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"It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to..."
— Lesley Gore, "It's My Party"
An Ironic Birthday occurs when a character has had to make a tough decision or has just lost something of extreme value to him, and upon walking into a room is greeted with a surprise birthday party. This is not a celebration that makes everything all right; this is about the character having to pretend to enjoy what should be a happy time while secretly suffering. He's grateful to his friends, but a party is the last thing he needs.
Compare and contrast Birthday Hater, where someone just flat out hates their birthday for one reason or another; the difference is that, for this trope, the reason for not wanting to celebrate is more recent and likely temporary, whereas a Birthday Hater's motivation is often much more long-standing. Contrast One-Person Birthday Party (when the character is suffering because nobody else showed up to their party) and Forgotten Birthday (when the character is sad only because they don't know about the surprise party.). If their birthday is miserable but they don't have to act cheerful for a party, it's A Birthday, Not a Break. Can lead to Crying at Your Birthday Party.
Also not the victim's birthday: In Mazinkaiser, Baron Ashura infiltrates the Photon Power Laboratory disguised as Professor Yumi, and walks in on Yumi's surprise birthday party. To make matters worse, all the presents remind him of Baron Ashura, including a Baron Ashura-themed dartboard. He dashes out, screaming that he is, in fact, Professor Yumi.
Naruto was born on the day that his hometown was attacked by a demon, an attack that claimed many lives, including those of both his parents — and since that demon was sealed inside of him, most of the villager treats him like he was the monster responsible. During the Final Battle, the villain tries to taunt him by noting that it's the day before the anniversary of his parents' death, claiming their sacrifice was pointless. This backfires when Naruto counters that it's also his birthday, and the anniversary of his parents' victory of saving their son.
In the Negima! Magister Negi Magi anime the girls and Negi throw one for Asuna in episode 23. Because she sold her life to the devil exactly ten years before, she'd known for years that this was her last day alive. She sulks the whole episode until she goes back to a surprise party for her, and she celebrates with them. Her death minutes later is the most shocking event of the entire series.
Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman: In "Wonder World" Diana first meets Riley when Riley is beneath a pier trying to stop crying and put on a happy face to rejoin her friends for her birthday gathering.
The Empath: The Luckiest Smurf story "Smurfed Behind: The Departure" takes place around Empath's 155th birthday, when all the Smurfs in the village end up being lost in time, similar to the events that took place in Season 9 of The Smurfs cartoon show. This leaves him coming home to an empty village save for his friend Polaris Psyche.
In Obito-Sensei, the events of the story cause Sakura to forget her own birthday and she would have left it past if Ino and Naruto didn't convince her to have a party. All in all, it managed to be an enjoyable day minus the turmoil she's facing about choosing to be a Fake Defector for Konoha.
Not a birthday, but in District 9 Wikus walks into a surprise party to celebrate his promotion as he slowly turns into an alien.
Reversed in Godzilla (2014). Joe is told of his birthday by his wife before they go off to the power plant where they work. Hell breaks loose when the plant is breached and his wife dies.
In Left Behind (2014), the Rapture takes place on Rayford Steele's birthday.
Inverted in Pet Sematary (2019); Ellie dies on the day of her 9th birthday party.
In Spider-Man 2, Peter just lost his job, and just had a bad day overall, and comes home to a (heartwarmingly pathetic) birthday party.
XX has "The Birthday Party", in which a mother has to cover up her husband's suicide so as not to spoil the party for their daughter - Hilarity Ensues.
In The Berenstain Bears And Too Much Birthday, things go wrong for Sister Bear during her 6th birthday party, such as being the first one out at Going to Jerusalem/Musical Chairs, being teased at Spin the Bottle for not wanting to kiss anyone except Brother, being unable to accept the prize for Pin the Tail on the Donkey because it's her party and it wouldn't be polite, having her new birthday blouse soaked by a friend's squirting flower, and getting motion sickness from riding the rented ponies and merry-go-round. But the last straw comes when she's initially unable to blow out any of her birthday candles and her friends tease her with saying she'll end up having six cubs when she grows up, and she begins to cry, sadly telling Mama all the mishaps that occurred to her throughout the party. But she cheers up when the others remind her she hasn't opened her presents yet, and by the end, Sister gets to learn the true importance of birthdays.
In the Left Behind book Kingdom Come, Cendrillon Jospin's parents realized that their child would not become a believer by her 100th birthday, which in the Millennial Kingdom period means an automatic death sentence to Hell, so they celebrated her birthday before the day that she would die. She still went to Hell nonetheless.
A notorious episode of All in the Family involved Edith Bunker arriving to a surprise birthday party after being attacked by a rapist.
The second season of Atypical has Casey's sixteenth birthday, which she is not interested in celebrating, or joining in any of the traditions. Elsa organizes a party for her, which she didn't want. She did her best to have fun and even started to enjoy it, when she's discovered Elsa's invited the whole of the Clayton track team, who had recently been picking on her and even inking mean things on her trainers because Izzie's boyfriend made a move on her and tried to turn it on her. Understandably, Casey loses her temper at this point.
Breaking Bad:
The first episode pretty much revolves around this trope. Walter White comes home from the hospital on his 50th birthday, having just learnt that he has terminal cancer, to find a surprise party in his living room.
A season 5 episode features his 51st birthday (with a lampshade hung on how long a year it's been), celebrated for Walt Jr's sake despite the fact that he and Skyler are barely on speaking terms. The Cold Open to that season shows his 52nd birthday, "celebrated" alone, in a diner, travelling under a fake ID.
In Season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy pretends she's okay when her mother (who doesn't know about Angel) celebrates with a movie and a birthday cupcake.
Possibly inverted in the Firefly episode "Out of Gas," where everything goes to hell during a surprise birthday party for Simon.
Frasier, who had two: one where he was trying not to accidentally stand up a woman for the third time, and one where he accidentally (with a little help from Roz) revealed his entire sexual history to the waiting party-throwers.
In Gilmore Girls, Paris winds up breaking up with her boyfriend Jamie, whom she had been cheating on, on his birthday. (Though she doesn't give any indication of knowing that it's his birthday...which is better or worse, depending on how you look at it.)
In How I Met Your Mother, Ted wants to fire his former boss Hammond, but events keep getting in the way, including a surprise birthday party for Hammond, and the next day another surprise birthday party for Hammond (many employees having missed the first). This trope's usual effect applies more to Ted than to Hammond, who just seems pleased.
On L.A. Law, Roxanne catches Arnie cheating on his wife with a client while his wife and friends are outside waiting to give him a surprise party for his 39th birthday. He has to quickly and frantically put on his clothes while Rox angrily berates him, and they both have to pretend to be happy and excited when everyone yells "Surprise!"
It is not his birthday, but for B.J., in the M*A*S*H finale, it might as well have been. He had made every attempt to get home in time for his daughter's birthday (he had not seen her since she was an infant). He got a third of the way there before having to turn around and come back to fulfill Potter's request for another surgeon. The 4077th then throws a substitute birthday party for his daughter.
In Smallville, there has not been a single perfectly happy birthday shown. Lex Luthor's 12th birthday involves an empty party. Clark's 16th birthday was fine for him at the time but Chloe saw him kissing Lana and left crying. He misses his 17th birthday because he is stabbed by an Ax-Crazy teenager with his powers. His 19th birthday was not long after Jonathan died. Chloe's 18th birthday involves being possessed by a Wicked Witch who proceeded to bloodily torture Clark. Her 22th birthday was after she suffered through a long Trauma Conga Line, and Zatanna had the bright idea to transform her into Lois. And Clark didn't show up for the party.
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Assignment", Chief O'Brien's birthday party takes place while his wife is secretly possessed by a Pah-Wraith.
"It's My Party" by Lesley Gore. The singer loses her boyfriend Johnny to Judy, who shows up at the birthday party wearing his engagement ring.
Mythology & Religion
The Bible: In the Book of Job, although the text never specifically states that the seven sons' appointed feasting days happened on their birthdays, it is implied that at least on one of them — the eldest son's birthday — that tragedy had struck all Job's first ten children in one day when the house fell upon them and killed them.
Pretty much the plot of the Jonathan Larson musical tick, tick... BOOM!.
In a lesser sense, also Company, one of the Stephen Sondheim pieces it's based on.
Inverted in the 1993 musical of Tommy: As 4-year-old Tommy, his mother, and her new lover celebrate her 21st birthday, her presumed-dead husband arrives and breaks up by engaging in a fight between him and the boyfriend that soon leaves the boyfriend dead... all the while the mother tries turning Tommy away from the fight toward the mirror... with which he witnesses said fight by looking at it, after which the parents soon get surprised by what they see before the father gets arrested. Whoops!
In The Last of Us, the game begins with Joel (the protagonist)'s birthday, where the Cordyceps outbreak takes place in the United States and his daughter is gunned down by a soldier.
An inversion, minus the surprise: The events of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker take place on Link's birthday. He's just received his gifts from Grandma and they're starting to celebrate when his beloved little sister gets abducted by a giant bird.
Tazel in At Arm's Length is the recipient of one of these in the story "Light The Candles."
The titular character in Flan Wants to Die has this, where she celebrates her 695th birthday, but she is more so disillusioned of her immortal life, given that most of the people she had known in the past were long dead.
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law plays with this. He is convicted and sentenced in the murder of Dyno-Mutt, goes to jail, goes through his years of appeals, ends up on death row, goes through catharsis and healing experiences as he makes peace with his lot in life, goes to the electric chair and surprise! This was all a set up for his birthday party. Where this becomes a straight example is that the prison marriage to Magilla Gorilla was real.
This happened to Pingu in "Pingu's Birthday." The gang plays "Blind Man's Bluff" at Pingu's birthday party, and Pingu is not managing to find anyone and win the game. He tries to enjoy himself, but it's difficult with the others making it hard for him to win. But when Pingu's mother brings out the birthday cake, Pingu feels much better and enjoys the rest of his birthday.
Star Wars: Rebels: Ezra Bridger was born on the day The Empire was formed. On his seventh birthday, that Empire took his parents away (and they would later die in a prison breakout). In "Empire Day", on Ezra's fifteenth birthday, he encounters a friend of his parents who is on the run from the Empire, and he and the rest of the crew try to get him out of danger. In the events that follow, Ezra taps into The Dark Side of the Force in a bout of fear and anger during a clash with the Inquisitor.
Teen Titans features the extreme example of Raven's friends celebrating her birthday, while she knows it signifies the end of the world.
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Airlines in Asian countries were the least under-performing in 2016.
The information was obtained from Flightstats' list of international airlines with the best on-time performance records.
Flightstats, a leader in global flight information services, compiled its list based on the likelihood of getting delayed on each carrier.
El Al was rated the worst airline with 56 percent, followed by Icelandair with 41.05 percent.
The rest are Air India (38.71 percent), Philippine Airlines (38.33 percent), Asiana Airlines (37.46 percent), China Eastern Airlines (35.8 percent), Hong Kong Airlines (33.42 percent), Air China (32.73 percent), Korean Air (31.74 percent) and Hainan Airlines (30.3 percent).
KLM was rated the best airline, with 11.47 percent likelihood of getting delayed while Iberia had 11.82 percent.
The rest are JAL (12.2 percent), Qatar Airways (13.66 percent), Austrian (14.26 percent), ANA (14.46 percent), Singapore Airlines (14.55 percent), Delta Air (14.83 percent), TAM Linhas Aéreas (14.93 percent) and Qantas (15.7 percent).
According to Jim Hetzel, vice president of aviation and distribution at FlightStats, compiling the list involved "data together from 500 different sources".
No Nigerian airline was listed among the best and worst airlines rated by FlightStats.


When most professional football players retire, the next stages of their careers can be pretty formulaic: coaching, punditry work, or the corporate world. However, for ex-Germany international Tim Wiese, those options must have seemed far too tame, as he's chosen something very different.
According to German paper Bild, the former Werder Bremen star is set to make his debut as a professional wrestler for the WWE in Berlin on Saturday night.
Since hanging up his gloves earlier in the year, the goalkeeper — who won six caps for Germany, as well as a bronze medal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup — has been hitting the gym hard. A towering presence at 6'4, Weise has been focusing on beefing up his already imposing frame. The results have been impressive (or, if you're his opponent, terrifying).
Thanks to his size and athletic prowess, Weise caught the eye of the WWE, who in turn invited him to train at their development centre in Florida. The 32-year-old was brashly confident when he spoke about the chance in September.
"I don't s*** my pants," Weise said. "Why should I immediately say no? Wrestling is very popular, especially in the States. I will go through the enquiry with my agent next week."
With the WWE currently on a European tour, Weise now seems set to make his live debut in front of his home fans. Although it's unlikely that he'll wrestle a whole match, the WWE loves to send the fans home happy, and nothing would make their day more than seeing a former international footballer powerslam a bad guy.


Chang Hye Jin became the eighth Korean woman in history to lift the individual gold at Rio 2016.
The three Korean women, seeded 1-2-3 after qualifications, were expected to deliver medals on women's finals day at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
They did, with Chang Hye Jin winning an Olympic Champion title – but Germany's Lisa Unruh and Alejandra Valencia of Mexico both caused the Koreans trouble. Unruh finished with silver, Valencia fourth.
All three Korean women were still alive in the quarterfinals. That's when top seed Choi Misun was upset by Mexico's Alejandra Valencia in straight sets, 6-0.
Chang Hye Jin and reigning Champion Ki Bo Bae went through to the final four – but the second and third seeds were to face each other in the semis.
The older of the two, team captain Chang, shot a three in the first set. But she soon regained control to win three of the following four sets and the match. She went on to win the Olympic title, while Ki finished her competition in Rio with bronze.
Ki Bo Bae, who won the women's individual event in London in 2012, claimed her fourth career medal in Rio – totalling three golds and one bronze.
The only other Korean archer to go better is Kim Soo-Nyung with six Olympic medals – with four golds, one silver and one bronze.
Korea won its eighth gold medal in the women's individual event in the last nine editions of the Games when Chang won at Rio 2016 on Thurday at the Sambodromo.
Only China's Zhang Juan Juan has been able to upset the Korean women's supremacy since Los Angeles 1984, when she won the Olympic title at Beijing 2008 on home soil.
Chang winning the women's individual event in Rio gave the nation its 22nd Olympic gold in archery, overtaking Korea's previous most-successful sport – short track ice skating at the Winter Olympics on 21 golds.
Lisa Unruh is Germany's first individual medallist in archery at the Olympics – while making her debut in the Games. The nation had won two medals prior to Rio, both in the women's team event: silver in Atlanta in 1996 and bronze at Sydney 2000.
Unruh, 28, is the reigning World Archery Indoor Champion and World Archery Field Champion. Now, she's the Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist.
The houses are homes from homes for athletes and officials at the Games.
Home favourite Ane Marcelle Dos Santos claimed the host nation's best ever result in archery at the Olympics when she ranked ninth in Rio.
No Brazilian archer had never past the first round in the three recent editions they were represented - 1992, 2008 and 2012 - since matchplay was introduced in Barcelona. Ane Marcelle won two matches in Rio.
Naomi Folkard, 32, competed at her fourth consecutive Olympics in Rio. Her highest finish at a Games was 11th in 2004, and she finished fourth as part of a Great Britain women's team in 2008.
In Rio, Naomi improved her personal best at the Olympics, making the top eight – but this, she said, is where she'll stop.
"I've been a full-time archer for 11 years now and I need a life," Naomi said after losing to Chang Hye Jin in the women's quarterfinals in the Sambodromo.


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The development of national occupational standards for intercultural working in the UK
MacDonald, MN; O'Regan, JP; Witana, J; (2009) The development of national occupational standards for intercultural working in the UK. Journal of Vocational Education & Training , 61 (4) pp. 375-398. 10.1080/13636820903363600.
NOS standards 2008_PRESUB ADL + CS + JOR comment.pdf - Accepted Version
From 2007 to 2008, CILT (Centre for Information for Language Teachers) developed a set of National Occupational Standards for Intercultural Working in the UK. This paper reports on three questions arising from the development project: how these standards are distinctive from others, how they realise intercultural competence and how they meet workplace expectations. Drawing on the directly relevant published evidence‐base, the paper argues that these standards are distinctive in their relationship with other suites, the range of their application, and the ways in which personal attributes are exemplified and embedded within performance outcomes. The standards also reflect a multi‐dimensional approach to competencies which include personal qualities such as reflection, self‐development, critical thinking and ethics; and the standards are described in a way which is credible and achievable in the workplace. For example, one pivotal unit of the standards focuses on self‐exploration and performance improvement around the areas of inclusive working practices, effective communication and challenging stereotypes.
This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
CILT, occupational standards, national vocational qualifications (NVQ), competence, intercultural working, intercultural competence, Intercultural Competence Assessment framework (INCA)

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Q: Crystal reports, get sum for specific reocrds In Short:
I need to get a total for customer groups + the credits - the debits in a specific date range.
In Detail:
I'm creating an invoice report for customer orders. Each Customer belongs to a group, and I need to group the invoice by customer group so I can give a total amount owed for the customer group.
So the top Group in the report is customers.group_name with the total for the group in the group header.
The second group is orders.customer_id with the total for the customer in the group header.
I have 2 parameter for the date range of orders which I use in the select expert
I have another table for credits and debits for each group.
This are the fields for the CreditDebits Table

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*group_name

*date_

*type_ (this can be either "credit" or "debit")

*amount

I've linked customers.group_name with CreditsDebits.group_name in the database expert.
I also use the date range parameters for this table
Do get the credits I created a formula called "credists" like so
if {Credits_Debits.type} = "credit" then sum({Credits_Debits.amount})

But when I drop this formula on the customers.group_name header, the formula shows up as empty and the total for the group gets messed up (it becomes triple of what it should be.
What am I doing wrong?

A: First check Does this field CreditsDebits.group_name consists of customer name? or any different name?
Place the formula if {Credits_Debits.type} = "credit" then sum({Credits_Debits.amount}) in footer but not in header and check.

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Incumbent Michele Brooks faces Democrat Sue Mulvey on Tuesday.
Two women are candidates to represent Pennsylvania's 50th Senate district for the next four years.
"I think it's really inspiring that it's two women in the race," Democrat Sue Mulvey said.
Mulvey, 49, is challenging Republican incumbent Michele Brooks, 54, for the Senate seat representing southern Erie County, Crawford and Mercer counties, and a portion of Warren County.
Voters will choose between the two Tuesday.
"Michele and I, of course, have policy differences and different ways to go about things to change lives, but two women going after this seat is just fabulous," Mulvey said.
Mulvey and Brooks participated in a candidates' forum at Grove City College on Wednesday. Grove City area Republican state Rep. Tedd Nesbit and his Democratic challenger, Lisa Boeving-Learned, also participated.
"There were three women, of four candidates, at that table. I think that's great," Mulvey said. "Our voices need to be heard."
Arbitrary labels, including party, are less important, Mulvey and Brooks agree.
"I don't like labels," Brooks said this spring. "I represent everyone and work with everyone."
Fiscal conservative is a label that Brooks may accept.
"I do think we have an obligation to be responsible with tax dollars," Brooks said early in the 2018 campaign. "It is not the government's money. It's every family's money that they're sending to Harrisburg, and we have a very strong obligation to use those dollars wisely."
Brooks, of Jamestown, Mercer County, is a legislative veteran. She chairs the Senate's Aging and Youth Committee, is vice chairwoman of the Health and Human Services Committee and is a member of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Local Government, Rules and Executive Nominations, and Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness committees. She previously was 17th District state representative, Mercer County commissioner and Jamestown Borough Councilwoman.
"I think I've been an extremely strong advocate and voice for this region and this district and have made sure that we're on the map and that we're not forgotten in Harrisburg," she said.
Brooks opposed efforts to consolidate the state's Department on Aging with health, human services and drug and alcohol departments.
"It needs to be a stand-alone department to protect senior citizens and the services they rely on," she said. "Our parents and grandparents would have been lost in that mega-department."
Brooks is a member of task forces looking at the volunteer firefighter shortage and Lyme disease prevention and worked with farmers and economic development officials to find markets for local milk once purchased by Dean Foods.
Mulvey, of Sharon, Mercer County, is a school nurse in Meadville and also shuns ideological labels.
"Voters want people who are energized but civil. They want moderates who are able to cross the aisle, compromise and work together," Mulvey said. "I think people are tired of the divisive rhetoric and just want kindness."
Mulvey founded a nonprofit that provides weekend meals through the school year for about 500 elementary students in the Crawford Central School District.
"In 2014 I was doing a bulletin board in my office and asked kids at Second District School the one thing they were most thankful for in the holiday season, and an overwhelming number of them said, 'Food,'" Mulvey said this spring. "These kids were hungry."
The state gasoline tax, the highest in the nation, is a major issue with voters, especially in Warren County, she said.
"In Warren County, people drive more than most of us to and from jobs. They're very concerned about the cost," she said.
The General Assembly, Mulvey said, could use a nurse in its ranks.
"A lot of policies they write about health care are written by people who are not experts in that field, and when they don't talk to the experts, they adopt policies that can hurt people or limit access to health care," she said.
Local hospitals are closing or are limited in the health services they offer, and that's another major concern, Mulvey said. "We're losing access to quality healthcare in our backyard, and that's a big issue with people."
Where the two women differ is on issues that aren't often before state government.
Mulvey describes herself as pro-life but favors women's rights to abortions. She also describes herself as a gun-rights advocate but calls for stricter background checks for gun owners and upping the legal age to buy an assault rifle.
Brooks would address gun violence by focusing on mental health issues. She opposes abortion.
"I believe that life begins at conception and our children are our most precious gifts from God," Brooks said.


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A data structure is any structure that holds data. The most common forms of data structures in real-world programming applications are implemented with "struct"s and "objects"s.
Moreover there are data structures to minimize the disk access time .
Structs are simply collections of data with no inherent functionality, and are commonly used in the C programming language.
Often a programmer wants to make sure some "invariant" of the data structure never changes. Some typical invariants are "the items in this list are sorted", or "the 'estimated distance' of each node in a graph is always greater than or equal to the true distance", or "the number of descendents of every internal node in a 2-3 tree is always 2 or 3", or "At any one time, the distance from any one leaf to the root of a 2-3 tree is the same for every leaf of that tree".
Rather than carefully manually analyzing every part of a program to make sure "maintains the invariant" ("properly modifies the data structure"), a programmer can automatically guarantee that the entire program maintains the invariant by ... into objects, and ..., and then ... and ..., and then tell the compiler to "warn" the programmer if any other part of the program tries to access that object.
Typically, a method can "temporarily" break an invariant, as long as the invariant is restored by the time each method finishes. (Certain kinds of "re-entrant", "interruptable", and "parallel processing" applications have the additional restriction that the implementation must preserve invariants at every instant that the method could ever be interrupted by any other routine that might possibly read the data structure. It was long thought that Wiki:WaitFreeSynchronization was impossible ).
Programmers distinguish a "class" (which is sort of like the blueprints for a bookshelf), an "object" (which is like a specific bookshelf in a specific location built using some particular set of blueprints), and the "state" of the object (the data contained in the object at one particular moment, like the particular books in a bookshelf at one particular moment).
Programmers also distinguish between code that "implements" a class, code that "uses" a class, and the "interface" between them.
Modern development environments provide well-tested implementations of many popular data structures that you may choose to use. Even if a particular data structure did not come with the particular development environment you are using, you may find someone has already written an implementation and is willing to give you a copy for a nominal price or for free.
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#pragma once

#include <mrpt/config/CConfigFileBase.h>
#include <mrpt/config/CConfigFileMemory.h>
#include <mrpt/hwdrivers/CGenericSensor.h>
#include <mrpt/obs/CSensoryFrame.h>
#include <mrpt/obs/obs_frwds.h>
#include <mrpt/system/COutputLogger.h>

#include <atomic>
#include <mutex>

namespace mrpt::apps
{
/** RawlogGrabber application wrapper class.
 *
 * \note If the environment variable `MRPT_HWDRIVERS_VERBOSE=1` is defined
 * before calling initialize(), verbosity level will be changed to LVL_DEBUG.
 *
 * \ingroup mrpt_apps_grp
 */
class RawlogGrabberApp : public mrpt::system::COutputLogger
{
   public:
	RawlogGrabberApp();

	/** @name Main API
	 * @{ */

	/** Initializes the application from CLI parameters. Refer to the manpage of
	 * rawlog-grabber. Throws on errors.
	 */
	void initialize(int argc, const char** argv);

	inline void initialize(int argc, char** argv)
	{
		initialize(argc, const_cast<const char**>(argv));
	}

	/** Runs with the current parameter set. Throws on errors. */
	void run();

	bool isRunning() const
	{
		m_isRunningMtx.lock();
		const auto r = m_isRunning;
		m_isRunningMtx.unlock();
		return r;
	}

	/** @} */

	/** @name Parameters and options. See: initialize()
	 * @{ */
	/** Acquire this mutex if changing parameters *while* the app is running */
	std::mutex params_mtx;

	/** If >0, run() will return after this period (in seconds) */
	double run_for_seconds = 0;

	/** If enabled (default), exceptions in sensor threads will be reported to
	 * std::cerr */
	bool show_sensor_thread_exceptions = true;

	/** Populated in initialize(). Can be replaced or manipulated by the user
	 * after that and before run() to change the parameters loaded from INI
	 * file. */
	mrpt::config::CConfigFileMemory params;

	/** @} */

	/** @name Outputs and result variables
	 * @{ */
	/** Acquire this mutex if reading these output variables *while* the app is
	 * running */
	std::mutex results_mtx;

	std::string rawlog_filename;  //!< The generated .rawlog file
	std::size_t rawlog_saved_objects = 0;  //!< Counter of saved objects

	/** @} */

	void SensorThread(std::string sensor_label);

   private:
	using TListObservations =
		mrpt::hwdrivers::CGenericSensor::TListObservations;

	void dump_verbose_info(
		const mrpt::serialization::CSerializable::Ptr& o) const;
	void dump_verbose_info(const mrpt::obs::CSensoryFrame& sf) const;
	void dump_GPS_mode_info(const mrpt::obs::CObservationGPS& o) const;
	void dump_IMU_info(const mrpt::obs::CObservationIMU& o) const;

	void process_observations_for_sf(const TListObservations& list_obs);
	void process_observations_for_nonsf(const TListObservations& list_obs);

	void runImpl();

	TListObservations m_global_list_obs;
	std::mutex cs_m_global_list_obs;

	bool m_allThreadsMustExit = false;
	mutable std::mutex m_allThreadsMustExitMtx;

	bool allThreadsMustExit() const
	{
		m_allThreadsMustExitMtx.lock();
		bool r = m_allThreadsMustExit;
		m_allThreadsMustExitMtx.unlock();
		return r;
	}
	void allThreadsMustExit(bool v)
	{
		m_allThreadsMustExitMtx.lock();
		m_allThreadsMustExit = v;
		m_allThreadsMustExitMtx.unlock();
	}

	mutable std::mutex m_isRunningMtx;
	bool m_isRunning = false;

	/** Directory where to save externally stored images, only for
	 * CCameraSensor's. */
	std::string m_rawlog_ext_imgs_dir;

	mrpt::serialization::CArchive* m_out_arch_ptr = nullptr;

	mrpt::obs::CSensoryFrame m_curSF;
	double SF_max_time_span = 0.25;	 // Seconds
};

}  // namespace mrpt::apps


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Was the cyber attack at KKNPP a case of cyber espionage?
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The attack against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) and the Indian Space Research Organisation in early September this year by the North Korea-based Lazarus group triggered several concerns over the challenge posed by external cyber threats. The North Korean State, with a Stalinist regime at its helm, is starved of financial and technological resources. It is therefore obvious for them to undertake such kind of cyber intrusion activities to extract information as was done at the KKNPP.
There are two possibilities that could have driven the Lazarus group to deploy DTRACK - a spyware which allows access to data - to infiltrate the administrative network of the KKNPP facility. The first is purely technological: The DTRACK intrusion was to steal as much available technical data relating to the reactors' design, coolant system, fuel handling and storage system, and ascertain the operating capacity of the reactors at the KKNPP. The second is perhaps to test both the cyber defences at the KKNPP facility, and Indian cyber operators' response mechanisms when faced with a cyber intelligence penetration.
The KKNPP facility hosts two Unit-1 and Unit-2 Pressurised Water Reactors (PWRs) known as the VVER-1000, each with a 1000 Megawatt Electricity (MWe), which are among the most advanced reactors built by the Russian nuclear industry. Unit-3 and Unit-4 are two additional reactors of the VVER-100 type with more advanced safety features to be installed to expand the electricity power generation capacity of the KKNPP facility.
Pyongyang's cyber espionage is potentially part of an effort to understand the technology and reactor design and the nature of the cyber defences at the KKNPP facility, or rather the Operating Environment (OE), and penetrating the administrative network was merely a dry run. A computer from the KKNPP infected by the DTRACK spyware attack could have compromised information relating to search and browser history, keylogging, Internet Protocols, and the data files stored on the system, which could be a stepping-stone for penetrating the computer controls that actually run the reactors. Any information about the software and computer controls transmitted across the administrative network at the time of the DTRACK penetration, wittingly or unwittingly, could serve as the source for future exploitation in the form of sabotage.
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is developing its own computational code system and software for the Russian designed VVERs at the KKNPP. As of now, it is unclear what the extent of the breach was, and how much information was actually ex-filtrated. The press release by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) reveals scant information about the magnitude of the attack beyond the reassuring statement that the computer controls running the reactors were unaffected, and the infected system has been isolated from the remainder of the network.
Another objective of the Lazarus group's cyber espionage goes beyond Pyongyang's own needs of extracting information about the nuclear facility. It is possible that North Korea passed information on to interested third parties, which are inimical to Indian interests. Pakistan and China individually, or both, may be beneficiaries of the cyber intelligence exfiltration by the Lazarus group. If not immediately, both Beijing and Islamabad, in due course, could exploit the information provided by the North Korean cyber espionage mission against KKNPP. In the event of a crisis, the vulnerabilities of the VVERs could be exploited and their safe operation threatened. The only two centres that stand to strategically gain the most from the Lazarus group's spyware intrusion are Beijing and Rawalpindi. Given their proximity to Pyongyang, China and Pakistan are plausible beneficiaries, because of their history of collusion with the North Koreans. Pyongyang may well have been a proxy, which lends plausible deniability to Chinese and Pakistani collusion.
Monetary gains could be another plausible motivation for the cash-strapped North Korea.
Conducting an act of cyber espionage of the kind conducted against Kudankulam is also a surprise. Few instances hitherto exist of Pyongyang pursuing cyber espionage missions of this nature against India's nuclear infrastructure. New Delhi, after all, has formal diplomatic ties with Pyongyang, and is in a position to seek answers from the North Korean regime about the motivation behind Pyongyang's use of cyber espionage against an Indian strategic facility. Cyber incidents involving nuclear facilities are not new. At least since 1990, there have been 20 recorded instances, but perpetration of the latest Kudankulam cyber incident on an Indian nuclear facility is the first of its kind, at least from North Korea.
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It sounds like you are planning a great evening int he Magic Kingdom for the wonderful Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. This is a time for some special entertainment, trick or treating of course, smaller attraction lines, and festive parade and fireworks.
The party itself begins at 7pm and that is the time when all non party ticketed guests must leave the park. Guests who decided to spend the entire day in the Magic Kingdom will need to either head to the front of the park starting at 4pm or find the location inside the park that will process their party ticket and give you a wristband. Whatever you decide you will need to have the wristband on by 7pm, the start of the party.
I find it easiest to just head to the beginning of Main Street at some point from 4-7pm so you can get the wristband, pick up the party map, and also get the complimentary trick or treat bag. It is easy and when you find you are close to that area just make it down so you can get that taken care of. Then enjoy the rest of the evening with all the fun that will surround you!


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace SuperSocket.ProtoBase
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The pipeline data processor
    /// </summary>
    public interface IPipelineProcessor
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Processes the input segment.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="segment">The input segment.</param>
        /// <param name="state">The buffer state.</param>
        /// <returns>the processing result</returns>
        ProcessResult Process(ArraySegment<byte> segment, IBufferState state);

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the received cache.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>
        /// The cache.
        /// </value>
        BufferList Cache { get; }
    }
}


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Hong Kong Bars Draw Large Crowds As They Reopen For The First Time
By Katherine Fung On 5/8/20 at 5:29 PM EDT
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People swarmed Hong Kong's Peel Street on Friday night as the city began relaxing shutdown measures imposed during the coronavirus outbreak.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Tuesday that bars, gyms, beauty parlors, cinemas and other entertainment venues would be allowed to open starting May 8. Lam also said that secondary school students could return to class May 27.
While bars can begin reopening, they must operate at half capacity, and live performances will be banned. The limit on four people gathering in public and eating together at restaurants was increased to eight.
However, in posts on various social media outlets, crowds are seen gathering in large groups in the city's entertainment district.
Hong Kong reopened bars and the party is overflowing into the street pic.twitter.com/VtceEQgLQz
— Ashwin (@ashwindeshmukh) May 8, 2020
After a monthlong shutdown, bars in Hong Kong anticipated reopening with half-price offers, early happy hours and unlimited drink deals. Because of the city's mandatory shutdown, which went into effect April 3, 1,200 businesses were closed.
Allan Zeman, the Lan Kwai Fong Group's chairman and the largest landlord in the Lan Kwai Fong nightlife district, expected a big turnout on the first night. "At the beginning, it will probably get many people wanting to come out, because many people have been starved for some social entertainment," Zeman told the South China Morning Post.
But some business owners are more concerned about the public's acceptance of the reopening measures than with the government's orders. Ravi Beryar, an operations director for a bar in Lan Kwai Fong, highlighted these worries.
"It's not only about whether the government is putting restrictions on us. It's also about when the public will feel safe again to come out again to the Lan Kwai Fong area," he told the Post.
A deserted street in Hong Kong's usually busy Lan Kwai Fong entertainment district on April 5. May James/Getty
Hong Kong is recovering from its second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. After a decrease in reported cases, the city saw a second spike of new infections in late February.
A week after the first cases of the virus were reported in Hong Kong, the city closed its borders and implemented strict lockdown measures. After the second wave began, the government barred nonresidents from entering the city and imposed a quarantine, complete with electronic location–tracking bracelets.
The city's quick action may be the result of memories of the SARS outbreak, which devastated Hong Kong in 2003.
The city has reported 1,044 reported cases of the coronavirus and four deaths. Hong Kong has not reported any locally transmitted cases for 19 consecutive days.
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Early morning is the best time for exercise. Right after waking up and doing your fajr prayer, spend the next 30 minutes to one hour working out. You will be rewarded with good mood throughout the day both at work and at home. The motivation boost that you get first thing in the morning makes you more productive at work, which in turns makes you less frustrated at the end of the workday.

Starting the day in the right way can help you achieve your fitness goals and get amazing results.

Here are five reasons to set the alarm early, and start today with exercise:

1- Fajr prayer

Getting used to exercise early in the morning will give you one more reason to wake up for your fajr prayer.

2- Hormones

Morning workout helps you build muscle faster, thanks to hormones. In the early hours of the day, the levels of vital hormones that build muscle mass, such as testosterone, increase. Take advantage of these naturally occurring hormones at their peak, rather than at the end of the day when they are at low levels.

3- Metabolism

We all know that metabolism is a basic process in weight loss, because weight loss is entirely dependent on burning energy and calories derived from food.

Your age, sex, genes and amount of fat in your body affect how fast or slow your metabolic rate is, but slow metabolic rate is not an excuse. You can even push the slowest metabolic rates in the right direction by exercising. The degree of this enhancement depends on your current fitness level and the type of activity you choose.

Morning exercise help boost your metabolism, allowing you to burn more calories throughout the rest of the day.

This phenomenon is called over-consumption of oxygen after exercise, and enables the body to burn calories even after the cessation of exercise and entry into comfort.

4- Less distractions

You may need some effort (or a cup of coffee) to get used to waking up early, but at this time of the day your mind will still be clear.

If you workout in a gym, going in the early morning is a great way to avoid the crowd. If you decide to leave that till after work, many things can get in the way and prevent you from getting your workout done: lack of motivation, exhaustion, going out with coworkers, last minute work, etc. If you’ve already got your workout done in the morning, you can simply adapt to any distractions that appear later in the day.

5- Family time

The bright side of exercise in the morning is that you get it done before the end of the workday. This means that you can return home immediately after work and spend more time with your family.

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Q: Rally Milestones Report I have a 'Milestone Status' Rally view with below columns and want to extract the same in excel format. There are two Rally Workspaces created (say A and B), There is one 'feature' created in one Rally workspace (A); however the LINKED user stories, tasks and defects are created in other Rally workspace (B). I can view all the Linked user stories, tasks, defects linked into that feature created in the workspace (A) itself.
When I use the default extract option from Rally workspace (A), I am able to extract however it only give me single line of data which is the 'feature'. As I understand, this is because I am extracting from workspace (A) in which the feature is created; however I want to extract the entire items liked to the feature from Workspace (A) itself.
Can you please help in how to extract the entire report using one workspace to get all the required columns?
Regards,
Rahul W.


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At 7:30 am in the morning you will be picked up by your tour guide and private car from your hotel and depart to Cu Chi Tunnels 44mi (70 km).
First stop is an exciting visit to the legendary Cu Chi Tunnels. Here you will see some of the most intense battles areas during the Vietnam War.
Explore the underground base of the resistance fighters and the intricate network of over 124mi (200km) of the tunnels.
Next, continue to Tay Ninh, this is the headquarters for the religion of Cao Dai, you'll visit the Grand Temple of the Cao Dai Holy. You can learn more about this fascinating religion by observing the noon ceremony.
Enjoy a delicious lunch at a local restaurant before heading back by bus to your hotel, where your tour will finish at approximately 5:30 pm.


After hearing the sad news that former President Jimmy Carter has four spots of melanoma on his brain I remembered when I first photographed him during a Texas trip in 1978. Subsequently, I shot him on three occasions during his 1980 campaign against Ronald Reagan.
In June of 1978 I was assigned to travel with President Carter on his two-day visit to the state. Over the course of his presidency I would have the honor to photograph him several times and also First Lady Rosalynn Carter. When the president travels, some local photographers are assigned to be join the national pool. When you are in the pool, you have access up-close which helps in getting better images.
For example, AP, UPI, Reuters, Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report would be in the national pool with the White House photographers. Pool shooters are required to share all images with all media outlets. The three magazine photographers would rotate each day.
I was in the local pool and I shared my photographs with The Dallas Times Herald, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and any other news outlets. It was always the prime place to be.
President Jimmy Carter addresses luncheon attendees as Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (from left), Fort Worth Star-Telegram executive editor Jack Tinsley, Rep. Jim Wright and Fort Worth mayor Hugh Parmer listen June 23, 1978.
In the time before President Ronald Reagan was shot, the Secret Service would allow photographers within ten feet of presidents while they moved through the crowds. That all changed. Access today is much more limited than what I had in 1978.


Snopes.com has been considered the 'tell-all final word' on any comment, claim and email. Once negative article by them and people point and say, "See, I told you it wasn't true!" But what is Snopes? What are their methods and training that gives them the authority to decide what is true and what is not? For several years people have tried to find out who exactly was behind the website Snopes.com. Only recently did they get to the bottom of it.
Are you ready for this? It is run by a husband and wife team – that's right, no big office of investigators scouring public records in Washington, no researchers studying historical stacks in libraries, no team of lawyers reaching a consensus on current caselaw. No, Snopes.com is just a mom-and-pop operation that was started by two people who have absolutely no formal background or experience in investigative research.
David and Barbara Mikkelson pictured above; are from San Fernando Valley of California. They started their website 'Snopes' about 13 years ago. After a few years it began gaining popularity as people believed it to be unbiased and neutral. But over the past couple of years people started asking questions when 'Snopes' was proven wrong in a number of their conclusions. There were also criticisms the Mikkelsons were not really investigating and getting to the 'true' bottom of various issues, but rather asserting their beliefs in controversial issues.
In 2008, State Farm agent Bud Gregg hoisted a political sign in Mandeville, Louisiana referencing Barack Obama and made a big splash across the internet. The Mikkelson's were quick to "research" this issue and post their condemnation of it on Snopes.com. In their statement they claimed the corporate office of State Farm pressured Mr. Gregg into taking down the sign. In fact, nothing of the sort ever took place. A friend of Mr. Gregg personally contacted David Mikkelson to alert him of the factual inacuracy, leaving him Mr. Gregg's contact phone numbers. Mr. Mikkelson was told that Mr. Gregg would give him the phone numbers to the big exec's at State Farm in Illinois who would inform them that they had never pressured Mr. Gregg to take down his sign.
But the Mikkelson's never called Mr. Gregg. In fact, Mr. Gregg found out that no one from Snopes.com had ever contacted any one with State Farm. Yet, Snopes.com has kept their false story of Mr. Gregg up to this day, as the "final factual word" on the issue.
So if you really want to know the truth about a story or a rumor you have heard, by all means do not go to Snopes.com! You could do just as well if you were a liberal with an Internet connection. Don't go to wikipedia.com either as their team of amateur editors have also been caught in a number of bold-faced liberal-biased untruths. (Such as Wikigate and their religious treatment of Obama.) Take anything these sites say with a grain of salt and an understanding that they are written by people with a motive to criticize all things conservative. Use them only to lead you to solid references where you can read their sources for yourself.
Plus, you can always Google a subject and do the research yourself. It now seems apparent that's all the Mikkelson's do.


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Q: C/C++ Code Examples with HTK (Hidden Markov Toolkit) I am trying to get started with HTK, I grabbed a copy, compiled it, grabbed the book, and all went more or less fine, little troubles here and there but nothing serious.
Now after reading the book and googling quite a while, I do not see any documentation for the essential part for me: HTKLib. Everything is described into the smallest detail for all HTK tool programs (scriptable command line interface tools) but I cannot find a single example or tutorial how to actually call the lib.
Could anyone point me into a direction?
The source code for the respective tools is included, but it would be rather cumbersome  to have to extract the information for a reputable library by reading the source code... I would have expected a little more documentation , but maybe I simply overlooked it?
Any help is deeply appreciated,
Tom
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I was trying to use HTK for computer vision purposes, not for NLP, and for that I required that I could link against it, and call it from within my code. Thanks for your replies.

A: Maybe ATK is more suitable for you. Here is the explantation from the ATK site:
"ATK is an API designed to facilitate building experimental applications for HTK.  It consists of a C++ layer sitting on top of the standard HTK libraries."
In addition Microsoft Research has another research tool here for training acoustic models. This includes a set visual project for HTKlib and a set of C++ HTK wrappers, but it may only include a subset of the HTK functionality and has licence restrictions.

A: I have not used it but use I the language modeling toolkit.  I think the main intention is to use the command line tools provided. I imagine they are very flexible tools that will enable you to build and test models. Why do you want to use the code?
Also what are you trying to do?


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I know that this read has been sitting on my 'currently reading' page for quite a while now, but that is not because of it's quality, that's for sure. I loved it. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's my favourite read of the year, or at least, in the running.
TYPE: E-Read
TITLE: The Corset
AUTHOR: Laura Purcell
PUBLISHER: Raven Books
GENRE: Historical Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Gothic
RATING: 5/5 Stars
Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor and awaiting trial for murder.
When Dorothea's charitable work leads her to Oakgate Prison, she finds herself drawn to Ruth, a teenage seamstress – and self-confessed murderess – who nurses a dark and uncanny secret. A secret that is leading her straight to the gallows. As Ruth reveals her disturbing past to Dorothea, the fates of these two women entwine, and with every revelation, a new layer of doubt is cast...
Can Ruth be trusted? Is she mad, or a murderer?
Purcell sure knows how to set up a compelling story. Her attention to detail and obvious research really shone in this story, and I was completely sucked into this gothic, chilling world. From start to finish the pacing and build of tension were well-executed and I found myself really missing it between readings.
I loved that there were two POVs, each each complimenting the other. Ruth's story was horrifying yet compelling, and Dorothea's was a little more frivolous yet held it's own. Both characters were true forces of nature, strong heroines, and were surrounded by a well-crafted, memorable pool of side characters.
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Q: How can I add a random effect to this stan model? I have a model for estimating the intraclass correlation (rho parameter below) from N_items of observations on N_subjects. There is a fixed effect for each item (mean vector mu), but I want to also add a random effect for each person. I'm not 100% sure how to do this, but I have a guess and I'd be grateful if someone could confirm or correct it. Would I just need to change the last line to the following:
y[i]' ~ multi_normal(mu + gamma[i],Sigma)

where gamma[i] would be the random effect for person i? (And in addition, declare a column vector of reals in the parameters block and then give it a prior in the model block.) Or am I going about this the wrong way?
By the by, if anyone has any suggestions for making this model more efficient, I would be forever grateful.
data {
  int N_subjects;
  int N_items;
  matrix[N_subjects,N_items] y;
}

parameters {
  vector[N_items] mu;
  real<lower=0> sigma;
  real<lower=0,upper=1> rho;
}

transformed parameters {
  cov_matrix[N_items] Sigma;
  for (j in 1:N_items)
    for (k in 1:N_items)
      Sigma[j,k] <- pow(sigma,2)*pow(rho,step(abs(j-k)-0.5));
}

model {
  sigma ~ uniform(0,100);
  rho ~ uniform(0,1);
  for (i in 1:N_items)
    mu[i] ~ normal(0,100);
  for (i in 1:N_subjects)
    y[i]' ~ multi_normal(mu,Sigma);
}

A: On the question of computational efficiency, change

for (i in 1:N_items)
    mu[i] ~ normal(0,100);

to

mu ~ normal(0,100);

because that reduces the number of memory allocations for mu from N_items to 1. Similarly, you can replace

for (i in 1:N_subjects)
  y[i]' ~ multi_normal(mu,Sigma);

with

 y ~ multi_normal(mu,Sigma); # or mu + gamma

if you declare y as an array of row_vector in the data block like

row_vector[N_items] y[N_subjects];

Also, if your prior beliefs are that sigma is uniformally distributed between 0 and 100, then it is more computationally efficient to declare those bounds in the parameters block

real<lower=0,upper=100> sigma;

and comment out its prior in the model block

// sigma ~ uniform(0,100);

Doing so is more efficient because it avoids generating proposals for sigma that are greater than 100, which would be automatically rejected and do not have well-defined partial derivatives that are needed for Hamiltonian Monte Carlo.

A: On the model specification question, you can specify the expectation of the multivariate normal likelihood however you want. In your case, it is best to declare y as an array of row_vector like

row_vector[N_items] y[N_subjects];

and then in the parameters block

vector[N_subjects] unit;
row_vector[N_items] item;

and then in the model block, build up mu to use for the likelihood

row_vector[N_items] mu[N_subjects];
for (i in 1:N_subjects) mu[i] <- unit[i] + item;
y ~ multi_normal(mu, Sigma);

You will need proper priors on unit and item.


Jazz Souls on Fire brings the Afro-Semitic Experience back to elements that drive most of us in this ensemble. It brings us back to an ineluctable authenticity because we have to face the vital origin of each of our artistic selves. It brings us back to the groove and passion of blowing, dancing, and soaring freely in sound and spirit—it brings us back to our jazz roots.
And by making this recording we get to pay tribute. Face it, everything under the sun comes from somewhere and while the origin of all things may be vibration, the vibes put down by our musical forefathers avail much in making our music easy to cull, inspiring us to create deeply from within ourselves, and be in touch with what keeps us all common, our humanness. In addition, we could never sneeze at the struggles Black musicians did bear, in spite of the fecundity of spirit and inventiveness shared in the art of song, dance and musicianship. The Afro-Semitic Experience gets to pay tribute to this in a real way with this album.
What you hear on Jazz Souls on Fire is our interpretation of music that touched at least one or more of us as we were coming of musical age. And now, as torch bearers we lean forward and shed light, our light, on those fires that lit something in us.
Yes, the Afro-Semitic Experience is made up of black and white, male and female, Jew, Christian, Muslim, Yoruba and other differing perspectives on many different things all contributing to something which we all believe is a necessary part of our lives. And yes, there are times when it bears mentioning because that is one way of perceiving who we are. But please remember, no matter what the political context may be at any given time, regardless of the "isms", "ations", and "ologies" inherent in the reasons we are chosen to share what we do with the world - we are first and foremost PLAYERS PLAYING!
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See also : Historical arms Firearms II Ancient England Revolution and Empire
Chronology : 1460-1479 1800-1809
Greek Helmet
2017 SOLD for $ 1.04M by Christie's
There is no doubt that civilizations amplified the wars by raising the stakes far beyond simple disputes about local territories. It was logical to protect the head of the warrior by a hard helmet.
3,500 years ago in Central Greece, the Mycenaean civilization had helmets that wrapped around the top of the head and were extended by cheek guards, made by assemblies of boar's tusks. The Bronze Age will mark a great step forward in the strength and effectiveness of these accessories.
The Greek helmets in bronze are generally formed by the hammering of a single plate of metal. The archaic types are named Corinthian and Illyrian. They were very heavy and enveloping, causing a dangerous discomfort for sight and hearing.
In the classical period around 2450 years ago, the helmet became open and light. Henceforth the helmets of the military leaders carry incisions, crests and plumes which make it possible to distinguish the rank of the bearer. Of course archaeological findings provide a very incomplete idea of the original patina and of the ephemeral ornaments added for parades and jousts.
A terribly minimalist Corinthian helmet was sold for $ 37.5K by Christie's on June 6, 2013. In the same sale, a very geometric Illyrian helmet incised with some ornaments was sold for $ 435K .
On April 28, 2017, Christie's sold for $ 1.04M from a lower estimate of $ 350K a Chalcidian-type helmet of the classical period, lot 7. The elegance of its overall shape and of its carvings on forehead and on cheek guards resolutely positions this piece in the transition between the artifact necessary for war and the art object usable for the parade.
Britannia Helmet
2010 SOLD for £ 2.3M by Christie's
Buried for nearly 2,000 years in the ground of Cumbria, an outstanding parade headset was discovered a few months ago by a metal detector. It is in very good condition.
Cumbria, later Cumberland, is the north-west of England (Britannia), on the border of Scotland (Caledonia). From 875AUC, this territory was protected in the north by the Hadrian wall.
The era of Pax Romana is unique in world history: between the reigns of Augustus and Trajan, the Roman domination was total, without invasion and with limited civil wars. This political success that spans over a century is based on a strong network of garrisons located throughout the borders of the Empire.
Our helmet is necessarily subsequent to the conquests of Vespasian, begun in 824AUC. Christie's dates it to the late first century or to the second century of our calendar.
It is an equipment for parade or sport, not a military helmet. It is composed of two parts. The bronze Phrygian shaped cap is topped by a griffin crest where streamers could be tied. The face mask bearing the likeness of a young man is in tin plated bronze.
It was sold for £ 2.3M from a lower estimate of £ 200K by Christie's on October 7, 2010.
The image is shared on Wikimedia with attribution : Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]
Mamluk Shirt of Mail
2015 SOLD for $ 2.3M by RIAC
The shirt of mail is used to protect the body of the warrior against the blades of the enemy. Worn as any other shirt, this armor remains lightweight thanks to its structure as a pattern of metal rings in iron or steel. Luxury models are decorated with riveted plates that can be inlaid.
On December 5, 2015, RIAC sold for $ 2.3M from a lower estimate of $ 200K a Mamluk shirt of mail and plate, lot 1262.
The weaving of this garment is the simplest and most effective model where each ring is linked with its four surrounding rings. The coat opens from the front side. At the front and back of the garment, the plates are inlaid with a gilding of koftgari type.
Inscriptions are difficult to read, but the reference to the Mamluk Sultan Qaitbay seems indisputable. It was probably created for the sultan himself or one of his riders. A similar armor assigned to the same reign is preserved at the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul. Qaitbay ruled Egypt from 871 to 901 AH, during the last quarter of the 15th century of our calendar.
This piece is in a very satisfactory condition for its age. A few rings and a few plate rivets are missing or twisted. About 60% of the koftgari is present with a particularly good conservation on the front of the shirt.
15th century Egyptian armor sells for $2.3 MILLION at Rock Island Auction Company! https://t.co/kwbnILDoSg pic.twitter.com/NWDEVlDcdo
— Rock Island Auction (@RIAuction) December 9, 2015
Nasrid Ear Dagger
2010 SOLD for £ 3.7M by Sotheby's
When we fought with knives, the dagger was particularly dangerous, with its short blade that allowed a movement of great precision.
It had also to protect the hand, and the ear dagger was appreciated by hunters and soldiers. In this model, the guard consists of two flat disks (the "ears") confronting on both sides of the handle.
A refined specimen was sold for £ 3.7M from a lower estimate of £ 600K on October 6, 2010 by Sotheby's. Coming from Nasrid Spain, this piece has been made in the 9th century AH, more than 500 years ago. The final defeat of the Nasrids by Ferdinand and Isabella was in 1492 of our calendar.
With a total length of 30 cm, it is finely damascened with scenes of hunting and with cartouches including Kufic-style inscriptions.
1628 Mughal Kard
2019 SOLD for $ 3.4M by Christie's
Nothing is too good for the Mughal emperors of India. Prince Salim, who succeeds Akbar, is known as Jahangir which means the possessor of the world. The most capable of his sons, who succeeds him in 1628 CE after a short civil war, immediately takes the reign name of Shah Jahan, the king of the world.
On June 19, 2019, Christie's sold at lot 387 for $ 3.4M from a lower estimate of $ 1.5M a kard which attests to the cosmopolitan character of Mughal art.
The kard is a belt knife made of a straight blade with a handle but without a guard. The example sold by Christie's is 30 cm long overall including a hardened steel blade and a 11 cm handle. The gold inlays on the top side of the blade are Persian in style.
The handle is of an extremely rare type, which has not revealed its secrets. It is made of very pale green jade, which the Mughals imported from China. Its terminal serving as a pommel is a head carved in the round, with a ruff. This head is unusual in Hindu art but corresponds to the taste of Europeans, who did not work with jade.
A human head above the scabbard of a dagger appears in a posthumous image of Jahangir, showing the prince before his accession to the throne. A similar attribute also exists on an image recalling the youth of Shah Jahan. There is no reason to suppose that the blade and the handle were prepared at the same time. We will retain the hypothesis of an assembly carried out in the transition phase between these two emperors. The color of the jade seems consistent with this assumption.
The realistic head of the juvenile-looking character suggests that he was enough beloved by a high Mughal dignitary, perhaps an emperor, to be displayed on his belt. No hypothesis is proposed concerning his identity. I suggest this is the posthumous portrait of a brother or son of an emperor. The ruff is unexplained.
1775 Tomahawk
2020 SOLD for $ 660K by Morphy
The tomahawk is originally an ax designed by the Algonquians. After meeting with the colonists, the stone blade is replaced by metal. Installing a hammer, spike or pipe on the stick on the other side from the blade gives the tomahawk its traditional appearance. Armorers on the American border also make tomahawks to facilitate trade with the native tribes.
At the end of the 1760s Richard Butler became an armorer at Fort Pitt in Pennsylvania. During the following decade, he obtained a treaty of neutrality with the Shawnee and Delaware Indians. His archives attest to the production of pipe tomahawks.
Revolutionary War breaks out. The new regiments are equipped not without difficulty. The rifles of the Battalion of Pennsylvania Riflemen are not compatible with bayonets. The soldiers use tomahawks as a secondary weapon.
On May 27, 2020, Morphy sold for $ 660K from a lower estimate of $ 300K a pipe tomahawk, lot 1019 here linked on the LiveAuctioneers bidding platform. Please watch the video shared by the auction house.
This tomahawk made for a Riflemen officer is mounted and inlaid in silver. The maple stick is decorated with porcupine quills dyed in red, black and white in the Shawnee style.
It is signed by Butler and inscribed with the name of Lt Maclellan. John McClellan and Richard Butler were both from Carlisle PA, which may explain why the armorer produced a luxurious presentation piece for this officer.
McClellan did not take long advantage of his tomahawk. He was with the troops who left the siege of Boston on September 11, 1775 with Benedict Arnold, but the conditions of the march to Quebec were too harsh and he died. The tomahawk recovered by his brother was taken by the British as a war trophy during the battle of Quebec.
Important Pipe #Tomahawk Signed R. Butler & Inscribed to Lt. McClellan. On display: Heinz History Center, Canadian War Museum/Museum of Civilization, & #Smithsonian. On the book cover: "Indian Tomahawks & #Frontiersman Belt Axes." Est: $300,000-$500,000. https://t.co/jKTVLvWc45 pic.twitter.com/OyyaLPlSUu
— Morphy Auctions (@MorphyAuctions) May 7, 2020
1797-1808 Garniture of Boutet Arms
2021 SOLD for $ 2.9M by RIAC
The production by Boutet of presentation rifles, pistols and swords is responding to a request certainly made by the Premier Consul himself, probably as early as 1800. In 1806, when he granted new kingdoms to his brothers, Napoléon offered them weapons of the highest luxury.
In the following of Napoléon's defeat and abdication, a case of magnificently relief carved imperial arms is exhibited in London in 1816. This garniture is made of a glaive sword with its scabbard, a carbine, a pair of carriage pistols and a pair of pocket pistols. All these pieces have been manufactured by Boutet. The highly dense decoration is made of imperial symbols and Greco-Roman designs.
The provenance of this collection is referred to Général Junot, the aide de camp of the emperor. The garniture should have been presented by Napoléon to Junot at any time but tentatively when he was made gouverneur général of Portugal in 1807 or duc d'Abrantès in 1808. It had been sold by his widow in financial distress during the events of 1815.
The glaive is described as the robe sword carried in hand by Bonaparte in 1799 at Saint-Cloud during his coup d'Etat du 18 brumaire an VIII when he suppressed the Directoire for appointing himself as Premier Consul. It is supposed to have been presented to him by the Directoire in 1797. The five firearms have no evidence of having been carried by the emperor.
The collection was sold for $ 2.9M from a lower estimate of $ 1.5M by RIAC on December 3, 2021, lot 335. Please watch the video shared by the auction house.
1800 The Marengo Sabre of Napoléon
2007 SOLD for € 4.8M by Osenat
The Battle of Marengo takes place on June 14, 1800, 25 Prairial an VIII of the Revolutionary Calendar. The First Consul, Napoléon Bonaparte, leads the Italian campaign. The battle begins with a surprise attack by the Austrians. Bonaparte understands the gravity of the situation and provides the necessary assistance to his endangered army. His action is spectacular and decisive, providing France with the final victory in that war.
Bonaparte immediately understood the advantage of this feat of arms for his personal prestige and for his political future. On May 5, 1805 Bonaparte, who had become Emperor Napoléon I in the meantime, had a throne installed for a military parade on the battlefield. He presides over this ceremony, dressed in the same way as on the day of the battle.
Also in 1805, Napoléon presented his youngest brother Jérôme with the glorious sabre which he had brandished at Marengo. Jérôme, 20 years old, had just returned from the United States where he had married, thwarting the ambition that the emperor could have for him. Napoléon broke this marriage by an imperial decree on March 11, 1805. Having henceforth consolidated his image of a magnificent warrior, he may have used this arm to encourage Jérôme's new military career in his service.
The sabre remained until 2007 with the descendants of Jérôme. Classified as a French monument historique in 1978, it was sold for € 4.8M by Osenat on June 10, 2007. Please watch the video shared by Interencheres.
This arm had been produced by Nicolas-Noël Boutet, the manager of the arms factory in Versailles. The blade has an oriental shape and is decorated with etching. The main fittings for the sabre and its scabbard are in solid gold. The pommel is a Jupiter head in gold.
Le sabre de Napoléon porté à la bataille de Marengo from Interencheres Archives on Vimeo.
1864 Presentation Sword to General Grant
2007 SOLD for $ 1.67M by Heritage
President Lincoln had understood that the border between Kentucky and Tennessee would be one of the keys to the Civil War. Kentucky's neutrality did not last long : on September 5, 1861, a Confederate officer attempts an invasion.
Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant reacts on September 6. Like Lincoln, he has roots in Kentucky. He reaches Paducah before the Southerners, preserving the control by the Union of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and of the Tennessee River traffic. On September 7, the Kentucky General Assembly votes to keep this State in the Union.
Grant multiplies victories and military promotions. The supreme rank, General in Chief of the Armies of the United States, is awarded to him by Congress on March 2, 1864. In the following month, his friends in Kentucky recognize this exceptional distinction by offering him a sword.
Made by Henry Folsom, a silversmith and jeweler in St. Louis, this sumptuous arm is centered with the 36-diamond monogram of the general's USG initials. The solid silver hilt is a winged Victory holding the American eagle above her head. The 84 cm long blade is inlaid with battle scenes.
The sword was kept for one hundred years by Grant and his family with its scabbard and its original ivory mounted presentation case. This set was sold and for $ 1.67M by Heritage on June 25, 2007, lot 72184.
1932 Saudi Sword
2013 SOLD for € 975K by Osenat
From 1901, Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman al-Saud managed to conquer Arabia. A series of successful operations granted him separately the titles of king of Hejaz and of Nejd. To go further, he run in 1932 an intense diplomatic program that allowed him to create the unified country which now bears the name of his family, Saudi Arabia.
On the occasion of signing a treaty on May 5, 1932, King Ibn Saud presented a sword to an Afghan prince. It is a gorgeous piece : the blade is 79 cm long and the frame and handle are brightened up with gold and ivory respectively. It is shown in the article shared by Le Figaro.
In the twentieth century, the sword is still a symbol of Arabia as a tribute to the former military conquests of Islam. It was difficult to imagine a more prestigious gift.
This exceptional Arabian sword was sold for € 975K by Osenat on November 17, 2013.


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She also announced a documentary called "Toxic Labor," about the impact of workplace harassment, and a multi-part series on mental health.
Winfrey has continued to host conversations with interesting figures through her "SuperSoul Conversations" series, but the partnership with Apple means access to a much wider audience than those who tune into her OWN show.
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Absent was price information and a specific debut date, though it is targeted for the fall. Winfrey said her partnership "represents a major opportunity to make a genuine impact."
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