Chairperson Holomisa requested that any business relating to last meeting's talk on land claims be raised. The members had nothing to raise on the issue.
The Chairperson brought to the committee's attention a letter just received from a Kwa Zulu-Natal development organization representing a particular farm worker community. The organization requested that representatives from the committee come to them to enlighten their membership on the practical implications of relevant policies and Land Affairs Acts. Ms. Seperepere (ANC) suggested that a team visit the organization, while Dr. Schoeman (NP) noted that the committee must consider that agreeing to go would set a precedent in which several organizations might come to expect visits at the slightest request. After a short debate over the two suggestions, it was decided that that the matter should be referred to regional representatives in the Kwa Zulu-Natal Department of Land Affairs for further investigation. The aim of the investigation would be to assess the urgency and particular condition/needs of the organization in order to learn whether committee member attendance is apposite.
The second matter raised related to a pending China tour. The National Party confirmed the names of its portion of the delegation whereas the ANC had yet to finalize its delegation selection. Consensus was reached by all present that the validity of other minority party presence on the tour must be further discussed due to the fact that Democratic Party, PAC, and Freedom Front party representatives seldom attend Portfolio Committee meetings.
When Mr. Bhengu arrived, the Chairperson decided to adjourn the meeting on the grounds that the Brazil delegation had not met, prior to today's meeting, to discuss their findings with Mr. Bhengu for inclusion in the summary report. The Chairperson recommended that the report therefore be discussed at a later date.


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Solvent quality influences surface structure of glassy polymer thin films after evaporation
Antonia Statt, Michael P. Howard, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
Chemical & Biological Engineering
Princeton Center for Theoretical Science
Molecular dynamic simulations are used to investigate the structural effects of treating a glassy polymer thin film with solvents of varying quality and subsequently evaporating the solvent. Both a monodisperse film and a polydisperse film are studied for poor to good solvent conditions, including the limit in which the polymer film is fully dissolved. In agreement with previous studies, the dissolved polymer-solvent mixtures form a polymer-rich skin on top of the forming film during evaporation. In the case of the polydisperse films, a segregation of the lower molecular weight polymer to the film interface is observed. We provide a detailed, systematic analysis of the interface structure and properties during and after evaporation. We find that for non-dissolved films, the surface width of the film after solvent evaporation is enhanced compared to the case without solvent. Our results show that due to the kinetic arrest of the surface structure, the increased surface width is preserved after solvent evaporation for both mono- and polydisperse films. We conclude that it is important to take poor solvent effects into account for the surface morphology of already formed thin glassy films, an effect which is often neglected.
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2003-11-21 Assigned to BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION reassignment BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: CARTER, SHARON E., HUSLAK, NICHOLAS S., MCQUAIDE, A.C., JR.
Methods for proactively offering a network turbo boost service to consumers including receiving a set of one or more turbo boost triggering criteria associated with a user. A network is monitored for a task that meets at least one of the turbo boost triggering criteria. If the monitoring results in locating a task that meets at least one of the turbo boost triggering criteria, then the network turbo boost service is invoked for the task.
This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/470,650, filed May 15, 2003, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in its entirety.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of illustrative triggers that may be utilized by exemplary embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary system for proactively offering a network turbo boost service to an end user  116. The system includes an end user 116 accessing a user client system 112. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the user client system 112 is a personal computer that is in communication with the service provider system 104 via a network. The user client system 112 includes a user interface 114 that is presented to the end user 116. The user interface 114 allows the end user 116 to specify trigger events to be stored in a trigger profile system 110. The user interface 114 also allows the end user 116 to be presented with the option of invoking the network turbo boost service and to select the network turbo boost service.
The user interface  114 may display information to the end user 116 in a text and/or graphic format. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the text may be utilized to notify the end user 116 that the network turbo boost service is available and then allow the end user 116 to select an input button to invoke the service. In alternate exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the user interface 114 may display a green graphic for the end user 116 to select to invoke the turbo boost service and a red graphic for the end user 116 to select to decline invoking the network turbo boost service. The user interface 114 also allows the end user 116 to manually select the network turbo boost service for a particular network operation (e.g., a file download).
The system depicted in FIG. 1 also includes a service provider system  104 that includes trigger processing logic 106, a trigger detection system 108 and a trigger profile system 110. The trigger profile system 104 includes user and service provider triggering preference lists. Different end users 116 may have different triggering preference lists. As described previously, the triggering preference lists include information about when to offer the network turbo boost service to a user. In addition, the triggering preference list includes information about when to automatically initiate the network turbo boost service for a user. The trigger detection system 108 monitors the service provider network to determine what kind of signals are coming from the end user 116 and/or the service provider network. When the trigger detection system 108 detects a trigger event, it invokes the trigger processing logic 106.
An example of a trigger event that may be detected by the trigger detection system  108 is an end user 116 uploading a large file. Once the file is recognized as a large file (e.g., over a pre-selected size) by the trigger detection system 108, the trigger processing logic 106 is invoked to offer the option of using the network turbo boost service to the end user 116. Alternatively, the preference list corresponding to the end user 116 may specify that the network turbo boost service be invoked without first checking with the end user 116 because the file is very large (e.g., over a second pre-selected size). In another example, an end user 116 may be in a hurry to download a particular file and may manually request that the network turbo boost service be invoked. In this case, the trigger detection system 108 would detect the manual request trigger and automatically invoke the network turbo boost service.
The trigger processing logic  106 presents the option of using the network turbo boost service to the end-user 116. As discussed previously, the end-user 116 interacts with the trigger processing logic 106 via the user interface 114 located on the user client system 112 to invoke the network turbo boost service.
FIG. 1 also includes an application provider system  102 resident on or in communication with the service provider system 104. The application provider system 102 can request that the network turbo boost service be offered to an end user 116. In order to do this, a request from the application provider system 102 would be included in a triggering preference list located in the trigger profile system 110. The trigger detection system 108 would then detect the request from the application provider system 102. This would cause the trigger processing logic 106 to either offer the network turbo boost service to the end user 116 or to automatically initiate the network turbo boost service. Which action the trigger processing logic 106 takes depends on what is specified in the trigger profile system 110 for the particular trigger and application provider system 102.
FIG. 2 depicts an exemplary process by which a user may be presented with an option to utilize a network turbo boost service in accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present invention. At step  202, turbo boost triggers are defined. This may be performed by the service provider and/or by the end user 116. As an example, the triggering preferences may be set up by the end user 116 by entering, via the user interface 114, specific destination addresses (e.g., a gaming application address, a video conferencing address). When the end user 116 accesses these destination addresses, the end user 116 is presented with the option of invoking the network turbo boost service. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the end user 116 is presented with a portal to set triggering preferences from a list displayed via the user interface 114. In addition to destination addresses, additional triggering options may be presented to the end user 116 via the user interface 114. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, these additional options may include being notified: when a large incoming file is detected; when a large outgoing file is detected; when a destination address is on a list of high transmission rate applications (e.g., video conferencing sites, gaming sites); and/or when a request is received from an application that typically requires downloading of application code data (e.g., service packs, software updates). In response to the user entering and/or selecting the triggering preferences, the triggering preferences are stored in the trigger profile system 110.
At step  204, the trigger detection system 108 monitors the service provider network for events, or tasks, that correspond to the trigger events contained in the end user's 116 trigger preference list located on the trigger profile system 110. Step 204 continues to be performed until a trigger event is detected. When a trigger event is detected, step 206 is performed and the trigger processing logic 106 notifies the user client system 112 that a trigger event has occurred. At step 208, software located on the user client system 112 presents an option to invoke the network turbo boost service for the trigger event, or task, to the end user 116. If the end user 116 does not select the network turbo boost service, as determined at step 210, then the task associated with the trigger event is performed without the network turbo boost service and processing continues at step 204. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, if the user does not select the turbo boost option, as presented at step 208, within a pre-selected period of time (e.g., two minutes, five minutes) then it is assumed that the end user 116 does not want to enable the network turbo boost service. In this case, the task associated with the trigger event is performed without the network turbo boost service and processing continues at step 204. This feature may be utilized to prevent the suspension of all activity towards completing the task associated with the trigger event until the end user 116 takes an action at step 210. If it is determined at step 210 that the end user 116 has selected the network turbo boost service option, then step 212 is performed and the network turbo boost service is enabled for the task associated with the trigger event.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of illustrative triggers that may be supported by exemplary embodiments of the present invention. The service provider system  104 includes the trigger detection system 108 that seeks to detect the trigger events listed in the service provider trigger monitor/logic box 304. The first type of trigger event that may be detected by the trigger detection system 108 is a request from an application. This occurs if an external application 302 requests that the network turbo boost service be offered to an end user 116 or that the network turbo boost service be invoked directly. The second kind of trigger event listed in the service provider trigger monitor/logic box 304 is a request from a user client. This kind of trigger event occurs if the user client software 306 located on the user client system 112 sends a message that the end user 116 has manually requested that the network turbo boost service be invoked. In addition, this type of trigger event may occur if the client software 306 detects excessive file transfer time (or a timeout has occurred) and because of this the user client software 306 requests that the network turbo boost service option be presented to the end-user 116.
A third type of trigger event listed in the service provider trigger monitor logic box  304 is where a specific destination address is accessed. For example, the preference list may specify a Microsoft operating system software update address that is typically utilized to distribute operating system software updates. These update files may usually be quite large and therefore, the end-user 116 is to be presented with an option to use the network turbo boost service whenever this site is accessed. A fourth type of trigger event occurs when the size of a file to be transferred is larger than a pre-selected size limit. Other types of triggering events are possible and the trigger events described in reference to FIG. 3 are meant to be examples of some types of triggering events. Any triggering events known in the art may be utilized by exemplary embodiments of the present invention.
In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, default preference lists may be initially defined by a service provider. These default preference lists may include instructions on whether to automatically invoke a network turbo boost service for the associated task when a trigger event occurs or whether to present the end user  116 with an option to invoke the network turbo boost service for the associated task when the trigger event occurs. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, some, all or none of the trigger events in the default preference list may be modifiable by a user. Additional trigger events may be added to the default preference list and kept for a specific user in the trigger profile system. By not allowing a user to modify all of the default trigger events, the service provider can maintain some control over when the network turbo boost service is offered to a user.
if the monitoring results in locating a task that meets at least one of the turbo boost triggering criteria then invoking the network turbo boost service for the task.
detecting a destination address that is on a list of high transmission rate applications.
detecting a file transfer time that is larger than a pre-selected time.
5. The method of claim 2 wherein the application-based trigger includes detecting that an application has requested the network turbo boost service.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the triggering criteria are created by the user.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the triggering criteria are created by a service provider.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the triggering criteria are created by a service provider and the user.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the user is an application program.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the user is user client software.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the task includes accessing a website.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the task includes at least one of downloading and uploading data.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein the task includes at least one of streaming audio and video content.
14. The method of claim 1 further comprising executing the task without the network turbo boost service if the user does not respond to the offer to invoke a network turbo boost service for the task within a pre-selected time interval.
invoking the network turbo boost service for the task if the user responds to the offer by requesting that the network turbo boost service be invoked for the task.
if the monitoring results in locating a task that meets at least one of the turbo boost automatic triggering criteria then invoking the network turbo boost service for the task that meets the automatic triggering criteria.
invoking the network turbo boost service for the task if the user responds to the offer via the network by requesting that the network turbo boost service be invoked for the task.
18. The system of claim 17 wherein the network is the Internet.
19. The system of claim 17 wherein the network is a broadband network.


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The first Ugandans to be ordained priests were Victor Mukasa Womeraka and Bazilio Lumu.
The first Ugandans to be ordained priests were Victor Mukasa Womeraka and Bazilio Lumu. They were ordained at Villa-Maria Parish in Masaka Diocese by Bishop Henri Streicher, then Vicar Apostolic of Northern Nyanza, on June 29, 1913.
The two priests were buried inside Villa Maria Cathedral, close to former bishops Streicher and Adrian Ddungu.
The two priests were among the first six seminarians who were admitted at a new seminary at Rubaga in Kampala, before it was relocated to Kisubi, near Entebbe. Laer, it was then relocated to Biikira, Kyotera in Masaka, to Bukalasa and finally to Katigondo in 1911.
According to Waliggo, Streicher introduced a tradition, which continues to this day during ordinations. Just after the first ordination, which was massively attended, he knelt down before the two fresh priests to receive their blessing.
It had never been imagined that a whiteman and a bishop at that, could kneel before an African and ask for his blessing. The ululation was deafening!
Mukasa-Womeraka was 38 years old and Lumu, 31, when they became the first native priests in Africa, south of the Sahara. Christians partied and feasted on cows, goats and chicken donated for the occasion by the people, including the local Buganda chiefs.
Lumu celebrated his first holy mass at Katigondo, while Mukasa-Womeraka had his at Villa Maria.
Victor Mukasa-Womeraka was born on May 5, 1882, at Buubwe-Bugaaju, Matale Catholic Parish, Masaka Diocese. His parents were Petro Lugi of the monkey (Nkima) clan and Anne Ndisala of the bush buck clan (Engabi).
His mother died when he was four and he was brought up by his maternal grandfather and uncle. He joined the catechumenate at Villa Maria in 1893 and was baptised the following year. After his baptism, he remained at Villa Maria, serving the parish priest, the Rev. Fr. Henri Streicher. He also looked after the parish office's goats.
In 1897, Mukasa-Womeraka accompanied Streicher to Bukumbi on the southern shore of Lake Victoria in Tanzania and witnessed his episcopal consecration by Bishop John Joseph Hirth on August 15, the same year. Impressed by the new bishop's homily on the importance of training an indigenous clergy, Mukasa-Womeraka joined the junior seminary at Kisubi in September 1897. He was ordained a priest in 1913.
Fr. Basilio Lumu was born in Bukalagi, Gomba district, in 1875. His father was Wamala Lumu from the sheep (Endiga) clan and his mother was unknown. Both parents died when Lumu was a toddler. He was baptised at Rubaga on September 8, 1891.
Following the years of the 1892 religious wars, his family fled to Buddu (Masaka), where most Catholics migrated. Lumu attended school at Kampungu Kalisizo in Masaka, now Rakai district.
When he joined the seminary, there were 33 students, but only Lumu went on to become a priest in 1913.
Lumu joined the major seminary on October 13, 1903.
After he was appointed to teach at Bukalasa Minor Seminary. He remained there till 1918. He later served in different parishes. Lumu died in March, 1946, at the age of 54 and was buried in Bukalasa. His remains were later transferred to Villa-Maria Church.
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Resources Needed for School Gardens!
"We're flying the coop and heading south! I've disbanded my coop and have a few things to offer this group.....let me know if you're interested! 1) A wooden crate with wire around it that I use as a mobile chicken tractor.…"
David MacLeod commented on Deanna Lloyd's event Shuksan MS Make a Difference Day Garden Workparty!
"I'm sorry I won't be able to attend. Hope it goes well!"
"In response to Kate's comment about being able to get good, local food in town, check out the the Common Threads Farm and School Garden Youth Grown Market that will be occurring on Tuesdays! Shop at the Youth Grown Market Stand Tuesdays…"
"Anybody in Bellingham have duck eggs they are looking to sell? We would love to eat some!"
"We have another great opportunity to get the Transition Southside beds at the CLSR up and running! We'd LOVE your help the evening Thursday, 4/28! We have a lot of work to do plus it is so amazing to watch a big patch of lawn turn…"
Heard about the movement at a Permaculture course and researching more, it just makes sense! This is what I've been trying to do on a personal scale, but was unsure of how to reach out and connect with my community...this is a great tool for doing that.
Enthusiasm, love of the natural world and a desire to make our planet a happier, healthier place to live!
To help my transition my community both locally and globally into a more sustainable and loving place.
A school in the Netherlands recently banned vehicles from stopping at its curb which in turn discouraged parents to drop their children off by car. The Netherlands already has the highest rate of bicycle commuters so this probably wasn't a huge shift in the structure of the community, but still very neat to see.
Hi Deanna, the details of the herbal medicine-making workshop are now up on the TW events page along with my phone number, please call me and leave your email and phone number to reserve your spot. Thanks!
Hi Deanna, I think Shannon Maris & Jean Kroll may also be attending the potluck, and possibly Jeff W....Give me a call if you need their numbers...Shannon is in Happy Valley area.
Sorry i don't have your number, but would like to carpool out to the potluck today. Can you call me at 671-6 zero 75?
Deanna! Thanks for adding all the school garden work-party events. Its such a great way for gardeners to spread the joy & abundance.
Thank you also for your comment contributions to the Organic Gardeners group!
Every circumstance of gardener, garden location & mission is different, and I appreciate you sharing your perspectives!......I like ease of the straw too! Especially in gardens where helpers don't know whats a weed & whats a young plant.
I had fun helping to move 22 yards of compost with you, although my back is feeling it now... it looks like you left some feedback on my Wendell Berry summary that I haven't read yet; so we were close to meeting online. Keep me posted on further school garden events etc. I'd like to help when I can. Nice to meet you and take care.
Hi Again!, I remember now how we are both part of the network of folks who have worked with children & school gardening.
I wonder if you, would be interested in posting a forum/discussion on our transition site to share the vision and the current progress. I know that Tristen is also very interested in creating a group - 'School Gardening Cooperative', which would be comprised of schools around Bellingham who desire gardens within their campuses. I'm thinking you & him & Laura Platt at Common Threads may already be connected?
I was not able to attend the October meeting for the Whatcom County School Garden Collective. Did you attend? I have not yet read any summary of the meeting.


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Opening Government? The Case of the Philippines in the Open Government Partnership
This study aims to determine whether and how the Open Government Partnership (OGP) has been leveraged to promote a more accountable, open, and responsive government in the Philippines.
To accomplish this aim, the study revolves around two specific themes: the institutionalization of the open government agenda and the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BuB) reform program in the Philippines, and the extent to which OGP was leveraged in each of these processes. In examining the institutionalization of the open government agenda, we focus in particular on how reformers working on this issue leveraged OGP to expand the scope, sustainability, and nature and continuity of state–civil society engagement in that agenda. By investigating the links between BuB and OGP explore whether and how OGP was factored into the implementation of a specific successful open government reform program. Our study recognizes that inputs, implementation, outcomes, and feedback in the reform process all exist in a given political context that shapes all aspects of that process, including how and why an international initiative, like the OGP, is leveraged.
The study uses interviews, focus groups, and relevant literature to investigate the themes above, and to contextualize the journey of open governance efforts in the Philippines. It finds that at least some key reformers leveraged OGP to:
1) Ensure consistent and regular attention to open government reforms, and to withstand criticisms and distraction from scandals;
2) Validate the administration's good governance credentials and win and maintain international support, earning international and domestic political legitimacy in the process;
3) Recruit and mobilize other reform champions in the bureaucracy and facilitate coordination with other agencies, thus enhancing the strength of reformers in the government; and
4) Serve as a mechanism for regular and consistent monitoring that improved the government's accountability over some of its open government commitments.
Conversely, OGP's inputs were of limited value in improving the ability of stakeholders to navigate the local open government journey or re-balancing power through new forms of collective action. Indeed, as demonstrated by the BuB experience, the OGP has not been leveraged to substantively broaden, deepen, or transform the open government agenda in the country or to achieve concrete results in specific reform programs that would have otherwise not been achieved. The open government reform agenda items pursued through the OGP were already included in the government's priorities and plans. Therefore, even without the OGP, reforms like the BuB would have received the same emphasis. In addition, while OGP's inputs (e.g., technical peer ii exchange visits, awards, and regional events) have been leveraged to contribute to top-level processes and requirements, the value OGP added to BuB was not integral to local-level situations, nor did it influence the local–national dynamics that did feed into the success of BuB.
This case therefore shows that although OGP has played a minor political role at the national level, its inputs and processes are inadequate and limited in the extent that they reach the sub-national and local levels. Here, reform involves the highly nuanced and dynamic engagement of local actors from and between civil society, national government agencies, and local governments whose commitment and capacity to, and the appreciation of, pursue open government reforms vary widely between geographical spaces and sectors.
Michael Moses
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High protein diets shift the faecal microbiota into a more unfavourable composition in obese humans. In lean dogs, higher protein consumption is accompanied with increased production of putrefactive fermentation products, whereas obese dogs have a different gut microbiota compared to lean dogs. Still, the impact of high dietary protein on gut microbiota in obese dogs remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate faecal microbial changes in lean and obese dogs in response to two different levels of dietary protein.
Six healthy lean and six obese Beagles were fed a high protein diet (HP) and a low protein diet (LP) for 28 days each in a crossover design. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and quantitative PCR were performed on faecal samples for microbial profiling. Plasma acylcarnitine and fermentation metabolites were measured.
Dogs fed HP had higher concentrations of protein fermentation metabolites including faecal ammonia, isovalerate, isobutyrate, phenol, indole, serum indoxyl sulphate and plasma 3-OH isovalerylcarnitine compared to dogs fed LP, whereas no changes in faecal concentrations of acetate and butyrate were observed. The abundances of clostridial clusters IV and XIVa, covering the majority of butyrate-producing bacteria, and of the butyrate kinase gene, one of the terminal genes of the butyrate synthesis pathway were higher in dogs on HP compared to LP. Significant interactions between diet and body condition were found for the abundance of Firmicutes, Lactobacillus and clostridial cluster I. The similarity coefficient of faecal microbiota between the two diets was smaller in obese dogs than in lean dogs.
High protein diet increased the abundance and activity of butyrate-producing bacteria in Beagles independent of the body condition. In addition, increasing dietary protein content had a greater overall impact on faecal microbiota in obese compared to lean dogs.
Obesity is defined as an accumulation of excessive amounts of adipose tissue in the body, and it is the most common nutritional disorder in companion animals . The prevalence of obesity has been reported to range from 8 to 34% in dogs [2, 3]. In the last decade, the link between obesity and gut microbiota has been established in humans and rodents [4–6], however, compared to humans, the relationship between gut microbiota and obesity is less well understood in dogs and needs to be investigated [7, 8].
Gut microbiota are mainly influenced by undigested dietary carbohydrates and protein. In dogs, there is increasing interest in feeding high protein diets, e.g. raw meat-based diets and weight management diets [9, 10]. In obese humans, high protein diets result in decreased butyrate concentration and numbers of butyrate-producing bacteria. Additionally, several studies carried out in lean dogs reported negative effects of colonic protein fermentation including increased faecal pH and elevated production of putrefactive substances . Furthermore, a high protein diet has shown to promote the growth of Clostridium perfringens and to reduce the abundance of clostridial cluster XIVa in dogs . However, the impact of high protein diets on faecal microbiota in obese dogs has not been studied.
The interactions between gut microbiota and host metabolism are of great importance thus receiving increased attention more recently . Short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) are major fermentation products that are rapidly absorbed and utilized by the host. The metabolism of SCFA requires activation with coenzyme (CoA) . Intracellular CoA bound acylgroups are then transported from the cytoplasm to the mitochondria by means of carnitine groups. Therefore, acetylcarnitine, propionylcarnitine, and butyrylcarnitines are measures of the respective SCFA-CoA by which SCFA influence cellular metabolism [14, 15]. In addition, the protein fermentation product indole can be metabolized to indoxyl sulphate by the liver , and the latter has been associated with chronic kidney disease in dogs . Therefore, the assessment of these metabolites might be a useful approach to evaluate host metabolism of the gut fermentation end-products [18, 19].
Butyrate-producing bacteria supply energy to the gut epithelium, regulate host cell responses, and therefore, are considered to exert health-promoting effects on the colon . The reduction of butyrate-producing bacteria has been associated with colon cancer and inflammatory bowel disease [21, 22]. The biosynthesis of butyrate can occur via the butyrate kinase (BK) pathway or via the butyryl CoA: acetate CoA transferase (BCoAT) pathway . Although clostridial clusters IV and XIVa consist the majority of butyrate-producing bacteria from human colon , they still habour a diverse collection of non-butyrate producers. Therefore, assessing terminal genes of butyrate synthesis pathways could provide valuable information specifically target the activity of the butyrate-producing bacterial community.
The aim of the present study was (1) to investigate the impact of dietary protein on faecal microbial profile and functionality especially focusing on butyrate-producing microbiota and the concomitant fermentation and host metabolic profile in dogs; and (2) to compare the response of lean and obese dogs to two different levels of dietary protein. We hypothesize that high protein diet alters the profile and functionality of faecal microbiota and thus induces associated changes to host metabolism. The diversity and composition of faecal microbiota were measured through DGGE and quantitative PCR. The functionality of faecal microbiota was assessed by quantifying faecal fermentation metabolites and terminal genes expression for butyrate synthesis. The effect on the host metabolism was evaluated through the concentrations of plasma acylcarnitines and serum indoxyl sulphate.
This study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium (EC 2011/056).
Twelve healthy Beagles (Marshall Farms and Domaine des Souches) with a mean age of 6.0 years (range 3.8–8.3 year) were included in this study. Six Beagles (one spayed and three intact females; two intact males) were lean with a body condition score (BCS) of 4–5/9 and six Beagles (three intact females, one castrated and two intact males) were obese with a BCS of 8–9/9 . Obesity was induced approximately one year prior to the present study by feeding the dogs a high fat commercial diet as described by Van de Velde et al., . Prior to the study, dogs were deemed healthy, apart from obesity in six dogs, based on physical exams, complete blood counts, and serum biochemistry.
Two isocaloric experimental diets (Table 1), a high protein diet (HP) which consisted of 50.0 g crude protein (CP), 12.2 g ether extract (EE) and 32.2 g nitrogen free extract (NFE) on 100 g dry matter (DM) basis and a low protein diet (LP) which consisted of 17.8 g CP, 13.6 g EE and 62.3 g NFE on 100 g DM basis were formulated with the same ingredients (NV Versele-Laga). Both diets met the Minimal Requirement for adult dogs according to the National Research Council (NRC) . The initial amount of food offered was calculated based on individual maintenance energy requirements according to population history and adjusted to maintain a stable body weight throughout the study. Dogs were fed twice daily and had free access to water.
The study was designed as a crossover with two 4-weeks periods. The first 3 weeks were an adaptation period and samples were taken in the fourth week. In the first period, three lean and three obese dogs were randomly selected and assigned to LP first and the other three lean and obese dogs first received HP. In the second period, diets were switched. Each dog was therefore assigned to one of four groups (group 1: lean dogs received LP first; group 2 lean dogs received HP first; group 3 obese dogs received LP first; group 4 obese dogs received HP first).
Leftover food was collected and weighed after each feeding. Body weight and BCS were measured weekly. After overnight fasting, blood samples were drawn from the jugular vein on day 27 of each period. Heparinized plasma and serum were obtained by centrifugation at 1620 g for 15 min at 4 °C and stored at −20 °C until assayed. On day 27 of each period, fresh faecal samples (± 10 g) were collected within 10 min after spontaneous voiding. An aliquot of ±2 g was put into a sterile plastic tube, frozen immediately on dry ice and stored at −80 °C for microbial analyses, and the rest was stored at −20 °C for chemical analyses.
Dry matter of diets and faecal samples was analyzed by drying to a constant weight at 103 °C (ISO 1442, 1997), and crude ash was determined by combustion at 550 °C (ISO 936, 1998). Dietary crude protein was calculated from Kjeldahl nitrogen (6.25 × N, ISO 5983–1, 2005), ether extract was analyzed by the Soxhlet method (ISO 1443, 1973) and crude fibre was determined by acid-alkali digestion (ISO 5498, 1981). Nitrogen-free extract was calculated by subtracting crude ash, crude protein, crude fat, and crude fibre of the DM content. Total dietary fibre (TDF) and insoluble dietary fibre was measured with a Total Dietary Fibre Assay Kit (Sigma–Aldrich Co.), using procedures based on a combination of enzymatic and gravimetric methods . Soluble dietary fibre was calculated by subtracting insoluble dietary fibre for the TDF .
Faecal pH was measured with a portable pH meter (Hanna Instruments). Faecal ammonia was analysed by steam distillation and titration . Faecal SCFA concentrations were determined via gas chromatography after extraction with diethyl ether . Faecal phenol, indole and p-cresol concentrations were measured as described by Depauw et al. .
Serum cobalamin and folate concentrations were measured using commercially available ARCHITECT B12 and ARCHITECT Folate assays, respectively, on ARCHITECT i System (Abbott Diagnostics). Plasma acylcarnitine profile was determined according to Zytkovicz et al. . Serum indoxyl sulphate concentrations were measured according to Depauw et al. .
Total bacterial DNA extractions from 500 mg faeces were performed according to Boon et al. . Isolated DNA was subsequently used as a template to amplify the 16S rDNA for all members of the Bacteria with forward primer P338F-GC and the reverse primer P518r, and a GC-clamp of 40 bp was incorporated into the forward primer. DGGE based on the protocol of Muyer et al.  was performed on the Bio-Rad D gene system (Bio-Rad). The PCR products (10 μL of mixture from 20 μL PCR product and 5 μL loading dye) of the second round were loaded. The obtained DGGE patterns were normalized and analyzed using BioNumerics 2.0 (Applied Maths) . The number of bands in the DGGE profile was used to calculate the richness in the present study. A matrix of similarities for the densiometric curves of the band patterns was calculated based on the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, and dendrograms were created by using Ward linkage .
The quantification of DNA by qPCR was performed with a C1000 Thermal Cycler (Bio-Rad). The amplification and detection were carried out in 96-well plates using SensiMixTM SYBR No-ROX Kit (Bioline Reagents Ltd). Each reaction was done in triplicate in 12 μL total reaction mixture using 2 μL of 50 ng of the DNA sample except for BK where 2 μL of undiluted DNA was used. All qPCR results were expressed as gene copies per g of fresh faeces. The primer sets used in this study are listed in Table 2. A melting curve analysis was done after amplification to confirm specificity of the reaction. Quantification was done by using standard curves made from known concentrations of plasmid DNA containing the respective amplicon for each set of primers.
Statistical analyses were performed with RStudio (The R Foundation for Statistical Computing, version 3.1.0) using the gamm4 package for R (version 0.2–2).
To test the effect of both dietary protein levels on composition and functionality of microbiota in lean and obese dogs and their effect on host metabolism, a general additive mixed model was used: Y = μ + dog + diet + BC + group + D × BC + ε, where μ is the overall mean, Dog a random effect; diet refers to HP or LP; BC is the body condition of the dogs (lean vs. obese), group is the order by which dogs received the diets (groups 1–4) and refers to the carry-over effect, D × BC is the interaction between diet and body condition and refers to the direction or size of the effect of dietary protein on lean and obese animals; and ε is the error term.
Faecal concentration of valerate and p-cresol were only detected in three and one samples, respectively, and hence these parameters were not taken into consideration when performing the statistical analysis.
For the D × BC, the nparcomp package of R was used (version 2.0) for post-hoc test by creating dummy variables and an own contrast matrix.
Statistical significance was accepted at P < 0.05.
Two obese dogs (one from group 3 and one from group 4) were excluded from the study due to injuries not associated with the present study. Significant D × BC interactions were observed on BW and BCS, and post hoc analysis could only detect the differences between lean and obese dogs (Table 3). No difference was observed on food and energy intake between diets and BC (Table 3). Protein intake was significantly higher in HP compared to LP (P < 0.001).
Faecal concentrations of ammonia (P < 0.001), isovalerate (P < 0.001), isobutyrate (P < 0.001), phenol (P = 0.004) and indole (P = 0.002) were higher in dogs on HP compared to LP (Table 3). In addition, faecal isovalerate (P = 0.010) and isobutyrate (P = 0.009) concentrations were higher in obese than lean dogs. A significant D × BC interaction was observed on faecal propionate (P = 0.017), however, a carry-over effect was observed for faecal propionate (P = 0.049, data not shown). No differences in faecal concentrations of acetate, butyrate, and total SCFA were observed between diets or BC (Table 3).
Serum indoxyl sulphate concentration was higher in dogs fed HP than LP (P = 0.027) (Table 4). Within the plasma acylcarnitine profile, only 3-OH isovalerylcarnitine (3OH-C5) was higher (P = 0.012) for dogs fed HP compared to LP (Table 4).
Neither the type of diets nor the individual played an important role in the clustering of the microbial community (Fig. 1). Although seven out of ten dogs had greater richness when fed HP compared to LP irrespective of BC, no significant difference was observed between diets and between lean and obese dogs. The average value of faecal microbial richness was 17.0 in this study (Fig. 2). The order of the diet (effects of group) did not affect the similarity coefficient of faecal microbiota (Fig. 3a). However, faecal microbiota of obese dogs had a lower similarity value compared to lean dogs (52% vs. 76%) when the two diets were switched (P = 0.050) (Fig. 3b).
Higher faecal abundances of clostridial cluster IV (P = 0.025), XIVa (P = 0.001) and of the BK gene (P = 0.019) were observed when dogs were fed HP compared to LP (Table 5). In addition, a significant D × BC interaction was observed for Firmicutes (P = 0.007), Lactobacillus (P = 0.017) and clostridial cluster I (P = 0.022). Compared to LP, HP increased the abundance of Firmicutes in lean dogs (P < 0.05), while no changes were observed in obese dogs. Clostridial cluster I was more abundant in lean dogs when fed HP than LP (P < 0.05), whereas post-hoc test did not reveal any differences between the four groups for Lactobacillus. No effects of diet or BC were found for faecal concentrations of total bacteria, Bacteroidetes, Enterobacteriaceae and gene express of BCoAT.
Understanding how dietary components alter the composition and activity of gut microbiota direct nutritional interventions and disease prevention strategies. The present study has demonstrated an impact of dietary protein content on both composition and activity of faecal microbiota in dogs. In particular, the major butyrate producing bacterial groups, Clostridial cluster IV and XIVa, and BK, the terminal gene of butyrate production were increased in dogs fed HP. Interestingly the present study has also shown a different response to dietary protein content in lean and obese dogs, which to the author's knowledge has not yet been reported. In previous studies, human obesity has been associated with a number of changes in faecal microbial groups, such as consistently reported changes in two predominant phyla Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes, which have been suggested to be important for energy harvest [5, 6]; and an increase in the family Enterobacteriaceae, an important producer of inflammatory lipopolysaccaride . In addition, decreases in butyrate producing bacteria have been reported in obese humans with reduced carbohydrate intake . Therefore, these bacterial groups were selected and measured in the present study. Surprisingly, in contrast to humans, increases in the abundance of major butyrate-producing bacterial groups, clostridial clusters IV and XIVa were observed in this study. However, clostridial clusters IV and XIVa still harbour non-butyrate-producing bacteria and some butyrate-producing strains within these clusters (eg. Coprococcus catus and Roseburia inulinivorans) can switch from butyrate to propionate production [38, 39]. When measuring the terminal genes of the two butyrate production pathways, the BK gene was increased whereas BCoAT remained unchanged in dogs fed HP. This is in contrast to humans where the BCoAT pathway has been found to be the dominant pathway for butyrate formation . Possible reasons for dogs utilizing a different butyrate synthesis pathway compared to humans are explained below.
The accumulation of butyrate-producing bacteria is often associated with intake of fibre. In this study, TDF in HP was two-fold higher compared to LP. Generally, TDF is comprised of plant fibre which in this study was provided by brewer's rice, rice meal, and beet pulp (Table 1), with TDF ranging from 1.6–16.4% [40, 41], 2.4–4.6% , and 60–80% , respectively. However, TDF does not clearly differ from HP to LP in terms of plant fibre content. Therefore, the higher TDF content in HP vs. LP could be of animal origin [31, 43], where the content of pork greaves was clearly higher in HP vs LP. TDF in the pork greaves was thus analyzed and observed to be 7.0% on DM basis.
Although TDF was higher, soluble fibre was much lower in HP compared to LP. In contrast to insoluble fiber which cannot be fermented, soluble fibre is readily fermentable . Thus, it is unlikely that the dietary fibre contributed to the increase in butyrate producing bacteria. Importantly, butyrate can be formed by fermentation of amino acids, such as glutamate and leucine . Thus, in the present study, amino acids might be the important substrates for the growth of butyrate producing bacteria. This is supported by increased BK gene expression because BK pathway might be associated more with protein-rich environment, whereas BCoAT pathway is depending on a consistent supply of acetate that is derived from carbohydrates . Recent studies have found that the BK gene was more abundant in carnivorous animals and BCoAT gene was enriched in omnivores and herbivores .
As dogs may use a different pathway for butyrate production, it raises the question whether dogs possess the same predominant butyrate producers as humans (clostridial clusters IV and XIVa). The butyrate kinase gene pathway is linked to C. perfringens dominated in many Carnivores (e.g. ferret, tiger, African lion) and non-carnivorous Carnivora (e.g. red panda and giant panda) . In this study C. perfringens was not measured, but it is the major component of clostridial cluster I. The clostridial cluster I was increased when dogs were fed HP, however, it still needs to be confirmed if increased clostridial cluster I abundance is due to increases in C. perfringens numbers. Nevertheless, other canine studies have also shown that high protein diets promoted the growth of C. perfringens . Thus, closteridial cluster I might also be important for butyrate production in dogs. Further studies are warranted to investigate the diversity, metabolism and microbial ecology of butyrate-producing bacteria from the dog gut.
In contrast to our results, another study reported high dietary protein decreased the abundance of clostridial cluster XIVa in dogs . This contradiction might be due to the different quality/components in the greaves meal (e.g. bone and cartilage), and/or different level of greaves meal included in the diet, 80.0% in that study vs. 53.4% in our study, in particular, diarrhea has been observed in that study, which possibly indicates gut dysbiosis in those dogs fed that diet. Furthermore, faecal butyrate concentrations and plasma C4 concentrations did not differ between the two diets, this could be due to the fact that faecal concentrations may not necessarily reflect SCFA production in the proximal colon because more than 95% of SCFA are absorbed rapidly . Nevertheless, a recent study observed an increased butyrate concentration in a high minced beef diet compared to commercial dry food, whereas protein content was 46.2% versus 27.1% on dry matter basis . Moreover, the technique used to measure acylcarnitines could not separate butyrylcarnitine and isobutyrylcarnitine. Therefore, the accurate estimation of in vivo butyrate production is hardly feasible in dogs.
Although several studies have shown that high protein diets can alter faecal microbiota in obese human subjects , whether the diet independent of the obese phenotype is responsible for the changes remains largely unknown. One study reported an increase in Enterobacteriales in the faecal microbiota of obese but not of lean rats . In the present study, the similarity coefficient of faecal microbiota between the two diets was lower in obese dogs than in lean dogs (Fig. 2b), suggesting faecal microbiota in lean dogs might be more resilient to dietary protein changes than in obese dogs. This is in accordance with another study that found dietary protein and carbohydrate ratios have more significant impacts on gut microbial compositions in obese dogs than in lean dogs . In addition, within the quantified bacterial groups, a high protein diet promoted bacterial growth, i.e. Firmicutes, Lactobacillus and clostridial cluster I in lean dogs whereas no changes were observed obese dogs (Table 5). Therefore, dietary modulation on faecal microbiota was also affected by body condition in dogs.
As expected, colonic protein fermentation was increased in dogs fed HP as indicated by higher faecal concentrations of putrefactive compounds (ammonia, indole and phenol) and branched-chain fatty acids (isovalerate and isobutyrate) compared to dogs consuming LP. These results are in agreement with previous studies in dogs fed high protein diets [11, 51]. In addition, higher serum concentrations of indoxyl sulphate and 3-OH isovalerylcarnitine in dogs fed HP were observed, supporting colonic production and absorption of protein fermentation metabolites . To date, no toxicity or tolerance tests have been performed on the effects of protein fermentation metabolites on canine gut health, and the only studies available concerning the link between protein fermentation and canine gut health have evaluated the effects of prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics [52, 53]. Studies have found Novosphingobium sp. and Haliangium ochraceum, which are capable of breaking down aromatic putrefactive substances were increased in cats fed a high protein diet . Therefore, whether the increased protein fermentation metabolites are harmful for dogs needs to be further investigated, especially the beneficial effects of indole that have been proposed by in vitro studies, such as the increase in the expression of anti-inflammatory genes and strengthening of epithelial cell barrier properties .
In our study, high protein diet promoted the growth of butyrate-producing bacteria which includes clostridial clusters I, IV and XIVa in dogs independent of body condition, and importantly this butyrate synthesis is suggested to relate to the BK pathway as compared to BCoAT pathway in humans. Thus, the different metabolic pathway used for butyrate production provides valuable information for modulation of gut microbiota and their fermentation metabolites in dogs. In addition, HP induced several bacterial changes (including Firmicutes, Lactobacillus and clostridial cluster I) that are body condition dependent. Further, faecal microbiota in obese dogs seemed to be less stable compared to that of lean dogs. Together, the results of the present study suggest that diet composition per se had an important effect on the faecal microbiota, however, body condition also affected microbiota composition in dogs. This should be taken into consideration in future nutritional interventions and disease prevention.
The work of J. X. was supported by a grant attributed by the China Scholarship Council (CSC). M.M is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO, Belgium). The authors wish to thank Dr. Birgitte Wuyts for the analysis of plasma acylcarnitine profile, Versele-Lage NV (Deinze, Belgium) for providing the diets used in this study, Herman De Rycke, Julie Vanden Bussche, Tim Lacoere, Siska Maertens, Laura Statius and Saartje Van Beirs for technical assistance.
The work of J. X. was supported by a grant attributed by the China Scholarship Council (CSC). The funding body did not play any role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript.
Conceived and designed the experiment: JX, AV, MH. Performed the experiment: JX, VE, LV, MC. Contributed to/carried out analyses: JX, TVW, MM, VE, FVE, LV, MH. Performed statistical analysis: JX, ML, AC. Drafted and amended the manuscript: JX, AV, ML, AC, DJXL, TVW, VE, FVE, MC, MH. All authors contributed to and approved the final manuscript.


We don't mind admitting that we were very unsure of what we'd see from the slightly smaller version of the HD7970.
On the one hand we had the knowledge of how different the HD6950 was to it's larger brother, but on the other hand we knew how immense the performance of the HD7970 was. It was just a matter of which side the coin would fall.
To say that we were left stunned by the performance of the HD7950 is almost an understatement. It's brilliant.
To get this version the big tweaks we can see are a reduction in the Stream Processor count by 256, and a lower stock clock speed. Sure enough at stock the card is very good, but around the kind of levels that one would expect from the cheaper model.
It's when you overclock it, a very simple task indeed, that the true power of the HD7950 is unleashed. By the simple task of moving a slider you can easily obtain equal, and sometimes better, performance than its pricier stablemate.
Indeed the only price you pay for this is slightly higher idle temperatures. When under load the cooler is perfectly capable of keeping the temperatures below 80°C, at the slight cost of some noise pollution. But when you're getting this kind of performance some extraneous noise is to be expected and we'd be very miserable indeed to mark it down just for that.
Our over-riding impression is that the HD7950 hasn't actually been cut down enough in performance terms. Why spend the extra on the premium model when this, with a 5 second overclock, can match it and save you enough money for a couple of games. How much are you saving? Prices aren't confirmed yet but we're hearing about the same as a vanilla GTX580. It might be worth snatching them up before AMD notice how good they are.
We love it. We know you'll love it. Just know that to truly make it shine it's best overclocked. That isn't to say that the stock card isn't great, it is, it just can be so much more.
Radeon is once again a brand you can be proud to have in your PC. Wonderful. Of course it's Gold.
Thanks to HIS Digital for providing the HD7950 for review. Discuss in our forums.


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Q: Compiled ASP.NET App Doesn't Parse Classic ASP If I shove our intranet app live and let it be compiled on the fly without compiling it beforehand it works fine.  If I publish the site by compiling it first using VS's built in publishing feature then every page works fine except for the classic ASP pages.
Anyone know why this would happen? We have classic ASP because there's thousands of pages, many migrated from old systems but we simply don't have time to convert them all (just before anyone starts saying "just convert them!").
Cheers!

A: ASP classic isn't enabled by default on newer versions of IIS.
Here's how to enable it on IIS7.

A: When you publish the app, VS only copies the files needed by the app and/or referred in the project file.
Maybe the ASP classic pages depends on a file that it's not included on the published site.
To test it, publish the site, and then compare the files in the server with your local copy to check for missing files. (You can use a tool like Beyond Compare)

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Temporary halt in Ryanair's Race to the Bottom: Wizzair and it's Tent City at Budapest Airport.
In the past week, Hungary and Ukraine's low-cost carrier WizzAir, in order to cut costs, took up an invitation from Budapest Airport to no longer pay for buses to move passengers to the plane from the terminal. Instead a WizzAir 'tent city' was erected where passengers waited to board their flight. This follows on from RyanAir's insistence that passengers walk across the apron to board their flights.
Customers responded by complaining bitterly about this forcing WizzAir to reverse course.
Looks like WizzAir was trying to pass the buck on to Budapest Airport. The latter is desperate for funds after the loss of its hub carrier, Malév Hungarian Airlines, last year. Other desperate moves from BUD included no longer offering free priority security screening – forcing passengers to pay 7 euros to bypass the lines (unless the airline they are flying with pay BUD for their passengers).


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import * as asn1js from "asn1js";
import { getParametersValue, clearProps } from "pvutils";
import AlgorithmIdentifier from "./AlgorithmIdentifier.js";
//**************************************************************************************
/**
 * Class from RFC5652
 */
export default class PasswordRecipientinfo
{
	//**********************************************************************************
	/**
	 * Constructor for PasswordRecipientinfo class
	 * @param {Object} [parameters={}]
	 * @param {Object} [parameters.schema] asn1js parsed value to initialize the class from
	 */
	constructor(parameters = {})
	{
		//region Internal properties of the object
		/**
		 * @type {number}
		 * @desc version
		 */
		this.version = getParametersValue(parameters, "version", PasswordRecipientinfo.defaultValues("version"));

		if("keyDerivationAlgorithm" in parameters)
			/**
			 * @type {AlgorithmIdentifier}
			 * @desc keyDerivationAlgorithm
			 */
			this.keyDerivationAlgorithm = getParametersValue(parameters, "keyDerivationAlgorithm", PasswordRecipientinfo.defaultValues("keyDerivationAlgorithm"));

		/**
		 * @type {AlgorithmIdentifier}
		 * @desc keyEncryptionAlgorithm
		 */
		this.keyEncryptionAlgorithm = getParametersValue(parameters, "keyEncryptionAlgorithm", PasswordRecipientinfo.defaultValues("keyEncryptionAlgorithm"));
		/**
		 * @type {OctetString}
		 * @desc encryptedKey
		 */
		this.encryptedKey = getParametersValue(parameters, "encryptedKey", PasswordRecipientinfo.defaultValues("encryptedKey"));
		/**
		 * @type {ArrayBuffer}
		 * @desc password Password to derive key from
		 */
		this.password = getParametersValue(parameters, "password", PasswordRecipientinfo.defaultValues("password"));
		//endregion

		//region If input argument array contains "schema" for this object
		if("schema" in parameters)
			this.fromSchema(parameters.schema);
		//endregion
	}
	//**********************************************************************************
	/**
	 * Return default values for all class members
	 * @param {string} memberName String name for a class member
	 */
	static defaultValues(memberName)
	{
		switch(memberName)
		{
			case "version":
				return (-1);
			case "keyDerivationAlgorithm":
				return new AlgorithmIdentifier();
			case "keyEncryptionAlgorithm":
				return new AlgorithmIdentifier();
			case "encryptedKey":
				return new asn1js.OctetString();
			case "password":
				return new ArrayBuffer(0);
			default:
				throw new Error(`Invalid member name for PasswordRecipientinfo class: ${memberName}`);
		}
	}
	//**********************************************************************************
	/**
	 * Compare values with default values for all class members
	 * @param {string} memberName String name for a class member
	 * @param {*} memberValue Value to compare with default value
	 */
	static compareWithDefault(memberName, memberValue)
	{
		switch(memberName)
		{
			case "version":
				return (memberValue === (-1));
			case "keyDerivationAlgorithm":
			case "keyEncryptionAlgorithm":
				return ((memberValue.algorithmId === "") && (("algorithmParams" in memberValue) === false));
			case "encryptedKey":
				return (memberValue.isEqual(PasswordRecipientinfo.defaultValues("encryptedKey")));
			case "password":
				return (memberValue.byteLength === 0);
			default:
				throw new Error(`Invalid member name for PasswordRecipientinfo class: ${memberName}`);
		}
	}
	//**********************************************************************************
	/**
	 * Return value of pre-defined ASN.1 schema for current class
	 *
	 * ASN.1 schema:
	 * ```asn1
	 * PasswordRecipientInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
	 *    version CMSVersion,   -- Always set to 0
	 *    keyDerivationAlgorithm [0] KeyDerivationAlgorithmIdentifier OPTIONAL,
	 *    keyEncryptionAlgorithm KeyEncryptionAlgorithmIdentifier,
	 *    encryptedKey EncryptedKey }
	 * ```
	 *
	 * @param {Object} parameters Input parameters for the schema
	 * @returns {Object} asn1js schema object
	 */
	static schema(parameters = {})
	{
		/**
		 * @type {Object}
		 * @property {string} [blockName]
		 * @property {string} [keyDerivationAlgorithm]
		 * @property {string} [keyEncryptionAlgorithm]
		 * @property {string} [encryptedKey]
		 */
		const names = getParametersValue(parameters, "names", {});

		return (new asn1js.Sequence({
			name: (names.blockName || ""),
			value: [
				new asn1js.Integer({ name: (names.version || "") }),
				new asn1js.Constructed({
					name: (names.keyDerivationAlgorithm || ""),
					optional: true,
					idBlock: {
						tagClass: 3, // CONTEXT-SPECIFIC
						tagNumber: 0 // [0]
					},
					value: AlgorithmIdentifier.schema().valueBlock.value
				}),
				AlgorithmIdentifier.schema(names.keyEncryptionAlgorithm || {}),
				new asn1js.OctetString({ name: (names.encryptedKey || "") })
			]
		}));
	}
	//**********************************************************************************
	/**
	 * Convert parsed asn1js object into current class
	 * @param {!Object} schema
	 */
	fromSchema(schema)
	{
		//region Clear input data first
		clearProps(schema, [
			"version",
			"keyDerivationAlgorithm",
			"keyEncryptionAlgorithm",
			"encryptedKey"
		]);
		//endregion

		//region Check the schema is valid
		const asn1 = asn1js.compareSchema(schema,
			schema,
			PasswordRecipientinfo.schema({
				names: {
					version: "version",
					keyDerivationAlgorithm: "keyDerivationAlgorithm",
					keyEncryptionAlgorithm: {
						names: {
							blockName: "keyEncryptionAlgorithm"
						}
					},
					encryptedKey: "encryptedKey"
				}
			})
		);

		if(asn1.verified === false)
			throw new Error("Object's schema was not verified against input data for PasswordRecipientinfo");
		//endregion

		//region Get internal properties from parsed schema
		this.version = asn1.result.version.valueBlock.valueDec;

		if("keyDerivationAlgorithm" in asn1.result)
		{
			this.keyDerivationAlgorithm = new AlgorithmIdentifier({
				schema: new asn1js.Sequence({
					value: asn1.result.keyDerivationAlgorithm.valueBlock.value
				})
			});
		}

		this.keyEncryptionAlgorithm = new AlgorithmIdentifier({ schema: asn1.result.keyEncryptionAlgorithm });
		this.encryptedKey = asn1.result.encryptedKey;
		//endregion
	}
	//**********************************************************************************
	/**
	 * Convert current object to asn1js object and set correct values
	 * @returns {Object} asn1js object
	 */
	toSchema()
	{
		//region Create output array for sequence
		const outputArray = [];

		outputArray.push(new asn1js.Integer({ value: this.version }));

		if("keyDerivationAlgorithm" in this)
		{
			outputArray.push(new asn1js.Constructed({
				idBlock: {
					tagClass: 3, // CONTEXT-SPECIFIC
					tagNumber: 0 // [0]
				},
				value: this.keyDerivationAlgorithm.toSchema().valueBlock.value
			}));
		}

		outputArray.push(this.keyEncryptionAlgorithm.toSchema());
		outputArray.push(this.encryptedKey);
		//endregion

		//region Construct and return new ASN.1 schema for this object
		return (new asn1js.Sequence({
			value: outputArray
		}));
		//endregion
	}
	//**********************************************************************************
	/**
	 * Convertion for the class to JSON object
	 * @returns {Object}
	 */
	toJSON()
	{
		return {
			version: this.version,
			keyDerivationAlgorithm: this.keyDerivationAlgorithm.toJSON(),
			keyEncryptionAlgorithm: this.keyEncryptionAlgorithm.toJSON(),
			encryptedKey: this.encryptedKey.toJSON()
		};
	}
	//**********************************************************************************
}
//**************************************************************************************

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I'm Thomas from Eightyone. How are you?
At the 2014, we travel to Tokyo joined the TAS2014 and meet with the presidents – Kei Miura-san, Kato-san and Ueda-san Bensopra CEO. Also we bring the model cars give to presidents as gift, appreciate that their effort and bring the ideas lead the car culture. Really have great time at Tokyo.
When we back to Hong Kong (oops, yes, I'm HongKonger) we continue to stay close with the "wide body bunny style" doing our product line close with Tra Kyoto, Liberty Walk and Bensopra. Such as Rocket Bunny S13, Rocket Bunny "rainbow", Liberty Walk BMW M3, Rocket Bunny V2 86, Liberty Walk 458… Also we have some project with Canada car shop "NextMOD" we doing his Liberty Walk R35.
And I think everyone who love cars, who will never forget him : Paul Walker. The latest GTR he used at Fast and Furious film. Which is R's Tuning Ricky's Bensopra R35 in matt metallic blue.
Not only the wide body, low and slow, track and function we also mad with it. Here is some serious build for the MCR R34, the real one also reported from Speedhunters earlier.
When I first check with SpeedHunters and found this monster show in my screen, I lick the screen many time, the Greddy 35RX. The body job take me 2 months to complete.
When we back from TAS2014, we take many pictures and many reference can be replica in scale models. The Top Fuel S2000RR is one of our project now and it will be release soon. And this monster will be join the WTAC 2014!
The prototype we made it by hand, the prototype builder from Thailand, he is Toppi. And my friend Andy Chu response the wheels (Advan TCIII) and tires (Advan A050) 3D drawing this time.


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A Brief Assessment of the Procompetitive Effects of Organizational Restructuring in the Ag-Biotech Industry
Geoffrey Manne — 9 May 2017
Today the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) Antitrust and Consumer Protection Research Program released a new white paper by Geoffrey A. Manne and Allen Gibby entitled:
Over the past two decades, rapid technological innovation has transformed the industrial organization of the ag-biotech industry. These developments have contributed to an impressive increase in crop yields, a dramatic reduction in chemical pesticide use, and a substantial increase in farm profitability.
One of the most striking characteristics of this organizational shift has been a steady increase in consolidation. The recent announcements of mergers between Dow and DuPont, ChemChina and Syngenta, and Bayer and Monsanto suggest that these trends are continuing in response to new market conditions and a marked uptick in scientific and technological advances.
Regulators and industry watchers are often concerned that increased consolidation will lead to reduced innovation, and a greater incentive and ability for the largest firms to foreclose competition and raise prices. But ICLE's examination of the underlying competitive dynamics in the ag-biotech industry suggests that such concerns are likely unfounded.
In fact, R&D spending within the seeds and traits industry increased nearly 773% between 1995 and 2015 (from roughly $507 million to $4.4 billion), while the combined market share of the six largest companies in the segment increased by more than 550% (from about 10% to over 65%) during the same period.
Firms today are consolidating in order to innovate and remain competitive in an industry replete with new entrants and rapidly evolving technological and scientific developments.
According to ICLE's analysis, critics have unduly focused on the potential harms from increased integration, without properly accounting for the potential procompetitive effects. Our brief white paper highlights these benefits and suggests that a more nuanced and restrained approach to enforcement is warranted.
Our analysis suggests that, as in past periods of consolidation, the industry is well positioned to see an increase in innovation as these new firms unite complementary expertise to pursue more efficient and effective research and development. They should also be better able to help finance, integrate, and coordinate development of the latest scientific and technological developments — particularly in rapidly growing, data-driven "digital farming" — throughout the industry.
Download the paper here.
And for more on the topic, revisit TOTM's recent blog symposium, "Agricultural and Biotech Mergers: Implications for Antitrust Law and Economics in Innovative Industries," here.
In ag-biotech symposium, agriculture, agtech/biotech, announcements, antitrust, cost-benefit analysis, Efficiencies, intellectual property, international center for law & economics, law and economics, markets, merger guidelines, Patents, technology, vertical restraints	ag-biotech, agriculture, bayer, biotech, consolidation, crop protection, dow, dupont, innovation, mergers, monsanto, Patents, seeds and traits, syngenta
Effects of gene editing on ag-biotech antitrust [Ag-Biotech Symposium]
Levi Russell — 31 March 2017
Levi A. Russell is Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Georgia and a blogger at Farmer Hayek.
Commenting on Microsoft's antitrust suit 18 years ago, Milton Friedman said the following:
Your industry, the computer industry, moves so much more rapidly than the legal process, that by the time this suit is over, who knows what the shape of the industry will be.
Though the legal process seems to be moving quickly in the cases of Dow/Dupont, ChemChina/Syngenta, and Bayer/Monsanto, seed technology is moving fast as well. With recent breakthroughs in gene editing, seed technology will be more dynamic, cheaper, and likely subject to far less regulation than the current transgenic technology.
GMO seeds produced using current techniques are primarily designed with specific insect control and herbicide tolerance. Gene editing has the potential to go much further by creating drought and disease tolerance as well as improving yield. It's difficult to know precisely how this new technology will be integrated into the industry, but its effects are likely to promote innovation from outside the three large firms that will result from the mergers and acquisitions mentioned above.
As in the food industry, small gene editing startups will be able to develop new traits with the intention of being acquired by one of the large firms in the industry. By allowing small firms to enter the seed biotech industry, gene editing will provide the sort of external innovation Joanna Shepherd notes is so important in understanding antitrust cases.
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When you install Instant IMtegrity 9, the installer creates the imtchatlog9.nsf database with a unique replica ID.
This means that if you install Instant IMtegrity on multiple servers, the imtchatlog9.nsf databases on those servers will not replicate by default.
If you prefer to have a common, replicated imtchatlog9.nsf between all IBM Domino servers, you can use the Instant IMtegrity configuration tool to set each imtchatlog9.nsf database automatically to a common, domain-wide replica ID to enable replication.
Change into the IBM Domino program folder.
You need to perform the above steps on all servers you want to include in the replication of imtchatlog9.nsf.
The Instant IMtegrity configuration database imtconfig.nsf will automatically replicate on all servers in the same domain. You do not need to manually set a domain-wide replica ID; the installer does this by default.


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We analyzed 47 unsuccessful experiences in communication out of 77 process records by the first-year nurse students in fundamental nursing practice. The results were as follows; 1) The nurse students ...tend to hesitate to communicate with their patients because of their concern and presumption, 2)they speak rather than listen to their patients when they are faced with the unfavorable topics. The teaching staffs should be qualified to be able to put student's thought into words by giving the appropriate instruction and guidance at the site of their unsuccessful experiences in communication.


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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Oakland Christian opens up tourney play with sweep of Shrine
By: Dan Stickradt, October 29, 2012, 11:00 pm
BY DAN STICKRADT
Twitter: @LocalSportsFans
MADISON HEIGHTS — A year ago Auburn Hills Oakland Christian was moved up to Class C after competing in Class D for nearly four decades.
The Lancers' girls volleyball team won their first two matches in the postseason last season before falling in the district finals to Madison Heights Bishop Foley, ending a nine-year run of advancing to at least the regional round.
Oakland Christian earned a rematch with Bishop Foley.
The Lancers opened up Class C district play Monday at Foley and rolled to a 3-0 sweep of Royal Oak Shrine Catholic. Oakland posted a 25-21, 25-15, 25-17 victory over the Knights, trailing only briefly in the first two games.
Oakland Christian held a 16-7 advantage in Game 1, saw Shrine battle back for a 19-7 advantage thanks to a 12-0 run, then go on an 8-2 run to close out the opener. Shrine held a couple of early leads in the second game before fading away.
"We've done it all year long," said veteran Oakland Christian coach Priscilla Larned of her team's comebacks. "I'm not happy with giving up that many points at a time, but I have watched them in other games when they've gotten behind 10 or 11 points and come back and won it. We have been coming back on teams all season."
The Lancers, who improved to 29-17-4 and will face Foley at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the second round, served up 19 aces as a team against Shrine (18-24-3).
The Lancers were not rattled after playing another vaunted schedule as a small Class C school that is just a few students over the Class D cutoff. Oakland Christian always plays big tournaments that even include Class A and Class B schools along with more suitable Class C and Class D programs.
"We've played such a tough schedule that I don't think it bothers them all that much to be down because they have played some really good teams," added Larned. "That prepares you for the tournament."
Shrine could not maintain the momentum after its 12-0 run in Game 1. The Knights led 7-6 in Game 2 and never led in Game 3.
"When you're playing a better team, you need to win the first game to put the fear in them a little bit," offered Shrine coach Bill Wolf. "Serve receive was the problem. There were too many aces (on our defense)."
The third game was the final blow, as Oakland Christian calmly built a 19-12 advantage. A kill from Marcella Compeau ended the match that took a little more than an hour to complete.
Becky VanSloten was a Knights killer all night with 16 kills, as she has inserted herself as the Lancers' go-to player on offense after following in a long list of All-State players. Compeau added 11 kills and sure-handed Erin Washington had 28 assists for Oakland Christian.
The Lancers, however, have thrived in recent weeks despite a revolving door of rotations and starting lineups all season and have consistently adapted. Oakland Christian is peaking at the right time despite the consistent string of changes.
"We have had so many lineups this year because of injury and ineligibility," added Larned. "It was another different one tonight. They have reacted well all season long to my changes."
Irene Peaslee had nine kills for Shrine.
(Dan Stickradt is Senior Editor for Digital Daily www.northoaklandsports.com and The Real Deal sports and coupons magazine, as well as a freelance writer for multiple media outlets, including State Champs! High School Sports Show website. He is a 20-year veteran sports journalist based in Oakland County, Mich. He can be reached by email at [email protected]. Follow on Twitter @LocalSportsFans.)


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ANDY Preece was delighted with Boxing Day's 4-0 win over Flintshire neighbours Connah's Quay.
But the Wingmakers' director of football is still unsure whether the 33 points garnered so far are enough to guarantee a top-six finish at the split.
"It's horrible, it's difficult this year, 30 points is normally enough. You look at our 33 after today's game and you're thinking I don't know if that is enough," he said.
"So we've just got to keep getting as many points as we can but obviously we've put ourselves in with a great chance and, if you're in the top six, you've got a chance to be in the top two or three or the play-offs.
"When we look at the teams that are not going to be in there, we're grateful that we are.
"I'm pretty sure another three points would be enough, so the sooner we can get those the better."
Preece is also pleased that the goals are starting to flow: "It was nice to score the goals because I have been critical of the lads, especially at Carmarthen and against Prestatyn, when we haven't really scored the goals our approach play deserved," he went on.
"I thought we did great today, it's always difficult playing against the sort of quality that Connah's Quay have got in their squad.
"I thought we went about it really well from the first minute, we played some good stuff but we had to patient at times because they do defend deep and look to counter, but it was a really professional performance.
"They weren't really causing us any sort of threat, we just had to be patient and take our chances when they came.
"They had one chance in the game at one-nil when we were totally dominating but James Coates has made a great save, it would have been a bit of a travesty if that had gone in.
"Once we got the second goal we felt that it would probably go three or four, maybe even more.
"But with another four today I can't complain."
Photos (top) Glenn Rule punches the air after scoring his goal and (below) Lewis Short is challenged by Nomads' Sean Miller.