DynamicGraph
public final class DynamicGraph
A dynamic graph is a workspace for computations. All tensor variables can be tracked from a dynamic graph.
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A type-erased tensor variable.
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Swift
public class AnyTensor
extension DynamicGraph.AnyTensor: Hashable
extension DynamicGraph.AnyTensor: CustomStringConvertible
extension DynamicGraph.AnyTensor: DynamicGraph_AnyTensor
extension DynamicGraph.AnyTensor: DynamicGraph.AnyTensorGroup
extension DynamicGraph.AnyTensor: DynamicGraph_Any
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A typed tensor variable.
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Swift
public final class Tensor<Element> : AnyTensor where Element : TensorNumeric
extension DynamicGraph.Tensor: _DynamicGraph_TensorGroup
extension DynamicGraph.Tensor: DynamicGraph.TensorGroup
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Declaration
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public init()
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Swift
public struct Group<Element: DynamicGraph.AnyTensor>: RandomAccessCollection, DynamicGraph .AnyGroup
extension DynamicGraph.Group: DynamicGraph_AnyTensor where Element: DynamicGraph.AnyTensor
extension DynamicGraph.Group: DynamicGraph.AnyTensorGroup where Element: DynamicGraph.AnyTensor
extension DynamicGraph.Group: DynamicGraph.TensorGroup where Element: _DynamicGraph_TensorGroup, Element: DynamicGraph.AnyTensor
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public enum LogLevel
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Set the log level on a dynamic graph.
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Swift
public var logLevel: LogLevel { get set }
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public struct Statistics
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Collect statistics from a dynamic graph. It computes how many variables and computations are still tracked. If you have memory leaks, this is useful to track down that.
Declaration
Swift
public var statistics: Statistics { get }
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Create a placeholder variable. It doesn’t have shape and can only be used as output.
Declaration
Swift
public func variable() -> AnyTensor
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Create a placeholder constant. It doesn’t have shape and can only be used as output.
Declaration
Swift
public func constant() -> AnyTensor
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Create a new variable from an existing tensor.
Declaration
Swift
public func variable<Element>(_ tensor: NNC.Tensor<Element>) -> Tensor<Element> where Element : TensorNumeric
Parameters
tensor
The existing tensor.
Return Value
Created new tensor variable.
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Create a new constant from an existing tensor.
Declaration
Swift
public func constant<Element>(_ tensor: NNC.Tensor<Element>) -> Tensor<Element> where Element : TensorNumeric
Parameters
tensor
The existing tensor.
Return Value
Created new tensor constant.
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Declaration
Swift
public func variable<Element: TensorNumeric>( _ device: DeviceKind, format: TensorFormat, dimensions: [Int] ) -> Tensor<Element>
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Declaration
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public func constant<Element: TensorNumeric>( _ device: DeviceKind, format: TensorFormat, dimensions: [Int] ) -> Tensor<Element>
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Declaration
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public func variable<Element: TensorNumeric>( _ device: DeviceKind, _ dimensionFormat: TensorDimensionFormat ) -> Tensor<Element>
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Declaration
Swift
public func constant<Element: TensorNumeric>( _ device: DeviceKind, _ dimensionFormat: TensorDimensionFormat ) -> Tensor<Element>
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Turn off gradient tracking within the given closure. This may be useful during testing, we can make more aggressive optimizations if we gradient tracking is off.
Declaration
Swift
public func withNoGrad<Result>(_ closure: () throws -> Result) rethrows -> Result
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Perform operations on a given stream within the closure. Each operation can take a stream context parameter, however, that often error-prune. This method make sure all operations within the closure will be dispatched to the given stream context, making it easier to organize.
Declaration
Swift
public func withStream<Result>(_ streamContext: StreamContext, _ closure: () throws -> Result) rethrows -> Result
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Declaration
Swift
public typealias AnyTensorGroup = DynamicGraph_AnyTensorGroup
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Declaration
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public typealias TensorGroup = DynamicGraph_TensorGroup
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public typealias AnyGroup = DynamicGraph_AnyGroup
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A key-value based parameter store.
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Swift
public struct Store
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Open the store from a file.
Declaration
Swift
@discardableResult public func openStore(_ filePath: String, procedure: (_ store: Store) -> Void) -> Bool
Parameters
filePath
The file path for the store.
procedure
When the store is open, you can access it from this closure.
Return Value
Wether this store can be successfully open or not.


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function [clearSamples, csGHI, alpha] = pvl_detect_clear_times(GHI, Time, UTCoffset, Location, win_length, sample_interval) % PVL_DETECT_CLEAR_TIMES identifies times with irradiance consistent with % clear sky conditions in a time series of GHI. % % Syntax % [clearSamples, csGHI, alpha] = pvl_detect_clear_times(GHI, Time, UTCoffset, Location, win_length, sample_interval) % % Description % Detects clear sky times by comparing statistics for a regular GHI % time series to the Ineichen clear sky model. Statistics are calculated % using a sliding time window (e.g., 10 minutes). An iterative algorithm % identifies clear periods, uses the identified periods to estimate bias % in the clear sky model and/or GHI data, adjusts the clear sky model and % repeats. Code handles GHI data with some irregularities, i.e., missing % values or unequal data spacing, but execution is significantly faster % if data are equally spaced and without missing values. % % If non-daylight times are included the corresponding GHI values should % be NaNs. % % Clear times are identified by meeting 5 criteria, thresholds % for which are hardcoded in this version. Values for these thresholds % are appropriate for 10 minute windows of 1 minute GHI data. % % Inputs: % GHI - a Nx1 vector of GHI values (W/m2) % Time - a Nx1 vector of datenum with equal time spacing % UTCoffset - scalar UTC offset (e.g. EST = -5) % Location - a struct with the following elements, note that all % elements must be scalars in this application. % Location.latitude - scalar latitude in decimal degrees (positive is % northern hemisphere) % Location.longitude - scalar longitude in decimal degrees (positive is % east of prime meridian) % Location.altitude - scalar height above sea level in meters. % While altitude is optional in many uses, it is required in this % model implementation. % win_length - length of sliding time window in minutes, integer % sample_interval - nominal minutes between each GHI sample time, integer % % Output: % clearSamples - column vector of logical values with True indicating % a clear sample in the input GHI time series % csGHI - column vector with scaled clear sky GHI derived from the % Ineichen model % alpha - scaling factor applied to Ineichen model to obtain output csGHI % % References % [1] Reno, M.J. and C.W. Hansen, "Identification of periods of clear sky % irradiance in time series of GHI measurements" Renewable Energy, v90, % p. 520-531, 2016. % % Notes: % Initial implementation by Matthew Reno. Modifications for computational % efficiency by Joshua Patrick and Curtis Martin. % % Threshold values for each criterion. Values are appropriate for 10 % minute windows with 1 minute intervals between GHI data. % MeanDiff: threshold value in W/m2 for first criterion, i.e., agreement between mean % values of GHI in each interval, see Eq. 6 in [1] MeanDiff = 75; % MaxDiff: threshold value in W/m2 for second criterion, i.e., agreement % between maxima of GHI values in each interval, see Eq. 7 in [1] MaxDiff = 75; % LineLengthLower and LineLengthUpper: threshold values (unit is weird) for % third criterion, i.e., agreement between line lengths of GHI data and % clear sky GHI, see Eq. 8 in [1]. Criterion is satisfied when line length % LL meets LineLengthLower <= LL <= LineLengthUpper LineLengthLower = -5; LineLengthUpper = 10; % VarDiff: threshold value in 1/seconds for the fourth criterion, i.e., % agreement between normalized standard deviations of rate of change in % irradiance, see Eq. 9 through Eq. 11 in [1] VarDiff = 0.005; % SlopeDev: threshold value in W/m2 for the fifth criterion, i.e., % agreement between largest magnitude of change in successive GHI values, % see Eq. 12 through 14 in [1] SlopeDev = 8; dv = datevec(Time); dates = datenum(dv(:,1:3)); days = unique(dates); ivec = (1:length(Time))'; % check for equally spaced data, code execution is much faster with equal % time spacing sTime = diff(round(Time*1440)); % minutes between samples if length(unique(sTime)) == 1 && mod(win_length, sample_interval)==0 % equally spaced data, none missing equal_spacing = true; else equal_spacing = false; end % get sun angles for determining sunrise/sunset [~, SunEl, ~, ~] = pvl_ephemeris(pvl_maketimestruct(Time,UTCoffset), Location); daylight = SunEl > 1; % Get standard Ineichen clear sky GHI csGHI0 = pvl_clearsky_ineichen(pvl_maketimestruct(Time,UTCoffset),Location); % replace NaNs with 0 csNaNs = isnan(csGHI0); csGHI0(csNaNs) = 0; % Create index matrix for windows max_samples_per_window = 2 * win_length / sample_interval; % upper bound on number of data samples in an interval min_samples_per_window = floor(0.8 * win_length / sample_interval) ; % lower bound on number of data samples in an interval if not(equal_spacing) % pre-allocate some arrays clearMean = NaN(size(GHI)); clearMax = clearMean; clearMaxSlope = clearMean; timeDiff = zeros(max_samples_per_window, length(clearMean)); clearGHIDiff = timeDiff; measuredMean = clearMean; measuredMax = clearMean; measuredMaxSlope = clearMean; measuredSqSlope = clearMean; measuredStdSlope = clearMean; measuredLineLength = clearMean; k = 0; % counts number of intervals meeting data size criteria, i.e., samples between min_samples_per_window and max_samples_per_window for j = 1:length(Time) tu = Time>=Time(j) & Time<(Time(j)+ (win_length + 1)/1440); tidx = ivec(tu); tmp_GHI = GHI(tidx); if sum(daylight(tu)) < min_samples_per_window % sun is not above horizon, skip interval elseif sum(~isnan(tmp_GHI)) >= min_samples_per_window && ... sum(~isnan(tmp_GHI)) <= max_samples_per_window % e.g., at least 8 measurements within a window but not more than 20 k = k + 1; tmp_csGHI0 = csGHI0(tidx); w = diff(Time(tidx)*1440); % time intervals in minutes between samples % Calculate parameters (all but line length) for alpha=1 case wx = [w; 0]/sum(w); % leave last point out of mean clearMean(j) = sum(wx.*tmp_csGHI0); clearMax(j) = max(tmp_csGHI0); clearMaxSlope(j) = max(abs(diff(tmp_csGHI0,1,1)./w)); tmp_diffGHI = diff(tmp_csGHI0); clearGHIDiff(1:length(tmp_diffGHI),j) = tmp_diffGHI; timeDiff(1:length(tmp_diffGHI),j) = w; % Calculate parameters for measured GHI measuredMean(j) = sum(wx.*tmp_GHI); measuredMax(j) = max(tmp_GHI); tmpSlope = diff(tmp_GHI,1,1)./w; measuredMaxSlope(j) = max(abs(tmpSlope)); measuredSqSlope(j) = sum(tmpSlope.^2); measuredStdSlope(j) = std(tmpSlope); measuredLineLength(j) = sum(sqrt(diff(tmp_GHI,1,1).^2 + w.^2)); else % too much missing data or too many data samples disp(['Data problem between ' datestr(min(Time(tu))) ' and ' datestr(max(Time(tu))) ... ' have ' num2str(sum(tu)) ' values']); end end else % equal data spacing samples_per_window = win_length / sample_interval; H = hankel(1:samples_per_window,samples_per_window:length(Time)); clearMean = mean(csGHI0(H)); clearMax = max(csGHI0(H)); clearSlope = diff(csGHI0(H),1,1); % Calculate parameters for measured GHI measuredMean = mean(GHI(H)); measuredMax = max(GHI(H)); measuredSlope = diff(GHI(H),1,1); measuredLineLength = sum(sqrt(measuredSlope.^2 + (sample_interval*ones(size(measuredSlope))).^2 )); end % Normalized variance of measured GHI < Vardeiff criterion doesn't depend on % clear sky GHI, compute outside of iteration on CS model adjustment alpha if not(equal_spacing) c4 = measuredStdSlope ./ measuredMean < VarDiff; else c4 = std(measuredSlope) ./ measuredMean < VarDiff; end % initialize state for iterative process alpha = 1; %start off with Ineichen clear sky model % Start Iterative process of finding clear days, fitting clear sky model, finding clear days, .... % Continue iterations until not finding any more clear days or 20 iterations for ii=1:20 % Update clear sky model by scaling Ineichen csGHI = alpha * csGHI0; % Adjust Clear Sky Model parameters for scaling by alpha if not(equal_spacing) clearLineLength = sum(sqrt((alpha*clearGHIDiff).^2 + timeDiff.^2 )); clearLineLength = clearLineLength(:); else clearLineLength = sum(sqrt((alpha*clearSlope).^2 + (sample_interval*ones(size(measuredSlope))).^2 )); measuredMaxSlope = max(abs(measuredSlope)); clearMaxSlope = max(abs(clearSlope)); end % Evaluate comparison criteria c1 = abs(measuredMean - alpha * clearMean) < MeanDiff; c2 = abs(measuredMax - alpha * clearMax) < MaxDiff; c3 = (LineLengthLower < measuredLineLength - clearLineLength) & (measuredLineLength - clearLineLength < LineLengthUpper) ; c5 = (measuredMaxSlope - alpha * clearMaxSlope) < SlopeDev; c6 = clearMean ~= 0 & ~isnan(clearMean); % window includes some daylight % Identify windows meeting all five (six) criteria clearWindows = c1 & c2 & c3 & c4 & c5 & c6; % Daily clearness is proportion of samples that are clear dailyClearness = histcounts(Time(clearWindows),[days]) ./ ... histcounts(Time(csGHI>25),[days]); % Save current state previousAlpha = alpha; % Get new alpha by adjusting clear sky model to match clear times % Need to minimize RMSE between GHI and alpha * csGHI0 clearSamples = false(size(GHI)); if not(equal_spacing) for j = 1:length(Time) if clearWindows(j) tu = Time>=Time(j) & Time<(Time(j)+win_length/1440); clearSamples(tu) = true; end end else clearSamples = ismember(ivec,H(:,clearWindows)); end RMSE = @(x)sqrt(mean((GHI(clearSamples) - x*csGHI0(clearSamples)).^2)); alpha = fminsearch(RMSE, alpha); % update scaling factor on clear sky model if round(alpha*10000)==round(previousAlpha*10000) previousAlpha = alpha; %#ok<NASGU> break end end % for loop csGHI = alpha * csGHI0; end % function
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This plugin displays random chosen tips extracted from the book The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas on the job page and each build page.
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Automatic installation
This is the easiest and recommended way. Open your Jenkins instance's Plugin Manager and find the Pragprog Plugin in the Available tab, http
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Pipelines
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Open the pipeline snippet generator, http
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Copy the generated code, e.g.
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Open your job's configuration page and find the Post-build Actions section. Expand the Add post-build action button and select the Activate tips from The Pragmatic Programmer option. Adjust the provided Pragprog Plugin options and commit all changes by clicking the Save or Apply button.
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calculateDangerZones()
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Calculate dangerous squares
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clear(x, y)
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Clear a square
Parameters:
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Description |
x |
int
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x-position |
y |
int
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y-position |
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clearDangerZones()
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Clear dangerous squares
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getHeight() → {int}
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Get maze height
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Returns:
Height of board
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Type
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int
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getNumKeys() → {int}
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Get total number of keys
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Returns:
Number of keys
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Type
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int
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getNumSwitches() → {int}
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Get total number of switches
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Returns:
Number of switches
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int
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getObject(x, y) → {string}
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Get object at location
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x |
int
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x-position |
y |
int
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y-position |
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Type of object
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string
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getStepNum(x, y) → {int}
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Get step number at given location
Parameters:
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Description |
x |
int
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x-position |
y |
int
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y-position |
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Returns:
Step number
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Type
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int
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getSwitchesOn() → {int}
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Get total number of switches in 'on' state
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Returns:
Number of switches in 'on' state
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Type
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int
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getWidth() → {int}
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Get maze width
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Returns:
Width of board
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int
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isDangerous(x, y) → {boolean}
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Check if dangerous at location
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int
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x-position |
y |
int
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y-position |
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Danger level
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boolean
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setEnemy(etype, x, y)
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Set an enemy
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Description |
etype |
string
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Type of enemy |
x |
int
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x-position |
y |
int
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y-position |
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setGoal(x, y)
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Set the goal
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int
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x-position |
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int
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y-position |
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setObstacle(etype, x, y)
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Set an obstacle
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string
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x |
int
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x-position |
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int
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y-position |
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setSize(width, height)
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Set board size
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Description |
width |
int
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Width of board |
height |
int
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Height of board |
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setStepNum(x, y, stepNum)
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Set step number at given location
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int
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x-position |
y |
int
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y-position |
stepNum |
int
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Step number |
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setWall(x, y)
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Set a wall
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int
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This special Pride event is a pawty open to ALL BREEDS of dogs and their owners. Following the success of #SausageWalkLondon, this time we are collaborating with BrewDog to host a rainbow themed Pride pawty for four-legged pals of all breeds who want to spread the message of acceptance, love and hope for the LGBT+ community. The event coincides with the Pride in London parade day and is free to attend. Dog beer and treats will be served.
Event Details6 July 2019
1pm - 4pm
Here's the link to the FaceBook event There is no need to buy a ticket - just turn up!
If you moustache a question... reach out to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>We are Mildred and George, girlfriend and boyfriend, and organisers of the famous Sausage Walk London. Last time we had nearly 1000 dachshunds (that's 4000 squishy paws!) join us in the park for frolics. You can follow our love story and daily adventures by making friends with us on Instagram too.


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cartoframes.credentials module¶
API key utility functions
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cartoframes.credentials.
api_key
()¶ Returns stored API key that was set with cartoframes.credentials.set_key
Returns: CARTO API key Return type: str
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cartoframes.credentials.
base_url
()¶ Returns stored base_url that was set with cartoframes.credentials.set_base_url
Returns: CARTO API base URL Return type: str
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cartoframes.credentials.
credentials
()¶ Returns stored credentials that was set with cartoframes.credentials.set_credentials
Returns: Dictionary containing CARTO API base_url and API key. Return type: dict
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cartoframes.credentials.
set_api_key
(key, overwrite=False)¶ Save the CARTO API key so that users can access it via cartoframes.credentials.api_key(). This lets users bind an API key to a given installation.
Parameters: - key (str) – CARTO API key
- overwrite (bool) – Whether to overwrite existing key. Defaults to False.
Returns: Path to the location of the API key file. Raises FileError if overwriting is prohibited and the file exists.
Return type: str
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cartoframes.credentials.
set_base_url
(base_url, overwrite=False)¶ Save the CARTO API base_url so that users can access it via cartoframes.credentials.access_base_url(). This lets users bind their API base_url to a given installation.
Parameters: - base_url (str) – CARTO access URL
- overwrite (bool) – Whether to overwrite the existing key. Defaults to False.
Returns: Path to location of the credentials file. Raises FileError if overwriting is prohibited and the file exists.
Return type: str
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cartoframes.credentials.
set_credentials
(base_url=”, api_key=”, overwrite=False)¶ Save the CARTO API base URL and API key so that users can access it via cartoframes.credentials.credentials(). This lets users bind their CARTO access credentials to a given installation.
Parameters: - base_url (str) – CARTO API base URL. Defaults to an empty string. Format is https://{username}.carto.com/ for cloud users.
- api_key (str) – CARTO api key. Defaults to an empty string.
- overwrite (bool) – Whether to overwrite the existing credentials. Defaults to False.
Returns: Path to the location of the API key file.
Return type: str
Raises: EnvironmentError
– if overwriting is prohibited and the file exists


How to Make a Zombie
Until the Mai Tai came along, the Zombie was the world’s most famous faux-tropical drink. It kick-started the whole Tiki craze, and put Don The Beachcomber’s on the map. Donn Beach kept his original 1934 recipe a closely guarded secret — to the point of encoding it. The code numbers corresponded to numbers on bottles in his bar, which had no other identification; the actual contents of the bottles were a complete mystery to the employees who mixed them.
This foiled rival restaurateurs who tried to steal Donn’s drinks by hiring away his bartenders — and forced competing Tiki bars to improvise their own versions of the Zombie, usually long on booze and short on inspiration. Because Donn never revealed his recipe to anyone other than his most trusted staff, over time these inferior Zombie knock-offs became the norm. That’s why when you order a Zombie today, you get the cocktail equivalent of pot luck: whatever juices and syrups happen to be behind the bar that night, spiked with an equally indiscriminate mix of cheap rums. Not even a binge-drinking frat boy would risk his fake I.D. on the result.
In 1994 the Beachbum began a quest to track down Donn’s original Zombie recipe. Ten years and several blind alleys later, he was still none the wiser. But then the gods finally took pity on him. In 2005 their messenger, in the form of Jennifer Santiago, appeared with the drink recipe notebook that her father Dick had kept in a shirt pocket during his 15 years at Don The Beachcomber’s. (See Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari for Dick’s life story, as well as a ten page chapter about the Zombie.) Several of the notebook’s recipes had been re-worked, re-named, or cut altogether from the Beachcomber’s menu by 1940 — proving that Dick’s notebook dated from the 1930s, possibly 1937, the year he was hired. Which meant that the notebook’s Zombie could very well be the original 1934 version.
How so? For one thing, Dick had marked the recipe “old.” It need only be a mere toddler to have been born in 1934. So here, in all likelihood, was the Big Bang of the Polynesian restaurant craze … the drink that launched a thousand Tiki bars … the Holy Grail … the Golden Fleece … the first Zombie. We were happier than Louis Leakey unearthing Homo habilis in the Olduvai Gorge. Until we tried to make the recipe. Because another thing that pointed to its authenticity was — you guessed it — it was in code. Not all of it, just one inscrutable ingredient: a measly half-ounce of “Don’s Mix.”
O cruel Fate! But there, on the last page of the notebook, scribbled in Dick’s own hand, was a recipe for “New Don’s Mix”: two parts grapefruit juice to one part … “Spices #4″? Another code name!
Bowed but not broken, the Bum asked Mike Buhen of the venerable Tiki-Ti bar if he’d ever heard of Spices #4. Since Mike’s dad Ray was one of the original Beachcomber’s bartenders in 1934, if anyone knew, Mike would. “Ray would go to the Astra Company out in Inglewood to pick up #2 and #4,” Mike told the Bum. “A chemist would open a safe, take out the ingredients, and twirl some knobs in a big mixing machine, filling up a case while Ray waited. Then they’d close up the secret stuff in the safe. Ray took the bottles — marked only #2 and #4 — back to Don The Beachcomber’s.” All well and good, but what did #4 taste like? “I have no idea,” Mike shrugged. “Astra was owned by a guy named John Lancaster, who died of cancer in the ‘60s. The company’s long-gone.”
And so the original Zombie Punch recipe sat, Sphinx-like, the solution to its riddle so close we could almost, well, taste it. Months went by. A year went by. And then the Bum made the acquaintance of a veteran Tiki bartender named Bob Esmino. Did he know what #4 was? “Oh, sure, from John’s old company,” chuckled Bob, who hadn’t thought about the stuff in 40 years. “It was a cinnamon syrup.”
Huzzah! Armed with this last piece of the liquid puzzle, we finally mixed a 1934 Don The Beachcomber’s Zombie Punch. And now you can too.
To make one, combine 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice, 1/2 ounce falernum, 1 1/2 ounces each gold Puerto Rican rum and gold or dark Jamaican rum, 1 ounce Hamilton 151° Overproof Demerara Rum or Lemon Hart 151° Overproof Demerara Rum, 1 teaspoon grenadine, 6 drops Pernod, a dash of Angostura bitters, and 1/2 ounce Don’s mix (2 parts grapefruit juice to 1 part cinnamon-infused sugar syrup; see Sippin’ Safari or Beachbum Berry Remixed, or our Total Tiki app for syrup recipe). Put this mix in an electric blender with 6 ounces (3/4 cup) crushed ice, then blend at high speed for no more than 5 seconds. Pour into a Beachbum Berry Zombie Glass (pictured) or other tall Glass. Add ice cubes to fill. Garnish with a mint sprig.
(Or try this alternate version made not with three rums but one: our new Hamilton Beachbum Berry’s Zombie Rum Blend.)
Donn called his signature drink “a mender of broken dreams.” We think you’ll agree. But proceed with care: Donn himself would serve no more than two to a customer.


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There are 4 crystals below. When clicking on a crystal, you will add a specific number to your score
You win the game by matching your total score to the random number. You lose if your score goes over the random number.
The value of each crystal is hidden from you until you click on it.
Each time when the game starts, the value of the crystals and your random number will change.
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A design pattern is a general reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem in software design. Design pattern detection is a reverse engineering methodology that recovers design decisions and thereby provides deeper insight into software. Recognizing implementations of design patterns in existing software systems helps the reverse engineer to understand the system.
Reclipse is a semi-automatic reverse engineering tool which includes a structural and a behavioral pattern recognition. It provides a graphical editor for the specification of the structure of patterns. The pattern specification can include additional parts. The result of a structural analysis is a percentage estimation which shows how much different fragments of the given software system resemble the specified patterns. Fulfilled additional conditions increase this estimation.
In addition, Reclipse provides another graphical editor for the specification of the patterns behavior. The behavioral analysis rechecks the result of the structural analysis by comparing the softwares behavior to the specified patterns behavior. With the results, the reverse engineer is able to make a better decision, whether a software fragment is an actual design pattern implementation or not.
Further more details are available on the Fujaba web site under www.fujaba.de.


"Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is a type of attack that occurs when a malicious web site, email, blog, instant message, or program causes a user’s web browser to perform an unwanted action on a trusted site for which the user is currently authenticated" (OWASP).
It's also briefly described here to explain how to implement it in ASP.NET Web API.
ABP framework simplifies and automates CSRF protection as much as possible. Startup templates comes with pre-configured and working out of the box. In this document, we will explain how it's integrated to ASP.NET platforms and how it works.
It's not needed to protect our actions for GET, HEAD, OPTIONS and TRACE HTTP verbs since they should be side effect free (don't change database) normally. While ABP assumes that (and implements Anti Forgery protection for only POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE verbs), you can change this behaviour using attrbiutes defined in this document.
CSRF is a type of attack that is a problem for browsers. Because a browser sends all cookies (including auth cookies) in all requests, including cross domain requests. But, it's not a problem for non browser clients, like mobile applications. ABP framework can understand the difference and automatically skips anti forgery validation for non browser clients.
ASP.NET MVC has it's own built-in AntiForgery system as you probably know. But it has a few weeknesses:
ABP does followings to overcome this difficulties:
Thus, it almost seamlessly works.
Startup templates already integrated to CSRF protection out of the box. If you need to manually add it to your project (maybe you created your project before we added it), follow this guide.
We should add the following code in our Layout view:
@{
SetAntiForgeryCookie();
}
Thus, all pages use this layout will include it. This method is defined in base ABP view class. It creates and sets appropriate token cookies and makes javascript side working. If you have more than one layout, add this to all of them.
That's all we should do for ASP.NET MVC applications. All AJAX requests will work automatically. But we should still use @Html.AntiForgeryToken() HTML helper for our HTML forms which are not posted via AJAX (But no need to ValidateAbpAntiForgeryToken attribute for the corresponding action).
XSRF protection is enabled by default. You can disable or configure it in your module's PreInitialize method. Example:
Configuration.Modules.AbpWeb().AntiForgery.IsEnabled = false;
You can also configure token and cookie names using Configuration.Modules.AbpWebCommon().AntiForgery object.
 ASP.NET Boilerplate provides infrastructure to add CSRF protection for ASP.NET Web API Controllers and completely automates it.
If you are using Web API inside an MVC project, no additional configuration needed. Even if you are self-hosting your Web API layer in another process, no configuration needed as long as you are making AJAX requests from a configured MVC application.
If your clients are diffrent kind of applications (say, an independent angularjs application which can not use SetAntiForgeryCookie() method as described before), then you should provide a way of setting the anti forgery token cookie. One possible way of doing that is to create an api controller like that:
using System.Net.Http;
using Abp.Web.Security.AntiForgery;
using Abp.WebApi.Controllers;
namespace AngularForgeryDemo.Controllers
{
public class AntiForgeryController : AbpApiController
{
private readonly IAbpAntiForgeryManager _antiForgeryManager;
public AntiForgeryController(IAbpAntiForgeryManager antiForgeryManager)
{
_antiForgeryManager = antiForgeryManager;
}
public HttpResponseMessage GetTokenCookie()
{
var response = new HttpResponseMessage();
_antiForgeryManager.SetCookie(response.Headers);
return response;
}
}
}
Then you can call this action from client to set the cookie.
ASP.NET Core MVC has a better Anti Forgery mechanism compared to previous version (ASP.NET MVC 5.x):
ABP adds the following features:
Startup templates already integrated to CSRF protection out of the box. If you need to manually add it to your project (maybe you created your project before we added it), follow this guide.
First, we should add AutoValidateAntiforgeryTokenAttribute to global filters while adding MVC in ConfigureServices of Startup class:
services.AddMvc(options =>
{
options.Filters.Add(new AutoValidateAntiforgeryTokenAttribute());
});
Thus, all MVC actions (except GET, HEAD, OPTIONS and TRACE as declared before) will be automatically validated for anti forgery token.
We should add the following code in our Layout view:
@using Abp.Web.Security.AntiForgery
@inject IAbpAntiForgeryManager AbpAntiForgeryManager
@{
AbpAntiForgeryManager.SetCookie(Context);
}
Thus, all pages use this layout will include it. It creates and sets appropriate token cookies and makes javascript side working. If you have more than one layout, add this to all of them.
That's all we should do for ASP.NET Core MVC applications. All AJAX requests will work automatically. For non-ajax form submits, ASP.NET Core automatically adds anti forgery token field if you use one of asp-* tags in your form. So, no need to use @Html.AntiForgeryToken() normally.
Anti forgery token should be provided in the request header for all AJAX requests, as we declared before. We will see how it's done here.
abp.jquery.js defines an AJAX interceptor which adds the anti forgery token to the request header for every request. It gets the token from abp.security.antiForgery.getToken() javascript function.
Angular automatically adds the anti forgery token to all AJAX requests. See Cross Site Request Forgery (XSRF) Protection section in Angularjs $http document. ABP uses the same cookie and header names as default. So, Angular integration works out of the box.
If you are using any other library for AJAX requests, you have three options:
Since all libraries use the javascript's native AJAX object, XMLHttpRequest, you can define such a simple interceptor to add token to the header:
(function (send) {
XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send = function (data) {
this.setRequestHeader(abp.security.antiForgery.tokenHeaderName, abp.security.antiForgery.getToken());
return send.call(this, data);
};
})(XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send);
A good library provide interception points (like jquery and angularjs). So, follow your vendor's documentation to learn how to intercept requests and manipulate headers.
The last option, you can use abp.security.antiForgery.getToken() to get the token and add to the request header manually for every request. But you probably do not need this and solve the problem as descibed above.
You may wonder how ABP handles it. Actually, we are using the same mechanism described in the angularjs documentation mentioned before. ABP stores the token into a cookie (as described above) and sets requests headers using that cookie. It also well integrates to ASP.NET MVC, Web API and Core frameworks for validating it.


NZD/USD clings to modest daily gains above 0.6400
by Eren Sengezer- China's decision to raise penalties on IP theft eases trade war concerns.
- US Dollar Index stays in positive territory near 98.30.
- Coming up: Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index data from US.
The NZD/USD pair started the week on an upbeat tone and rose to 0.6430 area but struggled to push higher amid a lack of fresh fundamental drivers. As of writing, the pair was consolidating its daily gains near 0.6415, adding 0.12% on a daily basis.
Easing concerns over a protracted trade conflict between the United States and China helped the NZD find demand at the start of the week. China announced that it will be raising penalties for theft of Intellectual Property (IP), which has been one of the main roadblocks in trade negotiations, in an attempt seen as a gesture toward the US.
USD stays strong after recovering last week
On the other hand, after rising above the 98 handle on the back of Friday's better-than-expected Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) figures, the US Dollar Index is registering small gains on Monday to make it difficult for the pair to continue to edge higher.
The only data from the US on Monday will be the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Manufacturing Index. Although this data is usually ignored by the markets, investors have been paying close attention to the performance of the US manufacturing sector lately and a large deviation from the market expectation could ramp up the volatility. Experts forecast the reading to slump to -11.3 in November from -5.1 in October.
Technical levels to watch for
NZD/USD
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Today last price | 0.6414 |
| Today Daily Change | 0.0005 |
| Today Daily Change % | 0.08 |
| Today daily open | 0.6409 |
| Trends | |
|---|---|
| Daily SMA20 | 0.6385 |
| Daily SMA50 | 0.6346 |
| Daily SMA100 | 0.6428 |
| Daily SMA200 | 0.656 |
| Levels | |
|---|---|
| Previous Daily High | 0.6426 |
| Previous Daily Low | 0.6399 |
| Previous Weekly High | 0.6438 |
| Previous Weekly Low | 0.6362 |
| Previous Monthly High | 0.6437 |
| Previous Monthly Low | 0.6204 |
| Daily Fibonacci 38.2% | 0.6416 |
| Daily Fibonacci 61.8% | 0.6409 |
| Daily Pivot Point S1 | 0.6396 |
| Daily Pivot Point S2 | 0.6384 |
| Daily Pivot Point S3 | 0.6369 |
| Daily Pivot Point R1 | 0.6423 |
| Daily Pivot Point R2 | 0.6438 |
| Daily Pivot Point R3 | 0.645 |


meme-rename [options] <directory>+
Copy HTML files from MEME Suite programs to files with distinct names
to make it easier to share them:
destination directory/program.last directory.html
where last directory is the last directory on
the path, and program is the name of the MEME
Suite program.
The names of one or more output directories created by MEME Suite programs such as MEME, CentriMo etc.
The program copies the main HTML file to the destination directory (see option -d, below), giving it a name based on the name of the output directory.
| Option | Parameter | Description | Default Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Options | |||
| -d | destination directory | Copies the renamed HTML files to the destination directory. | Copies the renamed HTML files to the current directory. |


Early Black Friday Automotive Deals
by TTAC StaffBlack Friday is just around the corner, but that hasn’t stopped Amazon from launching thousands of deals ahead of time. You can get a jump start on your Holiday shopping this year without having to wait for Black Friday or Cyber Monday to come around.
Many automotive deals are already happening and if you’ve been patiently waiting for deep discounts on certain products, you’ve come to the right place. Below, you’ll find a list of the best early Black Friday automotive deals; check back often, as we’ll continue to update this list as more deals pop up.
(Editor’s note: These commerce posts help us pay the bills, and they are sponsored content, separate from our independent coverage of the automotive industry. Thanks for understanding.)
ENGNIEK LED Headlight Bulbs
You can probably look forward to several deals on LED headlight bulbs this Black Friday, but ENGNIEK already has its lineup of products on sale at up to 66% off. Choose from a wide variety of fitments—H1, H4, H7, H11/H8/H9, H13/9008, 9005/HB3, 9006/HB4, 9007/9004, and 9012/HIR2. These bulbs offer 12000 lumens of brightness and are powered by 6000K chips for a nice, white light. The company says these LED headlight bulbs will last up to 50,000 hours.
Chemical Guys 16-Piece Arsenal Builder Wash Kit
Deals on car washing supplies should be plentiful this Holiday shopping season and Chemical Guys’ entire lineup of products is already on sale ahead of time. Discounts range depending on what you need, but check out this 16-piece wash kit. It includes pretty much everything you need to make your car shine like new and it also makes for a great gift.
Here’s just some of the things included with this 16-piece Arsenal Builder Wash Kit: Butter Wet Wax, Honeydew Snow Foam, Diablo Wheel Gel, Silk Shine Dressing, Glass Cleaner, Speed Wipe Detailer, Detailing Bucket, Cyclone Dirt Trap, TORQ Foam Cannon, Microfiber Wash Mitt, Short Handle Brush, 4 Microfiber Towels & an Applicator.
ASLAM Type-G Windshield Wiper Blades
Windshield wipers aren’t exactly an expensive maintenance item, but saving money whenever you can is the wise thing to do. ASLAM’s Type-G wiper blades are on sale with savings up to 43% for a pair. These all-season wiper replacements deliver 0 streak wiping and are the company’s flagship series, constructed from premium rubber. They also sport a zinc alloy pedestal and an aerodynamic wind spoiler design to prevent blade lift-off at high speeds.
ASLAM’s Type-G blades work with U/J hook arm types, which means most vehicles. The company offers a 6-month guarantee on all-weather performance.
3M Heavy-Duty Headlight Restoration Kit
Are your headlights getting yellow and looking dull? Headlight restoration kits are a great DIY project and right now you can save up to 60% off on 3M’s popular offerings. This Heavy-Duty Headlight Restoration Kit includes everything you need to make your lights shine like new, including masking tape, light sanding discs, wax protectant, and more.
This kit uses 3M abrasive technology to remove yellowing and buildup without causing any damage to the plastic lens surface. They’re easy to use and no tools are necessary, although you can make it easier on yourself with a household drill.
ROYAMY Car Trash Can
Keep your car nice and tidy, or drop a hint to your friends or family members who have a messy car with this car trash can from ROYAMY. Featuring 600D nylon material and a 100% leakproof vinyl inside lining, the car trash can also sports a rubber opening lid and a velcro seal. In addition, there are 2 convenient mesh pouches so you can store any smaller personal items. Overall dimensions are 8.8″ by 5.9″ by 12″.
You can easily install this trash can anywhere inside your cabin with the adjustable straps.
Meguiar’s Ultimate Wash & Wax
If Meguiar’s is your car care company of choice, you won’t want to miss out on its early Black Friday deals. One product we highly recommend is Meguiar’s Ultimate Wash & Wax. This car wash soap uses carnauba wax and synthetic polymer technology to clean your car’s paint while leaving behind additional wax protection. Perfect to use in between heavy detailing sessions to keep your car nice and shiny.
This soap is pH neutral too, so it won’t strip any wax on your car’s finish.
Meguiar’s X2000 Water Magnet Microfiber Drying Towel
We won’t sit here and highlight every product Meguiar’s has on sale, but we wanted to make sure the X2000 Water Magnet Microfiber Drying Towel does get showcased. It’s one of the most popular drying towels in the industry and it works magic when it comes to drying your car. Available in two sizes (22″ x 30″ and 31″ by 21.5″), this microfiber towel will absorb up to 2 times the water of traditional terry towels. That’s less effort on your part and more time saved when it comes to drying.
Best of all, it’s machine washable. So just toss it in the washing machine once you’re done and it’ll be ready for next time.
SANROCK Portable Car Jump Starter
As portable battery banks became more popular with mobile devices now everywhere in the world, so have portable jump starters.  It’s compatible with all 12V batteries commonly found in vehicles.
Like most portable jump starters on the market, SANROCK’s offering also comes with USB charging ports for your mobile devices. In other words, it doubles as a battery pack with 16000mAh capacity. The company offers a 30-day guarantee with its portable jump starter.
RESQME Car Escape Tool
You may not think you need a car escape tool, but consider it a very cheap insurance policy in case you’re ever stuck in an emergency. This is one popular, affordable item and you can save up to 48% off right now. Choose from a wide assortment of available colors. This two-in-one car rescue tool serves as a seat belt cutter and car window breaker. Small, lightweight, and made in the U.S., it’s also a great gift idea.
AUTOWN Tire Repair Kit
Getting a puncture, leak, or a flat tire is a major inconvenience. But often times, you can plug or repair the tire yourself without spending time at a tire shop. AUTOWN’s tire repair kit is 59% off right now and comes with 67 pieces in a nice, portable storage case. The company even offers a 3-month money-back guarantee and a 24-month product defect free replacement warranty.

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Rhino warriors honoured for their bravery
Courage, resilience and tenacity were greatly emphasised at the Caxton and Spear Awards held to acknowledge the unsung heroes who put their lives on the line to save rhinos in the KNP.
by Landé WillemseSpear is an acronym for “Stop Poaching Our Endangered African Rhino”. Its main aim is to create awareness and attract funding for the role players on the front lines. The CEO of Spear, Estelle Roe, explained that the greatest assets in the park are the rangers.
The aim of the awards was to credit the rangers, prosecutors, pilots and police officers for their relentless work, but also to bring local businesses into the fight against poaching.
ALSO READ: KNP lost 190 rhinos since beginning of 2019
hese heroes over the years have fought relentlessly against the onslaught that the Marula South region, also known as the Intensive Protection Zone (IZP), has experienced from rhino poaching syndicates for the past decade.
The rangers were involved in more armed contacts per day than the SANDF soldiers were during the Border War. This team has, through its individual efforts, played a major role in the drastic year-on-year reduction of 48 per cent in rhino poaching since 2016.
Prosecutor Ansie Venter and legal adviser Coert Jordaan were also honoured for their relentless assistance in the fight.
• Neels van Wyk – section ranger: Crocodile Bridge
An excellent marksman with a natural talent for intelligence gathering with exceptional bushcraft, tracking and anti-poaching skills.
• Albert Smith – section ranger: Malalane
The founder of the highly successful camera trap systems and instrumental in
the development and implementation of other critical technology systems currently in the IZP.
• Marius Snyders – section ranger: Stolsnek
Showed consistent tenacity during follow-up operations.
• Craig Williams – section ranger: Pretoriuskop
Personally involved in five contacts in one day. Probably been in more armed contacts than any other section ranger in the history of the KNP.
• Mark McGill – technology operations manager
Best known for his role in developing, deploying and managing the Wide Area Surveillance System or Meerkat in the IZP. In two years the Meerkat was responsible for 45 arrests and the recovery of 15 firearms.
• Sgt Wilson Siwela – field ranger sergeant: Crocodile Bridge
Exceptional bush skills and anti-poaching talent and always leading from the front. Single-handedly took on, overpowered and arrested an armed group of poachers.
• Sgt Enock Manyike – field ranger sergeant: Malalane
Second-generation sergeant who has been at the forefront of numerous anti-poaching operations. Also the recipient of multiple bravery awards.
• Field ranger Tyson Maluleke – dog handler: Stolsnek
With his K9 partner, Kilalo, in four years
have been involved in 61 contacts resulting in 183 arrests and the recovery of 47 firearms.
• Field ranger Derek Maluleke – dog handler: Malalane
He and his K9 partner, Charlie, in two years have been involved in 20 contacts resulting in 34 arrests and the recovery of 15 firearms.
• Charles Thompson – helicopter pilot and air-wing safety officer
Recipient of a bravery award for his flight that saved the life of a ranger who was shot in a contact, and is considered to be one of the best chopper pilots the KNP has had.
• Brad Grafton – helicopter pilot
The first pilot to be shot at by poachers and the only one to be shot at twice, both times saving the aircraft and passengers with his exceptional flying skills.
ALSO READ: Poachers take rhino battle from bush to courtroom
• Section ranger Richard Sowry – section ranger: Kingfisherspruit
Founder of the free-running pack hounds in the KNP. Persisted with the pack hound concept until a great number of successes silenced the pessimists.
• Johan van Straaten – K9 manager: Southern African Wildlife College
Trained the first tracking dog, that is still operational after many successful follow-ups.
• Johan de Beer – K9 manager: SANParks
Developed the K9 unit at Phabeni. His contribution to the fight against poaching is recognised by all.
• Steven Whitfield – regional ranger: Marula North region
Groundbreaking work done to formalise relations between KNP and Mozambique conservation and law enforcement agencies.


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CookiesYou can set your browser to refuse all or some of the browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about the cookies we use, please see our Cookies Policy.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
Some of our external third parties are based outside the European Economic Area (EEA) so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the EEA. Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission. For further details, see European Commission: Adequacy of the protection of personal data in non-EU countries.
Where we use providers based in the US, we may transfer data to them if they are part of the Privacy Shield which requires them to provide similar protection to personal data shared between the Europe and the US. For further details, see European Commission: EU-US Privacy Shield.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see “request erasure” below for further information.
In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
You may contact our data protection officer at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>for more information or to exercise any of these rights:
1. Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a "data subject access request"). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
2. Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
3. Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
4. Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
5. Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data's accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
6. Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
Exercising these rightsUse our DSR (data subject request) form or send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the ANSPDCP, the Romanian supervisory authority for data protection issues. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns about data protection before you approach the authority so please contact us in the first instance.
No fee usually requiredYou will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights).
What we may need from youWe may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
Time limit to respondWe try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
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KAMBILI BOB 3/5 RIDES GARDEN CLOSE JO'BURG, SOUTH AFRICA MY DEAR , I am Bob Kambili, Bank manager of First national bank South Africa Pty, South Africa,(www.fnb.co.za) and for reasons which will become obvious to you as read on, I obtained your address particulars from an Internet address listing. Please exercise some patience and read through my message. You can reach me immediately on my private email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>I have a very urgent and confidential business proposition for you. On June 6th 1998, a Gold Consultant/Contractor with the South African National Gold Corporation, Mr. Ahmed Youseff Mustafa , a national of Iraq, made a numbered time ( fixed) deposit for 12 calendar months, value USD52,000,000.00 (FIFTY TWO MILION DOLLAS) in my branch. On maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally, his contract employers, the South African National Gold Corporation wrote to inform us that Mr. A Y Mustafa died from an automobile accident; that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin through the Iraqi embassy were fruitless. At first I was surprised that I did not receive much official cooperation in my inquiries in order to trace his kin in Iraq, and inform them about Mr. Mustafa�s deposit of USD52m plus accrued interest. I therefore made further investigations and discovered that Mr. Mustafa had actively opposed the Government of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, and was consequently driven into exile. Being an minning Expert,he subsequently obtained a job with the South Africa Gold Coporation, and settled in South Africa. Thereafter, he walked into my Office to make the aforementioned deposit of USD52m. He did not declare any kin in his application paperwork, contrary to laid down procedures, and when I asked him he informed me that he wished it so. I accepted his application because banks are conservative and will always honour a customer�s wishes, especially high networth customers. No one knows the source of his money because apparently the time frame of his employment with the ASGC does indeed preclude such a large amount of money. It can be assumed that he brought his money over from Iraq, but that is open to speculation. However, the point is that his employers are not aware of this money , and therefore it can be safely assumed that no one will ever come forward to claim this money. This money total USD52m ( inclusive of accrued interests) is still sitting in my Bank in the Dormant Account Portfolio. No one will ever come forward to claim it now, and according to South African law, after 5 years, the money will automatically revert to the Federal Government Treasury if the Account owner is a foreigner, is certified dead , and there is no valid claim. This indeed, is the situation. My proposal therefore is that I am looking for a foreigner who will stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Mustafa. It is not necessary to be a blood relation to Mr. Mustafa, nor have the same name. It is not also necessary to come from the same Country. I have worked out the modalities to achieve my aim of appointing a next of kin, and therefore also by this means transfer this money total USD52m abroad for us to share. The method of achieving the objective of transferring this money abroad in a completely legal and proper way is simple. I intend to use a n Attorney ( representing you as BENEFICIARY) to execute a series of affidavits in support of your claim. These will be approved. The money transfer paperwork itself will include a certificate of origin so that the receiving bank does not ask questions or refuse the money as money laundering. Also, the paperwork will include proper certification that the funds being transferred are from non criminal sources. In short this will be a proper and legal money transfer and there is no risk!. I will have to process the initial paperwork to obtain approval from the Probate Registry ( Ministry of Justice ) to obtain the Letter of Administration empowering you as Sole trustee/executor to the Estate of Mr. Mustafa. If you therefore agree to be the official Beneficiary, then please note that you will not be required to sign any Money Transfer Documents ( my Attorney will do all (that), you will not be required to come to South Africa. Only the following is required from you: (1) Send to me immediately A bank account ( a bank account with zero credit balance is ok) (2) Complete name and address of the Bank (3) Bank Account Number (4) Name of Account Holder/Beneficiary (5) Your address, phone and fax (6) A brief background information on you (CV) Once you send me the requested information as above, I will initiate the processing of the transfer and in about 7 working days the money total USD52m will be in your nominated bank account for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and 30% for you. This transaction is guaranteed to succeed without any problems. If you agree to assist me by sending me the above requested information, I will give you my complete address, including phone/ fax etc and any further clarifications you may require. Looking forward to your urgent reply. Yours truly Kambili. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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Claim number: 736MC047
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Creates a customized Undo tool and Undo or Redo command on the Edit menu for custom commands.
Syntax
CUSTOM.UNDO(macro_text, undo_text)
Macro_text is the name of, or an R1C1-style reference to, the macro you want to run when the Undo command is chosen. Macro_text can be the name or cell reference of a macro.
Undo_text is the text you want to use as the Undo command.
Example
The following macro function runs the UndoMult macro when the user clicks the Undo Times100 command, a custom command that multiples the current cell by 100.
=CUSTOM.UNDO("UndoMult", "&Undo Times100")
Tip Use CUSTOM.UNDO directly after the macro functions you want to be able to repeat, because other macro functions following CUSTOM.UNDO might reset the Undo command.
Related Function
CUSTOM.REPEAT Specifies a macro to run to repeat a custom command
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In JavaScript, functions are considered first-class citizens; they are able to be passed as arguments or stored in variables or fields.
Callbacks are functions that are passed as an argument to another function.
function runThisFunction(myCallbackFunction) {
myCallbackFunction();
}
runThisFunction(function() {
console.log('Kind of useless, but I see your point.');
});
Here is a common example, passing an anonymous callback function to be used after the success of a jQuery AJAX request.
$.ajax({
url: '/myapi/',
type: 'POST',
data: { Id: 123, Description: 'Call me back, bro!' },
success: function(data) {
// Our callback function; this will be executed
// after the async query is finished
console.log(data);
myData.push(data);
}
});
That doesn't seem bad, does it? But what happens when things get more complex?
Have you ever written code that looks like this?
$.ajax({
url: '/myapi/',
type: 'POST',
data: { Id: 123, Description: 'Call me back, bro!' },
success: function(returnedData) {
// Success! Time to call our next service
$.ajax({
url: '/mynextapi/',
type: 'POST',
data: returnedData,
success: function(data) {
$('#messages').animate({
opacity: 0.25,
left: "+=50",
height: "toggle"
}, 5000, function() {
setTimeout(function() {
$(this).val('Finished!');
// How did we get here???
}, 1000);
});
}
});
}
});
Deep, intermingled heirachies of functions, often called asynchronously.
Scope is very difficult to track.
Code maintainability SUCKS!
Of course! Let's pull all of those anonymous functions into named functions. That will help, right?
function animateAfterFinalPosting(){
$('#messages').animate({
opacity: 0.25,
left: "+=50",
height: "toggle"
}, 5000, function() {
setTimeout(function() {
$(this).val('Finished!');
}, 1000);
});
}
function postInitialDataSuccess(returnedData) {
// Success! Time to call our next service
$.ajax({
url: '/mynextapi/',
type: 'POST',
data: returnedData,
success: animateAfterFinalPosting
});
}
function postInitialData(myData) {
$.ajax({
url: '/myapi/',
type: 'POST',
data: myData,
success: postInitialDataSuccess
});
}
postInitialData({
Id: 123,
Description: "Let's dive in!"
});
Better, right?
Code has become more manageable, however:
First, a discalaimer: Promises, or specifically the Promises/A+ standardization, are currently available in JavaScript's currently standardizing ECMAScript 6 additions. As such, they are not available in all browsers without using an additional library, like Q.js, or a polyfill.
For more information, I highly recommend reading the JavaScript Promises article at HTML5 Rocks (http://bmtn.us/1ikMPTc).
A promise is an abstraction over asynchronous functions and tasks in JavaScript.
At the minimum, a promise is a JavaScript object with a then function.
The then function returns a fullfilled value or throws an exception. The former allows you to chain multiple promises together (fluent-style).
Promises can have four states: fulfilled, rejected, pending, or settled.
A small sample of a promise chain. We're using anonymous functions here, but notice how much more readable the code is. Not only that, but it's linear!
// Using Q, basic concepts apply to Promises/A+
Q({
Id: 123,
Description: "Let's dive in!"
}).then(function(data) {
// jQuery isn't standard-compliant, wrap in a proper promise and return
return Q($.ajax({
url: '/myapi/',
type: 'POST',
data: data
}));
}).then(function(returnedData) {
return Q($.ajax({
url: '/mynextapi/',
type: 'POST',
data: returnedData
}));
}).then(function(nextReturnedData) {
$('#messages').animate({
opacity: 0.25,
left: "+=50",
height: "toggle"
}, 5000, function() {
setTimeout(function() {
$(this).val('Finished!');
}, 1000);
});
}).catch(function(error) {
// Easy error handling!
console.log(error);
});
Now let's move our anonymous functions into their named counterparts.
function sendFirstDataPost(data) {
// jQuery isn't standard-compliant, wrap in a proper promise and return
return Q($.ajax({
url: '/myapi/',
type: 'POST',
data: data
}));
}
function sendSecondDataPost(returnedData) {
return Q($.ajax({
url: '/mynextapi/',
type: 'POST',
data: returnedData
}));
}
// note that we don't _have_ to provide the
// previously returned data; javascript lets
// us ignore arguments in callbacks
function animateMessageBox() {
$('#messages').animate({
opacity: 0.25,
left: "+=50",
height: "toggle"
}, 5000, function() {
setTimeout(function() {
$(this).val('Finished!');
}, 1000);
});
}
function errorHandler(error) {
// Easy error handling! This method could
// potentially be reused in any promise chain
console.log(error);
}
// Using Q, basic concepts apply to Promises/A+
Q({
Id: 123,
Description: "Let's dive in!"
})
.then(sendFirstDataPost)
.then(sendSecondDataPost)
.then(animateMessageBox)
.catch(errorHandler);
We've been tasked with creating a lightweight web interface for retrieving and processing CommandSets from a web API:
Using anonymous callbacks, we'll send all commands to the web API and wait for a response.
Taking the previous example and breaking it into a promise-style chain, we send all commands to a web API and wait for a response.
In addition to the core specifications:
Using named callbacks to help clean-up the code from the first demo and add additional functionality.
In addition to the previous specifications:
Using the previous demo as a base, we've rewritten the logic to produce promise chains. Additionally, we show how easy it is to control the flow of child chains, as well as knowing when the entire process is finished.
While browsers continue to add and support the full Promises/A+ standard, you can still enjoy them in most ECMAScript 5 browers.
The JavaScript Promises article at HTML5 Rocks (http://bmtn.us/1ikMPTc) has a polyfill that can be used to support older browsers, as well (based on RSVP.js).
To see if your favorite browser supports the Promise standard, visit caniuse.com/promises.
The same as Demo 4, just using native Promises (no polyfill, so check your browser support!).
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Automated Planning Lisp Code
This system is a set of lisp codes for the book
Automated Planning - Theory and Practice
by Malik Ghallab, Dana Nau, and Paolo Traverso. To get more information on this system, see
"./doc/overview.html"
.


--- layout: post title: O2, I-Mode, .mobi titbits date: 2006-07-20 00:00:00 categories: business digital-media interfaces-&-interaction mobile ---
A couple of O2 and .mobi titbits: "Delaney denied that the coming .mobi domain for mobile sites would harm i-mode's prospects. He said .mobi merely presents one of many ways to adapt content for use on mobiles. However, he added that O2 would have to increase the internet-type services it offers on its i-mode to attract more custom.
Jag Minhas, O2's chief i-mode architect, said the firm would probably open its specifications to more third-party content providers at the end of the year. Features planned for next year include an RSS aggregator, called iChannel, which will appear high up on the user interface; and an instant messaging (IM) client."
Interesting... with the Guardian reporting this morning that 1 in 4 UK internet users writes a weblog, perhaps it's time that the reading tools for this sort of content (i.e. RSS readers) to reach the same sort of mass appeal.
Update: added link to the Guardian article.


Britney Spears turned down Fairytale Of New York duet with Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams has revealed Britney Spears turned down his request to duet on Fairytale Of New York.
That’s her prerogative.
The Take That star, who’s gunning for Christmas number one with his new album The Christmas Present, revealed that Britney’s taking no prisoners with her break from music.
Explaining that his favourite festive tune is The Pogues’ hit, Robbie told Heart’s Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden: ‘But listen, check this out, I asked Britney Spears to duet with me on Fairytale of New York.
‘She said no. What a lovely story.’
Ouch.
‘What did you do? Did you ring her or did she just not text you back, how did that work?’ Jamie asked.
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Robbie explained: ‘She’s not working right now. She’s having a rest. Maybe it’ll happen in the future.’
Meanwhile, things got a little awkward when Amanda offered herself up, with Robbie swiftly telling her: ‘We’re good Amanda.’
Don’t worry Amanda, you can be on our Christmas album.
However, it doesn’t seem like Robbie’s suffering too much from his lack of Britney, as he’s currently clashing with Coldplay over who will take home the coveted Christmas number one.
After all, he did warn that he’s coming for Michael Buble’s Christmas throne.
With Chris Martin and co dropping their new album Everyday Life on the same day as Robbie’s record, the stakes are high.
A source told The Sun: ‘Coldplay and Robbie are both massive forces when it comes to selling albums so the numbers they will shift next week will be huge.
‘They have strong track records and very dedicated fan bases who will fight for their act to get to number one.’
They added: ‘At the moment Coldplay are looking likely to pip him to the post, but with a week and a half to go it’s anyone’s game, especially given all of the publicity Robbie has done.’
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class HookUpdateEvent extends HookCreateEvent
Class HookUpdateEvent
Properties
| $hook |
Methods
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setLocale(mixed $locale)
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from HookCreateEvent | |
| mixed |
getLocale()
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from HookCreateEvent |
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setNative(mixed $native)
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from HookCreateEvent | |
| mixed |
getNative()
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from HookCreateEvent |
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setTitle(mixed $title)
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from HookCreateEvent | |
| mixed |
getTitle()
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from HookCreateEvent |
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setType(mixed $type)
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from HookCreateEvent | |
| mixed |
getType()
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from HookCreateEvent |
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setActive(mixed $active)
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from HookCreateEvent | |
| mixed |
getActive()
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from HookCreateEvent |
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setCode(mixed $code)
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from HookCreateEvent | |
| mixed |
getCode()
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from HookCreateEvent |
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__construct(int $hook_id)
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| $this |
setHookId(int $hook_id)
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getHookId()
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setBlock(mixed $block)
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getBlock()
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setByModule(mixed $by_module)
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getByModule()
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setChapo(mixed $chapo)
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| mixed |
getChapo()
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setDescription(mixed $description)
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||
| mixed |
getDescription()
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Details
in HookCreateEvent at line 32
public
setLocale(mixed $locale)
in HookCreateEvent at line 42
public mixed
getLocale()
in HookCreateEvent at line 50
public
setNative(mixed $native)
in HookCreateEvent at line 60
public mixed
getNative()
in HookCreateEvent at line 68
public
setTitle(mixed $title)
in HookCreateEvent at line 78
public mixed
getTitle()
in HookCreateEvent at line 86
public
setType(mixed $type)
in HookCreateEvent at line 96
public mixed
getType()
in HookCreateEvent at line 104
public
setActive(mixed $active)
in HookCreateEvent at line 114
public mixed
getActive()
in HookCreateEvent at line 122
public
setCode(mixed $code)
in HookCreateEvent at line 132
public mixed
getCode()
at line 31
public
__construct(int $hook_id)
at line 40
public $this
setHookId(int $hook_id)
at line 50
public Hook
getHookId()
at line 58
public
setBlock(mixed $block)
at line 68
public mixed
getBlock()
at line 76
public
setByModule(mixed $by_module)
at line 86
public mixed
getByModule()
at line 94
public
setChapo(mixed $chapo)
at line 104
public mixed
getChapo()
at line 112
public
setDescription(mixed $description)
at line 122
public mixed
getDescription()


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{{userResearched.email}}
{{userResearched.username}}


M_color - Fortran module for converting between color models
M_color is a collection of procedures primarily for converting between different color models.
The M_color Fortran module is described in detail in individual HTML documents as well as in a single HTML document (requires javascript).
The distribution contains this information as man-pages as well for use on systems with the man(1) command.
A CHANGELOG provides a history of significant changes and issues.
git clone https://github.com/urbanjost/M_color.git
cd M_color/src
# change Makefile if not using one of the listed compilers
# for gfortran
make clean
make F90=gfortran gfortran
# for ifort
make clean
make F90=ifort ifort
# for nvfortran
make clean
make F90=nvfortran nvfortran
This will compile the M_color module and build all the example programs from the document pages in the examples/ sub-directory.
Alternatively, download the github repository and build it with fpm ( as described at Fortran Package Manager )
git clone https://github.com/urbanjost/M_color.git
cd M_color
fpm test
or just list it as a dependency in your fpm.toml project file.
[dependencies]
M_color = { git = "https://github.com/urbanjost/M_color.git" }


below is a list of the past projects that i have attempted
Below is a video of a clone of space invaders that i was making for a game programming class at UNI it is made in SDL and uses vectors for the drawing of the sprites. currently the collision is based in circle to circle and it’s all ways checking for a collision, so it is not performance wise the best idea this is because its written with a time complexity of n^2. in future I plan to refactor this code to allow it to be more optimal perhaps add in box2D to check for collision. I will also be changing the vectors to object pools and add in some piratical systems for when the bad guys explode. the sound will be added using Fmod as well currently this is a work and progress that is for a bit of fun.
Below you see one of the projects that I was working on in computer graphics class at University. it is written in Java using OpenGL2 framework it’s a submarine with a texture as well as a sand textured ocean floor. the challenges I faced in this project were attaching the textures to the submarine and ocean floor and enabling the Fog that you see. the fog color kept changing everything so that the whole scene will be blue rather than its respective colors. after talking with people and lots of stack overflow I found out that this was happening because I hadn’t added the texture matrix also the third person camera with movement controls as you can move the camera around the submarine as you can see whilst also being able to move it. everything is in a push pop matrix. I have included my work log for this project in the downloads section of this portfolio or you can click the link below graphics logbook
below is the first attempt at making the third person camera. in this video, it only moves around the x and z-axis with ++x and ++z. it also has rotate enabled this was just to get the maths and the know-how in my head on how to make the camera follow the submarine. This code would not really work for anything but looking at how the submarine looks as the camera is looking at a static location and it will need to follow the submarines movement through the world.
below you see the solar system that I made in class using a template that the tutor gave us the planets are all in their own entity sub derived from a planet class they all have their size, positions, and time to rotate relative to the sun the sun being at 0,0,0. all the planets are in a push pop matrix with gl.gltranslate moving them away and around the sun. my struggles with this were getting the first-person camera logic in my head and all the trigonometry that goes along with it.
in this, I learnt how to make a first-person cammer and how the camera matrix works with its look at its position and it up the code below shows my final working camera. the camera's movement of the eye up and down was the first step and the easiest just plus and minus the y. the forward and back that you also see in fig.1 calls my movement function in fig.4. in fig.3 you can see how I stopped the cameras world flipping that happens when you look at some directly up 90 degrees or directly down 90 degrees. in fig.2 I made some code to stop the memory issues when it comes to rotation greater than 360 this code will once the rotation gets beyond 360 take the number that is over that amount say if its 380 degrees and make it = 20 degrees. fig.4 is my main camera movement function it takes in the cameras current position its yaw and pitch and calculated the new position and look at location this was my greatest struggle and I had to talk with my tutor a lot to get it right. my initial code did not use the +cameye[x]; at the end of the calculations. so the camera movement moved the camera but not when you wanted it to go. once I added that to it however it worked fine
below is my first play with OpenGL where I made a planet with asteroids and atmosphere. my struggle with this was the particle system that we made to spawn the asteroids as it needed to randomize the asteroids as they spawned with a different amount of points and edges also the place in which the spawn and how high. One of the main problems I had in this project was learning how to adapt trigonometry in to use in the OpenGL world. I overcame this by talking with the teacher and with help from my peers. The asteroids that you see are set up with random sizes and random edges. I developed this code below to make them initialise with those random values. Then draw them on the screen using a triangle fan. The next step was then making them work with a particle system the difficulty I had with this task was making an array of asteroids it only took a small talk with the teacher to get my head around it. I then used the INIT on the particle system to INIT the asteroids to then draw. The draw calls the asteroids draw method and the think of the particle system then goes through the array of asteroids and calls the asteroids think. what I learnt with this is how the particle system works. it controls the asteroids how many are made and when they perform there think method.
Below is a link to a link list data structure that I made in our DSA class. this was an assignment that was given to us to build a data structure and then test that structure with data and a load to see how it performs we then had to write a report on our findings explain them which you can see below. I discovered that a link list is not the best form of data structure especially for a lot of data to store. But in smaller lists it performs adequately. DSA linked list report data Report PDF
here is a link to my Data structures and algorithms course work. in this class, we learned about j unit tests and how they make sure, that the code we wrote is robust and does what it was intended to do. Before this class I had not heard of test-driven development and how to keep the code that we had robust and working the way that was intended. We also where told about binary trees red, black tress and ways of sorting data. we also learned about options and how they work to make sure that the data being returned was actually data and not a null value. You are welcome to look through the lab work that I have done. Thought this class I have a greater understanding of data structures. However, I still need more practice in this area as I still can't make a red-black tree. Data Stuctures
Here is the link to the first game that I made. it’s a text-based game made in Java that loads in a text file it was an assignment that we had to make as a class this was made as we were just learning java before OOP was taught. One of the main features that I wanted to put In this code is the ability to modify the number of rooms in the map without hard-coding the array size. After playing around for a few days asking people and looking at the Java API to figure out how reading in a file worked I simply made a scan that would read in the first line from the text file and it would make that the array size. This worked for my purposes but looking back over it. It doesn’t check to see If the first line is a number or not meaning that if someone was to play with the text file and place a letter in there it would break the code. looking over this code I would change a few things perhaps making all the text in the game load from file allowing me to edit the game just but editing the text file this will also allow me to make more text-based games and just one loader. Text Game
Here is my first log book that we needed to keep for my first class on Coding. we were coding in c and it was the first language that I learned. until recently I didn’t think that creating log books would be useful I was wrong and I have begun making more of them for each of my projects. Programing One Log Book


For any spending function specified by the user, this package provides corresponding boundaries for interim testing using the adaptively weighted log-rank test developed by Yang and Prentice (2010 <doi:10.1111/j.1541-0420.2009.01243.x>). The package uses a re-sampling method to obtain stopping boundaries at the interim looks.The output consists of stopping boundaries and observed values of the test statistics at the interim looks, along with nominal p-values defined as the probability of the test exceeding the specific observed test statistic value or critical value, regardless of the test behavior at other looks. The asymptotic validity of the stopping boundaries is established in Yang (2018 <doi:10.1002/sim.7958>).
| Version: | 1.0.0 |
| Imports: | Rcpp, MASS |
| LinkingTo: | Rcpp |
| Published: | 2018-11-26 |
| Author: | Daewoo Pak and Song Yang |
| Maintainer: | Daewoo Pak <heavyrain.pak at gmail.com> |
| License: | GPL (≥ 3) |
| NeedsCompilation: | yes |
| Materials: | README NEWS |
| CRAN checks: | YPInterimTesting results |
| Reference manual: | YPInterimTesting.pdf |
| Package source: | YPInterimTesting_1.0.0.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: YPInterimTesting_1.0.0.zip, r-release: YPInterimTesting_1.0.0.zip, r-oldrel: YPInterimTesting_1.0.0.zip |
| OS X binaries: | r-release: YPInterimTesting_1.0.0.tgz, r-oldrel: YPInterimTesting_1.0.0.tgz |
| Old sources: | YPInterimTesting archive |
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Germany's Scholz: We have to tackle question of banking union now
by Eren SengezerThe question of the banking union in the European Union has to be tackled now, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz argued on Friday. "We have 2 or 3 years to negotiate and then 2 more years to formulate the legal text," Scholz explained.
Scholz refrained from commenting on Germany's economic outlook and his remarks were largely ignored by the market participants.
Ahead of the Markit Manufacturing and Services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data from the United States, the EUR/USD pair is posting small daily losses near 1.1050.