In Mexico City, the dead are very present in popular culture and are manifested in the spaces of the living, for example in art, photography, cinema, literature, music, gastronomy and political rhetoric. Claudio Lomnitz argues that death and the dead in Mexico have been turned into a national 'totem'. This social phenomenon has developed some unique social and cultural practices. This seminar will show how people symbolically represent the dead in order to include them in their social and living spaces and create memory and immortality through material culture and photographic portraits.
Through daily and yearly cycles, people develop and maintain intricate rituals involving the dead buried in the cemeteries of Alvaro Obregon, Mexico City. The conjoined landscapes of the living and the dead are spaces of personal and collective grief, charged with emotions, loaded with ethical and moral obstacles and obligations. Based on his PhD field research, Marcel Reyes-Cortez documents the numerous ways in which the living and the dead remain connected over generations. This involves long-term relationships and a range of activities (cemetery workers, flower-growers, coffin makers, etc.).


We can't help but feel the cannabis act is more decriminalization then legalization. Also of much concern is the criminal penalties and restrictions are much more harsher for cannabis then alcohol, tobacco and even many violent crimes.
Growing restricted to 4 plants per home and 1 meter height max. Tobacco cultivation limit is 15kg per year for each adult person living at the residence.
Note: Easy enough to control height with plant training.
What do you think the legal minimum age to buy marijuana in Alberta should be?
See age poll left side after "City of Calgary" and before "Calgary 420 Cannabis Community"
September 4, 2002 marks the release of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs: "Cannabis: Our Position for a Canadian Public Policy." with a recommended 16 year old age limit for consuming cannabis.
Re: Concerns about youth and driving under proposed marijuana laws.
The long term real world schizophrenia data from the nineteen sixties (1960s) to twenty sixteen (2016) shows no sufficient increases even thought cannabis consumption has sufficiently increased over the same time period (over 50 years).


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Unfortunately, Doomsday is not compatible with 100% of PWADs out there. If the WAD has been made to work with the original Doom 1 or 2, it should work in Doomsday. If the WAD has been created for ZDoom or some other source port, it likely won't be compatible with Doomsday.
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Ann says she's concerned about Mitt's 'mental well-being'?
Wow, talk about your glowing character recommendation; not exactly the thing you want your wife going around saying when you're running for the office of the most powerful man in the world, whose decisions can plummet the world into nuclear armageddon.
No doubt Ann would object to anyone quoting her this way, "Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring," she might say.
Sorry Ann, you're the one who said you're worried about Willard's mental state, not me.
This could possibly be the most devastating miscue of the entire campaign.
New claims for unemployment benefits fell to 359,000 last week from an upwardly revised 385,000 the week prior. Claims were expected to fall to 378,000 from an initially reported 382,000. Week of 17-22 Sep 12.
Home prices in 20 major U.S. metropolitan areas climbed 2.2% in May from the month before on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, according the S&P/Case-Shiller report. That came in stronger than the 1.5% gain economists expected.
New claims for unemployment benefits fell to 365,000 from an upwardly revised 377,000 the week prior. Claims were expected to fall to 370,000 from an initially reported 374,000.


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Magnetic Properties and Materials
The Science of Hysteresis
3-volume set
Authors: Giorgio Bertotti Isaak Mayergoyz
Published Date: 20th December 2005
Page Count: 2160
Volume 1 covers:
* Mathematical models
* Differential equations
* Stochastic aspects of hysteresis
* Binary detection using hysteresis
* Models of unemployment in economics
* Physical models of magnetic hysteresis
* All aspects of magnetisation dynamics
* Hysteresis phenomena in materials
Over 2100 pages, rich with supporting illustrations, figures and equations
Contains contributions from an international list of authors, from a wide-range of disciplines
Covers all aspects of hysteresis - from differential equations, and binary detection, to models of unemployment and magnetisation dynamics
Applied mathematicians, physicists, engineers, materials scientists and economists engaged in the fundamental study of hysteresis and its far-reaching applications.
Mathematical Models of Hysteresis. 2. Differential Equations with Hysteresis via a Canonical Example. 3. Scalar Preisach Models of Hysteresis. 4. Vector Preisach Models of Hysteresis. 5. Stochastic Aspects of Hysteresis. 6. Control of Systems with Hysteresis. 7. Binary Detection and Rectangular Hysteresis Operators. 8. Hysteresis and Unemployment: A Preliminary Investigation. INDEX. Volume 2
Thermodynamics, Hysteresis, and Micromagnetics. 2. Random-Field Isling Models of Hysteresis. 3. The Barkhausen Effect. 4. Recent Analytical Developments in Micromagnetics. 5. Computational Aspects of Micromagnetics. 6. Nonlinear Magnetization Dynamics – Switching and Relaxation Phenomena. 7. Nonlinear Magnetization Dynamics – Magnetization Modes and Spin Waves under Rotating Fields. INDEX. Volume 3
Hysteresis in Magnetic Materials. 2. Magnetic Hysteresis in Nanostructured Materials. 3. Superconducting Hysteresis. 4. Hysteresis in Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Materials. 5. Hysteresis in Shape-Memory Materials. 6. Hysteretic Elastic Systems: Geophysical Materials. 7. Application of the Preisach Model to Soil-Moisture Hysteresis. INDEX.
Giorgio Bertotti
Giorgio Bertotti is a senior scientist at INRIM, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (previously known as IEN Galileo Ferraris), in Torino, Italy, where he has been a researcher since 1979. His research interests are in the field of magnetism and magnetic materials, hysteresis modeling, thermodynamics, noise phenomena. He is author of more than 200 scientific articles and of the book "Hysteresis in Magnetism".
INRIM - Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Italy
Isaak Mayergoyz
Prof. Mayergoyz received his Master and Ph.D. degrees in the former Soviet Union where he worked as a senior research scientist in the Institute of Cybernetics of Ukranian Academy of Sciences before his emigration to the United States. On his arrival to the United States in 1980, he became a full professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of University of Maryland, College Park. He served as a consultant for many years for the Research and Development Center of General Electric Company and has been selected as a visiting research fellow of this center. He has published more than 300 scientific papers and patents as well as eight scientific books. He has been recognized by many awards at the University of Maryland and at the Magnetics Society of IEEE. He is a recognized authority in magnetics which is the area of this book.
University of Maryland, ECE Department, College Park, USA

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Craig Mostyn & Co Pty Ltd, trading as Craig Mostyn Group, is a locally owned private company that operates in the food and agribusiness industry. The group consists of three divisions: Pork, Rendering & Protein and Seafood. In addition to exporting a wide range of agriculture goods, the company also imports products from seafood and rural suppliers. Craig Mostyn Group employs approximately 510 full-time equivalent staff throughout its operations and is administered by its head office in Freemantle, Western Australia.
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Craig Mostyn & Co Pty Ltd, trading as the Craig Mostyn Group, operates across Western Australia and Tasmania producing pork, seafood, protein meal, tallow, cooking oils and fruit for distribution to retail and wholesale clients.
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Linley Valley Pork - Produces pork products which are distributed to restaurants, butchers, and independent supermarkets. CM Farms supplies livestock to the Linley Valley Abbatoir. Linley Valley Pork exports fresh, frozen and chilled pork products to Singapore.
Seafood Export - Exports Australian lobster, king crab, abalone and scallops from production sites located across Australia. Stanley Fish, located in Tasmania, is Craig Mostyn & Co's primary exporter of rock lobster, giant crab, and scallops. All products are exported throughout the South Asia region as well as the Middle East and the United States.
Rendering & Protein - Exports livestock feed and pet food across Asia, India, North America, Europe, and Africa. Also through its CM Aqua Brand, the company imports and distributes fish meal throughout Australia. Through its Tallowman operations, it processes tallow and MBM as well as poultry and feather meal for the pet food and aquaculture industries.
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Michael Maguire is a former professional rugby player and the current head coach for the South Sydney Rabbitohs team in the National Rugby League competition played in Australia. Born on 5th February 1974, he played as a player till 1998. Ever since he has been with the South Sydney Rabbitohs team from the beginning of the 2012 season, he has coached them in 27 games, winning 17 of them. As a player, he played for Canberra Raiders and the Adelaide Rams team. He played at the fullback position for his team. He also played in the wings in some of the matches for his team. He played in 18 games in the National rugby league scoring 6 tries in those games. His coaching career spans over 60 matches out of which 43 have resulted into wins.
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True Health Chiropractic Inc v. McKesson Corporation
Order by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu denying 76 Discovery Letter Brief without prejudice. The parties shall meet and confer following the procedures in the standing order. 48 If they are unable to resolve this dispute without judicial intervention, they shall file a joint discovery letter by June 23, 2014.(dmrlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/12/2014)
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The problem was, that on Election Day 1988, I was only three years old. My family went to get their ballots and I didn't get one. I went into full meltdown mode, crying and yelling that I wanted to vote and they wouldn't let me. I was so upset!
Now I'm a grown woman, mother of three, and I try my best to keep my children engaged in the political process in a way that they can understand. This includes bringing them along with me to vote, and explaining to them why I voted the way I did in the car on the way home. After the great Election Day Meltdown of 1988, I now make sure to tell my kids "We're going to go watch Mom and Dad vote" to avoid any more Election Day meltdowns.
I do always make sure they get stickers, though.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of a key moment in voting history for me: the 1978 gay rights campaigns which occurred across the country that year. It was a tough year in many ways: the vitriolic rhetoric against gay rights and gay people was at a high pitch, and in Seattle, where I lived at the time, we were facing a mean-spirited ballot measure aimed at restricting employment and housing protections for gay Americans. Many of us used the term "gay" in those days as an umbrella term for what today is more often called GLBTQ. I still use the term "gay" in that more expansive sense. In the "Initiative 13 Campaign" in Seattle that year, we assembled a truly remarkable coalition of hundreds of people in the city, including many allies who were not themselves "gay" but who understood that everyone needs to stand together on these matters of basic civil and human rights. The targets of discrimination change, but the work to protect ourselves and our neighbors from that discrimination is a constant labor.
That year we had a Speakers Bureaus, canvassing teams, media strategies, door-to-door educational efforts, pamphlets and flyers abounding (and we are talkin' mimeograph machines, people), and meetings upon meetings. We even had "schisms" on our side, because, well, you can't have coalition politics in a democracy without schisms! And we worked together anyway. We built coalitions with other civil rights groups, labor unions, religious and secular citizens groups. It was exhilarating, inspiring, and exhausting. Similar campaigns occurred across the country that year. In Seattle, on that November day 40 years ago, the campaign to protect gay rights won the vote: I remember very clearly going to vote that day, unsure of the outcome, but with real gratitude for all the hard work that such a wide range of people had done. And I remember celebrating together that evening as our weeks and months of hard shared work paid off. But in other places in the country, gay rights suffered harsh electoral defeats on the same day, and that bittersweet part of the memory of 1978 is a reminder for me of the need for constant vigilance and hard work in pluralistic democracies. Forty years later, we still have a lot of work to do to protect civil and human rights for all of us: locally, nationally and internationally. So when I think of voting, and the "joy of voting," I think: coalitions.
My favorite recollection of voting is a series of memories, all from November 6, 2012. This day came after years of waiting to finally cast a ballot. As a child of a politically interested family, and as a debater throughout middle and high school, I could not wait to vote for the first time. I always thought that the age minimum for voting was unfair and probably told my mother who should have won elections at age nine or younger. I imagined voting as the ultimate right of passage; voting meant I was an adult, a decision maker, a stakeholder. When I watched politicians on television, I would think about eventually getting to pick them, and something about that felt so appealing. This was likely a combination of the fear of missing out, the impatience of a wannabe adult, and the desire to participate politically.
This changed heading into the fall 2012 election. At every level, I was excited to vote. I spent a portion of my first semester at the University of North Dakota working to connect some local candidates for the state legislature with various student groups for presentation and forums. I felt personally invested in that race. Heidi Heitkamp and Rick Berg jostled for the open senate seat in a heated and extremely close contest And at the highest level, Barack Obama, who I begged my mom to take me to see when he stopped in Grand Forks in 2008, faced a tough opponent in Mitt Romney. I was interested for the ballot from front to back and was ready to finally cast my vote.
The morning of November 6th began with my typical routine. I got dressed in my hoodie and jeans and headed down to breakfast at Squires Hall, where I met every Tuesday and Thursday with my friend Megan before our geography class. At some point during our typical partaking in yogurt and chocolate cereal, I asked her about the day that I had been waiting for my entire life, wondering if and when she was going to vote. Her reaction reflected a decidedly different opinion on the exercise. Megan told me that she wasn't going to vote, not because she thought voting was dumb or that people shouldn't be excited about it, but because she simply didn't have any hard opinions. She said the surge of political attack ads bothered her and furthered her disinterest.
At first, my reaction was to try to cram a lifetime of political excitement and knowledge into the mind of my recently-made friend in an attempt to get her to the polls (MTV's get out the vote campaign definitely worked on me). I was less concerned about who she voted for, though I definitely shared my opinions, than if she voted at all. To me, this was an opportunity we had never gotten before, we could not possibly waist it. We made it. We had arrive. We got to vote.
The next thing she said stopped me in my tracks and changed my perspective. She said that if she voted at this point, knowing almost nothing about the candidates nor having any hard opinions, that it would be inappropriate. She thought that voting without research and information would limit the value of votes for those who were truly invested. She said the vote wouldn't be hers. It would be the advertisers', her parents', or maybe even mine.
It took me a second to understand her reasoning, but I came to respect her argument. She certainly changed my opinion from "Absolutely everyone should vote, in every circumstance, all the time, forever" to "Everyone should inform themselves and vote." I haven't stopped thinking that political participation is an amazing gift, but my thoughts on the timing with which we should spread that excitement has changed. The weeks leading up to elections, especially presidential ones, bring with them campaigns to encourage voting, but maybe they should emphasize education on candidates and issues first. Rocking the the vote is more fun when you know the words and understand your part in the song.
Looking back on this first of my election day experiences, Megan's reaction to voting made perfect sense. For someone not interested in history and politics, the campaign season is a grueling reminder of division. Negative ads are effective and get people talking, but they also shape the entire reaction to the process. Making voting about ensuring that the "bad guys" don't win is toxic and harmful to the majesty of our most valuable democratic tradition. I am by no means blameless either, as I regularly find myself chastising opposing candidates rather than building up those who I feel will best represent my community, state, or country. Thinking about my breakfast with Megan helps to remind me of the need to speak positively of voting and the democratic process and general. It too reminds me of the need to help our friends and family members become informed far before election day.
For those friends of mine excited about the vote, however; the day still meant purposeful political participation. Among them was my roommate, Brett, with whom I regularly talked politics. After lunch the two of us made our way across campus, past a busy array of pedestrians, to the Student Wellness Center, where we were to cast our ballots. Walking into the gym in my jeans reminded me that I needed to start going to the gym…but a more important manner was at hand. The patriotically decorated lobby bustled with voters and volunteers. This was what I had been waiting for. This was an election. Two smiling elders met us upon check-in and directed us on the procedures of the process.
With my ballot in hand, I headed into the booth and began to choose my candidates. With excitement and joy, I selected my preferred options for Senate, House, state legislature, and of course, Commander in Chief. Seeing the names of those figures I had been reading about since middle school did something to me. It cemented the idea that I have the privilege to microscopically control our nation's future. The months of viewing campaign ads and political arguments on social media tired me, but in this moment, I felt reinvigorated. It reminded me of my place in history.
That realization brought with it a wide smile as I turned in my ballot and collected my coveted "I voted" sticker. It took Brett and I perhaps five steps past the external door before we began asking each other how we voted on races and ballot measures. We generally knew where the other stood on the major contests (we had discussed most of them while in our bunk bed), but the local races and measures offered more room for comparison. We probably should have taken Megan's advice as their were a few races in which we definitely just chose random names (I would go on to do more local research for subsequent elections), but this slight misstep could not and did not taint the day for us. This was our moment. Clad in stickers, we spent the rest of the afternoon going to class, talking with our friends about the candidates, noting other people's stickers, and basking in the glow of civic duty.
As the day wore on, my thoughts shifted from excitement from simply participating, to anticipation of results. I badly wanted to know who would claim some of the marquee positions, and I was not alone. At about 7 pm, my friend Derek appeared in the doorway of my residence hall room with a series of electoral maps. He had predictions for Senate races, projections for the Presidential contest, and blank maps to track final results. This was his Super Bowl. At Derek's request, we flipped our modest dorm room flat screen to MSNBC and settled in for the results.
Slowly, our room filled with our honors dorm friends, who brought with them snacks, calculus homework, and other welcomed distractions. Not everyone was as intense as Derek. Most of them probably came because people just congregated in whatever room was populated. Even some of our friends who did not vote joined the fray, Megan included. The amassing group still felt different than that of a normal gathering though. That buzz from our first real chance to act as political stakeholders, and adults really, stayed with us. When announcements broke of a state win for Obama or Romney, brief moments of applause broke out intermittently. The event did not feel like a manufactured political moment, but rather an authentic appreciation of history and our place within it. More than that though, it was fun. A group of people gathered organically to share thoughts, opinions, and reactions on a day that would greatly impact the years to come.
Once the news of Barack Obama's projected victory broke, joy abounded for his supporters. One of our more eccentric neighbors ran up and down the hallway in celebration. Many of us high-fived or clapped as we essentially capped a season of question marks and anticipation. For those who weren't as thrilled with the result, they still shared their feelings for finally getting to participate. Some of us stayed around to watch coverage of congressional races, but most left for typical gatherings of Nintendo, reruns, or late-night dining.
The next day, the buzz had faded considerably, but was still present through social media posts, news segments, and a bevy of class discussions. Days passed, and my life returned to its normal routine. I had my breakfasts with Megan, my political walk-and-talks with Brett, and my nightly hangouts with my group of friends, but a tiny part of me felt differently.
Perhaps on the smallest noticeable level, the events of that day shifted my thinking. Election day helped me re-imagine the need to engage friends like Megan in politics while understanding their perspectives and avoiding coming off as preachy. It cemented my future excitement when walking into a polling location. It reminded me of the power and responsibility I have as a voter. It taught me that elections can still be public affairs through which people come together to celebrate democracy as they have for centuries now. Most of all, election day provided me, and everyone who voted, with an opportunity to think about how we want our communities, states, and country to change for the better. This reflection strengthens every time I go to the polls, and this is why I love voting.
As a person with a disability, why do I vote? Why does it matter?
I would like to credit a couple of teachers in school, who gave the class, as an assignment, to watch the local news and follow current events. This began my interest in what was happening locally and taught me that I was part of the community I had some say to what was happening.
Since World News comes on before local news, I got in the habit of watching that as well. World News expanded my knowledge of what was happening not only nationally and around the world, it exposed me to politics as well. I liked saying it was my eighth period of the school day, being I was learning. At times, I picked up so much information by watching the news, that it helped me to understand more of what I was also learning at school.
Through this exposure to politics, I learned as a person with a disability I should become familiar with the political aspect, and what is involved in creating policy. Let's face it, my life depends on various policies, such as education, employment, health care, independent living, etc. I must have a say in each.
In addition to this, I learned what different politicians and political parties represented, and how they may help me as a person with a disability.
I have voted in every election since my eighteenth birthday, even if it has been only one measure. In recent years, I have voted early which typically has shorter lines. Being in North Dakota, you can't count on the weather on election day.
When I get ready to vote, I spend time both on the internet and listening to different formats, trying to get up to speed on candidates and the issues.
At the polls, I use the machine, where it reads to me, I select my choice and then the machine marks the ballot and sends it back out to me. This offers a great feeling of independence. Every time I go, I feel liberated and like I am a part of society.
In 2016, I took my two young daughters to early voting at the Alerus Center along with other members of the North Dakota Women's Network. After I cast my ballot for the first woman to attain the presidential nomination from a major political party, we met with other NDWN members and their families for dinner. I made special ballots for the kids to have their own "election" and then my daughters helped me count the votes.
I have been a voter for the past forty years…time truly does fly! In all of those years, I have never missed a presidential election and have rarely missed an opportunity to vote during midterms, or for any state and local election. I take voting very seriously. This "seriousness" may be why I had a little trouble writing about the "joy" of voting. It's always so serious for me!
I am choosing, however, to write about the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections when Barack Obama became the first African American president, and went on to serve two terms. Obama's elections, and my ability to vote for him, allowed me to feel like I was part of a cultural shift. A shift that was a very long time in coming. I was elated when he won in 2008, and relieved in 2012. Although I am a white, Norwegian American woman, I felt that I was finally able to vote for someone who represented me. Skin color was not the defining characteristic, nor was gender. Voting for Obama was voting for someone I felt believed in free and fair public education. My vote for Obama symbolized, for me, a leader who would move the country forward towards greater inclusivity and opportunity for all. Voting for Obama was voting for an intelligent, thoughtful, respectful, articulate, global minded and empathetic person who would represent not only me, but this country on the world stage in a way that I could be proud of. These were actually extremely "joyful" votes for me to cast…now that I think about it.
I believe in this country and the journey we have been on for 200 plus years. I believe in the goodness of Americans and I look forward to casting my next vote in November 2018. It really is a privilege, and a joy, to vote!
I vividly remember my first time voting. I was a senior in high school, and I went on my lunch break to cast my ballot. When I got back to school, the first person I saw in the hall was the principal. I remember being struck by the fact that I just participated in a process where my voice counted as much as his. That was invigorating. I just participated in a process where I was completely equal with community leaders, with my parents, with people of all professions and backgrounds, and it made me excited to do it again in the next election.
We'd carefully planned the night. It was our first time voting and we weren't going to get it wrong. We'd looked up our polling station location online – a church about a half mile from the house – and we triple checked that our ids were stuffed in the pockets of our coats.
We arrived to the smiling faces of elderly church ladies who flipped through sheets of paper, rows and rows of inked up names of my brand new neighbors. I remember thinking about how much I felt like part of my new community at that moment. This was only just a place on a map, but through my vote, I got to help choose the people who would work to make it a home.
After I ticked the requisite boxes with a 10-cent Bic pen, one of the church ladies smooshed an "I voted" sticker onto my cheek. The streetlights flicked on just as we stepped outside and made the half-mile walk back to our first house.
I remember waiting in a long voting line in Gamble Hall when I was a student at UND in 1980 when new voting booths were installed. It was a quaint booth with a curtain for privacy and the curtain would automatically fly open when the voter was finished. Each voter was taking a fairly long time so when it was my turn, I thought I would get equal time. Well, I cast my first vote for President of the United States and VROOM!!! The curtain opened! I wasn't done yet! The booth attendant wouldn't let me proceed to complete my ballot. Sheepishly, I had to make my way past the throngs of people who found some humor at my expense.


Article Summary: "For all of us kids at heart. A fun short story about taking a cruise ship and finding out how fun it can be to help someone else. Making the world just a little bit better..."
I was very excited and looking forward to a great vacation. A long time coming.
After I went through the gate to get on the boat, I was greeted by the cruise director and other staff members. I found my cabin easy enough. I stowed my gear (as they would say on the ship) and decided to take a look around and get orientated.
I went on the top deck to have a look around. I saw lots of different people rushing around. Some of them seemed lost and others were dressed like old-fashioned tourists with flowered colored outfits and cameras hanging around their neck. One little man wearing a black suite, a bowler hat and sporting a large mustache caught my attention. He was carrying around a large black binder and writing notes. It seemed he wrote something about everything and everybody he saw. I couldn't help but wonder what he was doing and why. Since I hadn't eaten in quite a while, I decided to find the cafeteria- known as the galley on a ship. They had more food than any human could possibly want. Actually, all I wanted was a good old P and J sandwich. Yep, a good old -fashion peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Of course the waiter thought I was crazy, but I insisted. He brought out a P and J sandwich which I quickly devoured as everyone sitting close to me stared at me. I would have spoken to them, but my tongue was sticking to the roof of my mouth, and I couldn't talk no matter how hard I tried.
After wandering around a little while longer, I felt tired so I decided to go to my cabin and rest. I always enjoy lighting candles. It can set a very relaxing atmosphere.
This time, however, something very strange happened. I took out my candles, lit them and then started to relax. Suddenly I saw an image coming from one of the candles. It looked like the little man I had seen earlier. He was still writing down things in his black book. I quickly realized that he was just outside my door. My door was cracked open just a few inches, and the little man with the bowler hat and mustache was really there.
"Hey," I called out, "what are you doing?" I jumped up and ran to the door, but he was long gone.
I decided to get up and go to the dance contest. I had noticed the flyer earlier when I was walking around. I didn't care about actually dancing, I just wanted to enjoy watching the contest. I sat down in a chair in the front row on the side. It didn't take me long to notice the little man with the black suit and bowler hat dancing with a very tall, thin lady wearing a red dress. As they got closer to me, I tried to reach out and touch the little man on the shoulder. He quickly squirted away, but I was able to get my hands on his hat. I looked on the inside and noticed a tag saying NADG. What did that mean and what was that? After a moment or two I remembered that there was a computer lab open to the public on board the ship. I decided to go there and search out some information on the NADG.
I sat down at a computer and prepared to search for information on the NADG. I learned that the letters stood for National Association of Do Gooders. As I was just starting to read the information, the tall slender lady in the red dress slithered over and sat next to me. "Hi there. I see you have my friends hat. I need it back Please."
"I was just looking up National Association of Do Gooders." What does that mean?
What is this organization?" "You don't need to know right now darling." She responded in a sort of low, beefy voice. For a moment I didn't know what to say.
A few seconds passed, and the short man came in. He tried to grab the hat out of my hand. We wrestled for a moment or two... his notebook fell out of his pocket. I grabbed it up quick letting go of his hat. I figured the notebook was more important.
I turned my back to everyone to protect myself and opened the notebook. I saw many names in there including my own. There were some notes written by each name. The notes mentioned times and days. I realized that these dates were occasions when I had helped someone or done something nice. "Well, I suppose you know now what this is all about" said the short man in the bowler hat. "Not exactly" I responded. "What is my name doing on this list along with all these other people?" "You see" he replied back, "we just wanted to get some information. We want to start a newsletter or newspaper about all the good things people do instead of all the bad news but we want to keep it quiet so people don't do good things just for the publicity."
Sure enough a few weeks later I received a complimentary copy of the Do Gooders Press. My name was listed in there for going to get a key for a mother who had locked herself out of the car and holding the door open for someone who was trying to get on the elevator with some big packages. Wow, I thought if only everyone would try to do at least one nice thing every day this world would be a much better place.
I am already thinking about taking another cruise. I don't know if it will be just as exciting as the first one.


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Working with the Universities of East Anglia, York and Nottingham and using nanotechnology 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair, the researchers are working on harnessing the vast energy of the Sun to produce clean fuel.
The scientists are presenting their research at the Royal Society's annual Summer Science Exhibition which opens
today [5 July 2011].
Members of the consortium at UEA have already found a way to produce hydrogen from water. A revolutionary future use of this technology could be to make the fuel for hydrogen-powered cars, rather than making it from fossil fuel.
Now the scientists are aiming to use the same technology to create alternatives for other fuels and feedstock chemicals, including turning methane into liquid methanol and carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide.
The sun's potential is vast – just one hour of sunlight is equivalent to the amount of energy used over the world
in an entire year – yet no one has yet tapped into its immense power to make fuels.
Professor Wendy Flavell, from The University of Manchester's Photon Science Institute, and her colleagues are working to create a solar-nano device using 'quantum dots' – tiny clusters of semiconducting material which absorb sunlight.
When sunlight is absorbed, carriers of electric current are created. Together with catalyst molecules grafted to the surfaces of the dots, these create the new fuel – for example hydrogen can be produced from water. Professor
Flavell said: "Our sun provides far more energy than we will ever need, but we use it really inefficiently.
"To make better use of the fantastic resource we have in our Sun, we need to find out how to create solar fuel that can be stored and shipped to where it is needed and used on demand.
"Most hydrogen so far is obtained from fossil fuels, which are of course not going to last for ever, so it is important to get energy from renewable sources."One of the key questions is: 'what do we do when the sun goes down, what happens at night?' If we can store the energy harnessed from the sun during the day then we will have supplies ready to use when the sun is not shining.
"This is a first step in taking the vast power of the sun and using it to provide the world's fuel needs."
At the exhibition, Professor Flavell and her team will be displaying an interactive world map which will show
children and other visitors just how much energy the Sun provides.
There will also be a chance to see the quantum dots at work, and show how, simply by changing the size of the dots, the colour of light they absorb or give out can be changed.
A solar cell that produces hydrogen directly from the electricity generated will also be on display and there will
be a chance to race solar-powered and hydrogen-powered model racing cars.
Professor Chris Pickett of the University of East Anglia said "Creating catalytic devices which harvest light energy using quantum dots, or photovoltaic materials to drive the formation of synthetic fuels from water or carbon dioxide can be viewed as artificial photosynthesis.
"Globally, chemists, physicists and materials scientists are coming together to work on artificial photosynthesis to get to a stage where we can viably make clean, green fuels"
Professor Robin Perutz of the University of York said: "This is the most challenging scientific project I have ever
been involved in, but it will be the most rewarding if we can bring it off. It's no use sitting back and hoping that someone else will work out how to harness the Sun's energy. This technology could revolutionise our energy usage in the coming decades."
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'Ubiquitous element strategy' for overcoming potential deficiencies of rare elements
Japanese scientists report on a unique 'ubiquitous element strategy' to overcome the 'rare-element crisis' that was triggered by increasing demand for such elements as lithium, used in batteries, and dysprosium for Ne-Fe-B permanent magnets.
'Ubiquitous element strategy' for overcoming potential deficiencies of rare elements in the synthesis of industrially important electronic, thermionic, and structural materials.
Japanese scientists report on a unique 'ubiquitous element strategy' for synthesizing industrially important electronic, thermionic, and structural materials using naturally abundant elements. This strategy aims to overcome the 'rare-element crisis' that was triggered by increasing demand for such elements as lithium, used in batteries, and dysprosium for Ne-Fe-B permanent magnets.
In the review article published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, scientists from Tokyo Institute of Technology describe their research on the synthesis and applications of oxide materials based on the 20–30 most abundant elements including Si, Al, Ca, Na, and Mg. The key to this strategy is an in-depth knowledge of the role of elements in the physical properties of materials—knowledge available from research on the science and technology of nanometer-sized materials.
Research covered in this paper includes:
The conversion of ceramic 12CaO•7Al2O3 (C12A7)—interconnected, positively charged nano-cages—into a chemically and thermally stable transparent conductor which undergoes a metal-superconductor transition at 0.2 K. C12A7 has a wide bandgap of >7 eV and a low work function of 2.4 eV. The authors describe the synthesis, properties, and applications—light-emitting, electron field emitters, and nonvolatile memories—of C12A7 based on their own research.
The generation of ionized oxygen is important in the electronics industry for applications including the production of silicon diode layers on semiconductors. Conventional methods rely on the catalytic action of Pt—a metal in scarce supply. Here, the researchers describe the production of large quantities of atomic oxygen by incandescent heating of 2-mm-diameter tube of yttria-doped zirconia—a solid oxide electrolyte that conducts oxygen ions. This method of generating atomic oxygen is more efficient, highly selective in the types of ions generated, and enables lower temperature oxidation of silicon compared with thermal oxidation.
In another example of the 'ubiquitous element strategy' the authors describe the effect of phase transitions on the controlled fracture in mullite ceramics (3Al2O3•2SiO2), which is crucial for impact-resistant armor and bumper shields for spacecraft. The researchers found that mullite exhibited superior protection as Whipple bumper shields compared to conventional aluminum alloys "tested for the impact by an aluminum alloy flyer at 5.5 km/s".
Other materials discussed include SrTiO3/TiO2, exhibiting a fivefold higher Seebeck effect compared with bulk material; the pulsed laser deposition of flat MgO(111) films on Al2O3(0001) substrates and of atomically flat MgO(111) films on YSZ(111) substrates with NiO(111) buffer layers.
More information: Hideo Hosono et al., "New functionalities in abundant element oxides: ubiquitous element strategy", Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 12 (2011) p. 034303. http://dx.doi.org/ … /12/3/034303
Provided by National Institute for Materials Science
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Researchers from the RUB-Department of Biophysics of Prof. Dr. Klaus Gerwert have succeeded in providing evidence that a protein is capable of creating a water molecule chain for a few milliseconds for the directed proton transfer. The combination of vibrational spectroscopy and biomolecular simulations enabled the elucidation of the proton pump mechanism of a cell-membrane protein in atomic detail. The researchers demonstrated that protein-bound water molecules play a decisive role in the function. Their results were selected for the Early Edition of PNAS.
Specific proteins can transport protons from one side (uptake side) of the cell membrane to the other side (release side). This is a central process in biological energy conversion. In past editions of Nature and Angewandte Chemie the researchers from the Department of Biophysics had already published their observations that in the ground state the protein-bound water molecules at the release side are optimally arranged for the release of protons. "As with dominos, the protein initiates movement of the protons which finally leads to their release", explains Prof. Gerwert. Just how the protein re-attains its initial state in order to start another pumping cycle remained to be clarified. New protons must be acquired at the uptake side of the protein to substitute the released protons. The researchers in Bochum discovered that a chain of only three water molecules is formed for just a few thousandths of a second to transfer the protons into the interior of the protein.
The protein kills two birds with one stone. The water molecules are disordered during the release phase, which prevents the protons from being transported in the false direction. Only during the uptake phase, they are correctly aligned and can conduct protons. These results are the solution to the riddle as to why proton transfer only functions in one direction at the uptake side and why the protein is capable of effective and directional pumping. "This paper, together with the two preceding publications, now constitutes a trilogy which supplies a full explanation for the proton pumping cycle at an atomic level", summarizes Prof. Gerwert.
The researchers combined experimental physics with theoretical chemistry to be able to observe the processes with a high spatial and temporal resolution at a nano-level. Steffen Wolf simulated the structural changes within the protein using biomolecular computer simulations (molecular dynamics simulations). Erik Freier subsequently verified the effects experimentally using a special kind of vibrational spectroscopy developed by Prof. Gerwert (time-resolved step-scan FTIR spectroscopy). "This interdisciplinary interplay, which showed that the individual components of the protein are as precisely synchronized as the gears of a machine, was the key to success", says Prof. Gerwert.
The protein arranges the three water molecules so skillfully that they transport the protons using the physico-chemical Grotthuss mechanism. In the 1950s, the Nobel Prize winner Manfred Eigen elucidated this mechanism to explain extremely rapid, non-directional proton transport in water. Surprisingly enough, the publications of the RUB researchers now reveal that amino acids coupled with protein-bound water molecules can give this extremely rapid transportation a direction of movement. Prof. Gerwert's team was thus able to augment Manfred Eigen's results and apply them to protein research.
The group of research scientists in Bochum primarily works with the membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin, which is used by certain bacteria to carry out an archaic form of photosynthesis. Bacteriorhodopsin creates a proton concentration gradient by transporting protons from the interior to the exterior of a cell. Other proteins use this gradient to produce ATP, the universal cellular fuel. It is important that the proton transport has a specific direction and that spontaneous backflow of protons is prevented to ensure that light energy can be effectively used.
More information: References:
Freier, E., Wolf, S., Gerwert, K. Proton transfer via a transient linear water-molecule chain in a membrane protein. PNAS, early edition, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1104735108 (2011)
Wolf, S., Freier, E., Potschies, M., Hofmann, E., Gerwert, K. Directional Proton Transfer in Membrane Proteins Achieved through Protonated Protein-Bound Water Molecules: A Proton Diode. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49, 6889-6893 (2010)
Garczarek, F., Gerwert, K.: "Functional waters in intraprotein proton transfer monitored by FTIR difference spectroscopy". Nature, 439, 109-112 (2006)
Provided by Ruhr-University Bochum
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Green chemistry: Getting nickel back
In Southeast Asia, palm oil is used both as an ingredient for cooking and a raw material for biodiesel production. To stabilize the oil against decomposition, it has to be hydrogenated in the presence of a nickel catalyst that modifies its physical and chemical properties. Eventually, the nickel catalyst becomes contaminated by residual fats, oils and other chemicals, rendering it unusable.
Qizhen Yang and co-workers at the A*STAR Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) have now shown that these spent nickel catalysts could be recovered in a manner that is not only safe and environmentally friendly, but which could also generate considerable profits for recycling companies.
"There is increasing concern over the sustainability of new recycling technologies and processes," explains Yang. "Traditionally spent catalysts, which have a commercial value, would be used as raw materials for nickel smelting. What attracted the recyclers for implementing this new process is the fact that the recovery of pure nickel would deliver more added market value, and that the process would be greener and more socially responsible, making it more sustainable."
Many methods of recycling nickel catalysts have been attempted, including chemical leaching, roasting, electrolysis and bioleaching with microorganisms. The SIMTech researchers propose a combination of technologies: the catalyst is first roasted to remove residual impurities, producing an ash containing large amounts of nickel and nickel oxide; the ash is then subject to acid leaching, acid separation, nickel enrichment and finally deposition of the metal from solution.
These steps constitute a 'closed-loop' process whereby many of the byproducts, including the acid, plating solutions and dilution water, can be reused to minimize waste. On weighing the costs of materials, equipment and labor against the potential market conditions, the researchers showed that a small nickel recovery plant of this sort would be economically viable if the price of nickel is more than $12.57 per kilogram—a very realistic target.
The researchers also analyzed the carbon footprint of the operation and showed that its greenhouse gas emissions could be minimized through the use of efficient processing techniques and by sourcing green electricity. Finally, given that the process would create jobs and produce no toxic waste, it could certainly be a socially sustainable solution.
"Our industrial partners are now implementing the process in a new nickel recovery facility," says Yang. "They are using our sustainability assessment results to understand what factors affect the sustainability of their processes and to help them justify the decisions they make in recovering nickel from waste."
More information: Yang, Q.Z., et al. Sustainable recovery of nickel from spent hydrogenation catalyst: economics, emissions and wastes assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production 19, 365–375 (2011).
Provided by Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
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If materials scientists accompanied their research with theme songs, a team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland might be tempted to choose the garage punk song "Don't Crowd Me"* as the anthem for the promising, but still experimental nanocomposite fire retardants they are studying.
That's because the collaborators have demonstrated that the more widely and uniformly dispersed nanoscale plates of clay are in a polymer, the more fire protection the nanocomposite material provides.
Writing in the journal Polymer,** the team reports that in tests of five specimens—each with the same amount of the nanoscale filler (5 percent by weight)—the sample with the most widely dispersed clay plates was far more resistant to igniting and burning than the specimen in which the plates mostly clustered in crowds. In fact, when the two were exposed to the same amount of heat for the same length of time, the sample with the best clay dispersion degraded far more slowly. Additionally, its reduction in mass was about a third less.
In the NIST/UMD experiments, the material of interest was a polymer—a type of polystyrene, used in packaging, insulation, plastic cutlery and many other products—imbued with nanometer scale plates of montmorillonite, a type of clay with a sandwich-like molecular structure. The combination can create a material with unique properties or properties superior to those achievable by each component—clay or polymer—on its own.
Polymer-montmorillonite nanocomposites have attracted much research and commercial interest over the last decade or so. Studies have suggested that how the clay plates disperse, stack or clump in polymers dictates the properties of the resultant material. However, the evidence—especially when it comes to the flammability properties of the nanocomposites—has been somewhat muddy.
Led by NIST guest researcher Takashi Kashiwagi, the NIST-UMD team subjected their clay-dispersion-varying samples to an exhaustive battery of characterization methods and flammability tests. Affording views from the nanoscopic to the microscopic, the array of measurements and flammability tests yielded a complete picture of how the nanoscale clay plates dispersed in the polymer and how the resultant material responded when exposed to an influx of heat.
The researchers found that with better dispersion, clay plates entangle more easily when exposed to heat, thereby forming a network structure that is less likely to crack and leading to fewer gaps in the material. The result, they say, is a heat shield that slows the rate of degradation and reduces flammability. The NIST team, led by Rick Davis, is now exploring other approaches to reduce flammability, including the use of advanced materials and novel coating techniques.
* Keith Kessler, "Don't Crowd Me."
** M. Liu, X. Zhang, M. Zammarano, J.W. Gilman, R.D. Davis and T. Kashiwagi. Effect of Montmorillonite dispersion on flammability properties of poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) nanocomposites. Polymer. Vol. 52, Issue 14, June 22, 2011.
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70 Years And It's Still Politics As Usual As Rep Closes Season With "Born Yesterday"
Andy Prosky as Harry, Randy Donaldson as Eddie and Aaron Bratz as Paul in "Born Yesterday" at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Photo: Jerry Naunheim, Jr.
As sparkling and witty as it was in 1948, Garson Kanin's "Born Yesterday" could have been ripped from today's headlines. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has brought it back and it's a perfect way to close the season. Gee, a business giant (in this case a junk tycoon) strolls into Washington DC to influence congressmen to sway legislation toward his advantage. Things have only taken a turn for the worse in today's politically charged environment with the basic story of greed and corruption but this time with a lively twist.
Kurt Zischke as Senator Hedges and Ruth Pferdehirt as Billie in the Rep production of "Born Yesterday." Photo: Jerry Naunheim, Jr.
Blowhard Harry Brock is played with proper bluster and shamelessness by Andy Prosky. He thinks money can convince anyone to do what he says and he's usually right. The fly in his proverbial ointment is his sassy blonde girlfriend, Billie Dawn, played with a perfectly ditzy bravado by Ruth Pferdehirt. Harry agrees to meet with a member of the press Paul Verall- played with a smooth and candid style by Aaron Bartz. When Harry decides to pay him to instruct Billie in social skills and to improve her brain, he unleashes a monster that can never to back to her role as the docile ex-showgirl.
Ted Deasy as Ed and Ruth Pferdehirt as Billie in "Born Yesterday" at the Rep. Photo: Jerry Naunheim, Jr.
Ted Deasy is the smooth lawyer who makes sure Billie signs a bunch of papers on an almost daily basis that protects Harry's interests by "diversifying" his portfolio. He finally begins to question his position as well and gets the stirring curtain speech which we've seen repeated in one form or another in "politics as usual" situations for the past 70 years. One of the senators that Harry attempts to schmooz on his arrival to Washington is Norval Hedges, played with above board integrity by Kurt Zischke. His wife, played by Gina Daniels, also has some positive influence on the new and improved Billie.
Andy Prosky as Harry tries to reason with the "new" Billie played by Ruth Pferdehirt a the Rep's production of "Born Yesterday." Photo: Jerry Naunheim, Jr.
Harry's right hand man and "muscle" is played with aplomb by Randy Donaldson. The rest of the cast is peppered with other actors familiar to the Rep including the versatile Michelle Hand. It's a wonderful ensemble who play everything from bellhops to assistant managers to bootblacks and barbers and manicurists. They make for a typical zany group that is synonymous with the screwball comedies of the 40's.
Andy Prosky as Harry offers a new job to Paul, played by Aaron Bartz in "Born Yesterday" at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Photo: Jerry Naunheim, Jr.
Director Pamela Hunt has brought that looney tunes feel to this period piece and it works so well as it rings true for the same world of political intrigue that we regretfully still have today. The James Morgan set design is simply stunning. All the amenities of a luxury DC hotel of 1948 are there and the whole piece is lit with style as well by lighting designer Mary Jo Dondlinger. Lou Bird's costumes are perfect including several stylish dresses for Billie and Rusty Wandall has provided excellent sound design including some nostalgic music to set the mood.
Aaron Bartz as Paul gets closer with Ruth Pferdehirt as Billie in the Rep production of "Born Yesterday." Photo: Jerry Naunheim, Jr.
TCM has been showing the classic film lately starring Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford and William Holden but this current version at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is phenomenal and live! Don't miss "Born Yesterday" as it provides laughs, nostalgia and current events rolled into one powerful package. It plays through April 8th and you can call 314-968-4925 for tickets or more information.
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Q: newbie keeps losing alpha values in canvas I'm probably doing something boneheaded here but I'm having difficulties getting alpha values to cooperate in Canvas.  I'm trying to sample an opaque color from a spot on the canvas, make it more transparent, and lay it down in another spot -- but the alpha part doesn't seem to be working.  Stripped down it goes sort of like this (condensed from functions strewn across the script):
p = ground.ctx.getImageData(loc.x, loc.y, 1, 1).data;
col = {R: p[0], G: p[1], B: p[2], a: p[3]};
col.a = col.a - 0.1;
ground.ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(' + col.R + ', ' + col.G + ', ' + col.B + ', ' + col.a + ')';
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It all runs, but when I test the value of fillStyle I get just a standard RGB "#fa674c" or whatever -- no mention of any alpha -- and when I getImageData() from the newly drawn Rect the value is fully opaque again.
Another thing I haven't been able to figure out either empirically or by reading every tutorial (and the spec) is whether alpha wants to be 0-1.0 or 0-255.  Most sources talk about 0-1.0 -- but getImageData() returns 0-255... and I can't make it work either way.

A: Use context.globalAlpha instead of using rgba fill:
p = ground.ctx.getImageData(loc.x, loc.y, 1, 1).data;
col = {R: p[0], G: p[1], B: p[2], a: p[3]};

// note: globalAlpha uses a scale of 0-1
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ground.ctx.globalAlpha = a/255-.1;

ground.ctx.fillStyle = 'rgb(' + col.R + ', ' + col.G + ', ' + col.B + ')';
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// reset globalAlpha when you're done
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Christmas is often a time of year when families jet off to warmer climes for a winter sun holiday – and solar protection for youngsters is just a click away with Little Terra's sunhats, sunglasses and UV sunsuits.
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"Sun rays come from all directions, and the most efficient method of protecting the eyes is to wear good quality sunglasses, and to also wear a protective hat.
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"Design features such as soft temple ends and soft silicone nose and brow pieces embedded in the frame also make for a more comfortable fit.
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import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;

/**
 * Create a dialog containg a name tree for the open document.  If no name
 * tree exists then no tree is shown.
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public class NameTreeDialog extends JDialog
        implements ActionListener, TreeSelectionListener {

    private SwingController controller;
    private ResourceBundle messageBundle;

    private JTree nameJTree;
    private NameTreeNode selectedName;
    private JLabel destinationName;
    private JButton okButton;
    private JButton cancelButton;

    private GridBagConstraints constraints;

    public NameTreeDialog(SwingController controller, boolean modal, NameTree nameTree)
            throws HeadlessException {
        super(controller.getViewerFrame(), modal);
        this.controller = controller;
        this.messageBundle = this.controller.getMessageBundle();

        setGui(nameTree);
    }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        if (e.getSource() == okButton) {
            // assign the selected name.
            if (selectedName != null) {
                destinationName.setText(selectedName.getName().toString());
            }
            setVisible(false);
            dispose();
        } else if (e.getSource() == cancelButton) {
            setVisible(false);
            dispose();
        }
    }

    // Listen for selected tree items
    public void valueChanged(TreeSelectionEvent e) {
        // jump to the page stored in the JTree
        if (nameJTree.getLastSelectedPathComponent() != null) {
            NameTreeNode selectedNode = ((NameTreeNode)
                    nameJTree.getLastSelectedPathComponent());
            // make sure we have name leaf and not a intermediate node.
            if (selectedNode.getReference() != null) {
                selectedName = selectedNode;
            } else {
                // null the selection.
                nameJTree.setSelectionPath(null);
                selectedName = null;
            }
        }
    }

    private void setGui(NameTree nameTree) {

         // dialog title
         setTitle(messageBundle.getString(
                "viewer.utilityPane.action.dialog.goto.nameTree.title"));

        // build the name tree.
        nameJTree = new NameJTree();
        nameJTree.setModel(new DefaultTreeModel(
                new NameTreeNode(nameTree.getRoot(), messageBundle)));
        nameJTree.setRootVisible(!nameTree.getRoot().isEmpty());
        nameJTree.addTreeSelectionListener(this);
        JScrollPane nameTreeScroller = new JScrollPane(nameJTree);
        nameTreeScroller.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(325, 225));

        // ok / cancel layout.
        okButton = new JButton(messageBundle.getString("viewer.button.ok.label"));
        okButton.setMnemonic(messageBundle.getString("viewer.button.ok.mnemonic").charAt(0));
        okButton.addActionListener(this);
        cancelButton = new JButton(messageBundle.getString("viewer.button.cancel.label"));
        cancelButton.setMnemonic(messageBundle.getString("viewer.button.cancel.mnemonic").charAt(0));
        cancelButton.addActionListener(this);
        // panel for OK and cancel
        JPanel okCancelPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
        okCancelPanel.add(okButton);
        okCancelPanel.add(cancelButton);

        JPanel nameTreePanel = new JPanel();
        nameTreePanel.setAlignmentY(JPanel.TOP_ALIGNMENT);
        GridBagLayout layout = new GridBagLayout();
        nameTreePanel.setLayout(layout);

        constraints = new GridBagConstraints();
        constraints.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
        constraints.weightx = 1.0;
        constraints.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTH;
        constraints.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
        constraints.insets = new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5);

        constraints.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
        addGB(nameTreePanel, nameTreeScroller, 0, 0, 1, 1);
        addGB(nameTreePanel, okCancelPanel, 0, 1, 1, 1);

        this.getContentPane().add(nameTreePanel);

//        pack();
        setSize(new Dimension(375, 350));
        validate();
        setLocationRelativeTo(controller.getViewerFrame());

    }

    public void setDestinationName(JLabel destinationName) {
        this.destinationName = destinationName;
    }

    /**
     * Override createRootPane so that "escape" key can be used to
     * close this window.
     */
    protected JRootPane createRootPane() {
        ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
                setVisible(false);
                dispose();
            }
        };
        JRootPane rootPane = new JRootPane();
        KeyStroke stroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0);
        rootPane.registerKeyboardAction(actionListener, stroke, JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
        return rootPane;
    }

    private void addGB(JPanel layout, Component component,
                       int x, int y,
                       int rowSpan, int colSpan) {
        constraints.gridx = x;
        constraints.gridy = y;
        constraints.gridwidth = rowSpan;
        constraints.gridheight = colSpan;
        layout.add(component, constraints);
    }
}

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Game Thread: Senior Day for Miami Hurricanes Football Vs Georgia Tech
By Jerry Steinberg@Category6UM Nov 21, 2015, 12:00pm EST
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Miami takes on the dreaded triple option and Georgia Tech on Senior day today at 12:30 EST.
While the ACC Coastal is now a foregone conclusion, UM is still playing for pride and a better bowl.
Game Notes (Courtesy UM) -
CANES FACE OFF AGAINST JACKETS IN HOME FINALE
• Miami (6-4, 3-3 ACC) returns to Sun Life Stadium for its home finale on Nov. 21 against Georgia Tech (3-7, 1-6 ACC). Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. on the ACC Network.
• Georgia Tech leads the all-time series 11-9, but the Hurricanes have a 4-2 record in games played in Miami and have never lost to the Yellow Jackets at Sun Life Stadium (3-0).
• The Hurricanes have won five of the last six matchups against the Yellow Jackets dating back to 2009, including five straight from 2009-2013. Miami lost the 2014 matchup 28-17 in Atlanta.
• Miami is 4-1 at Sun Life Stadium in 2015 and 16-4 in its last 20 home games dating to 2012.
CANES BID FAREWELL TO
• Prior to its matchup with Georgia Tech, Miami will honor 18 student-athletes on Senior Day.
• Miami will recognize - Collin Alford, Deon Bush, Quincy Casimir, Dallas Crawford, Jared Goldenberg, Jelani Hamilton, Calvin Heurtelou, Tracy Howard, D'Mauri Jones, Ufomba Kamalu, Raphael Kirby, Tyriq McCord, Earl Moore, Jake O'Donnell, Joseph Rogers, Rashawn Scott, Herb Waters, Hunter Wells.
WHAT A WIN WOULD DO…
• Move Miami to 5-1 at home on the year. The Hurricanes have posted seven seasons with just one-or-fewer losses at home since 2000.
• Move the Hurricanes to 10-11 all-time against Georgia Tech and 5-2 at home versus the Yellow Jackets. Miami has not lost to Georgia Tech at home since 2007.
• Give Miami a 24-9 record at Sun Life Stadium since 2011.
• Improve Miami's mark to 4-1 in the Coastal Division.
YIPPEE KAAYA
• After passing for 326 yards last time out vs. UNC, QB Brad Kaaya moved into sole possession of 10th place all-time at UM in both career passing yards (5,656) & career passing touchdowns (39).
• Kaaya remains near the top of the ACC in a number of individual categories, including passing yards (2,458, second), passing yards per game (273.1, first) and total offense (2,376 yards, fourth).
• Kaaya has thrown just six interceptions in his last 500 attempts. He has thrown for more than 200 yards in 16 of his 22 career games at Miami and has six career 300-yard performances.
• Kaaya's career home numbers (12 games) stand out: 3,005 passing yards, 26 TDs & just 7 INTs.
• Kaaya's missed start at Duke on Oct. 31 snapped a streak of 20 straight starts dating to 2014.
• Kaaya set personal bests in completions (29), attempts (49) and pass yards (405) at Florida State (Oct. 10), tossing three touchdowns with no interceptions. His passer efficiency rating was 148.8.
• Kaaya's 405 yards were the most by a Miami quarterback vs. Florida State in the modern era of Miami football (since 1980), and represent just the 11th 400-yard game in that same timespan.
• The California native was one of only 15 quarterbacks in the country to throw for more than 3,000 yards, 26-or-more touchdowns and 12-or-fewer interceptions in 2014; he was the only true freshman quarterback in the country to accomplish this feat.
• As a freshman in 2014, Kaaya was named the ACC Offensive and ACC Overall Rookie of the Year after a stellar first campaign with the Hurricanes.
• Kaaya ranked second in the ACC in passing yards (3,198), and led the ACC in passing touchdowns (26), passing efficiency (145.9) and passing yards per completion (14.5) during his freshman year.
• Sophomore signal-caller Brad Kaaya is one of just five quarterbacks nationally that have thrown for 2,400 yards-or-more passing, 10-or-more touchdowns and four-or-fewer interceptions.
• Dak Presscott (Mississippi State), Paxton Lynch (Memphis), Matt Johnson (Bowling Green), Connor Cook (Michigan State) join Kaaya as the only other quarterbacks that have accomplished this feat.
• Miami WR Stacy Coley had a dominant freshman season, earning 2013 Freshman All-America recognition and All-ACC honors after leading the team with 1,461 all-purpose yards.
• After a disappointing 2014, Coley has had a return to form this season. Despite missing two games with a hamstring injury, Coley ranks second on the team in catches (38) and receiving TDs (3).
• Coley, who posted his second career 100-yard receiving game in a home start vs. UVA, ranks first in the ACC with an average of 88.8 yards per conference game. He has 544 total receiving yards.
• Coley has caught at least five passes in five of the last six games, and has 533 yards over that span. The junior recorded a TD in back-to-back games for the first time since November 2013 when he hauled in scores against both Duke (Oct. 31) and Virginia (Nov. 7).
STORMING THE SWARM
• Since arriving at Georgia Tech in 2008, Yellow Jacket head coach Paul Johnson has directed one of college football's most prolific offensive units, but against Miami Johnson has struggled, posting just a 2-5 record against the Hurricanes and 1-3 mark against Miami's current coaching staff.
• Miami has held Georgia Tech under its season total yards average in five of the past seven matchups.
Feel free to leave plenty of comments with fellow 'Canes fans below:


The Minnesota Twins' Jorge Polanco hit for the cycle Friday night, marking the 325th such accomplishment in major-league history.
Polanco tripled in the first inning, singled in the third, homered in the fifth and doubled in the seventh to complete the Twins first cycle since Michael Cuddyer notched the feat on Friday, May 22, 2009 at the Metrodome.
The Twins have hit for cycle 11 times since moving from Washington to Minneapolis.
Although we at NoNoHitters.com prefer no-hitters to this other rare feat, we do maintain a cycles list here.


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Tell us about diversity in your Silicon Valley tech company
by Cristina Kim November 1, 2017 April 11, 2018
Reveal is examining diversity in the tech industry, and we want to know how diversity, or the lack thereof, shapes your work experience. Credit: #WOCinTech Chat
As part of an ongoing investigation, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting is taking a closer look at Silicon Valley's employment data and what it can tell us about tech companies' commitment to diversity and inclusivity. But numbers are only half the story.
To help us better understand how diversity and inclusion efforts are playing out at tech companies, Reveal wants to hear from current and former employees at Silicon Valley tech companies about their experiences.
Whether you've been a part of diversity efforts internally, left a job due to a lack of diversity or have suggestions for what your company could do to be more inclusive, we want to hear from you. Please take a few minutes to share your insights through the confidential form below. We won't share your responses with anyone without your explicit permission.
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As part of an ongoing investigation, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting is taking a closer look at Silicon Valley's employment data and what it can tell us about tech companies' commitment to diversity and inclusivity. But numbers are only half the story.

To help us better understand how diversity and inclusion efforts are playing out at tech companies, Reveal wants to hear from current and former employees at Silicon Valley tech companies about their experiences.

Whether you've been a part of diversity efforts internally, left a job due to a lack of diversity or have suggestions for what your company could do to be more inclusive, we want to hear from you. Please take a few minutes to share your insights through the confidential form below. We won't share your responses with anyone without your explicit permission.

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Australian Police Raid Home of Whistle-Blower Who Revealed Government Spying Program
Shane Trejo
An Australian journalist who blew the whistle about government spying abuses has had her home raided by police, with an ominous chilling message being sent to those who expose government wrongdoing.
An article published by The Daily Telegraph, titled "Spying shock: Shades of Big Brother as cyber-security vision comes to light," chronicled a discussion that occurred between two government bureaucracies where they talked about the possibility of sweeping new surveillance powers for the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), their nation's equivalent of the NSA.
The whistle-blowing article also included photos of leaked internal writings that outlined a proposal to target Australians with invasive spying measures. These were top secret documents showing warrantless spying proposals that the Australian government wanted to keep under wraps.
The new proposed program would also give hackers at the ASD the ability to "proactively disrupt and covertly remove" supposed threats to cybersecurity by "hacking into critical infrastructure." Nobody's records would be safe if Defence and Home Affairs ministers were to approve this proposal.
For exposing this information, journalist Annika Smethurst's home was raided by law enforcement on Tuesday. The whistle-blower, in similar fashion to Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, is paying a price for releasing information that paints the government in a negative light despite it clearly being in the public interest.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) admits that it conducted the raid and stands by their actions. They said in a statement that it did so in connection "to an investigation into the alleged unauthorized disclosure of national security information."
They claim that the journalist and her sources were responsible for a national security breach but "no arrests are expected…as a result of this activity." They have not taken the option of conducting arrests off the table though.
"The Australian public's right to know information about government laws that could impact their lives is of fundamental importance in our society," said News Corp Australia, the parent corporation of the Telegraph, in response to the raid.
"We need to have a debate about Australians' rights to privacy and security, and it needs to be held out in the open with the participation of civil society," said a spokesperson for Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), a privacy rights watchdog NGO, to Business Insider Australia.
"Exposing the government's secret plans for yet more surveillance of our everyday lives is clearly in the public interest. This heavy-handed reaction from the government, and so soon after being returned to government after an expected loss, indicates that this is about consolidating power, not keeping us safe. That should scare anyone who wants Australia to be a free society," the EFA spokesperson added.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison defended the raid with classic Orwellian double-speak.
"Australia believes strongly in the freedom of the press and we have clear rules and protections for freedom of the press," Morrison said, as reported by ABC. "There are also clear rules protecting Australia's national security and everybody should operate in accordance with all of those laws passed by our Parliament.
"I support the powers that the agencies have under our laws," he added.
As libertarian Judge Andrew Napolitano once said: "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." Expect more governments to crackdown on legitimate journalists and leakers as they become more desperate to suppress information in the digital age.
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