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G7 partners pledge to support Ukraine's energy sector, US says |
WASHINGTON, 24 january (Reuters) – The G7 and other partner countries on Tuesday of Ukraine promised to continue their support to the energy sector, including the delivery of equipment and other humanitarian aid during the winter season, US Department of State said after the meeting of foreign ministers of the group.
The department said after the virtual meeting that USA Secretary of State Antony Blinken and countries at a meeting co-hosted by Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi of Ukraine promised to continue coordinating efforts to "modernize and decarbonize the energy grid."
Foreign ministers to Russia of Ukraine reiterated their call to end attacks on power and heating systems, the State Department said in a statement.
"This winter, the group will deliver equipment and humanitarian aid, purchase critical infrastructure, and modernize and decarbonize Ukraine's energy grid and Europe committed to continue close coordination to support its long-term vision of integration with the system.
After Russia's aggression against Ukraine in February of last year, tens of thousands of people were killed and millions of people were displaced from their homes.
Ukraine's Prime Minister Denis Shmykhal said Tuesday that his country continues to work with partners to speed up repairs to restore generation and distribution facilities, decentralize the power system and implement new energy efficiency programs.
Despite repeated attacks on Russia's energy system, Ukraine enough coal for the rest of the winter months and gas has reserves, Shmykhal said.
He added that the situation in the energy sector remains difficult but under control after Russia's month-long campaign of drones and missile strikes on critical infrastructure damaged about 40% of the energy system.
December and january Despite the unsettled hot weather during the months of 2016, electricity is being cut off in a planned manner due to energy shortages in all regions of Ukraine. Grid operator Ukrenergo said this week that energy production is increasing.
Reporting by Kanishka singh and Susan Heavey; Edited by Chris Reese and Emelia Sithole-Matarise
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Persecution of Crimean Tatars needs sanctions response
Hoardings on the border. Left: On your way to Crimean Tatar Autonomy. Right: On your way from Crimea to Free Ukraine. Via Olga Klymenko
It is way past time for action by the West against the persecutors of the Crimean Tartar people. As human rights activist Halya Cornash puts it:
Two years after invading and annexing Ukrainian territory, Russia has effectively declared war against the Crimean Tatar people. More words of concern, without real punitive sanctions, would be frighteningly inadequate.
Russia has demonstrated time and again that it does respond to strength, it ignores weakness, it will butt against the limits of any Western 'tolerance' of its actions.
Its latest action, in banning the Tatars' Parliament, demonstrate just how outrageously they will behave.
The Executive Board of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars, in a recent declaration, called for:
1) That the European Union, the European Parliament and all national parliaments of the world respecting human rights, freedoms, peace and democracy recognize that the Crimean Tatars are the indigenous people of the Crimea and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People is the self-governing body of the Crimean Tatar People, and develop cooperation mechanisms with the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People,
2) That, to convict the crimes committed against the Crimean Tatar People in the conscience of humanity and history, the big deportation of the Crimean Tatar People on 18 May 1944 be recognized as a genocide by the European Parliament, all national parliaments and institutions,
This is the least that must happen. What is most likely to make Russia think twice in its actions is targeted sanctions that make clear to Russia that they must stop the repression of Crimea's indigenous people.
Reblogged with permission.
By Halya Cornash
A Crimean court has formally completed its criminalization of the Mejlis, or self-governing body of the Crimean Tatar people. There have been no serious threats of sanctions or other measures from European structures and western countries although this is a direct attack on the main indigenous people of Crimea carried out by a country which breached international law through its annexation of Ukrainian Crimea.
The banning of the Mejlis as 'extremist' has come in stages, with feelers doubtless out to see how the West responded. Beyond statements of 'concern' or condemnation, it did not. Russia therefore moved from vague threats to specific action, with the 'court application' first lodged in February. The ban was then made a fait accompli on April 13 when the de facto prosecutor Natalya Poklonskaya announced that she was 'suspending' the Mejlis without a court ruling. Russia's justice ministry then also saw no need to await a court ruling and on April 18 added the Crimean Tatar Mejlis to its list of "civic or religious organizations whose activities have been suspended due to their extremist activities."
The Council of Europe's disturbingly weak report on a fact-finding visit to Russian-occupied Crimea did acknowledge that a court ban on the Mejlis "would indicate a new level of repression targeting the Crimean Tatar community as a whole".
There can be no understating how serious this move is. Oliver Loode, a member of the UN Forum on Indigenous Issues, has stressed that "if a representative body is banned, this is not just a hostile act towards a particular organization, in this case the Mejlis. It's really an attack against the people, in this case Crimean Tatars." A recent resolution from the European Parliament recognized the Crimean Tatars as an indigenous people of Crimea whose right to self-government is protected under the UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Mejlis as "the legitimate representation of the Crimean Tatar community".
Russia through its puppet prosecutor and court called the Mejlis a 'civic organization' and has now banned it, claiming it to be 'extremist'.
Nobody is in any doubt of the real reasons for this move, namely the implacable opposition of the Mejlis to Russian occupation. Should any further confirmation be required, this was effectively provided by a chilling suggestion just made by Alexander Bastrykin, the head of Russia's Investigative Committee. He proposes that the provisions outlawing what the current regime deems 'extremism' should be supplemented with provisions criminalizing 'denial' of, for example, the pseudo-referendum which Russia used in an attempt to give legitimacy of its annexation of Crimea. The Mejlis had called on Crimean Tatars and all other Ukrainians to boycott this event.
On Monday the 'proof' presented to the court of the Mejlis' 'extremism' was crowned by a document published back in Soviet times (1988) by veteran Crimean Tatar leader and former Soviet political prisoner Mustafa Dzhemiliev. Other material includes an extremely questionable 'warning' from Poklonskaya to Refat Chubarov, Head of the Mejlis against supposed 'extremist activities"; the notification of criminal proceedings lodged against Mustafa Dzhemiliev for having tried to enter his homeland; and against Refat Chubarov, for "encroaching upon Russia's territory", that is, opposing Russia's occupation of his native Crimea; the documents about the legally nihilistic charges against the Deputy Head of the Mejlis, Akhtem Chiygoz regarding a demonstration over which Russia has no jurisdiction; the Mejlis' founding documents which also far pre-date annexation and whose 'extremism' is deemed to lied in their stated aim, namely the reinstatement of the Crimean Tatar people's national and political rights as part of Ukraine.
During the 'court debate' on Tuesday, Nariman Dzhelyal, First Deputy Head of the Mejlis demonstrated that the Mejlis is not a civic organization, but a representative assembly and also an international structure with representatives in many other countries. The Mejlis takes part in OSCE and UN activities and is planning to open official representative offices in Brussels and Washington.
Poklonskaya demanded that the Mejlis be banned claiming, for example, that the call from one Turkish organization for the Mejlis to not be outlawed was proof that the Mejlis was an extremist organization. Zair Smedlyaev, Qurultay [Crimean Tatar National Congress] official points out that by the same 'logic', the UN, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, European Parliament and a whole range of other international bodies should be considered 'extremist'.
As reported, it was quite unclear throughout the so-called court proceedings what exactly the prosecutor was trying to ban since there are a large number of regional mejlis which act as autonomous bodies. While the level of knowledge of the de facto prosecutor is certainly pitiful, it is likely that the lack of clarity is quite deliberate. Why explain who is at risk of arrest if you can leave that unknown and therefore particularly frightening? Mustafa Dzhemiliev recently suggested that around 2, 300 people involved in all structures of Crimean Tatar self-government could be immediately at risk.
This court hearing was a farce with the outcome known from the beginning. The only chance of averting the criminalization of a body representing the Crimean Tatar people was a real threat of punitive measures. Aider Mudzhabayev wrote recently that statements in defence of Crimeans facing persecution, in condemnation of repression, are undoubtedly needed, but are still useless – like trying to cure cancer with words.
Cancer spreads. How far is Russia to be allowed to go?
Refat Chubarov
Edited to add: Today Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, ordered that the Mejlis is to perform its activities in an emergency modus operandi for the duration of Russian occupation of Crimea.
Oliver Loode, a member of the Minority Rights Group and the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, described the Mejlis' banning as "a new low in Russia's treatment of indigenous peoples worldwide, and merits the strongest condemnation from the international community, including the UN system, states and indigenous peoples' organizations."
The key to understanding the severity of the situation is the fact that the Crimean Tatar Mejlis is not just another NGO, but a representative institution of Crimean Tatar people who self-identify as indigenous people of Crimea, and who have been acknowledged as such by their home country Ukraine and a growing number of states and institutions around the world, including the European Parliament. As such, the decision to ban the Mejlis directly violates Article 5 of the UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
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Boris' 'Kenyan ancestry' slur has UK roots
When Boris Johnston's Sun column appeared earlier today attacking President Obama and a storm blew up I assumed one thing - he'd got the idea from the American kook-o-sphere.
After all, there were plenty of snake oil salesmen making money off the US right from the exact same, well, racist premise.
Boris Johnson - or Dinesh D'Souza? https://t.co/SyPZgfO7OW pic.twitter.com/Fm96MMLA2l
— Paul Canning (@pauloCanning) April 22, 2016
I was wrong. Steve M, who blogs at No More Mister (and is IMO the best blogger on the US Presidential race) found otherwise. Reblogged with permission.
The Tory mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has dredged up a couple of old slurs against President Obama in an opinion piece calling for a British exit from the European Union:
Boris Johnson has criticised the US president Barack Obama and suggested his attitude to Britain might be based on his "part-Kenyan" heritage and "ancestral dislike of the British empire".
Writing a column for The Sun newspaper the outgoing Mayor of London recounted a story about a bust of Winston Churchill purportedly being removed from White House.
"Some said it was a snub to Britain. Some said it was a symbol of the part-Kenyan President's ancestral dislike of the British empire -- of which Churchill had been such a fervent defender," he wrote.
In fact, the Churchill story is Johnson's lede:
Something mysterious happened when Barack Obama entered the Oval Office in 2009.
Something vanished from that room, and no one could quite explain why.
It was a bust of Winston Churchill -- the great British war time leader. It was a fine goggle-eyed object, done by the brilliant sculptor Jacob Epstein, and it had sat there for almost ten years.
But on day one of the Obama administration it was returned, without ceremony, to the British embassy in Washington.
No one was sure whether the President had himself been involved in the decision.
Some said it was a snub to Britain. Some said it was a symbol of the part-Kenyan President's ancestral dislike of the British empire -- of which Churchill had been such a fervent defender.
Actually, plenty of people could "explain why" the bust "vanished from that room." Here's a fact check Glenn Kessler wrote for The Washington Post early last year, when Ted Cruz brought up the subject:
The Winston Churchill bust in question was originally provided in July 2001 by then Prime Minister Tony Blair as a loan to President George W. Bush. The bust, now almost 70 years old, was made by English sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein, and Bush said he would keep it in the Oval Office. Various news reports at the time said the bust will be returned once Bush left office.
The White House residence, meanwhile, has another bust of Churchill, also sculpted by Epstein, which was given to President Lyndon B. Johnson on Oct. 6, 1965, (Here's Lady Bird Johnson's diary entry about the gift, which was facilitated by Churchill's wartime friends, including Averell Harriman.)
Following along so far? There were two Churchill busts. One was always scheduled to be returned at the end of George W. Bush's term.
It's not completely clear why it was given to Bush in the first place:
In 2012, the Obama White House said the gift in 2001 occurred when the residence bust "was being worked on at the time" but The Fact Checker did not find a reference to that in news reports. Still, at the news conference accepting the gift, Bush told reporters it came about because he lamented to the British ambassador that "that there was not a proper bust of Winston Churchill for me to put in the Oval Office." So one could wonder why the president would say that when he already had virtually the same bust sitting in the residence.
In any case, the bust given to President Johnson remains in the White House. Here's a photo of President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron -- Johnson's fellow Tory and political frenemy -- examining the bust in July 2010:
But what's up with that bit in Johnson's op-ed about "the part-Kenyan President's ancestral dislike of the British empire"? Is Johnson channeling Newt Gingrich and Dinesh D'Souza?
Probably not. In fact, it's likely that this idea originated with the British. Here's a Telegraph story about the return of the Bush-Blair Churchill bust, written when Obama had been in office less than a month:
Churchill has less happy connotations for Mr Obama than those American politicians who celebrate his wartime leadership. It was during Churchill's second premiership that Britain suppressed Kenya's Mau Mau rebellion. Among Kenyans allegedly tortured by the colonial regime included one Hussein Onyango Obama, the President's grandfather.
In a 2010 New Republic article, James Mann stated flatly that this was a British idea:
... the idea started with the British, those former colonialists, who have repeatedly invoked Kenya to explain every perceived slight from the Obama administration.
... I first ran across the Kenya paranoia a few weeks after Obama was sworn in. Gordon Brown, then the British prime minister, was coming to Washington, and a British television reporter asked to interview me about Obama's views of the world. "He has different roots than all other presidents," the reporter said. "He doesn't have ties to Europe."
... "Revealed: Why Obama Loathes the British" screamed one article in the Daily Mail a few months ago. The article rehashed the history of British colonials and the Mau Mau rebellion.
... You can't get more exalted than Sir David Manning, who was Britain's ambassador to Washington from 2003 to 2007. Yet earlier this year, in testimony to a House of Commons foreign affairs committee, he reached low by warning that Obama "comes with a very different perspective" from other presidents.
"He is an American who grew up in Hawaii, whose foreign experience was of Indonesia, and who had a Kenyan father," Manning said. "We now have a Democrat who is not familiar with us."
The reference to the Mau Mau is particularly absurd, according to David Anderson, an Oxford professor and author of Histories of the Hanged: Britain's Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire.
To portray the Obama family as being part of Mau Mau is stir-fry crazy. Let me explain why: The Obama family come from western Kenya, which is about as different from Nairobi and the Kikuyu area as Utah is from New York City. And it's almost as far way. They come from an area where there was no rebellion, there was no Mau Mau. So while his father and his grandmother may well have been nationalists -- I'm sure they were -- they weren't directly involved in the Mau Mau rebellion.
The other thing is, if you've read anything about Churchill, you'd know that, although he was the head of the government at the time of the Mau Mau rebellion, he was trying as best he could to get the British in Kenya to negotiate and to end the fighting. Churchill was not supporting or condoning the violence. He is actually one of the few British politicians who comes out of this smelling of roses.
James Mann notes that the Daily Mail story ("Revealed: Why Obama Loathes the British") actually raised the question of whether Obama's anger at the BP oil spill was the result of familial contempt for the British -- as if a massive oil spill isn't reason enough for anger. A Kenyan relative of the president was actually asked about this. She assured the Mail interviewer that Anglophobia wasn't the source of Obama's anger. The quote was buried near the end of the story.
So, no, Johnson is unlikely to be echoing American bigots. He's far more likely to be echoing British bigots.
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THERE'S A MIGHTY revolution going on in churches around the world demonstrating against the bigoted beliefs, distorted teachings, abuse of power and lack of love that has bolted religious shackles onto those who want to follow Christ and experience the fullness of the life he offers, but couldn't. From fundamental evangelicals to Catholics and all shades in between, people of faith are questioning what has been preached from the pulpit and comparing that with the Gospel message. While many refer to this as "progressive Christianity", it is in fact a call to return back to Christ, to the simplicity of the life he lived and the profoundness of what authentic Christian living really means.
This movement is breaking down religious barricades and drawing together people of all Christian denominations and many from other faiths in a common cause of experiencing the love of God in all its fullness. Many in the church pews see this as a dangerous move, after all the God they know has been based on their particular brand of "churchianity", and come hell or high water nothing will change that. Although they may say they accept and love all people, their supposed inclusiveness is soon shown to be shallow and insincere when it comes to acknowledging those who are different, who hold differing beliefs and who would not be welcome in their church and the culture of exclusivity that pervades their congregation.
Ever since I accepted Christ as Saviour I had been looking for him in the many churches I have been in and out of over the decades. I rarely felt that I belonged and once my marriage broke down, that was it as far as church people were concerned—that and the dreadful consequences I was going through as a result of a very abusive childhood and a loveless, supposedly "Christian", marriage, left me feeling like a leper, a pariah who had no business being in the house of God. I was looking for the Jesus who had offered me his simple invitation to come to him, to learn of him and to find my rest in him, the One who was gentle and humble in heart, and who had promised that his yoke was easy and his burden light (Matthew 11:28-30). I didn't find Christ, but I did find so much that was anathema to the Gospel message. Eventually I turned my back on the church, and found Christ in all his joyful simplicity in the world around me, in the teachings of many authors who have been on a similar journey of discovery and, most importantly, in a close, precious, intimate relationship with my awesome God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
I had already been trying to understand what authentic Christian living really means and if it actually existed! Now my many questions are being answered. I am excited about this movement towards Christ and the love, grace and mercy he has for all creation. As Rabbi Harold Kushner states: "For the spiritually authentic person, God is real, not a label we brazenly attach to our own wishes and opinions" (Harold S. Kushner, Living a Life that Matters. London: Pan MacMillan, 2001).
Many people are shaking off their outdated religious views with their "own wishes and opinions" and are embracing the reality of the Gospel in ways they have not known before. Wouldn't it be wonderful if all churches could become part of this mighty revolution—I'd like to see that!


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Browsing Masters Dissertations by Title
Masters Dissertations
Working with suicide: An exploration of the tensions that may exist if counsellors' beliefs and agency suicide policy conflict
Jones, Elaine (University of Chester, 2015-10)
This research explores the experiences of counsellors working with suicidal clients with a focus on how counsellors respond to, and are affected by, a suicide policy with which they have disagreements. A comprehensive review of the literature was conducted. Four counsellors who have tensions with their agency's suicide policy were interviewed and their experiences explored. The data was analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The research concludes that counsellors who would otherwise feel confident in their work with suicidal clients feel anxious and concerned for the safety of their clients as a result of working within a policy that feels inadequate. The research also demonstrates that counsellors feel isolated when in this position and points to the need for counsellor organisations, such as the BACP, to provide a forum in which such issues can be addressed. The research has also resulted in the production of suggestions as to how policy could be improved and demonstrated that the implementation of these changes would alleviate the stress felt by counsellors and provide more support to clients experiencing a suicidal crisis. In addition the conclusions of the research suggest, controversially, that it is ethical for counsellors to breach policy if they believe that the policy does not have the best interest of the client at its heart, and if it does not protect the client in times of crisis.
The year of mutinies: An analysis of the naval mutinies at Spithead and the Nore in 1797
Mackie, Philip D. (University of Chester, 2010)
The so-called "great naval mutinies of 1797" marked a significant turning point in Royal Navy history. The events of that year sent shockwaves through the navy and fundamentally altered the attitudes of officers towards their crews, and vice versa, giving ordinary seamen a new voice over issues concerning their pay, victuals, and treatment by those above.
Young people's perceptions of their experience of counselling in a school setting: A qualitative study
Le'Surf, Anne; Bassett, Linda (University of Liverpool (University of Chester), 2007-10)
This study examines young peoples' experiences of counselling in a school setting. Five young people who received counselling in their school were interviewed individually and their responses analysed using the constant comparative method. The results highlight four particular areas that would be helpful to address if a school were considering setting up a counselling service. The findings emphasise the importance young people place on autonomy around the disclosure of the fact they are attending counselling, as well as the actual content of counselling sessions. They suggest that many young people would prefer to have counselling in their school, rather than at another venue. The young people interviewed identify certain qualities in the counsellor that facilitate an effective counselling relationship, and finally how many of their peers were unaware of the nature and existence of a counselling service in their school. The relevance of the outcomes to the effective counselling of young people are discussed.
Young, single and treated for breast cancer: Making sense of my sexuality - An exploration of women's stories
Gubi, Peter M.; Shortt, Susan (University of Chester, 2014-10)
This qualitative study explores the experiences of four young, single women, who were diagnosed with breast cancer, and examines the impact of this on their sexuality, during and post-treatment. The data was gathered using semi-structured interviews, and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Emerging themes included identity loss during treatment, differing degrees of adjustment to an altered body post-treatment, and concerns around dating and new relationships. Although each participant was clearly moving forward in positive ways, ongoing emotional losses were also described, including those related to fertility. Findings largely support earlier work in this area, although there have been very few studies with this particular sub-group of women. One finding that differed from other research was the universal acceptance by prospective partners of participants' altered bodies.
"You're in the boxing ring and it's just the two of you and it's sort of survival" - The quest for excitement in professional female Muay Thai boxing
Pritchard, Ian; Phipps, Catherine (University of Chester, 2013-09)
Using a figurational sociological approach, this research analyses the motivations of professional female Muay Thai boxers in training and competition, and ways in which they negotiate their elite status in a male-associated sport. To do this, I draw on fourteen semi-structured interviews to analyse the extent to which females in Muay Thai experience a quest for excitement. It is suggested females are motivated to participate as the sport acts as an emotional and physical outlet and is used as a means to gain mimetic satisfactions which men have originally acquired through sports. The participants in this study experienced pleasurable, de-routinising satisfactions associated with taking part in an activity that is considered male-dominated and masculine. Female Muay Thai boxers' experiences of the quest for excitement also incorporate a desire for gender equality by resisting traditional female roles which are often more routinised, and feminine-appropriate sports which can lack in physical contact. Although they experienced enjoyment through their involvement in a male-associated sport, participants often placed emphasis on their femininity to counteract their success. Overall it is argued females can experience a specifically gendered quest for excitement in Muay Thai which differs to men's experiences. This research supplements the minimal existing research on females in martial arts and serves as a comparison to literature on men's and women's experiences of the quest for excitement.
Rowland, Caroline; Shaw, Peter A. (University of Chester, 2011-06)
This is the supporting documentation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by publication. The research issues addressed were the extent to which the four Vs of vision, values, value-added and vitality are pre-requisites for an individual to be able to step up successfully into demanding leadership roles, and at times of major change, what are the key requirements that enable an individual to continue to step up into demanding, leadership roles successfully and sustain that success? The proposition which has been tested in a wide range of contexts is that leaders step up successfully if they apply a balance of the four Vs of vision, values, value-added and vitality. The research concluded that continuing to step up successfully and sustaining that success involves a clear focus on coherence, context, courage and co-creation. It is the active interplay between these two sets of requirements which determine whether a leader is able to cope successfully with demanding leadership challenges in a sustained way. This relationship is illustrated in the diagram below. The research was based on an exploratory approach which was inductive whereby the perspectives of a wide range of senior leaders were sought both in terms of their experiences and what was observed. The research also included an element of auto-ethnography. The approach of the four Vs was published in the book, "The Four Vs of Leadership: vision, values, value-added and vitality". This framework was tested with a wide range of senior level leaders in different sectors. The rigorous use of this framework was then applied to develop clarity of thinking in areas such as career choices, decision-making, business coaching and the taking on of new opportunities which were set out in a sequence of subsequent books. The interplay of the four Vs and four Cs has contributed to the leadership impact of a range of senior leaders at times when they have been handling rapid change. The work furthers understanding about sustaining leadership effectively through times of turbulence.


I am starting this thread to accumulate some knowledge on xrandr, a command very useful to fix one or two screens attached to a computer computer.
http://old.slax.org/forum.php?action=vi ... ostid30879 link no more available.
1.0 Fixing a single screen resolution xrandr.
http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=vi ... ostid37773 link no more available.
root@slax:~# xrandr --addmode VGA "1400x900_60.00"
And finally, an interesting thread on Grandr, a graphic interface for xrandr.
I hope these links will be useful.
No problem if it is not the case, just come with your questions.
1) the manufacturer and model of your display could be quite useful.
For reading purposes, a dimmer screen brightness is easier on the eye. This could be also a way to save on your laptop batteries.
On a scale from 0.0 to 1.0 adjust the brightness of your given screen or of both screens.
Added the pertinency of the hardware components and command to fetch the graphic card.
But as an afterthought, gamma adjustment must be more complicated than I thought at first.
Modified the information on the first post. This information on xrandr is really still useful.
The resolution on my laptop is so fine that the characters are difficult to read.
ASUS Gaming Thin and Light Laptop, 15.6-inch Full HD , Intel Core i7-7700HQ Processor, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD, GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
This is why I wanted to resort to a smaller screen size. This is what I tried below.
Unable to set the screen to an inferior value to 1920x1080, porteus will fall in command line mode.
isn't that what the font size settings are for?
Hi there ncmprhnsbl. Hail to you.
There is a cheatcode for that?
I pretty like xrandr and used to get it done this way. One script and you are done.
I wonder why it does not work though?
There is something peculiar about eDP-1. I will have to search that. It seems to take care of the second screen by itself.
For just this reason I set all my browsers to black desktop with light green text, super nice on the eyes.
Anyhow, could xrandr save more battery on a laptop even when the DE (like XFCE) is able to dim the screen by itself?
Ideal for a dark room according to above thread.
I have used it under Porteus in the past. Quite easy. You will have to test.


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Q: Flutter primarySwatch changes text colors and icon colors I am currently getting into using Themes in Flutter. I don't fully understand the primarySwatch yet.
I am setting an app wide theme in the MaterialApp class. I wan tto change the primarySwatch, so all the buttons I use within the app have the same color. When I use primarySwatch: Colors.blue, the text and icons inside the buttons, inside the appBar and so on are white. When I use primarySwatch: Colors.orange, the text is black. I found out that there are "bright" and "dark" colors, and probably according to that, the text color changes from white to black. But is there a way to use a "bright" color and still have white texts and icons without overriding all of them?

A: EDIT: I didn't see that the question asked "without overriding all of them"
You may want to create a TextButtonThemeData in your ThemeData like so:
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
      theme: ThemeData(
        textButtonTheme: TextButtonThemeData(
          style: ButtonStyle(
            textStyle: MaterialStateProperty.all<TextStyle>(
              TextStyle(color: Colors.white),
            ),
          ),
        ),
      ),
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      home: MyHomePage(title: 'Flutter Demo Home Page'),
    );
  }
}

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Old picture of the author wearing Anglican choir habit.
Evensong is a peculiar Anglican creature. It is the liturgy that has become the most distinctively Anglican, and has become a treasured bulwark of tradition. This article is a little, geeky exploration of what is Evensong and its sub-species.
The word 'Evensong' is first documented by the OED in the Old English of the Canons of Ælfric (c. 1000) as æfen-sang. Until the Reformation, this English word was used to describe the office of Vespers, the seventh of the round of eight daily offices, said just before sunset.
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer produced two drafts of how the reformed Church of England should pray each day. The first, more radical plan was to consolidate the eight offices down to two. When, eventually, Henry Tudor junior died, Cranmer was free to produce the first Book of Common Prayer, published 1549. Its two daily offices were named 'Matins' and 'Evensong' (the former being the name of the first of the pre-Reformation offices, which also had the colourful Old English name uht-sang, which persisted as 'Oughtensong' in Middle English). With Cranmer's revised Prayer Book of 1552, the quaint (or poetic) names of the two offices were officially replaced with the more robust (or prosaic) 'Morning and Evening Prayer'. Yet the old names continued to live on, to the extent that it is rather daft to speak of 'Choral Evening Prayer'.
Because of the pressures on Sunday mornings, especially with the restoration of the Parish Eucharist as the main Sunday mid-morning service, major celebrations of Matins have become rather few and far between. However, in twilight isolation Evensong has remained strong. In the nineteenth century, the 'Fully Choral Service' became a sign of aspirational excellence in neo-gothic, middle-class churches, aping cathedrals with their processions and besurpliced choirs. I believe that movement has skewed our understanding of Evensong to assume that only a proper Choral Evensong will do, when we have forgotten how to do a good — liturgically and musically — Evensong that is suited to a church that cannot really cope with the demanding choral repertoire.
What about those sub-species? Continue reading →
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The Anglican tradition of daily prayer, and a year of praying the Roman Office
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I have spent the last year praying my daily prayers from the Roman Office with my parish. Over the years I have used a number of Anglican office books, from the Book of Common Prayer, the Alternative Service Book, Celebrating Common Prayer and Common Worship: Daily Prayer. The traditional Anglican approach to ordering daily prayer might be summed up in the word from the introduction to the Book of Common Prayer
Moreover, the number and hardness of the Rules called the Pie, and the manifold changings of the Service, was the cause, that to turn the Book only was so hard and intricate a matter, that many times there was more business to find out what should be read, than to read it when it was found out.
For Anglicans then, daily prayer has been governed by the aesthetic of the simple; if this is the daily work of the clergy, then it should be likened unto the ploughing of furrows and not bookish cleverness. Of course, traditional Anglican daily prayer can be a thing of great beauty when Solemn Matins (if such a thing still be done) or Evensong is accompanied by a robed choir: simple, yet sublime. The Alternative Service Book 1980 followed this principle of simplicity, but in its updated 'committee prose' the business of prayer felt more like it needed to be moved and seconded rather than Amen-ed! The times I prayed the ASB are mostly blanked out as bad memory. Into this spiritual desert we welcomed Celebrating Common Prayer almost lasciviously! Being built through the experience of Anglican Franciscans of the Society of St Francis (SSF) it was tested at the prayer desk. It encouraged Anglicans to think about the occasional Midday or Night Prayer (Compline). It gave us prayer that, while remaining fixed in its shape, moved with the seasons of the liturgical year and flavoured them appropriately with joy or sorrow, hope or conviction. This formed the basis of Common Worship: Daily Prayer, the current standard for the Church of England's office. E'en so, the Anglican method has always been to take two or three books to the prayer desk: prayer book and Bible, and now the lectionary that reminds us of saints to celebrate and which psalms and readings to use. We Anglicans are not good at knowing our own tradition, so it seems necessary to offer this here as and aide mémoire.
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A woman is set to pass Special Forces training and become the Army's first female Green Beret
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff
The New York Times |
Members of the U.S. Army Special Forces salute during a wreath-laying ceremony at President John F. Kennedy's gravesite at Arlington Cemetery in 2011. In 1961 President Kennedy authorized U.S. Army Special Forces to wear the Green Beret. The ceremony was held to honor Kennedy's vision to build a dedicated counterinsurgency force 50 years ago. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON — A National Guard soldier is set to become the Army's first female Green Beret in coming weeks, according to military officials, following the Pentagon's opening of all combat and Special Operations jobs to women in 2016.
The woman, an enlisted soldier, is in the final stage of training before graduating from the roughly yearlong qualification course, or Q Course, as a Special Forces engineer sergeant. Her graduation is almost guaranteed, officials said, although occasionally soldiers have failed the course this late in the training or withdrawn because of injuries.
A spokesman for Army Special Operations Command would not release any information on the soldier, citing security concerns.
The soldier is one of only a handful of women who have passed the initial 24-day assessment program that acts as a screening process before the qualification course. The weekslong screening regimen tests candidates on fundamental military skills, including land navigation and marching with heavy combat gear before they are evaluated by Special Forces supervisors — and either denied entry or accepted into the qualification course.
At least one other woman, a medical sergeant, also is in the qualification course.
The course's length depends on the soldier's military job, which for the Special Forces includes specialties such as intelligence and operations, weapons, medical, engineering and communications. All are front line combat positions, and Green Berets have been central to America's wars since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
More than 700 female soldiers have been allowed into previously restricted combat jobs out of the roughly 65,000 women in the Army. In 2017, a woman was accepted into the Army's 75th Ranger Regiment, an elite light infantry unit that operates alongside the Army's most prestigious commando teams under the Joint Special Operations Command.
More than a dozen women have graduated from the Army's arduous Ranger school, including Capt. Kristen M. Griest, who became the Army's first female infantry officer in 2016.
"I do hope that, with our performance in Ranger school, we've been able to inform that decision as to what they can expect from women in the military," Griest said when she graduated in 2015. "We can handle things physically and mentally on the same level as men."
The Army Special Forces, known colloquially as the Green Berets, is one of the last Army assignments without any women. Used for missions around the world, Green Berets span a continuum of missions from "soft power" — inoculating local children from disease and building rapport with local leaders — to intense combat operations. They are traditionally assigned to unconventional warfare missions, which often means training and equipping friendly local forces and militaries, as well as counterinsurgency operations.
The elite unit, championed by President John F. Kennedy, gained national recognition during the Vietnam War.
Special Forces troops are deployed today in conflict zones such as Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, replacing conventional troops as the backbone for the United States' long wars by training and then fighting alongside U.S.-backed allied forces in those countries.
Before the opening of combat jobs to women, a female Army captain in the early 1980s qualified for the Special Forces, but was never allowed into a unit.
Earlier this month, two Special Forces soldiers, Sgt. 1st Class Javier J. Gutierrez and Sgt. 1st Class Antonio R. Rodriguez, were killed in eastern Afghanistan when an Afghan soldier turned his weapon on them in what was described as an insider attack.
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New York City is known for being a community full of individuals who walk to their destination. I mean, how many other cities once had official signage that said "Pay Attention While Walking"? What happens when walking is not only your best option for travel, but also your primary exercise and a way to stay healthy and avoid a pandemic? MD2 Property Group's Chief Operating Officer Abby Mintz had a consistent morning routine before COVID-19, "wake up, put on gym clothes, go to the gym, do a cardio workout and take a fitness class, rinse and repeat, every day." Mintz says "due to an apprehension of taking public transportation during the pandemic, walking and biking became my sole source of transportation. Surprisingly, it was a refreshing and seemingly healthful alternative." This has been the new reality for many New Yorkers until recently when Governor Andrew Cuomo said all gyms had to open between August 24th and September 2nd with certain conditions and restrictions. For an anxious group of New Yorkers, this seemed like good news that we have been waiting for all summer.
Of course, Governor Cuomo also said ultimately it was up to the localities and local elected officials to arrange an additional plan for the reopening and inspection of private and public gyms and fitness centers. For us, that means Governor Cuomo put the ball in Mayor Bill de Blasio's hands, no pun intended. Mayor de Blasio has since said the city would be "cautious with that local decision-making and choose to take a conservative approach." Some experts have recommended opening gyms with limited capacities, with strict restrictions on machine usage, personal protective equipment, and additional cleaning protocols. Mayor de Blasio's reason for indicating that gyms would likely not open in New York City before the September 2nd deadline is that they are solely focused on sending inspectors to schools first before they reopen on September 10th. "We're going to work through how to balance that, but there's no question in my mind, the most important thing we could do with our health inspectors is focus on childcare centers in schools,' de Blasio said.
At this moment, buildings can begin to prepare for a reopening, but are not permitted to actually open the gym or fitness center doors. Other gym amenities such as saunas and showers will also not be permitted to open under the restrictions set forth by Governor Cuomo. As many shareholders and unit owners are starting to put pressure on their managing agent and the board to open their private building's fitness center – many board members may be struggling with putting together the plan for reopening. MD Squared Property Group fully supports physical fitness and encourages staff to stay active and healthy. Our property management company is even hosting a fitness class in the park to promote employee fitness. We can understand the frustration for residents who have building amenities that have been closed for several months. But fortunately, with proper preparation, they should be open soon.
Property Manager, Michal Jacobs, says "our building residents are thrilled to finally have their gyms re-open during these unprecedented times. Throughout the past few months, many building residents have been cramped in small NYC apartment corridors. The ability to be active and utilize workout equipment when you are stuck inside for most of the day is an exciting thought to these building residents. Not to mention, these gyms could potentially help these building residents fight off other health risks, such as diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. We are looking forward to helping our building residents maintain a healthy and active lifestyle which is crucial for both their physical and mental health. This couldn't come at a better time, where the weather in NYC is getting ready for its winter season." This idea is echoed by Dan Arriggo, member of an elite fitness team, who says "the gym is stress relief for me. It aids in my work, my family, and my life. It's also my outlet." Arriggo also explains "the gym is an outlet for not only individuals who want to stay physically fit but also for people who may be fighting off an addiction or stressors. The longer gyms stay closed completely, the longer these individuals are at risk for relapse."
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UK-developed growth hormone test is new tool for sports anti-doping agencies
Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Scientists from three UK universities have developed a new test to detect blood proteins that show that an athlete has used growth hormone.
The test, developed by scientists at the University of Southampton, King's College London and University of Kent at Canterbury, is based on the measurement of two proteins in the blood. Insulin-like growth factor-I and the amino terminal pro-peptide of type III collagen, act as markers of growth hormone use and increase in response to growth hormone.
Over the last 10 years, the GH-2004 team, which is based the University of Southampton, has been developing a test for growth hormone misuse in sport with funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), US Anti-Doping Agency and UK Anti-Doping.
The test was used for the first time by King's College London analysts at the anti-doping laboratory for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in August and September this year. On 8 September 2012, the International Paralympic Committee announced that two powerlifters had received two-year suspensions for Anti-Doping Rule Violations involving growth hormone following an adverse laboratory finding using the new test.
The case was a world first as some of the latest testing methods were used which were only introduced prior to London 2012. The new method is able to detect misuse of human growth hormone over a number of weeks, compared to previous methods used which only detected use over a shorter time period.
Richard Holt, Professor in Diabetes and Endocrinology at the University of Southampton and also a consultant in Diabetes at Southampton General Hospital, said, "We are pleased to have another effective and reliable means to catch cheats and help deter harmful drug misuse. There has been a tremendous amount of team work to develop this test and I am delighted that this dedication has finally succeeded. I would like to thank the World Anti-Doping Agency, US Anti-Doping and UK Anti-Doping for their support and trust in our work."
Professor David Cowan, Head of the Drug Control Centre at King's College London and Director of the anti-doping laboratory for the Games, said: "These findings prove that the years of research have been worthwhile. In partnership with the University of Southampton and Kent University, this has been one of the most complex scientific projects the Drug Control Centre at King's has been involved in. To be able to carry out this test at this year's Games is a huge achievement. It represents a big step forward in staying at the forefront of anti-doping science, to help deter drug misuse in sport."
Andy Parkinson, UK Anti-Doping Chief Executive, added: "Continual improvement in testing science is fundamental to the global anti-doping movement, ensuring that sophisticated dopers are caught and those at a tipping point are deterred. I am delighted that this UK developed test, which my team has been closely involved with, was used at the 2012 Paralympic Games to such good effect."
WADA President John Fahey praised the test by saying: "The new test – which has been approved by WADA – was first introduced prior to the London 2012 Olympic Games, and we are confident that it will prove a significant tool in the fight against doping in sport.
"It will complement the test that has been in use since the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the major difference being that the anti-doping community now has a much longer detection window to work with."


Motto: الله، اَلْـوَطَـن، اَلـثَّـوْرَة، اَلْـوَحْـدَة (Arabic) "Allāh, al-Waṭan, ath-Thawrah, al-Waḥdah" "God, Country, Revolution, Unity"
From the Ottoman Empire. From the United Kingdom.
United Nations reported that Yemen is the country with the most people in need of humanitarian aid in the world with 21.2 million.
Yemen near Ibb. Jibla was strategically near the Sulayhid dynasty source of wealth, the agricultural central highlands. It was also within easy reach of the southern portion of the country, especially Aden. She sent Ismaili missionaries to India, where a significant Ismail community was formed that exists to this day. Queen Arwa continued to rule securely until her death in 1138.
India and send every year a great amount of gold and jewels to Constantinople.
Yemen for our soldiers. Each time we have sent an expeditionary force there, it has melted away like salt dissolved in water.
Zabid remained under the possession of the Turks.
Zabid in 1634 and allowed the Ottomans to leave Mocha peacefully. The reason behind Al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad's success was the possession of firearms by the tribes and their unity behind him.
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and a programme of nationalisation was begun.
Ali Nasser Muhammad fled to the north and was later sentenced to death for treason. A new government formed.
Sana'a risks becoming the first capital in the world to run out of a viable water supply as Yemen's streams and natural aquifers run dry," says The Guardian.
Yemen has acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Socotra Island (bottom-right corner of map), previously part of Hadramaut Governorate. The governorates are subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah), which are subdivided into 2,210 sub-districts, and then into 38,284 villages (as of 2001). In 2014, a constitutional panel decided to divide the country into six regions—four in the north, two in the south, and capital Sana'a outside of any region—creating a federalist model of governance. This federal proposal was a contributing factor toward the Houthis' subsequent coup d'état against the government.
Yemen water crisis builds". Los Angeles Times.


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EDITORIAL: Alligator policy needs to be adjusted
It has been more than five years since the City of Sanibel last made changes to its nuisance alligator policy, which was adjusted in part due to a fatal attack in the summer of 2004.
On the surface, it appears that the policy is indeed working. Nobody on Sanibel has lost their life due to an alligator attack in the years since. However, during the same span, almost 300 alligators have been destroyed.
A few weeks ago, Barbara Joy Cooley, President of the Committee of the Islands, wrote in her guest commentary which appeared in the Island Reporter, "I'm not an alligator expert, but I think it is time for the experts to take a look at our harvest area designation to see if it is really needed. More study and examination of the data is needed."
On Tuesday, Dee Serage-Century, SCCF's Living With Wildlife Education Director, suggested that the city's alligator policy may be too strict, and does not allow for these reptile to grow to maturity.
"People here talk about putting land aside for wildlife preservation, but nobody seems to care about learning how to live with wildlife better," she said.
According to the city's policy, "an aggressive alligator of any length will deemed a nuisance and will be captured for destruction." That statement casts a rather wide net, and is largely subjective, in our opinion.
In addition, the policy calls for the destruction of large alligators located in residential and commercial areas, in high pedestrian traffic and public locations. Alligators that make residents feel "unsafe" are also to be destroyed, and "special consideration should be given to alligator complaints and their proximity to children."
Again, who is the final authority that should determine if an alligator is truly a nuisance? The state trapper, who gets paid for capturing and killing alligators? The police, whose primary duty is to protect the citizens of Sanibel? Or members of the public, who may not want an alligator living in his or her back yard?
"Do we want an island without alligators?" Cooley asked in her commentary. "Not only one on which these creatures are no longer a part of our wildlife experience, but also one on which the natural balance has been dramatically altered?"
The island's alligator population, according to most experts, has dropped dramatically over the past decade. Some attribute the dwindling numbers to natural causes, but a majority of experts say the city's nuisance alligator policy is to blame. Removing all "unwanted" alligators over four feet long — at an age before they reach sexual maturity — may cause a once abundant species to slowly disappear from Sanibel altogether.
According to reptile experts, alligators begin breeding between the ages of 8 and 13. On average, mature gators are approximately six to seven feet long by that stage of their lives. Thus, if state trappers are called in to eradicate non-nuisance alligators, the species may be in danger of sustaining itself within its established habitat.
We would like the city's Department of Natural Resources to take a look at the current nuisance alligator policy. Bearing in mind the concerns for public safety, it would be prudent to request the relocation of gators up to six feet long, and the destruction of those larger deemed "dangerous" by state officials.
More than two-thirds of Sanibel is comprised of the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, and SCCF oversees critical wildlife habitat and more than 1,800 aces of land for conservation purposes. In total, the island possesses over 2,200 acres of freshwater wetlands. Relocation to these areas seems like a natural solution, although the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission points out that relocated alligators often try to return to their capture site.
However, when a mature crocodile from Charlotte County was relocated to the refuge in May, trappers placed magnets on the reptile's head in order to disorient the animal's instinctive "tracking" sense. The process, which did not do any harm to the creature, seems to have worked — six months later, she is still here.
The city would be doing a greater good if it increased public awareness regarding the illegal feeding of alligators. We again urge our readers not to feed alligators. Although humans are not typically targeted as prey to gators, these animals are taught over time to consider humans as a food source.
To that end, we would like to see the Police Department impose fines greater than the current $500 penalty for people guilty of feeding alligators. When it impacts the wallet, people will pay attention.
Like most Sanibelians, we hope to ensure that these creatures will endure and thrive on the island just as they have for many years. And many more to come.
— Reporter editorial


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Q: Convert each digit from number saved in string to array of int I'm writing this project on DFA and i want to save and covert each digit of an integer saved as a string  to an int array.This is the code from the function responsible for that:

int l=final_states.size();
int* temp_final;
temp_final=new int [l];
for(int i=0;i<l;i++)
{
    temp_final[i]=atoi(final_states.at(i).c_str());
}

This gives me the following mistake : request for member 'c_str' in '((DFA*)this)->DFA::final_states.std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::at<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >(((std::basic_string<char>::size_type)i))', which is of non-class type 'char'|.

So if you could tell me how to make this conversion and saving work , that would be great.

A: The atoi() function wants a const char*, you cannot call .c_str() with the result of .at(i) which is actually a char& value.
Just fix your assignment line to
 temp_final[i] = int(final_states[i]) - int('0');

Though you also might check if you really have a digit there, before putting it into your result array:
 if(std::isdigit(final_states[i])) {
     temp_final[i] = int(final_states[i]) - int('0');
 }
 else {
     // Skip, or throw error ...
 }

A: c_str() doest not work because after calling at(i) you've got a char not a string. I suggest you to use:
temp_final[i]=final_states.at(i) - '0';

Here you take an ASCII code for a char symbol and when you subtract a '0' you get exectly an int you need, because all the digits go in order in ASCII table.


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Summer 2016, Summer Blogs
From Dawn to Moonlight
A Promising Summer in Cambridge
By Shuyu Song
For a while before coming to Britain, I considered what it would be like to study at Cambridge. From the love poems composed by Chinese poet Xu Zhimo to the Cambridge Shakespeare festival, I had a feeling that this fascinating town would suit a more introverted person like myself for a summer of relaxation and reflection. My first few weeks in Cambridge have definitely fulfilled my expectations.
Both a university town and a tourist hotspot, Cambridge inherits the freshness and peacefulness of the nearby river. I have been staying in Pembroke College, the third oldest college in the University of Cambridge. My experience here has been surprisingly similar to my experience at Yale. Walking toward the college library, I find myself strangely at home, as if I am just about to embark on another normal Saturday at Bass. Cambridge's Gothic architecture resembles much of that of Yale. Also, Cambridge has its own Spring Fling, called the "Big Weekend."
However, hidden behind the similarities are quite revealing differences. Colleges in Cambridge, unlike residential colleges at Yale, operate independently of each other. Additionally, facilities in one college are typically closed to students in other colleges, similar to individual graduate schools at Yale.
While staying in Pembroke, I've had the chance to talk to some undergraduates at Cambridge. Most students told me that Cambridge is academically rigorous and politically liberal. I found that the majority of students support the Labour Party and that most voted against Brexit.
One of my most enjoyable parts of Cambridge so far has been the cuisine. What I've found most attractive about British food – aside from the well-known fish-and-chips– is the breakfast. Breakfast at Cambridge is arguably the most important meal of the day, with the dining halls offering a smorgasbord of bacon, sausages, eggs, and beans.
Besides breakfast, Cambridge's pub culture has been a pleasant surprise. A pub provides customers with spaces to sit down and converse over drinks. The oldest and most frequently visited pub in Cambridge – the Eagle – embodies a British version of "Midnight in Paris" – relaxed, artistic, and at times geeky. Small wooden tables of three or four occupy a room around a quarter of the size of a football field. Outdoor tables are also offered, which resembles more of a café or a private garden than a drinking space. A glass of wine or two later, conversations about Shakespeare or Westminster flow among a table of friends or colleagues.
Cambridge's Shakespeare Festival was another intellectual space I thoroughly enjoyed. Each year in July and August, live performance of Shakespeare drama takes place in different colleges in Cambridge. There are ten shows on display this year. The festival offers a fantastic opportunity not only to learn more about British culture but also to explore the colleges that are not normally open to tourists.
Watching the Festival's performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream was one of my favorite parts of the summer so far. The beautiful King's College Garden housed an audience of more than two hundred on a delightful summer evening. The actors then took me and the rest of the audience on a three-hour journey of joy, wonder and magic. The interaction between the actors and the audience gave each performance a creative twist, offering the audience an unforgettable and unrepeatable experience. Puck, the spirited wanderer who orchestrated the dream, first appeared dashing through the aisle from behind. As the actress approached, she took a bit of biscuit from the couple sitting next to me, then "barked" at a child and flirted a fifty-year-old lady. The entire performance was filled with such pleasant surprise and genuine laughter, ending on a high note that left the audience in awe with affection.
Despite the differences between Yale and Cambridge, I find myself quite at home here and am looking forward to the rest of the summer.
Shuyu Song is a rising sophomore in Pierson College. Contact her at shuyu.song@yale.edu.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using CollectionsOnline.Core.Extensions;
using CollectionsOnline.WebSite.Extensions;
using CollectionsOnline.WebSite.Models;
using Humanizer;
using Nancy.Extensions;
using Nancy.Helpers;
using Raven.Abstractions.Data;

namespace CollectionsOnline.WebSite.Factories
{
    public class SearchViewModelFactory : ISearchViewModelFactory
    {
        public SearchIndexViewModel MakeSearchIndex(
            IList<EmuAggregateRootViewModel> results,
            FacetResults facets,
            int totalResults,
            SearchInputModel searchInputModel)
        {
            var searchIndexViewModel = new SearchIndexViewModel
            {
                Results = results,
                Queries = searchInputModel.Queries,
                TotalResults = totalResults,
                TotalPages = (totalResults + searchInputModel.PerPage - 1) / searchInputModel.PerPage,
                Page = searchInputModel.Page,
                PerPage = searchInputModel.PerPage,
            };

            // Build facets
            foreach (var facet in facets.Results)
            {
                var facetViewModel = new FacetViewModel { Name = facet.Key.Humanize() };

                foreach (var facetValue in facet.Value.Values)
                {
                    if (facetValue.Range != "NULL_VALUE")
                    {
                        var facetValueQueryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);
                        facetValueQueryString.Remove("page");

                        var facetValues = facetValueQueryString.GetQueryStringValues(facet.Key.ToLower());

                        var facetValueViewModel = new FacetValueViewModel
                        {
                            Facet = facet.Key,
                            Hits = facetValue.Hits,
                            Name = facetValue.Range.Transform(facetValue.Range.StartsWith("cc by") ? To.UpperCase : To.TitleCase),
                            Class = string.Equals(facet.Key, "RecordType", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ? facetValue.Range : null
                        };

                        if (facetValues != null && facetValues.Any(x => string.Equals(x, facetValue.Range, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
                        {
                            facetValueQueryString.Remove(facet.Key.ToLower());

                            foreach (var value in facetValues.Where(x => !string.Equals(x, facetValue.Range, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
                            {
                                facetValueQueryString.Add(facet.Key.ToLower(), value);
                            }

                            facetValueViewModel.Active = true;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            facetValueQueryString.Add(facet.Key.ToLower(), facetValue.Range);
                        }

                        facetValueViewModel.Url = (facetValueQueryString.Count > 0)
                            ? String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", facetValueQueryString.RenderQueryString())
                            : searchInputModel.CurrentUrl;

                        facetViewModel.Values.Add(facetValueViewModel);
                    }
                }

                if (facetViewModel.Values.Any())
                {
                    facetViewModel.Values = facetViewModel.Values
                        .OrderByDescending(x => x.Active)
                        .ThenByDescending(x => x.Hits)
                        .ToList();

                    searchIndexViewModel.Facets.Add(facetViewModel);
                }
            }

            // Build ActiveFacets
            searchIndexViewModel.ActiveFacets = searchIndexViewModel.Facets
                .SelectMany(x => x.Values)
                .Where(y => y.Active)
                .Select(x => new ActiveFacetValueViewModel
                {
                    Facet = x.Facet.Humanize(),
                    Name = x.Name,
                    UrlToRemove = x.Url
                }).ToList();

            // Build ActiveQueries
            foreach (var query in searchInputModel.Queries)
            {
                var termQueryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);

                var otherQueries = termQueryString.GetQueryStringValues("query").Where(x => !string.Equals(x, query));

                termQueryString.Remove("query");

                foreach (var currentQuery in otherQueries)
                {
                    termQueryString.Add("query", currentQuery);
                }

                // remove sort relevance if set
                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(termQueryString["sort"]) && string.Equals(termQueryString["sort"], "relevance", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                    termQueryString.Remove("sort");

                searchIndexViewModel.ActiveTerms.Add(new ActiveTermViewModel
                {
                    Name = query,
                    Term = "Query",
                    UrlToRemove = (termQueryString.Count > 0) ? String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", termQueryString.RenderQueryString()) : searchInputModel.CurrentUrl
                });
            }

            // Build ActiveTerms
            foreach (var term in searchInputModel.Terms)
            {
                var termQueryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);

                termQueryString.Remove(term.Key);

                searchIndexViewModel.ActiveTerms.Add(new ActiveTermViewModel
                {
                    Name = term.Value,
                    Term = term.Key,
                    UrlToRemove = (termQueryString.Count > 0) ? String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", termQueryString.RenderQueryString()) : searchInputModel.CurrentUrl
                });
            }

            // Build next prev page links
            var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);
            if ((searchInputModel.Page + 1) <= searchIndexViewModel.TotalPages)
            {
                queryString.Set("page", (searchInputModel.Page + 1).ToString());
                searchIndexViewModel.NextPageUrl = String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", queryString.RenderQueryString());
            }

            if ((searchInputModel.Page - 1) >= 1)
            {
                queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);
                queryString.Set("page", (searchInputModel.Page - 1).ToString());
                if ((searchInputModel.Page - 1) == 1)
                {
                    queryString.Remove("page");
                }
                searchIndexViewModel.PreviousPageUrl = (queryString.Count > 0) ? String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", queryString.RenderQueryString()) : searchInputModel.CurrentUrl;
            }

            // Build sort links
            //TODO: sort this mess out
            queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);
            queryString.Set("sort", "quality");
            searchIndexViewModel.QualitySortButton = new ButtonViewModel
            {
                Name = "Quality",
                Url = String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", queryString.RenderQueryString()),
                Active = searchInputModel.Sort == "quality" || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(searchInputModel.Sort)
            };

            queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);
            queryString.Set("sort", "relevance");
            searchIndexViewModel.RelevanceSortButton = new ButtonViewModel
            {
                Name = "Relevance",
                Url = String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", queryString.RenderQueryString()),
                Active = searchInputModel.Sort == "relevance"
            };

            queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);
            queryString.Set("sort", "date");
            searchIndexViewModel.DateSortButton = new ButtonViewModel
            {
                Name = "Date modified",
                Url = String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", queryString.RenderQueryString()),
                Active = searchInputModel.Sort == "date"
            };

            queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);
            queryString.Set("perpage", Core.Config.Constants.PagingPerPageDefault.ToString());
            queryString.Remove("page");
            searchIndexViewModel.DefaultPerPageButton = new ButtonViewModel
            {
                Name = Core.Config.Constants.PagingPerPageDefault.ToString(),
                Url = String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", queryString.RenderQueryString()),
                Active = searchInputModel.PerPage == Core.Config.Constants.PagingPerPageDefault
            };

            queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);
            queryString.Set("perpage", Core.Config.Constants.PagingPerPageMax.ToString());
            queryString.Remove("page");
            searchIndexViewModel.MaxPerPageButton = new ButtonViewModel
            {
                Name = Core.Config.Constants.PagingPerPageMax.ToString(),
                Url = String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", queryString.RenderQueryString()),
                Active = searchInputModel.PerPage == Core.Config.Constants.PagingPerPageMax
            };

            // View links
            queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);
            queryString.Set("view", "list");
            searchIndexViewModel.ListViewButton = new ButtonViewModel
            {
                Name = "List",
                Url = String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", queryString.RenderQueryString()),
                Active = searchInputModel.View == "list" || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(searchInputModel.View)
            };

            queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);
            queryString.Set("view", "grid");
            searchIndexViewModel.GridViewButton = new ButtonViewModel
            {
                Name = "Grid",
                Url = String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", queryString.RenderQueryString()),
                Active = searchInputModel.View == "grid"
            };

            queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);
            queryString.Set("view", "data");
            searchIndexViewModel.DataViewButton = new ButtonViewModel
            {
                Name = "Data",
                Url = String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, "?", queryString.RenderQueryString()),
                Active = searchInputModel.View == "data"
            };

            searchIndexViewModel.CsvDownloadUrl = String.Concat(searchInputModel.CurrentUrl, ".csv", searchInputModel.CurrentQueryString);

            return searchIndexViewModel;
        }
    }
}

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Crescendo - our latest from the virtual Strand to watch at home
Crescendo, Our latest offering to watch at home from the "virtual Strand"* is about conflict and the power of music.
When a world famous conductor tries to create an Israeli-Palestinian orchestra, it takes all his skill and resources to overcome the discord and get them to play in harmony, rising to a tense and emotional finale.
When world-famous conductor Eduard Sporck accepts the job to create an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra, he is quickly drawn into a tempest of sheer unsolvable problems. Having grown up in a state of war, suppression or constant risk of terrorist attacks, the young musicians from both sides are far from able to form a team. Lined up behind the two best violinists - the emancipated Palestinian Layla and the handsome Israeli Ron - they form two parties who deeply mistrust each other, on and off-stage alike. Will Sporck succeed and make the young people forget their hatred, at least for the three weeks until the concert? With the first glimmer of hope, however, the political opponents of the orchestra show them how strong they are...
Loosely inspired by Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Academy-Award nominated director Dror Zahavi ("Alexander Penn", "Everything for my Father") directs this gripping drama as a constantly growing 'crescendo', rising the tension and conflicts until the last frame. Lead actor Peter Simonischek ("Toni Erdmann") stars next to a highly convincing selection of up-and-coming actors like Daniel Donskoy ("Victoria") and Sabrina Amali ("4 Blocks"). A remarkable theatrical movie and contribution to the world-wide efforts towards understanding, humanity and peace.
You watch our virtual film offerings from your home on your own schedule. The Strand splits the "ticket" price with the distributor. To see a good film and support the future of the Strand at the same time click this link starting Friday, May 1
Starting May 1, click for a live link to the film:
The Virtual Strand?
Watch a film/support the Strand
Just a few weeks ago I introduced Parasite by professing my love for Vicksburg, the Strand, and the folks who come out to see our programming. A few things have changed since then...
But we still love you and miss you at the Strand.
And we hope you miss us: breathing in the smell of the fresh popcorn as you open the door; catching up with friends old and new; checking out this week's beer selection; finding the perfect seat (until some tall person sits in front of you)... and then watching a new or classic film with an audience - those were the days. And hopefully all those little things will return to our lives soon. Or eventually.
Until then some of our film distributors have come up with a plan to keep you thinking about the Strand and even supporting the Strand by partnering with us to offer unreleased films you can watch at home. Typically these films are available for a week or two or three, and once purchased can be watched over a 72 hour period. The easiest way to watch them is on a computer, or tablet, or phone, but they can usually be cast to your TV using Airplay or ChromeCast or something similar. Also a cable which connects your device to your TV by HDMI can be used.
Okay, it's not the same, but these are brand new films of the caliber we would be presenting on our screen, and if you choose to watch them, the Strand gets to split the ticket price.
Click here to get more info and to purchase a screening of Crescendo
and see links for our other Virtual Strand films.
Thanks for all your support...
Posted by Daniel at 8:01 AM 2 comments:
Booksellers and The Etruscan Smile new to stream from the virtual Strand
Starting Friday, April 17 we're adding two new titles to our selection of films you can watch at home to benefit the Strand.
First: STRAND VICKSBURG presents
THE ETRUSCAN SMILE
Based on the bestselling novel by José Luis Sampedro, THE ETRUSCAN SMILE stars Brian Cox (HBO's Succession) as Rory MacNeil, a rugged Scotsman who reluctantly leaves his beloved Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory's life will be transformed, when he least expects it, through the redemptive power of love.
"The film has energy and spirit, thanks to Cox's bright, charming performance."
–Rex Reed, Observer
"Cox is a wonder to watch, and seeing him in this gentle, vulnerable role is a treat."
–Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times
STARRING: BRIAN COX, ROSANNA ARQUETTE, JJ FEILD, THORA BIRCH
PRODUCED BY ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER ARTHUR COHN
DIRECTED BY MIHAL BREZIS & ODED BINNUN
A LIGHTYEAR ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE
Starting April 17, click for a live link to watch the film:
Another film for you to watch at home. The Strand receives about half of the proceeds.
D.W. Young's elegant and absorbing documentary is a lively tour of New York's book world, populated by an assortment of obsessives, intellects, eccentrics and dreamers, past and present: from the Park Avenue Armory's annual Antiquarian Book Fair, where original editions can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars; to the Strand and Argosy bookstores, still standing against all odds; to the beautifully crammed apartments of collectors and buyers. The film, executive produced by Parker Posey, features a range of commentators, including Fran Lebowitz, Susan Orlean, Gay Talese, and a community of dedicated book dealers and collectors who strongly believe in the wonder of the object and what it holds within.
Virtual Strand Film Links
In response to these remarkable times with theaters closed our distributors are offering us films to let you watch in the safety of your own home to benefit the Strand. These are films we would have considered bringing to our funky little theater, but it's pretty quiet over there right now. We miss you and hope you will find something of interest in this selection which so far includes shorts, Kid's films, documentaries, thrillers, dramas, foreign language films, cat videos... it's just like the Strand, but without the free popcorn.
As each film becomes available, we will add a live link so you can find more information and links to purchase film rentals.
Balloon: Active now
CatVideoFest: Active Now
The Booksellers: Active Now
Crescendo: Active Now (Read more about Crescendo)
New French Shorts 2020: Active Now
Diana Kennedy Nothing Fancy: Active Now
Plimpton!
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
Posted by Daniel at 8:23 AM 18 comments:
Cat Videos! The Creature Comforts Edition in the "virtual Strand"
The World Is Stuck Inside Staring Out.
We're Here to Cheer You Up.
The Virtual Strand* and O-scope Presents...
BEST OF CATVIDEOFEST:
CREATURE COMFORTS EDITION!
You asked for it, so we delivered! For the first time ever, CatVideoFest is available to screen virtually outside of theaters (as in right in your home)! Long time CatVideoFest curator extraordinaire, Will Braden, has crafted a 40-min "treat" of a reel that includes the very best videos from CVF's illustrious history. Oscilloscope is rolling it out to virtual cinemas all across the country (including the virtual Strand) beginning next Friday, April 10!
The Fine Print: Since the "Best of CatVideoFest" isn't feature-length, it is not being offered at a standard ticket price. Instead, it's a "Pay What You Want" model, which allows you to rent the film to stream right in your home for as a little as $.99 or as much as you want. We understand many will pay the bare minimum, however we want to remind you that this is a special event to support the Strand in a time of great need.
Click to purchase CatVideoFest
*All films at the "virtual Strand" are streamed at home, but a portion of your rental fee goes to support the future of the Strand. Thank you for your support.
Posted by Daniel at 2:44 PM 2 comments:
Balloon: a new film from the (Virtual Strand)
We have a new film coming from the "Virtual Strand" starting this Friday, April 10. These films are not available to see on other streaming platforms, and half of your rental cost goes to support our efforts and future at the Strand.
Click this link to watch Balloon.
Balloon (Ballon)
Thriller, Historical – Germany – 2019 – 125′
In German with English Subtitles
A thriller-like true story of one of the most spectacular escapes of the 20th Century.
With a theatrical release to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Germany's reunification, BALLOON is based on the true events of one of the most daring escapes of the Cold War in which two families living in Communist East Germany sailed over the heavily fortified border in a homemade hot-air balloon.
In the summer of 1979, the Strelzyk and Wetzel families—who had been working on their audacious plan for more than two years—try to flee East Germany in a self-made hot-air balloon. But after the balloon crash-lands just before the West German border, the Stasi find traces of the attempted escape and immediately launch an investigation. In a nerve-wracking race against the clock, the two families attempt to build a new escape balloon as the Stasi get closer and closer each day…
Support your local theater with Virtual Cinema
After a very successful award-winning festival run, BALLOON opened on March 13th in Los Angeles at the Laemmle, a few days before the theaters were closed. Distrib Films is now offering the possibility to watch the film while supporting your favorite local movie theater. Please share this information with your friends and family around the country, as tickets can be purchased by all in the participating theaters.
Posted by Daniel at 12:15 PM 2 comments:
The Strand Goes virtual with The Whistlers this weekend (Held over another week!)
Magnolia Pictures and the (virtual) Strand present
The Whistlers
"A funhouse of cinematic mirrors. 'The Whistlers' makes reading subtitles not just vital, but fun." - Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
"If the Coen Brothers were Romanian, they might have made 'THE WHISTLERS'." - A.O. Scott, The New York Times
''A daffy and dazzling crime film. Taut and constantly surprising, the film breathes new life into staid genre conventions." - Simon Abrams, RogerEbert.com
In THE WHISTLERS, not everything is as it seems for Cristi, a police inspector in Bucharest who plays both sides of the law. Embarking with the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will have to navigate the twists and turns of corruption, treachery and deception. A trip to the Canary Islands to learn a secret whistling language might just be what they need to pull it off.
Purchase your screening of The Whistlers
Just a couple weeks ago I introduced Parasite by professing my love for Vicksburg, the Strand, and the folks who come out to see our programming. A few things have changed since then...
And we hope you miss us: breathing in the smell of the fresh popcorn as you open the door; catching up with friends old and new; checking out this week's beer selection; finding the perfect seat (until some tall person sits in front of you)... and then watching a new or classic film with an audience, and hanging around to discuss the film - those were the days. And hopefully all those little things will return to our lives soon. Or eventually.
Until then some of our film distributors have come up with a plan to keep you thinking about the Strand and even supporting the Strand by partnering with us to offer unreleased films you can stream at home.
Okay, it's not the same, but these are brand new films of the caliber we would be presenting on our screen, and if you choose to watch them, the Strand receives half the ticket price. We will be working with a number of the distributors who supply our films. Their platforms and procedures may vary somewhat. It's an adventure.
Our first offering is from Romania and is called The Whistlers.
Click to purchase your screening of the Whistlers
Thanks. We miss you.
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