Lesson 19, page 25: This letter is an English L sound. Easy to remember as it resembles a leg. Note the full shape when it comes at the end of the word or when standalone has a ring at the bottom.
Now we have taken the 5 letters that are connected only to the preceding letter. ا. و. ر. د. ذ. These letters never connect after. Usually when you write you leave the letter open (open dash, not closed) until you reach the next letter. However with those 5 letters you may close them since they don't get connected to the letter coming after them in a word. Example: دار =Home. The D is closed, the alef also stops and is not connected to the R after it. If we write "gap" in Arabic letters. جاب. The alif gets connected only to the preceding G. Usually you will keep extending the G with an open dash (without closing it with the ring) until you meet the next letter which is an alif in this case. Then since the alif is one of the 5 letters (you can remember them with the word ZADOR) therefore it stops there, then you start with the next letter.
Lesson 20, page 26: This is one of the easy letters to remember the M. Same sound like the English M.
Lesson 21, page 27: Straightforward N sound.
Exercises for ل (L): leg, legacy, flevor (there is no V in Arabic, usually written as F). But there are no Arabic words with V.
Exercises for م (M): mama, mira, alarm, Hakim, AHmad, Majorie, Marius, Sade, Mervet, Mohamad= MHMD (because the story vowels are omitted), Marcos, Barak Obama, Mac.
Exercises for ن (N): Navid, lagoon, man, woman, neglect, north, throne, anarchy, end.
Leg لج Flavor فليفر Mama ماما Ahmad احمد Muhammad محمد Mac ماك Navid نفيد Marius ماريوس Lagoon لاجون Throne ثرون Anarchy اناركي End إند
Lesson 22, page 28: straightforward h, same as English h. Notice the difference in shape among the start, middle, and standalone variants. Notice that when it comes at the end of the word (connected to preceding letter) it might be confused with the shape of a special character called the knotted T, ة. That knotted T comes only at the end of a word denoting the female gender of the word (yes words in Arabic have gender!). The confusing shape at the end, resembles an H but with an added two dots (like the letter T. However they both are pronounced H!
Lesson 23, page 28: Same as we did with the twin letters ح and خ. This is another twin. The letter 'A called 'Aayn (which means eye in Arabic). And the twin which comes with the same shape but with a dot above it denoting the negative traits of it! The twin's name is GHayn. The gh has a special pronunciation same like the french pronunciation of the R, a gargling sound that comes from the back ceiling of the mouth. But the good brother 'Ayn needs you to use a muscle in your throat. It can be done if you press gently on your Adam's apple while saying apple. It needs some practice, but it's important at least for the simple fact that the very word Araby or Arabic starts with it!
Words starting with the good brother 'Ayn: Bride, work, car, flag, honey, perfume, mind, justice.  Even the sound of it is not very clean! However, we can still appreciate, I just use this story to fix it in your mind with associations.
Exercises: hand, hunter, human, alcohol, foghorn.
Exercises for ع 'Ayn: write honey in Arabic, 'Asal. Write work, 'Amal. Write Arabic, 'Araby. Write exhibition, Ma'AraD. Write he sold, Baa'A.
Exercises for غ GHayn: Write strange, GHaReeB. Write he forgives,
YaGHFeR. Write emptiness (of space or time), FaRaaGH. Note that when I write a long vowel like aa, ee, it should be written, but when it is short it's omitted like a, e. End.
Hand هاند Human هيومن 'Amal عمل 'Araby عربي Ma'AraD معرض Ghareeb غريب Faraagh فراغ


Two little Logan girls found dead in ‘extreme heat’ of locked car
by ABCTwo young sisters, aged one and two, have been found dead in a car at Logan, south of Brisbane, after being exposed to “extreme heat”.
Queensland police and paramedics were called to a home at Waterford West shortly after 1:30pm on Saturday and found the pair unresponsive in a “hot” car.
Detective Inspector Mark White, from the Logan Child Protection and Investigation Unit, said the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) made attempts to revive the two children, but both were declared dead at the scene.
“The two children exhibited evidence of being exposed to extreme heat,” he said.
“It’s just a very, very tragic incident that has occurred. They were very young children.”
He added police were in the process of speaking with the girl’s parents, in addition to a number of other people.
Two people, known to the children, are assisting police with their inquiries.
“We have a lot of moving parts, a lot of enquiries being conducted and [the investigation] is at a very critical stage,” he said.
“Identifying who made phone calls to the QAS … will be part of that,” he explained.
A crime scene has been declared and emergency services remain at the scene.
Detective Inspector White said support was being provided to staff involved in the investigation.
“One of our priorities today, in addition to conducting the investigation, is the wellbeing of our staff,” he said.
“It’s very, very tragic and can be quite a distressing scene to be confronted by.”


pyfos_brocade_fibrechannel_logical_switch
- PyFOS module to provide REST support for Logical Switch objects.¶
The pyfos_brocade_fibrechannel_logical_switch
provides a REST support for Logical switch objects.
-
class
pyfos_brocade_fibrechannel_logical_switch.
fibrechannel_logical_switch
(dictvalues={})¶ Class of fibrechannel_logical_switch
Important class members:
Attribute name Description Frequently used methods fabric-id Fabric ID of logical switch set_fabric_id()
peek_fabric_id()
switch-wwn Switch WWN of logical switch peek_switch_wwn()
base-switch-enabled The logical switch is enabled as base switch set_base_switch_enabled()
peek_base_switch_enabled()
default-switch-status Default switch status of the logical switch peek_default_switch_status()
logical-isl-enabled Logical ISLs are enabled in the logical switch set_logical_isl_enabled()
peek_logical_isl_enabled()
ficon-mode-enabled FICON mode is enabled in the logical switch set_ficon_mode_enabled()
peek_ficon_mode_enabled()
port-member-list/port-member List of port members in the logical switch set_port_member_list_port_member()
peek_port_member_list_port_member()
ge-port-member-list/port-member List of GE port members in the logical switch set_ge_port_member_list_port_member()
peek_ge_port_member_list_port_member()
Object methods
-
get
(session)¶ Returns a
fibrechannel_logical_switch
object or a list of objects filled with values for all the attributes obtained using the session passed in. Each object can be printed usingpyfos_utils.response_print()
and individual attributes accessed through peek methods.Parameters: session – session handler returned by pyfos_auth.login()
Return type: dictionary of error or success response
-
post
()¶ Create an entry or add members. Fields involved are set within the object using attribute’s set method. This method is used to create a new logical switch with a group of ports/GE ports or to add ports/GE ports to an existing logical switch. This method is also used to set initial values for base switch, FICON mode and logical ISL.
Example usage of the method to create a new logical switch:
ls_obj = pyfos_brocade_fibrechannel_logical_switch. fibrechannel_logical_switch() ls_obj.set_fabric_id(1) ls_obj.post(session)
The above example creates a new logical switch having default values with fabric id 1.
Example usage of the method to add port members to an existing logical switch with fabric id 5:
ls_obj = pyfos_brocade_fibrechannel_logical_switch. fibrechannel_logical_switch() ls_obj.set_fabric_id(5) ls_obj.set_port_member_list_port_member("0/4;0/5") ls_obj.post(session)
The above example will add ports if a logical switch with fabric id 5 exists already.
Parameters: session – session handler returned by pyfos_auth.login()
Return type: dictionary of error or success response
-
patch
()¶ Replace entry members. Fields involved are set within the object using attribute’s set method. This command is used to replace the existing member ports or GE ports, modify base switch, FICON mode and logical ISL settings.
Example usage of the method to enable FICON mode in a logical switch:
ls_obj = pyfos_brocade_fibrechannel_logical_switch. fibrechannel_logical_switch() ls_obj.set_fabric_id(5) ls_obj.set_ficon_mode_enabled(1) ls_obj.patch(session)
Parameters: session – session handler returned by pyfos_auth.login()
Return type: dictionary of error or success response
-
delete
()¶ Delete an entry or entry members. Fields involved are set within the object using attribute’s set method. This command is used to delete a logical switch or delete the existing port/GE port members.
Example usage of the method to delete logical switch 1:
ls_obj = pyfos_brocade_fibrechannel_logical_switch. fibrechannel_logical_switch() ls_obj.set_fabric_id(1) ls_obj.delete(session)
Example usage of the method to delete ports from logical switch 1:
ls_obj = pyfos_brocade_fibrechannel_logical_switch. fibrechannel_logical_switch() ls_obj.set_fabric_id(1) ls_obj.set_port_member_list_port_member("0/4;0/5") ls_obj.delete(session)
Parameters: session – session handler returned by pyfos_auth.login()
Return type: dictionary of error or success response
Attribute methods
-
set_fabric_id
(fabric-id)¶ Sets Fabric ID in the object.
Parameters: fabric-id – Fabric ID to be set Return type: None or dictionary of error information
-
peek_fabric_id
()¶ Reads Fabric ID from the object.
Return type: None on error and value on success
-
peek_switch_wwn
()¶ Reads Switch WWN from the object.
Return type: None on error and value on success
-
set_base_switch_enabled
(newstate)¶ Sets enabled state in the object.
Parameters: newstate – New base switch state to be set Return type: None or dictionary of error information
-
peek_base_switch_enabled
()¶ Reads enabled state from the object.
Return type: None on error and value on success
-
peek_default_switch_status
()¶ Reads enabled state from the object.
Return type: None on error and value on success
-
set_logical_isl_enabled
(newstate)¶ Sets enabled state in the object.
Parameters: newstate – New logical ISL state to be set Return type: None or dictionary of error information
-
peek_logical_isl_enabled
()¶ Reads enabled state from the object.
Return type: None on error and value on success
-
set_ficon_mode_enabled
(newstate)¶ Sets enabled state in the object.
Parameters: newstate – New FICON mode state to be set Return type: None or dictionary of error information
-
peek_ficon_mode_enabled
()¶ Reads enabled state from the object.
Return type: None on error and value on success
-
set_port_member_list_port_member
(port_list)¶ Sets a list of port entries in port-member-list in the object.
Parameters: port_list – List of port members Return type: None or dictionary of error information
-
peek_port_member_list_port_member
()¶ Reads a list of port entries in port-member-list from the object.
Return type: None on error and list of port members on success
-
set_ge_port_member_list_port_member
(port_list)¶ Sets a list of GE port entries in port-member-list in the object.
Parameters: port_list – List of GE port members Return type: None or dictionary of error information
-
peek_ge_port_member_list_port_member
()¶ Reads a list of GE port entries in port-member-list from the object.
Return type: None on error and list of GE port members on success
-
See also
Module pyfos_auth


{% extends "html/base.html" %} {% block content %}
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from .trace_elbo import Trace_ELBO
from .tracegraph_elbo import TraceGraph_ELBO
[docs]class ELBO(object):
"""
:param num_particles: the number of particles (samples) used to form the ELBO estimator.
:param trace_graph: boolean. whether to keep track of dependency information when running the
model and guide. this information can be used to form a gradient estimator with lower variance
in the case that some of the random variables are non-reparameterized.
note: for a model with many random variables, keeping track of the dependency information
can be expensive. see the tutorial `SVI Part III <http://pyro.ai/examples/svi_part_iii.html>`_
for a discussion.
:param bool enum_discrete: whether to sum over discrete latent variables, rather than sample them.
`ELBO` is the top-level interface for stochastic variational inference via optimization of the
evidence lower bound. Most users will not interact with `ELBO` directly; instead they will interact
with `SVI`. `ELBO` dispatches to `Trace_ELBO` and `TraceGraph_ELBO`, where the internal
implementations live.
.. warning:: `enum_discrete` is a bleeding edge feature.
see `SS-VAE <http://pyro.ai/examples/svi_part_iii.html>`_ for a discussion.
References
[1] `Automated Variational Inference in Probabilistic Programming`
David Wingate, Theo Weber
[2] `Black Box Variational Inference`,
Rajesh Ranganath, Sean Gerrish, David M. Blei
"""
def __init__(self,
num_particles=1,
trace_graph=False,
enum_discrete=False):
super(ELBO, self).__init__()
self.num_particles = num_particles
self.trace_graph = trace_graph
if self.trace_graph:
self.which_elbo = TraceGraph_ELBO(num_particles=num_particles, enum_discrete=enum_discrete)
else:
self.which_elbo = Trace_ELBO(num_particles=num_particles, enum_discrete=enum_discrete)
[docs] def loss(self, model, guide, *args, **kwargs):
"""
Evaluates the ELBO with an estimator that uses `num_particles` many samples/particles,
where `num_particles` is specified in the constructor.
:returns: returns an estimate of the ELBO
:rtype: float
"""
return self.which_elbo.loss(model, guide, *args, **kwargs)
[docs] def loss_and_grads(self, model, guide, *args, **kwargs):
"""
Computes the ELBO as well as the surrogate ELBO that is used to form the gradient estimator.
Performs backward on the latter. Num_particle many samples are used to form the estimators,
where `num_particles` is specified in the constructor.
:returns: returns an estimate of the ELBO
:rtype: float
"""
return self.which_elbo.loss_and_grads(model, guide, *args, **kwargs)


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Elektra
0.8.15
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This plugin is a notification plugin which sends a signal to dbus when a method is called. This plugin allows external programs to take action when dbus notifies the program that a certain method has taken place with Elektra.
libdbus-1-dev
A preferred way to interconnect desktop applications and even embedded system applications on mobile devices running Linux is D-Bus. The idea of D-Bus accords to that of Elektra: to provide standards to let software work together more tightly. D-Bus provides a simple and lightweight IPC (Inter-Process Communication= system to be used within desktop systems. Next to RPC (Remote Procedure Call), which is not used in this plugin, it supports signals which can notify an arbitrary number of other applications about changes. Given software like a D-Bus library, notification itself is a rather easy task, but it involves additional library dependences. So it is the perfect task to be implemented as a plugin. The information about the channels to be used can be stored in the global key database.
D-Bus supports a system-wide bus and a session bus. The system configuration can be accessed by each user and the user configuration is limited to a single user. Both buses can immediately be used for the system and user configuration notification updates to get pleasing results. But, there is a problem with the session bus: It is possible within D-Bus that a user starts several sessions. The user configuration should be global to the user and is not aware of these sessions. So if several sessions are started, some of the user's processes will miss notification updates.
The namespaces are mapped to the buses the following way:
Following signal names are used to notify about changes in the elektra KeySet:
Mount the plugin additionally to a storage plugin, e.g.
kdb mount file.dump / dump dbus
then we can receive the notification events using:
dbus-monitor type='signal',interface='org.libelektra',path='/org/libelektra/configuration'
In Python the DBus notifications can be used as follows
```python import dbus import gobject gobject.threads_init() # important: initialize threads if gobject main loop is used from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
class DBusTest(): def init(self): DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True) bus = dbus.SystemBus() # may use session bus for user db bus.add_signal_receiver(self.elektra_dbus_key_changed_cb, signal_name="KeyChanged", dbus_interface="org.libelektra", path="/org/libelektra/configuration")
def elektra_dbus_key_changed_cb(self, key): print('key changed s' % key)
test = DBusTest() loop = gobject.MainLoop() try: loop.run() except KeyboardInterrupt: loop.quit() ```
Today, programs are often interconnected in a dense way. Such applications should always be informed when something in their environment changes. For user interactive software, notification about configuration changes is expected. The only alternative is polling, which wastes resources. It additionally is no option, because for interactive software the latency needs to be low. Instead, the software which changes the configuration has to notify all other interested applications that can reread their configuration without significant delay. In Elektra, a notification plugin ensures that a notification is actually sent on each change.
Applications can wait for such a notification with hand-written code. Bindings, however, allow for better integration. It is a common approach for toolkits to provide a main loop. Applications using such toolkits can integrate notification services into this main loop.
The actions that occur in such events are application or toolkit specific because of the non-invasive nature of Elektra. Software reacts in many different ways to update events. Hence, the frequency of update events should be kept at a minimum. Changes are kept atomic with a single attempt to write out configuration. Notification callbacks shall not change configuration because this can lead to a longer chain of unwanted modifications. That might not be true, however, if a programmer of the whole system knows that a chain of reactions will terminate. When doing such event-driven programming, care is needed to avoid infinite loops. Elektra guarantees consistency of the key database even in such cases.


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Large Signal Rate Equaiton
Dynamic characteristics of semiconductor bulk lasers and quantum well structure lasers are well described by the rate equation derived from the diagonal elements of the density matrix. The laser diode rate equations model the electrical and optical performance of a laser diode. This system of ordinary differential equations relates the number or density of photons and charge carriers (electrons) in the device to the injection current and to device and material parameters such as carrier lifetime, photon lifetime, and the optical gain.
Contents
Specify laser constants
tau_s = 3e-9; N0 = 1e24; A =1e-12; P0 = 1/(A*tau_s); TSPAN = [0 10]; Y0 =[0 0];
Solve the rate equation
[T,Y] = ode45(@(t,y)rate_equation(t,y),TSPAN,Y0);
% [T,Y]= ode45(@(t,y)rate_eq(t,y,tp,n0,L,Rsp,S,Ng,d,g,b,J,c,e),tspan,y0);
Plot the results
subplot(2,1,1) plot(T*tau_s ,Y(:,1)*N0) title('carriers density in high laser level') % carriers density in high laser level subplot(2,1,2) plot(T*tau_s ,Y(:,2)*P0) title('photons density in active region') % photons density in activer region % Reference https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/laser-rate-equation-ode-simulation-problem.292761/
Define the rate equation
function dy = rate_equation(~,y) dy = zeros(2,1); tau_s = 3e-9; % carriers lifetime tau_p = 1e-12; % photons lifetime A = 1e-12; % linear gain costant N0 = 1e24; % trasparency carries density V = 3.75e-14; % modal volume gamma = 1e-5; % gain compression factor q = 1.6e-19; % electron charge I0 = N0*q*V/tau_s; % trasparency current tau_norm = tau_s/tau_p; eta = A*tau_p*N0; % efficiency I = 2.5*I0; % pumping current ( try: from I0 to 3*I0 for example ...and see what happens!) dy(1)= I/I0 -y(2)*(y(1) - 1) -y(1); dy(2) = tau_norm*(y(2)*(eta*(y(1) - 1) -1) + gamma*eta*y(1)); % this is a very simple (dimensionless) and efficient version of the rate equations (note you % can add another equation, dy(3)(not coupled), that gives you the phase(t) of your laser! end


TABLE OF INTERACTIONS WITH
STRONTIUM
From the French ANSM drug interactions document of
September 2016, pp. 203-204
STRONTIUM RxNorm: 81638 ATC: V10BX01 M05BX03 |
CALCIUM RxNorm: 1428011 ATC: A12AA |
With the calcium salts administered by oral route: decrease of the digestive absorption of the strontium |
Precaution for use Take the strontium at a different time from the calcium salts (more than two hours apart, if possible). |
STRONTIUM RxNorm: 81638 ATC: V10BX01 M05BX03 |
TETRACYCLINE ANTIBIOTICS CLASS CODE: J01AA |
Decrease of the digestive absorption of the strontium |
Precaution for use Take the strontium at a different time from the tetracycline antibiotics (more than two hours apart, if possible). |
STRONTIUM RxNorm: 81638 ATC: V10BX01 M05BX03 |
IRON RxNorm: 1431589 ATC: B03A |
Decrease of the digestive absorption of the strontium |
Precaution for use Take the strontium at a different time from the iron salts (more than two hours apart, if possible). |
STRONTIUM RxNorm: 81638 ATC: V10BX01 M05BX03 |
FLUOROQUINOLONES CLASS CODE: J01MA-001 |
Decrease of the digestive absorption of the strontium |
Precaution for use Take the strontium at a different time from the fluoroquinolones (more than two hours apart, if possible). |
STRONTIUM RxNorm: 81638 ATC: V10BX01 M05BX03 |
ZINC RxNorm: 1431163 ATC: A12CB |
Decrease of the digestive absorption of the strontium. |
Precaution for use Take the strontium at a different time from the zinc salts (more than two hours apart, if possible). |


| DOSE: |
4 g |
oral |
Kratom |
(extract) |
Wow what to say about Kratom other than I found it an excellent tool for self healing. I bought a small 4 gram vial off an online vendor looking for something to give me the inner softness and perception to work on my mind/body. I was extremely impressed. I would liken the experience to mushrooms without the elaborate visuals, but the same spiritual potency.
At around 8:30pm I emptied the vial into a glass of water and drank the water, not bad at all and just like taking my daily alalfa suppliment. Though I think next time Iíll just empty the vial in my mouth and chug some water. By emptying it into a glass I had the difficulty of getting the last stray clumps into my mouth.
Probably 10 minutes later I felt my insides become soft and pliable like the onset of most trippy drugs and quickly stopped playing a PC game to adjust to my shifting consciousness, so went downstairs to start experimenting with body movement. IME, a good drug enables me to move/dance with more precision and awareness. Kratom certainly gave me this, but its not the kind of thing Iíd like taking at a rave, no psychadelic is really, Synthetics are best for that. Entheogens I prefer to utilise in clearing away physical/emotional cobwebs, but each to there own.
At 9pm the substance I guess worked its way into my mind, then my mind sort of trimmed away all the trivial things I spend my time doing (ie online gaming) and showed me all the imbalances in my life I donít 'need' to work on, but should for my own wellbeing and wellbeing of my friends. I realised I could be self centered a lot of the time, but the self critisism and realisation of some of my lower traits were eased into me with the help of the Kratom, and was not overwhelming like something like Hawaiin baby woodrose seeds, which simply do not care for what horror they put me through. The spirit of Kratom is nurturing, warm and cares for me. It shows me myself like a mirror, an unbiased light, 'this is who you are, no strings attatched' sometimes the visuals from other substances cloud the truth and delude me, this is why Kratom is great for honest self healing.
Ignoring timekeeping from now, I was pretty much peaking half an hour after taking the stuff. The rest of the night oscillated between excersising (stretching/martial arts) and light meditations, where I would close my eyes and become immediatly aware of any tense muscles in my body, the Kratom would help me focus on them and literally 'instruct' me on how to dissolve them. Light visuals were accompanied with this process, I could see cobwebs in parts of my bronchial tubes, and a crying puppy dog when I focused on a tension in my right shoulder. Relevant visuals.
I keep myself fit as it is, so the potential for people who have much deep seated emotional/physical tensions could be great. As I say, the Kratom (for me) simply showed me myself, like a mirror reflection, there were no tassels or glittery sparks, just honest introspection.
Though I did veer onto the borderline of freaking out at one point, I came 'close' to panicking and wanting the trip to end, even going to bed. 2 minutes later I was out, getting dressed and turning on the lights thinking what else could I do lol.  A few hours earlier I'd had a Mcdonalds, and when I tuned into my stomach, I could see a putrid swamp of greeny-brown, bacteria infested sludge in my gut. I also tuned into the suffering of the cows and factory farming. Part of the freaking out 'episode'.
I donít consider it addictive. I think Kratom is something I'll take maybe twice a year, alone, as a sort of periodic self healing session. I think all psychotropic plants are in some way designed for this.
Anyway, after the mild nausea had subsided I spent the remainder of the night glowing with the energy I had gained working through my tensions, I felt very free, happy and euphoric.
Iíve done most drugs across the board except maybe heroin. I got some Kratom after they made Meow Meow illegal here in the UK a week ago. All I can say is that Kratom is a real hidden gem. Sort of the psychadelic no-one really talks about, but itís nothing less because of this. Itís got the 'funness' of mushrooms which I had sorely missed after doing my rounds with Salvia and Hawaiin woodrose, and all the sincerity of a teaching plant.
I think on higher doses, Kratom could really invoke a cosmic-mystical experience. Guess I'll get two vials next time. :)
Excellent self healing session.
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Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


new Auction(deal)
Creates a new Bridge Auction.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
deal |
object | The deal that this auction belongs to. |
- Source:
Methods
addAllPass()
Add passes to complete the auction
- Source:
addCall(call, explanationopt, annotationopt)
Add a call to the auction.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Attributes | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
call |
string | The call as a single character (p, x, r) or as two characters representing level and suit. | |
explanation |
string |
<optional> |
optional explanation for this call |
annotation |
string |
<optional> |
optional annotation for this call |
- Source:
clearCalls()
Clear all calls in this auction
- Source:
fromJSON(json)
Load auction from a json representation of this auction.
json is just a string
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
json |
object | json representation of this auction. |
- Source:
fromString(auction)
Load the auction from a string format of auction
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
auction |
string | the auction in string format |
- Source:
get(property) → {mixed}
Get a property in this auction.
The properties that can be got are as follows
dealer - character [ n e s w ] - the dealer for this auction
vulnerability - character [ - n e b ] - the vulnerability for this deal
contract - string - a prespecified contract
auction - string - the auction as a string
dealer - character [ n e s w ] - the dealer for this auction
vulnerability - character [ - n e b ] - the vulnerability for this deal
contract - string - a prespecified contract
auction - string - the auction as a string
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
property |
string | the property to set |
- Source:
Throws:
unknown property
Returns:
the value of requested property
- Type
- mixed
getAuction() → {string}
Get this auction in a BBO handviewer like string
- Source:
Returns:
the auction in string format
- Type
- string
getContract() → {object}
Get the final or latest contract
- Source:
Returns:
the contract
- Type
- object
getDealer() → {string}
Get the dealer of this auction
- Source:
Returns:
the dealer
- Type
- string
getVulnerability() → {string}
Get the vulnerability of this auction
- Source:
Returns:
the vulnerability
- Type
- string
removeCall()
Removes the last call from the auction.
- Source:
set(property, value) → {boolean}
Set a property in this auction.
The properties that can be set are as follows
dealer - character [ n e s w ] - the dealer for this auction
vulnerability - character [ - n e b ] - the vulnerability for this deal
contract - string - a prespecified contract
auction - string - the auction as a string
dealer - character [ n e s w ] - the dealer for this auction
vulnerability - character [ - n e b ] - the vulnerability for this deal
contract - string - a prespecified contract
auction - string - the auction as a string
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
property |
string | the property to set |
value |
string | the value to set the property to |
- Source:
Throws:
unknown property
Returns:
true if property was set, false otherwise
- Type
- boolean
setAuction(auction)
Set this auction from a BBO handviewer like string
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
auction |
string | the auction in string format |
- Source:
setContract(contract)
Set this contract (and generate an auction ) from a specified contract string
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
contract |
string | the contract in string format |
- Source:
setDealer(dealer)
Set the dealer for this auction.
If calls exist then propagate the change.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
dealer |
string | the new dealer |
- Source:
setVulnerability(vulnerability)
Set the vulnerability for this auction.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
vulnerability |
string | the new vulnerability |
- Source:
toHTML() → {string}
Generate a html display of this auction.
- Source:
Returns:
html representation of this auction.
- Type
- string
toJSON() → {object}
Generate a json representation of this auction.
This is just the string represntation
- Source:
Returns:
json representation of this auction.
- Type
- object
toString() → {string}
Generate a string display of this auction.
- Source:
Returns:
string representation of this auction.
- Type
- string


WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
June 1, 2016 - 10:00 AM
Charge #2: Out-of-Network Services
On:
Callas, Gerald (Texas Medical Association)
Danzeiser, Doug (Texas Department of Insurance)
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
Dudensing, Jamie (TAHP)
Hammond, Bill (Texas association of business)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Osman, Mara (America's Health Insurance Plans)
Pogue, Stacey (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Sandel, Rhonda (Self; TAFEC)
Steadman, Natalie (Self)
Steward, Randy (Texas Children's Hospital)
West, David (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
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* Please note: some of these examples will only work on a web server
(they will not run on a desktop or laptop unless you are running them through a web server).
| You can try all code on the book website javascriptbook.com/code | |||
| 1 * | Finding a Location | geolocation.html | geolocation.js |
| 2 | Local Storage | local-storage.html | local-storage.js |
| 3 | Session Storage | session-storage.html | session-storage.js |
| 4 * | Working with History | history.html | history.js |
| 5 | jQuery UI Accordion | jqui-accordion.html | |
| 6 | jQuery UI Tabs | jqui-tabs.html | |
| 7 | jQuery UI Form | jqui-form.html | form-init.js |
| 8 | Using Angular | angular-introduction.html | |
| 9 | Angular Controller | angular-controller.html | angular-controller.js |
| 10 * | Angular with External Data | angular-external-data.html | angular-external-data.js items.json |
| 11 | A Basic Google Map | google-map.html | google-map.js |
| 12 | Google Map with Custom Controls | google-map-controls.html | google-map-controls.js |
| 13 | Styling a Google Map | google-map-styled.html | google-map-styled.js |


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1. Which of the following is the precursor to Vim?
2. True or False. The :guide command is used to open the Vim help tool.
3. Who originally developed Vim?
4. What command do you use to save all your open files?
5. You have just opened a file with the following block of code. Which command would allow you to move to the end of the word "string"?
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Unicode and Encodings¶
Since Pygments 0.6, all lexers use unicode strings internally. Because of that
you might encounter the occasional UnicodeDecodeError
if you pass strings
with the wrong encoding.
Per default all lexers have their input encoding set to guess. This means that the following encodings are tried:
- UTF-8 (including BOM handling)
- The locale encoding (i.e. the result of locale.getpreferredencoding())
- As a last resort, latin1
If you pass a lexer a byte string object (not unicode), it tries to decode the data using this encoding.
You can override the encoding using the encoding or inencoding lexer
options. If you have the chardet library installed and set the encoding to
chardet
if will ananlyse the text and use the encoding it thinks is the
right one automatically:
from pygments.lexers import PythonLexer
lexer = PythonLexer(encoding='chardet')
The best way is to pass Pygments unicode objects. In that case you can’t get unexpected output.
The formatters now send Unicode objects to the stream if you don’t set the output encoding. You can do so by passing the formatters an encoding option:
from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter
f = HtmlFormatter(encoding='utf-8')
You will have to set this option if you have non-ASCII characters in the source and the output stream does not accept Unicode written to it! This is the case for all regular files and for terminals.
Note: The Terminal formatter tries to be smart: if its output stream has an encoding attribute, and you haven’t set the option, it will encode any Unicode string with this encoding before writing it. This is the case for sys.stdout, for example. The other formatters don’t have that behavior.
Another note: If you call Pygments via the command line (pygmentize), encoding is handled differently, see the command line docs.
New in version 0.7: The formatters now also accept an outencoding option which will override the encoding option if given. This makes it possible to use a single options dict with lexers and formatters, and still have different input and output encodings.


Client Library Configuration (2.9.0)
Client Library Configuration
Overview
While the client libraries defaults should work for most applications, there are multiple runtime configuration options that applications may need to set. For example, the application may need to override the endpoint used to access the service, or change the retry policies to be more strict (or lenient) than the defaults.
Applications use google::cloud::Options
to override the defaults. You can think of an instance of google::cloud::Options
as a set of overrides, indexed by a C++ type that uniquely identifies the option. There is no need for applications to fill this set with the defaults.
Override Priority
For most libraries overrides can be made at 3 different levels:
- Function calls
*Client
objects*Connection
objects
In general, function call overrides take precedence over *Client
overrides, and these in turn take precedence over any overrides in the *Connection
override. However, most options can only be set when the *Connection
object is created. You need to consult the documentation for an option to determine if they are usable for a specific function call.
Consider this example:
#include "google/cloud/kms/key_management_client.h"
#include "google/cloud/kms/key_management_connection.h"
#include "google/cloud/kms/key_management_options.h"
#include "google/cloud/common_options.h"
using kms = ::google::cloud::kms;
using g = ::google::cloud;
// `parent` must be in the form "projects/<project-id>/locations/<region-id>".
// For example F("projects/my-project/locations/us-central1")
void F(std::string const& parent) {
auto retry = [](int n) { return kms::LimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy(n).clone(); };
auto conn_1 = kms::MakeKeyManagementServiceConnection();
auto conn_2 = kms::MakeKeyManagementServiceConnection(
g::Options{}
.set<g::EndpointOption>("private.googleapis.com")
.set<kms::KeyManagementServiceRetryPolicyOption>(retry(3)));
auto client_1 = kms::KeyManagementServiceClient(conn_1);
auto client_2 = kms::KeyManagementServiceClient(conn_2);
auto client_3 = kms::KeyManagementServiceClient(conn_2, g::Options{}
.set<kms::KeyManagementServiceRetryPolicyOption>(retry(5));
auto rpc_1 = client_1.ListKeyRings(parent);
auto rpc_2 = client_2.ListKeyRings(parent);
auto rpc_3 = client_3.ListKeyRings(parent);
auto rpc_4 = client_3.ListKeyRights(parent,
g::Options{}.set<kms::KeyManagementServiceRetryPolicyOption>(retry(7)));
}
In this case, rpc_4
will retry the request up to 7 times, because the value of the kms::RetryPolicyOption
overrides the values at the connection or client level. Meanwhile, rpc_3
will retry the request 5 times, because the value at the *Client
level overrides the value at the *Connection
level. Likewise, rpc_2
will retry the request 3 times, because this is the value in the *Connection
and there are no overrides in the client or function calls. Finally, rpc_1
will use the default. For this service the default is to retry for 30 minutes.
Note that only the connection overrides the g::EndpointOption
. Overriding this option at the *Client
or function call level would have no effect.
Library-specific Options
All libraries have options that are only meaningful for that library (and ignored by other libraries). In some cases, the option may be specific to a service* (sometimes called "an API"). In the previous example, the kms::KeyManagementServiceRetryPolicyOption
is only applicable to kms::KeyManagementServiceClient
and kms::KeyManagementServiceConnection
. Other services in the same library (e.g., kms::EkmServiceClient
) will ignore this option. Likewise, other services in different libraries (e.g. pubsub::Publisher
) will also ignore the option.
Classes
google::cloud::EndpointOption
google::cloud::UserAgentProductsOption
google::cloud::UserProjectOption
google::cloud::AuthorityOption
google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOption
google::cloud::DelegatesOption
google::cloud::ScopesOption
google::cloud::AccessTokenLifetimeOption
google::cloud::CARootsFilePathOption
google::cloud::GrpcCredentialOption
google::cloud::GrpcNumChannelsOption
google::cloud::GrpcChannelArgumentsOption
google::cloud::GrpcChannelArgumentsNativeOption
google::cloud::GrpcTracingOptionsOption
google::cloud::GrpcBackgroundThreadPoolSizeOption
google::cloud::GrpcCompletionQueueOption
google::cloud::GrpcBackgroundThreadsFactoryOption
google::cloud::Options
google::cloud::RestTracingOptionsOption


LiveCharts can plot any type, even user-defined types, without losing the beauty of a strongly typed language. The concept is simple: you pass collection of generic values, then LiveCharts needs a function to pull X and Y (if it is a Cartesian chart). You don't really need to define each type to plot it, either. The library already knows how to plot double, int, decimal, short, float, long, as well as some other specially designed classes: ObservableValue, ObservablePoint, ScatterPoint, DateTimePoint, HeatPoint, OHLCPoint, PolarPoint. All these classes notify the chart to update when a property changes. Examples in this web site uses these objects; you can always define your own type.
var doubleValues = new ChartValues<double> { 1, 2 ,3 }; var intValues = new ChartValues<int> { 1, 2 ,3 }; //the observable value class is really helpful, it notifies the chart to update //every time the ObservableValue.Value property changes var observableValues = new ChartValues<LiveCharts.Defaults.ObservableValue> { new LiveCharts.Defaults.ObservableValue(1), //initializes Value property as 1 new LiveCharts.Defaults.ObservableValue(2), new LiveCharts.Defaults.ObservableValue(3) };
Notice the chart always uses X and Y coordinates (if Cartesian chart), but then how is it possible that the library is able to plot only double or int or long values?
Simple, X is the index of the value in the array, and Y is the value you passed, this is only true if you used a Horizontal Series, if you used a Vertical Series then X is the value and Y the index, so for the next collection of values
var myValues = new LiveCharts.ChartValues<double> { 10, //index 0 6, //index 1 9, //index 2 2, //index 3 7 //index 4 }
The real coordinates are actually:
| Value | Horizontal Series | Vertical Series | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X (indexed) | Y | X | Y (indexed) | |
| 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
And the already defined configuration that pulls this coordinates is
For Horizontal Series
new CartesianMapper<double>() .X((value, index) => index) //use the index as X .Y((value, index) => value) //use the value as Y
For Vertical Series
new CartesianMapper<double>() .X((value, index) => value) //use the value as X .Y((value, index) => index) //use the index as Y
X and Y is only necessary for Cartesian charts, but how about if you need to configure a polar chart (radius and angle) or a financial series, because my memory is really bad I created a reminder, the Mappers class, this class returns a new instance of the correct mapper, it has many options, Xy, Financial, Bubble and Polar, the mappers above can be replaced with:
Mappers.Xy<double>() .X((value, index) => index) //use the index as X .Y((value, index) => value) //use the value as Y
Here are some examples with multiple mappers, it is really intuitive according to your case.
//X and Y var mapper = Mappers.Xy<ObservablePoint>() //in this case value is of type <ObservablePoint> .X(value => value.X) //use the X property as X .Y(value => value.Y); //use the Y property as Y //X, Y and Weight var mapper = Mappers.Bubble<BubblePoint>() .X(value => value.X) .Y(value => value.Y) .Weight(value => value.Weight); //Angle and Radius var mapper = Mappers.Polar<PolarPoint>() .Radius(value => value.Radius) //use the radius property as radius for the plotting .Angle(value => value.Angle); //use the angle property as angle for the plotting //Open, High, Low and Close var mapper = Mappers.Financial<OhlcPoint>() .X((value, index) => index) .Open(value => value.Open) .High(value => value.High) .Low(value => value.Low) .Close(value => value.Close);
You can set mappers in several ways
This method saves the configuration at your application level, every time LiveCharts detects this type in a Chart Values instance, it will use this mapper only if the SeriesCollection mapper and Series mapper are null.
var mapper1 = Mappers.Xy<int>() .X((value, index) => index) .Y(value => value); LiveCharts.Charting.For<int>(mapper1, SeriesOrientation.Horizontal); //when horizontal var mapper2 = Mappers.Xy<int>() .X(value => value) //use the value (int) as X .Y((value, index) => index); LiveCharts.Charting.For<int>(mapper2, SeriesOrientation.Vertical); //when vertical
Another example with a custom class, the ObservablePoint class that only contains 2 properties, X and Y, also notice this time I am using the same configuration for both, Horizontal and Vertical, without passing the second argument (Orientation).
For<ObservablePoint>(Mappers.Xy<ObservablePoint>() .X((value, index) => value.X) .Y(value => value.Y));
If this is not clear enough you find a more detailed explanation at source code
When you define a Series collection instance you can also pass a default configuration, this configuration overrides the global configuration and will be set only if Series configuration is null.
var mapper = Mappers.Xy<MyClass>().X(v => v.XProp).Y(v => v.YProp); var seriesCollection = new SeriesCollection(mapper); myChart.SeriesCollection = seriesCollection;
Finally you can also define a mapper only for a series, this will override the globally and SeriesCollection configuration
var mapper = Mappers.Xy<MyClass>().X(v => v.XProp).Y(v => v.YProp); var pieSeries = new PieSeries(mapper);
You can also implement IObservableChartPoint, so the chart will update automatically when a property of a custom type changes, in the next example you will see definition of the ObservableValue class, which notifies the chart to update when the Value property changes, the concept is really simple, you only need to invoke the PointChanged event every time the Value property is set.
public class ObservableValue : IObservableChartPoint { private double _value; public ObservableValue() { } public ObservableValue(double value) { Value = value; } public event Action PointChanged; public double Value { get { return _value; } set { _value = value; OnPointChanged(); } } protected void OnPointChanged() { if (PointChanged != null) PointChanged.Invoke(); } }
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__init__(self,
encoding=None,
object_hook=None,
parse_float=None,
parse_int=None,
parse_constant=None,
strict=True,
object_pairs_hook=None)
(Constructor)
| source code
|
*encoding* determines the encoding used to interpret any :class:`str`
objects decoded by this instance (``'utf-8'`` by default). It has no
effect when decoding :class:`unicode` objects.
Note that currently only encodings that are a superset of ASCII work,
strings of other encodings should be passed in as :class:`unicode`.
*object_hook*, if specified, will be called with the result of every
JSON object decoded and its return value will be used in place of the
given :class:`dict`. This can be used to provide custom deserializations
(e.g. to support JSON-RPC class hinting).
*object_pairs_hook* is an optional function that will be called with
the result of any object literal decode with an ordered list of pairs.
The return value of *object_pairs_hook* will be used instead of the
:class:`dict`. This feature can be used to implement custom decoders
that rely on the order that the key and value pairs are decoded (for
example, :func:`collections.OrderedDict` will remember the order of
insertion). If *object_hook* is also defined, the *object_pairs_hook*
takes priority.
*parse_float*, if specified, will be called with the string of every
JSON float to be decoded. By default, this is equivalent to
``float(num_str)``. This can be used to use another datatype or parser
for JSON floats (e.g. :class:`decimal.Decimal`).
*parse_int*, if specified, will be called with the string of every
JSON int to be decoded. By default, this is equivalent to
``int(num_str)``. This can be used to use another datatype or parser for
JSON integers (e.g. :class:`float`).
*parse_constant*, if specified, will be called with one of the
following strings: ``'-Infinity'``, ``'Infinity'``, ``'NaN'``. This can
be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers are
encountered.
*strict* controls the parser's behavior when it encounters an invalid
control character in a string. The default setting of ``True`` means that
unescaped control characters are parse errors, if ``False`` then control
characters will be allowed in strings.
- Overrides:
object.__init__
|


{% extends 'dashboard/base.html' %}
{% block extra_css %}
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{% endblock %}
{% block content %}
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As technology advances, humans become lazier. Algorithms and further automation completely dissolved the tough effort needed to learn. However, technology is meant to allow us to be lazy, that is not at all the issue——the issue here is that we forget. We forget the value of knowledge because it is easy to come by. We forget the true power of modern search engines because we take them for granted. And for the generations and generations to come, they will soon forget how their lifestyle came to be. This is exactly why we created Ruffian. We want to reinvigorate the early internet experience, recreating its most basic services and their table-like formats, whilst taking inspiration from the likes of AOL and Yahoo in hope of providing useful and fun services, not only to allow users to reminisce and once again remember, but also to educate them on the progression of the internet, making them realise, once again, that the power to knowledge is truly in their hands.
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This game will allow you to: find out the name of the month you were born in Mayan and it will count up to your number from 1. They're a few exceptions in the game including:
Numbers divisible by 3 will pop message "ping"
Numbers divisible by 5 will pop message "pong"
Numbers divisible by 15 will pop message "ping-pong"


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pips Black=60 White=157
(CorrectAnswer= 0/0, ErrorScore= 0)
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When you add an option to the algorithm it adds many many individual option contract securities. These are modelled as a "universe" of option contracts. We provide the SetFilter
method to help narrow the option strike and expiry dates down to a range you are interested.


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Amistad (1997)
Director: Steven Spielberg Cast: Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey, Djimon Hounsou, Nigel Hawthorne, David Paymer, Pete Posthelwaite, Stellan Skarsgard, Anna Paquin Rated R: Violence and brutality
by Nathaniel R. Atcheson<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Spielberg's Amistad begins with a spellbinding scene. On board the Spanish slave ship Amistad, an African slave named Cinque (Djimon Hounsou) escapes and frees all of his brothers, leading a violent mutiny against the overseers on the ship. The opening shot is dark, and it takes a few seconds to understand what we're looking at--the shot changes from a close-up of a pair of straining eyes down to raw, bloody fingers removing a nail from a piece of wood. The man pulls the nail out after what we expect was an extremely long time, and looks at it in wonder for only a second before standing to help his fellow captives. The ensuing moments are violent and horrifying, as Cinque and the others, enraged, murder the ship's crew.
The slaves keep two of the seamen alive to navigate the ship; these two men take the ship to America (the slaves thought they were going home to Africa) and the entire group of slaves is arrested for murder. Much of the film involves the trial, in which a young activist lawyer (Matthew McConaughey) defends the group. Later in the film, he enlists the help of John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins).
Amistad is the latest Important film this fall. The hype on this one is intense, mostly because audiences are expecting a film with similar impact of Schindler's List. Amistad, arguably in the same technical realm as Schindler's List, never reaches the emotional level of the latter. Of course, to base my criticism on a comparison between the two is unfair: it is unlikely Spielberg intended to make something that would be as powerful as Schindler's List. Amistad's subject matter is one to which most individuals in this time period have very little exposure, and is immediately limited because of this. Spielberg, however, has done a spectacular job of recreating the values of the time period and educating viewers as to what went on in the mid 1800s. His work is so successful in this respect that I was truly moved by the end of this film.
As a whole, however, the film's progression and the script don't quite live up to Spielberg's potential. My biggest problem is with the length. Many of the scenes went for far too long; towards the end of the film, Hopkins gives a speech to the US Supreme Court. The speech lasts roughly 15 minutes, but it seems to go on forever. Hopkins' delivery is nice, and the speech is well-written, but it meanders, and despite its meaning, I was tempted to tune it out. Many of the scenes have this quality, where the development isn't always apparent and the point of each scene isn't totally obvious. Scenes between McConaughey and Hounsou, which should be magical and energetic, often come across as dull and obligatory. The performances are all very good, but the characters don't feel like they're interacting with one another--it seems like they're always talking to the audience, almost knowing of the fact that they're in a film meant to teach us something.
Morgan Freeman, who is top-billed for some strange reason, is mostly wasted in this role as anti-slavery activist Theodore Joadson. He has almost no lines, and is given basically no time to create a character. The prize of this film is newcomer Hounsou, who is charismatic and powerful as the leader of the slaves. McConaughey is also good (and I found it ironic that he actually toned down his Southern accent for this role), and Hopkins gives an authentic portrayal of Adams (and he maintains a better accent than he did in Nixon). Pete Posthelwaite, another British actor covering up his accent, delivers a cold and balanced performance as the prosecuting lawyer Holabird.
Although Amistad has some significant problems with pacing and character interaction, the mood is perfect. The experience wasn't always engaging, but the parts that worked really worked. The best scene in the film is a flashback to a horrible moment during which a group of slaves are tied to a bundle of rocks and thrown off the ship because there wasn't enough food. Spielberg doesn't pull any punches here; just as he did in Schindler's List, he allows the material to speak for itself, and the result is pure and painful to watch. Cinque's character, as well, is an enticing individual, even though he doesn't speak a word of English. His struggles are easily accessible to the audience, and understanding him is almost too easy a task.
I found great satisfaction from the last fifteen minutes of the film; two of the scenes nearly brought me to tears. The way Spielberg ends the film--almost as a hollow victory--seems so appropriate for the subject of slavery. I went into Amistad not knowing much about what I was going to see, and, despite its problems, I left the theater with something new and tangible to think about.
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interface XHalfFloatReadOnlyBitmap |
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- Base Interfaces
XHalfFloatReadOnlyBitmap
┗ XBitmap
| XBitmap |
- (referenced interface's summary:)
- This is a generic interface to a bitmap.
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- Usage Restrictions
- not published
- Description
- Specialized interface for bitmaps containing half floats as their
color components. Half floats are 16 bit wide, and some high-end
GPUs already have them as supported frame buffer format. In
contrast to XHalfFloatBitmap, this interface only
permits read-only access.
Use this interface for e.g. bitmaps that are calculated
on-the-fly, or that are pure functional, and thus cannot be
modified.
If you get passed an instance of
XHalfFloatReadOnlyBitmap that also supports the
XVolatileBitmap interface, things become a bit more
complicated. When reading data, one has to check for both
VolatileContentDestroyedException and mismatching
FloatingPointBitmapLayout return values. If either of them
occurs, the whole bitmap read operation should be repeated.
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| getData |
Query the raw data of this bitmap. |
| getPixel |
Get a single pixel of the bitmap, returning its color
value. |
| getMemoryLayout |
Query the memory layout for this bitmap. |
| Methods' Details |
getData
- Description
- Query the raw data of this bitmap.
Query the raw data of this bitmap, in the format as defined by
getMemoryLayout(). With the given rectangle, a subset of the
whole bitmap can be queried. When querying subsets of the
bitmap, the same scanline padding takes place as when the
whole bitmap is requested. Note: as we currently have no 16
bit float UNO data type, the values are transported as 16 bit
integers across the API (which requires casting on both
sides).
- Throws
- VolatileContentDestroyedException
if the bitmap is volatile, and the content has been destroyed by the system.
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getPixel
- Description
- Get a single pixel of the bitmap, returning its color
value.
- Throws
- VolatileContentDestroyedException
if the bitmap is volatile, and the content has been destroyed by the system.
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getMemoryLayout
- Description
- Query the memory layout for this bitmap.
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Class: Basecamp3::Request
- Inherits:
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Object
- Object
- Basecamp3::Request
- Defined in:
- lib/basecamp3/request.rb
Overview
A class for handling requests
Instance Method Summary collapse
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#delete(path, model = 'raw') ⇒ Basecamp3::Model, OpenStruct
Sends the delete request.
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#get(path, params = {}, model = 'raw') ⇒ Basecamp3::Model, OpenStruct
Sends the get request.
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#initialize(access_token, uri) ⇒ Request
constructor
Initializes the request object.
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#post(path, data = nil, model = 'raw') ⇒ Basecamp3::Model, OpenStruct
Sends the post request.
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#put(path, data = nil, model = 'raw') ⇒ Basecamp3::Model, OpenStruct
Sends the put request.
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#request(method, path, data = nil, model = 'raw') ⇒ Basecamp3::Model, OpenStruct
Sends the request.
Constructor Details
#initialize(access_token, uri) ⇒ Request
Initializes the request object.
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# File 'lib/basecamp3/request.rb', line 8 def initialize(access_token, uri) @access_token = access_token @uri = uri end |
Instance Method Details
#delete(path, model = 'raw') ⇒ Basecamp3::Model, OpenStruct
Sends the delete request.
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# File 'lib/basecamp3/request.rb', line 70 def delete(path, model = 'raw') request(:delete, path, nil, model) end |
#get(path, params = {}, model = 'raw') ⇒ Basecamp3::Model, OpenStruct
Sends the get request.
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# File 'lib/basecamp3/request.rb', line 38 def get(path, params = {}, model = 'raw') request(:get, "#{path}#{hash_to_get_query(params)}", nil, model) end |
#post(path, data = nil, model = 'raw') ⇒ Basecamp3::Model, OpenStruct
Sends the post request.
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# File 'lib/basecamp3/request.rb', line 49 def post(path, data = nil, model = 'raw') request(:post, path, data, model) end |
#put(path, data = nil, model = 'raw') ⇒ Basecamp3::Model, OpenStruct
Sends the put request.
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# File 'lib/basecamp3/request.rb', line 60 def put(path, data = nil, model = 'raw') request(:put, path, data, model) end |
#request(method, path, data = nil, model = 'raw') ⇒ Basecamp3::Model, OpenStruct
Sends the request.
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# File 'lib/basecamp3/request.rb', line 21 def request(method, path, data = nil, model = 'raw') uri = build_request_uri(path) https = build_https_object(uri) request = build_request_object(method, uri) request.body = data.to_json unless data.nil? get_response(https, request, model) end |