Replacements for character classification functions.
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Replacements for character classification functions.
According to C standard, the is... family of functions have undefined behavior if the argument is outside the range of printable characters. These replacement functions are well-behaved for any input string.
The argument is a character pointer or a string iterator. Use them as in the following example:
string s{ u8" \xA0日本語" };
auto p = s.begin ();
int blanks = 0;
{
blanks++;
utf8::next (p, s.end ());
}
assert (blanks == 2);
bool isspace(const char *p)
Return true if character is blank(-ish).
Definition: utf8.cpp:576
◆ isalnum() [1/2]
| bool utf8::isalnum |
( |
const char * |
p | ) |
|
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inline |
Return true if character is an alphanumeric character (0-9 or A-Z or a-z)
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
- Returns
- true if character is alphanumeric, false otherwise
◆ isalnum() [2/2]
| bool utf8::isalnum |
( |
std::string::const_iterator |
p | ) |
|
|
inline |
Return true if character is an alphanumeric character (0-9 or A-Z or a-z)
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
- Returns
- true if character is alphanumeric, false otherwise
◆ isalpha() [1/2]
| bool utf8::isalpha |
( |
const char * |
p | ) |
|
|
inline |
Return true if character is an alphabetic character (A-Z or a-z)
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
- Returns
- true if character is alphabetic, false otherwise
◆ isalpha() [2/2]
| bool utf8::isalpha |
( |
std::string::const_iterator |
p | ) |
|
|
inline |
Return true if character is an alphabetic character (A-Z or a-z)
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
- Returns
- true if character is alphabetic, false otherwise
◆ isblank() [1/2]
| bool utf8::isblank |
( |
const char * |
p | ) |
|
|
inline |
Return true if character is blank or tab.
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
- Returns
- true if character is blank, false otherwise
◆ isblank() [2/2]
| bool utf8::isblank |
( |
std::string::const_iterator |
p | ) |
|
|
inline |
Return true if character is blank or tab.
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
- Returns
- true if character is blank, false otherwise
◆ isdigit() [1/2]
| bool utf8::isdigit |
( |
const char * |
p | ) |
|
|
inline |
Return true if character is a decimal digit (0-9)
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
- Returns
- true if character is a digit, false otherwise
◆ isdigit() [2/2]
| bool utf8::isdigit |
( |
std::string::const_iterator |
p | ) |
|
|
inline |
Return true if character is a decimal digit (0-9)
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
- Returns
- true if character is a digit, false otherwise
◆ islower() [1/2]
| bool utf8::islower |
( |
const char * |
p | ) |
|
Return true
if character is a lowercase character
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
◆ islower() [2/2]
| bool utf8::islower |
( |
std::string::const_iterator |
p | ) |
|
|
inline |
Return true
if character is a lowercase character
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
◆ isspace() [1/2]
| bool utf8::isspace |
( |
const char * |
p | ) |
|
Return true if character is blank(-ish).
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
- Returns
true
if character is blank, false
otherwise
Returns true
if Unicode character has the "White_Space=yes" property in the Unicode Character Database
◆ isspace() [2/2]
| bool utf8::isspace |
( |
std::string::const_iterator |
p | ) |
|
|
inline |
Return true if character is blank(-ish).
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
- Returns
true
if character is blank, false
otherwise
Returns true
if Unicode character has the "White_Space=yes" property in the Unicode Character Database
◆ isupper() [1/2]
| bool utf8::isupper |
( |
const char * |
p | ) |
|
Return true
if character is an uppercase character
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
◆ isupper() [2/2]
| bool utf8::isupper |
( |
std::string::const_iterator |
p | ) |
|
|
inline |
Return true
if character is an uppercase character
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
◆ isxdigit() [1/2]
| bool utf8::isxdigit |
( |
const char * |
p | ) |
|
|
inline |
Return true if character is a hexadecimal digit (0-9 or A-F or a-f)
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
- Returns
- true if character is hexadecimal, false otherwise
◆ isxdigit() [2/2]
| bool utf8::isxdigit |
( |
std::string::const_iterator |
p | ) |
|
|
inline |
Return true if character is a hexadecimal digit (0-9 or A-F or a-f)
- Parameters
-
| p | pointer to character to check |
- Returns
- true if character is hexadecimal, false otherwise


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virtual void Free(neByte *) = 0;
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After manipulating the DOM all by yourself, you'll learn a new framework – Angular JS/React (based on your project, ask your tutor).
AngularJS is an MVC framework by Google, its purpose is to allow easier SPA (Single Page Application) development in JS using MVC concepts.
React is a project by Facebook, a javascript library for building user interfaces
Before starting the exercise, take a few minutes to go over the basic tutorial.
In this exercise you will go back to our mail application and make it actually do something.

If you read about npm, you probably know this, but still:
npm install
npm run dev
Use npm to install all client side framework modules:
npm install --save angular/react
npm install --save angular-material/material-ui
(see angular-material's pre-requirements)
Your mail application will now live inside the client folder in the repository.
Your job is to transform your non-working mail application to a working application, using the provided REST server. All communications with the server will use JSON.
Your mail will support the following actions:
The provided server works with a classic REST api.
GET /
- Returns all incoming mails, long mail content will be trimmed.GET /:id
- Returns all data of a specified mail, long content is NOT trimmed.DELETE /:id
- Deletes a specified mail.GET /
- Returns all outgoing mails, long mail content will be trimmed.GET /:id
- Returns all data of a specified mail, long content is NOT trimmed.POST /
- Sends a new mail, the mail should be a JSON object conforming to the mail structure without an ID.DELETE /:id
- Deletes a specified mail.└> angular.module('APP_NAME', [... 'ngResource', 'ngMaterial' ...]);


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Do This, and your work WILL get more views/comments/fans. I promise.
Heya, everyone!
OK, it’s practical, actionable advice time. By the end of this article - IF you actually DO IT, not just read and move on - you’ll have a New Plan to get more of whatever you want - comments, fans, viewers, money - for your show or film.
So, let’s get started.
Note: this is a practical tutorial. As I say above, you need to do more than just read here. When I tell you to write stuff down or do something else, if you want to get more viewers/fans/comments/Crunchie Bars, you need to actually do it. Do so, and I virtually (see the end of the article) guarantee More Good Things.
Job The First: Get Very Specific
OK, you presumably know what your broad goal is for your show. (If you don’t, some guy not too far away from this keyboard wrote an article on figuring out your show or film’s goals a while back).
It’s easy to get paralyzed on publicity. Often we’ll end up with really broad-strokes stuff, try a bunch of different things once, and get disheartened.
So, the first job here to get things going is to get very, very specific about what you want.
You want comments? From who? What sort of comments? Do you want “this is awesome”, or “I didn’t understand BLAH” or even “I think it would be better if you’d dropped 3 beats from Scene 2”?
You want money? How much? In what quantities? Regular or one-off?
You want viewers? Great. What sort? You just want massive numbers on YouTube, or you actually want repeat viewers? Do you want people who will stick around for the series, or one-time drivebys? Do you care if they leave nice or nasty comments?
Seriously, write this stuff down, now, then come back and read the next bit.
 I don’t want to know if you own a donkey. Unless the donkey’s key to the series, in which case, stick it down.
Here’s where you list everything that’s of interest about your film or series. I do mean EVERYTHING. It’s very easy to assume you know what will make your series stand out - but you probably don’t know everything. Did I realise that because I cast someone with a very non-Receieved Pronunciation accent in BloodSpell, I would end up with a small but enthusiastic Liverpudlian following? No I didn’t.
So. What’s interesting about your show or film? What’s the story about? What challenges do the characters face? How is it different from every other YouTube vid? Is it funnier? Prettier? Covering a different group of people? Who are your characters? What characteristics of theirs would people like? What hobbies do your characters have? What accessories are they seen with? (Seriously, this stuff matters. Google “Smallville Cars” and look for the Lotus Enthusiasts’ Forum - the Superman show got free publicity from a wide variety of sportscar enthusiasts because one of the characters is super-rich and so drives interesting cars. And more publicity because another character runs a coffee shop. And rides horses. And so on.)
What’s unusual about how the show’s made? What’s unusual about the people in it? Or the people making it? Or where it’s made? (Never underestimate the power of local press).
And so on.
You should end up with PAGES of material - if you haven’t got at least one page’s worth, keep going.
Job The Third: Combine The Two Lists
You’re probably starting to see where we’re going with this one now.
There are actually two mini-jobs here. First of all, you need to look at your “stuff I want” list, and turn that from stuff into people. Who would be likely to do, give or leave the things you want?
In contrast to everything so far, you DON’T want to be too specific here - just get a general idea. Most importantly, you need to know your dealbreakers.  If you want money, to quote Naomi Dunford, they have to have some money, and they have to be at least theoretically willing to give some of it to you.
You should end up with a paragraph-ish long description. For example, if I was looking for more repeat viewers for Kamikaze Cookery, I’d be looking for people who want to be entertained, are at least vaguely interested in food, who watch video online, who aren’t totally turned off by science or geekery, who have the time to watch every week, and who have an attention span of longer than 30 seconds.
Note that I’ve not said they HAVE to be interested in science or HAVE to be geeks. I’m keeping my field broad here.
Now, it’s brainstorming time. Turn off the critical part of your brain.  And get ready to write a LOT of ideas down.
Now, look at your assets list, and write down any route you can think of that would let you contact people who fit your criteria and would be attracted by, interested in, or feel fellow feeling with something on your assets list. ANY route. No matter how daft or impossible-sounding.
One of your characters wears hats? Great! What type of hats? Maybe you could find a forum for people who like that kind of hat! Maybe you could find shops that sell that kind of hat and get them to give you free advertising, or a mention on their blog, or just get the shop owner watching. Maybe you could do an Ebay auction of the hat and link to your show. Maybe you could contact a celebrity who also likes that kind of hat. Maybe you could invite hat shop owners in your town to a free screening. Maybe you could start a Twitter account for the hat and look for other people mentioning hats in their Twitter feeds. Maybe you could get people to stick adverts for your show to the side of their hats. Maybe there’s a hat blogosphere? And so on.
Again, you should end up with PAGES of this stuff. If you can’t get started, start by writing down stuff that would definitely not work, and see if that sparks any ideas. Or just concentrate on one part of your asset list, or one item. Or free-associate from a word (“Blue”, for example - could you make a news story about the hat turning blue? Could you make a blue movie featuring the hat? And the guy in the hat? Could you contact Blue’s Clues about the hat?)
Job The Fourth: Do Eet Now.
OK, you have pages of ideas.
Turn your critical faculties back on. Look for the ones that seem the most likely to work to you. Make a shorter list of them.
Try and find a grouping of 4 or 5 similar ideas - for example, if you’ve got 2 great hat-related ideas and 3 pretty good ones, go for those. Don’t stress about quality too much - you don’t know what ideas are good yet. Do bear in mind cost (if it costs more than you can afford, you can’t do it) and time (If it takes longer than you can afford, you can’t do it). Also, look for ideas with certain results (posting on a forum = definitely going to do something. Contacting a news outlet = more of a gamble) and wide scope (Forum with 50 readers? Definite but limited scope. Oprah? Unlikely but HUGE if it works) and try for a balance between certainty and potential impact.
Put those 5 on a list.
Congratulations, you now have a new marketing plan. Your job now is simple. Do Them.
Then, once you’ve done them, look back and see how well they did. Well? Keep doing more things like that. Badly? Do something else off your massive ideas list.
Keep doing this, and you WILL build your viewership up.
And that’s it!
OK, so, here’s the deal. I hear a lot of people getting quite despairing about publicising their work. And I know it’s hard - but I also know, from a lot of experience, that if you follow this plan it WILL work.
So - if you try this, and have ANY problems at all, from “I don’t know what I want” to “I can’t think of enough ideas”, to “I tried it and nothing worked”, comment below, and I’ll help out, and keep helping out until you’re actually getting more viewers in.
Seriously. I want you to succeed.
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February 12, 2015
St. Edward's University, Austin, TX
Have no content strategy.
Make up a taxonomy as you go.
Say yes to every feature request.
Pay no attention to workflow.
Don't think of internal staff as users.
Build everything yourself.
Make your CMS a Swiss army knife.
A story!
(Headline, body, summary, slug)
By an author (byline)
No, actually, several authors
And each of their names need to link to a bio
So of course we need an author page
and the story needs a category. And a tag.
And there should probably be category and tag pages.
And the story needs lead art (captions? credits? is it content too?)
And related stories!
And it needs to be readable via rss
And it needs to be publishable in the future
And it needs a draft state for editing
And a "trashed" state, probably.
Logins and passwords and permissions, oh my!
And how are we going to organize the front page???
Oh — and ADS.
AND WHAT ABOUT COOL JAVASCRIPT STUFF???
And we need to be able to change the nav bar.
And integrate with Mailchimp/Evenbrite/CRM
Etc.
Avoid Special Snowflake Syndrome
CMS= an API, not a Swiss army knife
Content is as modular as code
Content and code structure go hand in hand.
Your CMS can serve as a training tool. But still, write docs.
Read this.
Why?
So does managing in-CMS JavaScript!
Alternatives:
Write in Wjordpress or Google Docs, then import into CMS.
Data entry in Google spreadsheets + Tabletop.js = cool, embeddable CYOA games and quizzes
Make quizzes here - end embed them.
Give people interfaces they need for the task at hand, then embed/connect the content.
Django (Intro Book, LA Times, Wagtail)
Wordpress (Largo Project)
Both! (Wjordpress)
Proprietary systems (Chorus)
Don't be afraid of the code editor.
A little HTML/CSS goes a long way.
Embed, embed, embed. (pym.js helps.)
NPR, Source, and NICAR for inspiration.
Think algorithmically and don't give up.
Command line and Git are good tools.
More resources here.
It’s your job to explain things.
Writing helps! So do references.
Don't do this:
Another textbook, another "imagine your wife is a shrew" analogy. https://t.co/JbTrkx2Qhj http://t.co/9T8GmzkwLs
— ɠᵋᶬᶬᵃ ᶩᵞᶯᶯ (@ellotheth) February 8, 2015
Define content before building, with stakeholders.
Don't assume people will write in the CMS.
Make user stories. Use wireframes.
Iterate thoughtfully. Write tests.
Use what other people have built.
Define must-haves versus nice-to-haves.
Build quickly and break things -- on your own time.


Inside 80s reunion bash: Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal and Jackie Shroff make merry
Chiranjeevi hosted the 10th annual reunion of 80s actors in Hyderabad. Mohanlal, Suhasini Maniratnam, Radikaa Sarathkumar and Jackie Shroff among others were in attendance.
25 Nov 2019, 02:53
Megastar Chiranjeevi hosted the 10th annual reunion of 80s actors in Hyderabad on Sunday. Around 40 actors, including Jaya Sudha, Jaya Prada, Suhasini, Mohanlal, Nagarjuna Akkineni and Venkatesh among others graced the event. (Photo: Radikaa Sarathkumar/Twitter)
Radikaa Sarathkumar shared photos on Twitter. (Photo: Radikaa Sarathkumar/Twitter)
She gave fans a sneak peek into the bash. (Photo: Radikaa Sarathkumar/Twitter)
Mohanlal shared a photo with Chiranjeevi on Twitter, tagging him as his "amazing friend." (Photo: Mohanlal/Twitter)
In another photo, Mohanlal struck a pose with Radikaa Sarathkumar. (Photo: Radikaa Sarathkumar/Twitter)
Ram Charan posed with Radikaa Sarathkumar and her husband Sarath Kumar. (Photo: Radikaa Sarathkumar/Twitter)
Venkatesh, Jagapathy Babu and Sumalatha posed for a selfie with Radikaa Sarathkumar. (Photo: Radikaa Sarathkumar/Twitter)
Jackie Shroff and Sarath Kumar at the 80s reunion bash. (Photo: Radikaa Sarathkumar/Twitter)


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Furious The Chase fans fume 'evening is ruined' after quiz show is replaced by rival
Fans were not happy when they tuned into ITV at 5pm for The Chase - but saw that another Bradley Walsh programme was on instead
by Rose Hill, https://www.mirror.co.uk/authors/rose-hill/The Chase viewers were left raging after discovering their beloved quiz show was replaced by a rival programme.
Tonight, fans tuned in at 5pm - only to be bitterly disappointed after finding out that it wasn't on.
Instead, host Bradley Walsh was fronting new series Cash Trapped, which sees six contestants compete to win big money.
The aim of the game is to become the person who accumulates the most and has the chance to take the money and run.
But if they manage to succeed, the rest of the contestants leave empty-handed, meaning that everyone else needs to try and stop them.
However viewers were not happy about the change in schedule and flocked to Twitter to voice their dismay.
One raged: "Been buzzing to get home at 5 all day to watch #TheChase but I’m seeing some s*** show called Cash Trapped is on instead #CashTrapped."
While another fumed: "What in the name of f*** is this nonsense #CashTrapped and when will the #thechase be back??"
A third remarked: "#TheChase that's 5pm-6pm left wide open and you you think I'm watching cash strapped think again.. COMEDY CENTRAL FRIENDS it is then."
"Wot the actual f***??
Another raged: "What on EARTH gave @ITV the impression that it was OKAY to take #TheChase off air?!
*The Chase usually airs weekdays at 5pm on ITV


Scientists have formerly concluded that Africa is the birthplace of mankind, as large numbers of human-like fossils (discovered no where else) were found on the continent, some dating back 3.5 million years. Check out this link for more information.
There are over 1,100 different species of mammals in Africa and over 2,600 species of birds. There are 10 endangered and critically endangered African animal species that you can still see on wildlife safaris in Africa; including the Riverine Rabbit, Black Rhinoceros, the Ethiopian Wolf, and the Grevy's Zebra.
The current population of the Riverine Rabbits is estimated to less than 250 breeding pairs and is still declining. Habitat loss and degradation, hunting for sport and by farm workers, and accidental trapping are the main threats.
There are only about 4880 in December 2010 according to IUCN data. Reasons to why they're endangered are but not limited to: illegal poaching, international trade in rhino horn, habitat loss and hunting by European settlers in the 20th century, civil unrest and war which led to the increase in weapons and improved communications.
Fewer than 400 of these endangered wolves remain in the wild. Because of the loss of Afroalpine habitats due to agriculture, commercial farming and human development. In addition, they're contracting rabies from dogs herding livestock and other diseases along with road killings, shooting and persecution by humans, and climate warming.
The total population in the wild is estimated at about 1966 to 2447 (recorded in 2008). Estimated 750 mature individuals, with the largest sub-population at about 255 mature individuals. Their being endangereddue to many reasons inculding but not limited to: reduced water sources, habitat degradation and loss from overgrazing, competition for natural resources, hunting and disease.


IN PURSUIT
December 12, 2015
"This... is... not... home!"
I cry unto the sea.
And yet, if familiarity exists at all,
then it lies there
between each wave.
For in each drop of ice cold truth
I've shed my tears.
In all my years
I've not returned.
And though I've lived in eighteen houses,
none of them...was home.
The mist is rising from the water now
and with it rises my unrest.
My life has been one giant quest for peace,
yet I have failed.
The voices beckon me again.
"Come home," they plead.
If they but knew of all my vain attempts.
My home lies on the shore.
Of this I'm certain.
But what shore? Where?
With each wrong turn, I find myself no closer.
Yet moving, for a while, appeases me.
Perhaps it's just the newness.
For it takes time...
to learn you don't belong.
"This is not home!"
I cry unto the sea.
And somewhere deep inside of me...I know.
I shall not find my coastal paradise within this life.
But tomorrow...
I will pack my bag and leave.
Perhaps a little further south,
where the air is warmer.
A place where nostalgia reigns for a brief time.
For any reprieve is welcome to a heart that screams,
"This ...is... not... home!"


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Guest Post By: Kate Croston Grammar spelling, and punctuation (more commonly referred to as GSP) are quickly becoming extinct in today’s world of texting, tweeting, and all around internet shorthand that focuses on getting a message across with as few characters as possible. However that doesn’t mean that we need to stop teaching kids about GSP, it just means we need to find new ways to help kids learn these things! The best way to get these valuable writing skills across to them? Through something they already know and love… technology! And more specifically through apps. By downloading different apps that come in the form of games, they’ll be having so much fun playing them that they won’t even realize they’re simultaneously learning lessons that will improve their skills as budding writers. If you’re looking for the best grammar, spelling, and punctuation apps look no further than these:
This free app uses catchy songs and cartoons to help kids learn correct grammar usage in a way that will ensure they are having fun while learning. At the end of each cartoon there will be a short quiz for kids to take to test them on what they learned. You can download the app for primary education, elementary education, and middle school education.
Hoppy the Frog will distract your kids from even realizing that they’re learning spelling as he licks letters into words. For only $0.99 your kids will be enthralled for hours playing this game and learning how to spell 150 different words. This game is perfect for kids ages 2-7.
Complete with 74 different lessons and more than 300 punctuation and writing examples your kids will be mastering grammar and punctuation in no time at all. The app is broken down into a variety of different sections so they will learn a wide and varied range of common and less common punctuation errors, and is well worth the $2.99 price tag.
Children will master over 150 words spread out into six different categories, and all for free! A1 Spelling App helps kids start with easier words and gradually move onto more difficult ones as they master each word. It’s perfect for kids in the early stages of learning spelling.
A little pricier than the other apps at $7.99, this app is definitely worth spending the extra money. It is the catch-all for teaching kids correct grammar, and works by color-coding different parts of sentences with the who, what, when, where and why sections so that users learn the various components of sentences and why they go where they do.
With apps ranging from free to $8 there is an app for everyone’s price range. Your kids will love learning as they play these different apps, and will come out far ahead of their peers when the time comes for testing their grammar skills. Since children’s writing is suffering right now because of the prevalence of social media shorthand it’s important for us to take preventative measures early on!
Author Bio:
Kate Croston is a freelance writer, holds a bachelors degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She writes guest posts for different sites and loves contributing business internet service related topics. Questions or comments can be sent to: katecroston.croston09 @ k.


The Problem that My Invention Solves is...
When people hold their glasses, put them somewhere for the night, or hold their glasses to clean them, sometimes they might break. This holds your glasses in a safe, easy-to-put glasses holder!
Most Important Features:
- Adjustable holder for diffrent lengths of glasses.
- Eay to take, portable/
- High holder for the lengths of the part that goes over your ear.
- Sturdy, stable, and secure!
Who Will Use It?
People who wear glasses.
It will Cost: $15.99
About the Inventor
I'm the inventor, Brandon.
Born in 2007, Brandon is a expert coder and future engineer. He has dreams of becoming a basketball player.


interpolate a variable from one set of shapes to another
interpolateByArea( inputDf, inputShape, by, interpolateVar, outputShape, inputVars = inputDf %>% dplyr::groups(), outputVars = outputShape %>% dplyr::groups(), aggregateFn = sum )
| inputDf | - in input data frame containing the variable(s) of interest to interpolate. Stratification of the variable can be achieved by grouping |
|---|---|
| inputShape | - an input sf map, |
| by | - the columns to use to join the inputDf to the map provided in inputShape. This is in the format of a dplyr join specification. |
| interpolateVar | - the column that we want to do areal interpolation on, |
| outputShape | - an output map which may be grouped by the desired output, |
| inputVars | - a list of columns from the inputDf (as a dplyr::vars(...) list) that define the stratification of inputDf and are desired in the output. Defaults to the grouping of inputDf |
| outputVars | - a list of columns from the outputShape (as a dplyr::vars(...) list) that we want preserved in output, or defined as a grouping of outputShape |
| aggregateFn | - a function that will be applied to area weighted components of interpolateVar - defaults to sum |
a dataframe containing the grouping columns, the outputIdVar and the interpolated value of interpolateVar


PWA Tutorial: Server-Side Programming
Browser(client) Side
The server-side logic is always executed through REST "Get" call only. In PWA, it uses Axios object.
In the previous page "Single or Multiple Page Application", you may notice that you can view HTML files used
in PWA SDK. It uses the Axios call. Please take a look at pages.html.
At the bottom, you will see:
function viewFile(fileName) {
axios
.get(pwa.webUtil.URL + 'util/getData.jjs?' + fileName)
.then(response => {
document.getElementById("fleViewTextArea").value = response.data;
pwa.webUtil.onClickOpen('fileViewModal');
});
}
The Axios calls "util/getData.jjs" API. The actual file is located in SERVER-SCRIPTS/jjs/util/getData.js. Please be aware that at the client side, it uses "jjs" extension, but at the server side, it uses "js" extension and it should be "SERVER-SCRIPTS/jjs" directory where all JavaScripts files are used for server-side API.
Server Side
At the server side, all JavaScripts files are under SERVER-SCRIPTS directory.
| Directory Name |
Description |
| jjs |
REST Get API files |
| js |
Supporting JavaScript files. All files are called from JavaScripts in "jjs" directory. |
| lib |
Supporting library JavaScript files |
If you need to provide complex processing, you could develop it in Java and use it through JavaScripts. The PWA SDK uses
Nashorn. You can learn it quicklyhere or more details in here.
JJS Directory
One JavaScript file should provide one API and it must implement jjsExec(args) function. The args is a parameter sent from
Axios call. For example, the above "util/getData.jjs" is implemented as follows:
function jjsExec(args) {
var args = pwa.process.getArgs4Jjs(args);
var fileName = args[0];
try {
return pwa.file.read(fileName);
}
catch(e) {
return "";
}
}
If the processing can be finished in very short period of time, it's fine to place the processing logic within jjsExec function.
If it takes time, it should be processed in asynchronously. For example, "util/saveData.js" is implemented as follows.
function jjsExec(args) {
return pwa.process.runAsync("SERVER-SCRIPTS/js/saveDataAsync.js", args);
}
Saving data won't take much time, but we don't need to wait until it's complete. That's why pwa.process.runAsync is used here.
JS Directory
As you see "util/saveData.js" implementation, another JavaScript file, "saveDataAsync.js" is located in the "js" directory.
The "saveDataAsync.js" file is implemented as follows:
load("SERVER-SCRIPTS/lib/LoadLib.js");
var args = pwa.process.getArgs();
pwa.file.write(args[0], args[1]);
We need to load "LoadLib.js" because this JavaScript runs on another process.
LIB Directory
Common functions are placed in this directory. Your personal library files should be placed in myLib directory and load
all files from loadMyLib.js file, which is called from LoadLib.js file.
All library functions are documented here.
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MHA tells States to strictly enforce ban on e-cigarettes
The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Ordinance was promulgated on September 18
by Special CorrespondentThe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sent an advisory to all States and Union Territories asking them to strictly enforce the ban on e-cigarettes cleared by the Union Cabinet in September.
The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (production, import, export, distribution, storage and advertisement) Ordinance was promulgated on September 18.
In a letter to Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police of all States, the MHA said that the ordinance empowered police officers above the rank of sub-inspectors to “enter, search and seize” prohibited items without any warrant.
“It is requested that due enforcement of provisions of the ordinance may kindly be ensured, considering the deleterious impact of e-cigarette on public health, especially in respect of young population going to schools and colleges,” the advisory said.
It also asked States to sensitise the enforcement personnel for effective implementation of the ordinance.
E-cigarettes do not help quit smoking


Amazing
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Tue May 05, 2009 8:01 pm
by Forlorn
This game is pretty much the S H I T... it brings me back like 6 years into xen... PLEASE please Please add more content asap, and suggest any other xen players to give it a shot... after lvl 10 things get to be really fun, and Im really enjoying the farming.. Lets see some more of this MEOW!
Re: Amazing
Posted:
Tue May 05, 2009 8:18 pm
by Joe M.
I don't know if I've mentioned it yet, but there's a large item update in the works, penciled in for release next week. This will be a thorough overhaul of the current item system, adding a TON of new items and putting in place some helpful infrastructure which should make adding items much easier in the future.
We've also got a major bug-fixing update lined up and an Economy update, which will include the Bazaar, gold, and p2p trade.
More information as we figure it out.
Re: Amazing
Posted:
Tue May 05, 2009 10:07 pm
by xen01
sup broooo!
It's joseph from in game!
This is good news aint it! we're going to get what we've been hoping for all day soon!
Re: Amazing
Posted:
Tue May 05, 2009 10:13 pm
by Forlorn
Triple the size of the w0rld =))) You guys are doing great thanks a lot, I could see my self easily addicted


So this is my first report but not my first use so i think this chem needs a lil recognition.
so after drinking hard and doing adderal for the three days i went home and recovered from New Years. After sleeping almost 20hrs i woke up around 2 in the morning. With nothing to watch on tv and noone to txt, i go jonesing and i srcape an empty syringe and a bowl. i mix the crystals with some rez and put it in my bong. this chem isnt water soluble so smoking through a bong doesnt affect anything.
So i take the first hit nice and slow and only clear half and cover the top immediately feel it one hit is comparaple to a bowl or two of k2 so i clear it and do the same for the second hit. I can definitely feel it now pretty high and as far a i could tell it just intensified my high just as much as the first hit.  I rip all thats left in one hit and exhale my neck jerks and my sight changes quickly the the verticals of my sight squeeze together and the horizons stretch. This was a high. tv is instantly interesting i remeber and laugh about old lost friends weird moments and just happy thoughts.
[Reported Dose: '5 - 15 mg smoked']
Experience Reports are the writings and opinions of the individual authors who submit them.
Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


This sample shows you how to map a built-in region state to a custom state of your choice.
In the example below, the spry:region has no markup that would render when the "ready" state for the region is fired. All of the markup in the region belongs to a specific custom region.
The reason why the data shows up initially in a table is because there is a spry:readystate attribute on the region which maps the "ready" state to "tableState". This means that whenever the region fires off its "ready" state, the region will render whatever content is marked with the "tableState".
You can use the buttons below to map the "ready" state to other custom states.
Changing the value of the select form element causes the data set to load new data. Notice that whenever new data is loaded, the region displays this data with whatever custom state was last used. This is because mapped region states persist across changes in the data, until they are unmapped, or mapped to some other state.
{firstname} {lastname}
| Name | ID | username | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| {lastname}, {firstname} | {@id} | {username} | {phone} |


Samples for creating AI solutions on Microsoft Azure.
Follow each noteook to see how to create an AI service on Azure.
A library for creating simple interactive maps with panning and zooming, ipyleaflet supports annotations such as polygons, markers, and more generally any geojson-encoded geographical data structure.
A Jupyter widget to interactively view molecular structures and trajectories.
K3D lets you create 3D plots backed by WebGL with high-level API (surfaces, isosurfaces, voxels, mesh, cloud points, vtk objects, volume renderer, colormaps, etc). The primary aim of K3D-jupyter is to be easy for use as stand alone package like matplotlib, but also to allow interoperation with existing libraries as VTK. The power of ipywidgets makes it also a fast and performant visualisation tool for HPC computing e.g. fluid dynamics.
Showcase gallery: https://k3d-jupyter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/showcase/index.html.
A 2-D interactive data visualization library implementing the constructs of the grammar of graphics, bqplot provides a simple API for creating custom user interactions.
The Jupyter widget framework is extensible and enables developers to create custom widget libraries and bindings for visualization libraries of the JavaScript ecosystem.
The cookiecutter
project helps widget authors get up to speed with the
packaging and distribution of Jupyter interactive widgets.
It produces a base project for a Jupyter interactive widget library following the current best practices. An implementation for a placeholder "Hello World" widget is provided. Following these practices will help make your custom widgets work in static web pages (like the examples of this page) and be compatible with future versions of Jupyter.


This need you to connect with Steamconnect and set your private memo key to send messages, the memo key is saved only in your browser.
No need to transfers for send messages, that is placed on steem network as a regular comment on specific "https://steemit.com/@YOURSTEEMUSER/messages" channel but all are encrypted.
Thank you! ;)


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If you don't know what Weka is, the present tool is maybe not for you. Weka is a very powerful toolbox giving access to several state-of-the-art data mining algorithms that you can apply on biological (among else) datasets. The main goal is to identify patterns (classification or regression models) in your data, i.e. to build a classifier that link attributes between them, or link attributes to a class.
Weka is easy to use when you have a specific classifier in mind, a little bit less when you have no a priori preference (or if you're not a machine learning guru). MetaClassify acts as an interface between you and Weka when your goal is to compare multiple classifiers for the same dataset. Specifically it will
Reference:
MetaClassify require a Python interpreter, the pyparsing library, and Weka to be installed before running. Once done, decompress the MetaClassify installation file; the software is then accessible through a command-line interface. Please check that weka.jar
is in your Java CLASSPATH (see the Weka documentation to do this).
MetaClassify take a valid ARFF-formated file as input, plus some parameters to control the output and the use of Weka. The list of the options can be displayed by typing MetaClassify --help
on the command-line.
Options for the input
--training-set=TRAINING_ARFF_FILE ARFF-formated training dataset --test-set=TEST_ARFF_FILE ARFF-formated test dataset. If not test dataset is provided, WEKA will evaluate the classifiers using a 10-fold cross-validation --exclude=EXCLUDED_CLASSIFIER Exclude this classifier (black list) --exclude-from=EXCLUDED_CLASSIFIERS_LIST Exclude the classifiers declared in this text file (one classifier per line) --only=FORCED_CLASSIFIER Only use this classifier (white list) --only-from=FORCED_CLASSIFIERS_LIST Only use the classifiers declared in this text file (one classifier per line) --use-output=PREVIOUS_OUTPUT_FILE Instead of running a new analysis, extract the results from a previously saved HTML-formated WEKA output (as generated with the '-o' option). The original training set is requested; any test set is ignored --use-models=PREVIOUS_MODEL_FILES Instead of building new models, use previously saved ones (option '--save-models'). A path to the corresponding binary files is requested, using a triple underscore '___' as a wildcard for the classifiers' name. Example: '--use-models models/___.model'. The original training set is ignored; a test set is required
Options for Weka and MetaClassify modifiers
-e WRAPPER, --embed-in=WRAPPER Embed each classifier in the given metaclassifier -j JAVA_OPTION, --java-option=JAVA_OPTION Option for the Java Runtime Environment --java-executable=JAVA_EXECUTABLE Java executable. Default: java -w WEKA_OPTION, --weka-option=WEKA_OPTION Option for WEKA. Be sure to know what you're doing as some options can interfer with MetaClassify -q, --quick-exit If set, quit the program when pressing Control-C (instead of just skipping the current running classifier)
Options for the output
-o WEKA_OUTPUT_FILE, --output=WEKA_OUTPUT_FILE HTML-formatted WEKA output for all the selected classifiers -p PERFORMANCES_OUTPUT_FILE, --performances=PERFORMANCES_OUTPUT_FILE Output file for the performances per model (tab- delimited format) -c CLASSES_OUTPUT_FILE, --classes=CLASSES_OUTPUT_FILE Output file for the performances per class (classification schemes only; tab-delimited format) --training-errors If set, the errors reported will the the ones on the training set, and not on the test set or by cross- validation. An error will be thrown if no training set have been used to build the model --save-models Save the built models as binary objects for further use. Only the models on the training set are saved, not the multiple ones generated by the cross- validation. The models are saved on the current directory as 'X.Y.model', with 'X' the name of the training ARFF file and 'Y' the name of the classifier --save-models-to=MODEL_FILES Same as '--save-models', with the models saved according to the provided pattern. You have to give a complete path, with a triple underscore '___' that will be automatically replaced by the name of each classifier. Example: '--save-models-to models/___.model' Alternative output: --dump-jobs=JOB_FILENAME If set, WEKA will not be called but a text file with the corresponding command-lines will be generated instead. This allows to delegate the execution of WEKA to an other computer, like a cluster. The individual outputs of these command-lines can be reused (option '--use-output') after concatenating them into a single file
Let's take one of the toy dataset provided with Weka, contact-lenses.arff
(classification problem). Using MetaClassify to build all the compatible classifiers Weka is offering on this dataset is as easy as MetaClassify --training-set contact-lenses.arff --performances contact-lenses.performances.txt --classes contact-lenses.classes.txt --output contact-lenses.output.html
. Note that the --classes
option makes sense here, but would not if dealing with regression problems (as for the cpu.arff
dataset, for example).
Launching this will display the following (depending of which version of Weka is used):
:: MetaClassify v1.3 (Dec 21, 2006) Training dataset: contact-lenses.arff Load classifiers metadata ... done (64 classifiers declared) Compatibility: 35 out of 64 classifiers weka.classifiers.bayes.AODE weka.classifiers.bayes.BayesNet weka.classifiers.bayes.HNB [cut] Running schemes weka.classifiers.bayes.AODE ... ok weka.classifiers.bayes.BayesNet ... ok weka.classifiers.bayes.HNB ... ok [cut] Done.
The resulting file contact-lenses.output.html
is the concatenation of each individual classifier's output. The two other files aggregate all the scores of interest to compare the classifier performances. The first one, contact-lenses.performances.txt
, contains the scores for the models and the time took (in seconds) to run them:
# Classifier Model Correctly classified instances Incorrectly classified instances Kappa statistic Correlation coefficient Mean absolute error Root mean squared error Relative absolute error Root relative squared error Time weka.classifiers.bayes.AODE classification 70.8333 29.1667 0.4381 0.2958 0.3492 78.2878 79.9624 0.336 weka.classifiers.bayes.BayesNet classification 70.8333 29.1667 0.4381 0.2306 0.3339 61.0486 76.4446 0.379 weka.classifiers.bayes.HNB classification 66.6667 33.3333 0.2836 0.3255 0.401 86.1588 91.8064 0.329 [cut]
The second one, contact-lenses.classes.txt
, contains the scores per classes and the confusion matrices:
# Classifier TP Rate FP Rate Precision Recall F-Measure ROC Area Known Predicted weka.classifiers.bayes.AODE 0.8 0.053 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.947 soft soft: 4 hard: 0 none: 1 weka.classifiers.bayes.AODE 0.25 0.1 0.333 0.25 0.286 0.925 hard soft: 0 hard: 1 none: 3 weka.classifiers.bayes.AODE 0.8 0.444 0.75 0.8 0.774 0.859 none soft: 1 hard: 2 none: 12 weka.classifiers.bayes.BayesNet 0.8 0.053 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.947 soft soft: 4 hard: 0 none: 1 weka.classifiers.bayes.BayesNet 0.25 0.1 0.333 0.25 0.286 0.925 hard soft: 0 hard: 1 none: 3 weka.classifiers.bayes.BayesNet 0.8 0.444 0.75 0.8 0.774 0.83 none soft: 1 hard: 2 none: 12 weka.classifiers.bayes.HNB 0.4 0.053 0.667 0.4 0.5 0.811 soft soft: 2 hard: 0 none: 3 weka.classifiers.bayes.HNB 0.25 0.05 0.5 0.25 0.333 0.713 hard soft: 0 hard: 1 none: 3 weka.classifiers.bayes.HNB 0.867 0.667 0.684 0.867 0.765 0.719 none soft: 1 hard: 1 none: 13 [cut]
MetaClassify as been made primarily to fit my own needs, which are maybe not yours. The actual limitations are:
My classifier crash due to a lack of memory. How to ask Java to use more memory ?
By passing an option to Java using -j
; to request the use of 2Gb of memory for example, type MetaClassify -j '-Xmx2048m' ...
. An other typical usage of the -j
option is to precise the location of the weka.jar
file (if it's not in your CLASSPATH): -j '-cp [path to weka.jar]/weka.jar'
How to obtain the predictions instead of the performances of my classifiers ?
Weka don't allow you to obtain both information in the same time. To ask it to output the predictions instead of the performances, follow this: first, pass the ask -p last
option to Weka. Then save this new output with the --output
option, and ignore the 'scores' (as no score will be extracted there; you will get some error messages from MetaClassify that you can ignore) by redirecting them to /dev/null for example. This will give something like MetaClassify -w '-p last' --performances /dev/null --output predictions.html ...
How to do a cost-sensitive learning ?
By embedding the classifiers in either weka.classifiers.meta.CostSensitiveClassifier
or weka.classifiers.meta.MetaCost
with the --embed-in
option. For example, MetaClassify --embed-in 'weka.classifiers.meta.CostSensitiveClassifier -C [path to the cost matrix file]' ...
Can I use the models I saved while using a given version of Weka with an other version of Weka ?
No. Each model file is specific to the version of Weka you used to generate them.
Can I use MetaClassify on a cluster of computers?
Yes, albeit indirectly. Three steps are needed:
--dump-jobs
option--use-output
)I found a bug. Are you interested ? Sure! You can send me an e-mail for any feedback at my contact page
No, MetaClassify won't select attributes for you. But at least you can use it to have an idea of the performances obtained by all the classifiers on a new dataset with selected attributes. As I had to deal with the general problem of feature (or attribute) selection, here are some documents I found very interesting to read:


Faustian Sands
A small game about choice and consequence. Made over a weekend for the Ludum Dare 44 game jam.
Vidterm
A single-file BASH script that plays videos in the terminal by rendering frames as ASCII.
All 22650 Pokemon Fusion Combinations
A video compilation of all the combinations from Pokemon Fusion, generated using FFMPEG and ImageMagick.


This session will cover all aspects of setting up, testing and running searches for evidence as part of a systematic review or map. It will cover how to build a comprehensive search string, how to decide which academic resources to search, how to combine searches of different sources of evidence in one clear search strategy, and how to identify and search for grey literature. This session will include a practical exercise involving the development of a search string for bibliographic databases and downloading search results.
Learning objectives:
To begin, watch the following presentation:
You can find the lecture handouts here.
Next, read the fifth chapter of the guidance from the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence here. We'll revisit sections of the CEE Guidance throughout the course. It focuses on environmental and conservation topics, but is subject agnostic, meaning that it's useful for other disciplines, too. Feel free to focus instead on the Cochrane Guidance if you work with healthcare topics.
In this practical exercise, take some time to formulate a Boolean search string for the following question: What are the effects of oil palm production on biodiversity in Asia?
As explained in the presentation, perhaps the best way to approach building a search string is to assemble a list of synonyms (terms that share the same meaning) for each of the question's key elements:
However, remember that we rarely search for comparator terms, because they are not often explicitly stated in titles and abstracts.
So then, spend some time building a list of synonyms for the population, exposure and outcome for the question above. When you've finished, try to combine those terms into a Boolean search string using relevant operators (e.g. 'AND', 'OR', '(', ')', *) adapted for a Web of Science Core Collections search. See here for help on what this means.
The authors of the review (available here) came up with the following search string:
("Oil palm" OR "Soybean" OR "Jatropha") AND (Tropic*) AND ("Species diversity" OR "Species richness" OR "Species abundance" OR "Species similarity" OR "Species composition" OR "Community composition" OR "Deforestation" OR "Land use change" OR "Fragmentation" OR "Habitat loss" OR "Connectivity" OR "Functional diversity" OR "Ecosystem" OR "Displacement")
What do you think about their final string? How does your string compare with theirs? Can you find any problems with the authors search string?
Developing a search string takes considerable time and expertise, and requires input from a range of different experts. Having said that, it's not a perfect science: authors write their titles and abstracts in a huge variety of ways, and using a complex range of implicit descriptions that are not always easy to predict. As systematic reviewers, we can only try our best to think of all possible ways to describe a topic, and make use of multiple search techniques to reduce the risk of missing something or introducing bias.
Once all of the evidence has been searched for, it needs to be collated, duplicates removed, and detailed records kept of the fate of each record throughout the rest of the review process. Reviewers typically make use of specialist software for this task, and we'll explore this more in the next module.


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The main package of the CAL10N project.
It contains the {@link IMessageConveyor} interface and the default implementation {@link MessageConveyor}.


Two million apply to register to vote since General Election announced
A third of applications have come from people under the age of 25.
More than two million people have applied to register to vote since the General Election was announced, according to Government figures.
A total of 2,048,039 applications were submitted between October 29 – the day the Government called for an election on December 12 – and November 19.
More than a third of applications (35%) came from people under the age of 25.
A further 30% were from 25 to 34-year-olds.
By contrast, just 5% came those aged 65 and over.
Time is running out to register to vote in the election.
Applications must be submitted by 11.59pm on Tuesday November 26.
An increase in applications is not direct evidence of an increase in the number of people able to vote.
At previous elections there have been applications from people below the legal age to vote or who are already on the electoral register.
Nonetheless the volume of applications suggests a growing interest in participating in the election.
Figures published by the Electoral Commission this week show that an estimated 25% of black voters in Great Britain are currently not registered to vote, along with 24% of Asian voters and 31% of people with mixed ethnicity.
This compares with a nationwide average of 17% who are not registered.
Craig Westwood, director of communications, policy and research at the Electoral Commission, said: “Everyone eligible to vote should be able to do so. It only takes five minutes to register to vote online – time that you might otherwise spend waiting for the kettle to boil or for a bus to arrive. So if you want to make sure your voice is heard, go online and register now.”
To be able to vote in the General Election on December 12, a person must be registered to vote, aged 18 or over on polling day, and also be either a UK or Irish citizen or a qualifying Commonwealth citizen resident in the UK.
Applications to register to vote can be made online at gov.uk/register-to-vote


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Hamilton during her time as lead Apollo flight software designer.
Here's a time line of Margaret Hamilton's life:
- 1936 - born in Paoli, Indiana
- 1954 - graduated from Hancock High School
- 1958 - earned a B.A. in mathematics with a minor in philosophy from Earlham College
- 1960 - interim position at MIT to develop software for predicting weather on the LGP-30 and the PDP-1 computers
- 1961 - worked on the SAGE Project at Lincoln Lab (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment Wheather prediction system)
- 1963 - NASA - joined the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory at MIT - working on the Apollo space mission, Hamilton's team was responsible for developing in-flight software
- 1936 - Apollo 11 - Resolved the guidance computer's bug and saved the landing three minutes before landing
- 1986 - became the founder and CEO of Hamilton Technologies, Inc.
- 2016 - awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama for her work leading the development of on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo Moon missions
- 2017 - received the "Computer History Museum Fellow Award"
"Mrs Hamilton symbolises that generation of unsung women who helped send humankind into space."
Read more about Margeret on Wikipedia and here.


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This is a sample application built with Play Framework and Skinny ORM. See in detail: https://github.com/skinny-framework/skinny-orm-in-play


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| App ID | Configuration | Started | Completed | User | Status | ResourceManager Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| @s.getId | tony-final.xml | @s.getStartedDate.format(Constants.TIME_FORMAT) | @if(s.getCompleted == -1) {- | } else {@s.getCompletedDate.format(Constants.TIME_FORMAT) |<EMAIL_ADDRESS>| @s.getStatus | Link |
| App ID | Configuration | Started | Completed | User | Status | ResourceManager Link |


synchronized
modifier on methods.
There are several reasons a synchronized
modifier on a method may be a bad idea:
synchronized
block and keep there only code that works with shared state.
As an alternative, consider synchronizing on a private final
lock object, access to which can be completely controlled.
The quick-fix is provided to wrap the method body with synchronized(this)
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class Main {
public synchronized void fooBar() {
}
}
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class Main {
public void fooBar() {
synchronized (this) {
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}
}
Use the "Options" panel to configure the inspection:
synchronized
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This project was a feature film, produced and edited in Lawrence, KS. As a production assistant I was present for most days of filming and did odd jobs on set depending on the need. This included, but was not limited to, loading and unloading each day, work with walk-on actors, and provide transportation to travelling artists.
Working under the Direction of Laura Kirk, I was the Art Director for one segment of the THREADS project. For this role I selected and purchased props, coordinated select costumes with actors, dressed the set, and reset the scene between takes.


A citizen of both the US and Canada, Thomas has spent his entire life pursuing a career in classical music. Wanting to avoid so much travel and to be closer to his family, Thomas decided to make a career change and is now training for a career in tech.
Currently, he is a student at the Epicodus school in Portland, Oregon. He enjoys the pairs programming format because it forces him to describe and create his code in the presence of others, and learn shortcuts and different points of view.
Thomas is married (as of 23 years) with four children ages 20, 20, 10 and 4. He is also a volunteer community basketball coach, and advisor to the youth at his local church. Thomas has had a great time creating webpages thus far at Epicodus.
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Could AI learn to control itself with the raw input from the environment, rather than receiving the hand-crafted features. In this article, the authors introduced an approach which combines reinforcement learning and deep neural network. This new deep learning model demonstrates its ability to master different control policies for different Atari 2600 games with only raw pixel input.
Future reward and its Bellman’s expression:
The optimal action-value function: This means the maximum expected return achievable, after seeing some sequence $s$ and then taking some action $a$ and by following policy $\pi$, which mapping sequence to actions.
The $Q^{}(s,a)$ could be expressed using Bellman’s equation: However, $Q^{}(s,a)$ is an optimal value. Normally, people use using the Bellman equation as an iterative update to converge to the optimal action-value function, when $Q_{i}\rightarrow Q^{*} $ as $i \rightarrow \infty $.
In this article, a neural network is used as a non-linear approximator to estimate the action-value function, $Q(s,a;\theta )\approx Q^{*}(s,a)$, where $\theta$ stands for the weights. The loss function could be decribed as follows: , where $y_{i}=\mathbb{E}{ {s}’\sim \varepsilon }[r+\gamma max{ {a}’}Q_{i}({s}’,{a}’;\theta_{i-1})|s,a]$ and $\rho(s,a)$ is a probability distribution over sequences $s$ and actions $a$.
The next action is selected using $\epsilon $-greedy strategy.


Dedicated and ambitious software developer, with a strong understanding of core programming concepts and solid knowledge of a wide range of languages and frameworks. Strategic thinker, skilled problem solver and effective communicator with a strong work ethic, an even temperament and integrity. Ten years of experience in leadership, training, team building and management.
Team member developing a web application using Azure/DevOps to create the employee dashboard for a local construction company. Created new data models from an updated database schema using Entity Framework. Created seed data and implemented model binding both front-end and back-end. Developed Razor Views and Controllers to create and display job schedules. Used Identity model to implement user role dependent features. Focus on team development using Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Pointil Systems, Portland OR - Lead Operator - OCTOBER 2015 – PRESENT


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Grayscale and color Doppler ultrasound examination of the carotid and vertebral artery systems bilaterally. Maximum peak systolic velocity (PSV) / end diastolic velocity (EDV) measurements were obtained.
Right Common Carotid Artery (RCCA): / cm/s No plaque Wall thickening is present Plaque causes < 50% narrowing of lumen diameter Plaque causes at least 50% narrowing of lumen diameter Near-occlusive plaque is present Total occlusion; lumen not identified
Right Internal Carotid Artery (RICA): / cm/s No plaque Wall thickening is present Plaque causes < 50% narrowing of lumen diameter Plaque causes at least 50% narrowing of lumen diameter Near-occlusive plaque is present Total occlusion; lumen not identified
Right External Carotid Artery (RECA): cm/s No plaque Wall thickening is present Plaque causes < 50% narrowing of lumen diameter Plaque causes at least 50% narrowing of lumen diameter Near-occlusive plaque is present Total occlusion; lumen not identified
Right Vertebral Artery (RVA): cm/s
Left Common Carotid Artery (LCCA): / cm/s No plaque Wall thickening is present Plaque causes < 50% narrowing of lumen diameter Plaque causes at least 50% narrowing of lumen diameter Near-occlusive plaque is present Total occlusion; lumen not identified
Left Internal Carotid Artery (LICA): / cm/s No plaque Wall thickening is present Plaque causes < 50% narrowing of lumen diameter Plaque causes at least 50% narrowing of lumen diameter Near-occlusive plaque is present Total occlusion; lumen not identified
Left External Carotid Artery (LECA): cm/s No plaque Wall thickening is present Plaque causes < 50% narrowing of lumen diameter Plaque causes at least 50% narrowing of lumen diameter Near-occlusive plaque is present Total occlusion; lumen not identified
Left Vertebral Artery (LVA): cm/s
Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) consensus statement (Radiology 2003; 229:340-346. DOI 10.1148/radiol.2292030516) was used to estimate internal carotid artery stenosis.
Right internal carotid artery: Normal (no stenosis) <50% stenosis 50% to 69% stenosis 70% stenosis to near occlusion Near occlusion Total occlusion
Left internal carotid artery: Normal (no stenosis). <50% stenosis 50% to 69% stenosis 70% stenosis to near occlusion Near occlusion Total occlusion
Vertebral arteries:


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I am Michael Ngugi currently a student at Moringa School. I am very Passionate about technology and it is because of this I am in Moringa today. I want to be part of it and build on what is already there. I studied bachelor of science in Real Estate Management at Mount Kenya University. There after I have worked with Cytonn Investment as a Financial Advisor after which I Joined ICEA LION insurance group as an insurance agent.
In my learning in Moringa I have been able to come up with a website concerning a real estate business called Enkai Luxury Homes. The Website entails a developer company who designs and develop contemporary homes and also offers architectural services. You can visit the site using the link below.
visit Enkailuxuryhomes.comIn my first week in Moringa I have gained handy skills to help me start of.


Structs of USB Audio Stream Function Interface. More...
#include <AUDDStream.h>
Public Attributes | |
| uint8_t | bAcInterface |
| Audio Control Interface Number. More... | |
| uint8_t | bAsInterface |
| Audio Streaming Interface Number. More... | |
| uint8_t | bEpNum |
| Audio Streaming endpoint address. More... | |
| uint8_t | bUnitID |
| Audio Control Unit ID. More... | |
| uint16_t | bNumChannels |
| Number of channels (including master 0, max 32) More... | |
| uint16_t | bmMuteControls |
| Mute Controls bitmap. More... | |
| uint16_t * | pVolumes |
| Volume Controls (Master,L,R..) array. More... | |
| uint8_t | bFeatureUnitOut |
| AudioControl Feature Unit ID for IN. More... | |
| uint8_t | bFeatureUnitIn |
| AudioControl Feature Unit ID for OUT. More... | |
| uint8_t | bEndpointOut |
| Streaming OUT endpoint address. More... | |
| uint8_t | bEndpointIn |
| Streaming IN endpoint address. More... | |
| uint8_t | bNumChannels |
| Number of channels (<=8) More... | |
| uint8_t | bmMute |
| Mute control bits (8b) More... | |
| uint16_t * | pwVolumes |
| Volume control data. More... | |
| AUDDStreamEventCallback | fCallback |
| Audio Streaming Events Callback. More... | |
| void * | pArg |
| Callback arguments. More... | |
Structs of USB Audio Stream Function Interface.
Struct of USB Audio Stream Interface.
Support 1 control interface, with I & O stream. Unit ID 0xFF is reserved for not implemented.
| uint8_t _AUDDStream::bEpNum |
Audio Streaming endpoint address.
| uint16_t _AUDDStream::bmMuteControls |
Mute Controls bitmap.
| uint16_t _AUDDStream::bNumChannels |
Number of channels (including master 0, max 32)
| uint8_t _AUDDStream::bUnitID |
Audio Control Unit ID.
| uint16_t* _AUDDStream::pVolumes |
Volume Controls (Master,L,R..) array.


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Adventure gear of the furred kind.


sa-ruby
- chruby
- ruby-install
- nginx + passenger
- sample application
Requirements
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Role Variables
rubies_location: /opt/rubies chruby_version: 0.3.9 ruby_install_version: 0.6.0 ruby_version: 2.3.0 option_install_app: false option_install_nginx_passenger: true option_ruby_install_setsystem: true app_short_name: app app_env: production app_repository: https://github.com/RailsApps/rails-devise.git app_base_dir: /var/www app_www_root: "{{app_base_dir}}/public" app_directories: - "{{app_base_dir}}"
Example Playbook
- hosts: www vars: - root_dir: .. pre_tasks: - debug: msg="Pre tasks section" roles: - { role: "sa-ruby", ruby_install_setsystem: true, ruby_version: 2.3.0, option_install_sampleapp: false, option_install_nginx_passenger: true } tasks: - debug: msg="Tasks section"
Introduction
Novadays, you can get your own dedicated server up and running in a seconds. Once you get it up, do you really spent several hours to configure it for your application needs ? Do you really want to repeat the same steps with each new server ? In this article I will give you an idea on automated installation with Ansible, a Simple IT Automation toolkit and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server as box OS.
Background
You would need basic understanding of ansible files syntax. if you did not play with Ansible yet, I would recommend to review some intro articles like http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro.html or perhaps one of the slideshares like http://www.slideshare.net/robertreiz/ansible-40167296?
Cooking
We would need to deploy following components: Ruby, Web server with Passenger, your application itself. For purposes of the demo, we will install well known starter Devise https://github.com/RailsApps/rails-devise.git
Ruby switcher chruby
I used to choose RMV previously, but recently I am a fan of chruby - it is lightweight, quick to understand and just works - avaiable at Github https://github.com/postmodern/chruby
Upon studiing installation instructions, we automate manual installation steps with Ansible, and get a bonus: reusable recipe to install the ch_ruby.
---
- name: Ruby | Check if chruby is present
shell: test -x /usr/local/bin/chruby-exec
when: ansible_system == "Linux"
ignore_errors: yes
register: chruby_present
tags: ruby
- name: Ruby | Download chruby distribution
get_url: url="http://github.com/postmodern/chruby/archive/v{{ chruby_version }}.tar.gz"
dest="/tmp/chruby-{{ chruby_version }}.tar.gz"
when: chruby_present is failed
tags: ruby
- name: Ruby | unpack chruby
command: tar xf "/tmp/chruby-{{ chruby_version }}.tar.gz"
chdir="/tmp"
when: chruby_present is failed
tags: ruby
- name: Ruby | chruby install target
command: make install
chdir="/tmp/chruby-{{ chruby_version }}"
become: yes
when: chruby_present is failed
tags: ruby
- name: Ruby | autoload script
template: src="{{role_dir}}/templates/ch_ruby.sh.j2" dest=/etc/profile.d/chruby.sh
become: yes
tags: ruby
Ruby install
Ruby-install is the second toolkit from the same author. At present moment, this approach is #1 choice for me when I need to install specific Ruby version. Tool is available at Github under address https://github.com/postmodern/ruby-install
Once we study ruby-install setup notes, we can automate this steps with series of ansible steps:
--- - name: Ruby | Check if ruby install is present shell: test -x /usr/local/bin/ruby-install when: ansible_system == "Linux" ignore_errors: yes register: rubyinstall_present tags: ruby - name: Ruby | Ruby install | package dependencies apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present force="yes" update_cache="yes" when: ansible_system == "Linux" with_items: - build-essential - libffi-dev - libgdbm-dev - libncurses5-dev - libreadline-dev - libreadline6-dev - libtinfo-dev - libyaml-dev become: yes tags: ruby - name: Ruby | Download rubyinstall get_url: url=http://github.com/postmodern/ruby-install/archive/v{{ ruby_install_version }}.tar.gz dest=/tmp/ruby-install-{{ ruby_install_version }}.tar.gz when: rubyinstall_present | failed tags: ruby - name: Ruby | Unpack ruby-install command: tar xf /tmp/ruby-install-{{ ruby_install_version }}.tar.gz chdir=/tmp when: rubyinstall_present | failed tags: ruby - name: Ruby | Run ruby-install install target command: make install chdir=/tmp/ruby-install-{{ ruby_install_version }} when: rubyinstall_present | failed become: yes tags: ruby - name: Ruby | Download list of rubies available command: ruby-install when: rubyinstall_present | failed become: yes tags: ruby
Ruby
Now it is time to install Ruby. Small comment here: if you deploy saying on shared server, you most likely would like to have an ability to have multiple ruby versions and switch between them. From other hand, if you deploy your application to the dedicated host - usually I also replace default system ruby with the same ruby version.
With tools above, ruby installation recipe is compact & clear:
--- - name: Ruby | Find out if ruby_version is already installed stat: path={{rubies_location}}/ruby-{{ruby_version}} register: ruby_version_present tags: ruby - name: Ruby | Install ruby_version if necessary command: '/usr/local/bin/ruby-install ruby {{ruby_version}}' when: not ruby_version_present.stat.exists become: yes tags: ruby - debug: var="ruby_install_setsystem" - name: Ruby | Update SYSTEM ruby_version if necessary command: '/usr/local/bin/ruby-install --system ruby {{ruby_version}}' when: option_ruby_install_setsystem become: yes tags: ruby
Webserver & passenger
Thanks to Phusion Passenger team, they did a great job to provide pre-built binaries for most of the popular platforms and configurations at https://oss-binaries.phusionpassenger.com/. This allows us to skip steps of compiling phusion passengers from source, recomplining webserver, etc & use pre-built binary instead.
Historically, I prefer Nginx over classic Apache, thus we will install pre-build Nginx with passenger:
--- - name: Nginx | Check if is present command: test -x /usr/sbin/nginx when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" ignore_errors: yes register: nginx_present tags: nginx - name: Passenger | Add GPG key to apt keyring apt_key: keyserver=keyserver.ubuntu.com id=561F9B9CAC40B2F7 when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and nginx_present is failed tags: passenger become: yes - name: Passenger | Install needed packages apt: state=present pkg="{{item}}" with_items: - apt-transport-https - ca-certificates when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and nginx_present is failed become: yes tags: passenger - name: Passenger | Add nginx extras repository apt_repository: repo="deb https://oss-binaries.phusionpassenger.com/apt/passenger trusty main" state=present when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and nginx_present is failed tags: passenger become: yes - name: Ruby | Install Nginx extra and Phusion Passenger apt: state=present update_cache=yes pkg="{{item}}" when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and nginx_present is failed with_items: - nginx-extras - passenger become: yes tags: passenger - name: Nginx | Create sites available/enabled directories file: path={{item}} state=directory mode=0755 with_items: - /etc/nginx/sites-available - /etc/nginx/sites-enabled when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and nginx_present is failed tags: - nginx - passenger become: yes - name: Nginx | Configure include sites-enabled lineinfile: dest=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf regexp=".*sites-enabled.*" line=" include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;" insertbefore="}" state=present tags: - nginx - passenger when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and nginx_present is failed become: yes - name: Nginx | Disable default site file: path=/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default state=absent tags: - nginx - passenger when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and nginx_present is failed become: yes - name: Nginx | Uncomment server_names_hash_bucket_size lineinfile: dest=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf regexp="^(\s*)#\s*server_names_hash_bucket_size" line="\1server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;" backrefs=yes become: yes when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and nginx_present is failed tags: - nginx - passenger - name: Nginx | Set ruby to system one lineinfile: dest=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf regexp="^(\s*)#\s*passenger_ruby" line="passenger_ruby /usr/local/bin/ruby;" backrefs=yes become: yes when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and nginx_present is failed tags: - nginx - passenger - name: Nginx | Set ruby to system one lineinfile: dest=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf regexp="^(\s*)#\s*passenger_root" line="passenger_root /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/phusion_passenger/locations.ini;" backrefs=yes become: yes when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and nginx_present is failed tags: - nginx - passenger - name: Nginx | Reload service: name=nginx state=reloaded when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and nginx_present is failed tags: - nginx - passenger become: yes
Several comments to installation script above, which might require changes in your own scenarios:
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Task named "Create sites available/enabled directories" & the next one - it actually implements Apache like "sites-available / sites-enabled" folder structure for VHosts configs. If you prefer default setup - comment this out.
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Specifiing ruby location to passenger with
lineinfile: dest=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf regexp="^(\s*)#\s*passenger_ruby" line="passenger_ruby /usr/local/bin/ruby;" backrefs=yes
As you see, replacement above assumes that system ruby is used. You might want to specifiy different ruby path here.
Goal of these two tasks is to take nginx.conf & set two parameters: passenger_root and passenger_ruby as per original instuctions in above comment.
## # Uncomment it if you installed passenger or passenger-enterprise ## passenger_root /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/phusion_passenger/locations.ini; passenger_ruby /usr/local/bin/ruby;
How to validate that you've installed nginx with passenger right ?
Execute these commands and validate the setup:
sudo /usr/bin/passenger-config validate-install What would you like to validate? Use to select. If the menu doesn't display correctly, press '!' ‣ ⬢ Passenger itself ⬡ Apache ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Checking whether this Passenger install is in PATH... ✓ * Checking whether there are no other Passenger installations... ✓ Everything looks good. :-)
and /usr/sbin/passenger-memory-stats - you should see both - Nginx & passenger processes.
sudo /usr/sbin/passenger-memory-stats Version: 5.0.26 Date : 2016-03-18 11:17:57 +0200 ------------- Apache processes ------------- *** WARNING: The Apache executable cannot be found. Please set the APXS2 environment variable to your 'apxs2' executable's filename, or set the HTTPD environment variable to your 'httpd' or 'apache2' executable's filename. --------- Nginx processes ---------- PID PPID VMSize Private Name ------------------------------------ 8768 9991 138.1 MB 1.1 MB nginx: worker process 8769 9991 137.8 MB 0.9 MB nginx: worker process 8770 9991 137.8 MB 0.9 MB nginx: worker process 8771 9991 137.8 MB 0.9 MB nginx: worker process 9991 1 137.8 MB 0.9 MB nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx ### Processes: 5 ### Total private dirty RSS: 4.68 MB ---- Passenger processes ----- PID VMSize Private Name ------------------------------ 8742 436.3 MB 1.0 MB Passenger watchdog 8745 982.9 MB 2.0 MB Passenger core 8756 444.5 MB 1.1 MB Passenger ust-router 8806 387.1 MB 69.3 MB Passenger RubyApp: /var/www/public (production) ### Processes: 4 ### Total private dirty RSS: 73.47 MB slavko@ERM:/etc/nginx$
Application setup itself
Let's define application parameters: in particular: required OS packages to build gems, app secret - to hash the passwords, application environment parameters, database connection details.
app_dependencies: - libsqlite3-dev - libmysqlclient-dev - libpq-dev - git - nodejs - npm app_short_name: app app_env: production app_domain: domain.local app_secret: 82d58d3dfb91238b495a311eb8539edf5064784f1d58994679db8363ec241c745bef0b446bfe44d66cbf91a2f4e497d8f6b1ef1656e3f405b0d263a9617ac75e app_repository: https://github.com/RailsApps/rails-devise.git # app_repository_keyname: id_rsa_app app_base_dir: /var/www app_www_root: "{{app_base_dir}}/public" app_env_vars: - {name: SECRET_KEY_BASE, value: "{{app_secret}}" } - {name: DATABASE_URL, value: "postgres://{{app_db_user}}:{{app_db_password}}@{{app_db_host}}/{{app_db_name}}"} - {name: RAILS_ENV, value: "{{app_env}}" } - {name: DOMAIN_NAME, value: "{{app_domain}}" } app_db_host: localhost app_db_user: app_user app_db_password: app_password app_db_name: app_database app_directories: - "{{app_base_dir}}"
And application provisioning script itself, which goes into stages: OS packages dependencies, Gem dependencies (for devise it is sqlite3), checking out the source code, patching Gem file so the ruby version matches the one installed on host + introducing production gems for uglifyjs (this is current app specifics), bundle install, patching database configuration, assets compilation, db migration, generating nginx site configuration, restarting the web server.
--- - name: APP STUB | Dependencies apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present force="yes" update_cache="yes" when: ansible_system == "Linux" with_items: "{{app_dependencies}}" become: yes tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | Install gem dependencies shell: "gem install --no-rdoc --no-ri {{item}}" with_items: - sqlite3 become: yes tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | Re-create base app directory file: path={{app_base_dir}} state=absent become: yes tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | Create directories file: path={{item}} state=directory mode=0755 owner={{ansible_user_id}} group={{ansible_user_id}} with_items: "{{app_directories}}" become: yes tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | Checkout app without key git: repo="{{app_repository}}" dest="{{app_base_dir}}" accept_hostkey="yes" force="yes" when: app_repository_keyname is not defined tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | Install global rails gem shell: gem install --no-rdoc --no-ri rails become: yes tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | Eliminate ruby req lineinfile: dest="{{app_base_dir}}/Gemfile" regexp="^(\s*)*ruby" line="ruby '{{ruby_version}}'" tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | gem therubyracer - uglifyjs lineinfile: dest="{{app_base_dir}}/Gemfile" regexp="^(\s*)*gem 'therubyracer'" line="gem 'therubyracer', :platforms => :ruby" insertafter="^group :production do" tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | gem execjs - uglifyjs lineinfile: dest="{{app_base_dir}}/Gemfile" regexp="^(\s*)*gem 'execjs'" line="gem 'execjs'" insertafter="^group :production do" tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | gem pg lineinfile: dest="{{app_base_dir}}/Gemfile" regexp="^(\s*)*gem 'pg'" line="gem 'pg'" insertafter="^group :production do" tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | Run bundle install --path .bundle/gems --binstubs .bundle/bin shell: bundle install --path .bundle/gems --binstubs .bundle/bin args: chdir: "{{app_base_dir}}" tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | database.yml template: src="{{root_dir}}/templates/app/database.yml.j2" dest="{{app_base_dir}}/config/database.yml" become: yes tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | Precompile assets shell: bundle exec rake assets:precompile args: chdir: "{{app_base_dir}}" environment: RAILS_ENV: "{{app_env}}" DATABASE_URL: "postgres://{{app_db_user}}:{{app_db_password}}@{{app_db_host}}/{{app_db_name}}" SECRET_KEY_BASE: "{{app_secret}}" DOMAIN_NAME: "{{app_domain}}" tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | DB Migrate shell: bundle exec rake db:migrate args: chdir: "{{app_base_dir}}" environment: RAILS_ENV: "{{app_env}}" DATABASE_URL: "postgres://{{app_db_user}}:{{app_db_password}}@{{app_db_host}}/{{app_db_name}}" SECRET_KEY_BASE: "{{app_secret}}" DOMAIN_NAME: "{{app_domain}}" tags: app_stub - name: APP STUB | Nginx conf template: src="{{root_dir}}/templates/nginx_app.conf.j2" dest="/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/{{app_short_name}}.conf" become: yes tags: app_stub - name: Nginx | Reload service: name=nginx state=reloaded become: yes tags: app_stub
In particular, we patch database config/database.yml with real connection details
# On Heroku and other platform providers, you may have a full connection URL # available as an environment variable. For example: # # DATABASE_URL="postgres://myuser:mypass@localhost/somedatabase" # # You can use this database configuration with: # production: url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'] %>
and we patch Nginx app site config to provide app environment variables to ruby app with passenger_env_var instructions.
server { listen 80 default_server; passenger_enabled on; {% for envvar in app_env_vars %} passenger_env_var {{ envvar.name }} "{{ envvar.value }}"; {% endfor %} passenger_app_env {{app_env}}; root {{app_www_root}}; }
Running the code
Let's execute provisioning & test it, for purposes of the demo - we will use local postgres as a DB
--- - hosts: www vars: - root_dir: .. roles: - { role: "sa-postgres", option_create_app_user: true } - { role: "sa-ruby", ruby_install_setsystem: true, ruby_version: 2.3.0, option_install_sampleapp: true, option_install_nginx_passenger: true }
Once application provisioning process is over:
TASK: [sa-ruby | Nginx | Reload] ********************************************** changed: [<IP_ADDRESS>] => {"changed": true, "name": "nginx", "state": "started"} PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************** <IP_ADDRESS> : ok=55 changed=46 unreachable=0 failed=0 Play run took 23 minutes
So, depending on network speed, you have your application installed.
Let's check by ip address:
Points of Interest
Now you aware of another way to deploy your ruby applications.
Demo deployment script is available at https://github.com/Voronenko/devops-ruby-app-demo , recipes packed as ansible reusable role available at https://github.com/softasap/sa-ruby


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So here is something. Why ever bother with a static webpage generator when you can easily setup a powerful web framework like Django or Wordpress or Drupal?
All wonderful questions. I dont really know.
One reason might be that security is in order. The thoguht that your exposure to the intnernet is static. There are no database hooks to take advanatage of, no php vulnerabilities, no dynamic rendering that you need to be concerned with. What ever is rendered is what ever is rendered and that is what you get.
CSS and JS run on the client machine and as such can't be exploited on the server because there is nothing to exploit.
Kind of cool.
The other thing that is kind of cool with this whole pelican thing is how simple it is. You edit your file in an ediotor ( I use VIM because I've been using it for years and years and the key bindings are engraned at this point) and then you just save the file and the geneartor creates the output.
Markdown isn't too difficult to use either. Although out of the box there are definately some things to tweak. For exmaple: Its pretty plain looking!
So here are the basic steps to setup Pelican.
- Configure your environment
- Add a theme
- Create Some Content
Configure your environment
First we need to install the software - this could not be simplier.
$ pkg install virtualenv
# now lets enable the virtualenv
# i happened to name my virtualenv "pelican"
$ virtualenv pelican
$ cd pelican/
$ . bin/activate
$ pip install pelican markdown
$ pelican-quickstart
you will be asked a bunch of setup questions about your site. You can update these parameters in your pelicanconf.py file after the fact if you want to change something.
Lets start the development server
$ ./develop_server.sh start
Now lets download a theme - this one works ok but you'll want to tweak it.
$ git clone https://github.com/DandyDev/pelican-bootstrap3.git
Lets point pelican to our new theme
Now that we have Pelican installed and running and we've downloaded our theme files we need to tell Pelican where to find the theme. This I find very elegant, there are many frameworks that make theme installation easy but I think this takes the cake.
Open up the pelicanconf.py file and add the following:
THEME = 'pelican-bootstrap3'
Create some content:
Title: Setting up a pelican blog
Date: 2016-02-12 10:20
Modified: 2016-02-12 10:20
Category: Blog
Tags: pelican, publishing, blog
Slug: setting-up-a-pelican-blog
Authors: Craig Riley
Summary: Experimenting with Pelican
Create your content using the editor of your choice.
> This is a block quote!
That is pretty much it! You have a blog that you can write and add content to without too much trouble.
Once you get the hang of the whole markdown thing *which I am still working on ;-) * then you can make it look better.
Lets add some color to the theme!
So this i think is pretty cool. You will edit the rendered css in the output direcotry and NOT the actual theme you downloaded using GIT.
Why is that important? Well, out of the box we can modify the theme to be like we want it without having to change the actual code. If updates come about we can apply them without jacking everythign up.
We can easily change the applied background color of the site by adding a background css tag to the style.css
body {
padding-top: 70px;
background:#b3ecff;
}
.navbar {
background:#f0f5f5;
}
And maybe some images???
This would be a snazzy example of inserting an image inline with very little code.
![This is the alternate text](/images/pelican.jpg) This would be a snazzy example of inserting an image inline with very little code.


void HugeArrayDestroy( VMFileHandle vmFile, VMBlockHandle vmBlock); /* Handle of directory block */
This routine destroys a HugeArray by freeing all of its blocks.
Include: hugearr.h
Boolean HugeArrayEnum( VMFileHandle vmFile, /* subject to override */ VMBlockHandle vmBlock, /* Handle of the Huge Array's directory * block */
Boolean _pascal (*callback) ( /* return true to stop */ void * element, /* element to examine */ void * enumData), dword startElement, /* first element to examine */ dword count, /* examine this many elements */ void * enumData; /* this pointer is passed to callback * routine */
This routine lets you examine a sequence of elements in a Huge Array.
HugeArrayEnum()
is passed six arguments. The first two are a file handle and block handle; these specify the Huge Array to be examined. The third is a pointer to a Boolean callback routine. The fourth argument is the index of the first element to be examined (remember, the first element in the Huge Array has an index of zero). The fifth argument is the number of elements to examine, or -1 to examine through the last element. The sixth argument is a pointer which is passed unchanged to the callback routine; you can use this to pass data to the callback routine, or to keep track of a scratch space.
The callback routine, which must be declared _pascal, itself takes two arguments. The first is a pointer to an element in the huge array. The callback routine will be called once for each element in the specified range; each time, the first argument will point to the element being examined. The second argument is the pointer that was passed as the final argument to
HugeArrayEnum()
. The callback routine can make
HugeArrayEnum()
abort by returning
true
; this is useful if you need to search for a specific element. Otherwise, the callback routine should return
false
. If the callback routine aborts the enumeration,
HugeArrayEnum()
returns
true
; otherwise, it returns
false
.
HugeArrayEnum()
is guaranteed to examine the elements in numerical order, beginning with
startElement
. The routine will automatically stop with the last element, even if
count
elements have not been enumerated. However, the starting element must be the index of an element in the array.
Include: hugearr.h
Warnings: The callback routine may not allocate, free, or resize any elements in the Huge Array. All it should do is examine or change ( without resizing) a single element.
The starting element must be an element in the array. If you pass a starting index which is out-of-bounds, the results are undefined.
word HugeArrayExpand( void ** elemPtr, /* **elemPtr is element at location * where new elements will be * created */
word numElem, /* # of elements to insert */ const void * initData); /* Copy this into each new * element */
This routine inserts a number of elements at a specified location in a HugeArray. The element pointed to will be shifted so it comes after the newly-created elements. The pointer will be fixed up to point to the first new element. The data pointed to by initData will be copied into each new element. If initData is null, the new elements will be uninitialized.
If the elements are of variable size, this routine will insert a single element; this element will be
numElem
bytes long.
Include: hugearr.h
dword HugeArrayGetCount( VMFileHandle vmFile, VMBlockHandle vmBlock); /* Handle of directory block */
This routine returns the number of elements in a Huge Array.
Include: hugearr.h
void HugeArrayInsert( VMFileHandle vmFile, VMBlockHandle vmBlock, /* Handle of directory block */ word numElem, /* # of elements to insert */ dword elemNum, /* Index of first new element */ const void * initData); /* Copy this into each new element */
This routine inserts one or more elements in the midst of a Huge Array. The first new element will have index
elemNum
; thus, the element which previously had that index will now come after the new elements. The data pointed to by
initData
will be copied into each new element. If
initData
is null, the new elements will be uninitialized.
If the elements are of variable size, this routine will insert a single element; this element will be
numElem
bytes long.
Include: heap.h
dword HugeArrayLock( VMFileHandle vmFile, VMBlockhandle vmBlock, /* Handle of directory block */ dword elemNum, /* Element to lock */ void ** elemPtr, /* Pointer to element is written here */ word * elemSize);
This routine locks an element in a Huge Array. It writes the element's address to
*elemPtr
. The dword returned indicates how many elements come before and after the element in that blok The upper word indicates how many elements come before the locked one, counting the locked element; the lower word indicates how many elements come after the locked element, again counting the locked one. If an error occured, then the lower word of the return value will be zero.
The routine also writes the size of the locked element (in bytes) to
*elemSize
. You may examine or change all the other elements in the block without making further calls to
HugeArrayLock()
.
Include: heap.h
See Also: HAL_COUNT()
,
HAL_PREV()
.
word HugeArrayNext( void ** elemPtr, word * size);
This routine increments a pointer to an element in a HugeArray to point to
the next element. If the element was the last element in its block,
HugeArrayNext()
will unlock its block and lock the next one.
The routine writes the pointer to *elemPtr; it returns the number
of elements which come after the newly-locked one in its block, counting
the newly-locked element. If this routine is passed a pointer to the last
element in a HugeArray, it returns zero and elemPtr will point
to the last element.
If the elements are variable-sized, then the word pointed to by size will be updated to reflect the size of the newly-locked element; otherwise, the value will be undefined.
Include: heap.h
Warnings: This routine may unlock the block containing the passed element. Therefore, if you need to mark the block as dirty, do so before making this call.