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The Clare Spark Blog
Filed under: Uncategorized — clarelspark @ 7:50 pm
Tags: Aaron Sorkin, andrea dworkin, androgyny, Catherine MacKinnon, David Bowie's androgyny, Fiona Apple, Herman Melville, marital fidelity, pedophilia, rape culture, The Affair, The Newsroom episode five season three, The Shock of the Global
This blog is about "rape culture" (supposedly an invention of such "man-haters" as Andrea Dworkin and Catherine MacKinnon in the 1970s, and carried on, controversially, by such as misogynistic, yet Romantic and quixotic Aaron Sorkin: see http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/12/14/newsroom_finale_did_aaron_sorkin_forget_how_to_write_a_tv_show.html), http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-newsroom-crazy-making-campus-rape-episode, "The Affair" (a Showtime series), and postmodern treatments of the battle of the sexes.
The second wave of feminism did not turn out well, although some of the chapters in The Shock of the Global (Belknap Press of Harvard U., 2010), state or hint that feminism was the most lasting of the 1970's "human rights movements" that displaced the "Cold War consensus," going so far in its chapter on Rock Music to claim that groupies were sexually liberated, like androgynous rock stars, making a lasting contribution to the war against the puritanical 1950s. That a woman wrote this chapter, inverting freedom and slavery, should not surprise us. The second wave of feminism was sex-obsessed and most of the activist women I have known would hate this blog.
I have written earlier about the unwinnable and inevitable "battle of the sexes" for all research and personal observation show that men and women are put together differently, and no amount of activism, cross-dressing, or preaching will change these biological differences. (I wrote about androgyny here: https://clarespark.com/2014/01/23/androgyny/.)
Thus when postmodern feminists of either sex try to contrast male and female perspectives on events in a marriage or an affair, they get it only partly right, as for instance, the contrasting views of recent events in Noah vs. Alison in "The Affair." (For instance, Noah initially sees Alison as a femme fatale, a perception reiterated in the Fiona Apple death-obsessed song "Container" that heads each episode; whereas Alison sees Noah as the more aggressive of the pair.)
What is missing is any depth of insight into the difficulties in maintaining the romance in any relationship. Also MIA is the attraction that all mature adults feel for the unspoiled beauty of young children, who we imagine to be "innocent" of the animal urges that torment us in attempting to maintain a monogamous relationship, especially a relationship with children who may arouse contrasting and incompatible feelings in fathers versus mothers. (See https://clarespark.com/2009/06/16/woody-allen-and-the-myth-of-the-artist/.)
Most public speech is heavily censored, much of it by ourselves, as we fight to maintain our idealizations of those we love or admire. So we count on poetry and fiction to illuminate the "dark" side of our impulses, but authors, no matter how talented, well-intentioned, and "conscious" may have the same limitations as readers. For we are all populated internally by "ignorant armies that clash by night." As I have maintained often on this website, we are to an unknowable extent prisoners of our contexts.
This blog has been abstract and vague for reasons of privacy, or perhaps not. For as Herman Melville famously observed in his "crazy" novel Pierre, or the Ambiguities (1852), "It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open." (Note the qualifying word "apparently"; this is how Melville hooks the reader, laying traps wherever he wanders. On the ideological misreadings of Melville's oeuvre see https://clarespark.com/2010/06/10/herman-melville-dead-white-male/.)
"NO TRUST."
"The Affair" and the Country versus the City
Tags: Dominic West, election season 2014, Joshua Jackson, Maura Tierney, Montauk, perspectivism, postmodernism, progress, Ruth Wilson, Showtime, The Affair
[Update 12-14-2015: there were minor errors in my first impressions of this series, which got a Golden Globes award for Drama after the first season. 1. The murder victim is Cole's brother, Scottie, a junkie. 2. Alison's baby died of drowning (hence the pervasive water images). 3. Alison has become a symbol of the persistent attraction of small town life, and has gone darker, as has Noah. 4. Oscar (the red-headed Jew (?) is apparently the father of Alison's baby owing to an impulsive one-night stand. 4. The most favorable characters are now the discarded spouses, Helen and Cole. Indeed, Maura Tierney (Helen) has been nominated for a Golden Globes Award, which she will probably win. To conclude: the 1960s turn to primitivism (in emotion, hence in closeness to "Nature" is probably the most obvious theme of this (anti-modern) series.]
Showtime has a new drama series about two married persons living in Montauk (one is vacationing there) that I would thought would be no more than the usual soft porn directed at a middle class cable audience, but it is more interesting than that.
Here are the features that I find indicative of current politics:
First, the hero ("Noah Soloway," played by Dominic West), a writer with one published work of fiction to his name, has married above his socio-economic class and must cope with bourgeois, success-driven in-laws, an intelligent wife (Maura Tierney) and four children. His successful father-in-law is also a writer, but a best seller author who taunts him. His mother-in-law, also outspoken and nasty, calls him a [loony] "idealist" in front of the protagonist's family.
Second, the anti-hero has a meeting with his wife's father's agent (arranged by dad), in which he telegraphs the theme of the series: it will about the decline of "the American pastoral" and the struggle to preserve small town values in the face of modernization and urbanization. In the end, the married protagonist will kill his small-town lover. That alone interests the agent.
Third, there is a mystery: the female lover's boss wants to put a bowling alley next to his diner; "Cole" (played by Joshua Jackson) the husband of the Ruth Wilson character ("Alison Lockhart," a bereaved parent whose son has recently died, perhaps of cancer), makes a substantial speech at a town meeting that is considering the over-commercialization of Montauk and the subsequent loss of "community." At this point, we suspect that someone has murdered Cole (probably the upwardly mobile avatar of "progress"), for the two lovers are being interrogated by a detective, and a male murder victim is mentioned. Since Alison is present, and mentions missing "him" the suspense does not lie in who killed whom.
Fourth, each episode is divided in half. The first half describes events mostly from "Noah's recollection, while the second half is told from the woman's perspective. They are drastically different, with Noah recalling the sexual aggressiveness of his partner in deception, while Alison has much more on her mind, namely politics and her grief. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Affair_(TV_series).
Clearly, Showtime is run by progressives, who demonstrate their postmodern, hip commitments by criticizing the intact heterosexual family and showing the subjectivity of "perspectivism." In addition to class and gender struggle, some nudity and forbidden sex, we have the critique of progress. Indeed, one of the characters sneers at the thought of Montauk turning into Easthampton.
And are not these identical themes being played out in our current political struggle for the US Senate? And it will be the redneck diner owner ("Oscar" played by Darren Goldstein) who probably did the dirty deed: how dare he strive for "development?"
About Clare Spark
About the Yankee Doodle Society (YDS)
Geoffrey Gorer, British anthropologist, sees American national character
What is cultural relativism?
"Who ain't a slave?"
Evil (crypto-Jewish) "Puritans"
Did racial theory take off in medieval Spain: Benzion Netanyahu's big book
Teen-age sex
Invisible Man, (1952) reread
Fox News and the cover up of Western racism (including the USA)
Philip Wylie's Generation of Vipers (January, 1943)
James W. Ceaser attacks the academic left in Reconstructing America
Anticommunism, Ltd.
Henry Steele Commager, major Fabian historian
The American Revolution as told by two historians
I spent a long time in wondering whether or not David Armstrong, the author of A Trumpet to Arms… (1981) was a liberal Democrat or a Red, and then I realized that it was my problem, for I have some difficulties with my conservative FB friends (around issues of feminism, etc.). This blog is about Armstrong's book on the emergence of the counter-culture and alternative media, begun in the 1960s in the Berkeley Free Speech movement, and then the US involvement in Vietnam, but culminating in ecology (including nuclear power), multiculturalism (as contrasted to "imperialism"), anti-racism, New Age mysticism, anti-Puritanism, "subjectivity," drug culture, the vogue for electric cars, high rises, "balance," localism in the style of Woodrow Wilson, excessive wealth, feminism, gay liberation, and the preference for "Love" over "hate." All these were issues with which I grasped during my short stint as Program Director for the Los Angeles Pacifica radio station, KPFK-FM. (I wondered then too, whether it was a social democratic vs. Marxist outfit. I found the same conflict during graduate work at UCLA). It is same fight for anti-capitalism vs. laissez-faire market forces that I have devoted much of this website to, whatever the topic.
The Cold War, a moderate liberal version
The culture war over US and World History Standards
Bohemia and the New Left
Richard Hofstadter on Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1865-1915 (1944)
Four books on Hitler and the Rise of Nazism.
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Wednesday 9/9 COVID-19 Updates
As of today, there are 1317 Cambridge residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and 99 residents have passed away. Learn more here. There have been 121,396 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, and there are 182 newly reported confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state today. 1,888,323 patients have been tested, and 8,937 have passed away. Learn more here.
The state's application to receive grant funding to pay a limited additional weekly unemployment benefit to claimants for the 5 weeks ending 8/1/20, 8/8/20, 8/15/20, 8/22/20, and 8/29/20 under the federal Lost Wages Supplemental Payment Assistance (LWA) has been approved by FEMA. The grant will fund an additional $300 weekly payment to those who are eligible for at least $100 in weekly unemployment benefits for these five weeks.
Eligible Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claimants already received the first three weeks of LWA payments. The additional 2 weeks of benefits will be processed beginning today, Wednesday 9/9.
Disbursements to eligible standard Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants for the full five weeks of additional benefits will begin tomorrow, Thursday 9/10, and payments are expected to be in claimants bank accounts by Tuesday 9/15.
Today, the Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments from attorneys of two convicted individuals arguing that the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic warrant keeping them out of custody until the public health crisis has subsided.
Governor Baker held a press conference today. He announced that Framingham will be added to the list of communities that the Stop COVID-19 campaign is focusing on. Additional enforcement and resources have been dedicated to these communities including testing, contact tracing, public awareness, and more.
He announced that as college students and faculty have been returning to campuses they have been getting tested, and that the Department of Public Health will start reporting data on college COVID-19 testing shortly.
The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission visited 1200 establishments across the state last week. Fines and warnings were issued to 300 businesses for failing to enforce public health regulations. 900 businesses were found to be in compliance with COVID-19 protocols.
The Cambridge Health Alliance is participating in the Massachusetts Opioid Screening & Awareness Day on September 22nd. They will be holding a free virtual town hall from 9-11AM, where you can learn from experts about opioid use, treatment and local services. You can also find information on screenings and resources are available here.
The U.S. Census Bureau is holding Mobile Questionnaire Assistance events in Cambridge on September 11th at 3PM at 30 Cambridgepark Drive and on the 14th at 2PM at Washington Elms. Assistance will be provided in multiple languages for those who have questions or need help completing their Census. There will be iPads available to assist in completion and those assisting will be wearing masks and practicing social distancing.
The City of Cambridge is using Cambridge based Biobot Analytics' analysis of COVID-19 levels through wastewater testing as one of three factors in its reopening of schools for in-person learning. Measurements can predict what will happen in the community in 4-7 days.
There will be partial roadway grinding and paving operations in several locations throughout Cambridge. Specific work days are not available, so be sure to watch for "No Parking" signs which will be posted 24 hours in advance and indicate exact locations and dates. Vehicles within the project area will need to be moved by 7AM.
The City's COVID-19 free mobile testing will resume on September 9th and will be available at the following locations:
The Pisani Center (131 Washington St) will offer testing on Saturday, September 19 from 11AM – 7PM
You can make an appointment to be tested online or by calling 617-665-3795.
On Fridays, Cambridge CoHousing will be collecting food for the Chelsea Food Collaborative. Drop off is between 9 AM to 3:30PM at 175 Richdale Ave, the entrance to CoHousing, either in a paper bag or small box. If you don't see someone at the moment you come, please leave it just inside the gate where we will have boxes marked "For Chelsea."

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VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM - IPCC AR6 - WHAT...
Virtual Symposium - IPCC AR6 - What Does It Mean For Singapore - Ms Grace Fu
Opening Remarks by Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, at the Virtual Symposium: IPCC AR6 - What Does It Mean for Singapore, on 31 August 2021
Good afternoon and a warm welcome.
2	This is a timely symposium on the latest findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). All over the globe, the signs are clear – climate change is already worsening many weather extremes.
3	Just in the last two months, unprecedented heat waves hit the US and Canada, reaching above a scorching 40 degrees Celsius, and widespread flooding occurred in Europe and China, caused by extreme rainfall. At home, we have also witnessed record rainfalls in January, April and August, leading to the flash floods in various parts of the island. For a low-lying island city like Singapore, these are sobering reminders of the existential threat of climate change.
4	United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the latest IPCC report as a 'code red for humanity'. With every degree of warming, the world will experience more extreme weather patterns. Let me share my thoughts on what the IPCC report means for Singapore: First, we will need to press on with efforts in climate mitigation by curbing carbon emissions. Second, strengthening our national resilience will help us better adapt to climate change. This involves understanding the science, building flexibility in our plans to account for climate uncertainties, making significant long-term investments in infrastructure in a fiscally prudent manner, and bolstering a strong community response.
Singapore's Mitigation Strategies
5	The IPCC findings emphasise the urgency to step up efforts to curb carbon emissions and rein in global warming. Every tonne of greenhouse gas reduced can and will lead to tangible improvements to our environment. Despite only contributing 0.1% of global carbon emissions, Singapore will play our full part.
6	We have taken decisive steps to mitigate emissions. Last year, we submitted our enhanced 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution and Long-Term Low-Emissions Development Strategy under the Paris Agreement. This year, we launched the Singapore Green Plan 2030, a living plan which charts concrete and ambitious targets, positioning Singapore to achieve net zero emissions as soon as viable.
7	We are pursuing three key strategies to decarbonise. First, we are transforming our industry, economy and society to be more energy and carbon efficient and adopt more renewable energy. To drive carbon emissions reduction across the economy, Singapore introduced a carbon tax in 2019, the first in Southeast Asia to do so. The Government is reviewing the tax trajectory and level, post-2023. We will quadruple our solar energy deployment from 2020 levels to at least 2 GWp by 2030.
8	Second, we will invest in, and draw on low-carbon technologies, such as carbon capture, utilisation and storage, and low-carbon hydrogen. The Low-Carbon Energy Research Programme supports projects to catalyse growth in low-carbon technologies and develop solutions for the region and beyond. These projects help us develop technical capabilities and regulatory requirements to prepare us for larger scale deployment of hydrogen. We are partnering countries like New Zealand, Chile and Australia on low-carbon hydrogen and low-emissions solutions.
9	This brings me to the third strategy – international collaboration. Climate action requires a concerted global effort. Singapore is a strong advocate for a multilateral, rules-based approach to address climate change. We work closely with other countries at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to sustain the global momentum on climate action. We will also foster international collaboration in areas like well-functioning carbon markets and regional electricity grids. Our plans are not static, and we will continue to raise our climate ambitions as more options for emissions reductions emerge.
Singapore's Adaptation Efforts
10	The IPCC findings also highlight the need for us to press ahead with our climate adaptation efforts, as informed by the latest climate science. The report indicates that the 1.5 degree Celsius global warming level will be crossed by the early 2030s. The rate of global mean sea level rise has accelerated, and sea level will continue to rise, by up to 1 metre by the end of the century. Every region in the world, including ours, is projected to experience more frequent and severe droughts, more intense and frequent extreme rainfall events, and flooding. These changes will be more widespread at 2 degree Celsius as compared to 1.5 degree Celsius global warming levels.
11	First, we must seek to understand what the IPCC findings mean in terms of local weather patterns in Singapore. The Centre for Climate Research Singapore, or CCRS, has embarked on the Third National Climate Change Study to derive local climate projections based on global IPCC models. This study will be completed by the end of next year. CCRS also works closely with our local universities to perform research and build up climate science capabilities in Singapore. This ensures that our strategies are informed by the latest climate science and projections.
12	Second, we must press ahead with our climate adaptation plans and implement them progressively. Many of these plans are outlined under the 'Resilient Future' pillar of the Singapore Green Plan.
13	For instance, we will need to keep Singapore cool in a warming world. The Government has been developing a heat mitigation plan. This includes increasing urban greenery, green buildings and scaling up the use of cool materials. We are intensifying greenery in our urban environment. As part of our OneMillionTrees movement, 170,000 more trees will be planted in industrial estates over the next 10 years, nearly tripling current tree population. We are piloting cool paints at 130 HDB blocks in Tampines, aiming to reduce ambient temperature of the estate. These efforts can create a more conducive work and living environment for everyone.
14	Like other coastal, low-lying cities, Singapore is particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels and more intense rainfall. We are implementing coastal protection in phases, beginning with the more vulnerable coastlines. PUB, our national coastal protection agency, has commenced a site-specific study along City-East Coast to look at feasible solutions, and will commence studies for Jurong Island and the North-West coast later this year, and in 2022 respectively. We will plan flexibly to take into account the latest climate science and examine coastal protection holistically with our flood resilience measures. PUB has invested almost $2 billion on drainage works in the last decade, and will continue to invest another $1.4 billion over the next five years to enhance flood resilience. As a result of PUB's efforts, Singapore's flood prone areas, have been reduced from 3,200 hectares in the 1970s to 28 hectares today despite increasing urbanisation.
15	But, as climate change brings about more intense rainfall, it will not be possible to completely eliminate flash floods. That is why another important aspect of climate adaptation is our community resilience. We shall build preparedness for extreme weather events; have the population checking weather advisories and warnings; and adjust our daily lives in response to weather forecasts. To support people in doing so, the Government will continue to strengthen our forecasting and sensing capabilities, and improve education and outreach efforts. For example, ahead of heavy monsoon seasons, PUB will continue to work closely with building owners and residents in low-lying areas to deploy flood protection devices to safeguard lives and properties.
Together forward, as one Singapore
16	In conclusion, the Government cannot tackle climate change alone. We need our entire nation to collectively rise to this existential challenge.
a) We will need our scientists to do high quality research and improve our models and projections, so that our adaptation efforts are effective and relevant. In this regard, I look forward to the sharing by Professors Benjamin Horton, Winston Chow and Lynette Cheah, who had volunteered their time in the current Sixth Assessment cycle of the IPCC.
b) We will need our community, our youths and NGOs to walk the talk, and be our champions in our transition to a low-carbon economy and Zero Waste nation.
c) We will need our businesses to transform, and make sustainability not just a core pillar of their operations but a competitive advantage, being more energy and carbon efficient and pursuing sustainable production.
d) We will need every one of us to make climate friendlier choices such as purchasing energy and water-efficient appliances, reducing air conditioning, and opting for public transport where possible.
17	By working together on climate action, we can strengthen our climate resilience and with that, our national resilience. We can then realise our vision of Singapore as a City of Green Possibilities. Let us all play our part and commit to make the Singapore Green Plan 2030 a reality.
18	Thank you.


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namespace cc {

scoped_ptr<LayerImpl> ScrollbarLayer::CreateLayerImpl(
    LayerTreeImpl* tree_impl) {
  return ScrollbarLayerImpl::Create(
      tree_impl,
      id(),
      ScrollbarGeometryFixedThumb::Create(make_scoped_ptr(geometry_->clone())))
      .PassAs<LayerImpl>();
}

scoped_refptr<ScrollbarLayer> ScrollbarLayer::Create(
    scoped_ptr<WebKit::WebScrollbar> scrollbar,
    scoped_ptr<ScrollbarThemePainter> painter,
    scoped_ptr<WebKit::WebScrollbarThemeGeometry> geometry,
    int scroll_layer_id) {
  return make_scoped_refptr(new ScrollbarLayer(scrollbar.Pass(),
                                               painter.Pass(),
                                               geometry.Pass(),
                                               scroll_layer_id));
}

ScrollbarLayer::ScrollbarLayer(
    scoped_ptr<WebKit::WebScrollbar> scrollbar,
    scoped_ptr<ScrollbarThemePainter> painter,
    scoped_ptr<WebKit::WebScrollbarThemeGeometry> geometry,
    int scroll_layer_id)
    : scrollbar_(scrollbar.Pass()),
      painter_(painter.Pass()),
      geometry_(geometry.Pass()),
      scroll_layer_id_(scroll_layer_id),
      texture_format_(GL_INVALID_ENUM) {
  if (!scrollbar_->isOverlay())
    SetShouldScrollOnMainThread(true);
}

ScrollbarLayer::~ScrollbarLayer() {}

void ScrollbarLayer::SetScrollLayerId(int id) {
  if (id == scroll_layer_id_)
    return;

  scroll_layer_id_ = id;
  SetNeedsFullTreeSync();
}

bool ScrollbarLayer::OpacityCanAnimateOnImplThread() const {
  return scrollbar_->isOverlay();
}

WebKit::WebScrollbar::Orientation ScrollbarLayer::Orientation() const {
  return scrollbar_->orientation();
}

int ScrollbarLayer::MaxTextureSize() {
  DCHECK(layer_tree_host());
  return layer_tree_host()->GetRendererCapabilities().max_texture_size;
}

float ScrollbarLayer::ClampScaleToMaxTextureSize(float scale) {
  if (layer_tree_host()->settings().solid_color_scrollbars)
    return scale;

  // If the scaled content_bounds() is bigger than the max texture size of the
  // device, we need to clamp it by rescaling, since content_bounds() is used
  // below to set the texture size.
  gfx::Size scaled_bounds = ComputeContentBoundsForScale(scale, scale);
  if (scaled_bounds.width() > MaxTextureSize() ||
      scaled_bounds.height() > MaxTextureSize()) {
    if (scaled_bounds.width() > scaled_bounds.height())
      return (MaxTextureSize() - 1) / static_cast<float>(bounds().width());
    else
      return (MaxTextureSize() - 1) / static_cast<float>(bounds().height());
  }
  return scale;
}

void ScrollbarLayer::CalculateContentsScale(float ideal_contents_scale,
                                            bool animating_transform_to_screen,
                                            float* contents_scale_x,
                                            float* contents_scale_y,
                                            gfx::Size* content_bounds) {
  ContentsScalingLayer::CalculateContentsScale(
      ClampScaleToMaxTextureSize(ideal_contents_scale),
      animating_transform_to_screen,
      contents_scale_x,
      contents_scale_y,
      content_bounds);
}

void ScrollbarLayer::PushPropertiesTo(LayerImpl* layer) {
  ContentsScalingLayer::PushPropertiesTo(layer);

  ScrollbarLayerImpl* scrollbar_layer = static_cast<ScrollbarLayerImpl*>(layer);

  scrollbar_layer->SetScrollbarData(scrollbar_.get());
  scrollbar_layer->SetThumbSize(thumb_size_);

  if (back_track_ && back_track_->texture()->have_backing_texture()) {
    scrollbar_layer->set_back_track_resource_id(
        back_track_->texture()->resource_id());
  } else {
    scrollbar_layer->set_back_track_resource_id(0);
  }

  if (fore_track_ && fore_track_->texture()->have_backing_texture()) {
    scrollbar_layer->set_fore_track_resource_id(
        fore_track_->texture()->resource_id());
  } else {
    scrollbar_layer->set_fore_track_resource_id(0);
  }

  if (thumb_ && thumb_->texture()->have_backing_texture())
    scrollbar_layer->set_thumb_resource_id(thumb_->texture()->resource_id());
  else
    scrollbar_layer->set_thumb_resource_id(0);

  // Pinch zoom ScrollbarLayerImpl does not get its scroll_layer_id_
  // set in LayerImpl, so we need to push it here.
  if (scroll_layer_id_ == Layer::PINCH_ZOOM_ROOT_SCROLL_LAYER_ID)
    scrollbar_layer->set_scroll_layer_id(scroll_layer_id_);
}

ScrollbarLayer* ScrollbarLayer::ToScrollbarLayer() {
  return this;
}

class ScrollbarBackgroundPainter : public LayerPainter {
 public:
  static scoped_ptr<ScrollbarBackgroundPainter> Create(
      WebKit::WebScrollbar* scrollbar,
      ScrollbarThemePainter *painter,
      WebKit::WebScrollbarThemeGeometry* geometry,
      WebKit::WebScrollbar::ScrollbarPart trackPart) {
    return make_scoped_ptr(new ScrollbarBackgroundPainter(scrollbar,
                                                          painter,
                                                          geometry,
                                                          trackPart));
  }

  virtual void Paint(SkCanvas* canvas,
                     gfx::Rect content_rect,
                     gfx::RectF* opaque) OVERRIDE {
    // The following is a simplification of ScrollbarThemeComposite::paint.
    painter_->PaintScrollbarBackground(canvas, content_rect);

    if (geometry_->hasButtons(scrollbar_)) {
      gfx::Rect back_button_start_paint_rect =
          geometry_->backButtonStartRect(scrollbar_);
      painter_->PaintBackButtonStart(canvas, back_button_start_paint_rect);

      gfx::Rect back_button_end_paint_rect =
          geometry_->backButtonEndRect(scrollbar_);
      painter_->PaintBackButtonEnd(canvas, back_button_end_paint_rect);

      gfx::Rect forward_button_start_paint_rect =
          geometry_->forwardButtonStartRect(scrollbar_);
      painter_->PaintForwardButtonStart(canvas,
                                        forward_button_start_paint_rect);

      gfx::Rect forward_button_end_paint_rect =
          geometry_->forwardButtonEndRect(scrollbar_);
      painter_->PaintForwardButtonEnd(canvas, forward_button_end_paint_rect);
    }

    gfx::Rect track_paint_rect = geometry_->trackRect(scrollbar_);
    painter_->PaintTrackBackground(canvas, track_paint_rect);

    bool thumb_present = geometry_->hasThumb(scrollbar_);
    if (thumb_present) {
      if (track_part_ == WebKit::WebScrollbar::ForwardTrackPart)
        painter_->PaintForwardTrackPart(canvas, track_paint_rect);
      else
        painter_->PaintBackTrackPart(canvas, track_paint_rect);
    }

    painter_->PaintTickmarks(canvas, track_paint_rect);
  }

 private:
  ScrollbarBackgroundPainter(WebKit::WebScrollbar* scrollbar,
                             ScrollbarThemePainter *painter,
                             WebKit::WebScrollbarThemeGeometry* geometry,
                             WebKit::WebScrollbar::ScrollbarPart trackPart)
      : scrollbar_(scrollbar),
        painter_(painter),
        geometry_(geometry),
        track_part_(trackPart) {}

  WebKit::WebScrollbar* scrollbar_;
  ScrollbarThemePainter* painter_;
  WebKit::WebScrollbarThemeGeometry* geometry_;
  WebKit::WebScrollbar::ScrollbarPart track_part_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScrollbarBackgroundPainter);
};

class ScrollbarThumbPainter : public LayerPainter {
 public:
  static scoped_ptr<ScrollbarThumbPainter> Create(
      WebKit::WebScrollbar* scrollbar,
      ScrollbarThemePainter* painter,
      WebKit::WebScrollbarThemeGeometry* geometry) {
    return make_scoped_ptr(new ScrollbarThumbPainter(scrollbar,
                                                     painter,
                                                     geometry));
  }

  virtual void Paint(SkCanvas* canvas,
                     gfx::Rect content_rect,
                     gfx::RectF* opaque) OVERRIDE {
    // Consider the thumb to be at the origin when painting.
    gfx::Rect thumb_rect = geometry_->thumbRect(scrollbar_);
    painter_->PaintThumb(canvas, gfx::Rect(thumb_rect.size()));
  }

 private:
  ScrollbarThumbPainter(WebKit::WebScrollbar* scrollbar,
                        ScrollbarThemePainter* painter,
                        WebKit::WebScrollbarThemeGeometry* geometry)
      : scrollbar_(scrollbar),
        painter_(painter),
        geometry_(geometry) {}

  WebKit::WebScrollbar* scrollbar_;
  ScrollbarThemePainter* painter_;
  WebKit::WebScrollbarThemeGeometry* geometry_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScrollbarThumbPainter);
};

void ScrollbarLayer::SetLayerTreeHost(LayerTreeHost* host) {
  if (!host || host != layer_tree_host()) {
    back_track_updater_ = NULL;
    back_track_.reset();
    thumb_updater_ = NULL;
    thumb_.reset();
  }

  ContentsScalingLayer::SetLayerTreeHost(host);
}

void ScrollbarLayer::CreateUpdaterIfNeeded() {
  if (layer_tree_host()->settings().solid_color_scrollbars)
    return;

  texture_format_ =
      layer_tree_host()->GetRendererCapabilities().best_texture_format;

  if (!back_track_updater_) {
    back_track_updater_ = CachingBitmapContentLayerUpdater::Create(
        ScrollbarBackgroundPainter::Create(
            scrollbar_.get(),
            painter_.get(),
            geometry_.get(),
            WebKit::WebScrollbar::BackTrackPart).PassAs<LayerPainter>(),
        rendering_stats_instrumentation());
  }
  if (!back_track_) {
    back_track_ = back_track_updater_->CreateResource(
        layer_tree_host()->contents_texture_manager());
  }

  // Only create two-part track if we think the two parts could be different in
  // appearance.
  if (scrollbar_->isCustomScrollbar()) {
    if (!fore_track_updater_) {
      fore_track_updater_ = CachingBitmapContentLayerUpdater::Create(
          ScrollbarBackgroundPainter::Create(
              scrollbar_.get(),
              painter_.get(),
              geometry_.get(),
              WebKit::WebScrollbar::ForwardTrackPart).PassAs<LayerPainter>(),
          rendering_stats_instrumentation());
    }
    if (!fore_track_) {
      fore_track_ = fore_track_updater_->CreateResource(
          layer_tree_host()->contents_texture_manager());
    }
  }

  if (!thumb_updater_) {
    thumb_updater_ = CachingBitmapContentLayerUpdater::Create(
        ScrollbarThumbPainter::Create(scrollbar_.get(),
                                      painter_.get(),
                                      geometry_.get()).PassAs<LayerPainter>(),
        rendering_stats_instrumentation());
  }
  if (!thumb_) {
    thumb_ = thumb_updater_->CreateResource(
        layer_tree_host()->contents_texture_manager());
  }
}

void ScrollbarLayer::UpdatePart(CachingBitmapContentLayerUpdater* painter,
                                LayerUpdater::Resource* resource,
                                gfx::Rect rect,
                                ResourceUpdateQueue* queue,
                                RenderingStats* stats) {
  if (layer_tree_host()->settings().solid_color_scrollbars)
    return;

  // Skip painting and uploading if there are no invalidations and
  // we already have valid texture data.
  if (resource->texture()->have_backing_texture() &&
      resource->texture()->size() == rect.size() &&
      !is_dirty())
    return;

  // We should always have enough memory for UI.
  DCHECK(resource->texture()->can_acquire_backing_texture());
  if (!resource->texture()->can_acquire_backing_texture())
    return;

  // Paint and upload the entire part.
  gfx::Rect painted_opaque_rect;
  painter->PrepareToUpdate(rect,
                           rect.size(),
                           contents_scale_x(),
                           contents_scale_y(),
                           &painted_opaque_rect,
                           stats);
  if (!painter->pixels_did_change() &&
      resource->texture()->have_backing_texture()) {
    TRACE_EVENT_INSTANT0("cc",
                         "ScrollbarLayer::UpdatePart no texture upload needed",
                         TRACE_EVENT_SCOPE_THREAD);
    return;
  }

  bool partial_updates_allowed =
      layer_tree_host()->settings().max_partial_texture_updates > 0;
  if (!partial_updates_allowed)
    resource->texture()->ReturnBackingTexture();

  gfx::Vector2d dest_offset(0, 0);
  resource->Update(queue, rect, dest_offset, partial_updates_allowed, stats);
}

gfx::Rect ScrollbarLayer::ScrollbarLayerRectToContentRect(
    gfx::Rect layer_rect) const {
  // Don't intersect with the bounds as in LayerRectToContentRect() because
  // layer_rect here might be in coordinates of the containing layer.
  gfx::RectF content_rect = gfx::ScaleRect(layer_rect,
                                           contents_scale_y(),
                                           contents_scale_y());
  return gfx::ToEnclosingRect(content_rect);
}

void ScrollbarLayer::SetTexturePriorities(
    const PriorityCalculator& priority_calc) {
  if (layer_tree_host()->settings().solid_color_scrollbars)
    return;

  if (content_bounds().IsEmpty())
    return;
  DCHECK_LE(content_bounds().width(), MaxTextureSize());
  DCHECK_LE(content_bounds().height(), MaxTextureSize());

  CreateUpdaterIfNeeded();

  bool draws_to_root = !render_target()->parent();
  if (back_track_) {
    back_track_->texture()->SetDimensions(content_bounds(), texture_format_);
    back_track_->texture()->set_request_priority(
        PriorityCalculator::UIPriority(draws_to_root));
  }
  if (fore_track_) {
    fore_track_->texture()->SetDimensions(content_bounds(), texture_format_);
    fore_track_->texture()->set_request_priority(
        PriorityCalculator::UIPriority(draws_to_root));
  }
  if (thumb_) {
    gfx::Rect thumb_layer_rect = geometry_->thumbRect(scrollbar_.get());
    gfx::Size thumb_size =
        ScrollbarLayerRectToContentRect(thumb_layer_rect).size();
    thumb_->texture()->SetDimensions(thumb_size, texture_format_);
    thumb_->texture()->set_request_priority(
        PriorityCalculator::UIPriority(draws_to_root));
  }
}

void ScrollbarLayer::Update(ResourceUpdateQueue* queue,
                            const OcclusionTracker* occlusion,
                            RenderingStats* stats) {
  {
    base::AutoReset<bool> ignore_set_needs_commit(&ignore_set_needs_commit_,
                                                  true);
    ContentsScalingLayer::Update(queue, occlusion, stats);
  }

  dirty_rect_.Union(update_rect_);
  if (content_bounds().IsEmpty())
    return;
  if (visible_content_rect().IsEmpty())
    return;

  CreateUpdaterIfNeeded();

  gfx::Rect content_rect = ScrollbarLayerRectToContentRect(
      gfx::Rect(scrollbar_->location(), bounds()));
  UpdatePart(back_track_updater_.get(),
             back_track_.get(),
             content_rect,
             queue,
             stats);
  if (fore_track_ && fore_track_updater_) {
    UpdatePart(fore_track_updater_.get(),
               fore_track_.get(),
               content_rect,
               queue,
               stats);
  }

  // Consider the thumb to be at the origin when painting.
  gfx::Rect thumb_rect = geometry_->thumbRect(scrollbar_.get());
  thumb_size_ = thumb_rect.size();
  gfx::Rect origin_thumb_rect =
      ScrollbarLayerRectToContentRect(gfx::Rect(thumb_rect.size()));
  if (!origin_thumb_rect.IsEmpty()) {
    UpdatePart(thumb_updater_.get(),
               thumb_.get(),
               origin_thumb_rect,
               queue,
               stats);
  }

  dirty_rect_ = gfx::RectF();
}

}  // namespace cc

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Class ComposedValidatorDescriptor

Combines multiples validator descriptors into a single validator descriptor.

Inheritance

System.Object

ComposedValidatorDescriptor

Inherited Members

                  System.Object.ToString()

                  System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

                  System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

                  System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

                  System.Object.GetHashCode()

                  System.Object.GetType()

                  System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace:Bifrost.FluentValidation

Assembly:Bifrost.FluentValidation.dll

Syntax

public class ComposedValidatorDescriptor : IValidatorDescriptor

Constructors

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ComposedValidatorDescriptor(IEnumerable<IValidatorDescriptor>)

Instantiates an instance of a ComposedValidatorDescriptor

Declaration

public ComposedValidatorDescriptor(IEnumerable<IValidatorDescriptor> registeredDescriptors)

Parameters

                    Type
                    Name
                    Description

                    System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<FluentValidation.IValidatorDescriptor>
                    registeredDescriptors

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GetMembersWithValidators()

Gets a collection of validators grouped by property.

Declaration

public ILookup<string, IPropertyValidator> GetMembersWithValidators()

Returns

                    Type
                    Description

                    System.Linq.ILookup<System.String, FluentValidation.Validators.IPropertyValidator>

Implements

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GetName(String)

Gets the name display name for a property.

Declaration

public string GetName(string property)

Parameters

                    Type
                    Name
                    Description

                    System.String
                    property

Returns

                    Type
                    Description

                    System.String

Implements

FluentValidation.IValidatorDescriptor.GetName(System.String)

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GetRulesForMember(String)

Gets rules for a property.

Declaration

public IEnumerable<IValidationRule> GetRulesForMember(string name)

Parameters

                    Type
                    Name
                    Description

                    System.String
                    name

Returns

                    Type
                    Description

                    System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<FluentValidation.IValidationRule>

Implements

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GetValidatorsForMember(String)

Gets validators for a particular property.

Declaration

public IEnumerable<IPropertyValidator> GetValidatorsForMember(string name)

Parameters

                    Type
                    Name
                    Description

                    System.String
                    name

Returns

                    Type
                    Description

                    System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<FluentValidation.Validators.IPropertyValidator>

Implements

FluentValidation.IValidatorDescriptor.GetValidatorsForMember(System.String)

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News 16 Jan
This Post in Da Russophile about Politics, and tagged Human Rights, International Relations, Russia, was written by Anatoly Karlin on January 16, 2008 . Leave a Comment
Freedom House publishes its 2008 report on Freedom in the World.
Russia scored a 6 for Political Rights and and 5 for Civil Rights (1 is best, 7 is worst). According to their figures, Russia is no different from Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Brunei, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and the UAE, and less free than Afghanistan, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Nepal, Togo, Thailand and Yemen. In other words, it sits right alongside the the tinpot dictatorships and monarchies of this world.
As you might well imagine, we have issues with that – and we'll cover them in detail, probably in our next Editorial. Suffice to say for now that Da Russophile disagrees.
Russia's Lavrov to attend Georgia inauguration – it was expected that Russia would send someone lower-ranking than its Foreign Minister. Probably this is tied with Saakashvili recently opting for better ties with Russia.
Polish President Warns About Russia Policy – sour old grapes (ducklings?) remain, but the Polish President is weak and his brother was swept out of power by a landslide. The forwards-looking Tusk administration lifted Poland's opposition to Russia joining the OECD, and in return the Russians allowed Polish meat imports again after a 2-year ban. Goes to show that if you're nice to Russia, Russia will be nice to you.
Welfare the big idea for Russia's Medvedev – looks like the country is headed for a left turn (like Khodorkovsky predicted in 2005, ironically enough). Since 1999, Russia has built up the foundations for a modern economy and now it's time to start re-building the welfare state. Medvedev has managed Russia's National Priority Projects, and his main goals will now be to reform pensions (which are on average less than a quarter of the typical monthly wage of nearly $600) and tackle wealth inequality. He has also stepped up campaigning for the March Presidential elections.
A Go-Forward Path for Generating Prosperity – this describes recent oil-profits-aided government efforts to kickstart a hi-tech (IT, nanotechnology, biotech) industry in Russia, drawing on Indian (technoparks), Israeli (state venture company to invest in promising projects) and east Asian (special economic zones) experience. Russia has the R&D infrastructure for these plans to take off, but linking universities to industry remains a difficult task. It recommends a 'go-forward strategy' for Russia to concentrate on building up small- and medium-sized enterprises serving the domestic market, before going into internationally competitive enterprises.
U.S. Presidential Contenders: Who to Bet On? – Russia Blog also wrote an article on who the best US president would be from Russia's perspective. McCain is a Russophobic Cold Warrior of the old school. Clinton was fine (saying that it's not her right to dictate what government Russia should have – thanks, that's so generous of you!), until she hurled a personal insult at Putin, alleging that since he was a KGB man, he had no soul (not that I think he or anyone else has a 'soul' for that matter either, but you're a fine one to talk about who does or doesn't have souls, Hillary!). Obama's Realpolitik view is that Russia is "neither our enemy nor close ally", and is most concerned about taking US and Russian ballistic missiles "off high-trigger alert and to dramatically reduce the stockpiles of our nuclear weapons and material" – we can sympathize with that. Huckabee has made few statements on Russia, mostly on co-operating on international terrorism. He'll probably be like a second G.W. in more ways than social conservatism.
Death toll in fires hit 16,000 in Russia in 2007 – sad statistics, several times the rate in western Europe, but the number of blaze fatalities dropped by 7% from 2006. As such, it reflects general mortality trends from transport accidents, alcohol deaths, suicide and murder.
Belarus considers buying advanced Russian air defense system
New Car Sales In Russia Could Reach 2.7 Million In 2008 – some facts:
Russia is currently Europe's third-largest car market.
Foreign manufacturers' share of all new car sales rose to 64% in 2007 from 54% in 2006.
Sales are shifting to regional centres, reflecting the general trend of consumer growth.
Russia's Economy Ministry expects annual cars sales in Russia to reach 4 million by 2010, making it Europe's largest car market.
Russia looks for clout in pipeline talks – more on Jan 14's Bulgaria story. The Burgas-Alexandroupolis is part of Russia's web of pipelines approaching Europe. In total, they have considerable excess capacity, which will enable Russia to shift gas flows from one country to another, giving it increased political clout. Gazprom is also acquiring the NIS, the Serbian state oil company, apparently uncontested and at a massive discount. This is presumably in return for supporting Serbian sovereignty over Kosovo.
U.S. no longer values freedom? – allegations of dodgy voting procedure in New Hampshire from Russia Today, where in one county Ron Paul received no votes but had people complaining they voted for him. A Google search confirms rumors exist but it seems the Western media haven't caught up with them.
No Use Crying Over Leaked Milk – Let Alone Threatening Sanctions Over It
A Very Brief History of China-Russia Relations
Deconstructing the Result of the Four Party Talks
Russian Federation Sitrep 2014.04.03
The Lavrov-Kerry Meeting


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Un accordo di settima è un accordo costituito dalla sovrapposizione di quattro suoni, ciascuno distante una terza dal precedente. Ne risulta che le tre note successive alla nota fondamentale saranno ad un intervallo rispettivamente di terza, quinta e settima da detta nota. A seconda della qualità di questi intervalli, si distinguono sette specie di accordi di settima.

La teoria musicale considera dissonanti tutti gli accordi di settima.

Settima di prima specie
L'accordo di settima di prima specie è anche chiamato settima di dominante perché si forma prevalentemente sul V grado di una tonalità maggiore o minore. Nello stato fondamentale è composto da una terza maggiore, una quinta giusta e una settima minore; è molto importante nella musica tonale, poiché genera una forte attrazione verso la tonica della tonalità.

Esempio
La funzione armonica dell'accordo di dominante è quella di risolvere sull'accordo di tonica (accordo costruito sul primo grado, maggiore o minore che sia). Ciò in quanto l'accordo di dominante contiene al suo interno un tritono fra il terzo e il settimo grado.

Assumendo a carattere esemplificativo l'accordo di Do7, esso sarà composto dalle note Do, Mi (terza maggiore), Sol (quinta giusta) e Si♭ (settima minore). Il tritono sarà dunque dato dalla compresenza del Mi e del Si♭. Ora, il Mi è la sensibile della scala di Fa maggiore, e come tale ha una forte tendenza a risolvere sulla tonica, cioè sullo stesso Fa, mentre la settima (Si♭) tende a scendere di grado, cioè tende al La (terza maggiore della scala di Fa). La settima di dominante esprime perciò una sonorità ricca di tensione, che trova nell'accordo di tonica la sua naturale risoluzione. Pertanto, sempre nel nostro esempio, Do7 dovrà essere seguito, a seconda della scala tonale che lo ospita, da Fa maggiore o minore.

Essendo la settima di dominante un accordo con funzione di dominante può risolvere anche sul VI grado della tonalità d'appartenenza e anche sul VI grado maggiore della omonima minore, se la tonica è maggiore, o sul VI grado minore della omonima maggiore, se la tonalità è minore. Per esempio, se la tonalità di riferimento è quella di Do maggiore, la sua settima di dominante, Sol7, può risolvere su La minore (sesto grado di Do maggiore) o su La♭ maggiore (sesto grado di Do minore). In Sol minore, Re7 potrà risolvere su Mi♭ maggiore, ovvero su Mi minore.

Acusticamente la settima di dominante equivale ad una sesta eccedente tedesca. Esempio: Sol Si Re Fa, settima di dominante di Do maggiore/minore equivale all'accordo di sesta eccedente Sol Si Re Mi♯ nella tonalità di Si minore, per questo motivo tramite lettura enarmonica che trasforma la settima minore in sesta aumentata possiamo considerare qualsiasi accordo di settima di dominante come un accordo di sesta eccedente nella tonalità minore la cui tonica è posta ad una terza maggiore superiore rispetto alla fondamentale dell'accordo di settima in questione.

Esempio: Do Mi Sol Si♭, è V di Fa M o m, ma anche sesta eccedente di Mi minore. Do Mi Sol Si♭ = Do mi Sol La♯

V di Sol M o m → Re Fa♯ La Do = Re Fa♯ La Si♯, sesta tedesca di Fa♯ minore

V di La♭ M o m → Mib Sol Si♭ Re♭ = Mi♭ Sol Si♭ Do♯, sesta tedesca di Sol minore

E così via.

Settima di seconda specie
L'accordo di settima di seconda specie (es. Rem7) nello stato fondamentale è composto da una terza minore, una quinta giusta e una settima minore.
Si usa nel modo maggiore sul II che va al V° o VII°, sul III° che va al IV° e sul VI° che va al II° o IV° e nel modo minore lo si trova sul IV grado che risolve sul V grado.
A prescindere da quale grado della scala si trovi, tendenzialmente un accordo di settima di seconda specie ha funzione di sottodominante e perciò è utile per modulare. Ad esempio, l'accordo di settima di seconda specie sul VI° della tonalità di do maggiore potrà essere considerato II° di sol maggiore oppure IV° di mi minore. Da ciò deduciamo che ogni singolo accordo di settima di seconda specie può essere considerato come II° di una tonalità maggiore o come IV° di una tonalità minore.

Settima di terza specie
L'accordo di settima di terza specie (es. SiØ) nello stato fondamentale è composto da una terza minore, una quinta diminuita e una settima minore.
L'accordo in questione si costruisce sul VII° di una scala maggiore e ha funzione di dominante perciò la sua risoluzione è sul I grado maggiore. Può talvolta collegarsi al III° in progressione. Questo accordo è considerato un accordo di nona di dominante priva di fondamentale poiché tutte le note dell'accordo sono presenti nelle parziali armoniche naturali della fondamentale, in questo caso la settima, che corrisponde al VI° della tonalità maggiore, è la nona dell'accordo di nona costruito sulla dominante di una tonalità maggiore. In DO maggiore: sol si re fa la. Se omettiamo la fondamentale ci rimane esattamente l'accordo di settima sul VII° maggiore: si re fa la.
In questo caso la settima, il VI°,  non deve essere preparata perché presente nelle parziali armoniche.

L'accordo di terza specie è presente anche nelle tonalità minori e si trova sul II°.
In questo caso la funzione è di sottodominante e si collega al V° e la settima che corrisponde alla tonica di una tonalità minore deve essere preparata. In la minore: si re fa la

Ogni singolo accordo di settima di terza specie ha quindi una doppia funzione armonica: funzione di dominante in una tonalità maggiore e funzione di sottodominante in una tonalità minore.

Settima di quarta specie
L'accordo di settima di quarta specie (es. Domaj7) nello stato fondamentale è composto da una terza maggiore, una quinta giusta e una settima maggiore. Si trova sul I o sul IV grado di una scala maggiore  e sul VI grado di una scala minore

In questo caso, la settima non è presente nelle parziali armoniche della fondamentale e trovandosi ad un semitono dalla fondamentale la settima più che essere una vera e propria settima ha più il sentore di un'appoggiatura ascendente. La settima può anche trovarsi come nota di passaggio che dalla fondamentale scende di grado per raggiungere il grado posto ad una terza discendente di distanza dalla fondamentale. In realtà è proprio da questo procedimento che si è arrivati alla codifica degli accordi di settima come strutture a sé stanti e ben delineate.

Settima di quinta specie
L'accordo di settima di quinta specie, noto anche come settima diminuita, è un accordo molto particolare in quanto è composto da una sovrapposizione di tre terze minori. È infatti composto da un intervallo di terza minore, uno di quinta diminuita e uno di settima diminuita (ad esempio: Sol - Si♭ - Re♭ - Fa♭). Conseguenza della sua struttura perfettamente simmetrica è che ogni rivolto di questa quadriade è costituito sempre dalla medesima successione di tre intervalli di terza minore, e per questo motivo  è  futile cercare di identificare una precisa fondamentale dell'accordo. Accordo impiegato soprattutto come espediente per modulare potendo scegliere come fondamentale una qualunque delle sue note.
Esso trova generalmente collocazione sulla sensibile della scala minore e ha quindi funzione di dominante perciò risolve sul I° minore o maggiore.

Considerando che ogni nota dell'accordo può essere considerata la sua fondamentale, ogni nota è quindi una potenziale sensibile di altre tre tonalità maggiori/minori e tramite lettura enarmonica di alcune sue componenti è possibile modulare in altre 3 diverse tonalità maggiori o minori

Esempio:

1) Si Re Fa La♭ è VII7 in Do minore

2) Re Fa La♭ Do♭ VII7 di Mi♭ minore

3) Mi♯ Sol♯ Si Re VII7 di Fa♯ minore

4) Sol♯ Si Re Fa VII7 di La minore

L'armonia tradizionale non prevede la preparazione della settima proprio perché non ha senso parlare di "settima" nei confronti di una fondamentale che non c'è. L'accordo in questione va considerato come un'entità a sé, un accordo "vagante" tra 4 diverse tonalità. Caratteristica che ha in comune con l'accordo aumentato

Settima di sesta e settima specie
Esistono altre due tipologie di accordo di settima:

L'accordo di settima di sesta specie nasce da una terza minore, una quinta giusta e una settima maggiore (triade minore più settima maggiore).  Presente sul I° minore di una tonalità minore col VII° alterato. Esempio: Do Mib Sol Si. Così come nell'accordo di quarta specie, la settima più che una settima vera e propria, è considerata un'appoggiatura ascendendente. In effetti questa specie è a tutti gli effetti la versione minore dell'accordo di quarta specie.

L'accordo di settima di settima specie  è formato da una terza maggiore, da una quinta eccedente e da una settima maggiore (triade eccedente e settima maggiore). Anche in questo caso è futile parlare di accordo in sé e per sé perché sia la settima che la quinta dell'accordo sono considerate appoggiature. In do minore: Mi♭ Sol Si Re che diventa Mi♭ Sol Do con raddoppio del Do ovvero I6 della tonalità di Do minore. Oppure in La bemolle minore: Mi♭ Sol Do♭ Re che diventa Mi♭ Sol Si♭ Mi♭.

Settima

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Q: iterating over things in php I have an array called $options.
I want iterate through it's contents, so I do:
 foreach($options as $option){
    print_r( $option);
 }

The resulting output gives me an object/array heffalump that starts like this...
Mage_Bundle_Model_Option Object
(
    [_defaultSelection:protected] =>
    [_eventPrefix:protected] => core_abstract
    [_eventObject:protected] => object
    [_resourceName:protected] => bundle/option
    [_isObjectNew:protected] =>
    [_data:protected] => Array
        (
            [option_id] => 20
            [parent_id] => 291

I want to reference values in _data, but I am stumped as to correct syntax to do this...

A: There's no syntax to access them from generic code. The Mage_Bundle_Model_Option class has declared its properties as protected, which means they can only be accessed from the class, its decendants, or its ancestors. You should use the class's public methods to make use of it, not access the properties directly.

A: because the _data object is set as protected, it can only be accessed from inside the Mage_Bundle_Model_Option class or one that extends from it.
so what you would have to do is add a method inside Mage_Bundle_Model_Option along the lines of
function getData(){
 return $this->_data;
}

and then instead of your current foreach loop, do:
foreach($options->getData() as $option) {
   //do things
}

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Q: python pandas separator within quote leading to error tokenizing I have a .csv containing data like the following:
....
"4", "mercedes", "BLT254", "Arkis-UDV GmbH, Berlin, Oberweg", "2007"
"5", "bmw", "SUV873", "Meier Auto", "2013"
....

I tried reading it by means of read_csv:
data = pd.read_csv("Auszug_2020.csv", sep = ",", encoding = "ISO-8859-1", quotechar = '"')

Every data piece is wrapped inside an " ". Within the quotes, sometimes the separator "," occurs. That's a problem! I thought I could fix this by using quoechar = '"', unfortunately it is still not working.
ParserError: Error tokenizing data. C error: Expected 5 fields in line 4, saw 7
What am I doing wrong?
EDIT:
My bad! The encoding is "utf-16", I just realized. Now everything is working.
Please forgive me python pandas, I'll never say anything bad about you again.

A: Going by the sample data that you have shared, can you try reading it like this:
df = pd.read_csv("sample.csv", header=None, sep='", "')
df.iloc[:, 0] = df.iloc[:, 0].str.replace('"', '')
df.iloc[:,-1] = df.iloc[:,-1].str.replace('"', '')

I tested it as follows:
Created a sample csv file with 4 records:
"4", "mercedes", "BLT254", "Arkis-UDV GmbH, Berlin, Oberweg", "2007"
"5", "bmw", "SUV873", "Meier Auto", "2013"
"4", "mercedes", "BLT254", "Arkis-UDV GmbH, Berlin, Oberweg", "2007"
"5", "bmw", "SUV873", "Meier Auto", "2013"

Code to test:
import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv("sample.csv", header=None, sep='", "')
df.iloc[:, 0] = df.iloc[:, 0].str.replace('"', '')
df.iloc[:,-1] = df.iloc[:,-1].str.replace('"', '')

print(df)

Output:
   0         1       2                                3     4
0  4  mercedes  BLT254  Arkis-UDV GmbH, Berlin, Oberweg  2007
1  5       bmw  SUV873                       Meier Auto  2013
2  4  mercedes  BLT254  Arkis-UDV GmbH, Berlin, Oberweg  2007
3  5       bmw  SUV873                       Meier Auto  2013

A: Use, the optional parameter skipinitialspace=True in the pd.read_csv method to skip spaces after seperator , which will produce the desired result:
data = pd.read_csv(
    "Auszug_2020.csv", sep=",", encoding="ISO-8859-1",
    quotechar='"', skipinitialspace=True)