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Evolution of response dynamics underlying bacterial chemotaxis
The ability to predict the function and structure of complex molecular mechanisms underlying cellular behaviour is one of the main aims of systems biology. To achieve it, we need to understand the evolutionary routes leading to a specific response dynamics that can underlie a given function and how biophysical and environmental factors affect which route is taken. Here, we apply such an evolutionary approach to the bacterial chemotaxis pathway, which is documented to display considerable complexity and diversity.
We construct evolutionarily accessible response dynamics starting from a linear response to absolute levels of attractant, to those observed in current-day
Our findings explain several results from diverse bacteria and lead to testable predictions regarding chemotaxis responses evolved in bacteria living under different biophysical constraints and with specific motility machinery. Further, they shed light on the potential evolutionary paths for the evolution of complex behaviours from simpler ones in incremental fashion.
Cellular behaviour is implemented at the molecular level through interacting proteins that form a dynamical system. This system allows the cell to process external signals so to generate an appropriate response. Towards understanding this signal-response relationship, extensive experimental and theoretical studies are undertaken in the specific molecular systems of model organisms. The resulting insights, however, might not be easily transferable to other organisms where the underlying system might display both structural and dynamical deviations from the model system. Any such diversity would be the result of evolution, whereby organisms adapt their response to the environmental conditions they experience and to the limitations of their specific biochemistry. For achieving a broad and predictive understanding of cellular behaviour, we need to characterise the selective pressures driving the evolution of the underlying molecular systems and the likely responses to those pressures. Here, we undertake such an evolutionary approach to study bacterial chemotaxis.
A detailed understanding of the chemotaxis pathway, the signal-response relationship it embeds, and the resulting chemotaxis behaviour in the model organism
To understand the significance of these structural and dynamic deviations, we consider here which alternative signal-response relationships could underlie chemotaxis and if there exist evolutionarily plausible, incremental paths between them. Previous studies have shown strict limits on the types of responses that could result in effective chemotaxis
Given such wider range of possible response dynamics, the questions arise which of these are optimal under different circumstances, and how evolution could result in the emergence and transitions among the molecular mechanisms implementing different response dynamics. Here, we develop an analytical approach to model bacterial movement that relaxes the assumption of tumbling being an instantaneous event. We use this model to understand the nature and evolution of response dynamics for achieving optimal chemotaxis. In particular, we concentrate on the linear and adaptive responses to stimuli and analyse the chemotactic performance of these under a range of system parameters and tumbling times. The resulting analyses shed light on the role of observed diversity of chemotactic behaviour, and suggest a relation between environmental and biochemical constraints and expected response dynamics for optimal chemotaxis. In addition, they provide insight on potential routes in the evolution of chemotaxis as a series of incremental advances without invoking
Bacteria navigate their environment through periods of swimming, separated by tumbling (or stopping) events that result in re-orientation. To model this process, we consider a population in a one-dimensional space. This simplification to one-dimension is necessitated from the computational burden of the analyses we perform, however, we note that this modelling choice represents the more complicated two and three-dimensional spaces where the attractant concentration only varies along one dimension. At any time, the population will have three sub-populations; bacteria moving left or right and tumbling. Bacterial behaviour is characterised by the rate of entering (
To measure chemotactic performance, we consider a Gaussian attractant distribution moving at a fixed rate (
Table 1
Implementation of various response dynamics
Linear response
Adaptive response
Hybrid response
Figure 1
Cartoon representation of potential molecular implementation and response to attractant for the linear and adaptive response
Cartoon representation of potential molecular implementation and response to attractant for the linear and adaptive response. See Table 1 for mathematical implementation of these dynamics.
With the negative adaptive response with high
Figure 2
Final distributions of bacteria after time interval
Final distributions of bacteria after time interval
Figure 3
Optimal chemotaxis performance (
Optimal chemotaxis performance (
For the positive linear response, the optimal values of
Additional file 1
Chemotaxis performance for different strategies. Figure with two panels showing chemotaxis performance for different strategies and different
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Table 2
List of adjustable parameters, limits, and selected optimal values
Linear response
Adaptive response
Inverted adaptive response
Hybrid response:
*These solutions have nearly identical localisation with attractant. **This corresponds to a normal adaptive response with
To better understand the effect of different parameter values on the chemotactic performance of the linear and adaptive performance, we also considered the time it takes for bacteria to accumulate in high attractant regions (this measure is similar to 'drift velocity' considered in other works
Figure 4
The amount of attractant encountered with time, normalised by maximum attractant concentration, for different responses and parameter values, with
The amount of attractant encountered with time, normalised by maximum attractant concentration, for different responses and parameter values, with
Additional file 2
Alternative chemotaxis performance analyses. Figure with two panels showing alternative analyses of chemotaxis performance for different strategies. Panel A: Chemotaxis performance (as defined in Figure
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To summarise, these results show that positive linear responses outperform negative adaptive responses in their chemotactic efficiency under low sensitivity. Further, as system sensitivity increases there is a transition from linear to adaptive responses as mediators of optimal chemotaxis. These findings are highly suggestive in an evolutionary context for two reasons. Firstly, it is highly likely that evolutionary generation of a sensing system producing a positive linear signal-response relationship is much easier compared to one producing a negative adaptive relation. In fact, the latter response type can simply be achieved through coupling of the motors to the cell metabolism as observed in several systems
To address this question, we considered an inverted (i.e. positive) adaptive response and a hybrid response (Table
As shown in Figure
Figure 5
Optimum chemotaxis performance, measured as in Figure 3A, for the hybrid response with increasing contribution from the linear response (
Optimum chemotaxis performance, measured as in Figure 3A, for the hybrid response with increasing contribution from the linear response (
Understanding the evolution of specific system dynamics as observed in bacteria is difficult due to limited availability of data on the dynamics of different systems and the absence of a fossil record of system dynamics from ancient bacteria. To overcome these difficulties, here we undertook an extensive mathematical characterisation of
Firstly, we find that chemotaxis systems with a low sensitivity (low
Secondly, we find that the
While our analysis only considers the end effects of such mutations, it provides suggestions about likely evolutionary routes at the molecular level. In particular, we find that sequential evolution from a positive linear to negative adaptive response in a single system (e.g. through introduction of methylation sites in a receptor and additional receptor-regulated methylation proteins) is unlikely due to lower
Finally, we find that at the high sensitivity regime the highest
In summary, our findings draw a crucial role for a linear positive response in the evolution of chemotaxis, both as an evolutionary precursor to adaptive response and as an optimal response under low sensitivity/long tumbling regime. The latter finding can be tested experimentally through implementation of linear chemotaxis responses using synthetic biology approaches or through experimental evolution of chemotaxis under specific conditions. The former finding suggests potential evolutionary explanations to the observed "inverted responses" and multiple network systems in certain bacteria. In particular, the latter could be the remnants of an evolutionary path where chemotaxis was achieved by combining the output of multiple networks. Even though subsequent evolution is expected to drive these systems into one with a dominant specialised chemotaxis network, there might be a selective advantage in maintaining both a highly optimised chemotactic response as well as a more general response achieved through coupling of the tumbling behaviour to metabolite concentrations. The latter mechanism could provide appropriate responses to positive and negative factors in the environment to which the bacterium has not previously been exposed, detected through their effect on the cell metabolism
To predict biological networks in different organisms, we need to study how specific environmental and biochemical conditions alter the outcome of evolutionary processes shaping these networks
In order to evaluate the chemotaxis performance resulting from different strategies, we develop an analytical model for bacterial movement as done previously
We consider chemotaxis in a one-dimensional space. We imagine three populations,
As a simplification, we work in the reference frame of the attractant distribution, so that the attractant can be considered fixed while the medium moves at velocity -
In all three equations, the first right-hand side reflects the difference in the number of bacteria entering and leaving any particular infinitesimal slice of space, while the other terms represent movement of bacteria between the
We numerically integrated Equation 1 using an adaptive Runga Kutta algorithm, starting with a flat distribution of bacteria, either for a length of time
List of Abbreviations
Authors' contributions
RAG and OSS designed the research project and performed data generation and analysis. RAG and OSS together wrote the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
OSS acknowledges the support of University of Exeter, Science Strategy. RAG acknowledges the support of National Institute for Medical Research (MRC) (UK). We would like to thank Matthew Egbert for helpful comments. Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to OSS (e-mail:
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Impulse responses in bacterial chemotaxis
The chemotactic behavior of computer-based surrogate bacteria
Temporal comparisons in bacterial chemotaxis
Binding of the Escherichia coli response regulator CheY to its target measured in vivo by fluorescence resonance energy transfer
Robustness in simple biochemical networks
Robust perfect adaptation in bacterial chemotaxis through integral feedback control
Origins and diversification of a complex signal transduction system in prokaryotes
Chemotaxis of Salmonella typhimurium to amino acids and some sugars
Functional homology of chemotaxis genes in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium
Design and Diversity in Bacterial Chemotaxis: A Comparative Study in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis
The three adaptation systems of Bacillus subtilis chemotaxis
Physiology of behavioral mutants of Rhizobium meliloti: evidence for a dual chemotaxis pathway
Evidence for two chemosensory pathways in Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Response kinetics of tethered bacteria to stepwise changes in nutrient concentration
A bifunctional kinase-phosphatase in bacterial chemotaxis
Sinorhizobialchemotaxis: a departure from the enterobacterial paradigm
Motility response of Rhodobacter sphaeroides to chemotactic stimulation
Inverted behavioural responses in wild-type Rhodobacter sphaeroides to temporal stimuli
Molecular mechanism of photosignaling by archaeal sensory rhodopsins
Neither methylating nor demethylating enzymes are required for bacterial chemotaxis
Chemotactic-like response of Escherichia coli cells lacking the known chemotaxis machinery but containing overexpressed CheY
Theory of continuum random-walks and application to chemotaxis
Bacterial strategies for chemotaxis response
The bacterial chemotactic response reflects a compromise between transient and steady-state behavior
Chemotaxis: the role of internal delays
Steady-state chemotaxis in Escherichia coli
Evolution of taxis responses in virtual bacteria: Non-adaptive dynamics
Unidirectional, intermittent rotation of the flagellum of Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Rhizobium meliloti swims by unidirectional, intermittent rotation of right-handed flagellar helices
Inversion of a behavioral response in bacterial chemotaxis: explanation at the molecular level
Functional interactions between receptors in bacterial chemotaxis
An ultrasensitive bacterial motor revealed by monitoring signaling proteins in single cells
Relationship between cellular response and behavioral variability in bacterial chemotaxis
Dependence of bacterial chemotaxis on gradient shape and adaptation rate
Energy taxis is the dominant behavior in Azospirillum brasilense
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From their very first meeting back in freshman year, Sasuke Uchiha had hated Sakura Haruno.
Freshman Year
Sakura smirked, hefting her pink studded Kathy purse higher on her shoulder. Currently, she stood in the doorway of Konoha High, the school she had just transferred to. Everything was just as she expected; long, regal hallways with marble floors in place of tacky tile, floor-to-ceiling lockers big enough to take a nap in, and an array of trophies won and sports to choose from.
Oh yes, Sakura was going to like it here.
You see, there were two types of people at Konoha High; the Rich and the Popular, and the Others. In other words, if you didn't have a credit card and Coach purse, you were a nobody in this school.
Sakura happened to be both rich and popular, and had the kind of personality that drew others to her like a moth to a flame. Her smile was contagious, people would say. And she knew it to be true.
So Sakura sashayed down the hall like she fucking owned the place, clad in a red mini skirt and a matching white and red shirt-and-tank assemble that brought out her hair and clashed with her eyes.
Sakura whirled around, shocked. Until now, she'd thought the hallway was empty save for her.
"Whose there?" She asked, hand on her hip. Did someone really just call her, a brand new student they couldn't possibly know anything about, a whore?
Oh hell no.
"That'd be me," A guy dressed in ragged dark wash jeans and a black hoodie emerged from behind one of the hallways. He made a show of looking her up and down, "Just as I thought, you're another whore."
Sakura ground her teeth together. She never had much control over her temper, and if this guy wasn't careful he'd end up with two black eyes.
"You don't know one thing about me. I don't see how you can simply label me a whore, which, by the way, I'm not."
The boy-what was his name?-smirked. "I call 'em as I see 'em."
Sakura's apple green eyes narrowed, "Then I supposed I'll do the same for you, druggie."
"I'm not a druggie." The boy had the gall to look offended.
Heh. "I call 'em as I see 'em." Sakura mimicked his earlier words.
To her surprise, druggie let out a low chuckle. He looked up at her and cracked a smirk, "Don't be so uptight, princess."
Sakura scowled, "Fuck you!" She stormed off in the opposite direction of the boy, pausing only to flick him off when he called after her.
"My name's Sasuke, by the way!"
Sasuke smirked, watching the new girl's retreating figure with growing interest. She'll be fun to mess with.
Junior Year
Konoha High's 'It' girl turned around, grinning when she spotted her best friend Ino making her way towards their table in the middle of the cafeteria. As she walked, hips swaying left and right in a too-seductive-for-school manner, many eyes followed her.
Ino was that girl that most other girls couldn't stand. She was popular, a huge gossip, head cheerleader and an infamous bitch. But she was one of the Rich and Popular, and Sakura Haruno's best friend.
Everyone at Konoha High knew who Sakura Haruno was. She was the 'It' girl; there was simply no other way to describe her. Top of her class, on just about every club and sports team imaginable and friends with everyone. She had the type of personality that just drew you in, and the money and looks to keep her on top. Everybody loved Sakura, that is, except for one certain person.
Sasuke watched Sakura chat away with her slutty blond friend, watched her smile and laugh and just be Little Miss Perfection. He wasn't sitting anywhere close to her, in fact, he was sitting alone at the table in the corner, his glasses perched on his nose and math book open on his lap.
It wasn't that Sasuke didn't have the money or looks to hang with the In Crowd, he simply didn't want to. The thought of shunning others for their looks or status sickened him. In other words, Sakura Haruno should sicken him.
But she didn't.
If anything, she just pissed him off.
Sakura whispered something to Ino and they both stood up, Ino headed towards the table where Naruto and Kiba and all of them were sitting, and Sakura headed out of the cafeteria. Sasuke wondered what all that was about; normally those two were inseparable.
He shrugged it off, choosing instead to close up his book and follow Sakura out into the hallway. Some may consider this stalking, but Sasuke liked to think of it as research.
They stared at each other for a moment, gazes hard.
Sasuke was the first to break eye contact. "You're not nearly as sweet as they make you out to be."
Sakura smirked, "No shit. Not out of my way, I need to put my books away."
Sasuke smirked and leaned back against her locker. "Make me."
"You ass," Sakura growled, "get out of my way!"
He chuckled; she was just so much fun to piss off. They've always had this kind of relationship, since Sasuke was the school nerd who hid his face behind his hood and glasses and Sakura was Konoha High's Golden Girl.
"Like I said; make me."
"Only in your wet dreams, Uchiha."
"Trust me," He captured her wrist in his hand, his grip like iron, and pulled her against him. Sakura could feel his heartbeat, they were so close. She could feel it was beating as rapidly as hers. "In my dreams, you do alot more than push me out of your way." He breathed in her ear.
Sakura did the first thing that popped into her mind; she kneed him in the balls.
"You're such a loser," She said, watching him crumple to the ground. "Seriously, why do I even bother talking to you?"
"Because I can piss you off." He choked out, a last ditch attempt to get a rise out of her.
Sakura paid him no mind, though, and simply put in her locker combination. The door popped open, and a picture posted on her locker wall caught Sasuke's eye.
"You like Shinobi?"
Sakura looked down at Sasuke, then back at the picture he was referring to. She smiled shyly, stroking a finger across the lead singer's face. "Duh. They're only, like, the greatest band ever! Plus, Ryuu is so hot!"
"Funny, because I happen to have two tickets to their concert tonight, but I can't go-" His sentence was cut off when Sakura yanked him into a standing position.
"You have to give me those tickets!"
"And what do I get if I do?"
"I'll tell Pein and his gang to quite bugging you for a whole week!"
Sasuke considered it. It wasn't like he couldn't;t handle Akatsuki, but if he fought back it would alert suspicion. That was the last thing he wanted, and it wasn't like he could ask the dobe to help him out.
He sighed and pushed Sakura off of him. "Fine. But one on condition,"
"Anything!" Sakura promised.
Sasuke smirked. "You need to get them for me."
She gave him a questioning look, "Where are they?"
"My back pocket."
"I HATE you!"
"You don't mean that."
At least, he was pretty sure she didn't.
"How did you say you got these tickets again!" Ino shouted over the cheers of the crowd.
Sakura smiled angelically, putting on her Golden Girl mask, "A friend of mine gave them to me because he couldn't go!"
They were in the very front seats, like front row seats, and Shinobi was almost all the way through their set-up for the night. The audience only got rowdier as the concert finale approached.
If only I was here with Sasuke...Sakura thought, then immediately dismissed it. She and Sasuke weren't even friends, he the school nerd, it would never work out between them. Not that she liked him in that way, anyway.
Ryuu Tsubasa, Shinobi's lead singer, flipped his sweaty hair out of his face, giving the crowd a heart-melting smirk.
Why does that seem so familiar...?
Ryuu looked directly at her, all smoldering eyes and spiky hair.
"Sakura, he's looking at you!" Ino hissed, grabbing her best friend's arm for emphasis.
But Sakura couldn't reply. She was too caught in Ryuu gaze, trying to figure out why this felt like Déjà vu. Before she could fully realize it, though, he brought her out of her daze with the sound of the mike cracking.
"How are you all doing tonight?"
The fans cheered.
"Good to hear! Listen, we've got one last song for you tonight. I wrote it recently, so sorry if it isn't our best, but it's about this girl I think I might be in love with," Ryuu locked eyes with Sakura again. "It's called Drag Me Down."
And then he started to sing, never once breaking eye contact with sakura throughout the entire song.
Little miss perfection,
isn't what she seems.
And it's too bad,
because she'll never know,
that's she's the girl of my dreams.
I don't care if you can't stand me!
Because I hate you too!
You're as sweet as salt!
You're as gentle as a screw!
All you do,
Oh all you do!
All you do is,
It doesn't make any sense,
but I like you better without the halo!
Maybe I disgust you,
and maybe you want me too!
But if you,
if you do!
But if you do,
Please let me know!
I don't care if you can't stand me!
Because I hate you too!
You're as sweet as salt!
You're as gentle as a hound!
All you do,
Oh all you do!
All you do is,
Take me with you!
Take me with you!
Take me with you!
I'll never leave you!
Little miss perfection,
I think I love you!
I don't care if you can't stand me!
Because I hate you too!
You're as sweet as salt!
You're as gentle as a hound!
All you do,
Oh all you do!
All you do is,
Sakura blushed, feeling the weight of the world lift from her shoulders as Ryuu's gaze finally drifted away from her.
"God, what an amazing song!" Ino crooned, grinned lfrom ear to ear. "We really should go and see more concerts!"
"No," Sakura said, just the thought making her hyperventilate, "I think one is enough. Let's go home."
Meet me on the rooftop after classes today.
~ Sasuke
That arrogant bastard.
Sakura crumpled up the small sheet of paper she had found in her locker that morning and tossed it over the edge. It was thirty minutes after school ended, and she'd been standing on the roof of the school building waiting for Sasuke to show up.
But he still wasn't there.
Does he expect me to wait forever? She thought heatedly, That little nerd! I'll trip him next time he walks past me in the hall...
With that thought, the door to the roof swung open behind her with a loud bang!
"Finally!" Sakura cried, turning on her heel to pin a murderous look on Sasuke. What she saw, however, made her breath leave her chest and her eyes go wide.
"Sakura," Ryuu Tsubasa said, in a tone that was way to familiar for how acquainted they were. Or rather, how acquainted Sakura thought they were. "I've been wanting to tell you this for a while..."
"Tell me what?" Sakura breathed, glad the words came out without a hitch. What was he doing here? And where the hell was Sasuke!
"I-" He hesitated, and only then did she notice the small bruise on his left cheek. That wasn't there during the show last night...She realized. It must have been recent, but how on earth could Ryuu Tsubasa get-
Oh, shit.
Sakura backed away slowly, the pieces finally fitting together in her mind like a puzzle. It all made sense now. Ryuu was wearing the same jacket Sasuke had worn today at school, the same crappy jeans, the same untied sneakers...and the same infuriating smirk.
"So you finally got it." Sasuke said, grabbing Sakura's wrist to keep her from running away to blab to the entire school. "I'm Ryuu Tsubasa, and the rest of Shinobi are Naruto, Kiba, Shikamaru, and Neji. Don't tell anyone."
"W-why the hell would you tell me!" Sakura stumbled over her words, wincing at the squeak in her voice.
"Because," Sasuke-Ryuu breathed, pressing their foreheads together and looking her in the eyes, "I love you."
Sakura's breath hitched. She was at a loss for words. So she settled on the only thing running through her mind;
"I love you, too."
Sasuke's eyes widened, before he wrapped an arm around her slim waist and kissed her fully on the lips. It was breath, and simple, but it left a blush on Sakura's cheeks and a lingering sensation on her mouth.
"You can drag me down any day." He smirked.
Sakura looked into his eyes. "So...how are we going to tell the entire school that the Golden Girl and the class nerd are dating?"
"We're not," Sasuke said, encasing her in a hug. "For now, let's just keep it a secret."
And then he kissed her again, and any and all protest died on her lips.
Soooo long :O
Hope you enjoyed it, ..CHoMP.
I'm so sorry the kiss scene wasn't how you wanted! X(
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Shocking footage capturing the moment a sinkhole swallowed cars, walls, pavements and part of a street running along a whole block in Baltimore has emerged.
The video shows the street as it suddenly sinks into the ground, swallowing about a dozen parked cars, while horrified onlookers cry out.
The sinkhole, which occurred after two days of heavy rain in the region, was so large that many people mistook it for a landslide.
There have been no reported injuries from the incident.
The Mayor of Baltimore, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, said emergency services cordoned off the area around 26th Street and train services were suspended because the railway was covered in debris.
Baltimore, in the state of Maryland, had been drenched by days of torrential downpours, raising the risk of landslides and flash flooding.
Ms Rawlings-Blake said she would examine claims that residents had previously raised concerns about the street.
"We're extremely blessed that we're talking about property damage and damage to the streets and not any loss of life," she added.
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Sinkholes around the world
1/9 Dunedin, Florida
The rear portion of a residential home is consumed by a sink-hole November 14, 2013. According to reports, the large sink-hole began to form between two houses the morning of November 14, and grew to size of about 30 feet wide by 30 feet deep
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2/9 Clermont, Florida
A building sits partially collapsed over a sink-hole at Summer Bay Resort near Disney World on August 12, 2013. The 40 to 60 foot sink-hole opened up under the resort building reportedly begining late August 11 into early August 12. There were no injuries or deaths reported
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3/9 Shenzhen, China
Rescuers prepare to move a dead body found in a sink-hole on a road on May 21, 2013. Five people died when a 33 feet wide sink-hole opened up at the gates of an industrial estate in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese boom town neighbouring Hong Kong
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4/9 Chicago, Illinois
Workers prepare to pull a truck from a sink-hole that opened up on a residential street in the South Deering neighborhood on April 18, 2013. The driver of the truck was hospitalized after driving into the 15-feet-deep hole while on his way to work. Two other vehicles were also swallowed by the sink-hole
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5/9 Guangzhou, China
Workers use machinery to fill in a sink-hole that buildings collapsed into near a subway construction site. The hole measured about 1,000 square feet across and was around 30 feet deep, but no one was killed, according to a state media report
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6/9 The Dead Sea, Israel
sink-holes created by the drying of the Dead Sea, near Kibbutz Ein Gedi, on November 10, 2011
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7/9 Guatemala City, Guatemala
A man inspects a sink-hole formed in a house on July 19, 2011 in the north of Guatemala City. When neighbors heard the loud boom overnight they thought a cooking gas canister had detonated. Instead they found a deep sink-hole the size of a large pot. The sink-hole was 40 feet deep and 32 inches in diamete
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8/9 Beijing, China
Workers use excavators to fill in a sink-hole which occured overnight on Shiliuzhuang road, in Beijing on April 26, 2011. A section of the road collapsed beneath a truck, slightly injuring the driver and a passenger, who both jumped out of the vehicle before it sank into the hole
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9/9 Chevy Chase, Maryland
Utlity workers examine the scene of a car caught in a sink-hole caused by a broken water main, which collapsed part of Friendship Blvd. on December 3, 2010. No one was reported injured in the accident
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Some of the properties in the surrounding area date back to the 1890s and are being tested for structural safety.
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The bushes started to shake.The closest Brute backed away,his trigger finger shaking.Suddenly,something jumped out of the bushes.It was an O.D.S.T warrior.He had a gravity hammer in one hand and a magnum in the other.He swung the gravity hammer at the closest Brute,crushing its head.He aimed his magnum at another Brute but before he could pull the trigger the Brute was on him.It knocked his gravity hammer away and grabbed his magnum.The warrior rolled away and stood up.The Brute with the magnum growled in satisfaction and its hand closed on the magnum,crushing it easily.The other Brute walked forward and said:'We would spare you human,but you are too much trouble so we'll have to settle for killing you you!'
Suddenly,there was an explosion and another Brute came flying through the trees.It hit the ground and skidded to a halt at the warriors feet.The Brutes roared and turned to see who had killed their fellow Brute.There was a sound of gunfire and a Spartan came bursting through the trees closely followed by two other O.D.S.T's.The Spartan was carrying a Warthog gun in one hand and a S.M.G in the other.The two O.D.S.T's were armed as well but the other O.D.S.T warrior couldn't see them properly.The Spartan had a white skull painted on his or her head and was dressed in baige armour.The Spartan threw the S.M.G to the unarmed O.D.S.T and opened fire on the two Brutes.
One dodged out of the way,but the other Brute took the full force of the bullets and was shot to pieces,literally.The other Brute lunged towards O.D.S.T with the S.M.G.The Brute's fist flew towards the O.D.S.T warrior and the world went black.


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From nothing to a profitable wholly owned foreign investment enterprise in RunZhou, Zhenjiang, China in 250 days. Propulsys Inc Holding Company. World Headquarters Hopkinsville, Kentucky, U.S.A. Gerotor Hydraulic Motors Low speed High Torque A lot of power in a small package
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From nothing to a profitable wholly owned foreign investment enterprise in RunZhou, Zhenjiang, China in 250 days.
Propulsys Inc
Holding Company
World Headquarters
Hopkinsville, Kentucky,
Gerotor Hydraulic Motors
Low speed High Torque
A lot of power in a small package
+/- 80% efficiency
Hydraulic Brakes
Integrated with the gerotor hydraulic motor
Stand alone operation
Production demands precision engineering
Very tight tolerance machining typical 2/10,000 inch
(40 times smaller than the thickness of a typical black human hair).
Where are these motors and brakes used?
Mobile Equipment is the largest sector.
It is hard to go through a day where our products have not had an impact on your life in some way.
Aerial Work Platforms
Agricultural Equipment
Chinese domestic demand:
Already the largest market in Asia
Forecasted to double in size in the next 5 years
Industrial & Service infra-structure support
Chinese competitors were already emerging
4 key strategic reasons for Propulsys to opening a company in China:
Acquire an existing Chinese company:
Hard to find a good one that wants to sell right now!
Who are the current owners?
Takes a great deal of time and will not necessarily fit!
Form a Joint Venture partnership:
Very difficult- many cross cultural issues cloud the opportunities
We tried……
We established a supply agreement with a Chinese manufacturer.
We established a good relationship…
We greatly exceeded forecasts.
18 months of dedicated and supportive negotiations to establish a J/V to manufacture additional new products.
Failed….January 17, 2005
Failed because the Chinese major stake holder did not want the control of the shares and votes and investment….
But, wanted control of his "destiny"…wanted to do it his way!
Create a new company in China
Challenging in a country with such a long cultural history.
Administrative challenges
Language barriers
But, we had learnt a lot
Critical factors to be considered :
Resource availability:
Industrial Land
Skilled work force
Good infra-structures
Energy supplies
Attitude of the local government to new businesses
Yangtze River delta is one of the machinery centers of both China and the world
Zhenjiang a city with over 3,000 years of history.
Zhenjiang cultural heritage
Zhenjiang is pivotally located with a highly developed infra-structure, including a deep sea port.
ABUNDANT SUPPLIES of ELECTRICITY, GAS and WATER
6 universities
9 professional colleges
14 adult education schools
20,000 qualified technical graduates 210,000 student graduates
Resource availability:
Industrial Land Highly available and well located
Skilled work force Plentiful & skilled at all levels
Good infra-structures Good and getting better every day
Energy Well planned energy resources, with daily availability.
Attitude of the local government to new businesses
We traveled China in search of the right location, Beijing…..Jinan…..Wuxi…..Suzhou..…Shanghai….. Ningbo….. Guangzhou…..Shenzhen and more.
Zhenjiang & RunZhou Governments offered the BEST new business investment environment.
The key to success in China
Is not your investment
Is not your products
Is not your designs
Is not your production techniques
It is RELATIONSHIPS!
50% of your executive manager's time will be absorbed in building and sustaining relationships
Conclude negotiations with the Chinese authorities to:
Establish a Wholly Owned Foreign Investment Enterprise.
Target April 30, 2005
Maximize incentive and tax benefits for 5 years & beyond
Target April 30, 2005
Obtain Business License
Target April 30, 2005
Conclude Land Use Contract
Target April 30, 2005
Establish bank accounts and financial relationship
Target April 30, 2005
Selection and appointment of critical managers
Target May 15, 2005
Take "possession" of the land
Target May 31, 2005
Construction of 92,000 sq ft building to be completed by September 30, 2005
Commence production November 1, 2005
White (China) Drive Products Co. Ltd.
Business License issued April 28, 2005
Cost of Operating in China
Utility costs
Electricity: $0.05/kw/h
Water: $0.28/m3
Gas: $0.30/m3
Typical savings versus the same or similar material in USA
Because we are a Chinese company
skilled worker
technical operator
middle manager
design engineer
senior manager
Conduct Research and Development, Manufacture and Sale of:
Advanced technology multi-disc integrated and non-integrated brakes.
New generation of gerotor motors using state of the art materials and process technologies.
New generation of steering units using state of the art materials and process technologies.
WCDP will design, develop and manufacture
World class quality products
Sell them at competitive prices
Be the worlds lowest cost manufacturer of these products.
Traditionally foreign investors make one of two choices in the management of their Chinese company:
Employ expatriates as their senior managers
Transfer the "corporate" management skills
Transfer good and bad habits
Transfer this is the way we do it in …….
An American managed company in China, and loss of gains to be made through synergies of Chinese and American techniques & management style.
Employ only Chinese
No transfer of corporate management skills
Only Chinese good & bad habits
Very poor inter-company communications
A Chinese Managed company with NO synergies
You can choose to develop a cross cultural management team to take the best of both cultures!
Jennifer Chen
V/GM Operations & Sales
Mike Yuan
Finance Manager
Dr. John Zhang
Engineering Manager
Paul Chen
V/GM Employee
WCDP takes the wonderful 5,000 years of Chinese culture and blends it with the best western practices and management techniques to create our own culture.
WCDP is different… unique.. Members of a new order.
The WCDP culture
Equal opportunity is given to every employee.
All employees are given the opportunity to develop and grow.
There are no limits… all employees can be as good as THEY want to be.
All employees strive every day to be the very best.
WCDP rewards those who make significant contributions
WCDP has established a team environment, with every team member accepting their responsibilities as members of the WCDP team.
Customized and system controlled manufacturing, using state of the art ERP technologies
Lean manufacturing technologies to achieve a production velocity of 10 days.
Utilize new technologies and materials to achieve lowest total production costs
One piece flow – not just batch production, but meeting the needs of the customer
Integrate WCDP into corporate wide global ERP system and 24 hour 7 days a week intranet capabilities, using latest technologies and systems.
Access to all data bases in Mandarin to facilitate knowledge driven decisions.
Flexible hardware and software systems that are rapidly expandable and support double digit growth
Application of customized ERP technology to speed up the manufacturing cycle to:
Optimize equipment utilization
Minimize inventories
Maximize productivity
Quality Management integrated into the total ERP system
Current Plan
Has a well defined development and manufacturing program
Current Products
BK10 Multi Disc Brake
SB Multi Disc Brake
WR Motor
Propulsys believes it is uniquely positioned:
Many companies including Fortune 500 companies recognize the need to be in China, but:
Lack the knowledge and skills to establish a manufacturing and or logistics operation in China.
Do not understand "how China works"
Do not have the government contacts
Are afraid of the unknown and distrust the Chinese
Top executives are not prepared to spend the time in China working through these issues
Have great concerns about systems integration
WCDP has the capability of addressing all of these issues and concerns.
Propulsys Inc. is prepared to invest more to expand and diversify when the opportunity arises.
WCDP has firm options with RunZhou Government that will triple the landarea.
WCDP will offer to third party companies:
Strategic Partnership Relationship to design, develop and manufacture:
Finished Products
Major sub-assemblies
Metric designs
Chinese materials and components.
IfChina is in your future, now you have 2 new possible investment opportunities:
A strategic partnership with WCDP or,
Directly with the RunZhou Government
Can we help you?


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My grandparents Jim and May Condon lived at 1 Glynn View, Blaenllechau. My father was in the Air Force so I didn't spend that much time in Blaen, but when I did I loved the place. Thirty eight years ago I moved to Australia to live, and 3 years ago I went back for the first time. Things had not changed that much, only now there are a lot of trees, because then the mountains were black with coal soot. But I still had that great feeling I always got when I visited my nan and bam many years ago, in fact I loved it that much, I visited again last year, 2009. And I'm sure in the next few years I will be back for another visit.
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I sat in my room, eyes closed in deep concentration. I was waiting for a whisper to come, for a voice to whisper the fututre. But that whisper would never come. I opened my vibrant blue eyes, my pale face fell ever so slightly. I was the only one in this enormous, luxurious hotel. I was alone, again. I walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge door, intending to find blood there. But the fridge was bare. Again. I had been living rough for decades. I sighed, and went into the lobby. Was i the only Hunter alive? Maybe it's because I'm a Vampire. Either way, I was the only one that was brave enough to face Hunters Hotel.


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Scotching speculation about the JD(U) and BJP parting company before the next Lok Sabha elections, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar declared here on Monday that the two ruling coalition partners would contest all 40 seats in alliance with each other.
Nitish also declined to comment on the growing clamour in a section of state BJP leaders to invite Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to campaign in Bihar. "Nobody is talking of contesting separately. We will contest the next parliamentary elections together," he said while talking to reporters on the sidelines of his 'janata durbar'.
This was widely seen as Nitish's most positive statement on the future of the alliance since he red-flagged Narendra Modi as the NDA's prime ministerial candidate in the next parliamentary polls.
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These fears were further fuelled when Nitish hinted recently that he was open to joining hands with new allies after the next Lok Sabha elections. Nitish's statement on Monday came at a time when he has been witnessing protests during his 'adhikar rallies' and drawing flak over last week's police firing in Madhubani district in which one person was killed.
The statement was also significant because till recently, leaders of both the JD(U) and the BJP spoke of the necessity of preparing to contest all 40 Lok Sabha seats independently of each other.


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We are in a small room with the vampire, face to face, as he speaks--as he pours out the hypnotic, shocking, moving, and erotically charged confessions of his first two hundred years as one of the living dead. . .
He speaks quietly, plainly, even gently . . . carrying us back to the night when he departed human existence as heir--young, romantic, cultivated--to a great Louisiana plantation, and was inducted by the radiant and sinister Lestat into the other, the "endless," life . . . learning first to sustain himself on the blood of cocks and rats caught in the raffish streets of New Orleans, then on the blood of human beings . . . to the years when, moving away from his final human ties under the tutelage of the hated yet necessary Lestat, he gradually embraces the habits, hungers, feelings of vampirism: the detachment, the hardened will, the "superior" sensual pleasures.
He carries us back to the crucial moment in a dark New Orleans street when he finds the exquisite lost young child Claudia, wanting not to hurt but to comfort her, struggling against the last residue of human feeling within him . . .
We see how Claudia in turn is made a vampire--all her passion and intelligence trapped forever in the body of a small child--and how they arrive at their passionate and dangerous alliance, their French Quarter life of opulence: delicate Grecian statues, Chinese vases, crystal chandeliers, a butler, a maid, a stone nymph in the hidden garden court . . . night curving into night with their vampire senses heightened to the beauty of the world, thirsting for the beauty of death--a constant stream of vulnerable strangers awaiting them below . . .
We see them joined against the envious, dangerous Lestat, embarking on a perilous search across Europe for others like themselves, desperate to discover the world they belong to, the ways of survival, to know what they are and why, where they came from, what their future can be . . .
We follow them across Austria and Transylvania, encountering their kind in forms beyond their wildest imagining . . . to Paris, where footsteps behind them, in exact rhythm with their own, steer them to the doors of the Théâtre des Vampires--the beautiful, lewd, and febrile mime theatre whose posters of penny-dreadful vampires at once mask and reveal the horror within . . . to their meeting with the eerily magnetic Armand, who brings them, at last, into intimacy with a whole brilliant and decadent society of vampires, an intimacy that becomes sudden terror when they are compelled to confront what they have feared and fled . . .
In its unceasing flow of spellbinding storytelling, of danger and flight, of loyalty and treachery, Interview with the Vampire bears witness of a literary imagination of the first order.
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24 FLICK 's wedding
Under the orange trees in the roman forum they said I do, both looking the part.
Augo is beaming. He has on black tie, strange for a wedding but what she wanted, Flick's hair is up , and the sexy hairdresser turned out to be gay after all but made himself available to do everyone's hair. She wanted bridesmaids but had lost touch with so many of the potential ones since falling in love. Who cared, it was better than trawling dodgy clubs and better than living with someone like her ex. She thought about Lucy now and then but it all seemed a bit unreal, as if someone had made that all up. Flick's dress was silk, raw cream silk. They knew that the orange groves would be laden with oranges a that time and so she accessorized her dress with orange flowers which are white. Orange Blossom smells like heaven.
The old priest who conducted the service was a little surprised that they asked for that venue
'Why don't you stay with me on my boat off the coast of Sicily next time you visit.
All of Augustine's family trekked along even his Nonie and they were silently relieved that he would be leaving home.
Augo had become a real man, in some peoples eyes. He walked more confidently with her beside him. He didn't take any shit in the restaurant or at the bar even from the snotty concierge.
Felicity had not thought happiness like this existed, it was so comforting having someone to Just hang out with and go shopping with, whenever she liked.
As her and Augo set off on THEIR HONEYMOON , discussing adoption,
She wrote in her diary about a festival she went too not that long ago
It's so sunny today. Even when it's sunny Scotland is a bit cold really. I can't really see how this is warm. I'm at a festival and I can Just about feel myself getting a bit pissed off with the whole idea. There really is a portaloo stress disorder. There really are gangs of lads who on the last night like to bounce footballs off your tent when you might be trying to get some beauty sleep. For a shy and retiring type it might be a bit much. That was what I thought at first. I could only see the veneer. But underneath is the best idea ever. Putting so many people together in a giant airfield with the smoothest artists. That was a good idea, throw in some drink too.
Jay Z was glittering. Paolo Nuttini heartbreakingly laconic. I need to tell you about the time that I realized I was really alive. I was Jumping up and down. Obligatory paint on one side of my face. The music was surrounding us and we Just starting running about, talking to so many people, men and women people with flags. I grabbed a flag and kept dancing. I'm not the most elegant of people but I felt quite awake like I'd woken up from being dead.
Other times I've woken up from being dead were, the time that I went away on a school trip to France, away from my first boyfriend if you could call him that. He used to use me a lot. He'd tell everyone everything we did down to the minutest detail. I was only seventeen but he was twenty one, at the time I Just adored him blindly, so it didn't seem too bad. But really when I decide to go on the school trip to France I knew when I saw that country and the sunshine that he could not keep me down. He used to do things like drive us places, me and my best friend and then dump us at the side of the road saying he had to go. This all sounds ridiculous now, but it is true.
Another time, is when she died. I knew that life was so frail even I felt sturdy and that somehow I had to live. What I mean is that this is it really is. I wish it wasn't it.
Often I've wished that. Wished not to have been born. But I was and here goes nothing.
The other time I remember realising I was really alive I was running down a street in Paris at about five am with the man I loved, or who loved me then at least. I was wearing bright pink trainers, cream flares and a crop top made out of pink vinyl. We'd been to the folie pigalle club and we were so happy. He was chasing me to catch me and carry me half the way home, but I was Just a bit faster than him.
The thing that makes you feel alive is feeling free. Free probably means that you have nothing to prove to the people around you. Not facing a losing battle about airs and graces for example or trying to be cooler than you really are.
School was a wash out, apart from when I discovered snogging but as you can see the boyfriends were not up to much.
Does everyone else feel like this? Or does everyone feel the other way around, always alive and then infrequently dulled.
This is me, I'm usually numbed or at least bored. They used to say I was clever at school. I did get all As for everything. Went to medical school for a bit, but my family are a bit strict and I ended up having to go home every weekend. Eventually it got to be a bit much, the driving that is and I well Just sort of gave in to their ideas.
They somehow prefer it if I do exactly as they think. Alhtough let me tell you, I know that nine times out of ten they were wrong. That's one regret that I have, if I had always followed my plan of living for now and remembering I was alive for possibly not that long, comparatively speaking, then things would be different maybe.
What was the best moment of my life?
Let me think, well. They would probably be the years spent going out. Getting dressed up and going to clubs like Folie Pigalle, even though its not really all that. The building is like a big old theatre inside and it really is folie or mad. Ibiza was nice as well. The good times were earlier though. I think it's the people that really make a night good isn't it and I had his undivided attention back then. He really loved me. More than he'd ever go on to love anyone else, certainly after I'd broken his heart.
So yes thanks for asking me, those were the bits I remember that were good. But don't ask me to pretend objectively that they were exciting or fulfilling. Look at me. Is that all I can really say? A few nights out a few snogs hear and there. God help me.
God is helping me, he watched over me, created a force field so that each time another bad thing happened and they did someone protected me. I didn't have a person who could do that, not later on. How many do have that. Once he had gone it was so lonely. I had lost any looks that I had, but was hoping he would still love me. He waned a trophy to maximize his charm in the world perhaps. He would say to me, ' Flick, don't wear that, not with those arms, not at the moment.'
He had changed. The deal was that I was different from the others, he really did love me. Maybe that's what everyone says.
in my sleeping bag, i can hear giggling and although i'm awake i pretend to be asleep just a bit longer so i can listen to my friends really laughing. they work so hard, its really good to know they're just happy, living on crisps and warm cider. we're hoping that the rain holds off so we can put on our sparkly dresses with our wellies. i don't care what i look like now, I know there isn't a great deal of time left. Just will try to prove my theory correct. Viva Party you can't go wrong, even for an old timer.
Flick went into hairdressing, she built up a successful hair extension salon.
She had reliable talented staff and two toy dogs that would come in and make all the customers feel at home. One shnauser called Missy, black with a white bib and one poodle called Louis, who had several outfits. The salon had to move once. One of the girls slept with another girl's husband. The husband and wife had a fifteen year old son. She was found in her car, she'd used a hose pipe to kill herself. Flick didn't want to be there anymore. So they moved. The bliss of being self employed, freedom to move, power to chose. The downside is the precariousness. Will they still come through the doors? Will the trichologists warnings be listened to, he has probably got it wrong anyway. Even dying causes damage.
Flick is sometimes known as cat woman, she loves wearing a cat suit. She can talk to any one in her cat suit, from Judges to music producers.
Flick decides to leave her hairdressers and waiters behind and focuses on her ambitions to write for Elle Magazine, but she wasn't really up to speed with the nine till nine world of a major glossy so she is back at the salon. At the moment she can be found in Via del Corso on her moped most days, she is working on her Italian. She is so pleased that she was an alibi witness for that nice Lucy Mathews form the gym, what a great one to tell the grandkids.


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Mumbai: Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar was on Friday hit on the right hand while batting at the nets during Mumbai Indians training session ahead of their IPL match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Tendulkar tried to cut a delivery from Jacob Oram when the extra bounce caught him unaware, hitting him on the right hand. "I should be fine for tomorrow," the veteran said.
His team-mate Dwayne Smith also said the 40-year-old should be fit to play in Friday's match. "He should be okay. Just a case of him getting checked up, but nothing is wrong, I think," Smith said in the pre-match media conference at the Wankhede Stadium. Smith, who cracked 62 off 45 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders in the previous game on Tuesday at Kolkata, welcomed the chance to open the innings with Tendulkar.
"I don't think there is any pressure because I came here to open the batting, so it is just for me to go out there and perform for Mumbai Indians. There is no pressure. It is the best position to bat in a T20 game actually," the West Indian said. "Only four overseas players can play. We went in with the best team possible at the start of the competition. I have got my opportunity now but since I have got a start, I wish continue and be consistent," he added.
Meanwhile, RCB's left-arm medium pacer RP Singh said the table-toppers would be in a fine position to make the play-offs if they win just over half of their remaining games. "We are confident but at the same time we are fully focussed towards our game. Out of eight matches, we have won six matches, so we are in a better position but still a long way to go," Singh said.
"We have played most of the matches at home and just now we have started moving out. If our success rate in the away games is more than 50 percent, then we will be in good position," he added. He said that the bounce on the wicket at this venue will assist the bowlers to a certain extent. "The wicket is a bit supportive. The bounce is better," he said.
Asked about the fitness of senior pacer Zaheer Khan, Singh said the veteran bowler has almost recovered but the team management will decide on his return later. "He will definitely play [at some stage]. He has started bowling, almost recovered. Hopefully we can see him soon. I think he had a side strain. Only the team management can let you know when he will play," Singh informed.


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the body is about 25/30mm but this does not include wings, I saw this insect at about 19:00hrs in the cab of my truck at Purfleet, Essex. As I tried to shoo it out it appeared to hook itself to the upholstery on which it was perched, I was intrigued by it coloured wings and thought it quite beautiful but it wasn't staying in my cab. sadly I killed it trying to get it out. But I would like to know what it was and if at all hazardous.
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Timothy Larson wrote: > Explanation of Aggregate/Struct differences > --- Marc Portier <email@example.com> wrote: > >>>>>> - still doubthing if struct is so much more different then aggregate > > > > We have values and we have widgets, but they are not always matched 1-to-1. > Looking at the *values* in an aggregate we find a solitary value and > (because it acts as a container for field widgets) an ordered list of values. > The fact that these are all contained in one widget can be viewed as a nice > syntactic sugar, making it easier to express the specialized dependency logic > (merged-value/split-children-values) between the solitary value and the > ordered list of values. When cforms get full support for (easilly) > expressing dependencies between widgets, we could (at least in theory) split > up the aggregate widget by allowing the solitary value and the list of values > to be placed whereever we wish, such as in separate, otherwise unrelated, > widgets. This flexibility may in some cases allow for a more direct mapping > between the form and the back end data. > yeah like have a getValue on the parent level produce a Map of the nested child-values? > A "struct" widget looks somewhat like an aggregate, because it contains an > ordered list of widgets, but is actually quite different. It does not > contain a separate solitary value, does not implicitely express dependencies, > and is not constrained to only containing field widgets. That being said, > if we chose to break up the aggregate widget as described above I think it > would be common to use a "struct" widget to contain the list of values, via > containing a list of field widgets. If we adopt such a design, then we would > no longer require (but might still want for the nice syntax it supports?) a > separate AggregateField widget type. > > Note that the "struct" widget type has other uses; in fact its use related > to aggregate functionality was an afterthought. Struct widgets allow a list > of widgets to be place where usually only one widget is supported, such as > in a union case (look at UnionDefinition.java in the formmodel). They also, > probably more importantly, allow to namespace a collections of widgets which > would otherwise have conflicting fully qualified id's. > For example (pseudocode): hm I would of have prefered a distinct @id, @type and @name... wd:new/@id seems to do two things: reference the class and set the widget-id I would of have expected something like wd:class/@type (and NO @id here) while the wd:new/@id would set that independantly of a wd:new/@name refering to the @type of the wd:class it depends upon I suppose this current setup has to do with how widgets consume themselves the request-parameters given to them? Have to think some more about this one... > <struct id="manager"> <new id="person-class"/> </struct> > <struct id="underling"> <new id="person-class"/> </struct> > <class id="person-class"> > <field id="employeeid"/> > <field id="firstname"/> <field id="middlename"/> <field id="lastname"/> > <!-- And a bunch of widgets to support query-by-example employee lookup --> > </class> with the new attributes proposed that would allow: <new name="person-class" id="manager" /> <new name="person-class" id="underling" /> <class type="person-class"> <field id="employeeid" /> <field id="firstname" /> </class> at which time we have reduced the need for struct seperate from class? and to the builders this becomes: <class-struct id="..."> a normal struct <class-struct type="..."> a normal class (so the struct-builder would need to do an addClass towards the classResolver) <class-struct type="..." id=".."> a class that is immediately 'used' (so a combination of class and new in one? taking it one step further: why not allow a @type on all widgets we currently have, so they can automatically be cloned/'used' more then once? looking at it from this angle the use/reuse realm seems to be a different dimension then the structuring/definition one, no? wdyt? maybe again some light shining from the XMLSchema and the likes corner? > Without the namespaces ("manager" and "underling") that the struct widget > provides, we could not reuse the "person-class" for both people because the > widgets "employeeid", "firstname", etc. would have the same fully qualified > id's for both people, causing the form definition to fail to be loaded on > account of duplicate widget id errors. > > Do the use case for the struct widget and the differences between a struct > and an aggregate make more sense now? > > --Tim Larson > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 > http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 -marc= -- Marc Portier http://outerthought.org/ Outerthought - Open Source, Java & XML Competence Support Center Read my weblog at http://blogs.cocoondev.org/mpo/ firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian police in Mumbai are probing accusations that the father of a child star of the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" tried to sell his daughter for 200,000 pounds ($290,000).
The mother of 9-year-old Rubina Ali protested after a sting operation by a British tabloid alleged her father tried to sell her.
Police called Rubina Ali and her father, Rafiq Qureshi, to a police station on Sunday night and recorded their statements.
"On Sunday, Rubina's mother Khurshid complained to us that her ex-husband was trying to sell her daughter, saying she saw some reports on television to that effect," Deputy Commissioner of Police Nisar Tamboli told Reuters.
The film, a rags-to-riches romance about a slum boy competing on a TV game show, won eight Academy Awards earlier this year but sparked controversy in parts of India.
The sting operation by the News of the World quickly made headlines in India.
Rubina, who starred as the youngest incarnation of the film's heroine, Latika, lives with her father and step-mother in a teeming slum in the suburbs of the financial hub.
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