Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday replaced Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan and nominated Gen. David Petraeus to replace him while affirming support for a counterinsurgency strategy encountering problems.

The dramatic shift came a day after McChrystal's disparaging comments about America's civilian leadership surfaced, and reignited the national debate on the war in Afghanistan -- now in its eighth year with a June death toll of coalition forces that is close to becoming the highest of the war.

Obama accepted McChrystal's resignation "with considerable regret" and named Petraeus, the head of the U.S. Central Command, to take over pending Senate confirmation.

"It is the right thing for our mission in Afghanistan, for our military and for our country," Obama said outside the White House, flanked by top civilian and military leaders including Vice President Joe Biden; Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Petraeus.

McChrystal's remarks in a Rolling Stone article undermined the civilian control of the military "at the core of our democratic system," Obama said, noting the decision to replace the general did not involve any disagreement over strategy or personal issues.

"I believe that it is the right decision for our national security," Obama said. "The conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general."

Obama said that as hard as it is to lose the general, the "war is bigger than any one man or woman." More importantly, he said, the war requires a unified effort from civilian and military leaders, warning that he won't tolerate division within his team.

"I believe that this mission demands unity of effort across our alliance and across my national security team," Obama said. "And I don't think that we can sustain that unity of effort and achieve our objectives in Afghanistan without making this change."

The president urged the Senate to swiftly confirm Petraeus, who would leave his Central Command position. Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin, D-Michigan, later said a confirmation hearing would begin no later than Tuesday, and he expected it to take one day.

"We know Gen. Petraeus," Levin said. "I don't think there will be anybody who will say we need more time."

McChrystal issued a statement Wednesday saying that he strongly supports Obama's strategy in Afghanistan and is "deeply committed" to the coalition forces and the Afghan people.

"It was out of respect for this commitment -- and a desire to see the mission succeed -- that I tendered my resignation," McChrystal's statement said. "It has been my privilege and honor to lead our nation's finest."

A source close to McChrystal offered a description of the roughly 30-minute meeting between Obama and McChrystal that led to the general's resignation Wednesday morning. McChrystal briefly explained the magazine article at the center of the controversy, took responsibility and then offered his resignation, the source said. Obama accepted the resignation, the source said.

The president "had no intention of keeping him," and McChrystal knew that going in, the source said. McChrystal is not returning to Afghanistan, and his personal belongings will be shipped home, according to the source.

Immediate political reaction from both parties was positive, with lawmakers saying Obama had little choice in making a change and that Petraeus was the best choice for the job. Levin noted that Petraeus authored the counterinsurgency strategy now being followed in Afghanistan.

The spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed disappointment at the loss of McChrystal but called Petraeus the "obvious" replacement, while statements from allied governments and NATO also offered support and commitment to the Afghanistan mission.

In the magazine article, McChrsytal and his top officers are quoted making disrespectful comments about civilian officials including Biden, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry, special representative to Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke and National Security Adviser Jim Jones.

News of the article set off a political firestorm Tuesday. Obama was "angry" after reading the general's remarks, said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, who added that McChrystal had a "profound" mistake.

McChrystal apologized Tuesday, but was recalled to Washington and met with Gates and Mullen on Wednesday before going to the White House, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said. After he met with Obama, McChrystal was not invited to participate in a separate White House national security meeting on the war in Afghanistan, two sources told CNN.

The reported remarks by McChrystal and his staff were strongly criticized on Capitol Hill. Three key Senate leaders on defense and foreign policy issues -- Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut -- said in a news conference Wednesday that Obama had no choice but to replace McChrystal.

"The statements of the general not only were outside the norm, they really did put into question military subordination of civilian control," Graham said, taking particular issue with unnamed officers in the article who he said showed disrespect and a cavalier attitude he termed "unacceptable."

"This is a low point in my view for the armed forces in a very long time, and I'm glad the president made this decision," Graham said. "There are some other officers that need to be looked at, and they need to be replaced."

At the same time, the senators and others said Obama should now make clear that a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan will only occur when conditions allow it, rather than on the July 2011 date set by the administration.

Petraeus "is an outstanding military leader, but even he can't win in Afghanistan if the president continues to insist on an arbitrary withdrawal date -- a fact our enemies are counting on and our allies fear," said Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Levin, D-Michigan, told reporters that Petraeus supports the July 2011 date for starting a troop withdrawal based on conditions on the ground.

"What will be conditions-based is not whether reductions begin in July 2011, but the pace of those reductions," Levin said Petraeus told him.

Levin acknowledged that Petraeus or Obama could change their minds on the issue, saying, "nothing is etched in stone."

Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, said in a written statement that Obama's "decision to return Gen. (David) Petraeus to the battlefield provides not just continuity in philosophy, but tested diplomatic skill that is at the very center of a military strategy which hinges on progress in governance to sustain military gains."

House Armed Services Committee chairman Ike Skelton, D-Missouri, said that Petraeus "is the best that we have."

"I have great confidence in his ability to bring about a successful outcome in Afghanistan. The commander-in-chief must have confidence in his commanders in the field," he said. "It is time to move on and return our focus to waging the war in Afghanistan."

A spokesman for the Afghanistan Defense Ministry said his government would have preferred to see McChrystal stay, but was happy Petraeus had been tapped as the replacement.

"We're not happy to see Gen. McChrystal go, but of all the choices that could have been made, we are happy to hear it is Petraeus who will continue the mission," Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi said.

Obama tapped McChrystal to head the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan in the spring of 2009 shortly after dismissing Gen. David McKiernan. McChrystal was strongly recommended as the best choice to carry out the counterinsurgency strategy created by Petraeus in Iraq, but administration officials later expressed displeasure with what they thought was McChrystal's leak of his request for more troops for Afghanistan before Obama completed his review of the issue.

The president eventually ordered 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, most of the number sought by McChrystal.

CNN's John King, Suzanne Malveaux, Barbara Starr, Dana Bash, Alan Silverleib, Ted Barrett and Tom Cohen contributed to this report.


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[Pathomorphology of adrenergic and cholinergic structures of sympathetic nerve ganglia in experimental burn injuries].
Changes in adreno- and cholinergic structures of sympathetic nerve ganglia (superior cervical, stellate, and splanchnic ganglia of the solar plexus) were studied in 15 male white rats aged 5-7 months, b. m. 200-250 g, 3, 7, and 11 days after burn injury (Stages IIIA, IIIB, involving 20-25% of body surface) and in 5 reference animals. The sections were treated in 2% glyoxylic acid solution and by the Karnovsky-Roots technique. Reduced catecholamine concentrations were revealed in sympathetic nerve ganglia neurons in the early periods after burn injury; the mediator reserves are recovered to a certain measure in later periods after thermal injury. The detected shifts in the sympathetic nerve ganglia neurons correlate with the detected shifts in the cardiovascular system.


 28/63 + 4*3963/54. Suppose 0 = -25*n + 994 - i. Calculate the greatest common divisor of 52 and n.
4
Let p be 180 - (5 + -16 + 3). Let u = p - 118. Calculate the highest common divisor of 5 and u.
5
Let i(b) = 6*b + 38. Let q be i(-2). Let h = q + -22. What is the greatest common factor of h and 52?
4
Let b(k) = 2*k**3 - 173*k**2 + 86*k + 40. Let v be b(86). Calculate the highest common divisor of 490 and v.
10
Let q = -2853 + 2921. What is the highest common factor of 17 and q?
17
Suppose -24*b + 864 = 7*l - 20*b, -582 = -5*l + 3*b. What is the greatest common factor of 17130 and l?
30
Suppose -19968 = -290*i + 242*i. Calculate the highest common factor of 352 and i.
32
Let z(l) = -2*l**3 - 39*l**2 + 19*l + 4. Let t be z(-20). Calculate the highest common factor of 1536 and t.
24
Suppose 5*p - 43 = 17. Suppose -4*i = -0*i - 12. Suppose h + 20 = -i*h, -4*f - h + 115 = 0. Calculate the highest common divisor of f and p.
6
Suppose 6*m - m + 144 = 3*b, -b + 3*m = -44. Suppose -3 = 5*k - b. Suppose -5*j = -2*t + 15, 54 = 4*t + 2*j - 12. What is the highest common divisor of t and k?
5
Suppose -15*p + 33 = -12*p - 2*h, -p - 23 = 5*h. Let z be (812/(-6))/((-6)/9). Calculate the greatest common divisor of p and z.
7
Suppose 45*w = 43*w + 3982. Suppose 5*h = 4*a + w, 4*h - 1023 - 572 = a. Calculate the greatest common divisor of h and 21.
21
Let t(r) = -2*r + 1. Let m be t(-1). Suppose -61 = -5*v - 5*a + 24, 0 = 5*v - a - 133. What is the greatest common divisor of m and v?
1
Suppose -3*q - 438 = -3*m, 4*m + 839*q = 841*q + 574. Calculate the highest common factor of m and 22137.
141
Suppose 5*o - 1502 = 4*d + 1456, 0 = 4*o - 5*d - 2361. Let a be ((-242)/8 + 10)/(15/(-40)). Calculate the greatest common divisor of o and a.
54
Let s(f) = -81*f + 2034. Let x be s(17). What is the greatest common divisor of x and 584?
73
Let c = -89 - -86. Let z be (-4)/(c - -5)*1. Let p be (10/(-15))/(z/180). What is the greatest common factor of 30 and p?
30
Let u(h) = h**2 - 2*h + 4. Let n(a) = 3*a + 6. Let q be n(-1). Let s be u(q). Calculate the highest common factor of s and 112.
7
Let h = 12 + -12. Suppose h = 9*f - 6*f - 15. Let l = 146 + -101. Calculate the highest common factor of f and l.
5
Suppose -25 - 3 = -4*r. Let m(q) = 46*q + 58. Let k be m(r). Calculate the greatest common divisor of 152 and k.
76
Suppose 4 = 6*c - 8. Let g = 5174 - 5155. What is the greatest common factor of g and c?
1
Suppose -1035*z + 994*z + 3550354 = 0. What is the highest common factor of z and 29?
29
Suppose 48*g - 51*g + 250 = 4*h, 5*g + 5*h = 410. Suppose 0 = -5*i - 4*r - 66 + 260, 5*r + 20 = 0. Calculate the greatest common divisor of g and i.
6
Let c be (-165)/6*(-24)/22. What is the greatest common factor of c and 110?
10
Suppose 21*a - 18*a - 3*g = 18, -2*g - 17 = -3*a. Calculate the greatest common factor of 2515 and a.
5
Let i(r) = 80 - 21*r + 4*r**2 + 123 - 3*r**2. Let g be i(26). What is the highest common divisor of g and 74?
37
Suppose -12*k + 86 + 130 = 0. Let n = -417 + 441. What is the highest common divisor of k and n?
6
Let u(b) = 21*b**2 + 155*b + 44. Let v be u(-8). What is the greatest common divisor of 52 and v?
4
Let h = 103 + -99. Let c be h/6 - (-4716)/54. What is the highest common factor of 8 and c?
8
Let k(u) = -4*u**2 + 10*u - 4. Let t be k(5). Let a be (-42)/t*-3*(-36 + 0). What is the greatest common factor of a and 12?
12
Suppose 95*g = 100*g - 3*t - 207, -g = t - 43. What is the highest common factor of 1239 and g?
21
Suppose -2*d + 3332 = 2*g, -35*d = -34*d + 8*g - 1666. Calculate the greatest common divisor of d and 68.
34
Let c be (429/65 + -7)/(1/(-5)). Suppose 9*t - 4*t = 55. Calculate the highest common factor of t and c.
1
Let o(a) = -20*a + 1215. Let g be o(45). Let y(i) = 8*i**2 - 3*i. Let s be y(3). Calculate the greatest common factor of g and s.
63
Let r(o) = -57*o - 57. Suppose -81 = 22*u + 51. Let c be r(u). Calculate the highest common factor of 15 and c.
15
Suppose -7*z = 9 + 12. Let j be (z/4)/((-3)/56). Calculate the greatest common factor of 161 and j.
7
Suppose -b - 4 + 206 = 3*g, -b + 198 = 4*g. Let h = -166 + b. What is the highest common divisor of 16 and h?
16
Let s be 125*(2 + (-10)/(-25)). Suppose -8*q = -s - 468. Suppose -12*p = -15*p + q. What is the highest common factor of 128 and p?
32
Let p = 1334 - 755. Let z = p + -495. Calculate the greatest common divisor of z and 196.
28
Let b be (-96)/(-112)*(-1407)/(-6). Calculate the greatest common factor of b and 75.
3
Let q = 588 + -1032. Let x = -408 - q. Calculate the greatest common divisor of x and 126.
18
Suppose -2*k + 14 = -4. Let a be (-6582)/(-30) - k/(-15). Suppose 55 = 4*h + 16*m - 21*m, -3*m - 25 = -2*h. Calculate the highest common factor of a and h.
20
Suppose -l + 165 + 326 = -3*y, 0 = 5*y + 10. Let g be -4 + -2 + 3 - (-253 - 4). Let d = l - g. Calculate the greatest common divisor of d and 21.
21
Let d be ((-2 - -16)/(-7))/((-4)/150). Let x = 71 - d. Let q = x - -8. Calculate the highest common factor of q and 2.
2
Let w(g) = 10 + 4*g**2 + 14 - 20*g - 14. Let n be w(5). What is the highest common divisor of 15 and n?
5
Let c(t) = -t**2 + 70*t - 1158. Let p be c(42). Let y = -191 + 269. Calculate the highest common divisor of p and y.
6
Let t(h) = -h**3 - 46*h**2 - 54*h - 215. Let q be t(-45). What is the highest common divisor of q and 290?
10
Let x be -45*(96/(-15) - 5) + -2. Let v be x - (4 + -2 + 12/(-3)). Calculate the highest common divisor of 57 and v.
57
Suppose 0 = -5*c - 1 - 24. Let r be (-22 + -3)/c*1. Suppose r*i = -a + 528, 3*i - i - 213 = -a. Calculate the greatest common factor of 21 and i.
21
Let f = 1 - -2. Suppose 4*n + 4*w = 6*n - 24, 3*n = -4*w + 76. Suppose -n*m + 420 = 15*m. What is the highest common divisor of f and m?
3
Suppose -1496 - 2082 = -13*u - 536. What is the greatest common factor of u and 1521?
117
Suppose 3*m - 5 = 1. Let h(v) = 16*v + 150. Let a be h(-5). Suppose 3*s - a = -m*s. What is the greatest common divisor of 14 and s?
14
Suppose -140 = 58*d - 51*d. Let j be (8/d)/((-17)/2040). Calculate the highest common factor of j and 80.
16
Suppose 3*x + 5*m = 20, -5*x - 1 = 5*m - 41. Let d be (-1 - 1/(-1)) + (50*-9)/(-5). What is the highest common divisor of x and d?
10
Let i be (-376)/56*-7 + -9. Suppose 12*b = 14*b - 190. What is the greatest common factor of i and b?
19
Let w = -8 + 10. Suppose -3*g - 71 = -4*q + w*g, -2*g = 6. Let x(v) = 11*v + 66. Let b be x(8). Calculate the greatest common divisor of q and b.
14
Suppose 9*t - 7*t - 32 = 0. Let l(u) = -910*u**2 - 4*u - 14. Let z be l(-3). Let b be (-6)/4*z/96. What is the highest common divisor of b and t?
16
Let s(p) = -3*p - 11. Let o be s(-11). Let h = 763 + -378. Suppose 33 = -4*i + h. Calculate the greatest common divisor of i and o.
22
Let n be (-1)/(-2) - (-916)/8. Let j(i) = 19*i**2 + 4520*i - 4510*i + i**2 - 26 + 2*i**3. Let h be j(-9). What is the highest common factor of h and n?
23
Let l(z) = -37*z - 7. Let y be l(-9). Let f = y + -70. Let w = -1291 - -1323. Calculate the greatest common divisor of w and f.
32
Let n = 100626 + -100613. Let t(l) = 922*l**2 + 2*l - 1. Let b be t(1). What is the highest common divisor of n and b?
13
Let x = -863 + 882. What is the highest common divisor of 18449 and x?
19
Let s be 5/(60/(-344))*84/(-8). Suppose -s = -18*f + 95. What is the highest common divisor of 22 and f?
22
Let r = 47 - 20. Let q be 14/21*9/3. Suppose -2*w = -c + 98, 8 = -q*w + 18. What is the highest common factor of r and c?
27
Let q be 161/(-6) + (-13)/78. Let j = q + 46. Let c be -5 - (-4 + 3) - -80. Calculate the highest common factor of j and c.
19
Let s = -43 - -103. Suppose j = s + 149. What is the greatest common divisor of j and 11?
11
Let g = 9 - -5. Let s = 127 + g. What is the greatest common divisor of 376 and s?
47
Suppose 4*b - 44 = -2*v, -3*b + 45 = 4*v - 33. Let d = v + -10. Let g be (10/d)/(4/16) + -3. What is the greatest common factor of g and 2?
2
Suppose 7*n + 50 = 12*n. Suppose 0 = p - n*p + 189. Let i = 51 - -117. What is the greatest common divisor of i and p?
21
Suppose 9*z - 177 + 51 = 0. Let c be (z/56)/((-2)/(-32)). What is the greatest common factor of 136 and c?
4
Let h(s) = 1845*s - 205. Let p be h(1). What is the hi


Flush those “best practices” …

“I’m convinced that ‘Best Practices’ are often used by people who are afraid, lazy, or simply lack original thought.” –Jim Walton, president & CEO, Brand Acceleration Inc.

I always enjoy reading Jim Walton’s (below, at right) commentary on a wide assortment of U.S. business issues in his blog, which is aptly entitled Rants from the Brand Coach.

One recently caught my eye that has (in my humble opinion, at least) a lot of relevance for the trucking industry, and that’s the issue of “Best Practices.”

Walton noted that, according to Wikipedia, “’Best Practices’ are generally-accepted, informally-standardized techniques, methods or processes that have proven themselves over time to accomplish given tasks.”

That certainly sounds good, Walton said, but here’s the kicker: it almost, by definition, eliminates any effort to try something new and different. Furthermore, if everyone is adhering to “Best Practices,” basically everyone is trying to do the very same thing.

And if everyone is the same, what chance does your company have in terms of winning business from shippers? The only chance, it would then seem, would come from lowering rates, which only leads to ruin in the long run.

“It amazes me how many times I hear the term ‘Best Practices’ in the course of a week or month and it’s always touted as a way to reduce mistakes and assure success,” Walton said. “But I’ve grown so tired of the term that I’m trying to remove it from my own vocabulary. You see, in my business – marketing communications and public relations – the goal is always to discover different and unique ways to communicate a message; not to look and sound like everyone else.”

Walton is convinced that ‘Best Practices’ are often used by people who are, in his words, “afraid, lazy, or simply lacking in original thought. ‘We researched the best practices and followed what has become the accepted industry norm,’ is the answer given when challenged by the boss.”

He views that statement in an entirely different context. “Here’s another way to look at it: ‘We couldn’t come up with anything on our own and we were afraid to take risks that might draw attention, so we found out what everyone else was doing and we did the same thing.’ That’s a sure fire path to the executive suite … not.”

Walton asked rhetorically, what if our most celebrated inventors had followed this logic? “Thomas Edison might have gone into the candle-making business and Henry Ford might have become a buggy maker or a farrier,” he said. [FYI: a “farrier” is a specialist in horse hoof care.]

Walton also noted that when Fred Smith, founder of FedEx, went looking for money to start his new venture, traditional lenders reportedly turned him away because they couldn’t grasp the potential of his business idea.

“The concept of delivering packages overnight using airplanes was far outside the ‘best practices’ of the day,” Walton said. “But Smith had a dream and the courage to be different. He saw something that others didn’t – or wouldn’t – and turned his college thesis into a huge package delivery empire. Yet if he had followed the accepted the ‘Best Practices’ of the day, who knows what he’d be doing now.”

And just because someone else is doing something successfully in a certain way does not mean it’s the best way for you, Walton stressed. “For example, companies have tried for years to copy the Japanese practices such as quality circles, Kaizen, and Kansei Engineering. Some, especially Japanese companies, have had some success but others have failed miserably or had limited success.”

Why? “Maybe it’s because of cultural differences,” Walton said. “In America, we are radicals. One thing that makes us great is the individualism that permeates every company, community, and family. We find it difficult to blend in and do things like everyone else. We strive to be different and do things our own way.”

That, by the way, is something Walton sees as an advantage in business and in life overall; not something to by stymied and squelched.

“It seems to me that when everyone begins following the best practices of everyone else, there is a much greater chance that key points of differentiation are lost,” he added. “Then, if every company and community looks, sounds, and acts just like the others, there is only one difference remaining: price. Not a great situation.”

It’s certainly food for thought as the trucking industry gears up to face a whole host of near and long term challenges, from how to get better fuel efficiency from its equipment to recruiting and retaining a new generation of drivers.

Any way you look at it, solving those and many other issues is going to take some new and original thinking; not necessarily relying on what’s been done over and over and over again in this industry’s past.


1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and a system for determining a cornering angle of a tyre mounted on a vehicle, during running of such a vehicle.
2. Description of the Related Art
Information related to tyre conditions should be provided to a vehicle control system in order to control a vehicle. For example, such information may include the one relating to the load exerted on the tyres or to the length of the contact region between the tyre and the ground. For instance, U.S. Pat. No. 5,793,285 discloses a method and apparatus for monitoring tyres on a vehicle, by continuously measuring the distance between the associated vehicle axle (or a vehicle body part rigidity connected thereto) and the road, while the vehicle is in operation. From this measurement, the tyre deflection is determined. According to the authors, the measured tyre deflection represents a comparatively exact measure of the respective tyre load. When the tyre deflection determined leaves a predetermined desired range, a warning signal is transmitted.
PCT patent application no. WO 03/016115 discloses a method for determining the charge or load exerted on a tyre of a motor vehicle and/or for monitoring tyre pressure, wherein the pressure in each tyre is detected during operation of the vehicle and the rotational behavior of the individual wheels is observed. Load distribution parameters are also determined by comparing the rotational behavior and/or changes in said rotational behavior of the individual wheels during given driving states, taking into account preset and/or predetermined and/or learned variables. Tyre pressure and load distribution parameters are used to determine the load or charge exerted on the tyres and/or pressure loss. Furthermore, US patent application no. 2003/0058118 discloses a vehicle and vehicle tyre monitoring system, apparatus and method for determining the load-induced deflection or deformation of a vehicle tyre. Based thereon, deflection-related information, such as tyre load, molar air content total vehicle mass and distribution of vehicle mass, are provided.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,538,566 describes a process for the in-service monitoring of the condition of a tire of a wheel riding on a ground, the tire having a tread, the process comprising the steps of: providing in the tire, near the tread, a miniature sensor for sensing radial acceleration; monitoring the variations in the measurement from the sensor; detecting a decrease in the radial acceleration, said decrease corresponding to a zone of the tread in contact with the ground; and measuring a period of low radial acceleration phases and a fraction of this period during which the radial acceleration is low, said fraction within each period being related to a length of said zone where the tread is in contact with the ground, and thereby to the condition of the tire.
EP-0 887 211 relates to pneumatic tires for vehicles and in particular to a system for monitoring Ores by monitoring their deflection. The system comprises: a sensor device operatively arranged with respect to the tire to create an electrical pulse during the footprint pass corresponding to a deformation of the tire; means for calculating a ratio of the duration of said electrical pulse to the duration of one tire revolution; means for transmitting said ratio to an evaluating unit placed in the vehicle; wherein said sensor device is placed within the tread area of said tire in order that said electrical pulse presents a first maximum at the entrance and a second maximum at the leaving of said footprint pass.


Abstract

Small molecule imipridone ONC201 is an investigational anti-tumor agent with a wide therapeutic index and broad-spectrum efficacy in vivo. ONC201 upregulates intratumoral TRAIL expression and the integrated stress response pathway. A Phase I clinical trial using ONC201 as therapy in advanced cancer patients has been completed and the drug has progressed into several Phase II trials in multiple cancer types. Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains one of the leading causes of cancer worldwide and metastatic disease continues to have a poor prognosis. Clinical trials in CRC and other tumor types have demonstrated that therapeutics targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway, such as bevacizumab, are effective in combination with certain chemotherapeutic agents. Bevacizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets VEGF and is an FDA-approved treatment for advanced CRC patients, in addition to other tumor types. We are investigating the potential combination of VEGF inhibitors such as bevacizumab and ONC201 in both CRC xenograft and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) studies. Our results demonstrate significant tumor regression and occasional tumor ablation in human xenografts with the combination of ONC201 with bevacizumab, and in syngeneic MC-38 colorectal cancer xenografts using a murine VEGF-A inhibitor. Non-invasive angiogenesis imaging demonstrated the impact of this combination on decreasing tumor growth and tumor metastasis. With the use of both a murine VEGF inhibitor in syngeneic models, and bevacuzimab in human cell line-derived xenografts, we have demonstrated that combining anti-angiogenic therapies with ONC201 could enhance antitumor efficacy. Thus, ONC201 in combination with anti-angiogenic therapies such as bevacizumab represents a promising combinatorial approach that may be exploited in the clinic for the treatment of CRC.


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  xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
                      http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
  version="3.0"
  metadata-complete="true">

  <display-name>Tomcat Servlet 3.0 Tests</display-name>
  <description>
    Provides a web application used by the Tomcat unit tests to ensure that
    Tomcat meets the requirements of the current JSP and Servlet specification
    for web applications that declare that they follow version 3.0 of the
    Servlet specification and version 2.2 of the JSP specification. This
    typically means ensuring that features introduced in later versions of the
    specification do not change the behaviour of applications that declared an
    earlier version of the specification.
  </description>

</web-app>


<?php
/**
 * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * See COPYING.txt for license details.
 */
declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Magento\Tax\Test\Unit\Model\TaxClass\Type;

use Magento\Catalog\Model\Product;
use Magento\Framework\Model\ResourceModel\Db\Collection\AbstractCollection;
use Magento\Framework\TestFramework\Unit\Helper\ObjectManager;
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;

class ProductTest extends TestCase
{
    public function testIsAssignedToObjects()
    {
        $collectionClassName = AbstractCollection::class;
        $collectionMock = $this->getMockBuilder($collectionClassName)
            ->setMethods(['addAttributeToFilter', 'getSize'])->disableOriginalConstructor()
            ->getMock();
        $collectionMock->expects($this->once())->method('addAttributeToFilter')
            ->with('tax_class_id', 1)->willReturnSelf();
        $collectionMock->expects($this->once())->method('getSize')
            ->willReturn(1);

        $productMock = $this->getMockBuilder(Product::class)
            ->setMethods(['getCollection', '__wakeup', 'getEntityId'])
            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
            ->getMock();
        $productMock->expects($this->once())->method('getCollection')->willReturn($collectionMock);

        $objectManagerHelper = new ObjectManager($this);
        /** @var \Magento\Tax\Model\TaxClass\Type\Product $model */
        $model = $objectManagerHelper->getObject(
            \Magento\Tax\Model\TaxClass\Type\Product::class,
            ['modelProduct' => $productMock, 'data' => ['id' => 1]]
        );
        $this->assertTrue($model->isAssignedToObjects());
    }
}


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One of Pokémon Sword and Shield's coolest new monsters is about to receive its very own Gigantamax form, and you'll be able to get your hands on one very soon indeed.

We're talking, of course, about Toxtricity. The new form for the Electric and Poison-type monster has been revealed in the video above - you can see it in action as four players try to take it down for the capture.

This new form of Toxtricity will be appearing in Raid Battles from 00:00 UTC on 7th February until 9th March 9th 2020. If you're wanting to add this special 'Mon to your team, make sure to jump into the game within that time frame.

Gigantamax Toxtricity

Type: Electric/Poison

Height: 78'9"+

Weight: ??? lbs.

Ability: Punk Rock / Plus / Minus

Electric-type moves used by Gigantamax Toxtricity will change to G-Max Stun Shock. G-Max Stun Shock not only deals damage but also poisons or paralyzes all opponents.

What do you think? Do you like the design? Let us know if you'll be catching one in the comments below, and make sure to vote for your 'Pokémon of the Year' if you haven't done so already.


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The FlashBack: ‘The Flash’ – Episode 16 ‘Run Iris, Run’

The CW

Last night on The Flash, Iris finally got to suit up as a hero thanks to a little bit of help from one of the mysterious bus metas. Want to know more? Read on, but as always spoilers beyond this point!

We start with Cisco and Wells trying to figure out how to identify and protect the last three metahumans from the bus. Wells’ plan involves something that he calls an intelligence booster, but it really looks like The Thinker’s “thinking cap” and generally works the same way — boosting the intelligence of the wearer. However, to really work, Wells would have to be exposed to dangerous amounts of dark matter and while Iris and Caitlin agree with Wells that it’s worth a shot, Cisco refuses to help. Ralph, who is very worried about his own well-being, storms off because the team won’t come together to use the cap. Iris tries to talk him down, but Ralph just insults Iris, telling her she doesn’t understand because she doesn’t ever risk herself.

Meanwhile at Jitters, Joe reveals that the mayor is close to fully clearing Barry but needs to speak to DeVoe once more — something that can’t happen as Ralph refuses to leave STAR Labs. Then, over at the bank, a robber is using crazy fire-based powers to get into a safe, though he’s thwarted by a bystander who, in a scuffle, touches him and transfers his powers to someone else. Back at STAR, Ralph tries to help Wells with the cap, but the cap ends up catching on fire during a test run.

Realizing that this EMT from the bank might be of importance, Joe and Iris head over to the hospital to question him. He admits to being there but freaks out and takes Iris hostage as he thinks they mean him harm. Flash shows up to save her but in the scuffle Barry’s powers get transferred to Iris. Back at STAR, Team Flash runs tests and discovers that the metahuman simply swapped the DNA. Caitlin goes to work on a cure of this while the others think this metahuman — named Matthew — might be able to help them stop DeVoe. However, the city still needs the Flash. A skyscraper downtown is on fire and with people trapped that can’t be reached by the fire department, Iris races to help. She manages to save the people but almost dies herself when she’s trapped under debris and doesn’t know how to use her powers. Cisco vibes in and saves her.

With Iris having the powers, it’s Iris who has to be the Flash until things get fixed. Barry starts to train her while he’s left to manage the team. While they’re training they find out that the man who got the fire powers? Yeah, now he’s a bad guy. He decided to use that fire to go after money himself and is in a standoff with the police. Iris suits up and races to the scene to help but the heat is too much. That’s when Wells puts on the reconfigured cap and comes up with the genius plan of a targeted tidal wave. Iris runs on water, creates the wave, and puts out the thermal cyclone. The day is saved! She also has stopped Matthew as well and after it’s all over, Team Flash explains to him what’s going on and has him switch the powers back to Barry. Once Matthew is informed of what’s going on with DeVoe, he decides to stay on with the team and help. Ralph has another chat with Iris and decides to step up again, too.

Later at home, Iris — who revealed earlier in the episode that she gave up her job in journalism when Barry went into the Speed Force — reveals that she’s gotten her passion for writing back. She’s restarted her Flash blog. Welcome back, Iris. And, finally, at STAR, Cisco and Wells are working together on the cap and, after pushing it to the limit, Wells reveals the names of the final two bus metas. Game on.

The Flash is now on hiatus until sometime in April. We’ll catch back up with the speedster then.


the art of paying attention to God in our midst

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I was thrilled to be part of the launch team for Deidra Rigg’s new bookEvery Little Thing: Making a World of Difference Right Where You Are.
I devoured an advance copy about a month ago and have been itching to share aquote which has continued to tumble around my brain and heart.But this is simply one small aspect of this incredible work from Deidra.If you ever needed a friend to help dust you off when you have fallen,you need this book.If you often wonder how you landed in the place you currently reside,allow Deidra to share her own experiences with humor, wisdom and honesty.
Every Little Thing will help you discover how it is possible
to change your small pocket of the world simply by being you,
wonderful world-changing you.Every Little Thing is available everywhere you would find stellar books.
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God is in the wilderness.Go there. You can trust him to meet you right in the middle of your wild and worn and weary places. Take off your shoes. Tear off your pretense. Skip over the polite conversation. It’s you he wants.

Simply you.

~Deidra Riggs Every Little Thing

Reading and writing has always helped me figure out who I am and
what I am experiencing.
These two activities work in tandem to help me make sense of my world,
allowing me to dig deep enough to hit the core of what’s going on.

None of our lives are experienced in isolation.

There are people we love, circling our hearts and when they hurt,

it creates shared suffering.

Add our personal realities to the collective realities of others and it is

no wonder many of us feel swamped by life.

When I read the above quote and allowed my eyes to linger on the word wilderness

I finally found a peg to hang my hat.

Granted I am not unfamiliar with the wilderness.

I have logged quite a few seasons upon its terrain just like many of you.

Past times seemed dark, quiet, lonely and hopeless.

This current wilderness landscape feels polar opposite.

Forward progress appears to be impossible.

I simply can’t “try hard” myself out of these confines.

About 7 years ago, I looked up every possible definition and synonym

for the word wilderness.

There was a definition for wilderness which fascinated me all those years ago

and instructs me today:

a part of a garden devoted to wild growth

This definition sums up how I feel right now.

There is life and growth but there is also a lot of wild, massive tangles.

I see new blooms and others bent low, exploding with seeds for

another season and death can’t be hidden.

There aren’t tidy perfectly symmetrical rows of flowers consisted of

concrete and absolute answers in this section of the garden.

Perhaps if I take a few steps backward, I will discover a garden with straight rows

nuzzled against the unruly plot of land.

The wilderness has purpose, there is undeniable growth despite its wild nature.

Weeds and blooms weaving themselves together isn’t necessarily the bad news I feared.

I just might be able to survive this section of my life garden.

Deidra’s words provided my mind with a new synapse to ponder good

rising from the wilderness.

She reminded me, I am not alone.

God is with me in every knotted length of this terrain.

He longs to meet me in the midst of my exhaustion and questions.

Most people would never choose the wilderness as their destination.

Yet God doesn’t say “see you later when you are on your way out of the wilderness”

and take a shortcut to the outskirts of the wilderness.

No, he chooses to plant himself right on the most uneven paths.

I am grateful to have read Every Little Thing because it is filled with wisdom

when you find yourself in the least likely and undesired places.

It’s a book of encouragement for when we fall down and desperately

need a perspective adjustment.

Tucked between the yellow starred covers,

I am confident you will come face to face with the realization,

it is possible to make a world of difference right smack dab where you are,

even if it happens to be in the wilderness.

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Helen, that wilderness quote really hit me, too. “God is IN the wilderness.” We just need to turn towards Him to see it.
So blessed to read how God used this book to uncover some ‘tangles’…..Man, I’m glad Deidra wrote this–for ALL of us.

Hello. I’m Helen.

I have always loved words, whether in books, letters or dreaming of sharing my own with others.
I am a wife and a mother of three. I love Earl Grey and English Breakfast tea, Red Vines, high stacks of books and never tire of the ocean or sunsets.
I believe God reveals Himself to us each day…we just need to pay attention.
This is my spot to shine a lantern with my pen.

I am grateful for the time you spent reading my words.

I hope you will join me often and explore what it means to be a work of heart.

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Police

America's Most Successful Stop Snitchin' Campaign

The failure to protect whistle-blowing cops is inexcusable.

Last month, when she awarded Barron Bowling $830,000 for the beating he suffered at the hands of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent in 2003, U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson went out of her way to acknowledge another victim in the sordid affair: Kansas City Police Det. Max Seifert.

On July 10, 2003, Bowling was driving down 10th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, on his way to fill a prescription, when Timothy McCue, an on-duty DEA agent, tried to illegally pass Bowling on the right of a wide one-lane street. Bowling accelerated to prevent McCue from passing, and the two cars collided. After the collision, McCue and another agent emerged from McCue's car. According to Robinson's ruling, McCue drew his gun, threw Bowling to the ground, then beat the hell out of him when he lifted his head from the pavement (which McCue would later describe as "resisting arrest"). According to witnesses, McCue threatened to kill Bowling, whom he called "white trash" and a "system-dodging inbred hillbilly."

It only got worse for Bowling. McCue, the DEA, and officers at the Kansas City Police Department then conspired to cover up the beating. Bowling was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and assaulting McCue with his car during the collision. He was later acquitted on those charges but convicted of possessing drug paraphernalia—a marijuana pipe police found in his car. Witness statements incriminating McCue for both the accident and the beating were lost or destroyed, as were photos of the damage McCue did to Bowling's face.

Only one of the officers who came to the accident scene that day had any integrity. That would be Seifert, a cop with an exemplary record who once shot an armed man to free two hostages. Seifert is the one who took the witness statements that implicated McCue. He is also the one who documented Bowling's injuries and testified for Bowling in Bowling's lawsuit. Here is how The Kansas City Star described what happened to Seifert next:

For crossing "the thin blue line," U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson wrote, Seifert was forced into retirement. "Seifert was shunned, subjected to gossip and defamation by his police colleagues and treated as a pariah," Robinson wrote. "…The way Seifert was treated was shameful."

Seifert also lost part of his pension and his retirement health insurance. So what happened to the cops involved in the cover-up? Ronald Miller, then Kansas City's police chief, is now the police chief in Topeka. Officer Robert Lane went on to become a councilman for the town of Edwardsville; he was later convicted of participating in a ticket-fixing scheme and sentenced to 10 days in jail plus probation. Steven Culp, then Kansas City's deputy police chief, is now, incredibly enough, executive director of the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training. Agent McCue is still with the DEA.

When we hear stories about police misconduct, the standard response from police groups and their supporters is that such behavior is rare, the fault of "a few bad apples." While that may be true, the "good" officers tend to cover up for them. And in some departments, the good cops are afraid to come forward, because they know they will be treated the way Max Seifert was.

Consider New York City police officer Adrian Schoolcraft, recently profiled on NPR's This American Life. Schoolcraft was concerned about the quotas that commanding officers were imposing for stops and arrests. He also reported that some officers were instructed to downgrade offenses, or even talk victims out of pressing charges, to make the city's crime statistics look better. NYPD officials publicly denied there was any quota system or data fudging, but that didn't jibe with what Schoolcraft was hearing in the station house. So Schoolcraft starting surreptitiously recording commanding officers giving instructions on quotas. According to The Village Voice, he brought his complaints to "a duty captain, a district surgeon, an NYPD psychologist, three Internal Affairs officers, and five department crime statistics auditors." None of them took action against the officers imposing the quotas, though last week NYPD announced five officers would face internal discipline for downgrading crimes.

But the department certainly did take action against Schoolcraft. Last October several officers from NYPD's Emergency Services Unit (essentially a SWAT team) appeared at Schoolcraft's Queens apartment, threw him to the floor, handcuffed him, and had him forcibly admitted to the psychiatric ward at Jamaica Hospital. NYPD officials lied to hospital staff about Schoolcraft's condition, causing him to be held for six days against his will. Officially, the visit to Schoolcraft's apartment was prompted by an unapproved sick day. But that does not explain the show of force or the officers' removal of documents related to Schoolcraft's complaints about the NYPD from his home.

Last week The Village Voice reported another troubling incident, in which 10 rookie NYPD cops beat a cabbie outside of an Upper East Side bar in 2008. The cabbie was arrested for aggravated driving without a license. None of the cops was charged, although a few faced administrative discipline. Their captain was promoted. The only cop to suffer any serious repercussions was Sgt. Anthony Acosta, who was handcuffed at the scene for trying to stop the beating. Acosta was later stripped of his gun and badge, and assigned to desk duty.

There are more stories like these. Last year former Albuquerque police officer Sam Costales was awarded $662,000 in a lawsuit against his own department. In 2006 Costales testified against fellow police officers after an incident that resulted in the arrest of retired race car driver Al Unser. Costales said Unser did not assault or threaten officers from the Bernalillo Sheriff's Department, as claimed in police reports. Costales' testimony helped Unser win an acquittal.

None of the Bernalillo deputies was disciplined. By now you probably can guess who was disciplined: Sam Costales. His own chief opened an internal affairs investigation of him. His transgression: He wore his police uniform when he testified in Unser's case. Albuquerque cops apparently are permitted to wear the uniform when they're testifying for the prosecution, but not when they're testifying for the defense. As is often the case when a police officer is investigated, the Albuquerque police union got involved—but not to protect Costales. James Badway, secretary of the Albuquerque Police Officers Association, sent an email message to the San Bernadillo sheriff apologizing for Costales' actions. Here is an excerpt:

As Secretary of the APOA I feel it is my duty and responsibility to apologize to you and your officers. Ofc. Sam Costales does not represent APD/APOA. The majority of our officers look at the BCSO as our brother and sisters in blue. We are embarrassed and ashamed of Ofc. Costales's testimony in the Unser trial. If there is anything we can do to rebuild the damage caused by Sam please let me know.

A few years ago, I attended a conference on the use of police informants. In one session, the "Stop Snitchin'" movement, which discourages African Americans from cooperating with police, came up. I was astonished to hear one hip-hop artist and activist say he would not cooperate with the police even if he had witnessed the rape and murder of an old woman in broad daylight. He just didn't trust the police. I told him his position was absurd: Whatever his concerns about the police when it comes to the use of drug informants (concerns I share), they shouldn't prevent him from cooperating with the investigation of an innocent person's murder. His response: "Isn't the Blue Wall of Silence really just the most successful Stop Snitchin' campaign in history?"

In his book Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing, former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper explains the implicit threats that make the Blue Wall so successful:

You have to rely on your fellow officers to back you. A cop with a reputation as a snitch is one vulnerable police officer, likely to find his peers slow to respond to requests for backup—if they show up at all. A snitch is subject to social snubbing. Or malicious mischief, or sabotage…The peer pressure is childish and churlish, but it's real. Few cops can stand up to it.

Which makes it all the more important that police administrators and political leaders support and protect the cops who do. The most disturbing aspect of these stories is not that there are bad cops in Kansas City, New York, and Albuquerque. It's not even that other cops covered for them, or that police unions have institutionalized the protection of bad cops. The most disturbing part of these cases is that the cover-up and retaliation extend all the way to the top of the chain of command—and that so far there has been no action, or even condemnation, from the elected officials who are supposed to hold police leaders accountable.

Radley Balko is a senior editor at Reason magazine.


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// Assembly location: C:\Users\Blake\sandbox\unity\test-project\Library\UnityAssemblies\UnityEngine.UI.dll

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace UnityEngine.EventSystems
{
  /// <summary>
  ///   <para>Base class for any RayCaster.</para>
  /// </summary>
  public abstract class BaseRaycaster : UIBehaviour
  {
    /// <summary>
    ///   <para>The camera that will generate rays for this raycaster.</para>
    /// </summary>
    public abstract Camera eventCamera { get; }

    /// <summary>
    ///   <para>Priority of the caster relative to other casters.</para>
    /// </summary>
    [Obsolete("Please use sortOrderPriority and renderOrderPriority", false)]
    public virtual int priority
    {
      get
      {
        return 0;
      }
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   <para>Priority of the raycaster based upon sort order.</para>
    /// </summary>
    public virtual int sortOrderPriority
    {
      get
      {
        return int.MinValue;
      }
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   <para>Priority of the raycaster based upon render order.</para>
    /// </summary>
    public virtual int renderOrderPriority
    {
      get
      {
        return int.MinValue;
      }
    }

    public abstract void Raycast(PointerEventData eventData, List<RaycastResult> resultAppendList);

    public override string ToString()
    {
      return "Name: " + (object) this.gameObject + "\neventCamera: " + (object) this.eventCamera + "\nsortOrderPriority: " + (object) this.sortOrderPriority + "\nrenderOrderPriority: " + (object) this.renderOrderPriority;
    }

    protected override void OnEnable()
    {
      base.OnEnable();
      RaycasterManager.AddRaycaster(this);
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   <para>See MonoBehaviour.OnDisable.</para>
    /// </summary>
    protected override void OnDisable()
    {
      RaycasterManager.RemoveRaycasters(this);
      base.OnDisable();
    }
  }
}