Desmanthus

Desmanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the pea family, Fabaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words δεσμός (desmos), meaning "bundle", and ἄνθος (anthos), meaning "flower". It contains about 24 species of herbs and shrubs that are sometimes described as being suffruiticose and have bipinnate leaves. Desmanthus is closely related to Leucaena and in appearance is similar to Neptunia. Like Mimosa and Neptunia, Desmanthus species fold their leaves in the evening. They are native to Mexico and North, Central and South America.  Members of the genus are commonly known as bundleflowers.  Donkey beans is another common name and originated in Central America, where Desmanthus species are highly regarded as fodder for these domestic draught animals.

Description

There are considerable differences in the descriptions of Desmanthus in the literature (see Bogdan 1977; Skerman 1977; National Academy of Science 1979; Allen & Allen 1981; Reid 1983; Hacker 1990). For example, Reid (1983) says that Desmanthus virgatus ranges from "leggy" plants in the humid tropics to compact bushes in the semi-arid zones to prostrate in the montane zones; Allen and Allen (1981) state that Desmanthus grows to 3 metres; Hacker (1990) states that D. virgatus is an erect shrub 1.3 metres tall. All these views illustrate the great diversity and polymorphism within the genus and between species.

Phytochemistry
The root-bark of D. illinoensis, which accounts for half of the total weight of the root system, is reported to contain anywhere from 0 to 0.34% DMT and 0.11% N-Methyltryptamine.  Alkaloid content is highly variable in this species.

Likewise, root bark of Desmanthus leptolobus has been found to contain N,N-DMT and related tryptamines. While its only reported quantitative analysis was 0.14% (Appleseed), all instances of co-occurrence with D. illinoensis showed it to be noticeably stronger than D. illinoensis, according to co-thin layer chromatography of the root bark.

Uses
During the 1990s in Australia, three species of Desmanthus were released as  pasture legumes and many other accessions are being evaluated as pasture species for clay soils. The three old released cultivars are:

Desmanthus virgatus Cultivar "Marc"(Accession number: CPI 78373) which is described as early flowering, decumbent to ascending, growing 30 to 60 cm tall and originates from Argentina.
Desmanthus leptophyllus Cultivar "Bayamo" (CPI 82285), mid season flowering, ascending type, 95–135 cm tall, from Cuba
Desmanthus pubescens Cultivar "Uman" (CPI 92803), late flowering, decumbent shrub, taller and wider spreading than Marc, 40–100 cm tall, from Mexico.
Of these three, only the cultivar Marc is still commercially available.
In 2015 five new cultivars of Desmanthus named JCU 1 to JCU 5 have been granted PBR and are commercially available as a blend named "Progardes", consisting of D. bicornutus, D. leptophyllus and D. virgatus, these have been developed in Queensland Australia as a pasture legume for semi-arid tropical/subtropical alkaline clay soils.  Progardes became available in 2013 in Northern Australia and some 15,000 to 20,000  ha has been already sown into native and buffelgrass pasture.

In its native range in the United States, the Land Institute is selectively breeding the widely distributed Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis) to be a perennial seed crop for human food, in addition to forage / pasture.  It offers many of the advantages  in terms of nutrition, protein and nitrogen fixation as soybeans or alfalfa, but as a perennial.  Perennial crops tend to require less input of chemicals and energy, and less weed control, for comparable or higher yields to annuals in many systems.

Species

See also
Psychedelic plants

References

External links

Category:Fodder
Category:Mimosoids


Q:

highcharts 2 variable JSON (Date, Value) not showing correctly

Spent over an hour looking at tutorials on highcharts, as well on the posts on here, I can not get the data linking in.  I have a really simple MYSQL request to get a date, and value, looks like this:

"userChart":[{"eDate":"2015-02-03","usLevel":"2"},{"eDate":"2015-03-11","usLevel":"5"},{"eDate":"2015-03-25","usLevel":"8"}]

This is the code I am using, based on another post on here:
      var chart;

    var options = {
        chart: {
            type: 'line'
        },
        title: {
            x: -20 //center
        },
        subtitle: {
            text: '',
            x: -20
        },
        xAxis: {
            categories: []
        },
        yAxis: {
            title: {
            },
            plotLines: [{
                value: 0,
                width: 1,
                color: '#808080'
            }]
        },

        legend: {
            layout: 'vertical',
            align: 'right',
            verticalAlign: 'top',
            x: -10,
            y: 100,
            borderWidth: 0
        },
        series: []
    }

    // and create the chart
    // chart 1
    options.chart.renderTo = 'container';
    options.title.text = 'Historical Data';
    options.yAxis.title.text = 'Stage';

    // push the data to the series
    $.each(data, function(key, va) {
        options.xAxis.categories = va[0];
        options.series.push(parseFloat(va[1]));
    })

    // create the first chart
    chart = new Highcharts.Chart(options);

This is the output:

I am so confused, this is meant to be so simple, yet something i just do not understand.  If someone can point me where I am going wrong, i would be extremely grateful.
Thanks
UPDATE:
console.log(data)

Looks like this:

A:

I think you have an error when you use this piece of code
$.each(data, function(key, va) {
    options.xAxis.categories = va[0];
    options.series.push(parseFloat(va[1]));
})

I think va is an object and not an array in your exemple.
Try to use va as an object:
var dataSeries = {data: []};
data.forEach(function (va) {
    options.xAxis.categories.push(va.eDate);
    dataSeries.data.push(parseFloat(va.usLevel));
})
// And assign the correct format to highcharts series
options.series.push(dataSeries);

JSfiddle


Q:

php: how to get POST value from the form, when the variable name is not known before the page loads?

main.php files has:
$randnum=rand(100,500);
echo '
<form name="form1" id="form1" action="my.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="A'.$randnum.'" id="A'.$randnum.'" value="catch me!">
<input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Send">
</form>
';

browser displays:
<form name="form1" id="form1" action="my.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="A382" id="A382" value="catch me!">
<input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Send">
</form>

How to catch "catch me!" from the form ($_POST['A382'] value)? (382 is not defined before the page was loaded). Any way to get an array of all variables that are send by POST method? Any better way?
Thank you.

A:

You can simply loop through each of the variables:
using foreach:
foreach ($_POST as $key => $value)
    echo $key . ' : ' . $value;

A:

foreach($_POST as $key=>$value)
{
    if(substr($key,0,1) == 'A')
    {
        $number = intval(substr($key, 1, 3)); //Number from A***
        if($number)
            $data = $value; //Value of field A***
    }
}


Oldberrow

Oldberrow is a village in the Stratford on Avon District of Warwickshire, England. The parish was part of Worcestershire until 1896, when it was transferred to Warwickshire, into which county it penetrated, between Morton Bagot and Ullenhall, as a narrow strip some  long by about ½ mile wide. Population details at the 2011 Census are still maintained under Redditch (Worcs). The land slopes from  at Oldberrow Hill in the north-west to about  in the south-east. There is no village, but the church, rectory, and the Court lie at the crossing of four small roads. It is now part of the parish of  Morton Bagot, Oldberrow and Spernall which in 2001 had a population of 153.

History
Its name first appears in 709 when Cenred of Mercia gave  in Oldberrow to Bishop Egwin towards the endowment of his newly founded monastery at Evesham. The spelling at this time was Ulenbeorge meaning either "the hill of the owl" or "Ulla's hill". It has gone through many variations of spelling, Oleburgh in the Domesday Book, Ullebury in the 1332 Subsidy Roll, then Owlburough, Uleberga, Oldborough, Oldbarrow and Oldburrow. The hill is about  from the church and was described by Treadway Nash as an ancient tumulus In 1086, it was still held by the church at Evesham and is recorded; In Fishborough Hundred... In Oleburgh (Oldberrow) are  of land. 2 countrymen, pigmen. Woodland, 1 league. Value 5s.

Governance
Oldberrow is part of the Sambourne ward of Stratford on Avon District Council and represented by Councillor Justin Kerridge, Conservative . Nationally it is part of Stratford-on-Avon, whose current Member of Parliament following the 2010 election is Nadhim Zahawi of the Conservative Party. It is included in the West Midlands electoral region of the European Parliament, following the 2014 elections the seven members are; Philip Bradbourn OBE, (who died in December 2014) and Anthea McIntyre (Conservative), Neena Gill and Sion Simon (Labour) and Jim Carver, Bill Etheridge and Jill Seymour (UK Independence).

Notable buildings
The church, dedicated to St Mary is a small building of stone rebuilt in 1875 the cost of £1256 largely being borne by the then rector, the Reverend Samuel Peshall who was rector for 60 years and the third generation of his family to hold the post. Despite the rebuilding some earlier features remain, two 12th-century windows, a lancet window of the 13th century and the 14th-century south doorway, the one to north is of the 15th century and is blocked up. In the chancel there is a 12th-century piscina (restored) and an aumbury whilst the font has an archaic bowl with octagonal panels sculptured with foliage designs.
The east window to the memory of the Reverend Samuel D'Oyley Peshall rector between 1792 and 1859, contains a piece of old glass bearing the arms of Evesham Abbey whilst the west window is dedicated to Canon Warren who became rector in 1933. The small turret contains three bells one of which is of an ancient long waisted type which may be 13th century, the others are by John Martin of Worcester and dated 1674. The puritan "Survei of the Ministrie in Warwickshier" of 1586 has some harsh words for the then Rector; "Geoffrie Heath parson dumbe idle and popish a verie dissolute man of life, he married first another mans wife, got a maide with childe, married a third; a common alehouse haunter and useth in(cantation) to plaie after a sorte the reconciler amongest the simple; value xx markes by the yeare".

References

External links

Category:Villages in Warwickshire


"It's probably hard for a Mercedes owner to describe to a Honda owner how attention to detail makes their driving experience better." - MG Siegler [on why the iPhone is superior to Android] “Let's not let our preferences (and that's all they are, preferences, not empirical facts) dictate how we think about and relate to other people.” - Joshua Topolsky [strenuously disagreeing with Siegler’s position]

The empirical facts are in, and the iPhone is wiping the floor with Android and BlackBerry in terms of resale value.

At Priceonomics, we firmly believe that resale value is the best objective indicator of product quality. If you wanted to figure out the best cell phone, you could look at all the reviews, test out all the phones, talk to all the experts, but still your assessment will be subjective. Or you could let the market tell you which phones are the highest quality by seeing which ones best retain their value over time.

Priceonomics phone pricing data strongly indicates that Apple phones are a better value than smartphones on other platforms. The market has spoken, and Android and Blackberrys do not age well.

Priceonomics Cell Phone Depreciation & Resale Rankings

Car buyers know that depreciation matters. Some cars lose much of their value the second you drive them off the lot. Others cars you can sell after a few years and recoup most of your initial payment. Cars with high resale value have strong demand, high reliability, and happy owners. A high resale value is the market telling you, “this is a good car.”

Because Priceonomics has built the first price guide for used phones, it is now possible to measure phone resale value and depreciation to see what the market suggests are the best phones. We measure depreciation by comparing a phone’s current used price to its new price (without a contract) the day it was released. We examined all iPhone models and the 70 most popular Androids and 30 most popular BlackBerry models. We split phones into five different cohorts (newly released, 1, 2, 3, and 4 year-old phones). We then calculated which phones had the best resale by cohort, as well as which platforms in aggregate tended to retain their value the most.

The highest quality phones should have the best resale values over time and crappier phones should depreciate the fastest. The evidence is clear - the winner is the iPhone.

After using your iPhone for 18 months, it still retains 53% versus 42% for Android, and 41% for BlackBerry. That’s $312 of cash value if you resell your old iPhone on eBay or Craigslist.

iPhones have a reputation for being premium products, while Androids have a more democratic marketing angle (BlackBerry’s consumer marketing angle appears to be indecipherable). In fact, the cost of ownership of an iPhone is the lowest of all platforms:

The iPhone hardware only costs you $13.20 per month if you resell it at the end of 18 months. Android phones cost 40% more. Either one seems like a deal compared to a monthly cell phone bill!

Be careful before you drive that Android phone off the lot

Cell phones don’t depreciate linearly over time. They lose a lot of value right away and then gradually less over time. Across all the phones we examined, here’s a chart of how phones lose value over time.

Not all cell phones are created equal. You can buy an iPhone 4S today and sell it a few months later on the secondary market for almost what you paid for it. However, if you buy the latest big fancy Android phone, a few months later it has lost hundreds of dollars in value.

At every stage, the iPhone retains more of its original value than Android and BlackBerry phones. Even four years later, you can sell a first generation iPhone for $110 dollars.

A few of money saving tips

1. There is a diamond in the rough among Android phones. Pre-paid Android phones are relatively inexpensive and hold their value extremely well. The Motorola Triumph, HTC Wildfire, and Samsung Exhibit 4G, for example, retain 86% of the original value on average. These phones appear to be a much better value than the expensive Android phones that are typically nationally advertised.

2. Skip those extra GBs on your iPhone. An additional 8GB of hard drive costs you an extra $100 upfront but only adds $10 to the resale value of your phone. The secondary market doesn't value extra hard drive space on an iPhone, so get the one with the smallest amount of disk space.

3. Whenever you get a new phone, sell your old one. If you’re breaking your contract, you can use the proceeds to pay the early termination fee. If you’re eligible for an upgrade, you can use the proceeds toward the fee for the new phone.

4. It’s cheaper to break your contract than buying phones without a contract. Even with a $350 early termination fee, it’s usually $100 cheaper to get a subsidized phone and break the contract than buying a no-contract unsubsidized phone. Carriers want you to sign a contract so they create an incentive to do so.

Phone Fanaticism Across America

Would it be silly to figure out which cities in America are filled with rabid Apple fanboys, BlackBerry addicts, or Android fanatics? Yes, but we did it anyways!

We examine our data on used cell phone markets to see where these various phone platforms are most popular. We would expect that regions with a high affinity for a particular type of phone should have that type of phone dominate the listings in their marketplace on a percentage basis .

"Never trust anyone under 30 with a BlackBerry.”

-Morgan Missen, @mm

Notably, the places dominating the CrackBerry Index brought us The Financial Crisis, The Jersey Shore, carried interest tax exemptions, and parties where everyone wears white pants. It could be worse, in London BlackBerry users started a huge riot! At least in America BlackBerry use just goes hand in hand with self-indulgence and financial malfeasance.

The most iPhone fanatic city in America is . . . Santa Barbara, CA! Coming in as a close second is Anchorage, Alaska and of course San Francisco cracked the top 10. The least iPhone Fanboy city in America is Kansas City, Kansas. Perhaps the people of the city are still resentful their hometown carrier (Sprint) was last to get the iPhone.

You can see the list of the most Android fanatical cities, as well as the full rankings for BlackBerrys and iPhones here.

Conclusion

There is a beautiful and liquid secondary market for phones, and in that market, the iPhone reigns supreme. We built Priceonomics to create data so that consumers could make better decisions. Our data suggests that buying an iPhone is a better economic decision than an Android or BlackBerry. If you buy an iPhone, down the line you will have a piece of hardware that still has economic value.

In irony of ironies, it is BlackBerry and Android manufacturers that need to provide non-economic justifications for purchasing their products. That might explain all the recent Samsung phone commercials full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing.

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Some 30,000 Syrians fleeing intensifying fighting between ISIS and other opposition groups were trapped near the border with Turkey on Friday, according to a Human Rights Watch report.

"Fierce battles continue between ISIS and the (Free Syrian Army)," Gerry Simpson, a senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch, told NBC News by phone from the Turkish side of the border. Many of the civilians, who could not cross the border, were being forced to sleep in the open and dig ditches to hide, he said.

According to the New York-based rights group, ISIS advances on Wednesday and Thursday had forced out the residents of six displaced person camps, with three of the camps standing empty on Friday.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) also said it had seen a "mass displacement" of Syrians at the Bal al Salam border crossing.

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ISIS militants have clashed with rival insurgents like al-Qaeda's Nusra Front and the more moderate FSA, as well as forces loyal to the government of President Bashar Assad in the northern city Aleppo, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday. ISIS was making a wide advance on opposition-held territory along the Turkish border as a result, the Observatory added.

Human Rights Watch also called on Turkish border guards to stop shooting at the civilians and allow them to cross into that country.

"Turkey is responding with live ammunition instead of compassion," Simpson said. "The whole world is talking about fighting ISIS, and yet those most at risk of becoming victims of its horrific abuses are trapped on the wrong side of a concrete wall."

The Human Rights Watch report quoted a civilian who had escaped ISIS and tried to flee to the border, which Turkey closed in March last year.

Related: Did Obama Reject CIA Plan That Could Have Stopped ISIS?

"As we approached the border wall we saw Turkish soldiers on a hill behind the wall and they just started shooting at us," according to the unnamed civilian. "They shot at our feet and everyone just turned round and ran in all directions. I took my family and we walked to another (displaced persons) camp nearby.

The civilian added: "We're afraid now because ISIS is close to this camp too. But where can we go?"

Turkish officials did not respond to a request to comment on the allegations that its forces were shooting at fleeing Syrians and using live ammunition. There are some 1.7 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, according to the U.N.'s refugee agency UNHCR.

Also on Friday, a Syrian government delegation arrived in Geneva to join a new round of peace talks underway with an umbrella opposition group that seeks to find a resolution to the country's five-year civil war. ISIS and Nusra Front are not part of a February ceasefire, which has held in most of Syria, except in the north.


Advertising giants Omnicom and Publicis call off $35-billion merger

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Omnicom Group and Publicis Groupe say they have scrapped their merger plans that would have created the world's largest advertising firm.

The companies issued a joint statement late Thursday saying they mutually agreed to call off the US$35-billion deal announced in July because they were not able to complete the merger in a reasonable time frame.

They did not give details, but the Wall Street Journal reported that issues included getting tax and regulatory approvals, and debates over which company would be listed as the acquirer of the other.

Omnicom Group Inc., based in New York, owns BBDO Worldwide, DDB Worldwide Communications Group and TBWA Worldwide, among other agencies.

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Private lessons in maths - english-spanish

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Applied Foreign Languages student with a scientific baccalaureate.Mathematics, English and Spanish (grade level) are three subjects for which I teach support classes. I have a lot of free time and I am motorized, so I can go home.These courses are for students from primary to second level (or even first in the student's stream).

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Skills:

Age:

Student level:

Beginner

Intermediate

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Duration:

60 minutes

120 minutes

The class is taught in:

French, English, Spanish

About Me

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- I am a student in Foreign Languages applied in English / Spanish.- I have a scientific bac with honors.- I'm motorized.- My level in Spanish corresponds to a school level, I am not bilingual but I have good knowledge of languages (vocabulary, spelling, grammar).

Education

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Jean Jaurès University: LEAVictor Hugo High School: Bac S

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I give private lessons in mathematics to a fourth grade student for example.

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Rapamycins are novel triene macrolide compounds produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus (Vezina C, et al, J. Antibiot, 1975, 10: 721-726.) or Actinoplane sp. (Nakao K, et al, EP022446, Nov. 11, 1993). Typical rapamycin compounds mainly include Sirolimus, Everolimus, Temsirolimus and the like, which have the structures as follows:

Rapamycin compounds were initially found to have antifungal activities, particularly a relative high inhibitory activity against Candida albicans.
Lately, it was found that rapamycin compounds are inhibitors for mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and can act as immunodepressants. The immunosuppressive effect and the effect for preventing immune rejection after organ transplantation of the rapamycin compounds are first disclosed in the FASEB Journal (3, 3411, 1989). The action mechanism is to block the signal transduction via different cytokine receptors, so as to block the progression of G1-S phase transition of T leukomonocytes and other cells, thereby exerting an immunosuppressive effect.
Rapamycin compounds have been approved to be used in the treatment of multiple indications of tumors on clinic. For example, everolimus has been approved by FDA for the treatment of solid tumors such as advanced breast cancer, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cancer, angiomyolipoma and the like. Rapamycin compounds were also proved to be effective in the treatment models of diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, anemia and other diseases (Can J. Physiol. Pharmcol. 1997, 55, 48-52). And rapamycin was also reported to have a certain potential effect on prolonging the life cycle of mammals (Harrison D E, et al, Nature, 2009, 460, 392-395).
Rapamycin compounds can be used in multiple indications and have great application value in the clinical treatment. However, owing to the poor water-solubility as well as the poor stability in vivo, the absorption of the rapamycin compounds in vivo is low and so is the bioavailability, which is only 15%-30% (Guy Jerusalem, et al, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2010, 125:2447-2455). And the administration of rapamycin compounds in a relatively large dosage would bring about more side effects.
In view of the above situation, enhancing the water-solubility of the rapamycin compounds can enhance their bioavailability and improve their therapeutic effect on related diseases to a great extent.
Polypeptide is an endogenous substance in human body. It consists of several amino acids and has a relatively good water solubility and an extensive bioactivity. Combination of polypeptide with a small molecule drug can enhance the solubility of the small molecule drug in one aspect, and can achieve in vivo targeted release and sustained release or improve the bioactivity with the help of the polypeptide in another aspect. For example, glutathione is a common endogenous polypeptide. It consists of glutamic acid, cysteine and glycine. Glutamic acid contains mercapto groups and has antioxidative and integrated antidotal effects. Glutathione is also a nutriment for cell growth. It can be easily taken in by cells, especially by tumor cells which propagate rapidly. A complex which prepared by the coupling of glutathione and a small molecule drug very likely has a selectivity for tumor cells which propagate rapidly and can reduce the toxicity of the anti-tumor drugs to normal cells in human body to some extent and achieve the targeted release of the small molecule drug simultaneously. In addition, glutathione is a water-soluble tripeptide. When it forms a complex with a small molecule drug, the water solubility of the small molecule drug can be improved to a great extent.


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The titular dance, as is explained in a scene from Samuel Maoz’s haunting “Foxtrot,” brings one back to the very position where you began, which describes the sad symmetry in the film, a tragicomic critique of Israeli policy in the occupied territories, which, while putting the lives of both of victims and victimizers at risk, creates a morally bankrupt society.

The film falls into three distinct segments. In the first, well-to-do couple Michael and Dafna Feldman (Lior Ashkenazi and Sarah Adler) are informed by a somber IDF officer that their son Jonathan, who is serving his required tour, has been killed in action. Dafna collapses and is heavily sedated; Michael goes through a paroxysm of grief, not ameliorated by the arrival of his brother Avigdor (Yehuda Almagor) and a military rabbi (Itamar Rothschild) who provides details of the planned funeral, or by a visit to his institutionalized mother (Karin Ugowski) to tell her of her grandson’s death. This harrowing portion of the film ends with a shocking revelation that only increases the family’s anger.

Suddenly the focus shifts to Jonathan (Yonatan Shiray), who is part of a four-man detachment manning a lonely roadblock in a remote area. They raise the crossbar occasionally for camels lumbering by, and even more rarely for cars after they’ve searched them and—in some cases—humiliated the passengers. Their main preoccupation, it seems, consists of estimating how quickly their metal sleeping shed is sinking into the mud by rolling cans of the potted meat they eat down the incline of the floor. Then a tragedy occurs, and a military cover-up is begun.

The third section takes us back to Michael and Dafna, who have separated over a dispute that will only gradually be revealed. He approaches her to seek a reconciliation; she responds by sharing a cake she’s baked; they also share a reefer, and then greet their daughter, who notes how close and happy they seem. We then return to see the outcome of the tragedy at Jonathan’s checkpoint.

The foregoing précis has deliberately omitted several twists that occur in “Foxtrot,” like the moves of the dance along the way to its final placement exactly where it started. The structure of the film mimics that structure, but in unexpected ways. The changes are also reflected in the different styles Maoz and his cinematographer Giora Bejach adopt for the three segments. The first part is presented in stark, intense fashion as the devastating news sinks in and the family members react in understandably ferocious ways. The checkpoint portion is portrayed in a weird, hallucinatory perspective that emphasizes the otherworldly character of the landscape and the little cruelties that arise as the tiny squadron goes throughout the paces of their assignment while their boredom and angst deepen.

The final segment lurches back into realism, but one touched with an aching sense of sadness and regret, as well as a degree of pain that can barely be articulated. The last-minute reveal comes as a punch to the stomach, and feels exactly right.

The performances are unerring, with Ashkenazi—recently seen as Itzhak Rabin in “7 Days in Entebbe”—the anchor as the distraught, furious father. Adler seconds him as Dafna, running the gamut of emotions from unfathomable grief to unexpected joy and finally resignation. Shiray’s assignment is perhaps the most difficult of all; he has to present an almost blank face as a man benumbed by what his government compels him to do. He succeeds by virtually disappearing into a semi-awake state, presenting a portrait of a sleepwalking ghost of a human being. The remainder of the cast provides able support, with Ugowski creating an unforgettable cameo as Michael’s hard but fragile mother.

“Foxtrot” is a complex, challenging film that uses a singular tragedy to illuminate the dark implications of Israeli policy in the occupied territories, for both sides.


There was a lot of buzz on the internet this week concerning Triple H’s actions this past Monday night during RAW. As John Cena was taking on Seth Rollins, Kane, and Big Show in the main event of the show, Twitter photographs showed Triple H breaking character to console an upset fan who was ringside. This morning, Good Morning America featured a piece looking at the incident.

Original reports about the incident said that the fan, 8-year-old Lucian Deering, was upset about John Cena taking a beating during the last match of the show. However, Triple H’s version of the story told a much different tale.

“As we were sitting ringside, the young man was behind me and he was chanting my name, over and over. It was just me being in character. I said, with eye brows up, ‘Hey, stop messing with me. I’m trying to do my job over here.'”

Apparently that was what upset the young fan, as Triple H’s words caused the kid to cry. After seeing this, Triple H broke character and consoled the fan. Breaking from character is a rare occurrence in the WWE, but Triple H told Good Morning America that’s exactly what he did.

“I broke out of character, and put my head to his and messed his hair up. I just said, ‘Hey, buddy, it’s OK. I’m just playing around.'”

The whole event would have likely gone unnoticed if it weren’t for Chris Olds, a fan who was also in attendance at RAW in Dallas on Monday night. He proceeded to document the entire exchange between Triple H and Deering on Twitter. A small act of courtesy quickly became a social media trending topic.

Triple H wasn’t alone in his actions, as his real life wife, WWE’s Stephanie McMahon, also broke character to talk to the fan at ringside. The two of them proceeded to invite Deering and his family backstage after the show, where they were able to snap some pictures with their favorite stars and pick up some new merchandise to add to the collection.

The whole turn of events really impressed Deering’s father, who told Good Morning America that Triple H’s actions will leave an imprint on his son for the rest of his life.

“For him to come out of character in front of all those people on live TV… it’s a pretty bold statement of, in reality, he’s pretty cool. It’s a huge impression for an 8-year-old little boy that I can pretty much guarantee you he will never forget.”


The Netherlands is one country in Europe. This country is always crowded during the festival of flowers. In addition to being a tourist destination, the Netherlands is also a place of education. Students from various countries come to the Netherlands to study. We will inform the existing airport in the Netherlands and also the airport on the island of BES.


This invention relates to treating coupled lithium initiated polymer to improve haze and stability of the resulting polymer.
Recently, polymer has been produced wherein lithium initiated polymer chains are contacted with a coupling agent to join two or more polymer molecules together. If the coupling agent contains three or more reactive sites, a radial polymer is formed with the separate polymer chains radiating out from the coupling agent nucleus. Production of such polymers is described in Zelinski et al. U.S. Pat. No. 3,281,383. A common problem in the production of such polymers, particularly resinous polymers, is the formation of an undesirable haze and a tendency of the polymer to exhibit drop off in melt flow during processing.
It is known to treat such polymers with carbon dioxide and water in order to improve stability and optical properties. This is disclosed in Hogan et al. U.S. Pat. No. 3,801,520.


Want to get into politics? It helps if you come from the right family.

Our study, published in the journal Historical Social Research in December 2018, shows that, on average, one in 10 world leaders comes from households with political ties.

We examined the backgrounds of 1,029 political executives – that is, presidents and prime ministers – in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Latin America from 2000 to 2017. We found that 119, or 12 percent, of all world leaders belonged to a political family.

Our study defined “political family” as having either a blood or marital tie to someone already involved in politics, whether as a judge, party official, bureaucrat, lawmaker, president or activist.

Notable examples include former U.S. President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Family connections matter worldwide

Family political connections mattered in all the regions we studied, in monarchies and democracies, and in rich countries and poor ones.

Power is by nature inherited in monarchies. But even in democracies – where citizens may choose their leaders in free and fair elections – belonging to a political family is a meaningful advantage. It gives candidates name recognition, some political experience and better access to allies and resources when running for office.

Bush and Trudeau, for example, were democratically elected executives who also had direct ties to that office, given that their fathers had previously served in the same role.

Technically, North America actually had the highest rate of leaders with family ties. Two of the eight presidents and prime ministers who served during the period of our study were related to past heads of state. However, since by our definition the region consists of only two countries – the U.S. and Canada – we set it aside during data analysis because it would skew overall results.

With North America excluded, Europe topped the list of leaders from political families. In this region of robust democracies, 13 percent of European presidents and prime ministers between 2000 and 2017 came from political families – the same proportion as in Latin America.

Relatively few European leaders, however – just six of 54 – had ties to a previous president or prime minister.

Fully 11 of the 88 Latin American leaders who held office from 2000 to 2017 were related to other presidents. Jorge Luís Batlle of Uruguay had three different relatives who held the presidency before him.

Sub-Saharan Africa had the lowest percentage of executives with family ties of any region we studied – just 9 percent.

When a sub-Saharan African president or prime minister did have family ties to politics, however, they were powerful and direct. Of the 29 African executives with family ties to politics, 18 – including Joseph Kabila of Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta – were related to former presidents or prime ministers.

Asian presidents and prime ministers were in the middle of the pack regarding political families, according to our study. Twenty-three of 204 Asian leaders covered by our study had family connections to politics. Over 75 percent were in nondemocracies like Bhutan, Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka.

Women in political dynasties

Our study also offers some interesting insights into how women worldwide get a foothold in the male-dominated business of politics.

First off, very few do. Of the 1,029 political executives included in this study, just 66 were women. They included Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, the late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Liberia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil.

Women who do attain highest office are much more likely to belong to political families than their male counterparts.

Nineteen of the 66 female executives in our sample had familial connections to politics – 29 percent. One hundred of the 963 men we studied – just over 10 percent – had family ties.

This suggests that family ties are particularly important for women to get into politics.

In our analysis, the endorsement of a powerful male relative – himself preferably a former president or prime minister – meaningfully helps female politicians establish their credibility with voters and political insiders.

Family ties are helpful for men, too. But there are other well-trod paths to power.

Political family ties start with men

The female presidents and prime ministers who came from political families were, without exception, the first woman in their family to hold office. Their link to power was invariably a male relative, usually a father or husband.

Bhutto, who was assassinated in 2007, came to power 14 years after her father, former President Zulfikhar Ali Bhutto, was assassinated.

Argentina’s Cristina Fernández succeeded her husband, Nestor Kirchner, as president of Argentina in 2007.

Corazon Aquino, who governed the Philippines from 1986 to 1992, won election after the ouster of the Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos, who was implicated in the assassination of her husband, Senator Benigno Aquino – also one of Marcos’ loudest critics.

Corazon’s power then benefited her son, Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., who was president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016.

This study certainly calls into question the notion that politics is only a meritocracy.

But consider this: 71 percent of all the female world leaders in our study attained highest office without any family connections to politics. That includes Croatia’s Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who is the daughter of butchers. She is the first woman ever to govern Croatia, which has been around since A.D. 879.


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Celebrity quotes: Imogen Thomas sparked outrage on Twitter this week after she made an offensive comment about blind people. She said: “"I get really upset seeing a blind person. It's so lovely to see them out and about. Good on them!! We are so lucky x" She was inundated with tweets slamming the patronising comment. She replied with: “That tweet was not meant to be offensive! Gosh!!! I was saying that were very fortunate. Ppl don't half jump ... more

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Women's Nightwear

in sizes 12-32

Discover the Marisota nightwear collection full of matching sleepwear sets, peaceful pyjamas, classic nighties, gowns, slippers and wraps. Maybe you would prefer a velour gown - perfect for throwing on after a relaxing bath or shower. All Marisota nightwear is available in sizes up to 32.


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The chronic fatigue syndrome consists of a combination of non-specific symptoms. Some believe that the CFS is subcategory of major depression, because the symptoms are similar to those of major depression. We believe that the CFS is quite different from major depression or neurotic depression, since the CFS has no lack of initiative and effort, no inhibition which is seen in endogenous depression, and sharp fluctuations in general fatigue, anxiety, and various persisting somatic symptoms, such as, malaise and mild fever. CFS seems to be similar to the neurasthenia. It is harmful, at least, in aetiology and treatment, to neglect the diagnosis of the CFS.


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From nitrobenzenes to substituted tetrahydroquinolines in a single step by a domino reduction/imine formation/aza-diels-alder reaction.
The three-component reaction between a nitrobenzene, an aldehyde, and a dienophile in the presence of iron powder as a reductant and montmorillonite K10 as a catalyst in aqueous citric acid delivers the products of an aza-Diels-Alder (Povarov) reaction with high endo-selectivity and yields up to 99%.


From the book

Introduction

For me there is nothing better than a roast, and chicken has to be one of the best - I've often included it in my 'last supper' menu.

Serves 4

Ingredients

1

large (4kg) chicken, or 2 small (2kg) ones

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1/2

a lemon

1

head of garlic, cut in half

30g

fresh thyme

1

large sprig of fresh rosemary

150g

unsalted butter, softened

100ml

water

For the rosemary jus:

30ml

vegetable oil

700g

chicken wing or bones, chopped small

25g

unsalted butter

1

onion, sliced into thick rings

1

head of garlic, cut in half

10

sprigs of fresh thyme

5

sprigs of fresh rosemary

50ml

Armagnac

500ml

chicken stock

200ml

veal glace, optional (if you don't have it thicken with cornflower)

Instructions

Chicken: Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6.
Remove any giblets from inside the chicken, season the inside and place the 1/2 lemon, garlic, thyme and rosemary in the cavity. Place in a roasting tray. Spread the softened butter all over the outside of the chicken, and season. Place in the oven and cook for 1 1/2 hours, basting from time to time. About 10 minutes before the end of cooking, carefully pour in the water. When the chicken is cooked, take it out of the oven, immediately add the lemon juice and leave to rest. Remove the chicken from the tray after 15 minutes, and strain off the juices into a pan.

Rosemary jus: While the chicken is roasting, heat the oil in a small roasting tray on the hob. Add the chicken wing or carcasses, then the butter, and cook until browned. Add the onion rings, let them lightly colour, then add the garlic, thyme and rosemary. Deglaze the pan with the Armagnac, then add the chicken stock and veal glace (if using). Bring to the boil, skim away any scum, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes.
Strain in a colander, then pass through a fine sieve. Put back into the pan and reduce to the consistency you like, then correct the seasoning and pass through a fine sieve. Pour the roasting juices into the sauce. If not using the veal glace you will need to thicken the jus with corn starch.

To serve: Put your bird on a carving tray and serve with the rosemary sauce and the usual accompaniments.


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abstract: 'Approximate inference in complex probabilistic models such as deep Gaussian processes requires the optimisation of doubly stochastic objective functions. These objectives incorporate randomness both from mini-batch subsampling of the data and from Monte Carlo estimation of expectations. If the gradient variance is high, the stochastic optimisation problem becomes difficult with a slow rate of convergence. Control variates can be used to reduce the variance, but past approaches do not take into account how mini-batch stochasticity affects sampling stochasticity, resulting in sub-optimal variance reduction. We propose a new approach in which we use a recognition network to cheaply approximate the optimal control variate for each mini-batch, with no additional model gradient computations. We illustrate the properties of this proposal and test its performance on logistic regression and deep Gaussian processes.'
author:
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    [**Ayman Boustati [^1]**]{}\
    University of Warwick\
    Coventry, UK\
    Prowler.io\
    Cambridge, UK\
    Prowler.io\
    Cambridge, UK\
    Prowler.io\
    Cambridge, UK
bibliography:
- 'references.bib'
title: Amortized variance reduction for doubly stochastic objectives
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CONCLUSIONS
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We introduced a control variate formulation that exploits the structure of doubly stochastic objectives to remove Monte Carlo sampling variance from mini-batch gradient estimators. We proposed three objectives for an amortising recognition network that can learn context aware control variate coefficients. Training the network re-uses the gradients of the model objective and does not require additional passes through the model.

Empirical assessment showed that an approximation to the optimal control variate per mini-batch can be performed during optimisation and reduces the gradient variance in practice compared to a context-free global approach. In our experiments we used linear and quadratic control variates for Gaussian base randomness, but our approach is general and can be applied to other control variate formulae and randomness schemes.

Supplementary Material

[^1]:   Work done while at Prowler.io.


A desirable feature of vehicles having an automatic transmission containing a fluid torque converter between the engine and the driving wheels is "creep" this being a motion, normally experienced on flat ground, either forward or backward, of the vehicle when the brake thereof is released, the vehicle is "in gear", and the engine speed is at idle. Such vehicle creep is considered a desirable feature in a vehicle as it allows the driver to achieve a slow, steady movement of the vehicle by merely releasing the brake and without having to depress the accelerator or throttle of the vehicle. Thus, by operation of the brake alone, the driver can selectively achieve a slow forward or rearward motion of the vehicle or maintain the vehicle stationary when it is in gear. This nature of operation of a vehicle is convenient and desirable in various traffic conditions and particularly in congested, slow moving traffic wherein the ability to achieve small movements of the vehicle without the need for the driver to move their foot away from the brake or to actuate the accelerator pedal is very desirable. It also provides the vehicle with a positive feel during maneuvering in traffic and when parking and prevents vehicle roll back to a certain degree during hill starts.
Vehicle creep is generated by the torque transmitted through the torque converter when the engine is idling in, for example, "drive". The main criteria used to select a torque converter for an engine having an automatic transmission is the engine torque characteristic. If the engine has relatively high low-speed torque, the torque converter will have a low stall speed therefore providing a "stiff" coupling. However, if the engine torque is generated at a higher speed, the torque converter will have a higher stall speed providing a "loose" coupling. This ensures that the engine speed is kept close to the speed that gives the highest torque during the commencement of movement of the vehicle and during general driving so as to achieve the best vehicle performance. Therefore, the level of creep is governed by the torque converter "stiffness" and the engine idle speed.
A number of criteria affect the selected engine idle speed for a vehicle and engine combination. These include body vibration due to any resonances caused by engine vibrations, combustion stability at low engine speeds, the accommodation of loads such as power steering, air conditioning and neutral drive transitions, and the amount of vehicle creep desired.
In a vehicle having an automatic transmission, when the vehicle is stationary and in "drive", the engine is loaded by the torque converter as it tries to rotate the input side of the torque converter with the output side of the torque converter being held stationary. Therefore, the higher the engine idle speed, the higher the loading on the engine, and the more energy, and therefore fuel, that is wasted primarily in the form of heat into the gearbox oil. Therefore, idle speed on an automatic vehicle has a significant effect on fuel economy. However, where a low idle speed is used in order to limit fuel consumption and exhaust emissions, that idle speed may be too low to achieve creep, or a desired level of creep.
In addition to not providing the desired level of creep, such a low idle speed may lead to undesirable shudders or jolts in the vehicle drive train if the driver depresses the accelerator harshly to rapidly increase engine speed from this low idle speed. This is due to the fact that at such low idle speeds, there is very little or no load appearing in the vehicle drive train including the torque converter. Accordingly, under hard acceleration, the unloaded engine is able to rapidly gain momentum until the speed thereof approaches the stall speed of the torque converter, at which point the engine suddenly takes up the torque converter load and subsequently transfers a shock through the drive train. This may be further accentuated as the drive train may become unloaded to the point that there no longer exists a pre-load between the various drive train components. In such a case, clearances may need to be taken up during the initial increase in idle speed which may lead to a noticeable physical shudder and audible impact.
In the case of vehicles having manual transmissions, it is also desirable to set the engine idle speed as low as possible. This however presents the problem that engagement of the clutch by the driver may stall the engine if the engine idling speed is too low.


3 ensure the dcument is apprved and the current versin is in use and the necessary EMS recrds are being maintained: Cntrlled dcuments and recrds shall be identified, maintained, legible, and the distributin f them cntrlled. If it is cntrlled internal dcument, it is nly cntrlled when the dcument is being viewed electrnically frm Intelex. All printed versin f cntrlled internal dcuments are uncntrlled. If it is a cntrlled external dcument, it is nly cntrlled in the lcatin recrded in Dcument Lcatin in Intelex s Dcument Cntrl mdule. All ther versins f the dcument are uncntrlled. 4.2 Determining Cntrlled Dcuments and Recrds: It is at the discretin f Cmmissin emplyees, in crdinatin with the Cre Team and this prcedure, t determine whether r nt a dcument shall be cnsidered cntrlled. Cntrlled dcuments are dcuments that need t be managed within the EMS t ensure regular updating, maintenance and separatin frm bslete dcuments in accrdance with this prcedure. Cntrlled dcuments typically have legal cnsequences, pse a risk t the rganizatin if an bslete versin is used t make an envirnmental, health r safety decisin r are a requirement f the EMS r R2. It is mandatry that the fllwing dcuments be cntrlled: EMS Prcedures EMS Plans EMS Plicies EMS Manuals EMS Blank Frms and Checklists EMS Memrandums Envirnmental Permits Envirnmental, Health and Safety Training Dcuments Training Matrix EMS Rles and Respnsibility Matrix It is mandatry that the fllwing recrds be cntrlled: EMS and R2 Audit Reprts EMS and R2 Cmpleted Frms and Checklists EMS and R2 Memrandums EMS Meeting Ntes/Summaries Internal and External Audits Management Review Envirnmental, Health and Safety Training Attendance Sheets r Certificatins Electrnic Demanufacturing Facility Mnitring and Measurement Reprts Electrnic Demanufacturing Facility Calibratin Reprts Dcuments and Recrds Management Prcedure Uncntrlled When Printed Page 3 f 6

AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE 1. TITLE OF COMMITTEE Audit and Risk Cmmittee 2. ESTABLISHMENT The Audit and Risk Cmmittee is established under Part 3 Sectin 19(1) f the Charles Darwin University

GUIDANCE FOR BUSINESS ASSOCIATES This Guidance fr Business Assciates dcument is intended t verview UPMCs expectatins, as well as t prvide additinal resurces and infrmatin, t UPMC s HIPAA business assciates.

Management Prcess Fr [Prject Name] i 1 Intrductin The is fllwed during the Executin phase f the Prject Management Life Cycle, nce the prject has been frmally defined and planned. 1.1 What is a Management

Mnitring and Audit f Clinical Research Studies Categry: Summary: Equality Analysis undertaken: Plicy Implementatin f this plicy will ensure that the Trust fulfils its statutry bligatins which in turn will

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT Prtecting yur Privacy YOUR PRIVACY IS OUR PRIORITY Credit unins have a histry f respecting the privacy f ur members and custmers. Yur Bard f Directrs has adpted the Credit Unin

The electrnic versin is current, r when printed and stamped with the green cntrlled dcument stamp. All ther cpies are uncntrlled. DOCUMENT INFORMATION Descriptin Dcument Owner This standard utlines the

THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION PROGRAM 1. Prgram Adptin The City University f New Yrk (the "University") develped this Identity Theft Preventin Prgram (the "Prgram") pursuant

1 General Overview This is a Service Level Agreement ( SLA ) between and the Enterprise Windws Services t dcument: The technlgy services the Enterprise Windws Services prvides t the custmer. The targets

ADDENDUM #1 THIRD PARTY PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT JUNE 2011 OVERVIEW These prcedures establish standards and guidelines fr the Nrth Central

NAIC Replacement Requirements Fr Certain Life Insurance Plicies And Annuity Cntracts Duties f Prducers If a transactin invlves a replacement, the prducer must leave with the applicant, at the time an applicatin

SECTION 5: EVALUATION METHODOLOGY The State f Oklahma will cnduct a cmprehensive, fair, and impartial evaluatin f bids received in respnse t this ITB. Technical and Cst Bids will be evaluated and scred

1.0 Purpse The purpse f this plicy and prcedure utline the methdlgy t develp training and assessment strategies, implementing a cmprehensive training and assessment strategy, and t ensure that all training

Prcess fr Respnding t Privacy Breaches 1. Purpse 1.1 This dcument sets ut the steps that ministries must fllw when respnding t a privacy breach. It must be read in cnjunctin with the Infrmatin Incident

Purpse The risk t Charlestn Suthern University, its emplyees and students frm data lss and identity theft is f significant cncern t the University and can be reduced nly thrugh the cmbined effrts f every


The present invention relates to a very compact electrical connector for the simultaneous connection of two smart cards. This type of smart card, also called a chip card or electronic memory card, is used in many applications. The simultaneous connection to two of such cards allows the connector to carry out transactions by exchanging data, for example with a banking network. This principle finds many applications for the purpose of facilitating commercial transactions. Shopkeepers making use of this principle must have as many cards as there are banking or payment networks with which they have entered into prior agreements.
For the purpose of greater integration, it has been proposed to make use of a single terminal for processing data and for exchanging data with various banking networks depending on those with which a shopkeeper's customers have an arrangement. The customers insert their cards which identify them and allow the cards to exchange data with these networks. Such terminal capable of simultaneously accommodating several cards must therefore, in principle, have as many electrical connectors for connection as there are cards likely to be used simultaneously.
For the purpose of greater integration, of saving on components and of simplifying the operations of mounting and connecting the connectors, as well as to simplify the installation of the cards into the terminal, connectors have already been proposed for the simultaneous electrical connection of two contact-type smart cards whose main faces comprise contact pads.
Document EP-A2-1,204,064 has proposed a connector for connecting to two SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) or MICROSIM type cards. Such connector has a cover mounted pivotally on a base, the cover forming a housing, or partitioned compartment, in which the two cards Ci, Cs may be inserted, oriented back to back, from an end of the cover. The cover also has in its upper face, contact elements for connection to the upper card.
The above design has numerous drawbacks. First, it culminates in total congestion in terms of height, or thickness, of the connector in the position of use which results from the design of the cover. Moreover, the electrical connection of the contact elements carried by the cover, with complimentary electrical connection elements carried by the base, is unsatisfactory, complex and unreliable. This design makes it necessary in particular to “bring” all the electrical connection elements into the vicinity of one and the same longitudinal end of the connector, thereby culminating in great complexity of the design of the contact elements carried by the cover. Moreover, any change, or installing, of just the upper card requires that the cover be opened in order to access this card and hence that the electrical connection of the lower card be completely interrupted. The space necessary above the connection with a view to the handling of the cards is considerable.
Document WO-A1-01/01324 describes and represents a connector for the electrical connection of two smart cards, respectively lower and upper, each of which comprises contact pads which lie in a main face of the card opposite a back of the card,                of the type comprising a lower base in the form of a plate made of insulating material and forming a support for a first series of electrical contact elements able to cooperate with the contact pads of the lower card,        of the type comprising an upper cover in the form of a plate made of insulating material and forming a support for a second series of electrical contact elements able to cooperate with the contact pads of the upper cards, and which is mounted pivotally with respect to the base, about a transverse geometrical axis of pivoting (X—X) located in the vicinity of the rear longitudinal ends facing the base and the cover, between an open position and a closed position of contact in which the cover is substantially parallel to the base and in which the contact pads of each cards present in the connect cooperate with the associated contact elements,        and of the type comprising and intermediate plate which is mounted articulated with respect to the base, about a transverse geometrical axis of articulation (Y—Y) located in the vicinity of the rear longitudinal ends facing the base and the cover, whose two opposite faces, lower and upper, run facing the backs of the lower and upper cards respectively.


Q:

IBM Worklight 6.0 - Installation fails on Eclipse 4.3 "Kepler"

I'm getting the following problem while trying to install Worklight 6 into Eclipse 4.3 "Kepler":
Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
  Software being installed: IBM jQuery Mobile Tools 6.0.0.201306140658 (com.ibm.webtools.jquery.tools.feature.feature.group 6.0.0.201306140658)
  Missing requirement: IBM Web Editor Common 1.2.0.v20130514_1852 (com.ibm.etools.webtools.webedit.common 1.2.0.v20130514_1852) requires 'bundle com.ibm.icu [4.2.1,5.0.0)' but it could not be found
  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: IBM Worklight Studio 6.0.0.201306140657 (com.ibm.imp.tools.feature.feature.group 6.0.0.201306140657)
    To: com.ibm.imp.webtools.core.feature.feature.group 1.0.0
  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: Web Tools Core 1.2.0.v20130514_1852 (com.ibm.imp.webtools.core.feature.feature.group 1.2.0.v20130514_1852)
    To: com.ibm.etools.webtools.webedit.common [1.2.0.v20130514_1852]
  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: IBM jQuery Mobile Tools 6.0.0.201306140658 (com.ibm.webtools.jquery.tools.feature.feature.group 6.0.0.201306140658)
    To: com.ibm.imp.tools.feature.feature.group 6.0.0

I've tried both the marketplace method and installing from a local archive produces the same error. Sounds like a dependency issue but I'm not clever enough to workout what I'm missing.

A:

Worklight 6.0 supports ONLY Eclipse for Jave EE Developers 4.2.2 ("Juno" SR2) or Eclipse Classic 4.2.2 ("Juno" SR2).
Worklight 6.0 will not work on prior versions of Eclipse.
Worklight 6.0 will not work on Eclipse 4.3 "Kepler" - there is no support for it, yet.


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The future role of losartan.
The past few decades have seen a remarkable development in the field of pharmacological therapy, one of the most notable examples being the treatment of arterial hypertension. Some of the early anti-hypertensive agents were relatively crude by today's standards, but gradually efficacy, tolerability, or both, of blood pressure-lowering (BP) drugs have been improved. It is presently possible to choose from a number of effective and well-tolerated compounds for the treatment of hypertension. The latest additions to the anti-hypertensive armamentarium are the angiotensin II receptor antagonists, the most advanced of these being losartan. It is perhaps most relevant to compare losartan to the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, another class of anti-hypertensive agents which acts mainly by interfering with the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS). Studies have shown that losartan lowers BP at least as effectively as ACE inhibitors. However, the side-effect profile of losartan is more favourable. In particular cough, a relatively common side-effect of ACE inhibitors, has been shown to be significantly less common during losartan treatment. This is probably because losartan does not interfere with bradykinin metabolism, unlike the ACE inhibitors. Regarding the reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), a powerful risk indicator for cardiovascular disease, we have shown that losartan is more effective in this regard than treatment with the beta-blocker atenolol. It appears, based on these and other findings, that interference with the RAAS is particularly useful in causing reversal of the cardiovascular hypertrophic changes. The prognostic implications remain to be demonstrated, but it would be logical to expect a benefit from this effect. It was recently shown that polymorphism of the ACE gene is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease even in the absence of conventional risk factors. If these findings are confirmed the interest in interfering with the RAAS as a therapeutic modality in hypertension would obviously be strengthened. It is not easy to predict the future role of any new therapeutic modality. The positive relation between efficacy and tolerability of losartan, as well as the fact that several observations suggest that interference with the RAAS could be favourable from a prognostic point of view, suggest that losartan may come to play an important role in the future treatment of hypertension.


A novel Mycoplasma sp. associated with proliferative tracheitis and pneumonia in a Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus).
Proliferative lymphocytic tracheitis and pneumonia were observed histologically in the respiratory tract of a captive Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus). A mycoplasma species was isolated from the respiratory tissue. Polymerase chain reaction analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the isolate showed 0.90 similarity to Mycoplasma agassizii, an organism previously shown to cause respiratory disease in reptiles. Based on these findings, a novel Mycoplasma species was suspected to be the causative agent of respiratory disease in this snake.


/*
 * Copyright (c) 2016-present, Parse, LLC
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the license found in the LICENSE file in
 * the root directory of this source tree.
 */
import keyMirror         from 'lib/keyMirror';
import { Map }           from 'immutable';
import { registerStore } from 'lib/stores/StoreManager';

export const ActionTypes = keyMirror([
  'FETCH',
  'CREATE_CLASS',
  'DROP_CLASS',
  'ADD_COLUMN',
  'DROP_COLUMN',
  'SET_CLP',
]);

// Schema state should be an Immutable Map with the following fields:
//   - lastFetch: the last time all data was fetched from the server
//   - classes: An Immutable Map of class names to Maps of column => type
//   - CLPs: An Immutable Map of class names to CLPs

function SchemaStore(state, action) {
  switch (action.type) {
    case ActionTypes.FETCH:
      if (state && new Date() - state.get('lastFetch') < 60000) {
        return Promise.resolve(state);
      }
      return action.app.apiRequest(
        'GET',
        'schemas',
        {},
        { useMasterKey: true }
      ).then(({ results }) => {
        let classes = {};
        let CLPs = {};
        if (results) {
          results.forEach(({ className, fields, classLevelPermissions }) => {
            classes[className] = Map(fields);
            CLPs[className] = Map(classLevelPermissions);
          });
        }
        return Map({
          lastFetch: new Date(),
          classes: Map(classes),
          CLPs: Map(CLPs),
        });
      });
    case ActionTypes.CREATE_CLASS:
      return action.app.apiRequest(
        'POST',
        'schemas/' + action.className,
        { className: action.className },
        { useMasterKey: true }
      ).then(({ fields }) => {
        return state
        .setIn(['classes', action.className], Map(fields))
        .setIn(['CLPs', action.className], Map({}));
      });
    case ActionTypes.DROP_CLASS:
      return action.app.apiRequest(
        'DELETE',
        'schemas/' + action.className,
        {},
        { useMasterKey: true }
      ).then(() => {
        return state
        .deleteIn(['classes', action.className])
        .deleteIn(['CLPs', action.className]);
      });
    case ActionTypes.ADD_COLUMN:
      let newField = {
        [action.name]: {
          type: action.columnType,
          required: action.required,
          defaultValue: action.defaultValue
        }
      };
      if (action.columnType === 'Pointer' || action.columnType === 'Relation') {
        newField[action.name].targetClass = action.targetClass;
      }
      return action.app.apiRequest(
        'PUT',
        'schemas/' + action.className,
        { className: action.className, fields: newField },
        { useMasterKey: true }
      ).then(({ fields }) => {
        return state.setIn(['classes', action.className], Map(fields));
      });
    case ActionTypes.DROP_COLUMN:
      let droppedField = {
        [action.name]: {
          __op: 'Delete'
        }
      };
      return action.app.apiRequest(
        'PUT',
        'schemas/' + action.className,
        { className: action.className, fields: droppedField },
        { useMasterKey: true }
      ).then(({ fields }) => {
        return state.setIn(['classes', action.className], Map(fields));
      });
    case ActionTypes.SET_CLP:
      return action.app.apiRequest(
        'PUT',
        'schemas/' + action.className,
        { classLevelPermissions: action.clp },
        { useMasterKey: true }
      ).then(({ classLevelPermissions, className }) => {
        return state.setIn(['CLPs', className], Map(classLevelPermissions));
      });
  }
}

registerStore('Schema', SchemaStore);


Seasonal expressions of androgen receptor, P450arom and estrogen receptors in the epididymis of the wild ground squirrel (Citellus dauricus Brandt).
The aim of this study was to investigate the seasonal expressions of androgen receptor (AR), estrogen receptors alpha and beta (ERα and ERβ) and aromatase cytochrome P450 (P450arom) in the epididymis of the wild ground squirrel. Histologically, the epididymis was with larger duct diameter and cell population during the breeding season. AR was presented in the peritubular smooth muscle cells and epithelial cells in the whole epididymis with stronger staining in the breeding period. P450arom was intensely localized in epithelial cells and spermatozoa during the breeding season, absent in the non-breeding season and moderately stained in pre-hibernation. During the breeding season, ERα was intensely expressed in epithelial cytoplasm and/or nucleus, whereas in the non-breeding season and pre-hibernation, weaker staining signal was found in nucleus of epithelial cells. ERβ was absent in the entire annual cycle by immunohistochemical and Real-time PCR detection. The mRNA levels of AR, P450arom and ERα were higher in the epididymis of the breeding season when compared to those of the non-breeding season and pre-hibernation. Taken together, these results suggest that epididymis of the wild ground squirrel is a primary target for androgen and estrogen, and the expression of P450arom represents that epididymis may be a potential source of estrogen.