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Mean field model for collective motion bistability
Dingheng Pi ,
School of Mathematical Sciences, Huaqiao University, Fujian 362021, China
* Corresponding author: Dingheng Pi
Received October 2017 Revised January 2018 Published June 2018
Fund Project: This work was partially supported NNSF of China grants 11401228 and 11671040, Cultivation Program for Outstanding Young Scientific talents of Fujian Province in 2017 and Promotion Program for Young and Middle-aged Teacher in Science and Technology Research of Huaqiao University (ZQN-YX401).
In this paper we consider an $n$ dimensional piecewise smooth dynamical system. This system has a co-dimension 2 switching manifold Σ which is an intersection of two co-dimension one switching manifolds Σ1 and Σ2. We investigate the relation of periodic orbit of PWS between periodic orbit of its regularized system. If this PWS system has an asymptotically stable crossing periodic orbit γ or sliding periodic orbit, we establish conditions to ensure that also a regularization of the given system has a unique, asymptotically stable, limit cycle in a neighbourhood of γ, converging to γ as the regularization parameter goes to 0.
Keywords: Piecewise smooth systems, regularization, limit cycle, co-dimension two discontinuity boundary, asymptotic stability.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 34A36.
Citation: Dingheng Pi. Limit cycles for regularized piecewise smooth systems with a switching manifold of codimension two. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, 2019, 24 (2) : 881-905. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2018211
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Figure 2. Sliding periodic orbit
Figure 1. Crossing periodic orbit
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In the forward to the 2004 reprinting of Neuromancer, William Gibson says that he felt his book would never find an audience in the United States because he was writing deliberately counter to what he felt American audiences wanted, unlike something like the Rocky franchise. I always found that claim curious because, of course, Neuromancer became enormously popular; its dark, noir and technology inspired world went on to spawn a whole genre, cyberpunk, along with plenty of imitators. Ultimately consumed and co-opted by mainstream media, the remnants cyberpunk and Gibson's book in particular remain. No one can say artificial intelligence or the matrix without recalling some heavy, Hollywood-inspired images that are, at best, adapted ideas from Neuromancer. Everything from the Avengers films to Ready Player One, to the recent live-action remake of Ghost in the Shell depend, at least in part, on many of the ideas in Gibson's seminal book. Some writers, Jack Womack in particular, have even gone as far to suggest that our very own, real-life internet is heavily dependent on the world of Neuromancer. A true case of life imitating art.
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Yet, Gibson's claim of writing counter to American tastes has, for me, at least some credence for two reasons and they both have to do with the man in the center of the action, Case. First, as a former console cowboy, or hacker, at the start of the novel, Case is in a drug-addicted death spiral. His nervous system being damaged as punishment for stealing from a former employer keeps him from accessing the matrix, Neuromancer's internet-like network. Now he is simply a hustler who can see the end of his own life fast approaching while living in Chiba City, Japan. Case refers to his body as meat, numerous times: "In the bars he'd frequented as a cowboy hotshot, the elite stance involved a certain relaxed contempt for the flesh." "The body was meat." "Case fell into the prison of his own flesh." His derogatory stance against his own body is ironic because Case's addiction to drugs is explicitly a meat thing; specifically, Case's body craves methamphetamines. Of course, the derogatory stance against the human body seems perfectly logical in the world of Neuromancer. As a hacker, Case cherished his time in the matrix, a bodiless experience that depends on the mind, alone. The matrix privileges the mind over the body, it is a space where smart people can thrive regardless of the pudginess of their real-life bodies, a true meritocracy. In this sense, what is counter to American taste is the fact that the book exists in a world where physical strength and might, while still important, is not the only means of success. If you have enough brainpower, like Case, the matrix is a place where you can be very successful. Pop-culture of the 1980s in particular, as we shall shortly see, is obsessed with strong, powerful bodies. If the body is regarded simply as 'meat' in a book, that would certainly seem counter to American tastes.
Neuromancer painting by Juan Gimenez
The second reason I think why Gibson is writing counter to American tastes is the issue of change, or in Case's particular example, the lack of change. From a plot analysis standpoint, Case's adventure in Neuromancer fits the notion of the hero's journey excellently (Christopher Vogler's hero's journey graph is useful here). He travels, experiences new things, even dies a few times, and lives to tell the tale at the book's end. Nevertheless, these are all bodily experiences. Internally and morally, Case is as a stagnant protagonist. At the start of the book, he begins as a drug-addicted hustler, and while many interesting things happen to him, the story ends with Case using the money he's earned to buy himself a new liver so that he can go back to enjoying his favorite methamphetamines. At the start of the novel, Case is a hustler and thief, and at the end, he is still a hustler and a thief. He has a few more stories to tell, but Case is essentially the same person throughout the book, unchanged, a moral flatline.
I find Case to be a well-written and likable character, cheering for him every step of the way. Nevertheless, as an example of the ways in which he never changes, let us consider the ending of the book. Neuromancer and Wintermute, the titular, but partial artificial intelligences join into one being, having for the first time in human history formed a true A.I. that is essentially capable of everything. If Case had read any Ray Kurzweil book, he would have realized he had just witnessed the singularity. In short order, the new A.I. finds extraterrestrial life, or at least an A.I. of extraterrestrial origins operating in deep space. Most people would realize the implications of this event and this discovery. Culturally the last ten pages of the book change the world in ways we can scarcely imagine, but not for Case. His objective was seemingly always to get back to the drugs. Gibson, therefore, seems to understand that American audiences, particular those of the mid-1980s, like their protagonists to change, to learn something from their adventures, and then apply that knowledge to their own lives. With Case, Gibson has instead deliberately written a story in which the protagonist does not change. This, in my opinion, is the second reason that Gibson is writing counter to what he considers American tastes, Neuromancer provides a story in which protagonist refuses to learn.
Rocky IV – The Anti-Cyberpunk Movie
Neuromancer is counter to American tastes of the 1980s because of the way the book regards bodies as secondary to brains and the refusal of the protagonist to change in any way. Rocky IV is another 1980s, pop-culture artifact that serves as a counterpoint to Neuromancer. I consider this film a kind of anti-cyberpunk text that does the opposite of what Neuromancer did and lends credence to Gibson's claim. Released in 1985, Rocky IV comes just one year after Neuromancer. This is the film where Apollo Creed, Rocky's former nemesis but now friend and trainer, attempts an ill-fated boxing comeback. As a boxer, Apollo's profession is heavily dependent on his body. To get into boxing shape, a boxer must train, exercise, and diet, all difficult processes. No doubt, boxing requires some stringent mental processes too, but most people would agree that the boxer's body is primarily the most important thing for the boxer. Like Case, Apollo too has a history of disparaging the body. Recall that in the first Rocky movie, Apollo gives an interview where he encourages children to "stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about sports as a profession. Sports make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker." This interview is highly ironic of course because the entire Rocky series is essentially about privileging the body over the brain.
By Rocky IV, however, Apollo is retired, and although in the film we see that he keeps in excellent shape (by swimming with his dogs, presumably) he is not in boxing shape any longer. Like many aging athletes, Apollo feels his body is still capable of high-level performance, despite having been away from the sport for an extended period. Against, Rocky's advice Apollo stages an exhibition match with the current Russian Olympic heavyweight champion, Ivan Drago. Drago accepts because he is eager to break into the American heavyweight boxing circuit. At the fight, the real life James Brown sings his seminal number Living in America, which among other things, is about the belief that the American dream is possible due to the United States' highway system (a kind of early 1950s network, or internet). Brown sings his number on a stage, overlooking the boxing ring that mechanically comes up out of the floor, with Drago bewilderingly already standing there. The performance and pageantry of the pre-fight celebration can only be described as an outlandish, hyper-commercialized, nightmarish display of American excess. Apollo wearing American flag boxing trousers stunningly punctuates this excess. In a sense, Apollo wraps his body in jingoistic patriotism, which he hopes will beat the Russian into submission.
Rocky IV
Of course, Apollo could not be more wrong. In the following violent boxing sequence, Drago quickly beats Apollo to death. His death is partly the result Rocky's delay in throwing in the proverbial towel but also the sheer spectacle of the match. There are hundreds of paparazzi shoving cameras into Apollo's dying face, but no ringside doctor. The implication is that no one hired a doctor, they were too busy attending to James Brown or making sure the giant mechanical ring worked correctly. Apollo figuratively drowns in the excess of his own spectacle. In other words, Apollo dies because of Drago's savage beating, but also partly by his own outlandish display of American commodity fetishism. Drago, contrastingly, seems to have had a statement to make. In essence, Drago kills Apollo to say that American bodies are soft because American life is so full of excess, so easy; example number one is the pre-fight spectacle. Drago's figurative statement goes on to say that, Russian life and thus Russian bodies are stronger and harder because Russian life lacks this fabulous excess. Rocky later pledges to fight Drago in what can only be described as a revenge bout. They fight on Christmas day in Moscow, a not-to-subtle jab at the American commercialization of the Christmas holiday. Rocky is badly beaten, but his persistence, in the end, spoiler alert, edges the Russian and he is able to triumph. You didn't think Rocky would lose, did you?
There are many reasons why I enjoy this film, not the least of which is the paint-by-numbers simplicity of the portrayal of American-Russian relations in the mid-1980s, during the heart of the Cold War. While I intend to write a whole essay on the Cold War in Rocky IV one day, right now I am most interested in the notion of bodies within the film. Like almost every other Rocky movie, this film begins with some kind of loss at the beginning. Sometimes this loss is an actual loss in the boxing ring, other times the loss is figurative or economic. Usually this initial loss at provides the motivation for the final rematch at the end of the film, thus in almost every film we as the audience are treated to two fights. Right now, I want to look at the winners of the two matches we see in Rocky IV. Drago wins the first fight against Apollo and Rocky wins the second against Drago.
Examining the film we can note that the boxer who has had the better training regimen wins each of the matches. We do not get to see Apollo's training for the first fight, but we can surmise that if the training was anything like the pre-fight celebration scene that Apollo more than likely indulged in a training method that relied on flash theatrics rather than substance. (This version of Apollo is more like the Rocky I version, rather than the Rocky III version). Drago meanwhile likely trained at the training facility we see later in the film, a simple but dedicated and technologically sophisticated gymnasium. Drago's gymnasium is sterile, but is also replete with state-of-the-art exercise equipment, computers providing a constant flow of biometric data and a small of army of doctors who presumably keep Drago's supply of anabolic steroids fresh on hand. Drago's sterile facility in comparison to Apollo's theatrics, provide a superior training environment. The film implies that the better training environment better prepares the boxer's body for the coming match and of course, Apollo's death proves this implication.
Rocky somehow realizes that Apollo's mistake was not that he was old, or the fact that he challenged a younger, stronger opponent. Instead, Rocky realizes that Apollo misunderstood how to train. The key to beating Drago, Rocky theorizes, is better training in a facility that emphasizes the natural world rather than the technological world that Drago represents. Drago and his gymnasium are cyberpunk; they use computers and information to make a better boxer. Throughout the film, there is an implication that Drago's strength is somehow machine based. His imposing stature and strength recall another 1980's staple, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator, both are tall, imposing figures whose dialogue is scarce but whose violent actions speak loudly for them. More importantly, both are cyborg figures, seeming mixtures of machine and man, but their creation is based on a privileging of the mind. They are made and trained by computers.
Drago – Rocky IV
Thus to beat Drago, Rocky needs to be the opposite of a cyborg, he needs to privilege the body in such a way that he becomes the ultimate human. Rocky creates the most human and by extension natural training environment that he can manage. Rocky chooses to train in the barren Russian tundra, in winter, away from any major cities in a log cabin, which has no running water or electricity. A wood-burning stove heats the cabin; Rocky co-opts the cutting of wood into his training regimen. His only neighbors are a few hearty Russian peasants that he seldom sees and the KGB agents assigned to monitor him. The cabin contains a hayloft that Rocky uses for power crunches. Of course, he must train in Russia because he believes Drago's earlier assessment about American bodies. A place like northern Minnesota or Canada would make him too weak, is the implication. The most technology Rocky allows during his training is a rope, a saw, and a wheelbarrow. Notice here that the emphasis is on the humanness of the environment.
The cabin is also located running distance from a mountain, which Rocky climbs as he trains. In the final training montage, this mountain climbing mirrors Drago running on a treadmill. As Rocky climbs higher, Drago's treadmill too increases inclination. At the end Rocky is at the top of the mountain and Drago is running on a treadmill that is almost at ninety degrees inclination. This training montage before the climatic ending boxing match is, in my opinion, the height of 1980s American cinema, because, in montage form, the director Sylvester Stallone is able to show what Gibson already knew in 1984, that Americans generally have a belief in bodily exceptionalism, physical might always trumps thought. Juxtaposed with Drago's dark, cyberpunk gymnasium is the vibrant natural, sunlit outside world where Rocky is training. The two boxers are essentially doing the same training regimen, but Rocky's is better because it is in the real world where our bodies actually exist. Drago's training, in turn, uses technology and steroids, he cheats. Given this juxtaposition, there is no doubt who will win the final match. Further, this juxtaposition of the two spaces recalls the dual world motif in Neuromancer, on the one hand, you have the meat world, Rocky's world where he trains and his beard grows, and he yells from the top of mountains. On the other hand, you have the technological space, the matrix, Drago's world, where information and brainpower can help you succeed. However, unlike Neuromancer, the poles are reversed. What triumphs in Rocky is a belief in the superiority of the natural body; in other words, in Rocky IV the meat will always win.
Rocky – Rocky IV
Thus, when Gibson assumes that Neuromancer is written counter to American tastes, I ultimately believe he is right. American texts of the 1980s, for possibly a myriad of reasons, always seem to assume a superiority of the body. This belief in physical bodily superiority is usurped in Gibson's book by characters like Case. In fact, many of the characters in Neuromancer do not even have bodies; they are wholly made up of mind. This conscience choice to subvert American bodily idealism is in my opinion what the punk in Gibson's version of cyberpunk is all about. That is, Gibson is playing with a subversion of the 1980s, rugged, body conscious individual male who uses brute strength to knock out his opponents. Rocky is the anti-Case. Moreover, Gibson is also writing counter to American idealism because his hero does not change, does not learn from his experiences, does not experience an epiphany that foretells a change in his life. Consider how Rocky IV ends, after beating Drago, Rocky addresses the Russian crowd, through an interpreter, in the following speech, he recalls Adrian's earlier assertion that he must change.
I came here tonight, I didn't know what to expect. I seen a lot of people hate me and I didn't know what to feel about that so I guess they didn't like much nothin' either. During this fight, I've seen a lot of changing, the way yous feel about me, and in the way I felt about you. In here, there were two guys killing each other, but I guess that's better than 20 million. I guess what I'm trying to say, is that if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!
If you are familiar with 1980s sitcoms, say Family Ties, you will know that change is an important part the narrative structure of these shows. Characters often internalize a lesson and then apply that lesson to their lives by the end of a half-hour show. Case refuses all change, and moreover re-emphasizes his bad decisions. We can almost say that he is proud of those bad decisions. This characterization, therefore, is certainly counter to American tastes in the 1980s, and I believe further asserts Gibson's claims.
Rocky IV was an enormous success as was Neuromancer, albeit in presumably different social strata of American 1980s life. Yet, as we can see, they both rely on an ideology about bodies and change that seems diametrically opposed. Perhaps this opposition speaks to the realities of a contemporary world that is conflicted, fractured, and ultimately yearning for some kind of solution. In one text, we see the hopes and dreams of American society, in the other, we see the nightmare that is presumably always around the corner. Which text is which, is ultimately I believe the question we must all ask ourselves.
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TheCyberPunk May 4, 2017, 2:03 pm
Very insightful article! I'm going to re-read Neuromancer and re-watch Rocky IV. Thank you for this!
Rogelio May 4, 2017, 6:21 pm
You are welcome. Thanks for reading. Rocky IV is a real treat to watch if you haven't seen it in a long time.
Chris Lites May 4, 2017, 10:52 pm
Case got a new liver because the liver Wintermute installed in him had toxin sacs in them, which Wintermute claimed he accessed while in Case's brain. Case's meth addiction was a surrogate for his cyber addiction. I agree he doesn't change, but he gets back to his real drug of choice—cyberspace. I'm also fairly confident that Case's lack of change was less counter cultural and more about Gibson's relative lack of experience moving character around at the time. He's spoken about this in several interviews. To me, Rocky IV is anti-Neuromancer because it posits the power of America overcoming all odds. In Neuromancer, America no longer exists as a coherent political entity. Armitage, after a fashion, is a throwback—gone mad by the loss of purposeful patriotism. The Soviet Union won the "war" in Neuromancer but it didn't matter because the corporations took everything over and said, no more of this MAD foolishness, it hurts our bottom line. Go to your corner and think about what you've done. The great counter cultural point in Neuromancer, for an American, has to be the deconstruction of American exceptionalism and the revelation that America, too, could become a Third World if one hadn't loads of money. That, to me, is as prophetic as anything about cyberspace. Look at where we're at now….
Rogelio May 8, 2017, 7:21 am
Wintermute does not install a liver in Case. Armitage has a new liver installed in Case at the start of the novel that cannot process speed. That's why Case wants yet another liver, to get back to the speed. So in the novel he actually has three livers altogether with two changes. The toxin sacks are in all of Case's major arteries and those get dissolved by Wintermute when they joined at the end of the novel.
Gibson's lack of experience writing as a reason for Case's stagnation strikes me as an writer centered argument, sometimes called a "biographical explanation" for the novel, which while valid, I try to avoid. I like for my arguments and interpretations to be about the story, and be about the book itself. Otherwise, we get into interpretations of the book which rely on how the author may have been feeling on a particular day.
I really appreciate the idea about American exceptionalism going out the window, a first draft of this was called "American Bodily Exceptionalism."
Gabriel land May 5, 2017, 10:41 am
"I always found that claim curious because, of course, Neuromancer became enormously popular; its dark, noir and technology inspired world went on to spawn a whole genre, cyberpunk, along with plenty of imitators."
Bladerunner came first!
Chris Lites May 5, 2017, 9:44 pm
Gibson was already well into Neuromancer when Blade Runner came out. He was afraid it'd ruin his book as it looked exactly what he had in his head. Many years later, meeting Scott, they talked about it and it turned out they were both influenced by Metal Hurlant for their visions. So, that's why they are similar.
Indeed! Well not really first (Web of Angels, or Dr Adder or The Ware Tetrology, all came before it both of them. ) but certainly before Neuromancer.
Isaac L. Wheeler (Veritas) May 9, 2017, 4:35 pm
Well, Software had come out and Shirely's Transmaniacon and Sterling's Artificial Kid also predate I think, but it was all part of the same zeitgeist.
fronzell neekburm May 17, 2017, 4:07 pm
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What are the lyrics to rapper Logic's song 1-800-273-8255?
RAPPER Logic may have saved lives with his 2017 suicide prevention song, 1-800-273-8255.
According to a recent study, suicide rates dropped by 5.5 percent since the song's release.
What is Logic's suicide prevention song?
Before Logic became a Billboard chart-topper, he was visiting his fans' homes for dinner when they told him his music had saved their life.
In an interview with Genius in 2017, Logic said, "In my mind, I was never trying to save anybody's life."
But then he thought, "what could happen if I actually did?"
The comments inspired him to write a song directed at suicide prevention and used the suicide prevention phone number for the song's title.
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His song, 1-800-273-8255, became an instant hit, remaining on Billboard's Top 100 for weeks after it came out and at one point making it to the number three spot.
Four years later, the song is still the most listened to track from his albums.
The song begins slowly, expressing the numbing pain of someone who wants to end their life.
"I don't wanna be alive."
A quick crescendo leads to a voice on the other end of the phone that says, "I want you to be alive … now let me tell you why."
Singing alongside Alessia Cara and Khalid, the song portrays hope and a reason for breathing.
"It's the very first breath when your head's been drowning underwater," Alessia Cara sings.
"And it's the lightness in the air when you're there chest-to-chest with a lover.
"It's holding on, though the road's long, seeing light in the darkest things.
"And when you stare at your reflection, finally knowing who it is
I know that you'll thank God you did."
The song builds to an ending that shows the person's life is worth living and in a final act of hope, Logic sings:
"I don't wanna cry anymore.
"I wanna feel alive.
"I don't even wanna die anymore."
Why did he decide to write the song?
Logic, whose real name is Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, has told news outlets he never suffered from suicidal thoughts himself, but when he realized his songs were affecting people, he felt compelled to write 1-800-273-8255.
In an interview with CNN on Monday, Logic said, "To know that my music was actually affecting people's lives, truly, that's what inspired me to make the song.
"We did it from a really warm place in our hearts to try to help people. And the fact that it actually did, that blows my mind."
In the first 34 days after his song was released, the suicide hotline received almost 10,000 phone calls, a 7 percent increase from before the song came out.
The study showed a reduction in suicides and estimated Logic's song may have saved about 245 lives.
His song continues to gain traction with over 1billion listens on Spotify at the end of 2020.
How did his song potentially save lives?
Logic's song continues to impact people's lives, according to a BMJ study. The study looked at the number of calls received following Logic's promotional efforts in 2017 and 2018, right after 1-800-273-8255 was released.
Logic's 2017 interview with Genius received responses from people who said the song changed their life.
"This song actually did save my life," one person commented. "The first time I listened to it, I was in such a dark place; and I felt like I could relate to this song so much.
"The first few listens, I wouldn't sing the part where the speaker says they still want to live, but eventually I did. Once I did, I started feeling better day by day.
"That was a year ago," the person said in 2018.
"But this song still resonates so much in my heart.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.
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Enduring for over 800 years on the banks of the River Vistula, Warsaw has emerged as one of Europe's most vibrant cosmopolitan centers. In the heart of this thriving city is the elegant Warsaw Marriott Hotel, located across from the Palace of Culture. Our arrival in 1989 sparked a new era for Warsaw hotels, with luxurious guest accommodations providing stunning appointments and conveniences. There are comforts like the new bed from Marriott, with down comforters, designer duvets and fluffier pillows ... and amenities such as a spacious work area and Wi-Fi Internet. The world-class fitness club provides state-of-the-art equipment for a thorough workout, plus soothing spa treatments. Casino, a chic shopping gallery and tempting dining options, including the enchanting Parmizzano's Restaurant, famous for its fine Italian cuisine and 40th floor Panorama Bar & Lounge with magnificent views.
Welcome to the stylish and elegant Polonia Palace Hotel in Warsaw, Poland. Superbly located as a downtown luxury Warsaw hotel, facing the Palace of Culture and Science, business districts and shopping areas, the Polonia Palace has been the leading and most prestigious Grand Hotel in Warsaw since 1913. After the recent 2-year complete renovation, it blends a fresh revitalized sense of charming history with state-of-the-art facilities like high speed internet or individually controllable air conditioning. Experience truly European and Polish cuisine in an elegant, yet relaxed atmosphere at our Warsaw restaurant. The menu has been conformed to our guest's expectations offering homemade cakes and freshly brewed coffees, distinctive lunch, a la carte dinner menu and assorted dessert and wines.


Fidelity Investments chair and CEO Abigail Johnson caused a stir in May when, speaking at the ConsenSys blockchain conference in New York, she professed belief in digital currencies and noted that Fidelity's experimentation with Bitcoin and Ethereum mining had made the firm "a lot of money." That sets Fidelity apart from financial industry peers that perceive business potential not in Bitcoin, but rather in its underlying blockchain, or distributed-ledger technology. "We look at them both together and discretely," explains Sean Belka, senior vice president and director of Fidelity Labs, the money management giant's research and development arm. Founded in 1998 and headed by Belka for eight years, Fidelity Labs isn't in the business of dismissing or excluding possibilities. Its blockchain and cryptocurrency explorations are consistent with those it has made in recent years with the Apple Watch and Google Glass, and with augmented- and virtual-reality technologies like Aurasma and Oculus Rift. Each is a form of user interface, and "we want to know how it works," Belka, 54, says. Some of the R&D work may be too early and some may not pan out at all, "but that's all right," adds Belka, who has been with the firm more than 20 years. "Our goal is always to be where the customer is."


Zhejiang Shaxing Technology Co.,Ltd. was established in February, 1996. and located in Yongquan industrial park, Linhai city, Zhejiang province. We are a professional private company dedicated for R&D, manufacturing and sales of API intermediates. We have more than 350 employees. Our staff consists of more than 120 technicians accredited with college diploma, 20 senior engineers and 50 engineers. We got ISO 9001 certification in June, 2000, ISO 14001 in December, 2004 and OHSAS18001 certification in December, 2010. The company research and development center was named provincial small and medium-sized enterprise technology center and the provincial high and new technology research and development center.
Jiangsu Shaxing Chemical. Co., Ltd.founded in 2011, is a subsidiary of Zhejiang Shaxing Technology Co., Ltd. which is currently manufacturing series intermediates of Levofloxacin and Ofloxacin. As the Zhejiang Shaxing Technology Co., Ltd backup production base, Jiangsu Shaxing Chemical. Co., Ltd. is sure to supply to Zhejiang Shaxing Technology Co., Ltd, and its market needs of pharmaceutical raw materials and intermediates to expand production capacity, improve the enterprise's comprehensive strength and competition ability.
Zhejiang Shaxing Technology Co., Ltd. after having been working hard for 18 years, we become a major manufacturer and supplier for pharmaceutical intermediates in China. We are certified as a high and new tech enterprise in our national torch plan and have been a leading company on national and provincial level.
We started to manufacture Cyclopropylamine (CPA) in 1996 and have been the largest manufacturer in the world. The Cyclopropylamine series products are widely exported South East Asian countries, EU countries and USA. Our CPA has earned great reputation among customers and had more than 80% market share in India and more than 50% in the whole world. Our brand 'Jixi' was assessed as 'Renowned Brand in Taizhou' in 2003 and 'Zhejiang Top Brand' in 2009.
Having been continuously improving our R&D capability, we developed more than 30 provincial-level new industrial products. We hold national invention patent for 6 products and 2 projects are funded by National Ministry of Science and Technology. 1 of our products is listed as the 'national important new product' and we won Zhejiang Province Science & Technology improvement award for 3 of our products.
For decades, our shaxing people break a way through bramble and thistle; make arduous effort and sticking to our operation principle of "integrity, innovation, customer satisfaction and sustainable development". We have established the impeccable modern enterprise management system and running mechanism, continuously improve competitive advantage; we will effort to develop our company into an international pharmaceutical and chemical enterprise.
We will always keep our tenet of 'Quality First & Prestige First', and accomplish remarkable achievement through close cooperation with old and new customers based on mutual benefit. Looking forward to cooperate you for the bright future.


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Pink, Metallica, Garth Brooks Among Top Grossing Tours of 2019
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Q: c# How possible geckowebbrowser tr tableto htmal data show in textbox?
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I am want html data show in our textbox but I am fail so need help.
Below code I am trying.
 GeckoElementCollection tagsCollection = geckoWebBrowser1.Document.GetElementsByTagName("tr");

        foreach (GeckoElement currentTag in tagsCollection)
        {
            if (currentTag.GetAttribute("colspan").Contains("3"))
            {
                ((GeckoHtmlElement)currentTag).GetAttribute(textBox36.Text);

                delay(300);

            }

            else
            {

            }
        }

It's really important for me so if you provide any better solution then it's really great for me & also for all.

A: Looks like in your foreach loop you are iterating through TR elements, not TD. So when you are trying to get attribute, it returns nothing, because TR does not have it. Try this:
var tagsCollection = Browser.Document.GetElementsByTagName("tr");

foreach (var tr in tagsCollection) // iterate through TR
{
    foreach (var td in tr.ChildNodes) // iterate through TD
    {
        if (td.GetAttribute("colspan").Contains("3"))
        {
            var attr = td.GetAttribute(textBox36.Text);

            // some other code
        }
    }
}


KMAland Golf (4/23): Glenwood, Sidney, IKM-M, Mount Ayr, Boyer Valley get big sweeps KMAlandSweeps for Glenwood, Sidney, IKM-Manning, Mount Ayr, Boyer Valley and big wins for AL girls, Riverside boys and much more in KMAland golf on Tuesday.
Softball: Zaucha powers Lake Zurich to victory Chicago Daily HeraldJulia Zaucha was 4-for-6 with 2 doubles and 4 RBI, and Lake Zurich pounded Zion-Benton 22-6 in North Suburban Conference softball action Tuesday.
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Open Question: Which name sounds the best?
◙ Kayla Simmons ○ Kayla Carter ◙ Kayla Sanders ○ Kayla Stevens ◙ Kayla Collins ○ Kayla Houston ◙ Kayla Lloyd Rate them, too!
http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/56/5653/SPTMG00Z/posters/caribbean-tan-blonde.jpg Link above brings you to picture.
Collin Matthew OR Cade Thomas Kellen Joy OR Kayla Elise Please answer nicely! Open to suggestions :) We love original names, but nothing too out there.


We talk about "vinyl revival" and I have to said I am totally into into since I am back in a normal life, with a home and an office to put my stuff in ! It starts after Piers Faccini gave me his albums in vinyl format, and then I jump on ebay looking for old albums... I already present Brain Stowell vinyl collection on the old Graphic exchange, but found his blog and with pictures on white background, they deserves another post. I always get fascinated by color vinyl... In fact a vinly can be clear, and color can be added during the production... So, if you put red, you get a red disc... and if you put white and red, they mix together... so on, most issued are different from one to another... Selection.
posted in Print | Music at 9.10 PM from Home ! Maruéjols Les Gardons (near Alès / Nîmes / Uzès) / France listening Piers Faccini !
The idea behind 'Songs I Love' began as a way to interact with the people that follow my music on a level that wasn't purely reliant on an album release, I began giving away a cover every two months or so back in 2010 and with it I would post the story behind my choice of song.
Back in the days when I was signed and before I started my own label Beating Drum, I found it frustrating that the only object I could propose was an album of around twelve songs every two or three years. Being free now to make the creative decisions around what kind of object to make, I wanted to propose something a little different using the seventeen songs that I've recorded so far for this cover series.
All the images for the album were made using cut up paper, it's a technique I've been refining since my collages of cut up maps for the album 'My Wilderness' in 2011. I love the instant graphic quality I can get from the sharp lines of cut paper and from a controlled and reduced palette of colours and paper textures. Creating the artwork and images for my albums over the years has made me more and more interested in graphic design. With every album release now, I find myself daydreaming and mulling over all the different ways one can create visual concepts to accompany songs and music and Uncle O is a great sparring partner during this process.
We spared no detail and no expense in making this book, it's a clothbound hardback with 92 pages of text and illustrations, the cd is included in a sleeve on the inside back cover. I signed and numbered all of the 400 copies of this first edition of the book. I'm really hoping that the book will go down well, it's been a great way for me to experiment with the new label and present an object across various disciplines. I love the idea of making hybrid objects that link Art, music and writing. If it goes down well, I'm looking forward to creating similar experiments around the releases we'll be putting out in the future with Beating Drum.
A lot of artists and labels today present "deluxe" and limited edition versions of the albums they put out to accompany their standard digipack or jewel case cd releases. With my own label Beating Drum, we wanted to avoid making any kind of cheap version of the album, for example, the vinyl release of the album is a gatefold with lyric sheet with a cd of the album included in the package whilst our cd version of the album is a a digisleeve 3 panel with booklet, printed on 'carton retourne'.
So instead of sexing up a 'deluxe' version of the album, we decided to push the boat out even further and make a book/cd around my project of covers, 'Songs I Love'. The book was designed by Olivier Carrie aka Uncle O who I've been working with since the album Two Grains of Sand, I provided the artwork and images and he came up with the design concept and typeface with which to put it all together.
Do I need to present Anton Corbijn ? Today, it is his studio that catch my eye ! He invited BOS ALKEMADE Architects in the autumn of 2011 to create a studio for him in the Netherlands. This studio needed to be integrated in an ancient city coach house and meet a complex programme of requirements. Separate spaces were to be created for photography, the processing of films, the production of graphic art and the safekeeping of photography archives.


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Q: Match Command in Neo4j I have two graphs with some nodes with similar labels. If I want to fetch part of a graph  using match command,then do I need to specify the graph name.
For eg.,
MATCH (dom)<-[:headedby]-(Hd)
RETURN count (Hd.name);
I have (dom)<-[:headedby]-(Hd) relation in both the graphs, so which data does it fetch?
I'm finding that it is giving me the aggregate count of both the graphs.
Please let me know if I have to pass the graph alias also with the match command and how to do it.
Thanks in advance.
This is the import query to the complete model:
LOAD CSV FROM "file:D:\\Neo4j\\demo2dbcopy.csv" AS emp
MERGE (cname:Cmpname {name: emp[0]})
MERGE (clusters:ClustName { name: emp [1]})
MERGE (dom:domains { name: emp [2]})
MERGE (Hd:Head { name: emp [3]})
MERGE (DelHd:DeliveryHead { name: emp [4]})
MERGE (Mgr:Managers { name: emp [5]})
MERGE (Emp:Employees { name: emp [6]})
CREATE (cname)-[:has]->(clusters),
       (clusters)-[:contains]->(dom)<-[:headedby]-(Hd),
      (Hd)-[:equals]->(DelHd),
      (DelHd)-[:assistedby]->(Mgr),
      (Mgr)-[:Dividesinto]->(Emp)
return cname,clusters,dom,Hd,DelHd,Mgr,Emp;

A: If I understand this one correctly want to have multiple subgraphs in one Neo4j database.
I think your model is missing a root node for your subgraphs.
Combine your CSV files to one and add 1 column to separate the different subgraphs.
Then the import statement whould look like this:
LOAD CSV FROM "file:D:\\Neo4j\\demo2dbcopy.csv" AS emp
MERGE (root:SubGraph {source: emp[7]})
MERGE (cname:Cmpname {name: emp[0]})
MERGE (clusters:ClustName { name: emp [1]})
MERGE (dom:domains { name: emp [2]})
MERGE (Hd:Head { name: emp [3]})
MERGE (DelHd:DeliveryHead { name: emp [4]})
MERGE (Mgr:Managers { name: emp [5]})
MERGE (Emp:Employees { name: emp [6]})
CREATE (root)<-[:PART_OF_SUB_GRAPH]-(cname)-[:has]->(clusters),
       (clusters)-[:contains]->(dom)<-[:headedby]-(Hd),
      (Hd)-[:equals]->(DelHd),
      (DelHd)-[:assistedby]->(Mgr),
      (Mgr)-[:Dividesinto]->(Emp)
return root,cname,clusters,dom,Hd,DelHd,Mgr,Emp;

You probably want to do something like this:
Find all domains from the sub graph "csv1" and return the count of Heads
MATCH (root:SubGraph {source: "csv1"})<--(:Cmpname)-->(:ClustName)-->(dom:domains {name:"foo"})<-[:headedby]-(hd) RETURN dom.name, count (hd.name);

UPDATE: combining the answers of this question en this one here: Differentiating Neo4j queries for different data files

A: I have used the following query in response to above syntax but it is returning me 0 rows where the correct answer must be 7 rows.
MATCH (root:SubGraph {source: "demo2db"})<--(clusters:ClustName{name:"ABC"})-[:contains]->(dom:domains {name:"XYZ"}) RETURN count(dom.name);


The fifth-ranked Ducks defeated Utah 44-21 on Saturday and then moved back into sole possession of first place in the Pac-12 North Division when USC upset Stanford, 20-17, later that evening. Oregon is now 6-1 in the conference while Stanford is 6-2.
"We got some help from a strange friend," Oregon coach Mark Helfrich said of the Trojans' win.
Oregon will win the North if it defeats Arizona and Oregon State to end the regular season and that would also allow the Ducks to host the conference championship game. If Oregon wins the conference title for the fourth time in five years, it would be headed back to the Rose Bowl.
The Rose Bowl used to be the ultimate goal for Oregon, but a 2011 trip to the BCS National Championship Game has raised expectations.
"I don't want to play in a Rose Bowl unless I'm playing for a national championship," Oregon receiver Josh Huff said.
This year's BCS title game is in Pasadena, Calif. and Oregon was in the running when it started the season 8-0 before its loss to Stanford. Now the Rose Bowl is a consolation prize.
"It's not a big deal at all," Oregon running back De'Anthony Thomas said. "We already won a Rose Bowl, so it feels like whatever."
Oregon went from 1958 to 1995 without ever reaching the Rose Bowl, but has been twice in the past five seasons. Oregon lost to Ohio State in the 2010 Rose Bowl and beat Wisconsin in 2012.
--QB Marcus Mariota has thrown at least one touchdown pass in all 23 career games and has led Oregon to a 21-2 record during that span. He has thrown 353 passes without an interception, breaking the conference record by more than 100 completions. He is the NCAA career leader in interception percentage at 0.97 while moving up to sixth in school history in total offense with 6,725 yards.
--WR Josh Huff has a career-high 802 receiving yards on 45 catches with seven touchdowns. He had four catches for 57 yards against Utah to become the 10th receiver in school history to exceed 2,000 career receiving yards. He is ninth in school history with 127 receptions.
--RB De'Anthony Thomas had an 86-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Utah. It was the fourth touchdown on a kickoff return in his career, extending his own school record. He also had a receiving touchdown against the Utes. He has 45 touchdowns in his career, tied for third in school history.
--CB Terrance Mitchell had an interception against Utah and now leads the team with five. He had two interceptions as a freshman, but none last year as a sophomore.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "It's hard to win every football game. I think if you look around the country, there's not 50 undefeated teams. A lot of those teams that are up there now weren't there last year or the year before or the last five, 10 years. I don't think we're regressing in any way." -- Oregon coach Mark Helfrich on criticism after his team lost its first game of the year.


Description: Picma Squared is a picture logic game. The goal is to discover the image hidden within each puzzle by following a couple of simple rules and using nothing but logic. It features 28 puzzles, an easy to use, colourblind-friendly interface and a comprehensive Help section. In addition, it is the only puzzler of it's kind to offer the challenge of multi-coloured puzzles.
Fight against red to dominate the map.