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Posted: Mon 19 Nov 2012, 23:09
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I've just posted an updated build, calling this 0.9.3a to keep things simple. This is purely a bug fix release - if you're already running 0.9.3 without any problems there isn't any compelling reason to switch to this release (WaveIO users being an exception if you're having problems with muted cards). Special thanks to jrling & luisb for doing some extra testing to confirm these fixes worked.
Fixed a scenario that could delete the sound card if a user pressed the escape key at the wrong point in the wizard
Added a new 'unmute' command to make it easier to unmute all the cards if some system change muted things.
Fixed the extra percent sign when specifying a custom MPD buffer
Inform users of the album art url
Fixed the notification confirming the 'recommended' sound settings are set
Added the driver for the Realtek 8101 Ethernet Adapter
Fixed the bandcamp script for queuing bandcamp.com albums
Link is updated in the first post.
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Posted: Thu 22 Nov 2012, 00:58
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Thanks Idolse
I appreciate you creating a point release to help with the mute function.
I don't know if I am doing something wrong, but for me running WaveIO it still came up muted. the unmute command did not change it. I wonder if those who found it to work with WaveIO can relate their experience.
Other anomoly for me is that the advanced sound partameter page refuses to let me go into the page that sets advanced settings. It quickly comes back with a message the it has applied the optimized parameters. I can't get in to set things like buffer or nrpacks.
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Posted: Thu 22 Nov 2012, 04:21
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Hi wlowes, I'm sad to hear that I still haven't completely conquered the WaveIO mute - I'll follow up with you by PM to troubleshoot a bit.
Regarding the tweaks - I think you probably accidentally selected the wrong menu item. The default 'recommended' setting is highlighted, to select custom to get access to the individual settings you need to click the down arrow to highlight it, the space bar to actually select it, and finally the enter key to confirm it. This particular aspect of the Unix dialog command is a bit counter-intuitive, but not much I can do about it.
BTW, the reason my buffer settings stray from your preference for a large buffer with 100% fill is because that setting is incompatible with Internet radio - it can take tens of minutes to hours to fill the buffer before playback begins. I suspect that isn't a concern for you, but I didn't want the recommended settings to break radio.
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Posted: Thu 22 Nov 2012, 17:11
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Subject description: WaveIO Mute
Hi Walter
I have WaveIO and in 0.9.3a I found, like you, that it installed Muted. Strangely though on the first 0.9.3 release it installed Unmuted.
In 0.9.3a I also found under 'Advanced' that the nrpacks custom setting of 20 (thanks to you for that) gets set back to default setting of 8 on reboot.
I have advised Idolse.
I have found using mpd v 17 and 0.9.3 the SQ takes a nice jump up.
Thanks Idolse!
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Posted: Sat 24 Nov 2012, 11:51
Post subject: ERROR
Subject description: "Problems decoding "filename.wav/.flac"
Hi Idolse
Being Linux-newbie I appreciate your work (learned alot allready, I think
I set up the Mpdpup v0.9.3 for using local, NFTS stored Music files (Wav, Flac etc) but get the abovementioned Error (regardless of trying to play Wav or Flac-files)
I can connect to the Pup-pc using Putty and GMPC from another pc on the home-network - and soundcard (Omega HT-Claro (analog+digital connection) as well as onboard soundcard tested fine playing the wizard´s audio-sample.
All music-files appear using "mpc listall"
Tried the different Volume settings a well as the different Mpd versions.. no luck
Don´t know if it´s relevant but when saving settings in the Mpdwizard (before option to "commit changes to storage device") 2 lines appear:
# rm:cannot remove `var/www/musiclibrary`: No such file or directory
# ln: creating symbolic link `./musiclibrary`: File exists
I´m stuck; any ideas what could be wrong?
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Posted: Sat 24 Nov 2012, 12:21
Post subject: Re: ERROR
Subject description: "Problems decoding "filename.wav/.flac"
willemoes wrote:
I set up the Mpdpup v0.9.3 for using local, NFTS stored Music files (Wav, Flac etc) but get the abovementioned Error (regardless of trying to play Wav or Flac-files)
What 'abovementioned' error are you referring to? If mpc listall is working then then I would guess it's a soundcard issue. If you attempt to play an album does mpc or ncmpc show that it's actually playing (regardless of whether you hear it). Did you type 'alsamixer' to check the volume? Also check to make sure there isn't an 'M' below the channel, as that means it's muted.
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Posted: Sat 24 Nov 2012, 16:41
Post subject: Re: ERROR
Subject description: "Problems decoding "filename.wav/.flac"
Thanks for your answer, will try to clarify:
ldolse wrote:
What 'abovementioned' error are you referring to? If mpc listall is working then then I would guess it's a soundcard issue. If you attempt to play an album does mpc or ncmpc show that it's actually playing (regardless of whether you hear it). Did you type 'alsamixer' to check the volume? Also check to make sure there isn't an 'M' below the channel, as that means it's muted.
Error message is in "subject description" (above your quote) (= ERROR: Problems decoding (whichever Wav or Flac-file I try to play)
alsamixer checked, no channels muted.
same error message with onboard Alc 887 soundcard.
problem is solved; turns out the mpc-listed files were on the data drive in the remote client-pc (the music files are pretty much the same, as they are back-ups..) I ignored the warning in the wizard´s storage section (telling me I had chosen a root directory with no subfolders) and found out that the directory home/music not was my music folder, but default mpd to which I had to add my own.
It´s working now, no probs; now to learn to work the clients and the possibility of remote operation - and compare SQ to optimized Windows player (the reason for wanting to start with local operated MpdPup)
Thanks again for your work
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Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 06:03
Post subject: Updates
It's been a week with no updates, the forum isn't working? Just a test...
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Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 08:45
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It gets quiet sometimes - it's to be expected. I've got a few more bug fixes in the works, might get them out later this week if I have enough time to get the QA done. I think I found the reason none of my other attempts to unmute the WaveIO worked - spaces in device name. No guarantees though, as I've been working in the dark on that one.
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Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 09:30
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Sorry Idolse, i was not triyng to speed you up, i was only thinking something went wrong in the forum/server and i was unable to read new messages. I'm not in a hurry and actually, with the mute problem solved i'm very happy! (with version 0.9.3a it's still present but it's solved with the previous method, maybe it's a WaveIO specific problem or, having on the PC i actually use an integrated sound card, alsa select by default the first and mute the second, i don't know. I'm waiting for an Alix 3d2 board and i will let you know)
Only glitch is that it seem that i cannot select mpd version 17, i select it with the space bar and the asterisc move down to highlight the selecton, but then if i click ok and reenter the mpd version selection i find that mpd 16 is still selected, no matter how many times i try...
But it's not a big problem.
Thanks for your work.
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Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 10:17
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Don't worry, you weren't rushing me, just figured I could give a status update while replying.
I think that dialog always highlights mpd16 regardless of the actual configuration - after you select mpd17 and exit the wizard type 'mpd --version' at the CLI - I'll bet it's been updated. Good feedback though, it's fairly straightforward to get it to automatically match the configured version.
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Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 10:26
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Once again you were right
It says "mpd (MPD: Music Player Daemon) 0.17.2" so all it's ok.
Thank you very much, have a nice day.
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Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 13:15
Post subject: 93 very musical
Hi Idolse, great version, 9.3!! I installed it last week, 93 is much more musical, very very nice!!
WaveIO is muted, had to unmute in the "old" way,like in 92,no problem
Sox works fine, didn't have the time yet to ab SoX and NOS.
SoX-question: in mpd.conf it says <enabled: "no"> (see attachment) I changed it to YES. Is that right?
Where or how can i check it is resampling at 32bit?
BTW i'm very proud you used my parameters! Feels good to be able to add something relevant.
Are you still thinking about making nrpacks=100 possible? I really hope so!
OT:A month ago i modded my NAS: replaced the two 3,5" HDD's for one 2,5" HDD, removed the fan and gav it a dedicated linear psu. Very nice SQ improvement.
@Mark: did you already succeed in booting from NAS?
Thanks again Idolse, great work!
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Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 13:39
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Hi Douwe01nl, glad to hear it's working well for you and you found it improved - I think I have to chalk up the audio improvements to MPD itself though, as the core OS is the same. That and using your settings as recommended - so many people confirmed your settings it was a no brainer to use them, your input has been appreciated.
As to sox being disabled by default - that's intentional. The default NOS/Bit perfect output is default enabled, and since Sox uses the exact same sound device both can't be enabled simultaneously. Every decent MPD client has the ability to enable/disable outputs, the idea is you use the client to disable the primary output and then enable the Sox output - no need to edit the conf file. Depending on your hardware enabling both simultaneously can do bad things. Need to make an MPD enhancement request with regard to this I think...
nrpacks 100 is still on my todo list, but I need to incorporate the kernel building/patching into my overall build process, so probably the next major release.
Interesting about the NAS changes making a difference in sound - would have figured with the network separation and MPD's buffering that shouldn't make any difference. Guess you can never count on that in the audio world.
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Posted: Mon 03 Dec 2012, 10:26
Post subject: SOX 176400
I can second the the catastrophic results of selecting two audio outputs in the client! (GMPC in my case).
Douwe01nl - I tried SOX at 176,400 exactly as per your image and it crashed my client, stopped MPD running etc etc. Idolese told me that he got the same and that it was a SOX bug rather than in his code? I can though run SOX at 88,200 perfectly, but like you have not had the chance to AB it.
Idolese - have your later releases fixed the SOX 176,400 issue?
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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari does not need adversaries as he is his own worst enemy. He shouldn't be worried about the conspiracies, if any, of his political foes, the establishment or his perceived opponent — Geo and a few journalists associated with the Jang Group — because he himself is in a self-destructive mode.
Perhaps not many would be bothered as to what he does to himself but the big worry is about his style of governance which is marred by inaction and indifference at a time when there is a need to do a lot and seriously.
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This case study is the second of a two part series. The information below reflects the events of April 25, 2011 from a tactical standpoint, with critical regard to process and strategic considerations. Part I details the story of April 25, 2011 from a human standpoint.
The dialogue that took place on Twitter between Emory Healthcare and Matthew Browning on April 25, 2011 was a powerful one. Without time to spare, Matthew turned to Twitter in a time of crisis to help get his wife Phoebe's grandmother transported to a hospital with capacity and capabilities to help treat her ruptured aorta. We were able to assist Matthew and his family in an emergency situation, leading to Phoebe's grandmother being airlifted within 16 minutes of receiving contact information, a truly amazing feat. Despite this, there are countless lessons learned from the experience. While Part I of this case study explored the story and events of April 25, 2011, this portion focuses on the meaning behind and implications of that story. The whole goal here is to help people; and if that's truly your goal with social media crisis resolution, there are steps you can take to make that a reality, knowing that there will always be scenarios and circumstances that can't be resolved with a cookie cutter process.
What's Covered in Part II
- What we knew before our interaction with Matthew and how that produced the outcome that was achieved on April 25, 2011
- Tactics and qualities we employed as part of our social media strategy
- Steps your organization can take to define its process and strategy
- Things we learned from our interaction with Matthew
- Questions that remain unanswered
Health Care Social Media – What We [Thought We] Knew Then
Prior to our interaction with Matthew on April 25, 2011, we had what I would deem to be a thorough and solid process for mitigating risk and resolving issues over social media. Our process and general process recommendations are outlined below.
Social Media Process Tactics
The tactics used at each organization will differ substantially based on organizational structure. Larger, more siloed organizations will have to work harder to bring together disparate contacts in the time of crisis. Aligning these groups and stakeholders in advance is highly recommended. Below is a listing of core components of our social media strategy at Emory Healthcare prior to our engagement with Matthew Browning.
Evaluate Need for Response
When receiving feedback via social media, before jumping into any process, you must first evaluate whether there is a need for response at all. Many may already deem this item to be common sense, but in fact, it's not. Not every contact via social media warrants a response, especially not when you're getting hundreds of them a day. Ask yourself first:
- Does it require a response at all?
- Does it need an immediate response?
- Is it likely that our network will respond on our behalf?
No work in health care or any business is done in a vacuum. Collaboration is key both within the walls of a hospital or clinic, and outside of them. At Emory Healthcare, social media is another realm in which this collaboration continues. We collaborate with direct contacts in several departments who know we rely on them to solve problems over social media. If we get a billing complaint, there's a contact for that. If someone voices concern over an insurance issue, there is a contact for that. If at any point, we can't get an answer from one of these contacts, we still take action by letting the individual know we are working on getting them an answer. As soon as we do, we always circle back and follow up.
Continue the Dialogue Offline
When the dialogue gets heavy or privacy becomes a concern, we try to steer the conversation to a more private location. When on Twitter, we will often Direct Message (DM) contact information for the appropriate department so the individual can work directly with them to continue the resolution process. Social media is not an end. It is a means to the end, which is an appropriate source for resolution. It is our job to make the transition from Twitter to telephone, or hospital, or clinic as seamless as possible for every individual.
Identify Common Complaints
You know your health care system better than anyone else. If your most common source of complaint relates to long wait times, or slow billing, you should have on-call contacts to help when those concerns come up. But furthermore, you should communicate those trends in feedback to departments that can directly impact their improvement. Again, Twitter is not an end; it is a piece of a very large and cyclical accountable health care puzzle.
Just like our doctors, nurses, and staff have been trained and are equipped to handle the most severe and/or high-pressure medical cases, so too have our team members behind the scenes who facilitate Emory Healthcare's internal operational and communications processes. This means that before an emergency ever arises, we have processes in place to guide groups in a decentralized organization to a commonly understood and supported outcome.
Questions to Help Guide You in Defining Your Process
When looking to define your own process, contacts, logistics, process, stakeholders, and response times are just a few of the things to consider and outline before developing a process for handling social media feedback. Based on our experience in the past and the events of April 25, here are some questions you should consider and ask:
- Are you listening constantly and able to act immediately?
- Do you have contacts for every standard issue? I.e. Is there a person you can reach immediately in every department that may be required to assist you with resolution?
- Do you keep key contact information in your line of vision and reach?
- Have you considered every possible one-off emergency that could come your way?
- If every necessary contact in your process disappeared, do you have a back-up plan?
- Do you have a way to communicate to teams in your health care facilities (if decentralized) to keep them in-the-loop?
- Do you have a method to reach other health care facilities in the region if you are unable to help?
- Could you remove spatial barriers to appropriate teams? Are your teams strategically located to aid in social media efficiency?
- Is there a feedback loop in place to allow you to proactively stay informed once a hand-off has been made?
Social Media Process Qualities
Every brand and every brand's social media manager(s) deals with negative feedback. No company, product, or service is perfect, so none are immune from this. And as discussed above, in health care, the services we provide can oftentimes be life altering ones. Whether or not we're aware of it, health care social media managers are often leaders of support groups and patient advocacy. As such, providing patients, families and community members with options for effective help and resolution via social media is key.
There are four key qualities consistent amongst every successful health care social media feedback strategy, including ours at Emory Healthcare:
1. Immediacy
2. Empathy
3. Authenticity
4. Empowerment
Feedback can come at any time. It is important that the person(s) managing health care social media presence have a constant finger on the pulse of their stream. Personally, when not in-office, I use my mobile phone to remain constantly in tune with and updated on the feedback our Emory Healthcare social media accounts receive. Without a constant listener, there can not exist the constant ability to act. And when there is a crisis or complaint, the response should be immediate.
At Emory Healthcare, when we receive negative feedback, if we don't have an immediate solution or next step for an individual, we contact them to let them know we're working on it. If you don't respond immediately, you miss an opportunity to serve and demonstrate your commitment to your community. On April 25, a lack of urgency would have almost certainly resulted in an immediate loss of life.
Empathy & Authenticity
Every dialogue and situation is unique. Empathy, or at least the ability to acknowledge we don't know each person's unique story is so important from a health care social media standpoint. When the situation allows, we must take the time to educate ourselves on the person reaching out, and learn as much as we can about their circumstances. What makes them tick, what have they gone through recently, have they reached out before? When it doesn't, we must be aware that unique or unexpected circumstances may exist and avoid jumping to conclusions.
When Matthew Browning reached out to us on April 25, there wasn't time for extensive research. Because I monitor our Twitter and Facebook presence as well as the general health care social media space as close to 24/7 as a human can, I knew of Matthew and his role in the space. I did not know the details of this situation. In fact, when he reached out about who we later learned was his wife's grandmother, we didn't know if he was helping his own family member or the grandmother of a friend, but it didn't matter. What did matter, was the fact that he and his loved ones were in desperate need of help.
The impact of empathy and authenticity on your strategy and process should be pervasive. Empathy and authenticity should exist from start to finish, because if in fact an authentic dialogue, focus on quality of care, and true concern for humanity exist, these qualities are innate parts of your process. Every touch point, whether via social media, in a health care facility, over the phone, or otherwise, should reflect this. If the people involved in your process cannot buy in to this, I suggest you find new people.
Assuming you have the right processes and people in place, EMPOWER THEM! Without being empowered to help people and do the right thing via social media, I and the Emory Healthcare team would have been unable to execute the processes and tactics outlined for above. The more rungs of the hierarchical ladder the person on the front lines much climb, the slower your response and the less effective it will be.
The Opportunity Cost of Fear
Operating in the health care social media space requires the right kind of process, being employed by the right kind of people, with the right kind of attitude, not to mention a lot of effort. So what justifies these things? The risks of not participating in social media far exceed those encountered via participation. From solely a reputation management perspective, health care organizations must consider that at least 59% of internet users use social media to "vent" about a customer-care experience1.
Consider a person taking a flight out of state and receiving the run around from an airline after delays and being rerouted. If this person uses social media technologies such as Twitter, chances are, their following is going to hear about the experience. Flight hassles, however, don't usually have a lasting impact on one's life.
Those in health care must always be cognizant of the fact that the work we do has direct and potentially lasting implications for a person's being. Going through airline security is not as frightening as going under anesthesia before an operation. Being hassled with flight rerouting is trivial when compared to trying to juggle resources to get your loved one seen for emergency surgery. Let's face it– health care can be scary. It's our job to remove those fears with action. As humans, we're much more likely to tell others about a negative experience than a positive one. Whether or not you're listening, it's being said, and to a lot more people than you think.
Health Care Social Media – What We Know Now
As much as we'd like to think that formal processes create solutions for every one-off scenario, they don't. When a person's life is on the line there isn't time for following a flowchart or researching his/her history.
When a crisis does arise, it is mission-critical that outlined processes are well understood and can be executed seamlessly, because when in an emergency, as Matthew told us, "You can't think. You gotta just move." And he's right. When a crisis presents itself, we take our training, knowledge, and contacts, and couple those with common sense and urgency, and move. No barriers. No flowcharts. No waiting. What's most important is acting quickly and effectively in a chaotic time of need; if that means cutting out steps, that's what has to happen.
However, from our experience on April 25, we have determined that a sub-set of our processes and list of additional phone numbers must be created for such urgent situations. As an example, when Matthew mentioned in his tweet that his grandmother needed a emergency airlift, we did not have an immediate phone number to reference for such a request.
Thankfully, the way we are structured puts us in the same organizational department and physical area as our call center staffed by Registered Nurses. When his tweet was sent, it was a literal 30 second walk down the hall to get contact information and confirm that in order to be airlifted, the transfer service phone number must be called first. (This is why when we contacted Matthew, he was given a phone number for this service rather than directly to our airlift service). This situation proved that careful consideration to things such as departmental organization and spatial closeness can save precious and potentially life saving minutes in an emergency.
We also know with certainty that without Twitter on April 25, 2011, a family would have felt more hopeless and helpless than they already did. They would have had one less avenue through which to gain answers and options. They would have been forced to use alternate streams to get these answers; streams from which getting an answer could have taken much longer than Twitter did. All risks that I personally, and I believe Matthew Browning will agree, we can't be willing to take. When it comes to saving lives, the motto has to be "by whatever means necessary."
Health Care Social Media – What We Still Don't Know
What does all of this mean for health care and social media? This story could mean that Twitter becomes a means to a life-saving end, and it could not. I and the rest of us at Emory Healthcare are not going to pretend to be the authority on the industry. Despite the success of the process, qualities, and methods we use here at Emory Healthcare, when evaluating our interaction with Matthew Browning on April 25 in hindsight, there exists much that can be improved and much that we still don't know. Below are several unanswered questions that we hope generate a dialogue that lead to our community sculpting its own answers, rules, and ideas for what the future of health care and social media will look like.
Does Network Size & Influence Matter?
It turns, as was touched on in Part I of this case study, that Matthew Browning is well-connected in the health care and technology spaces. So much so in fact, that even prior to the events of April 25, 2011, we were already following him on Twitter from our Emory Healthcare account. His level of influence is an important consideration when evaluating this case. Matthew's necessity for a regionally based facility for his wife's grandmother is also an important one. Matthew resides in the Northeast, and his connections are by and large from the same area. As Matthew told me on Tuesday "I was out of my turf, but I have a great network."
Questions we must consider regarding Matthew's background include:
- Did his level of influence and large network of industry peers impact his ability to get help via Twitter?
- If so, how would those without such a network achieve similar volumes of quality and actionable assistance in the time of a health care crisis?
- To what extent did Twitter allow Matthew to dissolve geographic and time consuming barriers to help?
- What role did Matthew's intrinsic knowledge gained from his background in health care play in his ability to break barriers & get help?
What does it All Mean?
As mentioned above, we are not going to pretend to be the industry authority on the future of how social media will be used in health care. While on a personal level, this story means more to me than any number of words can express, from an industry perspective, the final outcome may prove to have nothing to do with social media.
Our interaction with Matthew Browning has many potential future implications for health care's use or lack of use of social media. Maybe it means we need to open doors that make immediate assistance a more reasonable thing to achieve. Maybe it means a discussion around privacy as it relates to saving lives emerges. Maybe it means there needs to be a long and hard look taken at improving access to regional emergency care. Maybe it means the 9-1-1 system needs an upgrade. To be honest, we don't know what it means.
The Inherent What-Ifs
The overwhelming majority of people working in health care social media will tell you themselves, the space is filled with a lot of "what ifs":
- What if someone exposes their personal information to us in a public arena such as Twitter?
- What if we aren't careful and diligent in our response, could we further compromise that person's privacy?
- What if we can't help?
- What if we don't respond? But most importantly, what if we do?
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List of Contributors.
1 Fish Cognition and Behaviour (Brown, Laland and Krause).
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Contents of this book.
2 Learning of Foraging Skills by Fish (Warburton and Hughes).
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Some factors affecting the learning process.
2.2.1 Reinforcement.
2.2.2 Drive.
2.2.3 Stimulus attractiveness.
2.2.4 Exploration and sampling.
2.2.5 Attention and simple association.
2.2.6 Cognition.
2.2.7 Memory systems and skill transfer.
2.3 Patch use and probability matching.
2.4 Performance.
2.5 Tracking environmental variation.
2.6 Competition.
2.7 Learning and fish feeding: some applications.
2.8 Conclusions.
3 Learned Defences and Counterdefences in Predator Prey Interactions (Kelley and Magurran).
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 The predator prey sequence.
3.2.1 Encounter.
220.127.116.11 Avoiding dangerous habitats.
188.8.131.52 Changing activity patterns.
3.2.2 Detection
188.8.131.52 Crypsis.
220.127.116.11 Sensory perception.
3.2.3 Recognition.
22.214.171.124 Associative learning.
22.214.171.124 Learning specificity.
18.104.22.168 Search images.
18.104.22.168 Aposematism and mimicry.
3.2.4 Approach .
22.214.171.124 Pursuit deterrence.
126.96.36.199 Gaining information about the predator.
184.108.40.206 Social learning.
18.104.22.168 Habituation.
3.2.5 Evasion.
126.96.36.199 Reactive distance and escape speed and trajectory.
126.96.36.199 Survival benefits/capture success.
3.3 Summary and discussion .
4 Learning about Danger: Chemical Alarm Cues and Threat–Sensitive Assessment of Predation Risk by Fishes (Brown, Ferrari and Chivers).
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Chemosensory cues as sources of information.
4.2.1 Learning, innate responses and neophobia.
4.2.2 Learned predator recognition through conditioning with alarm cues.
4.3 Variable predation risk and flexible learning.
4.3.1 Assessing risk in time.
4.3.2 Sensory complementation and threat–sensitive learning.
4.4 Generalisation of risk.
4.4.1 Generalising of predator cues.
4.4.2 Generalisation of non–predator cues.
4.5 Predator recognition continuum hypothesis.
4.5.1 Ecological selection for innate versus learned recognition of predators.
4.5.2 Ecological selection for generalised learning.
4.6 Retention: the forgotten component of learning.
4.7 Conservation, management and learning.
4.7.1 Conditioning predator recognition skills.
4.7.2 Anthropogenic constraints.
4.7.3 Field–based studies.
4.8 Conclusions.
5 Learning and Mate Choice (Witte and N¨obel).
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Sexual imprinting.
5.2.1 Does sexual imprinting promote sympatric speciation in fishes?
5.3 Learning after reaching maturity.
5.4 Eavesdropping .
5.4.1 Eavesdropping and mate choice.
5.4.2 Benefits of eavesdropping.
5.4.3 The audience effect.
5.5 Mate–choice copying.
5.5.1 Mate–choice copying first experimental evidence and consequence.
5.5.2 Mate–choice copying evidence from the wild.
5.5.3 Mate–choice copying when living in sympatry or allopatry.
5.5.4 Mate–choice copying the role of the early environment.
5.5.5 Quality of the model fish.
5.6 Social mate preferences overriding genetic preferences.
5.6.1 Indications from guppies.
5.6.2 Indications from sailfin mollies.
5.7 Cultural evolution through mate–choice copying.
5.8 Does mate–choice copying support the evolution of a novel male trait?
5.8.1 Theoretical approaches.
5.8.2 Experimental approaches.
5.9 Is mate–choice copying an adaptive mate–choice strategy?
5.9.1 Benefits of mate–choice copying.
5.9.2 Costs of mate–choice copying.
5.10 Outlook.
5.11 Conclusions.
6 Aggressive Behaviour in Fish: Integrating Information about
Contest Costs (Hsu, Earley and Wolf).
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Information about resource value.
6.3 Information about contest costs.
6.3.1 Assessing fighting ability.
6.3.2 Information from past contests.
188.8.131.52 Winner and loser effects.
188.8.131.52 Individual recognition.
188.8.131.52 Social eavesdropping.
6.3.3 Integrating different types of cost–related information.
6.4 Physiological mechanisms.
6.5 Conclusions and future directions.
7 Personality Traits and Behaviour (Budaev and Brown).
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Observation and description of personality.
7.2.1 Current terminology.
188.8.131.52 Shyness boldness.
220.127.116.11 Coping styles.
184.108.40.206 Behavioural syndromes.
7.2.2 Objectivity.
7.2.3 Labelling personality traits; construct. validity
7.2.4 Objective and subjective measurements of personality.
7.2.5 Modern terminology and statistical approaches.
7.3 Proximate causation.
7.4 Ontogeny and experience.
7.5 Is personality adaptive?
7.5.1 Frequency– and density–dependent selection.
7.5.2 State–dependent models.
7.6 Evolution.
7.7 Wider implications.
7.7.1 Fish production and reproduction.
7.7.2 Personality and population dynamics.
7.8 Conclusions.
8 The Role of Learning in Fish Orientation (Odling–Smee, Simpson and Braithwaite).
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Why keep track of location?
8.3 The use of learning and memory in orientation
8.4 Learning about landmarks.
8.5 Compass orientation.
8.6 Water movements.
8.7 Inertial guidance and internal clocks .
8.8 Social cues.
8.9 How flexible is orientation behaviour?
8.9.1 When to learn?
8.9.2 What to learn?
8.9.3 Spatial learning capacity.
8.10 Salmon homing a case study.
8.11 Conclusion.
9 Social Recognition of Conspecifics (Griffiths and Ward).
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Recognition of familiars.
9.2.1 Laboratory studies of familiarity.
9.2.2 Mechanisms of familiarity recognition.
9.2.3 Functions of associating with familiar fish.
9.2.4 Familiarity in free–ranging fishes.
9.2.5 Determinants of familiarity.
9.3 Familiarity or kin recognition?
9.3.1 Kin recognition theory.
9.3.2 Evidence for kin recognition from laboratory studies.
9.3.3 Advantages of kin discrimination.
9.3.4 Kin association in the wild.
9.3.5 Explaining the discrepancies between laboratory and field.
9.3.6 Kin avoidance.
9.4 Conclusion.
10 Social Organisation and Information Transfer in Schooling Fish (Ioannou, Couzin, James, Croft and Krause).
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Collective motion.
10.3 Emergent collective motion in the absence of external stimuli.
10.4 Response to internal state and external stimuli: Information processing within schools.
10.4.1 Collective response to predators.
10.4.2 Mechanisms and feedback in information transfer.
10.4.3 Information transfer during group foraging and migration.
10.5 Informational status, leadership and collective decision–making in fish schools.
10.6 The structure of fish schools and populations.
10.7 Social networks and individual identities.
10.8 Community structure in social networks.
10.9 Conclusions and future directions.
11 Social Learning in Fishes (Brown and Laland).
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Anti–predator behaviour.
11.3 Migration and orientation.
11.4 Foraging.
11.5 Mate choice.
11.6 Aggression.
11.7 Trade–offs in reliance on social and asocial sources of information.
11.8 Concluding remarks.
12 Cooperation and Cognition in Fishes (Alfieri and Dugatkin).
12.1 Introduction.
12.2 Why study cooperation in fishes?
12.3 Cooperation and its categories.
12.3.1 Category kin selection.
184.108.40.206 Cognition and kin selection.
220.127.116.11 Example of kin selected cooperation: Cooperative breeding.
22.214.171.124 Example of kin selected cooperation: Conditional territory defence.
12.3.2 Category reciprocity.
22.214.171.124 Cognition and reciprocity.
126.96.36.199 Example of reciprocity: Egg trading
126.96.36.199 Example of reciprocity: Predator inspection.
18.104.22.168 Example of reciprocity: Interspecific cleaning behaviour.
12.3.3 Category by–product mutualism
126.96.36.199 Cognition and by–product mutualism.
220.127.116.11 Example of by–product mutualism: Cooperative foraging.
12.3.4 Category trait group selection.
188.8.131.52 Cognition and trait group selection.
18.104.22.168 Example of trait group selected cooperation: Predator inspection.
12.4 Conclusion.
13 Machiavellian Intelligence in Fishes (Bshary).
13.1 Introduction.
13.2 Evidence for functional aspects of Machiavellian intelligence.
13.2.1 Information gathering about relationships between other group members.
13.2.2 Predator inspection.
13.2.3 Group–living cichlids.
13.2.4 Machiavellian intelligence in cleaning mutualisms.
126.96.36.199 Categorisation and individual recognition of clients.
220.127.116.11 Building up relationships between cleaners and resident clients.
184.108.40.206 Use of tactile stimulation by cleaners to manipulate client decisions and reconcile after conflicts.
184.108.40.206 Audience effects in response to image scoring and tactical deception.
188.8.131.52 Punishment by males during pair inspections.
13.3 Evidence for cognitive mechanisms in fishes.
13.3.1 What cognitive abilities might cleaners need to deal with their clients?
13.3.2 Other cognitive mechanisms.
13.4 Discussion.
13.4.1 Future avenues I: How Machiavellian is fish behaviour?
13.4.2 Future avenues II: Relating Machiavellian–type behaviour to brain size evolution.
13.4.3 Extending the Machiavellian intelligence hypothesis to general social intelligence.
14 Lateralization of Cognitive Functions in Fish (Bisazza and Brown).
14.1 Introduction.
14.2 Lateralized functions in fish.
14.2.1 Antipredator behavior
126.96.36.199 Predator inspection.
126.96.36.199 Predator evasion.
184.108.40.206 Fast escape response.
14.2.2 Mating behavior.
14.2.3 Aggression .
14.2.4 Shoaling and social recognition.
14.2.5 Foraging behavior.
14.2.6 Exploration and response to novelty.
14.2.7 Homing and spatial abilities.
14.2.8 Communication.
14.3 Individual differences in lateralization.
14.3.1 Hereditary basis of lateralization.
14.3.2 Sex differences in lateralization.
14.3.3 Environmental factors influencing development of lateralization.
14.3.4 Lateralization and personality.
14.4 Ecological consequences of lateralization of cognitive functions.
14.4.1 Selective advantages of cerebral lateralization.
14.4.2 Costs of cerebral lateralization.
14.4.3 Maintenance of intraspecific variability in the degree of lateralization.
14.4.4 Evolutionary significance of population biases in laterality.
14.5 Summary and future research.
15 Brain and Cognition in Teleost Fish (Broglio, G´omez, Dur´an, Salas and Rodr´iguez).
15.1 Introduction.
15.2 Classical conditioning.
15.2.1 Delay motor classical conditioning and teleost fish cerebellum.
15.2.2 Role of the teleost cerebellum and telencephalic pallium in trace motor classical conditioning.
15.3 Emotional learning.
15.3.1 Role of the medial pallium in avoidance conditioning and taste aversion learning.
15.3.2 Teleost cerebellum and fear conditioning.
15.4 Spatial cognition.
15.4.1 Allocentric spatial memory representations in teleost fishes.
15.4.2 Role of the teleost telencephalon in egocentric and allocentric spatial navigation.
15.4.3 Map–like memories and hippocampal pallium in teleost fishes.
15.4.4 Neural mechanisms for egocentric spatial orientation.
15.5 Concluding remarks.
Acknowledgements .
16 Fish Behaviour, Learning, Aquaculture and Fisheries (Fern¨o, Huse, Jakobsen, Kristiansen and Nilsson).
16.1 Fish learning skills in the human world.
16.2 Fisheries.
16.2.1 Spatial dynamics.
126.96.36.199 Learning skills and movement.
184.108.40.206 Social learning of migration pattern.
18.104.22.168 Implications of learning for fisheries management.
16.2.2 Fish capture.
188.8.131.52 Natural variations in spatial distribution and behaviour. .
18.104.22.168 Avoidance and attraction before fishing
188.8.131.52 Before physical contact with the gear.
184.108.40.206 After physical contact with the gear.
184.108.40.206 Behaviour after escaping the gear and long–term consequences.
16.2.3 Abundance estimation.
16.3 Aquaculture.
16.3.1 Ontogeny.
16.3.2 Habituation, conditioning and anticipation.
16.3.3 Pavlovian learning delay and trace conditioning.
16.3.4 Potential use of reward conditioning in aquaculture.
16.3.5 Operant learning.
16.3.6 Individual decisions and collective behaviour.
16.4 Stock enhancement and sea–ranching.
16.5 Escapees from aquaculture .
16.6 Capture–based aquaculture.
16.7 Conclusions and perspectives.
17 Cognition and Welfare (Sneddon).
17.1 Introduction.
17.1.1 Fish welfare.
17.1.2 Preference and avoidance testing.
17.1.3 Behavioural flexibility and intraspecific variation.
17.2 What is welfare?
17.2.1 Sentience and consciousness.
17.2.2 Cognition and welfare.
17.3 What fishes want.
17.3.1 Preference tests.
220.127.116.11 Physical habitat.
126.96.36.199 Breeding.
18.104.22.168 Diet.
22.214.171.124 Social interactions.
17.4 What fishes do not want.
17.5 Pain and fear in fish.
17.6 Personality in fish.
17.7 Wider implications for the use of fish.
17.7.1 Aquaculture.
17.7.2 Fisheries.
17.7.3 Recreational fishing.
17.7.4 Research.
17.7.5 Companion fish.
17.8 Conclusion.
Species List.
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Originally titled Cinemagoing the first edition of this report was published in September1989. This is the 30th anniversay edition.
UK cinema admissions in 2018 were the highest since 1970 but the year also saw the first drop in average ticket prices for at least 25 years. In another first all the top 20 films of the year were distributed by local subsidiaries of the Hollywood studios for the first time ever. Alongside widespread discounting, both as a result of unlimited cards and slashed prices at underperforming sites, there is huge investment in refitting cinemas with recliner seating as well as new technologies such as motion seats, large format screens and upgraded sound systems.
These conflicting trends are reviewed in this latest edition which, as ever, includes data on film production and distribution, trends in cinema numbers and revenues, and detailed financial data covering the leading cinema chains. Five year forecasts of screen numbers, admissions and box office complete the package.
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Italy is not all high fashion and fast cars! It's hard to believe that up till as late as the 1970s there were cave dwellers in Italy, a country with a reputation for high fashion and sleek fast cars. In the southern spur of Italy is the town of Matera whose citizens used to live in dwellings … [Read more...]
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Apps have become synonymous with mobile applications. Do you remember the symbian (read simpler) times, when we used a phone to make calls and sms was like your private pigeon messenger? 🙂 It is fascinating how technology has moved in the last few years. From new powerful touchscreen smartphones to a growing ecosystem of Apps. Apple, Google and Microsoft (well almost) are competing for this App-Universe dominance. Some apps go for million downloads and hit the news, some rise and vanish like a bubble. With the Apple App Store, Android Marketplace and Windows Marketplace for apps, which platforms work better and what makes a good app, more importantly what makes an app stick, what makes it tap-worthy enough to get millions of downloads. Sum of what we discussed at the 82nd Social Media Breakfast.
Paradigm shift started with the App Store
We agreed on one point that Apple invented the Apps game. With Apple developing the software as well as hardware for this new platform, it controlled the game unlike any other company and it has excelled at it. It created a whole new eco-system of mobile apps, which was later aggressively adopted by the likes of Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nokia and RIM promoting their own App stores or 'App Marketplaces', to the point that I think it has changed the game of selling software, with all software on Mac now available on the Mac App Store.
What makes an App Stick or 'Tap'Worthy'
It must solve a problem
This I think should be the first step in any product development, not just for apps or software. In Mani Singh's experience this is the numero uno of all strategies, it's a guiding light. Take a look around, the products which are popular, which you care about, talk about are the ones which solve a problem. Now how you define a 'problem' is subjective 🙂
Get local
A phone goes where you go and is fast becoming a primary device for many. Apps which harness this mobility by offering localized content and services, provides a true mobile experience. I remember speaking with a friend in Toronto, who was going gaga over Siri (the new voice assistant App on iPhone 4S). He asked Siri 'Where's the nearest McDonald's Siri came back with options, he asked how many calories in the BigMac, Siri was prompt with calorie count on the BigMac, decision taken.. No Big Mac today! Solves a problem + Localized . Mani Singh mentioned his experience when his car ran out of fuel on a highway in Punjab (India), out came the android with Google's App: Asking Google Voice for nearest Toyota station and the options came up. Again Solves a problem + Localized. Brilliant isn't it?
Must help kill boredom
Without doubt 'Angry Birds' was built on this strategy, and built well. Keeping it super simple and built around fun. I think just like writing comedy is a hard job, so is making a fun app which gets addictive. You can analyse to death the strategies and theories which make it work, but I think designing/developing fun apps is an art, hands down.
Do one task, really well
The mobile experience is built for micro-tasking. Not multi-tasking. The app must do one thing, and do it really well. In our discussion about user expectations from mobile apps, it's about the simplicity of little options on the small screen. A classic example I read about developing an App to fly a plane: A programmer/developer will add as many powerful features as he can, with all sorts of buttons and meters, and all user is looking for two buttons: Fly a Plane and Land a Plane! That explains the essence of user expectation from an app.
In other discussions
Social Media Breakfast is not complete without the latest tech news: From the latest Caller IQ controversy, to the phenomenal and absurd rise of the Kolaveri song (11 million views on Youtube at time of writing this) and the exciting new possibilities with Augmented Reality, some cool new apps which build local+AR into one cool app.
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NFL Football 2013: 5 Things We Learned From Week 6
Tom Brady showed his old magic, and Kansas City and Denver remained unbeaten on the sixth sunday of the 2013 NFL season. Here's what we learned:
Chiefs Fans Get Very Loud in Kansas City
The Kansas City Chiefs (6-0) scored 17 unanswered points after halftime to beat Oakland (2-4) by a score of 24-7 at a very loud Arrowhead Stadium. How loud? The Chiefs announced that the crowd noise reached a record-137.5 decibels, which broke the Guinness World Records' mark of 136.6 set by Seahawks fans in Seattle in September. The crowd often reacted to the Chiefs' defense, which had 10 sacks and three second-half interceptions of Raiders' quarterback Terrelle Pryor. It's a huge turnaround in Kansas City, where last year's loudest crowd noise was the booing at what was then the NFL's worst team.
The Government Isn't the Only Thing on Hiatus in Washington
Though they were NFC East champs last season, the Redskins (1-4) have been a huge disappointment in 2013. A little over nine months since defeating the Cowboys (3-3) to win the division, Washington had its special teams victimized on Sunday night in Dallas. Dwayne Harris had an 86-yard punt return for a touchdown and a 90-yard kickoff return to set up another score in the Cowboys 31-16 win over the Redskins. While Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III showed signs of improvement, running back Alfred Morris was ineffective — save for a 45-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. The Redskins still have a chance to stay in the playoff hunt thanks to their mediocre division, but the time is slipping away.
Texans Fans Are Frustrated and Mean
Upset with their team's disappointing 2-4 start, Texans' fans cheered after starting quarterback Matt Schaub injured his right leg during Sunday's 38-13 loss to the St. Louis Rams (3-3). Schaub has become the center of fan criticism in 2013, but cheering a player when he's hurt? That's a lot more East Coast than Gulf Coast. Texan teammates Brian Cushing and Andre Johnson publicly criticized fans afterward, which added another ugly layer to the team's issues this season.
Tom Brady Can Still Be Super
After failing to throw a touchdown pass for the first time in 52 games last week at Cincinnati, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was on the verge of going a second straight contest without a scoring toss, as New England (5-1) looked like sure losers against New Orleans (5-1). But in front of a half-empty Gillette Stadium, Brady guided the Patriots on a 70-yard, fourth-quarter drive that culminated with a five-yard touchdown pass to Kenbrell Thompkins with five seconds left. For those fans that did stay, New England's 30-27 comeback win showed that the Patriots might be good enough to be Super in February, too.
The Broncos Beat the Jaguars, But Not the Spread
Denver (6-0) beat Jacksonville (0-6) by a 35-19 count — not the record 28-point margin sports books had set at the beginning of the week. The Jaguars pulled within 21-19 midway through the third quarter before fading. Broncos' quarterback Peyton Manning threw for 295 yards and two touchdowns — three if you count the pass Jags' linebacker Paul Posluszny intercepted and returned 59 yards for a score. Jacksonville still seems like a lock to finish with the worst record in the AFC, but winless NFC teams Tampa Bay and the New York Giants could give them a run for the NFL's overall worst squad.


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Welcome to my blog! I'm a Sr. Software Development Engineer in the Seattle area, who has been performing C++/C#/Java development for over 20 years, but have definitely learned that there is always more to learn!
All thoughts and opinions expressed in my blog and my comments are my own and do not represent the thoughts of my employer.
C# is a wonderful language for modern programming. While everything in C# has a reason and a place, occasionally there are things that can be confusing for a developer who isn't aware of what is happening behind the scenes. This is another post in the Little Pitfalls series where I explore these issues; an index of the Little Wonders and Little Pitfalls posts is here.
This week will be a short post since I'm travelling to Denver for design meetings, and otherwise spending most of my free time celebrating a birthday with friends and family. But I had a quick item to share that I've seen come up more than once on SO, so we'll add it to the Little Pitfalls.
The System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch class is very useful for elapsed time measurements in .NET applications. Today we'll look at the ElapsedTicks member of the Stopwatch class, and some of the confusion of what this quantity represents, especially compared to TimeSpan or DateTime Ticks.
While DateTime is fine for getting the current value of the date and time, it is not exactly precise or lightweight. Thus, when timing a process, a better way to go about this is to use the Stopwatch class from the System.Diagnostics namespace.
The Stopwatch was one of my first "Little Wonders" segments (here). I won't repeat all of that information here, but as a quick refresher let's take a look at a small example:
1: // we could also create with new and then call Start(),
2: // but StartNew() does it all in one step
3: var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
5: // Do some work here, for now, let's just sleep
6: Thread.Sleep(5000);
8: sw.Stop();
10: Console.WriteLine("We slept for {0} ms", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
So, we create and start a Stopwatch instance by calling the factory method StartNew(), then perform the work we want to measure (in this case, just sleeping), and then Stop() our Stopwatch and see how many ElapsedMilliseconds have gone by. The results will vary somewhat (since Thread.Sleep() is not precise), but you would expect something like:
1: The work took 4999 ms
So far, so good! There's actually a few properties we can use to see how much time has passed between Start() – or StartNew() – and Stop():
The first two are self explanatory, the last needs a bit more explanation as it can be a source of confusion.
The thing to remember with ElapsedTicks is that the ticks represented in Stopwatch are based on a combination of the hardware of the machine and the operating system. Contrast this to DateTime and TimeSpan where Ticks are defined as 100 nanosecond intervals -- which is obviously machine/OS independent.
In short, that means that the following output values are (most likely) not going to be identical:
1: var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
3: Thread.Sleep(5000);
5: sw.Stop();
7: // This one is the raw ticks of the Stopwatch and is machine dependent
8: Console.WriteLine("ElapsedTicks is: " + sw.ElapsedTicks);
10: // This one goes to a TimeSpan, which normalizes the Ticks
11: // to 100 nanosecond intervals and is machine independent
12: Console.WriteLine("Elapsed.Ticks is: " + sw.Elapsed.Ticks);
For example, if I run this on my current machine, I see the following output:
1: ElapsedTicks are: 9973892461
2: Elapsed.Ticks are: 49993947
Notice in my results that there are a lot more ElapsedTicks than Elapsed.Ticks! And, as I said, if you ran this on a different machine/OS combination, you could get a totally different magnitude of difference. This can be an issue when people think that the ElapsedTicks of the Stopwatch can be directly used to construct a TimeSpan (or DateTime):
1: // Wrong! The ticks are most likely completely different!
2: var elapsedTime = new TimeSpan(sw.ElapsedTicks);
4: Console.WriteLine("Was it {0} or was it {1}",
5: sw.Elapsed, elapsedTime);
So if we tried to create a TimeSpan from ElapsedTicks instead DateTime/TimeSpan ticks, or instead of just using Elapsed (which returns an appropriate TimeSpan), we can get totally different values:
1: Was it 00:00:04.9994341 or was it 00:16:37.3971203
There's a big difference between four seconds and sixteen minutes! I've seen code like the above where the person using Stopwatch didn't know its ticks were machine/OS dependent and thus made the mistake of using them to construct a TimeSpan instead of simply calling Elapsed to get one.
For those interested, you can convert from Stopwatch ticks to seconds by using the Stopwatch.Frequency static property, which tells you the ration of Stopwatch ticks per second. Thus these two are (roughly, due to precision differences) the same:
1: // take the ElapsedTicks, then divide by Frequency to get seconds
2: Console.WriteLine("ElapsedTicks to sec: {0}",
3: sw.ElapsedTicks / (double)Stopwatch.Frequency);
5: // take the Elapsed property, and query total number of seconds it represents
6: Console.WriteLine("Elapsed.TotalSeconds: {0}", sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds);
Which gives us results (on my machine) like:
1: ElapsedTicks to sec: 4.9998583024032
2: Elapsed.TotalSeconds: 4.9998583
You may look at the Stopwatch and think why not just subtract two instances of DateTime.Now, like:
1: var start = DateTime.Now;
3: // Do some work here, for now, let's just sleep
4: Thread.Sleep(5000);
6: var stop = DateTime.Now;
8: Console.WriteLine("The code took: {0} ms", (stop - start).TotalMilliseconds);
There's two reasons not to do this, though. First of all, the Stopwatch is generally more precise, and secondly, it's more lightweight.
For example, running the same code using Stopwatch vs DateTime.Now math, the differences in computational speed for 1 million iterations are:
1: DateTime math took: 1534 ms, 0.001534 ms/iteration.
2: Stopwatch took: 70 ms, 7E-05 ms/iteration.
In short, remember that the ticks in Stopwatch are machine/OS dependent, thus you should never count on the ration of Stopwatch ticks to seconds to be the same between two systems, and possibly even on the same system after a reboot. Thus, you can never count on Stopwatch ticks to be the same interval as DateTime/TimeSpan ticks.
To get system-independent time, make sure to use the Stopwatch's Elapsed or ElapsedMilliseconds properties, which already take the Stopwatch.Frequency (ticks per second) into account.
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Along with its Ferrari F1 inspired premium headphone range, Logic 3 has launched a set of over and in-ear 'phones designed around the Italian sportscar manufacturer's GT motor vehicles.
The Ferrari Cavallino Collection is aimed at those who prefer a more subtle, refined audio and aesthetic experience to the Scuderia Ferrari line-up (including the P200 pit crew-inspired cans we tested at Silverstone on the eve of the British Grand Prix). And there is no better example of this luxury focus than the Ferrari by Logic3 T250 headphones - lamb's-leather bound and as beautiful as a Ferrari 250 GTO.
Like their racing-centric bedfellows, the T250 headphones come in a gorgeous carry case, along with a selection of fabric (anti-tangle) cables. There are two with in-line mics, one for Apple - which also includes volume controls - and one for everything else. And there's a separate cable for those who don't need the microphone.
An aircraft adapter is included, as is one to add a 6.3mm hi-fi plug on the end. And as the T250 headset folds for easy storage, there's a moulded section to stop it rattling about.
The headphones themselves feel very solid indeed, with the arms made from machine-crafted metal. They're sturdy and the hinges feel as if they are built to last.
Running along the headband is the previously mentioned lamb's leather, which is exactly the same material as used on the interior of modern Ferrari sports cars - a design tie-in that's much welcome. It also wraps around the exterior of each earpiece. A silver "Prancing Horse" adorns the centre of each "can".
Having tried them both at Silverstone and in and around London, we can safely say that the T250s are extremely comfortable to wear. The breathable materials on each ear cup aren't the same as the exterior lamb's leather, but is just as soft, if not more so.
In audio terms, the Ferrari by Logic3 T250 headphones are a closed-back design (unlike the P200s), so are more isolating - for both the listener and those sitting next to them on the Tube.
There is a 40mm driver in each ear which, when combined, keep a deft control over a stereo soundfield. Like with the cars themselves, there's plenty of growl, but with a touch more elegance than the Scuderia Ferrari range, for example.
Pocket-lint was told by Logic3 that this was done on purpose, as the Scuderia headphones were for a more bass-loving demographic (although even those don't sacrifice fine control as much as some other big-name headphones we could mention). The Cavallino Collection is designed to offer a flatter response, although we did find that bass notes were meatier than on some middle-of-the-road peers.
These specific headphones don't feature noise-cancellation technology, but we're not overly sure they need it. A separate set is coming with ANC (T350), but we wore the T250s on London's Tube system and we could hear every nuance just fine. We also find some active noise cancellation can actually hurt the ears after a while (from the pressure), so you wouldn't want it perpetually on for everyday use.
Costing £229 and available in both black and tan (the pair we saw at Silverstone), the Ferrari by Logic3 T250 headphones are now available from top retailers, including Harrods. Find out more information from Logic3's dedicated microsite at ferrari-by-logic3.com.


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United Way of Russia was established in 1993. its aim is to help meet critical basic needs across the at-risk communities and to foster philanthropy in our society and business community, thereby bettering the health of children and improving the educational system. With the help of their corporate partners, their objective is to create a program that can be presented at a Federal level and potentially implemented by the State across all the regions of the Russian Federation.
Their main education program is Future Starts Today. This educational program, co-founded with Citi-Foundation was initiated in 2008 in order to give children from low-income families a chance to attend extra classes in preparation for entry into colleges and institutes. The program enhances the education process by providing free tuition in basic schools subjects like psychological training to take exams, computer literacy group classes and more. In 2013, 91 pupils from age 14-18 received high-quality instruction in the subjects required to pass end-of-school exams. This has fundamentally changed their lives for the better, improving their overall self-esteem.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) There might not be anything wild going on at the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.
Well, at least not on offense.
In its first season with a new name, the bowl could have a decidedly defensive feel when TCU and Michigan State meet at Sun Devil Stadium on Dec. 29.
``Both teams have outstanding defenses,'' Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said. ``But you never know how games are going to play out.''
Oklahoma and Iowa were locked in a defensive struggle in last year's game, then known as the Insight Bowl, before the Sooners pulled away for a 31-14 victory.
This one could be even lower-scoring.
Playing the nation's fifth-toughest schedule, Michigan State (6-6) finished the regular season fourth in total defense, allowing 273.2 yards per game. The Spartans finished 10th in scoring defense, giving up 16.3 points per game.
TCU (7-5) was 18th nationally in total defense, allowing 332 yards per game, and held six of its 12 opponents to season-low scoring while giving up 23.8 points per game.
It has to keep up in the bowl game, right? Well, not everyone agrees on that.
``I've always said be careful what you wish for, what you talk about, because it usually changes when you give two teams a month to prepare for a ballgame,'' TCU coach Gary Patterson said. ``They said when I played in the Rose Bowl it was going to be a scoring fest. It ended up 21-19. For us, we want to find a way to win the ballgame.''
TCU had an up-and-down first season in the Big 12.
Playing more true freshmen (16) than seniors (11), the Horned Frogs won their first four games, then lost three of four, including a 56-53 shootout in triple overtime to Texas Tech.
TCU bounced back to beat West Virginia in double overtime in another wild game to become bowl eligible, then picked up another big win by beating Texas in Austin on Nov. 24 before closing out the season with a 24-17 loss to Oklahoma.
TCU finished 4-5 in the Big 12 but is headed to a bowl for the eighth straight season. That's not half bad considering the Frogs had to use freshman Trevone Boykin at quarterback after Casey Pachall left the school to enter an inpatient rehabilitation facility in early October.
``Obviously, (Boykin) got us back to a bowl game, which was something that was a concern from the beginning anytime you make that kind of change,'' Patterson said.
The Spartans also got off to a solid start. Their only loss in their first four games was to Notre Dame, which will play in the national championship on Jan. 7.
Michigan State went up and down after that, losing five of its final eight games.
The problem for the Spartans was pulling out close games. Their five losses in the Big Ten were by a combined 13 points, leaving them precariously close to missing out on the postseason.
Needing a win in its final game, Michigan State pulled it out, powering past Minnesota for a 26-10 win Nov. 24 to earn its eighth bowl appearance since 2001.
``The main thing when you look at our football team, we've got to finish, there's no question about that,'' Dantonio said. ``But we can play. The margin of victory has been very, very narrow for either party, whether you're playing us or we're playing you.''
They could be in for another one in the desert against TCU.


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text: If I would have told you that Chris Volstad would only give up two runs tonight you would probably think that the Cubs would win, who am I kidding, I mean lose by less than you originally thought. That's exactly what happened as Volstad was outstanding, unfortunately the Cubs could not get anything going against Kershaw and fell to the Dodgers 3-1. Volstad who is trying to make a great third impression on the Cubs organization tossed seven strong innings giving up two runs on six hits while walking one and striking out three. The loss is Volstad's eighth of the season and extends his winless streak to 21 straight starts. For the fourth straight game the Cubs offense was listless at best, resembling the May and June Cubs offense. Kershaw held the Cubs to three hits over his seven stellar innings of work, and the Dodgers bullpen was spotless. Darwin Barney, Alfsonso Soriano, and Welington Castillo were the only Cubs to get hits in the loss. The Cubs look to avoid the sweep tomorrow afternoon against newly acquired Joe Blanton, something tells me he will resemble Cy Young more than Joe Blanton. Full box score and highlights after the jump.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. Bodemeister is headed to the Preakness to challenge Ill Have Another after their memorable finish in the Kentucky Derby.
Bodemeister set a blistering early pace in the Derby only to be caught in the final 100 yards by Ill Have Another and finish second, giving owner Ahmed Zayat his third runner-up finish in the race in the last four years. Zayat was on hand Monday to watch Bodemeister to make sure the horse was ready to travel to Baltimore for Saturdays race.
He looks fantastic, Zayat said. He couldnt look any better. In fact, he gained weight since (the) Derby, which is amazing. ... My heart, he deserves a chance to come and redeem himself in an American classic, but you have to weigh that against the best interest of the horse. I wanted to come with my son Justin to see for myself that he is the same Bodemeister.
Hes actually doing better. Hes happier.
Trainer Bob Baffert said Bodemeister came out of the Derby well. Hes pleased with what he sees from the colt named after his 7-year-old son, Bode.
After the race, I thought hed be completely wiped out, Baffert said. He cooled out pretty quick and was eating his hay in front of his stall. I was afraid he was going to go into hibernation for about three days in the corner of his stall with his ears pinned, sulking. But he never did.
Hes a pretty tough, amazing animal. His hair looks good. His weight looks good. Right now I dont see any reason not to take him.
Bodemeister with jockey Mike Smith aboard ran the opening quarter in 22.32 seconds and a half in 45.39 at the Derby and had a three-lengths lead heading down the stretch before tiring as Ill Have Another caught him late.
The Kentucky Derby was Bodemeisters fifth career start, all this year. Still, he went from mostly unknown to the race favorite in a few short weeks after winning the Arkansas Derby by 9½ lengths at Oaklawn Park on April 14.
Think about this, Bob keeps reminding me, three weeks before that (race) we didnt have a horse in the Derby, Zayat said. We go from a Grade 1 to favorite in the Derby. Thats a huge accomplishment. So, we were feeling sad because he ran a winners race and not to get it, you feel bad for the horse. He ran such a brilliant race.
Baffert, a five-time Preakness winner, is less certain with his plans for Liaison, his other Derby entry that finished sixth. Baffert said he wanted to talk to Liaisons owner, Arnold Zetcher, before making a decision.
I want to see what the field is looking like, Baffert said. It was a good race for him. I think the horse is turning the corner. Ive just got to decide, Do I want to keep pushing him along? You know, he needs to win a race. If hes going to be competitive, well take him up there.


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Tablet owners do it distracted. Smartphone owners are the same.
A new study by the Nielsen Co. says about 40 percent of smartphone and tablet owners in America use the devices while watvching television.
Is it possible that even television has become too boring to escape our daily lives? Or has Steve Jobs already changed the television without ever touching the device?
About two thirds of those who responded to the survey -- both males and females -- admitted they had an email addiction, which was the No. 1 distration from television watching.
Most of the surveys other findings found that habits tend to break along gender lines. Half of the women surveyed said they browsed social networks while watching television.
While men said 44 percent of them checked sports websites.
Tablets, Smartphones Changing TV Viewing Habits
Tablet owners do it distracted. Smartphone owners are the same.


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Probably the best of my 3 postcards I got from the flea market. (Check out my others!) It's in pretty great condition and has a 2 cents stamp still on it!!! (flipside) The time stamp says: Franklin, VT...Dec. 24 1917. I'd like to know how the guy I bought them off of obtained hundreds of postcards over the years lol. Also, this card has a gold holographic background if you can't tell from the picture. I'll definitely take good care of these and continue to show my friends and family members, especially my grandparents.