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Q: Algorithms - Find duration of overlapping intervals in a cyclic world (24 hours) I've been trying to figure out the algorithm for finding the number of overlapping hours between two time ranges, for example:

Should return 12.
And

Should return 4.
So please help me fill in the gaps in creating the following function:
public static Long findOverlappingInterval(Long startTime1, Long endTime1,
                                           Long startTime2, Long endTime2){
    // Any suggestions?
}

Thanks.
EDIT:
I'm aware of the solution of creating two binary arrays, using AND and summing up the result.
Meaning:

But that would not help my specific needs since i want to use the idea of the algorithm for a solr query, so using arrays and binary operators is not an option for me.

A: Surprisingly many answers in a short time...
I followed the same idea that was already proposed in other answers: When start time s is smaller than the end time e, then the result can be broken down into two separate computations, for the ranges [s,24] and [0,e].
This can be done "mutually" so there are only 3 simple cases to consider, and the remaining ones can be done with recursive calls.
However, I tried to

*

*consider the fact that (according to the images), the end points should be inclusive (!)

*Add some more test cases

*Visualize the configurations nicely :-)

This is the result as an MCVE:
public class OverlappingIntervals
{
    private static final long INTERVAL_SIZE = 24;

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        test(6,23, 2,17);
        test(0,12, 12,2);

        test(11,4, 12,3);
        test(12,4, 11,3);
    }

    private static void test(
        long s0, long e0, long s1, long e1)
    {
        System.out.println(createString(s0, e0, s1, e1));
        System.out.println(findOverlappingInterval(s0, e0, s1, e1));
    }

    private static String createString(
        long s0, long e0, long s1, long e1)
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append(createString(s0, e0, "A")).append("\n");
        sb.append(createString(s1, e1, "B"));
        return sb.toString();
    }

    private static String createString(long s, long e, String c)
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i=0; i<INTERVAL_SIZE; i++)
        {
            if (s < e)
            {
                if (i >= s && i <= e)
                {
                    sb.append(c);
                }
                else
                {
                    sb.append(".");
                }
            }
            else
            {
                if (i <= e || i >= s)
                {
                    sb.append(c);
                }
                else
                {
                    sb.append(".");
                }
            }
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    public static long findOverlappingInterval(
        long s0, long e0, long s1, long e1)
    {
        return compute(s0, e0+1, s1, e1+1);
    }

    public static long compute(
        long s0, long e0, long s1, long e1)
    {
        if (s0 > e0)
        {
            return
                compute(s0, INTERVAL_SIZE, s1, e1) +
                compute(0, e0, s1, e1);
        }
        if (s1 > e1)
        {
            return
                compute(s0, e0, s1, INTERVAL_SIZE) +
                compute(s0, e0, 0, e1);
        }
        return Math.max(0, Math.min(e0, e1) - Math.max(s0, s1));
    }
}

The first two test cases are the ones that have been given in the question, and they properly print 12 and 4, respectively. The remaining two are intended for testing other overlap configurations:
......AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
..BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB......
12
AAAAAAAAAAAAA...........
BBB.........BBBBBBBBBBBB
4
AAAAA......AAAAAAAAAAAAA
BBBB........BBBBBBBBBBBB
16
AAAAA.......AAAAAAAAAAAA
BBBB.......BBBBBBBBBBBBB
16

However, note that further test configurations may have to be created in order to cover all possible cases.

A: You can do it without creating an array, just calculating intersections between intervals. There are three cases:

*

*No splitted intervals.

*One splitted interval.

*Both intervals are splitted.

You can solve the problem of splitted intervals as two separate intervals. Using recursion you can do this easily:
public static Long findOverlappingInterval(Long startTime1, Long endTime1, Long startTime2, Long endTime2)
{
    if (startTime1 < endTime1 && startTime2 < endTime2)
        return Math.max(0, Math.min(endTime2, endTime1) - Math.max(startTime1, startTime2) + 1);
    else
    {
        if (startTime1 < endTime1)
            return findOverlappingInterval(startTime1, endTime1, 0L, endTime2) +
                   findOverlappingInterval(startTime1, endTime1, startTime2, 23L);
        else if (startTime2 < endTime2)
            return findOverlappingInterval(0L, endTime1, startTime2, endTime2) +
                   findOverlappingInterval(startTime1, 23L, startTime2, endTime2);
        else
        {
            return findOverlappingInterval(0L, endTime1, 0L, endTime2) +
                   findOverlappingInterval(0L, endTime1, startTime2, 23L) +
                   findOverlappingInterval(startTime1, 23L, 0L, endTime2) +
                   findOverlappingInterval(startTime1, 23L, startTime2, 23L);
        }
    }
}

A: First, for interval (a, b) which (a > b),  we can easily break it into two intervals
(a , 23) and (0, b)

So, the problem become finding the overlapping between (a , b) and (a1, b1) with a <= b and a1 <= b1
So, there are four cases:

*

*b < a1 or b1 < a , which means there is no overlapping, return 0

*a <= a1 && b1 <= b, which means (a, b) contains (a1, b1), return b1 - a1 + 1

*a1 <= a && b <= b1, which means (a1, b1) contains (a, b), return b - a + 1

*Last case is (a, b) and (a1, b1) overlapped part of each interval, that overlapping interval is (max(a1, a), min(b, b1))

A: /** Start times must be smaller than end times */
public static int findOverlappingInterval(int startTime1, int endTime1, int startTime2, int endTime2) {
    int overlappingTime = 0;
    int[] time1 = new int[Math.abs(endTime1 - startTime1)];
    for (int i1 = startTime1; i1 < endTime1; i1++) {
        time1[i1 - startTime1] = i1;
    }
    int[] time2 = new int[Math.abs(endTime2 - startTime2)];
    for (int i2 = startTime2; i2 < endTime2; i2++) {
        time2[i2 - startTime2] = i2;
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < time1.length; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < time2.length; j++) {
            if (time1[i] == time2[j]) {
                overlappingTime++;
            }
        }
    }
    return overlappingTime;
}

This method should work for what you want it to do. It worked for me.
I am unsure about the wrapping part though.
EDIT
/** Returns the overlap between the four time variables */
public static int findOverlappingInterval(int startTime1, int endTime1, int startTime2, int endTime2) {
    int overlappingTime = 0;

    // First time
    int time1Length = 0;
    if (endTime1 < startTime1) {
        time1Length = 24 - startTime1;
        time1Length += endTime1;
    }
    int[] time1;
    if (time1Length == 0) {
        time1 = new int[Math.abs(endTime1 - startTime1)];
        for (int i1 = startTime1; i1 < endTime1; i1++) {
            time1[i1 - startTime1] = i1;
        }
    } else {
        time1 = new int[time1Length];
        int count = 0;
        for (int i1 = 0; i1 < endTime1; i1++) {
            time1[count] = i1;
            count++;
        }
        for (int i1 = startTime1; i1 < 24; i1++) {
            time1[count] = i1;
            count++;
        }
    }

    // Second time
    int time2Length = 0;
    if (endTime2 < startTime2) {
        time2Length = 24 - startTime2;
        time2Length += endTime2;
    }
    int[] time2;
    if (time2Length == 0) {
        time2 = new int[Math.abs(endTime2 - startTime2)];
        for (int i2 = startTime2; i2 < endTime2; i2++) {
            time2[i2 - startTime2] = i2;
        }
    } else {
        time2 = new int[time2Length];
        int count = 0;
        for (int i2 = 0; i2 < endTime2; i2++) {
            time2[count] = i2;
            count++;
        }
        for (int i2 = startTime2; i2 < 24; i2++) {
            time2[count] = i2;
            count++;
        }
    }

    // Overlap calculator
    for (int i = 0; i < time1.length; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < time2.length; j++) {
            if (time1[i] == time2[j]) {
                overlappingTime++;
            }
        }
    }
    return overlappingTime;
}

This new code should do what you want. It loops around a 24 hour period.

A: Check this link here: Ideone link

EDIT: Inserted the code from the link here:

import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.io.*;

/* Name of the class has to be "Main" only if the class is public. */
class Ideone
{
    public static Long min(Long a,Long b){
        return ((a)<(b)?(a):(b));
    }
    public static Long max(Long a,Long b){
        return ((a)>(b)?(a):(b));
    }
    public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
    {
        Long s1=6L,e1=23L,s2=2L,e2=17L,ans=0L;
        Boolean broken1,broken2;
        broken1=(s1<=e1)?false:true;
        broken2=(s2<=e2)?false:true;
        if(broken1){
            if(broken2)
                ans=min(e1,e2)+1 + 23-max(s1,s2)+1;
            else{
                if(e1>=s2) ans+=(min(e1,e2)-s2+1);
                if(s1<=e2) ans+=(e2-max(s1,s2)+1);
            }
        }
        else{
            if(broken2){
                if(e2>=s1) ans+=(min(e1,e2)-s1+1);
                if(s2<=e1) ans+=(e1-max(s1,s2)+1);
            }
            else{
                if(e1<s2 || e2<s1) ans=0L;
                else ans=min(e1,e2)-max(s1,s2)+1;
            }
        }
        System.out.println(ans+"");
    }
}


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This week, Stella McCartney's much anticipated children's range debuted at retail. After a successful two-season design collaboration for Gap Kids and years of experience dressing three young children of her own (and with another on the way), McCartney's foray into luxury childrenswear is probably one of the most natural among the many brands which have ventured into teeny tiny sizes.
Earlier this year, when the announcement was first made, she outlined her strategy to WWD. "As a brand with many working parents in the team, I wanted to create a desirable, fun, wearable kids' collection that was affordable," she said about the range with price points which range from $25 for a baby's T-shirt to $194 for a coat. "I feel like all the timeless children's wear is reserved for the expensive brands and that did not sit well with me. Kids and parents, aunts, uncles, friends should all be able to have access to Stella McCartney Kids clothes."
Burberry, D&G;, Dior, Marc Jacobs, Paul Smith and Sonia Rykiel are just a few of the many others pitted against McCartney on the market. By the end of this month Gucci's new kids range will also be in the shops and Fendi's will follow. As a niche product category, designer children's lines are often produced by license or in partnershiop with a specialist manufacturer such as Redcats for McCartney and Simonetta for Fendi (and Roberto Cavalli's children's line in the past).
Jennifer Lopez with her twins Emme and Max for the Gucci childrenswear advert earlier this year
" At Gucci, Frida Giannini, said she had some concerns at the beginning because of the sexy attitude and the glamour of Gucci' "
A head-to-toe miniature look by Gucci for S/S 2011
Beyond a simple exercise in brand extension, the proliferation of luxury brands' childrenswear lines is a disproportionate revenue earner because kids' clothes are constantly being replenished – both because of the greater wear and tear they undergo and due to the constant need to upsize as children grow. Shortly after the recent S/S Paris womenswear fashion shows, the International Herald Tribune reporter Jessica Michault offered that not only are they a cash cow but that children's clothes are outperforming the rest of the market in developed markets like the European Union. Michault wrote:
Parents have "a propensity to show how they have weathered the economic storm through their kids," said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst with the market research company NPD. Couple that with a desire to insulate their children from economic constraints, he added, and "the first place to spend goes to the kids."
So how are fashion houses creating children's clothing that still clearly represents the line? Some are taking the "mini me" approach. Paul Smith offers up pint-size floral print shirts. Jean Paul Gaultier makes tiny trench coats. Missoni has multicolored mini knitwear.
At Gucci, the creative director, Frida Giannini, said she had some concerns at the beginning because of the "sexy attitude and the glamour of Gucci." Her solution? The Gucci archives. She incorporated images of bamboo and elements of the horse world in the clothing line, which includes shoes, accessories and, of course, sunglasses.
Fendi's S/S 2011 kids collection at Pitti Immagine Bimbo in Florence
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There is no longer any doubt about which markets are keeping luxury auto makers profitable. Stories like those in this week's Independent on Lamborghini's entry into Mexico via new dealerships in Mexico City and Monterrey and in Reuters about Azerbaijan's love affair with Bentley only confirm what has been apparent for quite a while. Frontier markets such as these are where automakers will battle it out in the next decade while so-called 'emerging' markets like China and India are where their fortunes depend today.
But what really drives the message of their importance home is the trend for these brands to build plants in China and India in order to better accommodate increased demand at lower costs. Harley-Davidson is the latest to announce such a plan, with Bloomberg reporting on the imminent opening of an assembly plant in India next year, only its second outside of the US.
"India's rapidly growing economy, rising middle class and significant investment in construction of new roads and highways are paving the way for leisure motorcycle riding," the firm's COO, Matthew S. Levatich, said in the statement.
The other side of the newly accommodating face of the global luxury brand is to custom-make product ranges and exclusive items for these vast emerging markets. First it was fashion and accessories brands – but more recently carmakers have gotten in on the game. Volvo, which is now owned by the Chinese firm Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., confirmed that it plans to hire a team of designers in China to cater to local tastes for its next model, according to Bloomberg.
"If the Chinese or the Americans want more chrome on the grille, why would we say no to that just because we don't have that in Sweden?" said the iconic Swedish automaker's design chief Peter Horbury. "In a global market there's still a cultural difference in tastes and requirements."
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$350K bust: Clerk fronts court over alleged theft
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12th Apr 2019 8:57 AM | Updated: 11:03 AM
A REAL estate clerk accused of stealing $350,000 from the accounts of a former Hervey Bay agency has fronted court for the first time.
Margaret Joyce Hull arrived at the Hervey Bay Courthouse on Thursday before it even opened, beating the media pack who were eager to hear from the accused thief.
The 64-year-old woman was arrested last month on the back of a 12-month investigation which examined the finances of her former employer, Richardson and Wrench.
She was charged with 90 counts of stealing. Police allege that over at least seven years, she exploited her role to draw money for herself from various accounts.
Standing alongside her lawyer Lesley Powell, Ms Hull's appearance in front of Magistrate Stephen Guttridge was brief.
It was agreed Ms Hull's case needed to go up to the District Court because of the high amount of money allegedly stolen.
"What's the value of the property alleged?" Magistrate Guttridge said.
"$350,000," Ms Powell replied. Ms Hull was not required to enter a plea.
Ms Hull worked for the late Trevor Cecil, a well-loved local auctioneer and philanthropist who died of a sudden stroke in October 2017, for more than two decades.
Police will allege each of the 90 charges relates to a separate transaction the employee made.
As Ms Hull left the court-house, accompanied by two people, she did not provide a comment.
Ms Hull's charges will return to Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on May 30.
Speaking outside Maryborough Police Station yesterday, Detective Senior Sergeant David Harbison said the charges concerned the alleged theft from 12 body corporates while accessing accounts during her normal course of duties.
"She was employed by a real estate agent in Torquay," he said.
"It is alleged she systematically stole monies from body corporate funds."
Det Snr Sgt Harbison said the alleged offending came to light after the death of Mr Cecil.
"It's certainly not alleged that he had any knowledge of these offences," he said.
"On his death this business closed and the body corporate roles were taken over by various other businesses.
"Through the accounting procedures discrepancies were discovered and formal complaints were made to police."
Det Snr Sgt Harbison said the brief of evidence detailing the alleged offences would be substantial.
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The Football Association has charged former Sutton keeper Wayne Shaw with breaching betting rules after he ate a pie in the FA Cup loss to Arsenal.
Shaw resigned after being seen eating the pie during February's fifth-round defeat, after a bookmaker had offered 8/1 odds on him doing so.
The 45-year-old has been charged with intentionally influencing a football betting market, and improper conduct.
He has until 18:00 BST on Friday, 21 July to respond to the charges.
Following the match, Shaw admitted to being aware of the betting promotion, but said the incident was "just a bit of fun".
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"We are told we are not allowed to gamble as it is full-time professional football," Shaw told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme at the time.
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Some people say the future of gaming is virtual reality. You will be able to do things in VR you could never do in the real world and that is very fascinating. But did you know that virtual reality has been around for nearly 20 years? And yet, it still feels like a random experiment instead of the next mainstream of gaming. So why does virtual reality still "suck"? Right now, the cost of entry for virtual reality is around $400 or $500 once you factor in all the different devices and games, and that's just for entry-level models. If you're looking for something more powerful, you're looking at a minimum of $1,000, if not more. Most of these devices aren't something you can just plug into a power outlet and instantly play with. VR headsets available today are heavy. But the worst part is not the money. Spending too much time in virtual reality can be disorienting. Wearing the headset for more than half an hour can leave your head spinning when you take it off. That reminds me of a song from 1985 by Dead or Alive saying:
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The future of MR is the ability to not only overlay objects onto the real world but to interact with them as well. It is going to be about mixed reality combined with AI assistant technology. All the things you can't do in reality will be possible in virtual reality, projected into real life and making it look like a part of your real world. It will bring you into the scene and let you see things from perspectives you could never have imagined. It will let you see experiences you would have never ever thought of. But now try to imagine speaking to your AI assistant and it is becoming a part of your scene. The merger of mixed reality with AI assistant technology will create a world of imagination, which will break the boundaries between entertainment, education, and learning. Imagine speaking to your avatar and it responds to you like speaking to a human being. It listens to your commands and it asks questions to receive your next command. When you don't feel the difference between speaking to real or a virtual person, we will know that AI assistant technology has merged with mixed reality. This reminds me of some lyrics from the Pointer Sisters:
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Today with a video game or a movie that you're really excited about, it's easy to share it with friends. You're all seeing and experiencing the same thing, but when it comes to virtual reality, you can be sitting with someone in the same room who's in VR and still feel like your worlds apart. Today, VR experiences we see are designed to be solo entertainment experiences. But with AI assistants the social element will make the difference. With AI assistant support there will be other people in your VR room because it will manage your game and be able to let others participate in your experience. And as we know from Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, shared experiences are more fun. We will see new kinds of games, where a big part of the game is sharing the information you've got with the people around you. Imagine building your own Ironman suit with your team. You have to make a lot of decisions like what materials to choose, make the design, discuss it with the team; the team writes the manual. You are in charge and you tell everybody what to do. One person operates the control panel, the rest of the team have to work out many different solutions, and that requires a spread of expertise. Someone is researching on the internet; someone is doing math puzzles to work it out. And when the suit is built, you start your game participation, and you wear a power suit, built together with your friends to win the next game challenges. This kind of playing is called "asynchronous gameplay" where different users have different kinds of information and have to combine them together to solve a problem in front of them. Sharing information and collaborating with different skills is nothing new but playing games with this kind of social experience will change the way we play and think our games.
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Today's weather is turning out to be patchy rain possible. The visibility is going to be around 20 km i.e. 12 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1008 mb . The daytime temperature is going to reach 35 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 27 °c at night. It will be mostly dry with little or no precipitation and cloud covering 28% of the sky, the humidity will be around 69%.
Tomorrow weather is forecasted to be moderate or heavy rain shower. The visibility is going to be around 20 km i.e. 12 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1008 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 35 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 27 °c at night. We expect around 3.8 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 44% of the sky, the humidity will be around 73%.
On Thursday weather will be moderate rain at times with daytime temperature reaching 35 °c. Night time temperature are expected to be 27 °c.It will be mostly dry with little or no precipitation. The visibility is going to be around 20 km i.e. 12 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1008 mb. It will be mostly dry with little or no precipitation and cloud covering 33% of the sky, the humidity will be around 74%.
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Moderate or heavy rain shower will be the weather pattern for the Saturday. The visibility is going to be around 20 km i.e. 12 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1008 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 34 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 28 °c at night. We expect around 8.9 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 35% of the sky, the humidity will be around 74%.
Looking at the weather in Hin Kong, Thailand over the next 7 days, the maximum temperature will be 35℃ (or 96℉) on Wednesday 24th April at around 1 pm. In the same week the minimum temperature will be 27℃ (or 81℉) on Tuesday 23rd April at around 4 am.
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Underestimating the difficulty
Posted on March 30, 2012 by Joe
ATK just won a contract to supply up to 450 million rounds of .40 S&W hollow point ammo to the Department of Homeland Security.
I first heard about this on the Glenn Beck radio show this morning. As Beck said, "That must mean they think that 150 million of us will need to be shot twice."
If the plan were to shoot nearly everyone in this country they are seriously underestimating the difficulty if they think they will only need 450 million rounds. Hence I have to conclude they don't have such a plan or if they do it demonstrates a catastrophic failure of their victim selection process.
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Grendel on March 30, 2012 at 11:58 am said:
If you divide that by the 50 rounds used in the typical officer involved shooting that's only enough for 9 Million of us.
Lyle on March 30, 2012 at 12:58 pm said:
If someone expects to be able to shoot 150 million of us, or even 9 million of us, they're going to need ALL of the ammo– not a puny little 450 million rounds of pistol ammo. They'd need to bring out the really heavy stuff, and those kinds of assets are vulnerable.
Joe Huffman on March 30, 2012 at 2:11 pm said:
@Grendel, If it takes 50 rounds per victim then that means most victims are still functional after the first few shots. And that means that the victims will have time to return fire. Hence a lot of those "50 rounds per" are going to end up in the hands of the intended victims. Hence they won't have the capacity for 9 million. Which means they have a catastrophic failure of the victim selection process on their hands.
@Lyle, The 150 number comes from 450 million rounds minus 300 million people in the U.S. Hence the conclusion, by Beck, was that 300 million were to be murdered with one shot and 150 million would take two shots.
Bill on March 30, 2012 at 2:50 pm said:
Grendel, I love your name! Are you a member at the Grendel 6.5 forum?
I'd like to see how many rounds the Dept. of Homeland Security has expended since its conception. Is this for FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, INS, Border Partrol, DHS, Air Marshals, Secret Service, etc.? Does DHS buy for the FBI and CIA in the bid process?
It would be informative to know the numbers of personnel who carry and qualify every year. DHS has something like 200,000 employees. Are 10% active weapons users? If so, that equates to 22,500 rounds each, over 5 years. Thats less than 5000 rounds/year, which is actually fewer than I shoot myself.
Mark on March 30, 2012 at 6:16 pm said:
This contract is not that unusual, as far as Federal contracts go. One year, with options for 4 more, for a maximum round count of 450 million over 5 years.
Will not get to be that many, most likely. DHS provides ammo for all their LE departments and agencies, which personnel number in the tens of thousands, who all must qualify quarterly, and who all presumably get an allowance of practice ammo.
In short, this contract does not worry me.
Sendarius on March 31, 2012 at 1:00 am said:
I have a Glock in .40 S&W, allegedly for competition, but mainly because that's what the police here use.
In the event of a sh*t-storm, I figure the law-breaking badge-wearers will be acting as my unpaid ammo-bearers.
Rivrdog on March 31, 2012 at 3:58 am said:
450KK rounds, eh? That's a lot of surplus ammo to go on the market when the TSA is dis-armed and disbanded by Executive Order on 012113….ought to bring the price down a bit…who is TDK anyway? Looking through my stuff, I don't have any of their hulls, and I have plenty of hulls.
Bubblehead Les on March 31, 2012 at 8:04 am said:
Hmm. Let's do the Math. ATK (which owns Federal) says it's 450 Million of 180 grain HST. So we know it's not gonna be Ball for practice. But they could have someone in the Bureaucracy with Brains who says one should practice with the Load that you carry. But that breaks down to an average of 90 million rounds a year. If the majority of Pistols DHS uses are Glock 22s, then that means each DHS person gets 45 rounds (one 15 round magazine in the Pistol w/2 reloads). So, that means they have to initially feed 2 Million Glocks for 1 year, if NO shots are ever fired. But we would have heard that DHS owned 2 Million Glocks. Just for discussion, let's say DHS has 50,000 Glock 22s. Multiply each Pistol by 45 (for a Duty Load), that means 2,250,000 stays on the Belt. 90 million minus 2,250,000 equals 87,750,000 rounds left over. That means there are 1,755 rounds of Spare Ammo per Glock per year. If they have to qualify every quarter, that leaves 438.75 rounds for practice and quals, per quarter. Then add in 45 rounds per pistol at the end of the year for "Freshness", the numbers are well within the range of a Good LEO training program. Then the whole thing starts all over every year.
Granted, that doesn't count any H+K .40 S+W Submachine Guns DHS may still have, nor does it take into account any "Baby Glocks" (or even those Agencies who may not use Glocks), nor does it take into account if they are stockpiling "Just in Case," nor those Agencies who are Notorious for saying "Yeah, we Qualified", but no one's hit the Range in 5 years, but you get the point. It just looks like someone in the DHS Bureaucracy is trying to upgrade/ensure that FireArms standards are at a "Good" level. Which is unlike a lot of Police Depts. who only fire their weapons once a year, yet who claim they are the "Only Ones" who are "Trained" well enough to have a Pistol.
Now if DHS announced that all TSA Agents were to be Armed w/o going through FLETC, THEN I'd be worried. But this just sounds like someone is actually doing their Job.
Tam on April 1, 2012 at 10:39 am said:
Don't forget that DHS runs FLETC. It also includes the Coast Guard, and has under its purview the Border Patrol, Secret Service, and Federal Air Marshals; the latter three agencies are not known for skimping on their training ammo budgets.


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While many have accused Microsoft of throwing indies under the bus, Sony have reaffirmed their commitment by announcing huge PS4 support for indie devs.
If consumers are at the forefront of a company's mind when they develop a brand new console, then where are developers in the food chain? For Sony, developers are at the core of the creation of the PS4, as the entire console was produced with their thoughts and ideas and opinions in mind. More so, in Sony's PS4 plans are indie developers, who Sony believe will truly hammer home their idea of 'games over all else', in conjunction with their huge list of exclusive PS4 titles (over which they've promised 20 will be released within the PS4's launch year). Here are the best of the recently announced indie bunch.
The first of these titles is Transistor, which is from the same team that made the critically acclaimed game "Bastion". Transistor is set in the city of "Cloudbank", during a time where the location's most influential voices are going missing and as the game's reveal trailer will tell you, Red, the main protagonist, is worried that she'll be next. Similarly to Bastion, Transistor is also an action game. That's currently all we know but Sony have enough faith in it to feature it in its E3 presser, so it's more than good enough for me.
Don't Starve
Being described as an "uncompromising, wilderness survival game full of science and magic", in Don't Starve, you play as a character called Wilson, a "Gentleman Scientist" who's been trapped by a demon and dumped into a spooky wilderness. Always with the demons. Don't Starve's selling point is that the game's entire world is, according to the developer, randomly generated. And don't expect the game to be an easy ride either, as the dev are also saying that "Basically, you try not to die, but you will. A lot." Intriguing indeed.
Mercenary Kings is a 4 player co-op shoot-em-up that allows you and three friends to take on a evil organisation called "CLAW". What's interesting about Mercenary Kings is that it will match old-skool foundations (the visuals, the premise, the running and gunning) with a new school flavour when it arrives on PS4, as the game also includes a "compelling" crafting system. You'll go on missions, take out enemies and get rewarded with loot. And it doesn't get any better than that.
Now here's a game that promise to scare the ever-loving faecal matter out of you when it launches. As a "survival horror" title set in an abandoned asylum,Outlast is playing brave by attempting to put the chills down your spine without the use of the undead. Instead you have to take on escaped patients and as you play as a journalist who has no weapons or fighting ability, your task to get free is only going to be made even harder.
All of the games sees incredibly promising so it'll be interesting to see just how they develop over the run up to the PS4's release.
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Submitted by Kropotkin on Thu, 2009-05-14 21:28
The World Superbike series returns to Kyalami in South Africa for the first time since 2002, and through no particular fault of Infront Motor Sport, the series couldn't have chosen a worse time to visit such a physical and technical track. A large part of the field is either injured or has been replaced due to injury, leaving the injured and unfamiliar to struggle to get the bike round the difficult circuit. What's more, Kyalami is located on the high plain of South Africa's eastern plateau, and the elevation takes its toll on both bikes and riders. At Monza, an injured rider could rest a little down the long straights. At Kyalami, that's virtually impossible.
The track is new to some, and all too familiar to others. The manufacturers designated teams tested here back in December last year, and a number of the veterans have raced at Kyalami in the past. Perhaps half the riders on the World Superbike grid will have ridden here previously, while a far smaller proportion of the World Supersport grid will have seen the South African track before.
With little previous form to go on, this leaves the race a rather unpredictable affair, apart from the pattern which has dominated the season so far. The races are likely to be shared between Ben Spies and Noriyuki Haga again, Spies so far managing to maintain his 50% win ratio, while Haga continues to finish either 1st or 2nd. But Haga's mask of reliability slipped at Monza, if through no fault of his own.
In race 1, Haga should have finished 3rd, having been comprehensively beaten by Spies and outclassed by his team mate Michel Fabrizio, but Spies Yamaha R1 running out of fuel left Haga in 2nd spot. In race 2, Haga hit a flock of pigeons through the very high speed Curva Grande, damaging Haga's arm and causing him to lose sensation in it, which later caused him to crash out of the race. It didn't cause Haga to lose his sense of humor, as is evident from the popup on his web site. Haga is the only current rider to have won at Kyalami, taking victory back in 2000, and so has a slight advantage going into the race, though one which is probably negated by the pain Haga is still suffering from the lacerations in his arm.
Ben Spies dominated at Monza, and only a miscalculation on fuel saw him run out of gas in the very last corner of the race. Spies is clearly the man to beat in World Superbikes, but is doing an excellent job of beating himself, with two race crashes and the fuel incident. He is due another double, though, and if he can stay on the bike, he looks capable of taking one in South Africa.
One of the most interesting things to watch at Kyalami will be how Michel Fabrizio does. The Italian took his first win in 87 races at Monza, after 14 previous visits to the podium. Sometimes a first win can rid a rider of the monkey on his back and allow him to rise to the greater heights that he had always thought himself capable of. But sometimes, the first win turns out to be nothing more than an anomaly, a blip in normal service. Fabrizio should be running with Haga and Spies anyway this weekend, but the interest will come in whether he looks capable of taking another victory.
The Ten Kate Hondas also showed signs of improvement at Monza, with Ryuichi Kiyonari taking two podiums, and Johnny Rea getting a 4th and a 5th. The Ten Kate team have struggled with the new bike since the start of the season, but may now finally be getting on track. While Kiyonari is the type of rider who is brilliant at one circuit and nowhere at another, Rea should be able to build on the results from Monza and make progress up the championship table. So far, neither Rea nor Kiyonari have looked capable of a win, but if the Hondas are being sorted out, then that day must be coming soon.
After the carnage of the first-corner pile up at Monza's silly chicane, the World Superbike field will be full of unfamiliar faces at Kyalami. Max Neukirchner, Brendan Roberts, Makoto Tamada and Troy Corser were all injured badly enough to have to miss the South African race. As a result, Fonsi Nieto, Gregorio Lavilla, local boy Sheridan Morais and veteran Steve Martin will be filling in for them, while another local rider Shaun Whyte will be riding in place of David Checa. Both Lavilla and Martin have experience here in the past, while Morais is the reigning South African Superbike champion, and so knows Kyalami like the back of his hand. Morais' problem is that he will be riding the uncompetitive Kawasaki, though that didn't prevent him from taking the SA Superbike title last year.
If the World Superbike title is looking like a two-man race, there are are six riders who look capable of winning every weekend in World Supersport, and another couple who could win on occasion. The most impressive riders so far have been the class rookies Cal Crutchlow on the factory Yamaha and Eugene Laverty on the Parkalgar Honda, both men having taken two victories. The Yamaha has the edge on top speed, but Laverty's CBR600RR is no slouch either, and both men are evenly matched in terms of talent. On any weekend, either or both of these men will be involved at the front, and in at the kill as the bikes cross the finish line.
Crutchlow's team mate Fabien Foret and Ten Kate's Andrew Pitt bring the benefit of experience to Kyalami, both men having ridden here the last time the Supersport series ran here in 2002. But both men have had their problems this year, Foret getting off to a slow start and being completely outclassed by his rookie team mate. The Frenchman is slowly recovering his form, finishing 4th at Assen and 3rd at Monza, though there was a good deal of complaining about the manner in which Foret took that 3rd spot in Italy. He will need a few more podiums if he is to hold on to his job at the end of the year.
Andrew Pitt could hardly have thought his title defense would turn out to be such an uphill task at the start of the season, but problems with the 2009 Honda have caused Pitt and team mate Kenan Sofuoglu to struggle far more than expected this season, despite the model changes being minimal. As Ten Kate iron out the bugs, both Pitt and Sofuoglu should be back at the front of the pack, and with Pitt's experience at the track, he could make a start this weekend.
The biggest anomaly in racing at the moment has to be Joan Lascorz on the Glaner Motocard Kawasaki. Not because of Lascorz, who has proven to be a highly talented, if occasionally capricious rider. Rather, the fact that a Kawasaki has looked capable of winning in any form of road racing is surprising indeed: The ZX-10R has been singularly unimpressive in the World Superbike class, and equally invisible in the more restricted FIM Superstock championship. In the European Superstock 600 championship, the Kawasakis are completely outclassed by the Yamahas and the Hondas. It is only in the World Supersport series that Kawasaki's bikes seem to fly, despite both ZX-10R and ZX-6R receiving rave reviews in motorcycle magazines. Building a sports bike is one thing, building a race bike is evidently another.
Finally, there will be not one, but two Lavertys on the World Supersport start grid at Kyalami. Eugene's brother Michael will be filling in for Robin Harms, who broke a collarbone during practice at Monza. With Johnny Rea also from the same part of the world, the World Superbike paddock is becoming home to an increasingly large (Northern) Irish contingent, unsurprising given the long history of racing in that part of the British Isles.
There are a lot of reasons to be glad that the World Superbike series is making a return to Kyalami. If motorcycle racing is to be a truly global sport, then it needs to be present on all the continents, and racing has been missing from Africa for too long. Kyalami has a fantastic layout and has produced some great racing, and is likely to do so again this weekend.
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10 Best Zombie Horror Games To Play In 2019
Mitchell Gassner October 24, 2019 News, Opinions, Trailers
Last week we looked at some of the best psychological horror games available right now. They focused on suspense, mental distress, and jump scares to frighten the hell out of us. This week we are focusing on horror games with a more physical terror to deal with. Grab your guns – lots and lots of guns – and do your best to survive as you to take on zombies, mutants, and science experiments gone wrong in our 10 Best Horror Games To Play In 2019: Zombies, Monsters, and Hordes Edition.
10 – 7 Days To Die
Developer: The Fun Pimps
Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Original Release Date: December 2013
Terror Meter: 3 during the day, 6 at night, 10 when you see the Blood Moon
Listing a release date for 7 Days To Die is sort of a joke since the game appears to be in an eternal Alpha state. That doesn't mean this survival zombie game is a POS, it just means you shouldn't get too attached to your game save since it will be erased when the next update to the game arrives. I've been playing this one for a long time and it is amazing how The Fun Pimps continue to add to and update parts of the game. And they have done it without millions of dollars from selling concept art to whales.
9 – State Of Decay 2
Developer: Undead Labs
Platform(s): PC, Xbox One
Original Release Date: May 2018
Terror Meter: 6 –
There are plenty of zombies to fend off in this base-building survival game but don't expect to see the massive hordes some of the other games on this list throw at you. There are some special zombies lurking around with a trick or two up their rotting sleeves so it's easy to lose one of your group along with the time and effort you put into building up their skills. So grab some guns, load up the back of the pickup with gas, and get ready to rebuild society one Kwik-E-Mart at a time.
8 – Dead Rising 4
Developer: Capcom
Original Release Date: March 2017
Terror Meter: 3 – The scariest thing you will find here is Frank himself.
The Dead Rising franchise is full of zombies but I wouldn't necessarily call it a horror game. It's still on this list because when it comes to killing zombies Dead Rising 4 has some of the most imaginative ways to send the undead back to the grave. There's plenty of weapons to go around, so why not bring along a few of your friends in an online slay fest? Leave Santa to worry about who's been naughty or nice, as Frank West you can treat everyone like they're on the bad list.
7 – Prey
Terror Meter: 7.5 – In space, no one can hear you scream
In space, zombies aren't the only creatures we have to be afraid of. Aboard the space station Talos I, we have been doing research on the Typhon, a hostile alien species that just broke loose (they always do, will we ever learn?) and is now experimenting with how many ways it can kill off its captors. You play as Morgan Yu, and your goal is simple – use whatever you can find to defeat the Typhon and save the station from destruction.
6 – World War Z
Developer: Saber Interactive
Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Original Release Date: April 2019
Terror Meter: 8 – 100 bullets, 200 zombies, you do the math.
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Inspired by the movie of the same name, World War Z replaces the walking dead with a running, jumping, climbing over each other to get at you horde. Remember when your mom asked if your friends jumped off a bridge, would you follow them? Well, World War Z proves the first few may hit the ground hard but every one after that would have a soft landing.
5 – Metro Exodus
Developer: 4A Games
Original Release Date: February 2019
Terror Meter: 7 – Russia was already scary before the apocalypse.
Crumbling buildings, radiation, and mutants. When I was young (queue up the old man rambling about the past background music) that's the picture society painted of the Cold War-era Soviet Union. With Metro Exodus, 4A Games has taken the series out of the claustrophobic tunnels under Moscow and sends you on a journey across Russia in search of a new beginning. The open-world doesn't make it any less tense and scary. Really, try playing this gem in a dark room and see if every noise behind you doesn't make you swing around in fear.
4 – Left 4 Dead 2
Original Release Date: November 2009
Terror Meter: 9 – It's only a matter of time before someone wakes up the Witch
When it comes to co-op zombie survival games, Left 4 Dead 2 is an oldie but a goodie. The standard zombies may not be too tough but when a couple of the special infected get into the mix you're sure to lose a friend or two. Best of all, with names like the Spitter and the Jockey it isn't too hard to figure out how they're going to kill you.
3 – The Evil Within 2
Developer: Tango Gameworks
Original Release Date: October 2017
Terror Meter: 8 – Scarier than the monster living in your closet.
You've been a bad father. In The Evil Within you couldn't stop the death of your daughter, Lily. Now you're back in The Evil Within 2 and in tire horror fashion she isn't really dead. Not in the undead way of not being dead, but in that she didn't really die way. Now all you have to do is find her before she dies for real.
2 – Dying Light
Developer: Techland
Original Release Date: January 2015
Terror Meter: 8.5 – They mostly come out at night. Mostly.
In Dying Light you aren't trying to save your family or rebuild society after the collapse. This time around you're a special agent sent to hunt down the dude that stole some secret document. It just so happens he has taken refuge in Harran, a city under quarantine due to a zombie outbreak. The plan is simple: scavenge for supplies during the day, try to stay alive at night. With an open world to explore and free movement mechanics allowing for some fluid parkour fun, it's easy to forget your life is in danger. At least until the sun goes down and you realize the zombies can climb almost as good as you.
1 – Resident Evil 2 Remake
Terror Meter: 8 – How are they ALWAYS right behind you?
In the remake of the 1998 classic, players are able to once again play as Leon or Claire in this third-person survival masterpiece. The game mechanics have been updated but so many of the things that made the original so fun are still here: slow-moving but hard to kill zombies, limited ammo, and puzzles galore. Resident Evil 2 isn't just a great horror game, I suspect it will be at or near the top of many game of the year lists when all is said and done.
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Dozens of people protested in Afula on Saturday night against the sale of a home to an Arab family. Afula's mayor, Avi Elkabetz, was among the protesters, as well as his deputy, Shlomo Malihi, and some members of the city council.
In response to Haaretz's request for a comment on his participation, Elkabetz said the protest was private and unconnected to the municipality.
The municipality refused to comment as well, but council member Itai Cohen told Haaretz: "We don't have a problem cooperating with Arab businesses, but we won't have them live here. We stand by the residents in this protest … Afula must remain a Jewish city."
The demonstration was announced on Friday via a Facebook page entitled "Otzma Yehudit Afula," referring to the name of the far-right party led by followers of Rabbi Meir Kahane that took part in recent Israeli elections.
The invitation read: "Greetings to all residents of Afula. Our city is being sold. We must not lend a hand to this and we must not be silent. I ask everyone who can and to whom his country is important. I ask you to come on Saturday night. The demonstration is on 1 Hadasim Street (after the cultural center) at 8:30 P.M. In the picture, the new home of …. (danger of blocking). The seller is of course Jewish (doubtfully). Please come. Take part. Shabbat Shalom."
During the demonstration, the Israeli national anthem Hatikva was sung and protesters shouted through a megaphone at a nearby building asking why people were not coming out to protest. The flag of the anti-assimilation group Lehava was seen and Israeli flags were later brought to the scene. According to D., who took part in the protest, the flags were brought by a senior municipality official.
Mayor Elkabetz's campaign featured a slogan calling for Afula to maintain its Jewish character. Before he was elected, he took part in other protests against the sale of homes in the city to Arabs. After the election, members of the city council were sworn in with an oath that they would protect the Jewish character of the city.
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In addition, a number of events in the Afula city park were closed to non-residents of Afula after protests against the entry of families from surrounding communities, presumably Arab.
About six weeks ago relatives of a senior official in the Afula municipality sold a home to an Arab family in the city. Anger was expressed publicly against the sale, but no demonstrations were held.
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As we saw in part one of our series on managing maternity care physicians need to be prepared to successfully navigate the twists and turns of pregnancy and parental leave while in residency or practice. Certainly, the same is true after the baby arrives, when a new set of issues must be addressed. A few issues that are likely foremost in new parents' minds are the length of time they will be able to spend at home with a child before returning to work, what they will do about childcare when they are not at home, and how they will handle all of the unpredictable—yet inevitable—situations that can arise when juggling family and career.
The passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in 1993 made it possible for many parents to spend up to 12 weeks at home with their new child without worrying about loss of employment. Twelve weeks can go by quickly, however, especially if a portion of that leave was used to nurse a high-risk pregnancy. What happens after that depends on a series of variables that, hopefully, new parents have worked through in the weeks and months preceding the birth.
The need for on-site childcare in hospitals was officially broached in 1983, when the Journal of the American Medical Association published an article entitled "Hospitals Should Provide Day-Care for Children of Employees," in which the authors contended that such services would improve productivity, decrease turnover, and aid in recruitment (JAMA. 1983;249:2090–2091). Some 35 years later, that argument has proven to be true for the well-established medical institutions that usually lead the pack in published lists of "the best hospitals in which to work." One such hospital is Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Del., which offers: lactation rooms for breast-feeding mothers along with support services that include counseling, pumps and refrigeration; an onsite childcare center; and a dependent care account to help cover childcare expenses for children under age 13.
In some cases, off-site childcare is an option. Los Angeles' Cedars Sinai Medical Center chose a location two miles off campus in a family-friendly neighborhood for its Maple Bear Academy, which serves children of employees only and is open Monday through Friday, early morning to evening. The childcare center at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, Calif., has similar hours but is located on campus and is open to the local community as well as to employees.
For smaller hospitals and private medical practices, on-site childcare is the exception rather than the rule, a reality that can make working at these facilities less attractive to residents and physicians with growing families. In the absence of childcare support, many physicians opt to work part-time while their spouse works full-time, but this can often limit the ability to pursue a specialty or vie for a promotion.
There's no getting around it: In the U.S., the vast majority of working parents who require a steady income are obliged to spend large chunks of time away from their new babies. Having in-home care, especially if it is provided by a trusted family member or friend, seems like the next best thing to being there—especially if that caregiver happens to be the father.
"There's an increasing push for fathers to be able to take time off at the time that a child is born or adopted," said Kim Templeton, MD, past president of the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA). Although FMLA provides for paternity leave, most states still do not provide paid family leave to mothers and fathers on an equal basis, however, and a 2012 U.S. Department of Labor study reported that only 13% of men who took parental leave received pay, compared with 21% of women. "There is still this mindset that women are rearing their children, while time spent by fathers with their children is 'babysitting,'" Dr. Templeton added.
Linda Kossoff is a freelance medical writer based in California.
Employer guidelines for use might include break times for pumping and a flexible work schedule or job sharing to enable mothers to nurse their babies at work. The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau has developed a resource kit for employers called "The Business Case for Breastfeeding".
67% of programs surveyed employed a maternity leave policy.
48% of programs offered leave for the non-childbearing parent.
58% cited a six-week maternity leave policy.
45% cited a one-week paternity leave policy.
38% reported availability of on-site childcare.
58% reported availability of lactation facilities.
46% of university program directors said that the research years are the best time to have a child during residency.
52% of independent program directors said that no particular time during residency is best.
61% of all program directors reported that becoming a parent negatively affects female trainees' work.
33% said a female resident's becoming a parent placed an increased burden on fellow residents.


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Authorities Should Pledge to Ensure Rights Protections
This month marks 10 years since the end of Sri Lanka's long and brutal civil war. But instead of celebrating peace and seeking justice for crimes committed during that conflict, Sri Lanka faces another terrible challenge, and is again under a state of emergency.
On April 21, Easter Sunday, nine suicide bombers allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS) targeted churches and hotels, killing more than 250 people and injuring over 500.
As the government works to restore security and bring those responsible to justice , military checkpoints have returned to the streets. The Prevention of Terrorism Act and new emergency regulations provide sweeping powers of detention without charge, and the authority to curtail other rights including freedom of expression. For many, this is a painful reminder of the insecurity of the civil war years.
Muslims in Sri Lanka, especially around 1,500 refugees and asylum seekers , mostly persecuted minorities from Pakistan and Afghanistan, have suddenly found themselves in a particularly uncomfortable position. Falsely linked to the bombings by angry local residents, around 1,200 are crowded into three makeshift sites, where they have been living with meager basic necessities for almost two weeks.
All face coverings, including face veils used by some Muslim women, have been banned . While the authorities said keeping faces uncovered is necessary for security reasons, suspicious employers and neighbors have sometimes demanded women even remove their head scarves. Landlords facing local pressure have evicted Muslim refugees from their homes. And in Negombo, where one of the church bombings occurred, a private dispute developed into communal violence in which homes and shops of Muslims were destroyed.
Even as many Sri Lankans, including church leaders , try to prevent the situation from deteriorating, activists worry the enhanced security measures can lead to a repeat of past abuses, which included forced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, prolonged detention without charge, and torture, including sexual abuse.
The government now says all the perpetrators of the Easter attacks have been killed or detained . It is important that these appalling bombings do no further harm. Sri Lanka's fragile progress towards protecting fundamental rights, as pledged in a 2015 United Nations Human Rights Council resolution, need to be safeguarded.
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Article on worsening security situation after bomb attacks on 21 April 2019; new emergency laws grant authorities power to restrict rights and of detention without charges
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/05/10/fear-returns-sri-lanka-after-bombings
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