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Kemal Kiliçdaroğlu's "Justice March"
Turkey's emboldened opposition
In Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government has been working to centralise political power, opposition parties have lately had few reasons to be optimistic. This month's massive rally in Istanbul was a rare exception. By Sinan Ülgen
On 9 July, after walking for 25 days from the capital, Ankara, Turkey's main opposition leader, Kemal Kiliçdaroğlu, urged supporters to resist the decline in democratic freedoms. "We will be breaking down the walls of fear," Kiliçdaroğlu told a crowd of hundreds of thousands. "The last day of our justice march is a new beginning, a new step." The question now is whether Turkey's divided political opposition can move beyond rhetoric and mount a meaningful, unified challenge to Erdoğan's political hegemony.
The party that Kiliçdaroğlu leads, the Republican People's Party (CHP), commands a high level of support from Turks frustrated by Erdoğan's majority rule. But in Turkey's constrained political environment, and with a popular if polarising president still at the helm, opposition leaders will face a difficult struggle to maintain the momentum they have established.
When I spoke with Kiliçdaroğlu a few days before his arrival in Istanbul, as he approached the city limits, he sounded as surprised as anyone by the protest's size, and was keenly aware of the difficulties that loomed. The march was an unplanned reaction to the arrest of Enis Berberoğlu, a former editor-in-chief of the mainstream "Hürriyet" newspaper, and a CHP member of parliament.
According to Sinan Ülgen, Kemal Kiliçdaroğlu was "as surprised as anyone by the protest's size, and was keenly aware of the difficulties that loomed". Pictured here: people taking part in the "Justice March". Starting in the middle of June, tens of thousands of people walked the 432 km from Ankara to Istanbul with Kiliçdaroğlu, covering 20 km everyday
Catalogue of demands
But the march's more concrete objectives, like its route, became known only after the 450-kilometre protest got underway. By the time Kiliçdaroğlu arrived in Istanbul, marchers were calling for economic equity, educational opportunity, gender equality and a guarantee of non-discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, religion or cultural identity. Kiliçdaroğlu, meanwhile, said his goal was the complete remodelling of the Turkish state, with clear limits on executive authority by a re-empowered parliament, an impartial judiciary, and a free media. Forging a coherent political platform from such a diverse array of objectives will test the CHP leadership.
In recent years, spontaneous demonstrations like the one just completed have not delivered the reforms participants have sought. In May 2013, for example, huge crowds gathered to challenge the government's plans to develop Istanbul's Gezi Park; the demonstrations ended with no real political impact. A similar outcome is possible this time.
Nonetheless, polling numbers seem to suggest that the public is increasingly behind Kiliçdaroğlu. According to a survey published by Research Istanbul on the day of the rally, support for the march was 43 per cent, which is about 17 percentage points higher than the CHP's approval ratings. In other words, CHP marchers drew support from outside their base, a sign of Turkey's deepening disillusionment with the status quo.
Supporters included members of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), 83 per cent of whom approved of the protest. It even resonated with members of Erdoğan's own Justice and Development Party (AKP); 10% of AKP members surveyed said they supported the march's objectives.
Writing in "The Guardian" on 6 July 2017, Kemal Kiliçdaroğlu (above) said: "Regardless of our political views, we are united under one single cause: justice. We walk peacefully. We do not respond to the laying of bullets on the road in front of us, or the manure dumped on our camping sites. When bullies try to provoke us with insults we respond only with applause. Our peaceful but steely determination is our greatest asset."
Fragmented opposition
With his unexpected, unplanned civil disobedience, Kiliçdaroğlu seems to have consolidated his role as the leader of a larger, somewhat fragmented, opposition. In the year since last July's failed coup, the government's inevitable but overly heavy-handed response has alienated many Turks. With emergency rule still in effect, a growing segment of the public, it seems, is receptive to the opposition's calls to strengthen the rule of law.
Erdoğan's narrow victory in April's constitutional referendum, which granted the president sweeping new powers to dissolve parliament, issue decrees, and unilaterally appoint judges, deepened the opposition's resolve. But it also helped push more Turks into the opposition's embrace. According to a Research Istanbul survey, among those who voted "no" to the referendum, 85 per cent stood with Kiliçdaroğlu marchers. Tellingly, 7 per cent of those who voted "yes" did as well.
It is too early to speculate whether Kiliçdaroğlu's march will have a lasting impact on Turkey's political direction. But, at the very least, it has reframed expectations for the country's next presidential election, now scheduled for November 2019. But even with the modest gains made earlier this month, Erdoğan remains a formidable opponent, and there is still a long road to walk if Kiliçdaroğlu's "new beginning" for Turkey is to be realised.
Sinan Ülgen
© Project Syndicate 2017
Sinan Ülgen is chairman of the Istanbul-based Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) and a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels. He is the author of the recent Carnegie Europe paper "A Threat-Based Strategy for NATO's Southern Flank".
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Q: http get method does not supported when using datetime parameter I have Webapi service controller that supports two get method which distincts by parameter
Controller
public class DailyRecordController : BaseApiController
{
    private IDailyBroadcastRepository _repo;

    public DailyRecordController(IDailyBroadcastRepository repo)
    {
        _repo = repo;
    }
    public IQueryable<DailyBroadcast> Get(DateTime? date=null)
    {
        var dailyBroadcastList = new List<DailyBroadcast>();
        try
        {
            dailyBroadcastList = _repo.GetDailyBroadcastByDate(date??DateTime.Now).ToList();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            //Log
        }
        return dailyBroadcastList.AsQueryable();
    }

    public DailyBroadcast Get(int? Id)
    {
        var dailyBroadcast = new DailyBroadcast();
        try
        {
            dailyBroadcast = _repo.GetDailyBroadcastById(Id);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            //Log
        }
        return dailyBroadcast;
    }
}

Config
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
                name: "DefaultApi",
                routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
                defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
            );

When call api/DailyRecord/2017-06-01 it hits to method with id:integer method, never hits the method with datetime parameter.
I have also tried to route attribute but not affected.
[HttpGet]
[Route("{date:datetime}")]

I fact, when I commnet out the second method with id parameter, the service returns
The requested resource does not support http method 'GET'
How can I build this controller with two Get methods that supports both datetime and integer parameters?

A: Define 1 get method with a string input and use TryParse to verify the input is entered in the correct format.
Get(string val)
{
   DateTime dt, int id;
   if (DateTime.TryParse(val, out dt))
   {
      //Filter by date
   }
   else if (int.TryParse(val, out id))
   {
      //Filter by int
   }
   else
   {
      //Error state
   }
}

A: I have solved the issue by implementing a route constraint as shown in this walkthrough
The route is restricted to the desired format by adding a regular-expression constraint to the route template:
[HttpGet]
[Route("{date:datetime:regex(\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2})}")]
public IQueryable<DailyBroadcast> GetByDate(DateTime date) {
    //...
}

Now only dates in the form "yyyy-mm-dd" will match. Notice that we
  don't use the regex to validate that we got a real date. That is
  handled when Web API tries to convert the URI segment into a
  DateTime instance. An invalid date such as '2012-47-99' will fail to
  be converted, and the client will get a 404 error.

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Common sense enforcement of current gun laws to prevent mass shootings.
Mass shootings occur frequently in this country because of easy access to destructive weapons that have no sporting purpose. The National Firearms Act already provides language for regulating the sale, importation, and ownership destructive wepons that have no sporting purpose. However, modern assault rifles like the AR-15, semiautomatic kalashnikov rifle (AK-47), sig sauer MCX assault rifle, semiautomatic FN FAL rifles and their variants are not covered by the National Fire Arms act. This has allowed mass shooters easy access to powerful semiautomatic versions of military rifles allowing them to kill and wound countless innocent men, women and children. We are calling on the President and Congress to amend the National Firearms Act to include semiautomatic versions of military rifles, weapons that have proven themselves to be highly destructive, and to have no sporting purpose. This would force those wanting to purchase these destructive wepons to obtain approval from the ATF, pass an extensive background check to include submitting a photograph and fingerprints, fully register the firearm, receive ATF written permission before moving the firearm across state lines, and pay a tax. This would not affect the majority of the guns that americans use for hunting, target shooting, and self defense. Revolvers, lever action rifles, bolt action rifles, pistols, shotguns and semiautomatic rifles with out detachable magizines would not be affected.
Additionaly start new legislation that would ban the sale of rifle, pistol, and shotgun magizines with a capacity greater than thirteen rounds. This would dramaticaly deminish the ability of mass shooters to fire rapidly, but still protect the sporting and self defense gun uses of the average american.
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The top 10 animated films at the box office for 2014
by Anthony
Here's a look at this year's top 10 animated films in terms of domestic box office. All figures are as of this writing and taken from Box Office Mojo:
The LEGO Movie: $257,760,692
Big Hero 6: $196,740,000
How to Train Your Dragon 2: $177,002,924
Rio 2: $131,538,435
Mr. Peabody and Sherman: $111,506,430
Penguins of Madagascar: $68,754,000
The Nut Job: $64,251,541
Planes: Fire & Rescue: $59,165,787
The Boxtrolls: $50,345,363
The Book of Life: $48,976,842
The top animated film, "The LEGO Movie," came out early this year, but made a big impact. "Big Hero 6" is still in theaters and drawing an audience, having outpaced "Wreck-It Ralph" by this point. Despite some beancounters' hand-wringing that it didn't make nearly as obscene an amount as expected, "Dragons 2" was still a success. Although it was more popular overseas, "Rio 2" still made plenty domestically. Finally, while "Mr. Peabody and Sherman" is deemed a flop, it still was the fifth highest-grossing animated film domestically this year. I enjoyed "Peabody," but apparently people preferred the likes of a "300" sequel, and going up directly against "Muppets Most Wanted" didn't help either of those films.
When overseas figures are factored in for worldwide grosses, the top 10 list looks fairly different:
Penguins of Madagascar: $203,400,000
Planes: Fire & Rescue: $147,000,000
The Wind Rises: $117,900,000
The Nut Job: $113,300,000
The Boxtrolls: $107,800,000
By far, the top film globally (and thus 2014's champ) is "How to Train Your Dragon 2," pulling in north of $600 million, well ahead of the second-place film, "Rio 2." "The LEGO Movie," "Big Hero 6," and "Mr. Peabody and Sherman" rounded out the top five. Also added to the global list is the final film by Hayao Miyazaki, "The Wind Rises," which made the bulk of its money in its native Japan. (It made more money in France than in North America, for some reason.) Also interesting that "Peabody" still made the global top five, though I assume "Penguins" will eclipse it in early 2015.
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This year's Istanbul Music Festival, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), returns this year with the theme of 'family bonds'. The festival will feature performances by families, including children with parents and siblings, while also emphasising the strong familial community among music lovers in Istanbul.
The opening week sets the tone for an eclectic and rich festival. 'Women Stars of Tomorrow: Young Women Musicians Support Fund', launched in collaboration with the festival to support up-and-coming female musicians, will showcase the selected women when they perform a concert on May 28 at Boğaziçi University Albert Long Hall. We are also looking forward to the June 1 performance at the Hagia Irene of Joyce Didonato and Il Pomo D'oro's project In War & Peace.
The festival celebrates the fabric of the city, with special concerts at the Grand Bazaar and Sirkeci Terminal. On June 10, there will also be a musical journey accompanied by professional guides along the Music Route through Galata and Karaköy, with stops at the Italian Synagogue, St. Georg Church, St. Peter and Paul Church, and the Ashkenazi Synagogue.
Concerts will take place in venues all over the city, including Aya Irini Museum on the Seraglio Point, the Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Centre in Nişantaşı, the İş Sanat Concert Hall in Levent, and the Süreyya Opera House in Kadıköy.


Over the next three years, HUBER+SUHNER will supply RADOX® cables for the series production of 54 carriages for new metro trains in a major Russian city. This is the first order for HUBER+SUHNER from the Russian railway market based on the new approval.
The new trains are being manufactured in a joint venture between Russian and Czech mechanical engineering companies. They consume 30 per cent less energy whilst also providing more comfort for passengers. HUBER+SUHNER advised both companies on technical matters and supplied the cables for testing. Following the successful completion of these tests, HUBER+SUHNER has now been appointed as the cable supplier for the production of all the new metro trains.
Almost the full range of RADOX® rail cables, including RADOX® data bus cables and RADOX® signal and power cables are used in the trains. They are particularly robust and safe, providing a long service life of up to 40 years whilst also being able to withstand both high and low temperatures (from -50 °C to 120 °C). The cables will be used for almost all of the systems in the trains, such as the power supply for the lights. The trains also feature a modern passenger information system in which the cables are used to transmit the data.
This order follows the official certification of the cables at the end of 2013 as meeting the requirements of the Russian railway market. This certification of the RADOX® rail cable portfolio was a major factor in the decision to select HUBER+SUHNER as supplier. "The project is a milestone for HUBER+SUHNER. For the first time, we have been able to use our foreign-produced rail cables on the Russian metro railway market for the series production of metro trains. Our work toward certification over the past few years and the wide range of tests have been rewarded," said Alexey Chernychev, Business Development Manager at HUBER+SUHNER Russia.
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Home Uncategorized "Snorkel Family" Volunteers in VINP To Give Back to Island for Memories
"Snorkel Family" Volunteers in VINP To Give Back to Island for Memories
Volunteers work at the recently uncovered Francis Bay Great House, above, where they exposed beautiful tile floors.
Of the thousands of people who visit the V.I. National Park each year, not many stop to ask how they can give back. One group of friends who have been vacationing on St. John for several years — some of them for decades — decided to do just that.
The group of nearly 50 friends, who live throughout the U.S. and vacation together each year at Cinnamon Bay, discovered the VINP volunteer program run by volunteer coordinator Jeff Chabot, and in doing so, they discovered that giving back can be fun.
The group, who've dubbed themselves the "Snorkel Family," were interested in giving back to the island where they shared so many fond memories, explained David Messinger of Boston.
"We've always tried to give something back," said David Messinger. "Now, this program has created a wonderful opportunity to give back."
During their stay this year, the Snorkel Family worked on everything from the Annaberg ruins to the Francis Bay Great House. The group was excited to reveal the beautiful details of the great house at Francis Bay, explained Judy Messinger.
Exposing Historic Ruins
"We were excited to expose beautiful tile floors inside the house," said Judy Messinger. "When we finished each day and looked at what we'd accomplished, it was so exciting, and we enjoyed thinking about how the VINP might take the next steps to protect these beautifully exposed ruins."
Chabot was right there to encourage the group, even when the work became difficult, Judy Messinger continued.
"Jeff really helps generate enthusiasm," she said. "It's amazing how well he organized us and how careful he was in terms of making sure we were careful to protect historical resources. Jeff makes it exciting to lift up catch 'n keep."
The Snorkel Family was happy to hear Chabot address the campers at Cinnamon Bay during a Monday afternoon, February 11, welcome lunch for guests. Chabot, who picks up volunteers at Cinnamon Bay on Thursdays at 8:15 a.m., told the campers how they can help out in the VINP.
"It's nice he's addressing this group, because I'm not quite sure how much they know about the volunteer program," said Snorkel Family member and Rochester, New York resident Jim Chen. "I'm sure a lot of people would welcome the opportunity to help out. Even though we're on vacation, there's a purpose to volunteering and it makes us feel good."
Chabot delivered a short speech to the campers as they enjoyed lunch, telling them how they can get involved in helping maintain the VINP's trails and ruins.
Volunteer Program a "Miracle"
"This is primarily for people who want to give back to the park," said Chabot. "People often leave the site a lot more excited than when we went in. You can give as little or as much effort as you want, and you get to see some really historic ruins."
People like Chabot are instrumental to the preservation of the VINP's historic ruins and other resources, explained David Messinger.
"All the national parks are decaying and underfinanced, which is a danger to historic sites," he said. "The VINP doesn't have significant resources, so to have someone like Jeff come along is a miracle. He has an extraordinary gift, skill and courage."
While it often takes up to 20 years to build a successful volunteer program, Chabot has accomplished this goal in just a year, David Messinger added.
"By creating this easy opportunity for people to give, support is starting to swell," he said.
Leading volunteer work parties is all in a day's work for Chabot, who enjoyed working with the Snorkel Family, he explained.
"I think we'll see more of the Snorkel Family in the future," said Chabot. "They've had fun. When they have a good time, I have a good time."
Residents and tourists alike are welcome to join the volunteer work party. Chabot picks up volunteers on Thursdays at 8 a.m. at the VINP maintenance parking lot, 8:15 a.m. at Cinnamon Bay and 8:30 a.m. at Maho Bay, and on Saturdays at 8 a.m. at the VINP maintenance parking lot. For more information, call the Friends of the VINP at 779-4940.
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When I first started learning how to cook my favorite dish to make were soups. Let me clarify that, the only item on the menu I was trusted to make with minimal supervision were the soups, or at least that's what I thought.
What I later learned was that working with new ingredients and making classical dishes could be taught, but if you didn't have that understanding of ingredients and how they worked together, creating new dishes on your own would be almost impossible. You would always be able to re-create, but there was no magic in that.
My task was to see what was left over and make a soup out of those ingredients, In fact at one time that's how soups were always made. That is until they became more in demand, and the need for soup far surpassed the amount of left overs on hand.
Restaurants started featuring soups and became well known for their creations, and somewhere along the way, the hearty soups made from left overs fell by the way side, replaced by standardized recipes….sigh.
Now I do admit to making most of my soups at school from all new ingredients, but towards the end of the week, as we begin to accumulate leftovers, we go back to the old ways of hearty soups made from what was on hand. And that my friends, brings us to today's Roasted Red Pepper Soup with Grilled Chicken and Grilled Corn!
I mentioned last month that I had started working with Kelapo to develop new recipes using Coconut Oil. I have to say I've been having fun adapting recipes and trying to think outside of the box on ways to use coconut oil in my everyday cooking, and I must admit that Kelapo Coconut Oil has not let me down yet. Today's recipe was a perfect example!
refrigerator to make lunch today I saw too many good leftovers staring at me, begging to be used……and that my friends is how I came up with this incredibly delicious Roasted Red Pepper soup!
I used Kelapo Coconut Oil instead of butter to make my roux for this creamy soup, and in keeping with my new found healthy outlook on life (baby steps), I added a dollop of Low Fat Greek Yogurt instead of using Heavy Cream. Now that was a great idea!! The tang of the Greek yogurt was an amazing addition to the soup and added another layer of flavors!
In a small saucepan add the Kelapo coconut oil and allow to become liquid.
Add flour and blend in well and reduce heat to low, allow roux to cook for about 5 minutes.
Add chicken stock to the roux and allow to simmer for 3-5 minutes on low heat.
Add in pureed roasted red peppers, franks buffalo sauce, sugar, and shredded chicken, stir well.
Season with sea salt to taste, and if it seems a little bitter add in another teaspoon of sugar.
You can either add the corn directly to the soup at this point, or add it to the soup as part of the garnish.
Garnish soup with a dollop of Low Fat Greek Yogurt, Corn and Cilantro.
* if the soup becomes too thick, thin it out with a little water or stock.
I love it when I amaze myself, the soup was delicious and every bit as good as it would have been using butter, and the Greek Yogurt added more flavor than heavy cream would have. All I needed to make this the perfect lunch would have been a loaf of crusty bread!
I'm learning to use Coconut Oil in my every day cooking and I'm having fun doing it. Who knows what's next……sigh. Thanks to Kelapo, I'm one step closer to healthy eating! How do you use coconut oil in your cooking?


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Trump lashes out at the Federal Reserve yet again, comparing it to 'a stubborn child'
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President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday morning to criticize the Federal Reserve's interest-rate policy yet again.
The comments come after Fed left borrowing costs unchanged at the end of a two-day policy meeting Wednesday.
Trump has stepped up his attacks on the independent central bank as his trade wars threaten to hurt the economy in the run-up to the 2020 elections.
The president has repeatedly pressured officials to slash interest rates and attempted to install political allies on the Federal Reserve Board.
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President Donald Trump took aim at the Federal Reserve in a series of early morning tweets on Monday, claiming that the central bank was behind a cooling global economy and urging officials to lower interest rates.
"Despite a Federal Reserve that doesn't know what it is doing – raised rates far to fast (very low inflation, other parts of world slowing, lowering & easing) & did large scale tightening, $50 Billion/month, we are on course to have one of the best Months of June in U.S. history.." the president wrote on Twitter.
He also called on the independent central bank to loosen monetary policy, arguing that interest rates have thwarted growth. Economists say the economy is cooling because of an expected slowdown in growth abroad, the fading effects of tax cuts and global trade tensions.
"….Think of what it could have been if the Fed had gotten it right," Trump continued. "Thousands of points higher on the Dow, and GDP in the 4's or even 5's. Now they stick, like a stubborn child, when we need rates cuts, & easing, to make up for what other countries are doing against us. Blew it!"
Financial markets jumped to record highs last week after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and signaled it could lower them at a July meeting. The central bank said this month it was ready to step in if trade disputes worsen.
Trump argued the Fed should have lowered interest rates already, however. The president's criticism on the central bank and its chairman, Jay Powell, has grown in recent weeks as sprawling tariffs threaten to hurt the economy ahead of the 2020 elections.
Bloomberg reported last week that the administration looked into whether it could demote Powell, which the president has since denied.
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On May 20, 2014, Chatham County voters went to the polls to elect the next President of the Savannah/ Chatham County School Board. The five (5) individuals who were competing for this position were: Sadie C. Brown, Jolene Byrne, Chester Ellis, George Seaborough and David Simons.
After the voting was finished last Tuesday, it appeared that Jolene Byrne and David Simon would faceoff in a runoff election on July 22, 2014. The election results were clear: Byrne received 40.05%; Simons 21.49%; Ellis 17.25%; Brown 10.70%; and Seaborough 10.51%. Although this is one of the most important elected offices in our community, only about 21% of the eligible voters participated in the election of the next School Board President.
because they have been aggressive in their efforts to participate in the construction of our schools. Additionally during the weeks of the campaign, he was the subject of an ethics complaint for working as a lobbyist without a license and also being sued for slander by a contractor.
School Board Election did not believe that he had any real interest in promoting or supporting public education. Many of the contributors to the Simons campaign were white contractors who are doing business, or who hope to do business, with the school system.
Around lunch time on Thursday, May 22nd, the rumor mill in Savannah was alive with chatter that Simons was going to withdraw from the race since he could not see a path to victory. His white-only strategy could not work for him. With Jolene Byrne, a white woman, receiving 40% of the vote with only 21% going to Simons, it was clear that most of the votes for the other three (3) candidates came from the African Americans…the very people for whom he had shown the most contempt. Later that evening, Simons quit the race.
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Lucas Has Idea for Indiana Jones 5; Spielberg, LaBeouf, and Ford Don't Rule it Out
Posted on Friday, May 16th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta
Rumors began in July 2007 that Shia LaBeouf signed a contract to reprise his role of Mutt Williams, in a series of Indiana Jones sequels. MTV quickly got a denial from LucasFilm, although it turns out that IESB.net's source probably wasn't far off after all. It has now been revealed that George Lucas has an idea to make more Indy films with Mutt as the lead character.
"I haven't even told Steven or Harrison this," Lucas told Fox News. "But I have an idea to make Shia [LeBeouf] the lead character next time and have Harrison [Ford] come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out."
And I'm betting that like most Hollywood contracts, LaBeouf probably has stipulations which lock him into a sequel/spin-off if Paramount wanted to make one, despite what LucasFilm claimed last year. And LaBeouf says he would be interested.
"I don't think a Mutt spinoff would be as big as Indiana Jones," LaBeouf told MTV. "[But] fingers crossed!"
Harrison Ford told USA Today in April that "he also might consider a fifth installment of Indiana Jones, though he hopes it wouldn't take 20 years to pull together."
"And it's not like Harrison is even old," admits Lucas. "I mean, he's 65 and he did everything in this movie. The old chemistry is there, and it's not like he's an old man. He's incredibly agile; he looks even better than he did 20 years ago, if you ask me."
Even director Steven Spielberg admitted a years back while developing Crystal Skull, that he wouldn't rule out a fifth film.
"Oh, I don't know," Spielberg told the Chicago Sun Times. "Of course, I said the third INDY would be the last one. And obviously it's not. So I can't even comment whether the fourth will be the last one or not. I'm not looking to redesign the wheel. I just want to continue the saga."
If Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull does the business that everyone is expecting, I don't see how they couldn't launch a sequel/spin-off. What about a storyline where Shia has to find and rescue Indiana Jones, a callback to The Last Crusade.
Discuss: Would you see a Indiana Jones spin-off starring Shia LaBeouf?
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World's oldest Test cricketer dies in South Africa
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John Watkins, who had been the world's oldest living Test cricketer, has died in Durban at the age of 98, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Monday.
His death leaves fellow South African Ron Draper, 95, as the oldest surviving Test player, while Australian Neil Harvey, 92, is believed to be the only player still alive who played Test cricket in the 1940s.
Draper played his only two Tests, against Australia, in the early 1950s.
Watkins was a forceful right-hand batsman, accurate away-swing bowler and a fine slip fielder, who played in 15 Tests between 1949/50 and 1956/57 despite being unavailable for tours of England in 1951 and 1955 due to business reasons.
He made his highest Test score of 92, as well as 50 in the second innings, when South Africa beat Australia in the fifth Test in Melbourne in the 1952/53 season.
The win enabled the underdog tourists to share the series, a performance credited to the outstanding fielding and fitness of a team led by Jack Cheetham.
Before making his first-class cricket debut, Watkins trained as a Spitfire pilot with the South African Air Force during World War 11 before being consigned to air traffic control because of colour blindness.
According to CSA, Watkins had been in failing health before contracting coronavirus 10 days before his death last Friday.
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Gary Burrill Questions Premier Stephen McNeil about Owls Head Provincial Park
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Gary Burrill, Leader of the NDP
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Gary Burrill: I would like to ask the Premier about the Crown lands in Owls Head and Little Harbour. In March of last year, the government passed a confidential minute letter by means of which Owls Head Provincial Park was removed from the list of pending protected areas. Then in December, a couple of months ago, thanks only to the investigative work of a diligent journalist this fact came to public light. Last month, in January, the government quietly removed the park from the online map of protected areas. I want to ask the Premier if he would share his reasoning as to why his government did not consult, did not engage, did not even inform the public at any point along this process?
The Speaker: Order, please. I would like to remind the honourable Leader of the New Democratic Party that the topic at hand appears on the Order Paper now twice, once in the form of the bill that your Party introduced just a short while ago on this day, as well as it being the topic for late debate. That eliminates it as fodder for Question Period.
The honourable Leader of the New Democratic Party.
Gary Burrill: Might I call for a reconsideration of that judgment? Is it, in fact, the case that the entire subject that is pointed to in such a bill is not a legitimate subject for discussion on such a day in the House? That has not been my previous understanding.
The Speaker: We would have been okay if the short title of the bill, printed right on the second page, wasn't the Owls Head Act. You're speaking specifically about a scenario that is the topic of a bill and is the topic of late debate, both of which are on the Order Paper. If you have a general question about a general process, that's fine. To me, your question is specific about a specific situation.
Gary Burrill: I would like to ask, without mentioning the name of any particular communities on the Eastern Shore, if in general, when the government attends to the disposition and the potential future of Crown lands, if it does not find it overall a wiser course of action to consult and engage and inform than to not do so?
The Speaker: Thank you very much for your patience.
The honourable Premier.
The Premier: I want to thank the honourable member for his question and for his ability to think quick on his feet. I do want to talk to him seriously about this issue. In his earlier preamble, he actually alluded to the fact that this was not a protected area. It was on a list of potential protected areas. Like all pieces of Crown land, when someone -whether it's being used -is looking to buy that piece of Crown land, there's a process that you would go through. There was an offer made on that piece of property. As part of that process, Mr. Speaker, there would have to be public consultation and public input to go forward. That would have been part of the ongoing process if that property had been sold.
Gary Burrill: The Premier raises the point, which has been raised much in the government's discourse about this, about the technical or juridical status of this piece of Crown land -pending, not pending, park, not park and so on.What I want to point to, though, is that there has been a broad understanding, as there might be among the public, when maps, government reports, things like the Colin Stewart Forest Forum, other things, when these things have all indicated a certain understanding, when the public comes to understand that in some unjudicial way, just in general, that the protection of something has been provided, would it not be better when that is the case to proceed by some means that would at least allow an elementary level of information to be shared with the public when a different course of action is to be followed?
The Premier: Mr. Speaker, I am not sure what the question was -really, I am not. The reality of it is that I said in the process that was in place, there would be public input and consultation on it. This was not a piece of protected land, Mr. Speaker, and let's be clear about that. It's not that someone is making this up. It wasn't protected and now it has been delisted. It was never protected. It was one of a number of pieces of land across the province that the former government had looked at as potential candidates to be added to our protected lands.In the meantime, Mr. Speaker, there was interest in that piece of property to be able to develop economic opportunities in the region of the province that requires economic opportunities. The responsible thing for the government to do is to look at those options. I would tell the member that there would be public consultation.
Gary Burrill: Mr. Speaker, I do want to say something about public consultation. The means by which any piece of land ended up being listed on the NDP's Our Parks and Protected Areas Plan, was a means of extensive consultation. At that time there were community meetings held across the province, around 20 of them -a multitude of interviews, way over 1,000 of them, many written submissions. I think in the order of around 3,000. So, we're talking here about consultation on Crown lands and land preservation, with a capital C. The difficulty is that it seems to me that level of regard for consultation has not been honoured here. I want to ask the Premier: Does his government hold such low regard for community voices and public participation that when the public has an issue that is of such concern to them that all this level of consultation is simply taken and apparently disregarded?
The Premier: Mr. Speaker, if the New Democratic Party, when they were in power, did all of this consultation and it was deemed it was supposed to be protected, why didn't they protect it? Why did they put it as a potential piece of protected area? Why didn't they just simply protect it? I think that's a better question. If they have done all of the public consultation that he is describing, why stop there? If they believe it should have been protected, why didn't they protect it?
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Highpower Voting Channel Remains Open for Special Meeting to be held on October 29, 2019
SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Highpower International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HPJ) ("Highpower" or the "Company"), a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of lithium ion and nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) rechargeable batteries, battery management systems, and a provider of battery recycling, remind stockholders that the voting channel remains open and will be available through the Special Meeting of Stockholders scheduled for October 29, 2019 for stockholders of record to vote on the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 28, 2019, by and among HPJ Parent Limited ("Parent"), HPJ Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), and the Company (the "Merger Agreement"), which provides for the Company's acquisition by Parent through a merger of the Company with Merger Sub (the "Merger"). Every stockholder's vote is important, regardless of the number of shares the stockholder holds. Accordingly, Highpower requests that each stockholder complete, sign, date and return a proxy card, if it has not already done so, to ensure that the stockholder's shares will be represented at the special meeting. Based upon the unanimous recommendation of a special committee of the Highpower Board of Directors consisting solely of two independent and disinterested directors of the Company, the Highpower Board of Directors determined that the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, are fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its stockholders, and recommends that stockholders vote "FOR" the Merger Agreement.
In connection with the proposed transaction, Highpower filed the Proxy Statement with the SEC on September 27, 2019, and the Proxy Statement and proxy card were mailed on or about October 2, 2019 to Highpower stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 16, 2019.
All stockholders of record of Highpower common stock as of the close of business on September 16, 2019 are entitled to vote their shares either in person or by proxy at the stockholder meeting. If any Highpower stockholder has not received the proxy statement, such stockholder should confirm the proxy's status with their broker, or contact Okapi Partners, LLC ("Okapi"), Highpower's proxy solicitor, for help, toll-free at (877) 629-6357 (US) or at (86) 17091046371 (China), email address: Highpower.Proxy@Okapipartners.com (English or Mandarin). Okapi, as the Company's solicitor, will contact registered stockholders through phone call and emails from time to time to assist their vote.
As previously reported, two independent proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass Lewis & Co. ("Glass Lewis") have issued recommendations that Highpower's stockholders vote FOR the adoption of the Merger Agreement. Highpower urges stockholders to follow the recommendation of ISS and Glass Lewis by returning the previously mailed proxy/voting instruction card to vote FOR the adoption of the Merger Agreement. If Highpower stockholders have any questions or require assistance in voting their shares of Highpower stock, they should contact Okapi using the contact information provided above.
The Highpower Special Meeting of Stockholders is scheduled to take place on October 29, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. China Standard Time. The meeting will be held at the Company's principal executive offices located at Building A1, 68 Xinxia Street, Pinghu, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518111, People's Republic of China.
All statements included in this press release, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to factors, risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement, including (but not limited to): (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement, (2) the inability to consummate the Merger due to the failure to obtain stockholder approval for the adoption of the Merger Agreement (including the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all outstanding Shares unaffiliated with the consortium) or the failure to satisfy other conditions to completion of the proposed transaction, (3) risks related to the disruption of management's attention from the Company's ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction and (4) the effect of the announcement of the proposed transaction on the Company's relationships with its customers, suppliers and business generally.
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In connection with the proposed transaction, on September 27, 2019 the Company filed with the SEC and has furnished (and upon request will furnish) to the Company's stockholders a definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY THESE MATERIALS AND OTHER MATERIALS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, THE MERGER AND RELATED MATTERS. The Company's stockholders also can obtain these documents, as well as other filings containing information about the Company, the Merger and related matters, without charge, from the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov). In addition, stockholders can obtain these documents, without charge, by contacting the Company or Okapi Partners, LLC at the following address and/or telephone number:
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Carbon capture and storage key to unlocking unburnable carbon
A new review suggests that if carbon capture and storage technology can be refined, it will enable the world to use more of its unburnable carbon.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology involves catching harmful carbon dioxide emissions from factories and power stations. These emissions are transported via a network of pipes and trapped inside the microscopic pores of rocks located kilometres underground. See infographic for more details.
This report shows us a way forward, which may enable us to continue to use fossil fuels as an important part of the energy mix, while remaining in the 2°C limitations.
– Professor Nigel Brandon
Director of the Sustainable gas Institute
Currently, CCS technology is capable of capturing approximately 85 to 90 per cent of total carbon dioxide emissions, with the remaining 10 to 15 percent of residual emissions emitted into the atmosphere. In a new review, researchers from the Sustainable Gas Institute at Imperial College London argue that if these residual emissions could be reduced to around one to five per cent, this would enable the world to unlock much more of its fossil fuel reserves, whilst staying within target limits for global temperatures.
The concept of 'unburnable' carbon first emerged in 2011. It stemmed from observations that if all known fossil fuel reserves are extracted and used, then carbon dioxide emissions would exceed the world's carbon budget and have a significant negative effect on the global environment. Governments agreed at the Conference of the Parties in Paris (COP21) meeting to limit global warming to less than 2°C. To achieve this a large proportion of fossil fuels would need to remain untouched or unburnable.
Now, researchers from Imperial have developed models that predict the impact of CCS on the use of fossil fuel resources, assuming the technology continues to improve its capture rates. They calculate that that the CCS technology could enable more of these unburnable fossil fuel resources to be unlocked over this century, while still limiting global warming to 2°C.
The overall message from the report is that CCS is an important technology, which needs to be implemented globally alongside alternative low carbon sources such as renewable energy if climate targets are to be met in this century.
Professor Nigel Brandon, Director of the Sustainable Gas Institute at Imperial College London, said: "Climate change is one of the world's most pressing issues. Finding solutions that limit global warming, while enabling the world to make a smooth transition to a much lower carbon future, is paramount.
"This report shows us a way forward, which may enable us to continue to use fossil fuels as an important part of the energy mix, while remaining in the 2°C limitations. That said, we won't get there unless there is greater support from governments for adopting CCS, together with more investment in improving CCS technology to reduce its residual carbon dioxide emissions.
"We hope that our review will encourage industry and governments to realise CCS's potential in helping the fight against climate change, as part of a portfolio of investment in low carbon technologies."
Previous studies exploring the impact of CCS on unburnable carbon have only considered a timeframe of up to 2050, during which time CCS would be expected to have a relatively small impact on the amount of fossil fuels that can be used.
In the new white paper, the team extended the timeframe to 2100. The modelling showed that up to a third more fossil fuel resources could be consumed globally, than if CCS was not in use, while still remaining in 2°C limitations.
Calculations up to 2050 show that around 3,500 to 5,000 exaJoules could be consumed if CCS was implemented globally, but by 2100 this increases to 14,000 to 16,000 exaJoules. The team say that is enough energy to power the US for 140 to 160 years.
The total global underground storage capacity for carbon dioxide was also calculated in the report. The team estimated that there would be around 10,450 to 33,153 Giga-tonnes of capacity available. At current global yearly emission rates, this would equate to around three centuries of storage capacity for the world.
The team also reported on the barriers that need to be overcome if CCS is to be successfully implemented. Some of these barriers include the initial costs of implementing the technology, the lack of market and regulatory arrangements currently in place, as well as major gaps in the overall CCS supply chain, including a shortage of skilled labour, and a cautious public perception of the technology.
To address these issues in the short term, the researchers say more research needs to be carried out to refine CCS technology.
Alongside this, a range of new policies need to be implemented that support development of this technology. They believe this needs to happen at the early stage when more demonstration plants are being built and maintained right through to the application of CCS in a global mass market.
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Atlas on Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide in South Africa
The Atlas provides detailed insight for each of the storage types that have been investigated for potential storage of Carbon Dioxide.
SACCCS offers funding to students studying towards Honours, Masters or Doctorate degrees with research topics that are related to CCS.
The report provides an update of the 2015/16 financial year Stakeholder Engagement Outreach Programme.
The study explores the techno-economics of CCS deployment and commercialisation in South Africa.
The report provides an assessment of the impact of deploying CCS on national priorities other than climate change in South Africa.
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The Fact-sheets provide an overview of the South African Centre for Carbon Capture & Storage and the global status of CCS.


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"Salute," Little Mix #MusicMonday
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Back in July, I wrote about Little Mix's debut album and how much I adored it. "DNA," the British girl group's debut album, was released in May in the United States, and not six months later, its follow-up "Salute" is here. Like One Direction, the girls' "X Factor UK" male counterparts who have received international superstardom, these girls (Jade Thirlwall, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards) have been groomed in a similar fashion and have pushed out back-to-back albums at a neck-breaking speed.
I've given the boy versus girl thing a lot of thought since I was a teenager -- the question being: if I were a teen pop idol, would I rather be a girl or a boy? Being a male pop star probably has more "perks" than being a female one, and boys probably have it a bit easier when it comes to their safety (like one of the New Kids on the Block once said -- and this isn't verbatim -- nobody dies from too many kisses ... or was it too much love?). I tend to think that male pop idols probably make more money in the same amount of time, but their shelf lives can be much, much shorter than that of their female counterparts, and female teen idols are much more adept at turning their teeny stardom into a full-fledged, "legitimate" musical career.
That said, Little Mix has already done a better job of growing their music than One Direction had at this point in their career. Whereas "DNA" was a pop album with a sprinkle of R&B, "Salute" is an R&B-hip-hop swirl with a pop cherry on top. "Salute" is enough of a departure from the girl group's "original" sound to put some people off, but probably not for those who they care most about -- their teen fans, who are probably at that impressionable age when embracing and absorbing the things your peers and idols are into is just part of growing up. What I find incredibly interesting about Little Mix is though each group member individually has a great voice -- great enough to have gotten them to Judges' Houses on "The X Factor UK," many of their upbeat songs feature them as a chorus, rather than four individual voices with solos. It follows, then, that they harmonize beautifully.
As with their debut album, Little Mix co-wrote more than half of "Salute." But this time around, Little Mix employed the '80s and '90s hitmaking duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, along with many of the same producers behind "DNA." Which might account for some of the '90s sound on the album, including the standout track "Mr. Loverboy." The album's lead single "Move" is reminiscent of this summer's hit "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke, but less catchy.
In fact, being less catchy is an overarching theme of Little Mix's sophomore album. In lieu of catchiness, you get a slightly more intellectual roster of songs, including the raw and bittersweet "Towers," which is the antithesis of most of "DNA"'s uplifting, cheery singles. "Nothing Feels Like You," however, seems like an urban rehashing of one of Little Mix's biggest songs, "Wings." Hey, why fix it if it ain't broke? (This philosophy would be the downfall of many a pop idol.)
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Economic migrants are living in administrative limbo without passports for up to two years because of Home Office delays, figures show.
Immigration lawyers say "inhumane" hold-ups in residency applications are affecting many families living in the UK legally.
Their inability to travel means some cannot work and others have missed funerals and births.
The Home Office said complex cases took longer to process.
Procedural error and poor decision-making have been blamed for the delays.
Figures seen by the BBC show the longest time an applicant had to wait for a residency decision between January 2014 and June 2017 was 719 days, while the longest an application was on hold for during the same period was 1,001 days.
Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott urged the Home Office to "come clean" over the issue.
Harjap Singh Bhangal, a partner at WRJ Solicitors, said it was affecting thousands of families, some of whom had been in the country for 10 years.
Working migrants who have lived in the UK on a temporary visa for at least five years have a right to apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) for themselves and their families.
A decision should take six months but some people have been waiting three times that long, with the Home Office retaining their passports.
In 2015, a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman accused the Home Office of delays and poor decision-making in its handling of immigration cases.
The Home Office disputes there is a backlog and said the delays were to do with the complexity of individual applications.
It said people have been notified their applications are not straightforward and that it was inappropriate to return their travel documents prior to a decision being made.
A spokesman said: "We understand the disruption that waiting for an immigration application to conclude can cause for individuals and their families.
"That is why we endeavour to resolve all applications as promptly as possible and continue to meet service standards for straightforward applications for indefinite leave to remain.
The cost of applying for indefinite leave to remain rose to £2,297 per person on 6 April 2017. The cost to the Home Office for processing the application is £252.
Mr Bhangal said in some cases where applicants have paid for a decision to be made on the day, they have been left waiting more than four months for a reply.
Jan Doerfel, a barrister who specialises in immigration, said the delays were inhumane.
He said: "The culture of disbelief that governs decision-making within the Home Office, and excessive and scandalous waiting times for appeal hearings, are all part of the government's aim to reduce immigration by creating a hostile atmosphere for immigrants and their families.
Prime Minister Theresa May has signalled that she wants to cut immigration to less than 100,000 a year by 2022, and the pledge was in the 2010 and 2015 Tory manifestos.
A new immigration Bill next year is set to decide much of the country's future migration policy after Brexit.
Ms Abbott said: "The Home Office is struggling to cope with the demands being placed upon it by the Tories' chaotic approach to Brexit and as a result people are having to put their lives on hold.
"This is a completely unacceptable way to treat people who are our friends, our colleagues and our neighbours.
The Home Office denied the hold-ups have anything to do with Brexit.


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Q: Accessing a JPanel on the JFrame from an opened JDialog Hi I am making a simple desktop application and I am designing UI. I am using NetBeans to design it quickly. I did see lot of websites and blogs to find the answer, but couldn't land up with the right one. I am new to UI designing. Your answers/suggestion would be appreciated.
The question is:
I am having a single JFrame in the application. This Jframe has several JPanel which are set to Visible /Invisible state when user logs the application. Two of the panels are set to invisible state as default (I used Pre-Init Code set to False for them).
User on this JFrame can open a JDialog by clicking on the one of the button on this JFrame.
(JFrame and JDialog are defined in separate classes under same package)
As soon as JDialog box is opened user have choice to select some options(Jlabels) and click on the Create button. (This Create button is a JLabel on the JDialog).
As soon as user is clicking on the Create button of the opened JDialog, the JDialog closes(I used Dialog.this.dispose() for this on the MouseReleaseEvent for this JLabel.)
This closes the JDialog. But additional to closing of this JDialog on click, I want to set the visible state of the JPanel on the JFrame to true.
Summary: How can I setVisible(true) for the JPanel on the JFrame while having a MouseReleaseEvent on a JLabel on JDialog?
I am not able to access the JPanel of the Jframe on the JDialog class. (How can i access the Jpanel and make it visible specifically on the MouseEvent on JLabel of Jrame)
Thanks in advance.
JDialog class is:
public class NewModelDialog extends javax.swing.JDialog {

public NewModelDialog(java.awt.Frame parent, boolean modal) {
    super(parent, modal);
    initComponents();
}

Create.addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
        public void mouseReleased(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
            CreateMouseReleased(evt);
        }
    });
    getContentPane().add(Create, new org.netbeans.lib.awtextra.AbsoluteConstraints(624, 444, 40, 20));

    pack();
    setLocationRelativeTo(null);
}
private void initComponents() {

    Create = new javax.swing.JLabel();
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
    setTitle("New JDialog");
    getContentPane().setLayout(new org.netbeans.lib.awtextra.AbsoluteLayout());
Create.addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
        public void mouseReleased(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
            CreateMouseReleased(evt);
        }
    });
    getContentPane().add(Create, new org.netbeans.lib.awtextra.AbsoluteConstraints(624, 444, 40, 20));

    pack();
    setLocationRelativeTo(null);
}
private void CreateMouseReleased(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {

    NewModelDialog.this.dispose();

}
public static void main(String args[]) {

    java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
                           NewModelDialog dialog = new NewModelDialog(new javax.swing.JFrame(), true);
            dialog.addWindowListener(new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
                @Override
                public void windowClosing(java.awt.event.WindowEvent e) {
                   dialog.setDefaultCloseOperation(JDialog.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);

                }
            });
            dialog.setVisible(true);

        }
    });
    }
 public javax.swing.JLabel Create; }

JFrameClass is:
public class GeneralEditorUI extends javax.swing.JFrame {

public GeneralEditorUI() {
    initComponents();
    setExtendedState(MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
}

private void initComponents() {

    SymbolViewer = new javax.swing.JPanel();

    setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    setTitle("JFrameClass");

    SymbolViewer.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(204, 204, 204));
    SymbolViewer.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(36, 36));
    SymbolViewer.setVisible(false);

    javax.swing.GroupLayout SymbolViewerLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(SymbolViewer);
    SymbolViewer.setLayout(SymbolViewerLayout);
    SymbolViewerLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
        SymbolViewerLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
        .addGroup(SymbolViewerLayout.createSequentialGroup()
            .addComponent(SymbolViewerLabel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
            .addGap(28, 28, 28)
            .addComponent(Close_SymbolViewer, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 16, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
    );
    SymbolViewerLayout.setVerticalGroup(
        SymbolViewerLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
        .addGroup(SymbolViewerLayout.createSequentialGroup()
            .addGroup(SymbolViewerLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                .addComponent(Close_SymbolViewer)
                .addComponent(SymbolViewerLabel))
            .addGap(0, 85, Short.MAX_VALUE))
    );

}

public static void main(String args[]) {

    java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            new GeneralEditorUI().setVisible(true);
                        }
    });

}

public javax.swing.JPanel SymbolViewer;

}

A:
This Jframe has several JPanel which are set to Visible /Invisible state when user logs the application

You should be using a Card Layout and let the layout manage the visibility of the panels. Read the section from the Swing tutorial on How to Use CardLayout for more information and examples.

How can I setVisible(true) for the JPanel on the JFrame while having a MouseReleaseEvent on a JLabel on JDialog

You can use the getOwner() method of JDialog to get the frame. Once you have a reference to the frame you can invoke your methods that changes the panel display in the CardLayout.


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