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Supplement Review: Fantasy Maps by Maciej Zagorski from The Forge Studios
By Game Knight, on October 8th, 2013
If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a fan of maps. Dungeon maps. World maps. Town maps. Whatever it may be, I'm probably going to go over it with a fine-toothed comb looking for inspiration for a plot, world, or character. Even the smallest maps can offer shiny nuggets to inspire me to go in weird directions.
So recently I saw that artist Maciej Zagorski and The Forge Studios released Fantasy Maps, a collection of 10 different black and white maps. Each map is presented in three different forms: a full-page rendering, a full-page rendering with a grid, and a half-page format with space for notes. The hand-drawn style is gorgeous, with details in all the right places from crops and trees to ships, bluffs, shorelines, and buildings.
I wish there was a bit more detail on each. For instance, a map key would be helpful to show the difference between a road and a river more clearly or whether a particular ridge goes up or down. But beyond that I think each offers plenty of food for thought.
A few of my favorites from the collection include:
Map #3 (pages 9-11) – The ruins on the island already have me wondering what happened there and the circle of stones at the south end of the map also has possibilities.
Maps #4 (pages 12-14) and #5 (pages 15-17) – Both of these offer tons of potential with a keep on a hill and villages tending crops. What are the relationships between the highlanders and the lowlanders?
Map #6 (pages 18-20) – Like with #3, there are two areas that have me wondering about the separations between them. The cemetery at the northwest corner and the structure or giant tree (can't tell what it is) in the center. How do they relate?
Map #7 (pages 24-26) – This self-contained little community complete with a dock, crops, and a small keep, offers all sorts of possibilities.
Map #10 (pages 30-32) – This walled community is a warren of alleys and streets. A small city campaign would be awesome here.
Whether you're looking for a map for your current campaign or simply looking for ideas, every map in this collection has something to share. And for $4, it's going to be tough to get this many maps in one place anywhere else.
For more about The Forge Studios and Fantasy Maps…
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We must always be vigilant to places that have more than one purpose, and the number of people who hang out in these environments. For example, if you have a living room with a central table, where often receives a strong lighting is desirable. But, if in the same room, you have a tv and watch alone most of the time, a supplementary lighting (weaker) is necessary, reducing consumption and excessive light.
A very common mistake is not to remember that the lamps emit heat, in addition to the light. In a dining room with a low luster, it is rather unpleasant, because people may start to sweat. In addition, lamps that emit a large amount of heat they tend to be less efficient in lighting, in addition to increasing the spending on care.
Always remember the purpose and flow of people of each space to be illuminated. The kitchen calls for a strong light, to have accuracy in the preparation of dishes, as well as a room that receives, often, about ten people, for example. Already the corner of the room, usually intended for reading at night, need a weaker and direct light. Decorative areas, like Japanese garden, received well an indirect lighting.
Nowadays the most used residences in Brazil lamps are common incandescent, halogen incandescent:, fluorescent and LED lights. They vary so much in appearance, ranging from yellowish to bluish-white (this scale is measured in degrees Kelvin), and also on the amount of heat emitted. It is interesting to balance the House with these options, for example, workplaces and ask for a bluish light reading, while places to relax are requesting a more yellowish.
There are several objects that can help you make an efficient and modern lighting. In the halls and rooms, use lamps and floor lamps, which do not require installation. The use of dimmers (tool that controls the light intensity) throughout the House reduces the need of different lamps. There are sets of coloured lights that light up, let the beautiful surroundings.
You must take extreme care with the wiring of all parts of House lighting. In addition to being visually ugly, exposed wiring and short can lead to Sparks, burnt, and even the risk of small fires, and brings a greater frequency of burning lamps.
As we have seen, becoming aware of some details, it's easy to make a beautiful environments, modern lighting and efficient. There are several options for lamps and appliances on the market by balancing the demands of home with your taste. If you liked the post and want to know more, Subscribe to our newsletter!


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[Discussion] Screenwriter's Cheat Sheet (Aki)
I've always wondered what a script "doctor" or a producer did with your script. I mean, the great ones, I'm told, can take a look at your script and, somehow, be it due to divine, natural gift or an infernal contract they've signed with the Dark Prince, they know where you done fudged up!
How?! Like, for serious, how?
What do they look for? What questions do they ask? And, what are these questions that they ask consistently, for every story?
Well, fam, that's what we'll try and figure out today. Today, we're gonna put together a list of questions that you should ask yourself whenever you have a story idea, an outline, or even a finished script. Today, we're putting together the Screenwriter's Cheat Sheet!
Keep in mind, I'm putting these questions in no particular order; since, you know, they're all important and stuffs.
Is your story made for independent film or a studio production?
I open with this question because it is one of the first things I was exposed to in almost every single one of my screenwriting classes; and because, if you're reading this, you're likely an fellow ambitious whipper-snapper trying to create some serious art and not Wes Anderson.
You always have to consider your resources, especially if you're starting out.
If you're a college student with little capital and writing your first short film, I doubt you'll have the budget to fund a script loaded with visual effects, multiple exotic locations, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as your lead and Hans Zimmer to score.
Your best bet is to see what locations you yourself have access to with ease; i.e., your house, a park, a friend's house, etc... Or, ask your friend's permission to use their house or whatever you need and see if they're gracious enough to let you. Beyond that, you can ask local businesses, as well. If they agree to let you use their location, be very grateful and show them how much you appreciate it; just make sure you aren't taken advantage of in the process.
Then, you hit up your local schools, JCs and theaters in search of actors that want to boost up their resumes by working pro-bono. You'll find a lot of opportunity there and will build up a good list of contacts.
As far as equipment, you ask if you can rent some, or--and you'll be surprised how effective this can be-- you post on your Facebook page if anyone has insert film equipment here that you can borrow for a day-shoot. If someone steps up and offers their gear, again, be very thankful and, just as importantly, don't be a douche and damage their equipment.
Then, once you spend however long playing producer and gathering up your crew, nail down locations and set your schedules, you put your directing hat on and shoot the film in a day or two. Try not to go over that if you're just starting out.
I'm doing the art of directing and cinematography a great injustice here by skipping over them this way, but just know that they're crazy important and you'll learn a lot from jumping in a trying to practice them as a film student. They're not the point of this specific article, is all.
This is also the part where I tell you to start learning how to edit/use Adobe Premiere and After Effects. There are a ton of great YouTube channels that teach you that (check out this link, or, you can check out sites like Lynda.com for courses.
Bonus tip: For those of you that live in Sonoma County, getting a Sonoma County library card will grant you access to Lynda.com's entire library for free; which includes far more than just editing/filmmaking content. It's honestly a fucking steal.
What's the genre?
This is a question I never really consider when I write my scripts; and it always bites me in the ass. I usually end up going for the fantasy/Sin City style of gritty action without realizing it. Sometime it works, sometime it doesn't; either way, the story is affected.
Every genre has its own specific convention, and I'm going to write something on each of the major genres soon. But, consider the horror genre for now. Regardless what sub-genre it is--slasher, zombie, etc...--the story requires a "monster." Can't have a horror film without a Big Bad Wolf.
The romance genre dictates that you have a love interest to your protag, or multiple love interests, even. Believe it or not, you're love interest will probably end up being your protag's "monster"/antagonist.
Action stories need a badass, "my hands are registered weapons" lead that will probably end up in a shoot-em-up extravaganza with the bad guy.
Fantasy stories use quests, wizards, races and might heavily draw from Campbell's ever-popular mono-myth.
Superhero stories might also draw from the mono-myth, but also demand that you have superpowers, costumes, potentially a side-kick and a world-saving scheme.
Sci-fi might employ alternate timelines, spaceships aliens and/or multiple dimensions.
These are quick, surface-level examples, but you get the point.
Consider the genre your story will be in, because it will influence your world-building, character archetypes and general aesthetic.
Who is your audience?
Much like your consideration of genre, deciding your demographic will dictate, at the very least, the tone of your film, the medium in which you deliver it in, how you articulate your theme, the complexity of your plot and whether or not you can have and show butt-stuff.
Consider Batman, my dear reader; hell, we could've picked other superheroes, but Bats is the best example.
Anywho...Batman has been portrayed in comics, animated features, cartoons, glorious 1960's live-action and even MORE glorious, Christopher-Nolan-live-action. Each of these mediums is influenced by and influences both the story and the audience consuming it.
Generally, animated features will be geared towards younger audience members; but we've all seen some that deliver incredibly mature and thought provoking themes. Live-action is subject to the same spectrum that spans from goofy, yet light-hearted, to gritty-but-sprinkled-with-comedy. The point is, realizing the type of audience member you're speaking to will help you better determine the type of dramatic language to best serve as your vehicle for your story. And you want to give your story the best chance you can to be best experienced by your audience.
What is the thematic question?
Theme was a mess of mystery to me for a long time, having studied and been exposed to different 'gurus's different, even conflicting, definitions of it. But, the simplest way I can put it is:
Theme is the point of your story.
Every joke has a punch-line. Every story has a message. Every film has a point. Every telling has a theme.
If we consider your theme as the lesson you're trying to teach your audience, then your story is how you do it. Think about it, what is the best way humans learn? Seriously, take a quick second to come up with an answer.
As far as I'm concerned, it's experience.
If someone told me "war is awful," I would nod my head and go, "sure;" not really understanding the depth of meaning in those words. But, if I was dropped smack-dab in the middle of Iraq with a band of soldiers facing off against insurgents, I would have a far better, incredibly more visceral understanding of "war is awful."
Now, as writers, stories are the closest thing we have to experience. We can flat-out tell our audience the message behind our story: "War sucks donkey balls, bruh." But, it's far better for our audience if we showed them.
Now, we can't fly them to the Death Star or walk them to Mordor, but we can show them characters that can/will. We can show them who these characters are, what they care about, how they risk everything for their personal purpose, how they suffer and overcome, and, ultimately, if they succeed or fail.
What I'm trying to say is, your theme needs to be dramatized for it to be internalized and understood. That's what stories do, they show us the wisdom inherent in our actions.
"Country above self," "love conquers all," "bacon is king."
For those of you thinking that last one was a real theme, it wasn't; but it totally should be.
Your thematic question is one posed in every scene of your story; and, more than that, it's answered by your theme.
For example, if your thematic question is, "how can you best honor your family?," then your theme can/will be, "by putting their needs before your own." This should be shown to the audience through your characters actions; be it in the positive/the character did put family first, or the negative/the character didn't put family first.
Since showing the answer to the thematic question--showing the theme--is the point of you telling this story, it would make sense that the more your hero fails in accomplishing this answer, the further away they get from their goal and the more they suffer.
Let's say your hero wants to get that big promotion in their company; that's their Bull's Eye, which we'll talk about in a later question. So, they're after this big promotion, but, at a point in the film, you, the brilliant writer that you are, force them to decide between betraying their sister and guaranteeing that they'd fall into their boss's good graces, or, honor their sister and jeopardize all the work they've done towards getting that promotion.
Now, if your protag doesn't betray their family, they'll either get the job through different means or won't get the job but realize that what they really needed was something else entirely and will get that instead; depending on how you write it.
If the protag does screw their sister over, they'll have the job, but realize that having it tastes bland, even disgusting, now that they've compromised their character and shit on this all-too-important bond.
Write down your thematic question and its theme/answer and keep it in front of you at all times when you write. It'll keep your writing focused and your scenes tight.
Who is your protagonist?
Your protagonist is the character most connected to the audience. Theirs is the purpose we root for. Whatever they want to achieve, we want them to achieve. They're the character we most care about, the character who is most active/moves the storyline forward, and the character with the most screen-time. Your protagonist is your main character.
That being said, and beyond their structural/story role, your protagonist can be anyone. They can be a literal lowly ant or God herself; it doesn't matter, actually. It only matters insofar as how they relate to the story. Their story has to be the most interesting one in that story world; which implies that they themselves must be the most interesting character in that story world.
This point is crucial for two reasons. The first is for the sake of the audience. If you don't give the audience your 'best' character--in this case, the character that will evoke the most emotion in them--then you're severely underselling your story and shortchanging your audience.
The second is for your own sake as a writer. If you don't choose a character that excites you, impresses you, even surprises you during the long writing process, you're going to find yourself hard-pressed to keep writing. You're going to be spending a lot of time with this character. So much so that you'll likely get to know them more than you know anyone; maybe even yourself. So, it's a good idea to take a second to pick a character that, to you, is very fun; and to also be willing to change your main character if they don't fit this criteria.
Personally, I like to learn as much about my lead as possible: Favorite pastime, books, songs, color, music, who their idols are, their brand of humor, how they choose to solve problems, are they a toilet-paper-roll-rolls-over or rolls-under kinda person...you know, important stuff. Butt, when it comes down to it, there are three basic elements that you must know about your protagonist. If you don't know those three, it doesn't matter if you know what your character weighed when they were born or which hand they jack-off with. If you don't know those three elements, you don't know your character.
Those three elements are: The character's Bull's Eye, their Wound, and their Flaw.
What is your protag's Bull's Eye?
Bull's Eye is a term I use to better illustrate, for myself, what other's call Outer Motivation, Goal, External Motivation, and anything that means what your hero is after.
You need to know what your hero will be chasing throughout your story because, if you're hazy on that detail, your story will fall apart.
Are they trying to stop a meteor hurdling towards Earth or find their long lost home? Are they trying to win that dance competition or climb Mount Everest? And so on.
The thing to remember about your protag's Bull's Eye is that it needs to be both specific and visual; otherwise, it won't work.
If I told you that my protag's Bull's Eye is to save the city, your response will probably be, "uh, how? From what?" These questions demand details. There are a lot of things that a person can "save the city" from. Poverty, the plague, awful fashion fads, the damn Kardashians.
A Bull's Eye needs to be specific so we know when the protag finally achieves or hits it; otherwise, the audience won't know when the story is over.
Batman's Bull's Eye is to save Gotham by stopping Ra's/the JokeBane.
Jessica Jones's Bull's Eye is to stop/kill Kilgrave.
Wreck-It Ralph's Bull's Eye is to get back his (stolen) Hero's Medal.
Dory's Bull's Eye is to find her family.
All those Bull's Eyes are visual and specific, and we can easily tell if the protag hits or misses them/is getting closer or further away from them at any point in the story.
You'll also notice that they're goals that can be broken down into mini/many smaller goals, as well as being open to evolving.
Batman's main Bull's Eye (stopping the Joker) is broken down into several smaller battles throughout the film; which include finding the Joker, ending his killing spree, saving Rachael, maintaining Dent's reputation as Gotham's White Knight, and, finally, stopping the Joker. All those are minor, albeit emotional skirmishes that make up the protag's Bull's Eye.
The protag will lose a lot, if not most, of those 'battles,' but that will only better enforce how difficult it the antagonist was as an obstacle, and how heroic they were in besting said antagonist.
I prefer to think of the protag-antag relationship in terms of warfare, because their confrontation must be so intense and have so many loses and reversals that the protag baaaarely comes out on top, and almost never unscathed.
What's your protag's Wound and resulting Flaw?
We all have Wounds. By "Wounds" I mean, defining traumatic moments. Getting physically and emotionally bullied by Mark Bateson in 6th grade (Wound) resulted in us--the royal 'us'--being afraid of confrontation (Flaw).
Losing our pants during 10th grade P.E. in front of our--royal 'our'--class (Wound) resulted in 'us' being cripplingly uncomfortable with our bodies, not just in a "let's go swimming" setting, but overall.
What I'm hoping you notice here is not my run-of-the-mill high school trauma, but that Wounds are experiences that dictate what emotional battles we must engage in within ourselves on a daily basis in order to be our best selves.
Your protag, and, believe it or not, antag, can and should have Wounds and Flaws to overcome; because, that's what it means to have a character arc, or, to put it in other terms, growth. Or, even better, a character having a Wound and Flaw not only makes them relatable, but it makes them just like us: human.
In Anger Management, a young Dave Buznik has his shorts and underwear pulled by a bully while trying to kiss a girl in public (Wound). The embarrassment and accompanying emotional trauma stays with him well into his adult life and leaves him unable to be affectionate towards his girlfriend in public, and causes him to repress any and all emotion; ergo, making him Hulk-levels of angry under the seemingly quiet surface.
Once Dave is transformed by the events of the story and undergoes character growth as a result/survives Jack Nicholson, the pivotal moment of him kissing someone in public--which he experienced in the beginning in the film--is repeated again with his girlfriend near the end. Except, this time, Dave, now changed, succeeds/gives her a "five-second Frencher."
One thing to take note of:
Despite Dave being a fully-developed human being (as the writer artfully portrayed), the story only addresses ONE of his Wounds and the ONE resulting Flaw of said Wound. Why? Because the story could only handle solving a single traumatic event/emotional scar combo at a time. Having any more would be too much for both the writer and the audience to handle.
One story. One Wound. One Flaw. That's it.
What is your antagonist's Bull's Eye, Wound and Flaw?
Since I've already discussed what Wound and Flaw are, I don't feel the need to go over it again.
But, let's talk about your antagonist's Bull's Eye; and, feel free to refer to what a Bull's Eye is by looking back at what I wrote.
The reason I want to stress your antag's Bull's Eye is because it's a defining attribute of any great villain.
To put it simply, your antagonist has to want exactly the same thing as your protagonist.
Let's say you and I are protag and antag pairing (dibs on being the antag, my dude). And, let's say that we're both on the playground with a bunch of toys in front of us. Now, your Bull's Eye, as the protag, is to grab that sick, voice-activated Gamora action figure. What would happen between us if my Bull's Eye, as the antag, was to grab the equally-badass Deadpool action figure?
Short answer: Nothing.
Long answer: There would be no conflict, no drama, no story.
Why? Because we both want different things, and, we can both have what they want. It's a win-win for both of us.
But, if we both want one or both actions figures, it means that we'll be butting heads at every point in the story. It means that there will be a winner and there will be a loser. And, more profoundly, since we both feel the need to have said action figures, the stakes are personal; meaning, we will put everything on the line for a chance to have those action figures.
I've already given you the 'warfare' analogy to describe the protag-antag relationship. But you can also think of it in terms of conflict. If there is no conflict between your protag and antag, there is no drama, there is no emotion, there is no story.
Which brings us to our next question:
What is the main relationship driving the story?
As far as I'm concerned, your protag-antag relationship is the most important and main relationship of your story. But, that answer comes with nuances.
In a straight up action flick, the good guy-bad guy relationship is what's obviously driving the plot, since their gun-toting, explosion-ridden fights are a convention at the heart of the genre. I can almost hear some of you saying, "but, what about the hero's love-interest, amigo? That's pretty important."
To that I say, sure, fam, romance is important. But, in terms of character growth--the element that makes a character most relatable/human--which is more important: The protag and love-interest getting together, or, the protag realizing that they must overcome both their proverbial and literal demons (antag) before earning their place in paradise (love-interest)?
Let's shift gears for a second.
To my male audience out there: Fellas, do you know why women are so 'difficult?'
The answer is really pretty simple: Because we, as men, need them to be.
Picture a guy who isn't motivated, doesn't want to do anything, doesn't want to work for anything, has no values or standards, doesn't try to better himself in any personal or practical way, has no prospects of any sorts and still gets the perfect woman.
How realistic is that?
Shit, even in film that's asking too much. Personally, if I was sitting in that theater, it'd take all of thirty seconds for me to get my ass out of there and ask for my money back.
The point: Women test us to see if we're being, or at the very least trying to be, our best selves every single minute of the day.
In fiction, your protag's relationship with your antagonist is that test.
Your protag must overcome their greatest adversary, the one person that stands between them and their noblest self, before they can live their 'happy ever after.'
Now, I'm not saying that everyone is looking for love, though the argument can sure as hell be made; what I'm saying is, romance/love is a very powerful mechanism inside us humans and that makes it something that super-charges any story with emotional content.
Basically, love sells, boys and girls.
Ever hear of Titanic? The Notebook? Fifty Shades of Grey?
The most important relationship in your story is the one between your protag and antag; even if you, as an audience member, worship that gem of a love story at the heart of all the action.
Now, a caveat.
When it comes to romance films, you'll find that the antagonist is actually the love-interest. This is because both the protag and antagonist/love-interest are looking for love, in most cases, and the only thing standing in their way is each other.
Think of When Harry Met Sally. Or, What Women Want, Think Like A Man, Hitch, or any of the examples listed above. The character that makes the protag's life most difficult--a defining trait of the antag--is the one person they want most: their love-interest. It's actually a pretty brilliant dynamic to have in a story, and one you should always consider when designing the protag-antag relationship. Even Nolan did it in The Dark Knight Rises.
The good guy-bad guy and protag-love-interest relationships are just two examples that make for a driving relationship in story. There are a ton more that can be the heart of your telling. The most prominent one I've seen in recent years is the parent-child relationship; with examples like: Big Daddy, The Last of Us, Logan and the most recent God of War.
Nail down the most important relationship in your story so you can focus on it and draw as much emotional content from it as possible to entertain and connect with your audience.
Use this list to check any inconsistencies in your story, be it a fully-written script or just a germ of an idea. If something doesn't make sense or, fix it, obviously; or, get rid of it and start over.
Once you've ironed out the details, it's a good idea to write a synopsis of your story. I'd say a paragraph for each act addressing this checklist would do, generally. After that, you'll have a pretty air-tight script in terms of structure, character development and delivery of emotion. You can decide if it needs more pretty-ing up from there.
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Does Uncertain Patentability Explain the Stormy Environment for IPOs?
Does an Uncertain Patentability Climate Explain the Stormy Environment for IPOs?
When a private company decides to have its stock listed on a public exchange, it makes an initial public offering (IPO) of a certain number of shares at a price that reflects the company's overall value. It provides an opportunity for private venture capitalists to reap a sizable return on the early investment they made in the company. Companies that complete an IPO are required to make public disclosures of quarterly earnings and other important business information, but it does give a company the ability to raise capital from a much larger pool of investors.
In recent years, however, a decline in the number of IPOs conducted by previously private companies has had a big impact on the overall number of companies publicly listed on American stock exchanges. IPO volume in the United States has retreated from an average of 311 companies going public each year between 1980 and 2000 down to an average of 99 companies going public annually between 2001 and 2011. Numbers reported by The Economist indicate that the overall number of public companies in the United States have declined from 7,322 companies in 1996 down to 3,671 by April 2017.
This drawback in the number of publicly listed companies and companies going public through an IPO has come at a time when the overall value of the stock market has greatly increased. The Economist notes that the value of publicly listed firms has increased from 105 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 1996 up to 136 percent of GDP in 2017. Although the stock market went through a sizable correction in February, the value of the Dow Jones index briefly broke above 26,000 this January. In the year after the election of President Donald Trump, the Dow Jones increased in value by 28.5 percent, the biggest one-year gain after an election for that index since 1945. Clearly, there's reason to be positive about the current state of the stock market and the national economy.
When trying to explain the decrease in U.S. businesses going public, commentators tend to point out increased regulations for public companies rolled out during the 2000s and the increased ease of finding sources of private venture capital in the Internet age. But is it possible that an inability to properly protect a business model because of weakened patent rights is at least a contributing factor?
Last March, the American business world watched as the technology and social media company Snap went public in an IPO which valued Snap at $17 per share. Snap shares rose to nearly $24.50 on their first day of trading, an increase of 44 percent in one day. Since then, the value of Snap shares has languished and shares were valued at about $17.60 at the time of this writing. A recent redesign of the Snapchat platform has attracted criticism from many longtime users including Kylie Jenner, reportedly the most viewed person on Snapchat. Jenner's recent criticism of the platform redesign has been tied to a 7 percent decline in Snap shares.
Snap's business woes have to do with much more than investor response to the current Twitterocracy, however. Ever since going public, Snap has seen many of its most popular features copied on the various social media services offered by American tech giant Facebook. Around the time of Snap's IPO, business news outlet CNBC identified at least five different features Facebook had copied from Snap. Snap has continued to try to develop new features but those have suffered from a lack of user engagement. Of course, if those features were to actually create new engagement with users, it's likely that you'd see Facebook or a different competitor copy that feature, too. Competitors can copy software features with relative impunity because of uncertain patentability standards for the software underpinning these online networks. If Snap cannot protect its ability to differentiate its platform, how is it going to compete with a rival that has more resources and a larger base of distribution? If Facebook and Snap compete on user experience, and that experience is essentially the same between both, there's no way for Snap, the smaller player, to gain any sort of competitive advantage.
The message being sent by America's tech elite seems simple enough: if you go public under a business model you can't protect, we will copy you and push you out of your own market. These are the same companies who lobby for patent system reforms that weaken patent rights to further aid their ability to keep competition from smaller companies at bay.
It's not just venture capital or businesses that suffer from the stagnation of IPOs. Fewer publicly listed companies means that many investment avenues are closed off to the majority of Americans trading on public exchanges and are increasingly the province of private institutions. When tech giants like Facebook engage in copy and steal tactics, it puts billions of dollars worth of American shareholder value at risk.
An analysis of U.S. capital markets published last May by Ernst & Young noted that the decline of IPO activity over the past 20 years has been so significant that it has warranted conversations on policy action to reverse the trend. A restoration of patent rights, which gives a patent owner a reasonable ability to obtain and enforce patents, could very well have the positive impact desired to improve the business climate for IPOs.
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Baseball: CCC earns berth in Region XIX championship game
Tom McGurk
The Cumberland County College baseball team, the top-ranked squad in the nation, recorded a pair of wins on Sunday to force a winner-take-all Region XIX championship game on Monday.
The top-seeded Dukes (52-6) will host Northampton in Monday's title contest at 3 p.m.
Cumberland County College went 3-1 over the weekend to force the one-game championship. The Dukes established a program record for wins in a season.
CCC knocked off Rowan College at Gloucester County 4-3 in Sunday's opening game and pinned a 6-3 loss on Northampton in the nightcap. Northampton defeated the Dukes 4-3 on Saturday.
Against RCGC, Chris Salvey delivered a walk-off solo homer for the Dukes. Greg Avis, a Delsea Regional High School graduated earned the win with 2.1 of stellar relief pitching, allowing one hit and striking out three.
Anthony Harrold (Gloucester Catholic) had two hits for CCC.
In the nightcap, Vineland grad Tovine Potts went 3-for-5 with three RBIs while Harrold and Marco Rios (Buena) each had two hits for CCC.
Justin Smith improved to 9-1 with seven strong innings, allowing two earned runs and striking out three. Avis recorded the save.
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7 fan theories so good they actually came true
From the Doctor's Tardis and Harry Potter's true fate to whatever happened to the Klingon's faces, fans have often come up with ideas so convincing they made it into TV and film…
By Huw Fullerton
Tuesday, 1st December 2015 at 9:20 am
Speculating about your favourite film and TV series is an awful lot of fun, whether it's unpicking a convoluted issue with the latest episode of Doctor Who or showing Harry and Draco are truly perfect for one another.
However, once or twice fan theories have gone a little bit further than their creators probably imagined, having either correctly predicted a surprise plot point or directly inspired those writing for their favourite characters.
Here are just a few of our favourite fan theories that ended up coming true…
1. The Doctor's Tardis is supposed to have 6 pilots
Considering he's a centuries-old genius and Time Lord, the Doctor always did seem to have a bit of trouble piloting his Tardis – but fans had a solution for why that could be (apart from it being an obsolete Type 40, of course).
Given the time machine's central console was hexagonal (and all the controls therefore couldn't be reached at any one time), could it be that the Tardis was intended for not one, but six pilots?
This fun idea circled around for a while and made some appearance Doctor Who spin-off media before it was finally embraced by the main series in 2008, with David Tennant's Doctor enlisting all his friends to help pilot the time machine in series 4 finale Journey's End.
Rarely have fan theories had such an uplifting conclusion – usually it's just RSI and some angry comments on a messageboard.
2. Star Trek's Klingons were genetically mutated
In the original series of Star Trek, alien warriors the Klingons looked…well, exactly as if someone had tried to make people look a bit like aliens but only had a 50p budget. Jump forward a decade to the first Star Trek movie, however, and the Klingons looked completely different with ridged foreheads. So what happened?
In reality it was just that the special effects budget improved, but that wasn't enough for fans who speculated that some sort of genetic mutation had caused the change – so after a while, the series adopted the theory as fact.
First hinted at in a Deep Space Nine episode, the mutation theory was finally fully explained in a season four episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, with the Klingons said to have dabbled in genetic mutation and for a period losing their distinctive facial ridges. Probably best they stick to the fighting and leave the science, then.
3. Jon Snow isn't really dead
Technically this one goes back a bit, because while Kit Harington's Snow was only offed in this year's Game of Thrones finale the books the HBO series is based on had him stabbed back in 2011.
Back then fans had their doubts about Jon really being dead, theorising that he could have "warged" into his direwolf Ghost or been resurrected by Red Priestess Melisandre, and since his death in the series the speculation has grown even more insistent.
Now, given that Harington has been seen filming scenes as the character and features on the first poster (above) for the next series, it seems we can assume the fans were right. We'll have to wait to see if they correctly guessed his true parentage as well (R+L=J, right guys?)…
4. The Genie in Aladdin is also the shopkeeper at the beginning
Classic animation Aladdin opens with a shopkeeper attempting to sell various pieces of junk to a passer-by, before settling on a lamp that allows him to narrate the tale of a boy and his genie.
However, some eagle-eyed viewers noticed that the peddler/narrator had a pretty familiar voice – Comedian Robin Williams, who voiced the scene-stealing genie throughout the movie. So was the shopkeeper supposed to be the same character?
"That was the whole intention, originally," director Ron Clements revealed earlier this year.
"We even had that at the end of the movie, where he would reveal himself to be the Genie, and of course Robin did the voice of the peddler. Just through story changes and some editing, we lost the reveal at the end. So, that's an urban legend that actually is true."
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5. Harry Potter was a Horcrux all along (and Dumbledore might have been Death)
While Harry may not have realised he contained one of the pieces of Voldemort's soul (neither did Voldemort, in fairness), many Harry Potter fans had already worked out that Harry would probably have to sacrifice himself to kill his foe.
Still, because this is more of a correct prediction than a fan theory come to life, we'd also love to include here the connected fan theory that Snape, Voldemort and Harry represent the three Peverell brothers of the old magical tale by Beedle the Bard (see video below).
Voldemort is the eldest brother – Antioch Peverell – who craved the most powerful wand in existence. Snape is the middle child, Cadmus, who was driven crazy by his love of a woman, much like the Hogwarts professor's infatuation with Harry's mother Lily. Then there's Harry himself who bears more than a passing resemblance to the youngest brother Antioch – described as a "humble" man who desires a happy life.
Death tried to capture him but never succeeded, until at the end of his life when he handed himself over willingly, greeting death "as an old friend". Said Death being Dumbledore, of course, who indirectly caused the demise of both Snape and Voldemort and greeted Harry in the confines of an imaginary King's Cross station.
Dumbledore as death. It's a beautiful theory and it fits. https://t.co/QqTQm2QnI0
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 21, 2015
The reason we mention this? Well, it totally ties in with the Horcrux thing, and it's JK Rowling approved – so basically true anyway.
6. The island in Lost was actually purgatory
Mystery thriller Lost was the subject of countless fan theories when he first hit screens, with many viewers speculating as to what exactly had stranded the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 on a mysterious island.
One of the more popular ideas bandied around was that the survivors were dead and/or in some form of purgatory – and while the series' creators at the time denied it, the latter theory did sort of eventually come true.
While the survivors weren't actually dead and everything in seasons 1-5 happened for real, in season 6 Lost split off into an alternate universe where everyone had to come to terms with their issues before they could finally move forward into the afterlife – in other words, a form of purgatory. We got there in the end.
7. We get the word "Doctor" from Doctor Who
This is one we covered a few weeks ago (and is a second Doctor Who example), but it's too good not to include here. Back in 1995, a young writer and Whovian laid down this theory on an internet messageboard:
Here's a particularly stupid theory. If we take "The Doctor" to be the Doctor's name – even if it is in the form of a title no doubt meaning something deep and Gallifreyan – perhaps our earthly use of the word "doctor" meaning healer or wise man is direct result of the Doctor's multiple interventions in our history as a healer and wise man. In other words, we got it from him. This is a very silly idea and I'm consequently rather proud of it.
That chatroom user's name (as verified by us) was Steven Moffat, who later went on to run the very show he was obsessed with and write his idea into 2011 episode A Good Man Goes to War (see video and text below).
River: Doctor. The word for healer and wise man throughout the universe. We get that word from you, you know. But if you carry on the way you are, what might that word come to mean? To the people of the Gamma Forests, the word Doctor means mighty warrior. How far you've come.
Clearly, the most reliable way to get your fan theory into canon is just to take over the series you're speculating about– so time to get cracking, guys. Should only be a few smash-hit ratings triumphs away.
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Online Activists Protest Black Friday Sales Spree Over Ferguson Ruling
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An internet campaign urging US shoppers to forego the Black Friday sales event in protest over Monday's grand jury ruling not to press charges against the police officer who killed Michael Brown has gone viral, gathering millions of supporters in less than 48 hours.
MOSCOW, November 27 (Sputnik) — An internet campaign sparked by Monday's grand jury ruling to not press charges against the police officer at the center of the August shooting of Michael Brown has gone viral, garnering millions of supporters in a matter of hours.
The online campaign, known as 'No Justice, No Profit', was initiated by the Justice for Michael Brown Leadership Coalition Tuesday to protest the St. Louis County's grand jury ruling not to charge officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, and has since spread across social media, including Facebook and Twitter. The campaign's supporters see the ruling as symptomatic of larger problems afflicting the US criminal justice system and its purported discrimination against African Americans and other minorities.
Twitter hashtags including #BoycottBlackFriday, #BlackOutFriday, #NotOneDime, #HandsUpDontSpend and #DontRiotDontBuyIt have garnered millions of virtual supporters for the initiative to forgo shopping during this Friday's Black Friday sales bonanza. The campaign has attracted support from celebrities and businessmen, including hip hop music and clothing magnate Russell Simmons and actors and television stars including Michael B. Jordan, Isaiah Washington, and Jesse Williams.
Journalist Patrice Grell Yursik explained in her blog that "economic activism is a time-honored tactic," and "a way to send a message to the government, big business, all the while simultaneously bolstering our nationwide community." She urged those participating in the protest not to boycott small, black owned businesses.
A YouTube video by the Blackout for Human Rights activist group features scenes of police brutality to the tune of the famous Christmas song, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year". The group, organized by indie filmmaker and rights activist Ryan Coogler, urges viewers to "help stop police brutality by $peaking a language everyone understands," telling them: "Don't shop November 28th."
Twitter users have been reading, retweeting and commenting on the campaign. One user urged his fellow Americans: "Do NOT shop on ANY Black Friday sale day. Thursday-Monday. Don't spend one dime!" Another noted that "Economics has to be part of our strategy. Money as a megaphone saying killing is unacceptable."
Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving, is known in the United States as the first day of the Christmas holiday shopping season, and is the biggest shopping day of the year. Retailers often offer massive discounts in order to encourage buyer turnout, and expect huge sales volume in return. This year the US National Retail Federation has projected 140 million shoppers coming out and over $60 billion in sales, the Wall Street Journal earlier explained. The viral campaigners hope to challenge that. The Guardian has noted the difficulty activists face in challenging the shopping event, stating that "against them is the full weight of a consumer culture that equates happiness with spending."
The viral campaign follows protests which have raged in the United States and in countries around the world this week following Monday's verdict. Missouri pastor Reverend Spencer Lamar Booker exclaimed following the court's decision that "no matter how convoluting his [Prosecutor Bob McCulloch's] and others' attempts to make a legal argument, an illegal act was committed called murder."
This is not the first attempt to thwart the Black Friday buying binge, which many consider a less savory aspect of American society. The anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters declared the day after Thanksgiving 'Buy Nothing Day' for the first time in 1997. The event has been held every Friday following Thanksgiving since, prompting similar campaigns in over 50 countries. When Adbusters attempted to promote the campaign on television, however, they were refused advertising time by every major network except CNN.
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Solyndra and government support for cleantech under fire
Iris Kuo
As public and political eyes turn to the federal budget and cost-cutting, Silicon Valley startups backed by Department of Energy loan guarantees and grants are coming under scrutiny.
Solar cell company Solyndra is at the front of this. There's a planned Congressional investigation to evaluate whether Solyndra was an appropriate candidate for the $535 million loan guarantee it received. Since winning the loan guarantee, the company has laid off workers, cancelled an IPO and closed down its first factory.
Range Fuels and the government's support of biofuels was criticized in a WSJ editorial this month. Venture capitalist and Range Fuels backer Vinod Khosla has penned strong responses to the editorial. While the WSJ piece said Range received $76 million in DOE grants only to produce lackluster results and close down a factory, Khosla said the company only took half of that amount and argues Range is making progress. He also pointed out that the government heavily subsidizes the oil industry.
Loan guarantees to electric car startups Tesla ($465 million) and Fisker ($529 million) have also been criticized in the past. One argument is that these companies have been able to successfully raise cash from private investors, so they don't need taxpayer support. And now that Tesla is a publicly traded company, is it appropriate for taxpayers to keep supporting its operations? Fisker could be a target, too. It has experienced several delays in releasing and producing its luxury plug-in hybrid, and has raised the planned price of the Fisker Karma by 20 percent over the past few years. Fisker has attributed the delays to the 2008 financial crisis. The car will go into production in March; Fisker raised $150 million this month and has an IPO in its sights.
Still, startups are always risky ventures, and ups, downs, delays and mistakes are inevitable as companies try to move into commercial production. Loan guarantees do boost companies and help them receive more favorable financing terms than they would otherwise, lessening some of the obstacles to success startups face. DOE loan guarantees are meant to subsidize areas that have "transformative" potential and need government backing to prove their value to the market and investors. In the case of solar and electric cars, loan guarantees typically go towards manufacturing facilities, as was the case in the recent loan guarantees to solar makers SoloPower ($197 million) and Abound Solar ($400 million).
DOE loan chief Jonathan Silver came out in support for Solyndra when we talked to him last year. He pointed out that Solyndra was planning to close the factory, it just happened sooner than intended. Solyndra has not been granted any loan funds and is reportedly on track to produce 300 megawatts of panels annually, which is higher than the 210 megawatts estimated at the project inception.
We asked the DOE for a response on the scrutiny on Solyndra lately, and here's the statement provided by the press office:
"The Department of Energy conducts extensive and ongoing monitoring for all projects that receive loan guarantees. The loan guarantee for Solyndra is supporting the construction of a manufacturing facility which is well underway, and is, in fact, 4-8 weeks ahead of schedule. To date, the company has hired 3,000 construction workers and over 1,000 employees to fill permanent positions. We anticipate the project will continue as planned, however, we take our responsibility to protect taxpayer interests very seriously, and will continue to work with Solyndra to find appropriate solutions to any challenges it may face."
The investigation into the Solyndra loan guarantee is being spearheaded by Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Upton sent a letter to DOE Secretary Steven Chu asking for documents related to the Solyndra decision. The letter outlines Solyndra's lack of profits (which is the case for most startups), and also points to an audit that pointed out the company's shakiness and ultimately contributed to Solyndra yanking its IPO plans last year.
The audit is an interesting point. Although Solyndra's technology — racks of tubular solar cells — seems genuinely innovative (see the greenhouse roofing application, right), it seems to have vastly underestimated its capital needs and overestimated what it could deliver. A PricewaterhouseCooper audit last year ahead of its IPO plans found massive losses and negative cash flow since the company's founding, as well as mounting debt that could bury operations within a year. The company appeared to be running out of money five years into the business despite raising $970 million. After cancelling the IPO, Solyndra opted to raise $175 million through promissory notes instead.
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Thirteen-year-old Riley Jones always wanted to pilot her dad's plane. Finding herself home alone and his keys unattended, presented just the opportunity.
Taking off would be easy. Landing, on the other hand…
"Well, it can't be that hard. After all, what goes up must come down," Riley announced to Toby, the Toto look-alike, then snatched the keys off the hook and headed outside. No worries about him ratting her out. She peered around the side of the barn - all clear - then sprinted toward the crop duster. The ladder was already down, enabling her to climb inside with ease, which she took as a good sign. Must be my lucky day.
Although she had never ridden solo, she'd played co-pilot several times. Unofficially perhaps, but she knew what every button did and had no doubt in her ability to fly this plane. Determined to prove it, she stuck the key in the ignition. Do I really dare?
The decision was made with a turn of the key. She performed the usual safety checks and then pulled back on the throttle. The plane bumped along as it picked up speed, and then she felt the familiar jolt as it caught the wind in its upward climb.
"Yes!" She yelled, and fist pumped in gleeful triumph. Soaring higher Riley handled the plane like a pro. Below her, the town spread out like a miniature replica, the farms a patchwork quilt dotted with dollhouses. Although she considered landing in the designated airstrip out in back, she turned the craft around and made a proper landing on the front lawn of her family's farm.
"That will teach him to forget my birthday."


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Leveraging Virtual Reality to Improve Compliance with Social Distancing
Social distancing is currently the most effective countermeasure against the rapid proliferation of the virus that causes COVID-19. Current reports indicate that this practice is having a significant impact; however, the most optimistic projections assume that widespread social distancing continues for up to a year or even longer. As the current circumstances are unprecedented, the compliance rate for social distancing over an extended period of time is unknown.
Social distancing requires difficult restrictions and personal sacrifices, and social isolation is strongly associated with negative mental health outcomes. As the current circumstances are unprecedented, the compliance rate for social distancing over an extended period of time is unknown.
"We regard isolation as a serious threat to long-term compliance with social distancing, especially for healthy younger adults for whom the individual risk of mortality is low," said Evan Suma Rosenberg, PhD, assistant professor, Computer Science & Engineering. "Mitigating the negative impact of social distancing on social-emotional wellbeing is therefore paramount, as failure to consistently maintain these practices could result in a rebound of the pandemic and further loss of human life."
To address this enormous threat to global public health, Suma Rosenberg is leading a project that leverages virtual reality to facilitate remote social interaction that is no longer safe to experience in the real world for the foreseeable future.
"In today's globalized world, technology-mediated communication is critical for society to continue functioning during the pandemic," said Suma Rosenberg.
While the use of videoconferencing has skyrocketed, the range of activities supported by this medium are limited. Virtual reality provides the capability to interact with other people in a shared 3D environment, thereby opening the doors for a multitude of shared experiences and activities that would not be possible with other remote communication modalities.
"With a worldwide user base numbering in the tens of millions, a widespread virtual reality hardware ecosystem is already in place, making it possible to deploy new applications over the internet," said Suma Rosenberg. "People can also interact in online virtual environments through a web browser. This is important to enable broad access for those who do not have specialized equipment."
The project is an interdisciplinary collaboration with Richard N. Landers, PhD, assosicate professor, Department of Psychology. Specifically, Suma Rosenberg and colleagues will:
deploy and distribute online social virtual environments using a web-based software platform
create onboarding procedures, tutorial videos, and public-facing documentation
perform extensive outreach through news outlets and social media to promote their use as an alternative medium for social interaction during the pandemic
"This project will lay the foundations for a more long-term enterprise," said Suma Rosenberg. "Over the duration of the pandemic, we plan to catalyze and facilitate a broad community effort that will develop a diverse collection of user-generated content and shared activities. We will also study the impact of web-based virtual environments on compliance with social distancing."
This project is supported by the UMN Campus Public Health Officer's Rapid Response Research Grants program, which support University of Minnesota faculty to catalyze and energize small-scale research projects designed to address and mitigate the COVID-19 virus and its associated risks.


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They've already demonstrated how a huge number of crime readers and writers can cram themselves into one shop on a summer evening. Now the organisers of the annual 'Bodies in the Bookshop' extravangza have decided it's time for a new challenge. On Saturday 14 July they'll be showing us all how to move a whole bookshop – plus all the aforementioned readers and writers – into the Cambridge Union for a day of themed panels and talks, as well as the usual informal free-for-all.
I'm part of the very first panel at ten o'clock, and looking forward to discussing Crime Through Time with Jane Finnis (Roman), Ros Barber (The Marlowe Papers) and Rory Clements (Tudor). After that I'll be staying on to enjoy the rest of the day – if you're there, do come and say hello.
Tickets for the whole day are £10 for adults, £7 for concessions. Drop in to Heffers, call them on 01223 463200, or email events.tst@heffers.co.uk to reserve a place. The Union is just around the corner from the shop – directions here.
Full details are on Shotsmag, and there's now a blog and a Facebook page too.
Just read the new book. Another hit!
Thank you Jeff! I'm glad you enjoyed it – thanks for taking the time to get in touch.


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A best-practice freight audit solution provides a closed-loop process to ensure contract compliance. In other words, the process should ensure that your freight invoices are paid exactly as prescribed by your supplier contracts. You should pay no more or no less than the agreed upon amounts.
Freight contracts can be exceedingly complex. Likewise, freight invoices – accompanied by numerous types of required supporting documents – reflect exceedingly detailed transactions to audit. The most thorough and productive audits are accomplished systematically; software with sophisticated logic "examines" each transaction against a long checklist of possible errors. The system kicks out exceptions to trained freight audit professionals.
The ultimate goal is to accurately rate and audit your freight invoices with minimum manual intervention.
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Most Cass customers require advanced audit capabilities, such as accurate handling of: pool shipments, stop-offs, milk runs, intermodal shipments, Rule 11, white glove service, spot quotes, and a variety of industry-specific movement types. Cass also employs advanced methods for avoiding duplicate payments.
Each year, Cass processes 37 million freight & parcel invoices valued at more than $28 billion dollars. Around the world, we provide secure payments to 13,000 freight carriers.


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text:
var LineSegment, PI, Point, abs, atan2, ceil, cos, fuzzyEqual, hypot, interleave, isNumber, l, m, max, min, round, roundTo, sin, sqrt, square, util,
  slice = [].slice,
  indexOf = [].indexOf || function(item) { for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) { if (i in this && this[i] === item) return i; } return -1; };

sin = Math.sin, cos = Math.cos, atan2 = Math.atan2, sqrt = Math.sqrt, abs = Math.abs, max = Math.max, min = Math.min, PI = Math.PI, round = Math.round, ceil = Math.ceil;

util = require('./utilities');

isNumber = util.isNumber, fuzzyEqual = util.fuzzyEqual, hypot = util.hypot, roundTo = util.roundTo, square = util.square;

Point = require('./Point2d');

interleave = function() {
  var arr, ii, list, lists;
  lists = 1 <= arguments.length ? slice.call(arguments, 0) : [];
  arr = [];
  ii = 0;
  while ((list = lists.shift())) {
    if (!(list.length > 0)) {
      continue;
    }
    arr.push(list.shift());
    lists.push(list);
  }
  return arr;
};

LineSegment = (function() {
  var Rect, defProp;

  function LineSegment(p0, p1) {
    if (!(this instanceof LineSegment)) {
      return new LineSegment(p0, p1);
    }
    this.points = [Point["new"](p0), Point["new"](p1)];
  }

  defProp = util.defProp.bind(LineSegment);

  defProp({
    'p0, start': {
      get: function() {
        return this.points[0];
      },
      set: function() {
        return this.points[0] = Point["new"].apply(Point, arguments);
      }
    },
    p1: {
      get: function() {
        return this.points[1];
      },
      set: function() {
        return this.points[1] = Point["new"].apply(Point, arguments);
      }
    },
    end: {
      get: function() {
        return this.points[this.points.length - 1];
      },
      set: function() {
        return this.points[this.points.length - 1] = Point["new"].apply(Point, arguments);
      }
    },
    x0: {
      get: function() {
        return this.start.x;
      }
    },
    x1: {
      get: function() {
        return this.end.x;
      }
    },
    y0: {
      get: function() {
        return this.start.y;
      }
    },
    y1: {
      get: function() {
        return this.end.y;
      }
    },
    length: {
      get: function() {
        return this.p0.distTo(this.p1);
      },
      set: function(val) {
        return this.end = this.end.scaleAbout(val / this.length, this.start);
      }
    },
    dx: {
      get: function() {
        return this.end.x - this.start.x;
      }
    },
    dy: {
      get: function() {
        return this.end.y - this.start.y;
      }
    },
    center: {
      get: function() {
        return Point["new"](this.x0 + this.dx / 2, this.y0 + this.dy / 2);
      }
    },
    'slope, m': {
      get: function() {
        return this.dy / this.dx;
      }
    },
    yIntercept: {
      get: function() {
        return this.yAt(0);
      }
    },
    type: {
      get: function() {
        return util.getName(this.constructor);
      }
    },
    normal: {
      get: function() {
        return new this.constructor(Point["new"](-this.dy, this.dx), Point["new"](this.dy, -this.dx));
      }
    },
    A: {
      get: function() {
        return this.p1.y - this.p0.y;
      }
    },
    B: {
      get: function() {
        return this.p0.x - this.p1.x;
      }
    },
    C: {
      get: function() {
        return this.A * this.p0.x + this.B * this.p0.y;
      }
    }
  });

  LineSegment.prototype.copy = function() {
    return new this.constructor(this.start, this.end);
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.inspect = function() {
    return this.type + "( " + (this.asString()) + " )";
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.asString = function(opts) {
    return "[" + (this.start.asString(opts)) + "], [" + (this.end.asString(opts)) + "]";
  };

  Rect = require('./Rect');

  LineSegment.prototype.asRect = function() {
    return Rect["new"](this.start, this.end);
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.mapPoints = function(fn) {
    var i, point;
    this.points = (function() {
      var j, len, ref, results;
      ref = this.points;
      results = [];
      for (i = j = 0, len = ref.length; j < len; i = ++j) {
        point = ref[i];
        results.push(fn(point, i));
      }
      return results;
    }).call(this);
    return this;
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.transpose = function() {
    return new this.constructor(this.p1, this.p0);
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.splitN = function(numberOfPieces) {
    var nn, tt, tts;
    nn = 1 / Math.max(1, numberOfPieces);
    tts = (function() {
      var j, ref, ref1, results;
      results = [];
      for (tt = j = ref = nn, ref1 = nn; ref1 > 0 ? j <= 1 : j >= 1; tt = j += ref1) {
        results.push(tt);
      }
      return results;
    })();
    if (numberOfPieces % 1 === 0) {
      tts.push(round(tts.pop()));
    }
    return this.split.apply(this, tts);
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.split = function() {
    var j, len, p0, p1, results, tt, tts;
    tts = 1 <= arguments.length ? slice.call(arguments, 0) : [];
    tts = util.flatten(tts);
    if (!(indexOf.call(tts, 1) >= 0)) {
      tts.push(1);
    }
    results = [];
    for (j = 0, len = tts.length; j < len; j++) {
      tt = tts[j];
      if (!(tt > 0)) {
        continue;
      }
      p0 = typeof p1 !== "undefined" && p1 !== null ? p1 : this.p0;
      p1 = this.pointAt(tt);
      results.push(new this.constructor(p0, p1));
    }
    return results;
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.asPath = function(maxPointSpacing) {
    var j, len, nn, results, segmentCount, tt, tts;
    segmentCount = this.length / maxPointSpacing;
    nn = 1 / Math.max(1, segmentCount);
    tts = (function() {
      var j, ref, ref1, results;
      results = [];
      for (tt = j = 0, ref = 1 - nn, ref1 = nn; ref1 > 0 ? j <= ref : j >= ref; tt = j += ref1) {
        results.push(tt);
      }
      return results;
    })();
    tts.push(1);
    results = [];
    for (j = 0, len = tts.length; j < len; j++) {
      tt = tts[j];
      results.push(this.pointAt(tt));
    }
    return results;
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.scaleAbout = function(factor, origin) {
    if (origin == null) {
      origin = Point.origin;
    }
    return this.copy().mapPoints(function(point, i) {
      return point.scaleAbout(factor, origin);
    });
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.extendBy = function(additionalLength) {
    var tt;
    tt = (this.length + additionalLength) / this.length;
    return new this.constructor(this.p0, this.pointAt(tt));
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.rotateAbout = function(factor, origin) {
    if (origin == null) {
      origin = Point.origin;
    }
    return this.mapPoints(function(point, i) {
      return point.rotateAbout(factor, origin);
    });
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.rotate = function(factor) {
    var copy;
    copy = this.copy();
    copy.p1 = copy.p1.rotateAbout(factor, copy.p0);
    return copy;
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.translate = function(aPoint) {
    aPoint = Point["new"].apply(Point, arguments);
    return this.copy().mapPoints(function(point, i) {
      return point.translate(aPoint);
    });
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.moveBy = LineSegment.prototype.translate;

  LineSegment.prototype.moveTo = function(aPoint) {
    var delta;
    aPoint = Point["new"].apply(Point, arguments);
    delta = aPoint.minus(this.start);
    return new this.constructor(aPoint, this.end.translate(delta));
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.splitFromCenter = function() {
    var l0, l1, ref;
    ref = this.split(0.5), l0 = ref[0], l1 = ref[1];
    return [l0.transpose(), l1];
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.centerAt = function(aPoint) {
    var i, l0, l1, ref, segment;
    aPoint = Point["new"].apply(Point, arguments);
    ref = (function() {
      var j, len, ref, results;
      ref = this.splitFromCenter();
      results = [];
      for (i = j = 0, len = ref.length; j < len; i = ++j) {
        segment = ref[i];
        results.push(segment.moveTo(aPoint));
      }
      return results;
    }).call(this), l0 = ref[0], l1 = ref[1];
    return new this.constructor(l0.p1, l1.p1);
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.yAt = function(x) {
    return this.m * (x - this.x0) + this.y0;
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.pointAt = function(tt) {
    return Point(this.x0 + tt * this.dx, this.y0 + tt * this.dy);
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.at = LineSegment.prototype.pointAt;

  LineSegment.prototype.svgString = function() {
    return "M " + (this.start.asString()) + " L " + (this.end.asString());
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.envelope = function(offset, n) {
    var j, len, offsetLine, offsetTT, results, segment, segments;
    if (offset == null) {
      offset = 3;
    }
    if (n == null) {
      n = 1;
    }
    if (n <= 1) {
      return this.asRect().envelope(offset);
    } else {
      offsetTT = -offset / this.length;
      offsetLine = new LineSegment(this.pointAt(offsetTT), this.pointAt(1 - offsetTT));
      segments = offsetLine.splitN(n);
      results = [];
      for (j = 0, len = segments.length; j < len; j++) {
        segment = segments[j];
        results.push(segment.asRect());
      }
      return results;
    }
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.alternatingPathFromPoint = function(aPoint, stepSize) {
    var hiPath, loPath, start, stepTT, tt;
    if (stepSize == null) {
      stepSize = 1;
    }
    aPoint = Point["new"](aPoint);
    start = this._closestTT(aPoint);
    stepTT = stepSize / this.length;
    tt = start;
    loPath = (function() {
      var results;
      results = [];
      while (tt >= stepTT) {
        tt -= stepTT;
        results.push(this.pointAt(tt));
      }
      return results;
    }).call(this);
    tt = start;
    max = 1 - stepTT;
    hiPath = (function() {
      var results;
      results = [];
      while (tt <= max) {
        tt += stepTT;
        results.push(this.pointAt(tt));
      }
      return results;
    }).call(this);
    return interleave(loPath, hiPath);
  };

  LineSegment.prototype._closestTT = function(aPoint, min, max) {
    var AP, ab2, ap_ab, tt;
    AP = aPoint.minus(this.start);
    ab2 = this.dx * this.dx + this.dy * this.dy;
    ap_ab = AP.x * this.dx + AP.y * this.dy;
    tt = ap_ab / ab2;
    if ((min != null) && tt < min) {
      return min;
    } else if ((max != null) && tt > max) {
      return max;
    } else {
      return tt;
    }
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.distToPoint = function(aPoint) {
    var tt;
    aPoint = Point["new"].apply(Point, arguments);
    tt = this._closestTT(aPoint, 0, 1);
    return this.pointAt(tt).distTo(aPoint);
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.closestPointOnSegment = function(aPoint) {
    var tt;
    aPoint = Point["new"].apply(Point, arguments);
    tt = this._closestTT(aPoint, 0, 1);
    return this.pointAt(tt);
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.closestPointOnLine = function(aPoint) {
    var tt;
    aPoint = Point["new"].apply(Point, arguments);
    tt = this._closestTT(aPoint);
    return this.pointAt(tt);
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.normalAt = function(tt) {
    var origin;
    origin = this.pointAt(tt);
    return this.normal.centerAt(origin);
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.normalsAt = function(tt) {
    return this.normalAt(tt).splitFromCenter();
  };

  LineSegment.prototype.intersection = function(aLine) {
    var det, pt;
    det = this.A * aLine.B - aLine.A * this.B;
    if (det === 0) {
      return null;
    }
    pt = Point["new"]((aLine.B * this.C - this.B * aLine.C) / det, (this.A * aLine.C - aLine.A * this.C) / det);
    return pt;
  };

  return LineSegment;

})();

module.exports = LineSegment;

if (require.main === module) {
  l = LineSegment([0, 0], [5, 5]);
  console.log(l);
  console.log(l.svgString());
  console.log(l.distToPoint(2, 3));
  console.log(l.yAt(4));
  console.log(l.pointAt(0.4));
  console.log(l.closestPointOnSegment(-1, 0));
  console.log(l.closestPointOnLine(-1, 0));
  l = LineSegment([0, 0], [15, 15]);
  console.log(l.split(0.25, 0.5, 0.75));
  console.log(l.splitN(2.5));
  console.log(l.normal);
  console.log(l.centerAt(1, 0));
  console.log(l.normalAt(0));
  console.log(l.normalsAt(0));
  console.log(l.normalsAt(1));
  console.log(l.envelope(1, 6));
  console.log(l.splitN(6));
  m = LineSegment([15, 0], [0, 15]);
  console.log(l.intersection(m));
  l = LineSegment([0, 0], [10, 0]);
  console.log(l.extendBy(1));
}

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Conversion Therapy for N.J. Gay Youth May be a No-No Soon.
On March 17, 2013, New Jersey's State Senate Committee heard testimony from LGBT activist Troy Stevenson who spoke about the suicide of an individual who had tried conversion therapy which purports to fix homosexuals and convert them to heterosexuality. The Committee also heard from organizations which support young LGBT people on the dangers of conversion therapy, especially for minors. One woman recounted how she had been subject to electric shocks during conversion therapy.
The bill A3371 being considered in the Senate would prohibit licensed therapists from performing controversial therapy aimed at converting minors from gay to heterosexual. The Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee moves the bill to the Senate. Backed by the American Psychological Association's research, the legislation, if passed, would prohibit counseling for any person under the age of eighteen, that seeks to change the sexual orientation.
The law, even with parental permission, that bans this reparative therapy is not favored by everyone. New Jersey Family Council says "it will infringe on parents' rights, on their ability to do what they think is best for their children.
The lead sponsor of the bill which bans licensed practitioners from performing conversion therapy on minors is openly gay Democrat from Bergen County, State Assemblyman Tim Eustace. Representing District 38, and endorsed by The Victory Fund that "elects LGBT leaders to change American politics," Eustace spent ten years as a councilman in Maywood, New Jersey. He was Chamber of Commerce for twenty years.
New Jersey would become the nation's second state to ban "gay-to-straight" conversion therapy. California passed a similar bill signed into law last September by Governor Jerry Brown. The law was set to take effect on January 1, 2013, but the United States Circuit Court of Appeals last month issued an emergency order putting the California law on hold until it can hear full arguments on the issue.