Articles from: May 2017
Several Advantages Of Using A Medical Call Answering Service
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Many medical professionals might be new to the idea of hiring a medical call answering service. Any medical doctor will tell you that their office is constantly bombarded by phone calls from patients after office hours. These phone calls are usually answered by an answering machine or from a voicemail service. This means that the patient has to deal with an automated service that can be difficult and frustrating to use. More importantly, their needs are put on hold until the office opens back up again. This can cause patients a lot of stress and anxiety. By hiring a medical call center, you can provide a higher level of healthcare for your patients than ever before.
There are tons of reasons why hiring a medical call answering service can better your practice. When you hire a company to take these types of calls, you are providing your patients with around the clock care that they will not be able to get anywhere else. Patients will have their calls taken by real people who are in most cases trained in the medical field and can provide them with the type of care they need. Patients will feel as if you truly have their health as a top priority, and this encourages the individual to trust you more as their physician.
Another advantage of hiring a medical call answering service is that you can cut back on wasted time. Many hours of the day in a medical practice are spent answering phone calls and messages left over the weekend or during the night. This will preoccupy your assistants and other staff, meaning you will not have their services at your disposal when you need help examining or treating a patient. You can save all of this time by having a call center deal with the individuals as they call so that your messages are not back logged.
As stated earlier, many of the individuals who are employed by medical call answering service companies are medically trained nurses and other types of professionals. This means that when your patients have questions regarding their health or the treatments they are on, these professionals can give them a medically sound answer without taxing your staff. Patients can also get the information they need any time of the day or night, providing quality care when your patients need it the most. These professionals are often put through HIPPA training to help prevent confidential patient information from being leaked during phone calls.
Prenatal Vitamins Are By No Means A Substitute For Healthy Eating
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For pregnant women and all those who'd like to get pregnant, prenatal vitamins are highly important to support the formation of a new life. Vitamins and mineral supplements are necessary both before and during the pregnancy as such: thus, the folic acid intake should be twice larger than usual in the first trimester. Moreover, women who are planning to get pregnant should also administrate it in combination with calcium, iron and special prenatal vitamins recommended by the doctor. Though it is generally assumed that a woman will take all the vital elements from food, supplementation is often necessary particularly during the second and the third stages of pregnancy.
The administration of prenatal vitamins is crucial and almost compulsory in the case of multiple pregnancies since the woman's body makes strenuous effort to supply not just for one but for two or three babies. Blood tests are the best way to determine what type of prenatal vitamins are required, and we should probably mention here that vitamins are always used in combination with minerals. As a matter of fact, there is a close connection between the action of both types of substances. Calcium and phosphorus processing depends on vitamin C and D3, iron is related to the B complex and the examples could go on.
In case you are taking other medications, you should tell the doctor before actually starting to take the prenatal vitamins since you may be exposed to some negative interactions. Furthermore, several blood tests will be required during various pregnancy stages to monitor the calcium, iron and vitamins level. However, taking prenatal vitamins is not always the guarantee that you will be getting enough essential substances to support your pregnancy. Hence, it is very important that you continue to take great care and develop a well-balanced diet.
Prenatal vitamins are by no means a substitute for healthy eating: cheese, milk, vegetables, eggs and so on, should remain the most important source of nutrients for any pregnant woman. Make sure that you follow not only the doctor's instructions but also the ones included on the prenatal vitamins package. Hence, you should know when to take the supplements: during meals, in between meals and so on, and the directions on the label will most certainly help you. Mention should be made that taken carelessly, prenatal vitamins can be harmful, which is why the doctor's recommendation and constant monitoring is often a must.
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David Wayne Fish- A Synonym for Superior Medical Equipment
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When we take a look at the medical industry, we often amaze ourselves at the efficiency of the employees of the medical centers. However, most of us fail to realize that a major chunk of the credit for this competence goes to the persons responsible for the production of superior quality medical equipment's which in turn make the medically related work simple and flawless.
One man who has known far and wide in this respect of producing and providing quality medical equipment is David Wayne Fish. The man is an impeccable blend of medical expertise as well as marketing genius, which explains his consistently firm grip on the market. It is not just the hospitals and other medical centers that have benefitted from his novel products; the equipment is being used extensively used in homes of the disabled and as a means of personal care by the health conscious.
His expertise and experience in the medical field has also earned him the repute of being a health guru and a professional trainer with people flocking him for advice related to workouts and health in general. He claims that regular exercise affects not only the body but also the mind and the psychology of a person. A person can get rid of his negativity, stress and tension. Also, contrary to popular belief, a good workout is a good way of dealing with exhaustion. By exercising, the energy levels of a person boost up and he becomes more active. The other benefits of exercise would be getting better sleep, anger-management, building focus, higher confidence and an improved social life. In simple words, regularly working out brings out the best in an individual.
While promoting workouts, David W. Fish also makes it a point to lay emphasis on the importance of a moderate workout. Just when other trainers are busy pushing their clients to the level of exhaustion, this man maintains that irrespective of the current health conditions of the person, in the beginning phase, workouts must be undertaken not more than five days a week for 30 minutes session each. Henceforth, the amount of time spent working out will depend on the goal that the person is intending to achieve through the fitness program. Another important piece of advice to people working on their fitness levels is that they should increase the intensity or duration of their workout at their own pace. Comparing one's workout with others and forcing the body to do more than it can handle can lead to serious injury.
Yoga – Contraindications For Inversions
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As we practice yoga poses we want to do also inversions. Most common inversions are the Headstand and the Shoulderstand. But there are not only those two poses which are the inverted asanas.
Any posture in which the head is below the heart is called an inversion. Whether you stand on your head, bend forward or bend back, if your head is below your heart, you are performing an inversion.
This also means that Downward Facing Dog, Standing Forward Bend and Fish pose are also inversions; although those poses are mild in comparison to a Headstand. The Camel pose can also be an inversion if you bend back far enough.
Remember – inversions are not for everyone!
Your intentions should be clear when you perform any yoga posture. If the risks may outweigh the benefits there is no logical reason why you should practice any pose which can harm you.
Contraindications for practicing inversions:
If you have any of the following conditions, please omit inversions or work with a qualified and experienced teacher who will never put you at risk and tried to modify your practice.
Anyone who has high blood pressure, heart related problems, eye issues, neck problems, epilepsy, previous stroke or sinus problems should never practice Headstand or Shoulderstand, and omit other mild inversions or be adjusted by the yoga teacher.
During any stage of pregnancy yoga should be practiced in a prenatal yoga classes specifically designed for that purpose or privately with a qualified pregnancy yoga teacher.
During menstruation Headstand and Shoulderstand preferably should be omitted and other milder inversions should not be hold for long, but because of the controversy about the inversions during menstruation it is your personal choice. Let your body guide you.
If you are a yoga teacher explain to your students why the inversions can be dangerous for them if they have any of the condition mentioned earlier.
Why not stand on your head when you have pain in your neck or neck injury? What first thing will come to your mind as you there? Ouch … my neck! Can my small neck carry my whole weight as I am inverted?
Most students put lots of weight on their head and neck instead of shoulders. Use your common sense and listen to your body


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Cambridge Social Union / Cambridge Center for Adult Education Collection Finding Aid (pdf version available)
Cambridge Historical Commission
831 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel. _PHONE_
Fax. _PHONE_
Prepared by: Molly Alexander, Maeve Strucker (?)
Acquisition Date: May 1998
William W. Vaughan and a group of like-minded citizens founded the Cambridge Social Union (CSU) in 1871. In the beginning it had a piano for musical entertainment, a lending library and reading room. Soon literacy and other classes were started, mostly taught by Harvard College students, as well as a Boys Club started by Anne W. Abbot. The CSU was incorporated in 1876, and that same year moved to 15 Brattle St. In 1889 the CSU again moved, to the William Brattle House at 42 Brattle St. During World War I the CSU suffered a decline in gifts and contributions as well as in services offered. In 1937 a feasibility study was conducted, and as a result in 1938 the CSU and the Boston Center for Adult Education started the Cambridge Center for Adult Education (CCAE), which offered evening courses. In 1941 the CCAE became an independently administered institution and Lydia Weare was made the Director. The CCAE almost closed in 1942 due to a lack of enrollment, but persevered another year and was quite successful throughout World War II. In 1948 Brattle Hall was sold in order to concentrate on developing the CCAE's educational facilities, and in 1972 the CCAE bought the Blacksmith House at 56 Brattle St. and the Dexter Pratt House at 1 Story St. from the Window Shop. As part of the sale, the CCAE agreed to keep the Window Shop bakery and its employees until they all retired. The CCAE is a non-profit organization that offers classes for adults ranging from cooking to foreign languages to computer programming and software.
Scope and Content
The collection includes the annual reports of the CSU from _PHONE_, CSU by-laws, records of meetings and members 1870s-1890s, business correspondence, program information, financial records, records of library accessions, two scrapbooks that contain mostly newspaper clippings, a sonnet by John Lothrop Motley, and a framed reproduction of a portrait of General William Brattle. This collection documents the early history and changes over time of an important and long standing Cambridge institution.
Box 1 of 6 / annual reports
- This box contains multiple copies of annual reports from 1875 through 1916. It also contains responses to an invitation to meet the subscribers to the building fund at Brattle Hall (42 Brattle St.) and two copies of the invitation.
Box 2 of 6 / annual reports (contd)
- This box contains multiple copies of annual reports from 1875 through 1916.
Box 3 of 6 / records of meetings
and members, 1870s-1890s
- Cambridge Social Union by-laws
- Records of meetings _PHONE_
- Records of members 1870s-1891 (bound volume)
- Records [of meetings?] _PHONE_ (bound volume)
Box 4 of 6 / correspondence and program info.
- (untitled) contains Brattle House info., newspaper clippings, and duplicate copy of john Lothrop Motley sonnet.
- Sonnet by John Lothrop Motley, 1831
- (untitled) contains notebook titled Pottery II, Jaqui Thornell
- CSU: correspondence, 1940s
- CSU, corporate correspondence, 1920s
- CSU- corporate correspondence, 1930s
- CCAE News Release "Cambridge Center for Adult Education Celebrates Centennial of service to Adult Education" 1971
- Cambridge Social Union Report of a Study of the CSU, December 1937
- Miscellaneous correspondence, _PHONE_
- Better Brattle House Fund, post-fire insurance info., etc. 1955
- Cambridge Social Union: miscellaneous correspondence
- Miscellaneous program information
Box 5 of 6 / ledgers
- Records of library accessions, dates unknown (bound volume)
- Expenditures, _PHONE_ (bound volume)
- Charles River Trust Co., three deposit slip books, one book for interest paid on deposits
Box 6 of 6 / scrapbooks
- Two bound scrapbooks with mainly newspaper clippings
Unboxed single item:
- "Reproduction of General William Brattle portrait (framed)."
James Smith, Executive Director of the Cambridge Adult Education Center, loaned part of the collection to the Cambridge Historical Commission in May 1998 and additional material in January 1999.
Cambridge Historical Commission.
"Cambridge Center for Adult Education" folder, filed under "Clubs,
Cambridge Historical Commission. "Cambridge Social Union" folder, filed under "Clubs, Churches, Associations."
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Method for the identification of atoms of macromolecules visualized in 3D-editors
The method of identifying atoms is based on rendering an image that is "parallel" to the main one, on which the projection of each atom is filled with a color corresponding to a specific atom identification number. Such numbers are formed in the process of constructing a 3D model of the molecular structure, stored in a shader, individual for each atom, and written to a text file — a color matching table for the PDB designations of atoms. For visual identification of atoms, a special Python-marking program was written.
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AAudio is an audio API introduced in the Android 8.0 release. The Android 8.1 release has enhancements to reduce latency when used in conjunction with a HAL and driver that support MMAP. This document describes the hardware abstraction layer (HAL) and driver changes needed to support AAudio's MMAP feature in Android.
Support for AAudio MMAP requires:
- reporting the MMAP capabilities of the HAL
- implementing new functions in the HAL
- optionally implementing a custom ioctl() for the EXCLUSIVE mode buffer
- providing an additional hardware data path
- setting system properties that enable MMAP feature
AAudio is a new native C API that provides an alternative to Open SL ES. It uses a Builder design pattern to create audio streams.
AAudio provides a low-latency data path. In EXCLUSIVE mode, the feature allows client application code to write directly into a memory mapped buffer that is shared with the ALSA driver. In SHARED mode, the MMAP buffer is used by a mixer running in the AudioServer. In EXCLUSIVE mode, the latency is significantly less because the data bypasses the mixer.
In EXCLUSIVE mode, the service requests the MMAP buffer from the HAL and manages the resources. The MMAP buffer is running in NOIRQ mode, so there are no shared read/write counters to manage access to the buffer. Instead, the client maintains a timing model of the hardware and predicts when the buffer will be read.
In the diagram below, we can see the Pulse-code modulation (PCM) data flowing down through the MMAP FIFO into the ALSA driver. Timestamps are periodically requested by the AAudio service and then passed up to the client's timing model through an atomic message queue.
In SHARED mode, a timing model is also used, but it lives in the AAudioService.
For audio capture, a similar model is used, but the PCM data flows in the opposite direction.
For tinyALSA see:
int pcm_start(struct pcm *pcm); int pcm_stop(struct pcm *pcm); int pcm_mmap_begin(struct pcm *pcm, void **areas, unsigned int *offset, unsigned int *frames); int pcm_get_poll_fd(struct pcm *pcm); int pcm_mmap_commit(struct pcm *pcm, unsigned int offset, unsigned int frames); int pcm_mmap_get_hw_ptr(struct pcm* pcm, unsigned int *hw_ptr, struct timespec *tstamp);
For the legacy HAL, see:
int start(const struct audio_stream_out* stream); int stop(const struct audio_stream_out* stream); int create_mmap_buffer(const struct audio_stream_out *stream, int32_t min_size_frames, struct audio_mmap_buffer_info *info); int get_mmap_position(const struct audio_stream_out *stream, struct audio_mmap_position *position);
For HIDL audio HAL:
hardware/interfaces/audio/2.0/IStream.hal hardware/interfaces/audio/2.0/types.hal hardware/interfaces/audio/2.0/default/Stream.h
start() generates (Result retval); stop() generates (Result retval) ; createMmapBuffer(int32_t minSizeFrames) generates (Result retval, MmapBufferInfo info); getMmapPosition() generates (Result retval, MmapPosition position);
Reporting MMAP support
System property "aaudio.mmap_policy" should be set to 2 (AAUDIO_POLICY_AUTO) so the audio framework knows that MMAP mode is supported by the audio HAL. (see "Enabling AAudio MMAP Data Path" below.)
audio_policy_configuration.xml file must also contain an output and input profile specific to MMAP/NO IRQ mode so that the Audio Policy Manager knows which stream to open when MMAP clients are created:

Opening and closing an MMAP stream
createMmapBuffer(int32_t minSizeFrames) generates (Result retval, MmapBufferInfo info);
The MMAP stream can be opened and closed by calling Tinyalsa functions.
Querying MMAP position
The timestamp passed back to the Timing Model contains a frame position and a MONOTONIC time in nanoseconds:
getMmapPosition() generates (Result retval, MmapPosition position);
The HAL can obtain this information from the ALSA driver by calling a new Tinyalsa function:
int pcm_mmap_get_hw_ptr(struct pcm* pcm, unsigned int *hw_ptr, struct timespec *tstamp);
File Descriptors for Shared Memory
The AAudio MMAP data path uses a memory region that is shared between the hardware and the audio service. The shared memory is referenced using a file descriptor that is generated by the ALSA driver.
If the file descriptor is directly associated with a
/dev/snd/ driver file, then it can be used by the AAudio service in
SHARED mode. But the descriptor cannot be passed to the client code for
EXCLUSIVE mode. The
/dev/snd/ file descriptor would provide too
broad of access to the client, so it is blocked by SELinux.
In order to support EXCLUSIVE mode, it is necessary to convert the
/dev/snd/ descriptor to an
descriptor. SELinux allows that file descriptor to be passed to the client. It
can also be used by the AAudioService.
anon_inode:dmabuf file descriptor can be generated using the
Android Ion memory library.
For additional information, see these external resources:
- "The Android ION memory allocator" _URL_
- "Android ION overview" _URL_
- "Integrating the ION memory allocator" _URL_
The AAudio service needs to know if this
supported. Before Android 10.0, the only way to do that was to pass the size of the MMAP
buffer as a negative number, eg. -2048 instead of 2048, if supported. In Android 10.0 and later
you can set the
mmapBufferInfo |= AUDIO_MMAP_APPLICATION_SHAREABLE;
Audio subsystem changes
AAudio requires an additional data path at the audio front end of the audio subsystem so it can operate in parallel with the original AudioFlinger path. That legacy path is used for all other system sounds and application sounds. This functionality could be provided by a software mixer in a DSP or a hardware mixer in the SOC.
Enabling AAudio MMAP Data Path
AAudio will use the legacy AudioFlinger data path if MMAP is not supported or fails to open a stream. So AAudio will work with an audio device that does not support MMAP/NOIRQ path.
When testing MMAP support for AAudio, it is important to know whether you are actually testing the MMAP data path or merely testing the legacy data path. The following describes how to enable or force specific data paths, and how to query the path used by a stream.
You can set the MMAP policy through system properties:
- 1 = AAUDIO_POLICY_NEVER - Only use legacy path. Do not even try to use MMAP.
- 2 = AAUDIO_POLICY_AUTO - Try to use MMAP. If that fails or is not available, then use legacy path.
- 3 = AAUDIO_POLICY_ALWAYS - Only use MMAP path. Do not fall back to legacy path.
These may be set in the devices Makefile, like so:
# Enable AAudio MMAP/NOIRQ data path. # 2 is AAUDIO_POLICY_AUTO so it will try MMAP then fallback to Legacy path. PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += aaudio.mmap_policy=2 # Allow EXCLUSIVE then fall back to SHARED. PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += aaudio.mmap_exclusive_policy=2
You can also override these values after the device has booted. You will need to restart the audioserver for the change to take effect. For example, to enable AUTO mode for MMAP:
adb shell setprop aaudio.mmap_policy 2
adb shell killall audioserver
There are functions provided in
ndk/sysroot/usr/include/aaudio/AAudioTesting.h that allow you to
override the policy for using MMAP path:
aaudio_result_t AAudio_setMMapPolicy(aaudio_policy_t policy);
To find out whether a stream is using MMAP path, call:
bool AAudioStream_isMMapUsed(AAudioStream* stream);

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BR setting is tuned from 320 kbit/s down to 80 kbit/s.
CBR (constant bitrate) settings[edit]
CBR: constant bitrate mode. CBR encoding is not efficient. Whereas VBR and ABR modes can supply more bits to complex music passages and save bits on simpler ones, CBR encodes every frame at the same bitrate.
CBR is only recommended for usage in streaming situations where the upper bitrate must be strictly enforced. There is still some variability in bitrate behind the scenes, through LAME's use of the bit reservoir feature of the MP3 format, but it is much less flexible than actual VBR.
Usage: -b where (bitrate in kbit/s) must be chosen from the following values: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, or 320.
Example: -b 192
Important: CBR setting is tuned from 320 kbit/s down to 80 kbit/s.
 - The rule of thumb when considering encoding options: at a given bitrate, VBR is higher quality than ABR, which is higher quality than CBR (VBR > ABR > CBR in terms of quality). However, ABX tests demonstrate that as bitrate increases, the perceptual differences diminish, with all modes generally reaching transparency well before their maximum settings; when you can't tell the difference, the modes are qualitatively the same.
 - All modes and settings mentioned in this topic belong to the specifications of the MP3 standard, and the resulting MP3s should be playable by every MP3 decoder that conforms with the standard. If your decoder or device does not play MP3s produced by LAME, blame the manufacturer or developer, not LAME.
 - Prior to LAME 3.98, the --vbr-new switch enabled the new VBR mode. This is now the default VBR mode, with the old mode being available via --vbr-old. In terms of quality, the new mode appears to be better than the old, but reports of artifacts when using the new mode do exist. Despite these possible issues, the new mode is currently recommended due to both the speed and quality increases afforded by the new algorithm.
Technical information[edit]
Recommended settings details[edit]
Technical details of the recommended settings
Switch Preset Target Kbps Typical Kbps[3] Y Switch Lowpass[4] Resample
-b 320 --preset insane 320 320 Y[5]
-V 0 --preset extreme ~240 220–260
-V 1 ~220 190–250 19383 Hz – 19916 Hz
-V 2 --preset standard ~190 170–210 18671 Hz – 19205 Hz
-V 3 ~170 150–195 Y 17960 Hz – 18494 Hz
-V 4 --preset medium ~160 140–185 Y 17249 Hz – 17782 Hz
-V 5 ~130 120–150 Y 16538 Hz – 17071 Hz
-V 6 ~120 100–130 Y 15115 Hz – 15648 Hz
-V 7 ~100 80–120 Y 14581 Hz – 14968 Hz 32000 Hz
-V 8 ~80 70–105 Y 12516 Hz – 12903 Hz 32000 Hz
-V 9 ~70 45–85 Y 9336 Hz – 9602 Hz 24000 Hz
The default lowpass settings were not chosen at random; for general use, they are as high as they can be without putting quality at risk. Raising the the cutoff via command-line options is not recommended. See the high-frequency content in MP3s article for more info.
Fraunhofer decoder incompatibility[edit]
Differing interpretations of an unclear portion of the MP3 spec led to a Windows-specific version of the Fraunhofer IIS MP3 decoder being unable to properly play certain MP3s created with certain versions of LAME.
In order to demonstrate the problem, the problematic MP3 must have been created with LAME 3.97 or earlier, and must contain a frame with certain parameters and a very large amount of data, such as a 320-kbps frame which makes heavy use of the bit reservoir. The decoder must be the DirectShow filter version 1.5.0 or lower, as used by Windows Media Player on versions of Windows prior to Windows Vista. An August 2010 security update for Windows XP and Server 2003 upgraded this filter to version 1.6.0, which can play the problematic MP3s. Windows Vista shipped with the older version but Windows Media Player uses a different filter, and later versions of Windows don't have the old filter at all.
A workaround was implemented in LAME 3.98.0 beta 1 through LAME 3.98.2, and in LAME 3.99 alpha 1, whereby 320-kbps frames were limited in how much of the bit reservoir they could use. This resulted in wasted space when the bit reservoir would grow beyond the limit. In LAME 3.98.3 and beyond, and in LAME 3.99 alpha 2 and beyond, the method was changed such that the bit reservoir can't grow beyond the limit.
Related discussion threads:
VBR header and LAME tag[edit]
LAME supports the de facto standard of adding an extra frame of silence to the beginning of MP3 files. This "VBR header" or "Info tag" provides a home for precise info about the audio duration and a table of seek points. It is mainly for the benefit of players working with VBR files. Decoders usually treat the frame as informational, rather than playing the audio.
LAME uses the Xing format for this header, and extends it by embedding a 20-byte "LAME tag" with additional info:
 - a short version string (9 ASCII bytes; see LAME version string)
 - audio and info tag CRCs (since LAME 3.90)
 - separate delay & padding values for gapless playback (since LAME 3.90)
 - various encoder settings (since LAME 3.90, expanded in 3.94 to include presets)
Prior to LAME 3.94, the VBR header was only written in VBR files. Since 3.94, it is written to CBR files, too, with "Info" instead of "XING" at the beginning.
Details are in this wiki's MP3 article and LAME version string article, and in LAME developer Gabriel Bouvigne's MP3 Info Tag documentation.
Hey! What happened to "--alt-preset"?[edit]
The revolutionary --alt-preset system was introduced in LAME 3.90. It was replaced by the --preset flags in later versions.
Starting with version 3.94, the -Vx quality system was introduced, allowing finer control over the desired quality level and bitrate. The --preset switches were made into aliases to the corresponding -V flags for the sake of backward compatibility. There is no difference between the output you get if you use -V2 or --alt-preset standard.
Recent LAME versions feature more streamlined command-line options, and it's recommended to stick to one of the values described in the text or shown in the table above.
For example, the following command-line options will all produce the same output:
 - --alt-preset insane
 - --preset insane
 - -b 320
 - --preset 320
 - --preset cbr 320
See also[edit]
Notes and references[edit]
 1. dist10 is the rudimentary "demonstration" MP3 encoder described in the MPEG-2 standard, ISO/IEC 13818.
 2. Prior to version 3.99, CBR and VBR modes were encoded differently by LAME. In some unusual problem samples, these differences were sometimes audible, even at very high bitrates. Current versions of LAME encode CBR and VBR with the same psychoacoustic model, so such differences shouldn't arise from normal use.
 3. Typical bitrates are mostly based on the results of testing with LAME 3.98.2.
 4. This range is the transition band of the lowpass filter. Signal components are at full intensity at the lower frequency. Higher frequencies are attenuated on a slope which reaches zero at (and beyond) the high end of the given range. Further info can be found in the HA forum.
 5. CBR mode uses -Y in effect; see the LAME Y switch article.
External links[edit]


You asked: Is ice cold water good for weight loss?
Drinking water that's cold may help you burn a few extra calories as you digest it, because your body has to work harder to maintain its core temperature. But it's not likely that drinking cold water is a powerful jump-start tool for weight loss.
Does ice cold water help you lose weight?
You may have also heard that drinking cold water can help you burn more calories, but unfortunately, it might just be a myth. It is believed that the body uses more energy to heat the water to its core temperature, but studies have found that it's only minimal. The body burns only 4-7 extra calories, which is not much.
Does ice cold water make you gain weight?
Worry not as this has been proven to be a myth. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism says that drinking cold water can actually help you to lose weight. In fact, water has zero calories, so it is impossible that drinking water — cold or room temperature — causes weight gain.
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Can drinking cold water help you lose belly fat?
Dear Neha, Drinking cold water does not increase belly fat whereas it can participate in weight loss as the energy is needed to bring the cold water to body temperature. Belly Fat is more due to high-calorie diet & low physical activity rather than depending upon water alone (either cold or hot).
Is it better to drink warm or cold water for weight loss?
Hot water does have numerous health benefits as compared to cold water. But when it comes to weight loss, the temperature of the water does not really matter. It is important to drink plenty of water when trying to lose weight, but there is no evidence to prove that hot water accelerates the weight loss process.
Which water is best for weight loss?
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Can water make me fat?
In fact, your body has to expend calories to warm the water to the body's temperature which is 98 degrees. This means the water is raising the body's metabolic rate. So, no water can make you fat.
Does ice cold water burn calories?
Drinking a glass of ice water rather than a glass of water at room temperature only burns about eight calories. Your basal metabolic rate, which keeps your organs functioning, burns about 70% of your calories. Physical activity adds about 20% and digestion about 10%.
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What does water weight look like?
If you press on your skin and an indentation stays there for a couple of seconds, that's a sign you have water weight. One way to check if you're retaining water is to press on swollen skin. If there's an indention that stays for a little while, that's a sign that you could be retaining water.
How can I lose my stomach fat?
19 Effective Tips to Lose Belly Fat (Backed by Science)
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 7. Do aerobic exercise (cardio) …
 8. Cut back on carbs — especially refined carbs.
Can ice make you fat?
Does drinking cold water make you gain weight? Cold, ice-cold or room temperature, no water can make you gain weight, she asserts. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism says that drinking cold water can actually help you to lose weight, she informs in the post caption.
Is ice water healthy?
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For clarification, SML tailwater elevation is the elevation of water at the base of SML dam; Leesville Lake Forebay level is the elevation of water at the lake surface above the Leesville Dam, whereas Leesville tail water is the level of the Staunton River at the base of Leesville dam. When the LVL forebay is higher than the SML tail water, water is being pumped to SML and the flow of water is in that direction. The opposite occurs when the LVL forebay is lower than the SML tail water.
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Tooltip
Overview
The Tooltip web part is a simple tool to display tooltips inside a SharePoint online intranet page. It displays a small info icon, and on hover, a configured text tooltip will appear. The position of the icon can be set to either the left or right.
365BOX Tooltip Webpart
Features
 - Tooltip Display: Shows a tooltip text when hovering over the info icon.
 - Icon Positioning: Configure the icon position to either left or right.
Configuration
Adding the Web Part to a Page
 1. Navigate to the page where you want to add the Tooltip web part.
 2. Click on "Edit" mode.
 3. Click on the "+" Symbol to open the webpart dialog
 4. Select "Tooltip" from the list.
 5. Configure the web part settings as needed.
 6. Save and publish the page.
Configure the Web Part
 1. Tooltip Text: Enter the text that will be displayed when hovering over the info icon.
 2. Icon Position: Choose the position of the info icon (left or right).
365BOX Tooltip Webpart Configuration
Practical Use Cases
 - Use Case 1: Use the Tooltip web part to provide additional information or context for certain elements on a page without cluttering the layout.
 - Use Case 2: Implement tooltips to offer quick help or guidelines for users interacting with specific sections of a SharePoint page.
FAQ
Question 1
Q: What does the Tooltip web part do?
A: The Tooltip web part displays a small info icon on a SharePoint page, and when users hover over the icon, a configured text tooltip appears. The icon can be positioned on the left or right.
Question 2
Q: How do I customize the Tooltip web part?
A: You can customize the Tooltip web part by entering the desired tooltip text, selecting the icon position (left or right), and adjusting colors and themes on the second configuration page.


Save energy with monitoring, targeting
You can't control what you can't measure, so effective monitoring and targeting is typically an important step in any campaign to save energy.
Many steam users are on the lookout for new ways to save energy as fuel bills and climate change legislation continue to bite. But saving energy isn't rocket science. Just think about how people and processes manage their energy consumption. It can be an extremely effective strategy. Significant savings can be achieved when users are able to see exactly where energy is being used.
Many organizations find that effective monitoring and targeting (M&T) schemes can shave up to 5% off their energy bills. That's because simply making an organization's individual departments or cost centers accountable for their energy consumption puts the impetus for saving onto the users.
Making sense of M&T
Once they're up and running, M&T schemes typically take factors such as the changing weather or production levels into account to check trends and spot avoidable waste. M&T also helps to highlight promising areas for further investigation, raise staff awareness and encourage the spread of best practices.
Accurate measurements; fast payback
The first step in making users pay for the energy they use is to measure their consumption. The more accurate their metering, the better the control over consumption, and that applies to steam as much as it does to other utilities, such as gas and electricity. The improved energy efficiency that often results from proper metering means that new metering installations typically pay for themselves within two years.
For the most accurate and efficient steam metering installation, the right meter needs to be selected. Steam is a relatively slow-flowing, high-temperature fluid with variable density, often feeding variable demand and with entrained moisture that can damage unsuitable meter types.
Accuracy is obviously important, but turndown—which is the ratio of the maximum and minimum flow rate that the meter can measure—is often an even bigger consideration. Choosing a meter with the largest possible turndown minimizes the chance of ending up with a meter that can't measure accurately across the required flow range.
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text: Fourier Domain Optical Coherene Tomography (FD OCT) is a high speed imaging modality with increased sensitivity as compared to standard time domain (TD) OCT. The higher sensitivity is especially important, if strongly scattering tissue such as blood is investigated. Recently it could be shown that retinal blood flow can be assessed in-vivo by high speed FD OCT. However the detection bandwidth of color Doppler (CD) FDOCT is strongly limited due to blurring of the detected interference fringes during exposure. This leads to a loss of sensitivity for detection of fast changes in tissue. Using a moving mirror as a reference one can effectively increase the detection bandwidth for CD FDOCT and perform perfusion sectioning. The modality is called resonant CD FDOCT imaging. The principle of the method is presented and experimentally verified.© (2005) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.


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A New Approach to an Old Way of Crop Cultivation
How would you like to learn of a new way to get faster growth, larger yields, disease and drought resistance, and more – using nature's technology!?!?
Over the centuries, even millennia, agronomists and scientists have wondered how powerful nature is -capable of so many things, including the renewal of life.
In its simplest form, growers of all kinds have reveled at the way lightning storms tend to make crops seem healthier, greener, and more lush in the time leading up to them and afterwards as well. Dr. Patrick Flanagan discovered that one of the uses of old Irish towers in the countryside was to attract lightning strikes, as it was recognized that they help crop growth in some way.
But it goes further back in time too, way back! John Burke and Kaj Halberg, wrote in their book, Seed of Knowledge, Stone of Plenty: Understanding the Lost Technology of the Ancient Megalith-Builders, how the agrarian societies that were once located in areas like those of Stonehenge in England, and Monk's Mound in Cahokia, Illinois, used these sacred sites as a catalyst in (seed) fertility rituals.
Well Through their research, they found a strong presence of various energies at these sacred sites, especially at certain times of the day.
In our modern times, the strange yet positive effects of these observations and the power that these energies have on plants has been decoded, and is now available for everyone from the average tiny-scale apartment grower to the large scale commercial grower!
The concept… Is Electro-Horticulture!
In our book, Electro-Horticulture, A guide…., you will learn the modern history of these methods, the scientific underpinnings as to how they operate, and detailed instructions on how to easily build your own system that replicate these natural energetic conditions – on your time without having to visit any sacred sites or praying for a thunderstorm to arrive.


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Ben Lomond author gives prolific inventor, John J. Montgomery, the long-overdue credit he deserves
Few Santa Cruzans know that some of the breakthrough experiments in aviation history occurred right in their own backyard. When humankind began to believe in the seemingly impossible notion of controlled flight in the early 1900s, the Wright brothers held the spotlight for their powered aerial flights in Kitty Hawk, N.C. Meanwhile, another man's breakthrough inventions took to the skies above Aptos.
"Aptos was the Kitty Hawk of the West," says Craig Harwood. The Ben Lomond resident recently co-authored the book "Quest for Flight," which tells the tale of a prolific inventor named John J. Montgomery, whose breakthroughs in human-controlled air flight—many of which took place in the Santa Cruz region—fueled the legacy of American aviation. "It was this significant transition from idea and model to being fully demonstrated in a controlled flight hundreds of feet above the earth," he explains.

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Ireland is an island, west of Great Britain and northwest of continental Europe. In 1921, Ireland began to demand its independence from Great Britain, leading to partitioning of the island. The Republic of Ireland shares the island with Northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland encompasses about four-fifths of the island, and the population is about 4.5 million people.
The government of the Republic of Ireland is a parliamentary democracy with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government.
In the 19th century with the Great Famine, Ireland endured a mass emigration that continued until the 1980s. During the 1990s, however, that trend reversed, and Ireland experienced one of the most vibrant economies worldwide – the "Celtic Tiger" period. With the 2008 global economic crisis, Ireland is now experiencing recession and the return of high unemployment.
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The diseases listed below are those which occur most often in Ireland. Other, less frequently encountered diseases might be displayed within the Travel Alerts section if they have occurred recently.
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There is a low risk for hepatitis A virus exposure in Ireland through contaminated food or water.
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There is a low risk for acquiring hepatitis B in Ireland.
The UK National Travel Health Network and Centre notes that no cases of indigenous rabies have been confirmed in humans or animal species, but bats may carry bat rabies. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that travellers involved in remote outdoor activities might come in contact with bats. Persons with occupational risks (such as veterinarians, wildlife professionals, researchers) may have some risk of exposure.
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ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Louis Dreyfus Company BV (LDC) on Thursday signed a loan agreement of up to $100 million to help smallholder farmers to recover from the economic challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic and improve their resilience to climate change impacts.
Over 50,000 smallholder farmers throughout India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam will be able to get access to this loan in order to purchase rice, cotton, and coffee inventories.
As a result, food supply chains will be more reliable and farm incomes will be more stable, and supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic will be reduced.
"Smallholder farmers, who are already vulnerable to climate change, are facing increasing difficulties due to the pandemic, resulting in income loss, crop, and food wastage, and supply chain disruptions," ADB Vice-President for Private Sector Operations and Public-Private Partnerships Ashok Lavasa said.
"ADB's assistance will help to ensure reliable offtake to farmers, providing a direct way to preserve their livelihoods and their assets, while enabling them to invest in climate-resilient farming practices."
Accompanying technical assistance (TA) grant will deliver capacity building and training activities that will reinforce the benefits of sustainable and climate-resilient agricultural practices for cotton farmers in India and coffee farmers in Indonesia.
The TA will support pilot-testing of drip irrigation in cotton fields in India, and the use of biochar kilns in Indonesia. Assistance under the TA is expected to benefit about 4,000 farmers, particularly women farmers.
In addition to the Technical Assistance Special Fund for Covid Recovery, ADB is also providing $385,000 from the Strategic Climate Fund.
"As a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods, LDC is committed to empowering smallholder farmers, whose activities are key to global food security, to use sustainable farming practices for the benefit of current and future generations," LDC's Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Asia Region James Zhou said.
"With the right tools, knowledge, and support, farmers can lastingly improve their yields and livelihoods while preserving the environment. We look forward to collaborating with ADB toward this important goal."
As part of its mission, the Asian Development Bank stated that it was committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific while maintaining its economic development efforts.
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Dynamically populating list of expand clause based on navigation property name
The general approach for fetching a parent and its child entity data in a single OData call is by implementing GET_EXPANDED_ENTITY method of the Data Provider Class. This involves explicitly specifying which child entities can be retrieved along with parent entity through hard-coding of the navigation properties in the method implementation. This requires populating the data in the nested properties of the parent structure carrying the same name as navigation property names and then adding the navigation's to standard exporting parameter ET_EXPANDED_TECH_CLAUSES to inform the framework that the expand clause has already been catered by custom implementation and there is no need to call the child entity sets.
In OData project the 3 entities (FormulaHeader, FormulaTerm and FormulaComponent) are modeled as below:
Entity 1: FormulaHeader
Entity 2: FormulaTerm
Entity 3: FormulaComponent
Association 1: FormulaHeader -> FormulaTerm (1:N)
Association 2: FormulaTerm -> FormulaComponent (1:N)
Navigation 1: FormulaTermSet (between FormulaHeader and FormulaTerm)
Navigation 2: FormulaComponentSet (between FormulaTerm and FormulaComponent)
This OData call would return FormulaHeader data for its specified key fields (DealGUID and FormulaGUID), its corresponding child entities FormulaTermSet and FormulaComponentSet in a single Gateway call through GET_EXPANDED_ENTITY method.
The main point here that needs to be taken care is that we need to tell the Gateway framework that we have expanded the FormulaHeader, FormulaTerm and FormulaComponent entities in a single entity set call and there is no need to call the child entity set to fetch the Formula Terms and Formula Component data. We can do this using parameter ET_EXPANDED_TECH_CLAUSES of GET_EXPANDED_ENTITY and append both the Navigation Property Name(FORMULATERMSET and FORMULATERMSET/FORMULACOMPONENTSET) in this exporting parameter, which will tell the gate way framework that the child entities have already been expanded and there is no need to call the child entity sets.
In this blog I provide an alternative approach where I dynamically generate and append the navigation property names in ET_EXPANDED_TECH_CLAUSES through recursion.
The below call of method GET_EXPANDED_TECH_CLAUSES is implemented in the GET_EXPANDED_ENTITY method of the data provider class.
 ir_expand = ir_expand
 it_children = ir_expand->get_children( )
 ct_expanded_tech_clauses = et_expanded_tech_clauses ).
Logic for the above method is as follows:
 1. Loop at all the child entities of the calling URL.
 2. Check if the calling entity has a parent or not.
 3. If it doesn't have a parent e.g. in our case the 1st call to this method would not have a parent so only FORMULATERMSET would be appended as child entity's navigation property name).
 4. If it has a parent e.g. in our case the 2nd call to this method would have parent as FORMULATERM for child entity FORMULACOMPONENT, so in that case parent's navigation property name(FORMULATERMSET) and child entity's navigation property name FORMULACOMPONENTSET would be appended to CT_EXPANDED_TECH_CLAUSES.
Above scenario explained with screenshots:
For the above scenario, when the specified URL is executed, GET_EXPANDED_TECH_CLAUSES method is called from the GET_EXPANDED_ENTITY method.
For the 1st call from GET_EXPANDED_ENTITY method, the call is for FormulaHeader to get its children and navigation property names.
In this case, the parent is blank and FORMULATERMSET is its child entityset with FORMULATERMSET as its navigation property name.
Thus, in the 1st call FORMULATERMSET is added in field CT_EXPANDED_TECH_CLAUSES.
For the 2nd call of GET_EXPANDED_TECH_CLAUSES method(as it is recursive in nature), the call is for FormulaTerm to get its children and navigation property names.
In this case, the parent is FORMULATERMSET and FORMULACOMPONENT is its child entityset with FORMULACOMPONENTSET as its navigation property name.
Final result in CT_EXPANDED_TECH_CLAUSES is as follows:
As this method is being called in recursion, during the second call the parent entity is FORMULATERM and FORMULACOMPONENTSET is its child entityset.
The implementation of GET_EXPANDED_TECH_CLAUSES method can handle navigation of multi-level child entities as it is recursive in nature.
Also, the main advantage of this approach is that no hard-coding of the navigation property names and entities are involved. And it can cater to all entities and its child entities without any entity specific logic.
 - Hi Sumita,
 Nice way to get things happen dynamically.
 I generally use other approach using standard utility, do you have any idea on fallback for below approach.
 DATA: lo_tech_request TYPE REF TO /iwbep/cl_mgw_request.
 lo_tech_request?= io_tech_request_context.
 DATA(lv_expand) = lo_tech_request->/iwbep/if_mgw_req_entityset~get_expand( ).
 SPLIT lv_expand AT ',' INTO TABLE et_expanded_tech_clauses.
 - Hello Tarun,
 This approach also works. I tried the above approach for a few scenarios and it works for all.
 Thanks for providing an alternative solution.


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How To Configure mupen64plus Controls on Ubuntu
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Mupen64plus is a command-line N64 emulator for Linux, Mac OSX, FreeBSD, and Windows. It allows you to play games designed for the Nintendo 64 console on your Ubuntu system. One of the most important aspects of using an emulator is configuring the controls. This article provides a detailed guide on how to configure mupen64plus controls on Ubuntu.
Quick Answer
To configure mupen64plus controls on Ubuntu, you have several options. You can use a GUI frontend like M64py, edit the configuration file manually, or use tools like jscal and jstest to determine button and axis mappings. Each method provides a way to customize your controls according to your preference.
Method 1: Using a GUI Frontend
M64py
M64py is a popular GUI frontend for mupen64plus. It provides a user-friendly interface to configure the controls.
After downloading and installing M64py, launch the application. You will see a controller configuration section. Here, you can set up your controls according to your preference. Once you have configured the controls, you can either launch your games directly from M64py or run the command mupen64plus /path/to/rom in the terminal.
Method 2: Editing the Configuration File
If you prefer to manually configure the controls, you can do so by editing the mupen64plus configuration file.
Locating the Configuration File
The configuration file is located at ~/.config/mupen64plus/mupen64plus.cfg. Open this file in a text editor.
Configuring the Controls
Within the configuration file, locate the section related to the controller settings. Here, you will find the mappings for buttons and axes. You can modify these mappings according to your preferences. Once you have made the necessary changes, save the file. The new configuration will be applied the next time you run mupen64plus.
Method 3: Using jscal and jstest
Another method to configure mupen64plus controls involves using the jscal and jstest tools. These tools help you determine the button and axis mappings.
Installing jscal
First, install jscal by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install joystick
This command installs the joystick package, which includes jscal.
Calibrating the Joystick
Next, calibrate your joystick using jscal to ensure accurate readings.
Testing the Buttons and Axes
To test the buttons and axes, run the following command:
jstest-gtk /dev/input/js0 &
This command opens a GUI for button and axis testing. Press the buttons on your controller to identify their corresponding axes or buttons.
Modifying the InputAutoCfg.ini File
Once you have determined the mappings, you can edit the InputAutoCfg.ini file located at /usr/share/games/mupen64plus/InputAutoCfg.ini. Find the section for your controller and modify the settings according to the mappings you determined earlier. Save the changes. The new configuration will be applied the next time you run mupen64plus.
Conclusion
Configuring mupen64plus controls on Ubuntu can be done in several ways. Whether you prefer using a GUI frontend like M64py, editing the configuration file directly, or using jscal and jstest, this guide provides the necessary steps to configure your controls. Happy gaming!
What is mupen64plus?
Mupen64plus is a command-line Nintendo 64 emulator that allows you to play N64 games on your Ubuntu system. It is available for Linux, Mac OSX, FreeBSD, and Windows.
How can I configure mupen64plus controls on Ubuntu?
There are multiple methods to configure mupen64plus controls on Ubuntu. You can use a GUI frontend like M64py, edit the configuration file manually, or use the jscal and jstest tools. The article provides step-by-step instructions for each method.
Where can I download M64py?
You can download M64py from the SourceForge website. Use the following link to download the latest version: M64py
How do I locate the mupen64plus configuration file?
The mupen64plus configuration file is located at ~/.config/mupen64plus/mupen64plus.cfg. You can open this file in a text editor to manually configure the controls.
What is 'jscal' and how can I install it?
jscal is a tool that helps you calibrate and configure joysticks. To install jscal, run the following command in the terminal: sudo apt-get install joystick
How do I calibrate my joystick using 'jscal'?
After installing jscal, you can calibrate your joystick by running the jscal command followed by the device path of your joystick. For example: jscal /dev/input/js0
How can I test the buttons and axes of my joystick?
To test the buttons and axes of your joystick, you can use the jstest-gtk tool. Run the command jstest-gtk /dev/input/js0 & in the terminal. This will open a GUI for button and axis testing.
Where can I find the 'InputAutoCfg.ini' file?
The InputAutoCfg.ini file is located at /usr/share/games/mupen64plus/InputAutoCfg.ini. You can edit this file to modify the controller settings according to your joystick's mappings.
How do I launch games in mupen64plus?
Once you have configured the controls, you can launch games in mupen64plus either by using a GUI frontend like M64py or by running the command mupen64plus /path/to/rom in the terminal. Replace /path/to/rom with the actual path to your game's ROM file.
Can I use mupen64plus to play Nintendo 64 games on other operating systems?
Yes, mupen64plus is available for Linux, Mac OSX, FreeBSD, and Windows. You can use it to play Nintendo 64 games on any of these operating systems.
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10 Interesting Mao Zedong Facts
Thursday, July 3rd 2014. | People
Mao Zedong Facts give the facts about the history of China. He was one of the famous Chinese leaders. People often call him as Chairman Mao. He was famous the founding father of the Republic of China. Look at the detail facts about Mao Zedong by reading the following post below:
Mao Zedong Facts 1: life span
Let's talk about the life span of Mao Zedong. He was born on 26 December 1893. He passed away on 9 September 1976.
Mao Zedong Facts 2: fame
Mao Zedong was famous as the founding father of Republic of China. He was a Chinese Communist revolutionary. The Communist party of China was founded by Mao Zedong in 1949. He became the chairman since its first establishment until he passed away in 1976. Check more facts on China here.
Mao Zedong China
Mao Zedong China
Mao Zedong Facts 3: early life
Mao Zedong was the son of a rich farmer in Shaoshan, Hunan. In the beginning of his life, his way of thinking was affected by a Chinese nationalist and anti-imperialist. The events of May Fourth Movement in 1919 and 1911 affected his way of thinking a lot.
Mao Zedong Facts 4: Maoism
Maoism is the collection on Mao Zedong thought. When you learn about Maoism, you can find out Mao Zedong's Marxist Leninist political policies, military strategies and theories.
Mao Zedong Facts
Mao Zedong Facts
Mao Zedong Facts 5: Marxism-Leninism
The idea of Chinese nationalist and anti imperialist vanished when he converted his way of thinking into Marxism-Leninism. He changed the idea when he was at Peking University. In 1927, he became the leader in Autumn Harvest Uprising. He was the founding member of CPC or Communist Party of China.
Mao Zedong Facts 6: Red Army
When he was in CPC, he helped the establishment of Red Army to fight against Kuomintang/ KMT. The civil war occurred between CPC and KTM.
Mao Zedong Image
Mao Zedong Image
Mao Zedong Facts 7: ally
Even though CPC and KTM had a fight in the civil war, both temporarily allied in 1937 to 1945 because of the Second Sino Japanese war. After the war was over, Mao defeated KTM which went to Taiwan in 1949.
Mao Zedong Facts 8: People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China was proclaimed by Mao Zedong on 1 October 1949. CPC was the only party which controlled the state.
Mao Zedong Pic
Mao Zedong Pic
Mao Zedong Facts 9: Great Leap Forward
Great Leap Forward was a campaign that Mao Zedong had in 1957. The main point of this campaign was to transform the agrarian economy of Chinese people into the industrial ones.
Mao Zedong Facts 10: Richard Nixon
The American president Richard Nixon was greeted by Mao Zedong in 1972. He was in Beijing for a visit.
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Even though Mao Zedong is still considered as a controversial leader, there were some accomplishments that he had made such as increasing the Chinese life expectancy, modernizing China, giving modern housing and providing health care. Do you have any opinion on facts about Mao Zedong?
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Go Go Games™ – Behind the Scenes
We have worked hard to give Go Go Games™ a light and playful feel but there is a great deal of work going on behind the scenes! Each set of options is selected by an algorithm designed to gradually increase the demand on a player's ability to detect multiple features of the items she sees.
In each game in the Go Go Games™ suite, the player must repeatedly make a correct choice given several options. For example, he might navigate a car down one of three roads marked with the following signs:
In this case exactly one feature – color – separates each wrong answer from the correct answer, forcing the player to notice this specific feature of color in order make a correct selection.
We can make this task more challenging by forcing the player to make a distinction based on two different features as shown in Figure 2:
Here the player must notice not only that the truck he is driving is purple, but also that it is a truck and not a car. While this second scenario may still seem trivial to a typically-developing adult, research has shown again and again that this is a surprisingly difficult task for many children with autism.
There are two components of the way we determine task difficulty:
- The "distance" between the correct choice and the wrong choices. "Distance" is a count of the number of features that differ between two items. So for example, the two items in Figure 3 have a distance of 1 – because they differ by one feature, the presence or absence of a flag.
On the other hand, the two items in Figure 4 differ by a distance of 5 because they differ in five ways:
- One is a semi-trailer truck while the other is a pickup truck
- One is blue while the other is pink
- One has only one door showing while the other has two doors showing
- One has a dog as a passenger while the other has no passengers.
- One has a flag and the other does not
The smaller the distance between two items, the more similar they will be.
- The number of choices displayed. It is not enough to use distance alone as a measure of task difficulty because it is always possible to look at a single feature to distinguish two items that differ, even if their distance is 1. However, the complexity of the decision-making process increases as more choices are displayed.
With only two options to choose from, we can only require a player notice one feature:
However, once a third choice is introduced we can require a player notice two specific features – in the example below, the player must notice both the type of animal riding in the train car and the color of the train car:
As we increase the number of options we are able to force players to make a decision based on an increasing number of features. By controlling both the number of options and the distance between options we control the difficulty of each choice the player is asked to make.
The change in the complexity of the game over time is determined by an algorithm that selects the items to present to the user from a pool of over 500 options.
As you can see from the graph above, we attempt to build a saw-tooth curve of difficulty based on level progression, such that the game becomes increasingly difficult over the course of each level, then briefly eases up at the beginning of the next level before increasing in difficulty again.
Of course, the real purpose of manipulating distance is to control the frequency with which a player needs to notice multiple features. Figure 8 shows how this progresses over the course of the game:
Again you can see we are creating a saw-tooth curve of difficulty, with a brief respite at the beginning of each new level as a reward to the player for successfully progressing in the game, a common technique in game design.
As our Build-a-Train game presents the player with first two, and later three, options we can never require that he notice more than two features when making a selection. We push this requirement to three features and later four in our "Roads and Wheels" and "Out of this World" games, using the same techniques to maintain a careful balance of "pleasant frustration" for the player – always challenging but never too hard.


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Lestari, Jetti Puji (2008) A Comparison of the social contexts in which self-referring terms of "King" and "I" are used in Anna and the King movie. Bachelor thesis, Petra Christian University.Full text not available from this repository.
This study is aimed to reveal the social contexts in which self-referring terms such as "I" and "King" used by King Mongkut in Anna and the King movie. The data were taken from the self-referring terms used by King Mongkut in the movie which was launched in 1999. King Mongkut often refers to himself with two different self-referring terms which are "King" and "I". When he refers to himself as "I" it is quite clear that he refer to himself but when he uses "King' as the self-referring term, he is talking as if about third person in fact he is referring to himself. For example, "King?s commitment to noble families must not be compromised", in this line, King Mongkut refers to himself as "King" thus it sound as if he is talking about someone else. There are some theories used in this study which are SPEAKING model by Hymes, speech function by Holmes and Coulmas? reference term. Furthermore, the method used in this study was quantitative descriptive. This study shows that the use of "King" and "I" self-referring terms are patterned. "King" is mostly used when he is talking to Anna Leonowens, inside the palace setting, directive purpose, dealing with state affairs and slavery affairs and uncomfortable tone. Meanwhile, "I" self-referring term is used contradictory, when he is outside the palace setting, expressive purpose, dealing with daily life and family and comfortable tone.
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What Are Mineral Rights?
Mineral Rights: the rights to the natural resources lying below the earth's surface. Any transfer of land may be accomplished with or without the transfer of the subsurface rights. Normally, the term "mineral" is considered to include almost anything of value found under the earth's surface. However, the term ordinarily does not include commonplace materials such as soil, sand, gravel, clay, and water.
In the United States the law creates a difference between surface rights and mineral rights. Surface rights include the right to build or farm on the land while mineral rights include the right to mine the property.
The United States is one of the few nations that allow private ownership of underground mineral resources. When reserved the owner of the mineral rights can then enter into contracts and agreements to mine and extract the minerals which may or may not include royalty payments to the surface owners.
Now, Who Owns Them?
Starting in April of this year (2013) the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) has begun to reserve mineral, oil, and gas rights in any real property it conveys in the US. This new policy applies to all FDIC owned residential and commercial property except for condominium units and real property valued at $50K or less. The FDIC's closing instructions will have an addendum addressing the reservation requirement and require the deed to contain the reservation.
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Cooking Together in Spanish
Make delicious cheese bread while practicing Spanish
Published on April 9, 2021
by Ms. Romi – Romina Faccennini
Are you ready to have fun and be hands-on while learning a new language? Kids love to create, participate and be involved in everyday activities. Preparing this recipe together will provide special time together while introducing and practicing Spanish vocabulary. Cooking is a great way to bring a new perspective into learning with connections to math, science, and new language targets. Are you ready to be "cocineros" & "cocineras" and make some delicious "pan de queso" (cheese bread)?
¡¡Manos a la obra!! (Let's get to work!)
Pan de Queso Recipe
"Los ingredientes" (Ingredients)
1 taza (cup) de harina (flour)
1 taza de queso blanco (sour cream)
1 taza de queso rallado (grated cheese)
Here is the video for you to follow the recipe. It is simple to make, and delicious to taste!
¡A cocinar! (Let's cook!)
Songs and Crafts
While you wait for the bread to be cooked, let's sing a song! (¡A cantar!)
Do you want to create a special apron? I got these at Michaels, and personalized them with their names written with fabric markers. I even let the kids decorate them the day before cooking to add an art activity into the mix.
Now that "el pan de queso" is ready, let's enjoy! ¡A comer! Let's eat!
I hope that your children enjoyed being "cocineritos" (chefs)!!
Extra tip: you can create flash cards of the vocabulary learned by taking pictures of your children cooking 🧑 . Check the vocabulary list below.
Vocabulary / el vocabulario – pronunciation
– pan de queso pahn deh keh-soh
– taza tah-sah
– queso blanco keh-soh blahn-koh
– queso rallado keh -soh rrah-yah-doh
– harina ah-ree-nah
– cocinero koh-see-neh-roh
– cocinera koh-see-neh-rah
– delantal deh-lahn-tahl
– mezclar mehs-klahr
– horno ohr-noh
– cocinar koh-see-nahr
– marcador mahr-kah-dohr
– comer koh-mehr
– delicioso deh-lee-syoh-soh


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How can i find the ones digit for the number $$2^{98}$$
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Do you mean the number of ones in the decimal representation of 2^98 – Amr Nov 15 '12 at 14:29
Hint : find $mod 10$ – Theorem Nov 15 '12 at 14:29
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$2^6=8^2 = 64$.
$2^{12} = 64^2 = \ldots6$.
$2^{24} = (\ldots6)^2 = \ldots6$.
$2^{48} = (\ldots6)^2 = \ldots6$.
$2^{49} = 2\cdot(\ldots6) = \ldots2$.
$2^{98} = (\ldots2)^2 = \ldots 4$.
So the answer is 4.
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$2^{1+4}=32=2\pmod{10}$ hence $2^{1+4n}=2\pmod{10}$ for every $n\geqslant0$ hence $2^{1+4\cdot24}=2^{97}=2\pmod{10}$ hence $2^{98}=2\cdot2^{97}=2\cdot2=4\pmod{10}$.
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Hint: Try finding the ones digit of the first few powers. You should see a pattern that you can prove. If you just want the specific answer, a spreadsheet with A1=1, A2=mod(2*A1,10), copy down 97 times gets you there.
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Pro*C is another one of those tools or features from Oracle
that keeps a low profile, quietly waiting its turn for you to use it when the
need arises. With a little searching on various Oracle-related Web sites, you
can read about how others have used Pro*C to greatly reduce processing time for
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its processing speed. You may find yourself in a situation where Oracle lacks
the heavy duty processing speed you need, but at the same time, find that your
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capabilities of Oracle.
What is Pro*C? The Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Getting Started for
Windows guide found in the Oracle documentation library starts off with this
The Pro*C/C++ precompiler enables you to
create applications that access your Oracle database whenever rapid development
and compatibility with other systems are your priorities.
programming tool enables you to embed Structured Query Language (SQL)
statements in a C or C++ program. The Pro*C/C++ precompiler translates these
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Another key reference book is the Pro*C/C++ Precompiler
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of the reasons are shown below.
The Oracle Pro*C/C++ Precompiler lets you
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According to the paper introducting Batch Normalization, the actual BN function is given as:
 - Input: Values of $x$ over a mini-batch $\mathcal B = \{x_{1,\ldots,m}\}$; parameters to be learned $\gamma,\beta$.
 - Output: $\{y_i = \mathrm{BN}_{\gamma,\beta}(x_i)\}$.
$\mu_{\mathcal B} \leftarrow \frac1m \sum_{i = 1}^m x_i$
$\sigma^2_{\mathcal B} \leftarrow \frac1m \sum_{i=1}^m (x_i - \mu_{\mathcal B})^2$
$\hat x_i \leftarrow \frac{x_i - \mu_{\mathcal B}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathcal B}^2 + \epsilon}}$
$y_i \leftarrow \gamma \hat x_i + \beta \equiv \mathrm{BN}_{\gamma,\beta}(x_i)$
(Here, $\epsilon$ is some small constant added for numerical stability. The above is an almost exact copy of the box Algorithm 1, in section 3 of the paper linked above.)
Now, $\gamma,\beta$ are learned parameters, as far as I can tell on the level of each mini-batch. In particular, for a fixed mini-batch they can take any value. It seems to me that this makes shifting by the mean and scaling by the standard deviation pointless. The resulting output values are given by $$ y_i = \frac{\gamma}{{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathcal B}^2 + \epsilon}}}x_i + \beta - \frac{\gamma }{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathcal B}^2 + \epsilon}}\mu_{\mathcal B}. $$ Hence, if we define $$ \gamma' = \frac{\gamma}{{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathcal B}^2 + \epsilon}}}, $$ $$ \beta' = \beta - \frac{\gamma }{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathcal B}^2 + \epsilon}}\mu_{\mathcal B}, $$ we might as just have defined and learned values for $\beta',\gamma'$ and then returned $y_i = \gamma'x_i + \beta'$.
I presume that I misunderstand -- can someone explain where I went wrong?
 - $\begingroup$ I had the same question and found the answer here. TL;DR the explicit mean and variance values are redundant but they make it easier to train. $\endgroup$ – Timmmm Jan 16 '19 at 17:00
I'm by no means an expert on this topic, but here are my thoughts.
I think the main point of batch normalization is that training of each network layer is unaffected by changes in scale of the preceding layers. The author wrote
$$BN(Wu) = BN((aW)u)$$
for any scalar $a$. Thus, also backpropagated error is unaffected as well. So there is no scale explosion, even when learning rate is high.
If you simply apply
$$BN(x) = y_i = \gamma_ix_i + \beta_i, \text{ where } x = Wu$$
the above no longer holds.
Parameters $\gamma$ and $\beta$ are a must have, because otherwise the normalized outputs $\hat{x_i}$ would be mostly close to $0$, which would hinder the network ability to fully utilize nonlinear transformations (authors give an example of sigmoid function, which is close to identity transformation in $0$ proximity)
Finally, one can argue that the input $y = Wx + b$ to the BN layer, as a combination of many factors, may resemble Gaussian distribution (CLT). So by studentizing it we keep the inputs stable and, hopefully, following standard normal distribution to some degree.
 - $\begingroup$ Unless I misunderstand, while it is true that $\mathrm{BN}(Wu) = \mathrm{BN}((aW)u)$, the function actually depends on two more arguments, which are hidden here. A more explicit equation would be $\mathrm{BN}_{\beta,\gamma}(Wu) = \mathrm{BN}_{\beta,\gamma}((aW)u)$. And that is all nice and true, but if $\beta,\gamma$ themselves may vary depending on which input we are talking about, the equation does not really tell us anything. I presume this is where my misunderstanding arises, but: I do still misunderstand. $\endgroup$ – Mees de Vries Apr 5 '17 at 20:17
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_ Why do you think it doesn't tell us anything, what does it matter that $\beta_i$ and $\gamma_i$ vary for each $i$. $\endgroup$ – Łukasz Grad Apr 5 '17 at 20:35
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_ $\gamma$ and $\beta$ are learned parameters, just like any others in network - weights and biases. You may even throw away bias nodes because $\beta$ acts as bias, and they don't change from batch to batch (maybe this is were you're stuck) you simply update them every batch according to batch gradient $\endgroup$ – Łukasz Grad Apr 5 '17 at 20:42
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 $\begingroup$ Ah, I see it now. Earlier on the page, $\gamma,\beta$ are introduced with an index (as $\gamma^{(k)}, \beta^{(k)}$, leading me in my haste to erroneously read that the values varied of $\beta,\gamma$ varied with the input; but these are just the coordinates of the (single, trained) vectors $\gamma,\beta$. Thank you! $\endgroup$ – Mees de Vries Apr 6 '17 at 8:41
If someone passes by this question in the future, Ian Goodfellow and Yoshua Bengio and Aaron Courville's Deep Learning, Section 8.7.1 can give a good explanation:
Normalizing the mean and standard deviation of a unit can reduce the expressive power of the neural network containing that unit. To maintain the expressive power of the network, it is common to replace the batch of hidden unit activations $H$ with $\gamma H+\beta$ rather than simply the normalized $H$. The variables $\gamma$ and $\beta$ are learned parameters that allow the new variable to have any mean and standard deviation. At first glance, this may seem useless — why did we set the mean to $0$, and then introduce a parameter that allows it to be set back to any arbitrary value $\beta$?
The answer is that the new parametrization can represent the same family of functions of the input as the old parametrization, but the new parametrization has different learning dynamics. In the old parametrization, the mean of $H$ was determined by a complicated interaction between the parameters in the layers below $H$. In the new parametrization, the mean of $\gamma H+\beta$ is determined solely by $\beta$. The new parametrization is much easier to learn with gradient descent.
 - $\begingroup$ +1 Thank you for adding this clear and concise explanation. I've added a more complete citation and used Mathjax ($\LaTeX$) formatting to improve clarity. More information: math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/… $\endgroup$ – Sycorax Jan 2 '20 at 16:15
Correct me if I am wrong... The BN normalization values are calculated for each components to normalize the input to a neuron (i.e. elliptic distribution becomes circular). The resulting distribution may be too wide or too narrow and shifted to "activate" well the activation function. To my understanding, the gamma and beta learnt parameters are constants applied to all components (not gamma and beta values per component) learnt, re-scaling and shifting optimally the more circular distribution before applying the activation function. Thus not equivalent to only learn beta and gamma (which is already learnt by backprop in W and b coef) without prior normalization.
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hplc of plasmids/small DNA fragments?
bthomas at gmm.gen.emory.edu
Tue Oct 31 14:20:29 EST 1995
Waters Corp. has a fast anion exchanger that is useful for analysis and
purification of DNA: its called Gen-Pak FAX. Other companies have
these as well, example Perkin Elmer. In general they use 2 to 3 micron
nonporous particles. These give much better resolution than the various
porous ion exchangers that are marketed for DNA analysis and
purification. The Gen-Pak has a higher capacity than most and is
probably better suited for purification than its competitors.
Methodology has been developed for separation of DNA on nonporous
divinylbenzene reversed phase columns. Resolution looks very good but I
haven't tried it myself. The advantage here seems to be that the DNA
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Using anion exchange (or reversed phase), you can count on separations
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Economic Tools for Marine Protected Areas
01 June 2008 | News story
From 26-30 May 2008, the IUCN Regional Office for Oceania, Coral Reef Initiatives for the South Pacific (CRISP) and the Secretariat of the Pacfic Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) hosted a regional workshop on the use of economic tools for supporting the design and management of marine protected areas (MPAs).
The aim of the workshop was to share information and discuss how economic tools could be incorporated into the various stages of Pacific MPA design and management.
Presentations were given on a range of topics including the use of contingent valuation techniques to assess the non-use value of marine resources in Fiji, the use of input-output analysis to assess the local economic impact of the creation of protected areas in New South Wales, the design of a payment system for ecosystem services for MPAs in Vietnam, the cost of Pacific locally managed marine areas (LMMAs), the use of cost-benefit analysis for natural resource management decision-making and the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (Kiribati) endowment financing scheme.
The last day of the workshop was dedicated to identifying around a dozen case studies in Pacific island countries, where economic tools can be applied and tested for informing marine managed area design and management. Funding from CRISP, IUCN and SPREP will be used to develop partnerships for carrying out the proposed case studies which will include a cost-benefit analysis of destructive fishing practices in Kiribati, a cost effectiveness analysis of several management schemes for the LMMA network in the region and a cost-benefit analysis of alternative MMA management models in Vanuatu.
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14 August 2001: IGF2 (insulin-like growth factor 2) and M6P/IGF2R (mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor) are imprinted in marsupials and eutherians but not in birds. These results along with the absence of M6P/IGF2R imprinting in the egg-laying monotremes indicate that the parental imprinting of fetal growth-regulatory genes may be unique to viviparous mammals. In this investigation, we have cloned IGF2 from two monotreme mammals, the platypus and echidna, to further investigate the origin of imprinting. We report herein that like M6P/IGF2R, IGF2 is not imprinted in monotremes. Thus, although IGF2 encodes for a highly conserved growth factor in chordates, it is only imprinted in therian mammals. These findings support a concurrent origin of IGF2 and M6P/IGF2R imprinting in the late Jurassic/early Cretaceous period. The absence of imprinting in monotremes, despite apparent interparental conflicts over maternal-offspring exchange, argues that a fortuitous congruency of genetic and epigenetic events may have limited the phylogenetic breadth of genomic imprinting to therian mammals.


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