpts should help to connect the dots in what is really a very hard-to-grasp situation presently unfolding in Syria. Yes, the US is ultimately responsible for Isis because it knew what was going on and played a significant part in arming and training jihadi recruits. And, no, Isis does not take its orders directly from Washington (or Langley) although its actions have conveniently coincided with US strategic goals in the region. (Many readers will undoubtedly disagree with my views on this.) Here's one last clip on Turkey from an article in the Telegraph. The story ran a full year ago in October 2013:
"Hundreds of al-Qaeda recruits are being kept in safe houses in southern Turkey, before being smuggled over the border to wage 'jihad' in Syria, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
"The network of hideouts is enabling a steady flow of foreign fighters -- including Britons -- to join the country's civil war, according to some of the volunteers involved.
"These foreign jihadists have now largely eclipsed the 'moderate' wing of the rebel Free Syrian Army, which is supported by the West. Al-Qaeda's ability to use Turkish territory will raise questions about the role the Nato member is playing in Syria's civil war.
"Turkey has backed the rebels from the beginning -- and its government has been assumed to share the West's concerns about al-Qaeda. But experts say there are growing fears over whether the Turkish authorities may have lost control of the movement of new al-Qaeda recruits -- or may even be turning a blind eye." ("Al-Qaeda recruits entering Syria from Turkey safehouses," Telegraph)
Get the picture? This is a major region-shaping operation that the Turks, the Saudis, the Qataris, the Americans etc., are in on. Sure, maybe some of the jihadis went off the reservation and started doing their own thing, but even that's not certain. After all, Isis has already achieved many of Washington's implicit objectives: Dump Nuri al Maliki and replace him with a US stooge who will amend the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), allow Sunni militants and Kurds to create their own de facto mini-states within Iraq (thus, eliminating the threat of a strong, unified Iraq that will challenge Israeli hegemony), and create a tangible threat to regional security (Isis) thereby justifying US meddling and occupation for the foreseeable future. So far, arming terrorists has been a winning strategy for Obama and Co. Unfortunately for the president, we are still in the early rounds of the emerging crisis. Things could backfire quite badly, and probably will.
(NOTE: According to Iran's Press TV: "The ISIL terrorists have purportedly opened a consulate in Ankara, Turkey and use it to issue visas for those who want to join the fight against the Syrian and Iraqi governments. ... The militants are said to be operating freely inside the country without much problem." I have my doubts about this report which is why I have put parentheses around it, but it is interesting all the same.)
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Oxidation of magnetite nanoparticles: impact on surface and crystal properties
S. P. Schwaminger,a D. Bauer,a P. Fraga-García,a F. E. Wagnerb and S. Berensmeier*a
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a Bioseparation Engineering Group, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 15, Garching, Germany
E-mail: S.Berensmeier@tum.de
b Physik-Department E15, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Straße 1, Garching, Germany
Iron oxide nanoparticles are of great scientific interest due to their huge versatility of applications. The oxidation process of magnetite to maghemite is difficult to monitor as both iron oxide polymorphs possess connatural chemical properties. Especially the surface composition and reactivity of these nanosystems, which are most relevant for interactions with their environment, are not completely understood. Here, the oxidation of magnetite is investigated under mild and harsh conditions in order to understand the oxidation behaviour and the chemical stability of transition forms. Therefore, the oxidation process, is investigated with Raman, Mössbauer and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy as well as X-ray diffraction and magnetometry. The multi-analytical approach allows new insights into surface composition and rearrangement according to respective different depth profiles. For both conditions investigated, the ferrous iron components are oxidised prior to structural changes in the Fe–O vibrations and crystal structure. The process starts from the outer layers and is acid catalysed. Oxidation leads to a decrease of magnetisation which still remains higher than 54 emu g−1. The charge and surface reactivity can be affected by the different oxidation methods and the irreversible adsorption of acid molecules. Biocompatibility and catalytic properties of iron oxide nanoparticles open doors to future applications.
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Subject: Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) Stock Up 10% on News of Split
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Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) Stock Up 10% on News of Split
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning • March 27, 2014
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Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) stock was boosted nearly 10% to a 52-week high of $75.68 intraday Thursday after the healthcare giant announced it's splitting into two separate companies.
The two new entities will include one focused on developing and marketing biopharmaceuticals and one concentrated on medical products. The split, expected to be completed by mid-2015, will be a tax-free distribution to Baxter shareholders.
Current Baxter Chief Executive Officer Robert L. Parkinson Jr. will be chairman and chief executive officer of the medical products company, which will maintain the Baxter International name. Ludwig N. Hantson, president of the bioscience unit, will become CEO of the biopharmaceuticals company, to be named at a later date.
Both companies will be based in northern Illinois.
Among expected benefits in breaking into two are greater management focus on the separate franchises, the ability to more effectively commercialize up-and-coming and current offerings, and the flexibility to chase respective growth.
Parkinson explained in a statement:
"Baxter has an established history of executing successful spinoffs, and we have continued to evaluate the separation of these two businesses in response to diverging business dynamics and the rapidly changing macro-environment. This decision underscores Baxter's commitment to ensuring its long-term strategic priorities remain aligned with shareholders' best interests, while improving our competitive position and performance, enhancing operational, commercial and scientific effectiveness and creating value for patients, healthcare providers, and other key stakeholders."
Baxter International (NYSE: BAX): Benefits of Breaking Up
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Included in the medical products business is the $4 billion acquisition of Swedish kidney dialysis product maker Gambro AB, announced in December 2012 and completed in September 2013. The deal marked Baxter's biggest acquisition in its 83-year storied history, and it created a kidney dialysis leader.
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Apparently Michelle confirmed earlier this year that'd a new studio album was in the works and that it'd have a pop-rock sound. Hopefully it'll come soon!


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Structural Analysis of Character Education: A Cross-Cultural Investigation
Stephen Sivo, University of Central Florida
Shannon KarlFollow
Jesse Fox, Loyola University, Maryland
Gordon Taub
Edward Robinson, University of Central Florida
School Psychology Forum: Research in Practice
The primary objective of this cross-cultural investigation is to compare patterns in student responses to an empirically scrutinized character education measure administered to students in four school districts in Florida with students in a school in Kenya. In this way, the generalizability of findings for scale scores could be compared across cultures. To this end, we conduct a mean structure analysis using structural equation modeling to observe whether multivariate mean differences exist among the factor structures underlying student responses. The results suggest that while students at a school in Kenya rated their school higher on the four scales, overall the latent scores for students within school districts in the United States appear higher. Thus, with respect to the underlying construct of character, this character education measure evidences some multicultural bias at the level of the latent scores. Based on these results, it is concluded that the character education measure does not completely yield generalizable results across cultures.
Sivo, S., Karl, S., Fox, J., Taub, G., Robinson, E. (2017). Structural Analysis of Character Education: A Cross-Cultural Investigation. School Psychology Forum: Research in Practice, 11(2), 34-44.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1590


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Q: How to make a cron to schedule tasks in Spring MVC I have a function which runs at every day at 1 am in the morning . It retrieves data from the database that needs to run today and then execute them immediately .
What i want is instead of executing the task immediately it rather schedules the task for running somewhere in future at a time that present he row of that task in the database .
How can this be achieved .

A: You simply put time pattern over you method of you Spring managed bean
@Scheduled(cron="0 */5 * * * ?")

This method will run at every 5 mins.
Though Xml you can do it in this way
<bean id="myJobBean" .../>

<task:scheduled-tasks>
  <task:scheduled ref="myJobBean" method="execute" cron="0/60 * * * * *"/>
</task:scheduled-tasks>

This is run the method execute in every 60 sec. you can google for the time pattern.

A: you can use quartz scheduler .
here is the link to the tutorial
http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/


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Q: Problema inserir nome de arquivo no banco de dados Estou fazendo o upload de arquivos com o plupload usando codeigniter. Meu problema está sendo quando há caracteres especiais no nome do arquivo. Sendo que eu tenho que gravar esse nome original.
Quando há por exemplo: 'cópia' fica salvo no banco: 'co?pia'
em todo lugar da aplicação eu declaro que estou usando utf-8
Alguma sugestao?

A: Tente reescrever a variável ou função que pega o nome do arquivo usando essa forma de reescrita
<?
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* Script para remover acentos e caracteres especiais:
*/

$palavra = "açúcar união";

$palavra = ereg_replace("[^a-zA-Z0-9_]", "", strtr($palavra, "áàãâéêíóôõúüçÁÀÃÂÉÊÍÓÔÕÚÜÇ ", "aaaaeeiooouucAAAAEEIOOOUUC_"));

echo($palavra);   // imprime "acucar_uniao"

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* A função "strtr" substitui os caracteres acentuados pelos não acentuados.
* A função "ereg_replace" utiliza uma expressão regular que remove todos os caracteres que não são letras, números e são diferentes de "_" (underscore).
*/
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