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#include "ApexSceneTasks.h"
#include "FrameworkPerfScope.h"

#if PX_PHYSICS_VERSION_MAJOR == 3
#include "ScopedPhysXLock.h"
#endif

#include "PsTime.h"

namespace nvidia
{
namespace apex
{

// --------- PhysXSimulateTask

PhysXSimulateTask::PhysXSimulateTask(ApexScene& scene, CheckResultsTask& checkResultsTask)
: mScene(&scene)
, mElapsedTime(0.0f)
, mFollowingTask(NULL)
, mCheckResultsTask(checkResultsTask)
#if PX_PHYSICS_VERSION_MAJOR == 3
, mScratchBlock(NULL)
, mScratchBlockSize(0)
#endif
{}

PhysXSimulateTask::~PhysXSimulateTask()
{
#if PX_PHYSICS_VERSION_MAJOR == 3
	mScratchBlock = NULL;
	mScratchBlockSize = 0;
#endif
}

const char* PhysXSimulateTask::getName() const
{
	return AST_PHYSX_SIMULATE;
}

void PhysXSimulateTask::run()
{
	// record the pretick APEX time
	StatValue dataVal;
	uint64_t qpc = Time::getCurrentCounterValue();
	dataVal.Float = ApexScene::ticksToMilliseconds(mScene->mApexSimulateTickCount, qpc);
	APEX_CHECK_STAT_TIMER("--------- ApexBeforeTickTime (mApexSimulateTickCount)");

	APEX_CHECK_STAT_TIMER("--------- Set mApexSimulateTickCount");
	mScene->mApexSimulateTickCount = qpc;

	mScene->setApexStatValue(ApexScene::ApexBeforeTickTime, dataVal);

	// start the PhysX simulation time timer
	APEX_CHECK_STAT_TIMER("--------- Set mPhysXSimulateTickCount");
	mScene->mPhysXSimulateTickCount = Time::getCurrentCounterValue();

#if PX_PHYSICS_VERSION_MAJOR == 3
	if (mScene->mPhysXScene)
	{
		PX_ASSERT(mElapsedTime >= 0.0f);
		SCOPED_PHYSX_LOCK_WRITE(mScene);
		mScene->mPhysXScene->simulate(mElapsedTime, &mCheckResultsTask, mScratchBlock, mScratchBlockSize, false);
	}
#endif

#if PX_PHYSICS_VERSION_MAJOR == 0
	if (mFollowingTask != NULL)
	{
		mFollowingTask->removeReference();
	}
#endif
}

void PhysXSimulateTask::setElapsedTime(float elapsedTime)
{
	PX_ASSERT(elapsedTime >= 0.0f);
	mElapsedTime = elapsedTime;
}

void PhysXSimulateTask::setFollowingTask(PxBaseTask* following)
{
	mFollowingTask = following;
}

// --------- CheckResultsTask

const char* CheckResultsTask::getName() const
{
	return AST_PHYSX_CHECK_RESULTS;
}

void CheckResultsTask::run()
{
#if !APEX_DURING_TICK_TIMING_FIX
	{
		// mark the end of the "during tick" simulation time
		StatValue dataVal;
		{
			uint64_t qpc = Time::getCurrentCounterValue();
			dataVal.Float = ApexScene::ticksToSeconds(mScene->mApexSimulateTickCount, qpc);
			APEX_CHECK_STAT_TIMER("--------- ApexDuringTickTime (mApexSimulateTickCount)");

			APEX_CHECK_STAT_TIMER("--------- Set mApexSimulateTickCount");
			mScene->mApexSimulateTickCount = qpc;
		}
		mScene->setApexStatValue(ApexScene::ApexDuringTickTime, dataVal);
	}
#endif

#if PX_PHYSICS_VERSION_MAJOR == 3
	{
		SCOPED_PHYSX_LOCK_WRITE(mScene);
		if (mScene->mPhysXScene)
		{
			mScene->mPhysXScene->checkResults(true);
		}
	}
#endif

	// get the PhysX simulation time and add it to the ApexStats
	{
		StatValue dataVal;
		{
			uint64_t qpc = Time::getCurrentCounterValue();
			dataVal.Float = ApexScene::ticksToMilliseconds(mScene->mPhysXSimulateTickCount, qpc);
			APEX_CHECK_STAT_TIMER("--------- PhysXSimulationTime (mPhysXSimulateTickCount)");
		}

		mScene->setApexStatValue(ApexScene::PhysXSimulationTime, dataVal);
	}
}

// --------- FetchResultsTask

const char* FetchResultsTask::getName() const
{
	return AST_PHYSX_FETCH_RESULTS;
}

void FetchResultsTask::run()
{
}

void FetchResultsTask::setFollowingTask(PxBaseTask* following)
{
	mFollowingTask = following;
	if (mFollowingTask)
	{
		mFollowingTask->addReference();
	}
}

/*
* \brief Called by dispatcher after Task has been run.
*
* If you re-implement this method, you must call this base class
* version before returning.
*/
void FetchResultsTask::release()
{
	PxTask::release();

	// copy mFollowingTask into local variable, because it might be overwritten
	// as soon as mFetchResultsReady.set() is called (and before removeReference() is called on it)
	PxBaseTask* followingTask = mFollowingTask;
	mFollowingTask = NULL;

	// Allow ApexScene::fetchResults() to run (potentially unblocking game thread)
	mScene->mFetchResultsReady.set();

	// remove reference to the scene completion task submitted in Scene::simulate
	// this must be done after the scene's mFetchResultsReady event is set so that the
	// app's completion task can be assured that fetchResults is ready to run
	if (followingTask)
	{
		followingTask->removeReference();
	}
}

#if APEX_DURING_TICK_TIMING_FIX
// --------- DuringTickCompleteTask

const char* DuringTickCompleteTask::getName() const
{
	return AST_DURING_TICK_COMPLETE;
}

void DuringTickCompleteTask::run()
{
	// mark the end of the "during tick" simulation time
	StatValue dataVal;
	uint64_t qpc = Time::getCurrentCounterValue();
	dataVal.Float = ApexScene::ticksToMilliseconds(mScene->mApexSimulateTickCount, qpc);
	APEX_CHECK_STAT_TIMER("--------- ApexDuringTickTime (mApexSimulateTickCount)");

	APEX_CHECK_STAT_TIMER("--------- Set mApexSimulateTickCount");
	mScene->mApexSimulateTickCount = qpc;

	mScene->setApexStatValue(ApexScene::ApexDuringTickTime, dataVal);
}
#endif

// --------- PhysXBetweenStepsTask

const char* PhysXBetweenStepsTask::getName() const
{
	return AST_PHYSX_BETWEEN_STEPS;
}

void PhysXBetweenStepsTask::run()
{
	PX_ASSERT(mSubStepSize > 0.0f);
	PX_ASSERT(mNumSubSteps > 0);
#if PX_PHYSICS_VERSION_MAJOR == 3
	PxScene* scene = mScene.getPhysXScene();

	if (scene != NULL)
	{
		while (mSubStepNumber < mNumSubSteps)
		{
			PX_PROFILE_ZONE("ApexSceneManualSubstep", GetInternalApexSDK()->getContextId());
			// fetch the first substep
			uint32_t errorState = 0;
			{
				SCOPED_PHYSX_LOCK_WRITE(&mScene);
				scene->fetchResults(true, &errorState);
			}
			PX_ASSERT(errorState == 0);

			for (uint32_t i = 0; i < mScene.mModuleScenes.size(); i++)
			{
				PX_PROFILE_ZONE("ModuleSceneManualSubstep", GetInternalApexSDK()->getContextId());
				mScene.mModuleScenes[i]->interStep(mSubStepNumber, mNumSubSteps);
			}

			// run the next substep
			{
				SCOPED_PHYSX_LOCK_WRITE(&mScene);
				scene->simulate(mSubStepSize);
			}

			mSubStepNumber++;
		}
	}
#endif

	mLast->removeReference(); // decrement artificially high ref count that prevented checkresults from being executed
}

void PhysXBetweenStepsTask::setSubstepSize(float substepSize, uint32_t numSubSteps)
{
	mSubStepSize = substepSize;
	mNumSubSteps = numSubSteps;
}

void PhysXBetweenStepsTask::setFollower(uint32_t substepNumber, PxTask* last)
{
	mSubStepNumber = substepNumber;
	mLast = last;

	setContinuation(last);
}

} // namespace apex
} // namespace nvidia


Q:

Sketch $f(x)=\sin x+\frac{1}{x}$ and local maxima and minima, intervals of increase and decrease,

Sketch $f(x)=\sin x+\frac{1}{x}$ finding local maxima and minima, intervals of increase and decrease.
I'm trying to use differentiation to draw this picture and find critical points.
So, I get $f'(x)=\cos x-\frac{1}{x^2}$
However, I'll have to deal with inequality $f'(x)>0 $, $f'(x)<0$, and  $f'(x)=0$, I feel I lack an ability to solve an equation like this. So is there any better way to find local maximun and minumum for this function?

A:

For $f'$,
note that,
if $|x| < 1$,
then
$f'(x) \ne 0$
(do you see why?).
Also, for large $x$,
since
$\cos(x)
=\sin(\pi/2-x)
$,
you want
$\sin(\pi/2-x)$
small.
Therefore,
$\pi/2-x$
has to be close
to a multiple of
$\pi$,
since that is when $\sin$ is small.
So,
let $\pi/2 -x=\pi n +z$,
where
$z$ is small.
Then
$\cos(x)
=\sin(\pi/2-x)
=\sin(\pi n+z)
\approx (-1)^n z
$,
so
$\frac1{x^2}
\approx (-1)^n z
\approx (-1)^n (\pi/2-\pi n)-x
$.
Since
$x$ is large,
$x
\approx (-1)^n (\pi/2-\pi n)
$.
Plot $f$ and $f'$
and see if these remarks
agree with what you see.
Remember,
the most useful approximation
for trig functions is
$\sin(x) \approx x$
for small $x$.


No home rehab for Broncos’ Phillip Lindsay this time – Denver Broncos Blog.

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The advent of ionization methods that can produce multiply charged gaseous ions has enabled the development of gas-phase ion/ion reactions in analytical mass spectrometry. Ion/ion chemistry has proved to be a particularly effective means for converting ions from one type to another and allows for a decoupling of the ionization method from the nature of the ion subjected to tandem mass spectrometry. A growing array of applications has been developed based on a variety of reaction types, including electron transfer, proton transfer, charge inversion, metal transfer, etc. Most ion/ion reactions take place following the formation of a stable bound orbit between the reactants. As reactants approach closely enough for chemistry to occur, they can react by small charged particle transfer (i.e. electron transfer and proton transfer) at crossing points in the interaction potential. Alternatively, the reactants can collide to form a relatively long-lived complex. A wide range of chemical reactions can result from the long-lived complex, which include multiple charged particle transfers and covalent bond formation. For a given analyte ion, the major reaction pathway is determined by the characteristics of the reagent ion. An appreciation of the factors that underlie the partitioning of ion/ion reaction products is important in the design and selection of reagent ions to effect transformations of interest. Important considerations for reagent ion selection are discussed here within the context of a generalized scheme for ion/ion reaction dynamics.


Holy christ, I had imagined her using a cutey little dart-board style bulls-eye. She's using an image of the cross hairs of a sniper rifle and what was her rallying cry? Something like, "Don't retreat, Re-Load"! And she doesn't understand why Congressional members are disturbed by their photos under the cross hairs of a sniper rifle? I mean, who wouldn't relish such a thing?

Isn't it funny that the "tea-party" has stopped talking about "t-bagging" now that they know what the word means? At first there was all this talk about "tea-bagging" the whitehouse. Classic comedy gold.

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"The U.S. is the only nation on Earth to pass from barbarism into decadence without once passing through an era of civilization."

Palin the Uber-Demagogue has got a Facebook page featuring a map of the US with strategic crosshairs symbolizing Democratic Congresscritters, in conservative districts, who voted for health care reform. Charming.

Oh, girl logic, it's even in MY city, too. Are the good people of Columbus, Ohio some fuckwits or what?!

You know I started off laughting at them, but I just got angrier and angrier at the rich girl bitching about welfare and the MEN bitching about abortion. And the Christians saying that their freedom of religion is somehow being threatened. THose people sound like morons, but they represent millions of our citizens.

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"The U.S. is the only nation on Earth to pass from barbarism into decadence without once passing through an era of civilization."

I'm in a peaceful frame of mind right now so I'm gonna keep my first spew short. BUT, I am MADMADMAD that Obama dropped the ball. NO, no. He did NOT drop the ball; he just up and handed it to the other team. WHat I am so pissy about is this: We now have fucking Monsanto chemical cocksuckers nominated to set our agriculture standards. Gee, as manufacturerers of chemmie pesticides, fertilizers, etc. what will Monsanto be recommending do ya think?

On Monsanto: they once developed a GMO that would not bloom/develop fruit without being exposed to a chemical that they had patented. So like if all the grains were introduced to these GMOs and then would not mature without Monsanto's chemical to pollinate them they could literally have control over the entire industry.Letting Monsanto set ANY kind of ag. standards or policies is inviting the fox into the hen house for a permanant stay.IF you are interested in stopping this Monsanto nomination, you can visit Food&Water Watch. org and click on their link for activism. They have an easy petition to send/ no having to register at the site or go through annoying BS. Just enter your basic info and click to send the petition. If you like, Food&Water Watch will send you updates to your mailbox. This is an excellent organization that has had amazing success at flooding Washington with hundreds of thousands of petitions and actually putting a stop to some of the current evil schemes.

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"The U.S. is the only nation on Earth to pass from barbarism into decadence without once passing through an era of civilization."

when obama doesn't mention or push a public plan in an interview about healthcare, and when i hear stories about how there are negotiations about how the heathcare companies are getting ammendments that will mean no more than 5% of people can be in a "government co-op," and when obama tells democrats not to talk bad about the blue dog democrats-- the very ones who are holding up healthcare reform...

why do i get the feeling obama isn't serious about real reform?

why has he consistently taken the weakest possible position when negotiating?

i may be cynical, but if, as some people assert, that obama is holding off on eliminating don't-ask-don't-tell so he can pass this reform, my question is why bother, when what it looks like we're getting is only the most minimal of change to our fucked up system.

honestly, i want to like obama. nobody in the lounge argued more fervently for him than i did, but honestly, imho, obama sucks.

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"what a swell farewell party! we said goodbye to everything, including the lining in my stomach." - garvey, from the film, born bad

"That's one career all females have in common, whether we like it or not: being a woman. Sooner or later, we've got to work at it, no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted." --margo channing, all about eve

I think the fundamental flaw in Obama's plan is that the private insurance corporations will still be in full control of coverage to all individual subscribers. It will inevitably result in a two tier system where those who can afford to buy really great insurance will have it, those who have no access to that insurance will be nickeled and dimed to death. I'd want to know what Obama would do, in detail, to regulate the private insurance companies so that no one would be denied access to care under any circumstance if it were needed. Unless his health care plan also involves a radical regulation of that industry, which is incredibly powerful politically as well as medically, I don't see how his idea for universal health care can succeed.

The systems in the world which do work effectively are the ones which are single payer--in that money to pay for all health care, cradle to grave, comes from the tax base, into which every one pays (including corporations--those are more the European models, as here in North America corporations are largely just taking from the tax base and no longer contributing to it). In these countries, immigration has to be courted as well: since these are the healthiest societies and full access to reproductive health care has become the norm there, many women have decided to have only the children they wish to have, and no more. This has resulted in a decline in birth rate--which has to be made up generationally by allowing immigrants from other countries to relocate there and create both demand for upkeep in the infrastructure of the country as well as steady contributions to the tax base. Countries which have been slow to understand this have had to learn the hard way---no money going in with new tax payers = no money for health care, pensions, schools, hospitals, etc. etc. etc. All of which also create jobs which keep the whole service system--including universal health care--in top form.

Canada started to seriously privatize its health care system about 15 years ago, in earnest, province to province. But when Free Trade was started during the Mulroney era, the complete elimination of universal health care, pension, unemployment insurance, all our social services which we've been paying into for our entire lives--were planned to end, and the dismantling started there with hospital closures, massive job elimination in all health care facilities, and terminated coverage for more and more treatments considered less than vital--such as medication drugs for older people. It's lucky we have what we have now! But it is true: people do die waiting for treatment now (which rarely happened in the past) and many things which used to be covered are no longer covered--though our taxes are still being collected to pay for those services. So our system's been taken apart and it's a shadow of what it used to be. To "examine" it now as an example would be to look at the way it's been decimated since it's been privatized over the last couple of decades. It's just not a good comparison to make, and it's not a good standard on which to judge private vs. public. Look at Norway's health care system instead--also not perfect, but at least it's not bullshit like Canada's.

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I'd like to know what all of your views are on the health care bill, if y'all don't mind.

To my knowledge, this hasn't been introduced in any of the bills currently floating around, but given the political volatility associated with this issue, I may have a plan in mind that would be as imperfect as anything else, but could satisfy the three main hotpoints (IMHO) of this issue:1 overall cost of care2 too many uninsured (very much related to #1)3 the fact that many Americans do not want the government running their health plan

Pres. Obama eluded to the possibility of opening up the plan made available to federal employees to cover all Americans interested in joining. I think this could work if the following regulations were attached to it:1 Everyone must carry coverage, whether it's a traditional PPO type plan, HMO plan, or high deductible/HSA/'oh shit' plan (all available to fed employees currently)2 Insurance companies must cover all, regardless of age or medical history3 Insurance companies must cover all procedures/treatments if 2 doctors agree it is necessary

In order to prevent people from having to choose to pay rent or health insurance, those making below a certain threshold (i honestly have no idea what it should be, especially since a living wage in bumblefuck wouldn't cover rent in NYC) would receive gov't vouchers to cover all or a portion of their insurance premiums. Since non-paying patients would essentially become non-existant, overall costs should go down. Insurance premiums should theoretically go down since the risk is spread over a larger pool.

This satisfies the need for comprehensive coverage, as well as satisfies the conservative concern of government run health care (founded or unfounded as it may be, some conservative support is needed to get something passed). There could be incentives to all parties for maintaining good health through preventative care, and a hundred other details that I haven't thought of/just didn't write out.

Seeing as how I'm very fortunate to have an employer that provdes 100% of my insurance premiums, and have an annual out of pocket max of $5500, I don't fully understand how crushing medical debt can be, or the feeling of helplessness associated with knowing I can't get treatment for me or my family because we can't afford it. I guess what I'm asking is, why hasn't something like this been proposed yet? I mean, it could be used as a political win for all (democrats can tout universal coverage, republicans can tout that insurance is still in private hands) and meets the end goal of everyone having equal access to health care.

Is there a fundamental flaw that I'm just not seeing? I realize the vouchers will be expensive, but would they be any more expensive that what is currently paid out by medicaid/medicare? I'm sure there would be numerous details to work out, and the bill writers would most definitely turn this into a 1200+ page monster if for no other reason than to show off their excellent legalese skills, but in the end, would this work?? I understand it wouldn't be perfect, but given the sad fact that this will be more of a politcal game than a true attempt to better the lives of Americans (just like everything else it seems that comes out of D.C.), would the compromises made by both sides of the aisle be enough to get enough conservatives (Dems & Repubs) on board to get this passed? Just wanted to get the thoughts of others, as I've been comtemplating writing this exact plan out in a letter to my congressman & senators. All of which are somewhat conservative, even though two are democrats & 1 is republican.

As a Canadian, I'd like to know what you all think. It's true, our system is far from perfect but I can't imagine going into the emergency room and having to pay for the visit.

I know that a lot of people here do die waiting for care and it's a huge problem. But at the same time, don't Americans also get denied treatments for things especially if their insurance says that it was a pre-existing condition?

That reminds me of another thing. Right now I'm not covered so the only thing I have to pay for is medication, which really sucks. But I remember a few years ago when my parents were changing their coverage and the form also asked about pre-existing conditions (my mom has a lot of health issues) because then they wouldn't cover the medication for those prescriptions.

Also, is Obama pushing for a two-tier system or what? And why are Americans so freakin afraid of socialism?!

I'm not at all well-versed about our system as it is. All I know for absolute sure is that insurance companies are able to leave their customers screwed, blued, and tattooed. And there doesn't seem to be much the customer can do about it.Yes, Americans routinely get denied by insurance companies because of pre-existing health conditions. My grandmother pays an arm and a leg to her insurance company, and can't look for another one because of her conditions. It's sick stuff, the private insurance game.Why are Americans afraid of socialism? 1) Too many of them don't understand the true definition of the word, 2) Too many of them think "Oh, we're such HOT SHIT, we do things our own way, screw everyone else and their commie ways of doing stuff, 3) It seems to me that too many individuals don't give a good goddamn about their fellow humans: "They didn't prepare themselves for bad health by getting a better education and a better-paying job? Tough. Let 'em die, it ain't my problem." Few people stop to think about how people who do 'menial work' actually make life a whole hell of a lot easier for them. How many attorneys/doctors/CEOs could go out and grow all of their own food, build their own houses, assemble their own vehicles, deal with 'dirty jobs' like sewage, or do any of these other things they've always had done for them, so they could live in comfort and earn their degrees? And when these hard-working individuals doing the thankless jobs get hit by a grave illness, what happens? Their insurance company starts using loopholes to get out of their obligation. So the individual is left with the majority of the bill, and is financially RUINED. Nobody stops to think about that, but it happens all. the. time.Something I hear all the blasted time from militant nay-sayers is "the government will be taking more than 50% of your paycheck in taxes to help fund socialized medicine." I nearly wet myself EVERY TIME because 1) these folks probably pay more than 50% of their income to their unscrupulous private insurance companies who will screw them out of coverage given the slightest chance and 2) America pays more per capita for healthcare than any other nation, but we still have more people who are not insured. That's PATHETIC.

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Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are serviley crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God, because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blind faith. — Thomas Jefferson

You went to school where you were taught to fear and to obey, be cheerful, fit in, or someone might think you're weird.Life can be perfect. People can be trusted. Someday, I will fall in love; a nice quiet home of my very own.Free from all the pain. Happy and having fun all the time.It never happened, did it?

As a Canadian, I'd like to know what you all think. It's true, our system is far from perfect but I can't imagine going into the emergency room and having to pay for the visit.

I know that a lot of people here do die waiting for care and it's a huge problem. But at the same time, don't Americans also get denied treatments for things especially if their insurance says that it was a pre-existing condition?

That reminds me of another thing. Right now I'm not covered so the only thing I have to pay for is medication, which really sucks. But I remember a few years ago when my parents were changing their coverage and the form also asked about pre-existing conditions (my mom has a lot of health issues) because then they wouldn't cover the medication for those prescriptions.

Also, is Obama pushing for a two-tier system or what? And why are Americans so freakin afraid of socialism?!

I'd like to know what all of your views are on the health care bill, if y'all don't mind.

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Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are serviley crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God, because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blind faith. — Thomas Jefferson

thing that always kills me is it's the republicans pulling that shit. the ones that are supposed to be all about governmental restraint. they moralize up and down but they are the worst perpetrators.

another thing that kills me is how they always talk about how corrupt gov't is, and they out do the dems in corruption too. seriously, i was listening to peggy noonan bloviate today about how she's scared of a medical plan because of the how much we're spending right now, but when bush was giving out money to cronies hand over fist she was mum. then she spouts what is my biggest pet peeve when talking about the medical revamp: do we really want a beurocrat in charge of managing people's health, and has government shown a good record of managing anything?

1)most healthcare plans have a bean counter managing people's healthcare trying to maximize their profits. that's not working since the country is awash with stories of people needing treatment and being denied.2)government manages things just fine when a dem is in office since they actually try to make gov't work instead of dismantling it, and when it fails blaming the system for things they had control over. i have no love for dems, but atleast they make a good faith effort instead of cutting funding for everything and screaming when those same agencies fail. fema anyone?

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"what a swell farewell party! we said goodbye to everything, including the lining in my stomach." - garvey, from the film, born bad

"That's one career all females have in common, whether we like it or not: being a woman. Sooner or later, we've got to work at it, no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted." --margo channing, all about eve

The Sanford thing is back in the news again because they're doing more investigating into his travel expenses. Nothing like charging the taxpayers for first class plane tickets so you can visit your mistress while going on and on about how government has to be more fiscally responsible.


Simon Lucas, 3rd Baron Lucas of Chilworth

Simon William Lucas, 3rd Baron Lucas of Chilworth b  6 February 1957) is a British peer.

Lucas was the eldest son of Michael William George Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas of Chilworth. He was educated at Churcher's College, the University of Leicester and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst after which he served with the Royal Engineers.

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Umpires

Joe West – Crew Chief – 22

MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE TIME: 38 Years

CAREER: Joe's 38-year career makes him the senior umpire among all active umpires and his 4,821 regular season games rank him third all-time, behind Bill Klem and Bruce Froemming...Joe was first in his class at the Umpire Development School in 1974 and started his career in the Western Carolina League (now the South Atlantic League)...in 1975, he started the season in the Carolina League and on June 1st was promoted to the Southern League, where he stayed until he was promoted to the American Association at the end of the 1976 season...he was then brought to the National League on September 13, 1976 to work his first Major League game at age 23...he worked eight Major League games that September and another 48 in 1977 before being hired full-time to the N.L. staff in the spring of 1978...in 1981 he became the youngest umpire ever to work an NLCS game (Dodgers-Expos)...he's second all-time for most Postseason games umpired, behind current umpire Gerry Davis...Joe has worked with more than 130 Major League umpires, spanning exhibition games, regular season, All-Star Games and Postseason...he's worked with two Hall of Fame umpires: Nestor Chylak and Doug Harvey...according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Joe has been on the field with 53 Hall of Famers who were either umpires, players, managers or players who became managers...Joe has now worked for six of the 10 Commissioners in Major League Baseball history...Joe was re-elected to his fourth term as President of the umpires' union, the World Umpires Association.

PERSONAL: Born in Asheville, NC in October 1952...played football in college for East Carolina (safety on the freshman team) and was a three-year starting quarterback at Elon College (now Elon University), where he threw for 4,337 yards and 35 touchdowns...led three Elon teams to three Carolinas Conference Championships and was the MVP of the 1973 team that was ranked second in the nation after losing to an Abilene Christian team led by future Dallas Cowboys quarterback Clint Longley and Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame running back Wilbur Montgomery....Joe was inducted into the Elon Sports Hall of Fame in 1986, in the same class as legendary women's basketball coach Kay Yow...Joe designed all of Wilson Sporting Goods' "high-end" umpire equipment and because of his patent and trademarks of the chest protector used by more than 95 percent of the Major League Umpires, he started a company called West Vest, LLC and founded majorleagueumpires.com...a single-digit handicap, Joe participates in the "World Series of Golf" held at Pebble Beach each December.


Generic determinants of Streptococcus colonization and infection.
Bacteria within the genus Streptococcus have evolved to become exquisitely adapted to the colonization of humans and other animals. These bacteria predominantly live in harmony with their hosts, but all have capacity to cause disease should prevailing conditions allow. Streptococci express a myriad of colonization and virulence attributes that promote their survival at a variety of ecological sites. Many of these factors are surface-expressed adhesins that exhibit conservation at structural or functional levels across the genus. This reflects the importance of adherence interactions with a multitude of host substrata, such as epithelia or extracellular matrix components, to streptococcal survival. Other important factors are more restricted in their distribution, often conferring pathogenic capabilities associated with immune evasion or host tissue destruction. Evidence suggests that dissemination of these streptococcal attributes has frequently been driven by the movement of genetic material via lateral gene transfer, reflecting ecological pressures. Such recombination events have simultaneously facilitated extensive diversification, resulting in distinct tropisms at the species- or strain- level. These generic determinants offer significant potential as targets for combating streptococcal disease. However, this will depend upon better understanding of their mechanistic basis, and refined mapping of their distribution by epidemiological and metagenomic studies.


Q:

Extjs 4 actioncolumn issue

I have an Ext.grid.Panel with this items:
items:[
                   {
                           xtype:'actioncolumn',
                           width:20,
                           align:'center',
                           items: [
                                   {
                                       icon:'resources/images/icons/table_edit.png',
                                       tooltip: 'Edita Registro',
                                       action:'edit'
                                   },
                           ]
                   },
                   {header:'Estado', dataIndex:'testado', width:90},
                   {header:'Cliente', dataIndex:'tcliente', width:110, sortable: true},
                   {header:'N° Expediente', dataIndex:'Expediente', width:100},
                   {header:'Organismo', dataIndex:'torganismo', width:255, sortable: true},
                   {header:'Convocatoria', dataIndex:'F_Convocatoria', width:80, sortable: true},
                   {header:'Presentacion', dataIndex:'F_Presentacion', width:80, sortable: true},
                   {header:'Aviso', dataIndex:'F_Aviso', width:80, sortable: true},
                   {header:'Importe sin IVA', dataIndex:'Total_Licitacion_sIVA', width:105, sortable: true},
                   {header:'Responsable', dataIndex:'tresponsable', width:140, sortable: true},
            ]

In my controller I want to hand when user clicks on the button of the actioncolumn. I have the following code:
this.control({
    'viewGridRECO actioncolumn':{
        click:this.onPulsarEditar
    }
});

With the previous code in my controller,the function onPulsarEditar executes when the user clicks everywhere in the cell of the action column,but I want it to execute only when click on the button,not everywhere in the cell of the actioncolumn.
I have tried to put action:'edit' property in the button and in the controller:
this.control({
    'viewGridRECO actioncolumn button[action=edit]':{
        click:this.onPulsarEditar
    }
});

And nothing happends.

A:

As @Abdul Rehman Yawar Khan comented to view this post, after update my code it is:
In the view,the column items:
items:[
                   {
                           xtype:'actioncolumn',
                           width:20,
                           align:'center',
                           items: [
                                   {
                                       icon:'resources/images/icons/table_edit.png',
                                       tooltip: 'Edita Registro',
                                       handler: function(view, rowIndex, colIndex, item, e, record, row) {
                                            this.fireEvent('itemClick', view, rowIndex, colIndex, item, e, record, row, 'edit');
                                       }
                                   }
                           ]
                   },
                   {header:'Estado', dataIndex:'testado', width:90},
                   {header:'Cliente', dataIndex:'tcliente', width:110, sortable: true},
                   {header:'N° Expediente', dataIndex:'Expediente', width:100},
                   {header:'Organismo', dataIndex:'torganismo', width:255, sortable: true},
                   {header:'Convocatoria', dataIndex:'F_Convocatoria', width:80, sortable: true},
                   {header:'Presentacion', dataIndex:'F_Presentacion', width:80, sortable: true},
                   {header:'Aviso', dataIndex:'F_Aviso', width:80, sortable: true},
                   {header:'Importe sin IVA', dataIndex:'Total_Licitacion_sIVA', width:105, sortable: true},
                   {header:'Responsable', dataIndex:'tresponsable', width:140, sortable: true},
            ]

In the controller:
this.control({
    'actioncolumn':{
        itemClick:this.onPulsarEditar
});

Note that itemClick of actioncolumn in controller is write the same way as it is in the view handler event.
And in the controller in the function onPulsarEdit you can add all the code you need to execute the function as you want.


Laptop engineer jailed after Sky News sting

A Sky News reporter has caught out a snooping laptop engineer who tried to hack into a computer he was supposedly fixing.

A laptop engineer has been jailed for nine months after being caught out by a Sky News sting.

Grzegorz Zachodni, who was working at Laptop Revival, pleaded guilty to fraud after he attempted to hack into a Sky reporter’s bank account using details stolen from her computer.

"Hopefully this conviction will be a warning to the computer repair industry that the copying or use of customers' private and personal information is not acceptable and the Metropolitan Police Economic and Specialist Crime Directorate will endeavour to prosecute any person found to have committed offences regarding these abuses," said DC Chris Young, the investigating officer.

The reporter was looking into the quality of service at laptop repair shops and took in her computer with a loose memory chip to be fixed.

The laptop contained hidden software in it that recorded which files were viewed and what websites were visited, while taking images through an integrated webcam.

Personal photos of the reporter, including ones of her in a bikini, were stored on the computer along with login details to eBay, Facebook and NatWest.

The shop called her to tell her the laptop required a new motherboard, but she declined the repair.

When she returned to Laptop Revival, the reporter was told the computer had been fixed but she would not be charged as no permission was given for the alterations.

The covert software found Zachodni had only worked on the computer for 20 minutes and in that time had viewed various files and saved passwords and login details. He also took two of the bikini snaps.


1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a dental material which is curable in a first stage to an elastic phase, in which the material can be processed mechanically or surpluses can be removed, and in a second step, to its final form.
2. Background Information
Dental materials which have an elastic phase over a practice relevant processing period, which must be neither too long nor too short, are particularly well suited for special fields of use and are therefore preferred over the materials on the market at the present time.
These special fields of use are, on the one hand, the field of temporary crowns and bridges for the provisional treatment of prosthetic works and of temporary fillings for the provisional treatment, especially of several fillings situated next to one another. On the other hand, they are plastic dental cements for the cementing-in of a dental workpiece, the surpluses of which can easily be removed in this elastic phase.
The materials used for temporary crowns and bridges which are on the market, at present, are predominantly self-curing polymethacrylate/methacrylate systems, composites based on methacrylate or other polymer systems such as, for example, epimine systems.
To prepare a temporary or provisional crown or bridge, the mixed temporary crown and bridge material is placed in a suitable mould, with which the material is placed in the predetermined form on the tooth stump or stumps to be treated. The material then hardens in this impression. At a certain time, however, at which the material has still not completely hardened, the impression must be removed, together with the temporary provision. With the materials used up until now, the time period available for this is, however, very short and is often missed.
The reasons for this are that the hardening of these materials in the impression is difficult to control and that it is further influenced by many disruptive factors such as mixing conditions, temperature, moisture, etc. This has the consequence that if the crown is removed too early, the material is either still viscous or not dimensionally stable, i.e., the temporary treatment, namely, the provisional bridge or crown, must be prepared again. If, on the other hand, one waits too long, the temporary crown or bridge can no longer be removed from the stump, especially when decaying areas are present. Added to this issue is the fact that, as a rule, temperature problems are also connected with the use of these materials. The polymerization reaction which, as mentioned, is not controllable, proceeds exothermically. So much thermal energy is liberated that damage to the pulp can occur.
Similar problems occur during use as a temporary filling material. With large cavities situated next to each other (predominantly MOD), which are treated with inlays prepared in the laboratory, the provisional treatment of the cavities is frequently undertaken in such a way that the cavities situated next to each other are treated en bloc. For this purpose, the self-hardening temporary material is introduced into the isolated cavities and removed again from these cavities at a moment when the material still has a certain elasticity. If this moment is not exactly timed, problems arise as have already been described with respect to the use as temporary crown and bridge material. In most cases, hardening has proceeded too far, meaning that the temporary filling can no longer be removed. Furthermore, problems connected with temperature stress are also to be expected here.
After the temporary filling has been removed from the cavity, decaying areas are removed, and then the workpiece is fixed with a temporary cement.
A similar technique has very recently evolved for the production of chairside (i.e. at the dentist's chair) or labside (in the dental laboratory) milled ceramic inlays. As described above, the isolated cavity is filled with a so-called proinlay material and the material modelled as the final inlay fillings is to be shaped. In most cases, one also encounters problems here in removing the proinlay from the cavity, on the one hand because of the decaying areas, and on the other hand because of the need for very precise timing. The proinlay is afterwards transferred with a copying cutter into the definitive ceramic inlay. Chairside, the ceramic inlay is fitted immediately, and with the labside technique, the cavity is treated with a material described above.
It is clear from the problems described that, both for temporary crowns and bridging materials and for temporary filling materials, there is the need for a material which hardens controllably in a first stage of a certain elasticity and which remains stable over a practice-relevant period and can therefore be removed easily from the stump or from the cavity. It can then be worked and finished while still in this form and subsequently hardened in a second stage to its final form.
The other field of use mentioned above is a composite cement with possible surplus removal. When cementing-in dental workpieces such as e.g. ceramic inlays, ceramic or metal crowns with tooth-colored composite cements, it is very difficult to recognize cement surpluses and remove them as gently as possible. If the surpluses are removed in an unhardened state, the cement from the cement joint is taken out also, in most cases, resulting in a cement depletion. If, on the other hand, one tries to remove the cement surplus in the hardened state, the cement as well as the hard tooth substance are also very severely damaged in most cases.
It is clear that for this field of use, also, there is a need for a material which hardens controllably in a first stage to an elastic phase in which the workpiece is already fixed in the correct position but which allows the surpluses of the cement to be cut away with a sharp instrument such as a scalpel.
In EP-A-195 224, applicants describe a dental material for producing artificial teeth or parts such as crowns or inlays from two separate components to be mixed together during use. In a first stage, a polyfunctional isocyanate is condensed with a polyalcohol, with the help of tin catalysts, to a polyurethane which is present as an elastic phase which remains stable over an extended period of time. Then, in a second stage, at least one methacrylate compound contained in the overall system is fully cured by hot, cold, or light polymerization to artificial teeth or tooth parts.
EP-A-410 199 (Bayer) teaches plastics, fully curable in a number of steps, which consist of at least one silicopolyether, at least one radically curing monomer, at least one catalyst for hot, cold, or light polymerization, and at least one catalyst for the condensation of the silicopolyether. Such plastics based on silicopolyethers do, however, have the disadvantage that the silicopolyethers negatively influence the polymerization of the radically curing monomers. The polymerization of the second stage, i.e. of the monomers or the methacrylate, is incomplete which again has a negative effect on the physical properties of the hardened plastics. In particular, the flexural moduli of the cured plastics are unsatisfactory.
Epimines and their use in the dental field are also known. They are used particularly as molding materials and as temporary crowns and bridge materials. Epimines with a molecular weight of circa 6000 are used in molding materials, as described in DE-B-1 544 837. They polymerize to an elastic phase and in doing so serve their purpose. Short-chained epimines with a molecular weight of circa 500 are used in a temporary crown and bridge material (U.S. Pat. No. 3,453,242 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,093,555). These polymerize to a hard composition, whereby an elastic phase is passed through for a short time during the polymerization.
To the best of the knowledge of the applicants, there are no publications in the art in which a product is obtained with epimines alone, or in combination with other polymerization systems, which remains in an elastic phase over a longer period of time and then passes into a hard state after suitable activation.


The invention relates to a novel gene, waaP, which is involved in heptose modification in the lipopolysaccharide of bacterial membranes, its corresponding protein, WaaP, and a method of preventing or treating gram negative bacterial infections, particularly attenuating virulent gram negative pathogens including compounds for such attenuation.
The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria is a barrier to many antibiotics and host defense factors (Vaara, M., 1992). The outer leaflet of this membrane is comprised almost exclusively of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a unique glycolipid with structural features essential to outer membrane stability. In Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica, the LPS molecule is conceptually divided into three distinct regions: 1) a hydrophobic membrane anchor designated lipid A; 2) a short chain of sugar residues with multiple phosphoryl substituents, referred to as the core oligosaccharide (core OS); and 3) a structurally diverse polymer composed of oligosaccharide repeats, termed the O antigen. Lipid A and the core OS are synthesized together as a single unit (lipid A-core, FIG. 1), which serves as an acceptor for preformed O antigen to yield the completed LPS molecule (Whitfield, C. et al., 1997; Raetz, C. R. H. 1996).
Five distinct core OS structures have been identified in E. coli (core types K-12, R1, R2, R3, and R4), and two more are known for S. entarica (Holst, 0. and Brade, H., 1992; Olsthoorn, M. M. A., et al. 1998). The genes responsible for biosynthesis of the core OS in these bacteria are clustered on the chromosome in the waa (formerly rfa) locus near 81 min on the E. coli K-12 and S. Enterica linkage maps. Mutations in many of the glycosyl transferases encoded by this locus result in the production of LPS lacking O antigen (termed rough- or R-LPS) since O antigen cannot be ligated to an incomplete lipid A-core acceptor molecule. Strains which produce only R-LPS are more susceptible to complement-mediated serum killing than their wild-type counterparts (reviewed in Whitfield, C., 1994). Mutations in the waa locus which specifically affect the phosphoryl substitution of the core OS heptose region (FIG. 1) can significantly alter outer membrane permeability, giving rise to a pleiotropic phenotype called xe2x80x98deep roughxe2x80x99 (Helander, I. M. et al., 1989; Nikaido, H. 1996). Characteristics of the deep-rough phenotype include the following: 1) hypersensitivity to detergents and hydrophobic antibiotics, 2) sloughing of LPS from the outer membrane, 3) leakage of periplasmic proteins into the culture medium, and 4) a marked decrease in the protein content of the outer membrane (reviewed in Schnaitman, C. A. et al. 1993). The phosphoryl substituents in the heptose region are postulated to be so critical to outer membrane stability because their negative charge allows neighbouring LPS molecules to be crosslinked by divalent cations (Vaara, M. 1992; Nikaido, H. and Vaara, M., 1995).
Previous studies with S. enterica serovars Minnesota and Typhimurium (Helander, I. M., et al. 1989), and with E. coli K-12 (Parker, C. T., et al. 1992) have implicated waaP in the phosphorylation of both Heptose I (xe2x80x9cHepIxe2x80x9d) and Heptose II (xe2x80x9cHepIIxe2x80x9d) (see FIG. 1). Mutation of waaP in these organisms was also reported to cause characteristics of the deep-rough phenotype. Furthermore, in E. coli K-12, waaP has been implicated in the addition of HepIII (FIG. 1). Interpretation of these data, however, has been complicated by their reliance on strains with poorly-defined or polar mutations.
The R1 core is the most prevalent among clinical isolates of E. coli (Gibb, A. P. et al., 1992) and since its structure is known (Jansson, P. -E., et al. 1981) and the genetics of its outer portion have been resolved (Heinrichs, D. E., et al., 1998), studies were performed using the prototype E. coli R1 strain, F470. However, three genes in the waaQ operon of the E. coli R1 waa locus (FIG. 2B) have no clearly assigned function: waaQ, P, and Y.
The present inventors have made precise, non-polar insertion mutations in the waaQ, P, and Y genes of E. coli F470, and determined that the enzyme encoded by waaP is responsible for modification of the heptose (xe2x80x9cHepxe2x80x9d) in the heptose region (xe2x80x9cHep regionxe2x80x9d) by the phosphoryl substitution of the heptose units of the region. The inventors have also identified and isolated highly conserved homologs of the waaP gene from LPS core types R1, R3 and R4 from E. coli F470, F653, and F2513, respectively. The inventors have found that the activity of WaaP is to add the phosphoryl substituent to HepI, and that this activity is a prerequisite to the operation of WaaQ and WaaY (both of which are required for the phosphorylation of Hep II). Consequently, the identification and isolation of the waaP gene permits the determination of substances which affect modification of the Hep region, and particularly the modification of Hep I. These substances may be useful in attenuating virulent gram negative pathogens in a host infected by such pathogens.
Accordingly, the present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule containing a sequence encoding the enzyme WaaP which is responsible for modification of the Hep region of LPS by the phosphoryl substitution of the Hep units of the region.
The nucleic acid sequence of waaP is shown in SEQ.ID.NO.:1 (from F470) or SEQ.ID.NO.:3 (from F653) or SEQ.ID.NO.:5 (from F2513). The corresponding amino acid sequence encoded by each one of these nucleic acid sequences of waaP is shown in SEQ.ID.NO.:2 or SEQ.ID.NO.:4 or SEQ.ID.NO.:6, respectively.
Accordingly, in one embodiment of the invention, an isolated nucleic acid molecule is provided having a sequence as shown in SEQ.ID. No.:1 or SEQ.ID.NO.: 3 or SEQ.ID.NO.:5.
Preferably, the purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule comprises
(a) a nucleic acid sequence as shown in SEQ. ID. NO.: 1 or SEQ.ID.NO.:3 or SEQ.ID.NO.:5, wherein T can also be U;
(b) nucleic acid sequences complementary to (a);
(c) nucleic acid sequences which are homologous to (a) or (b);
(d) a fragment of (a) to (c) that is at least 15 bases, preferably 20 to 30 bases, and which will hybridize to (a) to (d) under stringent hybridization conditions; or
(e) a nucleic acid molecule differing from any of the nucleic acids of (a) to (c) in codon sequences due to the degeneracy of the genetic code.
The invention further includes an isolated protein encoded by a nucleic acid molecule of the invention. Accordingly a preferred embodiment has the amino acid as shown in SEQ. ID. NO. 2 or SEQ.ID.NO.:4 or SEQ.ID.NO.:6.
The invention further provides a method of preventing or treating a gram negative bacterial infection comprising administering an effective amount of a substance that inhibits WaaP to an animal in need thereof.
According to one embodiment, there is provided a method for attenuating virulent gram negative pathogens comprising administering a sufficient amount of an inhibitor of WaaP to attenuate the pathogen. Preferably, the gram negative pathogen is selected from the group of pathogens including Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae, Yersinia enterocolitica, Shigella flexneri, Shigella dysenteriae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotypes 02, 05,16, 18 and 20, P. aeruginosa serotypes 03 or 06 and other members of the family Pseudomonadaceae.
Inhibitors of the invention include antibodies which inhibit the activity of the WaaP protein; antibodies which inhibit interaction of the WaaP substrate with the WaaP protein; and antisense oligonucleotide which inhibit translation of the waaP gene.
According to another embodiment, the present invention provides a method of assaying for inhibitors of WaaP, under appropriate conditions, comprising the steps of incubating a gram negative pathogen with a test substance which is suspected of affecting WaaP activity and determining the effect of the substance, preferably phosphorylation of Hep, by comparing to a control. Accordingly, using the methods of the present invention, inhibitors of WaaP in gram negative pathogens will be identified.
According to a further embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of treating or preventing a gram negative bacterial infection comprising administering an effective amount of a composition that inhibits WaaP activity, preferably in an animal in need thereof, wherein the composition comprises inhibitors of WaaP activity, preferably in a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier.
In another embodiment, the present invention provides a vaccine for preventing or treating a gram negative bacterial infection, preferably in an animal in need thereof, comprising an effective amount of a WaaP protein in admixture with a suitable diluent or carrier.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description. It should be understood, however, that the detailed description and the specific examples while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.


AIHA Seeks GAO Study of NIOSH's Rightful Place

Feb 05, 2009

What to do with NIOSH? That's the essential question of a Feb. 2 letter sent by American Industrial Hygiene Association President Lindsay E. Booher, CIH, CSP, to U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., who chairs the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Booher asked Kennedy to support a request that the Government Accountability Office study whether NIOSH should remain a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The roots of the question date to 2004, when then-CDC Director Julie Gerberding proposed moving NIOSH into one of four CDC "coordinating centers." The public health and safety communities worked to defeat that part of her plan, which died thanks to congressional opposition. But fears persist that NIOSH headquarters could be moved and/or its independence further eroded.

Booher's letter notes that NIOSH's budget "is facing a crisis" this year. "NIOSH research funding remains flat and an ever-increasing amount of the budget flows back to CDC for administrative costs," he wrote. "In addition, the Institute is without a permanent director [since] Dr. John Howard was not reappointed to another term last July."

Booher also said AIHA thinks moving NIOSH into the National Institutes of Health would be better than making it part of DOL because NIH has a primary research focus and supports disease prevention research that is vital to working Americans. "NIH already has 27 institutes and Centers under its umbrella and adding NIOSH would allow NIOSH research to take advantage of the many researchers used by NIH," Booher wrote. The idea needs to be researched, so GAO should conduct a study to determine whether NIOSH should remain in CDC or be located elsewhere, he added.

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Soldering strength of post-soldering of palladium-based metal-ceramic alloys.
To evaluate the post soldering of metal-ceramic alloys that have palladium as their main component, palladium-based metal-ceramic alloys with different compositions were used to assess soldering strength. Four palladium-based metal ceramic alloys were selected: Pd-Cu system, Pd-Ag system, Pd-Ni system, and Pd-Sb system, and gold-silver-palladium alloy was also used. As soldering materials, 12 k gold solder and 16 k gold solder were used. After post-soldering by butt joint samples that had been heat treated (equivalent to the porcelain firing cycle), soldering strength was evaluated by measuring the flexural strength. The yield strength had a range of 300 to 800 MPa, and the ultimate strength was in the range of 350 to 1,000 MPa; the Pd-Ag type showed the highest value. There was no correlation between the yield strength of the metal-ceramic alloys and that of the soldering samples. When the soldering strength of 12 k gold solder and 16 k solder were compared, the samples soldered with 12 k gold solder showed higher values in all cases. Samples in which heating was prolonged for 10 seconds had a high strength, within 100 to 500 MPa in yield strength and 100 to 800 MPa in ultimate strength.


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A Simple Alumnn Book

我的第一个SSM小项目 （づ￣3￣）づ╭❤～

赶紧来学习吧 ! 期待你的issues哟(っ•̀ω•́)っ✎⁾⁾~ 该项目地址 : https://github.com/YUbuntu0109/SSM-CURD-Alumni

项目概述

一个简单的,基于SSM的同学录小项目,通过本项目可以学习SSM的整合及CURD操作的基本思路,同时也可以帮助你学习Intellij IEAD开发利器的使用哟,可以说非常适合初学SSM的同学啦~

代码注释非常详细,思路也很清晰 :

 @Autowired //注入业务对象
 private FriendService friendService;

 //存储预返回给页面的对象数据
 private Map<String, Object> result = new HashMap<>();

/**
  * @description: 分页查询: 获取所有好友信息,分页后返回给页面
  * @param: page 当前页数
  * @param: rows 每页行数
  * @date: 2019-06-06 10:10 AM
  * @return: java.util.List<pers.huangyuhui.ssm.crud.bean.Friend>
  */
 @RequestMapping("/getFriendList")
 @ResponseBody //将Map转化为JSON数据
 public Map<String, Object> getFriendlist(Integer page, Integer rows) {

     //设置每页的记录数
     PageHelper.startPage(page, rows);
     //获取所有好友信息
     List<Friend> list = friendService.selectAll();
     //封装查询结果
     PageInfo<Friend> pageInfo = new PageInfo<>(list);
     //获取总记录数
     long total = pageInfo.getTotal();
     //获取当前页数据列表
     List<Friend> friendList = pageInfo.getList();
     //存储对象数据
     result.put("total", total);
     result.put("rows", friendList);

     return result;
 }

项目截图

欢迎页面

好友列表

IDEA截图

目录结构

目录类型(重点呦:IDEA可不同与Eclipse !)

Jar包依赖关系

项目结构

└─SSM-CURD-Alumni
    │  LICENSE
    │  README.md
    │
    ├─database
    │      ssm.sql
    │
    ├─demonstration_picture
    │      Intellij-IDEA-Folder-Alumni.PNG
    │      Intellij-IDEA-Project-Alumni.PNG
    │      SSM-CRUD-Alumni-Jar.png
    │      SSM-CURD-Alumni01.PNG
    │      SSM-CURD-Alumni02.PNG
    │
    └─ssm_crud2
        │  pom.xml
        │  ssm_crud_alumni.iml
        │
        ├─.idea
        │  │(略..)
        │
        │
        └─src
            └─main
                ├─java
                │  └─pers
                │      └─huangyuhui
                │          └─ssm
                │              └─crud
                │                  ├─bean
                │                  │      Friend.java
                │                  │
                │                  ├─controller
                │                  │      FriendController.java
                │                  │
                │                  ├─dao
                │                  │      FriendMapper.java
                │                  │
                │                  └─service
                │                      │  FriendService.java
                │                      │
                │                      └─impl
                │                         FriendServiceImpl.java
                │
                ├─resource
                │  ├─database-conf
                │  │      c3p0.properties
                │  │
                │  ├─mapper
                │  │      FriendMapper.xml
                │  │
                │  ├─mybatis-conf
                │  │      mybatis-config.xml
                │  │
                │  └─spring-conf
                │          applicationContext.xml
                │          springmvc-config.xml
                │
                └─webapp
                    │  friendInfo.jsp
                    │  index.jsp
                    │
                    ├─static
                    │  └─easyui
                    │      │(略..)
                    │
                    │
                    └─WEB-INF
                            web.xml

项目结构说明-数据库文件

database/ssm.sql

项目结构说明-数据库配置信息

ssm_crud2/src/main/resource/database-conf/c3p0.properties

项目结构说明-EasyUI Framework

ssm_crud2/src/main/webapp/static/easyui/

项目结构说明-Spring 核心配置文件

ssm_crud2/src/main/resource/spring-conf/applicationContext.xml

项目结构说明-Spring MVC 核心配置文件

ssm_crud2/src/main/resource/spring-conf/springmvc-config.xml

项目结构说明-MyBatis 核心配置文件

ssm_crud2/src/main/resource/mybatis-conf/mybatis-config.xml

项目结构说明-Mapper 接口映射文件

ssm_crud2/src/main/resource/mapper/FriendMapper.xml

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                      MySQL

                      jQuery

                      Ajax

                      EasyUI

                      SSM

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/* ScriptData
SDName: Boss_Flamegor
SD%Complete: 90
SDComment: Thrash is missing
SDCategory: Blackwing Lair
EndScriptData */

#include "precompiled.h"
#include "blackwing_lair.h"

enum
{
    EMOTE_GENERIC_FRENZY        = -1000002,

    SPELL_SHADOW_FLAME          = 22539,
    SPELL_WING_BUFFET           = 23339,
    SPELL_FRENZY                = 23342,                    // This spell periodically triggers fire nova
    SPELL_THRASH                = 3391,                     // TODO missing
};

struct boss_flamegorAI : public ScriptedAI
{
    boss_flamegorAI(Creature* pCreature) : ScriptedAI(pCreature)
    {
        m_pInstance = (ScriptedInstance*)pCreature->GetInstanceData();
        Reset();
    }

    ScriptedInstance* m_pInstance;

    uint32 m_uiShadowFlameTimer;
    uint32 m_uiWingBuffetTimer;
    uint32 m_uiFrenzyTimer;

    void Reset() override
    {
        m_uiShadowFlameTimer = 21000;                       // These times are probably wrong
        m_uiWingBuffetTimer = 35000;
        m_uiFrenzyTimer = 10000;
    }

    void Aggro(Unit* /*pWho*/) override
    {
        if (m_pInstance)
            m_pInstance->SetData(TYPE_FLAMEGOR, IN_PROGRESS);
    }

    void JustDied(Unit* /*pKiller*/) override
    {
        if (m_pInstance)
            m_pInstance->SetData(TYPE_FLAMEGOR, DONE);
    }

    void JustReachedHome() override
    {
        if (m_pInstance)
            m_pInstance->SetData(TYPE_FLAMEGOR, FAIL);
    }

    void UpdateAI(const uint32 uiDiff) override
    {
        if (!m_creature->SelectHostileTarget() || !m_creature->getVictim())
            return;

        // Shadow Flame Timer
        if (m_uiShadowFlameTimer < uiDiff)
        {
            if (DoCastSpellIfCan(m_creature, SPELL_SHADOW_FLAME) == CAST_OK)
                m_uiShadowFlameTimer = urand(15000, 22000);
        }
        else
            m_uiShadowFlameTimer -= uiDiff;

        // Wing Buffet Timer
        if (m_uiWingBuffetTimer < uiDiff)
        {
            if (DoCastSpellIfCan(m_creature, SPELL_WING_BUFFET) == CAST_OK)
            {
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                    m_creature->getThreatManager().modifyThreatPercent(m_creature->getVictim(), -75);

                m_uiWingBuffetTimer = 25000;
            }
        }
        else
            m_uiWingBuffetTimer -= uiDiff;

        // Frenzy Timer
        if (m_uiFrenzyTimer < uiDiff)
        {
            if (DoCastSpellIfCan(m_creature, SPELL_FRENZY) == CAST_OK)
            {
                DoScriptText(EMOTE_GENERIC_FRENZY, m_creature);
                m_uiFrenzyTimer = urand(8000, 10000);
            }
        }
        else
            m_uiFrenzyTimer -= uiDiff;

        DoMeleeAttackIfReady();
    }
};
CreatureAI* GetAI_boss_flamegor(Creature* pCreature)
{
    return new boss_flamegorAI(pCreature);
}

void AddSC_boss_flamegor()
{
    Script* pNewScript;

    pNewScript = new Script;
    pNewScript->Name = "boss_flamegor";
    pNewScript->GetAI = &GetAI_boss_flamegor;
    pNewScript->RegisterSelf();
}


Searching local painters in Melbourne sometimes seems to be a hard job. It is a real-time taking task while you are searching in a proper way until you find the best local painter in Melbourne – hiring for the residential or commercial painting services.

A proper searching approach

For sure, a proper searching approach is unavoidable particularly in order to choose from a great number of local painters. Most of the time, you don’t want to spend that much time in searching, so you are looking for some easy way out that can help you decrease your annoyance and find the best local painters.

A teamwork

In fact, painting is never a job that can be performed by one painter only. It’s always been a teamwork. One of the most excellent and the simplest approach to get the best local painters who can for sure to fit your painting desires and provide you with high-quality service is by means of the users’ views that are trustworthy to you, your acquaintances, colleagues, and friends.

Family and friends

These can be the guys who can be a good source for you whether or not you are going to be cool with the local painters as they have already been tried by them. Another important technique is to get assistance and advice from people who have currently coped with some painting task for their building and thus can better advise you about the painters they used and seen the way the worked there. So, the first way is to ask your family and friends who got some painting work done recently.

Searching different online painting services

Making use of the internet, you can search different online painting services with a satisfactory feedback from the people who used them. Online spots like blogs and others which are particularly designed to publish public recommendations with diverse opinions about professional painting services can be useful for this purpose. You can carry out your search process with the help of using different keywords such as “local painters”, “the best local painters” and more.

On September 29, 2017, Posted by John, In Health and Fitness, With Comments Off on Ulta Vive Garcinia Cambogia works fast without exercise!

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On September 28, 2017, Posted by John, In Trading, With Comments Off on A rainbow in your trading cloud!

Knowledge is power and never anybody’s personal property. Just take a brisk look at the history and see how people used to cover years of distances on their feet or based on the feet of their animals. Time is the best changer. In this day and age, knowledge providers are at your fingertips, what you just need to do is to move your tip and get access to. Want to become an expert in how to become a successful foreign exchange guy? Yes! This yes will lead you to Roco Forex which is my favorite site ever.

This is the site that really helped me become an expert person in foreign exchange affairs. Remember, nobody is born as a teacher, scholar, journalist, doctor, scientist & sinologist. We appeared on this planet blank headed and learn everything in here. Earth is kind of informative planet way ahead of other planets just because humans do their residency over here. What did other creatures do? They are dependent on humans and the rest are eating each other.

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The true knowledge is one you spread to others; you keep it open to everybody who needs to learn some part of it. For sure, spreading knowledge is a virtuous act. That’ true, too; not everybody likes to dedicate their knowledge and skills to everybody who belongs to the same filed related to the dedicated knowledge.

Roco Forex is a site with the dedicated knowledge, news, tips & guide to those who are novice traders and dream of becoming a successful guy in foreign exchange. Beating about the bush is as easy as ABC. Rare people give practical advice. Those who give practical advice based on their experience are great, they never die, and they live longer than their death. What’s Roco Forex? – nothing more than a group of advisers to help you learn a wide range of capabilities of how to deal with foreign exchange.

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On September 25, 2017, Posted by John, In Religions And Beliefs, With Comments Off on Does science disapprove the existence of God?

Just consider the structure of your body, and then ask yourself it could be without a designer. Is God real? If God is not real, who created such a complex structure?

What do your surroundings suggest?

The computer in front of you has a designer, the fan moving on the ceiling comes with a designer, the chair you are sitting in is built of someone, so how can someone think Is God real or not?

Evolutionary theory

The big questions of life will make you end up with nothing but there’s a creator for everything. Nothing is out of nowhere. If there’s no God you must know where you came from. Just believing in the evolutionary process won’t help people satisfy their curiosity.

Do humans serve a purpose?

There are a lot of other questions in the mind. Do humans serve a purpose? Why do you exist on the planet and then you give up your ghosts once for all? And then, we never come back here, never! Our ancestors have gone forever from this earth and never came back because of being wasted underground. There’s nothing wrong with the question, is God real?

The scientific research

The scientific research tells us how this world was made but gives no clue to its designer. It is something like, someone just tells you the way your chair is made of but fails to tell who made it. So, in such a situation; the arousal of such questions isn’t’ something that’s weird.

What happens after we die? When we see an old dug grave, we get to know that there’s nothing left inside it. The blistering underground heat has left nothing but a few bones that will too disappear when the same grave will be dug again – just to observe the facts. So the question of God’s presence is fundamental.

On September 14, 2017, Posted by John, In Amplifiers, With Comments Off on How to Properly Use Guitar Amplifier

Guitar amplifier plays a very vital role in the proper and effective sounding of the guitar. The amplifier is most generally used in the electric guitar to give out a great and high – quality sound at the same time.

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The power cable of the amplifier needs to be connected.

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Then the guitar should be plugged into the amplifier.

Adjustment of the volume and the tone of the Amplifier

First, the volume of the guitar amplifier needs to be properly adjusted.

Now, the volume should be properly controlled to affect the tone.

The equalization of the guitar’s tone is also required.

Addition of Effects to the Amplifier

Adjusting the other controls on the guitar amplifier will give some additional effects if required.

The creation of different types of additional effects will the help of the amplifier will enhance the sound effects coming from the guitar.

On September 12, 2017, Posted by John, In SEO, With Comments Off on Looking for a reliable SEO company to get your sales target?

In the first place, your business website must keep up with engaging content. But who will read that? So, the next step is to make your site visible in Google when someone is searching for what you are selling on your site.

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The Windows version Speed Busters: American Highways starts off with a live-action movie that sets up the story behind the game. The premise is that some police men have gone crazy and are rewarding players who speed past thier radar traps with big money. For this Dreamcast port, the story was completely changed. The opening movie was replaced by an animated cinematic consisting mostly of in-game footage.


Alexander Wang has always had big ideas. His conceptual designs have taken inspiration from fabric and fabric manipulation and his stores have art spaces inside them, each change meriting press coverage and commentary from shoppers and critics alike. But for his Pre-Fall 2015 collection, Wang decided to pare down his big concepts and instead of creating heat-sensitive dresses or blacklight-activated patterns, he gave us all clothes that we want to wear.

Wang also made headlines with the news of his new denim line, and that utilitarian ethos is where his Pre-Fall 2015 collection began. The denim, which will be in stores right about now, focuses on new fabrications and technology that resists unwanted fading and stretching, is sure to be spotted on street style stars in the coming months, especially with the provocative ads that came along with the announcement.

Alexander Wang Resort 2015

And denim, at its root, is workwear, which is what Wang riffed on for pre-fall. Mens’ staples, uniforms and military regalia all showed up in the collection, though the fabrics were decidedly feminine and the cuts had Wang’s signature sex written all over them. Bomber jackets were rendered in deep aubergine, bags were stripped of hardware flourishes and instead boasted utilitarian pockets and long shoulder straps.

Shapes were boxier than the norm for Wang, but that’s probably because of his inspiration. Guys’ loungewear and uniforms aren’t necessarily the sexiest jumping off point, but when details such as shawl lapels on a robe dress or the lacing of a flight suit on a slip dress gave little peeks of skin here and there that Wang’s customers have come to expect.

Alexander Wang Resort 2015

And we’re not saying that Wang’s wild side has been tamed once and for all, but he did include a small collection of evening wear in the collection — a first for the line — after retailers across the country and world were practically begging for it. The designs were done in black and white and featured sleek lines and slivers of skin. Unarguably chic, it expanded the Wang lexicon, which is now approaching the tipping point of becoming a full-blown lifestyle line. After his collaboration with H&M, his athleisure-tinged T by Alexander Wang line and now his evening wear, it’s only a matter of time until we’re burning Alexander Wang candles, surrounded by Alexander Wang furniture and loving every minute of it.


Q:

Why is it called "antilog" or "anti-logarithm" rather than exponentiation?

I always get a little annoyed when engineers or math textbooks use the word "antilogarithm." Isn't it just exponentiation? Like if $\log(2) \approx 0.301$, then $10^{0.301}\approx 2$ . Why say "antilogarithm?" Is there some subtly different meaning? Am I missing something?

A:

$\DeclareMathOperator\antilog{antilog}$
First, when Napier invented logarithms, his application was not the inverse of the exponential function.  He was originally multiplying quantities called "sines", which are not what you're thinking when you see that word.  These "sines" are vaguely similar to the positions of the arrow in Zeno's paradox of the arrow.  To each "sine" (a quantity) was associated a quantity, the logarithm of that "sine".  Napier arranged for his logarithms to have the property that when the "sines" decreased in geometric proportion, the logarithms increased in arithmetic proportion.  So he transformed multiplication of "sines" into addition of their logarithms.
Now to your question: to go from a "sine" to its logarithm was performed by table lookup.  To go from a logarithm to its "sine" was performed by backwards table lookup.  So, quite literally, an antilogarithm is found by using the table backwards.  Since we are not working on usual quantities, but on "sines", the inverse operation is not exponentiation.
Napier and Briggs then modified the logarithm to work with "normal" quantities instead of "sines".  At this point, the inverse of the logarithm was exponentiation.
Note that the inverse of the logarithm couldn't be called exponentiation by Napier since he was writing in 1614 and subsequently.  In 1748 Euler wrote "consider exponentials or powers in which the exponent itself is a variable" ("Primum ergo considerandæ sunt quantitates exponentiales, seu Potestates, quarum Exponens ipse est quantitas variabilis.", from Introductio in analysin infinitorum) , which seems to be the first time the exponent was not a constant positive integer.  Until we make the generalization of exponents to arbitrary powers, there is no hope of describing the inverse logarithm as an exponential function.
One "convenience" of the antilog notation is that the following equation
$$  \log \antilog x = x = \antilog \log x  $$
is true both for Napier's "sines" and subsequent inverse exponential logarithms.  Rewriting this where the base is variable (which is not what Napier was considering)
$$  \log_b \antilog_b x = x = \antilog_b \log_b x  \text{,}  $$
which is (as many students have shown) more parsable than
$$  \log_b b^x = x = b^{\log_b x}  \text{.}  $$


Monday, November 12, 2012

P4 Finis

As the intell gets exponentially overwhelming - and worse - about Great Satan"s Surgin" General's Fall from Graceto disgrace

P4 was one of the Savior Generals - Cats who saved the sitch when it was prett well lost - Gen Ridgway’s salvation of Koreaor Gen Sherman’s sudden taking of Atlanta that saved 16 and the Union cause before the 1864 elections

The Iraq war was an unmitigated disaster, with no apparent hope in sight. Confronted with a potent insurgency, the occupying forces often fought back with a brute force that backfired, further alienating a hostile population. Along came the Princeton-educated Petraeus, preaching the gospel of counterinsurgency. Defeating an indigenous resistance, the thinking went, required a unique approach to warfare.

To oversimplify, it was less about killing the enemy than winning over and protecting the local population; less about guns and bombs than about hearts and minds. That meant forging personal relationships, training local security forces and investing in expensive development projects. In short, it meant nation building. It was often described as the Petraeus Doctrine.

After he came down from Olympus in 2008, his subsequent billets in Afghanistan and at the CIA took on political significance, given 44’s paradoxical and obsessive desire to affect his career by keeping him close by, while failing to appoint him as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, or supreme NATO commander — appointments that were offered to those of lesser stature. The truth was always that he sought to serve his country regardless of politics.

The final chapter of the Afghanistan war has yet to be written, but the U.S. seems to have run out of patience — both with that war and with the expensive and grinding work of counterinsurgency.

Even before he was sworn in as CIA director in September 2011, Petraeus was bending the rules of his own doctrine in Afghanistan. He reversed McChrystal’s counterinsurgency-inspired limits on air strikes, which can cause heavy civilian casualties, and bombed the hell out of the Taliban. He also oversaw a steep increase in Special Forces raids and armed drone strikes. Petraeus brought that attitude to the CIA, fighting to expand the spy agency’s drone fleet so that it can more easily kill suspected terrorists from Pakistan to Yemen to North Africa.

Those sort of targeted assassinations aren’t quite the opposite of counterinsurgency. (That would be carpet bombing.) But they fly in the face of the doctrine in multiple ways. Drone strikes — which often kill unlucky civilians — enrage local populations in countries like Pakistan and Yemen and risk “damaging and counterproductive” effects for U.S. interests. At least one recent would-be terrorist who plotted to attack the U.S. said he was motivated by drone attacks in Pakistan. Counterinsurgency requires huge numbers of troops to protect and build relationships with local populations.

Drone-based counterterrorism strategy requires few if any boots on the ground. Death is rained down anonymously, usually with no explanation or apology for collateral damage.

This is the new American strategy. Hearts and minds have been replaced by drones and SEALs. Working a tribal council is a less valuable skill than piloting a Predator. By the end of his career — in a country exhausted by war and slashing its budget — Petraeus had embraced that shift. He had lowered his profile too far to become the drone war’s public face.

But to those watching closely, the Petraeus Doctrine had morphed into something different.


Nedda Ghandi, Esq.

Nedda is a Nevada native, and received her law degree from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her unwavering determination to get her clients the results they seek has resulted in a significant referral network from satisfied clients, as well as turning many client relationships into friendships.

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Laura Deeter, Esq.

Laura is a Las Vegas attorney who practices in the areas of probate, guardianship, estate planning and family law. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Nevada, and received her law degree from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Brian Blackham, Esq.

Brian is an AV-rated lawyer who practices exclusively in the area of family law. He is a graduate of UNLV and the William S. Boyd School of Law. Brian is a Nevada Certified Family Law Specialist with a broad range of experience in family law litigation, including contested divorce and custody matters, relocations of minor children, temporary protective orders, child support, alimony, and the division of marital assets and debts, and has achieved exemplary results for his clients in all of these areas.

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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a control or power transmission rod of a tubular shape whose ends are provided with bearings and which is formed of continuous fibres or wires coated with resin and wound around the internal elements of the bearings.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Control and power transmission rods comprising a tubular body constituted by high resistance fibres agglomerated by a polymerised synthetic resin, and provided with articulations at their ends are at present known. In most rods of this type constructed at present, each end is frusto-conical and surrounds a metallic connector designed to receive the articulations and comprising a frusto-conical bearing of the same shape on which the end of the body is fixed by way of a collar.
The British Pat. No. 1,162,022 however discloses a tubular rod comprising at each of its ends a bearing having strips of continuous wire wound around it in order to form a series of superposed layers. These wires are coated with a polyurethane based compound which is heated after winding. This rod is lighter than the rod having a metallic connector and has improved properties. The wires are, however, connected along parallel paths. Consequently, although the rod has a high resistance to traction or compression, it is very fragile in the transverse direction. It may easily split along a plane parallel to its axis.