Sending messages back and forth is at the core of instant messaging. Although individual messages can be sent and received as packets, it's generally easier to treat the string of messages as a chat using the org.jivesoftware.smack.Chat
class.
A chat creates a new thread of messages (using a thread ID) between two users. The following code snippet demonstrates how to create a new Chat with a user and then send them a text message:
// Assume we've created an XMPPConnection name "connection"._
ChatManager chatmanager = ChatManager.getInstanceFor(connection);
Chat newChat =<EMAIL_ADDRESS>new MessageListener() {
public void processMessage(Chat chat, Message message) {
System.out.println("Received message: " + message);
}
});
try {
newChat.sendMessage("Howdy!");
}
catch (XMPPException e) {
System.out.println("Error Delivering block");
}
The Chat.sendMessage(String)
method is a convenience method that creates a Message object, sets the body using the String parameter, then sends the message. In the case that you wish to set additional values on a Message before sending it, use the Chat.createMessage()
and Chat.sendMessage(Message)
methods, as in the following code snippet:
Message newMessage = new Message();
newMessage.setBody("Howdy!");
message.setProperty("favoriteColor", "red");
newChat.sendMessage(newMessage);
You'll also notice in the example above that we specified a MessageListener when creating a chat. The listener is notified any time a new message arrives from the other user in the chat. The following code snippet uses the listener as a parrot-bot -- it echoes back everything the other user types.
// Assume a MessageListener we've setup with a chat._
public void processMessage(Chat chat, Message message) {
// Send back the same text the other user sent us._
chat.sendMessage(message.getBody());
}
When chats are prompted by another user, the setup is slightly different since you are receiving a chat message first. Instead of explicitly creating a chat to send messages, you need to register to handle newly created Chat instances when the ChatManager creates them. The ChatManager will already find a matching chat (by thread id) and if none exists, then it will create a new one that does match. To get this new chat, you have to register to be notified when it happens. You can register a message listener to receive all future messages as part of this handler.
// Assume we've created an XMPPConnection name "connection"._
ChatManager chatManager = ChatManager.getInstanceFor(connection);
chatManager.addChatListener(
new ChatManagerListener() {
@Override
public void chatCreated(Chat chat, boolean createdLocally)
{
if (!createdLocally)
chat.addMessageListener(new MyNewMessageListener());;
}
});
In addition to thread based chat messages, there are some clients that do not send a thread id as part of the chat. To handle this scenario, Smack will attempt match the incoming messages to the best fit existing chat, based on the JID. It will attempt to find a chat with the same full JID, failing that, it will try the base JID. If no existing chat to the user can found, then a new one is created.
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The Integrated Operator's Perspective on Mobile Web, Keith Waters of France Telecom
FT does mobile, web and internet, and recognises the value of cross-platform delivery.
One web is an ultimate goal, not a solved problem
Profileration of devices: author once, publish many
Increased mobility: right content in the right place at the right time
Mobile web of tomorrow != desktop PC of today
Two examples of consistent user experiences:
- web mini-applications (e.g. desktop widgets)
- consistent user experience from desktop to mobile
- apple widgets can be used on mobile
- browser based application to display LBS info and signal strength


Node.js v0.10.7 Manual & Documentation
Table of Contents
console#
Stability: 4 - API Frozen
- Object
For printing to stdout and stderr. Similar to the console object functions provided by most web browsers, here the output is sent to stdout or stderr.
The console functions are synchronous when the destination is a terminal or a file (to avoid lost messages in case of premature exit) and asynchronous when it's a pipe (to avoid blocking for long periods of time).
That is, in the following example, stdout is non-blocking while stderr is blocking:
$ node script.js 2> error.log | tee info.log
In daily use, the blocking/non-blocking dichotomy is not something you should worry about unless you log huge amounts of data.
console.log([data], [...])#
Prints to stdout with newline. This function can take multiple arguments in a
printf()
-like way. Example:
console.log('count: %d', count);
If formatting elements are not found in the first string then util.inspect
is used on each argument. See util.format() for more information.
console.info([data], [...])#
Same as console.log
.
console.error([data], [...])#
Same as console.log
but prints to stderr.
console.warn([data], [...])#
Same as console.error
.
console.dir(obj)#
Uses util.inspect
on obj
and prints resulting string to stdout.
console.time(label)#
Mark a time.
console.timeEnd(label)#
Finish timer, record output. Example:
console.time('100-elements');
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
;
}
console.timeEnd('100-elements');
console.trace(label)#
Print a stack trace to stderr of the current position.
console.assert(expression, [message])#
Same as assert.ok() where if the expression
evaluates as false
throw an
AssertionError with message
.


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| enum | { cv::RECURS_FILTER = 1, cv::NORMCONV_FILTER = 2 } |
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Functions | |
| void | cv::detailEnhance (InputArray src, OutputArray dst, float sigma_s=10, float sigma_r=0.15f) |
| This filter enhances the details of a particular image. More... | |
| void | cv::edgePreservingFilter (InputArray src, OutputArray dst, int flags=1, float sigma_s=60, float sigma_r=0.4f) |
| Filtering is the fundamental operation in image and video processing. Edge-preserving smoothing filters are used in many different applications [37] . More... | |
| void | cv::pencilSketch (InputArray src, OutputArray dst1, OutputArray dst2, float sigma_s=60, float sigma_r=0.07f, float shade_factor=0.02f) |
| Pencil-like non-photorealistic line drawing. More... | |
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| Stylization aims to produce digital imagery with a wide variety of effects not focused on photorealism. Edge-aware filters are ideal for stylization, as they can abstract regions of low contrast while preserving, or enhancing, high-contrast features. More... | |
Detailed Description
Enumeration Type Documentation
◆ anonymous enum
| anonymous enum |
#include <opencv2/photo.hpp>
Edge preserving filters.
| Enumerator | |
|---|---|
| RECURS_FILTER | Recursive Filtering. |
| NORMCONV_FILTER | Normalized Convolution Filtering. |
Function Documentation
◆ detailEnhance()
| void cv::detailEnhance | ( | InputArray | src, |
| OutputArray | dst, | ||
| float | sigma_s = 10 , |
||
| float | sigma_r = 0.15f |
||
| ) |
#include <opencv2/photo.hpp>
This filter enhances the details of a particular image.
- Parameters
-
src Input 8-bit 3-channel image. dst Output image with the same size and type as src. sigma_s Range between 0 to 200. sigma_r Range between 0 to 1.
◆ edgePreservingFilter()
| void cv::edgePreservingFilter | ( | InputArray | src, |
| OutputArray | dst, | ||
| int | flags = 1 , |
||
| float | sigma_s = 60 , |
||
| float | sigma_r = 0.4f |
||
| ) |
#include <opencv2/photo.hpp>
Filtering is the fundamental operation in image and video processing. Edge-preserving smoothing filters are used in many different applications [37] .
- Parameters
-
src Input 8-bit 3-channel image. dst Output 8-bit 3-channel image. flags Edge preserving filters: cv::RECURS_FILTER or cv::NORMCONV_FILTER sigma_s Range between 0 to 200. sigma_r Range between 0 to 1.
◆ pencilSketch()
| void cv::pencilSketch | ( | InputArray | src, |
| OutputArray | dst1, | ||
| OutputArray | dst2, | ||
| float | sigma_s = 60 , |
||
| float | sigma_r = 0.07f , |
||
| float | shade_factor = 0.02f |
||
| ) |
#include <opencv2/photo.hpp>
Pencil-like non-photorealistic line drawing.
- Parameters
-
src Input 8-bit 3-channel image. dst1 Output 8-bit 1-channel image. dst2 Output image with the same size and type as src. sigma_s Range between 0 to 200. sigma_r Range between 0 to 1. shade_factor Range between 0 to 0.1.
◆ stylization()
| void cv::stylization | ( | InputArray | src, |
| OutputArray | dst, | ||
| float | sigma_s = 60 , |
||
| float | sigma_r = 0.45f |
||
| ) |
#include <opencv2/photo.hpp>
Stylization aims to produce digital imagery with a wide variety of effects not focused on photorealism. Edge-aware filters are ideal for stylization, as they can abstract regions of low contrast while preserving, or enhancing, high-contrast features.
- Parameters
-
src Input 8-bit 3-channel image. dst Output image with the same size and type as src. sigma_s Range between 0 to 200. sigma_r Range between 0 to 1.


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The TMWritePacket API call writes a Universal Data Packet (UDP) starting on 'start_page' in a 1-Wire device. The 'num_write' bytes of data in 'write_buffer' is written. Returns a byte length greater than or equal to 0 for success or one of the TRANSPORT error values for a failure. TMWritePacket works only with the nvram 1-Wire devices such as the DS1993 iButton. See the description of the Universal Data Packet.
For a description of the above types, see the TMEX Type Descriptions.
Parameters
session_handle
Specifies the session handle returned from the API function TMExtendedStartSession that specifies the desired 1-Wire network port. This parameter is required by most TMEX API functions.
state_buffer
Specifies a pointer to a memory location that TMEX keeps all of the state information for the 1-Wire networks. This parameter is required by most TMEX API functions.
start_page
Specifies the page that the packet will begin being written at. A CRC-16 verified packet always starts at the beginning of a page boundary. The valid range of a start page depends on the device type. Current 1-Wire devices range from 0 to 256 pages.
write_buffer
Specifies a pointer to a memory location that contains the data to write. The amount of data to write is expressed in ‘num_write’.
num_write
Specifies the number of bytes in the ‘write_buffer’ to write.
Return Value
>=0 => length of valid data writtenSee Also


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from copy import deepcopy
from models import *
from sqlalchemy import desc, func
[docs]class Leaderboard:
"""
This class handles the Create Leaderboard functionality.
"""
base_leaderboard_block_format = {
"type": "section",
"text": {
"type": "mrkdwn",
"text": "{pos}. <@{userid}> has {points} points!"
}
}
def __init__(self):
"""
Constructor to initialize payload object
:param:
:type:
:raise:
:return: None
:rtype: None
"""
self.payload = {
"response_type": "ephemeral",
"blocks": []
}
[docs] def view_leaderboard(self, top_k: int = 5) -> dict:
"""
Generates leaderboard according to the highest points scorers, returns top five contenders from DB
:param top_k: Provision to generate top k contenders in leaderboard, default value: 5
:type top_k: int
:raise:
:return: Payload object containing details about the top 5 contenders of SlackPoint
:rtype: dict[str, Any]
"""
top_5_leaderboard = Assignment.query.join(Task).join(User). \
with_entities(User.user_id, User.slack_user_id, func.sum(Task.points).label("total_points")). \
filter(Assignment.progress == 1). \
group_by(User.user_id). \
order_by(desc("total_points"))[:top_k]
# parse them
count = 0
for user in top_5_leaderboard:
count += 1
point = deepcopy(self.base_leaderboard_block_format)
point["text"]["text"] = point["text"]["text"].format(pos=count, userid=user.slack_user_id,
points=user.total_points)
self.payload["blocks"].append(point)
if not self.payload["blocks"]:
self.payload["blocks"].append({
"type": "section",
"text": {
"type": "mrkdwn",
"text": ">Looks like the competition hasn't started yet :("
}
})
return self.payload


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[Gecode] Subversion
duchier at ps.uni-sb.de
duchier at ps.uni-sb.de
Wed Aug 17 16:58:48 CEST 2005
Guido Tack <tack at ps.uni-sb.de> writes:
> Yes, we still have a problem with the ssl configuration sometimes. You
> probably got a "http://www.gecode.org:443/svn" url after the redirection. I
> will have to look into this some more, but to try it out, you can manually
> change the http to https.
aargh... change http to https _and_ add a final slash.
btw, from what I read, svn+ssh://... is supposed to be faster
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This site displays data which was uploaded daily, via satellite, by the expedition team in the Okavango delta. Data is also available through a public API, allowing anyone to re-mix, analyze, or visualize the collected information.
Questions<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Steve Boyes did his PhD on the Meyer’s parrot in the Okavango Delta and lived permanently in this wilderness for 7 years. He runs several research project in the Okavango Delta for the Wild Bird Trust and Percy FitzPatrick Institute, and will be the Expedition Leader on the 2014 Okavango Expedition. This year will be his 5th crossing of the Okavango Delta on dug-out canoes or mokoros. All in preparation for the expedition 1,000 miles down the length of the Okavango River next year in support of the designation of new protected areas and a multi-national UNESCO World Heritage Site that includes the entire catchment.
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Lead poler and member of the Seronga Polers Trust. GB has crossed the delta 4 times with Steve and is an exemplary ambassador of the Okavango Delta and baYei community. He has appeared in several TV shows with Steve and his team.
An environmental management graduate with a passion for wilderness and adventure. Cycled 2 continents including Africa & South America and about to undertake the 4th trans Okavango Mokoro Expedition with the Wild Bird Trust.
Tom is our strongest poler and has carried us on his shoulders all the way to Maun on 3 important expedition. He is the music man and plays the traditional baYei mouth bow, bringing with him the sound of the African wilderness. His music tells a story of life in the wild. Tom is also an accomplished wilderness guide and storyteller.
Son of GB, he too works at the Seronga Polers Trust and has grown up in the Delta, learning from his father. He joins the expedition for the first time this year.
Gregg Treinish founded the nonprofit Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation in 2011, mobilizing outdoor enthusiasts in collaborative efforts to protect our natural world.
National Geographic named Gregg Adventurer of the Year in 2008, when he and a friend completed a 7,800-mile trek along the spine of the Andes Mountain Range. He was included on the Christian Science Monitor's 30 under 30 list in 2012, and the following year became a National Geographic Emerging Explorer for his work with ASC.
"My love and appreciation for places where natural systems function as they have for millions of years drives my passion to understand and protect these areas. Although primarily a marine biologist, I have had the privilege of working in pristine marine and terrestrial ecosystems. I view the Okavango Delta as the epitome of the perfect terrestrial wilderness I seek."
For the past 4 years John has dedicated his life to spending time in the African wilderness, and sharing his experiences with as many people as possible. In 2010 he and his wife, Liz, travelled around sub-saharan Africa in their Land Cruiser visiting the national parks and wild places of South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia – an awesome adventure! More recently John has joined Dr Steve Boyes at The Wild Bird Trust as Trustee and Commercial Director.
Pieter Hugo has an MA Degree in English Literature, and has published articles in several different magazines and newspapers. Pieter has worked as a nightclub bouncer, a stage manager, a set-builder, and a pyrotechnics and special effects technician. He currently live in Hogsback, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, where he owns a sawmill and works as a carpenter.
Delta navigator and human GPS, Chaps has also crossed the Okavango Delta 4 times with Steve and has been able to find our way out of remote locations in the delta many times. He is a rock solid member of the expedition team and an important source of support..
The youngest poler on the expedition. KG joined the 2013 expedition for the first time and proved himself with superb navigational skills as well as his ability to find water when no one else could.
Jer Thorp is a software artist, writer, and educator living in Brooklyn. Coming from a background in genetics, his digital art practice explores the many-folded boundaries between science, data, art, and culture. He is a co-founder of The Office for Creative Research & adjunct professor at ITP.
James Kydd is an international safari guide and wildlife photographer. He is the creator of the multiple award winning website Rangerdiaries.com.
Shah Selbe is an engineer, conservation technologist, and technology expert working to identify and implement innovative approaches to environmental problems. He works with communities, nonprofits, and developing countries to identify and deploy technologies that could help them with the conservation of their environment. It was this work within ocean conservation, often called “FishNET”, that resulted in National Geographic naming him as one of their 2013 Emerging Explorers. He works to inject low cost technological innovation into how we monitor and protect some of the most pristine parts of this planet.
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My personal and professional website started in my first year of college, February 2018. I began with an online version of my resume that feels like a game. A character of myself strolls through a laboratory, rides a rover, launches a rocket, and lands on Mars. All the while walking by my experience, portfolio, and skills. How many Easter eggs can you find?
The rest of the website began development in February 2019, and I finished most of it a month later. But like all projects, I am continuously improving it and adding content. I have learned much about HTML, CSS, and JavaScript whilst building it. Furthermore, I have drawn or photographed all artwork, except company logos or explicitly captioned, which has improved my fine art skills.
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VICTORY A film review by Sherrie Lee Copyright 1996 The Flying Inkpot
Directed by : Mark Peploe Written by : Mark Peploe, Fred Siedel, novel by Josef Conrad Cast : Simon Callow, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Field, Irene Jacob, Michael Lee, Graziano Marcelli, Sam Neill (Mr. Jones), Bill Paterson, Rufus Sewell, Jean Yanne, Ho Yi Rating : ** out of ***** Theatres : Lido Classics.
Victory, what victory?
Based on the novel set in 1914 by Joseph Conrad, Victory spins a tale of a pair of lovers, Heyst (William Dafoe) and Alma (Irene Jacob), who seek refuge on Heyst's isolated island. However, their idyllic world begins to crumble upon the arrival of Mr Jones (Sam Neil), Martin Ricardo (Rufus Sewell) and their servant, Pedro (Graziano Marcelli), who have come to steal Heyst's rumoured plunder. While the novel is largely complex in characterization, the film sadly transposes Conrad's characters into lacklustre leads, the most disappointing being Heyst himself.
Conrad's Heyst adheres religiously to his late father's ways of detachment and isolation. His ascetic lifestyle is thrown into question when he meets Alma, a helpless orchestra girl who charms him with her voice. The struggle to embrace the arrival of Alma into his solitude, however, is lost in Mark Peploe's (director and writer) diluted version of Heyst. Without properly establishing the crucial details of Heyst's character, all that is left of Conrad's main character is a very shallow treatment of his internal conflict between detachment and human involvement. On the one hand, actualizing the subtext is a mammoth task (though not impossible), but on the other hand, Dafoe's flat acting cannot be excused as an attempt at stoicism. In the end, we are supposed to witness Heyst renounce his philosophy and finally come to an understanding of what it is to love another. The final transformation, while perceptible, lacks the cathartic revelation which is undeniable in Conrad's novel. Its absence in the film is unforgivable.
The film seems more concerned about moving the plot along when so much has yet to be said about the relationship between the two complete strangers. Alma is supposed to have overcome great emotional barriers in the relationship, namely Heyst's underlying philosophy of detachment, which Heyst himself grapples with. The struggle against Heyst's ignorance of true human involvement accounts for much of the greatness of Alma's love for him. Jacob, fair-skinned, gentle and yet passionate, handles the role with precision, detailing nuances where possible. Unfortunately, she is let down by a superficial script. The couple's relationship develops too hastily, leaving all subtlety effaced and replaced with a blatant show-and-tell approach.
All we know of the characters are mostly explained by their lines alone. This is unsatisfactory when so much of the turmoil experienced by the two stem from their buried thoughts and emotions. The sketchy handling of their relationship stands out as sorely as Dafoe's American accent (an inappropriate one since Heyst spent most of his life in London).
The other characters such as Schomberg (Jean Yanne), the owner of a hotel, and Mr Jones (Sam Neill) , also fall short of Conrad's meticulous characterization. While Schomberg should have been more menacing and vindictive, Mr Jones should have been portrayed as something more of an enigma. Sam Neil's caricature of a slightly stout, effeminate and soft-spoken gentleman-at-large nullifies the effect intended by Conrad who describes Mr Jones as "an insolent spectre on leave from Hades, endowed with skin and bones and a subtle power of terror".
Poor characterization aside, kudos goes to Rufus Sewell for his excellent portrayal of Ricardo, secretary to Mr Jones, a reckless ruffian capable of murder. Sewell, with his cockney accent and large expressive green eyes, becomes the true terror of the unholy trinity, masterminding deceitful plans behind Jones' back. At the same time, we are entertained by the foolhardiness of his plans.
Despite the authentic setting and marvellous cinematography by Bruno De Keyzer, very few images are left behind for us to savour after the film has ended. Sourabaya and its surrounding islands and volcanoes may have their charm, but mean nothing once the film fails to capture the essence of an epic, which is what Victory deserves to be. The delicately inter-woven complexities in the love story are lost to an inadequate production. At the end of the film, we are told that perhaps Alma's victory was in teaching Heyst how to love. A hollow victory indeed.
THE FLYING INKPOT's rating system: * Wait for the video. ** A little creaky, but still better than staying at home with Gotcha! *** Pretty good, bring a friend. **** Amazing, potent stuff. ***** Perfection. See it twice.
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Health checking¶
- Health checking architecture overview.
- If health checking is configured for a cluster, additional statistics are emitted. They are documented here.
{
"type": "...",
"timeout_ms": "...",
"interval_ms": "...",
"unhealthy_threshold": "...",
"healthy_threshold": "...",
"path": "...",
"send": [],
"receive": [],
"interval_jitter_ms": "...",
"service_name": "...",
"redis_key": "..."
}
- type
- (required, string) The type of health checking to perform. Currently supported types are http, redis, and tcp. See the architecture overview for more information.
- timeout_ms
- (required, integer) The time in milliseconds to wait for a health check response. If the timeout is reached the health check attempt will be considered a failure.
- interval_ms
- (required, integer) The interval between health checks in milliseconds.
- unhealthy_threshold
- (required, integer) The number of unhealthy health checks required before a host is marked unhealthy. Note that for http health checking if a host responds with 503 this threshold is ignored and the host is considered unhealthy immediately.
- healthy_threshold
- (required, integer) The number of healthy health checks required before a host is marked healthy. Note that during startup, only a single successful health check is required to mark a host healthy.
- path
- (sometimes required, string) This parameter is required if the type is http. It specifies the HTTP path that will be requested during health checking. For example /healthcheck.
- send
(sometimes required, array) This parameter is required if the type is tcp. It specifies the bytes to send for a health check request. It is an array of hex byte strings specified as in the following example:
[ {"binary": "01"}, {"binary": "000000FF"} ]
The array is allowed to be empty in the case of “connect only” health checking.
- receive
- (sometimes required, array) This parameter is required if the type is tcp. It specified the bytes that are expected in a successful health check response. It is an array of hex byte strings specified similarly to the send parameter. The array is allowed to be empty in the case of “connect only” health checking.
- interval_jitter_ms
- (optional, integer) An optional jitter amount in millseconds. If specified, during every internal Envoy will add 0 to interval_jitter_ms milliseconds to the wait time.
- service_name
- (optional, string) An optional service name parameter which is used to validate the identity of the health checked cluster. See the architecture overview for more information.
- redis_key
- (optional, string) If the type is redis, perform
EXISTS <redis_key>
instead ofPING
. A return value from Redis of 0 (does not exist) is considered a passing healthcheck. A return value other than 0 is considered a failure. This allows the user to mark a Redis instance for maintenance by setting the specified key to any value and waiting for traffic to drain.