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Lithium is effective as a medication. How often is it prescribed?
This week, there are three selections, and we open with a small paper with a big finding.
In the first selection, Dr. Scott B. Patten and Jeanne V. A. Williams (both of the University of Calgary) draw on national survey data to consider lithium prescribing in Canada. "The frequency of lithium use is surprisingly low," they find.
Lithium: on the Periodic Table, but not in the drug cabinet
In the second selection, we look at a Nature Medicine article that contemplates social media and medical research. Writer Nicole Wetsman quotes Dr. Esther Choo, an emergency physician who is prominent on Twitter: "It's incredible medical education."
Finally, for the third selection, we tip our hats to the holiday season, and consider a not-so-new BMJ paper on holiday chocolates. Published as part of a past Christmas issue – the popular, annual tradition that takes a light-hearted approach to inquiry – Bedford Hospital's Parag R. Gajendragadkar and his co-authors ask a not-so-weighty question: how long do holiday chocolates last on hospital wards?
Note that there will be no Reading next week. Happy Holidays.
Selection 1: "Lithium, an Infrequently Used Medication"
Scott B. Patten and Jeanne V. A. Williams
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 28 November 2019 Online First
Lithium is recommended as a first-line treatment for bipolar disorder by contemporary clinical practice guidelines. With a prevalence of bipolar disorder believed to be in the range of 1% to 2% in Canada, expectation holds that lithium should be frequently used. However, its use is complicated by the need for safety monitoring and the possibility of adverse events.
The prevalence of lithium use in the Canadian population is unknown. Prescription data are, in principle, available from provincial databases in several provinces, but these do not provide national estimates. In the current study, we sought to estimate the frequency of lithium use in the household population using national survey data.
So begins a short paper by Dr. Patten and Williams.
In this analysis, we used data from two national Mental Health Surveys: the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) and the 2012 CCHS-MH. We also used estimates from the Canadian Health Measures Survey, pooling two sets of estimates, 2009 to 2011 and 2013 to 2017. The surveys collected medication data by including questions about medication use, including asking respondents to collect and look at the bottles, tubes, or boxes containing their medications.
They use a couple of different statistical analyses to estimate lithium use.
Given the historically central role of lithium in the treatment of bipolar disorders, the frequency of lithium use is surprisingly low, although the estimates presented here resemble those previously reported for Denmark (0.17%), Norway (0.21%), and Sweden (0.25%).
The authors consider several explanations.
It is conceivable that the observed frequencies represent an optimal frequency of lithium utilization based on its tolerability and effectiveness. However, there is also the possibility that the inconvenience associated with laboratory monitoring, exaggerated safety concerns, or a lack of familiarity with this medication among clinicians is resulting in underuse of the medication. Access to psychiatric care may be another factor, since nonpsychiatrist prescribers may be especially hesitant to use lithium.
This paper is short but important. Lithium has advantages over other first line medications used to treat bipolar, but the prescribing habits don't reflect that; relatively few patients use lithium. In other words, lithium, like other highly evidenced treatments – think clozapine and ECT – is underutilized here (and in other countries). The authors offer a few credible explanations.
Quick questions: Is this a failure of training? Do we need to educate residents of psychiatry and family medicine better?
Selection 2: "How Twitter is changing medical research"
Nature Medicine, 9 December 2019
Esther Choo only had a few thousand followers on Twitter before August 2017. Choo, an emergency physician at the Oregon Health & Science University, interacted mostly with other doctors. But when she tweeted one day about the racism she had endured while practicing medicine, her posts went viral – and her follower count shot up to 20,000 almost overnight. Now, she has nearly 80,000 followers.
'The professional benefits have been so concrete,' Choo says. Twitter, for her, has helped her meet new professional colleagues and friends and has offered opportunities for advocacy around racial and gender equity in medicine. 'It's hard to imagine what my career would be like without it.'
As a high-profile physician on the platform, Choo (_USER_) is an outlier in the medical community terms of her number of followers – but she's part of a large and growing community of doctors and scientists who use Twitter as part of their professional lives.
So begins an article by Wetsman.
After noting the opportunity that social media offers the platform for activism for physicians like Dr. Choo, she explores several aspects of social media and medical research:
- Debate in real time. "Before Twitter, researchers had limited ways to respond to and critique new research in their field. They could write a letter to the editor or an opinion piece in a journal, but that response would be published only if editors of that journal agreed to it. Even if it was published, it would often not appear for weeks."
- Twitter for education. "Online discussion of papers is sometimes facilitated by Twitter journal clubs. Journal clubs, where researchers get together and critically examine new papers or pieces of literature, are important forums for the exchange of ideas and continuing education. But they traditionally happen in person, and participants are usually limited by location. On Twitter, however, journal clubs can expand beyond those boundaries."
- Opening up the discussion. "On Twitter, people who do not have tenure, or have more limited publications to their name, or are early in their career have opportunities to demonstrate their expertise. But displays of knowledge on social media, rather than in traditional forums like journals, are sometimes criticized as less relevant or rigorous."
Wetsman does note that social media is changing the world of medical research – and not necessarily always for the better. Online discussions can be caustic, especially for new papers. Dr. Jordan Gauthier of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center notes: "You can see sharks gathering around a paper to tear it apart." Wetsman also cites a study finding that the majority of scientists aren't on Twitter.
The article is balanced and thoughtful. While social media is often used for less important things, some see a role in the dissemination and discussion of medical literature. Not surprisingly, major journals have noticed, and often tweet about new studies. I was speaking recently with the editor of The British Journal of Psychiatry who argues that social media is an important way of reaching people who don't ordinarily read papers, such as members of the public and policy makers.
It seems that there is more to social media than presidential rants and cat videos.
Selection 3: "The survival time of chocolates on hospital wards: covert observational study"
Parag R. Gajendragadkar, Daniel J. Moualed, Phillip L. R. Nicolson, Felicia D Adjei, Holly E. Cakebread, Rudolf M. Duehmke, Claire A. Martin
BMJ, 14 December 2013
A higher chocolate consumption has been linked with reduced risks for the development of cardiometabolic disorders. The authors' experience is that chocolate consumption in a hospital environment is a relatively common occurrence, and that gifts from patients and their families represent a large proportion of healthcare workers' chocolate consumption. Subjectively, we noted that chocolate boxes emptied quickly and that determining which healthcare professionals ate the most chocolates was a common source of workplace conflict. Literature on chocolate consumption by healthcare workers in a hospital setting is lacking.
We carried out an exploratory study to provide quantitative data on patterns of chocolate consumption in a hospital environment. Specifically we estimated the survival time of a chocolate in a ward setting, modelled mathematically any pattern of chocolate consumption observed, estimated if survival time was affected by chocolate brand, and investigated differences in healthcare professionals' chocolate consumption stratified by job type.
So begins a paper by Dr. Gajendragadkar et al.
Yes, the paper is on chocolate – and, yes, it's highly entertaining.
Here's what they did:
- "The study was prospective and conducted across three UK sites and four different wards."
- "At approximately 10 am an observer (a doctor who was familiar with the ward in which testing was being carried out) covertly placed the boxes side by side in a prominent location in the main nursing or reception area, where such gifts are normally placed. The observers covertly recorded what time each box was opened, and at what time individual chocolates were taken from each box."
- "We chose to study a 350 g box of Quality Street chocolates (Nestlé, Switzerland) and a 350 g box of Roses chocolates (Cadbury, United Kingdom), on the basis that they are commonly given as gifts and are two of the leading brands of chocolates available in the United Kingdom and elsewhere."
- "Pilot data investigating a range of brands showed that these two contained similar numbers of chocolates (between 30 and 35 on average)."
- "The primary outcome was the median survival time of a chocolate."
- Statistical analyses were done.
Here's what they found:
- "Overall, 191 chocolates out of a possible 258 (74%) were observed to have been eaten. The remainder were left over and lost to follow-up. The


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Professor Oh Young Joo is author of "Understanding Jeju Food Culture" and "Horsemeat Dishes for Health," and is a specialist in Jeju local cuisine. He teaches nutrition at Cheju Halla University. — Ed.
Horse farming on Jeju started in 1276 when Yuan Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, occupied the island and brought with him some 160 horses by ship. The horses were put to pasture around the eastern village of Susan. It was a big success.
The Mongolians then built and operated massive ranches for their military horses and ever since then Jeju has been Korea's largest horse supplier. There is even a Jeju saying: "Send a horse to Jeju, and send a man to Hanyang [Seoul]," meaning that the island's weather and environment are ideal for raising horses, and its people have outstanding skills breeding them.
Horse meat consumption culture from Mongolia
Historically, Jeju people respected the horse for its many uses. They were used for food, transportation and communication, during wars, and for commerce. To the people of Jeju, its skin, fat, milk, bones, hair, urine, and feces were put to use, whether as food or for military or medicinal applications. But before the Mongolian invasion, Jeju citizens used horses only for transportation. Then, the citizens of Jeju noticed that the Mongolians slaughtered and ate the weak and older horses and from then on, eating horse meat spread throughout the island.
In Mongolian culture, honored guests were treated to horse meat and during weddings the bride and groom may receive the head of a horse as a gift. Horses were offered as sacrifices to the gods.
During the Goryeo Dynasty (_PHONE_), Koreans held feasts with horse meat to honor the Yuan envoy. Jeju presented horse meat jerky to the palace's ancestral rites table during the Joseon Dynasty (_PHONE_).
When horses were in short supply, King Sejong, well-known for his management of Jeju horses, would restrict the butchering and consumption of horse meat. In fact, he exiled 650 Jeju citizens for eating horse meat to Pyeongan-do, an area in the north of the Korean peninsula known then as the "harsh land." After that, eating horse meat became one of the great taboos in Korea, reinforced by the saying, "If you eat horse meat you will have bad luck for three years."
Despite the king's efforts, he could not stop people from eating horse.
At that time famines were common in Jeju because the island experienced frequent natural disasters. So the people of Jeju risked punishment from their government and ate horse to combat hunger. Along with famine, the Jeju people experienced poverty and many people would pull together to buy a single horse.
Under the Japanese colonial rule, the Japanese built a horse meat processing plant in Hallim and manufactured canned meat as war supplies during the Pacific War.
Horse meat dishes and health
Jeju people love horse meat. There is a saying: "Beef is not enough for a meal but horse meat is enough."
Horse meat is a tasty, nutritious food, and slightly sweet due to glycogen, a type of sugar the animal creates and stores for energy. Horse meat contains three times the amount of glycogen than beef or pork.
Horse meat is high in protein but low in fat. Horses are active animals and consume lots of energy. Their meat — unlike the double-edged sword that is the combination of protein and fat in pork and beef — contains one-third the fat of beef.
Horse fat quickly dissolves in the human body because the meat contains high levels of unsaturated fatty acids. It is especially rich in linolenic acid and omega-3 fatty acids like DHA, which prevents arteriosclerosis.
Horse meat is good for those who suffer from anemia because it contains high levels of iron. Its color is redder than other meats because it is full of myoglobin, a type of iron which colors muscle, and is why horse meat is called a fountain of iron. It has four times the amount of iron of pork and twice that of beef.
In addition, the iron in horse meat is absorbed quickly and efficiently into the body. Horse meat is highly recommended for children and pregnant women.
Spicy horse meat stew
Ingredients horse sirloin 600g, dried red pepper 20g, cinnamon 10g, fennel (spice) 10g, small green onion 15g, ginger 15g, clear rice wine 20g
1. Dice the meat into big pieces. Add the diced meat to clear rice wine, ginger, small green onion mix. Refrigerate for 12 hours. 2. Deep fry the meat in oil at 180°C. 3. Add 500 ml of water, ginger, dried red pepper, onion, cinnamon, fennel, salt, and soy sauce to the frying pan and boil. 4. Simmer for 90 minutes.
1. Mix clear rice wine, soy sauce, sugar, and soybean paste and set to boil to create the sauce. 2. Cut the Chinese cabbage leaf into 7 by 4 centimeters. Cut onion, green onion, and shiitake mushroom. 3. Soak the crown daisy in cold water. 4. Dice tofu into 3 by 4 centimeters and fry. Blanch the shredded devil's tongue jelly. 5. Slice the meat. 6. Fry the vegetables and the meat. When cooked, pour the sauce from step 1 on top and let simmer.
(Translation by Yang Young Jae)
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Accession Number : ADP003857
Title : Pathophysiology of Combined Injury and Trauma: An Overview,
Corporate Author : ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD
Personal Author(s) : Conklin,J. J. ; MacVittie,T. J. ; Walker,R. I.
Report Date : 29 APR 1983
Pagination or Media Count : 14
Abstract : It has been 15 years since the problem of combined injuries has been reviewed. Since then a great deal has been learned about the pathophysiology of combined injuries. This proceedings will review the mechanisms in combined injuries, sepsis, immunological and inflammatory responses, surgery and wound healing, and therapy. This paper will briefly review experimental data on combined injury, and try to provide an overview of the primary pathologic processes causing death in trauma, radiation, and combined injuries. Other papers in this proceedings will definitively describe specific aspects in pathogenesis.
Descriptors : *Trauma, *Wounds and injuries, *Radiation injuries, Pathology, Physiology, Surgery, Healing, Therapy, Symposia
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Is the UK/England the most densely populated country in the World?
It is often claimed that the UK (or England) cannot absorb any more immigrants because we already have one of the highest population densities in the world.
This claim is refuted below. The UK has a relatively high population density but it is not one of the highest in the world.
 1. The UK is the 51st most densely populated country or dependency in the World. The top quartile, but nothing terrifying. In fact a quarter of the world's population live in more cramp quarters than us.
 2. However, that does include some small Islands, dependencies, city states etc. Which it could be argued are unfair to include (although, I'm sure the people living there would think otherwise). So if we take them out we end up with the below list, in descending order of population density.
 1. Bangladesh
 2. The Palestinian territories
 3. Taiwan
 4. South Korea
 5. Netherlands
 6. Lebanon
 7. India
 8. Rwanda
 9. Belgium
 10. Haiti
 11. Japan
 12. Israel
 13. Sri Lanka
 14. Philippines
 15. El Salvador
 16. Burundi
 17. Vietnam
 18. UK
 This puts the UK in 18th place. Again, this is above average but it is not something which appears to warrant the alarmism sometimes expressed.
 3. Another tactic often employed is to refer to England only. England has a population of 51 million and a land mass of 50,000 square miles and this gives a population density of a little over 1,000 per square mile. Excluding islands, city states, and dependencies, this still places us behind
 1. Bangladesh
 2. The Palestinian territories
 3. Taiwan
 4. South Korea
 5. The Netherlands
 6. England
 This puts England 6th on the world stage in terms of population density. Now it becomes a little clearer why people bemoaning immigration refer to England; it inflates their figures. England is a constituent part of the United Kingdom and there are no restrictions of movement on those in the UK so it is dishonest to focus on England and not the whole UK.
 4. In an effort to inflate their figures, those arguing that immigration is dangerous will use the population density of England rather than the whole of the UK. Because of the relatively sparse population of the Highlands England has a higher population density than the whole of the UK. This is a misleading argument as migrants settle across all of the UK and it is dishonest to use information from part of the UK to dictate policy for the whole country. For example, despite the fact that the German Land of North Rhine-Westphalia has a population density of 1,300 people per square mile it would be foolish to argue that no migration should be allowed into Germany from the data of one constituent part.
So population density does immediately appear to be an important reason to reduce immigration. Britain's population density is high but not dangerously so and there are a number of regions in the world with higher population densities and high standards of living. The Netherlands, Belgium and North-Rhine Westphalia.
Things to look out for – Shifting Goal Posts.
One you have pointed out the various flaws in this argument watch out for some shifting of the goal posts.
"Aha!" they will say "if you only look at population density then you ignore the pressure migrants put on public services!"
"But you brought up population density in the first place," says you "you're shifting the goal posts…"
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PigProgress - What to do when tail biting occurs?
What to do when tail biting occurs?
Almost all conventional pig producers will be familiar with tail bitten pigs. It's called a tail biting outbreak when biting leads to multiple victims per pen, or even spreads throughout the barn. Outbreaks are hard to stop – here is how it is possible to overcome an outbreak successfully.
Tail-bitten pigs are often noticed only at an advanced stage, when there is shortening of the tail. At this stage it is likely that most other pigs in the pen have noticed the blood and been attracted to it. That may motivate them to bite and to create new victims.
Ideally, tail biting is noticed at an early stage, before there is blood on the tail and before the tail length is reduced. This can be through either noticing the biter or noticing the victim. When a pig is repeatedly biting tails, the pig can be observed for ten to 15 minutes to see if it continues biting. If this is the case it might be better to remove the potential problem causer.
Ropes are chewable, destructible, somewhat edible. Photo: J-Y. Chou
Tail posture as indicator
Victims can be recognised at an early stage by looking at tail posture. A tail almost permanently tucked between the legs indicates it is being bitten. A briefly tucked tail can, however, be in response to other social interactions such as displacement. A good time to check tail posture is at the feeder. If the feeding is synchronised, it is easy to check all tails together. Even at an individual feeding station, if pigs are constantly seen with tucked tails when feeding, there may be a biting problem in the pen. A tucked tail should be inspected closely; if injuries are present, then it is better to act immediately rather than wait until it gets worse.
Burlap sacks can be used by more pigs simultaneously. Photo: W.W. Ursinus
What to do?
Action to address tail biting can be through providing distraction to the group or by removing biters or victims when it is more severe. Almost anything can be used to distract pigs, but they easily lose interest. It is therefore more important to change enrichment regularly than to necessarily have the best type of enrichment. However, enrichment should be safe for the animals and not pose risks for food safety.
Good enrichment materials for pigs are chewable, destructible and edible and can be manipulated by multiple pigs at the same time. Loose materials such as straw, hay and sawdust are most used by pigs, but if the housing limits the provision of these, there are other alternatives. Examples are ropes, large feed pellets (beetroot pellets), soft rubber hoses and jute sacks (burlap sacks).
What to do when tail biting occurs?
Using a step-wise protocol
Straw is one of the best materials to occupy pigs. However, for several reasons straw may not be a suitable option or possibility, especially on fully slatted floors. In Ireland about 80% of farms have fully slatted floors. A recent study conducted on a farm in Ireland showed that tail-biting outbreaks can still be effectively reduced using a set protocol. In this protocol three types of intervention were used in a random order:
A. Putting three ropes in a pen of 12-14 pigs
B. Removing the victim
C. Removing the biter.
If after 72 hours blood was detected on one of the pigs in the pen, then the next step was taken. When an option was applied but was not successful, then the next one was applied until all three options had been used. Victims or biters that had been removed were later introduced back in the group as described in the protocol in the box. This resulted in no overt aggression between the pigs when the removed pigs were reintroduced to the original group.
Figure 1 – Step wise plan for overcoming tail biting problems in a pen.
What to do when tail biting occurs?
80% of outbreaks can be solved
The study showed that 80% of severe tail-biting outbreaks could be stopped, even when removed pigs are reintroduced to their original groups. Adding ropes could shorten the duration of an outbreak, since it may take longer to remove and reintroduce pigs. Removing victims or biters was as effective as adding ropes in stopping an outbreak. All pigs were reintroduced to their original groups, which saved the need to have extra space to permanently house removed pigs. Based on the outcomes, the following stepwise plan was recommended (see Figure 1).
Figure 2 – The chance of reducing a tail biting outbreak 'likelihood of success' depends on the number of victims and biters per pen.
The need to respond quickly
The results also showed the importance of responding quickly to the occurrence of tail biting. The chance of successfully reducing a tail-biting outbreak depends on the number of affected pigs in the pen. Figure 2 shows that if more than 50% of the pigs are victims of tail biting, the chance of success in overcoming the outbreak can still be around 60%. But if 33% of pigs are biters, then the chance of stopping the outbreak is only 30%. Thus, the more biters in the pen, the smaller the chance that the outbreak can be stopped.
How to remove and reintroduce pigs from a group?
1. Determine which pig to remove to gain most benefit.
2. Remove the selected pig together with at least one other pig.
3. Write down the pen number from which they are removed and date of removal.
4. Provide a recovery pen without mixing with other unfamiliar pigs.
5. When the pigs have recovered, or at least within seven days, return the pigs together to the original pen.
6. Provide ropes in the pen at the time of reintroduction.
7. Use scent marking spray such as diluted Dettol when pigs are returned.
Have a tail-biting first aid kit
This protocol worked successfully at the farm, which is a conventional farm with fully slatted floors. This does not mean that the protocol will be successful under different conditions. We encourage others to try it but to have other safety measures ready as well. We recommend having a stock of different enrichment objects and products that are directly available whenever an outbreak occurs. Such a 'tail-biting first aid kit' can include ropes, straw, toys, large feed pellets (beetroot pellets), rubber hoses and jute sacks (burlap sacks).
By Irene Camerlink, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria and Jen-Yun Chou, Teagasc, Ireland


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suppose someone sends me a email. if he is not in my contact list, his mail will go in "Stranger" label. how to create filter for this this label.
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You can do this:
 1. Go to your contacts
 2. Choose to compose email to your whole contact list
 3. Copy the "To:" field
 4. Paste it here: _URL_
 5. This will convert the list of emails to from email OR email OR email and so on
 6. Copy the converted line
 7. Make new filter
 8. In the "Has the words:"-field write "-from: {paste here that copied line}" (without "")
 9. Click Next Step button.
 10. Choose to add label to this filter
 11. Finish!
You can also add whole domains inside like *_USER_.com inside the {} just remember to add extra OR between every address.
Little tricky but should work. I hope this helps! :)
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When posting your email adress, you could use a different email adress like _EMAIL_ where codeword could be the name of the website you're posting the address (or just a random word you like).
In the filters, label any email not sent to _EMAIL_ (without a code) as stranger (or all emails sent to _EMAIL_).
Using multiple email address can be really helpful in tracking where the spam comes from and for blocking it.
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this wouldn't get mailing lists, since they're to field is their mailing list field. – Rixius Aug 13 '10 at 15:26
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🔼The name Hadassah: Summary
From the noun הדס (hadas), myrtle.
🔼The name Hadassah in the Bible
There's only one person named Hadassah in the Bible. It's the Hebrew name of Esther, who became the wife of king Ahasuerus and thus queen of Persia in place of Vashti.
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The noun הדס (hadash) describes the myrtle tree. It occurs in several related languages but it's unclear where it originated and from which verb it derived. That means that we don't know what action this tree was named after, and thus, essentially what the noun really means.
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U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao has repeated her support for the fight against trafficking in human beings. She spoke at a meeting of representatives of the United States, Canada and Mexico on trafficking in Persons in North America.
U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao outlined the international scope of human trafficking during a conference in Washington DC. She demanded a vigorous and sustained international effort to rescue victims and protect future generations.
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Every year over 600,000 people are trafficked across international borders to be used as labor or sexual slaves. More than 17,000 of them are in the United States. U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said the U.S. government is waging war against the traffickers.
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The OPTIMOD 6300 includes third-generation CBS Loudness Controllers™ for DTV applications. Loudness controllers work with the both Two-Band and Five-Band structures. The third-generation improvements reduce annoyance more than simple loudness control alone, doing so without audible gain pumping. Attack time is fast enough to prevent audible loudness overshoots, so the control is smooth and unobtrusive. Material processed by the CBS Loudness Controller has been shown to be well controlled when measured with a long-term loudness meter using the ITU-R BS.1770-2 standard. The 6300 also includes a "BS.1770 Safety Limiter" that follows the CBS Loudness Controller; use the BS.1770 if the BS.1770-2 meter reading must be constrained to a preset value.
The 6300 also implements "True Peak" Control by oversampling the peak limiter's sidechain at 192 kHz. This allows the 6300 to prevent clipping in a playback device's analog signal path by predicting and controlling the analog peak level following the playback device's reconstruction filter to an accuracy of better than 0.5 dB. For typical program material, accuracy is 0.2 dB! Without true peak control, analog clipping can occur even if all peak values of the digital samples are below 0 dBFS. This phenomenon has also been termed "0 dBFS+."
Thanks to true peak control, sample rate conversion, unless it removes high frequency program energy or introduces group delay distortion, cannot cause sample peaks to increase more than 0.5 dB. For example, sample rate conversion from 48 kHz to 44.1 kHz is highly unlikely to cause sample peak clipping in the 44.1 kHz audio data.
Flexible Configuration
The 6300 includes analog and dual AES3 digital inputs and outputs. The digital input and digital outputs have sample-rate converters and can operate at 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48, 88.2, and 96 kHz sample rates. The pre-emphasis status and output levels are separately adjustable for the analog and digital outputs.
The outputs can be independently configured to emit the output of the AGC or the output of the multiband compressor/limiter, all configurable to use or bypass look-ahead limiting. So a 6300 can be configured to drive an STL with a peak-limited output from the AGC while also providing a fully processed digital radio/netcast feed and a low delay, multiband compressed talent headphone feed.
Adaptability through Multiple Audio Processing Structures
The 6300 features two processing structures: Five-band for a spectrally consistent sound with good loudness control, and Two-band for a transparent sound that preserves the frequency balance of the original program material while also effectively controlling subjective loudness. There are over 60 Factory Presets wich are our "factory recommended settings" for various program formats or types. There are multiple Factory Presets for both radio-oriented and video oriented programming.
Orban's new PreCode™ technology manipulates several aspects of the audio to minimize artifacts caused by low bitrate codecs, ensuring consistent loudness and texture from one source to the next. There are several factory presets tuned specifically for low bitrate codecs.
The OPTIMOD 6300 Audio Processor can be remote-controlled by 5-12V pulses applied to eight programmable, optically isolated "general-purpose interface" (GPI) ports.
Moreover, because the 6300 supports presets that be recalled by remote control, it can be automatically synchronized to the presets on-air at a transmitter side Optimod when presets are dayparted. The 6300's software can be upgraded by running Orban-supplied downloadable upgrade software on a PC.


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Let $X_1, X_2, \cdots$ be i.i.d. random variables with $E(X_1) = 0, E(X_1^2) = \sigma^2 >0, E(|X_1|^3) = \rho < \infty$. Let $Y_n = \frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n X_i$ and let us note $F_n$ (resp. $\Phi$) the cumulative distribution function of $\frac{Y_n \sqrt{n}}{\sigma}$ (resp. of the standard normal distribution). Then, Berry Esseen theorem states that there exists a positive constant $C$ such that for all $x$ and $n$, $$|F_n(x)-\Phi(x)| \leq \frac{C \rho}{\sigma^3 \sqrt{n}}.$$
Are there known conditions on the distribution of $X_1$ that allow to derive a similar statement for probability density functions instead of cumulative distribution functions?
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Sure. Look, e.g., at the supplements to chapter VII in the classical book "Sums of independent random variables" by Petrov. – Yvan Velenik Sep 19 '11 at 9:02
ok, thanks! I just need to find a copy of the book... – Anthony Leverrier Sep 19 '11 at 9:16
Hum. If you search for "Sums of independent random variables" Petrov on google.com, you should find what you need on the first page of results ;)... – Yvan Velenik Sep 19 '11 at 9:24
indeed! Thanks. – Anthony Leverrier Sep 19 '11 at 9:27
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The magic words are "local limit theorem".
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There is an actual difficulty on the boundary treatment when I try to simulate a practical air-water freesurface problem using VOF method. Would you please give me some suggestions?
The problem is: A partially filled water delivery tunnel, with the water level and velocity at the inlet given, the outlet water level is disturbing by the effect of tailrace water. To simulate the wave propagation in the tunnel, the VOF module is used. Because we know the water level history,the outlet boundary condition is set as pressure-outlet and the pressure distributions and water fractions (which are spatial and temporal dependent) are imposed by UDFs. But the VOF fractions can't be used by the solver in the simulation because the flow is not backflow. Only Backflow VOF Fraction can be imposed at the pressure-outlet by Fluent, but giving the VOF fraction at pressure-outlet of forward flow is also a posed problem.
The question is: How can I impose the VOF fraction at the outflow pressure boundary?


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Free electicity - crystal radio
 1. rcgldr
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 Since the last thread got locked, how about legal means to get free electricity?
 One example is an AM crystal radio that receives it's power via a simple antenna. The power source is a radio stations broadcast.
 As posted previously, there are numerous devices like windmills or water wheels, solar converters that can generate electricity but it costs money.
 The example I posted about a device that moves along a high tension high voltage line is used by owners of these lines for inspection purposes. Since it's their electicity, it's legal to do this. The interesting thing is that these devices work off a single line.
 2. jcsd
 3. berkeman
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 But don't the crystal and whisker contact and the antenna wire cost some money? How free do you want free to be? Lemons and copper cost a little bit of money as well (or however you make a home-made battery).
 4. rcgldr
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 True, since the original post didn't mention anything about the quantiy of free electicity to be obtained or the cost of the device to produce the electricity it's hard to say.
 Lemon battery uses copper (penny) and zinc (some nails):
 At the other extreme, a person could pay a huge sum of money to find and retrieve the power unit from the lunar module from Apollo 13 that's at the bottom of some ocean. Since it's a simple composition of plutonium buttons and thermalcouples, it's got a lot of useful life left in it. Plus it would be a collectors item.
 5. STATIC----gimme some static, guys
 ...(or girls)
 (static electricity)
 One of the more interesting 'things' I like (eg--the radiometer for another one) was seeing (on a TV program) a device used in remote areas of Russia/Siberia. It was a doughnut shaped device (it looked like a set of coils) that fit down over the chimney of a kerosene oil lamp and it somehow generated enough electricity to power a small radio.
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 6. Wind generators work well in many areas;
 photovoltaic systems work well too.
 An exercicse bicycle hooked to a generator works well,
 as long as you keep pedaling.
 A nice hot cup of tea hooked to an infinite improbability
 generator works well, but there can be other problems
 encountered with that setup.
 A tall lightning rod hooked to some 0ga cable going into
 your house can work well, at least if you use your power
 in brief spurts. :)
 Scuffing about the carpet and then touching your
 computer case could work in theory, but it has its
 7. i laughed unbelievably a lot with berkeman's post in that thread that he locked.
 lol... i specifically said not by stealing.
 i said in that thread that it was A) for class and B)anything that's not illegal
 although i wouldn't mind him being "reprimanded" since i don't like him... but my intentions were for my class and grade... i don't even pay for the electric parents do
 that actually seems pretty interesting... possibly plausible for the answer he is looking for... i would convey that that idea to him but unfortunately we as a class have only 5 chances...2 of which have been used by the idiots of the class on elementary we really have to make the answers we give count.
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 Well, this one will cost at least 1¢. :rolleyes:
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 I use this as an interview question for new engineers.
 "describe some ways of powering a device out in the woods"
 Start off with the obvious diesel generator/solar power then rapidly descends into turnstiles at the entrance to rabbit burrows or piezo crystals under eagles nests - a good way of seeing how far "outside the box" they can think as well as their knowledge of physics.
 ps. If the OP doesn't understnad why the original thread was blocked - it is possible to fool old style 'clock' electric meters by << hint removed by berkeman -- sorry >>
 You can quite legally take as much pwer as you want from a phone line as long as you don't take it off-hook. Maxim make a chip which will automatically monitor the line and draw as much current as possible, very useful for powering remote monitoring devices. If you are at the end of a long boosted line in the countryside you can get a 100mW this way.
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 10. berkeman
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 Glad that you got a good laugh out of it. That's what we're here for, after all.
 Honestly, it still sounds like your prof is referring to the classic hack of an electric power meter (which is very illegal). But if the requirement really is that it be legal, then the only way that I know of is to capacitively couple some energy off the high voltage power transmission lines. You don't get much power, and you have to be on public or private land (that you own or where you have written permission to be there), and not on power company land. You can calculate how much power you can receive by researching the AC voltagees that are used by HV transmission lines, how far above the ground they are, and what kind of capacitances you can acheive with practical size coupling arrangements. You probably can't put your couplers more than a meter or two off the ground and stay legal, but I don't know what all the legal ramifications are.
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 I thought it was inductors people used for that, but that's still stealing.
 12. berkeman
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 Is it? I guess it might be. Maybe I should lock this thread now too? :rolleyes:
 13. mgb_phys
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 I always wondered about this - if I stand near a powerline in conductive shoes on wet grass am I stealing? It's like walking under a streetlight wearing black clothes!
 14. if you're gonna "steal" or pull "free electricity" outa radiation in the air, why not a solar cell? whether it's a solar cell or a crystal radio or one of these reputedly illegal ELF couplings to big-ass power lines, the only difference is the source and the transducer.
 15. That is such a simplistic interpretation. :grumpy:
 This type of riddle is a pretty classic means of extending brighter students. Possible answers include:
 - thermal energy. :smile: Without any knowledge of the particular course content, this would be my choice because this energy is freely available and practically limitless; the question did not specify low entropy content (work capacity).
 - common or obscure renewables (eg. solar or atmospheric pressure variations), which can provide more than enough power as to reimburse the initial costs.
 - fossil fuels. For practically zero financial cost, with these you can take millions of years of concentrated solar energy.
 - some pop-culture reference. Usually the point of the puzzle is to keep the students engaged (and it appears to be succeeding); it isn't necessary for it to have any (relevant) answer!
 Now you're saying that it is ok to steal electrical power, if you make it look subtle enough!?!?
 You jest about your own heavy-handed behaviour? :yuck: The OP of the previous thread specifically said that the solution must be legal, and you locked the entire thread because of only one off-topic post!!
 And even in the case of that single post, the legality is in your interpretation. The means is interesting in itself (there is an entire forum here for discussion of nuclear physics topics, even though much of that would be illegal for most people to apply), and it is perfectly legal in many contexts (perhaps a valid answer is any novel method to capture a few microwatts of power that another of your wall-socket appliances wastes as 50Hz EM radiation).
 16. berkeman
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 Well, you bring up some valid points, cesiumfrog. And I've read enough of your posts to have some respect for your opinion, so let me offer some response points.
 The other thread's OP's OP sounded fishy to me:
 And I have to admit, that in the OP's follow-up post, I missed where they said that they did not want illegal ideas:
 I saw, "free in terms of money", and thought straight away about the classic meter hack (which is used by some professors as a teaching tool, BTW).
 When I tried to think of some legal method in this extended thread of getting "free" energy, the only practical thing that I could think of was the obvious example that I listed. I honestly don't know if it is illegal -- it sure seems pretty benign


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The Nelson River high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission lines accommodate 2 bipolar transmission systems called Bipole I and Bipole II. The term bipole refers to a positive (+) pole and a negative (–) pole. Each pole is comprised of 2 conductor cables which, in bundles 4 cm in diameter, are supported by the steel transmission towers.
Bipoles I and II deliver approximately 75 per cent of our generating capacity from the Nelson River in northern Manitoba to southern Manitoba via 2 rows of identical steel towers, which follow an 895-kilometre (km) route from Gillam southward through the Interlake region.
One transmission line has its northern terminus at Radisson Converter Station near Gillam. The other extends another 42 km northeast to Henday Converter Station. The southern terminus of both transmission lines is Dorsey Converter Station at Rosser, about 26 km northwest of Winnipeg.
Due to the heavy reliance on one transmission corridor and a single converter station in the south, the system is vulnerable to extensive power outages from severe weather (major ice storm, extreme wind event, tornado), fires, or other events. Read about the Bipole III Transmission Reliability Project.
The tremendous hydroelectric potential of the Nelson River was untapped until the 1960s, when the technology became available for the long-distance transmission of HVDC electricity. Currently, about 80 per cent of our electricity is produced by hydroelectric generating stations on the Nelson River. Manitoba Hydro has since become world-renowned for research and development in this field.
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The Warriors Adventure Game is a pen-and-paper role-playing game taking place in the Warriors campaign setting. Players can create their own Warrior cat using the character creation rules, and have their progress through different adventures (scenarios).
A pen-and-paper RPG is a popular type of game played by two or more people. Players assume the role of a single character, having a set of attributes, created according to the rules and guidelines of the game.[1] There is also a game master, who supervises the game, presents the scenario, and decides on outcomes by applying the rules.[2]
A game consists of the party progressing through a scenario (adventure), usually with a certain goal to complete (such as defeating an enemy or finding an artifact).[3] Players describe the actions of their characters through speech, and within the rules, they have the freedom to improvise. Most actions are straightforward; for example, if the player's character looks around a cave, the game master will describe the cave; if the character leaves it, the game master will describe whatever they encounter outside the cave.[4]
The choices shape the direction and outcome of the game; actions succeeding or failing based on a pre-determined set of rules.[5] For example, whilst looking around a cave, a character may or may not notice an important object or secret passage, depending on the character's powers of perception. Characters may improve their attributes while progressing through the scenario.[6]
A game ends when the party either completes its goal, or if the goal becomes unreachable (for example, all of the characters are knocked out).[7]
Warriors Adventure Game
The Warriors Adventure Game is a version of the pen-and-paper RPG, described above. It was designed by Steven Brown,[source?] who worked on several well-known role-playing games, including Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance.[source?]
Character Creation
Players assume the role of cats that are to be created using a set of rules. Each character has the following attributes:
 - Abilities: Strength, Intelligence and Spirit. Each ability is represented by a number between 1 and 10. At character creation, the player can spread a total of 5 points among these.
 - Skills: actions that every cat is able to do with more or less success (for example climbing or sneaking). These are represented by a number between 0 and 5, and can be improved by training or practice. Each Skill is linked to an Ability. At character creation, the player can choose to improve three skills, and also receives a bonus improvement based on the Clan the cat is a member of.
 - Knacks: actions that a cat must learn before being able to use it (for example, herb lore or tracking). At character creation, the player can choose three knacks.
As they progress through scenarios, characters improve their abilities and skills, and receive new skills or knacks.
Once the players create their characters, choose a game master (called Narrator), and decide which scenario to play, the game can begin. There are several official scenarios, both on the Warriors website, and in the Omen of the Stars books. Players can invent and develop their own scenarios as well, thus the game has an infinite replay value.
The narrator describes the settings and reads the descriptions aloud, and the adventure progresses based on the players' decisions, the results of an action being determined by the characters' skills and knacks.
Official Scenarios
External Links
 - The Official Warriors Site, with the official rules and sample scenario. On the "Games and Extras" menu click on "Games", then on "Warriors Adventure Game".
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Until the 1890s, when Port aux Basques became a railway centre, the settlements were mainly fishing communities settled by the French and later by Channel Islanders and the English. The community expanded as a trade centre, especially later when Port aux Basques was chosen as the terminus of the transinsular Newfoundland Railway in 1892. In 1898 the railway was completed and linked by the gulf steamer service to the Canadian railways. A number of fish processing plants were built by the 1950s but the industry was hit hard with the collapse of the COD fishery in the early 1990s and without the fishery's recovery the last large operation closed in 2007. Since incorporation, Channel-Port aux Basques has been the administrative centre for the Burgeo-La Poile region.
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have had the plant for years always have trouble getting it to bloom now the plant has yellow spots all over all the leaves. It is almost 4 ft. tall. What is wrong. ( I have 8 more cr. of thorns but they all have smaller leaves, this one has large leaves0 what is the difference?
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Newer cultivators have larger leaves then older varieties.
Crown of Thorns are susceptible to fungus issues. You can use a fungicide on the plants.
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The California Poppy is a member of the Papaveraceae family. The Poppy family consists of 42 genera and approximately 800 species. It is named for Johann Friedrich Von Eschscholtz; a German botanist who explored California in 1810. Eschscholzia californica became the official state flower in1902 beating out the Mariposa Lily (Calochotrus) and the Matilija Poppy (Romneya) for the Honor.
Eschscholzia californica is an herbaceous annual or biennial, 6 inches to two feet in height and spread. The leaves are bluegrey-green, glaucus and finely divided into linear segments. The leaves are primarily basal and attach to a long thin carrot like taproot. The flowers have four bright orange silky petals 1 to 2 inches long and bloom from February through September. The flower has numerous stamens and 1 pistil attached to a superior ovary. The flowers close at night or in windy conditions to help conserve water. The seed pod is a single chambered linear tube; 1 ½ to 3 inches long and 1/8 inches in diameter, containing 50 or more seeds. The seeds are round, dark brown to black in color and less than a thirty-second of an inch in diameter.
Eschscholzia californica is native to the Western United States and Northern Mexico from sea level to 6000 feet of elevation. It is commonly found in large colonies in open meadows and hillsides. It is tolerant of most soil types, but prefers well drained loam and full sun.
California Poppy leaves and roots contain several useful medicinal compounds in the form of alkaloids. The main alkaloids are Chelirubine, Sanguinarine and Macarpine; which are used as an Analgesic, Sedative and Antispasmodic. The seeds were also consumed by Native Americans as a source of protein.
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E. caespitosa; Tufted Poppy. Tufted foliage and yellow flowers
E. lemmonii; Lemon's Poppy. The leaves are whitish and pubescent.
E. minutiflora; Pigmy Poppy. The plant is less than 3 inches tall.
E. ramose; Island Poppy. The flowers are less than ½ inch in diameter.
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How Can You Trust A Story With An Anonymous Author?
There are many stories on the internet, and not every author shares their identity. However, people only tend to look at the things that are published by famous people and ignore the rest.
Whether you do it or not doesn't matter, as it is human nature to only trust reliable sources. But you need to read the posts and try to understand why these people might want to keep their identities private. Although there might be plenty of fake content online, there are some genuinely amazing stories that you should read.
Here is the most significant issue that arises with anonymous posts, and how you can get past it.
Unreliable Stories and Authors
The number one reason why people don't read anonymous posts is because they don't look reliable. There is no way to authenticate the story.
Depending on the type of content it is, people can take it in two ways.
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The Old-New Synagogue (Staronová Synagóga), built around 1270, is the oldest functioning synagogue in Europe. It is also one of only three synagogues in Prague's Jewish Quarter 'Josefov' still used for services.
The rather small building in early gothic style consists of one central hall bordered by a number of smaller rooms. The vaulted hall is supported by two octagonal pillars. Only men are allowed to attend services in the
Old-New Synagogue, Prague
Old-New Synagogue
central hall, women can access the rooms near the hall. Small windows in the wall, added in the 18th century, allow the women to view the services.
Angelic Protection
It is almost a miracle the synagogue has survived until today. During its more than 700 years of existence, the building has survived several pogroms, fires and a 19th century redevelopment of the Jewish quarter.
Legend has it that the synagogue is protected by Angels who brought the stones to build the synagogue from the ruins of King Solomon's Temple. In time the synagogue will be dismantled and the stones will be used to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
The Name
The same legend gives an explanation for the building's strange name: it would be an incorrect translation from its Hebrew name 'At-Tnay Synagogue'. Misinterpreted as alt-neu (old-new in English), it literally means 'on condition', meaning that the synagogue only exists conditionally - until the Jews return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple of Solomon.
A much easier explanation for the name could be that the original name 'New Synagogue' was changed in the 16th century into 'Old-New Synagogue' after newer synagogues were built.
The Old-New Synagogue is located in the center of Josefov, the Jewish quarter just north of Old Town.
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Everyone agrees cardio exercise is an excellent way to burn calories and improve your physical and mental health. Furthermore, resistance or weight training is especially important to tone muscle to keep your metabolism high. Distinctively, Pilates Rockhampton Reformers Classes gives you a great combination of both cardio and resistance training. Additional weight loss tips include:
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Trick the mind into eating fewer calories with less on the plate!
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Sentence with word web. College students, spelling bee organizers, and people looking to increase their knowledge of English might especially enjoy this webpage. The lines of text below use web in a sentence, and provide visitors a sentence for web.
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- He delighted in the dark web of intrigue, and believed himself to be no ordinary weaver of that sunless work. (10)
- He throve to the light of day, and she spun a silly web that meshed her in her intricacies. (10)
- If only he could burst out of himself, out of this web that for the first time in his life he felt around him. (8)
- Merthyr alone seconded her efforts to weave the web of converse, which is an armistice if not a treaty on these occasions. (10)
- She has him in some web. (10)
- She was fairly caught in the web of her foolish and presumptuous mistake! (8)
- So it was with Hilary in that special web wherein his spirit struggled, sunrise unto sunset, and by moonlight afterward. (8)
- They are the eyes of a spider in the centre of a great web. (8)
- What will not look beautiful contrasted with the fly in the web? (10)
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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
- 'This is reflected in the name 'naseberry' from the Spanish níspola and in the French nèfle d' Amérique.'
- 'A unique combination of apple, grape and naseberry fruit pulp infuse natural fruit acids into the skin.'
- 'Your tour starts with the fresh beverage of the day, which could be anything from a refreshing blend of pineapple and papaya to naseberry or mango.'
- 'Then a fruit blend including apples and naseberries equivalent to a 20% glycolic acid peel is applied.'
- 'Other fruits such as naseberries, June plums and etioti apples are refreshing on a warm day.'
Late 17th century: from Spanish and Portuguese néspera 'medlar' + berry.
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Parents in the Beaver State have higher labor force participation rates than the average across the nation. Nationally, 80.6 percent of parents with children under 18 were in the labor force in 2011, compared with 82.6 percent in Oregon. Men's participation doesn't differ much from the national norm; 92.9 percent of Oregon dads are in the labor force, just slightly below the national labor force participation rate of 93.5 percent. The participation rate of Oregon women with children under 18, however, is 3 percentage points above the national level (73.5% vs. the nation's 70.6%).
Labor force participation of parents differs by gender and the age of children. For parents of children under six years of age, there's a big difference in the labor force experiences of men versus women. Of the men in this group, 93.4 percent are in the labor force, compared with 68.5 percent of Oregon mothers of children under age six. That female participation rate of 68.5 percent in Oregon is nearly 5 percentage points above the national participation rate of 63.9 percent for mothers of children under age six.
The gender gap in labor force participation is reduced somewhat for parents of children ages six to 17. For men with children ages six to 17, the participation rate was 92.5 percent in 2011, and 77.6 percent of Oregon women with children in that age range were in the labor force.
For people without children under 18, the genders behave far more similarly in their likelihood of labor force participation. Men in this group had a participation rate of 62.4 percent, just over 5 percentage points higher than the women's participation rate of 57.1 percent.
Married parents show a wider variation in labor force participation between genders (Graph 2). Married mothers are less likely to work, and married fathers are more likely to work. Parents with any other marital status have more similar labor force participation between genders.
Women with children under age six are the most likely to work part-time, with 39 percent of employed females in this group reporting part-time status (Graph 3). Men with children under age six were far less likely to work part time, with only 6 percent reporting such schedules. More than one-third of employed women and 8 percent of employed men with children ages six to 17 work part time.
Once again, for people without children under the age of 18, the employment experiences of the genders are more similar. In this group, 22 percent of men and 31 of women work part time.


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You can clean by yourself your butcher block table tops, of course it will be very important to do because it is helpful very much adding nicer look in your room. Monetarily fabricated butcher block was presented in the 1880s as a sterile option to the conventional utilization of blocks slice from trees on which to cut meats. Hard maple turned into a favored surface for its strength and tight wood grains. Modern butcher block table tops is solid and alright for nourishment readiness and is accessible in sizes from little slicing sheets to full-kitchen table tops.
1. Purge butcher block table tops completely with dish-washing cleanser and water after each one utilization. Wood assimilates nourishment smells, oils and microbes from crude meat making it basic to legitimately clean.
2. Blend a gentle arrangement of 1 tbsp. fade into 1 gallon of warm water. Wash the table top with a clean wipe, flush, then wipe dry to further scrub microscopic organisms.
3. Stains butcher block table top with lemon juice. Flush and wipe dry.
4. Shake salt onto adamant stains and after that rub with the cut edge of a large portion of a lemon. For harder stains, attempt 3-percent hydrogen peroxide blended with water. Wash altogether and wipe dry.
5. Scratch the butcher block table tops each one night with a metal spatula or scrubber to evacuate waiting smells or stains.


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Friday, March 23, 2012
(Narrowsburg, NY - 12:15 PM) - Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau extends an open invitation to area elementary schools to come enjoy the annual "Blast from the Past" at Student Days at Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History.
"We know that every year the highlight of the Student Days class trips through our living history museum is the firing of the authentic 2-lb. British naval cannon," says Fanslau. "This cannon would have been used by the pre-Revolutionary War settlers to signal danger and call everyone to safety inside the stockade walls. When fired, it could be heard for miles up and down the Delaware River valley."
The cannon represents just one aspect of the lives and lifestyles of the first European settlers in the Upper Delaware River valley that is depicted by costumed interpreters at Fort Delaware Museum. Students' understanding of local history can also get fired up by a working blacksmith, candle makers, fur trapper, spinners and weavers, colonial musicians and gardeners as well as three replica cabins depicting the different eras (_PHONE_) in which the Delaware Company inhabited the Cushetunk Settlement along the New York and Pennsylvania river banks of the Delaware. Fort Delaware was originally built in 1957, under the leadership and direction of James W. Burbank, the first Sullivan County Historian. It has been owned and operated under the supervision of the Sullivan County Division of Public Works since 1970.
"We've been working very hard for the last year, continuing the research begun by Burbank to upgrade the accuracy, authenticity and professionalism of our interpretation," says Debra Conway, who took over last spring as Director of Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History. "So we are encouraging all teachers or anyone who hasn't visited for awhile to come back for a fresh, new experience."
"I can think of no better way to learn about the early history of the area," Sullivan County Historian John Conway says of the Fort. "Fort Delaware provides a unique opportunity for students to witness firsthand how families lived in the mid-18th century and their contribution to America."
"This was great for my students,'' says Debi Levine, long-time teacher at Monticello's Cooke School. "We had been studying local history all year. But it is one thing to read about things in a book and another to actually see people dressed the way the 18th century settlers would have been dressed, doing the things they would have actually done to survive. It's better than a picture saying a thousand words." Student Days this year will be held on May 22, 23, 24; May 30, 31; June 5, 6, 7; and June 12, 13, 14.
Tours typically take about three hours. Amenities include modern rest rooms, a picnic pavilion, bus parking and a gift shop.
For reservations or further information, call Kristin Porter, Director of Sullivan County Parks, Recreation and Beautification, at _PHONE_.


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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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Himalaya PureHands Hand Sanitizer is an effective, alcohol-based hand sanitizer, formulated with the goodness of time-tested herbs. It kills 99.9% of germs, helps prevent infection, and ensures total hand hygiene.
Take 0.5 ml to 1 ml of Himalaya PureHands Sanitizer on your palms. Rub well over the palms, back of hands, fingernails, and grooves briskly until dry. No water is required after use. PureHands is safe for regular use. It contains moisturizers that prevent skin dryness. The product has been clinically tested, and its safety and efficacy are proven.
Dhanyaka [Coriander] One of the important medicinal herbs mentioned in the traditional literatures, it is known to possess Krimihara (antimicrobial) property. Ushira [Vetiver] Well documented in literature due to its usage in various conditions like inflammation and wounds, it has shown to possess antibacterial activity. Nagaramusta [Nutgrass] The herb is reported to possess antifungal and antibacterial activity and helps in controlling bacterial and fungal infections.


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How to: Configure the cursor threshold Option (SQL Server Management Studio)
Use the cursor threshold option to specify the number of rows in the cursor set at which cursor keysets are generated asynchronously. When cursors generate a keyset for a result set, the query optimizer estimates the number of rows that will be returned for that result set. If the query optimizer estimates that the number of returned rows is greater than this threshold, the cursor is generated asynchronously, allowing the user to fetch rows from the cursor while the cursor continues to be populated. Otherwise, the cursor is generated synchronously, and the query waits until all rows are returned.
To configure the cursor threshold option
In Object Explorer, right-click a server and select Properties.
Click the Advanced node.
Under Miscellaneous, change the Cursor Threshold option to the desired value.
Use the cursor threshold option to specify the number of rows in the cursor set at which cursor keysets are generated asynchronously. If you set cursor threshold to -1, all keysets are generated synchronously, which benefits small cursor sets. If you set cursor threshold to 0, all cursor keysets are generated asynchronously.


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Anointing of the Sick
Appointments may be scheduled by
contacting the Parish Office
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How can we decide if we should ask to be anointed?
A reasonably sure judgment is sufficient for deciding on the seriousness of an illness. For example: A sick person may be anointed before surgery, whether or not a serious illness is the reason for the surgery. Elderly people may be anointed if they have become notably weakened even though no serious illness is present. Sick children may be anointed if they have sufficient use of reason to be strengthened by this Sacrament. If you are still unsure, when in doubt, ask Father!
How is this sacrament celebrated?
The celebration of this sacrament consists essentially in an anointing with oil which may be blessed by the bishop. The anointing is on the forehead and on the hands of the sick person accompanied by the prayer of the priest who asks for the special grace of this sacrament.
What are the effects of this sacrament?
Does a person have to be dying to receive this
No. The Catechism says, "The anointing of the sick is not a Sacrament for those
this sacrament has certainly already arrived" (CCC 1514).
How Can I Schedule an Anointing?
During ordinary business hours, just call the Parish office _PHONE_ and speak
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1. What is the standard moisture level in the charcoal?
2. How to calculate or measure the moisture content before selling/export?
3. Do you have any easy way to check if the moisture content is o.k.?
Basis of calculation: % Moisture ( wet weight ) = (weight of charcoal – dry charcoal) x100 /starting charcoal weight.
4. If we have high-tech tools to measure the moisture, what is the favorable level for charcoal / charcoal briquette export.
Please kindly reply
Normally, the charcoal / charcoal briquette moisture content should be in range of 7-10 %. However, there are some differences between charcoal (wood charcoal) and charcoal briquette.
1) If the charcoal manufacturer use water to extinguish the fire, then it would be somewhat higher moisture off the stove than to extinguish by closing the kiln, which almost no moisture left. Anyway, Usually charcoal will absorb the moisture in the atmosphere soon after you remove the charcoal from the kiln. If you do not put water directly to stop the carbonization (stop the charring), then the moisture content will not exceed 10%.
Other categories, such as mangrove charcoal imported from Myanmar, most of it will be humid because the sea water or sea water splashing into the boat. The salt is very rich in charcoal.
Ever is the time to send them to the destination. Countries with low humidity, like the Israel, the weight after 1 month storage can loose more than 5-10% in dry season. It has been my experience with clients who have experienced this but they were already aware of this problem at first (that is what I was told).
Conclusion is that rarely do they make it much moisture. But we can check easily and to be aware of is the time to pack a bag or box. If too damp can cause rot box or bag wet. You can test by packing and taking the box/bag under the sun and then, after back into the shade and cooling, open to check it.
Because containers can reach reach 60-70 degrees Celsius during shipping, if travel long distance like to Europe it will be more than 1 month, extreme heating/cooling will cause the problem.
2 ) Charcoal briquette with moisture higher than 10 percent moisture, it will become softened and mushy after a 1-2 day after packing. Thus, carry out a test (same as charcoal case), it is not difficult to know that the humidity is low enough or not.


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Beer Cans Solidified Americans' Recycling Habit
In the United States, citizens do their share and recycle a lot - literally tons. Americans recycled 135 million tons of their waste in 2012 and 0.7 million tons of that recycling was aluminum. This metal is one of the easiest and fastest materials to recycle as well as one of the earliest items recycled in our modern recycling era. Recycling is the system of ... Read more


Loop Plugin
The only way of putting repetitive numerical values into your templates is either by hard-coding them in or by enabling and using php to do it. I always try to avoid enabling php in templates for security purposes, and hard-coding in for example a drop-down select box with 100 values is never fun.
The loop plugin works just like a simplified for loop does. It takes as parameters an initial value, an increment value, and a limit.
Here is an example of using the loop plugin to create a drop-down select box that allows the user to select the year in which they were born:

 Select year
{exp:for_loop start="1980" end="2000" increment="1"}
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ASK A QUESTION Hi, What is there a difference between "Me gusta" and "Me gustan"?
What is there a difference between "Me gusta" and "Me gustan"? Is one use of the words for speaking properly and the other for casually speaking? Could you give me some examples how the two phrases would be used?
Gusta is used is a singular conjugation of the verb and requires a subject that matches it in number.
Gustan is a plural conjugation and requires a subject that matches it in number
Me gusta el libro
Me gustan los libros
Here is a link to the reference article for this topic Gustar like verbs
Your question can be answered by watching Lesson 1:6 of the Learn Spanish video series.
For now, I will tell you that the difference has nothing to do with being formal or casual. Rather, it has to do with the fact that one is singular and one is plural.
Me gusta means that something is pleasing to you. For example: "Me gusta bailar", which means dancing is pleasing to me. In this case, dancing is singular, so the third person singular conjugation of "gustar" is used.
The second example would be "Me gustan los animales." In this example, animals is plural, so the verb "gustar" is conjugated to the third person plural.
I know this is a very short explanation and I hope it helps. However, you would be much better off having Paralee explain it for you in the video. Believe me, she does a much better job.
They mean the same thing except one refers to a singular topic and one refers to a plural topic.
Me gusta la banana.
Me gustan las frutas.
That was the same question i had about 3 days ago.