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README.md

+# de-rse-intro
+
+The lightning talk that I gave on 25.06 for the first RSE Leaders meeting.
\ No newline at end of file

appendixnumberbeamer.sty

+%% Jrme Lelong (September 2007)
+%% 
+%% this stuff fixes the frame numbering in beamer when using an appendix such
+%% that the slides of the appendix are not counted in the total framenumber
+
+
+\makeatletter
+
+
+\let\appendixtotalframenumber\empty
+\def\mainend{-1}
+\let\appendixorig\appendix
+
+\def\appendix{
+  \edef\mainend{\theframenumber}
+  \immediate\write\@auxout{\string\global\string\@namedef{mainendframenumber}{\mainend}}
+  \appendixorig
+  \def\inserttotalframenumber{\appendixtotalframenumber}%
+  \setcounter{framenumber}{0}
+}
+
+\def\pageatend{
+  \edef\appendixend{\theframenumber}
+  \ifnum\mainend>0%
+  \immediate\write\@auxout{\string\global\string\@namedef{appendixtotalframenumber}{\appendixend}}%
+  \immediate\write\@auxout{\string\global\string\@namedef{inserttotalframenumber}{\mainend}}%
+  \immediate\write\@auxout{\string\@writefile{nav}{\noexpand \headcommand {%
+        \noexpand \def\noexpand \inserttotalframenumber{\mainend}}}}%
+  \immediate\write\@auxout{\string\@writefile{nav}{\noexpand \headcommand {%
+        \noexpand \def\noexpand \appendixtotalframenumber{\appendixend}}}}%
+  \else
+  \fi
+}
+
+
+\AtEndDocument{\pageatend}
+\makeatother

beamercolorthemeFOR1807.sty

+% This file may be distributed and/or modified
+%
+% 1. under the LaTeX Project Public License and/or
+% 2. under the GNU Public License.
+
+\mode<presentation>
+
+\definecolor{myblue}{RGB}{0,114,178}%the dark blue of the badges
+%\definecolor{titleblue}{RGB}{0,83,137}%David's dark blue
+\definecolor{darkskyblue}{RGB}{24,124,182}%the bright blue of the badges
+\definecolor{skyblue}{RGB}{86,180,233}%the bright blue of the badges
+\definecolor{brightskyblue}{RGB}{159,212,243}%the bright blue of the badges
+\definecolor{fororange}{RGB}{230,159,0}
+\definecolor{strongfororange}{RGB}{255,177,10}
+\definecolor{vermillion}{RGB}{213,94,10}
+\definecolor{vermillioncmyk}{cmyk}{0,0.8,1.0,0}
+\definecolor{myorange}{RGB}{230,159,0}
+\definecolor{bluishgreen}{RGB}{0,158,115}
+\definecolor{myyellow}{RGB}{240,228,66}
+\definecolor{reddishpurple}{RGB}{204,121,167}
+
+\definecolor{titleblue}{RGB}{0,90,180}
+
+\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=darkskyblue,bg=}
+
+\setbeamercolor{palette primary}{fg=myblue,bg=black}
+\setbeamercolor{palette secondary}{fg=skyblue,bg=black!75}
+\setbeamercolor{palette tertiary}{fg=brightskyblue,bg=black!50}
+\setbeamercolor{palette quaternary}{fg=white,bg=black!25}
+
+
+\setbeamercolor{section in toc}{fg=titleblue,bg=black}
+
+\setbeamercolor{titlelike}{parent=palette primary,fg=titleblue}
+
+\setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=myblue,bg=black!25}
+\setbeamercolor{block title alerted}{use=alerted text,bg=block title.bg!75!bg}
+\setbeamercolor{block title example}{use=example text,bg=block title.bg!75!bg}
+
+\setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=vermillioncmyk,bg=}
+\setbeamercolor{example text}{fg=bluishgreen,bg=}
+\setbeamercolor{page number in head/foot}{fg=skyblue,bg=black}
+
+\setbeamercolor*{title}{fg=titleblue,bg=black}
+
+
+\setbeamercolor*{frametitle}{fg=titleblue,bg=black}
+% \setbeamercolor*{part title}{bg=black,fg=black}
+% \setbeamercolor*{item}{use=palette secondary}
+% \setbeamercolor{sidebar left}{bg=}
+% \setbeamercolor*{mini frames}{fg=myblue,bg=}
+% \setbeamercolor*{section in head/foot}{fg=myblue,bg=}
+
+
+\setbeamercolor*{separation line}{}
+\setbeamercolor*{fine separation line}{}
+
+%\setbeamerfont*{page number in head/foot}{family=\fontfamily{fxb}}
+%\setbeamerfont{page number in head/foot}{family=\scriptsize}
+%\setbeamercolor*{section in head/foot}{fg=darkblue}
+
+\pgfdeclarehorizontalshading{singleShade}%a gray horizontal gradient
+  {.5pt}{color(0cm)=(pgftransparent!100); color(.8\textwidth)=(red); color(\textwidth)=(gray)}
+\pgfdeclareverticalshading{verticalshade}%a gray vertical gradient
+  {
+  %1.5pt
+  0.2\paperwidth
+  }{color(0)=(transparent!0);
+ color(0.5\paperheight)=(pgftransparent!30);
+ color(0.99\paperheight)=(pgftransparent!100)}
+%font specifications
+\setbeamerfont{title}{family=\biolinum,size*={15}{16}} 
+\setbeamerfont{alerted text}{series=\bfseries} 
+\mode
+<all>

beamerinnerthemeFOR1807.sty

+% This file may be distributed and/or modified
+%
+% 1. under the LaTeX Project Public License and/or
+% 2. under the GNU Public License.
+
+\mode<presentation>
+
+% Logo to use in the alternative title page.
+\def\beamer@FOR@titlepagelogo{}
+\DeclareOptionBeamer{unilogo}{\def\beamer@FOR@titlepagelogo{#1}}
+
+% Bullet shape.
+\ProcessOptionsBeamer
+
+% Colors.
+\setbeamercolor*{lineup}{parent=palette primary}
+\setbeamercolor*{linemid}{parent=palette secondary}
+\setbeamercolor*{linebottom}{parent=palette tertiary}
+
+%\setbeamercolor*{title page header}{fg=darkblue,bg=white}
+
+% Lengths.
+
+% Margins.
+\newlength{\beamer@FOR@normalmargin}
+\setlength{\beamer@FOR@normalmargin}{.06\paperwidth}
+\setbeamersize{text margin left=
+%0.001\paperwidth
+0.01\beamer@FOR@normalmargin
+}
+\setbeamersize{sidebar width left=0.8\cubewidth}%hopefully a good guess
+\setbeamersize{text margin right=0.5\beamer@FOR@normalmargin}
+\setlength\leftmargini{.6\beamer@FOR@normalmargin}%controls distance between items and border...
+\setlength\leftmarginii{.6\beamer@FOR@normalmargin}
+\setlength\leftmarginiii{.6\beamer@FOR@normalmargin}
+
+% Normal title page.
+\defbeamertemplate{title page}{FOR1807_simpletitle}[1][]
+{
+\setbox0\hbox{
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+\clip (2\badgewt,\value{projecta} \badgeht) rectangle (3\badgewt,\value{projectb} \badgeht);
+\pgftext[left,base]{\pgfuseimage{badges}};
+\end{tikzpicture}
+}
+\setbox1\hbox{
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+\node at (0.02,-0.01) { \textcolor{black!50}{
+\usebeamerfont{title}
+\begin{minipage}{0.8\textwidth}\begin{center}\inserttitle\end{center}\end{minipage} } } ;
+\node at (0.,0.0) { \usebeamercolor[fg]{title}{
+\usebeamerfont{title}
+\begin{minipage}{0.8\textwidth}\begin{center}\inserttitle\end{center}\end{minipage} } } ;
+\end{tikzpicture}
+}
+\settoheight{\myboxht}{\usebox1}
+\vbox{}
+\vfill
+\begin{minipage}{0.15\linewidth}
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+%  \fill [red] (0,0) circle (2pt); % to find out where I'm at...
+\node at (0.82\textwidth,0) {\resizebox{!}{1.1\myboxht}{\usebox0}};
+ \end{tikzpicture}
+\end{minipage}
+\begin{minipage}{0.82\linewidth}
+ \usebox1
+\end{minipage}
+  \vfill
+}
+
+\defbeamertemplate*{title page}{FOR1807_defaulttitle}[1][]
+{
+  \vbox{}
+  \vfill
+ \hspace{-0.8\cubewidth}
+  \thispagestyle{empty}
+%     \begin{minipage}{0.78\paperwidth}
+     \begin{centering}
+     \begin{tikzpicture}
+    \node at (0.02,-0.01) { \textcolor{black!50}{
+    \usebeamerfont{title}
+    \begin{minipage}{0.8\textwidth}\begin{center}\inserttitle\end{center}\end{minipage} } } ;
+    \node at (0.,0.0) { \usebeamercolor[fg]{title}{
+    \usebeamerfont{title}
+    \begin{minipage}{0.8\textwidth}\begin{center}\inserttitle\end{center}\end{minipage} } } ;
+     \end{tikzpicture}
+     %\usebeamerfont{title}\inserttitle\par%
+         \ifx\insertsubtitle\@empty%
+         \else%
+         \vskip0.25em%
+      %   {\usebeamerfont{subtitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{subtitle}\insertsubtitle\par}%
+         {\hspace{-0.8\cubewidth}\fontfamily{fxb}\fontsize{10}{11}\selectfont\usebeamercolor[fg]{titlelike}\insertsubtitle\par}%
+     \fi%    
+%         \end{beamercolorbox}%
+         \vskip1em\par
+         \hspace{-0.8\cubewidth}
+         \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center,#1]{author}
+     \usebeamerfont{author}\insertauthor
+         \end{beamercolorbox}
+     \par\hspace{-0.8\cubewidth}
+     \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center,#1]{institute}
+     \usebeamerfont{institute}\insertinstitute
+         \end{beamercolorbox}
+         \par\hspace{-0.8\cubewidth}
+     \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center,#1]{date}
+     \usebeamerfont{date}\insertdate
+    \end{beamercolorbox}\vskip0.5em
+    {\usebeamercolor[fg]{titlegraphic}\inserttitlegraphic\par}
+  \end{centering}
+%  \end{minipage}
+  \vfill
+}
+
+\setbeamertemplate{blocks}[rounded][shadow=true]
+\setbeamertemplate{section in toc}[default]
+\setbeamertemplate{subsection in toc}[default]
+
+% Items.
+\defbeamertemplate{itemize item}{squarealt}%
+{\tiny\raise.5ex\hbox{\donotcoloroutermaths$\blacksquare$}}
+\defbeamertemplate{itemize subitem}{squarealt}%
+{\tiny\raise.4ex\hbox{\donotcoloroutermaths$\square$}}
+\defbeamertemplate{itemize subsubitem}{squarealt}%
+{\tiny\raise.3ex\hbox{\donotcoloroutermaths$\blacksquare$}}
+
+\defbeamertemplate{itemize item}{circlealt}%
+{\small\raise.2ex\hbox{\donotcoloroutermaths$\bullet$}}
+\defbeamertemplate{itemize subitem}{circlealt}%
+{\small\raise.1ex\hbox{\donotcoloroutermaths$\circ$}}
+\defbeamertemplate{itemize subsubitem}{circlealt}%
+{\scriptsize\raise.1ex\hbox{\donotcoloroutermaths$\bullet$}}
+
+\def\circletext{circle}
+\ifx\beamer@FOR@bullet\circletext
+  \setbeamertemplate{items}[circlealt]
+\else
+  \setbeamertemplate{items}[squarealt]
+\fi
+
+\mode<all>
+

beamerouterthemeFOR1807.sty

+% This file may be distributed and/or modified
+%
+% 1. under the LaTeX Project Public License and/or
+% 2. under the GNU Public License.
+
+\mode<presentation>
+
+\pgfdeclareimage[width=3\badgewt,interpolate=true]{badges}{./gfx/badges}
+
+% String used between the current page and the total page count.
+\def\beamer@FOR@pageofpages{/}
+\DeclareOptionBeamer{pageofpages}{\def\beamer@FOR@pageofpages{#1}}
+
+% Show a line below the frame title.
+\DeclareOptionBeamer{titleline}[true]{\def\beamer@FOR@titleline{#1}}
+
+% Image used for the watermark.
+\def\beamer@FOR@watermarkorig{}
+\DeclareOptionBeamer{watermark}{\def\beamer@FOR@watermarkorig{#1}}
+
+% Height of the watermark.
+\def\beamer@FOR@watermarkheight{100px}
+\DeclareOptionBeamer{watermarkheight}{\def\beamer@FOR@watermarkheight{#1}}
+
+% The original image height is watermarkheightmult * watermarkheight.
+\def\beamer@FOR@watermarkheightmult{1}
+\DeclareOptionBeamer{watermarkheightmult}{\def\beamer@FOR@watermarkheightmult{#1}}
+
+\ExecuteOptionsBeamer{titleline=false}
+\ProcessOptionsBeamer
+
+% Enable/disable the watermark.
+\def\watermarkon{%
+  \def\beamer@FOR@watermark{\beamer@FOR@watermarkorig}%
+}
+\def\watermarkoff{\def\beamer@FOR@watermark{}}
+
+% Initially enable the watermark.
+\watermarkon
+
+% Colors.
+\setbeamercolor*{lineup}{parent=palette primary}
+\setbeamercolor*{linemid}{parent=palette secondary}
+\setbeamercolor*{linebottom}{parent=palette tertiary}
+\setbeamercolor*{page header}{parent=titlelike}
+\setbeamertemplate{section in toc shaded}[default][50]
+
+% Lengths
+\newlength{\headerheight}
+\setlength{\headerheight}{.0045\paperheight}
+\newlength{\beamer@FOR@lineup}
+\setlength{\beamer@FOR@lineup}{.025\paperheight}
+\newlength{\beamer@FOR@linemid}
+\setlength{\beamer@FOR@linemid}{.015\paperheight}
+\newlength{\beamer@FOR@linebottom}
+\setlength{\beamer@FOR@linebottom}{.01\paperheight}
+
+% The height of the watermark part below the 3 bottom lines.
+\newlength{\beamer@FOR@watermarkheightbottom}
+\addtolength{\beamer@FOR@watermarkheightbottom}{\beamer@FOR@lineup}
+\addtolength{\beamer@FOR@watermarkheightbottom}{\beamer@FOR@linemid}
+\addtolength{\beamer@FOR@watermarkheightbottom}{\beamer@FOR@linebottom}
+
+% The height of the watermark part over the 3 bottom lines before shrinking.
+\newlength{\beamer@FOR@watermarkheightupperorig}
+\setlength{\beamer@FOR@watermarkheightupperorig}{\beamer@FOR@watermarkheight}
+\addtolength{\beamer@FOR@watermarkheightupperorig}{-\beamer@FOR@watermarkheightbottom}
+\multiply\beamer@FOR@watermarkheightupperorig by \beamer@FOR@watermarkheightmult
+
+\providecommand\insertframetitle{} %necessary magic to get the frametitle working in the headline...
+
+% Footer.
+\defbeamertemplate*{footline}{FOR theme}
+{%
+\ifthenelse{\number\beamer@fakher@mode < 1}%
+{%
+\hspace{1.21\cubewidth}\makebox[11pt][r]{\usebeamercolor[fg]{page number in head/foot}\insertshorttitle}%
+\hfill{\makebox[11pt][r]{\usebeamercolor[fg]{page number in head/foot}\insertframenumber/\inserttotalframenumber}}%
+}%
+{}%
+%empty footline
+}
+
+\defbeamertemplate*{headline}{FOR1807_headline}%this defines our headline with the fading line
+{
+\pgfdeclarehorizontalshading{horizontalshade}%a gray horizontal gradient
+{0.2\paperheight}{color(0)=(transparent!100); color(0.2\paperwidth)=(pgftransparent!20); color(\paperwidth)=(pgftransparent!0)}
+\pgfdeclarefading{horizontalfading}
+{\pgfuseshading{horizontalshade}}
+% \setbox0\hbox{
+% \begin{tikzpicture}
+% \clip (2\badgewt,\value{projecta} \badgeht) rectangle (3\badgewt,\value{projectb} \badgeht);
+% \pgftext[left,base]{\pgfuseimage{badges}};
+% \end{tikzpicture}
+% }
+\ifthenelse{\beamer@poster@loaded=0}
+{
+\vskip-4pt\hskip2pt%
+\hspace*{\cubewidth}
+{\usebeamercolor[fg]{titlelike}\fontsize{10}{10}\selectfont\raisebox{0pt}[15pt]{\strut\insertframetitle}}%
+\hfill
+\vskip1pt
+\hskip0.5\cubewidth
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+%  \fill [red] (0,0) circle (2pt); % to find out where I'm at...
+%\node[scale=0.13] at (0.82\textwidth,0) {\usebox0};
+%\pgfpointorigin
+%  \fill [red] (0,0) circle (2pt); % to find out where I'm at...
+%\begin{scope}
+  \pgfsetfading{horizontalfading}{\pgftransformshift{\pgfpoint{0.52\paperwidth}{0}}};
+  \fill [black] (0,-0.305\cubeheight) rectangle (\paperwidth,-0.32\cubeheight);
+%\end{scope}
+ \end{tikzpicture}
+}
+{
+\vskip0.03\paperheight
+\sbox{\mytmpbox}
+{\vbox{
+\begin{centering}
+%\fbox{
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+    \node at (0.2,-0.1) { \textcolor{black!50}{
+    \usebeamerfont{title}
+\Huge
+    \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}\begin{center}\inserttitle\end{center}\end{minipage} 
+}
+} ;
+    \node at (0.,0.0) { \usebeamercolor[fg]{title}{
+    \usebeamerfont{title}\Huge
+    \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}\begin{center}\inserttitle\end{center}\end{minipage} } } ;
+\end{tikzpicture}
+%}
+     %\usebeamerfont{title}\inserttitle\par%
+         \ifx\insertsubtitle\@empty%
+         \else%
+         \vskip0.01\paperheight%
+      %   {\usebeamerfont{subtitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{subtitle}\insertsubtitle\par}%
+         {\fontfamily{fxb}\Large\selectfont\usebeamercolor[fg]{titlelike}\insertsubtitle\par}%
+     \fi%
+         \vskip0.01\paperheight\par 
+\begin{center}
+%\fbox{
+\usebeamercolor[fg]{author}
+\usebeamerfont{author}\large{\insertauthor}
+%}
+\end{center}
+\vskip1em\par
+\begin{center}
+%\fbox{
+\hspace*{0.6\cubewidth}
+\usebeamercolor[fg]{institute}
+\usebeamerfont{institute}\large{\vbox{\insertinstitute}}
+%}
+\end{center}\par
+\end{centering}
+}}
+\hspace{0.02\paperwidth}
+\hfill
+\usebox{\mytmpbox}
+\settoheight{\myboxht}{\usebox{\mytmpbox}}
+%\vskip4ex%
+\hfill
+\smash{%
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+%  \fill [red] (0,0) circle (1cm); % to find out where I'm at...
+  \node at (%
+\ifportrait
+0.93\textwidth%
+\else%
+0.95\textwidth%
+\fi%
+,0.015\paperheight) {\resizebox{!}{%
+\ifportrait%
+0.9\myboxht%
+\else%
+\myboxht%
+\fi%
+}{\usebox0}};
+\pgfpointorigin
+\begin{scope}
+  \pgfsetfading{horizontalfading}{\pgftransformshift{\pgfpoint{0.62\paperwidth}{0}}};
+  \fill [black] (0,-0.5\myboxht) rectangle (\paperwidth,-0.49\myboxht);
+\end{scope}
+ \end{tikzpicture}
+}}
+}
+[action]
+{
+}
+
+\defbeamertemplate{headline}{FOR1807_empty}%this defines our headline with an empty badge
+{
+\pgfdeclarehorizontalshading{horizontalshade}%a gray horizontal gradient
+{0.2\paperheight}{color(0)=(transparent!100); color(0.3\paperwidth)=(pgftransparent!20); color(\paperwidth)=(pgftransparent!0)}
+\pgfdeclarefading{horizontalfading}
+{\pgfuseshading{horizontalshade}}
+\setbox0\hbox{
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+\clip (2\badgewt,\value{projecta} \badgeht) rectangle (3\badgewt,\value{projectb} \badgeht);
+\pgftext[left,base]{\pgfuseimage{badges}};
+\end{tikzpicture}
+}
+\vskip1pt\hskip2pt%
+\hspace*{\cubewidth}
+{\usebeamercolor[fg]{titlelike}\fontsize{10}{10}\selectfont\raisebox{0pt}[15pt]{\strut\insertframetitle}}%
+\hfill
+\vskip2pt
+\vskip-20pt
+\hskip\cubewidth
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+%  \fill [red] (0,0) circle (2pt); % to find out where I'm at...
+\node[scale=0.13] at (0.82\textwidth,0) {\phantom{\usebox0}};
+\node at (0.85\textwidth,0.2\baselineskip) {\pgftext[right,base]{\normalsize Advanced Computational Methods}};
+\node at (0.85\textwidth,-1.7\baselineskip) {\pgftext[right,base]{\normalsize for strongly Correlated Quantum Systems}};
+\pgfpointorigin
+\begin{scope}
+  \pgfsetfading{horizontalfading}{\pgftransformshift{\pgfpoint{0.52\paperwidth}{0}}};
+  \fill [black] (0,-0.3\cubeheight) rectangle (\paperwidth,-0.32\cubeheight);
+\end{scope}
+ \end{tikzpicture}
+}
+
+\defbeamertemplate*{sidebar left}{FOR theme}
+{
+% \pgfdeclareverticalshading{verticalshade}%a gray vertical gradient
+%   {
+%   %1.5pt
+%   0.2\paperwidth
+%   }{color(0)=(transparent!0);
+%  color(0.5\paperheight)=(pgftransparent!30);
+%  color(0.99\paperheight)=(pgftransparent!100)}
+\pgfdeclarefading{verticalfading}
+{\pgfuseshading{verticalshade}}
+\hskip0.05\cubewidth
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+\ifthenelse{\boolean{hasuniversity}}{
+%  \fill [red] (0,0) circle (2pt); % to find out where I'm at...
+\pgftext[left,x=0,y=0.1\paperheight,rotate=90]{\pgfuseimage{UniLogo}}%that way it looks OK on my laptop...
+}%
+{%
+\pgftext[left,x=0,y=0.1\paperheight,rotate=90]{\strut}
+}%
+\begin{scope}
+  \pgfsetfading{verticalfading}{\pgftransformshift{\pgfpoint{0.32\cubewidth}{0.49\paperheight}}};
+  \fill [black] (0.305\cubewidth,0.99\paperheight) rectangle (0.32\cubewidth,0);
+\end{scope}
+ \end{tikzpicture}
+}
+[action]
+{
+%\pgfdeclareimage[height=0.8\cubewidth,interpolate=true]{UniLogo}{../gfx/unilogobw.pdf}
+}
+
+\defbeamertemplate*{frametitle}{FOR theme}[1][left]
+{
+  \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{frametitle}{}{\nointerlineskip}%
+  \@tempdima=\textwidth%
+  \advance\@tempdima by\beamer@leftmargin%
+  \advance\@tempdima by\beamer@rightmargin%
+  \vbox{}\vskip-.5\beamer@leftmargin%
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=\beamer@leftmargin,#1,wd=\the\@tempdima]{}
+    \usebeamerfont{frametitle}\usebeamercolor[bg]{framesubtitle}%
+    \vbox{}\vskip0ex%
+    \if@tempswa\else\csname beamer@fte#1\endcsname\fi%
+    %\strut\insertframetitle\strut\par%
+    {%
+      \ifx\insertframesubtitle\@empty%
+      \else%
+      {\usebeamerfont{framesubtitle}\usebeamercolor[bg]{framesubtitle} \insertframesubtitle\strut\par}%
+      \fi
+    }%
+    \vskip-1ex%
+    \if@tempswa\else\vskip-\beamer@leftmargin\fi
+  \end{beamercolorbox}%
+  \def\beamer@FOR@truetext{true}%
+  \ifx\beamer@FOR@titleline\beamer@FOR@truetext%
+    \vskip-.5\beamer@leftmargin%
+    \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\textwidth,ht=.1ex,dp=0ex]{linemid}%
+    \end{beamercolorbox}%
+  \fi
+}
+
+% Frame title continuations, default
+\defbeamertemplate*{frametitle continuation}{FOR theme}{(\insertcontinuationcount)}
+
+\defbeamertemplate*{sidebar right}{FOR theme}
+{
+  \vskip.1\beamer@leftmargin%
+  \llap{\insertlogo\hskip.5\beamer@leftmargin}%
+  \vfill%
+  \if\beamer@FOR@watermark\@empty\else%
+  \llap{\includegraphics[height=\beamer@FOR@watermarkheight]{\beamer@FOR@watermark}}%
+  \vskip-\beamer@FOR@watermarkheightbottom%
+  \fi
+}
+
+%\resizebox{1.5\height}{!}{
+%beginning of changes to the templates
+\defbeamertemplate*{background canvas}{FOR theme}
+{
+\raisebox{0pt}[0pt][0pt]{%
+\ifthenelse{\beamer@poster@loaded=0}%
+{%No Poster
+\raisebox{-0.95\cubeheight}{%
+\begin{pgfpicture}%{0.0cm}{-\paperheight}{\paperwidth}{0.0cm} %somehow the result is only OK without the specification of the size
+\pgfpathmoveto{\pgfpoint{0}{1cm}}%
+%\pgfpathrectangle{\pgfpointorigin}{\pgfpoint{1cm}{1cm}} 
+\pgfuseshading{greysphere}%
+%\pgfpointorigin%
+%\pgftext[x=0.05\cubewidth,y=0\cubeheight,left,base]{\pgfuseimage{cube}}%it seems the coordinates here are relative...
+%\pgftext[left,x=0.05\cubewidth,y=-0.75\paperheight,rotate=90]{\pgfuseimage{UniLogo}}%that way it looks OK on my laptop...
+\end{pgfpicture}}%
+}%
+{%Branch for poster
+\sbox{\mytmpbox}{%create a box with a representative of the title content
+\vbox{
+\vskip0.03\paperheight
+     \begin{centering}
+     \begin{tikzpicture}
+    \node at (0.,0.0) { \usebeamercolor[fg]{title}{
+    \usebeamerfont{title}\Huge
+    \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}\begin{center}\inserttitle\end{center}\end{minipage} } } ;
+     \end{tikzpicture}
+     %\usebeamerfont{title}\inserttitle\par%
+         \ifx\insertsubtitle\@empty%
+         \else%
+         \vskip0.01\paperheight%
+      %   {\usebeamerfont{subtitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{subtitle}\insertsubtitle\par}%
+         {\fontfamily{fxb}\Large\selectfont\usebeamercolor[fg]{titlelike}\insertsubtitle\par}%
+     \fi%
+         \vskip0.01\paperheight\par 
+\begin{center}
+\usebeamercolor[fg]{author}
+\usebeamerfont{author}\large\insertauthor
+\end{center}
+\vskip1em
+\begin{center}
+\usebeamercolor[fg]{institute}
+\usebeamerfont{institute}\large{\vbox{\insertinstitute}}
+\end{center}
+\end{centering}
+ \vskip4ex%
+}}
+\settoheight{\myboxht}{\usebox{\mytmpbox}}
+%\fbox{
+\resizebox{%
+\ifportrait
+0.62\myboxht
+\else
+0.65\myboxht
+\fi
+}{!}{%
+\raisebox{%
+-0.95\cubeheight
+}{%
+\begin{pgfpicture}%{0.0cm}{-\paperheight}{\paperwidth}{0.0cm} %somehow the result is only OK without the specification of the size
+\pgfpathmoveto{\pgfpoint{0}{1cm}}%
+%\pgfpathrectangle{\pgfpointorigin}{\pgfpoint{1cm}{1cm}} 
+\pgfuseshading{greysphere}%
+%\pgfpointorigin%
+%\pgftext[x=0.01\cubewidth,y=0\cubeheight,left,base]{\pgfuseimage{cube}}%it seems the coordinates here are relative...