| Home | / | / |
| Product List | /product | /product |
| Category Product List | /product/:color(r.+)-:size-:price | /product/red-small-low |
| Category Product List With Query | /product | /product?color=red&size=small&price=low |
| Product Detail | /product/:id | /product/12345 |
| About | /about | /about |
| Admin Home | /admin | /admin |
| Admin Product List | /admin/product | /admin/product |
| Admin Product List With Query | /admin/product | /admin/product?page=3 |
| Admin Category Product List | /admin/product/:color-:size-:price | /admin/product/red-small-low |
| Admin Category Product List With Query | /admin/product/:color-:size-:price | /admin/product/red-small-low?page=2 |
| Admin Product Add | /admin/product/:id | /admin/product/add |
| Admin Product Edit | /admin/product/:id | /admin/product/12345 |
| Not Found | none | /notfound |


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It was suggested in code review that using nock or an alternative to mock the server responses would be a more robust approach to testing the library, vs the current approach (in which our tests depend on the specific API provided by superagent).
It was suggested in code review that using nock or an alternative to mock the server responses would be a more robust approach to testing the library, vs the current approach (in which our tests depend on the specific API provided by superagent).


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| Modifier and Type | Class and Description |
|---|---|
| static class | CapFeedParser.DocBuilder
Pulled out of Rome to take advantage of their XEE prevention
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| Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
|---|---|
| static java.lang.String | ALTERNATE_CAP_MIME_TYPE |
| static java.lang.String | CAP_MIME_TYPE
Both of the following constants have been requested as MIME types
for CAP.
|
| Constructor and Description |
|---|
| CapFeedParser(boolean validate)
Creates a new parser with no XML signature validation.
|
| CapFeedParser(boolean validate,
XmlSignatureValidator validator)
Creates a new parser.
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| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
| java.lang.String | getCapUrl(SyndEntry entry)
Returns the link in the entry that most likely points to the full version
of CAP.
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| XmlSignatureValidator | getXmlSignatureValidator()
Returns the validator used to validate XML signatures on alerts.
|
| boolean | isValidate()
Returns true if this parser is validating input feeds and alerts
|
| Alert | parseAlert(SyndEntry entry)
Parses the CAP alert assumed to be in the body of the first <content>
entry.
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| Alert | parseAlert(SyndEntry entry,
Reasons.Builder reasons)
Parses the CAP alert assumed to be in the body of the first <content>
entry.
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| java.util.List<Alert> | parseAlerts(SyndFeed feed)
Parses the CAP alerts assumed to be in the <content> bodies of the
entries of the given feed.
|
| SyndFeed | parseFeed(org.xml.sax.InputSource source)
Parses the given ATOM or RSS feed, provided as an InputSource.
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| SyndFeed | parseFeed(java.io.Reader reader)
Parses the given ATOM or RSS feed, provided as a Reader.
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| SyndFeed | parseFeed(java.lang.String feed) |
| void | setValidate(boolean validate)
Sets whether or not this parser is validating input feeds and alerts
|
| void | setXmlSignatureValidator(XmlSignatureValidator validator)
Sets the validator used to validate XML signatures on alerts,
if validate is true.
|
However, official status of the type is unclear. Neither are currently listed at http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/
For RSS: If there is a non-empty link, it is returned, otherwise null
For Atom: If there is only one link in the entry, and it has no a type, it is assumed to be the CAP URL and is returned. If there are multiple links, the link with type "application/cap+xml" is returned. null is returned otherwise.


I'm Alex Burck, a Principal Software Engineer, Cloud Architect, and Product Owner at Intelligent Medical Objects.


I'm Lawrence Lee, an innovator, engineer, and artist
My passions in life include computer science and coding, Olympic weightlifting, and music. I'm currently enrolled in the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State, where I hope to obtain both a BS and MS in computer science.
I've been playing the piano for most of my life, and creating music is one of my favorite things to do. I picked up Olympic weightlifting nearly two years ago, and have learned so much from it both about the sport and about myself. Space and technology are both incredibly interesting to me, and I hope to one day use my abilites to positively impact one or both fields in some way.


As of version 3.0.0, VISION now supports the analysis of scRNA-seq data with respect to a user-defined cell lineage, or phylogeny. In this case, VISION uses the relationships between cells as specified by the phylogeny, as opposed to some user-defined latent space, to conduct the autocorrelation analysis. In this vignette, we demonstrate how a user might use this variant of the VISION pipeline - which we term PhyloVision
- to analyze a recently published dataset that simultaneously profiled the single-cell transcriptomes and lineages of mouse embryogenesis (Chan et al, Nature 2019).
This tutorial begins by showing users how to create a PhyloVision
object and performing analysis on it. Then, we demonstrate how this object can be passed into the Hotspot pipeline that will identify de-novo transcriptional gene sets that are autocorrelated on the tree (this is described more below and in the Spatial Hotspot vignette. Finally, we show users how to launch a report for viewing.
If you have yet to install VISION, we recommend installing the package from Github to install this package. Full source code can be found at the VISION Github repository, available here.
require(devtools)
install_github("YosefLab/VISION")
Once VISION and R are installed, you may load in VISION using library(VISION)
.
To enable the Hotspot analysis below, install it directly from the git repository using the following command:
pip install git+https://github.com/yoseflab/Hotspot.git
If you are having trouble installing Hotspot, please refer to the documentation website here.
First, we need to load VISION, reticulate and ape.
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
library(VISION)
library(reticulate)
library(ape)
Vision objects now support dendrograms for visualization and analysis. To create the PhyloVision object, you need all of the same data, an expression matrix, and metadata and/or signatures, but you also include a tree object from the Ape package.
# Read the expression and meta data
file_path <- "data/embryogenesis" # Replace the path
expr <- read.table(paste(file_path, "expr_filtered.tsv.gz", sep="/"), check.names = FALSE, sep = "\t")
meta <- read.table(paste(file_path, "meta.tsv", sep="/"), check.names = FALSE, sep = "\t", row.names = 1, header=TRUE)
meta$Cell_Type <- as.factor(meta$Cell_Type)
# Signature file
sig <- paste("data", "h.all.v5.2.symbols.gmt", sep="/")
# Read the tree
tree <- read.tree(paste(file_path, "embryo_tree.newick", sep="/"))
# Collapse one mutations with ape
tree <- collapse.singles(tree)
# Construct the Vision object
vis <- PhyloVision(tree=tree, data=expr, signatures=sig, meta=meta, num_neighbors=30, projection_genes= rownames(expr))
Tree
The ape
phylogeny object. Singleton edges should be collapsed prior to use. Ensure that leaf names correspond to same names used in the expression matrix.
Expression Data
The provided expression data should be library-normalized. The expression data should not be log-transformed prior to loading into VISION. For more information on the input to VISION, please refer to the central VISION vignette.
Signatures
Signatures can be provided as a list of paths to signature files (*.gmt) or Signature objects.
See the signature vignette for more information on finding or creating gene Signatures.
Meta Data
An R data.frame with cell-level meta-data. This could be confounding variables (e.g. percentage of mitochondrial RNA, number of genes detected) or experimental covariates (e.g. genotype, donor, batch).
This input is optional if Signatures are provided.
Other Options
Other options and inputs can be provided to customize how VISION runs.
Next, we can perform the normal Vision analysis using the tree as the latent space.
vis <- phyloAnalyze(vis)
As mentioned above, PhyloVision can take advantage of the new Hotspot functionality in VISION. Briefly, Hotspot is a tool for inferring modules of genes that are significantly autocorrelated with one another and a particular latent space (e.g., the first 30 principal components of a gene expression matrix). When combined with PhyloVision, the Hotspot functionality will use the user-defined phylogeny as the latent space.
We can invoke the Hotspot analysis with the function runHotspot
and setting tree=True
. Upon doing so, this will identify modules of genes and add these as Signatures to the VISION object for autocorrelation evaluation. Moreover, to add interpretability to this analysis, VISION will also compute the enrichment between all the user-defined Signatures and each Hotspot module. This information will be accessible on the web-based report by selecting the “Hotspot” mode in the top-right of the web-page.
The full Hotspot API is exposed for analysis as well. For more on the Hotspot API see here. To note, while it is typically not recommended to use model="normal"
and logdata=FALSE
in Hotpsot, we elect to do so because the data here has been previously log-normalized. In more typical single-cell anlayses where the user is working with a library-normalized count matrix, we suggest setting model="danb"
and logdata=TRUE
.
vis <- runHotspot(vis, model="normal", tree=TRUE, min_gene_threshold=50, n_neighbors = 30, number_top_genes = nrow(expr), logdata=FALSE)
We have additionally exposed the full Hotspot pipeline should a user want to iterate with different parameters:
# Init Hotspot
hs <- hsInit(vis, model = "normal", tree=TRUE, logdata=FALSE)
# Init Hotspot KNN
hs <- hsCreateKnnGraph(hs, vis, n_neighbors=30)
# perform Hotspot analysis and store results in R
hs_genes <- hsComputeAutoCorrelations(hs, number_top_genes=12438)
# Compute localcorr
hs <- hsComputeLocalCorrelations(hs, hs_genes)
# Calculate Hotspot Module Scores for informative genes
hs <- hsCalculateModuleScores(hs)
# Cluster Hotspot modules and perform Vision based analysis on HS Modules and
vis <- analyzeHotspotObjectVision(vis, hs, tree=TRUE)
We can also access further Hotspot functionality using Reticulate and Python.
hs <- loadHotspotObject(bytes=vis@Hotspot)
library(reticulate)
use_python('/usr/bin/python3')
Note: the heatmap can also be visualized like so:
hs <- loadHotspotObject(bytes=vis@Hotspot)
library(paletteer)
draw_hotspot_heatmap(hs)
Finally, we can launch the Vision browser. If you are local, the following will work:
viewResults(vis)
Else, if you would like to launch from a server, you can use the following settings:
viewResults(vis, host='<IP_ADDRESS>', port=8100, browser=F)
Now, the report will be visible from port 8100
from your server (e.g., http://server-name:8100/Results.html)


Development Driven Testing
A shortcut to 100% test coverage?
By Chris Cauley
Why not 100% test coverage?
- Time - often longer than writing code
- Hard to see the value
- Refactoring breaks tests
- failed tests != broken code
- passing tests != working code
- No tests after TDD push
3. Come up with test data
Tests pass, ship it!
#notMyJob
4. Verify with human eyes
The 4 times we write code
"Development Driven Testing"
- After code ships
- Automate user interaction
- Screen shot results
- Assume screenshots are accurate
- Change/refactor code
- Re-run "tests"
Use Cases
- Going from 10% to 100% quickly
- Inherited projects
- "Blue sky" projects
- Test CSS


| Vendor Name | Promaxis Systems Inc. |
|---|---|
| Reference Number | W857A-R380600006 |
| Contract Date | 29-7-2016 |
| Description of Work | Human Resource Services, Business Consulting/Change Management; Project Management Services (Supply Arrangement TSPS) |
| Delivery Date | 30-12-2016 |
| Contract Value | $46,782.00 |
| Comments | This contract was competitively sourced. This contract is a call-up against a Public Services and Procurement Canada procurement tool. |
| Additional Comments | Communications consultant to support communications team due to influx of work. |


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The Project
The requests made by the client:
- - Vendor Locking
- - Manual Checks
- + Cloud Automation
- + Stack Owning
- + Monitoring
The Challenge
All the tricky technical details that bug us:
- Break The Lock: Redefined CI/CD Setup by migrating Vendor Lock Tools to Open Source Tools (from AWS CloudFront & Fargate to Jenkins) while keeping use of Cloud Provisioning (EC2, S3, EKS).
- Jenkins Scalp: Go through Pipeline, Determine Imperative/Declarative, Implement Parallel CI, Define Delivery, AquaSec, Slack Notification.
- Monitoring: Define correct dashboards with or without mixed datasources.
- Provisioning: Add automated SSL Certificate Authority, Let's Encrypt to the rescue.
The Stack
All these technologies were used for this job:


JCC Features
- Installing JCC
- Invoking JCC
- Generating C++ and Python wrappers with JCC
- Classpath considerations
- Using distutils vs setuptools
- Distributing an egg
- JCC's runtime API functions
- Type casting and instance checks
- Handling generic classes
- Handling arrays
- Exception reporting
- Writing Java class extensions in Python
- Embedding a Python VM in a Java VM
- Pythonic protocols
Installing JCC
JCC is a Python extension written in Python and C++. It requires a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to operate as it uses Java's reflection APIs to do its work. It is built and installed via distutils or setuptools.
See installation for more information and operating system specific notes.
Invoking JCC
JCC is installed as a package and how to invoke it depends on the Python version used:
- python 2.7: python -m jcc
- python 2.6: python -m jcc.__main__
- python 2.5: python -m jcc
- python 2.4:
- no setuptools: python site-packages/jcc/__init__.py
- with setuptools: python site-packages/jcc egg directory/jcc/__init__.py
- python 2.3: python site-packages/jcc egg directory/jcc/__init__.py
Generating C++ and Python wrappers with JCC
JCC started as a C++ code generator for hiding the gory details of accessing methods and fields on Java classes via Java's Native Invocation Interface. These C++ wrappers make it possible to access a Java object as if it was a regular C++ object very much like GCJ's CNI interface.
It then became apparent that JCC could also generate the C++ wrappers for making these classes available to Python. Every class that gets thus wrapped becomes a CPython type.
JCC generates wrappers for all public classes that are requested by name on the command line or via the --jar command line argument. It generates wrapper methods for all public methods and fields on these classes whose return type and parameter types are found in one of the following ways:
- the type is one of the requested classes
- the type is one of the requested classes' superclass or implemented interfaces
- the type is available from one of the packages listed via the --package command line argument
Overloaded methods are supported and are selected at runtime on the basis of the type and number of arguments passed in.
JCC does not generate wrappers for methods or fields which don't satisfy these requirements. Thus, JCC can avoid generating code for runaway transitive closures of type dependencies.
JCC generates property accessors for a property called field when it finds Java methods named setField(value), getField() or isField().
The C++ wrappers are declared in a C++ namespace structure that mirrors the Java classes' Java packages. The Python types are declared in a flat namespace at the top level of the resulting Python extension module.
JCC's command-line arguments are best illustrated via the PyLucene example:
$ python -m jcc # run JCC to wrap --jar lucene.jar # all public classes in the lucene jar file --jar analyzers.jar # and the lucene analyzers contrib package --jar snowball.jar # and the snowball contrib package --jar highlighter.jar # and the highlighter contrib package --jar regex.jar # and the regex search contrib package --jar queries.jar # and the queries contrib package --jar extensions.jar # and the Python extensions package --package java.lang # including all dependencies found in the # java.lang package --package java.util # and the java.util package --package java.io # and the java.io package java.lang.System # and to explicitely wrap java.lang.System java.lang.Runtime # as well as java.lang.Runtime java.lang.Boolean # and java.lang.Boolean java.lang.Byte # and java.lang.Byte java.lang.Character # and java.lang.Character java.lang.Integer # and java.lang.Integer java.lang.Short # and java.lang.Short java.lang.Long # and java.lang.Long java.lang.Double # and java.lang.Double java.lang.Float # and java.lang.Float java.text.SimpleDateFormat # and java.text.SimpleDateFormat java.io.StringReader # and java.io.StringReader java.io.InputStreamReader # and java.io.InputStreamReader java.io.FileInputStream # and java.io.FileInputStream java.util.Arrays # and java.util.Arrays --exclude org.apache.lucene.queryParser.Token # while explicitely not wrapping # org.apache.lucene.queryParser.Token --exclude org.apache.lucene.queryParser.TokenMgrError # nor org.apache.lucene.queryParser.TokenMgrError --exclude org.apache.lucene.queryParser.ParseException # nor.apache.lucene.queryParser.ParseException --python lucene # generating Python wrappers into a module # called lucene --version 2.4.0 # giving the Python extension egg version 2.4.0 --mapping org.apache.lucene.document.Document 'get:(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;' # asking for a Python mapping protocol wrapper # for get access on the Document class by # calling its get method --mapping java.util.Properties 'getProperty:(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;' # asking for a Python mapping protocol wrapper # for get access on the Properties class by # calling its getProperty method --sequence org.apache.lucene.search.Hits 'length:()I' 'doc:(I)Lorg/apache/lucene/document/Document;' # asking for a Python sequence protocol wrapper # for length and get access on the Hits class by # calling its length and doc methods --files 2 # generating all C++ classes into about 2 .cpp # files --build # and finally compiling the generated C++ code # into a Python egg via setuptools - when # installed - or a regular Python extension via # distutils or setuptools otherwise --module collections.py # copying the collections.py module into the egg --install # installing it into Python's site-packages # directory.
There are limits to both how many files can fit on the command line and how large a C++ file the C++ compiler can handle. By default, JCC generates one large C++ file containing the source code for all wrapper classes.
Using the --files command line argument, this behaviour
can be tuned to workaround various limits:
for example:
-
to break up the large wrapper class file into about 2 files:
--files 2 -
to break up the large wrapper class file into about 10 files:
--files 10 -
to generate one C++ file per Java class wrapped:
--files separate
The --prefix and --root arguments are passed through to distutils' setup().
Classpath considerations
When generating wrappers for Python, the JAR files passed to JCC via --jar are copied into the resulting Python extension egg as resources and added to the extension module's CLASSPATH variable. Classes or JAR files that are required by the classes contained in the argument JAR files need to be made findable via JCC's --classpath command line argument. At runtime, these need to be appended to the extension's CLASSPATH variable before starting the VM with initVM(CLASSPATH).
To have such required jar files also automatically copied into resulting Python extension egg and added to the classpath at build and runtime, use the --include option. This option works like the --jar option except that no wrappers are generated for the classes contained in them unless they're explicitely named on the command line.
When more than one JCC-built extension module is going to be used in the same Python VM and these extension modules share Java classes, only one extension module should be generated with wrappers for these shared classes. The other extension modules must be built by importing the one with the shared classes by using the --import command line parameter. This ensures that only one copy of the wrappers for the shared classes are generated and that they are compatible among all extension modules sharing them.
Using distutils vs setuptools
By default, when building a Python extension, if setuptools is found to be installed, it is used over distutils. If you want to force the use of distutils over setuptools, use the --use-distutils command line argument.
Distributing an egg
The --bdist option can be used to ask JCC to invoke distutils with bdist or setuptools with bdist_egg. If setuptools is used, the resulting egg has to be installed with the easy_install installer which is normally part of a Python installation that includes setuptools.
JCC's runtime API functions
JCC includes a small runtime component that is compiled into any Python extension it produces.
This runtime component makes it possible to manage the Java VM from Python. Because a Java VM can be configured with a myriad of options, it is not automatically started when the resulting Python extension module is loaded into the Python interpreter.
Instead, the initVM() function must be called from the main thread before using any of the wrapped classes. It takes the following keyword arguments:
-
classpath
A string containing one or more directories or jar files for the Java VM to search for classes. Every Python extension produced by JCC exports a CLASSPATH variable that is hardcoded to the jar files that it was produced from. A copy of each jar file is installed as a resource file with the extension when JCC is invoked with the --install command line argument. This parameter is optional and defaults to the CLASSPATH string exported by the module initVM is imported from.>>> import lucene >>> lucene.initVM(classpath=lucene.CLASSPATH)
-
initialheap
The initial amount of Java heap to start the Java VM with. This argument is a string that follows the same syntax as the similar -Xms java command line argument.>>> import lucene >>> lucene.initVM(initialheap='32m') >>> lucene.Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory() 33357824L
-
maxheap
The maximum amount of Java heap that could become available to the Java VM. This argument is a string that follows the same syntax as the similar -Xmx java command line argument. -
maxstack
The maximum amount of stack space that available to the Java VM. This argument is a string that follows the same syntax as the similar -Xss java command line argument. -
vmargs
A string of comma separated additional options to pass to the VM startup rountine. These are passed through as-is. For example:>>> import lucene >>> lucene.initVM(vmargs='-Xcheck:jni,-verbose:jni,-verbose:gc')
The initVM() and getVMEnv() functions return a JCCEnv object that has a few utility methods on it:
-
attachCurrentThread(name, asDaemon)
Before a thread created in Python or elsewhere but not in the Java VM can be used with the Java VM, this method needs to be invoked. The two arguments it takes are optional and self-explanatory. - detachCurrentThread() The opposite of attachCurrentThread(). This method should be used with extreme caution as Python's and java VM's garbage collectors may use a thread detached too early causing a system crash. The utility of this method seems dubious at the moment.
There are several differences between JNI's findClass() and Java's Class.forName():
- className is a '/' separated string of names
- the class loaders are different, findClass() may find classes that Class.forName() won't.
For example:
>>> from lucene import * >>> initVM(CLASSPATH) >>> findClass('org/apache/lucene/document/Document') <Class: class org.apache.lucene.document.Document> >>> Class.forName('org.apache.lucene.document.Document') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> lucene.JavaError: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org/apache/lucene/document/Document >>> Class.forName('java.lang.Object') <Class: class java.lang.Object>
Type casting and instance checks
Many Java APIs are declared to return types that are less specific than the types actually returned. In Java 1.5, this is worked around with type parameters. JCC generates code to heed type parameters unless the --no-generics is used. See next section for details on Java generics support.
In C++, casting the object into its actual type is supported via the regular C casting operator.
In Python each wrapped class has a class method called cast_ that implements the same functionality.
Similarly, each wrapped class has a class method called instance_ that tests whether the wrapped java instance is of the given type. For example:
if BooleanQuery.instance_(query): booleanQuery = BooleanQuery.cast_(query) print booleanQuery.getClauses()
Handling generic classes
Java 1.5 added support for parameterized types. JCC generates code to heed type parameters unless the --no-generics command line parameter is used. Java type parameterization is a runtime feature. The same class is used for all its parameterizations. Similarly, JCC wrapper objects all use the same class but store type parameterizations on instances and make them accessible as a tuple via the parameters_ property.
For example, an ArrayList<Document> instance, has (<type 'Document'>,) for parameters_ and its get() method uses that type parameter to wrap its return values.
To allocate an instance of a generic Java class with specific type parameters use the of_() method. This method accepts one or more Python wrapper classes to use as type parameters. For example, java.util.ArrayList<E> is declared to accept one type parameter. Its wrapper's of_() method hence accepts one parameter, a Python class, to use as type parameter for the return type of its get() method, among others:
>>> a = ArrayList().of_(Document) >>> a <ArrayList: []> >>> a.parameters_ (<type 'Document'>,) >>> a.add(Document()) True >>> a.get(0) <Document: Document<>>
The use of type parameters is, of course, optional. A generic Java class can still be used as before, without type parameters. Downcasting from Object is then necessary:
>>> a = ArrayList() >>> a <ArrayList: []> >>> a.parameters_ (None,) >>> a.add(Document()) True >>> a.get(0) <Object: Document<>> >>> Document.cast_(a.get(0)) <Document: Document<>>
Handling arrays
Java arrays are wrapped with a C++ JArray template. The [] is available for read access. This template, JArray<T>, accomodates all java primitive types, jstring, jobject and wrapper class arrays.
Java arrays are returned to Python in a JArray wrapper instance that implements the Python sequence protocol. It is possible to change an array's elements but not to change an array's size.
To convert a char array to a Python string use a ''.join(array) construct.
Any Java method expecting an array can be called with the corresponding sequence object from python.
To instantiate a Java array from Python, use one of the following forms:
>>> array = JArray('int')(size) # the resulting Java int array is initialized with zeroes >>> array = JArray('int')(sequence) # the sequence must only contain ints # the resulting Java int array contains the ints in the sequence
Instead of 'int', you may also use one of 'object', 'string', 'bool', 'byte', 'char', 'double', 'float', 'long' and 'short' to create an array of the corresponding type.
Because there is only one wrapper class for object arrays, the JArray('object') type's constructor takes a second argument denoting the class of the object elements. This argument is optional and defaults to Object.
As with the Object types, the JArray types also include a cast_ method. This method becomes useful when the array returned to Python is wrapped as a plain Object. This is the case, for example, with nested arrays since there is no distinct Python type for every different java object array class - all java object arrays are wrapped by JArray('object'). For example:
# cast obj to an array of ints >>> JArray('int').cast_(obj) # cast obj to an array of Document >>> JArray('object').cast_(obj, Document)
In both cases, the java type of obj must be compatible with the array type it is being cast to.
# using nested array: >>> d = JArray('object')(1, Document) >>> d[0] = Document() >>> d JArray<object>[<Document: Document<>>] >>> d[0] <Document: Document<>> >>> a = JArray('object')(2) >>> a[0] = d >>> a[1] = JArray('int')([0, 1, 2]) >>> a JArray<object>[<Object: [Lorg.apache.lucene.document.Document;@694f12>, <Object: [I@234265>] >>> a[0] <Object: [Lorg.apache.lucene.document.Document;@694f12> >>> a[1] <Object: [I@234265> >>> JArray('object').cast_(a[0])[0] <Object: Document<>> >>> JArray('object').cast_(a[0], Document)[0] <Document: Document<>> >>> JArray('int').cast_(a[1]) JArray<int>[0, 1, 2] >>> JArray('int').cast_(a[1])[0] 0
To verify that a Java object is of a given array type, use the instance_() method available on the array type. This is not the same as verifying that it is assignable with elements of a given type. For example, using the arrays created above:
# is d array of Object ? are d's elements of type Object ? >>> JArray('object').instance_(d) True # can it receive Object instances ? >>> JArray('object').assignable_(d) False # is it array of Document ? are d's elements of type Document ? >>> JArray('object').instance_(d, Document) True # is it array of Class ? are d's elements of type Class ? >>> JArray('object').instance_(d, Class) False # can it receive Document instances ? >>> JArray('object').assignable_(d, Document) True
Exception reporting
Exceptions that occur in the Java VM and that escape to C++ are reported as a javaError C++ exception. When using Python wrappers, the C++ exceptions are handled and reported with Python exceptions. When using C++ only, failure to handle the exception in your C++ code will cause the process to crash.
Exceptions that occur in the Java VM and that escape to the Python VM are reported with a JavaError python exception object. The getJavaException() method can be called on JavaError objects to obtain the original java exception object wrapped as any other Java object. This Java object can be used to obtain a Java stack trace for the error, for example.
Exceptions that occur in the Python VM and that escape to the Java VM, as for example can happen in Python extensions (see topic below) are reported to the Java VM as a RuntimeException or as a PythonException when using shared mode. See installation instructions for more information about shared mode.
Writing Java class extensions in Python
JCC makes it relatively easy to extend a Java class from Python. This is done via an intermediary class written in Java that implements a special method called pythonExtension() and that declares a number of native methods that are to be implemented by the actual Python extension.
When JCC sees these special extension java classes it generates the C++ code implementing the native methods they declare. These native methods call the corresponding Python method implementations passing in parameters and returning the result to the Java VM caller.
For example, to implement a Lucene analyzer in Python, one would implement first such an extension class in Java:
package org.apache.pylucene.analysis; import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer; import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream; import java.io.Reader; public class PythonAnalyzer extends Analyzer { private long pythonObject; public PythonAnalyzer() { } public void pythonExtension(long pythonObject) { this.pythonObject = pythonObject; } public long pythonExtension() { return this.pythonObject; } public void finalize() throws Throwable { pythonDecRef(); } public native void pythonDecRef(); public native TokenStream tokenStream(String fieldName, Reader reader); }
The pythonExtension() methods is what makes this class recognized as an extension class by JCC. They should be included verbatim as above along with the declaration of the pythonObject instance variable.
The implementation of the native pythonDecRef() method is generated by JCC and is necessary because it seems that finalize() cannot itself be native. Since an extension class wraps the Python instance object it's going to be calling methods on, its ref count needs to be decremented when this Java wrapper class disappears. A declaration for pythonDecRef() and a finalize() implementation should always be included verbatim as above.
Really, the only non boilerplate user input is the constructor of the class and the other native methods, tokenStream() in the example above.
The corresponding Python class(es) are implemented as follows:
class _analyzer(PythonAnalyzer): def tokenStream(_self, fieldName, reader): class _tokenStream(PythonTokenStream): def __init__(self_): super(_tokenStream, self_).__init__() self_.TOKENS = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"] self_.INCREMENTS = [1, 2, 1, 0, 1] self_.i = 0 self_.posIncrAtt = self_.addAttribute(PositionIncrementAttribute.class_) self_.termAtt = self_.addAttribute(TermAttribute.class_) self_.offsetAtt = self_.addAttribute(OffsetAttribute.class_) def incrementToken(self_): if self_.i == len(self_.TOKENS): return False self_.termAtt.setTermBuffer(self_.TOKENS[self_.i]) self_.offsetAtt.setOffset(self_.i, self_.i) self_.posIncrAtt.setPositionIncrement(self_.INCREMENTS[self_.i]) self_.i += 1 return True def end(self_): pass def reset(self_): pass def close(self_): pass return _tokenStream()
When an __init__() is declared, super() must be called or else the Java wrapper class will not know about the Python instance it needs to invoke.
When a java extension class declares native methods for which there are public or protected equivalents available on the parent class, JCC generates code that makes it possible to call super() on these methods from Python as well.
There are a number of extension examples available in PyLucene's test suite and samples.
Embedding a Python VM in a Java VM
Using the same techniques used when writing a Python extension of a Java class, JCC may also be used to embed a Python VM in a Java VM. Following are the steps and constraints to follow to achieve this:
- JCC must be built in shared mode. See installation instructions for more information about shared mode. Note that for this use on Mac OS X, JCC must also be built with the link flags "-framework", "Python" in the LFLAGS value.
- As described in the previous section, define one or more Java classes to be "extended" from Python to provide the implementations of the native methods declared on them. Instances of these classes implement the bridges into the Python VM from Java.
- The org.apache.jcc.PythonVM Java class is going be used from the Java VM's main thread to initialize the embedded Python VM. This class is installed inside the JCC egg under the jcc/classes directory and the full path to this directory must be on the Java CLASSPATH.
- The JCC egg directory contains the JCC shared runtime library - not the JCC Python extension shared library - but a library called libjcc.dylib on Mac OS X, libjcc.so on Linux or jcc.dll on Windows. This directory must be added to the Java VM's shared library path via the -Djava.library.path command line parameter.
- In the Java VM's main thread, initialize the Python VM by calling its static start() method passing it a Python program name string and optional start-up arguments in a string array that will be made accessible in Python via sys.argv. Note that the program name string is purely informational, and is not used by the start() code other than to initialize that Python variable. This method returns the singleton PythonVM instance to be used in this Java VM. start() may be called multiple times; it will always return the same singleton instance. This instance may also be retrieved at any later time via the static get() method defined on the org.apache.jcc.PythonVM class.
- Any Java VM thread that is going to be calling into the Python VM should start with acquiring a reference to the Python thread state object by calling acquireThreadState() method on the Python VM instance. It should then release the Python thread state before terminating by calling releaseThreadState(). Calling these methods is optional but strongly recommended as it ensures that Python is not creating and throwing away a thread state everytime the Python VM is entered and exited from a given Java VM thread.
- Any Java VM thread may instantiate a Python object for which an extension class was defined in Java as described in the previous section by calling the instantiate() method on the PythonVM instance. This method takes two string parameters, the name of the Python module and the name of the Python class to import and instantiate from it. The __init__() constructor on this class must be callable without any parameters and, if defined, must call super() in order to initialize the Java side. The instantiate() method is declared to return java.lang.Object but the return value is actually an instance of the Java extension class used and must be downcast to it.
Pythonic protocols
When generating wrappers for Python, JCC attempts to detect which classes can be made iterable:
- When a class declares to implement java.lang.Iterable, JCC makes it iterable from Python.
- When a Java class declares a method called next() with no arguments returning an object type, this class is made iterable. Its next() method is assumed to terminate iteration by returning null.
JCC generates a Python mapping get method for a class when requested to do so via the --mapping command line option which takes two arguments, the class to generate the mapping get for and the Java method to use. The method is specified with its name followed by ':' and its Java signature.
For example, System.getProperties()['java.class.path'] is made possible by:
--mapping java.util.Properties 'getProperty:(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;' # asking for a Python mapping protocol wrapper # for get access on the Properties class by # calling its getProperty method
JCC generates Python sequence length and get methods for a class when requested to do so via the --sequence command line option which takes three arguments, the class to generate the sequence length and get for and the two java methods to use. The methods are specified with their name followed by ':' and their Java signature. For example:
for i in xrange(len(hits)): doc = hits[i] ...
is made possible by:
--sequence org.apache.lucene.search.Hits 'length:()I' 'doc:(I)Lorg/apache/lucene/document/Document;'


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SHSH Blob's
A SHSH blob is a term for a small piece of data that is part of Apple's digital signature protocol for iOS restores and updates, designed to control the iOS versions that users can install on their iOS devices (iPhones, iPads, iPod touches, and Apple
TVs), generally only allowing the newest iOS version to be installable. This process is controlled by the TATSU ("TSS") Signing Server (gs.apple.com) where updates and restores can only be completed by iTunes if the version of iOS is being
signed. Developers interested in iOS jailbreaking have made tools for working around this signature system in order to install jailbreakable older iOS versions that are no longer being signed by Apple.[1][2]
Technical details
"SHSH blobs" (also called "ECID SHSH"[3]) is an unofficial term referring to the digital signatures that Apple generates and uses to personalize IPSW (iOS firmware) files for each device; they are part of Apple's protocol designed to ensure that trusted
software is installed on the device.[4] Apple's public name for this process is System Software Personalization (System Software Authorization as of iOS 7+).[5] SHSH blobs are created by a hashing formula that has multiple keys, including
the device type, the iOS version being signed, and the device's ECID (a unique identification number embedded in its hardware).[6] When Apple wishes to restrict users' ability to restore their devices to a particular iOS version, Apple
can refuse to generate this hash during the restore attempt, and the restore will not be successful (or at least will require bypassing the intended function of the system).[7][8] This protocol is part of iPhone 3GS and later devices.[9]
TATSU Code Signing for iOS Deployment & iTunes verification
When iTunes restores or updates an iOS firmware, Apple has added many checkpoints before the iOS version is installed and on-device consolidation begins. At the first "Verifying iPhone software" iTunes communicates with "gs.apple.com" to verify that the
IPSW file provided is still being signed. The TATSU server will give back a list of versions being signed. If the version is not being signed, then iBEC and iBoot will decline the image, giving an error of "error 3194" or "declined to
authorize the image" iTunes will communicate with iBoot throughout the process of an update or restore ensuring the firmware has not been modified to a Custom Firmware ("CFW"). iTunes will not update or restore a device when it suspects
the file has been modified. This is a chain process, before the firmware has been installed iBoot has to verify iBoot, iBoot has to verify the bootloader, and so on. You cannot install unsigned iOS versions, unless 1) you have SHSH2 blobs
and exploits have been released or 2) you exploit the chain process.
Find My iPhone
Find My (before iOS 13, iPadOS, watchOS 6 and macOS Catalina called Find My iPad, Find My iPod touch, Find my Apple Watch, Find My iPhone (or Find iPhone on SpringBoard) or Find My Mac) is an app and service provided by Apple Inc. that allows remote location
tracking of iOS devices, Mac computers, Apple Watch, and AirPods. Since March 2013, the service has been available for iOS 5 or later and OS X 10.7.5 "Lion" or later through iCloud. The service itself is integrated into iOS and macOS,
while enabled devices can be tracked using either an iOS app or the iCloud website. On iOS 8 and older, the app can be downloaded from the App Store free of charge. Starting with iOS 9, the app has been bundled with the operating system.[1]
For the app to work, both the tracker device and the device being located must be supported devices with the Find My iPhone app installed and Location Services turned on, and both must be connected to the same iCloud account.[3] The tracked
device can also be located through iCloud on Windows, but cannot be used the other way around to locate the PC.
Features
Find My iPhone allows users to locate their iOS devices using either the iOS app or iCloud on a computer (such as a desktop). In addition to locating a device, the service provides three additional options: Play sound – makes the device play a sound at
maximum volume, makes flashing on screen even if it is muted. This feature is useful if the device has been mislaid,[3] and is equivalent to finding a mislaid phone by calling it using another phone. Lost mode (iOS 6 or later) – flags
the device as lost or stolen, allowing the user to lock it with a passcode. If the device is an iPhone and someone finds the device, they can call the user directly on the device.[4][5][6] Erase iPhone – completely erases all content and
settings, which is useful if the device contains sensitive information, but the device cannot be located after this action is performed. Starting with iOS 7 or later, after the erase is complete, the message can still be displayed and
the device will be activation locked. This makes it hard for someone to use or sell the device. An Apple ID password will be required to turn off Find My iPhone, sign out of iCloud, erase the device, or reactivate a device after a remote
wipe. The update with iOS 6 added the ability to check the device's battery level.[1] Since the release of iOS 7 users have complained about the link between GPS, WiFi, and the app itself. Some handset owners have noted the app enables
and disables itself when passing between cellular protocol bandwidths.[citation needed]
Requirements
For the Find My iPhone app to work, the user must have set up an iCloud account to create the user’s Apple ID. Each device to be tracked must be linked to the same Apple ID, and the Location Services feature must also be turned on on each device to be
tracked. Location is determined using GPS in the iOS device when Location Services are turned on, but the location of the iOS device is only approximate. To turn Location Services on, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services,
then selecting the Find My iPhone app in the list and selecting the “While Using the App“ option. To deactivate the app, select the “Never” option instead. The user can also track the device by signing in to iCloud.com. As of January 2013,
Find My iPhone is supported on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Mac computers running OS X 10.7.5 "Lion" or later.[7] In addition to a compatible device, a free iCloud account is required to use Find My iPhone.[3] Users also can track their
Find My iPhone enabled devices through iCloud on Windows, but cannot use it the other way around to track their PC.
UDID
This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (October 2015) (Learn how and when
to remove this template message) Not to be confused with IMEI. UDID is an acronym for Unique Device ID. The UDID is a feature of Apple's iOS devices. It is a unique identifier for a single device that is fetched from Apple servers when
a user tries to activate the device using iCloud or the Setup app. This ID is also used by iTunes to detect the phone or to communicate with it while restoring the iPSW firmware.
Format
This Unique ID is created from 40 letters and numbers, 25 for an iPhone XR or XS. It is not written on the iDevice cover as the IMEI is, but it can be retrieved by iTunes in normal mode.
Usage
Apple usually uses this ID to assign Apple ID and iCloud ID to the device. This also holds the Find My iPhone activation status.
Calculation
The UDID is calculated as follows:
For iPhone 4 and Newer
- UDID = SHA1(serial + ECID + wifiMac + bluetoothMac)
- All other devices use:
- UDID = SHA1(serial + IMEI + wifiMac + bluetoothMac)
References
- The iPhone Wiki page
- Find your UDID of iDevices
IMEI
IPSW Section
IPSW File Format
"IPSW" redirects here. For the component of XPwn, see ipsw. See also: Disk Image Formats IPSW (iPod[1] Software) files have the Magic Number 504B0304 (PK\003\004) and thus areZIP archives. They can be modified with typical zip/unzip tools (i.e. change
extension to .zip and double click). IPSW's are used to deliver the device's firmware to the end-user.
Archive Structure
- Restore Ramdisk
- Update Ramdisk (some firmwares don't have one due to various reasons)
- Filesystem Ramdisk (the largest .dmg file)
- Device Tree (model specific)
- Kernelcache (model specific; processor specific on pre-A4)
- BuildManifest.plist (first appeared in iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2)
- Restore.plist
- Firmware/
- all_flash/
- all_flash.XXXXX.production/ (model specific i.e. M68AP, N82AP, etc.)
- IMG2/IMG3 files
- manifest
- dfu/
- iBEC.XXXXX.dfu (model specific i.e. M68AP, N82AP, etc.)
- iBSS.XXXXX.dfu
- Baseband (may be one or many files depending on the model)
- Example
- Here are the contents of the iPhone 3GS 3.0 (7A341) firmware IPSW:
- 018-5302-002.dmg (281214976 bytes)
- 018-5304-002.dmg (12769604 bytes)
- 018-5306-002.dmg (12777796 bytes)
- BuildManifest.plist (21097 bytes)
- kernelcache.release.s5l8920x (4695492 bytes)
- Restore.plist (1763 bytes)
- Firmware/
- all_flash/
- all_flash.n88ap.production/
- applelogo.s5l8920x.img3 (9604 bytes)
- batterycharging0.s5l8920x.img3 (19716 bytes)
- batterycharging1.s5l8920x.img3 (24900 bytes)
- batteryfull.s5l8920x.img3 (76100 bytes)
- batterylow0.s5l8920x.img3 (56772 bytes)
- batterylow1.s5l8920x.img3 (65348 bytes)
- DeviceTree.n88ap.img3 (44996 bytes)
- glyphcharging.s5l8920x.img3 (20356 bytes)
- glyphplugin.s5l8920x.img3 (19332 bytes)
- iBoot.n88ap.RELEASE.img3 (178500 bytes)
- LLB.n88ap.RELEASE.img3 (67908 bytes)
- manifest (341 bytes)
- needservice.s5l8920x.img3 (20484 bytes)
- recoverymode.s5l8920x.img3 (47876 bytes)
- dfu/
- iBEC.n88ap.RELEASE.dfu (104772 bytes)
- iBSS.n88ap.RELEASE.dfu (104772 bytes)
Activation Token
Contents
1 Layout of Activation Token
- Key: ActivationInfoXML
Activation Protocol
Resources
Layout of Activation Token This is the CFDictionary string representation which gets sent to Apple's server. The object can be obtained by using the MobileDevice Library, AMDeviceCopyValue function with the "ActivationInfo" value. It is generated
by lockdownd. Upon generation it stores ActivationRandomness in data ark and later checks it, thus only the last generated token is valid. SHA1 is generated in lockdown and then it makes a request to fairplayd to complete signature process
and obtain certificate chain.
This is the Structure of the Activation Response Token:
<dict> <key>ActivationInfoComplete</key> <true/> <key>ActivationInfoXML</key> (base64-encoded activation info here) <key>FairPlayCertChain</key> (base64-encoded RSA certificate chain including root
CA in DER format) <key>FairPlaySignature</key> (base64-encoded signature (SHA1+RSA) of ActivationInfoXML, validated using FairPlayCertChain certificate) </dict> Key: ActivationInfoXML The ActivationInfo plist file above
has a key called ActivationInfoXML. The base64 data value of that key represents the plist file below <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>ActivationRandomness</key> <string>(GUID)</string> <key>ActivationRequiresActivationTicket</key> <true/> <key>ActivationState</key> <string>Unactivated</string>
<key>BasebandMasterKeyHash</key> <string>(Hash of hardware IDs)<string> <key>BasebandThumbprint</key> <string>(Hash of hardware IDs not directly used as a key - the TEA key can be derived from
this)<string> <key>BuildVersion</key> <string>8A306</string> <key>DeviceCertRequest</key> (base64 encoded cert) <key>DeviceClass</key><string>(String ENUM "iPhone", "iPod", "iPod
touch", "iPad")</string> <key>IntegratedCircuitCardIdentity</key> <string>(ICCID as base-10 string)</string> <key>InternationalMobileEquipmentIdentity</key><string>(IMEI as base-10 string)</string>
<key>InternationalMobileSubscriberIdentity</key> <string>(IMSI as base-10 string)</string> <key>ModelNumber</key> <string>MC135</string><key>PhoneNumber</key> <string>(String
like "+1<PHONE_NUMBER>")</string> <key>ProductType</key> <string>iPhone2,1</string> <key>ProductVersion</key> <string>4.0.1</string> <string>SIMGID1</string> (base64-encoded
binary GID1) <string>SIMGID2</string> (base64-encoded binary GID2) <key>SIMStatus</key> <string>(ENUM kCTSIMSupportSIMStatusReady kCTSIMSupportSIMStatusNotReadykCTSIMSupportSIMStatusOperatorLocked)</string>
<key>SerialNumber</key> <string>...</string> <key>SupportsPostponement</key> <true/> <key>UniqueChipID</key> <integer>...</integer> <key>UniqueDeviceID</key>
<string>(hex UUID)</string> </dict> </plist> SIMGID's and PhoneNumber are present only if installed SIM has them and it was read correctly. If ActivationState is Unactivated or token signature is not correct, Apple
server will respond with message "there's problem with your device".
Activation Protocol
Use SSL and send the request below with the values POST /WebObjects/ALUnbrick.woa/wa/deviceActivation HTTP/1.1 Accept-Encoding: gzip Accept-Language: en-us, en;q=0.50 Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=DeviceActivation Content-Length: 1234 Host:
albert.apple.com Cache-Control: no-cache --DeviceActivation Content-Disposition: form-data; name="activation-info" <dict> <key>ActivationInfoComplete</key> <true/> <key>ActivationInfoXML</key> (base64-encoded
activation info here) <key>FairPlayCertChain</key> (base64-encoded cert in DER format) <key>FairPlaySignature</key> (base64-encoded signature (SHA1+RSA) of ActivationInfoXML) </dict>
Resources
Posixninja's iDeviceActivator For Windows
iTunes Backup
The following description is to describe the backup system of iTunes, which is often used for forensic analysis of iDevices. This description is for the format used in iTunes 10.5.3 an newer - older versions are slightly different (see Understanding iPhone
Backup Files). The description is for non-encrypted backups only. On the iDevice the file /System/Library/Backup/Domains.plist determines what files to backup. There is a differentiation between "domains" and relative files. In each backup,
there are four files with infos, which are described later:
- Info.plist
- Manifest.mdbd
- Info.plist
-


WSET Level 1 Award in Wines
A beginner level introduction to wine suitable for those starting a wine career or pursuing an interest in wine. For individuals new to wine study, this qualification provides a hands-on introduction to the world of wine. You’ll explore the main types and styles of wine through sight, smell, and taste, while also gaining the basic skills to describe wines accurately, and make food and wine pairings. Our one-day course usually scheduled on a Saturday or Sunday from 10am to 6pm. In addition to lectures, candidates will get a guided tasting of 8 to 10 wine samples. At the end of the course there will be a 30 multiple choice question exam lasting 45 minutes. A group with minimum 8 students can contact us for a private class. Dates are flexible.
For more information and full details on the course requirements, please download the Specification below. WSET Level 1 Award in Wine Specification.
What you'll learn
- The main types and styles of wine
- Common wine grapes and their characteristics
- How to store and serve wine
- The principles of food and wine pairing
- How to describe wine using the WSET Level 1 Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine® (SAT)
Course Details
- Time: one full day
- Fees: S$380 (incl 7% GST), S$350 for group of two and above
- Our course is Skillsfuture SG Certified and Claimable for Singapore Citizens above 25 years of age.For any enquiries please get in touch with us at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>WSET一级品酒师课程
课程简介
- 全球最受欢迎的葡萄酒入门课程
- 针对零起点的初学者设计
- 学习葡萄酒的基础知识、品鉴技巧、餐酒搭配及礼仪等
- 品鉴八款经典产区葡萄酒样酒
课程详情
- 时间：1全天授课
- 学费：S$380 (含7%GST)，两人以上报名每人S$350。
WSET Level 2 Award in Wines and Spirits
The WSET Level 2 Course in Wine is a brand new course offered starting August 2019. It is very similar to its predecessor WSET Level 2 Course in Wine and Spirits, the main difference being the removal of Spirits from the syllabus and to the new WSET Level 2 Course in Spirits. This is a 3 day course involving 21 teaching hours and a 1 hour exam consisting of 50 multiple choice questions. A group with minimum 8 students can contact us for a private class. Dates are flexible.
For more information and full details on the course requirements, see WSET Level 2 Course in Wine Specification
What you'll learn
- How to taste and describe wine using the WSET Level 2 Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine® (SAT)
- How environmental factors, grape-growing, winemaking and maturation options influence the style and quality of wines made from eight principal grape varieties.
- The style and quality of wines made from 22 regionally important grape varieties produced in over 70 geographical indications (GIs) around the world.
- How grape varieties and winemaking processes influence key styles of: Sparkling wines and Fortified wines.
- Key labelling terms used to indicate origin, style and quality.
- Principles and processes involved in the storage and service of wine.
- Principles of food and wine pairing.
Course Details
- Time: three full days
- Fees: S$1050 (incl 7% GST), S$990 for group of two and above
- Next Course: August 24, 31 and September 7, 2019
- Our course is Skillsfuture SG Certified and Claimable for Singapore Citizens above 25 years of age.For any enquiries please get in touch with us at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>WSET 二级品酒师课程
课程简介
全球最受欢迎的葡萄酒及烈酒系列课程, WSET第二级课程适合葡萄者爱好者进阶学习、酒业及餐饮业人员从业必备。全面介绍世界主要葡萄品种及产区，经典葡萄酒与烈酒，并着重学习如何读懂酒标。三天的课程充分结合理论学习和品鉴，将系统品鉴40余款葡萄酒。
WSET第二级葡萄酒及烈酒认证课程将包括以下部分：
- 葡萄酒的酿造
- 影响葡萄酒风格的其它因素
- 白葡萄主要品种
- 红葡萄主要品种
- 世界葡萄酒产区分布
- 起泡葡萄酒
- 甜葡萄酒和加强酒
- 烈酒和利口酒
- 酒标术语
- WSET二级美食与美酒的搭配指南
- WSET二级系统品酒方法®
课程详情
- 时间：3全天授课
- 学费：S$1050 (含7%GST)，两人以上报名每人S$990。
WSET Level 3 Award in Wines
This course will develop to a high-level your ability to describe wine accurately, and account in detail for the style, quality and price of wines. Our experienced educators will assist you to develop your analytic tasting abilities through a carefully selected series of 80 to 90 wine samples. Our level 3 course takes 6 full days, either 3 consecutive weekends or 6 consecutive Saturdays or Sundays , from 10am – 6pm. A group with minimum 8 students can contact us for a private class. Dates are flexible.
The course is assessed in two parts, which takes place in the last session of the course:
A combined theory paper consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions and four short written answer questions.
A tasting paper consisting of a blind tasting of two wines.
For more information and full details on the course requirements, see
WSET Level 3 Course in Wine Specification
What you'll learn
- The key factors in the production of wine: location, grape growing, winemaking, maturation and bottling.
- The key characteristics of the principal.
- Still wines of the world.
- Sparkling wines of the world.
- Fortified wines of the world.
- How to make appropriate wine recommendations.
- How to taste wines using the WSET Level 3 Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine® (SAT)
- Tutored tastings of 80 to 90 wines.
- Access to our Online Classroom for the duration of the course including preparation videos.
Course Details
- Time: Six full days. 3 consecutive weekends or 6 consecutive Saturdays or Sundays, from 10am – 6pm.
- Fees: S$2150 (incl 7% GST), S$2000 for group of two and above
- Prerequisite: Passed the Level 2 Award in Wines and Spirits or an equivalent trade qualification.
- Our course is Skillsfuture SG Certified and Claimable for Singapore Citizens above 25 years of age.For any enquiries please get in touch with us at cherwellwine.sg@gmail.com


High Priest Marie:
The Leaf of Oracle can be acquired if you pass the Oracle test. Priest Manuel of the Town of Gludio administers the test.
You can find him at the temple in the northern part of the Town of Gludio. By the way, if you use the Gatekeeper for long-distance teleportation, it will be a lot faster and easier for you.
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FIERCE CREATURES
A film review by Walter Frith
Copyright 1997 Walter Frith
The team who brought us 'A Fish Called Wanda' in 1988 re-team for 'Fierce Creatures.' There is an old saying in life which is "You can't go home again." That was never more true than with the production of 'Fierce Creatures.' John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin return in a film that has nothing to do with 'A Fish Called Wanda' but perhaps it should have. A sequel would have been a far more interesting concept than this plotline. A multi-billionaire (Kevin Kline) who is truly a hard edged businessman/rascal employs his son (also played by Kevin Kline)to travel from Atlanta to merry old England to investigate the corporate restructuring of a zoo run by a bumbling but well meaning chap (John Cleese). Along for the ride is Jamie Lee Curtis to assist in the investigation and rounding out the cast is Michael Palin as a zoo employee who is key to the film's bizarre climax. Putting it plainly, 'Fierce Creatures' is a disaster not so much because of what it's about but because it tries to capture the same level of humour as 'A Fish Called Wanda' did. The personalities of the characters in this movie are similar in nature to 'Wanda' and some of the scenes are downright copycats of that film.  Even more preposterous is the fact that it took two men to direct this farcical mess (Robert Young and Fred Schepisi)and John Cleese is aided in the screenplay by Iain Johnstone. Producer Michael Shamberg should have recognized that this film wouldn't work and even if you've never seen 'A Fish Called Wanda' you still will recognize the flaws that make this production superficial and self-serving.
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"""
The `moonspec.api` package contains all public APIs useful for writing specifications.
This package also exports global instance of `moonspec.api.Api` as var `api` for you to use in your spec files to
access APIs various APIs useful for host testing using fluent interfaces, for example,
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**Basic import**
This import contains all the basic members you might need to write your specifications.
.. code-block:: python
from moonspec.api import (api, any_of, capture,
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apply_to_roles)
"""
from typing import List, Any, Callable, Optional
from moonspec import _MOONSPEC_RUNTIME_STATE
from moonspec.api.fact import Fact, HistoricFact
from moonspec.api.interface.fs import FileSystemApi
from moonspec.api.interface.host import HostApi
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def __init__(self) -> None:
self.host: HostApi = HostApi() #: Access information related to local host
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capture_key = key
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capture_key = function_ref.__name__[8:]
else:
raise RuntimeError('Capture: decorator key must be set or function name must start with capture_')
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capture_key,
function_ref,
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)
return __capture_imp
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def __spec_imp(function_ref: Callable) -> None:
_MOONSPEC_RUNTIME_STATE.register_spec(
set(roles or []).union(_MOONSPEC_RUNTIME_STATE.scope.scope_roles),
function_ref
)
return __spec_imp
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_MOONSPEC_RUNTIME_STATE.scope.set_scope_description(description)
[docs]def fact(key: str) -> Fact:
if not _MOONSPEC_RUNTIME_STATE.has_fact(key):
return Fact(key, None)
return Fact(key, _MOONSPEC_RUNTIME_STATE.get_fact_value(key))
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if not _MOONSPEC_RUNTIME_STATE.has_historic_fact(key):
return HistoricFact(key, None)
return HistoricFact(key, _MOONSPEC_RUNTIME_STATE.get_historic_fact_value(key))
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return Subject(value, identity=identity)
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try:
assertion(*assertion_args)
return True
except Exception as e:
_MOONSPEC_RUNTIME_STATE.scope.register_soft_failure(e)
return False
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for callable_ref in assertions:
# noinspection PyBroadException
try:
callable_ref()
return
except:
continue
if description is not None:
raise RuntimeError(description)
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if scope_desc is not None:
raise RuntimeError(scope_desc)
raise RuntimeError('All expectations for any_of failed')
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"""
Add given roles to all subsequent facts and specifications, in addition to roles defined per-specification
or per capture, within the current file (module).
:param roles: one or more roles
"""
_MOONSPEC_RUNTIME_STATE.scope.apply_to_roles(set(roles))
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Hope is an alternative to markup languages. Note: Hope is superceded by Cobalt It is currently a proof of concept prototype to see where the ideas of Ted Nelson can lead us. Ted Nelson came up with the term Hypertext and famously defined 17 rules that a Hypertext system should conform to. His attempts to implement these in his Xanadu system haven't resulted in a finished system. But what if it had? Hope is an attempt to implement one small part of Ted's Xanadu dream: Annotation based markup. Instead of mixing the markup with the content, Hope keeps them rigorously apart. The content is nothing more than plaintext. The markup is in a seperate text file, only referencing the content using character ranges. The content and markup must be kept in sync. This is the main drawback I found so far: you will need a specific editing program to edit content and markup, you cannot just use a text editor. So I am working on making one, you are looking at it right now. On the left you can edit the content and below it the markup. On the right is the rendered output and below it the html source. The mouse is ignored for now, but keyboard cursor movements are followed. The only commands implemented for now are ctrl-b for bold and ctrl-i for italic. You can however add any markup you want in the markup textarea, as long as it is a valid HTML tag, whithout the < and > characters. The upside Once you accept the need for an editing tool, I have only found advantages in using this approach. There is no possibility of cross site scripting attacks, all content must be seperated into safe text-only content or unsafe markup. They cannot mingle. Parsing the markup is extremely simple, it is just a one-dimensional list. Parsing the content is even simpler, it is just plain text. You can have many different markup files for different contexts, full html or simplified for e-mail, or even a completely different markup language instead of html. Revision tracking of the content and showing the differences becomes much easier. This also makes things like collaborative editing much simpler. Creating a wysiwym html editor becomes easy, witness this thing right here. The markup list has no concept of tree structure and markup can overlap. This makes it easier to capture the intent of the human editor instead of breaking it up to fit the nested structure of a tree. If you are interested in researching this concept, grab the code from github and start experimenting.
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Researchers trying to locate Chinese immigrant remains in NJ church basement
by Anthony JohnsonBELLEVILLE, New Jersey (WABC) -- Using sophisticated geophysical mapping equipment, a team of Rutgers researchers is attempting to unearth a mystery nearly 150 years old. They are trying to locate the remains of Chinese immigrants in the basement of a historic church.
They are working carefully, preserving the history of the site.
"You want to minimize disturbance to the ground and disturbance to the historic site - disturbance to the graves," said Rutgers University Professor Lee Slater.
Those Chinese immigrants believe to be buried at the location worked on the Trans-Continental Railroad, but returned to Belleville because of its growing Chinese community.
The equipment will shed light on possible bone fragments or something they were wearing.
"If there are burials where they have any significant metallic objects, it really increases the chance of seeing the grave," said Professor Slater.
While one team is focused on the bowels of the church, another is working in the old graveyard out back. Belleville Mayor Michael Melham dropped by to share some insight on the importance of the site.
"They created the first-ever Chinatown, actually here in Belleville, and 150 years ago had the first ever Chinese New Year in the Eastern Seaboard right here in Belleville," said Mayor Melham.
Some 68 Revolutionary War veterans are also buried in the graveyard, and a number of the burial sites were unmarked. The team is trying to find those remains.
"We just want to honor those that were here before and make sure they are cared for properly and the remains," added Melham.
The mayor says the church was also a stop on the Underground Railroad, which helped escaping slaves, and adds he would not be surprised if George Washington himself stood on the property.


Simply NUC’s Sequoia is a tiny Ryzen-powered PC (for $689 and up)
by Brad LinderIntel may own the term “NUC” as used to describe a type of small form-factor desktop computer. But the company doesn’t have a monopoly on small, square mini-desktops.
Over the years we’ve seen a number of NUC-like mini PCs with AMD processors. But now a company that’s best known for selling NUCs is getting in on the action. Heck, the company even has NUC in the name.
Simply NUC’s new Sequoia computer is a small desktop PC powered by an AMD Ryzen Embedded processor.
Sequoia is designed for industrial, digital signage, or edge computing use — but it’s basically a fully functional computer that can be used for just about anything.
The little computer measures 4.5″ x 4.6″ x 1.8″ and weighs about 1.5 pounds when fully assembled. You can hang it off the back of a monitor with a VESA mount kit, or hide it away under a desk or behind a small stack of books.
Simply NUC is offering two configurations at launch:
- Ryzen v1605B w/Radeon Vega 8 graphics for $689 and up
- Ryzen V1807B w/Radeon Vega 11 graphics for $849 and up
Both of those starting prices include 4GB of RAM and 128GB of solid state storage, but you’ll have to pay extra if you want an operating system installed (Simply NUC will load Windows 10 Home, Pro, or iOT for you free of charge, but you do need to pay for the Windows license).
The computers can be configured with up to 32GB of RAM, 2.5TB of storage, and there’s optional support for a WiFi and Bluetooth card, along with accessories.
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This healthy Asian-style duck dish is packed with flavour and takes less than half an hour to make.
Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
In a bowl, mix together the curry powder, ground ginger, Chinese five-spice and sansho pepper. Set aside a teaspoon of the spice mixture for the plums. Sprinkle the rest of the spice mixture over the skin and flesh of the duck breasts.
Place the duck breasts, skin-side down, into a large, cold, non-stick, ovenproof frying pan.Turn on the heat to high and leave for 3-4 minutes, until the pan is hot and the fat has rendered.
Turn over the duck breasts and drizzle half of the honey over the skins. Transfer the pan to the oven and roast the duck breasts for 8-10 minutes (for medium), or longer until cooked to your liking, basting the duck breasts with the pan juices halfway through cooking.
When the duck is cooked to your liking, remove from the pan and set aside to rest on a warm plate for 8-10 minutes.
Meanwhile, steam the bok choi leaves with the ginger, garlic, chilli and red onion in a steamer suspended over a pan of barely simmering water for 5-6 minutes, or until wilted and tender.
Blend the plums to a fine purée with 1 teaspoon of the remaining spice mixture and all of the remaining honey, using a food processor or hand-held blender. Warm the mixture in a small saucepan, then add it to the juices released from the duck. Season with more honey if needed.
To serve, divide the steamed vegetables equally among four serving plates. Carve the duck breasts into thick slices and arrange them alongside. Finish with a dollop of the umeboshi sauce.


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Born in Notting Hill, London
1926
Started schooling at Norland Place School. Her aunt, Helen Bentwich described: "Rosalind is alarmingly clever – she spends all her time doing arithmetic for pleasure, and invariably gets her sums right."
1938
Passed matriculation, winning a scholarship for University and goes to Newham College, Cambridge.
1941
Earns bachelor's degree, research grant and scholarship under Ronald Norrish at The University of Cambridge.
1942
Accepts invite to work at BCURA (British Coal Utilization Research Association). Her work there helped classify coals and accurately predict their performance for fuel purposes and for production of wartime devices such as gas masks.
1945
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1946
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1947
Moves to Paris, France to work at the Laboratoire Central des Services Chimiques de l'Etat. She learns about X-ray diffraction techniques under Jacques Mering and becomes an authority on industrial physiochemistry.
1951
Starts work at King's College uses X-ray crystallography techniques on DNA.
1952
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1953
1956
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1957
Franklin's pains return. She is diagnosed with advanced cancer. She begins chemotherapy and continues to work half day at the lab. Franklin begins to work on the polio virus which she believes has great similarities to the yellow turnip mossaic virus. She was right.
1958
Dr. Franklin dies of cancer and sadly a few years after she dies Watson, Crick, and Wilkins won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 for all of her hard work, giving her no credit.
In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our aims: the improvement of mankind.


Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man,
So can a woman who passes herself off as a male.
They sang "Danny Boy" at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer,
The preacher talked 'bout Christ's betrayal,
It's like the earth just opened and swallowed him up,
He reached too high, was thrown back to the ground.
You know what they say about being nice to the right people on the way up,
Sooner or later you're gonna meet them coming down.
Yeah, there ain't no going back,
When your foot of pride come down, ain't no going back.
He got a brother named James, don't forget faces or names,
Sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed.
He look straight into the sun and say, "Revenge is mine, huh?"
But he drinks and drinks can be fixed.
Sing me one more song about your love into the morning, stranger,
And your fall-by-the-sword love affair with Errol Flynn.

Well, there ain't no going back,
When your foot of pride come down, ain't no going back.
There's a retired businessman named Red,
Cast down from heaven and he's out of his head,
He feeds off of everyone that a-he can touch.

Well, there ain't no going back,
When your foot of pride come down, ain't no going back.
Well, they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight,
You'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors,
How to enter into the gates of paradise, no,
How to carry a burden too heavy to be yours.
Yeah, from the stage they'll be trying to get water outta rocks,
A whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand, and say thanks.
They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in,
Sing "Amazing Grace" all the way to the Swiss banks.
Well, there ain't no going back,
When your foot of pride come down, ain't no going back.
They got some beautiful people out there, man,
They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue.

Well, there ain't no going back
When your foot of pride come down, ain't no going back.
Yes, I guess I loved him too, I can still see him in my mind climbing that hill.
Did he make it to the top? Well, he probably did and dropped,
Struck down by the strength of the will.
Ain't nothing left here, partner,
Just the dust of a plague that has left this whole town afraid.
From now on this'll be where you're from,
Let the dead bury the dead, your time will come,
Let hot iron blow as you raise the shade.
Ain't no going back,
When your foot of pride come down, ain't no going back,
Oh, yeah!
Oh, yeah!


Taking Jeju Island away?.
The higher-ups of the Japanese Hunter's Association remained calm as if they had heard the story from the Association President prior to the meeting . However, the same couldn't be said about the government officials
"What on earth are you even talking about?!".
"Are you suggesting that we should wage a war with the Koreans?".
"They have been getting ready for war for the last 60 years!".
"Say something that makes sense, will you?!".
The voices of the government representatives quickly got heated up
Right now, the proverbial flames from the ant monster incident that fell on their feet were in the process of spreading to their ankles . If they failed to present an acceptable solution to the Prime Minister and to the mass media, just who knows how many sitting here today would lose their posts?.
That was why they had summoned the Association President for this meeting, so he could suggest a tangible solution, yet what was he saying now?.
The Jeju Island this and that?!.
How could they not be incensed when the Association President was yapping on about sheer nonsense in front of these busy people?.
If it weren't for the Hunters guarding the sides of the Association President Matsumoto Shigeo, the government officials would've already started their expletive-laden tirades
'How can my expectation be on the money this wonderfully?'.
Matsumoto Shigeo looked at the barrage of ugly criticism flying in his way and smirked inwardly . Their furious reactions were well within his calculations
'Tsk, tsk . '.
Matsumoto tutted lightly in his mind, before opening his mouth he'd been keeping close until then
"Obviously, I'm not suggesting that we should wage war with the Koreans . And I'm also not suggesting that we take the land away by force, either . ".
"What was that?".
"Then, just what is it that you're trying to say?".
"Can't you stop beating around the bush?".
A corner of Matsumoto Shigeo's lips arched up
"We simply make the Korean give us the land on their own volition . ".
The riled up mood of the conference chamber rapidly cooled down from the cold attitude of Matsumoto Shigeo . Judging from the strength of the tone of his voice, or from his attitude when saying these words, anyone hearing him could tell that the Association President was being dead serious
'… . '.
The Vice Prime Minister was famed for his ice-cold demeanour, yet he chose to break his silence precisely at that moment
"Association President Matsumoto . ".
He was the closest aide to the current Prime Minister, not to mention his spokesperson on this occasion
He was attending this meeting as the proxy of Japan's current leader, so what he said in this place carried as much weight as the Prime Minister's own words
"What you said just now How will you achieve that?".
A man who could realistically be called the second most powerful figure in the Japanese government was showing his interest in the Association President Matsumoto Shigeo's plan
Was it because someone had finally paid attention?.
Matsumoto Shigeo became sombre as he proceeded with his explanations
"The Koreans currently lack the strength to deal with a rank S Gate . That was the situation four years ago when the ants first appeared, and it's still the same story even now . ".
The Vice Prime Minister nodded his head
Jeju Island was a large island that equalled around 2% of South Korea's total land mass . They had lost that much land to the monsters, yet were utterly unable to do anything about it, so was there any further explanation necessary?.
After the third subjugation effort ended in failure, the Korean government unofficially gave up on Jeju Island
That was the unofficial story everyone accepted as of now
"Under the current circumstances, how would they react when we make a suggestion of the Japanese rank S Hunters aiding with the subjugation of the ants?".
The news of the portion of the mutated ants capable of flight should have reached Korea by now . Meaning, they should've also realised that it was only a matter of time before the Korean mainland would be attacked
Unless the decision makers of the Korean government were mad, there was no way they would reject external help if provided
However .
"Even if we do lend some aid, do you believe the Koreans would hand over Jeju Island like that?".
Just as the Vice Minister alluded to just now, there were certainly a few holes in the Association President's words . From here and there, several officials began smirking openly as well . Unlike them, though, the Vice Prime Minister carried on in a calm voice, sounding neither ridiculing nor angry
"Just as you said, Mister Association President, the ants might be taken care of if we lend aid to the Koreans . ".
Out of everyone present today, the person most knowledgable regarding the combined strengths of the Korean and Japanese Hunters was the Association President Matsumoto Shigeo . And he was certain of the total defeat of the ants
There was no disagreement over that
"However, even if that happened, what is there for us to gain?".
Even though the Japanese citizens had suffered somewhat, ultimately, the ants of Jeju Island were the Koreans' problem to solve . There was no way they would sacrifice their own Hunters to help out the Koreans
'What a nonsensical notion that is . '.
The Vice Prime Minister had always been wise to the potential benefits to be gained . And he was inwardly snorting in derision right now . If you concede on something, you were supposed to gain something back in return . That was one of the basics in politics
If they were to lend out their Hunters, then they had to get something suitable back as compensation
'Receiving Jeju Island would be barely on the acceptable level of compensation . '.
The Vice Prime Minister showed some interest because his thoughts had aligned with that of the Association President . However, the reply he got instead sounded like an attempt at catching the floating clouds
Naturally, the interest of the Vice Prime Minister had cooled down faster than anyone else's
It was then, the Association President formed a mysterious smile
"When did I say we'd be helping the Koreans?".
The Vice Prime Minister frowned deeply
'Is he trying sophistry with me?'.
Just as he was about to reprimand the Association President in a dignified way with the words of "Stop wasting our time" .
'Wait '.
The eyes of the Vice Minister widened
The Association President said he'd 'suggest' lending an aid, but not about actually lending it
"You, perhaps . ?".
"It is as you suspect . ".
The Association President willingly acknowledged it . As soon as he discovered the utterly shocked expression of the Vice Prime Minister, the Association President knew that man had arrived at the same conclusion as well
"You're planning to . shove the Korean Hunters inside that ant hole, aren't you?".
As expected of a seasoned politician
'So, there was a reason why he's rumoured to be a rather 'smart' man . '.
The Association President sent a satisfied smile to the Vice Prime Minister and his rather quick-witted way of thinking
"When Korea's top Hunters enter the ant tunnel to kill the ant queen while placing their faith in our supposed 'aid', we'll simply withdraw our Hunters . ".
The Koreans had suffered three failures already . If that losing streak extended to fourth, who'd suspect the betrayal of the Japanese Hunters had anything to do with it? No, it was fine to be suspect . By then, everything would be finished already, anyway
The voice of the Vice Prime Minister quaked noticeably
"Are you . Are you planning to annihilate the top Hunters of South Korea?".
"The moment a Gate they couldn't handle opened up in Jeju Island, their fate has been sealed already . ".
The Association President once more voiced his own fatalistic world view
"No, they only managed to sustain their pathetic lives somehow, until now . ".
"But, that is . ".
"Once their top Hunters disappear in that manner, the Koreans will definitely not feel secure anymore . ".
What would happen when mutated ants capable of flight begin appearing in South Korea one by one, with all of their rank S Hunters dead?.

If it were one or two ants, their Guilds might be able to kill the invading monsters somehow . However, just as the statistics showed, the number of mutated ants would only increase exponentially, and eventually, the entirety of South Korea would be shaken up sooner or later
'When that happens, surely they would request aid from other country's Hunters . '.
However, who would be willing to help the Koreans out by then?.
China or Russia, with their great number of Hunters, but also with massive land mass they needed to cover, too?.
Or, the Americans, who refused to help when the rank S Gate opened up back then?.
Or, the North Koreans, who might invade Seoul by bringing over their own rank S Hunters, instead?.
'No, it'd be only us, the Japanese . '.
Because, Japan would also be in trouble when the number of mutated ants increases . The Koreans would have no choice but to cling onto Japan, and when that happened, Japan would be able to demand anything from them in return
'Koreans might really be willing to hand over Jeju Island by then '.
It'd be as exactly as the Association President had said
Suddenly, the Vice Minister felt a chill run down his spine . To think, that man was willing to drive another country's top Hunters to death just to make his ambition into reality .
Wouldn't a country fall to ruin because of this man if others weren't being careful?.
'He's a truly terrifying man, this Association President Matsumoto Shigeo . '.
The Vice Minister shuddered from the horrifying scheme of the Association President . However, that wasn't the end
The Association President carried on
"Jeju Island will just be the beginning . ".
One by one .
Whenever the Koreans needed the power of rank S Hunters, they would have no choice but to slowly come under Japan's influence . It was truly possible to swallow up South Korea without firing a single shot
" . And those are my thoughts . ".
Only after the Association President ended his lengthy explanation did the various cabinet members take their deeply held-up breaths . Those who previously dismissed the Association President as a crazy fool were now listening closely, strands of cold sweat trickling down their faces
The Association President quietly inquired
"What is your decision, Mister Vice Prime Minister?".
The gazes of everyone present focused on the Vice Prime Minister
" ".
The Vice Prime Minister swallowed his saliva
Currently, he was speaking for the Prime Minister here . Of course, as long as the Prime Minister trusted him, the decision made in this chamber would not be overturned at a later date
So, carefully, and even more cautiously than before .
'… . '.
After lengthy deliberation, the Vice Prime Minister raised his head
"How should the government aid you in this venture?".
***.
[You killed a Demon Knight . ].
[You have earned 3,000 experience points . ].
[You killed a Demon Knight . ].
[You have earned 3,000 experience points . ].
[You killed a Demon Aristocrat . ].
[You have earned 4,500 experience points . ].
Each time the Shadow Soldiers killed a demon found inside the castle, Jin-Woo was inundated with the experience points messages without rest
Preparing for the final showdown on the top floor, Jin-Woo continued to raise his levels diligently
When there were good rewards on offer, the accompanying risk would also be high, as well
'The Divine Water of Life, bonus Stat points, top-ranked Rune Stones, etc '.
When he thought about the rewards he would get after defeating the king of demons, there was just no way he'd slack off on levelling up himself
[Level up!].
As it so happened, almost all the demons in the vicinity had been taken care of, so Jin-Woo summoned his Status Window to confirm his current level
[Level: 87].
Before he entered the Demon's Castle for the second time, his level was 80, but it had already reached 87 . Seeing the increased Stats, a smile automatically formed on his face
'Nice . '.
Jin-Woo tightly clenched his fist
[You killed a Demon Aristocrat . ].
[You killed a Demon Aristocrat . ].
In the meantime, his Shadow Soldiers killed off the remaining demons . It was a complete victory
With the battle now over, the soldiers gathered before Jin-Woo as usual . Among them, Iron was the fastest to arrive at his side . As if he was expecting to be praised, Iron puffed out his chest and stood at attention
Jin-Woo chuckled slightly while looking at the mountainous physique blocking his view
"You finish with everything?".

Iron nodded his head even more energetically than before . Jin-Woo smirked and extended out his senses . And then, as he spun around, he also threw the 'Baruka's Dagger' behind him
'Dagger Throw!'.
His dagger flew towards a certain empty wall in the blink of an eye . But, then .
"Keo-heok!!".
The dagger didn't hit the wall, but instead stabbed deeply into the chest of a demon hiding there quietly while using invisibility . It had been quietly waiting for Jin-Woo to be separated from his soldiers to mount a sneak attack
"Euh-euhk ".
The demon could only freak out inwardly at the dagger piercing its left chest
'How did he find out?!'.
If the demon was a human, that's where the heart would have been . Meaning, that human male had completely seen through the invisibility magic from a high-ranked demon aristocrat
'How could a measly human ?'.
When the demon raised its shocked gaze away from his wound, Jin-Woo was already standing beside his target . The demon's eyes quaked violently
"But, how ?".
Jin-Woo pulled out the 'Baruka's Dagger' and activated his only close-quarter combat skill
'Vital Point Targetting!'.
Stab!.
The demon that barely managed to hold on from the damage inflicted by the Dagger Throw, ended up dying in one hit from the maxed-out 'Vital Point Targetting' skill
[You killed a Demon Aristocrat . ].
Jin-Woo returned the 'Baruka's Dagger' back to his Inventory, and stood before Iron again
"So, how will you explain this?".
'… . '.
As if he was feeling sheepish, Iron lowered his gaze and scratched the back of his head . Well, rather than the head, it was the back of his helmet, though . Soon, Igrit also made his return, having killed all the demons hiding in the deeper parts of the castle
Ng?'.
However, Jin-Woo sensed something was different about Igrit
'What's this?'.
Jin-Woo observed the approaching Igrit and tilted his head
Igrit quickly approached Jin-Woo and knelt down, before lowering his head . Up until here, it wasn't such a strange scene . But, quite unlike from before, Jin-Woo heard the mechanical beep of 'tti-ring' going off suddenly in his head
'There's a System message?'.
Jin-Woo swallowed his saliva
< Chapter 104 > Fin


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