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/
class IFXRenderLight
{
public:
	//=============================================
	// IFXRenderLight Constructor/Destructor
	//=============================================
	IFXRenderLight();
	virtual ~IFXRenderLight();

	//==============================
	// IFXRenderLight methods
	//==============================
	/**
	 *	Sets the type of light.
	 *
	 *	@param	eType	Input IFXenum value specifying the type of light.
	 *					Possible values are:
	 *					- @b IFX_AMBIENT: Light is provided uniformly to all areas.
	 *						This only provides ambient illumination.
	 *					- @b IFX_POINT: Light comes from a point in space,
	 *						irradiates in all directions.
	 *					- @b IFX_SPOT: Light comes from a point in space,
	 *						irradiation clamped to conical area.
	 *					- @b IFX_DIRECTIONAL: Light comes from a specified
	 *						direction in world space to all vertices.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXRESULT error code.
	 *
	 *	@retval	IFX_OK	No error.
	 *	@retval	IFX_E_INVALID_RANGE	The specified type is invalid.
	 */
	IFXRESULT IFXAPI SetType(IFXenum eType);

	/**
	 *	Sets the ambient color of the light.
	 *
	 *	@param vColor	4-component color vector.  Each (R,G,B,A) channel ranges from 0.0 - 1.0.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXRESULT error code.
	 *
	 *	@retval	IFX_OK	No error.
	 */
	IFXRESULT IFXAPI SetAmbient(const IFXVector4& vColor);

	/**
	 *	Sets the diffuse color of the light.
	 *
	 *	@param vColor	4-component color vector.  Each (R,G,B,A) channel ranges from 0.0 - 1.0.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXRESULT error code.
	 *
	 *	@retval	IFX_OK	No error.
	 */
	IFXRESULT IFXAPI SetDiffuse(const IFXVector4& vColor);

	/**
	 *	Sets the specular color of the light.
	 *
	 *	@param vColor	4-component color vector.  Each (R,G,B,A) channel ranges from 0.0 - 1.0.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXRESULT error code.
	 *
	 *	@retval	IFX_OK	No error.
	 */
	IFXRESULT IFXAPI SetSpecular(const IFXVector4& vColor);

	/**
	 *	Sets the light intensity factor.  This is a scalar floating point value this is multiplied
	 *	by the ambient, diffuse, and specular colors before they are sent to the rendering system.
	 *
	 *	This value can be used to approximate super-saturating lights and negative lights.
	 *
	 *	@param	fIntensity	Input F32 specifying the light intensity.  Any floating point value
	 *						is valid.
	 *
	 *	@return	An IFXRESULT error code.
	 *
	 *	@retval	IFX_OK	No error.
	 */
	IFXRESULT IFXAPI SetIntensity(F32 fIntensity);

	/**
	 *	Sets the constant, linear, and quadratic attenuation factors of the light.  Attenuation
	 *	from the light to the vertex is defined by the formula: 1 / ( C + Ld + Qd^2 ), where:
	 *		- @b C - constant attenuation
	 *		- @b L - linear attenuation
	 *		- @b Q - quadratic attenuation
	 *		- @b d - distance from vertex to light
	 *
	 *	You must not specify (0,0,0).
	 *
	 *	@param vAtten Input attenuation factor: vector(C,L,Q).
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXRESULT error code.
	 *
	 *	@retval	IFX_OK	No error.
	 *	@retval	IFX_E_INVALID_RANGE	The specified attenuation is invalid (all 0's).
	 */
	IFXRESULT IFXAPI SetAttenuation(const IFXVector3& vAtten);

	/**
	 *	Sets the light's world transform matrix.
	 *
	 *	@param mMatrix	Input world matrix of the light.  For directional lights, this only
	 *					specifies direction.  For point lights, only position.  For spot
	 *					lights, both direction and position.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXRESULT error code.
	 *
	 *	@retval	IFX_OK	No error.
	 */
	IFXRESULT IFXAPI SetWorldMatrix(const IFXMatrix4x4& mMatrix);

	/**
	 *	Enables or disables spot light radial attenuation.
	 *
	 *	@param bDecay	Boolean value specifying whether or not spotlights should decay radially.
	 *					If @b TRUE then the spot light will decay from normal intensity to 0
	 *					over the range InnerAngle - OuterAngle.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXRESULT error code.
	 *
	 *	@retval	IFX_OK	No error.
	 */
	IFXRESULT IFXAPI SetSpotDecay(BOOL bDecay);

	/**
	 *	Sets the angle at which spot decay begins.
	 *
	 *	@param fAngle	Floating point angle in degrees that specifies the width of the full
	 *					intensity cone as measured from the spotlight center line.  Valid range is
	 *					from 0 - 90.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXRESULT error code.
	 *
	 *	@retval	IFX_OK	No error.
	 *	@retval	IFX_E_INVALID_RANGE	The specified @a fAngle is not between 0 - 90.
	 */
	IFXRESULT IFXAPI SetSpotInnerAngle(F32 fAngle);

	/**
	 *	Sets the cut off angle of the spot light.
	 *
	 *	@param fAngle	Floating point angle in degrees that specifies the width of the cone of
	 *					light provided by the spot light as measured from the spot light center
	 *					line.  Essentially, this is the cut off angle.  Valid range is from 0 - 90.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXRESULT error code.
	 *
	 *	@retval	IFX_OK	No error.
	 *	@retval	IFX_E_INVALID_RANGE	The specified @a fAngle is invalid.
	 */
	IFXRESULT IFXAPI SetSpotOuterAngle(F32 fAngle);

	/**
	 *	Sets the range of influence of the light.  The light range is valid for IFX_SPOT and IFX_POINT
	 *	lights.  The maximum value is sqrt(FLT_MAX).  If a light is used to light geometry further
	 *	away than fRange, the light provides no contribution to the lighting process.
	 *
	 *	@param fRange	Floating point value specifying world space units for the light range.
	 *					Must a positive value less than sqrt(FLT_MAX).
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXRESULT error code.
	 *
	 *	@retval	IFX_OK	No error.
	 *	@retval	IFX_E_INVALID_RANGE	The specified @ fRange is invalid.
	 */
	IFXRESULT IFXAPI SetRange(F32 fRange);

	/**
	 *	Gets the light type.
	 *
	 *	@return IFXenum representing the light type.
	 *
	 *	@retval	IFX_AMBIENT	Light is provided uniformly to all areas.
	 *						This only provides ambient illumination.
	 *	@retval	IFX_POINT	Light comes from a point in space,
	 *						irradiates in all directions.
	 *	@retval	IFX_SPOT	Light comes from a point in space,
	 *					irradiation clamped to conical area.
	 *	@retval	IFX_DIRECTIONAL	Light comes from a specified
	 *							direction in world space to all vertices.
	 *	@see SetType()
	 */
	IFXenum IFXAPI GetType() const;

	/**
	 *	Gets the light ambient color.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXVector4 representing the light ambient color.
	 *	@see SetAmbient()
	 */
	const IFXVector4& IFXAPI GetAmbient() const;

	/**
	 *	Gets the light diffuse color.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXVector4 representing the light diffuse color.
	 *	@see SetDiffuse()
	 */
	const IFXVector4& IFXAPI GetDiffuse() const;

	/**
	 *	Gets the light specular color.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXVector4 representing the light specular color.
	 *	@see SetSpecular()
	 */
	const IFXVector4& IFXAPI GetSpecular() const;

	/**
	 *	Gets the light intensity.
	 *
	 *	@return An F32 representing the light intensity factor.
	 *	@see SetIntensity()
	 */
	F32	IFXAPI GetIntensity() const;

	/**
	 *	Gets the light attenuation.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXVector3 representing the light attenuation coefficients.
	 *	@see SetAttenuation()
	 */
	const IFXVector3& IFXAPI GetAttenuation() const;

	/**
	 *	Gets the light world transform matrix.
	 *
	 *	@return An IFXMatrix4x4 representing the light world matrix.
	 *	@see SetWorldMatrix()
	 */
	const IFXMatrix4x4& IFXAPI GetWorldMatrix() const;

	/**
	 *	Gets whether or not spot decay is enabled.
	 *
	 *	@return @b TRUE if spot decay is enabled, @b FALSE otherwise.
	 *	@see SetSpotDecay()
	 */
	BOOL IFXAPI GetSpotDecay() const;

	/**
	 *	Gets the light's spot inner angle.
	 *
	 *	@return The spot light inner angle.
	 *	@see SetSpotInnerAngle()
	 */
	F32 IFXAPI GetSpotInnerAngle() const;

	/**
	 *	Gets the light's spot outer angle.
	 *
	 *	@return The spot light outer (cutoff) angle.
	 *	@see SetSpotOuterAngle()
	 */
	F32 IFXAPI GetSpotOuterAngle() const;

	/**
	 *	Gets the light range.
	 *
	 *	@return The light's the maximum range of influence.
	 *	@see SetRange()
	 */
	F32 IFXAPI GetRange() const;

	/**
	 *	Initializes all data members to default values.
	 *
	 *	Default values for IFXRenderLight are:
	 *		- @b Type: IFX_DIRECTIONAL
	 *		- @b Ambient: IFXVector4(0,0,0,0)
	 *		- @b Diffuse: IFXVector4(1,1,1,1)
	 *		- @b Specular: IFXVector4(1,1,1,1)
	 *		- @b Intensity: 1.0
	 *		- @b Attenuation: IFXVector3(1,1,1)
	 *		- @b World @b Matrix: Identity matrix
	 *		- @b Spot @b Decay: TRUE
	 *		- @b Spot @b Inner @b Angle: 0.0
	 *		- @b Spot @b Outer @b Angle: 45.0
	 *		- @b Light @b Range: sqrt(FLT_MAX)
	 */
	void IFXAPI InitData();

protected:
	IFXenum		m_eType;			///< Light Type
	IFXVector4	m_vAmbient;			///< Ambient Color
	IFXVector4	m_vDiffuse;			///< Diffuse Color
	IFXVector4	m_vSpecular;		///< Specular Color
	F32			m_fIntensity;		///< Light Intensity
	IFXVector3	m_vAttenuation;		///< Vector(const, linear, quadratic) coef.
	IFXMatrix4x4 m_mWorldMatrix;	///< Light to World transform
	BOOL		m_bSpotDecay;		///< Spot decay enabled boolean
	F32			m_fSpotInnerAngle;	///< Spot inner angle - in degrees, from center
	F32			m_fSpotOuterAngle;	///< Spot outer angle - in degrees, from center
	F32			m_fLightRange;		///< Light range - Max is sqrt(FLT_MAX)
};
//=======================================
// IFXRenderLight Implementation
//=======================================
IFXINLINE IFXRenderLight::IFXRenderLight()
{
	InitData();
}

IFXINLINE IFXRenderLight::~IFXRenderLight()
{
	// EMPTY
}

IFXINLINE void IFXRenderLight::InitData()
{
	m_eType = IFX_DIRECTIONAL;
	m_vAmbient.Set(0,0,0,0);
	m_vDiffuse.Set(1,1,1,1);
	m_vSpecular.Set(1,1,1,1);
	m_fIntensity = 1.0f;
	m_vAttenuation.Set(1,0,0);
	m_mWorldMatrix.Reset();
	m_bSpotDecay = TRUE;
	m_fSpotInnerAngle = 0;
	m_fSpotOuterAngle = 90;
	m_fLightRange = sqrtf(FLT_MAX);
}

IFXINLINE IFXRESULT IFXRenderLight::SetType(IFXenum eType)
{
	IFXRESULT rc = IFX_OK;

	if(m_eType != eType)
	{
		switch(eType)
		{
		case IFX_AMBIENT:
		case IFX_POINT:
		case IFX_SPOT:
		case IFX_DIRECTIONAL:
			m_eType = eType;
			break;
		default:
			rc = IFX_E_INVALID_RANGE;
			break;
		}
	}

	return rc;
}

IFXINLINE IFXRESULT IFXRenderLight::SetAmbient(const IFXVector4& vColor)
{
	IFXRESULT rc = IFX_OK;

	m_vAmbient = vColor;

	return rc;
}

IFXINLINE IFXRESULT IFXRenderLight::SetDiffuse(const IFXVector4& vColor)
{
	IFXRESULT rc = IFX_OK;

	m_vDiffuse = vColor;

	return rc;
}

IFXINLINE IFXRESULT IFXRenderLight::SetSpecular(const IFXVector4& vColor)
{
	IFXRESULT rc = IFX_OK;

	m_vSpecular = vColor;

	return rc;
}

IFXINLINE IFXRESULT IFXRenderLight::SetIntensity(F32 fIntensity)
{
	m_fIntensity = fIntensity;

	return IFX_OK;
}

IFXINLINE IFXRESULT IFXRenderLight::SetAttenuation(const IFXVector3& vAtten)
{
	IFXRESULT rc = IFX_OK;

	if(! (m_vAttenuation == vAtten) )
	{
		if(vAtten == IFXVector3(0,0,0))
		{
			rc = IFX_E_INVALID_RANGE;
		}
		else
		{
			m_vAttenuation = vAtten;
		}
	}

	return rc;
}

IFXINLINE IFXRESULT IFXRenderLight::SetWorldMatrix(const IFXMatrix4x4& mMatrix)
{
	IFXRESULT rc = IFX_OK;

	m_mWorldMatrix = mMatrix;

	return rc;
}

IFXINLINE IFXRESULT IFXRenderLight::SetSpotDecay(BOOL bDecay)
{
	IFXRESULT rc = IFX_OK;

	m_bSpotDecay = bDecay;

	return rc;
}

IFXINLINE IFXRESULT IFXRenderLight::SetSpotInnerAngle(F32 fAngle)
{
	IFXRESULT rc = IFX_OK;

	m_fSpotInnerAngle = fAngle;

	return rc;
}

IFXINLINE IFXRESULT IFXRenderLight::SetSpotOuterAngle(F32 fAngle)
{
	IFXRESULT rc = IFX_OK;

	m_fSpotOuterAngle = fAngle;

	return rc;
}

IFXINLINE IFXRESULT IFXRenderLight::SetRange(F32 fRange)
{
	IFXRESULT rc = IFX_OK;

	if(m_fLightRange != fRange)
	{
		if(fRange < sqrtf(FLT_MAX))
		{
			m_fLightRange = fRange;
		}
		else
		{
			fRange = sqrtf(FLT_MAX);
		}
	}

	return rc;
}

IFXINLINE IFXenum IFXRenderLight::GetType() const
{
	return m_eType;
}

IFXINLINE const IFXVector4& IFXRenderLight::GetAmbient() const
{
	return m_vAmbient;
}

IFXINLINE const IFXVector4& IFXRenderLight::GetDiffuse() const
{
	return m_vDiffuse;
}

IFXINLINE const IFXVector4& IFXRenderLight::GetSpecular() const
{
	return m_vSpecular;
}

IFXINLINE F32 IFXRenderLight::GetIntensity() const
{
	return m_fIntensity;
}

IFXINLINE const IFXVector3& IFXRenderLight::GetAttenuation() const
{
	return m_vAttenuation;
}

IFXINLINE const IFXMatrix4x4& IFXRenderLight::GetWorldMatrix() const
{
	return m_mWorldMatrix;
}

IFXINLINE BOOL IFXRenderLight::GetSpotDecay() const
{
	return m_bSpotDecay;
}

IFXINLINE F32 IFXRenderLight::GetSpotInnerAngle() const
{
	return m_fSpotInnerAngle;
}

IFXINLINE F32 IFXRenderLight::GetSpotOuterAngle() const
{
	return m_fSpotOuterAngle;
}

IFXINLINE F32 IFXRenderLight::GetRange() const
{
	return m_fLightRange;
}

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Would alleged 3 weeks of talks between Biden and Iran violate Logan act?
As per Le Figaro (a French newspaper), Biden officials have been in talks with Iran for the past 3 weeks - which means 3 weeks before inauguration.
Would that violate the Logan Act? (assuming the reporting is correct, of course, which Iran denied).
united-states law foreign-policy
Pitto
Given that there are zero convictions under that Act in 200+ years, I'm not sure this is more than a rhetorical question.
– Fizz
Are you asking if the president-elect and by extension their officials may act with the authority of the United States within the scope of the Logan Act? Or are you asking if what's described in this specific report constitutes 'correspondence or intercourse' within the scope of the Logan Act? I think those are two distinct questions.
– JJJ ♦
@Fizz Precedent for allowing Logan Act questions regarding incoming administration officials has already been set. There are almost certainly many more.
– Just Me
@JustMe: So, are we going to have a question like this every time there is an allegation of that Act being breached? (I've DV that question when it was asked, and perhaps even voted to close it, but it seems there were not enough VTC then.) Anyway, I'm unsure how this q would get qualitatively different answers than the old one.
@JJJ - let's go with #2 option, if you feel they are different
Allegations of violation of the Logan Act are fairly common in US political discourse, e.g.:
On November 10, Republican Senator Ted Cruz suggested that Mr Biden's team had potentially violated the Act – comparing his behaviour to that of Mr Flynn – a theme picked up by Fox News host Sean Hannity on November 11.
And so I don't give the impression these are a new thing, here's a broader recount:
The act has been mentioned on a number of occasions during major US political scandals in the past 40 years.
In 1975, two US senators were accused of violation of the act after they travelled to Cuba for talks with communist officials.
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan argued that Rev Jesse Jackson should be prosecuted for travelling to Cuba and Nicaragua.
Most recently, in July 2016, then presidential candidate Donald Trump was accused by several US senators of breaching the law. This followed his public comments in which he appeared to have encouraged Russian spy agencies to hack his rival Hillary Clinton's emails.
However, none of the accusations led to prosecutions.
The problem is that there not being any successful convictions under that act (in the 200+ years since it's adoption) it's all down to punditry, grandstanding, and occasional legal opinion that the act may even be unconstitutional (which nobody has had a standing to test, owing to lack of convictions under this act.)
And it should be said that political opinion on the applicability of the Act can swing wildly with the circumstances, e.g.:
Yet charging Flynn under the Logan Act was never a realistic prospect. Though the Act has never been repealed, more than two centuries of enforcement opportunities have yielded only two indictments—none since 1852—and not one fully pursued prosecution. Obama administration officials privately acknowledged that securing a conviction after such a long history of disuse would be "daunting." House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes took umbrage at a reporter's mere mention of Logan Act allegations: "So you want to investigate a Logan Act [violation]? You're a Logan Act guy? It's ridiculous. The Logan Act's ridiculous. You guys all know that's ridiculous."
More to the point, accusations that the incoming administration had violated the Act before inauguration have also been fairly common:
Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign dealt with its own Logan Act incident, when a Washingtonian with uncertain connections to Clinton allegedly asked European Community representatives to delay a final GATT accord until after the election. Two election cycles later, the Republican Party hosted a delegation from Vladimir Putin's Unity Party at its 2000 National Convention; suspicious observers naturally assumed the worst. The pendulum swung back in 2008, when Barack Obama—then the presumptive Democratic nominee—was accused of lobbying Iraqi leaders not to finalize a partial-troop-withdrawal agreement with President Bush. [...] In a world of ordinary enforcement, the Trump administration would be beset with plausible Logan Act allegations. [...] Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, interacted with several foreign leaders before January 20, 2017. He also very likely directed Michael Flynn to seek Russian assistance in undermining the Obama administration's stance on a U.N. Security Council resolution. [...] In the weeks after November 8, Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about their nations' "unsatisfactory" relations [...] allegedly applauded the Philippine President's of drug-related assassinations in a one-on-one exchange; goaded China to keep an American underwater drone that it had seized; privately urged the Egyptian President to withdraw the U.N. Security Council resolution that landed Flynn in hot water; and encouraged Israel to "[s]tay strong" during the Obama administration's final days.
In general, the DOJ (when pressed) has often avoided giving very specific reasons why they didn't bring such (Logan Act) charges, but there are some case when they were more explicit:
When Attorney General Kleindienst shot down a requested prosecution in 1972, he remarked that "[i]t wouldn't be an easy case to try. The United States marshal can't go over there and get the premier of North Vietnam to come over and tell the truth." [...]
Obama officials shared key details of their internal deliberations with Washington Post reporters during the Flynn affair. They were daunted by the Logan Act's history of disuse; they feared transforming Flynn into a martyr; they cited evidentiary difficulties; and they worried about overdeterring healthy transitional contacts.
And proving intent is apparently part of those evidentiary difficulties
regarding Michael Flynn's clandestine calls with the Russian Ambassador, several Obama administration officials "did not see evidence . . . that Flynn had an 'intent' to convey an explicit promise to take action after the inauguration."
Biden's team has made more obviously explicit annoucements before innaguration on their intent to revert some Trump foreign policies, e.g. promissed to re-enter the Paris agreement, not leave the WHO etc., all of which could have influenced foreign officials. It's down to the murky wording of the Logan Act whether something made public is still "indirectly [...] intercourse" with a foreign government.
As the law paper from which I've been quoting discussed (p. 460) it's also been debated whether the "intercourse" needs to have been reciprocated in any way by the foreing counterpart, i.e. whether merely annoucing such (future) reversals publicly falls under the Act. An article in Lawfare which more extensively argues against such a broad interpreation notes:
Concededly, the first Logan Act indictment—of a Kentucky farmer named Francis Flournoy in 1803—was based on a newspaper article arguing that Western states should secede and join France, but as noted, the indictment was dropped. [...]
Thus, in our view, the 47 Republican senators who sent an open letter to Iran in 2015 asserting congressional power to block a nuclear accord did not violate the Logan Act (despite accusations) because their statement, though styled as a letter, was not part of any exchange or intercourse with a foreign government.
According to this narrow interpretation it thus crucially depends whether something is promised only in private, not having been announced in public beforehand. So you can see the rabbit hole (or the escape hatch) here: publicly announcing an intent escapes the Logan Act in this view.
So did Biden's team first publicly announce they intended to revisit or reverse any policies in re Iran? And if they did do that, was anything they conveyed in private different? Because if it wasn't, then there was no intercourse with intent to change their minds any further than it had been changed already by public announcements. You can see the evidentiary troubles here, unless you can get the foreign official(s) to say something like "I heard the public announcements, but I didn't really believe them until we had a meeting and I was reassured".
By the way, there's some news that Iran publicly rejected Biden's terms... on December 3. I'm not sure if the private negotiations continued thereafter, but this shows that negotiations by exchange of public annoucements are basically possible and circuvent the Logan Act if interpreted as only applying to private channels.
A slightly more subtle angle was touched in an old paper on the topic of the 1920 negotiations of Harding administration regarding the League of Nations and them being defeated by vote in the Senate.
The coming of quiet to the battlefields had no parallel on the political front, and 1920 proved a record year for Logan Act episodes. In October Senator Warren G. Harding, in the midst of his presidential campaign, gave out the impression that he had been in touch with emissaries of France, who hoped that he would "lead the way to a world fraternity" in substitution for the League we had rejected. President Wilson reacted by sending a sharply worded letter of inquiry to Harding. General denials followed; there was the usual speculation in the New York Times about the Logan Act's applicability, in this case centering on the questions whether Harding's membership on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee entitled him to an exemption and whether the Senate rejection of the League Covenant made it no longer a matter of controversy.
To apply that argument to the present context, it goes like this: since Biden was president-elect from a certain point onward and he publicly had announced different policies with respect to Iran, the Trump administration policies (of "maximal pressure") were already defeated from a preannounced-point in time onward. So it cannot be said that any further actions, even by private channels, made the matter worse for the present US government (Trump's) position, unless such private actions (of Biden's team) can be shown to have encouraged additional damage to the US/Trump position, on top of what Iran already thought was going to happen during the Biden administration. You can probably see why this is hairy to argue in a court...
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How does this answer the question I asked in any way?
@user4012: This answer shows that nobody has ever been in violation of the Logan Act (at least as far as the courts are concerned), and gives examples of what sort of things get accused as Logan Act violations. This broad accusation of "talks" doesn't seem to be any worse than these past accusations, so it's unlikely they'd ever be found to be in violation either.
– Giter
Publicly announcing an intent lies at the core of protected political speech - it's the bread and butter of any campaigning related to foreign policy. I'm very doubtful that the Logan Act can be applied in that context, because it would so obviously violate the First Amendment. Courts usually prefer to construe statutes in a way that does not offend the Constitution, if such a construction is possible, so if the Logan Act is constitutional at all, it likely does not include that conduct.
@Giter - If I wanted to know if anyone was ever convicted under Logan act, I would have asked that (or just Googled). That was very explicitly NOT what I asked. I was asking whether the actions are a violation based on common understanding of what the act considers a violation. Just because almost nobody ever gets convicted of jaywalking in NYC, doesn't mean you can't look at a person on the street and tell pretty clearly if they are jaywalking or not.
@user4012 - I think the point of this answer is that the "common understanding of what the act considers a violation" is "nothing at all is ever a violation". It may be a technical violation, but under standard practice it isn't. Or at least, that's how I read it.
– Bobson
Technically speaking, he violated the Logan Act
The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 18 U.S.C. § 953, enacted January 30, 1799) is a United States federal law that criminalizes negotiation by unauthorized persons with foreign governments having a dispute with the United States. The intent behind the Act is to prevent unauthorized negotiations from undermining the government's position. Violation of the Logan Act is a felony.
Only two people have ever been indicted on charges of violating the Act, one in 1802 and the other in 1852. Neither was convicted of violating the Act.
The problem is that the Logan Act is never enforced. Few people are interested in negotiating with foreign governments for the US, let alone doing so on their own dime. More importantly, those foreign governments won't just negotiate with anyone. So if you're going to do this, you have to have some connection with the existing government. Jimmy Carter (39th US president) went to North Korea on his own in 1994 and negotiated a deal about nuclear weapons. Then-President Clinton accepted the deal.
So, to answer the question at hand, no, there's no practical difference between Biden and any of the other people who have violated this act in the last 150 years. Biden was acting outside official US channels to shape US policy. While it's possible Biden might get investigated, it's highly unlikely he will ever face any charges for negotiating with Iran, just as Kerry and Flynn faced no charges for their negotiations.
This answer is an adaptation of that by user Machavity to Is there a difference between Micheal Flynn's actions and John Kerry's actions, with regards to legality? used under CC-by-sa
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The reason I wrote an answer here is that there's obvious disagreement that Flynn could have been prosecuted under that Act. The FBI actually pushed the idea, but the DOJ thought it terrible. So I didn't think the "everyone's guilty of violating the Logan Act" answer is actually that good.
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I have written extensively this year about the changes happening in the traditional IT and telecom channels. Here are some of the major industry trends that have accelerated these changes:
30% decline in the number of traditional channel partners since recession of 2008
40% of partner owner/principals plan to retire in the next 8 years
75% of technical professional services will be delivered by millennials at that time
72% of all customer technology decisions led by Lines of Business (growing to 90%)
We know that millennials are not joining leadership/ownership roles within traditional channel companies in sufficient numbers. Business models based on managed services, client/server management, hardware sales, and break-fix do not seem to be enticing the next generation.
Channel margins have been challenged for over a decade, with eroding hardware, software and services resell opportunities. Further, increased competition and more efficient tools and processes has commoditized the delivery of IT and telecom. There is also a degree of consumerization that threatens traditional cash cows with the rise of Apple, Google and the like.
Millennials are joining the broader technology industry and other industries that are radically transforming themselves into tech companies. Read the annual reports of the Fortune 500 and you would think that they are all technology companies.
The changes in how companies make technology decisions, led by the lines of business, used to be called "shadow IT" or "rogue IT", but today is the new normal. This change in the customer buying journey has been heavily influenced and accelerated by several "shadow channels".
Who are these shadow channels?
The shadow channel is a broad and diverse group of companies from all backgrounds who engage, influence, recommend and even resell technology to lines of business. It is useful to break them into categories:
SaaS ecosystem consultants and integration partners
Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)
Industry-based professional services firms
"Born in the Cloud" IT and telecom firms
Start-ups looking to disrupt traditional industries
Let's take a closer look…
1. SaaS ecosystem consultants and integration partners
The growth of the software-as-a-service industry since early in 2000 has been staggering. Major, multi-billion dollar revenue streams are still growing north of 30% - 15 years later.
We are now seeing clear winners in each of the line of business categories. For example, 10 years ago there were over 300 CRM solutions competing in a very fragmented market. Salesforce has now secured almost 1/5 of all CRM opportunity and competes in a more narrow, established market between on-premises and cloud offerings.
Other winners include companies like Marketo, Netsuite, Workday and many others. All of these winners have built impressive ecosystems around their products where all boats are rising – and quickly. For example, Salesforce has over 1,000 partners globally that drive over $20B in revenue. That is estimated to be $4.14 for every $1 a customer spends on the CRM license (according to IDC). Similar numbers are seen across all LOB ecosystems.
This is primarily consulting and integration revenue. The Salesforce ISV and customized developer partnerships drive billions of more dollars of value. In fact, Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, outlined a $290B ecosystem opportunity value over the next 5 years for those that want to compete.
According to Goldman Sachs research, the SaaS economy drives $106B in revenue this year, growing by 30% CAGR for the foreseeable future. With the opportunity of $5 for every SaaS dollar, we are looking at a half-trillion dollar opportunity that hasn't yet been realized. I personally don't believe the number is that high, but anything multiplied by $106B is significant.
2. Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)
Keeping on the Salesforce example, the ISV ecosystem is called AppExchange and it has 3,000 apps, generating 4 million downloads, $20B in ISV revenue (including a sizable chunk that Salesforce takes off the top in a revenue share). An impressive 75% of their customers use Apps in addition to the core software.
There are several unicorns (companies worth over $1B in market value) that are completely reliant on these SaaS ecosystems. Adding tools, workflow, customized and specialized industry solutions, and other value adds is a very lucrative environment for entrepreneurs. The investment community of venture capitalists are also eager to back companies in these ecosystems with hundreds of dedicated funds.
The shadow competition comes in the form of free services. In the rush to grab share, many ISVs (and the investment community behind them) measure recurring revenue on the software and tend to give away or look negatively upon one-time, project based services.
3. Industry-based professional services firms
Every company is being forced to become a technology company. Whether it is a car company with Tesla sneaking up, transportation company with Uber, hospitality company with AirBNB, or any other of the 27 industries, technological disruption is threatening traditional companies with extinction.
This means that every ancillary service or consulting company supporting these industries is being forced into technology as well.
CompTIA did an excellent piece of research in late 2015 focused on the professional services vertical. Looking specifically at accounting, legal and marketing firms they drew a couple of important conclusions:
These verticals are huge, rivaling the size of the IT and Telecom Channel in terms of number of firms. The best estimate for IT firms in North America is 160,000 while legal has 190,000, accounting has 133,160 and marketing has 105,180.
More than just size, these companies are rapidly converging into the broader IT and Telecom space. For example, 51% of accounting firms resell software today, with 33% more considering it. The numbers are similar for offering IT compliance, consulting, advisory and assessments.
By the year 2020, more than 80% of accounting and marketing firms will be indistinguishable from traditional IT channel partners. Legal is slightly lower at 55%, but still heading the same direction.
Now think about every company, in every industry becoming a competitor for these technology dollars that lines of business are increasingly spending. This casts a huge shadow and is very tough to compete with.
4. "Born in the Cloud" IT and telecom firms
Much has been written about born in the cloud – and most of it turned out to be wrong.
Don't get me wrong, there are many successful companies that have been started in the cloud era, with business models purpose-built for this environment, and finding success as brokers, integrators and building trust within lines of business. I spoke at an Ingram Cloud event earlier in the year with 1,300 of these eager folks in attendance.
The great influx of millennial, born-in-the-cloud VARs and MSPs hasn't materialized as predicted however. The technology industry is struggling to stay in the top 10 of most desired industries for college grads.
Technology is so intertwined with business today that younger people look to themselves as sales, marketing, HR, operations or finance leaders and that technology is an obvious and ubiquitous part of their job role.
With all that said, born in the cloud is still a formidable shadow channel as the skill level is high, business model optimized and energy level high.
5. Start-ups looking to disrupt traditional industries
It is difficult to measure startups, as many countries don't keep track. The best estimate from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor is there are about 613 million people trying to start about 396 million businesses. About one third will be launched, so you can assume 133 million new firm births per year, with just shy of 2 million of those being technology startups.
Forbes reported 50,000 companies get Angel funding in the US, with 4,000 of those moving on to secure venture capital funding per year.
These are big numbers – but safe to say that innovation and entrepreneurship is as hot as ever. Each of these companies have a new idea or, what they think, is a better way to do things.
The shadow channel effect is that traditional service-based opportunities could be automated, replaced or deemed redundant in the future. The traditional channel is not immune to the reported 47% of jobs that could be replaced by artificial intelligence, machines and robotics in the near future.
It is hard to predict the impact of each of these shadow channels against the future technology opportunity. We do know that competition for traditional partners is shifting from the business across the street to a myriad of influencers on end customers.
The good news is that the pie is also growing. The technology industry is expected to grow by 5.1% this year and is looking positive for years to come. The skills and resources to take advantage of this pie look much different than they did even 3 years ago.
The shadow channel is currently the wild west - the equivalent of where the traditional channel was maturity-wise in the early 1990's. They are putting customer businesses at risk everyday by playing fast and loose with customer data, financial and even HR data. Proprietary information is flying everywhere across public clouds by smaller startups with little control or regard for the ramifications (or regulations).
The traditional channel has an opportunity to play a crucial role. Through strategic partnerships of their own, mergers, acquisitions, hiring/adopting the right skills, as well as business model changes, they can ensure that maturity is injected back into the system. Things like business continuity, security and compliance are critical requirements of the LOBs – and very few in the shadow channels can execute at this point.
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Title: Crash of the Titans
Genre: Beat 'em Up
Platform: J2ME
Developer: DeValley
With Crash of the Titans being released on every console, handheld, and toaster imaginable, this mobile adaptation should come as no surprise. This version of the game is a side-scrolling beat 'em up that has Crash fighting his way through hordes of enemies to reach the end of each level.
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To end this with a little trivia, there was a pre-release contest to have a fan's face in place of the Dimbo enemies in the game (the spiky-backed elephants). This was for a special version produced for the UK operator called O2, and it's considered even more of a rarity than the regular game these days. The winner for the contest was one Stephen Massart, and true to their word, the developers immortalized his face in this version of the game and gave him a free copy.
For a 2007 mobile game, Crash of the Titans is surprisingly easy to pick up, and there's just enough content to be worth your attention. The quality of its presentation adds to the feeling that this is a more elaborate effort than previous mobile attempts, and even though it adds nothing new to the franchise, it's decent enough to make it a shame that you can no longer acquire it legally.
- Thanks to Dri for his research on the contest.
The combat is simple and easy to pick up
There are many levels and missions spread across different worlds
The ranking system provides replay value for completionists
It's a simple game that does exactly what it's going for, so there isn't much wrong with it. It's just a shame that it can't be downloaded legally anymore


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Q: Are there any cleverly efficient algorithms to perform a calculation over the space of partitionings of a string? I'm working on a statistical project that involves iterating over every possible way to partition a collection of strings and running a simple calculation on each. Specifically, each possible substring has a probability associated with it, and I'm trying to get the sum across all partitions of the product of the substring probability in the partition.
For example, if the string is 'abc', then there would be probabilities for 'a', 'b', 'c', 'ab, 'bc' and 'abc'. There are four possible partitionings of the string: 'abc', 'ab|c', 'a|bc' and 'a|b|c'. The algorithm needs to find the product of the component probabilities for each partitioning, then sum the four resultant numbers.
Currently, I've written a python iterator that uses binary representations of integers for the partitions (eg 00, 01, 10, 11 for the example above) and simply runs through the integers. Unfortunately, this is immensely slow for strings longer than 20 or so characters.
Can anybody think of a clever way to perform this operation without simply running through every partition one at a time? I've been stuck on this for days now.
In response to some comments here is some more information:
The string can be just about anything, eg "foobar(foo2)" -- our alphabet is lowercase alphanumeric plus all three type of braces ("(","[","{"), hyphens and spaces.
The goal is to get the likelihood of the string given individual 'word' likelihoods. So L(S='abc')=P('abc') + P('ab')P('c') + P('a')P('bc') + P('a')P('b')P('c') (Here "P('abc')" indicates the probability of the 'word' 'abc', while "L(S='abc')" is the statistical likelihood of observing the string 'abc').

A: A Dynamic Programming solution (if I understood the question right):
def dynProgSolution(text, probs):
  probUpTo = [1]
  for i in range(1, len(text)+1):
    cur = sum(v*probs[text[k:i]] for k, v in enumerate(probUpTo))
    probUpTo.append(cur)
  return probUpTo[-1]

print dynProgSolution(
  'abc',
  {'a': 0.1, 'b': 0.2, 'c': 0.3,
   'ab': 0.4, 'bc': 0.5, 'abc': 0.6}
  )

The complexity is O(N2) so it will easily solve the problem for N=20.
How why does this work:

*

*Everything you will multiply by probs['a']*probs['b'] you will also multiply by probs['ab']

*Thanks to the Distributive Property of multiplication and addition, you can sum those two together and multiply this single sum by all of its continuations.

*For every possible last substring, it adds the sum of all splits ending with that by adding its probability multiplied by the sum of all probabilities of previous paths. (alternative phrasing would be appreciated. my python is better than my english..)

A: First, profile to find the bottleneck.
If the bottleneck is simply the massive number of possible partitions, I recommend parallelization, possibly via multiprocessing. If that's still not enough, you might look into a Beowulf cluster.
If the bottleneck is just that the calculation is slow, try shelling out to C. It's pretty easy to do via ctypes.
Also, I'm not really sure how you're storing the partitions, but you could probably squash memory consumption a pretty good bit by using one string and a suffix array. If your bottleneck is swapping and/or cache misses, that might be a big win.

A: Your substrings are going to be reused over and over again by the longer strings, so caching the values using a memoizing technique seems like an obvious thing to try. This is just a time-space trade off. The simplest implementation is to use a dictionary to cache values as you calculate them. Do a dictionary lookup for every string calculation; if it's not in the dictionary, calculate and add it. Subsequent calls will make use of the pre-computed value. If the dictionary lookup is faster than the calculation, you're in luck.
I realise you are using Python, but... as a side note that may be of interest, if you do this in Perl, you don't even have to write any code; the built in Memoize module will do the caching for you!

A: You may get a minor reduction of the amount of computation by a small refactoring based on associative properties of arithmetic (and string concatenation) though I'm not sure it will be a life-changer.  The core idea would be as follows:
consider a longish string e.g. 'abcdefghik', 10-long, for definiteness w/o loss of generality. In a naive approach you'd be multiplying p(a) by the many partitions of the 9-tail, p(ab) by the many partitions of the 8-tail, etc; in particular p(a) and p(b) will be multiplying exactly the same partitions of the 8-tail (all of them) as p(ab) will -- 3 multiplications and two sums among them. So factor that out:
(p(ab) + p(a) * p(b)) * (partitions of the 8-tail)

and we're down to 2 multiplications and 1 sum for this part, having saved 1 product and 1 sum. to cover all partitions with a split point just right of 'b'. When it comes to partitions with a split just right of 'c',
(p(abc) + p(ab) * p(c) + p(a) * (p(b)*p(c)+p(bc)) * (partitions of the 7-tail)

the savings mount, partly thanks to the internal refactoring -- though of course one must be careful about double-counting. I'm thinking that this approach may be generalized -- start with the midpoint and consider all partitions that have a split there, separately (and recursively) for the left and right part, multiplying and summing; then add all partitions that DON'T have a split there, e.g. in the example, the halves being 'abcde' on the left and 'fghik' on the right, the second part is about all partitions where 'ef' are together rather than apart -- so "collapse" all probabilities by considering that 'ef' as a new 'superletter' X, and you're left with a string one shorter, 'abcdXghik' (of course the probabilities for the substrings of THAT map directly to the originals, e.g. the p(cdXg) in the new string is just exactly the p(cdefg) in the original).

A: You should look into the itertools module. It can create a generator for you that is very fast. Given your input string, it will provide you with all possible permutations. Depending on what you need, there is also a combinations() generator. I'm not quite sure if you're looking at "b|ca" when you're looking at "abc," but either way, this module may prove useful to you.

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Hitler Youth Schall. The Diaries of a Young Nazi
Hitlerjunge Schall. Die Tagebücher eines jungen Nationalsozialisten
September 2016 / 360pp
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The diaries of a young Nazi provide a glimpse into the mind of a young person taken in by a totalitarian ideology.
Franz Albrecht Schall was fifteen years old in 1928. Over the next seven years, he kept a detailed and vivid diary in which he recorded the most important aspect of his life: his involvement with the Hitler Youth. While diaries and memoirs of young Nazis have been published before, this document is unique. Covering a long period of time from 1928 to 1935, as the Nazis rose to power, it gives a fascinating insight into the mind of a young man who never wavers in his ideological attachment, and into the inner workings of Nazi youth organisations. It is a revealing account of Schall's journey into adulthood, his perception of the role he thinks he needs to play to create a unified Germany, and the effects Nazi ideology had on his idealistic views.
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Q: Binding errors in functions with pointer parameters When writing a code this way...
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

class Node {
public:
    int data;

    Node(int data) {
        this->data = data;
    }
};

void display(const Node* &p){
    cout<<p->data<<endl;
}

int main(){
    Node *p = new Node(10);
    display(p);
    return 0;
}

I get the following error.

error: cannot bind non-const lvalue reference of type 'const Node*&' to an rvalue of type 'const Node*'

However, this works if the parameter const Node* &p of function display is changed to Node* &p.
Can someone explain to me how this works?

A: p is a Node * and can't be bound to const Node* & directly. It needs to be converted to const Node* firstly, which is a temporary, i.e. an rvalue, and can't be bound to lvaue-reference to non-const.
Changing to Node* & fixes the issue, p could be bound to Node* & directly without any implicit conversion.
BTW temporaries could be bound to lvalue-reference to const. Changing parameter type to const Node* const & works fine. LIVE
Or change from pass-by-reference to pass-by-value (the pointer itself) as const Node*. LIVE

A: const Node* &p
// p is a reference to a pointer to a constant 'Node'

And what you have is
Node *p
//  ^^ discarding the const qualifier is an error
display(p);
//      ^^ error

Probably the easiest fix here is to live up to the promise
const Node *p = new Node(10);
//^^^
display(p); // OK

void display(const Node*& p) is essentially the same as
void display(const Node** p)

And the standard has a good example of why initializing it with a (non-const) Node** is not allowed (n4659 [conv.qual]):
// [ Note: If a program could assign a pointer of type T** to a pointer of type const T** (that is, if line #1
// below were allowed), a program could inadvertently modify a const object (as it is done on line #2). For
// example,
int main() {
  const char c = 'c';
  char* pc;
  const char** pcc = &pc; // #1: not allowed
  *pcc = &c;
  *pc = 'C'; // #2: modifies a const object
}
// — end note ]


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Categories > U.S. Regional Data > States > New York > MSAs > Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
Civilian Labor Force in Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY (MSA) (BUFF336LFN)
Nov 2022: 537,937 | Persons | Monthly | Updated: Dec 29, 2022
Nov 2022: 537,937 (+ more)
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If you have any questions, please email hr@pam.org.
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La Copa de la Reina 2021-22 fue la 40.ª edición del campeonato, la cual se disputa entre el 24 de septiembre de 2021 y el 29 de mayo de 2022.

Formato
Estará compuesta por los 18 conjuntos que conformaron la temporada anterior la Primera División, los 26 de Segunda sin contar con los filiales y los 4 campeones de la Fase de Ascenso de Primera Nacional a Segunda. Los emparejamientos se llevarán a cabo por sorteo, enfrentándose, hasta donde sea posible, los clubes de mayor categoría frente a los de menor. Cuando se trate de clubes adscritos a divisiones distintas, se jugará en el campo del de menor categoría, siempre y cuando, cumpla las normativas de la RFEF. Si se miden 2 clubes de la misma categoría actuará como local el primer club en salir del sorteo. Las eliminatorias serán a partido único.

Fechas y formato

 Al ser eliminatorias a un solo partido, si se acaba en empate será decidido en el tiempo extra; y si el empate persiste, por una tanda de penaltis.

Participantes
Participan los dieciséis equipos de Primera, los veintiséis de los treinta y dos equipos de Segunda al haber 6 filiales y cinco equipos de Primera Nacional. Se indica con el superíndice el grupo asignado en función de su clasificación en la temporada 2020-21:

 Grupo A: Compuesto por los clubes de Primera División Nacional de Fútbol Femenino que, sin tener enervado su derecho de participación por motivos de filialidad o dependencia, descendieron de Segunda División RFEF de Fútbol Femenino a Primera División Nacional de Fútbol Femenino.
 Grupo B: Compuesto por los clubes de Segunda División RFEF de Fútbol Femenino que no tengan enervado su derecho de participación por motivos de filialidad o dependencia.
 Grupo C: Compuesto por los 8 clubes de Primera División RFEF de Fútbol Femenino que hubieran quedado clasificados en los puestos 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 o 14 en la temporada anterior y los dos equipos que ascendieron de Segunda División RFEF de Fútbol Femenino a Primera División RFEF de Fútbol Femenino en la temporada anterior.
 Grupo D: Compuesto por los 8 clubes de Primera División RFEF de Fútbol Femenino que hubieran quedado clasificados en los puestos 1 al 8 en la temporada anterior.

Primera ronda

La primera ronda se disputará en eliminatorias a partido único 31 equipos clasificados. El equipo que salga en último lugar queda exento. El sorteo se celebró el 24 de septiembre de 2021.

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Segunda ronda

La segunda ronda se disputará en eliminatorias a partido único 16 equipos clasificados. El sorteo se celebró el 15 de octubre de 2021.

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Cuadro final

Dieciseisavos de final

Esta ronda se disputará en eliminatorias a partido único entre 16 equipos clasificados (los ocho ganadores de la segunda ronda más los equipos de la temporada pasada de la Primera División que quedaron entre el 9.º y el 14.º puesto más los dos equipos ascendidos de la Segunda División). El sorteo se celebró el 7 de enero de 2022.

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Octavos de final

Esta ronda se disputará en eliminatorias a partido único entre 16 equipos clasificados (los ocho ganadores de los dieciseisavos de final más los equipos de la temporada pasada de la Primera División que quedaron entre el 1.º y el 8.º puesto). El sorteo se celebró el 11 de febrero de 2022.

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Cuartos de final

Esta ronda se disputará en eliminatorias a partido único entre 8 equipos clasificados (los ocho ganadores de los octavos de final). El sorteo se celebró el 4 de marzo de 2022.

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Semifinales

Las semifinales los disputarán en eliminatorias a partido único los cuatro equipos ganadores de la ronda anterior en el Estadio Santo Domingo en Alcorcón (Madrid). El sorteo se celebró el 12 de mayo de 2022.

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Final

La final la disputarán a partido único los dos equipos ganadores de las semifinales en el Estadio Santo Domingo en Alcorcón (Madrid). El sorteo se celebró el 12 de mayo de 2022.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Real Federación Española de Fútbol
 Copa de la Reina en LaLiga

Copa de la Reina de fútbol
Temporada 2021-22 de fútbol en España


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BMW 7 Series LCI Rendered in M7 Touring Guise Remains Distant Dream
Home » Models » 7 Series » BMW 7 Series LCI Rendered in M7 Touring Guise Remains Distant Dream
January 29, 2019 / 2 minutes read
Hushed whispers of a BMW M7 have been going around almost since the Motorsport division and the 7 Series model coexisted. People saw what the M engineers are capable of and thought about a powerful mix between the luxury of the 7er and ever since. However, the Germans have repeatedly rejected the idea on a number of counts, the most important being that the 7 Series is simply too big to be worthy of the M treatment.
The closest we ever got was with the only M Performance model launched in the 7 Series range so far, the M760Li xDrive. In the latest iteration, to come out later this year, the M760Li xDrive has 585 HP to rely on from its twin-turbo 6.6-liter V12 engine under the hood and that's plenty even for a luxobarge like this. In a straight line, this thing will be hard to keep up with, even when compared against other ludicrously powerful machines of its size, the Audi S8 and Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG.
However, it's in the bends that a possible M7 would be deemed too soft by the engineers over in Munich. That's the main reason why an M7 will never see the light of day, let alone an M7 Touring, like the crazy rendering proposed here by Aksyonov Nikita. The man truly did us a solid here, by following some details to the millimeter. The front end features the massive grilles of the revamped 7 Series along with the bumper of the M5, while round the back we have four tailpipes and a mean diffuser in between. Even the side mirrors look the part, one element M fanboys care way too much about, in my opinion.
And while all of this looks great, it will remain a dream for now as BMW has no plans whatsoever to bring it to life. A Touring version of the 7 Series is out of the question from the get go and even if that did happen, Touring cars are not exactly known for their M versions.
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2 responses to "BMW 7 Series LCI Rendered in M7 Touring Guise Remains Distant Dream"
Jupiter says:
If they can make an X5M there's no reason why they can't do an M7
furx 🏳🌈 says:
I think I just came.