Manchester, UK, March 19, 2019 — Quietly revealed in the latter half of 2018, Sparklite is back in a big way with a brand new teaser trailer, new screenshots, and a feature showing at GDC 2019 with Microsoft! Developed by Red Blue Games and published by Merge Games, Sparklite is an undeniable nostalgia bomb that will be making its way to Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in Fall 2019.
Everything in the world is tied together by Sparklite... it's the life force of the planet, and the inhabitants have learned how to channel it for their own gain. It can be harnessed, or it can be consumed for a surge of power with grave consequences.
The "Baron" has devised a plot to mine the world's Sparklite core. He mines Sparklite and burns/consumes it to fuel his powerful war machines, but the pollution from the consumed Sparklite is corrupting the world. Animals have turned to violent monsters, and the environment is rotting away. But the world has a natural defense in its Sparklite core. Periodically, the core causes a Disruption which rearranges the world, setting back the Baron's efforts. If the Baron can obtain the core, he will gain the power to create a new world where he has ultimate power.
Wow, a game that invokes the era of beautiful spritework whose main selling point is nostalgia! Surely this is uncharted territory! Glad to know the industry is staying fresh!
I think it looks nice. And Rogue-likes are right up my alley.


The SURGE interns program provides opportunities for students to gain experiential training in leadership and scientific communication, with mentors from Dalhousie University's science and communications communities. SURGE interns make a term-by-term commitment to performing assigned tasks related to the organization, promotion, and documentation of SURGE events and activities. Interns will also benefit from a training program focused on design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
The expected commitment is 10 hours per week over each academic term. Interns who meet or exceed specified performance targets throughout the term will receive a letter of recommendation describing their performance – including professionalism, communication, creative, and leadership skills – as well as a $1,000 bursary to offset tuition costs. These internships provide a unique opportunity to build their skills in a dynamic, professional, high-expectation environment.
Applications are due in September (for the Fall term) and December (for the Winter term). In general, preference will be given to continuing interns over new interns, so application in September is highly recommended as some positions may not be open only for Winter term.
Previous experience related to the desired position is required. Please submit a curriculum vitae/resume including a link to your LinkedIn profile and, for Communications and Analytics positions, a portfolio of past work either as a web link or attachment. Only applicants selected for interview will be contacted.


The Internet is replete with great marketing options. Video marketing is perhaps among the best. When you make videos that showcase your product or service, you will reach a wide variety of customers. The tips in the next few paragraphs will get you started.
TIP! Do not fret about your video production value. You should be more concerned with getting the best return on your investment.
It's best to make as many videos as you can. Your viewers need regular fresh content in order to keep coming back. It gives you new topics so you are exposing yourself to different people.
Production value is not the key to a good video. Producing a clear and quality video is really the outcome that you want. It's not even necessary to use fancy scripting, or to feel like you are in the know with what you're doing. Simply relax and act as you normally would act. Look into the camera and talk. If you do not want to be in the video, there are other options. You can just use your voice narrating screenshots and give presentations, without ever having to be shown on the video.
TIP! Video marketing is a great way to show people how to use a product you are promoting. Allowing people to see how a product works can really add to their trust in you and the product in itself.
Of all web searches, directions on how you do something rank highest. If you develop a tutorial, you will attract individuals wanting to study that subject, which represents a built-in niche audience for your product or service. When they know you are an expert, they'll come back for more.
Your content should be informative and useful. As you create a video, make certain that it is relevant, timely and engaging. Putting it up on YouTube may get you more views, but your popularity will decline quickly if your video isn't interesting. People want to watch entertaining and informative videos. There is no better way to guarantee traffic than having interesting and entertaining videos.
TIP! You have a small window of time to get attention from viewers. Your videos' first 10 seconds should be solid.
Include an opt-in form on your video page to get people to sign up for your mailing list. Your viewers will sign up for your newsletter or subscribe to your social media updates after they watch your video if mention these campaigns in your video and make these links visible.
Keep content fresh so that viewers return frequently. Uninteresting content is of little use, aside from sending visitors someplace else. Your viewers should be wanting more at the end of each video. Intriguing content attracts more viewers.
TIP! Make a video showing how others should use your product. You won't just be giving information to customers but attracting new customers, also.
The truth will set you free – and get you more viewers. Create a video on a topic that you are passionate about. If you speak honestly, people are much more likely to gravitate towards you and come back to check out more videos.
Use video marketing as a way to show your potential customers that you're a person just like them. Show your audience how your products are made or some funny things that go on in your office. People will certainly enjoy seeing that your company has a more intimate side.
You can extend the reach of your company to a global audience. The widespread availability of the Internet removes local restraints and websites dedicated to sharing media lessen the financial burden carried by new business owners. Anyone with Internet access will be able to see your video. Use the advice offered here to run an effective and efficient marketing campaign.


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Pope receives all-electric, zero-emission Popemobile
By James Holloway
Renault has given the Pope an all-electic emissions-free Popemobile, a modified Kangoo Maxi Z.E. with a 44-kW electric motor
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The new vehicles were presented by Renault Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Carlos Ghosn
Among the modifications are an opening roof, removable side windows and "particularly comfortable separate seats" to the rear, as well as electrically folding door steps for easier access
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Pope Benedict XVI has a new all-electric set of wheels, befitting his growing "Green Pope" status as an environmentally friendly (or at least concerned) Pontiff. The emissions-free vehicle is a gift from Renault, a Kangoo Maxi Z.E. modified into Popemobile form with help from utility vehicle specialists Gurau.
The spec remains a little vague, but what details Renault has released exactly match those of a regular Kangoo Maxi Z.E. The Popemobile (and Renault's press release calls it precisely that) is powered by a lithium-ion battery driving a 44-kW (60-hp) electric motor. The vehicle achieves a claimed combined-cycle range of 170 km (106 miles). A combined cycle, according to the New European Driving Cycle, averages fuel or energy consumption over both urban and "extra-urban" (i.e., er, rural) driving, with the idea that the range is representative of differing driving conditions.
Among the modifications to the Kangoo Maxi Z.E. are an opening roof, removable side windows and "particularly comfortable separate seats" to the rear, as well as electrically folding door steps for easier access.
In fact, Renault has given two vehicles to the Vatican: a white one, with the Papal coat of arms on the doors, for His Holiness, and a second, with blue livery, for the Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City, the city-states police and security service. The Pope's new wheels are intended for use at the Castel Gandolfo summer residence.
The Kangoo Maxi Z.E. Popemobile is not the Pontiff's first EV. That honor befell an NWG Zero gifted to His Holiness in July of this year for use in the Vatican itself.
Technologically, Popemobiles have come along away since the Mercedes-Benz Nürburg 460 of 1930, via the 1964 Lincoln Continental Lehmann-Peterson which reportedly included a hand crank to elevate its distinguished passenger an extra foot off the ground.
And though EVs are only as clean as the energy source which charges them, this latest Popemobile surely treads more lightly upon the Earth than John Paul II's FCS Star (1979) and GMC Sierra (1984)—veritable tanks in comparison, though admittedly conceived for overseas tours (images of both, among others, here).
The Vatican has set a target of 20 percent of its electricity to be provided by 2020. In 2011, 24.5 percent of all energy consumed in Italy came from renewable sources, and investment in renewable energy has grown rapidly there in recent years.
Source: Renault
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James writes about science and technology from his home in rural East Anglia. Whether it's the internet, nature, video games or AI, he pays particular heed to the flash points with culture, society and the planet.
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Substance Abuse Testing
Provides for substance abuse on-site screening testing.  (SB635
HD1)
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                H.D. 1
RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING.
1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 329B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
2 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
3 and to read as follows:
4      "§329B-    Substance abuse on-site screening tests, testing
5 procedures, and confidentiality.  The substance abuse on-site
6 screening test shall be administered for pre-employment purposes
7 only according to the instructions of the manufacturer and this
8 section:
9      (1)  Every employer using a substance abuse on-site
10           screening test for pre-employment screening shall
11           administer the test according to the United States Food
12           and Drug Administration package insert that accompanies
13           the substance abuse test, and shall adhere to any
14           applicable on-site screening drug test guidelines
15           adopted by the United States Food and Drug
16           Administration.  Any on-site screening test shall also
17           be approved by the director for such pre-employment
18           screening, and the director shall create and maintain a
19           list of approved, substance abuse on-site screening
20           tests for use by employers;
Page 2                                                     635
S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
H.D. 1
1      (2)  Prior to the collection of any sample for substance
2           abuse testing, the individual to be tested shall be
3           supplied by the employer with:
4           (A)  A written statement of the specific substances to
5                be tested for;
6           (B)  A statement that over-the-counter medications or
7                prescribed drugs may result in a positive test
8                result; and
9           (C)  A medication disclosure form.  The individual
10                shall be informed in writing that providing
11                information on the medication disclosure form is
12                optional and that the individual shall maintain
13                custody of the form; provided that the individual
14                may voluntarily disclose the information contained
15                in the medication disclosure form to a medical
16                review officer;
17      (3)  Sample collection and tests shall be performed under
18           reasonable and sanitary conditions.  The privacy and
19           dignity of the individual being tested shall be
20           respected.  The operator collecting samples shall
21           document the sample, including labeling the sample, to
22           preclude to the extent reasonable the possibility of
23           misidentification of the person tested in relation to
24           the test result;
1      (4)  Chain of custody procedures, as defined in section 11-
2           113-2, Hawaii Administrative Rules, shall be instituted
3           to account for the integrity of each specimen by
4           tracking its handling and storage from the point of
5           specimen collection to final disposition of the
6           specimen.  If a test result indicates the presence of
7           drugs, alcohol, or metabolites of drugs, these
8           procedures shall require that a chain of custody form,
9           delivered by the operator pursuant to section 11-113-
10           5(e), Hawaii Administrative Rules, shall be used from
11           the time of collection to the receipt by the
12           laboratory;
13      (5)  Any information concerning a substance abuse on-site
14           screening test shall be strictly confidential.  This
15           information shall not be released to anyone without the
16           prior written consent of the individual tested, except
17           that information related to a positive test result of
18           an individual shall be disclosed to the individual and
19           the employer conducting the test;
20      (6)  If a substance abuse on-site screening test obtains a
21           test result that indicates the presence of drugs,
22           alcohol, or the metabolites of drugs; and if the test
23           result may be used to deny or deprive a person of
1           employment or any benefit, or may otherwise result in
2           an adverse action being taken against the person, then
3           the same sample that produced the test result shall be
4           submitted for a confirmatory test to a testing
5           laboratory licensed or approved by the department in
6           accordance with this chapter.  A positive confirmatory
7           test shall be reviewed by a medical review officer
8           licensed by the department in accordance with this
9           chapter; and
10      (7)  The operator who administers the substance abuse on-
11           site screening test shall have been trained in the use
12           and administering of the on-site screening test by the
13           manufacturer of the on-site screening test or the
14           manufacturer's designee."
15      SECTION 2.  Section 329B-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
16 amended as follows:
17      1.   By adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted
18 and to read:
19      ""Substance abuse on-site screening test" means a portable
20 substance abuse test that meets the requirements of the United
21 States Food and Drug Administration for commercial distribution
22 and is approved by the director for such pre-employment
1 screening, and the director shall create and maintain a list of
2 approved substance abuse on-site screening tests for use by
3 employers."
4      2.  By amending the definition of "substance abuse test" to
5 read:
6      ""Substance abuse test" means any testing procedure designed
7 to take and analyze body fluids or materials from the body for
8 the purpose of measuring the amount of drugs, alcohol, or the
9 metabolites of drugs in the sample tested.  The term includes any
10 substance abuse on-site screening test designed to take and
11 analyze body fluids or materials from the body for the purpose of
12 detecting the presence of drugs, alcohol, or the metabolites of
13 drugs in the sample tested."
15 amended to read as follows:
16      "[[]§329B-3[]]  Limitations.  No third party shall require,
17 request, or suggest that any individual submit to a substance
18 abuse test that does not meet all the requirements of this
19 chapter except for third parties who are covered by [any] a drug
20 testing regulation [promulgated] adopted by the [Hawaii]
21 department of transportation or the United States Department of
22 Transportation or any other federal agencies.  All costs,
23 including confirmatory testing costs, shall be paid for by the
1 third party.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
2 preclude the department or any laboratory certifying agency
3 approved by the director from examining the records of
4 laboratories, including substance abuse on-site screening
5 locations, licensed for substance abuse testing to ascertain
6 compliance with licensure or certification requirements, or to
7 preclude the administration of breath tests to determine the
8 alcohol content of the tested individual's blood for purposes of
9 this chapter."
11 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
12      "(a)  All substance abuse testing performed in the State
13 shall be performed by a testing laboratory licensed by the
14 department for that purpose, or certified for substance abuse
15 testing by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
16 Administration of the United States Department of Health and
17 Human Services, and approved by the director[.], except as
18 provided in section 329B-    ."
21      "[[]§329B-5[]]  Substance abuse testing procedures and
22 interpretation of [laboratory] test results.  (a)  Prior to the
23 collection of any sample for substance abuse testing, the
1 individual to be tested shall receive a written statement of the
2 specific substances to be tested for and a statement that over-
3 the-counter medications or prescribed drugs may result in a
4 positive test result.  The individual, prior to the collection of
5 any sample for substance abuse testing, shall receive a
6 medication disclosure form, approved by the director, to permit
7 the individual to disclose any over-the-counter medication or
8 prescribed drug that the individual has taken within the previous
9 thirty days.
10      (b)  In accordance with this section, the director shall
11 [create in administrative] adopt rules[, regulations] pertaining
12 to:
13      (1)  [the] The qualifications, responsibilities, and
14           licensing of the medical review officer;
15      (2)  [the] The use of medication disclosure forms;
16      (3)  [the] The method of transmittal of laboratory test
17           results and any interpretations of test results to the
18           third party and the tested individual; and
19      (4)  [the] The obtaining, disclosure, and confidentiality of
20           substance abuse testing information.
21      (c)  No laboratory, including a substance abuse on-site
22 screening location, may test for any substance not included on
23 the written statement containing the specific substances to be
24 tested for.
1      (d)  As used in this section, "test results" means
2 laboratory test results or the results of substance abuse on-site
3 screening tests."
4      SECTION 6.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
5 New statutory material is underscored.
6      SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.


Enter multiple tickers into the search bar and it will load them all in a single table view for your analysis.
Demand for spreadsheets have been declining so moving this out of the worklog.
Improvements will be released in next version.
It's been a long time coming, we are catching up on valuation models now that we have complete the majority of the features.


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//  ----------------------------------------------------
//  AIMP DotNet SDK
//
//  Copyright (c) 2014 - 2022 Evgeniy Bogdan
//  https://github.com/martin211/aimp_dotnet
//
//  Mail: mail4evgeniy@gmail.com
//  ----------------------------------------------------

using System;
using System.Collections;
using AIMP.SDK.MusicLibrary.Presets;

namespace AIMP.SDK.MusicLibrary.Extension
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Enum CapabilitiesType
    /// </summary>
    [Flags]
    public enum CapabilitiesType
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The filtering
        /// </summary>
        Filtering = 1,

        /// <summary>
        /// The preimages
        /// </summary>
        Preimages = 2,

        /// <summary>
        /// The grouping presets
        /// </summary>
        GroupingPresets = 4
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Enum SchemaType
    /// </summary>
    public enum SchemaType
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// List of all available fields in data storage.
        /// The property <see cref="IAimpExtensionDataStorage.GetFields" /> must contains an <see cref="IAimpDataField" />
        /// objects.
        /// </summary>
        All = 0,

        /// <summary>
        /// List of fields that used for grouping in table.
        /// If list is empty - the Group Details and the Album Thumbnails views will not be available for the end user.
        /// The property <see cref="IAimpExtensionDataStorage.GetFields" /> must contains an string objects with field names.
        /// </summary>
        TableGroupby = 2,

        /// <summary>
        /// The grouping tree
        /// </summary>
        [Obsolete("Value not found at documentation and SDK.")]
        GroupingTree = 1,

        /// <summary>
        /// List of fields that displays in group details area.
        /// The property <see cref="IAimpExtensionDataStorage.GetFields" /> must contains an string objects with field names.
        /// </summary>
        TableGroupDetails = 3,

        /// <summary>
        /// List of fields that displays to end user in table by default in Default view.
        /// The property <see cref="IAimpExtensionDataStorage.GetFields" /> must contains an string objects with field names.
        /// </summary>
        TableViewDefault = 10,

        /// <summary>
        /// list of fields that displays to end user in table by default in Group Details view.
        /// The property <see cref="IAimpExtensionDataStorage.GetFields" /> must contains an string objects with field names.
        /// </summary>
        TableViewGroupDetails = 11,

        /// <summary>
        /// List of fields that displays to end user in table by default in Album Thumbnails view.
        /// The property <see cref="IAimpExtensionDataStorage.GetFields" /> must contains an string objects with field names.
        /// </summary>
        TableViewAlbumThumbnails = 12
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Enum GroupingPresetsSchemaType
    /// </summary>
    public enum GroupingPresetsSchemaType
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The built in
        /// </summary>
        BuiltIn = 1,

        /// <summary>
        /// The default
        /// </summary>
        Default = 2
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// The extension for the <see cref="IAimpServiceMusicLibrary" /> service provides an ability to plugin to implement
    /// custom data storage for the Music Library.
    /// Interface implementation must support asynchronous access.
    /// <para>
    /// Data storage MUST contains a fields with following names:
    /// AIMPML_RESERVED_FIELD_ID - unique ID of record in data storage
    /// AIMPML_RESERVED_FIELD_FILENAME - file name of the record that used by player
    /// If this fields are not defined in Data Storage - registration of the extension will be failed.
    /// Also, the Music Library engine provides an ability to use following special fields:
    /// AIMPML_RESERVED_FIELD_FILESIZE - file size in bytes (type: Int64), used to calculate information about the
    /// content of table
    /// AIMPML_RESERVED_FIELD_DURATION - duration in seconds (type: Double) ,used to calculate information about the
    /// content of table
    /// AIMPML_RESERVED_FIELD_USERMARK - user rating mark (type: Double), Refer to the
    /// IAIMPMLDataStorageCommandUserMark
    /// </para>
    /// </summary>
    public interface IAimpExtensionDataStorage
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the storage identifier.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>The identifier.</value>
        string Id { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the storage title.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>The caption.</value>
        string Caption { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the capabilities.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>The capabilities.</value>
        CapabilitiesType Capabilities { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Method calls after succeeded registration of data storage.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="manager">The Manager interface is used to notify the Music Library about the changes in data storage.</param>
        void Initialize(IAimpDataStorageManager manager);

        /// <summary>
        /// Method calls before the finalization of plugin.
        /// Plugin must dispose all external links.
        /// </summary>
        void Terminate();

        /// <summary>
        /// Method calls when user executes the "refresh" command via hotkey or context menu.
        /// After this call the Music Library engine will automatically reload the data from data storage.
        /// </summary>
        void FlushCache();

        /// <summary>
        /// Method will be called on first activation of tab of data storage in Music Library interface.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="config">The configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="section">Section Name to that contains the settings.
        /// You can use the children section names if it needed: Section + "." + ChildSectionName</param>
        /// <returns>AimpActionResult.</returns>
        AimpActionResult ConfigLoad(IAimpConfig config, string section);

        /// <summary>
        /// Method calls before the finalization of plugin.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="config">The configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="section">Section Name to store the settings.
        /// You can use the children section names if it needed: Section + "." + ChildSectionName</param>
        /// <returns>AimpActionResult.</returns>
        AimpActionResult ConfigSave(IAimpConfig config, string section);

        /// <summary>
        /// Method returns settings and layout of the data fields in dependency from specified Schema value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="schemaType">Type of the schema <see cref="SchemaType" />.</param>
        /// <returns>AimpActionResult<IList>.</returns>
        AimpActionResult<IList> GetFields(SchemaType schemaType);

        /// <summary>
        /// Plugin must populate the Presets list by predefined presets for grouping tree based on the Schema value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="schema">The schema.</param>
        /// <param name="presets">The presets.</param>
        /// <returns>AimpActionResult.</returns>
        AimpActionResult GetGroupingPresets(GroupingPresetsSchemaType schema, IAimpGroupingPresets presets);
    }
}

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You are here: Home > Steel News > Latest Steel News > Vale...
Vale wins $1.2 billion iron ore fraud lawsuit
Thursday, 11 April 2019 22:23:08 (GMT+3) | Sao Paulo
A British court in London ruled BSG Resources Limited should pay Brazilian miner and iron ore producer Vale $1.2 billion, including interests and expenses, for fraud over an iron ore project in the Simandou region in Guinea.
The court ruled BSG Resources (BSGR) induced Vale to set up a joint venture (JV) to explore an iron ore site in the Simandou region in Guinea. The Guinean government annulled the iron ore concession in 2014, following corruption charges against BSGR. The company reportedly bribed Guinean officials to win the project.
Vale did not take part in the scandal, the miner said. The company added that it did not determine a timeline for receiving the $1.2 billion compensation, and there are no guarantees it will actually get the money; however, Vale said it will take all necessary legal actions to be compensated.
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December 20, 2017 in Entertainment, National Entertainment, This Week
Film Review by Kam Williams
Buddy Comedy Chronicles the Making of the Worst Movie Ever
In 1998, 19 year-old Greg Sestero (Dave Franco) met a mysterious, middle-aged man named Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) in a San Francisco acting class. Wiseau not only lied about his age but claimed to be from New Orleans, despite a thick, Eastern European accent.
However, Tommy also happened to be wealthy enough to underwrite a Hollywood production starring himself. And Greg was more than willing to overlook the eccentric millionaire's inexperience when he was offered a co-starring role.
So, the two relocated to L.A. where, over the next five years, Tommy would write the script, cast the film and hire a crew of industry professionals to shoot the picture precisely as he envisioned it. That labor of love, The Room, would gross a mere $1,800 at the box office and be uniformly derided by the critics as one of the worst movies ever made.
Nevertheless, Tommy would get the last laugh, since The Room proved so unintentionally funny that it developed a cult following. It eventually became such a favorite on the midnight and college circuits that the stars are routinely invited to address the audience after a showing.
Directed by James Franco, The Disaster Artist is a hilarious buddy comedy chronicling Tommy and Greg's misadventures during the making of The Room. Adapted from Greg Sestero's memoir of the same name, the film co-stars Franco's brother Dave as Greg, and boasts an A-list ensemble that includes Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Sharon Stone, Melanie Griffith, Charlene Yi, Alison Brie, Bob Odenkirk, and Hannibal Buress, the stand-up comic credited with torpedoing Bill Cosby's career.
Good sports Greg Sestero and Tommy Wiseau make cameo appearances in this sidesplitting tribute to utter ineptitude. And be sure to catch the closing credits featuring scenes from the original side-by-side with reenactments from this inspired spoof.
Oxymoronic Oscar-quality acting that's simultaneously godawful!
Excellent (4 stars)
Rated R for sexuality, nudity and pervasive profanity
Production Company: Good Universe / New Line Cinema / Ramona Films
Distributor: A24
To see a trailer for The Disaster Artist, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMKX2tE5Luk
Tags: Kam Williams
← Katt Williams
Actor, activist and father: Ossie Davis remembered →


I'm currently attempting to open a store that sells modest clothing, kaftans, dresses for women. I have designs that I would like to have made but I do not know how to find a manufacturer to create these designs. I would not mind a manufacturer from the middle east or asia. Any advice or help would be welcome.
Hi nadz! Have you visited the Small Business Administrations website yet? They provide a lot of information regarding manufacturing and might be of some assistance For example, they have info about finding suppliers, manufacturers and distributors, tips for finding and working with wholesale suppliers, general manufacturing information and much more!
I "May be able to get it done for you. manufactured in Brazil. get in toucj and let me know if you are still looking for.
I am sure that we could help you with all of your sewing needs. We are located in Mexico.


Art wants to create a book about World War II and his best resource is his father. He and his wife, Art's mother, have lived through the complete war, through the beginning where the Jews got less privileges, to towns with Jews driven together, to Auschwitz. So Art visits his sick father every week and wants to hear every story his father has to tell about his family and their friends.
A strange mixture of comic and brutal seriousness. You will be absorbed by the story and silent when you close the book after you read the last page. You will be silent for the next couple of minutes/hours; that's the effect the book had on me anyway.


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More than 50 per cent of English as a second language (ESL) learners take the English tests simply to find out which level of language proficiency they are, says the survey published by TrackTest.eu on the occasion of UNESCO English Language Day.
Top Granbury real estate agent joins forces with a 15-year high-tech sales and marketing veteran to revolutionize the way homebuyers search for property in Granbury, TX.
New location in Southwest Florida and new services are announced.
Cia DM- is a name which is known to all because of her awe-inspiring and influential music. All we can say, she never focuses only on her singing, but she also loves great storytelling so that the songs meaning can be interpreted to all.
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In mid-April, Jeron Electronic Systems, Inc. hosted an Open House for key customer partners at their new manufacturing & design facility location in Niles, Illinois.
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One case that entice public attention CCTV cameras which come from non-existent brands.
Producer/Actor Harlan Post Shares His Secret: Enjoy the Journey!
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Game studio Majasalmi Ltd today announced Heavy Rockets, a new arcade shooter for iPhone and iPad. Heavy Rockets brings classic cave shooter gameplay to iOS, with stylish low-polygon graphics and frantic single and multi-player action.
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Four Arab states that imposed a boycott on Qatar have issued an ultimatum to Doha to close Al Jazeera television, curb ties with Iran, shut a Turkish base and pay reparations, demands so far reaching it would appear to be hard for Doha to comply.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have sent a 13-point list of demands apparently aimed at dismantling their tiny but wealthy neighbor's two-decade-old interventionist foreign policy which has incensed them. Kuwait is helping mediate the dispute.
A Qatari government spokesman said Doha was reviewing the list of demands and that a formal response would be made by the foreign ministry and delivered to Kuwait, but added that the demands were not reasonable or actionable.
A Qatar semi-government human rights body said the demands were a violation of human rights conventions and should not be accepted by Qatar.
Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani had said on Monday that Qatar would not negotiate with the four states until economic, diplomatic and travel ties cut this month were restored.
The countries that imposed the sanctions accuse Qatar of funding terrorism, fomenting regional unrest and drawing too close to their enemy Iran. Qatar rejects those accusations and says it is being punished for straying from its neighbors' backing for authoritarian hereditary and military rulers.
The uncompromising demands leave little prospect for a quick end to the biggest diplomatic crisis for years between Sunni Arab Gulf states, regional analysts said.
Ibrahim Fraihat, Conflict Resolution Professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, forecast a prolonged stand-off.
Washington, which is a close military ally of countries on both sides of the dispute, has called for a resolution. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Qatar's neighbors should make their demands "reasonable and actionable".
An official from one of the four nations, who gave details of the demands on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the offer would be "void" unless Qatar complied within 10 days.
The UAE has said sanctions could last for years. Qatar, the world's richest country per capita, says the sanctions amount to a "blockade", but it has ample reserves to weather the storm.
The dispute is a big test for the United States, which has a large base in Qatar housing the headquarters of its Middle East air power and 11,000 troops.
President Donald Trump has backed the sanctions, even as his Defense and State departments have tried to remain neutral, resulting in mixed signals. Trump called Qatar a "funder of terrorism at a very high level", only for his Pentagon to approve selling it $12 billion of warplanes five days later.
The most powerful country in the region to back the Qatari side in the dispute has been Turkey, whose President Tayyip Erdogan has his roots in an Islamist political party similar to movements that Qatar has backed in the region. Days after the sanctions were imposed, Turkey rushed through legislation to send more troops to its base in Qatar as a sign of support.
Defence Minister Fikri Isik rejected the demand to close the base, saying it would represent interference in Ankara's relations with Doha. Instead, Turkey might bolster its presence.
Qatar has used its vast wealth over the past decade to exert influence abroad, backing factions in civil wars and revolts across the Middle East. It infuriated Egypt's present rulers and Saudi Arabia by backing a Muslim Brotherhood government in Cairo that ruled for a year until it was deposed by the army in 2013.
Qatar's state-funded satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera became hugely popular across the Middle East, but has long infuriated Arab governments used to exercising firm control over the media in their countries. Jazeera hit back at the closure order, calling it "nothing but an attempt to silence the freedom of expression in the region".
The demands, handed to Qatar by mediator Kuwait, tell Qatar to stop interfering in the four nations' domestic and foreign affairs and refrain from giving Qatari nationality to their citizens, the official from one of the sanctioning states said.
They also include severing ties with the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic State, al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Jabhat Fateh al Sham, formerly al Qaeda's branch in Syria, and the surrender of all designated terrorists on Qatari territory. Qatar denies it has relationships with terrorist groups or shelters terrorists.
It was ordered to scale down diplomatic relations with Iran, limit its commercial ties and expel members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Qatar denies they are there. The sanctioning countries demanded Qatar pay them reparations for any damage or costs incurred due to Qatari policies. Compliance with the demands would be monitored, with monthly reports in the first year, then every three months the next year, then annually for 10 years, the official said.
Although Reuters was told about the contents of the ultimatum by an official from one of the sanctioning countries, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash accused Qatar of leaking the demands.
Qataris who spoke to Reuters described the demands as unreasonable, particularly the closure of Jazeera, which millions of Arabs see as an important outlet for voices willing to challenge the region's authoritarian rulers, but which neighboring governments call a conduit for Islamist propaganda.
"Imagine another country demanding that CNN be closed," 40-year-old Haseeb Mansour, who works for telecom operator Ooredoo, said.


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Q: Kafka to Elasticsearch, HDFS with Logstash or Kafka Streams/Connect I use Kafka for message queue/processing. My question is about performance/best practice. I will do my own performance tests but maybe someone has results/experience already.
The data is raw in a Kafka (0.10) topic and I want to transfer it structured to ES and HDFS.
Now I see 2 possibilities:

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*Logstash (Kafka input plugin, grok filter (parsing), ES/webhdfs output plugin)

*Kafka Streams (parsing), Kafka Connect (ES sink, HDFS sink)

Without any tests I would say that the second option is better/cleaner and more reliable?

A: Logstash "best practice" for getting data into Elasticsearch. WebHDFS won't have the raw performance of the Java API that is part of the Kafka Connect plugin, however.
Grok could be done in a Kafka Streams process, so your parsing could be done in either location.
If you are on an Elastic subscription, then they would like to sell Logstash. Confluent would like to sell Kafka Streams + Kafka Connect.
Avro seems to be the best medium for data transfer, and the Schema Registry is a popular way to do that. IIUC, Logstash doesn't work well with a Schema Registry or Avro, and prefers JSON.

In the Hadoop landscape, I would offer the intermediate options of Apache Nifi or Streamsets.
In the end, it really depends on your priorities, and how well you (and your team) can support these tools.

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While you read this, an unmanned Wave Glider surface vehicle is riding swells alone in the Gulf of Mexico, collecting critically needed post-Hurricane Harvey water quality data.
Thanks to a Texas A&M University partnership with Liquid Robotics, the Wave Glider's manufacturer, researchers will use the glider's real-time data to examine how Harvey's record-breaking rainfall now flowing into the Gulf will affect water quality, coral reefs and ecosystems.
Researchers call the approximately 11-trillion-gallons of freshwater flowing out of river deltas and into the Gulf the "freshwater plume." Unfortunately, it's potentially headed towards the fragile coral reefs in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 100-miles off the Texas Coast.
As of Sept. 14, Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG) researchers reported the plume had spread about 30 miles from the coast.
The freshwater plume's potential effects could be severe — dangerously low salinity, harmful algal blooms and low oxygen levels could all result and cause major harm to the corals, as well as saltwater habitats, fish and other organisms throughout the affected Gulf area.
Named the Gulf Explorer by the research team, the Wave Glider SV3 was deployed Sept. 8 from the RV Manta, a research ship operated by the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, which is funded by NOAA.
GERG, part of the College of Geosciences at Texas A&M, launched the Wave Glider from the Manta in partnership with Liquid Robotics. The RV Manta also carried its captain and crew, a field engineer from Liquid Robotics and 17 faculty, staff, graduate students and undergraduate students from GERG and the College of Geosciences.
The Texas A&M Chancellor's Research Initiative also had a hand in making this research possible; the Wave Glider was initially purchased by GERG with funding from the initiative. After Hurricane Harvey devastated the Texas coast, it became clear to GERG and Liquid Robotics that using an autonomous surface vehicle would be an efficient way to gather and report important real-time ocean data and understand the new impacts to the ecosystem.
"We are honored to assist Texas A&M on this historic mission to help oceanographers understand how parts of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem are impacted by Hurricane Harvey," added Mark Bindon, Vice President Mission Services at Liquid Robotics. "It's a great example of how Wave Gliders are augmenting traditional oceanographic tools to help scientists gain real time insights to the changing conditions of the Gulf and its tributaries."
The researchers deployed the Gulf Explorer Wave Glider about 25 nautical miles from Galveston, where freshwater intrusion into the Gulf was evident.
"We were tracking extremely low salinity values, very uncharacteristic for this time of year," DiMarco said.
"All of the freshwater that resulted from Hurricane Harvey is coming out of Galveston Bay, out of the Brazos, Trinity and Sabine rivers, and all of that flows out into the Gulf, then impacting the coastal environment," he added. Because such major in-flows are not typical in these parts of the Gulf from those watersheds, he said "this much freshwater flowing out there could impact the coastal environment tremendously," potentially causing low-oxygen conditions and harmful algal blooms.
For the next 60 days, the Gulf Explorer Wave Glider will be piloted by GERG and Liquid Robotics personnel as it collects ocean data in a daily path around the northern Gulf, taking salinity and temperature measurements every 5 minutes, and reporting those to the shore station every 30 minutes.
The research team is very concerned about the freshwater plume's potential negative impacts to the Flower Garden Banks.
"This could put the Flower Garden Banks in jeopardy," he said.
View this photo album for more images from the Wave Glider's deployment.
The Gulf Explorer Wave Glider SV3 in the Gulf of Mexico.


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Vinyl Exclusivity: Exceptional or Excessive?
We take a look at the effect multi releases of the same album has on the consumer.
The sale of vinyl has continued to the surprise distributors and consumers alike but the format moving into listeners hands has not just been a flash in the pan. 2016 was no exception to this wave, as phrases like "25 year high" and "sales rose X%" have already made their way into 2017 headlines.
Still, despite popularity and appreciation for the vinyl record, there's some wisdom in the timeless adage of, "Everything in moderation," that's perhaps not being observed as well as it could – to the detriment of the medium.
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These days, singularity and exclusivity are crucial to being an artist. These concepts are practically required to cut above the noise. That's one thing if the matter at hand is an artist's voice, genre, lyrics, or the like. Where too much uniqueness may pose a problem, is with too many offerings that are limited or exclusive in scope. It's not uncommon for CDs to have multiple formats that perhaps contain live/acoustic/B-side tracks. Many times, big box stores even form distribution deals with labels, to make those additional releases solely part of their inventory. (Taylor Swift and Target are practically the poster children of this arrangement.)
Vinyl pressings of albums have followed suit with this method. However, unlike the basic lower cost of CDs over vinyl, and unlike the trade-off of said exclusivity from mom and pop shops with default lower big box retail prices, vinyl is inherently more costly to buy than a CD of the same album. Furthermore, the carriers of any one limited or exclusive version of a record often don't start their prices at a fundamentally lower number akin to big box discount than if the same album were purchased in 180-gram, standard black format. What then, does this scenario do to an artist's fanbase or even, to an artist's own ability to profit from the sale of their music?
Read More: The Legacy of Burial's 'Untrue' in 5 Records
Save for the music fan that seeks out albums as a collector, knowing vinyl is:
a) inherently more expensive
b) requires more maintenance than a CD
c) differs in playback quality depending on the coloring and weight of the vinyl pressed
Might an artist be unintentionally splitting their costs and-or frustrating their fanbase? The xx, who just released I See You (via Young Turks) for example on multiple vinyl releases that vary not only in visual aesthetic and sound quality but in the music provided on the record itself. It can feel disappointing if a fan rushes out to buy a record, only to find out there are other versions that offer separate sets of content and-or quality. Vinyl, as beloved as it has become, isn't a medium accessible to everyone. Even for the most fervent fans out there, the idea of purchasing a version for optimal playback, a version for collector's value, and a version to get every track offered with an album, compounds to an exorbitant cost that leaves consumers with a dilemma and artists with possibly undersold merchandise.
Kira Grunenberg
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I was wondering if there is a shortcut that brings you from the "Now playing" screen (i.e., the screen that displays the album art, title, artist, , play/pause, next/previous track... etc) to the track listing of that album. I realized that you can swipe right from the now playing screen and it will bring you back to the app, but if you have navigated away from the track listing at all then it won't bring you to the track list. Is there a way to always get from the now playing screen to the track listing of that album?
Was looking for this kind of thread, to avoid duplicate.
Sometimes I simply can't find "where am I" when switching from "playback controls" to "browsing" and go somewhere deep inside my music library.
Double click on bottom (or status ?) windows panel does the trick on PC.
Things are not so traceless if I started playback from somewhere like "albums" or "artists", if I get lucky to recall where did I start I can navigate there and can see "now playing triangle" in the list of songs.
But still can't add nothing from another location.
And if it was "Shuffle all tracks" as the beginning of playback, it is no place to see list of what will be after next and how much songs is it to the end of now playing.
From the very beginning of using foobar on Android I'm feeling luck of swipe left (to reach screen from the right) from "playback screen", to see something like "playback cue" playlist there.
I wonder if willpro87 and me the only who need it?
How do you folks manage your playing cue? eg remove couple of songs from coming up next, or do "play next" or "add to the end of cue" when found something in "browser"?
May be very useful... Another idea may be tu use an Internal playlist, like the Pc version!


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Artists Talk on Art
9 Gigabytes
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The records of Artists Talk on Art (ATOA) measure 64.4 linear feet and 9 gigabytes and date from circa 1974-2018. The bulk of the records consist of extensive video and sound recordings of events organized by the group featuring artists, critics, historians, dealers, curators and writers discussing contemporary issues in the American art world in hundreds of panel discussions, open screenings, and dialogues held in New York City. Events began in 1975 and continue to the present; recordings in the collection date from 1977 and 2016. A smaller group of records include administrative files, panel flyers, three scrapbooks, as well as photographs, slides, and negatives of panel discussions and participants.
Fairchild Industries, Inc. collection
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
277.95 Cubic feet (255 records center boxes)
This collection consists of historical files on FI, its predecessors, and subsidiaries. The material consists primarily of historical/public relations material, including photographs and brochures, but also includes significant amounts of business records for FEAC, Kreider-Reisner, Hiller, Republic, Ranger, Stratos, and Swearingen. The collection also documents Fairchild's joint ventures with Fokker, Pilatus, and other aircraft manufacturers. The material also includes an extensive negative collection as well as film and videotape libraries.
United States National Museum. Office of the Director
38 cu. ft. (76 document boxes)
The records contained in this record unit are essentially those of Frank A. Taylor in his capacity as Director, United States National Museum (1962-1971) and Director General of Museums (1968-1971). However, some records as Chairman of the Exhibits Modernization Committee (1943-1959) and Director of the National Museum of History and Technolog...
Linda Nochlin papers
Nochlin, Linda
3.9 Gigabytes
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The papers of feminist art historian and educator Linda Nochlin measure 31.2 linear feet and 3.9 gigabytes and date from circa 1876, 1937 to 2017. The collection is comprised of biographical materials; date books and notebooks; correspondence; writing project files that include material on Gustave Courbet and realism, bathers and the body, essays and lectures on 19th century art among other topics, artists, and smaller writing projects; professional files containing material on conferences and fellowships; teaching files detailing courses taught by Nochlin at New York University Institute of Fine Arts and other institutions; printed materials; artwork; and photographic materials that document Nochlin and her relationships with family, colleagues and friends, and artists.
Exhibition and Program Records
National Museum of American History. Office of Curatorial Affairs
8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
This accession consists of records which document the oversight and review process at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) in regards to exhibitions, public programs, symposia, websites, productions, and performances. In particular, the activities of the Exhibitions and Program Committee (EPC) which was created in 1996. The EPC ...
National Museum of American History. Office of the Director
This accession includes records documenting the activities of the Office of the Director and the daily administration of the National Museum of American History (NMAH), as well as material concerning Smithsonian issues, during the tenure of Spencer R. Crew. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and general information pertaining to ...
National Museum of American Art. Office of Design and Production
This accession consists of records which document planning for exhibitions at the National Museum of American Art (NMAA). Also included are records pertaining to departmental issues in the museum. Materials consist of general correspondence, memoranda, and notes; correspondence of David B. Keeler, Chief of Design and Production, 1973-1985; exh...
Milton Wolf Brown papers
Brown, Milton Wolf (Milton Wolf), 1911-1998
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The papers of art historian and educator Milton Wolf Brown date from 1908 to 1998 and measure 26.0 linear feet. The collection documents Brown's career through scattered biographical material, correspondence with friends, publishers, colleagues, artists, museums, and art organizations, travel journals, files for the Prendergast Catalogue Raisonne Project, exhibition, research, teaching, and organization files, printed material, and scattered photographs. A large portion of this collection consists of writings by Brown including notebooks, draft writings for books and other publications, lectures, and his writings as a student.
Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers
Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895
Volk, Douglas , 1856-1935
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The papers of painter and teacher Douglas Volk (1856-1935) and his father, sculptor Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895), measure 12.4 linear feet and date from circa 1858-1965, 2008, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1870-1935. Douglas Volk's papers document his life and career through biographical material, family and professional correspondence, writings and notes, diaries and journals, financial records, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork and sketchbooks, and photographs of the artist, his family, friends, and artwork. The papers also provide documentation of the formation and operations of the Sabatos Handicraft Society established with Marion Volk from the Volk's summer home, Hewnoaks, in Center Lovell, Maine. Scattered documentation of the life and work of Leonard Wells Volk, is found in biographical material, land records, letters, memoirs, and photographs.
Eleanor Munro papers
Munro, Eleanor, 1928-
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The papers of writer and art critic Eleanor Munro measure 36.7 linear feet and date from circa 1880-2011, bulk 1950-2011. The collection documents Munro's life, career, and research on women artists, through biographical and family material, correspondence, writing projects, diaries, dream journals and notebooks, subject and research files, printed material, and photographic material.


It's a bit hard to see, but the larger numbers are in a darker font.
The conditional formatting submenu has got a new option on it.
Here the higher the value (at least up to a maximum we've set of 5,000), the darker the red colour used for the font.
I don't think I'd have made this change high-priority, but it was probably an easy one to make!


Northwestern Engineering's David N. Seidman, whose work has led to an improved understanding of materials on the atomic scale, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
Election to the academy is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Seidman is one of 83 new members and 16 new foreign members announced by the NAE today, February 7.
Seidman was cited by NAE for "contributions to understanding of materials at the atomic scale, leading to advanced materials and processes." He will be formally inducted during a ceremony at the NAE's annual meeting on September 30, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
Seidman is a Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Atom-Probe Tomography (NUCAPT), the largest atom-probe tomography group in the United States. NUCAPT's equipment gives researchers the ability to see the internal structures of materials — on the subnano- to nanoscale — to help them better understand the materials' properties and how those properties have temporally evolved. This information can be used to improve various materials properties, such as making them lighter and stronger.
Seidman's research aims to understand physical phenomena in a wide range of material systems on an atomic scale. His research group uses highly sophisticated microscopy and spectroscopy instrumentation to study interfaces on a subnanoscale level. He is uses these tools to develop high-temperature cobalt-based alloys for use as turbine blades in aircrafts and for producing electricity, and to study the temporal evolution of aluminum-scandium alloys on the subnanoscale enabling their use at very elevated temperatures, to understand the temporal evolution of the nanostructures of model nickel-based superalloys, and to study silicon nanowires that are processed in new ways.
Seidman has received several awards, including being twice selected as a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow and receiving an Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Prize. He also has received an IBM Faculty Research Award, the Materials Research Society's David Turnbull Lecture Award, ASM International's Albert Sauveur Achievement Award and its Gold Medal, the Max Planck Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Max Planck Society, and the Robert Lansing Hardy Gold Medal and the Robert Franklin Mehl Award from TMS.
He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Materials Research Society, TMS, American Physical Society, International Field-Emission Society, Microscopy Society of America, and ASM International.


SG Smart is an intelligent system that offers easy control of the electrical installations in your home.
SG Smart consists of a number of devices and is easy to use and install in both new and existing lighting.
Ultra modern, slimline luminaire with powder-coated white outer surface. The cubist black reflectors provide extremely good glare control in direct light.
The "How to" video will guide you through the key features in the SG Smart App.


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Azarenka secures comeback win
The former world No.1, who gave birth to her son Leo last December, saved three match points before defeating Japan's Risa Ozaki 6-3 4-6 7-6(7) in a pulsating encounter that took two days to complete.
Ozaki was ready to serve for the match on Tuesday evening however play was stopped due to fading light. On the resumption, Azarenka showed the fighting qualities that helped her become a major champion and she battled back from the brink to secure a morale-boosting victory.
The Belarusian had initially planned to make her comeback during the North American hard-court swing in Stanford, but she felt ready to return ahead of schedule and she will be involved in the action at Wimbledon next month.
"I think I started the match really well, but my intensity dropped a lot and it got me into trouble," commented Azarenka after her dramatic win. "I let her play more, and she's such a fighter who brings so many balls back. It's always tricky when you're playing your first match in a while – that's something I had to adapt to.
"I started today by breaking back, so I had good momentum. I'm still trying to find my range but mentally, I was there for every point. My experience helped me through, even at 40-0 down I was trying to find my way out of it."
The two-time Grand Slam champion will play Ana Konjuh in the second round on Thursday.


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Q: How to handle linq statement returning exception when no file found I have this code to fetch the recently modified file
DirectoryInfo dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(directoryPath);
string partialFileName = "partialFileName";
FileInfo recentlyModFile = (from files in dirInfo.GetFiles(partialFileName + "*") orderby files.LastWriteTime descending select files).First();

Concern is that when there is no file that matches the criteria then it returns exception which obviously is bound to happen and I am looking for ways to handle the same.
I tried putting the above piece of code in try catch block but that didn't help. It would be helpful if someone can let me know how to fix this.
Thank you

A: You can use FirstOrDefault() instead of First()
First() will throw an exception if there is no result data.
FirstOrDefault() returns the default value (null) if there is no result data.
FileInfo recentlyModFile = (from files in dirInfo.GetFiles(partialFileName + "*") orderby files.LastWriteTime descending select files).FirstOrDefault();


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Blueberry Breeding for the Southern United States
Arlen D. Draper
The USDA blueberry breeding program was initiated in 1910 by Dr. F.V. Coville and has been continuous since that time. Plant breeders Drs. G.M. Darrow, D.H. Scott, J.N. Moore, and A.D. Draper have worked with SAES and private growers to develop the majority of cultivars presently grown for commercial production. In the South, major cooperators with the USDA include SAES in Arkansas, North Carolina, Georgia, and Texas. Recently the USDA Station at Poplarville MS, has been instrumental in blueberry cultivar development for the South. Rabbiteye blueberry cultivars make up the majority of blueberry acreage grown in the region. A new type of blueberry, the southern highbush (SHB), has been developed by interspecific hybridization with various Vaccinium species. Late-blooming SHB cultivars have been developed that offer better protection from spring frosts and ripen earlier than the earliest rabbiteye blueberry. Genes required to meet future needs reside within native Vaccinium species. Progress has been made in plant adaptation, disease resistance, fruit quality, and season of ripening. There remains a need for greater plant vigor, insect resistance, and consistent production.
In HortScience Volume 32 (1997): Issue 4 (Jul 1997)
`CAMELLIA': A NEW MIDSEASON SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY CULTIVAR
D. Scott NeSmith and Arlen D. Draper
A new southern highbush blueberry cultivar named `Camellia' was released in 2005 by The University of Georgia and the USDA–ARS. `Camellia' is a hybrid containing mostly Vaccinium corymbosum and a small amount of V. darrowi. The new cultivar was selected in 1996 at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton, Ga. from a cross of MS-122 × MS-6, and was tested as TH-621 in plantings at Alapaha, Ga. beginning in 1998. `Camellia' has an estimated chill requirement of 450 to 500 hours (<7 °C). It is an early- to mid-season cultivar, having berries that are large, with a very light blue color, and a small, dry picking scar. Berry firmness is good and flavor is very good. `Camellia' flowers 5 to 8 days after `Star' and `O'Neal' in south Georgia, and ripens 4 to 9 days after `Star', and with `O'Neal'. Plants are highly vigorous, with strong cane growth and an open, upright bush habit and a narrow crown. Yields have been similar to `Star' and greater than `O'Neal'. `Camellia' should be planted with other southern highbush blueberry cultivars with a similar time of bloom for cross-pollination (`Star' and `O'Neal' suggested). It is recommended on a trial basis at this time. `Camellia' requires a license to propagate. For licensing information and/or a list of licensed propagators, contact the Georgia Seed Development Commission, 2420 S. Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA 30606; or visit their website at www.gsdc.com.
`Austin' Rabbiteye Blueberry
Melvin R. Hall and Arlen D. Draper
In HortScience Volume 32 (1997): Issue 7 (Dec 1997)
`VERNON': A NEW EARLY SEASON RABBITEYE BLUEBERRY CULTIVAR
D. Scott NeSmith, Arlen D. Draper and James M. Spiers
Released in 2004 by the University of Georgia and U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, `Vernon' is an early season rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei Reade), having large fruit size, good yields and excellent plant vigor. `Vernon', tested as T-584, was selected in 1990 at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton, Ga. from a cross of T-23 × T-260. `Vernon' fruit ripens early with the cultivar Climax in south Georgia, and few days before `Premier'; however, `Vernon' flowers 5 to 10 days after the standard cultivars. On average over a 6 year period, `Vernon' yielded 5.8 kg/plant per season, compared to 3.1 and 4.5 kg/plant for `Climax' and `Premier', respectively. Berry stem scar, color, firmness, and flavor of the new cultivar are good to excellent. Berry size of `Vernon' is considerably large, averaging 2.05 g/berry over 4 locations in 2003, compared to only an average weight of 1.56 g/berry for `Climax'. `Vernon' berries are firmer than `Premier'. Propagation of the new cultivar is easily accomplished from softwood cuttings. Chill hour requirement is estimated to be in the range of 500 to 550 hours (<7 °C). `Vernon' should be planted with other rabbiteye blueberry cultivars with a similar time of bloom to provide optimum pollination. Propagation rights are controlled by Georgia Seed Development Commission, 2420 S. Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA 30606 (for more information go to www.gsdc.com).
`Palmetto' Southern Highbush Blueberry
'Alapaha' Rabbiteye Blueberry
`Ochlockonee' Rabbiteye Blueberry
'Vernon' Rabbiteye Blueberry
`Ozarkblue' Southern Highbush Blueberry
John R. Clark, James N. Moore and Arlen D. Draper
In HortScience Volume 31 (1996): Issue 6 (Oct 1996)
`Cooper' and `Gulfcoast' Southern Highbush Blueberry
Creighton L. Gupton, James M. Spiers and Arlen D. Draper
In HortScience Volume 29 (1994): Issue 8 (Aug 1994)


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package org.hisp.dhis.android.testapp.sms;

import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;

import org.hisp.dhis.android.core.sms.domain.interactor.ConfigCase;
import org.hisp.dhis.android.core.sms.domain.interactor.QrCodeCase;
import org.hisp.dhis.android.core.sms.domain.interactor.SmsSubmitCase;
import org.hisp.dhis.android.core.utils.integration.mock.BaseMockIntegrationTestEmptyEnqueable;
import org.hisp.dhis.android.core.utils.runner.D2JunitRunner;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

@RunWith(D2JunitRunner.class)
public class SmsModuleMockIntegrationShould extends BaseMockIntegrationTestEmptyEnqueable {

    @Test
    public void access_submit_case() {
        SmsSubmitCase submitCase = d2.smsModule().smsSubmitCase();
        assertThat(submitCase).isNotNull();
    }

    @Test
    public void access_qr_case() {
        QrCodeCase qrCodeCase = d2.smsModule().qrCodeCase();
        assertThat(qrCodeCase).isNotNull();
    }

    @Test
    public void access_config_case() {
        ConfigCase configCase = d2.smsModule().configCase();
        assertThat(configCase).isNotNull();
    }
}


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Q: Show overlapping data in barplot with ggplot2 I generated the bar plot depicting the situation of my data as follows and with the following piece of code:

    mydf
      Groups    Gene_content    Cases   Intersection
        25          903         Case1      512
        25          817         Case2      512
        20          722         Case1      400
        20          644         Case2      400
        15          543         Case1      332
        15          469         Case2      332
        10          357         Case1      172
        10          287         Case2      172
        5           184         Case1      65
        5           125         Case2      65

        ggplot(mydf, aes(fill=Cases, y=Gene_content, x=Groups)) +
        geom_bar(position="dodge", stat="identity", color="black") +
        geom_text(aes(label=Intersection), vjust=1.6, color="white",
        position = position_dodge(0.9), size=3.5)+
        geom_errorbar(aes(y = Intersection, ymin = Intersection,
        ymax = Intersection), color="Orange",lty=2) +
        scale_fill_brewer(palette="Set1")+
        theme_minimal()

What I would like is to: first of all to color with the same color all the bars under the orange line and then let distinguish the bars up to the orange horizontal line as they already are. The common color (yellow) means the "common" elements. Moreover I would to move down the text indicating how many genes are in common. The desired output (as modified with power point) is the following:

A: The simple thing to do is add another layer of geom_bars on top with height y=Intersection. You can move the text down easily by changing the y aesthetic in that geom call.
 ggplot(aes(fill=Cases, y=Gene_content, x=factor(Groups))) +
  geom_bar(position="dodge", stat="identity", color="black") +
  geom_bar(position="dodge", stat="identity", aes(y = Intersection, group = Cases),
           fill = "yellow", colour = "black") +
  geom_text(aes(label=Intersection, y = Intersection), vjust=1.6, color="black",
            position = position_dodge(0.9), size=3.5)+
  geom_errorbar(aes(y = Intersection, ymin = Intersection,
                    ymax = Intersection), color="Orange",lty=2) +
  scale_fill_brewer(palette="Set1")+
  theme_minimal()

A: It looks like you could plot the yellow bars and the label text once for each level of Groups, rather than twice. Maybe something like this:
ggplot(mydf, aes(fill=Cases, y=Gene_content, x=Groups)) +
  geom_bar(position="dodge", stat="identity", color="black", width=3) +
  geom_bar(data=mydf[!duplicated(mydf$Groups), ], stat="identity",
           aes(Groups, Intersection), fill="yellow", width=3) +
  geom_text(data=mydf[!duplicated(mydf$Groups), ],
            aes(label=Intersection, y=Intersection - 20), color="black", size=3.5) +
  # geom_errorbar(aes(y = Intersection, ymin = Intersection,
  #                   ymax = Intersection), color="Orange",lty=2) +
  scale_fill_brewer(palette="Set1") +
  theme_minimal()


Jesus calls Satan, "the ruler of this world." John 12:31. The Apostle Paul calls him "the god of this age." 2 Corinthians 4:4. There is a temporary ruler of this world and he is working hard to call humanity to his counterfeit kingdom of light.
Isaiah 14: 12-14 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 You said in your heart, "I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." 15 But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.
Lucifer uses our inherent pride to occupy us with self reliance and measuring our own greatness by success or supernatural 'gifts'. This state of self directed success and/or spiritual pride bleeds into every aspect of humanity today. Satan's goal is for mankind to be so sure of their human abilities (including spiritual abilities — often counterfeits) that it precludes any need for a Savior.
Why is this bewitchment allowed by God? Due to the original fall into sin by Adam, God has provided a plan to allow the deceitfulness of sin to become evident. It will be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that lucifer-satan's way will only lead to death and destruction. Human free will to choose death via sin must be allowed to play out so it becomes known by all that it is not possible to overcome sin and death but by the Savior of the World, the Son of God, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Yeshua the Messiah.
Those who have Jesus and who renounce lucifer's false light experience abundant life.


Airlie Beach Party Bus provides both point to point transfers and guided tours both day and night. They also provide discount transport within Airlie Beach. Airport transfers throughout the Whitsundays are also available!
They have everything onboard that you might expect in a party bus: party lights, karaoke and an esky to keep refreshments and nibbles cool on long trips. If you don't really want to have a sing you can play your own music!
Day trips are guided by a long-term local with good knowledge of the Whitsundays.


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China builds on global lead in green buildings
Wang Ying
Updated: Dec 12,2017 5:12 PM China Daily
A visitor looks at a green building model at the 16th China International Exposition of Housing Industry, Products and Equipment held in Beijing in October.Photo/China Daily
China is making rapid progress in green buildings and appears set to cement its place among the world's top markets for cost-effective and environment-friendly structures, according to an industry report.
The 2017 China Green Building Report by CBRE Research said the green building concept has been accepted by more and more property developers and local governments in China.
This has already made China the world's second-largest market for LEED-certified projects, trailing only the United States. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, the world's most widely used green building rating system.
Latest data suggest there are over 520 million square meters of green building space in 336 Chinese cities.
Including LEED-certified projects, accredited green building space would total over 600 million sq m.
LEED aims to help building owners and operators be environmentally responsible and use resources efficiently. It includes a set of rating systems for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of green buildings, homes and neighborhoods.
As of August 2017, LEED-certified space in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen totaled 23 million sq m, accounting for 51 percent of all certified area in China, a 1 percent increase from 2014.
To date, 54 cities are covered by LEED's footprint in China. Beijing is the first Chinese city to have more than 10 million sq m of LEED-certified green building space.
It is followed by Shanghai (8.34 million sq m), Chongqing (4.12 million sq m), Shenzhen (2.64 million sq m) and Wuhan of Hubei province (2.5 million sq m).
Other cities in the list are Guangzhou of Guangdong province (2.31 million sq m), Chengdu of Sichuan province (2.08 million sq m), Hangzhou of Zhejiang province (1.72 million sq m), Tianjin (1.72 million sq m), Suzhou of Jiangsu province (1.71 million sq m), Nanjing of Jiangsu province (1. 24 million sq m), and Shenyang of Liaoning province (1.06 million sq m).
"Such growth in green building development is closely associated with the policy support from the Chinese government and market motivation," said Stephen Tam, senior director of asset services with CBRE Greater China.
In March, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development released the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) on green building development. The plan envisions a period of acceleration of "quantity and quality" for green buildings in China.
At least 50 percent of all newly constructed buildings should be certified as green buildings by 2020, it said.
In the early stages, LEED certification was adopted and promoted by only Hong Kong developers and foreign enterprises from relatively mature economies.
In recent years, however, an increasing number of local developers have begun to adopt the standard for their new projects.
Currently, about 62 percent of all newly built prime office buildings are LEED-certified, according to CBRE data.
Major Chinese developers including Soho China, Excellence Group, Sino Ocean Group and Ping An actively engage in developing green office buildings.
Higher rents, energy and water efficiency, better air quality, sustainability, lower operation cost, a high-quality work environment-all these factors have facilitated overall comfort and driven demand for green office space in China, said Tam.
In the past four quarters, the average occupancy rate of LEED projects in China was 81.7 percent, which is 1.5 percent higher than that of traditional offices.
Average occupancy of premium LEED projects in China was 86.7 percent, 10 percent higher than that of traditional offices.
Office buildings are the main property type seeking LEED certification in China. As of June, a total of 148 LEED-certified projects in 17 major cities had accumulated more than 10 million sq m.
In this context, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, and Shenzhen had each averaged more than 1 million sq m.
LEED certification for prime office buildings has been gaining traction ever since its introduction in the Chinese market, with a market adoption rate of roughly 1 percent in 2008 to its current rate of 13 percent.
Over the years, LEED certification of Grade A office buildings has definitely become much more common. In the first half of this year, the total Grade A office space in 17 major cities was 37 million sq m, of which 8.5 million had been LEED-certified, an adoption rate of 23 percent.
Although China has seen its certified green building proportion account for 11 percent of all existing projects, the nation is still lagging behind the international standards of 35 percent, and the top three countries are India (68 percent), Sweden (67 percent), and the US (41 percent).
"Compared to newly constructed projects, existing projects which receive the LEED certification are stronger exemplifications of the certification's benefits of achieving higher rent levels, lower energy consumption, lower vacancy rates, and an overall improved environment for tenants," said Tam.
There are more than tens of trillions of sq m of existing commercial property supply in China and this figure is continuously growing at a rapid rate, reflecting large opportunities for greening the existing stock.
However, according to survey results published in the World Green Buildings Trends 2016, this could be a relatively slow process.
Only 19 percent of landlords in China have expressed plans for implementing green building standards to their existing projects.
This is much lower than the global average of 37 percent, ranking last amongst the 13 surveyed markets.
International group praises green revival
Vice-premier stresses green development


Bird counting methods usually are based on 1-3 visits. As a rule strong bias of results were indicated (Verner 1985). This bias is not very important if one is interested in counts of a single species. The problem arises when one is interested in communities of birds. If different species show different patterns of activity then the ability of an observer to detect those species must differ. Thus, a small number of visits will lead to over estimations of the number of some species and under estimation of other species. In this paper we investigate the influence of detectability on the optimal number of visit. We developed a simulation model of transect counts and used data collected during two years of transect study on avifauna of the Bieszczady National Park as an imput data for the simulations. Then we compare the simulation outcomes with the field data.


The OISF and Suricata development team is really proud to announce the availability of Suricata 3.2. This was a real community effort with 12 different contributors from 9 different countries that added to the work of Suricata core team. Thanks a lot for these contributions!
Suricata 3.2 comes with some new features that can help a Meerkat to stay awake when on a guard watch. The support of industrial networks has been greatly improved with the addition of two new protocols, DNP3 and CIP/ENIP. But we can't forget the improvements on the TLS side with new fields available for matching and logging such as certificate validity dates. On file matching and logging, it is now possible to use SHA1/SHA256 in addition to the obsolete MD5.
On the performance side, Suricata 3.2 run as fast as a Cheetah with the addition of the bypass mechanism that can help to fix the challenging Elephant flows. Another big improvement comes from the pre-filter system that allows packet inspecting keywords to be much faster.
On usability side, one can note that incompatible NIC offloading is now switched off by default. Also, the unix command socket is now enabled by default.


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Science|Mass Killings Are Seen as a Kind of Contagion
Mass Killings Are Seen as a Kind of Contagion
Mourners in Littleton, Colo., in April 1999, a few days after two students at Columbine High School killed 13 people in one of the United States' deadliest school shootings.CreditCreditEric Gay/Associated Press
By Erica Goode and Benedict Carey
As mass shootings have become ever more familiar, experts have come to understand them less as isolated expressions of rage and more as acts that build on the blueprints of previous rampages.
Experts in violence prevention say that many, if not most, perpetrators of such shootings have intensively researched earlier mass attacks, often expressing admiration for those who carried them out. The publicity that surrounds these killings can have an accelerating effect on other troubled and angry would-be killers who are already heading toward violence, they say.
The killing of nine people at an Oregon community college last week was a textbook example. Before opening fire, the gunman, Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, reportedly uploaded a video about the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
The perpetrator of the Sandy Hook murders was himself a student of earlier shootings — in 1999 at Columbine High School in Colorado, where 13 people were killed, and in 2011 in Norway, where 77 people were killed.
And three days after the Oregon shootings, the F.B.I. warned colleges and universities in Philadelphia of a threat posted on the same website used by Mr. Harper-Mercer.
Dr. Christine Seals spoke at a news conference on Monday at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. The campus reopened on a limited basis for the first time since last week's shooting rampage.CreditJohn Locher/Associated Press
The potential for cultural contagion, many experts say, demands a public health response, one focused as much on early detection and preventive measures as on politically charged campaigns for firearm restrictions. But in some cases, efforts to identify and monitor potentially violent people can raise concerns about civil liberties.
"You're balancing public welfare and personal privacy," said J. Reid Meloy, a forensic psychologist in San Diego who consults on threat assessment for schools and corporations.
Some people have also suggested changes in the way the news media covers mass attacks.
"If you blast the names and faces of shooters on news stations and constantly repeat their names, there may be an inadvertent process of creating a blueprint," said Dr. Deborah Weisbrot, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Stony Brook University, who has interviewed hundreds of mostly teenage boys who have made threats.
Experts emphasize that many factors, including mental health issues, may motivate a mass killer.
But anyone interested in the mechanics of such killings can reconstruct them easily through a quick Internet search of news reports, websites and social media. One website lists rampage killings around the world. The gunman who killed 12 people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., in 2012 had a fan club on Tumblr.
"You'd have a hard time finding someone who didn't do some research about those who went before," said Robert A. Fein, a psychologist whose specialty is targeted violence and an author of a 2002 report by the Secret Service on school shootings.
In a study of nine school shootings in Germany, Dr. Meloy and his colleagues found that a third of the killers had "consciously imitated and emulated what had happened in Columbine." Other mass killers have visited Columbine or written online of their admiration for the two perpetrators there.
How They Got Their Guns
A vast majority of guns used in 19 recent mass shootings were bought legally and with a federal background check.
It is easy to see why Mr. Harper-Mercer might have identified with the Sandy Hook shooter. Both young men lived with their mothers, with whom they shared a passion for guns and even went to firing ranges to shoot. Mr. Harper-Mercer's mother said he had Asperger's syndrome; the Sandy Hook killer had received a similar diagnosis.
"The more they identify with the characteristics of the story, the more it will increase their level of risk," said J. Kevin Cameron, the director of the Canadian Center for Threat Assessment and Trauma Response, who has consulted on school shootings in the United States.
At least one study suggests that mass killings, like teenage suicides, may "cluster," with one highly covered case quickly followed by others. In a recent analysis of hundreds of killings from 1997 to 2013, researchers found that the probability of another attack was highest in the two weeks after a killing hit the news.
Some in law enforcement have begun to suggest that the news media adopt standards in reporting about such events that are similar to guidelines in place for reporting on teenage suicides.
Pete Blair, the director of the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University, has started a campaign, endorsed by the F.B.I., called "Don't Name Them" — a policy that Sheriff John Hanlin of Douglas County, Ore., asked the news media to follow in the Oregon case, with little success.
Dr. Meloy said that it might be more important to avoid photographs and phrases like "lone wolf" that "convey a certain cool pose to young people."
Mass Shootings in the U.S.
This partial list dates to 2007, the year of the Virginia Tech mass shooting.
The New York Times ran a photograph of Mr. Harper-Mercer on its front page and featured it prominently online. Matthew Purdy, a deputy executive editor, said such images were not meant to glorify the perpetrators. "Our job is to explain and explore, and these images help to do that," he said.
Most mass killers "leak" their intentions, dropping hints in conversation or on social media. Mr. Harper-Mercer, for example, reportedly wrote in a blog post, "Seems the more people you kill, the more you're in the limelight."
Parents, teachers, classmates, friends and others are in the best position to pick up on these clues, but they often dismiss or ignore them. So "see something, say something" strategies, like those developed in New York after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, can help encourage people to speak up, Dr. Meloy said.
Equally important is breaking down barriers among local agencies — law enforcement and mental health departments, for example — and developing a system to monitor threats and determine if the people who made them are simply troubled or "on a path to violence," experts in threat assessment said.
Several localities have adopted broad and coordinated prevention measures. In Los Angeles County, law enforcement, the county mental health department and educational institutions share information and train staff members to recognize and report worrisome behavior.
The county has intervened in numerous cases in which students had weapons and elaborate plans to use them, said Tony Beliz, a consultant to schools and corporations on violence prevention who for many years ran the mental health side of the effort. In the weeks immediately after a mass killing, they closely monitor young people they believe pose a risk.
Gun Control Explained
Frequently asked questions about gun policy and public opinion.
After the Sandy Hook shootings, for example, they checked on a 16-year-old boy who liked bomb-making chemicals and who had told the county workers two years before, "I have to get rid of the bad people in this world." They also called the mother of a teenager who was fascinated by weapons and killing, had access to firearms and had extensively researched school shootings.
Yet such programs can sometimes collide with individual rights, especially when no crime has been committed.
Dr. Beliz and other experts said that mental health professionals and educators were often reluctant to share information about students or clients who exhibited worrisome behavior, under the misapprehension that privacy laws prohibit such disclosures. Part of the task, they said, is to educate teachers, principals and therapists, explaining the provisions in the laws that allow information to be shared if public safety is involved.
Dr. Beliz said there had been no school shootings in places where the Los Angeles program operated.
But, he added, "unfortunately, some campuses and law enforcement agencies are still in this state of denial where they don't believe it's going to happen in their community."
The biggest obstacle experts may have to overcome, though, is the reluctance of people to recognize and report signs that someone they know might be dangerous.
After Columbine, "we believed that the biggest problem we were going to deal with was overreaction to minor situations," Mr. Cameron said. "But the biggest problem we still deal with is underreaction to often blatant indicators that someone is moving on a pathway to violence."
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