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import os, pickle

'''
This is the array containing the languages supported by the system. To add a new language just add the name of the language to this array.
Once that is done, please read up the comments for each of the arrays below, add make suitable additions.
'''
LANGUAGES = [
            'C++',
            'C',
            'Java',
            'Python',
            'Bash',
]

'''
This is the array containing the languages the need compilation. If your language is a compiled language, then add it here. Please note that
the name should be the same as added in the LANGUAGES array.
'''
COMPILED_LANGUAGES = ['C',
                      'C++',
                      'Java',
]

'''
This is the array containing the languages that are just interpreted. If your language is an interpreted language, then add it here. Please note that
the name should be the same as added in the LANGUAGES array.
NOTE: Languages that compile to a binary file (C/C++) need not be added here.
'''
INTERPRETED_LANGUAGES = ['Python',
                         'Bash',
                         'Java',
]

'''
This is the dictionary that maps the languages to the compilers used to compile them. If your language is a compiled language, then add the language
name and the compiler to be used here. Please note that the name of the language should be the same as added in the LANGUAGES array.
NOTE: The compiler should be installed on the system running the server.
'''
COMPILERS = {
            'C++': 'g++',
            'C': 'gcc',
            'Java': 'javac',
}

'''
This is the dictionary that maps the interpreted languages to the interpreters used to interpret them. If your language is an interpreted language,
then add the language name and the interpeter to be used here. Please note that the name of the language should be the same as added in the LANGUAGES
array.
NOTE: The interpreter should be installed on the system running the server.
NOTE: For compiled languages, add the interpreter used to interpret the byte/object code. If the final object code is in the form of a binary file,
the dont add anything (Ex: C/C++).
'''
INTERPRETERS = {
            'Java' : 'java',
            'Python': 'python',
            'Bash': 'bash',
}

'''
This is the dictionary that maps the compiler names to the list of file extensions that the compilers recognizes/are valid. If your language is a
compiled language, then add the compiler name and the list of valid extensions. Please note that the name of the compiler should be the same as added
in the COMPILERS dictionary.
NOTE: When creating assignments, the solution files to be uploaded are cross checked with this list. So please ensure that you have covered all valid
      extensions.
'''
VALID_EXTENSIONS_COMPILERS = {
            'g++': ['.cpp', '.h', '.hpp'],
            'gcc': ['.c', '.h'],
            'javac': ['.java'],
}

'''
This is the dictionary that maps the interpreter names to the list of file extensions that the interpreter recognizes/are valid. If your language is a
interpreted language, then add the interpreter name and the list of valid extensions. Please note that the name of the interpreter should be the same
as added in the INTERPRETERS dictionary.
NOTE: When creating assignments, the extensions of the solution files to be uploaded are cross checked with this list. So please ensure that you have
      covered all valid extensions.
'''
VALID_EXTENSIONS_INTERPRETERS = {
            'java': ['.class', '.java', '.jar', ''],
            'python': ['.py'],
            'bash': ['.sh'],
}

'''
This is the dictionary that maps the language names to the list of file extensions of the intermediate file created during the
compilation/interpretation process. Add the language name and the list of valid extensions. Please note that the name of the laugnage should be the same
as added in the LANGUAGES array.
NOTE: This array is used to find the intermediate files (by their extensions) to delete them and isolate the output files. Please add all possible extensions.
'''
INTERMEDIATE_FILES_EXTENSIONS = {
            'C':['.exe'],
            'C++': ['.exe'],
            'Java': ['.class', '.jar'],
            'Python': ['.pyc'],
            'Bash':[]
}

# Function to find if a language needs compilation or not. Checks the COMPILED_LANGUAGES array to find out the same.
# Takes as input the language name as given in the LANGUAGES array.
def compile_required(language):
    if language in COMPILED_LANGUAGES:
        return True
    else:
        return False

'''
Function to find if the execution process needs to retrieve execution command from the database or not. While adding a new language, make sure
to add the condition for the new language as needed.
'''
# Takes as input the language name as given in the LANGUAGES array.
def execution_command_required(language):
    if language == 'C' or language == 'C++':
        return False
    else:
        return True

# Function to retrieve compiler used to compile the language. Make sure that every compiled language has an entry in the COMPILERS dictionary.
# Takes as input the language name as given in the LANGUAGES array.
def get_compiler_name(lang):
    return COMPILERS[lang]

# Function to retrieve interpreter used to interpret the language. Make sure that every interpreted language has an entry in the INTERPRETERS
# dictionary. In case the object code is a binary file then no need to add anything to the INTERPRETERS dictionary.
# Takes as input the language name as given in the LANGUAGES array.
def get_interpreter_name(lang):
    return INTERPRETERS[lang]

# Function to retrieve file extensions that are recognized by the compiler and the interpreter of the language. This function is called to cross
# check the files to be uploaded as solution code with the supported extensions for the language.
# Takes as input the language name as given in the LANGUAGES array.
def get_extension(lang):
    extensions = []
    if lang in COMPILED_LANGUAGES:
        extensions += VALID_EXTENSIONS_COMPILERS[get_compiler_name(lang)]
    elif lang in INTERPRETED_LANGUAGES:
        extensions += VALID_EXTENSIONS_INTERPRETERS[get_interpreter_name(lang)]
    return extensions

# Function retrieve the language category of the language given as input. The categories are as follows.
# 0 - Languages which do not need execution command to be given by the user. The execution command is constructed according to the language
#    Ex: C/C++ uses the executable name as the execution command.
# 1 - Language which needs the compilation and interpreter command to be given by the user. Languages like Java.
# 2 - Language which needs only the execution command to be given by the user. The language either does not compile or the compilation command is
#    constructed implicitly.

def language_category(lang):
    if lang == 'C' or lang == 'C++':
        return 0
    elif lang in COMPILED_LANGUAGES:
        return 1
    elif lang in INTERPRETED_LANGUAGES:
        return 2

# Function to check if the given filename is valid for the given compiler/interpreter. It uses the VALID_EXTENSIONS_* arrays do the same.
# NOTE: Only 2 of language, compiler and interpreter are supposed to given as arguments.
# Takes as input the filename, language of the assignment, compiler to be used and the interpreter to be used.
def is_valid(filename, lang=None, compiler=None, interpreter=None):
    if lang and compiler:
        raise ValueError("Provide exactly one arguments 'lang' or 'compiler'. Provided both.")
    if lang and interpreter:
        raise ValueError("Provide exactly one arguments 'lang' or 'interpreter'. Provided both.")
    if interpreter and compiler:
        raise ValueError("Provide exactly one arguments 'compiler' or 'interpreter'. Provided both.")
    if lang:
        extensions = get_extension(lang)

    if compiler:
        extensions = VALID_EXTENSIONS_COMPILERS[compiler]

    if interpreter:
        extensions = VALID_EXTENSIONS_INTERPRETERS[interpreter]

    _, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
    return (ext in extensions) # Returns True OR False

# Function to get the compilation command of the program/section. For C/C++, the function returns the command that creates the appropriate executable.
# For the rest of the languages the function returns the compilation command as given when creating the section if the language needs to be compiled.
# Otherwise the function returns an empty string.
# Takes as input the section/program object for which the compilation command is needed.
def get_compilation_command(program):
    if program.language == 'C' or program.language == 'C++':
        return " ".join(pickle.loads(program.compiler_command)) + " -o " + "exe_" + str(program.id)
    elif program.compiler_command:
        return " ".join(pickle.loads(program.compiler_command))
    else:
        return ""

# Function to get the execution command of the program/section. For C/C++, the function returns the command as executing the binary file.
# For the rest of the languages the function returns the execution command as given when creating the section.
# Takes as input the section/program object for which the execution command is needed.
def get_execution_command(program):
    if program.language == 'C' or program.language == 'C++':
        return "./" + "exe_" + str(program.id)
    elif program.language in INTERPRETED_LANGUAGES:
        return " ".join(pickle.loads(program.execution_command))

# Function to check if the given filename is an intermediate file w.r.t to the language.
# Takes as input the filename to be checked, the section of which the file belongs to (needed for check on binary files), and the language
# of the assignment (as given in the LANGUAGE array).
def is_intermediate_files(filename, program, language):
    if program.language == 'C' or program.language == 'C++':
        return (filename == "exe_"+ str(program.id))
    else:
        _, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
        return (ext in INTERMEDIATE_FILES_EXTENSIONS[language])

# Function to retrieve the files used in the interpreter command.
# Takes as input the section/program whose files are needed.
def get_execution_command_files(program):
    if program.execution_command:
        return pickle.loads(program.execution_command)[2].split()
    else:
        return []

# Function to retrieve the files used during the compilation process.
# Takes as input the section/program whose files are needed.
def get_compilation_command_files(program):
    if program.compilation_command:
        return pickle.loads(program.compilation_command)[2].split()
    else:
        return []


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Q: C# POS receipt printing issue I have written a code in c# by using graphic object to print the receipt on POS printer (EPSON TM-T82 - paper roll : 80 X 297 mm).
sample code is as follow
Graphics graphic = e.Graphics;
Font regularFont = new Font("Courier New", 8);
Font titleFont = new Font("Courier New", 14);
SolidBrush drawBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Black);
float fontHeight = regularFont.GetHeight();
float startX = 10.0F;
float startY = 5.0F;
int offset = 40;
graphic.DrawString("----------------------------------------", regularFont, drawBrush, new PointF(startX, startY+offset), StringFormat.GenericTypographic);
offset = offset + (int)fontHeight + 5;
string header = "Item Name".PadRight(30) + "Price";
graphic.DrawString(header, regularFont, drawBrush, , new PointF(startX, startY+offset), StringFormat.GenericTypographic);
offset = offset + (int)fontHeight;
graphic.DrawString("----------------------------------------", regularFont, drawBrush, new PointF(startX, startY+offset), StringFormat.GenericTypographic);

and so on....
Now issue is that while exporting into ".XPS" then it is showing perfect. But while printing on POS printer receipt; it cuts the columns. Meaning to say that it is not printing the full row of string. I tried to fix this issue by passing RectangleF in graphic.DrawString as per suggestions found over internet but same issue.
Please see the attached screenshots of .XPS and POS receipt

Here, in screenshot, the receipt border is marked as black. in .XPS the row is printing perfect (taking full page width) but in POS printer receipt, it is not taking full width (see the white space from cut character to right side border)
If anyone can help me here what exactly i am doing wrong.
Thanks in advance.

A: Please use the columnwidth propertie
    FlowDocument doc = new FlowDocument();
    doc.ColumnWidth = 700;
    doc.PagePadding = new Thickness(20, 0, 0, 0);
I wish this will help others

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Business|Bid for Access to Amazon Echo Audio in Murder Case Raises Privacy Concerns
Bid for Access to Amazon Echo Audio in Murder Case Raises Privacy Concerns
The Amazon Echo, an internet-connected speaker that responds to voice commands.CreditCreditMark Lennihan/Associated Press
By Christopher Mele
In a move that promises to raise new questions about electronic privacy, detectives investigating a murder in Arkansas are seeking access to audio that may have been recorded on an Amazon Echo electronic personal assistant.
So far, the online retail giant has resisted demands by the police and prosecutors in Bentonville, Ark., for the information. Without addressing the specifics of the case, Amazon said in a statement that, as a matter of course, it "objects to overbroad or otherwise inappropriate demands."
The tug of war over access to the audio, which was reported by the website theinformation, began when the police started to investigate the death of Victor Collins, who was found on Nov. 22, 2015, in a hot tub at the home of James Bates, according to court records. Investigators discovered signs of a struggle, including spots of blood, broken bottles and pieces of the spa that were on the ground.
Detective Cpl. Josh Woodhams of the Bentonville Police Department wrote in an affidavit that he found an Amazon Echo on the home's kitchen counter. The voice-activated device has seven microphones, and is equipped with sensors to hear users from any direction up to about 20 feet. Among other things, it can play music, make to-do lists, stream podcasts and provide real-time news and information.
In February, Mr. Bates was charged with murder, and as part of the investigation, the police sought from Amazon "electronic data in the form of audio recordings, transcribed words, text records and other data" captured by the Echo.
The request has raised concern among some right-to-privacy supporters.
Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said in an email that there should be a "clear legal standard that governs law enforcement access" to machines that make up what has become known as the internet of things. The reference is to the constellation of devices — such as cameras, cellphones and appliances — connected to the internet.
But Lynn Terwoerds, the executive director of the Executive Women's Forum, which founded and sponsors the Voice Privacy Alliance, said in an email that the request for the information was built on a faulty premise.
She said the Echo is always listening for a "wake word" — Alexa, Amazon or another customizable term — and records only what is said after it has been activated. She said it has 60 seconds of recorded sound in its storage. "What this 'always listening' means is that the device is not eavesdropping and interpreting everything you're saying," Ms. Terwoerds wrote.
Once it detects the wake word, according to Amazon, the Echo starts streaming audio to the cloud, where it is secured until the customer permanently deletes it.
The case raises "serious privacy concerns with this kind of nonspecific warrant," Ms. Terwoerds said, adding, "We have to fight against the myth of Echo listening in on our every word and sending that data to Amazon — it's simply untrue."
Jon Simpson, the police chief in Bentonville, which, by car, is about three hours northwest of Little Rock, referred questions to Nathan Smith, the prosecuting attorney in Benton County. In an email, Mr. Smith said Amazon had yet to fully comply with two requests, although he said it had provided "some very limited subscriber information."
The company said in a statement that it would not "release customer information without a valid and binding legal demand properly served on us." Mr. Smith said that officers had followed the proper procedure in seeking a search warrant from a judge based on probable cause, and that he hoped Amazon would comply and that no further steps would be necessary.
While many right-to-privacy supporters have expressed interest in the request, Mr. Smith said the case was " really about seeking justice for the victim." He added that it was the responsibility of the police to seek the data to determine its relevance to the investigation. A lawyer for Mr. Bates did not respond to an email and a phone call seeking comment.
The Arkansas case is reminiscent of an episode in which the federal government sought to legally compel Apple to unlock an iPhone used by a gunman in a shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., last year that killed 14 people. The case became contentious as Apple refused to assist the authorities, prompting a debate about whether privacy or security was more important. Federal officials said in March that they found a way to unlock the phone without help from Apple.
The lack of clear-cut legislation over who is legally entitled to the data from such devices means these kinds of cases will continue to surface, Mark A. Testoni, the president and chief executive of SAP National Security Services, which helps agencies track those suspected of terrorism through open source data, said in an interview.
"It's such a massive gray area," he said.
Niraj Chokshi contributed reporting.
A version of this article appears in print on , Section B, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Arkansas Murder Inquiry Receives Amazon Rebuff. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe

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Q: using a blob on my web application I was reading API of Windows Azure and I have a question about blobl storage service.For instance, is it possible to use an image from my blob storage account for my website. I saw  how to access to a blob via a browser.This is something like that:
http://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/myblob

I didn't test it, so I don't know what it returns, but how can I use this blob?

A: Containers are similar to folders or directories and blobs are similar to files in our system.If you specify "http://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/myblob" it is similar to specifying "drive:folder/file".Hence when you access a blob through a url you actually fetch the blob(file) through http.


How do I know if I can qualify for a loan to purchase a vehicle?
If you have a job that can be verified, and if you are not currently involved in a bankruptcy, there is a good chance that your loan will be approved.
Does buying a pre-owned vehicle really help me re-establish my credit?
Yes. When checking with the credit bureau, many lending institutions look at automobile loans closer than any other type of loan ( other than home loans ) to verify your credit standing.
Secured credit cards are no help at all - you are really borrowing your own money with the glory of having a piece of plastic in your wallet. Buying a car from a "buy here, pay here" lot that does not report to the credit reporting agency is simply not very smart because it does not help your credit record at all.
Are there any hidden fees or service charges associated with submitting a credit application?
There is absolutely no cost to fill out an application. You can fill out an application without paying or risking anything.
Most customers are contacted within a few hours after receiving the application.
Why do you need my social insurance number?
How do I choose between a loan or a lease?
When you obtain a loan, your down payment and monthly payments go toward the total purchase price of the vehicle. When the term of the loan is complete and the loan is paid in full, you own the vehicle. With a lease, you make monthly payments for the term of that lease. Once the term of the lease is complete, the vehicle is returned to the lessor.
What is the difference between a loan and a lease?
• You want the better vehicle for your monthly payment.
• You drive less than 24,000 Km per year.
• You prefer to trade in your car every four years or less.
• Owning a car is outright not important to you.
• You want your monthly payment to apply to ownership.
• You plan to enjoy your vehicle for a long time.
• You want to customize your vehicle.
• You want the maximum flexibility regarding the number of Km you drive.
Typically, monthly payments on a lease are significantly lower than if you obtain a loan while borrowers enjoy a greater flexibility in terms if ownership.
How do I make my down payment?
You can use a credit card, money order, certified cheque or bank draft, or cash.
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Grocery shopping has never been so fun!
Discover how a Cambiati Coach looks at a grocery store. We bet even though you go all the time, you are missing a whole world of amazing food. Learn new ideas to freshen up your meals as you go through the store. Look for superfoods & figure out how to incorporate them into everyday cooking.
It's more than a grocery shopping trip, it is a chance to brainstorm with the ingredients you love & add new ones to your repertoire.


Low temperature studies of the excited-state structure of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy color centers in diamond.
Excited states of the vacancy in diamond.
STED microscopy reveals crystal colour centres with nanometric resolution.
Theory of spin-conserving excitation of the N-V(-) center in diamond.


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Lowe's hiring for 30,000 positions, giving employees $80 million in bonuses because of coronavirus
Kelly Tyko
Lowe's is hiring 30,000 workers and giving employees $80 million in bonuses as part of its response to the growing coronavirus pandemic.
The bonuses for the home improvement chain's 300,000 employees range from $150 for part-time workers to $300 for full-time workers, Lowe's president and CEO Marvin Ellison said in an interview with USA TODAY Wednesday.
The bonus payments, which will be issued March 31, won't be subject to withholding tax, Ellison said.
"We're spending less time thinking about the revenue and less time thinking of anything other than can we give our associates the support that they need, can we be a good corporate citizen. can we do all that we can to help in these really unprecedented times," Ellison said.
The company also is offering employees most susceptible to the coronavirus up to four weeks of emergency paid leave, Ellison said, which is similar to a program Target announced last week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said people over 65, pregnant or with underlying medical conditions are at risk to COVID-19.
Preventing coronavirus spread:Walmart, Kroger, Albertsons among grocers adding sneeze guards
Coronavirus response:Starbucks giving free coffee to first responders, healthcare workers dealing with coronavirus
Ellison said company is offering free Teladoc services to employees and their families regardless of whether they are on the health care plan.
The company is based in North Carolina.
Like other retailers, Lowe's is starting to install sneeze guards or plexiglass barriers or partitions in stores, Ellison said, noting they're moving as quickly as they can. There also are reminders of social distancing in signage and store announcements.
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Ellison said Lowe's has donated N-95 masks to medical centers across the country.
As of March 23, Lowe's has temporarily reduced hours at its nearly 2,000 stores and closing earlier. Opening times remain the same but stores will close at 8:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 7 p.m. on Sunday.
Other retailers including Walmart, Target, CVS and Walgreens have also given bonuses to workers or temporarily increased pay due to COVID-19-related demand.
Follow USA TODAY reporter Kelly Tyko on Twitter: @KellyTyko


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Teachers can select how they wish an activity within a course to be registered as complete. A tick/checkmark will then appear against the activity once complete.
The checked box next to the first activity shows that it has met the completion criteria while the activity below has not been completed.
Depending on how the teacher sets up the activity; Students may either manually mark it complete , or the activity will automatically be registered as complete once a student has met the specified criteria. These may be viewing a resource, submitting an assignment, posting in a forum or other conditions.
Once an activity has been marked as complete, the teacher can then set up an Activity Completion Restriction to make a more linear structured Course Page.
The teacher can see an overview of who has completed what, in the activity completion report in Course Administration > Reports > Activity Completion.
As an extension of activity completion, enabling Course Completion allows for a course page to be officially marked as finished, either manually or automatically according to speficied criteria.


MOGADISHU, Somalia – Qatar's government has strongly condemned deadly suicide attack on Ministry of Labour in Somali capital Mogadishu.
Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani slammed the attack which killed at least 15 people, mostly civilians.
al-Thani sent condolence to Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on the victims of the terrorist attack on the headquarters of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in Mogadishu.
Meanwhile, Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani also sent a similar cable to their Somali counterpart Hassan Ali Khaire.
Saturday's attack was claimed by Al Shabaab.
The group has been fighting Somali army and African Union troops for more than ten years in Somalia.
The al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab, which was driven out of Mogadishu in 2011, wants to topple the weak western backed government of Somalia.


Dr Helen Fry has researched and published widely on the 10,000 Jewish refugees who fought for Britain during the war. These included 6,000 who started out in the 'alien' Pioneer Corps, many having enlisted from internment. Many went on to see active service in wartime and made an extraordinary contribution to the defeat of National Socialism. Their legacy remains largely unrecognised by the nation, including their vital work in denazification at the end of the war.
Many of you know Helen Fry's books on Jewish contributions to the war effort – and many Kitchener men, as well as other refugees, served in the Pioneer Corps.
We are honoured to announce that Dr Fry has kindly offered to give a talk on the Pioneer Corps in connection with the Kitchener Descendant Group and for others with an interest in these events.
The talk will take place at the Wiener library in London on October 17th, from 6pm to 8.30pm.
Tickets will be available on Eventbrite from 9am on Monday, 20th August. There is a maximum of 60 tickets available.
Many have already indicated an interest in buying a ticket. Because of the popularity of this event, tickets are only available (maximum of 4 per purchase) through the Eventbrite.co.uk website.
Looking forward to meeting up there!


Mr Alex Salmond MP, the First Minister of Scotland, complained to the Press Complaints Commission through Levy & McRae Solicitors of Glasgow that two articles headlined "Salmond and the asylum fugitive" and "Salmond faces probe over case of illegal immigrant", published in the Scottish Mail on Sunday on 17th and 24th January 2010, were inaccurate and misleading in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.
The first article reported that Mr Salmond was at the centre of an "immigration scandal" after "lobbying for an illegal immigrant facing drugs charges to be allowed to stay in Scotland". A further article the following week said that Mr Salmond was "facing a Westminster investigation" as a result of his support for the application.
The complainant's solicitors said that Mr Salmond had been invited by the owner of a restaurant to support the application of one of his employees to remain in the United Kingdom and had therefore written to the Home Office on his behalf. At the time of writing, both he and his constituent were unaware of the employee's background or the existence of an outstanding criminal warrant.
The complainant said that the coverage had incorrectly suggested (primarily in a quote from an MP) that - in writing to the Home Secretary - he had stepped outside the normal procedures. In addition, at the time of publication of the second article, no complaint had been lodged with the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. A complaint was only received on 18th February. It was untrue, therefore, to claim on 24th January that the complainant was "facing" a "probe" into his conduct.
The newspaper said that - while the article referred to the matter as a "scandal" - it did not accuse the complainant of breaking any rules. Its article had reported the position correctly: that Mr Salmond had been unaware of the individual's background when he wrote the letter. It had also quoted opposition MPs who were of the view that the matter was an embarrassment for the complainant. These opinions were attributed clearly. Mr Salmond had been given an opportunity to respond and his spokesman's comments had been reported.
Moreover, it was the case that Mr Salmond was "facing" an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. The newspaper had been informed on 23rd January that a member of the public had sent a complaint to him requesting that the matter be investigated, and been sent a copy of this. It did not know why the complaint had not been received until 18th February. The article had made clear that the Standards Commissioner would "now consider if there is enough evidence to justify a preliminary inquiry". Mr Salmond's spokesman had denied any wrongdoing and stated that he would vigorously contest this.
As it turned out, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards had considered the matter and decided that it fell outside his remit. The newspaper had reported this in a follow-up article on 7th March. The newspaper made two offers to resolve the complaint: the publication of a letter so that the complainant could clarify his position further; or the publication of a clarification reiterating that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards had decided that the matter fell outside his remit.
In the Commission's view, the essential facts of the original story were not disputed. It was accepted that the complainant had written to the Home Secretary on behalf of a Chinese national, who - unbeknownst to the complainant - was subsequently found to be illegally resident, with an outstanding warrant for arrest. This position had been accurately reflected in the articles under complaint.
The newspaper had also carried comments about the situation from named opposition MPs. While the complainant denied the validity of the criticism, readers would recognise that they represented the partisan comment of rival politicians. The complainant's own position in response, and that of the constituent who asked him to write the letter, had been made clear. The newspaper itself had not asserted that the complainant was guilty of wrongdoing. The Commission considered that the criticisms were distinguished as comment in accordance with the terms of the Code.
The newspaper had also referred to the matter as an "immigration scandal", and the Commission believed it was entitled to do so, given the circumstances of the case and the existence of this criticism. It was clear that some regarded the situation as a scandal, even if the complainant did not. The conflicting points of view on the subject were recorded in the articles.
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Having referred to the existence of the complaint to the Commissioner, the newspaper was obliged to report the subsequent outcome. It had done so in the article of 7th March, making readers aware that the matter was not eventually pursued and that the complainant had not been subject to any disciplinary action. This clarified the position appropriately. Nonetheless, the Commission welcomed the offer of further clarification on the part of the newspaper.
Taking into consideration the coverage as a whole, the Commission did not find a breach of Clause 1 of the Editors' Code.


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We've been away doing our own bit of ancestral tourism and exploring a little of the Western Isles.
Now we're home it's all systems go for the summer so I'm back to the baking. Yesterday was Welshcakes and oatcakes, today I'm trying something new. Croissants. So far the technique is similar to the one for Aberdeen butteries but more, well, buttery. I don't have a family or neighbourly recipe for them, I've gone back to my trusty Good Housekeeping cookbook.
They need to rest in the fridge for half an hour, and that time's nearly up.


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The two African countries still battling Ebola have both recorded weekly infections in single figures for the first time since the peak of the epidemic, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Guinea and Sierra Leone each reported nine new cases in the seven days up to Sunday, in sharp contrast to six months ago, when the government in Freetown was registering upwards of 500 weekly infections and its neighbour was also going into triple figures.
UN Ebola envoy David Nabarro said it was the first time since June last year that the total weekly infections across both countries had dipped below 20. "Guinea has never been massively high but this is extraordinary progress," Nabarro told reporters in Senegalese capital Dakar. "For those of us involved in this we've got used to having good news one week and bad news the next week, so we're not starting to celebrate yet, but we are feeling positive."
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Okay, here we are looking at the end of the Battalion year. Guys are already MIA because of sports and stuff. Well, what to we want to do for the Battalion Summer Camp? In the past, we've hiked Otter Lake to Coalmont; biked the KVR through Myra Canyon down to Penticton, and later, from Otter Lake to Princeton; biked (somewhat) around Hope on some pretty long hills, stalked salmon at Emory Creek and played football in Yale; camped at Chilliwack Lake and in Lytton; rafted the Thompson and jumped into waterfalls; camped at Manning and a Lytton just to relax. And, we've camped in our own special stop on Eagle Mountain, right here at home.
Sorry, guys, but camping on Eagle is just too easy. How do we go for a weekend hike on Eagle when it's our "dream destination" for our big summer camp. We gotta do more than that. So, how about Chilliwack Lake at the Four Square Lodge and with a pile of Airsoft at our "paintball arena"? This is better, but still attainable any weekend for us... any! How about biking Myra Canyon, camping at Chute Lake? Or, going to Manning, or to Lytton for rafting and waterfalls, or to Grand Forks and biking on mountain tops and through a long, curving railway tunnel?
Let's go for the big stuff, guys; the stuff that will make memories for us.
WE NEED YOUR INPUT... What do you want to do?
Guys, going up Eagle is easy (though I'm not able to hike up hills to any extent at this time), so why make our summer camp about doing something easy??? Let's make this a unique experience.
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Şehzade Ömer Faruk (* 27. Februar 1898 in Istanbul; † 28. März 1969 in Kairo) war ein osmanischer Prinz ("Şehzade"). Er war Sohn des letzten Kalifen Abdülmecid II. sowie Sohn des Cousins des letzten Sultans Mehmed VI., dessen Schwiegersohn er später wurde.

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Şehzade Ömer Faruk wurde 1898 im Ortaköy-Palast als Sohn von Kalif Abdülmecid II. und Şehsuvar Hanım geboren. Seine jüngere Halbschwester war Dürrüşehvar Sultan.

Ömer Faruk wurde anfangs von Salih Keramet Bey unterrichtet, dem Sohn der osmanischen Dichterin Nigar Hanım, und besuchte dann das Galatasaray-Gymnasium. Im Alter von 11 Jahren schickte man ihn zum Erlernen von Sprachen nach Europa, wo er in Wien das 1751 von Maria Theresia gegründete Theresianum besuchen sollte. Nach einem Besuch zum Gebet in der Kammer des Heiligen Mantels im Topkapı-Palast machte sich Şehzade Ömer Faruk auf den Weg nach Wien. Begleitet wurde er von seinem Lehrer Salih Keramet Bey, der ihn auch bei der Akademie anmeldete. Der Prinz verbrachte mehrere Jahre in Wien. Neben einer Militärausbildung lernte er auch viele handwerkliche Fertigkeiten. Nach einigen Jahren wechselte er an die Preußische Kriegsakademie in Potsdam, die der junge Prinz als preußischer Offizier abschloss.

Im Ersten Weltkrieg kämpfte der osmanische Prinz für die Deutschen. Zuerst war er in Galizien stationiert, dann kämpfte er bei Verdun. Für seine Verdienste wurde er von Kaiser Wilhelm II. erst mit dem Roten Adlerorden ausgezeichnet, später mit dem eisernen Kreuz 1. Klasse. Der Kaiser schenkte ihm außerdem ein goldenes Zigarettenetui und übersandte eine Fotografie von sich.

Nach der verlorenen Schlacht bei Verdun kehrte Ömer Faruk nach Potsdam zurück und wurde dem 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß zugeteilt. Dem Leibregiment gehörten vor allem alle preußischen Könige und Prinzen an. Über die Voraussetzung einer Mindestgröße von 1,95 Metern wurde dabei großzügig hinweggesehen. Auch preußische Prinzen, die nicht die Mindestgröße erfüllten, durften Mitglied des Regiments werden. Allerdings durften sie nicht an Paraden teilnehmen, doch auch hier wurde dem osmanischen Prinzen mit einer Größe von 1,85 Metern eine Ausnahme gewährt. Şehzade Ömer Faruk galt auch als guter Sportler und spielte von 1919 bis 1924 für den Fußballklub Fenerbahçe Istanbul.

Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Istanbul verliebte sich Şehzade Ömer Faruk in Sabiha Sultan, eine Tochter von Mehmed VI. und Nazikeda Kadın. Als Abdülmecid für seinen Sohn um Sabihas Hand anhielt, lehnte Sultan Mehmed VI. ab, da die beiden Cousin und Cousine waren. Doch die Mutter des Prinzen Şehsuvar sprach mit Sabihas Mutter und man einigte sich auf eine Hochzeit.

Die Vermählung fand am 5. Dezember 1919 im Pavillon der heiligen Reliquien im Topkapı-Palast unter Leitung des Şeyhülislam Hayrizade Ibrahim Efendi statt. Sabiha Sultans Trauzeuge war Başkatip Ali Fuad Bey und Ömer Faruks Trauzeuge war Ömer Yaver Pascha. Der Hochzeitsempfang fand vier Monate später am 29. April 1920 im Yıldız-Palast statt.

Zehn Tage nach der Hochzeit im Mai 1920 zogen Faruk und Sabiha in eine Villa in Rumeli Hisarı. Im Oktober desselben Jahres erwarb Mehmed VI. in Nişantaşı zwei Häuser, die als Zwillingspaläste bekannt waren. Das eine Haus gab er Ulviye Sultan, das andere Sabiha. Faruk und Sabiha beschlossen, im Winter in Nişantaşı und im Sommer in Rumeli Hisarı zu leben.

Die älteste Tochter des Paares, Neslişah Sultan, wurde am 4. November 1921 im Nişantaşı-Palast geboren. Zwei Jahre später wurde die Tochter Hanzade Sultan am 19. September 1923 im Dolmabahçe-Palast geboren.

Schon 1922 war das Sultanat im Osmanischen Reich abgeschafft worden, und nach Gründung der Republik Türkei wurde 1924 auch das Kalifat abgeschafft, worauf die Familie des Kalifen ausgewiesen wurde. Ömer Faruk ging mit seiner Frau, den Töchtern und seinen Eltern erst in die Schweiz und später nach Frankreich. Sie ließen sich in Nizza nieder, wo am 15. Mai 1926 die Tochter Necla Hibetullah Sultan geboren wurde.

Im Jahr 1940 nahm der Prinz an der Hochzeit seiner Tochter Neslişah Sultan mit Prinz Mohamed Abdel Moneim teil, einem Sohn von Ägyptens letztem Khediven Abbas Hilmi II. Auch die beiden anderen Töchter heirateten ägyptische Prinzen.

Nachdem die Ehe zwischen Sabiha und Ömer Faruk zunehmend schlechter wurde, begann sich der Prinz für Mihrişah Sultan zu interessieren, eine Tochter von Kronprinz Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin. Ömer Faruk ließ sich am 5. März 1948 nach 28 Jahren Ehe von Sabiha scheiden und heiratete nur wenige Monate später am 31. Juli 1948 in einer religiösen Zeremonie Mihrişah. In die Ehevereinbarung wurde ihr Recht auf Scheidung ausdrücklich aufgenommen. Die Ehe hielt nicht lange und Mihrişah machte von der Klausel bald Gebrauch. Der Prinz soll später verbittert zu Freunden gesagt haben, er habe sich "von der schönsten Frau der Welt scheiden lassen, um die hässlichste Frau der Welt zu heiraten."

Ömer Faruk starb 1969 in Kairo. Sein Leichnam wurde nach Istanbul überführt und in der Türbe von Sultan Mahmud II. beigesetzt.

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 Hanedan-ı Âli-ı Osman, juwelenbesetzt
 Osmanje-Orden, 1. Klasse
 Mecidiye-Orden, 1. Klasse
 Imtiyaz-Medaille in Silber
 Hicaz-Demiryolu-Medaille in Gold
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 Liakat-Medaille in Silber
 1918: Österreichisch-kaiserlicher Leopold-Orden, Großkreuz
 Eisernes Kreuz
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FYI this is the newer 15" that gets auto updates through November 2023.
It's direct from Acer which in my experience means like new.
YMMV but I've had good luck with the Acer Recertified Store.
Caution! Acer Recertified Store: 78% positive in the last 12 months (753 ratings). Only 78% positive is a horrible track record. It means almost 1 out of 4 customers are unhappy with their purchase.
They're refurbs. I would expect people to complain more. It's what they complain about is what matters.
Exactly. And most people buy Acer refurbished items through their eBay store where they have a 98.3% positive rating on 40500 feedback. I've also personally bought about a half-dozen devices from them and have always been happy with the conditions I received them in. Customer service was also pretty helpful the one time I had a problem.
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This is a 2017. A newer Acer Chromebook 15 was just released in July 2018. Minor cosmetic difference- I think internal specs may be the sam. I'mpassing on it in anticipation of of CB13. Saw it in person at BB and it was too big for my needs.
I have the previous gen "big core" version of the 15" Chromebook (Intel Celeron 1.5GHz) refurb from Acer ebay store. Works like a charm, battery life is just okay but I'm comparing to a 11.6" lower res Chromebook and that's not exactly fair. The larger screen definitely eats up more battery but it's enough to last you 5-6 hours unless you max out the brightness. The touchpad is fairly low quality on previous gen, hopefully this one is better.
Note this is the "small core" N4200, yes it's fast enough but for anyone like me that likes the overall "big core" performance from Skylake, even though its a Celeron SKU, just take note.
So, by your thought process on that must mean you also think they only sold 753 recertified units in the last year. Like most learn in school, "think before you speak." Some people, even though they should think it through also, will take your statement at face value and not purchase which isn't fair to the consumer or the manufacturer.
Don't forget about the Google spyware. Don't waste your money when Google drops support after less than 5 years.
There is a damn good reason 99% of CBs are refurbs, they're all returns.
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If a 220 dollar chromebook last me 5 years, I would say I received my money's worth. That would come out to $3.66 a month. I'm sure most everyone here would be looking to upgrade well before then regardless.
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The status of the db2 pureScale instance is best determined by the db2instance -list and lssam commands.
There is currently an alert for a member, CF, or host in the data-sharing instance.
run the following command: 'db2cluster -cm -list -alert'.
Look for the lssam output and it shows that one of the resource on node04 is failed offline.
When the lssam output shows Failed offline, it should trigger an adrenaline in DBA's mind, heart, body and soul that now it requires his/her attention to fix things.
We will try to force TSAMP to try to fix this. The resource db2_db2psc_1-rs has failed offline on node04 and we will try this command.
The output from lssam shows that still that the node shows as failed offline and it is a good indication that something needs to be fixed in DB2 to get this state out of Failed offline.
Normally the resetrsrc command can be used to try to fix things but if things are to be fixed at the DB2 level, the resource will be put back to the failed offline state again as seen above.
Let us look at the alerts that were thrown.
Alert: DB2 member '1' failed to successfully recover database 'psdb' during auto restart.
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is in a pending state. Run the RESTART DATABASE command to manually recover the failed database.
The alert will automatically be cleared when the database is successfully recovered.
Impact: Connections to the database will fail until the database has been successfully recovered.
Alert: DB2 member '2' failed to successfully recover database 'psdb' during auto restart.
in a pending state. Run the RESTART DATABASE command to manually recover the failed database.
Action: Check the cluster caching facility cfdiag log files for messages about CF failures on the host.
If there are alerts about network adapters not responding, this alert cannot be cleared manually.
It will be cleared when a network adapter becomes available.
alerts are handled. To clear this alert run the following command: 'db2cluster -cm -clear -alert -member 1'.
in the DB2 Information Center.
Impact: DB2 member '1' will not be able to restart light on host 'node04' until this alert has been cleared.
The first alert is about the member 2 failed to successfully recover PSDB database. Look at the diagnostic log file for the node04 (member 2) to check.
The alert message says to look for ADM7516N and it says that the RESTART failed. But, it seems like a false alarm as the database is connectible.
There are 2 ways this failed offline can be fixed. The first is benign and second is malign. But, sometimes surgery is the only option.
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07/05/2012 10:53:45     2   0   SQL1064N  DB2STOP processing was successful.
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Please wait for the domain to come online and it may take a little while.
Please wait for all nodes to come online.
Binding=Sacrificed or Control=StartInhibited or Request=Lock when you run lssam.
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Neo-Romantic Book Illustration in Britain 1943-55 @ the Heath Robinson Museum
Although the Heath Robinson Museum is a relatively small gallery, this is a major exhibition. It is the first time a substantial collection of work by the Neo-Romantic book illustrators of the 1940s has been gathered together in one place. With nearly 50 prints, drawings, paintings and lithographs, and over 20 original book jackets from the period, this is a unique opportunity to sample a special and distinctive moment in English publishing and art history.
Neo-Romanticism in England
To paraphrase Wikipedia:
In British art history, the term 'neo-romanticism' is applied to a loosely affiliated school of landscape painting that emerged around 1930 and continued until the early 1950s. It was first labeled in March 1942 by the critic Raymond Mortimer in the New Statesman. These painters looked back to 19th-century artists such as William Blake and Samuel Palmer, but were also influenced by French cubist and post-cubist artists. The movement was part a response to the threat of invasion during World War II. Artists associated with the initiation of the movement include Paul Nash, John Piper, Henry Moore, Ivon Hitchens and especially Graham Sutherland. A younger generation followed in the same vein, including John Minton, Michael Ayrton, John Craxton, Keith Vaughan, Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde.
This new visual style was most obvious to the general public in the form of book and magazine illustrations, particularly during the Second World War. The spirit of romanticism – a focus on nature, emotion and individual expression – was in part a reaction against the gloom of the blackout and rationing (and, possibly, against the very urban and politicised art of the 1930s).
Neo-Romantic artists looked back to the tradition of English landscape painting, drawing inspiration partly from the mystical Kent countryside portrayed by Samuel Palmer, and from the heavily stylised illustrations of William Blake.
Early Morning and other rural pictures by Samuel Palmer
But it's not that simple – they also subtly acknowledged the visual possibilities opened up by more recent European art movements such as cubism and surrealism.
Book illustration for Time Was Away by John Minton (1947)
Government sponsorship
The war itself played a key role. It cut English artists off from all contact with European art for six long years. And it forced many artists and writers to reconsider what it meant to be English, across all the arts (for example, George Orwell's long essay on the English character, The Lion and the Unicorn, published in 1941).
This impulse received official support when, in 1940, the British government commissioned artists including John Craxton, Leslie Hurry, David Jones, John Minton, Paul Nash and Ceri Richards, to document lives in towns and villages across the country for a project called 'Recording Britain.' It was intended to boost national morale during the Second World War by celebrating the nation's landscape and architecture.
In other words, a large number of artists in the 1940s became aware, through friendships, their own experiences and official commissions, that they shared certain values and artistic approaches to romantic ideas of English landscape, English culture, English art and English writing.
Neo-Romantic book illustration
Book and magazine publishers weren't slow to pick up on the new look, seeing an opportunity to commission illustrations from this new wave of exciting illustrators in order to make both classics and new books appear up-to-date. The result is a very distinctive style of book illustration which is immediately recognisable, and powerfully evocative of the period (say 1940 to 1955), but hard to put into words.
The style is definitely figurative, not abstract – but the figures, the landscapes and buildings, have been through the wringer of Modernism and have emerged leaner, tauter, more stylised and simplified.
Depth and perspective don't have to be depicted with punctilious precision, as in Victorian or Edwardian illustration. Hatching and shading, colour and tinting don't have to be perfect, but can hint and gesture towards the subject.
Cover design for Vicky Lancaster's novel Short Lease, by Eric Fraser (1950)
There's an article about Neo-Romanticism on the Tate website which uses the word 'sombre' and I think this opens up one way of thinking about the style. It is often mysterious, sometimes a bit threatening, often psychologically intense. There is a lot of black in many of the illustrations, often a hint of menace, of threat.
Possibly this derived from the six-year-long threat of Nazi invasion, but it was there in the 1930s work of Graham Sutherland, one of the godfathers of the new look – a darkness, a blotty inkiness,and it spills over as a vague and disturbing presence in many of the illustrations here.
Of course, this ability to convey menace and mystery was perfectly suited to many modern books, of both poetry and fiction, or travelogue – somehow conveying the troubled mood of mid-century life. And not only adult books – the ability to conjure a sense of danger is intrinsic to many children's books, particularly adventure and mystery books.
The exhibition contains work by about twenty artists, to wit:
Keith Vaughan (12 b&w prints)
John Minton (8 colour, 4 b&w illustrations for Time Was Away, 3 other prints and book covers)
Michael Ayrton (3 illustrations to John Nashe's The Unfortunate Traveller)
Eric Fraser (4 big colour illustrations)
John Piper (one dramatic ink and watercolour of an Oxfordshire tomb)
Edward Bawden (5 original artworks for book covers)
Barnett Freedman (4 colour lithographs)
Robin Jacques (three fine pen and ink illustrations, two for Don Quixote, in a very different style from most of the other artists)
These are the big names. They each get a substantial wall label detailing their biography, artistic career, describing their style and the books which they illustrated or provided cover art for, and so on.
Also featured, but with less commentary, are:
Julian Trevelyan (two Gothic illustrations for a work by poet Kathleen Raine)
John Elwyn (2 small drawings)
John Bantin (1 book cover)
Bryion Winter (1 drawing)
Rigby Graham (three or four illustrations)
Leonard Rosman (two small pen and ink drawings for the Radio Times)
Henry Moore (four studies for illustrations to a book by Edward Sackville-West titled The Rescue, as well as a copy of the book open so we can see some of Moore's characteristically lacerated mannequins in situ)
Several additional illustrators feature in the three display cases, which present vintage books in order to show the Neo-Romantic style of their cover art. Among them is an early edition of Mani, the travel book by Patrick Leigh Fermor, whose jacket was done by his good friend John Craxton. (Leigh Fermor and Craxton are the subject of a fascinating exhibition currently running at the British Museum.)
Display case of Neo-Romantic book covers
John Minton (1917 – 57)
Minton emerges as the strongest presence and the exhibition features more examples of his work than anyone else. An entire wall is devoted to the colour illustrations he did for a travel book, Time Was Away, the result of a tour he made with the writer Alan Ross around Corsica in 1947.
Minton combines a kind of rough but keen descriptive line, which is then touched and dabbed by colour washes which:
a) are in a very distinctive and limited palette (mustard yellow, dull dark green, sky blue, orange-brown)
b) only partially colour the picture
The way his colour washes deliberately don't fill the lines creates a sense of spontaneity and openness. 'Scrappy' isn't the right word, but a sense of roughness. This deliberate lack of finish contrasts oddly with the actual lines of the drawing which are quite… stiff.
Both features are clear in the picture below. The drawing is highly figurative yet stylised, not quite 'real'. The colour is a) deliberately unnaturalistic and b) only applied in patches or washes. And look at the pose of the boy – it isn't fluent and graceful, it is somehow stiff and hieratic, almost clunky.
Illustration for Time Was Away by John Minton (1947)
Oh, and Minton likes to draw people with Roman noses, I noticed a number of classic silhouettes in his pictures. The result of all these effects is an odd sort of classicism, hard to describe but instantly recognisable.
Minton was prolific, which may explain why he is the most represented artist in the show, which itself reinforces the sense of his art being one of the most memorable. There's a copy of the edition of Treasure Island which he illustrated, open to the dramatic, full-colour, double-page illustration on the end papers.
And it was Minton who did the jacket covers for Elizabeth David's epoch-making cookery books, which brought recipes from the Mediterranean into middle-class households across Britain. These are always cited in social histories as defining cultural products of the age, reminding grimly snowed-in Brits of the delights of sunshine and fresh fruit in far-off, exotic locations, such as Greece. A whole generation learned to cook – or at least fantasise about cooking – Mediterranean food form David – and visualised these luxury landscapes via Minton's depictions.
Dust jacket illustration for Elizabeth David's Book of Mediterranean Food by John Minton (1950)
Keith Vaughan (1912-77)
Next to the Minton is a set of black-and-white illustrations by Keith Vaughan for the children's novel The Spirit of Jem by P.H. Newby. According to the fascinating wall label, Newby wrote 17 books, as well as being a full-time senior manager at the BBC, eventually rising to become Managing Director of BBC Radio. (He was also the recipient of the first ever Booker Prize, in 1969.)
'I wedged myself into a fork and waited' from The Spirit of Jem, illustration by Keith Vaughan (1947)
The intense design of Vaughan's drawings, like the one above – the wildness of the trees and the semi-abstract treatment of the leaves – remind me of Graham Sutherland's intense landscapes, and reach back past him to Samuel Palmer.
You don't necessarily need to know that Vaughan was gay and lived for some time with Minton, but it does shed light on the closeness of the artistic as well as personal relationships of the period.
Michael Ayrton (1921-75)
Speaking of close friendships, Michael Ayrton shared a studio in Paris with Minton in Paris just before the war. Ayrton went on to illustrate over 35 books as well and worked for leading magazines of the day such as the Listener, the Radio Times and Penguin New Writing.
He's represented here by some of the illustrations he made for Thomas Nashe's Elizabethan picaresque adventure, The Unfortunate Traveller and by some book covers, including the cover art he did for a book called The Problems of Lieutenant Knap by the Czech writer Jiri Mucha, which really caught my eye.
In this drawing the moon appearing in a kind of flame of cloud reminds me of Paul Nash or Sutherland and harks back to Samuel Palmer's rural visions, but whatever visionary element there is in that symbolism is obviously and brutally contrasted with the random piece of military equipment leaning against the doorway and the casual bored posture of the smoking soldier.
Cover art for The problems of Lieutenant Knap by Michael Ayrton (1945)
Barnett Freedman (1901-58)
The son of poor Jewish immigrants, Freedman developed a really distinctive variation on the Neo-Romantic look, a compositional style which features curled scrolls or decorative borders around his often cartoonish and childlike illustrations. Take an example of both in this fabulous poster promoting cheese which he made for the Milk Marketing Board. Look at the houses, the church spire. Childish innocence.
Real Farmhouse Cheese poster by Barnett Freedman
The scroll and especially the font whose letters contain shading and decoration put me in mind of the posters and promotional material for the Ealing Comedies of this period, and the wall label points out that Freedman did, indeed, help to create the Ealing Studios look and logo.
Freedman also created a host of eye-catching book covers during the period, the most distinctive example being the cover for a complete edition of the nonsense verse of Edward Lear.
Cover of The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear designed by Barnett Freedman
One Freedman piece which stood out for me was a wonderful colour illustration, apparently for a Christmas card. For its precision, its gentleness, its warm vision of the English scene, and for its use of the gentle, understated palette which so many of these pictures used (was it a limitation of the printing technology of the day?) I found myself returning to this particular picture again and again.
Christmas card by Barnett Newman
Edward Bawden (1903-89)
I'll be writing at length about Edward Bawden when the retrospective exhibition devoted to him opens at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in May.
What the five book covers by him here bring out is something of the childishness of some of these covers. None of these illustrators were amateurs – the opposite, many of them made very successful careers as commercial artists. But many of the illustrations and covers deliberately accentuate a kind of hand-drawn, childish or naive style. This is one of the things that give them such a strong sense of nostalgic warmth and comfort – they are sub-consciously infantilising – you want to say 'aaaah' at so many of them. Atmosphere of the nursery. And the artlessness of the imagery deliberately connects them with an older tradition of English arts and crafts, foregrounding the hand-made and the hand-drawn.
Take this cover by Bawden for Richard Hughes's novel A High Wind In Jamaica. Everything about it is deliberately hand made and naive – the very hand-drawn figures of the centaurs, the simplicity of the horizontal mustard-coloured bands representing the fields, but above all the highly decorative border round the main illustration, with its deliberately artless use of details i.e. sheafs of wheat or clumps of grapes woven into the composition.
Edward Bawden's cover art for A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
What came next
In the second half of the 1950s, a new look came in. Book covers and magazines began to reflect the influx of new consumer goods into Britain, and the rise of consumer culture. Harsher covers using the language of Abstract Expressionism became popular and, by the end of the 1950s, imagery inspired by the shiny high gloss look of American advertising and movies.
The world became modern, shiny and urban – the exact opposite of Neo-Romantic imagery showing an underpopulated countryside or Mediterranean harbours or childish, hand-drawn figures – a shininess which went on to be celebrated and/or mocked in the plastic brightness of Pop Art.
The Neo-Romantic look was old hat by 1955 and quickly disappeared, surviving as dog-eared copies of beautiful old editions in the kind of provincial library where I first came across them as a boy.
This exhibition chronicles a relatively brief period of highly distinctive book covers and illustrations which, looking back, now seems classic, warm and overdue for a revival.
It has clearly been a labour of love on the part of exhibition curator, Geoffrey Beare, to track down and retrieve many of the prints and paintings, drawings and lithographs from public and private collections around the country, and bring them all together for our enjoyment. And it's been a very worthwhile effort.
This is a lovely exhibition, which inspires you to explore further, to find out more about Minton, Craxton, Vaughan, Freedman – about this whole generation of wonderful and under-appreciated illustrators.
Neo-Romantic Illustrations continues at the Heath Robinson Museum until 20 May 2018
The Heath Robinson Museum website
Tate Gallery article on Neo-Romanticism
Paul Nash at Tate Britain (December 2016)
A useful summary of the Neo-Romantic movement from a recent exhibition at Pallant House
Article about Barnett Freedman
NOTE ONE: there is currently an excellent exhibition about Craxton and Leigh Fermor which features many examples of Craxton's art and illustrations from this period, at the British Museum.
Charmed lives in Greece: Ghika, Craxton, Leigh Fermor @ the British Museum
NOTE TWO: A major retrospective of Edward Bawden opens at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in May this year.
Edward Bawden at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Reviews of other exhibitions at the Heath Robinson Museum
Heath Robinson's World of Advertising at the Heath Robinson Museum (February 2018)
Edward Ardizzone's Illustrations at the Heath Robinson Museum (July 2017)
The Art of William Heath Robinson by Geoffrey Beare (2003)
The Heath Robinson Museum
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Lucinda Rogers: Drawings from Ridley Road Market @ the House of Illustration
Tim Harding
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artandarchitecturemainly
Excellent post and excellent exhibition by Heath Robinson Museum.
Yes the war itself played a key role, so it was just as well the British government found the money to commission artists .. at a time when resources were very scarce. Perhaps the project called 'Recording Britain was to boost morale, but it possibly also to document the nation's existing landscape and architecture, before it disappeared for ever.
I am very familiar with Paul Nash, John Piper, Henry Moore, Ivon Hitchens, Barnett Freedman and Graham Sutherland but not with the younger artists.
Geoffrey Beare
Dear Simon,
Thank you for another excellent review. I am pleased that you enjoyed the exhibition.
May I please offer a few corrections to the details that you give:
The ten Keith Vaughan images for 'The Spirit of Jem' are original pen and ink drawings, as is the one for Tom Sawyer.
The eight coloured images by John Minton are plates from the book, but all of the other designs by him are original artwork.
There are only two designs by Eric Fraser and they are pen, pencil and watercolour designs for book jackets.
The Barnett Freedman illustration for the Memoirs of an infantry officer is an original watercolour.
Best wishes, Geoffrey
George Walker
How about one about H. M. Bateman, Simon?


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The AEKKEA-RAAB R-29 was a Greek single-seat parasol monoplane trainer and/or light fighter developed by Antonius Raab, a German aircraft designer, with his Greek partners and was the sole Raab aircraft to be developed in Greece.

Design and development
The airplane had wooden wings and an Elektron (alloy) metal-tube fuselage. However, there is no exact record for produced numbers. The R-29 was a new design developed by Raab's Greek company in late 1936 but shared structural characteristics with the preceding R-27 type (a type also first recorded as an AEKKEA-RAAB product by Jane's 1935 ed., most probably designed earlier by Raab and never produced), which featured an inline Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine, retractable undercarriage and twin machine-guns.

Export documents to Spain and Jane's (1936 ed.) reported it as a fighter, but Raab later described it as a trainer, which would be borne out by the low powered engine chosen. A batch of these aircraft, along with the Tigerschwalbe R-26V/33 (derived from an earlier Raab-Katzenstein model), were to be delivered to the Republican forces. Components of 30 aircraft were to be produced in Greece and shipped to Spain, where a subsidiary would carry out final assembly. An AEKKEA aircraft engineer, Georgios Pangakis, reported 40 (rather than 30) R-29s shipped to Spain, still missing engines and machine guns, which proved difficult to acquire. According to Raab, the Republicans gave roughly 60 incomplete airframes of both types, along with plans to the Soviets to be shipped back to the USSR.

The AEKKEA archives were destroyed and there seems to be no surviving images and only the contemporary Jane's provides a written description.

Specifications

See also

References

Further reading
L.S. Skartsis and G.A. Avramidis, "Made in Greece", Typorama, Patras, Greece (2003) (republished by the University of Patras Science Park, 2006).
Rolf Nagel and Thorsten Bauer, "Kassel und die Luftfahrtindustrie seit 1923", A. Bernecker Verlag (2015)

Antonius Raab, "Raab Fliegt (Erinnerungen eines Flugpioniers)", Reihe Konkret, Hamburg (1984).

External links
L.S. Skartsis, "Greek Vehicle and Machine Manufacturers 1800 to Present: A Pictorial History", Marathon (2012) (ebook)

1930s Greek fighter aircraft
Aircraft manufactured in Greece