No matter whether you're looking to publish a webcam recorded vlog video, upload a pre-recorded gaming session, or edit a personal message recorded for a loved one, it's always handy to have some form of video editing software at hand to help you on your way. From cropping to cutting, splitting to adding visual FX, this run-down of our top 10 recommended video editing software's is guaranteed to help you on your journey to publishing the perfect clip.
Below you will find an overview of our Top 10 recommended editing and screen capturing software's. Highlighting their main features, desirable attributes, and even their potential down-falls, we aim to help those both new and well-acquainted to video editing, publish audio-visual presentations with ease.
Intended for editing pre-recorded video files, the VSDC Free Video Editor boasts rich functionality and an intuitive interface. Allowing users to edit and tweak videos with the bare minimum of efforts, this video editing software is currently the only free video editing software that supports 4K and HD export.
With visual and audio effects such as colour correction, object transformation, and even special FX, this non-linear editing tool allows objects to be placed in any position on the video timeline. If you're looking to add a little more depth to your webcam capture, then VSDC offers blending modes, masking, subpixel accuracy, and even Instagram-like filters that are guaranteed to add a professional finish to any audio/video recording.
With an intuitive interface, built-in Script Tool, and desirable 3D effects, Screencast-o-matic is designed to help make editing videos and desktop screen captures effortless. A free and fast screen recorder that's suitable for Windows, Mac, and Chromebook use, Screen-o-matic allows users to capture and add narration from built-in microphones to any webcam or desktop capture with ease.
Perfect for recording lectures, webinars, and even Skype calls, this powerful screen recorder even allows users to draw freehand, zoom and pan whilst recording. Boasting the ability to import MP4 video, music, and intros atop existing files, this non-linear movie editing software, with direct social media upload ability, is the perfect option for both beginners and advanced video users.
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A modern and intuitive free video editing and screen recording software, Filmora Scrn is a full editing suite that caters to each and every need. A user-friendly software that records between 15-120fps, and even allows editors to record through 2 devices at a time, this professional-quality software is designed to help you finalise any upcoming project with ease.
Boasting a changeable cursor, PIP (Picture-in-Picture) capability, a customisable recording field, and even the ability to export to multiple popular formats such as MP4, MOV, and GIF, Filmora is perfect for those looking to combine audio and visual elements within their creation. Offering blur and mosaic annotations, keyboard shortcuts, express export capability (and even a HEVC/H.265 encoder option), this new and improved downloadable software is perfect for editors of any skill.
Accepting import formats including .WMV/.ASF, .MPG (MPEG-1), and even .MP3, Windows Movie Maker is a free yet effective editing software that's easy and simplistic to use. Boasting effect packages such as TitleFX Text Effects and OverlayFX, as well as templates and themes such as XL Calendar, PhotoMail Maker, and even MAGIX Slideshow Maker, this free video editing software is perfect for adding extra layers of desirable detail.
Boasting PIP (Picture-in-Picture) capability as well as Green Screen image editing, this re-branded video editing software has developed over time. Allowing users to add background music, create time-lapsed videos, add personalised watermarks, and even enable split-screen functionality, this non-linear editing software is guaranteed to help any basic video stand out.
Priding itself on maintaining a clean and user-friendly interface, iMovie is a professional yet intuitive video editing software that's designed to help users both tidy and liven up their videos with ease. Well-optimised even for modern Macs, this free and ready-to-download software is designed to edit and export 4K video in a smooth and professional manner.
Automatically drawing in pre-saved photos, videos, and audio clips from a user's iCloud account, iMovie allows users to add transitions, backgrounds, titles, and even voiceovers with ease. A straightforward and popular software that prides itself in maintaining quality over quantity, iMovie is great for editing home-movies, vlogs, tutorials, and even lectures. For those that prefer to project and stream via Apple TV, iMovie does just that whilst its basic workflow is similar to those of more sophisticated programmes.
Perfect for those new to video editing, Filmora is an intuitive software that offers a wide range of filters and modern video effects. Featuring basic editing tools such as 4K export, GIF support, noise removal, precision speed control, and even frame-by-frame preview, this desirable editing software is sure to help transform any video capture with ease.
With advanced tools such as PIP (Picture-in-Picture) layering, an audio mixer, direct screen recording, split-screen capability, and even intuitive scene detection and green screen transformation included, Filmora prides itself on updating and adding new video effect collections each and every month.
An easy to use screen recording and video editing software, Camtasia makes it easy and simple to create professional-quality videos from the comfort of your own home. Great for recording training-based tutorials, marketing demos, and even presentations, this easy-to-use video editing and screen capturing software is a powerful way to transform any project.
An all-in-one and non-linear platform, Camtasia offers screen recording, a multi-track timeline, annotation capability, voice narration, an array of visual effects, and even green screen manipulation. Allowing users to edit with ease and even broadcast at 4K resolution, this premium-quality editing software is sure to set your visual captures aside from the rest.
Ideal for Mac users, ScreenFlow is an award winning and easy-to-use video editing software that's perfect for those looking to join the screen capturing revolution.
Supporting animated GIF export, MP4 encoding, closed caption editing, and even partial screen capture, this high-quality and retina-display supported software is sure to impress. Boasting a 60fps and non-linear timeline, custom hotkey mapping, OLED touch bar support, and even Box.com and Imgur.com export options, this all-in-one editing platform is kitted out to help any Mac user streamline their media management and make the most out of their next project.
An award-winning video editing software that's designed to help transform photos, videos, and screen captures with ease, Corel VideoStudio Pro allows users to tap into hundreds of creative effects and transitions at the click of a button. Flexible, fun, and designed even to support 4K, 360-videos, and even optimised hardware acceleration technologies from Intel and nVidia, this high-performing and user-friendly editing software is sure to impress.
With split-screen streaming, enhanced stop-motion animation, and pan and zoom capability, VideoStudio offers a plethora of desirable tools to both casual and advanced users. For those looking to create stunning 360-degree displays, VideoStudio even boasts direct upload to YouTube and even VR Headsets.
Performing as a personal video studio, Adobe Presenter Express Video is designed to help users save money, time, and effort when it comes to editing and perfecting their HD videos and captures.
No matter whether it's for tutorials, eLearning webinars, or even gaming vlogs, this dynamic programme is guaranteed to help produce enriched videos at the click of a button. Offering features such as HD export, refined acoustics, pan and zoom intuitive UI capability, and even personalised background editing, Adobe Presenter Express is the perfect software option for those looking to publish up to a resolution of 1280 x 800 with ease.


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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: THE ISLANDS FALL 2020 ARTS WRITING RESIDENCYCall for Applications: The Islands Arts Writing Residency
Application deadline: January 6, 2020
Residency period: August 31 to October 12, 2020
Art Metropole and Fogo Island Arts are seeking applications for The Islands, a two-part residency that aims to encourage arts writing and criticism in contemporary art. Open to Canadian and international applicants, The Islands will take place on Fogo Island and at Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island, Canada, from August 31 to October 12, 2020.
The Islands invites emerging and established arts writers and artists with a writing practice to propose a project to be executed across two unique locations. The successful candidate will spend a month on Fogo Island as part of Fogo Island Arts' residency program, followed by two weeks on Toronto Island at Artscape Gibraltar Point. The project will culminate in a small publication funded, published and distributed by Art Metropole.
The Islands is a residency partnership conceived and organized by Art Metropole and Fogo Island Arts, with support from Artscape. This is the fifth iteration of The Islands, following residencies with writer and curator Nora N. Khan (2019); visual artist and writer Marion Coutts (2018); visual artist Merve Ünsal (2017); and curator, writer and publisher Joseph del Pesco (2017).
Arts writing practices may range in structure, content and medium, addressing various forms and disciplines that may include poetry, art criticism, experimental writing and periodical production (journals, art books, magazines).
Applications should directly consider the role of writing and criticism in contemporary art, and take into consideration the unique circumstances of the residencies.
To be eligible for consideration, candidates must:
Have published a minimum of two arts writing texts or critical essays on contemporary art
Hold a valid driver's license, and be responsible for acquiring the necessary visa if coming from a foreign country
The successful candidate will be required to give a public presentation on Fogo Island and at Artscape Gibraltar Point, and to present their work at Art Metropole, Toronto.
Applications are online only and should include the following:
Project proposal (4500 characters maximum including spaces; approx. 600 words)
Short biography and artist statement (1500 characters maximum including spaces; approx. 200 words)
Detailed Curriculum Vitae (3 pages maximum)
If applicable, 5 images (maximum) in JPEG format, with relevant caption information
1 letter of recommendation from a professional in your field
3 samples of your published work (each 6000 characters maximum including spaces; approx. 750 words)
The application form and program guidelines are available online at Art Metropole.
Accommodation, Travel and Workspace
The successful candidate will be provided with private accommodation and studio space on both Fogo and Toronto islands, as well as a weekly stipend to offset the costs of materials and day-to-day living expenses. Travel expenses are also covered.
Applicants should keep in mind that this residency takes place in two locations and requires significant travel.
Fogo Island is a remote island with limited amenities. A vehicle will be provided for on-island use for the duration of the residency.
Toronto Island is North America's largest urban car-free community—an island oasis just a 10-minute ferry ride from downtown Toronto. A bicycle will be provided as well as ferry tickets for four return trips and shuttle pick-up and drop-off island side to transport the recipient to and from the ferry docks and Artscape Gibraltar Point.
The successful candidate will be selected by a jury which includes Jaclyn Bruneau, writer, critic, and the editor of C Magazine; interdisciplinary artist Zachary Cahill; Alexandra McIntosh, Director of Programs and Exhibitions, Fogo Island Arts; Jonathan Middleton, ExecutiveDirector, Art Metropole; Nicolaus Schafhausen, Strategic Director, Fogo Island Arts.
Jaclyn Bruneau is a writer, critic, and the editor of C Magazine. She currently serves on the board of directors at Images Festival, and is underway on an inconspicuous yearlong art publishing project in the online classifieds with Natasha Chaykowski and Untitled Art Society called please, teach me to swim. In 2017, she conducted a yearlong research study on contemporary art and cultural criticism, funded by the British Columbia Arts Council. She was the Managing Editor of MICE Magazine from 2017-18, a resident at the Banff Centre's Critical Art Writing Ensemble in 2016, and the Editorial Resident at Canadian Art in 2015. She has given talks on exhibitions and projects by more than 20 artists, including Krista Belle Stewart, Jeremy Shaw, Meriç Algün Ringborg, Stan Brakhage, Mike Nelson, and others.
Art Metropole was founded in 1974 by the artists' collective General Idea as a division of Art-Official Inc., the legal entity that published FILE Megazine. Art Metropole holds an inventory featuring the works of thousands of Canadian and international artists, and operates a small network of shop spaces and pop-up projects designed to disseminate publications and editions. The organization has also developed a substantial archive in two parts: a collection of over 13,000 works and documents from its first two decades of operations, now housed by the National Gallery of Canada; and a second collection acquired since 1997, held in its main Toronto offices on Sterling Road. Art Metropole continues to produce publications, editions, talks, performances, screenings and exhibitions as part of its yearly program.
Zachary Cahill is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist. Since 2010 he has been working on his long-term project the USSA, a series of exhibitions, writings and performances. He has had solo shows at Regina Rex, New York; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago among others. His work has been included in many group exhibitions including the 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art; The Works, Contemporary Art Brussels; and most recently Kleine Welt at the Neubauer Collegium in Chicago. In 2017 ArtReview profiled Cahill for its special issue The Future Greats and he is included in The Artists Who Will Change the World, by Omar Kholeif, published by Thames & Hudson. A widely-published author, Cahill's writings have appeared in Afterall, Artforum, Critical Inquiry, Frieze, Journal of Visual Culture and Mousse. He has also contributed numerous catalogue essays for artist monographs and exhibitions; most recently he has written on the work of Theaster Gates, Pope.L, and for the group exhibition Revolution Every Day, co-curated with Robert Bird and Christina Kiaer. Cahill is the founding editor-in-chief of Portable Gray an interdisciplinary journal published twice annually by the University of Chicago Press. His first novel, The Black Flame of Paradise, was released by Mousse Publishing in 2019.
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fogoislandarts.ca is a residency-based contemporary art venue that supports research and production of new work for artists, filmmakers, writers, musicians, curators, designers and thinkers from around the world. Since 2008, FIA has brought some of the most exciting, emerging and renowned artists of today to Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada to take part in residencies and to present solo exhibitions at the Fogo Island Gallery. FIA also presents programs in cities across Canada and abroad, including the Fogo Island Dialogues interdisciplinary conversation series, as part of its international outreach. Combining contemporary art, iconic architecture and social innovation in a singular setting, FIA is a world-class institution that is uniquely rooted in community. FIA is an initiative of Shorefast, a registered Canadian charity with the mission to build economic and cultural resilience on Fogo Island.
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Artscape is a not-for-profit urban development organization that makes space for creativity and transforms communities. Artscape Gibraltar Point is a secluded artist retreat nestled against the magnificent natural backdrop of Toronto Island, the largest urban car-free community in North America just a 10-minute ferry ride from downtown Toronto. Gibraltar Point hosts programmed artist residencies and provides studio rentals year-round and offers the opportunity to engage with the vibrant arts and events of the larger Artscape community.
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Roger Gracie is an Instructor at Evolve Mixed Martial Arts in Singapore on a seasonal basis. He is regarded as one of the greatest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legends of all time and is the first person to win 10 Mundials World Championships in the Black Belt Division. He is the grandson of Carlos Gracie, the founder of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Roger started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at a very young age and decided to become a competitor in his teens. Since then, Roger has gone on to compete in hundreds of BJJ matches and has become one of the most accomplished competitors of all time. He is the only Black Belt competitor in the Mundials World Championship to have submitted all his opponents.
With the help of his father, 7th degree Black and Red Belt Maurício "Maurição" Motta Gomes, Roger established The Roger Gracie Academy in Kensington, London, England.
Today, Roger fights for ONE Championship. He holds the title of ONE Light Heavyweight World Champion. Roger is a member of the prestigious Evolve Fight Team, Asia's most decorated professional fighting team. He currently holds an MMA record of 8-2.
Roger is currently a 3rd degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Carlos Gracie Jr.
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Dillon is the Director of Marketing for Courtney and the team.
He handles the day to day administrative work including a brochure and graphic design, internet marketing, print media as well as organizing the many different charity events that Courtney Orlando's team supports.
His creative ideas coupled with his dedication to helping his family succeed are what drives him every day in the ever-changing world of Real Estate. A North Carolina native - he has been inspired by some of the nations top Real Estate marketers on both coasts.
Dillon is a family man and has 2 daughters, 2 step-sons, and two grandchildren.
He enjoys seeing others build strong relationships with their clients, lenders, attorneys and all others in the Real Estate industry.
Dillon's favorite past times are spending time with family, cooking, occasional golf and spending time at Wrightsville Beach, NC.
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Lai Mohammed – Buhari Will Leave Legacy Of Massive Infrastructural Development
by Latestori August 27, 2020, 6:13 pm updated August 27, 2021, 1:06 pm 2k Views
President Muhammadu Buhari is making great efforts to make a legacy of massive infrastructural development throughout the nation, the Minister of Information and Culture,
" Lai Mohammed, has stated. He said the inspection is part of the continuing media tour of national government infrastructure projects, which was kick-started two weeks past with the tour of the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail Project.
Mr Mohammed revealed the bridge, which is being funded from the profits of this Sukuk Loan, is 97.3% finished.He said the Loko-Oweto Bridge is part of a system that comprises the 106-kilometre street from Oweto into Otukpo, which can be finished, and the 76-kilometre road from the Loko end of this bridge to Nasarawa, that is at 20% completion point.
"This bridge is attaining is that it is linking the Northern area of the country and the Southern part of the country."Although we call it Loko-Oweto Bridge, which is linking Nasarawa and Benue States, it extends further to link the South-South and the South East.
"The communities (some members of which welcomed the Ministers) have managed to emphasize how this bridge has also helped in the region of curbing insecurity, in addition to fostering friendship and integration between the two communities," the minister said. He said the authorities would continue to showcase to Nigerians how it is judiciously using the loans it had taken to build infrastructure across the nation.
In his remarks, the Minister of Works and Housing, Fashola, explained that while the bridge itself had been completed, the connection roads on both the ends should be prepared by the end of the year.
He said in addition to attracting development, the bridge would provide the needed infrastructure for the agrarian communities in the area to transfer their farm produce to the industry.
Igor Zavodchiki, the Chief Engineer of the construction company handling the Loko-Oweto bridge, Mssrs RCC Nig. Ltd. vowed to deliver the project, including the process roads, by the close of the year. He said the next lane of the bridge has already been opened for vehicular movement. The Loko-Oweto Bridge project is made up of 2 dual-lane bridges, labelled Northern and Southern bridges.
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A retailer's homepage is one of the most important pages on their site, and for this reason it has to shine. No one reaches for the white crayon in the box because it's pretty much useless-- so make sure your homepage is a rainbow of relevance.
That's a great question, and while it's nice to have an aesthetically pleasing homepage, we're not talking looks right now, we're talking personality...and conversions. To help you achieve a better personality (or from this point on, optimization) for your e-commerce site, we'll cover five ways to optimize your homepage for conversions by focusing on product discovery.
What is Product Discovery and What Does it Have to do With Your Homepage?
Before we get into the nitty-gritty of it all, let's talk about product discovery. What that fancy phrase comes down to is simply the process of someone visiting your website and discovering a product they're interested in buying.
This is really important because your homepage needs to be optimized for product discovery in order to convert well. You might think sales and specials help drive conversions on your homepage -- and they do, but only if your customers can find something they actually want to buy, hence product discovery.
This is the point where you might be thinking, "My customers can find products easy-peasy from my homepage." Are you sure about that? Do you know how quickly can they find what they're looking for? Do they have to click through endless navigation menus, or resort to using your site search?
Short and sweet: You've got to show me what I want, and I have to get to it quickly.
1.	On smaller sites, shoppers are spending more time attempting to find their desired product, then leaving because they can't find it.
2.	On the other hand, larger retailers are making it easier for customers to find what they're looking for, and as a result, more people are sticking around to make a purchase.
In the study, Clicktale concluded: "Short time on page can indicate that users leave the site too quickly; when combined with low bounce rate, however, it actually indicates that users find what they are looking for faster." In other words, larger retailers are winning because they are able to give their visitors exactly what they're looking for faster. Essentially, their product discovery experience is highly optimized.
As we mentioned earlier, your homepage is one of your most visited pages, which means it's one of the most important ones to optimize for product discovery. Making things slightly more complicated is the fact that people can land on your homepage from any number of different sources or channels, so we'll keep that in mind.
The best things you can include on your homepage to boost product discovery (and sales down the line) aren't as complicated as you'd think. Keep in mind that your homepage should be a dynamic, personalized page versus a static page for everyone.
These are your current sales, new items, and time sensitive offers and they work because of good old urgency. Have a popular or seasonal product, brand, or category on sale? Make sure to promote it on your homepage in order to maximize its visibility and sales - like Shutterfly's best-selling photo books.
What should you show to brand new or unknown visitors that don't have any browsing history yet? You can't show them personalized products based on browsing history, but you can show best-selling or currently trending products instead. Think about it like making an educated guess as to what most new visitors would be interested in purchased based off what other customers are buying - like Banana Republic does with user-generated content.
Everyone wants to check out the newest and coolest products, so let them. They might just see something they want to buy.
Plus, in some industries, new products are more appealing simply because of their freshness. For example, showcasing new arrivals is a must for fashion brands. Everyone wants to be the first of their friends setting the trend, so these product displays are super compelling in the apparel industry.
One area that most online stores are lacking in is offering educational content that pre-sells their products on their homepage. (Many retailers don't invest in educational content at all). This content is a great way to engage potential customers that aren't ready to buy yet, but they might be down the line or to provide them other ideas. Apple, for instance, promotes its iPad Pro while recognizing that many visitors won't be comfortable simply adding the item to their carts, they'll want to learn more so Apple provides them with a link to do so, as well as the option of watching a film or a keynote on the new product.
As you're optimizing your homepage to convert as high as possible, always keep in mind that the more personalized and relevant your homepage can be for each individual visitor, the higher it will convert.
Is there anything you think we missed? Let us know in the comments below.
Peter Messmer is the director of growth at AddShoppers, which powers on-site influencer marketing for more than 10,000 brands worldwide including Hanes, Everlast and The Economist. AddShoppers integrates on¬-site marketing automation with personalization and data management.


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Napoleonder by Honoré de Balzac
Story type: Literature
NAPOLEONDER[1]
[Footnote 1: The Russian peasant's name for Napoleon Bonaparte. The final syllable "der" has perhaps been added because to the ear of the peasant "Napoleon" sounds clipped and incomplete, as "Alexan" would sound to us without the "der."]
Long ago–but not so very long ago; our grandfathers remember it–the Lord God wanted to punish the people of the world for their wickedness. So he began to think how and by what means he could punish them, and he called a council of his angels and archangels to talk about it. Says the archangel Michael to the Lord God: "Shake them up, the recreants, with an earthquake."
"We've tried that," says the Lord God. "Once upon a time we jolted to pieces Sodom and Gomorrah, but it didn't teach them anything. Since then pretty much all the towns have become Sodoms and Gomorrahs."
"How about famine?" says the archangel Gabriel.
"It would be too bad for the babies," replies the Lord God. "Famine would kill the babies. And, besides that, the cattle must have food–they're not to blame."
"Drown them with a flood," suggests Raphael.
"Clean impossible!" says the Lord God. "Because, in the first place, I took an oath once that there should be no more floods, and I set the rainbow in the sky for an assurance. In the second place, the rascally sinners have become cunning; they'll get on steamboats and sail all over the flood."
Then all the archangels were perplexed, and began to screw about in their seats, trying to invent or think of some calamity that would bring the wicked human race to its senses and stir up its conscience. But they had been accustomed, time out of mind, to do good rather than evil; they had forgotten all about the wickedness of the world; and they couldn't think of a single thing that would be of any use.
Then suddenly up comes Ivan-angel, a simple-minded soul whom the Lord God had appointed to look after the Russian muzhiks. He comes up and reports: "Lord, Satan is outside there, asking for you. He doesn't dare to come in, because he smells bad [Footnote 2: That is, he brings with him the sulphurous odor of hell.]; so he's waiting in the entry."
Then the Lord God was rejoiced. "Call Satan in!" he ordered. "I know that rogue perfectly well, and he has come in the very nick of time. A scamp like that will be sure to think of something."
Satan came in. His face was as black as tanned calfskin, his voice was hoarse, and a long tail hung down from under his overcoat.
"If you so order," he says, "I'll distribute your calamities for you with my own hands."
"Go ahead with your distribution," says the Lord God; "nobody shall hinder you."
"Will you permit me," Satan says, "to bring about an invasion of foreigners?"
The Lord God shook his finger at Satan and cried: "Is that all you can think of? And you so wise!"
"Excuse me," Satan says. "Why doesn't my plan show wisdom?"
"Because," replies the Lord God, "you propose to afflict the people with war, and war is just what they want. They're all the time fighting among themselves, one people with another, and that's the very thing I want to punish them for."
"Yes," says Satan, "they re greedy for war, but that's only because they have never yet seen a real warrior. Send them a regular conqueror, and they'll soon drop their tails between their legs and cry, 'Have mercy, Lord! Save us from the man of blood!'"
The Lord God was surprised. "Why do you say, my little brother, that the people have never seen a real warrior? The Tsar Herod was a conqueror; the Tsar Alexander subdued a wonderful lot of people; Ivan-Tsar destroyed Kazan; Mamai-Tsar the furious came with all his hordes; and the Tsar Peter, and the great fighter Anika–how many more conquerors do you want?"
"I want Napoleonder," says Satan.
"Napoleonder!" cries the Lord God. "Who's he? Where did he come from?"
"He's a certain little man," Satan says, "who may not be wise enough to hurt, but he's terribly fierce in his habits."
The Lord God says to the archangel Gabriel: "Look in the Book of Life, Gabriel, and see if we've got Napoleonder written down."
The archangel looked and looked, but he couldn't look up any such person.
"There isn't any kind of Napoleonder in the Book," he says. "Satan is a liar. We haven't got Napoleonder written down anywhere."
Then Satan replies: "It isn't strange that you can't find Napoleonder in the Book of Life, because you write in that Book only the names of those who were born of human fathers and mothers, and who have navels. Napoleonder never had a father or a mother, and, moreover, he hasn't any navel–and that's so surprising that you might exhibit him for money."
The Lord God was greatly astonished. "How did your Napoleonder ever get into the world?" he says.
See also The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson
"In this way," Satan replies. "I made him, as a doll, just for amusement, out of sand. At that very time, you, Lord, happened to be washing your holy face; and, not being careful, you let a few drops of the water of life splash over. They fell from heaven right exactly on Napoleonder's head, and he immediately took breath and became a man. He is living now, not very near nor very far away, on the island of Buan, in the middle of the ocean-sea. There is a little less than a verst of land in the island, and Napoleonder lives there and watches geese. Night and day he looks after the geese, without eating, or drinking, or sleeping, or smoking; and his only thought is–how to conquer the whole world."
The Lord God thought and thought, and then he ordered: "Bring him to me."
Satan at once brought Napoleonder into the bright heaven. The Lord God looked at him, and saw that he was a military man with shining buttons.
"I have heard, Napoleonder," says the Lord God, "that you want to conquer the whole world."
"Exactly so," replies Napoleonder; "that's what I want very much to do."
"And have you thought," says the Lord God, "that when you go forth to conquer you will crush many peoples and shed rivers of blood?"
"That's all the same to me," says Napoleonder; "the important thing for me is–how can I subdue the whole world."
"And will you not feel pity for the killed, the wounded, the burned, the ruined, and the dead?"
"Not in the least," says Napoleonder. "Why should I feel pity? I don't like pity. So far as I can remember, I was never sorry for anybody or anything in my life, and I never shall be."
Then the Lord God turns to the angels and says: "Messrs. Angels, this seems to be the very fellow for our business." Then to Napoleonder he says: "Satan was perfectly right. You are worthy to be the instrument of my wrath, because a pitiless conqueror is worse than earthquake, famine, or deluge. Go back to the earth, Napoleonder; I turn over to you the whole world, and through you the whole world shall be punished."
Napoleonder says: "Give me armies and luck, and I'll do my best."
Then the Lord God says: "Armies you shall have, and luck you shall have; and so long as you are merciless you shall never be defeated in battle; but remember that the moment you begin to feel sorry for the shedding of blood–of your own people or of others–that moment your power will end. From that moment your enemies will defeat you, and you shall finally be made a prisoner, be put into chains, and be sent back to Buan Island to watch geese. Do you understand?"
"Exactly so," says Napoleonder. "I understand, and I will obey. I shall never feel pity."
Then the angels and the archangels began to say to God: "Lord, why have you laid upon him such a frightful command? If he goes forth so, without mercy, he will kill every living soul on earth–he will leave none for seed!"
"Be silent!" replied the Lord God. "He will not conquer long. He is altogether too brave; because he fears neither others nor himself. He thinks he will keep from pity, and does not know that pity, in the human heart, is stronger than all else, and that not a man living is wholly without it."
"But," the archangels say, "he is not a man; he is made of sand."
The Lord God replies: "Then you think he didn't receive a soul when my water of life fell on his head?"
Napoleonder at once gathered together a great army speaking twelve languages, and went forth to war. He conquered the Germans, he conquered the Turks, he subdued the Swedes and the Poles. He reaped as he marched, and left bare the country through which he passed. And all the time he remembers the condition of success–pity for none. He cuts off heads, burns villages, outrages women, and tramples children under his horses' hoofs. He desolates the whole Mohammedan kingdom–and still he is not sated. Finally he marches on a Christian country–on Holy Russia.
In Russia then the Tsar was Alexander the Blessed–the same Tsar who stands now on the top of the column in Petersburg-town and blesses the people with a cross, and that's why he is called "the Blessed."
When he saw Napoleonder marching against him with twelve languages, Alexander the Blessed felt that the end of Russia was near. He called together his generals and field-marshals, and said to them: "Messrs. Generals and Field-marshals, how can I check this Napoleonder? He is pressing us terribly hard."
The generals and field-marshals reply: "We can't do anything, your Majesty, to stop Napoleonder, because God has given him a word."
"What kind of a word?"
See also Words About Washington by Edgar Wilson Nye
"This kind: 'Bonaparty.'"
"But what does 'Bonaparty' mean, and why is a single word so terrible?"
"It means, your Majesty, six hundred and sixty-six–the number of the Beast [Footnote 3: A reference to the Beast of the Apocalypse. "The number of the beast is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred threescore and six" (Rev. xiii. 18).]; and it is terrible because when Napoleonder sees, in a battle, that the enemy is very brave, that his own strength is not enough, and that his own men are falling fast [Footnote 4: Literally, "lying down with their bones."], he immediately conjures with this same word, 'Bonaparty,' and at that instant–as soon as the word is pronounced–all the soldiers that have ever served under him and have died for him on the field of battle come back from beyond the grave. He leads them afresh against the enemy, as if they were alive, and nothing can stand against them, because they are a ghostly force, not an army of this world."
Alexander the Blessed grew sad; but, after thinking a moment, he said: "Messrs. Generals and Field-marshals, we Russians are a people of more than ordinary courage. We have fought with all nations, and never yet before any of them have we laid our faces in the dust. If God has brought us, at last, to fight with corpses–his holy will be done! We will go against the dead!"
So he led his army to the field of Kulikova, and there waited for the miscreant Napoleonder. And soon afterward, Napoleonder, the evil one, sends him an envoy with a paper saying, "Submit, Alexander Blagoslovenni, and I will show you favor above all others."
But Alexander the Blessed was a proud man, who held fast his self-respect. He would not speak to the envoy, but he took the paper that the envoy had brought, and drew on it an insulting picture, with the words, "Is this what you want?" and sent it back to Napoleonder.
Then they fought and slashed one another on the field of Kulikova, and in a short time or a long time our men began to overcome the forces of the enemy. One by one they shot or cut down all of Napoleonder's field-marshals, and finally drew near to Napoleonder himself.
"Your time has come!" they cry to him. "Surrender!"
But the villain sits there on his horse, rolling his goggle-eyes like an owl, and grinning.
"Wait a minute," he says coolly. "Don't be in too big a hurry. A tale is short in telling, but the deed is long a-doing."
Then he pronounces his conjuring-word, "Bonaparty"–six hundred and sixty-six, the number of the Beast.
Instantly there is a great rushing sound, and the earth is shaken as if by an earthquake. Our soldiers look–and drop their hands. In all parts of the field appear threatening battalions, with bayonets shining in the sun, torn flags waving over terrible hats of fur, and tramp! tramp! tramp! on come the thousands of phantom men, with faces yellow as camomile, and empty holes under their bushy eyebrows.
Alexander, the Blessed Tsar, was stricken with terror. Terror-stricken were all his generals and field-marshals. Terror-stricken also was the whole Russian army. Shaking with fear, they wavered at the advance of the dead, gave way suddenly in a panic, and finally fled in whatever direction their eyes happened to look.
The brigand Napoleonder sat on his horse, holding his sides with laughter, and shouted: "Aha! My old men are not to your taste! I thought so! This isn't like playing knuckle-bones with children and old women! Well, then, my honorable Messrs. Dead Men, I have never yet felt pity for any one, and you needn't show mercy to my enemies. Deal with them after your own fashion."
"As long as it is so," replied the corpse-soldiers, "we are your faithful servants always."
Our men fled from Kulikova-field to Pultava-field; from Pultava-field to the famous still-water Don; and from the peaceful Don to the field of Borodino, under the very walls of Mother Moscow. And as our men came to these fields, one after another, they turned their faces again and again toward Napoleonder, and fought him with such fierceness that the brigand himself was delighted with them "God save us!" he exclaimed, "what soldiers these Russians are! I have not seen such men in any other country."
But, in spite of the bravery of our troops, we were unable to stop Napoleonder's march; because we had no word with which to meet his word. In every battle we pound him, and drive him back, and get him in a slip-noose; but just as we are going to draw it tight and catch him, the filthy, idolatrous thief bethinks himself and shouts "Bonaparty!" Then the dead men crawl out of their graves in full uniform, set their teeth, fix their eyes upon their officers, and charge! And where they pass the grass withers and the stones crack. And our men are so terrified by these unclean bodies that they can't fight against them at all. As soon as they hear that accursed word "Bonaparty," and see the big fur hats and the yellow faces of the dead men, they throw down their guns and rush into the woods to hide.
See also (N05) The Toyman by Robert Gordon Anderson
"Say what you will, Alexander Blagoslovenni," they cry, "for corpses we are not prepared."
Alexander the Blessed reproached his men, and said: "Wait a little, brothers, before you run away. Let's exert ourselves a little more. Dog that he is, he can't beat us always. God has set a limit for him somewhere. To-day is his, to-morrow may be his, but after a while the luck perhaps will turn."
Then he went to the old hermit-monks in the caves of Kiev and on the island of Valaam, and bowed himself at the feet of all the archimandrites and metropolitans, saying: "Pray for us, holy fathers, and beseech the Lord God to turn away his wrath; because we haven't strength enough to defend you from this Napoleonder."
Then the old hermit-monks and the archimandrites and the metropolitans all prayed, with tears in their eyes, to the Lord God, and prostrated themselves until their knees were all black and blue and there were big bumps on their foreheads. With tearful eyes, the whole Russian people, too, from the Tsar to the last beggar, prayed God for mercy and help. And they took the sacred ikon of the Holy Mother of God of Smolensk, the pleader for the grief-stricken, and carried it to the famous field of Borodino, and, bowing down before it, with tearful eyes, they cried: "O Most Holy Mother of God, thou art our life and our hope! Have mercy on us, and intercede for us soon."
And down the dark face of the ikon, from under the setting of pearls in the silver frame, trickled big tears. And all the army and all God's people saw the sacred ikon crying. It was a terrible thing to see, but it was comforting.
Then the Lord God heard the wail of the Russian people and the prayers of the Holy Virgin the Mother of God of Smolensk, and he cried out to the angels and the archangels: "The hour of my wrath has passed. The people have suffered enough for their sins and have repented of their wickedness. Napoleonder has destroyed nations enough. It's time for him to learn mercy. Who of you, my servants, will go down to the earth–who will undertake the great work of softening the conqueror's heart?"
The older angels and the archangels didn't want to go. "Soften his heart!" they cried. "He is made of sand–he hasn't any navel–he is pitiless–we're afraid of him!"
Then Ivan-angel stepped forward and said: "I'll go."
At that very time Napoleonder had just gained a great victory and was riding over the field of battle on a greyhound of a horse. He trampled with his horse's hoofs on the bodies of the dead, without pity or regret, and the only thought in his mind was, "As soon as I have done with Russia, I'll march against the Chinese and the white Arabs; and then I shall have conquered exactly the whole world."
But just at that moment he heard some one calling, "Napoleonder! O Napoleonder!" He looked around, and not far away, under a bush on a little mound, he saw a wounded Russian soldier, who was beckoning to him with his hand. Napoleonder was surprised. What could a wounded Russian soldier want of him? He turned his horse and rode to the spot. "What do you want?" he asked the soldier.
"I don't want anything of you," the wounded soldier replied, "except an answer to one question. Tell me, please, what have you killed me for?"
Napoleonder was still more surprised. In the many years of his conquering he had wounded and killed a multitude of men; but he had never been asked that question before. And yet this Russian soldier didn't look as if he had anything more than ordinary intelligence. He was just a young, boyish fellow, with light flaxen hair and blue eyes–evidently a new recruit from some country village.
"What do you mean–'killed you for'?" said Napoleonder. "I had to kill you. When you went into the army, didn't you take an oath that you would die?"
"I know what oath I took, Napoleonder, and I'm not making a fuss about dying. But you–why did you kill me?"
"Why shouldn't I kill you," said Napoleonder, "when you were the enemy,–that is, my foe,–come out to fight me on the field of Borodino?"
"Cross yourself, Napoleonder!" said the young soldier. "How could I be your foe, when there has never been any sort of quarrel between us? Until you came into our country, and I was drafted into the army, I had never even heard of you. And here you have killed me–and how many more like me!"
See also Giant Maximin by Arthur Conan Doyle
"I killed," said Napoleonder, "because it was necessary for me to conquer the world."
"But what have I got to do with your conquering the world?" replied the soldier. "Conquer it, if you want to–I don't hinder. But why did you kill me? Has killing me given you the world? The world doesn't belong to me. You're not reasonable, brother Napoleonder. And is it possible that you really think you can conquer the whole world?"
"I'm very much of that opinion," replied Napoleonder.
The little soldier smiled. "You're really stupid, Napoleonder," he said. "I'm sorry for you. As if it were possible to conquer the whole world!"
"I'll subdue all the kingdoms," replied Napoleonder, "and put all peoples in chains, and then I'll reign as Tsar of all the earth."
The soldier shook his head. "And God?" he inquired. "Will you conquer him?"
Napoleonder was confused. "No," he finally said. "God's will is over us all; and in the hollow of his hand we live."
"Then what's the use of your conquering the world?" said the soldier. "God is all; therefore the world won't belong to you, but to him. And you'll live just so long as he has patience with you, and no longer."
"I know that as well as you do," said Napoleonder.
"Well, then," replied the soldier, "if you know it, why don't you reckon with God?"
Napoleonder scowled. "Don't say such things to me!" he cried. "I've heard that sanctimonious stuff before. It's of no use. You can't fool me! I don't know any such thing as pity."
"Indeed," said the soldier, "is it so? Have a care, Napoleonder! You are swaggering too much. You lie when you say a man can live without pity. To have a soul, and to feel compassion, are one and the same thing. You have a soul, haven't you?"
"Of course I have," replied Napoleonder; "a man can't live without a soul."
"There! you see!" said the soldier. "You have a soul, and you believe in God. How, then, can you say you don't know any such thing as pity? You do know! And I believe that at this very moment, deep down in your heart, you are mortally sorry for me; only you don't want to show it. Why, then, did you kill me?"
Napoleonder suddenly became furious. "May the pip seize your tongue, you miscreant! I'll show you how much pity I have for you!" And, drawing a pistol, Napoleonder shot the wounded soldier through the head. Then, turning to his dead men, he said: "Did you see that?"
"We saw it," they replied; "and as long as it is so, we are your faithful servants always."
Napoleonder rode on.
At last night comes; and Napoleonder is sitting alone in his golden tent. His mind is troubled, and he can't understand what it is that seems to be gnawing at his heart. For years he has been at war, and this is the first time such a thing has happened. Never before has his soul been so filled with unrest. And to-morrow morning he must begin another battle–the last terrible fight with the Tsar Alexander the Blessed, on the field of Borodino.
"Akh!" he thinks, "I'll show them to-morrow what a leader I am! I'll lift the soldiers of the Tsar into the air on my lances and trample their bodies under the feet of my horses. I'll make the Tsar himself a prisoner, and I'll kill or scatter the whole Russian people."
But a voice seemed to whisper in his ear: "And why? Why?"
"I know that trick," he thought. "It's that same wounded soldier again. All right. I won't give in to him. 'Why? Why?' As if I knew why! Perhaps if I knew why I shouldn't make war."
He lay down on his bed; but hardly had he closed his eyes when he saw by his bedside the wounded soldier–young, fair-faced, blond-haired, with just the first faint shadow of a mustache. His forehead was pale, his lips were livid, his blue eyes were dim, and in his left temple there was a round black hole made by the bullet from his–Napoleonder's–pistol. And the ghastly figure seemed to ask again, "Why did you kill me?"
Napoleonder turns over and over, from side to side, in his bed. He sees that it's a bad business. He can't get rid of that soldier. And, more than all, he wonders at himself. "What an extraordinary occurrence!" he thinks. "I've killed millions of people, of all countries and nations, without the least misgiving; and now, suddenly, one miserable soldier comes and throws all my ideas into a tangle!"
Finally Napoleonder got up; but the confinement of his golden tent seemed oppressive. He went out into the open air, mounted his horse, and rode away to the place where he had shot to death the vexatious soldier.
"I've heard," he said to himself, "that when a dead man appears in a vision, it is necessary to sprinkle earth on the eyes of the corpse; then he'll lie quiet."
See also Congress and the People
Napoleonder rides on. The moon is shining brightly, and the bodies of the dead are lying on the battle-field in heaps. Everywhere he sees corruption and smells corruption.
"And all these," he thought, "I have killed."
And, wonderful to say, it seems to him as if all the dead men have the same face,–a young face with blue eyes, and blond hair, and the faint shadow of a mustache,–and they all seem to be looking at him with kindly, pitying eyes, and their bloodless lips move just a little as they ask, without anger or reproach, "Why? Why?"
Napoleonder felt a dull, heavy pressure at his heart. He had not spirit enough left to go to the little mound where the body of the dead soldier lay, so he turned his horse and rode back to his tent; and every corpse that he passed seemed to say, "Why? Why?"
He no longer felt the desire to ride at a gallop over the dead bodies of the Russian soldiers. On the contrary, he picked his way among them carefully, riding respectfully around the remains of every man who had died with honor on that field of blood; and now and then he even crossed himself and said: "Akh, that one ought to have lived! What a fine fellow that one was! He must have fought with splendid courage. And I killed him–why?"
The great conqueror never noticed that his heart was growing softer and warmer, but so it was. He pitied his dead enemies at last, and then the evil spirit went away from him, and left him in all respects like other people.
The next day came the battle. Napoleonder led his forces, cloud upon cloud, to the field of Borodino; but he was shaking as if in a chill. His generals and field-marshals looked at him and were filled with dismay.
"You ought to take a drink of vodka, Napoleonder," they say; "you don't look like yourself."
When the Russian troops attacked the hordes of Napoleonder, on the field of Borodino, the soldiers of the great conqueror at once gave way.
"It's a bad business, Napoleonder," the generals and field-marshals say. "For some reason the Russians are fighting harder to-day than ever. You'd better call out your dead men."
Napoleonder shouted at the top of his voice, "Bonaparty!"–six hundred and sixty-six,–the number of the Beast. But, cry as he would, he only frightened the jackdaws. The dead men didn't come out of their graves, nor answer his call. And Napoleonder was left on the field of Borodino alone. All his generals and field-marshals had fled, and he sat there alone on his horse, shouting, "Bonaparty! Bonaparty!"
Then suddenly there appeared beside him the smooth-faced, blue-eyed, fair-haired Russian recruit whom he had killed the day before. And the young soldier said: "It's useless to shout, Napoleonder. Nobody will come. Yesterday you felt sorry for me and for my dead brothers, and because of your pity your corpse-soldiers no longer come at your call. Your power over them is gone."
Then Napoleonder began to weep and sob, and cried out, "You have ruined me, you wretched, miserable soldier!"
But the soldier (who was Ivan-angel, and not a soldier at all) replied: "I have not ruined you, Napoleonder; I have saved you. If you had gone on in your merciless, pitiless course, there would have been no forgiveness for you, either in this life or in the life to come. Now God has given you time for repentance. In this world you shall be punished; but there, beyond, if you repent of your sins, you shall be forgiven."
And the angel vanished.
Then our Don Cossacks fell on Napoleonder, dragged him from his horse, and took him to Alexander the Blessed. Some said, "Napoleonder ought to be shot!" Others cried, "Send him to Siberia to!" But the Lord God softened the heart of Alexander the Blessed, and the merciful Tsar would not allow Napoleonder to be shot or sent to Siberia. He ordered that the great conqueror be put into an iron cage, and be carried around and exhibited to the people at country fairs. So Napoleonder was carried from one fair to another for a period of thirty summers and three years–until he had grown quite old. Then, when he was an old man, they sent him to the island of Buan to watch geese.
#Fiction


text:
import * as regex from './regex.js';
import { inherit } from './utils.js';
import * as EXT from "./compiler_extensions.js";
import { beforeMatchExt } from "./exts/before_match.js";
import { compileKeywords } from "./compile_keywords.js";
import { MultiClass } from "./ext/multi_class.js";

/**
@typedef {import('highlight.js').Mode} Mode
@typedef {import('highlight.js').CompiledMode} CompiledMode
@typedef {import('highlight.js').Language} Language
@typedef {import('highlight.js').HLJSPlugin} HLJSPlugin
@typedef {import('highlight.js').CompiledLanguage} CompiledLanguage
*/

// compilation

/**
 * Compiles a language definition result
 *
 * Given the raw result of a language definition (Language), compiles this so
 * that it is ready for highlighting code.
 * @param {Language} language
 * @returns {CompiledLanguage}
 */
export function compileLanguage(language) {
  /**
   * Builds a regex with the case sensitivity of the current language
   *
   * @param {RegExp | string} value
   * @param {boolean} [global]
   */
  function langRe(value, global) {
    return new RegExp(
      regex.source(value),
      'm'
      + (language.case_insensitive ? 'i' : '')
      + (language.unicodeRegex ? 'u' : '')
      + (global ? 'g' : '')
    );
  }

  /**
    Stores multiple regular expressions and allows you to quickly search for
    them all in a string simultaneously - returning the first match.  It does
    this by creating a huge (a|b|c) regex - each individual item wrapped with ()
    and joined by `|` - using match groups to track position.  When a match is
    found checking which position in the array has content allows us to figure
    out which of the original regexes / match groups triggered the match.

    The match object itself (the result of `Regex.exec`) is returned but also
    enhanced by merging in any meta-data that was registered with the regex.
    This is how we keep track of which mode matched, and what type of rule
    (`illegal`, `begin`, end, etc).
  */
  class MultiRegex {
    constructor() {
      this.matchIndexes = {};
      // @ts-ignore
      this.regexes = [];
      this.matchAt = 1;
      this.position = 0;
    }

    // @ts-ignore
    addRule(re, opts) {
      opts.position = this.position++;
      // @ts-ignore
      this.matchIndexes[this.matchAt] = opts;
      this.regexes.push([opts, re]);
      this.matchAt += regex.countMatchGroups(re) + 1;
    }

    compile() {
      if (this.regexes.length === 0) {
        // avoids the need to check length every time exec is called
        // @ts-ignore
        this.exec = () => null;
      }
      const terminators = this.regexes.map(el => el[1]);
      this.matcherRe = langRe(regex._rewriteBackreferences(terminators, { joinWith: '|' }), true);
      this.lastIndex = 0;
    }

    /** @param {string} s */
    exec(s) {
      this.matcherRe.lastIndex = this.lastIndex;
      const match = this.matcherRe.exec(s);
      if (!match) { return null; }

      // eslint-disable-next-line no-undefined
      const i = match.findIndex((el, i) => i > 0 && el !== undefined);
      // @ts-ignore
      const matchData = this.matchIndexes[i];
      // trim off any earlier non-relevant match groups (ie, the other regex
      // match groups that make up the multi-matcher)
      match.splice(0, i);

      return Object.assign(match, matchData);
    }
  }

  /*
    Created to solve the key deficiently with MultiRegex - there is no way to
    test for multiple matches at a single location.  Why would we need to do
    that?  In the future a more dynamic engine will allow certain matches to be
    ignored.  An example: if we matched say the 3rd regex in a large group but
    decided to ignore it - we'd need to started testing again at the 4th
    regex... but MultiRegex itself gives us no real way to do that.

    So what this class creates MultiRegexs on the fly for whatever search
    position they are needed.

    NOTE: These additional MultiRegex objects are created dynamically.  For most
    grammars most of the time we will never actually need anything more than the
    first MultiRegex - so this shouldn't have too much overhead.

    Say this is our search group, and we match regex3, but wish to ignore it.

      regex1 | regex2 | regex3 | regex4 | regex5    ' ie, startAt = 0

    What we need is a new MultiRegex that only includes the remaining
    possibilities:

      regex4 | regex5                               ' ie, startAt = 3

    This class wraps all that complexity up in a simple API... `startAt` decides
    where in the array of expressions to start doing the matching. It
    auto-increments, so if a match is found at position 2, then startAt will be
    set to 3.  If the end is reached startAt will return to 0.

    MOST of the time the parser will be setting startAt manually to 0.
  */
  class ResumableMultiRegex {
    constructor() {
      // @ts-ignore
      this.rules = [];
      // @ts-ignore
      this.multiRegexes = [];
      this.count = 0;

      this.lastIndex = 0;
      this.regexIndex = 0;
    }

    // @ts-ignore
    getMatcher(index) {
      if (this.multiRegexes[index]) return this.multiRegexes[index];

      const matcher = new MultiRegex();
      this.rules.slice(index).forEach(([re, opts]) => matcher.addRule(re, opts));
      matcher.compile();
      this.multiRegexes[index] = matcher;
      return matcher;
    }

    resumingScanAtSamePosition() {
      return this.regexIndex !== 0;
    }

    considerAll() {
      this.regexIndex = 0;
    }

    // @ts-ignore
    addRule(re, opts) {
      this.rules.push([re, opts]);
      if (opts.type === "begin") this.count++;
    }

    /** @param {string} s */
    exec(s) {
      const m = this.getMatcher(this.regexIndex);
      m.lastIndex = this.lastIndex;
      let result = m.exec(s);

      // The following is because we have no easy way to say "resume scanning at the
      // existing position but also skip the current rule ONLY". What happens is
      // all prior rules are also skipped which can result in matching the wrong
      // thing. Example of matching "booger":

      // our matcher is [string, "booger", number]
      //
      // ....booger....

      // if "booger" is ignored then we'd really need a regex to scan from the
      // SAME position for only: [string, number] but ignoring "booger" (if it
      // was the first match), a simple resume would scan ahead who knows how
      // far looking only for "number", ignoring potential string matches (or
      // future "booger" matches that might be valid.)

      // So what we do: We execute two matchers, one resuming at the same
      // position, but the second full matcher starting at the position after:

      //     /--- resume first regex match here (for [number])
      //     |/---- full match here for [string, "booger", number]
      //     vv
      // ....booger....

      // Which ever results in a match first is then used. So this 3-4 step
      // process essentially allows us to say "match at this position, excluding
      // a prior rule that was ignored".
      //
      // 1. Match "booger" first, ignore. Also proves that [string] does non match.
      // 2. Resume matching for [number]
      // 3. Match at index + 1 for [string, "booger", number]
      // 4. If #2 and #3 result in matches, which came first?
      if (this.resumingScanAtSamePosition()) {
        if (result && result.index === this.lastIndex) {
          // result is position +0 and therefore a valid
          // "resume" match so result stays result
        } else { // use the second matcher result
          const m2 = this.getMatcher(0);
          m2.lastIndex = this.lastIndex + 1;
          result = m2.exec(s);
        }
      }

      if (result) {
        this.regexIndex += result.position + 1;
        if (this.regexIndex === this.count) {
          // wrap-around to considering all matches again
          this.considerAll();
        }
      }

      return result;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Given a mode, builds a huge ResumableMultiRegex that can be used to walk
   * the content and find matches.
   *
   * @param {CompiledMode} mode
   * @returns {ResumableMultiRegex}
   */
  function buildModeRegex(mode) {
    const mm = new ResumableMultiRegex();

    mode.contains.forEach(term => mm.addRule(term.begin, { rule: term, type: "begin" }));

    if (mode.terminatorEnd) {
      mm.addRule(mode.terminatorEnd, { type: "end" });
    }
    if (mode.illegal) {
      mm.addRule(mode.illegal, { type: "illegal" });
    }

    return mm;
  }

  /** skip vs abort vs ignore
   *
   * @skip   - The mode is still entered and exited normally (and contains rules apply),
   *           but all content is held and added to the parent buffer rather than being
   *           output when the mode ends.  Mostly used with `sublanguage` to build up
   *           a single large buffer than can be parsed by sublanguage.
   *
   *             - The mode begin ands ends normally.
   *             - Content matched is added to the parent mode buffer.
   *             - The parser cursor is moved forward normally.
   *
   * @abort  - A hack placeholder until we have ignore.  Aborts the mode (as if it
   *           never matched) but DOES NOT continue to match subsequent `contains`
   *           modes.  Abort is bad/suboptimal because it can result in modes
   *           farther down not getting applied because an earlier rule eats the
   *           content but then aborts.
   *
   *             - The mode does not begin.
   *             - Content matched by `begin` is added to the mode buffer.
   *             - The parser cursor is moved forward accordingly.
   *
   * @ignore - Ignores the mode (as if it never matched) and continues to match any
   *           subsequent `contains` modes.  Ignore isn't technically possible with
   *           the current parser implementation.
   *
   *             - The mode does not begin.
   *             - Content matched by `begin` is ignored.
   *             - The parser cursor is not moved forward.
   */

  /**
   * Compiles an individual mode
   *
   * This can raise an error if the mode contains certain detectable known logic
   * issues.
   * @param {Mode} mode
   * @param {CompiledMode | null} [parent]
   * @returns {CompiledMode | never}
   */
  function compileMode(mode, parent) {
    const cmode = /** @type CompiledMode */ (mode);
    if (mode.isCompiled) return cmode;

    [
      EXT.scopeClassName,
      // do this early so compiler extensions generally don't have to worry about
      // the distinction between match/begin
      EXT.compileMatch,
      MultiClass,
      beforeMatchExt
    ].forEach(ext => ext(mode, parent));

    language.compilerExtensions.forEach(ext => ext(mode, parent));

    // __beforeBegin is considered private API, internal use only
    mode.__beforeBegin = null;

    [
      EXT.beginKeywords,
      // do this later so compiler extensions that come earlier have access to the
      // raw array if they wanted to perhaps manipulate it, etc.
      EXT.compileIllegal,
      // default to 1 relevance if not specified
      EXT.compileRelevance
    ].forEach(ext => ext(mode, parent));

    mode.isCompiled = true;

    let keywordPattern = null;
    if (typeof mode.keywords === "object" && mode.keywords.$pattern) {
      // we need a copy because keywords might be compiled multiple times
      // so we can't go deleting $pattern from the original on the first
      // pass
      mode.keywords = Object.assign({}, mode.keywords);
      keywordPattern = mode.keywords.$pattern;
      delete mode.keywords.$pattern;
    }
    keywordPattern = keywordPattern || /\w+/;

    if (mode.keywords) {
      mode.keywords = compileKeywords(mode.keywords, language.case_insensitive);
    }

    cmode.keywordPatternRe = langRe(keywordPattern, true);

    if (parent) {
      if (!mode.begin) mode.begin = /\B|\b/;
      cmode.beginRe = langRe(cmode.begin);
      if (!mode.end && !mode.endsWithParent) mode.end = /\B|\b/;
      if (mode.end) cmode.endRe = langRe(cmode.end);
      cmode.terminatorEnd = regex.source(cmode.end) || '';
      if (mode.endsWithParent && parent.terminatorEnd) {
        cmode.terminatorEnd += (mode.end ? '|' : '') + parent.terminatorEnd;
      }
    }
    if (mode.illegal) cmode.illegalRe = langRe(/** @type {RegExp | string} */ (mode.illegal));
    if (!mode.contains) mode.contains = [];

    mode.contains = [].concat(...mode.contains.map(function(c) {
      return expandOrCloneMode(c === 'self' ? mode : c);
    }));
    mode.contains.forEach(function(c) { compileMode(/** @type Mode */ (c), cmode); });

    if (mode.starts) {
      compileMode(mode.starts, parent);
    }

    cmode.matcher = buildModeRegex(cmode);
    return cmode;
  }

  if (!language.compilerExtensions) language.compilerExtensions = [];

  // self is not valid at the top-level
  if (language.contains && language.contains.includes('self')) {
    throw new Error("ERR: contains `self` is not supported at the top-level of a language.  See documentation.");
  }

  // we need a null object, which inherit will guarantee
  language.classNameAliases = inherit(language.classNameAliases || {});

  return compileMode(/** @type Mode */ (language));
}

/**
 * Determines if a mode has a dependency on it's parent or not
 *
 * If a mode does have a parent dependency then often we need to clone it if
 * it's used in multiple places so that each copy points to the correct parent,
 * where-as modes without a parent can often safely be re-used at the bottom of
 * a mode chain.
 *
 * @param {Mode | null} mode
 * @returns {boolean} - is there a dependency on the parent?
 * */
function dependencyOnParent(mode) {
  if (!mode) return false;

  return mode.endsWithParent || dependencyOnParent(mode.starts);
}

/**
 * Expands a mode or clones it if necessary
 *
 * This is necessary for modes with parental dependenceis (see notes on
 * `dependencyOnParent`) and for nodes that have `variants` - which must then be
 * exploded into their own individual modes at compile time.
 *
 * @param {Mode} mode
 * @returns {Mode | Mode[]}
 * */
function expandOrCloneMode(mode) {
  if (mode.variants && !mode.cachedVariants) {
    mode.cachedVariants = mode.variants.map(function(variant) {
      return inherit(mode, { variants: null }, variant);
    });
  }

  // EXPAND
  // if we have variants then essentially "replace" the mode with the variants
  // this happens in compileMode, where this function is called from
  if (mode.cachedVariants) {
    return mode.cachedVariants;
  }

  // CLONE
  // if we have dependencies on parents then we need a unique
  // instance of ourselves, so we can be reused with many
  // different parents without issue
  if (dependencyOnParent(mode)) {
    return inherit(mode, { starts: mode.starts ? inherit(mode.starts) : null });
  }

  if (Object.isFrozen(mode)) {
    return inherit(mode);
  }

  // no special dependency issues, just return ourselves
  return mode;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
"""
HW extend volume manager
"""

import time
import traceback

from oslo.config import cfg

from cinder import context
from cinder import utils
from cinder.volume import manager as volume_manager
from cinder.openstack.common import log as logging

LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)

class Hw_VolumeManager(volume_manager.VolumeManager):
    """Manages attachable block storage devices."""

    def update_service_capabilities(self, capabilities):
        """Update the io_workload in capabilities."""
        try:
            ctxt = context.get_admin_context()
            volumes = self.db.volume_get_all_by_host(ctxt, self.host)
            io_workload = 0
            for volume in volumes:
                if volume['status'] in utils.IO_OPS_LIST:
                    io_workload += 1
            capabilities['io_workload'] = io_workload
            LOG.debug('Calculate the io_workload result, capabilities: %s' % (capabilities))
        except Exception:
            LOG.error('Calculate the io_workload failed, exception: %s' % (traceback.format_exc()))
            pass

        self.last_capabilities = capabilities


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In a written question [in French, see below for translation], officially published February 6th, 2018, Member of the French Parliament Sabine Rubin (France Insoumise party) challenges the Minister of Culture, Françoise Nyssen, on the dangers that article 13 of the proposed European Copyright Directive revision entails for code-sharing platforms and free software communities.
In her question, the Member of Parliament mentions the Save Code Share campaign, initiated by the FSFE (Free Software Foundation Europe) and the OFE (Open Forum Europe) in September 2017, and supported by April. This campaign sheds light on the dangers that Article 13 of the proposed Copyright Directive revision brings upon code-sharing platforms and free software communities.
As shown by the white paper that was written as part of this campaign, calling into question the principle of non-liability by default for technical intermediaries "giving access" to copyrighted content — such as code-sharing platforms — could have a serious impact on free software, and more broadly on the preservation of a free and open Internet.
It should be noted that the French government has given its full support to the European Commission's text, as MEP Julia Reda points out on her website.
We look forward to the Minister's explanations, and invite her to answer this written question before the vote that should take place in the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) on the 20th or 21st of June, 2018.
Mrs Sabine Rubin draws the Minister of Culture's attention to Article 13 of the proposed revision of the Copyright directive, which is currently being examined in the European Parliamant. This article would mandate hosting platforms to set up "content-recognition technologies" for "subject-matter" uploaded by their users. This measure has raised much criticism with respect to both its compatibility with European law and its implications on Internet's freedom and openness.
More specifically, several non-profits specialising in free software and digital freedom issues are expressing concern about the impact that such a measure would have on code-sharing platforms. These platforms host content — source code — subjected to copyright and uploaded by the users. Developers — authors of the source code — publish their works on the code-sharing platforms under "free" licences which allow free distribution and free modification. These freedoms are granted to other members and users, and are inherent to the "agile" development process of free software. An automated content-recognition system would act against the will of those whose rights it is supposed to protect, while running the risk of seriously curtailing the innovation and reactivity of free-software projects.
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Post links to a user submitted CNN iReport article which relates the story of a US Army veteran who was wounded in Iraq and paralyzed from the waist down. According to the story, the disabled vet was stuck on the third floor of the hotel when a power outage rendered the elevator inoperable, and his request for assistance to the front desk was rudely dismissed by the desk clerk.
The story is unfortunately true, although the soldier involved has not personally requested any boycotts or sought direct compensation beyond the refund he has already been given.
Articles on CNN's iReport feature can be submitted by anyone with an internet connection; they are not fact-checked before they are posted, and more than a few wind up being hoaxes.
This particular story, however, sadly turns out to be quite true. As quoted in the iReport article, SSG Chad Staples (medically retired) stopped in Monahans, Texas on August 7th, 2012, and checked into the Best Western hotel. While many hotels have accessible rooms on the ground floor, they may also have these rooms on other floors to meet Americans with Disabilities Act regulations regarding number of accessibly rooms available. In this instance, Staples ended up in a third floor room. A power outage that coincided with his stay put the elevator out of service. When Staples called down to the front desk to request assistance in getting his bags back to the ground floor, the reply he got from the desk clerk was, by any measure, far from accommodating.
Because it involved a wounded veteran, the website Guardians of Valor (which was originally created to expose individuals falsely claiming to be decorated veterans) started their own investigation. Although they originally ended their investigation stating that corporate executives from Best Western had amicably resolved the situation with Staples, follow up revealed that was not necessarily the case. In an email attributed to Best Western International Director of Communications Craig Smith, it was stated that they believed Staples expressed his satisfaction with Best Western's apology in a call from a senior vice president. Staples has denied this, but also stated he has no interest in a lawsuit.
In direct contact between Guardians of Valor and Staples, he stated he said he does not want their apology, or their money, and he is not looking to sue. He just wants to ensure this never happens to anyone else again.