public void update(ObservableElementState o, Object arg) {
   if (arg instanceof Short) {
     short newValue = ((Short) arg).shortValue(); // the value from the slider!
     short magnitude = (short) (newValue - getScaledValue());
     InterestModel.expressInterest(term, magnitude);
     // InterestModel.setTermInterest(term,newValue);
   }
 }
 public short getScaledValue() {
   return InterestModel.getInterestExpressedInXTerm(term);
 }