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Here we are at the last part of this tutorial, Animating!
Most of the time, in video games, animations consist from frames. Frames are actually different poses of the model, generally with a certain time interval. For instance frames of walking animation, has poses of the model in diffrent moments of walking action. Game engines takes this poses, and by blending between them plays a smooth animation. If it was not to blend between frames, your animation would look like it's jumping from pose to pose. Anyway, we before getting side-tracked let's add frames to our model.
When we add frames, all frames will have the same default pose, the pose we built the model in, then we will edit the pose of the model and animate a walk cycle.
Click on the Add Frames button.
The red border around frame name indicates the current frame you are working on.
That's it. We added our frames, now we can go on to change pose of the model.
First, go to Bone Mode by clicking the Bone Mode icon from the toolbar. We are not going to edit the shape of the skin in anyway while animating, we will only rotate and move bones, and since we attached all vertices to bones, vertices and bones will move too.
In this part of the tutorial we are going to focus on this toolbar. Now make sure you are in Animate mode. When you are in animate mode, the Animate button on the frames toolbar turns yellow. You can toggle Animate mode by pressing on this button. Now if it is not already yellow, click on it to turn on the Animate mode. Toolbar buttons and controls will become active and Animate button will turn to yellow.
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I just rotated bones, as if posed my model as it was walking,I am using the red line as my imaginary ground to work easier.
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Delhi: In history, Congress vicepresident Rahul Gandhi will be remembered as a person who rekindled the hope of the victims of violence for justice. It is an opportunity to reopen closed issues and steer them towards closure. His candid admission that some of his party men were involved in the genocide of Sikhs in 1984 might be the step forward from the politics of apology towards fixing political as well as legal accountability. His observation has reinforced the belief that peace and peacekeeping are a serious business which otherwise, unfortunately, has become a preoccupation with the people who themselves are either responsible for or have contributed to violence indirectly.
This form of violence is privileged because it has armed itself with the instruments of apology, regret, repentance, etc, and simultaneously shielded the lesser mortals who carried out the orders on the streets. Leaders responsible for violence tender apology conveniently and delay the accountability processes. Punjab has witnessed it in an aggravated form. A section of political leaders responsible for creating conditions leading to Operation Bluestar in 1984, besides the carnage and genocide of Sikhs in November 1984, indulged in the politics of apology without accountability.
Many army men who carried out Operation Bluestar have been either assassinated or tormented by competitive terrorism, while politicians responsible for creating those conditions have resumed power. The violence that followed the military operation and the assassination of the-then prime minister was so blood splattered that thousands perished, felled by bullets or butchered in carnage.
So, what is the way forward? The first lesson is to move from the politics of apology to the politics of accountability. For fixing the accountability for the genocide of Sikhs, successive governments lacked the necessary sensitivity and urgency. This led to the setting up of many committees and commissions of inquiry without delivering justice. It started with the Ved Marwah inquiry that was wound up in 1985 without completing its report; followed by the Dhillon Committee in 1985, Ahuja Committee in February 1987, Jain-Banerjee Committee in February 1987, Jain-Aggarwal Committee in December 1990, Narula Committee in December 1993, Ranganath Misra Commission in May 1985 and Nanavati Commission in May 2000.
Holier than justice
It has only created the chilling milestones of the reluctance of successive governments to take action, even after 30 years, against those indicted for their role in the genocide. The report of Justice GT Nanavati Commission and Action Taken Report of the government seem to have settled down on the long highway of the justice system. The Action Taken Report has exposed political insensitivity and "bureaucratic responsiveness" further. The commission observed that "Hoshiar Singh and his men did not take effective steps to protect the gurdwara and disperse the mob gathered there…" The Action Taken Report says that "there are legal difficulties in initiating departmental proceedings at this point of time. Subinspector Hoshiar Singh and two constables who were on duty with him have retired." Therefore, no disciplinary action can be taken against them and action under the pension rules is possible only in respect of an event that took place within four years. Similar responses are rendered in other cases.
These bureaucratic responses bring to surface the "commitment" of the leadership to preserve rules and regulations as cardinal principles even at the expense of justice and human values. Rules must not be infringed, the rights of people may be.
These tragic events require justice-oriented political response. On the contrary, they are taking refuge under the rulebook to defend the criminal acts of the people in power. People's destiny is unsafe in the hands of a leadership bureaucratic in approach, and dogmatic and status-quoist in commitment.
Politics of inquiry
The politics of inquiry commissions, too, should be given a burial. A people's commission should fix the responsibility for unleashing politics that led to non-state actors' killing innocent citizens, security personnel and political activists; besides Operation Bluestar, 1984, and fake encounters. This will lead to activating accountability through political discourse in elections. For investigating individual acts of violence, mandatory special investigation teams (SIT) need to work under the guidance of special fast-track courts.
Closure, not revenge
Another lesson to learn is to apply closure to tragic events, which does not mean revenge or justifying the use of violence as so privileged that cannot be brought to justice. The assertions that the violent acts of non-state actors be pardoned and state actors be hanged or vice-versa is subversion of justice. Closure does not mean subverting the institution of justice for saving those who have taken the lives of others.
The focus of closure should be delegitimising violence, reducing incentives to violence, and delivering restorative justice. Reconciliation is an obvious goal. Is it not strange that Punjabi society has not even initiated raising a peace memorial to the victims of decade-long terror, trauma, and torture?
Reintegrate community
Another step towards closure is reintegration of the community. At the symbolic level, political reintegration was initiated by having Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister, and in Punjab, by moving towards inclusive Punjabi identity from extreme Panthic agenda. However, the integration strategy has to target both the victim and the community, alleviating the needs (physical, psychological, social and economic) of the victim and mobilising the community for supporting the victims and undermining the culture of violence by sensitising all sections of society to victimisation.
Peace is not the absence of violence but the eliminating of conditions that create violence. This will counter revenge or glory addiction, allay insecurity among people, and create an environment for conflict resolution. The central thrust of the integration approach is to transform the culture of violence into a culture of peaceful co-existence.
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Chapter 13: The World Cup
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The Story of Football in Trinidad and Tobago
By the time Trinidad and Tobago's began its bid to qualify for the World Cup finals in Italy in 1990, the country had made six previous attempts. Having joined the FIFA in 1964, Trinidad and Tobago made its debut to the competition for England in 1966. But although Trinidad and Tobago started with a 2-1 win against Suriname, the inexperienced team could not go past the first round. This was followed by efforts to qualify for Mexico (1970), West Germany (1974), Argentina (1978), Spain (1982) and Mexico (1986). The second effort in 1970 was also unsuccessful and like the first, Trinidad and Tobago could not get past the first round. But the twin-island Republic was unlucky not to have qualified for West Germany in 1974 when bizarre officiating in Haiti denied them of an historic entrance on the world stage.
It was a most heart-breaking tournament for Trinidad and Tobago. The team had played excellent football throughout the preliminary round of the competition to comfortably qualify for the playoffs in Haiti. Having gained Independence eleven years earlier on August 31, 1962, Trinidad and Tobago had every reason to prove to the rest of the world that it was ready to stand on its own when it began its bid in 1973.
Several of the players had been exposed to professional and semi-professional football. Among them were New York based Warren Archibald, Selris Figaro, Selwyn Murren, Everald 'Gally' Cummings and semi-professional Anthony Douglas who was based in Canada. The Football Association had also hired an International coach in Englishman Kevin Verity who was assisted by locals Edgar Vidale (assistant coach), Ken Henry (trainer) and Polly Regis (physiotherapist). Ivan Carter was chef de mission and Oliver Camps, manager.
The full team team was: Gerald Figeroux, Kelvin Barclay, Devenish Paul (goalkeepers), Russell Tesheira, Raymond Moraldo, Selwyn Murren (captain), Selris Figaro, Winston Phillips (defenders), Cummings, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Augustine, Leon Carpette, Anthony Douglas, Peter Mitchell (midfielders), Steve Khan, Wilfred Cave, Ray Roberts, Leo Brewster, Steve David and Warren Archibald (forwards).
Earlier the team had bulldozed its way through the first round where it headed group six with 11-1 and 2-1 victories over Antigua and a 1-all home result and 2-1 away win against Suriname. All that remained between them and Germany was Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala, Netherland Antilles and Honduras. Trinidad lost its first game 0-1 to Honduras and knew that it was vital to collect two points in the second game against the host. They put up one of their best performances from a local team in major football competitions, scoring five goals but at the end of the game, the score read Haiti 2 Trinidad and Tobago 1.
The game will forever remained etched in the minds of the local fans as one in which their team was robbed and denied of an opportunity to play in the World Cup. It was marred by some of the worst officiating in a match of such magnitude and later, the referee Jose Enrique of El Salvador and Canadian linesman James Higuet were both banned for life by the FIFA.
A report of the match in the Trinidad Guardian of December 6, 1973, written by Keith Sheppard who covered the tournament tells the story. Sheppard wrote:
"If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I would not believe it. Trinidad and Tobago scored five times and should have gotten a penalty in each session but lost 1-2 to Haiti in a very one-sided match at the Sylvia Cator Stadium here last night. They say goals win matches. This is one time they didn't. I know it will be hard for the pessimistic fans home to believe. But our boys played over through and around the home team from start to finish so much so that Philippe Vorbe, voted Player of the tournament in Trinidad two years ago, looked like an ordinary schoolboy and even the Haitian people hardly noticed that he voluntarily left the field eight minutes before time.
"Perhaps it was voodoo working against us but for those who do not care for the supernatural, I can blame it on the very strange decisions of referee Jose Enrique (El Salvador) and James Higuet (Canada). They virtually nailed us to the cross. Because of last night, the team which played like champs are now likely to return home as chumps.
"Henrique who does not understand a word of English, decided it was a goal in the 12th minute when a long throw from Winston Phillips landed in the net after brushing off a Haiti defender. It looked legal to me and to the referee on the spot. But with the ball ready to be kicked off, Haitians in the crowd drew the players attention to the fact that the linesman Higuet's flag was up. I do not know what Higuet could have said but his action, signifying that the goalie had been jostled were strange since Rudy [sic, Ray] Roberts was the only player close enough to worry the goalie and did nothing of the sort suddenly found favour with the referee whom I repeat had been on the spot and had said goal.
This was just the first of many strange decisions which caused players and officials to be in tears when the final whistle came and many Haitians to line the streets and cheer us on the way back to the hotel.
At the time of the first disallowed goal, TT was trailing 0-1 on a ninth minute goal from Emmanuel Sanon - his third of the series. He was on spot to tap home a low cross from right winger Claude Bartholomew which had eluded the TT defenders.
Two minutes after this setback, however, Steve David notched the second goal of the series to win a case of beer bet with one of TT's leading pessimists 'Short Mikey' from Belmont. Archibald went up the left flank and sent over a low pass for David to do the rest.
That was the signal for an all out onslaught on the Haiti goal. In the 30th minute, another Phillips throw tweaked goalie Henri Francillon fingers and landed in the net. No goal, of course.
Seconds later, a Cummings crack had Francillon diving to hold and the same player shot off a bullet from about 20 yards which was back in play off the upright before Francillion could move.
It was really vintage soccer and Archibald made the unofficial half time score 4-1 by heading in the ball after Cummings had taken it to the line before squaring it back. Why was it disallowed? Ask linesman Higuet. He ruled offside.
The second half was a carbon copy of the first. The midfield trio of Douglas, Moraldo and Cummings so dominated play that Haiti had only two cracks from well outside the box before getting the winner during a scrimmage in the 87th minute from left winger Roger St Vin.
In the 61st minute a Roberts' flick bounced off Francillon's shoulder and fell on an obliging Steve David head. Again the decision went against us. It was ruled a foul on the goalie.
After the match everyone was sympathetic towards us. But who cared. We were robbed for sure. No hand shake will change that.
"I will never forget this night as long as I live," said English professional coach Kevin Verity.
Ron Newman, coach of the US pro soccer team Dallas Tornado also had a comment. "You can quote me on this. You were robbed. I have never seen anything like this in my life."
Needless to say our boys are disgruntled. Some are saying they are not feeling to play any more. I can understand that feeling. It was real tough luck..."
With much to prove, the local team went back into action and won their next three games, including a 4-0 whipping over tournament favourites, Mexico. Cummings scored in a 1-0 win against Guatemala and he added two more against Mexico while David and Archibald also got on the score sheet. David, however, stole the show against the Netherlands, getting a beaver-trick. He eventually won the prize for the most goals. Cummings was voted 'Player of the tournament.' and Kelvin Barclay was the best goalkeeper.
Trinidad and Tobago also collected $47,000 for placing second in the tournament while each player was presented with a gold wrist watch by 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, president of Haiti. But these were no consolation as Haiti had ended the series with eight points, including the dubious two from their victory against Trinidad and Tobago who fiished second with six points.
Manager Oliver Camps later described the Haiti game as one of the most difficult in his life. "Big men were crying like babies. Some lost the urge to get off the ground and return to the dressing room. I don't know which match the referee and linesman were seeing but it certainly wasn't the one between Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago."
Trinidad and Tobago eventually filed a protest and although all the officials were banned, the results stood.
If the 1974 experience was heart-breaking, then the failure of 1990 to reach Italy fell just short of
being a national disaster. Going into the final match of the qualifying round against the United States, Trinidad and Tobago needed just one point or a draw to reach Italy. That they failed to do so and the reasons will continue to be debated.
Unlike 1974 when only one team qualified to represent the region, the number had increased to two
by 1990. Costa Rica, with 11 points, had earned one of the qualifying berths by the time the last game of the series came on November 19, 1989. The second place in Italy would go to either the United States or Trinidad and Tobago, the latter playing in front of its home crowd and very much favoured to get a draw. Each team had nine points. However, TT would qualify with a draw, having scored seven goals with four against while the USA had the same number of points but had scored only five goals with two against.
Everald 'Gally' Cummings, who was 'Most Valuable Player,' in Haiti in 1973, had graduated and was now coach of the team which had affectionately been dubbed - the Strike Squad. Camps, who was also there in 1974, was recalled as manager while Ken Henry was back as trainer. The technical team also had an assistant coach in Neville Chance, Lester Osuna (physio), Shirley Rudd Ottley (psychologist), Rawle Sylvester (team doctor) and Ikin Williams (equipment manager).
Backed up by a team of experienced and naturally talented players, things looked bright for
Cummings' squad. The squad included a youthful Dwight Yorke, later to become one of the most expensive players in Europe, Russell Latapy rated the 33rd among the best player in the world in 1999, Leonson Lewis, Dexter Francis, Michael Maurice, Kerry Jamerson, Brian Williams, Clayton Morris (captain), Marvin Faustin, Hutson Charles, Philbert Jones, Leroy Spann, Colvin Hutchinson, Dexter Lee, Marlon Morris, Maurice Alibey, Earl Carter, Paul Elliot Allen, Errol Lovell, Floyd Lawrence and Ricky Nelson.
The campaign had started well. Victories by 4-1 and 1-0 margins against Guyana in the first round, was almost a foregone conclusion. And although, TT advanced past the seond round on the away goals rule against Honduras after two draws of 0-0 (home ) and 1-1 (away), it meant that following the Haiti experience of 1974, 16 years and four World Cups later, TT had again reached the play-off stage of the tournament.
A last minute goal by Hutson Charles in their first match against the USA in Torrance, California, gave them a great start and a vital away point. They followed up with another point against Costa Rica at home, thanks to a Philbert Jones 68th minute goal after Costa Rica had lead from the first minute of the second half. Costa Rica again scored first in the away game and the score stayed that way until the end, giving them two points at home.
That result did not affect the Strike Squad which bounced back with a 2-0 home win against El Salvador and earned another point in a goalless draw away from home. Both goals were scored by Lewis and when TT defeat Guatemala 1-0 and 2-1 in successive games, with Jamerson scoring late goals in each, there was an atmosphere of optimism and the entire country held its breath in anticipation of the final game against the Americans.
The week leading up to the game was almost like Carnival in the country. The Football Association declared the seven days leading to the game Winners' Week as the country hummed with activities. Calypsonians composed new songs in tribute to the team while minute by minute reference was made of the match on radio and television. The Carnival vibrations reached giddying proportions by the time 'R' arrived in the word WINNERS.
It was Red Day - the Friday before Sunday November 19 when the entire population was asked to wear red. In St James, the entertainment capital of the country, the spirit of Carnival had already taken up residence. From within the country's famous bars and the other well known rum shops , DJ music blasted the piping hot sounds that kept the red-clothed revellers dancing on the sidewalks and backed up traffic for several blocks. Truckloads of speakers eased along the streets, hypnotizing followers with the songs of Superblue's 'Road to Italy', Colin Lucas' 'Football Dance'. and Power's 'Goal' - three songs specifically released for the occasion.
The occasion was used to forge a spirit of unity, that was difficult to imagine. It didn't matter that the players on the team were all Afro-Trinbagonians. Indo-Trinis, the Whites, Chinese and every citizen of Trinidad and Tobago added their support to the team, joining in the pre-match build up and premeditated victory celebrations. Long before dawn on the morning of the match, they crowded the venue and although the stadium had a capacity of just 32,000 persons, more than 50,000 were inside. Several others who had purchased tickets were left outside when the gates were closed long before the 4 p.m. kick off.
At home, another 1.2 million people waited with radios glued to their ears or sat in front of their television sets, awaiting the most anxious 90 minutes in the country's sporting history. But it ended like a nightmare.
An innocuous looking shot from American midfielder Paul Caliguiri in the 31st minute settled the issue. Caliguiri's shot, from some 20 metres out, appeared to have caught goalkeeper Michael Maurice unaware and the ball lobbed into the back of the net to give the visitors a 1-0 lead and the two points that they needed to reach Italy. When the final whistle blew, the local players could hardly leave the field with many sprawled out on the turf, tears flowing.
For weeks later, the Football Association, led by Warner, was called upon to provide reasons for the loss and to answer questions over the over-selling of tickets and the overcrowding of the National Stadium as the country tried to find out why things had gone so badly off course. Later the government ordered a Commission of Inquiry into the overcrowding and overselling of tickets and extended it to overcrowding at Carnival events. But S.C. Lionel Seemungal, the commissioner never completed the assignment, citing an absence of co-operation and resources as the reasons.
What prevailed in 1990, however, was a far cry from 1965 when the Trinidad and Tobago team took the field for its first ever World Cup encounter in group two of the Concacaf zone. The historic day was February 7, 1965 and Trinidad and Tobago's opponent was Suriname while the venue was the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain. The local squad included Lincoln Phillips, Aldwyn Ferguson, Tyronne de la Bastide, Clem Clarke, Doyle Griffith, Sedley Joseph (captain), Kenneth Furlonge, Andy Aleong, Jeff Gellineau, Trevor Leacock, Victor Gamaldo, Bobby Sookram, Alvin Corneal and Pat Small, with Conrad Brathwaite (coach), C.E. Thompson (manager).
The debutantes shocked their opponents with a 4-1 victory in front of a packed crowd. Goals from Gellineau, Aleong (two) and Corneal gave the country an ideal start to its campaign. But it turned out to be the only success in four matches. The next three games were all lost by a combined total of 11 goals, with Trinidad and Tobago scoring only once. Costa Rica registered 4-0 and 1-0 victories before Suriname exacted some revenge with a comprehensive 6-1 result in the return game in Paramaribo. The Costa Ricans headed the group and met Jamaica and Mexico in the play-off for the one spot in the finals. Eventually, Mexico won and represented the CONCACAF in England.
Sedley Joseph, the Trinidad and Tobago captain in discussing the historic game said that following the first match victory, members of his team actually thought that they would qualify for England. "Some of the chaps really felt we would qualify for England. But unfortunately, we were quickly brought down to earth in the following game against Costa Rica who whipped us 4-0."
Joseph, who later became a national team manager and sports commentator, compared that first experience in 1965 to several years later when Trinidad and Tobago were one point away from qualifying for Italy. "We never had the things which the 1990 squad had. There were no advance camps or stadium in which to train. Instead we were all amateurs, leaving our jobs at 4 p.m. and traveling up to QRC grounds, the savannah, the Barracks or the Army grounds to train for two or three hours. We never had any technical staff. It was just a coach - Conrad Brathwaite who was a very dedicated person and did almost everything for us."
He described the game against Suriname as a dream start after Trinidad and Tobago scored in the first minute. "The ball was played back to me from the kick-off. I played it to Alvin Corneal on the left side and he crossed it. The ball deflected off a Suriname player and went back to Corneal who again crossed and Jeff (Gellineau) jumped and headed it into the net. After that we kept them under pressure and scored three more."
Following the game, the Trinidad and Tobago team celebrated in the dressing room with soft drinks. Andy Aleong, scorer of two goals, recalled : "In those days when you put on your national jersey, there was a feeling which is difficult to describe. There was no money. You did not get paid. You had to go to the manager's office and sign for your jersey, pants and socks and at the end of the match, you returned it. It was a far cry from what happens today."
Aleong remembered when the TT players were forced to go into the visitors' dressing room to get back their jerseys which they had exchanged. "The Mexicans took off their jerseys and gave them to us and we reciprocated. When we got to our dressing room, our manager told us to go and get back the TT jerseys since we only had two jerseys per player. It was embarrassing."
In that World Cup final, the host, England beat Germany 4-2 in extra time after a 2-all regulation time score.
TT made their second appearance when trying to reach Mexico in 1970. Playing in group 2 of the zone, they again failed to move past the first round, losing to Guatemala 4-0 away, then drawing goalless in the return game in Port of Spain. Their other games saw Haiti blasting them 4-0 in Port of Spain and although they stunned the home team in Port-au-Prince with a winning 4-2 scoreline, it made no difference to TT's progress. Haiti advanced from the group but fell to eventual qualifiers, El Salvador 1-0 in the play-off after having to play three games.
Trying to shake off the disappointment of Haiti four years earlier in 1974, TT headed for a place in the Argentine finals in 1978. Once again, it was not to be. After getting past Barbados, they were booted out by Suriname after three matches. Results of 1-all and 2-all meant nothing after Suriname recorded a 3-2 victory in the deciding game.
The 1982 finals in Spain again saw Haiti proving to be TT's obstacle. The Haitians won the first leg 2-0 and although losing the second leg 1-0, did much better than TT which could only draw goalless on two occasions with the Netherlands.
In 1986, Grenada withdrew from the competition, leaving TT with an automatic place in the second round. But TT had no answer to eventual qualifiers Costa Rica who beat them 3-0 and drew 1-1 while the United States also had 2-1 and 1-0 wins to boot TT out of the competition.
This series was followed by the Strike Squad tragedy although several members of the team survived to be part of the 1994 tournament. Among them were Yorke who had since joined Aston Villa in the English Premiership and Latapy and Lewis, both of whom had also secured professional contracts in Portugal. Also still with the team from the Strike Squad were the goalkeeper Maurice, captain Clayton Morris, Brian Williams, Kerry Jamerson, Hutson Charles, Marvin Faustin, Philbert Jones.
Coach Cummings had been dismissed by the TTFA following the loss to the USA and a number of new coaches had been tried. Among them were German Bernhard Zgoll and his assistant Francisco Ramirez. Nevertheless by the time the team took the field against Barbados in their first game, it was the locals Muhammad Isa (coach) and Wayne Lawson (assistant) along with Leslie Marcelle (manager) and David Cumberbatch (pyhsio) who were in charge.
Trinidad and Tobago dominated games against Barbados winning 2-1 and 3-0 with Latapy and Charles scoring in the first game while Faustin, Jamerson and Lewis were the marksmen in the second. A 1-2 home loss to Jamaica in the next game, left the TTFA in panic and Brazilian Clovis D'Oliviera was brought in as technical director leading up to the return game against the Jamaicans. In addition manager Marcelle had been replaced by Sedley Joseph while Edgar Vidale was made his assistant. But none of this made any difference. Needing to win the game to move on to the next round, TT had to come from behind to earn a 1-1 draw, thanks to Brian Haynes' goal.
The performance of the Jamaicans ought to have been noted as four years later, in 1998, they would make the greatest impact on the game in the region. With three teams representing the zone in France, the United States and Mexico continued to dominate and again finished first and second in the playoffs. But it was Jamaica who surprised the world by earning the third place in France.
Popularly referred to as the Reggae Boyz, the Caribbean team had acquired the services of Brazilian Professor Rene Simoes, who immediately stamped his authority on the game with a hardline, no nonsense approach which endeared him to the Jamaican public and made Jamaica the first english-speaking team to reach the finals. Even so, there was a lot of expectations for Trinidad and Tobago. The Football Association had adopted a more businesslike approach to the team's preparation. FCOTT (Football Company of Trinidad and Tobago) was established to raise funds with $20 million as the target. In addition, Everard 'Gally' Cummings, the man who took the Strike Squad within one point of Italy was back along with another local boy Kenny Joseph.
When TT lost 1-0 to Costa Rica on September 1, 1996, Yugoslavian Zoran Vranes was coach. The loss saw a reshuffle and Brazilian Sebastiao Perreira de Araujo took over as coach and Cummings as technical director. This had little impact as the team drew once and lost four other games. At the end of the series TT had used five coaches including German Jochem Figge, Joseph, Cummings, Vranes, de Araujo but had failed to win one match. Despite having eight professionals, TT lost to Costa Rica in a pathetic display in its opening game. Fingers pointed everywhere, including at Vranes and players Russell Latapy, Dwight Yorke, and Clint Marcelle, the senior professionals. The TTFA responded by sacking Vranes and Marcelle.
Cummings and Brazilian Sebastiao Pereira de Araujo were in charge for the next game against Guatemala. But nothing changed as the team gave another depressing display in a 1-all draw. So fed up was the crowd that they threw missiles on the field at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. Leonson Lewis, now at the twilight of his career was brought in for the next game against US in Virginia but this again made no difference to the result as TT lost 2-0. "I don't know what to say," Brian Williams, the former Strike Squad defender was quoted. Frustration was stepping in.
"The basis of national selection is unfair," reported young defender Marvin Andrews. "Pros and the locals are not combining. On top of that the efforts of the pros do not compare to that of the local players."
"Some of the players were not angry enough after the game," said parttime captain David Nakhid who was based in Lebanon "and that made me very angry."
When the United States scored the only goal of the game in their return encounter, it seemed liked the whole world was against TT. As far as the fans were concerned, TT were undone by poor officiating by Barbadian referee Mark Forde who had allowed Joe Max Moore's goal, scored after a quick kick free. Swiss based Jerren Nixon was particularly unhappy. "Everybody who mattered seemed to be against us today."
Former Barbadian player Adrian Donovan had some strong words for TT. "TT's problem was not the referee, they should instead concentrate on why they had five foreign coaches in the last four years."
Arnold Dwarika summed up the effort. "What made matters difficult was the technical staff because they were not sure what they were doing - they were just guessing and hoping for us to win for them to claim credit...it was plain confusion."
At the time of writing TT was preparing for its bid to reach Japan and Korea in 2002 with a team that again included Latapy and Yorke, now seasoned campaigners, backed up by a group of young players, now performing in the professional ranks. Among these are goalkeeper Shaka Hislop, Ansil Elcock, Marvin Andrews, Stern John, Dale Saunders and Dennis Lawrence.
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Christian Groups Try To Put A Stop To Lady Gaga's Performance In Philippines
Global superstar Lady Gaga's plans for an arena show in the Philippines has been threatened, as Christian campaigners have been calling for the show to be cancelled.
Lady Gaga arrived in the Philippines to crowds of religious protesters who were insisting that the star 'stops the blasphemy' and cancels her show which was due to be played on two dates in the 20,000-seat Mall of Asia.
The majority of protestors who are hoping to put an end to Gaga's plans for a show in the area, largely consist of members from the Bilblemode Youth Philippines group. Members of the group claim to be deeply offended by Gaga's music and its blasphemous lyrics, especially the lyrics to one of her biggest hits 'Judas' which they feel 'mocks Jesus Christ'.
Lady Gaga is no stranger to controversy and has been known to come up against these issues in other parts of the world. During a previous visit to Seoul in South Korea, in order for her to perform her show had to be changed to an over-18's only gig. The star was even denied a concert permit to perform in Indonesia by the police.
Despite this, the organisers of the Philippines based show are adamant that the show will go ahead and have insisted that they will not be cancelling their plans, telling protestors that the show 'will not pose a threat to their sense of morality and conduct'.
Gaga's 'Born This Way Ball' will shortly be heading to the UK where two shows will be taking place in London's Twickenham stadium.
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Haiti has a uniquely tragic history. Evidence of it permeates everything here, its all around me. But perhaps Haiti's singular bright spot may be an unassuming heirloom coffee, a variety brought here by the French nearly 300 years ago. Grown on small peasant plots high in the mountains, picked by hand and painstakingly processed in the sun, it is a godsend to Haiti as well as millions of coffee drinkers around the world – it is remarkably sweet, smooth, and completely unforgettable.
It is some of the best coffee I've had, so incredible even unrelenting bad fortune could never stop it. In fact, by 1950 Haiti was the third largest coffee exporter in the world. But then came some even more bad fortune: brutal military rule, UN and US embargoes and deadly hurricanes – all horrifically punctuated by a devastating earthquake striking squarely in the middle of coffee harvest.
Now Haiti lays in ruins, splayed open like a smashed melon, with over a million people in camps and another 300,000 dead – crushed under the weight of their own homes – corruption and distrust are everywhere, and now disease, Cholera, is spreading and killing survivors.
But does this mean it's over, that the great Haitian coffee is dead? Does this mean Haiti can no longer claim it produces something that rivals the best in the world?


I wanted to try myself on more serious Photography for a long while now and finally mustered up the courage to challenge myself this year. I contacted that lady in the pics up there, told her I'm a total noob and that I would love to try it. I found her on a model page on Facebook. Fortunately she was very open and had no problem working with a beginner. Well, I certainly knew/know how to work with a camera but haven't tried it in a 'Photoshoot' context before. She was able to give me some valuable advice and together we managed to get some neat results! I'm quite happy with how the pics turned out. Is there room for improvement? Sure, there always is. But for a first run we both were happy enough I think. Not just a productive shoot but also one of these pretty much perfect sunny summer days you love to remember and keep in your memories.
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Rounding the Bend at Munich High End
Jason Victor Serinus | May 13, 2016
The day after my husband was plied with hard liquor in a desperate attempt to get me all the way into the Tidal room, I returned. (Just in case anyone accepts my words as Biblical truth, I am joshing. When you're faced with writing four days' worth of show reports in four days, you've got to have a little fun once in a while.) Truth be told, I had already intended to return, my brief visit at show's end on Saturday having been truncated by the 6pm closing time.
Over the sound of music booming from the adjacent exhibit, I learned that the Tidal panels on the side walls of the room were not just decorative: they were also absorbers, which were augmented by four bass traps. That's important to know, because I have a hunch—just a hunch—that there was too much absorptive material in the room.
Heard in the handsome setup were three important premieres from Tidal—new Tidal Akira speakers ($215,000/pair), new Tidal Camira reference DAC w/line control ($78,600), and new Tidal Assoluta monoblock amplifiers ($148,600/pair). Holding them all together were new Argento EE (Extreme Edition) silver interconnects and speaker cabling with carbon-based noise-absorbing layers. The system did a very fine job conveying air around Carla Morrison's voice on a 44.1/16 track, "Disfruto." Everything was solid and full, but the timbres on both this track and another of music by Vivaldi sounded a bit off. There was much expertly conveyed hilarity in a track by a Polish band, and significant beauty on Norah Jones and Willie Nelson's recording of "Baby It's Cold Outside." But I kept feeling that the slightly off colorations might have been caused by excessive acoustic treatment. Just a month earlier, colors conveyed by the Tidal system I reported on at AXPONA 2016 were spot on.
Magico paired its S5 Mk II loudspeakers ($38,000/pair in standard finish, $42,750 in M-Coat Titanium), whose premiere I missed at AXPONA, with a Dr. Feickert turntable and arm outfitted with a Lyra Etna cartridge. Other components in the chain included Constellation Audio Centaur II 500W mono amps ($80,000/pair) and Virgo II preamp ($32,000), Pass XP 25 phono preamp, Spectral SDR-4000 CD player, and the new MIT Articulation Control Console cabling discussed here. While Richard Strauss' Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome, conducted by Eiji Oue and issued on LP by Reference Recordings, exhibited the slightly muted color palette and detail I associate with Constellation gear, control in all registers was absolute.
"Positioning of the speakers is the key, " Marantz brand ambassador Ken Ishiwata announced as he spoke of the new Fink Team loudspeaker ($40,000/pair). Designed by a team headed by consultant Karl-Heinz Fink, these will hopefully go into production. Paired with Marantz's new upsampling-to-DSD SA-10 CD/SACD player (€7000), which contains Marantz's new SACD transport, and the new PM-10 integrated amplifier (€8,000), the speakers delivered tremendous bass, supreme control, and somewhat dark colors that lacked ultimate transparency. Ishiwata played Peter Gabriel so loud in the big room that the sound waves were literally vibrating in my gut. Most exhibitors would have been terrified to do this, but the Fink team speakers sailed through without a hint of distortion. Very impressive indeed.
Colors were nicely saturated on a hi-res file of Joni Mitchell and Herbie Hancock's "Summertime," and images had weight. Which is how it should be. I shuddered when "Dance of the Tumblers" was put on, but I must admit that the tonal balance, while dark, was quite impressive. So was the SACD version of "O Holy Night," originally recorded for LP on another audiophile classic, Cantate Domine.
When I met up with Fink himself in the hallway, he explained that he used laser scanning and vibrometer measurement to determine where he needed to minimize resonances in his MDF-based cabinets. Those cabinets contain multiple sheets of MDF layered with polymer damping materials, as well as bracing and glue. "We try to fix distortions, but not with a sledgehammer," he said of his apparently bullet-proof design.
The new Wilson Benesch 2.5-way Discovery II loudspeaker ($25,000/pair) replaces the company's older Odyssey model. Each Discovery II contains three Tactic II drivers, including two downward-firing Tactic II drive units in isobaric clamshell configuration, and one Semisphere silk carbon hybrid soft dome tweeter. The cabinet is made of Wilson Benesch's carbon fiber composite.
The speaker played alongside a Torus Infrasonic Generator ($12,500), which comes complete with its own 200W control amp, and works differently than a standard subwoofer. Also in the chain were a Wilson Benesch Circle 25th Anniversary turntable and tonearm with Transfiguration Proteus cartridge; Viva LF2 phono/line stage preamp; Viva Aurora single-ended class-A monoblocks; and Way solid-core silver cable from Serbia.
For some exhibitors, Daft Punk's "My Name is Giovanni Giorgi" has replaced the Eagle's "Hotel California" as the rock track of choice. Here, it sounded uncharacteristically gray. When I started to listen to my favorite recording by mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, I was impressed by the seemingly boundless soundstage, but dismayed that her voice not only seemed a bit spread, but also seemed lacking in the full palette of colors so central to her artistry. Most successful was Laurie Anderson's "Tight rope"—major points to Luke Milnes for playing it—which displayed engrossing sound effects for days.
Peter Comeau of Mission Electronics displayed, in a passive line-up, Mission's new LX series of loudspeakers. Designed with the help of Karl-Heinz Fink of Fink Audio Consulting—see Marantz blog above—the LX series loudspeakers dispense with dustcaps on the bass and midrange units, and instead employ sub-cones for better control. Models include the smallest in the series, the LX1 (£150/pair), and proceed from the LX2 (£180/pair) all the way up to the biggest model (£599/pair). Not only are cabinets heavily braced, but they also contain longhaired wool, which was chosen for its excellent absorption properties. Crossovers were designed after listening to a wide range of music.
Theory Plus Application, commonly known as T+A, showed its new ST 20 Pulsar 3-way loudspeakers (€2900/pair). Using proprietary drivers with stiff aluminum cones, they are designed for bi-wiring. Frequency response is 32Hz–30kHz, impedance 4 ohms, and sensitivity 87dB. The ST 20 Pulsars weigh 38 lbs. each, and will ship to the US in a month.
T+A's new R 1000 E music server (€5000) is an all-in-one music receiver that is claimed to "access anything that can deliver music," and is designed to work with virtually every source. It even includes a digital tuner alongside an aptX(r) Bluetooth module, and plays files up to 192kHz PCM or DSD64. Also new is the MP 1000 E multi source player (€4700), a CD player that is designed to mate with the PA 1000 E integrated amp (€3200). The MP 1000 E can process data rates up to 384/32 for PCM as well as DSD256.
Jon Iverson did an excellent job covering the AudioQuest press conference at CES, where the company discussed their new, software-upgradable, 1.2V-output Dragonfly Black ($99) and 2.1V-output Dragonfly Red ($199) plug-in USB DACs. Rather than attempting to reinvent the wheel, I refer you to Jon's report.
Having heard the original Dragonfly when it came out, and being less than enthused by what I considered to be washed-out sound, I was eager to hear these new models. From the 2 minutes I was able to audition a recording of tenor Ian Bostridge singing Schubert's wonderfully expressive "Im Frühling" (In Springtime), I felt like I was floating on a cushion of lovely midrange clouds. The voice was very clear and colorful, but the piano, through AudioQuest Nighthawk headphones that had probably been dropped and yanked one too many times, tended to distort on high notes. I wanted to listen more, but the system in the back half of the room started to play too loudly to continue. Hence all I can say at this point is that the AudioQuest Dragonfly Red's sound seems light years better than the original Dragonfly's.
Magico!
Submitted by Anton on May 13, 2016 - 10:44am
Magico is from the blue state of California.
Oh, please....
Submitted by Bill Leebens on May 13, 2016 - 12:54pm
Doing shows, or covering them. is a dirty business. You really think a couple shots of Scotch matter?. ;->
Love, Bill
good to see many are still
Submitted by findcount on May 14, 2016 - 3:58am
good to see many are still churning out impractical hifi products at ever-crazy prices........
i'm astounded that Mission speakers are still in business......they never tire of churning out crappy speakers.........
To Jason
Submitted by Nellomilanese on May 16, 2016 - 1:38pm
Is it really necessary that you rub it in the reader's face that you have a husband?? we got it...you're gay.."open minded"...however you wanna call it but what has that to do with writting articles about a HiFi show?
What if ALL the reporters/journalists out there would start their articles by stating their sexual preferences?? It is SO unprofessional and I personally found it offensive.
I come here to read HiFi articles NOT witness to someone's daily freakin' rainbow parade.
You're paid to report NOT to display your sexual preferences at every chance...so obnoxious
nellomilinaise
Submitted by out4lox on May 26, 2016 - 12:24pm
you protest WAY too much, nello. you are inordinately interested in this reviewer's offhand comment about having a husband. what's it to you, anyway? would it somehow make YOU feel better about yourself if this reviewer were to cower in shame? hell, I didn't even take note of the "husband" thing, until I saw your sorry, obsessive comment. i don't know you, but yours is the kind of thing I could imagine a self-hating gay man might write. if this reviewer wants to mention his husband, too bad for you. you don't have to marry a guy. he can.
Hey, Nellomilanese!
Submitted by ChrisS on May 17, 2016 - 12:18am
Since you are not paying for Jason's work, you can just go away...
You're IQ is so bellow average...
Submitted by Nellomilanese on May 17, 2016 - 2:36am
1. It's not a free website because i'm constantly exposed to adverts flashing on the page. They get my email&info and my clicks I get to read the articles. It's how INTERNET works.
2. Does DPREVIEW, WHATHIFI or other FREE websites allow they staff to display their sexual preferences on every damn' article?? NO!! Because they're professional.
But this is Stereophile, where they can't get their heads together and fix the Edit button for months.
Let me ask you a question. So if you're watching news on a free channel and the journalist would start EVERY report kinda like this: "So me and my black husband were so tired last nite..." (because this is Jason's "reporting" style) wouldn't you get tired and go wtf? I'm watching the news to GET the news not chit-chat about husbands or whatever.
Read JASON's posts...in almost every one of them he throws in the husband.
Have you ever seen the Dpreview reports from CES every year?? Take a look and grow up.
Now let me cancel my account on this piece of shit website where they're like 10 geezers active on the forum.
Why are you here, Nellomilanese?
Submitted by ChrisS on May 17, 2016 - 2:38am
Cancel your account.
Trying to cancel it...
There's no Delete Account option/button it seems because this is the 90's LOL
Guess I have to fire up an email to John...or maybe a hand-written letter 'cause implementing a button it's too hard!
That's Funny!
You're stuck here!
And now you're going to ask for John's help to get rid of you because you can't do it yourself!
Log Out, Nellomilanese!
You can just "Log Out".
Re: Trying to cancel it
Submitted by John Atkinson on May 17, 2016 - 8:08am
Nellomilanese wrote:
I can cancel your user account on this site, if that's what you wish.
Editor, Stereophile
Yes John please do
I wish to cancel the account.
How nice...
Submitted by ChrisS on May 17, 2016 - 12:53pm
when one backs away politely.
Account canceled as requested
Submitted by John Atkinson on May 17, 2016 - 10:39pm
Meanwhile, here in the 21st Century
Submitted by Bluejimbop on May 17, 2016 - 12:09am
I enjoy your writing, Mr. Serinus, including the references to your personal life. Sorta like Stephen Mejias, only different. Keep up the good work.
a grave insult
I would take issue were someone to compare me in any way to the exquisitely annoying mr. mejias. that said, I wish Stephen only the very best in all his endeavors -- that don't involve writing in stereophile. I know john Atkinson holds Stephen in high regard. so, after hearing mr. Atkinson's praise, I tried to re-read some of Stephen's stuff. still didn't work for me.
Marantz SA-10 SACD
Submitted by wozwoz on August 3, 2016 - 10:48am
Interested to see you had the new Marantz SA-10 SACD to play with ... I didn't even know it was out and about. Would be very cool if you were able to write a review as to how it compares to earlier models, and/or the current state of play. P.S. I think I know the Lorraine Hunt Lieberson recording you refer to: Handel arias on the AVIE label (pure DSD recording too)
Auf Wiedersehen To Munich's Show of Shows
Munich: the Race to the Finish Line
Movin' on Up at Munich
Saturday Arrives in Munich
Ups and Downs at Munich High End
More from Munich
Delving Deeper at Munich High End
On the Move at Munich High End
Trade Day Begins at Munich High End
Munich High End Starts This Week


Palamina Corp. (PA:TSX.V) has purchased the mining rights to two contiguous concessions within the Gaban Gold Project with a view to locating the source of artisanal coarse alluvial gold being mined along the Yanamayo river. By acquiring 100% of the mining rights to the Minera San Gaban and Aurifera San Gaban claims, Palamina has secured the mining rights to 85 % of an area bound on all sides by four mountain ridges where geochemical stream sediment and rock sampling results would suggest proximity to an orogenic gold source.
Over 10 groups of artisanal miners have been observed intermittently mining alluvial gold along the Yanamayo river. Sedimentary sampling in streams returned highs of up to 4.9 g/t gold at a -60 mesh. Palamina is targeting orogenic gold mineralization as the source of the alluvial gold.
The town of San Gaban sits at an elevation of 550 metres above sea level and is located on Peru's Pacific-Atlantic interoceanic highway. San Gaban is four hours by highway to the national airport of Puerto Maldonado, is powered by the 206 MW San Gaban hydroelectric complex and two new bridges are being built across the San Gaban river on the outskirts of the town which will provide year round easy access to the Gaban Gold Project. Gaban sits upstream from the Madre de Dios placer gold deposits where illegal mining covers >500 square kilometres.
On January 22, 2018, Palamina acquired 100% of the mining rights to a further 1,000 hectares to hold a total 7,100 hectares at the San Gaban Gold Project. The project area comprises a combination of titled claims and claims under application. Palamina paid a total $US 17,500 on signing of 100% transfer of the mining rights to the 300 hectare Minera San Gaban and the 700 hectare Aurifera San Gaban claims. A further US $17,500 is due to the vendors once title to the mining rights has been registered in the name of Palamina. Palamina granted a 1% Net Smelter Return per property whereby Palamina retains the right to purchase one or both of the 1% NSR royalties for US $330,000 per 1% NSR royalty per property.


We have all heard it a 1,000 times at least. What you focus on will create your outcome.
The problem is, there is one important piece to the puzzle missing that no one ever tells you.
That "Secret" is you have to take action on the inspiration you receive when you focus on a result you desire.
Look at all the options available to you to overcome the challenge.
Select the one that stands out to you personally and "feels" right.
Take action to use that solution to solve the problem.
Doing nothing or wishing that things will get better does not work for one simple reason. We live in a world governed by the Laws of Physics. Action creates reaction.
Action is energy. Use yours to focus and control life's outcomes every day.
Everyone has this amazing power inside of them called the subconscious mind. It is so simple that it appears hard. Here's how it works.
First decide on what you want to accomplish consciously and then let the subconscious mind deliver it. There's one small problem though.
Many times you may keep your conscious mind engaged and never give the subconscious mind a chance to do its work. That's because you are focused on the outcome and not allowing the result to come through. The subconscious mind knows what to do at all times.
The only time it doesn't work is when you consciously try to direct the activity.
Try it for yourself. The next time you go on a sales meeting try this exercise.
Understand what you want to see happen and then let it go.
At the appointment, don't worry about the outcome. Simply follow you "gut instincts" or feelings.
Follow where they take you and see the result. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how easy the subconscious mind makes everything and how difficult life can be when you focus on what you "need" to do.
A while back I made a post about legendary golf teacher Manuel de la Torre.
Recently, I heard from Ed LeBeau, the photographer who took this image. He definitely agreed with me on Manuel's instruction and asked that I let people know he took the photo.
As a former ad photographer and VP Creative in the Stock Photo Industry, I am happy to let people know, Ed. Nice shot!
Be sure to visit Ed's Web site as well at http://www.heartlandgolfschools.com.
AND, Ed, I hope to get out there one of these days and shave a few more strokes off of my game! Sounds like a great school.
After taking to heart my golf lesson from golf icon Manuel de la Torre I'm happy to report that the ideas he gave me in a 45 minute lesson shaved SIX strokes off of my game.
WOW! (That's a lot if you're not familiar with golf).
Because I remembered the "story" he told me during the lesson and was better able to relate that to my game on the course.
Well, now we know why Mr. de la Torre is a top name in golf instruction.
If you play golf I also highly recommend his book called Understanding the Golf Swing. Great ideas and lessons on every page.


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Q: Drawing a binary tree in Java-How to call functions I have tree classes and i try to draw a binary tree in java using JPanel. Without a main method i can not run it. What do i have to write in main method to call functions to draw tree?
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package binarytreepanel;

public interface BinaryTreeNode<E> {

    /**
     * Returns the data stored in this node.
     */
    E getData();

    /**
     * Modifies the data stored in this node.
     */
    void setData(E data);

    /**
     * Returns the parent of this node, or null if this node is a root.
     */
    BinaryTreeNode<E> getParent();

    /**
     * Returns the left child of this node, or null if it does
     * not have one.
     */
    BinaryTreeNode<E> getLeft();

    /**
     * Removes child from its current parent and inserts it as the
     * left child of this node.  If this node already has a left
     * child it is removed.
     *
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the child is
     * an ancestor of this node, since that would make
     * a cycle in the tree.
     */
    void setLeft(BinaryTreeNode<E> child);

    /**
     * Returns the right child of this node, or null if it does
     * not have one.
     */
    BinaryTreeNode<E> getRight();

    /**
     * Removes child from its current parent and inserts it as the
     * right child of this node.  If this node already has a right
     * child it is removed.
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the child is
     * an ancestor of this node, since that would make
     * a cycle in the tree.
     */
    void setRight(BinaryTreeNode<E> child);

    /**
     * Removes this node, and all its descendants, from whatever
     * tree it is in.  Does nothing if this node is a root.
     */
    void removeFromParent();

    /**
     * Visits the nodes in this tree in preorder.
     */
    void traversePreorder(Visitor visitor);

    /**
     * Visits the nodes in this tree in postorder.
     */
    void traversePostorder(Visitor visitor);

    /**
     * Visits the nodes in this tree in inorder.
     */
    void traverseInorder(Visitor visitor);

    /**
     * Simple visitor interface.
     */
    public interface Visitor {
        <E> void visit(BinaryTreeNode<E> node);
    }
}

Second Class
package binarytreepanel;

public class LinkedBinaryTreeNode<E> implements BinaryTreeNode<E> {
    protected E data;
    protected LinkedBinaryTreeNode<E> parent;
    protected LinkedBinaryTreeNode<E> left;
    protected LinkedBinaryTreeNode<E> right;

    /**
     * Constructs a node as the root of its own one-element tree.
     * This is the only public constructor.  The only trees that
     * clients can make directly are simple one-element trees.
     */
    public LinkedBinaryTreeNode(E data) {
        this.data = data;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the data stored in this node.
     */
    public E getData() {
        return data;
    }

    /**
     * Modifies the data stored in this node.
     */
    public void setData(E data) {
        this.data = data;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the parent of this node, or null if this node is a root.
     */
    public BinaryTreeNode<E> getParent() {
      return parent;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the left child of this node, or null if it does
     * not have one.
     */
    public BinaryTreeNode<E> getLeft() {
      return left;
    }

    /**
     * Removes child from its current parent and inserts it as the
     * left child of this node.  If this node already has a left
     * child it is removed.
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the child is
     * an ancestor of this node, since that would make
     * a cycle in the tree.
     */
    public void setLeft(BinaryTreeNode<E> child) {
        // Ensure the child is not an ancestor.
        for (LinkedBinaryTreeNode<E> n = this; n != null; n = n.parent) {
            if (n == child) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException();
            }
        }

        // Ensure that the child is an instance of LinkedBinaryTreeNode.
        LinkedBinaryTreeNode<E> childNode = (LinkedBinaryTreeNode<E>)child;

        // Break old links, then reconnect properly.
        if (this.left != null) {
            left.parent = null;
        }
        if (childNode != null) {
            childNode.removeFromParent();
            childNode.parent = this;
        }
        this.left = childNode;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the right child of this node, or null if it does
     * not have one.
     */
    public BinaryTreeNode<E> getRight() {
      return right;
    }

    /**
     * Removes child from its current parent and inserts it as the
     * right child of this node.  If this node already has a right
     * child it is removed.
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the child is
     * an ancestor of this node, since that would make
     * a cycle in the tree.
     */
    public void setRight(BinaryTreeNode<E> child) {
        // Ensure the child is not an ancestor.
        for (LinkedBinaryTreeNode<E> n = this; n != null; n = n.parent) {
            if (n == child) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException();
            }
        }

        // Ensure that the child is an instance of LinkedBinaryTreeNode.
        LinkedBinaryTreeNode<E> childNode = (LinkedBinaryTreeNode<E>)child;

        // Break old links, then reconnect properly.
        if (right != null) {
            right.parent = null;
        }
        if (childNode != null) {
            childNode.removeFromParent();
            childNode.parent = this;
        }
        this.right = childNode;
    }

    /**
     * Removes this node, and all its descendants, from whatever
     * tree it is in.  Does nothing if this node is a root.
     */
    public void removeFromParent() {
        if (parent != null) {
            if (parent.left == this) {
                parent.left = null;
            } else if (parent.right == this) {
                parent.right = null;
            }
            this.parent = null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Visits the nodes in this tree in preorder.
     */
    public void traversePreorder(BinaryTreeNode.Visitor visitor) {
        visitor.visit(this);
        if (left != null) left.traversePreorder(visitor);
        if (right != null) right.traversePreorder(visitor);
    }

    /**
     * Visits the nodes in this tree in postorder.
     */
    public void traversePostorder(Visitor visitor) {
        if (left != null) left.traversePostorder(visitor);
        if (right != null) right.traversePostorder(visitor);
        visitor.visit(this);
    }

    /**
     * Visits the nodes in this tree in inorder.
     */
    public void traverseInorder(Visitor visitor) {
        if (left != null) left.traverseInorder(visitor);
        visitor.visit(this);
        if (right != null) right.traverseInorder(visitor);
    }
}

And third class
package binarytreepanel;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.FontMetrics;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;

/**
 * A panel that maintains a picture of a binary tree.
 */
public class BinaryTreePanel extends JPanel {
   private BinaryTreeNode<?> tree;
    private int gridwidth;
    private int gridheight;

    /**
     * Stores the pixel values for each node in the tree.
     */
    private Map<BinaryTreeNode<?>, Point> coordinates =
        new HashMap<BinaryTreeNode<?>, Point>();

    /**
     * Constructs a panel, saving the tree and drawing parameters.
     */
    public BinaryTreePanel(BinaryTreeNode<?> tree, int gridwidth, int gridheight) {
        this.tree = tree;
        this.gridwidth = gridwidth;
        this.gridheight = gridheight;
    }

    /**
     * Changes the tree rendered by this panel.
     */
    public void setTree(BinaryTreeNode<?> root) {
        tree = root;
        repaint();
    }

    /**
     * Draws the tree in the panel.  First it computes the coordinates
     * of all the nodes with an inorder traversal, then draws them
     * with a postorder traversal.
     */
    public void paintComponent(final Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);

        if (tree == null) {
            return;
        }

        tree.traverseInorder(new BinaryTreeNode.Visitor() {
            private int x = gridwidth;
            public void visit(BinaryTreeNode node) {
                coordinates.put(node, new Point(x, gridheight * (depth(node)+1)));
                x += gridwidth;
            }
        });

        tree.traversePostorder(new BinaryTreeNode.Visitor() {
            public void visit(BinaryTreeNode node) {
                String data = node.getData().toString();
                Point center = (Point)coordinates.get(node);
                if (node.getParent() != null) {
                    Point parentPoint = (Point)coordinates.get(node.getParent());
                    g.setColor(Color.black);
                    g.drawLine(center.x, center.y, parentPoint.x, parentPoint.y);
                }
                FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();
                Rectangle r = fm.getStringBounds(data, g).getBounds();
                r.setLocation(center.x - r.width/2, center.y - r.height/2);
                Color color = getNodeColor(node);
                Color textColor =
                    (color.getRed() + color.getBlue() + color.getGreen() < 382)
                    ? Color.white
                    : Color.black;
                g.setColor(color);
                g.fillRect(r.x - 2 , r.y - 2, r.width + 4, r.height + 4);
                g.setColor(textColor);
                g.drawString(data, r.x, r.y + r.height);
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * Returns a color for the node.  If the node is of a class with a
     * field called "color", and that field currently contains a
     * non-null value, then that value is returned.  Otherwise
     * a default color of yellow is returned.
     */
    Color getNodeColor(BinaryTreeNode<?> node) {
        try {
            Field field = node.getClass().getDeclaredField("color");
            return (Color)field.get(node);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return Color.yellow;
        }
    }

    private int depth(BinaryTreeNode<?> node) {
        return (node.getParent() == null) ? 0 : 1 + depth(node.getParent());
    }

}

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T'wolves hand Griz third straight loss
Nikki Boertman/The Commercial Appeal Grizzlies guard Lance Stephenson (right), shoots defended by Minnesota Timberwolves Gorgui Dieng at FedExForum. Stephenson, who was out Monday with a wrist injury, scored a team-high 24 points off the bench Wednesday. (Photo: Nikki Boertman)
March 16, 2016 — Memphis Grizzlies Ray McCallum drives to the basket defended by Minnesota Timberwolves Tyus Jones at FedExForum. (Nikki Boertman/The Commercial Appeal) (Photo: Nikki Boertman)
This is hardly a serious low point.
Grizzlies swingman Tony Allen recalled playing on a Boston Celtics team that lost 19 straight games.
The injury-riddled Griz, who are missing seven key rotation players, dropped their third straight game Wednesday night when the Minnesota Timberwolves grabbed a 114-108 victory in FedExForum.
But this makeshift Memphis squad isn't down in the dumps.
"I've seen highs and lows. I wouldn't compare this to a low," Allen said. "We're still sitting in fifth place right now (in the Western Conference). Some guys will be back. … We're fighting hard. When those guys come back that's down, I think we're still going to be a force."
Allen was referring to Vince Carter (left calf strain) and Zach Randolph (sore knee) possibly returning sooner instead of later. The Griz welcomed back Lance Stephenson after he missed a game with a right wrist sprain. The Grizzlies' resourceful shooting guard gave the Grizzlies a much-needed boost on offense.
But Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine was slightly more prolific, finishing with a game-high 28 points. LaVine had 14 in the opening period when the Timberwolves scored 42 points on 67-percent shooting.
From there, the Griz struggled to match the Timberwolves' firepower despite Stephenson's team-high 24 points and 11 rebounds off the bench.
"We made it easy on them in the first quarter," Griz coach Dave Joerger said. "They gained a lot of confidence with 42 points. … But what can you say? Our guys are competing and playing with a lot of heart."
Memphis trailed by double digits most of the second half. The Griz entered the fourth quarter trailing 90-78.
Even so, the Griz made a run.
Matt Barnes finished with a double-double (14 points and 10 rebounds) despite making 6 of 21 field goal attempts. He made two clutch baskets down the stretch. Barnes scored a layup in transition that cut the Grizzlies' deficit to 106-102 with 1:42 left. As the Griz chipped away at a 20-point, third-quarter deficit, Barnes' layup cut Minnesota's lead to 104-96 with four minutes remaining. Allen followed with a fast-break layup seconds later.
But Allen took responsibility for LaVine's outburst, which helped put the Griz in a ditch early.
LaVine led a balanced and disciplined Timberwolves attack.
All five Minnesota starters finished in double-digit points. The Timberwolves shot 61 percent through the first three quarters and ended up with assists on 31 of 40 field goals.
"You let a guy get going early like that is a cardinal sin," Allen said of LaVine. "You're in for a long night. He led them and they followed his lead. We made a run, but the run wasn't strong enough."
Memphis trailed 64-57 at halftime and LaVine had 19 points on an array of shots. He finished with six 3-pointers and made a number of contested, difficult shots.
"We told Zach that Tony is one of the best one-on-one defenders. He's tough and he's physical. The officials, because of his reputation, are going to give him some leeway," Minnesota coach Sam Mitchell said. "I thought Zach did a good job of being shot-ready. If you're not ready to shoot the ball, hesitate and give Tony a chance to close out, you're not going to get by him. We couldn't have won the game without those shots."
The Griz play the second of a back-to-back Thursday on the road against the Milwaukee Bucks.


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'Is Afghanistan Lost?'
Revising Japan's constitution: History, headlines, and prospects
Panelists ask for clarity in U.S. policy
By Ruth Walker Special to the Harvard News Office
"When you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there."
At a panel discussion Monday at the Harvard Kennedy School, Maleeha Lodhi evoked Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat to describe the situation on the ground in Afghanistan.
The title of the event that Lodhi, formerly the Pakistani ambassador to the United States and currently a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, was taking part in was, "Is Afghanistan Lost?" Neither she nor any of her fellow panelists answered that exact question in the affirmative. But they each made a strong case that American policy has lost its way in Afghanistan.
"The war is going on almost on autopilot" is how another panelist, Barnett Rubin of the Center for International Conflict at New York University, put it. "The U.S. and NATO have, I would say, lost sight of their original objectives."
Moreover, the international presence in Afghanistan, from which Rubin has just returned in recent weeks, is undercutting the country as a sovereign state — not least because of the way visiting foreigners provide for their own security. They turn to private contractors like Blackwater, that in turn subcontract with former warlords now active as security guards for hire. The subcontractors end up with more money, prestige, and firepower than the official Afghan national forces. This is true not only in the case of the U.S. military, Rubin said, drawing chuckles from his audience with a reference to the "Soprano-like figure" who heads the team protecting the Bagram Air Base. It's true of aid organizations as well.
People of the region are very confused about what the United States is trying to do in Afghanistan, Rubin said. In a part of the world already susceptible to conspiracy theories, this has fed rumors. "Our stated goals are not at all consistent with what we're actually doing, and, therefore, people think there must be a secret plan."
The war in Afghanistan, Ambassador Lodhi said, "was not a war fought with any strategy. It was a war of emotion — to avenge the Sept. 11 terror attacks." What's needed is "not tweaking but a radical change of policy," because "the situation has gone way beyond tweaking."
Lodhi called for the redefining of policy goals in Afghanistan, and for a recognition that the strategy there needs to be more regional. "The stabilization of Afghanistan can't be allowed to lead to the destabilization of Pakistan," she said.
She also stressed that the importance of addressing "the trust deficit" between the United States and Pakistan. "Only at the leadership level is there trust." She also called for "a break from this pernicious legacy of treating Pakistan as hired help instead of a valued partner."
In his presentation, Steve Coll, president of the New America Foundation and the author of "Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001," reminded his listeners that U.S. policy in Afghanistan is due for a "reset," not only because of the new Obama administration but because of the expected change of leadership of Centcom, the Defense Department's command in charge of Southwest Asia, as well as an upcoming review by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.
This, said Coll, should lead to an actual written strategy document for Afghanistan, which would be a change from the status quo. "That may sound facetious, but the U.S. doesn't have a joint operating plan." He contrasted the situation with that of Iraq, where there is, he said, an 800-page joint operating plan. "Everyone more or less is singing from the same hymnal."
The fourth panelist was Mark Garlasco, senior military analyst for Human Rights Watch, who raised the issue of "collateral damage" — civilian casualties — in Afghanistan as a result of the Western forces' overreliance on air power. Though he stressed that "the opposition" in Afghanistan is the main killer of civilians there, and that Western forces strive to adhere to the Geneva Conventions, civilian casualties due to air power tripled last year over the year before.
This is in part because Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S. counterterror operation, shares the battle space with the NATO operations in Afghanistan, but the two forces have completely different rules of engagement. "Black teams" from the CIA do not communicate with NATO, Garlasco said. Moreover, an "anticipatory self-defense clause" allows U.S. forces to call in airstrikes at a much lower threshold than the NATO forces.
The discussion, before a capacity crowd in the Malkin Penthouse at the Kennedy School, was moderated by Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, who referred to the panelists as "a dream team" of expertise.


The top U.S. military officer said Wednesday he likes what he sees so far in Pakistan's response to last month's terror attacks in India, including the arrests of key militants, but said time will tell if Pakistan's crackdown is for real. "We measure by deeds," Adm. Mike Mullen said.
Mullen visited Pakistan and India last week, tag-teaming the pressure on Pakistan's shaky civilian government with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Describing his meetings to reporters, Mullen said he was impressed by the stated commitment of Pakistani leaders.
"I sense a real appreciation for both the seriousness of the attacks and the growing threats of terrorism inside their own borders," Mullen said at the Pentagon.
He praised raids on militant facilities that followed his visit, and gave Pakistan's influential military chief an unusually strong endorsement.
The media-shy Army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, is sometimes described as Pakistan's shadow ruler. Mullen noted the two have met frequently in the past several months, although he did not mention the context for some of their discussions — the rise in U.S.-Pakistan tensions over U.S. terror-hunting raids on Pakistani soil.
Mullen said he is encouraged that Pakistan seems to have arrested "some of the right people, significant players" in the banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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Al Davis net worth! – How rich is Al Davis?
Al Davis is a well known person in sports industry, where he became a huge star in football. It has been estimated that the total amount of Al Davis net worth currently is as high as 500 million dollars, thus, his career in sports not only made him a popular man, but also one of the richest people in football. Al Davis is mostly known as a sports executive and football coach. These two involvements of his added up a lot of revenues to the total size of Al Davis net worth.
He was born in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1929. In 1972 he got a position as the principal owner and general manager of the Oakland Raiders team, which competes in the NFL. He held this position until 2011. Al Davis started his career in football when he became a line coach at Adelphi College, a position he held in the period of 1950-1951. Al Davis was promoted to other positions in amateur football. In 1960 his professional career began when he got the position of the offensive end coach of the AFL's Los Angeles Chargers, where he worked for two years. When he was 33 years old, Al Davis was named head coach and general manager of the AFL's struggling Oakland Raiders.
Thus, this first professional involvement into football made his name more known and added up to the total estimate of Al Davis net worth.
When he began working with this team, he turned it into one of the best teams in AFL. As a head coach he served for four years. In 1966 he got the title of the AFL Commissioner. In the beginning of the 70s, Al Davis got a lot of controversy because of his refusal to merge the AFL and the NFL. Because he objected to some rules, Al Davis quitted being the AFL Commissioner.
Nevertheless, Al Davis was respected in the football field a lot. With his guidance, the Oakland Raiders became one of the most successful teams in professional football. The team became a winner of 13 divisional championships as well as one AFL title which the team won in 1967. Moreover, it became a winner of three Super Bowl games in the period of 1967-1985. Thus, as the team became so successful, his work with it has also increased the total sum of Al Davis net worth.
In 1985, the Oakland Raiders were recognized as one of the most famous and storied franchises in all branches of American sports. The team appeared next to such well known and successful teams as the Los Angeles Lakers, the New York Yankees and Red Sox.
In 1992 his name was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a Team and League Administrator, which crowned his career in professional football. Thus, this sport has also earned him numerous awards and recognition, in addition to increasing the overall size of Al Davis net worth. The football coach died in 2011 in his home in Oakland at 82 years old.


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During 2010 our agency branched out from our parent company and developed a Critical Access Behavioral Health Agency (CABHA) under the name of FOCUS Behavioral Health Services, LLC. Through the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services we met all requirements to achieve the CABHA status. With this certification we have developed and continue to develop a full continuum of care for children and their families.
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// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "chrome/browser/guest_view/web_view/javascript_dialog_helper.h"

#include "base/strings/utf_string_conversions.h"
#include "base/values.h"
#include "chrome/browser/guest_view/guest_view_constants.h"
#include "chrome/browser/guest_view/web_view/web_view_constants.h"
#include "chrome/browser/guest_view/web_view/web_view_guest.h"
#include "chrome/browser/guest_view/web_view/web_view_permission_types.h"

namespace {

std::string JavaScriptMessageTypeToString(
    content::JavaScriptMessageType message_type) {
  switch (message_type) {
    case content::JAVASCRIPT_MESSAGE_TYPE_ALERT:
      return "alert";
    case content::JAVASCRIPT_MESSAGE_TYPE_CONFIRM:
      return "confirm";
    case content::JAVASCRIPT_MESSAGE_TYPE_PROMPT:
      return "prompt";
    default:
      NOTREACHED() << "Unknown JavaScript Message Type.";
      return "unknown";
  }
}

}  // namespace

JavaScriptDialogHelper::JavaScriptDialogHelper(WebViewGuest* guest)
    : webview_guest_(guest) {
}

JavaScriptDialogHelper::~JavaScriptDialogHelper() {
}

void JavaScriptDialogHelper::RunJavaScriptDialog(
    content::WebContents* web_contents,
    const GURL& origin_url,
    const std::string& accept_lang,
    content::JavaScriptMessageType javascript_message_type,
    const base::string16& message_text,
    const base::string16& default_prompt_text,
    const DialogClosedCallback& callback,
    bool* did_suppress_message) {
  base::DictionaryValue request_info;
  request_info.Set(
      webview::kDefaultPromptText,
      base::Value::CreateStringValue(base::UTF16ToUTF8(default_prompt_text)));
  request_info.Set(
      webview::kMessageText,
      base::Value::CreateStringValue(base::UTF16ToUTF8(message_text)));
  request_info.Set(
      webview::kMessageType,
      base::Value::CreateStringValue(
          JavaScriptMessageTypeToString(javascript_message_type)));
  request_info.Set(
      guestview::kUrl,
      base::Value::CreateStringValue(origin_url.spec()));
  webview_guest_->RequestPermission(
      WEB_VIEW_PERMISSION_TYPE_JAVASCRIPT_DIALOG,
      request_info,
      base::Bind(&JavaScriptDialogHelper::OnPermissionResponse,
                 base::Unretained(this),
                 callback),
      false /* allowed_by_default */);
}

void JavaScriptDialogHelper::RunBeforeUnloadDialog(
    content::WebContents* web_contents,
    const base::string16& message_text,
    bool is_reload,
    const DialogClosedCallback& callback) {
  // This is called if the guest has a beforeunload event handler.
  // This callback allows navigation to proceed.
  callback.Run(true, base::string16());
}

bool JavaScriptDialogHelper::HandleJavaScriptDialog(
    content::WebContents* web_contents,
    bool accept,
    const base::string16* prompt_override) {
  return false;
}

void JavaScriptDialogHelper::CancelActiveAndPendingDialogs(
    content::WebContents* web_contents) {
}

void JavaScriptDialogHelper::WebContentsDestroyed(
    content::WebContents* web_contents) {
}

void JavaScriptDialogHelper::OnPermissionResponse(
    const DialogClosedCallback& callback,
    bool allow,
    const std::string& user_input) {
  callback.Run(allow && webview_guest_->attached(),
               base::UTF8ToUTF16(user_input));
}

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Джеймс Алан Гарднер  (; род. 10 января 1955) — канадский писатель, автор научно-фантастических произведений.

Биография
Родился в Брэдфорде (Bradford) в канадской провинции Онтарио.
В детские годы жил в Брэдфорде и Симкои (Simcoea). Получил степень Бакалавра, а затем Магистра прикладной математики в Университете Ватерлоо ().
В настоящее время живёт в Китченер-Ватерлоо.

Произведения

Романы
 «Отряд обреченных»(1997)
 «Час Предназначения»(1998)
 «Vigilant»(1999)
 «Hunted»(2000)
 «Планета бессмертных» (2001)
 «Trapped»(2002)
 «Radiant»(2004)
 «Lara Croft and the Man of Bronze»(2004)
 «Пламя и пыль»

Повести, рассказы
 «Три слушания по делу о наличии змей в крови человека»

Источники
 Гарднер
 Официальный сайт

Писатели по алфавиту
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