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February 28, 2018 News » Citizen Revolt
Citizen Revolt, March 1
Multicultural Youth Day, uniting feminists and Women's History Month.
By Katharine Biele @kathybiele
Multicultural Youth Day
This annual event comes at a particularly poignant time—following the tragic school shootings in Parkland, Fla., and just before the Legislature adjourns for the year—probably without addressing gun control. Hosted by the Utah Office of Multicultural Affairs, Multicultural Youth Leadership Day at the Capitol 2018, wants students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades and others to understand the importance of the legislative process and how becoming informed citizens can change their lives and the communities in which they live. Think about it: guns for teachers and in schools. These are the issues you can influence. Utah State Capitol, 350 N. State, 801-245-7210, Wednesday, March 7, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., free, bit.ly/2ENdnB3.
Feminists Unite
Yes, there are still feminists in the world—and they're mad as hell. As part of Women's History Month, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the City Library are offering a community dialogue "around gender, activism, and art." Feminists Unite! Building Community through Art & Activism will offer sessions led by artists and educators, and opportunities to make art yourself or tell your story. They will also be taking ideas for a community mural to be created in April. Best yet, you will hear about how you can make feminism a part of your life. Sugar Space Arts Warehouse 132 S. 800 West, 801-581-7332, Wednesday, March 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m., free, bit.ly/2EORSvG.
Going Beyong Tokenism
Yes, this month is all about women, but it's also about all kinds of women in all walks of life and how they influence society, not to mention the history of our nation. Beyond Tokenism: Centering Women in our Histories of the Nation will delve into the domestic and public work of women and their contributions to social institutions. "It gives us a truer picture of the nation's history, in all of its conflict, change, and complexity," organizers say. This free lecture will be given by R. Marie Griffith, director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, and the editor of the Center's journal, Religion & Politics. J. Willard Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium, Level 1, 295 S. Campus Drive, 801-581-8558, Thursday, March 8, 7-9 p.m., free, bit.ly/2E6Gef9.
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Ambience is what I like here. This is my second visit and my kids just love this place.. One of the best place for families to stay .
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Voting Comparison — Geraint Davies MP, Croydon Central
Geraint Davies
Constituency From To Party Rebellions (explain...) Attendance (explain...) Teller
Swansea West 13 Dec 2019 still in office Lab 0 votes out of 117, 0.0% 117 votes out of 192, 60.9% 0 times
Swansea West 9 Jun 2017 6 Nov 2019 Lab 3 votes out of 336, 0.9% 336 votes out of 463, 72.6% 0 times
Swansea West 8 May 2015 3 May 2017 Lab 6 votes out of 284, 2.1% 284 votes out of 467, 60.8% 0 times
Swansea West 6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 3 votes out of 774, 0.4% 774 votes out of 1239, 62.5% 0 times
Croydon Central 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 7 votes out of 895, 0.8% 895 votes out of 1246, 71.8% 1 time
Croydon Central 1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 2 votes out of 858, 0.2% 858 votes out of 1273, 67.4% 0 times
House Date Subject Geraint Davies Mr Harold Best Rôle
Commons 4 May 1999 Sex Education in Schools minority aye disagrees with policy
Commons 24 Feb 1999 City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order) Majority no disagrees with policy
Commons 16 Feb 1999 House of Lords Bill Majority aye disagrees with policy
Commons 2 Sep 1998 Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill - Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom Majority no disagrees with policy


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{-# LANGUAGE TupleSections #-}
-- | Semantics of most 'ResponseAI' client commands.
module Game.LambdaHack.Client.AI.PickActorClient
  ( pickActorToMove
  ) where

import Prelude ()
import Prelude.Compat

import Control.Arrow
import Control.Exception.Assert.Sugar
import Control.Monad (void, unless, unless, filterM)
import qualified Data.EnumMap.Strict as EM
import Data.List (partition, sortBy)
import Data.Maybe
import Data.Ord

import Game.LambdaHack.Client.AI.ConditionClient
import Game.LambdaHack.Client.AI.PickTargetClient
import Game.LambdaHack.Client.BfsClient
import Game.LambdaHack.Client.CommonClient
import Game.LambdaHack.Client.MonadClient
import Game.LambdaHack.Client.State
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.Ability
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.Actor
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.ActorState
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.Faction
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.Frequency
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.ItemStrongest
import qualified Game.LambdaHack.Common.Kind as Kind
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.Level
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.Misc
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.MonadStateRead
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.Point
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.Random
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.State
import qualified Game.LambdaHack.Common.Tile as Tile
import Game.LambdaHack.Common.Vector
import Game.LambdaHack.Content.ModeKind

pickActorToMove :: MonadClient m
                => ((ActorId, Actor) -> m (Maybe (Target, PathEtc)))
                -> ActorId
                -> m (ActorId, Actor)
pickActorToMove refreshTarget oldAid = do
  Kind.COps{cotile} <- getsState scops
  oldBody <- getsState $ getActorBody oldAid
  let side = bfid oldBody
      arena = blid oldBody
  fact <- getsState $ (EM.! side) . sfactionD
  lvl <- getLevel arena
  let leaderStuck = waitedLastTurn oldBody
      t = lvl `at` bpos oldBody
  mleader <- getsClient _sleader
  ours <- getsState $ actorRegularAssocs (== side) arena
  let explore = void $ refreshTarget (oldAid, oldBody)
      setPath mtgt = case mtgt of
        Nothing -> return False
        Just (tgtLeader, _) -> do
          mpath <- createPath oldAid tgtLeader
          case mpath of
            Nothing -> return False
            Just path -> do
              let tgtMPath = second Just path
              modifyClient $ \cli ->
                cli {stargetD = EM.alter (const $ Just tgtMPath)
                                         oldAid (stargetD cli)}
              return True
      follow = case mleader of
        -- If no leader at all (forced @TFollow@ tactic on an actor
        -- from a leaderless faction), fall back to @TExplore@.
        Nothing -> explore
        Just leader -> do
          onLevel <- getsState $ memActor leader arena
          -- If leader not on this level, fall back to @TExplore@.
          if not onLevel then explore
          else do
            modifyClient $ \cli ->
              cli { sbfsD = invalidateBfs oldAid (sbfsD cli)
                  , seps = seps cli + 773 }  -- randomize paths
            -- Copy over the leader's target, if any, or follow his bpos.
            mtgt <- getsClient $ EM.lookup leader . stargetD
            tgtPathSet <- setPath mtgt
            let enemyPath = Just (TEnemy leader True, Nothing)
            unless tgtPathSet $ do
               enemyPathSet <- setPath enemyPath
               unless enemyPathSet $
                 -- If no path even to the leader himself, explore.
                 explore
      pickOld = do
        if mleader == Just oldAid then explore
        else case ftactic $ gplayer fact of
          TExplore -> explore
          TFollow -> follow
          TFollowNoItems -> follow
          TMeleeAndRanged -> explore  -- needs to find ranged targets
          TMeleeAdjacent -> explore  -- probably not needed, but may change
          TBlock -> return ()  -- no point refreshing target
          TRoam -> explore  -- @TRoam@ is checked again inside @explore@
          TPatrol -> explore  -- TODO
        return (oldAid, oldBody)
  case ours of
    _ | -- Keep the leader: only a leader is allowed to pick another leader.
        mleader /= Just oldAid
        -- Keep the leader: the faction forbids client leader change on level.
        || snd (autoDungeonLevel fact)
        -- Keep the leader: he is on stairs and not stuck
        -- and we don't want to clog stairs or get pushed to another level.
        || not leaderStuck && Tile.isStair cotile t
      -> pickOld
    [] -> assert `failure` (oldAid, oldBody)
    [_] -> pickOld  -- Keep the leader: he is alone on the level.
    (captain, captainBody) : (sergeant, sergeantBody) : _ -> do
      -- At this point we almost forget who the old leader was
      -- and treat all party actors the same, eliminating candidates
      -- until we can't distinguish them any more, at which point we prefer
      -- the old leader, if he is among the best candidates
      -- (to make the AI appear more human-like and easier to observe).
      -- TODO: this also takes melee into account, but not shooting.
      let refresh aidBody = do
            mtgt <- refreshTarget aidBody
            return $! (aidBody,) <$> mtgt
      oursTgt <- catMaybes <$> mapM refresh ours
      let actorVulnerable ((aid, body), _) = do
            activeItems <- activeItemsClient aid
            condMeleeBad <- condMeleeBadM aid
            threatDistL <- threatDistList aid
            (fleeL, _) <- fleeList aid
            let actorMaxSk = sumSkills activeItems
                abInMaxSkill ab = EM.findWithDefault 0 ab actorMaxSk > 0
                condNoUsableWeapon = all (not . isMelee) activeItems
                canMelee = abInMaxSkill AbMelee && not condNoUsableWeapon
                condCanFlee = not (null fleeL)
                condThreatAtHandVeryClose =
                  not $ null $ takeWhile ((<= 2) . fst) threatDistL
                threatAdj = takeWhile ((== 1) . fst) threatDistL
                condThreatAdj = not $ null threatAdj
                condFastThreatAdj =
                  any (\(_, (_, b)) ->
                         bspeed b activeItems > bspeed body activeItems)
                      threatAdj
                heavilyDistressed =
                  -- Actor hit by a projectile or similarly distressed.
                  deltaSerious (bcalmDelta body)
            return $! not (canMelee && condThreatAdj)
                      && if condThreatAtHandVeryClose
                         then condCanFlee && condMeleeBad
                              && not condFastThreatAdj
                         else heavilyDistressed  -- shot at
                           -- TODO: modify when reaction fire is possible
          actorHearning (_, (TEnemyPos{}, (_, (_, d)))) | d <= 2 =
            return False  -- noise probably due to fleeing target
          actorHearning ((_aid, b), _) = do
            allFoes <- getsState $ actorRegularList (isAtWar fact) (blid b)
            let closeFoes = filter ((<= 3) . chessDist (bpos b) . bpos) allFoes
                mildlyDistressed = deltaMild (bcalmDelta b)
            return $! mildlyDistressed  -- e.g., actor hears an enemy
                      && null closeFoes  -- the enemy not visible; a trap!
          -- AI has to be prudent and not lightly waste leader for meleeing,
          -- even if his target is distant
          actorMeleeing ((aid, _), _) = condAnyFoeAdjM aid
          actorMeleeBad ((aid, _), _) = do
            threatDistL <- threatDistList aid
            let condThreatMedium =  -- if foes far, friends may still come
                  not $ null $ takeWhile ((<= 5) . fst) threatDistL
            condMeleeBad <- condMeleeBadM aid
            return $! condThreatMedium && condMeleeBad
      oursVulnerable <- filterM actorVulnerable oursTgt
      oursSafe <- filterM (fmap not . actorVulnerable) oursTgt
        -- TODO: partitionM
      oursMeleeing <- filterM actorMeleeing oursSafe
      oursNotMeleeing <- filterM (fmap not . actorMeleeing) oursSafe
      oursHearing <- filterM actorHearning oursNotMeleeing
      oursNotHearing <- filterM (fmap not . actorHearning) oursNotMeleeing
      oursMeleeBad <- filterM actorMeleeBad oursNotHearing
      oursNotMeleeBad <- filterM (fmap not . actorMeleeBad) oursNotHearing
      let targetTEnemy (_, (TEnemy{}, _)) = True
          targetTEnemy (_, (TEnemyPos{}, _)) = True
          targetTEnemy _ = False
          (oursTEnemy, oursOther) = partition targetTEnemy oursNotMeleeBad
          -- These are not necessarily stuck (perhaps can go around),
          -- but their current path is blocked by friends.
          targetBlocked our@((_aid, _b), (_tgt, (path, _etc))) =
            let next = case path of
                  [] -> assert `failure` our
                  [_goal] -> Nothing
                  _ : q : _ -> Just q
            in any ((== next) . Just . bpos . snd) ours
-- TODO: stuck actors are picked while others close could approach an enemy;
-- we should detect stuck actors (or one-sided stuck)
-- so far we only detect blocked and only in Other mode
--             && not (aid == oldAid && waitedLastTurn b time)  -- not stuck
-- this only prevents staying stuck
          (oursBlocked, oursPos) =
            partition targetBlocked $ oursOther ++ oursMeleeBad
          -- Lower overhead is better.
          overheadOurs :: ((ActorId, Actor), (Target, PathEtc))
                       -> (Int, Int, Bool)
          overheadOurs our@((aid, b), (_, (_, (goal, d)))) =
            if targetTEnemy our then
              -- TODO: take weapon, walk and fight speed, etc. into account
              ( d + if targetBlocked our then 2 else 0  -- possible delay, hacky
              , - 10 * fromIntegral (bhp b `div` (10 * oneM))
              , aid /= oldAid )
            else
              -- Keep proper formation, not too dense, not to sparse.
              let
                -- TODO: vary the parameters according to the stage of game,
                -- enough equipment or not, game mode, level map, etc.
                minSpread = 7
                maxSpread = 12 * 2
                dcaptain p =
                  chessDistVector $ bpos captainBody `vectorToFrom` p
                dsergeant p =
                  chessDistVector $ bpos sergeantBody `vectorToFrom` p
                minDist | aid == captain = dsergeant (bpos b)
                        | aid == sergeant = dcaptain (bpos b)
                        | otherwise = dsergeant (bpos b)
                                      `min` dcaptain (bpos b)
                pDist p = dcaptain p + dsergeant p
                sumDist = pDist (bpos b)
                -- Positive, if the goal gets us closer to the party.
                diffDist = sumDist - pDist goal
                minCoeff | minDist < minSpread =
                  (minDist - minSpread) `div` 3
                  - if aid == oldAid then 3 else 0
                         | otherwise = 0
                explorationValue = diffDist * (sumDist `div` 4)
-- TODO: this half is not yet ready:
-- instead spread targets between actors; moving many actors
-- to a single target and stopping and starting them
-- is very wasteful; also, pick targets not closest to the actor in hand,
-- but to the sum of captain and sergant or something
                sumCoeff | sumDist > maxSpread = - explorationValue
                         | otherwise = 0
              in ( if d == 0 then d
                   else max 1 $ minCoeff + if d < 10
                                           then 3 + d `div` 4
                                           else 9 + d `div` 10
                 , sumCoeff
                 , aid /= oldAid )
          sortOurs = sortBy $ comparing overheadOurs
          goodGeneric ((aid, b), (_tgt, _pathEtc)) =
            not (aid == oldAid && waitedLastTurn b)  -- not stuck
          goodTEnemy our@((_aid, b), (TEnemy{}, (_path, (goal, _d)))) =
            not (adjacent (bpos b) goal) -- not in melee range already
            && goodGeneric our
          goodTEnemy our = goodGeneric our
          oursVulnerableGood = filter goodTEnemy oursVulnerable
          oursTEnemyGood = filter goodTEnemy oursTEnemy
          oursPosGood = filter goodGeneric oursPos
          oursMeleeingGood = filter goodGeneric oursMeleeing
          oursHearingGood = filter goodTEnemy oursHearing
          oursBlockedGood = filter goodGeneric oursBlocked
          candidates = [ sortOurs oursVulnerableGood
                       , sortOurs oursTEnemyGood
                       , sortOurs oursPosGood
                       , sortOurs oursMeleeingGood
                       , sortOurs oursHearingGood
                       , sortOurs oursBlockedGood
                       ]
      case filter (not . null) candidates of
        l@(c : _) : _ -> do
          let best = takeWhile ((== overheadOurs c) . overheadOurs) l
              freq = uniformFreq "candidates for AI leader" best
          ((aid, b), _) <- rndToAction $ frequency freq
          s <- getState
          modifyClient $ updateLeader aid s
          return (aid, b)
        _ -> return (oldAid, oldBody)

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Home » Disaster in the night: the clash of Cape Bon
Disaster in the night: the clash of Cape Bon
by Giulio Poggiaroni September 14, 2021
written by Giulio Poggiaroni September 14, 2021
The brief clash of Cape Bon caused the loss of two cruisers transporting vital fuel supplies for the Axis forces in North Africa. Another victory earned by the British thanks to ULTRA
November 1941 can be defined as the "black month" for the Axis convoys directed to North Africa. During this month, the renewed allied air, naval and underwater offensive badly hit the axis supply lines as never before. In that month, only 30% of equipment safely arrived in the Libyan ports. In comparison, the average of the June-November period was 77% of equipment delivered, 87% for the personnel, and 69% for fuel supplies. On the 18th of November, the Commonwealth forces in North Africa launched their offensive against the Panzerarmee Afrika. Very soon, Rommel and General Ettore Bastico urged the Italian Supreme command to send in more reinforcements and supplies. In this critical context, the Regia Marina started to rely also on warships to carry out transport duties. This was the case for the IV cruiser division, consisting of the light cruisers Alberico da Barbiano, Alberto di Giussano, and Giovanni dale Bande Nere, the three ships all belonged to the Giussano class cruisers.
A false start
A first mission was scheduled for the 9th of December, the Barbiano and Di Giussano were loaded with some hundred tons of fuel supplies and left Palermo. However, when trespassed the northwest corner of Sicily, they were spotted by a British reconnaissance aircraft. The mission success strictly relied on full secrecy, since the ships were packed with highly inflammable cargo (partly loaded on the deck in the stern section) and could easily fell prey to any attack. Admiral Antonio Toscano, in command of the division, opted to abort the mission and returned to Palermo. His decision enraged the Navy and Army high command, so a new mission was scheduled for the 12th of December. This time, also the Bande Nere was meant to take part in the transport mission. However, an engine failure forced the ship to stay in port, leaving the two other ships to embark Bande Nere's cargo. The Barbiano and di Giussano loaded in total 100 tons of aviation fuel, 250 tons of gasoline, 600 tons of naphtha, 900 tons of food.
ULTRA strikes again
On the 12th of December, some hours before the scheduled departure of the IV division, Italian reconnaissance aircraft based in Sardinia sighted four enemy destroyers 60 miles east of Algiers, steaming eastwards at 20 knots. These ships were, correctly, identified as ships transferring from Gibraltar to Alexandria. They were, in fact, the 4th Destroyer flotilla, consisting of the DDs Sikh, Maori, Legion, and Isac Sweers (dutch), transferring to the Mediterranean fleet in Alexandria. Contact was maintained for some hours and the allied ships maintained their speed. Supermarina (the Italian Navy high command) evaluated that these ships could not constitute a threat for Toscano's cruiser, because:
At their present speed, they would have never encountered the Italian cruisers
Even by increasing their speed to 28 knots still, they would have missed the IV division
With no sightings of the Italian cruisers (hid in the darkness), the enemy flotilla would have had no reason to increase their speed so much during a transfer voyage.
However, the British were well aware of the imminent departure of the IV division, thanks to ULTRA decryptions. As soon as the Italian reconnaissance aircraft disappeared, the 4th flotilla increased its speed to 30 knots. At this speed, they managed to arrive near Cape Bon, slightly before the IV division, and prepare their ambush.
The Italian cruiser left Palermo at 18:10, accompanied by the torpedo boat Cigno, and steamed towards the Tunisian coast, to descend then towards Cape Bon and the Kerkennah Islands. Around 2:45 AM, a British reconnaissance aircraft, equipped with radar, flew over the Italian formation. The aircraft could now guide the 4th flotilla against the unaware Italians.
The last image of the two cruisers in Palermo
Epilogue at Cape Bon
Around 3:25 AM, the 4th flotilla attacked the IV division, firing their artillery and launching a barrage of a torpedo from only 1000 meters. Three of them, in succession, hit the Alberico da Barbiano, (Toscano's flagship), the hundreds of fuel gallons stored onboard soon ignited, enveloping the ship in a storm of fire, while the decks were crippled by artillery and machine gunfire. Badly hit, the crippled cruiser quickly capsized and sank while the leaked fuel continued to burn above the water.
A map showing the courses of the two opposing forces
Some torpedo also hit the Giussano, the ship however managed to fire a few shots with its 152mm forward turrets before listing heavily and breaking up into two parts. By 4:20, both ships had disappeared below the water, together with Admiral Toscano and 920 men. The torpedo boat Cigno escaped the massacre and later in the morning managed to rescue around 500 men from the cold waters. Other 150 men successfully reached the Tunisian coast and were rescued by Vichy French authorities.
Colombo, L. (2015). Alberico da Barbiano. Tratto da Con la pelle appesa a un chiodo : http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2015/02/alberico-da-barbiano.html
Giorgernini, G. (2001). La Guerra Italiana sul mare, La marina tra vittoria e sconfitta 1940-1943.
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Freelance Project Manager with a background in Economics. I deeply love history and especially military history. The second world war is one of my primary interests. Thanks in part to the tales of my Grandfathers who lived it and managed to survive the war. One fought in Russia with the Italian Expeditionary Corp and the other one fought alongside the Partisans.
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Africas New Frontier
Tanzania is a legendary safari destination due to the iconic areas of its northern safari circuit. An African Safari is a lifelong dream for many people around the world and today there are a great number of safari destinations to choose from. The iconic names such as Serengeti, Masai Mara and Kruger are still sought after but there are a number of dramatic new areas for the safari connoisseurs to choose from.Areas that were once too remote to develop for tourism are now opening up all over the continent due to improved communication structures and infrastructure. Mozambique, Zambia and Uganda are some of the countries that are developing their tourism potential but it is in one of Africa's better-known safari countries where the most dramatic developments are happening.
Tanzania is a legendary safari destination due to the iconic areas of its northern safari circuit. Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar are names that epitomize African safaris and they sustained the country's tourism during the economic downturn of the 1970's and 1980's.
Where is Africa's New Frontier?
Tanzania's move to economic development has had the benefit of an increase in tourism to the country and with this increase comes the potential to develop new destinations. The result is the opening up of some of Africa's most dramatic wilderness areas in the southern and western parts of Tanzania.
Africa's oldest and largest wilderness reserve, Selous Game Reserve, is a vast tract of land stretching more than 50 000 sqkm and is home to more than a million animals, including one of Africa's largest elephant populations. Selous was established in the 1890's and was renamed in the 1920's after the legendary African hunter, Courtney Selous.
Selous is on one of the oldest elephant migration paths in Africa and linked to Niassa Game Reserve in Mozambique the superpark will become the largest protected area in the world.
An African Eden
Ruaha National Park is considered by many to be the finest wildlife experience on the continent. Accepted as the crossover zone of east African savannah and southern African woodland Ruaha is truly a wilderness wonder with species unique to the park.
Katavi National Park in the west of the country is arguably the least developed wildlife region in Africa. Plains support big herds of animals and the lack of human visitors is an added attraction for many.
Of Apes and Others
In the far west of Tanzania, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, are two parks that provide the best chimpanzee viewing in Africa. Gombe Stream and Mahale Mountains National Park have been the subjects of much research, not least of which was undertaken by Jane Goodall. Some chimpanzee groups in the parks have been acclimatized to humans, allowing for dramatic viewing.
There are many areas in Africa that can lay claim to the tag of New Safari Frontier but few can match the wild and dramatic reaches of the southern and western parks of Tanzania.
Highlights of the New Frontier
Vast tracts of pristine wilderness
Great species diversity
Best chimpanzee viewing
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Trademark look or signature look is the characteristic clothes or other distinguishing signs used by a certain character or performer, making the person more recognizable by the audience. Politicians may also have trademark signs, such as the suit of American President Barack Obama or the Merkel-Raute hand gesture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. It can also refer to the clothes of a certain subculture.

Some trademark signatures may have started as in-jokes, but have then come to have been recognized by a wider audience.

Popular personalities like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg are known for their signature look. The reason shared is to save the sheer amount of time spent on deciding what to wear daily. As fashion trends gets influenced by renowned people like them, more and more people have started to find their personal signature style. Sometimes, when a celebrity stops using a trademark look, people might even find it hard to recognize them.

The term "trademark look" (or anything similar) is not used in trademark law and a trademark look is not necessarily trademark-protected in itself.

See also
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 Signature weapon
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 List of filmmakers' signatures

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She was taking her final steps toward the plane when it hit her and she started to cry. I put my arm around her shoulder.
What if her grades aren't good enough? What if she gets mugged in Miami? What if they can't find a host family for her? What if the host family doesn't like her? What if she doesn't like them? What if she doesn't know enough Spanish? What if she gets really ill? What if it is too cold? What if she falls in love with a handsome Chilean man, gets married, has his baby, stays in Chile and we never see her again? You get the picture. So I ran to the nearest library and checked out every book on mastering fear that I could find.
In her book, Feel the Fear and do it Anyway, Susan Jeffers describes three levels of fear.
or going to South America to study.
or as in my case, helplessness.
I can't handle loss of financial security.
I can't handle children leaving home.
I can't handle writing a book.
I can't handle making a mistake.
I can't handle going to South America to study.
if we knew we could handle anything that came our way, what would we possibly have to fear?
I'd love to wrap a big plastic bubble around my daughter to keep her safe physically. Then I'd like to put a protective shield around her heart so she doesn't get her feelings hurt. But I can't do any of that, so I might as well help her learn that she can handle life as it comes to her.


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Many historical romances are full of high drama and characters whose daring and tragedy flood the page with emotion. The Captain's Daughter comes to us from an author whose style is a dip into warm and calming waters. I was immersed immediately in the flow of the writing and the struggles of people who have simple goals – to rise above poverty, have a safe place to live, enough food to eat, be surrounded by loving family, and live guided by divine purpose. This is the first book in Ms. Delamere's London Beginnings series, which follows the lives and loves of three sisters raised in an orphanage.
The story opens in 1873 with Rosalyn, Julia, and Caroline Bernay poised on a Dartmoor cliff, literally and figuratively. After their mother's death and father's disappearance at sea, the Bernay girls are placed in George Müller's orphanage, and now, the eldest sister, Rosalyn, is leaving to assume a housemaid's position. Six years later we find Rosalyn fleeing her position to avoid the unwanted attentions of her employer's new husband and accusations of theft. Her plan is to catch a train to Bristol to be with her sister Julia and hopefully find a solution to her current dilemma.
Nate Moran was a supply sergeant in the British army before an attack on his regiment in Peshawar, India, left him with a seriously injured hand and a forced medical leave so that he can recover at his London home. He blames the attack's success on his preoccupation with a "Dear John" letter he had received that day from his fiancée. Appalled by his costly mistake, Nate vows to pass the upcoming physical examination and rejoin his regiment so that he can try to make amends. At a London train station, he sees a young woman being harassed by an unsavory man, and he steps up to offer his help. Another woman flies into the picture claiming to be the young woman's Aunt Molly. The ladies leave arm-in-arm, and Nate goes on his way, uncertain he has done the right thing by the young woman he had tried to help.
Instead of the savior she thought Molly might be, Rosalyn discovers that she has been duped into a house of prostitution and escapes to find herself on the street, penniless and homeless with no way to get to Julia. A series of fortunate happenstances culminate in her employment in the theater company of the Gilbert and Sullivan hit comic operetta H.M.S. Pinafore. Nate is working backstage at the theater, and he and Rosalyn renew their acquaintance and begin a friendship.
The romantic conflict is straightforward. Nate is attracted to Rosalyn but determined to return to the army, not from passion for the work but from guilt for the injuries he feels he caused. On her side, Rosalyn's affection grows for Nate in whose arms she feels protected and loved. But he is returning to India, and going with him would mean leaving her two sisters behind. In addition, having previously experienced the pain of bidding a loved one farewell with little assurance of his safe return, Rosalyn is reluctant to risk her heart.
The inspirational themes are taken from the biblical books of Proverbs and Lamentations. The proverb states that man plans, but God orders his steps, and in Lamentations, the lesson is that God's compassion will not fail and His faithfulness is everlasting. Throughout the book we are shown that God is watching out for our hero and heroine and gently maneuvers circumstances so that in time, Nate and Rosalyn may have their happily-ever-after.
The author puts her passion for Gilbert and Sullivan operettas into her behind-the-scenes theater descriptions and uses her knowledge to build the situations through which Nate and Rosalyn learn about God, life, and love. Ms. Delamere provides an engaging portrait of this famous composing duo, their popular music, and the legal and physical challenges of running a theater company in Victorian England. The title of the book is a clever play on words taken from the operetta as well as Rosalyn's status as a captain's daughter.
This is an easy book to read. Descriptions and dialogue flow smoothly to present a story that is interesting, gentle in its romance, and satisfying in its ending. After I finished it, I slipped my CD from the H.M.S. Pinafore into my computer and worked all afternoon to the wonderful music. When you need a break from over-the-top trauma and characters who are larger than life, get a copy of The Captain's Daughter and settle in for a good read.


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Former Farlington pupil wins the Old Doha Prize for architecture
Former Farlington pupil, Iris Papadatou, and Alicja Borkowska from you&me architects have been announced as the UK winners of the first Old Doha Prize, an architectural competition to redesign part of the old city of Doha in Qatar.
Sunday, 22nd December 2013, 2:10 pm
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Iris Papadatou studied with Alicja at the University of Cambridge and the Royal College of Art after attending Farlington before setting up their multi-disciplinary architecture platform. Following a week long charette which saw promising young British architects and urban designers collaborate with their Qatari counterparts to reimagine the urban landscape of old Doha.
The competition bought together four teams of architects who worked intensively to develop contextual design responses to address the challenge of regenerating and maintaining the heritage of the city. Together, the Qatari and British architects worked to produce designs to regenerate this piece of the old city centre in a vibrant and sustainable way, learning from the historic street pattern and buildings, whilst incorporating elements of contemporary Qatari design.
Iris and Alicja commented: "We are very pleased to have won and honoured to be a part of the Old Doha Prize. It's been an intense week but also a fun and very worthwhile experience – we've learnt a lot. It's also exciting to know that we've contributed something new and significant to the story of this area and to the city of Doha. We've also made real and lasting professional connections between the UK and Qatar and we're very much looking forward to continuing to work with our teammates on research and future projects. Thank you to all parties involved; truly amazing!"
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Pascal Biosciences and the University of Washington Enter Into Exclusive License Agreement to Develop Cannabinoid-based Medicine for Cancer
Pascal Biosciences Inc., a drug discovery and development company, is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an exclusive license agreement with the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle to develop a cannabinoid-based product for the treatment of glioblastoma multiform and brain metastases. The program, developed in the lab of renowned cannabis researcher Dr. Nephi Stella, founder and co-director of the UW Center for Cannabis Research, includes a lead therapeutic, ST-403. Pascal plans to begin human clinical studies of ST-403 in 2019.
"I believe the ST-403 program has great potential to help patients diagnosed with glioblastoma, brain metastases and other devastating cancers," said Dr. Stella. "I'm excited to have Pascal advancing this promising program and, furthermore, I am honoured to help with the future development of Pascal's broad immune-oncology program, as I believe cannabinoid-based compounds have great potential when combined with checkpoint inhibitors."
Dr. Stella began developing ST compounds based on scientific reports that cannabis-derived compounds may have benefit for glioblastoma, and he collaborated with Associate Professor Dr. Philippe Diaz of the University of Montana (UM) Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences. CoMotion, UW's collaborative innovation hub, supported the work through two CoMotion Innovation Gap Fund grants and letters of support for a variety of other funding. CoMotion and joint owner (University of Montana), worked together in order to secure exclusive rights to license the compound to the company.
ST compounds utilize a unique mechanism of action to kill cancer cells that may prove synergistic when used in combination with chemotherapeutics. In a preclinical model of glioblastoma, mice are treated with radiation and temozolomide, which is the standard of care for human patients; ST compounds synergize with these treatments to reduce tumour size and extend life. These compounds also demonstrated a favourable safety profile. These results support Pascal's plans to begin clinical trials with ST-403 in 2019.
"ST-403 is a very promising therapeutic candidate that is an ideal fit with our cannabinoid immune activation program that we announced in February," said Dr. Patrick Gray, CEO of Pascal. "Both programs have great potential in treating cancer, and we are fortunate to have access to and support from Dr. Stella to help facilitate the advancement of this great science into meaningful therapeutics for cancer."
Pascal's exclusive license agreement with the UW covers the ST-403 program, all related compounds, and a strong patent portfolio. If ST-403 has demonstrated benefit for glioblastoma patients, its commercial potential is significant: Temozolomide is now off patent protection, but previously had sales over $1B per year.
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There are two angles, each with azimuth and elevation (azimuth related to true south and elevation related to true local horizontal. What are the steps/equation to calculate the angle between the two described angles? What is the general method to solve?
Moved into a house with some solar panels facing due south and some facing due west. Our latitude is 33.8 North in California. We are in the Mojave desert with very little cloud cover. The angle of the roof is 22 degrees from horizontal. What is the equation that will accept the azimuth and elevation of the sun, combine with the azimuth and elevation of the panels, and determine the angle of the sun from the solar panel perpendicular?
A calculator to generate the best angle for any latitude. I can find that. I did the google search.
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President George W. Bush's administration is confident of getting the approval of the U.S. Congress for a civilian nuclear agreement with India, and attracting the support of many countries, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
On Capitol Hill, however, members of Congress reacted cautiously as the U.S. and India released the text of the so-called 123 Agreement, which will govern this cooperation.
Administration officials have spent the past two weeks briefing members of Congress on the details of the agreement, which seeks to overturn nearly three decades of U.S. nonproliferation policy.
In a briefing to a handful of South Asian journalists at the State Department, Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns said he hoped India would now negotiate "in the quickest time" a safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The next step is to get approval of the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group, which is expected to meet in Vienna in the autumn. Mr. Burns said the U.S. sees its role as India's "sherpa" at the NSG. "We pledged to the Indian government that we would make every effort to have a clean, positive decision by the NSG," Mr. Burns said.
He said the U.S. will work to convince NSG members that it is "really in the best … interests that international action be taken on India commensurate to what the United States would have done bilaterally."
While the NSG has prescheduled meetings, the United States, as a key member of the group, can call for additional meetings to deal specifically with the India issue and change NSG policy to allow the sale of nuclear fuel to India. "We would not be averse to calling a special meeting of the NSG because we feel so strongly that this question of India is so important for the overall agreement," Mr. Burns said.
Following this the Bush Administration will formally ask the U.S. Congress to vote for a final time to approve the deal. Mr. Burns was optimistic the deal would strong bipartisan support.
Democratic Congressman Tom Lantos of California, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he was keen to review the deal in detail. "As Congress considers it, we need to determine whether the new agreement conforms to the Henry Hyde Act, and thereby supports U.S. foreign policy and nonproliferation goals," Mr. Lantos said in a statement.
The committee's Republican co-chairwoman Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, said: "Like so many of my colleagues, I have a number of concerns about this proposed agreement, among them India's right to reprocess U.S.-origin nuclear fuel; transfers of technology, material, and facilities that could be used to enhance India's nuclear weapons program; and enforcement of U.S. law requiring termination of cooperation if India were to once again test a nuclear weapon."
She noted that the proposed agreement "must also be considered in the context of the growing military, political, and commercial relationship between India and Iran at a time when responsible nations are curtailing their dealings with Iran in light of the regime's pursuit of activities that could be used to achieve a nuclear weapons capability."
"In the months ahead, we will be working toward resolving these concerns that are critical to our nation's security and look forward to developing a consensus on how to proceed," Ms. Ros-Lehtinen said.
Mr. Burns said he hoped to get the deal back to Congress for a vote by the end of the year.
He said the U.S. decision to allow reprocessing rights for India was a "big step" and pointed out that the U.S. doesn't have civil nuclear agreements with many countries and certainly not reprocessing agreements with many countries in the world. "The reprocessing issue was by far the largest issue, we spent the most time on this issue," he said.
On the so-called right of return, Mr. Burns said, "We expect and hope that the future will be one of India and the United States adhering to our commitments to each other … and hope and expect that there will be no reason for a nuclear test in the future."
Asked if India had retained its right to test a nuclear weapon, Mr. Burns said, "That is a decision for the Indian government to make. Obviously in the modern world, in the 21st century, advanced nuclear powers largely do not test nuclear weapons. The United States is not testing nuclear weapons, Britain is not testing nuclear weapons. India retains its sovereign rights, but the United States retains its legal rights as well," he said. That, he added, "is a good compliment to each other."
The United States has committed to working with its allies like Britain, France and Russia to ensure uninterrupted nuclear fuel supply to India in the event that Washington cuts off its own supply.
Anupam Srivastava at the University of Georgia told Outlook these countries "will continue to supply if they find that Indian behavior remains in compliance as reported by the IAEA."
"If the United States government is unable to supply because of say a minor technical violation by India, or any domestic problems on the U.S. end, it will ask these to supply -- who'll gladly do it to get a larger share of the Indian market, and improve relations with a country that otherwise has one of the best nonproliferation records," Mr. Srivastava said.
Lisa Curtis at the Heritage Foundation, who served as a staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told Outlook there are "concerns on the Hill about the uninterrupted fuel supply assurances."
"Most members are likely to take a wait-and-see approach and watch how India's negotiations with the IAEA proceed as well as its efforts to obtain consensus agreement within the Nuclear Suppliers Group," she said. "There has been a great deal of tension between the Bush Administration and Congress on this deal for the last two years, and I don't think that has changed. That said, most Congressional members understand why this agreement is so important for the broader U.S.-India relationship."
Once Congress approves the 123 Agreement India and the U.S. can begin nuclear trade. Reprocessing, however, cannot begin until India constructs a dedicated facility, a proposal New Delhi floated in June. Mr. Burns admitted that might take a little bit more time.
"But the critical thing is for the Indian government – as well as for us – is that we have made the decision and made the commitment and we have actually spent a lot of time thinking through how we will do it," Mr. Burns said, adding, "I think we have surmounted the tallest mountain in these negotiations, which was how to handle the reprocessing issue. This really bedeviled the negotiations for the last six months."
Asked if the ball is now in India's court regarding reprocessing, he said, "It is in both of our courts. I think it is a mutual responsibility … we are partners with India. This is not an antagonistic relationship. We are friends. We have a sense that we are responsible for this agreement together – we both have to take this forward together."
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By Army Public AffairsJanuary 24, 2017
The Chief of Staff, Army announces the following officer assignments:Maj. Gen. Bradley A. Becker, commanding general, U.S Army Military District of Washington, and Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region, Washington, DC to Chief, Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq, United States Central Command, Iraq.Maj. Gen. Randy A. George, deputy director for Regional Operations and Force Management, J-35, Joint Staff, Washington, DC to Commanding General, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, Colorado.Maj. Gen. Ryan F. Gonsalves, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, Colorado, to Deputy Commanding General, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas.Maj. Gen. Michael L. Howard, director, Force Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, DC to Commanding General, U.S. Army Military District of Washington, and Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region, Washington, DC.Maj. Gen. Walter E. Piatt, director of Operations/director, Rapid Equipment Fielding, Army Rapid Capabilities Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), Washington, DC to Commanding General, 10th Mountain Division (Light) and Fort Drum, New York.Maj. Gen. Leopoldo A. Quintas, Jr., deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina to Commanding General, 3d Infantry Division and Fort Stewart, Georgia.Maj. Gen. James E. Rainey, commanding general, 3d Infantry Division and Fort Stewart, Georgia to Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, DC.Brig. Gen. Sean M. Jenkins to deputy Commanding General for Operations/Chief of Staff, Installation Management Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. He most recently served as Deputy Director for Operations, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.Brig. Gen. John S. Kolasheski, commandant, U.S. Army Armor School, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, Georgia, to Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.Brig. Gen. David A. Lesperance, assistant Commanding General-Support, 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina to Commandant, U.S. Army Armor School, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, Georgia.
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Evan Skolnick, Game Writer and Narrative Designer, Independent
With over 25 years of combined story and game development experience at world-class entertainment companies such as Marvel, Lucasfilm and Telltale, Evan Skolnick brings a unique perspective to narrative experiences in games. An active game writer, college instructor and international speaker, he has imparted core storytelling techniques and knowledge to well over a thousand working game development professionals. He is the author of Video Game Storytelling: What Every Developer Needs to Know About Narrative Techniques, which has been placed on the required reading list for game design courses at colleges such as UC Irvine, RPI, UConn, Cogswell College, the University of Utah, and others. Recent game projects to which Skolnick has contributed narrative content include 'Concrete Genie', 'Cuphead', 'The Walking Dead: A New Frontier', 'Batman: The Enemy Within', 'Mafia III', and 'Star Wars: Battlefront'. Prior to that he's worked on titles such as 'Dying Light', 'Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2', 'The Godfather: Five Families', 'Over the Hedge', 'Spy Muppets' and many others.
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Chef and food blogger Kelly Senyei is making a delicious dessert you enjoy with the family.
1. Whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder in a large bowl.
2. Add the cubed butter to the bowl and use your fingers to work the butter into the flour until the mixture is the consistency of wet sand.
3. Stir in the sour cream (the dough will be very wet), and then turn the dough out onto a well-floured work surface.
4. Knead the dough a few times until it comes together, adding more flour, 1 teaspoon at a time, if the dough is too sticky to handle. Roll the dough into an 8x10-inch rectangle and dust both sides with flour before folding it into thirds as if you were folding a letter.
5. Rotate the dough 90o and roll it out again into an 8x10-inch rectangle. Fold the dough again into thirds then wrap it securely in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for 1 hour.
6. Preheat the oven to 425oF. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
8. Remove the baking sheets from the fridge. Whisk together the egg with 1 Tablespoon water then brush the tops of the cookies with the egg wash. Sprinkle the tops of the cookies with the sanding sugar (optional). Bake the cookies for 9 to 12 minutes until they're golden brown and cooked throughout. Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.
9. Once the cookies are completely cool, toast marshmallows over an open flame or under the broiler. Place a piece of chocolate on the bottom of one pie crust cookie, top it with the toasted marshmallow and place a second pie crust cookie on top. Serve immediately.
1. Refrigerating the pie crust cookies prior to baking helps guarantee they'll hold their square shape when baked.
2. The pie crust cookies can be baked up to 2 days in advance and stored in an airtight container at room temperature.


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Report's author criticises government over weak response
By guest on 25th February 2011 Category: News Archive
The author of a report on services for people with "profound intellectual and multiple disabilities" has criticised the coalition government for its weak response to his recommendations.
Professor Jim Mansell said the government had failed to describe how it would address the problems he described in his report, which covers areas including housing, personalisation, self-advocacy and assistive technology.
And he criticised the government for simply repeating steps it was already taking, while saying it was for local social care and health agencies to resolve the other issues.
He said: "Since the report was commissioned on the basis that government recognised that existing arrangements were not doing enough for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities, I find it difficult to believe that the specific attention needed will now be forthcoming."
Mansell said that new policies introduced by the coalition government – including removing the mobility component of disability living allowance from most people in residential care and closing the Independent Living Fund to new members – "betray lack of understanding of the issues involved" and were "undermining the spread of good practice".
And he said the government's suggestion that families could ensure their needs were met through local campaigning was "not credible" as they were "already often fully stretched trying to get the help they need" and "often fear that if they agitate for better services their disabled relative will be punished by lack of services they need".
Mansell's Raising Our Sights report was commissioned, and published, by the Labour government, but the coalition government has now published its response.
The PMLD [profound and multiple learning disabilities] Network and the charity Mencap said the government's response was "extremely disappointing", and they accused it of "not taking responsibility to ensure the needs of people with PMLD are met".
Paul Burstow, the care services minister, said the government "fully support" the report and have "taken on board its central message that prejudice, discrimination and low expectations are major obstacles that all people with learning disabilities face".
He said achieving the "best outcomes" for people who need support "requires a more personalised service and we will ensure that progress continues in this area so that more people benefit".
But a Department of Health spokeswoman declined to comment on Mansell's criticisms of the government's response.
There are about 16,000 people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities in England, who all have great difficulty communicating, limited understanding, and high support needs.


We lay no claim to the origins of the Manhattan. Rather, we celebrate it by passing across the bar our family's interpretation of this storied libation. For generations, the Francovich family has stirred the finest bourbon, rye whiskey and sweet vermouth with bespoke measures of bitters and maraschino cherries in the spirit of kinship and lofty aspiration. We offer it to you here, a cocktail experience without peer, and a towering achievement in the distilling arts.
The family is filled with unyielding Manhattan iconoclasts. Our great-grandparents, and great-aunts and great-uncles, were all very particular and enjoyed this cocktail every evening before dinner. Our granddad Spiro was, as they say, a man's man. A man with a passion for many things, especially his bitters. Adoring Aunt Maritza could get downright persnickety when it came to her usual: "That's right – two splashes of cherry juice. Thank you very much!" And in the eyes of great-uncle Eli, it simply was not a Manhattan without a twist of lemon peel.


Using the material covered in this class, quiz two people, asking them to define the geometric ideas of "straight" and "flat." Did you learn anything from the ensuing discussion?
Now it's your turn: can you describe what makes a surface "flat" without referring it to other flat things?
could you give an example of the physical meaning of complex numbers? I know that they're used to calculate electricity, but I don't know why that's possible. Do you know any other physical area where imaginary numbers play a role?
And on manifolds: from studying engineering, I learned that engineers treat a flying airplane as an n-fold manifold. I'm thinking of values like speed, altitude, air pressure and temperature, but there could be more physical magnitudes that are necessary to take into account to safely fly a plane. With those 4 mentioned values, the airplane would be treated as a quadruply extended manifold. I can also think of examples like a power plant, where physical processes like pressure, heat, the amount of electrical output etc matter.
Gregory – I hope the answer during the class was helpful. Let me know if you have further questions.
The fog is lifting. Great class. Thanks.
Can you please explain singly, doubly, and triply extended manifolds again?


Leaf lettuce is super easy to grow and if you stagger your plantings, you can enjoy lettuce all spring, summer, and even into fall. Once lettuce starts to bolt, which means it grows tall to go to seed then the lettuce production for that plant is finished.
Don't pull out your plants when they bolt. Let them continue to grow tall, eventually they will flower and then make seeds.
I would say my plants grew to almost 2 feet before flowering and setting seed.
To pick the seeds all you have to do is keep an eye on the yellow flowers. Once a flower opens, a few days later you will notice a white puff ball forming where the flower was.
Grasp the puff ball and pull it out.
The little black seeds will come out attached to the puff ball. You may also notice a milky white latex type substance on your hands when plucking the seeds. Just wash your hands after to avoid irritation.
Allow the seeds to dry in a safe place and then place them in an envelope and save them to plant in the spring.
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TechGenies LLC announced today they are adding Dirk Hobgood, SVP, Data Privacy & Portfolio Businesses at Research Now to their Board of Directors. As an Executive at Research Now, Dirk has had the opportunity to play leadership roles in many facets of the business including Risk Management, Finance, Operations, and Data Privacy. He has also served as Interim CTO while at the company.
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Prior to working at Research Now, Dirk founded Agility Management Solutions, a senior management advisory firm providing a variety of management consulting services including business strategy, capital and liquidity management, system and process design, technical accounting and financial reporting.
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Opinion Oped 06 Oct 2019 War, as we have known it, is no more
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War, as we have known it, is no more
Aakar Patel
Aakar Patel is Executive Director of Amnesty International India. A former editor, Patel is a senior columnist and a translator of Urdu and Gujarati works.
Published : Oct 6, 2019, 4:39 am IST
Updated : Oct 6, 2019, 4:39 am IST
The fighter plane is 100-year-old technology, having been first used in World War I in 1914.
The United States has fought its recent wars with guided missiles because manned aircraft are dangerous (to the pilot) and ineffective.
A story in the morning papers caught my eye. It was about the Indian Air Force wanting another 200 fighter planes and debating which particular one it should get. We already have or have paid for various squadrons of Russian-made Sukhois and MiGs, French-made Mirages and Rafales. These aircraft have not seen much combat. They were last used 50 years ago in a war that we launched in the east. After that they have been mostly on the ground except for a couple of minor occasions.
The fighter plane is 100-year-old technology, having been first used in World War I in 1914. Defences against fighter planes are also 100 years old, and it is why these machines have not been used in combat much and by themselves have not won a war. The United States has fought its recent wars with guided missiles because manned aircraft are dangerous (to the pilot) and ineffective. However, it is difficult to get old men (and generals and admirals and such people are all old men) to change their way of thinking and so governments and nations throw a lot of money behind thinking that is old fashioned and quite useless.
This is not new and it has always been the way of warriors. The man who developed many of the successful German tactics in World War II was a soldier named Heinz Guderian. He wrote that he tried hard to introduce tanks into the Army but his generals were not convinced. They wanted to stay with their formations which had horses and did not understand or trust this new technology that Guderian was trying to promote. Ultimately, the senior soldiers lost out and Germany developed very powerful mechanised armour divisions that helped it rout France and almost conquer Russia.
But even tanks became useless over time. I was a guest at the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Brussels a couple of decades ago. This organisation was formed in 1949 to unite western Europe against the threat coming from the Soviet Union. The USSR had gone by then but Nato still existed as a military alliance where each nation participating must contribute its own soldiers and money. Nato spent a lot of money on tanks because the strategic threat to Europe apparently was a Russian armour thrust through Poland. In the last part of World War II, Russia defeated Hitler's armies in gigantic armoured battles in which thousands of tanks participated.
And so western Europe spent billions on developing defences against tanks. However, warfare had rapidly progressed and the Soviet offensive and defensive strategies had turned to nuclear missiles and submarines while also focussing on capturing governments through spreading socialism. Nato's tanks are today useless and America rightly accuses Europe's nations of not contributing enough to pay for Nato because nobody really sees the Russian threat in the same light any longer.
We are a few weeks away from the year 2020. It is as useless to arm yourself with tanks and fighters today as was buying more horses in 1920. The election of Donald Trump shows this. Russia did not want Hillary Clinton to be elected and thought it was better if Trump won. This is according to CIA and FBI investigations. Russia launched a war to achieve its objectives. This war was launched through social media, where it used fake news and spread propaganda to influence American voters. Vladimir Putin achieved his objective and was able to impose his will on America.
How much did Russia spend? Rs 1.13 crore.
A nation can today bring another to its knees by cutting off its Internet. A nation can use social media today to create a war inside another nation, by encouraging it to fight itself. Turning one part of the population against another by spreading hatred. No tanks or planes or missiles are needed: nations can be defeated and made much weaker quite easily. A few years ago, we spent Rs 59,000 crores on acquiring 36 Rafales and we do not know if we will ever use them. The chances are that we never will. The wars of the present time between nations are not going to be fought at the border between large, organised formations of soldiers. They are being fought inside the population and the forces are marshalled not by generals but hackers and bloggers who can do their work anonymously from any part of the world.
We think that national security is a very serious business and we should trust the generals to do the right thing for all of us, but as Guderian knew, this is not always wise.
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On Saturday 8th March 2014 Bann Junior girls in the P2, P3 and P4 groups will play matches against Lurgan juniors at Havelock Park.
Girls in the P1, P5, P6 and P7 will still be training. P1-P6 girls will be training or playing at Havelock Park however ALL P7 girls will be training at Banbridge Leisure Centre this week.
Please note that if low temperatures are forecast or very heavy rain, parents should check the club social media for updates on Saturday morning in case of cancellation – the club will endeavor to get messages up as early as possible.
Alternatively you could contact coaches or BHC Junior Co-Ordinator Julie Sally 07812 115460.
The club will and try and ensure that juniors goes ahead as far as possible and will only cancel if the pitch is totally unplayable.


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Q: Variable not stored while executing bash commands via gnome-terminal I have a plugin that generates and copies to the clipboard a ready-to-paste command which then creates a file that I want to move and rename via user input.
If I use this to get the latest modified file in the directory, then the file is correctly copied and renamed as specified in the script:
#!/bin/bash
gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=PROFILENAME --working-directory="/PATH/WAY" -x bash -c "$(xclip -se c -o); find /PATH/WAY -type f -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TT %p\n' | sort -r | head -n1 | grep -o "/home.*" | xargs -I '{}' cp '{}' /PATH/TO/Desktop/test.txt; read -p 'Press Enter to close.'"

However, if I try to add the user input like this, then the variable does not seem to be set:
gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=PROFILENAME --working-directory="/PATH/WAY" -x bash -c "$(xclip -se c -o); echo File name?; read newfile; echo File will be named $newfile.txt; find /PATH/WAY -type f -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TT %p\n' | sort -r | head -n1 | grep -o "/PATH.*" | xargs -I '{}' cp '{}' /PATH/TO/Desktop/$newfile.flv; read -p 'Press Enter to close.'"

Because output says File will be named .txt while I'm expecting File will be named USERINPUT.txt, and the file is not copied.
Interestingly, if I use these commands in a bash script like this, then everything works ok:
#!/bin/bash
echo File name?
read newfile
echo File will be named $newfile.txt
find /PATH/WAY -type f -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TT %p\n' | sort -r | head -n1 | grep -o "/PATH.*" | xargs -I '{}' cp '{}' /PATH/TO/Desktop/$newfile.txt
read -p 'Press Enter to close.'

I don't understand what I'm doing wrong...

A: The single big parameter after bash -c is within double quotes. That means, substitution of certain things (including $newfile) is performed here by the outmost shell, i.e. the shell that is about to launch gnome-terminal, before launching it. In that context this variable is undefined.
I recommend that you go for a separate script, as you've shown at the bottom of your post. The one-liners are terribly unreadable anyways.
Other possibilities include swapping ' and " quotes in the command line so that ' is the outer one (that is, $newline remains $newline and isn't substituted by the outmost shell, it's interpreted later by the one started by gnome-terminal); or escaping the $ sign in $newfile as \$newfile.
And while we're at it:
$(xsel ...) executes the clipboard's contents as a command (or series of commands) without any validation whatsoever. E.g. if your clipboard contains the string rm -rf ~, your home directory is whoops gone. I'm not sure what your intent is, but for your safety, you should ditch this approach and find another solution!
echo File name? performs shell pattern matching on files whose names consist of five characters: name and then one arbitrary character. Use a pair of single or double quotes.
You refer to the variable name $newfile without quote marks. This will result in faulty behavior if it contains whitespaces. Refer to it as "$newfile" instead.