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FedGeoDay: Advocating for Open Source
by Joe Francica, Directions Magazine, March 4, 2013
FedGeoDay, held in Washington, D.C. this past week, can best be described as an advocacy forum for open source geospatial technology and data. Some of the leading organizations, government agencies and companies invested in open source tech sponsored the conference. Editor in Chief Joe Francica attended this first-time event, which drew over 250 people.
For full text of this article, please visit FedGeoDay: Advocating for Open Source – Directions Magazine.
Two articles by the Wilson Center highlighting the need for #opensource and #agile (#FedGeoDay) include:
1) Mike Byrne's report "The National Broadband Map: A Case Study on Open Innovation for National Policy"
2) "Too Big to Succeed: The Need for Federal IT Reform"
FedGeoDay Schedule Out, Jam Packed (mapbox.com)
in News and Events, Technology Foresight
Presidential Innovation Fellows | The White House
The White House Website, May 2012
The Presidential Innovation Fellows will pair top innovators from the private sector, non-profits, or academia with top innovators in government to collaborate on game-changing solutions that aim to deliver significant results in six months. Each team of innovators will work together in-person in Washington, DC on focused sprints while being supported by a broader community of interested citizens throughout the country. What makes this initiative unique is its focus on unleashing the ingenuity and know-how of Americans from all sectors. The five projects that will launch in summer 2012 have straightforward goals: to improve the lives of the American people, saving taxpayer money, and fueling job creation. This is innovation aimed at making a difference for all Americans.
For more information about this program, visit Presidential Innovation Fellows | The White House.
Wanted: A Few Good Women and Men to Serve as Presidential Innovation Fellows (whitehouse.gov)
Global Social Media Research Symposium
The Global Social Media Research Symposium on March 23, 2012, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at American University, Washington, DC, will explore current research on the worldwide use of social media for societal reform and cultural-political transformation. The symposium will feature representatives from major technology companies, policy experts, journalists, researchers, and research groups. Panel sessions will be devoted to social media technologies and innovation along with their application across national borders, the role of government in promoting access to these technologies, and recent research findings on social media reform movements worldwide.
The Global Social Media Research Symposium will take place in the new School of International Service building Abramson Family Founders Room on the main campus of American University. Refreshments during session breaks and reception at the conclusion of the Symposium at 5 p.m. are provided. For information, contact Prof. Shalini Venturelli, School of International Service: sventur@american.edu and Jason Smith, Symposium Director: js1232a@american.edu.
For more information, visit Global Social Media Research Symposium | International Communication Program | School of International Service | American University, Washington, D.C..
Promise and Concern: The Future of Social Media and Real-Time Awareness (geodatapolicy.wordpress.com)
in Economics
World Bank Webcast: Open Data, Open Knowledge, Open Solutions: Possibilities and Pitfalls
Open Data, Open Knowledge, Open Solutions: Possibilities and Pitfalls
Thursday, September 22, 2011; 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Watch Live from the World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, DC! As part of the World Bank's 2011 Annual Meetings and Civil Society Forum, The World Bank will host a discussion with leading members of the civil society, open government, open development communities to discuss a new "Open Development Agenda," in which individuals are empowered to create better solutions for development issues. The session will begin with an overview of Open Development, its implications for development partners, and how this move toward greater openness in data and knowledge is changing the entire development paradigm. It will include a lively moderated conversation on the opportunities presented by open data, open knowledge, and open solutions and how these relate to development challenges and aid effectiveness. Topics will include: What are the potential limitations of "open"? How can we draw on knowledge, learning, and innovation from a much wider pool of "solvers" and donor resources? Participants will also have an opportunity to see new mobile apps and the updated Mapping for Results portal. The session will close with an open dialogue, where participants will have an opportunity to present their ideas and feedback on the changing roles of the private sector, civil society organizations, and governments in making development more effective.
The Open Knowledge Foundation Comes of Age (mt-soft.com.ar)
NYT: World Bank Is Opening Its Treasure Chest of Data (geodatapolicy.wordpress.com)
FCC, FTC Location Based Services (and Privacy) Forum on Tuesday, June 28th
Location Based Services Forum
June 28, 2011 / 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM EDT / FCC, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554
The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau in consultation with Federal Trade Commission staff will hold a public education forum featuring representatives of telecommunications carriers, technology companies, consumer advocacy groups and academia on June 28, 2011, exploring how consumers can be both smart and secure when realizing the benefits of Location Based Services (LBS). Topics will include: how LBS works; benefits and risks of LBS; consumer DOs and DON'Ts; industry best practices; and what parents should know about location tracking when their children use mobile devices. See the Public Notice for more information.
Audio/video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open captioning over the Internet from the FCC's web page at www.fcc.gov/live. The FCC's webcast is free to the public. Those who watch the live video stream of the event may email event-related questions to livequestions@fcc.gov. Depending on the volume of questions and time constraints, the panel moderators will work to respond to as many questions as possible during the workshop.
FTC, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change, A Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers, Preliminary Staff Report, at 47 (Dec. 2010)
Internet Policy Task Force, Department of Commerce, Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy: A Dynamic Policy Framework, Green Paper, at 63 (Dec. 2010)
Federal Communications Commission, Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan, FCC Staff Report, at 54 (Mar. 2010),
FCC steps into privacy debate over location-based data, announcing forum (geodatapolicy.wordpress.com)
FCC, FTC To Look Into Cellphone Tracking (techdailydose.nationaljournal.com)
Location-based services worth $10B by 2016 (gigaom.com)
Apple iPhone Location Tracking Now Targeted By FCC, FTC (slashgear.com)
Wyden, Chaffetz Introduce the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance (GPS) Act
Bipartisan Legislation Provides Needed Legal Clarity for Use of Geolocation Information
Press Release of Senator Wyden, Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Washington, D.C. – New technologies – like cell phones, smart phones, laptops and navigation devices – are making it increasingly easy to track and log the location of individual Americans, yet federal laws have not kept pace with the technology. The lack of legal clarity surrounding the use of electronically-obtained location data, also known as geolocation information, means that there are no clear rules for how this data can be used, accessed or sold by law enforcement, commercial entities or private citizens. As a result, prosecutors are often unsure when judges will allow geolocation information to be admitted as evidence. Telecommunications companies are often unsure when or if they are allowed to share their customer's geolocation data with law enforcement. Customers are often unsure when or if their providers are sharing their geolocation data with law enforcement or selling it to other private companies. It is even unclear if law enforcement has the tools to arrest a stalker caught using technology to follow another person or obtain that person's geolocation information.
With this in mind, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) teamed up to write the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance (GPS) Act. The bipartisan legislation creates a legal framework designed to give government agencies, commercial entities and private citizens clear guidelines for when and how geolocation information can be accessed and used. U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, endorsed the effort as an original co-sponsor.
"GPS technology is unquestionably a great tool, not just for Americans on the go and cellular companies offering services, but for law enforcement professionals looking to track suspects and catch criminals," Wyden said. "But all tools and tactics require rules and right now, when it comes to geolocation information, the rules aren't clear. Congressman Chaffetz and I have worked to establish rules that we believe will foster the effective use of geolocation data while protecting the privacy rights of law-abiding American citizens."
Crowdsourcing: Improving the Quality of Scientific Data Through Social Networking
You are cordially invited to attend a public symposium on Crowdsourcing: Improving the Quality of Scientific Data Through Social Networking. The event is being organized by the National Research Council's Board on Research Data and Information, and will be held on June 13 in Washington, DC at the Embassy Suites, 900 10th Street, NW. A formal invitation with the summary description of the symposium, the exact location, and RSVP instructions may be found below.
Please feel free to forward this invitation to others who you think may be interested. Registrations will be honored on a first-come-first-served basis. More complete information about the event and about the Board on Research Data and Information is available at: http://www.nationalacademies.org/brdi.
Paul F. Uhlir
Director, Board on Research Data and Information
puhlir [at] nas [dot] edu
A PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM
Organized by the
Board on Research Data and Information
(http://www.nationalacademies.org/brdi)
Monday, June 13, 2011, 4:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Embassy Suites, 900 10th Street, NW, Washington, DC
Crowdsourcing may be described as a distributed information production and problem-solving activity, today performed mostly online. The technique invites contributions on one or more specific issues or problems, either from a targeted group or the general public. Although there are many types of crowdsourcing applications in many sectors and businesses, the public research community has used the techniques extensively in recent years.
According to Wikipedia, itself a highly successful crowdsourcing initiative, there are many perceived benefits to this model (see www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsoucing; last visited May 27, 2011):
Various topics can be addressed at a low cost and usually quite rapidly, frequently with no payments to the contributors;
The organization doing the crowdsourcing can greatly broaden the potential contributions beyond its own employees and direct contacts;
The crowdsourcing activity may be able to provide the views of many prospective customers or other interested parties, and can initiate and develop relationships that would be difficult or impossible to initiate otherwise.
Different internet services can be used for online crowdsoucing, from traditional websites and emails, to social networking sites, such as Facebook. Because of the growing use and potential importance of this technique to various research applications, including the improvement of scientific information resources, the Board on Research Data and Information is holding a public symposium in the afternoon of Monday, June 13, beginning at 4:00 p.m. The symposium will explore some of the key issues underlying crowdsourcing, provide several compelling examples, and offer an opportunity for the audience to discuss this topic with a number of experts and practitioners. We are pleased to offer the following program, moderated by Prof. Michael Lesk of Rutgers University, and chair of the Board on Research Data and Information:
Roberta Balstad, Columbia University
The first crowdsourcing experiment: lessons learned
Gregory Phelan, State University of New York at Cortland
Use of crowdsourcing online in scientific research
Scott Hausman, NOAA National Climatic Data Center
Engaging the public in climate science: exploiting crowdsourcing to
digitize and analyze climate data
[Presenter TBD]
The GEO wiki project
Benjamin Heywood, CEO PatientsLikeMe (invited)
[Presentation title TBD]
Comment by Michael Keller, Stanford University and BRDI Member
Panel discussion of invited speakers and Board members
General discussion with the audience
The symposium is open to the public, but advance registration is requested
(contact: Cheryl Levey, clevey [at] nas [dot] edu).
International Symposium on the Case for International Scientific Data Sharing: A Focus on Developing Countries (geodatapolicy.wordpress.com)


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Spiraling Towards Renewal? The New Month, Leviticus, and Democracy
Protest defending democracy blocked from the Knesset on March 19th. (courtesy)
Before getting into my d'var Torah/iyun tefillah, if anybody reading this is one of the many right now struggling to get government assistance for unemployment, rent and other coronavirus related threats, "HaMa'abarah" of which I am a member and for which "Torat Tzedek-Torah of Justice" is the fiscal sponsor, is part of a "Khmal Khevrati" (socioeconomic situation room) with the help of the legal clinics of universities around the country, to help you actualize your rights, and get what you need. You can join the facebook group, ask your questions, and somebody from the Khamal will be in touch:
Like many of those of us who pray, these days I am praying with special intent lines referring to God's salvation and imploring God to manifest that salvation now. In addition to praying for healing for those whom I know personally, I am adding those around the world who have contacted the coronavirus. I also give thanks and ask for the well-being of the medical personnel, including two of my brothers, who risk exposure every day to help others, without sufficient masks and other basic protective equipment.
Yesterday was also Rosh Khodesh-the first of the month of Nissan, and this week we read VaYikra-the first Torah portion in Leviticus. Do Rosh Khodesh and VaYikra offer us any inspiration for these times?
Firstly, "khodesh," (month) not only has the same root as "khadash," (new), but "l'khadesh," to renew. There is something new happening in Israel and the world. In the the last few days, despite setbacks and bitter disappointment, we have also experienced renewal.
What is new is a feeling of solidarity arising from the understanding that we are all in one boat. There are even places where there is a sort of cease fire of settler and army oppression of Palestinians.
Unfortunately, this is far from everywhere. Demolitions for the lack of almost impossible to obtain permits continue in the Occupied Territories and in "Unrecognized" Israeli Bedouin villages, even though this poses a health risk that endangers all of us. Near the Rimonim settlement, settlers from a new outpost threatened with knives Bedouin preparing to return to their spring/summer homes. Some of the fearful Bedouin even dismantled their shanties that served them for many years. Almost every day these same settlers allow their flocks to enter into planted fields, and eat what the Bedouin are growing. This last week, there were a number of attacks and arrests of shepherds for being in traditional grazing areas that settlers strive to control. There are even reports of settler attacks on the army near the Yitzhar settlement, and of new outposts being established while everybody is focused on coronavirus.
In the natural world, the new month appears automatically every month, as a part of a Divinely ordained order. Yes, the moon regularly both waxes and wanes. If I had written this a few weeks ago, I would have had been more positive. Apparently, the willingness to continue a cease fire has waned. However, while the moon's cycle will presumably continue as long as the world continues to exist, there won't be another Nissan 5780. The seasons don't just go 'round and 'round, they spiral. They return, but something is nevertheless new. In our case, God gave us free choice. We need to choose to turn over a leaf and choose a new path. We may not have total control over our lives or our temperaments, but our choices do make a difference what will be new every time our nature spirals us back to a place similar to where we have been before.
Not everything that waxed must wane. We can choose to allow the new reality imposed upon us by the coronavirus to lead us to a new understanding putting our differences in perspective. Our interdependence, and what unites us, are ultimately much more important. More of humanity both internalizing and acting on this would be blessedly new.
During yesterday's Rosh Khodesh prayers I was also meditating on renewal. In Israel we know that we have been in the throes of an unprecedented threat to our democracy. After many years in which despair and questions about efficacy led to declining levels of activism, this threat sparked a renewal of active dissent. Hundreds of thousands have been protesting. Most have protested online, but hundreds participated in three convoys to the Knesset over the past week. Looking around me (from my car, or wearing a mask and keeping the distance required by coronavirus regulations) it was clear from the faces and the signs that this was not just the "usual suspects" who regularly demonstrate. The attempt to shut down the Knesset, courts and track our movements without Knesset oversite shook many out of their complacency.
I started writing this yesterday, but wisely decided to hold off to see what the day would bring. Many of those among the protesters who didn't differentiate between the battle for democracy and the battle to depose PM Netanyahu, feel betrayed because of Benny Gantz's decision to break up his party, and enter a Netanyahu lead government. They may be discouraged from protesting in the future. While I try not to focus on individual politicians or parties, but rather on issues, I too am concerned. I believe that the Prime Minister was behind the attempt to prevent the Knesset from functioning, and supported many of the measures threatening our democracy. Time will tell whether the apparently forming government will prevent the further undermining of our judicial system, whether Israel will unilaterally perpetuate the Occupation by annexing territories, whether the Prime Minister's trial will take place, whether the delegitimization of human rights defenders will cease, and whether democracy will be strengthened. The jury is still out, as to whether we have simply returned to a government just like the previous one, or whether we will spiral to something at least incrementally new and different. I see some cause for hanging on to a measure of optimism because it seems that the Ministry of Justice will not be in the hands of those determined to undermine our justice system.
Will the renewal of activism and determination now wither, or grow? Will those who returned to the streets, or were stirred to protest for the first time, only remember yesterday's shock? Or, will they also recall that their efforts helped thwart the shutting down of the Knesset? Even before Thursday's events, I was wondering whether the protests were an indication of something that would prove to be lasting, or ephemeral. We must hope that the protesters will not be discouraged because the outcome was not what they had wanted. Perhaps some will come out of this less naïve, and even more determined.
Back in 2011, the government succeeded in bringing about "death by committee" to most of the initiatives of the social protest movement. But, not entirely. I am proud that our work on behalf of public housing is a major exception. In some ways, we spiraled forward.
I also admit that sometimes, as somebody who has been combatting human rights violations and threats to democracy for most of my life, I too need to resist a bit of cynicism. People only woke up when the threat hit too close to home? When doing a Facebook live broadcast from one of the demonstrations I saw that some of my Palestinian friends were watching. I had to wonder what they, who have never known democracy, were thinking.
When I get over my cynicism, disappointment, and worry, I am still overwhelmed and encouraged by the fact that so many Israelis stood up in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis in defense of democracy. It is now the responsibility of those of us who have been in this for the long run to help others to also find hope and meaning in what they accomplished.
Finally, a few thoughts about our Torah portion Va'Yikrah. Whenever I work with bar and bat mitzvah students on Torah portions related to the sacrifices (including both of my children), I teach them of the midrashim that, despite the fact that the sin of the golden calf appears in the middle of the instructions we just concluded about building the tabernacle, the sin actually took place first. God then decides that the Israelites are not yet ready for cerebral prayer. They need the pageantry of the sacrificial cult. I share with them the speculation that Maimonides felt that the sacrificial cult ended when we no longer needed it, and that someday we will progress from prayer to pure meditation. I then teach of the connection in Hebrew between "korban," (sacrifice) and "karov" (close). I ask what does or could bring them/us closer to God today.
In our coronavirus reality, we might also recall that the golden calf was created when the people were afraid because Moses had disappeared. Rather than sacrifices, what else could help calm our fears because of the virus and because of the threats to democracy? In chapter three of Leviticus we read of the "zevakh shleimim," translated as the "peace offering" or the "offering of wellbeing." What might contribute today to our feelings of wellbeing, wholeness, and being at peace with ourselves, our world and with God?
I would argue that when we come closer to our fellow human beings, we also come closer to God. I also have more of a sense of well-being when I am struggling for human rights and democracy. I believe that there is meaning to what I do and that they are part of God's plan for the universe, even though I don't know if and when I will personally experience the world I struggle to build. We have another portion full of sacrifices next week, so perhaps I will have an opportunity to expound upon this.
For now, let us remember that yesterday wasn't just any new month. Nissan is the month in which our people experienced a liberation that most believed to be impossible, and that they certainly would never see.
With renewed faith, energy and determination, may we put aside disappointments, and continue working to spiral us closer a new and different closeness to God and humanity that will grant us peace, wholeness and wellbeing.
Rabbi Arik Ascherman is the founder and director of the Israeli human rights organization "Torat Tzedek-Torah of Justice." Previously, he led "Rabbis For Human Rights" for 21 years. Rabbi Ascherman is a sought after lecturer, has received numerous prizes for his human rights work and has been featured in several documentary films, including the 2010 "Israel vs Israel." He and "Torat Tzedek" received the Rabbi David J. Forman Memorial Fund's Human Rights Prize fore 5779. Rabbi Ascherman is recognized as a role model for faith based human rights activism.
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8 thrillers that pack an emotional punch
We're delighted to welcome Sam Lloyd over to Caboodlers' Corner. Sam is the author of the chilling, moving and unputdownable thriller The Memory Wood, and he's recommended eight thrillers that pack an emotional punch.
What are your favourites? Tell us in the comments below.
"We read thrillers for excitement, but some of them leave an emotional imprint far outlasting the thrills.
The Memory Wood follows two incredibly gifted kids who find themselves playing a life-or-death game of deception. Elissa, a thirteen-year-old chess prodigy, is snatched from a world-ranking tournament on the most important day of her life. Hours later she wakes in darkness, tethered to a metal post. When twelve-year-old Elijah discovers her underground cell, Elissa thinks she's saved. But Elijah thinks he's found his first true friend, and is reluctant to give her up.
I knew how Elissa and Elijah's relationship would end before I even put pen to paper. And while there are twists and turns aplenty along the way, reaching that denouement was what motivated me to start. If readers feel anything of what I felt as I wrote their final scene, the effort will have been worthwhile. Below, I've listed some of my favourite stories that are both page-turners and memorable emotional experiences."
While helping a dying friend, teacher Jake Epping discovers a time portal in a disused diner. Travelling back to 1963, he tries to prevent the murder of President John F. Kennedy. While Epping's hunting of Lee Harvey Oswald takes centre stage, it's the effect on his personal relationships that makes this book so special.
Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton
A mother runs into a burning school to save her daughter. Afterwards, she tries to identify the arsonist and permanently end the threat. The beautiful and devastating conclusion made me a Lupton fan for life.
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Koontz's tale of a short-order fry cook who sees dead people spawned five sequels, three graphic novels and a Hollywood film. But it's the first book of the series which truly stands out, with an ending that's different to anything Koontz had written before.
Room by Emma Donoghue
Jack is five. He lives with his mother in a single locked room, and has never set foot outside it. At night, she shuts him in the wardrobe, to keep him safe during the visits. A book that's memorable for so many reasons, but particularly the examination of love in the most difficult circumstances.
The Whisper Man by Alex North
A widower and his young son move to a new village and try to rebuild their lives. But sleepy Featherbank has a dark past. Fifteen years ago, five boys were murdered by the killer known as 'The Whisper Man'. When another boy goes missing, the father and son discover something horrific in the garage of their new home.
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
In 1973, Susie Salmon is murdered. From heaven, she witnesses the impact of her death on her family, and does what she can to put things right. Published in 2002, the book became an international sensation.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
In the aftermath of an apocalyptic event, a man travels across America with one goal: keeping his son alive. Terrible, heartrending, shocking; it's not an easy read, but once started you cannot look away.
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
A grieving mother walks into a coffee shop and meets an enigmatic stranger. As their relationship develops, he introduces her to his nine-year-old daughter, who's the spitting image of the daughter she lost years earlier.
About The Memory Wood
Elijah has lived in the Memory Wood for as long as he can remember. It's the only home he's ever known.
Elissa has only just arrived. And she'll do everything she can to escape.
When Elijah stumbles across thirteen-year-old Elissa, in the woods where her abductor is hiding her, he refuses to alert the police. Because in his twelve years, Elijah has never had a proper friend. And he doesn't want Elissa to leave.
Not only that, Elijah knows how this can end. After all, Elissa isn't the first girl he's found inside the Memory Wood.
As her abductor's behaviour grows more erratic, Elissa realises that outwitting strange, lonely Elijah is her only hope of survival. Their cat-and-mouse game of deception and betrayal will determine both their fates, and whether either of them will ever leave the Memory Wood . . .
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Formed in 1994, the Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital (CPDMH) Foundation is dedicated to raising funds for CPDMH in support of providing the best healthcare possible to the residents of Carleton Place and the surrounding communities. With that in the mind, the CPDMH Foundation supports the Hospital's desire to expand and improve the current facility with an Emergency Department Redevelopment Project and recorded its unanimous commitment to the project during a Board of Directors meeting on June 17, 2015.
On October 28, 2016, the Honourable Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, visited CPDMH to announce the approval of a brand new Emergency Department for patients and families in Carleton Place, Beckwith and surrounding communities. Read the media announcement.
The Foundation has the utmost confidence in the community's ability to raise the funds necessary for the project and will take the required steps to lead a fundraising campaign to raise the community's share of the funds needed to bring the redevelopment into fruition once a green light for the project has been received.


This chapter will teach you how to create dialog boxes using Qt. Dialog boxes present users with options and choices, and allow them to set the options to their preferred values and to make their choices. They are called dialog boxes, or simply "dialogs", because they provide a means by which users and applications can "talk to" each other.
Most GUI applications consist of a main window with a menu bar and toolbar, along with dozens of dialogs that complement the main window. It is also possible to create dialog applications that respond directly to the user's choices by performing the appropriate actions (e.g., a calculator application).
We will create our first dialog purely by writing code to show how it is done. Then we will see how to build dialogs using Qt Designer, Qt's visual design tool. Using Qt Designer is a lot faster than hand-coding and makes it easy to test different designs and to change designs later.
Our first example is a Find dialog written entirely in C++. It is shown in Figure 2.1. We will implement the dialog as a class in its own right. By doing so, we make it an independent, self-contained component, with its own signals and slots.
The source code is spread across two files: finddialog.h and finddialog.cpp. We will start with finddialog.h.
Lines 1 and 2 (and 27) protect the header file against multiple inclusions.
Line 3 includes the definition of QDialog, the base class for dialogs in Qt. QDialog is derived from QWidget.
Lines 4 to 7 are forward declarations of the Qt classes that we will use to implement the dialog. A forward declaration tells the C++ compiler that a class exists, without giving all the detail that a class definition (usually located in a header file of its own) provides. We will say more about this shortly.
The FindDialog constructor is typical of Qt widget classes. The parent parameter specifies the parent widget. The default is a null pointer, meaning that the dialog has no parent.
The signals section declares two signals that the dialog emits when the user clicks the Find button. If the Search backward option is enabled, the dialog emits findPrevious(); otherwise, it emits findNext().
The signals keyword is actually a macro. The C++ preprocessor converts it into standard C++ before the compiler sees it. Qt::CaseSensitivity is an enum type that can take the values Qt::CaseSensitive and Qt::CaseInsensitive.
In the class's private section, we declare two slots. To implement the slots, we will need to access most of the dialog's child widgets, so we keep pointers to them as well. The slots keyword is, like signals, a macro that expands into a construct that the C++ compiler can digest.
For the private variables, we used forward declarations of their classes. This was possible because they are all pointers and we don't access them in the header file, so the compiler doesn't need the full class definitions. We could have included the relevant header files (<QCheckBox>, <QLabel>, etc.), but using forward declarations when it is possible makes compiling somewhat faster.
We will now look at finddialog.cpp, which contains the implementation of the FindDialog class.
First, we include <QtGui>, a header file that contains the definition of Qt's GUI classes. Qt consists of several modules, each of which lives in its own library. The most important modules are QtCore, QtGui, QtNetwork, QtOpenGL, QtScript, QtSql, QtSvg, and QtXml. The <QtGui> header file contains the definition of all the classes that are part of the QtCore and QtGui modules. Including this header saves us the bother of including every class individually.
In finddialog.h, instead of including <QDialog> and using forward declarations for QCheckBox, QLabel, QLineEdit, and QPushButton, we could simply have included <QtGui>. However, it is generally bad style to include such a big header file from another header file, especially in larger applications.
On line 4, we pass on the parent parameter to the base class constructor. Then we create the child widgets. The tr() function calls around the string literals mark them for translation to other languages. The function is declared in QObject and every subclass that contains the Q_OBJECT macro. It's a good habit to surround user-visible strings with tr(), even if you don't have immediate plans for translating your applications to other languages. We cover translating Qt applications in Chapter 18.
In the string literals, we use ampersands ('&') to indicate shortcut keys. For example, line 11 creates a Find button, which the user can activate by pressing Alt+F on platforms that support shortcut keys. Ampersands can also be used to control focus: On line 6 we create a label with a shortcut key (Alt+W), and on line 8 we set the label's buddy to be the line editor. A buddy is a widget that accepts the focus when the label's shortcut key is pressed. So when the user presses Alt+W (the label's shortcut), the focus goes to the line editor (the label's buddy).
On line 12, we make the Find button the dialog's default button by calling setDefault(true). The default button is the button that is pressed when the user hits Enter. On line 13, we disable the Find button. When a widget is disabled, it is usually shown grayed out and will not respond to user interaction.
The private slot enableFindButton(const QString &) is called whenever the text in the line editor changes. The private slot findClicked() is called when the user clicks the Find button. The dialog closes itself when the user clicks Close. The close() slot is inherited from QWidget, and its default behavior is to hide the widget from view (without deleting it). We will look at the code for the enableFindButton() and findClicked() slots later on.
Since QObject is one of FindDialog's ancestors, we can omit the QObject:: prefix in front of the connect() calls.
Next, we lay out the child widgets using layout managers. Layouts can contain both widgets and other layouts. By nesting QHBoxLayouts, QVBoxLayouts, and QGridLayouts in various combinations, it is possible to build very sophisticated dialogs.
For the Find dialog, we use two QHBoxLayouts and two QVBoxLayouts, as shown in Figure 2.2. The outer layout is the main layout; it is installed on the FindDialog on line 35 and is responsible for the dialog's entire area. The other three layouts are sub-layouts. The little "spring" at the bottom right of Figure 2.2 is a spacer item (or "stretch"). It uses up the empty space below the Find and Close buttons, ensuring that these buttons occupy the top of their layout.
One subtle aspect of the layout manager classes is that they are not widgets. Instead, they are derived from QLayout, which in turn is derived from QObject. In the figure, widgets are represented by solid outlines and layouts are represented by dashed outlines to highlight the difference between them. In a running application, layouts are invisible.
When the sublayouts are added to the parent layout (lines 25, 33, and 34), the sublayouts are automatically reparented. Then, when the main layout is installed on the dialog (line 35), it becomes a child of the dialog, and all the widgets in the layouts are reparented to become children of the dialog. The resulting parent–child hierarchy is depicted in Figure 2.3.
Finally, we set the title to be shown in the dialog's title bar and we set the window to have a fixed height, since there aren't any widgets in the dialog that can meaningfully occupy any extra vertical space. The QWidget::sizeHint() function returns a widget's "ideal" size.
This completes the review of FindDialog's constructor. Since we used new to create the dialog's widgets and layouts, it would seem that we need to write a destructor that calls delete on each widget and layout we created. But this isn't necessary, since Qt automatically deletes child objects when the parent is destroyed, and the child widgets and layouts are all descendants of the FindDialog.
The findClicked() slot is called when the user clicks the Find button. It emits the findPrevious() or the findNext() signal, depending on the Search backward option. The emit keyword is specific to Qt; like other Qt extensions it is converted into standard C++ by the C++ preprocessor.
The enableFindButton() slot is called whenever the user changes the text in the line editor. It enables the button if there is some text in the editor, and disables it otherwise.
For moc to work correctly, we must put the class definition in a header file, separate from the implementation file. The code generated by moc includes this header file and adds some C++ boilerplate code of its own.
If this ever happens to you, run qmake again to update the makefile, then rebuild the application.
Now run the program. If shortcut keys are shown on your platform, verify that the shortcut keys Alt+W, Alt+C, Alt+B, and Alt+F trigger the correct behavior. Press Tab to navigate through the widgets with the keyboard. The default tab order is the order in which the widgets were created. This can be changed using QWidget::setTabOrder().
Providing a sensible tab order and keyboard shortcuts ensures that users who don't want to (or cannot) use a mouse are able to make full use of the application. Full keyboard control is also appreciated by fast typists.
In Chapter 3, we will use the Find dialog inside a real application, and we will connect the findPrevious() and findNext() signals to some slots.


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The new year brings a desire in people to change, new years resolutions create our path for the coming year, and whether or not we actually follow through with our resolutions, these changes usually outline how we can be better.
I would like to share with you one of my new years resolutions (at work) with some data that might inspire others as well.
Increasing our mobile advertising has become one of my top priorities for this year. In my opinion it's very important for all companies to evaluate their current exposure, and determine what improvements can be accomplished.
It is no secret mobile advertising has shown positive results to those who have boarded the train. Even though many think that it is not a needed strategy, they couldn't be more wrong. Mobile advertising in the U.S has increased from $1.2 billion in the first 6 months of 2012 to $3 billion in the first 6 months of 2013. It is also predicted global mobile ad spending to reach $ 33.1 billion by 2015, according to Mashable. For more data and information on the relation between mobile and social marketing head over to Mashable.
and American Life Project, and published in 2013 by Lee Rainie, 56% of American adults have smartphones. They also reported more and more people use their phones while they shop to compare prices and check reviews. It only makes sense to have some sort of mobile marketing to target that audience, because who isn't using mobile devices now days.
I hope I provided some valuable information to encourage all of you to go out and expand you current advertisement infrastructure. As for us here at Transliquid, you will be seeing a lot more of us, on your phones, tables and computers.
What does everyone else think about going mobile? What are some strategies?


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Normalized U.S-Cuba Relations: What it Means for the Real Estate Industry
By Danielle Schlanger • 12/17/14 3:04pm
Abandoned construction site by the Plaza Vieja in Old Havana (Photo by Emily Assiran/New York Observer)
The historic announcement by President Barack Obama that the U.S. and Cuba will restore diplomatic relations has enormous implications for many facets of American society, including the real estate industry.
According to Jose Gabilondo, a professor at Florida International University College of Law and an expert on finance in Cuba, U.S. businesses should view the beginning of the end of the U.S. embargo in Cuba as "a very positive sign."
"Cuba needs a lot of investment, especially in real estate," said Mr. Gabilondo. "It has a lot of valuable seashore and a lot of valuable, rural areas and urban areas that need enormous investment.
However, he stressed that today marks the first of many steps in the process of conducting business with the island nation.
"Cuba needs to make internal reforms of its real estate system, including its title system, and financing laws so there can be more foreign investment," said Mr. Gabilondo. Moreover, there are still a number of limitations and restrictions on ownership of Cuban real property by foreigners, and Cuba still lacks an effective system of contract and judicial enforcement of property rights.
Nevertheless, that has not stopped other foreign nationals, including Canadians, Spaniards, Venezuelans and the Chinese, from heavily investing in the country. And the Cuban government has readily acknowledged the need for foreign capital. As Richard Feinberg, a senior fellow in the Latin America Initiative at the Brookings Institution, wrote in April following the Cuban legislature's approval of a new foreign direct investment law, "Cubans on the street seem to accept with enthusiasm the government's dual message: that the new guidelines will not compromise Cuban sovereignty – a key gain of the 1959 revolution – but will encourage badly needed inflows of foreign capital and technology."
Relative to its neighbors and given its size and location, foreign investment in Cuba has been low, noted Luis Locay, an associate professor of economics at the University of Miami who has studied the Cuban economy. This is due to internal reasons, he said, noting that "investing in Cuba has to be a joint venture with the government."
Dilapidated building in Central Havana (Photo by Emily Assiran/New York Observer)
Mr. Locay did emphasize that returns on foreign investment are high in order to compensate for the immense risk taken.
"You may lose everything," he stressed.
In March, Reuters reported that it is not just real estate development that is prime for investment; agriculture, infrastructure, sugar and nickel mining would also benefit tremendously from foreign funds. The news agency also noted that Cuba needs somewhere between $2 and $2.5 billion dollars in foreign direct investment annually to grow 7 percent annually, what has been designated the nation's target goal.
Yet Mr. Locay doesn't believe Americans will be dashing to Havana to begin construction any time soon.
"As long as the government wants to control things in Cuba the way it does now, I don't think they'll be a mad rush to invest," he said. "Government is a party in all foreign investment and government runs the courts too."
Mr. Gabilondo emphasized there are some who "lost" with today's monumental announcement, most notably Cuban American politicians who were proponents of the former U.S. foreign policy.
"The big losers today are Cuban American leaders who have been behind the embargo," he said. "A small number of Cuban American politicians have made their career around the embargo.
Mr. Gabilondo also had praise for President Obama for taking this leap of foreign policy faith.
"I think there's a sense in which, you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube and what's happened today a very important step was taken," he said. "President Obama…should be commended because this is a courageous act and it changes the rules of the game."
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On this podcast–those who have influenced us in business. CLOUSER and Heidi discuss people in their lives that have helped them. Host uses article on Forbes.com titled "25 Things Influential People Do Better Than Anyone Else," by Mark Fidelman. Which attributes do influencers have and how they use these attributes with people? Which of these resonate with you?


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A mesh implant 'robbed' this mum-of-three of five years of her life
Carolyn Churchill, 57, wants TVT implants banned
Mark SmithHealth Correspondent
Carolyn Churchill, from Nantgarw, had a vaginal mesh implanted in 2011 which she claims caused her horrendous pain. She's pictured with her grandchild
Six years ago Carolyn Churchill was an active woman who worked as a chef and spent hours each week walking her dogs.
But that all changed when a plastic mesh was implanted into her in a bid to combat her stress incontinence, a condition which affects as many as 10% of women.
The 57-year-old said the implant left her in agonising pain, stopped her walking properly and ruined a 14-year relationship with her partner.
She is one of potentially hundreds of women across the UK who have suffered at the hands of the plastic mesh.
Mum-of-three Carolyn, who finally had the mesh removed last year after six years of "torture", said she is calling on the NHS to ban them.
Carolyn said she suffered years of pain
"I feel absolutely traumatised by it all," she said.
"I was left in horrendous pain. I was unable to walk properly, I couldn't lie on my side for five years and I couldn't bend as all the movement from my waist down was restricted.
"I've given birth to three children naturally and I would rather go through that 10 times over than go through the pain of the mesh again."
The future use of vaginal mesh implants is set to be discussed by group of Welsh clinicians
After seeing her GP about her stress incontinence she was referred to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant to see a specialist.
The Nantgarw resident was then given some physiotherapy and told a transvaginal mesh (TVT) mesh implant would resolve the problem.
"I was told that if it does fail it would be no problem to sort it out," she added.
"But they didn't tell me anything about the possible complications.
"The operation took just 20 minutes. I really had no idea what I was getting myself into."
Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant
As the epidural wore off after the surgery, she immediately felt something was wrong.
"I was in absolute agony.
"I felt like I was being ripped to pieces," she added. "But they wouldn't listen to me and made me feel like some sort of baby, and that it was normal.
"If I could have walked to A&E that night, I would've begged them to take it out."
Carolyn, who also has three grandchildren, said, despite her concerns, she was discharged by the hospital.
Three months after the initial surgery, she was forced to leave her job as chef at the Farmer's Arms in Church Village because the pain was too unbearable.
She said she then spent the next five years trying, and failing, to get the doctors to take out the mesh.
"Within eight weeks the mesh had eroded through the wall of vagina," she added.
"It effectively ended my relationship. I couldn't deal with all the pain and worry of the mesh and be with someone.
"I just needed to be on my own.
"It changed my life and left me depressed."
Mum Pauline Inch also suffered terribly from the mesh implant
As a last resort she went to her MP Owen Smith about the delays in getting the mesh taken out.
And in May 2016 she finally had it removed through a major surgical procedure which involved a lengthy recovery period.
"I felt instant relief," she added.
"Instead they carried out surgery which used my own tissue, which is what they suggested in the first place.
"I want them banned and I want someone to take responsibility for denying us the treatment we deserved. They just wanted to save time and money."
Carolyn went to London as part of a campaign to ban mesh implants
Carolyn, who still has not made a full recovery, said she still struggles walking long distances.
Dozens of "mesh victims" travelled to Parliament in July for a special meeting organised by Mr Smith.
As a consequence, an all-party mesh group will be set up to investigate the implants further.
But at present the mesh devices are still being used.
In response, Rachel Fielding, head of midwifery, gynaecology and sexual health for Cwm Taf University Health Board, said: "We can't comment on individual cases, however we are aware of this national issue and would encourage any woman who has concerns about this procedure to contact their local health professional."


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Ye Jianying
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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yè (葉/叶).
Ye Jianying (simplified Chinese: 叶剑英; traditional Chinese: 葉劍英; pinyin: Yè Jiànyīng; Wade–Giles: Yeh Chien-ying; Jyutping: Yip Gim-ying; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986) was a Chinese communist general, Marshal of the People's Liberation Army. As the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1978 to 1983, Ye was the head of state of China.
3rd Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
5 March 1978 – 18 June 1983
Soong Ching-ling (acting)
Peng Zhen
Head of State of the People's Republic of China
(as Chairman of the NPCSC)
Hua Guofeng
Zhao Ziyang
Li Xiannian (as President)
5th First Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China
7 October 1976 – 12 September 1982
Hu Yaobang
Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China
30 August 1973 – 12 September 1982
3rd Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
Marshal Lin Biao
Marshal Xu Xiangqian
National People's Congress
15 September 1954 – 6 June 1983
Guangdong At-large (54-59)
PLA At-large (59-83)
1st Mayor of Guangzhou
Position Created
He Wei
Jiaying, Guangdong, Qing Empire
Communist Party of China
Whampoa Military Academy
Order of Victory of Resistance against Aggression (1945)
Order of August the First (1st Class Medal) (1955)
Order of Independence and Freedom (1st Class Medal) (1955)
Order of Liberation (1st Class Medal) (1955)
叶帅 (Marshal Ye)
花帅 ("Playboy Marshal")
Branch/service
People's Liberation Army Ground Force
18th Army Group, NRA
Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
1st Army and 4th Army, National Revolutionary Army
Marshal of the People's Republic of China
Lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China
Chief of Staff, 4th Army, NRA
Chief of Staff, Red Army
Chief of Staff, 18th Army Group, NRA
Chief of Staff, CMC
Yè Jiànyīng
Yeh Chien-ying
[jê tɕjɛ̂n.íŋ]
Yip Gim-ying
葉宜偉
叶宜伟
Yè Yíwěi
Yeh I-wei
Yip Ji-wai
Courtesy name
滄白
沧白
Cāngbái
Ts'ang-pai
Cong-baak
Born Ye Yiwei (simplified Chinese: 叶宜伟; traditional Chinese: 葉宜偉; pinyin: Yè Yíwěi; Wade–Giles: Yeh I-wei) into a wealthy Christian Hakka merchant family in Jiaying county (modern-day renamed as Meixian District), Guangdong his courtesy name was Cangbai (滄白), one of the founders of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, military and the People's Republic of China.
After graduation from the Yunnan Military Academy in 1919, he joined Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang (KMT). He taught at the Whampoa Military Academy, and in 1927 joined the Communist Party.
That year, he participated in the failed Nanchang Uprising and was forced to flee to Hong Kong with two other uprising leaders, Zhou Enlai and Ye Ting (unrelated to Ye Jianying), with only a pair of handguns to share between them. Shortly after, he faithfully carried out his assigned duties during the Guangzhou Uprising, although he had been opposed to it; upon this uprising's failure he was once again obliged to flee to Hong Kong with Ye Ting and Nie Rongzhen. However, Ye was far more fortunate than Ye Ting, who was made a scapegoat for the Comintern's failures and forced into exile. Ye was not blamed, and subsequently studied military science in Moscow.
After returning to China in 1932 he joined the Jiangxi Soviet, serving as Chief of Staff of Zhang Guotao's Fourth Front Army. However, after Zhang's fighters met up with Mao Zedong's force during the Long March, the two leaders disagreed on the subsequent move of the Chinese Red Army. Zhang insisted on turning southward to establish a new base in the regions inhabited by Tibetan and Qiang minorities. (This later proved to be a disaster, as Mao had anticipated, with Zhang losing over 75% of his men and retreating to the Communist base at Shaanxi.) During the two leaders' disagreement, Ye – though he was Zhang's Chief of Staff – sided with Mao; and instead of supporting Zhang unconditionally as he had during the Guangzhou Uprising, Ye absconded to Mao's headquarters with Zhang's code books and maps. As a result, Zhang's communications with Comintern were cut, while Mao was able to establish a radio link, leading to Comintern's acceptance of Mao's leadership in the Communist Party of China. Mao would never forget the Ye's contribution, observing later that "Ye Jianying saved the (Chinese Communist) Party, the (Chinese) Red Army, and the (Chinese) Revolution".
During the Long March, Ye assisted Liu Bocheng in directing the crossing of the Yangtze River at Anshunchang and Luding Bridge. After 1936, Ye became director of the offices that liaised with the KMT, first in Xi'an, then in Nanjing and finally in Chongqing. He worked together with Zhou Enlai in this capacity.
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Ye was placed in charge of Guangdong, which was to cost him his political career under Mao's reign. Ye understood that the economic conditions in the province were very different from those in the rest of China, since most Cantonese landlords were peasants themselves who participated in production without exploiting their tenants. He therefore declined to dispossess the landlords, and instead protected their businesses and land. However, Ye's policies contradicted the general directives of the Party-mandated land reform, which emphasized class struggle. His policies deemed too soft, Ye and his local cadres were soon replaced by Lin Biao's, and a much harsher policy was implemented, with Ye's political career effectively over.
However, Mao did not forget what Ye had done for him during the Long March, and thus removed him only from political posts while preserving his military positions. As a result, until 1968, Ye remained active in various military functions, having been made a marshal in 1955. Ye was clever in using his military influence to provide limited support and protection for reformers like Zhao Ziyang, and he was responsible for interfering with assassination attempts on Deng Xiaoping during the Cultural Revolution.
After Lin Biao was overthrown and died in 1971, Ye's influence grew, and in 1975 he was appointed Defense Minister, taking Lin Biao's post. From 1973, he was also a Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
He led the conspiracy of generals and Party elders that overthrew Jiang Qing and the Gang of Four; during initial planning at his residence, he and Li Xiannian communicated by writing, although they sat next to each other, because of the possibility of bugging.
Thanks to Ye's support of Chairman Hua Guofeng, he was confirmed as party vice-chairman at the Eleventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 1977. Because the physical demands of Defense Minister were too great for the octogenarian Ye, he resigned from that position in 1978 and was appointed Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, filling a post left unoccupied since Zhu De's death in 1976. As such, Ye was China's ceremonial Head of State. Ye retired from this position in 1983 and in 1985 he withdrew completely from the Politburo. He died a little over a year later at the age of 89.
Ye had married six times and had six children. His sons include Ye Xuanping (born 1924), Ye Xuanning (叶选宁, 1938–2016), and Ye Xuanlian (叶选廉, born 1952). Ye's granddaughter Robynn Yip (born 1986), daughter of Xuanlian, is a professional musician based in Hong Kong.
He Siyuan Mayor of Beijing
Nie Rongzhen
Governor of Guangdong
Tao Zhu
Title last held by
Marshal Lin Biao Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
Marchal Xu Xiangqian
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Soong Ching-ling
Acting Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
(as Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee)
Li Xiannian
as President of the People's Republic of China
Secretary of the CPC Guangdong Committee
Lin Biao Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China
Served alongside: Zhou Enlai, Hua Guofeng, Deng Xiaoping, Wang Dongxing, Li Desheng, Kang Sheng, Wang Hongwen, Chen Yun, Zhao Ziyang Post abolished
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Pamela Sunday creates hand built ceramic sculptures that are inspired by nature and science. This example, titled ELECTRUM, is realized in gold metallic glaze. Each of Pamela's sculptures are unique, as they are hand crafted. Pamela is renowned for both her meticulous craftsmanship and for testing the limits of her materials both in surface and form. Pamela's works have been featured in a variety of international publications and her works resides in private collections and galleries around the world.
Pamela can create custom sizes and glazes for each of her sculptures.


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Q: MoveTargetOutOfBoundsException after updated the chrome driver to 80 My Test scripts are working in chrome browser 78 with chromedriver 78. with selenium 3.141.59
Now we updated the browser version to 80 and chromedriver to 80, we are using selenium 3.141.59.
In my test scripts we used actions class to move objects to destination. we are moving objects based on coordinates.
Now we are getting "MoveTargetOutOfBoundsException" exception while moving objects with coordinates.
Below is my reusable method. We are using Chrome 80. we are passing x,y parameters values as 0,0.
public void dragAndDropcomponentToFormEditor(WebElement sourceEle, WebElement desEle, int x,int y) {
        Actions action = new Actions(driver);
        if(browser.equalsIgnoreCase("Firefox")){
        ReusableMethods.jsScrollToWebElement(sourceEle);
        action.clickAndHold(sourceEle).moveToElement(desEle,-((desEle.getSize().getWidth()/2)-100),-((desEle.getSize().getHeight()/2)-50)).release().perform();
        }else{
            action.clickAndHold(sourceEle).moveToElement(desEle, x, y).release().perform();
        }
        LOGGER.info("dragged a component into form editor - "+sourceEle.toString());
    }

Any suggestions?

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It's Been Two Years Since Hurricane Sandy and We Still Haven't Recovered
Hurricane Sandy. (National Environmental Visualization Laboratory.)
Today marks the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy's catastrophic visit to the East Coast. The superstorm killed at least 159 people, left thousands homeless and millions without power, and caused an estimated $65 billion in damages.
It's important to understand how Sandy continues to impact communities today. As Chris Mooney wrote for Mother Jones last year, "even as scientists continue to study and debate whether global warming is making hurricanes worse, hurricanes have continued to set new intensity records." And we should expect more monster storms in the future. A study published in the journal Nature earlier this year suggests that the pattern of hurricane activity finds them gradually moving out of the tropics and into more populated latitudes, likely as a result of climate change.
Over the past couple of days, many pieces have been written looking back on the second most destructive hurricane to hit the US after Katrina — and appraising where we stand today in the process of recovery. We've rounded up some of the most interesting reports below.
Enduring Damage
The Huffington Post offers a series of animated gifs showing how Sandy changed the geography of various areas. This one depicts Far Rockaway, in Queens, New York, on July 18, 2011, Nov. 1, 2012 and July 1, 2014.
And at Grist, James West looks at five things that are "still broken" two years after the storm.
Stav Ziv reports for Newsweek on the results of a study conducted earlier this year that looked at 12 seriously damaged neighborhoods in New York and New Jersey. "[L]ess than half of residents surveyed felt people in their neighborhoods had gotten all or most of the help they need to recover and restore their lives after the storm," writes Ziv.
Nearly 7 out of 10 said neighbors helped, whereas only 57 percent said the local government provided assistance, and 55 percent said the same about the federal government and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The varying levels of recovery among neighborhoods had to do with more than money, Benz says. The study built on previous research the AP-NORC Center conducted six months after Sandy, which found that "many Americans who were impacted by Superstorm Sandy turned to family, friends, and neighbors for support or assistance more often than formal sources of support like the federal or state government."
They found that in both low- and high-income neighborhoods, members of communities that had stronger social ties felt more positively about their prospects for recovery and how well they could fare in another disaster.
In New Jersey, the handling of Sandy relief funds has become especially controversial amid reports that Governor Chris Christie used them as a political tool, and as a vehicle for self-promotion. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, the state has so far "distributed about a quarter of the money allocated by the federal government, as thousands of homeowners await aid to rebuild." And Erin O'Neill reports for NJ.com that a new poll shows "continued dissatisfaction" with the state's recovery effort "among a large majority of residents affected by the storm, fueled in part by a lack of communication from major rebuilding grant programs."
A third of the storm survivors surveyed in the Monmouth University Poll said they were satisfied with the state's recovery efforts. That's down from 36 percent a year ago. Meanwhile, 66 percent of residents say they are somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the recovery effort now, a level relatively unchanged from a year ago, and many still feel like they have been forgotten.
The Scars Aren't Just Physical
Emily Dooley reports for ABC News that Sandy had a huge impact on the mental well-being of those who were caught in its maw:
New York health officials estimate about 700,000 residents are still experiencing mental health problems from the storm, which hit on Oct 29, 2012. New Jersey officials did not have a similar estimate but in the 15 months after Sandy, the state supported a disaster mental health program that served 500,000 people.
"There's just this sort of cumulative stress that has taken a toll on people," said Renee Burawski, director of Office for Sandy Recovery in the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
It manifests in different ways, such as children avoiding showers because they remind them of rain or an inability to track bills or paperwork. And sometimes it's a forecast of bad weather.
"It's left me in a very panic-stricken state of mind," said Connie Livolsi of Long Beach. "I've never been this frightened. I don't feel safe anymore."
For more about the people affected by the storm, The Star Ledger put together a moving multimedia feature entitled "Forgotten Faces of Sandy."
The Red Cross's Secret Disaster
A new report by ProPublica's Justin Elliott and Jesse Eisinger, and Laura Sullivan of NPR, finds that the Red Cross did an almost criminally poor job delivering much-needed relief to the victims of both Sandy and Hurricane Isaac, which hit the Gulf Coast earlier that year. They write that the organization "botched key elements of its mission after Sandy and Isaac, leaving behind a trail of unmet needs and acrimony."
Red Cross officials at national headquarters in Washington, D.C. compounded the charity's inability to provide relief by "diverting assets for public relations purposes," as one internal report puts it. Distribution of relief supplies, the report said, was "politically driven."
During Isaac, Red Cross supervisors ordered dozens of trucks usually deployed to deliver aid to be driven around nearly empty instead, "just to be seen," one of the drivers, Jim Dunham, recalls.
"We were sent way down on the Gulf with nothing to give," Dunham says. The Red Cross' relief effort was "worse than the storm."
During Sandy, emergency vehicles were taken away from relief work and assigned to serve as backdrops for press conferences, angering disaster responders on the ground.
After both storms, the charity's problems left some victims in dire circumstances or vulnerable to harm, the organization's internal assessments acknowledge. Handicapped victims "slept in their wheelchairs for days" because the charity had not secured proper cots. In one shelter, sex offenders were "all over including playing in children's area" because Red Cross staff "didn't know/follow procedures."
There's much more to that story — read the whole thing at ProPublica.
After the damage Sandy wrought became apparent, officials swore that we would be better prepared for the next major storm. Are we? The New York Times looked at that question as it relates to New York City.
Mr. Ovink described the effort to rethink New York as "the love child of Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses," meaning that it merges the granular approach of Ms. Jacobs, an advocate of small, vibrant neighborhoods, and the sweeping vision of Mr. Moses, an urban planner of Pharaonic scale and scope.
It is, if nothing else, enormous, comprising the construction of sea walls and bulkheads, beach replenishment, the creation of parks as buffer zones, the retrofitting of apartment buildings, commercial structures and single-family homes, and the redesign of power stations, subway tunnels, sewage treatment plants, hospitals, utility poles and even ordinary streets.
"In terms of size," said Daniel Zarrilli, the director of the 8-month-old Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency, "you'd have to look back to the rebuilding after the San Francisco earthquake for any real comparison," referring to the 1906 disaster.
Occupy Sandy Project
Hurricane Sandy and a People's Relief
Shortly after the storm, we reported on a group of Occupy Wall Street activists in New York City who had joined forces with relief agencies to help storm victims get the supplies they needed. This HuffPo post updates the Occupy volunteer story by highlighting "three individuals whose commitment was evident from the moment they joined the immediate recovery response, and who today show no signs of slowing down."
Alena Hall reports:
Each of them has helped guide one of the various spinoff groups on the Occupy Sandy Project Spokescouncil, a collection of affiliated efforts aimed at not only providing continued assistance to Sandy victims in New York and New Jersey, but also preparing the states and their people to better handle future disasters. Their pride and compassion for the affected communities has helped keep the rehabilitation momentum going even though Sandy victims have now mostly left the media spotlight.
Read more about these committed volunteers at The Huffington Post.
Help Those Affected by Hurricane Sandy
A Hurricane by Any Other Name is Still…
The Risk of Hurricane Destruction in New Orleans
TOPICS: Environment, Health & Science, History
To comment on this post, connect with us on Facebook, Twitter or for those not on social media, email us at yourturn [at] billmoyers [dot] com.


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/*!
 * \file theoraenc.c
 * \brief Theora encoder using libtheora.
 * \author Paul Richards <paul.richards@gmail.com>
 *
 * A lot of this is copy / paste from other output codecs in
 * libavcodec or pure guesswork (or both).
 *
 * I have used t_ prefixes on variables which are libtheora types
 * and o_ prefixes on variables which are libogg types.
 */

/* FFmpeg includes */
#include "avcodec.h"
#include "log.h"

/* libtheora includes */
#include <theora/theora.h>

typedef struct TheoraContext{
    theora_state t_state;
} TheoraContext;

/*!
    Concatenates an ogg_packet into the extradata.
*/
static int concatenate_packet(unsigned int* offset, AVCodecContext* avc_context, const ogg_packet* packet)
{
    char* message = NULL;
    uint8_t* newdata = NULL;
    int newsize = avc_context->extradata_size + 2 + packet->bytes;

    if (packet->bytes < 0) {
        message = "ogg_packet has negative size";
    } else if (packet->bytes > 0xffff) {
        message = "ogg_packet is larger than 65535 bytes";
    } else if (newsize < avc_context->extradata_size) {
        message = "extradata_size would overflow";
    } else {
        newdata = av_realloc(avc_context->extradata, newsize);
        if (newdata == NULL) {
            message = "av_realloc failed";
        }
    }
    if (message != NULL) {
        av_log(avc_context, AV_LOG_ERROR, "concatenate_packet failed: %s\n", message);
        return -1;
    }

    avc_context->extradata = newdata;
    avc_context->extradata_size = newsize;
    avc_context->extradata[ (*offset)++ ] = packet->bytes >> 8;
    avc_context->extradata[ (*offset)++ ] = packet->bytes & 0xff;
    memcpy( avc_context->extradata + (*offset), packet->packet, packet->bytes );
    (*offset) += packet->bytes;
    return 0;
}

static int encode_init(AVCodecContext* avc_context)
{
    theora_info t_info;
    theora_comment t_comment;
    ogg_packet o_packet;
    unsigned int offset;
    TheoraContext *h = avc_context->priv_data;

    /* Set up the theora_info struct */
    theora_info_init( &t_info );
    t_info.width = avc_context->width;
    t_info.height = avc_context->height;
    t_info.frame_width = avc_context->width;
    t_info.frame_height = avc_context->height;
    t_info.offset_x = 0;
    t_info.offset_y = 0;
    /* Swap numerator and denominator as time_base in AVCodecContext gives the
     * time period between frames, but theora_info needs the framerate.  */
    t_info.fps_numerator = avc_context->time_base.den;
    t_info.fps_denominator = avc_context->time_base.num;
    if (avc_context->sample_aspect_ratio.num != 0) {
        t_info.aspect_numerator = avc_context->sample_aspect_ratio.num;
        t_info.aspect_denominator = avc_context->sample_aspect_ratio.den;
    } else {
        t_info.aspect_numerator = 1;
        t_info.aspect_denominator = 1;
    }
    t_info.colorspace = OC_CS_UNSPECIFIED;
    t_info.pixelformat = OC_PF_420;
    t_info.target_bitrate = avc_context->bit_rate;
    t_info.keyframe_frequency = avc_context->gop_size;
    t_info.keyframe_frequency_force = avc_context->gop_size;
    t_info.keyframe_mindistance = avc_context->keyint_min;
    t_info.quality = 0;

    t_info.quick_p = 1;
    t_info.dropframes_p = 0;
    t_info.keyframe_auto_p = 1;
    t_info.keyframe_data_target_bitrate = t_info.target_bitrate * 1.5;
    t_info.keyframe_auto_threshold = 80;
    t_info.noise_sensitivity = 1;
    t_info.sharpness = 0;

    /* Now initialise libtheora */
    if (theora_encode_init( &(h->t_state), &t_info ) != 0) {
        av_log(avc_context, AV_LOG_ERROR, "theora_encode_init failed\n");
        return -1;
    }

    /* Clear up theora_info struct */
    theora_info_clear( &t_info );

    /*
        Output first header packet consisting of theora
        header, comment, and tables.

        Each one is prefixed with a 16bit size, then they
        are concatenated together into ffmpeg's extradata.
    */
    offset = 0;

    /* Header */
    theora_encode_header( &(h->t_state), &o_packet );
    if (concatenate_packet( &offset, avc_context, &o_packet ) != 0) {
        return -1;
    }

    /* Comment */
    theora_comment_init( &t_comment );
    theora_encode_comment( &t_comment, &o_packet );
    if (concatenate_packet( &offset, avc_context, &o_packet ) != 0) {
        return -1;
    }

    /* Tables */
    theora_encode_tables( &(h->t_state), &o_packet );
    if (concatenate_packet( &offset, avc_context, &o_packet ) != 0) {
        return -1;
    }

    /* Clear up theora_comment struct */
    theora_comment_clear( &t_comment );

    /* Set up the output AVFrame */
    avc_context->coded_frame= avcodec_alloc_frame();

    return 0;
}

static int encode_frame(
    AVCodecContext* avc_context,
    uint8_t *outbuf,
    int buf_size,
    void *data)
{
    yuv_buffer t_yuv_buffer;
    TheoraContext *h = avc_context->priv_data;
    AVFrame *frame = data;
    ogg_packet o_packet;
    int result;

    assert(avc_context->pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_YUV420P);

    /* Copy planes to the theora yuv_buffer */
    if (frame->linesize[1] != frame->linesize[2]) {
        av_log(avc_context, AV_LOG_ERROR, "U and V stride differ\n");
        return -1;
    }

    t_yuv_buffer.y_width = avc_context->width;
    t_yuv_buffer.y_height = avc_context->height;
    t_yuv_buffer.y_stride = frame->linesize[0];
    t_yuv_buffer.uv_width = t_yuv_buffer.y_width / 2;
    t_yuv_buffer.uv_height = t_yuv_buffer.y_height / 2;
    t_yuv_buffer.uv_stride = frame->linesize[1];

    t_yuv_buffer.y = frame->data[0];
    t_yuv_buffer.u = frame->data[1];
    t_yuv_buffer.v = frame->data[2];

    /* Now call into theora_encode_YUVin */
    result = theora_encode_YUVin( &(h->t_state), &t_yuv_buffer );
    if (result != 0) {
        const char* message;
        switch (result) {
            case -1:
                message = "differing frame sizes";
                break;
            case OC_EINVAL:
                message = "encoder is not ready or is finished";
                break;
            default:
                message = "unknown reason";
                break;
        }
        av_log(avc_context, AV_LOG_ERROR, "theora_encode_YUVin failed (%s) [%d]\n", message, result);
        return -1;
    }

    /* Pick up returned ogg_packet */
    result = theora_encode_packetout( &(h->t_state), 0, &o_packet );
    switch (result) {
        case 0:
            /* No packet is ready */
            return 0;
        case 1:
            /* Success, we have a packet */
            break;
        default:
            av_log(avc_context, AV_LOG_ERROR, "theora_encode_packetout failed [%d]\n", result);
            return -1;
    }

    /* Copy ogg_packet content out to buffer */
    if (buf_size < o_packet.bytes) {
        av_log(avc_context, AV_LOG_ERROR, "encoded frame too large\n");
        return -1;
    }
    memcpy(outbuf, o_packet.packet, o_packet.bytes);

    return o_packet.bytes;
}

static int encode_close(AVCodecContext* avc_context)
{
    ogg_packet o_packet;
    TheoraContext *h = avc_context->priv_data;
    int result;
    const char* message;

    result = theora_encode_packetout( &(h->t_state), 1, &o_packet );
    theora_clear( &(h->t_state) );
    switch (result) {
        case 0:/* No packet is ready */
        case -1:/* Encoding finished */
            return 0;
        case 1:
            /* We have a packet */
            message = "gave us a packet";
            break;
        default:
            message = "unknown reason";
            break;
    }
    av_log(avc_context, AV_LOG_ERROR, "theora_encode_packetout failed (%s) [%d]\n", message, result);
    return -1;
}

static const enum PixelFormat supported_pixel_formats[] = { PIX_FMT_YUV420P, -1 };

/*! AVCodec struct exposed to libavcodec */
AVCodec libtheora_encoder =
{
    .name = "libtheora",
    .type = CODEC_TYPE_VIDEO,
    .id = CODEC_ID_THEORA,
    .priv_data_size = sizeof(TheoraContext),
    .init = encode_init,
    .close = encode_close,
    .encode = encode_frame,
    .pix_fmts = supported_pixel_formats,
};

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Q: Independently control LEDs in series with intermediate point I bought a bunch of LED bar arrays (DD-12 GWB KINGBRIGHT), with a relatively strange wiring diagram.
I would like to control each LED. It's easy for LED A, but B and C for example are wired together. How could I setup resistors and microcontroller pins?
I thought about setting pin 3 and 4 to GPIO, and 5 to resistor and GND, and use internal pull-up to block current in pin 4.
By the way, just being curious, does anyone understand why they design those bars like this?

A: One half of this LED bar looks just right for 3-pin charlieplexing:

That will only work if the supply voltage is not enough to light two LEDs in series, though. For red LEDs on 3V3, it's alright.
To drive all the LEDs, 6 pins can be used, or 5:

Other multiplexing schemes could be devised, but if you want to be able to drive all the LEDs individually and have constant brightness no matter how many are lit, I don't think you can avoid multiplexing. If you use 3V3 you can't avoid it, because the two LEDs in series won't light.
So yeah, you'll need a timer interrupt with a bit of multiplexing code in it.
If both LEDs in series light (ie, two reds on 5V) you can try this one:

This lights at most 3 LEDs at a time, so it needs 4 multiplexing cycles since you have 12.
To have one IO per LED is a bit more complicated on the hardware side:

...because no matter what you do, when both LEDs are on, there will be 2 resistors in series, so there is much less current and they will be dimmer.


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package nl.ibridge.scalatratest.app.util

import org.json4s.{DefaultFormats, Formats}
import org.scalatra.json._

trait JsonSupport extends JacksonJsonSupport {
  protected implicit val jsonFormats: Formats = DefaultFormats

  before() {
    contentType = formats("json")
  }
}


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After skimming the rule book it is pretty obvious that the Noh are you basic bad guy faction. The worship a the god Nozuki. They kill and take slaves in his name as apparently he is into that. They also have some an Asian flare to their feel.
The box comes with a playmat for your decks and cards.
Box is split in two with mini components bagged up on the right and paper products on the left.
Along with the miniatures there was a bag of faction colored tokens.
High Priestess Zineda. After skimming some of the Noh fluff she seems to be a power hungry, manipulative, cold hearted you know what that's not afraid to get her hand a little dirty. When the time comes to start list building I'm nearly 100% sure she's my girl.
Zineda's cypher Spite......how can I not love a mini called Smite?
I found these last two pieces after all the photos where snapped. It looks like they are armor plates that go on the back of each hand.
Berserker #2 in 11 pieces.
Render in 7 pieces and some of them feel a little fiddly. This cast has way more mold line issues.
That is the Noh Empire battle box. There a few thing I really love about this box but also things I'm not the most pleased with. The first and obvious thing is that Soda Pop or CMoN (whomever decided) seems to have picked the same people to do their plastics and Privateer Press and I think y'all know my feeling on PP plastic. Some of the models aren't as bad but the render is pretty covered with lines. While I am not looking forward to the cleaning and assembling process I am pretty fired up to paint some of the minis and play a couple games. At the present time I think the Noh are front runners for my first army. I that is all for now but sometime in the not to distant future I'll try and power through the assembly process. I will give the minis a fair shake and give my final take on the minis after that. The next battle box will be the Black Diamonds.
HaHa Ron I guess so (psst Black Diamond is Wednesday). I haven't had a lot of time to play around with the minis yet but they ones I have tinkered with seem to clean up OK so it hasn't been soul crushing....yet.
Ron you heading to Templecon next year with the Nomad crew? If so maybe a game of Relic Knights is in order?
Thanks for checking in and don't let that big bear Zack give you a hard time.


The Year 10 students are studying natural selection and evolution in their Science lessons. To reinforce what they have been studying in class, students participated in an excursion to Monarto Zoo on Friday 29 March. Students observed animals at the zoo and researched the evolution and natural selection characteristics to aid its adaptation to specific environments. The students also proposed the future evolution and survival of that animal, with a particular focus on Climate Change.