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Home / Cup Series / Frontstretch Breakdown: 2006 Banquet 400 at Kansas
In the wildest race in Kansas Speedway's six-year history, Tony Stewart's Home Depot Chevrolet coasted out of fuel for the final half-lap of the race, yet still managed to beat out Casey Mears to the line to win Sunday's Banquet 400. Mears, who ran out of gas himself coming to the checkers, came home second, with Mark Martin third and Dale Jarrett fourth on fuel mileage gambles.
Frontstretch Breakdown: 2006 Banquet 400 at Kansas
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To the Point: Kasey Kahne's fuel tank ran dry. Jeff Gordon's fuel pump stopped working. In the end, Tony Stewart used every ounce of fuel he had – and made it to the finish line first.
In the wildest race in Kansas Speedway's six-year history, Stewart's Home Depot Chevrolet coasted out of fuel for the final half-lap of the race, yet still managed to beat out Casey Mears to the line to win Sunday's Banquet 400. Mears, who ran out of gas himself coming to the checkers, came home second, with Mark Martin third and Dale Jarrett fourth on fuel mileage gambles. Those four drivers ran the final 71 laps without pitting after stopping during the race's final caution on lap 196. Jeff Burton came in for a splash of gas, but recovered to finish fifth, extending his point lead in the process to 69 over Denny Hamlin after several Chase drivers were caught up in a wild mess of spins, mechanical problems, and pit road penalties.
Who Should Have Won: Jimmie Johnson. In a race that held a new twist at every turn with several early cautions, it took awhile for Johnson to assert himself out front; but as the race entered its final segment, the Lowe's Chevrolet took off like a rocket ship. Leading 80 of the final 87 laps, the No. 48 car had a six-second lead built up over Stewart before fuel mileage played a factor in the closing stages. Forced to pit for gas, Johnson slowed to enter pit road on lap 262 only to see the spinning car of Kahne in front of him, trying to pit himself until his brakes locked up in the process. Thinking there would be a caution, Johnson turned back on the track, but Kahne recovered from the spin, and the yellow flag never came out. Instead, the No. 48 car was forced to pit one lap later, and Johnson was frazzled enough to draw a penalty for speeding exiting pit lane, dropping him to 14th in the final running order and putting his Chase chances on life support.
Five Questions You Should Be Asking After the Race Weekend:
1) Is Kansas finally coming out of its shell?
No question about it. In its sixth year of hosting Nextel Cup races, Kansas is the most recent of the half-dozen "cookie-cutter" tracks to be added to the schedule, but is easily the most advanced in its progression from one groove snoozer to edge-of-your-seat excitement. Last year's race was a dud, but people forget the 2004 race here was a thriller, and this year's edition surely didn't disappoint. Especially intriguing is how turn 4 has the potential to become one of the trickiest left turns of any superspeedway on the circuit, building a reputation that could one day stand alongside Charlotte's turn 4 and Dover's turn 2. No less than 10 drivers spun during the race due to a hard tire combination that caused a chronic loose condition off the corner.
That same combination, though, led to exciting racing throughout much of the event. With two and three abreast racing the norm, not the exception, this track solidified its worth on the Nextel Cup schedule Sunday.
2) What was with all the Chasers spinning out on Sunday? Which Chaser recovered the best from their problems?
Talladega was supposed to be the race where half the Chasers left the track attached to a wrecker, but it turned out Kansas was just as tricky – no less than five championship contenders found themselves facing the wrong direction at some point Sunday. Some of those wounds were life-saving: when Ryan Newman pulled a 360 in front of the field on lap 15, Kevin Harvick and Gordon had to turn left through the grass to avoid a major wreck. Hamlin and Matt Kenseth, on the other hand, lost a never-ending battle against ill-handling race cars; both never recovered from their lazy spins off turn 4. Finally, Kahne's ill-advised skid while trying to pit caused him to run out of gas.
Of those five, Harvick was able to recover the best. As low as 39th after the spin, he finished 15th; that, along with a Busch Series win Saturday, should maintain his momentum. As for the other four, they struggled at best, with Hamlin finishing 18th, Kenseth 23rd, Kahne 33rd, and Gordon 39th.
3) Why didn't more drivers, Chasers and non-Chasers alike, take their chances on fuel mileage?
Because they couldn't; no need to risk it when you have no chance. The latest any driver in contention pitted was on lap 196, meaning anyone who tried would be running those 71 laps – equivalent to 106.5 miles – on one tank of fuel. Typically, running over 100 miles under green puts a 22-gallon Nextel Cup fuel tank on empty. So, while drivers like Greg Biffle, Johnson, Kenseth, and others had their finishes suffer by diving down pit road and making poor strategy decisions on pit lane, the alternative would almost certainly have been running out of gas.
4) What does Mike Bliss' lawsuit against Haas CNC Racing reveal about driver salaries?
Buried amongst the Chase talk this weekend was a wrongful termination lawsuit made public between Bliss and Gene Haas, owner of the No. 66 car driven by Bliss in 2005. As a part of the dispute, Bliss' driver salary was revealed, a rare look into the eye of Nextel Cup contracts that we rarely see. And, well, looks like the guy was paid pretty nicely for his services. 28th in points last year, Bliss made $400,000 in base salary this season, but also collected 40% of race purses and 30% of souvenir sales. With race earnings of over $3 million, that meant Bliss earned an additional $1.2 million over the 36-race season, giving him a final salary that likely climbed well over $2 million. In comparison, 28th place on the PGA Tour money list, Mike Weir, has made $1.8 million this season.
What does this tell you? Driver salaries, rumored to be out of control, may actually be closely aligned with the salary distributions in some of the other major sports, surprising in the wake of the contract wars of 2005. So, it looks like you can't blame rising sponsorship costs on that, after all,
5) How quickly can Juan Pablo Montoya get up to speed?
Finally released from Formula 1 obligations this week, Montoya's NASCAR training has begun. Already entered in an ARCA race at Talladega October 6th, Montoya put down the sixth fastest time in testing, impressive for his first time in a stock car. Still, keep in mind that Talladega is the easiest of the oval tracks to master in terms of speed; equipment can make up for any driver shortcomings. Even if Montoya gets a top five in that race, be sure to reserve any and all judgment until after he races at a track where you actually have to use the brake. In truth, Montoya's shortened season is more likely to resemble David Gilliland's in the No. 38; a whole lot of potential, a whole lot of wrecks, and a constant eye towards learning as much as possible for 2007.
Solid Runs:
Mears: Casey may have benefited from his fuel mileage to finish second, but don't be fooled – the No. 42 car was a top-10 machine all day, with Mears' performance reminding observers of a time not long ago when he took a Ganassi car to the front at every intermediate track on the circuit. Sadly, that has not been the case this season, as this was Mears' first top five on a 1.5-mile track since Homestead at the end of 2005.
Martin: The defending champ of the race, Martin hardly looked the part, his car junk from the drop of the green flag. Even a two-tire strategy couldn't keep him in the top 10 for more than a handful of laps. Yet, there was the No. 6 at the end of the race, hanging on for third with an empty fuel tank. Maybe this year luck is on Martin's side.
Fuel Mileage Underdogs: This race proved a gift to several other struggling teams, all able to pull a solid finish out of the day with good fuel mileage. Jarrett came home fourth, his first top five of the year, while Ken Schrader snuck in a 13th-place run for the Wood Brothers. Bill Elliott and old sponsor Melling snagged a season-best 16th driving the overlooked No. 37 for R&J Racing, while Travis Kvapil and Sterling Marlin brought their struggling teams home 19th and 20th.
Richard Childress Racing: While the streak of three straight Cup wins came to a close, this team finished Sunday strong. Point leader Burton had Newman spin directly in front of him, yet came through the mess undamaged en route to fifth. Harvick was 15th after spinning to avoid that same mess. Perhaps the biggest kudos for RCR, though, should go to Clint Bowyer. At his hometown track, Bowyer led early and had a contending car, only to spin out by himself shortly after halfway. The crew could barely fuel the car after that, the rear end was so bent out of shape; but somehow, some way, Bowyer saved fuel and ran fast enough to end up ninth. What a piece of driving!
Tough Days:
Evernham Motorsports: On Friday, it looked like this team would finish 1-2-3 after Kahne and Scott Riggs qualified on the front row. Sunday, they were lucky not to finish 41-42-43. Elliott Sadler started the disaster, inexplicably slamming into Jamie McMurray's car while leaving pit road on lap 12; that sent the No. 19 behind the wall for repairs, knocking Sadler back to 40th. Then, Riggs began to self-destruct after being forced to pit under green for a vibration on lap 165; the No. 10 ended the race four laps behind in 34th. Just ahead of him was Kahne in 33rd, who never dominated up front as expected, instead running the race in the back half of the top 10 before his fuel mileage gamble turned sour as mentioned above. Without question, Kahne's Chase is now officially down the tubes.
Gordon: Although not as bad as Kahne's title chances, Gordon's hopes for the championship took a serious hit Sunday. Running in the top 10 after his early spin, the Rainbow Warrior was poised to keep Burton within striking distance; but with 29 laps remaining, the fuel pump failed, sending him straight to the garage. He finished 39th and now sits 120 out of the point lead.
Hamlin: All year long, everyone's been waiting for that rookie mistake out of this kid; at Kansas, it finally happened. With a car that refused to turn well all day, Hamlin finally lost control and spun off turn 4 on lap 153, effectively ending his chances at a good finish. 18th in the final rundown, it could have been a lot worse, but the rhythm and momentum this team lost on Sunday will likely cost them down the road.
Kenseth: Other than Kahne's fall from grace, Kenseth's inability to run up front was the surprise of the weekend. The No. 17 team was simply never on its game from Friday to Sunday; Kenseth qualified eighth, but dropped like a rock at the drop of the green flag, spinning out at one point because his car was handling so bad. Kenseth thought perhaps a gear or axle was off-kilter on his race car, but the team never pinpointed a mechanical problem, and he was forced to soldier on to finish a mediocre 23rd.
Points Shuffle:
With Sunday's strong run, Burton's point lead expanded to 69 over new second-place Hamlin with seven races remaining. Martin moved up to third place, 70 back, with Kenseth falling to fourth, 84 out of the lead. Harvick rounded out the top five in points, now 96 out of the top spot after leading the points at New Hampshire just two races ago.
Gordon's fuel pump problem dropped him to sixth, 120 back of the lead, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. holding steady in seventh, 123 behind. Johnson remained in eighth, 165 behind Burton, while Kyle Busch and Kahne rounded out the top 10, over 200 points behind and no threat for the title.
Behind the Chasers, Stewart's win put him 270 points in front of Biffle in the race for 11th place.
Quotable:
"It was just [Zippy] yelling at me on the radio to save fuel [at the end]. The bad thing is that he's got a stopwatch, so he knows whether I'm slowing down enough. He'd click the stopwatch, and I'd pick it up a little bit during a lap and think that I was going to get away with it, and he'd yell at me on the backstretch to slow down. So, it's good on his part because we just work so well together." – Tony Stewart
"The track is an awesome racetrack. It's a lot of fun. It had multiple grooves today, which was huge. [But] it looked like those last two seams at the top of the track they filled with some sort of tar was very slick and very inconsistent, and if you hit it, it really changed the balance of your car." – Casey Mears
"I just hate missing opportunities to gain points. We had the speed. We've had the speed the last few weeks, we just need some luck to come our way." – Jimmie Johnson
"Based on my past experience, my expectation would be to wreck next week at Talladega, but so far I haven't had a disaster, so let's go see what happens. If we come through Talladega, we might have a chance." – Mark Martin
Next Up: After a surprise thriller in the Midwest, the series moves on to a guaranteed thriller in the southeast, with the fourth and final restrictor-plate race of the season at Talladega, Ala. A brand new pavement awaits at the 2.66-mile superspeedway, where the UAW-Ford 500 will be held shortly after 2 p.m. ET this Sunday. Pre-race shows begin at 1:30 p.m. ET on both NBC and MRN.
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April 15, 20214:04 PM UTCLast Updated ago
Column: Oil prices find new equilibrium
By John Kemp
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LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - Crude prices appear to have found a temporary equilibrium in recent weeks, with OPEC+ planning to add just enough extra production to prevent prices rising further and draw in more output from U.S. shale firms.
Brent's six-month calendar spread remains in a steep backwardation, implying traders expect the market to remain somewhat tight, with continued downward pressure on global inventories, in the second half of the year.
OECD commercial petroleum inventories have fallen back in line with the pre-epidemic five-year average, according to estimates prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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But front-month Brent prices have been broadly stable since mid-February, implying traders also expect OPEC+ to raise production enough to offset rebounding consumption, ensuring the market does not tighten further.
Brent's six-month spread is trading in a backwardation of $2.50 per barrel (the 82nd percentile for all trading days since 1990), down from $4.20 (96th percentile) on March 5.
But the front-month futures price has increased just 4% over the last two months (58th percentile), down from a 24% increase (96th percentile) in the two months to March 5.
Prices appear to have reached a temporary peak after rallying strongly for more than three months between the start of November and the middle of February.
MARKET SHARING
The oil market is likely to remain adequately supplied for the remainder of the year if prices stay around $65 per barrel, which would be very close to the long-term average over the last two or three decades in real terms.
Prices at this level would continue to encourage a modest increase in drilling by shale firms and a rise in production through the rest of 2021 and into early 2022.
But U.S. output increases would likely remain gradual and should be absorbed by the return of consumption as the epidemic passes and travel controls are relaxed, posing little threat to the market share of OPEC+.
If prices rise much above this level, the production response from the shale sector is likely to accelerate, posing a threat to OPEC+ share, something the group appears keen to avoid.
Iran, not currently subject to the OPEC+ production limits because it is under U.S. sanctions, has already been adding extra barrels to the market since the start of the year through covert sales to refiners in China.
Rising covert exports helped ensure the market remained well-supplied during the first quarter, offseting some of the production restraint by the other members of the group.
Provided restrictions on passenger aviation are gradually eased in the second half of the year, there should be enough consumption growth to absorb increases from U.S. shale, Iran and the rest of OPEC+.
However, that delicate equilibrium depends on travel curbs being substantially eased in the next six months, and prices remaining close to current levels so as not to kindle a third shale boom.
John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.
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- U.S. oil production to start rising in second quarter (Reuters, April 1)
- Frothy oil market deflates as virus fears return (Reuters, March 23)
- Global oil inventories to become tight by mid-2021 (Reuters, March 11)
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Predicting the 9 Biggest Moments of Game of Thrones Season 6
This really could be the craziest season yet.
By Joanna Robinson
The prevailing theory around Game of Thrones Season 6 is that this is the year book readers won't be able to predict what's going to happen. But is that actually true? Trailers have confirmed that in certain plotlines, the HBO series is actually going backwards to revisit old, abandoned plots from A Dance with Dragons, A Feast for Crows, and even further back than those books. Add to that revealing interviews and contextual clues from trailers and preview clips, and it's actually quite possible to predict some of the big twists and turns that are in store for the residents of Westeros and Essos this year. Here are our best guesses at the big moments in store this year. It's all speculation, but the spoiler-averse should read at their own risk.
Are they gone? Good.
Daenerys Gets a New Dothraki Horde
In most of the Daenerys footage and images we've seen from Season 6, the former khaleesi is captive and submissive to the Dothraki. But book readers don't expect she'll stay that way for long. In George R.R. Martin's original outline for the A Song of Ice and Fire series, Dany doesn't spend several novels (or seasons) wandering Essos freeing the slave cities. When Khal Drogo dies, she uses her dragons to get an all-new khalasar. And if baby dragons could win her a loyal Dothraki army in the books (and, to a certain, depleted extent, in Season 1), then imagine what the full force of Drogon will get her. Daenerys's biggest dragon may not have been by her side when the Dothraki nabbed her at the end of Season 5, but he's napping right around the corner. When he wakes up to find the mother of dragons gone, what will he do to get her back? And if his rescue involves an impressive display of fire, doesn't that seem like effective recruitment material for Daenerys? Odds are she gets her army of horse lords (and some rumors from the set bear this out) and is finally back on track to hook up with the main Game of Thrones plot.
The Siege of Meereen
Another reason to think that Daenerys is done with her failed experiment as the great white savior of Slaver's Bay is the Siege of Meereen. In the books, this attack on Daenerys's old home comes from outside the walls, but footage in the trailers leads many to believe that it's the good ol' Sons of the Harpy that make life impossible for Tyrion, Varys, and the rest. Dany was holding on to the city with a dragon's wing and a prayer; with her gone, even an accomplished statesman like Tyrion may not be able to hold back the rising tide of discontent. We do know there will be a new Red Priestess or two in town and rumor has it they are stumping for Dany (who they, rightly, see as a reasonable Stannis replacement as the messiah they were promised). But as Stannis proved last season, even an endorsement from R'hllor doesn't guarantee victory.
Daenerys Arrives in Westeros
So was all that Slaver's Bay nonsense a waste of time? Maybe not. I'm hopeful Daenerys learned a thing or two about ruling. (Like don't have your lover Daario execute someone in front of an angry mob for you.) Daenerys is going to need all the political savvy she can muster because many suspect that before this season ends she'll be headed into the viper's nest that is Westeros. Specifically, that she might be headed to Dorne, which would be a natural first landing spot on a ship or dragon's journey from Meereen.
Rumor places both Conleth Hill (Varys) and Diana Rigg (Lady Olenna) in Dorne, and they'd be very powerful allies for Daenerys, Tyrion, and that freshly recruited Dothraki horde. Varys, we know, is pro–Targeryen Restoration, and after the way Margaery and Loras were treated last year, Lady Olenna has every reason to work against the interests of the Lannisters. Daenerys may not have time to do much of anything in Westeros this season, but odds are that soon a dragon will fly over King's Landing just as it did in Bran's Season 4 vision. Seeing Daenerys finally set foot (or at least dragon talon) on Westerosi shores would be a huge moment.
We Close the Door on Essos
In fact, with maybe only 13 episodes to go after this season ends, most people expect Arya, too, will head back to Westeros by the end of Season 6. There's no concrete evidence for this—she's still in Essos in the books—but there are a few hints. We know conditions between Arya and fellow trainee, the Waif, are not improving. We see the pair fighting (and not in a fun, training-montage way) throughout the trailers. We also see Arya out of her trainee sack, back in her street clothes, and possibly on the run. Tom Wlaschiha has hinted that his character, Jaqen H'ghar, has a long-term plan for Arya, and most expect that plan doesn't involve her getting the stuffing beaten out of her in badly lit rooms for two more seasons.
There's one more reason to believe Arya might be headed home this year. In the books, blind Arya finds herself communing with her direwolf Nymeria who we last saw way back in Season 1. Book readers know that Nymeria has been busy since amassing a fearsome pack of wolves. So when rumors of wolf-pack scenes surfaced from the Season 6 set, book fans got excited that maybe Nymeria could be back and sending thoughts of home to Arya. (The psychic link between the Starks and their wolves has been underplayed in the HBO series.) Will Arya Stark respond to the call of her pack? Those bored with her House of Black and White internship hope she will.
The Starks Re-unite
Because if Arya manages to get herself back to Westeros by the end of the season, that means she's primed to join what many hope will be a massive Stark family reunion. The Starks have been mostly scattered since Season 1, with a few near misses (Jon and Bran at Craster's Keep, Arya and Sansa at the Eyrie) to keep hope of their eventual reunion alive. But things are looking very good for some Stark reunions this year, with Sansa heading north from Winterfell with the knowledge that her brothers Bran and Rickon are alive and (mostly) well. Rickon and the wildling Osha were headed to Last Hearth, the House Umber home that's conveniently smack in the middle between Sansa and the Wall. If Sansa manages to run into Brienne in those snowy woods around Winterfell, she might find out that her sister, Arya, is also alive. With Sansa taking a leadership position in the House Stark cause (you saw that direwolf on her new dress, right?), a clear goal will probably be to re-unite her family.
Bran is also likely headed Sansa's way. It appears the Night's King and his icy cohorts will attack the cave where Bran, Hodor, Meera, Jojen, and the Three-Eyed Raven [Max von Sydow] have been chilling for a season. Things look bad for the Three-Eyed Raven (Von Sydow may be making a habit of dying to protect franchise heroes), but very hopeful for the Starks to all converge near either Winterfell or the Wall. So audiences will probably see a couple of Starks embrace for the first time since Rickon left Bran in Season 3.
Jon Snow Returns
And while his last name may be Snow, we'll count Jon in on that family reunion. The Lord Commander is almost certainly coming back to life, and while that might not come as a huge shock to viewers plugged into Internet speculation, there's still plenty of room for big Jon Snow drama. Not even book readers know how Jon Snow will come back but we know, thanks to trailer footage of juicy flashbacks, that show watchers and fans of the novel alike will probably (finally) know for certain who Jon Snow's real parents are. And if he were to leave the Night's Watch (I think mutiny is a good enough excuse for him to abandon his oath) and join forces with Sansa in rallying the North against the Boltons, then we'll see Jon as a true heir to Ned Stark—even if he's not Ned's actual son.
The Battle of the Bastards
Season 6 trailers have revealed that there will be a huge battle—probably around Episode 9 as per tradition—between the Boltons, the Wildlings, and some various Northern houses. According to the trailers, Ser Davos, Sansa, Tormund, Wun Wun the giant, Ramsay Bolton, and probably Jon Snow are all there to do battle for Winterfell. (Michael McElhatton, a.k.a. Roose Bolton, said as much in a recent interview.) Producer Bryan Cogman has said that the new season will feature the biggest battle Game of Thrones has ever attempted, and given the battle for Castle Black and Blackwater, that's saying a lot. The Battle of the Bastards (so nicknamed by fans because it's Ramsay vs. Jon) is sure to be a show-stopper with plenty of significant deaths to keep audiences on the edge of their seats.
The Siege of Riverrun
But the Battle of the Bastards isn't the only big fight we'll see in Season 6. Trailer shots of Jaime riding around a Lannister camp in the Riverlands confirm that the Siege of Riverrun—which is actually from the books—is happening in Season 6. The Freys want Riverrun, the old Tully family home, and Catelyn's uncle Brynden "Blackfish" Tully is disinclined to give it to them. Jaime has to go out there to try to broker a deal. The Lannisters are obviously allies with the Freys ("The Lannisters send their regards," you remember), but the conflict is complicated by the fact that Brienne, loyal to the Starks, is definitely going to Riverrun and will likely offer her services to Sansa's great-uncle Brynden. So that puts Brienne and Jaime back in the same place together (yay!) but at odds (boo!). We know this showdown won't happen until the end of the season because a) Brienne and Pod have to make their way down from the North, and b) Jaime has a lot of business to conduct in King's Landing first. There's a daughter to bury, a sister to bone, and a daughter-in-law (Margaery, remember her?) to rescue from the hands of the Sparrows. We see Jaime in the trailers riding up to the stairs of the sept with the full force of the Tyrell army behind him. So it's a big year for Jaime heading up armies is what I'm saying. Well, anything's better than Dorne.
A Greyjoy Blows a Dragon Horn
I know you won't believe me when I tell you exciting things are going to go down in Theon's home of the Iron Islands, but it's (potentially) true. In the books, Theon Greyjoy's terrible father, Balon, died a long time ago, but from the trailer it looks like he's finally about to go this season. That means the Greyjoys need a new leader and their laws of succession are a little funky. They hold something called a Kingsmoot, which is probably as close as we get to a democratic election in Westeros. Theon's tough sister, Yara, is one candidate. But Theon's dashing uncle Euron (newcomer Pilou Asbaek) is also on the scene to throw his hat into the ring. I'm not always right about which new characters will be fan favorites (I correctly called Pedro Pascal's Oberyn, but was dead wrong about the Sand Snakes), but if I had to guess based on Asbaek's natural charisma and the allure of the character on the page, I'd say Euron has a shot at delighting audiences this season.
But a fun new character does not a great big Game of Thrones moment make. And the Iron Islands have never exactly been a treat to visit. But in the books, Euron handily wins the Kingsmoot by blowing Dragonbinder, a horn he rescued from the ruins of Valyria that allegedly has the power to control dragons. He also says he knows where he can get his hands on a dragon or three. So Yara may be headed to Meereen (will she get there before the city falls?) to try to join forces with Daenerys and Tyrion. And what's clear from all of this is that with only a few more episodes to go, all the plot threads (yes, even the boring Greyjoy ones) are starting to knit together.
Those are all the twists and turns book readers and close-trailer-watchers can reasonably expect from Season 6, but there's potential for much, much more. For a complete rundown of the craziest book theories and discarded book plots (including Lady Stoneheart, Coldhands, Cleganebowl, and more) that stand a solid chance of making it into the show this year, you can go here.
How the Game of Thrones Kids Have Grown Up Before Our Eyes
Left, from Photos 12/Alamy; Right, courtesy of HBO.
Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark
13 years old when the Game of Thrones pilot was filmed in late 2009, the now-20-year-old Turner returns this season to play a more empowered Sansa Stark who's dressing a whole lot like her late mother.
Joanna Robinson is a senior staff writer at Vanity Fair.


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import org.jaudiotagger.audio.mp3.MP3File;
import org.jaudiotagger.tag.InvalidDataTypeException;
import org.jaudiotagger.tag.InvalidFrameException;
import org.jaudiotagger.tag.InvalidTagException;
import org.jaudiotagger.tag.datatype.AbstractDataType;
import org.jaudiotagger.tag.id3.AbstractTagFrameBody;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * Contains the content for an ID3v2 frame, (the header is held directly within the frame
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public abstract class AbstractID3v2FrameBody extends AbstractTagFrameBody
{
    protected static final String TYPE_BODY = "body";

    /**
     * Frame Body Size, originally this is size as indicated in frame header
     * when we come to writing data we recalculate it.
     */
    private int size;

    /**
     * Create Empty Body. Super Constructor sets up Object list
     */
    protected AbstractID3v2FrameBody()
    {
    }

    /**
     * Create Body based on another body
     * @param copyObject
     */
    protected AbstractID3v2FrameBody(AbstractID3v2FrameBody copyObject)
    {
        super(copyObject);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new FrameBody dataType from file. The super
     * Constructor sets up the Object list for the frame.
     *
     * @param byteBuffer from where to read the frame body from
     * @param frameSize
     * @throws org.jaudiotagger.tag.InvalidTagException
     */
    protected AbstractID3v2FrameBody(ByteBuffer byteBuffer, int frameSize) throws InvalidTagException
    {
        super();
        setSize(frameSize);
        this.read(byteBuffer);

    }

    /**
     * Return the ID3v2 Frame Identifier, must be implemented by concrete subclasses
     *
     * @return the frame identifier
     */
    public abstract String getIdentifier();

    /**
     * Return size of frame body,if frameBody already exist will take this value from the frame header
     * but it is always recalculated before writing any changes back to disk.
     *
     * @return size in bytes of this frame body
     */
    public int getSize()
    {
        return size;
    }

    /**
     * Set size based on size passed as parameter from frame header,
     * done before read
     * @param size
     */
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    {
        this.size = size;
    }

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     * Set size based on size of the DataTypes making up the body,done after write
     */
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    {
        size = 0;
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        {
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        }
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    /**
     * Are two bodies equal
     *
     * @param obj
     */
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     * This reads a frame body from a ByteBuffer into the appropriate FrameBody class and update the position of the
     * buffer to be just after the end of this frameBody
     *
     * The ByteBuffer represents the tag and its position should be at the start of this frameBody. The size as
     * indicated in the header is passed to the frame constructor when reading from file.
     *
     * @param byteBuffer file to read
     * @throws InvalidFrameException if unable to construct a frameBody from the ByteBuffer
     */
    //TODO why don't we just slice byteBuffer, set limit to size and convert readByteArray to take a ByteBuffer
    //then we wouldn't have to temporary allocate space for the buffer, using lots of needless memory
    //and providing extra work for the garbage collector.
    public void read(ByteBuffer byteBuffer) throws InvalidTagException
    {
        int size = getSize();
        logger.config("Reading body for" + this.getIdentifier() + ":" + size);

        //Allocate a buffer to the size of the Frame Body and read from file
        byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
        byteBuffer.get(buffer);

        //Offset into buffer, incremented by length of previous dataType
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        int offset = 0;

        //Go through the ObjectList of the Frame reading the data into the
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        //correct dataType.
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            logger.finest("offset:" + offset);

            //The read has extended further than the defined frame size (ok to extend upto
            //size because the next datatype may be of length 0.)
            if (offset > (size))
            {
                logger.warning("Invalid Size for FrameBody");
                throw new InvalidFrameException("Invalid size for Frame Body");
            }

            //Try and load it with data from the Buffer
            //if it fails frame is invalid
            try
            {
                object.readByteArray(buffer, offset);
            }
            catch (InvalidDataTypeException e)
            {
                logger.warning("Problem reading datatype within Frame Body:" + e.getMessage());
                throw e;
            }
            //Increment Offset to start of next datatype.
            offset += object.getSize();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Write the contents of this datatype to the byte array
     *
     * @param tagBuffer
     */
    public void write(ByteArrayOutputStream tagBuffer)

    {
        logger.config("Writing frame body for" + this.getIdentifier() + ":Est Size:" + size);
        //Write the various fields to file in order
        for (AbstractDataType object : objectList)
        {
            byte[] objectData = object.writeByteArray();
            if (objectData != null)
            {
                try
                {
                    tagBuffer.write(objectData);
                }
                catch (IOException ioe)
                {
                    //This could never happen coz not writing to file, so convert to RuntimeException
                    throw new RuntimeException(ioe);
                }
            }
        }
        setSize();
        logger.config("Written frame body for" + this.getIdentifier() + ":Real Size:" + size);

    }

    /**
     * Return String Representation of Datatype     *
     */
    public void createStructure()
    {
        MP3File.getStructureFormatter().openHeadingElement(TYPE_BODY, "");
        for (AbstractDataType nextObject : objectList)
        {
            nextObject.createStructure();
        }
        MP3File.getStructureFormatter().closeHeadingElement(TYPE_BODY);
    }
}

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Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini. The Cognitive Foundations of Group Attitudes and Social Interaction. Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini (Eds.), Springer, 2015., Springer, Vol. 5, Studies in the Philosophy of Sociality, octobre 2015.
Olivier Boissier, Gregory Bonnet, Emiliano Lorini. Ethique et Intelligence artificielle / Artificial Intelligence. Dans : Revue d'Intelligence Artificielle, Hermès Science, Vol. 32 N. 4, juillet 2018.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, David Pearce. Social intelligence. Dans : Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 27 N. 1-2, septembre 2017.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, David Pearce. Social Intelligence. Dans : AI & Society, Springer, Vol. Hors-série, décembre 2017.
Emiliano Lorini, Laure Vieu. Special issue on theories of information dynamics and interaction and their application to dialogue. Dans : Synthese, Springer, Vol. 183 N. Suppl. 1, 2011.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini. Editorial Introduction: Logical Methods for Social Concepts. Dans : Journal of Philosophical Logic, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 40 N. 4, 2011.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini. European Conference on Social Intelligence (ECSI 2014), Barcelona, 03/11/2014 - 05/11/2014, CEUR-WS : Workshop proceedings, 2014.
Emiliano Lorini. Eleventh European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS 2013), Toulouse, 12/12/2013 - 13/12/2013, CEUR-WS : Workshop proceedings, 2013.
Emiliano Lorini, Laure Vieu. Workshop on Theories of Information Dynamics and Interaction and their Application to Dialogue (TIDIAD@ESSLLI2010), Copenhague, Danemark, 16/08/2010 - 20/08/2010, University of Copenhagen, août 2010.
Emiliano Lorini, Roland Mühlenbernd. The Long-Term Benefits of Following Fairness Norms under Dynamics of Learning and Evolution. Dans : Fundamenta Informaticae, IOS Press, Vol. 158 N. 1-3, p. 121-148, 2018.
Roberto Ciuni, Emiliano Lorini. Comparing semantics for temporal STIT logic. Dans : Logique et Analyse, Centre National de Recherches en Logique, Belgique, Vol. 61 N. 243, p. 299-339, 2018.
Emiliano Lorini. Logics for Games, Emotions and Institutions. Dans : IfCoLog Journal of Logics and their Applications, College Publications, UK, Vol. 4 N. 9, p. 3075-3113, 2017.
Didier Dubois, Emiliano Lorini, Henri Prade. The Strength of Desires: a Logical Approach. Dans : Minds and Machines, Springer, Vol. 27 N. 1, p. 199-231, 2017.
Paolo Galeazzi, Emiliano Lorini. Epistemic logic meets epistemic game theory: a comparison between multi-agent Kripke models and type spaces. Dans : Synthese, Springer, Vol. 193 N. 7, p. 2097-2127, 2016.
Giuseppe Attanasi, Astrid Hopfensitz, Emiliano Lorini, Frédéric Moisan. Social connectedness improves co-ordination on individually costly, efficient outcomes. Dans : European Economic Review, Elsevier, Vol. 90, p. 86-106, 2016.
Emiliano Lorini. A STIT logic for reasoning about social infuence. Dans : Studia Logica, Springer, Vol. 104 N. 4, p. 773-812, 2016.
Emiliano Lorini. A minimal logic for interactive epistemology. Dans : Synthese, Springer, Vol. 193 N. 3, p. 725-755, 2016.
Thomas Bolander, Hans van Ditmarsch, Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Pere Pardo, François Schwarzentruber. Announcements to Attentive Agents. Dans : Journal of Logic, Language and Information, Springer, Vol. 25 N. 1, p. 1-35, janvier 2016.
Emiliano Lorini. A logic for reasoning about moral agents. Dans : Logique et Analyse, Centre National de Recherches en Logique, Belgique, Vol. 58 N. 230, p. 177-218, 2016.
Davide Grossi, Emiliano Lorini, François Schwarzentruber. The Ceteris Paribus Structure of Logics of Game Forms. Dans : Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, AAAI Press, Vol. 53, p. 91-126, 2015.
Emiliano Lorini, Dominique Longin, Eunate Mayor. A logical analysis of responsibility attribution : emotions, individuals and collectives. Dans : Journal of Logic and Computation, Oxford University Press, Vol. 24 N. 6, p. 1313-1339, 2014.
Astrid Hopfensitz, Emiliano Lorini, Frédéric Moisan. Conflicting goals and their impact on games where payoffs are more or less ambiguous. Commentary on "Mapping Collective Behavior in the Big-data Era". Dans : Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Cambridge University Press, Vol. 37 N. 1, p. 85-87, 2014.
Giuseppe Attanasi, Astrid Hopfensitz, Emiliano Lorini, Frédéric Moisan. The Effects of Social Ties on Coordination: Conceptual Foundations for an Empirical Analysis. Dans : Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, Springer, Vol. 13 N. 1, p. 47-73, 2014.
Emiliano Lorini. Temporal STIT logic and its application to normative reasoning. Dans : Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 23 N. 4, p. 372-399, 2013.
Rainer Reisenzein, Eva Hudlicka, Mehdi Dastani, Jonathan Gratch, Koen Hindriks, Emiliano Lorini, John-Jules Meyer. Computational Modeling of Emotion: Towards Improving the Inter- and Intradisciplinary Exchange. Dans : IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, IEEE : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Vol. 4 N. 3, p. 246-266, 2013.
Emiliano Lorini. On the epistemic foundation for iterated weak dominance: an analysis in a logic of individual and collective attitudes. Dans : Journal of Philosophical Logic, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 42 N. 6, p. 863-904, 2013.
Emiliano Lorini, Nicolas Troquard, Andreas Herzig, Jan Broersen. Grounding power on actions and mental attitudes. Dans : Logic Journal of the IGPL, Oxford University Press, Vol. 21(3), p. 311-331, 2013.
Emiliano Lorini, Laure Vieu. Foreword to the special issue on theories of information dynamics and interaction and their application to dialogue. Dans : Synthese, Springer, Vol. 183 N. Suppl. 1, p. 1-3, 2011.
Emiliano Lorini. From self-regarding to other-regarding agents in strategic games: a logical analysis. Dans : Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 21 N. 3-4, p. 443-476, 2011.
Emiliano Lorini, Frédéric Moisan. An epistemic logic of extensive games. Dans : Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, Elsevier, Vol. 278, p. 245-260, 2011.
Emiliano Lorini, François Schwarzentruber. A logic for reasoning about counterfactual emotions. Dans : Artificial Intelligence, Elsevier, Vol. 175 N. 3-4, p. 814-847, 2011.
Emiliano Lorini, François Schwarzentruber. A Modal Logic of Epistemic Games. Dans : Games, MDPI Publishing, Basel - Switzerland, Numéro spécial Epistemic Game Theory and Modal Logic, Vol. 1 N. 4, p. 478-526, 2010.
Emiliano Lorini. A dynamic logic of agency II: deterministic DLA, Coalition Logic, and game theory. Dans : Journal of Logic, Language and Information, Springer, Vol. 19 N. 3, p. 327-351, 2010.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini. A dynamic logic of agency I: STIT, abilities and powers. Dans : Journal of Logic, Language and Information, Springer, Vol. 19 N. 1, p. 89-121, 2010.
Jonathan Ben-Naim, Jean-François Bonnefon, Andreas Herzig, Sylvie Leblois, Emiliano Lorini. Computer-mediated trust in self-interested expert recommendations. Dans : AI & Society, Springer, Vol. 25 N. 4, p. 413-422, octobre 2010.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Jomi F. Hübner, Laurent Vercouter. A logic of trust and reputation. Dans : Logic Journal of the IGPL, Oxford University Press, Numéro spécial Normative Multiagent Systems, Vol. 18 N. 1, p. 214-244, février 2010.
Emiliano Lorini, Dominique Longin, Benoit Gaudou, Andreas Herzig. The logic of acceptance: grounding institutions on agents' attitudes. Dans : Journal of Logic and Computation, Oxford University Press, Vol. 19 N. 6, p. 901-940, décembre 2009.
Emiliano Lorini, Andreas Herzig. A logic of intention and attempt. Dans : Synthese, Springer, Vol. 163 N. 1, p. 45-77, 2008.
Emiliano Lorini, Castelfranchi Cristiano. The unexpected aspects of Surprise. Dans : International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, World Scientific, Vol. 20 N. 6, p. 817-835, 2007.
Emiliano Lorini, Castelfranchi Cristiano. The cognitive structure of Surprise: looking for basic principles. Dans : Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy, Springer, Vol. 26 N. (1), p. 133-149, 2007.
Emiliano Lorini. Norms in Action: A Logical Perspective. Dans : Handbook of Legal Reasoning and Argumentation. G. Bongiovanni, C. Valentini, G. J. Postema, G. Sartor, D. Walton (Eds.), Springer, p. 77-101, 2018.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Faustine Maffre. Possible worlds semantics based on observation and communication. Dans : Jaakko Hintikka on game-theoretical semantics and epistemic logic. Hans van Ditmarsch, Gabriel Sandu (Eds.), Springer, 14, p. 339-362, Trends in Logic (subseries, janvier 2018.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Nicolas Troquard. Action theories. Dans : Handbook of Formal Philosophy. Sven Ove Hansson, Vincent F. Hendricks (Eds.), Springer, 33, p. 591-607, Springer Undergraduate Texts in Philosophy, novembre 2018.
Jonathan Ben-Naim, Jean-François Bonnefon, Andreas Herzig, Sylvie Leblois, Emiliano Lorini. Computer-Mediated Trust in Self-interested Expert Recommendations. Dans : Cognition Beyond the Brain 2017. Stephen J. Cowley, Frédéric Vallée-Tourangeau (Eds.), Springer, p. 233-250, mars 2017.
Benoit Gaudou, Andreas Herzig, Dominique Longin, Emiliano Lorini. On Modal Logics of Group Belief. Dans : The Cognitive Foundations of Group Attitudes and Social Interaction. Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini (Eds.), Springer, p. 75-106, Vol. 5, Studies in the Philosophy of Sociality, 2015.
Jonathan Ben-Naim, Dominique Longin, Emiliano Lorini. Formalisation de systèmes d'agent cognitif, de la confiance, et des émotions. Dans : Représentation des connaissances et formalisation des raisonnements. Pierre Marquis, Odile Papini, Henri Prade (Eds.), Cépaduès, 16, p. 1-24, Vol. 1, Panorama actuel de l'IA : ses bases méthodologiques, ses développements, 2014.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini. A modal logic of perceptual belief. Dans : Epistemology, Context, and Formalism. Franck Lihoreau, Manuel Rebuschi (Eds.), Springer, p. 197-211, Vol. 369, Synthese Library, février 2014.
Emiliano Lorini, Andreas Herzig. Direct and indirect common belief. Dans : Institutions, Emotions, and Group Agents: Contributions to Social Ontology. Anita Konzelmann Ziv, Hans Bernhard Schmid (Eds.), Springer, p. 355-372, Vol. 2, Studies in the Philosophy of Sociality, janvier 2014.
Jonathan Ben-Naim, Jean-François Bonnefon, Andreas Herzig, Sylvie Leblois, Emiliano Lorini. Computer-mediated trust in self-interested expert recommendations. Dans : Cognition beyond the brain - Interactivity and human thinking. Stephen J. Cowley, Frédéric Vallée-Tourangeau (Eds.), Springer, p. 53-70, août 2013.
Emiliano Lorini. Modal Logic and Intentional Agency. Dans : The Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences. Byron Kaldis (Eds.), SAGE Publications, p. 621-623, 2013.
Emiliano Lorini. Mutual Beliefs. Dans : The Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences. Byron Kaldis (Eds.), SAGE Publications, p. 640-642, 2013.
Jan Broersen, Dov Gabbay, Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, John-Jules Meyer, Xavier Parent, Leendert W. N. Van Der Torre. Deontic logic. Dans : Handbook on Agreement Technologies. Sascha Ossowski (Eds.), Springer, p. 171-180, 2012.
Emiliano Lorini. The Cognitive Anatomy and Functions of Expectations Revisited. Dans : The Goals of Cognition. Essays in Honor of Cristiano Castelfranchi. Fabio Paglieri, Luca Tummolini, Rino Falcone, Maria Miceli (Eds.), College Publications, p. 273-288, 2012.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Frédéric Moisan. A simple logic of trust based on propositional assignments. Dans : The Goals of Cognition. Essays in Honor of Cristiano Castelfranchi. Fabio Paglieri, Luca Tummolini, Rino Falcone, Maria Miceli (Eds.), College Publications, p. 407-419, décembre 2012.
Luis Macedo, Amilcar Cardoso, Rainer Reisenzein, Emiliano Lorini, Cristiano Castelfranchi. Artificial Surprise. Dans : Handbook of Research on Synthetic Emotions and Sociable Robotics: New Applications in Affective Computing and Artificial Intelligence. J. Vallverdú, D. Casacuberta (Eds.), IGI Global, p. 261-285, 2009.
Emiliano Lorini, Cristiano Castelfranchi. Intentional agents in defense. Dans : Safety and Security in Multi-Agent Systems. M. Barley, H. Mouratidis, A. Unruh, D. Spears, F. Martinelli (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, p. 293-307, Vol. 4324, LNCS, 2009.
Emiliano Lorini, Robert Demolombe. From Binary Trust to Graded Trust in Information Sources: A Logical Perspective. Dans : Trust in Agent Societies. S. Barber, J. Sabater-Mir, M. Singh (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, p. 205-225, Vol. 5396, LNAI, 2008.
Emiliano Lorini, Michele Piunti, Cristiano Castelfranchi, Rino Falcone, Maria Miceli. Anticipation and emotions for goal directed agents. Dans : The Challenge of Anticipation. G. Pezzulo, M. Butz, R. Falcone, C. Castelfranchi (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, p. 135-160, Vol. 5225, LNAI, 2008.
Cristiano Castelfranchi, Rino Falcone, Emiliano Lorini. A non reductionist approach to trust. Dans : Computing with Social Trust and Reputation. J. Golbeck (Eds.), Springer, p. 45-72, Human-Computer Interaction Series, 2008.
Cristiano Castelfranchi, Francesca Giardini, Emiliano Lorini, Luca Tummolini. The prescriptive destiny of predictive attitudes: from expectations to norms via conventions. Dans : Agenti software e commercio elettronico: profili giuridici, tecnologici e psicosociali. G. Sartor, C. Cevenini, G- Quadri di Cardano (Eds.), Gedit edizioni, p. 43-55, 2007.
Arianna Novaro, Umberto Grandi, Dominique Longin, Emiliano Lorini. Strategic Majoritarian Voting with Propositional Goals (short paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2019), Montreal, Canada, 13/05/2019-17/05/2019, N. Agmon, M. Taylor, E. Elkind, M. Veloso (Eds.), IFAAMAS : International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems, mai 2019 (à paraître).
Emiliano Lorini. Reasoning about Cognitive Attitudes in a Qualitative Setting (regular paper). Dans : European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence (JELIA 2019), Rende (Italy), 07/05/2019-10/05/2019, Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), 2019 (à paraître).
Emiliano Lorini, Benito Fabian Romero Jimenez. Decision Procedures for Epistemic Logic Exploiting Belief Bases (regular paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2019), Montreal, 13/05/2019-17/05/2019, IFAAMAS, 2019 (à paraître).
Matthias Armgardt, Emiliano Lorini, Giovanni Sartor. Reasoning about conditions in STIT logic (regular paper). Dans : International Conference on Deontic Logic and Normative Systems (DEON 2018), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 03/07/2018-06/07/2018, College Publications, p. 15-32, 2018.
Umberto Grandi, Dominique Longin, Emiliano Lorini, Arianna Novaro. Goal-Based Collective Decisions: Axiomatics and Computational Complexity (regular paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2018), Stockholm, Sweden, 13/07/2018-19/07/2018, Jérôme Lang (Eds.), International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), p. 468-474, 2018.
Emiliano Lorini. Concurrent Game Structures for Temporal STIT Logic (regular paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2018), Stockholm, 11/07/2018-13/07/2018, ACM : Association for Computing Machinery, p. 381-389, 2018.
Emiliano Lorini. In Praise of Belief Bases: Doing Epistemic Logic without Possible Worlds (regular paper). Dans : AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, New Orleans, 02/02/2018-07/02/2018, AAAI Press, p. 1915-1922, 2018.
Arianna Novaro, Umberto Grandi, Dominique Longin, Emiliano Lorini. From Individual Goals to Collective Decisions (short paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2018), Stockholm, 10/07/2018-15/07/2018, IFAAMAS : International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems, p. 2028-2030, 2018.
Fenrong Liu, Emiliano Lorini. Reasoning about Belief, Evidence and Trust in a Multi-Agent Setting (regular paper). Dans : International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA 2017), Nice, 30/10/2017-03/11/2017, Springer-Verlag, LNCS, p. 71-89, 2017.
Mehdi Dastani, Emiliano Lorini, John-Jules Meyer, Alexander Pankov. Other-Condemning Anger = Blaming Accountable Agents for Frustrated Intentions (regular paper). Dans : International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA 2017), Nice, 30/10/2017-03/11/2017, Springer-Verlag, LNCS, p. 15-33, 2017.
Davide Grossi, Emiliano Lorini, François Schwarzentruber. The Ceteris Paribus Structure of Logics of Game Forms (Extended Abstract) (regular paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2017), Melbourne, 19/08/2017-25/08/2017, AAAI Press, p. 5000-5004, 2017.
Mehdi Dastani, Emiliano Lorini, John-Jules Meyer, Alexander Pankov. Other-Condemning Anger = Blaming Accountable Agents for Frustrated Intentions (short paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2017), Sao Paulo, 08/05/2017-12/05/2017, IFAAMAS, p. 1520-1522, 2017.
Emiliano Lorini, François Schwarzentruber. A Path in the Jungle of Logics for Multi-Agent Systems: on the Relation between General Game-Playing Logics and Seeing-To-It-That Logics (regular paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2017), Sao Paulo, 08/05/2017-12/05/2017, IFAAMAS, p. 687-695, 2017.
Fenrong Liu, Emiliano Lorini. Reasons to believe in a social environment (regular paper). Dans : International Conference on Deontic Logic in Computer Science (DEON 2016), Bayreuth, 18/07/2016-21/07/2016, College Publications, p. 155-170, 2016.
Joseph Boudou, Emiliano Lorini. Decidability and Expressivity of Ockhamist Propositional Dynamic Logics (regular paper). Dans : European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence (JELIA 2016), Larnaca, Cyprus, 09/11/2016-11/11/2016, Vol. 10021, Springer, LNCS, p. 144-158, novembre 2016.
Didier Dubois, Emiliano Lorini, Henri Prade. A Possibility Theory-based Approach to Desire Change. (regular paper). Dans : International Workshop on Defeasible and Ampliative Reasoning (DARE 2016), The Hague, The Netherlands, 29/08/2016-29/08/2016, R Booth, G. Casini, S. Klarman (Eds.), CEUR-WS : Workshop proceedings, (en ligne), 2016.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Faustine Maffre, François Schwarzentruber. Epistemic boolean games based on a logic of visibility and control (regular paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2016), New York, 09/07/2016-15/07/2016, Subbarao Kambhampati (Eds.), AAAI Press, p. 1116-1122, juillet 2016.
Tristan Charrier, Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Faustine Maffre, François Schwarzentruber. Building epistemic logic from observations and public announcements (regular paper). Dans : International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR 2016), Capetown, 25/04/2016-29/04/2016, AAAI Press, p. 268-277, 2016.
Emiliano Lorini, Giovanni Sartor. Influence and Responsibility: A Logical Analysis (regular paper). Dans : Annual Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (JURIX 2015), Braga, 09/12/2015-11/12/2015, IOS Press, p. 51-60, 2015.
Emiliano Lorini, Roland Muehlenbernd. The long-term benefits of following fairness norms: a game-theoretic analysis (regular paper). Dans : International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA 2015), Bertinoro, 26/10/2015-30/10/2015, Springer-Verlag, LNCS, p. 301-318, 2015.
Didier Dubois, Emiliano Lorini, Henri Prade. Revising Desires: A possibilistic viewpoint (regular paper). Dans : International conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems (FQAS 2015), Cracovie, Pologne, 26/10/2015-28/10/2015 (conférencier invité), Vol. 400, T. Andreassen, H. Christiansen, J.A Kacprzyk, H. Larsen, G. Pasi (Eds.), Springer, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, p. 3-14, 2015.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Faustine Maffre. A poor man's epistemic logic based on propositional assignment and higher-order observation (regular paper). Dans : International Conference on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI 2015), Taipei, 28/10/2015-31/10/2015, Springer, LNCS 9394, p. 156-168, octobre 2015.
Didier Dubois, Emiliano Lorini, Henri Prade. Nonmonotonic Desires: A Possibility Theory Viewpoint (regular paper). Dans : International Workshop on Defeasible and Ampliative Reasoning (DARE 2014), Prague, 19/08/2014-19/08/2014, Vol. 1212, CEUR-WS : Workshop proceedings, (en ligne), 2014.
Carole Adam, Emiliano Lorini. A BDI Emotional Reasoning Engine for an Artificial Companion (regular paper). Dans : Workshop on Agents and multi-agent Systems for AAL and e-HEALTH (PAAMS 2014), Salamanca, 04/06/2014-06/06/2014, Vol. 430, Springer, CCIS Series, p. 66-78, 2014.
Emiliano Lorini, Giovanni Sartor. A STIT Logic Analysis of Social Influence (regular paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014), Paris, 05/05/2014-09/05/2014, ACM : Association for Computing Machinery, p. 885-892, 2014.
Jonathan Ben-Naim, Emiliano Lorini. Evaluating Power of Agents from Dependence Relations in Boolean Games (regular paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014), Paris, 05/05/2014-09/05/2014, ACM : Association for Computing Machinery, p. 853-860, 2014.
Didier Dubois, Emiliano Lorini, Henri Prade. Bipolar Possibility Theory as a Basis for a Logic of Desire and Beliefs (regular paper). Dans : International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management (SUM 2013), Washington, DC, USA, 16/09/2013-18/09/2013, Weiru Liu, V.S. Subramanian, Jef Wijsen (Eds.), Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8078, p. 204-218, 2013.
Hans van Ditmarsch, Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, François Schwarzentruber. Listen to me! Public announcements to agents that pay attention - or not (regular paper). Dans : International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI 2013), Hangzhou, 09/10/2013-12/10/2013, Davide Grossi, Olivier Roy, Huaxin Huang (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNCS 8196, p. 96-109, 2013.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Dirk Walther. Reasoning about actions meets strategic logics (regular paper). Dans : International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI 2013), Hangzhou, 09/10/2013-12/10/2013, Davide Grossi, Olivier Roy, Huaxin Huang (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNCS 8196, p. 162-175, octobre 2013.
Benoit Gaudou, Emiliano Lorini, Eunate Mayor. Moral Guilt: An Agent-Based Model Analysis (regular paper). Dans : Conference of the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA 2013), Warsaw, 16/09/2013-20/09/2013, Vol. 229, Springer, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, p. 95-106, 2013.
Davide Grossi, Emiliano Lorini, François Schwarzentruber. Ceteris Paribus Structure in Logics of Game Forms (regular paper). Dans : Conference on Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge (TARK 2013), Chennai, 07/01/2013-09/01/2013, University of California, p. 94-104, 2013.
Emiliano Lorini. Logics for reasoning about agents' attitudes in strategic contexts (regular paper). Dans : International Workshop on Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems (CLIMA 2012), Montpellier, 27/08/2012-28/08/2012 (conférencier invité), Vol. 7486, M. Fisher, L. van der Torre, M. Dastani, G. Governatori (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNCS, p. 26-26, 2012.
Andreas Herzig, Tiago de Lima, Emiliano Lorini, Nicolas Troquard. A computationally grounded dynamic logic of agency, with an application to legal actions (regular paper). Dans : International Conference on Deontic Logic in Computer Science (DEON 2012), Bergen, Norway, 16/07/2012-18/07/2012, Thomas Ågotnes, Jan Broersen, Dag Elgesem (Eds.), Springer, LNCS 7393, p. 170-183, juillet 2012.
Emiliano Lorini. On the logical foundations of moral agency (regular paper). Dans : International Conference on Deontic Logic in Computer Science (DEON 2012), Bergen, 16/07/2012-18/07/2012, Vol. 7393, Springer-Verlag, LNCS, p. 108-122, 2012.
Mehdi Dastani, Emiliano Lorini. A logic of emotions: from appraisal to coping (regular paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2012), Valencia, 04/06/2012-08/06/2012, Wiebe van der Hoek, Lin Padgham (Eds.), ACM : Association for Computing Machinery, p. 1133-1140, 2012.
Benoit Gaudou, Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Christophe Sibertin-Blanc. How to do social simulation in logic: modelling the segregation game in a dynamic logic of assignments (regular paper). Dans : Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, Taipei, Taiwan, 02/05/2011-06/05/2011, Jordi Sabater-Mir, Daniel Villatoro, Jaime Sichman (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNAI 7124, p. 1-12, 2011.
Jérémy Riviere, Carole Adam, Sylvie Pesty, Catherine Pelachaud, Nadine Guiraud, Dominique Longin, Emiliano Lorini. Expressive Multimodal Conversational Acts for SAIBA Agents (regular paper). Dans : International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2011), Reykjavik, 15/09/2011-17/09/2011, Vol. 6895, H. H. Vilhjálmsson, S. Kopp, S. Marsella, K. R. Thórisson (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNCS, p. 316-323, 2011.
Emiliano Lorini. A Dynamic Logic of Knowledge, Graded Beliefs and Graded Goals and Its Application to Emotion Modelling (regular paper). Dans : LORI-III Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction, Guangzhou, P.R.China, 10/10/2011-13/10/2011, Vol. 6953, H. van Ditmarsch , J. Lang, S. Ju (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNAI, p. 165-178, 2011.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Nicolas Troquard. A dynamic logic of institutional actions (regular paper). Dans : Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems (CLIMA 2011), Barcelona, 17/07/2011-18/07/2011, Vol. 6814, João Leite, Paolo Torroni (Eds.), Springer, LNCS/LNAI, p. 295-311, juillet 2011.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Frédéric Moisan, Nicolas Troquard. A dynamic logic of normative systems (regular paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2011), Barcelona, 18/07/2011-22/07/2011, Toby Walsh (Eds.), International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), p. 228-233, juillet 2011.
Nadine Guiraud, Dominique Longin, Emiliano Lorini, Sylvie Pesty, Jérémy Riviere. The face of emotions: a logical formalization of expressive speech acts (regular paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2011), Taipei, Taiwan, 02/05/2011-06/05/2011, ACM Press, p. 1031-1038, mai 2011.
Emiliano Lorini, Michele Piunti. Introducing Relevance Awareness in BDI Agents (regular paper). Dans : InternationalWorkshop on Programming Multi-Agent Systems (ProMAS 2009), Budapest, 10/05/2009-11/05/2009, Vol. 5919, Springer-Verlag, LNAI, p. 219-236, 2010.
Emiliano Lorini. The hidden path from delegation to obligations: a logical analysis (regular paper). Dans : Artificial Intelligence and Social Behavior Society Convention - Second Symposium on Social Networks and Multiagent Systems (AISB - SNAMAS 2010), Leicester, 29/03/2010-01/04/2010, Giulia Andrighetto, Guido Boella, Ugo Pagallo, Serena Villata (Eds.), The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB), 2010 (à paraître).
Emiliano Lorini. A Logical Analysis of Commitment Dynamics (regular paper). Dans : International Conference on Deontic Logic in Computer Science (DEON 2010), Florence, 07/07/2010-09/07/2010, Vol. 6181, Guido Governatori, Giovanni Sartor (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNAI, p. 288-305, juillet 2010.
Emiliano Lorini, Tiago de Lima, Hans van Ditmarsch. A Logical Model of Intention and Plan Dynamics (short paper). Dans : European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2010), Lisbon, 16/08/2010-20/08/2010, IOS Press, p. 1075-1076, 2010.
Julien Bourdon, Guillaume Feuillade, Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini. Trust in complex actions (poster). Dans : European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2010), Lisbon, 16/08/2010-20/08/2010, IOS Press, p. 1037-1038, août 2010.
Emiliano Lorini, Mario Verdicchio. Towards a Logical Model of Social Agreement for Agent Societies (regular paper). Dans : International Workshop on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems (COIN 2009), Budapest, 12/05/2009-12/05/2009, Springer-Verlag, LNCS 6069, p. 147-162, avril 2010.
Mathijs De Boer, Andreas Herzig, Tiago de Lima, Emiliano Lorini. Tableaux for Acceptance Logic (regular paper). Dans : International Workshop on Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies (DALT 2009), Budapest, Hungary, 11/05/2009-12/05/2009, M. Baldoni, J. Bentahar, J. Lloyd, M. B. van Riemsdijk (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNAI 5948, p. 85-100, avril 2010.
Guillaume Aucher, Davide Grossi, Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini. Dynamic Context Logic (regular paper). Dans : LORI-II Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction, Chongqing (China), 08/10/2009-11/10/2009, Springer-Verlag, p. 15-26, 2009.
Emiliano Lorini, Mehdi Dastani, Hans van Ditmarsch, Andreas Herzig, John-Jules Meyer. Intentions and assignments (regular paper). Dans : LORI-II Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction, Chongqing, 08/10/2009-11/10/2009, Springer-Verlag, p. 198-211, 2009.
Emiliano Lorini, François Schwarzentruber, Andreas Herzig. Epistemic Games in Modal Logic: Joint Actions, Knowledge and Preferences all together (regular paper). Dans : LORI-II Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction, Chongqing, China, 08/10/2009-11/10/2009, Springer-Verlag, p. 212-226, 2009.
Emiliano Lorini, Dominique Longin, Benoit Gaudou. Anchoring the institutional dimension of speech acts in agents' attitudes: a logical approach (regular paper). Dans : IEEE International Conference on Research, Innovation and Vision for the Futur (RIVF 2009), Da Nang City, Viet Nam, 13/07/2009-17/07/2009, Tru Cao, Ralf-Detlef Kutsche, Akim Demaille (Eds.), IEEE : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, p. 65-72, 2009.
Emiliano Lorini, François Schwarzentruber. A logic for reasoning about counterfactual emotions. Dans : International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2009), Pasadena (USA), 11/07/2009-17/07/2009, C. Boutilier (Eds.), AAAI Press, p. 867-872, 2009.
Andreas Herzig, Tiago de Lima, Emiliano Lorini. On the Dynamics of Institutional Agreements (regular paper). Dans : International Workshop on Knowledge Representation for Agents and Multi-agent Systems (KRAMAS 2008), Sydney, 17/09/2008-17/09/2008, John-Jules Meyer, Jan Broersen (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNAI 5605, p. 66-80, octobre 2009.
Emiliano Lorini, Robert Demolombe. From trust in information sources to trust in communication systems: an analysis in modal logic (regular paper). Dans : International Workshop on Knowledge Representation for Agents and Multi-agent Systems (KRAMAS 2008), Sydney, 17/09/2008-17/09/2008, J. Broersen, J.-J. Meyer (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNAI, p. 81-98, 2009.
Emiliano Lorini, Rino Falcone, Cristiano Castelfranchi. Trust within the context of organizations. Dans : Workshop on Formal Aspects in Security and Trust (FAST 2008), Malaga, 09/10/2008-10/10/2008, Vol. 5491, P. Degano, J. Guttman, F. Martinelli (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNCS, p. 114-128, 2009.
Emiliano Lorini, Dominique Longin. A logical account of institutions: from acceptances to norms via legislators. Dans : International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR 2008), Sidney, Australia, 16/09/2008-19/09/2008, G. Brewka, J. Lang (Eds.), AAAI Press, p. 38-48, 2008.
Emiliano Lorini, Robert Demolombe. Trust and norms in the context of computer security: toward a logical formalization. Dans : International Workshop on Deontic Logic in Computer Science (DEON 2008), Luxembourg, 15/07/2008-18/07/2008, Vol. 5076, R. Van der Meyden, L. Van der Torre (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNCS, p. 50-64, 2008.
Benoit Gaudou, Dominique Longin, Emiliano Lorini, Luca Tummolini. Anchoring Institutions in Agents' Attitudes: Towards a Logical Framework for Autonomous MAS. Dans : International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2008), Estoril, Portugal, 12/05/2008-16/05/2008, ACM Press, p. 728-735, 2008.
Emiliano Lorini, Andreas Herzig, Jan Broersen, Nicolas Troquard. Grounding power on actions and mental attitudes. Dans : Workshop on Formal Approaches to Multi-Agent Systems Formal Approaches to Multi-Agent Systems (FAMAS 2007), Durham (UK), 06/09/2007-07/09/2007, Durham University Press, p. 371-390, 2007.
Emiliano Lorini, Michele Piunti. The benefits of surprise in dynamic environments: from theory to practice. Dans : International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2007), Lisbon (Portugal), 12/09/2007-14/09/2007, Springer, LNCS 4738, p. 362-373, 2007.
Robert Trypuz, Emiliano Lorini, Laure Vieu. Solving Bratman's video game puzzle in two formalisms. Dans : ILCLI International Workshop on Logic and Philosophy of Knowledge, Communication and Action (LogKCA 2007), Donostia (San Sebastian), 28/11/2007-30/11/2007, Xabier Arrazola, Jesus Mari Larrazabal (Eds.), University of the Basque Country Press, p. 411-426, novembre 2007.
Emiliano Lorini, Nicolas Troquard, Andreas Herzig, Cristiano Castelfranchi. Delegation and mental states (regular paper). Dans : International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2007), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 14/05/2007-18/05/2007, Edmund H. Durfee, Makoto Yokoo (Eds.), ACM Press, p. 610-612, mai 2007.
Emiliano Lorini, Andreas Herzig, Cristiano Castelfranchi. Introducing attempt in a modal logic of intentional action. Dans : European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence (JELIA 2006), Liverpool (UK), 13/09/2006-15/09/2006, Michael Fisher, Wiebe van der Hoek (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, LNAI 4160, p. 280-292, septembre 2006.
Emiliano Lorini, Francesca Marzo, Cristiano Castelfranchi. A cognitive model of the altruistic mind. Dans : International Conference on Cognitive Economics, Sofia, 05/08/2005-08/08/2005, B. Kokinov (Eds.), NBU Press, p. 282-294, 2005.
Emiliano Lorini, Rino Falcone. Modeling Expectations in Cognitive Agents. Dans : AAAI Fall Symposium-From Reactive to Anticipatory Cognitive Embodied Systems, Washinton, 03/11/2005-06/11/2005, C. Castelfranchi, C. Balkenius, M. Butz, A. Ortony (Eds.), AAAI Press, p. 114-121, 2005.
Emiliano Lorini, Luca Tummolini, Andreas Herzig. Establishing Mutual Beliefs by Joint Attention: towards a Formal Model of Public Events. Dans : Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2005), Stresa (Italy), 21/07/2005-23/07/2005, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p. 1325-1330, 2005.
Giovanni Pezzulo, Emiliano Lorini, Gianguglielmo Calvi. How do I know how much I don't know? A cognitive approach about Uncertainty and Ignorance. Dans : Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2004), Chicago, 05/08/2004-07/08/2004, K. D. Forbus, D. Gentner, T. Regier (Eds.), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p. 1095-1100, 2004.
Cristiano Castelfranchi, Francesca Giardini, Emiliano Lorini, Luca Tummolini. The prescriptive destiny of predictive attitudes: From Expectations to Norms via Conventions. Dans : Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2003), Boston, 31/07/2003-02/08/2003, R. Alterman, D. Kirsh (Eds.), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p. 222-227, 2003.
Cristiano Castelfranchi, Emiliano Lorini. Cognitive Anatomy and Functions of Expectations. Dans : European Cognitive Science Conference (EuroCogSci 2003), Osnabrück, 10/09/2003-13/09/2003, F. Schmalhofer, R. M. Young, G. Katz (Eds.), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p. 377-379, 2003.
Arianna Novaro, Umberto Grandi, Dominique Longin, Emiliano Lorini. Goal-Based Collective Decisions: Axiomatics and Computational Complexity. Dans : Seventh International Workshop on Computational Social Choice (COMSOC-2018), Troy, NY, USA, 25/06/2018-27/06/2018.
Arianna Novaro, Umberto Grandi, Dominique Longin, Emiliano Lorini. Goal-Based Collective Decisions: Axiomatics and Computational Complexity. Dans : Journées d'Intelligence artificielle / Artificial Intelligence Fondamentale (JIAF 2018), Amiens, France, 13/06/2018-15/06/2018.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Faustine Maffre. Une logique épistémique modeste basée sur les observations d'ordre supérieur. Dans : Actes des 9es Journées d'Intelligence artificielle / Artificial Intelligence Fondamentale (IAF 2015), Rennes, 29/07/2015-31/07/2015.
Paolo Galeazzi, Emiliano Lorini. Epistemic logic meets epistemic game theory: a comparison between multi-agent Kripke models and type spaces. Dans : Eleventh Conference on Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory (LOFT 2014), Bergen, 27/07/2014-30/07/2014.
Emiliano Lorini. A minimal logic for interactive epistemology. Dans : Eleventh Conference on Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory (LOFT 2014), Bergen, 27/07/2014-30/07/2014.
Emiliano Lorini, Roberto Ciuni. Comparing Semantics for Temporal STIT Logic. Dans : LAMAS 2014, Paris, 05/05/2014-05/05/2014, Nils Bulling, Wiebe van der Hoek (Eds.).
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Faustine Maffre, Dirk Walther. Alternating-time Temporal Logic with Explicit Programs. Dans : LAMAS 2014, Paris, 05/05/2014, Nils Bulling, Wiebe van der Hoek (Eds.).
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Dirk Walther. Reasoning about actions meets strategic logics (Quand le raisonnement sur les actions rencontre les logiques stratégiques). Dans : Modèles Formels de l'Interaction (MFI 2013), Lille, 01/07/2013-02/07/2013.
Andreas Herzig, Tiago de Lima, Emiliano Lorini, Nicolas Troquard. Trois traditions en logiques d'action: vers une unification. Dans : Sixièmes Journées de l'Intelligence artificielle / Artificial Intelligence Fondamentale (JIAF 2012), Toulouse, 22/05/2012-24/05/2012.
Benoit Gaudou, Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Christophe Sibertin-Blanc. Comment faire des simulations sociales en logique : formalisation du modèle de ségrégation dans une logique dynamique des affectations. Dans : Modèles Formels de l'Interaction (MFI), Rouen, France, 22/06/2011-24/06/2011.
Benoit Gaudou, Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Christophe Sibertin-Blanc. How to do social simulation in logic: modelling the segregation game in a dynamic logic of assignments. Dans : 12th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS'11), Taipei, Taiwan, 02/05/2011-06/05/2011, Jordi Sabater-Mir, Jaime Sichman, Daniel Villatoro (Eds.).
Emiliano Lorini. A Logical Account of Social Rationality in Strategic Games. Dans : 9th Conference on Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory (LOFT 2010), Toulouse, 05/07/2010-07/07/2010.
Julien Bourdon, Guillaume Feuillade, Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini. Trust in complex actions. Dans : Workshop 'Logics in Security' at ESSLLI 2010, Copenhagen, 09/08/2010-13/08/2010, Dov Gabbay, Leendert van der Torre (Eds.).
Nadine Guiraud, Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini. Speech acts as announcements. Dans : Dagstuhl Seminar on Information processing, rational belief change and social interaction, Dagstuhl, Germany, 23/08/2009-27/08/2009, Giacomo Bonanno, James Delgrande, Hans Rott (Eds.).
Emiliano Lorini, Mario Verdicchio. Towards a logical model of social agreement for agent societies. Dans : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems (COIN@AAMAS09), Budapest (Hungary), 11/05/2009-11/05/2009.
Nadine Guiraud, Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini. Speech acts as announcements. Dans : Proceedings of the second international workshop on Logic and the Simulation of Interaction and Reasoning (LSIR2), Pasadena (USA), 12/07/2009-12/07/2009.
Dominique Longin, Emiliano Lorini, Manh Hung Nguyen. Delegation as a communicative act: a logical analysis. Dans : The Eighth IJCAI Workshop on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems (COIN@IJCAI'09), Pasadena, CA, USA, 11/07/2009-13/07/2009.
Jomi F. Hübner, Emiliano Lorini, Laurent Vercouter, Andreas Herzig. From cognitive trust theories to computational trust. Dans : Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Trust in Agent Societies, Budapest, Hungary, 10/05/2009-11/05/2009.
Emiliano Lorini, Michele Piunti. Introducing Relevance Awareness in BDI Agents. Dans : Proceedings of the Seventh internationalWorkshop on Programming Multi-Agent Systems (ProMAS 2009), Budapest, Hungary, 10/05/2009-11/05/2009.
Robert Demolombe, Emiliano Lorini. A logical account of trust in information sources. Dans : Proceedings of the Eleventh International Workshop on Trust in Agent Societies, Estoril (Portugal), 12/05/2008-13/05/2008.
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini. Static and dynamic aspects of knowledge about powers. Dans : Logic of change, change of logic (LoCCoL) -- Prague International Colloquium, Prague, 10/09/2008-14/09/2008, Brian Hill, Ondrej Majer, Michal Peliš (Eds.).
Andreas Herzig, Tiago de Lima, Emiliano Lorini. What do we accept after an announcement? Dans : Logic of change, change of logic (LoCCoL) -- Prague International Colloquium, Prague, 10/09/2008-14/09/2008, Brian Hill, Ondrej Majer, Michal Peliš (Eds.).
Andreas Herzig, Tiago de Lima, Emiliano Lorini. What Do We Accept After an Announcement? Dans : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Knowledge Representation for Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (KRAMAS 2008), Sydney, 17/09/2008-17/09/2008, J.J. Meyer, J. Broersen (Eds.).
Emiliano Lorini, Robert Demolombe. From trust in information sources to trust in communication systems: an analysis in modal logic. Dans : Pproceedings of the International workshop on Knowledge Representation for Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (KRAMAS 2008), Sydney, 17/09/2008-17/09/2008, J.J. Meyer, J. Broersen (Eds.).
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini. Logics of Context for Multi-Agent Systems. Dans : Contexts and Ontologies (C&O-2008), Patras, Greece, 21/07/2008 (conférencier invité), Jérôme Euzenat, Chiara Ghidini, Deborah McGuinness, Guilin Qi (Eds.).
Emiliano Lorini, Cristiano Castelfranchi. Surprise-Driven Cognitive Belief Revision. Dans : Second Biennial Conference on Cognitive Science, St. Petersburg, 09/06/2006-13/06/2006, B. M. Velichkovsky (Eds.).
Andreas Herzig, Emiliano Lorini, Nicolas Troquard, Robert Trypuz. The hidden faces of Intention: using STIT to discover them. Dans : Studia Logica International Conference, Towards Mathematical Philosophy, Trends in Logic IV, Toruñ, Poland, 01/09/2006-04/09/2006.
Emiliano Lorini, Cristiano Castelfranchi. Towards an expectation-based theory of defense. Dans : First International Workshop on Safety and Security in Multi-agent systems (SASEMAS'04), New York, 20/07/2004-20/07/2004, M. Barley, F. Massacci, H. Mouratidis, P. Scerri (Eds.).
Cristiano Castelfranchi, Emiliano Lorini. The role of epistemic actions in expectations. Dans : Second Workshop of Anticipatory Behavior in Adaptive Learning Systems 2004 (ABIALS 2004), Los Angeles, 17/07/2004-17/07/2004.
Cristiano Castelfranchi, Emiliano Lorini. Cognitive Anatomy and Functions of Expectations. Dans : IJCAI'03 Workshop on Cognitive modelling of Agents and Multi-Agent Interactions, Acapulco (Mexico), 09/08/2003-11/08/2003, R. Sun (Eds.).
Emiliano Lorini, Frédéric Moisan. An Epistemic Logic of Extensive Games. Rapport de recherche, IRIT/RT--2011-4--FR, IRIT, 2011.
Emiliano Lorini. A Logical Account of Social Rationality in Strategic Games. Rapport de recherche, IRIT/RT–2010-3–FR, IRIT, 2010.
Emiliano Lorini, Dominique Longin, Benoit Gaudou. The institutional dimension of speech acts: a logical approach based on the concept of acceptance. Rapport de recherche, IRIT/RR--2008-9--FR, Université Paul Sabatier, février 2008.
Emiliano Lorini. Cognitive Agents in Interaction: a formal approach. Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université Paul Sabatier, juin 2016.
Dominique Longin, Emiliano Lorini. Théorie des jeux, émotion et confiance : des sciences sociales à l'intelligence artificielle. Vulgarisation. juin 2011.


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And at the beginning of its peak season – when Christmas overindulgence morphs into New Year virtuousness – membership is well below forecasts.
The problem, it seems, is all in the name.
After 56 years of trading as Weight Watchers, the company changed its name last September to WW, which, it says, doesn't stand for anything – not Weight Watchers, not even its new tagline "Wellness that Works".
Why did Weight Watchers change its name?
The intention, under new chief executive Mindy Grossman, was to modernise the brand amid a cultural shift to body positivity that now emphasises health and wellness as opposed to counting calories.
But Ms Grossman this week admitted to analysts – when the company missed full-year forecasts and warned on profits – that using the word "weight" in its marketing actually carried, well, more weight.
"I think it needed to be more weight-loss focused, especially in the January season," she said.
She added that it needed to be made clearer that Weight Watchers is now WW.
Yanhui Zhao, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, says that the rebranding of Weight Watchers to WW was "a risky move" in the first place.
"A rebranding project may lead to losses in brand awareness and brand familiarity.
How was the new brand received?
Not even the motivational tones of Oprah Winfrey – a board member, strategic adviser and owner of an 8% stake in WW – could lift subscriber numbers and avoid the £50m dent to operating profit in the first quarter following the name change.
Despite introducing a voice over by Ms Winfrey to its advertising explaining that Weight Watchers is now WW, the company made a "soft start" to the year which, its chief financial officer Nick Hotchkin says, is "difficult to recover from".
Camilla Butcher, strategist at branding company Siegel+Gale, questions whether the company should have changed the brand at all.
WW boss Ms Grossman says the company is operating in a "very competitive environment", with trends such as the high-fat, low carb "keto" diet becoming popular.
Shareholders, it appears, also weren't too sold on the name change when it was announced back in September.
In a study looking at the effects of rebranding on share price returns by University of Nebraska's Professor Zhao, in association with Prof Roger Calantone and Prof Clay Voorhees from Michigan State University, an examination of 215 announcements showed that on average, stocks rose 2.5%.
But the research also found that 40% of the rebranding announcements were associated with negative shareholder reactions.
For WW, Prof Zhao found that its share price fell 30% in the month after it said it was changing its name.
Was WW right to change its strategy?
While the name change may have puzzled some, the reasoning behind it makes sense.
In order to address this, WW recruited singer Robbie Williams and Instagram star DJ Khaled as "brand ambassadors".
However, it was not the idea, but its execution that has hurt WW.
WW's peak first quarter season brings in about 40% of its annual recruits.
While its total subscribers for 2018 rose by 22% on the previous year – helped by strong first half as it introduced its new WW Freestyle programme – recruitment numbers have fallen in the first quarter.
Revenue for the first three months of the year will now be down by 10% and operating profit will drop by $50m compared to the same period last year.
For the full year, sales will now be $1.4bn, down from $1.5bn in 2018, and WW will no longer meet its $2bn annual revenue target by 2020.
How should have Weight Watchers changed its brand?
Prof Zhao says: "Although rebranding was necessary for them, they probably shouldn't have acted so fast to change their brand name.
"They should have started with a revised brand strategy and updated brand offerings, and then started to made small changes to their brand identity, such as brand logo and tagline.
For its part, WW is sticking with its new name.
Ms Grossman said: "We believe [in] the most WW and Wellness that Works for the long-term relevance and performance as a brand is the right thing to do.


Missionary Mary Proctor was born in Tallahassee, Florida in 1960 where she experienced a hard life growing up poor outside the city. Luckily she was fortunate to have been raised by her grandmother who provided her with a loving environment. When she was 32, her beloved Grandmother, aunt and uncle were killed in a horrific house fire that thrust her into a deep depression.
Out of tragedy, she found her calling. Mary sees herself as a missionary and uses her art to spread her messages. She uses a variety of materials to build her story. Typically, she paints stories from her life that carry the lessons she learned from her grandmother.
Her work can be found at the American Folk Art Museum & Gallery in Tallahassee. Proctors work has also been shown at the Morris Museum in Augusta, GA, the Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Art in Eatonville, FL, the Mennello Museum of American Folk Art, the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee, FL, and the American Visionary Art Museum. Select artworks can be found in the permanent collection of the House of Blues.


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SOLID EFFORT BY TEAM USA WOMEN IN FIRST INTERNATIONAL TEST MATCH VERSUS ENGLAND
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England dominated in the first installment of the Kings Head Hotel Ladies International versus the USA on Sunday, June 26, at Cirencester Park Polo Club in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. Despite a resounding final score 11-4.5, the USA put forth a valiant effort that kept the English ladies on their toes, final score notwithstanding.
USA began the first of four chukkers with a .5 goal advantage due to differences in handicap; England cumulatively rated at 26, USA at 25. The countries appeared evenly matched in the first trading goals throughout; Tamara Fox put England's initial tally on the board, which was quickly answered by USA's KC Krueger on a penalty conversion. USA held a narrow 2.5-2 lead after the opening period, but women's 10-goaler Nina Clarkin took control in the second scoring back-to-back goals. Krueger would once again score from the penalty line to keep USA neck-and-neck with the brits at halftime 4-3.5.
USA's Erica Gandomcar-Sachs breaks away from the pack at full speed. ©Tom Reynolds
A determined English team galloped onto the field after the half with a new strategy that took the USA by surprise. Keeping the USA scoreless, two more goals from Clarkin, followed by a third from sister and teammate Fox continued their forward momentum.
"It was a very fast game, which is always such fun to play! The first two chukkas were close with both teams scoring some great goals. In the second half we concentrated on holding Erica in the lineouts and trying to punch the ball through. The ground was in really good condition, considering a high goal game had just been played before us, so we were able to carry the ball quite well and the horses loved running on the ground. " – Tamara Fox
England's Nina Clarkin on the ball, Tamara Fox and KC Krueger close behind. ©Tom Reynolds
Entering the final chukker with a four-goal lead 7-3.5, England exploded scoring four more combined goals from Clarkin and Heloise Wilson-Smith; including a safety that Clarkin expertly knocked high and out of reach of the defending USA players. Maureen Brennan would break the USA's lull with a closing goal shortly before the final horn, but England would ride off with the inaugural trophy title.
"I really want to thank the Hurlingham Polo Association, David Woodd and Tamara Fox for bringing a real professionalism to women's polo," said Brennan. "The depth of the players in England is impressive. Playing against them is a guaranteed great and classic match, as any team of four players they put on the field is talented and will create a challenge for any opponent," she continued. "I really want to acknowledge the support we received by those in the host country that supplied the horses and grooms and helped us practice, etc.; we couldn't get organized without them."
USA's Courtney Asdourian winner of the 'PQ Horsemanship Prize' with Aurora Eastwood, editor of PQ magazine. ©Tom Reynolds
"Playing internationally is a continuous learning experience that can only improve all of our polo. " – Maureen Brennan
The second test match will take place on Saturday, July 29, on International Day at Guards Polo Club (Egham, Surrey, England) playing for the Westchester Cup in memory of Sunny Hale. Teams for the second event will be forthcoming.


This skilled satirist is relatively unknown in the West, but he made huge contributions to Russian language, literature and social development.
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin was born on Jan. 27 1826 and would go on to become one of the most controversial writers of his day. Described by his contemporaries as a "writer of sarcasm and corrosive analysis" and "Russia's legal terrorist," he was uncompromising in his biting satirical attacks on society and the state.
Although Russia has changed regime twice since Saltykov-Shchedrin was alive, his words seem as fresh now as they did then, as official corruption remains a scourge of modern Russia. Saltykov-Shchedrin was well placed to judge its extent in his own society, as he served as a high-ranking official in the Tsarist regime for a long time, which gives his work an additional edge.
His importance was noted in his own lifetime, too: Leo Tolstoy described him as the "prosecutor of Russian public thought," while Ivan Turgenev compared him to Juvenal.
The writer's double-barreled surname, Saltykov-Shchedrin, shows his dual life. For many years he was simply Mikhail Saltykov – a nobleman by birth who had built a successful career as a civil servant and was the vice-governor of the Ryazan and Tver provinces – and Nikolai Shchedrin, a writer and social commentator, Saltykov's pseudonym.
He caught the authorities' attention with his first novellas, Contradictions (1847) and A Complicated Affair (1848), which mocked social conventions of the day. The writer was exiled for eight years to the city of Vyatka in north-eastern Russia for his "harmful way of thinking and pernicious desire to spread ideas that have already shaken all of Western Europe" – a reference to the 1848 French Revolution, which had frightened the government and sparked his harsh punishment.
Saltykov-Shchedrin continued his official career in exile, however, gaining an abundance of material for future work from his observations of Russia's bland provincial life.
Gradually, Shchedrin the writer displaced Saltykov the official. In 1868, when renowned Russian poet and journalist Nikolai Nekrasov invited him to co-edit Russia's famous Fatherland Notes magazine, Saltykov-Shchedrin dedicated himself fully to literary work.
He gained a reputation as a satirist in 1856 with the publication of his set of stories Provincial Essays, where he described provincial Russian life, condemning and ridiculing social conventions, laws, officials and landowners.
Shchedrin was soon a target for criticism himself; he was accused of scoffing, sneering and pandering to the fashion for "laughter" in literature.
"That a two-time vice governor is criticizing Russia's state system is a paradox from both a moral and legal point of view," a journalist noted at the time.
Saltykov responded with new literary works. In 1870, he published a satirical novel called The History of a Town, which turned his mocking gaze away from the provinces and onto government circles. The Tsar and his ministers were shown as city mayors, and the imagined town in question, Glupov, became a symbol for the regime as a whole. "Glupiy" means "stupid" in Russian, so the name itself implies "city of fools".
Shchedrin's writing style combined popular speech, zoological similes and the grotesque. He wrote stories such as The Idealist Carp, Eagle – Patron of Arts and The Bear in the Province, where he completely erased the boundaries between fantasy and reality. He would liberally use colloquialisms, proverbs, and occasionally crude or even abusive language.
Saltykov-Shchedrin holds the record for the most new words introduced into Russian by an individual: around 600 of the language's approximate total of 400,000. Examples include the Russian equivalents for "spineless", "softness", "shyness", "lousiness", "vociferousness" and "openness". For comparison, Pushkin and Dostoevsky introduced around 150 and 60 words respectively.
Shchedrin's prose has historical value, too, as his attacks on the status quo reflect the growing public opposition at the time to values such as serfdom and, ultimately, the regime as a whole.
"It is no big deal when you get half a ruble's value in Europe, but if you get a punch in the face for your ruble, now that is bad."
"The severity of Russian laws is softened by the fact that obeying them is optional."
"So clean that you are afraid to spit."
"Introduce knowledge gradually, avoiding bloodshed if possible."
"There should be a decency set to every outrage."
How much do we know about Russian writers?