ArkhamJS vs Redux
Redux is very barebones as is ArkhamJS. Both are also based on the Flux architecture. The difference comes in to what functionality each framework handles on its own.  Not only do you have to combine reducers and create stores, but you must also connect each component, redefining how you learned to develop React components.
ArkhamJS takes the basic fundamentals of Flux and adds the best of Redux (like the single store) and then polishes it off with making the development process easier to use without adding "magic". ArkhamJS takes care of the small tasks developers do not need to worry about and gives them flexibility on what really matters, the data.
While Redux forces the developer to conform to a certain way of app development, ArkhamJS gives the developer the freedom to develop to what the project requirements are rather than framework requirements.
Not only does redux require a developer to write a custom framework, for it to be a functional framework, it requires the use of middleware. If an asyncronous flow is required in a project (which most
use), a middleware is needed. This can be redux-thunk
, redux-saga
, or quite a few others. The learning curve for redux remains high because while a developer may learn
one middleware for one project, another may be using a different setup.
Quick List
Free to use within your project. Open to modify and/or customize source code to meet your needs.
Learning curve of the framework. The easier it is to pick up a new tool, the quicker it is to start development.
Manage data in and out of the store.
All data is saved under a singular data strucure that contains an umbrella of data shared between components.
Creating, combining, and connecting stores.
Be able to use local component state.
Support react native along with AsyncStorage for caching.
Extend the framework with custom or third-party middleware.
The follow are officially supported by ArkhamJS. The importance here is compatibility and updates. Official modules/features are updated as the framework is updated, not having to rely on the timeline of a third-party module. Also third-party modules may become abandoned.
Its very dangerous to work with a store that is mutable. Data can be altered unwillingly. While ImmutableJS can be used in both frameworks, only ArkhamJS ensures all objects coming in and out of the framework are immutable.
There are times that actions should be dispatched after waiting on a response, like an API endpoint.
- * - Requires official module.
- 1 - Requires redux-immutable.
- 2 - Requires redux-thunk or redux-saga.
- 3 - Requires redux-promise.
- 4 - Requires reselect or redux-cache.
- 5 - Requires redux-logger.
Choosing a framework
Where is my data and how do I access it?
ArkhamJS
All data is saved in a single, global store. Data can be read from any component by importing and using the
Flux
object,
Flux.getStore()
.
Redux
A Provider at the root is required to encapsulate the "Redux data bubble". In React this is usaully a
<Provider/>
tag at the root.
For a component to read data, it must be connected to the "Redux data bubble". Only connected components will be able to
gain access to the store via the context which is handed down from the root provider. The store property
uses a get method to access the data,
store.getState()
.
How do I handle modification of data?
ArkhamJS
Data is written to the store via actions dispatched from the Flux
object, Flux.dispatch
.
Redux
A component must be connected to Redux. Only then will a component be able to access the store
object to dispatch, store.dispatch
.
How do I test my app?
ArkhamJS
All store management is handled and tested via ArkhamJS. As long as the stores are registered with ArkhamJS, there is no need for additional code.
/* Testing actions is pretty similar */
import * as AppActions from './AppActions';
describe('actions', () => {
it('should create an action on update', async () => {
const content = 'hello world';
const testAction = await AppActions.update(content);
const expectedAction = {type: 'APP_UPDATE', content};
expect(testAction).toEqual(expectedAction)
})
});
/* Testing components remains simple */
import * as React from 'react';
export class App extends Component { /* ... */ }
// Tests would include app the same as anywhere in the app,
// creating less confusion.
import {App} from './App';
Redux
Since the store is manually created and combined, you must abstract this logic so it could be easily imported into unit tests.
/* Testing actions is pretty similar */
import * as AppActions from './AppActions';
describe('actions', () => {
it('should create an action on update', () => {
const content = 'hello world';
const testAction = AppActions.update(content);
const expectedAction = {type: 'APP_UPDATE', content};
expect(testAction).toEqual(expectedAction)
})
});
/* Testing components gets tricky. In the component itself,
you would have 2 exports. */
import * as React from 'react';
import {connect} from 'react-redux';
// Use named export for unconnected component (for tests)
export class App extends React.Component { /* ... */ }
// Use default export for the connected component (for app)
export default connect(mapStateToProps)(App);
// Tests would include
import ConnectedApp, {App} from './App';
Code Structure
How the codeis written is very important. Either you are familiar with a similar structure and the learning curve is low, or it will take some time to figure it out, raising the learning curve.
Let's use a simple example of updating content with a button click.
Initialization
The actions are similar but there is one difference. While ArkhamJS allows developers to handle the dispatches manually, Redux constricts that advantage by handling it internally. With ArkhamJS, you can trigger multiple dispatches within an action method. In Redux, you will need to use a middleware, like redux-thunk, to handle this type of behavior.
ArkhamJS
//index.js
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import App from './App';
import {Provider} from 'arkhamjs';
import {AppStore} from './appStore';
// Configure ArkhamJS and register stores
Flux.config({name: 'myApp'});
Flux.registerStores([AppStore]);
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
Initializing an ArkhamJS app, there is no need to wrap in any container. The Flux object is global and accessible in all child and sibling apps. The only
Redux
//index.js
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import App from './App';
import {Provider} from 'react-redux';
import {store} from './store';
// Wrap existing app in Provider
ReactDOM.render(
<Provider store={store}>
<App />
</Provider>,
document.getElementById('root')
);
A <Provider />
is required at the root level of the app to create the "Redux data bubble" all connected components within this "bubble" will have access to the data. The problem with this approach is in the form of nested apps. Any nested <Provider />
components will not have access to the parent context, it will actually be overwritten in the child.
Actions
The actions are similar but there is one difference. While ArkhamJS allows developers to handle the dispatches manually, Redux constricts that advantage by handling it internally. With ArkhamJS, you can trigger multiple dispatches within an action method. In Redux, you will need to use a middleware, like redux-thunk, to handle this type of behavior.
ArkhamJS
// actions.js
import {Flux} from 'arkhamjs';
export const updateContent = (content) => {
return Flux.dispatch({
type: 'APP_UPDATE_CONTENT',
content
});
}
Actions are methods that dispatch an action object.
Redux
// actions.js
export const updateContent = (content) => {
return {
type: 'APP_UPDATE_CONTENT',
content
};
};
Each action method returns an action object.
Advantages
With ArkhamJS a developer has the felxibility to be able to dispatch an action whenever and whereever they choose. Lets take a look at a more complex example.
ArkhamJS
// actions.js
import {Flux} from 'arkhamjs';
import {Hunter} from 'rip-hunter';
export const updateContent = async (content) => {
const canUpdate = Flux.getStore('app.canUpdate', false);
if(canUpdate) {
const quote = await Hunter.get('http://quotes.rest/qod.json?category=inspire');
// If we also wanted to update a quote
Flux.dispatch({
type: 'QUOTES_UPDATE',
quote: json
});
}
Flux.dispatch({
type: 'APP_UPDATE_CONTENT',
content
});
}
The action method can return anything or nothing. Just call a
Flux.dispatch()
when you need to dispatch an action. You can call as many dispatches as needed, sequencially or
asyncronously. If you need the action object, just return the results from
Flux.dispatch()
to get a Promise.
Redux
// actions.js
import {Hunter} from 'rip-hunter';
export const updateContent = (content) => {
return (dispatch, getState) => {
const {canUpdate} = getState();
if(canUpdate) {
const quote = await Hunter.get('http://quotes.rest/qod.json?category=inspire');
await dispatch({
type: 'QUOTES_UPDATE',
quote
});
}
dispatch({
type: 'APP_UPDATE_CONTENT',
content
});
};
};
// store.js
import {createStore, applyMiddleware} from 'redux';
import {thunk} from 'redux-thunk';
export function configureStore(initialState = {}) {
// Create store and define default values.
// Apply middleware, if any.
return createStore(reducers, initialState, applyMiddleware(thunk));
};
export const store = configureStore();
We would need to either return a delayed function, or use a middleware, like redux-thunk .
Stores
Once an action is dispatched, it is then captured and then updates the application data. In ArkhamJS, these are called stores. Redux calls them reducers.
ArkhamJS
// appStore.js
import {Store} from 'arkhamjs';
// Extend the ArkhamJS Store class.
export class AppStore extends Store {
constructor() {
// Set the store name.
super('app');
}
initialState() {
// Define default values.
return {canUpdate: true, content: ''};
}
onAction(type, data, state) {
// Define how each action type will affect the state.
switch(type) {
case 'APP_UPDATE_CONTENT':
return {...state, content: data.content};
default:
return state;
}
}
}
The store is created within a single class. The name of the store is set in the constructor. This is how this particular branch of the data is referenced. Initial values are set. And finally, data is updated depending on the action type. Classes keep the logic of the stores centrally located.
ArkhamJS combines your stores for you.
Redux
// reducer.js
import {combineReducers} from 'redux';
export const content = (state = {}, action) => {
// Define how each action type will affect the state.
switch (action.type) {
case 'APP_UPDATE_CONTENT':
return action.content;
default:
return state;
}
};
// Combine all the reducers into one.
export const reducers = combineReducers({content});
// store.js
import {createStore} from 'redux';
export function configureStore(initialState = {}) {
// Create store and define default values.
// Apply middleware, if any.
return createStore(reducers, initialState);
};
export const store = configureStore();
Storing values happen between two parts. Although the parts can be within the same file, it is usually best pracrtice to keep them in separate files. The first part creates the reducer. The reducer updates the data depending on the action type. The second part creates the store with the initial values. Lots of moving parts.
Redux requires a manual concatenation of reducers.
Components
A big consideration is rendering performance. In React, unless you forceUpdate
, a component will only re-render when the state changes. Three are 3 types of components: Component (re-renders on a change in state with deep comparison), PureComponent (re-renders on a change with a shallow comparison), JSX (no re-render unless a parent component re-renders). With Redux a component's state is handed off to the framework to manage. No state is used, instead Redux updates the props of the component and renders on a shallow compare.
ArkhamJS maintains the React logic for rendering, nothing has changed. A component can utilize any type of component (Component, PureComponent, etc.). Can update using props along with shouldComponentUpdate
and/or state, where setState
will traditionally update and render the component if necessary.
ArkhamJS
import {Flux} from 'arkhamjs';
import React from 'react';
import {updateContent} from './actions';
// App.js
export class App extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
// Bind all methods
this.onUpdate = this.onUpdate.bind(this);
// Set initial state
this.state = {
content: Flux.getStore('app.content', '')
};
}
componentWillMount() {
// Manually listen for actions
Flux.on('APP_CONTENT_UPDATE', this.onUpdate);
}
componentWillUnmount() {
Flux.off('APP_CONTENT_UPDATE', this.onUpdate);
}
onUpdate() {
const content = Flux.getStore('app.content', '');
this.setState({content});
}
render() {
return (

Hello World!

this.state.content

<button onClick={() => updateContent('This is a demo!')}>
Update
</button>

);
}
}
The dispatch is manually called.
Redux
import React from 'react';
import {connect} from 'react-redux';
import {updateContent} from './actions';
// App.js
export class App extends React.Component {
render() {
return (

Hello World!

this.props.content

<button onClick={() => this.props.updateContent({content: 'This is a demo!'})}>
Update
</button>

);
}
}
// AppContainer.js
const mapStateToProps = (state, ownProps) => ({content: state.content});
const mapDispatchToProps = {updateContent};
const AppContainer = connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(App);
export default AppContainer;
The dispatch is handled automatically.


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Perl Weekly
Issue #157 - 2014-07-28 - Barcelona or London?
latest | archive | by Gabor Szabo
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Hi,
I am back from my vacation in Barcelona and the news in the Perl world is that there is going to be a Perl workshop in Barcelona, and on the very same day London will also hold its annual Perl Workshop. Look for the details at the end of the newsletter!
In other news Neil Bowers is busy preparing all of us for 'CPAN-day' coming up in 2 weeks. - See the articles below.
Enjoy! ~szabgab
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Articles
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Writing private functions in Perl
Neil Bowers explains several ways to make functions 'private'. Some are by convention (prefixing the name with an underscore), others are experimental (lexical sub), yet others require additional modules from CPAN (Sub::Private). You have a choice how private do you want the functions to be.
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Calculating Probability
Article published on Linux Magazine by Mike Schilli. (most of the article is for paying readers only)
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Testing
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Testing with Perl
A collection of Perl Maven articles and screencasts about testing using Perl.
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Code
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Formats
I remember when I first started to teach Perl using a slide-deck provided by the training company. It taught all kinds of thing people hardly used. Including format. It is probably not very useful today, but if you are interested, brian d foy has just published the part of the 'Learning Perl' book that covered this feature of perl.
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(?P<NAME>...) vs (?<NAME>...)
Steven Haryanto explains how to make your named captures (in regexes) more similar in Perl and Python by using the 'P' prefix.
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Web
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CPAN
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Dezi::App
Dezi is a search engine platform based on Swish3, Apache Lucy, OpenSearch and Plack. Peter Karman has just finished porting it to Moose.
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The ghost of CPAN Days past
CPAN day is on 14th August. Last week Neil Bowers urged us to do something special. This time he tell us what happened on that very special day in every one of the last 19 years.
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Fun
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Let's top git.io
Mark Keating, the marketing manager of the Perl Foundation, is calling you to follow Kent Fredric on GitHub in order to give Perl developers a better representation in the git.io/top list.
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Grants
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Slides
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Videos
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Performance Profiling with Devel::NYTProf
Tim Bunce explains the various views you can generated using the profiler he maintenance, and then provides lots of suggestions how to improve the speed of your code. (50 min presentation from YAPC::NA)
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Perl 6
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Weekly collections
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In the following cities: Sofia (Bulgaria), Tokyo (Japan), Flörli Olten (Switzerland), Hancock (NY/USA), Itapema (SC/Brasil), Salzburg (Austria), Barcelona (Spain), London (UK)
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Relational Data Browsing
Navigate bidirectionally through the database by following foreign-key-based or user-defined relationships
The Data Browser
Start "Jailer 10.4 Data Browser" (or use JailerDataBrowser.sh|bat|exe)
All begins with the first table
Open Table "EMPLOYEE".
Our first table with the data of all employees appears.
Where do they all work?
Under "Related Rows" we find the "DEPARTMENT" table.
The "DEPARTMENT" table appears and shows not only all departments, but also the assignment to each employee.
And what are they actually working on?
In the "Closure" view we can see with which tables the selected table is related. Moreover, also the relations of these and so on.
With a double click on "PROJECT" the table "PROJECT_PARTICIPATION" and connected to it "PROJECT" opens.
We can minimize the "PROJECT_PARTIPITATION" table...
...to see the relationship between collaborators and projects directly.
The way to the SQL console
From the network of interconnected tables on the desktop,
an SQL query can be automatically created that returns exactly the same data that is visible here.
Use the menu item "Query Builder (Ctrl+Q)" to make some adjustments to this query first.
Use "SQL Console (Ctrl+Enter)" to go directly to the SQL console.
Inside the console, we can then formulate queries of our choice and view the results and do all the boring stuff we usually do with such tools.
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====================================================================================================
**Required header:**
**Synopsis:**
Type wrapping structure. Various **EVE** functions requires to be configured by a type. This type
argument is used for selecting or configuring the output type of the functions (i.e the various
[conversions] functions).
Instead of requiring users to pass unwieldy template parameters that may clash with the [function objects
paradigm](../rationale.html#functionobjectsasapi) **EVE** uses, Instances of [`eve::as`](#as) can be passed
as objects and the type they wrap can be retrieved later via their member type.
**Member types:**
Member type | Definition
------------ | ----------
`type` | `T`
**Example:**
eve::as
====================================================================================================
**Required header:**
**Synopsis:**
Return an instance of [`eve::as_`](#as) wrapping the type of `x`.
**Parameters:**
`x`
: value which type will be wrapped. **[optional]**
**Return Value:**
An instance of [`eve::as_`](#as)`


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Previous: TCL_obj
Contents
Index
TCL_obj_stl
The header file TCL_obj_stl
provides TCL_obj
support for
STL containers. If the value_type
of an STL container (vector, deque
or list) or set is streamable to an iostream, then it is possible to
directly access the elements of the container as a simple list:
std::vector<int> vec;
make_model(vec);
...
vec {1 2 3}
set vec_elems [vec]
If the value_type
is not streamable, an exception will be thrown. This
feature makes the #members
functionality of sets redundant.
The following TCL procedures are defined for the
following STL containers, which can be used from a TCL script or the
object browser to manipulate STL container objects. Procedures that do
not call member names are prefixed by the ``@'' symbol, which is a
valid identifier character in TCL, but is not a valid C++ identifier
character. This avoids any possible clash of member names.
- vector, dequeue, list
-
- @is_vector
- A ``do nothing'' command, the presence of which
indicates the object is a vector.
- @is_deque
- A ``do nothing'' command, the presence of which
indicates the object is a deque (double ended queue).
- @is_list
- A ``do nothing'' command, the presence of which
indicates the object is a list.
- size
- returns the size of the vector
- @elem
- takes one argument, the index of an element. It creates a
TCL command name(index) that can be used in the usual
way to access or modify the element's value.
- set, map
-
- @is_set
- A ``do nothing'' command, the presence of which
indicates the object is a set.
- @is_map
- A ``do nothing'' command, the presence of which
indicates the object is a map.
- size
- Return number of entries in the set or map
- count
- Takes a single argument, and returns 1 or 0, according to
whether that argument present within the set or map (as a member or
key respectively).
- #members
- Returns list of members of a set
- #keys
- Returns list of keys of a map
- @elem
- Returns a TCL command name for accessing individual
elements of a set or map. In the case of a set, the command accesses
the th element of the set. In the case of a map, the argument can
be an arbitrary string (so long as it converts to the key type of
the map), that can be used to address the map element. For example,
if the map is
map
<string,string>+, one can create an element
m["hello"]="foo"
by means of the following TCL commands:
m.@elem hello
m(hello) foo
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An image placeholder is a dummy image, intended to full up a space on a webpage until an actual image is inserted. Django placeholders, created by Amid Africa, creates image placeholders 'on the fly'.
To create a placeholder, simply put the required dimensions and colors in the URL as follows.
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Build your place holders quickly with this easy to use form.
Here we have set the width as 450px and the height as 220px.
Here, we have set the width only. The heigth is automatically the same as the with and a square is created.
Here we have set the background color as required. The foreground is still the default.
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April 2016: Security levels at ports raised when cruise ships in dock due to terrorism concerns. Whilst on the whole most cruise ship docks are seperate from yacht marinas/quays in Greece, there are some ports (such as Zante) where the 2 share the same quay. As the port authority secure the dock whilst the cruise ship is in port, with no prior warning, this can be very inconvenient for yacht crew wishing to get off or on their boat. It is recommended to enquire if berthing at a shared cruise ship dock if/when the next cruise ship is expected, so you can plan accordingly.
Migrant Crisis: See news items adjacent for updates and recommendations regarding the Migrant Crisis.
Gov.UK is a travel update and warning site. For those sailing (or flying) to Greece this spring/summer, you may follow this link for the news below and updates: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/greece
There are regular strikes. These are sometimes called at short notice and can cause disruption to public transport in and out of Greece (including air travel and ports). Demonstrations take place regularly in central Athens, and have also taken place in other towns and cities. You should avoid all demonstrations and follow the advice given by local security authorities. See Major pre-planned strikes and demonstrations.
In the early hours of 10 April 2014 there was a large explosion outside the Bank of Greece in central Athens. There were no reported injuries.
The emergency services number in Greece is 112. Calling 999 from a UK mobile in Greece will automatically transfer you to the Greek emergency services.
Last updated May 2016.
Spring and autumn weather is the most pleasant, while the summer is hot and dry. Winters are mild in Crete and Rhodes and cooler as one moves north as well as inland. The prevailing winds of summer are northerly. The seasonal wind of summer, called etesian in Greece because of its seasonal character, but better known by its Turkish name meltemi, sets in about May and lasts until September. It blows at its strongest in July and August when it can reach force 7 and even 8 on occasions. Violent storms occur only in winter, February being a particularly bad month, but overall the weather is pleasant and extreme conditions are rarely known.
Crete: Ayios Nikolaos * , Hania * , Iraklion * , Rethimno
Cyclades: Amorgos , Andros , Ios * , Kea (Ayios Nikolaou) , Kithnos , Mikonos * , Milos , Naxos , Paros , Serifos , Sifnos , Siros * , Small Cycladian Islands , Thira (Santorini) , Tinos *
Dodecanese: Astipalaia , Halki (Chalki) , Kalimnos * , Karpathos (Pigadhia) , Kastellorizou * , Kos * , Leros , Lipso , Nisiros , Patmos , Rhodes (Mandraki) * , Simi * , Tilos
Eastern Sporades: Lesvos (Mitilini) * , Limnos (Mirina) * , Pithagorion (Samos) * , Port Khios (Chios) * , Vathi (Samos) *
Evia & Northern Sporades: Alonnisos , Evia , Evripos Canal (Khalkis/Chalcis) , Lavrion * , Nea Marmara (Evia) , Skiathos , Skiros , Skopelos
Gulfs of Patras & Corinth: Corinth Canal , Galaxidi , Itea * , Kiato , Korfos , Messolonghi , Navpaktos , Trizonia
Ionian: Argostoli (Kephalonia) * , Corfu Port (Corfu) * , Gaios (Paxos) , Gouvia (Corfu) * , Ithaca , Kalamos , Kephalonia (island of) , Kithera , Lakka (Paxos) , Lefkas , Mourtos , Othonoi Island (Corfu) , Palairos , Petriti (Corfu) , Platarias , Preveza * , Zakinthos *
Northern Greece: Alexandroupolis * , Kassandra Peninsula , Kavala * , Nea Marmaras , Sinthonia and Akti Peninsulas , Thasos , Thessaloniki * , Volos *
Peloponnese: Astrous , Ermioni , Hydra (Idhra) , Kalamata * , Katakolon * , Koroni , Methoni , Monemvasia , Nafplion (Navplion) * , Patras * , Pilos * , Porto Kheli (Heli/Cheli/Xeli) , Spetsai * , Yerakas (Limin Leraka/Gerakas)
Saronic Gulf: Egina (Aigina) , Glifadha * , Kalamaki (Athens) , Perdika (Aigina) , Piraeus (Athens) * , Poros , Sounion & Lavrio , Vouliagmeni *
* indicates port of entry


For those who could style a website with CSS3 using modern browsers and get amazed with its evolution, probably got frustated with all Internet Explorer's versions not accepting its features and even part or none of its selectors (read IE6). I don't like to stopgap anything but I got the conclusion that Internet Explorer should not be our limit for the web. I usually even refuse to call it as a browser considering that browsers are supposed to follow W3C rules or at least work as it demands. With the intention to keep what I did for all browsers the most intact as I could and considering that IE itself it's not compatible with the modern internet and not my websites incompatible with IE, I created a code that helps IE to read CSS3 selectors without making a big change in the original HTML and stylesheets.
This code doesn't make CSS3 properties to work in Internet Explorer. It only helps IE to recognize the selectors.
Add the following files to your HTML
// If you don't have the jQuery file already informed, insert the code bellow
<script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>
// Insert the following code after the jQuery code in your website if you prefer the compact version or ...
<script type="text/javascript" src="source/CSS3-Selector4-IE-0.9.0-min.js"></script>
// ... insert the following if you prefer the development version
<script type="text/javascript" src="source/CSS3-Selector4-IE-0.9.0.js"></script>
First add the call for the extension in your HTML and the meta-tag to activate IE7 compatibility mode as the first element in the tag head.
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$.CSS3ForIE();
});
</script>
Now find the CSS3 selectors in your stylesheets and add the selector attribute and paste the class attribute to it.
// It adds a background-color to the first line for all tables
table{ border:solid 1px #333; }
table > tr{ background-color:#F00; selector:table > tr; }
// It adds a background-color to every odd cell
td:nth-child(odd){ background-color:#CCC; selector:td:nth-child(odd); }
// It adds a background-color to the last line
tr:last-child{ background-color:#F00; selector:tr:last-child; }
This code is free of charge under the MIT and GPL licenses. But if you think it helped you saving your time, please support me financially or adding my website link (http://darlesson.com/) in yours to keep sharing, creating and improving my codes.
To report bugs, send comments or suggestions please go to my contact page.
Using Internet Explorer, activate CSS3ForIE clicking on the button below.
<style type="text/css">
ul.CSS3, ul.CSS3 ul{ border:solid 1px #BBB; border-bottom:none; list-style:none; width:200px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px 0px;}
ul.CSS3 li{ padding:6px 10px 6px 10px; position:relative; border-bottom:solid 1px #BBB; background-color:#FFF;}
ul.CSS3 ul{ display:none; position:absolute; bottom:-1px; right:-202px;}
ul.CSS3 li:hover > ul{
display:block;
selector:ul.CSS3 li:hover > ul;
} /* This jQuery extension simulates hover effect */
ul.CSS3 > li:nth-child(odd), ul.CSS3 ul > li:nth-child(odd){
background-color:#CEE7B6;
selector:ul.CSS3 > li:nth-child(odd), ul.CSS3 ul > li:nth-child(odd);
} /* nth-child is not or poorly supported by IE */
ul.CSS3 > li:nth-child(even), ul.CSS3 ul > li:nth-child(even){
background-color:#DFFFBF;
selector:ul.CSS3 > li:nth-child(even), ul.CSS3 ul > li:nth-child(even);
}
ul.CSS3 li:hover{ padding:6px 10px 6px 16px; background-color:#FFFF99 !important; font-style:italic;}
</style>


§27. Punishment of members. That each house may punish its own members for disorderly behavior or neglect of duty, by censure, or by a two-thirds vote suspend or expel a member.


[gecode-users] Large distinct model
Neill Clift
neillclift at live.com
Mon Sep 21 02:15:46 CEST 2015
Thank you very much for this. In my models using the domain propagation
in distinct does seem to improve the run-time substantially so the extra
work does pay off in my case.
I can see this option in the doc now I look for it!
Neill.
On 9/20/2015 3:58 PM, Guido Tack wrote:
> Hi,
>
> there are several different propagators for the distinct constraint in Gecode, and the default one is quite weak and won’t detect these cases. If you post distinct with ICL_DOM as the third argument you will see the behaviour you expect (but you’re right, 6M variables will be stretching it - the complexity of propagating distinct with ICL_DOM is quadratic).
>
> Cheers,
> Guido
>
>> On 21 Sep 2015, at 8:55 am, Neill Clift <neillclift at live.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I have been playing with gecode for a few days and having a lot of fun.
>> My overall goal is to solve a large problem that has close to 6 million values that must be distinct. So kind of like this:
>>
>> IntVarArray b(*this, 5784689, 0, 5784688);
>> distinct(*this, b);
>>
>> Notice that the b's are constrained to be essentially a permutation of 0...5784688.
>>
>> These b values are generated by sets of linear equations derived from a directed acyclic multi-graph.
>> I expect district is a killer. I don't have a hope of attacking this big problem I think. So I am playing with smaller problems. I see gecode searching spaces like this:
>> So 6 b's that are distinct values with a range of 0..5:
>>
>> b{[2..5], [1..4], [1..4], [1..4], [0..3], [0..3]} this should really be b{[5], [1..4], [1..4], [1..4], [0..3], [0..3]}. Maybe I am not using the right way to express what I want and the range and distinct aren't cooperating enough?
>> b{[2..4], [1..4], [1..4], [1..4], [0..3], [0..3]} no 5 at all so this should fail.
>>
>> More complex case:
>>
>> b{5, [3..4], [3..4], [2..4], [0..3], [0..3]} should be b{5, [3..4], [3..4], [2], [0..1], [0..1]}.
>> Computationally I guess it might be very expensive to discover these things. Even if you do discover these things I guess it might be it doesn't help that much.
>> Thanks.
>> Neill.
>>
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Speech
The speech explores the issues that prevent young people from engaging in education, employment or training.
Good morning to everyone and welcome.
I’d like to start this lecture by talking to you about Tom, a family friend. He’s looked after his mother since she became ill when he was 12. He’s certainly never been a bad lad and he’s always managed to avoid the temptation of getting involved in drugs or other criminal activities. He left school at 16 with only two GCSEs, both at grade D – in art and geography but he had no clear direction about his future. He started an NVQ course in catering at the local college, along with a couple of mates, although he’d always fancied landscape gardening. He dropped out after a few months as he felt working in a kitchen really wasn’t for him. Since then, he’s drifted, in and out of labouring work, mostly for a self-employed neighbour who works in garden maintenance. He’s reliable, works hard and just lives from day to day.
Today, approximately 1,184,000 young people aged between 16 and 24, like Tom, do not have a full-time job and are not attending full-time education or training courses. That is more than the total population of Birmingham and quite simply over a million too many. And 955,000 of them belong to the category known as NEET: not in employment, education or training.
Our third annual lecture for further education and skills is therefore all about the Toms of this world and preventing future young men and women like him from slipping through the net. I really hope that we can all end this event today prepared to take action that will make a difference. We must work together to reduce dramatically this very high number of young people who may never reach their potential.
Young people like Tom often encounter multiple barriers to engagement with education or employment. They might have had a background of economic hardship, parental care may have been wanting or they may have a history of being in care. Perhaps they have a learning difficulty, disability or mental health problems, or they may have found that they were unable to keep up at school. Bit by bit, they lost interest and motivation and simply disengaged. They may also be academically able young people from stable family backgrounds. Perhaps they have dropped out of education mid-way through their course or training because they lacked direction, fell behind in their work and they failed to get back on track. These are not other people’s children.
The raising of the participation age in education, training and employment to 17 last year – and to 18 next year – seems to be having a positive impact on reducing the number of 16- to 17-year-olds who are NEET. However, part of the problem seems to have shifted and the focus is now on the high number of young people aged 18 to 24 who are NEET. Unemployment currently affects around 605,000 18– 24-year-olds . Is this because education and training for young people aged 16, 17 and 18 are not preparing them well enough for employment and further or higher education at 18 and beyond?
The 16 to 19 study programmes introduced on 1 August last year seem to hold some of the answers. They were developed to provide a ‘step change’ in provision for all young people. All learners aged 16 to 19 should now be on individualised programmes that support their progression to their next planned step, be it further/higher education, training or employment.
I am using this annual lecture to launch our survey report ‘Transforming education and training: the early implementation of the 16 to 19 study programmes’ . We used inspection findings and specific visits to explore how well providers were adapting their provision in line with the new requirements.
Much of my lecture is based on findings from a survey on youth participation. The survey explored how well local authorities, schools, FE and skills providers and the voluntary and community sector ensure effective participation of all 16–19-year-olds, in education, employment or training – especially those who are disadvantaged. The supplementary resource, published today, alongside this lecture, illustrates some of these findings.
Both surveys identified a few providers with good practice, but much more needs to be done to ensure a secure future for all of those at 16 and beyond.
I have therefore selected 3 themes for this lecture which will lead to 3 sets of recommendations.
The first theme is about accountability. What do we need to do to ensure that we have the right processes for tracking and supporting young people who are NEET or those at risk of dropping out of education and training?
I’d then like to explore the need to identify the problems at a local level and what we need to do to find local solutions. Where is the local accountability to make sure there is sufficient suitable provision locally for all young people?
I’ll then discuss education and training for 16- to 19-year-olds and report on our survey on the new study programmes. I’ll also look at why getting this right is key to the NEET agenda.
Understanding fully the extent of youth unemployment is made difficult by the lack of definitive data on the number of young people who are in fact NEET. Quite simply, there are far too many people that are unaccounted for. The category used for these people is ‘current activity not known’. They are often called the ‘unknowns’. If you don’t know who these young people are, how can you support them?
As Regional Director for the West Midlands, I keep a close eye on these figures. You may be interested in knowing, for example, that the proportion of ‘unknown’ young people in Worcestershire is around 40% and in Birmingham almost 25%.
Local authorities have the overall responsibility for recording participation in employment, education and training. However, there are no lines of accountability in making the tracking processes more efficient and effective. The accuracy of the data is also dependent on the quality of the data collection by each local authority and the reliability of data provided by schools and providers. Inspectors encountered hugely contradictory data at a local level. The anomalies were quite shocking. For example, in one area, schools collectively reported a NEET figure of 0%, while the local authority for that area reported a figure of 10%. How can we plan for improvements when we simply can’t rely on the figures we have?
Moreover, not enough schools, academies and providers are meeting their requirement to inform the local authority in a timely manner when a young person leaves their institution before completing a learning programme, because – like for Tom – it wasn’t right for them. Local authorities have the duty to collect this information, but they do not have the power to enforce the providers to submit it to them. This of course exacerbates the problem. Already vulnerable young people are quite simply put at further risk when authorities cannot act quickly to support them. Statutory responsibilities to ensure that all providers comply with local protocols are insufficient, as are local authorities’ legal powers of intervention.
On the other hand, our survey and inspection findings have shown us that when young people have dropped out of education and training and are known to local authorities, they often receive very good personal support. This can give them the confidence and sense of direction they need to help them turn their lives around. The local authorities just need to know who these young people are so that they can act quickly in assessing their support needs.
To summarise, it is clear that we simply don’t know the scale of the problem – and the implications of this are serious. At all levels, planning and delivering education and training to reduce the number of young people in this group is dependent on the quality, accuracy, reliability and transferability of local and national data.
This brings me to my first set of recommendations:
Firstly, the government must ensure that there is a reliable system for tracking a young person’s educational progress and participation throughout their learning career. Plans to use the unique learner number linked to an individual’s national insurance number may be one way forward. However, any system would need to be accurate, secure and fool-proof. Whatever the systems, local authorities must be held to account if their data collection is ineffective.
Secondly, local authorities must have legal powers of intervention to ensure that all schools, academies and FE and skills providers comply with local protocols to provide full and prompt information on learners who drop out of their courses into unknown destinations.
Thirdly, the government must ensure that schools, providers, local authorities and government agencies, such as Jobcentre Plus, are mandated to share (albeit sensitively) information about learners’ backgrounds. This information is key to providing individualised support to young people when they transfer to different education and training providers.
And now I’d like to turn to the need to ensure that we have the right local provision for young people, which is my second theme for today.
Over the past 30 years or so, I have seen so many good ideas and promising short-term projects. Do you remember YTS, MSC, New Deal for Young People, Skills for Life and E2E? I won’t test your memory of what the acronyms mean. The Youth Contact is the latest scheme. I have no doubt that the pockets of good practice made a significant difference to the lives of some of the young people involved at the time. But none of these initiatives have had any long-term impact on ensuring that there is always enough suitable provision for young people in every local area. It seems that every time a new initiative is launched, we tend to start from scratch and end up reinventing the wheel.
Strategic planning for post-16 provision today seems to be increasingly disparate and fragmented, with unclear accountabilities. So how can anyone be sure that there are sufficient suitable courses for 16- to 19-year-olds in a specific geographical area?
Over the past year or so, we have carried out what we’ve called a ‘14 to 19 area review’ in a few cities or local authority regions. A small group of inspectors explored the effectiveness of education and training in these areas. These reviews quite simply focused on how well the education and training for these young people:
Inspectors also explored how well the provision supported learners’ progression to further learning and employment.
These reviews highlighted some key messages for me.
It was difficult to identify the combined curriculum offer for these young people in each of the areas visited.
Apart from a few excellent examples, there was little systematic collaboration among providers to reduce duplication and unnecessary competition in the provision offered locally. This can often confuse young people when making choices about their future. So is autonomy at school or provider level working locally?
There were no clear structures or lines of accountability to ensure that the range of provision locally available served all the young people well. Similarly, there were no mechanisms in place to check that this prepared young people for career pathways that were in line with the needs of employers and of the economy.
One of the main issues is that nationally managed strategies have too often been poorly aligned with local delivery. Youth unemployment and the proportion of young people who are NEET vary considerably according to different geographical areas. So shouldn’t there be local solutions?
Surely we need to know if there is an appropriate balance of traineeships, apprenticeships, vocational programmes and academic studies in a given area. The provision must primarily equip learners with the skills employers are looking for. I know there are some very good examples, such as in the North East, where councils are working with the local enterprise partnerships and other employer networks, to promote young people into work. However, it seems that few areas have achieved this.
There must be national strategies to support local initiatives to develop long-term solutions. However, strategic planning can only be really effective when all key partners of 14 to 19 provision are committed to finding shared solutions that meet the needs of all young people. Shouldn’t all significant players, such as elected members, FE colleges and academy chains, work together better for the good of all young people?
With no clear local accountability for the range of provision, there is also no clear overview of all that is on offer for these young people. So how can young people, their parents or carers and careers guidance professionals find out what’s on offer? Young people must have access to good quality information, advice and guidance so that they know the full range of training, education and employment pathways open to them locally. We must ensure that they are in a good position to make informed choices as they progress to the study programmes.
This brings me to my second set of recommendations:
Firstly, young people must be at the heart of all planning and delivery of 14 to 19 provision. The government must ensure that there are clear lines of local accountability for the range and content of education and training, be it through the local enterprise partnerships, the local authority or other bodies.
Secondly, employers must take responsibility for leading vocational education and training for young people and make sure it supports the economy of the area. In turn, providers must work with employers to ensure that what they provide leads to their learners securing employment.
Finally, all schools must collaborate with other providers and careers guidance professionals to ensure that every young person has access to impartial careers guidance to help make informed choices about their futures.
I now move to my third and final theme: ensuring that we have the right provision for all 16- to 19-year-olds.
The study programmes were primarily set up in response to Professor Alison Wolf’s report on vocational training . Her main concern was the high numbers of learners achieving low level vocational qualifications that did little to support their future careers. Similarly, in our Annual Report for FE and Skills 2012, we criticised a national system that incentivised the achievement of qualifications, with little regard for the value or usefulness of those qualifications. What is the point of helping learners gain a qualification that doesn’t enhance their CV or an application form? Both reports were set in the context of rising youth unemployment, especially for those aged 18 to 24 and unacceptably high numbers of young people who were NEET.
Government introduced the 16 to 19 study programmes in August 2013.
Funding is per learner instead of per qualification. Performance measures will soon be based on the proportion of learners who complete their core aim and their destinations at the end of their programme. English and mathematics are requirements for those without GCSE at grade C in these subjects. External work experience is expected for all those on vocational programmes and also for learners who are not ready to start a substantial vocational programme at level 2. Traineeships, a short programme to prepare learners to progress to apprenticeships or employment with training, were introduced at the same time.
It is hard not to see the benefits of the study programmes. Remember Tom? If they had been around a couple of years or so ago, Tom would have had careers guidance to help him make informed choices about what to do at 16. Hopefully, he would have enrolled on a course that would have led to a career in landscape gardening or he may even have attended a course that would have given him a step up to a traineeship before joining an apprenticeship. I’d like to think that working in horticulture would have motivated him to improve his skills in English and mathematics, especially when he joined the local garden centre for at least one day a week on work experience.
I fully acknowledge that the fieldwork for our survey, undertaken in the first six months of the programme, only captured providers’ initial stages of implementing this new provision. However, even though providers had a full year to prepare for this, inspectors found little evidence of the transformational ‘step change’ intended in the schools, academies and FE and skills providers sampled.
Too many of these providers had not changed what they offered sufficiently. They were not yet offering programmes that met the key requirements of the study programmes I have just outlined. In particular, we were concerned that too many learners were not progressing to a higher level of study to meet their educational potential or career aspirations, particularly those on level 1 and 2 programmes. Most of the providers didn’t use work experience effectively.
Inspectors also found that the introduction of these programmes had disappointingly led to little change to level 3 programmes. Many school and academy leaders seemed to be unaware of the requirements and the implications for sixth form provision. Implementation in these contexts was too slow. Too many courses leading to vocational qualifications at level 3 involved too little external work and many learners on A level courses had too few opportunities to enhance their employability skills.
Our survey showed that far too many schools had not provided learners with adequate careers information, advice and guidance. This meant that they were unable to make informed choices about their options for their study programme. Indeed, too many learners interviewed for this survey were unclear about the progression routes available beyond the study programme they were following. And too many of them felt they had made ‘false starts’ and had to leave a programme mid-way, change provider or their core aim or both.
I hasten to add that some of the schools and providers proved it was possible to transform their provision successfully. We plan to use our evidence and perhaps further visits to develop good practice case studies of their work. In particular, the study programmes at these providers were generally characterised by a thorough review of the curriculum. The focus of any changes was to ensure that learners were on programmes that helped them develop the skills and knowledge that would prepare them for identified progression routes. The most effective programmes integrated English and mathematics well and offered external work experience for all learners at some stage of their programme.
As you will see, the report recommends that the DfE works with other government departments and agencies to ensure that all providers implement the study programme quickly and take full account of this report’s findings. It also urges all FE and skills providers, as well as schools and academies with post-16 provision, to identify a senior leader who is accountable for the full implementation of the requirements of the study programmes.
As Ofsted’s National Director for FE and skills, I fully endorse all the recommendations in this report as my final set of recommendations in this annual lecture. I firmly believe that if we are to get this right, we could be well on our way to ensuring that more young people get the direction, support, training and education they need to support their future careers. This should mean that far fewer of them are NEET or are simply ‘unknown’. In turn, this should also mean that young people aged 18 to 24 are well prepared to be engaged in meaningful employment, training or higher education that will help them progress to sustained employment.
As for Ofsted, I can assure you that inspections will take greater account of the actions taken by schools, FE and skills providers and local authorities to decrease the likelihood of a young person becoming NEET. Inspections will focus on how well providers ensure that all young people have a fair chance to progress.
I again call on everyone in this room today to make changes to dramatically reduce this very high number of young people who may never reach their full potential.
Tom has a sister, Amy. She’s 14. Surely we all owe her a better future than the one Tom has had so far.
Thank you.
Securing a better future for all at 16 and beyond - supplementary resources
Centre for Economic & Social Inclusion, labour market analysis
Office for National Statistics - Labour Market Statistics, August 2014
Review of vocational education: the Wolf Report, DfE, 2011
Going in the right direction? Careers guidance in schools from September 2012, Ofsted, 2013


Building Apps: Templates (tcinit)¶
Summary¶
The tcinit
CLI tool provides a simple interface to begin a new project from a template and to keep Framework files updated. There are several templates that support specific-use cases. Most templates are working Apps that can easily be modified to the developer’s use case.
Usage¶
To get the latest usage and template choices for tcinit
, run tcinit -h
.
usage: tcinit [-h] [--branch BRANCH] [--layout] [--migrate] [--update]
[--template {external,external_ingress,job,job_batch,playbook,playbook_actions,playbook_utility,service_api,service_trigger,service_webhook}]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--branch BRANCH Git branch.
--layout Create a layout.json file.
--migrate Enable this flag to migrate an existing App.
--update Enable this flag to update an existing App.
--template {external,external_ingress,job,job_batch,playbook,playbook_actions,playbook_utility,service_api,service_trigger,service_webhook}
Choose an appropriate App template for the current
project.
The "tcinit" command it intended to enable quick development of ThreatConnect Exchange Apps.
Job App Templates:
job - This template provides the structure for a Job App without any App
logic.
job_batch - This template provides a working example of downloading remote threat
intel (md5 hash indicators) and writing the data in the ThreatConnect
Platform using the tcex batch module.
Playbook App Templates:
playbook - This template provides the structure for a Playbook App without any
App logic.
playbook_actions - This template provides an example of "actions" in a Playbook
App. Using the "actions" feature a single Playbook App can have
multiple actions to perform different operations on the provided data.
playbook_utility - This template provides a basic example of a utility App that takes
an input, analyzes or modifies the data, and writes the results as
output.
External App Templates:
external - This template provides the structure for a External App without any
App logic.
external_ingress - This template provides a working example of downloading remote threat
intel (md5 hash indicators) and writing the data in the ThreatConnect
Platform using the tcex batch module.
Service App Templates:
service_api - This template provides the structure for a API Service App.
service_trigger - This template provides the structure for a Trigger Service App.
service_webhook - This template provides the structure for a Webhook Trigger Service App.
Common Usage¶
To initialize a new App, run this command from the project directory:
tcinit --template playbook_utility
To update an existing App, run the command below from the project directory. The update action will download all Frameworks files to ensure that these files are the latest with any bug fixes or updates. It is best practice to run the update action whenever an App is being updated for new features or bug fixes.
tcinit --update
Job App Templates¶
The run()
method is the default method that is called when an App is executed. For simple Apps, the core logic of the App can be written in this method. For more advanced Apps, additional methods can be added to the app.py file, if required.
Job (job)¶
This basic template provides the structure for a Job App without any logic. This template is intended for advanced users that only require the App structure.
app.py¶
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | """ThreatConnect Job App"""
# first-party
from job_app import JobApp # Import default Job App Class (Required)
class App(JobApp):
"""Job App"""
def run(self) -> None:
"""Run the App main logic.
This method should contain the core logic of the App.
"""
|
Job Batch (job_batch)¶
This template provides a working example of how to download remote-threat intel (md5 hash Indicators) and write the data in the ThreatConnect platform using the TcEx Batch Module. The URL is defined in the init()
method for convenience. In the run()
method, the Batch module is instantiated. Next, the data is retrieved from the remote URL and written to the Batch module. Finally, the Batch Job is submitted to ThreatConnect for processing.
app.py¶
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 | """ThreatConnect Job App"""
# standard library
import csv
# first-party
from job_app import JobApp # Import default Job App Class (Required)
from tcex.batch import Batch
from tcex.sessions import ExternalSession
class App(JobApp):
"""Job App"""
def __init__(self, _tcex):
"""Initialize class properties."""
super().__init__(_tcex)
# properties
self.batch: Batch = self.tcex.batch(self.args.tc_owner)
self.session = None
def setup(self):
"""Perform prep/setup logic."""
# using tcex session_external to get built-in features (e.g., proxy, logging, retries)
self.session: ExternalSession = self.tcex.session_external
# setting the base url allow for subsequent API call to be made by only
# providing the API endpoint/path.
self.session.base_url = 'https://feodotracker.abuse.ch'
def run(self):
"""Run main App logic."""
with self.session as s:
r = s.get('downloads/malware_hashes.csv')
if r.ok:
decoded_content: str = r.content.decode('utf-8').splitlines()
reader: object = csv.reader(decoded_content, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
for row in reader:
# CSV headers
# Firstseen,MD5hash,Malware
# skip comments
if row[0].startswith('#'):
continue
# create batch entry
indicator_value: str = row[1]
file_hash: object = self.batch.file(
indicator_value, rating='4.0', confidence='100'
)
file_hash.tag(row[2])
# add occurrence to batch entry
occurrence: object = file_hash.occurrence()
occurrence.date = row[0]
self.batch.save(file_hash) # optionally save object to disk
else:
self.tcex.exit(1, 'Failed to download CSV data.')
# submit batch job
batch_status: list = self.batch.submit_all()
print(batch_status)
self.exit_message = ( # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
'Downloaded data and create batch job.'
)
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Playbook App Templates¶
Playbook (playbook)¶
This template provides the structure for a Playbook App without any logic. This template is intended for advanced users that only require the App structure.
app.py¶
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | """ThreatConnect Playbook App"""
# first-party
from playbook_app import PlaybookApp # Import default Playbook App Class (Required)
class App(PlaybookApp):
"""Playbook App"""
def run(self) -> None:
"""Run the App main logic.
This method should contain the core logic of the App.
"""
def write_output(self) -> None:
"""Write the Playbook output variables.
This method should be overridden with the output variables defined in the install.json
configuration file.
"""
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Playbook Actions (playbook_actions)¶
This template provides a working example of actions in a Playbook App. Using the Actions feature, a single Playbook can have multiple actions to perform different operations on the provided data. Python decorators are heavily used in this template to provide a clean interface to process inputs for an App.
See also
decorators
Inline documentation of App decorators
app.py¶
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 | """ThreatConnect Playbook App"""
# third-party
from tcex import IterateOnArg, OnException, OnSuccess, Output
# first-party
from playbook_app import PlaybookApp # Import default Playbook App Class (Required)
# pylint: disable=no-self-use
class App(PlaybookApp):
"""Playbook App"""
def __init__(self, _tcex):
"""Initialize class properties."""
super().__init__(_tcex)
self.output_strings = []
@IterateOnArg(arg='input_strings')
@OnException(exit_msg='Failed to run capitalize action.')
@OnSuccess(exit_msg='Successfully ran capitalize action.')
@Output(attribute='output_strings')
def capitalize(self, input_strings) -> str:
"""Return capitalized string."""
return input_strings.capitalize()
@IterateOnArg(arg='input_strings')
@OnException(exit_msg='Failed to run lowercase action.')
@OnSuccess(exit_msg='Successfully ran lowercase action.')
@Output(attribute='output_strings')
def lowercase(self, input_strings) -> str:
"""Return string in lowercase."""
return input_strings.lower()
@IterateOnArg(arg='input_strings')
@OnException(exit_msg='Failed to run reverse action.')
@OnSuccess(exit_msg='Successfully ran reverse action.')
@Output(attribute='output_strings')
def reverse(self, input_strings) -> str:
"""Return string reversed."""
return input_strings[::-1]
@IterateOnArg(arg='input_strings')
@OnException(exit_msg='Failed to run strip action.')
@OnSuccess(exit_msg='Successfully ran strip action.')
@Output(attribute='output_strings')
def strip(self, input_strings) -> str:
"""Return string stripping any whitespaces at beginning and end."""
return input_strings.strip()
@IterateOnArg(arg='input_strings')
@OnException(exit_msg='Failed to run swap case action.')
@OnSuccess(exit_msg='Successfully ran swap case action.')
@Output(attribute='output_strings')
def swap_case(self, input_strings) -> str:
"""Return string with the case swapped."""
return input_strings.swapcase()
@IterateOnArg(arg='input_strings')
@OnException(exit_msg='Failed to run title case action.')
@OnSuccess(exit_msg='Successfully ran title case action.')
@Output(attribute='output_strings')
def title_case(self, input_strings) -> str:
"""Return string in title case."""
return input_strings.title()
@IterateOnArg(arg='input_strings')
@OnException(exit_msg='Failed to run uppercase action.')
@OnSuccess(exit_msg='Successfully ran uppercase action.')
@Output(attribute='output_strings')
def uppercase(self, input_strings) -> str:
"""Return string in uppercase."""
return input_strings.upper()
def write_output(self):
"""Write the Playbook output variables."""
# output
self.tcex.log.debug(f'output_strings: {self.output_strings}')
self.tcex.playbook.create_output('string.action', self.args.tc_action)
self.tcex.playbook.create_output('string.outputs', self.output_strings)
if self.output_strings:
self.tcex.playbook.create_output('string.outputs.0', self.output_strings[0])
self.tcex.playbook.create_output('string.outputs.count', len(self.output_strings))
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Playbook Utility (playbook_utility)¶
This template provides a working example of a utility App that takes an input, analyzes or modifies the data, and writes the results as output.
app.py¶
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 | """ThreatConnect Playbook App"""
# standard library
import json
# first-party
from playbook_app import PlaybookApp # Import default Playbook App Class (Required)
# pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
from tcex import TcEx
class App(PlaybookApp):
"""Playbook App"""
def __init__(self, _tcex: TcEx):
"""Initialize class properties.
This method can be OPTIONALLY overridden.
"""
super().__init__(_tcex)
self.pretty_json = {}
def run(self) -> None:
"""Run the App main logic.
This method should contain the core logic of the App.
"""
# read inputs
try:
indent: str = self.tcex.playbook.read(self.args.indent)
indent = int(indent)
except ValueError:
self.tcex.exit(1, f'Invalid value ("{indent}") passed for indent.')
json_data = self.tcex.playbook.read(self.args.json_data)
# get the playbook variable type
json_data_type: str = self.tcex.playbook.variable_type(self.args.json_data)
# convert string input to dict
try:
if json_data_type in ['String']:
json_data: dict = json.loads(json_data)
except ValueError:
self.tcex.exit(1, 'Failed parsing JSON data.')
# generate the new "pretty" json (this will be used as an option variable)
try:
self.pretty_json: str = json.dumps(
json_data, indent=indent, sort_keys=self.args.sort_keys
)
except ValueError:
self.tcex.exit(1, 'Failed parsing JSON data.')
# set the App exit message
self.exit_message = 'JSON prettified.'
# def setup(self):
# """Perform prep/setup work before running App main logic."""
# self.tcex.log.debug('Running setup.')
# def teardown(self):
# """Perform cleanup/teardown work before after App main logic."""
# self.tcex.log.debug('Running teardown.')
def write_output(self):
"""Write the Playbook output variables.
This method should be overridden with the output variables defined in the install.json
configuration file.
"""
self.tcex.log.info('Writing Output')
self.tcex.playbook.create_output('json.pretty', self.pretty_json)
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External App Templates¶
The TcEx Framework provides methods to build an App to run in the ThreatConnect Exchange environment. However, the TcEx Frameworks also supports writing Apps that run external to the ThreatConnect Exchange environment. Two init params are supported during the initialization of TcEx. The first option, TcEx(config_file='app_config.json)
, takes a JSON file as input for the App configuration file. The second option, TcEx(config=app_config_dict)
, takes a dictionary of configuration data. Either param will load the data and make it accessible via the self.args
namespace.
The run()
method is the default method that is called when an App is executed. For simple Apps, the core logic of the App can be written in this method. For more advanced Apps, additional methods can be added to the app.py file, if required.
Example Config data¶
{
"api_access_id": "API_ACCESS_ID",
"api_default_org": "API_DEFAULT_ORG",
"api_secret_key": "API_SECRET_KEY",
"tc_api_path": "TC_API_PATH",
"tc_log_level": "debug",
"tc_log_path": "log",
"tc_owner": "MyOwner",
"tc_proxy_host": "TC_PROXY_HOST",
"tc_proxy_password": "TC_PROXY_PASSWORD",
"tc_proxy_port": "TC_PROXY_PORT",
"tc_proxy_tc": false,
"tc_proxy_username": "TC_PROXY_USERNAME"
}
In the example above the proxy configuration is only required if using a proxy server in the environment.
External (external)¶
This basic template provides the structure for an External App without any logic. This template is intended for advanced users that only require the App structure.
app.py¶
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | """ThreatConnect External App"""
# first-party
from external_app import ExternalApp # Import default External App Class (Required)
class App(ExternalApp):
"""External App"""
def run(self) -> None:
"""Run the App main logic.
This method should contain the core logic of the App.
"""
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External Ingress (external_ingress)¶
This template provides a working example of how to download remote-threat intel (md5 hash Indicators) and write the data in the ThreatConnect platform using the TcEx Batch Module. The URL is defined in the init()
method for convenience. In the run()
method, the Batch module is instantiated. Next, the data is retrieved from the remote URL and written to the Batch module. Finally, the Batch Job is submitted to ThreatConnect for processing.
app.py¶
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 | """ThreatConnect Job App"""
# standard library
import csv
# first-party
from external_app import ExternalApp # Import default External App Class (Required)
class App(ExternalApp):
"""External App"""
def __init__(self, _tcex: object):
"""Initialize class properties."""
super().__init__(_tcex)
self.batch = None
self.url = 'https://feodotracker.abuse.ch/downloads/malware_hashes.csv'
def run(self) -> None:
"""Run main App logic."""
self.batch: object = self.tcex.batch(self.args.tc_owner)
# using tcex requests to get built-in features (e.g., proxy, logging, retries)
with self.tcex.session_external as s:
r: object = s.get(self.url)
if r.ok:
decoded_content: str = r.content.decode('utf-8').splitlines()
reader: object = csv.reader(decoded_content, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
for row in reader:
# CSV headers
# Firstseen,MD5hash,Malware
# skip comments
if row[0].startswith('#'):
continue
# create batch entry
file_hash: object = self.batch.file(row[1], rating='4.0', confidence='100')
file_hash.tag(row[2])
occurrence: object = file_hash.occurrence()
occurrence.date = row[0]
self.batch.save(file_hash) # optionally save object to disk
else:
self.tcex.exit(1, 'Failed to download CSV data.')
# submit batch job(s)
batch_status: list = self.batch.submit_all()
self.tcex.log.debug(batch_status)
# self.exit_message = f'Downloaded and created {self.batch.indicator_len} file hashes.'
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Syntax: %%project <projetName> [projectArchive]
Example: %%project mpdf mpdf-5.6.zip


factchecker package¶
Submodules¶
factchecker.exactmatchfactchecker module¶
factchecker.factchecker module¶
factchecker.nonexactmatchfactchecker module¶
Module contents¶
-
class
factchecker.
FactChecker
¶ Bases:
abc.ABC
Abstract class of a Fact Checker.
-
abstract
fact_check
(article, extraction_scope)¶ Abstract method of fact-checking.
- Parameters
article (str) – article text
extraction_scope (str) – The scope of the extraction, deciding whether it should include only relations between ‘named_entities’, ‘noun_phrases’, or ‘all’.
- Returns
a list of fact check result (sentence, triples, and their results)
- Return type
tuple
-
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| DOSE: |
3 g |
oral |
Kratom |
(ground / crushed) |
First, I'd like to state that I am not a casual drug user (I don't even smoke weed). I do smoke tobacco, however.
I was recently diagnosed with a form of tendonitis that gave me considerable pain in my right wrist at the thumb and my options were surgery to correct the problem (followed by physical therapy for several months coupled with opiates for pain for a time until the surgery healed) OR baby the wrist and allow the body to heal itself which takes approximately 12 months when it is as advanced as mine was. The disease I had is called 'de Quervain's tenosynovitis' and is extremly painful.
I was prescribed Ultram ER (100 mg) and when that did nothing for the pain I was prescribed Ultram 50 mg. This also hardly dented the pain I experienced. Two aspirin tablets a few times a day DID help the pain somewhat but only enough to make it bearable so I stopped taking Ultram. (Ultram makes me feel stupid, apathetic, grumpy and forgetful without providing any analgesic effects other than not caring so much about the pain that is still being experienced-- but not caring in a way more like 'Ah hell, I hurt and this sucks but so does everything really I guess I'll just accept it' rather than 'I hurt, but man I feel GOOD so I don't care about the pain' which some other opiates provide. I think if physicians tried taking this medicine themselves for pain, they'd never prescribe it again).
Due to injuries and dental procedures in the past and as a child, I have had to take opiates to manage acute pain and once for chronic pain for a couple of months caused by a reinjury to an ankle. (Oxycontin for a tooth cracked up to through the root once, Vicodin for several weeks from the ankle injury, and various others through the years mostly because of dental procedures).
My ankle injury left me wary of opiates because of the subsequent withdrawal symptoms after I no longer needed the pain medicine and stopped taking it. So when I came down with de Quervain's tenosynovitis and was prescribed Ultram which didn't work for my pain yet gave me all the unpleasant effects of other opiates I had taken but with none of the pleasant side effects (such as euphoria) I decided to try to find an herbal pain reliever that I could couple with aspirin to manage the pain as my wrist healed over the course of a year. (I had also wanted to avoid anything with tylenol or acetamenophin in it which I consider to be poison and too risky to take -- I value my liver).
I came upon a website in which people were discussing their use of Kratom leaves used as an analgesic for such things as fibromyalgia (Ultram is prescribed for this in many cases) and lupus (also ultram is sometimes prescribed for this rather than stronger scheduled narcotics when physicians feel harassed by the DEA for 'overprescribing' pain medicine -- I feel for sufferers of lupus and other painful diseases that they frequently can't get medicine to make them feel better because of curent political climates). Several members talked about how they used kratom to manage the pain with great success, success they described as being on par with oxycontin in many cases for pain reduction.
I decided to try it. So I ordered an ounce of 'Private Reserve Kratom' (crushed leaves) from an online supplier along with 15x kratom extract, and whole kratom leaves. I wish I had learned about this stuff earlier, because... man, it worked for me. It worked AS GOOD AS opiates I had taken in the past for pain relief and did so without making me foggy or lethargic or apathetic.
I take 3 grams of private reserve kratom (is about three slightly rounded teaspoons of the crushed leaves). The people that were taking kratom for pain didn't smoke or boil the leaves, but ingested them to get the analgesic effect so this is also how I take it. I place 3 grams in a coffee grinder and grind it up until it's powder fine, then I mix that with a small amount of brewed regular iced tea sometimes hot tea, green tea would probably work as well. the tea is to help mask the taste of the kratom which tastes HORRIBLE in just water, but in tea the two flavors blend well. Well, as well as can be with such a bitter and aromatic herb. I drink this mixture along with two aspirin tablets and in 20 minutes begin to feel relaxed and slightly euphoric, within 45 minutes to an hour all my pain disappears. Gone. As if I had taken oxycontin, yet without the flying high feeling.
For pain relief it IS important to not boil the Kratom and to consume the herb itself rather than a tea or smoking it. It works without aspirin, but the aspirin augments it greatly, in a way that's like aspirin with codiene, hydrocodone or oxycontin, aspirin plus kratom gives much more analgesic effect than aspirin or kratom alone.
5 Grams of the kratom leaves taken like this makes me high as a kite and feels very much like taking Vicodin, my wife says 5 grams feels JUST like oxycontin to her. I have only taken 5 grams once, as 3 grams works for my pain without making me 'stupid'.
I have found the private reserve kratom when taken like I described, works better than the 15x powder, and also better than the resinous extract which is also available online. The whole leaf kratom provided almost no analgesic effect or euphoria when taken in the same dose, leading me to suspect it might not be true kratom at all, or if so a very inferior product (it smelled and tasted just like the private reserve kratom, but had little if any effects at a three gram dose).
I am thrilled that I have found a legal herb (at least in my state -- it's illegal in Louisiana) that can alleviate pain for me as effectivly as opiates. I am careful to not take it recreationally, though it would be very easy to do so because the euphoria is very nice, since I'd rather be able to treat pain as needed without having to take large doses. Kratom is addictive according to the literature, but then so is ultram when taken for a long period and I have noticed much less withdrawal (none at the dose I take) than with ultram. (Take ultram for four days and stop cold turkey and I'll feel like I have the flu -- take 3 grams of kratom for four days twice a day and stop cold turkey and I'll not experience withdrawl -- though I will feel like I want kratom, and there is the danger -- danger of addiction psychologically before physical I imagine, the stuff just feels that good).
I have also found that ultram and kratom negate each other. If I take kratom within 12 hours of taking ultram and the effects of the ultram will disappear and the effects of the kratom will be nonexistent.
Kratom is a very positive experience for me, for pain relief all I need is 3 grams and two aspirin. I hope others who may be frustrated in thier community trying to deal with chronic pain without being able to get relief try kratom and find it as effective as I and others have.
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--- author: Steve Gill categories: app date: '2011-04-12 00:23:30' permalink: /2011/04/12/unplugged-using-html5-to-develop-apps/ slug: unplugged-using-html5-to-develop-apps status: publish title: Unplugged - Using HTML5 to develop apps type: post format: html ---
Hey Everyone,
Web Directions is holding a awesome training session down in Seattle on May 12th and 13th. Web Directions Unplugged is the first ever conference focusing specifically on designing and developing games and apps using HTML5 and related web technologies, including PhoneGap.
HTML5 is fast becoming one of the most important development technologies, not just for web sites and applications, but across every screen - mobiles, tablets, TVs and more.
Check out the website at http://unplugged11.webdirections.org/.
They are also backing this up with Amped, a great free hack event on May 14th.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
A three track, in depth, fluff free conference, Unplugged is for
WHAT'S COVERED
Among the many topic covered are
Developing with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript Touch based interaction design Geolocation Graphics and game programming with HTML5 Realistic UI design Quality Assurance and testing techniques for web apps Mobile content strategy JavaScript libraries like SenchaTouch, Sproutcore, JQuery Mobile Bridging technologies like phoneGap, AIR, and Rhomobile Platforms such as iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry, webOS and Playbook
and much more. All in depth sessions, from leading experts around the world.
Great Discounts For The PhoneGap Community
PhoneGap is one of the partners for this first-of-its-kind event and will have a presence at the event.
Members of the PhoneGap community can receive a further $100 off the discounted price for the conference, using the code "phonegap" That makes this 2 day, three track, fully catered conference just $695!
And don't forget Amped - a free, "lean forward" day for you to showcase your skills, try something new, and win great prizes, on Saturday May 14th
Web Directions aim to have
* The best, most engaging content
* A great, campus like atmosphere
* fantastic social events
to create events quite unlike your usual conference - educational, inspirational, and fun.
We look forward to seeing you at Unplugged and Amped in May in Seattle.


Flame in the Flood dev unveils spooky village building adventure Drake Hollow
Coming to Xbox One and PC next year.
News by Matt Wales, Reporter Updated on 15 November 2019
The Molasses Flood, the developer behind 2016's rogue-like river survival game The Flame in the Flood, has unveiled its latest adventure, Drake Hollow.
There's not a huge amount of detail to share about Drake Hollow just yet, but The Molasses Flood's newly launched website refers to the game as a "action village building" experience.
It all unfolds in a corrupted world where players can team up with friends to explore, gather supplies, battle monsters, and build villages to protect the local population - which just so happen to be tiny vegetable people known as, you guessed it, Drakes.
Drake Hollow is currently pencilled in for a 2020 release date on Xbox One and PC.


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CrimPapers
Articles published on 24 May 2017
On 24 May 2017, 12 new articles were published in 9 journals.
An Examination of the Inter-Rater Reliability and Rater Accuracy of the Level of Service/case Management Inventory by Ryan M. Labrecque, Christopher M. Campbell, Jaycee Elliott, Megan King, Molly Christmann, Kari Page, John McVay, Katie Roller
To Carry Or Not to Carry: Predictors of Support For Allowing Probation/parole Officers to Carry Firearms by Gayle Rhineberger-Dunn, Kristin Y. Mack
The Role of Self-Serving Cognitive Distortions in Reactive and Proactive Aggression by Sanne Oostermeijer, Kirsten C. Smeets, Lucres M. C. Jansen, Tijs Jambroes, Nanda N. J. Rommelse, Floor E. Scheepers, Jan K. Buitelaar, Arne Popma
Gregg Barak’s Unchecked Corporate Power : Why the Crimes of Multinational Corporations Are Routinized Away and What We Can Do About It . Routledge. 2017. Isbn (hardcover):<PHONE_NUMBER>4426, $155.00; Paperback,<PHONE_NUMBER>140, $26.95; Ebook, $18.87
Human Trafficking For Criminal Exploitation: the Failure to Identify Victims
General Strain Theory and Racial Insurgency: Assessing the Role of Legitimate Coping by Lisa Broidy, Wayne A. Santoro
Race, Riots, and the Police by Rafe McGregor
Ana Muñiz (2015). Police, Power and The, Production of Racial Boundaries.
Establishing and Maintaining Rapport in Investigative Interviews of Traumatized Victims: A Qualitative Study
Predictive Validity of the Dynamic Risk Assessment and Management System in Individuals With Intellectual Disability Residing in the Community by William R. Lindsay, Caroline Finlay, Lesley Steptoe, Fabian Haut, Eleanor Brewster
Social Network Analysis As A Tool For Criminal Intelligence: Understanding Its Potential From the Perspectives of Intelligence Analysts
Organizing on Two Wheels: Uncovering the Organizational Patterns of Hells Angels Mc in Sweden


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