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domestic | general | exempted buildings and services, fittings and equipment | 2009
regulation
mandatory
(1)
Regulations 8 to 12 shall not apply to any
building
or any
services, fittings and equipment the whole of which falls into
any one or more of the exempted types described in
schedule 1.
(2)
The provision of:
(a)
services, fittings and equipment to, or the demolition
or removal of, exempted
buildings
is exempt; and
(b)
services, fittings and equipment to, or the demolition
of, exempted services, fittings and equipment is
exempt.
(3)
For the purposes of this regulation, for the avoidance of
doubt, each such exempted type does not include any of the
exceptions expressed in relation to that type.
0.3.1 Explanation
from the building regulations. The general principles applied to establish
exemption are that the regulations do not need to apply where:
•
•
•
•
inappropriate, and are likely in any case to be supervised by specialists
including civil engineers (types 9 - 12);
•
impact on the public interest and it is not in the public interest to seek to
enforce the regulations (types 13 - 15 and 17 - 21);
•
Particular care is necessary where exempted
work
is in the vicinity of, or
attached to, an existing
building
. The level of compliance of the existing
building
with building regulations should not be adversely affected when
exempt
works
are undertaken.
maintain the level of compliance with building regulations, a building warrant
which falls within type 18, over an accessible entrance and a new accessible
entrance is required.
0.3.1
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0.3.1
domestic | general | exempted buildings and services, fittings and equipment | 2009
Exempted buildings and services, fittings and equipment
Type
Exception
Buildings etc.
controlled by
other legislation
1. Any
building
in which explosives
are manufactured or stored under
a licence granted under the
Manufacture and Storage of
Explosives Regulations 2005.
is subject to licensing under the
Nuclear Installations Act 1965.
office,
canteen or visitor centre.
3. A
building
included in the schedule
of monuments maintained under
section 1 of the Ancient Monuments
and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.
Protective
works
4. Protective
works
subject to control
by regulation 13.
Buildings or
work not
frequented
by people
5. A
building
into which people cannot
or do not normally go.
A
building
within 6 metres or the
equivalent of its height (whichever is
the less) of the
boundary.
A wall
or fence. A tank, cable, sewer,
drain or other pipe above or below
ground for which there is a
requirement in these regulations.
6. Detached fixed plant or machinery
or a detached
building
housing only
fixed plant or machinery, the only
normal visits to which are
intermittent visits to inspect or
maintain the fixed plant or machinery.
Agricultural
and related
buildings
7. An
agricultural greenhouse
or other
building
of mainly translucent
material used mainly for commercial
growing of plants.
A
building
used to any extent for
retailing (including storage of goods
for retailing) or exhibiting.
used for any other form of
agriculture,
fish farming or forestry.
A
building
used to any extent for
retailing (including storage for
retailing) or exhibiting. A
building
exceeding 280 square metres in
area. A
building
within 6 metres or
the equivalent of its height
(whichever is the less) of a
residential building, office,
canteen
or visitor centre. A dungstead or
farm effluent tank.
0.3.2
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0.3.2
Description
domestic | general | exempted buildings and services, fittings and equipment | 2009
Type
Description
Exception
Works of civil
engineering
construction
9. A
work
of civil engineering
construction,
including a dock, wharf, harbour, pier,
quay, sea defence work, lighthouse,
embankment, river work, dam, bridge,
tunnel, filter station or bed, inland
navigation, reservoir, water works,
pipe line, sewage treatment works,
gas holder or main, electricity supply
line and supports, any bridge
embankment or other support to
railway lines and any signalling or
power lines and supports, and a fire
practice tower.
A bridge or tunnel forming part of
an
escape route
or an access
route provided to meet a
requirement of these
regulations. A private sewage
treatment works provided to
meet a requirement of these
regulations.
Buildings of
a specialist
nature
10. A
building
essential for the operation
of a railway including a locomotive
or carriage shed, or for the operation
of any other
work
of civil engineering
contained in type 9 of this schedule
and erected within the
curtilage
of
such a railway or
work.
A signalling and control centre
for a railway or dock. A
building
to which the public is admitted,
not being a
building
exempted by
type 11 of this schedule. A
office,
canteen, or warehouse.
rail passenger shelter or a
telephone kiosk which in so far as
it is glazed complies with the
requirements of regulation 9 and
paragraph 4.8 of schedule 5.
A
building
having a floor area
exceeding 30 square metres. A
building
containing a fixed
combustion appliance
installation.
12. A caravan or mobile home within
the meaning of the Caravan Sites
and Control of Development Act 1960,
or a tent van or shed within the meaning
of section 73 of the Public Health
(Scotland) Act 1897.
Any
wastewater
disposal system
serving a
building
of this type.
Small buildings
A
building
ancillary to and within
building
within 1 metre of a
a fixed combustion appliance
installation or
sanitary facility.
A
wall or fence.
Construction &
development
buildings
14. A
building
used only by people
engaged in the
construction,
demolition or repair of any
building
or structure during the course of
that
work.
A
building
containing sleeping
accommodation.
0.3.2
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0.3.2
domestic | general | exempted buildings and services, fittings and equipment | 2009
Type
Description
Exception
15. A
building
used in connection with
the letting or sale of any
building
under
construction
until such time
as the letting or sale of all related
buildings
is completed.
A
building
containing sleeping
accommodation.
Temporary
buildings
for a period not exceeding
28 consecutive days; or
for a number of days not
exceeding 60,
and any alterations to such
buildings
.
b.
Buildings
ancillary to
houses
A
building
exceeding 8 square
metres in area. A
building
within
1 metre of the
house
unless it is
at least 1 metre from any
sleeping accommodation. A
fixed combustion appliance
installation or
sanitary facility.
A
wall or fence.
18. A single-
storey building
attached
to an existing
house,
which is
ancillary to the
house
and consists
of a
conservatory
or
porch
which
insofar as it is glazed complies
with the requirements of regulation
9 and paragraph 4.8 of schedule 5.
A
building
exceeding 8 square
metres in area. A
building
containing a
flue,
a fixed
combustion appliance installation
within 1 metre of a
boundary.
19. A single-
storey building
which is
detached, or is attached to an
existing
house
and which is
ancillary to the
house
and
consists of a
greenhouse, carport
or
covered area
.
A
building
exceeding 30 square
metres in area. A
building
containing a
flue,
a fixed
combustion appliance installation
Buildings
ancillary to flats
or maisonettes
20. A detached single-
storey building
ancillary to and within the
curtilage
of a
flat
or
maisonette
.
A
building
exceeding 8 square
metres in area. A
building
within
1 metre of the
flat
or
maisonette
or within 3 metres of any other
part of the
building
containing the
flat
or
maisonette.
A
building
within 1 metre of a
boundary.
A
fixed combustion appliance
installation or
sanitary facility.
A
wall or fence. A swimming pool
deeper than 1.2 metres.
0.3.2
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0.3.2
domestic | general | exempted buildings and services, fittings and equipment | 2009
Type
Description
Exception
Paved areas
21. A paved area or hardstanding.
A paved area or hardstanding
exceeding 50 square metres in
area. A paved area forming part
of an access to meet a
requirement of these regulations.
0.3.2
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0.3.2


Speeding Up Repetitive Calculations with Memoization
Memoization: or (You) Call(ed) Me (Before), Maybe
Memoization is a simple yet powerful technique to optimize the performance of your code.
Memoization gives a function a memory: if the function has already been called with a given set of inputs, it remembers its output from the previous call and returns that output directly, without recalculating a known result.
Think of it like a dictionary for your function. The combination of parameters are a word, and a given output is a definition. By building up a dictionary of terms, you save time having to scrounge around for the definition (calculating it from scratch).
Say you have an expensive function. What’s expensive? Anything that takes longer time to calculate than it does to look up an answer for. Let’s go with the Factorial function.
N!
is defined as N*(N-1)*(N-2)...*1
. So 4!
is 4*3*2*1
.
0!
is defined as 1.
We can code factorial using recursion.
function factorial(N) {
if (N === 0) {
return 1;
} else return N * factorial(N - 1);
}
This works fine, but it’s a lot of work for the computer. If we call factorial(200), we’ve got to push 200 things onto the stack, every time we call the function. What if we only had to do that once, and henceforth we could simply look up the answer in a dictionary?
Memoize That!
var memoizedFactorial = function (N) {
this.dict = {};
};
memoizedFactorial.prototype.calculate = function (N) {
let key = "k_" + N;
return this.dict[key] ? this.dict[key] : (this.dict[key] = factorial(N));
function factorial(N) {
return N === 0 ? 1 : N * factorial(N - 1);
}
};
memoizedFactorial.prototype.showDict = function () {
return this.dict;
};
We prepend k_
to the function parameter N, since JS does not allow integer dictionary keys (they get cast to Strings). Might as well avoid implicit type conversion and keep things clean.
We can use our new memoized factorial thusly:
let Fact = new memoizedFactorial();
Fact.calculate(4); // 24
Okay, great…but I hear what you’re thinking. Why bother with all of this? It’s not that much faster! Well, imagine you have some loop that’s going to need the value of 0 through 9 factorial many times over.
for (var j = 0; j < 10000; j++) {
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
Fact.calculate(i);
}
}
If you tried to perform this calculation without memoization, you’d be wasting a ton of extra CPU cycles. With memoization, we just look up the value. Another benefit of memoization with a recursive function is you’re less likely to blow the stack. After calculating N factorial, for say N=10, we only have to calculate 10 more times to get 20! (we already have 10!, 9!, 8!…) memoized.
Memoize All The Things!
So let’s just write a wrapper to memoize everything!
Nope. There’s two reasons why this is a bad idea.
Memoization requires pure functions.
What’s a pure function? A function that returns the same output given the same input. It has no side effects, like getting the current time when called and multiplying that by one of its arguments.
If our function isn’t pure, returning a previous answer is likely to be incorrect. Say we have a function minuteMultiplier
that returns the result of a number multiplied by the current minute.
We could memoize the function, but we’d have to do it not only based on the arguments, but also on the current state of the function when called. In this case, memoization would likely be more trouble than it’s worth, since you’re already looking up the current time in order to determine where in your dictionary to search for a previous result. Instead of looking up the result, just return it.
Furthermore, lots of valuable functions have side effects (manipulating the DOM, querying the database, etc.). We do not want to memoize these results as they are dynamic, and any caching would be at best stale, at worst inaccurate and misleading.
Time vs Space Tradeoffs
There’s always a tradeoff here. When we’re storing numbers, no big deal. But imagine our function returns a very large object that is expensive to store in memory. In this case, memoization is a tradeoff between CPU cycles and storage space. This is often application-specific, but it’s reason enough to not be cavalier in caching your data.
As always, a little bit of thought can save a lot of work spent on undoing poor design decisions.


Interface LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries
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public interface LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries
Interface for all local date time-series types containingdouble
values.A time-series is similar to both a
SortedMap
of value keyed by date-time and aList
of date-time to value pairs. As such, the date/times do not have to be evenly spread over time within the series.The distribution of the data will influence which implementation is most appropriate.
Implementations must be immutable and thread-safe beans.
Note that
Double.NaN
is used internally as a sentinel value and is therefore not allowed as a value.
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Method Summary
All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods Modifier and Type Method Description static LocalDateDoubleTimeSeriesBuilder
builder()
Creates an empty builder, used to create time-series.static Collector<LocalDateDoublePoint,LocalDateDoubleTimeSeriesBuilder,LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries>
collector()
Returns a collector that can be used to create a time-series from a stream of points.boolean
containsDate(LocalDate date)
Checks if this time-series contains a value for the specified date.Stream<LocalDate>
dates()
Returns a stream over the dates of this time-series.static LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries
empty()
Returns an empty time-series.LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries
filter(ObjDoublePredicate<LocalDate> predicate)
Create a new time-series by filtering this one.void
forEach(ObjDoubleConsumer<LocalDate> action)
Applies an action to each pair in the time series.OptionalDouble
get(LocalDate date)
Gets the value associated with the specified date.default LocalDate
getEarliestDate()
Get the earliest date contained in this time-series.default double
getEarliestValue()
Get the value held for the earliest date contained in this time-series.LocalDate
getLatestDate()
Get the latest date contained in this time-series.double
getLatestValue()
Get the value held for the latest date contained in this time-series.LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries
headSeries(int numPoints)
Gets part of this series as a sub-series, choosing the earliest entries.default LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries
intersection(LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries other, DoubleBinaryOperator mapper)
Obtains the intersection of a pair of time series.boolean
isEmpty()
Indicates if this time-series is empty.LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries
mapDates(Function<? super LocalDate,? extends LocalDate> mapper)
Applies an operation to each date in the time series which creates a new date, returning a new time series with the new dates and the points from this time series.LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries
mapValues(DoubleUnaryOperator mapper)
Applies an operation to each value in the time series.static LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries
of(LocalDate date, double value)
Obtains a time-series containing a single date and value.default Pair<LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries,LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries>
partition(ObjDoublePredicate<LocalDate> predicate)
Partition the time-series into a pair of distinct series using a predicate.default Pair<LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries,LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries>
partitionByValue(DoublePredicate predicate)
Partition the time-series into a pair of distinct series using a predicate.int
size()
Return the size of this time-series.Stream<LocalDateDoublePoint>
stream()
Returns a stream over the points of this time-series.LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries
subSeries(LocalDate startInclusive, LocalDate endExclusive)
Gets part of this series as a sub-series between two dates.LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries
tailSeries(int numPoints)
Gets part of this series as a sub-series, choosing the latest entries.LocalDateDoubleTimeSeriesBuilder
toBuilder()
Return a builder populated with the values from this series.default LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries
union(LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries other, DoubleBinaryOperator mapper)
Obtains the union of a pair of time series.DoubleStream
values()
Returns a stream over the values of this time-series.
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Method Detail
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empty
static LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries empty()
Returns an empty time-series. Generally a singleton instance is returned.- Returns:
- an empty time-series
-
of
static LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries of(LocalDate date, double value)
Obtains a time-series containing a single date and value.- Parameters:
date
- the singleton datevalue
- the singleton value- Returns:
- the time-series
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builder
static LocalDateDoubleTimeSeriesBuilder builder()
Creates an empty builder, used to create time-series.The builder has methods to create and modify a time-series.
- Returns:
- the time-series builder
-
collector
static Collector<LocalDateDoublePoint,LocalDateDoubleTimeSeriesBuilder,LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries> collector()
Returns a collector that can be used to create a time-series from a stream of points.- Returns:
- the time-series collector
-
size
int size()
Return the size of this time-series.- Returns:
- the size of the time-series
-
isEmpty
boolean isEmpty()
Indicates if this time-series is empty.- Returns:
- true if the time-series contains no entries
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containsDate
boolean containsDate(LocalDate date)
Checks if this time-series contains a value for the specified date.- Parameters:
date
- the date to check for- Returns:
- true if there is a value associated with the date
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get
OptionalDouble get(LocalDate date)
Gets the value associated with the specified date.The result is an
OptionalDouble
which avoids the need to handle null or exceptions. UseisPresent()
to check whether the value is present. UseorElse(double)
to default a missing value.- Parameters:
date
- the date to get the value for- Returns:
- the value associated with the date, optional empty if the date is not present
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getEarliestDate
default LocalDate getEarliestDate()
Get the earliest date contained in this time-series.If the time-series is empty then
NoSuchElementException
will be thrown.- Returns:
- the earliest date contained in this time-series
- Throws:
NoSuchElementException
- if the time-series is empty
-
getEarliestValue
default double getEarliestValue()
Get the value held for the earliest date contained in this time-series.If the time-series is empty then
NoSuchElementException
will be thrown.- Returns:
- the value held for the earliest date contained in this time-series
- Throws:
NoSuchElementException
- if the time-series is empty
-
getLatestDate
LocalDate getLatestDate()
Get the latest date contained in this time-series.If the time-series is empty then
NoSuchElementException
will be thrown.- Returns:
- the latest date contained in this time-series
- Throws:
NoSuchElementException
- if the time-series is empty
-
getLatestValue
double getLatestValue()
Get the value held for the latest date contained in this time-series.If the time-series is empty then
NoSuchElementException
will be thrown.- Returns:
- the value held for the latest date contained in this time-series
- Throws:
NoSuchElementException
- if the time-series is empty
-
subSeries
LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries subSeries(LocalDate startInclusive, LocalDate endExclusive)
Gets part of this series as a sub-series between two dates.The date-times do not have to match exactly. The sub-series contains all entries between the two dates using a half-open interval. The start date is included, the end date is excluded. The dates may be before or after the end of the time-series.
To obtain the series before a specific date, used
LocalDate.MIN
as the first argument. To obtain the series from a specific date, usedLocalDate.MAX
as the second argument.- Parameters:
startInclusive
- the start date, inclusiveendExclusive
- the end date, exclusive- Returns:
- the sub-series between the dates
- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException
- if the end is before the start
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headSeries
LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries headSeries(int numPoints)
Gets part of this series as a sub-series, choosing the earliest entries.The sub-series contains the earliest part of the series up to the specified number of points. If the series contains less points than the number requested, the whole time-series is returned.
- Parameters:
numPoints
- the number of items to select, zero or greater- Returns:
- the sub-series of the requested size starting with the earliest entry
- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException
- if the number of items is less than zero
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tailSeries
LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries tailSeries(int numPoints)
Gets part of this series as a sub-series, choosing the latest entries.The sub-series contains the latest part of the series up to the specified number of points. If the series contains less points than the number requested, the whole time-series is returned.
- Parameters:
numPoints
- the number of items to select, zero or greater- Returns:
- the sub-series of the requested size ending with the latest entry
- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException
- if the number of items is less than zero
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stream
Stream<LocalDateDoublePoint> stream()
Returns a stream over the points of this time-series.This provides access to the entire time-series.
- Returns:
- a stream over the points of this time-series
-
dates
Stream<LocalDate> dates()
Returns a stream over the dates of this time-series.This is most useful to summarize the dates in the stream, such as calculating the maximum or minimum date, or searching for a specific value.
- Returns:
- a stream over the dates of this time-series
-
values
DoubleStream values()
Returns a stream over the values of this time-series.This is most useful to summarize the values in the stream, such as calculating the maximum, minimum or average value, or searching for a specific value.
- Returns:
- a stream over the values of this time-series
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forEach
void forEach(ObjDoubleConsumer<LocalDate> action)
Applies an action to each pair in the time series.This is generally used to apply a mathematical operation to the values. For example, the operator could multiply each value by a constant, or take the inverse.
base.forEach((date, value) -> System.out.println(date + "=" + value));
- Parameters:
action
- the action to be applied to each pair
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mapDates
LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries mapDates(Function<? super LocalDate,? extends LocalDate> mapper)
Applies an operation to each date in the time series which creates a new date, returning a new time series with the new dates and the points from this time series.This operation creates a new time series with the same data but the dates moved.
The operation must not change the dates in a way that reorders them. The mapped dates must be in ascending order or an exception is thrown.
updatedSeries = timeSeries.mapDates(date -> date.plusYears(1));
- Parameters:
mapper
- the operation applied to each date in the time series- Returns:
- a copy of this time series with new dates
-
mapValues
LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries mapValues(DoubleUnaryOperator mapper)
Applies an operation to each value in the time series.This is generally used to apply a mathematical operation to the values. For example, the operator could multiply each value by a constant, or take the inverse.
multiplied = base.mapValues(value -> value * 3);
- Parameters:
mapper
- the operator to be applied to the values- Returns:
- a copy of this series with the mapping applied to the original values
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filter
LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries filter(ObjDoublePredicate<LocalDate> predicate)
Create a new time-series by filtering this one.The time-series can be filtered by both date and value. Note that if filtering by date range is required, it is likely to be more efficient to use
subSeries(LocalDate, LocalDate)
as that avoids traversal of the whole series.- Parameters:
predicate
- the predicate to use to the filter the elements of the series- Returns:
- a filtered version of the series
-
intersection
default LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries intersection(LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries other, DoubleBinaryOperator mapper)
Obtains the intersection of a pair of time series.This returns a time-series with the intersection of the dates of the two inputs. The operator is invoked to combine the values.
- Parameters:
other
- the time-series to combine withmapper
- the function to be used to combine the values- Returns:
- a new time-series containing the dates in common between the input series with their values combined together using the function
-
union
default LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries union(LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries other, DoubleBinaryOperator mapper)
Obtains the union of a pair of time series.This returns a time-series with the union of the dates of the two inputs. When the same date occurs in both time-series, the operator is invoked to combine the values.
- Parameters:
other
- the time-series to combine withmapper
- the function to be used to combine the values- Returns:
- a new time-series containing the dates in common between the input series with their values combined together using the function
-
partition
default Pair<LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries,LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries> partition(ObjDoublePredicate<LocalDate> predicate)
Partition the time-series into a pair of distinct series using a predicate.Points in the time-series which match the predicate will be put into the first series, whilst those points which do not match will be put into the second.
- Parameters:
predicate
- predicate used to test the points in the time-series- Returns:
- a
Pair
containing two time-series. The first is a series made of all the points in this series which match the predicate. The second is a series made of the points which do not match.
-
partitionByValue
default Pair<LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries,LocalDateDoubleTimeSeries> partitionByValue(DoublePredicate predicate)
Partition the time-series into a pair of distinct series using a predicate.Points in the time-series whose values match the predicate will be put into the first series, whilst those points whose values do not match will be put into the second.
- Parameters:
predicate
- predicate used to test the points in the time-series- Returns:
- a
Pair
containing two time-series. The first is a series made of all the points in this series which match the predicate. The second is a series made of the points which do not match.
-
toBuilder
LocalDateDoubleTimeSeriesBuilder toBuilder()
Return a builder populated with the values from this series.This can be used to mutate the time-series.
- Returns:
- a builder containing the point from this time-series
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Answer TRUE or FALSE.
There are some algorithms that do not terminate for certain inputs.
By the technical definition of "algorithm", all algorithms terminate.
Of course, that means that some programs are not technically algorithms.


| 057:020 Khan | : |
Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children, as the likeness of vegetation after rain, thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes straw. But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment (for the disbelievers, evil-doers), and (there is) Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the believers, good-doers), whereas the life of this world is only a deceiving enjoyment. |
| 057:020 Maulana | : |
Know that this world's life is only sport and play and gaiety and boasting among yourselves and a vying in the multiplication of wealth and children. It is as rain, whose causing the vegetation to grow pleases the husbandmen, then it withers away so that thou seest it turning yellow, then it becomes chaff. And in the Hereafter is a severe chastisement, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure. And this world's life is naught but a source of vanity. |
| 057:020 Pickthal | : |
Know that the life of the world is only play, and idle talk, and pageantry, and boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children; as the likeness of vegetation after rain, whereof the growth is pleasing to the husbandman, but afterward it drieth up and thou seest it turning yellow, then it becometh straw. And in the Hereafter there is grievous punishment, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure, whereas the life of the world is but matter of illusion. |
| 057:020 Rashad | : |
Know that this worldly life is no more than play and games, and boasting among you, and hoarding of money and children. It is like abundant rain that produces plants and pleases the disbelievers. But then the plants turn into useless hay, and are blown away by the wind. In the Hereafter there is either severe retribution, or forgiveness from GOD and approval. This worldly life is no more than a temporary illusion. |
| 057:020 Sarwar | : |
Know that the worldly life is only a game, a temporary attraction, a means of boastfulness among yourselves and a place for multiplying your wealth and children. It is like the rain which produces plants that are attractive to the unbelievers. These plants flourish, turn yellow, and then become crushed bits of straw. In the life hereafter there will be severe torment or forgiveness and mercy from God. The worldly life is only an illusion. |
| 057:020 Shakir | : |
Know that this world's life is only sport and play and gaiety and boasting among yourselves, and a vying in the multiplication of wealth and children, like the rain, whose causing the vegetation to grow, pleases the husbandmen, then it withers away so that you will see it become yellow, then it becomes dried up and broken down; and in the hereafter is a severe chastisement and (also) forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure; and this world's life is naught but means of deception. |
| 057:020 Sherali | : |
Know that the life of this world is only a sport and a pastime, and an adornment, and a source of boasting among yourselves, and of rivalry in multiplying riches and children. It is like the rain, the vegetation produced whereby rejoices the tillers. Then it dries up and thou seest it turn yellow; then it becomes worthless stubble. And in the Hereafter there is severe punishment for the wicked and also forgiveness from ALLAH, and His pleasure for the righteous. And the life of this world is nothing but temporary enjoyment of delusive things. |
| 057:020 Yusufali | : |
Know ye (all), that the life of this world is but play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting and multiplying, (in rivalry) among yourselves, riches and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth which it brings forth, delight (the hearts of) the tillers; soon it withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and crumbles away. But in the Hereafter is a Penalty severe (for the devotees of wrong). And Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the devotees of Allah). And what is the life of this world, but goods and chattels of deception? |
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| 17 | package org.apache.commons.collections4.functors; | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | import java.io.Serializable; | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | import org.apache.commons.collections4.Predicate; | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | /** | |
| 24 | * Predicate implementation that returns true if the input is not null. | |
| 25 | * | |
| 26 | * @since 3.0 | |
| 27 | * @version $Id: NotNullPredicate.java 1543950 2013-11-20 21:13:35Z tn $ | |
| 28 | */ | |
| 29 | public final class NotNullPredicate<T> implements Predicate<T>, Serializable { | |
| 30 | ||
| 31 | /** Serial version UID */ | |
| 32 | private static final long serialVersionUID =<PHONE_NUMBER>832764388L; | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | /** Singleton predicate instance */ | |
| 35 | @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") | |
| 36 | public static final Predicate INSTANCE = new NotNullPredicate<Object>(); | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | /** | |
| 39 | * Factory returning the singleton instance. | |
| 40 | * | |
| 41 | * @param <T> the type that the predicate queries | |
| 42 | * @return the singleton instance | |
| 43 | * @since 3.1 | |
| 44 | */ | |
| 45 | @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") | |
| 46 | public static <T> Predicate<T> notNullPredicate() { | |
| 47 |
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1. notNullPredicate : mutated return of Object value for org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NotNullPredicate::notNullPredicate to ( if (x != null) null else throw new RuntimeException ) → KILLED |
return (Predicate<T>) INSTANCE; |
| 48 | } | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | /** | |
| 51 | * Restricted constructor. | |
| 52 | */ | |
| 53 | private NotNullPredicate() { | |
| 54 | super(); | |
| 55 | } | |
| 56 | ||
| 57 | /** | |
| 58 | * Evaluates the predicate returning true if the object does not equal null. | |
| 59 | * | |
| 60 | * @param object the object to evaluate | |
| 61 | * @return true if not null | |
| 62 | */ | |
| 63 | public boolean evaluate(final T object) { | |
| 64 |
2
1. evaluate : negated conditional → KILLED 2. evaluate : replaced return of integer sized value with (x == 0 ? 1 : 0) → KILLED |
return object != null; |
| 65 | } | |
| 66 | ||
| 67 | private Object readResolve() { | |
| 68 |
1
1. readResolve : mutated return of Object value for org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NotNullPredicate::readResolve to ( if (x != null) null else throw new RuntimeException ) → KILLED |
return INSTANCE; |
| 69 | } | |
| 70 | ||
| 71 | } | |
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| 47 |
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public class DatabaseImpl extends java.lang.Object implements Database
The main logic about Firebase realtime database is done here and we can have access to
these methods with Database
interface which is injected into DatabaseModuleActivity.
Database.CommentsDataSnapshotListener, Database.PlacesDataSnapshotListener, Database.PushListener
| Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
|---|---|
private Database.CommentsDataSnapshotListener |
mCommentsDataSnapshotListener |
private java.util.List<Comments> |
mCommentsList |
private com.google.firebase.database.DatabaseReference |
mDatabaseReference |
private com.google.firebase.database.FirebaseDatabase |
mFirebaseDatabase |
private NewPlace |
mNewPlace |
private Database.PlacesDataSnapshotListener |
mPlacesDataSnapshotListener |
private Database.PushListener |
mPushListener |
| Constructor and Description |
|---|
DatabaseImpl() |
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
void |
pushComment(Comments comments,
java.lang.String dbLocation,
java.lang.String key)
Just like what we did in pushing a new place, here we wait for a pulse that push was successfully
done and then we get the key again.
|
void |
pushDislike(int dislike,
java.lang.String dbLocation,
java.lang.String key)
This method acts just like pushLike() method.
|
void |
pushLike(int like,
java.lang.String dbLocation,
java.lang.String key)
Unlike pushing a comment or a new place, here we don't listen for any response.
|
void |
pushNewPlace(NewPlace newPlace,
java.lang.String dbLocation)
Firebase database helps to push an object and when it's done we pass its key
to our listener to use it in the future.
|
void |
query(java.lang.String dbLocation,
java.lang.String key)
First it executes a query using the dbLocation and the key.
|
void |
removeCommentsDataSnapshotListener() |
void |
removePlacesDataSnapshotListener() |
void |
removePushListener() |
void |
setCommentsDataSnapshotListener(Database.CommentsDataSnapshotListener commentsDataSnapshotListener) |
void |
setPlacesDataSnapshotListener(Database.PlacesDataSnapshotListener dataSnapshotListener) |
void |
setPushListener(Database.PushListener pushListener) |
private Database.CommentsDataSnapshotListener mCommentsDataSnapshotListener
private java.util.List<Comments> mCommentsList
private com.google.firebase.database.DatabaseReference mDatabaseReference
private com.google.firebase.database.FirebaseDatabase mFirebaseDatabase
private NewPlace mNewPlace
private Database.PlacesDataSnapshotListener mPlacesDataSnapshotListener
private Database.PushListener mPushListener
public void pushComment(Comments comments, java.lang.String dbLocation, java.lang.String key)
pushComment
in interface Database
comments
- This is a Comments
object which includes username, photoURL and the comment.dbLocation
- This is the name of the node in database where we want to push data.key
- This is the key to the right object to finally push the comments.public void pushDislike(int dislike, java.lang.String dbLocation, java.lang.String key)
pushDislike
in interface Database
dislike
- The number of dislikes that will be updated.dbLocation
- This is the name of the node in database where we want to push data.key
- This is the key to the right object to finally push the number of dislikes.public void pushLike(int like, java.lang.String dbLocation, java.lang.String key)
public void pushNewPlace(NewPlace newPlace, java.lang.String dbLocation)
pushNewPlace
in interface Database
newPlace
- This is a NewPlace
object which it includes some data like title, description and ... .dbLocation
- This is the name of the node in database where we want to push data.public void query(java.lang.String dbLocation, java.lang.String key)
public void removeCommentsDataSnapshotListener()
removeCommentsDataSnapshotListener
in interface Database
public void removePlacesDataSnapshotListener()
removePlacesDataSnapshotListener
in interface Database
public void removePushListener()
removePushListener
in interface Database
public void setCommentsDataSnapshotListener(Database.CommentsDataSnapshotListener commentsDataSnapshotListener)
setCommentsDataSnapshotListener
in interface Database
public void setPlacesDataSnapshotListener(Database.PlacesDataSnapshotListener dataSnapshotListener)
setPlacesDataSnapshotListener
in interface Database
public void setPushListener(Database.PushListener pushListener)
setPushListener
in interface Database


HE GOT GAME (Touchstone) Starring: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Rosaria Dawson, Zelda Harris. Screenplay: Spike Lee. Producers: Spike Lee and Jon Kilik. Director: Spike Lee.  Reviewed by Scott Renshaw.
As well-known as Spike Lee may be as a film-maker or spokesman for African-American causes, he may be equally well-known as a basketball fan. Most Americans first saw Lee's work in Nike commercials of the late 80s, featuring Michael Jordan and Lee himself as SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT character Mars Blackmon. Since then, Lee has become a much-lauded film director, but he has also become a vocal court-side fixture at New York Knicks games, moonlighting as director and narrator of Nike ads supporting women's basketball. Make no mistake, Spike loves his hoops.
I can't help but feel that love clouded Lee's judgment as he put together HE GOT GAME. The story deals with the strained relationship between convicted felon Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington) and his teenage son Jesus (with the Biblical, not Spanish, pronunciation, and played by Milwaukee Bucks guard Ray Allen). As Jake finds himself out of prison after nearly six years, he tries to re-connect with his son and daughter (Zelda Harris), only to find Jake deeply embittered and unable to forgive. Jesus also happens to be the #1 high school basketball prospect in the nation, which is the reason his father is on the streets again. The governor wants Jesus to attend his alma mater Big State, and offers Jake the prospect of early parole if he can persuade his son to sign a letter of intent. Unfortunately, Jake is competing with plenty of other people -- Jake's uncle (Bill Nunn), his girlfriend (Rosaria Dawson), agents, college coaches and various hangers-on -- who all hope Jesus will show them the money if they show it to him first.
The corrupt race to recruit top high school athletes isn't exactly fresh subject matter, having already appeared in the 1994 film BLUE CHIPS. Lee puts a humorous spin on some of the ridiculous excesses of the process, but his real chance at originality would have been putting us inside the head of the young men, most from impoverished backgrounds, facing these dizzying attempts to influence. That's somwhere Lee and first-time actor Ray Allen never take us, allowing us to see the insanity without allowing us to understand how Jesus really feels about it. Allen looks comfortable enough on screen, but his character is too passive, so fundamentally decent he never seems fazed by anything. Lee has a lot of stuff he wants to show us; Jesus's role is more or less to absorb it all.
As it turns out, Lee has so much to show that he keeps getting sidetracked from the one undeniable strength of HE GOT GAME, the relationship between Jake and Jesus. Washington is typically impressive, most notably in a pair of dynamic schoolyard sequences: relentlessly driving young Jesus to improve his game in a flashback, then competing with Jesus in a one-on-one game. Both sequences tear into the heart of Jake's sense of his own lost opportunities, burning with the intense competition between father and son and unspoken desires to return to simpler times.
If Lee had centered on that relationship, HE GOT GAME might have been a truly memorable film. Yet Lee keeps turning his attention elsewhere -- a strange sub-plot involving Jake's relationship with a young prostitute (Milla Jovovich), pointless banter between Jake and his two parole officers. Mostly, however, he's distracted by basketball, blasting heroic Aaron Copland compositions at every slow-motion image of schoolyard ball. There's enough thematic material here for two films; Lee decides to make them both simultaneously. The resulting film feels scattershot, heavy on interesting images and ideas but light on cohesiveness. Somewhere in there is an engrossing family drama, often relegated to the nosebleed seats while Lee keeps pulling us courtside to watch his inner city story with a basketball backdrop turn into a basketball story.
On the Renshaw scale of 0 to 10 hoop dreams: 5.
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Topeka man sentenced for cyberstalking involving teacher
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A 35-year-old Topeka man was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for cyberstalking a former co-worker by using her identity to post sexual content.
U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Blake Adam Austin was sentenced Tuesday for cyberstalking and possessing and distributing child pornography.
The investigation began when a middle school teacher in Topeka reported receiving emails from males responding to a Craigslist ad in which someone used the victim’s identity to post sexual content.
The problem continued for years until an investigator identified an account Austin was using to post sexual content and the victim’s contact information.
The woman said she had worked with Austin at a coffee shop and had rejected his attempts to initiate a relationship.
Investigators also found images of Austin having sex with a 17-year-old girl and sexually explicit photos of a girl under 15.
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clicking the appropriate buttons.
When you are finished drawing, you may select function type and enter function's name.
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public final class DrawingContext
The DrawingContext
class represents a PDF drawing destination.
You cannot initialize the context directly. You need to call the PDFDocument.addPage(_:)
method; an instance
of DrawingContext
will be passed to the provided closure. That instance is only valid during the lifetime
of that closure.
Each instance of DrawingContext
is bound to some PDFPage
, hence you can use it to perform
drawing operations on only one page.
-
The page this context is bound to.
Declaration
Swift
public let page: PDFPage
-
Puts the
drawable
visualization onto the page at the specified position.Parameters
drawable
The entity to draw.
position
The position to put the
drawable
at. The meaning of this property depends on thedrawable
‘s implementation. -
Puts the
drawable
visualization onto the page at the specified position.Declaration
Swift
@inlinable public func draw(_ drawable: Drawable, x: Float, y: Float) throws
Parameters
drawable
The entity to draw.
x
The x coordinate of the position to put the
drawable
at.y
The y coordinate of the position.
-
The default line width.
Declaration
Swift
public static let defaultLineWidth: Float
-
The current line width for path painting of the page. Must be nonegative. Default value is
DrawingContext.defaultLineWidth
.Declaration
Swift
public var lineWidth: Float { get set }
-
The dash pattern for lines in the page. Default value is
DashStyle.straightLine
.Declaration
Swift
public var dashStyle: DashStyle { get set }
-
The shape to be used at the ends of lines. Default value is
LineCap.butt
.Declaration
Swift
public var lineCap: LineCap { get set }
-
The line join style in the page. Default value is
LineJoin.miter
.Declaration
Swift
public var lineJoin: LineJoin { get set }
-
The default miter limit for the joins of connected lines.
Declaration
Swift
public static let defaultMiterLimit: Float
-
The miter limit for the joins of connected lines. Minimum value is 1. Default value is
DrawingContext.defaultMiterLimit
.Declaration
Swift
public var miterLimit: Float { get set }
-
The number of the page’s graphics state stack.
This number is increased whenever you call
withNewGState(_:)
orclip(to:rule:_:)
and decreased as soon as such a function returns.The value of this property must not be greater than
DrawingContext.maxGraphicsStateDepth
.Declaration
Swift
public var graphicsStateDepth: Int { get }
-
The maximum depth of the graphics state stack.
Declaration
Swift
public static let maxGraphicsStateDepth: Int
-
Saves the page’s current graphics state to the stack, then executes
body
, then restores the saved graphics state.Precondition
The value of
graphicsStateDepth
must be less thanstatic DrawingContext.maxGraphicsStateDepth
.Important
Inside the provided block the value of
graphicsStateDepth
is incremented. Check it to prevent the precondition failure.The parameters that are saved at the beginning of the call and restored at the end are:
- Character Spacing
- Clipping Path
- Dash Mode
- Filling Color
- Flatness
- Font
- Font Size
- Horizontal Scalling
- Line Width
- Line Cap Style
- Line Join Style
- Miter Limit
- Rendering Mode
- Stroking Color
- Text Leading
- Text Rise
- Transformation Matrix
- Word Spacing
Example:
assert(context.fillColor == .red) try context.withNewGState { context.fillColor = .blue assert(context.fillColor == .blue) } assert(context.fillColor == .red)
Declaration
Swift
public func withNewGState(_ body: () throws -> Void) rethrows
Parameters
body
The code to execute using a new graphics state. rethrows errors thrown by
body
.
-
The transformation matrix for the current graphics state
Declaration
Swift
public var currentTransform: AffineTransform { get }
-
Rotates the coordinate system of the page.
You can call this method inside the
withNewGState(_:)
block, thereby being able to use the old coordinate system afterwithNewGState(_:)
returns.Declaration
Swift
@inlinable public func rotate(byAngle angle: Float)
Parameters
angle
The angle, in radians, by which to rotate the coordinate space. Positive values rotate counterclockwise and negative values rotate clockwise.
-
Changes the scale of the coordinate system of the page.
For example, to change the coordinate system of the page to 300 dpi:
context.scale(byX: 72.0 / 300.0, y: 72.0 / 300)
You can call this method inside the
withNewGState(_:)
block, thereby being able to use the old coordinate system afterwithNewGState(_:)
returns.Declaration
Swift
@inlinable public func scale(byX sx: Float, y sy: Float)
Parameters
sx
The factor by which to scale the x-axis of the coordinate space.
sy
The factor by which to scale the y-axis of the coordinate space.
-
Changes the origin of the coordinate system of the page.
You can call this method inside the
withNewGState(_:)
block, thereby being able to use the old coordinate system afterwithNewGState(_:)
returns.Declaration
Swift
@inlinable public func translate(byX tx: Float, y ty: Float)
Parameters
tx
The amount to displace the x-axis of the coordinate space.
ty
The amount to displace the y-axis of the coordinate space.
-
Concatenates the page’s current transformation matrix and the specified matrix.
When you call this function, it concatenates (that is, it combines) two matrices, by multiplying them together. The order in which matrices are concatenated is important, as the operations are not commutative.
You can call this method inside the
withNewGState(_:)
block, thereby being able to use the old coordinate system afterwithNewGState(_:)
returns.Declaration
Swift
public func concatenate(_ transform: AffineTransform)
Parameters
transform
The transformation to apply to the page’s current transformation.
-
The current value of the page’s stroking color space. Default value is
PDFColorSpace.deviceGray
Declaration
Swift
public var strokingColorSpace: PDFColorSpace { get }
-
The current value of the page’s filling color space. Default value is
PDFColorSpace.deviceGray
Declaration
Swift
public var fillingColorSpace: PDFColorSpace { get }
-
The current value of the page’s stroking color. Default is black in the
deviceGray
color space.Declaration
Swift
public var strokeColor: Color { get set }
-
The current value of the page’s filling color. Default is black in the
deviceGray
color space.Declaration
Swift
public var fillColor: Color { get set }
-
Sets the clipping area for drawing.
Precondition
The value of
graphicsStateDepth
must be less thanstatic DrawingContext.maxGraphicsStateDepth
.Important
Inside the provided block the value of
graphicsStateDepth
is incremented. Check it to prevent the precondition failure.Important
Graphics parameters that are set inside the
drawInsideClippingArea
closure do not persist outside the call of that closure. I. e. if, for example, the context’s fill color had been black and then was set to red inside thedrawInsideClippingArea
closure, after the closure returns it is black again.Declaration
Parameters
path
The path that constraints the clipping area. Must be closed.
rule
The rule for determining which areas to treat as the interior of the path. Default value is
.winding
.drawInsideClippingArea
All that is drawn inside this closure is clipped to the provided
path
. -
Fills the
path
.Declaration
Parameters
path
The path to fill.
rule
The rule for determining which areas to treat as the interior of the path. Default value is
.winding
.stroke
If specified
true
, also paints the path itself. Default value isfalse
. -
Paints the
path
.Declaration
Swift
public func stroke(_ path: Path)
Parameters
path
The path to paint.
-
The current font of the context. Default value is
Font.helvetica
You can only set fonts that has previously been loaded in the document using
loadTrueTypeFont(from:embeddingGlyphData:)
orloadTrueTypeFontFromCollection(from:index:embeddingGlyphData:)
methods, or ones predefined in theFont
struct.Declaration
Swift
public var font: Font { get set }
-
The maximum size of a font that can be set.
Declaration
Swift
public static let maximumFontSize: Float
-
Undocumented
Declaration
Swift
public static let defaultFontSize: Float
-
The size of the current font of the context. Valid values are positive numbers up to
DrawingContext.maximumFontSize
. Default value isDrawingContext.defaultFontSize
.Declaration
Swift
public var fontSize: Float { get set }
-
The encoding to use for a text. If the encoding cannot be used with the specified font, does nothing.
Declaration
Swift
public var encoding: Encoding { get set }
-
Gets the width of the text in the current fontsize, character spacing and word spacing. If the text is multiline, returns the width of the longest line.
Declaration
Swift
public func textWidth(for text: String) -> Float
Parameters
text
The text to get width of.
Return Value
The width of the text in current fontsize, character spacing and word spacing.
-
Gets the bounding box of the text in the current font size and leading. Text can be multiline.
Declaration
Parameters
text
The text to get the bounding box of.
position
The assumed position of the text.
Return Value
The bounding box of the text.
-
The vertical ascent of the current font in the current font size.
Declaration
Swift
public var fontAscent: Float { get }
-
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Friends matter. A lot.
Subterfuge. I was worried about it. That someone whom I know would warp my conscience and subterfuge with it. It ain’t now so.
Believe. Bonding. Relations. The strong ones. The valiant sea that we sail. The mast that never breaks. The sails that fill their chests with pride. With you beside, I ain’t sinking anymore.
Telepathy. A hocus in most eyes. A wonder in some. A dream. Connecting still being far. The humanely inhuman power to know about someone not with you. About the person you care. I thought it was a bluff as science wasn’t sure. I ain’t thinking that now.
Pain. A multidimensional entity. That can’t be shared. Which is harsh. From which you can’t run away. You are stuck. I was stoic. It ain’t so now.
Friendship. A power from within the four chambered hearts. An emotion endless. A feeling of unity. The sunshine amidst the rain. I love it now.
Subterfuge. Believe. Telepathy. Pain.
They all are different notations when you have true friendship.
When words can only tell so much. When the feels take over. The heart races into a calm. The rough tides meet the tranquil. The transient yet eternal fractals of life shawn the orgasms of chaste spasms. It is the sentient presence of the friend spirit that pacifies the Pacific. A true silence is born, potent with eternity itself.
I am sure I know of this silence. I am sure I have one.
Thank you so much for curing me.
Thank you being here.


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| Opcode/Instruction | Op/En | 64/32 -bit Mode | CPUID Feature Flag | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEX.NDD.LZ.0F38.W0 F3 /3 BLSI r32, r/m32 | VM | V/V | BMI1 | Extract lowest set bit from r/m32 and set that bit in r32. |
| VEX.NDD.LZ.0F38.W1 F3 /3 BLSI r64, r/m64 | VM | V/N.E. | BMI1 | Extract lowest set bit from r/m64, and set that bit in r64. |
| Op/En | Operand 1 | Operand 2 | Operand 3 | Operand 4 |
| VM | VEX.vvvv (w) | ModRM:r/m (r) | NA | NA |
Extracts the lowest set bit from the source operand and set the corresponding bit in the destination register. All other bits in the destination operand are zeroed. If no bits are set in the source operand, BLSI sets all the bits in the destination to 0 and sets ZF and CF.
This instruction is not supported in real mode and virtual-8086 mode. The operand size is always 32 bits if not in 64-bit mode. In 64-bit mode operand size 64 requires VEX.W1. VEX.W1 is ignored in non-64-bit modes. An attempt to execute this instruction with VEX.L not equal to 0 will cause #UD.
temp ← (-SRC) bitwiseAND (SRC); SF ← temp[OperandSize -1]; ZF ← (temp = 0); IF SRC = 0 CF ← 0; ELSE CF ← 1; FI DEST ← temp;
ZF and SF are updated based on the result. CF is set if the source is not zero. OF flags are cleared. AF and PF flags are undefined.
BLSI:
unsigned __int32 _blsi_u32(unsigned __int32 src);
BLSI:
unsigned __int64 _blsi_u64(unsigned __int64 src);
None
See Section 2.5.1, “Exception Conditions for VEX-Encoded GPR Instructions”, Table 2-29; additionally
| #UD | If VEX.W = 1. |


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The Foundation was established in 1981 under the terms of an agreement among environmental groups, government regulatory agencies and utility companies. The majority of HRF’s funds are used to support independent, objective research that will inform policy making concerning a broad range of scientific and public policy areas.
The purpose of the Hudson River Foundation is to make science integral to decision-making with regard to the Hudson River and its watershed and to support competent stewardship of this extraordinary resource. We improve stewardship of the Hudson River and New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary by supporting and communicating about scientific research, collaborative inquiry and management, and supporting enjoyment of and education about this extraordinary resource within eight themes:
As the primary resource and advocate for science and environmental research on the Hudson River and its watershed, the Hudson River Foundation (HRF) connects the scientific community, policy makers, and the general public with a wealth of information and analysis. For the general public, the HRF offers research results, reports, and opportunities for education regarding efforts to restore and sustain the Hudson’s waters.


We really enjoyed our last ski trip to North Lake Tahoe in March. Now that everyone is on skis we have a little more logistics to figure out to split up and get back together, but I think it is more fun for everyone.
At the top of the Lakeview Quad
Larissa shredding
Erick shredding
Erick and Robert shredding
At the top of Crystal Express, the highest point on the mountain
About to start down the ridge, with beautiful views of the Lake (1)
About to start down the ridge, with beautiful views of the Lake (2)
Panoramic at the top of the ridge
Heading down the ridge
A lovely winter walk near Mt Rose (1)
A lovely winter walk near Mt Rose (2)
A lovely winter walk near Mt Rose (3). Someone appears to be ready for mischief.
A lovely winter walk near Mt Rose (4)
A lovely winter walk near Mt Rose (5)


Front in Amsterdam
Front in Amsterdam was a non-profit international conference organized by front-end enthusiasts. It happened on August 28th, 2015, and brought speakers from different countries to talk about everything between design, coding and open source communities.
I was one of the organizers, and directed the technology efforts both during the event and on the website.


Fallen Angel:
The angel looks lost.
She also seems to be wounded and suffering from a high fever.
Give her the medicine.


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Recently I had the most incredibly intense experience involving Nitrous. My friends and I were coming down off a trip and somehow had ended up at a friends house when we al decided to finish the night with some bulbs. After filling up three baloons eachs we turned the lights off and turned on the techno full blast. I had done many bulbs before this and each had been fairly intense but for some reason this one was the master.
As we counted down from three everone started to take hits from the baloons. I inhaled as much as I could and held it in for aslong as possible, repeating with each baloon until I was definatly feeling the effects.
What happened next is pretty hard to put into words but i'll giive it my best try. I completely forgot what I was doing and where I was, I was walking down a dark cylinder that I somehow knew was a tunnel going deeper and deeper into my thoughts. I was witnessing a situation that I somehow new was of great importance and I had a great understanding of what was happening. It seemed as if I was being given the answers to some important question and that everything was going to be alright from that time forward.
Then something snapped me out and I sat upright on the bed, I immediatly felt disorientated and was in a cold sweat. Although I could still feel the effects of the bulb quite strongly but I no longer had the wisdom and understanding that I previously did. Suddenly I got very emotional and felt like leaving the room as quickly as possible.
Afterwards I was frustrated that it was hard to put my experience into words and describe it with it's full intensity.
The actual time I was bulbing would have been no longer than 45 seconds but time seemed infinite at the peak.
All the drugs that I have taken have never been able to match the intensity and personal depth that can be created by taking a quick trip down to your local 7-11.
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.


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The Optimized Throughput report summarizes the throughput for the port, traffic direction, and time period specified.The Optimized Throughput report includes LAN and WAN link throughput graphs that include these statistics describing data activity for the port, traffic direction, and the time period you specify.
Displays the 95th percentile for data activity. The 95th percentile is calculated by taking the peak of the lower 95 percent of inbound and outbound throughput samples. RiOS calculates the LAN average at each data point by taking the number of bytes transferred, converting that to bits, and then dividing by the granularity.For instance, if the system reports 100 bytes for a data point with a 10-second granularity, RiOS calculates: Displays the 95th percentile for data activity. The 95th percentile is calculated by taking the peak of the lower 95 percent of inbound and outbound throughput samples. RiOS calculates the WAN average at each data point by taking the number of bytes transferred, converting that to bits, and then dividing by the granularity.For instance, if the system reports 100 bytes for a data point with a 10-second granularity, RiOS calculates:What was the average WAN and LAN throughput? What was the peak WAN and LAN throughput? Use the mouse to hover over a specific data point to see what the y values and exact timestamp were in relation to peaks.The Riverbed system reports on performance for periods up to one month. However, due to performance and disk space considerations, data representation in reports for periods longer than the last 5 minutes are interpolated from aggregate data points. The Optimized Throughput report displays these data granularities:Last 1 hour's worth of data is available at 10-second granularity. Last 1 day's worth of data is available at 5-minute granularity. Last 1 week's worth of data is available at 1-hour granularity. Last 1 month's worth of data is available at 2-hour granularity.
Select a report time interval of 5 minutes (5m), 1 hour (1h), 1 day (1d), 1 week (1w), All, or type a custom date. All includes statistics for the last 30 days.Because the system aggregates data on the hour, request hourly time intervals. For example, setting a time interval to 08:30:00 to 09:30:00 from 2 days ago does not create a data display, whereas setting a time interval to 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 from 2 days ago will display data.When you request a custom time interval to view data beyond the aggregated granularity, the data is not visible because the system is no longer storing the data. For example, these custom time intervals do not return data because the system automatically aggregates data older than 7 days into 2-hour data points:Setting a 1-hour time period that occurred 2 weeks ago. Setting a 75-minute time period that occurred more than 1 week ago. You can view the newest data and see data points as they are added to the chart dynamically. To display the newest data, click Show newest data. Select a port or All to display all of the TCP ports on which the Steelhead appliance has seen traffic. The list appends the port name to the number where available.


To play the piano you can either click on the keys of tap or use your keyboard (The keyboard keys are in brackts) Give it a try!


Latino Typo is a chocolate box assortment of typography and landscapes, sourced throughout Latin America.
The typography and photos were collected during extensive travels through Latin American countries, by the graphic designer Andy Currie. Hand painted signs found adorning walls and storefronts have been redrawn and placed over a randomised landscape photo, to evoke the atmosphere and environment of the original setting. Both layers are shuffled at random in an attempt to show how these handpainted signs, while all very different, can be paired with any Latin American scene and not just the wall they came from. They all have a distinctive Latin flavour, reflecting the energy of their surroundings.
Content and site created by Andy Currie.


Uber fights LA’s suspension of scooter, bike rental permit
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Uber subsidiary Jump is fighting the suspension of its permit to rent electric scooters and bikes in Los Angeles.
The city suspended Jump’s operating permit in October for not complying with a rule requiring such companies to transmit data on the start and end point of each trip in real time and share the route taken within 24 hours.
The data-sharing rule is included in LA’s pilot permit program for electric scooter and bike rentals.
The Los Angeles Times reports Tuesday that Jump has filed a request for a hearing that will determine whether it will have to remove its scooters and bikes from the city.
Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/
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It is the page where the projects are located. In addition, this page is also the page that will enable us to access ongoing, past and future projects on separate pages.


Judging a book by its cover: estimating red supergiant masses from their surface abundance
See below a guest post I wrote for Astrobites. For the original one click here.
Title: The surface abundances of Red Supergiants at core-collapse
Authors: Ben Davies and Luc Dessart
First Author’s Institution: Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University
Status: accepted for publication in MNRAS
Core-Collapse supernovae (CCSNe) are explosions coming from massive stars (above 8 solar masses) when they reach the end of their life. A Type II-P Supernova (SN II-P) is a common type of CCSN which shows a “plateau” in its light curve, driven by a Hydrogen-rich envelope. Observations of the explosion site of some of these objects have shown that the progenitors of these explosions are Red Supergiant (RSG) stars. From these data several predictions can be made by comparing with stellar evolution models. One test that can be made is to determine the initial mass of the progenitor (the mass at the Main-Sequence), which can be done by comparing the luminosity of the progenitor with model predictions. Another way is to measure the mass of the Hydrogen-rich envelope by modelling the light curve and making some assumptions about the core mass. A different way is to measure spectral lines of some elements, like Oxygen, at late time (more than 120 days after the explosion, approximately), which correlates with the initial mass as shown by some models.
Unfortunately, these methods do not agree in general, so a proper estimation of the initial mass of the progenitor of a SN II-P can not be made. Having this in mind, the authors of the article proposed a different way of estimating the initial mass by measuring the surface composition (or surface abundance) of the progenitor star at early epochs (less than 1 day approximately). There are two main reasons for this: firstly, at this stage some spectral features are easy to identify, and secondly, the surface abundance is not expected to suffer from explosive mixing at early time, which erases any link to the progenitor mass.
To test this, the authors make use of the MESA code to study sets of evolutionary models. The evolution across the Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram is key to understand the different processes and phases a star goes through, so the authors use MESA to evolve stars with different initial masses to study this. As it can be seen in Figure 1, less massive stars cross the H-R diagram more rapidly than more massive star, which means that more massive stars have more time to dredge up material from the inner layers into the surface (mixing the abundances) before the end of the RSG phase. Another factor that has to be taken into account is the mass loss. In general, more massive star loose more mass than the least massive ones, so their outer envelopes are thinner compared to the total size of the star, hence their surface abundances suffer from more mixing.
Fig. 1: H-R diagram for stars with different initial masses as labelled. The circles mark evenly-spaced time steps. The stars indicate the beginning of the RSG phase. More massive stars take longer to cross the H-R diagram than less massive stars.
Since the surface abundance can not be directly measured, an indirect way of measurement was developed. The authors demonstrate that the surface abundance can be estimated by measuring the ratio between spectral lines, specifically the Carbon-to-Nitrogen ratio, a few hours after the supernova explosion. They simulate early time supernova spectra coming from stars with three different initial masses. The results of these simulated spectra are shown in Figure 2 for a 15 and 25 solar masses stars, for three epochs: 3.1, 12.0 and 24.0 hours after the explosion. One can clearly see the greater strength of Nitrogen lines in the higher mass model, and the greater strength of Carbon and Oxygen lines in the lower mass model. These same trends have been seen in the observed early-time spectra of SN II-P, however, the lack of data at these early stages is clear.
Fig. 2: Early-time SN II-P spectra for progenitors of 15 (blue) and 25 (red) solar masses. From top to bottom, spectra of 3.1, 12.0 and 24.0 hours after explosion. It can be seen the difference in the strengths of lines for the two progenitors.
Like the other methods mentioned above, the surface abundance method suffers from several uncertainties, but no further comparison is given. Finally, the author estimate that within the next decade several early time spectra of SN II-P should be available, which would help decreasing the uncertainties for a better estimation of the initial masses of their progenitors.


About myself:
I am currently a RISD student majored in illustration, not quiet professional yet conscientious. Narrative and concepts are my fields of interest, while my experience of cultural encounters has engaged myself in concerning both Orientalism and Occidentalism. More often than not I am drawn by the motifs and artistic representation of a specific historical phase, and what I fear the most is the ignorant appropriation of those motifs by myself.
What is this website about?
I build this website to record the personal growth during my academic career. The artworks here, as you see, are scraps of ideas saved for my own inspiration. The updates will likely happen during breaks. Nothing significant about my works or this site yet! But if you would like to share this website, with all my gratitude please do so.
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Spring 2016 - Fall 2016 , School of Visual Arts
Fall 2016 - Present , Rhode Island School of Design
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FIFA bans 3 for life over South American corruption
Lausanne - FIFA on Tuesday banned three former top South American football officials for life in connection with a corruption scandal that has shaken world football since 2015.
Former Peru Football Federation Manuel Burga and Argentinian officials Eduardo Deluca and Jose Luis Meiszner took secret payments while allocating marketing and media contracts for regional competitions, FIFA said.
The three were suspended from taking part in any footballing activity and fined one million Swiss francs (912,000 euros) each.
The offences took place when the officials were negotiating contracts on behalf of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) and the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) between 2004 and 2015.
The bans are the latest sanctions linked to revelations in 2015 by US prosecutors of a web of corruption involving millions of dollars in bribes concerning marketing and TV rights for South American football tournaments.
Despite the scale of the probe, only two former South American officials have appeared in court in the United States to answer charges.
Juan Angel Napout, the former Paraguayan federation chief and ex-CONMEBOL president was jailed for nine years, while the former boss of Brazilian football, Jose Maria Marin, was sentenced to four years.


FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (PER QUALCHE DOLLARO IN PIŁ) A Film Review Copyright Dragan Antulov 2000
Some STAR WARS fans might disagree, but movie trilogies tend not to get better with each passing segment. It is quite understandable, because now we know that even the second sequel of the film, or the second part of the trilogy, usually turns out worse than its predecessor. Even if the second film somehow escapes that doom, the final film of the trilogy is almost always the disappointment (STAR WARS and MAD MAX are the best examples). Some thirty-five years ago an exception to that rule happened in the form of Man With No Name trilogy, series of three spaghetti westerns directed by great Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone. The third and final film in the trilogy, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, is often considered as a true masterpiece, one of the best films ever made, while the first, A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, although most copied, is often considered to be only the embryonic shadow of its sequels. The second in a row, FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE, made in 1965, is least talked about, although it represents not just the obvious improvement of the series, but also one excellent western.
The plot of FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE is set in New Mexico Territory in the latter half of 19th Century, in a time when the land is at the mercy of vicious bandits. As prologue tells us, "when life has value, death sometimes has price", and the bounty killers are there to do the dirty work for the weak forces of law. One of them is Colonel Douglas Mortimer (played by Lee Van Cleef), excellent shot and former war hero, now reduced to having to track and kill wanted fugitives for a living. The other is Manko (played by Clint Eastwood), younger and somewhat less experienced, but equally deadly with gun. Two of them often share hunting area, but never the same prey. Such thing would happen when Indio (played by Gian Maria Volonte), leader of vicious gang of bandits and sadistic killer, escapes from prison with the help of his cohorts and thus becomes the most wanted (and potentially most lucrative) fugitive in the territory. Having bounty killers on his back doesn't concern Indio, since he has other things on his mind, like a big, fortified and allegedly robbery-proof bank in El Paso. When Indio's men begin coming to El Paso, preparing for their daring raid, Manko and Mortimer must overcome their rivalry and at least temporarily join forces in order to set a trap for their common prey.
When FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE and A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS get compared with each other, the improvements in the 1965 film are evident in almost any area. First of all, the script by Sergio Leone, Fulvio Morsella and Luciano Vincenzoni is much tidier, without plot holes and implausiblities, and the plot is concentrated solely on three major characters. Instead of one or two, this film features three major characters and their interaction is much more intriguing. Musical score by legendary Ennio Morricone (this time credited with his real name) is also improved, providing at least two memorable themes; the opening theme is often became trademark of spaghetti westerns, and the last theme, used for the scene of final showdown, was so effective that it would be repeated in THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. And, finally, although higher budget at least has something to do with the better quality of this film, the real reason is drastically better directorial skills of Sergio Leone. The Italian director has obviously worked very hard in order to avoid repetition and this film looks very different from its predecessor. Every scene, from those that introduce the character at the beginning of the film, until the last, is perfectly staged, with Leone combining Morricone's music, superb talents of his actors, and editing to create desired emotional impact. Dark, almost nihilistic tone of the script is brightened with sharp, cynical dark humour (with episode featuring Joseph Egger as an old man on the railway as the best example), while in the same time Leone gives rather new, unusual and for its time somewhat controversial spin on the classical western motive of revenge.
Unlike the first, this film has three major characters, and all three are played by three superb characters. Clint Eastwood, whose character is (debatably) the only link to the other two films, is shadowed by his two colleagues, although he actually plays nominal lead. Eastwood actually hadn't got much to do to bring some new life to the character of cynical gunslinger already established in A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, although his interaction with other two actors is fine to watch. Lee Van Cleef, until this film specialised for the roles of heavies, brings somewhat more texture to his character. Leone's "show, don't tell" directorial style relies heavily on actors to tell his stories, and Lee Van Cleef does just that, creating character of a cold, distanced professional and ruthless killer, whose motives, at the end of the day might not be that simple. When we have two Good Guys in the form of cold-blooded killers, it is understandable that the Bad Guy must be bad with capital B. This is achieved through wonderful performance of Gian Maria Volonte. He plays Indio as truly psychopathic villain (who almost reaches orgasm any time he kills a helpless victim), yet in the same time he gives him charisma and intelligence of natural leader. Although for some his role might be slightly over the top, Volonte's Indio is one of the most impressive villains in the history of cinema. Even those who play supporting roles have something to offer, like Luigi Pristilli as Indio's sidekick Groggy, whose face would appear again in THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.
As a slick combination of western, powerful psychological drama, violent action and dark humour, FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE provides entertainment for viewers even today, after decades of exposure to other films promoted by it. The only possible flaw of the film is in its length, but Leone probably intended this film to be that long, because only in a long, elaborate scenes his sense of detail could be properly seen. Those viewers who are ready to sit for two hours watching this film would be more than adequately rewarded for their patience.
RATING: 9/10 (++++)
Review written on February 14th 2000
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To add a help controller to your application, simply declare an instance of
HelpControlClass
and add it as a child of your GenApplication, adding it to the active list. The code in Adding Help Controllers
is taken from the HelpSamp sample application and illustrates what you have to do to support custom help. The steps are
HelpControlClass
. You must set its
HCI_helpType
field to the
HelpType
value it will manage. Because the standard behavior is to have the help window always appear on top of other dialog boxes, you should set the window priority accordingly (as shown). Also, because most controllers will come up disabled, set the GS_ENABLED flag to have the help buttons enabled when help is first invoked.
ATTR_GEN_HELP_TYPE
. The sample code shown does not have this attribute because the application uses multiple types but defaults to Normal Help. The user has the option of changing the help type; when the type is changed,
ATTR_GEN_HELP_TYPE
is added to the GenApplication dynamically.Other than the above customizations, using another help type is as simple as using Normal Help. Other considerations must be observed when creating the help files, but the code difference is simple.
Code Display 13-2 Adding Help Controllers
/* The GenApplication has two help controllers as its children. * FirstAidHelpControl manages First Aid help, and SimpleHelpControl manages * Simple Help. In addition, the Normal Help controller--provided by the * system--manages Normal Help. Both custom help controllers must be put both on * the active list and on the GAGCNLT_NOTIFY_HELP_CONTEXT_CHANGE list. * Normally, the GenApplication would have ATTR_GEN_HELP_TYPE declaring the * help type used. This application, however, defaults to HT_SYSTEM_HELP and * therefore does not need the attribute. */
@object GenApplicationClass HelpSampApp = { GI_visMoniker = list { @HelpSampTextMoniker }; GI_comp = @HelpSampPrimary, @FirstAidHelpControl, @SimpleHelpControl; gcnList(MANUFACTURER_ID_GEOWORKS,GAGCNLT_WINDOWS) = @HelpSampPrimary; gcnList(MANUFACTURER_ID_GEOWORKS, GAGCNLT_NOTIFY_HELP_CONTEXT_CHANGE) = @FirstAidHelpControl, @SimpleHelpControl; gcnList(MANUFACTURER_ID_GEOWORKS, MGCNLT_ACTIVE_LIST) = @FirstAidHelpControl, @SimpleHelpControl; }
@visMoniker HelpSampTextMoniker = "C Sample App with Help";
/* The help controllers may manage at most one HelpType each. Thus, you must * set the HCI_helpType field so the controller knows what type of help it * manages. */
@object HelpControlClass FirstAidHelpControl = { GI_states = @default | GS_ENABLED; HCI_helpType = HT_FIRST_AID; }
@object HelpControlClass SimpleHelpControl = { GI_states = @default | GS_ENABLED; HCI_helpType = HT_SIMPLE_HELP; }


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Methods summary
public
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__construct( Apigee\Util\OrgConfig $config, string $env = '*' )
Initializes the environment and sets up the OrgConfig object.
Initializes the environment and sets up the OrgConfig object.
Parameters
- $config
- $env
The environment, such as 'test'or 'prod'. An asterisk wildcard means
all environments.
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public
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setEnvironment( string $env )
Sets the environment.
We avoid validating the environment here because it is rather expensive.
If validation is needed, call isEnvironmentValid() after setting the
environment here.
Parameters
- $env
environment, such as 'test'or 'prod'. An asterisk wildcard means
all environments. NOTE: API endpoint's handling of asterisks is
somewhat bug-prone; use of asterisks is highly discouraged.
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public
boolean
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isEnvironmentValid( )
Determines whether the current configured environment is valid.
Determines whether the current configured environment is valid.
Returns
boolean
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public
string
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getEnvironment( )
Returns the current environment.
Returns the current environment.
Returns
string
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public
string[]
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getAllEnvironments( )
Alias of DeveloperAppAnalytics::queryEnvironments().
Alias of DeveloperAppAnalytics::queryEnvironments().
We used to use a caching class here, but it was non-portable.
Returns
string[]
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public
array
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getByAppName( string $devId, string $appName, string $metric, string $tStart, string $tEnd, string $tUnit, string $sortBy, string $sortOrder = 'ASC' )
After ensuring params are valid, fetches analytics data.
After ensuring params are valid, fetches analytics data.
Parameters
- $devId
- The ID of the developer who owns the app.
- $appName
- The name of the app.
- $metric
A value of 'message_count', 'message_count-first24hrs',
'message_count-second24hrs', 'error_count', 'error_count-first24hrs',
'user_count', 'user_count-first24hrs', 'total_response_time',
'max_response_time', 'min_response_time', or 'end_point_response_time'.
- $tStart
Time start, expressed as:
- UNIX timestamp
- mm/dd/YYYY hh:ii
- Any other format that the underlying strtotime() PHP function
can parse. See http://php.net/strtotime.
It parses them out to a UNIX timestamp if possible, otherwise
it throws an exception.
- $tEnd
Time end, expressed as:
- UNIX timestamp
- mm/dd/YYYY hh:ii
- Any other format that the underlying strtotime() PHP function
can parse. See http://php.net/strtotime.
It parses them out to a UNIX timestamp if possible, otherwise
it throws an exception.
- $tUnit
Time unit: a value of 'second', 'minute', 'hour', 'day', 'week',
'month', 'quarter', or 'year'.
- $sortBy
- A comma separated list of the same values as $metric.
- $sortOrder
- Either 'ASC' or 'DESC'.
Returns
array
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public
string[]
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queryEnvironments( )
Queries Edge to get a list of all environments configured for the org.
Queries Edge to get a list of all environments configured for the org.
Returns
string[]
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public static
string[]
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getMetrics( )
Lists all metrics valid for Developer Apps.
Lists all metrics valid for Developer Apps.
Returns
string[]
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public static
string[]
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getTimeUnits( )
Returns a keyed array of allowable time units. Array keys are machine
names and values are human-readable names.
Returns a keyed array of allowable time units. Array keys are machine
names and values are human-readable names.
Returns
string[]
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protected static
string[]
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validateParameters( string $metric, string $timeStart, string $timeEnd, string $timeUnit, string $sortBy, string $sortOrder )
Validates common parameters for analytics API calls, and bundles them
into an appropriately-structured array to be passed into an HTTP call.
Validates common parameters for analytics API calls, and bundles them
into an appropriately-structured array to be passed into an HTTP call.
Parameters
- $metric
- $timeStart
- $timeEnd
- $timeUnit
- $sortBy
- $sortOrder
- Either 'ASC' or 'DESC'.
Returns
string[]
Throws
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protected static
string
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parseTime( string|integer $time )
Parses an incoming time string or Unix timestamp into an internally-acceptable time format.
Parses an incoming time string or Unix timestamp into an internally-acceptable time format.
If the time input cannot be parsed, an exception is thrown.
Parameters
Returns
string
Throws
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