Letter from Africa: Why age is just a number in Ghana
By Lorlornyofm May 14, 2017 14:02
Letter from Africa: Why age is just a number in Ghana
In our series of letters from African journalists, veteran Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene reflects on why in Ghana a person's age is not etched in stone.
Ghanaians do not particularly love numbers. We tend to be quite lax, especially with figures that have to do with age.
Someone's date of birth or age is not considered important and very rarely features in any story about that person.
I know that in many parts of the world, once you are born and you acquire a date of birth, it stays with you. It is unchangeable and you die with it.
In Ghana, it is common to see notices in newspapers announcing a change in someone's date of birth. This often happens when a working person's date of retirement is approaching.
People then swear an affidavit to change their profiles from the 59-year-olds they are known to be, to the 55-year-olds that they want to be so they can carry on receiving a salary for a few extra years.
According to the constitution, the retirement age for most public officers is 60.
Seven years younger
Some people have been known to swear affidavits to change their date of birth that would put them in Primary Class One before they were born.
The most dramatic Notice of Change of Date of Birth I have seen was one that reduced an official's age by seven years.
An official of the Electoral Commission (EC) helps a voter to do biometric verification before casting his vote for the presidential election at Bole district in northern Ghana, on December 7, 2016.
Image copyright AFP: Image caption Incorrect birth records could undermine elections
I am writing about this subject because of a recent news item that I thought went way beyond the extraordinary, even for Ghana.
The news report said that about 800 teachers had applied to the Ghana Education Service to have their ages changed.
Some wanted their dates of birth changed to make them younger and a few wanted their dates changed to make them older than what was on their documentation.
The news story was greeted with a lot of outrage and I said to myself: This must mean Ghana is finally joining the rest of the world in paying respect to dates of birth.
"How can people want their dates of birth to be changed?" was the incredulous reaction to the story I heard from many young people.
But then the head of one of the teaching unions came out to make a spirited defence of his members.
The teachers wanted their dates of birth changed only because, according to him, mistakes had been made at the time of their employment by the payroll departments in entering the dates.
Why make a fuss about three years?
This phenomenon has been possible because very few births are recorded.
Once upon a time it was illiterate parents that did not bother to get the births of their children recorded and with time the date got lost in the mists of memory.
A birth certificate is supposed to be provided before a child can be enrolled in school but somehow or other, many people are able to get their children into school without birth certificates.
Elizabeth Ohene:
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This total disregard for the sanctity of dates of birth manifests in other ways that sometimes undermines all official records in Ghana.
When in later life you require a birth certificate, you would go before a commissioner of oaths and offer a date that would be said to be based on the best "guessestimate" given you by your parents or family member.
In much later life, when you are approaching the compulsory retirement age of 60 and you desperately want to continue to work a few more years because you can't survive on your pension, you go back to the commissioner of oaths and swear that you have now discovered compelling evidence that the original date of your certificate was wrong.
For example, you were told that you were born in the year the chief of the village was enstooled (inaugurated) and you have discovered he was enstooled in 1968 and not 1965.
There probably does not exist any official record of the date of the enstoolment of this chief anyway, so why make a fuss about a difference of three years?
Ghana school class
Some school children might have voter cards
I have seen school children who cannot be more than 14 years old who have voters registration cards. The law says you have to be 18 to register to vote.
The consequences might follow you through life unless you are prepared to go on paying visits to the commissioner of oaths to acquire new dates of birth.
Police recruitment advertisements have a cut-off date of 25 years.
You are really 21 but have a voters' registration card that says you are 26 because you passed yourself off as 18 when you were 14.
Sometimes it has been football players who try to shave off a number of years from their ages so they can participate in age-restricted competitions.
Nana Akufo-Addo, the new president of Ghana,
Photo: President Nana Akufo-Addo, 73, wants citizens to have ID cards with unchangeable biometric data
These days technology is being deployed to ensure the integrity of such competitions, making it difficult for 20-somethings to participate in under-17 competitions.
A lot of attempts have been made to enforce the registration of births and deaths, and so far all these attempts have failed spectacularly.
There is already in existence a regulation issued by the head of the civil service some years ago which says public officials are not allowed to change their dates of birth during their time in government employment.
In other words, you are stuck with whatever date of birth you enter the service with, and you cannot get younger or older by swearing an affidavit.
It was always going to be difficult to enforce this directive because there are many people here who believe their ages are "confidential" and should not be advertised.
You could ask someone how old they were and get a reply: Is it my official or real age that you want?
One of the firm promises made by the new government is that within its first year in office, a national identification system will be in place.
In other words, all Ghanaians will have identification cards with their unchangeable biometric data and none of us will be able to swear an affidavit to acquire a new date of birth.
Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland plays a forehand in his semifinal match against Roger Federer of Switzerland on day 11 of the 2017 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 26, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia.
Switzerland's tennis star Stan Wawrinka has been described as "a mere 31"
We are all holding our breath.
And whilst I await this dramatic change, I have been wondering if there are any advantages in the current situation where a person's age is a changeable and confidential figure?
My mind went to a sentence I read in an online article in a British newspaper earlier this year.
Those who follow tennis would recognise that this was part of a report during the Australian Open:
"A few hours after Serena Williams, 35, joined her 36-year-old sister, Venus, in the women's final by trouncing the 34-year-old Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Federer, 35, somehow conjured some more retro magic to beat Stan Wawrinka, a mere 31, for the 19th time in 22 matches," the article in The Guardian said.
I fear that faced with the possibility of such prose in our newspapers, many people in Ghana are going to opt to keep dates of birth a changeable and private event.
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Patient as Teacher
Patient as Teacher is a new and exciting program that integrates humanistic and patient-centred approaches into undergraduate surgical education. As the program name suggests: patients become the teachers. Previous patients volunteer their time to share their experiences and insights with medical students. In turn, students learn about the surgical journey from the perspectives of patients. Our goal is to contribute to the learning and practice of compassionate and socially responsible care.

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Statewide exploratory commercial scallop surveys will commence from 1 April 2023. The aim of the surveys are to identify beds of scallops that might be considered for opening during the 2023 season or a future season.
A scallop dredge can be deployed for the purpose of a scallop survey in all State Scallop waters other than scallop dredge prohibited areas, waters less than 20 metres deep and areas identified as a priority for targeted surveys. Commercial quantities of scallops can be retained with a maximum of 50 tonnes per scallop area (areas 1-6 in the map below).
The North West and White Rock/ Great Oyster Bay have been identified as priority areas for targeted surveys, as indicated on the map below. These surveys will be overseen by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Survey (IMAS).
It is proposed to undertake a camera survey of the Boags Commonwealth Marine Park in the North West scallop area, the aim of this survey will be to identify if there are sufficient scallops in the marine park to serve as a spawning biomass closure for the region.
Tasmanian scallop areas.
Exploratory survey- takes place during the statewide scallop survey period, used to locate and identify potential candidate open areas, commercial scallop fishing can take place and commercial quantities of scallops landed within an approved framework. Fishers must measure up to 50 scallops from survey tows.
Targeted Surveys- target known scallop beds usually identified during an exploratory survey, information from the survey will be used to make decisions regarding potential open areas. Targeted surveys will follow a more structured format developed by IMAS and are typically designed provide estimates of scallop density/ biomass and size structure. A targeted survey will have an IMAS observer on board to oversee the survey and data collection.
Opportunistic surveys- exploratory surveys can take place as scallop fishers transit from an open area to port or whilst participating in other fisheries. No scallops can be retained. Fishers must measure up to 50 scallops from survey tows.
A survey authorisation is required to participate in any survey.

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American cemeteries in france
How many American cemeteries are in France?
25 American military cemeteries
What is the name of the American Cemetery in France?
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
What is the largest American cemetery in Europe?
Lorraine American Cemetery
Is Normandy cemetery American soil?
Located in the French commune of Colleville-sur-Mer, the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial was the first-ever American cemetery to be established on European soil. France has granted the U.S. a concession to the land, meaning the cemetery is a U.S. territory within France.
Do they still find bodies from ww2?
Are US soldiers still buried on Iwo Jima?
This former war cemetery was established in February 1945 and once held the remains of almost 7000 U.S. soldiers of the Third and Fourth Marine Division.
Why are American soldiers buried in France?
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (French: Cimetière américain de Colleville-sur-Mer) is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honors American troops who died in Europe during World War II.
What does D Day stand for?
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Are there still bodies on Omaha Beach?
The 172-acre Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial overlooking Omaha Beach accommodated nearly 10,000 of the latter. Remaining in limbo were over 70,000 fallen servicemen whose bodies were not recovered, as well as the 10,356 remains that were unidentified.
How many American soldiers died in WWII?
Deaths in World War II In total, over 405,000 Americans gave their lives in the conflict. The military breaks out figures by state for the Army, which was the branch that contributed the most lives to the effort, by far. Nearly 235,000 soldiers were killed in battle during the war, with over 300,000 dying in total.
What is the largest cemetery in Europe?
These are the haunting pictures from a frosty, wintry day at Europe's biggest cemetery. Saint Lazarus cemetery, also called 'Doina', is located in Chisinau, the capital of the Eastern Europe's Republic of Moldova.
Where is the largest war cemetery?
Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. It is the largest cemetery for Commonwealth forces in the world, for any war.
Is Private Ryan still alive?
Despite Private Richard Reiben revealing that they lost two men finding him, he still refused. He asked Captain Miller to pass a message to his mother stating that he is alive and with the only "brothers" he has left, his fellow soldiers.
Was Saving Private Ryan a true story?
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My gut tells me "investable" with "a" because the definition depends on how much you are able to invest.
The case for "investable" over "investible"
- Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary includes "investable," but not the alternative spelling.
- Garner's Modern American Usage calls "-ible" "dead as a combining form in English," while "-able" is a living suffix that may be added to virtually any verb without an established suffix." It includes "investable" among "some of the hundreds of adjectives preferably spelled -able."
The case for "investible" over "investable"
- Google turns up about 393,000 references to"investible" vs. only 320,000 to "investable."
- Fowler's Modern English Usage says "The –ible form is the natural one for words derived from Latin verbs ending –ere or –ire, making adjectives in –ibilis." I don't know about "making adjectives in –ibilis," but lo and behold, my dictionary says the word "invest" comes from the Latin investire. However, my copy of Fowler's dates back to the 1960s.
- The Financial Times Lexicon goes with "investible." Could this be a British thing?
The SEC is a draw
A search of the SEC website yielded an equal number of results for both spellings. I wonder if they use both as key words for search purposes.
Note: I updated this blog post in 2015 to delete an outdated reference to an inactive poll.


Evaluating reeds
Photo, chelseagirl
There are three things to consider when evaluating a reed. I consider these same factors for either single or double reeds, and prioritize them in this order.
 1. Response. The overriding concern for me is that the reed responds exactly as I expect it to. A reed that is stiff, sluggish, stuffy, or otherwise unresponsive isn't a good reed (at least in its current state), even if it "has a good sound" or whatever. Many reed players, I believe, are consistently using reeds that are overly stiff, often in the name of "good" tone.
 2. Stability. This is the flip side of the coin from response; a reed that is too responsive is uncontrollable. (Think of the gas pedal and brake in a car: unresponsive pedals make the car feel lethargic, but overly responsive ones make for a jerky ride.) With an unstable reed, it's hard to play in tune, hard to control dynamics, and hard to keep the tone consistent.
 3. Tone. Once I've selected a reed that has the right balance between response and stability, I evaluate the reed's contribution to tone quality. Remember that the reed is only one of many factors that affect tone, and that tone is relatively easy to manipulate if the reed is responsive and stable. Resist the temptation to rank your reeds based on their tone alone.
2 thoughts on "Evaluating reeds
 1. Great introduction Bret!
 Is this true for singe reeds as well as double? To what extent does the instrument come into play?
 I was very happily surprized when, in January I got the chance to try some really old and new Lorée, Howarth and other oboes, that my 1985 Lorée is part of a (Thank God) lost generation. For us, "instability" means this: as you crescendo/diminuendo some specific notes, they will "wobble" sharp and/or flat… these notes "wolf" like a cello bow that you have just cleaned off the rosin with alcohol.
 For these instruments, reeds are usually better short (danger of playing sharp) and with specific crow characteristics that just can't be explained in text. But back in the days, it was taken for granted that playing the oboe was synonymous with fighting the instrument for proper tuning and equal projection on all the notes.
 I was very happily surprized that Lorées after the year 2000 (the newer, the better) almost don't do this at all – and Marigaux has always maintained the reputation of sounding great with any reed.
 1. Yes, I use these same criteria for both single and double reeds.
 And I always evaluate a reed in terms of the instrument/mouthpiece that I intend to use it on. This is why I have difficulty with the concept of, for example, buying double reeds from a reedmaker through a website or catalog—the reeds might be "good" in some abstract sense, but it's not good to me unless it's good on my instrument.
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Python Question
Search inside ipython history
ipython's
%his
command outputs recent commands entered by the user. Is it possible to search within these commands? Something like this:
[c for c in %history if c.startswith('plot')]
EDIT I am not looking for a way to rerun a command, but to locate it in the history list. Of course, sometimes I will want to rerun a command after locating it, either verbatim or with modifications.
EDIT searching with
ctr-r
and then typing
plot
gives the most recent command that starts with "plot". It won't list all the commands that start with it. Neither can you search within the middle or the end of the commands
Solution
Expanding PreludeAndFugue's solution here what I was looking for:
[l for l in _ih if l.startswith('plot')]
here, the
if
condition can be substituted by a regex
Answer
Similar to the first answer you can do the following:
''.join(_ih).split('\n')
However, when iterating through the command history items you can do the following. Thus you can create your list comprehension from this.
for item in _ih:
 print item
This is documented in the following section of the documentation: _URL_


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Add text to each line online
Keywords: append, add, texts, lines, number, prepend, concatenate
Append text to the end or beginning of each line. You can add constant text, the number of line, the line itself and more
The text you want to work with
Tip: write %N% for the line number; and/or %L% for the line itself
- Text at the beginning
- Text at the end
- How to count lines?


Adrar des Ifoghas
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The Adrar des Ifoghas is a sandstone high area in the Kidal Region of Mali. Is has an area of about 250,000 km².
There are wide, shallow valleys, and many granite rocks. The Tamesna Plain is to the east. The Telemsi Fosse is to the west The low, western part of the Azaouak Valley is to the south. Tanezrouft is to the north. Kidal, Aguel'hoc, Boughessa, Essouk and Tessalit are cities in this area.
The Adrar des Ifoghas is called "Adagh" in the local language. "Adrar" is the Berber word for mountain, and "Ifogha" is the short name of a rich Tuareg family. This family (the "Kel Ifoghas") has been very powerful in this area for a long time. They are nomads and they eat and sell camels, goats and sheep.
The area has many old archaeological places. The rock drawings showing men hunting, farming, and looking after cows[1] are very important. Asselar Man's bones were also found here by Théodore Monod. Recently, the Adrar des Ifoghas has become popular for hiking.
References[change | change source]
 1. Velton, Ross (2000). Mali: The Bradt Travel Guide. London: Bradt Publications. pp. p 169.


National Integration: Hindu, Muslim students eat together in Minority Residential Schools
Hyderabad: Nutritious food is being provided at 204 Minority Residential schools. Secretary Minority School Society B. Shafiullah told that the menu in minority schools prepared by nutritionists. According to which nutritious food is provided. Milk, egg and fruits are provided in the breakfast, whereas various vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes are selected for lunch and dinner.
Society had given contract of food to a private company for catering but cancelled the contract due to its unsatisfactory service.
Mr. Shafiullah further told that 75 pc of the students belong to minorities, while 25 pc belong to non-minorities. All the student do breakfast lunch and dinner together. All irrespective of religion enjoy the food together. He appealed minorities to benefit from the minority residential schools.
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Past and future editions of 'Water usage in agriculture and horticulture'
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Release date: 09 June 2011 at
Theme: Agriculture and Environment | Department: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Coverage: England
Geographic breakdown: Region
| Designation: National Statistics
Summary: The results in this statistical notice are split into four sections covering: (i) water sources; (ii) water usage for irrigation; (iii) water usage for various activities (including irrigation); and (iv) water quality (practices to reduce or prevent pollution). The notice incorporates results from both the 2009/10 FBS and the 2010 Irrigation Survey.

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LIMEN for violin, cello and piano
Complete music sheet, Violin music sheet and Cello Music sheet
1. Prologo. Scherzando (Allegro)
2. Intermezzo. Quasi un inno (Andante moderato)
3. Finale (Mosso)
The Limen trio is composed of three movements. The first is lighthearted and bright, with a "Bulgarian" rhythm (compound) running almost constantly throughout. It features even in the more lyrical and cantabile middle section of the piece. The second, movement, "Intermezzo", formally a kind of passacaglia (variations on a bass ostinato) starts with a sweet melody, which for its popular simplicity is reminiscent of a lullaby or hymn. This melody, entrusted to the piano in the upper register of the keyboard, is then taken up by other instruments, repeated and elaborated on several times, until the end where it ends peacefully. The song alludes to a flower that opens or a life that is born. The third movement is light-hearted and bright once more, but with a larger and slower middle section, which features an expressive melody played mainly on the violin. In the "Limen" trio can see resemblance and influences of the great composers of the past, from different places and contexts: These diverse stylistic features find common ground in the expansive, melodic singing. Metaphorically, this piece represents the ability of music to act as a universal language, capable of dialogue in all cultures.


Map of North Korea
◆ Crudely calculated electricity bills
A common problem faced by all 3 surveyed regions is the lack of electricity meters for calculating household power consumption. The authorities have been attempting to install meters for every house since last year, but the prohibitive 30 USD price of each meter would have had to have been paid by each household. In the end, the plan could not be carried out after it met strong opposition from residents dissatisfied with the unreliable power supply.
As the meters were not installed, officials in charge of electricity distribution have to go door-to-door, cataloguing the appliances owned by each household and making crude calculations of each home's estimated power consumption. This primitive billing system is still in effect.
A reporting partner in Pyongyang complained of the system, saying, "The electricity distribution department always quarrels with residents because they set the rates entirely at their discretion. Lately, we've been paying 5,000 won a month for our house."
The authorities have announced, however, that meters for calculating exact power consumption will soon be required nationwide, starting from September/October.
Editor's notes on North Korean reporters
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GOSUB
Transfers program execution to a label, with return option.
Synopsis
GOSUB label
Arguments
label Any valid label. The label name can be optionally followed by a colon (:)
Description
The GOSUB statement is used to transfer execution to the line of code identified by label. This label identifies an internal subroutine that is executed until a RETURN statement is encountered. Execution then reverts to the line immediately following the GOSUB statement.
Under the following circumstances control does not revert to the line following the GOSUB statement: The internal subroutine invokes an ENTER statement, or the internal subroutine terminates with an END statement.
The label argument value corresponds to line of code identified by a label identifier. Non-numeric labels end with a colon character; this colon is option when specifying the label argument.
The GOSUB statement is similar to GOTO, except that GOSUB permits a RETURN. The ON statement provides a way to select one of several GOSUB labels, based on an integer value.
Emulation
jBASE emulation uses the ONGO.RANGE option setting for handling out-of-range label values.
Examples
The following example illustrates the use of the GOSUB statement:
 IF TIME()=0 THEN
 GOSUB Midnight:
 PRINT "Delayed",TIME()
 ELSE
 PRINT TIME()
 END IF
Midnight:
 PRINT "It's midnight, time is reset to 0"
 SLEEP 1
 RETURN
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We teach children to dream by sculpting castles made of sand. How fitting, teaching children to build with crumbs of rocks - instead of teaching them to quarry out mountains, cut down trees, and mix mortar to create structures that last. We teach them to climb mountains if they want to be tall, and to read novels and text-books to make their minds deep. With unseen paper-cut fingers, and oxygen tanks to reach those high peaks,
we never teach them that they will fall. Or how when they fall, and their dreams shatter, how to sweep up the broken crumbs and turn them back into castles.


DateTimePicker
Wisej.Web.DateTimePicker
Namespace: Wisej.Web
Assembly: Wisej.Framework (3.5.0.0)
Represents a control that allows the user to select or type a date and a time.
public class DateTimePicker : Control, INotifyPropertyChanged, IModified, ILabel, IReadOnly, IValidation
There are 4 tooltip labels that can be localized for this control. They are already localized in the default languages provided by Wisej. An application can localize the tooltip labels by adding the string resources to the localized Resources.resx or /Properties/Resources.resx.
 - $Next year The tooltip text displayed on the popup calendar for the next-year button.
 - $Last year The tooltip text displayed on the popup calendar for the last-year button.
 - $Next month The tooltip text displayed on the popup calendar for the next-month button.
 - $Last month The tooltip text displayed on the popup calendar for the last-month button.
Constructors
Initializes a new instance of the DateTimePicker class.
Initializes a new instance of the DateTimePicker class with specific initial settings.
Initializes a new instance of DateTimePicker class with specific initial settings.
Initializes a new instance of DateTimePicker class with specific initial settings.
Initializes a new instance of DateTimePicker class with specific initial settings.
Properties
Boolean: Returns or sets whether the height of the control is set automatically. (Default: True)
BorderStyle: Returns or sets the type of border that is drawn around the DateTimePicker. (Default: Solid)
Boolean: Returns or sets whether the checkbox in the DateTimePicker is checked and the user can change the control's value. It works in conjunction with the ShowCheckBox property. (Default: True)
String: Returns or sets the custom date/time format string. (Default: "")
See Custom Date and Time Format Strings for the supported format definitions.
Boolean: Returns or sets whether the user can edit the text in the control. (Default: True)
Boolean: Enables or disables the browser's context menu. (Default: True)
Day: Returns or sets the first day of the week as displayed in the month calendar. (Default: Default)
DateTimePickerFormat: Returns or sets the format of the date/time value displayed in the control. (Default: Long)
Boolean: Returns or sets whether the prompt characters in the input mask are hidden when the masked datetime picker loses focus. (Default: False)
Boolean: Returns or sets a value that indicates that the control is invalid.
String: Returns or sets the invalid message that is shown in the invalid tooltip. (Default: "")
LabelWrapper: Provides a label related to the control.
String: Returns or sets the localizable label associated with this control. (Default: "")
String: Returns or sets the input mask. (Default: "")
When setting an edit mask on the DateTimePicker control you must also select a Format that matches the mask. Otherwise the formatted date selected using the drop down calendar or by code will be formatted into a string that is not compatible with the edit mask. For example, if the mask is "##/##/####" the Format should be Short or CustomFormat should be "dd/MM/yyyy". See also the TextMaskFormat property to determine how the mask is stripped when reading the Text property.
DateTime: Returns or sets the maximum date and time that can be selected in the control.
Throws:
DateTime: Returns or sets the minimum date and time that can be selected in the control.
Throws:
Boolean: Returns or sets a value that indicates that the date time picker control has been modified by the user since the control was created or its contents were last set.
Nullable<DateTime>: Returns or sets the date/time Value assigned to the control with the difference that if the value is DateTime.MinValue it returns null.
This property should be used when the DateTimePicker may hold a null date and it's bound to a database nullable column. Throws:
Char: Returns or sets the character used to represent the absence of user input in the DateTimePicker control. (Default: _)
Throws:
 - ArgumentException The character specified when setting this property is not a valid prompt character.
Boolean: Returns or sets whether the control is read-only. (Default: False)
Boolean: Selects the text when gaining the focus. (Default: False)
Boolean: Returns or sets a value indicating if a calendar button (drop down control) is displayed and can be used to pick the date/time value. (Default: True)
Boolean: Returns or sets whether a check box is displayed to the left of the selected date. (Default: False)
Boolean: Returns or sets whether the current date is displayed at the bottom of the control. (Default: False)
Boolean: Returns or sets whether the popup calendar shows ToolTips. (Default: True)
Boolean: Returns or sets a value indicating if the spin buttons (up and down controls) are displayed and can be used to adjust the date/time value. (Default: False)
Boolean: Returns or sets whether the calendar control displays week numbers (1-52) to the left of each row of days. (Default: True)
String: Returns or sets the text associated with this control. (Default: "")
MaskFormat: Since 3.2.8 Returns or sets a value that determines whether literals and prompt characters are included in the Text value when the DateTimePicker also specifies a Mask. (Default: IncludeLiterals)
This property lets you control the value returned by the Text property when there is an edit Mask. The default is to remove the prompt and keep the literal in order to return a text value that can be parsed to a valid date: i.e. "1_/10/__23" is retuned as "1/10/23". Since 3.2.8 Note that when the value is null or empty, and regardless of the mask, the Text property returns an empty string.
DateTime: Returns or sets the value that is used by DateTimePicker as today's date.
Throws:
 - ArgumentOutOfRangeException The value is less than the minimum allowable date; or the value is greater than the maximum allowable date.
String: Returns or sets the format string used to display today's date. (Default: "d")
See Custom Date and Time Format Strings for the supported format definitions.
ComponentToolCollection: Returns the instance of ComponentToolCollection associated with this control.
DateTime: Returns or sets the DateTime value assigned to the control.
Throws:
String: Returns or sets the text to show when the field is empty. (Default: null)
Events
EventHandler Fired when the value of the Checked property changes.
EventHandler Fired when the drop-down calendar is dismissed and disappears.
EventHandler Fired when the drop-down calendar is shown.
EventHandler Fired when the value of the Editable property has changed.
EventHandler Fired when the Format property value has changed.
EventHandler Occurs after the input mask is changed.
EventHandler Fired when the value of the Modified property has changed.
EventHandler Fired when the value of the ReadOnly property has changed.
ToolClickEventHandler Fired when a ComponentTool is clicked.
EventHandler Fired when the Value property changes.
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Rani is overseeing the roadway design, storm sewer design, SWPPP, erosion control and surveying. Originally, Rani received partial and out of date survey data. The team in turn, provided the engineering design team a complete and up to date surface model & planimetric representation of existing conditions of the seven blocks. The survey staff worked with the engineering design team to identify specific details needed to aid in the design to preserve the downtown aesthetic and provide a functioning design. The survey required compliance with the City of Minneapolis' CADD and drafting standards. Rani survey field crews were able to collect the information using the City's point code lists and the office staff had city employees process the raw data to ensure importation to the correct levels in the MicroStation deliverable.
Professional services include:
- Update and supplement existing topographic survey of the seven-block project area adding 3,000+ surface points and drainage structure information for 35 structures.
- On-call survey of utility potholes as private utilities identify priority locations.
- Modelling of existing stormwater system and design of proposed stormwater system for a road design that involves curb relocation to increase pedestrian and bicycle space while decreasing vehicular space. Design includes spread analysis in MicroStation Geopak complying with City and MnDOT State Aid requirements.
- Intersection design to comply with ADA standards and best practices while incorporating the two-way bicycle trail and associated ramps.
- Coordination of intersection ADA design with road design, stormwater, traffic signal and utility design.


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Before starting the collection of eye tracking and other biometric measures simultaneously, also known as co-registration, it is necessary to ensure that the setup will allow the synchronization of the data streams for later analysis. There are two main types of co-registration setups. The first type uses only one software to record all data steams simultaneously. With this setup, the software ensures the synchronization of data streams and therefore the user does not need to take care of it. The possibility of using this type of setup will be mainly determined by the availability of a co-registration software to be compatible with the biometric and eye tracking systems that are going to be used. In the second type of setup there is one dedicated recording software for eye tracking data and a different one for the other biometric data. Since the recordings are done independently and usually with different computers, we need a method to ensure that the recordings will be accurately synchronized in time. In this article, we are going to focus on this second type of setup and the main method for ensuring a good timing synchronization between biometrics data: shared events.
Shared events are triggers or events that were produced and registered, theoretically, at the same time by your eye tracking system and biometric system. These events will be used as known common points in time between your data streams and will allow their synchronization and analysis after the recording.
Timing accuracy of shared events
What we mean by timing accuracy of the events is the ability of the setup to send and receive a shared event as close in time as possible in the eye tracking and the other biometric data streams. The timing accuracy needed will depend on your intended application and what biometric data you are recording together with eye tracking data. For instance, in the case of EEG, the timing accuracy to timestamp common events should be as high as possible, in the order of one to few milliseconds. This is mainly due to the high temporal resolution of EEG (brain responses are measured with millisecond accuracy). Eye movements, usually categorized as artifacts in the EEG data, are also measured with millisecond temporal resolution. It is important to be able to align the eye tracking data and EEG data with high timing accuracy, so that the eye movements registered in the EEG and eye tracking data are perfectly aligned and the results derived from the synchronized data are correct. On the other hand, if we want to co-register Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) together with eye tracking, the timing accuracy of the shared events is not as crucial as in the case of EEG, mostly because of the high latency of the skin conductance response to an event (1 to 4 seconds).
The timing accuracy of the events highly depends on the capability of your setup to send and timestamp them in both data streams with high timing accuracy. Tobii Pro recommends that you always check the event timing accuracy of the method you choose to send and timestamp your shared events. For example, by making a co-registration recording where you send events to all data streams at known intervals and then check the time distribution of those events. If you are interested in co-registering EEG, you can also use tools like the EYE-EEG plugin (EEGLAB), which will output information about the synchronization quality of your co-registration recording.
Sender is the method you use to send the events to your data streams. The most common options are:
Receiver is the device that receives and timestamps the events in each data stream. There will be one receiver for eye tracking and one for the other biometric measure. The receivers can be:
Event types are the means and signal characteristics of your events. There are two main types of events used when high timing accuracy is needed:
The main information of a shared event is the time when it was timestamped. This is what will allow the synchronization of our data streams. However, usually events can also contain numeric information in the case of TTL and any string information in the case of TCP/IP. It is quite advisable to send your events at specific points of times during your presentation. In this way, your events will contain three types of information:
This approach is quite useful if you want to analyze your data separately (eye tracking data in the eye tracking software and other biometric data in a dedicated software with appropriate biometric analysis tools) as both data streams will contain all the experimental information related with trial onset times.


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- 1 Where do the bodies come from in the bodies exhibit?
- 2 Does the body exhibit use real bodies?
- 3 Why did the bodies exhibit close?
- 4 Where is the bodies Exhibit 2020?
- 5 How long do plastinated bodies last?
- 6 How long does it take to go through the bodies exhibit?
- 7 Who was responsible for the BODY WORLDS exhibition in 2008?
- 8 How much is a real human body?
- 9 What is plastination to a body?
- 10 Is BODY WORLDS still in London?
- 11 How are bodies plasticized?
- 12 How many bodies exhibits are there?
- 13 Where is the Bodies exhibit in Luxor?
- 14 Where is the Bodies exhibit in Florida?
Where do the bodies come from in the bodies exhibit?
The bodies used in the exhibition, run by Imagine Exhibitions, were provided by Dalian Medical University Biology Plantation in China.
Does the body exhibit use real bodies?
Containing about twenty bodies in total, each exhibition uses real human bodies that have been preserved permanently by a process called "polymer preservation" (commonly referred to as "plastination") so that they will not decay.
Why did the bodies exhibit close?
Call to shut Real Bodies exhibition over fears it uses executed prisoners. A group of lawyers, academics and human rights campaigners has called on the federal government to shut down a controversial Sydney exhibition, amid claims the show could be displaying the bodies of executed Chinese political prisoners.
Where is the bodies Exhibit 2020?
BODY WORLDS Exhibition is back at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life at the Houston Museum of Natural Science delivers a breathtaking encounter with the inner workings of the human body and shows the effects of poor health, good health, and lifestyle choices.
How long do plastinated bodies last?
As the acetone vaporizes and leaves the cells, it draws the liquid polymer in so that the polymer can penetrate every last cell. This process lasts 2-5 weeks.
How long does it take to go through the bodies exhibit?
In general, 2 hours is a good estimate for all exhibition. over a year ago. It can be as fast or as slow as you want it to be.
Who was responsible for the BODY WORLDS exhibition in 2008?
Sponsored by venture capitalist John Doerr and his wife Ann, the exhibit features plastinated specimens supplemented by augmented reality and a digital anatomy table. The exhibit is intended to run for at least 10 years.
How much is a real human body?
If you could harvest every organ and chemical in your body, you could make a $45 million. But in reality, Medical Transcription estimates, the average price of a human dead body is more likely to fetch around $550,000 (with a few key body parts driving up the price).
What is plastination to a body?
Plastination is an innovative method of conserving anatomical specimens, where all bodily fluids are exchanged with a polymer, which can be hardened. Plastination was invented by Dr Gunther von Hagens in 1977 and he and his team have further developed the process since then.
Is BODY WORLDS still in London?
Body Worlds has been seen by more than 47 million people in 130 cities around the world. The London exhibition is the world's largest Body Worlds collection and is open 365 days a year, at the former site of Ripley's Believe It or Not! in Piccadilly Circus.
How are bodies plasticized?
Plastination is a technique or process used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts, first developed by Gunther von Hagens in 1977. The water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be touched, do not smell or decay, and even retain most properties of the original sample.
How many bodies exhibits are there?
There are nine BODY WORLDS exhibitions, which have been viewed by 47 million people throughout the world. BODY WORLDS exhibitions have been displayed in Asia, Europe, North America and most recently Africa.
Where is the Bodies exhibit in Luxor?
From The Main Valet Entrance Enter the hotel and go up the escalators in the main lobby, to the second floor. Walk straight and the Bodies Exhibit will be on the right.
Where is the Bodies exhibit in Florida?
"Real Bodies: The Exhibition" will be on display Sept. 28 through April 11, 2021, at the South Florida Science Center, 4801 Dreher Trail N., in West Palm Beach.


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In the heart of Jamaica's musical tapestry, a dance culture pulsates with vibrant energy and infectious joy—Dancehall Delight. This rhythmic phenomenon unleashes the spirit of the Caribbean, transforming the dance floor into a kaleidoscope of movements that mirror the pulsating beats and soulful melodies of Jamaican music.
Dancehall, deeply rooted in Jamaican culture, becomes a delight for the senses in this immersive dance experience. The dance floor is a canvas, and the dancers are artists, painting the air with expressive movements that echo the island's rich heritage. Dancehall Delight is more than a dance; it's a celebration of life, love, and the irresistible rhythm that defines Jamaica.
At the core of Dancehall Delight is the infectious beat of reggae and Kpop dance classes London dancehall music. The bassline reverberates through the dancers, and the melodies create a backdrop for a dance narrative that unfolds with spontaneity and flair. From the signature "daggering" moves to the expressive "wine," each step is a testament to the freedom of expression that Dancehall Delight embodies.
The attire worn by participants is a vibrant reflection of Jamaican culture. Bold colors, intricate patterns, and expressive accessories become an extension of the dance. The attire isn't just clothing; it's a statement of individuality, a visual representation of the dynamic spirit that fuels Dancehall Delight.
As dancers move to the infectious rhythms, they engage in a dialogue of movement, telling stories of celebration, resilience, and unity. The dancehall becomes a communal space where participants share in the joy of the music, creating a sense of connection that transcends cultural boundaries.
Dancehall Delight is not confined to choreography; it thrives on improvisation and personal interpretation. Dancers bring their unique style to the floor, infusing the dance with their personalities and creating a vibrant tapestry of movement. The delight is not just in the precision of the steps but in the freedom to express oneself authentically.
As the music builds to a crescendo, and the dancers revel in the delight of the dance, it becomes a collective expression of the Jamaican spirit. Dancehall Delight is a celebration of resilience, a showcase of cultural pride, and a reminder that, in the language of dance, Jamaica's rhythms are universal, capable of igniting joy and delight in hearts around the world.


Request to conserve water in Niseko and Soga areas
The Niseko and Soga areas mainly use spring water for tap water, but the amount of spring water is currently decreasing. This could be due to a decrease in precipitation last summer. Especially in the Niseko area, the water volume is less than 40% of the average year.
For the current shortage of water, we are pumping well water installed next to the Niseko area reservoir and distributing it. However, the water level of the well water is gradually decreasing, and the well water source may wither if the water is used in the same manner as it is now.
For that reason, we ask everyone who uses town water supply in the Niseko and Soga districts to take measures to save water.
Water saving example) ・ Close the faucet frequently when brushing your teeth or washing your hands.
- When washing dishes, pour water in the wash tub and wash.
- In a family with many families, take a bath at a united time
We apologize for any inconvenience, but please cooperate in saving water until the end of the normal drought season in early April.
If you have any questions, please contact Niseko Town government office water and sewage section.
Inquiries regarding information on this page
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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to rename files in bulk.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Matt Tisdale is back today with another solution to a situation at work…
I received a call from a gentleman named Cristofer this afternoon. He had a business need and he heard from someone that Windows PowerShell could help. I told him that I am sure Windows PowerShell can help—and that was before I even heard the question.
His immediate need was to rename almost 250 files that are located in various folders on the file system. He needed to find all files with a specific character string in the name and replace this character string with a new character string. For example purposes, let's say he needed to find all files with "current" in the name and replace "current" with "old".
I have never attempted this specific task, but by using Get-Command and Get-Help,we were able to find exactly how to do this in a couple of minutes. Assuming we need to find all files located under C:\temp (including all subfolders) with "current" in the name and rename them using "old" in place of "current", here are the steps.
 1. Open Windows PowerShell.
 2. Navigate to C:\temp.
 3. Run the following Windows PowerShell command:
Get-ChildItem -Filter "*current*" -Recurse | Rename-Item -NewName {$_.name -replace 'current','old' }
 4. Sit back and let Windows PowerShell do all of the work for you.
Anyone who has access to modify the files and is running Windows 7 can follow these steps. No special tools or elevated rights are required.
Let's pick the command apart and explain each piece.
 - Get-ChildItem -Filter "*current*"
Finds all files with the string "current" anywhere in the name.
 - -Recurse
Instructs Get-ChildItem to search recursively through all subfolders under the start point (the current directory where the command is run from).
 - | (the pipe character)
Instructs Windows PowerShell to take each item (object) found with the first command (Get-ChildItem) and pass it to the second command (Rename-Item)
 - Rename-Item
Renames files and other objects
 - {$_.name -replace 'current','old' }
Tells Rename-Item to find the string "current" in the file name and replace it with "old".
For an added bonus, I also recommended that Cristofer use the -WhatIf parameter with this command on his first run to get an output that shows what the command will do before he actually pulls the trigger. Using -WhatIf will tell Windows PowerShell to run the Rename-Item portion of this command in Report Only mode. It will not actually rename anything—it will simply show what files were found that match the filter criteria and what each new name would be. Here is the command with the -WhatIf parameter added.
Get-ChildItem -Filter "*current*" -Recurse | Rename-Item -NewName {$_.name -replace 'current','old' } -whatif
Unfortunately, when we use –WhatIf, we cannot send our output to a text log file. If you need a log file that shows the results of using -WhatIf, you can follow these steps:
 1. Open Windows PowerShell.
 2. Run Start-Transcript.
 3. Run your command (including the -WhatIf parameter).
 4. After the command completes, run Stop-Transcript.
 5. Note the location and file name of the transcript file, and open this file to see the results.
It is always fun to solve business challenges with Windows PowerShell commands. Cristofer said he will probably need to use these commands for renaming 1000+ files in the near future, and he will share this process with other members of his team. Imagine how much "fun" it would be to rename all of these files manually or with some clunky old batch file. No thank you. I will stick with Windows PowerShell.
Keep the requests coming in. I always enjoy helping fellow employees find ways to be more efficient and save time and money.
~Matt
Thanks again, Matt, for sharing your time and knowledge. This is awesome.
I invite you to follow me on Twitter and Facebook. If you have any questions, send email to me at _EMAIL_, or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum. See you tomorrow. Until then, peace.
Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy


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Dear France, wrap their bodies in the carcasses of pigs.—
Erick Erickson (_USER_) January 09, 2015
Update from a reader:
Erickson's recommendation is doubly offensive (and doubly dumb) considering that he's actually repurposing a trope of old-timey anti-semitism. As Zaid Jilani points out here, using pork products to taunt those who don't eat them has been a staple of Jew-baiting in Europe for centuries:
In the book Anti-Semitic Stereotypes: A Paradigm of Otherness in English Popular Culture, _PHONE_, the author notes that English schoolboys would taunt Jews with a chant, "Get a bit of pork/Stick it on a fork/And give it to a Jew boy, a Jew." In German culture, there was a popular concept of the "Judensau," depicting Jews suckling from a pig; the bigoted imagery was so common it was even placed on churches to keep Jews away. Pope Leo VII called Jews "pigs," and during the Inquisition, the Spanish Jews were actually called "marrano" referring to a one-year old pig.
I wonder if Erickson realizes just what tradition he's drawing on here. I suspect not.


Configuring network tags
A tag is simply a character string added to a tags field in a resource, such as Compute Engine virtual machine (VM) instances or instance templates. A tag is not a separate resource, so you cannot create it separately. All resources with that string are considered to have that tag. Tags enable you to make firewall rules and routes applicable to specific VM instances.
You can assign network tags to new VMs at creation time, or you can edit the set of assigned tags at any time later. You can edit network tags without stopping a VM.
Specifications
The network tags that you assign to an instance apply to all of the instance's network interfaces. A network tag only applies to the VPC networks that are directly attached to the instance's network interfaces. This is true even for VPC Network Peering, because peered networks remain distinct networks. Thus, the network tags are still only meaningful in the network to which the instance's network interface is attached.
Network tags must start with a lowercase letter and can contain lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. Tags must end with a lowercase letter or number.
Permissions
The following IAM roles are required for tasks discussed on this page. For more details, see Compute Engine IAM roles.
Task Required Role
Assign a network tag to a new instance when it is created Project owner or editor or Instance Admin
Add or remove network tags for existing instances
Add, remove, or edit firewall rules Project owner or editor or Security Admin
Limits
The following limits apply to network tags:
Limit Value Description
Maximum number of tags per VM 64 All tags for a VM must be unique. You can assign up to 64 different tags per VM.
Maximum number of characters for each tag 63
Acceptable characters for a tag lowercase letters, numbers, dashes Additionally:
- Tags must start with a lowercase letter.
- Tags must end with either a number or a lowercase letter.
Firewall rules and routes
Network tags allow you to apply firewall rules and routes to a specific instance or set of instances:
 - You make a firewall rule applicable to specific instances by using target tags and source tags.
 - You make a route applicable to specific instances by using a tag.
Targets for firewall rules
Every firewall rule in Google Cloud must have a target which defines the instances to which it applies. The default target is all instances in the network, but you can specify instances as targets using either target tags or target service accounts.
The target tag defines the Google Cloud VMs to which the rule applies. The rule is applied to a specific VPC network. It is made applicable to the primary internal IP address associated with the network interface of any instance attached to that VPC network that has a matching network tag.
Both ingress and egress firewall rules have targets:
 - Ingress rules apply to traffic entering your VPC network. For ingress rules, the targets are destination VMs in Google Cloud.
 - Egress rules apply to traffic leaving your VPC network. For egress rules, the targets are source VMs in Google Cloud.
Consider an ingress firewall rule that allows traffic on TCP port 80 from any source. The rule has a target tag of http-server. This rule would apply only to instances that have the http-server network tag, which means that incoming traffic on port 80 would be allowed to those instances.
Source filters for ingress firewall rules
When you create ingress firewall rules, you must specify a source. You can define it using ranges of either internal or external IP addresses or by referring to specific instances. You specify instances using either source tags or source service accounts.
The source tag for an ingress firewall rule applied on a VPC network defines a source of traffic as coming from the primary internal IP address associated with the network interface attached to that VPC network for any instance having a matching network tag.
You can use a combination of IP ranges and source tags or a combination of IP ranges and source service accounts. You cannot use both network tags and service accounts in the same rule. For more information about source tags and service accounts, see filtering by service account vs. network tag.
Considerations
When you use an ingress firewall rule with source tags, you might observe a propagation delay. This delay is typically a few seconds, but it can be, in rare cases, a few minutes. When you make the following changes, the ingress firewall rule can take time to apply to or be removed from an associated instance:
 - Starting or stopping an instance that has a tag that is associated with a rule's source tag
 - Starting an instance that has a tag that is associated with a rule's target tag
 - Adding or removing tags from an instance if the tags are used in the source or target fields of a rule
 - Adding or removing source or target tags from a rule
This propagation delay applies only to ingress rules that use source tags. All other firewall rules take effect immediately on an instance. For example, an ingress rule that uses a source IP address range and target tags has no propagation delay.
Interaction with routes
When you create a route, you specify a VPC network and can specify tags so that the route is only applicable to traffic sent from the primary internal IP address of the network interface attached to that VPC network for instances with matching network tags.
Adding, viewing, and removing tags
You can specify network tags when you create a VM instance. You can also add tags to, and remove tags from, an existing VM.
Adding tags when creating a VM
Console
 1. Go to the VM instances page.
 Go to the VM instances page
 2. Click Create instance.
 3. Click Management, security, disks, networking, sole tenancy to open that section.
 4. Click the Networking tab.
 5. In the Network tags field, specify one or more tags, separated by commas.
 6. Populate other fields for the VM.
 7. Click Create.
gcloud
To assign new tags to an instance, use the following gcloud command.
gcloud compute instances create INSTANCE_NAME \
 --zone ZONE \
 --tags TAGS \
 ...other parameters as needed.
Replace the following:
 - INSTANCE_NAME: the name of the instance.
 - ZONE: the instance's zone.
 - TAGS: a comma-delimited list of tags.
See the gcloud documentation for more information.
Terraform
You can use the Terraform resource to create a VM instance that has network tags.
resource "google_compute_instance" "default" {
 project = var.project_id # Replace this with your project ID in quotes
 zone = "southamerica-east1-b"
 name = "backend-instance"
 machine_type = "e2-medium"
 boot_disk {
 initialize_params {
 image = "debian-cloud/debian-9"
 }
 }
 network_interface {
 network = "default"
 }
 tags = ["health-check", "ssh"]
}
Adding tags to an existing VM
Console
 1. Go to the VM instances page.
 Go to the VM instances page
 2. Click an instance name.
 3. On the VM instance details page, click Edit.
 4. In the Network tags section, specify one or more tags, separated by commas.
 5. Click Save.
gcloud
To assign new tags to an instance, use the following gcloud command.
gcloud compute instances add-tags INSTANCE_NAME \
 --zone ZONE \
 --tags TAGS
Replace the following:
 - INSTANCE_NAME: the name of the instance.
 - ZONE: the instance's zone.
 - TAGS: a comma-delimited list of tags.
See the gcloud documentation for more information.
Viewing tags
Console
 1. Go to the VM instances page.
 Go to the VM instances page
 2. View tags in the Network tags column.
 If needed, click Column display options to add the Network tags column.
 3. To view instances that are tagged with a specific tag, in the filter, select the property Network tags and enter the tags you want to filter on.
gcloud
To list instances with their tags, run this command:
gcloud compute instances list --format='table(name,status,tags.list())'
To list instances that are tagged with a specific tag, run this command:
gcloud compute instances list --filter='tags:TAG_EXPRESSION'
Replace the following:
 - TAG_EXPRESSION: the expression you want to filter. For example, tag1, tag1 OR tag2, tag1 AND tag2. See gcloud topic filters for more information on filtering output.
Removing tags
Console
 1. Go to the VM instances page.
 Go to the VM instances page
 2. Click an instance name.
 3. On the VM instance details page, click Edit.
 4. In the Network tags section, remove tags by clicking remove (X).
 5. Click Save.
gcloud
To remove tags from an instance, use the following gcloud command.
gcloud compute instances remove-tags INSTANCE_NAME \
 --zone ZONE \
 --tags TAGS
Replace the following:
 - INSTANCE_NAME: the name of the instance.
 - ZONE: the instance's zone.
 - TAGS: a comma-delimited list of tags.
See the gcloud documentation for more information.
Direct API requests
You can set the network tags associated with an instance by making a direct API request. Unlike using the Cloud Console or gcloud commands, updating tags by direct API request does not preserve any existing tags. Ensure that you specify


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1668A6-12V Heavy Duty Circuit Tester with Long Probe
Check on 6 and 12V systems. To indicate whether there is an electrical potential at any low voltage point in the system. By using the pointed contact tip to pierce insulation on cables, it will also indicate if current is present. This can be helpful when tracing faults or add cable to a circuit.
- With CE & UKCA Approvals.
- Probe length: Approximately 175mm / 6.9"
- 5-feet flexible rubber wire with spring relief.
- Tough plastic handle lights up when circuit is in good condition.
- The painted probe is insulated to prevent accidental short circuiting.
|175mm / 6.9"


USGS - science for a changing world
South Atlantic Water Science Center - Georgia
 home information/data projects publications GWIN RiverCam drought flood about contact
Picture of flooding on Northside Drive at Peachtree Creek, Atlanta.
Peachtree Creek home page. Peachtree Creek home
USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.
High-water marks and stream stage
Peachtree Creek WaterWatch
Stream stage at Peachtree Creek
High-tech instrumentation is not the only tool used to analyze flood-flow information. Something a simple as a "seed line" can help determine how high the water was (and the subsequent stream stage) during a flood at Peachtree Creek. Instruments that read stream stage can indicate how high the stream stage was during a storm, but cannot show how high water got in the surrounding land and how much land will flood when Peachtree Creek overflows its banks (unless detailed surveys are conducted). One way to determine this is to use high-water marks that occur during floods. If hydrologists can find a high-water mark on a tree or mailbox after a storm, then that information combined with the stream-stage data (from stream-stage records) can be used to estimate how much flooding will occur at different stream stages.
Take our quiz:
Find the high-water marks.
Pictures, from a distance, of plants next to Peachtree Creek - user is supposed to locate visible high water marks on the plants.
Here are a couple of pictures of Peachtree Creek at the Northside Drive bridge (notice the pipes in the background of the top picture). Both pictures were taken on the river bank next to Peachtree Creek a few days after high water occurred during a storm.
Did you find them?
Pictures of a line of dried mud on a plant, indicating high water points. Also picture of leaves stuck in a plant hanging over a stream, indicating where high water hit, but would not be a good indicator of high water.
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Workaround for AWS IAM SSL certificate upload error for StartSSL cert
Posted on 2015-01-07
Amazon (AWS) CloudFront now supports using a custom SSL certificate so you can use your own domain name for HTTPS requests instead of having to use the Setup via the CloudFront console is easy: just pick the appropriate key from the list of keys you have uploaded to AWS IAM.
However, the IAM web console has no way to upload the key. You have to use the AWS CLI. Not hard, just a lot of parameters.
The command line blows up with a cryptic error:
A client error (EntityAlreadyExists) occurred when calling the UploadServerCertificate operation: The Server Certificate with name already exists.
Run it through openssl:
openssl rsa -in example.key -text >
Then delete everything up to the line -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- and save as example-aws.key
Step-by-Step Example
Generate a key and certificate request.
openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -sha256 -keyout example.key -out example.csr
You should now have two files: example.key and example.csr.
Upload to StartSSL and go through their certificates wizard. Save the result as example.crt
Transform the result to a format acceptable to AWS:
openssl rsa -in example.key -text >
Strip out everything from the except the RSA key. The following is a sed command line that will do it for you, but any text editor will work.
sed '/-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----/,$!d' >
Make the certificate chain. Download the appropriate intermediate and root certificates and merge them (just with each other, not with your new cert):
cat ca.pem >chain.crt
Upload to AWS IAM
aws iam upload-server-certificate --path /cloudfront/example/ --server-certificate-name example --certificate-body file://example.crt --private-key file:// --certificate-chain file://chain.crt
Extracted from a long thread in the AWS support forum.
Tags: aws ssl certificate aws-iam https StartSSL openssl


text: This article describes methods of calculating the radiance distribution of solar highlights on the ocean surface and of determining the contour of the image of the solar disk on the smooth surface when it is observed from geostationary orbit. The radiance of the reflected radiation is calculated by the method of stochastically distributed small areas, taking into account shading on an uneven surface, as well as the sphericity of the terrestrial sphere. The results of the calculations show that the size of the surface region covered by solar highlights, as well as the radiance distribution of the highlights inside this region, depend on both the irradiation-observation geometry and the degree of oceanic waviness (i.e., the wind speed). The radiance map is analyzed, and maps of lines of constant radiance are given for various geometries and wind speeds. (C) 1999 The Optical Society of America. [S1070-9762(99)02512-9].


How does Celtx protect my work?
All Celtx studio connections are encrypted using HTTPS. Content is encrypted in transit between the server and your computer.
As well, your projects and files are maintained within Amazon's proven network infrastructure and data-centers. Backups are replicated to multiple geographic locations to prevent data loss.
Files are also private unless you explicitly share them with someone, or are a member of a team account. When you do choose to share files, you can specify if you want someone to have Reader or Writer editing privileges.
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ThreatQuotient Launches Data-Driven Approach to SOAR and XDR, Accelerating Detection & Response
[May 04, 2021]
ThreatQuotient, a leading security operations platform innovator, today announced ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator, a new data-driven automation capability for more efficient and effective threat detection and response. This capability enables users to control what actions are to be taken, when, and why through the use of data.
"The security industry's approach to automation has overlooked the vastly different needs of detection and response use cases," said Leon Ward, VP of Product Management, ThreatQuotient. "The focus of ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator is data, not process. In detection and response, what is learned when performing an action is far more important than the action itself. ThreatQuotient has seized an opportunity to define and provide automation in a way that reduces complexity for security teams."
With the shortage of security personnel, automation has become a key strategy to offload repetitive tasks and empower humans to conduct advanced security operations tasks more efficiently. To date, automation has been looked at as defining a process and the steps needed to complete that process. This approach ignores the fact that automation is much more than just running the process. In reality, there are three important stages of automation to define and address:
 1. Initiate - Define what should have actions taken upon it and when those actions should occur
 2. Run - Perform the course of action or defined process through to completion
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Archive for January, 2009
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Monday Notes: We had some IU student teachers visiting our classroom this morning. They helped with our Reader's Workshop. We talked about Four Feet, Two Sandals at our table groups. Then the Indian School group met and talked about Raven's brother getting sick in Chapter 5. After that, we worked on writing ADJECTIVES in short pieces about our favorite instruments. After lunch, we visited our first grade buddies. At math, we learned about measuring angles. It was tricky, but we're getting the hang of it. Then we started designing "geo-monsters," using our math templates.
Friday Notes: In the morning we listened to our new podcast. It was great, awesome and terrific! Our goal is to get 30 comments this week! We already have 7! We read a book about a girl who was born in Afghanistan. They had many wars there. Now she lives in the U.S. We did science experiments with Mrs. Streib's class. What a wild week!
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Listen to our podcast about the boarding schools many Native American children were forced to attend. This podcast was written after we read The Ledgerbook of Thomas Blue Eagle and Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe. Check it out!
Carlisle School Podcast
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Tuesday Notes: Today was a big day in 306 and in HISTORY! Our third graders were in the Herald Times! After we read about ourselves in the newspaper, we checked out the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr web pages created by Mrs. Streib's class and Mrs. Ritchey's class. Both classes were winners in the web page contest by MCCSC. Then we read a book about Dr. King called Martin's Big Words. We made a poster of some of Dr. King's important words and messages. We ate lunch together in our classroom and watched President Obama take the oath of office. We took notes during his inaugural speech and then we made a poster called Barack's Big Words. We also read a picture book about President Obama's life. Mr. Combs was our awesome speaker at our Dr. King convocation. It was a great day to be together and learn more about our country and our government.
Wednesday Notes: Today we welcomed our new gym teacher, Ms. Uchman to Fairview. We had a great time at gym and art first thing this morning. We worked in our reading sketchbooks and learned more about inferences. We learned about equilateral, isoceles and scalene triangles. We worked on SOUND experiments during science class. When we put the tuning fork into water, it splashed. When we touched the tuning fork to paper, it buzzed. When we touched it to the ping pong ball, it bounced back and forth. A wonderful day in 306.
Thursday Notes: Our travellers have returned! Today was busy. After a lesson about adjectives, we worked on writing this morning. We made SIGNS about our book, Listen To the Wind. After recess, we worked on literature circles. The Stone Fox group met and talked about Little Willy's feelings about Stone Fox. We learned about QUADRANGLES in math class. We are loving the HUGO CABRET book by Brian Selznick!
Monday, January 12th, 2009
Monday Notes: Wow! This day was busy! At Reader's Workshop, we used the dictionary to look up our vocabulary words. Then we illustrated a passage from a book to show how we visualized the details. We had literature circles too. We watched a program about PRONOUNS and found all the pronouns in a song called, "The Girl Is Mine!" After lunch, we worked on PARALLEL and INTERSECTING lines. Ms. Streib's class visited and we worked on finishing up some of the pages in our Monroe County History books. Great news! Tammi and Allijah worked on an essay contest at Banneker Center at the View. They won and are going to travel to Washington to see the inauguration! WOW!!!! Congratulations!!!!
Tuesday Notes: This morning we had gym and music. When Ms. H. picked us up from music, we were singing wintry songs! We worked on our podcast scripts and we are almost ready to record. We took another acuity test after lunch. We also learned more about "parallel" and "intersecting" lines and worked in our math books. We were hoping for more snow today!
Thursday Notes: We began the day with a morning meeting and then we talked about Jim Thorpe. We found out that the Olympic committee took away his medals when they found out he had played professional baseball. Then they gave the medals back to his kids after he died. In the afternoon we learned more about building the school in Pakistan. We worked in our sketchbooks. After library, we had a social studies lesson on democracy. In a democracy everyone is expected to vote.
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Tuesday Notes: It was nice to ease into the new year with a 2 hour delay. It was also wonderful to see everyone again. The 306′ers—students AND teacher were all a bit tired this morning, but we soon got back in to the swing of things. In the morning we learned more about NOUNS, and after lunch, we worked on our Fairview Faces and Places zines. We are starting a new math unit about geometry. Today we learned about line segments, lines and rays. Happy New Year, everyone!
Wednesday Notes: In art today, we made 2009 signs with bubble letters. Instead of gym, we got to hear Coach Jack from IU talk to the sixth graders at their Lifeskills convocation. After gym, we began working on our new podcast. In the afternoon, we learned about sound and BIG BEN when Mrs. Streib came and taught science in 306.
Thursday Notes: Today we heard a story called Listen To the Wind. It's about a guy named Greg Mortenson from the United States who went to Pakistan and helped them build a school. Our Time For Kids was about photographs from 2008. We read a book called The Biggest Best Snowman.
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CLARITY Name Menaing, What is CLARITY, name definition, origin of CLARITY name other details ;
- 1 CLARITY Name Meaning
- 2 Origin of CLARITY Name
- 3 Gender of CLARITY
- 4 CLARITY Name Analysis
- 5 CLARITY Name Statistics
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- 7 Characteristics of CLARITY
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, 23, 25, 29, 31, 37, or 41 modulo 42.[4]
This shows that the natural density of the friendly numbers (if it exists) is positive.
Anderson and Hickerson proposed that the density should in fact be 1 (or equivalently that the density of the solitary numbers should be 0).[4] According to the MathWorld article on Solitary Number (see References section below), this conjecture has not been resolved, although Pomerance thought at one point he had disproved it.
Notes[edit]
 1. ^ a b Cemra, Jason. "10 Solitary Check". Github/CemraJC/Solidarity.
 2. ^ a b "OEIS sequence A074902". On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
 3. ^ Flammenkamp, Achim. "The Multiply Perfect Numbers Page". Retrieved 2008-04-20.
 4. ^ a b Anderson, C. W.; Hickerson, Dean; Greening, M. G. (1977). "6020". The American Mathematical Monthly. 84 (1): 65–66. doi:10.2307/_PHONE_. JSTOR _PHONE_.
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A diarthrosis that permits a rotation of one bone around another; an example is the articulation of the atlas with the axis. Also known as trochoid.
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The geometry of the pivot joint body is complex and Hardide-T provided the only solution that combines the necessary wear properties with ductility and the ability to coat such designs.
From prying (most often), to scraping, pounding, poking, picking, slipping locks, turning screws and worse, those same folders bear the brunt of the abuse, breaking pivot joints, loosening, bending, cracking scales, nicking edges and are generally worse for wear.


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A valid variable name starts with a letter, followed by letters, digits, or underscores. MATLAB® is case sensitive, so A and a are not the same variable. The maximum length of a variable name is the value that the namelengthmax command returns.
You cannot define variables with the same names as MATLAB keywords, such as if or end. For a complete list, run the iskeyword command.
Examples of valid names:Invalid names:
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Avoid creating variables with the same name as a function (such as i, j, mode, char, size, and path). In general, variable names take precedence over function names. If you create a variable that uses the name of a function, you sometimes get unexpected results.
Check whether a proposed name is already in use with the exist or which function. exist returns 0 if there are no existing variables, functions, or other artifacts with the proposed name. For example:
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Another potential source of name conflicts occurs when you define a function that calls load or eval (or similar functions) to add variables to the workspace. In some cases, load or eval add variables that have the same names as functions. Unless these variables are in the function workspace before the call to load or eval, the MATLAB parser interprets the variable names as function names. For more information, see:
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This makes perfect sense in an evolutionary context but I think it also makes an amusing statement about the stereotypical gender perspectives of humans. These different gender perspectives are best exemplified by a joke which was the source for coining the term, Coolidge Effect.
… an old joke about Calvin Coolidge when he was President … The President and Mrs. Coolidge were being shown [separately] around an experimental government farm. When [Mrs. Coolidge] came to the chicken yard she noticed that a rooster was mating very frequently. She asked the attendant how often that happened and was told, "Dozens of times each day." Mrs. Coolidge said, "Tell that to the President when he comes by." Upon being told, President asked, "Same hen every time?" The reply was, "Oh, no, Mr. President, a different hen every time." President: "Tell that to Mrs. Coolidge."


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On the joint eigenvalue distribution for the matrix ensembles with non zero mean
Exact distributions are given for the two-dimensional case when the mean of the off-diagonal element is non-zero. The joint eigenvalue distribution for theN dimensional case, derived using the volume element in the space ofN ×N orthogonal matrices, is checked by rederiving the exact results forN=2. The smooth nature of theN-dimensional joint distribution supports the claim of the method of moments that the single eigenvalue distribution is a smooth function of the ratio of mean-to-mean square deviation.
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Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA)
The Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) carries out problem-oriented, multi-disciplinary research on India's natural resources, with a focus on conservation and efficient, sustainable exploitation.
CRIDA's contributions include strategies for agricultural drought management in dry-land areas, and the development of soil and rainwater management technologies, integrated watershed management technologies, integrated nutrient management strategies, and low-cost labour and energy-saving implements.
The organisation also functions as a training and consultancy centre on a wide variety of issues such as watershed development projects, dry-land agriculture and horticulture, soil and water conservation works, and agroforestry. Additionally, it offers research and contract services including the provision of soil and water samples, and resource maps.
The mission of CRIDA is to meet the national expectation during 21st Century, CRIDA is rededicating itself for :
-Conservation, efficient utilization, and enhancement of the quality of natural resources to achieve sustainability,
-Reducing risks associated with uncertain rainfall,
-Increasing productivity for food and nutrition security,
-Diversifying land use for additional employment opportunities, and
-Assured socio-economic growth of the farmers in drylands.


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A crowd gathered at Queen's Park on Sunday to celebrate the first B.C. Loyalist Day in British Columbia.
The four Pacific regional branches of the united Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada - Vancouver, Chilliwack, Thompson-Okanagan and Victoria - gathered to celebrate B.C. Loyalist Day. The provincial government declared July 22 as Loyalist Day in British Columbia.
The event gave the groups a chance to celebrate their Loyalist ancestors.
"Many British Columbians are direct descendants of the first Loyalists who arrived in what is now eastern Canada in 1783 after the American Revolution," said a press release about the event. "Following the French settlements in Acadia and New France in the 1600s and early 1700s, there was second major wave of immigration starting in the 1770s. The number of Loyalists varies depending on which historian you cite, but it is estimated that 50,000 to 100,000 displaced Loyalists came as the 'first boat people' to what is now Canada. These were British subjects who had originally settled in the 13 colonies but were more loyal to the British Crown following the start to the American Revolution. The patriots would go on to win the war. These new settlers were called the Loyalists and are considered Canada's first political refugees."
At the July 22 event in New Westminster, the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada read a proclamation about Loyalist Day, unfurled the Loyalist flag and enjoyed a picnic.


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With an arched span of 265 meters and a height of 220 meters, the Tamina Bridge in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen towers above the gorge with the same name. This impressive structure was planned by the engineering office Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner. The company utilized the numerous advantages of 3D modeling in the process. In this article, you will learn what characterizes the Tamina Bridge and what challenges the engineers mastered thanks to 3D technology.
© The progress of the superstructure can be seen in November 2015. Fig.: Civil engineering department of the canton of St. Gallen
Bridge construction under difficult topographic conditions
Newly opened on 22 June 2017, the Tamina Bridge connects the two villages of Pfäfers and Valens, which were previously separated by the deep Tamina gorge. The existing municipal road to Valens always suffered from landslides, rockfalls and road sinking. That is why a public competition was announced in 2007 for the planning and design of a bridge, which was won by the engineering office Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner (LAP). The company was responsible for the structural design as well as for the design planning. The engineers relied on the CAD software Allplan Engineering during all phases. They installed a total of 14,000 cubic meters of concrete, 3,000 tons of reinforcement, 180 tons of pre-tensioned strands and 140 tension member anchorages.
An earthquake-proof structure
Due to the very steep valley flanks and the large valley depth, the planners designed a structure consisting of an arch and a continuous beam, which is monolithically connected to the arch via horizontal element shafts and arched supports. This structure must withstand numerous stresses, such as wind and earthquakes. The possible failure of a tension cable also had to be safeguarded against.
© In the fourth quarter of 2015, the Valens side was nearly complete. Photo: Civil engineering department of the canton of St. Gallen
The 265 meter long arc is tensioned on both sides in the horizontal elements. The cross-section height is four meters at the horizontal element on the Pfäfers side. It reduces to two meters in the direction of the arc crest. The width also varies: between nine meters at the horizontal elements in Pfäfers and five meters in the crest area.
Less weight for the Tamina Bridge
The structure is designed as a hollow cross-section on more than half of its length. This makes it possible to significantly reduce the total weight of the Tamina Bridge. The superstructure consists of a concrete hollow box with a web of 55 centimeters. The planners were also able to easily house two web tension members side by side. In order to create the necessary space for the pre-tensioned strands, LAP widened the webs and increased the thickness of the roadway slab at the ends of the building sections.
© Anchorage of the pre-tensioned cables with reinforcement and fixtures. Fig.: LAP
In addition, the transverse slope of the roadway varies, because the route planning in the plan occurred at the ends of the bridge with circular arcs. The Tamina Bridge runs from west to east. The inclination value is between five percent towards the north on the Valens side and up to five percent towards the south on the Pfäfers side.
Successful construction project thanks to 3D planning
LAP was already relying on Allplan Engineering when developing their entry for the competition. The engineering office was able to confirm and optimize the dimensions in the entry in the further course of planning. The modeling in 3D had its advantages, especially in critical areas, such as in the incorporation of the horizontal element shafts in the superstructure. Markus Förster, department head for bridge building at LAP, explains: "Already during the tendering phase, extensive representations of pre-stressed element guiding and reinforcement were required to demonstrate the building capability of the draft on the one hand and similarly to make the tendering construction companies aware of the challenging framework conditions.
For example, the planners integrated each of the 55 concreting sections of the arc exactly into the 3D model. This facilitated the desired position of the individual elements and the precise measurement of the formwork. In this way, the engineering office was able to plan the complex Tamina Bridge holistically and without collisions. A similarly challenging structure for the engineering office is the extension of the Waal Bridge in the Netherlands, which was also built with the help of Allplan Engineering.


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Environmental and Experimental Factors Affecting Efficacy Testing of Nonporous Plastic Antimicrobial Surfaces
Test methods for efficacy assessment of antimicrobial coatings are not modelled on a hospital environment, and instead use high humidity (>90%) high temperature (37 °C), and no airflow. Therefore, an inoculum will not dry, resulting in an antimicrobial surface exhibiting prolonged antimicrobial activity, as moisture is critical to activity. Liquids will dry quicker in a hospital ward, resulting in a reduced antimicrobial efficacy compared to the existing test, rendering the test results artificially favourable to the antimicrobial claim of the product. This study aimed to assess how hospital room environmental conditions can affect the drying time of an inoculum, and to use this data to inform test parameters for antimicrobial efficacy testing based on the hospital ward.
The drying time of different droplet sizes, in a range of environmental conditions likely found in a hospital ward, were recorded (n = 630), and used to create a model to inform users of the experimental conditions required to provide a drying time similar to what can be expected in the hospital ward. Drying time data demonstrated significant (p < 0.05) variance when humidity, temperature, and airflow were assessed. A mathematical model was created to select environmental conditions for in vitro antimicrobial efficacy testing. Drying time in different environmental conditions demonstrates that experimental set-ups affect the amount of time an inoculum stays wet, which in turn may affect the efficacy of an antimicrobial surface.
This should be an important consideration for hospitals and other potential users, whilst future tests predict efficacy in the intended end-use environment.
Authors: James Redfern 1,,Jake Tucker 2 ,Lisa M. Simmons 2 ,Peter Askew 3 ,Ina Stephan 4 and Joanna Verran 1
School of Healthcare Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, UK
School of Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, UK
IMSL, Pale Lane, Hartley Whitney, Hants RG27 8DH, UK, (AMiCI Project)
BAM, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany
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Add accounts from multiple devices
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Devices with different recovery phrases
If you have set up multiple devices with different recovery phrases, each device controls a different set of accounts. In that case, follow these tips:
 - First, add the accounts linked to the first device, and repeat for your other device(s).
 - Name the accounts such as to know which device it belongs to, assuming that you've labeled the devices.
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Devices with the same recovery phrase
If you've set up one device and restored the same recovery phrase on another, both devices control the same accounts. In that case, both hardware wallets can be used interchangeably with Ledger Live. You can freely add accounts, as well as verify and sign transactions with either of the two devices.
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prime (optional, default 2); search for torsion mod \(p\) for primes at least as big as this
Return a list of pairs \((p, d)\) where \(p\) is a prime at which there is torsion and \(d\) is a list of dimensions in which this torsion occurs.
The base ring for the chain complex must be the integers; if not, an error is raised.
ALGORITHM:
Let \(C\) denote the chain complex. Let \(P\) equal max_prime. Compute the mod \(P\) homology of \(C\), and use this as the base-line computation: the assumption is that this is isomorphic to the integral homology tensored with \(\GF{P}\). Then compute the mod \(p\) homology for a range of primes \(p\), and record whenever the answer differs from the base-line answer.
EXAMPLES:
sage: C = ChainComplex({0: matrix(ZZ, 2, 3, [3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0])})
sage: C.homology()
{0: Z x Z, 1: Z x C3}
sage: C.torsion_list(11) # needs sage.rings.finite_rings
[(3, [1])]
sage: C = ChainComplex([matrix(ZZ, 1, 1, [2]), matrix(ZZ, 1, 1), matrix(1, 1, [3])])
sage: C.homology(1)
C2
sage: C.homology(3)
C3
sage: C.torsion_list(5) # needs sage.rings.finite_rings
[(2, [1]), (3, [3])]
class sage.homology.chain_complex.Chain_class(parent, vectors, check=True)#
Bases: ModuleElement
A Chain in a Chain Complex
A chain is collection of module elements for each module \(C_n\) of the chain complex \((C_n, d_n)\). There is no restriction on how the differentials \(d_n\) act on the elements of the chain.
Note
You must use the chain complex to construct chains.
EXAMPLES:
sage: C = ChainComplex({0: matrix(ZZ, 2, 3, [3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0])},
....: base_ring=GF(7))
sage: C.category()
Category of chain complexes over Finite Field of size 7
is_boundary()#
Return whether the chain is a boundary.
OUTPUT:
Boolean. Whether the elements of the chain are in the image of the differentials.
EXAMPLES:
sage: C = ChainComplex({0: matrix(ZZ, 2, 3, [3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0])})
sage: c = C({0: vector([0, 1, 2]), 1: vector([3, 4])})
sage: c.is_boundary()
False
sage: z3 = C({1:(1, 0)})
sage: z3.is_cycle()
True
sage: (2*z3).is_boundary()
False
sage: (3*z3).is_boundary()
True
is_cycle()#
Return whether the chain is a cycle.
OUTPUT:
Boolean. Whether the elements of the chain are in the kernel of the differentials.
EXAMPLES:
sage: C = ChainComplex({0: matrix(ZZ, 2, 3, [3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0])})
sage: c = C({0: vector([0, 1, 2]), 1: vector([3, 4])})
sage: c.is_cycle()
True
vector(degree)#
Return the free module element in degree.
EXAMPLES:
sage: C = ChainComplex({0: matrix(ZZ, 2, 3, [3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0])})
sage: c = C({0: vector([1, 2, 3]), 1: vector([4, 5])})
sage: c.vector(0)
(1, 2, 3)
sage: c.vector(1)
(4, 5)
sage: c.vector(2)
()


1. Add the PushipNotification.js script to the assets/www folder and include it to the index.html file
 2. Add the following code to the OnDeviceReady method:
 Puship.PushipAppId = puship_id; // an example of puship_id might be: "h1mCVGaP9dtGnwG"
 var serverUrl = ""; // the url of production or development provided by blackberry
 var appId = "396-577a13e9r57070Mnn75549ii0ch2r9l41808"; // this appid is provided by blackberry with the url
 var port = 32200;
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 successCallback: function (pushipresult){
 navigator.notification.alert("device registered with DeviceId:" + pushipresult.DeviceId);
 failCallback: function (pushipresult){
 navigator.notification.alert("error during registration: "+ JSON.stringify(pushipresult));
 3. Add these permission to config.xml:
 4. Create a new folder in the www one and name it resources. Once done it copy into it this icon (note that can be overwritten with a custom one).
 5. In case you didn't have the serverUrl and the appId, follow this guide and replace the example values in the previous script.
 6. Create a new application using the Puship Manager to get the Puship App ID and replace all the occurrences of "puship_id" with the actual one.
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